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A A THE ASTORIAN till th lirfttl circulation of any pipeif on thi Columbia Rivet . a ia a. a. -rv- - i i 14, vA f DAILY ASTOKAN Is Ha 1 tlggest and test f.'.;cr oo tbe CoIumtiJ Rlvat FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT. VOL XLIX. AHTOJtlA. OH BOON. TUESDAY M'JKNINO. JANIAUY JO, IKli'J NO. 113 i urn ar-:. iv wm -w jfi -,m r v The Only ... IN ASTORIA ... aasNa Our Hpeclnlty: HTOVI2H AIND IIAINGRH Wo know Iho Limine",. Twenty vi-nr txpcri ncp. If you want a (JOOD Move, Hen tho ntok ut tlie Eclipse Hardware Co. 18QQ Pocket and Office Diaries Tide Tables Calendar Pads Blank Books Uargains in Cloth Hound Honk. Griffin & Reed. jhfU lAnATVOAAAAAAAAna UUWUUUU lAAnAfUVUinATlAAaailVfVrUlAD Kc- hfnltliy uiul iim jlfiity of Dried Fruits, Canned Fruits Canned Vegetables At thin time of the your. FOflflD & STOKES GO. "WE SELL EVERYTHING." Pacific Sheet MANUFACTURERS OF Salmon Vegetable Fruit H ZA Lithographing on San Francisco. Cal. Astoria. Ore. Falrhaven. Wash. Wrlto Um for PrlooM Pure Oregon Apples Butter and Jelly in glass or in pails Sweet Cider and Boiled Cider Mince Meat and Hubbard Squash Spring Salmon Tips Pickled Pigs Feet. ROSS, HIGGINS & CO C. HEILBORN & SON. The Oldest House In Astoria. Tho LnrgOtft and Only Carpet and Furniture House in Astoria. Tho largest nml-flncst dock of Carpets and Furniture carried by any house iu Oregon outside of Portland. COLUMBIA IRON WORKS Blacksmiths BollerMakers Machinists Foundrymen Logging EnglncH Unlit nd Repaired. . p. Heavy Forging Under Power Hammer a Specialty Sulc Manufacturers of the Unsurpassed ... " Harrison Sectional" Propellor Wheel ... Manufacturers for the Toclflc Const for the ' ROIJEKTS WATER-TUBB BOILER. Stove Store Metal Works spice IJ .. and Syrop Tin a Specialty. Loggers' Supplies Kept In Stock FMIM Tells How It Is Possible for Ills Hired Man, Her man Wise, to Make a Reduction of 25 PER CENT On All Lines of Goods in His Store. Wanat & vear wa hv Now Year, in' with N.w years cum th dooll toltn. '(Ill shprlng make Ih new style blom In Hi gshrdn Iv commerc olk fluid mlnra la blooming In Ilia Klondike, thortaofur w op-n our S per clnl ray. (looctlon sal on th Aral of altrh year and eomftabl to custom w take lha raliT In tti hand nnd cut lha llvr an' onlnna out l prlca. Talklna- Iv rmliara. M ra vf Uiry l cut aou com wlih a rii!t r whcii It fia dool an' .lilrn.y ln'ka. If rf liave not. mibtiy ya hnva tr!l to ahnva yrelf whn yr new born m(ih nrt aw tha oiht Iv day; or rTchsn- v bava attilit Mlor.d Mcnlo aixl iv6 aeon 'am Imnx'n ih.lr ryi'ir on abh other" cocanuu; In aythrr .vlnt ye can rtallte what It manei. f-r llrmian Wiaa to cut tho prka Iv evsryihlnf n' hla shioor B ptf clnl. ThT' mni'a n'n bv duila Iv all na. rrlpturra, an" hu. rhirl.. an -i. tU. an' !; lha crofll r)iur t'a mi anary wurrlrk In "n rytlilnr In ahioor. llev Ivrr flra-Twl out wnal & pr cifit. rally manw B'poainc ye nv a d.rior. rtna wllh thirty eummpra an' ya couM r"t br T'loocrt 8 Pr clnt., or a'poalnt ya bad MO buehUi iv piir rt. which ya hava not. an' vry piga root wux worth it rlnta on th baraaln counter Iv a conipartmlnt alitor an' by ilndinir yr p!f"i feat to th rhlliatlna ismnan ya could el !S per clnt. ail velohrum or X per chit, more In dhrli.ka at tbe corner g-rocary; or if y had a bahrn full Iv bena lhat laid a aour krout barni run iv .U-U. Iv.rv V!r.e4 dnV an by fnl.iln m on palnlea celery compound, ye could Inrraaaa their a ttlnr capacity Z per cini. miM v. An it in cwru ya wood; an why will y tak the few hard earned dollar which yer wo'.fe be vrd up. hv erMtrarktln tb email chaln irotn vmie hln nocklt manrnUtj. an throw It Into th drawer tr an opposition ihtor. whin Herman Wl offer y S per cini. rtdooctton on Ivery thine Jtidrlna' from ver rnuttlon an tnr flnaral tchoon lv yer compllxlon Tm u-a y will conclude to take edvantaf Iv Herman WIm'i per clnt idoctlon a, beelnnlnc January Ut. Throolv rour. FUXMHAY In ear lv 1IEKMAN W18E. Th rrllabl Clothier and Haf.er. CETHXG l.T0 A PAIR Of our Bboe that feel comfortable at onoo la worth a treat deal. We'll put your ft Into Shoe of that kind and chare nothing extra, for th comfort and vry llttl for th Shoe. Petersen & Brown. THE PROOF of th puddln In th tatinf and tha proof of liquor IS IN SAMPLING That' an argument that' con oluaiv a damonatratlon. Our wlU i land tba taaf. HUGHES & CO. L. LEliECK Cnrpentep nttd Builder Qcnernl Contractor HOUSE RAISlNO AND HOVINQ A SPECIALTY HF.PraelTransferCo. TeJephon It DRAYING AND EXPRESSING All Good Bhlpped to Our Oar ' WU1 Recolv Spoolal Attantlon. No. (38 Duana St., Aatorla, Or. W. J. COOK. Mgr. Raa.Tal.Ul HOUSES ARE ORGANIZED Oregon Legislature Met in Regular Session at Salem Yesterday. BUT LITTLE WAS DONE Debate on Committee Clerkships Took Up Most of the Time In tbe House. OLD OFFICERS . RETAINED Taylor President of ISc Senate fnj Carter Speaker of tbe House Plum for B S. Worsley. flAf.KM, Jan. .-Hoth houe of the Ictflnlatur aMomblod tbl mornlnv. The onato wa called to ordVr at 10 o'clock by l'realdent Taylor, all but three mtn-U-ra U-liig pr-vnt. Aftw rollcall al. Jiunim-tit waa Ukcn until J p. m. Tho houae wai called to order at 10:3 by Wpvaktr Carter. 30 rnvnitwra txilnir prunotit. ilr. Oirtcr waa unanimously dmtared dix-ikcr tnr the a-.-anlon. All the oilier otllrent of tho houao. with the ex. oition of arK'ant-at.arm. mere on. l.nue.1 In oltlco. 1J. 8. Wuriley, of Aatorla, wo choaen by th n-publl(n caucu a aertcenl-at-arme and waa elected. A houae concurrent rolutlm waa then Introduced providing for the appointment of a commute of thro of the houae and two of Iho wna'a to naming the bxjuk and aa-ounta of the atat trcnnuri-r. lt pren-niallvo Muyeri Introilucvd a houae concurrent rt ilutlm provkllng for Ihu ant'oliunu-nl of a committee of thre of th huuie and two of tho senate to meet with a Ilk committee) to be ap pointed by tbe IcgUlatlve aaaembly of Waahlnton to Investigate the need of further Icglalatiun for the prot:tlon of nib In tbe Columbia river. The houae adjourned at 11:10 until J p. tn. AFTEKNCjON SKSSION. In tho matter of committee vlerkahlpa. th houao thla afternoon ahowed Itaelt mors wUIIng than the aenate to reform the practice that baa brought auch gen. era4 txiiHleuiuatlon upon in Oregon legla. lulu re. Ilia joint resolution reported by the commltte appointed at the (pedal actalon to consider tha question paased the house by a vote of 41 to 17; but in the vnat th opponent of the meaaure were unable to Bend It to th committee on education, after a long debate, direct ed entirely at th merit of the resolu tion. The vote on the reference was 19 to 10. Dr. KuykundaJI, chairman of tho committee, arave assurance that the committee would take the matter up promptly and report on It Twx alternatives were presented after the session's action on the main resolu tion became known, one In each house, to apply to Its own branch. Curtis' resolution authorising the em. ployment of one clerk for each committee of the hoiiKfl was made a special order In the house for tomorrow morning. Kelly's resolution authorising tho appointment of 15 committee clerks for tho senate went to the committee on education without being rejected, the understanding being thnt the committee would choose between that and the ono previously referred to It. These alternatives are based on sec. Hon 11 of article 4. which provides that euch houne. shall determine Its own rules of proceeding. There will be a Joint ses sion at 10;W tomorrow, at which Gover. nor lotl will deliver his valedictory raes. gage and Governor Goer his Inaugural address. t'ulton. of CluLiop, offered senate reso lution No. 1, providing that the organ, lsutlon of the senate at the special ses sion be retained, and It passed unanim ously. President Taylor will make a slight rearrangement of the committees, and will announce them tomorrow. Mulkey Introduced a senate Joint reso. lutlon endorsing the new treaty between the United States and Spain, saying the people of Oregon are In entire accord with it and recommending that It be ratified without modllUmtlon. It waa passed. FIGHT FOU THE SENATORSHIP. OLYMPIA. Jan. D.-At 10:30 o'clock to- night the Wilson men sprung a caucus call, to be effective when 67 had signed, and providing that 43 should be sufficient to name the republican choloo for United State senator. Just prior to the Issuing of the call word passed about tbe lobbies that Bena. tor Herman D. Crow, of Spokane, had left Wilson and that Judge Mount, also of Spokane, was wavering. Wilson's managers denied that any of their men were about to desert, or had deserted. Simultaneously with the Issuing of Wil son's call he sent word to the Foster, Ankony and Humes headquarters that he would Ilk to have a committee of three from them Bent to hla headquarters from each, and that the consultation be held at 11 o'clock. Foster waa the drat to reply. He sent a courteous and diplo matic note, saying his men had In many Instances retired, and that, while he favored an early caucus and an amicable settlement of the senatorial question, nothing could be done In a satisfactory manner until tomorrow morning at least. Next came Ankeny's reply, that his frlonds had consulted with Foster'a men and that It would be Impossible to act until tomorrow. Hume's men sent In no prompt answer, and at his headquarters It was said there was no reason for mak. lug a call at midnight when everybody waa In bed. Judge Hume himself said he oould not get his men together so late at night to consider the oall. KTtANCB TO KXPKND A LA 1(0 K AMOUNT 01 MONEY. Many New Warship to H Built by the Oovrnmnl th Present Year Are Adapting American Policy. NKW YORK. Jan. f.-A special to thi Herald from Washington says: Jn con. nectlon with the development of the Kronen navy, navnl officials here ar advliHVl that the Paris government will expend IVtW.m fryi( (VHHH.VO) on new slilp during this ysr Notwithstanding Kerala's disarmament proportion, the year lfc will see large addition to the material of her nary. The department Is advised that she will have under construction during the preav nt year six new battleships, one ar. mo red cruiser, sis protected cruisers, flv 1,000 ton cruiser of ffi knot and IS torpHo boat destroysrs. The total expenditure under this programme will be Pm.VA.VA. 'France ha determined to try th ex periment of governing a number of her colonies under the navy Instead of tha army. In taking this action, an 1 adopting a policy Identical with that which this government has put In force with regard to Guam, which Is to be plared under the control of an American naval ofllcer. According to official Information, the Paris dearer hav been published de termlnlng the extent of territory nexes. nary for the defense of tbe naval base of th fleet In th Wet Indie, New Caledonia and Africa, and placing their territories under the ministry of marine with the same authority that th previous minister of war and marina bad over the civil territory In Algiers. It has also bern learned that naval base have been designated at Cape St. Jacques In Cochin China; Diego Suars. Madagas. car; Port Phaeton, Tahiti, and Port Charbet, Tonquln. Tbe results of the; naval government of the French colonic will be watched with much Interest tn administration, army and navy circles hereJ There has been a strong ferliig 'r naval circles lhat A-'mlral Iiewey, by reason of his rordlnl rclv.lms with the lmurgems. Is better qualified to perform the dmles of governor general than Is General Oris whose connecMin with the Filipinos has not bc-n very pleasant, due to his obedleme to the president's Instructions to keep the Insurgents out of Manila. The only Island which will be governed by the navy will be that of Gaum, of which Captain Louis Kempff Is to be gov ernor general, though It Is no secret that that officer does not relish his assign, ment. Captain Kempff. It Is expected, will sail on the Yosvmtte from Norfolk the latter part of January. ARTHUR SEWELL NOT A PROFESSED EXPANSIONIST. But as the Islands Have Fallen Into Our Hands Favors Holding Them Silver Issue Not Dead. WASHINGTON. Jan. .-Arthur Sewell. of Maine, candidate for vie president on the democratic ticket in ISM. is in favor of expansion. "I do not car to express an opinion," aald Mr. Sewell, "upon Colonel Bryan's attitude upon the question of expansion. I will tell you mine, however. While not a professed expansionist, I believe we should hold the Philippines. "It Is true we did not go to war with Spain for territorial acquisition. Per sonally, I waa opposed to going to war for any such purpose. But the' Islands have fallen Into our hands and to that extent they are ours and expansion be comes a fact. We should not give them back to Bpain. "With the proposition that they will be troublesome to us. If retained, I do not concur. Thla country has proven Its capeHty to hold and control her acquired territory and to settle other great ques tions that come before It during hs ex istence as a republic, and I have faith In the ability of this government to sue cessfully hold and control Its acquired possesions. I do not consider the ques tion of cr;anslon yet an Usue. "Tho frei coinage of silver as enun ciated by the platfor.a adopted at Chi. cago in 1& is still the leading Issue be tween the two great political parties. Far from being dead, IS to 1 will be re- adopted by the next democratic conven. tlon." FILIPINOS ARE NOT NATURALLY WARLIKE Unscrupulous Half-Breeds. Father Dlai Says, Forced Natives to Take Up Arms Against United States. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 9. Father Dias, leader of the ten Spanish priests from Manila who are In this city on their way to Panama says: "The Filipinos are not naturally war like, and would not now be opposing the United Status were it not for the leaders who are spurring them on. These leaders are in the work solely for personal gain and would prove hard masters for the weaker portion of the natives should they gain the power. At Ho Ho, where I was stationed, there would have been little fighting if It had not been tor those malcontents who forced the natives to take up arms. Most of the men who are at the head of the Insurgent movement are motlsos or half-breeds. As to Aguln. aldo himself, he la a crafty fellow and has a following among those people who hope to climb by his advancement. I do not consider Agulnaldo personally re sponsible for all the brutality shown our friars, yet he could have prevented a good portion of it had he seen fit to do o." Father Feniandes, another of the party, states that, he considers the na tlves of the Islands a clvlllxed people. BARIC DAVID MORGAN MISSING. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. .-The English bark David Morgan, well known In this city, Is posted as missing. The Morgan was on her way to Nagasaki from Phlla. dolphin, and she left here the 25th of last March. She has never been spoken. The Morgan carried a crew of 23 men and officers. VESSELS FOR MANILA. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9.-The sailing of the transport Soandla for Manila has been fixed for January 25. The trans portation department has telegraphed to Seattle for th Centennial, to be used as a steamer to carry army stores to Ma nila, ERROR COST MANY LIVES Terrible Mistake In Train Or . derson the Lehigh Valley Foal EIGHTEEN WERE KILLED More Than Twenty-Four Otters Iujnrella a Heai-On ' Collision. TRAINS MET ON A CIRYE Freight Crashel Into a Passenger cf Seven Cars Loaded With Excursionists-Awful Damage. NEW YORK, Jan. .-By a head-on collision between two passenger trains on tbe Lehigh Valley railroad at West Dun ellen, N. J., at 12:4a p, m. today, 13 per. sons were killed and over S wounded. West Dunellen la three mile from Bound Brook, and about 10 mile from New York City. At the spot where the disaster occurred tber Is a sharp curve In the Lehigh Valley track, and a steep cut, but the ao-ident was due, In the first place, to some terrible mlstak m train orders, and in the second place to an other accident that occurred at Bound Brook earlier in tbe day. The blood -stained wreck of tangled and twitted Iron and wood that was still on the tracks tonight bore witness to the truth of the general verdict of railroad men that this was one of the worst coL 111 on tn recent years. The head-on collision on the double track road wa made possible only by a freight wreck which occurred at Bound Brook at ( o'clock this morning, when th axle of a freight car broke and nine car were piled up on top of each other. This completely blocked the east-bound track and all through the morning Le high Valley trains bound for New York switched from their own track to th west-bound track, going ever these rails from Bound Brook to New Market, a distance of six miles, and changing at the latter place back to their right aide of road. To permit this mode of traffic all west-bound trains were held at South Plalnfleld until their own line was clear of trains going In the opposite direction. Train No. SO. which left Shamokin, Pa., at 7 a. ra, wa ao heavy with human freight that it had to be broken Into three section. The first two sections arrived at Bound Brook, switched over to the other track, switched back at New Market and reached New York city In safety. Th third section of this train waa almost an hour late. It seven cars were crowded with 400 excursionists. The party waa traveling under the au spices of the Business Men's excursion, an annual event which many patronise for a three days' visit to New York. Not a fow of the excursionists were coming to wltnesa the MoCoy-Sharkey fight. Their train switched over at Bound Brook and proceeded, like the preceding sections, on the west-bound track. Meanwhile there had been waiting at New Market a local train that plies between New York and Bound Brook. Owing to the traffic all going on one track, it was almost an hour late. At lost the train dispatcher at South Plains field gave ft permission to gi. The local was going round a curve at about 3 miles an hour. In the cab of the excursion train was James Prendergast, the engineer, with his fireman. George Cheshire. They saw the local as It started on the curvo. With a shrieking whistle and brakes grinding sparks from the wheels, the excursion train bore down to what was certain destruction. Before the passengers had time to find out what was the matter they were hurled headlong, knocked senseless, and many killed outright. The two engines, from which both crews had Jumped, came together with an awful crash. The excursion train was probably going at 15 mites an hour. The local engine turned a complete somtr- sault. It was In the first car of the excursion train that all the deaths and most of the casualties occurred. The other cars. though their occupants were badly shak en up, stayed on the track. FIVE OTHERS DEAD, vrtp vntlK. Jan. 10. Tho Herald says that five of those wounded In the Lehigh railroad collision at Dunellen died dur ing the night, making a total of IS deod. SUPREME COURT ACQUITTED HIM. WASHlVCTON. Jan. 9. The United States supreme court, through Justice tvhlte. todav rendered an opinion jn tne case of Herman Keck, charged with smuggling dinmonds Into tne unitcu States, holding that he was not guilty as charged and thus reversing the verdlot of the United States district court tor h en item dlstrlot of Pennsylvania. This case Involved the construction and meaning of the word smuggling ana oc paragraph 467 of the Wilson tariff act. Makes the food more aovnt SxrMI under which It wns claimed it was Intend, ed to muk diamonds free bcause a semi-colon follows the word "dinmonds" In this purngraph. Tb court held on thin Inlter point that H was merely sn error of punctuation and that diamonds wre dutiable under th Wilson act, impoa.ng a duty on precious stones gmcrully, , Tli court gav It principal attention . to tha charge of smufrgllng, holding that it was not applicable because the goods In question were not landed, and that therefor the act was not completed. INSPECTING SEAPORTS. NEW YORK, Jan. I.-Major Prefon talne, of Montreal, Is topplng at the Waldorf-Astoria with the members of tb Montreal board of harbor commi. sioner, who are making a tour of la. s poet Ion of United States seaports. H said last night In reference to th French treaty on the shor question: "I do not know how It will be settled between Newfoundland, Franoe and England, but I understand that France I disposed to make a bargain over it, w hav a good deal of sympathy, of course, for Newfoundland. It being an Kngllah col ony, and probably In th future It will form a part of the dominion of Canada. W do moat of their business and they buy a great deal from us, and the rail, way Interest ther ar controlled by Mr. Raid, a Canadian, connected with, tbe Canadian Pacific Railway, who Is said to b the largest land owner in tha worlil which h obtained as concessions for tbe four or five hundred miles of lines which h ha built upon th island." RECORD OF TRAIN ROBBERIES. CINCINNATI. Jan. I.-The Eipresa Gaaette baa collected data ancnt th operation of train robbers during tb past year. Th effect of federal Juris Boo upon train robberies la evidenced In Mexico. During th past year ther wa not even an attempt at train rob bery in our elster republic. The crime I punishable there with instant death. Following 1 the record of train robber ies in the United States: In liao. 120; 131, IS; 1S92, 12; 1M3, O; 1SD4. 34; Wi, 49; 1S3, 28; 1a37. 3D; 1K8. 28. Total number of trains held op In nine years, 216; total number of people killed, 88; total number of people Injured (shot) 77. The record for li38: Number of train held up, 2$; number of stag robberies, 7; num. ber of passengers and trainmen shot, 4. number of robbers, killed, S; number of robbers shot, 1 ATKINSON MAKES A DENIAL. CHARLESTON. Jan. I. - Govern or Atkinson hav Issued the following signed statement In reference to the story that has been circulated charging him with being In a deal with N. B. Scott. The matter ha created quite a sensation among the factions of the republican party In th senatorial contest-..- -- , - "Executive Mansion, Charleston, Vs., Jan, I. There Is absolutely no truth In the charge that Commissioner of Internal Revenue N. B. Scott and myself, or any other candidate for United States sena tor, has formed a combination whereby -the weaker man In the end will throw bis political strength to th stronger. "C. W. ATKINSON." WILLIAM DIDNT LIKE IT. BERLIN. Jan. I. The Paris Figaro waa confiscated by the police throughout Oer. many yesterday on account of a carica ture which It contained, copied from Puck, representing Emperor William, of Germany, In the guise of a "desoised snlmal." Puck, In its Issue of December 7. published a double-page cartoon by Pugh, representing all the crowned heads, and entitled "The threatened revolt In the Jungle." Emperor William was rep. resented as a boar. MEMORIAL FOR FAIXEN SOLDIERS. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. .-The Singa pore Free Press says that Spencer Pratt, consul general ot the United States, has sent to General Otis, mil), j tary governor at Manila, a proposal that a memorial should be erected at Manila to the memory of all Americans who fell in the capture or died of disease during the campaign. The proposal Is ! that all Americans ntfw resident in the I far east, of whom there is a considerable number, should be Invited to contribute toward this object FREIGHT CARS COLLIDE. BELLEVILLE. Mich., Jan. S.-A disas trous freight wreck has been caused on the Wabash here by freight train No. 60 running Into the rear end of an extra freight that was lying on the main tiack near Harvey Johnson's bean storehouse. Tha engineer and fireman saved them, selves by Jumirfng. An overturned stove lied the wreck and five trelght oars, the caboose and the bean, storehouse were burned and the wrecked engine waa badly damaged by the fire. The loss on roll ing stock is estimated at SlO.JOi, with 23,000 loss on the storehouse. BELL RINGER DEAD. NEW YORK, Jan. .-The death Is announced In Brooklyn of William Peake. the famous bell rtnger, aged 94 years. Previous to the civil war the Peake family, seven In number, toured the United States, giving performances In bell ringing, a form of entertainment much In vogue at that time. Mr. Peake conducted the tours of the family and wa always to be found In tb center of the group. The others were arranged on either sld.', according to their height. GARDNER DEFEATS SULLIVAN. NEW YORK. Jan. 9. The fight between Oscar Gardner the "Omaha Kid," and Dave Sullivan, of Ireland, ended in & victory for Gardner In the seventeenth round, before the Lennox Athletlo Club. Ja delicious end who! nwn OO.. aw vo. 1