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Newspaper Page TextA..v.lLlUuhiO;.!jMVASSOCIAM r1 mm Ml VOL. I.IV ASTORIA, OUM.ON. IIMDAV. JANUARY 10. VMM. NO. 110 ECLIPSE HARDjURE CO. Plumbers and Stcamfittcrs HOI.I! ACJUISTM I'OK R27 BONO Blank ISooks, Office and Pocket Dairies, Desk Pads, Memorandums, Calendar Pads, Tide Tables, Etc. GRIFFIN & REE1), MC,S&5:W. Fancy and Staple Groceries FLOUR. FEED. PROVISIONS. TOBACCO AND CIGARS Siipplii'M of all kiii'lsnt lowest ruU, for fmluTim'ti, Fanners Mini I'Pjjits. A, V. ALLRN, Tenth and Commercing Street C. J TREINCHARD, Commission. Brokerage, Insurance and ShlcDlne. HOTf3L PORTLAND I'ORTl.AM), OUKC.ON Tlio Only I'lrMt-ClitMM Hotel In lortlnMcl arm rinnnnrwrru rut ivniuuuviriTrum;nAjfvmunjRn AviULnuuin J Finest Restaurant in the City I Al ALf Sunday I Miiiut u Specialty tVERYTHlNG Liu ei c-t . n MAPKtT AFFORDS ! MHljypiV 5 1M ;'wi FINE TAILOR-MADE SUITS IM order during tin- month of January, nl TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT REDUCTION. Cleaning ami Iti'puliliiK ut lowest prices. The Tailor. Drop Head Sewing Machines FISHER SUPERIOR STEEL RANGES STREET Cum torn Homo llroktr, ASTORIA, ORE THE 11 11 Uhindfl CAUTION ! lief, to you buy stove or range examine u Royal Charter Oak Hetter work. Iras fuel and la 1 p. un.l last longer, prices reasonable. W. J. Scully, Jt BOND 3TUKI-T. Helwccn Ninth and Tenth A. KlUIMvN, Coin icIuI-mI. $17.50 BROS. FATAL SHOOTING ON WATER FRONT John W. McNally, a Sailor, Killed Last Nij-ht in a Mysterious Scuffle. SLAYER GIVES HIMSELF IP I'lmt Mule Wywooil, of the Schooner I'liHt-mon, Pill tin MlHMtlilK-Sll) It u III hclf-lcl'cnic. John W. McNally, a llor, was shot at 9 JO last evening anil fatally In Jurnl. Tim unfortunate man lever re Knitted ronit'loUHnt-Mi ufter Mm shoot ing, ami died at 1 o'clock ihlii morn tiiK The ulujrr of young Mi Nnlly, lifi la Imt 2i rnr of age. I" August Wywmxl. Mm! male of the m hooncr II T Pattrm.ni. which In lung In 111' utti'nm. The cond mat' of the vca !, Ilenmr.l Unit. wits :ih WywmHt al tin- llinr Itoth ini'ti i- arr tiil. lot ar- ii"W mnflMftt In .all. Siorlii of tl.i- l tlnif I'lT. r icrint - ly. nil'' rury man mvti hmt i.'ithl by it 11 Aalnrbin rf.r. nl.illvi- lin-1 11 Hf r.rriil I n!i- In till The "'oi.- of Ih" mitli r.inlMi t In vrrnl pnrll. il ium, ami tin" imili'iliU point" of llolr iati-niriilii arr itlvi-ly ! lib 'I by iU im Inii'll' ulr.l In tin- killlni:. Tin- li 11111I1-H iitiiu- iVwii fr in I'oriluml i'h Ibi- m h'ioni'r . m ii'm hi- vi n iirrlii-.l hi-r- Hri on l Mali H..lt tool inuibb- with onr . f tin niihim un.l tin- limn 'i-ft tin- ti-nn-l, t.'ikliiK tlin-f oihi-rii with him The -iijiti-M riiiin- aiih .rf yi-nli-rilay in w inv otlo r 11011. 1110I thi lr erntncl tv-ulti-. In the Hho.tlnif Mute Vyii.l Im kllbil M.-Nally. .iii ai tin- i lly Jill bin nli'.bi mi l o. Mi - f-illnw line alory t tin- nffnt) "1 li.a it llllil mym-lf CMIle Rlo n- till" vi-nlim- nfnr four men In Ink' iliv I'hoi-ii of ih"' who ilewrtiM fnun lln-I'Htli-iH 'ii While t were In the Muis nl 'ii rli.irli-n l!i Illy. 11 fftl 'T boiir.l n; h-iun'- runner, rami In, joi'l. re 'ncllllt! to be 11 mill.ir tol. I 111 tie WetlM k-.-l three other men un.l "lilji lie u I s. obi u Ibat e hhoubl (? four IiI m-I-.h ..n from the iMwrillnit-hiiime nn 1 imke nn 11 n k'l-n 11 11 1 to take the men ut to the mlio.uier. whl.-h Im hliiK 11 the mil am Win 11 t left Ibe Ve i I I iwi a revolt er In my i-n-k I. 1 4 hil l bu n lo'bl up In IV.r'.l.utt un.l r.aie.l thai another hoi. I up nnitht'oe. ur here. "In in 1 ..r.lnnee ttlth InMr ... t,.ns fiom Keillv. Iloall nn.l myaelf ttent to riuhtli 1111. 1 AHor nln'l" nnl f.aitln le.l north on l'.li:hih to the 1 .ilr.l tru.k We were inilni; alne.K In Ibe larknin tv ln-n tv(- ttere nu i.lenly eon- fionle l h,- several lio n. .. f bom na-i lleillv llellly Btnnk an.l tliioreil ll.eilt. while 11 Hum weiivini; a white lint (Mi Nallyl Mrink nt me I Jump .I baik. eH.apliii- the 10. of. ami flrnl. Wln-n 1 ntiiite.1 it 1 1 tt K In tlio ilarknesn I look the revolver from my I'ockel ttii it tut free to iilioot nt the time of the 11 1 1 111 k I 1I0 not know- the time who was Hhot. After I hfl.l I red I iaw- the boilles of two men lylnu on the Kroiin.l un.l thought then the bullet ha. I t'b'iiel the luiillen 1 f both un.l kllleil (hem. I 1II1I not v alt to Invemltrnto. but went nt onee to the Mute naloon where t Rave the lurten iler my Kim. lellliiK him I tin. I kllleil :t mull, Iaiter a liollee olllrer eainc 11I011K iili.l I Wan loekeil up." Seioiul Mute lUmlt. who neeupleil nn i.ljolulnt; eell In the elly .lull an.l plain ly heuiil the itlalemeiit of Wywoml to the reporter, tol.l 11 iomewli.it dllTetent itory Ills statement was In the ef fect that he niul Wywoo.l ba I I fl the Muk nalmm. where llellly. pieteii.l- liiK to be u sailor, hint nut'ii d lo !eeii:v' 1I1 re other man an.l make up tho shiu-t crew, lloalt voweit that he nn.l Wyttoo.l were not nlone wln-n they sturleil for the mcetluK Jibce, where the men were to he taken In 11 small bout niul Imi.leil nt the scluvmer, but that McN'ally was with (hem. lie says the three went to the waterfront nun In arm. nn.l that when In front of the l.liiileiiberKer ooIil-stoiM;e plant the assault occurreil. 11 ut It ileclai'es Hint "l'ailily" Lynch was the man who isHanlte.l him, knocking htm itnwn. As he fell. Wywoml llreil, lloalt was .Iowa for a few moments, ucconllntr lo his own statement, niul when he stim-Kercl to his feet all the oilier parties to the scullle bail lle.l. with the exception of McNally. who was lylnu on the track. Hoalt wjlkeil over to Astor street, where he was selml by Lynch unit J. J. Ketiney. Itellly wiih lilentltleil by Wywood aa the man who commenced the assault, while Lynch was Idem Hied by lloalt 11s the lltut assailant. Ikith Lynch and Itellly deny havlnn been la the nelirhlxirhood when the shoot InK occurred. Lynch says he was stundlnK on Astor Btreet with Kennejr when Hoalt came runnlnK alonff, bare headed. They seized the man and took him back to the railroad track, where McNally waa lylnu on the track. Lynch also states that Itellly waa com- Init up toward the nun.r fit KIkMIi nlii'i-l Winn lloalt was iletnliie.l hy him, and Unit to- n.uld not have hei-n III the Belle of the shoot III wloTI Me- Sully u killed JlH k I'l l"-. ellKlllei r al the Linden belter 1 old sioniKe. wa the only per noli In the rielifliborhoii.1 at the time of the nhoollnK The spot Is so dark at tin- xlnt In ijin-sllon that It Is Itri pisislble In we. I 'lose a staridlnK at the door of the eold-ntnraic- '-nirlne r.iin, lookliiM In 'he dlie.tlon of the linn, when the hot was fln-d. He could not ' the men and stales that he hard iioIIiIiik that would Indicate trouble, the shot belnif. the first Indi cation lie al once secured a lantern and ran to the split where McNally was lylnK on the track, lie drained the dyln man off the rails, and a moment Inter Policeman Phillip can aloni; Mr. ("lose I lame, else he could have raptured the Drat mate, who ran by the cold-storaKe on his way to the saloon. After the shiHitlnc Pr Ernes was called anl eiumlned the woundi-d man He hud been shot throtiith the rlsjht eye. the ball Iodising- In the hack of the h-a-1. After dres-lna- the wound, r. Kstes sent McNally to the hos pital, whe-e he died at I o'rhrfk this iimrnlinf. -ceased was a native of I'tileairo and of .1. otch iareiils He was M-ry iulet and K'ive absolutely no tmuhle j to the teillce. lie hud Is-'-n at Asio ! rla on several im-cbsIoiis. bavin r' eently made a trip t i H-nith Ami-rlea .and return on the Ktilwnod. It Is likely the preliminary hi-arlnc of 'the mm will lie held tid.tv. Tb tint liiiate. Wyti.md. was taki-n to the rotin 'ty Jell last nlkiit. while Jto.-tlt I" sllll !ln the city Jail Itellly b.is 1 n h-l.l. ' p.-ll.lllit! the heurlnK. CONSTRICTION I0BfGI lit II.IIINt. Of IUNKIHV t AN ION IJAILU.W. Ioni lcoiifl In .1. I. lnr 1:1111' I!. ink I'nr ('oiisii iictiiin of 1'irM Sii tloii. NIJW VulIK. Jan. S The announce ment Is uiith. Titatltely mu: th.it thc Amerli a 11 -1 'lilna 1 t eldp.-nii nt t'oni lany has ti.-i-n oiantlt-d ..n a linn basis an l that an otlh iftl .1. 'ill. in I has Neii made on the I'hlne government for the lsue of bonds for the con struction of the Hankow -faii'on Hall way which ba-i been chosen con.-lstuiK of Messrs A uk us 'us Belmont. I'erre Mall. Frederick W. Whiieridne. I'has. A. Whlttier alii Wlll.im r.aniay l'ur s.ms of New York and '.'..lon-1 Allurl Th.ts and Mr. Jos.-pli . Voider of Hmssels. Mr. l'atsons Is in c.-i ! nt. lieticral Whlttlor Is treusuter anl W. K. liiiic Is secretary of the company. Tlie necessary funis h.ne bell sub sctibed by the stockholders tvttn which to bi-KllI collstlllclloll of the lirst section of tile road mid the money lias been deposited with J. 1' Mm can & Company, the company's bankers. It is said that u K ncrul nuiii.iK. r will be despatched to liiina during (he present month to make the neces sary proporati.cis for hcKlnnniK con struction and that construction will follow shortly thereafter. The Journal of I'oiumeive says: "The Amciican-t'hluu lhitelopemcnt Company will take up the work of cctismictinK. runttnuliiK the roud fnun Hankow, or. more properly upcakiUK. from Wu t'hauif, on the south bank of the YaiiKtse. southward to Otinton. t'onuectliii,' with the line under con struction by the Belgian Syndicate and. apparently, having a frbnily un.lersiandlni; with the prtijeclors of that etitcipiisc. the American line w ill furnish tile southern section of n ureal trunk road. eMctnlinic from the capital to i 'anion, the nif.it port on the tiilna sea. At lVkln connect ion will be made with the Chinese Imperial Hallway w here the Northcra arm joins with the Mainiiiu tan branch of the Trans Siberian road in the nciKlihuiiiood of New Cliwan llrect rail .uniminlcn tlon will thus be piM titled bet ween Canton and the ureal capitals of Eu rope. The provinces to be traversed by the American line have a population twice is Kivut as that of the 1'nited States and are rich, both in sinrloitl lure and mineral Wealth. The develop ment of an Important coal mining re gion In the Province of Hun. in an.l other demands of local tratlic will re iiulre the construction of branches which will briim: the total IciiKth of the line between Hankow and Canton up to two miles. From Canton it Is In tended to extend the line to a point on the main land opposite to Hour KoiiK, a piece of construction cxlen.l Iiik over miles which an KiiKlish syndicate Is understood to be ready lo undertake. KollowiiiK the annlofty of the Lil lian line, the Hankow-Canton railway will be known as the Yueh-llnn Hall way, Yueh" bdnK the literary rail way name of Canton. The romi will cross or reach the fertile an.', well de veloped provinces of Hupeh. Hunan, KliuiKsl, KwanK-il and KwnnK Tuwr and will doubtless serve their various provincial capitals with branch lines for tributary tralllc. The chief pro ducts of these regions consist of tea, silk, cotton, rice, millet and other cere als, leaving to be taken Into account Inter the extensive mineral deposits, which are aa yet all but untouched." BY ALMOST A UNANIMOUS VOTE Nicarauan Canal Bill Passed in Mouse by Three Hundred and Ten to Two. OPPOSITION DW INDLED DOWN Hill Was I'iissiiI Kxiirtl) aa It ('nine fnun I Ik- Committee I'rimipitl lYntiiri'K of the. .Measure. WASHINGTON, Jan. I.-The Hep burn Mi aruifuan canal bill parsed the house this afternwn by practically a uiianomuiis vote. Only two members out of the 310 voted affalnsl It. Hetch . r (I'.eji ). of Minnesota, an I Ijtsslter ilVm ). of Virginia, were the only two totintr In the neg-utlve. The o.posltlon to committing the government to the Nl.arasuan mute al tempted lo secure an amendment to 1 1kc with the presllent discretionary power to purchase and complete the llinainii canal If It could be purchased for linwo.OiK). The test came on the (Irst vole, when the advocates of the alternative route polled ItK asalnst 1T votes. At each succeeding vote their strength dwindled until Cannon 1 1 1 i nolf i . under w hose leadership the llcht was made, was unable to get a yea and nay vote on the nvitlon to re lommit. All the other amendment failed and the bill was paused esitct iy as it came from the committee. The bill a-s iaed authorizes the pn-si lent to secure from the states of Csta Una and Nicaragua control of such jKirtlon of the territory telong lnir to said states as may oe desirable and necessary, on which to excavate, construct and prospect a canal fuit- ! utile to the wants of modern navlKa tl..n and commerce. Section two au thorizes to direct the secret iry of w'ar , to construct such a canal from the ,1'arribean aea. at a point ae.ir Grey ' town in Nicaragua, to a point on the '. Pacific ocean near Brlto; to construct proper harbors at the termini of said canal, and lo make necessary provis ions for defense of the canal and har bors. The last section makes the present appropriation of JlD.0isi.0iX) to carry on the work, and authorizes the secretary of war to enter Into proper contracts t .r the material and work as may be deemed necessary therefor, such work an.l material to be paid for as appro 'priuikms may be made from time to time. The section llxes the aggregate cost at Jlv.'.Ooi'.wiO. to be drawn from the treasury of warrants on the presi dent. i AIUOCRNS t'NTIL MONDAY, i WASHINGTON. Jan. 9.-An cpen session of the senate today was de ! voted to routine business. After the 1 executive session, the senate adjourned ' until Monday. WILL DISPLACE THE ASS. K'lectrlc Lines to He Constructed from Cairo to Mount Sinai. CLRVF.LANn. Jan. 9.-Trolle" cars are to displace the patient ass as a means of locomotion in the Orient. Cleveland and Chicago capitalists In corporated as the Cleveland construc tion company, has been successful in negotiations with Slgnor J. J. Spanler, of Rome, Italy, for concessions for electric lines from Cairo, Egypt, to Mount Sinni, and thence along; the coast of the Red sea through Syria an.l Arabia to Mecca. A brunch is to connect IVmarascus with the system at Mount Sinai. It Is figured that the business during a single one of the Mohammeden pilgrimniuges to .the Mecca, whither it is the pious duty of every Moham medan to go. will pay u handsome profit on the cost of construction, the number of pilgrims being enormous. Letters received fnun Signor Spanler say that the sultan of Turkey has granted an important part of the con cessions for the system. Already trolley cars are running from Jerusalem to Galilee. Th- Cleve land Construction Company Is work ing under an agreement to finance all the undertakings If given the construc tion contracts. ORDERED TO APPEAR. Directors of Amalgamated Copper Company Must Appear for Ex amination. NEW YORK. Jan. 9. -Judge Lacombe of the United States court here, has ordered that the directors of the Amalgamated Copper Company must submit to examination before William 11am Klein on Friday, to give testi mony In cases between the Montana Ore Purchasing Company and the companies acquired by the Amalga mated Copper Company. The order directed taht subpoenas be served to examine H. H. Rogers, ,'red.rl.k P. frtctt. Anson ft. Flower. William G. Itosk'f' ll.r. Janus (1. HHII rnan. I.onard ly-wisohn, Kobert P ' on mid J. P. Mr fin I -sh. The ord-r was Issue.) on an affidavit by Frank lin Wen. one of the adluiors In the action. It recites the fact of the In dependency of the actions and that the witnesses reside more than PW miles from the ity of ftu'te state of Montana and are not amenable, therefore, to any suhpo-na Issued by that court to attend the trial In llutte, Montana. VIRWS ON KXCLt SlON A'T. Chinese Minister Hays Chimmen r sa not Supplant American Lai r. NKW YOflK. Jan. 1-Wti Tins-fan, ifilnese minister to Waa"i'T; nn, give some of his views 'n the Chinese elusion act In a let '.or l one of the speakers In a debve to l-e held on that question at Passaic, N. J., at an earlv date. Mr. Wu aaya: 'There Is no danger that the China men will supress the American laborer, although there has been much said on the subject. The Chinaman is a home tKidy. He d'wa not leave Ms na tive country In any large numbers, a fact which Is proved b the few Chi nese to lie found In rnuntrb-s where they have free access" Wu Tig-fang quotes from many lead ing authorities In support of his views. MCiJKAP.y FOP. SENATOR. FRANKFOP.T. Ky . Jan. J. Ex -Governor Jas. H. McCreary was tonight nom!ed by the Democratic legisla tive caucus to be t'nlted States sena- tor. He will be elected by ihe general assembly In Joint session next Tues Iday over Senator William Deboe, who 'was endorsed by his party for re fleetlon. MERELY A FIOlREIiEAD IMMVAtiKK K.MIMtKSS I(J u;i:s Tin: icmpkkok. AiKlienee (iranteil llili onirial in I'ekiu -ICiiipres.x to Deco rate American. ! PKKIN. Jan. S.-All evidence in.ii iiate that the emjeror of China is completely under the domination of the dowager empress than he was be fore the Chinese court went Into exile. Several high officials were granted au diences today during which the em peror filled the role of a figurehead. I The empress dowager sat on his maj esty's left and conducted conversa tions. According to accounts of two of ' the otHfials who were received today, the dowager empress ignored the em ' penr and that the latter did not at tempt to take any part In the affairs. These officials say his majesty appear ! cd melancholy and listless, j The principal topic of conversation idurin? these audiences was the pres ' i nee in Pekin of the foreign garrisons. The dowager empress seemed Impress ed with the necessity of a conciliatory j policy. Evidence accumulates pointing to , the timidity of the dowager empress I about coming back to Pekin. Her first ! remark upon alighting at the Mach iaru station yesterday was 'Where are !the foreign soldiers?" Fpon seeing a number of newspaper correspondents at the station the dow ager empress bowed to them. Before ! leaving Paotingfu In the special train i yesterday the dow ager empress re I quested Traffic Manager Folley of the railroad not to use the locomotive : whistle, saying that she was extreme ly nervous and that the whistle tirlght I ened her. i The dowager empress proposes to j decorate the American and Japanese officers who guarded the Imperial pal ace during the court's absence. She also will confer decorations ucon the j officers and engineers who had charge i of the imiH-rial train during the rail ' r ad journey from Pamingfu. The dowager empress has signed an edict I ordering the decapitation of General jTung Fun Siang. the notorious antl fonigner. A Tartar general in Kansu province has been ordered to carry out this sentence. Yuan Shai Kal. the I viceroy of Chi LI province and a ttuni I her of other influential officials me- I moralized the throne, charging Tung Fuh Siang with the murder of I!elgian missionaries, and urging his execu tion before he could institute rebellion and Involve China in trouble with for eign governments. SELF IMPOSED FAST. BOULDER. Col., Jan. 9.-J. D. Choute, of New York City, is at the Colorado Sanitarium here. For thirty days Mr. Choate has eaten absolutely nothing. His fast has been self Im posed and because of a stomach trou ble which would not yield to medical treatment. His mental and physical condition, aside from the weakne a of the latter due to his protrictJd fast, has not suffered In the least. PRICE OF SILVER. NDvV YORK. Jan. 9. Silver, 56H. SOUTHERN STATES IN WAR-LIKE MOOD Nicaragua Is Making Extensive Preparations to Go to War With Guatelama. BUYS A GERMAN WARSHIP The Object Is to Compel Guate mala and Co;;t Itleo to Join IroMNed Central Amer ican I'nion. BERLIN. Jan. . The Klelnes Jour nal, which sometimes prin's exclusive news, publishes the (oltowiiig d u nlrh fn.m Hamburg: "Nicaragua is making extensive war preparations. She has purchased the German warship Armenl is, is nego tiating for the purchase of two other warships and has bought cannon, ri fles and ammunition through the Nlo araguan minister at Berlin. "The object of these ore pa rations Is that Nicaragua, Honduras and Salva dor intend to attack Guatemala and Costa Rica and compef them to Join the proposed Central American Union." COALITION AGAINST COLOHBIA. COLON? Colombia. Jan. 9 General Alban, commander of the Colombian forces, has received Information that President Zelaya, of Nicaragua, has In vited the other four presidents of Cen tral America, to attend a conference at Corinto. Nicaragua, wltn the secret object of inducing them to enter Into a coalition against Colombia. AMERICAN CXDER ARREST. D. C. Stapleton Taken in Custody In Eucador for Alleged Coun terfeiting. NEW YORK. Jan. . Mr. D. C. Stapleton, an American, vice-president and general manager at the mines in Ecuador, of the Playa de Oro Mining Company, has been placed under arrest in Equador. The company has offices In this city and Mr. Stapleton's friends here thus far have been unable to learn anything of a satlsfctory char acter concerning the cause of his im prisonment. A letter had been sent to Secretary of State Hay saying that under infor mation received here by letter and cable from a reputable citizen at Equ ador, the government has arrested and Imprisoned Stapleton In Esmeraldas for offense of counterfeiting, he hav ing used aluminum checks in paying workmen and for his refusal to pay money as required by law. The letter asks whether the depart ment of state hag been informed of Mr. Stapleton's arrest and If so the partic ulars and If no Information has been received that it be obtained and pub licity given' to it In order that a num ber of other stockholders here may know the facts. There are several large American In terests in this same province. The company is a Kentucky corporation, capital J70.tXiO.000. The plant Is said to be the largest In the world of Its kind. WANT REVENUE DECREASED. Resolution Unanimously Passed In New York Board of Trade. NEW YORK. Jan. 9. At the annual meeting of the board of trade and transportation yesterday, it was unan imously resolved that since the re duction made by the last congress has , not decreased the revenue as much ;as had been expected and a further ! reduction might be made without det riment, the board of trade and trans portation, urges the repeal of such j taxation as has proved a burden to the commerce of the country, especially such taxes as are burdens upon the people and do not protect our manu facturing Interests. . A resolution was also passed urg ing upon congress the establishment of a new department under a tecre tary of commerce and Industries, "who shall be a member of the president's j cabinet and In which department there I shall be a bureau of reciprocity and j w hich shall be charged with the duty I of investigating the conditions of any j Industry affected by a proposed treaty. EASTERN GRAIN RATES. KANSAS CITY, Jan. 9. The inter states commerce commissioners spent six hours here today and examined seven witnesses regarding grain rate from the West to points on the- At lantic seaboard and other Eastern des tinations. They returned to Chicago tonight, after announcing that the In vestigation would be resumed In that city. January 24, when It Is believed several big railway officials win te called.