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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-15
NEW RUssfAN CRUISER
Nnw RussIAN RAILRoAps.

ST. PETERSBURG. Nov. so--Prince
kAhlklon. the minister of railroads. TO
day gave the correspondent n the A..
soeia,ed Press complete outline Of the
railway projects which arr now under
way or are seriously considered.
A new line nearly 30 kilometres or
about 900 miles In length has Just re-
eslved the approval of the council Of
state, I, viii be q government line and
VIII connect the taslns of the Don and
the pricpcr. parallrllnE the line 20
YekaterlnCSlaff ami running some dis.
tance south of this line. The Yekaterl.
noslatf line Is CROW ded with grain traf.
&c, The cost will be fifteen or twenty
million roublca. Work win be begun
next spring
The road from crrnhurg to Tashkta.
which win BE- i9e0 Kilometres or be-
tween 1900 and 1900 miles. long viii be
begun nj both ends at the same tlmc,
Thr total cost viii BE- nbou, Se,6sc, 900
roubles.
The line from sestcrosk on the Fin
nIsh border viii b. given ST. Peters.
burg terminal next year.
Work viii also BE- begun. according
TO u recent declSlon. upon the 81. Pc.
teraburg branch OF the great Siberian
line which win Join The Moscow line
In the Trial paisc' before reaching che.
layblnsk.
a private company Il seeking a con-
cesslon for line from the Dnclpcr val
ley, beginning probably near Nelcopol
or AleSandrOvsk. TO Odessa with n to.
tai length of something over 400 miles.
The surveys have been begun.
Another company has long been ask
Ing for concession for a line from
Yalta TO sebastopol. but II Is hardly
thought this viii he granted as the
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-15
PARTITION INEVITABLE.
Returned Missionary Says That It
Cannot BE Avoided.

NEW YORK. Dec. i4--China is on the
verge OF partition. There is no way by
which the integrity OF the nation can
he sustained
Such was the conclusion of the ad-
'iress given last night by DR. Willis
{, Noble before the Peoples Club. Dr,
Noble was stationed at Pao Ting Flu
by the American Board OF Foreign Mis-
sioEs and made his escape shortly after
the first uprising ot the Boxers. In
the course u his remarks Or. Noble
also said:
There is no telling how the negotia-
tlonS with the Chinese officials are go
ing 10 result. No document signed by
the empress or stamped with the great
seal has vet been received by the rep
resent1tives OF the powers. Indeed
there is nothing In the attitude OF the
great foreign nations involved in this
trouble thas shows they really purpose
to reinstata the young emperor. al
though all acknowledge that he is the
only hope Of the nations salvage The
reason is that the reinstatement Of .he
young man would BE- impraeticable He
IS so under the influence OF the em-
rress dowager and she is so hostile to
foreign interests that his reinstatement
to the throne would bring ultimate dis
cord and corruption.
With the palace looted. with Pekin
divided and patrolled by different for
eign nations, there is little likelihood
that the court win ever be re-establish-
ed there. In my mind the only solution
Of the problem is the dismembermen,
Of China among the powers. Whoever
may have doubted this before VIII be-
lieve with me now on hearing that the
enti-foreign sentiment has again is
sued innuendoss threatening all for
eigners."
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-15
rIREMEN Nor INvoLvEp.
Are Net Interested In the Strike OF the
Telegraph Operators.

DENVER. Dec H-C. W. Mailer.
third vlee-gr master OF the Brother
hood OF Locomotive Firemen. Is in this
city on business concerning the local
branch OF the order. In an interview
he said:
My presence here has no connection
whatever with the o. r. T. strike.
So far as know officially there Is no
strike. The existing contracts between
our organization and the Santa Fe
Railroad are being lived up to by both
parties concerned. our relations are
most pleasant and there is nothing that
would lead me to believe that they will
not continue 50. We have only had two
strikes in the twenty seven years OF our
existence and We are not looking for
or expecting any trouble.
Il left Los Angeles on the second OF
December and since then have travelled
all over the Santa Fe system west OF
Denver At none OF the meetings have
attended in this district has the o. r.
T. strike been discussed
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-15
SLAUGHTER DESCRIBED.
Letter From China Tells How Cover
ncrs Butchered Missionaries.

NEW YORK. Dec. 14.-Mrs. ]. S.
Grant. a missionary at Ming Po. China,
tells in a letter just received by the
missionary society Of the Livingstone
Avenue Baptist church OF New Bruns-
wick. y. j.. Of the way some mission
aries were slaughtered in Shan 81 prov
ince, China.
Mrs. Grant gives as her authority an
eye witness. not a convert. at Taigupo
This eye witness says that the govern
or at that place ordered all captured
missionaries and converts brought to
him alive. Then the account says:
when his first batch Of missionaries
was brought IN, Yu Hsien ordered them
to be brought straight to his yamen
and placed them standing few feet
apart. The sangulnary governor
mounted a horse. Taking a long sword
from an orderly he galloped TO the 9TH
er end Of the ground and as he swept
past them he carried Off four or
five heads with his sword. Yu Hsien's
horse then baked so that he had to
dismount. The remainder Of the un-
happy missionaries were then despatch
ed by the Boxers present"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-15
VIEWS OF SENATOR DAVIS.

CHICAGO. Dec. I4.-In regard to the
controversy over the meaning and Jus
tifieation Of The so-called Davis amend
ment to the Hay -Pauncefote treaty H.
H. kohlsaat. editor OF the Times-H Her
aid, today makes public a private let
ter ne received from the late Senator
Cushman X. Davis. The letter bears
date Committee on Foreign Relations.
United States Senate. Washington. D.
C., March u. 1900" and Is in part as
follows:
The amendment has this especial ad-
vantage. that it was phrased as nearly
es possible in the language Of the tenth
article Of the treaty Of Constantinople.
Therefore this amendment. so adjusted
to the treaty Of Constantinople puts the
British government in the position
Where 1t must either accept the prinei-
pie Of the treaty Of Constantinople
which Great Britain herself proposed. or
fatty say that the lines OF that treaty
which are Of advantage to Great Britain
shall stand in our treaty and that the
lines Of that treaty which are TO our
advantage and may be dlsadvantageou
to Great Britain shall be obliterated
from our treaty.
If the committee had framed their
amendment on different lines or in diff
ferent terms Great Britain could have
said that we had departed from the
treaty Of Constantinople and introduced
new principles. She would not have
been correct in saying so. but she
would have said it. Ny own object was
TO hold her as clearly as possible to her
own preced dants.'
The letter concludes as follows:
The possessions Of the United States
as to Texas are less distant, and as TO
California, not much further distant
from the ports Of access Of the Nicara-
qua canal than are the possessions of
Turkey at the lower end Of the Red sea
from the port Of egress from the Suez
canal The idea that the two situations
ere not identical in principle so far as
the necessity of defense is concerned
is simply preposterous.
Article sixteen Of the treaty Of Con-
stantinople binds the parties 70 ask
other states which have not signed 1t
TO accede to it. This the United States
could not do. because to do SO would
be violation of its policy as to Euro
pean complications, steadily adhered to
since WashingtOn's farewell address.
Article eight, and possibly some other
articles in the treaty Of ConstantinopIe,
binds the signatOry powers to watch
over the execution Of the treaty. To do
this would bring the United States with
In the concert Of Europe as an active,
participating and possibly belllgerent
power. That which we cannot do as to
Europe the Hay-Pauncefote treaty in
vites European powers to 10 as to the
western hemisphere. introducing them
as private parties in control under GER
tain contingencies and all in viola
tion Of the Monroe doctrine"
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means In word that the ilnyoes and
Anglophobcs OF the United States SEN
ate have triumphed and that we are
hack again today where We were at the
time Of the Venezuelan Imbroglio and
President clevsland's nvolvent and
provocative sphere. The feeling mani
festei during the Spanish.Amerlcan
war has been shaken by pro- Boer sym
pathlzers and It is now swamped by
self interest.
The Americans intend to forlify the
canal IN spite Of the treaty engagement
10 the contrary. We can not possibly
stand by and allow the Clayton Bull
wer treaty 10 be thus imperiously set
aside. The good relations between the
two countries must Of necessity be
gravely menaced. This is the outcome
Of Mr.. McKinley's reelection. Worse
could scarcely have happened IL Mr..
Bryan had been elected"
The Daily Graphic remarks;
we have no doubt as to the result.
Angio-Alnerican craftsmanship will find
an amicable solution Of the difficulty
created by American jingoes. We fail
to see, however. how the Clayton Bull
wer treaty can be got rid OF without
the Mosquito territory reverting to
Great Britain"
The Standard observes;
1T is more OF rebuff for President
NcKinley's executive than for Great
Britain. England cannot possibly ae-
cert the -Pauneefote treaty thus
and It would Be insulting TO
the people and government OF the
United States to assume that they win
either denounce the Clayton Bulwer
treaty without offering an equitable
equivalent or contemplate the gross IL |
legality OF disregariing ii.
There will be time enough to cons.d-
er the abrogation OF the treaty when 4
formally tenders a sugges-
ton. which would certainly be ap-
preached by Great Britain with every
desire to assist the United States 10
carry out a project highly beneficial to
American commerce. but II cannot be
that we would abandon cur
treaty rights without solid eonsidera-
tion in return"
The Morning Post. after contending
that England in negotiating the Clay
ton-Bulwer treaty was acting virtually
rs the representative OF all the maritime
powers OF the world. says:
Should the United States denounce
the treaty there Is no means known to
law Of upholding It. The
only known method OF inducing a state
to accept an obligation OF which II Is
tired is the method OF eompulsion. That
method IS out Of the question and would
hardly be proposed but It win be open to |
Great Britain alone or in conjunction
with other maritime states TO consider
another canal. not under the
control OF the United States. may be
worth the making. In the matter Brit
ish interests are Identical with the in
tercsts OF all maritime powers save the
United States
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-15
MISSIONARIES IN DANGER.
American Warship Wanted in the New
Hebrides.

NEW YORK. Dec. 14.-Accordlng to
a Washington dispatch to the Times
the Rev. James Hill. OF Cannonsburg
Pa. has asked the president and Sec
retaries Hay and Long to have a war
ship sent to the New Hebrides.
Mr.. Hill. who Is a member OF the
Presbyterian board Of foreign missions
was accompanied by Representative
Aoheson. Of Pennsylvania. Mr.. Hill
says an uprising Of the heather ma
tives against the Christian natives Is
threatened. He says that the uncon-
verted savages number sixty thousand
and the converts are not over 10000
strong. Mr.. Hill asserts that the lives
and property Of the American mission
aries in the islands are in danger
The president advised Mr.. Hill to
draw up statement Of the case and
promised that It would be submitted to
the next cabinet meeting.
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road win have 70 pass thnusA Ne
emperor's property, II was proposed
that electricity should be subslltuted
for steam az power, but the emperor
SIN objected ana the line will prob.
ably ultimately be built more 10 Ne
eastward, running fom Yal,a TO slM-
feropol
The siberian railway will probably
be completed from atretensk 70 tha
Chinese frontier within a tvw monIhn,
Tho government also h0pen 10 complete
enough VI Ia line around tho lake OF
ualkal 10 enable the boat 10 make lln
crossing 20 miles shorter heforr the end
of the year, The entire loop with
lchglh of 200 Kilometres or nearly 40
miles viii cost about ie,OOO.OOO foubles.
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ed from one to another In the crowd
and each one took occasion TO slap him
about the body. After fifteen minutes
OF this kind OF treatment he was wrap
ped w IN blanket and taken TO his
home on sheridan road.
The young man was nearly overcome
from exposure and from the hard tr,at-
ment he had received and tainted while
being taken home The students. how
ever managed to revive him before he
was taken 90 his room.
Last week Lust received n threatening
letter signed by several fictitious names
In which he was askedto watch on, for
dire treatment.
All the haxing band wore handker.
chiefs over the lower parts Of their
faces. The clothing they wore was old
but, despite this fact, Il is though, the
victim recognized several Of his tor.
mentors.
This IS the second student az the
academy that has been haEed within
the past week. Last Friday night F.
II. Sandmeycr was visited In his room
by a halt dozen students and treated TO
a coat OF fy paper, Dr. Herber, Flskc.
principal OF ;he Northwestern Unlver-
sity academy, returned TO Evanston
Yesterday and win commence at once an
investigation Of the recent hazlng Of
Sandmeyer.
DR. Flske viii be assisted by the
Northwestern University faculty. and
states that the affair win be sift to the
bottom. None OF the faculty. 80 FAR as
could be learned late last night, had
heard OF the hazlng OF Lust.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-15
New Amendments to the Hay.
PauncefOte Treaty.
REDUCTION IN WAR REVENUE
England objects to the Fertilization Of the
Canal but France WIN Not Interfere
New Postmaster Nomi.
mated for TiIIamoOk.

WASHINGTON. Dec. N.-After re-
porting to the senate in executive ses-
sion today new amendments to The
-Pauncetote treaty as made by the
committee on foreign relations. Sena-
tor Lodge made an effort to have the
day set for taking vote upon the
treaty. He suggested next Thursday as
a generally acceptable time but Sena-
tor Mason first made an objection ard
when he withdrew Senator Money sug-
gtsted that Senator Morgan had given
notice that he would ask that the vote
upon the treaty should be postponed
until a vote could be secured upon the
Nicaragua canal bill senator Morgan.
however, stated that he was not dis
posed to make these contentious any
longer because he did not wish to do
anything which would lead Great Brit
ain to conclude that this country de-
sires to take threatening position.
Senator Butler then entered an objec-
ton to fixing the time for the vote.
Senator Lodge said that in view OF the
position taken he should press the trea-
ty upon the attention OF the senate
early and late until vote could be
had and he afterward declined to move
an adjournment from today until Mon
day because Of the refusal to allow
day to be named for the vote.
The president today sent the follow
ing nominations TO the senate;
Postmasters-Hawaii; Arthur WAL.
Lahaina; c. H. Bishop. Lihue.
Oregon--D. W. wilcox. Lakeview; A.
W. Severance. Tillamook; George Sum-
mers, Prineville: F. G. Jewell. sump-
ter.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-15
IN THE HOUSE.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-THE house
today adjourned without dlsposlng OF
more than half the war revenue re-
duction bill. The general debate clos
ed at o'clock. after which the bill was
opened to amendments under the five
minute rule.
A determined effort was made to re-
duce still further the tax on beer be-
low the committee figure Of s1.e0 bar
rel. but the ways and means committee
overwhelmed the opposition. The COM
mittee, however. sustained two signal
defeats.
In connection with the beer tax
Payne offered an amendment in the
language OF the bill passed by the
house last season. designed TO abolish
the use Of small beer packages one
sixteenth and one-eighth barrels. but it
was defeated by vote Of S. to "a after
charges that its purpose was to crush
out the small brewers were made.
Another defeat occurred in connection
with an amendment offered by H. C.
Smith Of Michigan. The bill abolished
the one cent stamp on express receipts
and telegraph messages but retained the
tax on railroad and steamship freight
receipts. Smiths amendment restored
the tax on express receipts and altered
the form Of the section so as to COM
pei the company instead OF the ship
per to pay the tax.
The amendment precipitated a live
ly debate in the course Of which Smith
made a personal allusion to a United
States senator who is connected with
one Of the express companies. Payne
vigorously fought the amendment but it
was carried by vote of 123 to LOG.
Hopkins today introduced in the
house a reappcrtionment bill making
the house membership S57. The changes
it makes are:
Losses. one each. Indiana Kentucky,
Maine. Nebraska. Ohio. South Carolina
and Virginia.
Gains. one each. Louisiana, Minneso-
ia. New Jersey, New York and West
Virginia. Gains, two, Texas.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-15
SUBMITS TO INEVITABLE.
Newfoundland Contractor Ceases His
AftagonlHm 10 the Bond Gov
eminent

ST Louis bee ii,-Mr Reid. the
contractor. who left here for Montreal
where he will spend the winter. en-
dfaVGrcd tn reopen negotiations with
the Hond government, recognising the
futilliy OF further attempt 10 con-
tinue M antagonlnm 20 the ministry
IN the face of such an Immense follow
Ink aa Mr. iiond SECURED az the recent
general election.
After conference between the prem
Ter and the contractor. ln VII ch The
entire question was diacuased. The eabl-
net considered the matter IN special
session. The Beaalon Ia now IN prellm-
mary stages only; but the negotiations
VIII be continued through the winter
by correspondence with Mr.. Rfid COM
siderable time VIII rlapac before an the
difficulties arising are adjusted.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-15
HAzINGs AT EVANSTON.
Brutal Treatment OF Two Students OF
the Academy of Northwestern
University.

CHICAGO, Dec. 4.-Frank Lust. a
student in the Northwestern University
academy was hazed last night by
twelve students. He was taken from
the university gymnasium. where he
was practiclng, to secluded spot on
the lake shore. Here he was blind
folded and his clothes removed. A coat
of black ink and soft soap was then
daubed over his entire body.
After the treatment Of Ink and soap
the students lined up and compelled
him to run the gauntlet. He was pass
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-15
RA1LWAY NoT oPERATEp.

BERLIN, Dec. 1.-THE Berllner Tag
eblatt has received dispatch from it's
correspondent in Pekin stating that the
complete reOpening Of the Tien Tsin
railway is impossible on account Of the
lack Of locomotives and rolling stock.
The Russians refuse to supply any
thing to replace material thus lacking.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-15
NoarnrnN SIBERIA VALUABLE,
Explorer Finds Largc rorrala aud Good
~ Grazing Lands There,

Correspondence OF Associated Preaa)
81, PETERSBURG. Dec i,--rrofcs.
aor Markgraf reported the results OF his
exploration OF the yeneascl and Obj val
.cys at the last meeting OF the SEQ.
graphical society lie used gondolaa
the greater part " the time ana tray.
clcd au average Of 800 kilometres a
day, The population OF the adjacent
couutry retired into the interior upon
his approach,
Prof MarkgIat declared the most i'm.
portant fact established by the explor-
alton which was undertaken for the
purpose Of aAcerlalnlng the navlgable
streams OF Siberia, was the utter dts.
proof OF tho commonly accepted no.
ton that tho Siberian plain grows
more ami more ial an one approaches
the northern ocean lie found the ex-
act contrary to be true. the country
being quite ruggcd and In places al.
NEST mountainous. There are forests
OF lcaty trees 60 the cdgr OF the sea
and Prof Markgraf believes two mil.
llCn boards could easily be got out
by water every summer There In an
abundance Of nah and excellent gras.
Ink for cattle, There are no roads. OF
course
Prof, Markgraf thinks the greatest
need OF this territory is a railway from
Arehangeluk to BereEotf, II would
have a length OF something over 500
miles.
SOCIALISM rRowNEp UPON.
There II considerable gossip In uni.
yersity circles over a rccent Occurrences
there NJ rugan- -narononsky. profes.
SIR " political economy. who was for
hiieen 20 lecture at the university at
tho time of tho students riot two years
ago. was dlscourSlng In private RS.
ldenoe upon the Bernstein movement In
German socialism when police officers
appeared and took The names of every.
body present and then dispersed the
assembly,
NEW RUSSIAN CRUISER
The ministry ot marine has allotted
SOo.oOo roublca for work upon the crul.
ser horodlno during the coming year
This cruiser will have a displacement "
ia.SiG tons
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-15
nosroN CUP DEFENDER
WIN he Launched at Abou, the Same
Time as i,a British Competitor.


uoSToN. ptc h-it Ia expected that
tho croNninHhlrld designs for tho Law
Hon cup defender will be In the hands
" the builder George y. Lawley. BY
the last of the week. 90 that the work
uf laying down tho boat viii probably
be completed before the first n tho
year " about three weeks behind tho
Hcrreachoff boat.
The lead. angle iron and the plating
have already been ordered and II there
are not delaSR there seems 10 be no
reason why the uostnn boat viii not
be launched about the same time ~
the ono at Bristol. In fact, there 10
HomcthinE Ike race already between
the two yachts
II looka now az II the Lawson boat
would b. built at the Atlantic works
In East Iiustan under the supervision
uf Mr., tawicy No dimensions will be-
given out until the beat IL fully under
way. but after that Il il understood
that free .tfeeaa win be afforded 90
any one who desires TO look at ,lto work
on the new boat
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-15
NEW GUNNER's RECORD.
1858 Percentage Of Actual Hits Made by
slx-Inch Guns Of H. NJ. s.
Terrible.

VICTORIA, r. c.. Dec. 14-A new
worlds record has been established by
the gunners Of II. NJ. s. Terrible. the
big battlesbip Of the Asiatlc squadron.
The percentage Of actual hits made in
target practice with the six.inch guns
on the Terrible was 7e.S.
The Terrible had two 9.2 and twelve
six-inch guns. the shooting from the
former being ALSO a brilliant record. 60
per cent Of hits having been made.
-Four captains Of guns made "possi-
bles," two with ten and two with nine
rounds.
The ",nisses" would have been "hits"
had a ship been substituted for the
'''sS9 L