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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 1895)
mm PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. JV AAA A A A A A j The ASTORIAN has the largest LOCAL b J circulation'! the largest GF.NERAL clrcula- - S tlon. and the larirest TOTAL circulation of TODAY'S WEATHER. 4j Forecast for Oregon and Washington, j train, gates on coast. h ww ww jj all papers published In Astoria. & EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS; REPORT. VOL. XLIV. ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 12, ' 1895. NO. 256. Now in I. JL. OSGOOD, The One Price Clothier, Hatter and Furnisher. SOU and 508 COMMERCIAL STREET, ASTORIA, OR. tiSTOfyA PUBLIC MBHR8YI READ'NO ROOM FltKE TO A IX. Open every day from 3 o'clock to 5 :."!0 arid 6:30 to 9:30 p. in. Subscription rates $3 per anumn. Southweit cor. Eleventh aud Duane Sts. School Books! School Supplies flt Greatly Reduced Prices. A FULL LINE OF , . . Oregon Booka Slatea . Pencils ; , Tablets Pens Erasers Sponges Everything Necessary for School Use. Griffin&Reed. THREE LOTS. " ' In a desirable location, i block from Hijh School. ; A BARGAIN. CHOICE LOTS IN IIIILS FIIIST DDITION. On tbe m Pipe Line B 'ilttvarJ .lint thu place for n cheap borne. A. Block IN ALDER BROOK. - STREET CAR LINE will be eitemle I this Hnmm.T to within 5 minute walk this property Will sell nt dei-i'ltul Imruiun. ACRE AGP. - In 5 or 10 aore tracts insi.le tbe 'ity limit', also adj miiui Klavel. GEORGE HILL. -471 KondSt., Occident Block, HILL'S REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE. Ladies1 Grey AT 75 Cents a Thee Fame Tirments sell $10 lien's Overcoats These same goo Is nra marked out at all the store's as bargains for $ I t.bO. ' ' $6 so - Men's Suits - 6.50 A Full Line of Shoes and Hats. OREGON TRADING CO, 600 Commercial Street. fJVE-RT ON'B NEEDS A BU8TNKS I EDUCATION. Vaay rsmg aa4 araaoea can spend but one or two years at school why sot take a eonrss that eaa eompleted Is that time? Tbe eollere Inehxlea short ENGLISH COURSB bs atdes a BUBTNESS and SHORTHAND COURSE. Tor eatalonas sddrasa, 114 TABHnX SI. - - E0LKES BUSINESS COLLEGE. - - KKTUSXo. j Order ! VERCOATS and Mackin toshes tor Men or Boys. Also Winter Clothing, Furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Va lises, Trunks, Umbrellas, etc. Before buying, look at my lines and obtain prices, which are the lowest. They lack Life There are twines Bold to fishermen on the Columbia river that stand In the same relationship to Marshall's Twine as d wooden Image does to the human being they lack strength life evenness and lasting qualities. Don't fool yourself Into the belief that other twines besides Marshall's will do "Just as well." They won't. They cannot. Woolen Vests Garment. everywhere f r $ t . $10 ForHeo - -; 1 Life That is Going to Hake Astoria ' A City. COTTON FACTORY TO BE BUILT Negotiations Pending1 Between Dr. Kinney and Eastern Capitalists -Likely to Prove Successful. Paw, peahdps, ' in Oregon tiro aHvare of the amount of cotton used In iBvis state and the Norulhlwest generally. Along the Columbia river tons of cotton tope, twins and netting are used every year in the flaihlng business, white on the Sound a ml In Alaalca, kWltlonal tons are consumed every season. All of lihis vast quantity cf cotton goods comes firom Bctoton and Baatimora m WlgBi-ctass tfnetelh't at heavy expense to HSie Whrinn, and in the end to tltte consumer of ualmon. . The cotton nbra from wthddli 4s imamuflaetuired this twine aim) Dotting is all elhlpped to Bos tm from Georgia and Texan, tSnis en tailing the expense of - freWht dhara-ea botilj on tlhe raw material and rJhie man ufaKttiured article on tOie Oregon flmhe rerun. In converebltlon with Dr. Alfred Kinney 'Who to aliwajis looking out for something' ffiUit wta beneflt ABtoKa,. that (rentUiwin said to an Astorlan revreaenjlative that negoMaWone were well under way, which, if uMeSBful, wOuJd change all of this and greatly reduce the coot of cotton gootis to Oregon consunvuns. It is pro pclsod to iput a plant in Astoria for the manufacture Of these goods, and as the aJvUntago are Whraje-tfold! there would secme to toe no doubt altwut the ultimate success of the scheme. ... Tho fleM Is large and an entirely .un occupied one. A manufacturer would hmve the Columbia rtver, the Sound and Alaska for his market Iwith. cheap freight ra'tes and quick service to laid in selling hto goods.. Tho Consumer ' here would save Just difference In 'the fnelglMt ra.be ram Boston to the coast on t'he high clatw nainufactur ed article, Ibedause tho row cotton cuti be hauled from Texas to Aistorla as Cheaply aa t can be from TeHas to Boston. Tile next great adrvamtage to the con sumer would be that toe couM crdor.lv's goocto as he needed Whom. As ft stands n'Oiw jiwwji .o tihe goods BBkHttll of the twavior orders have to be placed. in the ran tor nne roiawing spring use. Because ui ansa rauj 01 urOTgvw. maKes onipment by waiter around the horn or the Panama route a necessity. Unite is attended with grealt danger, because seine nets must be made to fit the ground upon Which they are to he -used a1 red measdrements very frequently ohamge on account of the Shift ing of the sandl!.' Not long since George Kabotht the well known ftehetvAan, order ed in a certaiiri Deoemlber a seine for his grounda, but when it arrived in the spring tils flfitilng graunds had so ctnamged in ttiape from the shifting of the sands during 'the winter that he was compelled to order an entirely new seine to be th1 pped to hlm hy express at an add tlor.al expense of 1800. The amount of icotton used on the Col umbia "Wver alone runs up into many car loads every season. Each gill net re quires the use of 60 pourrdis of cotton each year. Carmeryimen say that if a mamufiaicturer wan establish sucti a plant, aa ts contemplalted, In Astoria, if neces sary, they .will eutoscrCibe for one-ha'.'f of tlhe neceseary capital etock, and many of the wealthy Scandinavian fishermen of Uppnrtown have stated that if a main could be found who understood the buBl riesj and upon whom implicit reliance oorfd be placed to uttake them a good ar ticle and honestly conduct the business, Uhey iwould thomselvea put up the neces sary capital. Dr. Kinney its in correspondence with Bow ton people on the cmbject and Mr. Haimmond hall been looking Into the mat ter on hlis present trip east, end there Is no doubt but what Eastern capitalists iwu be here in the eprlng to lnv(stirate trte question. Shlould the Dodtors effrrta be succecuful, and there ta every reason to beilieve that they will be, the result will be that labor will be provided for hundreds, many thousands of dollars wUl be kept at home instead of being cent east, and Astoria will be In a position to trot only supply Ure 'home demand, but also the Pugc-t Sound and Akulc& mei kets. THB HYDRANT QUESTION. Shall the Waiter Rates Be Raised or the City Take Care of the Expense? V At the last meeting of the city council a letter from the city waiter commissioner was read which brings up a question of rrt.iro 'than passing importance. The let ter is as follows: Astoria, Ore., November S, 1895.' To the Honorable Mayor and Common OauncUl of the CHy of Astoria, Ore. Gentlemen: In devising the water sys tem wfntoh we are now having put Into the c-' y, tin fire protection to be derived wia i glkvn a very considerable considera tion, and wiitti this matter ever before the commission nothing, we believe, has been left undone toward giving this dty a fire protection unexcelled In the coun try. ' Tills of cotrae cecessltated a very con sldccalrjCio iddltlonal expenss in the sys tem, and in consequence tt will be expect ed that the property owner, "who will be the one to be directly benefitted by th'b protection," will help to itnare in the ex pense of maintai nance. Heretofore the entire expends ban been borne by the water consumer, the prop erty receiving, as it dM, little or no benefit; but with the new system it will be very different, and the taxpayer re ceiving an equal benefit chould Join with the water consumer in maintaining the system. c, . . In the system "fire hydrants" will be . pCaced at all commanding points, In num- dt aoouc one hundred. 1 Hi oa . the one now uade-r coh- titerattoo, the amount to bs Tealfced 1 . v nu wing; piaceu on ear aad every hydrant, ' In ibis re gard 'ram rUv th .L, w. aucft. rue mt bs estsblufaed tW"!l,,M mutual agreement and unnt vf vwr'-tJaln. council nnull- . ji. - January for tha emnilrw vm.-. - January for the ensulnar year'. Tie new supply of water -frW n,r orw-k srKI be turned on to these hvlfn ang atut (ie -first of this coming year, 1 "d s the expense of mintaining the I syettem during the succeedlnc yeaiw mix now be taken Into consideration by tb t STwJTTS. .ttoi wu,u.nva, -m to present rats matter and especially so before your,ta levy "for the ensuing year'' Is made -up, that the nuaitter flugblt be fully considered by you before such, levy Is made.- Very reopeotfuHy submitted,' THB iWATBB COMMISSION, . By VT; W. PARKER. . ' Chairman, Attest: H. O. VAN DU9SN, ... .... Clerk. :. This means in a few words that if the city does not provide for the expense and maintenance of these hydrants provided for tlhje protection of the rich man's busi ness property that Am poor man, who is now hardly able to scratch up the month- fTy dollar for tots water rent, and every householder and head of a family, will have to pay about double the present water rate. ' The letter above has been referred to a committee, and front the bm Informa tion obtainable the matter will proably not be handled until after election, al though the committee will report at the next council meeting. As tbe now water plant will be completed by January 1st it would seem to be important that this question be settled at once. " t - . KNOCKED OUT ' J- Wa O'Donneel In One Round by Pettr Uaher.- v. . Mlaspeth, L. 1., 'Nov. ll.-Phe scheduled 85-Toumd MH1 between Peter Maher, the feMth dhmmpton, and Steve ODonnell, of Australia who has been onJ awwclated with Corberbt a a sparring par'tner, ca .ne to an untimely end tonight.-. " It was one of the quickest battles on record, for O'Ootmell was knocked out in one round, only W seconds from the start. Mather never glaive hi! opponent 4 chance but knocked htm down three- times In siucessiou with smashes on the Jaw, and tho last time O Donnell couM not rise.'. Before the fight , cries for' Corbett - to make a speech! were made. Some one call ed: "Three dheems for Fitaslmrhons" and they were gtvon with a will by '"Lanky Bob's" Ifrlends, tmuny of wttomi were among the spectators. Oorbett climbed through, the ropes and .addressed the audi ence. He said: : . -.y "I thank you verry much. .. You have representative newspaper men of America Itere tonight, and all I can say as 4aat i if I iwere In England and Australia and acted! tais FltiaiinimcmB did in this match I would be chased Out of the country." In the flret round Maher sprntt O'Ooivnell down three times.- The third tlme"be re mained lunconsclous until he was counted out. i CORN- DROP. Washington, Nov. 11. November's re turns . to the departcnenit of agriculture make the corn crop the largest In volume on record, ... YOUNG'S BAY Contract Let by Mr. ' Curtis in Portland. ' ( Astoria to be Connected With Sea side and the Liak 'Between the Two Railroads SuiUv ' PoMtatnd, Or., Nov. 11. The contract for building the drawbridge across Young's tllver, at Astoria,, to icomplete the connec tion betweeen ithlat city and Seaside, has been let by 'the Northweist Construction Company to 'Robert WakefleM and Wil Ham Jacobsen, of this city, aiod ths- pa pera were signed today. JAIL BIRDS ESCAPE. . - v ' Four (Men Overcome the Jailer In Colfax, . Washington. Colfax, V,'n., Nov. 11. Four prisoners in tho county Jail escaped last aright... Three are still tat large. At a late hour Jailer Newcomer under took to lock the prison ems Unthe cells at night. When he came to the last cell, the Inmates broke open the door, grasped ami bound the taller, took hfa keys. unlocked the other tmisonenLu aocr- ail 'arted off. In the hall they encountered verlff Iialthrum and a deputy, i Lattirum fl ed his revolver, land one- of the pris-or- i nurrendered. The others, Frank Keily, Thos. Elliott, Williatn Wagner, and ' ndrciw Reldt, mads their escape through do front door of the court house.'. Reldt v. r captured' this morning asleep. In '.rA-stack. When surpr'lMd he. fought desperately but was overpowered r A large numbet of citizens -.are out scouring- the country. TEN THON8AND. Waiting to Enter ths 'Promised Land Idaho. In - Julletta, Idaho, Nov. 1L Twn hundred and fifty homeseekecw are In . camp In "Bus vicinity wattimg for the opening ot the Nes Perce reservation November 18th. Several families have Just arrived from the East. Many are leaving hers dally to look over the land and make their' reac tions. Those who are returning are elated over their prospects. Several townsltes have been surveyed. It Is expected there iwlil be ten thousand! p op.ii! ready When the word aa given to enter the promised land. Many twwe been waiting for years fcr this opportunity. . The reservation will furnCsh homes for over 3,000 faimfJest BEANS ARE VEGETABLES. So Bays the United States Supreme Court. Washington, Nov. 11. The United States supreme court today deeded officially that beans are vegetable. - Ths question arose "J"' " , 0O,lecfor The plaintiffs sought to recover ssxirs paid on beans under bs vegetable etasat- flcationr ctalmlna- that assay should Nad- Jtiatlce Vatott t tuCdtnar tsr.beao - ae - ragsrsa cunwnwt . vase. . Ury aasasttci. sluared by ttx. euins sm.-Mis.- :vr ' -.' .' .'.t ! " It's In town. ! assSasst; Won't burn nor I asuSc tbs skin; ' Won't "yellow your clothaa." You wt bs agrMsbly surprisad. Sorry yso didn't sraow ft soonsr. -' TomsoB's Soap Warn, large packs get. Wild The Land of Armenia Flowing With Blood. WAR IN THE EA8T IS CERTAIN Lord Salisbury's Utterances Vari ously Rejjarded, but England is Preparing: for Any Event. Oonamttrrv)pJe, Nov. U.-The urtMt hor rible 'accounts are constantly arriving heir, in spite of the efforts taken to sup press tlhm, of the ouusaiarcs aud depreda tions in the Bautern prownces In wUch the KurVibJh tribes are raid to have perpe trated atrocutUes more borrJble t'han any credited to them. It if stated; upon ap parently "good authority, that the w.iole districts of Exroum and Su via?, the scenes of so much ibtoodtilhed In the past, have been devastated by the KorUU, Wno have wiped viliaije after vIKage out of ex.st enco and What eword and Are aire sweep ing the .oounitry. The rIoting..and bloodshed at Erroum Is Bald to have 'been much mere serious than previous reports made, and it is asserted that even the prsojice of Shalr Pasha iWlth thte troops fulled to stop the massacre. The unreslittlnar Armenian men, women and chi'.dren were bludgeon id to death by humdreda onsthe tStrojfa. PROM ENGLAND. London, Nov. 11. Tlie Marquis of Salis bury's cipeech on Saturday Kit seems to Abiveihuid a good effect tore and elaeAlhere throughout Europe. The oonWnental newap.ipers espress va- rtous opinions regainllng 'the premier's ut terances, but his remarks are generally regarded as reassuring and as just What wtas wonted to calm public opinion. Ills language- alttrlbuftlng to the tu'.tan toe nlhole responsroilllty for the condition of aflkhtt in Armehla ts regar'Jed In some quarters as calculated to encourage the Airmenians to resist, biit all interested seem to find comfort In- the stress Ud upon the absolute harmony of the great powers and in regujrd to tts continuance. This Is looked upon as being the Sole sure mode of detailing wftlh the eultan and of Holding down the ambitions of Indi vidual But-opean states. However, there Is visible between ' the lines of the ut terances of the premier an undercurrent of feeling that war in the East Is mors likely to be proposed than averted. In any case it its understood there will be no change in the . government's program looking to the strengthening of the Brit ish fleet very materially in order to be ready for any combination of events that may be Hkoly to occur. DEBT SUGAR. Spreckles. Will Invest $1,000,000 in Three Plants. San Francisco, Nov. 11. Claus Sprecklcs announced today that he Intended to es tablish at different points throughout the state three new beet sugiar factories. He will invest 11,000,000, THE GOLD RESERVE. Was 'Diminished by a 1,000,000 Shipment Yesterday. Washington, Nov. ll.-Tdday's wlth- dmawals of $1,000,000 In gold for export, by Crositauui. of New York, was not In any sense a surprise to the treasury officials, yet the announcement was not welcome naws. No explanation was offered and W to the probalbl Utiles of further ship ments the officials seem as much In the dark as outsiders. They do not dlsaulse the fact that they are apprehensive of the future. . The last'fhilpmentof any Importance oc curred Septemiber 27th Cast. , DROPPED DEAD. Portland, Nov. 11. W. H. Wlndhtster, an old and well known engineer on the Southern Pacific railroad, dropped dead In an electric car this evening. He has been In ill health for come time, but still kept at work. It is believed the constant Jarring of the engine was 'the cause ot hrt sickness, , MARKET RBPOHT3. Liverpool, Nov. 11. Wheat Soot, auiet No. 2 red winter, 6s Sd; No. 2 red sprlna nd No. l hard Manitoba, stocks exhaust ed; NO. l California, 6s 4d. London, Nov. 11. Hops-'Paclfic Coast 2, 10s. Portland, Nov. ll.-Wlheat, dull; weak Valley, 51c; Waja. Wall( cents' par buisvel. New York, Nov. It-Hops, dull. LAND GRANT ROADS. Nortihom Pacifle Has Received Patents to Millions of Acres. . "Within the pat few days Secretary Hoke Smith, of the Interior department, has completed the approval of the last ba'tdi of selection of lands of we North em Hactflc. for which the former re- celver'j of Uhe company had made the requirteUi DUyment for survey expenses. The work of approving the Hals to tlii) Northern Pacific and tie .'swing of pat ents Ifer tills large block of land wes hunlcli somewriat In oi'Jer to enable the oM receivers to complete tt transaction, so that the saime might be Included In their report to tihe courts. A efrorge of from ifour to five cents per acre Is made by the tend department of the govern ment to cover the costs of surveys of laindt to be patented to Itamd grant rail roads under the terms of their regular grants. For this purpose the reWrs of tihe Ntrtlhern Pacific hava paid ovs to ttos government during the past two yenrt about $120,000, and the department has Anally completed aM ths work ef Iswuhta; the patents for about' 2,100,000 res of land within the grunt' of ths company. -The land office Is endeavoring to Cos nil mit; ttkhmLetm ' tfj' irovefnmnt Ti'rrd hr,Kr'ww,ioad!), ri1 tit jjjpi r-iK-yorArn'Tjlc.Otider IpsrlrJ f arid th?Tirto'iirlnt,jQ$H, ' sivt 'excellemf i'fi.fV'l'iiWNrteMotsd bv Ait 'iaM' oftlK'al Potfl- i fn" "mrr "W.-m. 'jnipp. in erui ''t'irtkal 4JoWt a.ajheland -i THt if 1 ainf to ' It roa.t W,- f .N i Tre'-''iur- ' t 'he term of office of the old receivers 1 1 ' n road In securing patents for lanfl mi r the grant to the Northern Pacific I r.St 'iras made during the Wiiole life of j old WorMwrn -PiiMflc company, arid I this ran placed tn the hands of ths North- em Pacific several million -acres of land wttlch are now open to Settlement, the sale of which Is calculated to bring quite a sum in the coffers of the company, and also assist in upbuilding the great region or country along the lne of that road through Minnesota, the Dakotas and Montana. CUBAN AFFAIRS. United Stutea Is to Be Urged to End the Struggle. Washington, Nov. 11. President Thomas Estrada Patma, head of the Cuban revo lutionary party, will come to Washington within the next tow days. . It. is expected his visit will result In a more definite line of policy regairdlng What the Cubans will suggest or urse upon congress as the meet desirable course for the United Staites to adopt. Instetad of a recognition of the insur gents it is being urged . that the United States chould adopt steps to put' an end to the struggle. RIOMINIAL LIBEL. Washington, Nov. U.-"Don Caesar Celeo De Moreno 'was sentencei to ninety days in Jail today ifor criminally libelling Baron f'ava, the Italian ambassador. A GAY DECEIVER. "Who is , 'Billy the Bheep Decoy?1 Weill, he Us an Innocent looking young felWw wWj wears an all-wool coat and has led autray mere simple creatures :6hain any other gay oM deceiver on rec ord. Fully 1.0UO teop are ,T:iIpped thirouglh Tacoma ecW week to down Sound points by ths tteamer City of Kingston, i. For Ua-me time the deck hands had great trouble In lealing the seep on the' boat (from the cars. With all the derjiure. and perversa nature of the animal the sheep would hang back and refuse 'to omibark (for 'ihe ex.-urulon until one of .the number was seized and dragged atooacd the boat; then the others would follow. Tlie stfiaimiboutmm re sorted to etrategem to overcome the dim- culty. They made a contract iwWi 'Billy,' a tortRlht and hamlaome young sheep, to act as decoy. Tlie only remunwat'on was Immunity Prom the butcher's knlfo and an abundance of trovondf-r. 'Billy' has held the position for some time. To naze Into Wb limpid orbs one would never think that he could be such a moral per vert and turn so far from the time-honored amd proverbial innocence of h?a tribe. 'Billy', is kept aboard the Kingston and performs tola treadhcrous work . nearly every day. Hs never speaks to anyone about his cunning work,' a3ith0tigh he sometimes gets quite bloitartt about other Uhings,"-JLieiaiger. I . . - i ' ' ' Almost ' Devour the Town of Jlnntington, Oregon. Two Men Awakened by Cracking Glass Givetthe Alarm -Good Work by Volunle.T Firemen. HounbloRton'. Or., Nov. 11. Tflno moA dlMaatrous tire tihiut ever vUllttd th's pr.ace started Wils-monUng ait an early hour, whale everybody was yet in bed. The loss falls heaviest upon R. M. Steele, who owned most of the builldlna destroyed, and upon which very Mttlo, If any, Insur ance was carried. About 4:30 m., Mlke Kurns and Jim Agee, (Who occupy rooms above the Bruns wick Saloon, were awakened by hearing tlosa tn their wlmdowu oitackilng. Hastily Inveeitlagting, they found the causa to be rlre In an adjoining building, occupied oy j. m, uurry as a drug etoro. The men had barely time to ewiai.-w from tho la- loon,- so tierce Was the lire, (Which was being fanned hto a fti'maee Iby a. ftrong norUhlwest wind. It lis supposed the Are started either In the druir rtore .or. In the nairrow parage bcllwetien ih drug ci ore ema tms urunswick saloon. The ef forts ot the voCwitear fire brigade was all ihiat saved the 'town from being almost wiped out of exnstenoe. It Is Impossible ro team tine irnllVMual louse's or the In finance, but the loss will easily reiaoh $riO,0OO wltlh very little or no Insurance on eltlheir stocks or buildings. All the bullkiings were wooden and burn ed Hke tinder, and very little stock wo (Tved, except by Henry Coffmnn. ' The prmclpail losor aire; Orogon Com merolal Co., lumber yards, stables and Ice house; A. C. Deagles, barber ihopi J. M. Duffy, drusr store; Brunswick salom; Woods A ira-rrtllton. fruit store: O. W.I Harris, Jewelry store; S. E. Garth, ba.rber Shop; Geo. Koblniton, shoe shop and a iwelltng owned by R. M. Steele and occu pied by Henry Coffman. - MAY EXPEL DUNRAVEN. No York, 'Nov. ll.-There Is much talk ii.nonr the members of the New York YUeht club of expelling Lord Dunnaven from tltie club, of .whldh ha Is an honorary neimrtxT, fos. hils course In Imputing ihc -nrwledge of fraud to Messrs. Iselln and Smith, In 'the matter of the official meas urement of the Defender prior to the re cent races (for America's cup. GODFREY BEATS WOODS. Baltimore. Nov. 11. George GolArey got a decision over Billy WooviH, of Denver on a foul in the ninth round. . In tCie United States court at Seattle last -week Judge Man ford owa-rled Lout Baldwin, a negro ra'ilor aboard the Chilean (hip Atacana, KM) dimages vatnst Captain S. Jensen and J. M. Mc Lean for brutalities practiced while en route from" Valparaiso to Port Towneend. "That,' remarked the giraffe, a) it iake his Intra, "meets ' a long-felt van t." Detroit Tribune. ... FfERGE FLAMES t. v.."- : Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Cot'I Report t rrs. a 2:, , -.-ri In Times of Peace and Not Make,an Error. MILES URGES 'COAST DEFENSES Northwest .is iu Need of Protection Which Should Not be Celayed Columbla Elver Helpless. -'Washington, Nov. 11. The annual rep:rt of General Miles, commanding the army, was mode pubOIc today. While It Is de sirable to have reserved forces of ths anmy near .the great centers of commu nlctaiBton. General Miles urgently contends that these points should be selected for thedr stirateig-lc value, and thlat the ten dency toward -concentration, should not be carreld to the point of depriving the weateirn sdttleimieints of proper protection. Under the head of "Coast Defenses," General Miles states that the condition of these such ais to require decided and Immediate action for their "improvement. He quotes fronvhls report of 1884, a strong argument far the defense of pugelt Sound, and elhawwthiaitellnce'thUit time new Cana. dl.in railroad connections have been ee t obi If hied there, and not a rlngle gun has been placed in position for defense, wliitle uhbse at the entrance of the Colum bia, aire orselete and of little value. Gonwiul Miles recalls In tits report that of 1889, upon the absolute Importance ot the defense of the entire .Pacific coast. In view of the fact .that It was pos.ibte for any naval power to blockade any kn pomtoint part within 90 diiys, wh le n would take imany yoars to moke a successful re glntence and the wtiwrv m f)'i e qulievl to pay tun Indeimnttyi of five bH i'lon doCUairsi He points to the ca cf China, wihldh made the fatal mtotakt ot relying upon its vantly tiuperlor nuixbiirs for aaiftity, and eirg-ues mhat the best guar antee of peace Is tire condition of resdl nesu for war. To tilwxroushly domonstraJte the utility of bicycles and motor wUgons in tan army it la recommended -that a force of twelve companies be equipped with these devices to be manned from 4,000 officers end men In the ainmy able to use the bicycle, which, has been already extremely useful. Ho argues for an . Increase In the strengah of the army, saying there is no ItM-.m Trtw it vlhAiiJd bA nmnatttllcMl a ntl kept at one sU-engrh us It has for years. It tlhoukl Increaise with the growth of the counory. General Miles recommenlds that where -soldier bias served hohoralbly for five years noid wishes to leave the service he may, after passing an examination, be coinmlB.iloned aa a second lieutenant and drsclhlainiied. STATE NEWS. . Interesting Items Culled From Oregon's Leading Newspapers. The Yreka Journal says: "The Kla math river miners are now crowding work continually in getting out all the pay-gravel possible before the winter storms commence to raise the river and drive tlfem out. - The last cleanup at the o.J Fort Jones olalm realised handsome ly, and a gireat amount of gold dust has been, taken from the Bens Bar mine, both worked by Chinamen, who never tell how much the claim pays. The Pa cific, mine, worked by Songer Dame, with a white crew, Is paying rich, and kept running day and night, with steam power In operating" derricks and electric lights to afford pCenty of light for night operations." Supplemental articles of IneorpMMtlon were filed yesterday In the secrotury of state's omce by A. W. Ole.y. R. H. Leabo, Fred A. Legg, J. C. Mills and F. A. Welch, directors, of the Young Men's Investment Company of Palcm, Increasing 'the capital stock of the com pany to $8,'000 In twenty shares of $100 oaelh. Articles were alsa filed by the Union Iron Works Company, with John A., W. B. and Agnes Honewman, all of Portland, ilncorporaitors; capital slock, $20,000, In tliiares of $100 each. The Ore iron Electrical Conrtructlon Company a'JO departed Its articles of Incorpora tion; George F. Hensner, F. C. Miller and J. 6. Urquhart Incorporators; capital siiock, $20,000, 1n shiares of $100 ?acb; plaoe of business, Portland. Still another com pany to perfect organization was the Kuni! & Shelley Company, for the vhole niln and retail handling of paints, oils ind building material; capital stock, t'.,000, In thare of J100;-principal office Portland; Alexander Kunz, James M. Shelley and Robert D. Fulton Incorpor- atoru. Statesman. ' Pherlff Mlllen, of Clarke county. Wash., will pas through Salem this morning, tiaiyf the Staetn.nan of Wednesday, with a prisoner who has- eCuded capture for ven years, since he killed his victim. His name Is Thomai Moran. Seven veiirx ago In Clarke county, Wash., ho minlfired John Wilson, and It Is only now "h-at he Is being taken back to the scene of the crime to stand trial for his I ff. He lied the night lie killed Wilson, a laborer lfke bl'msslf. There was the iieiul effort, and that only, to catch turn, nrlj tiiio-mitttur was alntost forgytten. It was therefore a surprise for Blitrlff Mtlen, of Clarke county, a few weeko ago when itth-e wires brough.t blm a mes aite from Chleif of Police Pink, of El Paso, that he had Moran In cu itoly.. He tt oirce procured tho necessary papers and went to Texas for the murdirr. There was no trouble over getting him. and the itheriff and prisoner ore now on their way to Vancouver, Wasft. ) Wilneo'ed vehlr.Jed were In use long be fore tlie beginning of the Christian era. Bdbhy I'asa. Juok (Miaiton said his father ve him 50 cents, an" PapaWell? noHliy I'd like to say the saime ot you.-. Hiarper's Boaar. ttT fl O f