The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, January 17, 1902, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextaLC;ua raJ2LIC UBhAK ASS-':' , '! . . ' k-....... - 6 ..l'i O ( 1 NO. 152 ASIOKIA, ORWiON, I'KIDAV. JA.NTAKV 17, IM2. o . ' She . . . r f . I The Eclipse iHaFduiare Company Blank Rooks, Office and Pocket Dairies, Desk Pads, Memorandums, Calendar Pads, Tide Tables, Etc. GRIFFIN & NEED, Fancy and Staple Groceries FLOUR. FEED, PROVISIONS. TOBACCO AND CIGARS Miiiliin of till kiii.lt nt Inwiv-it rati, for lislir-rmpii, Kuniipra ami l'pi rs. A. V. AIlwON, Tenth nd Cnmmcrflnl Strctts C. J. TRENCH ARD, Commission. Brokerage, Insurance and ShicclnK. Hotel PORTLAND PORTLAND. omtOON The Only IMrHl-CliiMN Hotel lit lortlind nrm aiaAAAnnn on nixnnmmn run J Finest Restaurant in the City PALACE EVERYTHING lunntniALJi MARKET AFFORDS H Me TfUipyiW 5 iiAu i nnnnrmnj ivru u iwinnuin injojiuuvru innnnjwu uuuvuiruvuu xuo 4 FINE TAILOR-MADE SUITS To order during the month of Jnnunrv. at TWENTY-FIVE VKXl CENT REDUCTION. Cleaning anil Repairing t lowest prices. Tho Tailor. Drop Head Seeing Machines Ml . FISHER I II K I- It I! I" A II K l T 11 A I. I. K I N I' H O K PLUMBING AND STP.AM PITTING i 11 11 li r m t c I n h h in 11 11 1 v r H T K A M A Mi (1 A II I. I S K HO A T W l K K A V Kf 1 A I-T V N o ii 1 u t li r n t I a h m work in e ii in ' I y (1 .v-'7 to ft; 1 1 iiomi nthi.it CUMMI kCIAI. ST., ASTOKIA. OKI-, Cimtom Mouko llrokcr. ASTORIA, ORE All W r. atil fmt n Mr-reu Oo t. nuutnnvn ruiirvrvrvisvTjninrf lu'ulur Moals 25 ct'iit.s Sumlny Iitmcr n SjuH-ialty THE W. W. Whipple A Hold Up We hold up our lino of Stoves mill Ranges io the public- for In spection. Prices on all Heating Stove we Imvo shot to pieces. W. J. Scully, .Ui BOM) STKI.ET. Between Mnth and Tenth A. KII..UNKN, ,-M-,ft Comnurilnl-si. $17.50 AT., BROS. TO BUILD MILLS IN THIS STATE Eastern Lumber Men Will Invest Large Amount in Oregon Timber Lands. ARE SEEKING NEW SUPPLY l. -pillion or Middle V(Tll rori'xlK Prompts Mitu to Turn lu 'I'll In Count for Muti-rliil. PORTLAND. .Ian 16 -io.crlnl 10 The Ai.torlin.1 - Ea.lern capital. In ex cess nf half a million d"Hari. I to Ik. lnictd In Oregon llmli-r Innda along the Columbia and McKriule rlv t an l plans niaiure.1 witMn a year ; for the c.,-.tl,.n of sawmill, t. ...nverl Hie timber lino luml-r Henjiiniln Hweet. W. i follins and W. II lliad I, y. ,.f Milwaukee Wis. are hanging the iWI. TJie genib men menlloni-d re.res.-nt a vat ainoiii.t of fin ,nc ui La. king mil have been ..n the Pacini- i.,.mt f..r s.-verul w, . ks ,,at .m I "l!h!n llml lime have ln,t,il tunb , I : -. i 1 w In nnKoii. WaslJUKIon and ''aif..rnla nie men naiiie.l are eni:..' 1 I" 'be luiiiler 1. inlii. si in Wis.- n-ln a Inllfc elelll, ulcl Hi.- Krn.-lnii il.-lll..ll'l f.,r lumber. ,ou,.., Willi Hie Krildil.ll ii,. i, ,.f Ml.ld'e Western f re'. h.i mad- It iie,eMary to ctabll..h a new IN..- f..r siipplb-a of the raw inn- t-rl.tl ..-..i. r..n.-. ..f in, n "1". llie.o-o , tiKiih-e 1 111 liirK"- affairs. Involving lm-m-ne capital, Messtn llrid'ev Sweet and (.:ltn are averse at th! time to khIi'K m ire than s g.-n-ral mi'- j line , f th-lr plnus The Pals are i not i-omi I'-ti.l. and until su. h Is the a-.- but I'ttle can tie learned. , 1 1 IS TKSITM.iNY .'oNrH'IiT V. Id- nc of lla'titune t'ldmport iiit Kx,etne of Wtneses IIW'ANA. Jan. IS - In the t ial of j the charges growing not of the u l.uil p .Htoltlce f'-ntldt todav the ex ainiiia!l,in of Knes i It.l'hb 'lie, eX- i llleitor Kell.ril if the l-.to":,.". of .'ubn w as c in, hi led The eMimSna- ; tlon f Kathhoiie did not ciln any "trong tioln's the go ernm-nt. j The mailer of epenes of the wit ness's brmiKht h- tv fr m the I'nlied , Slates to teitifv In th.s- ras.-s is now- ivorrvlng postoltli-e offtcla's clerk j f a New York hotel, ti'ie of the wit nesses who iias brought hsre to show j that Itathhoiie had llu-d ejtrai agatit- ..1,11.. lla lo.l.-l tins mil in il ! bill to the g ii eminent of I a day for xpfiiscs. while Ihe extras liargeil bring the total up to ntoiit 110 0 for two weeks WILL C.KT $1"0 EACH Purchase of l-:.U.lleS of Indians In t'hlciigo Lake Front. HMiTI-MlUh Mich.. Jan. H - The ineiiibei s of the Pokaitoi land of I oltai i tomle Indians hav 'j en no'l- lie by their s cretary, J. i ii h iav. Ih.i; ('hlciigo men will be t I' liagluc a", the end of this week to pay mil of tin in the tlrsl Ilis) on the recent l ake Flout agreem-nl. Th s nil iic.li n great deal to the Indians as i .1 h child n III di aw this sum as well in tl. ' old er lumbers and the ivlult", D ;i!vii. s hi'id on the Indians as ;hev arc rot very strong people. Th" agreement ref-cr, ,! ti i - a li r- cti.s,' of so-ciled e.vio! of the In- Hans In a large tract if lind on t1 e I nk. Front at and near t'hlcag.. lll-VKHD IN NORTH SKA. Hark Arab Steed Sunk nil I Twenty two Persons Drowned. I.ONON, Jan. 16 The Copenhagen correspondent of ihe ally Mali snys thai Ihe Norwegian bark Arab Steed, which left London Di'cemhe- 9, for Christiana, has sunk In Ihe North Sea and that L".' persons were diovnel. A violent storm s raging over Den mark and other wrecks have been te poiicd. AFFAIRS IN SAM Alt. Chaffee Will Investigate Situation There Juniu s Letter to Lnkban. MANILA, Jan. 16.-C.eneral Chaffee will leave for the Island of Snmar next Satnidny. He will thoroughly Investigate the situation there. A raptured communication from the Filipino Insurgent junta at Hong Kong, addressed to fieneral Lukban. Insurgent leader on the Snmar Island, advised Lukban to surrender If he wishes to do so, but does not advo advocate this action, if Lukban sur renders, the letter goes on to say. he need not deliver ft single Filipino aol- ,11, h or o!!l'-, r Io th AiFK-ilian. nr inii.l l.iii l ati or nny o'lo r i-ltl'-i-r !" f.ii, I, i iim-i'i iij' lvll i l; ,ili,liii'-nt. Tloy iniiy falifiiil If ai;nwi-,l " 1'i h'i. lull no Fllll'lno mila'. I" l,lll Io Ink,- t ht- iMth at nll'K Ulo" to "i fnlicl !nt. fnor l hi-! rni tlo MoiiK Kouk Junta ha no ol,J'-ilon to l.iikii.-m'H urrnliTlnf. HiTi .r (ionii-it, imni'l'-nt of On- t"n ,,f I'a'lK. provinra "I Manll.i, tun nrn-ntiil on a ilmrKi of awiroiTlatlng mimli li'ul tu'- to hU prraon.il uk. MAY KOKlt COMI IM'TI iN lu'linK M,-ml.r of W'o.l'- Hur linr ComluK to N-A' Yjrk. M'W Ynl'.K. Jan l - Ani"li.! i. pnnx-nK'-rn on th- ciniT iVItio, w had Jum aallrl Vr Ne Y jrl:, ur.- W. J, I'lrni-. a Jlr-- r In loth the White Hur anl th I-r'aml llni. :ru' Imay. al-l W. fi i'Jrv.a, Whin- Hur 'Urci tom, Jlnli h N-vill,- j mi l John ). Io nn.in. k-u'lln L,:vriiol nhipi IftR layr, rab' tlio W,.rM" I, l, il.if rorrcpon'li,nt; I li t-!l-vl thai tlo-ir inln.lon lo I .. ...... . ......... - , ... -,i.k in' i niif'i ni o'- .,,.. r..... loiiibli.ail "ii I hi w. en ll.- .hle Mir. l lan'l. Ame'lirun .ui A I inllc , Trans, ,omparl-i T(,. o, ..on in : , slupi InK dr. -'i-s l str.n.i,- iIia: a work- , InX iigre. nn III v.l I I" h ,oii In N-iv York. V . I u;on T IK IT.IN 'E'J N I - IT Will He Knlertnlneil by Von H" at .iermiin (Vnbass) . i-b.-n W.t-ll IV. II S', Jan 1 Amb.iSfa- .,r V-ni ll.ill.-lien, wl. -a ;ii the h a!.- tli'i-.irliniMit today in r ll.'.-n-nre with --r.-!:.ry Hy, h..s giv.-n notice thai he mil eii!io-U!n l'.-ln e lb-nry and uie at the 1- nn.l'i einba.sy lu re. j I 'r Hill, tl-st ai.-1-tant J i ti- itry of 'state who Is perfect') ,-.nv,-rsant , wl'h ihe Ceiinan latisu.iEe. n ny le- haiv.il to represent the ,1-i-artm. nt of the scnuoner yacm i.mi u- -. - ........ .... ...i- ....K.. -h .11 nlat" th I. In the e.-remonl.s lonii.i tej with ml 'it of the prince. THK i'-'N'JHKH.-: SIP OK IT. Karilniiiuke Interrupts the I'roceed ir.EH of rati-Ainerii an c..nr. gs. j MKXI n CITY n.f the day In th Jan IS -The event Han-Ainerk.m con- 'f.-renie was an earthquake this nft- ' ern.H.n ' S li ,r AUainor, f I'.rn lm 1 Just rh.-n to v iik when a prenion.tury ticinof -piead consternation through the assembly and for nearly a minute afteiw.u l th- hall swayed anl troan- d like the saloon of an ..can liner. 'Delegates sprang from the:r chairs ,and gcalib. d .1. sk in alarm, but were r. ,1'sili'i I !- the , .i!;illles ,,f the Mex i, ans. The proc-c.Iiiigs w ere mterrupt e I for I', minutes. STI'.l'i'K WITH AN AX! ;.n Man Fatally lnJm-1 Idaho Town. I.EWISToN. I-lA.J.in 1-1. A special to the Tribune frill lit angeville states that a man mimed Hu-iseh. of The Dalles. Oregon, was struck with an axe by J. i . noisciaw an i suuen-u a fracture of the skull, that will prove fall. Ittirtsch had presented a bill to llolsclaw for payment and a light en sue.!. I COROM-IIVS INQl'KST PFU'S. NEW YORK, Jan 16. The coroner's Inquest to det 'rmlne the responsibil ity for the death of IT pers n In the New York Cntral tunnel last week. was begun to lay. Coroner Scholer presided. District Attorn v Jerome and attorneys representing the various Interests at stake were In attendance. PRESENT FOI! MONTANA. HELENA. M ' it , Jan til The Ncr- thei-u l'licilL- R iihiay t ompany will pr. sent lo the state of Montana a inntnltlcent oil painting, -.'hliii is to be hung over the grand stairway cf the new capltol. Anied.v Joiilllon. a f-'jin Franicsco artist, who has b en employ- sl lo paint Ihe pVtw. arrived 'oday to look over the capltol. THE SHIP SritSIDY KILL. WASHINCT N. Jan. 16 The senate committee on commerce d:d not take up the ship subsidy bill today, but a special -.neeing has been ia'lc,d for tomorrow for the pti'pose of consid ering that measure WILL REST KMC R Nt1ES. ltl'TTK. Jan. 16. A Mi'es City dis patch to the Miner says: O. C. Ctito, manager of Ihe Big I. X. I Cattle ('ompany. of Wyoming, snys his company will restock their Montana ranges the coming summer with 10.000 head of cattle. NEW POSTMASTEU3. WASHINOTON, Jan. 16. -The senate today confirmed the following nomina tions: Postmasters-Washington, W. T. Covanaugh, Olympia; F. E. Pells, Ballard. PEACE MAY BE Negotiations Said to Be on l oot to Lnd the War in South Africa. NETHERLANDS TO INTERFERE KhIiI to Have Entwd It NfR tlatioiiH Willi H'H-r Lenlra Willi Vkw r ArruriK (ii(f Krttli iix tit. LONDON. Jan. H.-Nothln definite jcontra,., an cooley lab ,r. , an be ascertained w ith regard to the , 1( a noii, ,,r,b;em which af alb ir.l peace movement In South Af- Ihe ,,aS m,,re tnfin tne ej,. in :rica Vienna pars dec'are that the gov ernment of the Neiherlandu has en- ter-l Into conndential rieg niatlons th a view of ... . . nl UI lllir,lli " ' Jilspat. h.-s from liruss-U asert that I r. l.(-yda. the irnean representative . .. ... ....i.ba. ,nv ne- or tne .ran..M., - - K.itlations. but that o;her H er bad- -rs have been conferring among them selves and with tr. Kuyiers. I Hitch , pi.-ml. r. with a view to arraniring ne K -nations. None of these sto-ii-s have , a very solid ba.ls. WILL UK NAMED MKTFK. Herman Kmperor's New Ya.-ht Will i: Lamich-t February ii. NKW Y'lIiK Jan. 1 Hl M :Jesty i,,- German emperor. ha. declde-l that . . ..... ,. L.o.n, , M'ooiers ixiaim m in- ii..."- e...... ,t.e naiiuii vne Aieieo.. u-i va, u n (( liacliline eighty-four are re 1 Hubert Von Itebeur. the naval attache xirt(.d , on lhe high rioI t w. I at Washington, nas so auviseu -fsr li'arey, ml;h & Barb r, .f this city, !lhe desiiineri of the v.-asel. T'nder Ithe direction of Mr. Theodore E. Fer-irl-. superintendent ot cons rui t'on at , Shooters Island, the plating of tl.e Meteor Is being hurried with all speed that Is consistent with the best of workmanship. If nothing happns the yacht will tie ready to b- placed in th water Fbru.iry 10. almost a week before the launching da o now talkid of. which is February :t. asks ixiit iiR'nrfKii. CINCINNVTI Jan. 16 - President llalHdav and a'majonty , f the st. ck- hol.l. rs'of the Cincinnati Safe & Lock ' i ompany today applied for a receiver, on the ground that the com; any is insolvent. The assets are !.'.' .00; lia bilities. JlOS.000. cm nitno Oin 'ilCT l!F oULUIlKo UAU rillo I AIt j j ( OI.OM III A NS i n;i; T1IKIU OWN MKX. Hattlo Offurrrd iir liio llaiiia mill KoMiltc.l In 18 Kill.nl nntl " Wounded. NEW YORK. Jan. 16 News of a serious mistake In which forces of the government troops fought another body of government s idlers, thinking that It was composed of Colombian revolutionists, has been brought to Co lon. Colombia, by the Colombian war- ul.lt. l.m,al Pln..i,i eat.l.x. ihd eorre- . , ,, ' , . .... , spondent of the Heial.l at that place. The mistake happened in the vicinity I f Dibullo, near Rio Ha, h i, and .t re sulted In eighteen men being killed und ' sixty-three wounded. Captain Mcrritt of the Cuv-aval Fin ton, says that that vessel Inn led four hundred men In Dibullo to drive back the Insurgents. The revolutionists re- j treated toward Rio Hacha w hen tiie i niVHriiniiml trooiw n.l va need. Tf Was l decided to divide the government force in two bodies In order to lapture the rebels. One of tluse met the rebels and after a sharp engagemnet the In surgents retreated. The other body of government troops then tame up, having heard the firing and the mis take followed. Thinking that L was opposed by rebels, each force started tiling. The fight was kept up for four hours when Oeneral Fol.co discovered the mistake and stopped the bat le, which had been evenly contested. The steamship Llberatador, formerly the Ban Itlgh. which recently took the Matos exjedltion to Veneiuela from Martinique will soon enter the service of the Colombian government. IJVBOR CONGRESS T TACOMA. Addresses Made by Prominent Repre eentatlves of Labor Unions. TACOMA, Jan. 1. The evening meeting of the fifth session of th Wu'hinKton Uihor ronifn i -aa of a p.iul;,r na'U !. nnl wa atieml.il by rliiz'im of a'l cla-H-im. AM'a v.,T- m ill- by I. I). W. Juhnion. Tai o roi Con liirtoi-'ii unl in; Wlllirn Iil.uk iimi. atat'f labor ;(iminlHHlon.-r. W. J. Walker. llior of the Fre-maYn Jour n.il, Hpok.mr. anl Hon. Lmviil Healy, l'nl!"l Hutm lubr c rn rl aionr, V.in' ou-r B. C Mr. Haly ai4 In part: "only too rwenrly we hive ha4 an object lMrn on the pre-ernti.in of .U (uir nt of tb ral.n ai.alunt alii-n conHpIra y. To the lacirlng po It mak'-a a atronff ai.pa!. but ap P"a!;r to evry American who l,.vtr the ttaif. "The American pe P e nra a unit on this (juentlon for It hi le; n rl k n in! ) national lntell g-nc at by a thunderbolt. "We welcome Immigrant wl,o wish to bccoin'; a part of the American peo ple but the abolition of alavery coat hi too 'lear fr ui to ever be again ! luleil bv the forma of slavery In the Unt yar th-.-re have come to the Aiiar.tlc coast 2V i0 Italian, Hebrews an l roles, not 'o mention J0.0O) from n,h,.r dilr(.,e1 nations AN'oTHKIl CONSt'MPTTON CVRE. I :'Wiy I.)-cove'ed Ireparatlon Is a , , Ca,M B:ic,,,n NKW YOltK. J in 6 Ac-orIlng to advl'.-s to the Journil anl American tin- L,nd ,n Mail pr nU a i!i"pa:ch is'a.iiiif that at a meting of the Paris Academy of Medlc ne a report was . read which reeoun's s m- r-niarka!.le l results of a new r me ly in tne treat ment of consumption. Th-- newiy discoverel preparation Is called ba, illine. It is a l nuil com ie.d of the active principles of cer tain plants grown In I'hile ;md Co- ,,mjU At Ronbalx a !ca!l'y noted , a hlt ot consumptioa out or ... jr.i t1lSf.9 tr..atel by hy,o.lermtc m?c- cover'- ISCPI-OSrH) WALLA WALLA VICTIM i Hody of a Man Picked l"p by Steamer ! Newburg. ' SAN FP.AN"1S 'O, Jan. 1 The bily of a man, tuppos d to lie one of those drowned in the i reck i f the 'i steamer Wai:a Walla, was i-rought : her- ton;ght by the steam -r N w burg. The body was pick-d up ol mibs from Inhere the Walla Walla wen; down. A purser's chock in the picket called f .r . r,i.A nassae to Tacoma. Lute tonight the body w as identified as that of James A. Gallagher, of St. I.ou:s. a commercial traveler. N EX'TSE FOR SMALL!'- X. i MiNNEAP.'LlVv Jan. li Dr. H. M. I 1 .i..Kn,i...- tha Iintiw.nT i ' ( ii at. m-ii, rv. ivim j mix. .im.....ws..t. '"""J "f h"'lUh ,n ,,ubie J ! l,ress m"re d'aml th'u ,f .itsK-retnmaiy yeais huiu ..m..c sua i smallpox ought firs: to be caiel and ;then sent to jail for ninety days. Dr. OX! Bracken explained that thorough lemonstr.ui n bal b en given of thel.,,. ,iiScharges to bring the prea- preventive value of vaccination and there was no excuse for smallpox In I civilised countries. PCMONTS NEXT TRIP. NEW YORK, Jan. 16 When Santo Dumont makes his attempt to fly in his air ship from Nice to Corsica he i will be accompanied by ihre beautl i fill yachts as escorts, cal bs the Nice, I France, correspondent of the Journal j and American. They are the Varuna which has been offered bv Eugene Higgins: the! j Lysl.-terata. offen d by James Cord n Ber.nettt and the C.alanthe. offered by I Arthur A. Hinckley MINE TO BE SOLD. PEN l.l 'ETON. Jan. 16. -With refer- lenee 10 the storv that th Concord Imine ha 1 been sold to the Red Boy Imine owners. James A. Howard, one j lot' the principal stockholders, said: ; .i .... i t ,ot f .v re sa'e of Ihe .A UI...I vi, ..... .' ' d mine but it has not vet been unstimulated. The price offered is satisfactory to the holders and U is expected the deal will be few days." closed In a WAS PERMANENTLY ORGANIZED. PENDLETON. Ore.. Jan. 16.-A per manent organization of the Eastern Oregon District Medical Society was effected here today. The officers are: Dr. May. Baker City, president; Dr. Cole, Pendleton, first vice-president; Pr. Henderson, Pendleton, secretary and treasurer. RHODES SECURES BIG CONTRACT. LONDON. Jan. 16. It was learned today th'U Cecil Rhodes has secured contracts amounting to several million pounds sterling for supplying South Africa, especially the British troops In that part of the world, with fresh meat which will be taken to Siouth Africa In refrigerator vessels from the BritUh colonies and elsewhere. BILLS PASSED BV THE SENATE Appropriates $10,000 for Launch for Customs Service at Astoria. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE The Itill Ajjaln I'nder Connldera-tion-Many Amendment to lie 3Idc lU-fure It fan JJe Anpfored, WASHINGTON. Jan. lS.-Amanf; tha billa passed by the senate today were the following: Appropriating 14500 for a ligtit tlon at Cape Blanco. Oregon; etab lishlng. at a coat of 23,0. ft l'rht house and fog signal station at 8e lahmoo Harbor. Washington; appro- Ipriatlng $15.0 0 for a llgh house ra Ifog signal station on Burrw Island. J Washington; appropriating JC000 for a. fog signal at Battery Point. Waan lngton; the purchae, at a (ot of f 1.-j.-O, of a launch for the custom vice at Astoria, Oregon. DEPARTMENT OF COV1M3 tCB. The Measure Will Have t Be Amend ed in Many Part! 'ulars. WASHINGTON. Jan. IS The sc-naba today for a brief time nai o.lder con sideration the Mil crta'.ing ft depart ment of commerce, and th? discussion tended to show that tne measure will have to be amen led In many irtlcu lars before it can receive the approval of the senate. Serloua objections were raised to the transfer to the propose! department of government. It was pointed; out that if the bill, as reported, became 'a law. It. would create tbi? greatest department of the governnunt and the. I secretary of cvmmerou would have more power than even the secretary of the treasury. A large number ot uncosted bills and private pension m-asures were passed. Th- senate adjourned until Monday. CONSOLIDATE DEPARTMENTS. W'A.-'HINdTON. Jan. IS. The secre- iD "i ar is y.ei-ai.us a oi i bill for submission to congress pro- viding Mr the consolidation of the jQuarterntasters. subsistence ar.d pay (department of the army Into one gwv- eral department, with an ollictal of the rank of major general at its h ad. CENSC3 DISMISSALS. i m i, j WASHIN.iTON. Jan. lt-Wholenle IdismissaLs in the censm bureau have i begun. Seven hundred already have received discharges and 5c0 others will go February 1. At lea-st 600 will 'go during February and many others will ent force of about 8600 down to 00 or 7c0, contemplated In the permanent census movement. GOLD IN SAND. PORT TOWNSEND, Jan. 16. Gold bearing black sand has been discov ered near Fort Flager. which promisee to develop into a paying mine. A miner, recently from Nome, brought to this city a considerable quantity of sand which he says compares fa- ivorably with the black sand on Nome Beach. GOV H. INMHNT OWNERSHIP. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. Senator Harris today introduced a bill provid ing for government ownership of tele , sra,h Une8 of lhe Cnlted SUtM TWO GIRU. MISSING. DENVER, Jan. 16. Myrtle and V,..,l,A Xlilla ..1 tt I , '"" " 1 rars- naye rilsa .men red nno .pa hal uaa n . . ... ' . "s"u iu hove been kidnapped. The girls start ed for school a few blocks from home I yesterday hiorning and since that time j no trace of them has been found. OVER 1W PERSONS INJURED. VIENNA, Jan. 16. Over 10 persona were Injured by a great wind-storm which swept over Vienna today. Houses were unroofed, chlmneys'blown down, and the streets filled with de. bris. DEATH OF J. B. CONDON. THE DALLES, Jan. 16.-Mon. Ja. B. Condon, a leading lawyer and prom Inent citizen here, died tonight, aged 74 years. A brother. Profesair Con don Is connected with the State Uni versity. PRICE OF SILVER. NEW TORK. Jan. It-Silver, 65.