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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 30, 1898)
, r'-t.' I THE ASTORIA!1! bit tnl largest circulation of any paper oa thi Columbia lUvir THC DAILY ASTON :AM Is tM tijfcst and test f.cr oa the ColumMa River FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT. VOL XMX. ASTORIA, OHEGON. BIKDAY MOUN1N0, OCTOBER 80, IBM. N'O. 5 5 t T 1 1 - - - r y aa 7 . II.. .. -4, - r j , ,-i ROUGH SHOES FOR LITTLE GIRLS amllm, pclally school HinM. they ld lhatn; good, may on, but strong and hard to wear oul. At for th boy, O. w sympaihls with you nil th y.ar through, fur th boys ar a gr Ini on ha.1, heart tni) poektbooh. but rkhl bar our sympathy ukn a practical mm. Hav you our ( ll ihM for tr? Petersen & Brown. THETARKER HOUSE KirHt-ClnHH hi ICvcry ReHpect. BAR AND BILLIARD ROOM Special RateH to Thcntri cnl Pnrtie h A. J. MAHOIN, Prop AMTOMIA. OHK. 187 1097 Fisher Brothers ASTORIA.... LUBRICATING OILS A SPECIALTY SELL HUH' fllAM'I.KIlV HAItlV AKU llHt.N ANU oTICKL to A J. t;m KHHt A VI ' l'IU)VIHION FUH It ANt Mil l. YY.Y.W PAINT, oil. AMI VAKMSHKH l,HKi KM NITI'I.IKM r'Alltl'AN'K H Hi 'AM-: Ixmltft AMi WIMmiWH Auitu ri.rntti, imim.kmcnto WAHo.NH A Nil VI.IIULi;. ASTORIA AND COLUMBIA RIVER RAILROAD. !. I A.tiirl (Dailjr) a.m. i in I'urtUuil ml Atrla Y-x I UU t a) prri Latna via kuappa, ( linott. Mfi.ort, t'laiak Hulilr; riMiliri tiin al Hot. a lor the Kail ud I'u fCt BOUIld pullltl arrive i in,, in. J 20 MX) Aiti.rl. Kci,t,i1 sPW U 4 aaioria l'imir train., IvlaW rrnlo ml Havel. All trains leaving Astoria aoln lo Id and returning from llasld run on lb l"lvtl Branch. J. C, MAiU. a. J. p. a. WE Mackintoshes Umbrellas Rubbers FOE LADIES, GENTS, MISSES, YOUTHS AND CHILDBEN Reliable Goods; Lowest Prices C- JEL- COOPER, THE LEADING HOUSE OF ASTORIA The Only ... IN ASTORIA ... Our Hpoclnlty; HTOVEH AND IMINOKH Wo know tlio bunine8. Twenty GOOD fitovc, bco tlio hUh :k at the Eclipse Hardware Co. jHl1tt K OARD k OUR MOTTOi "We Buy and Sell Everything." Specialties Just Arrived... CARLOAD OF IR-TIGHT HEATERS AT LOWKSr WICKS. CAR LOAD ALL KINDS HHT Stove Store ytars cxptricnoe. If you want a CITY BOOK STORE Headquarter for SCHOOL BOOKS, SCHOOL SUPPLIES, STATIONERY, BLANK BOOKS, TYPEWRITER PAPEK, RIBBONS, ETC., ETC GRIFFIN & REED Stokes go. OF LAMPS LOW r RICKS. U I WILL RETAIN THE ISLANDS American Peace Commission to Demand the Philip pine Archipelago. DEBT QUESTION IN DOUBT Manner In Which It Was Con tracted May Force the United States to Assume It. SPAIN WELL DID OF ISLANDS Believed Ttiit Sif isla Does Not Want them ml Will Settle ty the Pay ment of Forty Millions. I'AKIS, Oct. -Whll th. Spunlrh and Airrrlian l-a. commlaalonrrt now aland nn th threshold of th Philippine iiuialliiti. It arrma irubahl", In th llitht ut thla hour, that tkv t'nliid Hiatea will Uk ov.r tin ntlr arihlt-li0. Thla vl.-w la the focua point of the brat unonviaj opinion of the trend of evmtn, uf th drv'li)mcnt of Imptiln of th. rwiaimlnc of men of flxrd landmarki to tlio orvital of ron.lu.lnn. During the fourdaya Jual paat thoae In touch with, thouith poanlMy not In the ronfldnre of. the romml.alon have .-f t the concentra tion of ti nJ'-ni li a toward the itandpoint Inilltittrd a likely to be occupied by the lnlt4 Btatr. commllonT at the -alon of the two rommlaalun. In K.'T Spain laaui'd. r royal decre.. bond. In the aum of ItO.OCOOuO. to which were pledged the revrnueg of the Fhlllp plnea. and to which the Spanlnh national KUur.mti-e waa added. Krom thcue OAinQ of obllK'itlona BKiln reallird pi- (M).(0 In caah. Thee forty million! rep recti t the Philippine debt, which li en tirely outalde of the tV.AO of the so called 1'hlllpplne and flpanlah debt. t'undlilon aleo differ, the 1'hlllpplne debt havina tK.a n anted by royal decree becauae the r. hl-mRO wua not a parll nicntary colony, while the ao-called Cub an debt waa created by law. The differ ence ral.ca the queatlon of the non-re-aponnlblllty of the I'hlilpplnea when re moved from to aovereisnty under which Ita reaourc-a were pledged. Should the I'nlted Btntea abaorb the rhillpplnee. none but the official yet know whether thy will aaaume part or all of thla debt, or more than the Philip pine debt. The Americans have declined to aasume the Cuban debt, because Cuba I not their; but. In deposlnu Spain In the 1'hlllpplne. the ..merlcan acquire territory, and It If believed there will bo anme financial aaaumptlon by the I'nlted State. At thl point rlae the question of how mun financial relict mlsht compose Spain to her losa of the 1'hlllpplne. Some well Informed person believe that Premier 8:!ata ha determined to be rid of the Philippine, and would direct hi commission to sign ft treaty by which the I'nlted St-ites should take the islands and aioutne the HOAO.t.W of dbt. THHKK TllOI SAXn LIVES IAST IS THE KKCEXT WAR. Ilc.:ise Took Off Twenf-slx HunlrHl of the Men Uelatlves of Maine Victim to He Indemnified. CHlCAtiO. (Vt 2'. Commissioner of lVnslon II. Clay Kvana who Is loipln nt the Oniit Northern states that up to September 30 the war with Spain ha cwl the lives of American soldiers and sailor. He further declare that the statistic of hi office show that the percentaKo of death In camp from from dlsciMo durlmr last summer was le than during the civil war. Com mlsnloner Kvans, belnR asked for further particulars, spoke a follow: "DurliiK the rebellion w.m men were killed In battle and StW.OOO perished In ramp and prison, from oftlclal flgurcs which I have recently completed, covering- a period from May 1 to September SO. I find that tho total number of deaths as a result of tho war -with Spain wa l.m Of thl number 907 were oftVeri. At Santiago the loss of life was 22 officers and 2 men. Thl la nn averaRe or one officer for every 10 men. At Cardenas one officer was killed. Since the buttle on Cirban noil. CI men have died of wound received In service. The total number of American ol- dlera that have died In camps from disease- aro 80 officers and 2.5A' privates, or an aRKroRRte of 2.600. Thl Is remark able In view of tho terrible climatic dis advantages, and It fully verifies tho sol dier adage that disease kills more men than bullet. There have been 600 claims for pensions filed to date as a result of tho war. "In the Cuban campaign the loss of so many officer la accounted fr by the far that Spanish sharpshooters hid In the tree and dense foliage, used smoke less powder and picked off tho officer with ease. Somo of tli wounds received by officer were remarkable, I recall one caso In particular that of Captain Kn"x. of the First cavalry. The. captain was shot In tho back. Tho ball pene trated his kidney. Uvor and lung and broke two of his ribs. li0 Is alive today and the president ho promoted him." "Commissioner Kvans says that the loss of Ufo resulting from the destruction of tho Maine In Havana harbor will bo placed on tho same basis as mortality In battl" He holds that the general law providing for Indemnity to sailors and Roldtora In the federal scrvlco will apply to tho explosion at Havana. "Thus far only fifty-five claims htivo boon presented from relative of tho boys who went down with tho Maine," natd the commissioner. "Every one of them will bo pushed through." It I no moro than rlgiit that the dependents of', the men who went to watery graves In Ha- van buy ahouM b provlrtM for by IB. T'nl 14 Httf ovrnmnt." LBITKft HAS COMM' KU MAKING LOCOMOTIVES. hill Plant In Rhodn Island Dotaxht by th ex-Wheat Klng-Tha Prlca ' a Larga On. NEW TORK, Oct. .-A Bpedat to th Tim from Provldnc nay a: It l stated on authority which mi to be unquestioned that Joaeph Letter of Chicago has purrhawd the Kheda Island Locomotive Works and that It Is his purpose to bln th manufacture of locomotive under th patent th concern holds and also manufactur tb Wheelock stationary ngln under pat ents owned by a C'nicagi firm. Th prlc paid for th property cannot be learned, but It I thought to b naf a million dollars. Mr. Leltr Is under stood to represent a syndicate of rich Iron and steel men who are bent upon monopolizing all th big plant Ilk th rthod" Island Locomotive Work. X hak been In thl city during th paat two weeks on thre different occas ions and each tfm he stppcd at th Kxcluaiv Hop Club. This was prob ably in pursuant of th policy of th people Interested to keep all Information regarding th deal from th publlo. . Eugene Maaon, who bid th "roperty In at th last sale, said as far a he knew no definite plan were under way. Her bert J. Wells, preldnt of tb Rhode Island Hoapltal Trust Company, which I truate for th locomotive works, waa sen at the bank and while he did not say there was no plans for the sal of the properly under consideration, h did ay they hwd not reached a point wher he cared to do any talking about them. He seemed somewhat surprised that any Information of the deal had become pub llo and declined to atate with whom the deul was tx-lng effected, either In behalf of owners of the property, or th propctlv buyer At one time the Rhode Island Locomo tive Work formed one of the largest manufacturing concern 1n th state. The plant was originally built for the manufacture of th Burnside rifles and during the civil war many thousands of arm worn made. Th-n locomotive were made here and sent all over the world, but trouble came and the concern failiti. Since that time It has practl, ally lx-'n Idle. The capacity of th factory Is large. When running on full time It gave em ployment to 1.000 hands. t.'NABLE TO AGREE ON DATE OF EVACUATION. Spaniard Not Ready to Move by Janu ary, Which Was Date Set oy the American Commissioners NEW. YORK. Oct. 29.-A ' -patch to the Herald from UTs.na says; After a Joint session lasting two hours. held In the Camara Insular, tho Spanish and American commissioners are as far oft as ever from an agreement on the dme of evacuating The Americans strongly urged that final day be January 1. th Spanish commissioners a emphatically Insisting mat evneuatton was Impossible before February 1. The arguments of the Spanish were that It waa a physical Impossibility with only IT transport. om of which were at Porto Rico to move im.WO men, 16.000 of whom are ill, until the latter date. The Arguments were repeated over and over by both side but resulted In no final dectklon. The session ended with the situation practically th same as when It began. Regarding minor detail the Spanish agree with the Americans. A discussion over other matters ended In an agree ment that an American official should take a detailing list of the articles in dispute, ench Item being considered In detail a whether it 1 moveable or not, Tho items on which they disagree will be referred to Paris. Captain Brooks was appointed, to make tho American list. Senor Montero was not present, owing to a slight Illness. While the actual result of the session Is such the feeling of the member of tho American commission Is that the SpnnUh are weakening in their claim for the latter date and that January 1 will bo shurtly agreed to. A member of tho committee !ild: " I feel sure that our demand will be a-ceded to In a few days and that Ameri can occupation will take place January 1. The argument today by the Spanish were merely a reiteration of those made previously." Colonel Qiranta said he did not know how the Spunlsh could agree to take the troop out before February. It had been Impossible to arrange with steamship companies to take their bouts away from rcttular travel, and to buy ships was ab surd. His opinion was that It waa the same deadlock as ever. There will not likely be another Joint session. In the future the business will be conducted by writing. YELLOW FEVER PLAQUE AT SAN FRANCISCO. French Bark Arrive from Hong Kong With Two Deaths on Board-The Vessel Quarantined. SV FRANCISCO Oct. 29. The French bark Duchess Anne has arrived In port from Hong Kong flying the yellow flag. Both the federal and state quarantine launches put out to the vessel, and soon the news came bock to port that ther had been two deaths on board during tho voyage from tho bubonlo plague. Captain Cervary, master of the ship, was the first to succumb to tho dread disease, Ho was sick only a few days and died on August 20. Nearly a month afterward a sailor named Menlcr was stricken with tho plague and on Sep tember 10 ho died and was burled at sea. Tho bark was ordered into quarantine. WILL V3E SMALLER GVNS. BERLIN. Oct. 29. The German naval department, acting upon a special report from tho naval attache of Germany at Washington and others, has resolved to discard tho use on board German war ships of guns of the largest calibre. The largest used up to the present has been ll'i inches. Henceforth 9'i-lnch gur.s will bo tho highest constructed. TO SUCCEED SIMON. PORTLAND, Oct. 29. The gold demo crats today nominated J. Couch Flan ders and tha fuslonlsts Charles K. Henry for state senator to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Joseph Simon. RIFT IN THE WAR CLOUDS Return of Marchaod From Fashoda Viewed Favor ably In London. ENGLISH APE DELIGHTED British Statesmen Did Not Fancy War With France Over the Egyptian Question. FRENCH WERE DIPLOMATIC Withdrawal of Marchin J Came Atout la Sack a Way tbe French Cannot Be Said to Have Backed Down. (Copyrighted ISM by Associated Press.) LONDON. Oct. .-Th arrival of Major Marchand at Khartoum, on b.s way to Cairo, with a portion of his re port, which waa not finished when Cantata Baraller left Fashoda. Is re garded a a rift In the clouds overhang ing Anglo-French relation, for, in spit of th semi-official denial Irsued In Paris that orders wer sent to the major to go to Cairo. It Is fully believed here that tha French offlcr would not be on hi way to Cairo unless he had received a hint to that effect from th French gov ernment, which considers that his leaving Fashoda will take th sting out of th situation, and at th same tlm prepare Franca for the eventual withdrawal of the whole expedition, which now consists of seven officers and 120 men. The British view of thla latest move I that the Marquis of Salisbury and bis ministers are delighted to afford Major Marchand facilities for reaching Cairo. But they would hardly car to send him back, except In the capac.y of a guest or a scientific explorer; that Is to say. Franca will have to renounce ner prin cipal claims, based on bis mission. In the meanwhile. In the voluntary re turn of Major Marchand. the French minister of foreign affair. M. Del Casse, and the government of France have got over a great difficulty, from a diplomatic armour propre point of view. M. Del Casse had declared that the French gov ernment could not do the Impossible; that Is to say, recall Major Marchand. Therefore, th tatter's return haa en abled the French government to "save Us face," a the saying goes. It Is recog- nli-d however, that, even If the trl-color of France Is hauled down at Fashoda, the main subject of dispute remains, and maycause many anxious moments In both countries before the Bahrel-Ghaxel ques tion Is settled, although there has been a confident feeling for the last few days that war will be avoided. The French ministerial crisis at first Increased the feeling of anxiety which prevailed as to the prospects of a peace ful solution: but In the list of probable minister toe British newspapers see a body of experienced ---' capable men. who ore able to lead French opinion. The retention of M. Del Casse at the head of the ministry of foreign affairs, how ever. Is not regarded favorably, a he Is the father of the Marchand adventure. HOBSON WANTS TO RAISE THE SUNKEN WARSHIPS. He Consults With the Naval Board of Construction as to the Advlslblllty Of the Undertaking. WASHINGTON. Oct. 29.-Naval Con structor Hobson was with the naval board of construction all afternoon and gave a great deal of detail information as to the condition of the wrecked Spanish cruiser at Santiago. He was cc-rtu1- It was useless to continue the wrecking company any longer, and that the conditions did not merit the expendi ture of the tsoo per day paid them. Con structor Hobson said that In his opinion the Colon and the Vlscava could be raised and brought to the drydocks at New York or Norfolk at the cost of VWO.UU) for one and 2400.000 for the other. and possibly they could be brought In of WO0.0UO eaeh. The government would, of course, take the risk of spending fciOO.OUO on each of the vessels and in the end might find It was unable to raise them. Hobson wanted to be placed at the head of tho wrecking company which he should organise and be authorised to expend from JSOO.000 to $900,000 on the two vessels. He said the hull of the Vlscaya was Intact, and he proposed to build a cofferdam around her and bring her to he surface after making the repairs necessary to float her. Hobson also gave the bureau chiefs Information colrcern lng the Relna Mercedes and the Merrl mac. The former could be easily raised, he believed, for It was apparent that she had been only scuttled. The Merrlmac could be raised, and he said she must be removed from tho mouth of the harbor. The board will have another meeting Monday and possibly may make some recommendations to the secretary of the navy regarding the wrecks of Santiago. REMARKABLE UTTERANCES OF PROFESSOR NORTON. Scores the Nation for Going to War With out Proper Preparation Address on the New American. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 29.-Profes-sor Charles Eliot Norton, In an address before tho Graduated Clui of Harvard college, expressed sentiments which are likely to arouso as much discussion among Harvard men and others as has followed many of Prof. Norton's recent utterances. The speaker's subject was "The New American." In the course of his remarks he revived the condition which made this republic In many ways an experiment In the bla- tory of democracies. In continuing h said: "No on would have thought th Amer ican nation so devoid of n a to to war at th -beginning of a hot aoi In a tropical climate, and without any adequate preparations to carry that war to a successful laau. "This war waa a revolution. Th o!4 America cam to an end with th declara tion of war. New America threw over many of th old Ideal which hav been maintained by thl old America and sub stituted for them those of other nation of the world. W must make up oar mind aa to th new condition. W ra to b a military nation. Morovr, all brutal tendencies will b encouraged by th recognition of fore a last appeal by the central government Itself. And, too, entanglements with other nation must arts. Manwhll we hav no lead ers, and hnc w find ouraelve wit greater reponalbllltlet and no guidance for th Ignorant, unlnformed.lnflammabl populace, and w ar allowing event t carry us Into most dangerou situation. "Th who! system of government w needed to be revised and reorganised. Th pension list la a list of corruption and has increased the national Indebted ness. I ther nothing to be done? Th situation Is to be met with courag and a dnn!natlon to get th best out of bad oas. We must divorce the gov ernment of the dependencies from poli tic, or ls they will become dens of corruption." Prof. Norton advocated leavlnsr th Philippine to th car of 8paln. PORTLAND FIRM FAILS FOR NEARLY HALF A MILLION. Company Operating the Railway to Ore gon City ForceJ to th Wall by Poor Business. PORTLAND. Oct .-Ceorge A. 8tea and George A. Steel Co. hav petition the I'nlted State district court to b mad bankrupts and to be discharged from all Indebtedness. . Th asset of th petitioner as given In the petition are about IliOAO. To liabilities aggre gate 2411.000. Steel's failure la due wholly to his ef forts to support the East Side electrlij railway between Portland and Oregon C'ty. He embarked all his own resource In this undertaking. His company b4 arrangements completed for the sal of bonds when the panic of 1)32 set In. That panic shook the basis of credit everywhere and this company, like many other, tailed In consequence. After a long struggle, during which Mr. Steel has sacrificed all be possessed In an ef fort to uphold bis enterprise, he now take thla step. WILL BE MU8TERED OCT. IES MOINES la., Oct 2.-8urday marks tbe beginning of the end of th Flfty-erond regiment Iowa volunteer, under tbe command of Colonel W. B. Humphrey. Master will be completed Monday, toy which tlm th member' of all th- twelve companies of the regiment will have left Camp McKlnley. Wednesday the Fiftieth regiment re turns to De Moines for muster out It Is alleged that before the Fifty-first Iowa sails for Manila four or five com missioned officers will resign. TROOPS WERE CARELESS. ' CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.. Oct 29.-Th war Investigating commission closed It sittings here tonight by hearing the tes timony of some resldents.who stated their observation of the condition at Chlckamauga Park while troops wer there and giving their conclusion as t the cause of the sickness of the soldiers. They defend the climate a salubrious and healthful, and generally attributed th prevalence of disease to the habits of the volunteers. EASTERN FOOTBALL SCORES. WEST POINT, N. Y.. Oct.29.-The Yale West Point game resulted In a score ot In tavor of Yale, ' ff1 CAMBRIDGE. Mass.. Oct. 29. Harv 10 to 0 In favor of Yale. PHILADELPHIA. Oct 29.-UntveiUyy' of Pennsylvania. 23; University of Chi cago. 17. MRS. BOTKIN'S CA3E MOVING. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 29.-The at torney general of Delaware has . In structs' Detective McVey to employ aa attorney to get the Botkln case into th UDlted States supreme court A writ of habeaus corpus will be applied for by McVey In the district circuit court. Should the application be denied an ap peal will be taken to the supreme court of the United States. There Is only on possible obstacle to such a course. Tb district court or circuit court which de nied the application may also refuse t allow an appeal. Such refusal Is very rare. DIED OF YELLOW FEVER. NEW YORK. Oct. 29. Colonel George E. Waring, Jr., died of yellow fever today at his home In this city, where he ha been since he arrived from Havana, Tues day last. The body was cremated. DREYFUS TO BE RETRIED. PAR". Oct. 29. The court of cassation today decided to grant a revision of th Dreyfus case. The court, however, de clined to order the release of Dreyfu pending the result of the trial. Ike Royal I th highest grade baking powr Saowa ACUMl lean im it gova umm third further taaa aay other bread. . FfiWBZii Absolute! Pure provM. tUKiftA powof a oo., new yowl PS, ,0;