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Joe Choynslu sails for Australia. A Spokane Falls merchant robbed. Influx of Chinese at San Francisco. L?prosy discovered in Nova Scotia. Powderly speaks about Chief Arthur. A man in Salt Lake confesses murder. A unique convention held in New York. United States silver purchases limited. Summer resort burned at Newark, N. J. Heavy opium soizuro at San Francisco. New mines to be developed in Alaska. New York money is quoted at C per cent. Slriko en the Delaware- & Hudson road. The Senate eulogizss the late Senator Heck. An ex-conrcs3man dies in Sun Frau cisco. San Franciico ticket agents cutting rales. Cutlery grinders striko iu Massachu setts. California sngar refinery advances its prices. An unknown man found dead at Gold en Gate. Two maniacial mutes kill n child in Quebec. Tho Czar confer.-! honors upon Von Caprivi. A weak spot found in tho cruiser San Francisco. Suit to bo instituted against tho Cana dian Pacific. Throe miners murdered by Apiohes in New Mexico. Tho United Stales steamer Alert put Iu commission. Citizens of Madam, Cal., charged with cattlo stealing. Senator Stewart speaks on an im portant matter. Tho treasury department makci heavy bond purchases. Sir Edvvard Arnold infatuated with Jnpaneso women. A schemo to securo Chinese for railroad building in Mexico. Simremo Council of railroad men still in session in Indiana. Tho situation at tho Chicago stock yards still unchanged. Southern Pacific considering tho do mands of tho trainmen. Tho eight-hour and alien contract la bor bills to be considered. Encampment of tho Union Veteran Legion to bo formed in Boston. The remain0, of tho lato John Ericcson to bo disembarked at Coltenburg. Tho threatened contest over tho Grower property settled in Boston. Member of tho Alaska Commercial company talks on tho Behring sea ques tion. English government to investigate tho report of the failure of tho Irish potato crop. XLATLY CAPTURED. Portland Detectives Arrest n Yomi;r Tliief. Special toTmc Astouias.1 Poutlaxd, Aug. 23. Detectives Day and Griffin neatly caught n vouncr thief this morninir nnnn flm i arrival of the Southern Pacific train. iiis name is i'rank iiyrne, aged 33 years, xuey yesterday receivea a telerrrani from Chief Crowlov. nt Hnn IFraucisco, requesting them" to arrest the boy should be come this way. The police learned that Byrne had bought a ticket for New York. Byrne is wanted for stealing Sl,100 from bis mother, a lodging bouse keeper at the bay, and when searched here Sl,009.35 of the pilfered money was fouud on bis person. Futnl Ncfflicrcxicc, Special toTiiK Astoriax. Buckingham, Qua, Aug. 23. Yes terday Mrs. Cole went berrying, and left her child in charge of two boys, deaf mutes, of unsound mind. On her return she found the deaf unites bad killed the child and partly eaten its body. The maniacs must bave at tacked the child shortly after the mother's departure. Mild winters aud changes iu fashion having depreciated tho value of tho Hndson bay furs, and there being a large stock on band, that company is selling off its lands to pay dividends to stockholders. These lauds aro in creasing in value, being in demand for settlement Kncouragcmenl for the Feeble .-.o Ioiik as Hie failing embers of vitality mc capable or beinj; re-lclndlcd into a warm and genial glow, just so long as there is hope for tho weak aud emaciated invalid. Ixa him not, therefore, despond, hut derive eucouiajrement from this and from the further fact that there Is a restorative most potent in renewing tho dilapidated powers of a broken dow n syMein. Yes, thanks to its unexampled tonic virtues, Hostettcr's Stomach Hitters H daily reviving strength in the bodies and hone in the minds of the feeble and nervous. Anpetite. refreshing sleep, the acquisition of llesh and color, are blessings attendant upon the reparative processes which this priceless Invlgorant .speed iW iuitiats and carries to a successful conclusion. Digestion Is restored, tne blo.nl fertilized and sustenance afforded lo each life-sustaining organ by the hitters, which is inoffensive even to the feminine palate, vegetable hi composition, and thoroughly safe. Use It and regain vigor. HOSTILE APACHES. Three Miners Suffer Death nt Their Hands. Special to Tue AsroBT.vx.l Deiting, N. M., Aug. 23. Parlies who arrived to-day from the Teha cbita mountains, eighty miles sonth west of here, confirm the reported murder by the Apaches of three miners, named Alf. "Williams, Carl Ehrman and Peter Kiggs within the past week. Military men say that two Indians did the killing, but citi zens report that there were five in the party. Two detachments of troops are following on their trail. Men went out from here to-day to bury the bodies and secure the effects of the murdered men. Influx of Chiuchc. Special to Tub ASTOKIAX.1 San Fkaxcisco, Aug. 23. Tho pres ence of so many Chinese on the Oceanic; which arrived last night, is explained by Collector Phelps as caused by the recent rale war between tho Canadian Pacific and the Pacific Mail. Warfare lowered the rates, and in consequence the Chinese took ad vantage of the reduction, twice as many coming over as usual. Strike on the D. A: II. Road. Special to The AstouianI Aiiiuxv, Aug. 23. Superintendent Hammond, of tho Delaware & Hudson railroad, this morning told the switchmen at Green Island they would accept from and deliver to the New York Central all freight. The yardmen and freight handlers then struck. One of tho strikers said a strike on the Delaware & Hudson bad been ordered between Albany and Green Island. A GIGANTIC SCHEME To Transport a Colony of Celestials From China Into Mexico t'ei: JtAILJtOAIt IIUILDIXG. Special ItyTjn: Uxiti'D I'mc-s. San Fiuncisco, Aug. 23. Among the passengers on the steamer City of Peking, which sailed for Hong Ivong this afternoon, w;is Lyman I. Mowry, a well-known attorney of this city. HLs mission to the Orient is to secure Chinese labor for Mexico, and if tho scheme is a success, it will be one of the greatest achievements in trans porting an entiro colony from one country to another that has ever been known. Mowry returned from Mexico a short lime ago, and it was on Ibis southern trip that be perfected plans for the deliveringot Chinese into Mex ico. His contracts call for 8,000 Chi nese. Laborers are wanted for the construction or a railroad across the isthmus of Tchuantepeo. The railroad is to be built by English capital. The work is to bo done by Mexican con tractors. Mowry has contracted to supply laborers "at so much a head, be and those liebiud him to lodge and board the Chinese. A PECULIAR CASK. Respectable Citizens Charged. With Stealing Cattle. Special to Tub Astoma,! Madeua, Cal., Aug. 23. Quite a ripple of excitement was created in this place this afternoon by the arrest of two of our bast known citizens for cattle stealing. Mr. G. "W. Mordecai, a wealthy rancher, stock raiser, and Democratic candidate for the as sembly, swore to a complaint charg ing J. N. Goode and J. Noble, pro prietors oi me leaning meat market of Madera, and Prank Scbraum, an Indian in thoir employ, with stealing aud killing cattle belonging to Mor decai. Mr. Mordecai has mysteriously missed cattle for the past week. Last night be missed two. This morning be located one of the bides aud ono of the beads iu the slaughter bouse of Goode & Noble,, Goode & Noble claim they came honestly by the cattle, having bought them from a man by the name of Dunham, who lives near by. It is believed very strongly that there is conspiracy con nected with the affiair. Quoted at 0 Per Cent. Special to The Astouiax.j Sax Fkaxcisco. Aug. 23. A private telegram from New York quotes money at G per cent The normal rate is evi dence that the stress was only in spec ulative oircles, and that it is over for tho present, borrowers having secured loans to tide over itntil Mnivlnv nf leiisL Arrived Safely. Special to Tue Astoeian. New York, Aug. 23. The Ham burg American line sfenmshin Tinnn which went asboro at Jones inlet and was hauled off last night, arrived at quarantine this morning. To Be Laid nt Rest. Special to The Astorian.1 New Yobk, Aug. 23. The remains Of John EricCSOn. tlininVAtifnr ofnrfnrt on tho Entei-prise for Sweden, bis u.mvu uiu, io-uay ior nnai interment. At Chester Assizes, England, Lord Chief Justice Coleridoe. in iijo nlinnro to tho grand jury, emphatically ex pressed hirnsel as to the need for leg islation to stamp out the daugerous practice oi carrying revolvers. It is said that Germany has agreed to a comnromlso. in necnnlnrmn wifh which sbe will pay back one-halt of tne money value or tho bishops' prop erty, which was confiscated, during the culturknmpf, and interest on tho remainder. X Krrun of Paper Save.q Hit Lire It was justan ordinarj' scrap of wrap ping paper, hut it saved her life. She was iu the last stages of consumption, told by her physicians that she was in curable and could live only ashortlime; she. weighed less than seventy pounds. On a piece of wrapping paper she read of Dr. King's Tew Discovery, ami trot a snmplo bottle; it helped her, she bought a large bottle, It helped her more, bought another and grew better fast, continued its use and is now strong, healthy, rosy, plump, weighing 140 pounds. For fuller Particulars send stamp to W. II. Cole, iruggist. Fort Smith. Trial bottles of this wonderful Discovery Free at J. V. Conn's Drugstore. ASTORIA, OREGOIY, SUNDAY. AUGUST 2.J. ANOTHER ROAD TIED DP A General Me OrJereJ on tie Delaware auJ Huflsou AT ALBANY AND GfiEEN ISLAND. The Trouble Originated Over the Dela ware Eoad Handling New York Central Freight. Special by Tho Uxitep Press. AtiBAxr, N. Y., Aug. 23. At noon to-day Labor Association No. 216, of the Knights of Labor, ordered all members employed at Use Green Island yards of the Delaware & Hud sou railway, as well as those iu Ibis city, to strike at once. The order was generally obeyed, and Ibis afternoon the Delaware & Hudson company finds itself confronted with the same state of affairs that existed about a week ago when a similar tie-up went into effect. Tho trouble is all grow ing out of the handling of certain freight by the Delaware and Hudson road. A committee of the Knigbts waited upon the company yesterday aud asked that it be definitely agreed that no more Central freight bo moved. A reply was received from the road this morning to the effect that the company proposed lo trans port over its lines all freight that might bo received. This ultimatum precipitated the tie-up which cm braces the yard men and the switch men employed hero and at tho Green Island vards. siTrAYiorv rxcHAXtittD. Tito Men at the Chicago Stock Vards Still Out. Special to Tin: Astokian. Chicago, Aug. 23. Tho situation at the slock yards among the engineers and firemen of the switching tissocia lion who went on a strike yesterday is unchanged to-day. The men are "out and business is paralyzed. At the great slaughter center the men arc awaiting the result of a meetingof tho superintendents of the various railroad companies comprising the association. Tho superintendents "were in session last night and resumed the conference nt 11 o'clock to-day with closed doors. It is believed the deliberators will be unfavorable to lb? strikers. T2IE SOITIir.KN PACIFIC Are Now Considering the I&e iii a it ds or the Trainmen. Special to The Asroi:i n.J Sax FitAXoisco, Aug. 23. A com mittoo of the Brotherhood of Con ductors and Brnkomen called upon General Manager Towne to-day for the purpose of securing hotter wage.1? for freight conductors and brakemen on some brandies of the Southern Pa cific system. General Superintendent Fillmore aud six division superintend ents were also present. Tho confer ence lasted over two hours. The em ployes presented their demands in writing for the first time since the present agitation was begun. They were given to understand that their demands would receive earnest consid eration, and as prompt a response as possible. The men ate determined to strike in case of a refusal. Powderly Speaks. Special to Tin: Astokiax.i New Yokk, Aug. 23. Powderly this morning was asked about Chief Ar thur's statement, that tho latter would not answer a letter which had not been addressed to him personally, but which had been given to the news papers. He said: "Arthur never au swers any communication I send him. When I went to Cleveland I wired him that I was going to meet him, and although I scoured the town for him, I could not find him. He never has shown a disposition to meet me. All I want Arthur to do is to declare which side he is on. Is he for the workmen or corporations." Still Deliberating. Special to The astoriax.j Tekre Haute, Ind., Aug. 23. At 12 o'clock the supreme council of railroad men is still iu secret session. An car nest debate is in progress. At 150 President Sargent was not yet through his report. It i3 said that it would probably be 5 or 6 o'clock before the council adjourned. An Obnoxious Workman. Special to The AstohiaxI Gkeexfiem), Mass., Aug, 23. Seventy-five grinders of the Bussell Cut lery company, of Turner's Falls, struck to-day because the management re fused to discharge an obnoxious work man. lioils and Pimples and other affections arising from impure blood may appear at this season when the blood is heated. Hood's Sartaparilla removes the cause of these troubles by purifying, vitaliz ing and enriching the blood, and at the same time it gives strength to the whole system. There is a respect duo to age, but there is also a respect dne to youth, tho lack of which accounts for many a failure in tho household and in sys tems of education. N. Y. Ledger. Pcoplo have got to be shocked to wake them out of old absurd routine. TJEeparnlyzes us to almost every in justice. When peoplo are shocked they begin to think and inquire. . 1. Stowe. Epoch. Tho transition from long, lingering and painful .sickness to robust health marks an epoch in the life of the indi vidual. Such a remarkable event is treasured in the memory and the agency whereby tho good health has been at tained is gratefully blessed. Jlence it is that so much is heard in pniiso of Elec tric Hitters. So many feel they owe their restoration to health to tho use of the Great Alterative and Tonic. 1 f you are troubled with any disease of the Kidneys, Liver or Stomach, of long or short standing you will surely findrc lief by use of Electric Bitters. Sold at 50 c, and Si per bottle at J, AV. Conn's Drug storo. !$)). THE THREATENED CONTEST Over the (Jrowcr Property Ami cably Settled. Special to The AsxObiax.I Bostox. Aug. 23. It is announced that the threatened contest over the property of Fred Grower, the husband of Mme. Nordica, has been satisfactor ily adjusted, and that the matter will not be brought into court. Mme. Nordica sought to recover part of her husband's estate, aud certain property bis brother George said be purchased, with bis own money. The property, which is in Tccoma, is worth about S100.000. The case is said to have been settled on Mme. Nordica's own terms, namely, giving her a large por tion of the property, and leaving her to return at once to" fulfill her engage ments in Loudon. misplaced Confidence. Sjecial to Tin: .stokia:.m NnwYonu, Aug. 23. Emma Mor gan, alias Forge, an octaroon, who has figured in several scrapes in San Fran cisco and Denver, was arrested yester day and arraigned in court, charged with the robbery of a wealthy and promineut merchant of Spokam Falls, whom she bad just accompanied on a visit to this city. "When ho left her here, be missed $1,930 of his money, and he notified the police. The police refused to disclose the merchant's name. Emma was rcmauded until the merchant was notified of her capture. Investigating the Report. SK'Cial to The AstokiaxJ Lon-dox, Aug. 23. The government has initiated official inquiry into the reported failure of the potatoe crop in Ireland. "LOVE LAUGHS AT LOCKSMITHS." Sir Eilmn Arnold Infatuated Willi JananesD f omen. HE (;OXTJ2MVltATi:s JfATJWOXY S;ieci.'il by Tho Uxitki Peujs Sax Fi: vxcisco, Aug. 23. A private letter from Tokio, received by the YOccanir, last night, says: The friends here of Sir Edwin Arnold are becom ing alarmed at that gentleman's be havior, and are iryinp every means to get him out of (be country. Tie came to Jap.ut to spend two months, almost a year ago, to finish his poem. ''Light of the World."' Uo has three years leave of absence from the London Td eyraph. At the end of two months he expected, with bis joints' daughter, who accompanied him, to go to India. He has not gone, and seems perfectly infatuated Avitb the Japanese women, so much so that his India detour is postjioncd indefinitely, and his friends fear he will marry a Japanese and re main here. He says bo will do it, and if there i3 not a decided change in his mind, there is much room for doubt as to whether lie will ever return lo En gland Jo reside." Miss Arnold docs not in the least share her father's en thusiasm for Japanese, and is greatly discouraged and disgusted. Cu!iii:r Uatcs. Special lo run ASToisiAX.I Sax Fjuxcisco, Aug. 23. Notwith standing the reported statements to the contrary it is now certain that the ironclad agreement entered into last April by the ticket agents of this city has been broken, and a whole sale slaughter of rates lias lieen begun muoii" nuany an me Ollices. witii a hotel runners, etc., although it is im possible to locate the viDlator of the agreement The dull times are said to be the cause of tho war, and it is now an assured fact that after the present week, all the latitude granted the agencies by their respective lines in the matter of cutting will be taken advantage of. To Ilevclop Itliucs. SlXCiai toTllK ASTORIAX. Sax Francisco. Aug. 23. The steamer SI. Paul, which has sailed for.Ounalaska, has among the pas sengers Thomas Mahone, a well known mining engineer, who goes on an important mission. He has been employed by a newly organized min ing company, in which Louis Sloss is prominently interested, lo make an expert examination of some mines which the new company intend to develop in Alaska. Union Veteran I.cgiou. Special to The Astoiuax.I Bostox, Aug. 23. Several represen tative Grand Army men in this city are promoting the formation of an encampment of the Union Yeteran. Legion, to be made up of withdrawals from the Grand Army of the Eepub lic, with the administration of whose affairs it is stated there is consider able dissatisfaction among members. Drafted men and substitutes are not eligible to membership in the legion. A Popnlar Military Play. "Shenandoah," which is doubtless tho greatest military comedy yet pro duced iu America, will celebrate its firat year of uninterrupted run, Sep tember S. The company is at present playing at Chicago, where the 100th performance in that city will bhortly take place, and the event commem orated by an elaborate and useful i souvenir. Tho business that this, stcrling play has done in Chicago, in , spitc of tho tropical beat, is really phenomenal, as the receipts averaged no week less than S7,000. Tho anni versary performance lo be given Sep tember 8 will take place at St. Louis and up to date, that is for the eleven months of its run, "Shenandoah" earn ings are $235,000. This is unparalled in the history of the American drama. Scicueo Worlts "Wonclorv. 1 had sciatic rheumatism so that 1 was all drawn over to one side. My hip sank so that you could lay your hand in the cavity, and I did no work for a year. Nothing did me any good until 1 tried Hibhard'a Jthcuniatio Syrup, lour bottles cured me. Awiert King. Van Vei t, Ohio. 1 or sale by J. W. Conn. !a sensational report HoYsineuts of Britlsb ana American Men-oi-f ar On tie Sonnil LOOKED UPON WITH SUSPICION. A Member of the Alaska Oommercial Company Expresses Himself On the Subject. Special by The Uxitkh I'i:k?s. . Sax Fraxctsco, Aug. 23. The general topic of conversation to-day among business men wa3 the sensa tional report of the movement of British aud American men-of-war in Paget Sound. It is alleged to have some relation to the Behrins sea question. Those who arc most inter ested in the matter are inclined to throw doubt on the report. Louis Sloss, of the Alaska Commercial Company, said this morning there would be no trouble, as there was nothing to fight for. The American Commercial Company has only se cured 21,009 skins this season, caused by the wholesale hunting of both British and American sealers. Neither England nor the United Stales could afford to tight for a market of this kind. Two mariuers from Seal Island say that there are thirty or more ves sels there and near about. Their crews are idle while the revenue cut ters are about, but it is an open secret that all are there for scaling and for no other purposes. A 1VKAK SlOT. The Steering CJenr of the "San Fran ciseo" :ives Way. Special to Tin: astokiax.i Sax Fkaxcisco, Aug. 23. It was not a test of the machinery, bnt the steering gear, that the cruiser San Fruncisvo wa3 out Tor yesterday. It was well that the test was mailed as a weak spot was found. The cast iron bracket snapped, aud the whole gear was broken down. In consequence this will mean a delay of a couple of da s, and a new bracket will bave to be cast. Apart from this, however, the (rial was a success, and the en gines made 120 revolutions a minute, and the ship logged better than nine teen knots nearly all the tunc she was out. Capt. Goodall says sho is much easier to handle than the Charleston. He is sure that sbe will come very close to making twenty knots an hour on her trial (rip. filnrder or Suicide. Special to Tin: AsrontAXj Sax Fraxcisco, Aug. 23. At tho autopsy made last night on the body of an unknown man, found lloating in a small cove near Golden Gate, it was discovered that death w:is due lo a bullet wound in the head. From the appearances of the body it is believed deceased was a seafaring- man. Whether it is a case of suicide or murder is unknown. The matter has been placed in the hands of the police for investigation. The body had not been in the water very long." A strong cord was tied abont the head of the dead man, being fastened in a sailor s knot. 't'hat Dreaded BIscase. Si'ccial to Tun Astokiax. Halifax, X. S., Aug. 23. Several cases of leprosy have been discovered at Lnglisbtown. Victoria conntv many people. SUO,000 Fire. Special lo Thk AsioriaxJ Reading, Pa., Aug. 2:3. The stove works of Car, Painter and Co., were damaged lo the extent of G0,000 by fire Ibis noon, by the accidental up setting of a kettle of pitch. Ailranec in Sugar. Special to The astosiax. Sax Fraxcisco, Aug. 23. The Cali fornia sngar refinery this afternoon advanced its prices lc all round. SCavaircs or Cholera. Sneeial to Tin; Astoriax.I Cairo, Aug, 23. From Tuesday to Thursday there were twenty-eight denllis and forty-three fresh crises at Eltoria. It 31u.st Have I!ecn the Nightmare. "Ethel Vane" sends us a poem, "Whj does sweet slumber shun my eyes':" Why? Sit down here Ethel, where we can tickle your rosy ear with the waxed end of a short moustache, while we whisper to you that when a girl scarcely eighteen years old, eats an - 8 o'clock supper of cold tongue broiled steak, salt mackrel, fried pota toes, doughnuts, cold apple pie, fried cgs, fresh peaches, a slice of water melon, and one or two cups of coflee, horrified slumber will pack its trunk, and climb on the first train that will take it farthest away, and all the poetry in the university will not bring it back to yon for a week. Don't ask any more such conundrums, Ethel; these are stirring, earnest times, that thrill with peril and impending danger, and our lyre is tuned to loftier strains. -Burlington Ilatolceye. The l-argcstTauk in the "World. , ,. According to the Allahabad Pio- " .lll.G Inrgcst reservoir or arli- "UI" ' "l lu,J ;vo"" w .me great uiiik ui jwneuar, twenty nines south east of TJdaipnr, Rajpooiana, which covers an area of twenty-one square miles. Tho masonry dam is 1,000 feet long by 75 feet high, 50 feet wide at the base, and 15 feet at the top. Dyspepsia For Sixteen Years. M.P. Holland, Postmaster, llockaway Beach, Long Island, N. Y.. was entirely cured of dyspepsia and rheumatism of sixteen years' standing, by taking two Braxdrktii's PIEI.S every night for a month. During the month he took them he gained eight pounds in weight. ' Braxtiekth's Pir.T.s arc purely vege table, absolutely harmless, and safe to take at any time. Sold in every drug and medicine store, cither plain or sugar-coated. SUIT TO BE lNSTITUTEU Against the Canadian Pacifi Railway Co. Special to TnE Astoriax.I Portland, Aug. 23. The Pacific Coast Steamship Company will insti tute a suit against the Canadian Pa cific Railway company to restrain them from running the steamer Danube from British Columbia or Port land to San Francisco. The two companies formed a compact by which the Pacific Coast company was to pay the Canadian company monthly a sub sidy for not running steamers to San Francisco. The Canadian company contend that before the compact was made they had started a cargo of merchandise from China billed to San Francisco, and that the compact can not affect it. Clydesdales for Hawaii. Special to The Astoriax.I Sax Francisco, Aug. 23. The steamer Zealandia, which left for Honolulu and Australia this fore noon, had on board three thor oughbred Clydesdales. One is a stallion of immense size, and the other two are mares. They are said to be bred from the finest draught blood in Scotland, and are consigned to a planter on the island of Mauit in the Hawaiian group. It is his inten tion to keep them for breeding pur poses. Instantly Killed. Special to The Astoriax. San Jose, Aug. 23. J. S. Rainer, aged Go years, employed in a vineyard, was killed this morning. He was struck on the head by a falling timber while working in a construction winerv. "MURDER WILL OUT." A Man Unloads His Conscience of a Colli Blooiletl Mnriler, j' via. Axn ovkx coxrjsssiox. Special by The Unitko Press. Salt Lake, Aug. 23. A man giving the name of Jacob Stnmpf called on Marshal Young, of this city, early this week and said he had a load on his conscience and wanted to confess that on January !, 1S90, in Nashville, Tcnn., he was walking along the street and came across a man whom he struck with a heavy club. lulling him instantly. He then took 20 from his victim and buried tho body without ever looking at the papers oil it, so be has no idea who the murdered man was. Stnmpf says he boarded in Nashville with a family named Tnsch. Marshal Young has notified the Nashville authorities and an ollicer is on his way here to investi gate. To-day Stnmpf withdrew the confession, saying he made it only to get something to eat and a place to sleep. He will be held to await the arrival of the Nashville officer. HxCoiijrcssmnn Dead. Special to The Astoriax.I Sax Francisco, Aug. 23. Horace F. Page, ex-congressman, died to-day after a long illness. Deceased, who was T7 years of age, represented Cal ifornia at Washington four terms, and was mainly instrumental in seenriug the passage of the first restriction act. fie leaves a wife and daughter. Von Caprivi sionoresl. Special to The Astoriax. St. Petersrcrg, Aug. 23. Tho Czar and Emperor William bave ar rived at the Peterhof palace from Narvai. The Czar has conferred the Decoration of tho Order of St. Andrew upon Chancellor Von Caprivi. It is stated that the Czar aud Czarina have promised Emperor William that they will visit Berlin in October. A Unique Convent ion. Special to The Astoriax.I New York, Aug. 23. -To-day began one of the most unique conventions ever held in New York. It was a gathering for mutual benefit and for the discussion of instructors of deaf mutes, representing seventy-three in stitutions, Scotland, throughout this couutry, France, Italy, Spain and other countries were represented by proxy. Summer Resort liurncd. Special to The Astoriax.I Newark, N. J., Aug. 23. The Mountain house, a well-know summer bouse, at South Orange, was totally destroyed by fire this afternoon. Loss 70,000, covered by insurance. No one was injured. Heavy Opium Seizure. Special to The Astoriax.I Sax Francisco, Aug. 23. The cus tom house inspectors yesterday made a big seizure of opium on theBritish steamer JTontserrat. Tho find in sisted of 118 5-tael boxes valued at &12,000, largest for some tune. Put in Commission. Special to The Astoriax. Sax Fraxcisco. Aiip-. -9.!. Tim United States steamer Alert has been put in commission, and is now beino- used by shipping men. Her destina tion is unknown. Choynslti For Australia. Special to The Astorun. Sax Fraxcisco, Aug. 23. Joe Choynski started on the Zealandia to-day for Australia, where he will meet all comers before going to Eu rope, IHnkinsr Improvements. Special to Tun Astoriax. Portxand, Aug. 23. The old build ings on the city hall site arc being torn down. Kotice. GOD'S BLESSING TO HUMANITY So Says an Oregon Pioneer Ninety Years Old. Forest Grove. Or.. March II). 1 have used the OREGON KIDNEY TEA and obtained immediate relief. It is God's blessing to humanity. I take pleasure in recommending it to the afflicted. 1 am now nearly ninety years old, came to Oregon in 1842 in the em ploy of the Hudson's Bay Company, and since 1 began using the OKEGON KIDNEY TEA I onjov Reed health. DAVID MUNBOE. PRICE FIVE CENTS THE NATIONAL CAPITOL Memta of Die Senate Eulogize tie Late Senator Beet HEAVY PUEOHASES OP BONDS. The Eight Hour Bill and the Allien Contract Labor Bill to Be Considered. Special by The Uxited Press. Washington, Aug. 23. The Senate met at noon to-day with the under standing that the session should be devoted to eulogies of the late Senator Beck, of Kentucky. Mr. Blackburn made the opening address. It was an eloquent tribute to the high character, broad statesmanship and force and domestic virtues of the dead senator. Senators Ingalb, Vest, Allison, Evarts and others followed with eloquent and feeling addresses. At the conclu sion of the eulogies the Senate at 3:30 p. 3r. adjourned. SOUIVO JLOIC. Senator Stewart's "Views of an Important Matter. Special to The Astoriax.I Washington, D. C, Aug. 23. "I. don't think much of the movement to send an agent of this country abroad for the purpose of securing co-operation of Europeans in favor of the free coinage of silver," said Senator Stewart this evening. "I think that wo should assume an attitude of inde pendence instead of going around begging. The great trouble would bo to find a competent man. I would not want to send any man over there un less he were a man eminently well qualified for tho mission. If an agent were sent, I think he should have full power to negotiate on behalf of this country. I don't think anything will bo gained by an effort to negotiate with other countries on the subject" Heavy Bend Purchases. Special to The Astoriax. WAsnrxGTox, Aug. 23. The treas ury department to-day purchased SG-12,000 of tho 'iyi per ceut. bonds, under the terms of the new circular, and 12,700 of the 1 per cents, at S1.24. The assistant treasurer at New York to-day bought 83,900 of tho dK per cents. The Jljatc John iiriccs-on. Special toTHEASTORiAX Washington, Aug. 23. Tho navy department, acting on a request made by the Swedish minister, has modified the orders of the United Statea steam er Baltimore, which conveys the re mains or the late John Ericcson to Sweden, so that they will bo disem barked at Cottenburg instead of Stockholm. The Eight Hour mil. Special to Tun Asrouux.J Washington, Aug. 23. In tho House this morning, Mr. McKinley, from the committee on rules, reported, and tho House adopted the resolution, setting apart Thursday and Saturday of next week for consideration of the bills constituting eight hours a day's , work and relative to alien contract i labor. t Silver Purchases Limited. Special to The astoriax. Washington, Aug. 23. Assistant Secretary Nettleton said this after noon that the silver purchases for tho present month would be limited to a proportionate percentage of tho total of the mouth's quota of 4,500,000 ounces, and that hereafter tho amount purchased might be reckoned by the calendar month. A SEASIDK RIIYJIC. Camping by the seasido is having quite a run, Camping in the grove, I tell you it 13 fun, Blankets and mos3 for your bed on tho ground, Dishes and traps lying promiscuously around, Hurry up the fire, for wo aro hungry as sin, We'll never get our supper if some ono don't begin. Moonlight on tho beach, and wo gazo out in the sea, From all caro and worry for the moment wo aro frco. With a blazing big bonfire to keep away the cold. And everybody happy whether young or old. Now the hour is growing late, and to wards the camp we tread, And being somewhat tired, say good night and go to bed. Breakfast is now over, and what shall wo do? On the beach again for a lovely morning view. Then a stroll through the woods, or an hour with a book, And the first thing you know, dinner is to cook. Bat tho best part of all is bathing in tho sea, And if you don't believe it, just como along with me. Oh, what a crowd of bathers, and how fine they do appear. "Whit varied styles of suits and funny looking gear, Tho water is quite chilly and somewhat wet besides, Bat 'tis not very bad if you take it at flood tide. Oh, I tell you 'tis a fact, when yon feel a little blue, Thoro is nothing liko tho Seaside, for health and pleasure too. M. Astoria, Aug. 23. 1S90. 3 CURES PERMANENTLY RHSimATISM: Suffered for Nearly 30 Years. 1S7N. Chester St.. Ualtimoro, Md. For nearly 30 years I suffered with rheum tismmnrm and shoulder; could not lift my arm. Less thnn two bottles of St Jacobs Oil cured me. W. II. HEESON. Of Many Years Standing Gadsden, Crockett Co., Tenn. My case was rheumatism of many years' standing; controlled durinp tho war; tried most everything without relief. St Jacob! Oil finally cured inc. FRED. ROGGE. At Druggists and Dealsbs. THE CHARLES A. V0GELER CO., Baltimore. IM. swells on. , '& "' ' I-Jutf &v -SKr. ".JGaj 5 -- - s