,J e. ' V f THE ASTOMAN bi thl UrfMt circulation of lay piper on thi Columbia lUvtr AV m DA,LY ASTORiAN is t? tig-jest and test p;.r oa ttie CoJuintU five? 5. ,vtt-w-- FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT. VOL. XLIX. ASTORIA, OH BOON, Tl'KSDAY M0KNIN0, 0CT0BEK 4, lhii8. Yio;i.M,yiiL' . i I ' ! 1 , 6 n s iFs rnn IIUVUU UMVUU A VIA LITTLE GIRLS Bomsllmoe, especially school times, they W Ihenij good, y uiim, but strong and hard to wear out. A (or lbs buy, O, w irmiaiihli with you ill the yr through. fr th lrrs are great on hi, heart I ml pklbook, but rich! hr our sympathy OkM practical turn. Have you wii our special shoes for tioyst Petersen & Brown. THE PARKER HOUSE FlrHt-ClriHH In Every KcHpcct. BAR AND BILLIARD ROOM Special RcUch to Thcdtrl enl Partle h A. J. MAHON, Prop AWTONIA. OIIIC. l7 l97 1 Lt'BRICATINU OILS A SPECIALTY Fisher Brothers ASTORIA.... nip riiANDLXnT IIaHDWAKB RON AMD ITS Ct. 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Our Hpoclolty; STOVCH AND UAINGCB We know tho LuHinesfl. Twonty GOOD Stove, m Eclipse Hardware Go. (jane 7V S r AmISiM. I'lV.'.ll A 1 FOARD I STOKES CO Sell Everything.. CT SPECIALTIES FOR THIS WEEK - .... rfloba" Roast a Royal Cream flaple Leaf Butter COOPEE CLOTHING HOUSE OF ASTORIA Stove Store years exneritnee. If vou want a tho tock at the CITY BOOK STORE lladqurtcr for SCHOOL BOOKS, SCHOOL SUPPLIES, STATIONERY, , BLANK BOOKS, TYPEWRITER PAPEH, RIBBONS, ETC., ETC GRIFFIN & REED Coffee Try It and Be Convinced Flour None Equal to It THE FINEST t SEE THEM! 3 NO DECISION ARRIVED AT Reputl'lcafis Held a Caucus at ' Salem Last Night, but Could Not Agree. THIRTY-SIX VVEPE THERE All tot Five Voted for H. W. Cor fcett but the Opposition toUIm Is Strong. M1TCHELLITES AND THE POPS Sal J They Will Support Each Other In the Contest-Fulton's Remark able Senate Bill Fasset. BAl.EM. Oct. t-ln the r-publlan rau cu tonight, at which wr pmrnt W mmlx m. II. W. Corbctt .rcured St vole. Thuw Bnnwprlnir th'-lr mimm at the cau- rui roll call were: Hatra Mayer. Iloarh. Ilrlttuln. isrUtr. Hut I a, Cameron. lny (of Itrnton) Farrell, llalni. " Huaeltlne, llawaon. Hill. Hobklrk. Howe, Iamaon, Mackay, Manh. M .ixnlnKlll. Maxwell. M('ourt. Moody, Mlrh.ll. Morton, Mulkey. Myem. Pattrm. Porter, Ro, ' '' S.-UitC. St wart. Taylor, ltiomtwon (Waah.) Walley, 8peak-r Carter, Pn-atdent Blnron. It la claimed 41 algned the Cull for the vaucua. Many numlieri are of the opinion tonlKht that there will be a deadlOvk unli'jia Mr, Corln-tt'a name la wltbdrrwn. ' and It la not thought likely ttw hla tnan- I . . . . w -.1 TK.. nt(ra will UKrc o purn inc. .c are now only 11 duya left In wnlrh a aena tnr can be elected thla eon. and tlxiae who are really In accord with Governor Iin! In cnlllnJt a ieoliJ action fur the UiirpoKo of electing a nontttor are txnluht unltitf every mennn In their power to bring about nw hiirmonloua action. Tho iHH'ullHla held a caucus tonight, at whl.-h S niomlera were prtwnL While they claim they selected no one as their choice. It la stated -that H. R. Klncald. secretary of atate. will be their nominee. After the adjournment of their caucus, one of the popullut leader said: "We almply asrecd to stand aa one man for the party's good, After we seo how the voting la going we will caucus again, If neccesary." While denying the fact themselves, an avowed autKVrlHMt num suld late tonight that tho populist had appointed com mittee to confer with them In a mutual choice. At a late hour the antl-Corbett men held a caucus themselves In tho Wlll amelto hotel. There were 22 present, but they claim to have four more vouched for. They did nothing In the caucus, but claim they were willing to stand by any gold standard man. barrlnsr Corbett. noth branches will -ballot separately to morrow for senutor and Jointly on Wed nesduy. riUX-EKDlNOS IN BOTH HOUSES. SALEM. Oct. S.-Although both houses of the legislature met promptly at 1 o'clock thl afternoon very little real business outside of a routine nu.ture was accomplished. Tho members seemed more absorbed with the result of tonUjht's caucus. Tho lobbies were crowded with senatorial work all afternoon. When tho general agents of the Insur ance companies have n opportunity to read tho bill Introduced by Fordney In tho house today, they will Immediately take steps to defeat tho measure. The bill provides for the retention and Investment of legal reserve on till policies to bo writ ten In tho future In the state. For failure to comply with the provisions the bin will entail u forfeiture of the license of the company doing so. The Hill registration bill was called up In the house and mude a special order of business for Friday morning. Hawson Introduced a resolution In the house calling on the members of the dele gation nt Washington to urge upon con press tho great Importance of the opening up of navigation of tho Columbia river from tide water. Attention to obstructions In the river at Celllo and Tho Dalles Is especially urged. Curtis Introduced a iblll amending the general laws li relation to the adminis trative department so th6 term of govern nor commences the second Monday In January after the election. Stanley Introduced In tho house a bill to rolmburse tho Omaha fair commission ers In the sum of J1S.0OO. Fulton's 1)111 amending the statutes re lating to the Incorporation of Astoria passed, THK PARIH1AN VAFlTAh WAS IN A OHEAT UPROAR. Ono I'h ot th Dryfui Cm Lud to rre-f(r-ll Pluhti. In Which Twenty Wer Wounded. NKW TORK, CKt. I.-A dlapaub to the Ilemlil from Parti aay.r 4 nevblonlate and ntl-rlont tMm to be pvlllng for a nrht. Captain Drey fua, whether f ulltjr or Innwreni, haa car talnly oauaed veritable cyclone ot pat alon to be let looee. Parla waa In tur moll f II Sunday, Crowda, acufflea, uproar, and arreata waa the procram ot the leat U hour.. At thl. moment the mounted republlr-an ruard are patrolling certain part of the city and all of the police were on the alert About a etre of people are tald to have been ar1ouly wounded. In the varloua freo Ittita which have broken the monot ony of (he Partnlao Sunday. In one quar ter alone over to arreata have ben made. Of theae M have been kept and the othcra IHerted. Among the latter la Frantla de preanie, one or the nrat autnoritii-a on foreign pon tlta In France, and a leading writer of the Tempa. With him were arreated it, Erneat Vaugtin. director of the Attrore, ana a. uornarat. another or the T-mpa editorial staff. All three were to bnve ad dressed a meeting In favor of revision In the Dreyfus case. This manifestation wa announced to be held in the Balle Wag rem. M. Paul de Relouae, the French patri otic specialist, haa declared he was going to turn up at the meeting with a strong contingent of "true Frenchmen" and naturally at thla antl-revixlonlsts proper of the Salle Wagram greir alarmedsand called on the police to keep both camps out f the hall. When M. de Presense and his colU aguf arrived at the meeting phv-e they found it shut and surrounded by a strong cor don of police, busily engaged In keeping back a crowd variously estimated at from 12.000 to J0.00O persons. In spite of the protests of M. de Pres ense'e party, which had paid the rent of the hall, the police refused admission to any one. Arguments and expostulations were both unavailing, aa the brigadier of the police remained Inexorable. The crowd, however, had grown Im patient or bolder, for It finally broke through the ting of polices From crushing to giving b!o-s waa but a step and many took It. The police agents returned them with Interest In the shape of arrests. At once the light became great. The police made a charge and drove the crowd back to the place des Ternes. Blood flowed In abundance from noses and In the mldule of the riot the three organisers of the meeting were arrested by order of M. llounter. the police divis ion commissary, and led off to the station. Th-y there found company enough and to spare, almost all bearing the marks of having been handled with anything but care. CHAPLAIN MINTVRE ENTERS PjuEA OF IRRESPONolBlUiTT. Said His Head Was In a Whirl When He Delivered His Lecture Attacking Officers of the Oregon. -., v DENVER, Oct S.-In the court-martial trial of Chaplain Mclntyre of the battle ship Oregon, the defendant waa put on the stand. He stated that his home, when not on duty as chaplain In the navy, is In Denver. He said that he was In excep tionally uue physical condition when he loft San Francisco on board the Oregon when she started on her memorial voy age around Cape Horn. He said on the trip after they had passed through the tropics he was attacked with a severe Ill ness, Including terrible pains In the back of his head and In his spine. He was then fearful that he was threatened with In sanity. At the end of July S, when the strain of the excitement was over, he fell to the deck and had to be carried to his quarters, where he was In the care of a physician. At the naval hospital In New York a medical survey pronounced him a sufferer from nervous prostration and tho physician privately stated it was "nervous "bankruptcy.' ie told how, after repeated unging. ho consented to deliver the le-eture of August 8 to aid the Denver Y. M. C. A. The work of preparation for the lecture so Irritated his nerves that In tho afternoon of August 8 he was on the verge of nervous collapse. To sustain him he took quinine and brandy when he began iho lecture, and his head was In a whirl. The witness testified that he hod clear Ideas of what he Intended to say, but could not be certain what he did actually say. GERMANY AND OUR PORK. BERLIN, Oct. 3.-Most Important reve latlon regarding American pork wiis made by the German government announce ment In the semi-official press today that It has received Information showing that American pork: has entered Germany without a certificate. The United States embassy has requist- ed the foreign office to Instruct custom houses to Insist In every case upon a cer tificate. No American firm Is Implicated In these transactions which explains the ullcged discoveries of trichinae In American pork. Gorman dealers in American pork offered. In July last, a reward of 1000 marks for a case of human trichinosis due to Ameri can pork, and three months have passed without anybody claiming the money. VOLUNTEERS' CONDITIO Over One-Foorth the Soldiers in Porto Pico Are in the Hospitals. THEY MUST COME NORTH Qf 10,000 MtH, 2,700 Aft HI, 80 Sickness Is Increasing' Alarmingly. JH pgACE COMMISSIONERS JDey HiVC Insisted That this Covera ment Retain the Whole of the Philippine Group. (Copyrighted. 1858, by Associated Press.) PONCE. Porto Rico, Sept. K.-It Is the well-grounded and almost unanimous ovinlon of the medical staff of the Ameri can army In Porto Rico that the condl tlon of the volunteer force her necesal tates their removal north. Sickness Is Increasing at an alarming rate. Today the sick report shows over 2TU0 in the hospitals or in quarters, out of a total command of 10,000 men. . THE PEACE COMMISSION. PARIS, Oct 1 The peace commission today adjourned until Friday. A repre sentative of the Associated Press learns that the session was highly Important and that the Americans have made a demand of such a character that the Spaniards find It necessary to ask for adjournment In order to enable them to consult with the government at Madrid, It Is believed that the question concerns the Philippines, and it Is known that the Americans are highly pleased at having so soon reached what they consider the very Important phase of the negotiations, and they consider the two sessions' thus far held as very satisfactory to America The fact that a member of the commis sion expressed the belief that the work would be completed within a month indl catcs a happy frame ot mind. In the Spanish camp great hopes are built on what they believe General Mi.r- ritt will advise, namely, that the Philip pines are Incapable ot self-government, and that the whole situation does not warrant America In taking the responsi bility for the entire Philippines. The Spanish commissioners are quite ready to give whatever America asks In the way of coaling stations, but will resist more to the verge of a renewal of hostilities. SPANISH DON'T LIKE IT. MADRID. Oct. I-The reported Inten tion of the United States government to retain the whole of the Philippines has created almost a state of stupefaction here, and It Is seml-ofBclally announced that the Spanish government has resolved to vigorously combat any action which, It Is claimed, the terms of the peace pro tocol preclude. SILVERITES PREPARING FOR COMING CAMPAIGN. National Democratic Committee Calls "Coin" Harvey to Its Aid In Fur- . therlng the Cause of Silver. CHICAGO, Oct S.-Hon. James K. Jones, of Arkansas, chairman of the na tional democratic committee, has appoint ed ex-Governor William J. Stone, of Mis souri; ex-Governor John P. Altgeld, of Illinois; Senator William V. Allen, of Ne braska; and Henry M. Teller, of Colorado, to act In conjunction with himself as a committee on ways and means. This com mittee addressed the following letter to W. H. ("Coin") Harvey, of Chicago: "The committee on ways and means, to further the cause of blnwtollsm and the overthrow of corrupt republican domin ation In this country, tenders you the po sition of general manager of Its work. You will observe that the committee repre sents not only the democratic party, but all good forces that are working with It for the protection of the republic and Its free Institutions, and It Is In this spirit of harmony and true patriotism that we desire your assistance." Harvey has notified the committee of his acceptance of the position and has opened an office In the Unity building In this city. CONSOLIDATION OF RAILROADS. OMAHA, Oct. 3.-Unlon Pacific officials are eagerly watching for an enlargement of the system, which they feel sure will take place within the next fortnight. The annual meeting of the Oregon Short line will be held in Salt Lake City next week, and It Is freely predicted that it will be the last annual meeting of the Indepen- dnt corporation. Whether the short line will be operated from Omaha, as formerly, is an unsettled question. It Is aald that this matter will be one of the mooted point to be settled before the absorption of the branch by the patent line take place. DECI3IOX AFFIRMED. BAN FRANCISCO, Oct. i-The United State court of appeals today affirmed the judgment of the lower court In the suit of the Northern Pacific Express Company sgalnst State Treasurer Philip Metschan, of Oregon. The express company sued the treasurer to recover 171.000 worth of bonds deposited by It with the treasurer, required by the laws of Oregon, from all express and Insurance companies, and the court sustained the decision of the lower tribunal, wbloh dismissed the case on the demurrer. SCHOOLS WILL REOPEN. MANILA. Oct 1-The United Slate transport Scandla has arrived here, and the United States transport Arizona ha departed. American authorities here have Invited all the school teachers to resume the In struction of their classes. The schools have been closed sine the surrender of Manila to the Americans. THE PROHIBITION VOTE. TORONTO. Oct. I.-A special from Ot tawa says: Judging from present return on the prohibition vote, barely one-fourth) of those eligible to vote ave exprensloa to their opinions Thursday. As a conse quence It Is learned the government will Ignore the whole proceeding. INSURGENTS DEFEATED. i MADRID. Oct. t-General R!o, gov ernor of the Vlscayas Islands, reports to the government another defeat of the In surgents. The Spanish volunteers, he says, also repulsed an Insurgent attack: on the town of Baaan, and killed 31 of the attacking force. CONTRACTS, AWARDED. WASHINGTON. Oct 1-The contract for four coast defense monitors which the secretary of the navy has decided to award In accordance with the lowest bids. namely, one monitor to Lewis Nixon at $S5,000; Newport News at fcai.OOu; Bath. Iron works. ISS2.0U0; and the Union Iron works. fcTS.OOO. HAWAII'S NEW GOVERNMENT. CHICAGO. Oct t-A Dally News Waf h- Igton epecuU says: Hawaii is to have a government patterned after that of the District of Columbia, The establishment of this system for the Hawaiian Ulunds will avoid all embarrasments and compli cations which Is said would result from a territorial form of government. Including even modified suffrage. PIONEER DEAD. SALEM. Oct 1-Hon. Fabrttus R. Smith, a pioneer of 1S4C, and one of the most highly respected cltlxens of Marlon county, died this afternoon, aged SO years. He was one of tho founders of Willamette university, and a prominent figure In tha history of Methodism In Oregon. ORDERS OF THE WARSHIPS. WASHINGTON. Oct J.-Seeretary Lon said tha sole purpose In ordering the cruis er Baltimore .and gunboat Petrel to Tien Tsln was to safeguard American Interests and protect the life and property ot Amer. lean cltlxens In the event of an outbreak In the Interior. . What a word of sympathy we have for others In misfortune when we have Buf fered ourselves. It Is a very unsophisticated young wo man who Inquires If Juvenile Germans could be termed "little Germans." Jewelers anticipate a 'big Christmas sals of belts, buckles and1 hat pins In which military buMons are used decorutively. The day when we have left overs for luncheon Is the one on which unexpected company drops In and shares our confus ion and rechauffeea. Ike Royal Is the highest grade baking powder lumwa. Actael tests show it goes en. third further thai say other breed. a 4 ft 7 1 i'&Jii' iiU tut i Absolute! Pure HQYAl SAKIW1 K)OV CO., llfiW V'.-.K.