The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, September 25, 1900, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text: . NOT),.,, ;v. ' - M.'j.',. ASlUhUi rUBLiCLKAitY ASSGCiATlOJi, KY o c VOL. Ml. ASTOlilA. OREGON. rUtNDAY, 8KPTKMBEK ?3, 1900. AO. 74 1,1 -VpV I A WE HAVE GOT THOSE COLE'S AIR TIGHT HEATERS... ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. ,p,,1P,,llIP,,'JV JustArrivedfromGloucest(;r,Mass. New Catch Prime Mackerel New Catch Georgea Codfluh New Crop CranberHcB New Pock Canned KrultB and Vegetable . TRY "ALPHA" PUDDING HEADQUARTERS FOR... HAY, OATS AND MILL FEED Ross, Higgjns & Co. a .... ,! J.. .11 -tw SUMMER BASEBALL' GOODS, HAMMOCKS, PISHING TACKLE BIRD CAGES, CROQUET SETS, CAMERAS, Etc., Etc. GRIFFIN I HAVE COME TO KEEP YOU WARM AND DRY AND TO ECONOMIZE FUEL... WILSON AIR-TIGHT HEATERS A CAR LOAD OF THEM AT FOARD & STOKES GO. "The World Owes Every Man a Living" But what lort of living in It you get with a pool stove or range in your kikbeuT lhiya Star Estate Range They iuture good living W. I Scully, ASent 431 BOND ...The Esmond Hotel.. PORTLANO, ORE., FRONT '(' Rtirnluon nl.n. Rnrt t SI Kft nr d.v J American plan, 11.00 to $3.00 per day. C. J. TRENCHARD, Commission, Brokerage, Insurance and Shipping. 'ER1 AGAIN ill. .J . I. L .'.4 .' GOODS. 8 REED ed. STREET AND MORRISON STS. OSCAR ANDERSON, Manner, J. C. PEN DEGA8T, Chief Clcik HI Oil-.Oh Custom tloune Broker. V . ASTORIA, ORE Aint W. r. Co., and Paclflo Kxpreei Co . NO HARMONY AMONG POWERS They May Try lo Persuade Kaiser to Modify His Plans. AMERICA SENDS WARSHIPS Prlact Tvaa Ii Qlvea Hlfh Office AotU Forcli Eleauit la C.itrol T wiily Tb.auid Jtpiacit Troopi at Taka, INPUX, H-pt. 25.-A eeml-ofrUlal statement haa been lued In Ht. Pe tersburg that fht European pow.ri are engaged in an 'n!''avor to Induce Ger mnny to abandon her demand fur the eurrender of the Instigators of the an tl foreign outrages aa preliminary to peace negotiation. France replies to Germany. PARIS, ftt. 54. FnntVs reply to Germany's tropoul making the pun ishment of the Instlgntora of the Chi ne trouble prellmlimry .to peace m K'ltlntloiia la not entirely an acceptance of the irixialtln, Fronoe argum that punlehm-ni la neeeaaary, though rhe would negutKte und.-r certain condi tion wlttvmt tlrm punishing the pullty official. PKNDINO MORE MEN-OF-WAU WARHINOTON. Sept. 24.-The navy department la doinar everj'thlnB In It power to rxptMlte th.! deapatch of the ahlpf which the jrovfrnment ha de cided to aenJ to the Aalatlc atatlon to reinforce our fleet there. "POLITICAL EXIGENCIES." ' LONDON, Sept. 2t-Afternoon newa paprra which comment on the American reply to the German note attribute It to "political exlRencl.f." AMERICA INDI'LOENT. COLOGNE, Sept. if-The Kolnlvhc Ziltunit publlaha an Ir.nplred telegram from IVrlin. In which the Wanhlngton R ivernintnfa rtly to the Gennan note la chnructerlttd na a manlfeato to aa Mat the Chlneav Bovermnent to accept the propria In the Chlnae tmuble, The trhitram f-olnta out that, thouKh the Atiurlrsn reply ahowa an Indulffent diKpoitor. It muHt not be deduced therefrom that the Wachlnifton govern ment thlnka the T'nltel States trade and mlaalonnry Intereata reijulre lew careful protection than those of the other powera, hut that the United Stntea Rovcrnment la compelled to be Indulgent, owing to the unfavorable tf feet upon the alttintlon In the Thlllp plnea cauaed by the tninafer of troops from thohe Ixlanda to China. Aa a matter of fact, the telegram adda, the vigoroua and exemplary punishment of the guilty councilor. of the Chinese court will be In accordance with the Inlerebia of .both American trade and mlaatonarlea. For a settlement between the powera and China, It make, no difference, how ever, aaaerta the telegram, whether America co-operates any further or not. Forces for all emergenclea will remain to secure the expiation demanded by the clvlllxeu world. SUN TAI DISTRICT QUIET. NEW YORK. Sept. LM.-A dispatch to the Herald from Hong Kong nays: The French gunboat Avalanche found all quiet In the Sun Tal district. The disturbance arose through Chi nese .soldiers plundering a convert's medicine shop. The outbreak tpread to everv village and a clean sweep was made of converts' houses' and missions. There was a great slaughter of na tives and a Catholic priest was wound The cause of the outbreak la attribut able to the Interference of the church in civil questions. PRINCE TUAN GIVEN OFFICE. NEW YORK, Sept. 54.-A dispatch to the Herald from Shanghai says: Prince Tuan la declnred by Tao Tat Bheng to have been aniolnted grand secretary to the emperor, a position I enabling him to control all communica tions to nnd from the throne. This con stitutes a defiance of Gernmny'a de mand. The Tao Tal of Shanghai, who signed ..REMOVAL SALE.. For the next sixty days our entire stock of furniture and carpets will be closed out at less than cost. Call early and avoid the rush. CHARLES HEILB0RN & SON for tbi viceroy the friendly agreement with the foreign consuls, has been re moved by Imperial edict, his successor being strongly antl-lorelgn and having urgid the Chinese g(vernment to re pudmte the foreign debt and being Kang Yl's protege. An unofficial po test was made by 4,rnlle1 Htate Consul Ooodnnw to the viceroy. These facta ore considered a deflutice of Germany's dmand for the punish ment of I'rlnce Tunn aa the head of the Boxers. The Chinese are greatly ex cltd over the appointment. Th Washington correspondent of the Herald, commenting upon the above dlspiitch. savs: "Considerable Interest was taken by American officials and Minister Wu In the announcement that I'rlnce Tuan hud been appointed awretary In de lance of Germany and that the antl forelgn element la In control. "No confirmation of the appointment has teen received In Washington, and both at the state department and Chi nese legation there was a disposition to doubt the report. Should official confir mation come the authorities say that It will have on Important bearing upon the attitude of all the powers, as Prince Tuan is regarded aa one of the officials reaponslble for the antl-forcign out rages "Minister Wu said that he was In clined to doubt the report. 'In my time,' he snld, 'a prince of the royal blood has not ncr-upled the office of grand sec retary. The position Is not now Im portant. It Is a sinecure. Before the present dvrastr entered Into power the grand secretaryship was a very Import ant post, all of the communications to the emperrr passing through the hands f the Incumbent. The privy council is now the important body and I could very well believe a retort that Prince Tuan had been appointed to member ship in that body. Rut f do not think the retHM t that he has been made grand secretary la true.' "In referring to statements that Prince Chlng Is a cousin of the jm peror. the Chinese minister said: " They are Incorrect. Prince Chlng la only a distant relative of the cm pero." "It Is not believed that the appoint ment of Prince Tuan aa grand secretary would change the government's Inten tion of entering Into negotiations, as It propose to make the punishment of fhe responsible authors of the outrages a matter of negotiation." RELIEF JUST IN -TIME. NEW YORK. Sept. 24.-Genernt Yam nzuchl has stated In an Interview that Pekln was relieved only three days within time to save the legations, says a dispatch to the Journal and Advertis er from Tnku. English Plans with complete instruc tions regnrdlng guns were found In Chinese officers' quarters, translated In to Chinese. Twenty thousand Japanese troops are now at Taku. A Trench priest has arrived from ov er the western hills with TO Chinese Christians and guns made from Iron bedsteads, the first shots from which kltled 20 Boxers. They held out until 20 days ago. when he escaped from Yang Chlcku. four days' march from Taku. TOWNS IN DANGER. Farms and Railroad Tracks and Tres tles Destroyed by California Foast Fires. SANTA ROSA, Cat.. Sept. 24.-The forest and grass fire which has been burning' In the vicinity of Occidental for the rnst three days today assumed vast proportions. The flre has cover ed a space of about one hundred miles square and Is estimated to have done over a quarter of a million dollars' damage. Only by hard work waa the town of Occidental saved. The fire Is now traveling south, ow ing to a strong north wind. The North Pacific railroad lost miles of track In addition to two long tres tles: about eighteen farms hav,e been swept clean of their buildings and crops. The towns of Freestone, Boodc ga and Sebastopol are In Immediate danger. Nearly a thousand people are fighting the flre. ROOSEVELT IN WYOMING. CHEYENNE. Wy., Sept. 24.-Gover-nor Roosevelt today made three speeches In Wyoming. METAL MARKET. NEW YORK Sept. 24. Lead, un- changed. MORE MINERS HAVE QUIT WORK Anticipated Resumption of Work Failed of Realization. NO MORE DISTURBANCES Soldlen Patrol Mlaiof Dlt trlcls-New York Will Not Permit I'm of Soft Caal Mlalilcra Aik forArWlra tloa. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 24. Instil of the ekc"ted clash between the troorw and atrlking miners In the Schuylkill region today, a peaceful calm prevailed In the region and there waa not the slightest disorder for the soldiers to be called upon to quell. In fact all the districts of the anthracite coal fields today were extremely quiet, there being no demonstration whatever on the part of the strikers. While the operators claim that a number of their employes returned to work at the mines In Schuylkill dis trict, St was early In the day evident that the operations did not resume the activity which the mlneowners had yes terday anticipated and that tomorrow will nrd more Idle collieries than at any time since the strike began. MITCHELL MUCH ENCOURAGED. HAZLETON. Pa.. Sept. 24. President Mitchell said of the whole region to night: "Reports received by me today from the lower anthracite (Schuylkill) region Indicate that at least two thousand mine workers Joined the strikers today. Aa a whole I feet more encouraged to night thnr. I have at any time since the strike began and I am confident that within the next few days the entire anthracite coal fields In Pennsylvania will be idle. At no place today did we lcse a man. "Archbishop Ryan will call upon the presidents of the various railroads which have mining Interests In this region. U the request of the United Mine Workers, and will render his good offices In our struggle-" STRIKE MORE EXTENSIVE. SHENANDOAH. Pa.. Spt. 2I.-Th? strike In this region Is today more ex tensive than at any time since Inau gurated. It is estimated that fully 15. 000 men. employed principally by the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company, and the Lehigh Valley Com pany, are now on strike. This morning five battalions of In fantry and one trorp of cavalry march ed along the numerous roads leading to the various mines. They met with but a few strikers and the number of employes willing to work was still less. Opinion !s divided here as to whether the non-strikers are thoroughly Intimi dated or whether the agents of the un ion mlneworkers have succeeded In bet ter organizes the union. General Gobln drove through the mining district and found everything quiet. Soldiers are patrolllnsr the city from end to end. TROOPS MfcET WITH JEERS. HAZLETON, Pa.. Sept. 24. Battalion F. Eighth regiment, arrived at McAdoo, the nearest p.)lnt In Schuylkill county, to Hazleton. early this morning. Lieutenant-Colonel Hutchinson, In com mand, said he was ordered to make a demonstration by marching his men through McAdoo anl the surrounding towns. Each man carried twenty rounds of ammunition. Troopa were re ceived by Inhabitants with evidences of emnity. Many jeered them. One wom an shouted lo a group of men after the troops ha-i passed: "If you don't shoot some of them fellows you are no good." Edward O. McGeehan. the burgees of the town, declared the action of Gen eral Gobln In sending soldiers there was an outrage, as the town was peace able. "I shall not be responsible for any overt act committed In this town while the troops are here," he said. . The entire Haxleton region was ex tremely quiet this morning. Today was expected to witness either a big break among the strikers or the going out of a large additional number of workers, but neither happened. FEWER MINES WORKING. PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 24. Reports received by the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company today show that blxteen of the thirty-nine collieries owned by the company were working this morning. This Is three mines less then were working yesterday. STRIKERS THREATEN WORKERS. SHENANDOAH. Sept. 24. There was great excitement here last night and strikers made assertions that may lead to trouble Unlay when attempts are made to open the mines In the Schuyl kill region. Beasts were made that any miners who should go to work this morning would not return to their homes alive. The aim of the Reading Company officials Is to break the force of the atrlke In the anthracite coal region by getting a fair supply to market. The trouble as It now stands has cut off 85 per cent of the product of all the mine. The Reading Company's aJlt'tment Is 21 -t cnt and this can be filled with the collieries only on part time. With the aid of the military It Is Intended to pu-sh work at every mine If possible, but this can hardly be accomplished. At the beginning of the trouble the officials assumed that because their men had few grievances except In the matter of wag'.'i they could continue to operate their mines. The action of the rioters here and a change of sentiment among some of the miners have tended to cast doubt on thlr point, but it Is well known that many miners In the Schuyl kill region want to continue at work. A majority who do not belong to the union may be kept from going to their employment today by the dread of as sault. CHURCHES WANT ARBITRATION. CHICAGO. Sept. 24. At the conclu sion of the Sunday services In the Sec ond Congregational Church of Oak Park, the congregation voted unani mously to Instruct their pastor, the Rev. Sydney Strong, to send a tele gram tc Governor Stone of Pennsylvan ia informing him of the vote and re questing that he use all his power and influence to bring about an arbitra tion of the miners' strike. Mr. Strong Is the originator of the hiovement started last week by the min isters of Oak Park to unite all the min isters of Chicago !n an effort to have the strike settled In some peaceable manner. Mr. Strong sent the telegram last evening to Governor Stone. Every minister In Oak Park and many In Chicago referred to th situation In Pennsylvania In their sermons. The ministers will meet again today to take further tctlon. Other ministers to send telegrams to Governor Stone during the day Incorporating resolu tions adopted by their congregations were: Th Rev. William E. Harton. First Congregaticnal Church; Rev. J. W. Conley. Firat Baptist Church; Rev. Charles S. Hoyt. First Presbyterian Church; Rev. R. F. Johonnot, Universa lis Church: Rev. Henry J. Rasmus, First Methodist Church. All tho resolutions are conservative In tone and their only motive Is to seek to bring peace and good will among men. 1 SOFT' COAL NOT ALLOWED. NEW YORK, Sept' 24. President Murphy 6f the board of health said last night that there would be no re laxation of the rules against using soft coal In this city, on account of the strike In the anthracite mining region. Mr. Murphy said that the law was on the statute books, was absolute in Its terms, made no provision for emergen cies of the present kind and would have to be observed. He added, moreover, that In his opinion the emergency was not as grave as certain people that wanted to burn soft coal, here repre sented it to be. Though the supply of anthracite on hand waa ample for New York's consumption for some time to come, the mere fact that those who hold this coal had raised the price scmewhat did not In his mind furnish any adequate reason for violating the law against the burning of soft coal or alloAing the health of the public to be endangered by the smoke nuisance. "The ordinance will be enforced." ad ded President Murphy, "with all the vigilance of which this department Is capable." Today only begins the second week of the strike, Mr. Murphy added, and al ready some dealers In this city are ask ing $7.75 for white ash coal and JS.25 for red ash. Theg figures were adopt ed by a few small dealers on Saturday, but It Is not at all unlikely that the big ones will b "forced" reluctantly to follow suit in the early part of this week. Soft coal, too, haa advanced from $3.50 to $4.50 a ton. This Is due to the fact that many factories are be ginning to use It, despite President Murphy's determination to prevent the Innovation. Nearly 200 men employed on the docks at Weehauken, handling coal, have been laid oft because there is no coal to handle. This has forced several grocers and bakers to shut up shop be cause therj Is no trade. APATHY BEING DISSOLVED. Senator Hanna Finds That the Repub licans Are Waking Up. NEW YORK. Sept, 24.-Senator Han na reached this city this morning and said he would remain a week, possibly longer. Of the situation Senator Han. na said: "I find that the much-talked-of apa thy of the Republicans is being dis solved." WHEAT MARKET. PORTLAND, Sept. 24. Wheat. Walla Walla, 56c; bluestem, 59c60c; Valley Mc, ' SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 24.--Wheat. December, lOS-'Ji; cash. 105. CHICAGO, Ppt, 24. Wheat. October, opening, "8, '); closing. 78V6- LIVERPOOL. Sept. 24.-Wheat. Sep tember, 6s. 2d. BRYAN HOPES FOR NEW YORK STATE Will Make a Determined Effort to Gain Its Vote. NO POSITIONS PROMISED Dealt Tbat fill Ciblitt Ii Already Made L'p James tlamlltoa Lewie ( WatMaitoa W.ll Help Him Toar Nebraska. CHICAGO. Sept. 24. William J. Pry an arrived In Chicago today, and held ft conference with the members of the Democratic committee. "I am going back to Lincoln tonight," said Mr. Bryan. James Hamilton Lewis, of Washington, will accompany Bryan to Nebraska and make speeches 1.1 Bryan's district. Bryan gave out the following state ment In refutation of the report that the positions In his cabinet, shoulj he be elected, had already been promised: "I have not given to any one, either verbally or In writing, pro-nise of a cabinet position, an1 I shall not, during the campaign, mak? any such promises. I have not authorized and shall not author!?; ahy one. verbally or In writ ing, to promise any cabinet position, or any other ooaltion to any one. If I am electel I shall be absolutely free to discharge all duties of office accord ing to my platform, as far aa the plat form goes, and according tu my own Judgment" It haa been decided by the Demo cratic national committee that Mr. Bry m will make a determined effort to capture the vote of New Tork state. The matter was settled today at a conference at the Democratic national headquarters at which were present. In addition to Bryan himself. Chairman Jones and Vlce-Chalrman Stone, of the national, committee; Commlttemeft Campau, of Michigan, and O'Brien, of Minnesota, and Congressman Shlvely, of Iowa It was decided that Bryan should be In New York, from October 18 to Octo ber 2". Inc'uslve. and return there Oc tober 26. Whether he Is to wind up the campaign In that state was not stated, though practically agreed upon. I Chairman Jons said: "Ex-Governor St.'tie. who has been In charge of the New York headquarters. Is the man responsible for the determination to meet the fight in that state. He came here to me with the statement that while he could not promise that the electoral vote would be cast for Bryan utill the state was fighting ground." e DESTRUCTIVE STORM AT NOME. Havoc Wrought With Tents and Min ing Machinery Along the Beach. SEATTLE, Sept. 24. Steamer Roa nok brines news of a most disastrous ;Uorm at Nome. It raged with unusual violence for nearly two days up to the evening of September 13, and was the severest that has ever visited the northwestern part of Alaska. A number of barges and lighters were driven ashore and totally wrecked. All along the beach for miles the wind and water have created havoc with tents and mining machinery. A number of lives are believed to have been lost. It I known that Andrew A. Ryan, of Lob Angeles, was drowned. Sever al captains and seamen on small tugs are missing and It Is thought they are lost. Fully 500 people are homeless while the loss to property and supplies Is over half a million dollars. ARRESTED AT COLFAX. Three Men . Charged With Stealing Grain From a Farmer's Warehouse. COLFAX. Wa.ih., Sept. 24,-Hugh Boyle, charged with cutting bars and assisting prisoners to escape from the county Jail, was released today by the writ of Information being squashed but was Immediately rearrested togeth er with Geo. Mansfield and James Moore, arrested on the same charge last week, for theft of grain from a farmer's warehouse. The arrest caused a sensation. Other arrests are prom ised by the sheriff. CURRENCY FOR MOVING CROPS. Demand Is for a Million Dollars More Than at thi Same Time Last Year. WASHINGTON, Sept. 24. The pres sure for currency for moving the crops Is beginning to be felt. Lwuea of KolJ certificates by the treasury at various oolnts in the South and West In ex change fcf acc-.-:t of r..m i.i (:. York sub-treasury by banks on behalf of their country correspondents are al ready $1,000,000 more than at the same tune last year.