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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-01-19
CREATES PANIC
IN INDIANA REGIMENT.
Every Effort Used to Bring About the
Regiments Recall-outlaws Ravag-
Ing Pinar Del Rio District.

NEW YORK. Jan. ia dispatch to
tho Herald from Havana says An out
and out panic exists in the One Hundred
and Sixty-frst Indiana regiment. owing
to tho spread OF smallpox. Men and OH
GERS are using every influence TO bring
about the regiments recall. In the mean
time all who can secure sick leave are
going home. Jacob Dexter. OF Monticello
Ind, has died OF smallpox. Alonzo Gra-
ham Of Madison, Ind. is dying OF black
smallpox There are tive other cases and
several suspects all in the same regi-
ment.
The court martial In the case OF Prl-
ware Buckley, OF the Second Louisiana.
rendered a sealed verdict which will be
forwarded to Washington. IL Is known
that Buckley has been found guilty and
unless Mckinley lnterferes he will be
shot.
General Charee has been seriously III
OF calontura, but Is better
Another three million dollar deal Is
all but completed by which the American
syndicate will acquire the San Jose
docks and warehouses, This is the finest
property Of its kind in the western hem
isphere, and in some ways in the world.
A lease has been refused, though sew
eral companies have desired TO take It for
long term OF years.
New York men have secured an option
and win undoubtedly take the docks and
warehouses at the price named, but
should they fail the American Indies
Company is ready at days notice 10
duplicate the contract and pay cash.
Several other important deals are ma
turing, and as the opinion gains that the
United States viii retain control of the
island, capitalists become more eager to
make investments.
At the custom houses, centenes are
accepted at sIS2, the value fixed by
President Mckinley, and the result is
that number Of little speculations have
been engineered by clerks who were
smart enough TO take advantage Of the
peculiar situation. zaldo & Co., bankers,
offered Si.S9 for centenes, which gave
the custom house clerks margin Of
cents. This condition of affairs win cor
rect itself when exchange settles to a
normal basis.
Reports from Pinar del Rio say that
the province is being ravaged by ban
dts, who have broken away from the
insurgent forces. Thus far no great DAM
age has been done and the crimes COM
mitted are not OF serious nature, but
the ranks Of the outlaws are constant
ly increasing and their raids are becom-
ing more daring. Unless the Americans
soon announce some policy in regard to
assisting in paying the insurgent troops
the lawlessness will spread and every
province will have to deal with Its bands
Of men who find II pleasanter to rot
plantations than to remain In camp to
accept the bounty Of friends.
This matter has become 80 serious al
to demand the attention Of General
Brooke, who win soon send his persona
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wilson HAs 4 HARD rIaHr.

OLYMPIA. Jan. E-The fusion caucus
tonight decided to continue the support
OF Congressman James Hamilton Lewis
as a candidate for United States senator
until flve members ask for another eau
Gus. The popullsts and middle of the road
ers endeavored to have populists. includ-
ing Governor Rogers. make caucus nom
inees for complimentary votes. but they
were outvoted, Eve to one. The fusion
minority Is now In a position to break the
possible, but improbable. republican dead
lock. but their leaders stated after to-
nights caucus that that proposition
would not be taken up in caucus until
later. although II IL being discussed
among individuals. Il
Lambert, who went from Humes to Will
son today, was originally a Wilson man,
and claimed he voted for Humes out OF
personal friendship. The taking of Pat
terson by Humes from Foster precipita-
ted a movement during the day which
crystallzed tonight in uniting the oppo-
sltion to Wilson more securely than be-
fore.
Tomorrow Wilson has been promised
Beal. who voted yesterday and today for
Humes, and principally on account of
the state capital question. Wilson b
likely to lose one from Thurston county
tomorrow.
Barlow, one Of the men on Fosters sick
list, is expected to arrive tomorrow. and
Hammer who sent letter today saying
he would vote for Foster, is able to leave
his room and will be permitted to vote
in caucus by proxy for Foster. If de-
sired. There is no genuine republican
caucus agitation tonight The Ankeny
managers claim their ability to increase
his vote when they desire to do so.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-01-19
ACTIVITY AT
THE CAPITOL
Both House and Seaate MAX
Ing Good Progress With
State Affairs.
ADMISSION or OREGON
Anniversary Of the Event VIII
Be Appropriately Celebrated
February IA.
RELIEF FOR SUPREME COURT
Senator FUlton's Bill Allows Each
Justice a stenOgrsDhsr Bill 10
Prevent Election Frauds.
RELIEF FOR SUPREME COURT

sALEM. Jan. is--IA the house this az
tsrnoon a bills were read the second
tims and referred 10 ths proper commit
tsos Tho senate bill authorizing trustees
Of tho Jefferson Institute. at Jefferson.
TO dispose OF itS property was pa5sed
Seven OF tho 10 bllls introduced during
tho forenoon session pAssed tho firBl read
Ing. and four now biils were introduced
Shorwln was given consent to withdraw
his sugar beet bounty bill and substitute
another with slight amendments. Platrs
Joint memorial 70 congress for the cleo
ton OF United States senators BY vote
Of the people. introduced several days
ago. was adopted.
Chairman Kuykondali. OF the joint com
mitioo appointed At tho special session 10
arrange for tho celebration OF the torti-
9th anniversary OF the admission Of Ore
gon into the Union. and also the httleth
anniversary OF tho extension Of the
United States laws over Oregon territory.
this afternoon presented a brief outline
Of the program for the celebration and
got the senate's endorsement The cole
pTaAioh VIII hAAr pace ffuVuhFy IL, on
which date the president approved the
act Of congress admitting oregon to
statehood.
Another bill TO relieve the supreme
court was introduced In the senate this
afternoon by Fulton. II being TO allow
each OF tho three justices 20 have a
stenographer Of his own choosing, at an
annaul salary OF 1850
A number OF bills passed the second
reading in the senate. and the follow
Ing were introduced
BY wade-ro regulate passenger and
freight rates on railroads
BY Muikey-1o prevent corrupt prae-
tlces at elections by requiring candidates
to fiie verified statements OF their cam
palgn expenses
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OBSTINATE
GOVERNOR
West Virginia'S 'SExecutiye Re-
fuses TO Recognize the
Lower House.
SENATE DOES LIKEWISE
Unprecedented Condition as a
Result Of AtkinsOn's
Candidacy.
BUSINESS AT A sTANDsrILL
Senate Adjourns without GivIHg the
Heuss chsass to Announce Its Or
gsnizstion In Other States.

CHARLESTON, W. Va. jan. 1.-THE
political situation has assumed serious
aspect by reason OF the refusal OF Gov
ernor Atkinson and the senate, which %
republican. to formally recognize the
house. Though the governor has been
notified that the house 10 organised and
ready for business. no has not trans
mitted his message and there 10 no in
dication as to when he will do 50.
The governor was asked this afternoon
IL he would give out the reason
for his course. brt he declined to talk.
The senate has persisted in adjournIng
each Day Immediately after eoAvsning.
thus frustrating the efforts OF the house
committee to apprise It OF the fact that
the house was In session. A republican
leader In the house today made the re-
mark that there VIII BE- house in . few
days that the governor viii recognize.
The republicans win. tomorrow night.
caucus for the senatorial nomination
Commissioner Scott and Governor Akin
son are the leading candidates. but il Is
impossible to predict who win be the
nominee
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GOVERNMENT HoNoRS A
DESERVING oREGoNIAN.
F. W. vaille, Formerly in the Railway
Mail Service at Portland, to Take
Charge at Manila.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 1s.-F. W, Yaille.
OF Oregon, who. on the acquisition of the
Philippine islands was dispatched to
Manila as United States postal agent, to
be in charge there. will shortly be ap-
pointed directory Of posts for that archl-
peligo, with functions similar to those Of
assistant postmaster general here. He
will have complete control, under the
supervision OF Postmaster General
Charles Emory Smith, of the adminlstra-
ton postal affairs Of those islands
Mr.. Vaille has been In the service as
assistant superintendent Of railway mail
service at Portland. Ore, for nine years.
He is a native Of Massachusetts,. As
postal agent he had made a strong rec
ord In organizing and extending the post
al schemes there. 1t had been suggested
to send commission Of experts to the
Philippines, with a view of making re-
commentators for service bur the post
master general, especially in view OF the
small number OF offices, decided against
that action as unnecessary and viii d.
rectly entrust the executive responsibility
TO Mr.. Vaille The latter viii mako con-
slant reports, advising the adunistra-
ton here Of the postal situation In that
portion Of the east.
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coNTDsrrNa suTRos MILLIONS.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1s-The trust
clause in the will OF the late Adolph Su-
tro, in which he beQueaths much of his
most valuable property to charities and
educational purposes, under certain con-
dltlons. has been declared invalid by
Judge Trout, and the estate win resolve
TO the heirs. One contest has already
been prepared for filing. Mrs. Clara
Kluge claims to be the contract wife Of
the millionaire, by whom, she asserts,
she bore two children.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-01-19
sHAFTER AT SAN FRANCISCO.

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 1S.--After an
absence OF nine months Major General
Shafter, U. S. A.. returned to San Fran
cisco tonight on the overland train. May
or Phelan headed a delegation of citizens
who met the incoming ferry boat, and
after formally welcoming General Shat
ter, escorted him to the Palace Hotel,
where he was received by General Mer-
rlam, whom he win relive at noon to-
morrow of the responsibilities Of the
California department.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-01-19
BUSINESS MEN MEET.

ST. LOUIS. Jan. 1S-The annual meet
ing of the Business Mems League was
held last night. Two hundred merchants
and capitalists were present. A resolu-
ton was adopted heartily endorsing the
action Of the delegates from the states
and territories comprised in the Lousi-
ana purchase In deciding to commemor-
ate the event Of the purchase BY hold
ing worlds fair in st. Louis and pledg-
ing full support to the undertaking.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-01-19
QUAYs QUESTIONABLE METHODS

.QDA1 , QUESIlONAbLE METHODS.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Jan, 1S.--The feel
ing between the candidates, their mana
gers and their followers In the great bat
tie for United States senator has been in
tensihed by the rulings of Lieutenant
Governor Goblin at today's joint as
sembly OF the senate and house. Goblin
refused to entertain an appeal from his
decision excluding the series of rules
regulating the procedure of the confer
ence and declaring the assembly ad-
joured when three-fourths Of the sena-
tors and members voted otherwise
The anti-Quay republicans and demo-
Gratis were hurriedly called together after
the session adjourned by Senator William
Flynn. OF Allegheny, (republican) chair
man of the anti-Quay organization in as
sembly. The roll call showed las senators
and representatives present. OF those
five republicans who voted for Quay par
ticipated in the meeting and indicated
their sympathy with the movement A
committee Of seven was appointed TO
prepare a series Of resolutions. to be
submitted to the adjourned meeting
which was held this evening in the hall
Of the house Of representatives. The hall
Of the house was crowded with legisla-
tors and politicians when the night meet
ing was called to order by Chairman
Bliss. Flynn presented the report. 1t
recites the excluded rules and the right
to prescribe such, declaring that the
presiding officers action violated all rules
and precedents, and resolves:
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-01-19

ylews 10 Washington. Brooke would
like an Interview with Gomez frs' bot
the old chief refuses 70 80 70 Havana and
Of course Brooke cannot 90 70 him.
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That, as the joint uescmbly has ire
undoubted right 70 govern rs own pro-
cedure and 70 elect Or change 4 presld-
Ing officer at pleasure. tho same rules
b. offered at t0monows meeting Of the
joint assembly and their consideration de.
manded prior 10 any ballot for United
States senator
This report Is signed by 10 senator's ana
i2O representatives. four more than at
tended tho day meeting.
The true northerner., 1899-08-02
A Rooster's Busy Day.

Saturday afternoon a rooster that
had decorated a window in the lower
part of Lewiston got out Of his cage
and flew across Lisbon street. The
owner went after him. and he went
into Maynard Goff's door and upset ~
box of cigars of the best variety, and
then flew into the box of old coin.
that Mr.. Goff keeps on his back
shelves. The owner followed him in
and made n desperate lunge at him.
He missed the rooster, which flew
out of the door and went down the
street In the air, squawking ferocious-
ly He next went into the open door
of Nelson Gagne's store, and made
flying leap on the counter in the back
room. Here were several men enjoy
ing a quiet smoke. One of them was
just drinking u glass of water or
something, and the rooster flew into
his face, upsetting the water and
sprinkling ii on his shirt bosom. Mr..
Fred Peltier caught the rooster by the
tail feathers and pulled them out. The
alarmed bird escaped again and went
into the fish market of Sammy Stuart.
where in the window was pile of live
Holsters, mad, and squirming about
for something to bite. One of them
closed on the leg of the rooster, and,
though he was too cold to bite hard,
held on till the owner of the bird ar
rived and caught him.-Lewiston
Journal.
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ed, but the nurse. In kindly sympathy.
where her tired eyes could see them
op awakening. The doctor gave no
hope of the patients recovery. and
so. with womanly pity. she tried 10
make the girls last days as happy as
possible Before the afternoon was
half over a gentleman called and ask
ed 10 see No. 20. ''She is not expected
to live," said the nurse. studying the
white. anxious face before her. "Are
you n friend? She has no relatives, |
think"
'les-a friend. That is. | knew her
years ago" he said hesitatingly. Per
haps you had better break IL 10 her
first; IL might startle her"
AS the nurse went back the. girl
opened her great brown eyes, her ears
caught the sound of merry laughter,
and her gaze wandered to the daffo-
dis; longing look crept into her
eyes. "Who brought me the flowers,
nurse?" she asked in a kind of breath
less wonder, and sudden idea took
possession of the nurse "A gentle
man, a friend who knew you years
ago." she replied. A deep flush dyed
the girls white cheeks. "Is he hereT
she said eagerly, and the white,
wasted hands opened and closed con-
vulsively.
"Yes, and if you'll promise not to
excite yourself, you shall see him for
a few minutes" said the nurse soOth-
ingly. and forthwith ushered in the
visitor
With a stihed cry he fell on his
knees by the bed. "Damaris" he said,
and the girl touched his rough curls.
You have come back" she whispered
with half incredulous joy; the nurse
dropped the curtain and left them to-
gether
Il knew you had come when | saw
the dafIOdls," she went on with a
tremor of eagerness. Don't you re-
member how We met in the time Of
daffodls, and how happy we We're"
He took the little trembling hands
and kissed them passionatcly You
didn't receive my letter that wrote
six years ago asking you to marry me
and telling how | had deceived YOU"
he said.
Did you deceive me? 1t doesn't
natter she smiled: nothing matters
now you have come back to me-"
He kissed the small white face.
'You will get better, Damaris," he
pleaded. "fOr my sake, sweetheart,
though God knows | don't deserve it,"
She took his face in her two hands.
How could | die and leave you all
alone" she asked pa,hetically.
Thus after many years they took up
the severed thread Of their lives. and
love. "who will not be denied"
smoothed out the tangle and wove in
its stead his golden mesh.-Buffalo
News
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all ARBUCkLE Bros NOTION DEP

was detailed TO patrol. with a slpdge
hammer and q leather bag with new
spikes in its lung by strap over his
shoulder He was to keep n sharp
lockout for snake heads, for they were
DANGEROUS things for a car to come
into contact with and. when he found
one, spike it down fiat TO the stringer
again. The safety of life and prop
trty on railroads depended in great
measure on the vigilance of the snaln
Spiker And il was over such rails
rs those that the boys of the old days
had the nerve to push their engines a
l..
The true northerner., 1899-08-02
GREATEST OLD ENGIELL
He Used To Make Mile Minute v
AN Old Engine.

Speaking of the locomotives Of ~
olden time" said veteran railroad der.
reminds me of the greatest ore ot
the day, the Carroll of CarrOllton.
named for the great Maryland singer
OF the declaration of independence
She was built by Ross Winans in Bali
timore for the Boston and Worcester
railroad in 1S49
"She was the first locomotive in this
country to have wrought-iron driving
wheels, and the first one in the world
with drivers seven feet I'm diameter.
And she was a coal burner, the very
first Of her kind. Jimmy Jackman
was the engineer who ran her, and ne
saw every bit of her machinery made
and put together, good many of the
appliances being of his own sugges-
ton. He thought nothing of running
her a mile in sixty seconds, and n mile
in sixty-three seconds was a common
and easy task for her. Those were
the days of single tracks, mind you.
and hand brakes, and cast-iron rails,
primitive appliances, so to run a To-
comotive at a mile-a-minute rate.
which to-day is considered feat
worthy of talking about and boasted
of, required nerve and judgment in
an engineer that few engineers have
to-day.
And speaking af shaking heads
that is something the present-time
railroader or railroad traveller knows
nothing about. One of the most i'm
portant employees of a railroad in the
old days was the snake splker.' When
the rails were simply iron straps spik-
ed to wooden stringers the straps in
time worked loose, and the ends where
they were Joined together would curl
up and look lige big snake with its
head raised n few inches from the
ground. Hence the name. The snake
spiker was trusted man, who had a
certain section Of the track which he
The true northerner., 1899-08-02
The Nightingale.

Here comes a singer indeed, who
has neither equal nor second, says the
Gentleman's Magazine. If its song is
unknown TO any who read this.
would say. wait until you hear music
solemn and yet jubilant as ever came
from a bird: voice of transcendent
sweetness. variety, and with su-
preme power Of impressing itself on
the very inmost fiber of our minds,
and bringing us into some mysterious
sympathy with things beyond our un-
derstanding, and when you hear IL
you may know you are listening to the
nightingale. That song has been de-
scribed over and over again; poets
have loved 10 sing it, and Milton, in
his 80 nightingale that on yon bloom
ing spray" has, with his curious and
accurate felicity, found just the word
that expresses one of its chief charms
its LIQUID notes." WOrdsworth's.
Those notes of thine, they thrill and
pierce,
Tumultous harmony and fierce,
express other OF it's beauties.
Keats famous ode has in it less OF
the nightingale than Of his own feel
ing on hearing the nightingale. but
yet his epithet. full -throated ease"
hits that carelessness of utterance.
that unpremeditativeness joined with
supreme finish, which places 1t
above and beyond all bird artists. But
if | were asked what is its best, its
most wonderful achievement, | should
say il was the marvellous crescendo on
one note almost human in its artistic
perfection. This is "the one low pip
ing sound more sweet than ALL Of
Coleridge-Coleridge who has so de-
Tended the bird against the charge of
melancholy that all other defenses can
be but a plagiarism of his.
"'Tis the merry nightingale
That crowds and hurries and preclpi-
tates
With fast thick MARBLES his delicious
notes."
Indeed, / do not know how the ia
BILE of the melancholy nightingale has
crept into the minds Of men; not only
is the song exultant but every move
ment of the bird is full of verve and
joyousness.
The true northerner., 1899-08-02
Jnnnnese Pnwnhrokers.

Pawnbrokers in Japan are not al
lowed to charge more than 100 per
cent upon their advances, enough. in
all conscience, ii would seem to Eu-
ropeans. and yet not enough to satisfy
the gentry in question, who assert
that the rate is wholly inadequate.
The japanese diet has been consider
ing the question of abolishing this re-
striction.
II appears that thousands in the
large towns who subsist by manual
labor find themselves constantly with
out money to pay their dinners. They
have enough left to pay for their
breakfast and bath, which they sell
dom neglect and which costs them
about one farthing, but dinner is be-
yond their resources. 1t is their Gus
tom, therefore. to put every day some
of their property In pawn in order to
buy the midday meal, and in the even
ing. when they receive their wages,
they redeem the pledged article, hav-
ing just enough left to pay for their
supper AMI breakfast. This perform
ance they 80 through regularly six
days n week, so that the pawnbroker
has to make nearly 30 entries in his
books in the course Of the month.
The law lays down that only cents
can be charged as interest on a loan
of 8 cents for one yearltand, as most
of these dinner loans 90 not exceed
that amount, the pawpbroker has TO
make his 30 entries or $50 a month for
a sum of half cent London Leader.
The true northerner., 1899-08-02

Regard II well. tits yet a lordly place.
Palace OF Love. once warmed with sacred
fires,
Sounding from end to end with JOY Of
Tyres,
Fragrant with incense. with great lights
ab.aze.
The fires are dead now; dead the festal
rays:
No more the music marries keen desires,
No more the incense of the shrine
aspires.
And of Loves godhead there is now no
trace.
Yet IL one walked at night through those
dim halls,
Might II not chance that ghostly shapes
would rise.
And ghostly lights glide gllmmering down
the walls,
That there might be stir. sound Of
sighs.
And gentle voices answering gentle calls,
And gentle, wandering wraiths OF melo-
diesI
Philip Bourk Marston.
The true northerner., 1899-08-02
Advance in Hawaii.

The pearly group of islands of the
Pacific which last fall unfurled the
stars and stripes as its national en-
blem Is reaping the substantial fruits
of its enterprise. From the darkness
of the uncivilization which overshad-
owed these islands like a pail a few
years ago, they have risen to a posi-
ton of Importance in the eye OF the
great commercial nations Of the world.
In one year they have Jumped from
a volume of trade of $23, 704, ,403 to
S27, 7,715,560, a gain of $4,011,157, or
nearly II per cent; their shipping has
increased in that period Of II months
by 102 vessels with tonnage of 3d.
70S tons, entered and cleared. The
number of persons who took the op-
portunities 1898 offered Of visiting the
islands was 24,542, as against 1883
during 1897, and of these 9,916 re-
mained to swell the permanent popu-
lation.-Seattle Post-Intelligencer.