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V,o!-:, rio?!:'. ' . r " " - ' ' I..! I i ) ! ' - ! i i: i v.'. '.I , - - will be liable: io proven. ion THE ASTORJAN has the largest circulation of anv wet on the Columbia Fiver THE DAILY ASTOKIAN ll UK biggest ant test paper on the Columbia River FULL, ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT. VOL XLVIII. ASTORIA, OHKMI.V, WEDNESDAY MORNIM), MARCH i, 1898. NO. S8. II 1' i . IIATTEISTION' iif Ike loiii'rr wh rr mixing I It Ik .11 Ir, Closing out entirely the I:. R. Ilawcs stock at a ...SACRIPICR... Ill order In limKr iihiiii rm good un llir wy from the foal. r::. Eclipse Hardware LompanyiMBoBit. Q "HlllHTlur" MUlViw ml llangc rr B City '-V Book Store.... W. carry i largo stork of fin anrt commercial stationery. Papetrlrs In .11 tb. latest tint and shades, Envelop, Paper Tablets, Legal Paper. Typewriting paper In all Uses. Webeter A Uttl.'l nit bona aid Carbona. Griffin & Reed. Th bt lnrt of t Una! I. Good Butter.... Butler lhat can be enjoyed when eating. It la tli. flavor and quality, not quantity, that mak. Ita worth In th. market of th. world. It I th. flavor and quality lhat mak. Ih boarder, happy wllti th. thought of a meal. Remember lhat our Empire anj Mikado Separators Will aid you Ir. Oetttng Ihl. Flavor and Quality. Foard & Stokes Company A"n. From the Thirty-Llgbth Annual Statement of EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY Of tbe United States. Oiitatumlirti .Wsuraiu'c IW. Ill, 1 H97 Nfv AsMirnnco urittt-n in 1897 Trojiosiils for Assurance Kxiuiiiiusl ami lo- clituvl in 1H!)7 Income in 1897 Asset DwcihIht 31, 1897 RcstTvo on all existing K)lit:ie.s (4 jht cent. Ktandanl) ami nil other liabilities - Surplus, 4 per cent. tnnlaril I'aiil I1 icv-I older in 1897 f.l."l,lti.'i,8:l7.()l l.r)i;,9A.r),093.HO J 1,49 1,97:1.00 4S,57212C9..r,3 '.,;ll5,87G,:l08.O4 18(i,a:i3,l:l3.20 :o,fVl:U74.8l 21,100,ai4.14 MIINKY B. MYDE, President. J. W. ALEXANDER, Vlce-Prea. L. 5AMDELS, Manager, Third l loor, Oreiconlnn HullJInf Portland. Oregon. ,v w : SHIELD J BRAND UNION MEAT COMPANY M.I, KIMW OKl'ANNKII MKATH v Hams, Bacon and Strictly Pure Lard dun rim twit TIik lli'Hl In Ilia Mnrkrl '. . Car. ronrth ind Gllsno Streets 1 or t land. Orcion. A Kopp's MJ "Best" j Mm A DELICIOUS DRINK.... and ABSOLUELY PURE The North l'nolflo Brewery, of wbiob Mr. John Kopp in proprietor, mnkos beei tor domns'io ruJ export trade. Bottled lieer for family tmo, or Yog beer snpplied nt nny time, dolivery in the city (roe. NORTH PACIFIC BREWERY GREAT EXCITEMENT X THE HOUSE ONLY A MIRACLE CAN KEEP PEACE I'fltrl'itlMti l!iilms Out I'minlmou NuiMirt of Chief MnijNtrnlc. Not Since Napoleonic U'ars Has Darnjcr So Threatcncrl. Tin; m i ni: i npakai.i.i i.i d.M'ain's awkwasjd position Bill for V.MHMHMll'.rd la Chilli Oidtr ririlile.l Ictt alc) I'imI and Aiibtiiinij ric'.i.liialnf Vat uicl (mir ; ttally t tb: tulu) ol riiamcin lt ot t'cuc I ff Mitt. ' a.d l.atii-ii-Nu ke.kfCM. SPAIN PURCHASES FIVE WARSHIPS la Spite of the Denials Published la London Yesterday. PIMCK OF U.EVF.K DIPLOMACY Saipme it Wer Tuner io rl.iit .1o.t Jul. Bill S.y Ve Arc Too Late to bet War Supplies ia rjtd. I Worl'l UiikhliiKlnfi. Man h l - In a milrlt (if Mi- : N' Vrk. March J.A iriiiilnm. Willi rliMinm irO rlnl"K In n ii h fpm lnilon aaya: l i Ir riira, rv jry iim nil" r nf thr hD: f ; Nothtnat nhort of a mlrm l. ran prwii no rrprrwnt itlvea tly r-rp'inlr. tn tin-: t lit- .ar.- of thr w'lrM. It l IwHi-vmI pri'.l.l.Tira nml mil V rnrrt llir Hpiml-li , aiiioUK lirlllnh alutcanirn and pilHlrlnn. Itiuiilmi by iukIIiik hi. viii- f'n ii I. Ill , N"l "In"' lh" NKilinlc wara lm diin ili.tlnif In prruMMit M'Klnly tuni'l" ' K-r llirruiifK-d from ao many quarter, liny iiillllii "f l"lliirj in Ik . M inl..t T'Mlny nrii from VAliln(tin romlilmd at hl ill"' P'll'ui fnr Hi.' rM'l"M d- lih lti- icruv tl'llnna fmm China and rin.r. I'nriy linn t.- w-pt nnuy mi'l i W.nt Afrha, wni iimifila down 4 on th wllh an uliii"l iiiumiiirmii vol. r 1 ..iiKr Urn k -hiinKr anil thr pmil'ky frrllna Mil.. I Ita ronn l. n.r In Hi- ii.liiilnl.iriiili.n th. p- n r. fln twl In the hmiw of com Muny tnrniln'r. !io .rr pain-.l with m.iii. !!itiy. nti.-nt roll. iia-ii" look th.- p.iini"ll.lllty In th.lr prrmnt lrmr the Knulli-h of lirniklna' th-ir p.ilr. n iinip rrOinte. ..ul.l p kiipI with i trem- illafavor the , rur,riH( ot the auccrsa of Madrid In tlihiK In I-k-l.liillvr annul. In onl- r 1 lint Iruiiafi r of ny HrltUh-bullt warhl.a minina; the money aa by the clever d!p tliry tnliilil K" on ri . ..r.1 In u.ort of thl. 1.1 any fun-ltin rmintry. The admiralty .,,niu y whlrh aetureil th Chilean and !mdon, Manh .-Enifllh newpaper. mflrm the new of the Bpaninh pur ih.iK' of wanhlp. Th. 8t. Jamea (Ja-H-tte, whlih yraterday published the de nlula of the Bpanlah emhaaay and Bpanlxh t nvnl commlxilon which ha an office In I union, nay today: "It ; oarertolned on high authority, in aplte of denial, that the Bpanlah gov- i n mi nt ha almftnl certainly ucc eded In buying three nearly completed crula--r h. re and two coant defenae veaael whlrh ore about to be launched In Krunee. Kpert are almoat aa much nl i. j.i.r .rlii 1 to in iint.iln tli nltv niiJ liunur uf tln.lt vuuntty, H.ikir Herd. who. n. .r..iii( .in--r arl.li.nl ti. ami . ti 1 y In rar of n (!' hml hi nn me riilli-.l an.l voted In hl ra i.ili lty p np aetitiitlvr 1 liat- w.l aHaK''ly uttarked tinlay for permit-, jrallliin crulr of Armatrong'a hi a tin Hpaln to take over two toriwdo boats tt bvlU-ved to a a million pound gtcrl- r. . .ntty inmpletrd for her. Yt the Im.uu were only the pnrtlnl fllllna: of an or.l.r frtn Spain given more than a year hko. wIm ii four torpedo rati her were lug. alm'Ht liefore the move wa u um ted." The Intrwlurtlon In congrtna yesterday of a bill appropriating W.M)."f; for th llir aiiiioiin.nn.nt of the vm-e. i.). 311. building plant. It la proof of the ei n.wa non-. haa . l.l..m l.rrn pur.ill-liil In Ir.nir urgency of Bpaln n-qulP-nient the hoiiiM-. 'that thow two completed tniln catch- All ly long the it.illerl. were Jiitnmiil era are accepted, notwithstanding that with nthuUnllr ai-ttor, aiplaudlng . Ih. y fall.il In ed trlula and nhuwed to the P. ho the alerting t. itrlotl-in of the other 1I1 fe. tH whlrh there haa n.'t Ix-en wor.U of elonii. iii whlih wi re tit lerl time to make good. They were contracted by rnenibrr on the floor. All the apen hm ; fur aa Si knot boata. but they only at-w.-re brief AltlioiiKh fo'ir hmira w re al- tallied S. The work on the remaining low.. I for ib-bale. ... (Put wa the pre, two boata I being atrenuouly puahed. aure for time that 1... ..ne no-inNr wa but It cannot be completed under ti glim more than live minute, and ml week at the rarlleat. THE SITUATION IS MORE FAVORABLE Geoerol reeling In Washington That Spanish Relations Art Peaceful. CAPT. imOW.NSON'S MISSION Will laspcct Toreis War VeatU for S4lt L aired State .Hay rarekiu Japec Ship Now Diilding. AN EMBASSY FROM CUBA IN NEW YORK Brings Important Message to Estrada f'alma and the Junta. CUBANS SIRE OF VICTORY reel Coafideit They fat Cat tit Striijijlc ii Fuir Monks. Whether We right Spjtaj or Hot. Waahlns-ton. March 1-In iplte of thai New York, March 1-Brlgadler-Oen- numerou conference of ofT.clala on the eral Jo L&cret, of the Cuban army. continuation of preparation now In pro-i ha arrived In New York bearing Im g ten on a large acale to put the country portant meagea to the Junta. He la ao In a atate of defense, there was a certain ' tompanled by Judge Advocate-General The m i i f eiithii.ia.ni whl. h grMtnl i..iitr:ut..l for from tho Kalrtli Id hlp-; nilii.,nu ,rf. nae ha excited the utmot Ir t put among Kngllsh dealer In war munitions. Hiram Maxim, of rapid-nro gun fume, suld ilgniflcantly that If the United State Intended to make purchases In England ahe should have begun a week ago. of them had to content thenieve with the t ag.trty fraction of a minute. In all It apei-rhea were nidde. With one a. -claim, the memlier from north un.l oiith. eaat and went, atate and t' l rltorlea. b.ittl. -i ami veteran of the union and onfnlerate armies, all jolm-il In proclaiming their upMrt t the country a chief nugitr.itc In the fare of a priiH rl of war There w a only one allK-bt dliH'or.lant note, . auartl by the 1 apeerh of (lener.il ItltiKham, of I'cnn aylvanla. 11 gallant aobller, who served with illatlnrtlon under Hancock, lie apoke too rolleratlVely for the arUae.l I imer of the house and when ho In lateil that our relation, with Hpaln were na friendly aa they hud been for years, many of the member hlamtl him. While nlnioat every member who okc deprecated the possibility of war, a wide divergence of opinion n to how close Manuel Alonxo and Colonel Octavlo Gi bers. General Lac ret and hi companions left Puerto Prtnclp the seat of the Cu ban government, about three weeks ago. They were escorted to the coat, whence; they made their escape In an open boat In whlrh they sailed to Jamaica. A day after their landing at Jamaica they learned of th disaster to the Maine. From Jamaica they cam to New York by steamer and reported at once to To rn as Estrada Palma. the Cuban enroy to the Vnited States. "All I can say," said General Pal ma, "Is to confirm the report that Oeneral Larret and two other officer are now In the city. Their mission Is one of the greatest Importance. They have deliv ered their report to me In person. What these reports are I cannot state at this time. I will ay this much, however, that In case the United States ihould de clare war against Spain. President Masso will co-operate at once with th United Slates force. These officers come direct from the seat of government. They tell me that the Cubans feel assured that they will win. President Masso feels that the war will be ended by th Cubans, though the United States do not Inter fere. It may take four months, but w are aured and confident that we can end the struggle without th asststanca survey to leave at once for England and . t , (onlgn unm. Bpala is bankrupt France to Inspect the vessels which have ghe , no po,,,, ,0 thu been offered to the government and to I war report without delay If they are suit-! Genera Pll,mil d ,nat j. a, able for service In the United States gurttJ hm ,hat ,he rmy w, rent Inst week of Spanish preparation navy. Commander wilt not only look at ; lM wUh armj and ininunUlon. the vesitels offered, but will examine 1 SPAIN PHEPARING. New York. March 8. -A Tribune dispatch from London say: There has been a heavy fall In con sols and American stocks of all kinds today In consequence of rumors from China, West Africa. Spain and America, with Tumbttng thundwr all around the ky. There were sign of alarm In every ectlon of the stock list. American securities showing the greatest veaknee. All the startling rumors cur- feeling apparent In the best Informed cir cles, that the situation as to our rela tions with Spain were today much more favorable than yesterday. Perhap the trml-offlclal advices received through the Associated Press from Madrid, Indicating a peaceful purpose on the part of the Spanish government, contributed In a large measure to that feeling, or It may hnye been that the growing knowledge of the vast extent of our own resources tmded to the belief that they would Im press others with the futility of attack ing the United States. However that may be the feeling pre vailed, and at the White House, too, after the cabinet meeting, where all facts that were known to the president as to the existing state of affairs were laid unre servedly before the cabinet members and discussed. While Captain Brownson Is going , abroad for the government to learn of hips of war that are for sale and their condition, he will not necessarily make any purchases. TO INSPECT VESSELS. New York, March &, A Herald special says: Secretary Long having given orders to Commander Brownson now on duty as a member of the board of Inspection and . SPAIN'S PlMHTION. I lAinduti. March s.-1'hc Time edrt irinl- j ly say: I "If Spain in placed In an awkward po- ' altloii respecting the Lee Incident, she ! must thank the Inillscretlo nof he., for ! rlgn ofllce. She cannot blame President 1 McKlnlry. Mr. Cannon bill can hardly f, r war navp been revived; one hears be explained by the U-e Incident. It Is (n,.m at every turn, but it Is never prar- , prob ibly due t the rumors that Spain timble to find any one to vouch for them I I purchasing warships. We do not be- , , low n num, to be used In connec- any are desirable and ready for sale, this ! stay herf , Bhort. They expect to , lleve that Spain desires war, but If she j ,lon wltn them. It Is again rumored that docs, thi evidence of Amerira's alertness lhc gpun9n government has purchased six warship In process or construction , offers 11 most effectual check. President McKlnb y iipiH iirs to be adhering loyally In the polity of limine, caution and parlllc circumspection he has hitherto pursued. No doubt he has the support of the sober iinil conscientious mass of American people, but he ha had to face outbursts uf popular clamor that a weak- . 1. . . 1. 1. ., i it man mlttht have mistaken for Were hostilities manifested Itself In lhe',r tMmlf I the voice of the country. The complicity of the Spanish government In the Maine illsastcr is 11 hypothesis too monstrous The general contention by the majority among the leaders on both side was that Ihl appropriation, by preparing for war. would prove the surest guaranty of peace. Other Insisted that war alarm would soon lie heard and Mann, of Illinois, de clared that war actually existed In all stive name LKi: 8T1CKS HY SHIP. Havana, March S, Some persons. In or der to Increase the excitement, are urging (Irtiernl Lee to resign, but the con.iul grnrrnl of the United States said to a cor n Hp.iiul. nt today: '1 will stick bv the ship of state until the clou Is roll by." The resignation of W. P. llntkcr, consul ut SiiKii.i La Urand". w.is cotillrnuHl by today's advices. Harker has been on tho verge of nervous prostration. Alexander ! 0. llrlce, United States consul at Matan-1 xus, says ho cannot stand much longer j the strain under which ho has lived the lust two years, j The naval court today continued its. work, spending some time on the wreck. There la nothing known olllclally yet about tho deportation of any of the news paper correspondents, except Honor Utlnc, who was arrested Saturday. MOHK tll'NS HKCKIVKP. New York, March ,-Thlrty-two new lnplil-llre guns have- been received at the Ktooklyn navy yard. Sonic of the guns will be placed on the dispatch boat Pol phlti which has boon Into commission April 1. Six of thorn will go tu the cruis ers Atlanta, and Chlcngii. which are now bring overhauled at tho navy yard. A consignment of 11! Ilvo-lnch B m huvo also boon received at tho yard. These, mounts uro all of tho latest pattern. The IS guna remaining at Jer sey City will be taken to the navy yard tomorrow. A largo amount of live aul six-Inch projectiles was recently received nt tho navy yard and Immediately trans ferred to Fort Lafayette whoro tho nin niunltlon for naval ordnance Is stored. The work of sending largo consignments of 8, 10 and IH and lS-lnch projectiles and large amount of powder from Lafayette to Key West Is still going on. From the Florida posts these shells and the pow der will bo distributed among the vessels of Admiral's Slcord'a fleet. nml irrational to lie entertained and ex cept tint there is nothing Impossible of arrangement between Spain and America, while the Intractable nature o( Cuba's disorders can but Inspire thoughtful Americans with a serious doubt as to the wisdom of annexation." The Pally News says: "Wo cannot doubt as to tho ultimate Issue of a war between the United States at.d Spain, but America might have a bad quarter of an hour before victory. European alliances against the United Stales may be left out of the question, despite the talk of Spain's friends. The attitude of the Spanlsh-Amorlcnn repub lics, nny however give the Americans imi'se. The one thing needful, so far as England Is concerned Is that those who have so often mismanaged our relations with the United States should not repeat their historic mistakes. It may be taken for grunted that America wants nothing from us but sympathy, and that with or without It. she will come out on the right side. Rut the United States would never forget nt any moment nny failure on our part to do prompt Justice on the detestable doctrine that America's diffi culty is Great Ilritaln's opportunity. That doctrine Is sure to be preached In Its own bad time by somo of our Jingoes, but we must take care that they do not speak for the nation." M'KINLF.Y COOL. Cleveland. March 8. Colonel Charles Pick, secretary of the republican na tional committee, and a close friend of President McKlnley nnd Senator Hnnna, bus returned from Washington. Ho said: "Just before leaving Washington I talked with President McKlnley and Sen ator Hann.i. Of course nothing that c'thor of them said on the subject of our relations with Spain Is for repetition. I can nay however that the grave situation Is realised fully In Washington and nil preparations are being made for nny emergency. At the same time there will be no war with Sialn or any other for eign power nt this or nny other time un less absolute Justification for It exists. This nation will preserve Its dignity and Independence but will not rush pell-mell Into war." 1 l oioneis uioera a no Aionso are ootn I other warship under construction forjm);n of abm(y am, re ,he conndentuU j ,,rtlKn natIon n1 hom h rt that j advlw)rg of tne Cuban ,0Vernment Their any are desirable and ready for sale, this j sUy berf , hurt They tsptci ta j government will undoubtedly enter Into , , ,,, fi,w , Cuba Mr the. , negotiations with the nations which or-; mmw o MJ(l moniK tiered the ships looking to their sale to i In England and France for Chile and Iiraill. Including one armored cruiser., two coast defense vessels and three pro tected cruisers. The Spanish embassy denies the story, but the rumor will not down. Another report current In military clr clis is that the Spanish government has scoured th. control of a large number of heavy guns and a considerable torpedo equipment and other war material In England and France. This rumor cannot bo confirmed, but It Is believed by some experts to be true. Information which comes from sources entitled to confidence leads to the belief that the Spaniards have found the money required for com pleting various purchases of ships and guns. How or whence It ha been ob tulned may be a mystery, but the as sumption that Spain Is prevented by lack of money from making naval and military preparations on a large scale Is not well founded. All talk of Amertian options on the purchase of warships has been prema ture, ll Is not probable that the Bra xilian and Chilean are In the market for American purchase. They could not be had even It the United States govern ment made u liberal offer for them. Spain has secured them If they have boon purchased. Tho only vessels In England. Germany or elsewhere which could be bought on any terms by the United States ure those now being built for China and Japan, and neither power has shown any willingness to entertain offers from them. China is believed to have refused to consider propositions made by Spain for the purchase of sev eral ships. Japan is In hot haste to strengthen her own fleet and fresh ru mors of Kusslnn aggression will not chock her ardor. TO MOVE TROOPS. Penver, March 8. Active preparations for moving tho troops nt Fort Logan are being made and everything ia being put in readiness for a sudden call to duty. The Penver and Rio Giande railroad has been Instructed by the war department nt Washington to be prepared to move the troops upon notice. BESSIE K. SAFE. Scuttle. March S. All doubts as to the safety of the over-due schooner Bessie K. were removed today by the arrival of the Bteamer North Pacific from Alas ka. Captain Carter reports that he passed the Bessie K. March 8 at the en trance of Lynn canal, headed for Skag. way. She was in no trouble. the United Slates, Secretary Long talk ed with Commander Brownson and told him what he wanted and tbe Instruc tions given during the consultation will guide the naval office In the Important work which has been placed In his charge. Upon arriving at Southampton the early part of next week. Commadner Brown son will confer with Lieutenant J. C. Colwell, who Is naval attache to the United States embassy In London, In re gard to the ships under construction at Elswick and other points In England. He will then go to France, where he will meet Lieutenant W. 8. Hlmma, who Is naval attache to the United 8tates em bassy in Paris, and In company with that j SOBRAL S VISIT. Portsmouth. N. H., March 1 Accord ing to the record of visitors kept at th navy yard, Lieutenant Sobral of tho Spanish navy whose Interview last month on the discipline In the American navy caused much comment, was here last summer. His visit has been re called by the discovery of bis name In the book. He called on the officers at the headquarters and Inspected the forts and other defenses In this vicinity. Us spent two days here, and made himself thoroughly acquainted with the plans ot defense. MANILLA BURNED. I officer will inspect the two battleships j yuKW B. c Maroh g.Advlces from the Orient brought by the steam- I ship Empress of India tell of tho almost i complete destruction of Manilla, Phlllp I nine Islands, bv fire. Five million dol- quire as to the amount of ordnance ma-, of property wag dwtroyed- torlul on hand. It Is anticipated by the 1 , department that If hostilities occur tt RUSSIA GETS PORT ARTHUR, will be necessary for this government J to purchase such material from foreign' Berlin, March 8.-A dispatch to tho manufacturers. Vlcer'a Sons & Maxim ! from PMn say" Ru8sla hM Ltd. have offered guns and ammunition definitely leased Port Arthur and Tallen to the department, but the English pow- j Wail for 99 years. It Is added that Rus- ... vi w .1 1 ... ' sla 1b determined to carry the Siberian dor has a nltro base, which the depart- , . . lallruad to Port Arthur whether China ment does not care to pluce on board:' naval ships on account of the explosive ronsents or not is believed which the Herald has stated have been offered to this government. Cammander Brownson while abroad will also ln- nuallty of such powder. It that the Dupont and the California pow der works will be able to turn out suffi cient brown powder for the present. It Is known positively that negotla SHOUT IN HIS ACCOUNTS. Albany, Or., March 8. Crosby Mat thews, agent of Wells-Fargo Company, at Newport, was arrested yesterday on Hons are In progress toward having tho : a charge of larceny by bailee. He Is United States acquire the two crack j ald to be 116,000 short In his accounts. cruiser now being built for Japan, one . He was nem m iw oonus. at the Cramp's yard, at Philadelphia, and the other at the Union Iron Works, San Francisco. SPAIN BUYS GUNS. New York, March 8. According to the Purls correspondent of the Herald, the ! Spanish government has given orders for the purchase of rapid-fire guns of the Canet type of 14 and 16 centimetres in j France. They are supposed to be for the o t..v 1.......!.. n.Tn. r ,-...- of ITnvrA I ppuiliMl uuiiiiiiii ,oiiva v., ll". completing her armament. Spain Is said to have tried to purchase warships from France, but without success. GENERAL WILSON'S VISIT. Key West. March 8.-Goneral Wilson, chief or engineers United States army, arrived today on the Olivette. It Is pre sumed that the object of General Wilson In visiting this part of tho country is to Inspect the fortifications. The Royal Is the bigbeit srsda baking pow ear kaow. Actaal teats shew It ae e tklrd further tbaa say other braaa. pa 1 Favnai Absolutely Pur aovu. lAinaa rowtv so., Nfw wsw.