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) ' ,. ..v , i :,'-' - rr 'r: rl THE ASTOFIAN Ml tbe lirjest circulation of any paper on the Columbia Fiver , TBE DAILY AST0R!A!1 Is M j tleircst ani test p;er FULL ASSOCIATED PRKSS RKPORT. VOL. XLIX. ASTORIA. OKEOOX, THUKSIMY MORNING, DKOKMIJEK 8. 11W8. . KO. 12S spy VTTTi d -rri i t t. 7 I I The Only Our Hpoclotty: HTOVEH AND RAINOCH We know Uio buinoH. Twenty y nra experience If you want a GOOD Stove, bco the etock at the Eclipse Hardware Co. DOLLS! Doiiksi DOLLS! Our Dolls are for Inspection. We can Cull ami Griffin MM COMBINE Robert Stewarts & Sons' IRISH FMX TiUlE Is the Same Price as of Old. Foard & Agents. A Harvest Time For the Ladies' $4.00, $5.00, $6.00 Shoes, from $1.50 to $2.50 It to m aaraqul.tloa ot odd. sad tods :V .V 1 of On. t--nd-awa button sbc-M, mostly . mum toM. Just th. tain Cor comfort- i . . ftbl. bom .bow. John Hahn, TH Reliable Shoe Dealer HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS Blankets, kaee Goftains Df apery Goods. Kvery Goods C. Stove Store IN ASTORIA ... ready Show you 75 Ifferent styles and sizes nee tliem. & Reed. Stokes Do, Ladles. Comforts, and thing Necessary In the Above and at Bottom Prices. H. Cooper, THB LEADING HOUSE OF ASTORIA Important To Buyers of Drygoods. GREAT CUT IN PRICES Positively the Greatoet Value Ever OfTorctl for Sale. 85e Coll PIi iu ojool, 45c, 50 12 12 ind lOo Teszledotno Fill 9c $1.00 Pcrcala Wrappers, 50c $1 50c 5t $1,50 Kid Cloves, $1 Cycle Corset for 10 and tie Enid Hdkfs, Heo Dlaplny In Window. You ar. ter&liEj rqu.t.d to esil and .xmU-. tb. ftbov. Use e( good. Md ooenpar. price Ton will not ted to Mod wy for good. foe Holiday Presents. McAllen & McDonnell 170-171 Commercial Stmt, ASTORIA. ltV-lO Third 8trt. rORTLAND. OR. THE PARKER HOUSE First-Class In Every Respect. BAH WD BlIiIilARD ROOM Special Rates to Theatri cal Parties A. J. MASON, Prop. ASTORIA.' ORB. Bedspreads Sheetings, Touiels and Gf ashes. TO ASSIST THE' CANAL Morgan Introduces a Bill for the Issuance of $5.00 0, 000 of Bends- NICARAGUA WAS UNFAIR bd Ho Right to Tike Away tbe Concession Gristed to tbe Maritime Company. SCHEME TO GETM0REM0NEY Believed ty the Senate Committee Tbit fMcirafut Is Trylnf to Secure More Payments From Us. WAflMS'OTON. ixw. l-A. ft result of ih. m.tlnr of th. tnt. commute, on th. NlRArifu.n cnl tonight, Scnttor Morn av. nolle, of an amendment to the Nlcarmf un csn.l bill ftutborlilnr the Immediate Iwuance, with a ffuarante. br thla fovernmrnt. of tS.0O0.00O worth of bond, for th. redemption of all outatand Inr atorlc exrept that held br the kot .rnmrnta of Nlcurairua and Cotla Rica, and th. cancellation of all obligation. He ulmlttid at the lame time a report upon th. iltuatlon with rffprence to the upuu m. .r.r.rwi. canm ocnnng e.r.u.iveiy w.m m. ici that th. government of Nicaragua grant- d aconcewlon to con.truct tb. canal to another company than the Maritime Can al Company. He denounced thla t red action In eever. term, upholding th right of the Maritime Company for th. preaent, and for an extension of Ita con clon for 1 year mora. The report arraign th. conduct of the republic of Nicaragua, a well a that of the AmerU ran rltlten vecurlng the new conceaaion, In the moit aevere term. Tbe commute, adduce a. justification of the new report the Kirlousnens of the iltuatlon. anytng on thl. point: "Th. aerloua tonacquencca likely to re ult to the I'nlted Suie from tho unpre cedent and unwarranted action of the late government of Nicaragua, and th. .tri dent purpose to force our government In to the payment or a largo aum a com. penaatlon for the future eonent of th United Slate of Central America to th creation of a maratlme canal through Ban Juan river and lake Nicaragua, re quire the committee to preaent the ground on which It lnalat that thla pro ceeding la without any upport In law, Juatlco and equity, and that It violates the hitherto cordial relations of the Unit ed State, with Nicaragua." The report takea lu. with the con tention of Nicaragua that that country own both bank of th. San Juan river, calling attention to the fact that Cota Rica haa equal rights, since th. arbitra tion of Trealdent Cleveland, as owner of on bank of th. stream. ENGLAND'S AID WILL BE ASKED. LONDON. Dec. 7. Th. Washington cor respondent of the Dally Chronicle says: "I have ascertained from the highest ource that President McKlnley has no thought of Ignoring or violating British rights under tho Clayton-Bulwer treaty. On th. contrary, when the proper time arrive. England will be Invited to co operate regarding the Nlcaraguan canal. The Washington correspondent of the Time make a similar statement TREATY OF NEUTRALITY OF THE NICARAGUAN CANAL. Provision to Be Made In Bill Before Con gres Providing for Joint Guarantee of Neutrality With Great Britain. . NEW YORK. Doc. 7.-A dispatch to th. Herald from Washington says: Th. senate oommltte. on the iNlcara guan canal will add to th. canal bill now pending a provision .Intended to bring about treaty with Great Britain for a joint guaranty of the neutrality of the canal. This provision Is embodied In an amendment which has been prepared by Senator Harris, of Kansas, who is one of th. closest student, of th. problems relating to the construction of the canal, a. well as one of tho most earnest sup porters of the canal project. In con. gross. Tho Harris amendment will authorise th. president to negotiate a treaty agree ment with Great Britain for AT Joint guar antee for the permanent neutrality of the canal. It fs designated to meet the En glish objects that the plans for congress for American construction and control fly In th. teeth of tho expressed terms of tho Clayton-Bulwer treaty. The failure of the president to make anv mention In his message of the exist. enco of that treaty has called forth a note of criticism from the London news papers, particularly those which aro re garded a representing the views of the British government. The president'. failure to refer to tho treaty Is construed as encouragement to congress to go ahead without any reference to the terms of that document which Great Britain con tends ar. and ought to bo still In force. The American contention has been, of course, that Great Britain', violations of the terms of that treaty have been such aa to practically abrogate It, and certainly such a. would give thla gov ernment full warrant In going ahead with the construction of th. canal without .ny reference to Its provisions. It 1. Senator Harris' Idea, and Senator Morgan agree, with htm, that th. sim plest way to prevent any misunderstand lng is to authorise th. president to make an agreement of th. kind contemplated by tb. amendment A BEVEIIB STmtM 8KAKE8 UP HAVANA HAnnon. The Nrnr Work. Wlth.Und the Fnr of the Oa!-M Klnk-y-f Menaite OI Great Satlitfactlon There, NEW TORK, Xte. 7.-A dlapatch to the Herald from Havana aari; A eever. test haa been riven th new pier ?t Mariano Beach, by a a Iron northea.trthat haa been blowlnc for four daya, and 1(8 builder! are pleaaed that It tzt weathered th. attack of the wave.. Th. atorm haa demonitrated, however, th. Itnpoailblllty of landing troop and auppliea ther. during the heavy aa. Th. reault la that a new landing plare haa been .elected at the oil eompanjr'a pier between Chorrera, and Vtdado, near th. month of th. Chorrera river. ' Work upon th. new dock, at th: point I. blng puahed br the engineer, and br 8u-?.-r, when th. troop, ar. expected, any transport drawing 2S fret of water or lea can e accommodated, thtt. ob viating th. nereaalty of lighterage. Th volunteer engineer, ar. comfortably encamped. They bav. tho tent floor boarded and ar. bually preaalng forward th work for th. reception of th. troop.. On th. alt. of the camp for th. Flrat trigad. the ground ha been eleared, atreet hav. been marked out and every thing ha. ben put In readme. for th. arrival of th. troop Man for th. ewertg and water y tem bav. een completed, and the ground ha. been ploughed oat with neciary pipe. Their aiding ar. being eonitructed connecting th. camp wltn tne railroad ytem. and aa hod a th. neceaaary material arrive.' theM . rarlou. work will be puahed. It la probable that much of the work will bo given out by contract In order to tspdlt. matter, rreldent VcKlnley. iuf hU given th. greateat aatU faction to the Cuban, who look upon It aa a deflnlte declaration of th. policy of th. United State toward Cuba. Rafael Portuldo, thj, prealdent of the Cuban aaaemWr. aald: Th. meaag I. moat aaUafartory to Cuban apiratlon, and will have an ex cellent effect here. It prove, beyond fur ther cavil and dliputa tho boneit Inten- ,owtra Cube. It will quiet many of violent a.aOcliUe. who the more violent aeaoclate. wno nave i.ii. imiiiv aKnni America and have of DW mtentlona. and It will enable thoae. like myaeir, wno nave believed and trusted in her. to co-operate more fully with her official. In fhelr work. It Is ft good message, and fully satisfies us." In earning out hi work of sanitation for the city. Major Davis, with a unitary Inspector, made tho rounds of the prin cipal cafe, and hotels, examining the Internal arrangements, with a vl-w to Issuing ordeis for their compulsory denn ing. Of the nine hospitals Inspected by I him. Major Davis reports that tne "eina Mercedes Is the only one In fit condition to receive patients. General Humphrey has ordered that no Cuban physician attend the quarter master's department, and In the future physicians of the marine hospital service will give professional attention to any of his men who may fall 11L The price of provisions continue, to ad vane, the supply not being equal to the demand. New York exchange falls day by day because of the cash being sent here for the pay or employee oy me gov ernment. CLEVELAND OPPOSED TO IMPERIALISTIC POLICY. Haa Not Changed HI Mind Regarding Annexation-John Sherman Also Against New Policy. FRINCETON. ft. J., u. 7. Former President Grover Cleveland was inter viewed today on the new policy of the United States and dictated the following for the Associated Press: Without going at all Into details. I wish to say that I am ardently opposed to every feature of this annexation and expansiuii policy.- ine puuu. uuui w know pretty well what my convictions are from the Hawaiian juetion during my administration. I have not changed my mind and will remain opposed to all of this annexation, from Hawaii to the rnu- lpplne.." SHERMAN IS OPPOSED. BOSTON. Dec 7. At tho meeting of the Anti-Imperial League executive commit tee today a letter was read from John Sherman, saying: My hone Is that the wnate or tne United 8tate will reject the treaty and leave the people of the Islands tree from the shackles of Spain and th. distant dom ination of the United State.. I sympa thise with Agulnaldo In his ambition to found ft republic, and hop. b. may be come the Washington of new nation, absolutely free from European or Ameri can Influence." Bishop Potter, of New York, and James G. Carter, of New York, were aaaea to the list of vice-president, of the league. More than BOO petition, protesting against the lnmerlallatlo policy regarding Spain'. rnnauered possessions have been recoivea at the Washington and Boston omce. oi the league, each petition bearing many la-natures, and it was decided today to begin presenting them to tn. senate. WOULD BUY FREEDOM. MANILA. Dec 7. The native press con tlnues to advocate Independence and re imbursement to the United States govern ment of the amount to bo paid Spain for the Philippines. PEACE TREATY WILL BE CONCLUDED THIS WEEK, Minor Articles Yet to Be Determined Upon, But Saturday Will Probably End th. Work. PARIS, Dec. 7. There was no joint see- slon of the peace commission today, ft. th. Spaniards are .till occupied In trans lating the American answer to then? posal. In regard to th. status of Spanish subjeots In annexed territory. ' A. cabled last evening, the eight prln cipal articles of tho treaty ar. settled, and all that remain, for the commissions to attend to Is th. settlement of minor point. of the treftty. Th latter will probably be signed Saturday next, for tbe Spaniards are a. .nxlous a. th. American to finish th. work in hand. , TO INCREASE OUR filARINE Recommendations fn the An nual Report of Commis sioner Chamberlain. SHIPPING FALLING OFF Indifference of tbe Government to Commerce Has Lost Us a Great Deal. TREASURY SHOULD ASSIST German Competition io tie Pacific Makes It Necessary for Us to Take Immediate Actios. WASHINGTON. Dec. 1 Th. annual re port of Navigation Commissioner Cham berlain I devoted mainly to .tatlatlc. and fact. In .upport of the project for the creation of th. American merchant mir line, recommended by Secretary Gage. Tb. report atetea that our maritime po sition must correspond to our pretension, and to attain this result American ship yards and American ships must be In creased, and reasonable contribution from the treasury towarda this result should not be begrudged. Largely through Indifference, we have lost ft ahare In trans-Atlantic navigation which was once ours. Th. growing trade of the Pacific Is rapidly .lipping away from us. Foreign nations are now skill fully following ft policy of government aid to develop their navigation tn the Pa clflc. Toward the steamship business to the east coast of Asia alone Great Britain Last year contributed tl.2M.000; France, J1.:1T,'"pO; Germany. Ktn.Oui); Spain WS.000; Russia, HOu.OOO; Austria, $306,000, and Italy 227.000. Tbe United States paid only $W (M) to American liners to Asia at rvgu- lar mall rates. We have deluded our selves Into tbe belief th&t the Pacific trade will become ours without taking ordinary precaution to meet competition. It will require at least IS months to build vessel, of over SO0O tons and IS knots, such as are needed to me;t the new con. dltlons In the Pacific Meanwhile ft com bination of four large German lines, aided by th. reichstag, la hastening to com plete ateamshipa to carry out the Ger man Imperial policy In Asia. The relax ation of tbe registry law was necessary to establish our trans-Atlantic commerce, and almllar relaxation Is now necessary to meet conditions on the Pacific ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S REPORT. WASHINGTON. Dec. 7.-Attorney-Gen.- eral Griggs today submitted to congress his annual report. Tbe report shows that the amount realised from the aale of Spanish vessels captured during the war and cargoes condemned us prizes la t7Ul,(Bt BILL FOR THE INCREASE OF THE STANDING ARMY. Measure Introduced by Hull Provides for 100.000 Men and an Increase of 23 Per Cent In Some Salaries. WASHINGTON. Dec. -Representative Hull, chairman of the house committee on military affairs, today introduced ft bill Increasing the regular army to ap proximately 100,000 men. The bill was framed at the war department and has the approval of the secretary of war. It Is not the bill framed by General Miles, as this measure has not the high rank proposed by tbe Miles bill, and some of the appoint men's are open to officers of volunteers from civil life. It provides for one lieutenant-general and what Is considered a sufficient In crease of major-generals and brigadier generals to command an army of 100,000 men, sscattered from Porto Rico to Ma nlla. The decrease of enlisted men is made so that the army can be Increased by recruits In case of war to the full strength. The cavalry Is Increased two regiments, and the Infantry five. Tbe enlisted strength of an Infantry company Is not to exceed 145, so that, In case of war new regiments would have to be formed, probably all of which would: be volunteer. The most noticeable change Is In that of the medical department. In which pro vision is made for a hospital corps of 3000 privates, with the necessary non-com missioned officers and largely Increased number of surgeons 'and assistant sur- geons. All the officers and men serving in sub-tropical countries are to have an lnorease of 23 per cent In pay. Under the Immediate control of the president, the Inhabitants of now countries may be en listed In organisations there serving. The bill gives a total of U regiments of ar tillery, 12 of cavalry and SO of Infantry. HENRY B. HYDE DYING. NEW YORK. Dec 7.-The World says that Henry B. Hyde, president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, Is serl- uosly 111 at bis bom. In this city, suffer ing from nervous exhaustion. His physi cian said last night In reply to ft direct question whether Mr. Hyde would be able to resume his duties: "It would certainly be against the ad vice of his physician. His ago and ex tremely enfeebled condition are such that the very great improvement necessary can hardly be looked for." M'KINLEY WILL VISIT ATLANTA. WASHINGTON, Dec 7. President Mc Klnley will attend th. peac jubilee ex ercises at Atlanta. H. will leave Wash lngton Tuesday, December U MR. SHARKEY WRITR ABOUT MR. COMJKTT. Is Willing to Meet at Any Tlma or ru. and for Any Amount of Money Corbett May Fix. NEW YORK, Dec. 7. Tom Bhsrkey last night issued th. following letter: "I see by th. papers that Mr. Corbett wish, to retrieve hi. lost laurel, by making a proposal to tn. that sem out of th. question; but I will not do as h. and th man who at preient bold. i ehamplnnihtp did, and will not back It up .. they have done, by telling their oppon enti that they should meet somebody el. int. "I win cover Mr, Cort.tf. forfeit, .1. though I think It very foolish to meet In private for 400 ft .Ida, when w. can gat so much rnor. money by boxing In public! but If Mr. Corbett will find th. place to box In with ten men on ft .Id. and guar antee m. protection from arrest, I trill box him any old way. I will glr. th. t0 to th. poor of New York, or what' betterjseelnff Mr. Corbett has mentioned charity as an axcu. for a return match, I will box blm In public wber. ther. U bo chance for arreac, ft. It will b accord- lug to th. Horton law, and will acre, to glv. tb. whole, or any amount agreeable to him , to be given to tb. poor, tb. am. to be under tb. provision of ft committee from th. pr.a of thl city. "Th. only prov1o I wish to put In 1 that If I should make another match In tb. meantime, thla match with Corbett 1 to com. off afterwards." Georg. Dixon, tb. featherweight cham pion of America, ha. been matched to light Toung Pluto, th. Australian ehanv nion. Dixon and tb. foreigner bav. agreed to try conclusion. In JO-round bout before the Wymplc Club of Son Francisco some time In February. It Is Tom O'Rourke' intention to take hi (table of boxer to San Francisco after Sharkey baa bad on. more flght In th. east, which will probably be with Kid McCoy. Tbe arrangements for tb. Pluto-Dlxon match were mads some time ago, but rumor, to the effect that th. Utter would not fight again left th. match an uncer tainty. However, Dixon ha. not decided to. retire for a while at least, and will take on a few good one. before he leave, the ring. Pluto 1 said to be the cleverest boxer at hi weight that Australia haa ever produced, burring that wonderful fighter. Young Grlffo. He comes to this country with a clean record. ROSEBURG COURT HOUSE BADLY DAMAGED BY FIRE. Blase Was Caused by Defective Flue or Electric Wires, and Caused ft Loss of Nearly $15,000. ROSEBURG, Dec. 7. At 5:30 p. m.. after the adjournment of th. circuit court. Are was otwerved Issuing from the court house cupola and from under th roof. Before the Are department got water th. whole upper atory wa. biasing. To make matters worse the hose burst. Meantime the fire gained such headway that the fine building was doomed. Their being no wind, the progress of the fir. was slow, affording time to carry out all the rec ords. Circuit Judge Hamilton had moved hi. extensive library Into bis chambers ad joining the courtroom and lost collection- covering many years; also the pa pers in the cases under consideration. The upper story Is entirely gone and th. lower seriously damaged, tbe courtroom floor being burned through tn many place. The building cost $10,000 .and was erected six years ago. The exact In surance Is not known, but Is supposed to be from $12,000 to $13,000. The cause of the fire Is thought to be a defective flue or electric wires. The prisoner, were moved from the county Jnll to the city jail when the Are was first dis covered. THE KAISER'S VISIT WAS VERY DISAPPOINTING. His Trip to the Holy Land Made a Very Unfavorable Impression on HI. Mind Decay Indescribable. NEW YORK, Dec. 7.-A dispatch to the World from Berlin says: Disappointment was the dominant Im pression left In the kaiser's mind by his visit to the Holy Land. His address to the Evangelical clergy In Bethlehem, now first published, can didly expressed that feeling. He said: "To describe the impressions of tho last few days, I must say that I am above all things very disappointed. I did not want to say that here, but as I have neard mat my court cnapiain felt the same thing, I will not keep It from you. "It may be that the unfavorable ap proach to the town, of Jerusalem con tributed to thla. but when one sees th. state of thing, at holy places and what goes on there. It cuts Into one's heart Only the Christian life can make an Impression upon Mohammedans. Nobody can wonder If they have no respect for the Christians in ecclesiastical matters, as the Christians ar. divided. They must be prevented, even by force. from quarreling with one another at this sacred spot." The emperor has said since his return: "My visit to Jerusalem has shattered the dearest Illusion of my heart. Its aqualld and undignified decay la Inde- gcrlbable." " Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards th.; food against alum. Alum bating powdvrs are tl-e fjrU;4 meaacert to bealth of Uie preMutt day. 90fM. MMN6 flwtv CO . yrtrt. m n. 1 -