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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-05-19
HAVE MADE A FALSE MOVE,
Conduct OF Boer Emissaries in New
York VIII Make Against Their
Reception BY the Admins
tration.

NEW YORK. May 1S.-A special to
the Herald from Washington. says:
What chance the Beer commission
ers ha6 of being received officially by
the president and Secretary Hay is
lessening in consequence OF their con-
duct in New York.
Administration officials have been
following with close interest the state
ments the delegates have made 1t is
unusual. according to the officials. for
the diplomatic representatives of for
eign governments to come to the Unit
ed States and Immediately upon ar
rival publicly announce the purport Of
their mission before they obtain recog-
niticn. and some Of the authorities edo
not hesitate to call such conduct high
ly improper.
From the Administrations point Of
view the action Of the delegates and
their friends is calculated 20 stir up a
sentiment designed to force the gov
ernment to receive them and carry out
any suggestions they may make.
1t is becoming apparent. however,
that the mission Of the commissioners
is more Of a political than a diplomat
ic character and whatever propositions
they may make looking to the inter-
ventinn of the United States in South
Africa it is altogether likely that the
president viii decline TO act.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-05-19
WAS POORLY RECEIVED.
Noreui Concert Company Gives an Ex-
cellent Entertainment to
Vacant House.

The reception given the Madame
Noreln Concert Company at Fishers
opera house last night was anything
but creditable to the people Of Asto-
ria. The entertainment was one Of the
best in the musical line that has ever
been given in this city. and Astorians
were given every reason and facility
to believe that it would be. Notwith-
standing. there We're less than 100 peo-
people in the house last night One of
those present made a most pertinent
and appropriate remark when he said
that had there been a cheap circus or a
third-class prize-fight on the stage,
there would have been premium for
standing room.
In view Of the apparent lack of in
terest shown in high-class music, it
seems that 1t would be merely waste
Of spare to criticise the concert from
a technical standpoint 1t is. there
fore. enough to say that Madame Nor
ELI is one Of the most finished vocal
lists that has ever appeared in this
city. Her voice possesses richness and
volume really remarkable and her
range is much greater than that Of
many of those recognized as high
class professionals.
Reginald /. Hidden's violin solos
were exceedingly fine, his execution,
in many respects. being equal to that
of some OF the old masters.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-05-19
COUNTERFEIT STAMPS ISSUED.
Part Of the Cuban Frauds Consisted
Of Bogus Stamps Printed
in Indiana.

MUNCIE. Ind. May 1s.-one of the
government detectives who has been
here working on the Muncie end of the
Cuban embezzlements, made the state
ment that the real steal had been the
sale Of counterfeik stamps, which, it is
alleged have been printed in the office
of a printing company in this city.
Thousands Of dollars worth of bogus
stamps are said to have been issued
and distributed to Cuban postmasters,
a number of whom, it is alleged, shared
in the profits with the chief culprits.
The printing Office is said to have been
searched from garret to cellar for the
material used. When Mr.. Ross Cowan,
president Of the Neely Printing Com
pany was told the story, he said:
You may say that if there is any
story afoat that the Neely Printing
Company ever turned out Cuban
stamps it Is false. We have neither
printed stamps legitimately nor iIle-
Ultimately"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-05-19
WAS NOT so VERY DARK.
Street Lights Not Missed Nor Was the
Army of Footpads Abroad.

The streets of Astoria were in dark
ness last night so far as the West
Shore Mills Company's arc lights were
concerned. No one will claim that it
was as convenient for pedestrians at
certain points without the lights as
with them but any fair-min1ed citizen
will admit at the sametime that the
absence Of the lights in general was
hardly noticed.
At the hour OF writing. ( a. m. this
morning, not a case Of broken neck,
arms or legs had been reported and the
police had lot been notified Of the
presence Of a single member of the
army Of footpads that We're TO swarm
in the streets and rob right and left.
While no one wants the streets left
in darkness for a single night longer
than is absolutely necessary, every
body win agree that the great bogie
built up about dark streets by the
agents of the West Shore Mills Com
pany failed TO scare when faced last
night
The truth is, the street lights that
the West Shore Mills Company has
been furnishing of late have
been so poor in candle-power that they
were Of no real service a hundred feet
away from the poles on which they
hung.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-05-19
BoER WOMEN IN THE WAR.
Wife of One of the Peace" Delegates
Denies That They Have Had
10 Fight the Banks.

NEW YORK. May 1S-Mrs. Abra-
hham Fischer, wife of the Orange Free
State delegate accompanies her hus-
band to this country. She is a Scotch
woman. Speaking of the war she said
that many stories sent out from Eng
lish sources were wholly false.
1T was outrageous" she said, that
report which was sent out while ago
that women were being enlisted in the
Boer army, or would be. They would
go willingly but their services would
not be accepted. Beers are not 50 bar
barous as to send women into war. If
some few have been found it is because
they were disguised as men and thus
entered the ranks.
"It would be easier for them if they
might fight. As it is, they stay at
home trying TO keep the great farms
running that the country may not be
devastated, and it is heart breaking
work.
life IS hard" she continued. Our
women struggle with the fortitude Of
heroines. They never despair. They
and fighting for their homes and right
must triumph in the end.
Here we want to enlist the sym
pathies of the American government;
if we could only do that our cause
would be won. for all Europe woul !
follow Americas example.
we do not want America to fight
that is not necessary-a mere declara-
ton Of sympathy would be sufficient
to throw the balance of favor our way.
Europe is afraid to be the first, but
support would bring others. We want
the help of the American woman to
bring that about. We women Of other
countries hear that those here are pow
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-05-19

rennl. II ever their help was needed.
1t is now and We South African wo-
men are putting our faith into them.
We find here such sympathy from
individuals that it makes us very hap
py. The weeks before our coming
here have been so hard and trying
that we are appreciative of JOY"
Mr.. and Mrs Fischer left their home
at BlOemfontein 10 days before the ar
rival Of General Roberts.
One Of Mrs. Fischer's sons is fighting
with the Boer army.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-05-19
AGENTS. WANTED.

A live hustler with small capital can
secure business paying $25 per week.
A. w. MELTON. Tighe Hotel.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-05-19
SERVICE AND EQUIP
MENT.

The new schedule OF the o. R. & N.
which went into effect April 22nd,
shortened the time to Chicago IL hours,
and gives a double daily service be-
tween Portland and Chicago.
Train No. 2, leaving Portland at 9:15
a. m. Is known as the "Chicago-Port-
land Special" It's equipment is new
throughout, making 1t fully the equal
OF any train now in service from the
Pacific coast to the East.
The Overland Express leaves Port
land at $40 p. M. and furnishes COM
plete service both via Huntington and
Spokane to the East, together with the
best Of service to all local points on
the o. r. & n. lines.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-05-19
A NEW TRAIN.

The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railway Co. will place in service April
29th New Train between st. Paul and
st. Louis, called the Flying Dutch
man." The train will have through
sleeping cars and be first-class
throughout. Ask any ticket agent for
particulars or address
c. ]. EDDY. General Agent.
Portland, Oregon.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-05-19
FRANCIS sLocUMs MEMORY.
Monument Unveiled Yesterday in Pre-
sence Of a Multitude of People.

CHICAGO, May ia special to the
Tribune from Peru, Ind, says:
Ten thousand people, men, women
and children, witnessed the unveiling
Of the monument erected to the memo
~ OF Francis Slocum. the Indian cap
tive, and more generally known as
THE White Rose Of the Miamis," at
the Indian burying grounds, 10 miles
east Of this city yesterday.
Nearly 200 members Of the Slocum
family attended, coming from all parts
Of the country. In addition the remain
ing members Of the Miami tribe Of In
dams were also present.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-05-19
osTEoPATHY.

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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-05-19
FELL FROM A WINDOW.

TACOMA, May 1S.-William Patter-
son, waiter, fell from window in
the Lexington Hotel last night and
later died from his injuries.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-05-19
WASHINGTON X. P's.
Grand Lodge Selects Everett as the
Next Meeting Place.

SPOKANE, May 18.-The Grand
Lodge of knights of Pythias today
elected Everett as the next place Of
meeting. Colonel w. H. Plummer Of
Spokane, was elected Brigadier-G -Gener-
al Of the Uniform rank. Mr.. A. v.
Merritt Of Spokane, was elected Grand
Chief Of the Rathbone Sisters.
The Irish standard., 1900-12-08
An Up-To-Date Wedding,

Some of the secular monthlies are
up-to-datc wedding. None of them.
however. have touched upon Il Catho-
lie wedding.
Tho proper way for parties to act
who contemplate entering the matl-
moninl state is to notify their pastor
mt least three weeks in advance of the
date fixed for the wedding so that the
bans of marriage may be proclaimed,
The bans should be published three
times. Whenever the bans are not
published there is Il presumption that
there IS something wrong. and that
everything is not rs it should be. There
may he some exceptions, however, to
this presumption. and in these cXccp-
tons the church is willing to grant n
dispcnSaton: for example, where a
girl is clcrliing in n store and cannot
give up her position the publishing of
bans may be dispensed With. as also
i'll other reasonable eases. The parties
should always go toy Il confession on
the eve of their marriage and receive
Holy Communion at the Nuptial Mass.
Catholics should always he married in
the morning at Nuptial Mass. To be
married in the afternoon. or Without
the Nuptial Mass manifests poor
Catholic taste.
The style of attendants. etc, varies
greatly according to different tastes
There are those who are satisfied with
two ushcrs; others who keep up the
old custom of bridesmaid and grooms-
man, while others like large retinue
Of attendants. 1t is considered ex-
trcmely poor taste for a person in Or
binary circumstances to have what
would be vulgarly described as a
"swell wedding" The little page car
rying the wedding ring and flower
girls are now very popular ut large
weddings, and makes Il very pretty
appearance.
A plan which seems to embrace
much practical sense is to have a de-
votional church display, and limit the
home festivities to the immediate fam
lily circle. 1t is bad taste, to introduce
things into church which would de-
tract from the solcmnity of the occa-
sion and tend to distract the devotion
of the principals to the wedding. Cath
olics must always bear in mind that
matrimony is more than a contract or
divine ordinance, for 1t ia a sacrament,
and that the ceremony is very sacred,
The Irish standard., 1900-12-08
BOERS IN THIS COUNTRY.
What They Say of the War in the
Dark Continent.

The first Bocr fighting men over
seen in this country arrived in New
York last Monday on the steamship
Statcn,lAm from Rottcrdam They are
Samuel Pearson. who was commissary
general Of the Bocr army: Command
ants W. Snyman and a. Leidcnberg.
Field Cornct Hercules ID. Vilicon. and
ITardus Snyman. Tho last named is
the son of Commnndant Snyman, and
although barely 1G years old. he has
been fighting With the Bocr forces
since the beginning of the war. He
was taken from school at the age of
Is to shoulder a rifle and help fight the
English. and with his father has
fought his way through Is regular bat
ties and innumerable sllirmishes.
General Pearson is Transvaaler
who has never before been out of his
native country. He was ut the Begin
ming of the war a wealthy merchant
burgher Mt Barbcrton, with branch
houses ut Durham and other South
African towns. He was Communicated
Oct. 8, 1899, and made commissary
general He served until last Septem-
bcr, when. in connection with General
Louis Botha's army he was given the
task of destroying the railroads be-
twnpn <roEO1iln pOort and porborto,,
and the Portuguese frontier. Botha's
army was retreating at the time, and
Pearson. with force of men, tore up
the railroad tracks in the rear. When
the main Boer army got nearer the
border it doubled and. escaped back
into the Transvaal, while Pearson and
The Irish standard., 1900-12-08
THE NOBLE-HEARTED THREE.
Memory Of the Manchester Martyrs
HonOred In Chicago.

Friday evening, Nov. %, in Central
Music hall, the United Irish Societies
of Chicago celebrated the anniversary
of the execution of Allen. Larkin anu
O'Rren. Hon John +. Fincrty called
the meeting to order and introduced
p. II. Keenan, rs chairman. who, after
a brief address, introduced Nj. Y. Gan
non as the first speaker of the even
ing. He was followed by Hon. John
Il. Finerty. who received a grand ova-
ton. In the course of his address he
said:
More than seven centuries had pass
ed away since lrelaids roll of mar
tyrdom began. amid the ashes and
blood of Waterford when. in the old
Cathedral, Eva MacMurrougll, daugh-
ter of the traitor DcrmOt OF LcnStcr
gave her hand to Strongbow. Ill
omcncd event for Ireland. From that
day, down even TO our own. Irish blood
had flowed in torrents, on field. beach
crty. Whether Catholic or Protestant
Englands hand lay heavily on the
Irish nation. Her bloody and greedy
nature has not changed. Tho scenes
enacted at Waterford. and in later
times, at Droghcda and Wexford were
parallclcd that day in South Africa,
whence the representatives Of the press
We're cXilcd, While Kitchener, the
Anglo-Irish butcher (@roans and Kisses
sleeves to begin the Wholesale murder
of Eoer women ana children. (Srnsa-
tion.) He would re-cnact on the ycldts
of the Orange FREQ State and the
Transvaal what Strongbow. and Crom-
well. and lrctOn. and Ludlow. and
Camden had enacted in Ireland The
memory of the dead comprrhcndcd
not those who had died on the scafIold
only, but all those who in breach and
field had fought to place the green
above the rod. (Applausc) Whether
victors or yanquishcd, they could not
forget the gallant Irish soldiers who
fought for their country's honor and
liberty ut Clontibret, at Drumnuich at
Yellow Ford, Curlew Pass, Athlone,
Aughrim and Limerick. loud ap-
plause). They could not forget the
fields where they triumphed or per-
ished. (Applause.)
When the Norman priest, Giraldas
Cambrenss, or Gerald Barry, who ac-
companied Henry II. as chaplain ON his
invasion of Ireland, called on the VEN
cradle archbishop of Cashel, Donat
O'Brien, the latter asked him what
had brought the foreigners into Ire
land. Barry replied that the Irish
were rude and wild and had contrib
uted no martyrs to the bead roll of the
church. EYES," remarked the arch
bishop, ''my people may be rude and
wild, according to your estimate of
them, but the rudest and widest
among them have always respected
Gods ministers. Therefore we have
The Irish standard., 1900-12-08

his little command decoyed the Eng
lish to the border and, knowing the
consequences in case of their capture,
kept right on into Portuguese territory
by Botha's orders aud scattered.
The other four refugees are Free
Staters born and bred, but who at the
beginning of the war We're living just
across the Orange river, in the Cape
Colony.
They met in Dclagoa bay Sept. 2G
and sailed on German steamer fol
Naples, thence made their way across
| Europe to Holland, and from there
came to America. Their property has
all been lost, they say. None has seen
his family within nine months, and
none knows just where his wife and
| children are. except that they are in
| the hands of the British. The rcfll-
gees are stalwart, black haired men,
all except General Pearson standing
! more than six feet. General Pearson
is IL stoclSily built man, and deter
mined looking.
General Pearson. rs the spokesman
Of the party, gave hurried and nee
cssarily disconnected account of tho
| operations and present situation in
the Transvaal.
| Il served all through the war;" he
said in excellent English. land l fin
ally left the country by order of my
superior l handled all the provisions
of the Bocr army while we had any OF
our own. AS Il side issue, l often had
the job Of blowing up the railroads
and trains. I've blown up more trains
| than | can remember, and I've lost
count Of the skirmishes l was in. I'm
| not here on Il diplomatic mission. cx-
ccpt to do whatever l can and wher-
ever can iii the interests Of my corun-
try. We are going on to Washington
to confer with Mr.. Montagu White.
our representative. and if it should be
decided that Il visit of President Kru-
ger to this country might help our
cause, think he will come here.
1--WE still have about $4,000 men in
the field. and General Botha told me
just before | left that he would con-
time the fight if he only had ten men
remaining. 1t has been said that we
had millions upon millions of pounds
of sterling and unlimited gold with
which to support the campaign. Well.
we didn't. Counting money, gold and
ALL we had just fl00O.OOO. We have
carried on the war for fourteen months
with that amount and what we could
capture from the British trains; and
SO these stories about Kruger living Oh
the fat of the land are all rubbish.
Kruger never used any of the govern
ment money.
Roberts has never frightened us,
although he has tried to shake our de-
termination to fight on by heaping all
sorts of cruelticS upon our women
Inc women Of the world should protest
against the way our women and chill
drcn have been treated by the Eng
lish, who drove them from the towns
on Roberts order, on the ground that
the women would transmit military in.
trlligcncc to the enemy. We had nc
way of providing for these women, as
much as we would like to have done
SO we simply destroyed all the rail
roads leading out of those towns
Many were sent to us. however, and
the crucltics and hardships they en-,
1urcd will never be known. That tneil
treatment went further than neglect
and wanton cruelty 1 cannot say
don't think it did. but that was bad
enough
The Irish standard., 1900-12-08

can be the city of the world only when
she is the seat Of empire of one whose
realm extends over the world, of Pet
er's successor. Rome belongs to the
papacy. If tile papacy We're to leave
Rome to-day the stones of the streets
would cry out in protest, pnd so true is
it that the very government that in
vaded Rome and holds it in spite of the
Pope is most anxious that the Pope
should not leave Rome, for the Pope
leaving Rome comes the downfall of
Rome, and the glory of Italy vanishes.
Let us not believe that all Italians are
opposed to the Pope. Far from it. 1t
is easy to understand how parliament
tary party can take control of things,
especially in European countries, and
maintain it by means of standing ar
mics. The health and prosperity of
Italy are imperlled, because of the di-
visions begotten by the Roman ques-
ton. The best and most conservative
elements in the population take no
part in political affairs, for the Pope's
will is that, until the great wrong is
righted. Catholics should take no part
in national elections, nor in the admin
istration of national affairs. Italian
statesmen recognize that the present
situation is Observation-Disclosures Will
ing they may be to propose effective
remedies. Nor in proposing remedies
need they propose the destruction of
Italian unity, or Il return throughout
the peninsula to Il municipality of
small municipalities, or partial foreign
domination, as formerly existed. The
question is of Rume-whther the max
ers of Italian unity never should have
turned their steps. Rome historically,
providcntially, by the necessities of
Italy and of the world by the neces-
sites of Christs church, is city all
by itself--to stand out from all powers
and principalities, as the seat of en-
pire of Chrst's spiritual kingdom.
Let Italy take cXamplc-to Il degree
from America itself, where the city
of Washington. the seat of the federal
government. is independent of all and
any of the several states composing the
Union. The Pope, sovereign of Rome,
would not be the sovereign of united
Italy, as the president residing in
Washington is the president OF the
United States, but the reasons for an
Independent Rome are the same rs the
reasons for an independent Washing
ton, and while in its own way Rome
while independent would contribute to
the general welfare and glory of all
Italy. as Washington does to the wei
fare and glory Of all America.
And now, the reasons given for the
independence of the Pope and for his
sovereignty over Rome as the sole cf-
fectivc guarantee of that independence,
VIC leave in the hands of Providence.
to whom ages are but as days, in
whose hands is the church. to mark the
time when the Roman question shall
be solved, and the precise methods
which will determine its solution.
The Irish standard., 1900-12-08

George" said Mrs. Ferguson, as
they went in to dinner, Il wish you
would tell Benny, in some way, so it
will not offend him, that he takes too
much sugar in his coffee. 1t isn't good
for him, and know his mother
wouldn't allow it, Benny" said Mr..
Ferguson, a few minutes later, turn
ing to his young nephew, who was Wis
iting him. you don't mix quite enough
coffee With your sugar"
The Irish standard., 1900-12-08

and therefore everything should in
duce to devotion. For this reason, if
possible, all those connected with the
ceremony should be Catholics. 1t is Il
very beautiful sight to see the attend
ants receive Holy Communion with the
principals of n wedding.
The Irish standard., 1900-12-08
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The Irish standard., 1900-12-08
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