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ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 18H).
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
At Alton, Ills., a firo causing a loss of
$100,000 occurred.
The Choynski-Fofiarty fifiht will tako
place on tho 25th inst.
AH republican members of congress
are expected to bo present.
Peter Jackson failed to stop Goddard
at Sydney in eight rounds.
Tho settles near Sims, N. D., have
been warned by tho Sioux.
John L. Sullivan says ho will clean up
$20,000 this season as an actor.
Tho failure of tho National bank of
Discount, Paris, is announced.
Tho velvet factory at Lyons was de
stroyed by fire; loss 750,000 francs.
At New Orleans, Tommy Warren
whipped Tony Miller in threo rounds.
Tho report that ex-Postmaster Clark-
son is seriously ill at Ashevillo is untrue.
Tho loss by the Sydney fire, October
2nd, was $3,000,000; insurance $2,500,000.
A new brick building in Jersey City
collapsed; ono man was killed and several
injured.
The buildings of the Bellnire Stamping
Company, nt Bellaire, O., were burned;
loss $00,000.
Banker Colgate of New York says the
Northern Pacific will bo the greatest rail'
road in America.
The Pacific coast racing record for 2-year-oldswas
lowered at Stockton 3TS
terday; limo 2:20J.
Tho case against Baker nnd tho other
Astorians arrested in Portland was con
tinued until next Friday.
Tho annual gamo dinner of John B.
Drake was given at tho Grand Pacific
hotel nt Chicago last evening.
Bradstreet's Agency has reporls from
forty of the most prominent cities in the
case on the financial situation.
Bam ford Bros.' silk mills nt Pattersor,
New Jersey, wero burned; losi $300,000;
the employes had narrow escapes.
A guest in tho Internationa' hotel at
Portland was relieved of money nnd
valuables amounting to over S3.O0O.
A letter from persons at Pine Bidgo,
the scene of tho Sioux trouble, say that
the scare has been much exaggerated.
Sullivan was drunk in Taunton, Mass.,
yesterday, and kicked his employer
Duncan Harrison, seriously injuring him.
It is rumored in Washington that
Alfred Busscll of Detroit will be ap
pointed justice of the United, States
supreme court.
A general advance in Pacific const
freight rates has been ordered by tho
trans-continental nisociation to go into
effect December 1st.
It is reported that the Oregon Improve
ment company will charter the steam
ship Pomona nnd run her in connection
with the Eastern Oiegon.
ROBBrRVIP(KT 3, AN D.
A Hotel CJuc&t Itclicicd of ITIou
cy And Valuables.
Spcci.il to The Astojiian.I
PoktiiAN'd, Nov. 22. Another bold
robbery occurred at the International
hotel by which James Petite suffered
the loss of S12o in cash, a gold "watch
and chain and certificates of deposit
amounting to So.UbU The latter was
represented by two certificates, one on
the St. Paul baDk and the other on
the Fort Leavenworth bank.
Petito's room was entered during the
night.
Additional Telegraph mi Fmirlh Page.
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It rouses the Liver and Kidneys and Stomach,
cures Jieauacne, jjyspcpsia, creates an .Appc
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Makes The "Weak Strong.
Used everywhere, f 1 abottlejeixibr$&
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AUCTION
AND COMMISSION HOUSE.
MARTIN OLSEN,
Successor to E. O .Holden.
The omest established Commission Douse
In Oregon. Goods ot all kinds sold on com
mission. Auction 8ales Every Saturday.
General Repairing, Jobbing and Uphol
stering done.
Fine stock or Furniture on hand.
"When yon want Bargains in Household
Goods go to
KARTIN OLSK.N
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HOW THEY WILL STAM.
Democrats Will Haye a Big Major
ity in tie House,
WABITENQ TO EEPHBLI0ANS.
Every Member Should Be in His Seat
During the Short Session
National Notes.
Special b7 Tho Uxxtkd Press.
Wasiiixgtox, Nov. 22. An unoffi
cial list of tho members of the house
in the fifty-Eecond congress, which has
been compiled in the office of the
clerk of the house is as nearly correct
as any list can be until all the cer
tificates of congressmen are received.
Even then it is not likely to be
changed as tho list has been prepared
witb care, and in nearly every instance
from official returns.
It is interesting because for the
first time it gives a really definite idea
of the political complexion of tho
next house.
It8hows that 222 democrats have
been elected on tho straight ticket,
the number of republicans being
ninety-two. It gives the farmers'
nllianco a representation of seventeen,
but of this number twelvo come from
the South, aud will naturally act with
tho democratic party, this swelling
the lattor's aggregate vote to 231.
The democratic majority over the
republicans is therefore 130, or 142,
counting the twelve alliance men rs
democrats.
SULLIVAN AND II IS "JAG."
The Actor Pugilist Knocks His
Employer Out.
Special to Tub astokian.I
Tattnton Mass., Nov. 22. John L.
Sullivan, Duncan 33. Harrison, and
other members of -their company, were
here jesterday. Sullivan became
hilarious and in tho course of his
antics he kicked Harrison in the back,
injuring him so badly that he was un
able to appear at the evening per
formance. Harrison wont to Boston
lo-day for medical treatment. It is
feared his spine is injured.
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC.
"It is to be the Greatest Railroad
In. This Country."
Special toTHEASTOKIAX.l
New Youk, Nov. 22. James Colgate,
the banker, is thus queted: "I think
the Rockefellers feel as I do, that the
great railroad of this country is to be
tho Northern Pacific, and this is duo
to the prodigious wealth at the other
end of it. If it is "ever taken out of
the hands of speculative manipulators,
I don't see why it should not become
the greatest railroad property in the
world."
The Report Untrue.
Speii.il to Tiik Astariax.I
AsrrEvnjiE, N. C", Nov. 22. The re
port tbat ex-AssistautPostmaster-Gen-eral
J. S. Clarkson is dangerously ill
at Asheville is untrue.
MARINE NEWS AND NOTES.
The 6team schooner Alliance sailed
for Gray's Harbor yesterday morning.
Tho steamer Cascades arrived down
yesterday with threo barges of rock
for the jetty.
The British ships Annesley and
Blengfell sailed for the United King
dom j esterday.
The steamship Qconje W. Elder ar
rived from San Francisco yesterday
morning with a miscellaneous cargo
and sailed for Portland.
Tho British bark Oclitertyre, B.
Harris, master, arrived yesterday,
ninety days from Algoa bay, Africa.
She is in ballast and reports an
uneventful trip.
The steamship State of California
arrived from Portland early yesterday
morning, noirly twenty-four hours
behind time and sailed for Sau Fran
cisco shortly afterwards with the usual
cargo of oysters, cranberries, shooks,
etc
The British ship liirker, Captain
Light body, dropped anchor in the
river yesterday afternoon, eighteen
days from Honolulu. She is in ballast
and will load wheat for tho United
Kingdom. The vessel had a remarka
bly quick trip and the voyago was un
eventful. The British ship KirJiCiidbriglit
sTiire arrived yesterday forty-four days
fromTonala, Mexico. The vessel is
in ballast Just prior to leaving Ton
ala the carpenter of the vessel, James
Nicholson, was drowned. He put off
from the shore in a small boat, when
a squall overtook him and capsized
tho boat, Nicholson being drowned
before assistance could reach him.
The steam tender Manzanita,Capt
Richardson, leaves for Tillamook
Bock this morning with supplies for
the station, and will tako back Mr.
Hunt, the head keeper, who ha3 been
en joying a vacation. From there tho
steamer will go up to Destruction
Bland with supplies and coal, thence
to Gray's Harbor and reset several
buoys, afterwards returning to this
city.
Is Consumption Incurable?
Read the follewing: Mr. C. 11. Morris,
Newark, Ark., says: "Was down with
Abscess of Lungs, and friends and phy
sicians pronounced me an Incurable
Consumptive. Began taking Dr. King's
New Discovery for Consumption, am
now on my third bottle, and able to
oversee the work on my farm. It Is tho
Gnest medicine ever made."
Jesse MIddlewart, Decatur, Ohio,
says: "Had it not been for Dr. King's
New Discovery for Consumptien I
would have died of Lung Troubles. Was
given up by doctors. Am now in best
of health." Try it. Sample bottles free
at J. W. Conn's Drug Store.
ARE YOU MADE miserable by Indi
gestion, Constipation, Dizziness, Loss
of Appetite, Yellow Skin? Shiloh's
Vitalizer is a positive cure.
SHILOH'S CURE will immediately
relieve Croup, Whooping Cough and
Bronchitis.
IN TELE THIRD ROUND.
Tommy Warren Whips Tony
Miller at New Orleans.
Special to The Astobiax.1
New OeiiEaks, Nov. Tommy "War
ren knocked out Tony Miller of In
dianapolis in three rounds this even
ing before the Audubon Athletic, Asso
ciation. Miller had no chance from the start,
the Californian proving very scientific.
Warren landed two right handers
on Miller's jaw in the second and
third rond, knocking him down.
Miller got up and clinched and to
save himself pulled "Warren down.
The latter got away and feinted with
his left, landing his right again on his
opponent's jaw and Miller was
whipped. The club will endeavor to
get a match between Andy Bowen and
Austin Gibbons.
MUST BE PRESENT.
Timely WarnlBfr Given All Re
publican Congressmen.
Special to Tiik Astoria n.I
"Washington-, Nov. 22. "Every re
publican must bo in his seat this
winter," said Congressman Cannon,
to day, in an interview.
This is understood to be the wi3h of
tho administration and it has been
passed around among the republican
cougressmon that they must oxpect to
remain through the coming session.
Several republican congressman say
tbey believe it will be very hard to
hold a quorum in "Washington this
winter aud tho democrats expect that
tho republicans will not bo able to
muster.
ANOTHER RECORD BROKEN.
The Coast Pacing Time Lowered
At Stockton, Yesterday.
Special to TheAstohiax I
5 Stockton, Cal, Nov. 22. "Stam
toul" was not feeling well to-day ard
did not seem to be in condition. At
his first start he broke shortly before
the quarter pole and was reigned np.
The next time he went around un
steadily and broke just in front of the
wire. Time, 233J.
Shippeo's "Chief Thorn," beat the
two-year-old Pacific Coast pacing
record making a mile in 20.
PUGILISM AT THE ANTIPODES.
Peter Jacison Fails to Stos God
flarfl. in tie EiEM RonnJ,
TIIE CnOl'ySKI-FpGEJtTT FIGHT
Sax Fiuncisco, Nov. 22. The
steamship Alameda, from Australia
brings news that Peter Jackson and
Joe Goddard fought before the
Sydney Athletic club on October 21st
Jackson was to stop Goddard in
eight rounds, but failed to do so.
Tho fight was of the hurricane order,
the men going at it hammer and
tongs from first to last All said that
Goddard had the better of the fight
all through, but a disagreement be
tween tho judges resulted in the fight
being declared a draw. The club has
offered 4,000 for a finish fight be
tween the men.
Choynski and Fogarty will meet on
November 25th.
San Fbakctsco, Nov. 22. Speaking
of the Jackson-Goddard fight, Cap
tain Morse of the Alameda said:
"Jackson was not in condition and
ho went against a young giant, who
nearly turned the tables on him. Of
courso there are two opinions as to
who is the best boxer, but this last
affair has taught the colored champion
that he cannot live fast and fight fast
too."
"I saw Peter just before we left
Sydney and ho is determined to get
himself into thorough condition for
hi3 next match with Goddard. They
will fight before the Sydney Athletic
Club in February for a purse of 1,000
and if Goddard wins he will not lack
backing to fight any man in the
world."
Coming from California.
Sped d to The Astokiax.1
The steamship Columbia, Capt.F.
Bolles, left San Francisco yesterday,
and is due to arrive here to-morrow
morning, with sixty-three steerage
passengers, and the following cabin
passengers:
RFitzbrick, W. W. Dodd, Miss
Atwood, E. E. Wynkoop, O.B. Glover,
D. W. Robertson, J. H. Smith, V. Du
pont and wife, J. J. Hittinger and
wife, G. W.Winterburn,Miss Stevens,
Mrs. O. Vivian, A. Beger nnd child, Y.
Fonbertly, Miss Robinson, "W. Paul,
Mrs. C. L. "Wilson, Miss Finley, Miss
A. Davis, A. L. Sergeant, "W. Allert
G. W. Prindle, E. S. Hinsdale, Capt
"W. E. Barkheimer, F. Phelon, M. L.
"Wells, "W. A. Judson, D. W. Litz, H.
T. Stanley.
Continued for a Week.
Special to The AstorianI
Portland, Nov. 22. The case
against the Astoria boarding house
runners for harboring a deserting
sailor named Miller, was continued to
day until Friday next
A Paris Bank Falls.
Special to The astoriak.I
San Fbanoxsco, Nov. 22. A Paris
cable says the failure of the National
Bank of Discount is announced.
Headache and Dyspepsia.
William E.Rockwell, .No. 512 West
57lh street. New York, says:
"1 have been a martyr to bilious head
ache and dyspepsia. Any indiscretion
in diet, overfatigue, or cold, brings on a
fit of indigestion, to bo followed by a
headache lasting two or three days at a
time. 1 think I must have tried over
twenty different remedies, which were
recommend as certain cures by loving
friends, but it was no use. At last I
thought I would take a simple courso of
purgation with Bbandreth's Pills.
For the first week I took two pills every
night, then one pill for thirty nights;
in that time I gained three pounds in
weight, and never have had an ache or
a pain since."
Disease In one part of the body will
eventually fill the whole body with dis
ease. Every year or two some part of
the system grows weak and begins to
decay. Such part should be removed at
once, and new matter be allowed to
take its place. There's no need of cut
ting it out witn a surgeon's scalpel.
Purge away the old, diseased and worn
out parts with BitANDitETn's Pills.
A MATERIALIZED SPIRIT.
Snien Interruption of a Seance In
TMs City,
THE "GHOST" WAS PBE8ENT.
It Tried to Bun But Was Caught And
Proved to Be Fleah and Blood
A Grand Fxpose.
For nearly two weeks there hca
been held every evening at different
residences in this city spiritualistic
seances, conducted by a female me
dium of remarkably attractive appear
ance, assisted by a husband or cousin,
both of whom came from Portland
recently, and took up their temporary
residence in this city.
While there are here many good
people who believe in spiritualism, it
is not the provinco of this article to
reflect in any way discreditably upon
them or their faith, but it will, how
ever, be clearly Bhown that the mater
ialization seance of Friday evening
was a downright fraud and a palpable
deception.
About fifteen persons were present
by invitation, all of whom were ex
cellent people, well known and re
spected in the community, most of
whomwerespiritualists, the remainder
going because invited, and simply to
see if anything could be clearly dem
onstrated as of spirit origin, and if so,
they were prepared to believe it on
practical illustration or proof.
Across the corner of the room in
which the guests were seated, a cur
tain had been hung, thus forming a
temporary cabinet, and in this corner
the fair medium took her seat, with
the husband or assistant just outside
the curtain. Various spirits wero
then said to control the medium, one
called Mellie, purporting to be a
small child who acted as guide, and
another, who wa3 called a doctor.
Mellie had something to say to nearly
all present, and dimly appeared in tho
dark room outside the curtain as an
indistinctly defined figure, not appear
ing plainly enough to show more than
the outline of the face, neck and
shoulders.
One by one in the room were called
up by Mellie, the child spirit guide,
and as the individual came near the
curtain, there seemed to gradually
come up from the floor, a dimly out
lined figure, purporting to bo some
departed relative of the individual
who had been called to the curtain.
One of these figures claimed to be the
materialized male relative of Miss
Edith Bishop, who had a Mss for her,
but when she wished to ascertain if it
was a spirit, and placed her arm
around the waist, she felt the corset of
a woman and tho top of the gathered
skirts of a woman at the waistband,
and then Miss Bishop naturally dis
believed the genuineness of the mater
ialization, but said nothing.
Then little Mellie was behind the
curtain and seemed very friendly to
all, and in childish tones expressed a
desire to kiss those present One
after another of the fifteen in the
room went up to kiss the spirit child,
until J. "W. Conn had not been called,
he having been the only one over
looked, so he asked Mellie if she was
going to kiss him, too.
"I don't know you," said Mellie.
"Are you the man with the big whis
kers? "Yes," replied Mr. Conn.
"All right," said Mellie, "Come up
here and I'll kiss you."
So Mr. Conn walked up to the cur
tain which appeared to be partially
opened and the dim outline of a face
was seen which he kissed, and though
tho face was covered by a lace or thin
mask, he is confident, by the recollec
tions of the gallant days of his young
manhood that it was a woman's lips
he kissed, which belonged to tho face
of a woman and not to a child.
Mrs. Conn was also called to the
curtain and the materialized form of
her mother was claimed as before her,
and talked kindly to her, but when
Mrs. Conn said, "If you are my
mother, call me by the name you
called me in my childhood," the ma
terialized spirit could not do it, and
Mrs. Conn does not believe in the
genuineness of the materialization.
Then all were invited to arrange
their chairs so as to form a circle,
the little glimmering of light which
had been allowed to shine into the
room so as to allow a person to see
enough to walk to the cabinet, was
carefully excluded, and the room was
in total darKness. All present wqM,
luviieu iu juiu liauua uuu uuservo per
fect silence, that the spirits might
materialize and come in the circle.
After a few moments of quiet, a
materialized form appeared in the
circle, and walking from one to an
other shook hands with each person.
When the alleged spirit reached
Mr. Conn and extended the tips of
its hngers, he wanted more than this
and grasped the hand, which he states
was the genuine hand of a live woman
if he is any judge of such. As the
clasp of hands was released he quickly
seized the wrist, and passed his left
hand up the right arm, which ho held,
and neck, face and head of the spirit,
but found it a large and well formed
woman about the size of Maud Jones.
Standing up in front of her as he
did this, he suddenly threw his left
arm around the waist and found in
his grasp a woman weighing about
160 pounds. Up to this time not a
word had been spoken and none of
the rest of the company knew the
exciting scene which was being en
acted in their midst The spirit tried
to free herself from his grasp, but he
held her tightly, with the intention of
exposing the fraud and shouted,
"Open the door."
Then the spirit laid hex face close
to his and hurriedly whispered: "For
God's sake don't expose me I Don't,
oh don't I" But it seemed that the
door could not be opened, and he
started for it with his struggling
captive.
As soon as Mr. Conn ordered the
door opened, the assistant or husband
of the medium shouted "No you
don't," and springing forward at
tempted to release the medium, and
one of the faithful guarded the door.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Then followed quite ascufile, Conn
holding to his prisoner and she strug
gling to get away, nianifesting alto
gether too much strength for so
ephemeral a being as a spirit, while
the assistant was also aiding her, and
several others tried to interfere.
At last their combined efforts were
successful and Mr. Conn reluctantlv
let go his hold, and went out of the
room. Tlra medium went behind the
ourtain, which was at once barricaded
by a few of the faithful, to prevent
any more interference.
Mr. and Mrs. Conn and Mim Edith
Bishop are convinced that the pre
tended materialization of disembodied
spirits at that seance was an unmiti
gated humbug and a species of palpa
ble deception which ought to be ex
posed and the two frauds driven out
of town for thus trying to deceive
people and cheat them out of money
by pretending to call up the spirits of
the departed.
Several others of the fifteen present,
are also satisfied that the whole thing
is a farce and deception, but did not
wish their names mentioned. The
medium and her assistant went across
the river yesterday, intending to hold
seances all this week and do a rushing
business, but will probably think As
toria is not a congenial clime, and go
to other fields and pastures new.
WARNED UY THE INDIANS.
Settlers In North Dakota Are
Told to Leave.
Special toTnEAsTORiAN.I
Mandan, N. D., Nov. 22. Sheriff
Bnrgerheimer this morning, received
a telegram from Simstown, forty miles
west of here, stating that the people
were coming in from Muddy and
Hart rivers, having been warned by
the Sioux to look out for themselves.
The sheriff shipped forty guns to Sims
and Hebron.
Captain Halloran, the commanding
officer at Fort Abraham Lincoln,
maintains that there is no ground for
alarm.
"Washington, Nov. 22. F. H.
Shock, of this city, whose daughter
Emma, is with her husband, Mr.
Croner, at Pine Ridge, S. Dak., to
day received a dispatch from her say
ing: ""We are all well and safe. Pay
no attention to newspaper reports."
JUMPED ODT OF THE WINDOWS.
Narrow Escape of Employes Froi
A Burning BnilSing.
BIG SILK. JfHIS DESTROYED.
PattebsonN. J., Nov. 22. About
825 o'clock this morning a fire started
in the extensive silk mills of Bamford
Bros, on Cliffstreet, which burned so
fiercely that the mill wa3 soon totally
destroyed.
The fire communicated to the hand
some residences of Joseph and "Walter
Bamford, whioh adjoined the mills,
both of which were also burned to the
ground. The loss is placed at $400,
000; insurance 200,000.
Three hundred hands were em
ployed in the mill, among whom were
a number of women and girls, who
for a time were panic stricken, but all
are believed to have escaped unin
jured. Many, however, had narrow
escapes by jumping from the second
Btory windows.
Glass Factory Barned.
Special to The astorian.1
Alton, His., Nov. 22. The flint
glass factory buildings of the Illinois
Glass "Works, were burned this morn
ing. Loss, 3100,000. Five hundred
hands are made idle.
Another Biy Fire.
Special to Thh Astorian.I
Ballaibe, Ohio, Nov. 22. A fire de
stroyed two large buildings of the
Bellaire Stamping company this even
ing. Loss, 360,000; partially insured.
Vigorous Men and Women.
The vigorous are they who pav attention
to the laws of health, of which one of the
foremost Is, Take caie of your digestion.
Should a temporary attack of the enemy
dyspepsia, surprise you, foil his subsequent
assaults with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
From the stomach come the fundamental
supplies which minister to vigor, and. thor
oughly transmuted Into blood a"tively cir
culated, are the maintenance of the system.
rauia in countenance, nervous, attonuatea
in figure, appetlteless. poor sleepers, are the
uyspepuc neiaiorcea ana uunc up uy ine
great stomachic, the wan and the thin in-
dyspeptic .Reinforced and built up bj
great stomachic, the wan and the thfi
crease lu color aud hulk, appetite improves.
nervous symptoms disappear, sleep grows
irauquu auu rresaing, ana tne intran
qullity of mind and despondency notable In
Invalids gives place to lightheadedness, a
capacity for racy enjoyment of the good
things of this life. Use the bitten for ma
larial, bilious, rheumatic and kidney
troubles.
Two hundred and seventeen vessels
entered the port of Havre during the
month of September, the total tonnage
of which was 189,876. Thirty-eight of
these were Frenoh and 106 British.
Hotlce.
GOD'S" BLESSING TO HUMANITY
So Says an Oregon Pioneer Ninety
Years Old.
Fokest Grove. Or., March 19. 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. I ara now nearly ninety years
old, came to Oregon in 1842 in the em
ploy of tho Hudson's JJay Company,
and since 1 began using the OREGOfl
K.IDE3T TEA I enjoy good health.
DAVID MUNROE.
Common sense is a hard thing to
have too much of.
ADVICE TO XOTHEBS.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
should always be used for children
teething. It soothes the child, softens
the gums, allays all pain, cures wind
chohc, and is the best remedy for diar-rhoea.Twenty-five
cents a bottle.
5JACOBSOH
Cures
Backache.
Backache.
Backache.
mBBIHHslP
tMm Martinez, CaLfOctob2fllli;
I eould hardly walk or lie down Com. lamo
back; suffered several -weeks. St. Jtcofes OU.
permanently cured me, other raiedte her "
tag felled to do o. FRED. HUTMAJt
CloYenUle,IndL,Tsb. 8.1M7. i
From a bad- cold pcins settled ia mrfcMir' li
uu i waerea greatly ; connned to Bed saa'
coma hardly move or turn. I tried St.
wu, rruniu viatc me. AaoaotXesX
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