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ASTORIA. OttKHON, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 11 1893
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bought a cl)M( one. Huy a
"SUPERIOR"
They ro warrantod in evory particular, 1 a
firm Ctf yean in the busincwi. . . . . .
Eclipse
...Handwaro Co.
-BOB DONO HTRCBT
BOOKS...
Blank and
Miscellaneous.
PAPER...
New Crape and
Type-writing.
Waterman Fountain Pens
Itox Decorated I'aper
and Rnvetopewitio.
VICTIMS OF
THE HURRICANE
One Hundred Thousand Porto
FIcans Rendered Homeless.
FIVE HUNDRED ARE KILLED
Terrible SufferlBf it Ponce. Porto
Rico tod Cuiyimo-Wuhliftoo
Appall for Aid.
GRIFFIN & REED
RALSTON...
HEALTH CLUB
Acme Gluten Ftrlni, Acme Whrit Flairs mj Standard Rolled Cat
AT
A. V. ALLEN'S
Pacific Sheet Metal Works
Salmon
Vegetable
Frctt
MANUFACTURERS OF
...CANS...
WA8IIIN JT'JN, Aug. lL-Th war
department today look prompt meas
ure for (b relluf of lbs burrlcan
sufferer In Porto lllco. When tlx
pit-M dispatch and General Davis'
advices muds know a lh ilenl of the
disaster, steps were Immediately taken
to Mind supplies, and tbo traniport
MiThersoit mm ordered put In readl
nt'M to sail from Now York Monday.
Uh will carry grains and oilier neces
sarlea SajreUry War Hoot thla afternoon
i
sent lh following appeal to th may
or of cltlu of mora than 110,000 popu
latlon:
"Sir: The governor general of Porto
Itk-o confirm the report that upon
the lib lnt. a hurricane ewept over
that Island, entirely demolished many
I of the' town, destroying many Uvea
Breakfast Food ; nJ rw,ucn nar cn "
i mate, not less than one hundred thoui
!
and of the Inhabitant to a condition
j of absolute destitution without hornet
and food, Unless Immediate and ef
fectlve relief li given to three unfor
tunates they will perUh. Under
theae rnndltoni the president deems
that an appeal should be made to the
humanity of the American people. It
la an appeal to their patriotism, aslu,
for the Inhabitant of Porto Rico have
freely and gladly lubmlted themselves
to th gU'irdluiwhlp of the United
Htatea and have voluntarily surren
dered (he protection of Spain, to which
they were formerly entitled, confi
dently relying upon the more generoti
and benefU-lcnt treatment at our
hand. The hlghet considerations of
honor and good faith unite with
prompting of humanity to require
from the United State a generous
response to the demand of orto Rico
In distress.
KlVlfl HUNDRED KILLED.
1'once, 1'orto Itloo and Guayaruo Are
In TerrlbU Distress.
HAN JUAN, Porto Itloo, Aug. XLIt
I now aald that too persons lost tbelr
live at Ponce during tb hurricane.
Terrible distress prevail there. Ar
royo, on the suuih coast ba been de
Uoyed. blUcn Ure Were loal there
and the town 1 UU aubiuerged la
water. At Uuayaino bouec are Uli
landing. Heven jieraon were killed
there and a nuiubvr of boua were
pillaged. Hquad of (oldlt-r Were un
able to maintain order and alarvatlon
IhrvaUm tb people. The water yp-
ply of Hun Juan ba been stopped.
UliTAILB FKOil 1'ONCE.
Barley Food
Select Bran
Yeast
Cocoa
i
spice
and
Syrup
Lithographing on Tin a Specialty.
Falrbavcn, Wasn.
Sin Francisco, Cal.
Astoria, Ore.
Write Um tor Pr!
Here Is a List
Ot some High Grade Goods at moderate prices
RALSTON HEALTH PCODS In Qrcst variety
. fresh from the mills.
. AROMATIC SriCCS guaranteed the finest.
TILLMAXN'S rUKB EXTRACTS.
j . CHASE ft SANBORN'S COPPEES arc an
, rivalled. Together with a host of other
good things.
ROSS, HIGGINS & CO
leui Zealand Fife Iosaranee Go
Of New Zealand.
W". P. Thomas, Mgr., San Francisco.
UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS.
Subscriboil Capital $5,000,000
Paid-Up Capital . . . 1,000,000
. Aasota . ... . . 2,545,114
Asset in United States . 300,000
Surplus to Policy Holders 1,718,792
Has boon Underwriting on the Pacific Coast over Twenty-two yenrp.
SAHUEL ELMORE & CO.,
Resident Agents, Astoria, Oregon
Each
Purchaser
of.
Word Are Scarcely HUons: Enouich
to Kipre Horror and Buffering.
PONCE, Aug. 1L The wort norm
ever eiperlcnced bare truck till place
Tueliy nurnlng at 9 o'clock, and
lalt two hour,' It came from the
northeast. Ponce wa flooded at mid
night and at least 200 persons drowned,
JOO bjdles. mostly those of poor people
and including many children, being
recovered. All buildlUKS are ilama
BolJicrs and firemen worked all nlubt
heroically saving Uvea There I no
drinking water, gas. Ice or electric
llghta. The commlssanr stores i
laya were also destroyed. The city
is short of ftd and army officer are
distributing rations.
Fifteen vessels In the harbor were
driven ashore. The weather bureau
predicted the storm, but It Is claimed
mat Tonce was not wsrned. A mob
of 10.000 persons threatened the alcalde.
Porratl Dorla. but they were dispersed
by the Fifth cavalry. The alcaide
has been deposed on account of neg
ligence. Major Meyers, of the Elev
enth Infantry. Is acting as alcalde In
response to the popular demand. The
sanitary condition Is serious, and as
sistance I needed. All the Prom mrm
loiniiy ruined.
Wire are all down and little news Is
obtainable from the Interior. Abonlta,
Including the barrack, ha been des
troyed, but no live wer lost there
Juan Ims hu bn -.., .a
rorty-slx lives were loxt there. Ar
royo. Ouayama, gullnas and iBlbel are
reported totally demolished. The rnll
1-tiU.I K.xt ... . . u n
-i.rrn i-onee and Yacuao Is
dentroyed and the military road Is
".passible. The river Is HoWng uV,r
or r.w,i two miles. Banana, or. .h.
oie toot mere.
IN POSSESSION
OF SANTA RITA
After Taking tbe Town.
DISPATCHES FROM OTIS
Ooly Ob Casualty Ycsttrday-Movt
neat of Troops Difficult -Volun
teers Coming; Home.
KlXVT AS PEACEMAKER.
Everyone at War IViarim.n.
Slmles Except Secretary
Himself.
Ha
TEA,
COFFEE,
SPICES,
EXTRACTS
At ear store Is given a Ueket
entitling them to a seleetlna
ef any article In Ih crockery
sr hardware department....
Foard & Stokes Co.
Your Wife
Will Uk It: so will the cook.
Star Estate Ranee
Batlify all who us thsm.
If your better half does ths cooklns.
that Is an additional reason whr there
should be a Star Estate Rang In your
kMchen. The uss of them orevents worry
and disappointment
W.
J. BCULLY. Agent,
411 Bond Street.
WASHINGTON. Aug. H.-The navy
department this afternoon received the
following cable relating to the burning
of the Saturnus by the insurgents.
, which waa reported in the press cable
several days ago end also the shelling
ot San Fernando, reported Wednes
day.
Manila, Aug. 11. On August the 2nd
the gunboat Pampanga, Lieutenant of
tlw junior grade, McNamee, patrollng
Llngayen Bay, Luson Island, found the
American steamer Saturnus on the
beach at San Fernando, the lnsurz-
uon or affairs prevailing In department enta havln robbed tbe cargo. Naval
..v.e os Drought by the secretary's t-aiK'1 "Oouaru In a dingy secured a
nmuunojnient that the order respect- hA't round the rudder post of the
charts Issued bv the hvd
Dcers of the admiralty, the Una now
contended for by Canada, but ha laid
down upon them with possibly slight
varutlana, the Identical line that
conn-Hied for by the United States
government
Thl Is shown by the reference to the
MacArthur's Forces Reconnolter "i18 M trce1 on th dm,r'y
oi me racmc ocean of the edition of
1M7 and on the admiralty chart of
Alaskvtn water In the edition of 1898.
mesa unes diner somewhat In the
neighborhood of Mount St Ella, one
following an arm of mountains and th
other following the winding of the
eoait, but a to the two essential
point in controversy, both map agree
and both sustain the American claim.
By following the winding of the coast
at Lynn Canal, these Unes as will
readily be seen, throw the whole of
the Lynn Canal wall Inside the ter
rltory of the United State. The
Canadian claim a it stands today
ha been arrived at by evolution. Tbe
treaty makes the boundary begin at
the southernmost point of Prince of
Wales Island and "ascend to the north
along the channel called Portland
Channel."
A Portland Channel, which run to
the nurth begins almost due east of the
southernmost point of Prince of Wales
Island, tbe Canadians set up the con
tention that the treaty makers could
not have meant Portland Channel but
must lave bad Beham Canal In mind.
In accordance with this view, Mr.
Smith, chief commissioner of land
and work In ISM made a map in
which he carried the Une up Behm
Canal. AsUe from this, the map fol
lowed in a general way the line con
ten led for by the Americans.
It wa not until 1895 that the Can
adian contention took it present
shap. In that year, Mr. Martin, the
chief conmliiloner of lands and
works, published a map which shows
tbe preseat Canadian contention in Its
full Jevelop.nent He adopted the
same theory Jiat his predecessor did
a to Portland channel and ran hi
line up Behm canaL
Then he abandoned the winding of
the coast, which the theory provided
sho-Ud be the guide In locating the
Une 10 marine league therefrom, and
basing his work on the contention that
the treaty meant that the coast Une
shoull be considered as running from
head la id to headland, he laid down
what ie termed the undetermined
boundary line.
This line. It will be seen, crosses the
Lynn canal Immediately south of Ber
nera bay, and throws all of the upper
part of the canal. Including Dyea,
Skagway, Pyramid HarDor ana omer
settlements and the entrance Into the
harbor, and It la contended by the rep
resentattves of the United States that
this would be directly contrary to the
provisions of the treaty.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1L-General
Otis cabled the war department today
aa follow:
Manila, Aug. 1L Adjutant general.
Washington MacArthur ha taken
possession of Santa Itlta, reconnoit
ered Borac, Angeles and other point.
The Insurgents are driven north.
One casualty yesterday, none today.
The condition of the roads make
the movement of the troop difficult,
but considered necessary to open up
this section of the country aa It virtu
ally give control of the province of
Bataan and relieve Inhabitants there.
OTIS.
WASHINGTON,. Aug. 11.-General
Otis today cabled tbe war department
as follows: "Manila Aug. lL-Clty of
Para arrived. Private Cosley Held,
Twenty-fourth, died at sea. The
Sheridan sails today. OTIS.'
The City of Para sailed from San
Francisco July IS, with companies B
and D, Fourth cavalry; headquarter
of companies A, F, H, and K, Twenty-
fourth infantry and B company en
gineer battalllon, ! officer and 911
enlisted men, General Schwan com
mandlng.
The Sheridan will bring back the
Minnesota and South Dakota troop.
THREE VESSELS
ARE WRECKED
Carlisle Castle Lost ontfce Aus
tralian Coast.
OTHER MARINE DISASTERS
Loaber Lilts Snip From San Fran
cisco Goes Asbort at Rottaest Isl
sds-Stcsiners la Collision.
VANCOUVER, a C Aug. 1L-T!i
details of tha loss of three vessel In
Australian waters ar brought by tha
steamer Mlowera. .The bark Carlisle
Castle, 1344 tons, bound from Liverpool
to Freemantle, wa totally .wrecked
off Rockingham. The . vessel went
ashore during a heavy gale on Safety
bay. AU on board were drowued.
The ship City of York, la command
or Captain P. H. Jones. 1107 tons reg
ister, laden with general cargo, In
cluding 744,000 feet of redwood lumber
from San Francisco, went ashore at
Rottnest bland, July 12.
The steamer Excelsior and Edina
collided on Hobaon Bay, Melbourne.
The Excelsior waa sunk In IS minute.
None of her eighty passenger were
drowned, but seven wer injured. The
Excelsior wa a steel acre steamer
of 140 ton.
BURNINO OF SATURNUS.
Rebel Pirate Rob the Cargo of An
American Vessel.
N2W Viint- ..
II... t r , . - . iui to
", ra,u Washington says:
-evL-ry Koot has aeie.1 l
. ... iuc ion?
Of peacomjlter .,! .a... .
result everybody at the war depart-
"-" pieaaed with everybody else.
..e.isn-.rmiy harmonious condi.
ing tno status of the Insoector
erals office would be so modified that
It would be satisfactory to everybody
concerned.
Now General Miles is pleased. Gener
al Pr-klnridge smiles and ' General
v oroin is gratified. The onlv man sent the Yorktown to nunUh the nl
steamer under a musketry fire from
strong imrencnments from steamer
and the town.
ine rampanga returned a hot fire
out couia not move the steamer. The
Insurgent boarded the vessel. Have
who seem to be a UtUe weary is the rltlcal.
secretary himself, who for nearly two
mmrs touay listened to a learned dls-cu-ision
by General Mile of the reason
why he should have control of the
Inspector general' department equally
with the aecretay of war and why he
snouia receive reports from the artil
lery and cavalry as heretofore. Utwn
the conclusion of this conference the
secretary listened very carefully to
General Breckinridge, who Is said to
remain under the control of General
Miles, and to General Corbln, -and the
order as Issued will depart but little
from that under which the Inspector
general's department has been con
ducted In the past. Thus General
Miles has secured a vlotory over for
men Secretary Alger and Secretary
Root as, temporarily, at least, restored
harmony.
CROP FAILURE IN RUSSIA.
WASHINGTON, Aug. ll.-The state
department ha received a report from
Consul Henal, at Odessa, Russia, stat
ing that the failure of the crops In
many provinces In European Russia
Is much more serious than Is generally
admitted. Energetic steps have been
taken to meet the situation. The fam
ine districts are divided up and the
government is acquiring knowledge of
the failure In the several districts.
Employment is also being. given to a
large number of peasants on special
lines ot work, such aa road making.
One of the most difficult questions to
lie solved Is how working stock and
other animals are to be saved, the hay
crop being a complete failure.
On August 7th the Yorktown and
Concord and the gunboats Callao and
pampanga entered the port of San
Fern.vndo and found lntrenchments en
circling the waterfront fuUy manned.
The non-combattanta ' were seen
thronging lit a substantial warehouse
on the north aids of the town. The
vessels refrained from firing In their
direction. The first shell from the
Yorktown was answered without de
lay by field guns and musketry fire.
Vessols shelled the town 45 minutes.
Tha extent of the damage cannot be
ascertained. The Pampanga remained
there . The Concord and Callao are
also patrolling Llngayen Bay, Luson
Island. The Yorktown returned to
mall.
"The climate at Manila is delightful
now; vessels cannot be detached. All
are needed to prevent unauthorised
trading. WATSON."
ALASKA BOUNDARY LINE
ON BRITISH CHARTS.
Claims of the United State Sustained
on Charts of the British Hydro
graphlo Office.
NEW YORK. Aug. H.-A special to
the Herald from Washington says:
Clear evidence as to the growth of
the present Canadian contention re
garding the location of the Alaska
boundary line can be found in a com
parison ot official British and Cana
dian maps. It will be seen that Great
Britain ha not adopted on tha official
YESTSRDAY'S RACES
WERE UNSATISFACTORY.
Yachts Were All Haudlcapeu oy
CSanjeable Weather Defender
Again Beaten.
NEW BEDFORD. Mass., Aug. 1L
The runof the New York Yacht Club
fleet from Vineyard haven today to
this port proved the most unsatlsfac
tory ot the cruise, and, as far as rac
ing Jvas concerned was well nigh a
fixxle.
AU day the yacht wrestled with typ
leal dog day conditions, the winds from
all quarters and aU velocities, inter
spersed with won in her class. The
L'ommDia waa one of those and for a
second time on cruise, she beat the De
fender by many miles because of shift
ing Dreezes and calms, in fact so
far ahead was the new boat at tbe
finish that 'he Defender gave up en
tirely and did not round one of the
marks.
' DENIAL FROM MERRITT. ' ;
Says He Has Not Been Ordered To
Relieve General Otis at Manila. '
NEW YORK, Aug. 11. Since the
visit of General Wesley Merritt to
Secretary , Root, in this city, rumors
have been current that It has been
Bettled that General Merritt will suc
ceed General Otis In the Phllpplnes.
When General Merritt was see in his
home on Governors Island, he said:
"Any story that I may succeed Gen
eral Otis in the Philippines, is without
foundation. When Secretary Root was
in the city, three or four days ago,
I dined with him and, of course, I can
not discuss any subject that may have
come up. II I am ordered to Manila,
will obey order the same aa any
army officer would do."
FRANK MDANIELS ARRAIGNED.
Held to Answer Without. Bond for
Murder of Clara Fitch.
PORTLAND, Aug. 11. The prelimi
nary examination of Frank McDanleU,
accused of murdering; Clara Fitch, be
gan la the" municipal court today and
was concluded at 4:4 p. m. Acting
Judge. Mason held the accused to apt-ear
before the grand Jury without
bonds. Eight witness testified cn
the part of the state, but the evidence
aa a whole was the same aa given
before the coroners Jury and nothing
additional wa brought to Ught,
GOLD DUST AT 8T. MICHAELS,
SEATTLE, Aug. 1L It la stated
that there Is now at St MlchaeL Al
aska, about three mllUona of dollars
worth of gold dust for shipment to
San Friacisoo and Seattle. It I
thought this will conclude the big
gold shipment tor thl season.
COMMITTEE! ON TRUSTS.
ALBANY, N. Y, Aug. lL-Oovernor
Roosevelt has appointed the following-
delegates to the conference on trusts
to be held In Chicago beginning, on
the 13th of September next:
Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, Hon. John
G. Carlisle, Dr. Albert Shaw, Hon. W.
Uourke Cochrane, George Uunton. G.
F. Barber and Henry White.
RUSHING MANILA SUPPLIES.
CHATTANOGA, Tenn, Aug. IL
Captain McCarthy, quartermaster at
Chlckamauga Park, Ga.. has received
orders to rush ten carloads ot govern
ment supplies . to Manila.' Harness,
tools and tentage will be sent, a special
train being utilised.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON.
Tuition Free. Firjt term -beglna
Septenber 18, 1890. ExoeBeot course In
ancient and modern languages, science,
ouKhemaUcs, etc Graduate from the
tenth grade and front all accredited
schools admitted without examination.
Studaats not fully prepared to enter.
can take auidiia In which they ar de
Sclent, in the Eugene city high school. .
For catalogues and further informaUoa
address the President, or Hon, J. J. WaL
ten, Seciutaor, Eugene, Ore. '
BIDS WANTED.
Bids will be received at the office of
W. T. Dement till Saturday noon, A us;.
90, Dor ctnnpletln; the laying of ths
plank on dyke of Lowl and Clark road.
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