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J ASTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. ' ''- ;-) r '" NM! II TV ! MM . VOL. LI 1 1. ASTOKIA, OKEGO.V TKIDAY, JAXl'AKT 4, 1901. NO. i rl I JiM V WE ARE SELLING AGENTS IN ASTORIA FOR BRIDGE, Superior Stool Ranges BEACH Sylph Heater & CO.'h Olio Heater COLE Hot Blast Hoator for Coal MFC Domo Top Heater for Wood CO.'h Eussla Iron Heater lor Wood Wo also nmnufncturo a RukhIu Iron Queen Ilenttr for Wood. TIioho coinpriw tlie bit lino of ntovwj in tho Mito. Wo noil no wH.'oiiJ-cliiHa stoves. An in fection of our line of etovc will jmy you. ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU If yoa have forgotten any one wo still have many article on hand suitable for New Yeur Gift NEW YEAR CARDS CALENDARS GRIFFIN & SOME SALT FISH SPECIALTIES fine Bloater Mackerel, Imported Holland Herring, Genlne Eastern Codfish, Salmon Bellies and Tips, Grimsby Bloater Herring, Etc. ROSS, HIGGINS & CO. FOR CHRISTMAS prime... TI IPlEVQ EASTERN 1 UllC lO ORDER EARLY Foard 6k Stokes Co. A LONG ROW I,,...-. - ---j,L have W. J. Scully, Ail BUnu blKtfci, me a m t a tt ak. n Betweei Niolk aad Tenth Streets tion C. Insurance and Shtccing. BOOKLETS DIARIES, ETC REED Of our new and up-to-date Air tight Noators are still on hand. Wo figured on considerable cold weather and fiurchascd an un usual quantity; but the weather has moderated, consequently sales been slow, we are over stocked and must have the room From now on these splendid heat . stoves will bo sold at a reuue of 20 per cent FOR CASH Custom l!ouxs Crr.iicr. ASTORIA, ORE Agent W. F. A Co and Paolfio Kxpreii Co l. BOER COMMITTEE SEEKS FOR PEACE Kitchener Issues Order Against Burning of Farm Houses. INVADERS STILL ADVANCING Voluotceri Or(ailie4 li Cape Coktiy-Mor Hopeful Fctllif li Leodo SI sea Lor Robert Took Ckarga t War Ollk. LONDON, Jan, i.-Advlci-a from Cap Town thla mornlnif are more hopeful, owing to the actlvt recruiting of local forca In all quart, and a better fwl Ing prfvalla In London, ba-d upon the proHprrt of Iird Roberta taking the relna at the war oinc. From Sydney, N. B, W,, It la reported that there la iult a ruh of men there anxloua to Join the new totiLinRent, COW) having volunlwn-d. Heorta of Lord Kitchen er'a conference with ihe burghers al ao t'-nd to remove anxiety. Th reniMirxhlp hua Junt pcrinltled newa of. the following eHe tentatlvea to etnunat from Irtorla: About the middle of December a num ber of prominent burgher who had submitted and were living In Pretoria dlntrlct formed a peace committee. The committee retolved to commence nego tlatlina and accordingly, In reiponae to auggeatlon. Lord Kitchener attend ed a inwtlrg December 21. Addressing It he taJd they could rely upon hla aa dtanc In every way calculated to bring tha war to a speedy close. No one, ho promised, would be aent out of the country. The committee, which Included Gen eral Cronje'a brother, promised to cir culate the apeech everywhere. Blnce the meeting order have been butucd against the burning of farm house un lesa It should be proven that the actual Inhabltanta had committed mlrdced. UDERS PLUNDERINa LOYALISTS. CAPE TOWN. Jan. J. Farm em com ing from Carnarvon describe the Boer a trawling In parallel cotumna with numeroua flunking partle iweeplng the country on horsea, plundering the loy a I lots and carrying off everything eat able. Here In Cap Town uch bualneaa men a are unable to eav are organ ising a town guard composed of lead ing cltlxena, The Hrltlsh battleship Monarch' to day lndM men and gun to relieve the tioop for aervlce northward. It la believed that the guns will be aent up the country. The lioorn of the Transvaal have been exceedingly active for the last ; week or to. dally attacking trains, con voy and Isolated post. In most In stancea they have been repulsed. Number of volunteer for the defense of tho colony were atarted today with the utnvwt enthusiasm. Millionaires and beggar are enthulaatlc with ar dor. ROBERTS AT THE WAR OFFICE. LONDON, Jan. 3. Lord Roberta went to the war office today, where he for mally t-Hk over the work of commander-in-chief of the forcea. He will be gin attendlni,- the war office at regu lar hour tomorrow. SOUTHERN PACIFIC BLOCKED. Unprecedented Snow Storm Has Stop ped All Trains In the Siskiyou. -ASHLAND, Ore., Jan. S. The unpre cedented snow storm which began Jan uary first ha been raging all day throughout the Siskiyou mountains. northern California and the canyon of Sacramento with unabated fury. At Ashland and the lower levels It has been raining, with snow at Intervals. The railroad condition on the south ern Padtlc Is not aa hopeful aa It ap peared last night and a blockade ex ists at Castle, seven miles below Duns mulr on the Sacramento division. Two local passenger trains and the Oregon express are south of that point, un able to get through. Southbound pas senger trains No. 15 and 11, which left Ashland yesterday, nave run as far as Dunsmulr, where they are held. No. JR, which left Ashlnnd at noon, hauled bv eight engines, had only pro ceeded aa far as Siskiyou, seventeen ...STYLISH DINING Side Boards, Dining Room Tables, Btificts, China Closets and Chnirs, all of which we aro offering at a very low price. A new lot of Iron and Brass Bedsteads just received. CHARLES HEILBORN & SON fmllM, up to 10 o'clock tonight. No. 11. due hi-re at midnight, will be held at Ahln1. Manager K'whli-r, superintendent and president, and Engineer (irohndal are it Dunsmuir overseeing th situation. No freight are -nt outh of Ashland. At 10 o'clock tonight enow lie all over northern California and the Hlsklyoua at from nix to t-n fert deeper than the previous record-breaking year, IW)-V). Ther it -leven fect of anow on a level at th railway crossing of th HUklyuus. alx ft at Yr-ka, nix at H!m('n, nine at Dunsmuir. Tho wind In blowing hard and the. fnow la drifting badly on ihi south Mi of th HUklyou while it la wet and heavy on the north aide. GOLD AND SILVER OUTPUT. Preliminary Report for the Calendar Tear Isrued by Director of the Mint. WASHINGTON. Jafl. S.-Oeorgc E. Roberta, director of tha mint, today made public hla preliminary report on the production of gold and silver tn tho United State during the calendar year 1900. Th .igr-gate of jjold la given an t79,322,2M and of silver $34.- S.C1. Tho Nome gold and silver production for 1AO0 given aa '.100.000 and that of the Klondike, which Includes both American and Canadian nV-ldx, J22,27.- The following Is the production by stutfN and territories In gold and In all- I ver: j State. Gold. Silver. California SM,377.2K) $ 912 80 Colorado 29.500,000 20.Si2.:') Idaho 2.067.173 4.M0.0O0 Montana 5,li.315 If'SQ.WO Oreg,m 1.175.762 1M00 Washington 2.tS73 300.000 P I NCR KB AS A PROPHET. Predict a Bloody Revolution Inside of Twenty-Five Years. LANSING, Mich., Jan. J. Both house of the Michigan legislature a ambled In olnt aetwlon today to hear the x-luaugural message of former Governor Plngree and the Inaugural message of Governor Bliss. Plngree attacked the court)., legisla ture and press. He also urged the leg islature to appropriate auflUient money to pay the expenses of the governor, faying' It had coat him IW.OOO during hi four years' term. In conclusion be aald: "I make the prediction that unless those In charge and in whose hands legislation Is reposed change the present svitem cf !neo,i)aJlty, In less than a quarter of a century there will be a bloody revolution in this great country of our." INJURED SALMON TRADE. . Hebrtws Refuse to Buy Canned Fish Became of Catfish Stories, Vf:W YORK. Jai. 3. The Journal' of Commerce says: It la stated In West Side canned go: circle that the matter of dis covering the author of the rumor or report recently published to the effect that coast packers of salmon were can ning Louisiana cattish and branding It 'as salmon has been turned over for the consideration of the United States fish commission. Th rumor or report. It appears, was taken seriously In cer tain anstslde quarters, particularly amorg the hebrews. Who. because of their religion, which prohibits eating or catfish, declined to buy salmon In many Instances. This action resulted In some loss of trade to canned fish dealers here. REAR-ADMIRAL DETACHED. Kauta Will Be Succeeded by Casey as Commander-ln-Chlef of the Pa rl!io Station. WASHINGTON. Jan. S.-The navy department today Issued orders detach ing Rear-Adnilral Kautx from his post a commander-in-chief of the Pacific station. Admiral Kauti retirement take place, soon. He will be succeeded by Rear Admiral Casey, commander of the Phil adelphia navy yard. Rear-Admiral O. (J. Sumner has been detailed from the command of the Tort Royal station and will Bucwod r.ear-Admlral Casey. ORFGON MAN FIRST.. Cadet Johnston in Examination Stood Ahead of His Classmates In Every Subject. WEST POINT. N. Y., Jan. S. Cadet Edward N. Johnston, of Oregon, a mem ber of the first class, appeared be fore the examining board In the semi annual examination as the first man In all the subjects of his class: engineer ing, ordnance and gunnery, law and history: an unusual distinction. PLOW COMBINE. CHICAOO, Jan. 3.-The Chronicle to morrow will say. A combination of rlow companies will be launched next week with a capital of J63.00O.0O0. ROOM FURNITURE... RUMOR OF MURDER OF VON WALDERSEE Said to Have Been Killed by an Officer of Allied Troops. AMERICANS NOT LOOTING But for louftairy Marten Gernm Mkc PboIIIvi Expedition Which Arc Merely Uotlcf Eicar iloas. PARIS, Jan. 3. Le Journal reports under reserve the death of Count Von Waldcnjee, the rumor being that he wa killed by an officer of the allied troop, the circumstance not being related. It Is said that the rumor is current In Berlin, where It is not afflrmd. PEACE IN SIGHT. BERLIN. Jan. J Count Von Wal derse cabled New Year" day: "Peac la In sight at last. Hurrah!" AMERICANS DID NOT LOOT. WASHINGTON. Jan. 3. General Chaffee has cleared himself of any sus picion of participating In any of the looting expeditions which are said In some quarters to be going on in China under the gulise of punitive expedi tions. MORE LOOTING PARTIES. NEW YORK. Jan. 3.-A dispatch to the Herald from Pekin says: The; punit've expeditions of the po' er proe to have been simply looting parties. Lieutenant-Colonel Vint, of the Sixth cavalry, met the Germans at Tang Hin, where the latter bad taxed the vil!agrs V.00 taels (12700) and 100 pony loads of furs as punishment for the alleged murder of Imaginary Chris tians, lie had express orders from Gen eral Chaffs to po-operate with the German, but withdrew. The ulterior motive and object of the Germans In reducing the province to a desert and inWtroing the last ves tiges of Chinese authority Is apparent, but why the American forces should be ordered to assist In the work' is not clear, OPEN DOOR IN CHINA. NEW YORK. Jan. 3. A jpecial to the Herald from Washington says: In the common-la! treaty to be nego tiatfd by th-? power wtth China, a provision will be Inserted, If this gov ernment can compass It, formally rec ognising the principle of the "open door." This Important step will be a surprise to the powers, all of which have ex pressed themselves as In favor of the preservation of the "open door," and it U believed that there will be no ODCn opposition In the proposal when made. At the same time. It would not surprise the officials should some of the powers urge that each nation make an independent convention with the Imperial government, thus securing op portunity to obtain special advantages. This danger has not been lost sight of by the administration, which will urge that but one treaty be made, and that In the nature of a reiteration of many important features of the old commer cial conventions, with such additions, including the "open door" proposition, as may seem desirable. In a dispatch received frym Pekln, Minister Conger expressed the opinion that the queotlons of the commercial relations of China and foreign powers and that of Indemnity would be the most dimeult to solve and most pro ductive of delay. The Chinese envoys, he said, had stated that their government was able to guarantee compliance with the con ditions imposed In the preliminary agreement. Germany may raise the (luestion whether the punishment of Boxer Icalers Is sutiiol -ntly severe, but this Is-not likely to Interfere with the conclusion of the negotiations. Minis ter Conger takes a hopeful view of the situation though he says he ex pects delay In the settlement of the in demnity and commercial treaty iiues '.ions. ' IN CAMP AT PEKIN. (Correspondence of Associated. Presa.) PEKIN, Pec. 1. The first few weeks of severe weather have tested the re sources of the foreign troops now here and the result ?ias been to remove any fears of grat privations during the wimer. The coal supply, while not plentiful.' Is sufficient and there is no dangerous scarcity of wood. General Chaffee has directed that the wood sup ply he husbanded and It Is believed that there will be Utile if any difficulty In maintaining the coal supply by camel train from the mines in the western hills. The American troops are under can vas and the winter camp Is an object of much Interest to the foreli-'n offi cers. Inspection parties from the Eu ropean forces daily visit Camp Reilly and express surprise at the resources displayed In making the tents comfor table. The men have adopted the meth ods used In the winter campaign in the Northwest and well banked tents, mat ting floors and bricked up Sibley stoves make the canvas homes as comfort able as barracks. The only serious dis comfort arises from the dust storriis. The gales drive the fine black dust through the heavy canvua and nothing is Impervious to It. The dust storms make out of door work practically im possible and ore the only drawback to the dry, brilliant winter of North China. Cpr3?r?ers have row b? inatnMM and there is ample supply of distill ed water, the ck of which had been keenly felt. ) The other contingents of the allied forces are housed li tbe city, with th exepti. in (4 the Rrltlxh. whose ramp is directly acr the plain a f" hundred yarl from Camp K'illy. The Krcn.'h are sail to be ronicwhat ihort ff winter supplies, but not to the point of deprivation. Foraging and scouting iiaitl.s of all tho force, exc-pt th Americans, r constantly In The fWd and h.m; d' troyfd many villages. The ilermans ar th mot actlv In '.his. and have pursued a s-ver policy of jvpripu.1 when sniped at, and In many Instances are r?fnrtid to have destroyed villains which hal ln spared by othr troop n'.-y- fekln. With the advent of col 1 weather have corw report of retlHnss In rnai.y of the village and to-vns where the hos tile element of Chine are reassemb ling, having been forced l, by ibe ces sation of suppll'. So far. however, there ha been no rllabi rews of any gathering of sufficient s'rength or nearn'-s in caune alarm. While there Is a large elmt, both civil and mil itary, who profess to believe that a renewed outbreak Is pnrfvable, the bst Itiformrd persons here do not share It. Ilotb General Chaffe and Mr. Conger, the American minister, have cxpres-e.) themcselv.'B as confident that ro danger Is to be apprehenled this winter. Trad? Is txing resumed and so far Hupplit from native sources are com paratively plentiful, thoueh they proba bly will not last Into mil winter, as th r.ear-by villa a have b-en pretty thf roughly cleaned ut ty foraging parties from th; European forces. SITUATION AT TIEN TSI.V (Correspondence of Ass'Kiated Press-.) TIEN TS1N. Dec. 1. The military sit uation here i.aa shown practically ro cliuiigf since enrly autumn. There has ben a slight reduction of the various forces at times, but the garnsont have, on the whoie, practically been main tained at the numbers heretofore stat ed in the Associated Press dispatches. The Russian contingent oaa betn slightly increased over the strength at firt determined. This la vnderstood to have been done at the suggestion of General Linovltch himself, who is said to have represented to St. Petersburg that two additional infantry regiments be added. Thee hav; now jirrlved here. In addition there are three squadrons of Coswacks and a light bar tery. With the departure of the Fifteenth I'iiitel States Infantry last week, the American contingent in Tien Tsln now consists only of two companies of th Ninth infantry under command of Ma jor Foote. The LiritUh s.nd German fore predominate. The British have sent back to India and down to Hong Kong a large number bf coolies who have suffered much frm the cold. The health of the troops is, on the whole. giwKi, though the Germans have had quite a large percentage of sick from fever and dyaenteric complaint. Navigation up the river has practi cally ceased. Ice has formed niphtly and the last fWt of Junks sent up have taken from etpht to ten days to reach Tung Chow. Winter supplies for all the forces are pretty well in, however, and with the ooening of the railroad to j Fekln, which Is expected within two or thre weeks, the greatest difficulty which the allies have faced will be re moved. The railroad is still the cause of con siderable friction. It is still held by the Russians, who apparently are not inclined to surrender It to any other control. There has been a disposition to lay the blame for the delay In put ting the rood through to Pekin on the Russians and from time to time the matter has come to the front tn a way to cause apprehensions of serious fric tion. It was recently stated that an agreement had been reached to turn cue road over to the Germans, but this has failed to materialize and It Is un derstood that the Russians declined to fulfill the agreement. They are paying the Interest on the lease to the Chi nese and British owners and thus re moving the greatest legal question In volved. Reports from the country a'.ong the grand canal and toward Pao Ting Fu indicate that there is still some rest lessness in the towns and villuges. There have been several scares of mass ing forces in that direction, but no reliable news can be obtained tending to Indicate danger. The Germans have installed a field teleerKoh line to Pao Ting Fu. and de- itachments are constantly on the road escorting supplies to the garrison there. Occasionally there have come reports of snlpiiyr along the route, hut the country is apparently quiet in that direction. The work of the American quarter masters' department here and at Tons Ku. is practically wound up and it is probable tl.at the depot will soon be closed. General C. F. Humphrey, chief quartermaster, will then go to Pekln. A large number of employes have been discharged and w ill be sent home on the Californlan and Atheniun, both due to leave within the next ten days. - INVESTIGATION OF HAZING. Congressional Committee Assemble at Philadelphia to Take Testimony. PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 3. The con gressional Investigation committee re cently appointed for the purpose of In quiring into ihe case of Oscar L. Boo, the former West Point cadet whose relatives believe came to his death as the result of having at the military aca aumr tu-ft veiiru a iro. n.ssemhle1 tn this city tonight. The committee will take testimony at uristoi, ra., rniiaueipnia and West Point. TRAIN BLOWN FROM TRACK. Several Passengers Reported Injured on Nevada, California and Oregon Railway. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3. A report has reached herei from Reno that a train on the Nevada, California and Oregon railway, north of Reno, had been blown from the track. Several passengers are reported injured. REVENUE RECEIPTS. For District of Oregon, Washington and Alaska. rOKTLANP, Jan. 3.-Tho recipes of hce for the district of Oregon. Wash ington and Alaska during the year I'M were $1,27S.2TL'. an Increase of JUG,! 12 over the previous year. SENSATION IN NATIONAL iiOiiSS Resolution Ccnccrnli2 RcJjci.: Southern Representation. DEFEATED BY CLOSE MARGIN Army Rcorjsalutic Bill Displaces Ship Sa. sidy Bill I Senj!e-Crc;lon of Urge SialIo Aratr Will Be Foojlil Ajslnst. WASHINGTON. Jan. S.-The radical element among the hous Republican who favor the cutting down of repre sentation from the Southern state la which the franchise Is abridged suf fered defeat today because a number of their colleague' refused to at-t wlta them. The issue was preelpluted quite un expectedly. The leaders had d.rreefi that the reapportionment bill should b taken up today but, before It oulti be called, Olmstcad, cf Pennsylvania, offered as a matter of privilege a reso lution reciting the allege,! abridgment of the suffrage In Louisiana, .Mls.sU slppl. South Carolina and North Caro lina and directing the committee on the census to Investigate and r-prrt tha facts to the house In order tlutt a con stitutional basis of representation could! be established for thiwe states. The resolution created a sensation. It was a surprise even to several of th Republican leaders. The lea.j.-rs on the Democratic side sought In vain to he4 off the resolution with points of order, but th speaker ruled against them. They began to filibuster, avowing that they would fight every prirpowitlon look ing to reduction of representation from the Southern States to the bitter end. Several of the Republicans were se cretly in sympathy with them and, their Indifference to the fate cf tho Olmstead resolution In the end gav the opposition Its victory of today. Many of thvm quietly paired with ab Pr.t Democrats, having th-jlr absent col leagues unpaired. As a. result, when the question of corctdjeration woa raised against the resolution It wa defeated by 81-83. The vote was a strict party one. Two Republicans. Landis. of Indiana, and Mann, of Illi nois, answered present but did not vote. The story of the defeat la found In the absentees on both sides who were un paired. Thirty-two Republicans were absent and unpaired against sixteen of the opposition. The situation with reference to tha apportionment bill is greatly compli cated as a result of the Injection of the Olmstead resolution. Chairman, Hopkins, however, is confident of vic tory for his bill. He thinks the Olm stead resolution may pass in a full hviuse and an Investigation may b made, but that the matter will en4 there. Irrespective of the resolution, how ever, he will press the reapportionment bill and thinks it will pass Monday. If possible he will displace private bill day after tomorrow with hU measure. ARM V BILL FIRST. WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.-Without a murmur of dissent and without a word of comment, the senate today dlsulaced the ship subsidy bill from Its privileged position as "unfinished business" and substituted for It ihe army reorganiza tion bill. During the discussion of the army measure, the opposition senators Indi cated that the line of attack upon the bill would be aaginst the creation of a large, permanent, standing army. There was an intimation that an objection would not be offered to a temporary measure to provide an adequat force to maintain tha authority of the United States in the Philippines. Beyond this point today's proceedings ievolojuni nothing. RETIREMENT OF GENERALS. WASHINGTON. Jan. 3. The senate committee on military affairs agreed to accept the amendment suggested by Senator Daniel to the army reorganiza tion bill for the retirement of General Fltzhugh Lee and General James K. Wilson aa brigadier-generals, and also agreed to the amendment fir the re tirement of Generil Shatter as a major-general. MONTANA METAL OUTPUT. Estimate by the United States Astayer at Helena. HELENA, Jan. 3.-The United Stales asssyer in charge of the assay office at Helena today announced bU es timate of the metal output of Montana, for 1900 as follows: Copper. $41.2l6,:r,0; silver. $21,607,300; Koid. HMO.Oi'O; lead, J'i'J 410. Total. $'iS,723.1fiO. JAMES NOT ELECTED. Brother of Noted Bandit Wanted to Doorkeeper In the MKourl IToo " of Representatives. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., J..r,. Fiank J-irt). -. t.f.tl.-r . f J ' V-ei vn.'-9 konrli tVi I ra (ft f for doorkeeper of the Miv.tirl rt'xr repr "r.tatives. On t'-.e t-' Janes received !':t !::' the second he v i: !'.-'.:-