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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 3, 1898)
1 1 ) t V 1 ! t I ' . .'.ill.,)-' ; will b htilil:; to f ro-.ii,ulion. 01 A yfyv wnrnr-nc THE ASTOHIAN tin the larfiat clrcplitlon of any piper on the Columbia River ' TH DAILY ASTOR:AN Is the tlgffest mi test fsjcr on ttie Columtla Mvcr FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT. VOL. XLIX. ASTORIA, OHKGO.Y, THURSDAY MOKNINO, N0VKMJ5EU . K!l. NO. i ROUGH SHOES FOR LITTLE GIRLS omtlmv rtlw.&lry tt fuvol (tma. lhr fttt4 .tBI Bowl, M.r on-, tout llrang ami hard lo wear out. Ai Mr th boy, O, w .ympMhli. with you all the year through, fur th boy. r a great lai on hvui, tinart and poeketnonk. but rUtlit bar our sympathy takr a practical (urn. It a v. you our apwial aboes for boy.T Petersen & Brown. tiie;parker house Klrnt-ClciBH In Every Kettpcct. BAH AND BILLIARD IJOOM Special RateH to Thentrl eal Partic h A. J. MAHON. Prop AMTOaiA. OUK. 187a 1897 LUBRICATINO OILS A SPECIALTY Fisher Brothers ASTORIA.., hiiii' riiANni.r.nr IIAHDWAIIK lltuS AMI rJTKKL (MAI. (IIHM-ritlKfl AVI' PROVISIONS ruu it avi Mii.f. ki:ki j'AISTH. oil ASH V All.NlHllr.fl I.4HIHKHH- HI ITI.IRN FA I II I1 A , K'H HCAI.KH Mim ANI WJNImiWH ahuii ri.rrMAi, implements WAGONS AND VKMJC1.KH. ASTORIA AND COLUMBIA RIVER RAILROAD. A.lorU dully) arrlr. a.m. p 111 I I'uriUml .u1 Ai"H K I W) t 10 fr.. huliia VI K"'l'. Kilflon. Wnltxirt. I'lalk ia. .111. ill, Uol.lr; romim llt tlj i.iiiH. inr mo iui .nil l u in rkiuml poluu, 1130 tXO Ailorla.Kra.lil. ainl New A.uirli, 'mii(pr train., VlnW ITIlU.B .nil KUvrl u i.x All train, liwvln Aatorla golnf to Id and rrtumin from Bwald. run on U,.r.a..l.ranch. 6. A P. A- CT7J Mackintoshes Umbrellas FOE LADIES, GENTS, MISSES, YOUTHS AND CBILDBEN Reliable Goods; Lowest Prices C- H. COOPER,, THE LEADING HOUSE OF ASTORIA The Only ... IN ASTORIA ... Our Hpcllty: HTOVKH AND RANOBH W know tho liviintm Twenty yearn experience. you wast a GOOD Stove, eve tlio atock at the Eclipse Hardware Co. iii'ffyiinitini' ft ; rwnri "n 'n! FOAil d Ik OUR MOTTOi "We Buy and Sell Everything" Specialties Just Arrived... CARLOAD OF IR-TIGHT AT LOWKSr CAR LOAD ALL KINDS H la R Stove Store CITY BOOK STORE Htid(juBrter for SCHOOL BOOKS, SCHOOL SUPPLIES, STATIONERY, BLANK BOOKS, TYPEWRITER PAPER, RIBBONS, ETC., ETC GRIFFIN & REED Stokes go. HEAT I'KICKS. OF LAMPS LOW THICKS. 3l 101 ubbers TROUBLE IS IfiMINENT England and Russia Are About to Fly at Each Other Over China. RUSSIANS SEIZE A TOWN As a Result the British Wirsblps st Wel-Hal-WelAre Cleared for Action. ACTIVITY AT PORT ARTHUR Russian Visscls Are Asumblliif at That Place -Great Straleilc Point Involved In Difficulty. WEI-IIAI.WEI. Nov. t All th Dnt i-h ar.hla here, tho flrat-ilana battKahlp CVnturlun. (trat-claai crulr Narclnaua. awunl-'lii ituII Il.rfTiilon., iorvJo bout dtryi-r WhI'.inu, torielo-tj(at dtruyrr Kama, turyeil-Wait leatryr Untidy, and tho flrwt-rliiaa Runboat co k. have clwirej fur action and aj. reudy for .mi t an hour' a notlc. Tho nrnt-i lam lullli-hly Vlcturtoua and th (lnt-tla crulwr I'ndautiltd, at Che-Fo, aro cwillnic t their full rapacity. Tho r?atft a rrcy la maintained to tho mrnnlnff of thme wurllka prfru tluiia. but I hero la do doubt Important iDairucliun axe cxiwetrd at any moment. A .ironic Ruaalun fleet la aaaemblrd at Tort Arthur. 8ITVATIOX Id GUAVE. LO.NIiON. Nov. t-Tho d.apatrn rrorn Wfl-IIui-Wvl. annouticnir wur preiiura tlona. offlrlubi ber announce &a grave, coupltHl with tho Annlo-Krench war pro imnttlona. It la aurmlsrd that Ruiutd, prulltliiK by the prra. nt itrulncd rfUUona Ulwoni Urcul Iirltuln and Knuice, haa dcN'liloil to forwurd hrr a'm In tho far east by seisin tho valuable trvaty port ; of Mu louunir. anun ureal unuuo . iviniiot jH rmii. it i wia. A dlHputeh from London to the Associ ated 1'rwn October SK said a cable mea mure hud oven rw e-.ved there from Huang ho! as tMja: A Kujwlan regiment occupied tbe town or Mu t Huang tproxmre 01 i.o iongi. , aff.rs wouM )h, etl,M durln)? lhe month a i.J the forts at the mouth of the river of NnvemlK.r whon inventories of the l.laou. i.KU4r li. thus ..-curing compl.te ul(Tor,.nt departments would be completed H.Meston of Nlu thuan. The native BnJ anj pa, ke5. to be sent to Spain, troop, tl.d without making any opposl- A( (he of ,ne 8panh a wt,r tion, un Ur onlers from the empress dow- haJ bw.n auiir,t.j t0 Grneral Wood at aer und 1.1 Hung Chang. A llrltUh gun-' SnntlaKO by ,ho Amertenns requesting bit Wiia m the nver at the time. Thi ,hat he affor(1 eVirry facility for the rc nonrwilstan.e Is n-gardiM as virtual , moval of tno bodies of Generals Para del abandonment of Mam-hurla to Russia. , Ray nJ ganto-iidca, the committee to and gives Hussla an Invaluable Ktniteglc . rem)ye whk n wln ieave Havana snort:y. K.lnt. Great Britain ' certain to lo.e the A formal nota haa paused giving Dr. Nlu I'huuw trade, of which it has about jn8 p.rml!l.slon to vl!tU the military hos- W per cent." j pitnl. Admiral Sampson has decided not j to leive Havana during the work of the PREPARATIONS FOR WAR commission. The work of cataloguing GO STEADDlLf . ORWARD. , military property Is proceeding rapidly. ; It Is expected that It will be finished Frl- Itrltlfh Guurdmen Will Bo Mbllxcd for day. The construction of the pier at Active Servloe-V-rhlP. Being j Suppilrtl with Munitions. I i LONDON, Nov. 1. 1 ne tact mat coast , guanli'iinn tliroviK'"lt the l. nlteU King-1 Join have been warned to bo in readiness .... J .11 . . t l..n 1 r..:l.,lilil dltrm caul sign. M.my of them have already Joined ships. RENOWN IN READINESS. llAt.ll.A- Nov. r. -The British battle-! ship Renown is In full lighting trim, and have Just Issued a circular to stockhold tonlKht tested her .earchllght. The Ue- : era giving reasons for the purchase of nown has taken aboard largo quantities the San Francisco & San Joaquin Valley of ammunition and naval stores. SYDNEY. Capo Breton, Nov. I Tho Brltivh warships Cordelia and Pclkan arrived today from Halifax. The visit 1 regarded as extraordinary, us both were supposed io leave tor home to go out of commission. The ships have sub- uiarliie mines and heavy guns aboard, and It Is reported they will mine the en trance to Sydney and St. Johns harbors. SUNKEN SPANISH SQUADRON MAY NEVER BE RAISED. Wrecking Company Receives Orders to Abandon the Work-Big Swedish Company May Be Employed, NEW YORK, Nov. t-A dispatch to the Tribune from Washington says: The navy department has practically decided to abandon wrecking operations under existing contracts on the cruiser Cristobal Colon, Vixeayu and Almlrante Oqiilmlo, near Santiago, which have becomo enormously expensive to the government and to approve the recom-1 menOatUms, In part at least, of Naval ; Constructor Hobson and other officers j who havo been superintending the work Ol rescuiHH iiiceu to.,o. . , Tho department has reaenea tne con elusion that tho Vlwnyn, and Almlranto Ouiiendo will probably never bo rescued und tho Cristobal Colon, If saved at all Will not OO OruuglU to tlio uuuru oi-i by tho Merritt und Chapman Wrecking Company of New York, which haa been working on this vessel under special j contract Involving tho payment of. JSJJ.23 a day since July 2. without visibly im proving tho chances of that vessel's gnlvugo. The same company, since July 6, when It executed tlio first contract for tho prosecution of wrecking operations on the ships of Corvera's squadron, has been roeelvlnsf a somvrato payment of $S0O a .i i.u .. 1 tli.it ill. Til. "V -."V I".: w trtr.JZ.Z" trT:7..7- ... clde what additional compensation, not exceeding JiuO.OUO, shall be paid to the wrecking company on her account. - The hoard of construction, to whom the matt" a r.f rr.d for conalderation by Bwratary Long ttirr t had virtually d-ld''d that th. prcatne rrangmnti wr. becoming lntolirbl, umd h reaponalblllt of rfoomm.ndlng that th. control for the aalvag of th foion bo nnulld on Novombor 10, and tha.t nw proiiowili for righting and raining th. veaael bo publicly aouifht by th navy de partment under reatrlttlon whlin would Involvo th. ajov.rnment In no additional xpenao, unleat th. attempt wa alto gethnr aucceairful, Tho department wfll aend a catilo dl natrh lo Captain Ch'.ter, aenlor naval officer on tho aouth coaat of Cub, If th recommendation, of the board r ap proved, u they will bo without doubt, diroctlnir htm t concentrat th wreck ing wor for th. present altogether on th Relna Merc.de. which I aubmerged In atlll water and capable of ready ra la in X, and that no further attention for the preaent 4 paid to the Oquendo and Vlxcaya. Cheater will. In all probability, be directed at one to deatroy the col lier Merrlmae, atlllzlng for thla porpon the naval veaeela under hla command and their eiploalvei, thla plan being cal culated to relieve th government of addltioil expenae, while at the tame time giving naval aeamep d'.lrebl. practice la counterminlnff grid the re moval or channel obstruction. " Naval official hav not txpreaaed any particular dlaaatlafactlon with th work ot th Merrttt and Chapman Wrecking Company, whkh baa received fl.ftO a day for more than three month at San tiago, out the expert are thoroughly agreed that llttl more can be accom plUhed beyond the rala'n of tt Mer. cedea with the preaent plant at Santiago, and they txtv decided that further ex penae In other direction l unwarranted. Thla decnalon baa been Influenced t ome extent by the arrival In Waahlng ton of the representative of the great Swedlnh wrecking corporation which sue-ie-.lfd In renculng the Iirltlnh battle ship Howe from a condition compara ttv with that of the Colon, and which point to a record of over MO ships which It he extricated from more or leas ser ious positions, nearly all of them being submerged at considerable depth. This company, It seems. Is not only confident of Its ability to bring the Crlntotjal Colon and the other Spanish vessels to the Cnlted Btate. but Is ready to guar antee the delivery of the Maine In the b'.g dry dock at the New York navy yard. The 8wedlli m-reckers propose to take all rlxks of failure without expense to the government, and to rely, if they uc reed, for compensation wholly on arbitra tion. SPAIN CLOSING VP BUSINESS AT HAVANA." Inventories of the Different Departments Will Be Completed During Present Month Sampson Will Remain. NEW TORK- NflV tA d:,patcrl to the irajj frora Havana says: Th gnan;n authorities are nrenared ' to clone all matters of the administration ' lusuft. A decree has -been biued by the ! mlnlter of finance stating that October , 31 was the last day for the Inauguration of her new bunines and that all current Marlanao na neen temporarily suspena- ed owing to rough weather. . PURCHASE OF THE S.VN JOAQUIN VALLEY ROAD. Directors of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Road Have Determined Upon Its Purchase. CHICAGO. Nov. 1 The directors of the Atchison Topeka & Sinta Fe railroad j rallrond. j The directors say: 1 The roud In Its unfinished condition. with no connection south of Bakersfleld, and without access of Ban Francisco, ex cept by the use of boats from Stockton, haa earned more than Its operating ex penses and taxes. Its earnlnirs will be largely Increased when completed to San Francisco and In receipt of the through business of the Atehlson system to and from that city and other points In north ern California. If It shall be found necessary to con struct a connecting link between Bakers- ! field and some point of Intersection with the Santa Fe system of California, means therefor con be provided either by using general mortgage bonds reserved for ex pansion purposes, or by an Issue of bonds upon the new lines. It la the expec- ' tatlon of your directors however, that such construction will not be required, as trackage rights over the existing line be tween Bakersfleld and Mojave, 6S miles, can nrobably bo obtained. TO PENSION EX-CONFEDERATES. DALLAS. Tex.. Nov. 2. A state election was held yesterday for the purpose of voting on a constitutional amendment to nenslon all indigent ex-Confederato sol- ' ,11...,. nl.x ..nmik tA BitlOA 1.V& Ot 1 per month. A very light vote was cast ! both In cities and country. Absolutely ! no Interest was taken In the election. At S:3D tnis morning returns snuw a-i tho amendment and 16,118 against it It Is believed tho amendment will carry, hut It will require a two-thlrda vote. MRS. SANGER DEAD. NEW YORK. Nov. 2.-Mrs. Fasnle Sanger, wife of Alexander Sanger, the millionaire drygoods merchant of Dallas, Texas, died at the Hotel Savoy early Tuesday morning from pneumonia. Mrs. Sanger was 45 years old and had just returned from Europe, where she SOUKIll uuuuu "I L. . U ... U n. tlio dincrent resorts. 'She has one son. 18 years old, who at tends school in this city, and lives at the Hotel Savoy. Tho elder Sanger Is well known throughout the western part Texas, where he Is prominent In bust- ness and social circle. RUPTURE IS PROBABLE Negotiations Between Peace Commissioners Soon to Be Broken Off. FRIDAY IS THE DATE SET Dispute Over Philippines Bros Aboot This Serious Mis understanding. THE POWERS ARE INVOLVED SaMTUit Fussla Will Intimate Tbat nnAfreemeet Most Be FeacheJ Be fore tbe Islands Are Aniexe J. PARIS. Nov. i-It 1 stated here that the negotiation between tbe Spanish and Amort can peace commissioners will be broken off In a few days, probably on Frldav. Tbe 8panlh representatives are said to have refused the proposal or the American commissioners regarding the Philippines. Nothing official has yet been made known. RUSSIA IS INVOLVED. LONDON. Nov. t-The Berlin corre spondent of the Standard says: Russia and another power are, credited with the Intention of Intimating to the government at Washington that the an nexaion of the Philippine must be pro ceeded by a common agreement on future action In certain circumstances. In pursuance to oral agreements reach ed at the last joint session of the evacu ation commission, the Amerkfen com missioners have sent to the Spaniards a note, naming January t next a the day upon which Spanish evacuation must i be formally accomplished. SPANISH ARE IRRATIONAL. LONDON. Nov. t-The Paris corre- spondent of the Morning Post says: The expected rupture of the peace ne- gotlatlons between the United State and Spain will be officially announced Friday. The feeling here Is that the attitude of the Spaniards Is Irrational, In view of the financiul proposals of the United States. AUSTRIA'S SUGGESTION. .rLn";'? V1T C.rre" . v j The Austrian cabinet considers an En glish protectorate over ..e Philippines 1 the only prooer solution of the question. TO BUILD ELECTRIC RAILWAYS IN JAPAN. Chicago and Eastern Caplta.ists Have ! Formed a Company for That Pur pose. With Capital of iIO.OliO.OOO. CHICAGO. Nov. 2. The Record says: Trolley cars will soon whia and clang through the streets of Toklo, Yokohama, Osaka and other large cities of Japan If the plans now being formed In Chicago are carried out. A company of Chicago ...ipn, .vinitiiiist. la heln formed which is to have a cap.tal of not less speaker of the night, and uvoughout the than U0.W0.W0 for the purpose of bu.lding , speech was greeted with applause, electric railways throughout the Island The entrance of Richard Crocker while In all the principal towns. i Hill was speaking was the occasion ot The financial backers of the enterprise j one of the heartiest demonstrat.ons ot are not as yet revealed, but it Is asserted the evening. that they will be well known banking I The reading of a letter from former firms, amply able to carry out any ton- : President Grover vleveland congratulate cessions they may get from the govern- ing the Business Men's Association for ment striving to prevent maladmlnlstratloa The' Drexels and Stephen B. Elklns. j and extravagance of the republican of New York, are mentioned In connec- part"" was followed oy deafening ac tion with the enterprise, and It Is plause. claimed by those on the Inside that a ( lange share of the money will come from Philadelphia. Negotiations are now going on for the , obtaining of a charter that will enable the work to go on at once, in thla con nection the name of W. D. Eastlake. who has an office In the Monadnock building, has been mentioned. Mr. East lake says: "I will say that I have been appointed by certain parties, representative cap italists, with a view to establishing such a company. But nothing uas yet been definitely arranged. "Japan has been my home for a num ber of vears. July 1 ot next year the whole kingdom Is to be opened without restrictions to foreigner Heretofore there has been little or no opportunity for Americans or Europeans to transact business successfully with the Interior regions. Travel has been possible only on passports of limited duration, and if a merchant wanted to Duy goous pro duced away from the coast he has had to obtain them through two or three, or sometimes through half a dozen, mid dlemen. This will all be done away with under the new policy. "Naturally one of the first needs of the enlarged travel that will result will bo cheap transportation. To supply this will be the object of the new company. At present everything depends upon obtain ing a charter from tho royal govern ment, and there are no positive assur ances that the charter will be granted," Rumors are alloat that the Slemans and Halskel Electric Company of Amer ica was In the combination. Treasurer Block of the company said that he could not discuss the matter. TO PARALLEL CANADIAN TACIFIC. CHICAGO, Nov. 2. The Tribune says: The Great Northern, It Is reported, in tends to make application to tho next session of the Canadian parliament for a franchise to extend we Spokane Fall and Northern through southern British Columbia. The fram-hl desired by th Great Northern I believed to be fr a mare ambitlou enterprise than ha yet been revealed. The real ofcjoot I reported te be a paralleling of the Canadian PadAa Crow's Ksst Una through souther British Columbia In addition to th K.U tie River road. AN HONEST ITALIAN CHESTNUT PEDDLEIt Pick np Package on Cedar I'.reet, New" York, Containing In Securities 13.00 and Return It to the Owners. NEW YORK, Nov. t-When a swarthy, solemn-eyed Italian stepped Into th banking house of Carson, Leach dc Col, 33 Nassau tret, threw package on a counter with a "That' for you." ami then started to walk out, there was a chorus ot clerks calling him to com back. An hour before a messenger from an other financial institution started ont t deliver packages of more or less value. He knew he had one addressed simply Carson, Leach Co., without the firm' street or number, and he was not aware that th envelope contained securities KKregaUng $3,000. When he stepped into Carson, Leach ft Company place, the package In, question, was missing. To make know hi loss and stop payment on th govern ment bonds In Washington and the suo trtasury here was but me work of a few momenta, 8UU, the securities were w gotlable at any bank In the universe. The envelope which the Italian had so carelessly tossed over to the bank cle.. contained the missing securities. Ha wa called back and taken Into SX Leach' private office. HI story wa very .Imple. He wa . chestnut peddler and stood In Cedar street. He plckep up the envelope from under the feet of the throng that pasae4 by ols stand. He saw tbe nam ca It. but as be could not read English, he stopped a pedestrian and asked him what th writing was. Tbe man told him n4 also gave him the location of the office. He delivered the package. It wa only a little way irora wnere me ww He did not want any reward. The only thing that wa puzzling Mr. Leach wa what to do for the finder, but substan tial recognition of his act will be de manded. STOWAWAY BRIDES ON THE TRANSPORT. The Indiana Carries the Wive of Tw Volunteer Officers and Is Ordered Arrested at Honolulu. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. t-The mail steamer Doric and the transport Ohio, . now on their way across the PParlflc, carry orders from General Merrlam dl reeling that the troopship Indiana be ar- j rested at Honolulu and her commander. Colonel Funston. ordered to land several gtowaways. wives of volunteer officer j ot ,ne army. ! xw0 0f these are said to be mentioned I gpciflcally in the order, and both are ' brides of Kansas officers. They are Mr. , j q Schlleman. wife of the chapIn. an(i Ufa. F. E. Buchan, wife of Captain Buchan. who sailed on the Senator la ! command of the Oregon recruits. i The Ohio Is not expected to overtake 1 the Indiana, but the Doric may do o. ' in such a case he ladles may proceed oa, i that vessel ,0 Hong Kong and from ther. . . . . . ineir nuseasua. 1 The transoort Penn8ly-ania will Mil tomorrow, regiment. carrying the Fifty-first low. DAVID B. HILL CHEERED BY NEW YORK DEMOCRATS. Monster Massing of the Business Men' Association Letter of Congratulation From ex-President Cleveland. NEW YORK, Nov. 2. Every seat la Carnegie hall was filled tonight fccfors the muss-meeting of the Business Mun'a Association was called to order by Theo dore W. Myers. i tx-oenator Jjavia u. Hill was the SEVEN CALIFORNIANS LOST. VICTORIA. B. C. Nov. t-Frank X. Walker, of Atlln City, who came down by the Farrallon, enroute to Chicago, brings meagre news of a story current when he left the north of the loss of a party of seven Callfornlans, headed by A. F. Englehardt, of Pasadena, from which lo cality all seven hailed originally. The casualty occurred In a swamp lying between the new gold fields and the term inus of steam navigation from Bennet lake. As nearly as could be ascertained, the party lost the trail and wandering in to the quicksand forming the bed of a dry creek, were engulfed. A searching party was sent from Atlin city to Inves tigate but nothing had 'been heard frois. them when Walker left. The names are not obtainable. lhe Royal Is the highest grade baking powder Iumwb. Actiwl tests mow it goesoee thlrd further the .oy other bread. ilia cita Absolutely Puro HOVAL MKIira POWM. OO., U VMM. m I-J!