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... I TODAY'! WtATHt. J fair Mlhw liwlir. Th ASTORIA bat ft Urt LOCAL V flan, aa Hit lawl TOTAL (IrcnlatfM tf M all nun nkliirwd I Allan. EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. ASTHMA, OKE0ON, WKDNKSDAY JIOItXINO, JANUARY 22, 1890.- VOL. X17V. NO. 18. s Vl BLw Nil HI 13 ntii ,1 V V "NaT 'NT ATNNT Nr SjT A TRUSTEE'S SALE. II Boots, Shoos. Trunks, Valises. Umbrellas, Etc. Tho One Price Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers. 1. L. OSGOOD, Milliliter. Cod and 508 COMVKUCUL KTUKKT. ASTOUU. Oil. Blank Books School Books Miscellaneous Books Novels, 10 Cents Sheet Music, 10 Cents PACIFIC COAST SoMvcttlrH Griffin & Reed. THREE LOTS. In a deairnUo location, 2 blocks from High School. A BARGAIN. CHOICE LOTS IN HILLS FIRST ADDITION. On th Der Pip I.in DmlivrJ -Just ih plaoa for cheep lioine. A Mock IN ALDER UUOOK. 8TKEET CAR LINK w'ill ho siUmuVI tliii tammur tu ithin 5 mimitrt walk of thla property Will Ml at ilocllo.1 ban-am. i ACREAGE. In 5 or 10 inra tract inai.le U oily litnlti, ! ailjomlu Klstel. GISORG1S 1 1 ILL. 471 Bond St., Occident Block, HILL'S HEAL ESTATE EXCHANGE. Big Dry Goods and Clothing Sale! Commencing Jiiiiunry I, 1S9C3, nd for 30 clnyH only. Great Reductions in All Lines 1 Prices Smashed to Atoms ! All-wool ladies cloth $j inches wiJe All-wool scarlet flannel Ladles' tleeceil HneJ gloves Ladles' wool hose LaJles' wool liose Ladles' wool how Men's black wool sock ' Men's natural wool underwear Men's ribbed underwear Men's Jersey overshlrts Men's Jersey overshlrts. extra lie.iw Men's line Fedora hats formerly (11,75 to 3,oo $1.25 - - Men's Shoes - - $1.25 Space forbids the mentioning of only a few articles. But every piece of goods In our large and well-assorted stock has been reduced in price from 25 to 40 per cent during this sale. Do not forget to make your purchases now. AT T1IK OREGON TRADING CO., 6oo Commercial Street. New clothing jimt oj-i'iicmI di rect from tho initnufiicturcr now ollorcd in u Trustee's Sale. At factory prim, in Men's Black and Groy Clay jWorstcd Suits, la Sacks and Frocks; uU, j.l iiu nni fancy mixed Cuhmiih'ich, which (or Milken and nluu nre unex celled; uNo ' I kimU of Men's and Boys' Clothing, Fur nishing Good3.Hat3.Cap3, TIDIS TAHLKS of AHtorin forn ' ' " " . .. now vk yard " 16 2-JC " " joc pair 16 2-JC " " loc " S5C " " IOC " 60c each " 4c !; " Coc " " 65c " "l.45 JSC W 5C )K 40c 25c fi.oo 8 ii.oo DEPOT OR SO DEPOT l Central Astoria tu Hiive the Ter minus or Not? HAMMOND H:r.l.l Mi I M PATIENT (l'!iloa f Le!iy Utitcas ot I be Topic of rrlmlcr laiporitTbe tt of ike Hllrul (jucxloa. It ha. I"n nn opvn .rorrt for lonff llm. Ili.t III II. or nullilMic ! In lu" tnw.nla im-IIIIiik tho rtfjwt ll quMtlon. Willi, not a pari of III contract with Mr. Ilamtnonil for tho conntrurtlun ol tho rnllron.1, It a a part of Hi. un written attmrmont that a aullahl. .Ho fur a ili'pot phoulil Iw furnl.liol In art llllun to lh riant of way, aa haa U-n ilun. In oihi-r clili Hvrral altra hav. ftn offcroU, fr of rxiwnw to the clly or railroad company. It In fli-ffronc. to th wlhra of many ImkIImk elil-n th rnllnia'l pomiiaiiy ilr-ferrKl. acrptln any of thnn until rfforta cotilil be mad to ti-ur. a all. mor wntrally locatwl. Tli ni'lxhlMirhooil of Ihn t'lauop Mill w.a thoiiKht lo mor nwrly nir th ntulrr. nw-ni. of th. tiuilnp of the rliy at l.rx anil li-p wor. takrn to nrrun thla lt. Thl waa laat aumniw. On. (Ilftl ruliy ami tln-n anoilirr ohntructwl th pmicrraa of th work, and now, almoot in Hi. rlnllm, lh quwtlon rmi to Ix no nearer .(Hi nunl I linn when It waa tint aiilinti'1. From th. laat tnorta It alo appear, that thr la allll a law amount of rlKhl of way uniwcurrd. C fwl In thf cliy In-lng yt In atat. nl uncrialnty, InrludlnH th. rlrhl of way Ihrouah tho . K ami N., Warrrn ami oihar prowHy. t'ntll llir tlllra ar. rl-arJ In the nam. of th. company the rnKlnwra cnnot Miter ami mmmrnrc ronalrucllon. OK I'ltIMB IMI'OHTANCH. Th. location of the repot bln, of prime Importaiic In the trunUnce of the hikIiimt In tha work of conatructlon IhroiiKh th clty-whrthrr there la to lw mrrrly a Unlet ahrd on th Mtiy-foot rihl of way for th. accommodation of paaaen Rora and the handling of a amall amount of frelKht. or whether ther. ar to lie ample facllltlce for the exchanite of traf- rin with ocan rarrlera and the eomiuct of a larao commerc which Aatorla ahould command In tho near futoro-an Aatorlan reprewntatlva yeaterday Intrr vlnwed a numher of leadln cltlaena and bualnea. men on the aubject. "If I owne.1 land around Bcow Ilay and tlufTlateop Mill. I would furnlah a depot It. there for the railroad." aald In. ALFHED K1NNKT. 'The proMrty ownera In that vlt-lnly will mlaa It If they don't do It. No matter what th. coat, looklna at It from th. landpolnt of the prevent hualneea center of the city, that la the place for a de pot and 1 think they will arrantce p; but how lorut, O lMtti. how long! All of the ownera of property within a radlua of one mile of the Clataop Mllla ought to contrlhuta to relmhura thow waterfront ownera who cannot afford to donate their all. The railroad can have a depot alt. at Alderbrook of all th. land they neea any time thy want It. but tbe bualneaa of tho town would aeem to demand a more central location and they will have lo come lo It aooner or later in aooner the better and there mail me no itrlnga to tho propoaltton, either. "The rlnhi of way mattera I underatand the committee have In fair ahapo. Many railroad today are. operating over lamia without Hood title, but we don't want the Aatorla. railroad enitlneera to undergo any ihotRiin experience." J. T. HOPS, Of Itoae, Hlca-lna A Co.. aald that aa a hualneaa man he most certainly favored the Bcow Kay location, for a depot alte, and truatod that the arrangement would eoon lie completed for aecurlnT It. "The cliy urly oinrht to make good It prop ortion, and thoae who cannot afford to donate ahould le rompnnaated." The nrxt Rentlrman approached was K. A. REELKY, Agenl of the While Collar Tltw. who waa moat emphatic In hla etntr merit that Aalorla ahould loae no time In makluit irocvl Its moral olillKallon to furnlfh ade iliinle deiwt uroumla for the ritllrcad. "Hfattle kv Jim Hill, at the time ho built the llrent Northern Into that city, all, and more water frnntaKe than wa akel for Aalorla can et afford to de lay thla m' ttr longer. Aldorhrook people came to th front early In the name and a tine alt In open to Mr. Hammond, any lime he want to accept It, for nil tv terminal facllltlex and "depot room he need on the water frontnR. The rltl xena who nre anxious to have a more central location ahould not delay matterr any longer. IVraonally, I am willing t do anything In i -y power to promote the Kcncral Bood, but nm perfectly wllllpe; to aee the depot Ro to Aldvrbrook or Tongue Point." When questioned upon the pubject the HON. C. W. PULTON Pnld: "I own aome property in the neigh borhood of Scow Pay, or the Clatscp Mill, nnd am perfectly willing to donate a lot towarde relmburalna; the waterfront own era who cannot afford to Rive their prop erty. That Is pre-eminently the place for IP" depot, and tho queatlon should be fettled at once. It will hold up the vnl ima of property and prevent their ahlft Imr and will keep the town a It la. Thrre are thoeo owning- property on tho pro poned depot alte who cannot afford to clve It, a It comprise nearly all of ihclr fortunea, but the ownera of contltr uoum property are equally Interested, and ahould no longer hesitate to coma to the front." Walter noun. Of the firm of Robb A Pavker, thinks thvre Is but one alte for a depot, and that Is the Clatsop Mill location. "The question ought to be settled Immediate ly. It has been delayed much too long. 1 own property all over tho city, but think the depot should be In the center. I will give a lot towards securing It and sm satisfied that others will do the same. Now that Mr. llnmmond la hero the mat ter ahould be closed at once it ought to hnve been fixed long ago." "What Is your opinion of the delay In the depot site location?" waa asked of MR. B. VAN m?8KN. "I think It ought to hovoaheen settled long ago, You know my sentiments on this subject. The matter Is settled, so fnr as Alderbrook and Tongue Point peo ple are concerned. Mr. Hammond csn have anything he wants for a depot site In Alderbrook from the Kagle Cannery lo the John Days. In my opinion, In view of the new growth of this city, that Is the place fnr a depot. Business Is bound to go that way, and there Is a grand opportunity for the building of a practically new town. I,ook at tho mag nificent purk site artd residence lots! Here la where the business man can com- lilh. art and pleasur wl'.h the dally grind, and I think It will I to the ad vantage ot the railroad to locate It main depot there, and believe that th. cliy will lie Immensely mora henfltted In tho long run than If tha depot la located further down town." JUPOrc IIOWMJY Hull) that he had fill lb In the Scheme being accomplished for locating the depot at the Clnlaop Mill all. "Borne of the Adalra, Welch, Kinney, myself and others havo already donated part of the aim and piactlcally ther remain only two water-front owner who will now have to be reimbursed. Th whole town, really, I Interested In seaming thl (He and ought to romo to th front at onc rather than see the dtot located else whrrs. I don't believe that Mr. Ham mond will wait very much longer for u to decide, and If the Clatsop Mill loca tion la not arranred fnr I'ptrtown will surely get It, and that la short order. To a much greater extent than I realised, the sit. of the depot 1 an Important fac tor In th future growth and prosperity of the rlly, and we cannot afford to mak. a mistake In It selection." The builder of th. railroad. Mr. A. Tl. Hammond, arrived In Aatorla yeaterday, and wa questioned In regard to the de pot and other mattera. In reply ha said: "I am hero TO WORK. NOT TO TALK. "Plnco I left her In Beptrmber, w have extended something over tvn.vtl, or moro than th t-'O.O") per month demand ed; a force of M men haa been kept at work and I find that rrry expensive work haa liven done on the Ycung'a bay bridge, which could have better been done an other time, but tho company waa deter mined to act In good faith. Ten thous and ton, or th full complement of steel ran for the entire line, have been piirchaerd. of which x ton are now afloat and the balance being loaded, and I am ready to contrct for the building of the balance of th road to h flnlshefl this, yenr. although th contract give u until June, IK. I am rather surprised, however, to find that th tight ot way matters and depot site question ar about where I left them laat September. There are several gaps right In the city where th right of way la yet unsecured, and to say nothing of a number of mile out side of the city. Our engineer cannot jump a man's property and build a rail road on It unless they have the right to do so. Thoae who ar anxious to hav construction forwarded through the city might do well to take a hand In getting some of the affair straightened out. and then you can sell lota and do business, and all work can go on together. If the rltlxejis want a proper depot and terminal facilities It might be well to take some definite action toward securing site, aa conat ruction cannot wait much longer on Indefinite propositions. If a location Is not had In the center of the city we shall no doubt accept th Tongue Point proposition. "A to a city park, while the queatlon Is Important to every city and la one which ousht to have your attention, 1 consider the depot and right of way matter of more Immediate Importance. I can aay though, at the rlak of being accused of personal motive, that I hear tily endorse all that the Aatorlan ha said concerning Tongue Point, as a loca tion for a public park. WILL COB SILVER The Hullitm on Hand Shortly to Be Tut Into Circulation. Aboit Ciohteta Millions of Dollars. All tbe Dallioi Now ! the Treasary. hill Be Colicd. Washington. Jan. 21. About Feb. 10 tbe treasury department will resume the coinage of sliver dollars and continue until about tlS.000,000 has been coined. When the administration came In there tras In the treasury about 13,000,000 In silver dollars, colnod from bullion under the act of KM and available for the re demption of treasury notes Issued In pay ment ot the bullion purchase. Since August. about tl8.WO.000 ot these notes have been redeemed In silver dollars and cancelled. The secretary haa now decided to coin from the bullion now on hand, and pur chased under the act of 1k-0, about 118. (kio.ooo, which will restore the amount ot dollars In the treasury to what It waa March 4. 1SSJ. The average cost of tht silver bullion purchaaed under the Sher man act was 7114 cents on the dollar, which leaves a gain or selgnoraga of 284 cent on the dollar. At this rate the elgnorag on the 118,000,000 to be coined mild be tM30.oiM. which will be account ed for In the available cash on hand, In erasing It by that amount RECIPROCITY CLAUSE. Washington. Jan. 21. The effect of the op. iHtlon of the reciprocity clause In the tariff act of 1W0, repealed by the present tariff law, will probably be made the sub ject ot an Inquiry by the committed on ways and means or by the sub-committee of which Representative Hopkins, of Illinois, I chairman. The suggestion was made at the meeting yesterday by Rep resentative Tawney, of Minnesota. Speak ing of his proposition, Mr. Tawney said: "I told Messrs. Dlngley and Hopkins that In my opinion It would be a good thing for the committee to Invite before it rep resentatives of the several Interests af fected by the enactment of tbe reciproci ty clause In the McKlnley tariff of 1SH and again by Ita repeal by the Wilson Gorman law of Their statements would tend to settle the disputed ques tion of the effects of the reciprocity treaties, and of their annulment. From their statement the committee could de termine whether or not It would be wise or expedient or both to re-enact the pro vision. This would not require nor In volve a general revision of the tariff law; the Inquiry and action could and would lie confined, so far as I am concerned, to the single subject of reciprocal custom relation with those countries whose mar kets we might desire to enter. Messrs. Dlngley and Hopkins seemed to be fa vorably Impressed with my suggestion, and I expect that It will be carrltd out." THE MARKETS. Portland, Jnn. il. Wheat, quiet, but firm: Wnlla Walla, KVy, Valley, 60c per bushel. Business Is restricted by the stiff views of shipowners. . Liverpool, Jnn. 21. Wheat, firm: de mand, firm; No, 2 red winter, Ss fid: No. 2 red spring, stock exhausted; No. 1 hard Manitoba. (Is 6Hd; No. t California, fia 7.1. Hops at London, Pacific Coast, 2 M. Hammock bearers In China re:ev from 10 cents to 90 centB a day. Ilest Wanning Powder on earth. Large slxe, 20 cents. Soap Foam. DAY AT THE CAPITOL I'liciflc Culilc Company's IS i 11 Kill Ik Reported Favorably. KKADY IN EIGHTEEN MONTHS The Seiate Tat Aside riuice (id roreiga Affain aid Worked oi Miior Dillt oa the Calesdar. Washington, Jan. 21. From the action of the house committee on commerce to day, ther. seema to be little doubt that the bill authorising the Pacific Cable Co. to lay a cable from th Pacific coaet to th Hawaiian laland and Japan will be favorable. It la proposed by th com pany to hav the cable working to the Hawaiian Island In eighteen month and completed to Japan In three yean. Th bill to b drafted will reduce thl time. The lubsldy asked is flW.OOO a year for a term of twenty years, the govern ment to have free use of the cable in that time. In the course of the discus sion It wa argued that tbe subsidy was too large. In view of the estimated cost of th work-KMfiO.OW to t7.vX.Ow-nd th probable amount of government business, which the commute estimated at from lai.OW to Ro.ooo. Th bill to tie framed will probably reduce the subsidy. Rate between the United State and the Is land of Ohua shall not exceed 7S cent per word, and tl to to Japan and China; also, that after twenty year government message (hall be carried at preaa rate, not to exceed on quarter of the rate. The senate put aside finance and foreign affairs today and gave the day to work on private and minor bill on th calen dar. About even bill were passed. They were aa follows: Settling the claims of United 8tate In dian Agent Maralon: granting to the Col umbia and Red Mountain Co. a light of way through the Colvllle Indian reser vation. Washington: pensioning the wid ow of Major-General Carroll at t7& monthly, and the widow ot Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka. tbe Arctic explorer, at UO monthly: Increasing the pension of the widow of Colonel Frederick Dent, sister ot President Grant, from UO to 15 monthly: pensioning the widow of Brevet Major General Doubleday at tit") month ly, and amending the act authorising the Oregon and Washington Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the Columbia river between Oregon and the Bute ot Washington. The house today passed the urgent de ficiency bll. The bill carries ti.tl'j.W. of which C2C5SI was for expense of the United State courts. The abnormal growth of expenses under the fee system of the courts came In for a good deal of criticism, and there waa a general ex pression in favor of the salary system. ON TRIAL FOR MURDER. Truly Shattuck Flys to Avoid Testifying Against Her Mother. San Francisco, Jan. 21. Truly Shat tuck. th young actress, has fled to avoid testifying against her mother, who Is being tried for tha murder of Harry Poole. Truly wa the chief witness ngnlnst her mother during the first trial, a Mrs: Shattuck Jhot the young man on account of hi attentions to her daughter, and It waa proved that Truly, at the command of her mother, wrote Poole a note which summoned hlrn to her house the day he waa shot. Mis Shattuck has accepted an engagement to sing In a Great Falls, Montana, theatre, and ahe sailed tor Portland Sunday. The trial was postponed today by Judge Eelcher, who directed tho police to apprehend the miss ing witness. The chief of police at Port land was wired to Intercept her. Portland. Jan. 21.-Chlef of Police Mln to met Mlsa Shattuck on the arrival ot the steamer today. A the girl Is not under bonds, and la not a fugitive from Justice, Chief Mlnto haa no authority to arrest her. He Informed the San Fran cisco authorities to that effect . IN MEMORY OF LINCOLN. New York. Jan. 21. The American Mis sionary Association, whose Jubilee I to be celebrated In Boston next October, Is lsulng a variety of circulars, appeals and historical documents, urging Congrega tional churches. Sunday schools and Christian Endeavor societies throughout the United States to observe February 16 as "Abraham Lincoln's Memorial Sab bath." Thla association has schools and churches among the Chluese on the Pa cific coast, the Eskimos In Alaska, the Indians In the West, and the mountain eers and negroes In the South. The fields of labor which have tho closest relations to Abraham Lincoln are the mountain whites, from whom he came, and the ne groes, whom he emancipated. OFFICERS EXONERATED. Port Townsend, Jan. 21. The decision of the board of Inquiry, convened by the British-consul-to Inquire Into the loss of the ship Janet Cowan, on Vancouver Island, December SI. exonerates the offi cers of the vessel from all responsibility. None of the witnesses could testify that Captain Thompson was drunk the night ot the disaster, and the testimony that he was drunk previously wa ruled out. The board decided that the cause ot the wreck was the elements, and not the Incompetency of the officers. TREASURY LOSSES. Washington. Jnn. 21. The treasury to day lost t&Goo.OQO In gold bars for export: $08,000 in coin, and $11,000 In Jewelers bars, making the total loss for the day $2,52S.iKX). This reduces the gold reserve to $50,790. IS). The assessed valuation of the property In this district Is about $30,000 lower than ufunl. and the same amount ot school tax apprised this year will amount to con siderable more In the wny of mills to the dollar. The school should proceed with out ccsnsioln. except for necessary vaca tions. The number of pupils are greater than ever, the four rooms beint? crowded, and another t?acher Is needed: In fact, more room Is needed and will be neces sary very shortly. The taxpayers will hnve to benr these things In mind next Fatnrdny whsa making the new levy. HeadUKht. They were talking shout the various methods of celebrating the passing of the old year and the coming of the new. "Did you ever dance the old year out und the new year In?" he asked. "Yes, In leeil, scores of times," was the reply: and then she was sorry she spoke. Tit-Bits. Having Hoe Cake Soap In your kitchen or bath once means always. ANOTI1SR OUTRAGE. People of the Province of Yunnan In cited to Murder Missionaries. Ban Francisco, Jan. IL The steamer Coptic, from Yokohama, brings advices to January The China mall says: "Another proclamation of the vilest na ture haa been posted throughout the province of Yunnan, Inciting people to murder all missionaries, against whom disgusting and disgraceful charge are reiterated. The matter I of the gravest Importance, ami th whole of th power ought to Insist upon th punlshrscnt ot the officials of th province." The Japan Gazette aay three Corean. tried for complicity In th murder ot the Corean queen, were found guilty De cember 2t and hanged th same evening. Pak Bon, one of tha trio, was found guilty of having cut down the Queen' body, pouring oil upon the remain and then cremating the body. HARD LINES FOR BHOLTO. Thrashed by aa Orchestra Leader In Oro vtlle. Cal. Orovllle, Cal., Jan. 21. Lord Bholto Douglas. on of th Marqui of Queens berry. Is not having an easy tune a manager of theatrical troupe. HI company played her laat evening. When Lady Douglas, nee Mooney, gave her song and dance act. Lord Douglass rush ed upon tha stage, crying: "My wife cannot sing to such music as that" The audience hissed, and today the leader ot the orchestra, meeting Douglass on the street, asked If he wanted trouble. Lord Douglass answered In the negative, whereupon the musician attacked Doug lass, striking him as he was entering hla carriage. Lady Douglass made a great outcry, and both Douglass and the musi cian were arrested. Douglass was sub sequently released and the orchestra lead er held for trial. JUSTICE FIELD. He Bay HI Health Is Good and He Will Not Retire. Washington, Jan. 21. When Justice Field waa asked today regarding the re port that he would retire at the end ot thla term, he said: "No such statement haa been authoris ed by me. Of course, a man at my time ot life may retire at any time. If my health should not permit me to attend to my dries easily. I should not hesi tate to leave the bench, but ss long a I can attend to these duties with ease I have no Intention of retiring. At the present my health la very good, but should I again be ill, as I was Isst year, I should not hesitate to retire. MUST PAY THE DEBTS. Individual Stockholders of Defunct Banks Are Responsible. San Francisco. Jan. 21. The supreme court rendered sn Important decision to day, declaring that stockholders of the defunct Pacific Bank are individually lia ble for the debts of tha corporation. The decision was rendered in the suit of Mat thew McGowan, as assignee of numerous creditors of the bank, against the stock holders. British Flying Squadron Prepared for Aay Emergency. Its Disposttioi V ill Be Glided by Naval aid Sot folitlcal CotsideratioisSeigh bors Sot Be Alarmed. London. Jan. 21-Rt Hon. O. J. Go shen, first lord of tbe admiralty, in ad dressing th conservatives at East Green ston tonight, declared that no menace to any country was Intended by the for mation of the flying squadron.. "It will be ready." he continued, "for any emergency, and will remain under the orders ot the admiralty rather than of the foreign office. The disposition ot It will be guided by naval and not po litical considerations. "While the political situation remains as It Is. I beg humbly, if they hear that the squadron has been sent to any par ticular quarter, not to imagine that the motive Is necessarily a menace- against our neighbors or our rivals. "For the present it is to proceed to Beer Haven and wait for further orders. At present It Is not intended to organise a second squadron." HON. CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW. Declares Himself on "Patriotism and Jongolsm; the Lawyers Duty." Albany, Jan. 21. The annual session ot i)., fii.iA Rar Association ooened here tonight The address of the evening was delivered by Hon. Chauncey m. uepew, on "Patriotism and Jingoism; the Law yers Duty." The position taken by me speaacr was that International war should go the way of the Individual duel. He proposed that the lawyers of this country and Great Britain address themselves to the task of educating the people to the adoption or peaceful arbitration In matters of dis pute. He said: "Only one power keeps the nations of Europe from Instantly declaring war. Bankers and business men have become arbiters between nations. The only two nations which may be said to be free from this thralldom, because of their wealth, their commerce and credit are the United States and England." WELLINGTON NOMINATED. Annapolis, Jan. 21. Congressman Geo. I.. Wellington was tod.iy nominated by the Republican members of the legisla ture to succeed Charles H, Gibson In the United Stale.i senate. HE 13 STILL SENATOR. Des Moines, la., Jan. 21. Senator Alli son was elected to succeed himself In the United States senate by the lgelslature today. Highest of all in Leavening Power.---Latest U. S. Gov't Report ft a v ' tr x r aw V2 ( I a t a mm BRITAIN WILL YIELD Kay Prepared for Arbitration of the Venezuelan Question. TO BE A GRACEFUL BACKDOWN Tie Esterii Vetge kill Probably Ba a Direct Agreeaeit Betweea )h Di satails for Hediatloa. Washington, Jan. 21 Aside from the leisurely manner In which the Venesuelan commission Is arranging to prosecute its work, there ar other Indication that ' the administration has become convinced that this august body wUI not hav tha honor of settling the great boundary dis pute. While It cannot be stated positive ly that this belief is based entlraly upon any specific reports from Ambassador Bayard upon the subject, yet there la reason to believe that th matter will be terminated shortly, probably within two month or before a report can rea sonably be expected from th Venezuelan commission, and upon lines that will be unobjectionable to our government While details of the arangement are not obtanlable, and perhaps have not yet been fixed. It Is believed the basis of it will be arbitration as proposed originally by the United States, but with c limita tion ttwt will suffice at least to save British pride and appear to maintain British consistency. This Is likely to be found In an agreement between Great Britain and Venezuela directly, brought about through th good offices of a third party, not necessarily or probably tbe United States, to submit to a Joint com mission the question of the title to all territory west of the Bcbomburgk line, with a proviso that if In the course of the inquiry ot the commission evidence appears to touch tha British title to tho lands lying to the eastwsrd of that line. the body may extend Its functions to adjudicate such title. This arrangement will meet the British contention that the original arbitration rhall be limited to lands to the westward of the line, while still conceding the Jus tice of the contention of Prasidont Cleve land, that th lands on the other side may properly be taken into consideration In fixing the boundary. Possibly a sup plementary arbitration will be left to deal with tha question as to the title of the tastwari lands, of th original commission dealing with the matter shall Und that the title to tbe lands Is a fit subject for arbitration as shown by the evidence produced before it REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. Arrangements Perfected for Its Session - at Bfc. Louis. Mo. St Louis, Jan. 2L The National Repub lican Committee's sub-committee, after a two-days' session here, finally com pleted Ita business, signed a contract with the Businessmen's League for the car of the national convention, to be held June IS next and adjourned sine die this evening. Joseph Manley, chairman of the sub committee, ald arrangements bad been perfected for the convention to the en tire satisfaction of all. The citixens ot St Jxiula are to bear the entire expense attending the convention. Each member of the national committee Is to bear bis own personal expense. The citixens' committee, however, will provide rooms for the meeting ot the national commit tee, for the transaction of Its official business In connection with the conven tion. Manley said he was authorised to say for every member of the sub-committee that the selection of any particular candidate for sergeant at arms has no significance regarding the presidential cont-nt When completed. It Is estimated that the hall which Is being erected for this ' occasion, will seat at least 15,000 people. FATAL GAS EXPLOSION. Three Killed and Four Wounded at New Haven. Conn. , New Haven, Conn.. Jan. JO. Three men were killed and four received serious in juries todsy by the explosion of gas in the four-story building owned by Eng lish Mersick and occupied by the own ers, who are engaged In the manufacture of carriage hardware, and Pfleger Co., hardware manufacturers. The explosion set the building on nre and It was de stroyed, with the greater part of Ita contents, the loss amounting to .about $100,000. There were about forty people In the building at th tlm of th acci dent Following Is a list of th casualties: Dead Joseph Hauser, machinist; Wil liam Stevens, bookkeeper; Toof, work man. Injured-James T. McNeill, machinist, badly cut about the head and shoulders; F. Pfleger. badly burned; Alexis Kreh, foreman, burned about the head and up per portion of the body: Frank C. Rich ter, laborer, bruised and cut MAKING IT UNIVER8AL. Rio de Janeiro. Jan. 2t. It Is stated that a rupture between Brasll and Italy Is Imminent, owing to BraxU's tardiness in uiiafviiir Italian claims arising out of the civil war in Braill. It is reported that tho warship Benjamin -.onsiani nu started to occupy the Island of Trlni dade. The Constant Is a-protected Bra alllan cruiser of 2750 tons displacement PRISONERS CAPTURED. Portland Jan. 21. Con Kelllher, Frank Zands and Mike O'Brien, the three pris oners who escaped from the county Jail Friday, were captured today near Bcap poose, Columbia county. UTAH'S SENATOR8. Salt Lake. Jan. 21. Frank J. Cannon and Arthur Brown were elected to the United States senate with but two dis senting votes among the Republican members of the legislature today. Sen ator Brown, among other things said: "One ot my greatest aims will be to holi-t the cause of silver at the needed ratio of 16 to 1." si m ' mm V tnnr IT L v. i if I -r- jCn J. ... --