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NOTION Books, Periodicals, Maga ' tre Hotto be Taken rr nThc Library witlvout perm., i on. a will be liabie to prosecution. v t Bll I II B f V 4 TBI A3T0IUAN bM tbl UffCit clrcoUtloi of any (ipif oa tba Columbia Rival ne DAILY ASTORIA!! to tta Hffest and best psjet oa fit CelasiU i:Jv8 FULL ASSOCIATED PRBS3 REPORT. VOL XL1X. AriTOUIA, OJtEGON.' TIIUU8DAY JIOKNING. MAKCJ1 28. 1899. JlO LM L1 OIL L An Advance Must fie Made Haw Malorirtl in otno cam liavc Advanced over 100 r cent. liny Hlovoi and KangoM Now. Wo MtiU have nemo at tlie Old I'ricca. Belipse Heirdware Co. We (live Trncfltig Htmiipw. 6 ,'.) -'.,. f I GRIFFIN III NEW THIS WEEK! Jimt rvo'ivad from tin; fftctory it full Miily of HOAT-SAIL DRILLING, CANVASS DUCK, COTTON TWINK, COTTON ROPIj IiiNpret our stock ltfort luiying. Foard & Stokes Co LENTON SEASON GOODS Smoked Halibut Smoked Finnan Haddock Kippered Smoked Salmon Kippered Herring Codfish and Mnekerl and a full line of other fancy Staple OoodH. ROSS, HIGGINS & CO Remnant! Remnants! Great Sale of Mill Remnants at away down prioes. Remnants of Out ing Flannels, Ginghams, Percales, Chiviols, Plads, Dressgocds, etc. 'f;titei5sJ yV ..u-''i.'?.'i.-rf' ' Everybody should attend our Great Remnant Sale and save money. N. B. A big line of Figured Silk in ail shades and patterns to be closed out at 25c yd, worth three time the price asked. Shanahan Bros. In' The (leap Future. BOOKS... Blank and Miscellaneous. PAPER... New Crape and Type-writing. Waterman fountain Pens lltiM Dccoritlrd I'nptr mill ICnvclopcH.-ioc. & REED W H V Le'ther tocklrtf-a wear 50 per cent longer than the Ordinary Vila stockings, and cost no more than Inferior Roods. It Is because tvtry pound of yarn Is made under our special direction and Is spun txolualvtly for knitting Leather Stockings, NO. IS COOPER LEATHER STOCKING, ths Hoavleat and Strongest Boys' Triple-knee Blocking in th world. Should never be sold at less than K cents. Every pair Is warranted 10 give satisfaction or money refunded. CHICAOO-ROCKFORD HOSIERY COM PA NT. Bolt Manufacturers, Kenosha, Wis. SWISS WATCH REPAIR SHOP Victor Rost Chronometers (Qatehes tod . Nautical Instruments Promptly fiitd and rt paired. Alarm Clocks from $1 up. Warranted. 110 Eleventh 6t. Matt io PmUI TsUgrss. v: i7asi. hack f every fair F HIIOU3. Hume M-if oro harder upon thslr shoes than wilier . H. .me ii rn apparently hardy upon (hem. Thai whi'ti Iho shoe ha something to do with II. It's easy (o be hard on a poor (hoe hard to be hard on a food on. How much lunger will on shut (food) last Own anothrr (bad)? Just twice In moat cases. That perhaps surprises you. EXPERIMENT. TllY OURS aratnai any othor you con get In town. Compart In other reapeots all reayects Petersen & Brown. THE PROOF at the pudding is is ths sating and lbs proof of liquors IS IN SAMPLING That's an argument that' eon clualve a demonstration. Oura will atand tha test. HUGHES & CO. u LEUECK Cnrponter and Builder Uonernt Contractor MOUSE RAISING AND nOVINU A SPECIALTY H.F.Prael Transfer Co. Tetephoas B. DRAYING AND EXPRESSING All Goods Shipped to Our Care Will Receive Special Attention. No. US Duana St., W. J. COOK. Mgr. Rea, Tal. lit. Astoria, Or. AN ADVANCE ON MANILA Said That Arulnaldo Intends to Mass His Forces and Attack the City. REPORT IS LIKBLY TRUE Iosor;eot Troops Have Concen tnted Near Malston and Are Savin; Ammunition. SHERMAN REACHES MANILA Five thousand Fresh Troops Added to Our Forces la the Islands Flf htlng In Mecros. MANILA. March 2 -5 p m.-Whl!' a p. imrcinly lnu Itvo aitu-c Monday, really the opposite hft been the cue with the American forics. Reorganization ,-nU!l-InK miii) i hurw-s l.un been In program niiiie the alHiiidoncient of the (lying lOl. uinn. li.'iiiTal Whe.uun'ii and Ucnrroi !ill(!ad- Ixvr n"t be,n UfSlu-m-d bul the r,ij.n r-Kim-nt. the Minn'aa 1 r. Kiin.rl ud Ihe Tw'enty.seeoiid rel- m.nt have been t-om-enlrated at the 'amp on the Lunette, at the aatrr frmi. In readineea (ur immediate transporutlon when th plana of the mllltury leader have been formulated. Our tro(rp are eutrvn. he.1 und the Uullun la prai tl- easily unchanged. The inturgenta have refrained from matting uiy atta.-k re.ently. and it ap- pears that the rvhelt are saving their am. munition fr a decisive movement. Ac. cording to a prisoner raptured by. our 1 troop, Agumaido ban announced that he will .t(iimUv man the reserves at MuMus and march on Manila within S 1 days, un.t-ss the Americans Withdraw In I the meiintlnip. The conoriitnitlon of the lrebr forces In the vUlnlty of M.ihibon I gives color (o the statement of Die prls- Imcr. Ailvii.-M r.ieiVrd from t'ehu by u ro.ist list ttivnii r j' ivcrytlung Is qu:ct there. I The I'tnled State tranort Sherman. from New York, February 3, has iirricd here. Two sailors and two privates died on the vuyugv, and one man was drowned In the Mediterranean. THE 81IEIU1AN AT MANILA. WASHINGTON. March Si-Additional reinforcements reached Manila this morn ing, as Is Indicated by the receipt of a uispatch from General Otis, saying th.it the transport Sherman had arrived with Ihe droops In good condition. The 6her. miin followed the Grant through the Sues canal, these preceding the transport Sher. idan over the same route. The Sheridan la expected to reach Manila In about two weeks. These three vessels will add about .V100 fresh regular troops to the military forces in the I'hlllpplne Islunds, and are expect ed to aid materially In the plans which contemplttie tho complete subjugation of the tnsurKents before the oienlng of the rnlny season, ainiut the mKlille of April. FIGHTING AT NEGROS. NEW Yt'ltK. Murch 22. -A tils;tch to the Herald from Maniln says: Reports of IlKhlinK In the Island of Negro, with out any particulars, have reached Ma nila. The tninsport ltulluna is having now for Negros with one Kittalli'n of tho First California reglmont under Colonel IXibosc. SI'AXIAltS FLEE FROM 1LO ILO. NEW YORK. Murch 22.-A dispatch to 'the Herald from llo llo says: A scars ! Is reported In Ihe Island of Ncgros. Upwards of W Spanish refugeo planters have arrived at llo llo and state that a native tribe, 2U.0U0 strong, living on the Moutcscca river, 20 miles south of Ba colada. threaten to destroy the hacdn. das and crops. They have a few firearms, but are mostly equipped with bows and spears. The Spaniards requested arms from General Miller to defend themselves and their property. There la no change In the situation here. Thi wounded men are recovering. RANSOM OP PRISONERS. NEW YORK, March 22.-A special to th 11 ore Id from Washington says: Ma. Jor General Otis and the other members of the Philippine commission will decld whether or not the ransom of ths Span ish prisoners held by Agulnaldo will be permitted. Aa a result of the representations of Ambassador Cambon and Ihe National Hod Cross, showing tho deplorable condi. lion of the prisoners, General Otis will be Klven power to act after advising with his associates on the commission. The president hopes it may be possible to obtain the release of the prisoners, but does not wish to give General Otis direct Instructions, In view of the for mer objection on tho ctotind thnt it would give Asulnaldo means to secure military supplies. There are nald to be about 500 Spanish prisoners, most f thoni priests. As the Filipinos blamed the priests lor most of tho hardships they suffered und r Span ish rule, they nre particularly Inhuman In their treatment of the churchmen. INSURANCE COMPANY LOSES. SAN FRANCISCO, March 22-The su preme court rendered an important de cision In an insurance case today. Mrs. Alice L. Knarston, ft widow, brought an action against ths Manhattan Life In surance Company of New York, to rs- oovar upon ft poller of Ufa lnauranc takm out by hr husband. Tba defoni was that tha policy bad boom torlottoA prior to ha dath of th Inaurad by reaaon of th pon-pny. mant of tha fourth annual paymnt. In tha lowtr court tba Inturanc com. puny waa aucceaaful. Tha auprein court to"k ft dlfTerent view of tha matter, re vrad tha Judgment of tha loirrr rourt and ordered naw trial. Tha widow contended that tha company waited tha payment of tha premium at th time It became du by Ita agant agreeing to an extension of thne, banc (her was no forfeiture of th policy. The. aupreme court auatalned thla contention. COnniN DECLINED MAJOR GENERAL'S COMMISSION. Did Not Want to Stand in th Way of Promotion of General a In tha 'Fighting Una. NEW TORK. Kerch H-A dlapatoh to the Trfbun, from Washington aaya The forthcoming army register, tha tint to be printed for mor than a year, which will be Issued by th war department by the end of the week, gives official cor- mhoratlon to the report that Brigadier General Corbln refused to accept a com. mlaalon as major general of volunteers, which waa tendered to him by the preol. dent In recognition of his services In the war with Spain. Prom tha new official register. It a p. peart that such commlnalon waa made out for General Corbln on August fl. WW and declined. This entry Is notably coniplcuuoa In the register, because In the 10 rmges nf the volume, containing the romplete military records of all the nffirers In the army, there are a few ilmllar instances of an appointment by the president having been followed by jdenilnation. Oeneral Orbtn. when asked why he did not accept, said: 'Th number of Major generals was limited and we needed every one of them in the field. I could not stand In the way 'if ny man who was In the fighting line I wanted (hem to have their pro. mminna flr.t My plae was here. The hiw .lid n.H (.peoiamlly say that the ad. litmnt general of the army, Jarre as It ihad grown to be. should be Inrreased In 'rank It did nrt permit an increase of j major generals In the line, and I thoucht i the officers of the line should have all jthe vacancies so long aa we needed Iihem." J GREATER NEW YORK WILL HONOR Ql'EEN VICTORIA. Flags on All th Public BulldMrrt to" TW Displayed In Honor of Her Majesty's Birthday. NEW TORK. March 21-iueen Vic - torla is likely to receive an unprece- dented honor by the city of New York, On May 21, the queen s birthday, the I national state and city flogs will be flung ' . - . - ... to the breeze from all public buildings in Greater New York In honor of the queen. Thp first resolution to pay thla tribute was offered at the meeting of the muni cipal council, and It waa passed by a unanimous vote. The resolution declared that an aflin. Ity existed between the Anglo-Saxon races; that to the Vnlted States sub. stunt Lul aid and moral support were given during the sr with Spain, and the city of New York, aa a tribute of ra sped and honor to Queen Victoria, should display the American flags on her birthday. REPUBLICAN FARTT TO BE ORGANIZED AT PORTO RICO. leaders of the Radical Party to Orgenlie One Ihe Platform Will Be Thor outthly American. PORTO RICO. Hiirch 22,-Leaders of the radical party have deckled to organize a republican party In Porto Rico, with a thoroughly American platform. They will endeavor to unite all factions. A platform will be submitted at meeting to be held tomorrow, and it wl. endorse tlu policy of President McKinley will pledge fidelity to the American flag, and huil the prospects of annexation to the United States. The platform will also favor free suf frage, free trade with the United States, ami the establishment of a gold basis of currency. DENIAL FROM ALLEN. LEADS TONE, Me., March 22. Amos L I Allen, secretary to Speaker Reed, ia.s regarding the Interview printed yes. terday in which he was made to say that Reed would not be a candidate for the presidential nomination in ou, that he did not make such a statement, and he did not know whether Reed would be a candidate or not. OPTIONS ON LEATHER CONCERNS. BOSTON. March 22.-The Evening Jour, nal says: About 60 per cent of the firms In ths United States engaged in the manufacture of upper leather from hides or calfskins have eigne! options for turning over their business to the Ameri can Hide & Leather Company, which is to be incorporated under the laws of New Jersey, with 360,000.000 capital. BEEF INQUIRY COMPLETED. CHICAGO. March 22.-Th members of the government court of inquiry finished their labors In Culcago today and left tor New York this evening. The testi mony of Governor Roosevelt will be re. vised, after which the court will proceed to Governors Island. CHAMPAGNE COMBINE EFFECTED. NEW YORK, March 22. It is reported In Wall street that champagne Importing houses in the United States have about completed a new combination to control all ths popular brands. The new com. pany will be capitalized at 350.000.000. PASSENGER RATES CUT. MONTREAL. March 22. The Canadian Pacific, following the lead of ths Great Northern, has cut the second class pas senger rate westbound from St. Paul to the Pacific coast to 312.00. ALGER STARTS FOR CUBA. WASHINGTON. March 21-Secretary Alger and a party of friends left tonight for Savannah, Ga., on their way to Cuba. END OF THE ASSEMBLY Dissolution of the Obnoxious Cuban Body Now Seems Probable. ARMY WANTS ITS MONEY kni tbe Assembly Most Not Stand la tbe Way ty Con tinuing in Business. NO FURTHER C0NCESSIOKS Attorney General Crimes Says Our Oc cupation Is Temporary an! In justice Would Be Done. """" NEW TORK, March 22. A dlnpau h to the Trlbuo from Havana says: A week of reflection seems to have brought the Cuban military assembly to ita serves, for Tuesday's session witnessed a marked return on that body's part to reason and moderation. A decided surprise was sprung on the radical element when a motion waa i , Introduced by Senor Deap&lgne and four I0"1', providing for the disband me nt of ! the army and tb dissolution of the as- 'semuy itself, at the same am author. Ising the soldiers to accept any arrear ages of pay offered to them by the ; United States. Sangullly and Gomes, the radical leaders, pleaded against lmmedl ate action on so unpalatable a yroporl. Uon. but th only concession they secured PO-tponement of th discussion on benor rpalgnes motion until satur. ". A bitter Bght will doubtles be pre' Ipl- ! tated over thla Invltutlon to the Cerro 'garnering to commit political nart-karl, . .but It la expected now that a majority . vrill aanotlon the dissolution project as j the best means of retiring from a situ- , ation wnicn is no longer tenaoie. i As the army wants to accept the 8.0W,- mm nn .mal,li .1..: t.'.n. mrA I. mHT I r. a to disband thereafter, the only practi cable role left to the assembly Is to lend its countenance to the distribution with the best grace possible. The Havana papers are still filled with details of tbe armed collisions which have taken place In the streets sine , baiunlay. Senor Mora, the civil gover. nor. has Issued a proclamation calling at tentlon afresh to the provisions of the code restricting the right of free aasem. blae and urging th public to refrain from Illegal gatherings. Orders have also been given to enforce more rigidly th iaw against carrying concealed wea. pons, which, for the last month, hag been a dead letter. AGAINST FURTHER (CONCESSIONS. NEW YORK. March tt-A special to the Herald from Washington says: At. torney General Griggs will advise Sec- retary Alger to grant no concessions of , any chamcter In Cuba. He has under consideration several questions In con. nectlon w-lth desired concessions In Cuba, i but he will determine them adversely to the applicants. In his opinion relative to the Contract relations between Dndy & Company and the city of Havana, the attorney general : declared that "the administration of the United States in Cuba is of a military nature and merely temporary. No ac tion binding the Island or any of Its municipalities to large expenditure and j continuing debt ought to be made ex. cepf upon grounds of Immediate ne. ! cesslty." The attorney general, in his lmerpreta. tion of the army appropriation law that "no property, franchise cr concessions of any kind whatever shall be granted j by the I'nited States or by any military or other authority whatever In the Island of Cuba during the military oc- cupatlon thereof by the United States," will reiterate his view In the Dady opln. Ion, though perhaps In somewha stronger language. It is expected that the attorney general will shortly hand down an opinion In the matter of the application of the Commer. clal Cable Company to run a line to Cuba. ASK BROOKE FOR TIME. HAVANA. March -.-General Weyler's decree suspending executions upon Judg ments will expire with the present month, and the situation, especially regarding mortgages, is somewhat complicated. Creditors and debtors alike, in anticlpa. I Hon of the expiration of t decree, have been petitioning Governor General Brooke lor a lew weens w uuie ncuoo who view to equitable adjustment. The form of the new decree has been carefully considered by General Brooke and his advisory cabinet, and the decree will be Issued on or before March 31. . STRAWBOARD COMBINE EFFECTED. NEW YORK, March 22 The prospectus of the National Btrawboard Company 5T w) i Am Nr . uv u - Makes the food more trvAi SAttm. has been leaued. It aaya that the tym pany Is to b Incorporated) nnder tha lawn of New Jersey, with capital) of tc.000 OO , equally divided between eommon and T per cent cumulative preferred t"c. The company will havt working rapt, tal of 00,000, and it Is expected by tea managers to control half tha straw-boar output of tha country. Aa agreement will b reached. It 1 said, with ta American Btrawboard Company, whfc-ti control tha other half of th output. THB RUMORS DENIED. AN FRANCISCO. March tL-Tha -port brought from Skagway that tons sf mall master ax being lost or destroys) at that ptacs d that Canadla mall carriers refuse to handle letter unless) they bear Canadian pottage, Is emphaQW cally denied by Assistant Supertntendaat Harry Lewis, of ths railway mall servtca He admlta that large amount of mall cumulated at Skagway during th winter moo tha and It was Impossible to get over tha summit until February. Thre carriers are already on their way to Tanana, on the Yukon, by ths way saT Bkaajway, Dawson, Circle City, forty Mil and other camps. Mr. Lewis aaya th Canadian postal authorities have) never refused to afford every facility tor th dispatch of letter going thrLugU their territory. JAMAICA'S TARIFT BILL NEW TORK. March 8,-A dispatch to he Herald from Kingston. Jamaica, says: Oa Wednesday last ths election members postponed consideration of th new government tariff tneaaurs Imposing Increased duties. Indefinitely. The governor general Issued ft proda. nation today dissolving the lefflslaUv 'council under advic from the secretary of state and he will augment th official 'element In the new council tomorrow to) ' force the tariff bill through. The present constitution is IS years old and It Is th first watum on which th government has reverted to this power, 1 WILL NOT VAX THE CLAIMS. OLTMPIA. March 22. -During the ex e'lemeni nf the clonlp.r hours of the sea. ate extra compensation was voted ths employe. the same to date from the com mencement of the session. Auditor Cbeet ham declined to draw warrants for th several amounts Inv-Ived ami referred th matter to Attorney General Vanes for an opinion. Today Vance advised ths .nrfitne tht ther. Is no warrant of au- tt,orlty In the constitution for paying; fiim. that are presented nnder the sev- era! resolutions, and therefore they wilt . .uowed. The aggregate amount of lne Krera dalros is about 11S0O. EXPLOSION IN PARJ3. PARIS. March 22. According to th official statement regarding the explosion) lam evening In a laboratory attached to the var department. It occurred in th. course of experiments in mixing gases Intended to light raBway tars. I Another account says It was due t experiments made for the purpose of ascertaining the cause of the Toulon anil Bourarra explosions by mixing different kinds of powders, and that It shows that the Toulon catastrophe was the result fr ..mImiiimi Seven oersona wefe in judtnrM ot tnem serlously-by last night's explosion. THREE WERE KILLED. PENNS GROVE, N. J.. March 22,-Ovef , 3000 pounds of smokeless powder exploded) todsy at the E. J. Dupont powder i works. Instantly killing three workmen 1 lnJurln. , lumbert .lurritIv. The dead are: ; Isaac Taylor, aged years, married. William Ford, aged 40, married John Magill. aged 30. single. TWO HAVE DIED. SEATTLE. March 22. Two deaths havs resulted from last night's explosion. Those who died from their injuries are D. W. Jacobs, of Chicago, and Alfred Saltld, of New York. Jacobs was a commerchtf traveler, for Florshelm & Company of Chicago. Sal. tlel represented the International Art Company of New York. FOR BETTER FIRE PROTECTION. NEW YORK. March 22. The corpora. Hon rooimel todav sent to Albany a bill giving to the municipal assembly power 0 maKe sucn awg or ordinances as would gyarantee better oroteetton against fires'- in hotels. , ( THREE BODIES RECOVERED. , NEW YORK, March 22. What are sup. posed to be the remains of three bodies were taken out of the Windsor hotel ruins tonight. These three bring the list of deed to 18. There are 37 persons miss. Ing. HAVE LEFT JEKYLL ISLAND. THOMASVILLE, Ga., March 22.-PreaL dent McKinley and Vive-President Ho bart returned to the home of Senator Hanna 'this evening, much refreshed and pleased with their trip to Jekyll island.' VANDERBILTS IN 'FRISCO. ! . ,Itr,r. ,, -n,.n VamJerbBt ftnd nave ,lve4 nM from Monterey, where they have been so. Jcurnlng for several weeks. They will remain here a few days. THE COMANCHE SOLD. WASHINGTON. March 22.-Tb.e navy department today sold the old slngle.tur. reted monitor Comanche to J. Panthkey, Blrcovkh 4 Livingston, of Oakland, Cul., for $6,S. vii wvmm delicious and wholesome ft CO ftffw vtxw.