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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 22, 1898)
NOTin i j Hooks, h-rio. l,7:nls. IVI ;. , , Aro fGT To !'. T -'n - .!''-'".y t;i ',, v.ll !. liable to fjro-y..ui:'A. r-r-- TIE ASTORIAN hit tbi larftit circulation of iny piper on tftt Columbia River T8E DAILY ASTORIA !t is the tlffest and test tajer oa tne Colombia Mvcr . I,,. . I, in - FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT. VOL. XMX. ASTOHIA, OUEOOK, THURSDAY MOttNING, SEPTEMBER 22, IBM. NO. 61 She iiito 1 ri v 1 7 1, 1 y I I A A .- ai ltd am n KMil 111 e-S ui ri III . hju fk 1 -y f JSTS f SS Ay Ay The Only Stove Store IN ASTORIA ... Our HpocloUy: HTOVRH AND RANOEH Wo know tlio buhintwu. Twenty yours experience. If you wont a ' liOOl) Htove, at'O tho Block at the Eclipse Hardware Co. Sill wi-4r jii TM Sunt I! Life is not cuorth living mere it Tw 4 i tin COLUMBIA IRON WORKS Blacksmiths Boiler Makers Machinists Foundrymen Logging Engines Unlit nnd RopnlrccJ. Heavy Forging Under Power Hammer a Specialty Sole Manufacturers of the I'osorpasscd ... " Harrison Sectional" Propeller Wheel ... Maoafacturcrs for the Pacific Coast fa: the KOHEKTS WATEK-TIIJE bOILEK. . . HOSIERY AHD OHDEKOHR . . New Goods Suitable for Pall and Winter Just Received. Buying direct from the manufacturer and only reli able goods, we are enabled to give our customers ex ceptionally good value. SPECIAL- 100 doz. Wen's Sox, Wool, Cashmere and fine cotton in Blacks, Tans, Jlatdral and Camel's flair at 25 cents per pair. T-T THE LEADING DRY GOODS , AND CITY BOOK STORE Hetidtjuarterw for SCHOOL BOOKS, SCHOOL SUPPLIES, STATIONERY, BLANK BOOKS, TYPEWRITER PAPER, RIBBONS, ETC., ETC GRIFFIN & REED not for the nice things cue eat OurnHBortment of provlelorm Ib the laiKCtniid flneHt In the city. Try bo me of our Han ib, Bacon, Her ring, Mackerel. Cod floh, AnchoviB, Etc., and enjoy life. FOARD & STOKES CO. Loggers. Supplies Kept In Stock CCcDCDlEP CLOTHING HOUSE OF ASTORIA ACCUSERS ACCUSED Dreyfus' Enemies on Trial In Paris on the Most Grave Charges. PICQUART AND L0BL01S Ctarged AnstTnernTnatTbey Revealed State Secrets and Forged Documents. A SENSATION WAS SPPUNG fUoart Declares H Will Not Kill Bin' self-Tblnks Ha Wl.l Be Mur dered la His Prison. PAIIIH. Heft. L-Thr trlul of Colonel Pit-quart and M. Loblola. Uyr, on ihnryrof rcvmllnc douminl (.imicrnlnu th nniioiiiil ilrf-nf, twnfiin l5y Ix-forf rurriH-ilon tribunal. llm ulllc irMUtor, however, u.ki-J fur an ad Jourrininil, on Ihn uruund tlmt the ire cullon of Ili-quart on a churn of f"rnry and lining a fr-d dm-umwit had ben onlrrrd hy the mlnlt r or .r. M. Ijibor:. who waa i-ounai-l fjr Zola durlriK tha luttrr'a funioua trial, ImllK nantly owd th udJournmnt. hn-n h uld waa an altrntpt to h.md I'lojuan ovrr Intu the clutthMt f th m:ntar autliorltli. I'lrquart then maJ a lnn-tn-nt hit -h iMimp.1 m-nautlon. He auld: "TM. la tthai' the at time 1 hall irnk In pulillc. I .hull ar-), n-rha. In the prt.on of ')ifih MI'll. Thrrfr. I lh to (In litre If find thrro the irnniillng cord of l- MiTilvr I'liurd or the roior of Colonrl Henry. It lll 1 nmrOrr, for I have no Idea of ciminliut ulrlda." Th audience a deeply moved, hDl houted "v.v llciuart." The JUiIk. however, deiidej to Indefinitely adjourn (he lit, Meriler I'lcflrd referred to by M. I'lc punrt a detectlv. undcr.tod to hav tn-en rtnnloyed In th lreyfu affair, who waa found hanged !n hi lodclntfii alwut a year ago under t-lrcumatancr whli h cut unie douht ui'n the theory that be com muted aulcide. Taper here lay MlnlHter of War Chan olne haa ordered the trial of Plcquart on a charge of forgery and using forgi-d doc umrnta. A Ml.NEhB LUCK. SAN FRANCISCO, Si'pt. .-Geor Mulligan, a miner who recently returned from the Klondike, loat a purae contain ing W.iM) on a street car a few day ago. It haa been found and returned by John Donahue, the grlpman of the car. With the exception of WO In currency the money waa In check, one of which waa a draft for .'7.(W liued at Pawton City on the SEE THEM! Hank of Ilrltl.h C'olumtHa In thla city. Mulllmn, who waa go ducky ai to re cover hla mny, left l at the tar hou for tha h'mrat rlpmn. OARCIA W1U, B1C OlVE!f A MOST IlOTAL WEI.OME. Will ft tht Oueet of General Law ton on III Vl.lt to Bantlago-A Cuban Editor on Annexation. NKW TOHK, tit. IL-A d.ipmed A the Herald from flamingo, Cuba, aayg : Callito Garcia ha arrived at Juanl on hie way to Santiago. He will proba bly go from here to the United Btatta, where hla daughter 1 111. He will come to Palma Boranlt tolay. reaching here tomorrow. Oereral Lawton Intend to rclv Gen eral Our'ia tomorrow aa an honored gueat. A he now hold, no poaltlon In the Cuban army, ha will be treated aa a dlatlngulahed private cltllen and a great oldler. Oenrral Wood will go to the outnlde limlti of the town to welcome the Cuban loader and a guard of honor will meet him and eacort him tbrough the town to the palace, where he will be met by General Lawton. A lve will be held, at which th various American official will be pre sented to Garcia. General Lawton ald Ihl aftehnoon: "Our reception to General Garcia will be In hi private rapacity and not a an officer of the Cuban army. The Intention I to how a mark of honor to hi char acter a a man and a a aoldler, not at a general In the Cuban army." The Cuban. In tho town, who are alio planning a reception, are greatly elated, contrasting 0nr-U Lawton' action with General tihttfter's. In an Interview General Lawton ex pressed himself a well satiated with the position of matter In the provin -e. under hi command, lift scouted the view of (he likelihood of any trouble arising In omiectlon with the Cuban army, now pructlcaly In proces of dinbandmcnt. He aid: "I don't believe any friction I likely to occur. The Cuban army in the province Is practically being disbanded. General Castillo' command has already been dis persed and the other bands of Cuban troops will be gradually gotten Hd ot by granting them long furloughs. The men win be allowed to take the.r arms, but no troublo need be anticipated on this account. In a few month. In this climate those arms are practically use-lei-. They have little ammunition now and I shall lake cure thut they get no frexh up;iilis. To muke an attempt to take aay their arms la simply to give them too treat un IJea of their own Importance. It would g.ve some trouble and In the nd would defeat the object In View. They would secrets their urms and at- at h more value to them. "I do not anticipate any evil result fol lowing the letting loose on the country of a l.irpe body ot urmi-d men accustomed o predatory hublla. Of course, there will be a little trouble, but we will be tern with offense agslnst the public or der, and time. 1 believe, will solve all matters. I attach a good deal of Im portance to General Castillo' view at Santa Cru. He know our view on the arlous matter and la In thorough accord with us. He will be able to do a great deal to smooth over the little matter which may arise." Tti Infanta Maria Teresa. 1 not yet afloat When she wa pumped out last Saturday, It wa found she wa still hard and fast on a rock which had penetrated her bottom. Another ten days of delay will result. El rorvenci publish a bitter article on the subject of annexation. Enrique Tru lllo. the editor, will say: 'The programme before the war, dur ing the war and after peace wa declared ha been one of Invariable and absolute Indeoenuence of Cuba. Neither now. be fore, nor after, have we been annexation ist. Irobably tome unlucky destiny like death may be against us, but a men de- Ire to preserve life. o we protest against the political suicide of annexation. During the preliminary contest for Cu ban freedom, the first solution suKKMted w-us annexation, but this was never our Ideal, only our second resource. The southern states of America desired to perpetuate slavery, and for this reason they desired to help the project of Nar- clso Lopes. President Lincoln ended this reason for annexation. "The Spaniards desire it. They cry 'an nexation or nothing.' but it Is the desire of the Spanish still on the Island, In or der to save their property, to give them selves up to strangers rather than to ac cept tho holy Idea of Cuban liberty. We reject annexation because it Is against our feelings. It 1 Impossible for us to live in a strange atmosphere or under domination, even although American. It Is Impossible to deal with a strange race and a strange language, customs and Ideas. "We have battled for thirty years for liberty. Mood ha been shed In rivers to preserve our Individuality. None now shall take It from ua. To do it, It is nec essary to cut down woods to stop a river. to rqopulate the entire country. Nothing can do It except extermination of the spirit animating. There Is no room here for any save our own people, no history, no tradition save our own. Annexation as a realisa tion would kill our people, our history, our tradition. We do not think the United States capable of accomplishing annexation, but, if so, It would be only their ourt. Reference to the history ot Florida, Texas and Louisiana proves this. The United States are Incapable of forcing annexation. Tho acquisition ot new territory has never been tnelr policy, but even If this new vo-uy Is Inaugurated they would Unit Cuba Irreconcilable. It Is Impossible to amalgamate us. The ballot box muy be bought, but true Cu bans will repol with strength, the Idea of annexation," OPPOSED TO CHILEAN CLAIMS. NEW YORK, Sept. 21. a dispatch to the Herald from Buenos Ay res says: Bonio public excitement was caused here Tuesday by a demonstration of stu dents. Intended to show the government that the people are opposed to any yield ing to Chilean pretensions. The police dispersed the students, however, without any causaltles. The cltlsens of the coun try are earnestly supporting the govern ment In its opposition to Chill. Many bodies of volunteers are being organized and their members show nnxloty for mil itary Instruction which - will prepare them to take the field at once In caae hos tilities should begin., ' ' . ' . Netfotlatlons on the boundary questloh continue In the meantimo witnout mark ed Incident, . i ' ' ' ' JONES AND CUSHMAN Named by the Republicans of the State of Washing ton for Congress. FAYOR GOLD STANDARD Silrer Men Out-Vote! tvi Decla ration Was Mide for Sound Money. EXPANSION OF TERRITORY Platform Favors Bolliiif All tbe Lin J ConqoereJ In e Wr-Tlie Other Conventions. TACOMA. Sept. IL-Th republican tate convention today nominated the fol lowing ticket: Cotutressmtn W. U Jon. oi mim. and Krancl W. Cushman, of i-acoma. Judge of the supreme court Mark A. Fullerton. of Colfax, and T. J. Anders, i,t Will 1 Walla. The nomination of Jone and Cusnmsn were bv aoi lamajlon, and the nomination of the supreme Judges were made unan imous before the reeult of the first and only ballot wa announced. The business of the convention was con ducted In a smooth and expedlilou man ner. There were no spirited contests on the floor, and the proceedlnga were al most featureless, me pianorra adoiited lust as It come from the commit tee, without discussion 'or a dissenting voice. There waa some controversy In the committee on the financial plank and tne subject of territorial expansion. The east ern Washington delegate wanted to in- rc.rporate the St. Louis nnanc.al plank. but thev were out-voted by thoee from I , . . -r i n i the west sloe, wno insisieo. on m-vvn. declaration for tne gold stanuara. In delegate assembled at the Tjcom. theater at 10 a. m., admission being u ticket only. The feature of .the opening was the playing by a band from IctorU, B. C of the "Star Spangled Banner." The result for temporary chairman was: Blake. SIS; Cosgrove. Ill An amusing Incident occurred, in nom inating W. W. Robertson for assistant secretary Mayor Nlckeus, of racoma, stated that Robertson, two years ago. was a gold democrat, but that he was now a republican. Robertson did not taae ms station, but a Lewis county delegate arose and said that, although Robertson wa in ympathy with the republican, he wa not yet thoroughly Identified with them. It Dlaced him In an embarrassing position and he requested that his name be with drawn. The request was acceded to. Committees on credential, permanent organisation and order of business and resolutions and platform were appointeo. one member being from each county. While the committees were out. United States senator John L. Wilson wa called on to address the convention. He awakened great enthusiasm, when spcttklng on the question of territorial ex pansion he said Wherever the American flag has gone up over conquered territory by the grace of God. It ahould -ever be taken down. Senator Wilson suggested that the con vention should adopt a platform which declared for honest money and unequivo cally for the gold standard. At the conclusion of Senator ilson s speech. Snyder, of Tierce county, began to sing "The Star Spangled Banner." ine entire convention arose to Us feet and Joined In. The committee on permanent organisa tion recommended T. B. Flske, of Cow- Ills county, for permanent chairman. The committee on platform presented Its report, a synopsis of which follows: We Indorse and approve the udmlnls tratlon of President McKlnley and his , companion named Johnson, of Spring cabinet, and Indorse and approve the i Mass. He was almost In sight ot course of Hon. John L. W ilson, our re - publican senator, In congress. We endorse tho conduct of the war throughout, and are now In favor of the retention of all the conquered territory. We favor the existing gold standard and oppose the free and unlimited coinage of silver. e re commend to the voters of the state care ful consideration of the proposed con stitutional amendment granting equal suffrage. Wo favor the construction of the Puget Bound, Gray's harbor and Co lumbia canal, and tne Improvement of th Columbia and Snake rivers, thus uniting all navigable Inland seas and rivers ot this state with tho Pacific ocean." MONTANA SILVERITES. ANACONDA, Mont, Sept. 21.-The dem ocratic, populist and silver republican state conventions met today. In each the chief Issue Is fusion or no fusion. Only i.. i i i 0 Ua t- rironi a court and one congressman are to be! nominated, but the coming session of the legislature will elect a United States sen ator, to succeed Leo Mantle, and the strife for this ofllce complicates the situ ation. The conference committee on fusion was unable to agree, and apparently all hope of fusion Is gone. The proposition of the democrats was first that two retiring Judges of the supreme court bo renomin ated. The democrats further proposed that the nomination for clerk of tho su preme court should go to the populists. that it has made the foregoing proposal gressmnn, that the populist and silver re publicans pass a resolution agreeing to tho election of a democrat for Lnitrd States senator. This last proposition met Immediate dis sent. ' ' When the democratic convention met to night Its conference committee reported that It hail mado the foregoing proposals and that It had ben rejected. The report was promptly accepted anu tne commmee discharged. Tho convention adjourned until tomorrow, when It I proposed to mmilnate a itralght ticket. The illver republican convention tonight adjourned until tomorrow, In hope Of Indurmg the democrat to recede from ther position regarding the senatorshlp. Tho populist convention I still debating the subject. The democratic platform adopted tonight endorse tho Chicago platform, but aay nothing about terri torial expansion. MICHIGAN REPUBLICANS. DETROIT, Sept. !L-Oovernor Plngree waa unanimously renominated by accla mation thl afternoon by the republican state convention. Many members of hi party who have not heretofore been In accord with th governor Joined In cheer ing when he appeared and mads a char acteristic peech of acceptance-. Governor Plngree announced that he waa "Jut th Mime old bald-headed Plngree be was two years ago; the kind of republican that be lieve In principle before party." The resolutions adopted endorsed Presi dent McKlnley and Secretary Alger, The financial plank I a follow: "W reaffirm the principle of the St. Loul platiorm and pledge them our support, a a sure guarantee of national prosperity and honor. We tand upon th exUtlng gold standard, and condemn th proposi tion to admit silver to free and unlimited coinage at the ratio of U to 1 by thl country alone." WANT BRYAN FOR PRESIDENT, BALTIMORE. Sept. ZL-Th democrat of Maryland who favor silver as currency held a convention In this city today to take action relative to the coming con gressional' campaign. They nominated William WllUa as a candidate for con gress In opposition to John Wslter Smith, the democratic candidate, and endorsed the other democratic nominee. They sdopted a platform reaffirming the prin ciple of the Chicago platform of VIM. and endorsing William J. Bryan a the demo cratic candidate for the presidency. GOLD MEN VICTORIOUS BRIDGEPORT. Sept. 21. The demo crat of Connecticut today assembled In biennial convention for the purpose ot plating In nomination a state ticket. The committee on resolutions, finding Itself unable to reach an agreement, voted to present to the convention Itself two pre amble, one reaffirming the Laicago plat form and the other eliminating uch re- ffirmatlon. The majority report of the committee Is a victory for the gold men. PITTSBURG TRAINMEN DEMAND HIGHER WAGES. Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen Pre ent Scale of Wage to Take Ef fect In Thirty Day. PITTSBURG. Pa., Sept. 3. The Post today will ay that for some time past rumors of a big railroad strike have been c.Tculated. but nothing could be learned until yesterday, when It wa developed that the conductor and brakemen ot the roaas entering Pittsburg want to be placed on an equality w.th their brethren In other parts of the country. To accom plish their object, these two branches of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen yesterday presented to the officials of all railroads entering this city a scale of wages. An answer Is requested within thirty days. Tbe demand calls for a ten hour day with extra for every hour put In beyond that. The rate of wages asked for Is a fallows: Day conductors, CT3; day brake men, 12.50; night yard conductors, rJ.90; night yard brakemen. $170. Extra per hour: Day conductors, ZTH cents; day brakemen, S cents; night con ductors, S cents; night brakemen, 27 cent. The present wages are based on a twelve hour day. It Is claimed by the railway men that the rate asked by them is found In Chicago, Cleveland, loungston and many other western cities. The dls- i unte, for which the advance Is asked extends east as far as Altoona and west to Ashtabula. Ninety-nine per cent ot the conductors and brakemen In this dis trict are members of the Brotherhood and they expect the companies to grant their demands without a strike being necessary. THE TERRIBLE CRIME OF AN ALASKAN PROSPECTOR. Without Provocation He Blew Out the Brains of an Unfortunate Com panion Last Winter. 8EATTLE. Sept. 21.-George Bowman, of Hriut Conn., was murdered last winter .-.-tnir a terrible snow storm, by 1 (he mecca when his strength failed . n(m nd he sank down In ne soft snow. Johnson, who was the leader of the party, went back to him. and, with an oath, blew out the unfortunate man's brains with a revolver. This Is the terrible story that Is told for the first time by J. C. Smiths, who has Just returned from Alaska. His partner, Edward Calhoun, of Yonkers, N. Y., wit nessed the awful deed, which was com mitted near their cabin a short distance from Dawson. Calhoun, too, nearly loet his life from a bullet from Johnson's re volver. Nothing was heard of Johnson. It Is presumed he perished In the snow storm while trying to escape. FLOODS IN CHINA AND JAPAN. VANCOUVER. B. C, Sept. 21.-Adviees from the Orient by tho Empress of India, which arrived this morning, state that China and Japan have b een tMteJ . by thunder storms and destructive floods, In which many hundreds of people have" .-' their lives. Tho region north of the An hhan mountains has been 4nundated for hundreds of miles by the Yellow river. Several hundred thousand of people have been plunged nlto the deepest distress, and many into absolute penury. WILL ESCORT THE REMAINS. NARRAGANNSETT PIER, R. I., Sept. 21. Mrs. Jefferson Davis has received an offer today for the escort of the remains of her daughter from the hotel to the rail way station. Thursday, from the com mander of the local G. A. R. post. The offer wus accepted. GOLD ENGAGEMENTS. NEW YORK, Sept. 21.-Today's gold en gagements comprised $1,700,000. The total engagements received from Europe since the beginning of the movement axe $10,- 600,000. i . r;'f.i, ... OFFICERS TO BLAf.lE Relatives of Deal Soldiers l'; In Arms Against Gen. Otis. WILL PREPARE CHARGES National Movement Now on Feci to Bring tbe Matter Be fore Congress. WAITES' POINTED CHARGES Lays Alt tne Blame Upon Qotrtenru-ters-Alfer Holds ComfflasJiiif Officers Responsible. CLEVELAND, Sept 2L-C. W. Motclaf. of this city, whose ion, Burton Metcalf, died recently In Ban Francisco of typhoid pneumonia, contracted while at camp Merritt, will take step to have charge preferred against General Otis, now wrU the American forces In the Plu.ipplnesv Mr. Metcalf sold today: "I am a member of an organisation made op of people all over the country who have lost relatives or friend who had enlisted In the regular army for ser vice In the Philippines. These men died tbrough exposure on that pestilential spot known as Camp Merritt Each mem ber of this organisation will bring prea ure to bear on his congressman to have charges preferred against General Otl. who located the camp where It waa. BLAMES QUARTERMASTERS. LEXINGTON. Ky., Sept. 2L At conference last night of Secretary Alger with General Breckenrldge, commander of Camp Hamilton, and other orllcers. Gen eral ganger said thau'whlle the division hosritial mtgiit'ba a good thlntr, a now conducted it had been a disgrace to th service. General Waltea told Secretary Alger that the conduct of some quartermasters In not furnishing supplies waa criminal. Pointing at Quartermaster-General Lod lngton. General Waltea said: "These men cannot say It waa somebody else's fault It was the fault of Quarter master Lee. and It was the fault of Quartermaster-General Ludlngton, who U tandlng right here,' x.j,... i Ludlngton made BO reply. ' ' V; ' ". ALGER EXONERATES HIMSELF. . KNOXVILLE. Tenn.. Sept 2L Secre tary of War Alger, who today Inspected Camp Poland and reviewed the enlisted men encamped there, made a speech to the commanding officers, at General Me Kee's headquarters. In which he fixed tbe blame for the sickness In the camps throughout the country on the command ing officers. 1 ' A TRAIN TRESTLE SINKS TWENTY-FIVE FEET. Curious Phenomenon of a Swamp Trav ersed by the Philadelphia Railroad Neighboring People Frightened. ANCRAM LEAD LINES. N. Y., 8ept 21. A trestle 23 feet high, spanning part of a swamp traversed by the Philadelphia, Reading and New England Railroad, a m le west of Pine Plains, which la In Duchess county, has sunk completely out ot sight In the bog. In another part of the swamp, a telegraph pole alongside . the track has disappeared. Sixty men are at work with construc tion and gravel trains piling 120 cars of gravel and stone a day upon the road bed. which sinks faster than filled In. On Sunday night the roadbed was II Inches lower than on Saturday night and and on Monday night eight Inches lower than on Sunday night. A piece of pipe used for sounding has been driven 120 feet Into this bog and no bottom was round. The road bed look a If twisted by en earthquake. Resident for miles around flock to the scene of tnls phenomenon and speculate upon the possibility of their houses also sinking Into tbe swampy land. YACHT FOUNDERS. PHILADELPHIA, 8ept. 21.-A dispatch from the Delaware breakwater says the schooner yacht Rebecca, owned by Edwin Dudley, of Fhllrt.delph.la. bound from New York to Philadelphia, foundered near the new breakwater this morning. The owner of the yacht, his guests and tha crew were rescued by the tug Vldette. Ike Royal i tbe hiybe.t grade balling powear kaowa. Actual tests shew It (Ma oae tklre further than aay other broad, Absolutely F-uro SOYAI. CAKIM O0t.ll CO., Mlw vonn.