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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1896)
R SAVE TIME Kxdoiim Hfiw and worry ""-J-j, An "Ad" In Txs AarokMK'i "Want Column." The Daily Astorian Hah a Rhoula Family Circulation... Mvc.h mem tha twihi timm a U,l AS THAT OF AMY OTHER tAPi I ASTOBU. EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. ASTORIA, OIIKUOX, WKIWKSIIAV JIOKMXO, DECEMBER , 18'Jli. New To- day THE COLUMBIA'S DIKED LANDS Men's Boys' and Youth's kTroop Calf shoesl,r?!irq'?.te?te8tote " in HHU UIV Will ui n.iiwi IUl WdtH Cork SoIch New Toch Colombia Shoe Go. 523 Commercial St. TEST OF THE RECENT STORMS No Break Made by High Tide or heavy l.lnfKll Fertile Laud of the State. CapMIn Young aurvly iu the material to select from, Much Intercut li tnanl finl arid th boy are training faith fully. Largest and Finest Lines of Holiday Goods In the City Toy. Toy, Toys. Dolls In endles varlet y. I run and wood wagons; velo elped wagons; doll carriages. I'holo and autotroph albuina; fine china and Venetian glass war. Chrlatmaa and New Year cards. Large assortment of booka In latest atyla of binding Call and examine our lock. GRIFFIN & REED CITY BOOK STORE FOARD & STOKES COMPANY TUB- ...Leading Merchants... G HOCK HIES, FLOUR, MUX FEED. FRUITS. TOHACCOB. LIQUORS, ETC. hardware, iioat supplies, ship chandlery, chock ery, glassware, paints. oils, etc. W art DLr In th. Above l.ln... and carry the Matt Compl.t. Stock 4 ooch In the Northwest. U . - - - . - Clarkson & MCI Boonl ComPany LONG FIR PILING Promptly Furnished 216 and 217 Chamber of Commerce Portland. Oreron The reclamation of !Mu UnU on the lower Columbia In an assured success. Experiments have been made In the pant few year, both In the vicinity of Knappa and on the mainland on the weal aide of Young's flay, which In cludes Warrenton and Flavel. The hardest teat that lh dikes were ever auhjrctrd to occurred during the atorm of Hunday and Monday. The rainfall In the twenty-four hour ending Monday afternoon waa 4.21 Inrhea, the larg rat alnre the ratabllahment of the gov ernment bureau at Astoria, with the exception of the record of January 2d. IMtt, which waa 4.93 Inchea. Joined with thla excessive rainfall, and which on Clatsop Plains reached nearly six Inches, waa the highest tide known on thla coast In many year. With It all. however, there waa not a break made In the dikes on the west ilde of the bay. The question of diked lands on the Columbia having been brought Into prominence by the article published In the Astorian of December 4th over the algnature of "Resident," a reporter yesterday Investigated the situation on 1 the west side of the bay. In view of the recent heavy storm. Col. John Adair, one of the ploneera of that sec tion, volunteered to act as guide and In driving over th land yesterday gave out much valuable Information. He said: In IS77 myself and brother occupied a piece of land at the foothill here, both of in, tiring bachelors at that time, and In order to reclaim forty acres of low land e built a small dike acrom from one hill to another, perhaps a distance of a quarter-of a mile. Thla forty acre tract, which coat u forty dollars an acre to have plowed, and put Into timothy, produced us a net priori t of lliioo per annum for about ten year. "The main dike on this peninsula, which wan b uilt In isi5, at a cost of twelve to fifteen dollars per acre for the two thousand acres reclaimed, ex tended from the southwest corner of Ebermun's donation land claim north ward along the ea.it bank of Sklpanon Creek to Its mouth, thence easterly along the shore line to the mouth of the Lewis and Clarke river, and thence southerly up the Lewis and Clarke along the west bank to the northeast corner of Truman P. Powers' donation land claim, a distance of seven miles. thence westerly on the north line of said WHAT FRANCE THINKS. Comments on Cleveland's Message by a Paris Journal. Paris, December I. The Temps says that "President Cleveland worthily crowns his International administra tion, which bore the stamp of honesty," and adds: "The reference to Cuba, however, will satisfy neither side and we doubt the effliracy of his offer to guarantee the autonomy of Cuba. Spain will not thlmr of agreeing to an ar rangement making the I'nlted States the sovereign power In Cuba, while the rebel want Independence or American annexation. CONSPIRACY CHARGED. Hun Francisco, December ftth. Martin Julltn stated t'xlay that he ha evi dence complete which will prove that a conspiracy wa planned and operated against Fltxslmmona In the recent Fits simmuna-nnarKey ngm. Julian says that the parties to the conspiracy were llofrree Earp, Danny Needham, Shar key's trainer, and Dan Lynch, Shar key backer, and the National Club. ANTONIO MACEO KILLED1N BATTLE Outwitted the Spaniard, but Pell After Crossing the Trocha. VOUNG GOMEZ ALSO DEAD j Maceo will strike before Weyler can I a iimu Wirt IklU, Jl S currently rumored that Weyler has been wounded. He vera! battles Reported and the Iden tification of the Body of Maceo Vouched For. A BACHELOR'S VIEWS. New Realm for Mankind In the South Pacific Ocean. Astoria, December 7. (t-dltor Astor ian.) Some few weeks ago bachelor- dom of the entire Pacific coast wa thrown Into an ecstasy of delight by the wonderful faleaj unfolded by Cap tain Bergman and crew of the Ameri can bark Big Bonanxa, recently arrived In Kan Francisco from Oriental shore, wnere ahe had delivered a cargo of Oregon fir lumber that had been load ed aboard of her laat June at the port of bkamokawa, aa to a marvelous, man less Eden, or Garden of Paradise, where lovely types of female angels dwell. In Astoria the narrative was read with, Interest and due consideration, a It partly solved a long-felt want, and a question that had caused many a young bachelor a restless night, and which had also been a disturbing ele ment In their peaceful dream. Instantly a few of the older and wlBer heads got t'gether and held a mutual consultation, considering the fact that over two thousand husbandleas maid ens, lovely and forlorn, and In despair, simply because they had no liege lords at their ft resides or mate of their bo som to counsel them In their dally cares to console them In their grief and sorrow, or share their Joy and possessions. The same men, acting upon that old aduge that It Is not wise for man to e Bu.iie, conciuaeo: to rorm a com pany and Invite all of the eligible young men under forty-five (members of the bachelors' clubs included) to Join In the undertaking and covet what they termed a valuable prize. But af claim about one mile, aud then!UM" ecou thought they decided to Astoria Asphalt and Roofing Co. All Work Guaranteed I.EAV OKDFK AT S3 COVM KK Cl A 1. STKKKT south a half mile to the foothills, on the I ue,ny lne """ a while, owing line of my present property. Thlslto thc' "tl(-aI agitation gofng on at diked district covers a little over a)!1"" ,1,,M' T,R,' feared that bachelor acres and Includes Hill crock, Holl.rook lawVrS- bt",k agents, real estate sharks Roof Pulntlnti and H.p.lrtnii Laaky Hoof. N. JENSEN and R. 0. HANSEN J. A KASTABEND, QENERAL CONTRACTOR. HOUSE, BRIDGE flflD EHARF BUILDER HOUMtt MOVER, J. B. WYATT, Astrls Orsgoa Phon. No. 08 Ho Moving Tools for Rant. ASTORIA OREOON Emil Schacht ARCHITECT GEO. NICOLL, Assistant. OFFICE: Kopp's jMcw Brewery B.F.AimEtf&sotf Wall Papar, Artliti' Matarlala, Palnta, Oils. Glata, ate. Japanwa Mailings, Ruga and Bamboo Good I 363 Ccmmercial Street. F. B. Morgan PASSENfJER AOENT 0. R. & N. Company Columbia Rlvar Rout 254 Va.shinfltna St. Car. Third Portland. Or. ALLEN'S ' Cut Rate Ticket Office. ...THEATRICAL BOOKING A SI'ECIALTi.. and TUIKD ST., POHTI.AND, OB. A. V.ALLEN, . DEALER IN Groceries, Flour, Feed, Provisions, Fruits ' Vegetables,' Crockery, Glass and PlatedWare. Loggers Supplies.' Cor. Tenth and Commercial streets. creek. Adulr's cu-ek, and Ilrallller's creek, which ore the main natural wa ter courses. These water courses are fnsh water, having their springs In the hills to the south, ami in the upper waters the finest trout can be obtained. The lands In this district are owned principally by D. K. and P. C. War ren, J. C. Trulllnger, M. J. Kinney, and John and 8. D. Adulr. "During IaM Sunday nnd Monday's heavy storm and exceptionally high tides I was out personally, carefully In- fj-Q visions, "1ectlnK tllc AlkvB- Not a single break uiou nn) lien? on me line, anil 1 am more than ever convinced that these rich lands, both here and on the upper river, will prove the greatest backers of the future Astoria. The cost of diking Is Insignificant compared with the results obtained. The land each year will produce anything and Is enriched by nature's own fertilizers. complete stock of lumbar on hand 1 am successfully raising sugar beets In th rough or droned. Flooring, rus- for one thing, and believe that for this mou.aC'.r shiir:.-bSac.h.i rthr a a gr-at ,uturc- work done to order. Terms reaaonabl n ihe railroad front where town lots and price at bedrock. All order have been laid out. In the Sunnvmead. promptly attendad to. Offlc and yard Merrlw-ether Downs ff.ri.ni r.rv H IT T. TYUliU ln. I Hardware, Ship Chandlery, Groceries, PAINTS and OILS. Special Attention1 Paid to Supplying Ship. SEASIDE SAWjulLL at mill. Seaside, Oregon. UNION MEAT CO. SHIELD BRAND HflJlS, BflGON, MRD there will be provided cheap residence places ror workmen who will be enabled to raise on even a small lot their own vegeta bles. I certainly most heartily agree with "Resident," of Knappa, on the diked land proposition." WILL PL AY AT VANCOUVER. CONDENSED MEATS GUARANTEED THE BEST ...IN THE MARKET... Cor. 4th and Gllsan Sts. PORTLAND ASTORIA IRON WORKS Concoaily St foot of Jackson, Astoria. General Machinists and Boiler Makesr land and Marina Etglnaa. Boll.r work, Staaa- boat and Cann.ry Work a SpaclaHy. Caatlnga of All Dcrlptlons Mada to Ordar o . ,. anon none. ... 1 At a meting of the first eleven of the Astoria Football Club last night Mr. F. P. Kendall Was elected manager and Harry Toung captain. It was practical ly decided to accept the challenge of the Fourteenth Infantry tcom and the OREGON I11"16 ,ake I',ace at Vancouver on I'ecemoer l. All football players will meet at the club rooms tonight. Cap- or political cranks (whom they wished to exclude from membership) 'might gain admission Into the enterprise and turn the same Into either a political machine or a w ild-cat booming specu lation. Nor did they care to allow Into the j scheme any of the busted politicians ! that are continually harping about the ! scarcity of money the grinding power of t-he bankers and corporations the free sliver bubble, the assessment of money in banks, or of notes, stocks, bonds or other collateral security In hand; and last but not leaat those that are continually kicking because on the assessment rolls they do not appear under the category of horses, asses and mules. Still, no doubt animals of good draft power would be very beneficial In the cultivation of the soil In that tropical climate. . The promoters contemplate forming the company at as early a date as pos sible, In order to be the first upon the ground, as at the present time the mat ter Is receiving considerable attention In San Francisco, and also at different points on the Sound. It Is the Intention to place the Bhares at the par value of one hundred dollars each, In order that the energetic young bachelors can easily Join the enterprise. However, one Individual has expressed a willing ness to subscribe one thousand dollars toward promoting it to a successful termination. They also realise that As toria, In order to gain commercial su premaey of the Northwest coat, must branch out In trade relations with other climes and shores, and as the Ulna where the dusky maidens dwell can be made rich In the cultivation of tropical products, and by colonising them with eligible young bachelors In quest of wives and good homes, a thriving and profitable trade can be built up,, w hich In a very few years will be very bene- (Copyrlghted, 'H, by Associated Press.) Havana, December . It Is atated In the most positive terms by Spanish au tnorttle that Antonio Maceo, the great Insurgent leader and the heart and soul of the Cuban cause, has been killed In Havana province, after having; effected a passage of the western trocha, near llarl.i, at Its north extremity. With the Cuban leader died the youth, Fran cisco Uomes. son of llaxlmo Gomez, who accompanied the mulatto general. on his passage of the trocha. The most explicit details of the find ing of the corpse of the fallen leader of the Cubans, and of the facts relied upon for Identification, are at band, through the report of the-Spansh com mander, Major Clrujada, who contest ed the passage of the trocha unsuccess fully on December 4 (laat Friday) with Maceo, and who austalned another con flict yesterday with the forces under the Insurgent leader. It was In reconnolsance, after the lat ter engagement, that the Spaniards found the two corpses, not separated In death, which they Identified as those of Antonio Maceo and Francisco Gomes. The authorities now permit the publi cation of Major Clrujada's report of the engagement with Maceo, on December when he forced the trocha, and which was a fearful combat, whleh Is the first official admission that Maceo brought with him across the trocha a considerable equipped following and fought a hot engagement to effect his passage. After the Cubans had passed Into Havana province the Spanish com mander effected a fresh concentration In that province and awaited the arriv al of Maceo. He had received confiden tial information of the proposed move ments of the Cubans and arranged his forces accordingly. He had In addition received a detailed description of the horse which Maceo was to ride as well as of Its caparisons. The expected bat tle occurred yesterday, but no details of the engagement are given for publi cation here. After the fight the Spanish foopa made a reconnolssance of the ground previously held by the Cubans. Here was found the two corpses lying to gether and Indeed, almost locked In the Havana, December . General Fuge rla yesterday left the plantation of Want Amelia, this province, moving In the direction of Platano, He met the advance guard of the Insurgent army at Rio Honda, opened fire upon It and later captured the heights of Moral eza nl and Volcano, where, however, the troops met the force of four thousand Insurgents awaiting them. They promptly attacked the Spanish troops, and were repulsed by a brilliant charge of cavalry of the Spanish. The Insurgents were dislodged after thirty-nine shells had been fired Into their camp and sixty-nine men killed. Of the Spaniards, Lieut Col. Miguel Auceo Cunien was killed and one lieu tenant and twenty-four privates wounded. Major Clerujodo, being Informed that a strong force of Insurgents was near Punta Brava. and hearing the sound of firing In that direction, moved his column towards Zugasti and Hayo Col orado, where the enemy was also re ported in force. Passing the range of mountains the Spanish commander went In the direction of San Pedro and there found a body of about 2000 Insur gents occupying a strong position be hind stone walls. The troops dislodg ed the Insurgents, but night approach ing, the column returned to Punta Brava. The Insurgents had forty, men killed and left many horses on the field. The troops lost three men and had two lieutenants and 'twenty-eight soldiers wounded. NEW FARMING. Railroad Company to Lend a New Im petus to the Drought Sections. Omaha, December 8. The enormous crop Kansas and Nebraska produced the past year has given agriculture such aa impetus In these two states that all other Industries have In a measure been overshadowed. Intend ed soil culture Is reviving Interest In the West and It has been determined by the Burlington Railroad Company to establish a number of experimental sta tions, or "model farms," In order to demonstrate the most Improved meth ods of soli culture and lead the farmers of Nebraska and Kansas to new efforts In this direction and enable them to become Independent, even in the so- called "drought sections" and "dry years." THE SECOND DAY INCOXCRESS Rcpublkaa Senatorial Caucus Attend ed With Sensational Pcotnres. B1LI.S PASSED BY THE HOUSE Pension Bill Changes and Three Near Postal Regulations Passed Coun try Delivery System. Special to the Astorian. Washington, Dec. I. Th most no ticeable feature of the Republican sen atorial caucus today, as seen from the outside, was the absence of the men who bolted the nomination of McKloley because of the gold standard platform. Those absent on this account were: DuBols, Pettigrew, Mantle, Cannon, Squire and Teller. All except Teller were In the city and were Invited to at tend the caucus. That their absence was Intentional was clearly shows by the following letter, read soon after th caucus was called to order, by Senator Sherman : ' Washington, December I. To the Hon. John Sherman, chairman of th caucus of Republican senators Sir: I hereby respectfully present my resig nation as secretary of the caucus of Republican senators. I also resign my position as a member and secretary of the Republican advisory or "steering" committee of the senate. (Signed) Fred T. DuBols." DuBols' resignation was received without comment Wilson, of Wash ington, waa chosen secretary, and Shoup was placed on. the steering: com mittee In the place vacated by bis col league. The caucus also declared for an International agreement on silver by agreeing to the following resolution In troduced by Woloott: "Resolved, That a special committee of five members of this caucus be ap pointed to recommend some plan where by legislation may be had In thla ses sion of congress looking to Internation al conference with the leading commer cial nations of the world on the pro- . motion of bimetallism." GERMANY'S VIEWS. Berlin, December 8. The Cologne Ga zette, discussing President Cleveland's message to the United States congress, says: "President Cleveland has not allowed embrace of death. One body was that j hIml,eIt to crr,ed away by pre- of a mulatto, a stout man with gray, crispy, curling hair, and the other that of a slender, dark-haired youth. Both were dressed in white linen duck suits. When the linen was removed from the corpse of the elder of the two It was found to have underneath It a fine un dershirt w ith the initials A. M. upon It j A pair of black silk socks on this body contained the same initials, worked In red ink. There was a gold ring on the tlnser containing on the Inner rim the engraved inscription, "Antonio Y. Ma ria." A revolver with an Ivory handle and marked, together with a small gold mounted telescope, were also found on the body. The head of the younger man's body was resting upon the body of the first. There was found on It a silver watch, and ammunition bag and several handkerchiefs bearing the Inl tlals "F. G." vailing opinions of Americans. What he suggests is perfectly correct and compatible with the honor of Spain. May the president's well-meant propos al meet with approval at Madrid, before there Is a change of government In the United States. Perhaps with this favorable situation there may be an agreement reached with the powerful states which will pacify Cuba." CHEAP FARES. tain Young has not as vet nicked his team, but will defer action until about 1 flcJal to Astoria- December 15. A practice game will be 1 ne maln e81"""tlal Point that must played on the VanDusen grounds, Sat- flrat be """'"Ted Is the enlistment urday. between two picked elevens, pro- 01 l"e oac"elor fraternity into the vlded the grounds are In sultablercondl-I scheme' as u',on th " """Rness on majir part to enter upon a life of mar ital bliss depends the success of the projeot. Some of the eligible young tlon. The playing of the men then will decide largely the personnel of the John Fox.... President and SupMntendsnt VT"" P'a Vancouv9r ! A. L. Fox vice President O. a Prael Seoratan First National Bank, Treasurer defeat men that have been approached on the team can be organized here which will BUI,J"1 ln,nK u ls- veT favorable any eleven in the Northwest (Continued on Third Page.) riavana, Decenmer s. There was much excitement here when it became known that Maceo had crossed the mil itary line with. It Is understood, a strong force of Insurgents, especially when coupled with the fighting between the Spanish troops and the Insurgents close to the city. It seems evident that the insurgents' commander has not only cleverly turn ed the flank of Captain-General Wey ler, but has succeeded In getting on his rear and crossing the famous mili tary line near the port which has been used as the base of supplies for the Spanish troops In Plnar del Rio. The Importance of this movement cannot be exaggerated. The exact whereabouts of Weyler Is not known, but he is be lieved to be hunting for Maceo In the mountains In the extreme eastern part of Plnar del Rio, while the Insurgent chief has seemingly doubled on his tracks, turned the flank of the Spanish general, and passed In his rear In the direction of this city, crossing the mil itary line at will and possibly being by tnis time In the vicinity of the capital of Cuba. If Maximo Gomez has carried out the plan attributed to him, that of pushing westward to the support of Maceo, the Junction of the two main bodies of In surgent forces may be expected shortly. Nothing appears to be known of the strength of the Insurgent forces with Antonio Maceo In this province. Im portant .events may occur within a short time. There Is no doubt that the insurgents have recently Increased In numbers about the capital. Bands of twenty and thirty bandits, met by the Spanish troops, have now swollen the Insurgent forces from 2.000 to 4,000. It seems to be adopted and believed that Tacoma, December 8. It Is announc ed today that the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railways have made a $25 rate for settlers and the members of their families from St. Paul to Pacific coast points. This is equivalent to a re duction of one half of the current first- class rate. This Is considered an Im portant announcement for both ends of the lines. The officers of the local Im migration association have been work ing a year to secure such a rate. STREET CAR HELD UP. Portland, December 8. A Mount Ta bor motor car was held up late tonight at the terminus of the road near Mount Tabor, by two men. The conductor and motorman were preparing to start back to town w hen one of the men fired a shot, hitting the conductor in the leg. It Is not known how much money the robbers secured. THE MARKETS. Portland, December 8. Wheat Walla Walla, 81c; Valley, 8384. Liverpool, December, 8. Wheat spot. quiet; demand, poor; No. 2 red" spring, s lOd; No. 1 California, 7s 4d. Futures November, 6s 8Vid. , Hops at London, f3 3s. Washington. December 8. The house without wasting time, proceeded to business today, and before the session closed had passed three bills of con siderable Importance and the first of the returinlng supply bills, that for pen sions. Three of the bills related to pos tal matters. One provided for the use of private mailing cards, of the same general size and character as the pres ent postal cards, when one cent stamps are affixed. Another provided for a limited indemnity of 110 for the loss of registered mail matter, and the third provided for private carrier service In towns and villages where no free de livery exists. It provides that on ap plication of twenty persons receiving I their mail at the same office, the post master shall appoint such persons as are willing to undertake the collection and delivery of malls; that the charge Is not to exceed one cent for each let ter and that the charge shall be paid by the beneficiaries. The pension bill was passed without factious opposition, but Mr. Grow took occasion in the debate to submit some views In favor of higher tariff duties, based on that portion of the president's message relating to tariff. The pension bill carries 1141.263,880, about 875,009 less than the law for the current year. Notice was given by Thomas E. Wat son of the contest against J. C. Black, of Georgia, w ho was elected at a special election last spring, which was read to the house and referred to the commlt- ftee on elections. Washington, December 8. The action of the Republican senatorial caucus In referring the Dingley tariff bill to its steering committee, and the circum stances under which this action waa taken, are accepted In the senate as practically an end of the "agitation In the Interest of the measure. The de bate In the caucus developed that there was a wide difference of opinion as to the advisability of attempting to pass the bill, even among the Republicans, and the opinion was expressed by some who were on the Inside that fully one third of the Republican senators, not Including the bolting senators, were an tagonistic to the bill. STEAMBOATS LIABLE. New York, December 8. Under a de cision by the court of appeals today, a steamboat crtmpany Is liable for money and valuables stolen from a stateroom while the room Is actually occupied by a passenger. WOLLEN MILLS RESUME. Albany, Or., December 8. Judge L. Fllnn, receiver of the Albanv Woolen Mills, returned today from San Fran cisco where he secured sufficient con tracts to Justify starting the mills. The factory, which has been Idle several weeks, will be started In a few days. Meany Is the leading tailor, and pays the highest cash price for fur skins. Highest of all in Leavening Power, Latest TJ. S. Govt Report. m rt jtf ... f f j