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'.it 4 VOL. LIU ASTOKIA, QKRGOX. PKI'.UY. CEBRUARY 22, 1901. NO. 46 3yf0ffe.1t. The Superior Ranges ARE . . . ACKNOWLEDGED BY ALL WHO HAYE USED THEM TO BE WITHOUT FAULT For Sale In Astoria Only by the . ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. AHTOI1IA, OIIBOON Book Bargains :00 Clot!) Iluiui.l lluoks, ( !i(i(l - - "0 Title, I'in.liiigun.l Author. . . . I OK itp I Just the Kind for These Long Winter Evenings Five Volume Srtx (if Kipling, KiisHH.IIolim-NjlN.ty.Mca.lo Cl 7CJ Ppi Cpf uiul other good author .... s" l vl OCl GRIFFIN & REED AMERICAN BISCUIT COMPANY'S Macaroons, Walnut Creams, Arrowroot, High Teas, And Many Others, Fresh and Crisp. RALSTON'S HEALTH FOODS, -AU VAHIBTIRS " FISHER'S RESI"CORVAUI$ FLOUR CHASE G SANBORN'S FINE COFFEES ROSS, HIGGINS & CO. Fishing Supplies... Headquarters LOWEST PRICES. Foard 8 Stokes Co. A LONG ROW Of our new and up-to-date Air tight Heaters nre still on hand. We figured on considerable cold weather and purchased on un usual quantity; but the weather lias moderated, consequently sales r i haw been slow. Wo are ovcr Wt J 1 SCUlIVf stocked and must have the room. From now on these splendid heat 431 BOND STREET, ing stoves will be sold at a reduc Betweei Ninth mil Tenth Streets tioil of 20 per cent FOR CASH. c. CHARD, Commission. Brokerage, Insurance and Shipping:. Custom House Broker. ASTORIA, ORE Agent W. F. AOo, and Psoifle Bispreaa Co t. OWNERS OF TRAPS AND WHEELS WIN Senate Finally Struck Out Fulton Amendment. OREAT SPEECH OP PULTON Ailorlaa Secured Recoailderalloa but to Ne Avail Aatl-Crbctl Porcti Voted lor William Veiter-day. Hp?ra to The Antorlnn.) HALICM, Feb, 21 The senate spent the entire evening considering the ftsh- Inar bill ami left it tonight In i-mctlt-ally th.- Kuinu condition In which It wa received from the house. Ycttrday evening Fulton mcur.-d an amendment tn the Mil prohibiting the operation of traps, wheel, etc.. on the fnluinhlK t ti'l It tributaries. The bill was then r 'imm'-nilcil to the fishery committee for the purpose of Insert lK t li'T amendment ami when It mu reported Lack tonight the committee KKllllMI'llcl,, thill pltSH with Hll aim n.tmciii providing that the owner tint on exception ecnpd with slight puMlHlimint. . The stir caused by Hepburn munch, however, wo inllila compared with the row which wa kicked up over norm; Item tn th bill for extra compensa tion to the employ! of the house. Dinriorv, of Arkansas, exposed the fiirt that one of' the employe of the hnuse, while occupying (,m poMiilon win drawing aalury for another ami Hint the dlnVr.-nee between the salar-li-a was to Ik made up In om of the Iti-iiiM of the bill. Thin l;d to the general ventilation of thv ijunatln affair of the iiou. during whlrh Bailey, of Texas, declar ed '.lint the situation wax a scandal upon the Integrity of the house, lis churK'(' that thi-re were employes of the hou who were dlvUIng their nal-ai- with r.thora who perfi rmed no work and ( halli-n-,-'d any one on the other nM" to dny hla allegntlona. liallt-y offered a ren!utien for the aiiolii(ni.iit of an IiiV'-hUicuIhk com rnltl'v, which waa referred totheeoin mltl.v on ruhn. The general deficiency iir)ii'iirlutoi: bill the luxl of the ap liK'i'i'lutlon blllK wua pHto'l. TIME FOR CIVIL GOVERNMENT NEAR Administration Only Awaiting Word From Judge Taft. TWO CONSULS SUSPECTED Ten IUI ItAIMtOAH WltWK. Killed and Twenty. Five Injured on ivn'mylvanla Hailnud. rill.NCKTON. N. J., Feb. 21.-jne of the worat collldona In the hlxt'iry of the A n i boy divixlon of the 1'ennnylva iila iHllroad (x-curred ut t:3" o'clock Ihlit afternoon m Kuhuhjch nliin. mur of Irapo. whe- ln, tc., hIihII be paid the j "" lenlow n, and alxut el'lit mil. a viilu. Ilienof by the utate. Wtllliiiiimni and J"liiirtui favored lhl iiin.-iKltipiit, colli. n. linn ttat If the ti.i, and wlii-i'ln are to In li-giwluted i, nt of urn the mute Hhould pay for th' in. Fulton did nt approve of thin but would mi Inn It to the auiemlinent to Hulk" the bill Ki'infaotory to the up per nver people. It wan estimated Hint to pay for thee murhlnea would out from IVi.fioo to 3W).(KK), With thin amendment the bill wan loet by a vote of 6 to the tin in Ihtk of the com mittee voting ngalnnt the bill. Fulton ( hanged din vote to "no" and moved rec(.iinld. -ration. In Kpcaklng In favor of thin motion he made mi carn at, eloquent and jKiwerful ajipeul for "the prot-ctioii of (rgon'a grcatetit In JuMiy from drtrui tlon by thote dam nablf machine." 11 denounced the coiiiiiilttee oh unfair In recommending an rim. lolnicnt which they would not thrmMve aupK rt and pleaded with1 tin mnnte to r'Cnlder the vote and Mrlkc out the amendment which It o n nut horn rejected. Johnnton and Willlanwn ojiponed the motion but It cprrbd by a good ma jority. All the twnntoni Intervated then trot together and agreed upon amend menm by which the cl.iuxe prohibit ing trnpM on the Columbia and Its trib utaries and the clnune providing for eompcrifuttion to their owner were Htrlcken out. Thl! in a victory fur the owner of the flnh wheel and trap.. President Fulton by taking the floor achieved n remarkable personal tri umph In securing the reconsideration (.f the meaaure. once beaten by a large vote, but It availed him nothing. Fulton' ref-ree bill passed today, t'orbett again received his full strength of thirty-four votes today. The opposition, with the exception of Col- vlg, I"lmmlck, Hume, Kuykendall. Mc- Oreer, Marsten and A. C. Smith, of Multi on ah, who again voted for Her mann, voted for ueo. H. Williams. William received 22 votes, Hermann 7, nd Inman 27. Inman voted for Iten- nett. south of Trenton Th- "Nellie lily" expreiot from New York for Atluntic City collided with pame-ngrr train No. 3J0. running tu,m Camden to Trenton. The number of dead o far aa known Ih ten and the In jured upward of twenty-five. A siKciitl train which arrived at i o'clock from the scene of the wreck brought four dead bod lea and eighteen wounded. Among the killed wan Wal ter Karl, the engineer of the express, and James Hlrlghuin, th baggage maMer of the local train. The two trains collided at full ipecd and both engines were completely de molished. The forward cars of each train, In both Instances of combination bagg ige and smoker, were entirely de molished also, and the wreckage took tire. The second car of the "Nellie Hly" turned over on Its side and the pasHi tigers had to climb out through Hie windows. Said to Have Aided lasurgeoU-Admloisira lloa Not Ready to Aaooaoce Policy Refardlof Land Held by Friars. WASHINGTON. Feb. ZJ.-Ait-ordlng to lat advice from the Philippine com mlwlon. the time for the establish ment of civil government In the Phil ippine Is near at -and. It as stat ed at th- war department that civil goveriim'-nt would b establirhed as coon as Judg. Taft reports that con ditions in the Mands Justify such ac tion. It is generally understood Judge Tuft would be the first civil governor of the inlands and that General Chaffee will siic-.y-d Oncntl Mac-Arthur In command of the milit;iry forces. WASH 1 XOTON I.KG ISIATt'KE. Both House Have Adjourned Till Monday Afternoon and Will Visit Everett Today. OMMPIA, Feb. 2I.-The houe and senate this afternoon adjourned to meet attain m-xt Monday at 2 o'clock. Tomorrow they will visit Everett. In the houHe this afternoon Hallet's inheritance tax Ww was passed with few amendments. The house and senate this afternoon parsed the well-known Jones reappor tionment bill, which Increases the pres ent representation in the legislature from 1U to 125 members. The bitter est fight was made on the bill by the Democrats, M Tritt, leader of the house, going so far as to declare that the gov ernor would veto the measure. HEN8ATIONS IN IIOCSK. Chaises Brought Against oiiicer of Army and Navy and Employee of House. WASHINGTON, Feh. 21. This was another field day in the houst?. Two distinct sensutlons occurred. Early In the day, .luring the consideration of an amendment to the deficiency appropria tion bill to prevent -basing nt the nav al academy, Hepburn, of Iown, used exceedingly stronjr language .hllt In veighing against the practice of hill ing, charging by Indirection that the habits of tyranny and oppression form ed thus by the officers of tho army and navy vere responsible for the re fusal of sailors to enlist In the navy nnd the lst.-re number of desertions from the army. Moreover, he alleged that the officers stood by each othrr when In trouble, saying that the com mnnders of twenty-five vessels of the navy lost since the civil war had with CIT.AN CONSTITl'TION SIGNED. Clsneros Would Not Sign It but Said He Would IV Heady to Fight America When Time Came. HAVANA. Feb. 21. The Cuban con stitution first submitted by the central committee to the convention at the pub lic session January 21 was signed to day. Senor Clsneros created a sensa tion bv refusing to sign. Senor Tama yo rettiitrktd: "We are all Cubans, senor." Senor Cisnero! replied: "Yes, when the time comes to fight the Amierlcnns, we will fight them to gether." Senor Capotte, president of the con vention, wl'l deliver the document to General Wood tomorrow. STEEL TTtrST'S OFFICERS. John W. Gate Still at the Head Hoard of Directors. of NEW YORK. Feb. 21. The new list of officers of the American Steel and Wire Company was announced today. It shows John W. Gates still at the head of the board of directors, as well as a leading member of the executive committee. REMOVAL, SALE Commencing Monday, February 4, We shall niako tlio following prices; Iron Beds with brass knobs &3.00 Iron Beds with full brass rail 6.00 Extension Tables $4.SO and up Our Combination Book Cases and Writing Desk we make a 20 per cent discount from regular prices. Par lor Chairs Reduced in price. On Carpets, Hugs, Linoleum, Window Shades, we give 10 per cent from regular prices, which includes, Sewing, Laving and Taper. ' CHARLES HEILBORN & SON 'Nsri.S AIDED INSCIiGENTS. MANILA. F.b. 21. Francisco Keyes, the Italian consul, is charged with the fir-iilation !n the Philippine of a news paper called "The Filipinos Antes Au roha," publish' d in Madrid by his brother. Manuel IVypoch. hr consul for Uru guay in Manila, is alleged to have act ed as a milium for the exchange of money In Manila used under the direc tion of the Insurgent general, Trims. Manuel Lop-8, a millionaire shipown er and brother of Sixto Lopes, Agoncil lo's secretary, has been in Jail for sev iral days on a charge of purchasing quantities of cattle from the insurgents ( f the Island of Mindore. No POLICY ANNOUNCED. WASHINGTON. Feb. 21.-Secretary Hoot has made answer to,. the resolu tion of the senate calling on him for Information as to the extent of the holding of D.nds by religious orders In the Philippines and as to any declara tion made by him or obligation assum ed respecting the disposition of these lands. The secretary by way of answer re fers to the president's instructions of April 7, 1900. to the Philippine com mission, directing the commission to endeavor to Investigate the land titles of religious orders and to endeavor to atford Justice and settle these In a man ner to safeguard property rights and equalities. It is add-d that no one In behalf of the United States government has entered into any obligation, other than that set out l:i the peace treaty. In regard to these lands, nor has any policy been announced. The commission has stated the result of its inquiries, under this Instruction, lu Its report, especially in the sab-divisions entitled "The Friars," "Public Lands" and "Land Titles and regis tration." The commission has especial ly Investigated the San Jose college claim and referred it to the supreme court of the Islands. GOVERNMENT TO OPERATE LINE. SEATTLE, Feb. 21. The quartermas ters' department is negotiating for the purchase of the big freighter Ping Suey. of the China Mutual line, which ar rived here Tuesday to load for. her first voyage from Seattle to London. The government Inspectors examined her yesterday and the quartermaster's men looked her over today. The price offered for her outright is in the relgh borhood of one million dollars. The department will in th? future, follow the policy of buying steamers instead of chartering them by the day. The government vill In a short time start a line of v ;i 1 ere and the Philippines. Two more ships will also be purchased by the depart ment. MOVEMENT OF TRANSPORTS. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 21. A ca-go of 3000 tons of general supplies for the armv in the Philippines was taken by the steamer Wyefleld, which sailed yes terday for Manila direct. The freight transport Sariioa, which carried horses from this port for the German army In China and was later purchased by the United States govern ment for th transport service, left Na gasaki on February 18 for this port. The transport Rufford, with returning volunteers on board, left Nagasaki for San Francisco on the 19th. The In diana. Meade and Pennsylvania, also bringing volunteers, are dua here with in the next few days. tion, the trade Is at sea a to It pos sible effect which no one whatever who ha connection with the Industry can escape. A large capitalization, and the fact point In tht direction, means very heavy fixed charge, which In turn would imply the ability on the part of the outsider. Certainly no new en terprise would enter the list without very Htibstantlal financial backing and with ample provision for raw mater ial. Until the price paid for peace among the Interests :o be gathVred In Is known, it I Impossible to Judge high or low. All will depend upon the management, which must be broad and tactful. Crowding price would be fatal In many way. Leading men point out that the true policy must be to secure economies and share them with the conkumers. In other words, the plan must be to persistently lower price. With control of everything from the ground up, there will be little excuse for fluctuation anJ a steadying of the markets must be a natural result. If It were not' that the situation in steel biilet 1 peculiar, one of the b at point should be a lowering in the nrlce. which would do much to allay public opinion. SEVERE FIGHTING IN SOUTH AFRICA Fourteen Hundred BoersRepulsed by Methuen's Force. SCORES DEAD AND WOUNDED WIRELESS TELEG RA PH Y. Rolling of Ship Impaired Success Experiments. of NEW YORK. Feb. 21. The sb am.-hlp Georglc, which arrived last night from Liverpool, has on board a passenger. Mr. Shorman. who had charge of the experiments with! wireless telegraphy on the Georglc off Browhead. Mr. Shor man said that be sent message to Browhead from a distance of over thir teen miles and received replies, dui could not receive messages farther than that owing to the fact that the rolling of thv ship somewhat disarranged his instruments. This was not the Marconi system but was Invented by Mr. Nell Markline, Piccadilly, London. The Instrument on the vessel was at tached to the metal of the ship and connected with wires which were at tached to fore and aft stays of the steamer. The lnnuence whicn conveys the message in wireless telegraphy Is able to pass readily through Insula tors, such as .in a glass, but Is ab sorbed to a very great extent by all conductive materials, especially by sheet metals. IN NATIONAL SKN'ATE. Pneumatic Tube Service Eliminated Fnm Postofflce Bill. WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. In the sen ate today after a prolonged contest the aproprlatlon for the pneumatic tube service was eliminated entirely from the postofflce appropriation bill so that as the bill stands now the service will have to be discontinued after the first of next July. It was decided to begin holding night sessions tomrrow night. KIDNAPPER ARRAIGNED. Callahan Pleaded Not Guilty on All Three Counts. OMAHA, Feb. 21.-James Callahan. the alleged kidnapper of Ed Cudahy, jrv was arraigned for hearing before Judge Vlnsonhaler in the county court this morning. Three complaints grand larceny, robbery and false Imprison mentwere read to him, to all of w hich he pleaded not guilty. The hearing was continued until Monday. His bail was fixed at $2500 on each count, which he did not furnish. Proclamitloa ol Prcildeat Steya sad Oeteral De Wet Chartei Engl!! Willi V to la tioa of Cittona af Civil- ... lied Warfare. LONDON, Feb. 22.-The war offlca has received the following from Lord Kitchener: "Klerksdorp, Feb. 21. Methuen'8 forct marchsd here having cleared tha country through , Wolmarestadt. At Haarthbeestefertrir. fourteen hundred Iloers under Generals De VII Hers and Llnebenerg opposed him. They held a strong position obstinately but were turned out after severe fighting In which the Yeomanry, Victorians, Bush men and Lancashlres distinguished themselves. "Our casualties were three offlcera and thirty men killed and five officers and twenty-five men wounded. The Doers left eighteen dead on the ground .ind suffered ev-Tdy." PROCLAMATION BY DE WET. ' POUT ELIZABETH, Feb. 21. A proclamation has been issued by Presi dent Steyn and General De Wet It ?ays: " The war which fias been forced up on the Transvaal republic by the Brit ish government still rages over South Africa. All the custcms of civilised war fare and also the conventions of Gene va and The Hague are not observed by th enemy, who have not scrupled to caoture doctors and ambulances and deport them In order to prevent our wounded from getting medical assist ance. ... "Hundreds of women and tender chil dren "have" not only been"" treated roughly but have been Insulted by sol diers by order of their officers. Mora over, old mothers and young- women have been raped." . ARRESTED IN JOKE. St. Paul Men Wrongfully Accused of Participating In Cudahy Kidnapping. ST. PAUL, Feb. 21.-Patrlck Husaey,' of this city, was arrested today on a warrant sworn out by John M. Bautn, an Omaha detective, on a charge of being concerned in the kidnapping of young Cudahy. John F. Lane, alias Terry, was arrested last night on th same charge. Both men have been re leased and the police consider the af fair a huge Joke. CAPITAL OF 80O,00O,0OO. " : Copy of Charter of New Steel Com pany Taken to County Clerk's Office. NEW YORK, Feb. 21. According to the Mail and Express, the copy of the charter of the new steel company with its capital placed at t'00,000.000 .. was taken to the office of the county clerk in Jersey City this afternoon. EFFECT OF STEEL COMBINE. True Policy Must Be to Persistently Lower Prices. NEW YORK. Feb. 21. Anent the steel situation, the Iron Age today says: , ' Pending the official announcement of I the details of the Morgan.' eahsbHda- i -j At this season the housekeeper must look specially after the baking powder. As she cannot make good cake with bad eggs, no more can she make cake that is light, delicious and dainty with inferior baking powder. Royal Baking Powder is indispensable for the preparation of the finest food. It imparts that peculiar lightness, sweetness and flavor noticed in the finest cake, biscuit, doughnuts, crusts, etc., which expert bakers say is unobtainable by the use of any other leavening agent. The " Royal Baker and Pastry Cook " containing over 8oo most practical and valuable cooking re ceipt free to every patron. Send postal card with your full addreu. There are cheap baking powders, made from alum, but Ihrf (re ex ceedingly harmful to health. I heir strinftent and cautermng qua'itir add a dangerous element ( food. AOVAl BAKING POW0EH CO.. 100 WILLIAM 8T NtW VO ."