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ASTORIA, OREOON, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY .21. 1902.
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Russian and Chinese Govern.
rncnts Warned by the
United States.
RECENT TREATY APPROVED
'
Note Sent By Secretary I'ractl
rally Endorse English-Japanese
Compact-How
' Power Stand.
CHICAGO, Feb 21.-The Tribune to.
day print the following cablegram
from Pekln, under1 date of February
19: "
A enstlon wa coumJ In diplo
mat If circle here today, when ltbe
cume known that the United States,
through Secretary of State Hay, had
item a . note to the Russian and Chi
ned governments following closely
along th line of th Anglo-Japanes
treaty of January 30.
Tht note la a distinct wiarnlng to
both China and Rula that ih Crnt
ed States will not permit the integrity
of the empire to be molested In favor
of one nation to the detriment of an
dther. The note, which practically In
dorses the English treaty with Japan.
says: ....
"Washington. D. C. Feb. l.-An
agreement whereby China give any
corporation or company the exclusive
right or privilege of opening mine,
establishing railroad or In any other
way Industrially developing Maru.hu
rla can be viewed with the graveat
concern by the ' government of the
United Bute.
"It constitutes a monopoly which la
a distinct breach of the stipulations
of the ireatle concluded between
China and foreign lowers and there
by aertoufly affects the. eight of Am
erican clHsens. .
"It restrict their rightful trade, ei-
poalng It to bing discriminated
agalnut, Interfermt with or otherwlae
Jeopardlf ed. and t,rvnly tend to per-
nwtnently Impairing China aovereign
rlifht Ui thl part of the empire,
while 1t nvrioualy interfere with ber
ability to meet International obliga
tion, , .
"Furthermore. Much a coneelon on
China' part would undoubtedly be
followed by demand from other pow
er for almilar equal extensive ad
vantttge el ww here in the Chlneae em
pire, and the Inevitable result muat
be the complete wreck 'of the policy
of absolute equality of treatment to
all nattona respecting trade, naviga
tion and commerce within the em
pire confine.
"On the other hand, the attainment
by one power of auch exclusive privi
lege for the commercial organization
of Ita nationality conflict with the
amirance repeatedly conveyd to thla
government by the Imperial Russian
ministry 6 foreign affaira of the im
perial government' Intention to fol
low the policy of the open door as ad
vocated by the government of the
United States and accepted by all the
treaty power having commercial In
terests in the empire. ,,
"It 4s for these reasons that the gov
ernment of the United States,. now aa
formerly animated by the alncereat
desire of Insuring to the whole world
the benefits of full and fair Intercourse
between China and the nattona on a
foritlng of equal right and advantages
to alt, submit the above to the earn
est consideration of the Imperial gov
ernment of China and Russia, con
fident thatlthey will give weight to Its
importance and thatvUiey will adopt
such, measure aa will relieve the just
and natural anxiety of the United
States." 't
, The Tribune prints, also, the follow
ing special from "Washington:
'It has been -understood here from
the outset hat the terms of the Brlt-teh-Japanese
government to prevent
the Integrity of China waa submitted
In advance to President (Roosevelt and
Seoretary Hy and approved by them.
"Following out the traditional policy,
however, of avoiding entangling alli
ances, the Untted Statea positively de
clined to become a party to any
actual agreement concerning China.
When lord Cranbourne, In the
British parliament last week, declared
there waa no doubt the Brltlsh-Jap-aneae
agreement would command the
full approval of the United States, he
spoke by authority. The agreement
between Great Britain and Japan was
dated January 30. There Is, there
fore, deep slgniloance that on (Febru
ary 1, two days after the treaty was
signed, thla country sent to Russia a
note practically adopting the principle
of the treaty as the policy of the Unit-1
ed States. The agreement between
Qreat Britain and Japan la largely
a military one and provide for a joint
use of force In case of hostilities,
( "Secretary Hay'a letter, ,of course,
could not go bo that extent, but the
substance f It aa telegraphed leave
no doubt that ; Russia ha been
notified of the fact In strong diplo
matic language that , the moral sup
port of th United 8Utea 1 win Great
IMtxln and Japan and that this
country will necessarily resent any
failure on the part of Russia, to re
deem the pledge It made to President
McKlnley that the open door policy
should be applied to Manchuria.
"Apparently Becretary Hay waited
until after the British-Japanese treaty
wa mado public so that the note of
the United States might have all of
the weight of ari Indorsement of that
treaty. It i believed here also that
Germany wrote a ' similar note to
Russia and ' that, while tha emperor
was unwilling to participate In an aHI
ano with England and Japan, he was
averse to letting the csar Ichow that
(Jenmanys Interest in the Orient
would be Jealously guarded.
"It I expected. In ract, that!Oer
many and the United States will be
found to be occupying , the same posi
tion, and thus thw-rejralt will be that
Russia and France will be arrayed
on one aide and, Great Britain, Ger
many, Japan aad the United Sutea
on the other."
AGED MAN SUICIDES.
'KANSAS CITY, Feb. 19.-E. IL Kirk
man, 76 year old, proprietor of a gen
eral more In Coa Urate, I, T., and a
man of weal i hi committed suicide In
a hotel here at midnight last night
by taking morphine. :
WILL BE A BENEfIT
AXOT1IEK VKItSIOX u OF
KLOXDI Kir COXCKSSlbx.
Owners of Troperty JMay Work
Claim With .Aid or Hyn
dlcate'a Water.'
VANCOUVER, B. C, Feb. M.-Oov-
ernor Ross, of the Klondike, arrived
here yesterday from the North by the
steamer Amur. In an Interview con
cerning the Tread gold concession,
about which so much excitement has
been raised, Governor Rose aald: v
' "I have not seeen the amended or-
der-ln-councll concerning the conces
sions to the Treadgold syndicate, but
I did see the original -rder. and. un
less some very material alterations
have been made In the' document,
nothing but benefit to the Klondike
can result from the agreement which
has been reached between the govern
ment and the syndicate.
"Owing to the fact that there are
many claims on the creek In the
Klondike region which cannot be sue-
cesfully worked at present on account
of the poor water supply, the owners
can but await the time when some
powerful financial corporation or syn
dicate provides a generous water sup
ply. That Is what the Treadgold syn
dicate has contracted with the govern
ment to do, and in return for its cash
outlay the government will allow It to
work the Inaccessible bench claims,
the titles to which have lapsed or
which the owners do not care to
work. Owners of claims have the
privileges of working their properties'
with he aid of the Treadgoid water,
for which they must pay a reasonable
sum to the syndicate, the amount be
ing set by the government, so that no
Imposition on the part of the syndi
cate will take place. . That is the
question as I understand It, and such
being the case the concession cannot
but be a source of great beenflt to
the whole region."
Governor Ross' present trip out Is
for the purpose of conferring with
the Ottawa authorities.
TO RECEIVE THE PRINCE.
Arrangements for Reception at Waah-
' ington Completed.
(WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. Arrange
ments have been completed for the
reception of Prince Henry when he
cornea to the capltol next Monday aft
ernoon.
The party will arrive at the eastern
main entrance about 4 o'clock. Ai com
mittee of the members will be wait
ing to receive Mm. Representatives
Grosvnor and Hltt and one Demo
cratic member, probably Representa
tive - Dlnsmore, will constitute the
committee. The prince will be escorted
to Speaker Henderson' private office,
where greetings will be exchanged.
and th speaker wUl then Invite the
prince and party to occupy the speak
er's reserved seats In the gallery.
At the conclusion of the presenta
tion of the members and Prince Heiw
ry, the , committee will escort the
prince and party to the rotunda, where
committee of senators will ' meet
them and give the visitors the courte
sies of the senate.
RIOTERS FIGHT
FIERCE BATTLE
Five Hundred People Killed or
Wounded at Sino,
Spain.
ARTILLERY RAKED STREETS
Yk-inlty of Battle ' Completely
Wrecked By Sbella-Flght-injr
Continue Martial
Xw Proclaimed.'' '
LONDON, Feb. 20. A message front
Barcelona say a fierce battle ha been
fought between troops and rioters- -In
the suburb of Sanot ' " .'.!
The artillery waa brought .int e-
tkm and raked atreet t after .';'.' street
The riotera enagged the batteries' at
close range, but were ..finally driven
off. It la reported that" 500 person
were killed or wounded on both aide.
The entire neighborhood wa wrecked
by shell." The ruins 'caught Are and
this completed the destruction.'
Further fighting Is reported at M
taro. Tortosa and Tarragona.
STREET FIGHT CONrtNUES
Battleship pelayo Ordered to. Barce
lona Martial Law Proclaimed.
MADRID, Feb. 20 According to
telegrama received late tonight from
Barcelona, street fighting there contin
ues. A heavy rain which fell, durie
the day helped to disperse the Hol
ers, and the authorities are taking se
vere measures.
A proclamation has been Issued or
dering all private individual to sur
render any weapons they may pea
ses under pain of severe penalties
The sale of arms has also been pro
hibited. -.:. " V ..-4.t. ir'ifc
The battleship Pelayo has been or
dered to Barcelona. A pitched tat
tle occurred in the outskirts of the
city between Che strikers and a,jnlli
tary escort attached to several wagona
that were bringing In provisions. The
contents were dragged out and bar
ricade were built across the road
The rail have been torn up to pre
vent train from entering: the city. ,
The strike movement has began U
spread seriously. At S&tellon de La
plana the strikers burned two factor
lea At Saragosa most of the factor
ies have already closed. The captain
general of Saragosa has wired for re
inforcements. .
The strike commenced at Valencia
but It did not become general. Mar
tial law has 4een proclaimed at Man
resa and Saragosa. Owing to a strict
censorship over news from Barcelona
It Is difficult to ascertain the real
state of affairs there. It is quite cer
tain that the extension of the strike
movement is more likely than Ita re
striction. V
CAUCUS POSTPONED.
WASHINGTON. Feb. M.-Tb cau
cus of Democratic senators called tor
tomorrow has been postponed. No
date Is fixed for the caucus.
LONG'S RETIREMENT.
Believed That It Will Not Occur Be
fore Next Autumn.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. Now that
the Schley matter has been settled
officially, It Is understood that Secre
tary Long feels he Is at liberty to
carry out the project cherished CyTrfm
to retire to. private life.
However, this Is not expected to en
sue at once, for there Is no certain
knowledge of what may follow In con
gress, notwithstanding the belief by
the administration that the case Is
now settled beyond revival. There
fore, It Is understood the change In
the cabinet circle will not take place
before adjournment of congress, and
that will not occur until next autumn.
. WILL BE SET FREE.
Convict Under Sentence of Death Es
tablishes His Innocence.
SALT LAKE, Feb. 20 James Lynch,
a prisoner under sentence of death In
the state penitentiary, has made an
affidavit to the effect that L. E. King,
also under a death sentence, had ab
solutely nothing to do with the at
tempted hold up of a gambling house
In this city In September, 1900, when
George Prouse was shot and killed
and for which crime Lynch and King
were convicted.
: Lynch was captured during the at
tempted hold up and King was arrest
ed a few days later on suspicion of
being connected with the affair. He
has steadily maintained his Innocence
and, being an Italian subject, recent
ly enlisted the aid of the Italian am-
baxsador at Washington to assist in
securing hi release. " "
Today's affidavit was secured by
King's attorneys after . receiving an
affidavit from Colorado to the effect
that a convict named John Strange
In the' Canon City penitentiary, had
confessed that he and not King, was
Lynch' companion during the at
tempted hold up. , ,
FAMOUS ARTIST DEAD.
John Moran Who Did Much Important
Work for Government-
NEW TOK, Feb. .-Jbon Moran,
a member of the famous family of
artists, and one of the pioneer pho-
H"'raPhr" ' ,hh country, who did
rmucn important wora tor toe vmira
States government In early days of
the science, is dead at hisbo'me in this
city. ' .
Mr. Moran, In charge of the pho
tographic work of the coast survey
made the fi t pictures of the original
route o fthe Panama canal. He was
the chief photographer of expe
dition sent out In U71 to observe the
transit of Venus. With the advent of
the dry plate be abandoned photog
raphy, and has since devoted himself
to landscape painting. -l! r ;
SALARIES TO- BE INCREASED. .
DENISON, Tex-,' Feb '' W.-An Im
portant meeting of the Order of
Railroad Telegraphers on the St Louis
& San Francisco railway, was held
In BL Louis recently, A , substantial
increase in wages all, around was or
dered for both day and night opera
tors on the entire system which means
an average increase of 15 per cent
PACIFIC OCEAN CABLE
SOIXDIXG! TO BE TAKEN
BY OOVEKXMEXT.
Tug to Leave New York In a Few
, Days The Itoute to Be :
, . I Covered. . ,
J- '.;. rr;s 'i !''-',,..'".".:''
NEW YORK. r Feb. , 20 To take
soundings' In the Pacific ocean from
near San Francisco to the Hawaiian
Islands, thence to Ladrones and from
there to the Philippines, for the pro
jected Pacific cable, the Titus, a 12t
ton seagoing tug will leave New York
within a few day Store will probab
ly be made at Valparaiso and Pana
ma. One of the government's most
trusted transport captains who had a
knowledge of the soundings and, math
ematics has just arrived here from
the Philippines, for the purpose of
taking the Titus out .
He expects to begin taking sound
ings about the end of April, and to
complete the task by the end of May.
For ascertaining depths a new device
will be used. It Is a large Iron cyl
inder, topped by a cone, containing air
and Is hermetically sealed, except
when the cylinder Is immersed. Then
water flowing .into the cylinder and
through a tube has access to the cone
containing the air.
Working on the principles of hydrau
lics nd gravitation H is possible to
drop the cylinder to a reasonable depth
and the pressure is Indicated on a dial
attached to the cone. When the cyl
inder is drawn up by taking the pres
sure and the depth and making the
proper computations, the total depth
of the sea at that point is determined.
Soundings will be taken every half
hour with the tug going at a speed
of about six miles an hour. It ts not
expected that depth greatr than 6000
feet will be found on the course.
St. Louis, Feb. ist, 1902.
Eclip5e Hardware Co., Astoria, On
Owing to advances In material and
increased cost of production we withdraw
all previous quotations on Superior
Stoves and Ranges.
Prices wijl be quoted on application.
BRIDGE AND BEACH MFG. CO.
We Have a few Left at the old prices.
You can Save by Buying Soon.
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PATTERSON ON
SEDITION LAWS
Authority of Philippine Commis
sion is Vigorously
Attacked.
TAFT IS ALSO CRITICIZED
Philippine Governor Said T
Have MiMrepreented True
Situation In Itlandx Day
In the House,
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20.-Wlt tha
exception of a few minutes given U
routine business, th senate today de
voted the session to the Philippine
question. . , , , ,
Patterson, of Colorado, discussed
principally the sedition laws enacted
by the Philippine commission, vigor
ously attacking the authority of the
commission to enact and enforce suds.
lawa , He maintained that congress
atone had) power to put, la force en
actments of that character. He declar
ed it his belief that Governor Taft
misrepresented the true - situation . la
the Islands for motives unknown.
Nelson, of Minnesota, and McCum
ber. of North Dakota, supported the
administration's policy in the Islands.
- DAY IN THE HOUSE.
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Amendment to Strike Out Approprla-
tlon for Carlisle School De-
' ' feated.
WASHINGTON, Feb. S0.Tha house
apent the day working on the Indian
appropriation bill Several amendments
were n adopted, none of which were
of mv.ch Importance.
Smith; of Artxona, offered an amend
ment to strike out the appropriatloa
for the Carlisle school and It became
the text for a genera! onslaught on the
practice-of educating bidlanv In East
ern schools. His amendment waa de
feated. v.,':.: fy. .
BACON'S AMENDMENT.
Guarantees Filipinos Same l"trree of
- Liberty Nowt Pledged to Cubans.
WASHINGTON, Feb 20.-6enator
Bason today gave notice of his Inten
tention to offer an amendment to the
Philippine tariff bill, declaring it ts
be the intention of the United States
when order shall be restored in the
Philippine islands, to allow the forma
tion of a government for and hy the
Philippine people and to guarantee to
them the same degree of llhsrty and
indvpndence that this country has
pledged to the Cubans.
KILLED BY HER LOVER.
Ml Goethle Shot Dead by George
. Sutton In Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 20.-Conflned ?
to her bed with an Injured ankle. Miss
Gertrude Goethle. aged 22 years, was
shot dead by her lover. George Sut
ton, aged 19. who, with his mother.
had come to the young woman's home
in west Philadelphia. Sutton sent a
bullet into; his own breast, but the ;
attempt to end bis own Mfe was de- .
feated by a physician, who say he .
will recover. .
The young people had been friends
for years but differences 'In religion, '
youthfulness and parental objections
prevented them from becoming mar-
rled.