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ASTORIA. OREGON. FRIDAY. MARCH 21, 1902.
HO. 67
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PHILIPPINE WAR
COMING TO END
Ninety-five Per Cent of Territory
Is Now Free from In
surrections.
PROSPECT IS ENCOURAGING
funeral Hmlth Hayi lie Wll
Meet Ouevarra March 24.
and Arrange General
Armistice.,
WASHINGTON, March .-Judge
Wright, acting civil governor of the
Philippine ha written a letter toGen
eral Marcu J. Wright of .hi city,
which give n Intwutlng Ir-slght In
to the condition of affair in the'Phll
Ijiplne. lie My:
"In, 95 per cent of th territory of
the Island there I no Incurred Ion and
American go about singly and unarm
d, wlUi about a much rafeiy n they,
would in a large majority of the state
uf the Union. There I a fast dying
Incurravtion In two, province of the
inland of Luton and in the Island of
Samar. We are dealing very eoerget
Ually with tho lawless elemint As
to progrem we have made inthe last
yar, It i tivmendoua and to me very
encouraging. I neeji'J mason to doubt
that Anwrloan authority a now be
maintained without mure truopa than
wa Indicated by Governor TafU"
AHMI8TICE WITH ',mYi 'ATRA.
MANILA. March 20.oenehU gro4th
In command In th Island of Bamar,
cabh- that he will meet Ouevarra on
March 24 anl arrange detail and
length of (rupoed armiatlca to faclll
ute collection of Ouevarra' men, with
rifle and subsequent formal aurren
der.
Vp to the prvnt i communication
betwven Smith and Ouevarra ha been
by letter.
OBNKHAL SMITH IIRLIBVED.
WASHINGTON. March JO. An, order
wa liwued today relieving Brigadier
General Jucub H. Kmith from further
duty In the Philippines and directing
him to proceed to San Antonio, to a'
ume command of th department of
Texas. General Hmlth is in command
of the American troop vblch are con
durtlnn uih a vigorous campaign In
the Island of Samar.
VKNRZHELAN TARIFF.
1 1. la llwn Greatly . Increased on Near
)y All Product
WASHINGTON. March SO. The
Uite department hea made public
synopsis of the projected new tariff
of Bwiticrland, which has ben tram
milled by United State Minister Har
din at Berne, In a,rcport dated Feb.
ruory 20. Mr. Hardin says that the
tariff will be brought before ifce Con-
sell National and the Consell D'Aat in
April and May next respoctlVely, but
adds that It doubtless wilt bo much
later before the amended form which
may ibe agreed upon by these two bod
les reaches a vote. .After this, h con
tinues, there remains the prospect of
Its possible1 snbmlsfon to the people by
referendum.
The new schedule of duties contains
1123 articles, an against 723 for t he
conventional tariff and 470 for the gen
eral tariff now in force. The minis
ter notes marked increase In the
rate on which COO of these 1123 arti
cles, especially in the ase of ftgrlc.Ul
tural products' or their Imitations for
the natural and artificially treated
wines, froth and dried grape, rattle,
meats, poultry, butter, margarine and
cheese. - '
Mr Hardin say that some of these
Increases In tariff are for the purpose
of providing enlarged revenue, but
which are. In fact, augmentations of
the present rates. f1'
UVWERED SWIMMTNO RECORDS.
Howard P. Brewer and J. 8eott Leary
Did Fast Wtork. !
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SAN FRANCISCO, March 20.-J.
Scott Learx and Howard F Brewer,
the crock swimmer of the Olymplo
AUilotlo'Oub, set seveal new American
record last night. Leary wain 110
yard In one minute and 13 seconds,
the word being one minute and '
second, held by H. it. Reedor. Ltary
covered 135 yard In cne minute and
it "seconds, the former record bmg
1:40, held by J. it Taylor. Bicwer re
duced the 660 yard reo.'iof 10.27 4 J,
hfld by Otto Wablo, to Ml. He con
tinued to the 10-yrd mark, eovtilr.g
the distance in 11.24, , In thin he low
ered hi own record of 1?:404S.
TUB NATIONAL LKAOUB.
NEW YORK, March .-PnMent
A. II. Sodt-n, of the Boston Club, Is ex
pected In the city today.whlch means
that the Freedman four clubs of the
National League tangle are about to
hold a conference in preparation for
the league meeting that Is to be called
for next week. It Is expected that Jus
tice Traux will hand down hi declilon
In the Spalding case before the end of
the week.
THE CHINESE CONSUL
( ll.Itii:i J1Y TIIK SIX COM
I'AXIEM AT FHI8C O.
Willi Not Bring: AggrrNMiv?
AifatiiMt Cbinrse Ex-
i'ltlKlOM.
SAN FRANCISCO, March M.-Grave
chargi against Chinese Comfl Gen
eral Ho Tow, designed also tc Incul
pate Minister Wu Ting Fang, all un
der the seal of the 81x Ccmpanles sre
on (lie In the foreign efflce in Pekln.
says the Chronicle this morning. When
Interviewed in regard to the matter Ho
Vow said:
"Tea, the minister has been informed
by the foreign office that charges are
on file and has telegraphed me to In
vestigate and learn ' their source.
There are a number tit charge, the
greatest stress being laid on the alle
gation that T am not conducting the
tight against exclusion as aggreasly a
the complainant think Ishould. An
olher charge Is that I am neglecting
my official duties and not protecting
the Interests and welfare of my coun
trymen. We are Informed by the for
eign office that the charges bear, the
Imprint of the Six Companies. I
Informed the companies and they at
once entered a' disclaimer on their
minutes, and that disclaimer will be
forwarded to the minister and by him
to the foreign office. I am Informed
that the signatures and Imprint of the
companies are forgeries. It is quite
possible that the charges emanated
from disgruntled highbinders Incensed
at the efforts to stop their practices."
A prominent member of the Six Com
panies said:
'We were Informed that the charges
comprised 18 articles. - One was the
charge that a great deal of his time
was devoted to his racing stable and
that his Jockeys wore the national col
ors, a yellow dragon Jacket The roy
al government will not permit this.
"Then there were other charges of
official and personal misconduct The
charges against the minister were that
he had previously been notified of all
this but bad failed to call the consul
to account, and In that had shown ne
glect of his duties."
Minister Wu and Consul General Ho
Tow are brothers-in-law.
PRICE OF SILVER.
NEW YORK, Marcn 20. Sliver 63.
Footwear
Was Never Sold
at raoh price before. My
Special Sale is a revelation.
) Every pair a bvrgain. Good
cannot be beaten for quality.
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ROBBING MAILS
New Postal System. Opposition
to Bill to Protect President
from Assassins.
RIYERS AND HARBORS BILL
About lieueral Mile The Seat
or Butler or Missouri De- '
dared Vacant South
ern Election.
WASHINGTON, March 20. Bill in
troduced In the senate by McMillan
to prevent robbing of mails, provide
safer and easier method of sending
money by mail and to increase postal
revenues, bas been Introduced , In the
bouse by Gardner, of Michigan. The
bill Is endorsed by the American
Newspaper Publishers' Association. , It
provides that all paper money here
after Issued by the United States ot
the denomination of one two and flv
dollars, except national bank note,
shall be of form known as post cheg,
and shall be convertible by the bolder
into cbeck to named payee. This post
check will be exchangeable at any
United States money order postofHce
for current funds, after which the
postmaster will cancel them and for
ward them to the depository desig
nated by the postmaster general and
shall receive credit therefor.
TO PROTECT PRESIDENT.
WASHINGTON, March 20. Through
out today's session of the senate th
bill providing for the' protection of
the president otthe United State was
under discussion. Agreements are had
to' vote en measure at 4 otoek tomor
row. Speeches in the main were In
reinforcement of arguments advanced
heretofore, no new points being raised.
The principal point made by the op
ponents of the measure .was that fed
eral officials ought to be treated- in
the courts precisely as. are other cltl
sens. Three substitutes for the bill
will be presented tomorrow.
RIVERS AND HARBORS.
WASHINGTON, March 20.- The
house today made very slow progress
on the rivers and harbors bill, dispos
ing oi oniy 39 pages, leaving 1$ pages
still to be considered. The rivers and
harbors committee again today suc
ceeded In defeating every amendment
offered. Bellamy, of North Carolina,
J took occasion to denounce the Crum-
packer proposition to Investigate the
Southern election laws as designed to
stir up sectional strife. He appealed
to conservative Republicans to defeat
the resolution.
GENERAL MILES.
WASHINGTON, March 20. News of
General Miles' statements today before
the military committee of the senate
exelted great Interest at the war de
partment. There was very general In
quiry as to whether, by passing crit
icism on various officials, as reported
In the press, Miles had not exposed
himself to disciplinary treatment
While Miles did not expect, when he
gave his testimony, that It would be
made public In any form, he is now
willing that it shall, be published by
the committee, making himself th
broad statement that statements which
were given to the press aa those made
by himself before the committee were
misrepresentations totally unwarrant
ed.
MISSOURI ELECTIONS.
WASHINGTON. March JO.-In the
contested election case of William H.
Horton vs. Jame J. Butler, from the
Twelfth Missouri district Republican
members ot the election committee
number 1, have decided to recommend
that the seat be declared vacant.
Members of the committee say the
hearings disclosed that lists contained
about 14,000 names which could not
be located at places of residence de
signated, nor were these names In last
census returns or in the city dlreotory
of St Louis. The committee found
that about 9500 of these doubtful name
appeared in the voting lists, ot which
It is estimated Butler received about
700 and Horton about Z30C-. In vitw
of these facts Republican members
declare the seat vacant. ! f '
SENATE CONFIRMATION. -WASHINGTON,
March , 2D.-Sonate
conflrmtalons: E. W. Batte, surveyor
general of Montana.
NEW YORK COLLECTOR.
WASHINGTON, March 20.- The
president today nominated Nevada N.
Stanaha to be collector of customs of
the district of New York.
RHODES STILL LIVES.
CAPE TOWN, March 20. A bulletin
Issued at midnight says the lung diffi
culty of Cecil Rhodes had been amel
iorated, but owing to the heat, the pa
tient is unable to sleep.
EIRE INREfORM SCHOOL
12.1 YOCSG CRIMINALS LKFT
WITHOUT Ql'AKTEKS;
On Aeeoutit of Crowded Condi
tion State Had .lust Made
Appropriation.
LEXINGTON, Ky., March 20. The
Bradley dormitory at the State School
of Reform near this city was destroy
ed by Are shortly after midnight, but
all the Inmates, numbering 12S boys.
were saved. The fire was discovered
in the third story of the dormitory at
12:25 o'clock by the night watchman.
He at once notified Superintendent
Doak, who promptly aroused the in
mate and got them safely and with
out disorder out of the building. The
officials' and the boys went to work to
save the office furniture tout the flames
spread quickly' and., the : domitory was
soon in ruins.
A telephone message tu sent here
for help and .the local fire department
quickly responded and an engine was
started at onoe. They had about six
miles to go and although they were
too late to save any part of the dor
mitory, they prevented the flames from
spreading to the manual training
building which is near the dormitory.
At 1:10 o'clock the dormitory collapsed
and at 3 ociock the Are was practical
ly extinguished.
The burned building was erected in
1896 during the administration ot ex-
Governor W. O. Bradley, at a cost of
125,000, and was Injured for two-thirds
of its value. It was. the only dormi
tory completed' to this time excepting
the one occupied by the girls three-
quarters of a mile' away.
In it were the superintendent and his
family, the guards and the white boys,
numbering. about 125. The burning ot
the building leaves these young crim
inals and the superintendent without
quarters. The colored boys occupy the
manual training building in which are
the factories, etc., and the colored
girls occupy an old house, which stood
on the place at the time of the farm's
purchase by the state.
Because of the badly crowded condi
tion of the dormitories and the in
complete plans of the institution, the
state legislature has Just passed an
appropriation for the school's benefit.
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NO DEMAND HAS
BEEN MADE
On Turkey For Reimbursement
of Miss Stone Ransom Moo
ey by Uncle Sam. .
IT WILL COME BY AND BY
Turkey and Bulgaria Have Been
; Notified that Demand Will
Be Made When Respo li
ability Is Fixed.
WASHINGTON, March 20.-Perel-tent
circulation of report that Ute.
state department has made demand
upon Turkey for reimbursement . of
money expended in the ransom ' ot
Miss Stone, 3s causing a good deal of
annoyance to officials of that depart-
met ' It can be stated that the state
department has made no such demand
on Turkey and consequently the Tur
kish government has not flatly refused
to pay. As already stated. Lelshman
some 'time ago lodged caveats with
the Turkish and Bulgarian government,
stating right of the United 8tatea gov
ernment to prefer demand for, repara
tion and retmbursement In the Stone
case when It was able to fix the re
sposlblllty for the abduction. Up ' to
this time official reports have not put
the state department in possession oC
sufficient facts te determine the ques
tion of responsibility.
WILL BUILD THEIR OWN SHIPS.
colonel Tcherqtgigovsky, of the Rus
sian Navy Returns Home,
yj ,-f;.Hv :-;
. NEW YORK,: March 20. According
to Cokmel P. P. Teherafgovsky, of the
Russian navy, who ha Just salledi with,
his wife snd daughter, for home on the
steamer St Louts. Russia Is not likely
to order any more war vessels from
foreign countries. He has been in this
country superintending the construc
tion at the Cramp yards of the V art tug
and Retxixan for the Russian navy.
These vessel huving been completed.
he Is now on his way home.
"Russian yards." be said, "have ' a
capacity for building eight ships sim
ultaneously I have prepared a report
on American methods which will hare
the effect T think of doubling their
capacity. If at any time Rassia should
need any more warships from a for
eign country. America will get ihe or
der. The United States is far ahead of
any of the European countries in the
building of battleships and its Idea
are more advanced." , '
PRINCE HENRY IN NEW, ROLB.
BERLIN. March 20. Admiral Prince
Henry of Prussia hoisted his pennant
today on the battleship Kaisttr Frlder-
Ich in., as commander of the squad
ron in Kiel waters. ' r-
FTRE IN PIANO HOUSE.
NEW YORK, March 20. Hardman,
Peck ft Co., piano manufacturers,
suffered a loss of $300,000 by destruc
tion by fire of theirplant