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1 c:--'"; PI i 0o(-,-:,'iori.c:'-::.; T.,v. . TIB ASTORIA tit iU Urfcit circulation of any paptr! , on tho Columbia Rlvii TIE DAILY ASTOfUAN Is Us tltftsi an! test p;cf : on tha Colurntta R!va il- --;;?. ...ig """T" ""r"T'- "'"Jg.'CT.'cgag.ga?' FUL1V ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT. VOL XLIX. AKTOiUA. 0KK00N. TIIL'IWDjY M9KN1N0. JANUAKY 111, J8!U NO. 151 i' ' " 19 jTsysv I I y-v in ml i : t The Only ... IN ASTORIA ... Our Hpoctnlty: MTOVI2M A!NI IIANC1I2H Wo know tlio buHlni. Twenty years cxju rit nco. If you wont a (2001) Mow, hco the hUkIc lit the Eclipse Hardware Co. 5 4Gtk4. Pocket and Office Diaries Tide Tables Calendar Pads Blank Books World's Almanac HnrgttifH ii (.'loth Hound Book. Griffin UVXnAAAAIUVafWVlAJUUAAnAAlAAAAAiWUVXAVWV Kh'I' htnltliy niiil u pltnty f Dried Fruits, Canned Fruits Canned Vegetables At thi time of tht year. FOARD & STOKES GO. "WE SELL EVERYTHING." Pacific Sheet MANUFACTURERS OF ...CANS... Salmon Vegetable Frolt Lithographing on Sao Francisco. Cat. Astoria. Ore. Falrnaven, Wastr. Writ V for PrUea C. HEILBORN & SON. The Oldeat Hottne in ABtorla. Tlio Idircst nnl Only Carpet and Furniture House in 'Astoria. Tlio largest nml-finest stock of Carpets and Furniture carried by any houso iu'Orepon outsido of I'ortland. Reduction Sale... ' To clow out our overstock we offer at Big Reductions Fancy Columbian Soups, eight or ten varieties. Fancy Sliced Peaches and Apri cots, in small cans. Fancy Evaporated Bartlett Pears. All tlio above, strictly fancy goods. ' ROSS, HIGGINS & CO COLUMBIA IRON WORKS Blacksmiths BoilerMakers Machinists Logging Engine Foundipen Heavy Forging Under Power Hammer a Specialty Suit Manufacturers of the Unsurpassed ... " Harrison Sectional" Propellor Wheel ... Manufacturers for the 1'aclflc Coast for the ROBERTS WATER-TUBB BOILER. Stove Store & Reed. Metal Works spice and Syrop Tin a Specialty. Loggers Supplies Kept in Stock UulU and Repaired. FAIR WARNING! Our 25 per cent REDUCTION SAIiL... For cash Ends positively On the Last Day of this Month. Herman Wise The Reliable CLOTHIER & HATTER CUT PRICES W art muklnr a rml rut In .pcoinl lines. Your opportunity I. at hm1. You or. bound to ntrd dIiooj and should buy now while thr nlvMniro U so ovtou!'ly In your favor. The, shoe art rot back numbr. of unc.rtata age, ssa and quality. They'r all standard stock and food valuta for twlct what we ask. Laird, Schober Co.'a reduced from JI M and $5.00 to tin and 7t. Petersen & Brown. THE PROOF of tha pudding u In lbs aatlnf kad tha proof of liquors IS IN SAMPLING Ufcat'a an arcnmaiit that's ooa elualva a d anion. tratloa. Oars will stand tha tast HUGHES & CO. L. LEBECK Carpenter and Hnllder General Contractor HOUSE RAI51NO AND nOVINd A SPECIALTY H.F.Prael Transfer Co. Talephoaa Xt DRAYING AND EXPRESSING All Good BhJppad to Our Oarw , WO! Rooalva 8poUI AttmUon. N CS DtUM St. Astoria, Or. W. J. COOK. ICgr. Baa.Tal.Ul ACTIVITY AT THE CAPITOL Both House and Senate Mak ing Good Progress With State Affairs. ADMISSION OF OREGON Anniversary of the Event Will Be Appropriately Celetratcl' February 14. RELIEF FOR SUPPEME(0URT Semtor Fulton's Bill Allows Eich Justly sStenoinahir-Bill to Prtvint Llaotlon FnuJi- iAUCU. Jan. H -la tha aouaa this af. tarnooa U bill war road tha orvl tlraa and rfrrnd to th propor commit, tana. Thn anat bill authorlsltif tru.tn. of tha Joffimwn laatltuta, at JeffTson, to dlsp of Its property waa pnn.nl. BnYW) of tha 10 bill Introduced durlnn tha forenoon anaalon paaaiHl tha flrnt read. In, and four now bill w.r. Introdurwl. Shorwln vii (Ivan conam to withdraw hi sujear bSt bounty bill and aubatitute another wtth altsht amendmenla. rittt'a joint momorlal to oonKrn for the elec tion of Unltwl Btate. aanatora by a voa of tha people. Introducad severs,) days ago. waa adoptad. ( Chairman Kuykandalt. of tha jolot topi- tnlttno appointed at the spoelal aea.ton to arrant for tha celebration of tha forti eth annlveraary of lh admission of Ore- gon Into tha Union, and also tha fiftieth anniversary of tb eiteaalon of thr l.'nltovl fitat'yt laws over Oregon tarrltary. thla aftarnoon presented a brief outline of the prosram for tha celebration and got tb aenste'a andorsement. The cele. bra Hon will laka ptaea Crbruary It, on which data tha prculdem approxrd the act of Tongres ailmlttlng Oregon to statehood. Another bill to relieve the supreme court waa Introduced In the trnate this afternoon by Fullon. It being lo allow each of tha three justice to have a stenographer of his own choosing, at an annaul salary of tUOO. - A number of bills passed the second reading In tha aenata, and tha follow Ing were Introduced: By Wade To regulate passenger and fraight rate on railroads. By Mulk.y To prevent corrupt prac tice at elections by requiring candidate to file vertflad statements of their cam paign expense SMAUJ'OX CBKATBS PANIC IK INDIANA REGIMENT. Every Effort Used to Bring About tha Rcglment'a Recall Outlaws Ravag ing Plnar Dal Rio District NBW YORK. Jsn. 1S.-A dispatch to tha Herald from Havana says: An out and out panic exist In tha Ono Hundred and Blxty.flrst Indiana regiment, owing to tha spread of smallpox. Men and oflt. cera are using every Influence to bring about tha regiment's recall. In the mean time all who can secure sick leave are KOtng homo. Jacob Dexter, of Montlcello Ind., has died of smallpox. Alonxo (Ira. ham of Madison, Ind.. la dying of black smallpox. Thrre are Ave other caes and several supiH-t all In the s.tme regi ment. The court martial In the case of Prl- j vara Buckley, of the Svcoud Louisiana. remlctvJ a sealed verdict which will be forwarded to Washington. It Is. known that Buckley hits bcon fouud arullty and unless Mcklnltw Interferes he will be hot. ' Uencrul Chaffee hs been seriously HI of ralontura, but la better. Another three million dollar deal Is all but completed by which tho American syndicate will acquire the San Joso docks and warehouses. This Is the finest property of Its kind In the western hem. isphere, and In some, ways In the world. A lease ha been refused, though sev eral companies have desired to take It tor a long term of years. New York men have secured an option and' will undoubtedly take the docks and warehouaea at the prlco named, but should they full the American Indies Company la ready at a day' notice to duplicate the contract and pay cash. Several other Important deals are ma turing, and as the opinion gains that the United States wll retain control of the Island, capitalists become mora eager to make Investments. At the custom houses,' centenes are accepted at H.S2, the value fixed by President McKlnlcy, and the result U that a number of little speculations have been engineered by clerks who were mart enough to take advantage of the peculiar situation. Zaldo & Co., bankers, offered I4.S9 for centones, which gave tha custom houa.e clerk a margin of T cents. This condition of affairs will oor. reot Itself when exchange settle to a normal basis. Reports from Plnar del Rio- say that the province la being ravaged by ban dits, who have broken away from the Insurgent forces. Thus far no great dam age haa been done and the crimes com. mltted are not of a serious nature, but the ranks of the outlaws are constant, ly Increasing and their raids are becom ing more daring. Unless the Americana soon announce some policy In regard to assisting In payng th Insurgent troop tha lawlessness will spread and every province will have to deal wtth Its hands of men who And It pleuanter to rob plantation than to remain In ramp to aooept tha bounty of friends. This matter ha become so serious a to demand the attention of General Brooke, who will aoon send hi personal Ilk an Interview with Oo.ns firs', but the old ehir.l refuses to go to Havana and or coursn croon cannot go to nun. (JKNKHAL WOOD MADE THE OUEST OF HONOR H Speaks Hopefully of Affairs In Cuba at a Dinner Given by the Unlrnt League Club of New York, NBW YORK, Jan. a-Oeneral Leonard Wood, military governor of Santiago, was the guest of honor at a dinner given by the Nnlon League Club last, night Among those present were General Htowart J. Woodford, Captain RoMey D. hvns, Onm-rsl Wallace 0. Randolph, Mnral M. C. Butler, General Bent F. Tracy and John Addison Portr, G n'rul Wood received a Sear'j grel- Ing wh-n he was Introduced. In ralc Inir of Cuba and the Cuban he said: "Whatever haa len done In Cuba bus ?v-n done not only for the Cubans but for th United State. We have cone down to that Island for the purpose of giving those people liberty and It Is my eip. ii nr that they have demonstrated hus far, at any rate, that they sr quit capmMa of appreciating what w can do and their response to such liberty as haa l-fn presented to them haa br.n vary quick. 'Of course we have got to remember that down there we are dealing with people who, for a good many generations, have had very little voice In the public affairs and their whole disposition ha been reversed by a system which ha compelled deorlt and dishonesty and ubtrfug In every department of life. When we went there In July we fouad Ihinxa In a pretty bad ahepe and the un fortunate misunderstanding between our people and the Cuban left the army, or our array and the Cubaa army, somewhat at odd. There certainly waa a good deal of feeling oa both aide and tUo problem. when the old army withdrew and the new on came In, waa a little difficult aa there waa a good deal aaid of the blame on both aides, but we started In by having no secret eervtne of any kind, ahape or description. Then everything that wa down there was an open book. I have tried to draw the army out of the situa tion at the earliest possible day and tried to tmproae upon the people that the first thing they had to do down, there wa to learn to govern themselves and that the underlying principle of self-government waa thorough respect for civil law and that w did not want any lawleaancas. We bad the army there only as a bslarue of power to overcome any lawlessness. "All the publio smelter were filled by representative Cuban without excep tion. I found it of advantage to bare the committee the nominating commis sion. I called It. changed It often, sud denly, o that they might not be subject to corruption. "There hs been a great deal which, from our standpoint waa not satisfac tory and which I think could be attrib uted to the fact that those here hardly have not In the way of trusting them selvea but the perfectly open policy that we have pursued ha disarmed them to a certain extent and today, aa tar as I know, the respect for tha American flag and the American people and American good faith is all right" DAM AT CLEVELAND OVERFLOWS AND BURSTS. Jlany Big Manufacturing Plant In Peril, Including That of the Stand ard Oil Company. CLEVELAND, a. Jan. ll-About 1:18 thla morning a dam undei tho Wilson avenue bridge gave way. Back of the dam I a body of water a mile and a halt long, hundreds of feet wide and In place SS or 0 feet deep. Tha break In tha dam has already al lowed ' torrenta of water to pour down on the flata below It. The property lor is already large, and If the entire dam gtves way, which seems Inevitable. It will be enormous. Along the line whence the flood comes, are the big plants of the Standard Oil Company, the Cleve land Paper Mills, the Flick slaughter house and other manufacturing plants. There are but few people living In the track of the flood, and these were all warned and have sought safety on higher ground. The caus of the flood is the recent heavy rains, th9 melting snow from the hillsides and a pond of several acres overflowing. Streams for several miles up the gulley Jtave added their quota of water. At 3 o'clock the right pier of the bridge fell and the whole structure may go at any moment. No loss of life as yet. A large force of police and fire men are at the scene. The Wilson avenue bridge Is a struct ure several hundred feet long and has been built for a few month It coet $350,000. CONTESTING SUTRO'S MILLIONS. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 18. The trust clause in the will of the late Adolph Su- tro. in which hA beoueaths much ot nis most valuabln DroDerty to charities and educational purpose, under certain con dition, haa been declared invalid oy Judge Troutt, and the estate will resolve to tha heirs. One oonteat haa already been prepared tor filing. Mrs. Clara Klusjre claim to be the contract wife ot the millionaire, by whom, she asaerts, she bora two children. SHAFTER AT SAN FRANCISCO. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 18,-After an absence of nine months, Major General Shatter. U. S. A., returned to San Fran cisco tonight on the overland train. May or Phelan headed a delegation of citizens who met the Incoming ferry boat, and, after formally welcoming General Shat ter, escorted him to the Palace Hotel, where he wa received by General Mer rlam, whom he will relive at noon to morrow of the responsibilities of the California department BUSINESS MEN MEET. ST. LOUIS. Jan'. 18. The annual meet. Ing of the Business Men' League was held last night Two hundred merchants and capitalist were present A resolu tion was adopted heartily endorsing the notion of tha delegate from th state and territories comprised In the Lousl. na purchase In deciding to commemor ate the event of the purchase by hold Ing a world' fair In St Louis and pledg. Ing full support to th undertaking. OBSTINATE GOVERNOR West Virginia's Executive Re fuses to Recognize the Lower House. SENATE DOES LIKEWISE Unprecedented Condition as a Result of Atkinson's Candidacy. i BUSINESS AT A STANDSTILL Soiato Adjourns Witkont Givlif tie Ho dm s Cbiit to Abooddco Its Or-fifllzatlon-Jn Otfar Statu. CHARLESTON , W. Va.. Jan. ll.-Th political situation ha assumed serious aspect by reason of the refusal of Gov ernor Atkinson and th senate, which I) republican, to formally reeognita the house. Though th gov.rsor ha been sotilled that th house I organised and ready for business, ha ha not trans, mltted hi message, and there Is no In dication a to when b will do so. Th governor wa asked thla afternoon If h would civ out tba reason for hi course, but ha declined to talk. The senate ha persisted la adjourning eac: day Immediately after aoavealsg, thua frustrating th effort of tha house committee to apprise it of tba fact that th house was In session. A republican leader la th house today made tha re mark that there will be a bouse in a tew day that th governor will rscognlxa. Tha republican will, tomorrow night, caucus for the senatorial nomination. Commissioner Scott and Governor Atkin. son are the leading candidates, but It Is Impossible to predict who will be the nominee. ' . WILSON HAS A HARD FIGHT. OLYMPIA. Jan. 18. -The fusion caucus tonight decided to continue the support of Congressman James Hamilton Lewis a a candidate for United States senator until five members ask tor another cau cus. The populist and middle of the road era endeavored to have populists. Includ ing Governor Roger, make caucus nom inees for complimentary votes, tout they were outvoted, Ave to one. Tha fusion minority Is now In a position to break the possible,, but improbable, republican dead lock. tut their leader stated after to night's caucus that that proposition would not be taken np In caucus until later, although It Is being discussed among Individuals. Lambert, who went from Humes to Wil son today, wa originally a Wilson man.' and claimed he voted for Hume out of personal friendship. The taking of Pat. tenon by Hume from Foster precipita ted a movement during the day which crystallxed tonight in uniting the oppo sition to Wilson more securely than be fore. Tomorrow Wilson has been promised Beal, who voted yesterday and today for Humes, and principally on account of the state capital question, Wilson ts likely to lose one from Thurston county tomorrow. Barlow, one of the men on Foster's sick list, is expected to arrive tomorrow, and Hammer, who sunt a letter today saying he would vote for Foster, Is able to leave his room and will be permitted to vote In caucus by proxy for Foster, It de sired. There Is no genuine republican caucus agitation tonight. The Ankeny managers claim their ability to Increase his vote when they desire to do so. QUAY'S QUESTIONABLE METHODS. HARRISBURG. Pa., Jan. lS.-The feel Intr between the candidates, their mana gers and their followers In the great bat tle for United States senator has been In. tenslfled by the rulings of Lieutenant Governor Goblin at today's Joint as sembly of the senate and house. Goblin refused to entertain an appeal from his decision excluding the series of rules regulating the procedure of the confer ence and declaring the assembly ad Joured when three-fourths of the sena tors and members voted otherwise. - The anti-Quay republicans and demo crats were hurriedly called together after tha session adjourned by Senator William Flynn. of Allegheny, (republican) chair man of the anti-Quay organisation In as. sembly. The roll call showed 145 senators and representatives present. . Ot those five republicans who voted for Quay par ticipated In the meeting and Indicated their sympathy with the movement A committee of seven waa appointed to prepare a series of resolutions, to be submitted to the adjourned meeting, which was held this evening In the hall of the house of representatives. The hall of the house was crowded with legisla tors and politicians when the night meet ing was called to order by Chairman Bliss. Flynn presented the report It recites the excluded rules and the rbtht to prescribe such, declaring that the presiding officer's action violated all rules and precedents, and resolves: Ljv ur Makes the food more nvi Mime rivfVA n I i I . "That, s the Joint assembly haa th undoubted rlg-ht to govern Its own pro cedure and to elect or chang a presid ing officer at plo.imire. tho m rule be offered at tomorrow's meeting of the Joint anseml'ly and their consideration d. manded prior to any ballot for United St A tea senator." This report Is slened by 19 senator tnA 12) representative, four nor than at- tenaoa We day meeting. BROOKE'S CABINET GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS. Much Opposition to Colloctlon of Tax by the Spanish Bank -Many Streets to B Renamed. NEW YORK, Jan. 1J.-A dispatch U Ihrt Tribune from Havana says: General Brooks' new Cuban cabinet shows a dis position to take bold vigorously. Dr. La Huxa, the secretary of public In struction, I in Washington. The other three members Capot. Desveroine, and Yanes having consulted with the vari ous Cuban elements, decided that th situation warranted them In assuming It responsibilities. A complaint was made that It was not a representative body of all classes but it member seem deter mined to disprove that charg as they have already Intimated that they expect to be sometbnng more than aa advisory body and to exercise real functions of government throughout the whole Island. Th first Inquiry wa whether the eab. (net had anything to do with the govern, tnent of th city of Havana or whether General Ludlow's supreme authority wa superior to th cabinet Thi question ha not been answered. Capot is ths best known of Oeneral Brooke' advisor as he wa vlc-preL , dent of th provincial government and held the rank of brigadier general In the Insurgent army. Publio attention, bow. ever, is focused upon Desvernlna, who was comparatively ankMwa until h was named secretary of th treasury. He is asked to us his official Influence to over, turn th arrangement by which th Spanish bank of th Island of Cuba 1 to continue tha collection of the taxes. Agitation on that subject Is becoming stormy, mora especially a author ised statement is made and the sugges. tlon that the bank 1 to fulfill this func tion for a few moaths only, or until - batter arrangement can he made doe , not paelfy th public feeling. General Brooke I arranging to eatabw . Hah the law courts on a firm tooting and to end the present confusion sad the appointment of a supreme court com posed of twelve members, is one project Such a court would have final jurisdiction and would determine appeals from the present audends, which Is the highest Judicial tribunal. An epidemic of open letter writing- to General Brooke has broken out among both Spaniards and Cubans. Every sub- -Ject 1 treated of In these letter and they Indicate a reasonable degree of satisfaction with American control, with out fear that the United States will mama v a mistake If lit does not heed tba advice that Is given .on particular point The new ayuntamlento, or city council, is constituting a scheme to re-nama the leading streets, replacing Spanish cogno mens with those of American and Cu. . ban (Among tha changes proposed are the names of McKlnley, Lee, Maoeo and Gomes. The council Is also arranging to re move the statues of - various Spanish ' worthies from the public parks, includ ing that of Isabella of the present gen aeration In the central park and Fredcr. iok VIII. In the front of the palace. The American military authorities offered to have these statues boxed for the Spanish officials, but a th latter did not ask for them they will be placed In th publio museum. The atatue ot Carlos U., which la said to be th work of Canova, will be allowed to remain because' of Its ar- tistlo value. ' General Brooke ha revoked his orders directing the discontinuance of the prose cution order by Civil Governor De Castro against the officials of the Havana street railway for selling stock In alleged via. latlon of the law. By this action, the civil prosecution will continue. Collector Bliss has reported to the mer. chants' league, which made comDlaints against a part of the new tariff scheduled that their request for modifications will be forwarded to Washington. The treas ury department haa reaffirmed the wine ' schedule. Cuban office seekers are complaining that the American authorities have ere. ated a political' boss in the person ot General Jlenocal, because no Cuban can secure a place In any department with out Menocal's Indorsement GOVERNMENT HONORS A DESERVING OREGON IAN. F. W. Vaille, Formerly In the Railway Mail Service at Portland, to Take Charge at Manila. WASHINGTON. Jan. IS. F. V. Vuille, of Oregon, who, on the acquisition of the Philippine Islands, was dispatched to. Manila as United States postal agent, to be In charge there, will shortly be ap pointed directory of posts for that archi. pell go, with functions similar to those of assistant postmaster general here. He will have complete control, under the supervision of Postmaster. General Charles Emory Smith, of the administra tion postal affairs of those Islands. Mr. Vuille haa been In the service aa assistant superintendent of railway mnll service at Portland. Ore, for nine year. He Is a native of Massachusetts. As postal agent he had made a strong rec ord In organising and extending the post, al schemes there. It had been luttgested to send a commission of experts to tha Philippines, with a view of making re commendations for service, but the post master general, especially In view of the small number of offices, decided against that .ction ai unnecessary and will di rectly entrust the executive responsibility to Mr. Vallle. Tho latter will mako con. stant rcporti, advising the adn!p!tra tion here of the postal situation In that portion of the east AEttNG f6wm delicious end wholesoma ' eow.it eo r row.