The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, December 10, 1901, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textnookft.pricf'!;r:r:';'1' Arn Hot to be ltfV,,; ; ' ' y . w ' .... in .. U- 'i.'i ' Jfcfttto sT-0 14 astohia. okikox, tlxsday. di:(;i:mim:u id. i?mm. NO. 121 01.. I.IV 1 If . . Lest You Forget! HKIlMAN WISEKiviMniiii-krl with 'Viry Mun'i ami Hoys' Suit or Ovc-remit. Out nf every tun Suit r Over coaI.i one cutttiiuuT will p-t; Suit or Ovurroat frpu. I)ruwiii( for tlio free Suits nml Oven-outa tnlcr lu January 2. Wo linve wild over 10 Mi-ii'm Suit ntnl Overcoat ami nearly .'ID Hoys' Suits nml OvrrconU, during lln lant few iluyii. We li"' you w ill ln one of tho lucky oiiifi. Jlvtratlltit INGERSOL WATCHES $1.00 Remember ONLY ONE DOLLAR at Fisher Brothers' ECIIPSEJURDWARE CO. Plumbers Steamfitters HOLH AC1I3NTH I'Olt SUPERIOR STEEL RANGES S27 BOND STREET Arriving Every Day Holiday Goods in End less Variety. GRIFFIN & REGD, """SOR. Fancy and Staple Groceries FLOUR. FEED. PROVISIONS, TOBACCO ANDCKURS SIio8 r all kind at lowest rutoa, for ILiliornii'ii, Fnniicrs and Longura. A. V. ALLEN, Tcj und Commercial Streets SENATE CHAMBER DRAMATIC SCENE Tillman Challenged Mis Colleague to Resign ith tlim on the Spot. WASH DIRTY LINEN AT HOME" Direct Sequel of Kilter Ontrovery Which Arime llctweeii the Senator in South Cnro linn lust Spring. WAKIirN'iJTi N. Dec. 9 -The xnalt chamber the scene of highly dia mllr rplaodr today when Tillman, of Koulli Carolina, challenged till rn. league, M-Iuurln, to resign Kith him cm Hi nMit, In order to use hi own language, that they might Im able io "wash their dirty linen at horn.'- Me iJiurln dlil nl tako up the gauntlet. Tlir Incident today was the direct se quel of a very bluer controversy which a roue between the senator In South Carolina last spring. Mi T-aurtn arose In a question of xtiiiiI privilege to day anj proceeded to explain bat h i lmrai'il was a conspiracy in discredit film In I) In own naic for eipresslng vlr which did not meet with t ap proval of certain Democratic lead, r. Mi declared that li wan being l.umll Inti'l ami. according to public print a. was In Ik- excluded frimi I In- Demo cratic taunt l'iui' Me had acted from hi old aliglnnce I n t a party whlih hi' cmmldcrfd wan for the U'St 1ritcrtM of tin mitry and the eo- l ie of lil Male Hi announced him If, a lM'llri-r In tit ni l IV inocrucy and aftrr driiouin In th n Dtmn- frary l.adi'm, who. hi raid, had hrmiKht dimtrucllon U on th party. dirliiri'd that hr rould not ! drhi-u fMiu hln old all' u lunoc Into u 1'iirty v ttti M.-h h did not tare to aflll Into ALASKA RAILROAD Trllrr Introdui-r lull ('naming Lnnd for Ooimlrui tlnii. WASHINHTON, IW. . -Ti-lliT (o dnv lniridurd a Mil In ttii- a naif nu thorUlnir ihi' conitructl 'n nf a rail road BrroKH Ihi' I' rritoiy of Alaska by the Tranr-Allmitlr llnllrond Comi.iny und rr.intlntf cai h altrrnale r-i tlon nf puMIc liind.H along thr Uni of ih pro- iHiwd road. l.llvcri'd to the hoard nf truatwa of lyland Htanford, Jr., Unlvrrrlly to di-i-da ut a Krant and orw rt'-id of Klft. Kni- of th rtwda of urant i-ovrra all Ihi' ri'nl ratate hTPlofori' K'ven to the mil v.-rxlt y. Ini'ludliiK Ih- unlvi-rally uin'puii of alunit l"0 ftirn a. The oth-i-r di'i'd of t'rant rovt-ra realdi'iue on Cullforr.lii alrei-t. The (lanla are lariji ly conflrmalory In rhurm ter and an- innilo to a't at rat any queailon na lo the validity (if the ordinal endow. mint and to prevent etul tifhnlcall llia from Inli-rf'-rln wlih future do nutlona to the Inrlllutlon Tin- d-da di-llveri'd liidiiy prai'tlially cover vriinta mad lo the orlulnal endow, ini'iit; which, however. I more than duM In value, rhlelly owing to re markable burlneaa ability dlaidayed by Urn. Htanford In the management of her voal Intereata. Hy thew granta ahe haa conveyed in I-lund Stanford, Jr., rnlvrrrlty about eighteen mllllona In atocka and bund n4 ten to twelve million In real eatate. Notwlthatand lug that aha haa now given the equiv alent of over M.OOO.Ooo to the uni versity, making It one of the rlcheet Inntltutlona of lt Wind In the world, Mm. Htanford haa not lmoverlahed hirnelf but la underalooil to atlll re tain aeveral mllllona for her fieraonal uae. SAILBP WITHOUT CAPTAIN. Frenrh Bhlp Leavea Portland Mlnua Her Capia'n Whc I Under Arreat. iViRTLANP, Dec. .-Tlie French hip Helen rall.d for Queenatonn to day w ithout lo r captain, Jean Eaptlrte lluldron, who waa arrerted on a ault fo i;Vi filed aifulnat him by Lnula 1 Hnrtlr, a aullor on the UIen Dar rl'' waa arrertrd Sunday an a dewrt- r. taki n on honrd the rhlp and plac ed In Iron-. Today Jurt Ufore the ahlp waa rea ly to rail l arili- aa tak en off the ahlp by an nflln r who had n uaiTimt ' liJiritlng him with larceny of a blanket val'led at $2 He wan rv-Un-.-.l mi J: '"I ball and Immidlately flled rult for To diimiii - ngiln.it the uptuln for cruel and Inhuman treat ment. I'aptuin Huldon wan rileuned on ball tonight but his ship la on her way down the river. He may be ublo to loin her at Ajitorla. ANDREW CARNEGIE GIVES MILLIONS For the Cause of University Ex tension in the United States. DETAILS BEING PERFECTED APPKAI. TO tXN(rRTlSS. Will Ark for Appropriation to llulld Mi Klnley Arch at Warhlngton. WASIII.VdTiiN. IVc. 9 -The XVII- Ham McKlnleV Natlonul Arch Arrocla il. in lin determined to rhungv llr plan of operation and to apieal to 'tign-aa Inrtend of the public for the erection "f the proposed McKlnley me morial nt Washington. The rhange (a due to the Imprerrlon that a canvuss of the country for -ubrcrlptlons to the proponed memorial nrch In Washing ton will lie iireludleal If not ibrtruc tlve to the erection of it proper monu ment or tneiiorPil. over the remalna of the late president at Canton. I THiaPH (lUIR In a Free Klght Three (lerinan Prl vater and Three Indian Tioopa ! Are Kllvd. ! TUCN TSIN. Pec. 9.-A aentry be longing to an Indian regiment atationed here run amuck ymterilay and killed two of bis comrade. A company of tiunl.ib Infantry waa at once ordered out to recure him. In the meantime 'the sentry had lH'n shot by Germun troops, who then opened fire on the tmnliih". A free fight ensued oa the i remit of which three German privates were killed and u tlernuin ofllctr mor lully wounded, while three of the In dian troopa were killed and aeveral i wounded. The German troopa have ; been confined to their barrack until j further order. MANY OiVri'ATIONS". Austin Craig. General Office Holder, Arrested for KmbeiilemenL EXCIRMW COMIMES xviu:.vr ;ti:s to m.xv v.kov KICdKI) mil l:. Cliloiign Houses with (loiincclions in Now York, St. I.ouis mul Northwest Heavy Sellers. CHICAGO. Dec. .-Ovcr confidence anioiiir the M-ara In the grain pit brought grief to many ihorte today. Miltildittlon for profits and short sell ing brought a tremendous volume of business ,but the low price which fol lowed theso weakening Inlluence were too tempting to the public and umld cenea of wildest confusion wheat waa sent up to a new crop record price. Wheat sold in great quantities at the opening. Conditions had changed. There waa not the same general clam or for cereal from the country and there waa a nervous feeling resultant from a tumble of prices from Wall street. Hlg houses with connections In New York, tho Northwest and St. U'tils were heavy seller and rotten Is reported to have unloaded 1,000,000 bushels of wheat, MAUNmVBNT GIFT . Udnnd Stnnford t'nlverslty One of the Richest In the World. f AN FRANCISCO, Dec. .-Mrs. J. Lelund Stanford today executed and ItAKKK CITY, re.. Dec. 9.-A spec ial from Sumpter says: Austin Crnlg. general mine and real eitate promoter, representative f the Hank of Sumpter, Mtiige agent, city re corder und post muster of the town of Whitney, was arrested today on the charge nf larceny and embezzle ment of funds entrusted to him. He, was admitted to Imll In the sum of J.'OOO pending his preliminary exam ination tomorrow. The bank otliclals refuse to stale the amount of bis defalcation. Announcement I hut SlO.OOO.fMX) Will Itc i'hievd In the HiiiiJn of a .Natlonul Hoard uh a (ieiicrul lurid. CHICAGO, Dec. 9 A dispatch to the Record-Herald from Washington says: Andrew Carnegie 1 to give $10,000,000 to the cause of university extension In the United States. Announcement this great gift to education will be made at the White House on Tuesday. Mr. Carnegie was here a few days ago and took luncheon with President Roose velt, when details of the plan were dully discussed. Mr. Carnegie ha thought best to create a national board to handle this munificent bene faction. President Roosevelt will probably name su.h a board for Mr. Carnegie, or at least set in motion the machinery which shall lead to a na tional organization. Mr. Carnegie Is expected here tomor row or on Tuesday and fuller detail of this gigantic enterprise will soon Ix-eome public. Nil hola Murray butler, who has succeeded Beth Low at the bead of Columbia college, has been for two days a guest of President Roosevelt at the White House, and he has aided in perfecting the plans. Mr. Butler left New York at 4 o'cKxk this afternoon and before going refused to give any particulars lieyond the Information that an announcement would be made on Tuesduv at the White House. Mr. Hutler has long been one of the fore most champions of university exten sion and It Is understood Mr. Carnegie has had frenuent consultations with him concerning the enterprise. Accordinir to the plans prepared by Mr. Carnegie and his advisers the na tional oricanlxatlon Is to hare '.s head quarters In Washington but its opera tions are to extend throughout the United States, the work to be carried on In co-operation with universities everywhere. PROPOSED PLAN. WASHINGTON. Dec. 9 The Post tomorrow will say: President Roose velt has received a letter from An drew Carnegie In which the latter of fers to make a donation of JIO.000,000 to the United States The letter will be referred to congress by the presi dent In a special message. Mr. Carnegie's gift is for the pur pose of establishing in Washington, a university for higher education. He proposes that the university which he Is to endow shall be the greatest in stitution In the world for the devel opment of higher education. The promised university vvIl not In terfere In the least with educational Institutions alnaly established but will supplement them, for, according to the present plan, its doors will be open only to those who desire to tak tip a post graduate course. they could catch for their water sup-DiV. DK3BRVR8 NO FAVORS. United States no' Entitled to Conces sion from RrazII. NWW YORK. Dec. 8 The senate continues the discussion on the pro posed flour duty, cables the Rio Jan- Im correspondent of the Herald. ffc-nator 1-elte said that the United Htates did not deserve special fa Tor from Rrazll. He declares that the free admission of Brazilian coffee was due only to the fact that no American colony u producing this article and that the United States government would modify it attitude if one of Its colonies produced coffee enough. He added that the pending bill could not change anything a the Argentine pro- pucer probably would use ban U in stead of bags for the export of flour. Senator Ramlro Barcello Interrupted Senator Jl'e saving; 'Then we will adopt olher measures." DANI9H WEST INDIES. Fall In Price of Sugar Ha Had Effect on Economic Situ 'ion. NEW YORK. Dee. t.-A dispatch from Copenhagen to the London Times and New York Times aays the eco nomic situation in the Danish West Indies is bad owing to the fall in the srlee of atirar. but St. Thomas has au excellent harbor which would be strat egically and commercially valuable to the United States. It Is significant, says the correspond ent, that In 157 the United States of fered for the two smallest islands nearly double the sum now offered for all thr-. The Dalnlsh party which Is opposing the sale points out that It would be unwise to sell the best harbor In the West Indies Just when the Isthmian canal is about to be built, but the ma jority of Danes have only agrarian in terest and have therefore no special interest in retaining the Islands. BANK CASHIER HAS ABSCONDED Los Angeles Bank Employe Skips Taking a Fortune in Cur rency with Him. BANK IS AMPLY PROTECTED NOT K.XVORAISLK. Argentine Not Sntistled With the Re ply of Chile. Nl.'W YORK. Dec. 9 The Argentine government has received a new note front Chile, says the Buenos Ayres correspondent of the Herald. Great secrecy is maintained, but the note is evidently not favorable because after Its reecptton the government called the foreign relations committee of con gress and ordered the mobilization of the first and second naval reserve. It Is announced that congress will request the minister of foreign affair to explain the situation today (Monday). A HOME THRUST. Rostand's Rnllad About South Africa Concentration Camps Strikes Home. NWW YORK, Dec. 9.-In regard to the "Christmas ballad for European hoys and girls," published by Edmund Rostand, the author of "Cyrano de Hergerac," the Parts corespondent of he London Times and New York I'lmes says It Is a paraphrase of lying md cruel tales about the South Af- Ican concentration camps. Not only .re the verse bad, says the corres- ondent. but they are bad and bitter torn malice pre-nense. HAD EVEN ITU VOYAGE saiooNi'ii i.oNt; i ok i v-i vi n DAYS 1UO.M NOMI . I'xperieneed Culcs of I'nu.v.ial Severity Mute Washed Over board und Drowned PORT TOWNSEND. Dec. .-The schooner Ralph J. Long, forty-seven davs from Cape Nome, with ninety passengers and fifteen stowaways, ar rived here today. According to the passenger she had the most ventful voyage of any vessel ever sailing from the (North. The Long sailed from Nome October 23 with provisions enough to last to Dutch Harbor, under favorable cir cumstances. Before reaching thnt port the water supply gave out an.J. for two days the passengers were without water. From the time of sailing from Dutch Harbor the Long experienced continual gales of unusual seventy. the most severe being on November U. when the seas swept the vessel from stem to stern, carrying away a oortlon of the water supply and on life boat. Mate Hanson was washed overboard by an Immense sea and drowned. The last two week of the voyage the passengers had to depend on what rain FEARS SIIE IS DEAD. Considerable Confirmation of Miss Stone's Death. NEW YORK. Dec. 9.-Rev. C. Har kell, D. T : Riinerintendent of the American Board of Foreign Missions Stations at Samakov, Bulgaria, cables the following to the World concerning the possible fate of Miss Stone, the kidnapped missionary and her com panion: "Considerable confirmation of the re port that Miss Ellen M. Stone and Mrs. Tsilka nre dead comes from Salonlca, but nothing positive Is yet known. "Our (American Board of Foreign Missions) messengers have not return ed. Their delav Is Intelligible, fcr traveling over mountains covered with snow Is difficult while the brigands are now more than ever hard to get Into communication with. "We still hope that the report that the captives are dead may be only a ruse of the brigands to prevent being pursued." Defaulter Has Been in Employ of Rank for 20 Years and Was Considered Man of Very Good Habits. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9. Henry K. Fleishman, cashier of the Farmer and Merchants Bank, absconded Saturday but with $100,000 In currency. The Farmer and Merchants Bank, of which I. W. Hellman Is president, and H. W. Hellman Is vlce-crealdent, 1 the oldest and strongest bank In South ern California. It capital I $5,000, 000. with a surplus of $l,0O0,0M. and de posits of $5,500,000. IL W. Hellman, Jr.. said of Cash ier Fleishman; "Fleishman had m valid ,xcu . tkln P,0n He wa always considered a man fine habits and unimpeachable Integ rity We are at a complete loss to ac count for his action. The bank la am ply orotected and will not lose a cent. WOMAN IN THE CASE. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. t.L W. i Hellman, president of the Nevada Bank of this city, and holding a sim ilar office In connection with the Farmers and Merchant Bank of Los Angeles said, reiardlng the delftica- tion of H. J. Fleishman, casnler of the Los Angeles Bank: "I am greatly grieved and disap pointed In the man. He has been In our emulov for over 10 years end of course was looked upon as one of the best men In our service. I have made up my mind to prosecute him to the end should he be capt jred. I cannot but believe that there 1 a woman In the case somewhere. ENGLAND' 3 TRADE. Decrease in Both Imports and , Ex ports for November. NEW YORK. Deo. ?. The. London Times in Its financial article which has been re-publlshed In the New York TUnes av the trade relations for November are again unsatisfactory, showing decrease In the value of both Imports and exports. However, a great deal of this is due to the lower pr'e ruling. The de crease In import ecjuV.s 5.S per cent and" that In exports of English and Irish products 7.2 per cent. The coal shipments were less In quantity by 5?0.0o0 tons, equalling M.l per cent and In value by 1.359.637, equalling 37.9 uer cent. Coal shipped for the use of steamers show an Increase of 21,300 tons. ANOTHER COMBINE. Rumored That Rock Island and Penn sylvania Will Join Interest. NEW YORK Dec. . The Times say. Financial and railway circles are animated bv reports that official an nouncements are about to be made of important developments along- "com munity of Interest" lines. One of these foreshadowing at least one new and big combination ' that a new presi dent Is about to be elect d Ey the Chi cago. Rook Isla Pacific railroad. W. B. Leeds Is the ."election. Mr. Leeds who was one of the chief pro moters of the American Tin Plate Company his affiliations In the rail way world twin with the Pennsyl vania svstem a fact which gives edge to the theory that bis .aooemance of the Rock Island presidency Is prellml- nary to some close traffic alliance with the Pennsylvania. LEASE SIGNED. I i For Nicaraguan Right of Way for the Great Canal. MANAGUA. Dec. 9.-Dr. Ferdinand Sanlpez. Nicaraguan minister of for eign affairs, and Wm. L .Merry, U. S. minister to Nicaragua, signed a treaty today by which Nicaragua agrees to lease a section of Nicaraguan territory, six miles wide, which Includes the route of the Nicaraguan canal, to the United States perpetually. ra EMU11& P0VDER. Imparts that peculiar lightness, sweetness and flavor noticed in the finest cake, biscuit, rolls, crusts, etc., which expert pastry cooks declare is unobtainable by the use of any other leavening agent. Made from Pare, Grape Cream of Tartar. ROYAL BAKING POWDEH M. ' ' YORK.