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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1897)
1 v. NOT I OIU u . t . . ' I '.a! . , j i I ')' f' a - t'j Li THE ASTORIAN has the largest circulation of anv saw THE DAILY ASTORIAN ll the fctfgest and best piper on the Columbia River on the Columbia River KULL ASi-OClATKI) PHJISS REPORT. VOL. XLVII. ASTORIA, ORKOON, TIIIUSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 23, 18U NO. 110. inn mrtiiUTM) "Superior" Stoves and Ranges ARC Tnl. J. N. LAWS. AT HA Christmas Goods to Mir iiviiuvnouv Ollulnld Novrltlfs leather (iomls Medallions Christmas Cards Hook Iris Do not make your lelectloni GRIFFIN Christmas Next mm stork m ruu. or the moist nicRVicKAniag and ornamental CROCK F.RT. UUPS AND OLAUB WARE. BUITAIILK FOR PRMIENTS. The Tail Goes With the Hide I'. J. (iiMxIiiian it Co. will, until Jmiunrv 1, without rcrve, 'll their lurjjr Mock uf Ikxts aiul Shoe." Ijulics', Missc', I'hiMriii'.s tuitl .toys' choico footwtur tit cost. Wlit'ii wo say cost, wo nii'iui it. (iivt.1 um n call ami wp will jirovc to you that you can l"k. lioinn more footweur for the nioiioy tliau you can from any shoo storo in Ore gon. Kemombcr, the sign of tho Big Boot, f8l Coiiunercial street. PiiGoodmanfiCo. Ross, Higgins & Co.. CHOICE.... FKfiSH AM) SALT .MEATS BOND STREET AND- SHIELD . ' Hams, Bacon PDA Kin UltrlltlS W W. F. SCHEIBE, A lull line ol Pipe., Tobacco, and 3mok.r.' Article.. 474 Commercial 'Ht. mmMm (mmmmmt V v'iitXih Mfllm-i,,il sU 'J Three Floors-Fine Music; Games of All Kinds: Two i 'T.VlV r'H,t,-a il"' Magnificent liars; Kvwytblnn KlrI Clai.; (KmmI .-ii miTja. l"i tmrirr1 Order,nd Everybody. ItlnhU Hlrlctly oh.,-rx BEST WES' OLD STAND Jimiks In New .ml lialnty lllnllii4 Ciilldrrn's Hooks Bibles I'rajer Books Nooks of a 1 1 Kinds until you have o our stock. & REED Foard & Stokes Company Grocers Butchers.... UNION MEAT COMPANY and AM. KISIH OK CANNED MKATt) ( ) uiimn O'oit The Hint In (ho Market Strictly Pure Lard Cor. Fourth and l.lisan Streets I'nrtlnnil. Orctjoa. Manufacturer and Dealer In FINE CIGARS! Astoria's (.nrucnus e.iitcrtninmcnt(1,ill The I .ouvre.. HOWMY THE FIRST STEPS HAVE BEEN TAKEN Cnptuin Hruincnl (iocs to ChkHijo to Arrunic for Cnmlcnscd Prmd. nr. will, i if i:n comk wist tiler liidinliiii'i Ulik l.tn. Mrrrlditi kill (. In XI.Kka .tad Meet Capi. Ku tt DaHvia Ciiv. V.iMlilni.".i.n. I .. :j -t' i i:.in Brain- -f li ft WanliliiKi'm ihl i-vi nlnt: for r'hl rK M rinr .'h m.llliif l IUMT Hum iif t-i'inlt rinf'l 'i.i. tin piiriif Joh. with a vew lo ' Inrf ;i aupply !nr hr 7 ukot . Mirlt lene:t citrrrnt, aiwnntiv ri'tr.a rel.-f .p-.r:.ji; II,. a i prucn.1 hrnrelaiHl fll.4f .uti-ltt a varlubc r-l't ,",r,u11 havli If n.ie wire In cro.ilt with .... ... , line a ik i trruii i.'ll'-attng the coar The . .. plain lui I..-H pi.,,-l m full;' ' 1 11 ' rh-me. ..f a -h- ., .n, ther Pr. " ' " ''- I f ''1 ch 'in. I plt' iiK. II- will (to with the! flint i-vp.-dMi.iit to hrM,-h t li.i'V'.n Aliuk-i .url ttirii-e where ti In under ordi-re In m--t iml It.iy, who h:t n.i ) . H'-pietnh'-r, Ahin !.i I urwiini: .111 ltuiiirv n.t at ft-e Cly. ' Into tl.e 1 oralitlKii of the t!i0" In the ro'intry In wlmh l.t tw ii-m -)urur. by SriTetnry Alirer. Iieul. Drvi.re. military rrury of th wrt-tary vt w.ir. hun been ordi-rtd :o ac.H.ip.,-,v l-r. Ja.ke.in to Upland. a... km.nr .,....,, llnd ,,. Die dlH!.,in.g oltlcr or the pnr.;-. n.l(hv inductive. Infla-Te of th.- hlu-h they will eaili ,m the l.uranl.i m xt Sntur-1 nity fur 1 . ir I. proceeding thence lo I Chrtntlann. No-wiiy. ml to Alien, where tt 1 Hiippo.i'l the r-lnil- r herd ha hfxi . . ,i current or nign i-naim ana amnn vci- - ; .hrcd. Lleul. Ivere tf fwrncrtr.-, U,j ,,. ov n,. ,,;. 1llltwwmit,S.aa They are patriotic men. Theyj charti'r ve. f Ih triinM-rt.tilon f the herd -f f.1 the tni.M Stat do eo. If found nvptiry l.IK I.KTTKIt. Washing n, ii-- .-s. i-r. t.iry of the'1"'"""' Treajiiiry ''..ice hi" wr'tten a letter to' ige hi" wr'tten a letter to' I'rxMpb'til iS.i-ttp.vw. of 'tin F .! ratton of Labor In reply to resolutions adnntrd ' at the ahn:e c.mivi tnii. cond. ninng 1 .i -It-fens- of the ic, id atnn I.irn. fiaire. s,iy: If Inaetend of lemin ?lulory resolutions which are not aruuini-it, you or nny one on your hehaf. win a'mw that the views I entertain and i Ivonite are other than saluiury lo the gnat economic budy ot which we are u Indcpetiden: mciuh. r, I will abandon them without liettK.n. My present eonvli-tlon. the honest fruit of Klmrre study and reflection. Is that bre-ik down In our honest money stan.. ard would lh a most disastrous blow to atl our cutumec ia and industrial Inter, cuts and that upon the wuge-workers toi a class would be entailed the most r- lous efTe.--. anj dleusler." WII.I. rtF. INVESTtOATKP. Washington, Dec. tJ.-Furthfr dctnlH ot the killing if -he (wo American sailors attaceif.1 to the United States fleet in Japan has been received here ar.d hi been brouirht to the .Wentlnn ot the department of stale, which hat begun aa Investigation. At the Japanese legation today t waa staled that the matter had not yet be.-n IiiMUnat ;0 thejr attention The lcttnilon offlcas do not regard the matter as serious. They say the Japan. government gives the amplest pro tection 10 foreign rltliena and sailors and tihat If there has been any lnxltv tn thtsw rases the government undoubtf lly will nake fuost In.pilry and reparation. STAKTI.INi. IMTKNT NKWS. Hihlolpl) M. Hunter Wll Make the Kpc trio Companies Fny Trltntc. New York, lvc. 2J.-, special to the Herald frtutt Washtngion says: The patent office hart gSnt.tt-d three i luiportani patents to Rudolph M. Hunter, of Philadelphia, as-ilgnor to the Genera) Mi.-lrlc company f New York on thf IransmlMloi) of cectrlca energy, cover ing a perxs) m i, yirs. Should the en-1 prenie court of the I'ntled Stales uphold these patents, millions of dollars In roy. nlea ninst N paid by the Westlnghousc and other octrcnl comninlts. The pat- Mils are of greater Imiiortance to the elcctriial wn-d than any granted In many years, ne the appliances are being used by largo lighting concerns all over the I'nitl States. , Mr. Greeley, assistant connls jner of patents said: "The patents cover broadly the idia ol generating high tom-ion currents and transmitting them through a wlr or by meaiiH of an Induction cell or transmit lens nto uw tension currents or high tension currents ns the rase may be, for distribution. Ry this process tihere If much less leakage and the current can be sent a grcnter distance There fur more danger In these currents, ai they are too hgh tensioned to be -used In lighting or for power purposes. out his) brains with a stone. The store- The syssn patented, however, enables keeper's wife was choked Into lnsensl the electric company to transmit heavy blllty and left ror dead. mm and HflWERGfllEFS at DU W.S curreiitai Irrto tow Hisnatoi by andlnar UH kluti iMialnn nuPML -.hriMJiTfl ft ftutt WV coll by a trnml(tr which Tum a eomi wtm woimi round t. Th hlh tensloa currant (nra.iw by In4tic: m 9 currer of ,wrr lnalon In oo of cowx irlr fly th tat prw-Mw Ov curront iiki t rear. uIuihI at trt. ThT l no loubt thai th patent cover ayrtuma rhcb are very m4y I" ti t the prKt time. Tef are very tiro.ul. Thy lll probiily tnor iwi(py flt Woatlngliouao company Ih.m aiiy oUht e-lrlcii vrwrn In thlf nmnlry, ami In all rVilill!y will rl n t-etiar ilmirn out a. aulln. j Ttiry will not aflf-ct the n trlrii roadr jl.-tiiw th-y u i kno'n tit ""j : dlrwl eunvrit. Ti" I"'!""' have r:f- l.-n' to n It tt " ktmrn t the alter- imilirtf i-.irri-nl. It U,urK-ly I "I rot I i HkIiiIiik inirio. , but' rxl, I thlr.k ful , pLrp... Of .o,.r. the C ,. j Knrlo piMitpauiy will Im- fnilt'f.l to roy- i !all. wIimivit lh.-r y.:iin In In u ' lliil II will liM-ttie linp.'malble 0 evet j ! I'ntlnt.ite t!i- a-niount of in m-y lnvovi n ! p.u .iil..r - It will rfti.ilray ; I rim up !'"' the mllll'inn nn l .ilmo.t rcr : in Inly reut In loiur dr.i't out lw eili , Tlu- mnr Imporlnnt r il.nse -i fnrth by Mr llunt are: '"Iiilir. i , lllne -u! j'iur oonve1n I l:i if an e-otrt- Tiiurn-it ;o vary a' ,..,f, r with pt.m! 'I",n r-T1" nP""-n-'n; In the nrt ,n li.-.td from fln.ei"' T.-n.mit.nlr H-t'le en-rty t. and i ... 1 n.i .... t. . .tlj at t r --t iho atnnrr ' - - w-hKh c(ilt In en-ra:!tie muntiind end rr.ull.aly uniform c.ir. nt, ,f hich - BKILlnKl, ,.la. but In a land per-!, .vachlng etie Ala-kan gold rtelde and tnB i3th. Tha comnuualer of th iu.U Irmlnn at rn ftnllon an. I .n.Unz the 1 I . . . r.inv over a line .it rwndu-lor to inoth-T lal'cr nn.1 itinerating maintained and ' wnctlcallv uilftrm alte-nallr.ir enrrentf ,rnMim current j i""nlm ! Ttie mlhOl of Iranw.l n'Ctrc en.-rgy conltln; In tr.inesnlttlr.a . ....... n ,. ,.lrrll. I rjjUt.rK b, tii-ana of Imlu-'ln) tnalntaln'il and prnc- tl.Mlly unlforn c:ir.'nt ol low r,,.,n ! aiul r!u lively lante volume and Ktipplylnis ad low tenoon i-urTnt lo one or mor IniiiKmlttlrn; devha In aald lo-al ct:r- f'latm IS T!)) 'wntilnHtI'n of Ir.ter- t'liiiin IS T!)) "nitiina'.l'Ki of ruiti d el-v-trio current of hlirh tension a line or prlm.tr.' currenl. a hidt resist 1.- ll m circuit with said current. I1""' rest1n,r coll piir.)e to and In close proximity lo the high resisting coll: a I t....l AM .AMAFInM. rf.leni.lt InAli.ln. a . I l-a or wondnrv circuit Including i-ald'came over hereto enlighten one of your'fron, the prison to which he was sent low rvHUtlng coil, and a frame of mng. ' H-rcat cotittiuwiHi Iwklies mid with a alfted i rt.iii. M,vnn on the charge thai n. tc mal"ria in clone proximity i-pon whl4t the coils nr.- wjtind. Tin-: ci.KVBiaA.vn safr. Xrany vt Her Crew Found Will Soon be Floated. And i Victoria. Dec. 22. The government steamer Qnailra arrived this even Ins. with the survivors stf tlH' slfomer Cleve land, most of srrom. alhoit not Ser kusy III, required medical treatment. C.vt1n Warbran. of the Quadra, has but little twipe for the second officer's Inat aokt ts - oc.Mipan.s. He t-ruksed as far north a Huolt and could find noth. Ing of them. If they are still alive they win be found by the Wlllapa which tva gone at 11 farther nortlS. The first ofnee r's boa was out for five days, being In sight of land, (tut sifrvid 0 attempt a landlns; on accwint of the surf. The boat lets half full of water nil th- time and the men's legw and feet are badly swollen aw a reni.lt. The third officer's boat was out bt tw days and the men on her have almost fully recovered. Captain Walbrnn says thre win he no difficulty in floating- the Cleveland. There Is a big hole In her hull but Its full ex tent cannot be learned unttl all the cargo removed. The Indluiw who looted the ship have beeti sci'tenced to tennn of from one to! cffc'als, all 3t i.hi-n. he env-'. thliix wrl' sx months. j of 4t. but they have not divided yei how Captain Hall and Third Mate Melvln.jH W,,1' bo receive I by the countrv. Pen- with Messrs. 'Motcilf and Tyson, retire- 'loners who have been approached hy Mr. scnllng the Insurance comninles iml the: owners, are staying by the wreck, and as soon as tl cargo In out the lug Czar will attempt to pull her off. EXIXn'TION IN HOXOLFLIT. I Noa. a Terror of the Island, Huag for a Brutal Murder. Honolulu, Poo. 15, via San Francisco. Pec. 22. Momlay morning Noa, a native Mookul. lmld the ilcith en tlty for the murder of a Chln-'se .-itvirokeepcr. fho crime for whlih Noa was executed was one oT the mns hrntaJ nnd cold h'ooded niitnlers In tho crlnlnal annals of (he Islands. Nmi was the leiuler of a band i-r rol'lvrw ami cutthroats who made tt.elr home in the Mookn mountains. Fur years they had t error! :'. the n-lctitmr-hool. Non woud go tv) I he greatoi-t ex treme to avmuge a real or fancied wrong, cutting "Ut tomnie's of his neighbor's rattle. laylr.g death traps for Ms felioa men In foods and prvcticlnc other like cruelties. On the evening of April 7 In company with two confederates he broke ,n, ''h" "lo of Asvio, an aged Chineee and terrifying the man out of bed beat A NEW ENGLAND DINNER SPEECn Senator Kolcott the Lion of the Evening in Sew York. . KS II K M.IA A Ull?HJ. Dil NiU lu Si.) Jkt Vkcrc the Topic Are Diviiltd beaite a Salutary tlietfc on H4-.iv LtijUlatioa. N- York. Ix-c. 22 At a di:in. i- of lh' New Kngl.inl werlety th evening 3ii ator Wolcott. ft Colura-lo, wa the prl.i c pa np-a'T. Ho :;all: For more than a generatP-n we vc, waited for a day whei parties weald !i - llolml ltn,.n. growing -ut of the ' , . . war and lh race urot,.'m xod re burled. The time came, .art,., met on a t.r..ul coioni2 'jueton. a..d lo, we exnerne from the conVRt threatened with another blt'er -ctlonl Jivlhion. The Kr Went, lantely a i-hlld of the Daft, u ...1 ...ii.ino w-'th It- hlnol. iolna harvlj't- tt rr H K force ami O Horr. . . 1 ! ' ' '. . . 1 uumiiuip with the South. The ni-w al-nm-nt t'lfhe object t-f the trip t to dlwemlnate . r H..hie eirditor ', .,..t iremii.in .-enrdrM the task vdel wrth equal devo.lon to what ita peple believe to be the truetti welfare I of the country, fhe grea: majority In one! . t , ,. i section face equally the great majority I m another. ....... i. . a i , ... ...... ,mn;.r. of mn. virile, indumrlou. and '1,tln ... ,L . .. nln. and their brli-fa aro honeit. They -rti.l.l unm am- win nt evmitnn of h-. are Am-Tluajw. In propo'tlo.) greatert f.e ........ . V. . n tha I'.ll Vl D u 1 native born Am rcan cttlxen. and the."' , a..,,-, xbi vI.-wk ihey c-h.Tfc are hed with prac- tical unanimity. So univrraol a feeling as fiat -hi(h prevails in the great West ran not all be wr)ig. You cannit dispose of the conviction held by nilllo.' of ln-teliir-nt 'ope by calling it a craze, and some day you may find t worth yenir ' while to look for the tru-h which Is usu. aiiy nitijct) oetween tne ex.rcmes. , "Only the ottvr day a --ilnvt ufflcer 1 ... . I chlcagu Imagination quoted WaJt Whit - I rmtn. told you how our fathom, when ! George HI was king. dashed the cup' from their lips," a precedent I ,un glad , to see has not le-n followed at this j table, and talked about "ohritn.ctlon" at; Ww-shlngton. having reference to the sen - ate. It V- rather a new W of the term to "il a man wiho does not vote as you want Wm to an obstructionist, and In the last rrvmdred yu3 e Klane and Cullln, prefer of the fnlcaj Depot rnll- slipQ that wn p, of cfteck 'ijpoo hasty legislation which thej war. aald Rober McCullouk-ht ijener ,.lera,n. reporting the seizure of Klae dellberartlon of the senate have furnished .manager of the Cnssave and Fair Ground bay toy the atnrarm mlBlBtet have been of Infinite advantage to the railway. The atrest rail-ray offlcUls are soreirr. affaire at once dUpatched in country." j charged with having failed to provide a-ruon,, t0 Japanese minister In vestibules during the winter months on Peking, gj-d that further interchange of ?.'2W PENSION BILL. each car for the protection of moturmen. tel-srams is being carried on between the . r i government arid the ministers. 'Tt ' sJao Rockwell's !'an of Funding the Tenslewi . SWIFT IV STICK. states rumona are rife that the German Appropriation. , j. . . 'minister ks nvaklng preparations to leave j Honolulu. Dec. 15, vu San Francis-Jo. china. A iHspaten from PAlng. New York. Dec. Ji-Thc Press says: j rr. 22. Swift justice has been visited dated November 19th, announces that the W. F. Rockwt.l a prominent man ol upon the heads of the Maul murderer, chines government had held a secret Merldan, Conn, das In view the presen-! Wittiin a week Sagata and Yoshlda have' conference with Count Caeelnl, the' Rus tatlon of a bill in congress through the been convicted of murder In the first de- sian representalive at Peking with re pension om.ntttee for the fundif of the j. auj sentenced to death. Latuil-na gard to the occupation .of Klao Chou by t enslo-t nppeoprlatl in. The Bill, iccorai-' e-jurt has broken all records on the mur- the Germans. A dispatct. dated Toklo. Ing to Mr. R-wkwcdl. promises to ie of jr cases, having disposed of three In a November 19th, dtwlares that te admiral creut benenr. not only to the government wetii-8 inw. Sagata was crscil with of tha French Asiatic squadron has re. In the saving ot millions of dollars, but tile ,murij,.r Gf his wife and ohl.d aJ wtut celved a co'imuncutlon from the German lo the vast army of pensioners. Jlr. caugiht retlhan I'd. Yoetiida stabbed a admiral Informing ilm of the occupation Rovkwel hat. talked about his plan with japanfse woman to death with a knife, of Kiao Chou by Germam warships and rreeldwt Mclv'n cv. membci tt the! Itheruin for the. action. I "-"V" anl mMns committee, and ponslor "ookwell on the subject also think well of the (de.. and are inclined to view It In a favorable light, lie his consulted n-lso mamerotis hanker, commerced men and life lnira;ce actuaries who approve the scheme and admit lie feasibility, nnd believe It to be entirely practicable. "It lias long been the Idea of .on- gress," said Mr .Rjckwell, In speaking sohttely necessary to Insure proper gar of his plan to a reporter, "that pensioners rlsons for the fortiBcaiions on the coast are dependent, wh reas. ns a matter ol fact, the great bulk of th-tn are Inde pendent. Thousand., if thenn are owners of farms in the West which are n-ort-gaged, the mortgage hearing interest ai anywhere from 8 to 12 per cent . My Idea is to Issue n'notlablc bonds lo the pensioners, or to pav thorn cash at thelt option, lo cover the amount ihey would receive from the government, hased en It fo Insurance expo'ttney. This would enable fihom to pay off th- tnortgagts thus saving to them the dirference be tween the low rate of Interest in any state, 6 per cent, nnd the Intercut on Ot bonds. JWj pr cent. "This would relieve them from th"v present entanglements. There are about SCO.OoO persons on th- pension rolls, nnd to those who are owncs of farms, the payment of the entire amount which, ac. cording to tny table, would be due them, would enable them to start In business and this in Itself would put Into crcu. laon a tanra amoont of money fn, wojfcl inura to th benefit, not only ol th community in wtlch they retldo, boi to th country. i It would ajao to a great aavlnc to tTl rovemmmt bi ttte matttr of awlartc and enptao, an? It would do away ltb the pma on office, wttllo the only epeii the gwemmmrt would Incur wouM be th yraulna; at bond. It would alao do away with penalon attorney, wo receive from pnwdunere a largo ahar of their fee." Mr. Rorkwell thlnka the pen'-01 ro'l I tcomtnir areatcr intcubu upon ttie treajwry every year anj ttiat awoner or Inter aome'hms mjt b dtno with It. lie blve the Idea In a Kre- meaaurc will rwUve the utraln. While vtewlne; til pkui In a favoraole llocht, Mr. Rock, well almlta that It la orwn for dlra!iton and he deailre to have brojght out any fcaturee that may .em !mpra'.tlatie To that end, he Invited ciici.i. Afttrr tne holldayn he w have another eon-f-nttrr wth the pnnll-nt anu Mr. and If the renul'. be .avorable. hu till will I x Introduced tlwj'Jirh the perutlon rornmlttf-e. SAN FRANCISCO'S .VAT. iw,. iw r Jelecation of Drorn- . . . inent mem -nt out by the Alaska trade rrivt. h,rc (a,t nht. The jpiM.,y oonturfts of Governor Rl'harOit of f Alajlka. D. M. Carman, retary of 01 iaa. v. v-'-- (h AIas,a -.nvlmg committee and hlf . Q. wlIIls manaj?e1. of a ,r.r. portfttlon company: Z. T- Sheikley. aon and private e-retary of Ooven-or Sheok. ty; H. H. Sherman, C. A. jenatnn, .. If. Holbroo. K. 3. Cotter. J. A. Sldhsm, the outfit an l t're renuirea. Governor KicharJ Joined the pirty at nheryetme. corning t Denver to intro- , . i. nemie to Gov- duce the ftan Fran"lsco peipi to .u-r emor Adm nt the reception whKh will be hdd on ti)e car. " - ! lv"K TVZcl ..!to Leadvtlle. pueblo, and Ltippl-; Creek. .i i.ni.,v iiriPF.r) - RBTAtATI N KMtA.t. ... . . Buenos Ayr?... Pec. 2Z.-The cnomnct ' . i... ,lo..i t the retnliiliorv u,n , . rhe flnanc? commit- . .- .K- ..ar t. but voteii to .niriit t- - - - . petroleum three ceatars in gold. TlK a.ncr.1 Chang with his fortes evacuated declaration wa, made in the chamber the rts and retired to the lower part that the tariff idwuld not he hostile tc of beito." . imports from the VrJtcd Staff. Ohat It I irenerally cote.-led at before oc- there w-s no rean for a tariff war. eupylng the territory the German com. correspondent In Ro Janeiro wye mander lnJ-ormed aB the commanding of- 'hat It is r-portei in that city tbat ftcers of foreign tmuadrons. 'Rear Ad vi. T.r.id..nr Peril-ra has eecaped . nurai MuNair will be racceeded as com. . ;,e was ittlng to kill the president and J upset the government. gt. WILL BE ARRESTED- Louis. Dt-c. 22. Warrants were Is. ' ,lej today agtxlnaa. Edward S. Whitaker. , president of the UndHl Railway com. pany; Corvin H. Spe-jcer, president of the Soutkem Electric company : John S. ' -y. ivcne'VSF' tHF RIY Chicago Dtv. 22. -- A special to the -rimes-H.u-iUd from Washington says: . .,..,,., h.1M i., ,-),, Xvtfn .fto ,.,1,,,.,, of tne senate and the hou wnloh praolk.aIlv ,nsures the pas - eMfie of tne H,lwWy bi t0 increa3e the a . hy txo Tvm:n9 0f artillery . ,vt,llWB of numerous contmerclal lomes ,n favor of ,he ,ncriMjie naa bei.n largely j,i.-.trUmental In causing the change In the opposition. The two regiments are ab. Sf PREJIB COf RT DECISION. Springfield. III.. Pec. 22 The llllno'Si supreme court today handed down a llnd-l ing to the effect that only the five heads' ot department.- in Chicago are not amen, aWe to the clvl "' lan ' I oision apparently nullifies a large num ber of appointments made i.y Mayor Har rison. ORANGES DAMAGED. Los Angols, Dec. 22. The orange and lemon crops of Southern California have been Injured by frost during the succes. , sion of oold nights. The fact that or-; anges do not show the effect of the frost; for from two weeka to a month after j the cold weather, renders) the extent of i the damage even to the growers of the fruit very uncertain. GERMANY IN CHINESE WATERS Hear Admiral McNalr's Keportof Her Occupation of Kiao Cbon. GERMAN MINISTER TO LEAVE Chili Colters Vitb Rassii-Japaiese Ar Spectators Cernaii Cave .Soiice of Their liteititiis. j Waitiit;ton, December 22. Oermanyi , occupation vt Chlneaw terrftory haa been 1 officially reported toy Admiral McX&lr. HM Bret official report conoemirul the laodlntt of marine by Germany at Klao Chou has Ju.-H been received at the navy , , and of coume makea no reported ocOuparton of November tb, mtniioa of the 'jtl Arthur. Un. d- oe 01 isovemoer Kw Aamtrai McN'alr states tJuit Whe following ha pecved doncMntn; the occUiiattoo of Kiua Chou: "A German aquadrun ewnlting of two ' men-of-war arrived at Klao Cftou bay on roa laJl on the following day l.ftiO blue- , commander of the Chineee garrison te retire beyond (tie Ml la within twenty. fuur tuoun), comment ton from J o'clock " Jay Utb ",farn,ln r . .lur. would not be permitted to take a-way arvy- -w-.v. . ,. mve rtflt,.anJ prnwntt j Tlk. lr-m u n .wwnnt :l-f. i .-e further- - a ' " more vruereu iijwl ui tue cinii yji iuc L'Wnetje garrtoon u?noring this order It would be retcardcU aa hostile und Che gar- rison immediately flred :pon. Thereupon wander of the Aspulc awjuadron in a few days by Oormmodore George Dewey. who left San Francisco lecember 5U) for Yokohama, w hero tu will hoist his flag. ! ' The government of the fritted State , has no policy tn Ctilna otfher than pro. j tenting Aaneric.u. interests, and Inetruc ' tiona to this effect have been given-Rear Admiral MoN'uk- and Commodore Dewey. Admiral McNalr states that Japan dje. q Chou fm the purpose of watching the operation . ,uiJ.. I The lant dipping announces that the I Chltnes" officers who came to witness the 'Japanese tnunenvorsl have received ln- struct lon8 to return Immediately to their homc In consequence of the Klao Ohou affair. Thty have therefore abandoned ' Intuition of (vlKPIHnr Toklo and Nagasaki. i The clippings inclosed by Rear Admiral 'McXllr are coneid.ed thoroughly Te- liable by department officials and their , contents was the subject of a great dea; " speculation Royal makes the food pur, wnoleaoai and dallclou. 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