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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1898)
. .pff.'y4' ... t . ,) " , , ' ' I t .11 I V V. .11 7JTU,M T - .r"v THE DAILY ASTOPIAN ll tha fclrtest and best tactf THE ASTORIAH 6ns the largest circulation of in wr on therColumt'i Thtt on tha Columbia River Kl'Ll, ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT. VOL. XLVJ1I. AHTOIUA, 0HKO0N, TIESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 25, WM. NO. 21. A . v uli if mil i i n H wvssr rs Ay 5f at Tnr, mr.riitmri "Superior" toves and Raiiges ant Tnr J. N. LAWS. AT HAWES' OLD STAND Diaries and Calendars -t For 1898... GRIFFIN Klondike Miners' CnmpcrH UtctiHllH W. F. SCHEIBE, A fall IIm af P1p. Taken, aa fmmkut' ArikWa. 474 Commercial Ml. IXorU'i fioracou Cilcrlilmcil Hill Thr i tinlvr Hams. Rnrnn nnH cuicin f BRAND . ,, . Tba Beet, Abtolulely Fur Ry I IIWI BtHT Blank- PaaIc iinrl -C UVVUtf llll ii8 1 Office & REED Supplies OutfltH and Provisions a Foard & Stokes Company Manufacturer and Ooalor In a a a FINE CIGARS! The L,ouvre.. floor - Kin luitr; (iamc of All Kind' Two ana Kverjbody, lilgliu Htrlrlljr OUrr.nl. Kopp's "Best" A DELICIOUS DRINK.... AND ABSOLUELY PURE The North rtciflo Brewer, of wbiob Mr.Jobn Kopp it proprietor, mke beer for domettio and export trade. Bottled beer fur family me, or keg beer tapplied t unjr time, delivery io the city free. NORTH PACIFIC BREWERY UNION MEAT COMPANY Al.I.KINI OK CANNKl) MKAT8 Oimrnntmt Tlio llwl lu the Mnrkot Strictly Pure Lard Cor. Fourth tad Gliaai Streets I'ortlanil. Orcaoa. "Keystone Monogram" Whiskey For Sal at .. v. The Occident Hotel Bar, Tin Offloe Saloon, And all toe leading bare in Aetorla. SHERWOOD Sun p' ranclHco 56 " an.Vortlna SHERWOOD PACIFIC COAST AGENTS, ANOTHER STORY FROM DAWSON G. C. McNamcr Tell or Act.il Co ditlons In Alaska. mim:ks akh independent Cia Tiaa Ctre el Tkeemtvei ta Iki Teoe OirtiUa ii4 Vtit te Be Let iloat- Kev rields te frop(ct. AiMrtttrr nw elory com from Dewon ). C. MuNunrr, fonnaljr asacU1 wllti Vorrf DroUirra, contractor on th Aatuiia and Cotumbla Illvrr Railroad. rrturrwl to tfra city luiUr. 1U atoppad In l'unhwal bul had Mttto tlmo or Incllna Han to Ulk. In vtMivmwilan with hla old frtondi tm Uat avMiInc ha aald: "I left laat fall for Dawaun, arrtvxl tbaro Oclobor I and Mi out IfecrmtMir 1 rvarhlng ban via ftrattla and Portland. I want In and rain out by Chllkoot Faaa. which bf th way U Urn only paaa u taka. Tbara la no munry enrrvnt in rha Klondlk, escopt nuicaui or dunt. Evrry pa&mit atand naa llr of foM aralm. I aaw plenty of (uld, and thry are taking- up elalma faater than thry ran ba anrrrad In the rauord- nr' ulll. In fact K bflcajna necaaaary af cuid wrathrr art Ht for the raeordar tp umm tlrkvte to applicant aaalfntng thrm future datn eo that Xhry took their turn aa If In a barbrrahop. Tha coldnt wratNr I aaw waa E ocrea blow arro, and a man' biwoiii would fraraa eltt Imtirr from hla fai-e. 'If th government would only get out nf lh any and krf lu handa off the mlnrr couM taka care of the atanratlon qunathm themaMvea. Every miner who haa com nut of that territory, with few tiCFptlonn, baa arranged to return In tfl ptlng wtrh a plentiful aupiy of grub for hU uwn u and to aril to hla neliftibom. If th guvernmrnt manairee to gt In Iherp with a relief expedition about the aame time It will knock pricra down to ature ratca end ttw mlnen will luae their prurli. Report are corrart that there. I grub enourh In Daa-ann to Inat until Anrtl. I did not com out on account of ararvlty of grub, aa I had abundance. hlili I left wltti my brottier. I could not not Ml my mrth M en averg of 11 a immd. Flour la only worth $TiO or t a M.-V, ami everything alas la about the aame or II a pound, racrpt fruit which la much leva. It ihould not coat over 25 nt a pound to get frelgtit Into Dawaon from Pyea, and anybody who la ah opt of grub can ranlly come, out the film I lid. "Mooer flehkt on new atreawna are ehow. Ing up well, but I do not know what all ttia peoplo will do wbo are nttemptlna; to go In there tbU year; 1SS9 will be a belter year to enter the Yukon. Lat year MOO lnpl went tn, and even then the paai.es wer unm.l: WOO boraea were killed on tha (rail, and bridgea were made out of their carcaaaea. Xeat year there will be " ftVMa to proapect, end rallroada Into tha territory. Walt your time. Trila) year tbere will be 100,000 eople tempt fate, and nrt one-half of them can b accom- moila ted. 1 am going bark In the rra-ltHf. but ull not attmpt the ft. Michaels rout or advise anyone, else take It. Only two or thr, aa far aa I know, got cleur throorh that ny last year. I sm eetla flrtl Ihnt a majority of the miners will go Into American terrltva-y thla eceaon on acccwivt of tlhe Canadian lawa. They will locale In tne new territory on the Tanan Wfl, the headwaters of wblch about fiffty mllcn below Pawson. It la said to run thnwwh a very rK-h territory, and Is n nnvlgnlile river. Whatever von do. take plenty of grub. Captain Strlnlnnd, collect tor of Onniultiuv ciaitoms, told me that no one wxtttM be allowed to an down the river without 500 pounds of grub on wflilch to pay duty or about elx mouttha' pro- vWons. This la a good l, and will ore- vent mucti future auffcrlng." VA.VDO WOUNKISD. New ork, Jan. ii.-Repnrta have Jutt reached llnvan from th Cnuto rlv.'r on which ClenotMl Pnndo has n operMlr.g, to the effect that Pnndo haa been serious ly wosinded In nn engniromcnl with the Insurants, says the Havnnn corrwpond ent to the Hernld. N'o flctnllo of the flprht have h.n receive 1. but lute re. purls show thnt Iher-t hits been hot flt-ht-Inir nlong the Canto rlv.f . G ncrtl Pnndo Is now In or near Maninlllo, his opirn tlons italnst the Mls, having fnr been prnctlcnlly without restilt 1 CFpltc tho heavy f.w lu h:s with him. t.ho n Burtronte, aided by natural defensive po sitions, have been Hblo to prevent him from mnklng any headway and at Vist reporje General Pando wn awaiting the arrival of more artillery and tr.wps from Havana before making another Important move agalcat the rebels. UNCLE SAM WILL AID JOHN DULL Ctlsa Must lie Kept Open to the Commerce of the World. GERMANY'S PRESENT P03ITION Ckiittc legatiei Greatly flcaied at tke tttiiade el Great Dritaia, Which Heaai CklacM lat(rity. New York, .latiuary U. Thtr la nwaon to bellave (bmt the moral Influence of the United Btatea wilt support Ortat Britain in bar efforut to heap China open to the commerce of the world, eaya the Washing ton ourmi pendent of the Horakl. The only aotlve auv whlrti the admlnistra Hon wlH probably take In tbe matter will be to enter the negotUUone wtth Oermany reapecthng Hie treatment of American ahlps eTtartnc Klao Choa and euch other porta in China, aa may be aelaed In the fu ture by Ttuaala or Japan. . If Cblna haa Itaaod Kiao Choa en the condition that it nail be opened by Oermany aa a Chin, raw port, than it will not be neceaaary for the pnsaldent to take atepa In the matter, aald an official of the administration. "tt will mean that the commerce of all nations will be allowed unreal rlcted entry thirato. If , aa w believe, however, Klao Ohou anouM be IrasaM to Oermany with out condition, ttien Oermany will have the light and will undoubtedly exercise tt to pur In operation port and custom! regulation euch aa are now In force In German borne port it "The Un(tl Plates cannot make ob jection to the ntenalon of euch regu lations In Klao Ohou In such an even I, for K will b. Ovrman soli to all Intents and purpom. as In Hamburg. However, the administration wlUratpect from Oeraeoy any privilege that may be granted by tier to any other nation and will there for reap the advantages which Great ItritaJn's attitude against the abutting of rh Chinese door to th commerce of the world will give. "Thl I required in accordance with the article f the treaty between the I'nlted flhttv and Russia of 1S3 whl i provides: 'If ea-h party shall hereafter grant to any nation any particular favor of navigation or commerce H shall immediately become common to the other party freely where It la freely grunted to suvfi nation or yVId the inw compensation when the grant la conditional' "Attache of ttie Cntnewe legation ae r.aturally very muci pleaswl t the attl tuile assume I by Greet Britain, aa they nvpprodate that eh will have the moral Influence of the United Slates and other nosloiui trading with China which have no territorial dcsirna on the Celnrtlai em pire. The policy whkt Great Britain ha Irunuffurated means they feel confident the continued Integrity ot tha Chineee gov ern nseait." REI.VDEKR BXtXT'TKD. New York, Jan. St. Seventeen reindeer were executed br hanging; ch thi v.g from Hamburg m the ateamer Olendon wJiloh reached here ifter u teinpestucua voyage of 14 days. The roiling .hip was meir executioner, rirteen other a or. vlved the trip, but one of them has a broken knee-cap whlob lias bn rudely bound In splints. The IS are all that are left of a ticrd of 40 reindeer started from a small village In Finland month ago, destined for a Journey of more than 10,000 mllw to Uie Klondike- region. Tho rein deer are not a part of t'nole Born', plan tor relieving ttus minera. They were pur chased by an old Kloudlker who believed there waa money In shipping rt In deer in tha land of gold aa beast of burden. They were shipped on tho Olendon. It has no mails for caltlo and the reindeer were tied to atanchlona. The Oleodon left Hamburg January T In a gale which rolled the aahip tike a bartrel. Two of the deer had their necks dislocated before the Yea- gel had been out three hours and the next day three more were killed. The fifth day brought a gaio from the went which Bpeedlly produced six mare doaVi reindeer. In the gale of last Thursday Ave moro were killed ni the le,a ot three of these were fractured In halt a doxen places. CORNELL'S CHINESE COXSWAIN. Ithaca, N. Y., January S4. A Ohlnaman for coxswain In tho great Intercollegiate boatraee '.a what the Cornell freshmen crew may present thla year. S; Ke Shee. or 8. Alfred Slice, iui ho Is known In this country, hs reglstt'red with Coach Court ney tec the coxswain'e seat in the '98 boat. Unless some one else proves su perior, there 1a & probability that the Cekwtlal may be the first Chinaman to turn the rudder of a single shell. Wh on earth because a woman owns a chiffon saeh does eh Inslat upon wear Ins; it with a tailor mad gownl j POLICY IN CUBA i STILL INDEFINITE i Colluded More Kith Rcfreice to Madrid aid KasbiigUi. ISLAND GOING AS TOU PLEASE ft Stcpa to Seed Delegates t 'ikiag tea ta lejetUtt lecipracitjr Treaty feaer ( Vlitrs aid latniaisesta. New York, Jan. K A dispatch from Havana to the Tribune saya: The policy of the government in Cuba la till conducted more wtth reference to Madrid and Washington than the island Itawlf. General Blanc o'e military opera tions continue Indefinite. 'He may take the IM4 next month, but that Is oncer, tain. The army im In belter tnimor. Aa in dkatioo of Ita Influence was) given when Benor Montero, secretary of treasury, made a draft of tl.0OO.tuft In diver on Madrid. A sharp Inquiry was aroused and a demand thai the full amomt be ap plied to the back pay of ba army. Tbe orncera thought that a small port km might be distributed among the recoo oantrados and suspected thaA a part might 1e uaed for "persuading" Insurg ents to accept autonomy. They were quieted by an official assurance that the full amount should be applied to the April pay of the soldier. The government tra lately slipped back i another month in arrears. Affairs have so far quieted down that It the troops were 1a condition General Blanco might take the field In person. Guards are maintained around the autonomist news papers and some of the troops brought In from the country are kept In the chr. but the volunteers and Intransigents are apparently satisfied. There Is nothing in the situation to cause hostile demonstra tions on their part, or to give ground for an uprising. FVan of an outbreak in the country have not been realised. The disturbances at Candenes the other day did not prove s-rlous. The Intransigent and others have been in an ugly mood and the au tonomists are dissatisfied with the distri bution of office, neither faecton is on tlx point of revolt. The anxiety which Is reported from Madrid about Carllat emis saries) in Cuba does not seem well found ed. There are a few CarUsts among the Intransigents and who oppose autonomy, but bavlng nothing whatever to encourage the pretensions of Don Carlos. The em barrassment of the government win come from the preference of the Intransigents and for an American protectorate aa a refuge from autonomy. Senor Dolse, a member of the cabinet. Who sailed this week for Havana. Is expected to bring In formation as to the policy of the S&gacrta mlnkftry regarding the ejection. Dolse who waa originally a refonUt, and not an autonomist, has been described from Madrid aa the representative of Spanish sovereignty in iSie Oubaa cabinet. His associates are not pleased with thha dee Ignatlon, as) it seen to Imply a reflec tion upon themselves. The Marquis Apea teguta and some of the materaW men among the conservative leaders are still trytaff to commit the party to take part In the election and give the govern ment a ptualvw support. However, many of the conwrvutlvtw are so hidebound In their opposition that tittle progress la made by Apexteeuia ami hla associates. The elections are too far off to be of lm mod tote Importance. But If they are held, the tendency of the Intransigent. Is to intake them the occasion of further disturbances. No atepa have yet been taken to send delegates to WarihitieTton to negotiate a reciprocity treaty under tha, direction of Minister do Lome. A plan waa suggested aa a means of showing autonomy In the open, but they feared that euch action would be ridiculed, and oat without rea son. It will be neoeesary to re-establish commerce with tbe United State before the basts wf a reciprocity treaty can be found. The cabinet would have more Influence If tt dM not so readily yield Its functions to the military authorities. Ita under standing of what constroutea a liberal government Is not a clear one. The cen sorship of the press and the Interference wtth private correspondence la acquiesced by the cabinet without She slightest algn of protest. The volunteers have had fear of the concession made to their power. They are an armed force and a question was raised whether being such, they were entitled to the suffrage. An assurance was given that the government had no intention of depriving them of their votes. The volunteers In Havana number between 18,000 and 20,000. They are Intransigents and conservatives al most to a man. If they should decide to take part to the elections they would act aa a body and would make It tntereatlns for th government, - THE MAINE IS SENT TO HAVANA Only a frleidly Movement oa the Fart of tie Goverameat. NOT UNFRIKNDLY TO SPAIN Coats! Geteral let Did Met Seed far tkt Dittl Shif If At Troaklt it Xajr Be Looked ftr it Radrid Mat Ram. Washington, Jan. H-8peciai to the Aattorian.) (At a apodal meeting of the oatrfnei thai morning that United States baetleahip Maine was ordered to Havana. It Is said at tbe aswy departmcot that no dMurlrar news Mas beeo received, but that tha movement t rather to line of aha resumption of free Intercourse of our nanral vessels In Cuban wratara. Norbina; unfriendly to 4Jn a Intended nor did CooaHd-Oeaeral ! ask ioc the wanMps. M te said If any trouble to to be looked tor witt be found to, Madrid rather than in Cuba. OOVUKNUK'o TALK. What They Say About tbe Annexation of Htvrafi. New York, Jan. K Tbe Herald baa ob tained the views of aoms of (he governors of (taxes on the subject of anoexaUon of Hawaa. The interviews follow: Governor Leedy, of 'Kansas I believe the Hawaiian islands should b annexed by tbe United Rates for these reasons: Within a short Urns a canal will be bulk across the Isthmus of Panama, Thai ca nal should be controlled by tha United Btates. Tbe nation bavinaT possessioo of th.se Islands will command tho road to that canal and will alao possess the key to tbe' Pacific ocean from a maritime standpoint. My bene k that if w allow Hawaii to slip out of our Angers now, within 50 years our necessities would com pel us to -fight to get possession of tbe islands, and therefore it seems to me to be good policy to get them while we can J In peace. Governor Adams, of Colorado While not enthusiastic, I believe the future com mercial good of the United States would yjMify the annexation of the Islands. Hut a hundred fokl more important movement would be the building of the Nicaragua canal, as a guaranty of fu ture power and empire. We need both, but first of all, the canaL Governor Holcomb, of Nebraska I im opposed to Hawaiian annexation. For a century It has been the well defined policy of this country to avoid a line of action tending la entanglement with foreign nations. Annexation would be used aa a pretext to appeal to the spirit of milila- rVm ot the people of our country. Governor Steven, of MissouriI am op posed to the annexation of the Hawaiian Manua, but cannot explain my position ttasfactorlly in an interview. Governor Tanner, Of Illinois Refused to express an opinion on the matter. Governor Clough, of Minnesota Ha waii la a case of gobble or see It gobbled. If we don't take tbe Sandwich Islands the Brltk will. Uncle Sam see a pearl glistening at his feet, and he haa not the astuteness I'd ascribe to him K he does not pick It up. Governor Bushnell, of Ohio The United States should tap prove the annexation. I believe I voice the sentiment of 75 per cent of the people of Ohio. It would then be a naval stronghold, a commercial ben efit and la worth tenfold the price asked Hot It. . Governor Lee, of 6outh Dukota-The first duty of Hhla country is to Cuba, to stop the butchery In that island at any cost After that. If HWwail la of any strategic value to thla country and Ita cltixem are deetrous of annexation, it would probably be good policy to take the Islands in. THB SENTIMENT IS SPAIN. New York. Jan. M.-A dispatch to th Herald from Madrid says: The attacks In the house at Washington have produced a feeling here which per haps la scarcely Justified, pointing toward th fined purpose of a certain section of American politicians to insist upon war with Spain. The government to disturbed and tha press Is full of tho subject. The TmnarcliU savs: t nmni.i hA difficult to believe that the United States proposes to undertake In the face of tha whole clvlltaed world the enormous responsibility of provoking war for WMrJi no reason exists today. It Is a cold-blooded mockery and affront to the general conscience." The CorrceDondencIa lays: "We cam imagine why the majority of the people of the United Btatea wish for war wIWi Spain, seeing the great die turbance a war would cause. We cannot think that the Jingoes will prevail In their vll work. We believe the povern ment of the United States will not commit thla unjustified and thoughtless Impru. donee," CONFLAGRATION IN SPOKANE The Greit Cistera Uloch Burning Fiercely at Mldalght. GREAT LOSS OP LIFE FEARED Ott liadred Itoatrs Caagkl la tkt riaates ltd akeal Tift; Tloijkt tt . . ItTt ft risked. Spokane, Jan, K At midnight a &re la deskroylrs; tbe Great Eastern block, a six atory brick on Riverside avenue, the up per floor of which ar used tor Hgtit- houaekeepin; and are occupied by 7S or lu roomer. Fifty people wars burned to death and tt somes were roost thrrtllrur. CITT COUNCIL MEETING. A pedal meeting of th city council waa held hot night. Mayor Bergman pr. aiding, and I Jjjeertber present exoept Trulllnger. Tbe way and vns committee report ed the reoatpU or BM on aa estimate, and recommended the levying of a I mill tax, or 1 mill lass than th limit allowed by the charter; the total estlrmta waa fM.' 747. Tbe report was placed oa Bl. Under aspeneion of tbe rules an or dinance -was passed making appropria tions for expenses of the city for im. Including the following Items: Mayor and eouncilmen . M City auditor and assistants , l.ya City attorney M) City treasurer 469 Superintendent of streets 751 Janitor, fuel and lights. 264 Pound 13 Police department 4,44 Police court and Jail rs) City election 154 Crossings and roads (,eot Street lighting . Fire department i,4W City cemetery Z7i Publio property 4Ut City hall department 254 Surveyor and assistant So Stationary, etc. SO Interest on warrants 1.500 Interest ton bonded Indebtedness.... 11501 Redemption of municipal bonds, due October 1, 1S97 (.004 Redemption of street bonds 1.50 Expertlng books .'. 7 The following ordinances were passed: Appropriating flStt.C to Norm lie ft Faa taberjd. Levying a tax of I mills on tbe dollar for municipal purposes. Confirming speckt! awscManient roll of the Young's Bay Improvement. Approprluitlng IM for the purchase ot Bre befl ad tower on hose company No. 1 Resolution was adopted that all tenders of warrants drawn on special s treat funds In exchange for Installment street bonds shall be accepted In all cases where there are sufficient balances on applica tions filed (0 make payments on Install. merit plan. The ays and means committee reported that Dhey had expetted and arranged the balanced on the books of the ex-oity treasurer. TO MAKE YUKON DE5EP. Washington. Jan. 34. Professor Prltch- ett, of the coast geodetic iurvey. haa practicably completed arrangement for an expedition which will start for Alaska In the spring to make an examination ot the delta of the Yukon rive' for the pur pose of locating and marking If possible a deep water entrance to the river. For the carrying out of this work and the exploration of Copper river, congress has Just passed a bill appropriating $10,000. The bill will be elgned by tho president In a few days and the money will be Immediately available. The expedition to be sent out la to be 4 Joint land and water party and Will be under th direc tion of Lieutenant ;Helm, who at a aklll. ful hydrographer. The expedition will leave Saa Francisco In April. Royal auk th food par, . . wkolasean ssd lUloaa. cr.v:nrD Suae iimmim Absolutely Puro aovM. Mwaa rowot ft 00., at wxw. e.wlM