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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1899)
. NOTIOBJ rK Periodica!:, Ma?,! &w ., "taNottobQ l:cn From Tho :;-y without mis!;on. A 71 1 I Co. V vv ! 1 1 " nd gui.ty OT z-r.y w ' WWMliFA' w.ii i liaW-to P.-cutIon. TIE ASTORiAN hit th. U.fMt elrculittoa of my pipit oo till Columbia Klvti Tie DAILY ASTORIAR U XU biff est toJ lest piper oi tni CotumMa Rlvir FULL ASSOCIATED PRKSS REPORT. VOL XLIX. AiSTUMA. OUEGON,' TJIUIWDAV Jl'MMNG. MAY 18. J8.!. 14' OUR Stoves Aro not inndo or in n kindergarten mcIiooI, Eclipse Hardware WoOlvo Trndhiu Htnitip. i Lilt v.. I X I Y V. ii f GRIFFIN Pickles. OUVB4. WKKT PK'KUW. MIXED IMCKLIW DILL riCKLKi. I'lOS' rBBT. (In Bulk.) AT A. ioo Rolls of Matting Of All Kinds. Our own im.rttiiiix. Qimlitv Chas. Heilborn & Son. Have yoa Trouble la getting Nice, Tender, FreshMeatsP Try Ours. Golden Pheasant and Corvallis Flour Are very popular brands. We sell them and guarantee satislaction. Fresh Strawberries Every day by express. New (JoikIh of all kinds cmiMnntly arriving. ROSS, HIGGINS & CO flem Zealand pre Insuranee Go Of New Zealand. W. P. Thoman, Mgr., Son FranclBco. UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS. SubHcribotK'ttpitftl - - - $5,000,000 Faid-Up (Capital - . . 1,000,000 AHaots 2,545,114 A wots in United Stutos - 300,000 Surplus to Policy Holders - - 1,718,792 Has boon Underwriting on tho Pacific Coast over Twenty-two years. SAHUEL ELMORE & CO., Resident Agent, Astoria, Oregon. Pacific Sheet Metal Work5 MANUFACTURERS OF Salmon VcjetaWc Fruit Lithographing on Saa Francisco. Cal. CANS Astoria, Ore. Write U for Prleett Tinware (ruin tho Hcrup-ilu BOOKS... Blank nnd Miscellaneous. PAPER. New Crape and Type-writing. Waterman Fountain Pen Hix I rcirnlc1 I'npcr mid ICu vclo wh.-kic. & REED Cheese. FROMAOE VH II It IE. NEl'FCHATEU CAI.irOllNIA. IW18S. I.IMlltrtOER. Etc., Etc., Etc V. ALLEN'S ami 1'nttiin.N tli Um uml litlot. spice and Syrnp Tin a Specialty. Fairbaven, Wash. Improved Mikado andlJHE REBELS' Empire Cream Separators. H.y ar th Implrit and moil .(Tlclant Bri'r.ion n . Kur ! Of Foard & Stoke Co. Astoria Your Wife W::: llk It; to will tli. couk. Sttir ICntfite Rmi(re Hni'.fy all b) ui lliPtn. i i i. , 5 1, !fi t--i t IV.iJ lal U your better half does the cooK'nt that Is an aU!tlonal reason whv there should be a Slur Estate Range in your klii hen. The use of them prevents worry and disappointment. W. J. SCl'LLY. Agent. 431 llond Street. SWISS WATCH REPAIR SHOP Victor Rost Chronometers (Oatches and Nautical Instruments:" Promptly fixed ana repaired. Alarm Clocks from f 1 up. Warranted. 110 FWintli S( Next to Poatal Tlraph J. A. Fastabend General Contractor oncl Htil lder House-moving Tools for Kent, Dr. J. H. Davis, DENTIST Page Block Attoria Andrew Lake 5" COMMERCIAL, T. ...Merchant Tailor... Perfect' Pit Guaranteed. Low Prices. Repairing and Cleaning Neatly Done. Ladies' Underwear andWrappers Mad. to order and kept la .tock. Prloea Reasonable. KUNGSANG&CO Coratr Eighth and Commercial 5ts. Opa a.xt Ttonday. rwr, f' -. L l, t -mm ii LAST SHOW Press Dispatches From Otis Indicating That They Are Nearly Annihilated. LAWTON'S GOOD WORK Insurgents Retreating Before Him In All Directions. Amer icans' Loss Being Slight. iM'KMLEY MUCH PLEASED CatU j Congralulaltons to Liwtonan i Mtn Hs Not Cor,6ldtred Extra Session of Conjress. : WASHINGTON U.-Tlut the iu. urKi'iit4 nr.- il ri..i;(at il mid di moia. , !:! ! tl' itlv ir.ai'il-.t fr.ini the pri i j 'lii'uii h. att't ) rui: from Ucnvral j 't;i t-.'liiy. '.ii' i.i, lit ii. vh' nil. pumti( on tiii- in,.' nf ill,, f.li'l r-1 . .n aiutig tin? ' I, ii i i i . t . ,a . itntiK Ins .lvuiic tiorili. ! 4ii'l a urn Oil i. ;!. Ii am vnt, wanj s 1 : i xi it)K tliv fnniy nuriiiaard. T"e : '.i'-. tii.it hr I. .UKia.iiiiis few luh. i ' !iin f.iia.iiil iiiiivi infill, ul:iiu'.a,h In al. ! rmini .uiii.mj.il lunia, t with the enemy, 'I an-.thrr pto if of th .r utt.r drniirall. ,.!l ii. Ai''ordi!ir tv (!!' c-.ili ttiry con tinue to throw up lntrfti htnt-ntj. but ' I.. Ion r Ktianiry DUIIUnW. r Ii p ,l. ' Don In turn, krrpii'K th'-m In full rrir. jt nii.l gmi.j. ih' in no oiKirtututy to re. MviKlruit tliiir shatlrri'd forces. It will no n be mountain or the '-a for t tie 1 !ll."Urfcrl!ti. I ;ii.,rn.!x.-.I and d:!ie.initH'd It la al , in nr. urn the rebels will retrial Into nie f."tii.-fm of the ni' un.aini, where ill.) could keep up a (turrrtlla war in.!" ileliiilt.-iy until the lailr came to their 1 e llni . I'ltEMIDENT MIVH 1'LEASED. IHi'l SI'lilNiW, M.iy IT President Mc. Klnli'V lia- given nutii e that lie ha no renin i.Ir ration to the subject of an extra e.. mi if loiiKresn. Thin siatrntent was niude otlli lully tonight. Tlie iupiiii-h reganliiig the i-apture of Sun Nidru by l'neral Law ton and forc ing tti.- srattrred Insurgent ranks into the ni.'imtiilii was mi pleading to Mr. MrKinley thai he Imnii dlately wnt con. gruiuliitions to I .a a ton In the fillowlns;: "Otis. M.itilla: Convey to l.aton and the gallunl men of his rummund congrat. itilatlnns iiHin their suoisful operations during the iat month, resulting In the capture this morning of Sun luldro." Advice from Cuba are stated to be more r iifnurmg, and that a sails- factory outcome of the present sltuntlon there would result. l-KAt'K PELKOATES AHItlVE. I THE 1I.MH E. Mty IT. All the dele. giites to the Intrriiatliitiai ;ieace confer, nice have arrived. Today wus spent In a g in r. 1 1 exrliunge of vmiis. AltTIH K J HAPI.K.Y TO HE rilESIPEXT OK YALE. C'oUhldcrvd Uiu Hijjlit Alan for the Place by College Graduates and Friends. NEW YOKE. May 1T.-A sped' 'o the ller.tld from New Haven. Conn., says: The announcement that Prof. Arthur T. Hadley will. In all probability be elected it president of Yale ut the meeting of the corporation next week excited great In tercut here. Those In a position to know consider Prof. Hadley as good as elected unless the sentiment of the corporation changes within the next few days. The meeting of the corporation has been set for Thursday of next week. The first vote on ihe presidency will be taken at this meeting and the result will be watched with the greatest Interest. All Yule will be, relieved when the question Is settled. There seems to be little or no opposi tion to Prof. Hadley and It is believed this fact will receive i onslderallon In the cerporatlon. It la known that the corporation has been greatly perplexed over the question of a president and It Is believed that the enthuslam shown for . Trof. Hadley will strengthen the conclusion that he Is the man for the place among the graduates and friends of Tale. SIR CLAUDE MAOPOXALD ILL. Hrlttsh Ambassador to Peking a Very Slrk Man Rig Order for Japan ese laborers. VANCOUVER. It. C, May 17-Ac-cordlng to advices from China, the Rrlt. Ish ambassador at Peking Is a very sick num. He sailed from Snanghal for Eur ope April 23. The upnr plantation owners in Hrtwall have resolved to Isstt,. orders for six or j seven thousand Japanese laborer, re. j quired for the ensuing four or five years, before the United Suites law for the pro I hlbltlon of the Immigration of contract ' lnlmrers comes Into force. The Americans are making efforts to obtain a concession for constructing a railway from Seoul to Oensan. THE KLONDIKE OUTPUT. WASHTXGTOX. May 17.-Consul Brush reports to the state department from Clifton. Ont.. respecting the Klondike output for 1S9. at follows: An authority whose estimates have !ir'-t'for proved conatrvati.? bring word from Dawson that Ihe wash.up from Hid Yukon this year will aggregate IW.Wrt.tM), apportioned a follows: El dorado, 2,SM,lM; Donania, Xl'Mi.my, KrelK h Hill, II.Soo.WW; (Joid mil, 'Xi; lllif Hkikum, V Unln Hk.hum. 1,W.iiu; Dominion, MW.0irt; Hunk-r Hniik'T an'l Quartz ' Wi, total Th flKursa lev out of fOMlrtur aMon a nutnnrr ImporlarK lin;ion, In (iU'Ung Hulphur crrk, l'up. r Klondlk., Htm art rlvrr and Htki tik. rilKHItili.S'T OK MEXICO TO VIHIT UNITED STATES. Ha Will Accept the Invitation to Attcna tlw Kail Ettlval la Chlcaic. CHK'AW, My 1.I'reirident V.ttl, oi Mexico, will accept an Invitation U vliilt ChuatfU aod the United Mtatea durinc Dim fall f'ntlval. William I). Ilolert, oiiiiiiliii'n-d hy the i-oramltin! on tti laying of lh corner .tone of the federal tiulidliMC to vl.lt l'rilrnt I1U1 and a- una. ii whrther I- wouid en'eriutn U'h un invitation, returns lat niKtit alter mi abi-'iic.' of two erk. Ilr aiutnl iii.it hi.. miiiin aa who.iy .nrir.,(i,, and that it l.a.) o,.;al,VJ I'ii:drnt Dlax'ii ready a.veni ;o the P;o....on .hi 1.1. a-ur.nce that he w jum un , iit.rniiji, inn 'Vi'KienB ,v vJ.it thi country. The committee will thi r fore prepare an elaborate and hlKnly .uii;i.' Imitation within the next two w.-.kn and appoint a rommltf e to Ko to the city of Jl-iiiu mill prreni It to the pree.deiit. Tlir invitation will bear the fiKnatur'n of l'rrIJ-ni McKlnley. the Kuir,i.)i of at lia-t a dvim (tatei, ll,i"r Harrlon. ihn rhulrmati oi all fe tivai comniltlr..' and jt (till o.fn yet j he determined upon. The Itivl.ailon aili not be coiillned to a i v:it to Clilcutto, but will eitet.d the ho - pitailty of the ivuntry to fr.n.di-m Dial a Ml w-hov.r lie m--s fit to brltig with him. It Ik likely iTrsidetit Dial's irty will have a majority of Ii.h cabinet off!, c rs. Mir of hit. tirid oltnem at;d ime A governors. llr. t ItHillT lul: DAMAGE!). of Marlon Tler, W;:- Wan l.) tn'li-l a' lei ai.ap May Urcover Damagns. I.VDIANAI'iiLI.S. Ml) IT Juiltie lljk r I.' thr I'i'lti.l Stan ilm.rlct court hi in,, l. te.l a il-c lion lii ii:i n lie holds th.i: tin- h. irn of M..rmn Tyii-r alto wait i ! ticliril nl Hcottstmrg e. veral months ago, had a r.Rht for a- Hem f"r damages i.caiive: the lierlff of the count) and hi tuiiiiUnicr.. Tile decision was rendered on I niotlo.i to owrmie a demurrer to ihelhcn WMJ fmashed outright to kindling, cinipialnt. Jjmes F. Gobln, the sheriff, and hit. Uituh mcn. a,re re-jtnred to an. tln complaint within ti n day. The J case, w hich is for $.. damages, is ex- i inct'd t come to trial lu atwut a month. jlti holding that the sheriff Is responsible fur the prlse.mr In hi csre. the court 1 s.iid in part: "If the law imposes a duty of care In re-in-ci to animals and g"oils wtf.cn he has taken into his pe-s!on by virtue ef his otflre. why should not the law 1m. poe the duty of care upon him In respect to human beings who are In his custody by virtue of his office? Is a helpless prisoner, in the custody of a sheriff. bss entitled to his care than a bale of x"od or a dumb !eat The law subject to any sue-h reproach." is not THE OI.IN'DE KOHIiH EZ CASE. Release of the Steamer Will He Fo'lowed by the Piling .if a Damage Claim. WASHINGTON. May IT. The release of the French merchant steamer O.lnde R.drigurx under the decision of the su. pri me court doubtless will be followed by the presentation to the state depart ment of a claim for Indemnity. Its own ers could have had the steamer before now had they agreed to waive a c airn for damages for retention and loss to ihe vessel, and now that the supreme eurt has ruled In fnvor of the owners of the vessel. Ij is expected a elamuge claim , be made up and presented through , the French embassy. It is said that the acllon of the court In holding Dint the vessel could not recover for detention and less, while binding in a suit at law, Is no bar to the diplomatic conslderallon of a cUlm by the two governments. THE EXPLORATION OF THE AMAZON RIVER. Captain Todd Ascended the River With the Wilmington as Far as Yuouitos, Over 2,000 Miles Inland. WASHINGTON, May lT.-The navy de partment has received from Commander j Todd of the Wilmington an Interesting account of the remarkable voyage in the exploration of the Amaxon river by that vessel In April. Captain Todd report that he aseemleel to Y'uquitos. In Peru, about 2,100 mlleg up the river. Tho Wilmington, which entered the Amaxon from the Atlantic ocean, was within 400 miles of the PacKlc ocean and well Into rent before she turned back. The possibilities of the suivessful navl. gallon of the vast and hitherto unknown Interior of South America us revealed by Captain Todd's voyage will be of the greatest commercial importance. ALASKA BOUNDARY DISPUTE. Suggestion That Alaska Boundary Ques tion He Submltteel to Arbitration. WASHINGTON. May 17.-In Washing, ton negotiations have taken a new turn by the suggestion that the Alaskan boundary question be submitted to arbi tration. Independent of the other issues involved, thus leaving the commission free to resume Its work on many pend. lug questions. If that plan could be cf. fected it is said the commission will not only be sure of reassembling, but would meet with every prospect of winding up nil the outstanding difficulties bvween Canada and the United Stales. While the plan of arbitration Is most favorably entertained by officials here. It Is not known how far it has gone In the way of negotiations with Lord Salisbury. AN EX-SENATOR SUICIDES. LOS ANGELES, May 17. L. J. Rose, formerly state senator and democratic candidate for congress, committed sul. cide today. TRACK OF A CYCLONE Three Deal and Three Fatally Injured in Manches ter, Iowa. FARM HOUSES WRECKED Many Tfarilling Escapes from Destb-Foar Children Fatally Injnred at Toledo. j POPULISTS OPEN CAMPAIGN National Organlzailors Meet at Kan sas City-Barker and Connelly Are Let Out- MANCHESTER. Iowa. May 17-Th de- ; ""' the cyclone wnicn paanea oerjthat as long as the latter published a ' !tlP northern part of this county last Sunday edition, the former would do jnht, are most harrowing. As a reult !likeie. Uut the Daily Mail is the first f the storm four people are dead and to give it up. -three others are fatally Injured. Every j Tnt. anmuncement came as a grent j ' hoje In the track of the tiriniurprlM. In Its explanation of Its chantre I cloud for a width of forty rod was either ' otally destroyed or wrecked. ! At litis -low's :hi family took shelter in 'a cellar. A young baby was torn from i," mother arm and carried & ris without Injury. At klaus cemetery only 'one monument was left standing and me of ihe tombstone." Were found two ml:t away. Klaus school house was blown to plecis and the Meth.HllM church wan wrecked. The Knlenou! family took refuge in a cellar. Three are Injured. Mr. Rulenous as llf ed b. dlly out of the cellar by the forc of the wind. The Slieppard family were in the house, Two son were carried yards and one ' killed outright. Tlie father died th'.s afternoon. Two other children will die. Mlerson, J. IS. Jacobs and Oe-orge Iang were returning from Elkport and ) were taught directly in the path of the i storm. Jacobs and Lang jumped out of ! the wagon and wvre carried up Into the ;a.r. The bodies came to the ground man. ig!ed almost beyond recognition. Mlerson jjumiied from the wagon and escaped with I slight injur-. The team ran Into the storm again and both horses were killed. T!u storm exhausted Itself a mile north e f C.lesburg. The damaire to uronertv ,s beyond estimation, I ANOTHER IX OHIO. TOLEDO. May K.-The cyclone, which swept over Montpeller last night will prceve fatal to at least four children In the school house west of Unity. There were 21 persons In the building and not ne escaped without injury. The build- ling Was wrecked. POITUSTS ISSUES AX ADDRESS. Thorough Organixatlon of Middle f the Roaders Urged. KANSAS CITY", May IT. An address to the populists of the country was issued tonight by the national organixatlon of the peoples party, with the Indorsement of the national reform press association. These two bodies, whose common oblect ! t0 keep the populist Party In the middle of ,ht. roaJ aV0ldlng fusion and the adop. .ion of an burs. address concluded their la. I A hard fight was made to secure the I endorsement of Wharton Rakerand Igna tius iK)HiK-li- rtr president and vice president In 1900. but this committee re. fused to recommend. Instead, a thorough organixatlon' of the middle roaders Is urged, with the understanding that they I enter the next national campaign with the present populist organixatlon ami wherever fusion shall gain the day. The miouie or tne roanert snail Dolt and be. gin active campaign principles. to carry out their FIGARO WILL GIVE THE SECRTT DOSSIER. Seven Documents Containing Evidence Which May Effect the Release of Dreyfus. PARIS. May IT. The Figaro, contain ing Its summary and analysis of the evidence offered before the court of cas sation In the Dreyfus revision inquiry, says it Is In a position to give the exact composition of the secret dossier. This package. It asserts, contains seven documents, each of which It proceeds to analyse. Regarding the forged letters attributed to Emperor William, the pa. per declares that these existed In the dossier, but were subsequently destroyed. M. Hanotaux, former minister of for eign affairs, on learning what was going on. protested against the use of these otiMhe ground that they were forgeries. but General Mercicr. former minister of war, refused to suppress them. M. Hanotaux'. protest, according to the Fl. garo, still exists at the war office. "When. In ia7, the Intransigeant al- TOfeVA n Makes the food more delicious and wholesome SOVAl SHIM luded to then letter, Count Von Muen tor, German ambaanador to t'ran. , went to the foreign onV and Mid: 'My overel(fn doeg not concern hlmlf with forgeries, but thla la too much. It la beyond all boundii. Maka your pre hut up.' The matter waa nettled by an official denial of the txlfttence of lh lettera." The only document. In the doaeler wer only thou already made public Th Figaro then goe on to ihow that when they were not forgerlea they did ftot re fer to Dnyfua. The Brue! correnpondent of the Fi garo nay a tensatlon baa been caused there by the discovery that th. chief of International explonage waa on term of Intimate friendship with the late lieu tenant Colonel Henry. Thl functionary secured an election to the French Cham. ber of commerce In Bruitsele. When the fact of h's connection wlch Henry came out he m anked to rexlgn. but h r. fued. The French mlnldter to B"llum. M. Gerard, begged the committee not to pre the matter, whereupon ihe entire administrative council of the chamber, with one exception, realgaed. LONDON NOT TET READY FOR 8l'NDAT PAPKR3. Tlie Dally Mall Oive op the Fight Deference to Public Feeling. In NEW YORK, May 17.-A dlepatch W the tNrald from London ay: London la not yet ready for Sunday newpaper$. Thin morning the Dally Mall annourced In big black headline: "Death of th Sunday Mail; a frank conceit! on ti the religioun feeling of the public." I: will be remembered that when the Sunday Mall started It announce.' that Jits existence waa due to the Dally Tele graph starting a Sunday edition, and of policy, the Dally Mai! says: "The Sunday Mall Is dead. The final i"?ue of that journal was made on Sun day laia. and we bury It today without regret. "Resolutions of protest and appeals fr,m religious and other bodies througb- ut the country asking that we discon tinue the seven day paper have assumed Khraritlc projwrtlons. These hae no: only not been Ignored by the Daily Mail office, but have betni carefully considered ly the proprietors. "With a desire, therefore, to meet the favcr of those who object to Sunday journalism, the proprietor have decided i to discon inue publication of the Sunday Daily Mail. "We may mention that our decision In ;tls matter was considerably influenced , by an appeal from our own employes.' 1 The Mall's experiment lasted six weeks, and the result shows that the British public does not take kindly to seven day ! !" APPLICATION' FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS DENIED. '.'otnmi.isioners Boyle and Stimson In Jail at Warden Mines All Close Down. St l; U'll I.1PC M ' " , , I Mayhew this afternoon denleH th. . !,,!u-a:lon for a writ of habeas corpu. for - County Commissioners Rnvle anH SMm.rm je-ontintd at Wardner. j He denied every material contention of the applicants. Their main hope was based on the contention that a suspension I of habeas corpus was the right of the ; legislative branch of the government j rather than the executive unless dele, gated by the former In the same manner ( as other laws are passed. 'Mayhnw held this as erroneous. . The owner or representatives of all the lead:t:g Canyon creek and Mullan mines ' are here trelay and will stand solidly by the staie officials. One said: "We turn. ishtd those men work at J3.30 a day when lead was J2.30. and we were barely paying expenses. Now they close us , dow n by unlawful acts and we feel such men don't deserve work." i Every mine above here is closed or will be closed tonight. ; MERRIAM CALLS FOR TROOPS. WASHINGTON. May 17.-Secretary Al ger has received the following telegram from General Merriam In explanation or the situation In the t'oeur d'Alene country. "Wardner, Idaho: Adjutant General, Washington The governor of Idaho has carefully reviewed the situation here, ana deems it necessary to place troops at Burke and Mullan to avoid disorder. I request two troops of cavalry. Referring to the press criticisms, I have made no order. My action Is limited strictly to the support of the state authorities. There are 359 prisoners still In custody under Investigation. MERRIAM. Brigadier General." WASHINGTON, May 17.-The war de. partment is satisfied with the dispatch of General Merriam, and the belief Is expressed that he has only assisted the governor of Idaho and the military will not be used for any other purpose than that for which It waa sent to the dls- turned regions. The troops of cavalry requested by General Merriam will be sent from Fort Meade. South Dakota, and ' Fort Robinson. Nebraska. PRICE OF WINE GRAPES. FRESNO. Cal.. lT.-The California Raisin Growers Ass. elation, which con. trols all the grapes produced In the five central counties of the state has fixed the nrlce of the second crop of muscatel wine grapes at 10 a ton which is 4 more than they brought last year. sownf eo tw TOSH.