The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899, February 01, 1898, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTiE DAILY ASTORIAN lithe ,, ( bluest and test piper on the Columbia River THE ASTORIAN has the largest circulation of an caw oo tho Columbia River KULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT. VOL. XLVIII. ANTOUIA, 0KKO0X, TUESDAY MOKNISO, FEBRUAIIY 1, 18!3. vn 7 ' mi! cmtiRMi) "Superior" Stoves and Ranges ARC Tltr BEST J. N. LAWS, AT HAVYES OLD STAND Diaries and Calendars For 1898... Blank Books and Office Supplies GRIFFIN & REED Klondike Supplies MlncrM OutfltH CnmpcrH UtciiHilH nncl Proviso. ih WAS IT A CASE OF ABUSE AT SEA? Sailor Off the Stetson la a I'retarl- odb Condition at Hospital. Will. NOT TALK MICH. PUSHING ASTORIA TELLER'S SILVER RAILROAD THROUGH i RESOLUTION DEAD I'rtpariag to Kui Tbroug. Trails ; Burled la.eraa Adverse Mijrlty ii May rirat. CHANGE IN OFUCI-KS MADE the Heuse. EXCITEMENT WAS INTENSE, latlmatc That tic .e Komjkly laed , f, i r c 1 1 tr.m i Tatl-Arm-farem I I Wealthy D"ii People. H. Csrtii. bcacrsl .laiaijer; .lull a 1c diire. huperislenlrat ; I', f, letter, Rngiiccr I be h. C. Vit Ii It. Uekatci rft Oat if .Misate. CalleriM Cruas'cf Witk tathsainti - Oianley Ml' liilejr the Lester ! Portland. Or., Jan. JI.l'rep,iriUwis are already liHng until" lo get tm Astoria; and Columbia ItlviT llailroad In conoit.on I for oiierutlng. Wist of Aiturla om ' : republican were aoliilly nnM i In opposition wiih to excep'.lona, lcney l of .North Carolina, wtKi voted with 'he I 1-niTut ami populists, ami Wblti ot Nor til Carolina, the only col red member Therm la a somewhat peculiar case at Hi. Mary- hospital. Amos Hltme, a aallor liu came here on lh Atnerban ship Uwirup Hli'tauii, haa b'tn lit lh hx llal iln,. Thuriblay tn( u(Tnr.n- from lh fUrt-tn of a fall from lh f"r I'jp aull.ih! atl ii mi. llw caan la (ha mora tri'iillnr aa .( I kv an luil'oll and .Kraiia irt 1 fr-- frotn joIm. II haa llitl lo any ritaf'litii !,n f,ninr III, utiil tila kinmrra in 'i.!1im ar,- a'lorl uii't ainn llm unlntilji;:tlr lid iw inkui lo th Uiili.i by Cupuli Murphy, nt ttm Hl(.ti, ami orrupli-a a romror-uife- rxoti r th tf.ri tory of lt-r. ho l eorwtrurtlon .-tiKlnfMr. Th j tomary fur htm lo voir, Tvid hla im-: ilia ImiiMIi. i PIinininia io.,k rrtc-i loi.y. oa.lll. and amU fh,- fh.-rr rf hla folio in lirni ra iroim rirr-i.-. f,.,,1,.,fcin Waahtrtoii, Jan. 31. Tho b"u tudy InjrlnJ lh Teller rt:aolutlon af.Uilntt UnvlK ( Iha I'nllad Btata iable la 14- Vnr nn.l-r an b,l vr fnul,irllv nt fifty nill'ja f h rani arr iuw u'i-1t op -ration j Vy(l4 ami s miiw ur tn nn rat or .iiri; j( ara l.y for tr.ilna. 1T laylm of tn tnwk o (otj. will 1m c.nnpl. t il in March I.. 'Mat, I. ..u.t...l I... m. u. II h.t riiniilnic frularly briwoen AaturU nil ri..i.i. I of the nou, who narwi "(irvaant," Aa nip in air mnion n arKmnxiris i lh for- nt tile rd for rrieuhr bjtinwa j l'i-"iil it llami'.winil bM af.(oliiie.l T. I Curlla. of Aatorla, rttntrul m.itajcr, ana in liin name arua called. Tho d ticia from tha democratic aide war. Mo- AM-r, of IVnnaylvunla, and Hlliolt, of Houth Capillna. llotti voted with thr re- John M.ili. to r if-n-ral aiip-rlnt-ol- i Dul)Utar ,lnt thai Droooaltkm. m or (n n-in. in trw p;aw . t; r. HM..lkl.r llrftli tiuMvuh It k not c-ua- Foard & Stokes Company Manulmlurtr and Ooalar In W. F. SCHEIBE, FINE CIGARS! A lall Una al Pli aa. a4ri lva. , AtlkWa. Cotttirliil HI. Mr Mrfliilr lie wni rrrn hy an AimrUn rfporir W ( knW71 tirrlny rvfiilii mid In annWiT to l-ru-a 1aIi1 that hi- ti 21 y.irn of aja and Hi.it hl pjrrnia IHe In II wtun. Ha aa fi.Mii.- ll mheii ).r aMi'i".! ua boy on the Ktoteun, In ikililmore. and that It waa til r-ond voyax at lie aaya the arrMrnt hmnMl b for" niinlntf arnin, trie Horn nn'l h hue ben naw.n. Ilile aln.". Hi- coinplnlnii of hla aptne hurt ma; Mm and 'tn-n ak-i1 nhf.it Ma trratmciit on the voynitr tld, "nail ritoofc-li to rat .art of th t-nio." II ala ao tie waa wlilppwl on ttia voyage, out wlifii or hy ahom. nuld not or ou!l hoi ty, aa whn prrd f r an aniT he oulJ rmitt.r an unlnn-llUlblo rrplr- I If la iqimll) rrllcnt atxiut hla fam ly He waa fortnrrly In Ihr employ of the Southern I'aHnc ax aux rlntendent ot the llne tMtw.vn Tortland an. Airl-, I'olk roumy (Or.f on an ritllrKul) Mr. LmttT wt!l tk a pirlon l-i tne t nrlncvrlntj department Mr Ilammon.l tnnhrtit a!d. "The r irt that tho R,u!hn raoldp w1 I con trol ih A'torU rind t'olumtrU Klver Kallroad haa no foun ltl n whiti-v. r " OV:Kn.M. II.AIrtTrT M-UI). A l!r.iv and fluvrarul Man (lone to Ilia Me. Jan. A voio waa n.ac!it4 after flv houra ot , d'Oate umlr the H'C al order lfllid , tho openlny of Tho rljn tUy. The t:mltj time allowed for debate and tt.a : prcwrire of nenLxTa for an opport in.ty ! to be hturd al to rtai uiat iu n4.r on huCi a.dca wre ooiiiptll d to (arm oui i time by minutm. Thla d trie e,l mil h irom the continuity of ttie diKuart .n, but : it aaji In um nv-arvre mttna-fl d by the j lnt-rt in the gaJin- e, whw h wire I crowded all day, and the cumbatantu on the floor atre ch r.d by Unir raapx'tlve i ympathtter. aiir.y of tti.enitort from I fh frir ttlA At 11 .inl ,.l -r .Pun si -rnivior' to ,wa i0 lh? rKut'-n. Tlie mujority Kill RECEIVED IN THE PHIMAHY. QRAUMAK AND ACADEMIC UKADRH J. M. THE SISTERS OF THE Convent of the ...Holy Names ASTORIA. OREGON. IUVK OI'KNEn TIIKIK IIOAKIUSd AMI HAY HCIItkH. For rataat, mus., adlrea til Huperloreea 1N8TBU- , MENTAL ML'HIC, PAINTINO AND VOICE CULTURE KORM A SPECIAL DEPARTMENT Kopp's "Best A DELICIOUS DRINK.... and ABSOLUELY PURE The North l'aoiflo l!rwrry, of which Mr.Johu Kopp i. iroirittor, mukoa beei (ur Jonifalio and rxport trade. Hottled beer tor fiimily une, or keg Iwr tupplietl at any time, delivery in the city Irve. NORTH PACIFIC BREWERY entit are lU'lng and nrw In lliMton uii.1 he I one of a family ot eliitit. Ha aleo tlaied that he wai In Amcil, ri n.ivy, but notlimir furttier than the mere alat. mint cmrld be got from him. The Platrra aay he l oat trouble aome and hi npie!'te 1 fair. He earn only when the notion tska him and It often rrqutrea roajtlnir to rrnve him p.ir- take nf anything. ! table beolde tila bed la alwaya .nppllea: with food. Ili'lnc aekrd f he would like! IUror. Ham. M fi.i.ii h .u-.i .1.1. ! uno.r tho l.wd.ralilp of Dirurley. who Ins. waa born at J.'nYr,mi v tl Vm-.m. nM,i '"B IT-P-"1 d Pcb. und- brr a. IW. Ho worked on hi, fat.Wa, " f ' "te 'e oppurftl. al : f .rm until h. ... 1: v..-. ... ,h..n l,umiJ ttw that the last clauae ot , riiire'l e rol!ire edinftlnn by truchln j hoil during Hirtlon of the yer. Aft' ell-to-do people. ih,.r. I,..,,:,,.. .,,.1 .;.i... ,hB nlrectlon of BaJiry, of avhonh. He o. grailuoted from th Albany oo of law In and prac tlr.d law In r.inKor until Aujjunt. I'M. when h enll-tcd for the aar In the el-v- j with AUitie nvlni.-nu He waa a bniia- j i1li-r-K"nral commanding the brUade In! thn Mite of Charli'nton and In Ihe great Washington, Jan. SI- Today'a m-ssion of t-ampnlirn of lkM aenln.! HI -hmond nn the eflnln lusted Mi hours, two of the IVtrnfuirK. In hloh ihlj "The Iron kernral approprUllon bl!W, that for the 1 the resolution waa la reaJltr a dlesulad , declaration for t!.e free ci.lnae of tlUer. wmiib uie oaaauiunir d.noTUU, un-hr midntal.ied that the defeat of the r solution waa notner ateo in the direction of the esta'olioh inent of the koM atandard. THE NICARAGUA!, CANAL SCHEME I'roapects Bright for Its Kirlr Kei Izatloa by the I'aited States. M'KINLEY WILL PROTECT IT (ooyre Will Back Hist I p. aid America Capital Will, il all rrokakility, Oiild tkc Ciail. New York, Jan. Z1.--A W'a-ihtngton dla- patcb aaya: If the NtcaraKuao rovernmeot ateouid contract with foreHfn ayndlaie for the construction of a railroad and atetunablp line au.Tuea Its country aivh acUon would, authorltlea aay. be in variation of the terma of conceaeton (ranted 10 the Mart lime Canal ComVany, and would probably be reevnted by tba United States govern nwnt Artic4t of the conoeawton provide that the state felnda ltaeit run to make any subsequent oonoeealon for the opening 01 a canal between the tao oceans during the temia of the pream concession (W Mr) and alao to abstain from sranunc a concession for a railroad auca as ui.git vompete with the canal for the transpor tatloa or mercharkSae during the same period; but nothing In this article small prevent Hie government of Nicaragua from contracting or permitting the con. atructiuci of auch railways tm It may deem advisable for commerce and international truffle Friends of the canal aay the first por tion of this article ahuwa clearly tba Nicaragua baa not the rhrht to make any Conctraslon. 8enatur Morgan aaya the Nlcarag-uan government baa no right to aell to any foreign corporation lbs rail ways and Urrrrrtii If their op 'ration will open a tine of communication para! Ul to the route of tee maritime ceoaL The coiicesMlona which the Nlcaraicuan government tws made to the canal com. pany explicitly excludes U. '"for President McKlnley," he said, "may b. relied upon to protect the United States In the matter and there Is a majority of both houses ot congreart In favtir of building the canai with American capital to stand by him. Tne pruepects of building ihe canal on the tnvti approved by the United States, that la to say, the canal comm.ssion, were r.ever brlifhter than at present, and the construction oT the long desired waterway Is cot far distant" IX THE SENATE. Ilrlk-aile." had 3 ni.wi kllbal und woun.led army carrying C3.!t3,t.2. and. that for For thla reoaon lh. on w different days. Inelnir 11R5 out of tho l.Lil.itl-e, txecutlve and judtcl.il d none in tne service his eomman.l payments, carrying ra,s,5Ji, wer. nevrr moved to the front without him. paea.-d. He waa twice iir.unoie.l by the pri-: 10 reuirn to uosion aa soon aa he wa ; iient ror gallantry tn the field and wn atrong. he expressed a wlh to atay here' 'rmly commendiil by ull hio comnund- for two or three yearn and lnqulre.1 Hi"- ,C"'n"r"11 '''"'" r"h,rn-' 10 t! ' practice of law al llaniror. He rved he could not get a motion. Tt,. 8.M.: two t,rrn , ,he lwUtaluret lnre term, In charge saylhat he ahuww a dlalncl na-! ns atlnrney general of tho tale ami lion at all tlmr. tg talk on any aubjeot : R"ln, dMlnrllon as a lawyer and orator. ..,.lH,u 1 o elected to the 4ih eingross as a i 111 5 ne lert niH p.irtv. nav-1 etare when spoken to tndlc.Me at once . I(J tilkl, a (an(, for ff0Vernm,nt cur. ; fliat hla mind la weak Krom hi pale, nan rency mid opposed to bank currenc, ami feature nnd emaciated frm he mut ho wan nominated as the fulon candidate A PPOIXTfTD REGUTEIl. WaahlngUm. Jan. SI. John M. Hill, o: Colfax, Wash., was today appointed to be rlster of the land office at Walla Walla. WRBFrrrs cask. and hla tuned 'hea,l and wa.inincMn, Jan. 31. In the senate to- . d;iy Oliamller (raw notice that on next , rVMay, at the cunckialon 1 the m rnl:u hltsirw Iia n-,MiLI ... ..!... hllV. mae.l llimn.-lt . In,.. ...,ll .,f fr nu-.rnn. Ir. IC1 ...... .1 -.. . I .o lane up lot t. .. n .",v, ,,. ..n eevieu ikii vtj sickness, but wfietlier hi. hlnta at bad two yen'.. At that time the greenback treatment on rhe voyage b. true, or , movement wis atrona; and the Maine whether hla present condition la the rtilt ! election excited prodigious Intent of trearment, It Is hard to auy, as. Ihroiathout the country. no one In connection with the veew baai thrown any light on hV caac. There ., r .., . iw.l I UUU1.1 L,rjAVil E. AlCEllAU. ca-io M ating to the seating of Corb.tl a. evnator frjm Oregon. ni-NCE AND CUUA The French Feopde Want la See Cubana Free. the " UNION MEAT COMPANY ci Fin Olllkk,l Al l, KIMiM tiKCANNKD MKATa BRAND Mams. Bacon and Strictly Pure Lard 1 1 tut run teed The lliwl In the Market k Cor. rnttrth and Cllsnn Streets rortlnnd. Oreynn. Th. Beat, Absolutely Pur. Ry. 44 Si' Keystone Monogram Whiskey For 81. at Th. Occident Hotel Bar, Tite Offlo. Saloon, And all tii. leading bara tn Astoria- San FranclHCO am' PttrtlaiiJ . . , , , SHERWOOD & SHERWOOD PACIFIC COAST AGENTS, nil to be some mystery surrounding The young mnn. From Hie expression or; hla feature and the shtipe of bis heat Over IMO Pelevules Will Be In one would be lead to suspect that Idiocy ! Attendance. was born In him. It kt nWo learned that Captntn Murphy. Portland. Or.. Jan. Sl.-Tie etate CJn- on hla arrival here, wroto to hl parenia! ventloti of the rtepillcan League of Or- In Il.ielon. about their svm'a condliloii. I "J ul convene In the armory of the i favor of 9UCCfsi ot Cubans. aim it is naso mougnt that ho telegraphed j rl1 n..em Tomorrow, it was t,ne in- "Among people of all daises.'1 he said to the.i from 8a n Francisco, whore he j tentlon to hold the convention In the j "there la a doslre that Cuba bj free The went last Saturdav. A. th l TtiliM Street Tlieftt.T. but owlns to the p,..i. , .' leaving expressed a wl-h for hla speedy "" delegates who have no- taklng action In favor of Cuba by the recovery. n e.iger!y reached out hla hand ""'" "reiary ot tneir intention to, FrenoK lntertt In Snanlsh Knd a and Hhoiik It warmly. Now York. Jan. Sl.-IV. Sanchei Agra monle. a general in the Cuban Insurgent army, hae Just arrived from Europe, bringing J40.00D rated In Pari tor the Cuban cause. Dr. Agramonte saya that popular aer.ttmont In France Is strongly WIIJ. sixn1 BOX t NO. government is restrained Intenttt In SliatlUh h,n,ta A u,o be pr,nent. tt was found necveenry to c tf my mMoa abrouJ Wl(8 , Mon ' - the Red Cross society of the different na- Over DOO delegates are already here and llima rtl8 manner p wnlJll . k I M """ n,oro 'wln arr1v on M'ly wounded have been tr,ated In Cuba. 1 Milwaukee. Jan. Jl.-Otilof of Police trains tomorrow mornlrg. ,e, a nlaniffa(0 ,0 ,h() KjJ 0r0!W oon. Jane-sen has d.-clded to put a stop to all , When tho convention meets It Is ex-1 n yieiuia and talked with proml- boxlng wntost in this city In the fu-j Hvte.l that 1100 .Hcgat.s will answer; m.,u physicians and otllclals wi,h a vUw ture. Seven enterlninmenta of this char-i M' call. j of lnJuclng France and other nations to acter have ion held In the pan three Among those mentioned f.r pr,ldent Is brins pre99llre ,0 tear upon Spain to reo rtionlh. by various aooletlns In Mllwau-j Clau,lo (latch, of Sal. m, and hk supiiorl- ostiiae our Red Cro orgtinixatlon In n.-v, Htv uiiuermniiuing neillir tnat tne1 eis wn umi ne win oe uiuwn oy rul. All n, i j oontesla would be for points only, as there Is a state law prohibiting prlae flrhtlnr. Tlie flghteni, however, over stepped the boundary and In several n atancea knockouts went on record. COLT) WAVR IN THR RAST. Boston, Jan, Sl.-Tho tempemture re ported from varloM pnna of New Kns Innd thla morning etiow that the cold wave atlll continues, atanhciiter, N. H., 23 bo-loM-; Lowell, Aftiss., 5 below; Lawrence, Mass., 13 helow; rortlnnd, jre S bolow: Ldn'tsion, Me., 24 below; Augusta, Me.. S3 Mow; Bangor, Me., S3 bolow. A PIONFErt PR.VD. Providence, R. I., Jan. St.-Albort I-. Pales, n prominent woolen mnnufactiirer. Is dead nt hla home In Pascoag, nged t! years. He was one of Ihe pioneers) or tho wool Industry. NEW STRIKE. 'Port Townsend, Jan. Sl.-The only story of a new strike In Alaska brought by the AI-KI was that prospectors on th? K'g ftilmon were, enthuntaatlc over what they iwwre taking out. but no definite state, me-nt could be had. Hunker creek con tinue good, every claim proving rich. lnrve 'majority and may he elected by ac clamation. Tho prevailing opinion tonight is that Ihe convention will pas a rcaolu Uon endorslrur tlhe St, Louis platform and the speech of President McKtnley at the Manuflaoturers1 banquet tn New York lust week. to have our wunded treated like those of other na tions " Pr. Agramonte saild tliat he hud been prombed the aid of persons of Influ ence, but he did not know whether Spain would grant their request or not. CIVIL BHRVIOK IN CHICAGO. Chicago, Jan. 31. The Times-Herald says: 'Seven police captains will lose their stars today and the name number ot lieu tenant will be promoted under the civil service law to fill the vacancies. This ac tion will bo taken by the commlsalon for tla own safely, desplto tlho protestations of Corporation Counsel Thornton and Chief Klpley, who maintnln that police ciptulns are heads of departments and do not oomo under, civil service rules. President Kraua and his associates of the civil service commission do not wl-h to liable by imprisonment for life. oe in contempt ot ine Illinois court ann for that reason tho seven captain, must stop aside. Tho reasons why these men must go Is because they wero promoted to their present positions by Chief of Po lice Klpley from a rank lower than lieu tenant and the supremo court has de cided that this was contrary to Uhe olvll service law. TORTl'RBD A HERMIT. Outhrle, O. T.. Jan. SI. Two masked men broke Into the residence of Lou s A. Stanwood, a recluse, near Harvey, and tortured him by sticking a knife lino his limbs and burning off his hair and his whiskers until he gwve up all h money he had had, amounting to but fdw dollars. They next visited the home of John Hensley and robbed him. stopped C. J. MeGarlan on the road, robbed him or his money, and were going to a fourth place wHien scared off. Luther Weaver and Will Henderson, sons of prominent farmer, were arrested later charged witn the crime, which In this territory is pun- LONDON GRAIN MARKET. Itad Conditions In France and RiA-eia Cropa 6hort London. Jan. II. The Mark Lane rJz. press today In Ks weekly review of the grain markets says: Although the French avheut fletdi p.-om le well. It Is feared they are affected hy ranknesa and wecda.. AuMiro-Hungary la Buffering from a plague oi field mice ana moles, wtilcti is spreading over the rut plains of Ley I ha and the Danube. The news from Russia Is satisfactory. so far aa the axima wheat of 1S98 ha concerned, but the thrwMng of the 18)7 crop indicates thul the yield Is Vary smail In the provinces which have hith erto been credited with an average crop. The large Kile, of Russian wheat point, therefore, to a wry bad agricultural sit uation, showing that Russia, while not Increasing her total production. Is be coming through agricultural poverty. complete eellw for cash after the har vest. With America. ako a weaker hol ler, ww must be prepared for Increased fluc tuations at lower prices from October to February and higher from March to June, In ordinary year, from July to 8 i:eni- ber the harvests may be expected to con trol prices. In accordance with th. actual reaping. OCKERMAJT ARRESTED. Tho Fugitive Embtxiler of the Elk. Cap- tuned at Vancouver Yesterday. Vancouver. B. C, Jan. SI. Alfred Ray mond Ockerman, alias Raymond, who Is wanted ln Portland. Ota, for th embei- slement of $300 from the order of Elks. was aravoted this morning at HaatlriL'B, a suburb of ttti city. Raymond has been In the n lghtiorhood for about a fortnight, but till today suc ceeded in eluding the police. Ockerman, who was formerly a liruggt In Portland. agwes to go back tuid he states that be can make good the shortage, which he claims only amounts to $810. OFF FOR HOLY LAND. Chicago, Jan. Si. A Tribune special from Sheboygan says: George 8. Y antic and A. M. Hyde started last night on their journey to the Holy Land whoro they go to carry assistance to a colony of Dunkards who went to Palestine In November, 1595. Mr. and 'Mrs. Joseph atyers and Mr. and Mrs. John Yaiitlc claimed to have received a revelation from God with instructions to visit the Hiily Land. At the head of a party of Dunkards from Shubert and Smith county. Kansas, they started In November, 1S96. Nothing waa heard from them by friends until! recently when letter reached the brother of Yantlo re lating tales of suffering, distress and death. MR3. DORR ILL. Rutland, Vt. Jan. Sl.-Mrs, Julia Dorr, tho well known author and poet. Is re ported to be critically 111 at her home In tails olty. Members of the family have been summoned from all sections of the country and are now at her bedside. FOR ALASKA. New York, Jan. 31. The p'lot schooner Aeta will sail today for Alasko with a family party of gold seekers aboard. The party will consist or Charles C. McCarthy ami Frank C. McCarthy, of Brooklyn; their cousin William 'MeCartJhv, of Low ell, Mass.; Mrs, Frank McCarthy and her fhree-months-old baby, Conserva Polaris MoCarWiy: AMss Cora Williams and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Plabjler. LONG EXPECTED REPORT ARRIVES. Captala Kij's Dlspatc.es to War D partmcat j Messenger. NEW3FAPEK MAN THE BEARER Offered Dlier4 t. Caseral Nerrian .1 Vaacaater t. Eiptfite tba Relief Eipefiti.a Raw Ready. Washington. Jan. XL A tui,-cram was received at th. war department from JC. ' H. Wells, a newspaper man, who has Ju.1 arrived M Seattle from the Klondike, My log that he has wrlth him th. long ax- peeW report of Captain Ray to tba tec retary of war. which, bs waa charged to place in the banda of th. aecr-ftray him alf. Captain Ray was at Fort Yukon When he cent his report on December!) last. 'Inasmuch aa the department officials who are charx4 with th. preparations for the government relief expedition are very anxious to seoure such Irtformaxlon, 1tbout waiting for Mr. Wells to make the trip across the continent, he was tale- graphed by Acting Secretary of War Meikeljohn to place all dlspatotM for th. war department Ic the hands of General Merrtam. ctmrnandlna; at Vancouver bar racks. The general has been instructed to open tba report and telegraph .Uch point aa may be necessary for the In formation of the department RBCIPROCTTT WITH CANADA Amendment by S- natnr Carer to Alaakaa Right of Way Bill Washington. Jan. 11. Senator Carter has offered a bin for the bill granting th. right-of-way tn Alaska, aa an amend ment, which reaffirms and contlnu-a the pnesvnt mining; regulations, and offirs the folkiwlna; provision: Provided, that the native born cltisena of she dominion of Canada shall be ac corded In eaM territory of Alaska th. same mining rights and prlvtea ac- enrded lo the en liens of th United States In RrKrsh Columbia and the North wet Territory hr th law. of th An- minion of Canada, "or the locU tews and regulations, and the secretary of the In terior shall from time to time Dromul- gate and enforce the ruin and regulation. to carry this provision Into effect." JEWS WILL BUY PALESTINE. San FrancUoo, Jan. Si. At a meeting last rutrht of 'Zionists'1 or orlhrwtoi- Jews who are ln favor of the purchase and occupation of Palestine, the speaker. were Rabat Ella Berman. Rubbl M. A. Marqutti. an t Rabbi Moses 8ohn. D. D.. editor of the Light, from Dallas, Tex. An of these speaker made earnest ref erence to the present reruns' aenlnat th. Jews In France aa an occasion for th. propagation and the better interpretation to the world of alms and principles ot Zionism." It Was claimed that at 'east a portion of the agitation In France to due to a misunderstanding of ihe entire ly peaceable and largely spiritual alms ot cms movement to unite the Jews. INSURANCE FIGHT. San Francisco. Jan. 11 The or.w nr Insurance Commissioner Clunle declnrlne invalid the bonds of forehrn Insurance companies Includes .very Are Insurance company doing business In tha st.t not incorporated under the laws or Califor nia It leaves the treat volume fn tha hands of two local companies. The in surance men were all lunder the Impress ion that their bonds were sufficient and, that the bonds of all Insurance men do ing business In the state were perfectly good auo win make a hard fight THE REPUBLICAN PRESS. Portland, Or., Jan. SI. At the annual meeting of this Republican Editorial Press Association today HKe following officers were elected for the ensuing year: D. M. C. McGauIt. of Hll.-bo-o. president: W. J. Clark. Gervala, secretary; . 8. Train, Albany, treasurer; J. B. EdJy, J. R. Beagle, J. T. Lighter, executive committee. TROUBLE ON THE NTLR. London, Jan. 31. A dl-Tatch to the Dally ews from Wady Haifa on the NUo near the second cataract, says there ore un confirmed reports that the Dervishes un der Ctoman Dlgna, principal general or the Khalifa, have comrmenoeed an ad vance. .... Royal makea the food pure, wholesome sod delicious. Pill k lilf Uwf iia.ll Absolutely Pure) aovM. amuae rowoaa oo., aaw hum.