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:t ilata tot ASTOKIAN bit tht lar'rcit clrcalitlOB of toy piper on (hi Columbia River i " mi DAILY ASTORlAN Is tM biggest ml test paper ij on the Columbia Elver FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT. VOL XL1X. ASTOUIA, OJtEOON, SUNDAY MOIININO. OCTOBER Jfl, ma. NO. M HOUGH SHOES 1(11 LITTLE GIRLS Monwtlnira, especially auhoul IIiiimi. they wad then; gmid. easy nnmi, lull strong nd hard to wear out. A fur ha boy, (), w aymimthli with you all tin yf tttruutth, fur the buys are a graat tai o li.aj. heart and pockmbook, but rlslil bare mir sympathy lake a practical (urn. Have you aeen our alwUal aluw for lxya T Petersen & Brown. THE PARKER HOUSE Klrrtt-CIHH In Kvcry ReHpect. BAH W BILLIARD ROOM Special RntcH to Thentrl ceil PnrtleH A. J. MAHOIN, Prop AMTOMIA, IIHK. I7J I.UUKICATIMJ OILS A API-CIA LTV Fisher Brothers ASTORIA... 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"We Buy and SPECIALTIES FOR THISIIWEEK "Hoba" Roast Coffee Try It and Be Convinced Royal Cream Flour riaple Leaf Butter White Sewing A aBJa BBBBJ "r ' Stove Store CITY BOOK STORE lluiluartern for SCHOOL BOOKS, SCHOOL SUPPLIES, STATIONERY, BLANK BOOKS, TYPEWRITER PAPEH. RIBBONS, ETC., ETC GRIFFIN & REED Sell Everything" .. None Equal to It . . . THE FINEST Machine THE BESTON EARTH l0. b ASTORIA Rubbers THE SESSION CONCLUDED After a Day of Bickering:, Both Houses of the Leg islature Adjourned. THE APPROPRIATION BILL Botb Branches Devoted Consid erate Time to Discussion of the Items Carried ty It. MEASURE IS MOT YET SIGNED Governor Lord Dlsipptirtl anl His Slffoature Has not Bn Attache! -Tbt Session Was Excellent. BAL.KM. Oct. S:c correapon dnc of the Aatorlan.) The extraordin ary acK.lon of the IrKlnloitur adjourned toUy. after putting In Ita laat houra In lon.ldprlnic the (rrnnral appropriation bill. Many Important mutt era have rot no In-fore he lfllature, and the tromplnta with which thry have been dlpoa-d of bita Riven f ciifral aiitlnfactlon. It la tha unlvrraal opinion that the aea alon hua bv n one productive of exi-ellint reaulta. not only In rruchlng an asree mcnt In the amatorliil muddle, but alao In vnactlnK n-"1ed IrR'alatlon. Many ne iry mi-aaure h ive bwn tak-n up, and the work of the resulur acnitlon haa been fitcllltatcd In many waya. Aa la u.u.il rvrry time the (lalature nift. there haa hem a Keflerul grab for amull artlcioa around the rupKol. Kvcry tnuvi-alilr thliitr haa IxM-n c.irrlid off. This led a furrt.oua tnmber of the house to Introduce a resolution requesting mem. brrs, on final adjournment, to leave the drska for the regular session. THE DAT'8 DOINGS. Vpon the reconvening of both branchea of the legislature this aftt-moon a recess of two hours wn taken to give tha joint conference committee, consisting of Sen ator Reed and Macleay, and Represen tative Moody and Curtis, time to report on the disputed Items In the general ap propriation bill. The house reconvened at 4 o'clock and received the report of j the conference committee through Moody. The report was as follows: TJint 600 copies, of the supreme court reporta be printed. Instead of 150: that tlSU be appropriated for salaries and expens of the state board of railroad commissioners: that the tllQOO approprl a' Ion for the Ashland normal school be stricken out: that the claim of Captain John Mullan. of 110.50. for letrnl services In collecting war tax and Indian war clulma for the state bo stricken out, pending a special Investigation on the merits of rh claim, to be reported on at,, the next session of tho legislature; that the claim of John Hall, of StKtt. for rvleea In collecting taxes from Mult nomah county for the state, be stricken out and referred to the ways and means committee, to be reported on at the next session; that the provision for the cell?ng of and tha construction of com mittee rooms In the house wing of the capltol be stricken out, and that the ap propriation for the payment of the hold up legislature be 10,000. the same pro viding for the payment for full time of all member and officers In both houses. The report was adopted. Although both houses passed a reso lution to adjourn at 4:15, owing to the absence of Governor Lord, who disap peared shortly before tho appropriation bill passed both houses, the senate re convened at 2:45 p. m., and upon receipt of a message from the house announcing Tho appointment of Representatives Moody and Curtis on the conference committee on the general appropriation bill, took a recess until -the conference committee was ready to report. The gen ate received tho same conference report ns the house, anfl upon motion of Kuy kendall It was adopted. Tho senate then took recess till 6:13. awaiting the return of tho governor to sign the general np pronrlatlon bill. Both branches of the legislature adjourned without day at 6:20 p. m, ' The governor had not signed the ap propriation bill at the moment of ad journment. SOCIETY OF THE CUBAN ARMY FORMED. Resembles the G. A. R., and Will Con serve In History the Events of the Campaign. NEW YORK, Oct. 15.-A soolety to be known aa the Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba Is now In process of formation, says the Tribune, It will resemble the G. A. R., and will nurnbw Mf) winUrrn. The mrob't ahln of tli foriHy will tum'H nt all ofll r.ri and aonlk-f of th L'nl'.ed Slatfi Army who tontitltulcl the ixpullil mary form io ftaiilluKo and hu pr;l ljm;el In th fHni,..-li(n Ix-twwn the rtat-a of Jun 14 ami July IT. Tha pur(ae of lh awli-ty la to rword th h.itory and con arrve tha mt-mory of the aventa of the camimln. It la rxpn'ted that local auxiliary bruiK hi-a 1 MtaMlahtd In mitny dtli-a throughout th country, Tlitrre re to b thr'e !aw of m?mbhip. K.rt orlultmj mmbcra; 'conJ, im-moer by krihrrltunca, ami third, rnemberi by auc fiilrn. to toiialat ut thoaa blood rein t.vm of mi-mlMira of tha flrat and K-coniJ claaa to whom in tha a.ba-nt of llrui (I'K. cnrlHnl.. tha rlKlit of Inh. rluirxs may be devlal by ! acf ndar.t munlrtr. Tna prln lial offli era ut the ao. lety ara ua followa: 3'rtKlilent, Jlnjur Oneral Wm. R. Bhafter; flrat v-a praldtfit. Major Gen eral Joarph Wheeler: ascrelitry and tnmaurer. Major Alfred C. Bhirpe;r(g.i ter Kum-ral. Mujor I'hlllp Itde; hl torlan, Major O. Creljhton Wtbb. ATTACKED lit TRAMPS. ROggBURO. Oct li-Lester Wright, a freight brukeman, while hi train wa Ide-.trailur1 at RiukJt station at 4 ihls morning, for the overland to pus, waa sent ahead to flax the train, when a passing conductor of the overland In formed the other crew that Wright waa lying on the sM track unconscious, wltn hi head in a pool of blood, and bleewig at the moiKh and noatrll from a bad wound back of the right ear. A pistol was near by, with the handle broken off. The Wound was serious, but It Is not thought to be fatal. The circumstance are mysterious, but it I believed he waa attacked by tramps. 8TEAM WHALER LIBELED. SAM FRANCISCO. Oct. 15-Janw Moore, a marine firttivan, has libeled the owners of the steam whaler Jessie H. Freeman In the L'n.U-d Stales district court for $10,000. Moore a-iegc that he shipped from Sun Francisco on the team whaler Navarch aiid that before hi time expired he waa transferred to the Free man. At the expiration of his three year' contract he ay he requested Captuln Porter of the Freeman to stnd him to Sun Francisco, but the captain refused to comply with the demand. Soon afterwards the Freeman waa wrecked and Moore with other suffered many hardship until rescued by the rev enue cutter Bear. CONFLICT BETWEEN OFFICERS. NEW YORK. Oct. 15. -A dispatch from I Havana auys: . It Is generally believed j that a serious breach hus taken place between the executive department of the Cuban republic and the leaders of the military forces. Word has been recelvtd here stating that General Wood has re ceived a communication from President Masso, advising that nothing be done by Americans that can be construed a re cognising the Cuban government Gen. era) du Casse declare Gomel will lead the insurgents back Into the field before he will submit to disarming them white the American and Spanish sold. era re main in Cuba. CANADIAN FORTS FORTIFIED. NEW YORK. Ovt. 15.-A special to the Times from Toronto say. It Is announced that MonrVeal and Que bec are to be thoroughly fortified a a part of the scheme for the defense of Canada. Colonel Dalton. chief of the Imperial defense commission, is In Mon treal completing plans for lue fortltUa ttons of the cities. The 'Plans for the protection of Quebec have already been adopted and work Is In progress. The most modern kind of gun is to be mounted on the new forts. HER SAILING DELAYED SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 15.-The gall ing of the steamer Australia, which wag to leave for Honolulu on next Wednes day haa ben postponed until the follow ing Saturday. The reason of this, is the necessity of the steamer being dry docked and overhauled. After her re turn from Manila she made a trip to Honolulu, but her time was very slow. BEET-SUGAR FACTORY OPENED. LA GRANDE. Oct. 15.-Flve thousand people attended the formal opening of tha La Grnndo beet-sugar factory today. The ceremonies were under the auspices of the La Grande Commercial Club, WHEELING BACK FROM ALASKA. SEATTLE, Oot. 15,-The gunboat Wheeling arrived today. fter a long cruise between Sitka and iBehrlng sea ports. She had on board a government survey party of 30 members under Captain Pratt, which has for the past three months been surveying the delta of the Yukon river. STEAMSHIP OVERDUE. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 15.-The Pa clflo Mail Company's steamer Asteo Is overdue several days from China and Japan accordlng:'to her schedule time. She has no passengers, but has consider able Oriental freight FORTY-FIVE RESCUED ;The Remainder of the Pas j engers and Crew of the ! Mchegan Drowned. THE LOSS OF LIFE GREAT Latest Pecorts Show That One Hundred and Sixteen Pcop e Went to the Bottom. HEROISM OF THE OFFICERS Stood Calmly By Tbelr Pests Wbeatbe Vessel truck-Story Toll ly a Man Froa Our Own State ST. KEVBRINE, England. Oct 1S. Out of the 11 person on board the steam er Mohegan, which went ashore off the Lizard last night, only 45 escaped. Up to a lute hour tonight 30 bodies have betn washed ashore at different points. A southerly wind I now blowing and It Is expected the bodies of many more vic tim will be recovered by tomorrow. A. G. L. Smith, who was among the saved, says hi home is in Oregon. In conversation with a representative of the Associated Press this evening. Mr. Smith said that he saw Captain Griffith on the bridge giving orders, which were car ried out a far as possible. As the ship sank the captain ran along the side and sprang overboard. The vessel lurched and the passengers all seemed to be thrown Into the water at the same moment Smith, who is a strong swimmer, man aged to get through, the mas of people In the water and succeeded In evading- sev eral who tried to clutch him as he passed them. Jje aaya he swam (or three bouts and a half before he reached shore. The survivors without exception speak In the highest terms of the devotion, hero Ism and coolness displayed by the officers and crew of the lU-fated steamer, and declare that all were instantly at their posts when It waa known that the vessel had struck.' The perilous position of the ship waa noticed on shore and a warning rocket was sent up, but It waa too late then to avoid the catastrophe, which oc curred so suddenly that there was not sufficient time to employ all the life-saving apparatus of the ship. Men jumped overboard In the agony of despair, and the women passengers hud dled together and refused to leave the deck. The officers remained on the bridge to the last The members of the crew are known to have stood by and watched the boats launched and put off only when it was apparent tha tvthes were the only means by which their own live could be saved. A lifeboat with a load of 40 passengers on Kb way to shore passed many who were battling for their lives In the water whom it was tmposstble to save. The In test list of the rescued shows that only 11 passengers are saved. INDIAN RACE NOT REGARDED A3 HOSTILE. Dr. Lymon Abbott, at Indian Conference, Points Out Where There Condition May Be Bettered. LAKE MONONK. N. Y., Oct. 15.-At yesterday's session of the Indion confer ence. Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott, chalr rtmn of the business committee, pre sented the reiport of a platform for dis cussion and adoption by the conference as iollows: x Great progress has been made In deal ing with the Indian race In this country. The nation no longer regards them es hostile people or even as a foreign ieo pie. The reforms Inaugurated under President Grant have "been carried for ward toward their logical results; the policy of discontinuing the reservation system had been accepted and In many of the reservations the land had been allotted In severalty and tha surp'us land sold for the benefit of the Indians. Less money Is expended In rations wh! h pauperize and much more in schools which prepare for self support The government has recognlxed the value of the education of the Indian woman. In their homes ond in the do mestic arts, and has appropriated In creased sums to carry on this anmmo lous partnership between the nations and the churches has been discontinued, and now only one denominational body looks to the Kovernment for aid In sup port of Its schools. The schools of tne other denominations are supported by themselves and the government Itself has organised and Is carrying on with comparative efficiency the work of the similar education of all Indian children of school age on the res ervations. ., , Nevertheless, the' Indian problem Is still far from solution. A needlessly expensive system Is ma'ntalned to care for the Indian, and In a large measure to care for party and pollttdal favorites. The schools, the clerks In. the bureau at Washington and the agency physicians have been brought under the civil set vice law, but with these exceptions tl.e Indian bureau remains a political ma chine, subject to change In ail Its per- sonnnl St every presidential election. Ily both democratic and rlu1lliii ad mlnXratlons men have benn put at Ih head of the Indlnn bureau who ara nU ther fml!lsr with Indian affairs nor to qualnted with methods of du'atlim. Indian agent and Indian Inxpeotora have been appointed without training or any avldente of their nines for the ON flee, and In more Mian one Instance) d run hen offlclaln have been appointed in the reservations and well authentic-ale 4 comolalnts have fulled to secure their rtmovul or have resultod only In trans fer to another field wKh un Increased! salary. In those cases In which th n-j. ervttt:ons have been discontinued anl the land has been allotted In severalty the entire machinery of the agfney has been retained, though no considers oie service is required and the retention la clenrly against the sp.rlt of V;.? !. These evil . have shown tneitmelvma alike whfcn tha appointment have hern left with the Indian commissioner, when they have bw- reserved by the secre tary of the Interior to himaclf and whet they have been practically left to local politician. Borne excellent official have been appointed and some excellent work ha been accomplished, but this la not because, but In spite of the system. Two Illustrations of the ev.l of this system have been afforded during tha past year. The first Is the removal 6f Dr. Hallman. notwithstanding hi splen did record a superintendent of the In dian schools, attested by protests against hi removal by meo of all parties ana sections who are familiar wiih the work. Including many educational experts. The second I the outbreak of Chlppew Indians, whose valuable pine timber the government by the agreement of ISM cov enanted to sell for their benefit and Is still appraising and reappraising aa a preliminary to such sale. Two success ive appraisement extravagantly eon ducted have already been set aside as worthleas, with a third appraisement In progress. W have applied to aucce.slve administrations to remedy these abust and the ebiues still continue. We now apply to the people of the United State to oemand of their government that the Indian bureau be taken out of politics; that the Indian commissioner be no longer treated aa a political officer to be dunged with every change of adminis tration, and that the work of the bureau be entrusted to expert and left In their bands until It la accomplished. And we also appeal to them to demand of con gress that it set on foot at once mesa, urea to brine the Indian bureau and ita work to an early close; that It expedite the dissolution of the reservation and the allotment of the land In severalty; that It give all Indians everywhere rieiit to apply to the courts and render all Indians everywhere accountable to the courts, and that 4t thus prepare tha way for the abolishment of a coaCly pol icy unjust to tha Indians, Injurious to the whites and an Impediment to civili sation, i , - The platform with slight verbal amend ments was adopted. ' . The following resolution was adopted; Resolved. That a committee of eavtot of which, the chairman of the conferencs) shall be the chairman, whKu shall have power to increase the number, be ap pointed by tne chair to prepare during the next year s scheme adapted to carry out the policy outlined In the pint form and appeal end propose to the next con ference for It action. The committee Is also authorised to gather In the Interim between the next conference. The facts concerning defects In Indian administration and In behalf of this conference. In their discretion, to present rhem to congress, to the execu tive, and to the press. PREDICTS WAR IN . ' -x THE FAR EAST, General Gherardl Declares That We Will Fight Shoulder to Shoulder With England Over Chinese Question. BOSTON, Mass.. Oct 15.-The Massa chusetts Reform Club met last night to discuss the troubles of the army, and be fore It adjourned it decided to hold aa Investigation upon its own account for the benefit of the board now In session at Washington. . ' Rear Admiral Gherardl. who spoke for the navy, created much surprise by de claring that the nation is not yet out of war and that England and the United States would unite In the war In the tar east. After speaking ot the troubles of the army, he said: . "Lack of attention on the part of the people regarding the needs and unpie pared n ess in the army system, was the cause of the present trouble. Congress has not done aa It should have done. The regular army should be Increased. We are not yet out ot war, end we will need a thoroughly equipped land and na val force. We are going to dabble In the east, and you'll have to tight shoulder to shoulder and ship to ship with Eng land on this Ch neee question. There will be an offensive and defensive alliance there." HC. DEATH OF EMIL FRANK. PORTLAND. Oct. 15.-Bmtl Frank, a member of the Arm of the Blumaur. Frank Company, wholesale druggists. died tonight of brlghts disease. JEANNIE ARRIVES. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 15,-The steam whaler Jeannie arrived today from Point Barrow with ItiOO cases of salmon. Ike Royal la the highest era baaiag powder luMw. Actual taata ahow It oa eae talr farther tbaa aay ether tread, IQ) .. K'HGPCt 0 fl ' f FSV02Q Absolutely pure new " - Co.. iw von.