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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1901)
IJOTIOHI Books, Periodicals, Moivnzincs, Co., fire Not to bo T:!u:i From The Library without p mission. . Any asm Kmc UESAST mum ono (..iul !;uilty of pich olfense, Mill ba liable to prosilciyjr,"xJ'v ( VOL. LIU. ASTOKIA, OUEGOX, SATl'KDAY, JAXlXRY 5, 1001. NO. " r WE ARE SELLING AGENTS IN ASTORIA FOR BRIDGB, Superior Stoel Range3 1 BEACH Sylph Hoator S CO h Olio Heater COLE Hot Blast Heater for Coal MFG. Domo Top Heater for Wood CO.'m Russia Iron Heater ior Wood Wo h!ho iimnufncCtiro a Kuswiii Iron Queen Heater for Wood. T!hw comprint) tlie bent lino of stoves in tlio stuto. Wo sell no second-dims stoves. An in spection of our lino of stoves will pay you. ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU If yo.i have forgotten any ono we still have many articles on hand suitable for New Year (Sifts NEW YEAR CARDS CALENDARS GRIFFIN & SOME SALT FISH SPECIALTIES Fine Bloater Mackerel, Imported Holland Herring, Genine Eastern Codfish, Salmon Denies and Tips, Grimsby Bloater Herring, Etc. ROSS, HIGGINS & CO. TEN PER CENT Off FOR SILVERPLATED WARE, CHINAWARE am. GLASSWARE, CROCKERY AND LAMPS UNTIL FEBRUARY i, 1901. . . Poard & Stokes Co. A LONG RO W W. J. Scully, 431 BOND STREET, Bctwtei Klatk aid Tenth Streets C. VUIIUI'J'J'V'I UIVRHUIV, Insurance and Shirking. BOOKLETS DIARIES. ETC REED CASH. . . Of our. new and up-to-date Air tight Heaters aro still on hand. Wo figured on considerable cold weather and purchased an un usual quantity; but the , weather has moderated, consequently sales have been slow. We aro over stocked and must have tho room. From now on these splendid heat, ing stoves will bo sold at a reduc tion of 20 per cent FOR CASH. D, Custom Houm npokf, . ASTORIA, ORE. ' aeut W. r; a Co tod Pacific KxpreM Co l. PRESIDENT HILL HAKES STATEMENT Lines Hope by Gelling Together (0 Reduce Expenses. RUMOR OF GIGANTIC DEAL Norther. Piclflc and Ore! Northers Kcduct Local P(Der Ralei la Moot and Idsbo 10 Three Ccoia Per Mile. 8T. PAUL. Jon. 1.-Regarding tho re. port tlutt a deal belween the Great Northern and the Milwaukee and fit. rul Mud had gons through ami that President J. J. HID had borrowed $25, OOO.OoO to carry It through, thai icenflr iii'tn aold thla afternoon: "I have mad txi loan In Montreal, Doc It nut stand to reason that If I needed money I rati get It without bo- mg to Cuna'UT No deal by which we act ronirul of any wntorn lint, haa been consummated, yet I will fay, how ever, that aome of the llna hope by getting together to reduce working (YiMItlNATION RKPOrtTrCTl. ST. PAUL, JJ). l.-WTille no roiillr. matlou could be obtained here from au thoritative aourcra of the reported ctmblnathm of the Northern Pacific. Great Northern and Chicago. Milwau kee & Ht. Paul rallroada. It la the g,.. I eral belief In well-Informed railway cir cle, that the deal If not already ac cimpllnhed In fart, la In proceaa of con aumtnatlon. The announcement waa made aeml- offltlally today, that (he big deal by which the lllll-Mrjrsn-KiHkefeller In tereata were to aecure contrt.1 of the menl on n, nip"nn p"nu una u Northern radtlc and St. Paul tonda la j th Problem la to be aolved at all It practically conaummited and that in- niuhl f,nvJ from the Pekln coun tUle of a month the ayntema will be tn 1 0,1 Dd dU w,,h b' dlreot P10"1""0 effect one exchange. The principal difficulty In About three weeks ago. o th atory I g.. Prealdent Hill obtained a loan from Canadian capialista at 123.000. 000 and It is added that much of thla money went for the purchaH of North ern Pacific and St. Paul h ha re a. Prel- dent 1 1 ill will leave for N"w Tork twit wm.l in.t ir la ..,u,.,i that th. t object of hi visit la to out the finish ! lug tout-he upon the moat gigantic rallroa.1 deal In recent year. PASSENGER RATES REDUCED. HT. PAUL. Jan. 4.-The Northern Pa cific and Great Northern roods thta af ternoon announced that th local pas senger rate In Montana and Idaho would on February lat, be reduced from four to thr-e cents per mile., mak ing a uaifnrm rate of three rent ier mile over the entire mlleajre, of both systems, PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS. ', J. Howard Named for Postmaster of Cottage Grove, , WASHINGTON. Jan. 4.-The presi dent today sent the following nomina tions to the senate: Nolen C New, of Indiana, deputy auditor of the pontoftlce department; Cyrua F. Adams, of Illinois, assistant register of the treasury. To be brlgadltr-generals In the vol unteer army: Colonel S. W, White side, Tenth ravalry; Lleutennnt-Colo-nel Jaa. U. Campbeli, Thirtieth Infan try. V. S. V.; Major Cha. Rurd. quar termaster, U. S. A. Postmasters: Oregon C. J. Howard, Cottage Grove. California William E. Reading, Rogle; J. J. West, Williams. Navy: Commander J. O. Hunker to be captain; Lieutenant-Commander C. K. Curtis to be commander; Lieutenant J. G, Qulmby to be lieutenant-commander, FURY OF 8TORM ABATING. But Southern Pacific Passer.gera Are Still Detained at Ashland. ASHLAND. Ore.. Jan. 4. With the exception of Blsson. Cal.. where It Is still snowing tonight, all points In the track of the great snowBtorm that haa been raging In northern California and ...STYLISH DINING Sido Boards, Dining Room Tables, Buffets, China Closets and Chairs, nil of which we aro offering at a very low price. A new lot of Iron and Brass Bedsteads just received. CHARLES HEILB0RN & SON southern Oregon since New Year's nlttbt report an abatement (f (he fury of the atorm. The situation on the Southern Pa cific railroad haa tin j.rov.J during the day. Thla evening the official suo cewlwl In breaking; the blockade, which haa existed on the Parramento dlvls Ion, south uf Dunsmuir. One passenger train waa started from there on Its way aoulh am one north, wllh tho expecta tlon that they will K"t through. In addition to combating gigantic Know drift In Sacramento canyon and In deep cuta of the Siskiyou mountain, the railroad haa had two landslide aouth f CasMlu to contend with and a force of several hundred men haa succeeded In clearing the track. Five miow plow and an Immense force of snow ahovelera are operating aouth of th summit of the Siskiyou and no effort or expense la being aparod to clear the road. Six engine that hauled yesterday' southbound express over the Siskiyou to Hornbrook, on returning thla morn li.g to Ashland encountered a drift over fourteen fn dt. A anow plow and a large gong of men have been at work all day digging them out and it la ex tiecled thai they will rca h Anhland tH fore morning. The j)uteii(ter oo tralm Nog. 11 and 15, which arrived fn-m Portland thla I nwirnlev ar. het.tT In AMhl.iml ntld 1 ,n"il'!K. " ,:z. thot on No. 11, due h"re at ntldnight. are alao to be held here. A train wai m"a u" "nu "II ",r r"r" ex-11'"1 Paw",nK,'r n1 mal1- ! M-SSIA WANTS MANCHL'KIA. State Department Feela Conalderable Apprehension at Ruiaian At titude, WAjlllNOTON, Jan. 4.-The atate ! partment la making a gtrong effort to i ecu re an undcrntandlng among the (Miwera to aerve aa a banla for the ad Jutmeoi of the question of Indemnity to be paid by the Chinese government. It appear a from Congvr'g retMrta that It hopeleaa to expect the foreign mlnurtera at Pekln to reach an agree- h wy tved iA U the enormous , Indemnities demanded by some of the power. The attitude of Russia In Manchuria haa given rise to considerable appre hension here. As Indicated in recent new diapatchea a series of regulations haa been promulgated by the Russian government for the administration of ff,r 'n chlaa wnkh 'ould ' omciai nere to warn.ni apprenenwon that th! permanent occupation or cnat territory w ith Ita population of 20,000. 000 la in contemplation. TWO V RECKED SCHOONERS. One Is the Joseph and Henry, the Name of the Other Ia Not Known. NEWPORT, Ore.. Jan. 4.-The schooner which was reported ashore, bottom up, six miles south of Alsea bay. la the Joseph and Henry. There la nothing In the hold. . Parties who came front the scene this afternoon report another three-masted schooner coming ashore, waterlogged, a few yards below the Joseph and Hen ry. It Is thought by some to be the wreckage from the Joseph and Henry, but that la. hardly likely. The llfe-sav-lng crew has gone to the scene. BOOZ INVESTIGATION. Testimony of Members cf Family of Leceased Cadet Heard. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 4.-The Boog I eonrrexslomtl committee, which was re cently appointed by Speaker Henderson for the purpose of making inquiry In to the cause of the death of Oscar L. Booa at West Point and to Investigate haIng In general at the military aca demy, began to take testimony today. Three sessions were held. The com- mlttee went to Bristol, the home of , the Boos ramiiy ana neara tne teste mony of four members of the family. UNION PACIFIC IMPROVEMENTS. Million Dollars Will Be Expended Kansas. In TOPEKA, Jan. 4.-The Union Pacific road announces that It will spend a million dollars In Kansas In making Improvtmenta to Its road. ROOM FlR'tlTlM... MANY INVADERS HAVE RETIRED Small Companies of Boers Re . treating Northward. DE WET EVADES RL'RSL'ERS Lara Klkheoer U Calliai lor Five Thousand Mca (o Ouara lite (bad M;pf Ea liilluj la Cape Colony Con tinues Active. LONDON, Jan. 6. Earl Robm. of nitnuanar ana rrtnona, la already im p.eraed In hi arduous n-w duties at the ar olBce. He will take no hull. lay. There la no further news from Lord Kitchener who, according to a rape Town dispute!!, la calling fr,r Cow men to guard the lland mine. Knlicting In Cape Colony continue active. atd &0 nun will Tive Cape Towr for the north In ihe next few day. Information regarding the Invasion la wiit. Colonel Williams attacked the CSftern Invaders January 1, near Mid dltberg, but failed to disltH.iKe litem. He haa gince bvn Joined by Lieutenant- Colonel Grenfel and the Uwra have re tired. Advlcea from Ma'ru, liisutoland. dated yesterday, say that thn-e fcepa rate oulunma are still pursuing Gen eral Do Wet, but with no success be yond taking li prisoners. Cannon' fir ing ia continuously heard. BOERS RETREATING. CAPS TOWN. Jan. 4. Two hundred Boer have recroseed the Orange riv er, going north. Commandants Petrus and Deplocy were killed In the fight Ug a; L'trecht, December 25th. CONQUEST A DELUSION. NEW YORK, Jan. 4, Charles D. Plertx, ccnsul-general of the Orange , ew York and Ireaa- urer of the Boer relief fund In Ameri ca, haa given out the following state ment: "The news coming to us every d.iy. both by public and private cable, shows the reported conquest of the Boers to be a delusion. "There are unuVr arms on the Boer aide over sixteen thousand hardy, de termined. Invincible patriots of which 5000 are now invading Cape Colony against the 210,000 troops landed from I Great Britain and her dpendencle8. "The British Invaders have lost ovtr 45 per cent of that force. The Boers' total losses In killed and dying from wounds have not exceeded. 1300, but their lose in property and in impover ishment of the people has been very great "Pert of the Boera are armed with Mausers, using a p'.aln bullet, but many have Lee-Metford rifles, which use the dumdum bullets and all of the latter weie captured from the English; they bear tho arrow mark of Woolwich." KRUGER TO VISIT AMERICA. NEW YORK, Jan. 4. A dispatch to the Journal and Advertiser from Loa don sayst It Is almost certainly decided that Mr. Kruger will go to America in Feb ruary,, probably accompanied, by Wm. T. Stead, who will make a ringing campaign In behalf of stopping the war. GIRL KIDNAPPED. Daughter of a Prominent New Real Estate Dealer. Tork NEW YORK, Jan. 4. Wm. L, Rad- ford, a real estate detirel of pro-i reported at the bureau of Information eady this morning that he had reason ,0 wHt that his 16.year.old daugn. ter, Mary, had been kidnapped. The girl waa slightly 111 and was to I ave met her father at noon yester day at the Sixth avenue elevated rail way station at Thirty-third street. Ha was to have accompanied ber to his physician. She did not keep the ap pointment. He waited for three hours vainly and then went home. There he was told that Mary had left the house In time to keep the appointment at noon and that nothing was known of her, - OLD-FASHIONED DEMOCRACY. Two Hundred of Its Leaders Have Or ganized and Secured Articles of Incorporation. NEW YORK. Jan. 4.-The Journal and Advertiser snys: Grover Cleveland. David B. Hill, Dan iel S. Lamont, Wm. F. Sheehan, Wm. C. Whitney, Jacob A. Canter and other Democrats are, It Is announced, to be come members of the Samuel J. Tllden Club, with headquarters at Broadway and Seventy-second street, articles of Incorporation for wfc!.h h.v.c j.-.-.t signed by Justice Leventritt. In the su preme court. The club, as declared by those who are promoting Its Interests, In to lie the plcnc-r In the movement Mugged by Orover Cleveland for the "reorg.m- Iraiion of the Democratic party and promulgation of tru-j Democratic prin ciples throughout the United State." It Ih to be a national as well am a state; Institution and will seek to have nomi nated for ofhYe only "slmon pure" D -riKK rat. running on "old fashioned" Democratic platforms. The two hundred tren whom the In corporators awiext have already signi fied their Intentk n of Joining r" to h summoned early In the corning week. wh'n oftlcers aro to be chosen. Robert Dowllng, head (,f the contracting firm of Flake & Dowllng, may be the first president. The name of J. A. Cantor, for years the Democratic leader of thla. state; Samuel J. Hotchklsa, Wm. Arrowsmlth and Perex M. Stewart, who defeated Robert JrUzet for the aaeembly a year ago. appear upon the articles i,l in corporation. This Is what Senator Cantor had to say about '.he club, after a long confer ence with former Lieutenant-Governor Wm. F. Sheehan and Anthony N. Rra dy, of Albany: "The Samuel .1. TIM.-n Club Is In corporated in response to the wishes of Democrats who are d'firous that the jarty shall not continue to low, but rather to win battk-s at the polls. "We shall, instead of fighting for 18 to 1, fight for tariff reform, ag&lnst sub sidies, against centralization of power anu the other great Issues on which the Democracy has heretofore gone to the people and won many a victory.' "Will such men as Orover Cleveland. David B. Hill. Wm. C. Whitney ar.d Dajilel S. Lkmont Join your club, asked. was "We certainly should not have form ed It were we not asuured of the sym pathy of men of their type." OLMSTEAD RE.SOLUTION. Was. the Caue of Another Spirited Struggle In the House Testerday. WASHINGTON. Jan. 4.-The house today had another spirited struggle over the Olmstead resolution to Investi gate abridgement of suffrage In cer tain Southern states with a view to re arpc nionment upon the actual basis of suffrage.- It, waa finally referred to the census committee, where the op position desired it to go originally. Some of the Republican leaders were not in sympathy with ! the resolution. Olmstead tried to get Hopkins to agree that the committee would consider the resolution within a week, but the chair man of the census committee declined to Make any pledge to that effect. The debate upon the resolution was marked by exceeding frankness. Some Southern members avowed that the at tempt to enfranchise the negro had been a lamentable failure, and the ac tion of certain states In legally elimin ating the blacks as factors at the polls, they said, was in the Interest of civili sation and progress. After the resolution had been disposed of the reapportionment bill was taken up. An attempt to agree upon a time for the final vote on the bill failed, al though the general Impression Is that the debate will be concluded early next week. CRUISER BALTIMORE. Will lie Rehabilitated at Expense of $500,000. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. The naval board of construction today decided to almost completely rehabilitate the crui ser Baltimore, now lying at New York navy yard. Her Improvements will In volve the expenditure of $"0.CK10 and take at least a year and a half. FIFTY-HOUR RECORD. Bicycle Racers Have Covered 9-i.o Miles In the Six-Day Race. BOSTON. Jan. 4. The score at fifty hours In the six-day bicycle race is McEachern leading. Kaser, Stinson, Downey, Fischer, McLean and Walt hour; all D2S.5 miles; Babcock, 92S.1; Muller. 918.3. . ASK z s it ! "Charles CsrrcSi" - -JCcij : "General. 6c:d" - - "Ssjl CIGARS TWO UNEOUALED ALLEN & a. Distributors, VAST FORTUNES MADE AND LOST Most Exciting Day on New York Stock Exchange. INDESCRIBABLE EXCITEMENT Rccordta Trassactioas Fooled Up ,S37, Shares Compart Willi Previo Record l l,62J,IS-Vlotl Prke Fltictaatloii. NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-Today was one of the most exciting days In the his tory cf the New Tork stock exchange. There can be no doubt th.U the aggre gate sales for today exceeded anything ever done before on exehange. Re corded transactions footed up l.S'7.90 shares, compared with the previous rec ord of 1.S23.9IS shares on November 12, lSOO. There have been wider price movements than any of these made to day !n Individual sto. ks, or In groups of stocks, but It Is doubtful whether there has ever before been so violent a fluctuation In the average price for stocks traded In, as from low price to high price today. The confusion during the eariy hour of the market, while the ultimate course (of price wa still In controversy, was beyond description, and the excitement during the late hours of the day, when. the demand was at Its height and prices were moving most rapidly up ward, warrants the ue of the term frenzy. Considering the extreme varia tions on prices and the highly concen trated character of some of the deal ings. It Is not exaggerating to say that vast fortunes were made or lost on the floor of ex.-hange during the day. It would be useless to attempt to analyze closely the causes underlying such a market. There wag a recrudes cence in full force of all the bullish sentiment which haa stirred up the stock, market fur. tu nwnths punt and the effect wits more acute by reason of the rebound from yesterday's de pression. The rebound in sugar, on the story of the settUment of the trade war, was In Itself a backset for the . bears. But the powerful lever which moved the whole market waa St. Paul. St, Pad! moved upward as a result points froVn the low level, on sales of over 243.000 shares. Parallel with this rise was the upward movement In Northern Pacific of 8 points and in Great Northern of 7 points. Galna In a'.l the stocks most actively traded In ranged frm 2 to over t points. ARMY REORGANIZATION EILL. Discussed for Five Hours In the Senate Yesterday. i WASHINGTON.. Jan. 4.-For fiva hours today the senate discussed the army reorganization bill. The debate took a wide range at times, but waa confined principally to the necessity, for tho- Increase in the regular army proposed in the pending measure. The Philippine question was threshed over at great length. CAPTAIN OF ALPHA CENSURED. Conner's Jury Blames Him for Loss of the Steamer. the VICTORIA. B. C, Jan. 4.-The coro ner's jury at Union, which has been investigating the deaths of the vic tims of tlw Alpha, wreck, has returned a verdict censuring the captain of that steamer for not having a relia-. ble chart and for attempting to enter the channel near Un.on without a? pilot. FOR LEWIS, Portland, Or', ' 1 1 , i t .