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'V r"r, I ' . , - NOTIOKI Dood, V'rhxUr.i'h., Mnrin,:?,, &c, icIiciM I ; :.';.;) r. ::v; Thn Lihury vv..., , .' , Any i err' i t (Jin. r.M !! i 'Ji'A) oil tTM:1 .1- rv ib?"?? ' ME A3T0IHAN kit IDl Urftlt cfrcutatloa of my MP' oo tni Colombia ftlvtr -4-1.-;. j VOL XllX y Stove Store ... IN ASTORIA ... . t, Our Hp.clolty: OTOVCB IND RAMOCO - - . i . Wo know tho buslnwi. Twenty yonri expcrkncrV If you want a (iOOD 8tovc, mo tho itock at tho Eclipse Hardware Co. THEY LEAD EVERYWHERE; 13.BO to 06.OO. Vive Caitiefas $5.00 and $10.00 imoto(;kai'hic GRIFFIN VrV.WiWViWiVrVW.V Things eome his may again iDd thi farmer Is happy NEW GOODS JUST ARRIVED 1 Four Hundred Different Patterns W'uh Sing it Co., Mcrx lmiit Tailor, wero never better prt'i'iiml to hvrvo tliu public in their lino. Genta' V urni.shinjj (mxmIs of all kimU Suits nmdo to order quickly. Large stock n'nily-mado pwxls. Cleaning and repairing. Itotnettitoer, Prlcen Tnlk. --'WAH S1NQ. & CO.!Lcl?: mj.m COLUMBIA IRON WORKS Blacksmiths Boiler Makers Machinists Logging Engine 11m Foundrymen Heavy Forging Under Power Hammer a Specialty Sule Manuractorcrs of the I'nsurpnsscd ... " Harrison Sectional" Propellor Wheel ... Moufacturcrs fur the I'aclflc Coast fa the KOIiCKTS KATCK-TI'IJE B0ILCK. Pacific Sheet MANUFACTURERS OF ...CANS... Fruit Lithographing on San Francisco. Cal. Astoria, Ore. Wrlto U for Prlccn. Full Line of Fall and Winter y THE BEST ON J EARTH sviiuts. & REED. Prosperity Is witl? us- You will think so when you see the superior qual ity of ouf ROYAL CREAM FLOUR It conr?ot be equalled foe Bread, Pastry or Coke. I'OAKI) H STOKES CO f i,wibji,::u - Loggers' Supplies Kept in Stock lit find Repaired, Metal Works spice and Syrup Tin a Specialty. Fairhaven, Wash. ji-r FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS Ayi01UA,:OJimV, FHIDAY MOKMNG, SKITKMBKR 9, 181)8. . MB ATTEMPT TO Conspirators THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS TAKEN SEYERLY TO TASK" BY VETERArS They Denounce His Action in Disregarding Applications Based on Deafness anil Rhearaatisra -Annnal" Encamp ment of the Grand Array at Cincinnati Comes to a CloseWashington Silverites Fail to Success fully Accomplish FusionThe Popnlists Demand Everything Worth Having Shutting out the , Democrats and Republicans Serious Split Likely to Come About in Consequence- NKW TORK. M. -A WorlJ di.t h fr-rni U-mlon uyt: A r-tK.rt ) publlnhed hrr of Hn plot lo miiiiMnil " rr ( SI'wow lt Thr pln ot th iti)lrl"r to allow t l Itilo hu n th rouii of th tr"i prw-Mnlon until th tmopher In rvrry Mum wu paturntr.!. Out of th'ir nunit.rr wag la rwmnln In lh hou.e n'l itrlkv a IWhl whn Ihe (Ur PHIC that the nou would In tha eipwtatlon be blown to plei-es and the cur kill"'. The connplrator would perwn nimneu as a su-rlflce lo the cause. Th'e duty fell to the lot f one AU-x- sndrr KoUnoff. In his agitation lie s-ema to have made an error, as the explosion -.1 i u h.n it occurred a st .n iftVrr and his wife were dnvintt p-it. , .n.l ihev ln.tr.id of the iiar. were killed. I Their o... hnmn will die of hi. injur ' - and about other pirsoiis were more or' lrs Injured. Koi.in.inrs nwnaie-i i was found among the ruins. Tho clir and i tarlna drove by 5 minutes later. Many arresta have been m id" In Mos. row, but the Kusalan press hns ben for. bidden to refer lo the matter. COMMISSIONER or TENSIONS TAKEN SEVEKtV TO TASK. Orand Army Men Denounce Ills Action In rlrcttrlliig Applications Based on Deafness. CINCINNATI Seit. 1-Illlnola and , nd waited for the democrata and popu IVnnaylvanta are celebrating their vie lists to -agree on the amrt!onment of lories at their respective headquarters to- onVea. The contention Is whether the night One has secured the commander j populists shall have two supreme Judges. In chief. In Colonel James A. Beaton, of , or whether the democrata and populists Chicago, and the other the location or the thlrty.thlrd annual encampment ot the CI. A. R. at Philadelphia next ye-ar. While heated contests were going on Inside the guarded doore of tho encamp-1 ment all demonstrattona on tho outside In the city were In accord with the peace Jubilee. The parade of civil end indtistrl. a) organisations In the afternoon, with an ( the illustrations of peace and prosperity and happiness that could be produced. whs the most magnificent iiiint ever witnessed lo this city. It Is estimated that there were 40.000 In line and over halt a million spectators ulon the line. There were more people in me cy on any other day In the history of Clncln- nati. With the river fronts and parks snd Camp Sherman ablate tonignt wi.u a most elaborate display of ilreworks. the demonstrations are ended, but special entertainments have been provided for tomorrow, and tomorrow evening In cx curslons on the river. The report from the committee on pen-, slons snowed tnat tne raie ws ruui Increasing among pensioners. The num ber dying each year now exceeds 40.X"0. it Is estimated thHt he Increase In the number of deaths will bo such that In l'.'M the number of pensioners will be re- a,trA,i in n luii nvpf 'AVI ftW. and that In u., it., win iw.Ahiii-r.fd. When motion wns made to accept and adopt - i the report. Corporal Tanner, ot N0W I . : YorK. arose to uiscuxs u. un smu mat in the main he agreed with nil the commit, tee hud reported, but with that portion of tho report which dealt with Hhe admin latrutlon of the pension ofllce he did not agree, and he went on to speak. In crill. clsm of the present commissioner of pen sions, Hon. H. Clay Evans. With evi dent feeling, ho said: I stand ready to bo responsible here and elsewhere for all the statements I may mnke on this subject, and I declare thnr r,nimllnner Evans called his chiefs ot divisions together ami. using language C. H. THE LEADING DRY GOODS AND CLOTHING HOUSE OF r;i; -?&.,r i Filled House With Gas and Exploded: It; it. the Plan Miscarrp; ani the, Gzir-Estaped; which lnllrtrt Intern fwllng. If not snrr, IniruKed thrm to diirKrd total ly evry application baaed on aafn or rlirumatlm. He furthrr Intimated thai. If any one drrllned to aren't hi lugge. lloiia, h would find chief who would otiry hla ordvra." ConOTal TannT declared thut In hla opinion It woa clr thiU a mnn who would mnke auch an ordT had hlmaHf never hctird the aimnd a c.innon, nor aP'pt In the otn-n air, and he ai not aurprtxed. i therefore, to And that the romnil1onrr of pi nnions hd an army r orl which rorii'IMod of three months and sixteen o a rU,fk ,n lh(. t.ommlHS.iry de. 'purtmrnt. ilHeicale from Kansas followed Tan- ner In th s.imn statemtnt. Tho matter! wns disposed of finally by 'stlotiing It until after the r port vf the commlitee resolutions should be received. WA3UINOTON 8II-VERITE8 KAIL IX) t'OJIK 1 " t!t...- i'opullsts 1'urnue a Want -All Course and! Swallow the Iemo rats und Silver Itepubllcans. " KM.KNSIirKU. Wa.lt. S.pt. S.-The populiat. democratic and sliver republk-un conventions which aro In session here. have met with unexpected opposition In I ih form.itl.wi nt a funltisi ticket, and (he .,., of ,wo )vlln offf wnen fusion was effected at tho Inst moment, are being p,,,,. At midnight the indications I werw that the dendlock would last all I night, and that fusion was in danger. The silver republicans have stood toy '" - I The democratic party nas nrmiy sioou un imy ir ..... .'. ( nulelly lnlted on It. Most of the lighting has been done In the populist convention, where there Is ' a large element In favor of conceding one Ju.Wte to tho democrats. REIORT OF COMMITTEE. The following Is the rejwrt of the Joint conference committee: First It was moved and carried that the fUKlon ticket txsir the name of the J t01VI)c,-n ,rty, and thai the three conven .,. fll-rt ...,,.. .,, a.M..ii, -.. mcvisl and carried that j (h( Mvrr n pi,rty nUve the mm- j ,nulll(t of e COnogresmun. , ..u move,i and ciirrled that . have the nominating ; f eonitressman. Fourth lt was moved and curried that tho people.' a iwrty have the nominating f iUrt.me cwirt Judge Flfth-lt was reaolved as follows: That the three parties mm In Joint convention and at that convention each party shall make Its own nominations for the various ofllces accorded to them by the confer ,.TmVe.. I"!. I. nrlUon to the United euuea by a foreign be con,ldered the nominee of either party ii nil i nn Hiiuii iiav irtn muj j .. .lh v,.,, , thft .hree conventions as .u..i iint convention. I Inquiry, Mr. Chamberlain was asked for thl, nead rOVS MAKE TROUBLE. j nls Ap,nlon ,n ,he abstrAct as lt were. ju ,er on tnls ne"q' In the populist convention tho first four Then it became apparent from Mr. Cham sections of the report were received and I berlaln's conversation that he viewed the STARS AND STRIPES WAVE adopted without doUite. The fifth section i holding of tne Philippines as an advisa waa the subject of a long und confusing ble course for America, both from a na dlKcusslon. 65omo of the delegates wero tlonal, naval and mercantile outlook, suspicious that In tho Joint coonventlon "Colonisation is always a good thing for a 'combination might be formed which any country," ho said. "England's ex would foist upon the populists unaccept-. perience bears out that statement thor- uble candidates. The discussion nnaiiy resulted in the adoption of a motion that the convention proceed to the selection of Goods Now COOPER'S ... RUPORT. BLOW W two aupreme judgeg, and that no other numea be preaented to he Joint conven tlon. In the allver republican convention the reKrt of the conference committee was uminlmouHly adopteo. In presenting- their report, to the cow- ventlon the democratic conferees made the statement that the report was not ec ceplable to them. A committee of Ave headed by ex.Mayor Konald of Seattle, was apjiolnfed to vUlt the populiat con- j vvnlion and unk it to concede to the j detnocrul either one Judge or the party name. The populists answered the re. quest by appointing a committee to In- form tho democrats that they could neither concede the party name, nor one JudKe to them. The conventions then took a recess until 7 p. m. When the populist convention reas- sembled the second cmference committee nKrtel that, by a vote of six to four, the silver republicans not voting, the con- I ference had recommended that the dim. ocrats und populists bave one Judge each; and it also recommended that all the su- pri.me court patronage go to the populists. The affirmative vote consisted of Ave democrats and one populiat. Morrow, of King, moved that the report De rejected, and that the committee be sent back for further conference, sutn the ultimatum that the populists would not recede. An extended debate took place. By a vote of S80 to ZS the populist con- venl0a decided late tonigut not to con. cede one supreme Judge to the democrats. Adjournment wae taken until tomorrow. ' 1 j CHAMBERLAIN SAYS GERMAN TREATY IS SIGNED) The English Statesman Talks on Ameri- i you took the Philippines it would make can Topics and Favors Our Retention " manifest to the world that you do not . . . ... . intend to be left out of the Pacific and of the Philippines. jCnlna trade The tendency of recent .., . . . ' .events, as you well know, has been to NEW YORK. Sept. 8.-The Tribune cl(8e cbJna wh,ch bM Mthwto W) M.y,: t . . . , . . ,, ' open to close its ports in fact to England Joseph Chamberlain said frankly to and ,he Unlted Swte Tribune reporter that the treaty with , effort, of ,ne BrUlgh government Germany had actually boe signed, thus have to Weep the ,1, of chlna open mokmg It known to the world for the an1 mogt aMuredlv lt ls ,0 lnterest lirst time that such an alliance had been of ,he VnUed Sutea tha( thMe WiV, " e. , . should be kept open. Dispatches from England yesterday, Juit now h, Clllted Btatet to wll. made It clear that In that country it was ng ,o w fur(her her lnteresta , tnat still a matter of conjevfire whether there mrec oltner D actl hereelf or kav. was any true basis for the reports that England and Germany had como to an i understanding. Moreover while not j wWch haa to aetermlned. j stating k in so many words, for the rea-, .iprom a , caft ,earn , my capaeHy ag son, as he explained, mat he did not wish colon,a, 8ecretary .. ctied Mr. Cham jto appear presumptuous. Mr. chamber- 8iBnlticantly. "the one thin the am niaue cieur mai me cnisn so. - ernment favors the retention of the Phil- Ippines by the United States. hen Mr. Chamberlain was asked as to the opinion he held regarding the most advantageous course which the united ! Stiitiui riMllil nit rail a mvnrHlr)r ha Phil- w s nTZ - -Yn?; - " upon this matter, I must not do so. for the simple and sufficient reason that ,. " V . i . . . - . 8 a'usn""' " oes.ues oetng in- i viiiiimim nmim raA rmnpninonr , : . ---"-.. Leaving, thereupon, the direct line of ougniy "In the first place it tends to uplift mo whole character of a nation. The gov- lE GMOP RUSSIA ernment of colonies compels country to - , much broader and wider pollcka and national thought becauae of the further reeponaitiilitloa Incurred. Inatead of pending every moment of Its time In the ; consideration of parochial or local mat- ters the holding of colonies Imposes an . enormous trout upon a home government. the carrying out of which undoubtedly helps any administration because of Its broadening influences, and those Influ ences always permeate with advantage through the country which gives them ' rise. Colonisation Is beneficial to any nation. It elevates that nation and makes its people more Interested in public af fairs. 1 "The cry Is sometimes made that to govern outside possessions detracts from ' the proper attention which should be I given to Internal affairs. But that has not been England's experience, 'lhe gov- ernment of our colonies has not prevented us from giving necessary and adequate attention to national and local affairs." In reply to the suggestion that possl biy the United States would be Influenced In Its attitude on the Philippine question by Intrinsic considerations, Mr. iham- berlaln said: "That question Is an Important one. ot course, but as a rule all our colonies pay their own way. Of course we don't ex- 'act anything from our colonies in the ' shape of direct tribute. They have the : spending of their own revenues, and their receipts usually are sufficient to cover ! their expenditures. In solitary cases. like the West Indies, while there was dts- tress because of the failure of the sugar icroD. we srave heln. hut these Instances (are exceptional. "Another factor which should be wor- tny or me deepest consiaerauon is mat Ing her Interests to be taken care of by . . rnnnrHon wlfh our nwn . contm,ntai powers ure rruld of is that an understanding should come between j the Vnlted StatM and England." The que8tlon of protectinT American trJ(h tntere8t9 , ner p08slo,8 Monies hu nan .miine ineiff unnn nuisida - ..... mpor" as an 'mPSM mm country ' ,0 V:"' oul ne aismissea tt who mis repiy; ..lf you become a colonial power and ,nrira im f,.rei imDort into Ina fap. hnwevfP that vou haVe tried Tour colonies wou.a not pay. in .ew , " tarlfts here and prov the poMcy sue- . ...... ; cessruny lor years, it wouia not oe e- 1 ., .,., . . WITH THE BRITISH FLAG. Pretty Compliment to Colonel Bates and Secretary White During the Army Manoeuvers In London. LONDON. Sept. 8. The stars and stripes were raised toc- with the Brlt- Arriving Daily ASTORIA TSE DAILY ASiv2AN h -t!;;est in Uii i:,;r.i oa tt9 CcL-l'a r.V NO. 12 Ish union Jack and the royal standard, on the marque treoted oa Salisbury plain during the march past of the troops at the end of the army manoeuvers, as a compliment to Captain Alfred Bates, United States military attache, and Henry White, secretary of the United States em bassy. The foreign ministry attacnea seemed surprised at the sht of the American flag. WORLD'S WATER SUPPLY MAY SOON GIVE OUT. Remarkable Theory of Professor Crocks, Who Fears for Humanity'! Needs for Water After the Year 1M1. BRISTOL, Eng.. Sept, 8. At the open ing of the British Association for the Ad vancement of Science here todiy Pro fessor Crooks devoted his Inaugural ad dress chiefly to the theory that the world's water supply will fail to keep puce with the needs of the growing popu lation beyond the year 133L The supply of fUed nitrogen, mostly In the form of nitrate soda, he said, might come to an end. POSTAL CLERKS IN SESSION. DETROIT, Sept. t ibe association of postofllce clerks today elected Thomaa Donnelly aa president. IDemphla waa chosen as the next place of meeting. DEATHS AT CAMP WIKOFF. CAMP WIKOFF. Montauk Point, Sept 8. The death list from the general hos pital today was seven. Today there were O patients In the general hospital and 900 vacant cots. In the detention hospital there were 330 and 300 vacant cots. FLAG PRESENTED TO M'KINLEY. WASHINGTON. Sept. 8.-By direction of General Miles, President McKlnloy waa presented today with a Spanish flag whicn was captured by the American troops at Coamo, Porto Kico. SHAFTER IS NON-COMMITTAL. . NEW YORK, Sept. 8.-A special to the World from Camp WikofT says: General bnufter listened with Interest to a synopsis of General Miles' Interview criticising him. Then he remarked: "I won t suy a word." Ihe lorel la the hieWst f eee hakieq powder eases. ACieei wn seew n foee warn taira farther tfcu ay elkmr treasl Absolutely Pure KOVH SA.NI tOWtO CO., MIW VOM,