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ASTORIA. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER J. 1902.
NO. 152
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OPPOSITION TO
ARBITRATION PLAN
Members of (be Cabinet Do Not
Favor The Hague
Tribunal.
WILL TEST CALVE DOCTRINE
Outraged Foreigner Might
Have Obtained Justice hy
Appealing to Loral
Court a.
WASHINGTON, Dm. 23-R la known
no iv that nomo members of-the cabin!
are opposed to referring the venesuela
mutter to The Hague trllninal for
then known reasons; .
In the fir.U place they have no de
sir to fubmlt the Monroe doctrine to
the arbitration of any non-American
tribunal, not even excepting the au
gust and eminently fulr tribunal of The
Hugue. Not that the falrnem of The
llaau arbitration court I questioned,
hut, aa most of thm represent Euro
pean an I monamhlul Interests, it In
realised that their training may be re
garded aa unsympathetic where they
are required to deal with auch essentl
ally American subject aa the Monroe
doctrine.
Another reason that animates thorns
cabinet offlccra in thla disinclination
toward acceptance la their convictions
thnt an Inordinate length of time
w.tu'd be consumed If fhe lmiue In taken
before The Hague tribunal. The ma'
I'hlnrry la auffliient, but ponderous
and dlffleuH to put In motion.
It la known that the president's plan
la he determine to arbitrate (he Ve;ie
auelan affair, contemplate the ap
polntment of a twurd of arbitration.
It la aald a crucial point before the
arbitration boarj la the fumoua "Cnlv
doctrine," Thla doctrine which waa
laid dawn by the greateat Latln-Amerl
ran Internatlonnl lawyer and for many
y-nr haa beon regarded aa beyond
quotation by all of the Latin-American
rriubllca, denlea the right of any na
tlon to Intervene diplomatically In be
half of one of Ita aubjecta where the
court of a country are open to hla ap-
haa aaxerted that all these claimant,
plication for juatlce. Thu Veneam la
Biltlah, German, Italian and French
ndght have gone before the Venetuelan
courta and their cause had been given
a Juit and il.tcere hearing and the
courta' government would have paid
the Jmlgmenta. The objection to thla
view la that no account Is taken of a
mlt hitIuko of juatlce.
A law ha been pnaaed within the laat
few week making It a criminal of-
fena. and one to be heavily punlxhed
for any Salvadorean to give any evi
denee before the court In behalf of
foreigner claiming damage against the
Salvadorean government. Thl die
trine will be given & trial before the
arbitration.
DICTUM ISSUED BT
BLOCKADING 8QUADKONS
Veasels Benching Port Before New
Year's Day May Discharge Car
go, But Cannot Take On.
LA QUAYRA, Dec. 23,-The nlllea
have advised foreign consuls here that
steamers reaching La Ouayra before
December SO, will be allowed to enter
port and discharge their cargo during
the day, but they will not be allowed
to take cargo on board. This rul
ing haa created general dissatisfaction
here.
All mall steamer reaching here af
ter December 30 will be boarded from
the blockading squadron and neutral
passenger and mails will be sent
ashore under a flog of truce.
A achooner which attempted to enter
port tonight waa captured.
MORK WATER CURE NEEDED.
Three Province in Philippine to be
Again Placed Under Military Rule.
PAN FRANCISCO. Doc. 2S.-U is
stated by officer arriving on the trans
port Thomas thnt the provinces of Ca-
vlte, Ratanga and - Tayabaa In the
Philippines are to be placed under military-control
because of the difficulties
of the civil government with ludrones.
In speaking of the situation, D. J.
O'Connell, a Mnnlla newspaper man,
said:
"The proposed change is due to the
Increase of robber bands which Infefft
these provinces. Agllpay, a Filipino
agitator, ha declared himself pope of
the Filipino national church. He I the
head of a movement for the reorganis
ation of the Insurrection element. At
present the ladrone keep the consta
bulary In a state of coriBtant fear. They
come within a few mile of Manila and
Are upon the mounted police. The,
military authorities do not Interfere,
becauae the situation I In the hand
of the civil government.'
KX PLOSION OP BOILER
KILLS AND MAIMS
Consequence.
NORFOLK. Va.. Dec. 23.-Two men
were killed and another fatally Injured
In an explosion of the boiler of the tow
I . I i ... .1 ...... .w
branch of the Ellaabetb river thlg ev-
enlng. , y
THE DEAD:
GEO. S. WILLIAMS, captain.
WILLIAM BTMAN, fireman.
INJURED:
Pnmuel Dunn, engineer.
. The tug waa towing a. lumber laden
barge at the time of the catastrophe
Captain William waa thrown W feet
into the air and horribly mangled; By
man waa Mown Into piece and the tug
immediately tank. ' . ... .,',
It la reported that an unknown eat'
ploye of the barge waa aIo killed
COAL LAND SWINDLER. ,
Make Bogus Application for Entry of
Coal Lands at 140 Per Sucker.
SPOKANE, Dec; 21. What appear
to be an extensive land swindle has
Just been reported to Commissioner
Herrintnit by Register W. H. Ludden,
of the United State bind office here.
For several week applications for coal
land locations In this district have
been coming !n from Hood River, Ore.,
Snuh Bend, Washn., Ellington, S. D.
Waterloo, Iowa, and Farwell, Mich.
all apparently sent In at the Instigation
of one "promoter" who, it la believed,
collect $W from applicants on a pre
tense of locating coal lands for them.
Tin applications re worthless, no
money accompanying them, and the de
scriptions not conforming to any land
In thla district. Further, the register
knows of no unlocated coal lands of
value In thla district available for lo
cation. .
BLUE VER8US WHITE FACINGS.
Army Board Decide for Blue Dressy!
Officers Not All Satisfied.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-The spec
ial army board on the new army uni
form haa decided In favor of the use
of blue facing for the uniform Inatead
of white facings, a bad been suggest
ed. The action of the board was bas
ed mainly on the fact that manv nffio.
er had gone to the expense of having
their new uniforms made with the blue
facings In conformity with the origin
al action or the boird and it was
thought tnat the work had gone too far!
to Justify a change simply to gratify
a tt ste In the matter of color,
There la a strong sentiment In favor
of white facings In the army, despite
the action of the board and. the matter
will not be settled until passed on by
the aecretnry of war.
ARCH DUKE FERDINAND
RENOUNCES ROYALTY
Leopold Ferdinand, of Austria, Gives
Up All Else tor Love and
Anarchism.
VIENNA. Dec. 23. Arch Duke Leo
pold Ferdinand Intend to take the
name of Leopold Woolrllng. Besides
formally renouncing hla rank and dig
nities aa a member of the imperial
house, the arch duke has returned all
his decorations. Including that of the
golden fleece, and hi resigned hi com
mission In the Austrian army.
It Is expected that he will mary his
Viennese companion. Hla relatives
prevented him from taking this step
morgontically several months ago. He
Is regurded aa weak mentally, and pro
fesses extreme radical and anarchistic
views.
COLLOS3AL CHICAGO COMBINE.
Underground and Elevated Roads
Representing 355,000,000 to Combine.
CHICAGO. Dec. 23.-New York and
Chicago capitalist are said to have
joined force to launch In Chicago one
of the most colossal traction ventures
the city has known. The scheme is
for the under iround railroads to com
bine with the new elevated, the cost of
the entire project to be from 354,000,000
to $55,000,000. . The plan comprehends
the construction of a tunnel under
down-town streets making; a complete
loop of the business section.
WELLS, FARGO & CO. GENEROUS.
NEW YORK, Deo. 23. The Herald
says that the' employe of Wells, Far
go Co., to the number of over 6000
will have their salaries Increased from
to 10 percent, the Increase to date
from December 1.
The Increase Is spoken of by the of
ficers of the express company a a re
adjustment of the scale of wages, but
virtually, In the readjustment, the
salaries are raised.
CROP FAILURE
CREATES FAMINE
ported as Prevailing in
the Far East
KILto
ARE EXORBITANT
Cruiser In Readlnea to Jtcceive
Crown Prince of Slain,
. Betaraing From
Toor.
TOKOHAMA, Dec. t (Corregpon
dence of the Associated , Presa) Via
Han Francisco, Dec 2A Report
poor crops and prohibitive price for
th staple native goods reach the Hong
Teieirraph front,' all quarters. , Great
d is treat Is reported from Amoy and
Swatow,' while similar accounts reach
the paper from Singapore and other
southern point. Kwangsl and Kwang
Tung have experienced similar fall
lire, with the result that the Canton
situation I very gTave.
As for the Philippine, the rice crop
in Pongaslnan Camarlnes and other mi
nor provln'K ba been a failure: Sal
gon, the ewer exporting port lor me
Philippine supply, baa also suffered in
it crop, through the drouth, and the
market there has advanced rapidly SO
percent sln?e the beginning of the year.
At present that district la bare of rice
and Is trying to cancel contract.
ia said that won no rice will be oh
taltiable until the new crop come
February.
The Slamase cruiser Maha Chakrkri
baa arrived at Nagasaki enroute to Yo
kohama, where she is to receive the
Siamese crown ,rince who is shortly
expected from Vancouver. The com
minder and two other officer of the
cruiser are European and U officer
and 321 men native.
NOTABLE CAREER ENDED.
Senator Sabln Died Suddenly in Chi
" cago Yesterday.
CHICAGO. Dec. 23,-Ex-Unlted
State Senator Dwlght M. Sabin of
Minnesota died early this morning in
hi apartments at the Auditorium an
net.. Senator Sabln Shad been a guest
of the hotel since November t. being
accompanied by his wife and daughter.
He waa stricken with heart failure
about II o'clock last night and a phy
aiclan waa summoned. He found Mr.
Sabln in a dying condition and beyond
medical aid. The patient remained un
conscious for upwards of an hour and
the end waa peaceful.
Ex-Senator Sabln waa born at Man
ilas, III., April 25, 1845. He was educat
ed In the east and at the close of the
War settled In Minnesota, where he was
a member of the legislature from 1871
to 1883, In which latter year he was
elected United States senator. For 25
years he was prominent in national
republican politics, being a member of
of the national republican committee
from 1878 to 1884 and It chairman from
1882 to 1884.
Mr. Rabin' business career In Minne
sota was identified with the lumber
and railroad interests of the state and
at one time he was reported to be
worth 310,000,000. although his fortune
waa considerably diminished at the
time of tils death. After separation
from hla first wtfe Senator Sabln was
re-marrlad and the second Mrs. Sa
bln was with him when he died.
TOO MUCH PROSPERITY.
Army Crack Shot Celebrates Nine
Years' Service and Suicide.
CHICAGO. Dec. 23.-Sergeant Wll
Ham H, Russell'of the Twentieth Unit
ed States infantry haa committed su
icide by shooting himself in the head
Russell received his discharge Decem
ber 2, together with over 3700 In back
pay and allowances. He re-enllsted the
next day' and waa granted a thvee
months' furlough. He started to spend
his furlough and money by buying a
barrel of beer for his old jom.iany.
Since that time, 20 days ago. ho has
spent his entire savings. The body
la now at Fort Sheridan awaiting in-
structions from hla relatives, who live
in North Carolina.
Russell waa 83 years old and un
married. He enlisted nine year aifo
from Kansas, aerved against the In
dians, In Cuba and In the Philippines.
He was a well-known marksman and
had a good army record.
NEW BATTLESHIP MAINE.
Ready for Commission and Able
to
Make Herself Remembered.
NEW YORK. Dec. 23. The recent or
der of th navy department to hurry
up the finishing touches of the battle-
hlp Maine haa been followed out at
Cramp' shipyards, a World' dispatch
from Philadelphia say.
With ateam up the battleship He
In the Delaware river ready to go into
commission. Her bull is painted a das-
sling white from stem to stern while
at night hundreds of tiny electric light
make her as light a day.
T"our 12-Inch breech loading rifle,
W six-inch rapid Br guna, alx three
Inch rapid Art guns, eight aix-pound-era,
six one-pounders, two colt, two
thre-lnch rapid fire field gun and two
submerged Whitehead torpedoe tube
form her complement.
COST OF EDUCATION. .
New York Pay 35.14 per Capita for
PuBHc School.
ALBANIAN. Y, Dec. 21. Accord
ing to a statistical summary just Is
sued by the (tale department of pub
lic Insructlon, the total amount ex
pended for the support of elementary,
secondary and higher education In this
state, during the last school year was
$43,331,373, of which secondary educa
tion cost 38. 42825; high schools, 4,445,-
083, and academics $2,192,25. Teachers'
salaries amounted to 322,716,370.
The average cost per pupil baxl on
average dally attendance waa $41.11, a
decrease of $.5 Baaed on the census
of 1300 -the total cost of maintaining
the public schools amounts to $5.14 for
each man, woman and child In the
state. '
CABLE SHIP DELAYED.
Silrertown Will Not Arrive In Hono
lulu Christmas Day.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23 All hope
that the cable ship Silvertown will ar
rive In Honolulu during Christmas day
Is dispelled. The following cablegram
wa received from the Associated Press
representative on board today:
'During the last 24 hours 197 knots of
cable have been laid, making total up
to noon today of 1577 knots. A strong
southwesterly breese has somewhat re
tarded progress."
ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.
LONDON. Dee. 2t-The Moat Rev;
Frederick Temple, archbishop of Can
terbury and primate for all England,
who has been ill for some time rast,
ia dead.
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ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO.
ELECTRICITY IS
KING OYER ALL
Connecticut Is to Have Power
Plant That Will Cost
$2,OG0,CC0. . ,
TO BE 7CC0 HORSE POWER
Will Light La rare Cities, Kun
Trolleys and Otherwise Do
Service Over Large Area
of Stat.
NEW YORK. Dec. 21. Work baa
just begun at Bull's Falls on the Hous
awnlc river, three miles below Kent,
on what is to be the largest water
power plant In this state, ays a dis
patch to the Tribune from New Ha-ven,
Conn. A dam 200 feet long and 20 feet
deep la to be constructed across the
Housatonlc and an Immense water stor
age reservoir built. The water from
this reservoir will be conveyed about
two miles through a canal to the power
house, where there will be a fall of 1H
feet. This canal will be partly' bloat
ed through solid rock, and will be 30
feet wide by 10 feet deep. The plant
will generate 7000 horse power when
run at its fuU capacity. '
The plan is to generate electricity to
sell over a wide area of western Con
necticut for manufacturing purposes,
town and city electric lighting and trol
ley and third rail roads. It will be
possible to transmit the current as far
as Derby and possibly Waterbury. The
Work involves the outlay of nearly $2.
000.000. It ia planned to build distributing
atatlona and to light several of the
largest cities of the Natutak and
Housatonlc valleys with the ultimate
object of attaching Bridgeport.
STEAMER AND CREW LOST.
CONSTANTINOPLE. DeC. 23. Th
Greek steamer Parthenon, having -on
board a crew of 23 men and six pas.
sengers, is reported lost.