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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-05-27
PEACE And WAR
WITH SMALL TALK
London Letter Concerning Events
and People Of Interest.
OUR MILLIONAIRES SCORED
De Witt Talmage to Preach at ST. James
IIalI-Queen's Blrthday-uptOu Will
Not Challenge Very Soon.

LONDON. May Copyright 1900
the Associated Press)-The outlook for
peace, how soon it win come and the
steps by which it will be procured are
the foremost topics Of the hour here.
The air is full of rumors about mes
sages from President Kruger. the Bo-
er delegates and other formal steps
looking TO a cessation OF hostilities;
but these. so far. have proved to be
without any foundation. Accor ling to
the opinion Of one Of the highest off,
cials OF the foreign Office there is
popular misconception regarding the
importance OF these imaginary ap-
peals. This authority is inclined to be-
heve that the most submissive tele-
gram President Kruger could impose
would not alter the situation in the
slightest.
Peace" he declared, can only be
accomplished after the Transvaal has
undergone the same process as the
Free State. The cases are, or win be
in a few days, analogous. The most
forcible illustration Of my meaning can
be gathered by supposing President
Steyn now sued or had sued for peace.
What difference could such action
make to us? Neither Kruger's word nor
steyn's word are any guarantee that
their people will submit
Kruger might surrender, Pretoria
might be in our hands yet, in other
parts Of the Transvaal, we might have
a recurrence of such a thing as the
siege Of wepener, or Widespread up
risings which would necessitate the !
presence Of thousands Of troops.
A thorough oeupation having now be- .
come the object of the war it cannot .
terminate until disarmament is com
pletely effected among all the Boer
forces When the Beers want peace,
they must tell Lord Roberts and take
him their arms. This may, perhaps,
occur at the instigation OF President
Kruger; but the only Importance we
could attach to any of his appeals or
utterances is the extent with which
they will be observed among his own
people. Ny personal opinion is that it
viii be found that the extent is small,
though this fact should not delay peace,
or. more properly, pacifcatlon.
Lord Roberts should be able to sub
due the Transvaal almost as easily as
he did the Free State. If, as 1 hear is
likely, bodies Of Beers will take to the
hills, a lot Of them will be kept there
till they are tired. With the bulk Of
the population disarmed these guerrilla
bands are not likely to be a serious
factor.
Il fail to see how matters will BE- al
tered even if foreign power, say the
United States, consented to transmit
the unconditional | surrender of our
foes. l connot see that 1t would be
worth the paper It is written on,
though the action We would take is
too hypothetical for me to forecast it,"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-05-27

Sergeant Buck Taylor, one OF tho
famous Rough Riders, is a personal
friend OF Governor Roosevelt, OF New
York. He accompanied Governor
Roosevelt on his great stumping tour
through upper New York state. lie
was promoted through gAllAntry In the
Geld during the late war.
The Sergeant has the following 10 say
Of Po-ru-nA, al think thore Is no better
medicine on earth than Pe-ru'nA, for
catarrh. II has cured me. II would
take volume to tell you all tho good Il
has done me. Pe-ru-na is tho best ca
tarrh cure on earth, and | know, for l
have tried nearly all Of them.
Respectfully, Buck +. Taylor.
Send for hook OF testimonials, sent
FREQ by Tho Pe-ru.na Medicine Co,
Columbus, o,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-05-27
A NEW TRAIN.

The Chicago, Milwaukee G. st. Paul
Railway Co. will place in service April
29sh New Train between st. Paul and
St. Louis, called the Flying Dutch
man." The train will have through
sleeping cars and be nrst-class
throughout. Ask any ticket agent for
particulars or address
c. j. EDDY, General Agent,
Portland, Oregon.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-05-27

From Sir Thomas Upton, a repre-
sentative OF the Associated Press learns
that he will not announce the date
Of his next challenge for the Americas
cup till August. The continuation Of
his silence. he frankly admits. is due to
the belief that it viii further his chanc-
es Of winning. Henee the announce
ments purporting to come from him
are untrue, and il is clear that Sir
Thomas has no idea of again attempt
ing to lift the cup until next year.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-05-27

The queens birthday honor list is
generally voted absurdly inadequate.
No naval officer Is mentioned amid the
host of "unknowns" that gained the
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-05-27
UNWORTHY SON OF NOBLE SIRE.


SAN FRANCISCO. May s6.-The
Examiner says that Julian T. Bid.
dulph Arnold, member OF the London
firm 81 Kreighley. Arnold & Krelgh-
ley. who is under arrest here for en-
bezzlement, is the second son OF Sir
Edwin Arnold. the famous poet.
Young Aruold is also an author hay.
ing written book entitled Palms and
Temples" descriptive OF trip up the
Nile. The extradltlon papers In his
case have ben signed, and the prisoner
win 5oon be on his way back to Eng
land. He says he Is anxious to return
and have the whole thing over with.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-05-27

The cutter Hester is the latest Brit
ish yacht to be sold to America, which
has already denuded the sixty-five foot
class and has commenced ralding the
fast cruisers.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-05-27
Only Blood Diseases can be TransmittI

further proof that Cancer is disease of the blood
To cure blood disease keths you must cure the entr
Cancer efectually and permanently but S. S. S.
s. s. enters the circulation searches out and
or ordinary blood medicine do this S. S. S. goes dowr
allowing the sore to heal naturally and permanently S S S
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-05-27

coveted dictinction. The Pail Mall Ga
xette rather pathetically commented on
the fact that the prss Is altogether
emitted"
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on, and marched along with them filled
with water. When we stopped / took them
off and found my feet blistered and raw.
After fixing them as best | could with rags
wrapped around them, / limped on the
rest of the afternoon, enduring eNcruciating
pain at every step. Hundreds were Just
like myself, and how we passed over the
roads l don't know. Some had no shoes
at all. and our regiment did not have a
hundred guns in the ranks. every one going
along on his own hook. We have endured
hard marching before. but this was the
worst Yet. Some days on the knoxville
trip We're hard. but we then had no streams
to wade, and had some dry weather; now
leisurely, contentedly and steadily The rain
poured down. | used all the effort | could
TO keep up my courage; would look steadily
at the ground. think of pleasant things at
home. of sights ! had seen, of persons |
would like to meet, of good things to eat,
all to aid my forgetting the present situa-
ton; but a stone III the road would wrench
my foot. and all was forgotten in mo-
ment. and the terrible fact OF where was
would close down and oppress me; Wouit:
say TO myself only ID minutes. more and
our trip would be over. don't gfyenpyet," 3"
etc. Many would fail out, bidding us
goodbye" and said they would go home
by Richmond They would go 10 houses
nearby and probably be captured by rebel
scouts. About o'clock failed entirely,
when Oglevee came along and ] demanded
his horse. which he turned over to me. and
rode to where We camped at Shoals River.
seven miles from Florence. We had
marched in the condition above described
10 miles. | took an early occasion to get
two rails, and laying them down, spread
tent over them. and with haversack for
pillow, rolled up in Woolen blanket in a
driZzling rain and went i'll for sleep. SO
ended the second day of our hard times.
To be continued.
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SOUTH AFRICAN WAR.
Beers Lose an Important Com
mander-Other Happenings.

The most interesting event in the Trans
vaal occurrences during the past 10 days
was the death of Gen. Pietrus Jacobrs
Joubert, Commandant-Genera of the
TranSVaal forces, March 27, of acute in
hammation of the bowels. His successor
is announced as Gen. Louis Botha. late
commander in Natal. Joubert's death
the Beers, and he was spoken of with great
respect by the English commanders and
the newspapers. Joubert was born abou
6S years ago. He was descended from an
old French Huguenot family, which settled
in South Africa many years ago. He was
born in Cape Colony, but was taken by his
parents, when seven years old, to the
Orange Free State, where he was taught
from early childhood to shoot straight
and hate the British. IN consequence o
the acquisition of Natal by the British his
family moved to the Trapsvaal. He was
elected Vice-President q the Transyaal in
1876, defeated Sir George C;olley at Maiuba
Hill in 1881, and acted rs President of the
Republic in 1s83-'S4 during Kruger's alb
It was Joubert who organized the army
of the South African Republic, later on
dividing the country into, II Military De-
partments. According, to the Generals
without leaving his farm, and had his
equipment ready at hand. To such a
point of perfection was, the system carried
that within IS hours after the present war
was declared the Boer-, nation was under
arms. 1t was also due to Gen. Joubert
that the South African Republics succeeded
in amassing the immense stores of war
munitions and provisiops which have
stood them in such good stead during the
conflict now i'll progress
His raid into the country south of the
Tugea is considered the best piece of Beer
leadership during the whole war. 1t is now
known that he crossed the Tugea with only
5000 rifiemen and six guns, but so bold
and rapid were his movements that the
British commanders thought 10000 Beers
were marching on Pietermaritzburg. For
a few days, although in the presence of
sreatly-superior forces, he isolated Gen.
Hildyard's Brigade at Estcourt. and ut the
same time threatened Gen. Barton's camp
at Moo River. Then. as British reinforce
| ments We're pushed up, Joubert recrossed
the Tugela without losing d prisoner, ii
wagon, or gun.
! MAFEKING'S FATE IN DOUBT.
In London there seemed to be consider
able confusion as to what was being done
] for the relief Of Mafeking. 1t was under
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IN CONGRESS.
of the More Important
Proceedings of Both Houses.

In the Senate on March 81 Mr.. Foraker
presented some amendments to the Porto
Rican Governmental bill. such as were
agreed upon III caucus the day before.
In this caucus, instead of separating the
House tariff bill from the civil government
bill. they agreed to again combine the
measures and to secure their passage as
soon as possible, with the following tariff
propositions:
The Is per cent. tariff to remain on Porto
Rican products entering the United States.
The free list of the Presidents execu-
tive order to continue in force, so far as
goods entering Porto Rico are concerned.
with the proviso that this arrangement
shall continue only two years, or shall
cease at an earlier period if the Porto Rico
Legislature shall put into operation local
system of taxation and so notify the Presi-
dent.
Another change is made in Section 3,
in which the inhabitants are described
as Citizens of Porto Rico, and as such
entitled to the protection of the United
States" whereas in the old bill they Were
designated as citizens of the [ United States. y
During the consideration of the bill
Senator Stewart said that the attempt
to alarm the labor of this country was pure
demagogy. He believed the islands would
eventually give employment TO many
thousands of Americans, as well as TO
their own inhabitants. He regarded as a
pure fabrication the contention that the
products of the island would injure the
trade of this country, and in conclusion
advocated the enactment of the Spooner
bill, which confers authority upon the
President TO govern the Philippines until
Congress shall provide otherwise, urging
that Porto Rico be included in the measure.
Debate on a wide range of topics, with
Porto Rico as the burning theme, occupied
the House while the Army appropriation
bill was technically under consideration.
The Boer war and our Oriental islands
furnished material for intense philippicS
by Representatives Sulzer, of New York
and Lentz, OF Ohio, respectively. The
Iatter's speech called out an exeoria1ing
reply from Representative Marsh, a veteran
of the civil war, from Illinois. The clash
was terrific for a spell, and strong Ian
pnape was emnloXed.
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One of the conflicts Of the day was be-
tween Representative Steele. of Indiana
member of the Ways and Means Com
mittee. and Representative James r.
Williams, Of Illinois, Democratic mem
ber of the Committee on Insular Affairs.
Mr.. Steele intimated that Gen. Miles had
no authority To issue proclamation, and
then undertook to give reasons for a tariff
with Porto Rico; also read a letter
urging that free trade wa not desired
by the Porto Ricans themselves. This
letter turned out To be from Walter X.
Lands, brother Of Representative Lands,
of Indiana, who is in the postal service at
San Juan. Mr.. Williams turned his bat
teries on that kind Of argument. and used
Mir. Steele pretty roughly There We're
two or three tits before the Hoosier retired.
Representative Pierce, Of Tennessee.
annoyed the Republicans by an earnest
speech about the charge that there was
place a tariff on Porto Rican products.
When Mr.. Steele asked how the Porto
Rican tariff could be used to raise a cam
paign fund, Mr.. Pierce answered that
he could not give the exact steps, but
vast sums of money had been raised i'll
1895. and the contributors III one instance
had even logged the memory OF the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury, who had not dared
To resent the insult.
Chairman Hull took a few minutes
TO brand the charge of a campaign fund
as absolutely false and unworthy of be
lief. He likewise called the attention of
the House TO some of the literature that
was being circulated III the Philippines.
This literature described alleged public
meetings held in different parts of the
country in the interest of the insurgent
cause. At one of them held in New York
the Democratic party was represented
as having indorsed Aguinaldo's cause. and
the insurgents were appealed 10 to hold on
until after the Presidential election, when
their allies in this country would see that
the Stars and Stripes were removed from
the islands.
Representative LentZ, of Ohio. a mem
ber of the Military Affairs Committee,
discussed the evils of militarism The
expenditures for the army had grown,
he said, until they now absorbed one-fiftli
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POBERTS'S DOINGS.

AS TO the situa ton at BIoemfontein it was
said in the dispatches that conditions
existing III the occupied territory rendered
imperative a somewhat prolonged halt at
Bloemfontcin. III is necessary that the
effect of Lord Rohertss proclamation should
have time to make Itself felt, and the tenn
per of the inhabitants who have surrender
ed and returned to their farms be declared.
Danger and annoyance TO the line of com
munications is to 10 apprehended unless the
territory behind the advancing forces is
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Stomach
Troubles

In the Spring are that bilious feeling, bad taste
in the mouth, dull headache, slcepiessEess, poor
appetite These are signals of distress. The
stomach is being Overworked and it cries for
help. 1t needs the peculiar tonic qualities and
digestive strength to be found only in
The National tribune., 1900-04-05
LOSSES OF BOTH SIDES.

In spite of the publication of the re-
publican official figures, reliable inform
ants agree that the Beers have lost 1000
killed in action since the outbreak of the
war. Adding the wounded, sick, and pris-
oners, the total loss must, at the most
moderate estimate, exceed 5000, not in
Guiding several thousand Free State
burghers and rebels now returned to their
farms.
The War Office has issued another table
of British losses, showing an aggregate
of 1862, which does not include 1904
who have been invalided home.
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THE ESCAPE OF OLIvIER

Gen French is reported from Bloemfon-
tein us returning from the Thaba Nchu
without apparently having headed off
Commandant Olivier with his u guns
and miles of baggage. trekking north
ward. Commandant Olivier appears to
have gotten his 5000 men and p miles OF
wagons into rugged country, where he
can make an easy rear-guard defense.
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q. A. R. Badge Charm.

No. 239.-This
charm Is an exact re-
production in gold
plate Of the official
G.. R. badge. The
colOrs of the original
are reproduced in
enamel upon the
gold. 1t is a beauti-
ful charm and is
worn by thousands
because it is more
convenient than the
heavy bronze badge,
which need only be
worn upon occasions
of ceremony. This
beautiful charm is
sent free, postpaid,
.ly subscribers.
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rendered absolutely secure. This is proved
by the fact Of the enemy's breaking UP into
isolated groups. and various small con-
fiicts. "Fhc adjustment of the financial
and municipal matters Of the Free State is
now chiefly occupying the attention of the
Governor and his legal and financial ad
visers. The military regime is being con
Quoted with great SmocthncSs, but recent
Investigations show that caution must
be exercised in dealing with persons ap-
parentlv loyal"
On March % it was announced that
Lord Roberts has sent 10000 troops to
Glen, 10 miles north of Bloemfontein, on
the railway. The 1st Coldstrcams and the
Sd Grcnadiers are at Glen. The GordonS
and the cavalry brigade moved Sunday;
the Fourteenth Brigade followed to-day.
Dispatches of the Both stated that tn e
Beers were concentrating in force about ID
miles north Of Bloemfontein, in the rear OF
Glen.
Lord Robcrts's advanced forces met the
Beers at Kar Siding, near Bloemfontein,
and after a sharp fight succeeded in win
ming only by turning the Boer flank with
mounted infantry. The British lost two
officers killed and eight wounded, and 10
enlisted men killed and 159 wounded.
Seven guns and n convoy on the way
back from Thaba Nchu, which Col. Broad
wood was obliged TO evacuate Friday, fell
into Il Boer ambush, about Is miles from
town, and were captured by the enemy.
Gen. Roberts sent out a force of about
10000 men 10 rescue Col. Broadwood. who
had about 1000 men, and sharp fighting
followed all day Sunday, but the captured
battery was not retaken. The British
losses are reported at some $50 men. but
the accounts.are not yet full as TO the Stu
alton. The British seem to have been COM
pletcly surprised by the yigor of the Boer
movement.
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stood that some 5000 or 5000 men were
engaged with Lord 3Iethuen al Wauentou
and Fourteen Streams. on the Eaal River,
and another column was leaving for Griqua
town, 106 miles westward. Its OStensib!e
purpose is 10 drive ont the Beers. The
force is described as "a strong one" and
the expedition as likely to attract much
attention" 1t is surmiSed that this is a
turning movement. and that its effect is
to dislodgo the Beers ut Fourteen Streams.
The National tribune., 1900-04-05

In the Senate on Saturday Mr.. Fair
banks spoke at length infavor of the Porto
Rican tariff. -7a.
The fortifications bill occupied the House
IL carries little over 81 ,0600O
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The Senate, on Monday. April 2, con-
tinucd the debate on the Porto Rican tariff
bill. .s.,
In the House a resolution was intro
duced by Representative Payne On. W
calling upon the Secretary Of the Treasury
to inform the House whether, in his opin-
ion, the present laws for raising revenue
are creating and viii continue to create
surplus. This resolution was passed
It is believed to foreshadow possible re-
duction of the war tax.
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MARCH TO FLORENCE.

If only had shoes and sound feet. I
would not think thus, but there were
many worse off than / was. Some who
We're not so near played out, and whose
spirits never flag. kept things lively with
remarks and jokes. Tired, weary, worn
out and nearly all gone up, we stopped for
dinner. My feet were almost ruined: we
had waded two large streams. and not
being able to get my boots of j kept them
The National tribune., 1900-04-05

ike civilization to see again carriages and
pmnibuses running through the streets
drawn by fine horses. To-day heard the
church bells ringing and saw people going
to church for the first time in many months.
ORDERED To MOVE.
Evening. later-I am again at the rail-
road office. and we expect to leave for some
place in short time. We received orders
to move, and all our calculations for a
pleasant stay here were dispelled. We
moved through town to the depot again
making fine display in the streets, win
colors fiying. band playing. while the
citizens. negroes and all, thronged 10 see us
pass Around me all is noise and confusion
engines whistling. bells ringing and a
great hum of voices. l must stop writing
and be off.
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| MAFEkING'S FATE IN DOUBT.
In London there seemed to be consider
able confusion as to what was being done
! for the relief Of Mafeking. 1t was under