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VOL. XLIX.
AST01UA, OKKGON. WEDNESDAY MOKN1NO. NOVKMflEK 0, 1898.
NO. 120
Se Sri Ji
v ilti if i n si ,i ri m :
sr i i l t i i i;a . iiia a . a a
Stove Store
... IN ASTORIA ...
Our Hpeolnlty: HTOVUH AND UAINCJEH
Wo know the business. Twenty yvan xporionce. If you wont a
GOOD Stove, sco tho stock at the
Eclipse Hardware Co.
DOLLS! nous DOLLS!
Our Dolls are
for Inspection.-
We can
Cull mul
Griffin
OUR
"We Buy and
NEW TODAY
Pure Coffee.
Foard
PMIER
WALKING
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Every shoo that goes out of this establishment
is an advertisement that brings us new trade.
The stylo, the quality, tho finish, tho price all
count in our favor.
People readily discern tho goodness in tho
shoc wo sell, and tho prices aro pleasingly
belittled.
John Hahn,
HOUSE F
Blankets,
Iiaee Gortains and
Drapery . Goods.
C. H. Cooper,
..' TTHTC LEADING HOUSE OF ASTORIA
ready
Show you 75
ifferent styles and sizes
nee them.
& Reed.
MOTTO 1
Sell Everything."
Co.
mm
PURE FRUIT EXTRACTS
PURE BAKING POWDER
PURE SPICES
Pure Teas.
Tlio Reliable Shoo Denier.
U R WIS HI N G GOODS
Comforts, Bedspreads
Every thing Necessary in the
Goods and at Bottom Prices.
Great
Special
Sale...
NEW PLUSH CAPES
Twenty to Thirty incho
in length, full sweep, will
bo sold at GOc on the dol
lar. Also
CLOTH CAPES AND JACKETS
Grent Drive In
DroHH CJoocIm.
$1.25 iDd $1.50 Hid Cloves
Best Teazli Doud Flal -Amosketg
Gingham - -Flgwid
Dock -$8.50
JBaekintosh - -
$1.00
9s
5e
108
$5.00
Agents for New Mack
intosh Dress Suits.
Don't Miss These Bargains
McAllen &
McDonnell
iro-ITI Commercial Street, ASTORIA.
W-US Third 8trt,
I rORTLAND. OR.
THE PARKER HOUSE
First-Claes in
Every Respect.
BAR flflD BILLIARD ROOM
Special Rates
to Theatri
cal Parties
A. x3. MASON, Prop.
ASTORIA, ORB.
Sheetings, Towels
and Grasses.
Above
PORTLAND'S VAST GROWTH
THROUGH
She Would Become the
and; Railway
Pacific
(Copyright Rerv4.)
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PORTLAND. Or., Nov. V.-tAMor A
torian: Having shown that Astoria Bay
M th chief seaport would add tt trou
at vaJua to our axporti in the handa of
Ui producer. I wib now to thow that
It would mak Portland tho ctil-f dtr of
th raotflo com, rapidly Incroaamff Iti
trad and population and quickly doub-Una-
all of It raal tftat yalua.
Our popl fear It would ruin th trad
Mid Twth of our dty, malclnc It tha
ttXjoA of bati and owta,
Portland Mow? Why, (hey aay,
Ffr. it would raua tho tua
of otn 1M) forrlun chip
from our wharvi.-. with a reultln: Iom
of at kaat V .000 of ihlp otkandlrri' trade
annually. And wo It would. If w do not
do it, however, our city will become
enrr half-way (tatlon on the route from
th WUlamrttt valley to 8-auie a the
chief ae&port. Rut lft ua Inquire whivt
ctnp-niitttln o I'ortlaiid there would be
f"T that .tIou auMracilon from our
lixal trad.
W have f n from my prevlou letter
that It would add annually at leant
ome S2S0 per ton to th
value of the wheat pro
duct of thl baeln IN
THE 1IAMWJ OF TUB
With a Diltllon and a bait
Wh.t
Valnti.
rnourcEiiu.
(estimated) (on of wheat, annually, thl
mean nearly four million dollar of
wealth each year added to the porket
of tha farmer who Inula In Portland.
Thl wealth would percolate U th
avenur of life among a population of,
ay, .wo million. It would add to tha
funeral prunperliy and. unlike tha hlp
chandlery, ll beneficial effort would
reach every branch of tr3e In our city.
Burely, tht would be of far greater ben
efit to P on land than th k of a half
million dollar of ahlp chandler' tral.
Th laHer I a fain of, aay, per cent
In our weal in. or 1100.000 only, while th
former U permanent rAo f forty time
a mu.4t wealth. Of coura. thl change
of port would hurt tha wheat pool, but
then w ran aland that!
Thl Increaa (n weeJth and traffic
must ncrtly very enalbly Improve
travel and freight on
Help th Tonland' own railroad
O. R. N. Ce. -tha O. R. N. It U
the serious and perlU
ent object of that treat railway company
to Increaa tha wealth of It patron and
develop tta tributary country, o a to
InrreaM It traffic. Surely no on tin of
Ha effort could produce a more extraor
dinary benefit than thl. The inrreaia
of rorUand' traffic with (he Interior
would mean Increased traffic for this road.
Not only thta, but 4he vaat bonua TO
THE PRODUCER tn Me reter wheat
value at Aatorta Bay would apeedlly
force all the wheat to that port over
that line from the Inland Empire, In
stead of haullnc half Hi wfreat from eaut
of th Cascade (om U million tons) a
now, the O. R. A N. would then haul ll
all.
Bun a far ir&nder benefit to Portland
would flow from the commercial revolu
tion to follow a chnnRe
AOreaUr , of the chli-f port to
Rtiu't. Antorla l!y. It would
force all the transconti
nental railroads, and other now cn route
to the Pacific Northwet, to sind tholr
main traffic line throunh Portland on
tholr way to tho chief exportlnit polt.
Ttils would nccc..-irily mnke our
city the permanent railroad cen
ter of this priNit railroad reg-lon.
On the other hand, with Astoria
Ray excluded as tho port. It Is per
fectly manifest that Puffnt sound. Sonttlo.
would soon acquire sesport supremiwy
over Portland. This would force the
great railway lines to concentrate at
6ttlc, loavlnR Portland simply a way
station on ono line from Willamette val
ley on Its way to fho Sound. It would
surely wrt from Portland its natural
rlg-ht, aa the converging- point of all the
water levols, to be the undisputed rail
road city tf Astoria Bay should be the
exporting point. The value to Portland
of being he railroad center of tlf s
mighty region would b vast beyond cal
culation. It would make nor the mis
tress of commerce. Its effect upon the
rrowtlt of our trade, population and real
estate values would be very great Indeed.
Yet. under existing conditions that statiia
Is seriously menaced.
These benefits arise out of the local
situation. They sro of vast Importanco to
Portland. Yet there l
Stilt a much greater benefit
Orrater. to flow to us from mak
ing Astoria Bay our chlof
on port snd thus concentrating all our
railway lines upon that port. The tr:ui
with tho Orient, now being eagerly Bought
by all ttio world, Is the greatest trallle
on earth. Tho Canadian Paiiilo. backed
by nil of England's wealth. Is playing h
high hand for It. Railway concentration
upon Astoria Pay as the chief port or"
tho Paclflo coast would enablo us to
force most of that traffic over our lines.
That great seaport' central situation.
Its water level grndo through the Cas
cades (the only ono north and south t r
1,600 miles) to the summit of the Rockies
1,800 miles away to the east, and an In
terior country six times as rich as th
basin of the Frazer and Thompson r.vers,
would easily enable It to corral th-'t
Oriental trade from the Canndinn 1'h
cltle. Ptiget sound can't do It. Neither
can Sun Francisco, which has tried nd
failed. Of course Portland can't do It.
The principle of I1NAVY OCIOAN TON -iNACii;
alone would make her n pigmy
rival of Vancouver, R. C, one of thfl
llnest tlrst cfciss ports In the world. Whut,
then, would ba tho result of this giat
istreum of tratllo upon Portland's Krowili?
j Why, plainly. It would mako the Colum
bia banin what nature Intended, the very
center of the great West. This would
quickly double Its population and double
Its wheat product.doubltng thoroby those
ASTORIA'S PORT
Greatest Commercial
Center of the
Coast.
annual values gained by making Astoria
Bay our sea-port. Of court. Portland,
m th railway and commercial center,
would also double In population
and trad. Its real est ate also would
dvublo In valua. Why, the mere
Inauguration of thl "Oregon chem"
would five a tremendous Impulse
to ber real aetata sale. Thing
would begin, at once, to hum with th
plain evldeno of thl grand future, Tt
all theae vat benefits are held back from
Portland by the Wheat pool, which re
duce our trusted newspaper Into be
fooling ua to sumwrt a policy Inaugurated
by "Jim" Hill for the benefit of Seattle!
Borne of the result of "Jim" Hill's
control of the O. R. N. against Port
land' Interests are seen
iomt In the present Isolation
Results. of Portland from foreign
connection by ocean pas
S'ngr line. San Francisco and Puget
sound are In -direct touch with all th
world. Portland has only one regular
ocean paaxengwr line that to Ban Fran,
clsuo. The following table tells the story:
Ran Francisco Puget Bound Portland
direct to direct to direct to
Panama BIN-ri Brn Francisco
Mexico Hong Kong
Australia Victoria
Honolulu Honolulu
Hong Kon Australia,
81leria Ban Francisco
St. Mlcheal . Skaguay
Bkaguay St. Michael
Victoria
St-attle
Oregon
Theae vast and plain benefits to Port
land should be more than enough to stir
our cltlxen to .enthust
rjrandcr asm for Astoria Bay a
Than 4H. the great seaport of th
West. But there Is on
Other feature of greatnei for Portland tn
thl situation that la grander than all
else. That feature is th resulting da
velontnittt of our manufacture through
tli magnificent water power at Oregon
C4ty.
It need but little reflection to show th
vital Importance to Port!&.t of tht fea
ture of growth. For 1.000
Mane- miles, from Alaska, to
factories. Cape Horn, that water
power baa no rival. Tber
1 especially no such water power on this
coast connected by a great Interior
waterway with a first cla port A a
consequence, the developed manufactures
at Oregon City In every line of trade
would have a monopoly of thl great
trade on the eastern and western shores
of the Pacific. It embraces more than
half the population of the earth. Neither
could Lowell nor Manchester compete,
since they are nearly twice ten thousand
miles by water farther away from those
great marts of trade.
The effect of'thla mlgbty trade upon
Portland's growth would be simply be.
yond calculation. Wie would speedily
dl.ran-e all other Paclflo coast cities.
She would quickly take rank with the
greatest cities of the earth.
Tet the O. R. & N. Co.-Portland'
natural allystands in the door of this
grand prosperity for our
! StW In ci'y, "Jim" Hill coerces
I I he Hon . lt3 conduct.' The wheat
pool back 3 it up and
spills Its t'-.f. may be, Into the Ore
(roiiliin's b'.nx hi ordir. to befool our peo
ple Into support of this suicidal policy.
The O. II. & N. Co. stands In the door
of Astoria's imie.o.V.ite seaport suprem
acy. Any hour rr any day that great
ntll.vay syst. :i set In motion these
wheels of a r. grand prosperity for
cur city. Will our pople compel that
road to faro :r nr?
All wo nooJ In ord.-r to rMn this great
end is an arous. J public sent hient In our
I city. Portland public
, Tha pjituJ ,.;.!;i;on. is a giant in this
; Olnt. Flotation. Her demands
upon the O. R. & N. for
a change of policy as to Astoria must be
compiled with, else that transportation
company would be forced out of business.
It lives i r.'.y in our favor. It Is our crea
ture. If we say "Do this!" It must obey.
6o with the Oregonlan No railroad
giant can stan.1 In the way of Portland's
will as to Ier own railroad and her own
newspaper.
Lot our people take hold of tho prob
lem at once and bring great prosperity
I Into our borders.
I A rORTUAND RVSINES3 MAN.
A-lVl'iei-I'S CH
' VVMCF.
BEING FORMULATED.
Secretaries o." 1' . -TV.uv Commissions
rrcparhij tVe V'-if-f-os-Task Will
lie Kny .ind Rapid.
retarles of the
-) ;id Ojcda,
' ,.r formulating
A'y this after-
rtivo com
v'e nee. The
'', as to the re-.-
.-. ri'. il to In
'I yi!! be
. ...,VMy
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t0 po.lCu col:
I have be -:' at '
' tho :mic!c ,-,r
neon. s Olirce
; liilis--len-i
1 work w '
I Um:uV"
the pi"'
! ten,.!'-.
I Tho s
In torn
:i i.
d-m of t. iv-c-' : '
tion for IV. T'tii
group. si.-). 1 :;.V:
within tin!! j
treaties br.i. i i .
The r..':HlW't,I lj
liiCi will he r-vif-.l, I
the., lit-ii.v of Ivu ii!.'
tain cli'.iius, th : u' i 1
is?;;, niu! the su-ieVi
ticaiy of Xf'Z w '.l! ! i
to several modus i .
Is expected that ilic f
mlt treaty (riiA. (
:'.iic
! i ij'.ter;
, , i ..f ccr-
:c: lr'"i'y of
.';! r, c. ' -Mien
. . .i, V .-. Mi'.k'ii
' ''sre '.'.!', nis. It
creUiilca will sub-
tho Joint session
tonioirow, wli.i all otber points for ne
gotiation w ill be dlsoussed.
Thus, the commissions tomorrow will
...
v
have before them the entire treaty for
amendment, approval or rejection. On all
point outstd th protocol ther will be
friendly negotiation only, Spain baying
the right to nam the price she want
for her territory, and to rejeot or aocept
th Anurtcan offer. The Spaniard, no
tea than th American, ar now anxious
to conclude tb bualie which brought
than ber.
THE SPANISH SIDE.
NEW YORK, Nov, O.-A dispatch to
th World from Pari Bays:
Spanish Peace Commissioner Abarjursa,
discussing the peace negotiation, aaid:
"W bar fulfilled our mission her
and have agreed to mak a treaty of
peace, but w do under protest that our
sovereign right over the Philippine art
till Intact Our memorandum today ?
this fact forth, though admittedly It can
not affect the treaty.
We k our colonial empire, but
America doe not know what new and
dlfflcuK reaponatbilitlea h la under
taking. The island of Mindanao alon
will kep bar busy for years."
Being asked If the treaty win contain
any reference to debts, Senor AbarxuM
answered:
No; Inasmuch a th American nave
put these question aside and have re
fused to take them Into account when
framing the treaty. Subsidiary metiers,
such as tho cable station and so on will
be dealt with separately.
"I don't expect more than! two or three
sittings after Wednesday," Senor OJoda,
the principal Spanish secretory, said.
"Peace Is assured. W have agreed
to ilgn the treaty In accordance with the
protocol of Washington, but at thhe same
thne protesting onr sovereign right over
the Philippine and stating that we only
yield to the bard American terms owing
to our Inability to renew the war and In
the presence of st-perlor force."
Secretary Moor, of th Amerlcaaa com
mission, puts it this way:
'The Spaniards accepted our condition
unreservedly and a draft of treaty will
be laid before the joint meeting next
Wednesday. They have accepted t,0O0,0O0
for th Philippine."
Th Amerlcaaa commissioners are high
ly pleased and relieved that the crisis
has been successfully turmouv.td. They
did not at all relish the poaslbiltly of
falling In their task.
President Day remarked, -with undis
guised satisfaction:
I hope we shall be Bailing for home
in a fortnight Everything Is now
clear."
The Spanish commissioner were gloomy
and distressed at Monday' meeting.
There waa no interchange of the usual
compliment and civilities. They were
performing an ungrateful task under
compulsion. It Is known now that Senor
Montero Rloa asked Piemler Sagasta to
accept their redgnltion from the corainla.
lon rather than force them to accede to
a surrender of Spain's colonial emprre.
but Bagaeta appealed to them to fulfill
their mission In the Interest of the dyn
asty.
For th first time etnee the mooting
of the commission the Spaniards hive
left off the gravity of their pathetic de
meanor. When General Cbrreo entered
his carriage he pur a handkerchief to
hi eyes, being overcome with etnotlM.
iMontero Rio left the meeting place
wtth bowed head and a spiritless gaft.
tbe picture of Jejctlon.
Secretaries Moore and OJeda will meet
today to begin a treaty In conformity
with the American demands, including
the relinquishment of Spanish sovereignty
over Cuba, th ceding of Porto Rico and
of the entire Philippine group. Tha Cft
will be ready Wednesday, when the
American commissioners will present In
from articles and other matters referred
to in their last propositions which are
to be embodied in the final treaty. Only
verbal discussion will be held then. It
is expected that the treaty will be signed
within two weeks from today.
INSURGETNTS MAY YET
CAUSE US MUCH TROUBLE.
Administration Has Made Preparations to
Quell Any Outbreak Which May
Occur at Manila.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 29.-The appre
hension which manifested Itself some time
ago over tho attitude of Agulnaldo and
the Philippine insurgents has not entirely
disappeared, though the administration
believes they will accent the situation
without conflict with the United States.
The matter was discussed at the cabinet
meeting today, and some of the views
expressed Indicated the possibility that
tbe Insurgents may have to be dealt with.
Meanwhile, however, the president ex
pects that serious trouble whh Agulnaldo
will be avoided, but at the same time has
guarded against outbreaks by taking pre
cautionary measures. The American
force already in occupancy of part of
tho Philippines Is regarded as altogether
adequate to cope with any emergency.
ADVICES FROM MANILA.
MANILA. Nov. 29.-At the Loyal Legion
banquet 'hero yesterday 69 guests were
present. Nearly every commandwy w,
represented. General Anderson presided
and Rear-Admiral Dewey was received
by a guard of honor from the Oregon
regiment The speakers were Generals
Anderson, Harrison, Gray, Otis. Reeve,
King, and MaoArthur; Captains Glass and
coughlan, and Colonel Hawkins.
The Concord has sailed for Caton. The
steamer Culgoa has arrived from Sydney,
N. 8. W., with supplies. She has been
transferred to American landing. The
transport Zevlandia 'haj arrived here
with reinforcements. Other tranpoi.
are expected dolly.
It Is reported a section of the Insurgents
called "the guard of honor," who are op
posed to Agumaldo, were captured at
San Ipnatlo, In the province of Pangarltr,
Island of Luzon, at the Instance of Span
ish priests.
Casino Espanol here has donated $10
to each Spanish officer and $10 to each
private In captivity by tfie Insurgents.
The' Philippine papers are demanding
"ood roads Into the Interior for the
transportation of produce, which now Is
wasted.
Advices from Hollo say the natives
of the Vlszayas Islands have established
a republic Independent of Luzon. In
pome of the Islands hostilities are pro
ceeding between rival republics.
TERRIBLE TURK WON.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. .-Adall, the
Terrible Turk, won tonight's wrestling
match at the Arena from Isador, th
Russian wrestler, in two successive falls,
AWFUL STORY
OF THE STORM
Terrlfcle Blizzard Wfclch Swept
New Eug-lacl Coast Cacsel
Great Ssffeiisf .
MARY VESSELS WERE LOST
AooBf tb Wreck is tbe Stfimer
Portland. Which Carried Over .
One HoaJreJ Persons
BOSTON, Nor. 29.-Pa3!ng hour do
not bring an end to the report of WTck
and the loss of life up and down th
New England coast, as the outcome of
Saturday's torrtfla storm. From Cap Cod
tb most terrtbe account of ruin and
death, are coming, and of the the to
of the steamer Portland, with all on
board, nearly 100 souls, overshadows alL
The graveyard of th coast, tb treacher
ous bar and rip on the outside of Cape
Cod, have claimed victim without num
ber. Mile and miles of coe.it line la
piled high with wreckage, most of which
is ground so fine by the wave tliat Iden
tification of the helpless craft is Im
possible. The telegraph wire ar down
and railroads cannot break out of th
snow drifts, and this feature is distress
ing, a much suffering from cold and
hunger must ensue among the poorer
people In nearby bamleta.
Tonight the only means of reaching
Cape Cod Is by steamer across Msssacbu-
setts bay. Word from Provlncetown tell
of nearly 30 total wrecks, with th number
of live lost unknown.
PORTLAND PROBABLY LOST.
BOSTON, Nov. C.-The arrival In thl
city from Cape Cod of a party of hunter
ha added to th excitement attendant
upon the report that the steamer Port
land bad been wrecked on Cap Cod,
through their reporting that it is the be. .
lief of Ufesavers on the outer Bid of tb
cape, south of Nauset light, that th
Savannah line iteamer bad struck on
Peaked Hill bar. Each member of the
party saw bodies washed ashor at Nau
set, and the Ufesavers claimed to have.
seen a board tn the surf bearing the name
of the Gate City. Tbe aurf i fun of
article from tbe vessel's general cargo..
TWENTY-SEVEN VESSELS LOST.
(PROVINCETOWN, Mass., Nov. .
Twenty-even vessels were driven ashor
and totally wrecked In this neighborhood
during the storm. From th majority of
these the crew were saved, although
(vera! live were lost Four or five of
the wreck were coaster and th rest
were fishermen. During tbe storm ship
ping was destroyed and th beaob was
atrenrn with wreckage, the streets were
flooded and wharves drifted out to ea.
The list of casualties includes tbe schoon
er Daniel Boone, Mary Cabral, Isaao
Collins, the steamer A. B. Nlckerson, of
Provlncetown; th schooners Clara Say-
ward, of Gloucester; Sylvester Whalen, of
Boston; F. P. Foster and F. H. Smith,
of Provlncetown; and tbe fishing schoon
er Unique, of Boston. Fragment of th
schooner R. Walker, of Gloucester. uJ
the coaster Addle E. Bnow, of Rockland,
Me., drifted ashore at Race Point this
afternoon. Flour, pork, lard and wlilsRy
barrels have been drifting ashore along
the beach between Race Point and th
Highland Light Hfesavlng station today.
Several bodies also have drifted ashore
near Highland light and part of a boat
marked "Steamer Portland."
The Wood Island Ufesavers made sev
eral gallant efforts yesterday to reach
the schooner Jordan lL Mutt, bound from
New York to Rockland with coal, and
finally succeeded. The Mott put In here
on the 2tth for a harbor aod sank early
the same night The captain and crew of
five men took to the rigging. Terrible
seas and a gale prevailed at the time.
The captain, Charles F. Dyer, lashed his
father, C. G. Dyer, who acted as steward,
to the mast. For 18 hours they were ex
posed thus before assistance arrived.
When the Wood island crew made Its
successful launch and came within hail
ing distance of the Mott, Captain Dyer
said:
'I can hold on. Save my crew. My
father is frozen to death at th mast Do
not wait to cut his body down, for tho
crew are freezing."
The three-master Lester A. Lewis, Cap
tain Kimball, from Ellsabethport, N. J.,
for Bangor, with a cargo of phosphate
and guano, came Inshore after the Mott,
and Captain Dyer, of the latter, thinks
both capsized and sank about the same
time. The captain and crew of the Lewis
all perished together. The Peaked HUI
Hfesavlng station reports that the schoon
er Albert L. Butler, Captain Leland, from
Black river, Jamaica, for Boston, went
ashore one mile east of tha Hfesavlng
station. Mate Rathburn, Sailor Offlander
and a colored passenger named Wether-
burn were drowned.
BARGE AND CREW LOST.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 29. Cap
tanl H. L. Chandler, of the tug Sea King,
Baking Powder
Made from pure
cream of tartar.
Safeguards the food
against alum
Atuffl baking powekrj are the greatest
menacert to bcalth of the present day.
sovm. sunns rowotn CO., Htw vonx.
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