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).;.. .ii. , 1 1 ..-. Mllil'.Mj!'..:,, TIE ASTOMAN ta to) Urjjci. circulation of lay pipei 00 the Columbia River Tag DA:iT:'.::;.M,i fit?;? t!jJ55t :J IE.": 1 ', . .' ca tha CvU...t.M l.'it: FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT. VOL. XLIX. A8T0K1A. OHEGON. THUKSDAY MOUNINO, DKCOBEH 1, JUM. KO. 121 : rp . mm mm ii -. 1 - -rf t. .1 art 1 a i hi The Only ...IN ASTORIA... Our Hpoclolty. HTOVCH AIND RANOCH We know the tunincM. Twenty yenrs experience. If you wont a .GOOD Stove, eco tho Block at the Eclipse Hardware Co. DOLLS! Mkra DOLLS! Our Dolls are ready for Inspection.- We can Show you 75 Cdifferent styles and sizes Cull and Griffin F OUH "We Boy an! NEW TODAY Pure Coffee. OAEID WOT A Harvest Time Kor the Lodlecs. Ladies' $4.00, $5.00, $6.00 Shoes, from $1.50 to $2.50 It la an KA-umuUtton of odds and nda ' . of fine band-sewed button shoes, mostly squaro toe. Juiit the thing tor comfort- ) i obi. horn, shooe. John Hahn, Tho Itotlnblo StiooDonlor. HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS Blankets, Comforts, Bedspreads Iiaee Gartains Brapety Goods. C. Stove Store J'. L.I..L--..L...JJL.J boo tliom. & Reed. MOTTO 1 Sell Everything' Go. mm PURE FRUIT EXTRACTS PURE BARING POWDER PURE SPICES Pure Teas. and to sheetings, To ufs and f Everything Neceaaary In the Above Gooda and at Bottom Prlcea. H. Coope THE LEADING HOUSE OF ASTORIA Important ment..... To Buyers of Drygoodi. CHEAT CUT IN PRICES Every article in tho estab lishment reduced. ConsUt ing of Sllki, Velvets, Plashes Bliok ind Colored Dressgoods Cipes, Jackets, JEseklctoshes Blanket!, Comforts, Quits Lets Cortilos OatlDg Flannel, ill moot Flannel, Gingham, Calico Sheeting, (Doslln Cloves, Corsets, Hosiery Hotlons, Famishing Coodi, Eti. Tou ara cordially requested to call and examine tba above line ct goods and compare prlcM. Tou will not tMd to aend away for gooda for your Holiday Presents. McAllen k McDonnell, I70-471 Commaroia) Btraal, ASTORIA. lO-ia Third Btraat, rORIXAND. OR. THE PARKER HOUSE Flrat-Clasa in Every Respect. BAH m BILLIARD ROOM Special Ratea to Theatri cal Part lea A. U. MASOIN, Prop. ASTORIA, ORB. Grashes. v CLASH OF AUTHORITY Shifter Had Np Considera tion for Sampson In the Late War. THE ADMIRAL'S REPORT Fecltu Interesting Little Differ ences Between Array inJ Navy Before SaitUp. THE WARSHIPS DID IT ALL Troops on Shore Wirs Hot Allowed ty Shifter to Staal Fire. Mtbe Ktvy W Compelled to Do WABHISOTON, Nov. .-Tb. navy do partment today made publlo a r.port from Admiral Suiicnon rovcrlnff tba oper aOona of h t'nitwl StMeg blockading BMt off Bntlo after tba detraction of Crvra'a aquadroo. I(a quotea dlMiatchea i from btmaalf to Shaftar, atatlng that 1 waa Iropowlbl. iv lurco an enirnc o mo paroor uniu tba mlnra had been r.tnoved. and that lha work could b aocompll.hcd only after th troota had takn tba fort. Hhafter replied: "I am al a Iom to aaa by tba navy cannot work under a deatructlv fire aa well a tba army." la raply Admiral flampaon pointed out that tha channel of tha harbor waa well air.wn with mlnet. which would certainly re.ult In tha alnklng of one or mora ot-4 hla ahlpa If ha attrntpled to eater the harbor. nd that, by alnklng them tha harbor -would be blocked agalnat tha entrance of lha othera. He bad hoped Shatter would take tha batterlea from tha rear, ao ha might drag for torpedoea, but It was ShafUf'a aoraaat daalra tbat ba ahould force an entrance. Ha would prepare to undertake It, tbioking, bow aver, the poiltlon of both the army and tha oavy would be made mora difficult If they failed In the attempt Say. Samp aon: "It la not ao much the Iota of men aa loaa of ahlpa which haa until now deterred me from making a direct attack upon the ahlpa within the port." Admiral Sampaon aaya that, after the destruction of Cervera'a fleet, the harbor waa to be forced by the fleet. Admiral Bamp.on aaya ha doea not know why th: plan waa abandoned. "Thu," any. ismpson, "I have been aurpriaed to aee fubll.hed In tha paper, any atatemenl of a refuial on my part to endeavor to force my way Into tha harbor, and cannot underatand la oaae lha n.wipaper report baa been a truthful atatement of what waa aent by him Oeneral Bhafter'a aending any report of thla kind." Contlnuinc. Admiral 8amp.on aaya: "The navy haa been placed In such a falae poiltlon before tha country through the very unwlM publication of Oeneral Bhafter'a telegram, that I think thla matter In gome way should be clear to the public." When Sampson aent a naval officer to take cliargo of tho Spanish gunboat Al. varaJo an officer of the army was found on board the Alvarado, who stutcd be had been sent to take charge of her, whereupon Sampson addressed the fol lowing letter to General Shatter: "Upon sending an officer to take charge of the captured Spanish gunboat, tho Al varado, It was found that one of your ofllcera was on board, evidently with the expectation of taking her In charge. It should be neccessary to remind you that In all Joint operations of a character of those which have resulted In the fall of Sanltago all floating material la turned over to the navy, as all forts, etc., go to the army. Although my forces have fre quently engaged the forts and youra have not exchanged a shot with ' them, I await the arrival of a detachment of your troops to taka possession, aa they must eventually occupy them. I expect the same consideration. "I request that you will relieve Lieu tenant Caruthers of tho duty given him, aa I have directed Lieutenant Marble to assume command of the Alvarado." COMMISSIONER K'RTER ARRIVES AT SANTIAGO. Will Recommend Some Much Needed Re ductions In the Tariff Regulations Thero The Provincial News. SANTIAGO DE CUBA. Nov. SO.-Robert M. Porter, U. S. special commissioner to Cuba and Porto Rico, clutrged with the duty of inquiring Into and reporting on tho economic and financial conditions on both Islands with spcclui reference to the tariff, arrived outside the harbor at duybrenk Tuesday morning on 'board the steamer Admiral Dewey, who left Boston lust Thursday. Owing to tho port duties and also to tho quarantine regulations enforced at Ja maica, the Hist went to meet the Ad miral Dewey off Morro Castle and brought ashore tho long delayed moils and also a supply of turkeys, which, al though somowliat late, was welcome. The Admiral Dewey, after transferring Mr. Fortor and his party, with tho mails and supplies to the Hist, proceeded on her courso to Jamaica. Mr. Porter, on ronchlng Santiago, Immediately visited General Wood. He then went to the cus tom house, where he made numerous memoranda. He has many suggestions to mokke re garding the tariff, recommending chiefly an Increase of the dutlea on wine and a decrease on the necessities of lite. He will visit Balqulri and Jarasrua, to In spect the mining Interests of the province. The neat etaemer of lha American Mull Bteawurhip Company (the Admiral line) which calls hwe, will a.k Mr. I'ortr to Jamaica, aft.r which be will return to the United States. The United 8tata Iranannvt TJn. a. lot Angalea Is nam leaving suiiists along the north coaat of Santiago pro. vlnee. She la also taklnr fwa mm. panlea of Iramonoe to join Colonel Hood at utbara. The means of communica tion overland to Holrutn have been n,,nA extremely difficult owing to the recent rains, flowing streams nd boggy lands. Consequently It la neceuar ta r-i principally upon the periodical trip of steamers iie ina K.ina da Loa Angelt. and othera avalUM.. Oeneral Wood Intends to make hla h delayed trip along the north oui hi. week, but It Is poaalble that there may be another postponement owing to tba negro regiment troubles at ban Luis edj other Important bualaeea. , OOMEZ CALLS AT RED cnosa his a dqu arte rb. The Oeneral States eufferlng In Banta Clara Prtrvlnce Intense Women and Children In Pitiable Condition. NEW TOKK, Nov. If-fiur.eraJ Jot Oomea baa called en Stephen E. Bartou at the ' Red" CrOas bedquarter In this city to ask bis aid In aending relief to tba sK k and starving women and children a Las Villas, SahcM 'Bptrttue and Trini dad, In 8 ante. Clara province. Tbe gen eral stated that the coffering waa bore Intense there than In any other part of the Island, and If tbe relief did not reach them toon rt would be too lata. General Gomes said tbat the million ra tions that were to be aent by the gov ernment were going to the north coast and would not reach these disrrlcu. where they were most needed. He did not make hla appeals in beWf of bis own forces, which are on tha aoutb coast of 8nctl Splrltua and Tv?M da Zara, but stated that be had given food In tended for tbexn to tbe starving women and children of that vicinity. He aaid that hla troops were in a moat pitiful condition now tbat the fighting la over. Thry cannot help themselves. General Gomes aald that be would lay thla matter before the president it he la received. Tbe general aald that there are about 4.500 families at flanctl Bplrltui who have abaolutely nothing. They fled from the cities Into the bills and are now existing upon what they can bunt Aa to the population of the city Itself, where tbe Spanish art. tbe general was un able to apeak. Mr. Barton assured tha Cuban leader that be would do what be could, but that tbe supplies which he would send would be only a temporary relief. He thought the people ahould be put In a position to help themselves permanently, and that all Imtdemeata, aeeda for gardening, axes to work with, etc., ahould be sent. . He said the funds of the Red Cross at the present time ace not nearly sufficient to meet tha requirements of permanent re lief. The Red Cross committee has al ready asked tbe department of state ail to Its desires, and will act accordingly, GOLD COIK "SWEATERS" SENTENCED TO THE PEN. One Man Had Turned States Evidence, but Received tha Sane 6iteflce aa Hla Accomplice. ST. LOUIS, Nov. KX-Janiea J, Wilcox and William H. Shaw have been sen tenced to three years each In the peniten tiary by tbe United States district court They were found gulrry by a Jury last week of "sweating" gold coins, and Judge Adams suspended the passage of sentence until today. Shaw, who waa the accomplice of Wil cox, protested hla Innocence of the charge of which be waa convicted. Wilcox, however, who had turned atates evedence. acknowledged Ma giutt. In passing sentence on Wilcox. Judge Adams aald: "It baa been the custom when the dis trict attorney haa been impelled to make terms 'whh one accomplice to convict another to be lenient with him. The U. S. court must keep Its faith. Thla particular oaae has given me not a little worry. I will sentence you the same aa I did your accomplice. How ever, the court will keep Its faith, and I will leave your case with the president of the United States. The president will decide whether you shall escape punish ment or not." 8TATE INSTITUTIONS CANNOT BE GARNISHEES Judge of a Probate Court In Illinois Holds They are Part of the State and Are, Therefore, Exempt. KANKAKEE. 111., Nov. SO.-Judge Mor- ner, of the Probate court, decided a pe culiar legal point In holding that the treasurer of the board of trustees of state institutions cannot be garnlsheed. The case is one In which a Chicago wholesale grocery firm obtained a judg ment against Harry Glbbs, an employe of the Kankakee hospital, and the treas urer decided to fight the case when the garnishment papers were served. The attorney for the Chicago Arm con- tended that the trustees were not a mu. i.lclpal corporation, that a garnishment proceedings was a suit and that the statute Is broad enough to permit garnish ment proceedings to bo brought against them or their treasurer. Attorney Campbell for the state pleaded that the board was a municipal corpora tion and Hs officers exerrfsed functions and that the capacity to bo pursued as conferred hy the statute uion public cor porations; does not embrace the capacity to be garnlsheed. He further contends that the board Is a part of the govern ment of the state and therefore exempt from garnishment. The Judge sustained the latter conten tlon. BOGUS CHILEAN AST FREE. SAN FRANCISCO, " Nov. SO.-Amadto Horace, the Chilean adventurer, who has hocn horrowinff money throughout the country on the pretense that he was authorised to purchase ships and war munitions tor . the Argentine Republic, baa been set at liberty conditionally By Chief Lees. He has agreed to leave the city within five days. FORMATION OF TREATY Work of Two Vtztt Cca 'missions at Paris "GoL fapiily Forward. THREE MAIN ARTICLES Cession cf Porto. Pico, Ccta acl the Phlll;;1ncs Ylrtsally 'Arret! Ujoa. MUCH WORK YET TO BE LOSE In' Alt Tblrteea Articles Hire Been Uli Before the Commissioners for ' DiscBSSloatnlSettlemeit. PARIS, Nor. . The United States peace commission held a session today for the purpose of dlscoselnc the draft of the treaty articles made yesterday by Secretaries Uoors and OJeda. The flnal preparation of these articles was conclud ed and tbe revised draft turned over to the typewriters. The Joint session of the commission then met and began discussion of tbe formulated protocol and agreement and subjects for negotiation, all of which were presented to the Joint commission iu a form acceptaUe to tbe Americana The Joint commission devoted two hours and a half to drafUng the three first articles of the peace treaty protocol, dealing with the cession of Cuba. Porto Rico and tbe Philippines, upon which the eommhuiions agreed In principle. A gen eral discussion on the other articles fol lowed, but no decision was reached and the Joint commission adjourned until to morrow. There were U articles laid before the two commissions, covering the following subjects: I The relinquishment of sovereignty over and claim of title to Cuba. -Cession of Porto Rico and other Spanish possessions In the West Indies, together with Guam, In the Ladrooes. Cession of the Philippines. Terms of evacuation of tbe Philip pines. (-Pledge of the United States to pre serve order In the Philippines pending a ratification of the treaty. Release of military prisoners mutu ally. 7 Cession by Spain of the Island of Kuhae, or a strong Island In tha Caro lines Mutual relinquishment of Indemnity claims. a-Religious freedom of the Carolines, assuring rights of American missionaries there. 10- Cable landing rights at points within Spanish Jurisdiction. II Release by Spain of political prison er for offenses In Cuba and the Philip pines. 11- Piedge of the United States to In augurate In the Philippines an "open door" policy, ai.d to guarantee the same to Spain for at least 11 years. 13 Revival of treaties broken by the war. The first three articles were mutually agreed upon today, as were also the articles embodying the terms of the evac uation of the Philippines, which will be practically the same as in the evacuation of Cuba and Porto Rico. Mutual release of military prisoners was agreed upon Siialn liberating reftel prisoners and the United States liberating the "Manila gar rison and the Spaniards held by Aguinal do. The political prisoners to be released by Spain are such as are now In exile In Ceuta, In Morocco, or at other Span ish penal settlements. Dally sessions will be held here, and It is now believed tho work will be pos sibly concluded this week, although so early a termination la not probable. SUIT FILED AGAINST THE CANADIAN PACIFIC. The North Star Construction Company Seeks to Compel the Canadian Pacific to Make an Accounting. NEW YORK, Nov. S0.-John E. Bcrwlnd has brought suit on behalf of himself "and all other stockholders of the North Star Construction Company slmlllarly situated," against the Canadian Pacific railway, the Duiuth. South Shore and At lantic Railway Company and William C. Van Horiw, to compel them to make an account of the management of the North Star Construction Company and other companies under Its control and to pay over all profits and proceeds resulting from such management. The complaint was filed In the clerk's office of the Unit ed States circuit court tor this district today. n In it tho plaintiff, who says he Is tho owner of Su gharea of tho capital stock of tho North Star Construction Company, recites in full tho liistory of that corpor ation, which was formed under the laws of t?ie atate of New Jersey In 1SS8 for tha purpose of consttructlng the Duiuth & Winnipeg railroad In the state of Mlnno. sota. Payment for this work was to be niudo In bonds aJid stock of the railroad company. .. In the fall of 1SS2 a majority of the stock of the Construction Company was sold to tho Canadian Pacific Raltroad Company, through William C. Van Home, president of the Canadian Pacific Rail road Company, a.n.1 It is siiiesed Van Home agreed to pay the debts of the Construction Company and hold the stock of that company until bonds could be marketed to pay the Indebtedness. The transfer waa made In January, 1S03, and a promissory note for the cum of riO.OM was given by the Conntructlns. Company wblch also guv. as sruriry alt Its asseta, Including bonds and stork of (ha Duiuth A Wlivnlpeg Railroad Com pany, tha North Star Iron Company, and the Duiuth A Winnipeg Terminal Com pany, It Is alleged In the complaint that tha defendants permitted the buslncna of the railroad company to bcome Impaired and In November, VM, a nVmsnd was made on the Construction Company for pay. ment of tbe note. In violation of the stipu lated agreomen! to bold (he stock. The complaint alleges that the board of of llcera of th. Construction Company, elect ed through the Influence of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Company, slated that they could not pay the note and all aa. curltles were told and bought In again by a representative of the defendants and at a price alleged to be far below their real value. The Duiuth A Winnipeg railroad, it is further stated, waa bought in under fore closure proceedings and the plaintiff claims that he and othtr minority stock holders wore shut out. The plulnUd claims further that these sales realised more than sufficient to pay the entire In- debtednate of tbe North Star Construc tion Company and to pay their stock. hortders of th- company more than the par value of the stock held by them. THE BODIES WILL BE ' BURIED IN NATIVE SOU Soldiers Fallen Before Santiago To Re Brought Horn Funeral EipecQtlon to Btart In. a Month. WASHINGTON. Nov. aoArrange- ments are being made by the war de partment to disinter ths. remains of ail (he soldiers who lost their Uvea In the campaign before Santiago and bring them to this country. Maps showing the loca tion of these graves, tbe name of the deceased, the regiment to which he be. longed and his next of kin, have been prepared. What Is known as a funeral expedi tion will soon be started for Santiago, and the ship will be equipped with cas kets and other necessary articles to be used In dlslnterrVng the remain and bringing them to this country. Upon ar rival bere they will tie turned over to tha relatives of those who lost their lives for their country, and the dead heroes who have no relatives will be In terred at Arlington, the national ceme tery, a few miles from Washington. The ship will leave for Cuba about De cember IS. but It may be delayed nntll January L General Wood has opposed the removal of these remains until cold weather, for fear that yellow fever may be brought to this country. His advices in this respnet have been heeded, and. as stated, the dead soldier will not be In. terred In their native soil until some time in the new year. KLONDIKE COUNTRY IS IS SHUT OUT FROM NEWS. Arrivals at Victoria Say Nothing Will Be Heard From There for a Month Accident to the Excelsior. ; VICTORIA, a C. Nov. 30.-II will p ratably be the end of December or the beginning of January before any further news Is received from rhe men who have chosen to spend the winter in the rich gold bearing creeks of the Klon dike. So say those who arrived bere on th Cottage City, the last of the three steamers arriving here to leave Skagway. Tbe other ateamers are the Danube and the Queen City, which reported very rough trrpa The Danube reported that the Excelsior, which left Seattle a few days ago for Copper river. Is on her way back, her boilers having collapsed. The Yukon below White Horse raolda Is froien over. Nor a D. Macauley, manager of the Wh... hrse tramway, waa 19 days In making the trip from the rapids to Lake Bennett, a trip that un der ordinary circumstances Is made In two or three days. About SUO men wilt winter on the creeks In the Atlln river country. TO ORGANIZE NATIONAL NAVAL RESERVE. Bill to Be Introduced In the Coming Ses sion of Congress Providing for Its Organisation. WASHINGTON, Nov. Jft.-Naval officers are beginning to agitate the question of providing for a National Naval Reserve. And as these organisations gave such a good account of themselves during the Spanish war they are more than anxious to bave congress authorize an organiza tion of a national character. A bill has already been drawn by the naval people and they will bring some pressure to bear upon the house naval committee to have the bill pushed through congress at an early day. The state of Illinois will be entitled to about 400 men under the proposed plan, or enough to man one big war ship. Com mander Hawley, who has had charge of this branch of the service, has made a study of the reserve question and tha officers at the department are In favor of plaoing him at the head of the pro posed national organization. Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food Alum baking powders are ike greatest tacoAcen to health of the pteacat day. oviu awiM nit( fin., n took. u3