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THE DALIJvS WASCO COUNTY, OKKOON, WKDXKSDAY, DECKMMCI. ISM.
NUMHHIl
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SHANGHAI IS EXCITED
l.i IIu Chuni Raises an
Army tor llimst-ir.
ALL IS DUET I MCAKACIA
M.ixuito ludlnu. Mill AIiiIiiu Their
Claim ti Independent- and Will
tieritme Iraraguana.
England 1 Jelou.
Smavoiiai, Nov. 30. England in evi
dently preparing a roup de main, w ith
a view to protecting tier interests in
China. There can I no doubt lliat the
recent 0 manner in hich she i be
ing exclude 1 (rum a discussion of the
KWil'ie ten-- of settlement between the
two tH-Uiffiin", and alio has arranged
a naval demoiir,lration at Chusat on De
cern Ut 1st. The Alacrity, the Pigmy
and the lied Pole have left here with
sealed order. Tht-y go lo j ''n Admiral
Fret-mantle's flagship Centurion and
other war ves-tels nnder his command.
Ttii i" being done an a measure of pre
caution, leet the Japanese should car"
the war into Southern China, now t
inter is arriving mid the northern ap
proaches to the empire will tit-come ice
bound and difficult.
A dispatch from Shanghai Bay great
excitement prevails in naval circle
there in consequence of the departure of
the British i-hip from that port nnder
sealed order. The presence of three
I'.riiiMh cruisers opposite the estuary
Iiien Tang Kiang in considered to show
thut (-rent I'.ntuiu has decided mure
than to forestall her rivals in the EiiHt
and obtain a voice in the settlement be
tween Jupun and China. The d if patch
adds feara are increaHing that Li Hung
Chang will place himself at the head
of an armr which he has created fur his
own purposes. Troops are reported to
he arriving from different parts of the
country to serve under Li Hung Chang.
The root ball fchootlng- scrape.
San Fkakcihco, Nov. 30. "Brick"
Whitehouse, the young man who was
shot ty young Alexander I-oughborough
early this morning during a drunken row
in a saloon w here a crowd of college hoys
had congregated, will probably recover.
The wound in the abdomen is not con
sidered as dangerous as at firBt supposed.
Whttehouse insist there had been no
trouble tietweeu Loughborough and him
cell', and that he was standing some
distance away when Loughborough
whipped out his revolver and tn-gan
firing into the crowd. It is lielieved
now that young Max Eoscnfeld, who
was slightly wounded in the hip, was
the object of the attack. Loughborough
is still in jail. All the young men are of
wealthy and influential families, and it
is said if Whitehouse recovers I.oughbor
utigh will not be punished.
I'ort Arthur Easily Taken.
Shanghai, Nov. 30. The Mercury
says that British and other naval officers
who visited l'ort Arthur assert that it
must have been taken without much
difficulty, as only the eastern forts re
sisted. No Japanese except the gunners
fired a shot. The w hole place was in
tuct. The officers confirm the rejtort
that the Japanese commander ordered
his men to give no quarter, since in
marching from Talien-Wan he found
eleven bodies of Japanese soldiers hor
ribly mutilated.
Kiigland to MraraKa.
1.OM.0S, Nov. 30. It is learned Great
Britain has informed Nicaragua she
could not recognize certain decrees re
garding land registration and other mat
ters which Great Britain holds without
violating the treaty -villi Nicaragua.
Tne statement that Great Britain re
fined to recognize the Nicaraguan gov
ernment at Bluefields is positively de
nied. The question was not one of sov
ereignty of Nicaragua over the Mosquito
coast, which Great Britain had already
acknowledged in the above mentioned
treaty.
itmt-n. t Mraraa--
Wasiiimitok, Nov. 30. Dr. Guzman,
Kicarguan minister, has received a ca
blegram from the president of that re
public which, in the minister's apinion,
settles the troubles in Nicaragua, so far
e the Mosquito Indians are concerned.
Dr. Guzman's cable states that a con
vention of the Mosquito Indians at Blue
fields unanimously agreed to abandon
the claim to indcendcnce of Nicarugua,
and to incorporate themselves, in future
as citizens of the republic.
A New Chilian nblnet.
Vai.iahaiho, Nov. ISO, It is now said
that a cabinet will be formed by Satur-
day at the late-d ; but in lib- will not 1
lotig.it II fi-arcd. One or two of ita
member ill be candidates for t!.o prei-idi-nry.
The London hitch in the sale of the
warships Esmeralda has been settled,
but now another one has ar'een about
where she will change her Chilian flag
fur that of China.
Nrw Vork'a Llvl I'll lure.
Xkw Yoi:k, lec. 1. Superintendent
Byrues admitted today thot he liad re
ceived the reports of the policeman who
hnd viewed the living pictures at the
theatres. He said he had not the slight
est intention of giving the result of the
investigation to the public. He inti
mated, however, that the officers had
found nothing immoral in the pictures.
It is understood the superintendent has
conferred with a committee of the
Woman's Christian Temperance I'nion
and they expressed themselves as satis
fied with the action taken by the police.
W by Lug-laud haugrd-
W'AsitiMiTos, Nov. 3ti. The suddenly
modified attitude of Great Britain to
ward Nicaragua is attributable, in the
opinion of naval officers, solelv to the
ositive determination of the X'nited
States to maintain its announced prin
ciples through a mobilization of war
ships, if necessary, rather than by re
course to the slow and unsatisfactory
I methods of diplomacy hitherto em
ployed.
Yvllow l-evvr la Ilia Janeiro.
Sit' Vim k. Knv MO Tim Tlomlil's
! correspondent in Kio Janeiro, Brazil,
sends word that the epidemic which has
appeared there is geuuiue yellow fever,
and strict vigilance is being exercised in
examining all arrivals in the capital for
the states of Kio Janeiro and Sao I'aulo,
to prevent the spread of the disease.
The municipal health authorities are
giving the matter the utmost attention.
T w More Art lad.
SolTHBKiuuE, Mass., Nov. UO. Two
more of the football-players injured in
yesterday's accident are dead, making
four. They are John Street, 22 years old
half-back of the Williams freshmen elev
en ; and Victor Nelsoe, aged 23. There
is little hope for the recovery of Andrew
Tailor, Alfred E. Hughes and Charles
Simpson.
Maw Bald tta Eocllnh Ourrnramt Has
Ma Admission.
LoNuon, Nov. 30. It is authoritatively
stated that there is no truth in the state
ment that the English government had
admitted that its minister to Bluefields
had exceeded his powers with regard to
the Bluefields incident, and that he
would be recalled.
Cblua'a Blame for Irfent.
Suanqhai. Nov. 30. The defeats sus
tained by tin- Chinese are gencraTly at
tributed by them to the influence of
German advisors of Li Hung Chang.
Bepairs on the warship Chen Yuen,
which recently went ashore near Wei-Hai-Wei,
have already begun.
Oold In ths Trra.ury.
Wasiiinuto., Nov. 30. The treacury
gold reserve is intact again, standing to
day, as a result of the recent bond issue
above 1103.000.000, and when all the
gold is paid in it will reach about fl 15,-
000,000.
BvnU-nmd to Hard Labor.
London, Nov. 30. In the central
criminal court today Colonel Jacques,
agent for the American claimants to the
Townlcy estate, was sentenced to twenty
months' imprisonment at hard labor.
liari-d Wltb Perjury.
San Fkancimco, Nov. 30. Louis Co
hen, charged with illegal registration,
was held for perjury by Judge Wallace
this morning, and remanded to the cus
tody of the sheriff.
Hanged fur M order.
Bn.icviM.c-, III., Nov. 30. George
Central was hanged today. He and
Annie Kahn murdered the latter's hus
band the "th of last August. Central
pleaded guilty.
. Curs for II radar lie.
As a remedy for all forms of headache
Electric Bitters has proved to be the
very best. It effects a permanent cure
and the most dreaded habitual sick
headaches yield to its influence. We
urge all who are afflicted to procure a
bottle, and give this remedy a fair trial.
In cases of habitual constipation Elec
tric Bitters cures by giving the needed
tone to the bowels, and few cases long
resist the use of this medicine. Try it
once. Large bottles only fifty cents at
Snipes & Kinersly's drug store.
Maud I understand that Jack pro
posed to you last night and you refused
him. Marie Yes; al. hough, poor fel
low, I am afraid tha' if he had not left
me so hurridly I oiiifht have re.entid
and accepted So he told me.
New York Herald.
All palo banwoud CFir.l lies' I'bId IMlla.
Astoria to 1 (iivni Kail
road Connection.
COXNECT WITH NORTHERN PACIFIC
The Olter of Ktanlon. Hunner X Ham
mimil Arrepted by the City' ICatl
rnad ftntiftldy Cmmtttr..
As'rokiA, Dec. 1. The Astoria railroad
contract was signed this evening, and
Astonans generally are jubilant tonight.
This morning's boat from Portland
brought A. B. Hammond of Missoula,
accompanied by J. C. Stanton of New
York, II. I. Kimball of Atlanta, and
Walter C. Smith of Portland. Mr.
Smith has made over a dozen trips across
the continent in connection with the As
toria railroad scheme. When their
preseuce became known it was whis
pered around that Mr. Hammond would,
in the course of the day, submit a con
tract to the railroad subsidy committee.
The news w as confirmed at a meeting of
the committee in the morning, at which
Mr. Hammond's contract was read and
accepted. All the necessary papers
were in readiness soon after 5 o'clock,
and at 5 :30 a tremendous burst of cheer
ing from the rooms of the chamber of
commerce announced that Mr. Ham
mond had affixed his signature to a con
tract, the provisions of which mean so
much to Attorians. The contract pro
vides :
''For the construction of a standard
gauge single-track road from a point at
or near the east end of the bridge line of
the railroad owned by the Seashore Rail
road Company in Astoria, Clatsop
county, Or., through the city along the
north water front thereof, thence easter
ly along or near the south bank of the
Columbia river to a point of connection
with the Northern Pacific railroal, or
some other railroad constructed and
running cars into the city of Portland at
or near Goble, in Columbia county,
state of Oregon, on or before the 30th
day of October, A. D. 18S)V
It is also agreed by Hammond and
Bonner that they shall expend at least
$50,000 each month in the carrying on
of the work, or in furnishing materials
to be used in conet ruction until the
road in completed.
During the afternoon Mr. Hammond
had a meeting with the Seashore road
directors, and made them a proposition
to purchase the line. In this connec
tion Mr. Hammond made the following
statement :
"I made a proposition to the only two
directors of the SeaBhore road w ho are
in the city, and they are satisfied with
the terms. The directors who are ab
sent from the city, I have been given to
understand, will agree to any arrange
ment these gentlemen might make, so
you see the matter is virtually settled.
The affair w ill not be closed up until
my return from New York. It 1b the
intention to place the road-bed in first
class condition and equip it with as good
rolling stock as can be found on any
railroad in the West.
"Does the purchase of the Southcoast
mean that line is to be extended into
the Nehalem country?"
"That scheme will be thoroughly gone
over in due time. I am favorably dis
posed toward the Nehalem country, and
have great faith in its future. Further
than this I cannot say anything definite
regarding that branch of the road. Y'es,
tiie road is a certain fact, and I hope it
will be considerably less than the time
allowed by the contract before we can
commence active operations. I go from
here direct to New York city, where the
final arrangements will be made."
liegarding the Oregon Pacific, which
is to be sold this month, and over which
he has recently made a thorough in
Section trip, Mr. Hammond said:
"I do not wish to say anything re
garding my intentions in that matter.
1 consider it a good simulation, and
whoever purchases will secure a first-
class property that has cost several mil
lions. The last time it was sold, it
went for t-'00,000, but it is hard to say
just what price it will bring at this sale."
Mr. Stanton was besieged by people,
who wished to shake hands with him,
and he was promised a royal reception
if he would remain over night. But his
preseuce being required in New York at
an early date, prevented him from par
taking of their hospitality, Mr. Stanton,
like Walter C. Smith, baa worked long
and persistently in endeavoring to in
terest men ol capital in the Astoria rail
road project, and while his name does
not appear in the contract, it is under
stood that he figures with Mr. Ham-
I in ond and Mr. Bonner In the deal. All
of the visiting railroad men left for Port
land on the Telephone this evening.
The land subsidy given by the people
of Astoria is valued at over $2,000,000.
The MrriCii Canal Will llo lakrn
I'n Daring th Nhort Hesalon.
Washinuio.n, Dec. 1 .There is a strong
undercurrent of belief among members
! of congress that the Nicaragua canal will
i receive very earnest consideration dur
i ing the session of congress w hich begins
I Monday. The feeling is especially pro
' noiinced in the house, and prevails par-
ticularly among the Sotitherni members,
i Even those who, like liailev of Texas,
opposo the bill on constitutional and
economic grounds, concede the question
will receive early attention, and most of
them are of the opinion that the pros
pects of its success are good. Mr. Cooper
of Florida, says nothing could restore
the popularity of the democratic party
as authorizing the construction of the
canal. He said: "The democratic
party is the party which added the Miss
issippi valley and Tocific coast to the
national map, and it ia the party which
should provide for this great enterprise.
If it w ill do this during the short session
and provide for a more elastic currency I
infer it will not be long out of pewer,"
Representative Livingstone, of Georgia
says: "If the democrats do not acton
the biil, the republicans will surely take
it up wticr. they come in and get all the
credit. It is evident foreigners want to
control the canal." He says there was a
tacit understanding during the lat ses
sion of the house that the bills should
come np before the short session.
The Demurrers of the Indicted tlnrtr
Tract Officials.
Washington, Dec. 1. The demurrers
in the indictments of President Have
meyer and Secretary Searles, of the
American Kefining Company, and
Broker Allen Seymour, for refusal to tes
tify before the senate sugar trust invest
igating committee, were filed with the
supreme court today. They are based
mainly on constitutional grounds, hold
ing that the indictments do not show
that the request for the information or
the data 3onght within the jurisdiction
or authority of the senate. It is claimed
the indictment of Secretary Searles is
bad, because it fails to show that the
questions which are quoted as unanswer
able were as by the committee, or with
its authority, and that the indictments
failed to show that the questions aeked
came within the authority of the senate
or the senate committee; that the
power to punih for refusal to answer
cannot be delegated to a court, nor that
determination of the facts be committed
to a jury; that the indictments do not
charge the defendants with having the
knowledge or the information necessary
to answer the questions or the righ( or
authority to obtain information from the
books of the sugar trust. President
Havemeyer asserts that his indictment
does not show that the request was made
by the committee, or w ith its authority.
In Broker Seymour's demurrer it is
claimed that congress has no power to
make the refasal of such witnesses to
testify a crime, nor the right to delegate
to the conrts the power to punish for
contempt.
Trouble t'anaed by Cowboys and Itrue
gade 1'tes.
DiKANiio, Colo., Dec. 1. Agent Dave
Day, of the Southern Utes, and Brigham
Young, jr., the oldest son of the late
Brigham Y'oung, of the Mormon church,
were passengers on the incoming train
tonight. Previous to leaving the agency
Day mailed reports to the Indian com
missioner and a short report to General
McCook. Mr. Young was in Mouticello,
Utah, the center of the reported troubles
this week, and says all of the trouble
there is caused by hot and impetuous
cowboys on one side and the Pub. I'tes,
or renegade Indians, on the other. He
says the Southern Utes, with the excep
tion of Chief Mariani, who is surly and
impudent at times, are well behaved,
and do not desire trouble of any kind.
Mr. Y'oung stated, however, that the
conservative element, settlers who have
a right in San Juan county, Utah, are
doing all in their power to suppress the
element so bent upon a collision, and he
believes they can hold them down until
reports signed by reputable citizens of
the county in question as to the condi
tions existing can be forwarded to Wash
ington. Mr. Young leaves for Bluff
City, Utah, tomorrow, and the reports
will be forwarded to Agent Day, who i
will refer them to the department.
Aside from the Utes and Pali Utes, the
latter being fugitives from the tribe and
justice, quite a number of Navajoes are
across the San Juan river, pasturing
their herds as far north as Dry valley
and west of Bluff City, at the Cero Tunk
lakes. Mr. Day says there are between
300 and 400 Utes in Utah, mostly mem
bers of the Winnemucca tribe, although
Chief Ignacio is with them.
READY FOR BUSINESS
Second Session of the Fit'ty
t hi nl Congress.
BOTH HOUSES CONVENE PROMPTLY
Greater Attendaoce of Members Than
Waa Expected Oreetlug the
Order r the Hay.
Washington, Dec. 3. The opening of
the second session of the 53d congress
after a recess of three months made the
capitol building the coi.ter of interest to
day, with added interest owing to the
political revolution which recently oc
curred. The crowd seemed to be drawn
mainly to the house, and it was here
that the political storm made its mark
most apparent. The spectators showed
eager interest in the arrival of each con
spicuous figure on the floor. The con
gressional veterans who have spent a
good share of their lives in the house
came for their final seesion, the tidal
wave having retired most of the leaders
of the majority ; but there were few dis
consolates among the defeated, and they
joined with the members of the minority
in good-natnred sallies. Representative
Ilolman.of Indiana, was greeted warmly
by his old friends.
In the senate, the members were late
in arriving, and some of those who had
been most conspicuous in the recent
public events, notably Senator Hill,
were absent.
Vlee-Frealdent Stevenson Prompt In
Calllnc; the Senate to Order.
Washington, Dec. 3. Promptly at 12
o'clock Vice President Stevenson called
the senate to order, and Chaplain Mil
burn offered the opening prayer. He re
ferred feelingly to the critical illness
through which tbe daughter of Steven
son had safely passed.
Harris, dem., of Tennessee, offered the
customary resolution asking a commit
tee be named for the notification of the
president that tho senate is in session.
The presiding officer named Harris, of
Tennessee, and Manderson, rep., of Ne
braska, as the committee.
Cockrell, dem., of Missouri, chairman
of the committee on impropriations, of
fered a resolution, which wag adopted,
providing the daily sessions of the sen
ate begin at 12 noon. Roll call devel
oied the presence of 00 senators, consid
erably more than a quorum. A recess
was taken until 12:30.
Many senators had received floral trib
utes. On the desk of White, of Calif
ornia was a tali cluster of red roses.
On the reassembling of the senate at
1 :30, Executive Clerk Pruden appeared
at the main door, and white-haired
Isaac Bafsett announced : "A message
from the president." Immediately Sec
retary Cox began reading the document.
An Important Mining Cane.
Washinoton, Dec. 3. The action of
the United States supreme court in
granting an application of the Last
Chance Mining company versus the
Tyler mining company, will have the
effect of transferring to this court a liti
gation which has attracted much atten
tion in Idaho the past five years. The
case is important, not because of the
large values involved, but because the
questions of mining law w hich it raises
are most consequential, being as to the
rights of mining claimants to follow the
ledges beyond the lines of their claims
into the claims of their neighbor. The
Tyler Company demanded the right
to follow its ledges beyond vertical lines
into he Last Chance territory, and
brought suit to enjoin the latter com
pany from taking ore which, while within
its own territory, was in tho ledge hav
ing its appex in the Tyler claim. The
case has been tried in several state and
federal courts. Tho last decision was by
the circuit court ol appeals for the ninth
circuit, which sustained the contention
of the Tyler Company. Ordinarily the
decisions of the circuit court of appeals
are final, but the supreme court has the
option of reviewing, w hich the court
has now decided to do in the case. The
Tyler Company claims the ownership of
1200,000 worth of ore extracted by the
Last Chance Company, while the latter
states it has expended f 700 ,000 in the
Highest of all in I.cavt-tuug
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
development of tho ore bodies now
claimed by the Tler, and had expended
$100,000 in their development before any
claim was made.
Speaker Crl In the limine.
Washington, Dee. 3. Tho house was
called to order promptly at noon. Many
members' desks were strewn with
flowers, as one said,' 'flowers for the
living and flowers for tho dead." On
tho desk of ex-Speaker Reed was an im
nienso floral ship of state sent by a "Pro
tectionist." On thedei'k of Representa
tive Linton, of Michigan, was a largo
floral fchoolhouse, the compliment of an
A. P. A. organization in acknowledg
ment of his championship of the public
schools. When Mr. Reed entered thete
were ringing cheers from a partj of his
associates. A moment later Represent
ative Wilson, of West Virginia, entered,
and was enthusiastically greeted by his
associates. As the hands of the clock
pointed to 12 Speaker Crisp entered, and
ascended the rostrum, amid applause.
With several hsrd bangs of the gavel,
the speaker restored order, and the second
session of the 53 congress began. Rev.
Dr. Bagby, chaplain of the bouse, in
voked a divine blessing, and then the
roll was ealled.
At 1:35 Mr. Pruden, the president's
executive clerk appeared with the mes
sage, which was read by the clerk of the
house, Mr. Kerr.
Nicaragua Canal Company.
Wasainoton, Dec. 3. The annual re
port of the Maratime Canal Company,
of Nicaragua, made to the secretary of
the interior, was made publfc today.
The report states that since the organi
zation of the company 11,014,500 worth
of stock has been subscribed for, of
which amount $1,007,940 has been paid
into the treasury, making a total of $1,
069,957. The expenditures since organi
zation were $844,822.03. It issued 180,
000 shares of its capital stock at the par
value of $18,000 in payment- for conces
sionary rights, privileges, franchises,
and other property. The liabilities of
the company are $6,855,000, and the cash
liabilities do not exceed $50,000.
China Mast Accept Now.
London, Dec. 3. A dispatch is pub
lished here stating if the terms of peace
between Japan and China bo concluded
now Japan will accept an indemnity of
400,000,000 yen, to be paid in install
ments, with the cession to her of the
territory which she now occupies; bat
in the event of the failure of the present
peace negotiations tbe demand upon
China will be increased in proportion to
the length of time during which opera
tions shall be carried on. No armistice
will be declared unless China sues for
peace and gives pledges for the faithful
performance of her aureement.
I'ruilleton Cltr Election.
Pkndlkton, Or., Dec. 3. The city
election was hotly contested today. In
terest centers on marshal and mayor.
T. C. Taylor, the present incumbent, is
the only name on the official ballot, but
R. B. Beattle was sprung as a dark
horse this morning and a hard fight wag
precipitated. Ten thousand handbills
are scattered and many workers are
hustling for votes. A number of per
sonal encounters between friends of op
posing candidates have taken place.
Jacob Shuerman, candidate for treasurer,
fought Tom Johnson, a gambler.
Striker Return to Work.
Panam a, Dec. 3. The Star and Herald
says the strike of the canal laborers at
Culebra ia ended. Most of tho men who
helil out for an extra 30 cents per day
have resumed work. A reduction in the
price of meat to 10 cents has induced
them to believe that a living can be
mada at the old wages.
The 73d anniversary of the indepen
dence of the isthmus occurs the 28th
inet. Elaborate preparations for the
celebration of the event are being made.
1'reHlilent Havemeyer Interviewed.
New Yohk, Dec. 3. The Evening Sun
prints an interview with President
Havemeyer, of the sugar trust, in which
he says work lias been resumed in tho
refineries of the trust on a reduced scale.
Ho declared he did not anticipate the
passage of a free sugar hill. He men
tioned a number of refineries outside the
trust that are either working w ith a re
duced force, or we'e not in operation.
"Ah, how I feel for you !'" said Jagwly,
as he fumbled around for the keyhole.
Syracuse Post.
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