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' ''''' ' ri, . , 9 ' 4 ' mmnn VOL, Lil. ASTOIUA, OREGON. SATURDAY. DECEMBER tt, 1900. M. 151 WE ARE SELLING AGENTS IN ASTORIA FOR BRIDGE, Superior Steel Ranges BEACH Sylph Heater tfi CO.'h Olio Heater COLE Hot Blast Heater for Coal MFG. Dome Top Heater for Wood CO.'h Russia Iron Heater lor Wood Wo uIho iiiiuiufiicttiro a Rtiiwia Iron Queen Nenter for Wmm1; TIkwj eomjriw tho bt-Kt lino of tove in the ntuto. Wo noil no wcoihI-cIuhm atovw. An in Hjtwtion of our lino of stoves will pay you, ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. . . .CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. ; . To miit wrylrtxly, oM iml voting bij; unl liltlo. Our Mock novel was ho itunphto tr priei-x ho ri-uMiiial-li'. I!K'kM in all htylw of liiuling'. ALlil MS. IJ1IJLCS AXI) I'KAYEK HOOKS, WATEKMAS'i5 I'OLX TAIX IT.XS, CELULOII) NOVELTIES, BOHEMIAN WAKE, LEATHUK liOOOS. MLVCK XOVCLTICS, GOLD IT.XS AXI) HOLDEKS. riCTlKES, ETC., AXI) THOUSANDS OP OTHEK INEXPENSIVE GIl'TS. . . Auk to 8io Hilly Gowo ami Mr. Runny and liiu book, the two leading juveniles of tho year. GRIFFIN & REED Extra Fine Xmas Beef, Turkey., Geese, Chickens, etc. Candles, Fruits and Nuts of All Varieties, Plum Pud ding, etc., f - , ROSS, HIGGINS & CO. FOR CHRISTMAS prime... TI EASTERN 1 UKKClO ORDER EARLY Foard 6k Stokes Co. A LONG ROW ranannKnsnnnns can AW W. J. Scully, 431 BOND STREET, Between Moth and Tenth Streets tion C. JF. TRENCH. Commission. Brokerage, Insurance and Shirking. WE ARE READY FOR THE CHRISTMAS RUSH With a Huge Stock of Good Things Of our new and up-to-date Air tight Heaters aro still on hand. Wo figured on considerable cold weather and purchased an un usual quantity; but tho weather has moderated, consequently sales have boen slow. Wo aro over stocked and must have tho room From now on these splendid heat ine stoves will bo sold at a reduc of 20 per cent FOR CASH Custom House Broker. ASTORIA, ORE Acot W. F. A Co an, htclflo Ezpreu Co'i. RIVER AND HARBOR APPROPRIATIONS Bill Completed Last Night and Figures Given Out. CONGRESS HAS ADJOURNED Mouth of Columbia Will Oct 11,90,0000; Lower Wlllinctlt tai Columbia, $221,000: Tlllimook Bay tad Bar, $27,000. WASHINGTON. Dec. 2l.-The river anil harbor bill was completed tonight and Chairman Burton gave out a statement showing the amounts appro prludil. The tout ,1 approximately KAO'W.MO, of which about 123,000,000 la on direct appropriations anil itlxiut 137. (KpO.000 la the authorisation of contract for ronilnuoiin work. Compared with former river and har bor bill the present one la the second largest in record and after the senate him added amendmenta It la represented thut It Hill be well up to If not ahead of III! previous record. Some of the Item are; Oregon Tillamook bay and bur, cash, I27,O"0, Washington OlyrnpU harbor, canh. I2S.0: Taroina. cash, JM.OftO. Columbia river at the rascsdes. caih, 3O,(i00. Mouth fif the Columbia river,' cai-h, Um.ftm, contracts, $l.&no,noo. Lower Willamette and Columbia river b"low Portland, ranh. 1221.000. Wlllnmetto rlv er hIh)V Portland and the Yamhill riv er. i-4Kh, $70,000. The Coqullle river, genera; Improvement. HOW). The Sius law river mouth, cah. ll't.onA. F'ram Inntlona, survey and contingencies of river and harbor lnpi-Uon. brldRes, ftc. canh, $200,000, ruocF.nniNos in penatk. WAFHINQTON, Dec. 21.-.M 12:10 p. m. the senate adjourned until Janu ary 3. No bunlnwa was trnnnacted to ny, The news if the death of Mrs. William P Fry, wife of the president pro tm. of the senate, wa conveyed urfldnlly to the body, and out of respect to her memory Immediately the ad journment was taken until January S, 1901. Senator Fairbanks of Indiana, called the body to order, and Hev. Dr. W. H. Mllhurn pronounced an Invocation. The secretary then read a letter from Senator Frye, appointing; Senator Fair bank presiding- officer during; his ab sence from the senate. Meantime a conference of senators had been held as to the order of busi ness. The reading; of the Journal was suspended, and at 12:05 p. m., on motion of Mr. Hour, the senate adjourned un til January 3, 1901. PROCEEDINGS OF HOUSE. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-Wh.n the house met today there was less than 100 members on the floor. The- major ity of the members had already de parted for their homos to spend the holiday recess. The chaplain In his In vocation referred tenderly to the deaths of Mrs. Frye, wife of Senator Frye, and Congressman Wise, of Virginia. After the approval of the Journal some rou tine minor business wua transuded by unanimous consent. Jones, of Virginia, then announced the death of Representative Wise, which oc curred at WIlllamsburK. Va.. this morning;. He offered the customary resolutions, which were adopted, and the speaker appointed a committee to attend the funeral. Then at 12:25, as a further mark of ...OUR STOCK Of HAS JUMT On account of their kto arrival we have put an ex ceedingly low price on them. The line includes Handsome Morris Reclining Chairs with Reversible Cushions upholstered in Velours. Largo Mahogany and Golden Oak Arm Chairs upholstered in Leather and Imported Tapostries. Also a large assortment of Re ception Chairs. In Framed and Unframed Fietures we have the largest assortment ever carried in Astoria. OUR PRICES ARE THE LOWEST CHARLES HEILB0RN & SON rehpect to the memory of the deceased, the bouse adjourned until January 3, 1901. ADMIHHION OK ARIZONA. WASHINGTON, Ix-e. 21.-Th srate cotniiilitee on territories today heard arguments by Governor Murphy and Delegate Wilson, of the territory of Arizona, In support of the Mil for tin: admission of that territory as a state. They dwelt cs'clal!y upon the marked Increase in the population of the ter ritory, and urged that It contains both population and wealth sufhVfc-nt to Jus tify the conditional form of g-wernment for which the bill provides. ENGLI8II PRESS COMMENT. U)NIM)N, Dec. 21. Nearly all of the morning; paper have editorial on the actum of the United State senate In connection with th Hay-Pauncefote treaty. They express regrrt rather than surprise at the supereesHlon of the Clay- 1on-HulwiT trenty and unanimously de clare that It w ill be Impossible for Grat llrltaln to accept the amended treaty. "Th United States ha struck us a hard blow," say th Dally News, "at the fundamental principle of good fulth among- nations, at It own reputa tion and at the very constitution of the great republic." "We are thankful," says the Dally Chronicle, " that the senate sloped short of amendments obviously deslgn- id to wreck the whole proceedings. We believe that a compromise Is still possi ble, as the resource of diplomacy are not yet exhausted." Then? Is a strongly evident d- slre to do everything reasonable, as the Dally Chronicle euKgy-sts, y mevt the view of the Americans In all the comments. Heveral papers, however, consider it out of the question that the Brltlnh govern- mint should for a minute accept or dlw uss th? amend -d treaty. The Standard argue on this basis. while "recognizing in the fullest man ner that President McKinley has labor ed earnestly combine American aspir alions with dvllcate regard for Interna tional obligations." It says: 'Time Is on the sldj of a friendly and satisfactory settlement. No harm will be done If the whole transaction Is left a It Is until March, when we may W'pe the new senate may meet the ques tion In a fresh spirit." The Dally Telegraph, which thinks It Is a matter for compromise, ay! "Our existing treaty rights cannot be superseded In the summary manner gome senator seem to Imagine, but no body In England desire rigorous In sistence on our clulm and privilege. The mere fact that a ratification of the amended treaty Is desired in America would naturally lead us to review our own position and to attempt to find some middle way of amicable agree ment." The Times make no comment. HAZING CASE CONTINUED. Testimony of the Cadet With Whom Booi Had Hi Fight. WEST POINT, N. Y., Dec. 21. The military court martial Inquiry Into the alleged brutal cases of haslng which are said to have caused the death of Roox and Rreth will not be able to fin tsh It work this week. Today the story of the fight Keller and Koo had on the sixth of August, 1S9S, was told by Kellar himself. Kel lar say: "In the'second round I thought Booi was going to put up a fight, but he bkuIii began running. I struck him In the "right eye and then on the stomach. He went down' altogether and, although the blow vn neither a knockdown nor knockout blow, he lay on the ground and was counted out." "Did you hit any blows In the re gion of the heart?" asked General Clous. "No, sir, I did ot." HOLIDAY CHAIRS... ARRIVED ANOTHER HITCH IN PROCEEDINGS Foreign Envoys Unwilling to Sign Preliminary Joint Note, LI HUNG CHANG OMNISCIENT Eavoys Absolutely L'atble lo Keep From Hit Ksowlcdte of Tbclr Proceeding -Gueadcll'a Columg Defeat Force of Boitri. PEKIN. Dec. 21.-Onee more there a pronounced hitch In the proceeding. The preliminary Joint note ha not yet been signed. Mr. Conger, United States minister, says he does not believe that there are hulllcl.-nt reason why It should not be s gncd In the near future and Sir I Ernst M. Satow, British minister, takes the same view. Chinese sources of information, how ever, say that there Is reliable authority for the statement that there I very j little chance at the note being signed for some time. The United States are looked upon by the Chinese a the only power really di hirlng to retain the integrity of the Chinese empire. INSTRUCTIONS TO CONGER. WASHINGTON. Dec. 21 Instructions were sent today to Mr. Conger at Pe kln to sign the agreement, which, ac cording to Pekln advices, already has bee.i signed by all of the other min isters at the Chinese capital. Th.'a In struction Is sent with some reluctance, because the agreement as It now stands does not completely represent the view of the United States government. But It Is believe! the most favorable com promise that could be reached, unless the negotiation are to be drawn out to a dangerus length, for all reports Indicate a growing spirit of unrest In China, owing to the absence of any form of native government In Chi U and the adjoining provinces. So the Unlttd States accepts the '"Irrevocable" con dition Imposed upon the Chinese gov ernment, though after all th's trou ble it U otdy a matter of form, for diplomacy knows no such thing as "ir revocable" agreement, A to the British condition that the occupation of Pekln and Chi LI is to continue, until China has given satis factory proofs of her intention to com ply with the conditions laid down in the agreement, it is said that this will not affect the status of the United States. Mr. Conger has, by direction of his government, notified the other ministers that the United States forces will not again be called Into China for the pur pose of occupation, that nothing more than a legation guard Is to be main tained by the United States, and the powers have accepted this condition. It therefore is expected here that the agreement will be signed before the end of the current month. BOXERS DEFEATED. BERLIN. Dec. 21. A dispatch from Field Marshal Von Waidersee, dated Pekln, December 19, says: "Guendell's column, marching from Shan Hal Kwan, successfully encoun tered a force of Boxers, December 14, at Tung Ling, near ihe eastern imper- i lal tombs. Fifteen Boxers were killed "One thousand Chinese regulars un der Fang Do Ling have been driven out of Lu Tai. They fled to the moun- I tains northwesterly c:i Guendell a ap proach." SECRETS DISCLOSED. PEKIN, D?c. 21. Yesterday's meet ng of the foreign envoys was protracted and somewhat stormy owing to the de sire to discover who discloses to the Chinese what every minister has pledg ed to keep secret. .14 Hung Chang In variably knows within two hours of the close of a meeting what has happentd. GERMAN OUTRAGES. LONDON, Dec. 21. "AH the govern- ments have approved the British amend ment," says the Pekln correspwdent of the Morning Post "and the demands will be presented to Chln89 plenipotentia ries without any suggestion of an al ternative. "On many grounds '.he Germans ore gaining a worse reputation for sever ity than the Russians ever had. The country Is practically In a defenseless state, moreover, because Count1' Von Wraldersee will not allow Chinese troops to do anything and the foreign troops are absent or engage! In looting. "It is stated that about ten days ago the German troops visited Tung Chlng and shot sixty lmperl.il troops who were engaged in suppiesslng Boxers and also killed thirty other Chinese, Includ ing three onverts They took 210 pris oners Including thirty natives attached to the Anglican mission. "In consequence of an appeal from the magistrates, however, the prisoners were liberated In return for the pay ment of twenty thousand taels. This punitive espeUit'ou was In ueaance of the understanding thst no such meas ure should be i.i ken pending tne ne gotiations. Th Gt-rmHris are an Id to have looted the plnte." STRIKE CALLED OFF. Railway Telegraphers Give In Without Obtaining Conce'fus. TOPEKA. Dec. 21.-Prvi.ld.nt Dolphin, of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, ha declared the strike of the opera tor on the Santa Fe off. General Manager Mudge would not express an opinion a to whether the men would be re-employed or not. He aid, however, that the Order of Rail road Telegrapher would not b recog nized under the present management. "Let the operator get new officer," he said, "and then we will talk with them." COMPANY MADE NO OFFER. HOUSTON. Tex., Dec. 21.-The strike of the telegraph operator it the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe railroad wa called off today. The strike was begun In Texas fifteen day ago. No concession were asked by the men or offered by the company as a preliminary to calling off the strike. KIDNAPPERS' LAIR FOUND. House in Which Voung Cudahy Was Kept Was Four Miles From Town. OMAHA, Dec. 21.-The result of 24 hours' work on the part of the police of the city and half a hundred de tective has brought to light the loca tion of the house In which Edward Cudahy, Jr., was held prisoner for near ly two days, from which he was re turned to hi home In this city Wednes day night. . . The house Is located four miles from the city and In a place of easy access but so situated as to allow the kid napper ample opportunity to lay and carry out their plan without moles tation from inquiring neighbors. . STREET FELL INTO MINE. Most Serious Cave-In In the History of Anthracite Region. PITTSBURG, Pa., Dec. 21. The cave In at the Ravine mine of the Pennsyl vania Coal Company, which commenced yesterday, continued today. Before noon the principal street of the city for a distance of 35 feet fell into the mines. The cave-in Is the most serious In the history of the anthracite region., It Is feared that other sections will also sink. The collapse was caused by the robbing of mine pillars. M KtNLEY MAY VISIT PORTLAND. Says He Will Tour Oregon and Wash ington In May if Nothing Prevents. WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. Senator Foster and" Representative Jones, of Washington, called at the White House today and Invited the president to ex tend his trip to San Francisco in May so as to Include Portland, Tacoma, Se attle, North Yakima, Spokane and other towns in Washington. The president readily consented providing nothing oc curred to prevent. WRONG NEGRO LYNCHED. Mob Is Now In Pursuit of the Real Murderer. GULF PORT, Miss.. Dec. 21. Henry Lewis, the alleged negro murderer of Marshal Richardson, haa not been caught though bloodhounds and a posse are still after him. The negro, Lewis, who was lynched here yesterday by a mob. It now ap pears was a cousin of the allcsed mur derer and wholly Innocent of the crime. EX-GOVERNOR WOLCOTT DEAD. BOSTON. Dec. 21. Former Governor Wolcott died at 3:40 o'clock this after noon. . . . ASK "Charles Carroll" "General Good" CIGARS TWO UN EQUALED SMOKES ALLEN & LEWIS, Distributors, Portland, Oregon ENGLAND ASKS HER COLONIES FOR AID Is Sending Mounted Forces as Fast as Possible. CAPE COLONY IN REVOLT General Fresco Put t Rout 2500 Boer Wto Fie In Disorder Leavn( Fifty Killed 3000 Extra Hones Ordered. LONDON, Dec. 22. -The war office made the following announcement last evening: ''In view of the general situation I South Africa the l.illowlng reinforce ments of mounted troops have been ar ranged: S0O will start next week.' Two oavaliy regiment have been ordered to Itave as soon as transports are ready. The colonial police will be increased to 10,000. "Deuchnvtnt will leave as fast a they are formed. A further draft of cavalry will be dispatched at owe. Australia and Nev Z-aJund h7 beea invited to send further contingents." "Thre thousand extra horses, beyond the usual monthly supply, have been contracted for." CAPE COLONY IN REVOLT. LONDON. Dec. 21. We understand that private cable advice have been received In London, says the London Daily Mall, to the effect that nil the districts of Cape Colony In the vicinity of the Orange river are In more or less open revolt and that there Is likely t be sharp fighting on a rather large scale before the Invasion la crushed. BOER FORCE ROUTED. CAPE TOWN. Dec. 21.-GeneraI Badger, commander of the newly raised colonial division, has been ordered to the front and will start tomorrow. At Thorndale, General French ha routed 2JO0 Boer with four guns and a pompom. The fight took place Decem ber U. The British had fourteen wound ed and the Boers fled In disorder with about fifty killed. DE WET'S ESCAPE. BLOEMFONTEIN. Dec. 20.-The de tails of General De Wet's ewape from the general encircling British columns, show that It was one of the boldest Incidents of the war. When Haa broek' command Joined De Wet, De cember 12, some fifteen miles eabt of Thala N'Chu. General Knox was only about an hour distant, and the Boer situation appeared desperate. But De Wet was equal to the occasion. Dis patching Haasbro?k westward to make a feint at Victoria Nek, General De Wet prepared to break through the British columns at Sprlnghau Nek. pass, about four miles ahead. At tie entrance were two fortified points; while artillery was posted on a bill eastward, watching the Boers. Suddenly a magnificent spectacle was presented. The whole Boer army o?250 men started at a gallop In open order through the nek. President Steyn and Petit Fourle led the charge and De Wet brought up the rear. The British guns near the drift boomed and rattled inces santly. The Boers first tvled the east ward route, but, encountering artillery, they diverged and galloped to the front of the hill, to the westward, where the fire of only a single post was ef fective. The whole maneuver was piece of magnificent daring and its success was complete in spite of the loss of a 15-pounder and twenty-five prUoners. The British force detached after Haasbroek came In contact with bis commando at nightfall. The Boer were scattered and the Welsh Yeo- tContlnued on Page Four.) FOR ... 5