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" r ASTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. f TODY'W!ATHIII, 1 Fans-lit frr wtthlsitM is Orsfss. P Th ASTORIAN hai tlx lirrMt IOCAI ft d circiilitlesi NwlirgMl GF.KtftAL clreuli- I S ties, la tlw lrtt TOTAL tlrealitlM f 4 ill ispem tuWukei I Allen. B Trie . I5XCMJSIVK TICMiGHAPHlC PRESS REPORT, VOL XLV. ASTORIA, OUKtiON, WKDNKSfJAY MORNING, MARCH 18, 18. SO. 6:t. Sweeping Reductions! tit The One Price Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers. C. S. JACOBSON, Trtmtee. I0 and 608 COMMERCIAL STMCKT, A8TOKIA. OR. Po you nwnl anything in Office Supplies, Letter Preiwvs, Cbpying Nooks, Inketands, Tablet, Inks, Blank Ilookn, Ulo Print Pnper, Waeto UapketH, Pefk Trays, Ten KackB, Typo Writing Pajei, HiblK)n ami Carton Pajei. If no, weoun supply you. A new lot of noyinft CartlH jimt receive!. Griffin & Reed, City Hook Store. UP TO DATE New Stock OXFORDS, BLACK, TAN, DUCK, CANVAS, New Needle and Narrow Spare Toe. MOUTHHMN SCH001 SHOES OUR HOBBY. We put more genuine service for the moBC Into our School Shoes than Into ny class of tfeoes we sell. Give them t trial; yon won t regret It. Copcland & Thorsen. Bargains ! Suck aa Nver Been Hardware, Granite Ware. Rope, Stoves, Iroi Pipe. Terra Cotta Pipes. Bar Iron, Steel, Cannery Supplies. Loggers' Tools. . . , . PLUMBING, TIN WORK idr At prices that defy competition. Done by experienced workmen. (Jam Fixture nt Cost. Sol Oppenheimer, In our Trustee Sale of Men's and Boy's Clothing, Furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Valises, Etc., nt pricoHtliHt will quickly sell them. FOOTWEAR 3 New Stock SLIPPERS ALL KINDS. Kid and Cloth Top, Widths A to EE, TICH. FISHERMEN'S BOOTS. Raid Made. LOGGERS' SHOES that hold calks. FARMERS' SHOES.HI klads. Offered Before In JOB WORK, Coll and Be Convinced. Trustee for M. C. CROSBY. THE NIC As Gucnts of the Company, Senators Kill (o to the Isthmus on a Junketing Trip. l.M.INLI.KS' KI.I'OKT I'KINTKD Oat rWjr VaUaMe Dacaaeit. V'ltk later- tstian Date. Are OaUtctf-fUck Oopo altiu to the Caeal rroeileiit S rraiclMaa'i Opiates. New York Herald. The reprraMitatlve of th Nlcaree i Canal Company In tola 'dty art on Ilia iklMiflv. It I Iho Intention of Iht company now to coatlnc' th senatorial commit lr I hat lh company haa been grievously wmnH by th report of tha engineer, and too, this It will Invrw tha senator who ara fiuereetcd In (lit pro k to maka a trip to lh Isthmus, ao they may Jislr for ttwmaetva whether tha engineer wnra Ju.tlflrd In ma hint tha report th9 did. Ona of th srna ton who alii Mn tha party, to La con ducted pennially by Chief Engineer Mo.J. la HnaJor Morfan, tha author of th ftrat bill iMrudtirrd whlrh a la liwlMnniry tha romiany for the amount of motwf )R4it and to (uaranira a pro portlua of Ihv atork. Th uprtwnia of th ranal la thla city ara avtfmilna' to aak why. If tha com pany la not anxloua to part with Ita r labia eanU prlvUntna aa a rorpdrat w. la Ik aaawnmMit. It ahauld (0 to am-h larwtaa In try In to ahow tha enitluwa a to triad a tha rmnl rrpart tha moat biuirMilnv polnta of tha route, why Ui eomrainy ahould have detailed Mr. M no mi ui aoctmpany the anKlnara on tlirlr frlii. auk why now a party of anatora ahoiAd be Invtted In take Um exceedingly W ? ( and exprnalve trip arroaa the lath mua on s tour of InaprrtJon. Vn repreaentatlvm of tha rallaray here a by no mmna aura that Mr. ltartlrtt did not have the authorlaalWin of the rwmnany In hla nrarutlatlona anrk the ec-ntrulllna- peraona of the I 'ana ma CanaJ Oiimpany. They aay that they have been directly Informed that Mr. HtfllMt made overt urea to the (redrt Lyonnalae, ami that three overturiw were received In a kindly aplrlt. So aucceaaful haa tieen hla trip. It ta eald. that ha will re turn aoon, and tha rreulta of hla confer ri.rea In France and Knsland will ! u,d aa additional lev-era ta ahow that It thl country wUI not aupport a na tional entcrprlea of ttte i-haracUT of the 7'icaraatia canal, other imintrlra will. The rer jit art loir In the II oral I. ,holl' the way tram-imtlnrnial railway rarn rranl the poallle compi tltlon of the ranal, haa dtrrvtnd tha atl-llon ot railway men generally to the matter, there la known to tie a declih'd atitr trent ajtalnut the canal In the dlr-rlnrate of the llllnola Central railway, of which Hltiyvreanl Kith, w:e ot Ih- Atrmtiwa of Ihe Nicaragua ranal. I vice jrrM,i't Mr. I"lh will wot omvrren about 0 ranal. The other orrlnrra of the roal are Incllnnl to eaert an their InAm iu-e la Mfeat every attrmia: to haw the rovcrn mtnt atand atwnaur for tlie rnormoua enlerprla. Hume hat of a aurprlM waa rraatad yeelrnlay by the rumor tliat ihe Mexican Central railway waa Inclined to uae ha Influence axalna the cajial project. Tha, corporation haa lwa regard at aa In la vor of the acheme, and waa tin active mover In faviir of irovemincnt control. 'None of the ortlclMj, In thla city vtiT day would aay anything concerning what Ihe attitude of the Mexican Central would be. It wma learned, however, tram ather aourrea that Preiuilenl Dlaa ot Mexico haa derlared that rtw mmwrao tkn of the canal and Ita maintenance a III Impoee ao many additional oMura Uona on Mexico that they win far out balance any puaalble bewellt. a a ENGINEERS' RErOTCT. A apeclal correondent write from 'Woahlngton aa follow: Washington. March 7. IVInted coplea of the retrt of tho rn igmeer commlaelrin appolntod by the president to examine Into the tennltilltty und probable coat of the Nicaragua canal finally accfeallile to congrcaa. The refxirt aa lirlnled makea a docu ment of lid pagea. but It la ahora of aoma of Ita moat valuable feat urea for eraona ananlng to make a thorough atudy of tho canal project before committing the government to the poaathle expenditure of Hiundreda of mllllona In carrying It thrr-ugh. When tha report waa trana mrneU to congreaa It wna accompanied by wwelva aiipcmllcea and tw?nty-four maim and dlagrama. and th order for Ita inMnting, whlrh waa originally made by tm house, contemplated printing thrae aa well aa the rotort Itaclf. On Wednes day i thin 'week, however. Hcvreaenia tlve Ioollttle, the chairman of the aul commtnao of the Nicaragua canal of the houen committee on commerce, aki-1 that the onlvr te moillllisl ao aa to hav the report printed without the accom anylng .papers on th ground that tt would require four or five mor.thi to en grave and print the man. This reason did not apply to tho appeitce. but they have all been omitted. These apaendloea throw a great deal of light on the question of the practicabil ity of the oanal. Ita probable stability and tla approximate coat. Among the moat Important engineering problem to be dealt with in the construction of the canal la the great difference between the volume of water to be dealt with at dif ferent ai-asons of the year In a country which 1 praotlcntty without rain for a part of the year and In whlrh the mln la Incessant during other parts of the year. Ona of the grnveat criticism n.ade by the engineers board was that sumcl.iit data regarding thla problem had not been secured hy the canal com pany, and yet the apncmllccs giving the record of river gauging, the summary of water gauge rending and the record of the rainfall observations, which contain all the data accrewlbln on this KUbJcct, have been omitted. Another Important thing to be taken Into consideration In the construction of any great engineer ing wor In that locality la the dung-'r of earthquake, which might destroy In a moment any structure that the hand ot man could build. One of the appendices waa a valuable paper on earthquakes and volcanoes In Costa Rica and Nica ragua, by Trof. Henri Plttler. Tables showing the variations between the esti mates which have been made from time to time aa to the probable coat of tha work, the report on the final location ot the canal by Engineer Monocal, the re port of tha board of consulting engineers of May , 10, and other valnalila rpoils and paper ara alo omitted. KKIHCO UHJKCTII. The Han Francisco correspondent ands the fcllowlng: Heking of tha construction of tha Nlreragua ranal today. Colonel 'Lorge Ht one, prealilent of III tnlon league Club, eald: Han r rulirlaco, March 7. "Tea and silk and oilier Chinese trade would Im diverted from Han r'ranclsco and gu direct by tha canal from tin point of shipment to th destination. II seems lo me any schoolboy could see that the effect of th ranal would lie lied upon th commercial Interests of this city. Very little of this trade goes by sailing vreeels now direct betwtn the point of production and In, point of con sumption. It all paaaea through Ban Krandsco. Is broken la bulk, and thus a vaat amount of money la distributed among the freight handlers. Th trans udation of wheat has never Interred with our agricultural lntrets. Califor nia ranont campete In eoat of production with Houth America, and the construc tion of the ranal wouldn't give us bark our wheal trade." J. I. Thomas, a commission merchant, said 1h canal would be of no benefit to Man Francisco. "W have a railroad for quick transit. Ihe I'anama railway, where moderate dlspaf.'h Is required, and the ocean for cheap transportation. Th question arMea whether It Is posslMe'to pay th toll that will be required at the ranal un wheat and compete with th world. It will brine California Into direct competition with the rboao labor of Kuror'. and tbv pauper labor of Eu rope will Iw pouring In on ui as It Is on the Earn " W. 11. Harrington, president of the Mer chant' Club, said: "The opens of railroad transportation baa been st-adlly decreasing In this country for a long time: therefore In the matter of domestic shipments overland, eastward and west ward. I dont think the canal I going to Is- of th benefit a great many ot Ita friends anticipate. There la a great deal of f urerK n merchandise brought her fta- transshipment whlrh, when li e canal ta built, wtn go direct through the canal. and won't atop her at all. ' U R. aleavl, secretary of th Manufac turers" and Producer' Association, said: "Every reduction la Treight rsu has re sulted la a corresponding bad (Te-t on the bushiest of the manufacturers by hrlnglt.g -them more directly In competi tion with the Eawtern manufacturers. Th completion of the canal would bring us tn competition not only with the East, but with the whole world." I,oin Baronl. a big manufacturer, said'. "Every reduction In freight rates baa I asrmed the profits of the manufacturers. Th Nicaragua canal may leas'n freight rates, hut that arould tt a dnalrtful hkte Ing to the manufaoturrre of Baa Fran claoo" RAILROAD DEAL, IN CHINA. Itlg Concessions OUalned lo' American Outbreak Agalrui Mlssloiairii . New York. March IT. The iecial c.ir Teepondent i-f the H-rald m rihawwhai, under recem dale, says as followa: A great raJIrraid ileal haa today been com plete.! by M. R. Jeffords, civil engnror, of New York. He haa secured the con tract for budding the trunk railway from Tlankow to i'ekin, a distance of mor- than HQ mile, allowing for the necessary detours, hlr. Jefferd. who represents a strong American and English nymllcat ', haa guaranteed to raise ten out of the thirty mllllona of taela rryulred tor the work, which Is to be done by a joint stock company, at the head of which la th Tao-ral Hau-yln-Tttiang, Wbo -was deputed by the Imperial highnesses Prtnoes Kung and Chatg. lo organise and carry out the undertaking. It la understood that brond givmg the ronciaalon to Hsu, the guvernmeat will have nothing to do warn the railway, which la to be a purely commercial affair. Hsu la Cantonrae of high standing. His eldT brother Is sufierlnlendent ot the Imprrlul granaries In Fekln. an: waa lately vine president of the board f reve nue. The new that Xrr. Jrlteeoe had won In this gigantic deal haa created ex citement among the many railroad con tractors who have been anirklng hard to get Into the echrme. Hsu leaves tonight for Canton, while Mr. Jrlterda goes In tho steamer which carrhw 'tills to make the necessary ar rangements. Hsu only arrived here, with a htrge retinue, from IVkln, laat week, having traveled overland. Slnca he came here he haa been busy complet ing the deal with Mr. Jrlfeeds. Yesterday afternoon lettvr reached the American Presbyterian atlsslon here from the Rev. J. II. LauchBn, of Tsln-Ing-chow. describing a recent serious at nark on the mission there by a strong (and of rmed robb'ra. The bandits appeared late one evening at the hous. of the Rev. H. R. Bent, In Tsinlng-ohow. and demanded admittance. A gate keeper eninloyed by Mr. Bent vrua shot at and wounded seriously. Vlr. Rent rushed out to tha man s assistance, and era shot through the llcehy port of the Thigh. He wa knocked down, but man aged to regain hi feet, only to be slashed about with swords, none of which, how ewr. appear to have inflicted any serlo is wounds. After a derive rate struggle he got awxy, and after a run of two miles reHched a place of aafety in the city. laughlln. who came out of the house Just as Mr. Bent waa getting away, hastened bark Into the house a, id got his wife and some ladles who wore there away. They escaped by means of a lad der osar a back wall, nine feet high. Into the house of a Chinese friend, who shel tered them untU the trouble was over. The robber also tried to enter the bo-is of another of the missionaries. Dr. Van Bchlock. who, however, repelled them with a few charges from a shotgun with out, we regret to say, killing or maiming any of the. miscreants. Mr. Ijiughlln appealed to the nearest magistrate, about a mile away, for assistance, but the bandits got away before the miltlary appeared. Mr. Unit's wound I progressing favor ably, but the unfortunate gatekeep?r was more seriously hurt, and It Is feared the sight of one eya la destroyed. Tho ottlcluls of the district hav behaved re markably well, Issuing orders for the ar rest ot the desperadoes and giving the missionaries ltKi tael for repairs to win dow and furniture. Three or four men have already been captured, but Mr. I.autrhlln thinks that none of the prison ers was actually concerned In the out rage. The small French clock and the grand father else are the two favorite time pieces. King Menelek ot Abyssinia Is passion ately fend ot champagne. Best Washing Powder on earth. Larre size, 20 cents. Soap Foam, Elected at Frankfort, Leaving the Blue Grass State Kith One Senator in Congress. THE STATE IS IX A BAD WAY railarc tu legislate lor Relief of tie Ststc'l riiascct .lake tke Sitaatioi Critical Boas Deaocrati Cidom tke Goteraor'i Actio. Cincinnati. March 17.-A Commercial riaaette special from Frankfort, Ky aaya. The e;slatura adjourned tonight after sixty day of disgraceful bickering. Th legislature failed to accomplish the two Important acta It had before It lis ieo tlon of a I'nllMl States senator and the enactment of legislation to save the state's financial reputation. Uowemor llradley has refused to ordet a special session, and the state la In a laid way. The senate special committee backed down today and offered a report that was ao mild, wheat threat to un seat the governor are considered, that even tho Democrats laughed. In tho house a resolution was passed denouncing lawlessness, and rod oral ng Governor llradley to the end. The troop bad a dress parade tonight and will leave tomorrow. Uwutmant-Ooveraor Wor thlngion today Issued a call for a special election on Apm 11 to nil the vacancy In the senate caused by Senator Wels alngers death. Senators Walton and James will resign tomorrow, and the governor will bold a spwlal election, refusing to recognise their expulsion hy the senate. The senata committee appotntd to Investigate Gov ernor liradley and Impeach him for usur pation of ofnoe, and impose both fine and imprisonment, reported to tho senste this even las;. Tho report Is that the anUttla araa not placed under th control of any civil o nicer: that members were prevented from entering the house: that soldier entered the senate chamber while the senate was In session: that no appli cation eras mad to the Jailer or county Judge for assistance; that the governor made no Inquiry of either house oa to the situation: and that the object In calling out the mUlUa waa to cast In Joint assembly two votes and elect senaesr. The commit tee. In closing Its report. saya: "Your committee, therefore, find and dec urea and recommends that, by th-? adoption of thla report by the knat of Kentucky, said use of the military posse r of the commonwealth by tht gov ernor waa unnecessary for the preserva tion of peace or for any other lawful purpose: that eald military force waa not used by the governor for the purpose of preserving peaoe, but was used solely for partisan political purposes: that said anion of the governor wa wholly with nat warrant of law and- was and 1 now a flagrant subversion of civil autiioilty by the military power of the common wealth." Ily a vote OT nineteen to fourteen the reiwrt waa adopted. When the senate conwned this ev-n Ing the RepuHstoans, led by Deboe. made a fight to brtnr up the revenue bills for consideration, but the Democrat nr. vemxd legislation by filibustering. Sue sxor Corbel led the fight. An effort was made to unseat President W'orthlngton .and plaoe Senator Goer I In the chair. m order that im might prevent any con sideration of -the revenue bill, and It wu only prevented by the Republicans agreeing to allow the senate to receive the report ot the special commttttr, and tho Democrat were to assist the Re publicans and take up Ihe revenue bills. After the report of the ipecla! com. mltte was hewxd. the Republicans agaia attempted to bring up the revenue bills. but were prevented by the Democratic majority, and th senate adjourned sine die The house aitjourned alne die this even Ing. PETRIFIED GIRL. Wabash, Ind.. March 17. A story cornea from the Northern part ot Huntington county of th petrification ot the body of a young girl In a country cemetery in than locality. In 1871 a young woman named Savilla died of typhoid-pneumonia and wits buried in the country graveyard near her home. The cemetery waa not regularly platted, and after the lapse of twenty odd years work was begun to stralghb-n the row of graves. In doing so it waa necessary to exhume the re mains of Miss SavWa. The earth was removed and the coffin was found crum hied to fragments, but the form of the occupant apparently had not been changed by the lapse of years. An ef fort waa made to lift It, but it refused ro yield, and tt waa thought that It had become attached In some manner to the ground beneath. It wa only after the men had tugged at the body for some thne that they found that they were en deavoring to lift a block of solid stone In life the young girl had a luxurlatt growth of hair, and when the body was taken up part of the lialr was petrified. while the remainder was In its natural stabs. The body was redrposited and covered over. GHOSTS TRAPPED. Cincinnati. March 17. While local spir itualists have scarcely recovered from tlie shock of the recent exposure In Cov ington, where Mrs. Josie Folsom was caught by a band of "ghost catcher" from thia city, word comes from St. Louis of another successful raid, in which a medium who was entrapped made a full confession ot her nefarious practices. The medium In question was Mrs. M. J. Roberts, and the plot wa arranged by tho plucky wife of one of her dupes. From the evidence, it op pear that George Walters, a resident ot St. Louis, had been so influenced by the medium that he waa perfectly under her control, she going even as for as to pre senile for him tn his Illness. Under tho treatment tho man was getting worse and his wife became alarmed. By a rust ahe succeeded in getting the con sent of Mrs. Roberts to give a seance In her own home, and the result was startling. The usual prologue of singing and trumpet talking preceded the material isation, and the friends of Mrs. Walters, who had agreed to assist her, waited Having Hoe Cake Soap in your kitchen or bath once means always". patiently for Ihe final scene. At last a . big ghost appeared and with the signal i cry of "Thla I loo much," Mr, waiter grabbed the whne-shroudfd ngure. Sev eral In tho party struck matches, lights i war lit ami Mrs. Roberts wu found rlutohed In th tight embrace of Mrs, Walters, Her toilet waa dishabille, a diaphanous cheeae-clotb garment being her only covering, while her feet wer devoid of shoe and stockings. On her faoa was a whit mask, and In her band was a piece of mosquito bar. 8ha mad a full confession, and a policeman tn waiting took her to th station house, where sho wss charged with obtaining money under false pretenses. THE MAYOR VICTORIOUS. Spokane' Chief Executive Bests the City Dad After a right Over Chief of Police Nomination. Spokane. March 17. Th sensation of today's council meeting was tho unex pected confirmation of William Haw thorne aa chief of pollc. Several months ago tho council removed Chief JsVrta, and a contest then arose between th council and Mayor Belt, over a successor. The council refused to confirm the may or's nominee. Tho last ot these was Hawthorne. Mayor Belt sent a message to the coun cil claiming that th refusal of lb council lo confirm bla nomine was a blow at organised labor. Hawthorn be ing a repreeeniativa of the labor union. Soon thereafter a conflict arose between i th mayor and th board of police com missi on era for control of the force. The mayor declared on emergency and took personal control of tha police depart ment The contest was carried up to the su preme court, and the mayor wa sus tained. The Republican members of th council this week concluded that the vacancy waa desired by the mayor: that he did not want Hawthorn condnned, as that would end bis emergency, and to checkmate him they took up the nom ination and confirmed It. Mayor Belt 1 a Populist and an ae'lv candidal for governor. Tbo council Is Urge Repubtlraa. UNMIN18TERJAL CONDUCT. Such Only WUI Be the Verdict Ara in it Doctor Brown. Saa Francisco, March 17. The Post says: A verdict has been reached In in case of Rev. C. O. Brown, and the com mittee on findings bas declared the min ister "guilty of conduct unbecoming a Christian minister." The committee finished It report today and presented It to the council. Th re port, which Is about 100 worts In length, wtQ not be made public until after It bas been submitted to the Congregational church, which will probably be tomorrow night. It 1 believed the report will ex onerate Brown on the charge of Immor- ality, but will find him guilty of unmin- Isterlai conduct. Upon the precise word ing of the report under unmlnistertal con- duct, the specifications will depend on Dr. Brown friends. . The council may or may not f.x the punishment, but, even If no penalty Is mentioned, severe condemnation by the council would result in Brown' loss of his church. Bhouid this occur the pastor's friend declare they will form a new church for him In this city. Each member of the council has taken a solemn pledge ot secrecy, and the report will not be made public until It Is Pfnted lo the con- gregatlon of the First Congregational church tomorrow evening. The closing paragraph la to the effect that although no evidence has clearly convicted Brown of any single ctof immorality, yet the testimony has bn such as to throw grave doubt upon the man' moral character. Even those most prejudicial against Brown admit that with this paragrapTi added, the verdict Is all that the testi mony justified. MOONSHINERS. Whitesburg, Ky., March 17. For sev eral days a posse of It revenue officers, headed by the famous "Kid"" Greer and Tom Johnson, have been raiding thia county, to the great dismay cf nearly evjry offender against the internal reve nue laws. Thl band of oltlcers hav been so cautious and skillful In their operations that they have Just about '"wiped up" the business, scarcely one moonshiner being left to tell the tale. Just how many still have been cut Into "Hinders" cannot be stated, though one of the officers said they had destroyed even of the smoking "varmints" on one small creek. Mrs. Venters. living ten miles from this place, lost two of hers, beside -quite a quantity ot "dew." and two still houses burned to Ihe ground. Four brawny, armed moonshiners were landed In Jail here lost night, while an other "pack" of tha some sort were taken on toward Prestonsburg for trial. TOWN DISINCORPORATED. Spokane. March 17. President Hill, of the Great Northern, ha had his way, and Hillyard has ceased to be a munici pal corporation. The car shops of the Great Northern are located there, ttv miles from Spokane. Their location built the town. When the place took on air and voted to Incorporate, Hill fought the move, but was beaten. He objected to paying taxes to keep up the town govern ment. A short time ago he sent word to the town that unless It waa disincorpo rated he would remove the shops. After many preliminaries the city governm'nt was legally killed today In the ro-irts. . BARATIERl SrEAKS. London, Maron 17. The Standard will publish a telegram from Rome stating that the government has received a dispatch from General Baratlerl, who was superseded in the command of the Italian army in Africa by General Bal- dlsscra, explaining his motive for the at tack upon the Abyssinian at Auowa. The provision supply of his army, he says, was becoming short, and It was extremy difficult to obtain further sup plies, the rood being Infested with Abys- sinlans To retreat would have exposed the Italians to an attack It would have been difficult to withstand. He held a conference with the officers under him, and they concurred In his opinion that it wouia d sarer to attack the enemy than to retreat Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U.S. Gov't Report full ABSOLUTELY PCC BIMETALLISM English Government Kill Make aa Effort to Equalize the Value of Cold and Silver. WI LL NOT DEPART FROM CC ' Cssscellor ot tke Cickesaer Tkiikt Is lerialioial Igrecauit night rossihljr Brli tke lalae of the Metals Cloaer Tkaa at the Treses.! Tiaie. Bpeclal to tha Astorlan. London, March 17. Th government will support too wmteiey Dimeianic mo tion, with th qualification that tho gov ernment does not Inttnd to depart In th slightest degree from th gold stand ard. Tho motion of Whlteley recited that it Is th opinion of the hous that th In stability In tho relative value of gold and silver sine the action of th Latin Colon In im bad proved Injurious to tho beat interests of th country, and it urges upon the government the advisa bility that they do their utmost to secure an International agreement. Chancellor of the exchequer. Sir Wil liam Hicks-Beach, said that, although bimetallism wao involved In th motion. Its adoption by th boo did not neoes--artly Involve the adoption of a bimetallic system by th United Klnkdom. Ho thought It was tm possible to fix the ra tio absolutely Independent of tho market Huctustlons of such articles. Sir Michael also added that tbo adop tion of an International agreement by a sufficient number of nations might possi bly bring the value of th metals closer than at present. In respect to ratio, 8lr Michael eald he had been told tha United Bute would probably desire mi or U to' 1. but. In view of tha present pite of silver, it seemed to him that such a ratio waa ab solutely dishonest to creditors and would simply mean a financial panic, with pos sible disastrous effects to th credit of the country. Nothing Is more Important to Great Britain than tho extreme danger of alter ing the currency, for Great Britain, under tha gold standard. Instead of being ruin ed, waa alngularly prosperous. Wealth waa more generally diffused among tho working classes, and higher wages wero being paid, than ever before. No coun try in the history of the world, tho speaker said, was ever In a better posi tion to bear the enormous loads of tax ation wttb less discomfort. Therefore, he saw nothing to Justify altering Great BrltlUn., eumTKr ,T,lrm. Tho chancellor of the exchequer admttt ed. however, that there was a depression In husbandry and the cotton Industry. But he claimed the causa was to bo found in low prices, which were du at one time to the appreciation of gold. But tho production ot gold had largely Increas- . ,.n mllmr .,nnH I ' ...ki- .,.. the ..m. v..e wM(.h Dad shovn , enormous and tin- exampled stock of gold In the banks. ! ahowrd loveat prices on record, j MlgM lim rMon for ,he , In prices without anything to do with the appreciation of gold? The fact waa that the fall In the price of nearly every article was due to foreign com- j which was due to an Increase , proauctloI1 and th. more effective , , .h w use of capital, owing to the wider ays- tem of credit and the use of the tele graph and the vast extension of the rail ways of the world and improvements In the mercantile marine. SCHEME DID NOT WORK. ' ' Pearl Bryan's Murderers Placed In a Sen sitive Cell. Without Success, Cincinnati. March 17. Jackson and Walling, the Indicted murderer ot Pearl Bryan, are in the Newport, Ky., Jail to night. John Bluer, th Jailer, has In creased the guards, and the pollc of Newport, have been Instructed to exir else great vigilance. The prisoners were first put in a sensitive cell, absolutely I dark. In which were twenty telephone I transmitters. In the floor above were 1 stenographers and other witnesses. Eo I far aa bearing any communicatlcn be I tween the prisoners Is concerned. It was I a failure. They evidently discovered : that It was a trap and maintained perfect : alienee. DRAWING TO A CLOSE. Final Vote on Cuban Resolutions VT.! Soon Be Taken. Washington. March 17. The Cuban do bate in the senate Is drawing to a clcs and the expectation Is that a tinal vote will be taken within a day or two, possi bly tomorrow. Sherman la keeping the question before the senate continuously, so that the speeches are not likely to last much longer. Morgan occupied al most the entire session today, (peaking until nearly o'clock tonight In support of the resolutions. Morgan sold he feared the fanaticism of 8paln would lead her to take up the guage of war. no matter how mild and proper the course of congress might be. HURRAH FOR MURPHY. San FrttrTcKco, March 17. Green pro dominated at ingleslde today, the feature of the racing being St. Patrick's handicap at five and one-half furlongs, in which Babe, Pat and Tim Murphy were stait er. The starter was Tom Murphy, the Judgo were Jo and Tim Murphy, the latter a well known actor; and the purd was presented by Luclle Murphy. Babe Murphy wo odds on favorite, and won as she pleased, with Pat second. , MARSHAL DEFEATED. Boston, Mass., March 17. George Dixon defeated Jerry Marshall In seven rounds at the Music Hall tonight. Marshall hurt his leg in the fifth round and felt unable to continue the bout longer. More than 4,000 people were present rS rL"."3