VOL. LVIJ.
ASTORIA, OREGON. HluNPAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1901.
NO. 118.
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HARD AT WORK
FOR LARGER
.NAVY
Democrat Asserts That Retention
of Philippines Creates De
mand for Stronger
. Force on Sea
Precipitate Discussion and Minor
ity Leader Williams Urges
Adjournment
IN HONOR OF WASHINGTON
Jtrpubllciui Curry Day Aririilntr
Tbut First President MIiouM
Bo Honored by riuUdlnjr
Up the Sttvy.
Washington Feb. 20. This was field
day In the house. The naval appro
priation bill wai under consideration
and the discussion encompassed various
topics, much of It revolving more or
or less around politics.
After Dayton (republican) of Went
Virginia, of the committee on naval
affaire, had pleaded for a larger navy,
Hitchcock (democrat), of Nebraska,
declared that there wa gross national
extravagance In the annual appropria
tion bill. He asserted that the larger
Heme In the army and navy aupply
blllH went to trusts. Hard wide ( dem
ocrat), of deorgln', precipitated a dls
Mwluu W4 J-Mftpii -que to by
declaring the retention of the inland
senate today, and waa the only subject
of general Importance, . Bpooner com
pleted a apeech begun by him on
Thursday, and Morgan and Money both
made brief addreea.. Morgan spoke
In oppoaltlon to the treaty aa usual and
announced he Would not )e ' heard
again on the treaty.1 ' ? '
' Money announced hla Intention of
voting for the ratification of the canal
treaty, but criticised the part taken
by the United States In conneetlonwlth
the secession of Panama. V ,
During hla spefeh, Bpooner engaged
in a aplrlted colloquy with Tillman, He
defended the prealdent against the as
aumptlon that hla position on the Fan
ama question Involved the right of the
aouthern etatee to aecede.
LOSES SENSE OF PAIN.
The Application of Hot Iron Serve to
Convince Jury.
New York; Feb 20. A Hrooklyn
milk dealer haa secured a verdict of
11000 against the city after undergoing
a remarkable teat )efore the Jury. Hot
Irona Here applied to one arm and a leg
and the flesh pierced with surgical In
etrumenta to prove that the plaintiff
had suffered Injury aa claimed.
The milk man, while driving through
the atreet, felt Into an excavation which
hud been open aeveral week. He
claimed to have auitalned chromatic
neurllle of the nervea and muscles of
the left aide. In order to convince the
jurymen, red hot lrona wer applied
and almrp knlvea pierced deeply Int6
the flesh repeatedly, but the milk man
ahowed absolutely no evidence of pain
and the verdict In hla favor waa im
mediately returned.
DRIFTING MINES RENDER HAR
BOR OF DALNY VERY
DANGEROUS
Fearful Explosives Float About, and It Is
Thought the Dangerous Condition
Will Exist for Many Years
" to Come in Harbor.
Enormous Consignment of Artillery En Route from Russia-Repairs
to Damaged Battleships Proceed Rapidly Report
v That Japs Land at Corea Oniy-Report
1' . Says Russians Damaged Enemy. ' .
COURT GRANTS MOTION.
Ienver, Feb. 20. In the I'nlted
gratffcdllte 1K4i'CrDir.i.tiratraTir
the six-million- dollar damage ault of
waa reaponalble for the demand for a the fitrattona Independence Company,
larger navy. ,
William, the minority louder, sought
to eecure adjournment until Tuea
day that proper reaped might be paid
to the memory of George Washington
on Monday. Payne (republican
llmit fd, of England, agalnat the r'Ute
of the lute Winfletd 8cott Sti niton, to
atrlke from the riles of the court the
replication to the answer of the de
fendanta and also granted Judgment on
the pleadings of the trustets and ex-
thought It would be more patriotic toj eeutors of the eatute. It whs held that
celebrate the annlveraary of the day! the matter eet up in the replication
building up the navy, and the house ahould have been Included in- the com
fit. IVteraburg. Keb. 20. A dispatch
from Port Arthur today says the flrnt
luhd encounter occurred yesterday, A
picket of Cwack attacked a amall
detachment of Japanese troopa on Co
rean territory. The Coaaacka captured
some Japuneae prisoners, on whom
they found mae and papers. -
The collialon waa presumably be
tween reconnoiterlng parties. A gen
eral engagement la not anticipated Im
mediately. A special Port Arthur dispatch eaya
the Japanese fleet waa observed Feb
ruary IS cruising off that port.
Heports from northern Corea aay the
Coreana are showing a decidedly
friendly attitude to the Russians.
The Manchuria railroad U conveying
trooia without difficulty to the various
points of concentration. I
Nutlve n-ports aay that the Chinese
fiaien uwuin ""i" "- " t u.-.
adjourned until Monday with the naval
bill still pending.
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LAST SPEECH FROM MORGAN.
Alabama Senator Announces He's
Through With Canal.
Washington, Feb. 20. Panama was
the subject of three speeches In the
plaint. The English corporation
sought to recover from the estate of
the late mining millionaire,; charging
that prior to the sale of the Independ
ence mine at Cripple Creek to the Kug
lUh purchaser, the proerty waa
'salted," The case will be appealed to
the United States circuit court of appeals.
Our 20 per cent reduction
sale on clothing' is STILL ON
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Itles, have been displaying such activ
ity la eastern Asiatic waters aa to al
most parulyzze the coasting trade.
Ylnkow, Feb. 20. A newspaper cor
resiHindetit. who, by the special ier
iiiIhIoh of General Pflug, was allowed
to visit Port Arthur, states that re
palra to the Runlun fleet are proceed
ing. The cruiser Novlk has been docked
but conditions of the battleship Ciar
ovltch and Revlxun remain, unchanged.
Engineers aay the Revlzun will' be
floated In a few days.
Official reports indicate that In. spite
of the fact that noJaponese were re
ported aa lost, the Russina did aome
damage, i .
Shippers are of, the oplnlon;that the
harbor .of Dalny lylH be unsafe for
years to come on account of the stray
mines from .Yenisei, aome of which
flre reported, by late merchantmen ar
riving at Port Arthur, as drifting in
the open sea. Viceroy Alexleff is un
derstood to be at Harbin. General
VlakolT Is in command of the non-combatant
forcea at Harbin.
An enormbus consignment of ar
tillery la reported to be en route from
Russia, and it Is said without hesita
tion there were not over 125,000 troops
In Manchuria and at Vladivostok when
the war began. . y
Administration authorities, of Port
Arthur, assert that the Japanese have
landed lu Corea only.
commission under the presidency of
hereditary Grand Duke Michael Alexan
drovltch, brother of the cxar, iw ar
range for the most seedy construction
of submarine boats, cruisers and other
vessels, to meet the expense of which
a public subscription has been started
by the press.
Cssssni Will Remain.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 20. The report
that Count Cusslni, the Russian am
bassador to Washington, is to be re
called is absolutely unwarranted. His
services are highly esteemed and at the
foreign office It was said his recall Is
not contemplated. ; ,. j
Japanese Maltreated.
Seoul, Feb. 20. Japanese fugitives,
who were maltreated at Port Arthur,
arrived at Chemulpo yesterday, and tb
fVjxfrt or Thr'tf 1tnl-e&t'meiit1lu''tfciife,ii
great excitement among , the soldiers
theif . '
Kuropatkin Transferred. '
St. Petersburg, Feb.. 2t. General
Kuropatkin has been relieved of his
functions rs minister of war and has
been appointed commander-in-chief of
the Russian army In' the far east.
Loubet Will Visit Czsr.
New York, Feb. 20. It Is reported,
says a World dispatch from Paris, that
President Loubet Is making arrange
ments for an Immediate visit to St.
Petersburg to exchange courtesies with
th czar, thereby faying back the
visit of "the csar to France. There is
no confirmation of the rumor. .
De Roten Takes Passage.
.New York, Feb. 20. Karon de Rosen,
Russian minister at Toklo, and his staff
have sailed for home.aitys a Times dlH
patch from Shanghai. M. Pavloft, the
Russian minister nt Cortn, who left
Seoul a few days ago, remains at
Shanghai awaiting Instructions.'; -
Will Increase Navy.
St. Petersburg, Feb, 20. According
to the terms of an Imperial order Just
Issued suspects under police surveil
lance are permitted to enter the nrmy
In the field ns privates, after which the
minister of the Interior and minister
of Justice can order the withdrawal of
police supervision over such persons.!
Another decree appoints a special
To Succeed Fred Grant.
San Francisco, Feb. 20. "General
Jesse M. Lee is here en route from the
Philippines to succeed General Fred
Grant In Texas. General Lee was un
der General Chaffee with the allied
troops on their march to Pekln during
the Boxer troubles. ,
Heath Resigns as Secretary.
Washington, Feb, 20. Postmaster
General Payne today received the resig
nation of Perry S. Heath as secretary
of the republican national committee
and announced that he "would acitept
it Immediately. The duties of the sec
retary will devolve on Elmer Dover,
assistant secretary of the committee,
until the full committee meets a few
days before the national convention,
when a secretary will be elected to suc
ceed Heath. , ,
Millionaire Under Arrest.
New York. Feb. 20. John A. Ben
son, a San Francisco millionaire land
dealer, was arrested here again today
and arraigned before United States
Commissioner Shields on the charge of
conspiring to defraud the government
of school lands in Oregon and Califor
nia. Benson's examination was set for
Thursday next. Ball Mas Increased to
$20,000, "which was furnished.
Diamond Polishers Strike. .
New York,' Feb. 20. Diamond deal
ers here have been advised from Am
sterdam and Antwerp 'that owing to
the strike of 3000 polishers, stones are
likely to be scarce,, and higher prices
are expected. The strike Is against an
ultimatum of, the employers prescrib
ing a large number . of apprentices
which they are determined to enforce.
LONE BANDIT, CAUGHT.
At Least So Officers of Baker City
: Think. . ' ,
Baker City, Feb. 20. The officers
are satisfied that they have arrested
the lone highwayman who has been
operating In this city for several weeks
past, but they ore ' short of evidence
to convict. White and his partner.
BassHt, were, overheard, to plan a
robbery of Borne kind, so one witness
testifies, but on particular saloon was
mentioned. "
The big gun used by the robber Is
not in evidence, anl there Is a wide
difference of opinion regarding the gun,
even if one should be found. Some of
the vktlms of the hold-up say that it
was a nickel-plated gun, while others
Insist that it was blue steel.
The mask whiich all feel 'sure they
would recognize If they could see it
again has not been found. The offi
cers have been hunting diligently for
more of the paraphernalia used by the
hold-up, but they are unable to find
the missing articles. Another man, D.
M. Donaldson, has been arrested as a
confederate. Donaldson had a key
which flu the closet In the Mint saloon,
where the robber lofjked his victims the
night of the robbery. He also had a
number of other keys of peculiar de
sign. Among his effects were several
sigiieS checks drawn on the First Na
tional bank of this city and the First
National bank of Sumpter, for sums
ranging from $185 to $600. Donald
son was evidently preparing to work
the bogus check game, which has been
worked, so successfully In the past on
many people n this city.
WHEAT TAKES
A SKYWARD
COURSE
MRS. GOULD ON SOCIAL LFE.
Home Life Nsed Not Be Neglected For
: High Society.
New York, Feb.i 20. In an article
written for the current number of a
magazine dedicated to the Interests of
club women. Mrs. George J. Gould
says:" . - . '" ''".-..',
"There Is absolutely no reason why
sharing in the pleasure of social life is
Incompatible with devotion in the do
mestic circle. It is as our children
grow older that a ! woman's growth,
mentally, must keep pace with that of
the active young minds about her; she
must bdeti her social horizon, keep
"in "to u i jTw fttTinVorl ff "ki 1 3" " "itirt-a s t
of events In , the every day turmoil
about her. , . -
"About a fashionable woman's social
functions there shines as fierce a light
as beats about a throne and It Is too
generally believed that In order to have
time for her toilets, etc, she considers a
perf unc'ory good night kfcs or a flying
weekly visit to her nursery the sunt
total of her duty to her God given
charges." '
Miss Laura Fastabend is home from
Jewell where she has Just completed
a three months' term of school.
Cereal Reaches $1.07, Third Irv
stance of Kmd Recorded in
Past Twenty-Five
Years.
CONFUSION REIGNS IN PIT
Liverpool Cables and Far East
War Starts Bidding That
Causes HighMarK
I'proarand Paiidemoiiinm Cre
ates Eventful' Day In Chi
cagoBrokers ICiikIi
Wildly About.
Chicago. Feb. 20. For the third
time in a quarter of a century wheat
for future delivery today reached $1.07.
The pit was the scene of uproar and
pandemonium from the time the ses
sion opened until St closed. Brokers
rushed frantically between telegraph
counters and the pit with their hands
full of orders, which, in the excitement
it was almost impossible to fill.
Strong Liverpool cables and Russo-
Japanese war news started bidding In
wheat for May delivery at $1.04, 1 cent
higher than last night's close.
At the outset there was little hilta-tfom-'
Armmir, wh.;,- tiHa ; '" moKths
btfii monarch' of the wheat pit.- trnei
millions of bushels on the market, but
after a momentary calm the buying
wave suddenly struck "' the pit and
swept the brokers oft their feet. The
price, which had been forced down to
$1.02, Jumped by leaps and bounds to
$1.0?. Liberal profit taking followed,
and the market dropped back to $1.05,
where It closed strong. ' : !
Mr. and Mrs. H. R, Beckwith and lit
tle son Harold returned to Portland
last night after spending a few days
with Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Higgins. Mrs.
Beckwith and Mrs. Higgins are sisters.
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