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REPUTATION REPRESENTS PUBLIC OPINION Reputation represents rubllc opinion, How to get In your favor. Make a flrst-class. re liable article like the Char tr Oak Stove and Range. Every Charter Oak Is guar anteed. For sale In Astoria only by W. J. SCULLY. 431 Bond St., Between Ninth and Tenth. Typewriters. Many new improvements added. Seo our latest No. 2 Smith Premier Typewriter New Art Cntalogua Free . . . L- M. ALEXANDER & CO. KxoluHive l'aoillc Coast Dealers n t K tJ . l 11, Tt .1 1 n Cuatom Houho Broker. ASTORIA, ORF Asem W. P. A Co- and Pacific Kxpress Co s. CUBAN DELEGATION RECEIVED BY ROOT Given Little Hope That Amend, incnt Could Be Modified. DINNER AT WHITE HOUSE McKlslry Refaied to Talk Business-Prcsl scsl Stssrmss Advises That Cos ccssless Be uraoted-Aanci silos Not Wanted. WASHINGTON. April 2I.-The Cuban delegation w President McKinlev twice toduy, unre In the early pari ,f the div hT) thTe wr; exjrei"lons of rrl-ndhii rind iitfuJn at night when tlir nn-mbirs f th 'i.cKa.tln w'vre Kii-fitd i.f honr at .1 utate dinner ai th White IIiiuw. Tlie r-a bunlnejm which brought the dflejrtitlon here was not trarm tried. On preotdent saying lo the 'b-lcxit'.lmi thai h wouM confer wlih Hri'iaxy Rxt who would art a his repreM-ntntlve In cnfTenc over the Cuban mtuittl'n. The d'rica'lon and Brretary Roil were rloM-trd for mme hours In the aftcrniMin. Secrecy waa observed, the statement Ix lnir miule ;hat after rmults w-r mtclied somi' nws 0.1 to the con clnl ns rnlKht be m.vl public. Matters of importbne-e vcre not touhed urm In the Interview between the president nnl the deb-itates. the con-frn-nre belnic a!mt wholly Informal. Senor Capole In his address to the iireld'-nt spoke erf th d"stre of the I'ubnn to have the rlost pmurfble re lations with the Vnlte.1 mates. He aJ m Mnke of th- Rrathude which the Cubans felt to !he t'nIUxi States for nsKlstance rendered In her liberation. In rmxmf the president eipnused pleasure at meeting the deleiratlon and d-lred 'hrouKh them to extend the ktndem Ub'-s to the pliVe of the Isl and. It win ma.le cienr !o the Cuban by Secretary R't tha: no modification vt U- I'l.irt amendment cnj!d be ma4e by -he x.itlve .kfiarf ment of the Kov. rn lu'iii .in I the Cutift is themselves iindcrntniid that there Is little pon lilllty of ssi(fpe'l'in.l action In that (lllei tidtl. It It und t'.iv.I that the Culxinx are in,pres.d with 'he clr.. on the twtrt "f thlc pvernment to diJ fairly by Cii'm and the twll.-f t? expres-d ttuit ih- ib-li'irti'lon will take bme favorable reports f our intentloris. The delcpa ttoti inu'le io loniplunt of the present mllltsrv (fovernnvnt of O-neral Wood. COMl'IlNT AUAISST W(OP. NKW YORK. April ;5 The exact nature of the promUlons to be submit le, lv tl e Cuban eonimieulDners Is not known, says a Trbune sfwlal from WnshlnRtnn. They imve hell a rather long execu tive session at ?heir hrttalquarters In ihe Short-ham. th obivt of which. It w is announced, w as t devlde on a plan of procedure, but if they reached a con clusion they did not say so. Tint the commissioners with practi cally one voice will 1oJk with the pres. Idem some kind of "mmJ'Vnt against noveriior-Ui-nera! Wo si there Is scarce ly any room or doubt. Nor Is there any room for bulr; that thev will not In any way we, ken te pwsldent's confidence In that official. I'KOI'OSAU1? PROM iA'Hl'RilAN. ITHACA.. N. V.. April :S.-Presldcnt J. O. Srhuvman spoke last night bfotv the students of Cornell University In Library Hall on the Cuban situation. Ills recent return from the Island where he spent two week, enabled him to make the subject one of particular Interest, After a reviewlntr i the gen eral condition of the Tle, he touch ed directly upon the question of the Cuban opposition to the Tlatt amenl ment. He said In part: "It Is the revolutionary army and Its supporters who are rcpreented In the constitutional convention. That body Is nioi" ridlcal than the Cuban people n a whole. If It hesitates to adpt the FNatt amendment, tbe people who own property on the island would not. They fee that ihe Dntt amendment Is Indispensable to the -peace and pro tection of the Island and tbe prosper ity of Its people. "Still, I think preat consideration should be sh nvn for the men who won Cuban Independence, and, after all. the constitutional convention Is the only or snnlzed body authorized to express Cuban sentiment and opinion. I had tha honor week before last' of confer ring with two large delegations from the convention. In which were Include,! all of the members of the committee now at Washington. Their complaint was thres-fold, first they objected to the manner In which the Tlatt amend ment was forced upon them; secondly, they criticised It as a limitation of the sovereignty rights of Cuba; thirdly, they deprecatJd the omission of clause providing for freer commercial relations between Cuba and the L'n'.t-i-d Hut". The first objection, which Is a matter of form rather ' than of substance. Is now Irremediable and we need not dl eiisa Its merits. I believe the second objection rests on a misapprehension which President McKluley will In all pr-ibiblllty lie able to remove In a con-f'-renco with the committee; for the I'latt amendment, while continuing the historical policy of tbe T'nlted Slate toward Cubvt, may be fairly described as a guarantee if the Independence of Cuba and th formulation of th meins to protect It both against Invasion and dommtlc disorder. The third objection will In my Judgment prove th hard est to overcome. "liut the convention Is not In a way of success when they propose: a lower dutv on sugar as a quid pro quo for their acceptance- of the Piatt amend ment, which Is quite as advantageous to Cuba as to the United States. Let them on the contrary accept the Piatt amendment, which in substance Is In dispensable to Cuba as It Is expedient for the Unit1! States, and then let them appeal to the great heart of the American people to furnish a market with proper protection for home Indus tries to the exports of their neighbor ing sister republic, which has suffered untold aginte : the struggles for free, dom and whose prosperity Is bound up with the prwperlty of the United States, and I believe they will win their rase. "The Cuban problem Is at bottom an economic anil a financial one. And the United State ha the control of it In Its own hands. There are two meas ures by the enactment of which con gress might win the heart of Cuba. One is th reduction of the duty on sug-ir. The other Is a loan at a low rate of Interest of some $15,000,000 for ihe payment of soldiers honorably dis charged from the Cuban armies. Would not both In the long run be wise In vestments for ua? 'Neither In Cuba nor In the United Statea do the people desire annexation at present. Let as aid the Cubans to set up their -own republic. With the esubllshment of a republic under the guarantees of the Piatt amendment, with a conequnt Influx of capital, which Is now greAtly needed, and wlih a market for augar In the United States, the Island of Cuba would become one of tbe richest and happiest In tb; world." CLARK'S PETITION DBNIED. Not Allowed to Withdraw From Bond of Montana Ore Purchasing Company. IH'TTK. M-nt.. April 23. A special to the Miner from Helena says: The supreme court this afternoon de nied the petition of United States Sen ator Clark and C. W. Clark to b; al lowed to wi-hdnw from the bond of the Montana Ore Purchasing Company, of which F. A. Heii:e Is the principal owner. In the su't of the latter against the Amalgamated Coper Company. HAMMOND GETS FRANCHISE. C ranted by Kureka City Council to Klamath River Railroad Com pany. EUREKA. Cal.. April 23-The city council has passed ihe franchise asked for by the KUmath River Railroad Company. The corporation Is headed by A. B. Hammond, of Oregon and Montana. CROW'S NEST RILL PASSED. VICTORIA, n. C. APril 25,-The Crow's Nest Southern Railway bill has passed ihe legislature. UNION SUITS OR ml oeiumr J EIGHT AMERICAN SOLDIERS SHOT Tortured and Butchered by Fil ipinos. SUCCESSOR TO AGUINALDO Oesertl Ctlllct Proclaims Himself Dictator - Commissary Serjeant Sesttactd to Two Years' Imprlsoiaeil Maty Sorreiiers. MANILA. April 25. It Is reported that lbs rebel general. Callleg, ordered eight American soldiers shot April 21. the same day on which he condemned to death Colonel Sanchlo. one of his staff officers, and Senor Delaros, a wealthy native who had refused to con tribute to the insurgent funds. San chlo escaped. The others were tortured and then butchered. Call- tortured and then butchered. Cal- the successor of Agulnaldo. Aguinaldo denounces him. disclaiming responsi bility for the previous atrocities of Callles. SERGEANT SENTENCED. MANILA, April 25. Captain Jas. H. McRae, with Companies G. and F. of the Third Infantry, recently encoun tered a force of Insurgents near Morxa garay, province of Bulucan. killed five of them and captured twenty-five ri fles. Soon afterward General Morres. with six men, came to Norzagaray and surrendered. Later General Morales, surrendered. Many surrenders are ex pected before May 1, when the limit of the amnesty expires. Commissary Sergeant John Meeton (charged with complicity in the com missary frauds, whose trial ended April 15) has been sentenced to dishonorable discharge and to two years' imprison ment. The sentences of the other ser geants and clerks similarly Implicated will probably be greater.. - Lieutenant William Patterson, of the coast artil'ery. formerly a Philadelphia lawyer, is to be tried by court-martial for mlsapprJpria'ing the company funds. CONDITIONS IN ALBAY. LEGASPI. Povlnre of Albay. P. I.. April 25. The administrative feature.' of Albay province are backward. The military situation Is Improving slowly. Oeneral Belarmanio Is still operating with 200 rifles. The federalists have re quested Agulnldo's assistance in secur ing his surrender. One thousand men of the Ninth (col ored) cavalry and Forty-seventh regi ment of volunteer infantry are at pres ent In Albay. The new Twenty-sixth regiment (regulars) is on its way here. There are no American schools and few municipal governments. Although unsettled, the sentiment Is strong for Deace and civil government. Big turn outs at the commission sessions In all the Luzn provinces are being organ ized. NE.V LINE TO MANILA. SAN FRANCISCO. April 25. Private advices to the merchants here state that ihe war department has under favor able consideration f.ir definite action the plan for the establishment of an Ameri can line of steamers to Manila pro posed by the mercantile interests of this city. The proposition of the various MADE HATS Are Made by Freemen Are Made by Experienced Men Are Made to Fit Better .Are Made to Wear Better Are Made by Fair Labor To Sell at Fair Prices ISSUED BY AUTHORITY OF UNITED L3i vUAP V- REGISTERED commercial bo-Ik- here Is that tr.e gov ernment guarintee to any shipping firm establishing a line of steamers between Kan Francisco and the Philippines at bast 2000 tons of freight each month to be delivered In the Philippines. STRANGE BANKING OPERATIONS. President erf a Nw Whatcom Bank Borrowed Entire Deposits. NEW WHATCOM. Wash.. April 23.- Under an order of the court. Receiver Mulr. of the Scandinavian-American bank, this afternoon filed a report of ita affairs which lays bare a system of reckless banking operations. Ac cording to the report, the bank's pres ident, H. St. John Dix. borrowed Us entire deposits and 13000 of Its capital on his unsecured notes. The other offi cers are the bank's debtors to the ex- t-nt of $1200. The bank's nominal assets are $31. 776. Of this over 124.000 are unsecured notes of Its president. President St. John is In London whither he went six weeks prior to the bank's suspension. His proper name Is H. St. John Dix. He went under the name of H. St. John here. GREAT FACTORY FIRE. Two Hundred Persons Killed and In jured as Result of Boiler Explosion. .. . . FRANKFORT. Germany. April 23. The boilirs of the Griesheim Electro Chemical Work near Griesheim explod ed this afternoon and the factory caught flr;. Fifty persons are reported to have been killed and 140 persons injured. The three boilers of the works exploded. The explosion was audible here. The Frankfort engines. ladders and ambulances went to the scene of the disaster. After five hours the conflagration was to some extent controlled and it was possible to begin the work of extricating bodies. It is feared that nearly two hundred persons were Wiled or Injured. SERVANT IS RESPONSIBLE. Must Cho-iee Saf ?r Methods of Perform- Dangerous Duty or Take Consequences. ST. LOUIS. April 25.-"Wherei th?re is a comparatively safe and a more dangerous way known to a servant, by means of which he may discharge his duty, it is negligence for h'ra to select the more dangerous method and he thereby assumes the risk of injury which its use entails." So held the United States court ot appeals in an opinion handed down in the case of John Morris, an agent of the Duluth. South Shore and Atlantic Railroad Company. Morris sued for damages for the loss of a leg while coupling cars. BRYAN NOT A CANDIDATE. Savs He Is Not Planning for Another Presidential Nomination. LINCOLN. Neb.. April 25. In a statement given publicity tonight. W. J. Bryan says in effect that he has no intention of seeking a third nomination 1 for the presidency. Bryan's announce ment is in answer to an article In an Easter paper speculating on his fu ture plans as a political leader. Bryan says In part: "I am not planning for another pres idential nomination. If I ever become a candidate again it will be because it seems necessary for the advancement of the principles to which I adhere and I that does not now- seem possible." 1 UNION MADE DRESS OR WORKING PANTS 3 THOUSANDS OUT OF EMPLOYMENT Relief Committees Appointed it . Cities on Ohio River. THOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS FIojo" Resulted Is Far More Distress Tfc Wis Expected -Less May Rat- tats MlllMss-Worat of Flood Orer. CINCINNATI. April 25.-Tbe end of the flood la in sight here tonight. At ( o'clock the stage was 53.1 feet. The liver tonight was rising slowly for fifty miles above Cincinnati. It was stationary for 100 miles beyond that oolnt and falling for 330 miles below Pittsburg. The Ho-kI has resulted in far more distress here than 'as expected acd tonight Mayor FHschman appointed re lief committees and secured funds to aid the distressed. Similar action was taken In Newport and Dayton, Ky. The estimates place the number of ma thrown out of employment in Cincin nati at 2000 and about half as many la Covington and Newport, Ky. At Ironton 2500 men are thrown out of employment. An estimate has been made at Huntington tbat over 3000 fam ilies are homeless. In the southern part of West Virginia. WOO men aro idle and the loss In that part of the state will exceed a million dolars. MUST KE3P PEACE. Sheriff Warns Contending Parties in Utah. RaUroad SALT LAKE April 25. A special to the Herald from Uvada, Utah, says that the sheriff of Iron county, has entere4 tbe fight between the-Oregon Short Line and S-jnator Clark's forces for pos session of the old Utah and California right of way and has notified both forces tbat any infractions of the law would be repress id. . FIGHT WILL BE CONTINUED. LOS ANGELES. April 25.-J. Rosa Clarke and T. E. Gibbon's, of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake road, were seen today in regard to the decision of the commissioner-general ! of tne jan4 0fnCe at Washlngtmi, award- 1 . tne djgputed Nevada right of way to the Oregon Short Line. Both gentlemen declared emphatically that the decision will not Interrupt the work being done. "The Harrlman forces have scored point," admitted Clark, "but the matter has yet to be passed upon by the sec- ; retarv of the interior and meanwhile we w ill relinquish none ot our righta.. LIVED MORE THAN CENTURY. Ex-Slave 103 Years Old Dying In Coun ty Hospital at Helena. SALT LAKE, April 25.-A special to the Tribune from Helena, Mont, ay Carrie Henderson. 103 years old, if dying In the county hospital. She work ed as a slave In the South before the civil war. PRICE OF SILVER. NEW YORK. April 25.-Sllver. 59. wuiantmt Wf OtUABll