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S TODAV'lJKATMtll. f 4 fomiil hi WiiMnflM and 0'tM, r tnln, ilijMlj twltfl plti (Mil. & WW W W WM Tst ASTORIAN hit Ik lirjtMt 10CAI & dreul.tliM. Ht !.... fif MCBAI .I....I-. (mm, lad tf farrnt TOTAL clrtoUtloa tt W S H aapri aafcliiM I Aitarla. $ EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL .LV. ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY MOUSING, JANUARY 9, 18!)0. VII 7 .. , ..ii , TZZ-T. - ,, . 1V It . . . . , zzrr-- It I MI I 1' l I I' I I alum. Th t'nlver.,.1 fan B :,M XI- r-. . Well Pleased With the War Uses, Umbrcllaa, Etc. t.!f lion's Imported Clay worsioa wool Suits. now at $9 60. Men's Clio viot and California Cassi inoro Suit3, at $750. Men's Wool Suits and Wool Mackintosh Coals, at $5.00. Tuo choapostplaco and best valuo In the city for Men's Clothing. Furnish ing Goods. Hats. Caps, .Boots, buocs. Trunks, Va The I'rohlcnt Kill Soon Mukc a Mcs miijc on the Subject. mi sr hi: tiii: imti:d states V (Ii lie r (iovcriMtit or frivate Uttrcst Cat finder the Silicac. Say n f.iyllnk tayiaccr. I. U OSGOOD, The One Price Clothier, Hatter and Furnisher. nd M ((IJIMKUCUl, NTUKKT. AST!) It I A, OK. Souvenir of Astoria ! lluvo you M-'.-n it? A U'uutiful uixl jirtiMic look let. -(iitiiiiiinjr twenty paos nml uliout lifiy view of Astoria an. I vicinitv. Price, .V) eentH. Diaries for 1896. New Year Cards. Would you like a nice et of Looks lv standard authors? We will cell tlicm t you from i.ow until .lanuarv bt at r cent discount. Griffin & Reed. Washingion, Ji- I. President Cleve land O rapec'tod to transmit to cungrea. aouii k aprclal mcaago on 111 ftlcara- guan canal project, with tli. report of Oia commission which examined the route. I'lm leading consideration which th. chief circiillv. Iiaa given lo Ihla matter I. regarded aa an Imllrallun by many that liv la carefully weighing tho coiielu. aiuha ina.lo ly I hn l.mlluw cumnilaalon In lla rfiorl. whlili wro annoumcJ avrrl ' fca ana In lil. a.r'lal rnvMaga (h. prealdrnt. It la tluiiiiilii, mny touch uihiii tho 'juration whcih.r ur nut It wuuM m wl for Oia iluwrnnii-nt to lako hold of th project. In any tivriit, tliuw In the city who arc liitcri'Mltil In th roinmlavlun'a report be ll, vn that li will mak aom. aucgtallona na lo whrihrr or riot txinvrna ahould ltt the ri'i'omin'nilallon mad. Iy the roimnlnKlon that rK tt enjrlmera be a" IH.Int.d in make a thrrouah riamlnatlin of the ohole plan o that III. IVaalblllty of 1 he aub)ei can te d.-nnltrly awf r mm.. I. The i.m.Ula are aomrwhat dlaturbed mer littoiniatlun which haa rrarht-4 u all Iiiki on from Nh araa.ia to the rfTi ct that a Mr. MorKon, an Knitllahman who Itaa control of th. rnllwaya of Nicaragua, la attempting lo .erur. control of the canal prnjcl. It la ala atated on Rood authority that llin Nlrarnmtan covrrnmrnt la conalder ln the ailvluhlllly nf revoking th. char. ,-,,.... u ..." ......uau... iii ,nd vrrv an- (. ,,nmu. , ... . ....-.. re.. , .ii.. i.it.i ( .. .wr,, A...in. Th. ik. t .V.. community ace ma to b with Porter. tnra. Th t'nlveraal fn P.'jlderlnc Ma. chin. I'nmpany, of Aatorla, with capl lal of lai.wn, oritanltw.1 over article lnrd by W. K. Mcfx-rmott, Jamta T. A.hl.y and U. II. Haddock. Th. cjecutlv. oMlc haa been fairly overrun during th. holiday., aava the maieiman, by odd application addrmaed lo th. noieriior, aaklnf Ilia ild, conn act. auKiieallon, or holp. In a hundred and on. different way. and for a many food and rhitrltahl. end a, to all of which ho ha invariauiy renpondcd In a comnlaeent and friendly way. but th ale, took on a new pnaee y..terday. when a circular letter reached him front a Vv Molnea amuaement bureau, beaeechlnc th. ov- rrnor 10 ouy, nrea and forward a "doll.1 which would form on. of a. nhnl.n f other doll, dreaaed by Governor Morton. McKlnley and olhora. but at thla tpeclea ui uemann urecon eiecullv. draw I very palpable line, and he decline.! rwilm. lly. BaturdaV J'ak.r City Democrat alvea inn following; account of a whnleaael klllln that occurred at 1'lne valley. In L'nlon county, forty mile raat of llaker. on new rear morninc An unmarri-d man. Porter by name, surrendered him- elf to Juatlc Compton. of Pin. valley, and atated that he had been th. acent In killing old i.ian Mache. hla wlfs and tnoir ion, th latter of whom had but recently returned from (he penitentiary, her. he had aervad a term for rattl. ateallnc. It appears bad feeling had ex luted for (om. time, between th. M.ch. nd Porter, and on I hi particular occa. alon th Marhea wer. driving through i-oner neiej. rorler had forbld.len them to do thla, claiming they let In the rang, .fork by leading down the bar., t'pon hla remonairailng with young Mach. h. drew hi rrvwlver and fired three .hole at Porter. Porter, who was armed with a Wlncheater rifle, at on?, opened fire- and killed father, mother and aon. alo th. honw roung Mach. wa riding. After th. killing Porter aurren .lered lo th. authorities. Juat a we-k previous lo the tragedy Porter's life was sworn agaln.t by the Machea. Ho had them held In bonds to keep the peace. Krom their neighbors It la I eared that the Machea nor. an unnavory reputation, THE MONEY QUESTION Anti-Silver DtrntKnitsiiod Prce Silver Republicans' Caucus. EACH FACTION MAKES I'LAXS Stutor Mitchell tic first to Rcspoid to Ike Outi ol Vkat Will Be Ooie Witts Silver. Washington. Jan. I. -The anti-silver Democrat, of the senate held a meeting or conference today, while the I tepu Mi ca n senators were In caucus. The ob ject of the conference was to count how many men could be mustered against the free coinage amendment of the sen. ate finance committee to the bond bllL It was found that there are fourteen votes on the Democratic side, against the silver proposition, and the Demo crat are assured there were twenty-six Republicans wbo could be counted againat Jones' amendment. Thla would make forty In all. Four more votes would be necessary to a majority of the senate. Both Democratic and Republi can antl-sllver men are now making ef forts to see If three four votes can be obtained. Among the Republicans who are not counted In the silver list, and upon whom an effort may be made, are Senators McIJrtile, of Oregon, and Wilson, of Washington. On the Democratic side are Senator Bacon and Gordon, of Geor gia, and Martin, of Virginia. It Is not I known with what hope the antl-llver men are working, but they aay the vote will be very close and pcrhai free coin age may be defeated. Th. Democrats counted against the bill are: Price. Caf fery, Faulkner, Gibson, Gorman. Gray, Lindsay. Hill. Mills, Mitchell, Murphy, Palmer, Smith and Vilas. deavored to keep in smooth water running Inside th kelp. In so doin hi propellor was knocked off by a drifting iuc ami 111. neipiess steamer soon piled on the rocks at th end of Trial laland. no live were lost. VERT POOR ARMOR. Failed to Stand the Teat at the Indian neod i'rovlng Grounds. Washington, Jan. (.The test of tli ions or naval armor plate, representing the barbette armor of the battleship Iowa ana me turrets 01 tne cruiser Brooklyn, was maae at tne Indian Head Drovlnc grounds today. An eight-lncb plate wa uaeu aa representative of the entire group. A shot wa fired from a six Inch gun. the projectile being a six-Inch Wheeler ateel pointed shell, exploded with a velocity of ITijO feet per second. Th. condition wa that the plate ahould withstand all effort of the (hot, but tt failed to meet the requirement. The Plate waa not only cracked, but broken Into three large pieces, rendering It en tirely worthless. Officers Dresenc erniaM. ered the plate the worst ever offered ior test, rne remit necessitate the tern. porary rejection of the entire group of armor, of which this plate wa the rep resentatlve. but further tests will be made on another plate, aa the rinii. Company haa the right under the con tract to a second test. CAUSE OF LIBERTY Desperate Engagement Kcportctl l.'e Ueeo Opposing Purees in Culia. PATRIOTS SUFFER DEFEAT linsrgeit Trosps Hosted by the Spanish rorces. tstailing Lots of To Ha ared aid Sixty-three He. Special to th Astorian. vana, Jan. (.In an enxaretneni terday near Guanaja the inaurgent were routed, losing twenty-three killed and at least fifty wounded. After the engagement between the In surgents and Gen. Navarro, the column of troop commanded by Gen. H,.r Vaides overtook the Insurgents, mhn ... In retreat, and, opening fire upon them with email arm and artillery, innicii heavy loss of killed and wounded. The Insurgents lost 303 men. THREE LOTS. In a dfxiraUf location, 'J I docks from Hih School. A HA KG A IN. CIIOICK U)TS IN 11 ILLS K1KST ADDITION. On the now Pliw Line HonlerarJ -Jut llio place tor a rlirap liome. A Block IN ALDERimoOK. HTItKET CAK LINK will l ettomlol this summer to within tt minutes wall of this rviiiTly-Will at .WMe.1 Urgam. ACUKACiK. In 5 ur 10 nre tr.ot. insi.le tho mty limit., slat a.lj(.iniiit. Flat el. GICOKGIC HIM,.--471 IWlSt., Occident Block, HILL'S HEAL ESTATE EXCHANGE. Big Dry Goods and Clothing Sale ! Inu the eiitcrprlao over to the Kngllah aviidlculK he4.lnl by Mr. Morgan. Th. niiihorin. will promptly squelch any Mich action by tho Nlcaraguan govern ment, nii't will offer strenuous objections to any attempt of ITeal.tent Zel.ya'a ad. mlnlairallon la annul the conceaalon. A 'opy of a book on tho Nlcaraguan Oiiml. entitled, 'The Key of the Pamir," written l.y ArchllMild Roaa foluuhon, an .ngllnh civil engineer, haa Juat reached WaahliiKlnn. Mr. 'oliuhon preceded th. N'l.-araKiian canal com reunion, going over the route a few month, before II. Mr. Coluuhon bellevea the rrolect to le thoroughly feasible, thua differing from the I. ml low committee, which atat ed Oiat the feaalblllty of th enterprise could only lie determined by a more e(hatillv survey. Mr. rolqnhon believes that th only M-rloua dllMcultles are the Ochos dam, the Great Divide, and Greytown llarbnr. ni.cn of which, however, he deems Insur mountable, of these tne Greytown llar- iH.r ta, in hla opinion, th. wcakcet part oi tne pinn Mr. folijuhon does not believe that the canal can be carried through aa a rl vale iiuilerlaklng. Hn declares that the project niiiat be constructed under aome alrong governmrnt, and without doubt, he ajya, that government muat be the 1'nltril Hlalea. lie says that the route ehoaen by the canal company la better than any other suggested In Nicaragua. THE SUPREME COURT Sow Has Charge of the Northern Pa' cific Railroad Property. The rrevil Complicated Receivership Tight Will Be Teraiiited nd 0e "a Tit la Charge of Affairs. STATU NKWB. ItilerrallnK Items Culled From Oregon's Ieadlng Newspapers. Know la rrportid three feet deep at Hniiwahe." on the Iter etnge road from linker my. I'lle Alill'v t'.lii.le has suspended pul. li ra I Ion. nnd Kdltor II irrls has moved his pin nt to Monmouth, w hrve he will pub I I'll l paper. CotiimcticliiK .Jniiunry 1, 1HQG, iitic. for 30 tlnyn only. Great Reductions in All Lines ! Prices Smashed to Atoms ! All wool ladles' cloth 52 inchr-i wide form All-wool scarlet flannel Ladles' lleeceii lined Kloves !!!!!!! " Ladles' wool hose !!!!!!'. " Ladirs' wool hose ..'!!.',! " I .adlrs' wool hose ."..'!!'..' " Men's hlack wool siKks .' " Men's natural wool underwear..., . " Men's rlhhed underwear ' " Men's Jersey overshirts ' Men's Jersev overshirts. extra 1,. " ' .. Men's tine Fedora hats formerly 11.75 to 3.oo iSC IOC IK 15C 40c f 1.00 8sc 1.00 now w varj " l()2-i '" " ick pair " 16 2-JC " " KK ' " 25C " IOC " doc eai.li " 4SC " 00c " " 65c "1.45 $1.25 - - Men's Shoes - - $1.25 Space forbids the mentioning But every piece of roods in our i.irp-e anri wM!.flftrtM stock has been reduced in price from 25 to 40 per cent during this sale. Do not forget to make your purchases now, AT TI1K OREGON TRADING CO., Kx Commercial Street. Three Witlln Walla young men attend ed n nmr.iiieradc ball at Dayton New Year's eve dlsgulard as convicts, and made- unite a bit, Some man In Walla Walla, however, telephoned to the sheriff to arret the three eacsped convicts, and I li.-y were taken from the ballroom to Jnll. where they were kept two hours. Tin v appreciate the Joke, now that It Is over. Oalle TImrs-Mountitlnccr. Oftlcera fnm rintann counly brought In ore J.iavp'i N' inula from Aatorla ycater dny, who had been duly commlttett to the lnr.ne aiVlum. Nlalll Is but X years of age and n n a bad wav, says the I'ost. Dcpuiy flherlff J. II. MIsen.T. nl Multnomah counly, came up laxt even ing wuh two It.rane, vis., Magwlo Kver-i-Bt. aired . .its and J. . Tliurnl.-irc. ngc.t yenra. Tim foos liny Crenmery -AaHoclatlnn haa p.ild in actual cauli to Its milk pro- i' i tb!s year lJ,rm. and some fuither contribution are yet to be mudo Not withstanding th"i low prlco which butter tins lirought this scnaon, the persons acniiing milk to the croamery have re eelved na much money as they did last year, tho Increase In tho amount of milk nuiklng tip the difference. This does not incUnlK the butter and cheese sold the milk producers In ex-lmniie for milk. Tho stockholders of tho Gold Mountain and pry Gulch Consolidated Gold and Mtver .Mining company held a meeting at tho olllce of Suth K. llnmmar, the awrctury. ycatcriiny, and the business Irnnnucted was the ratification of. the rn'c of the mining location or claim of the company negotiated by tho directors not long since, lly this action tho Kng llah syndicate, for which W. B. Lawlcr is the authorised agent and superintend ent, comes into possession of a large amount of valuable ore-bearing area for sum uf $i;.WX.-Sitaltfsma.n. Piwlal to the Astorian. Milwaukee. Jan. S.-The end of the Nor them Tacinc squabble is fast approach ing. It is asserted on authority that cannot be doubted or disputed that an agreement haa been reached which la ratlafactory to all. It la said the recelv. erahlp will be placed In charge of the I'nl ted Slates supreme court, under th control and direction of the five Justices who preside over the Jurisdiction through which the line extends. These Juatlcea are: Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller. John M. Harlan. Seventh District: David J. llrewer. Klghlh District: Stephen- J. Field, Ninth District; Rufus W. Peck ham. Second District. The supposition Is plausible that there will he but a single receivership ail along tne line. It Is said that the new receiv ers have been selected. The trouble ha not been as to the personnel of the re ceivers but rather aa to the question of Jurisdiction and the refusal of the courts to co-operate. The question of Jurisdic tion was the question In the main to be settled, as It settlement would again re-unll the receivership. The trouble grew out of the refusal of Judge Han ford to recognise the long-standing rule of comity, and which prevailed up to within the past four months. FREE BILVERITE8. MARINE NEWS. San Francisco, Jan. K The steamer South Coast, which wo put on the Port land route by the Oregon Railway and Navigation Co., to offset the cheap rat of the ateamer Alice Ulanchard, will not get away until Friday afternoon. Consid erable freight Is offering on account of the low rates, and this I the occasion of the teamer' delay. The Alice Plan, chard la (laying with the South Coast, and she, too, has positioned her trip until Friday. The schooner Ida Bchnauer Is now out t'lneteen days from Portlsnd, and some lutie anxiety Is felt over her long voy-aR.-. It has been very stormy along the Northern coast, and It Is feared the .'Yhnauer may have met with a mishap In the gale. IrfO A. Donaugh, motormnn on car S3, P. nnd S railway, while coming to tho city from Sunnyslde had to fix the motor on his car Juat before reaching the Mor rison street bridge Tuesday nittht at 10:30, says tho Argus. Ho got down through tho trap in the floor, and having made the repair aaked the conductor to move the car ahead while ha watched the ma chine. In some manner his left foot was caught In the cogs and crushed off before the car could be stopped. He was tiiken to the Good Samaritan hospi tal. He Is a resldont of Sunnyslde. Three concerns went Into eornira's ex istence Tuesday via the "statute In Mich care mndo and provided": The Colum bia Ilnnklng Company, of St. Helens, with K. W. Allen. C. N. Bcott. P. H. Ward and J. R. Nell as organli-rs, and a capital piaceu at liuouo. The Vale Urns Hand Company, with Hoo worth of stock and 11. H. Pannly, 3. Glaaman. K Politick, V. W. Wells and Krnnk Cau ficld, nil of Mallieiir county, -incornor- MORE REVENUE CUTTEKS. Washington, Jan. S. Senator Cullom today Introduced two bills, one for the construction of two steam revenue cut ters, for service on the Pacific coast. The cost of the cutters for the lakes Is limited to $200,000 each, and the others to tioo.ooo each. Washington, Jan. 1 A feature of the Republican senatorial caucus held today was the discussion of the adlvsabillty of amending the house tariff bill by adding the free coinage amendment to It In the senate. This discussion was confined to the free coinage wing of the party. The result of the meeting wo the adoption of Senator Quay' resolution, introduced yesterday, expressing the sense of the senate caucus to be that the finance com mittee ahould report the bill a It came from the house, with a few veroai change, which will not alter the mean ing of the measure In any essential fea ture. Ii was while the advisability of at tempting to secure the pledge of support wa under consideration that the sliver question came up. It wa sprung by the question aa to what the silver Rrpuhll cans would do In case the free silver amrndi.K-r.t should be offered to the tar iff bill In the senate. Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, wa the first to respond to this Inquiry. He said he would Join the silver forces In sn ef fort to secure the adoption of the free coinage substitute for the house bond bill, but that, with the silver question dis posed of In that connection, he would advise that silver Republicans refrain from participating In any effort that might be made to amend the tariff bill by adding the free coinage provision. Senator Carter followed In the same line of argument, advising united action on the part of the silver Republicans In op position to such amendment In the event of the previous passage of the silver substitute for the bond bill. He said that he thought their action on the bond bill would be sufficient Indication to the country of their attitude. He did not say that he would oppose such an amend' ment by his vote In case of failure to secure the concerted and unanimous action of hi silver colleagues, but urged them strenuously to ngree to this line of action. AN INFORMAL VISIT. President and Official of Cuban Rerotu- uonisis j'grty call on Olney. Washington. Jan. I flecret.rv rin . has granted an Informal heartmr to Tv. Ident Palm and officials of the Cuban Revolutionist' Society, who have re-established headquarter here. Bo far aa ura rex-retmrr receive. tnem aa he would any other caller, but with the aprclal understanding that th visit was to be considered- informal and waa not to be regarded as an official recognition of the visitors In their capacity as rep resentatives of the Cuban revolutionary Party. Senator Call, of Florida, says every thing indlcatea the success of the Insur gents' cause, and that he will urge as opportune his resolution. Introduced some time ago. for recognising the Insurgent aa belligerents. EARLY CLOSING. BRITISH GETTIXG HOT Movement to Close the Stores at Seven O'clock. As matter now are some of the merchant close their stores In the even ing at one hour and some at another. Shoppers never know Just when a cer tain store will be locked against them, and clerks are obliged to slay all kinds of hours. In large cities it Is the custom to close all store at o'clock. The pub lic knows that ahopptng must be done prior to that hour and clerks are enabled to have their evening for recreation. A movement was started yesterday by the principal merchants of Astoria to es tablish the rule by mutual agreement to close all stores at 7 o'clock In th. even ing until the first of April. It la the dull season now, and nothing Is gained by keeping stores open until a late hour. The public would prefer to do Its buying within prescribed hours which are uni form, and It Is certainly due to hard working clerk to give them a few hours' rot. As a Result of the German Emperor's Attitude io Transvaal Incident. HAND OF FELLOWSHIP. Milwaukee Press Club Make Emperor William an Honorary Member. Milwaukee, Jan. 8. The Milwaukee Press Club, at Its annual meeting tonight, adopted the following reslutions, electing Emperor n llllam an hononry member Whereas, It is reported that Kaiser Wllhelm la threatened with expulsion from several English clubs for conduct which meet with our approval: there fore, be It Resolved. That we extend the light hand of fellowship aa fellow of sover eigns, and elect him an honorary member of the Milwaukee Press Club, and that the secretary be Instructed to notify him at once. LYNCHED BY A MOB. Speedy Justice Meted Out to Two Negro Ravlshers. JUDGE Ft'LLERTON. Roseburg. Jan. I John Fullerton, a pioneer, of this county, died today ot heart failure, while en route home from Portland, on the Roseburg local. Mr. Fullerton waa born In Ohio In 1&0, nnd came to Oregon in 1W.I He leaves two sons and four daughters, who reside In Oregon, except one daughter, now living at Cray's Harbor. Wn. DIDN'T FANCY ROBERT. Little Rock, Ark., Jan. II The munici pal authorities of Little Rock today re. fused Col. Robe.'t Q. Ingarsol permis sion to lecture In this city on Sunday evening, lngersol desired to deliver a noii-rellglou lecture In this city on Sun day, Feb. S. PENSION APPROPRIATIONS. Washington. Jon. 8. The ub-mmmlttee of the house appropriations committee. having chance of the pension bill, has decided to Increase the amount for the fiscal year from SISS.ono.0iiO to HO.(XV,000, the amount askod for by the pension bu reau in It estimates. Some of the most Influential Republicans thought that congress ahould not put Itajlf on record a allowing less money for pension than the commissioner thought wa needel. In Munich printer consider themaelver fortunate If they make 82 cent a day. Lexington, Tenn., Jan. 8. The trial ot Frank Simpson and Harrison Fuller, col ored, charged wtth having outraged Mrs. Fomeroy, a widow, and her 16-year-old daughter. In this county last August, was to have occurred here today, and for this purpose the two negroes were brought from Nashville, where the sher iff had placed them for safe keeping, but they were met by a mob of some four or llvo hundred men, which at once pro ceeded to administer the law of Judge Lynch by suspending the two negroes to a railroad trestle about a mile from town. When this wait done, at a signal from the leader, the mob fired a volley of two or throe hundred shots Into the negroes, Simpson confessed his guilt tie fore he waa hanged, while Fuller main talned that he was Innocent until the last. MARKET REPORTS. Liverpool, Jan. 8. Close, wheat, spot, firm: demand, moderate; No. I red win ter, 5s 4d; No. 1 red spring, stocks ex hausted: No. 1 hard Manitoba, lis 4d: No. 1 California. 5s 6d. Hops, Pacific Coast, ft Portland. Jan. 8. Wheat, Valley, 5?c: Walla Walla. 64. EQUIPMENT FOR SERVICE. Washington, Jan. 8. The navy depart ment took steps today to learn uow speedily all monitors now under con struction could be equipped for service. In case of emergency. Various bureau chief were consulted and reports made as to the length of time each branch of tho work required. riyiag Sqiadroi. Coisistiaf ot Six Var ships. Ris Bcea Ordered to Be Ready lor Sea y the Uti of Jaiaary. THE FOGS OF LONDON. They Are to Be Done Away With by a Scientist. (Copyrighted, lS9t by Associated Frea. I-ondon, Jan. 8. The gravity of the po litical crisis is Increasing, Instead of di minishing. The attitude of Emperor William tow. ards Great Britain In the matter of Dr. Jamieson's freebooting expedition Into the Transvaal, upon closer study, seem to hare been deliberate and long ana carefully planned. The Transvaal Inci dent, It would appear, was only a pre text seised upon by the emperor In order to enter the field aa an active opponent of Great Britain's policy of aggrandise ment in Africa, and her little misunder standing with King Prempeh, of Ashan- tee, and her support of It. aa all la warfare against Abyssinia, are believed to have been the irritating feature which Anally Induced his majesty to snow nis nana, or course, this is only a sample of the rumor in circulation here, but It shows the drift of the win and has served to Incense the British to a degrej not witnessed since the war witn Kussia was threatened some years ar. To make matters worse. It Is now re ported that the Transvaal Republic will demand and Indemnity of $2,500,000 from ureal Britain aa one result of Dr. Ja mie-son s invasion of the little Dutch Re- punuc. The report that orders have been um to Portsmouth, Davenport, and Chatham ior me immediate commissioning of I flying squadron of war ships. Is con ni-meo. mis afternoon and has caused a profound sensation In all circles. The nying squadron is ordered to he readv ior sea oy January it, Tuesday next It win consist of six vessels. LATEST THING IN PORTT 'TS. An Englishwoman with her eye about her, taking In her first lmpresions of American lire, believes there is no end, not only to the richness, but exceeding Ingenuity, with which the average Amer ican woman of means decorates her home. The most recent acquisiton she finds to the sumptuous library Is a huge, oval, stained-glau wlndow.the design of which Is a portrait of the mistress of the man sion. To have a portrait done all In this colored crystal Is a novel Idea to the Englishwoman'a mind: but she ad ults It is an Interesting variation on the ueual oil painting, though quite as ex nenslw. Sh9 who would be done in rlass gives regular sittings to a designer. nnd wears for the occasion the richest of her gowns, with colored Jewels. He irsc manes an exact copy of her costume In water colors, which la imitated In heavy cathedral glass, tone fop tone Only the face and flesh tints are painted on the crystal, to get them quite exact, and the result is splendid to a degree. GREAT 'POSSUM HUNTER DEAD. hlcago Times-Herald. Steven Ross, the greatest 'nnmnm muter In Ohio, was buried in Massillon i-riuay afternoon, after having lived to ne age oi no year. He was freed from lnver In irxlnia and went to Ohio h. fnro :hn war. His ghost stone were celebrated, and he trotted half of grown- ,.K ..,..oC.vli uHuii ..is anee. 1 1- had ft orm'.ila for cooking 'possum an lis. ortant feature of which was the myetlo llibeilsh he uttered over the hoitinp- mass, that was almost as famous aa Ids talent for spectral stories. Though pen nies and childless, he will he i..ei mourned. A corespondent from Detroit writes that R- CI. Dyrenforth. the ralnmak-r. ba a non-pater.td scbemo whereby, he says, London's fogs can be dispelled. "Recently, a very prominent sclentliir official of the United State weather bu reau wrote me." aay M. Dyrenforth. "that the most pronounced thing 1 had demonstrated was that If heavily mois ture charged ah? waa present, immediate precipitation could be-effected by dis pelling the cloud by concussion, su n concussions aa had been produced in my operations in Washington. Thla theory can be made effective In London. "The way to operate- would be to have a doaen or more Urge tanks on whel., like water carts. Hava thse tanks pro vided with porous traya and stirrers, and filled with water and iron tilling. Have a sulphuric acid pump to pump the the requisite quantity of acid into the tank as needed, whereupon there would be Immediate evolution of hydrogen gas. "In addition, there should be a light furnace wagon, in which connected cyl inders, containing a mixture of chlorate of potash and maganese dioxide could be properly heated whereupon there would be Immediate evolution of oxygen gas. "I have had drawlnn dp.iu.i r ..... able apparatus of the kind described Then there should be Inexpensive bal loons, made of light fabric, properly var nished, or of paoer. renriere.1 ..oh. and these balloons should be filled from a mixing reservoir with the oxvhvdraa-en gas. The balloons must ha iin .i. 1.800 or i,0u0 feet. Thev mni.i h. ploded either by a time fuse and cap or . .. Kirciric aiscnarger. A balloon Of 10 feet In diameter hnl.i hn.,t c-s cubic feet of gas. and a balloon of U feet u ummeier aoout i.iuu cubic feet ef gas. "The effect of an exnloaion ! ...hum and far-reaching. On a still day it can be heard forty miles, as It was at Cor pus Christ!, Texas. 'This Is to be said regarding eTnloai.-in. In the air. The effect upon the ground or houses I not bad like that of explo sions on the ground. Thus, you never heard of a clap of thunder breaking glass. 'My idea would be to establish station. on the Thame, below London, meeting the fog aa it roll up the river and cau Ing aa much precipitation there aa n. sible. What Is left could be dispelled by operations at stations to windward that is, east of the city. I believe that station of this i.tn.1 would be effective. When nreelnltmlnn la started It is likely to continue until all the fog la dispelled. Even If a rain battle were continued several days tho cost would be trifling compared to that incident to a fog. The making of oxy hydrogen Is cheap enough, and the bal loons need only cost a few dollars apiecet mey wouiu. or course, be detsroyed. -following up my Ideas, a Dromlnent English nobleman wrote to me moltbr the suggestion that I should go to Lon don and operate at the proper season, and, according to my method. dlnei these fogs. I believe that this could he done. 'It was suggested by some one else that a fund of 150,000 might be raited and with this the proper apparatus be purchased. A large uarty of operators might beproperly paid, and long-contin ued and adequate operations be performed. "If the results were Rood, not only ould the effect to humanity be moat beneflclent In the comfort to man and the saving of life and property, but there would 1k an Immense savlnr of elroenaA in the matter of light and the cost of all sorts of precautions. 1 have been told that the costs Incident to a fog of this kind amounted to hundreds of thnusnmi. of dollars dally. If the result were successful It wm.t.i bring lasting fame to those achieving the beneficent results. If any person or per sona should desire to engage In this pro ject. I should be glad to furnish gratia all Information In my possession." STEAMER WRECKED. Mr. Cleveland will observe that In order to win popularity it ia only necessary to deserve It. New York Press. Victoria, B. C, Jan. 8,-While prooeed ng to Nanalmo fir a coal cargo last ":gnt. tne steamer Facon, Cowper, mas ter, struch hard on Gonzales Point, where she Ii a total wreck. The water was exceedingly rough, and the captain en. Highest of all in Leaveaaing Power Latest U. S. Gov't Report . S V..:.; -r.- A. .L-