The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-11-09
TELEGRAPHIC.
Specials to The AstOrian.
MONTANA rs A STATE.
The Number on Her Knapsack is No. Al
Starving in the North East Provinces.

PoRTLAND, Nov. S.-Arthur NJ. Plato, an
employment agent, was errested to-day
on a charge of larceny preferred by r. S.
Jones who paid him dollar for q posi-
ton which Plato guaranteed him. Jones
did not secure the position, and hence the
charge.
JOS. has RETURNED.
Joseph HolladaY has returned and has
been placed under arrest. He was re-
leased on $1,000 cash bail until he purges
himself of contempt.
STARVING AT ToRRKNcE BAY.
HALIFAX, n. S., Nov. 8.-The reported
| distress among the fishermen at Terrence
Bay and Lower Prospect, West Halifax,
| is confirmed. Nearly half the population
in each village is on the brink of starva-
tion owing to the failure of the fisheries.
| Twenty or thirty families in each place,
numbering nearly 200 persons, have con-
sumed every scrap of food they could
obtain. Provisions will have to be sent
to them or many will undoubtedly per-
ish.
| NATIONAL W. C. T. U.
CHICAGO, Nov. S.-The sixteenth annu-
al convention of the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union met this
morning, with 400 or 500 delegates pres
ent from all parts of the country. The
morning session was devoted to the read
ing of the scriptures and prayers
FIRE AT wALLA wALLA.
/ WALLA WALLA, Nov. Sat noon to-
day the old hospital building at the gar
rison occupied by bandmaster Meyerilles,
was destroyed by fire. The loss is prob
ably $4,000.
DEMOCRATIC CELEBRATION.
WASHINGTON, Nov. S-Postmaster Gen
eral Wanamaker has received q telegram
from postmaster at Louisa, Kent county,
Kentucky, dated November z, in which
he says his Office has been completely de-
molished by persons who wanted to let
him know how Ohio had gone politically.
They used dynamite. An investigation
has been ordered.
Il MONTANA Is STATE.
/, WASHINGTON, Nov. 8.-President Har-
rison has issued a proclamation admit
ting Montana as a state.
Secretary Blaine was among the first of
the presidents callers this morning. He
brought a proclamation announcing the
statehood of Montana. The president
signed it, and it was given to the press
for publication. 1t is the same as the
Dakota proclamation.
JUDGE DEADY RETURNING.
PORTLAND, Nov. S.-Judge Deady is
expected to arrive home tomorrow.
THE PERUVIAN DEBT.
II New YORK, Nov. S.-The negotiations
/ between w. Il. Grace Il Co. and the own
ers of CSC. .0OO, 600 in Peruvian bonds and
} the republic of Peru have been settled.
, BY the provisions of the agreement, the
owners of the bonds relinguish their Sc
) curities as claims on Peru, in return for q
contract, to last sixty-six years, whereby
the management of all the railroads
large mining interests, all guano depos-
? its not owned by Chile, an extensive con-
cession of land in the neighborhood OF
., four million acres, and the payment OF
! 1000 Annually by the custom house al
. Callao, which is to be turned over to q
J representative of the English bondhold.
ers. These representatives are also to
: develop the mines and guano deposits
improve the lands turned over to them
J and develop and improve the railroads. Ii
7 will require $30,0O0,0O0 to put the rail
} roads in shape.
EMEIN BEY's POSITION.
New YORK, Nov. 8.-Herbert Ward
the African explorer, says, concerning
the disaster which has befallen EmiI
Bey: ut is remarkable that two of the
worst of the recent disasters in Centra
Africa have taken place on August 1st
and that Wadelai fell only one day later
Jameson died August 18th, Bartellot':
camp at Yambuy was wrecked Angus
18th and Wadlai, with Emin Pasha ant
Jephson fell, August 18th. 1t cannot bt
said when white men will never regaiI
their hold on this part of Contra
Africa. The discovery that Lake Nuts
Nzige is the western headwaters of the
1 Nile. and is not connected with tn,
, Congo, is new and valuable. The places
which Stanley said he passed through
! after leaving Albert Nyanza are valleys
! ! Many names have never been used be
u fore. Stanley may now take a cano,
> across Lake Victoria Nyanza to the soutl
: and proceed to German east Africa, Il
: to Mpwapaw and reach the coast at Bag
> amojo. 1t is very probable that he will
L but it depends entirely on the nature o
his supplies and the disposition of tn,
natives. expect Stanley will arrive n
Zanzibar soon after Christmas"