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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1898)
fir ' : ' t ; 1 i. ) ... - 'I THE DAILY ASTORIAN Is the fclffcst and test piper on the Columbia River THE ASTORIAN das the largest circulation of aav catr on the Columbia River ASSOCIATED PWICSS RKPOIiT VOL XLVIII. ASTORIA, OllWiOX, Fill DAY MOUMNO, FKIilU'AUY 25, 18. NO. 48. V Wnni lite A " ATTENTION until' Humes (v Mint mm- uilxlnn lliln nlr Closing out entirely the II. R. Mawc stock at a ...SACRIPiCR.... In older In urn k f'Hiiu fur iihmUiim Dm H). ,,, )hr (.;( KatzxiiM Eclipse Hardware "HtllM-tliir" Hllivea MKtlM Hint Htllltf' rrom the Thirty-Eighth Annual Statement of EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY Of the United States. Oiil-!ainlinn AiHiirauir lic. :i, l.x'.iT ?'.'' I. lii,X.'l7 00 NVw AiMiian.f written in 1h;i7 . . . l.lti.ii.Vi.ri'ij.iM) I ! It f"f Aiiiaiuc Kxainiiit il miii )i'- rliiir.1 iii 1 h:7 .... ji.i:i,!7;i(mi liii niiit' in 1 Mil 7 H,.ri72p'J(i!i..r;l A.tK'tt lii iiili. r .'U, I x : 7 . 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I'KI sidcm m'kim.cy spicks kit Nut Inctilalilr ttul Vc Mul tc I c4i1 tor )i ul"pcit Spanioh fled on The Vav in ni4 i hlr.iii.i. IMituury :i-Tlin Trlliunit tliln iii'iriilnv r 1 1 I Ilio fullnw Inn np'(l.u fmin Vnhliitliin; "I iln ri'M pr"ix'f to ili Bii)ililiiK nt nil t.i mi . rl.-r.4tc wnr Willi rlHilii. t'p In iliv .. .. Ill (In (Hit tllllik r l I'lttl'T lirrMI- n.iry i.r Inrvltnlik. I wnuM I lux In my ilmy, lm.-vrr. If I .li.l nt prrpuro fur tlm futnr". T lie Itu.iilnii invi ami th M.li y nf Ihf uilmliiUlruiloti will Iw it'- l rtnln. il hIiii.kI rntlr.ly l.y Din r.iuinr ot rnt frmn tlmr in ilitin. Tin U ni l.nrralty i.f nh.nnlti tlm .l liut lull jr. tiiual n-mly to bh-UI ihf u. riilnli.ir.il;.. n nhnut iimkliiK t.xi muny I i.'iu I r I. ii. in Ui., (..urx- of i tirn nt rtrlitn " Tn a riml.ir wh'i l!rj iiiHin dim yt I. i.l.iy In nr. I. r In tt.k n.inip w rlnun .ju. k In. n a. .. tl. -.ii y nf id mliiiliil.ira lli.ii. rrolili-tit M. Klnli y with th uinm.t Irnnkii. i uni ri .l Dm Mvive w .ir.U. TIht l tin il.iuU nf I hi' fill ;. Uir (ovrrn until nf tli t'tiltrd Hlntii la in Iti.illy pr prln f..r wr with Hiwin. It l nut n.-t miniry ih it war will fnlliiw, but thi- c tlvlty la tnu uiiniUlnkiil'l.' In b rm- irlllut Tllr .rrl.lrnt mnl III. ruliltu-l unllo In tlir lx-!l.f allll. In upltr of mi rvl.lrtim to tlm nililrnry, tl.nl hr tt l l.i.lnn of tlir Mulnn na an unfnrtunali.' in 1 1.1. m, l.ut thi-y rori(nlt- the f.u-i Ihni thi cmitrary may imv. tru i.t nl tim.t any hmir. ami I hut If H h.mn i ni Infrrrntlnlly that Hwln h nl u liiml In l liv rulatrtiili, Uimh will ! but on Oilna to ilo. nml that will br tn aclio Hi lluni f Cuba by fun of arum. At im tllllu mini, thr r of Ihn riUIUi.II ha thr military br..nrh of thn liimrnm.in Int n active aa it t tnJay. It la alKiilllraiit f ut (hut within the luat twii ilnya there hna lieen n nmiirk alilo ih.ume of i..liil..n In the navy de- imi tnii in In regard lo the rapliml.in of the M.tlnr. When the Orm new. iirrlvej h"re Inat week rirrta at th il.'imrtiiK'nt were nenrly illvlile na bi'tween an l.letit ami ilealitn. but twUy after atuilylng the late reHirta iin.l rapeelally .h itonr:i.lm a. m frtim Havana, nlno nut of ten of thn olll rera of the department rxpreaii the belli! that the Maine waa nmhi.rtd over a atl'i murine mine. TV only illfTerein e of opin ion aeema to br na to whether the mine waa excluded by 8utnlh offloera arllim under ordeni, or by aome enlhualaat. The latter opinion la Kenerully held, but It la a.ihl that thla dura not leanen Iii any do Krve the reaiMinalblllty of Spain fur the horrible ralaatmi'ihe. If the Bpaulah oftlrera allowed th wai- ahlp to bi miMired to a buoy which at lachisl lo a lubmarhir mine, they therehy lirrnniv reaimnklble for the rcault, whether th mlno wni rxplnded by orfl- iMiil order or not. Tho placliiK of the Maine In an rxpoaea place In the harbor, If It waa done at all, wna ilonu by Spunlah officer, and tf the mine waa exploded by anyliody at all they worn directly reaponalhle and will bo ao held by Trealdent McKlnley'a admlnlatra- tlon. SPANISH KL.KKT KOU HAVANA. New York, Kebniary !.-A dispatch to tho World from Madrid any: The niieen Invltnl to lunch with the royal family Captain Vlllnmlii, com mander of the Spanlah aqiiadron about to atart for Culm, lie hud called to take ive of the nuii'ii. After luncheon the queen talked a loiut time with the com mander, liuiultiuif Into all tho details ot th contemplated cl'Ulao, Vlllamla nfler wurda went to the ministry of marine to tuko leave of Oeneral ltermnjo, with whom ho had a lonir Interview, The aiprndron will b compoaed of three tor pedo destroyers, tho Pluton, tho Terror mid tho Furore, and the torpedo vessels Hnyo Alloor and Oxor. These craft will le n ccom pan I i'd by the steamer City ot Cadli, conveying coal and provisions. The VcshcIh will Htnp at the Canary Islunds and nlso nt Porto Rico before reaclilns Culm. It In officially nnnotinced that there Is no hurry for their Joining tho cruisers Oquondo and Vlsrnya nt Havana. STOP 111TY1NO COTTON. Houston, Tex., Feb. 21.. It Is reported from llrenhnm that the agents of Mo Knddcn llrothers, of Phllndclphln, ono ot the world's great cotton firms, has been Instructed to stop buying cotton. The sumo notification la .aid to have boon ent to all tholr hundred or moro agents In Texas. Inquiries are said to hnvo brought the answer that It was because of tho Cuban complications. This had caused a considerable flurry among the local cotton men. ANOTHER BATTLE WITH INSURGENTS Span Mi Major Klvat Killed and Pour 01 litem ami I ) Men Kuumlcii. CI HANS DOYl WANT WAR I'ftltr Sre I'tact Itctwern I al'td Statu sad Sp.in-WarJuit Wlin Spji.VuaH tike toJe: -C.iMRtlat N' Vie. Il.iv.iiui. via Key Wii, Kid. 21. At an lii....ri.inl nii'ctlntr of the rent ml cum riiltlec nf MiitnnnrnlHts, H" imr (Jnvlti, ' n (ury nf the Interior, iromiie an amend ment Im reimliiK the (.rr,nil(tee from fl to VI. The IV Hew members will be taken from emlururils to the United Htuti-a ami liiMirKeiits of promlnen wlm agrco to aii.airt autonomy. It la reKiirdi 'l na surprising that a Span ish rmldi tit supported the plan. The com rnittee allHt nnmlnntrd lb legates f.ir the bitlnn next month. It Is iH-lleved that the radicals will cirrylhe rl-itlon. Oin.rul I'iiihI.i after leaving Havana M-nt aevi rul daya at I'ui riu del I'adm, l.rnvln. e of Huntlago de Cutia. lie sent i niis.irlea In the Iniiuu. ill leader CulxJte In n'gntiuiu a atirreiidtr. It la claimed that be has not Itii able to (Ind Capote and that coiiseU-nily he went on to the city of Santiago de Cuba, Mansaulllo end Hatita Crux, where he arrived lust Tues day. With a battallnn of soldiers bo tons the steamer for Mnxinlllo to commence .piriitinns In thn fl.1.1. A battalion under Major Itlvus left Candelaria on Monday lo rw niinoiter the Insurgents. When the troops reached th. height, they were at tacked by a large Insurgent fore, under (i. ii. ial llarltt Umlngu' i and leader 1'er l. o M.n and surroumb'd. A hot fight en ind. Major It'vos was killed by ihots In the mouth i.n.l h.-nrl. The SpanUh col umn r-1 real ed. Its casualties In uddltl ui tn the li.is of Major Ittvas, were four nliioers and 1j nu n wounded. The Insurg ent Inss wna smull. be stories pul.li!.h.d In the Spanish iewH.ptr that the Cnlted St.it.s naval "Iheers at Havana ure talking i.mi much are unfounded. It would be iiniHsslbt to find more dtcrct.m than l shon by all from captain to unlet. Kven the men, nundcd ur un.iunde.l, are mrvful ot what th.y say, lest an Indiscretion In talk should lead lo serious action. Captain Sliisbee's private lettvrs hav. Ix'i n rnitvervd. His gold medal from con gress and the diplomatic order of the lied Kiiijle given him by Kmpcrnr William 1. if (iermuny, for his Inventions of deep sea apparatus, have not been found. As un Illustration of the waqt prevailing In the Immediate suburbs of Havana It Is said that during the last six we-ka iv patients have died of privation at the lunatic asylum at Maserra. In that pe riod the autonomist mayor of Havana has given the asylum only IUXI0. The former mayor guvc It WW a month with far fewer deaths. CI UAN8 PON T WANT WAR. St. Louis, Feb. . Luperclo Martinet, a Cuban residing tn St. Louis, and a man reported to be In closo touch with the leaders of the cause for Independence, stated Unlay that tho Cubans are not In favor of a war between the United States and Spain. "We do not want to see the United States declare war against Spain. We an win our own Independence now ana need no Intervention, Spain reulixcd Its inability to keep the Island, but the Sa- gastu party dnre not declare such to be tho case, because to do so would mean the downfall of tho party and most likely x revolution. To declare tho Island Inde pendent would be a death blow to tho powers that now rule Spain. x "Now, If that party can force u ur with the United Stutes.lt will bo Jusi what they wuut, because by It they coulu surrender Culm uiul nt the sumo time preserve their cxb-tence. This Is tho only salvation ot Sagastu mid his followers. If they can force It they live; If not, they iHTlsh as the dominant force tn the na tion." 8PANISH KILLED BY MACHETES. Havana, via Key West, Feb, 31. On Sat urday last a party of about 40 guerillas lift the fort on a farm near Aguacato, about 40 miles from this city, to dine at a neighboring place. During tho absence of tho guerillas a detachment ot about Id Insurgents occupied tho fort and when tho garrison returned from dinner tho In surgents tell upon them with machetes and killed !5 ot tho 40 guerillas. The remaining 15 members of the gov ernment force succeeded In escaping. KXTF.NDING TKLKOnAPH LINES. St. Johns, K. F Feb. 21. -Ono of the chief features of the railway deals In this country Is tho extension of the tolegrnph system along the west const ot the strait, of ltello Isle and thence north along Lab rador, provided agreements enn be offect ed whereby the Canadian government will subsldlxe the service, THE CORBETT CASE IN THE SENATE Spooner Makes a favorable Impres sion in I'm or of the Claimant. A UUSY DAY IN THE 1IOUSK Cr(irini) tor r.merief cita ii Approprutioa j Uill-Arit.al Jlicln.er to be Tt ii I Order N.vI Cnlttm lr.,.,.;.i,i1 r r - - Washington, Feb. 2t.-Th fi-uture. ol the senate's session today was the s perch nf HKoru r. of Wisconsin, on the right ot Henry V. Corbett to a seat In the senate from Oregon under appointment of the governor. Spooner made a constitutional argument In favor of seating Corbett. anu had not concluded when the senate ad journed. An effort was made to obtain the con sideration of the Alaskan homestead and tallway right of wny bill, but on a pre liminary technicality It went over. Hpoom-r said that the primary power to Ml seats In the senate from any state was In the legislature of the state, but In the leading of the constitution It ought to be r.mcmfivred that this very matter was or.e of dispute In tho constitutional con vention. He pointed out that the consti tution provided that each state should be the mit of every other state, not In popu lation, not In an-a. but In the number ot votes In the senate. While this constitu tion could be amended by the action ot two-thirds of the states. It Is provided hat no state could be deprived of repre entiitlnn In the senate without Its con st nt. It was the purpose undoubtedly ol the framcrs of the constitution In placing In the governor the power to make a tem porary appointment to safeguard the rltbis and Interests of the state so that every state at all times might have full and complete re preentatlon In the senate. An effective point was made by Spooner when he cited the credentials of John Wnlkcr, of Virginia, who was appo'nted to the senate on March 51. 1TH. by the gov ernor of Virginia. This case was the first g'.ibernatorl.il appointment made to the senate under the constitution, Spooner said, uml was precisely similar to that now under consideration, as Walker's iK-dentluls showed that the legislature of Virginia had the opportunity to fill tho vacancy then existing and had failed to do so. The senate accepted Walker's cre dentials n nd seated him. "Can it reason ably be held," cxclatnVHl Spooner, "that the distinguished men then sitting In the senate knew less of constitutional law than we know now?" Just before the conclusion of Suooner"s I em irks Hncon. of Georgia, Inquired helher under all circumstances In cases of anticipatory vacancies, tho senator from Wisconsin (Spooner) held that the governor had the right to make the ap pointment Irrespective of the Inaction and the Inability for any reason for" the legis lature to elect. Spooner replied that lluion had cor tectly stated his position. II aeon then cited the hypothetical case of a legislature being In Hut need by the corrupt use of money not to elect tn order that the governor might make the ap pointment, and asked Spooner tt he would seat the appointee of the governor. "Certainly," replied SHoner, "unless It could be clearly shown lo the senate that the appointee was himself Implicated In the conspiracy and In the corrupt use or money." BUSY PAY IN THE HOUSE. Washington, Feb. 24. The house devoted Itself strictly to business today and dis posed of JO additional pages of the sundry civil appropriation bill. The fact that the government Is prepar ing for contingencies was recognised In the house toduy when Chairman Cannon, who has been laboring to keep down ap propriations, accepted without a word ot protest tho amendment to Increase the ap propriation' to care for the unused ma chinery In tho Springfield arsenal. Gil lette explained that the necessity for us ing this machinery might occur at any time. The resolution, which were objected to a few week, ago for tho appointment ot two extra naval cadets to positions In the engineer corps of the navy were also made. One of them will till tho vacancy caused by tho death of Lieutenant Mer rltt, of the Mulne. THE CHINESE LOAN. London, Feb. 24. The Times announces this morning that the Chinese loan will Issue at a price about 90. Tho security will Include tho unpledged balance of the customs revenue and a portion of the llkln. CHINESE LOAN UNDERWRITTEN. London, Fob. 24. Half the Chinese loan, amounting to 8,000,000 (140,000,000) was un derwritten this afternoon. The Issue price Is 90 and the Interest from the loan i. H per cent. jTIIE BANQUET i IN OLD MADRID Minister Woodford Entertains Diplo mats and Spanish Officials. imparcial warns people Ajsi.t the tlypothetical Ts.ket f.licy. thick Keilljr Aimi at tac Isdtpcid esteol Cilia Leiden Importiat. Madrid, Feb. 2I.-Unlted Bute. Minister Woodford gave a banquet In honor of the new Spanish minister at Washington, Senor Poloy Hernabe. The guests Includ ed tho Austrian, ftusslan, French, Ger man, Italian. Turkish, Iutch and Britlsn ministers and the Duke of Verugua, a lineal descendent of Columbus, who was the guest of the United States at the time of the Chicago fair; Premier Senor 8a gasta, two members of the cabinet, and the staff of th. United States legation. Much political Importance waa attached to the Incident, and the banquet, "cou pled with the peaceful utterance of Pres ident McKlnley," according to a semi official report, have betn optimistically utilised by the ministerial press. But the Imparcial today takes the Spanish gov ernment to task for 'its apathy, con trasted with the patriotic feeling of the country" and warns the nation against "the hypothetical Yankee policy whlcn really alms at the Independence of Cuba." NEW CANAL BONDS. Plans to Float the St. Hair and Erie Ca nal Proposition. Montreal, Feb. It A proposal to guar antee the bonds of the St. Clair and Erie chip canal Is being constder-d by the do minion government. A deputation of lep re.ientntlve men from the compnnles in terested accompanied by the several members of parliament presented a peti tion that the petition of the St. Clair and Erie Can., I Comnunv asking for a guar antee of 3 per cent Interest for 20 years on an Issue of $."..:.. ) bonds be granted. The more Important of the points touched upon by the delcgttes were the shorten ing of the distance between lake St Clair and lake Erie by 79 rnllra, which vould decrease the sailing distance and thus In crease the number cf trips in a seson. the avoidance of thi dangers and delays of the Detroit river route, the lessening ot the cost ot trunsiKirU between Fort Wlllam and lake 2rie and locally the making efiectual of drainage of a very li.rge arva of fertile land now only Imper fectly drained at a great cost and the bringing of a market equal to that of a large city to ihe very doors of the farmers and gardeners. It was tiljo shown that the government will not be called uisin to pay any of the 'merest guaranteed as the company woull piovi'.e for It during the construct it n ani aft -r that the lolls on less thon one-third of the tonnage passing through Detroit nc;r would ay Interecl on the bonds and nil expenses ot oinrutlon. ELECTRICITY ON KLEVATKD. New York. Feb. 24. The Time, says; A contract has been signed by the Brooklyn elevated railway company on the one hand and the Walker company ot Ohio and the Sprague Electric Elevator company on the other, which Is the In itiative step toward the adoption of elec tricity a. a motive po -or on the elevated roads In Brooklyn. The -xintruct calls for the equipment of 750 cars of the Brooklyn elevated company with Walker motors. Connection will be made with the tracks on Brooklyn bridge and trains will be run between Manhattan and Brook lyn without charge. It is expected that trains will be running across by June 15. Tho signing of the contract Is said to be the preliminary step involving the ex penditure ot between fc.VX,000 and fcS.OOO.OOO. M'CORMICK CANNOT SERVE. Cincinnati, February 24.-E. O. McCor mick, passenger traffic manager of the Big Four railway, has telegraphed to New York to Commissioner Farmer of the Trunk Line Passenger association that pressing duties would render It Impossi ble for him to serve on the conference committee, to which he was appointed by Commissioner Farmer, to endeavor to get the Canadian Pacific to call oft it. rate war. BRANDING SEALS. New York, Feb. 24. The Electrical Re view will publish today tho tlrst authentic account of branding fur seals by electrici ty to prevent the destruction ot the fe male seals. The article Is writt?n by El mer E. Farmer, of Stanford University, who accompanied by tho United States fur seul commission to the Prlbylolt Isl ands list August when tho experiment was tried. The electrical apparatus con sists of a small dynamo operated by a gasoline engine and a brundlng cautery similar to that used by physicians. The young female seals were marked by draw ing tho hot platinum cautery across the back which resulted In lestroylng tho fur so that even tho seal were afterward killed the commercial va'ue of tho fur would be destroyed. Tt Is nrobable that the experiments will be carried further by mean, of Improved electrical apparatus, MORE WITNESSES ARE EXAMINED Testimony of Chaplain Cbidwick and British Captain Takca. 8TRICT secrecy maintained Tie Divert tiimioed Dsily Tb Co.rt will rrobsbly Aiijoars te Key Vest Today .d Take Mure tvide.ee. Havana, Feb. 21. The court of Inquiry held Its usual sessions today. Captain Sampson reports that Chaplain Chid wick was examined as lo his personal ex perience at the time of the disaster to the Maine and that th. testimony was taken of th. captain of th. British bark In the harbor and the superintendent of the West Indian Oil Work, arros. the bay at Regis, both of whom witnessed the explosion. Mr. Rolf, th. British en gineer of the floating dock In th. harbor, wrote a tetter to the court, but It Is said It did not add anything material to what was known. At the afternoon session th. diver, were examined more fully than before. Their testimony la taken from day to day. Th court expects now to finish here today and to sail on the Mangrove for Key Wet where the other officers and men will be examined. Neither th. officer, of th. court of Inquiry or the witnesses will give the slightest Indication of the testi mony or conclusion, deduclbl. from It. and all say the men employed on the wreck have been warned to observe an equally strict reticence. A 8ERIE8 OF EXPLOSIONS. City of Mexico, Feb. 24. The large ex cursion of Chicago people under the man agement of the Mexican National railroad is due to arrive In this city today. Mr. Nolf. a French Journalist of this city, has committed suicide. He was for a time a resident of San Francisco. F. C. McDonald and Edward M. Fowler, of New York, who were passengers on the City of Washington at Havana at the time of the Main explosion, have arrived here. They were walking on the rear deck ot the Washington when the ex plosion occurred and they thought at first that the Alfonso XIII. had opened fire on the Maine. They say that there seemed to be a scries of explosions In quick suc cession. , EXPERIENCE OF SURVIVOR& Kansas City, Feb. 24.-John R. Morris, one of the assistant engineer of the -Maine. In a letter to his sister In Kansas City, Kan., written at Key West, Satur day last, tells of his experience In the dis aster. Morris does not speculate as to the disaster or Intimate In any way whether or not the ship was blown up by design. He says In part; "We have Just heard that In all proba bility as soon a. we testify before th board of Investigation, which convene tomorrow, all survivors will be ordered to their homes for a short time. All ot us had, to a certain extent, very differ ent experiences, and all of the officer who were aft, and they were practically the ones spared, were tor a time In a semi-conscious state. I was sitting on the upper deck and at the first explosion we were thrown headlong on the deck. In talking afterwards we found that all had practically the ame experience. Every time that we would gain our feet, we came In contact with escaping gases and were suffocated and would fall again." KLONDIKERS AROUND THE HORN. San Francisco, Feb. 24. A party of gold seekers bound for the Klondike ha Just urrlved from Gloucester, Mass., on the small schooner Hattle I. Phillips. The voyage was made tn 129 lays. She made a stop of five days at PanJy Point, A very heavy storm was encountered In the gulf stream and she was hove to for (1 hours. Six stops were mad, 'n the straits of Magellan. The men, who are nearly all artisans or fishermen, will sell their vessel here and go north by steamer. Royal Bakes the food pn re, ' wholesems and dtllclous. POWDER Absolutely Puro SOVAL SMUNO KMrDCS CO., MS VOM.