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' i;.v TIE A3T0RIAN bu tb larfiit circulation of any pipeit on the Columbia Klvti . Mfc DAILY AST0R:A1 U t&l tlgiest coi test paper oo ttie Coiumtia Kiv ii7. v''b- - FULL- ASSOCIATKD PRESS REPORT. VOL. XLIX. A STOMA. 0KEO0N. TM'OMMY M'JKNINO. JANUARY 2, I8U NO. J57 -mi iml fti it j,js m aa The Only ;V Stove Store ... IN ASTORIA ... Our Hpeclnlty: HTOVI2H AIM HANGE2H Wo know tlio ItUHinrwt. Twnity your cxjifriciu'o. If you wont (1001) Stove, hoc tlio Block at Die Eclipse Hardware Co. Pocket and Office Diaries Tide Tables Calendar Pads Blank Books World's Almanac Hitlnins in Clutli Itouinl Honks. cj Griffin & Reed. 1 c ru uuuwvvu uuuuuwiru wnruwjv iruwwvu tooruwiru uviuuv I Special This Week. f J I'llKHKNT GIVEN AWAY With run-has of i Jti:a. coktkic. 1IAKINU I'OWDKfl. I and KI'kT.H. J FOARD & STOKES CO. Pacific Sheet Metal Wo rks " MANUFACTURERS OF & ...CANS... Lithographing on Tin a Specialty. Sao Francisco. Cat. Astoria, Ore. Falrbaveo, Wasb. Write Uh tot Prleo C. HEILBORN & SON. The OldeHt Hoime In Atorin. Tlio LurcM ninl Only Carpet and Furniture House in Astoria. Tlio largest aiul-finest stock of Carjiots uultFuniiluro carried i nv 1 ( ue in On j:mi outside of Portland. Reduction Sale... To close out our overstock wo oflcr at Big Reductions Fancy Columbian Soups, eight or ten varieties. Fancy Sliced Peaches and Apri cots, in small cans. Fancy Evaporated Bartlett Pears. All tho ftbovo strictly fancy goods. ROSS, HIGGINS & CO COLUMBIA IRON WORKS Blacksmiths BoilerMakers Machinists Foundryraen Logging 'Engine Unlit and Repaired. Heavy Forging Under Power Hammer a Specialty Sole Manufacturers of the Unsurpassed ... " Harrison Sectional" Propellor Wheel ... Manufacturers for the Pacific Coost for the ROBERTS WATER-TUBB BOILER. ' spice and Syrnp Loggers Supplies Kept In Stock FAIR WARNING! Our 25 per cent REDUCTION SAME For cash Ends positively On the Last Day of this Alonth. , Herman Wise The Reliable CLOTHIER & HATTER CUT PRICES W are making a great cut In special line. Tour opportunity li at hand. You are bound to no J shuts and ihoulJ buy now while the advantage U to obviously In your favor. The shoe are not back numberi of uncertain age, sie and quality. They're all itandard ttock and food value for twice what we ask. Laird, Schober Co.'e reduced from I4.M and Ji.00 to 8.60 and tlTS. Petersen & Brown. THE PROOF of the pudding u In the atlng and the proof of liquor IS IN SAMPLING lhat' an argument that's oon duslv a demonstration. Oun wtU itaad the tat HUGHES & CO. L. LEBECK Carpenter nnd Builder . Oenopnt Contractor HOUSE RAI5IN0 AND HOVINQ A SPECIALTY H.F.PraelTransferCo. TIphOM tt. DRAYING AND EXPRESSING All Good Shipped to Our Oar WJ1 Reoetv Speoial XttwUoc NO. ta Duan Rt., W. J. COOK, Mgr. latorta. Ore. RM.TA11I. AFFAIRS IN PORTO RICO General Henry Makes Known His Plan for Island's Government. NATIVES FOR THE OFFICES Americans' Clamor for Official Patronage Will Receive r No Attention. GRANTS TO CORPORATIONS AJmlnlstratloc HasLili Down Strict Rules Covering- Fnnchlscs TixesonthelsIinJ. l('orninli ni- f the AM'JCiit.t(xl Tree.) KAN JCAN UK I'ORTO KKX). Jun. 25. -Thn f.jjlowing l.ur wuu wait by Gun. era I Henry to lb- n-HW-r rm;n hcrt wtili tJ rciut tht It huM be givon pulilMty: 'l-l)Uiirtir I iiunint?iit of Porto Itl.Lv. l-c. 3), IK-ii will mv, a grvai Uul of my time ajxl aiwmilUli the pur. txmo Uiti.r if )vu will eitUo In your pal-r that "-nn, Anwrkwtui or other li im!i tu nuike' cun)jUJtitn fliouM put Uioin in writing fir my nrticj u th pniM-r ollldaie for oorrwiloo. Verbal tat!Jmit. U"l wWrJi Ut-ilidl.. ml km cannot be tukvu, are a Ium of time tie all. H lit my lntrniwn tlmt all ob noxlotui HjnlHli lus x mir.fc hT are roiiJi-U. luxation oo pru-ny, DoUiry (.-, the prcvrntlon of Amortians C' Ung Into otllue U.M Sawyvnt or othnreUo undtT iMYkpi-r liw will &lo be proitrly rpjr-:utnl In wrltiiiK. "Any urtHxi upon tha part uf OidaU In ulllivt t tile oivJihIIlv of Anurkiini or American nH-tliuOj ut proKrene will be rviHiKrU to me. I will not continue In oltlcu any euch unpruKrewlYo or prcu. uMood imiKU. "Complaint la ntrajil to the custom or UirtfT reyuluiioiui havo to U' nmJe to Captain Uuoliiuuui, who te In charge ot the cuatoin liou.a of Uw Ulaiul. Ap pmX from hl dccloloa will have to bo made to the aucrotary of aar. "X eJeo want It dtatiooUy undtTHtood Miat lNxto lUcaiui will be prefenvd for oITlor. Thoae i'orto lUouua who have fone to tho -United Suttee aad reca an eduratloa and are cuable of inline phiova on thla lalaad wtU bo avleoted first; Amortoanj next In order. "U I imA my Intention to put In office Spaniards or Spanish sympathisers. This Is an Island ot Porto Rloans and will ke so consMeted. Americans must under, stand thac this Wand la not one of coa. quest, but was aurrendored to the United State by the Porte Bloana, who had been loyal to tho g-ovemnwett of Ue United Staies, end I propose to consider them for office as such In the future. "Aftor tho country Is organised and put In form undr prupw laws, If the Porto Hi cans dmlre to elect Americans to ollloe thai wtll be thir bualm'ss and the AmvrUttniT rood fortune. "This iilamorUiK for ollloe on the Inland ty Amoticuns to the prejudice of educated Porto R.uia must stop. Their cliUms a-iU not oo coneijen-d when Porto Rlcuna who are equally txiiblt of Alt -lug tha ortlces aro available. I am sure that all good. true. AmerUtuis will arce with me that all Porto Klcans who a-ere loyal to itho Ameiicaa rowrnment and the flay .whan they were under Spanish rule and who are oiioble will be rewtu-d. ed for their loyalty through prt-A-renci) to appolntnifiit to rewue:bUlty us for aa ponsible. Slrid) GUV V. 11KXHY. Major Genornl Volunteers, Commanding. There are several American lawyers hore and they reiriirdixl the lettvr upon Its first reading as a blow to them. Upon vlsltins the general, however, he ex plained that, they hnd misunderstood tho moaning of the letter and that It was his intention to remove the impediments that now prevented tihom from practicing their )MVf'ssion here or holdup o'';ce. It is a question whether the American law. yors should be admlotod to practice In Uie Port Rican oourts, since none of them know anything about the laws of Porto Blot. But this letter w lnslgnillcnnt in lm. port once compared to the order of the war doparUnent recently made here con. coming the granting of franchisee for publlo UmprovemontJ. This order pro hlblts the granting of any franchise or oonocsHion for publlo works by any munlalpallty without the approval of the major commanding vho shall, before ap proving any such grant or concession be authorised by the secretary of war. This order will affect all enterprises for the building of tramways, railroads, telegraph and telephone lines, water works, gas works and electric light works. Of course, the effect was to put a stop to ail work on such enterprises, and It seemed to many that the holders of old Spanish concessions would have a mon opoly to the great dotriment of American Investors. General Henry evidently took tho same view, for when this order came, from Washington he Immediately added to It before publication an extraordinary provision revoking all Spanish grants and concessions now existing. Between the signing of this lattor order and Its print. Ing there was such a cloud of legal ques tions raised that the general deemed it best to abandon his position and the first order was published Just aa it came from the war department. As matters now stand the hands ot General Henry are tied. General Henry ta doing away with all the burdens that cindered trade and taxed the suffering people. The so-called "territorial taxes" upon tha produot ot the country have been greatly reduoed. In tit old days llm phutt.r uiul Dm pouiant nt only paid the tax ufm thWr lands, but Rv a pert of Its Itu-ome to an txtmvuKint aiut corrupt government. Th tan upon land whs a most WN:rtiiln thing. There wiia law itr rule of conformityonly tit (flprlco or pr-Jii'!lce of the authori U' lei rrriln'l tlw. nmouirt of it. Com pliint tuts t;'H fr-ipxly made to (ln. eral llfnry by planters that tlwHr po. Iltical iimi three tcntd to ralso their taxes hnd snilsfy old grmlgos for new demands To rectify this uonjltirn of affuint ho has arranged ft schema of regular and uniform taxation. It is es timated that there are approximately fifty million acres of taxable land In potto Itlco. It to the mtonUrtn of the general to divide and tax the land In tlie following way: Can Uuv1 pay one peso per acre per annum: coff'w land, 7i contavos: fruit Itoi, Vi centavM; past'ire. from U) to 1j oonravos; and aU other lands S carta vos. It Is probable that Ueral Henry will find It iiC(-TMHwy to cwttlnue the "lerri. txrlal lux" to tlm extent of Ave per cent upon the products of tho country, on erous though It bo, in order to raise suf-fl-ltu rjv-nu-s t the govertinwmt. This would lroduce ISW.OOO per annum, and with the hind tax and the merchants' tax should answer all demands. Under tha law no on am Import with out the payment of tax':s averaging Zsl) v-wm. The rwuJt is to ratrIol the linporlatUins of the island to a wealthy and favored few who are able to con. trol the commerce. Every dltxen and ; every small shopkeeper who desires to j Import something from abroad must pay foe for bringing the smptnnt through the custom hoJso and that carries with It to the registered Importing merchant a a comniinsSon in room cesea for the ad vance of duties and other expenses or su-vlcei In distributing the goods in the Island-). According to the budget for the com. Ing year Just appro veil by the general. It appears that the eattmated revonue will I exceed tho exp-.xute of government by j K.KZ.'M p-hok even after allowing for the I loss of WMf) pesos of Income occasioned by reducing the duty on wheat flour. It seems therefore that if the custom house ; revenues must oe appropriated entirely . to tho oxpt of government a great : reduction might be made in taxes that ' now etnbamms commerce and oppress ; the people. Ueeflea, this revenue would permit of mny Improvements throughout ; the Island, such as btter police, eani. ! tation and roads. The tax has been re I moved from mU and bread and put upon ! liquors and tobacco. This has been done j by the practical irovernor general "to j ewoursiKe competition among aVJers and j place said necessariss within reach of ; the poorer elaasi'S." The deuk-rs and drinkers of the liquors say tht the gtnerol Is a prohibitionist. The fallowing schedule of taxation Ir i provided: For every liquor or tobacco j store or stand per annum. In towns of j from S.OO to 10.0MO Inhabitants. 0; 10.000 to r..OiO Inhabitants. PXK 15.000 to 5D.0W I Inhabitants, T0; above Inhabitants, The position of General Henry Is not ;an easy one. He Is daily called upon i to rwmedy private wrongs and to reduce i public burdens. To do this he must ex. erclse sound Judgment and great tact for lt Is net an easy matter to abruptly change Uie whole system of government ;here that has become' fastenesl to the Island u barnacles to & ship. The dlf. ! Acuity Is Increased by the want of a thorough knowledge of the people and their various rekuttoas. REPORTED INSURGENT RISING IN SANTA CLARA. General Rabbi With One Thousand, Five nnndred Men Sold to Have Taken to the Hills Maine Anrawaory. NTCW YORK. Jan. 25.-A dispatch to the Herald from Havana, says: A report has reached General Menocol that Gen. oral Rabbt with 1,500 Insurgent has taken : to the hills In Santa Clara in defiance of the American authorities. Rabbi Is a . full-blooded Goanftnnamo Indian and a ' hard fighter. Menocal hopes the report i may prove untrue. i Colonel Maus, surgeon genernl of the Soventh army corps, complains bitterly of 'the .failure of the W'ashincton offi cials to supply him with vaccine. He cabled for vaccine points four weeks ago and an adequate supply arrived ' after IS days. He then received notice j that 10.W0 points were shipped on J.tnu : ary H. These havo not yet arrived, al though uwntly needed, i Colonel Maus extXalns the failure to i vnccamito the soldiers before they left ! Sa-annnh by wv-!n regimental surireons j ww negligent and ftiiled . to follow the simplest inRtriiotlons given them. Charles E. Wanton, of Roston. wlio came to Havana to conclude the deal for the purchase of the Ban Jose docks and warehouses, hvld a long conference with the owners of the property. After this a cable dispatch was sent to Law rencv Tumeure saving that tha final terms had been fully acvepted and au. thorlxlng the payment of a forfeit of 1350,000 to bind the contract. All con. corned are reticent but it Is learned thait the forfeit was Just ten per cent of the purchase price. Captain Slgsbee has written a letter to a commission of women who are arrang ing patriotic services for February 15, the first anniversary of the destruction of the Maine, In which he says: "Obser. vanoe of the day by patrlotlo Americans and others would be very gratifying to me, and I am sure the other survivors of those who died because of that great disaster. "General ludlow and Commodore Cromwell will arrange for representative bodies of troops, marines and sailors to be present The men ot the Texas have arranged to decorate the graves in the oemetery, but the exact ceremonies have not yet been decided upon. "I suggest that your ceremonies should consist of prayer, singing and addresses, and finally volley fired over the graves by marines of the squadron, and during the day colors to be hoisted over the Maine and then half masted. "A commander of the late battlesh'p Maine, I beg to present my sincere thanks for the kindness and sympathy already shown In the desire to have special observances on February 15. "On ithis question at least I think I may araume to represent all those most immediately concerned In the matter ot the destruction of the Maine." Co-operation and endorsement ot the plana for observance of the day by Gen erals Brooke, Ludlow and Lee and Com. modore Cromwell assures success and February 15 wul probably be observed a a holiday In the city. DEBATE IN THE HOUSE Johnson and Dolllver Locked Horns on the Expansion Question. SPEAKING WAS BRILLIANT Indiana Representative Attacked tbe Administration for Its Attitude. IWLLIVER DLFENDS M'KINLEY Brin del the Course of Some of tbe National Legislators as "Al most Treasonable. WASHINGTON. Jan. JS.-Not since the stirring days before the declaration of war last spring has the house witnessed suob an exhibition of excitement and such scenes of unbounded enthusiasm as occurred today, when two republicans, Johnson, the I.tdlana member, and DolU vec. of Iowa, locked horns on the que, ttoo of expansion. The army bill, which was under debate, was swallowed up In the broader question of our future nation, at policy, and the debate was lifted from the dead level of mediocrity Into absolute brilliancy. Johnson secured timJ from the demo. cr.it ic side to attack the position of the administration. It was not the first time lie has broken away from his party on public questions. On past Occasions ha has won a reputation as a master of In vective, and the knowledge that he was to speak had attracted an enormous crowd to tha gallerfea. Today he added to hia reputation. 'With satire, irony and -wtt, the keen thrusts of his logic were driven home. His words flowed m a perfect torrent. He denounced the proposition to anj ex the Philippines as subversive of every tradition dear to the American heart ta the past and the In auguration of a policy that would end la the downfall of the republic. He said th ratification of tho treaty by the sen. ate would sound the death knell of all the eff.irta of those who were trying to prevent the country from rushing on to suicide, and declared that. If he were a senator, he would rot ta bis seat before It should be ratified. He denounced the president as a slavish CaOower of public opinion, but warned him that the tide would recede and the voice of the people would in time rebuke Members stned In the alsiea 10 deep while he was speaking, but he tried to atop the applause wnkto continually broke out from tha democratic side. For almost tsro hours his urords poured forth. When Johnson had finished, Dolllver came to the defense of the admkUstra. tian. One of the ablest debaters, and perhaps the mat eloquent member of the house, his reply set the republicans wtld with enthusiasm. He described how the precedent had been fairly driven into war by those who sought to em harass him be fore peace was definitely obtained, and hia elougy of the president, patiently meeting all the preplextng problems which best him as the great events of the year moved on, aroused his side and the galleries to cheers. These rang out again and again when he paid an elo. quent tribute to Admiral Dewey, and broke out In renewed volume when he declared that the course of some mem. bers at both ends of the capltol was "al most treasonable." But the highest ptteh of excitement was reached when Johnson and Dolllver got to close quarters toward the end of tha hitter's speech. Johnson pressed the defender of the administration to dis close the president's ultimate purpose re. gurding the Philippines, but Dolliver for some time adroitly evaded a direct re spiwiye. At las he contented himself with dechirmg that this was not the point at issue that the first thing was to end the war by ratifying the treaty. The failure of the Philippines was a question for the future. It was In every respect a remarkable debate. The senate today agreed to vote on the peace treaty on February 6. PROTEST An INST THE SEATING OP ROBERTS. House Wants tha Mormon Member Thrown Out Incorporation of War renton and New Astoria. SALEM, Jan. 23. Tbe house this after, noon devoted most of its time to the first reading of bills, 47 being presented to the second reading. McCullough Introduced and secured the adoption of a lengthy Joint memorial to congress protesting against the seating of Brighom H. Roberts, the Mormon member from Utah. In the senate today seven bills were In. troduced, 17 finally passed and 40 went through formal readings or were reported upon. The house devoted ncorrly two hours at the night session to the consideration Makes the food more WITH SAKfWO r f?WA n I 1 9 . W of hworporntlon bills. Eight pucwed, among them the bill to Incorporate New Wmrwntnn, F1UHN09 MAT KKfiOUT TO ARMS ANT MOMENT. Spain and Germany' Recognition of la. surgents Thwarted by Fear of En gland' toeognitln of America, CHICAGO, Jan. 23.-A special to the Tribune from Washington says: It can. not kmgor be denied that considerable; , alarm 1 felt In administration circles over t situation at Manila and Ilo Ho, and the Utest advloc or not of a rs aasurinc character. General Otis Is of the belief that th insurgents are about to fore an liitua and If this should occur the result cannot b predicted further than that the Ameri can will be victorious m the end. There 'ar two serious conllngeode confront! nsr th troop near Ilo Ilo, on being conflict with the, natives and th other a fear that smallpox may break out among th troope, ' Beside this, th situation at Manila, Is considered much more grave "than at Ilo Ilo, and tt la feared the insurgents may commit an overt act which may bring on conflict. While tha warlike attitude of Agulnaldo excites alarm at tha department, that 1 not considered the most serious feature of the situation, . Those in a position to know th fact ay th diplomatic sltua. tlon I even more grave. Either Ger many or Spain, or both, may reoognica Agulnaldo' little republlo for Interested motives, Germany to secure foothold actf Opsin to secure th release of tt prisoner of war. ' Thi action is Imminent, and the gov. eminent officials say they would not b surprised if tt took place within 24 hour. Prompt ratification ot th treaty would have avoided thla entanglement, bat H Hi conceded now that both Spain and Ger many have some grounds for action to protect their own interests. The cables announcing tbe proclama tion of a republic did not create much qf a disturbance, as Agulnaldo proclaimed, bis independence last summer. Agonclllo first came here, then went to Paris and then returned to Washington In the ca pacity of the representative ot the Phil, ipplne republic This Is the reason b has not been received ofnctauy, as to ' do so would be to recognise the repub lic. He was treated exactly like Palm and Queaada, who were never recog nised as the diplomatic representative ot the Cuban republic but only a dele gates of the Insurgent army. Agonclllo will not be recognised at any time. Ha baa been permitted to Ole paper at the state department, but has never been received diplomatically- and will not be. There Is aa understanding tut the pre, ent moment entirely Informal but none tb lees effective, that In cas Spain or Germany, or both, recognise Agulnaldo as the president of an independent re public, Great Britain will at once rec ognise the temporary sovereignty of th United States in the Philippine islands pending action on the treaty. Knowledge of this fact, it la said, is all that causes Germany to hesitate. Ambassador Whit has not been directly Instructed to make any representation to Germany,' ut he cotiveyea, unvmiiy, w wimwuvu that the United States, pending the dis position of the treaty, would consider any recognition of AgulnaMo by Ger many as an unfriendly (aot and by Spam, as a direct violation of a oletnn pledge to give thla country six months In which to consider the treaty. SANGUINART BATTLE FOUGHT AT SAN ANCANNA. Insurgent Troops Routed and Four Hun. dred Taken Prisoners Lows Very Heavy on Both Sides. NEW TORK. Jan. 23. The latest dis patch from the Herald's correspondent at Guayaquil reports that a sanguinary battle took place yesterday between the revolutionists and the government forces at San Anconna. The fighting was desperate all day, the advantage remaining finally with the government' army. The losses on both sides were heavy. More than four hundred men were killed and three hundred were wounded. Four hundred Insurgents were taken prisoners. The rest of the defeated rebels fled toward the province of Bolivar, hotly pursued by tbe victorious troops of Pre- dent Alfaro. News of a 'teclsive engagement between the forces of the revolutionists and the government troops has been expected for some days. Recent dispatches from Panama stated that the rebels representing the clerical party determined to overthrow the Al faro adminlstmlUon, hud Invaded Ecua dor from Colombia and that on engage ment was looked for at Tulcan, on tha frontier. TERRIBLE EXPERIMENTS OF VIENNA PHYSICIANS. Indescribable Practices Upon Patients at the Free Hospitals in the Austrian Capital. LONDON, Jan. 23. The Vienna corre spondent of the Morning Leader says: It has been discovered that physicians In free hospitals at Vienna systematically experiment upon their patients, especially new born children, women who are an ciente, and persons who are dying. In one case a doctor injected the bac cilH of an Infectious disease from a da. composing corps Into 35 women and three new bom children. In another case a youth who was on the high road to re covery was Inoculated, and he died with in 21 hcurs. PROTEST AGAINST ROBERTS. JEFFER30N CITY, Mo Jan. 25.-The senate today adopted a resolution pro. testing againat allowing Roberts, the newly elected congress-nan from Utah, to hold his seat in that body. delicious end v f;o!cscn:3 OO WW VOK.