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ASTOIUA. OKKGON. FRIDAY JIOUNINO, DECEMBEIl 9, I8!)8.
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A Harvest Time
Kor the
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Dfapery Goods.
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Ladies.
$5.00,
$6.00
from
$2.50
Stokes
p.
Tho Reliable Shoe Denier.
Comforts,
Everything Necessary in the
Goods and at Bottom Prices.
hwTHE LEADING HOUSE OF ASTORIA
FLANNIGAN
Changes His Occupation
and Tries His Hand
at Advertising.
Olv bn a blackihmlt .11 m. loif
and now ol'v dvanced ohver th rough
road of amblgious fortune and beom.
an ad-shmlt. M frlnfl Herman Wle. bi
aakad tn. to writ hi ad for bint and
ol'll thry m flt at It and do m. July to
Din 1Mt Iv mi probability.
I!t Herman, s h, Flsnny, ol. by,
tall the (oik lomctbln 'bout th large
nd varlgated loin Iv Santy Cl.u pii
Int w hv. and i'i h, Imphasli lh
beautiful and lllfantly low prlo w. Mil
'm at, sea h. o think I to meself, I'll
hpk y necktie In m flrt Issu.
Necktie l mud to klvnr up my d
flhncy a glntleman may folnd la tb
botom Iv Mb hlrt. Talk about tb flor.
lou Ilea your grandmother uid to mak
out of her ratlrtd, rjuvinatd ajid bh.
pl' kled bedqullt; they wain't In it at .11
at all. Tb. n-ktle Iv tbl new wo.
mn'i ( I a far ahead oter and abov.
and beyond tb. outd kind a Maud 8. I
ahoad Iv . Bpanlih cayu. Look at our
necktie, and y. will com to tb. con
clusion that Ufa without on. Iv Herman
WIm' new tie I oneomely a
f,0) cotle I without an up tr d.t
chperony,
Thrr. I tb. breety. want-over Puff
and the plan, puff without breet. W
hav the papular Tack and tb up-to-date
four In-he nd. which I bettor tban a
mockingbird In the etc; tb ahtring bow
and tb bow you hav no ahtrlnc. on; aJl
iyle Iv Family tlei. iv .very rs and all
condition, from tb bright llufhea Iv .
llquer-roiored naycor fal to the beautiful
blue In an EtaylUn hky; the III ly whit
Iv a I'ortland milkman' mixture to the
aombr had Iv an Amrlkn Fllllpl
no. Ther bei bn nothlns Ilk It ever
mn Noah took . 8hltwtr bath In tb
ahrk ontll tbl day Iv tb 0pnth d' dln,
and .11 for tb ahmaJI turn Iv S. SO, and
71 Hnl.
I might warbl on ad-ln-Bn-nl-tum. but
I'll tbrotil. m pen to rejuc. tb adver
tialnff MIL
Iloplnf to m. y. and tr hak y b
tb band. I am Tour Throoly
rUlNKIOAS.
In car. Iv
HERMAN WISE'S
Clothing and Hat Itor.
P. 8 -
01 hear be tb. pypen that m friend
Jo Blmon couldn't And bl t In tb
IUn to. Ol'll send him payr Iv our naw
pant, who. atk nlver wear out
THE PARKER HOUSE
Kirst-ClnsH in
Every ReBpect.
BAH BlIiItlAtiD ROOM
Special Ratea
to Theatri
cal Partiea
A. J. MASON, Prop.
AHTORIA, OHE.
THE PROOF
of tb. pudding ti In tb. tlng
and th proof of liquor.
IS IN SAMPLING
That', an argument that', eon-olualv-
d.monatratlon.
Our. will .land tb. tt
HUGHES & CO.
Bedspreads
Sheetings, Towels
and Gfashes.
Above
LONDONIAN
GOES DOWN
Bi? British Freighter Los
While Enroute From Liv
erpool to Baltimore.
TWENTY-FOUR DROWNED
Steamer Vendtmore Rescnel 45
but the Others of the
Crew Were Lost.
WAS DISABLED IN A STORM
Heroic Effort of Her Crew to Reach
the Vedimore-Londonlin Car
ried Co Passengers.
IIALTIMORE. Dec. l.-8peclal to tb.
Aitorlan.) Tb. firltlih tteamer Veda-
more, from Liverpool, arrived today, hav'
Inr on board 44 turvlvors of th. (teanier
Indonlan, which waa wrecked at m.
Twenty-four of tho crew of th. London!
an prlihd.
Th Londonlan called from Liverpool
fur thla port November 3. 8h encount
trod heavy weather and wa flylnK-dl
tree .nal when the Ve.lamor hove in
Icht. A aoon aa the Vedamor arrived
aloilde tho ilnklnc ship ihe u
nailed to aland by. Soon afterward Cap.
tain Ix-e alRnalled. "Will abandon 'he
hli," and at noin. In the teeth of a itlff
Kale. Second Officer Hobbi and . volun
tt-r crew luuncbed one of tbo Vcdamorv
boat and attempted to reach tb alnk'
Itif Londonlan. . For three hour the
lurdy ilrlume Ittlc4 with wind and
wave In a vain attempt to reach her, but
re finally forced to ntturn to the hlp,
At It grew too dark to do anything more
Captain Ilartlett ilftnalled, "Will Hand by
you until morning. When morning cams
on. of th Vedamore'a llfi boats, lmpro
vlard a a life-car, made the trip uc
cneKfully. and 3 hulf-frotcn and exhaust
ed mrn vera hauled aboard the Veda
more.
Another frightful night of peril and
f ar paneed. Next morning C of the men
of the Ixndonlon succciili-d In launch
ing one of their own boats and reached
Ihe Vlamore In afi-ty. Their boat was
wit also lost and all that day waa spent
In trying to again establish communlca
tlon with the wreck. The gale was con
stonily increasing and nil efforts to save
the others were in vain.
When day broke tb next morning the
Londonlan had vanished. The Vedamor.
lhtn proceeded to ltaltlmore. It Is sup
posed the remainder of the crew, 24 In
number, attempted to leave her In their
own boats and that all hands pcrlvhed.
Tho Londonlan was a flno steel vessel,
built In Glasgow In liiW, and registered
US tons gross. She carried no passen.
gera..
MIMSTUIt MOXSON S
Sl'KKl'H FHEELY CR1TJCISKD.
Pari Journals Angry Over the EtitfUsh,
Minister's Assumption Salisbury May
Ho Aski J to Explain Ills Conduct.
NEW TOnK. Dec, dispatch to th.
Herald from Paris says:
Referring to Sir Edmund J. Monson'.
speech before the British chamber of com
merce, tho Libert says:
"M. Del Casse will certainly not fall
to charge M. Paul Cajnbon, who leave,
today to take possession of bl. post In
London, to ask the marquis of Salisbury
If It Is by his order that th. British am
bassador In Paris think, himself author
ised, not only to represent th. British
foreign office, but also to direct our for.
sign policy."
OH Bias says:
"Th. menacing ton. of th speech will
be noticed. We certainly do not wish to
envenom th. quarrel which 81r Edmund
Monaon appear to ck. Still, perhaps
w. may be permitted to observe that
thla ton. doe. not coincide with hi. diplo
matic charge. Hla mission la a concilia
tory one. Very well, but th. British
ambassador may b. permitted to outat.p
considerably th. rights he enjoy among
us. U. la th. representativ. of a friend
ly nation. W. count upon M. Pel Casse'.
firmness that th. entire tempestuous har
angue of Queen Victoria's envoy receives
tb. only sanction It merit that U to
ay, th. Intervention of London o that
In th. futur Sir Edmund will employ
mora measured language In France. It
1 true that It. role Is trying to embroil
Prance with America,"
The Petit Journal remark:
"While Sir Edmund waa In this expan.
I Ive mood he might have told us what
he thought of the respectability of a na
tion which after having solemnly prom
ised several time, to vacate a certain
country, establishes herself there with
out ceremony, thus depriving another na
tion of Us secuuar right, which are en-(
hanced by a gtgantlo undertaking, and
also with the thanks of a nation which
after having boasted hypothetical of
1U liberalism and humanitarians, cyn
ically trusts to the right of mind. En
gland In Egypt; America In the Philip,
pines. Thus both receive a treacherous
back bander.."
Th. Temp says:
"England preaches the policy of the
'open door and then wants to shut it la
th. face of a French school for the Sou.
dan."
The Debits says:
"Sir Edmund Monson. illusion to th.
pin prick policy disturbing hints that
whenever England encounters other In
terests side by side with ber own she de
clares she feels the pin pricks and gen
erally replies with the blow of .bludgeon.
At th. same tlm. th. Debats disavows
ny governmental support of th proposi
tion to create French schools at Fahoda
or Knartourn,
"w. hav. better uses for our re
sources.
Th. Journal says:
"Franc, will never forget that the.
woras, strangefrom many points of view
wer. uttered In Paris by th. araboaaador
or a power with whom w. ar. at peso,
by a man who, duty It 1 to try and
smooth .way difficulties, Instead of
mrowinsr oil Upon tb. fir."
Th patrl says:
"It U Impossible to convey a mor. com
mluatory warning la , mor. offenslv.
form. Sir Edmund Monson, tb. British
ambassador, dares la Pari. ltlf to
threaten u. with tb. wrath of bl. ooun.
trynMw, Tb. languag. recalls that oastf
by Mr. McKlnleys mouthpiece. last rear
toward Spain. Doubtless Sir Edmund
has be allured by tb. proceedings of tb.
new American diplomacy.''
THE DEFICIENCY BILL
PASSED BT THE H0U8E.
Meaur. Did Not Open Up tb Expected
Debat. on the Conduct of tb. War
by lh. Democrat.
WASHINGTON, Dec. l-Th. urs.ncv
dn luncy bill, to provide for tb. support
of mlHtary and naval establishments, wa.
passed by tb house today, practically
witnout opposition. Fear had been ex
pressed that tb measur. might open up
a prolonged debate upon the conduct of
the war, but the democratic leaders de
cided that such debet, would properly
com later upon the regular appropria
tion bills, or upon th bill for th. reorgan
isation of the army. Tber. was not a
word of criticism of the war during the
debate. The only point urxin which an
Issue wa. raised today was as to. whether
the bill, providing, as It did, for th. pay.
ment of volunteer until July L
might not be construed as a modification
of tb. law under which th. volunteer.
wore mustered Into service.
McKae, of Arkansas, offered an amend.
ment, providing that It should not be o
construed, and upon It ther. was a gen
eral discussion as to the advisability of
mustering volunteers out before the regu-
lur army wa Increased. Cannon finally
accepted the McKae amendment, and
that removed the only shadow of opposi
tion to the bill. A bumber of amend
ments were adopted upon the recommen
dation of the appropriations committee.
which received some supplemental esti
mate after th bill was prepared. The
largest of these was an item of 3.000,000
for an emergency fund for the war de
partment, and 78,0uO for the ordnance
pmment. Increasing the amount car.
rieU by the bill to ltj3.btf.831 The bouse
adjourned until Monday.
SKNATOR VESTS BILL.
WASHINGTON. Dec. S.-Senator Vesi
today followed up the debate in the exe
cutive session yesterday, concerning the
appointment of senators and members of
the bouse to position on presldental
commissions, by the Introduction of a
bill prohibiting the practice of making
such appointments. The bill follows:
"No person, while holding a Judicial or
executive office under the United States
shall be appointed by the president as
commissioner or scent of the government,
nor any department or bureau thereof."
CANAL BILL WILL COME CP. .
WASHINGTON, Dec. g.-The senate
held a short session today and then ad
journed until Monday, after making the
Nicaraguan canal bill the unfinished busi
ness before that body.
WANTS INVESTIGATION
OF CONTRACT SCHOOLS.
Cardinal Gibbons Asks Congress to Open
ly Examine the Merits of the Que
tlon at Tbl Session.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 8.-Curdinal Gib
bons, in behalf of himself and the arch,
bishops of the Catholic church In Ameri-
hus submitted a petition to congress
asking that tho Question of the contract
school system be reopened and that con
gress again go over the whole subject of
Indian education. The petition sets forth
t length the history of the Indian school
question and the legislation applying to
up to the recent provisions In the
pproprlatlon bills looking to a grlual
discontinuance of government aid to sec
tarian schools. The petition asks that
congress Insist that an Inquiry be made
In place of departmental Inquiries, In or
der that the merits and defect, of con
tract schools and government schools be
shown, and "not kept as a secret of state.
concealed in bills of any department or
bureau."
The petition was presented by Repre
sentative, Mclntyre, of Baltimore, and
as referred to the bouse Indian com
mittee, which Is now preparing the Indian
pproprlatlon bill. Senator Gorman pre
sented a similar petition In the senate.
KID M COT AND SHARKEY
TO MEET AT NEW YORK.
Will Fight Twenty Rounds on January 10
For J20,00O Possibility of a Fluke
Is Guarded Against.
NEW YORK, Dec. 8,-Artlcles of agree
ment for a 20-round boxing contest be
tween Tom Sharkey and Kid McCoy, to
take place at the Lenox Athletlo Club,
of this city, January 10, wer. signed to
day by both principals. Th. men are to
box for a purse of (20,000 and 60 per cent
of all receipts exceeding $10,000. Tim
Hurst was mutually chosen as referee.
In order that the fight may not result
In a fiasco, like the Sharkey-Corbett af
fair, tha articles prJide that interference
of any of the fighter" aaconds or their
Invasion of the ring will not .top the
contest. Any second or outsider who
tries to enter the ring during the con
test will be placed under arrest
Corbett today sent a dispatch to his
brother in California, saying: "I will
take on Jeffries. Match me to meet him
In February.'
FRENCH ARB UNREASONABLE.
LONDON. Dec 8. Right Hon. Joseph
Chamberlain, secretary of state for the
colonics,, speaking at a conservative
gathering In Wakefield. Yorkshire, this
evening, fully discussed home and for
eign affairs, .nd the government's policy
In Egypt, which, be said, depended en
tirely upon the possibility of reaching
an understanding with France "a thing
whloh Is impossible a. long as th. French
pursue a policy of exasperation,"
TREATY IS
COMPLETE
Only the Statures of the
Peace Commissloa Yet
to Come.
SPANISH ARE CHAGRINED
Their Failure to Secure Better
Terms for Their Country
' Unnerves Them.
BLAME EUROPEAN RATIONS
Siy Tbey Should Hare Interfere! jni
Saved Spain From Spoliation ly
i Conscienceless Giant
PARIS, Dec sV Th United State, and
Spanish peac. commissioners concluded
their work today and finally settled the
terms of the treaty of peace. Tbey will
meet one. mor. In formal session on Sat
urday or Monday next, when tb Spanish
commissioner, sorrowfully, and the
Americans, with feelings of relief, will
write their signatures upon the document
which embodies the results of the war,
and the preparation of which has con
sumed 11 weeks a longer time than the
war Itself. In the meantime the treaty
will be engrossed under the supervision
of Moore and Senor OJeda, secretaries of
the respective commissions.
Tho Spaniards are exceedingly litter
over the result, though observing forms
of friendliness and courtesy to the end.
Senor Monter? Rios, whos strong and
persistent struggle to save for hi country
every possible asset from the wreck of
her colonial empire has commanded tha
respect and admiration of hi opponents.
went from ihe council chamber today to
I his bed In a state of complete collapse,
I as a result of the long strain and .his
chagrin over the small fruits of his ef
forts. Senor OJeda ha been prostrated
since yesterday and was unable to attend
the Joint session today.
The Spaniards charge equal blame upon
the European powers and the United
States for their downfall. One of the
Spanish commissioners said this evening:
"The European nations bave made a
great mistake In deserting Spain and leav
ing her to the spoliation by brute force
of a conscienceless giant They all know
that In the Philippines America has taken
more than she can digest She will ulti.
matcly sell the Islands to England or
Germany, and when the transfer Is at
tempted It will precipitate general Euro
pean strife."
Diplomatic circles In Paris predict as
one of the results of the treaty a diplo
matic contest between France and the
United States, which will make an Import
ant chapter in history. The French gov
ernment Is reported to bave resolved to
take up the case of the French holders
of Cuban bonds, and it Is believed France
will declare for repudiation of the bonds
us the result of the treaty which the vic
torious nation imposed on Spain. They
argue that the treaty responsibility has
been shifted upon America, and that
therefore the French government will en.
deavor to exact some pledge for pay
ment or guarantee of the bonds.
Members of the commission say the
treaty will contain Uttle outside of the
scope of the Washington protocol, and
matters directly based thereon, like pro
visions for evacuation of ceded territory,
transfer of public property therein and
guarantees of safety of property and
rights of Spanish cltisens remaining
there. Details of the last class of ques
tions covered by the sUtament which the
Americans handed to Rlos at the last
meeting were considered today but all
the commissioners refuse to divulge the
details of the conference.
Several points upon which they were
unable to sgree were left open for diplo
matic negotiations.
The Spaniards refuse to admit that
they had failed to respect former treaties
guaranteeing religious freedom in th.
Caroline Islands, or that there was ne
cessity for such guarantees.
The conclusion of the work was, accord
ing to the commissioners, marked by po
liteness and all outward evidences of good
f eellng, and the difficult task was accom
plished. When all the dispositions bad been dis
cussed, Judge Day remarked:
"There seems to be nothing to do but
to engross and sign the treaty."
Rlos acquiesced to this, and the Amer
icana bowed themselves out before the
Spaniards, according to their custom.
DR. WALTER'S APPOINTMENT. ,
PORTLAND, Dec. S.-Dr. J. J. Walter,
pastor of the Centenary church, on the
East Side, has been appointed missionary
In charge of all Methodist work tn Alaska.
IMPORTANT MINING SUIT
FILED AT SAN FRANCISCO.
Montana Syndicate Seek, to Recover
. Valuable Mining Properties
In California Counties. '.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec S.-There was
filed in the United States circuit court
yesterday an Important mining suit tn.
volvlng property worth over 13,000,000.
The disputed lands are located In Toul
omne and Mariposa counties. The Mer
ced Gold Mining1 Company, a Montana
corporation, Is the complainant Th
accredited respondents are David Dor
ward. C M. Dabney and Daniel Corcor
of Coultervllle, Mariposa county, and
tbey appear a representative of th.
Rosenfelds and other San Francisco cap.
itallsts. Judge Morrow at one Issued a
restraining ordnr, binding on the respond
an, of Coultervllle, Mariposa county, and
Th Merced Gold Mining Company I,
It I. understood, on. of th. corporal,
name of the Klgelow syndicate of Bos
ton, which Is the owner of th Calumet
and Hoc la mine and the Boston snd
Montana company, th great rival of
th Anaconda propertle In Montana.
Th Merced company own over thirty
mining claims nar Coultervllle. When
tb. claim war purchased th company
also bought a ditch forty-flv mile long
from th south fork of th Toulomne
In that county to Horsston Band In Marl,
posa county, together with water lights
and right, to th. water of th. south fork;
of the Toulomn.
For a time the company used steam
power to work Its claims, and th re
spondents, alleging that thy considered
that tb. ditch and Its water rhtl had
been abandoned, filed new location.
Henc th. present litigation, for without
the dltcb and Its water rights th. claim,
of th. Merced company would b practi
cally valueless.
SHORT OF PROVISIONS
AND LIVED ON COACOANUTS.
Schooner Mildred Arrive, at New Tork
After a Stormy Psuag From Cen
tral America Privations of Craw
NEW TORK, Dc tt-Wlthln . short
sailing dlstanc. of this port and twira
beaten back aftr a two months' voysg,
we in. siory toia ny th. little schooner
Mildred, which has arrived her M day.
out from San Bias. Central in.ri-.
with a cargo of cosooannta.
Th. crew wa. forced to use coacoanut
milk Instead of water, the meat for food
and th. .hell, for fir. Captain Tlbbett
of tb. schooner (aid is be landed:
-roan God It Is all over now, I sever
expected to get In here alive."
According to th account of tb. vovara
given by the captain, the Mildred as soon
a. sh. left San Bias encountered rough
weamer. jyecemoer th, th Uttl. schoon.
er, out of provisions and with th crew
exhausted and discouraged, arrived off
Cape May. Thr she fell In with th.
pilot boat Philadelphia, which supplied
ber with provisions and water. For a
number of days the provisions and water
on the Mildred had been exhausted, and
the men had lived on the coacoanuta.
The shells, ss well as some of the wood.
work of the ship, were burned In the
galley fire. In order to give warmth to
the men, who had for nearly forty days
oeen in the midst of a series of storms.
The little food furnished to the crew
by the pilot boat was enough to give
them courage to proceed on their voyage
to . this port. - Once more she started on
her way. only to mm a heavy storm
again. Thla time the captain put in for
shoal water and anchored. The storm
Increased and both the anchor of the
Mildred were carried away.
Captain TIbbett then ordered all the
sails set and managed to work tb ves
sel out to sea. Finally the tug Projector
was sighted and she brought the Mil
dred Into port
POLICE SY6TEM FOR
THE CUBAN CAPITAL.
The Block System. Recommended by
Former Chief McCullough, of New .
York, May Be Established.
NEW YORK. Dec. g.-Former Chief of
Police John McCullough, who will leave
for, Havana today to advise General
Greene in regard, to the establishment
of a police system in the Cuban capital,
will recommend the establishment of th.
block system.
This system Is both simple and prac
tical Said he last night: -
"It consists in having policemen sta
tioned permanently la sub-stations In the
streets within four or Ave blocks of one
another. All the sub-stations should be
connected with the precinct stations by
an independent telepnnne system.
"It would be Impoiulile for a crime to
be committed or any acudent to occur
more than two and one hclf blocks away
from one of the sub-Btations, where a do
tlceman could always be found.
"Information could be telephoned to
headquarters and sent out from there
simultaneously throughout the entire
city In a very short time, placing the
whole force on guard.
"The chief could sit In his office and be
In constant touch with the entire force,
thus making, impossible the delay and
confusion Incident to the present system.
The patrolling could be done and the
block system maintained with fewer men
than are now required, and protection to
life and property would be much more
effective.
"All the men would have to do their
duty or be caught shirking. Sergeants
and roundsmen could not avoid their
work, as the telephone system would In
dicate their whereabouts."
TROUBLE BREWING AT DEL MAR
SAN DIEGO, Dec. (.Several mysteri
ous fires and an attempt to poison th.
water used by railroad section men, bsv.
caused much excitement In the little
town of Del Mor, 10 mile nortb of here.
A vigilance committee has been organ
ised and William Bennett, proprietor of
a hotel which was burned on Tuesday,
has been ordered to leave town within
48 hours, Mr. Bennett refuses to do so
and defies anyone to lay a hand on him.
He goes about the streets armeu with a
Winchester and serious trouble is feared.
Bennett was not In Del Mar when th.
hotel was destroyed.
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