The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899, November 29, 1898, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextU IIm ' THE ASTORIAN hi. thl lirjeit circulation of my pupei on thi CoIumcU Rlvir turn i . , , --r-jt'!Mi'.' I'M ySy VVAy THE DAILY ASTCIAN 3 the j j j I tlgfeat cJ test p;-r FULL ASBOCIATKD PNESS RKPORT. VOL. XLIX. AST0U1A. OMGON. TVKSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 2, I8!8. ' KO. 119 til ( vcvtv r x .ji it it i rY i.j --- . II IF I I li I Ml J ea II I Q 1 Ti .; V "V I ,1 y I ' '" "XT i."r 111 It 1 I I llliy r.l II Hi lil 1.1 li l!l IS n -Ti"liyi-. i - IJ a I 1 Jfi" 1- 4 v. 1 ' ' t fajj i i i r ai ii h m in i ill ; ri''"'!!?.' c - Tlie Only IN ASTORI A ... Our Hpoclnlty; HTOVCB AND RANOEtt We know the luaincsa. Twenty your, experience. If you wast a GOOD Stove, oo tho stock at the Eclipse Hardware Co. Best Thanksgiving Yet A 0 Griffin F & OUR We Buy and NEW TODAY A Pure Coffee. OilRD PREMIER WALKING ADVERTISEMENTS. Every shoo that goes out of this establishment is an advertisement that brings us new tnulo. Tho style, the quality, tho finish, the price all v count in our fnvor. People roudily discern tho goodness in tho shoes wo sell, and tho prices aro' pleasingly belittled. John Hahn, HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS s Blankets, Comforts, Bedspreads kaee Gartains and f Sheetings, Touiels Drapery Goods. f and Crashes. Everything Necessary in the Above Goods and at Bottom Prices. C. H. Cooper, ,r - tth TT- LEADING HOUSE OF .ABTORIA Stove Store W.' . (tMt dwJ to b. thank ful for, w. AHjMr Moat of Urn I. Bam', boy. 4r. horn, oln n4 tbay tiroucht to him on. of th bit ftcquiattlofui h. rt cJ.itMd, Wbn you ttt down to four dawk, ttt down to th. bwi .Ik, p.tw, inki, boia.m. po-wln, .tMloiMrr, .lamp boioa, mtucllM boui-w. bv. varytblns, both Ifnt ftnd ln ninili la UiU IIm. Why not tuir. thnT & Reed. Stokes go, MOTTOi Sell Everything." PURE FRUIT EXTRACTS PURE BAKING POWDER PURE SPICES. . . .... Pure Teas, Tito Itotlnblo Shoo Denier. Great Speeigl Sale... NEW PLUSH CAPES Twenty to Thirty inchoa in length, full sweep, will be sold at COc on the. dol lar. Alo CItOTH CAPES ADD JACKETS Great Driven In DroHH OoocIh. $1.25 tod $1.50 Hid Cloves Best Tiazli Dotnn FUI Asoskei9 Gingham - -Figured Dock - -$8.50 JBeeklntosh - . $1.00 98 58 108 $5.00 Agents for New Mack in tosh Dress Suits. Don't Miss These Bargains McAllen & McDonnell 470-171 Cocimaccia) stmt, ASTORIA. ltl-lO Third Stmt. PORTLAND. OR. THE PARKER HOUSE First-Class in Every Respect. BflH BILLIARD tJOOJVI Special Rates to Theatri cal Parties A. aJ. MASON, Prop. ASTORIA, OHK. ON ASTORIA ' ' ' i i , , t t OR "Portland. Business Arpment by Shong Wflich Is "Oregon's" Reel Seaport. (Copyright. Rt$rvi.) V. POliTtND. Or.., Woy. M.-Emor A torUii; Pufit Mund offr t, dlffaront prottwn in th. tolutloa A DltUrrai of th quMdoo of m Quwtl... port MiprOTDMy for th. Fctno NorthwMt At b.lwi A.tort Iiy nd rortWnd It U ImrgMy quutioo of HEAVY OCEAN TO.VNAOE. But M tirn that bay ft4 Puivt iwund It U cWefly qutttioa of trrnvtiy .iiptfnitl by far Inland navirttun for orctn rttlpf. Tho qu(kn of distance from th. whwt Held, to tb. rapctiv port, cult no flcur., ainc. Taootna DIMaaca Prom anS Huaitl. -aro practU th. Whtat. tally a. far from th heat field, of th In. land Kmplr aa to A Wort a nay. Th. aubjolned tabl of dltaara will dlacloa. til unlmrwrtant dlirrronca In rpct to dUtanr. of that ht from th pKirta. Of coura all tho wtat of th. Wlllamrtt. valley la out of rnacb of th. Bound porta. Dl.tan. Ull.f. I'rndUton to I'ortlahd 251 Petidltton to Tueoma 108 Pmdl.ton to Battle sj Pendleton to Aorla Tl Lif to Aatorla than to Boattlo I Walla Walla to Portland US Walla Wall to Tacoma Xtl Wall to Biattl Bl walla to Aatnrla Hi L- to Aalorla than to Beattl. f Bpokin to Satis 411 jfipokon to Tacoma J9t I Bpokjui. to Portland 44t jfipokana to A.torUt Ml Th. gravity featur. of the railway connection bctwam th. wheat floldi and thoM port. Is th. con. "OravHy" tmtllnc factor aa to th. Prakteia. .xporta of th. Pacific Korttnreat Thar, te but on. water level pans throutrb th. Caacsda nnn from th -whwi fl.lda. That la th ft-org. of ' tho Col. utnbla tn rout to Aatorla, Bay. It give tb railroad, a water l.r.l or "cranty" rrd. from wis wheat field, to that port Railroad Iron th. Mm. point, to PutfK aound port, muat eUnrh th Caarad mountain, on a I per cent crada, la th mattr of extra ezpeni this loaa of a "cravlty" rout I. u.ually domd equivalent to an addition of tot miles In (IWtanc. Thai eatlmat of railroad engineers, however, I. materially reduced by th fact that tboe railroads Ceal ttav an ampl. supply 'of 5appty- coal at each foot of th Cascade mountains. Thereby rh expena of motive power la crowing Is Tory much lessened. Still, that heavy grade 1. a moat serious handicap to Puget sound ports In th rivalry with A.tort Bay for seaport supremacy. However, they eaitly over corns this handicap and that of double distance, too. from the sea. aa agamot Portland, by means of the cheaper char tara throuKh HEAVY OCEAN TON NAGE. Notwithstanding these handi caps, wheat st those porta Is worth 50 cents a ton more than at Portland, al though th. farmers of the Inland Em pire git no hencflt from the fact. BE CAUSE OP THE MANIPULATIONS OF THE'WHKAT POOL In allowing "dlffer entlaln." and BUTINO AT THE STA TIONS for a price FIXED BY THE WHEAT BUYERS. Still Che net result leaves a signal ad vantage In coet of transportation in fa vor of Astoria Bay over Net PiiKe-t sound. It permit, kc.iult of very much longer . trains and reduced train expense, of hinds aa welt aa engines, outsklo of the mere question of coet of fuel for the engines. It, without any other favoring feature, makes Astoria Bay easily Hi. chief sea port of th Columbia basin, In respect to the GREAT ULTIMATE FACT of In creased value of OUR PRODUCTS IN THE HANDS OF THE PRODUCERS. It Is nature's own declaration that As toria Bay Is tho Invaluable, and unap proachable, friend of th. farmers of this great basin, as well as of the property owners and merchants of Portland. But a clinching feature of this sea port problem between the Bay and the Sound la Uie VITAL Inlind FACT that the wheat at Navigation. Puget sound ports Is some 150 or 200 miles far ther from Inexpensive high seas trans portation than wheat at Astoria Bay. This fixes tho rating of the Sound as a second class port, because it condemns It to higher charters. To the great ex pense of Inland navigation Is chiefly due h -.! f t1a 5.1 fnr fiouml charter . .-nin.t ,. nt a.n Franc I act, end I . . . - 1.1..,. . .11 ... 1 . r nn Ikn .11 11 O t with llrst class harbors. This alone con- domns Tacoma and Seattle to Inferiority as against Actorla tn the struggle for seaport supremacy. This settles the question definitely and forever In favor of tho latter port without roforenco to the further Important laot that tho former ports are noarly 600 miles farther away from Liverpool, which Is the controlling market or wheat values. ; i:C'- 'v Tho unanswerable logic of this rJtu uatlon suggests a timely deduc tion in favor of Astoria Bay as agulnat Portland' for soaport A Tfi.tie y supremacy. If Tacoma Initiation, anil Seattle, with nil ' i . . these disadvantages, are superior to Portland as seaports, while Astoria ; Bay Is bo manifestly superior to thoso Pugct sound ports, how vastly superior to Portland also must It be as 1 tho. seaport of our fanners' products! Our people should, look the fnots squarely 1 In the face. . Let us not deceive ourselves. But rather let us see. whether these facts are not really to our greatest advantage, BAY , PUGET SOUND ? fiUn" Continnes. His a. I claim, and a I -will show In my next letter. That Astoria. Bay 1 far superior to Puget sound as tb chief seaport of this 'basin (s conceded fact ACoacded among railroad men. faft. They all recognis. that t some time in th. fu tur. Astoria Bay will become th. otil.f exporting point. Thay all realls that It I only a great combtna-tton, having control of tho.O. R. A N. Co.'. Um, that prevent rh.. operation, of these great law. of nature. They all see that set tled condrtiotj.,; under the commercial revolution caused by th Astoria Jdtty and the Astoria railroad, will very soon force all th. exports to Astoria Bay. Not long sine. In the Dally Astorbui, which I take. I saw an interview who tome eastern visitor. A. Opinio, which c-u forth this Quota.. status of railroad opinion. I will quote from Jt; "How I. H that you nay this seaport can capture th China and Japan trade from Vancouver any better than Portland or Tacoma T" "81m ply because th. gateway for that trade," said th Eastern Visitor. "Is not only the most central on which all our American railroads can unite, and Is the only one with a water level through the Cordillera range, but because you can get very much cheaper charters." "But." suggested the Quill, "the Ta- ooma, and Portland seaport advocates dwiy thi." "Do they, really? Well, It Is a conceded fact In railroad circles. Why, a lead. Ing director of the O. R. A N. recently. In conversation with a friend of mine, made tttat fact the basis of his objection to making Astoria a 'ootnmon point' wtth Tacoma. It came about hi this way: My friend was present when be opened bis marl. In whldh was a clipping from the Astorlan of 'ex-Wheat Buyer's ar ticle explaining the 'common point,' and Inaistlns; on the fairness of the O. R. A N. putting Astoria Bay on a level with Tacoma. Th director said h. didn't know whether cx-Wheat Buyer was cor rect or not 'Why notT asked his vis. I tor. "Because A scoria Is a- cheaper port than Taooma can get cheaper charters,' was the frank reply. " You know.' continued the director, ' differential has to b allowed to on eotopeOrsg railroad to make op for th advantage, that another nea. Thl la true becaos th lm wKh Inferior advantages imnsi bava a share of the business, or It will rut rates and demoralise the traffic; that 1 to say, tn. absolute need in rall rorad truffle la pooling. If we made As toria a ooromoa point with Tacoma, we would get all the wheat traffic and rate would be cut by the other roads, in order to get a share of that traffic.' All the railroad world sees this great truth as to naturtu seaport supremacy. "Jltn" Hill knows It bet Bllad . ter than anybody, and Portland. has, years ago, so de clared. Reottl. and Ta coma understand H thoroughly, and quake in their boots lest Astoria and Portland should Join hands. Alt the world see the truth of the situation EXCEPT THOSE WHOSE HIGHEST INTEREST IS FA TALLY AFFECTED by the existing un natural condition of Columbian exports. Those people are the merchants and property owners of Portland. The able editor of the Orogonlan knows it as well as ha does his classics. In literature and In mathematics. His columns are filled with the soundest teaching upon the subject. His terse sentence quoted In my first letter ia en epitome of his clear est and most honest thought. It is wor thy of repetition: "ASTORIA IS THE 'SEAPORT OF OREGON. Pacific North west. NATURE HAS BO ORDERED IT THAT THE STATE CAN HAVE NO OTHER GREAT SEAPORT." Ha has changed front lately on the question. He has done so without apol ogy and without shame. Without Tet his hypnotic Influ Sharn.. ence upon the Portland public has a Lethean effect that effaces all memory of the previous opinions they had on this sub ject under the witchery of his spell. I submit 'that I have established that that editor's original, and honest, judgment on this vital seaport problem was sound. I think I have vindicated that Judgment. I believe intelligent Port lamlerg, disillusioned, will agree with Mr. Scott (and my humble self) that It is not "an Astoria scheme," but an "Oregon scheme," In that larger sense of the entire Pacific Northwest. In my next letter, I shall deal. In ex haustive detail, with the GREAT TRUTH that Astoria Say aa our chief seaport will quickly make Portland the chief city ot the. FfcCino COOSt. A PORTLAND BUSINESS MAN. WORK NEARLY DONE. WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S.-Jt is the Im pression at the state department, in the absence of anything save pre? re'i n. of tho proceedings at Paris today, that tho commission's work is now near an end, and that about two Weeks' time Rill sutlU'e to close it up. It was said at the state department that the next step In order will bo to bcRln negotiations for the acquisition of Ualan. in the Caroline Islands, for a cablo Btatkm. This is not to be madi the subject st a demand upon Spain, but will bo an ofler In nil sincerity to purchase the Island at .t fair price. It Is not In contemplation to take all the Caroline ggroup. NKAR1NG A SETTLEMENT. NEW YORK, Nov. .28. The aggressive strength shown today by the Union 'Ps olflo, Northern 1'aGiflc, and Oregon Short Line Issues was a rather. convincing evi dence of progress in the efforts to heal the differences botween the Northern. Pa clflo and the Oregon Navigation. -L JAPAN TOR 8PIE8 8 HOT RUSSIAN BOLMERS. Found, Within th. Fortification at Port ' Arthur Becurtog Drawings-Other Oriental Happenings, VICTORIA, B. C. Nov, OTh. steam- r uienogi. bat arrived her. after a tcmptuou passage, bringing ant Interest ing ouaget of news from tb. rastl.s. east. From Tien Tln com, imwi which show that Japan has decided to resist Russian aggression. So, la. preparing to drtv. tha.ciar'. troops,, from Cor, and to, thl. end larg. detachments ot troop ar bemg isnded l tb. H.rmlt'. kingdom. New I Jso at band from Tla Tun that larg number of Japanese, spies nav. Men captured Dy tb Russian, at Port. Artltur and shot. ' Seven Japanese all offlcr. of tt Imperial Japan e. army, wer taken, and on their persons were found, drawing of tb principal torti flgatlons. But a day elapsed after their capture before, they war. marched out to ft, a firing party ot Biuslao. and sum. martly shot Th. retell In Chung King, according to advloe. by the Glen ogle, ar. Increasing tn power daily. Th Tung Liaag and How Chow railway Is completely under rbeir control. They bar compelled well- to-do people to provide them with money and provision, and ar. making weapons day and nfctt Merchants In Chung Klang have wired t. 8bngh.l and other ports stopping the shipment of good.. Tb rebels ar. dally committing atroci ties of every sort and kind. On of their readers. Til, went to th governor of Lung Sluri Chin and demanded a large sum of money, was refused, and the reb els. 2U0O strong, plundered the town, kill. log hundreds. Two day afterwards they went t. Tung Liang and demolished all the house of th. christians, massacrelng those who tried to escape, with allocking brutality. They then declared that they had gone to that dry especially to op pose foreigners and christians. Others, tbey said, were not to be molested unlens they offered resistance, Two French priests and a mission iy of the C. M. 8. had gone to the magis trate's yemen for shelter and lat in tb afternoon the rebels went to th magis trate and asked that they be delivered up. The magistrate refused, but they afterwards relented and allowed the reb els to enter the yemen to take th mis sionaries. Th Methodist had a revolver and he was at one. killed. Tb. two French priests were bound and carried away as prisoners. The rebels then retired to Wang Choa Tung. They are. It Is said, seising and murdering christi an almost dally. According to reports from Chemulpo matters have reached a grave crisis In Core. Th. empror U being worried to death with petitions by the independence club who are forcing -'- nand to dismiss torn, of the higher ministers, "when the whole phalanx of he Independence club will In vade the palace and take charge of th government's affairs. - The execution of the unfortunate ac cused of the attempt to poison the emper. or was a ghastly affair. The doomed were taken from, th scaffold on which they wens to have been executed, by a mob. Then began one of the moat grue some exhibitions of savagery and blood thirstiness ever seen In any land. Th. condemned men were actually torn to pieces by the mob and even when lit was er'lnct the most devilish Indignities Imaginable were heaped on th mangled end bleeding remains. BUT LITTLE DOUBT THAT BIO FIGHT WAS FAKED. Kid McCoy's Manager Says He Had a Straight Tip That It Was to End to the Ninth. NEW YORK. Nov. 28. James J. Corbet t declared today rtiat he believed Connie McVey was innovctit ot any intentional or prearranged wrongdoing when he en tered the ring during the nlnlth round of rhe Sharkey-Corbctt contest last Tuesday night at the Lenox Athletic club, and consequently forfeited Khe conteet to Sharkey. The statement on Corbett's part was made at the close of the In quiry which was instituted by the direct ors of the Lenox Athletic Club to fix the reaponafbility for McVey's action. W. B. Gray. Kid McCoy's manager, was the first witness. Ho sa'.d thr.t six or seven days before tho tight, while in com pany with McCoy, he met two represen tatives of a local newspaper In the Astor house. He told them that a friend of his, whoee name he was not at liberty to divulge, had Informed htm that the bout was to end In the ninth round, and that Sharkey would be declared winner. Sharkey, on his own behalf, stated thm the fltrht was "on the level." Ho said he wertt Into the ring to win and was convinced that he would have knocked Corfcett out in another iound had the fight gone on. Jim Corbett. the last witness, said: "1 wont believe McVey was bought. He has been with me for many years. 1 have supported him and he has eaten my bread and butter. "After we Mtumed to my dressing-room on Tuesday night McVey said to my brother Tom: 'I could not see that -btg feHow licked and I got Into the ring. That Is all there was to It.' I had the better of the fight from the second round." Sharkey mterruptcd CoTbett, saying: "Why, you didn't have a dead nvan's chance." Corbett replied: "I never faked In mv life," "Neither did I," mpllcd Sharkey. Both nwn assumed a menacing attitude and It looked for a moment as If there would be a brawl. Corbett continued: "You're too Ignorant to understand when a compliment Is paid you, Sharkey, but I'm 'Gentleman Jim,' and always will be." SHOT IN THE BACK. DENVER, Nov. is. A special to tho News from El Paso, Tex., says: A. J, DeMuIe9, better known as the "Turquoise King of the Jarlllas," was murdered at the celebrated Turquoise mine, 60 miles north of El Paso, in New Mexico, early this morning by a Mexican, with whom ho hod a quarrel about a trivial matter, DeMutes was shot In the back with a six-shooter while eating breakfast, and was instantly killed. Tho murderer at. tempted to escape, but Wits pursued him! captured by several American employes. After his capture a determined effort was made to lynch the prisoner by the mine employes, but the Americans who had him In custody and several railroad men stood guard with Winchesters and pre vented mob violence. STORM CAUSES GREAT DAMAGE Wcw,En2ljBj Ceist, Swept fcys IHzz;ra, En.tin.'jst Grcst LosstoStiptiuj. MANY LIVES HAVE BEER LOST Quit ttoUto Tiit Over One Butt- drclArfl DrAwBe1-Cftra ftf v... elf Were Dasiej, tp Fleets. BOSTON, No. 28.-U ts known dnn. Itely tonight flmt more than 70 live. bar. been lost In tn wrecks of tugs, schooner and eoal barge during th storm of Sat. urday night and Sunday morning, and If th steamer Portland ha also moat down. " ot seems posstbla th. Bat ot iuii. alUe will ris to 140, with over loo ves sel, of all description. ahor. two aeor. of them, to be total wrecks and an un known number probably beneath the wave of Massacausett hay. Thar. I scarcely a bay. harbor, or Inlet from Penobscot to New London which has not on Its snore, the bones of som. taunco craft, whll all along Maasachu- sett bay. and especially Boston harbor. beaches ar. piled high with tb. wreck g. of schooners and coal barge. The record, although hourly lengthening. Is suu incomplete, tor that ocean graveyard of Cap. Cod Is still to b heard from. The annoyance and. Inconvenience of the railroad and street ear embargo, covering th. whole of southern New England, sank Into Inalgnificaoos before the atorv of destruction wrought by wind and wave, yet ft will b many days befor tho run import of disaster la known, or even realized. The islands of Boston harbor ar. with out exception strewn with wrecks and wreckage, and no lea than 29 vessels ar. ashore at Gloucester. Over 20 In the sup posed safe harbor of Vineyard Haven parted their anchor chains yesterday and are hfeh and dry on th. beach. Nantasket beach, saw two schooners and a coal barge dashed to piece on It sands; the rocks of Cohasset claimed staunch fish. erman Schituto. a well known pilot boat; (he Manchester, a down-east lumberman, while one tug and three barges, known to have been between Cap. Cod and Boston, are unaccounted for and probably ar lo!. The upper harbor of Boston, Plymouth, Salem. Portsmouth, Portland. aiK. oilier places, where vecsels wer. sup posed to be comparatively safe were th scenes of numerous collisions between ship and wharves. Every lltesavliur Crew performed deed, of heroism In ret elling th drowning. Beyond Deer Island He. the big Wilson Boer Ohio, and th steamer C A. White., of Taunton, la aabor on Spectacle island. It I. a matter of surprise to harbor pilots how th. Ohio reached ber present, berth. She stands up boldly, without semblance of a list, on a bard gravel bottom, in water which at flood tldo this morning bardty cam. to th. level of th. propeller shaff. That she should be In. such shallow water Is due to the fact that th. tide In which she went ashore was 14' feet above rh. usual flood tide. Accord ing to some wrecking masters, the only way to save tb. liner is by dredging a channel from the Ohio. Into deep water. Leaving Spectacle Island astern, a sorry sight Is presented. Th. three-masted schooner Calvin F. Baker In on Shag Routes, midway between Boston light and Brewesters, and the mainmast has been whipped out and bangs dangling over the side. From this wreck two mate were taken off. Three bodies were seen lashed aloft Two of them were secured and life was found in them, but the other had been froxen stiff to his lashings. The sun-Ivors and the body were taken to Hull. On shore stood scores of mn who were ready to risk their lives to save those who were on many of the vessels In the ofling driving to destruction. Captain James, of the lifesavlng crew was there with his men. He said the wind blew so fiercely that not men enough could find room In the boat to row against the wind. Out of the driven snow, came the dim outlines of a barge, with the forms of five men descernable on tho deckhouse. With a mighty crash as it came down on the receding wave ban; No. 1 struck shore, only to crumble and then melt Into fragments, which the waves In another minute cast upon the shore. In that Instant five men escaped Impending death, for, as the barge split m twain, the deckhouse (lid off toward shore Into the surf, and at the same time the men on shore with line about then rushed into the -water and pulled out the sailors. A moment later barge No. 4 came ashore and was ground up by the waves, but nothing was seen of Its crew. Soon after this other wreckage eama ashore, and this morning it was seen that both the Abel C. Babcock and 'the Samuel W. TUden had been wrecked. No slsn of the crew of either vessel was found. STEAMER BELIEVED LOST. BOSTON. Nov. 28. Tho maiiauers of the Boston & Portland Steamship Com- (Contlnued on page three.) 1 Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the feed against alum. 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