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T11K MORNIMI ASTOMAA SlfiUA, SEl'J'EMBLR 9, . 1 ttlMI. HT0U3 CLOSES AT J P. M. EXCEPT SATURDAY, About DRESS GOODS A varied assortment The predominating feature of our dress goods stock is the vastness of the assortment There is not a taste that caunot be suited, because the variety embraces every stylish weave, every fashionable coloring. Headquarter tor Dry Gooda LAUNCHING OF WTOMING. Thousands of People Witnessed the Christening of the New Monitor. SAN FRANCISCO. Jp. S.-The United States monitor Wyoming was success fully launched at hlfrh tide this morn Inn from the shipyard of the Union Iron "Works. Thousands of people, lined along the shore or crowded on excursion steam ers and other craft, shouted themselves hoarse as the low hull of the new war vessel plunred into the bay. The event had been made a feature of the semi centennial celebration of California's admission Into the Union, and among .the multitude of spectators were hun dreds of the conspicuous badges of the native sons cf the golden west. , The launching was managed by Su perintendent Dickie of the Union Iron Works and everything worked with out a hitch. Only' persons with passes were allowed to enter the gates, but every foot of space around the huge cradle In which the Wyoming rested was occupied. The monitor's hull was supported by shores over the sliding wajn. t . - Early this- morning workmen began ramming In wedges so as to create an incline of one .foot to sixteen feet. Later on most of the blocks sustaining the ship were knocked away and by 10:30 o'clock everything was In read iness for the launching. About the bows of the vessel a platform had been built for the guests of honor, includ ing Governor Richards of Wyoming. Adjutant-General Frank Stiien. Colo nel A. H. Hansen and wife. Major Thomas Wllhelm. Captain P. Covert and Captain Patrick Sullivan, consti tuting his stafT, and Miss Hattle War ren. To Miss Warren. . who is the daughter of United Statee Senator War ren, was assigned the duty of chris tening the latest addition of the Amer ican navy. This she did In regula tion style, breaking the usual bottle, of wine and exclaiming: "I name thee Wyoming," as the last supporting props were removed and the monitor started from the ways and slid slowly tnto the sea. When the vessel's stern touched the water the spectators sent up a mighty cheer which, however, was soon drowned In the din made by scores of steam whistles. ' The Wyoming Is yet without her heavy armor and In fact little more than her hull Is finished. The tur ret where the monitor's big guns will revolve is at present nothing more than a big hole near the center of the deck. Back 'of this Is the bare-looking su perstructure of what will be, when fin ished, the quarters of the officers and crew. Work on the vessel Is to be pushed forward and she will be in readiness for service at no very distant date. - The coast defense monitor .Wyoming is one of four slmllir vessels designed by Chief Constructor Hichborn, with a view of securing the greatest results with the least expenditure of money. Her sister ships will be named the Ar kansas, Connecticut and Florida. The Wyoming was built by the Union Iron Works, the contract price being $874, 000. Her dimensions are: Length on load water line. 225 feet; extreme breadth, b0 feet; mean draft 12 feet, six inches; displacement, about 2T00 tons. The hull is of steel not sheathed with double bottom and water-tight subdivisions. The bull is pro tected by a side armor belt ranging from eleven to five inches in thick ness. The turret is of the balanced type. Its armor being nine Inches thick. A conning tower with seven and a half Inches armor and a single military matt will also appear above the deck. The vessel is to make twelve knots an hour. Her main battery will con sist of two 12-Inch breech-loading ri fles and four 4-inch rapid fire rifles. In the secondary battery will be three six-pounder, rapid-fire guns and four one-counder. automatic rifles. PORTO RICAX CENSUS. One-Fourth of Adult Maies Are En titled to Vote. WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. General Sanger, director of the Porto Rlcan cen "W 99 ' O to) V r For all DHtous and f!ervou3 Disorders; Sick Headache, Constipation, Weak Stomach, Lxpzlrcd Digestion, Disordered Llvar, and impure Blood, TiaMhama Piila haa tin larjrt m o anr Proprietary Medicine tn tha world, Th! hit fewrj aowad witaaat Ik pablicatioa at teatiatoniala. 10 cent tad 26 emit. at til drug ttoret. CI 4 on the Lower Columbia. sus, has Just published a third bulletin relating to the population of Porto Rico. This deals wtth the citizenship on the basis of literacy, with special reference to the effect upon the voting population of the educational require ments Imposed by the Foraker act. The males of voting age number 201, 101. and but 18 pr cent are of foreign birth. Of the white persons of Porto Rlcan birth 29.43 per cent can read or write, while 17.1 of the colored popula tion are literate. Under the educational Qualification, the number fntltled to vote In the island would be 47.97S or 25 per cent of the native-born males of voting age, restricting the sultras to about one-fourth of the adult males. The cltiee of San Juan and Ponce contain most of the foreign element of the Island, but even there the native whites and colored each outnumber the foreign element, while together they outnumber them nearly two to one. In Ponce the native whites are more than three times as numerous as the foreixn element, and the colored are double this number. Of the males of voting age In Porto Rico, 73.010 or 3.S per cent are colored. AMERICAN TERRITORY. Canadian Post Office Department Will Send Mail to Philippines at Same Rate as to the United States. CHICAGO. Sept. 8.-A special to 'he Record from Ottawa says: Recently a communication was sent from the post office department here to Washington asking if the United States postal authorities regarded the Philippines as coming under domestic postal rates or. In other words, wheth er the Philippines was United States territory, and the reply was In the af firmative. Accordingly today the Ca nadian postal authorities Issued a no tification to all postmasters that, on and after October 1 next the domestic rate will apply to Pvrto Rico. Guam, the Philippines and the American Isl ands of the Samoan group. The peculiarity of this order Is that while the distance from Canada to the Philippine Islands is twice as far as from Canada to Great Britain, the postal rate to the latter Is Just double that to the Philippines. To Great Brit ain It Is two cents per half ounce while to the Philippines it will be two cents per ounce. FAVORS HUNTINGTON. Third Vice-President of Southern Pa cific Thinks No New. Man Will Be Elected. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 8.-Th!rd Vice-President J. C. Stubbs, of the Southern Pacific Company, has returned from New York. Mr. Stubbs is of the opinion that H. E. Huntington will be elected president of the company. "Mr. Tweed has been made chairman of the board of directors," remarked Mr. Stubbs. "I take it to be the in tention to have a president who will reside on this coast and who will have active management of the property, leaving Chairman Tweed In charge of financial and other affairs In the East. I see no reason why the directors should go outside of the company for a president, in view of Mr. Hunting ton's Intimate knowledge of the com pany's affairs and his ability." .... RAINS IN INDIA. Good Crops Are Now Assured in the Famine Districts. SIMLA, Sept. 8. The weather is now promising for the crops. Excellent rain has fallen In all of the famine dis tricts and the winter sowings are prac tically assured. The number now re ceiving relief is something under four milllrm, an encouraging reduction. NO RELIEF FOR 20 YEARS. "I had bronchitis for twenty years," said Mrs. Minerva Smith, of Danville, III., "and at times have been bedfast. I never got relief until I had taken Foley's Honey and Tar. It is pleasant and gives uulck relief, and is a sure cure for throat r.nd lung disease." Take nothing eUe. CHAS. ROGERS, Druggist. ten e 9 e , i) o o C! o mm mm y y o u o o n (' u (.' 1 THREE-CORNERED WAR. Chill, Peru and the Argentine Republic Likely to Come to 131 vs. (Correspondence of Associated Press.) VALPARAISO. Chill. Sept. l.-A three-sided conflict Is In prospect cn account of the Tacna-Artoa nutation, which has remained In abeyance since the treaty of Ancon. which terminated in the victorious war of Chill against Peru and Bolivia. It was agreed then that the victor was to occupy the Peruvian provinces of Tacna and Arlca for ten years, after which a plebisoltum was to de clare whether tluw provinces wanted to be Incorporated with Chill or re turned to Pvru. The d passed off, however, with out any pleblmitum ing taken. The Chileans put It off on this or that pre text because It Is claimed they wanted to colonise the provinces wlih their own people and thus secure a majority In their favor at the holding of the plebisoltum. It Is asserted that they sent their soldiers and all kinds of people from the slums of the Chilean seaports. But Peru held that only legitlmite natives of the two provinces should be entitled to vote at the plebisoltum. and that the method of voting and the qualifications of voters should be de termined by a special protocol, as pro vided for In the Ancon treaty. Chill at last consented to this, In 1S9S, at a time when she anticipated a war with the Argentine Republic and ftured Peru might side wtth the latter. The Bi!llnghurst-La Torro protocol was then signed at Santiago and approved by the Chilean senate. But Chill peace fully arranged her dispute with Argt'n tir.a. and her chamber of deputies did not even discuss the question rf the protocol, which being approved only by the senate remained a dVn.l letter. The question of the final ownership of Tacna and Arlca has thus remained unsettled, and Chill still occupies the provinces with the deliberate intention, according to many Chilean papers and piMltlcal speakers, of keeping them forever. Still many Chileans admit that "Chlleanlzatlon" of the two prov inces has produced no effect and that they are as strongly attached to their mother country as on the day when they were taken from her. and that the two provinces are eagerly waiting for the day when they will be freed from Chilean domination. Peru makes an appeal tn arbttratin in order to settle peacefully the quest! i of the final ownership of thes provin ces. And here comes the point where the United State and the Argentine Republic are dragged Into the dispute. The United States government, hav ing Invited all the Spanish-American countries to participate In the second pan-American congress, to be held at Mexico in October. 1901, must have bten surprised to receive from the Chilean government a conditional acceptance. Chill, being aware that the congress was to proclaim arbitration as the only method to settle international differen ces on this continent answered that it would send representatives to the con gress only on the condition that arbi tration should apply exclusively to fu ture disputes. The acceptance of such a condition. It is pointed out. would leave Chill free to act as she pleased with reference to the annexation of Tacna and Arlca. - Meanwhile the people of Argentina begin to fear that the Chileans would not accept the decision about the Chilo Argentlna frontier question -hich had been submitted to the arbitration of Queen Victoria. And as if to support and Justify their fears. It Is reported that the Chilean government has tres passed upon the absolute rights of the arbitrator In Imposing the obligation of limiting the award to such and such points. No wonder that amid this mess of conflicts the governments are making preparations for war. While Chill has sent to Germany her favorite. General Korner. to buy guns and cannon. Pe ru has despatched on a rtmll'ir errand her former president. General Caceres, and the Argentine Republic is drill ing its national guards. In addition there is about to be Instituted In Chill compulsory military service, and the regrettable system of armed peace may be inflicted upon the republics of South America as a result of the fact that Chill now holds over them a sword of Damocles through her unwllllngn-fss to settle finally the old question of Tacna and Arlca. WEDDED AT SEVENTY-FOUR. Distinguished Of-neral Married While Suffering From Severe Illness. NEW YORK, Sept. 8.-General Ed ward Wellman Serreli, warned by phy sicians that peritonitis threatened his life, three hours later married Miss Marlon C. Roorbach of Staten Island. The ceremony was performed at the general's bedside In the Hotel Clar endon by the Rev. Samuel Tyler, as sistant pastor of St. George's church. General Serreli and Miss Roorbach who Is a daughter of the late Orville A. Roorbach, a publisher of this city, have ben life-long friends. They were to have bn married In October, but the general's severe Illness prompted him to ask his fiancoe if their wedding could not take place at once. She con sented and the ceremony was per formed. General Serreli In 74 years old. He has for 50 years been one of the most distinguished engineers in this city. He was one of the associate engineers In constructing the Erie Railroad and the Central Railroad of New Jersey. He was chief pnir of the Niagara bridge, built in 1850. and of the re nowned Hoosaic tunnel. He nas large Interests In the proposed isthmian can el. In 1848 he accompanied the first CATARRH OF THE PELVIC ORGANS. The Reason Why So Many Women Are Sick. Mrs. Ella Wlke, 1W Iron Bt, Akron, a Mrs. Ells Wlke sayst I would be In my grate now If It had not been for your God-sent remedy, Pe-ru ns, Everybody ays I am looking so much better. No doctor could help me aa Pe-ru-na did. I wm a broken-down woman. It Is now Ten years past that I was oared." Mrs. Sarah Galllta, of Luton, Is, also writes : " I was suffering wtth the change of life. I had spells of flowing every two or three weeks, which would leaf me nearly dead. I had given up hope of being cared, when I heard of Pr. HarV man's remedies and began to use them. I m entirely cured, and give all the credit to Pe-ru-naV Bat comparatively few women who are suffering with pelrlo catarrh know that this is the case. Their trouble U called dyspepsia, heart trouble,fomale weakness, weak lungs, nervous doblli ty ; Indeed, almost the whole category of edical terms has been applied to ca tarrh of some organ of the female anatomy." If these women could only teallxe that their trouble U probably ca engineering party of uxptorntlon to Pan ama. General Semil wns one of the printi lull promoters 'f the credit moblller, by which the Union Pacific rullroad was built. During the civil war he became col onel of the First New York volun teers. He was chief engineer and chief of staff under General U. F. llut ler in 104. and designed the "Swamp Angel" buttery that bombarded Char leston. He was In 1-8 different ac tions. A daughter of General Serreli by his first ttlfe Is t!e wife of Captain Hob rt Walr.w right AIDS TO STUDENTS. Yale College Will Help Them Earn Their Way. NEW HAVEN. Conn.. Sept. S.-A new department has Just been opened at Yale, whereby students of limited means can secure an education by their own labor. Prof. C. L. Mitchell has been appoint ed head of the new department, which Is a sort of employment agency. He will go between the Yale men who need assistance aiJ the merchants who are willing to give them work. Prof. Mitchell will also investigate applica tion for remission of tuition, scholar ships, fellowships, the kind of employ ment olfered and the manner in which the work Is done by the Yale appli cant The opportunities for paying expenses at Yule ar iiaslfUd as follows by the facultv: Prizes, and scholarships; monltor ihlps; their work; tutoring; remission of tuition; waltln on table; oranlz Ing eating clubs; acting as subscription aints; newspaper writing; typewriting and stenogrrfpny; teaching In the schools; positions as clerks, telegraph ers, conductors and motormen on street earn ushers; ticket sellers at thea ten and concert halls; and enrlhg for yards, furnaces or residence? of pri vate families In the city. The forte of men employed for elec trical work by the Yale athletic organ ization Is now recruited entirely from the undergraduates. In the theological school a new system goes Into -ffeet to day in" the distribution of the money paid to the undergraduates. The divin ity student will make pastoral visits, lead prayer meetlnc". call upon the sick, taks charge of city missions, and will be paid part or the whMe of their scholarship expenses, according to the amount of the work they do. This policy of distribution of scholarship funds was made at the demand of President Hadley, who believes that the syteni formerly In vogue tended to pau perize the students. Th Yal officials state that never before have th ?re been as many chances for earning a part or all of the college expenses as at the present The class which was graduated last June shows that of 927 members, 15 entirely paid their expenses, 15 others nearly ail. and a total of 63 paid a large part of their way. M'KINLEY'S ACCEPTANCE. Said to Be Strongest Presentation of Republican Argument That Has Yet Appeared. NEW YORK, Sept. SA special to the Herald froni Washington says: President McKlnley's letter of accep tance, which Is to be publlshad Monday, Is said by members of the admlnlstra tlon to be the strongest presentation of the Republican' side of the Issue of the present campaign that has yet ap peared,; The. president itas not sought to avoid the question of lmperlallf,m, Mueh.; tit his letter Is devoted to the Issue raised by Bis administration of tlw Islands wrested from Spain. He shows what has been done In theay of' Improving political conditions In these Islands. Attention is called to the steps that tarrh of the organs peculiar to women I pelTlo organs, and cure themMlvea with IVru na, how much unnecessary suffer tag would be saved. Mrs. Kurollua Kilter, 2138 Vina street, Cincinnati,!), ayt "Two years sgo fell on the Ice. At first I did not think (hat I had l urt tnyieUi but several moti (lis after I fell palu In the abdomen and a Utile later my nivtuoa filled U appear. I wrote to you lit regard to It, bearing that you cured female troubles, and followed your dlreetlotiii, I took Pe-ru-na and Man-a-ltn. I now hart the best of health. Mrs. Marie llauaon, of MebulL Wis. writes: "About two rears ago I bad die ease of the kid neys and womb. I was In a weak, nervous condi tion and began to have dreadful palpitation of the heart. I was con fined to the bed. I had given up all hope of ever being well again. I commenced taking Pe-ru-na. I found relief when 1 had taken the first bottle. Now I have taken seven bottles of Pe-ru-na. I thank yon for your advice and I am glad I can say that I am well now. ' J Dr. Hartman has written a book especially for women. It treats of female catarrh in all Its different phases and stages. Il contains common sense talks Qn subjects which should Interest every 0 A book will be sent free to any woman. Address Dr. Hartman, Columbus, 0. have been taken toward the 'llil,h , ment of a stable and Ind'-iwndent gov ' eminent In Cuba. The establlshm nt of a civil government In Porto Itleo, In accordance with the net of congress, ami the institution of civil govermn -tit in the Phlllpplnts under the Philip pine eoinmlsflon are referred to. Another theme to which much atten tion is given In the letter Is the pros perity of the country under the pres ent tariff a ii. I monetary system. This brlnas up the financial Innue, i.n which the president Is said to take a firm stand In support of the maintenance of the gold standard a essential to the continuance of the present commercial and Industrial pnperlty of the coun try. NATIONAL RANK AT SAN JUAN. Government Has Authorised the Es tablishment of One There. NEW YORK. Sept. R.-It Is probable that the project for establishing the first national bank under United Blatm laws In the West Indies will be aban doned for the present at least. The Colonial Rank of San Juan. Por to Rico, Ik the one In (ueston. It was opn.;d In April. 19, and has an au thorized capital of tl.ono.0oo. of which $400,900 his been subscribed. It has eleven directors. Including the presi dent William Schall. Jr.. nnd the cash ier, E. L. Arnold, w ho has actual charge of the bank In San Juan. Last April Mr. Schitll applied m Controller Dawes for permission to make the Colonial Hank a national Institution, and this week he received notlve that the appli cation has been granted. Since his asking for permission, how ever, congress passed a law giving to the secretary of the trenury power at his discretion to name banks other than national banks as t'nted States depos itories, and by this law one of the chief reasons of the directors for mak ing their application has been removed, The Colonial Rank of San Juan Is In fact a United State deponltory now, and the only advantage It could receive bv becoming a national bank would be the right to Issue circulation. The directors her? derided to send the news of the granting of the application to th directors In Porto Rico nnd await an expre?Hlon of their views. VALUE OF MAN'S LIFE.. . The supreme courts have recently de cided that the life of the average man is worth Just what he Is able to earn. A man's earnings defend to a great extent upon his health, and it Is al ways within his power to Improve hi condition. The stomach is the measure of health and strength. Every man mav We bright, active end happy, If his digestion Is normal. If it Is not, Hostetter's Stomach Hitters will make It so. It puts the digestive organs In condition to properly digest ami assi milate food. Try It for constipation, Indigestion, dyspepsia, biliousness! liver or kidney troubles. There Is nothing Just as good. The genuine has our Private Revenue Stamp over the neck of the bottle. FOLEY'S KIDNEY CURE is a pure medicine, and contains In con centrated form, remedies recognized by the most skilful of the medical profes sion as the most effective agents for the cure of kidney and bladder diseases. CHAS. ROGERS, Druggist. THE LOUVRE Strangers visiting In tne r:ity will find the Lonvre au attractive resort wherein to spend the evening. The Amma (Sisters Ladies' Orchestra is still on the bills and presents nightly a mnsical program of exceptional merit, Handsome pool and billiard rooms are a feature in connection with the house. Palatable lunches will be served at all nou rs ' -, Dr. T. L. Ball . ' '"- DENTIST." " 673 Commercial Street, ' t, ASTORIA. ORE. Over Schlussel'i Clothing Store. 4ULJ?a STATE NORHAL SCHOOL INSTRUCTIONS 6IVf Alls) Bertha flartin's Decorative Art Room. Kuotu a0 lhnm Multdlng, 8J jfcjl Cixj Ci5 xj 53JXi! 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