The daily morning Astorian. [volume], July 26, 1899, Image 1

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Stoves '
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Aro not muilo from tho acri-ilo
or in ft kindergarten at-liool.
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Atnf Gluirn FiiIm, Anw Vtnl Flitewd SutJiiJ RolM Oils
AT A. V. ALLEN'S
ASTORIA CASH GROCERY
Tenth and Dunne Street.
Look'nt tho PotlovrltiB
KMKt CtifTeC
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KullcJ Out
llcuii
Jupun Rico
CiooJ Ouulity Flour
Oyster
Tomntoe
Here Is a List
Ot some High Grade Goods at moderate prices
KALSTON HEALTH PCODS la great variety
fresh from the mills.
AROMATIC Sl'lCCS guaranteed the finest.
TILLMAXN'S PIKE EXTRACTS.D
CHASE (t SAXIJOR'S JCOPPEES are un
rivalled. Together with a host of other
good things.
ROSS, HIGGINS & CO
im Zealand Fife Iosaranee Go
Of New Zealand.
W. P. Thomas, Mgr., San Francisco.
UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS.
Subscribed Capital $5,000,000
Paid-Up Capital - 1,000,000
Assets 2,545,114
Assets in United States 300,000
Surplus to Tolicy Holders . 1,718,792
Has been Underwriting on the Pacific Coast over Twenty-two yeair.
SAHUEL ELMORE & CO.,
Resident Agents, Astoria, Oregon.
Tinware
BOOKS..-
Blank and
Miscellaneous.
PAPER...
New Crape and
Type-writing.
Waterman Fountain Pens
llox Decorated Paper
tintl Knvtjlopeswiuo.
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Breakfast Food
Barley Food
Select Bran
Yeast
Cocoa
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Improved Mikado and
Empire Cream
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Satl.fr ill wbo iim thm.
If your better half does Is eooklsg.
that It an addlttsnal nuoa why tber
ihould b a Star Estats Rang In your
kltrhsn. Tb at of thm prevsnui worry
and dlpolnimnt.
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411 Bond treat
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M tb pudJ'.n la Ht th lln
and th proof ot Uquura
IS IN SAMPLING
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That's an arriment tlutt'. con.
clunlv-4 dtnioawuutloa
Our will Mflixt th toH.
HUGHES & CO.
UNION ASSURANCE SOCIETY
OF LONDON.
EatabMrtied durtar U retgn of Qon
Ann. A. D. 1714.
FIRE AND LIFE.
oUDtonoed Capiiai I i.am.tM) tfl
Aaaau U.tui.460 W
Burplus to policy holdor 4,0O.B8 00
. Bxoiualve of paid up capital
Law Union and Crown
. Fire and Life Insur
ance Co.
Bubicrtbed or guirvitaed cap-
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Capital paid up 1.136.100 00
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Catton, Bell & Co.
Oen.l Agent, Sen FraaoUoo, CaJ.
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R evident Agent., Atorla, Oregon.
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IRGERSOLL'S
FUNERAL
Takes Place In the Presence
of His Family and a Few
Intimate Friends.
NO CLERGYMEN PRESENT
And do Moslc Flor Pallbearers,
tut Many Floral Tributes
Scot by Friends.
BODY WILL ; BE CREMATED
The Family Are Much AglUtel With
Grief. anl Frlcili Take to Affect-
loi Leave of the Remains-
i
NEW YORK. J'r C.-Tb unrrul of
Utv lt'i-rt U. l!Toll u.k piiu-
ifinrKm fr.n WJ-.o. IbU Vrry, N.
I'lrnn nnm w vrt-'" '
MTfU'in; th-re trail n munk', and no
liullUnri r. Tl body lay m to
tt.i rviuil tr he dlnl. It w e"
.liriW'l'xl In wtUi. aod Juat n rd ro-e
wui :H-d on hi brroM. Atuut the oo
Uiitkn of flumt Tlliea acn ty
frU'l. htwiiJi ld tumlHTi of hor.
n. Tlw aorvkv wt bl t 4 o'cl .
Mn. liivvrwal Mi Ixwklv tx r dad buc
tmol nt h-IU br amy br dauttur.
ilr. Walatuii II. iiroan and Maud
liKf-rn IL Tl4-y wk. very much anKac.
iy aixl wHl llnx eontUiuoualy. ThT
vr rom ottn.rtfnnlji by re-J
oultml by t'r. J m Clark HliUw'.ii, who.
i a Mlo tuK irf mxv, iwld: "My
frUn I. It U a very d duty lo rd In
rha irtwtu e of the iWd th la at f ia
Tjrt vi by CVj?) Rolxrt O. Itwewll.
eitthleJ 'TSm ItUirU'n of th Free."
Thb ponm I'okmrl Inrll bad read and
altered In tm' iwrta onl- few hour
bfore tie trlikn do"n."
Majcw O. J. Smylhe, a oioae peraonai
frknl i4 Col-xvil InvrsJ(l. then rd an.
Jtlv-r extrant from Cokxn-l ItvtersoH'a
wrtlVisA errtrrled "My Rlis1ori."
lr. Joim jailott of New York read th
rutien! oration delivered by 4otvel In
tTll ot hi brier' dead body.
TtiUt oov.uld th Khott and simple aer.
VK-ea. Nearly ail present then took a
urtu louK ac the dnul. and pawed out.
Mr. Carle Run. 0)4014 Intfaruir old-i-ex
frtmkl. who t totally Mind, panoed
14a haind otvr the face of hU depamd
frtend ami aaM: "Perhapa he is beXter
noa-. Nj one ran imderetand ft."
Mr luKirj ald to Mm: "The Col
onel wanted m to put )-our hand upon
hi hettrt" and auMlrar ttie aotlon to th.
word, alte dir-x-ted hks hand to the left
brvaM of five ikwimxl. Mr. B'Usa anked
what hIi vw (tolnv to do with tlie re-J
nMtiiM. "I nn't givo. bkm tip." ah auM,
I ewi't nit lilii n the frourvl. I can't j
boar tv thhik of it. We're going to brlim
hlin home."
The boly will probably be taken to
Prenoh Id Tueaduy for Vvemailon.
8owr.il old cohnvd !nuim of the fam
ily cante ftvm Waahlngton to do honor
to their Krej boiefwtor.
TlIU OREaOXIAN IS TO BLAME.
Nirtheet Heeuld:
The Second tinn votuuteer would
haw muetered out at Vanoouver and
tlho aoKller lada would have been given
"travel but far the Oreganian, The
OiMgMtilan has abueed the MoKmley ad
ntlniotraUon like a piokpvickct and a
hotvethk-f. It ha pronounced the Phil
ippine oampaln a mleerable flaaoo, and
Umui expeoted the authorities tut Waeh
Intfton to obey h belieata. The Orenon
lan kt Ita lntlucnc by Ite arraignment
of ke party leader became it could not
dictate ttie federal patronage for this
etatw. Tlie avverament keep well In
formed on tihe prea. The tirades of
ahuoe heaped upon It by the venal Ore.
gviiiin mode ll non persona grata In the
war dvpartmrat. and when requisition
w nmde ly that paper for the favor
ao dMir to every Oregon heart the Ore
KonUtn van promptly turned down. Added
to tJ1a waa the pref.TMwe of our aoldler
for Siui Franolaco. The Oreirordao ratur.
ally aought for an exouaa to Ikv the
b)ame upon other ahouldver. It did not
Yikn tiuo odium of failure. It permitted
uiy atal every nam of the arrant to be.
Ulwr Che hetm wki won th4r iiur iff
O.wrvlna' tliem. It In a weak and cow-ar-tty
way of ahlrkln rentne)4ly.
T1m Ont(okii gvm yoking with the
hnuwU in faruied iaae of the mtw muE
tmiioniiUjIa for le Iho low of fhe honur of
living our buy Qie Drat ovation on
AmrUn aoll.
Tho OrvMilaa atvAild te cour(eu
muuKh to aikxurwMir Ma roor41jillty
for tha failure and oominua to attack
and rati at the McKiiiU-y dynaaty In food
tet phrae.
Ixm't Ut th boy lo blue. Put the
dhwredK Where It bdofifv. Olv h to ttv
hinumual Orrty LMily. It la the whole
tldna; wticn it ornant tut way. It U the
whole thin; now rpunita) f r the, fall
ure. of the 0ynd Oregon to oome W
rrolly to Portland from the aeal of war.
I'lWSIDCNT KRtXJER RESIGNS.
IlwHwui of Vakmad to Give Uim M'n
oluly on Dynamite the Alleged Cauee.
IXIxN. July 8. The Jotmetiurg
o wrew(wndent of tiie Btandard ':
I'r.iint turuger aunt a letter to the
volkMrtiail reaiarning the pretAdency In
cureiuenc of the rofueal to rive him
a free hit 11 aa to the dtvamiie monopoiy.
lie attended the meatbig of dhe read
Uim afternoon, during the owaaVk-rerifn
of hie !eer. It to w yet known whetivT
hi ivwigTiatloo wae conditional. The
hewn kept Te. ml Pretoria.,
The Daily Telegraph Pretoria corre-
Mponomt ay: .
"There at no Ukelihood of the preats
ieiH'a relmatlan, attich la not desired
at tihe prvw-nt tnonMK in the inuroKa
. eitlinr the Uklareler or the TTaoa.
vlli'r."
SAMPSON STILL
IN COMMAND
But Will Protatly Be Selected
Cbief of the Boreas of 1
Navigation.
IMPORTANT DECISION MADE
By Secretary Lour la Rerard to tne
Younf Officers Comlor Up for Ex
amlnitioB Before Marcti. 1901.
NEW YORK. July S.-A apevtal to th
Herald from Washington aa-s: Rear Adf
miiMi Bampeon doee not intend to retln
(luleh oninituul of bis squadron untfl
soon after the return of Admiral Dewey
am! perhaps not until next winter. The
retwrt a persistent that Rear Admiral
CrownlrahieM, ,ohkf of the bureau ot
navigajioa contemplates rwiruf and
tilKtt Admiral Sampson wtt be selected as
list XKVesr. Secretary Long M autht
otity for tlie stateiment that Admiral
CronwinnhleM has never Intimated that
he protoexw giving up hfc bureau If the
secretary dwWrt to give a second term.
Rear AdmlreJ Howlson. commander In
ohb of the South Aeuvto squadron.
will retire on Ovtber 10, and It may be
that Admiral SclifcT will be his successor.
Friends of the administration have sug
gented thnit the a-uy J aetltle the
StuanjwonaSWhley controwivy is to show
the country that there is no totontsou .'
Hllphtlmj the totter. It is too early to
imWcate wtth any poelttveiwew who will
stKX-eed Sejnpson next aimer in, otim
anaml of the North Attentic squadron
but probably 8ihley will not receive tihl
tniet
Sixveitary Long has made a decision of
conedderaible Importance to young offler
of the line, ftcmerly engineers, who will
cdmo up for examination for line officer,
befors March S, 1901. Meutenant Jhn K.
Toblnson, Juntor grade, aaked the secre
te rM that he be permitted to undergo ex-
eminalfoa physHcally and menoaJly. the
examination umler the levMer bead to be
steam englnaertng only. The auxiliary
cruiser Dixie has ended her career as
an army tramepor and wiH now tie fiffled
out as a training ship for all landsmen
enlisted In the navy. The old HartAtrd,
which has been remodeled at Mare Ii4and
will be place! In commission In the full
under the command of Commander J. M.
Hawley. Three hundred western men
have been enlisted. Commander Hawley
will have as his astotunts lieutenant
t"VrrtmaJuler Alex Sharp, Jr.. who coma
naumled the Vixen In the Santtago battle
and Lieutenant J. F. Klnea, who did ex
cellent service In the bureau of navlga
itlon during the war.
SENSATIONAL
MANILA NEWS
American Troops Reported to
Be Unanimously Opposed
to the Wir.
MUTINY WAS THREATENED
And Sensational Developments
Only Averted ty Sending
Volunteers Home.
CENSORSHIP CROWS WORSE
Resource! an J Flg-Mlnr Qualities of
the natives Misnaderstood ty
American Papers.
LONDON, July JJ--A private, letter re.
cetved bere today from a wa oorreBpon
den an Uwala and dated June 1". say:
"Tiwre seejie to be no end of the war
in sight and the censorship b coosiaotiy
Ot.mk more trvaiblesoine. General Otis
recently eetabllsW a rule that any thing
return to iw nary mo toe takm the
oonun-tofcr ot the Beat for hi approval
and) artfards suomitted to the mCUiary
cfneor, thus adding to our dlffiouhie.
.
For some reason .whaon tue ccseor
oukl explain. General Oil refused
to allow us to send the death of tfee Mo.
nadnock captain, Nlchoi. for two day
after fcw aourreooe. The general also
ref-ised to let ua send the news of toe
.tiaaimau-anre of OaiKala Rockefeller on
AiprB . Oh ngtviiid cbai It sJ
worry his faajily. nor the killing of Cap
tain Tllley. of the signal corps, until the
next day. It is Impossible to write the
truth alxMit the aMuadon.
"The resources and flghtirg quannWs
ut the nutWe sre quite mlmndemuod by
the American pu4er and we cannot write
the foots without being accused ot tree.
son. nor can we tek of the pracuVally
unantmou opposilkio to and dislike of
the war among the American troop.
"At one time the volunteers were on
the verge of mutiny and unless General
Otis had begun sending thrm homeward
there would have been smeatkmal d
wioptnents. We have been absolutely
refused H hospital figures.
SATISFIED WITH OTI8.
The Adnunisiruion Believe He Ha Made
Much Progress and Is Equal to
Ewry Emergency.
NEW YORK. Jury Si.-A special to the
Herald from Washington says: The pre
kkvut has do intwrtthw of relle1ng Gent
era! Ocls from, the military command In
Uie PnUlpiihteo. He had thought serious
ly at one time of aigrung on officer o-'
hsxh nuik t oomroaiid the forces In the
UeM. leaviitfl General Otis to perform the
aAtaninbtTMitl dtaies of governor gener
ul. The presidmu had Wo propooiitioiis
Dtifore bin, one to make Law ton the comt
nmnding offlovr of the lighting forces,
and Uie other w send M'rritt back to his
old place. The latter argument would
mean tlie subordination of General Otis
as governor general to General Merrill,
who outranks htm by regular, aa well a
Mluneeer tltfie. Both theee kksas haw
now been abandoned.
SiiealUrar fur the president a cabinet
officer said:
"Why should General Otis be relieved
i nless he had some reason for asking to
be sent baok to the United States. Tlie
president has had no reason to And fault
with hi wvjrk. It true he has not
ended the war. but he has certainly made
much progress and lias shown hhnwetf
equal to every emergency. He has taken
good care of the troops and has shown
htswelf capable of handling large bodies
of men. He has made known his gen.
Makes the food more
o fUKiMi
era pains of the operations) wlum th
oampaign begins) In the fall and the x
pens here, tog her with the president,
consider hat be has a thorough and prac
tfcal prograoi mapped out for his rtur
work,
"To remove hhn now would b an ait
mlMlon that he bad failed. We cannot ads
mit this, for certainly the official diet
patches from the Philippine show a m.
terktl extension of our Hoes tar beyond
the points oontroUed by Spain. To place
new commander In control of the troops
and make Mm Independent of General
Otl would cause no end of frlotlon.
There can be but one Intrusted with
pi-wary powers and I can repeat that the
president Is well satisfied to trust Oneral
Otis wttb thwe powers."
NurwfthstandUie; this administrailve
view favmblis to General Otis, H can bt
stated Phat abnw offlciala here have prU
rate Information which tend to confirm
the press reports) of the unpopularity of
General Otis with many officer of hi
oumtnand.
DEWEY'S POSITION IS
NOT YET DETERMINED.
Probability That He WUI Be P-aoed at
the Head of a Board of AdminU.
NEW YORK. July 6. A special to the
Herald from Washington say: There a
much gossip m naval circles respecting
Che duty tp WhM Admiral Dewey erlU
be assigned upon Ms arrival to til
country.
Secretary Long poattrery declares ths
post has not ret been eeterted and that
a decision wiH be reached only when hm
has oonsuMed with . Admiral Dewer
and has Warned his wWies. Tber
!s apparently no doubt however, that the,
admiral will be stationed In Washington
at the need of a stroraj board, poy
the board of taspeotfonj and survrja-hoes)
duties will be enlarged so a to take in
question of potiogr relarlng to ship con
struction. Should a board of admiral be the res
jft of the OTiniao ft the nufchan
ial bureauw of the department as pro
posed by these who favor sues, a solos
don next to she retention of present
systems, then there Is little doubt that
the admiral will be the head of th
board.
LABOR SCARCITY CONTINUES.
Superintendent UcGiMre Ex4alns. S-xueJ
Advantages of Wt rk on the
1.1C. Road.
Superintendent McGulre. of the A. A C.
raCway, still renorta a scarcity of men
In the labor department of the road. "I
could use sixty men on ballast work
immediately." said Mr. MGure. "If It
were poesfcte to get them. We are nego
tiating with the Portland employment
offices, and while they extend us very
flattvrftg attention, I am satisfied they
are catermg in general to the O. R. &
N. Co. and the Union and Northern
Pacific Hnes."
"Do you pay as liberally as the roads
you mention?"
I consider that we do. While wo
give for ballasting work 11. SO per day
as aguiriK tl.TS by the other tympanies.
still we only charge H00 per week for
beard, whereas their price to M.50. But
there are other good and sufficient ru
Stins why we should be favored In pref.
enn-3 tk other roads by toe tabortnf;
oas8. In the flr-t place we can provide
them -Kh a congenial atm..w,rtvre, de-
rKlousI1 tempered by tho cooHng r-vi.
bm-xes. In the other territories ' uzy
ire subjected to an intoleraMe heat at
this season of the year, are usually fal-
Kvd out at nMitfall. amd therefore Hi-
equipped on the following morning to
arc )'nilsli as much ae the foreman ex
poets. Again, Astoria and vwtnuy a.r
fird an ex:iMLa quality of eating:, and
the A. A C. stcmae-ament Is exceptionally
agreeable In Its various departments to
work lor."
REDUCTION IN PASSENGER RATE'S.
Rerinnin July U the A. C. R. R.
will make the following rates betweieni
Portland and Astoria, one way, $1.90;
nound trio. 13. 10. From Portland to Bce
side, summer excursion rate, 3-30, from
Portland to Flavel, $3.86.
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