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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1898)
NOTION! Books, Periodicals, IVbnf.zino'j, .c ; fro rtito fciTtfon Ff:T!i3 Libr.M y Vithdut psrm.ifiOiV Any o;.o L liiiiy of tucii cfhnuc, will be liable ;o prosecution. i TIE A3T0RIAN Du tbi larfest circulation of any pjptti on tha Columbia Rlvci mm THE DAILY ASTOfUAN la ttie tlfirest in J test caper on the Columbia Rive; FULL ASSOCIATICD PRESS REPORT. VOL. XMX. AHTOUIA. OH BOON. WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28. J!8 NO. 131 A. uwmh The Only ... IN ASTORIA ... Our Hpoclnlty: HTOVHH AND KA1NGI2B Woltnow the biiHincm Twenty yours vxiicrifiiro. If you wont a GOOD Btove, net) tho Blotl ut tlie Eclipse Hardware Co. twianvvnnvnwvvnn For Fine Books and Other Holi day Goods See Griffin & Reed. EvfVAAAAWUl. J UlA AAAAi U IAAAAAAU IAAAAAAAJ lAAAAAAAi VTUVU OUH MOTTO i "WE 5ELL EVERYTHING." White Sewing Machines and Royal Cream Flour Foard i An Ideal Ton cannot take money and buy a so ftaerul aa a Pair of Good Slippers. W bava tha largest isortnWt aver ahown In tha otty. at tho vary lowest ptioas. John Halm, Holiday Goods Arriving Every Dny, at Portland Pricos. Chairs, Rugs and Medallion Pictures C. HE1LBORN & SON. COLUMBIA IRON WORKS Blacksmiths BollerMakers Machinists Logging EnglncM Foundrymen Heavy Forging Under Power Hammer a Specialty Sole Manufacturers of the Unsurpassed ... " Harrison Sectional" Propellor Wheel ... Manufacturers for the Pacific Coast for the ROBERTS WATEK-TUBE BOILER. Stove Store Stokes Gift... a small amount of Christ ma gift half Tho Itef Inblo Shoo Denier. Loggers' Supplies Kept In Stock Built and Repaired.'' Herman Wise, the Reliable Glotfe and Gents' Furnisher. fiETTKO LVW 1 PAIR Of our slipper that feel comfortable at once Is worth a great deal We'll put your feet Into dippers of that kind and charge nothing extra for tha comfort and vary Utile for tha slipper. Petersen & Brown. THE PROOF of th pudding i In the sating and tha proof of liquor IS IN SAMPLING '.that's an argument that's con clusive demonstration. Our will stand th test HUGHES & CO. H.F.PraelTransferCo. Telephons IS. DRAYING AND EXPRESSING All Oood Shipped to Our Car Will Receive Bpeolal Attention, N. E3S Duane St., Astoria, Or. W. J. COOK, Mgr. Re. T.L Ul THE PARKER HOUSE First-Claas in Every Respect. BAR Hp BlLtblRRD ROOM Special Rates to Theat ri cal Parties A. J. MASON, Prop. ASTORIA. ORB. AMERICANS rinrrk I T Fl , PllljjJ Ul Ull j Havana Is Terrorized by the Moling Which Is Now Occurring:. MORE TROUBLE FEARED Cubans and Spaniards Clash Hourly and Many Persons Killed and Wounded. DISREGARDING ALL ORDERS Cubans Fire UpOO the Spaniards and Enter Private Residences at Will Terrifying' the Inmates. CHICAGO, Dre. Z7.-A apeclal cable to Ihe Trlbtn from Havana says' The American troop were fired on In Havana tonight. Tho whole city la In an uproar and amluua tioilng la threatened. A detail of company M, Trnth regular United tfui.n trfcir.try, while quulllng a .-( ahlch bruk. out on Bumbay lret at I o'clock this evening, waa flrtd upon The rwl&rs return id the fire and aent 1 vulley aftr volley Into the crod of J rioter, aa thy fled out of the etre-.. Two SiMinlah Milora were woundod and a epiuiUh marina m killed by the AmerU cana A number of Mhera were woundol. A Bpanl.h aoldler, marching with bla cvnip.uty to the wharf. aAmptd to pull down tha Cuban flag and the American flag over the door. Thla atarted a light The Spanlarda were flrtd on from huae tope and window. They returned tha tire, riddling th front of the bul'dlng with bulleta. The aolJIer who attempted to take dba-n the flag fell on the ttep of the houae, bledttiaT from hla wounda. Tha 6panlih acid era withdrew, carrying tholr Injured ccmradea. CTUANfl ni'NNING WILD. HAVANA. Dvc. 17. The whole popula tion t in a at ate of unreal tha Spanish resident fearful, the Cuban eager to do aomothlng to show they have gained their frefOom. Hands of Cubans freely entxr ihe residence of the Spanish, call upon them to hoist the American and Cuban flag and to about "viva Cuba llbre," and terrifying them wWh their macheta. A dosen of uvh rases were re ported to the American authorities tooiy. In all tnatfljicea American guard were Sent to tha house Invaded, but the Cubans were Invariably gone when the paliMl nrrtved. No attention whatever 1 paid to the order rtguinst discharging firecrackers. 1 njid platol axe flrvd In tho at rem a con. ' tlnuounly. Throe iwrn have ben killed . and 29 wounded, among the latter being three women nd two children. The I shooting has boon, for the most part, Indiscriminate. As General Ludl'tw waa standing on the balcony of his hotel ax dusk todny a man I wiiv-d the Cuban flag. Another cried I out "an Insult! an Insult!" whereat the j man who was waving the flag fired upon I the objector. A Spanish company that ! warn PAtlHnir f r,-m TTnpt Prlnelrk vast Apt- llbortitoly tired upon from a prl-te resi dence. Major Cleneral Brooke has thi evening formally 'taken command of th United Statea forces in Cuba and haa Issued toe necessary orders. Sonor da Castro, civil governor of Ha vana, aJtlng with Oemoral Ludlow, has ; Issued an order forbidding any further firing of Ireaj ms or exploding of Are. j I orackers In public thoroughfares. He also streets or parks after :30 p. m. A oab-drlver was shot Mat night tor refusing to enter territory within Spanish Jurisdiction with ithe Cuban and American flags on hi vehicle; n omnlbus-driver and two women were shot today and the body of a lieutenant of the guerrillas has i been found noar Zlbn do Agua, this prov ince. He was taken from town by a band of Cubans and killed. The Spanish alcalde of Zlba de Aufrua has arrived here and hla son has advised htm not to return, or he will be killed. Several guerrillas are reported to have been killed In Sanctl Splrirua after the evacuation of that place by the Spaniards. Four Spaniards, residents of S&n Luis, In the province of Ptnar del Rio, have I arrived here, saying they fear they will j be Wiled by the Cubans. Police reports sho v ftst 11 more, persons havo been wounded, four of thim being International 6a. MOTHER AND CHILDREN DROWNED WATERTOWN, N, T Dee, IT. A ap clal to th Standard from Alexandria Bay says: Yesterday three children of Charles Hagerman were playing; on the U In Ih Ht. Lawnmoe river, urban th broke and ttiry all fall in and wer drown'-d. Mm. Hag-rman rushed to the aeons, and In her endeavor to rwu th r,,ll'lr"n' br"k'1 'hrouifh in 1cc and she, j too, waa drow.vd. Hagerman arrived I hom bt-ir after th drwmlng to take Christmas dlnnor with hi family, Arriving bora ha want to tho river, and alon recovered th four budlaa. DEWEY CABLES TO TUB NAVT DEPARTMENT. Request That Buffalo Ba Dispatched aa Q'jJcluy aa Possible-Condition la Philippine Improving. NEW YORK, DC ITA special to tha Tribune from Washington ay: Ad. inlral Dewey cab lad to tha nary depart mant oeVlrig whan ba night expect tha Buffalo to antra at Manila, and request ing that aha might ba hurried aa much aa possible. Tha Buffalo to carrying 100 men to tha Aalatlo squadron to taka tha place of tboaa whoaa Unci of service bava expired, and who are exceedingly anxious to rot urn to tha United State. Many of the men would ordinarily have com home on tha flagahip Olympla, which waa on tha point of etartlng for , Ban Francisco when the Main waa blown up, but waa retained by Admiral Dewey on a cable warning from Secretary Ruoaeve?L Tha admiral ha now Informed tha navy department that condition In the) Pbi'U'pl&ea have o materially Improved that ha win aend a few officers and men to San Frendaco ou tha next transport which leave Manila. H I not yet wil ling, however, to recommend any reduc tion of tha fleet and. notwithstanding tha report a to tha contrary, ba has never tnU mated any dealre to come home htm aelf, tout In fact refuaed to take advan tage of the permisakm extended to him of temporarily leaving the east and vlatu ' lng Parla, when tha peace commlulpn i was there. COfSIN OF THE CZAR ARRIVES AT BAN FRNCI3CO. On a Tour of the World and on HI Way to St. Petersburg Other Paaaen (era From tha Crtnt. SAX FRANCISCO. Dec. S. -Amrng the passenger on the steamer China, which arrived from the Orient lata last night, were Grand Duke CyrUl, of Russia, and hla aide. 'Lieutenant Couxaa rnd Couxe. The grand duke, who I a cousin of the ciar, 1 on hi way to St Petersburg, having nearly completed a tour of the world. Other vasaenger on tha China were Captain BUdle, commander of marine on tha Olympla. and L. 3. Kuhlwein, chief gunner of tha Olympla, who are on their way to Washington for order; Mr. Kin ney, chairman of tha chduiUr of com merce of Honolulu, en route to Wash, tngton; Professor Bell and daughters, who have been traveling In Japan; Mr. U L. Dellaplalr. and daughter, of Wheel- l lng, W. Va., and seventeen discharged aoldler. It was expected that Lord Charles Beresfard and Sanford B. Dole would be among the passengers, but both were detained and will probably arrive on the next vessel from Honolulu. (jreat CROWDS VISIT THE ORKGON AND IOWA. Tho Big Battleships tho Center of At trition at Callao Cubans Present the Warship With Gold Plates. NEW YORK, Deo 27.-Tha Herald's j correspondent at Callao telegraphs that I the arrival of the United States battle. ; ships Oregon and Iowa at that port has caused the greatest excitement and en thusiasm. They entered the harbor at 7 o'clock to the morning and great crowd went out to see them during the i day. Delearatlons representing the Cuban reeldeits of Peru went to Callao to meet the warships. They presented to each a gold plate. With the name changed, each bore tha Inscription ."AH honor to the commander, the offi cer! and crew of the United States war- i ship Oregon, victorious In the wavsl com. j bat oil Santiago do Cuba on the third I day of July. U98. This plate Is given as a testimony to th patriotic gratitude of all Cuban ottUen of Peru." OT13CABl,r3 FROM MANILA. WASHINGTON. Dec 2T.-A long cable, grunt wwti received durlrsr the day from General Otis at M;-' -. r blng the situation there Its contents were not made publte, but it Is known that he men thrtie no outbreak, which gives a negative encouragement to Ithe officials, although It is apprehended that General Otis Is meeting with difficulty In securing the release of the Spanish prisoners which he was charged to effect. . s ARMY OFFICER SUICIDES. KNOXVILLE, Tern., Deo. JT. Captain John M. Tobm, until recently quarter, master of the First brigade of the divi sion at Camp Poland, committed suicide today by firing a pistol ball Into his mouth. He had been morbid for som time, presumably on aocount of hla dis charge from th volunteer army when It was being reorganised. BRILLIANT LIFE ENDS Death of Hon. Justin Morrill, United States Senator From Yermont. THE END WAS PEACEFUL Deceased Had Been 111 tot s Week, Haying Contracted ao Attack of Grippe. SENIOR MEMBER OF SENATE Btfin Bis Conf resslonil Career Be fore tbe Civil War and Hal Served Continuously for 31 Years. WASHINGTON. Deo. A-UnKed 8tite Senator Morrill, of Vermont, died at 1:3 ttl more lng. Hon Ji'Siln Morrill was senior United States senator from Vermont and was In th 89th year of his age. Tie senator never rsrerad from the unconscious tat Into which he lapsed eirly In the day, and his death was calm and peace ful. The Immediate cause of death was pneumonia, which developed from an attack of grippe, contracted about a week ago. In the death of Soiator Morrill the inn ate leses bs senior member In po'nt of service, as also In age. He had served continuously In the icnate for more than H year. With the single exception of Hon. Galisha Grow, of the house of rep resentvtivea, he was the only man In ccigresa whose congressional career be gan prior to the beginning of the civil v and he bad the honor over Mr. Grow In lhait h oorsrressioral service had been continuous, covering in tha senate and bouse combined almost 44 years. GARC1A-8 DAUGHTER DEAD. THOMASV1L. LE. Ga,, Dec. 2T.-MI8 Mercedes Garcia, daughter of th 1m Gallto Garcia, the Cuban leader, died at the Masury hotel, tn this city this even ing of consumption. The body will be taken to Cuba, on a warship which the United State has designated to convey the remain of General Garcia tuack to bis native country. STEAMER CHINA BRINGS NEWS FROM PHILIPPINES. Thanksgivrrsr Day Observed by Ameri can and Foreign Residents Dewey and Otis Dined by Williams. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. X?.-The fol lowing advices were received from Ma nila today by the steamer China: Manila, Nov. 25. Thunksgixing day was observed and celebrated In this city yes terday, not only by 15.000 Americans, but also by the British and many other for. elgn residents. Rev.J. T. Owen, a Methodist missionary from Tonrland, Ore-, and Chaplains Crea sy, of the Sixteenth Minnesota, and Daly, of tho First South Dakota volunteers, of ficiated. The feature of the Thanksgiving cele bration was a dinner given by United States Consul General Williams to Ad. mlral Dewey and hla captains and to Major General Otis and his generals. CAROLINES WOULD BE OURS HAD WAR BEEN PROLONGED. Dewey Would Have Taken Them, but Was Forbidden by Secretary Long Coal Stations Being Supplied. NEW YORK. Dec. J7.-A special to the Herald from Washington says: Had the war with 6 pain lasted a short time longer ft 1 probable the flag of the United States would now be floating over the Caroline Islands, as the navy, from the time of Rear Admiral Dewey' vic tory, was anxious to take this group. The Islands would probably have been taken anyhow, but for the fact that Sec retary Long, by direction of the presi dent, cabled Rear Admiral Dowey tor bidding him to do so. Officer of the rtavy stlU hope that some way may be found of acquiring those Islands which, tt Is believed, Spain would sell for a reasonable consideration. Tbey don't want any cth.r nation to oVam v o power to establish coaling stations and naval bases there. In the meantime tne navy Is taking active steps to prevent a recurrence of the condition as to coal supply which prevailed at the beginning of the war with Spain. Coal sheds are being erected at all the navy yards and station In the United State not already uppl!ed with shelter for large quantities of fuel, and coal Is to be sent to Havana. Santiago, San Juan, Honolulu, Goam, Manila and Pango Pango. A thr I Utile good steaming coal on th Pacific, It I the Intention of the d"portmnt to upply all th PacWo na tion with coal from th Atlantic, whVb, will be sent around Cape Horn In colliwr. Urge supplies will be stored at all th stations, but San Franciaco will b the great coal base, and It 1 proposed to tor there not less than 100,000 ton of tho best quality of steaming coal. SENTENCED TO NINETEEN TEARS IN 4JTATB PRISON. WUIUun 7. Moor Convloted of Robbing Mir tin Mabon, While Jury Disagreed In the Case Against Fyn Moor. NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Wlillam Moore, convicted of robbing Martin Ma. bon, a hotel keeper of this city, by ft "badger game" was today sentenced to IS year in the states prison. The charge against Moor was that he conspired wttb his wife, Fayne Moor, to rob Mabon, and that Mahon was enticed bythe woman to apartment occupied by th Moore's, and there compelled by th husband to pay a black rrwiL Moore was convicted on bis second trial, the Jury la the first instance having disagreed. In th case of his wife, Fayne Moore, the ' Jury also disagreed, and th woman Is now awaiting her second trial. Justice Daly, In the supreme court to day, granted a stay of execution of th twite ice passed on Moore by Recorder Go ft. until a motion could be argued for the granting of a certificate of ressonabls doubt m order to enable an appeal. ATTEMPT TO RESTORE LONG-LOOT TREASURE. Effort I Again Being Mad to Locate th Sucken Sloop D Braak, Laden With Gold. PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 27.-Aa attempt Is again to be made to locate the sunken British sloop of war De Baak, which lie oft tbe Delaware breakwater, and bring to tbe surface soma. If not all, of the vss". amount of treasure that, accord ing t tradition, is confined1 within th hulk of this old craft. It 1 stated that th methods and appliances that will be used are entirely new. Tbl la by no moan the first attempt that ha brea made to raise the De Braak. The history of the De Baak la an In teresting one. It was a British stoog of war, captured from the Dutch and, like all Vessel of Its time, was built of oak aid teak. The British government came Into possession of tt tn 1TS7. and Captain James Drw, who I burled in Lewes, DeL, was ill commander. Shortly before h foundered In a squall off th Delaware, It captured a Spanish ship from La Plata, bound tu Spain with a cargo of gold frdra tha mine. Soon afterward, according to report. It overhauled the St Francis Xavier and transferred much precious meta'. to It own hold. While making for Cap Herdopen for fresh water It went down In a sudden squall. 8ome of Its crew escaped, bet th majority perished. Re. potts then became frequent of the ex istence of the treasure and ever (lore then the locality where It went down has teen pointed to as one beneath which U burled a vast amount of treasure. ILOILO SURRENDERED TO THE AMERICAN FORCES. Such Is the Intrepretatlon of Rather a Vogue Dlsnarch to Madrid From General Rios. MADRID, Dec. 27. General Rios, tha Spanish commander in VIsayas, baa tele graphed to the government from Hollo, capital of the Island of Panay, i ndor data of December 24, as follow: "Am preparing to embark on the steam, er Leo XIII. for Zanooulga, Island of Mindanao, having yesterday (December 23) formally surrendereu Hollo In the presence of the military and naval com manders, the mayor and foralgn consuls. I have charged the German consul with the protection of Spanish Interests. I shall arrive at Manila by the end of the month." Though the dispatch Is ambiguous, It I assumed hero that the surrender of Ho llo was to the Americans. GANS BESTED DALY. NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-Jo Cans, of Baltimore, out-pointed Jack Daly, of Wil mington, DeL, In a 26-round bout before the Lenox Athletio Club tonight, and th referee decided ia favor of th Baltl- more.in. Made from pure tream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum Alum baking powder arc the greatest menacers to health of the present day. ovai smhw ftmr oo., umom. Baking Powder