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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1898)
; 'l TO .U ! . i ; ( , i i Ml! ,.iwi. ' (A ",!,! ii i ' L. . i f W 1 " ' - ' ' ' W :l '' I tdc ASTUKiAn nil tne urgesi circulation of any paper THE DAILY ASTGR2AN 13 tta fclifjesl and test paper on tne ColumCia tfivcf on the Columbia H vf W FULL ASSOCIATKI) PRICSS RKPOHT. VOL. XUX. AKTOUIA, 0HKtiN. Tl'KSDAY MOUNINO, DKCKM15EK 13. m. M). J:!l ft Stove Store ... IN ASTORIA ... Our Hpeulnlty: HTOVI2H AND IIANC1EH We know tho btwiium Twenty ycum xiariciire. If you want o GOOD atovc, boo tlio ttock at the Eclipse Hardware Co. Santa Claus Arc Located With Us A special lovltllof ilendd to vry. body (a 04)1 and examine our slock. Fine Imported Glassware Pine Domestic Ware. . . . TOYM In HmiIIom Vnrlcly. Our Iln) of book are now complete at price the IowmL MadnllloMM, I'ltoto Album mid Mirror largest anil f)nl stock In Astoria, Griffin Christmas Is Coming Now Is the Time to Prepare Your Good Things, nince meat, Etc., for the Holidays Your WantB OARD A Harvest Time For the Lncllee. LadiesV $4.00, $5.00, $6.00 Shoes, from $1.50 to $2.50 H la M accumulation of odd tn4 and of ftae) hand-eeeed button aboea, aooetly tquare toea. Jtwt the thing for omforu bla boo ihoeav, John Hahn, Tlio Itollnblo SliooDenlor. HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS Blankets, Comforts, Bedspreads Iiaee GuFtains and Drapefy Goods. C. H. Cooper, Headquarters & Reed. Supplied at TOEtES 60. Everything Neceasary in the Goods and nt Bottom Prices. THB LEADING HOU3D OP ASTORIA FLANNI6AN WARRI FS! On tho Virtues of Hot Overcoats on a Cold Winter Morning and Grows Eloquent. Well, well, whin Jeanlu triumph! ttr ovirruill4 train don't get chinto to Uk np. T7i rwoolt Iv mo ff'in In Ilia 1vr(lln column Iv tho Anloorlan nd tho lloudjlt hao lhrotixl our thtoro full Iv ruitomnri Wwnurr after birihlna with an avarkloua hoonT, to Her man to ma, ha, Klanny, n ha, that'a lila pt nnttia for ma whin ho'a faallnf rfil (afthtr makliif bi ahcora on tho lxx)ln alloy). Klanny. ma byo. fir 'am ft aulu plnla bluw In tha rrglon Iv their I'onvliico 'em Iv our uiprorUty; ao hnre'a tn glntlo aon( on overooata, tha kolnt! we and tha radoorlloni wo make. Now, overcoat la tx.th an artMa Iv drone, Iv kumfert and Iv convenience; whin tha aubterfugo Iv chapa cijthlnf, which r bouiht In wan Iv tho opperil. tlou eliiorre, iliowi ft rnt In tho bak, which lin t dua yet fur alxty daya, Kaahlon docrara ft aiolllsh ovorooat lq loo Iv tha rant Ye know phat bappana whin ye dlarogard tho decraoa Iv crool Kaehlon. Krmnce, wanet tho drrealeat Iv natlona. wlnl bark on Lma Faablon and made luv to ft firt In tbo DIvU'o Ialanda bo tho name Iv Dryfoua; this treachery Iv France h4 arou"t the anger Iv fa abode, who la tha ellpmuther Iv Dame Kaehlun, and aha baa r-fuivd to oonilnt fb thrlr mirrlaga Ivrr ilnca. Now na to kumfurt, b"V ye over lived In New Jorwy, whin the moequltoa la In full bloom and ould Bui throwi a buckrt full Iv hot brttka and ft hot wnb head and yo wl.h tho A redo ajid Atlantle tr ducliay all over ytr bald fore and I'aaeino wrra nlm door naybori, thin. mo frtnd ya can rxallM what kumfert II U to wear wan Iv Herman Wlee'i over- J eoata on ft owld day, whin the giaaa j " i uuiwr ara"n; m cavoorte around aaro and yr whlikey , udii-nre, refuaod to cloao tho houae. Klaaa la filled with fthbc r nil. thal a phat Th.-reujion Alb-grett. a former captain m lxxch frlnd uiea for bla whlekera. ' Culan trmi. rot Into an eicltcd Kor convanleni'o nothing aproahr an , aigumi nt with the manager of the thea overcoat. Whin ye attend ft church loclal i lor. and Allegrette waa eaoorted to the and ye don't feel Ilk atlng a 0-cnt ! l-l'wmlk by tho police on duty. There cup Iv raffay and cake for M clnta, ye 1 Alienrwt cnttred Into a httd ducua kin ahllp half Iv a macraronl an' Um- 1 w1,h Banlh omrer. who atruck boorrvr oherte rake down tho lnldo poc- hlrn ai-roa the face with tha flat of hi ket Iv yrr overcoat an' think Iv yer little wane at home, phat'a that very mlnnlt In the arruma Iv Orphayue under tho kitch en table, Jlit aa ye think Iv 'tin whin ye are attending tha laet dim Iv laat week wage fer gtaaa Iv beer and pretieta. Now. thin, do y want an overcoat T If ya don't I'll not wat Iny more Iv me I awat llloqulnta. but If ya do, call at : Herman WIii'i ahtoore, aa w allow IS , per clnt redoootlon on overcoats. la the I manetlme be good to yereclf, to yer wlf and to yer naybor's wife. Throoly yoora. FLA NN 10 AN. In car Iv HEMUCAN W18B. The Rellablo Clothier and Hatter. P. R-8lnce writing the abov mln tinned, we hey rejooced b)'a an' shmall bye' suit IS per clnt also, THE PARKER HOUSE Plrat-ClfisH In ICvery Kenpect. ' m Hp BILLIARD ROOM I ' Special Rates to Theatri cal Parties A. J. MASON, Prop AHTORIA, OUK. THE PROOF of tba pudding t In tha eating and tha proof of liquors IS IN SAMPLING That'a an argument that'a con clualva demonstration. Ours will stand tha teat HUGHES & CO. Sheetings, Touiels and Gfashes. Above jSHOT DOWN IN HAVANA Fatal Sunday Clash Between Spanish Officers and Cubans. THREE CUBANS Kit LED One Spanish Officer, Two Cubans and a French Subject Wonnici. CAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTY Cubans Wanted Amusement Places Closed Oat of Respect to the Late General Garcia. HAVANA. ts. It-Tbroo Cuban war killed and one Spanlah officer and two Culmn wounded Uat night In an affray b"lwn torn Bpanleh ofllcer off duty and numbrr of cltlaena, and ft party of Cuban, who wlabed to cloea the Tacon thatr on ai count of tha death of Oarcla, After tba now of General Oaxcla'e drath iiprond thmugh Havana early Jea- I Krday aflvrnoon the Cubana wlahtd to I have all plucea of amuK-ntnt doted. I Tbi-y euo-undH In closing two placea frqurnted by C'ubtuia, but tho manoge- """ f 'he Taton iheatt r where there ' eword. Then there waa a cIIIilm between thq Cubana and tha Spanlah military men; . moro blowa wr at ruck on both aides and many l"Torm (mm cafe and parka 'cheered for 8mM aiid brought crowd of pcnpl to the ipot from adjacent etreeta and quare. Puddeuly a ahot waa flrr.1. whethe by ft Cuban or by a gpanl- rd. Intentionally or accidentally, con not be aaM. arj the Cubana retreated Into th Hotel ingieterra. More anota were nred on both tldea and Arturo lliet, ft Frrncn rltlicnhora In Havana, wa ahot and ert uuly ounile. while llllrr at table, More ihot were fired and the Cubans ran through tba hotel office and made their wy up (tali. Jerja 8longo, a Cuban, fell, wounded, on the atalra, and another wounded man broke into the room occu- 1 pk'd by Lieutenant Fltthugh Lee. son of j thi famous geneesl, and foimer con.nil ! general hero, demanding protection. Gen . oral Orerno and aeveraj membera of hla stanT hoard the uproar In the hotel and went Into the corridor. As soon aa the HpanUh offlevra aw General Greene, who waa In uniform, they stopped purault of tho Cuban, saluted aiid retired. In the meantime Eastaqulno Lenius, ft Cuban, hud beon fatally wounded In the street and I'edro lilesa and Senor Jimlnet SpunUh guurda in duty swarmod In from neighboring atroeta and order waa re- tor.d. Cl ltANS HAIL 80L-MEH3 A3 THEIR IELlERER3. I Men Embraced Each the Other and Wo. 1 men Wept for Joy as tho Troop ! Marched at Havana. HAVANA, Deo. 11-Tho Two Hundred i and 8 c-iod New York relglmenl be; an to ; land at ( o i-Iock this morning, and a col , umn about liW a'.rong marched fro.n San I Jose wharf to tho Christina railway sta ' lion. There wer only an ordinary number of ' nn.iu 111 uiu sim'iD aiiu won vmjr w j caalotuilly that cries of "viva Espanola; , viva Americano," or Viva. Cuba, Ubre," were heard. Tne onlookers were mostly rent and were only curious to see the American soldiers. Tho First North Carolina, regiment, which arrived here yesterday morning on the United Stale transport Roumanian, disembarked this morning and marched through the dry with beuid and colors to the camp at Mariano. By the time the regiment had reacned the suburb of Corro, many hundreds of men, women, and ohlldren were following, all showing deep emotion, the men embracing one another, the women weeping from exces sive pleasure and the children shouting endearing nura.es aa the North Carolina soldiers marched along. The troops were amasod at tho Intensity of the feeling dis played. Several hundred Cubana followed tha regiment all tha way to Mariano, a distance of seven miles. GOMrKRS IS OPPOSED TO TOLICY OP EXPANSION. In a Speech Before American Federation of Labor He Says It Means Selt Qovernment Has Failed. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Deo. 11-Samuel Gompers, president of the American Fed eration of Labor, now In session here, suited tho objections of the federation to ft "policy of imperialism and expan sion" aa follows: "Wo cannot annex tho Philippines with out ft large increase In our standing army, A largo standing army is repugnant to republican Institutions and a menace to the liberty of our own people. If we an. nex tha Philippine we ahall have to conquer the Filipinos' by force of arms, and thereby deny to thorn what wa claim for ourselves right of self-government "Wa shall seek to conquer by force of arms Instead of by otir own Industry, commerce and superior mentality and civilisation. "Wa shall be compelled to open tha gales to admit Chln'vn, Malays and laborers who may coma from 'our pn- scnulor. "A policy of linporlnlliim I ft declara Hun that clf.goverriment has failed and that the peoplo cannot be trusted; that a (hiiihr la of mor ooneui;n e c man, and plutocrot-y and mllltarlura nobler than hum.-inlty," HG'.VKRU 4'ATENT HL'BTAINED BY Jl'DOK MOJ'.KOW. The Decliion Give to liowert Control Practically of All the Hydraullo Predg' s n Modern Use. MAN FRANCISCO, He.-, 11-Judga Mor row. of the United Slates circuit court, today handed down a decfulon In tha two oaae of Alphonto 0. Dowers sgalnst the Hun PranrlNco f tri'lr Company an4 the PaRlflo Cut Dredging and Reclamation Company, awarding perpetual Injunction and ordering an acnuntlng of the dam-ag-a and profits. This d'x-Ulon involves the dredgers used by A. Hnldmalur and Ntu, Chicago drain age canal, the used by the New York Dredging Company at Washington, Phil adelphia, Port Royal and Sabine Lake In Texas, those built by the Uucyrua Com pany And used by tb Amerlcar Dredg ing Company at Philadelphia, and also the dredgia ueed by the United States gov ernment on the Mlsalulppl river. The decision I brond and sweeplner In character, giving to Iiowers all be claims ard practically covers all th hydraulic dredges In modern use. VOLUNTEERS AT MANILA WILL BOON BE RETIRED. 8Ttary Alger 8'gna an Oder Designat ing Troops to Relieve Them Lose Bustabied In Cuba CuufcuUrcd. WA8HIN0T0N. Dee. 11-Tb war t- partni'vit bas begun In earneat th relief of tha volunteer troop now ttatloned at Manila by the regulars. This afternoon Secretary Alger signed the order designating for this purpose Ix rlment of United States Infantry out of eight held In reserve for service In trjpkaJ countries. The regiment are the Twentieth, at Fort Leavenworth, Kas.; the Third, at Fort Snelllng. Minn.; the Twlfth. at Jefferson barrack. Mo.; the Seventeenth, at Columbus barracks, Ohio; the Fourth, at Fort Sheridan, III.; th Twenty-second, at Fort Cwik. Neb. They will go forward to Manila as soon a transportation can be provided. It may be that the two regiments still held In rnrve. the- Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Infantry, will Join the others bfore they sail. These reejltnent were i-lwted In reverse ratio to the loss sus tained by thira In the Cuban campaign. The volunteers In Manila, will be re tired In the order In which they reached that dry. CUBAN GENERAL'S FAMILY . APPRISED OF HIS DEATH. The News Came as a Surprise While th Family Were at Dinner at Thomas vllle, Georgia. THOMASVILLE, Ga.. Dec. lt-In the midst of laughter and flowers the wlf and two daughters of General Garcia, Misses Mercedes and Marcla. received the tiding of their father's death. The blow was terrible In Its suddenness and has prostrated the entire family. The noon train brought the Garcia from Way Cross under the escort of Mayor Stern and they were Installed in the handsome suite at the Maiury hotel. A telegram 8unday morning came from Captain Julio Garcia in Washington in forming hi mother that the condition of the general was much Improved and the family went to the dining room with light hearts. Their table was gaily deco rated with flowers In honor of the oc casion and all three ladle were paid cour teale uiually accorded to peop'e of' dis tinction. In the midst of this happy scene came iho shocking new from Washing ton. The plan of Mr. Garcia have not ben' yet ascertained. Sho may go to Wash ington or proceed to Tampa to await the amni of the body of the (teneral should it be decided to bury it In Cuba. NICARAGCAN SURVEYORS ARRIVE AT 'FRISCO. The San Juan River Route Favored Nlcaraguans Want United States to Assist In Its Construction. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. li-Frands L. Stuart and Thaddeus Merrlam. who have had change of one of the surveying partie of the Nlcaraguan canal commission since December. 1897, have arrived here en route to Washington. Mr. Stuart says: "Personally I am ft strong advocate or the Lalce Nlraraa-ua and San Juan river route. There Is another scheme on foot to follow the San Juan river from Lake Nicaragua, east 50 miles to Machucha raolda and then cut a ditch 101 miles long to Greytown. The latter is an am- Miliii achtniA and while it would be a good road. I prefer the lake and river line. "Th neonla of Nicaragua want the United States to construe the canal. I found them extremely friendly about the matter." FATAL SHOOTING ACCIDENT CAUSED BY SNOWBALLING. Tim Connors Fires Into a Crowd of Boys and Instantly Kills Chaa, Tracey Connors Surrenders. 1NLIANAPOLIS, Doc. 13.-Cliais. Tracy, aged 16, has boen shot and Instantly killed by Tim Connors, custodian of Greenlawn cemetery. Tracy and a num ber of other boys were gathered near the cemetery throwing hnow balls at pedes trians Indiscriminately. Connors, who was standing near, or dered them to desist and his Interference was met by a shower of Ice, Connors started to get their names and the boys gav , last volley and ran. Connors then drew hla revolver and, he says, fired, two shots In the air to frighten the crowd. Tracy fell dead. Connors surrendered. He pleads unfamiUarity with revolvers. Laat spring Connors had a. fight with the same crowd of boys, who left the custodian lying In the street with his head crushed In. BRYAN A CIVILIAN. WASHINGTON. Deo. 11 Tha resigna tion of W. J. Tryan as colonel of the Third Nebraska volunteers was received today and Immediately accepted. STRIFE IN THE ARMY Present Military System Causes Friction Between High Officers. RADICAL CHANGE NEEDED Secretary of War and Command' In; General Cannot Get Alonj. STATEMENTS OF OFFICERS Giaerils Miles col Schofleli Make Recommendations asto Clauses of tne Proposed Law. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11-At tba bear. ing before the boas committee on mili tary affair on tha reorganization and Increase of the army. General Bchofleld, who preceded General Mile In command of th army, dovoted bi chief attention to tb friction Inevitably rising betwevn . the secretary of war and the commanding general under the present system. This ' had occurred under the command of Gen-! oral Scott, wno removed his headquarters ' trt Vwr Vnrlr in viM tha A I fr.ranM. -t- I ing with the war department. It occurred I abio during the command of General ' Sherman, who went to St. Louis to avoid ' this friction. The trouble arose out of the system which gave the bead of the ; army the name of commanding general, 1 when in fact it bad little or no authority, or even Influence aa commanding general. ; Whether be Jcee anything depend large ly on his personal relations with the sec-, rotary of war. If thoe relations are not close, then the secretary of war geta to Ignoring the so-called commanding gen eral. General Schofleld unced that one of tne most essential features of army reorgan ization wws to give the pnsidect absolute power to select his own oo-nmanding of-, (lent. Instead. of creating ft permanent' grade of lieutenant-general, he favored, giving the president authority to select st any time ft lieutenant-general, the of- I fleer occupying that position retiring to j hla former grade. The title also should oe that of general-ln-chlef Instead of commanding -general, aa that would bet- . ler expresa the Idea that the head of the army was the executive officer fo ; the president and secretary of war. After General Bchofleld had concluded, ' General Miles said he did not approve the suggestion that the head n( the army be executive staff officer to the president. General Miles pointed out that three ; major-generals, Merrill, Brooko and hinv self, had come through the recent war withe ut a hope of lecognltkm. He cared nothing 3 to himself, but be urged that the services of GenertJs Merritt and Brooke had been such that the rank of ll-'Utenant-general (or them, as would be given under his bill, would be eminently fitting. BUSINESS OUTLOOK IN CUBA MOST PROMISING. Much European Capital , Already In. vested Amerlcau Vessels' Crowding to Havana and the Coast. NEW YORK. Dec. 12.-A dispatch to the Tribune from Havana says: New enterprises In Cuba are for Ameri can capital. The opuning of Increased maun of communication between Havana and the Florida ports has clinched this conclusion. Communication is now es tablished three times a week with Tampa, on the west coast, and twice a week with Miami on the east coast. The business muy not b sufficient fur a while to keep two lines In operation. The competition will probably be sharp. But after a time there will be enough for both. The gulf ports with the exception of New Orleans are also awaking to their opportunities and an Increased trade to tho south now promises to be soon developed. These are only incidents in the future development of the Island. What Is slg. niflcant is the complete recognition by the foreign capital Invested In Cuba of the new conditions. None of this capital wilt be crowded out, as has been assumed In many quarters. Instead, It will remain in the assurance of future stability given by the United States. Much English money Is Invested in the railways and the tobacco plantations and manufactories. Some of it was actually pushed Into Ha vana In order to seize the opportunities that were open before the time was ripe for American Investments. French and German houses also rushed out to assure the trade that was already theirs. It is probable the Barcelona houses will carry out their plan of erecting jute mills In Cuba. This is something they never seriously contemplated while Spain ruled the Island. It waa enough to have a portion of their capital Invested In the mercantile business without the addition al risk of the manufactories. A common delusion that the retail trade of Havana and other cities will pass rapidly Into American bands must also be noted. The Spanish merchants will hold this trade so stubbornly that its fu ture Is not worth considering. The only point of consequence Is that they will buy In larger quantities from houses In the United States. With the full knowl edge, then, that American capital la not expected to dislodge European capi tal, tho Interest is In the fields which will be opened to It The European trade representatives have a tolerably clear Idea of where the Ant development will come. They have ft vivid remembrance of tha American ahlpa which were beginning to crowd the harbor of Havana, Matanaaa and other porta when th Blaln reciprocity was Interrupted by the xlnclis of partlnr politic In th United Stat. Now they know, Independent of the polltlcitt nlflcance, what It will mean to have th port of the United States brought much nearer Cuba by shortening the time and Increasliifx the means of com. munlcatlon. That waa the first reflec tion today when the vessel came Intu th harbor. It Is a swift method of rea soning by which the conclusion has been reached that the future carrying trad of Cub almost in Its entirety will t under th American flag. Tho dependency of the Island on th United States, whatever form Its govern, ment may take, settles that point In th minds of th European trade represtnta. Uvea. They also looked a littl further than the American In th coastwise trade. That in their view hereafter la solely a question of American ship. Th difference will be that th Spanish ship will not be a privileged monopoly without competition. The tneory of the Spanish authorities waa that ft limited coast trafQa at high rates wa better than unlimited bulne at low rates. A pox sag from Havana to Santiago cost mor than ft voyage from Havana to New York, Freight rate were In th some ratio. The "backbone" railroad through tb Island wa not allowed to be built be. cause It would Interfere with th coast, wis vessel monopoly. What should hav been ft flourishing lnter-coast trad among; th many towns which had natural harbor advantage became an Intermit tent business with av fer small vessels engaged In 1L The fishing smacks were limited American coasting ship will cbang all this, possibly faster than ha been anticipated. If they do not preced th Industrial . development of th In terior of tb Island, they will at leait keep pace with. It. WEEKLY STEAMER SERVICE. 6 AN FRANCISCO, Dec! U-Th gteana r City of Panama which has Just at rived from Central American Ports bring the news that the Pacific Steam Naviga tion Company and tba Cla Sud Americas De Vapoa have completed arrangement by which a weeklly service between Val paraiso. Panama and Oco will begin at one. It la believed th steamer Are qulpa baa already left Valparaiso and la expected at Panama on the 17th Instant. This weekly service will carry merchan dise for Europe, via the Straits of Ma gellan and will tap all the Central Amer ican coffee districts. GHOULS ARRESTED. KANSAS CITY. Dec 11-Two gboul last night took the body of ft colored girl from lu grave In Woodlawn cemetery, Kansas City, Kas., disposed of th body for to at the medical college on this side of the state line and were arrested by the police within two hours' Urn. One of the ghouls was a white man named Perry. The other waa a negro named Mc Claln. T. B. Carter, negro janitor at tb college, wa also arrested charged wit hi having received the body. MISSION ISLAND RESERVED. WASHINGTON. Dec." 11-Blnger Her man, commissioner of the general land office. In decision rendered today, holds that Mission Island, located just south east of San Francisco bay, be made part of the public domain, and in accordance herewith President McKinley, In a few days, will Issue an executive order, re serving this Island as a coaling station for the United State navy. UPPER KIVEP FLOCKED. VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. li-Tb floating ice which began coming down tb Columbia yesterday morning begun Iodic Ing on a sand bar In the river below this city last night, and by morning tb river was completely blocked against naviga tion. No boat has been able to come fur ther up the Columbia today than the mouth of the Willamette. I DISCUSSED BY THE SENATE. ; WASHINGTON. Dec. 12. -The discus ; slon of two questions, each of import and , interest In this session, was bcun by ! the senate at its session today. Terri torial expansion and the construction of , the Nicaraguun canal occupied the atten tion of the body during part of the ufter noun. RAILROAD MAN DEAD. NEW YORK, Dec. U-Chrlstlan F. Ha. gen, traffic manager of the Ward Steam ship line, a member of tha Maritime and Produce Exchanges, and widely known In railroad and steamship circles and In Mexico and Cuba, Is dead at his homo In ttla city, aod 43 years. FOUR PERSONS PERISH. f ii I NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-The fire which ' destroyed the department house at 134 : Prospert Place, Brooklyn, last night, killed four persons Joseph W. Noblett, his wife, his wife' mother, Mrs. Btothern, and John Wlnne. The other missing per sona have been accounted for. MME. BARRIOS. j SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 12.-Among tha passengers from Central America on tu City of Panama was Mme. Rayno Barrios, ; widow of the late president of Guatemala, with two children and ft number ot aU ' tendants. She will probably raka her ' future residence in this city. An Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum Alum baking powders arc tiu greatest mcnaccrs to health of the present day. Kovu in nxw ea., ww vox. ... n