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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-06
INCREASED PENSION ROLL
Secretary Hitchcock says That Four
Million Dollars Mon WIN BE
Expended in the Coming
Year Than the Past

NEW YORK. Dec, S.--Secretary Eth
an Allen Hitchcock OF the department
OF the interior. who Is here on private
business, viii return to Washington to-
night.
The pension roll for the coming year
win call FOR the expenditure OF about
Sits,oO0,OOo as against slSS, 100000 for the
year just closing" said the SECRETARY
last night. There are little less
than one million names on the roll now
and these are being added TO By re-
cent legislation Under the old law
soldiers widows no, wholly dependent
on their own labor for their support
were not entitled to draw a pension.
recent law made Il legal for widow
receiving an income not above $3.50
year to receive pension. This and
certain amendments bearing on the
construction OF the disability OF veteran
applicants have added several thou
sand names to the roll.
'sNo country in the world is so lib
erai with its pensioners as this gov
ernment and this fact has prompted
dishonest men to take every sort OF
mean advantage Of the government. No
doubt there are many fraudulent PEN
sloners on the rolls today but as fast
as trickery is discovered the proper
measures are taken to check It.
How about the Comanche- Kiowa
land allotments in the Indian Terri
toryg" Mr.. Hitchcock was asked.
The time for the completion OF the
allotment OF the $4,000 acres in the
southern part OF the Indian Territory
to the comanches and Kiowas ex-
pires this week" replied Mr. Hitch
Cock. and only about 800 Of the 5000
alloiments Of 100 acres each have been
made. The surveyors encountered
great difficulty in tracing the boun-
dairy lines where certain corners had
been marked by blazed trees by the
earlier surveyors. Some OF these tree
trunks We're sent to Washington for our |
inspection.
After these Indian lands have been
allotted there will be left more or less
territory for public settlement. I don't
know how much prospective settlers
ignorant OF the law rushed In and set
tied on these lands and had to be re-
moved by the government agents.
There was no particular resistance.
They simply did not understand the
law. With reference to the attempt OF
a certain Kansas City syndicate which
tried to secure the passage OF law
the transference OF certain
tribes from the Indian Terri
tory to old Mexico, do not believe
that anything Of the kind win be done"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-06
COMMENTS OF AUSTRIAN PRESS,
Presidents Message Does Not Meet
With Friendly Reception,

NEW YORK. Dec. "A dispatch TO
the Herald from Vienna says;
President McKinley's message does
not meet with very friendly reception
IN the Austrian press The Neue Wien
er Tageblatt says;
Imperialism In deed has now devel-
oped into imperialism in word, II is
easy to satisfy Americans with the one
solitary restriction In regard TO China"
The Neue Freie Presse says;
The message gives the impression
that there is a much better understand
ing between the United States, Russia
and Japan than there is between these
three and the other powers
The Presse finds Il surprising that
President Mckinley should speak OF
America seeking to confer the benefits
OF freedom upon the Fillplnos, seeing
that the Fnlplnos are lighting FOR that
freedom.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-06

strength Of a special order issued by
Secretary J. T, Egan, OF the state
board OF health. The rule Of the mi
nois board OF health which prohibits
the bodies OF yellow fever victims from
entering the state was suspended upon
condition that the body be buried Inn
mediately upon It's arrival In the city.
Instead OF complying with this order
the undertaken who was 10 take charge
Of the interment is said to have re-
moved the body to his establishment.
The city board OF health sent an IN.
spector to the railway station 10 take
charge OF the remains. The inspector
has not since appeared nor has re-
port been made by him. The failure
Of the inspector to report the alleged
breach OF the agreement is looked upon
as peculiar and has cast an air OF
mystery around the case.
Although the body IS enclosed IN a
copper lined and hermetlcally sealed
casket. 1t is feared that the jar Of the
long journey on the train may have
opened a crevlce In the receptacle thus
permitting the spread OF germs. II
such crevice was made the lives OF the
on the train as well as the
ives Of persons in the depot were placed
IN jeopardy.
The undertaken when questioned said
The body was expected to arrive at s.
o'clock Saturday evening. but owing to
some delay 1t did not reach the city
intil midnight. It was then too late
o gain entrance to the cemetery. The
nterment OF the body Is arranged for
omorrow.
A dispatch from Springfield. H..
quotes Secretary Egan on his action
n suspending the rules Of the board as
ollows:
Il issued an authorization for the
transportation OF the body OF Captain
'Ook. who died Of yellow fever in Hav-
ma. Cuba. on the Recommendation OF |
he Chicago health department after re-
Giving assurances that the body had I
cen properly embalmed and dis'nfec-
81. and was incased Ia hermetically |
oldered casket. In my opinion there
no danger to be incurred from the
OF this body at the pres
Mt time. Yellow fever is not prone to
pread in Chicago at any time and the
isease viii certainly not make its ap-
earance in the month OF December"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-06
DESPERATE BATTLE.
Chicago Bandits Caught by Detectives
After Twenty Shots Were
Exchanged.

CHICAGO, Dec. Sired t. Gilmore. OF
Baxter. Ia. was knocked senseless late
last night near Michigan avenue and
Harmon court and robbed OF s11,22s in
negotiable paper. SIS in money and a
watch. The robbers. William Cum
mings and George Hayes. after a des-
perate battle with detectives, were cap
tured and all the booty save the watch
and money was recovered.
Gilmore came 10 Chicago to ex-
hibit cattle at the livestock
show. The detectives saw Gil
more with Cummings and Hayes
whom they followed to the scene Of
the robbery. When the officers ap-
preached, the robbers sprang behind
garbage box and began shooting at the
detectives. The latter lined up behind
a telegraph pole and returned the fire.
Twenty shots were exchanged at a
range Of not more than fifty feet, but
no one was wounded.
Having emptied their revolvers the
detectives made a rush upon The ban
dts and caught them as they were try
ing to reload their weapons.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-06
Six Masked Men Entered Office
Of Western Lumber Co.
AT 9 O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT
Robbers Secured $1,000 10 Gold and Silver
Ia Envelopes Ready to Pay TO Mn
Hands Clerks Covered BY
RevOIvers.

PORTLAND. Dec. S.-Six masked
men. heavily armed. held up the office
Of the Western Lumber Company this
evening. secured $1,000 and made their
escape In the darkness.
The robbery occurred at s o'clock
when dozens OF men were in the vicin-
ity OF the mill. which is located at
Front and Seventeenth streets. Four
men guarded the two entrances to the
office while the other two entered with
drawn revolvers and ordered the four
clerks to hold up their hands.
The money was in gold and silver and
was enclosed in envelopes ready to be
paid out to the mill hands, this be-
ing the regular weekly pay day One
robber. with revolver in each hand,
kept the clerks covered while the other
quickly threw the money packages into
sack.
The two backed out Of the Office.
locked the doors and the entire gang
escaped before it was possible to give
the alarm.
The police station was Immediately
notified and a number OF officers de-
tailed on the case.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-06
HAzINa CAUSED pEATH.
Father OF Deceased West Point Cadet
Believes There Is No Doubt
About 1t.

NEW YORK. Dec. 5.-A special to
the Herald from Bristol. Pa. says:
William H. Booz talked freely OF the
physical force used in hazing his son
at West Point.
My son was the victim Of brutal
hazing." said Mr.. Booz. He came
home broken hearted and physically
wrecked. He never saw a well day af-
ter he left the academy.
Il know they forced something down
his throat which permanently injured
him. He was forced into a fight. He
was wounded in some way over the
heart and his flesh was bruised and
discolored for several weeks afterward.
His eyes were injured by the blows
from a fellow students fists.
They threatened to cripple him for
life. While they were beating the splr-
It out OF my boy they told him
that what they could not accomplish
by physical brutality they could still
DO by demeriting him along the line Of
discipline.
1T is a very severe blow for us. It
has fallen heavily upon his mother.
We wish other boys to escape what he
suffered. He never took any lessons in
boxing. We did not suppose it was
required. He went there to study. They
called him a coward. but he went out
to tight them.
Il went to the academy three weeks
after he was hazed. He was looking
haggard and asked him for an ex-
PLANTATION. He said he had been beaten
in fight and was feeling badly around
the heart. He had been knocked down.
They gave him a burning mixture
which injured the lining Of the throat.
My theory is that the stomach was af-
fected and that tuberculosis set in and
then affected the throat. It is not in
me to give anything misleading. /
know the boy was injured by his fel-
low students and those injuries result
ed in his DEATH"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-06
cANNERIEs MUST PAY.
Held Liable for Taxes Of All japanese
Employees.

VANCOUVER, B. c.. Dec. 5.-The
British Columbia law. making any one
employing japanese responsible for
their taxes has been sustained.
Last season six thousand Japanese
were engaged in fishing on the Fraser.
The salmon Gamers employed them for
the purpose Of breaking the strike Of
the white fishermen. When the tax
collector made his rounds, however, the
Japanese had disappeared. The gov
ernment at once demanded Of the can
ners three dollars a head taxes on all
Japanese employed.
A test case before Magistrate Ander-
son has resulted in the magistrate or
dering the payment by the canneries
concerned Of the taxes Of every Japa-
nese who caught fish at any time dur
ing the season for those canneries. The
legislation making such verdict pos
sible was passed at the suggestion Of
labor unions here.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-06
AFRAID OF CHALLENGER.
Llpton's New Yacht Will Be Hard to
Beat.


NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-The conviction
among yachtsmen on this side Of the
Atlantic that Sir Thomas Liptons chal-
lenger for the Americas cup carries
with 1t real menace to the continued
residence Of the famous trophy in this
country has grown with the cabled re-
ports from abroad concerning the elab-
crate preparations being made for the
building Of the challenger. Shamrock
il. The reason for this fear is set forth
In a letter by Designer Clinton H.
Crane. Of this city He says in part:
"The fact that the Shamrock is build
ing at Denny's yard at Dumbarton does
not seem to have excited the interest Of
yachtsmen in this country that it
should have done. perhaps because It
is not known that this is the first sail
Ing yacht that the Dennys have ever
built and that the Dennys have the only
private model testing tank in the world
two very suggestive facts. It is
known that the speeds Of the warships
and merchantmen Of unusual model
have been predicted with absolute ac-
curacy after experiments in such
tank"
w. Butler Duncan, the prospective
manager Of the new defender, when
shown copy Of Mr.. Cranes letter last
night declined to comment upon the
comparative thoroughness Of the prep
made By the challenger and de-
fender Of the cup.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-06

,enlala, telegraphs that only 90 mites
OF the Northern railroad remain In
operation, 40 miles having been Nn-
dered Inaccessible owing 10 broken
bridges,
AS the part In working order Is sltu-
ated at either end. the lire In the mid
die sections being damaged by the
heavy rains and swollen rivers, the
road Is almost useless for traffic at
present, No repairs are being effected
and the whole line Is In u deplorable
condition.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-06
IRON WORKS BURNED.
one Man Killed at an Evansville, Ind,
Fire.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Dee s,-- The
Mesker Iron Works burned early to-
day. Failing wallis buried several tirc.
men. Three men were taken out OF
the ruins more or less injured while
the fourth, Gottlleb surbcok was XIII.
ed outright, The Hoffman foundry.
Vulcan plow works and Goodwln'u
clothing factory, adjacent buildings,
We're threatened ana Il was thought at
one time they could not be saved. Tho
loss AZ Mesker's will be heavy but
no estimate can BE- given at prc@nt.
Many workmeu viii be made idle by the
fire,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-06
SCATTERED TO THE WINDS.
Body of Justice Hoffman Cremated and
His Ashes Thrown Away.

NEW YORK. Dec. 5.-In the presence
of number Of his lifelong friends,
the ashes Of the late Justice Albert
Hoffman, Of Hoboken, were scattered
to the winds.
The body was inclnerated at Fresh
Pond, L. l. When the work had been
done the ashes were taken charge Of
and thrown into the air.
This was in accordance with the
wishes Of the former Judge. He had ex-
pressed a wish to b. cremated and said
he did not want his ashes taken home
to be knocked about He wanted them
TO return to mother earth.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-06
LARGE COFFEE CROP.
Heaviest Ever Known In Central
America.

NEW YORK. Dec. 5.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Panama says:
This years coffee crop is expected
to aggregate about 100000 quintals, be-
ing the heaviest crop In this country's
history. Shipments have already begun
starting a lively competition between
the four steamship companies running
on the coast to obtain the coffee
freight, most Of which will pass over
the Panama railroad.
An epidemic Of suicides has broken out
in this city. Three that have occurred
this week were those Of a student Of
the polytechnic school, the proprietor
Of the Hotel Germania and Jonas Kes-
tier. treasurer Of the American club.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-06
sHINGLE MILLS CLOSED.
All Mills In Washington Have Shut
Down for Sixty Days.

SEATTLE. Dec. 5.-To prevent gen.
eral decentralization In the prices Of
shingles, fully three quarters Of the
shingle mills In this state have closrd
down for a period Of sixty days.
The action mas been taken In resDans,
to ballot sent out some days ago by
the Washington Red Cedar shingle
Manufacturers Association. There is no
demand for shingles in the eastern mar.
kets at present and the manufacturers
are afraid Of raid Of the bears which
will put prices down too much. So
they nave decided to cut off the sup
ply FOR time.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-06
EMERGENCY RATION.
Fourth and Final Test Is Now Being
Made.

CHICAGO. Dec. 5.-A special TO the
Record from Wichita. Kas.. says:
The emergency ration Of the war de-
partment. under Captain 5. NJ. Foun-
tain and Captain F. w. Foster. has
reached Anadarko from Fort Reno with
a detachment Of ffty men OF troop A
and c, Eighth cavalry. This Is the
fourth and final test In Oklahoma Of
the prepared ration.
The board will reach For; Reno FRI
day after a trip through the Wichita
and Caddo reservations. After two
days OF sunshine rain began falling last
night with cold. raw wind from the
north. This condition OF weather will
enable the board to test the ration fully.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-06
coLt.EoE PRESIDENT MARRIrr
Rev, Robert $. Jones. OF Hobart Col
lege. Geneva, n, ". weds
81. Louis Girl.

NEW YORK. Dee. 6.--The Rev Rob.
err $, Jones, president OF Hobart col.
lege, Geneva, n. v, and Miss Lot,le r,
GIN, daughter OF the late Charles I.
GIN. OF 81, Louis, were married last
night in this city In the Church OF the
Holy Communion by the Rev. DR., w. T.,
Huntington, The bride was given away
by her uncle. G, W, Brcga, OF Chicago.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-06
PRICE OF SILVER.
NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-SIlver. 6tM.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

Notable among the pleasures afford
ed by the SHASTA Route Is the win
ter trip to Southern California and
Arizona. Renewed Acquaintance with
this section will ever develop freAh
points OF interest and added industries,
In its prolific vegetation and among lls
numberlcss resorts OF mountain. shore.
valley and plain.
The two daily Shasta trains from
Portland 10 California have been re-
Gently equipped with the most ap-
proved pattern OF standard and tour
ist sleeping cars. but the low rates OF
fare will still continue In effect.
Illustrated guides 10 the winter re-
sorts OF California and Arizona may be
had on application.
c. II. MARKHAM. @. p. A..
Portland. oregon.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-06
OPPOSITION LINE TO ASTORIA.
Steamer Del Norta win Hereafter Run
Independent.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 5.-Thc
steamer Del Norte has sailed for her
last voyage under her present charter
10 Eureka. Coos Bay. Astoria and Port
land. Upon her return the steamer Is
to be operated ON the same route by
her owners, Hobbs, Wall & Company.
In opposition TO tho two lines now In
operation.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-06

We are the great profit killers and piano price regulators of the
Northwest, and with special facilities sell line piano
organ for less money than you got them elsewhere Write
today Catalogues for the asking
Our stock includes the three greatest American pOnosthc KIM
ball. the Chckerng and tho WebogchC with eight other good
makes.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-06
POWER HOUSE BURNED.
Loss OF $4,000 to Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company.

NEW YORK. Dec. 5.-What is known
as the Ridgewood power house, owned
by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
pany. was totally destroyed by fire
last night. causing a loss of $4,000.
The fire started in some unknown
manner and at the risk Of his life
Chief Engineer c. F. Windlar shut off
the power from each Of the 75O-horse
power dynamos. OF which there were
six In the building. The building was
soon a mass Of flames and the firemen
bent most Of their energy toward saw
ing the adjoining property.
Immediately after the fire broke out
all the various car lines receiving pow
er from this source were brought to
a standstill and remained so for over
two hours
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-06
INTERNATIONAL CHESS MATCH.
Four American Colleges win Compete
Against Cambridge and oxford.

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Dec. 5,-Nego-
tlations are now on the way between
the University OF Cambridge and OK
ford In England and four American coll
leges with regard to the international
chess match this year The trophy was
presented by l. y. Rice, OF New York.
ana has been won twice by Cambridge
and oxford and unless the American
colleges win the match this year the
trophy will become the permanent
OF the English university
There are six men In each team to be
chosen after the intercollegiate match
in New York in December after Christ
mas. Princeton. Yale and Columbia
will be represented on the team. Hlih.
erto the match has been played at New
York. but this year efforts ure being
made 10 have It played In Boston.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-06
STRIKE OF SERVANT GIRLS.
Three Hundred Domestics Of Manhat-
tan Island Will Stop Work.


NEW YORK. Dec. ga strike Of
servant girls on Manhattan island is
imminent, according to Mrs. St. Justin
Beale. who is planning a servant girls
union. Three hundred domestics. she
says, stand ready to stop work as soon
as the union is formed. and demand
better condition. The union, she says
is to be organized tonight by Herman
Robinson, general organizer Of the
American Federation Of Labor.
Il have always taken a great inter-
est in servant girls" Mrs. Beale said,
"and I find that with few exceptions
they are badly fed, badly housed and
overworked."
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-06
WHEAT MARKET.

PORTLAND. Dee. 5.-wheat. walla
Walla. 54ls bluestem. 81.
CHICAGO. Dec. 5.-Wheat, MAY,
opening. 14E: closing. 7th.
LIVERPOOL. Dec. 5.-wheat. March.
6s. Hd.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-06
DANGER OF INFECTION.
Body Of Captain Cook, Who Died Of
Yellow Fever in Cuba. Is Now
in Chicago.

CHICAGO. Dec. 5.-The body Of Cap
tain Alexander H. Cook, who died in
Havana, Cuba, Of yellow fever. has been
removed from the undertaking estab-
lishment and now rests in receiving
vault at Rosehill cemetery. contrary to
the strict rule Of the Illinois board Of
health.
The body was admitted on the
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-06
SALE OF rRorTERs.
Seven Hundred Horses sold at Auction
for $4,000.

NEW YORK. Dec. 5.--The Faslg Tip
ton Company today closed the most
successful auction sale of trotting and
pacing horse In its history. The pro-
ceeds Of the sale were ta59.iso for iO2
horses. an average Of $500 per head.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-06
SORES AND
ULCERS.

Sores and Ulcers never become chronic
unless the blood is in poor condition is
sluggish, weak and unable to throw of
the poisons that accumulate in it. The
system must be relieved of the unhealthy
matter through the sore, and great danger
to life would follow should it heal before
the blood has been made pure and healthy
and all Impurities eliminated from the sys-
TEN. S.S.S. begins the cure by first cleans
ing and invigorating the blood, building
up the general health and removing from
the system system a CONSTANT DRAIN
effetematter. efe % UPON THE SYSTEM.
When this has been accomplished the dis
charge gradually ceases, and the sore OF
ulcer heals. Itis the tendency Of these old
indolent sores to grow worse and worse,
and eventually to destroy the bones. Local
applications, while soothing and to some
extent alleviate pain, cannot reach the seat
of the trouble. S. S. S. does, and no matter
how apparently hopeless your condition,
even though your constitution has broken
down, it will bring relief when nothing
else can. II supplies the rich, pure blood
necessary to heal the sore and nourish
the debilitated, diseased body.
Mr.. ]. D. Talbert, Lock Box AS, Winona, Miss,
says: "six years ago my leg from the knee to
the foot was one solid sore. Several physicians
treated me and / made two trips 10 Hot SPRING.
bat found no relief Twas induced 10 try s. g. S.
and Il made a complete cure. have been a per-
fectiy well man ever since"
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NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-The Heralds
at Guatemala City, Qua
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-06
GUATEMALA RAILROAD USELESS.

Bridges Are Broken and Are Not Be-
ing Repaired.
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a CONSTANT DRAIN
UPON THE SYSTEM.

is the only purely veg
etable blood purifier
known contains no
poisonous minerals to
ruin the digestion and