The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, September 06, 1900, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextJ NOTIOf ; J fccin ho, Men feiTlio is til , I . . . i ' y. v- !'-om i rotv jfn. .Any 1 y a ' VOL. HI. AST01MA. OKKGON, THL'BSDAY 8EPTEMBEK 6, AO. ft8 II WE HAVE GOT 'El AGAIN THOSE COLE'S AIR TIGHT HEATERS... ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. 1W WW W ff WV A Few of Our Late Specialties First-Class Timothy Hay, First Class Cheat Hay, Oats, Rolled Barley, Chop Feed, Shorts, Bran, etc. Corvallis Flour and other First-Class Brands. Chase & Sanborn's Teas and Coffees. Prime Fresh and Smoked Meats. ROSS, HIGGINS & CO. rfMkMlihMMsiW 4U SUMMER BASEBALL GOODS, HAMMOCKS, PISHING TACKLE BIRD CAGES, CROQUET SETS, CAMERAS, Etc., Etc. GRIFFIN STAFF OF LIFE Oct tHo hont"yow owe It toyournolf ROYAL CREAM, WHITE SPRAY, DRIFTED SNOW Im wlmt you wnnt FOARD 0 STOKES CO. CLATSOP MILL CO.: ASTORIA, ORE. Fir, Spruce and Cedar Lumber Boxes, SohIi and Doors, Shingles arid Mouldings ...The EsmoHd Hotel.. PORTLAND, ORE., FRONT AND MORRISON STS. Karom an pln. Son to I1.M ner dy. OSCAR ANDERSON, Maungor.. P American plan, 11.00 to 12.00 per d)r. J. C. PENDKUA8T, Chief Cle C. J. TRENCH ARD, Commission, Brokerage, CH,,om Homm Broker. . . ASTORIA, ORE Insurance and $ nipple?. Aimt W. r. 4 Co, and Pacific Kxdkm C I. w WE VP v4 .i n GOODS. & REED t ENGLAND SENDS MORE TROOPS America Will Certainly With' draw if Russia Docs. DEFIANT IMPERIAL DECREE Altitude of Cblgeie Oomseit Ureptal" iOI-T. Vlolcit Mcbi Have Bcea Appointed oa lh Peace Commiiiloi. LONDON fl.-pt. -Hlr Alfred Giise Ire' dispatch, which show that the sit uation In TVkln wni unchanged August V. I the only Chin.-! new thin morn- Inic. Cancellation of the order holding buck the fourth Indian nrigade In re garded a Important. It show that whatever the outcome of the Russian ("Hi y. the Brltlnh government I de termined to have sufficient troop on jthi imi adequately to protect Brltlxh j Interest, r j U)NIO.V. R.-pt. 5. General Sir AI i fiMl (List-Ice, commander of the Hrlt j Inh-Tixllfi ti troop at the Chlruft capital, wire iid follows from I'ekln, August I 29. to Ir.l 'ii'mge .Hamilton, oerre j tary i if mate for India; "The marched through the for bidden fliy yesterday Aug"t 2). The British hnil thltd place In the proce j slort, the nulnK nnil Jiiiinf' bi-InK In greater etrrna'h." ST. I'nTKRSr.T'no. !. An om rlnl J utnal at R. Teteriiburfr. relterat lr the tdtijimnt that iJucela'n only ilvmre I to end the dlifturlinnrrn In China ateel!ly a r"nle. "prepar atory to which rc-i'KlablUhnient of the Chinew fovernment I nereaeary." ron f n!i that "military a Mn beyond Te kin would only arouxe frenh comn'lia tl.na." 'Howfver areat may be the. Jurt In dignation whlrh event In China have provoked In all rlvllld eonntrlpa,'' the p.ipr add, "ih IuMlnn irovernm-nt, while fxaminlng with neceaary calm ne nil riut'Dtluii rained ty reoerit -rurrvneea. adlien-a unalterably to the principle forming the bAnln of her pil Icv. namely, the maintenance of pr-oe with nil power who are milldly united for the common good." ' WASHINGTON. Sept. t. Within the lam U hour the I'nlted States gov rnment ban received from ltd reptvscn tatlven at foreign ciiplta'n much mater u Informntlon In regarl to the atti tude of the power on the nuanlnn pro ponal to evacuate Ttkln. Thene give the general nature of the responses made to Hiwlii by certain of the power. , It ht stated authoritatively that If there was at any time a prospect of a serious International clash this has been very largely. If not entirely, re. moved by the harmonious character of the ri'inmunleatlons the several govern men! are making. The exact nature of the respenses Is not made public bv th state; department for there are yet some retilles to be transmitted hnd until nil of them are In. the negotla. Hons are considered In surh an Incom plete form that they will not be mnd$ public. It Is said, however, that the answers go much beyond the tentative chnrnc ter of those heretofore referred to nnd .ire of a conclusive nature, so far as showing the purposes of the govern ment, although they may not be re garded a conclusive In accepting or re- Jectlng the "particular proposition ad vanced by Russia. If the present state of affairs In Chi na Is protracted until the arrival there of Field Marshal Count Von Waldersee. which should occur In about ten days or a rortnignt. it is not to be doubted that Germany will endeavor to have all the negotiations with the Chinese gov ernment conducted through that official as the representative not only of Ger many alone, but of all the powera. It Is said that the attitude of the United States Is particularly favorable for adapting Itself to any change In condi tions. Only in the one contingency of Kussla'a withdrawing her ministers and troops haa this government given a JUST RECEIVED Our own importation direct from Hong Kong 50 Rolls New Stronger than Call and CHARLES HEILBORN & SON positive declaration that the American troop also will 1m withdrawn. Hut, on 'many other conditions which may arise, eltlu-r through counter proposl lions from the powers, or by a niodlfi. lion of Itutotla'ii original purport?, the l.'nlt. d States ha left Its course open for future determination. SHANGHAI, rVpt. O.-About 1.200 more l;rltlh-Indlan troop have l;en landed here, making altogether 2,000 guch troop and 1,000 rump follower at till port. ' NEW YOKK. Bcpt. 5. -A dispatch to the Herald from Hong Kong nny: Influential native state that the flame ha been fanned In the southern prov ince and predict a tmiik-ndou con llaKrallon within a month. Placard and pamphlet are being circulated In Canton and the province. Intimating that. the alllerf are thoroughly routed. The feeling against foreigner I burst ing the bound of otfUlal control. The inujorlty of the mission station in K unrig Tung have bven either destroy ed or looted. Native Christian are ter ribly abused. Native In foreign em ploy In Canton have b-en threati-ncrd and u systematic looting of the house of KiiKllsh-Hpriiklng Chinamen has tak en place. 8ever.il reform partb with thlr i headquarter In Hong Kong, w hich have be-n supported by fund from rich Chinese ir the Interior and In America, have hitherto refrained from nggrcs;lve action. I llevlng that the power ouid effect the regeneration of the govern ment. One powerful organization h diUiliutlMi thousands of cople of a reform appeal In the British colonies. The memorandum has been signed by 2 10 names, for presentation to the Hrit Ish minister, Imploring the alstaiioe of a reform government. It recom mends (establishing Nanking as the cap ital and the selection of enlightened Chinese ofTiclul to administer the gov ernment with foreign advisers. These people are disheartened at the reported intention of the iKwer to withdraw from China. Dlffurent socle ties are combining to raise the stand ard of revolt and overthrow the cor rupt government. The practical cessation of trade with fhe north ho thrown thousands of Chl nce In each port out of employment and they are ready to Join the rebels. French aggression at Swatow. and JaiMinese aggression at Amoy intensify the hatred of the foreigner. The strike of coolie ut Hong Kong Is ended. P Kit LIN. Stpt. 5. "It Is doubtful." said a foreign official, "whether the for eign ministers have yet received In struction from their governments as to the mutter of withdrawing the troops, which will meet with' greater difficulties than the withdrawal of the ministers, for If the troops are with drawn all the foreign ministers must go u!ko because the natives would murd-.T them and claim it as a triumph over the powers, thus creatHig a bad Im pression upon the Chinese. "In various countries the newspapers are exaggerating the situation. There Is no question of disagreement yet, for Itussla's proposition Is merely under discussion, It hits neither been ac cepted nor rejected." The Berliner Post. In an Inspired ar ticle defends the position of Field Mar shal Count Von Waldersee as chief in a military and diplomatic sense, tay Ing that this must necessarily be the arrangement since ft would be impossi ble to ask Instructions from the differ ent home governments In each case. particularly when a quick settlement was required. NEW YORK. Sept. 5. A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: The Chinese minister here has com municated to the foreign office an im perial edict, dated Tai Yuan Fu. ap pointing commissioners to negotiate terms of peace In association wi'h LI Hung Chang. Grave dissatisfaction Is felt at the names of the commissioners. Karl LI had asked that Viceroys Liu Kun Yl and Chang Chlh Tung and Prince Chins should be named. The court has Ig nored his suggestions for the nominn-,1 tlon of the reforming Yang Tse viceroys and appointed Instead Frtnoe Chlng, Yung Lu and Hsu Tung. The two last named are violent and reactionary M .menus. Little hope can be entertained of suc cessful negotiations with a board thus constituted, and It Is hoped that the powers will decline to treat with the two Manchu nobles. It is clear that the southern viceroys are to be prescribed (Continued on fourth page.) Era Matting Carpet Examine ALASKA FAMINE KILLS HUNDREDS Goverment Will Send Rations to Starving Indians. UNBURIED DEAD IN MOUSES AI Teller Sutloi Half Ibe Natives Hive Dies' Salnea Art Rtfialnf bat Not Eioujb Well Istflais to Caleb Meajr. WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. Captain Tuttle of the revenue service In charge ct the cutter Bear reports to the treat ury department from N'ini'. August,!. on the operations of his '-e.sr.el since July . Tnc report relate principally to the fonditlon of the ratlv- along the Ales !an coast and adjacent island.- Every where the vessel touched officers were ?nt ashore to lr.vest'ate their condi tion and reported ia! the natives lev er had been In worse condition. At Teller station, fiffalr were desperate. Fully one half of the natives around the s'atlon fceve died. In some coses whole families have disappeared and in others parents have died leaving help less children. baimon are running, out -mere are not a sufficient number of well people to catch them and thus provide food for the present and for thp coming winter. The ravages of dlseas? Lave ' been so great that a panic has seized the natives and the dead are left unbur led In their houses. Captain Tuttle .concludes his report as follows: . 'At a conference with Governor Bra dy of Alaska and J. F. Evans; spec ial agent of the treasury.' Dr. Sheldon Jackson and myself. In reference to the deplorable condition of the natives, It was declared that rations must be afforded them or they would perish during the coming winter. Special agent Evans at once, ordered a load of supplies, which was put on board. I steamed to I'nalaska to get some stores to be out on board." Captain Tuttle says he Is going to make another trip north. NEW YORK REPUBLICANS. Ex-Governor Black Says That Imper ialism Is Not the Issue. SARATOGA. N. Y.. Sept. 5. The state Republican convention today nominated the following ticket: For governor B. B. Odell, jr., of Or ange. Lieutenant-governor Timothy L. Woodruff, of Kings. Secretary of state John T. McDon ough, of Albany. Controller William J. Morgan, Erie. State treasurer John P. Jaeckel. of Cayuga. Attorney-general John C. Dives, Oneida, State engineer Edward A. Bond. of of Jefferson. Perhaps the most Interesting feature of the convention was the fact that the speech nominating Benjamin B. Odell for governor was made by former Governor Frank D. Black, who had been outside the organization breast works since Roosevelt defeated him. two years ago. when he desired a re nomination. Mr. Black said the issues now be fore the American people were dls cussed and settled four years ago. 'The ghost of antl-lmperlalism," he said. "Is not and cannot be made an Issue. This country ha? been commit ted to the policy of growth and It cannot be swerved from that policy by new scarecrows erected along the way. "We have already selected the pi lot for the national craft. He has been over the course once: he has steered with such success and skill that even In1 the turbulence that nas sur rounded him, he has gained the confi dence of his fellow-cltlzens and in creased his own renown to a degree almost without example." Mr. Black closed with a eulogy of Mr. Odell. Senator Chauncey M. Depew present ed the name of Timothy L. Woodruff for lieutenant-governor. WORLD'S KECQRp BROKEN. Cresceus Lowered Trotting Stallion Record to 2:04. HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 5. Cres ceus beat the world's trotting stallion record this afternoon In a special trial against time. The time was 2M. The former record of '2:03Vi was held by Directum. THIRD PARTY ORGANIZED. Platform Is Against Imperialism and for Sound Money. NEW YORK. Sept. B.-The National party the official name of the third party met In convention today In Car negie hall In this city and nominated candidates for president and vice-president of the United State. A platfo-tn won adopted and title and emblem chosen. These are the candidate: For pres ident. Senator Donaldson Caffery. of Louisiana: for" vlce-preld-nt, Archibald Murray Howe, of Cambridge, Mas. The platform adopted makes the fol lowing declaration of principles: "First, to procure the renunciation of all Imperial or colonial pretension with regard to foreign countries claim ed to have been acquired through or in consequence of military or naval op erations of the last two year. "Secord. we further pledge our ef forts to secure a single gold standard and sound banking system. "Third, to secure public service baa ed upon merit only. ' "Fourth, to secure the abolition of all corrupting special privileges wheth er under the guise of subsidies, unde served pension or trust-breeding tar iffs." OLNEY FOR BRYAN. Does Not Favor the Philippine Policy of the Administration. NEW YORK. S-pt. 5.- The World tomorrow will print a letter from Rich ard Olney. secretary of state during Cleveland's administration. In which he di-clar-? his Intention of supporting W. . Bryan for president. After saying that Bryan Is hardly the indicia te he should choose If. he had his way in the -matter and that he en tirely dissents from parts of the Kan sas City platform. Olney says: Perfection In candidates or platform Is an idle dream and Infirmity in its creed and defects In its leadership will always characterize every party." Olney crltlcizVs the policy of the Mc- Klnley administration regarding the Philippines and thinks that the coun try will Soon find Itself In the tolls of a Chinese problem even more cost ly and menacing than the Philippine problem Itself. BRYAN SPOKE TWICE. . Greeted by Enthusiastic Crowds in West Virginia. DEER PARK. Md., Sept. 5. Bryan doubled up on bis tracks today and tonight finds him again enjoying the refreshing breezes of the summit of the Alleghenles. He began the day In Jefferson coun ty, the easternmost county of est Virginia, and since leaving a trl-state gathering at Morgan's Grove in that county, he has been working constant ly westward. He made only two speeches during the day, the first at Morgan's Grove and the second, at Keyser. At both places crowds greeted him with enthus iasm and both speeches were vigorous ly applauded aa point after point was made. There were large audiences at both meetings. VERMONT ELECTION. Republican Los9 of Nine Per Cent Since Last Election. WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. Vt, Sept. 5. The Republicans of Vermont elected their state and congressional ticket yesterday by a plurality of a. least 32,250 and a majority of 31.000. The state senate Is solidly Reput- lican and Republican representation In the general assembly will be substan tially 200 out of a membership of 216. Returns from 232 cities and' towns out of 218 in the state give the vote for governor as follows: Stlckney (Rep.), 16,931; Senter (Dem.), 15.404; all others. 1.269. The Republican plurality Is 31,440. The Republican loss Is 9 per cent and the Democratic gain Is 15 per cent MONTANA REPUBLICANS. Nominated Their Ticket Yesterday. at Helena HELENA. Mont. Sept. 5. -The Re publican state convention today nomi nated S. G. Murray, of Missoula, for congress and David E. Folsom. of White Sulphur Springs, for governor. A. J. Bennett, of Virginia City, was the unanimous choice of the conven tion for lieutenant-governor. T. J. Por ter, of Miles City, was nominated for attorney general and A. N. Yoder. of Butte, for secretary of state. The question which Is causing delay In the presentation of the report of the committee on platform Is the nature of, the declaration relating to the eight hour work day. DROPPED FROM HIS POCKET. Stolen Property Recovered by Care lessness of the Thief. CHICAGO, Sept. 5. A special to the Record from Eagle Pass, Texas, says: The agent of the Mexican Central railroad reports that a $20,000 pack age was stolen from the Wells Fargo Express Company at Treveno. Mexico, and was discovered In a peculiar man ner. The thief was escaping north Into the United States on a train when the package accidentally fell from his coat pocket while he was stopping over. The trainmen took the package. PETERSONCORBETT CASE DISMISSED Plaintiff Asked for Postponement Which Was Refused. PETERSON ISIN ALASKA Cue Appeared Before Judge Fratw la (be Stale Circuit CoBrtUstxpectedTef nloatloi f Allele Black' naillat Scheme. PORTLAND, Sept. 5.-The ult toe J100.000 damage recently filed by E. E. Teterson against ex-Senator II. W. Corbett for alienation of the affections of his wife. Inei Peterson, wa dis missed today by Judge Fraser, In the state circuit court. The attorney for the plaintiff alleg ed that his client nas in Alaska and could not appear here on September 13. the date set for the trial, and he aked for a postponement of the case until October 15. Judge Fraser refused to grant a postponement and dismissed the case. SEWALL DIED YESTERDAY. Former Democratic Candidate for Vice- President, and Weil-Known Shipbuilder. BATH. Me.. Sept 5.-Hon. Arthur Sewail died of apoplexy at 8:30 a. m. today, at his summer home. Small Point about 12 miles from this city. He was 64 years of age. Mr. Sewall had not been In good ' health for some time, although he was not considered to be seriously 111. H had been advised by his phyileian to rest as early as last June, .and he at " tended the Democratic rational conven tion July 4 against the advice of ha doctor. He appeared to have suffered no ill effects from (he Journey, how ever, and was passing the summer quietly at Small Point, when the fatal stroke attacked him last Sunday. The unconsciousness which followed the at tack continued until death came. TURKEY PREPARES FOR WAR. Contract It for Immediate Construc tion of Two Torpedo Boats. NEW YORK. Sept. 5.-A special to the Herald from Washington says: Turkey evidently Intends to b pre pared to resist any attempt which may be made by foreign governments to collect Indemnities by force. Consul-General C. M. Dickinson at Constantinople has cabled to the state department announcing that the Sub lime Porte has awarded to a ship-building firm a contract for the construc tion at once of two torpedo boats. The department has also been Inform- that the Turkish naval department as completed the plans and specifi cations for the cruiser which Is to.be built In the United Stalest. CENSUS RETURNS. Increase In Population of Salt Lake City and Decrease at Albany. New York. WASHINGTON. Sept. .'..The census bureau announces that the population of Salt Lake City. Utah, is 63.531. as against 44,813 in ISM. This Is an in crease of S.6S8, or 19.3." per cent. The population of Albany. N. Y Is 94.131, as against 94,923 In 1890. This Is a decrease of "72 or .81 per cent. REFORM PARTY NOMINEES. Seth Ellis, of Ohio, for President, and Samuel I. Nicholson, of Penn- sylvmla, for Vice-President SPRINGFIELD. O., Sept. 5.-R. S. Thompson of this city, chairman of the national union reform party commit tee, announces that the official count of the referendum vote shows the nom ination of Seth Ellis, of Ohio, for presi dent, and Samuel I. Nicholson, of Pennsylvania, for vice-president. WHEAT MARKET. PORTLAND. Sept. 5.-Wheat. Walla Walla. 57c; Valley, 59c!50c; bluestem, 60c. , SAN FRANCISCO. Sept 5.-Wheat, December, 109; cash, 105. CHICAGO. Sept. 3. Wheat, October. opening. 73Ts. 4H: closing, 73T&. LIVERPOOL, Sept. 5.- -Wheat, Sep- tember. 5s. 11HL METAL MARKET. NEW YORK, Sept. JSllVer. i2i lead, brokers, 4; exchange, 43714.