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THE ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO.
GOVERNMENT FOR
PUERTO RICO
Bill
Introduced Yesterday
Senator Foraker.
by
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AN APPOINTIVE GOVERNOR
The Isluod Will Have Keprcsentstivc
In Congress Who Cannot Vote
Its LeglNluturc.
en IV, WUmnan, hospital owp; Prl
vaf Thorn V, Marry, Hospital f-m,
Anton Harba, company B, Fourth
infantry ; Mlchatl Oa'taglier, company
C, Twenty. third Infamtry: George M.
In ths nilllury furcw nw In the PIUI
IJurton, troop C, Fo'irlh cavalry; Wul-l-r
A. O'Neill, buttery P, Sixth artil
lery; IjiuIh Fiird, 'otnpHiy L, Fourth
Inf.uitiy, r-'rnxrii k Multior, comiiny
I', Hi xt It lifunry; David R. Young,
company A. Kevrntwnth Infantry;
Friii 1; Ttuiynr, company I, H-ven-
((nili infantry; Girgfi W. Deckr.
roipMny V, Eighteenth Infantry: Jm
eph Hoffman, drtiiiMriy F, Tweniy-
mroii'l Infantry; G-orge N. MXon,
company I, Tw-iSth hifuntry. Nearly
all of th-- men Imt lh4r minds (in
3 rcult of campilgnlng In the 11.1 'ip
I'ltM.
A BIG FIGHT
IS EXPECTED
England Awaiting Bilier's Ad
vancing Movement.
BOERS HOLDING THEIR OWN
Blank Books,
Miscellaneous Books,
Diaries,
Calendar Pads.
GRIFFIN & REED.
ur New tods
Ouil NKW liMi.S JlHT AKKIVKD MlOM THE KAST
AM" NOW JtKADV loll (UK H00 (TsTuMKlW AliE:
Combination Book Cases
Writing: Desks, China Closets
Music Cabinets ' "
Library Cases ' "IMwy '
Tin-so good wiro bought before tho rise in prices and
will bo sold accordingly.
WAHIIINGTON, Ja. J.-Sctiut.r
I Foniker today Inirxliif-d a hill provld
! I n n form of g-ovBiiini'-nt fur the H
I and of Puerto Ulco.
Tli bill provide fur u continuance
of Hit: lawn mid inuniHir ordnances
now In fiirt In tl.e island unt.l tin
; legislature -ovtd.-d for thai! supplant
lli'-in. Tin' lr'il(l.'iil I empowered to
j ap) Inl a governor ami supivm court
and tir m-ven li-Uiln if d. i:t'n.:ts
1 1') have ( Imi iff t.f (h; varlmm Int-1 :'
j or nr KovrrniiK'iit ami Hint live ii.UHe
' L-lifX'-tiM who. lop-thvr whh lhe 'v
F rrnur and b-a'l of il (.oj-tiiieiitf, lire
'V In i:nti.tiiK i1k U)t br-.iMh of thi
tjt) Itimilar l-Kllalurr.
A lower hi-UM of CI ni'MilMt, t l;
clict.-d ly llw- dlJuuH of th- l lind,
li almi iroviti'd foi and u'l InlialiltanU
of IhUtutx art? made clr.iu ,.f th-Vntu-d
fi-.it.-ii. TIk iltlzi ii ai f nla
to i-lret a J'iIi'K'.iUj to i-onsr-BH who I
to linv a M'lit but nu V"tr. Scaiul.-Furakt-r
rxld th Mil ill I turt rr .:
a "territory out of the Wand i,..r -..n-di'iCikv
to glv the li-lund a t'-rvitriii I
furiii of KovuniiiM-nt.
Th-
fil'It riltHONT AHMY.
I ri-TU Kunv in tlu! Fhillip;n.-
U He MaliitaliM-d.
Xi;V VOItK, Jan. a. A Hi-clal to
'lie Herald from WhhIiIiikIoIi May:
Tl.ilf will piMlnhly lr iv lelucll'.n
in Ihf ntiUO-ii-y fiwoo now n lh I'liil-
ll;iirn fur at l-iut hIx 11101U1.
InrltidliiK urtna of tlu- iwivl i'
th.-rv piv nw In tho Mandn 6-".n00 mI.
dli-ri In iiiMltlnn nf rilniut I Z'iO nnr.ii'
it I avlle and alit fi.'CW rl li m on
lb wandilp. The unui of Uuc llifht-
ItiK fine" l thim fully 70,'ii0 nn.
The war depirtmelit wlMui to uvoll
the inMak-! naile wlu-n (Jeneral Ot;
'Irm lonk foniiiiiuid of under tutliiui
ln the illlHoultLn to be i-noount re 1
mid tho poll'' In to lie followed if hav.
Inn more iii-mi Ulan are n-d-d rath r
than too few.
I Houjk-
tiAlii; WILL UK ASKED.
Want InfirinaOin CoiiotiiIiik
Itecent Ai'tlon.
WASIIIN'JTON. Jan. S.-fhiUrman
I'avne and Heme of h' ns-m-lai. s of
' Iitu a)i and mmni cunnd t. lad
jvm Informal talk after lhe adjotra
i n-ent of lite hollae today rvlaltlve to
, lhe Suiter rrw'luilon, i hIUuk on the
( ifc i ivtary of the ir iury fur Inf.cina-,
lion, whlih had Imnii r.ferr.,1 l.. ,),,. .fXI till nation
T1IK KKSTI.'CK V CONTEST.
HlANKhYilCT, Ky.. Jan. 3 - The
J' uiut oun ill ln.inii which will hear th
e IdeiHi: In lh Om-h.-l-Taylor and
U"rkhun-Marehall fontetaa for gover
nor (wkI lieutenant tpvTntr wt 1 l-.
formed tomorrow-. Tne law prvid
thrt th-. tiH-mtx rn of the conimltt,.
Khali Ik drawn by lu, three in th
F'iiHte and eight In the hoU9e. Gov
ernw TaylM-'n aturneyii are lr.an.iig
not only tvbuttal evkUuio U off l
thu iharg'-s of fraud wet fwth by
(oobil's notlre of content but aeoord
Ini? to Senator Ivboe are going muc'i
rartlier and attempting to show u)
counter fraud of a glarinK nature
illn founty rfand Juiy.
i'okipe! Whallen wan ttrralgm-d f (
trial on bribxiry olvirge
Ladysmith Troops la a Bad Kay
frcnth Ai-complisbtd Little
Pitcher's Tiny Tiijht.
IjNDON, Jan. 4. :30 a. m There
In a compl"i? alwence of anything new
frm tin? mat of war. The repirt of a
fioor at tii( k
fonflrnvd.
Ap(.irently
governor treat at einel,lerab! Ungh
of the gubjeo 0f modfm Indurtalil
ci;ndtUon ami truM. H. conclu.;.
that "whr trurt beconea a monoply
the state has an immediate ri?ht to
Interfere,
"Care should be taken not t itifle
enterprlf!; or le-.lare any facts oi
burners that are cewentlally private,
tut the state Utt the prnceotlon of th
public should exrcl the right to kv
pct and to examine thoroughly alt
the workings of grat corpoiutlf.ns Jit
as tt now does with banks, and where
ever th Intemns of the public danund
lt It shouH publlnh the iesu!i ot Its
examinaOon. Tmen If theiv are in.
ordinate profits, competition, -tt public
serrtlmer.it will give, the fubuc ih ben.
eflt In Irtwered pdc. and if not, th'
power of taxation remaJrw."
THE BIMETALLIC
FARCE AGAR!
Senator Chandler Offers An
Amendment to Financial Bill.
WOULD NULLIFY MEASURE
up n MoJtano is not yju
(jeiHM'al Fronc-h holds
MERCHANTS WILL ACT.
New Tork ThnuUienrd With Loss of
TraJc by Incread Fright VU'.n.
I NKW YORK. Jan. 3.-RaJlr.il be-
nothing within live miles of Colesburg
Junction. Ills r;qu(t for reinforce
ments dispels any pretumt hope that
tvi will le a ble to ize oiw of the
crtimings of Orange river.
longing t. the Eatt-rn Trunk line po 1
j have In active orwratl.m the i-w
(frtljrht tariffs. Involving an advanc?
of 20 tc 23 pr oeit in rates. Mer
chants of thfcH city, nirt 'Jl.-courag d
ny tne rwuisai of AUornty General
He Wishes to Revive the Internation
al Conference Authorization
House on Gage's Action.
WASHINGTON, Jaji. 3 -Senator
Chandler, of New Hampshire, today
ofTi-red an anvmlm?nt to tho financial
bill, adding two new sections um fol
io we; ,
StrMoo i That In accordance with
an act of November 1, 1M3. which re
peal part of the act of July H.18W, It
Is hereby reaffirmed and deetluvo to
Grii to Inail-.ute Hiiunctioii nro td. I M lne ""nir policy of the United
It is probable that whon Lord llob-i"'" ' vvnl 'n1""" ... I.J " IV , . Z
. niu ra,am a.... .1 ana nlver as tand.ml an.l m nJn
erts arrive, Goivral Frvnch wl 1 be " . " ; Z V'""".. '"'": k.,.1, .a ,,,V1" V3
tiered to nuit his pr,ent un.uppat. l"!'r "T"""V ' . I eona. Z Z Z. , TZL
ed Mtlon and to concontrate his com- " ,u xne ir.em-jven anu " 1
mand at De Aar Orange river. As!rv 10 rt rtI,K y the elaaWflea- ; . u 1
lion comnnitee wttk ti drew up the " bui.h
higher rutes. Tiiy rr..poee to how ! rtlfcKuar'J oi IellUn aa will Ineur.
that the rat will not only be a oerl- a "''"ntenance of the parity in th
oug diaerimlnhUon acaJrwt sinall ship-1 vallle of lne c,ins of th two
pers, rtnee the, alu-v on le. tba aml an w'ual Per of every dollar at
carload lots is grvater thin on car ;
the Dally Teleg-naph says: "GenTa
Fri-nch seems u le In a pouitlon of a
man having a tiger cat In a trup enl
un.ible to kill It for want of a Ulclc."
A dispatch from Dovor artnouniet
tint Lieutenant Colonel l'ltcher has
i liwd lots but tile new tliriff lit likely
to drive away b'Hn-.s from this pott.
Some of the trunk lines hav; ri-
rt-turmtd there afely from Douglass.
Slnti CisiimaiiiUuit General Joub- '
ert's return to the front, the caJirvm-
atlli.g of I-alyniith by the Rtb haice,vd '" busings men
bm muih livelier. Between lCem-ln tlie '"r to the effect that If the
ber IS and December 29. four Iw3s ! rat"a ",and wl"
klll-xl one oftieer and 14 men anl;",u l uniore, caui-e-
w.m.ided 13 officer and 11 man. ton NeWP -NtfWs. X Orleans and
other southern jorts, since the narrow
The war office acknowledges the In
ferortiy of regular artillery by autlK
margin on w hich ihey do business will
Izlng the eiuiiinent of a new hey j " l ailmit ot y P1 whatever und r
battery attuchea to the London vol-!,ne new UrifT-
unteer corps with Vlckwrs and Maxims' u IO ",her PUn W(,rk8 & I und..r
the Him an lhe Boors use nnd bv or-1 8100,1 tllttt th shipers Will take ter8
dering ll-O of the!H; 12W pounder ouii;kia8lUnst tlw railroads on the ground
Charles llcllborn 0 Son.
lloro Im n Lint of ?X
High Grade Goods at
moderate Prices:
Fancy Creamery Jluttcr in Kegs and Kolls. f I
iw? Strictly Fresh Kgga. ji
I fK.ii Now Croj) Mnjdo Syrup. V-y
I Buckwhcnt and Griddlo Cuko Flour. It
9 Packard & Smith's Fancy Italian Prunes. f
f Now Crop Nuts, Figs, Mined Meat. fl
i f 4 t Breakfast Food, &f
il5lCrnf Pancake Flour,
I JUli)LUli Whole Wheat Flour, If
l r Whole Wheat Crackins. If
Y I Jk
ROSS, HIGGINS & CO. tl
committee.
A nieetng of the i-oniinitte- wii be
held tomorrow and a pretty thonui;h
umleistjdlng t anlved at today
that at tomorrow's meeting the ns
lutloii would be cot'Kidered .and prl)
ably rKrted at once to the house.
Some (hunge aiv Hkely t.i be made
on the rwolution by an omis-4 hi of
the two Uinks sp vlfieally named, thus
making the Inquiry t late p netally
to nil banks.
It Is also understood that piitmtlal
referenees are hkely j 1k av'tled In
the amended resolutions.
this afternoon and held ever to Frank
Mug county grand Jury.
a
..Hoeffler's Candies..
Tba nam la a
guarantee ot purity.
"I
HOME-MADE NUT CANDY
and tafl of all kioctav
Lowney's
FAMOUS
CHOCOLATE ,
The Bonbonierre.
FOH PROMOTION.
j Generals AriJiur, Yo'in and Hates nr
Blatetl.
NKW YORK. Jon. 3 A special t .
the ileiuld from Wuihlng1.ri, says:
Thu next batch of lumvlnattocis to be
sent to the annate probably tomorrow
will liuiuJj Uie ikiiiuw of these time
o:IHrs, who have rendered valuable
Htid connpieuous M-rlie In the Philip
pine. Major General of Volunt.iers MeAr
tl ur, lieutenant colonel hjkI a.-ntant
adjutant geiural, to be bng.ulier gin
eril In the regular iirmy.
Brigadier GJinwil of Volunters S.
B. M. Young, colonel Third cavalry, to
bJ brlgidier general In the regular
army,
Brigadier Gotvral of Volunte'i J.
C. Bates, Second Infantry, to be major
general of vidumt-vrs, to succeed the
late General Law ton,
Theae promotions have JuM Uvn de
cided upon by the precedent, notwith
standing the great piBuro which
continue to be brought to bear upjn
him to utilise the existing vacancies
In the grade of brigaditer general for
the purpcae of promoting and miring,
with IncrxHsed rank, colonel of Uie
regular army with civil war record.
By yNdlng to this preesw the pro
motion of General Lawton was unduly
delayed and hi death occuired before
his appointment could be sent to the
senate, although It had been decided
upon.
The three officer chosen have been
in the Philippine) since the beginning
of the war. General Young and Mac
Arthur have participated In more en
gagements than any other general offi
cers now In tho Islands. General Bates
work has bonn largvly of a diplomatic
character.
C. J. TRENCHARD,
Commission, Brokerage, CMB,om homo Broker.
ASTORIA, .OREGON
Insurance and Shipping. Ageat W. F. A Co., sod Paoino Kiirn Co l.
INSANE SOLD1EU8.
Fjurtoen Bont to Wunlmigiton From
8a.n Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jian. S. The fol
lowing soldiers decluvd'to be limine
have been aejit to Washington from
rresldlo military resoi-vaitii :
Sergeant Thomas F. Collins, corn
pan j' G, Sixth infUntry; Sergawt Ow-
TO PltOSIXTTE AND BOYCOTT.
VIl'TOKIA, 11. C, Jan, 3.-A citizens
ivminHuee was formed lore today to
ascertain the id ntlty of all Bo.-r
s:npalhizers tdemlllcd with the Tiur.s
vaal n.Mntawe movement (and to in
stitute prosecutions fc tnvasun, also
lUT.uining a boyc-Jtt. Tlw movement,
w hich has exclt.sl greUt Indignation, Is
ohlefiy among German. Dutch nnd
IMgiin w-wldents.
firers built immediately.
The offcers and men of the new bat.
tery will be supplied from the hon
orable wrtillery company. Eight ad
ditional milltli iwgiments have ben
called out. Seven of these will serve
ir. Ireland, replacing the regulars sent
to South Africa.
Among the announcements of trosr?
who volunteered yesterday appear th'
names of a hunurej or more sn of
gentlemen.
that the new agreement concerning
rates la made by an IroncUd rul?
which is In all rvypects a? rruch n vio
lation of the anti-trust law as i it
were operative as an a.soclatlon.
all tinvs In the ni J-keli and In ttke
pjynvents of debts; and It is declare
thai, the effort of the government
should be steadily directed to the es-
; tablbihment of some sucih safe syrttem
of bimetallism tie v. ill maintain at all
time the equal power of every dolkur
' iswued by the Unite.1 Siitoj in the
markets and the payment of debt.
1 SVotlon lt That the provisjtam of
the act of March J, 1897, which authi
ized the president to appoint commto-
, sioners u any intar.titional conference
' called by the United State or any
other country with a view to securing
by international agreement a fixity or
relaitive value between gold and silver
as money by means of common ratio
, between thrw metals with free mln-
! tage at such w.Uo, be and the same are
hereby re-enacted fcnd continued la
! force.
TOOK MONEY AND LOOKS.
CHICAGO. Jan. X A special to the
Times-Ilernld. from lndlinapolis. Ind.,
siys:
Sensational devekpmeiits have come
in Shelby county with tlie retirement
of County Tr.-UHirvr Wikm and the
Ir.xt.illatlon of Tretasurer Lx-e a his
successor. All the books of the office
for three yetirs and six months prior to
Lt June are nii.-ng. It Is said that
JIK.OoO Is unaccounted for.
ilOKIt INVADING FOUCI1
STEKKsritOM. Jan. 3. Gennral
Gatuci-e today met che Invading forces
ut Cyphorgat nrtw the British adttuire
camp at Bushmaiishock. The Boers
retired hurriedly shortly aftr the
Kritlsh ar;llUry opned fire. The en
emy occupied Molteino and Cyphorgut
today but tlw Uttter place Is now re
occlipled by us.
THAT FLOL'H SEIZLUE.
Choate At.Dle the Oillclal Protest Yis
terduy. LONDON, Jan. 3i-The United Stag's
AmbaFsador, Joseph H. Choate, visit
ed the British premier. Lord Salisbury,
o,t the foreign office, this evening, for
the purpose of making the first of
ficial ivpivejoMaUon of the subject of
the Delagua bay flour seizures.
Mr. Choate received no definite rep'y
as the premier informed him that the
British government has nojt yxtt ar
tlved ait any decision as to whether
or not food stuffs wei-e contraband of
war.
Lord Salisbury assured Mr. Chv ate
that the conintOivl.il rights of the
I nlted States wlU be conslJervd and
that a decision in tills importiuit mat
tor wxiuld be reached as soon as pje-
siMe.
OREGON DECLINES.
Refuse to Care for Patient Who Went
Insane in California.
COLE GOING BACK.
CHICAGO, Jan. 3.-Charles H. Cole.
!of Eoston. former president of the de-
. flin I floh VaHitnal IJinL- T7. .i
SACRAMENTO. Ca... Jan. 1-A year arrfved ,n CMoigo "
! return from California enroute to Bo
jton to answ.jr to two indictments re
iturted against him. He was accom
i panied by his wife and son, Edward
P. Colo, and was In charge of three;
or more ago lhe. suae commLieian lo
lunacy adopted a policy of returning
to their respective countries or states
patients who were not citizens of this
stale at the time of committment. But
now the commission is up against a
i hard piopvwition.
Recant ly a woman frim Otvgon nam
ed Caroline Ryan became Insane on a
railroad train In Siskiyou county. She
was taken from the tiuin, examined
and committed to Stockton. Srcretacy
Carrerer of the commission wrote to
the Oregon officials to take the woman
away but they refused to do so. They
say their policy is to ora for all per
sons whs beooma insane in that stat?
and ihey decline to import patients
from other states.
Massachusetts state officers who wcit
to California after him. They will re
sume their Journey today.
MADE SPEECH AND DIED.
CHICAGO, Jan, 3. Ralph Philldpon,
a retired wealthy clothing dealer, died
suddenly of heart disease late la-t
night at the conclusion of an address
to the members of the district grand
lodge No. 6. Independent Order B'Nal
B'rlth. Deceased was 67 years old.
THE GUNS NOT SILENCED.
LONDON. Jan. S. Latest advices
from the Colesburg district tend to
modify the estimate of General
French's success. The predicted occu
pation of Colesburg had not beien ac
complished last evening, while the
Boera" guns, announced to have been
rtliwiced. were will tactive.
O.N A REEF.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 3. Advices
from Honolulu, of date December 29.
state that the steamer Algoa ran on
a reef while entering that harbor en
December 23 and narrowly escaped de
struction. Sh3 was pulled off by tugs
after four hours work and It was found
thnt no serioua damage had been done.
The Algos, which Is the largest vessVl
that ever visited Honoluu, had on
bonrd 13,ono ton of freight.
SIX SCOUTS MISSING.
FREE CAMP, Jan. 3. Captain
Thoinyciviflt s paiivd found lhe ati.
emy In some force at the rjlttU'. Tuge-
la bridge. Tlmir presence was discov
ered by scouts. It Is reported that five
men and a lieutenant of tlie party
bae not returned.
RUSSIA NEUTRAL.
LONDON. Jan. 3. The Vienna cor
respondent of the Standard says:
Emperor Nicholas has assured the
British ambassador fet, St. Petersbu g
tt.at Great Britain need not fear l:i-
terveniion or any sort of difficulty
from Russia In the South African
ci mpliefctlons. This may fairly be In
terpreted as an Assurance including
an indirect promise th.it France will
abstain from creating difficulties for
Englhnd.
REINSURANCE FOR TRANSPORT.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3. Twenty
per cant relnsurbnce was today of
fered on the transport Victoria which
sailed October 17 from this psiV tor
Manila. The Victoria broke the thruat
block of her main shaft, on November
9 about 2.500 miles ot Manila. The
transport refused tow from Tartar,
possibly from the reabon that she
wanted to avoid paying salvage.
NEW YORK LEGISLATURE.
Roosevelt's Metvagte Deiil With Trua".
Mainly.
ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 3. The state
legislature convened In annual se&alon
today. In the senate Timothy E.
Ellsworth of Niagara county was re
elected president pro tern and In th
house Frederick NIxoji of Cliautuua.ua
county was re-elected speaker.
The annual message of Governor
The, dore Roosevel t vtea read. The
Suggesting
Holiday
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FOR BOYS.
Gifts
This great store large, airy aud elegant abounds
with Holiday Novelties in Boys' and Young Men's Clothes
' There is not a style in any article of Man's wear
that is not shown here in miniature for Boys.
Suits Underwear Neckwear
Reefers Hosiery Gloves
Overcoats Shirts Levins
Hats and Caps Sweaters Fancy Vests
CHRISTMAS TOYS GIVEN WITH
SUITS, OVERCOATS OR REEFERS.
A B STEINDACI3 8 CO,
LARGEST CI.OTIIIKRS
IN THE NORTHWEST
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