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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-15
OFFICERS WIDOWS PENSIONS.
House Committee Reports Bills for
Several on Account of Spanish
and Philippine Wars.

WASHINGTON, March IA The
house committee on pensions today or
dered bills reported granting pensions
to the widow of Colonel Stotsenberg,
of the First Nebraska regiment, killed
in the Philippines. at so per month. to
the widow OF Captain Allan capron,
killed in Cuba, at $50 per month, and
to tire widow of Captain Allan capron.
sr.. at SIS per month.
The distinction in the rate in the
Capron cases is due TO the property
owned by Mrs. Capron. ST
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-15
HAGUE CONFERENCE 4 FAILURE.
None Of the Nations Represented Has
Ratified Its Doings.

WASHINGTON. March l4.--In iipIo-
matte circles here an unpleasant sug-
gestion has been thrown out to the ef-
feet that the Hague conference has
resulted in a complete failure and that
even the limited program agreed upon
is never to be perfected
The basis for this belief is the fact
that up TO this moment it is not known
officially that single one Of the pow
ers represented in the conference has
ratified the three conventions prepar-
ed there.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-15

Journal. dated Pretoria. March 70. p.
M. Via Berlin says:
"The burghera will only cease fight
Ing With death our forces are re-
turning In good order 10 our line Of de-
fonse on our own soil.
''The Natal campaign was longer in
our favor than we expected.
The British viii never reach Preto-
ria. The burghers, stcyn. Joubert and
myself as well as all others. are unit
ed. There are no differences God
help ds"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-15
STILL IN NATAL.
Boer Forces With Heavy Guns Discov-
cred In the Vicinity OF Lady
Smith.

LADYSMITH. Wednesday--Th Beers
have been located in several strong po-
sitions near the junction OF the Drak-
ensburg aud Biggersberg ranges.
They have heavy guns in position on
Pongwonl kop, at Hlatikula, and in
ompati mountains, as well as at Glib
sons farm, near Cundy Cleugh pass.
General Hunter now commands the
division. Both the men and horses of
the relief column are completely recov-
cred and now in the pink Of condition.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-15
WASHINGTON UNCLAIMED DEAD.
Bodies of Nine Soldiers win Be- Buried
Sunday at olympia.

OLYMPIA, March He-Adjutant-G Cen
eral Fox has telegraphed from San
Francisco that he had started for olym-
pia with nine bodies of unclaimed SOL
dlers belonging to the First Washing
ton volunteers.
The funeral will be held in Olympia
Sunday, March is.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-15
LORD sALTsBURY's REPLY.
Bitter disappointment Felt by the Two
Republics People.

PRETORIA, March i2.-Lord Sails
bury's reply TO Presidents Kruger and
steyn causes bitter disappointment and
State Secretary Reitz says II means
that the war will be fought to the Bit
ter end.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-15
sELF-coNFEssED MURDERER.

GoLDENDALE, Wash, March IA
George r. a. Ferris, Klickitat farm
er, surrended himself today to the
sheriff. stating ;hat on Monday after
noon. at his farm. in Goodnoe Hills. he
shot ana killed man by the name of
Wurrell in self defense.
Wurrell was an unmarried man from
Missouri and had Ferris farm rented.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-15
KlPLlNG HEARD FROM
Ills Firut South African story WIN Ap-
pear In This Weeks Harpers.

NEW YORK. March 1.-THE frat
word from Rudyard Kipling since he
vent To South Africa viii DO printed
la this weeks issue Of Harper's week
ly. kipling cables a long account OF
oisloyalty, which he calls the Sin OF
witchcratt."
The burden OF his coniD,aint is that
the British cifil authorities in Cape
Town wmce at ths s@nil. reasonable
acts and, TO quote his own words. the
government will take care IL does not
pay any one to be loyal
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-15
wREcK oF THE woLcorT.
Rescued Passengers and Crew Arrive
at Seattle-The Particulars.

SEATTLE, March 1.-THE steamer
Excelsior arrived here this afternoon
with Captain Snow, the passengers and
crew Of the Pacific Steam Whaling
Company's steamer Wolcott, which was
wrecked on the night of January 81,
near karluk. Alaska.
All were confined three days en- a
beach at the foot of glacier, in the
snow and rain without shelter, on ac-
count Of the unusually high tides.
They reached the cannery at Uyak.
February 4. and remained there until
February %, when the Excelsior came
along and picked them up.
The Woleott is a total loss. She
struck at 1850 at night on rocky
point half way between KarIuk and
Uyak bay, in bowling northwest gale.
The vessel began to ell rapidly and
Captain Snow decided to beach her.
The passengers We're put safely ashore
III the small boats through heavy
surf.
A fifteen hundred dollar gold brick
from the Unga mine was saved. as were
also the mails and baggage.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-15
eoEBEL's SUCCESSOR ELECTED

CovINGToN, KY. March l4-In
the vote of Kenton county today. toelect
senator to fill the vacancy caused by
the death Of Senator Goebel, H. L..
HARRISON, Goebe's law partner, was
elected by SO majority over L. L.
Creasey, his republican opponent.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-15
HoLLNAD SUBMARINE BOAT.

WASHINGTON. March 14.-A large
congressional party including mem
bers of the senate a., house ocmmit-
tees on naval affairs. Il 'ay witnessed
performance of the Hob, ID subma-
rine torpedo boat
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-15
CANADIAN PACIFIC OPEN.

VANCOUVER &. c., March 1.-THE
blockade on the Canadian Pacific since
last Saturday was raised today.
Four hundred Japanese arrived to-
day ON the steamer Glenogle from Yo-
kohama.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-15
REMARKABLE coINc1DENcT.
Sister and Brother of Henry Ward
Beecher Die on the Same Day.

HARTFORD, Conn, March 14--Mrs.
Mary Foot Beecher Perkins died to-
day aged "a years and months. Mrs.
Perkins was a sister of Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher and of Harriet Beeeher
Stowe.
ELMIRA. N. Y, March 14.-Rev.
Thomas X. Beecher, eldest and last
surviving brother of Rev. Henry Ward
Beeeher, died here today aged 81 years.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-15
SOW FoR oRIENrAL rRApE.

WASHINGTON. March 1.-THE ways
ard means committee today ordered a
favorable report on the bill to extend
TO Astoria, Oregon, the privileges Of
immediate transportation on duitable
goods.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-15

SYDNEY, N. s. w. March 1.-The
government has proclaimed st. Pat
rick's Day public holiday as a tribute
to the bravery of the Irish soldiers IN
South Africa.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-15

LoRATSI, March S.-Colonel Piumer's
force reached here. March G. 1t is be-
lteved only a single bridge southward
has been dropped, and that otherwise
the railroad is intact within five miles
OF Mafeking. Plumer has already dis
persed several Beer police posts in this
neighborhood, and is actively pushing
his advance southward.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-15
SENSATIONAL DISCOVERIES.

Detectives Make Important Criminal
Disclosures at Seattle.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-15

Kruger's Announcement to the New
York Yellow Evening Journal.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-15

NEW YORK. March 1I-A dispatch
from President Kruger to the Evening
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-15

SEATTLE, March 14.-Human hairs,
blood stains and hidden money have
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-15

CAFE TOWN. March lA.-Colonel
Plumer is now within 10 miles of Ma
fekirg.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-03-15

WILL FIGHT TILL DEATH.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-31

Surrounded by her dolls and seated
on a little rustic bench IN the yard ad-
Joining her mothers house in Potts
town. Pa. Mrs. Alverdie r. snellen-
berger. the ~14-year-old bride OF Horace
". snellenberger, spends most OF her
days. She Is a bride Of but a few days.
and is spending her honeymoon at her
mothers home until her husband gre
pares a home to which to take her.
She viii then go to housekeeping, like
any other woman, and assume the du.
ties Of her household as though she
we're twice as old.
The wedding Of the girl 20 snelien-
berger, who is a man Of % years, was
a great surprise to her friends in Potts
town. While It was noticed that he
had been paying her assiduous atten-
tons, It was not thought that anything
serious would come Of the attachment
for a to come. Perhaps the fancy
Of the two would wear away, and they
would separate to pursue their respec-
tive paths through life without giving
each other. a second thought.
But neither Horace nor Alverdie
would have things that way. They
were really In earnest in their affection
for each other, and would be married
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-31

whether others would or no. So when
Mrs. Jacob Smell objected that her
daughter was too young to the
duties Of wifehood, they decided that
they would not wait for maternal con-
sent. So OF they went and married.
Shellenberger is a farm hand in
Pottstown township, a short distance
from Pottstown. He wasn't in a po-
sltion to take the girl home with him,
so she was compelled to come back
to her parents roof until her husband
could provide a place for her.
She is as happy as a lark, despite her
separation from her lover. For has
not her mother consented to the match,
deciding to make the best of the condi-
tions, n will she not join her hus-
band in due time? She helps her
mother about the house as she did Of
old, and spends her spare time on the
little rustic bench where she has al
ways been wont to sit with her dolls
for company.
Though but IA, Mrs. Shellenberger is
a well-developed girl, and would really
pass for II. Still, at that she looks
very childish for a bride. But what
matters that, she says, as long as she
loves her husband and he loves her.
And there is not much doubt that they
do love one another.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-31

An odd story which may or may not
be true is that told Of the Marquis Of
Londonderry, Great Britain's new
acknowledgement Before he sue
ceeded to his fathers peerage he stood
for parliament in the Irish County
Down, and was elected as a Home Ruiz
er. When he subsequently voted
against Home Rule and was charged
with bad faith, he said that he had
never pledged himself to support that
cause. Il subsequently turned out
that a practical joker who resambled
the candidate. had visited County
Down previous 10 the parliamentary
elections and promised the Irish Ma
tionalists that he would support them
on an questions affecting the welfare
Of Ireland. The hoax was discovered
too late 10 undeoeiYe the Home Rulers,
who acknowledged that they had been
sold.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-31


That condition which Mr.. Bryan
warned his party friends against, when
he pleasantly said. It is undesirable to
nominate a ticket in which the candi-
date for first and second place may
md 1t necessary TO enter into a Joint
debate with one another, appears to
have already developed an illustration
In the case Of the gentleman nomina-
ted for president and vice president by
Mark Hanna's convention.
Just before he left on his trip to Ok
lahoma, Candidate Roosevelt gave out
an interview In which he pitched into
all violations Of the civil service law.
His opening declaration reads thus:
Il know that no republic can perma-
nently endure. when its politics are
corrupt and base. and the spoils sys-
TEN, the application in political life
OF the degrading doctrine that to the
victors belong the spolls, produces cor
ruption and degradation"
This Is bringing Mr.. Mckinley, MI.
h~oosevelts running mate, to book with
a vengeance for going back on his oft
repeated declaration that he would
take no step backward" in civil serv-
Ice reform. by removing the civil serv-
Ice fence from around more than TO-
600 Offices. previously filled BY the
merit system, and leaving open to the
occupancy Of hungry spoilsmen. in
order to help Mark Hanna carry the
Ohio election last fall for the Repub-
lican ticket.
Again Candidate Roosevelt inserts
the knife into the head of the presi-
Dental ticket. and draws its blade
~sweepingly across the abdomen of the
man who bosses the Republican party.
in the following fashion: presidents
Arthur, Harrison and Cleveland have
all desired &c see the service extended
and the law we'll administered" How
about President Mckinley? Candidate
Roosevelt is ominously silent as to the
record Of his running mate in the civil
service reform business.
Once more he says: The spoils-
mongers and the s~poils-hunter invari-
ably breed the bribe-taker and the
bribe-giver. the embezzler of public
funds. and the corrupter of voters"
No n at all conversant with recent
political history can read the last para
graph without interpreting it as a de-
piction Of Hanna's election methods.
the tactics he employed in getting into
the senate, and his Matchmaking post
masters last year out Of corruption
funds for the Ohio election when he
employed Mr.. Dick as his stool pigeon.
Roosevelt's language likewise reads
like a direct reference to the thievery
of Hanna's friends Nicely and Rath-
bone in Cuba.
What is Teddy the Terror up to?
Does he want to get even with Hanna
fer trying to prevent his nomination?
Does he wish to knife Mckinley this
year so as to mount upon the Ohloan's
political horse to the candidacy for
president in 1904?
Both these conclusions are strongly
inferable from R%oosevelt's remarkable
utterances.-Kansas City Times.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-31

In the early days Of my consulship
a nan came to me with a handsome
watch, which cost at least $500 on this
side Of the water. He proposed send
ing a large shipment Of similar watch
es to the United States, naming the
price-which must be the selling price
in the country from which the goods
are shipped-he wished me to enter
on the invoice as SIS. / wal new at the
business, but saw in a moment that
something was wrong. "here is SIS, "
[ said, for this watch, which / wish
you to leave with me, that / may send
Il TO our special agents In Paris to
ascertain If the price you name is cor
rect. AS / am a new consul, with but
little experience, and not an expert
you will understand / don't want to
make a mistake" The man objected
very seriously, alleging as an excuse
that he did not want to be delayed in
shipping the goods. But / was firm,
telling him he must give me time to
Investigate the matter, and that in the
meantime II he shipped his watches
from any other port / should instruct
the customs authorities in New York
to send them back. The value OF the
watch submitted to the special agents
was 500 francs. Needless to say It's
owner never returned to claim it,
Leslie's Weekly.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-31
Labor In he CABINET

The Republican platform declared
for a new cabinet oficer-a minister OF
commerce. The Democrats also favor
an increase in the presidents official
family. But they call for a secretary
Of labor.
This difference shows the difference
In attitude between the two parties.
The Republicans look at economic
questions from the side Of the capital
lists, the Democrats from the side Of
the workers, They hold that prosper
ity means the accumulation Of vast
wealth by the few. The Democrats
believe that the welfare OF the workers,
the producers, Is the foundation Of
general prosperity. A country Is pros
porous when the masses are c~Ontented.
receiving a fair share Of the products
of their toll. Governments are for
the benefit Of the many and not Of the
few.-Evansville Courier.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-31
A rrlumnh OF science.

An interesting branch Of chemistry
is that which is concerned with the
manufacture Of perfumes. In most
cases these substances are high-boiling
oils, which are complex mixtures of
a number Of compounds, and until
quite recently they were obtained ex-
clusively from flowers. The essential
principles which give the perfumes
their value belong to a class Of organic
compounds known as terpenes, and II
is now possible to produce these essen
tial principles instead of mere imita-
tions. Within ten years wonderful
progress has been made in experiments
dealing with the terpenes by such
chemists as Wallach. Baeyer and Tie
man, and 1t is now known that nearly
every substance having the properties
of a perfume has In its molecule GER
tain atomic groups, whose presence
has a marked effect upon the odor.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-31

The Chicago Public draws attention
h' the fact utterly ignored In the
o 1ess dispatches, as nearly all essential
l''ts usually sre) that the great ice
ust Of New York, in which prominent
politicians OF both parties are deeply
terested, rested not upon any power
organization. but upon a monopoly
u the docks. II these had been free to
III shippers, the trust would have been
rendered impossible by competition.
SO II is with all trusts; they are made
possible only by laws that foster mon
opoly OF trade. transportation, and
land. Abolish these, and no anti
trust legislation would be needed.
Editor Star. Reading the foregoing
we rambled OF into fable-land, mus:
C'Trusts"-A Fable)
a certain householder nee adver-
Used for a watchdog, and Two OF the
paternity responded Now. one was a
good dog and the other a bad dog. The
good dog modestly stated his abilities;
he bad dog claimed the place on the
ground that his competitor was guilty
IF a serious crime. SO the query was
What crime?' 1.-THE crime Of having
Z dea IN his tail. sir" replied the bad
log "And you. OF all creatures IN the
world. have the gall 70 raise N obiec-
ion like that" said the householder.
Why. you miserable cur. for that one
lea on your friends tail. you have a
hundred to every square inch Of your
,arcasa. and not aeas only. but lice,
maggots. ticks, and every kind Of YER
ain under the sun. Out Of my sight.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-31

The number and variety Of kniveg.
and forks that now grace a w%ell-equiD-
ned and formal dinner table may well
6lsmay one unused to such a varie-
eated display Of cutlery and silver.
There, are forks for the oysters, for the
fish and for the roast, and forks as we'll
for anything else that may be served.
There are also knives to correspond to
the forks that may be needed. These
implements that social convention de-
erees to be necessary to convey food
to the mouth are usually laid out in
formidable rows on either side Of the
plate. The other evening a simple
western maiden at her first eastern
dinner surveyed her display of knives
and forks with growing trepidatiop.
Her common sense told her that they
we're laid out in the regular order in
which It was intended they should be
used, but nothing in her experience had
taught her which was the right end
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-31

Miss Florence Leonard, a young
woman from Arlington, Ca, was lock-
ed up all the other night in the observ-
alton tower on the state reservation
overlooking the falls of Niagara. Her
experience fairly shattered her nerves.
She had been viewing the sights dur
ing the afternoon and about five o'clock
thought she would like to take a last
-lpok at the falls. The superintendent
Of the observation tower took her up
in the elevator and then forgot all
about her. At six o'clock, as nobody
else appeared, he shut up for the night
and went home. When he arrived in
the morning, Miss Leonard tainted
away.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-31
nerl-Berl FatalLtles neorenno-

DR.. Tatsusabaro Yabe, head Of the
medical department of the Japanese
navy, relates in the Archives de Mede-
cine Navale how kakke or beri-beri
has to all intents and purposes disap-
peared from his branch Of the service.
Before 1884 the proportion Of men af-
fected during the summer was rarely
below twenty-five per cent, and some
times it reached forty per cent. M.
Kanebiro Takaki then suggested an
improvement in the food (Which was
composed mainly of rice) by the ad-
dition Of pearl barley, with the result
that from 1885 to 1895 there were only
thre fatal cases Of beri-beri, all Of
which occurred during the war with
China, when the supply Of rice failed.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-31
CRY OF WOLF WON'T WORK

A recent cartoon in Puck pictures
the street car riots in st. Louis and as
serts that they are the realization of
the anarchistic Chicago platform.
Now, the cry of wolf was effective in
1896, but it is frayed at the elbows and
run down at the heels this e Peo-
pie have seen Bryan and have failed to
discover the cloven hoof hidden in his
ample boots, a tail curled beneath his
sack coat, or horns sprouting from his
head scantily covered with hair. They
40 longer believe that death and de-
ttruction follow in the wake Of an en-
actment of Democratic laws. Surely a
party that stands for every principle
dear to the FOUNDERS Of the republic
Iu not going to tear the nation up by
the roots and cast 1t into the sea.
Some new fake" must be tried this
var. Puck, the New York Times and
other mugwump papers that are
streaming anarchy, are wasting their
powder. 1t won't work again.
But to take Puck's cartoon seriously
Ter a moment. The Democratic party
est at the polls in 1896. II any ma
lonal party is to be blamed for the la
h)r troubles that have been so numer-
CHS during the present administration
fnrely 1t cannot be blamed on the
II democrats. Mr.. Mckinley takes credit
r the large wheat crops. He ought
B. the same reasoning to bear the bur
cin OF the labor troubles. That.such a
ulrtoon is printed by a reputable paper
SLOWS the lengths to which PARTISAN
slip will carry otherwise sane men,
T. Evansville Courier.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-31
POLICEMEN OF PEKIN


The policemen Of Pekin are, or, at
least, were, armed with small drums,
which they beat loudly In order, 1t Is
presumed. to let burglars and other
marauders know that they are com
ing. All night long the watehmen
beat their way around the streets. and
as a natural consequence are said to
make few arrests. The pigeons OF
Pekin have each a light whistle tied
to their tails, which gives forth a loud
sound as they fly. Sometimes I'VE or
six whistles Of different tones are at
tached, and the result Is a more or
less melodious confusion Of sounds.
The blind, and in Pekln blind men
and ome are numerous. also use
drums to announce their coming and
warn other people to get out Of their
way. BY the difference ia the sound
as Il is reelected back from walls or
DaYements Il 81 said that the blind
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-08-31

President Mckinley lacks backbone.
He has been bulldozed by Senator
Platt, aided by the complacent Depew,
into the appointment of an unfit man
for judge of the United States district
court in western New York. The re-
cent disastrous experiences of the ad-
ministration with boss-made selections
for important department positions do
not seem to have warned the president
of his folly. The spoilsmen keep con
troll e Of the selection Of high ju-
dicial Observation-Disclosures Rec
ord. Dem.