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ASTORIA PUBLIC LIEMRy ASSOClAIiOi'. SVETIME ThjeDafly Astorlan Has a ftsmitAS AMI PSSNT F.xpbiih HOW? mid worry LlilLSi ...Family Circulation... MlJ' H MOM TH4M THOU TIMK1 lit IAIK.S THAT Of ANV OTH( PATtK in Astoria. An "Ad". In Ths AsroaiAN'g "Wnl Column. KXCLUBIVIC TEL1XGKAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL XLV. ASTORIA, ORKGOX, HATUKDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER W, NO. 272 TO-DAY'S NEW ARRIVALS Ladies' Kid Seal and Crack Proof Calf Lace Shoes COLUMBIA SHOE CO. aSfffa.'! Ti.n.c These are We Celebrate Wc have provement in trade. Our stock 1b Complete. Books, Stationery, Newspapers, Periodicals Notions, Novelties GRIFFIN & REED CITY BOOK STORE PLUM PUDDING... Will Keep a Hundred Years 1 English Plum Pudding Two Iba. mwIImi raisins; I It, cleaned currant; half-pound sliced citron; t lb, bread crumbs; 2 Iba. chopied suet; Juice and grated rind of three lemons; I Iba. C sugar; 4 grated nutmegs; I tablespoon aalt; milk. Mix fruit thorough ly; add (win and milk llttla at a tlma. careful to mako It molat enough to stick-together not wet; (III receptacle even full; cover with cloths tied tightly and botl steadily for etght hour. Thi iboe U gmraatctd to keep liM yesrs. II tke isnrcdleat ire pirchasrd ol FOARD & STOKES COMPANY. HARDWARE, PLUMBING TIN WORK JOB WORK AT PRICES THAT DEFY COMPETITION Call and Be Convinced Qlarkson & Mcjrvin LONG FIR PILING Promptly Furnished Astoria Asphalt and Roofing Co. All Work Roof Painting and Repairing Laaky Hoof. J. A FASTABEND, OENERAL CONTRACTOR, HOUSE, BRIDGE AID QHARF BUILDER KOUIK MOVER. Hoasa Ma v lag Taol lor Rest. ASTORIA ORBOON Emil Schacht ARCHITECT GEO. NIC0LL, Assistant. OFFICE: Kopp's New Brewercj PORTLAND MNS11I LINE Steamier H.C.Gradg Leaves Astoria Mondays, Wednes days and Fridays at 6 p. m. Sundays at 7 a. m. . Leave Portland Tuesdays, Thurs days, Saturdays and Sundays at 7. p. m. E. II. WORKS, Master. caoth Century Bals 523 Commercial Street the Days prepared for the Im GRANITE WAKB, ROPE. STOVES. IRON PIPE, TER RA COTTA PIPES, BAR IRON, STEEL, CANNERY SUPPLIES, LOOOERS' TOOLS SOL OPPEN.HEIMER Trustee for th late M. C. CROSBY Boom Company 216 and 217 Chamber of Commerce Portland. Orefon LKAYI ORDSRS AT HI COM M KK ClAt 8TKKKT Guaranteed N. JENSEN and R. O. HANSEN J. B. WYATT, Phase Na. 69 Altar la, Orafaa Hardware, Ship Chandlery, Groceries, Provisions, PAINTS and OILS. Special Attaattea Pels ta Supplying Ships. SEASIDE SAWMILL A complete stock of lumbar on hand In the rough or d reused. Flooring, rue tiu, ceiling, and alt kinds of finish; mouldings and shingles; alao bracket work dona to order. Terms reasonable and prloes at bedrock. All orders promptly attended to, Ofltoe and yard at mill. H. F. L. LOG AN, Prop'r. Seaside, Oregon. ROSS HIGGINS Si CO Grocers, : and : Butchers Astoria as4 Upper Astsrla R Teal ana Coms. Table Dtllcedaa, Doatttfe tat Tropical Fruits, Varatablu, Sugar Cured Haas, Bacoa, Etc. Cholc Fresh and Salt Meats. THE STORM IN THE NORTHWEST ricrce IHIuard In Dakota antl Very Cold Weather In Montana. i IMC. CYCLONE IN THE SOUTH Uvea and Property Destroyed -"ivgon Htaya In the Procession on the Cold Weather rnitioalllon. HI. Paul, Minn., November 2".-The following sihx-IsIs give Indli alions or the extent of the aturm In the north west: lied Lake Falls, 8. I.,NvembT 27. The worst bllixard this section ever saw Is raging tonight Snow has fallen without lntrvai fur severs! hours and s plied In huge drift and all traffic Is suspended. Moorttvad, Minn.. November 27. A raging bllisard has been In progress lure since yesterday momliig. The slrerts are blockaded. Fargo, N. D., November 27. The storm still continues with even greater Intenalty. All wires west and north i. ...... . i . i are down. Tne snow aruis in ioi streets here are ten feet high. It Is the worst storm for five years. ATI trains are delayed. Portland, Or., November 27. Ths cold weather continues throughout tne northwest, though the westher bureau predicts slightly warmer weather to morrow fr Eastern Oregon. In West- ern Oregon and Washington the ther mometer ranged from 10 to 20 degrees above sero, while east of the moun tains It was from I to IS degrees below sero. Hall Lake, November 27. A special to the Tribune from Helena. Mont., says: Tonight la tne coiarst nigm over the slate that has ever own known In the recollections f the oldest plopeer. At 7 this evening the mercury register- ad from 20 to 21 below xero In various parts of the city, and It will fall easily 10 degree before morning. The weather bureau here reirta the temerature In the northern part of the state to be from 10 to 20 degrees colder than It la In Helena. Ix-nver. Novemtwr 27. The weather bureau registered b (W sero at t a. m. faawngrra on Incoming trains ten i of a severe billiard In Eastern Colors-, lo and the nelKhborlng state of Nebras ka. Hnnw has fallen kteaillly for two days and the wind has piled the snow ten to twelve feet htiih In some places. Tunica. Miss., November 27. A cy clone passed through the northwest cor ner of this town about 11 o'clock last night. One end of a box ear on a switch blown off, the negro church -was demolished and an old mill and a num ber of houses wore blown down. Borah Clay, colored, was killed and Bam Hay seriously Injured. The woods near hear are strewn with household plunder and bedding. A ItEATKN MAN. Oc-nersJ Howard Thinks It Time Wey ler Resigned the Cuban Command. St. Louis, November 27. In an In terview this morning concerning the rumor that General Weyle-r had re signed from the command of the Span ish forces In Cuba, Major-General O. O. Howard, of the United States army, said: . , "A I I seo It, General Weyler was a beaten man, and It was time for him to resign, His troops were whipped, and his strategic resources were at an end when he went bock to Havana. The Individual rear movement of Gen eral Weyler showed the Inability of the Spanish army to dislodge the Insur gents. If he could have whipped them he would have stayed and whipped' them. 'My view of the Cuban war Is sim ply this: It Is a question of finances. not of fighting. Spain la big enough to crush out every caln buh as well as every Insurgent In Cuba, It she can raise the money to pay and provision the troops required. But Spain has a mighty big Job on her hands. It has already been clearly proved that the Cubans are greater fighters, greater strategists and a greater people, Whether Spain can raise enough money to pay enough men Is something about which the world Is guessing." General Howard thinks the Cuban war has developed nothing new In mil itary tactics. He declined to express an opinion as to whether the United States should Interfere In behalf of the Cuban Insurgents. MUNICIPAL 8UFFRAGE IN KAN SAS. (Laura M. Johns, of Kansas.) The Investment of Kansas women with municipal suffrage has brought to woman herself all gain und no Ions. - It Is here demonstrated that we women who vote remain In present possession not only of all our "ancient privileges" but we have "rights' added thereto. Indeed, extra privilege and considera tion and special attention are ours In consequence of our enfranchisement particularly when election day Is at hand. The home has not suffered any loss by reason of our women taking part In the election of city officials. The blun- d'Tlng prejudice which stood out ngulimt woman's enfrsmiilHetnent on the score of grlof to com to homo and children thereby, has lxn disarmed by tne demonstration mat voting is no more Incompatible with washing little fnees, sewing on buttons and sweeping floors than It Is with merchandising, blackamlthlrig or farming. Woman suf frage In acluaj operation demonstrates that the exercise of the suffrage by woman d'iea not lessen mother love, di minish wifely devotion nor weaken woman's loyalty lo borne and Its dear est Interests. Though women here sre eligible to city offices on equal terms with men, only fifteen of' the nearly 300 mayors' chairs have Iwn occupied by women In the ten yesrs of their enfranchise ment. If women had held city offices In cquul proportion with men about I.H wointn would have acted as may ors In Kansas during the" last decade. Hut our women have not much de sired oftio and have been elected gen eurlly for some specllic purpose. When some violation of law has been endured fur past the point of tolera tion then. In at (cast a dozen cities, women have been put forward to per form a service from which men shrink as likely to "hurt their business'' or as being an ungrateful task. As the "business" of women Is mainly safe, guarding their children, they do not find the conducting of a city admin istration according to ths laws of de cency, sobriety and morality hurtful to their dearest Interests. It Is there fore that city governments are put Into their hands, and they are known to have undertaken the duties of public trust with a proper sense of the rs sonslblllty and 'to hare performed their work In excellent fashion. Whether women poll their whole vote or not at every election, the fact that "they are there to do It" prevents the nomination of any execept the most upright men who can be persuaded to accept the burden of municipal of fice. Of course we have made mistakes In our choice of men at times, and the results In such cases were distinctly disappointing, but we have learned that high morality must needs be Joined with executive ability and business ex- IHTleni-e to make an efllclent city of ficial. We have come in contact with those difficulties which jut a repre sentative form of government to th test, and out of this widening (lf our knowledge and experience comes In tenser loyalty and strengthening of of that "patriotism of peace" which la to mnke for the salvation of our na Hon. ART IN ALL THINGS. Art permeates and elevates all higher life and beautifies the commonest things of daily use and enhances the value of ths farm, the city and all other social and business property. The city In Its externals Is made attractive by parks and boulevards and fine country roads add to the value of every farm In the district. Disinterested strangers see things in this country as they are. while the real oents nere are so thoroughly accus tomcr to prevailing conditions that they lose sight of the faults apparent to others. Mr. M. J. Itaffelll. a French man who has recently been touring through the United States, on his re turn to his native land wrote an open letter to the people of this country, which he published In the Nouvelle Ke vue, Paris. October 15, a portion of which reads as follows: "ou know you have traversed ths course of all civilisations. First men possess themselves of a country that 1h the period of conquest; they cause It to bear fruit that Is the period of so- clal possession; then they attain riches, and then the period of art begins. 'You have had your period of con quest, and you have taken social pos session of your country. . , . Fin ally, with labor has come wealth. You have reached the period of art Now the period of art has always been the difficult point for a civilisation. I think, nevertheless, that your race can sup port art without depredation. This Is the question I sjm going to study with you. "From a fctrlctly economic point of view let me say that your country, such as it Is, lacks the oases that art cre ates; that life there is harsh and will seem more and more so to the new sen sibilities that are coming to you day by day, and that if you do not open your gates to art your richest children, your wealthy and powerful families will leave In greater and greater numbers and go to a country where art Is fos tered after making their fortunes, to live there and seek that art that is wanting amonir yju lo, your monu ments, your parks, your museums, your dwellings, your streets and roads. The cure of art should then be a point of greatest Interest with you." FROZEN TO DEATH. A special to the Tacoma Ledger from Sedro, Wn., says: A. Q. Mechllng, of Sauk, lies in the hospital here and Is completely prostrated from exposure to cold. Mechlins- and G. A. Pierce left their camp, seven miles northwest of Glacier Peak, and came in to vote. Re- turning Pierce was frozen to death In the snow, and Mechllng pushed on to the camp alone, only to And that It had burned. He made his way to a sl- wash camp on the Seattle river, and the Indians helped him to get here. THE INSURGENT CAUSE IS LOST At Least One 0llld Think So to Hear General Key It r Tell It. MUCH I'KAISE FOR HIMSELF What Hpaln Would Do if the United Htates Dipped an Oar In the Turbulent Hea. (Copyrighted, '7 by Associsted Press.; Havana, November 27. So many con- j tradictory statements have been attrib uted to Captain-General Weyler since his return from the province of Plnar del Rlu that the correspondent of the Associated Press was instructed to ask the Spanish commander for a full offi cial and authorised statement on the subject. He said: am ml only contented, but entire ly satisfied with the result of my mili tary plans there." 'Do you think the recognition of the belligerency of the insurgents by the United States would be taken as an of fense by Spain T' 'It would be strange If any act direct ly aimed at a recognition of any chal lenge of Spain's tight of sovereignty here, which our people look upon as being beyond qsestlon, does not evoke an explosion of- popular feeling- which It 'would be Impossible to check, ex- Kited and ardent as the public senti ment Is now on the Cuban question In Spain.' Finally the correspondent asked Gen eral Weyler If he would agree -to a truce in order to bring about an ex change of views between himself and the Cuban Insurgents. He answered: Such a step would give the Insur gents an Importance which cannot be conceded to them." . At 10 o'clock this forenoon Captain General Weyler left Havana on board the Spanish cruiser La Gaspl for Ma rie), In the province) of Plnar del Rio, where he will resume personal com mand of the Spanish forces operating aa-a(nst the Insurgents. Later In the Press called upon the chief of staff and . t, , . Informed him that a dispatch received in New York from Jacksonville, Fla., stated that General Weyler. during the recent campalR-n In Plnar del Rio. lost 700 men killed and 1600 wounded by the explosion of an Insurgent mine, and that 2000 men of the Spanish forces ere anieti anu i, wounaea aunng thre days' fighting In the Rubl hills. The chief of staff distinctly stated that there was no truth In the statement made; that no mines were exploded by the Insurgents; that there had not been two days' fighting and that the result of the engagement cabled to the Asso ciated Press at the time waa correct In every particular. NEW YORK WON'T Allow- Corbett and Fitxslmmons Fight Within Her Borders. to New York, November 27. Warren Lewis, of the Greater New York Ath letic Club, visited the office of District Attorney Backus In Brooklyn today for the purpose of ascertaining if the club would be given a permit for the propos ed Corbett-l'ltxslmmons bout. Backus declined to decide the question, but promised to give Lewis another hearing tomorrow. As forecasting his probable decision, an official of Brooklyn, who Is credited with possessing accurate knowledge of the facts. Is quoted as having said today: "The authorities of the city will not permit under any circumstances or un der the Horton, or any other law, the commission of an act that the authori ties of Texas, Florida, California, Mis souri and even New Mexico prohibit. Th.re is no presentation of the case which can make the meeting between Corbett and Fltxsimmons anything but a prise-fight" CONTEST LIKELY. the Kentucky Electoral Next Monday. In College Frankfurt. Ky., November 27. The state canvassing board, consisting of the state auditor, secretary of state and attorney general, met at noon to day to canvass the returns of the recent election. The official footing gives Kash, the leading Republican elector, 218,171 votes, and Smith, the leading Democratic elector, 217,890 votes. Mc Kh, ley's official plurality Is 281. Smith. who headed the Bryan electoral ticket, defeats Wedding and Howes, the two lowest McKlnley electors, who are tied. The electoral college will decide which of these eletcora shall vote. Under the state law thirty days after the canvass Is given to tile notice of contest. No such notice has yet been given. Suter, representing the sliver Democrats before the state board, stat ed to an Associated Press representa tive that eleven contests of the seats of epubllcan electors will be presented on Monday. ERNE THE CHAMPION. New York, November 27. Frank Erne of Buffalo, tonight won the title of featherweight champion of the world by being awarded the decision In the I j 20-round contest with fleorge Dixon, the clever colored man. who has for so j long held undisputed claim to that I pugilistic honor. I Dixon and Krne met In this city last .December and the result was a draw, Hince that time the admirers of both j boxers have claimed that their man had ,h beU,r "f that IMh f h"e ifiii,-rweiKuis nave iraineq launruiiy for tonight's contest and thore were many bets laid that they would go the full twenty rounds without either gain ing the decisldn. Dixon's backers plac ed their money at odds ranging from ( to S to 1 on htm. Hlim HIS SISTER-IN-LAW. Then Farmer Bloomqulst Killing Himself. Ended by Dawson. Ind., November Seblem Bloomqulst. farmer, living seven miles north of Dawson, yesterday shot his sister-in-law, Mrs. John Bloomqulst, snd then shot himself, dying- almost In stantly. Mrs. Bloomqulst, It la thought, will recover, but she Is in a critical condition. There were no witnesses to the shooting and no cause Is known for the crime. CUT IN MINERS' WAGES. Denver, November 27. The Denver Time says that the Anaconda Mining Co.. at Butte, Mont, has given notice to Its men of a cut In wages, commenc ing December T, from $3.50 to S3 a day and that other big mining companies there intend to follow suit NEBRASKA BLIZZARD. Omaha. November 27. Bee Specials from many points In Nebraska and South Dakota report a heavy snow and sleet storm accompanied by a high wind. In some places the loss to live stock will be heavy. NEW SUPPLIES. Barcelona. November 27. Two bat talions of troops and a quantity of war stores were dispatched from here today for the Philippine Islands. ANOTHER DECIDED HIT. T . .. .,...' - - . tar at Fishers Last Mght. t Th(, c,nu Company scored another hit Iagt night In Its presentation of "Tap an(1 Tartar." Owlnsr to the bitter j -csld weather the audience was hardly a, arge as on the preceding night, but j over 350 people were present i "Tar and Tartar" the sultan of Morocco retires from his throne be cause of a rebellion In his harem. In abdicating he resigns In favor of the first ship-wrecked mariner found on the coast. An opportune wreck pro duces the desired sailor, and he as- sumes control. But he has lots of trouble. A cast-off. wife turns out to be queen of the harem, while the retir ed sultan's nephew, a fierce-looking fel low from the desert desires sultanlc distinction because he has fallen In love with a fair maiden who has signified her intention of loving the sultan, no matter who he be. The most difficult part fell to Mr. Stanley Felch. the ship-wrecked sailor. He was simply Immense and kept the audience roaring throughout the play. His Jokes were new and catchy, and his efforts were duly appreciated. Mr. Robert Lett as the court physician, shared honors with Mr. Felch. His make-up w as outlandishly outlandish and he created no end of amusement. As on the preceding night. Misses Carle and Johnson were warm favor ites. Miss Johnson looked every whit the professional beauty Farina was supposed to be. Her solo, the "Bird Song," elicited wild applause and her encore, "Baby," was encored In turn. Miss Carle's rendition of "While the Dance Is On," was vociferously ap plauded and the lady responded by re citing "The Lion and the Glove." This recitation was probably the best work she has done in Astoria and the audi ence attested its appreciation by an other encore. Mr. Sylvian Longlols made a very fierce Cardman, a Bedouin chief. He rendered several solos In a masterly manner. The other members of the company played their parts well. The choruses were all excellent, the "Star Spangled Banner" at the close of the second act being especially well received. A dia logue in the first act between the court physician and the purveyor of amuse ment was the funniest thing heard In Astoria for a long time. At the matinee this afternoon "Ship Ahoy" will be produoed. It will be a treat for ladies and children and should be well attended. In "the evening one of the strongest plays in the company's ; Coast. 3 10s. repertoire, "Fra Diavolo," will be pre- j Portland. November 27. Wheat, Wal sented for the first time In this city. 'la Walla. 7S(380; Valley, 83i?j'84. Highest of all in Leavening Power, Latest TJ. S. Gov't Report. I 1 XV N-Z J t I V X IiW EI ABSOLUTELY PUHC THE DOLLAR MARK The Hulls ii New York Lifted the Trice Kay I'p Yesterday. . CHICAGO MARKET ALSO RISES At the Opening Weakness Was Shown from Foreign Dispatches Prices Stiffen at the Close. New York. November 27. The bulls got after wheat again today and lifted. prices to the highest point of the year. Opening at M cents. December ad vanced steadily to SO' a. which Is the high point of the year. The feeling among local traders was Intensely bull ish and a few of them think the present, advance will culminate this side of dol lar wheat in New York. The Influential factors In today's advance were strong cables, rumored unfavorable Argentine news, light spring wheat receipts, and scarcity of wheat at all points. May closed at 8S cents. CHICAGO MARKET. Chicago. November 17. Two Items of foreign news In foreign press dispatcher received here yesterday caused the sell ing out of some long wheat at the opening-. One of them had reference to the benefit to crops in India from the break ins of the drought 'and the other to decline of Id yesterday In the price ot v. heat t Liverpool. The last named piece of Information was probably the result of the first May wheat here. In consequence of the two together, waa offered at the start from 81 cents dowa to 82. as compared with fH4 cents at the close Wednesday. One of the strong; features of the market, and one which will probably continue to be the strengthening factor, was the smallness of northwestern receipts, which mutely testified to the truth of the statement that much of the crop had already been moved, May was worth 84 at the close. ' '-L- I OUTLOOK IS PROMISING. Trade is Much Improved snd the New Year Promises Prosperity. New York. November 27. Brad street's tomorrow will say: La?t w eek's disappointment of a lack of demand In general lines continues, the Intervention of a holiday having ' infiHn Iraitn mileta unit thA vollim smaller. At some points of distribution there is no change in the situation. Mild and unseasonable weather pre vents more active distribution of cloth ing and heavy goods and the volume moving is smsjler. Where business has been more active it Is due to filling In orders and the ' demand for holiday goods. Confidence In the revival of a demand which has not yet appeared was responsible for the starting up of some mills and factories which are dis satisfied with their prospects. The most encouraging reports are of the improv ed tone of trade and the favorable out look for 1S97. . A large number of changes In the prices of staples were downward this week. There were 205 business failures in the United States this week. 13 fewer than two years ago. and three less than in the corresponding week of 1S93. As compared with a like week of 1S82, when the volume of business was large and trade generally prosper ous, the increase this week Is only 27. There were 36 failures in the Canadian dominion this week, against 47 last week, &3 in the week a year ago, and 35 two years ago. IN THE HANDS OF A RECEIVER. Topeka, Kan., November 27. Upon application of the Farmers' Loan and Trust Co., of New York, United States District Judge Foster today appointed Dwight Braman, of New York City, re ceiver of the St. Louis, Kansas and Southwestern Railway Co.. The com pany owned a line sixty miles In length running from Arkansas City to An thony. Kansas. The road has been op erated by the St. Louis and San Fran cisco Company up to six weeks ago, when it was .abandoned, as the man agers of the 'Frisco were operating It at a loss. THE MARKETS. Liverpool, November 27. Wheat spot steady; demand moderate; No. i red winter, nothing quoted; No. 1 hard Manitoba, nominal; No. 1 California, 7s JVsd. London, November 27. Hops Pacific