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ASTORIA, OKKfiON, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 13. 1899
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nONT CONDEHN...
All stool
bought a
The)- aro
firm C2 yean in the luiineew
ECLrlPSE.
...Hardware Co.
GRIFFIN & REED
RALSTON HEALTH CLUB
Break fat Food
Barley Food
Acne GlBtra Farina, Acme Wheat Flakes and Standard Kollcd Oats
2 A. V. ALLEN'S
Pacific Sheet
MANUFACTURERS OF
Salmon
Vefctitle
Fratt
...CANS
Lithographing on Tin a Specialty.
San Francisco, CaL Astoria. Ore. Falrnaven, Wasb.
Writ Um for- Prte
Here Is a List
Ot some High Grade Goods at moderate prices
RALSTON HEALTH P (IDS In great varlctv
ROSS, HIGGINS & CO
jlem Zealand fire fosMGe Go
Of New Zealand.
W. P. Thomas, Mgr., San Francisco.
UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOl DER5.
Subscribcnl Capital
Paid-Up Capital
Assets
Assots in United States
Surplus to Policy Holders
Has been Underwriting on the Pacific Coast over Twenty-two yenre.
SAHUEL ELMORE & CO.,
Resident Agents, Astoria, Oregon
ranges lcaiixQ you uufortuiiiitoly
clioMp ouo. liny ft
"SUPERIOR"
warranted in every particular, by o
.nOH IIOND HTRERT
Books...
Blank' and
Miscellaneous.
Paper...
New Crape and
Typc-wrltlnjr.
Waterman Fountain Pens
liox Decorotert Caper
awl envelope -'too.
Select Bran .
Yeast, Cocoa
Metal Works
spice
and
Syrnp
fresh from the mills.
AKOMATIC SPICES juornnteed the finest. .
TILLMANN'S 1'UKE EXTRACTS.
CHASE & SAXIJOKN'S COrTEES arc un
rivalled. Together with a host of other
good things.
15,000,000
1,000,000
2,545,114
300,000
1,718,792
IN FAVOR
OF DREYFUS
Dramatic Scenes at tbe Rennes
Trial Yesterday.
THE COURT WAS EXCITED
Prisoner Rises to His Feet, Confronts
an6 Denounces His Accusers
With Thrllllnf Effect.
(Copyrighted liiS by Associated Pre.)
KKNNKH, Aug. It Thla haa been
a tremendous day. M. Caalmlr Perler
gave to the court martial th. history
f the Dreyfus caa. lie spok. In
an emphatlo manner, arltb atrong
enioiluii and uften In a atrong ton. of
Indignation, lie appeared to greater
advantage than I ever remember to
have awn him before and waa honest
and truthful, though not free from a
pnae unlrea when anger at Ilea being
told about him made him quit natural.
M. Caalmlr I'crler declared that he
would nut leave tb. court until th. Im
putullnna agalnat him were cleared Up.
When the president of the court eald:
"Tell what you wnow of th. Dreytua
I affair," Mr. Caalmlr Perler aeemed un
t able to apeak. Aa a matter of fact
the blood ruined to hla heart whenever
h. la deeply moved, paralysing for a
abort time the organ, of speech.
General Mercler waa allowed to alt
while giving hla delilon, If long
winded. Dal explanations and remark
ran b. railed a deposition. He la quit.
of another type from M. Caalmlr Per
ler.
I He haa th. earring, and countenance
j of a trickster. Ksterhasy la Ilk.
brigand; Mercler Ilk. a dlahoneat gro-
; cor who adulleralea hla wares. HI
crlea are mere allta aurrounded with
puffy flr.h. They reveal nothing that
1 going un behind them. In.tlncta of
self preservation and .mull passion
that milliliter to It are alone expreesed
In hla withered countenance. He spoke
for hour. In a acarwly audible voire.
There waa hardly In hla deposition be
yond mm capital admission that he
sent tbe secret document to Colonel
Maruel with not a altict order,' but the
Implied order to .how them to the
other judges of th. 1894 court martial.
Apart from thla admlaalon, hla depos
ition Ilka that of Ocneral Roget, be
fore the court of cassation, waa full
of Innueiidoua of "perhap.es" and vf
"It la not Impossible" or "It may be"
and aurh verbal ambiguities
Qeneral Mcrcler'i deposition waa In
auch contrast to the graphic, power-
Each
Pu rchaser
of. '
TEA,
COFFEE,
SPICES,
EXTRACTS
At our .tor. U gives a tleket
entitling tti.m In a aelectloa
of any article In Ih.crockery
or hardware rieparamen!
Foard & Stokes Co.
Your Wife
i
Will Ilk. It; so will th. cook.
Star Estate Range
Satisfy all who ua them.
If your batter halt does th. cooking,
that Is an additional rsa.nn why ther.
hould b. a Star E.tat. Rang. In your
kitchen. Th. use of them prevents worry
and disappointment.
W, J.
BCULLT. Agent,
in Bond Street
M ' -18,
rejl""PS
ful story of M. Caclmlr Pcrlor, which
had throught the ring of truth, tbat
th general tu hooted as ha U'ft the
atand. II. and M. Caalmlr Perler Will
be confronted on Monday. I pity Dim.
Mundajr'l proceedings will b sensa
tional; "todays were thrilling, a lln
inai in. tiue la on in. turn.
There were other depositions of great
Importance, though they wer. not sen
sational. Their Importance lay In their
covering th. antl-Dreyfu.lllcs with
confusion by nailing their Ilea to tb.
counter. Th. officers who Judged
Dreyfus may have, for decency's sake
to acquit blin but they will do to r-
lucantly and with hearts filled with
gall. They ar. not to be converted by
th. evidence but It may, and I believe
It will,' overbear them.
(Signed) EMILY CRAWFORD,
ARRAIGNED BY MERCIER.
Dreyfua Murclllcsly Denounced In
Hpeecb Lasting Nearly Four Hours.
KENNE8, Aug, U.-A trying seen.
closed today's sessli,n of tb. Dreyfu.
trial. Oencral Mercler had .apoken
nearly four hour. In a ruthlcs denun
elation of Dreyfus, who had listened
unmoved until Mercler concluded by
saying If he had not been convinced of
th. guilt of Dreyfus, and If the Utter.
conviction hsd nut been fortified since
Mi, he would admit he bad been mis
taken. Dreyfus Jumped to his feet aa
though the words had galvanised him
Into Ufa and shouted In a vole, which
resounded through the hall like a
Irumphet note:
That la what you ought to aay."
The audience burst Into wild cheers.
whereupon uahers called for .Hence.
When Mercler replied be would ad
mit Dreyfus waa Innocent if there was
ny doubt, the prisoner shouted:
Why don't you then?"
This was followed by another out
burst of applause. Ex-preeldent Css
Imlr I'erler then rose) and dramatically
drmandt-d to be confronted with Mer
cler In order to deny some of his state
ments. Colonel Jouauste ordered "tha
court to adjourn until Monday for con
frontation, and aa Mercler turned to
leave the court th. audience rose en
masse and hissed and cursed him.
those back of th. court standing cm
chairs and benches In order to better
hound him down.
Uendarmea placed themselves be
tween th audience and the general.
who showed strong disposition to mal
treat former minister of war. Mercler
hurried out of the court room through
the side door amid tierce denunciations
of the audience. Un going Into the
Ktrwt the crowd outnlde cheered him
lid cried "Vive Uurme."
All" cried a spectator of the scene
In court "if they had heard the In
human Hummer speak they .would not
cheer him now."
"WOKKINU SATISFACTORILY."
Knglish Ktilway Superintendent's lie-
luct.int Admission u. to Ameri
can Locomotives.
LONDON, Aug. U At a meeting of
the Midland Hallway Company the
chairman announced that the locomo
tive superintendent had reported that.
although the tlrsl ten American lo
comotives were by no menus eo,uul in
tin In n to English locomotives, Uicy
were doing their work satisfactorily.
It was the company's custom, he
said, to run engines a thousand miles
and then to overhaul them, charging
any defects to the makers. The same
rule would be applied to American
locomotives and the company would
be then better able to form reliable
opinion of their merits.
EXroHTS FOR JULY.
A larger Showing For That Month
Thau For Many Years.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 The mon
thly statement of the exports ot do
mestic products shows that the exports
for July were as follows:
UreadetulTs t21,0iU75, Increase as
compared with July, 1S9S, nearly
14,500,000.
Cattlo Vnd hogs, J2.J41.192, decrease
(9,000.
Provisions, $H.S-0,344. Increase 5,
000,000. Cotton. 5,442,995, Increase $3,614,000.
Mineral oils, $5,245,519. Increase
$500,000.
These show a larger total for July
tor these Ave articles than for any
preceedlng July In many years.
TO CHEAPEN CIQARS.
Government Will Admit Porto
Cigar Without Any Duty.
Rico
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12. The offic
ials of the war department are now
considering the question of the re
moval or material reduction ot .the
duty on leaf tobacco grown In and ship
ped from Porto Rico to Cuba and the
Indications are that an order to this
effect will be Issued within It short
time. Under the president's proclama
tion of December S, 189S, the duty on
this tobacco was fixed at $5 per pound.
This rate has been found to be pro
hibitive. The Porto Rlcan tobacco
growers represent that the tobacco ln
1 dustry In the Island sill be ruined Un
1 less relief Is soon afforded them.
THE SEASON
IS TOO SHORT
v-
Leading- Cannerymen Advocate
Change Is toe taw.
RUN OF FISH GETTING LATER
At Least Five Days Should Be Added
and More Fish Canaed at the
Mouth of the River,
With a view to ascertaining th. tm
presslon relative to the 1M pock as
published Friday morning, and In ad
ditlon, to get a concensus of opinion as
to the feasibility of extending the
present open season, an Astorlan rep
resentative was detailed to Interview
some of the leading cannerymen yes
terday. One of th. first encountered
by the reporter In his quest was the
genial governor of Oregon, who, Id
company with hla father, Mr. H. J.
Geer, Is visiting friends In Astoria and
vicinity.
Althougn you are not a cannery-
man, I am going to ask your opinion
of the fishing situation, governor?"
the reporter said.
I am pleased that you have put
thai question," was the answer.
There Is a rumor current that I came
here to personally act In enforcing the
cIohIit law, whereas there could be
nothing further from the truth. The
Fates facetiously decreed, 1 suppose,
that I should arrive la Astoria at the
Identical period when the shut down
was on. The truth Is, I came with no
object other than to whiff th. ocean
breeiea, and find some' relief trom
the broiling sun In the Inland. Con
cerning the extension ot time beyond
Aucust 10th, you may quote me as
being most heartily In accord with It.
talked with the members of the Push
club last night, and renlly, for the first
time, was afforded an Insight into the
nrevslllna condition. Ther teU me
It Is sn iudlroutablo fact that the
salmon are annually making a later
run. Such being the case, the law by
all means should be amended. In my
apaclty us the stale's chief executive.
would support tbut proposition in
every possible manner."
"Would your Interest In the subject
prompt you to summon the legislature
In special session to accomplish It?'
ti is true," replied the governor,
"that another fishing season will
elapse before the atate legislature
uguln convenes. Still to answer that
question with due regard to Its grave
Importance would require much
thought and serious investigation. It
should not be forgotten that another
season may find conditions more fav
orable and the Columbia exempt from
a prolonged freshet."
C. H. Chutter, local manager ot A,
Booth & Co. sold: "I have noticed the
published estimate of the 1S99 pack,
and while In a few Individual Instances
there may have been Inaccuracies, I
think, In the aggregate, the figures
were reliable."
"With reference to the time exten
sion, Judging trom the prevailing con
ditions of the last two or three years,
I think, five or even ten days should
be added to the present closing date."
Mr. Chutter was asked whether, in
hla opinion, the fish now coming Into
the river would move beyond the
dalles before the opening ot tbe fall
season,
"I very much doubt it," he said.
Questioned as to their canning con
dition there as compared to this point,
he replied: "The Hearer to the ocean
the fish are caught, the better they
are. The longer they remain in the
river, the more nearly worthless they,
become. As to the closing period, I
might say definitely that I believe Au
gust 15th would meet any general
emergeney. However, the state of
the river would still have a great
deal to do with It. For Instance, it
the freshet should hang on, as It has
thla year, and which. In my mind, is
the direct cause of the current late
run, I believe the fish commissioner
should be empowered to extend the
season In keeping with the exigencies
of the occasion. As a matter ot fact,
the freshet has continued this year
later than has ever before been
known. At least that Is my Impres
sion. This has been the Immediate
cause of the fish not making their or
dinary run."
"Are they still fishing on the Wash
ington side. Mr. ChutterT"
"They were fishing on Taylor's sein
ing grounds this morning, and t be
lieve It Is generally recognized that
those grounds are on the Washington
side. At the same time, I understand
that Mr. Taylor has deeds from both
the state of Oregon and the state of
Washington. I don't know how the
concurrent jurisdiction law would af
reet th. seining at that point, nor
whether our commissioner could go
over ther. and stop their work on tb.
Washington side. I met Mr McGowan
last night and h. stated that h. would
not receive any fish today. Personally,
I havs nntlflml all nf mv trap men that
purchases were closed on our part."
Mr. LornsU'ln, secretary of the Co
lumbia River Flrherman's Protective
Cnlon, said:
"Th. clone season her. Is a humbug.
I don't believe that w. should have
anv. As to the fish getting abov. Th.
Dalles in- Hentember 10th, they don't
begin to. If they did, they would b
black and entirely faded out Another
thing; tbe wheels should be taken out
ot th. river. A good plan might b
to establish a line aero, th. river, and
let all the fish that get beyond It go
Scott free. Pay no attention to thgm
after they get abov. high water. Ther.
Is no question but that the present
season ha been aggravatlngly ate;
and when tbe summer or spring la
late, the fish are invariably backward.
Their spavn la deficient besides. When
the iujun rieveloDS early, however, the
spawn la always In normal condition."
Asked if fishing was being prose
cuted on the Washington side, a, well-
known fisherman who was In the office
t the time, said:
"They were running a seln oft of
Tongue Point this morning. It could
be' seen very distinctly. They were
fishing up at Miller's Sands, too, and
got In ten tons that I know of."
Mr. N. W. Tallant discussed the sub
ject as follows:
I had a talk with Governor Geer
today and told him that I should cer
tainty advise extending the open sea
son, at least, five days and rhorten, in
turn, the spring season five days. He
acquiesced with me concerning the
llsh now entering the river running
above the dalles. It is my opinion that
they do not try to do so. Tbelr spawn-
ng grounds are up in Cathlamet bay
beyond Tongue Point, and from there
along to Oak Point and In the various
loughs In that vicinity. Of course.
there may be a few that would reach
the dalles, but not many, and the tew
that did ao would have their fat and
strength entirely exhausted."
Continuing, Mr. Tallant said: "It
very evident that the salmon of
today are quite superior to the salmon
w. had ten years ago the first of
August. I think there Is more than
wo weeks' difference In them, much of
whl-h Is attributed to the eocdltijn ef
the river. This year the river has been
very high. If the water had slack.
enei, the fish would have come in
earlier."
Mr. Tallant stated that he bad heard
the fishing on the Washington side was
to cl'Mie do n for a couple of days and
then start again. He also said that
the river was higher today than at
any time for the same period In fifteen
years.
- In speaking ot the published esti
mate of the 1S99 pack, Mr. T. U. Mc
(Jovern sal J: "The report might have
been a trifle inaccurate by reason ot
the cunnerymen In some Instances
counting tour dozen cases ot half
pounds as full cases. I consider It as
trustworthy as It was possible to make
it at the time. Regarding an extension
of time, Mr. McGovern held the fol
lowing opinion:1 "I think the close,
season should extend until the first of
May and that the open season should
continue from that time until August
2ith. The regular salmon have been
coming In later for the last three
years, and I believe It Is natural for
the hatchery fish to come In later."
In conclusion he said: "This season
demonstrates that the pack on the.
river cannot be depended upon. We
are likely to' have short seasons, and
In view of this, the entire Columbia
river pack ought to be put up and sold
only as strictly fancy goods and at a
price that such goods should natur
ally bring. There is an Increasing de
mand east for this quality of sahion,
which can be obtained no where else
In the world than right at the mouth
of the Columbia river. For this reason,
It would behoove the cannerymen to
join In a concerted action looking to
this end. It has been the aim ot the!
Columbia River Packers Association
to carry this Idea Into effect. It cer-j
toinly would not only benefit the can-)
nerymen, but every fisherman as well.1
Mr. William M. Barker's views coin
cided in the main with those ot Mr,
McGovern. Mr. Barker thought tha
the estimate of the Association pac
was lower lhan It really was. He" sad
that during the last few days thei
was quite a run ot salmon whlc
should have added materially to th
showing. Regarding the close reason,
he thought it was a farce. For years,
they had been propagating Augus
Continued on page three.
jcy
Makes the food more delicious and whofesoma
ow awiwiweo., wwrowc
TO CLOSE
THE PORTS
Plans Being Considered to Stzt
Off Insurgent Supplies.
ATTEMPT TO STARVE MANILA
Afutoaldo's Decree Had This Porpos
fa Vlew-Seiator Stewart oa
Expassloi.
NEW YORK. Aug. 12.-A special to
the Herald from Washln?t.n says:
Serious conslJcratlon Is t.ig g'von
by the authorities to the qt:on of
suppressing tho H'.egAt trading bet've-n.
the Filipino insurgjnts and the terri
tory under their control nnd the eJt-
slde world.
The situation Is complicate!, accord
ing to advices received from General
Otis by the action of Agulnaldo in In
terdicting traffic between tbe natives
and seaports not under the control ot
the American foroe. and ships ot
American register. This interdiction.
General OUs says, is In retaliation for
his action In Issuing licenses to per
sons in Manila to continue trading la
the staple products ot tha Islands. -
Military officers say tbe native In
habitants of Manila now rely largely
upon their commercial trading trans
actions for their livelihood and 'they
see In Agulnaldo's- decree an attempt
to stop th trad betweea Manila and
other bland porta In the hope ot be
coming a starving city upon General
Otis' bands, Authorities are much ex
ercised over the possibility of a gen
eral smuggling of hemp and rloe.
These articles have appreciated In val
ue MO per cent and tbe Immense gain
to be secured is a great temptation to
smugglers.
Rear-Admlrol Watson la co-operating
with the army to prevent the con
tinuance ot tbe illegal trading and in
a dispatch to the uavjr department
today he announced that on account
of the necessity of preventing such
trading he would be unable to send
any .ot his. ships north aa advised by
Acting Secretary Allen.
At a conference held by Secretary
of War Root with Acting Secretary ot
tbe Navy Allen, the advisability of
proclaiming a blockade ot certain ports
was discussed, but on account of tbe
status which auch action would give
to the struggle in the lslalds. It is
doubtful If action ot a formal charac
ter will be taken. Blockade, In fact,
however, will exist, stronger In char
acter than that now enforced.
STEWART'S EXPANSION VIEWS.
No Longer a Question Whether or Not
We Are in Favor of It.
NEW YORK, Aug. 12. A special dis
patch to the Times trom Washington.
W- ... ..-4-tbs
In reply to a question concerning
his views on expansion, Senator Stew
art, of Nevada, said today:
"We have expanded and it Is no
longer a question whether ' of not we
ore in favor of It. It make no differ-'
ence whether the United Spates had a
right to buy those Islands or whether ,
Spain had a title to dispose ot them.
' The facts remain that we did buy
them and we are there now to give
the natives an opportunity to rule
themselves. .
'Maybe our arguments are rather
strong, but that la apparently the only
way to deal witn tnese people, W.
cannot sell them.
If we should, then It would be to
some monarchy and the people ot the
United States would stamp with unan
imous disapproval the sale ot a coun
try' and Its people.
'The policy of tse United States in
the Philippines ha not been aggres
sive enough. I believe a more vigor- '
oua campaign will be waged In the
future." , j:U
PROTRACTED ARBITRATION.
LONDON, Aug. 11 The Times In
an editorial this morning on the Ven-
ezeula boundary arbitration complains
that the proceedings are unnecessar
ily "protracted and expressed a fear '
that? the example thus set will "oper
ate Ho prejudice the arbitral mode ot
settjing differences."
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