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EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPH IC PRESS REPORT. ASTORIA, OREGOX, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1893. VOL. XL, NO. 288. PRICE, FIVE CENTS, The Platform I. U OSGOOD, The One Price Clothier, Hat . ter and Furnisher, Cor. Tliircl and West ytla Hts., opp. Koarcl 8t Stokes. Games, Dolls, Toys, Juvenile Books, Leather Goods? Albums, Fancy Goods, Hooklets, and everything for the -HOLIDAYS GRIFFIN & REED CALIFORNIA WINE HOUSE. Fine Wines and Iptifs. have made arrangements for supplying any brand of wines in quantities to suit at the lowest cash figures. The trade and families supplied. All orders delivered free in Astoria. A. W. UTZIflGEfi, Str. R. P. ((Jill Leave for Tillamook Every Foup Days as Follows: Pec. 1, 5, 0, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29. The steamer R. P. Elmnre connects with Union Pacific steamers for Portland and through ticke's are issue J from Portland to Tillamook Bay points by the Union Pacific Company. Ship freight by Union Pacific Steamers. ELHORE, SANBORN & CO., -" Agents, Astoria. UNION PACIFIC R. R. CO., Agents, Portland. $2 FOR AH $80 LOT! BY BECOMING A YOU CAN GET A FIRST CLASS TO -ASTORIA. LOTS WILL BE DELIVERED WEEKLY. NOW IS THE TIME TO PROCURE A Liot to Build a iome, for The Packers of Choice Columbia River Salmon Their Brands KAMF. LOCATION. I I'.RAND. Astoria Pk'jrt'n. Kinney' M.J. Kinney Astoria Julia A. J.'cvliu.. liooth A. IVg Co. ...... Astoria I "va?.?!!"!.!:.'!.': A 15ooth tSons - C,,i Co-.oxbiaRivcrrkgCo1 A?tori... CocUi Cutting NcjCo..... g,B .m-wi r Samuei !Aorl. 1 fcZ! Co. I . i George & rrfrker. AUorla ., j Xmon'll."!.'".' Ge0rK Blrktr Al,u" U J 0. H&nlhoro i: Co. Astoria...... . J.O.Hanthoru&Co J. O. Slanlhorn .... Astor a- j j J, G Megler&Co Brookncld tag, St. George... J. 0. Meg'.er Bioo kfitW W Fish-rmcii' I'kg Co...' AMurU J StwZ2ir '"7?! '" ..Aft' ffl j to Stand On. While encaged in selling Men's and Boys' Suits, Coats, Vests or Pants, Overcoats or Dress Shirts, Underwear, Ho siery, Neckwear, Hats,. Caps, Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Travel ing or C!ub Bags, Umbrellas Etc , Etc. (JjA child huys as cheap ly as the most experienced buyer. Astoria, Ore. IWain Street, Astoria, Ofegott. ELMORE MEMBER OF HILL'S LOT CLUiJS LOT IN HILL'S FIRST ADDITION and Locations. AOKNTS. AT $2 m i Collapse f a Bridge Willi Terrible Results. MANY MEN HURLED TO DEATH Heart rending' Scenes on the River Hunks The Dead and Wounded. Associated Tress. Louisville, Pec. 15.-A few minutes past 10 o'clock this morning the false work and that part, of the middle span of the Louisville and Jeffersonvllie bridge which was in rlace, gave way, and with all the workmen, was precipi tated 110 feet into the water below. But a moment's warning, and tr.i.- who escaped going down with the mass of Iron and timber started for the piers after the first trembling, that Indicated the giving way of the false work. The accident was a horrible one, and is the last of a long list of catastrophic that have marked the construction of the bridge. ' The foreman, in beginning the work, noticed that during the night, the "traveler," which had been put in place last night, had. been worked loose by the wind. An order to draw It back to place was given, and the engines start ed. The wind was high at the Ume, and the gentle sway of the false work gradually forced the "traveler" off the piles on which It was resting. When the end fcllppcd the whole work trem bled, and the men realizing their dan ger, started for the piers. The central bent was the first to give way, and the men on this went down, to be covered by a mass of iron and timber of other bents, which fell almost Immediately, carrying with them the other work men who fulled to reach the piers, "the north bent did not fall for fifteen min utes after tha other parts went down. As netr as can be ascertained, there were fifty-one men on the bridge when the alarm was given by the engineer In charge of the works. Of this num ber several succeeded In reaching the piers. Of those who went down, some were covered by a masB of timber, from beneath which It will be davs before their bodies are recovered. The crash attracted the attention of those on shore, and many turned their eyes away as they saw the men "strug gling In mld-alr in their mad efforts to climb out of danger. When the mass of material struck the water nil were concealed fur an instant by the spray thrown high into the air. As tha 'water subsided here and there could be seen men struggling desperately to climb on the timbers. Ihat had their ends above water. A few succeeded in climbing to the piera in safety, and were quickly res cued by boats put out from the shores. The others struggled despeeratciy and were carried off by the current to sink almost a3 rescue was at hand. Near the bridge lived the wives and children of many of the workmen. These were sioii on the river bank. Many were wild with grief and rushed frantically about, wringing their hands and tear ing their hair. To whose door must be laid the re sponsibility will never be known prob ably. Doubtless It was one of those tnforseen accidents that occur in splto of all precautionary measures. The general opinion ascribes the cause of the disaster to the stiff wind that had been sweeping the river all day. It bore with great force on the great framework, which necessarily became loosened from the constant strain and swaying of the heavy timbers. A great number of people before the span fell could see the great "traveler" rising eighty feet above the piers, sway ing and nulverlng In the wind in what appeared to be a most alarming man ner to those on shore. The motion, however, was hardly noticeable to the workmen who had no Idea, of their deadly peril until the great iivj-m c wood and Iron begun to sink. At U o'clock twenty-five bodies, hor ribly mangled, were recovered. The number of wounded has not yet been learned, though it will be large. As to how many were on the span when It fell, there ore conflicting re ports. Rome of the escaped men say there were a hundred, and as but few have lieen taken out of the water from tlio debris, the loss of life is put down ns at least fifty. Others say that just before the accident a number of men were called off the spun, and that not more than fifty remained, some of whom esctiped to the other span, and that with those saved from the water the loss Is not more than twenty or twenty-five. The latter Is probably correct. A report from Jeffersonvllie, at the other end of the bridge, says there were 150 men on the span, of whom only sixty-five are accounted for. The span would have been completed by this afternoon, and after the "trav eler" had been fastened to the pier there would have been no danger of the wind or current breaking It down. A pile driver was sent to the scene this afternoon, and the work of clear ing the wreckage and searching' for the dead under the debris was at once commenced.' The following have been taken out dead: Lester Gardlck, Frank Miller, Pat Kelley, Frank. Simons, Chas. Mur phy, J. H. Burke, John Courtney, Bud. Cnvcr.augh. I... (1. (lartero, F. U-irns, C. W.Cook. " "Missing C. F. Holderer, A. Sodden, J. Giegaln, M. Solan, Frank Simons, JefTerfonvllle; G. II. Hinkie, Pauphln, Ta.; J. Holden, J. L. Wilson, J. T. Owens, F. Sheridan, J. Allen, V. F. Moore, Georgo Lilly, It. L. Derfling, Virginia; H. Diss. Injured J. Meyers, Lexington, left leg badly fractured; Hairy Lee, New Albany, slightly Injured ; H. 1. Hilue- brand, three ribs froctured, internally Injured, and will probably Oie; G. W. Brown, rvingt"n, Ky., arm broken in three places; C. Tharp, ankle. badly sprained, Oswego, N. Y.; G. E. Shhe han, Greenup, Ky., flesh wound; A. T, UM," l&tst Tennessee". tVdi;.' " trul'seil; S. Parks, Scotland, three ribs broken end tpridned ankle; T. Galloway, South Fitlsburg, tJa., fiac'ared leg; 13. Sher iff. Chicago, fatally Injured; E. llobin, fctally injured; W. A. Sharp, Louisvill left arm broken, hurt Internally. The East End Improvement Com pany has been acting as limited ugent in the construction of the bridge und the reorganisation last March, when the property was disposed of to a syn dicate controlled by three roads, gen et ally supposed to be the Big Four, Chesapeake and Ohio, and B. & S. W., for the purpose of completing the bridge and providing suitable terminal facilities. A bond issue of $5,000,000 was authorized. This gave new lite to the enterprise, and the work of com. plcling the structure has been going on rapidly since. The span that gave way was the last but one needed to complete the struct ure. The history of the Louisville a:id .Teffersonvilie Bridge Company la a aer ies of disasters, financial and other wise. Originally projected In 1879, fail ure overtook it In it liiclpiency. Tn 18S8 it was revived under a new char ter, and ground! broken In 1840. Two caisson accidents took place during the building of the piers, resulting In the drowning of twenty-one men. Today was the third big Occident In the chain. Several minor ones occurred between times. Jacob E. Krelger, the leading spirit, broke himself and the Masonic Bank of this city In further ing the project, and finally sunk into an untimely grave under the load sf ills, resulting from the multiplied dis aster.) caused by the bridge. The third span of the bridge collapsed at 8:20 to night. So far as Is known, no one was Injured. The total loss to the bridge company is about $175,000. AN EXPENSIVE BLAZE. New York, Dec. 15.-A fire broke out in the furniture and upholstery seven story building of Henry Thesen & Bro., Third avenue and' Forty-ninth street, and destroyed nearly $.500,000 worth ol property in less than an hour from the time of its discovery. Hwldes destroy ing the upholsterer's building, it also burned, out five tenement houses in lUngtall. alley or Heekman Lane, oc cupied by forty-eight Italian families, numbering 200 people. The marble and statuary yard of Samuel Adler, and his stables adjoining, were burned, and (en horses pe''i'"'1'- 1 The Arizona Admission Bill Passes the House. STRONG OPPOSITION TO UTAH Republicans in the House Retard Proceedings by Filibustering; Measures. Associated Press. Washington, bee. 15. The bill for the admission of Utah will probably be op posed In the senate by its old antag onist, the Ladles' Home Missionary So ciety, which claims polygamy is not dead. , THE HOUSE. i Washington, Dec. 15. When the house assembled this morning less than a t undred members were present. The Arizona bill was called up after the morning hour. Republicans continued to filibuster, but the democrats secured a quorum and the house went Into committee of the whole on the bill, was finally passed by a vote of 185 to 60. The house committee on foreign and Inter-state commerce decided to report favorably the resolution of Represen tee Doolittle, of Washington, providing for a commission of three senators and six representatives to visit and investi gate the Nicaragua) canal project. Washington, Dec. 15. The course of events in the house resembled the hal cyon days of the Reed congress, when legislation was rushed through at gal loping speed. The bill for the admis sion of Arizona was put through under whip and fpur, and that for the ad mission of New Mexico was well under way when a wrangle over what was to be done with . Oklahoma, intervened, . ...... -v . i fa.y-; .... and the debate lasted until adjourn ment. The bulk of the Eastern oppo sition to the admission of the terri tories, as expressed by Bingham, of Philadelphia, predicated on the theory that while the Eastern states are rich In wealth and strong In population, they would be able to hold their own in the house, where the basis of repre sentation was population. The Influ ence of the great states of the Union would be overbalanced by the greatly Increased state representation In tha senate. - Hepburn, of Iowa, raised an objection to ti.e clause In ih'5 .Arizona bill fclv'nar f..ut SKitlons In every run?e, a total of 70,000,000 acres. " Smith, of Arizona, Interrupted, and declared that Arizona would get Ju-)t what Iowa got. v This Hepburn denied. "Even If It had," he said, "liwa had 2,000,000 In habitants." To a suggestion that people would leave Iowa to go to Arizona, Hepburn simply moved his hand contemptuously, "The idea that people would go from Iowa to that arid country Is preposter ous," he said. "I went out there once, and I never saw a green thing, unless," he added, "it wore breeches." Bowers, of California, In a heated re ply, drew a graphic pictu're of the val leys of Arizona. "They are more fer tile," hi declared, "than the plains of the Kile." In live year he predicted the population of Arizona, would be In creased four fold. 1 Very few amendments were Adopted. The one increasing the- grants of lands to state Institutions, 100,000 acres to each insane asylum and penitentiary, and to deaf and dumb asylums 30,000 acres, were adopted. Motions to consolidate the Judicial .listrif Is of Utah and Arizona and re Highest of all in Leavening Power - 1 ABSOLWFELV FUHE duce the salary of the federal Judge, were defeated. Republicans generally did not refrain from voting on the final passage of the bill, although many voted ngalnst It. The motion carried J86 to 61, and the bill for the admission of Arizona vas passed. I IN SECRET SESSION. Silver Men Talking of Forming a New Political Party. Washington, Dec. 15. The possibili ties of a new political party, with free silver coinage as the sole plank of the platform, was among the developments of today's secret Besslon of Ue silver leaders The day was devoted to ex pressions of opinion from represento lives of the different states. They were uniformly to the effect that the working people and farmers were dis satisfied with the course of congress In repealing the purchase clauses of the Sherman act. Frequent references were made during the speeches today to the necessity of organizing a silver party, made up of the elements here- the populists, the National Grange, tofore gathered under the standards of Knlghta of Labor, Farmers' Alliance, etc. The tendency of the conference Is towaids this new organization. The probability Is the first effort of the united forces will be exerted to cany the congressional elections next fall. It is undecided whether this will be done by nominating Independent sil ver candidates for congress or by en dorsing such candidates of the old parties who have shown by their rec ords that they favor silver. The belief of those attending the conference Is that a national silver ticket will bo nut in the field as a result of the pres ent meeting, and of the victories they hope to achieve in congressional elec tions. Senator Jones Bald at the close of the day's corference that this new national party was among the strong probabilities of the meeting. THE OREGON PACIFIC SALE. The Road Is Bought in for $200,000 by the Blair Faction. Corvallls, Or., Dec. 15. At a sale of the Oregon Pacific. Railroad today, fol lowing the reading of the decree by the sheriff,, the attorney of William Altschid served a' noileebn fntendlns bidders that the title to the military grant of 800,000 acres of land to the Willamette Valley and Cascade Wagon road Go., and the property of the De Chltes Bridge Co., was Involved In lit igation in the United States court, and that the title to the same would not follow the purchase. T. Egenton, Hogg i.t.tornev. cave notice that $25,000 was deposited on the purchase of the road l.v Tenhln Job at a sale that had been confirmed, had not been returned, and that said sale had never been abrogated and that he claimed the road undr that sale. The Giant Powder Co.'s attorney gave notice that It claimed fifteen miles of road east of Gatesville on a debt or $8,000 and Interest. Messrs. Hughes and Clarke, the attorneys who bid In the road for $200,000, authorized the fol lowing statement: "The purchase ot the Oregon Paclflo has been made by i ho united action of responsible parties Interested In the development of tha property. It is expected that the road will soon be put on a sound basis anu eperated so as to benefit the communi ties contiguous to the road as well us the owners" The parties In wnose t:ftme the purchase of the road was mado are J. J. Belden,,, Henry Martin. F. V. Pendleton, S. S. Holllngsworui, Joseph Wharton and James A. Blair. NOTABLE DEPARTURES. Ran Francisco, Dec. 15. Among the passengers who left on the steamer Alameda today for Honolulu were u. A. Thurston, Hawaiian minister cx troardlnary and envoy plenluotentlnry to the United States, and J. Mott Smith, formerly minister to the United States. RIO BOMBARDED. New York, Dec. 15. A World's spe cial from Buenos Ayres. December loth, says: A terrific bombarding is re ported in the harbor of Rio de Janeiro today. Many persons were killed. , TUB STATE WORSTED. ' New Orleans, Dec. 15,-The jury In the case of the Slate vs. the Olympic Club returned a verdict In favor of the defendants, tnus effectually legal izing glove contests. . Latest U. S. Gov't Report.