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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 29, 1898)
1 ' fin 1 V TIE ASTORIAN baitfaf lirteif circulation of my taper) oo the Columbia Mvtt THE DAILY AST0212AN (3 t& tlfjest anJ test piper oa the Columbia r.'vc; FULL, ASSOCIATED PRESS RK PORT. VOL. XUX. AHT01UA. 0KE00N. TJIUK8DAY M0UN1NG. DECEMBER 2J, 18!8 NO. 2.y Stove Store ... IN ASTORIA ... Our Hpcclnlty: HTOVIIH AND IIANQCH Wo know tlio biinincwi. Twenty yeuiu txpericnco. If you want a GOOD Ktovc, m-o tlio stock at the Eclipse Hardware Co. For Fine Books and Other Holi day Goods See Griffin & Reed. 7UUIAAAAAXAJ lAAAAAVfU lAAAAAU UVTVUVVUV; 1WafVAAAJ UU tfJ OUI4 "WE SELL EVERYTHING." 4 White Sewing Machines and Royal tk An Ideal ton cannot take money end buy ao aseful aa a Foard Pair of Good Slippers. We hart tba largest shown In tba eUy, at prloe. John Hahn, Holiday Goods Arriving Every Day, at Fortland Trices. Chairs, Rugs and Medallion Pictures C. HEILBORN & SON. COLUMBIA Blacksmiths BoIlerMakers Machinists Foundrymen Logging Engines Dullt nnd Repaired. Heavy Forging Under Power Hammer a Specialty Sole Manufflcturers of the Unsurpassed ... " Harrison Sectional" Propellor Wheel ... Manufacturers for the Pacific Const for the KOUEKTS WATEK-TLBB BOILER. I MOTTOi Cream Flour Stokes Ci. Gift... small amount of Christmas ftft bait assortaeat arar tba vary lowaat Tito Itollciblo Hhoo Dcntcr. IRON WORKS Loggers Supplies Kept In Stock Herman Wise, the Reliable Glothier and Gents' (JETTMI UTO 1 PAIR Of our slippers that fl oomfortabla at onoa la worlb a treat deal. W.'ll put your fast into allppara of tbat kind and charge nothing extra for tba comfort and vary little for tha Uppers. Petersen & Brown. THE PROOF of tba pudding ta In tba sating and tha proof of Uquora IS IN SAMPLING 'i Vbat'a an argument tbat'a con clualva a demonstration. Oura will stand tba teat HUGHES & CO. HFPrael Transferee Telephone tt, DRAYING AND EXPRESSING All Qooda Shipped to Our Oar Will Receive Special Attention. N . B38 Duane St., W. X COOK. Mgr. Aitorla, Ore. Re. T.l. Ill THE PARKER HOUSE First-Class in Every Respect. BAR AflD BILLIARD fpjVI Special Rates to Theatri cal Partiea A. J. MASON. Prop. ASTORIA. ORB. CUBANS ARE INDIGNANT SHglVed Because Tliey Can not See the Evacuation Ceremonies. CONDITIONS ARE SERIOUS Cubans Hive Gathered (n Ha vana's Streets and Trouble May occur. STILL MORE ATROCITIES Spaniards Male the Object of Attack -More Flrlnf and Several Are Retorted Kiilid. CHICAGO, Deo. t.-A spepta! coble, grvm to lh Tribune from Havana says: The Cuban residents of Havana declare tonight that. If General Brooke doea not reaolnd hi. order barring representatives of tba Cuban Insurgent army from befr.g preaett at tba evacuation ceremonies New Year's day. they will cloee their houses on that oeca.ion. tar down their flags and deeorjtlore and remain In. doo-a The Cuban peace c mmU!'.n, after a etormy Interview wuh Ooneral Brjoke tonlytr, ll"ir!ihl General Gomez not to come ti Havana, aa he Intruded, aa no curty could be shown Mm. The Cuban, are greatly excited. To. night they atood on tvery corner of the illy, d.OJMlng the situation in a half, fmniled manner. T3 nlt;h! gn Cnrrnl Ludlow notified the commlwlnn that Cneral Oome and othw pr mln"nt Cuban army leader could be presttt at tha crremonlr., and that tha Cuban army might enter Havana. Tonutht Qttoom'i Mrookd told tne com. nriMkn thAi tha Cuban army la rot to be rocognlird und la to have no ptrt lp tha dnmnnxtralion. of January L The American. In Havana are much alartnrd at the lnrrtajed mortality In tha city. ThV civil nti tcr tonight .how. thre iH-rann. toda died of aalatlc chol. orea and four of malarial fever. Tester, day four deatha were reported of yellow fever and U of malaria) fever, out of a total Wlh roll of 57. Smallpox la on tha Ucraue, three or four dnttba being reported every day. Yellow fever oaaee era tncreaaing. The thing that alarma. or at leaat dl.gu.ta tha Americana mora than any other dlieaee that flourish, here la leproay. FLTtTHKR OUTRAGES. HAVANA, tec. B.-U ia a favorite aiori among Cuban young men to atop In the etrevl. prrNi. auppoeed to be pro. SpaAl.h and to make them wave tbe Cuban flag and cry "viva Cuba libra." Tonight a flght waa atarted by tome Cuban. (Mrrylng the Amerlcai, and Cuban flaa, who declared that they had been Insulted by the SpanSnh marine.. A Cuban drew a platol and, declaring that ha would d'-IWid tha Amcrlcn flag, flred Othi-r hhuts fallowed. Aocordlng to 'an unoltlatal report, a Spanish soldier waa killed, a Spanish marine was fatally wounded and at least one other, it uut several, waa hurt. This afiernoon a Spaniard named Fer. mind, i, a nimber of the munldial police, waa surrounded by a crowd of Cubans. Cuban and Amerliwn flags were wa-ed In hi. face, h.s rtlle twisted out of his hands, and a half hundred men yelled to him shout "Viva Cuba Libre," or die. Fernamlea threw up his arms aa If to nesont and then, when the mob hod quieted down, ho cried "Viva Espana." Three knives were thrust Into him and tontKht h Is dying. DKWKY WILL REQUIRE ABOl'T livi: MEN. Navy Department Engaged In Preparing Crews to Man the Captured Span-, , Ish War Vessels at Manila. NEW YORK. Pee. 2.-A ilispittih to tho Trtbuno from Washington snys: The energy with which the nnvy doportmcnt la Rtrengthenlnsr Ita foreoj in tha Pacific ocwui la further emphoslxiM by Us de clalon to cend 400 enllstvd men as quickly as possible across the continent to San Fr&nclsoo to be taken by the next mail steamer to Hong Hong. This action was taken In response to a reaulaltlon from Rear Admiral Dewey to send him men to take charge of the cap. tured cruisers, Don Juan de Austria, . lata de Cuba and Isla de Luzon, the two latter veesels now being In dry dock at Hong Kong, while the first Is being re paired &t Oavlte. In the battle Of Manila, when these vessels were sunk, the Spanish crows aggregated 531 officers and men, the com plementa being distributed aa follows: Don Juan da Austria, 28 officers, 179 men; Isla da Cuba and Is-la de Luzon, each SI officers and 156 men. It is believed by Admiral Dewey that ho can reduoa these crews by nearly one half without destroying the effloiency of tbe vessels for the purpose of cruising and guard duty In the Philippine group. The personnel resources of the navy 111 be severely taxed In sending these men to the Paolflo just now, on account of the statutory limitations of the number of men allowed In the service. The pres. ant peace establishment provides only 13,750 men, but In the war, under special temporary authority, the total strength rose to nearly 22.000. This figure will be reduced thla week to 19,000, but below this It 1 considered unsafe to go, and an appeal will ba made to congress cut soon aa tt reassembles to authorize the depart ment to retain In the service for the full three years all of those men who Dilated for tba war and who desire to remain for tha longer period. HoveTftl thouiuind appllfatlona fr"rn these short ttma mn hava already bwn r'(lvwl at the navy department, and wii5Iotk' Is exprsed that no dlrtV-ulfy will JKi rtvwijntred m aourlng enoii(h good men for the vessH., which muat neoaaarlly ba kvt In oomrnl.ilon If eongrr.s will give im rtula;ta au thorlty. -Flut naval authorltlea nixv-t to hear or the arrival of I be Buffalo at Port HiiM tomrrrr with hrr m men destined for L-ewcy'a ships, to take the pluc of th'Mo whose tnrma of enlUlment have aiplred lor ago, and who are anxious to come home to r-enlat on tha Atlantic coast after a brief holiday. Tha Buf. faio will call at Port Bald and will not atop again until aha reaches Hong Kong early next month. Reporta revived from Norfolk hvHcate that tha Yosxmlte, which will follow the Buffalo, with Vf) salkirs and 100 marines, will get away within two waeka. ' Host of the rru.rtnra will be landed at Oaum to bold that Island until tha army can arrange to supply tba garrison. UXLL.KNOtfN CAPITALISTS ' FORM A CORVOmT0. Will Place Auto.Trurk, Operated by Compressed Air. on the Streets of New York The Schema Outlined. NEW YORK. Doc H-Tha Herald uva: Tha New York Auto-Truck Company, WtttJ a capltSI of I1.00O.00O. has been In. cornorated. With this capital It Is pro. poeM! to placa auto-trucks, operated by comprea.ed air. In the streets of thla dty. At prt.-nt the only persona whose name, are muda nubile In onnnHctlon with this cbema are James H. Hoadley and Henry K. KnhrhL Mr. Hoadlev la nml. umt of the Compressed Xlr power Com. pan. Mr. Hoadley and Mr. KnUrht com. blnod tholr Interests In comorMiMl sir matters some yiyirs ago. and William c. hllnry berama interested In their com pany. Their aotor. hsv rerentlv turn a.lrtni. ed by the Metropolitan Traction Com. pony, for use on the Twenty-eighth and T-nl -ninth strew crose town llnea and will soon bo In operation. Joseph Letter recently acquired controlling Interest In tne foreign rlKhts of the Hoarllev-Knlirh! putents. In an Interview. Mr. Tylt.r spoke guardedly of his plans for placing auto-motoblle In London and other for eign cities, but said that It was merely a natter of time when all great cities would b compelled to adit)t some form of mo tor In place of horses. Mr. Hoadley declined to state whihiF the capitalists bark of the New Tork Auto-Trui-k Company were Mr. Leiter and Mr. tvhltrwv. or tU who thev were. He sal.l -fcat the organisation of tha oompanr not yet completed and un. til It r tamea or directors would m be ml hv. Of the plana of the comjl ' spoke guardedly. "We uto.trucks.M he said, "and i works in Massa. chusetta. . aul a load of eight tons 25 miles r , cut replenishing the air. Tt Is easier for our trucks to move esrht tons than for three horses to haul six tons In an ordinary street. On wet asphalt horses are almost helpless ond with tha substitution of asphalt for pax Ing stones tha horse must go. "From a sanitary standpoint and In tha matter of oleanllneaa It would make a great difference In the cky If the la.OOO horsea m Ita st rents were done away with. Our trucks will take up leas room and will move much faster than an ordlnarv team and they are under such perfect contro that there is less danger to life and limb than with horse. "Elocerlclty cannot be used for triirk. deigned to carry heavy loads, owing to tne weight of the storage batteries that aould ba required. It doea very well fir cabs and light delivery wngons. but ti king la another matter. If w. n.i.i our tnns In the cltv when tht lt snow storm fell, we could have removed It In TI hours at the outside." An aiti-mpt ta to be made to ab.orb the principal trucking Interests In th. rliv Bud to urtulually replace horse drays wim auto-trucks without antagonizing me present owners. The plan proposed l similar to thai followed in organizing trusts. Separate interests are to be purchased ami truck drivers are to become motor men. If this plan does not work there wll! a light between the ohl and the now. THREAD MANUFACTfRERS ABOUT TO COMBINE. All the Big Factories of the Country to Do Business From the Same Office After the First of January. NEW YORK. Dec. 28.-The great thread manufacturing companies whkh practi cally control the business of the country, are about to combine. These concerns are aoorge A. Clark ft Bro., Newark. N. J.; The O'nrk Mile End Spool Cotton Com pnny, with a factory In Newark, and the Coaites Thread Company, with a factory at Pawnticket, R. I. In a circular to the trade these three llrms announce that after January 1. meir separate selling offices in New York will be abandoned and their business will be handled by the Snort Cotton romnanv t 445 Broadway. The In Her onmtuinv hns Just been Incorporated under the laws or jvew jerry. -All of these concerns were ortelnnliv English and have ertll English connec tions, out u.eir American business, It Is said, Is larger than that In the parent country. Their fnrtorles here were estab lished to avoid the heavy tariff on their proauot. it la stated that tha American factories will be run Indenen.i that the consolidation of selling agencies does not imply that a trust has been formed. The Clark Mile End Thread Spool Cot. ton Company la capitalized at COOO.OOO. The capital of the others la not recorded, but It la not known It la much In excess of this amount SEEDING RIGHT OF WAY. WALLA WALLA, Dec. 28.-The railroad war between tho O. R. & N. and the Nor thern Pncdflo received unpetua today when condemnation proceedings were com menced In the superior oourt by the Snake River Valley Railroad Company against the Northern Paclflo, the Farmers' Loan & Trust Co., of New York, the Central Trust Company.-. the Clearwater Short Line Railroad, T. A. Von Hollenbeke. E. P. Kuhl and Samuel A. Ash, to secure a right of way aoroa the Northern Pacific lands for a railroad between Wallula and iwwlston, INSURGENTS TAKE IL0IL0 The Spaniards Have Fled, Leaving: the City to the Native Soldiers. GENERAL OTIS' MESSAGE American Expedition Reschedule Scene of the Trouble Too Lite to Assist. SORPENDER IS 'DEMANDED Bid for tbe Evacuation of the Insor f cots Will Be Male fcy OurTroops by tbe General. WAUHrNOTON, Dee. HnoIlo. one of the most Important seaports of tba Phil. Ippine islands, baa fallen Into tba bands of tba lnaurgenta. Tbe poniards have fled. Juat before noon a cablegram waa re ceived from Otis which confirmed the fears of the officials as to bappenings at Ik Ho. Otla stated th it the American ex pedition reached that place too late, the Insurgents having taken possession of tbe city on the 2th, 33 hours prior to Captain Potter's arrival. Agulnaldo's flag floats over the city. Otis says the Spaniards have evacuated all the stations In the southern islands ezcept Zaroboango, Mindanao, by orders. they say, from Madrid. Ot'a expecta no further word from Iloilo for four days, owing to the lack of cable communication. It Is persumed Otla will demand the sur render of Dollo Into hi. hands and this demand may at once raise the Issue be. t ween the tosurwents and our own gov. ernment of the possession of the Islands. The province of Iloilo Is set down In official di rectories as having a population Of 472.000. and is tha second seaport city In Importance In the Philippines. The Spanish have chosen a strong place for the concentration of their troops In the town of Zimboango, which Is strongly fortified and possessed of considerable natural strength from a defensive point of view. It Is not doubted tbey will be able to maintain themselves for an to definite time against the Insurgents, pre. sumlng they are not cut off from obtain. Ing supplies from the sea. The town has a population of 21.000. SPANISH LIQUOR PRODUCES A VERY VIOLENT EFFECT. Too Strong for the Volunteers at Havana and Its Sale Will Therefore Be Pro hibitedNew Year Celebration. NEW YORK. Dec. &-A dispatch to the Herald from Havana snys: While the conduct of the American volunteers In Havana province has been generally good, the officers are given cause for complaint because of the vio lent effect Spanish whiskey hs on the men who are unused to anything stronger than plain whiskey. It htu leen found Impossible to prevent the soldiers from drinking when lloior Is .obtainable, and for this reason It has been derided to place the responsibility upon the seller Instead of the drinker. On the recommendation of John Mc Cullough. formerly .chief of police of New York, one of the first American promulgations will be the announcement that the sale of Intoxicating liquor of any sort to any American soldier In uniform wf'S nsult In the confiscation of the property belonging to the seller and his Imprisonment. It Is expected that the Cubans will make January 1 a day of great celebra tion, and no attempt will be made to check them unless they grow riotous. But enough troops will be In the city, ostensibly on display, to take controland clear the streets. On tho further recom mendation cf McCulhigh. all the cafes and other places where liquor Is sold will be closed all day on January 1. Citizens will be subject to search and those with arms upon tl e n will 'be Imprisoned and tha arms coruscated. The swearing In of men who will form the police continues, about 400 having l. ready sworn allegiance to the United States. The force will be ready for com plete service about January 6. The Cubans still object to the enlist ment of Spanish soldiers In- this force. but McCullBRh and Colonel Moulton have resolved to ask no questions concerning a man's former allegiance. If Ms record la clean 'and he cornea up to the mental and physical requirements he -will be given the same show, be be 8pantard or Cuban. At first tha Cubans were Inclined to hang back, saying that If Spaniards were to be employed the entire force should be made up of them, but when they saw that they would be taken at their word, they made a rush to secure a chance of earning $50 a month. About 300 from Menocal's enmp have already sought em employment. Havana tailors are now at work upon the uniforms, -which Is to be of blue cos. slmere of tbe thlneet texture. It consists of trousers, coat and rolling sailor shirt. The police will carry cluba of the same pattern as that used by New York police men and the force will be organised on the same general plan as that of the American city. THE CANAL BILL. WASHINGTON. Deo. 2S.-CopleB of the prellrnlivary report of the Nlcaraguan canal commission, of which i Admiral Walker li ohalrman, hare been furnished to Senator Morgan and others Interested In the bill now pending in congress on that subject The commission hn not fully worked out alt the details of the construction of the proposed canal, but the report simply presents briefly the views of the comnilfwloniiis aa to tha fiMiirinty of the work and the maximum ooet at which It Is believed tho water, way can be constructed. Three routes are apoken of-ihe old low level, the high level, or menoi-al route, and the Intermediate route-and all of these, Sflnator Morgan says, the comrol. sfon considers feasible of construction. The commission submitted figures on tbe low level route, which the senator says Is considered tha loiurtet UTA MrtVla ft txpenaivs. For tlrfa route Admiral Walk er estimated the cost would be 1134,000,000 and Professor Haunt nzinmnrto .hn. General Haines added JO per cent to the figures. MYSTERIOUS POISONINO REPORTED AT NEW YORK. Mrs. Adams. Well-to-do Widow, Given a uoss of poison for Bromo Seltzer, II Is Said. NEW YORK. Dm Mfr- tr... Adams, a well-to-do widow, 60 years old, was poisoned today In her handsomely furnished apartments on Elrhtv.si.ih street. She lived vKh h. n i .- Edward Rogers, and Harry Coralsb, a Well known athlete of the Knickerbocker Athletlo Club, boards with Rogera Mrs. Adams awoke this morning with a severe headache. uer oaugmer, Mr Rogers, advised her to take some broom sal In Cornish's room and gave It to her mower, in a few seconds Mr. ao. was In great sain mnl vM.nH. . from tba effects of strong poison. Dr. riucncocx was called and tried to coun teract the effects of tha nolaon lil.li k. declared to be cyanide of pola.lum. comma, who is a cousin of Mrs. Adams, states tbat Christmas dar ho tk-.a . neat package addressed to himself con taining a sterling silver medicine bottle, hohler m a tlffny box. and In the holder was a bottle marked "bromo seltzer." The package waa anonymously sent. It was this bottle that Mra Rogera got for ber mother, and out of which Mrs. Adams drank, with fatal effect. Mystery sur rounds the affair, but It la considered a cose of cold-blooded murder: CORRIN WOULD REMOVE MINES FROM SANTIAGO. Plans for Grappling Sunken Mines In the ' . Haroor Would Have Been Carried Out but for Surrender. NEW YORK. Dec. M.-Th Tim. The dispatch from Washington, which brourht t light ore sent by Adjutant General Oorbln. to General Bhafter soon after the battle of El Coney, calling forth a plan for the entering of Santiago harbor with an armed transport. Is con- nrraeq oy ueneral Bhafter. The plan waa to take a trsnrv m do the work. The armor depended upn to shield the vitals of this angina of destruction from the effect of SinUh shells was to be baled Shatter waa Instructed to secure a com petent pilot and attach an anchor to a row line, and If possible, rrannle ih torpedo cable and call for volunteer from the army and then run Into the haibor. thus making way for the nary. General Shatter said lost night: lea. tha cablegram waa receive h ma on July 4th. and I took Immediate stepe toward carrying out the project. I In structed my chief quartermaster to look over the list of transports with vlw of selecting a vessel suitable to do Ihe axirfc I also arranceJ wht Pilot. Captain FaliTloth, ta ut.ueirtake the Job of steering the vessel through the channel, and even went so far as to set tle upon the price he was to be nald for his sen-Ices. But before any other move. ment in the matter was decided upon, I beii-ne ctr.vinced that the Spaniard would surrender In a day or two, and I though it unnecessary to make what I regarded then as a very hazardous attempt to put a vessel throuc-h tha ctv.nnel. Had I not felt sure at the time that the Spanish army would surrender lth!n a day or two, I would certainly have carried out the plan prepared bv Adlutant General Corbln." SHIP BUILDING FIRM FAILS. PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 2S.-The Charles Hlllmah Ship Building Company, one of the oldest shin buildlntr Arms In the country, mode an assignment today for the benefit of Its cmiltfirs. No state ment of the assets or liabilities was made. Charles Hillman. president of the com pany, who established the business more than 50 years ago, died hist -week. BOTK1N CASE ARGUED. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 28.-Thls was the most Interesting day In the Botkln case since the trial of the woman for the murder of Mrs, Dunning commenced. The proceedings opened this morning with argument by Attorney General White, of Delaware, for the prosecution. Gdorge A. Knight spoke three hours for the defense, dwelling at length on the absence of a motive for the crime. CATTLE KING FAILS. CHICAGO, Dec. 2S. A special to the Tiroes-Herald from Milan, Mo., says: Walter M. Clark, Sullivan county's cattle king, has failed for nearly 1200,000. Clark has turlned over every dollar's rth of hl9 property to his creditors. 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