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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1896)
hWiUh PUBLIC IJBRARY ASTO,V Save time The Dafly Astorfan 0TN . Ha A Rrrsi'US. . ...Family Circulation... Kxnuima HOW? hiiJ worry l L An "Ad " In Th AartntiAN'l "WanlColtiaMi." Mv.h. jk(ih' timh thbfb timp as i l(it 0 AS OTHIR CACIsH IXCI,USIVI TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XLV. ASTOJUA, OKKGO.Y, WKIiN'ESIMY MOUNI.W, DKCKMIlEK 80, J8!). no. Ladfes:Alisses Settm lii lorr.UND A TtlOrlStS A Full Line of- Office and Pocket . . Dairies Calendar Pads BIa9k Office and Typewriting Supplies Tide Tables for 1897 GRIFFIN & REED City Book Stprc YOMPJiJJ $ CAN BE PLACED TO BETTER ADVANTAGE IN AT FOARD & Than NO TRASH BIT r.OOt). IStriL AND oimEMH iitesrNTS C arkson 4 McIrvin LONG FIR PILING Promptly Furnished Astoria Asphalt and Roofing Co. All Work Hoof Painting- and lllrlnu Lky HooU. J. A FA ST A BEND, GENERAL CONTRACTOR, HOUSE, BRIDGE AND DHARF BUILDER HOUMK MOVKR. Hohm Moving Teola for Rat. A8TOKI A OBBOON Emil Schacht flRGHlTEGT GEO. NICOLL. Assistant. officio: Kopp's New Brewerg B.F.ALlLlEH&SON Wall Papar, Artlala' Material,, Palnta, Oil. Glaaa. lc. Japan, Matting a. Ruga and Bamboo Good I 365 Ct mmerclal Htrowt. F. B. Morgan PASSENGER AdRNT 0. R. & N. Company Columbia River Rout 2A4. Wimtilnflton St. Cor. Third Portland, Or. ALLEN'S Cut Rate Ticket Office ...THEATRICAL HOOK I Mi A SPECIALTY.. ll Tlllim ST., PORTLAND, OB. A. V. ALLEN, DEALER IN Groceries, Flour, Feed, Provisions, Fruits Vegetables, Crockery, Glass and Plated Ware. Loggers' Supplies, Cor. Tooth and Commercial streets. and Children's Kid Spring-Heel SllOeS New Today New Toes Nobby Shoes Little Gents' Shoes Colombia Shoe Co. 523 Commercial St. A PROSPEROUS NHW YEAR TO ALL Books of all kinds Holiday Goods STOKES' at Any Place In Town B00m ComPany 216 nl 217 Ctiamtcr of Commerce Portland. Orefon I.EAVat OKDKHK AT AS t'OMMKK CIAL KTKKET! Guaranteed N. JENSEN and R. O. HANSEN,? J. B. WYATT, PhM N. 68 Aatarl. Orogos Hardware, Ship Chandlery, Groceries, Provisions, PAINTS and OILS. octal AIUiUm Palo to Sapplyiag Ship. SEASIDE SAWMILL. A complete itock of lumber on hand In the rough or dreoaed. Flooring, rua tio, celling, and a" kind of flnlah; moulding and hi77-la: alae bracket work dona to order. Term reasonable and price at bedrock. All order promptly attended to. Offlo and yard at mill. M. r. I LOO AN, Propr. Bsaalde, Oregon. UNION MEAT CO. SHIELD BRAND rjAfJS, BflGOfJ, ItARD CONDENSED MEATS GUARANTEED THE BEST ...IS THE MAHHET... Cor. 4th and Clisan Sts PORTLAND OREGON ASTORIA IRON WORKS Coaconly St.. foot of Jackaon, Aalorla. General Machinists and Boiler Makesr Lang and Marina Engine,. Bollar work, Steaa boat ana Cannary Work Specialty. Cattfnj, ol All Daacrlptlona Mad, to Order on Short Nolle. Jnbn Fox... .President and Superintendent A. I Fox Vlo President O. B. Prael Secretary Pint National Bank, Treasurer A GREAT DAY FOR THE ELKS City I'illi'il With Visitors to Do Honor to the St 11 nfonl llo). Till: CONCKKT AM) SOCIAL Were Huieie T Re Proud of. Iioih hy thu Elk anil Ihu Clul Who Mu.le a Record. The Stanford University ly arrived yesterday afternoon at 6 o'clock. They timnilliil"ly took poewMlon of the town. A reception committer of the Kike ami I ho Astoria Military 1 In nil were at tin. dock whim the boat landi-d ami received tin- visitors In proper style. I'll tit tlio dinner hour ltn.li, rah, rah, Stanford, waa the only t hlnic heard on the tri-l. Till. m"MllnT of both the llntiitulln HiiJ air- C'hil are a line liK'klnK lot t younx nii-n Innh from a i!iy.li anl Iril-lliituaJ u.lnt of vli'W. With (hi- KtanforiU rauw a Inrar numbi-r of I'linlnml Klka, ulio Jolneil In tlm fi-ntlvltlf lni.1 nlkht. The HtHtifonl illvn Club aa oian- li-il In lv.il by .Mr. Ailolph KaulTman, It prri-nt niawgi-r. tn-mniri.r and Iraul- r. He I a native of irfniian. and baa iiini.-t tnatiy of the marrhra uenl by tlin club, nM of whU h rank hlnh with nfrHlunal Iwnd nuiati-r of thl najt. Ill latittt prixluctlon 1 I tie "Kp Alpha Miwrh." dwtlcaiUil to thn frairrnlty of that name, to uhlrh h iN-lnnir. Mr. Kaufman I a fine Trombone aololat. Iurln two yt-ara he a etuilr-nt In the Itoyat Comivrva- tory of Uri-alau, Oi-rmany, and Uitvr betMktne a minrT of the Capitol City Hand, at Vahlnirloii. The Blanford Mamlolln Club u or- atilsil by Mr. W Kittle Well, a bril liant Rprt'lalliit. To Una organliatlon al- iH-lotiu Frank H. Itlli-y. K. C. rU-well. n! Churls I. Dillon, Mr. Itlli-y la mie f the moat tirllllant perlal pnrtortmTa on the atuce. Mr. Dillon I a well known ImimoiHitor, and Mr. Hnwall h a nni tnor voli and playa the flrai nia.ii. I. Iin. The club ate on thi-tr tiniml vaiutioti tur anil from hi-re will vleit I'ortUnil and the ounl wtintry. KlaliiT Dpi ia IIi'Um- liit niKht wn iromli-d from the Ijiiai-nwnt to the runf an. I from the front dmni to the atK(. StiuiiiinK room unild not lj pnN'urtKl. an. I nwny who wante-t to hrwr the rele lirnti.l Sianfortl boya were ubllreil to turn away i:i illMtppoltitttii'nt. The houiMi Mpproprliui'ly di-corutnl In the club color, ami whin tin- curtain roei- tin- elm tn of upplnuae almont llftod th roof. Every nunihiT of the pnKram enirwl time njul airaln. Tlie Klk certainly can pat I h.iiux lvee mi the buck for thv uniiiue and npli-ji.lld en-ti-rtulnmi-nt pu. nte.1 luM nluht to the Aetorla public. wln; to eu.Men lllnem, Mr. Itllcy. the great n-clajty artUt of the I'nlver nlty, wu unable to appear, but hi aide IMirtner, Churlp I. Dillon, the well known rIiikIiik cumttlliin, did doufilp duty, and whenever he wa on the hoards the audience waa ki-pt In a roar of latiRhti-r. The ItiMrumcntnl and vo- ml nolo were en h and every one moat excellent. The mandolin orchestra and i the ulee club concert oil plm-es, were rendered without a flaw. The lance audience went away more than a,tl fleil with the evening entertainment. The folliiwliiK Is the full proKram and the members of the Uli and Mandolin CltilNi: 1. "Denr Old Stanford," (ilee Club 2. IMxIcattl," Miuidolln Club 3. Monolottue Frank Hianch lillev 4. "Jenk' CotiilKiund," Olee Club 5. Character Impersonation Chas. I. Dillon t. "The Hoy on the Apple Tree,".... Oloe Club 7. Baritone Solo Ph. F. Abbott 8. "Porqulen Susplras," Mamlolln Club i. Sketch Mr. Dillon and Mr. Itllev 0. "Courtship" lileeClub 11. Dialect Sketch Mr. Hlley !. "My Hal Is a Hljrh Rorn Ijidy" Mr. Dillon and Glee Club C3lee Club First Tenor, K. C. Hewall, W. A. Sutherland. F. It. Riley. E. R Dawson. Second tenor, W. C. McNeil, CI. W. Bush, C. Q. Decker. F. A. Schnei der. First Mass, Ph. U. Aboott, W. T. YoutiK. Win. L. McGuire, C. I. Dillon. Second Hiiss, A. O. Kanfman, C. V. King. B. E. Snipes, J. F. Lanagan. Lender, A. G. Kaufman. Mandolin Clu' First Mandolin, E. C. Bewail, J. F. Lnnaipin, W. It. Wells. First Guitar, C. B. Wilson, M. S. Por ter, Wm. L. McGuire. SiHnd Mandolin, A. G. Kaufman, E. 1. Bartholomew, R. W. Arnold. Second Guitar, II. S. Sla- den, B. E. Snipes, G. L. Seward. Man- dola, C. I. Dillon. leader, W. liittle Wells. Decorated with all the IIuks of all the nations. Illuminated by all the lights of modem science, side, and otherw ise, the Elks' hall last night contained one of the largest and jolllest gatherlnga ever convened In the Northwest for a social session. "Life Is brief and time is fleeting," and the object of tho Elks' entertainment lout night was to cap ture the greater portion of these Illu sive moments and harness them to the chariots of w-ell-senned mirth and healthful enjoyment. The Elks believe that man was made for social fellow ship. The present Is the most oppor tune time to dispel the burden of care iniid pliu e In lis sli-ad IlKht-hearted mirth. Therefore, the gathering lust night wun a Kiila occasion In which there un but one common spirit f gal ty. Th- rlinlrnittn and grand factotum of tint c-nlval lust evening was Mr. Hen ly ilrlllln. isipilre of Portland lnlge, No. 142. Wlo-n he ascended the plut form even th? storm ceased and the stars shone forth brilliantly In the sky. HrlKht as a m-w gold dollar, witty a an IrUhitiMii, handsome a an Apollo, thl glfteil Interlocutor f the evening kept tlw large assemblage In a roar of Ayalnst the Filibuster Three Friends laughter for hours. Without c-sp,n The Vessel May Be Forfeited to stig followed recitation, fine) were Im- the t'nlted States. IhnhhI, metulM-r and guests alike paid penan.'e at the clerk's desk, and still the mrrlrniit went on. j Washington, December 29. flecreta- A lining lhos who contrlbutH largely !ry flney today re.elved a report from Pi the evening's entertainment were the the L'nlted States consul at Havana male iiuurtH of Aalorla, Dillon am?, the regarding the case of Henry Delgado, Hlanfords, Terry McKee.ii, and MeMrs. Cuban correspondent of the Mall and Levy, lleleher. Jergens and Johnson, ' Express, whose capture and confine wbo rendered soJos which called for I mem by Spanish authorities the secre-n-peatMl eniores. Mr. Weaveraon wasjtary ordered Investigated. The secre tin' accompanist of the evening, and.tury subsequently made the following did good work on the piano. I public statement: The entire s.wlon was one round : "It appears from the report of the of fun. Duncan McTavlsh an chief of ( Havana consul that Mr. Delgado waa police, arrested every one In the hall, made a prisoner by SpanUh troops In and each culprit had to see Clerk Car-1 trie course of secret military operations ney before he was relmsed. Mr. Dillon's ( iii the province of Plnar del Rio; that rendition of "Angellne, the Sweetest ,1m is reported to have belonged to the (ial You Ever Saw," brought down the staff of the Insurgent Major General house. He was accompanied by the Mmeo. and to have been In command entire Stanford Glee Club. Hilly Mead, the irrepressible, from Portland, almost lost his had, but by a flank movement Chairman Urifrln saved his life. Chief McTavlsh was discharged and hired over again several times during the i (ten, all the rights to which he la en evenlng. Every discharge caused him ; titled under our treaty with Spain, and a fifty. "Crackerbury," of Portland, j the subsequent protocol, have been and Judge A. A. Cleveland were waits-'claimed for him." til down the middle tn the tune of An-! Dlgado la confined In the military nle Laurie, and amidst the shouts of hospital of San Ambrolo, outside Ha- the audience were compelled to put upjvana. because they could not give a good ac-' count of themselves. To give a full record of all the funny 'partment and the department of jus Incidents and Interesting numbers glv-! tlce say that the prosecution of the i'ti lAst night would till a book. Many of Astoria's most prominent singer and best elocutionists took part during the This will be a new method of prosecu evenlng. As a sample of the program, tion. Heretofore proceedings have been the following few numtiers are given: mainly under Section 5186. covering ex- yuartet The soul-stlrrlng melody, en- titled. "Sammy, Set Va the .Pins," iirmner .vaddock. McTavi.n. .McCar - ney ami Mcllugrus. Hnt appearance In public. Recitation "A Twig from Scotland.' In the Scottish dialect, w ith music, by Brother Gabriel Wlngate. Duet "Just Tell Them That You Saw Me. by Brothers Gorman and Morrl - ,n- ltd ItHtloti By Brother Chas. Mc - Donald, pathetic and pantalettlc. en- titled, "Patw's Pants will Soon Kit Wil- Ho." with slow music on the fiddle. Song and Dance "Scotch Lassie Jean." by Duncan McTavlsh In kilts. Song "She Ain't No Longer Mine nor I Ain't Hern," by Kro. Alex M .frier. Duet "Two Little Cops tn Blue," Brothers Hallock and Loughery. Recitation. "Nlckle in the Slot," Brother Beverldge. by by NEW CIVIL SERVICE RULES. Washington. iK-cember 29. The pres ident has extended the civil service i-ules so as to include all oftleers and employes In the federal penitentiaries who are to tie subject to the law of clnsxltlmtlon. This principally affects the federal penitentiary at Fort Lea venworth. Kansas, though It Is to apply to all such government institutions, and to all penitentiaries hereafter created. Immediately upon their establishment. Attorney General Harmon Is subject ing the recent civil service schedule, as affecting the department of Justice, to a rigid scrutiny. IN TOTAL DARKNESS. New York, December 29. Fire swept through the dynamo building of the New York Electric Light, Heat and Power Co., on Passaic river, tonight, and Newark was plunged In total darkness. All the streets and resi dences w hich depended on the company for light were cut off. The loss will probably reach J185.000. THE MARKETS. Liverpool, December 2'.'. Wheat, iot, steady: demand, moderate; No. 2 red winter, nominal; No. 2 red spring, 6s lid; No. X California, "g Id. Futures January, 6s 9Mid; May, 6s lid Portland, December 29. Wheat Wal la Walla, 8UiS2; Valley, S4fiS5. KAIN3 IN INDIA, Calcutta. December 29. Light winter rains are becoming general. The re Hrts from A;r and Singapore are promising and the prospects for break ing the drought are marterlally bright er. THE UNIVERSAL CURSE. Housewife It is dreadful to think what w hisky will bring a man to. Tramp That's so, mum. Afore I took t' de rood I never though I would hev t' eat slch things es are beln' hand ed out t me every day. UNUTTERABLE. "How do you pronounce the last syl lable of that word 'butterine'?" asked the customer. "The lost syllable is silent," stiffly replied the tradesman. ALL RIGHTS ARE CLAIMED FOR HIM Dclyuilit, the I'ulian Newspaper Man, to Kccelve i'rotection. NKW LINE OF ACTION TAKEN ,of artillery, and that a letter to Macec j and one from Maeeo to the prefect at jLaa Tumbaa were found on his person. , It being represented to the consul that j Delgado a native born American clt- The authorities of the treasury de- j filibuster "Three Friends" will be under I Section 6JS2 of the revised statutes. pedltlons. Section 5282 Is directed tyagalnst the arming and mounting of ; gun on a vessel Intended to be used i Against a friendly nation. Aa those on board the Three Friends have given ; circumstantial details as to the mount j Ing and tiring of the Hotchkiss rapid I lire gun It Is believed by the officials ! that Section 5:2 will apply to the case. 'Thc proceedings against the vessel are jmueh more severe than In the case of : libel for fitting out an expedition. The ! statute provides that on conviction the j vessel will be forfeited to the .l'nlted States. CONTROLLER ECKLES Says the Present Bank Failures Are Local and of No Significance. Washington. December 29. Controller Eckles said this afternoon that he feels no apprehension over the bank failures which have occurred of late. Two more failures, the Commercial National Banlt of Roanoke, Va.. and the Columbia N tlonal Bank, of Minneapolis, were added to the list today. They are compara lively small Institutionse, however, and under ordinary circumstances their fail ure, It Is said, would attract only pass ing attention. Mr. Eckles, when asked today by a representative of the Asso ciated Press as to the general situation suld: vi course bank failures are mo- or less disquieting, but those which 1. ve occurred recently have little or no gd i eral significance attached to them. They were due largely to local causes, wholly unconnected with the general condition of batiks throughout the country at large. As against these few failures, based on local causes, the general con dition of the banks Is excellent. Re ports received under the la&t call, that of December 17th, are uniformly favor able and show an average reserve held of considerably above the 25 per cent required by law. One of the last re ports, that of a Brooklyn bank, shows the average reserve held to be 34.02 per cent, and most of the reports run five or ten per cent above the legal require ments. In each cose, too, the assets in detail make an entirely satisfactory showing as compared with the liabili ties. On the whole it Is evident that the national banks today ere as stable as they ever were and the sporadic failure of a bank here and there through defects peculiar to the falling of banks of small Importance 1b wholly without general significance. BICYCLE RACERS. The Score of the Contestants in Wash ington. Washington, December 29. Waller, the German, held the advantage by two laps over Maddox, the American, at the close tonight of the second day's racing In the International six days elght-hours-a-day contest at convention hall. The two men have kept almost neck and neck during the long ride until to day, when Maddox punctured a tire and lost two laps. He made a desper ate effort to make up the loss sustain ed but was unable to do so. The day was marked by an example of "the survival of the fittest," the two weakest men dropping by the wayside after ped aling aa long as they could stand the terrific, pace set by the leaders. Tltese ! were Kchotk and Albert, who threw up ! the sponge and left the track to the remaining eight riders, who, with the exception of Ball, are bunched within five miles of each other. When the rac ers finished for the night the score sto.id as follows: waller, 22.2; Mad- .M1;'Lngr,mL1T"?n' Hunter, 2M; Chuppelle, 2H; Foster, 2M; Ball, 26. 1 HISTORY OF AMERICAN SHIPPING In 178K only 2J per cent of the for- eign commerce of the United States was carried in American ships, al though American ship were built from 33 to 60 per cent cheaper, and better, and lated longer, than foreign ships. The first act of the first Congrats, and subsequent act of that and other con gresses during the latter part of the last century, created a preference for American ship In the carriage of American commerce, by taxing Imports in foreign ships more than they were taxed In American ships. That policy, during the nearly forty years that It was In force, enabled American ships to carry 90 per cent of American foreign commerce. In the mistaken belief that American ship could thereafter carry all of our foreign commerce, without any stat utory preference, the legislation that had created that preference waa partly repealed in 1815. still more waa re pealed In 1817, and In 1828 was wholly and finally repealed. From that time Amerlcxa ships carried less and leas of American commerce, and at the begin ning of the civil war they carried but W per cent, which had fallen at the close ofthe war to but 28 per cent, and Is today but 11 per cent of our foreign commerce. In 1752 an act waa passed which con fined our coastwise and Inland com merce to vessels of the United States, an act that has never been disturbed, and which has given to the United State the finest inland shipping tn the world. In 1792 American registry was denied to foreign vessels, which act ha been continually In force ever since. -But the act of lf8, above re ferred to, nevertheless permits) foreign ships to freely compete with American ships in the carriage of American for eign commerce. From time to time attempts have been made to again give the carrying of our commerce to our own ships, by bounties and subsidies. In 1848 subsidies were granted to two transatlantic American lines and withdrawn m 18J9,. whereupon the lines failed. The sub sidy act of 1S91 has. by the help of an other act. placed four vessels under the American flag, two of which are of American construction. That is the um total of accomplishment under sub' sidles In the United States. There has never been a bounty act passed for the benefit of American ships, although such a bill has been discussed and ad vocated. The foreign commerce of the United States annually consists of between one-! and a half and two billions of dollars' worth of imports and exports, and em ploys several millions of tons of foreign ships. In order that American ships may be restored to the carrying of this commerce, an agitation has been be gun for the readoption of the policy of to create a preference for Ameri can shins by taxing imports a higher duty when brought bere in foreign ships. Senator S. B. Elklns. of West Virginia, and Hon. S. E. Payne, of New Tork, have this year Introduced in the United States senate and house, re spectively, a Joint bill which provides for a duty of ten per cent more upon imports in foreign ships than Is levied upon Imports In American ships. This policy has this year been Indorsed by Republican conventions held In the fol lowing states: Massachusetts, Oregon, New Jersey, Connecticut. Pennsylvania Alabama. Georgia, Michigan, Delaware, West Virginia, North Carolina, Wash ington. Colorado and Maine. The Ohio Republican platform favored the use of American ships for the carriage of American commerce without specifying any policy. It Is expected that the Re publican national platform will also en dorse the policy of 1789. Whether the Democratic party can be Induced to favor this policy, which Thomas Jefferson 'was particularly In fluential In having first established, and which la the only policy that has ever been successful in giving to American ships the carriage of American com merce, is not at present known. If the Democrats would Join the Republicans and restore and maintain that policy, in the same non-partisan and unani mous manner that It was a hundred ears ago, Its permanence would be as- ured. It would continuously employ hundreds of thousands of skilled work men In American shipyards, and would ause the retention In the United States of the hundreds of millions of dollars annually sent abroad in gold to pay foreign ships for carrying American' commerce. " - ... Highest of all in leavening Power. Latest U. 5. Gov't Report. AXS60JUtiTEXX PUKE AN EMPHATIC DENIAL ISiMADE ! ' Tbe Keport 0f the Kashlnqton Post Han Xo I'ouauatlon. . ' L'NITED STATES IV ILL NOT ACT ,; As Arbitrator Between Spain and Cuba m the Settlement of Their Present . . Difficulties. Madrid, December 2 Emphatic de- nlal la given here to the report credited to the Washington Post' that Senor Du- ' puy De Lome, the Spanish minister at ' Washington, and Secretary OIney have , ; wuciuueu zteKwnkuun lor we accept.-. ance by Spain of the good office of tk 1 United State in the settlement of tbe ' Cuban Insurrection. '' )' MURDER IN WASHINGTON Killed for HI Crops by the Old Teaaurt 1 of a Farm. Seattle, December 29. A (pedal 'it tbe Post-Intelligencer from North Tak im aa.ya: ' ' i A telegram from Zlllah this morning called the sheriff to that ploe r the! statement that Neil Wright had been shot and killed by man named Gohuj last night. The farm where the tmMH occurred la eight mile i below Zrltak and twenty-seven mile from thl cMy. The road are bad. hence the sheriff a coroner who accompanied him have re nuk ieve4 returned. Enough la known, how to say that the fight occurred on th rannh of Louis B. Harris,, now a real dent of Spokane, hi farm. being in trat hands of a receiver. Going was bja tenant laet year, and Wright and Laa-i. brix were tenants for 189T. The recel V er bad Instructed the new tenant tipt to allow the produce to be taken OtftT the ranch until the courts bad decided the ownership, and It la supposed thiat Going had gone to get some of him crepe only to be stopped by Wright, ttios bringing on a fight FILIBUSTERS TO SUB. Jacksonville, Fla., December 29. ''h . master and owner of the filibuster ' Dauntless today presented a manifest , of her cargo and asked for cWantncaj papers to Neuvltas, Cuba. Tbe carge consisted of arms and ammunition The collector refused clearance untU ho . should hear ftom Washington an 1 a telegram waa sent asking for Instruc tions. No reply was received ap'.tu a late hour. In case clearance ehA-U be , refused, the owners of the Daruitlea . will bring suit against the government , for damages. - s.j s. ' ' ivt MRS. CRAVEN ILL. San Francisco, December 2. Mrs. Nettle R. Craven, claimant t fh estate f of the late Senator Fair, Is seriously HI at her home. While her "condition la ' not Immediately dangerous,' it' Is such as to arouse the apprebenslnn of her friends. Her Illness has been of long standing and apparently 'baiflee the skill of her physicians. They have been ' treating her for nervous prostratitm. " but those who are In close touch with ' Mrs. Craven say she Is suffering from heart disease. '' , , i" WATS AND MEANS. ' Washington, December 29. The ways and means committee devoted the day to listening to the rerwrteof, delegations interested in the schedules relating to cotton manufactures, anal silk, and silk goods. The attendance wns h t as large as yesterday, and the number who ap peared to make oraaV. arguments was much smaller. The control Vte jj, m.. countering the filing of briefs wherever possible. ,;,..." I BOILER EXPLOSION. Medical Lake, Wit. peceir er 29. The large boiler used for b,orti .6 t state hospital for the Inaan tfloded this morning with a coucueaioia thai shook the entire town, demolish iig the brick boiler house, and finally caMmg Friti Tlelman, the fireman.' - "pops" to .orqanizk: Indianapolis, Deveuibee 2S- The Pop ulist state committee, afer being In session two days, decide- tonig'it that the Populist orgHWiatleO should be maintained In Indiana, ad ravo.nmend- ed an organization of dik!.? throughout the state. t , . : ' I A NEW" .RECVftD. Denver, December 9,- A. L, Hacken berger, brother of the vyf H known pro fessional cyc!tit, today lowered the world's road record for 2"0 miles, riding it In fourteen 'h.mr aii two minutes.