V t r I ... bio . ... H w-ss--i A4. THE A5T0RIAN has tni largest circulation of lay pipeif fit Zj '-' 1 ."I T2E CASLY AtTCr.MN Is r 9 fclj-t finJ tv.-.s f, r , oa tni Columbia Hlvil v FULL ASSOCIATKI) PRESS REPORT. VOL. XllX. ASTOIUA. OKEOON. TDMhDAY MORNING, JANU vi 1; jmn,m u mi. fM 1 I l'. Jksri II 1111 S I 1:1 1 i a The Only IN ASTORIA ... Our Hpoclnlfy: HTOVCH AND IIANGHH Wo know tlio ttiHlnonfl. Twenty GOOD btove, wo Eclipse Hardware Co. qvtrwvwifviAnnnwinn 5 .O.t.r Pocket and Office Diaries Tide Tables Calendar Pads Blank Books World's Almanac Uuraiiirt in Cloth HounJ Books. Griffin & Reed. VAUlAAATUVAAAAAAJlAAAAAAAUVVriAAAAIlAVAAAnlAAAiVUD OUH "WE SELL White Sewing Machines and Royal tk Stokes An Ideal Ton cannot taka money and buy a to Mfui aa a Pair of Good Slippers. Wa bar the largest Maortaaat ver shown la Ua dty, at to rary low John Hahn, Holiday Goods Arriving Every Dny, nt Tortland Prices. Chairs, Rugs and Medallion Pictures G. HEILBORN & SON. 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Tulklti Iv rai(m. 'tlil ye Ivrr tbrv to rut a aft torn nlih it ruliur fi-cl" dml an' ahlrrpv l!k, If vr hava not, mi'bliy hrfv irll to liivr "nwlf whn y"r new Urn ni"tui.h flmt w the loltfht IV day; or i-rrhan.x have atnde colored nlo and liavo avn 'am tmrj"i ihrir raiura on alch oilier', cocanuta; In ayihi-r vlnt yt ean rallt What It tnanox, for Horman Wl to rut Dm ir)c Iv tvcryililur n' hi. .htoor 25 tr eint. Thr'a mn' a'n hy'. du1 Iv all rt'-a. rrlplur... an hai. rtiirn. an' tot. air.. an' tc.; th rrool rniur "t hi. .harp wurrVk In "n Ivi-rythln In th htor. JIpv ) Ivr flKTod out what Ir clnt. rally matiMT 8 poalnf a Dry a dartr. rtpa with thirty .ummrra an' ya could IfH hrr otm rrjcrl rlnt.. or a'poalna ya had Wjo buahrl. iv plira fwt. which ya hava not, an' lvry pi, foot wui wnh clnt. on tha Waaln counter iv a compartmlnl hi or a an' by .Ind'.ni yr p!('s fwt to tha rhlllallna Inland, ya could tt K par clnt. ad vlohrvm or S par clnt. mora In dhrlnk. at tha cornrr rrorery; or if ya had a bahrn full Iv bona that laid a aour krout barrll full iv rold aWlr. lvry Wcd d.y an ty faliln wn on palnlr.a clrry compound, ya could Increaaa th.lr a'lllti raparlly t pT clnt. uld ya do It? In craa ye wood; an hy will ya laka th few hard .arnd dollkra which ft wolfa h- aaved up, by (K'rarktlnr tba amUl chaJna from your hip pocklt mahrnlnaa, an' throw it Into tha drawtr. iv an oppuainun .mora; whin Ilrrman Wl.a offrra ya t prr clnt. radooctlnn on Ivrry thine Juilslrxr from yr reputation an tn (Inaral tchoon Iv yar compllilon I'm ua ya will conclude to taka edvantaca Iv Herman Wlae'a 25 pr clnt, rJooctlon i, bclnnlnr January lat. Thnvly youra, FLANNldAN. n cara iv iit-u.MA. nine. Tha rcllabla Clothier and Hattar, mm ISTO PAIR Of our Bboes tbat feel comfortable at ones la wrorlb a great deal. We'll put your feat Into Shoes of that kind and charge nothing extra for the comfort and I very little for tha Shoes. Petersen & Brown. THE PROOF of tha pudding is la tba eating and tha proof of liquors IS IN SAMPLING Vbat'a an argument that's eon dual re a demonstration. Ours will stand tba test HUGHES & CO. L. LEBECK a Carpenter and Builder General Contractor HOUSE RAISINO AND nOVIINQ A SPECIALTY Theodore Bracker Wholesale and Retail Dealea tn QlGflljS AHD TOBRCCOQ Smokers Supplies OfAllKiiKls. Commercial St, SITUATION AT IL0IL0 jTIIOCHANDS HTAHVINO Clash Between Troops and; iS ES n Insurgents Thought Unlikely. WORST IS PREPARED FOR If rfatlves Refuse to Accede to Suasion, Wbeeler Will Re sort to Arras. AGUINALbO HOLDS THE KEY Insurgents Will Not Btfla Hostilities Until He GlvestbeWord- Kotblnf New From Hollo. WASHINGTON. Jan. i. -Nothing mora has bwn heard at th war department from Oil. fines his caljlrtrram of yester day. The situation Is Irritating In tha f.ut that accordlnif to tho trpcrtrnce of the la.t few duy. It la not to he .xpwtvd that anything mora can bo heard from Hollo for a dny or two at lifut, excrpt In the very Improbable evnt that the Amer ican force hoa tioi-n rtuld In Ita effort to return .trnlk'ht to Manila. It la aurml.rd that ( nral MIllT I proceeding with mora Uct and ! rough, nnw tn hi. dealing, with the lnurgent than app-arI from a flmt ln.pcctlon of the repurta. Ilia purpone apparently waa to avoid such formal nvotrnltlon of the lnaurgnta aa mlirht titid to mibarrM. the United States government hereafter, but at tha same llmo not to deal hatrhly with them, if Uvpy own be brought to ve the rwltudo of hla Intention.. There foro tha omdala are of tho oilnlon that there will bit no actual hiwtlliUr. between the forces- arrayed agalnat Oeneral Oil. and his own, but that at the worst the former will retire from the city without acuptlng: or rejnln ;he Anaeiicnn over tun until they have hoard from Aguln. a Ida General Otl. haa taken steps to ac quaint Oeneml Miller with the latent tn. atructtona of tba president, and a special messenger la now on hi. way from Ma nila to Hollo. Although official, profess their strong beJIef thst no serious trouble will occur, they have taken the precaution toexpldlte tha dispatch of mllltnry reinforcement, to General Otis' command In the Itilllp. pines. Orders have been Imued for the Twen. (lath regiment of Infantry of Fort Ieav enarorth to time Its, departurs ao as to be In Ban Prancleco by th 7th tnat., In order to embark on tha mllltury transport be. Ing fitted out Id salt for Manila on that date, If possible. The two other Infantry regiments whMi are under orders to pro. ceed to the Philippines by the Psclrlc route, the Third and Twenty-second, will follow aa soon as mean, of transportation can foe secured. Three other moments sre also under or. Wb to proceed to ManiU by way of ttie Mediterranean and the 8uet canal. These are tha Fourth, Twelfth, and Seventeenth Infantry. They will make the trip in the new transports Mobllo and Mohawk, and unions prenent plan, miscarry, they will embark at New York on the 17th Inst. Major General Uiwfon will acompany thc exptMlltlon from New York, after ft con. fcreiH-s Ivtt nKi. tiiie tho admiiil.trutlon of affairs In th riilllpplns. CATTLE KING GILLETTB3 EFFECTS A COMPROMISE. Bald tha Flighty riungcr Will Pay Ills Creditor. 0.IMMYM Still Bo Away Ahead. OT. LOUIS. Jan. 2. A special to the Republican from El Paso, Tex., says: Charles F. Hunt, a wealthy cattle dealer of Texas, and proprietor of the Polaclo hotel at Chihuahua, Mexico, haa an. nounced that he has succeeded In effecting a compromise between Grant G. Glllett, a fugitive Ablllna (Kansas), cattle plunge-, ami hla creditors. Gillette haa been In tho vicinity of Chihuahua for over a month and haa been In constant com munication with his attorney, C. R. Troxall, who Is also In Mexico, Through Troxall, Gillette unbosomed himself to Hunt, who went to Kansas City last week and on tils return here announced that he had offered his creditors $50,000 cash, and that they bad accepted the offer. Hunt declared that the deal for tho com promise had been practically closed, but did not want the faota to become public until ha bad bad a conference with Gil. lett It Is aald tbat tha plunger will profit by tha compromise, aa Hunt Intimates that he took JtS.000 with him to Mexico in his hand satchel, and received $10,000 front the United filiates on Christmas day by express. NATIONAL LEGISLATORS ATTACKED WITH GRIPPE, Epldemlo Now Prevalent In Washington Causes Much Suffering A Tenth of the Population Is Sick. WASHINGTON, Jan, 2.-Grlppe and the ailments attendant upon It, that are now Included In Its train of ills, have pros, trated an unuBual number of residents of Washington. Observant pharmacists remark that 10 per cent of the district's population Is suffering In one way or another from new generlo grippe. Three members of the senate oommlttee on appropriations are so 111 that they will not be able to leave their homes for several days. They Include Senators Be wail and Oockrell, both of whom bare been sick for two weeks or mora, and Senator Allison, who haa tba grippe and in lo-TiniC to hi. room to avoid a mora i-rlooa conaoqtifinc. '-na.tor Turjiio, of Indiana, la rooov arlnff from an atta'k of pneumonia. It la not llk.?:y that ha will go to tha onpltol for at Icn two wak. nk ofihe Ju.tlta jof fha uprrm court Ju.llca Gray la sick with tha grippe. AW Ilndrred by the Oovamment I'O'-k. by Dlxhontat Offlclala-Oullaw lies-Ins Fre.b Diredatlons. TACOMA, Jan. t-Advlce. brought by the atenmahlp Victoria says Sze Chuen meMiants wired to (Shanghai desiring that all shipments of goods Into that provlntvt cei.a. The Yellow river floods have destroyed tha crops and famine haa resulted. inou.tnrta of natives srs starving. Thousanns of other hungry and ragged refugees are moving down the river in boats, only to find tha walls of the cities closed sgaln.t tha starving hordes. The government appropriated 800.000 taele for their relief, and less than one.fifth bns been distributed. It Is claimed that dishonest officials have pocketed th balanee. A relief fund has been started at fihanghil. Rev. M. Craig Patterson, of tha Chl;s Kian mission, appeals to American friends for aid. A panic pre. vails throughout trie 8ze Chuen province, China, caused by the reholstlng of the black f;g of reiiisn by the notorious outlaw, Tumnmxe. After offering to refrain from further depredatlona and receiving a compen wiuon inereior rrom Hie Chinese au thorities. Tumantxa haa resumed bis fol lowers aiid atarted a fresh antlathollc eniMda. Hla reward Included 100.000 taols in silver, Immunity from punish, ment and a captaincy in the Chinese army. rne French mls.lonary, Fleury, re. mains In Yurr.antiC. hand., and hopes of saving him have been abandoned. imrrisH residents in china ASK FOR ASSISTANCE. Petition the Home Government for Pro. tectlon In Carrying on Missionary work In the Flowery Kingdom. SEATTLE. Jan. 2. Lord Charles Berea. ford ts taking bock from the Orient an Interesting petition given him by the British residents of central China. Sweeping wanta are outlined and an al liance with the United States Is proposed to take concerted action against the closing of any doors to missionary work and trade now open In the empire. The English ask for full liberty to establish Industrial and manjfaeturlng concerns in tha Interior, especially In tha tea growing districts. They want to open and work mines on equally favorable terms with the natives. The petition asks that special attention be given to the French and Russian ac tlvlty In ce:itial and western China, even though It may be necessary to station a British naval force in the Tang Tse. UNFAIR ORDER ISSUED AS TO CUSTOMS RECEIPTS. Funds Collected at Santiago Ordered Sent to Havana-Bald the Order Will Be Injurious. f- SANTIAGO. Jan. 1-An order has been received from Havana, which. If enforced, will mean, In the judgment of commer. clal classes here, serious Injury to tha province. This is a direction to transmit the entire customs receipts each week to Havana. Compliance with such Instructions would Involve the abandonment of the many necessary public Improvements, especially In the matter of roads and water works. Since American occupation began the funds have been used for such purposes and have been the principal means or meeting the necessary expend!, tuns. Tl HervUdo ssiys that to carry out this oniT would rob 10,000 Cubans of em ployment, r"OBt of whom would probably take to the hills and become bandits, having no other recourse. The British consul at Santiago says it was Spain's practice of monetary cen tralisation which caused her troubles In Cuba. HIS STRANGE ACTIONS CAUSED HIS ARREST. George F. Rlelmayer, Unable to Account For His Movmeents Since May Last, Arrested In San Francisco. BAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 2--An unknown I man, who acted in a suspicious manner In a Valencia street bicycle store, has been taken Into custody. When he was searched $S40 tn gold notes was found fastened to the Inside of bis vest, but he was unable to give any account of himself. From documents found In his posses, slon, he is supposed to be George F. Rlelmayer, of Buffalo, N. Y. Among his possessions were found a picture of his sister TUra B. Rlelmeyer, of 293 Dear, born street, Buffalo, and a bank book showing a credit In the Buffalo tiank of $10000, on which Interest waa credited for 1897. There were also credits for two drafts for $500 each. He said that be left Buf. falo on May 17, but his mind seemed confused and he could give no clear ac count of bis movements since then. HEAVY SNOWFALL AT SPOKANE. SPOKANE. Jan. t During the lost two days Spokane experienced the heaviest snow In Its history. Since yesterday morn ing IS Inches has fallen, making 23 Inches on tha ground. Because of a strong wind the .now has drifted and the street car lines have had dlffloulty to keep their lines opon. In places the snow has drifted to a depth of five feet. All the railroad lines running through the city have run approximately on time, iby the aid of many snow plows. The snow In eastern Washington Is tho heaviest for years within a radius of 25 miles of Spokane. THEIR INJURIES FATAL. TJTTCA, N. Y., Jan. l-MIss Busts S. Thomas and Calvin Chamberlain, who were riding with five other young people In a surrey Saturday night, were fatally Injured by a train striking their vehicle. The young people were singing and the driver did not bear tba train. TO CHOOSE SENATORS Many State Legislatures Will Meet Today In Bien nial Session. BOSS QUAY'S HARD FIGHT winamaker end Otber Noted Pennsylvanfons Are Work in; Against Him. TIRPIE TO BE RETIRED Well Known laJlans Senator Win Profcatly Be Succeeded ty J. F. Hanly-Davls' Chances Good. HARRI3BURG, Pa.. Jan. t-Benator Quay haa taken personal direction of his campaign for re-election to tba United states senate. He reached Harrlaburg last night from Washington with his colleague, Senator Fen rose, and will stay until after the senatorial caucus. Ex- Senator Cameron came to Harrlabur today from his country residence and was a visitor to the Quay headquarters. The former senator came all the way from England to take a band in the contest for bis old colleague. Ex-Postmaster jGeneral Wanamaker Is on the ground, working sgalnst Quay, with toe assistance of ex-Judge Gordon. of Philadelphia. The anti-Quay leaders concede the failure of the fusion scheme. and are directing their energies toward keeping enough republicans out of tha caucus to prevent nominations. The Businessmen's League opened head quarters today, and members are here from all over the state to help fight Quay. ANNOUNCES HIS CANDIDACY. SACRAMENTO. Jan. t-CoIonel D. M. Burns baa formally announced, his can. didacy for the United States senate. REPUBLICAN FROM NEBRASKA. LINCOLN. Neb.. Jan. I -The twenty. sixth biennial session of the Nebraska legislature convenes tomorrow. The re publicans have a majority on joint ballot seven in the senate and two In the house assuring that the party will In all probability elect a successor to United States Senator Allen. A caucus of republicans on the speaker. ship brought together 47 of the 52 mem. bers. It adjourned at midnight, after agreeing to support Clark, of Lincoln, for speaker. Five members remained away, and, while not declaring them. selves to support the fusion nominee, as sert that tbey will not vote for Clark. The present prospects are, therefore, good for a deadlock on the opening day of the session. DELAWAJtE REPUBLICANS SPLIT. DOVER. Jan. t-The Delaware legisla. ture will convene tomorrow. Among the most Important matters will be the selec tion of a United States senator to sue. ceed George Gray. The legislature Is republican and it la believed that the next senator will bo of that political faith. providing the existing bitter factional feeling In the ranks of the party can be healed. J. Edward Addicks. leader of one faction, known as the union republicans, has announced his candidacy for the po. I si Lion and ts being bitterly onposed by the "regulars," or antl-Addicks wing of I the party. An effort was made tonight to bring the factions together In caucus j for the organization of the senate and house. This, however, was Ineffectual. DAVIS TO BE RETURNED. ST. PAUL, Jan. 2 The republican mem bers of the legislature caucused tonight on officers of the session that opens to morrow, that party having a majority In both houses. A call for a caucus on Wednesday to nominate a successor to United States Senator Davis was Issued tonight. No opposition to 8cnator Davis ts expected. TURPIE WILL BE RETIRED. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. t-Two.thlrds of the republican members of the Indiana legislature are here participating in the fight for the election of a United States senator to succeed David Turple, demo. craf There are five active republican candidates for his place, Judge R. S. Tay lor, of Sort Wayne; J. Frank Hanly, of La Fayette; Major George W. Steele, o.t Marlon; Frank B. Posey, of Evansvllle, and Albert J. Beveridge, of Indianapolis. The fight la peculiar, because of the un usual large number of candidates, who represent pretty well all sections of the state. The first senatorial caucus wtll bo held January 10. Hanly is now In the lead. POPULIST RAILROAD BILL 13 DECLARED WORTHLESS. The Special Meeting of the Legislature, at Which Bill Waa Passed. Declared Unconstitutional by Attorneys. TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 2.-The populist leaders of Kansas are confronted by a serious problem. Both branches of the legislature have passed a railroad bill which railroad attorneys declare Is not worth the paper It Is written on. It was announced today that Governor Leedy had signed the bl'l, but It turns out that bo went to his home at Lawrence without doing so, and that his failure to approve It Is prompted by a desire to confer with the steering committee with a view to changes In the bill and Us re. enactment, under a suspension of the rules, , The constitution gives the gjovemor the rer to assemble the legislature m extraordinary anion when a irava mer- gfney d'-mamls It. Th 'eun-nrn-y . t forth In Governor Leedy'a rail w-n t necnxiity of r.illrond tcf ti,-iti..n.. the Ipg-lniatiirs hns passed a bill ! :.n d.wa not meet this "emergnnry'' utti; the first Monday In April next, and or. ) month after a regular s's'lun of tun legislature shall hava artjmjrncd. Tba railroads Inund iu ao im. courts and Aunt the new law on tli'n ground, and havo announced that tli"V will carry the matter to the suunm" court of the United States. They will con tend that no emergertry exists, and that If It did exist the new law should have been made operative at once. The rail. mads will also contend on tho grounds that Che title Is not broad enough t. cover Its purposes. NOTABLE CELEBRATION. LEXINGTON, Ky., Jan. l-On of t!i most notable celebrations In the history of American colleges was in comme-mor. atlon of the one hundredth nnlver-rv of Transylvania university Wist nlcht. It was notable on account of Its many famous alumni, including Jefferson Dnvli, president of th Confederate states, and Justice Harlan, of the supreme court of the United States, scores of contrei. men. and men prominent la public life. Governor Bradley and 12 members of his staff were present and presidents of all Kentucky colleges participated In the pro gram. Dr. Ethelbert Warfleld, president of Lafayette college, Pennsylvania, and the Rev. Dr. John W. McGarvey were tha speakers of the evening. The address of the former was on "Christian Education," while tha latter spoke historically of Old Transylvania. Governor Bradley also spoke. Notes of regret at their Inability to be present were received from all mem. bers of the cabinet, governors of many states and presidents of colleges. SHOT BT TRAMPS. 8T. PAUL, Jan. 2.-John Wellmer, of Lafayette, NIcollett county, was shot In the bead and hip by two tramps whom be had given shelter. They bound Mrs. Wellmer to a lounge with a clothe. line and escaped with Wellmers team. After the men had gone, Mrs. Wellmer began gnawing at the rope with her teeth and after several hours succeeded in biting tba cord In two and liberating herself. Going Immediately into th yard she found her hU5band dead and his body frozen. A large posse of farmers, armed with the rope with which Mrs. Wellmer had been tied, have gone in pursuit of tha desperadoes. MR3 BOTKIN HOPEFUL. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 2.Mrs. Botkln. who la still '.n the branch county jail, attended by her two sisters, has re. .umed something of her usual composure, though she frequently srives way to hys teric spells. On next Saturday she will be taken to court, when the papers In the final appeal which she hopes to save her will be filed. At that time Judge Cook will pronounce sentence against her. Mrs. Botkln Is nerving herself for this ordeal and declares that she will pass through it without a tremor. Her attorneys propose t resort to every possible legal technicality to prevent the execution of the sentence. DANGER TO EXPOSITION BUILDINGS PARIS. Jan. 1 The heavy rains of the past 3tt hours burst the main sewer at Bievres, five miles south of Versailles, to. day, causing a landslide and flooding tha new works of the Orleans railway term. Inus. Much alarm Is felt throughout Paris this evening because the disaster reveals an overflow of the subterranean river Blevre. In the avenue de Lopera, the water has risen to the level of the pave ment and It Is feared the foundations of the exposition buildings are endangered. HAVERHILL'S NEW MATOR. HAVERHILL, Muss., Jan. t-John a Chase, elected on the socialist platform, took the oath of oftVe as mayor of Hav. erhlll today. In the Inaugural speech Chase assured the members of th city government and the people that "every atom of power" possessed by the mayor would be exercised for the defense and support of the principles of socialism la. sofar as they muy be applicable to the municipality. TWO WERE KILLED. NEWARK. O., Jan. 2. Near New Con. cord, O.. the B. & O. freight train going down grade, broke In two sections. At a short distance eajrt the two sections col lided, derailing and damaging several cars and killing two men who were, stealing a ride. DINOLEY IMPROVING. WASHINGTON. Jan. 2.-A slight lm. provement In the condition of Represen. ta-tlve Dlngley. of Maine, was noted this morning and continued throughout the day and tonight. His family are hope ful that the change for the better is permanent. ELECTRIC CAR HELD UP. PORTLAND. Jan. 2.-A Second-street electrk) car wbb held up toy two men to. night near College street. They secured about $9 from the conductor, and h!s watch. There were no passengers on the oar., A DUKE DEAD. LONDON. Jan. 1-f he Duke of North, umberland Is dead. Bailing Powder Mack from pure cream of tartar. UtuwUuiVtj Li-.-w aww gainst alum.. A!um fcaLin? powders are t's ff tnenacen srs to hreJia or the wei h .'I In i s