rn PUBLI8 LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, SAVE TIME mm The Dally Astoria n H a Ritwua A.no ffaaASaaT r""' t How? zsf r,: wzzr ' MUM TV I S J ...Family Circulation. An "Ad". Ml f M MODI! THAN THKtl TIMtS A lAMi A THAT Of AIT UTHMt PAHS IN AtTOHIA. . In Ts AaroauN't "Wait ColiiM." -.-Jit- EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XLV. ASTORIA, OKKOON, NA'JTHDAY MOUMNtf, DKCEMIiKIl 19, 1800. NO. 2'JO Ladies', Misses' Si Sacccaaiirt lo COr t USD A TDOKHI.I Largest and Finest Lines of Holiday Goods In the City.... Toy, Toya, Toy Dolls In andless variety. Iron nd wood wagons; velo rlpmls wagons, dull outIiim. I'luitu and subgraph albums; fin china and Venetian glass war. Chrlattnaa and New Year rant. Largs assortment of book In tyle of binding Call nil examine our stock. GRIFFIN & REED CITY BOOK STORE YOUR $ $ $ $ $ $ CAN BE PLACED TO BETTER ADVANTAGE IN ... AT FOARD & Than NO TRASH mi good, isr.ru ko orm.ir.sTU rrtrsrsTs Clarkson & ftcIrvin'Boom Company LONG FIR PILING rromptlv Furnished Astoria Asphalt and Roofing Co. AH Work Hoof alntlnii nd Hplr)n L.Uy Hoofo, J. A FAST ABEND. QENERAL CONTRACTOR, HOUSE, BRIDGE AND CUHRRF BUILDER HOUIC MOVKK. Hosaa Mavlag Tool lor R.at. ASTORIA OREGON Emil Schacht ARCHITECT GEO. NICOLL. Assistant. omciii Kjopp's New Brewery B.F.AliliEtf&SON Will Paptf. Artliti' Matarlala, Palnti, . Oil. Glaaa, tie. Jihmh Mutlnp, Ruga ana Baaibo Ooodl J63 Ccmmerolal Btresjt. F. B. Morgan PASSENUBR AOKNT 0. R. & N. Company Columbia River Routt 254 Vishlnnto. St. Cor. Third rui uaiiu, ui. ALLEN'S Cut Rate Ticket Office. ...THEATRICAL HOOKING K SI'CCIaLTT... M THIRD ST., PORTLAND, OR. A. V. ALLEN, DEALER IN Groceries, Flour, Feed, Provisions, Fruits Vegetables, Crockery, Glass and Plated Ware. Loggers' Supplies. Cor. Tenth and Commerolal -treats. and Children's . Kid Spring-Heel SllOeS New Today New Toes Nobby Shoes Little Gents' Shoes Columbia Shoe Go. 523 Commercial St. Holiday Goods STOKES' at Any Place In Town 216 ani 217 Chamber of Commerce PortUnd. Orecoa LEAVE OKIK AT BBS C-OWMCR-I'lAL ITKKT Guaranteed N. JEN5EN and R. 0. HANSEN J. B. WYATT, Pkoiu No. a Astsrls, Oragae Hardware, Ship Chandlery, Groceries, Provisions, PAINTS and OILS. pactal AtUallaa Pal la Supolylof Ship. SEASIDE SAWMILL. A oomplata atook of lumbar on hand In tha rough or draaaad. Floorlnf, rus tic, celling, and all klnda of finish; mouldings and ahlnglas; alio bracket work dona to order. Tanna roaaonabla and prloaa at bedrock. All ordara promptly attended to. Offloa and yard at mill. H. r. L. LOO AN, Prop'r. Baaalda, Oregon, UNION MEAT CO. SHIELD BRAND pains, BACON, lard CONDENSED MEATS GUARANTEED THE BEST -.IX THE MARKET... Cor. 4th and Glisan Sts PORTLAND OREGON ASTORIA IRON WORKS Coacoatly St.. foot of Jackioa. Astoria. General Machinists and Boiler Makesr Land and Marin, Entln.t. Bollor work, StMa koat ana Cannry Work a Specialty. Cuttac of All rxKripMan, Mad to Ord.r oa Short Notlc. John Fox....Prealdant and Biiparlntondant A. L. Fox Vloa Prealdent O. B, Prael Beoretaxy Flrat National Bank, Treasurer CASCADE LOCKS ANDJAILROAD Kill Jointly Kcvolutlnnlzc Dusincss In tbc Sttttc of Orcjjon. TiiKi i; crrii s ake coicntcd Fruit and drain HuhIiivm llamllid on a Srw HiJ Harmony Can Work Muny Wondora. There U more of Importance to Aa- torla Involved In' the recent opening erf the Caacatle ttn kn than the caeual ol rvtr InlKlil think. Iteeldea the Ire. mi mli.u. alvanlae which the tlinuiMh Materwuy will iilvv thin city In the tthefet alilpplnv bualneaa, conliollliiK aa It will, the output of the rropa from the territory rotidituoua to (luldnndale and The Iullea. It nwana aUo that there w ill he a revolution In the fruit ahlppliiK bunlneaa. Now that the Columbia river la nav. Klle from The l)uiW to AntirUi, thla fai t will arrloualy affect the ahlpment of California fruit to thla alate. The product of the fertile Hood lilver ctiun try will find a ready market In Aio rla. and many other Opffon rltle. For many yer paat CaJIfornla ha ahlpped eiiormoua iiuanUtleo of fruit to thla ta.tr, aupplylna; thl rlty and Portland. Hereafter Oregonkana will eat Oregon fruit. The fruit that la grown In the Hood lilver Valley la unaurpoaoed by any ralaed n the coaat, and aa It ran now lw Inumurted cheaply to market, It prumlaea to prtve a lively rompetltlnr fin the Cal-mlo. product. A ateamer n make tha run from The Dalle to Aatorla In twenty-four houra, while It takea forty-etglit and ftfty hour between Han Franclaco and Aatorla. The Hood Klver fruit ran thua be laid down In AatMia In much better condition than that hlpped from Cal ifornia. Tha hlpment fron Califor nia haVe ren hd enormou proporilona but hereafter home produrera will reap the benefit of thla trade. " TTie otwiilhg of the Cancade l(K k will alwi have a tendency to eatalillah the oommeri-liil aupremary of Aatorla. In the Pacific North went. For many year paat. II la a w-ll known fact, that the people of The Pullr and Aatorla Imve Ihiii anything but friendly toward IVrtlitiiJ becuuee of the belief tliat the metroMi)i tui done everything poMl ble to retaol the proKTin of thoee two cltlea. Whether thin belief hua been well founded or not I not within the cope of thin article to denumalrate. One thing I certain, however, that the com pletion of the locka and the building of the railroad to Aatorla have already greatly cemented the tlea of friendship and buaineM relation between all three of the cltlea. It ha been claimed tlmt but for the hoatlllty and Interposi tion of Portland The Dalles would long ago have had ita lock and Aatorla Ita railroad. However thl may be, these are now matter of the ut. The time tut a arrived when the foremont and most energetic buMlnca men reullie thru Oregon must be for Oregon. Its three or four principal cities ciwmot longer afford to harlxr petty Jeal ousies, but must work together for the geiierti! good. Uooh city haa Ita par ticular functions to perform, and all can work harmoniously, neither one nor the ther gaining any special advan- take or suffering tnny special loos be cause of Its sister cities. The metroiKtlls will always remain the metropolis, but The Dalles, Salem and ther Interior olnt have their advan- tngf and will develop on their Seclal line. In the very nature of affairs As toria will lie the great shipping port not only for the entire state of Oregon, but of the Pacific Northwest. Theae facta recognised, and all' working to Ket tier on broad lines, will bring about results which will make Oregon one of the trreojteet state In the Cnlon and her cities must and will grow on their Individual merits. Each one will' have Its peculiar bUHlness, Ottid all will be dependent uKn each other. The open ing of the locks will open one of the finest wheat-growing districts In the world, and will give to the farmer the benefit of both water and rail transpor tation to tide water. If Portland loses the business of loading shls at her wharve. she will gain In financial Im portance and the better control of gen eral business throughout the state. As toria will gain as a shipping and com mercial center, and will of course be come more or less of a distributing point for the state on account of her Hdvuntageous situation at the Juncture of title water and rail. While the Im porting of fruit from California will be greatly decreased, there will be a cor- resMindlng increase In other lines of business between San Francisco and Oregon. Much W the wheat from the Interior, now shipped at high rate by rail to San Francisco, will ' hereafter be shipped entirely by water. The completion of the Astoria and Columbia Itiver Ilailroad will greatly Increase the lumber business of the en tire state. A large belt of forest con taining millions of feet of lumber will be opened by the railroad, and ship ments on a larger scale will be made by both land and sea. Astoria will nat urally be the distributing point for this product, but Portland capital will large- ly DNtt a Ix'iwllt, it U alix) umlcmtiKxt tlmt a iifiniwiiy Immi liwn orKanlK'd W illi lniK- cuiil liil, to oix-rat- a HimukIi linn t Kt'-iuniT arid ourit.a lM-twn Aatorla ai)l Tim Dalla. Population In what Orctfoti nt, ami wtii-n the tm-ployiiK-nt la mailo for hiIc the In crfH.. In iMiptilutlon lll tak rare of llix-lf. It will lf found hi the very nrar future that the iH-4UnK of the Cfuualn lock, the IxillilliiK of the Aad.rla and Columlila Ittver H4lrol. the eatab llHhment at Aetorla, of a dry dork, ex iMirt it mill; tin plule fai'tory; flour mill anil other kiduatrlea. 'will be the (real factor In bulldnf U th- atate. KNHII.ACI-: THK TMINO. iiod Fel for llog and Clatsop the I Place for Both. A tin-re ha been aome Inlerst shown L In Mr. Ri-lth's experiments with nsl- .aire, ant, aiso some oiwunuersianoing of some certain details, a few facts further might be of value. Fodder both for cattle and hoga Is an Item of Im portance, and will he still more so. Kitslluge, or sllugr, aa It It) frequently called. I grass, or rlover, or cornstalk, cut green and preserved fresh by placing into pits, or silos, and pressed down and covered over and kept much a fruit oraalmon I. kept-hermetlcally flwlK .,., , agreeing to re scaled. On top. the grass of clover In , ranKron utu,. rng silo l,,n., moldy to the depth of a , th, ,ndepMldence , cubs, has nat few Inches, but If well laid that very urmy w , lnqury M , how ,uch moldy top help, to keep out the air :mn(nlUin; ,f compiled, would afreet from below. h(1 p,,,, the ingurgnta. Silos were first made In the ground inaulrv of romoeient suthori.te. and walled with atone or brick and covered, but thla haa been found un necessary, and they are now built of lumlM-r. double walled, and made light- r, -it.. -!"-. ie ue.i -iyw is after the fashion of a barrel, with atave. and hoops, or much like a sec. ...mo. ,,w-wen wuermatn. a moa- erate .11 alio would be about IS feet;th, world thu, obtaJn the ,,,., " " "Uin. ucn a silt, ahnuld bold th product of a flve - . re ,M.t. h . c,ver .woo. .no. sccora- Hng to Mr. Keith', experience, should th, lru,urenU to achieve and mata , furnish lno da-s- feed to one dairy ,h(.lr t., ,h. M k- animal: or one acre should feed one such animal atxrut one year. Home surprise haa been expressed lluil ...... V. . . I . . ., . . . " " -" """ fc-iutT ten "r I twelve tons of silage. , Rut. aa In dry - ,lng bay a4aritiks to nne(tartb Its welghsi It will be readily seen that land that j would pmduee two or three ton of dry ! hay would produce eight to twelve tons ! of untlrled fodder, or ensilage. The ec.tnomv of maklne ennlIiLff-e nr ih. ,' gra.s erne. In In two ways. Flr.t. hay j lnn altout 20 per cent of Its fcod value 1 in drying, while the loss In ensilage is only 8 er cent. Second, hay Is harder to digest than ensilage, so that the animals do not ge so much out of It In real nutriment. Ensilage Is easier! to digest than grans unions at Its best. Another Doint of economv ta thnt hay. especially In this country. I. often i""'1'011 of independence would in wet and must v. while en.llan. mvw.ivolve ,he recognition of a elate of war. kept entirely sweet Clover, either red of alsike, la proba bly the best that can be raised here for lensllage. Another advantage of t-tover is uuti 11 maae a nne crop on 1 the uplands, or hills, and after cutting, j In June or July, makes a second growth, furnishing late summer pasture. If the project of raising hay and I cllt'inir nork In thin cmntv na amr- .. t 1... .u . . 1 1 1 . , gested by the AstorUtn. is undertaken, clover, pert vine or vetch ensilage will furnish feed at the least expense Such ensilage, with plenty of artichoke patches, and pea meal, or mush, would turn out the finest pork In the world. All three nwy be had here, as arti chokes and peas flourish here as well ns rlover. Mr. Keith states thut special care should be taken not to make a silo too large. Two or three small silos are better than one large one, as In feeding the silage out the air Is let In and penetrates to some depth, and un less that part thus alTected by the air Is fed Immediately It Is likely to spoil. A silo ten or twelve feet In diameter Is plenty large enough for the ordinary dairy. H. 8. LYMAN. STAGE ROBBERY. Held Up Second Time In Same Place Within Twenty-four Hours. riactrville. Col., December 18. The stage running from Auburn to George town was again held up by highway men this evening. After the robbery of loot evening Sheriff Hilbert Immedi ately set watchmen at all the bridges on the middle and south forks of the American river, so as to shut oft all escape from the northern divide of this county and he and Sheriff Conroy, of Placer county, have since been search ing the Intervening country. While so engaged the stage was again stopped In the exact spot of last evening's rob bery and the Wclls-Fargo box was again taken. Luckily the box contain ed nothing of value tonight. COMMITS SUICIDE. Sppkane, Wn., December 18. Jas. P. Davis, a well known farmer living at Trent, nine miles from the city, com mitted suicide lost night. He swallow ed arsenic and died in frightful agony. His child wife had refused to live with him. and had Instituted divorce pro ceedings. After the seeulon of Pacific Lodge K. of P. last night the members ad journed to Jeff's and partook of a sump tuous banquet. THE SENATE ON CUBAN AFFAIRS Cameron's Resolution as Adopted by foreign Kelutlons Committee. THE EFFECT IT WOULD HAVE Cula Could Horrow Money and 8uc- leeafully Kit Out Warahlpa and He Admitted to Our Porta. I. Hpec-lal U the Aatortan. Washington, December . Camer on's resolution, as modified, and agreed upon by the foreign relations commit tee of the a-nate. la as follows: ; Rmk1ivI hv the aen.l. anH tvi of representatives in congress assent- (ult ,,. ,ndrpenu.nr, ot ,h, He. public of Cuba be. and the anie Is here by acknowledged by the United States ;of America. Section J That the United States wilt use Ita friendly offices to clcse the wsr between Spain andn Cuba. The action of the senate committee to hw that such recognition, from a legal point of view, would be of greater v.lu(, to theTn- morally, than the ad. d,lon of any ,ub,taMlal actual prlvl PKe, to those they now possess. This mor, forc. Drob4blv. wouId nif-, ;UM.,f nm , enabMnr the mw repub. ,,c to flimt a loan in the marketl ot , .bundanoe for wh p,, jerful i.m, glven by thJs Implied ex- DT.lon our fallh in th, .N1- little doubt that capitalists would take up such an attractive loan. Then the Cubans would be represent' ed In Wshlnsum bv a fullv -rdileH !mlnlst and , p!are of tne unofficial representation thej- are now obliged to be content with. If the Cubans could manage to put forth w arships, or even privateers, their ring uould'be admitted to United State rrt" undrr ,ro,Pctlon ot th neutrality laws, though It Is true our government, . having In mind the Geneva award, could not tolerate the fitting out of such privateers originally in our own porta. , However, privateers could bring prizes Into our ports and would no longer be , kept from the seas by fear of denuncia tion as pirates. Furthermore, aa this ..ritiicu- me oiHtnia guvtrruiiM-Di nur me Cubans would be permitted to equip warships or military expeditions in the United States, and this country would observe a strict neutrality towards both parties. Just as it did between China and Japan In their late war. There would be one 111 effect upon the United States itself. The proposed ac tion would be a total lora of all claims ' for Indemnity for American property 1 , , , , . . ucsiroyeu uuring me insurrection w nicn now may lie against Spain, for our ac tion would relieve her at once of the re- I sponsiblllty. The Spaniards themselves however, are prepared to prefer large claims against the United States for damage wrought by filibustering ex. pedtttons, and this loss in a measure, may be offset. What the insurgents undoubtedly ex pect and ardently hope for, in the opin ion of the state department people. Is the precipitation of war between the United States and Spain. The department of Justice has not yet received ofllclal information of the reported enlistment of companies of men in different parts of the country, with a view of Joining the Insurgent forces In Cuba, nor can it be authorita tively Btated Just what course would be pursued by the government should these enlistments be brought officially to Its notice. The position taken by the government, however. In the Horsa case, would seem to govern In these cases. In the Horsa' case the conten tion of the government was that, under Section 5262, the enlistment of men in this country for service In Cuba, either In behalf of the Spaniards or the insur gents, was high misdemeanor, punisha ble by fine, not exceeding $2000, and im prisonment not more than three years; nor is it necessary for a man actually to enlist, Inasmuch as the law Inhibits the Cubans, undor penalties named nboe, from enlisting or hiring or re taining any person to enlist, or to go beyond the limits or Jurisdiction of the United States, with the intent to enlist as a soldier or marine, or seamen, etc. This act was held In the Horsa case to be sufficiently comprehensive to war rant the arrest and punishment of per sons offending, and it is believed that should any of the reported movements reach the point where proof of the facts could be obtained. The govern ment would not hesitate to take imme diate action. COLORADO VOLUNTEERS. Denver, December 18. The Rocky Mountain Cuban Volunteers, of this city, 1,000 strong, decided today to leave for the Florida coast December 22 on foot, provided horses enough are e-1 cured to carry their supplies and ac-1 coutreint-nt. i MOKE TflOOPg. Madrid, December IS. Four addition- , ai iittaiionarrfBpanu.h,tr.x.ps embark. ed for the Philippine I.land. yeaterday and General Polavloja. the new captain general of that colony, haa asked for. reinforcement of ten additional bat-i talluns. fiOOD ROADS. The Convention In Portland Does Much Good Work. Portland, Or., December IS. The Ore gon , road convention adjourned, sub- Ject to the call of the chairman, thls;nlght ,t u o'clock, after an Illness of arternoo-, after a two days session, during which the cause of good roads in Oregon has been greatly advanced. The result of the convention U a defl- nlte plan to prepare a bill for the bet- terment of country roads, to be pre- onted to the legislature, and the en-!n llstment of a large number of Oregon's Influential men In It support. Every ectlon of the state was represented In the convention and the delegates will take home to their constituency ideas and opinions that cannot fall to arouse public Interest in this most Important topic as It has never been aroused be- fore. COFFEE DOWN. ' the first to respond and made over nloe New York. December W.-The report t, lpm.hH ta the nnnzn. Horr that the Interests Identified with tbejme number ipesches In Oregon American Sugar Refining Co. have ob- j m campaign of igso. tamea control or tne wootson epic Co, of Toledo, Ohio, with a view of re taliating upon the Arbuckle Coffee Co, because of their determination to build a sugar refinery. Is confirmed to some extent by the fact that the Wool- son Company, which Is the largest roaster of coffee In the Unldded States, reduced the price of Its products. BRYAN AGAIN. (line being In groceries, r&odies, fruits Chicago, December 18. A dispatch I and nuts. The weather Interfered with from Lincoln, Nebraska, about the con- ! seasonable business which at many ceu templated visit of Mr. Bryan to this : tern Is smaller than in preceding years, cltyf was confirmed here. President-; in that the larger proportion of pur lect MeKinley 111 re In Chicago Mon- Ichavs Is of a xhesp grade of good day, but It Is not likely that he will The downward tendency of prices point meet Mr. Bryan. So far as is now ! ed out a foctnight ago Is continued, known no reception will be given Mr. I There were 159 business failures re Bryan while here. ported throughout the United States THE MARKETS. Liverpool. December 18. Wheat- quiet: demand, poor; No. 2 red spring. Ss 9c! ; No. 1 California, 7s lOd. Futures May, 69 8d. Hops At London. Pacific Coast, f3 Ss. Portland, December 18. Wheat, Wal la Walla, 80c; Valley, 83084. THE STEEVES CASE. Portland, December' 18. The case of X. N. Steeves, on trial at Hlllsboro for complicity In the murder of Geo. W. Sayres, went to the Jury today. The Judge ordered the Jury locked up for the ulght so the verdict will not be known before tomorrow. HARVARD A WINNER. New York, December 18. Harvard w ins the debate at Princeton. FOR A HOLIDAY. Patrons" of School Dlst. No. 1 Ask for Thursday. The foil wing petition, addressed to the school directors, was circulated In School District No. 1 last week: We the undersigned, patrons of School District No. 1, of the city of Astoria, County of Clatsop, and State of Oregn, do hereby moet respectfully petition the directors of said School District No. 1 to grant Thursday, the 24th-day of December, 1896, as a holiday for the teachers and pupils of the said district. and cause the schools to be dismissed Wednesday evening, the 23d Inst., as the beginning of the holidays. Fifty-eight names all told were signed to the petition, and among them appear the twenty-eight names of the follow ing well known fathers of extensive families, whose little ones It Is to be presumed are pupils in the schools: E. Z. Ferguson, Jno. N. Griffin, A. S. Reed, Frank L. Parker, A. L. Fulton. Frank Patton, Albert Dunbar, C. S. Brown, F. I. Dunbar, H. G. Smith, H. J. Wherlty, J. H. Smith, S. A. Kozer, Chas. R. Hlgglns. J. B. Wyatt. A. J. Megler, E. G. Rogers, S. S. Gordon, Howell & Ward,' Geo. Hibbert, D. Mc Lean, M. S. Warren, Chas. McDonald, Isaac Bergman, E. C. Hughes, J. M. Hughes, J. A. Fulton, Chas. H. Page. It is understood that the school di rectors could not resist the piteous ap peal of these' parents and an order has accordingly been made directing the dismissal of the school on Thursday. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. 8. Gov't Report. i(yjy km mm i w AGSOLVTEtX PURE R0SWELLG.I10RR DIED LAST NIGHT prominent Republican Speaker and - . p . tailor rasses HWay. HIS WAS AN EVENTFUL LIFE Lawyer, Btaterman, Editor and Bril liant Campaign Speaker Will Be -Jfisaed by Republicans. PlalnAeld, N. J., December 18. Ex- .Congressman Roswell Q. Horr died to- ; two weeks with bronchitis and Brlghfs disease. Roswell O. Horr isa born November tth lm n Waltsville. Vermont He rec(ve ,, education In the public acbools. He was admitted to the bar 14. in , took op his home to gaglnaw, Mich, from which district . .isried to eona-rea. In M7JL In 'ism he moved to Plaiafleld and became ,a member ot the editorial staff on the : New york Tribune, which position he ; ha held ever since. His Joint debate ; Chicago wtth W. H. Harvey, author 0, Con- Financial School." attracted nuich ailAntLw Whn tH n.tlMial 'Republican campaign committee call ed foe nnr krra lat f11 h wrnm An rf GENERAL BUSINESS. Bradstreet's Report for the Current Week. New York, December 18. Bradstreeu I tomorrow will say: The wholesale trade continues ot I smaller volume than expected, practi cally the only activity in wholesale this week. 22 fewer than last week and 26 less than in the corresponding week one year ago: As compared with the ilike w eek in 1894 this week's total how a n.. , n r. ...I t L. V. ,1 w . .... a week in 1893 the gain Is six. In the third week of December, 1892, there were 61 fewer failures than this week. There are 39 business allures reported from Canada this week, compared with 42 last week and 43 In the week a year ago. FINANCIAL. New York, December 11 The finan cial community at large, and especially the Interests on the long side, were treated to an unpleasant and almost entirely unexpected reminder of the Venexuelan episode of a year ago, by the decision of the foreign relations committee to report Senator Cameron's resolution recognising the independence of Cuba. London prices for American securities were reported lower and stress was laid upon the monetary stringency In London and at other fi nancial centers, while the continued firmness of the exchange market caused renewed discussion of the prospect of early exports of gold. The market opened weak and soon de veloped increased heaviness on the re ported confidence expressed by certain senators and congressmen rerardlnsr the strength of the pro-Cuban sentiment in the respective bodies. Shortlv h. fore 1 o'clock disconnected and Incom plete dispatches from Washington, re porting the decision of the senate com mittee on foreign relations to report fa vorably tO thAt IwTv r.mnn. .. J vwmiuu . lB,lU Uon recognizing the independence of Cuba by the United States caused de moralization In the stock market, the holders of securities In their uncertain ty as to the legal scope or meaning of this action, throwing them over right and left r GOLD DEPOSITS INCREASE. New York, December 18. The deposits of gold ln the vaults of the clearing house association increased $785,000 to day, making the total held $43,000,000, a gain of $15,000,000 since the national election. ALLERTON FOR SENATOR. Chicago, December IS. The Hon. W. S. Allerton, who has been urged by hi friends for the position of secretary of agriculture In McKlnley's cabinet, an nounced himself today as a candidate for United States senator. af w f l