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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1900)
wo1 v ion I . t. A8T0IUA, OttEOON. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 18, 1900. VOL Lll. WE ARE SELLING AGENTS IN ASTORIA FOR BRIDGE, Superior Stool Ranges BEACH Sylph Hoater 6i CO.'h Clio Heater ' COLE Hot Blast Heater for Coal MFG. Dome Top Heater for Wood CO.'h Russia Iron Heater lor Wood Wo nlao iiintiufiicluro ft Ruhhm Iron Quet'n HouU-r fur WckhI. TIu'ho comjiriw tlio lent lino of rtovw in tho Htttto. We wll no wcoiuUrlawi sloven. An in itpw tion of our lino of blovca will -ay you. ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. WE HAVE RECEIVED MANY COMPLIHENTS on our lioli'luy difj.liiy. Wo li Mrc to cnll your (ijux iul ntU'ntion to our IUmiKh nnd Culemlnin. Iknu t'ful uutl dainty CSift Iloulu. Tlio jwds in all htylc of biutliiijj. Our twenty-five cent lino can not bo Hurpaswtl, audi nutliors im llenty, ()jtie, Kutlinp, etc., nre included. Our Cnlcwluri imml to seen to bo appreciated. Wo huve them nta!l prices from 10c to $2.50 each. You will Hud many articles in our btoro suitable for Chrixtmas. Wo ftfk you to call and scf them. Our prices are right. GRIFFIN & REED. . . A FEW SPECIALTIES Fancy Navel Oranges, Lemons. Apples, Bananas, Gordon Dll worth's New York Mince Meat, Chase & Sanborn's High Grade Tea and Coffee, Eastern Crab Apple Sweet Cider, New Nuts and Raisins of Every Variety. TRY MALTED RIUSII FOR BREAKFAST-- ROSS, HIGGINS & CO. JUST RECEIVED GENUINE QEORGE'S FINDON HADDOCK Foard 8 Stokes A LONG RO MWJiikirj.JUiirHnra: t4j W. J. Scully, 431 BOND STREET, Between Ninth and Tenth Streets c. Commission. Brokerage, Insurance and Shipping. J. TRENCHAR I Norway Sloclcfieh Norway Mackerel Norway Herring CODFISH KIPPERED HEFRIKG Company... W Of our new and up-to-dato Air tight Icatcrs are still on hand. Wo figured on considerable cold weather and purchased an un usual quantity; but the weather has moderated, consequently sales have been slow. We are over stocked and must have tho room. From now on these splendid heat ing stoves will bo sold at a reduc tion of 20 per cent FOR CASH. Custom House Broker. ASTORIA, ORE ADt W. F. A Co., nnd Pacific Kxpreu Co . CONGER RECEIVES NEW INSTRUCTIONS Administration Believes They Will Clear Away All Obstacles. VATICAN EXPLAINS THINGS Cardinal Viufhid Deciarea Tbal German tad Rueilan AftrtnlARi CiuKd Boitr Iprlilnj-Kilter Weltomea Returning Troosn. WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-A lng I't Uvr of Instructions was put to Minis ter Conger thin afternoon. Informing him fully fc to hln mw, IU already had been authorised to nlgn the ngr.-e-mint snd It l nnl'l that th- fresh Instructions will clear the way of libstnii.n as to muk It probable that the signature of all the ministers can U ifflxed at one. Thin ntatement ln- iud-n the British minister. Sir Ernest Mason Satow. who ha bwn the Inst to come forward. POPE IiLAMEH OERMANY. NKW YORK. Dtr. 17. A dispatch to the J.iuriml ami Advertiser fnm Lon iln any: Ordinal Yaughnn Jma Issued a pas tnnil letter on the nubjt'ct of the CM m.' mumtarn. dfrlarlnic that the po lltliul riirruai'himiit -f KurniKitn P" cm, rniM-i'lally Ofrmany nd Runnla, ar titrfri-ly rviiiMlble fr thi recont iiirlliiirn. Tho canllnal'n lott-r In up 1 to b Innplrvd by the Vatican. Hf ay: "While th nxlul upheaval of f'hlna wan primarily a revolt alni't i'hn llanlty. It mt iwn! tHift wan rtmn ed Into activity by the em-ruaohiiM'nt of fiirtltrn powt-rl. notably Germany and Uunnla. on Chln-w! territory, by the rencllonary policy of the emprenn downKrr nnd by th encouraxemenin jlvm th native to combat the reform protriulRiited by the emperor. "The murder of two German mlwlon arlm In Shan Tun- Mng made a pre text fur the m-isure by Germany, nhown how well the will wm prepared f T the cn.ufi-8 enumerated for the more exten sive movement that followed. "Th danirt-m to which Chrlntlann In fhliia nre likely to be exped 'n con- eiiucnce of foreign aBirreanlon, are thoc cughly rvullned by tho InK-iVKted In mlwlonn. nnd were olnted out In one of our muailnen a fur back an May 1, ISM. The action of Gfrnxuiy In neeklng; territorial oomix-nnatlon waa enpet-lally referred to an likely to lead to Identi fication In the heathen mind of Western religion with politic. Thin hna come to paw. rendering the recent upheaval doubly formidable. in a combination of fanatical fury with political hatred of forelgnero." KAISER TO HIS SOLDIEIW. r.EKLIN, Dec. 17. Emperor William. In htn npeeth yenterday upon tne oc caclon of the reception (riven here to a portion of the German contingent which recently arrived from China, aald to the returned aoldlers: With iinxloun foreboding and heavy heart 1 wltnenaed your departure from the fatherland. The efforts which awaited you could not be foreaeoTi. For what you have effectej I offer you my thankn In the name of the entire father land. You have under all circum stance upheld your oath to the (lag. I am finally convinced that each baa done his duty In the hour of need. Tou have not yet quivered; no hand has trtn-.hled. Thus were the victories gaiiu J. None among you can know with how great Joy the newg was re celved of your victories, In which the army and navy together wer con cerned. "Yen, the great emperor-king, by whose statue you have marched today, now looks down upon you. The help of God, which has hitherto been with ut, will continue on our side also in the future." Ills majesty also referred to the com rades who are still In the far East. HEROINE REWARpED. NEW YORK. Dec. 17. A dispatch to the Journal and Advertiser from Paris ayn: The cross of the Legion of Honor has SPECIAL FOR A NKW Mantel Folding Beds JUST RECEIVED Ladles Dressing Table In Golden Oak, Mahogany and Birds' Eye Maplo IRON BEDSTEADS, FULL BRASS TOP, $6.50 CHARLES HEILB0RN & S0i Iwen conferr.-d upon Madam iU-nm-thorn, wlfo of the Austrian charge d' affnlrn at Pekln, for her heroic con duct nnd aiwlslancr to the French dur ing the nl-'gr of tho legation. Only on ihr foreign woman haa been thus d"corat.1. DEUKM'T DRIVEN ASHORE. Schooner Marie E. Lennond Will No Longer Menace Navigation. NEW YORK, Dec. 17. A cablegram to the World from Nawiau. N. P.. nays tnat tht! Thotnoatoii (Me.) iiwner Mark- E. Lcrmond has been driven ashore by a nuall upon the refs of the Inl and of Abaco, the northernmost coast of the Ilahuman. Thin now well-known derelict ban been nlghled thirteen times. A passing flearr.er net her on fire und a portion of her xtern burned off. but nhe appears to be still valuable The British nteamer Antllla has bt-n nent from NaJwau by the colonial government to save the i hoont-r If poniflble. The mo-n remarkable qreatlon in the advnlur-n of the schooner Is "How Jll Captain t.ron and his sevtn im-n Ket fr'im th- wreck to Para?" Captain Appleby, of the Sallom' Home h-re, nays the survivors arrlvd th-rt on the lied Hiar Llnl-r Cametense on October l. having nailed from Para. The Maria V.. Lcrmotid aa'led from Fi-rdinandla for Martlnl'tu- on August 24 and wan first reporte-1 dlnmnjited and abandoned on H' pt. mln r 1". The AntllUs current n nt her Into ihe tru k of South American anl Went lndlen bound vesseln. She had trav 'lied 2M miles from September 17 to October 10. November 1 the Norwegian nteam- nhlp Frey from Santiago for Philadel phia, net her on fire and nhe was re ported by the ateamshlp Viler as burn ing on November 20. Only her stern nnd rlgifing were destroyed by fire, however. She was too noggy to burn and her cargo of lumber kept her afloat. On December 2 nhe wag nlghted north of Abaco and while a small coasting Vermel was trying to tow her into shal low evater a squall drove her on the rocks. She had been floated about 500 miles. It Is supposed that either the britleh nhlp Marenar.ti or the British steamer Hilary rencu?d the crew of the Lermond and took them to Para, but there Is no record of the fact, A HEROIC OFFICER. Lost Hit Lifi While Trying to Assist In bavins Whit Line Steamship. .NEW YORK, Dec. 17. The marine superintendent of the White Star Line Is authority for the statement that Mr. Crosby, who lost his life while trying to assist in the work of saving the White Star Line steamship, as reported fron. Queenstown. wag a young man w ho had be;n chiefly in the Paciflo ser vice of the Oceanic Steamship Company having been an offlc-jf on the Doric. ply In between San Francisco and China and Japan. "Mr. Crosby was ambitious." said the superintendent, "and not one. In a thousand would dared have attempted what he tried to do. It was through ambition that he lost his life." STEAMSHIPS OVERDUE. . Storms on the Atlantic Detain Great Liners. NEW YORK. Dec. 17. About twenty steamships thai should have made port have not been reported up to this morning. The storms on the Atlantic, or head winds, are detaining the Umbrla, from Liverpool: La Champagne, from Hav re; the Victoria, from Gibraltar; the Minnehaha, from London; the Lorado. from Hull and the Rotterdam, from Rotterdam. Some of the overdue Meet have been out since the last of Nov ember. ADDRESS BY BRYAN. He Will Talk About the Future of the Democratic Party. OMAHA. Dec! 17. Hon. William J. Bryan, who will be the principal speak er at the annual banquet of the Jack sonian Club Monday evening. January "th. has announced that he will on this occasion talk about the future policy of the Democratic party. The other speakers will be Governor Beckham, of Kentucky, and J. Hamilton Lewis, of Seattle. THIS WEEK LINE OF tu 1 SOLDIERS GIVEN . NO PREFERENCE Bi!! to Give Them First Chance in Civil Appointments Failed. A CM EM AW A APPROPRIATION Fine Tribute to ReprcKnlntlrc Boulclle- New Reapportionment Bill - Bllllnlroduced (or Supprenlon of Trnln Robbery. WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-In the house today an attempt wan made to pass a bill to give the soldiers and sail ors of the civil war, Spanish war and the war In the Philippine islands the preference In mattrs of appointment and retention In position in executive' departments of the government but it Jrouaed opposition on the ground that It would practically ehut out of the gov ernment for years to ciwne all civilians and was overwhelmingly defeated. One hundred and two private pension claim were panned. J"t before the house adjourned a flne tribute was presented to Repre sentative Charles A. Boutelle (Maine), who nerved eighteen years In congress and who has been re-elected to the i7th congress. Llttlefleld (Maine) asked unanimous consent for the consideration of a bill to place him on the retired I1- as a captain In the navy, Boutelle having been In the navy during the civil war. Littlefieid said that J3ou telle'a condition wag such that he un doubtedly would resign. The condition of the Maine repie nentative was well known to the repre sentatives and although some of them were Inclined to protest against the proposed legislation as establishing a dangerous precedent, no objection was made and the bill was passed. The reapportionment bill Introduced In the house requires that the several congressional districts of the several states should be composed of "conti guous and compact" territory. The purpose of the amendment is to pre vent gerrymandering. Under the bill the following states will lose one rep resentative each: Indiana. Kansas, Kentucky, Nebras ka. Ohio, South Carolina and Virginia. The following states will get one each: Illinois. Louisiana. Minnesota, New Jersey, New York and West Virginia. Texas will gain two representatives. Based upon the present political di visions neither party will gain an ad vantage in the new reapportionment provided In the bill. The Republicans Kill gain live and lose five, and the Democrats will gain three and lose theee. This bails of representation will be one representative for each 208,888 in habitants. The Indian appropriation bill was wmideted today by the house commit tee on Indian affairs. It carries about $9,000,000. The number of Indian agen cies. Is reduced from 62 to K those omitted being Lemi, Idaho; Neah Bay, Wash.; Nevada, Nev.; Quapaw, Indian Tcitory; Sac and Fox. Iowa; Sileti, Oregon; Slsseton, So. Da.; Puyallup. Wash. The estimates made no provision for contract Indian schools, but $20,000 is allowed for Hampton State School as this is not considered a sectar.an school. An additional $11,000 for the Salem, Oregon, school, for an electric light and steam heating plant, is provided. A section was added to the bill al lowing the SileU Indians of Oregon to nell or lease a portion of their reser vation. Representative Ray, of New York, in trie house, and Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, In the senate, today in troduced bills "for the suppression of train robbery in the territories of the United States and elsewhere." It pro vides the death penalty foe those guil ty of a "hold up" in case the death of any persons on the train re sults. In case no one is killed the pen alty is made hard labor for from twen ty to forty years. IN THE SENATE. WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. Soon after the senate convened today, a bill ex tending to homestead settlers on the Chippewa Indian reservation In Minne sota the right to commute their en tries, was reported by Nelson (Minn.) After a half-hour's discussion of the measure In an effort to make it gen. eral in its application, It was reoom mitted. Carter Mont.) Introduced a resolu tion calling upon the Judiciary com mittee to investigate and report to the senate the facts in the matter of charg. es against Judge Noyes, of Alaska, The resolution is more comprehensive than that presented by Brickj (Ind.) in the house, and covers allegations previous to the appointment of Judge Noyes. It was referred to the Judiciary commit tee. The senate at 1:3) p. m. went into executive session for the further con sideration of th Hay-Pauncefote treaty. The nenate has reached an agreerrifnt to vot n the Huy-I'auncefote trraty next Thursday, beginning with voten on the amendments at 3 p. m. Chandler (N. H.) created a little flur ry by endeavoring again to get up a resolution relating to the Montana sen atorial case. The etTort wa futile. No legislative bustnesa. aside from the purest routine, wan transacted. Money, speaking to the question of personal privilege, directed the nenaie'n attention to a newspaper publication of today in which the statement wan made that a combination of senators had been formed to press certain claims now pfidlng before the senate. The publi cation asserted that the combination had determined upon passing the claims, even though an extra session of congress wan forced in the effort. Money declared that no far as he knew no such combination existed. CLEVELAND SAYS REORGANIZE. Believes That With a Return to Old Principles Old Time Victories Will Be Won. ' ATLANTA, Ga.. Dec. 17. The Atlan ta Journal this afternoon prints an interview with former President Cleve land, obtained by a staff correspondent at Cleveland's home. "In my opinion," said Mr. Cleveland, "lha DtfiiOiratlc party has not been fataily ui.tmgariiz-.!, but It ba'lly neds rehabilitation on purely rjv.nocr tic lines." "What Is the matter with the party?" "It has, in my humble Judgment, wandered off after strange gods. A laige mass of the Democratic voters saw this before the last election. They remained quiet, but when the time came to vote tbey said. This is not the Democracy,' and refused to supxrt it "As I see it," continued Mr. Cleve land, "it is the duty of Democrats ev erywhere to aid In the rehabilitation of th party. There are some signs of In sistency upon the necessity of a return to Democratic doctrines In the South but they ar not so general as I wculd like to see." "What of the future?" was asked. "With a Blntrire return to lis old time doctrines," he replied, "the old time victories of the. Democratic party will certainly be won." ANOTHER NEGRO LYNCHED. Third Man Hung for the Murder of a White Farmer. INDIANA POUS. Ind., Dec. 17. A special to the Sentinel from Boonevllle, Ind., says: John RoJla, the third of the colored men implicated In the murder of Hoi lie Simons was hanged to a tree In the courtyard by a mob of about 100 men from Rockport at 6:30 p. m. Not a shot was fired and everything waa conducted as quietly as if the execution had been under the sanction of the law. NOVEL PLEA RAISED. Murderer Sought Freedom Because of a Slight Change in the Law. . WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. A peculiar question arose in the United States su preme court today in a case from Ida ho on an application for habeas corpus by Jack Davis under sentence of exe cution. The point was made that he was con victed, and sentenced to be hanged by the sheriff. Subsequently the law plac ed the hanging in charge of the war den of the penitentiary. It' was con tended that the old law was repealed and the new law inapplicable being ex post facto. Justice Brown remarked that it would make little difference to the accused who executed, him and the decision of the court was affirmed, giving the sher iff custody of the prisoner. GENERAL PARK DEAD. WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. Major General John G. Park, retired as colon el, died at his residence here yesterday. . . . ASK "General GcotT ww CIGARS 1 TWO UNEOLJALBD SMOKES ! J ALLEN & LEWIS, s Distributors, Portland, Orenori STEAMER ALPHA A TOTAL WRECK Captain, Managing Owncr.Purscr .and Three Seamen Drowned. SANK OFF MOUTH UNION BAY Had Valuable Carp for lb Orleat Aboard -Twenty-five Saved by the Heroic Acl of Member ol the Crew. VANCOUVER. B. C. Dec. 17. Th ateamer Alpha foundered on a rock on the east coast of Vancouver Island and Is a total wreck. The captain, thre engineers, the managing owner, purser and three seamen were drowned. News of the disaster was brought here tonight by the steamer Czar from Union bay, on the east side of Van couver Island. The famous steamer Alpha, whose unauthorized trip to Cape Nome last May brought her Into con flict with the treasury department at Washington, wan wrecked on a reef near the entrance to Union bay and not a vestige of the one thousand-ton steamer remains. Nine persons were drowned and tha remainder of the crew of thirty-four were saved by the pluck of an unknown member of the ship's crew, who swam In a raging sea from the wreck to. the lighthouse with a line around his waist. Drowned: Sam Barber, of Vancou ver, managing owner; Captain F. B. Yorke, of Victoria, master; Engineer Dunn, of Victoria; Second Assistant Engineer Murray, of Vancouver; H. L. White, purser, of Vancouver; Crosby and Sullivan, able bodied seamen; stow away, unknown. The ship Alpha wan valued at $13. 000. Her cargo comprised 750 tonn salt salmon and 354 tons of coal, con signed to Yokohama and valued at $S9. 000. It has been two weeks since the Al pha first started from Vancouver for Japan. After she had been four day out she returned to Victoria partly disabled and accusations of tampering with her engines were made. Some of the crew and several officers left th steamer declaring that she had been Improperly loaded and one of the offi cers was tried and sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment for desertion. Last Saturday the Alpha left Vic toria for Union to replenish her coal supply. A terrific gale was raging and late Saturday night the steamer ran on a rock at Baynes sound at the entrance to Union bay. She waa quickly dashed to pieces and an would have perished had not one of the crew made a desperate and successful effort to swim with a line to ihe lighthouse on Yellow island. In the raging sea only part of those on the ill-fated ship managed to reach safety, the officers and owners remaining on board last and falling to reach the rock. The twenty-five survivors remained on Yellow Island, which Is a roik 20 yards wide, until Monday right when the sea moderated somewhat and a' ?loop wag able to call and take them to Union. RUHLIN FIGHTS MAHER. Six-Round Exhibition Contest at Phila delphia. PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 17. Gus Ruhlin and Peter Maher met tonight at the Pennsylvania Athletic Club In a 6 round contest that proved to be one of the fastest and most furious bouts of that length between heavyweights which has been seen for some time. Under the local laws no decisions are permitted, the Judgment as to the outcome being left to the spectators. The concensus of opinion waa that Ruh Un clearly outclassed the Irishman. FOR . n ? 1