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VOL. XXXV. NO. 1GS.
. Ail Interesting Letter.
Astoria, Oregon, December 12th, 181)0.
Ttoillic IVopleof Astoria and Surrounding Ceuntry:
2 herein state that 1 am already here
Ami I brought vou over that English Engineer:
Alo the Russian Grip, and the German Croup,
nd I threw Scotch Dundee William in the soup.
Yours truly, S.vxta. Glaus.
T-S While here my Headquarters will be at the Corner of Third and
West Sinth jdrects, where 1 will be glad to welcome you al, and where you
will find suitable and useful piescnts for the holidays without encouraging
faking or gambling of anv kind whatsoever, which is pernicious in its tend
encies at an tune or place, let alone in your daily bus'ness transactions.
You will casilv fnd the place by the .ign as below. S. C.
I. L. OSGOOD.
ti,o vvoincin. nmliior anil Hatter.
BUSINESS CAKDS.
J-
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Astoria, - - - Oregon.
Office, three doors cast Court House,
Third street.
c.
J. CURTIS.
Attoraej-atLaiT: Notary Pnbllc.
Commissioner of Deeds for Washington j
Territory. Office in riaveis new unch.
fculldlns. Cor. Second and Cass streets.
J
MX H. SMITn,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office oh Cass street, 2 doors back of Odd
Fellows Building, Astoria, Oregon.
J,
q. A. BOU'lY.
Kirar) and Counhdlnr at Law
Rice ou CUenamus Street, Astoria, Oregon
A-
. KANACA,
ATTORNEY AT LaW.
OSpq over White House Cor., Astoria, Or.
r H. KAXSELb,
REAL KSTATE BROKER
AND
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Established 1SSS.
Tbkd Street, next to W, U. Telegraph Of
0C Astoria, Or.
vrr W. PARKER,
Real Estate and Insurance Agent,
CenTejanecr and Notary Public
112 Bnto Street, opposite the rostofllcc.
BelwcB Olienamus &Squemoquc Sts.,
Astona, Oregon.
A. CXjEVEIANI,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
.
ORJpe FlavelV new brick buildlug, corner
second and Cass streets : up stairs.
D
RK. . Xu AM) J. A, FULTON.
Cass street, between 3rd and 4th.
Special attention to Diseases ol Women
xnd Children, by Dr. A, L. Fulton.
Special attentlou to Surgery, by Dr. J. A.
Fulton,
Office hours from 10 to 12 a. m and 1 to 4
r.K.
D
K. IT. V. STRECKI.ER,
rHYSlCIAX, SURGEON' AND DRUGGIST
In simple cases, charges only for medi
cine. , . x ,
Near PoMofflco, Chcnatmis btreot. Astoria,
Orcpon.
TAY TUTTLE. M. P.
?hysdan, Surgeon and Accoucheur.
Once, Koom 6, lj thl.in UuildliiB.
OKee hours : 10 to 12 and 2 to 5.
Residence, G39 Cedar street.
-TJK.O.B.E8TKS.
mXSIClAN AND SUKGKON.
Special attention to Diseases of Women
vaaSuii.ery.
if1ik: Opposite Telegraph Office, up
Stairs. Astoria, rcRon.
t K. XILX.KR. X. I.
Graduate of Cleveland Homoeopathic Hos
pital College, and Posi-Uraduatc of New
rork dry Tolycllnle School of Medicine
a4 Surgery.
First and Main streets, Portland.
Blee&acB of ffemcii a Specialty.
TK. P. A. REK8,
DENTHST
Rooms3aud, Flavel's new DrickUuild-
t.
Tlielsei Lsster & AnflersBD3
GIVIL ENGINEERS,
Surveyors and Arcliitects.
trrriCR, Koom 9, Flavel's Bi.d'g
SECOND STREET
F.O.B0XS13. ASTOHIA.OR.
W. T. XtTEX ET. U T. BAMX
-J, "W. DRAPER.
Bmrmey, Barin & Braper,
Atteracys
at-Law.
;Oregoa City, Oregon.
Thrive ves experience as Register of
heCJ.S.Lu4 Ottee here, recommends us
l r specialty f Mlnisc and all other bns
kwiMMetke iABOftce or the Courts.
vb4 tewIviBC Um practice la tlie General
UrfOBee.
IN ADDITION
TO THE ABOVE
THAT
IJcsides Suts. Overcoats. Ha:s Umbrellas, etc,
I amslieulnj: fine lines in Ijiucn and MIk
Handkerchiefs, In Plain White, llem
stfclied, Fancy and Colored bolder. Also
Silk Mufflers, Windsor and Drcsn
Scarfs and all Kinds ol Neckwear, ti loves.
Hosier-. iMispcmlers, and
FINE COLD l'LATi:
Sleeve and Collar Buttons
Axn-
An Elegant Assortment
OF
Sole Agent,
COO. fi02 Third St., Cor. West Ninth
IS WHAT YOU GET AT
Foard & Stokes
IN-
Groceries and Provisions
Everything In a First-class Store
and at
Extremely Low Figures.
Goods Delivered all over Town.
The Highest Price Paid for Junk.
FOARD & STOKES
W. F. Scheibe,
CIGAR MANUFACTURER.
Smokers' Articles in Stock.
THE TRADE SUPPLIED.
Special Brands Manufactured to Order.
MAIN STREET, - - Astoria, Or
B. F. ALLEN & CO.
DEALERS IN
Wall Paper and Oil Paintings
: ritACTICAL :
PAINTERS AND DECORATORS.
All Work Guaranteed.
Cor. Cass and Jefferson Sts.. Astoria,
Thompson & Ross
Carry a Full Line or
Choice Staple and Fancy
Groceries.
Give Us a Call and Be Convinced.
INCANDESCENT
Prices.
All Night Lights, per Month, each $2 00
12 o'clock " . 1 50
10 ' " " " 1 25
West Shore JTI 1 1 1 m Company.
Jk C BTTTmTi
Has Opened a
Produce and Commission
STORE AT
-100 Third Street, Astoria, Or.
-Wholesale and Eetall huslues? In Flour.
Mill Feed, Oats, Potatoes. -Apples, Etc
Solicits a General Commission Business.
J. B. Wyatt,
DEALERS IN
Hardware and Ship Chandlery,
Pure Oil, Bright Varnish. Blnacle Oil,
Cotton Canvas, Hemp Sail Twine,
Lard Oil, Wrought Iron Spikes,
Galvanized Cut Kail?.
Agricultural Implements, Sevrlug
Machines, Paints, Oils,
G-rooeries. Etc.
GO TO
LARSON & HILLBACK
-FOR-
GROCERIES
AND FKESH FRUITS.
Orders Delivered Free of Charge. Country
Orders Solicited. Third street,
next to Pioneer office. .
LIDDICOAT & CEIBB.
Carpenters antlBniltlcrs.
Holt & McOurtrie's old stand, have over 2JQ
plates and drawings of all kinds andjstyles
of dwelling-houses, ranging from $000 to
$12,000. Call and see them.
loir Money Worn
LIGHTS
ELECTRIC
w.
BANKER.
I Transacts a General Banking Business.
Drafts drawu available In any p.irt of lite
0. S. and Europe, and on Hong Koiiji. China
Offick norus : in a. ai. to 3 i-
Oxm Fkllows Cuii.pino. Atrfitru. irvj; a.
Astoria National "Bank
IS NOW OPEN FOU
GENERAL BAHKIHG BUSINESS
Accounts of Finns and Individuals So'.ic
Ited on Favorable 1 erms.
Interest luiil on Time Deposit Money
Loaned on Pen-onal security.
Foreign anil Domestic Exchange bought
and sold.
C. T. Kdce, PresWent.
Johu Ilobson, Vice I'res.
At B. Kdcc, Casliler.
D. K. Warren. I ix;-,,,,
C. s. Wrifflit. i 'ctors.
Maverick National
BASK, BOSTON, 31ASS.
CAPITAL
SURPLUS
5400,000
. 800.000
Accounts of Ranks, Bankers and Corpora
tions solicited.
Our facilities for COLLECTIONS arc excel
lent, and wc re-discount for Banks when
balances warrant it.
Boston is a Kesenc City, and balances
with Us from Banks (not located in other
Reserve Cities) count as a reer e.
We draw our own exchange on London
and the Continent, and make cable transfers
and place money hy telegraph throughout
the United States and Canada.
We ha e a market for prime, first-c'ass
Investment Securities, and invite proposals
from btutcs. Counties and Cities when is
suing bonds.
Wo do a general Banking Business, and In
vite correspondence.
ASA P. POTTER, President.
JOS. W. WORK, Cashier.
I. W. CASK
Insurance
Agent.
9 REPBESENTrXG
California Marine ins. Co
S. F.
Columbia Fira an1 Marine Ins. Co.,
Portland.
Home Mutual Insuiance Co . S. F.
Phoenix of London.
Imperial of London.
Oregon Fire and Ma-ine of Por.
land, Or,
THE PORTLAND SAVINGS BABK
OF rOKTLANI), OKKRO.V.
raid up capital .
Surplus and profits
... .SW.CX)
G0.UW
Interest allowed on sni:iii rtep-vils as
follows.
On ordinary savings books, 4 percent per
annum.
On term saunas books, fi jer c itt er
annum.
On certificates of deposit :
For three months, 4 per ci-nt p r annum.
For six months, 5 per cent per annum.
For twelve months, C pi r cent per annum.
FRANK DKIvUM. l'icnlent.
. D.l THOMPSON. Vice 1'icsUlent.
II. C. SlKATfON. Cashier.
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Shooting Range, No. 5 Main St., between
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Open every afternoon and evening except
Sunoay.
Weduedav afternoon for Ladlfsaud Chil
dren : Exhibition to commence at 2 o'clock
sharp.
Pr.zes awarded for competitors.
Instruction given in shooting.
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ASTORTA, OREGON, T UJ5SPAY. DECE1BER IB, 1890.
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
A landslido J occurred ingTacemn: no
one injured.
Bnsiness in the sanats yesterday was
of a routine nature.
Delegate Caine, of Utah, says that the
PolyRamists .are obeying the law.
J. O. Callahan is wanted in Tacoma for
swindling women ont of about $2,300.
McLean defeated Kemp in a sculling
match for 3.000 and the champion
ship. W.A. Jennings, a prominent commer
cial traveler in Seattle, committed sui
cide. United States Minister Sims, at Colon,
lins rono on a secret trip to Bocas Del
Toro
Ex-Assistant Postmaster General
Clarksjn was interviewed on national
topics.
It has bean discovered that the bonds
lately issued by the city of Tacoma are
illegal:
The scaling schooner Adelc roado a
raid on St, Paul's island and captured
400 skins.
Tke cashier of Farusworth it Haggles,
of San Francisco, is missing with about
10,000.
Another hitch has occurred in tho seal
ing question between Great Britain and
America.
A bill enlargiug the rights of home
steaders on iinsnrveuvl public lauds wa3
pissed in the .senate yislerday.
An explosion 'i n East Buffalo cnused
the death of a night watchman and a
pssoCSir.O.UOO.
Hancock, Ilallniu & Go., tobacco deal
ers at Clerksville, Tenu., have assigned;
liabilities, JISOO.
Sir. Carter, Hawaiian minister to tho
United States, has arrived in Sin Fran
cisco from Washington to consult with
Kalakaua.
Tho locomotive engineers and firemen
on tho Milwaukee and St. Paul road,
threaten to strike miles? they get an in
crease in wages.
The girls in Levi Strauss & Co's over
ajl factory in San Francisco, walked out
when a redaction of wages was proposed.
The proprietors reconsidered tho propo
sition and the girls go back to work.
AddUUmal 7clcfjraih n Fmulh Page.
I'rripiioii 1 the liin Cnri-tl.
3'd. Yeniioy. Urockx ii'e, Ontai io, Can
adn, sis:
'i. have used Ukandetu's Pills for
tlic pat fifteen e.ir-. ami think them
the lH"t eallmilif anil anti-uuiuus rem-j
etly known. ! or miiik- JiU' cars 1 suf
fered with an irupLon of The --kin that
Ravi mi great nam and annnyanro 1
tried difierent blood rcmedii, hut. al
though paining strength tii itching
was unre!:eved. 1 finally conel tied to
take a thorough roui.-e nf llttAX-
n i:i:tiis Pills 1 1- ok six e.u h niglit
for four nights, then five, four, three,
two. lessening each time by one, ami
then for one month took one etry
night, wilh tho hapju result that now
my skin is pcifectly clear and has been
so ever since."'
The railroad for Paris whose plans
were adopted last spring, is more than
four-fifths of it underground. Run
ning in a circle, it connects with the
surface lines which enter the city.
To want the Sett his Sun
Myriads of emigrants take their way.
Tlionsai.ds nro'i tin tisands e f ,rr s c veren
v.ith theMigin hiesr stil- nusdi iheaeof
the pioi-eer. "Jlo'iiln tlotvii ;i e! dm' on
the frontier. It Mum d be tent irked, has
o her dia backs besides that nf disputed
lw-seMi n. Many an ei.lcrprisiiu stetllcr
who, with indouiitaDte hardihood, has
cleared the waste, jiHt a-j a scantv area is
readv for tillage, is .stricken by ti'at fite of
the frontiersman, malaria. What a boon to
that 1'ian and his family islfostetter's Stnm
ach I!i.iers,'.hat iis3 forethought .has 1m
shov.uif lie has obtained an adequate sup
ply. I he fairest fields for jigrlc iltural and
miniut: en'erprjse on this continent and
abroad are subject to th,s intlictmu. i'ro
tected by no-tetter's Moinach Hitters it
mav be be defied. It will uotdu tj confide
in a robust constitution alone. Malaria
prostrate;, the strong aid weak Mik. Take
the Hitters, loo, for iheumatlMu, dyspepsia,
biliousness, kiui.ey i rouble
T HEALTH RESTORER.
X?s U5EIT!
IT IS THE IDE AX MT5DICUJE.
ft routes the Liver and Kidneys and Stomach,
Cures 1 1 .idache. Dvspcnsia, creates an Appe
tite, Purifies the IrapurcBIood, and
Mnkcs Tlie Wreak Strong,
Used everywhere $1 o bottle ; sixfor 9&
tl
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FOE. RENT.
Commodious Buildincs conveniently situ
at"d. with ample Net l.'acks will be rented
for the
coining season n the Columbia
River.
Apply to
W. W. PARKER.
FOR SALE
ir
Cheap For Cash.
Inquire at
Standard Saloon
PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY!
There is no occasion for the most fastidi
ous of oar citizens to send to Portland or
San Francisco for
Custom Made.Ciothes
As they can cet Retter Fits. Retter Work
manship, and for less Money.
By leaving their Orders with MRANY.
New Coods bv Every Steamer.
Call and sec linn and satisfy jourself.
P. J. Moany. Merchant Tailor.
A b'-x of safety in tches free to smokers of
lw fH?JHBH
Rflnnfirv
lacKS
b antt Stock
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RAID ON AN ISLAND
A Pirate Scliooner Captures Four
MM Seals.
A SEilTLE MAN SUICIDES
Pactory Girls in San Prancisco Win a
Strik8- Another Cashier
Gone With Coin.
Special by The Uxited Pkess.1
Victoria, 33. C.,Dec. 15. The sealer
Adele, the German schooner -which
went north of Behring sea some weeks
ago, returned last evening from her
cruise with four hundred seal skins,
the result of a raid on St Pauls Island
in Behring sea. She cleared here for
Yokohama, Japan, but did not go
there, returning to this port. She
did the same thing last year.
The action of Alleles captain is
censured by sealing men here, who
s-ay it bring disrepute on the Victoria
sealers who do not raid. The sealer
Maiy Taylor, which went South
some weeks ago to try sealing, arrived
this morning. She was 300 miles
south of 'Frisco and only got one seal.
A KCII.ET 5 THE BRAIN.
Suicide of a Well Known Com
mcrcial Traveler.
Special t Thk AstokiaS'.I
Seattle, Dec. 25. W. A. Jennings,
a traveling salesman for the North
western Cracker company of this city,
committed suicide shortly beforo 11
o'clock to-day by shooting himself
through the head.
At the hour named he walked into
tho business office, at 1,532 Sixth
street, greeted tho occupants, and
seating himself, placed a pistol to bis
head and fired.
Mr. Jennings was one of the shrewd
est and best known commercial men
on the coast, and has been a resident
of Seattle about seventeen years. He
came in from his last trip over the
road last Friday. No cause is known.
Mr. Jenning3 stood very high in busi
uess and political circled. He was 43
years of age. He died at the hospital
about two hours after the shooting.
THK (SIRLS "KICKED."
Factory Hands Win a. Strike In
San Francisco.
Special toTiiK Astokiax 1
Sax Fk-vs'cisco, Dec 15. All the
girls in Levi, Strauss & Co.'s overall
and shirt factory, struck this morning
against a reduction in wages. Be
tween 300 and 400 employes were
involved. Tins afternoon the nrm
decided to restoro tho old schedule
and tho girls will go back to work to
morrow morning.
ItlcLEAN IS CHAMPION.
He Defeats Kemp Scullintr on the
Pnrnmctta River,
Special to Thk Astoriax.1
Sidxey, N. S. "W., Dec. 15. To-day
on the Parametla river a sculling
match for 3,000 a side and tho cham
pionship of tho world was rowed by
oarsmen Kemp and McLean. McLeau
was winner.
Another Cashier Gone.
Special to Thk AsTOitiANM
San FnAN'cisco, Dec. 15. Nathaniel
Greene, cashier for Farusworth &
Baggies, draymen, is among the miss
ing with about S10.000 of his employ
ers' money
PERSONAL MENTION.
Budolph Barth came in from ltis
ranch on the Klaskanine last evening.
H. "W. Monastes, a prominent cap
italiit of Portland, is in the city on
business.
M. Schlussel returned from a busi
ness trip to Portland on theTelephone
yesterday.
F. A. Hovey, of San Prancisco,
passed through the city yesterday on
his return home.
M. M. Bellinger, a well known citi
zen of Tacoma, is a passenger on .the
steamship Columbia for San Fran
cisco. County Clerk Trenchard is so far
recovered from his severe ilness that
ho will be able to appear.at the office
in a few days.
Sam Bartholomew, of Portland, is
in the city visiting his brother, Arthur
Bartholomew, engineer of the Bay
Baiiway motor line.
"Watson Binder, J. R. Clinton and
N. Clinton, Jr., returned yesterday
frcm the lower Nehalem where they
had been taking up quarter sec
tions of Uncle Sam's domain as tim
ber claims.
Happy Hoosicrs.
"Win. Timmons, postmaster of Ida
ville. Ind., writes: "Electric Bitters
has done more for me than all "other
medicines combined, for that had feel
ihg arising from Kidney and Liver
trouble." John Leslie, fanner and
stockman of same place," says: "Find
Electric Bitters to oe the best Kidney
and Liver medicine; made me feel like
a new man." J. "SV. Gardner, hardware
merchant, same town, says: Electric
Bitters is Just tlie thing for a man who
is all rnn down and don't care whether
ho lives .or dies; he found new strength,
good appetite and felt just like he had a
new lease on life. Only 50c. a bottle, at
J. W. Conn's Drug Store.
In Queen Elizabeth's time London's
death rate was 40 per 1,000. Sanitary
improvements have reduced this to 20
per 1,000.
Remarkable Rescue.
Mrs. Michael Curtain. Piainfield. 111..
makes the statement that she caught
cold which settled on her lungs; she
was treated a month by her family phy
sician, but grew worse. He told her she
was a hopeless victim of consumption and
that no medicine could cure her. Her
druggist suggested Dr. King's New
Discovery lor Consumption ; she bought
a bottle and to her delight found herself
benefited from first dose. She contin
ued its use, and after taking ten bottles
found hfcrself sound and well, now does
her housework and Is as well as she
ever was. Free trial bottles of this great
Discovery at J. "W. Conn's Drug Store,
largo bottles, 50c. and $1.
CJLARKSON OX THE ISSUES.
lie Speaks of tlic Elections Bill
and. Other Matters.
Special to The Asioriax.I
Bostok, Dec. 15. Ex-Assistant
Postmaster-General Clarkson. in an
interview on national politics said he
did not ascribe to the big importers
any extraordinary large share in the""
defeat of the republicans at the recent
election.
Speaking of the elections bill Clark
son said he,, was in favor of it, but
there were no assurances that it would
pass, as some of those senators who
had speculations at stake would let
iho bill be defeated through delay.
On the prospects o financial legis
lation Mr. Clarkson thought there was
a majority in each house in favor of
free coinage. He thought a revision
of the banking law was needed in fa
vor of the farmer, and said tho Farm
er's Alliance had come to stay until
some modification of the banking sys
tem was made.
THEY BEIjIEVE IN IT.
Farmers' Alliance Laugh at
Charge made Against It.
Special to Thk Astoria v. I
Topeka, Kas., Dec. 15. Tho various
prominent Kansas menof the Farm
ers' Alliance, mentioned in the dis
patches as having been concsrued in
a plot to to disintegrate the southern
democracy by supporting the sub
treasury bill at the recent Farmers'
Alliance convention, laugh at the
story. They say they voted for the
bill because they believe in it.
A Tobacco Firm Fails.
Special to The astokiak J
Claukstille, Tenn., Dec. 15.
Haucock, Hallams A: Co , proprietors
of the Grace tobacco warehouse, have
assigned. Liabilities, S180,000. Their
assets are sajto exceed that sum.
IT IS OUT OF THE QUESTION.
flat lie Hawaiian Minister. Says
Alont Annexation,
JLE WILT. TAXK TO THE K1SG
Special hy The Uxitkd Thess.!
San- Fkan'cisgo, Dec. 15. H. A. P.
Carter, minister from Hawaii to the
United States, has arrived from "Wash
ington. Mr. Carter comes to consult
with King Kalaukaua on the subject
of tho relations between the twogov
ernments, and will remain here about
ten days. Mr. Career's opinions re
garding the sale or the annexation of
tho Hawaii Islands are very pro
nounced on the negative. He consid
ers all principles of concession as ri
diculous and absurd, and says he is
here to talk with His Majesty.
MARINE NEWS AND NOTES.
The State of California is due from
San Francisco this morning.
The British ship -Ai-dnamurcJian
left up for Portland yesterday in tow
of the Willamette Chief.
The steamship Columbia sails at
noon to-day for San Francisco, one
day behind scheduel time, taking the
following freight from here, 950
bundles shooks, 3,000 feet lumber, 35
boxes apples, 8 crate3 moss, and 4 tons
assorted cargo.
The British ship Iron Cross cleared
yesterday for Belfast, Ireland, with
the folio wing carge: 22,331 sacks wheat
from Portland, valued at 39,000, and
7,484 sacks wheat from JAstoria valued
at $13,021; total value of cargo, $52,
021. Balfour, Guthrie fe Co. are the
consignors.
The British bark Parthia claeared
for Limerick, Ireland, yesterday, with
the following carge: 32,000 sacks
flour, valuedat S56,000, from Portland,
and 2,893 sacks flour from Astoria
valued at $5,062.75; total value of car
go, $61,064.75. The Portland flouring
mill are the consignors.
The British ship Scottish Isles
cleared at the custom house yesterday
,fgr Dunkirk, France, with the follow
ing cargo, 35,776 sacks of wheat from
Portland valued at $59,500, and 16,394
sacks of wheat from Astoria valued at
S25.500, total value of cargo, $85,000.
C. Caesar & Co. are the consignors.
Wives
Suit
Hat,
And you all know to
find
The Rustling Clothier
AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL
A Law Passei Hat f ipeneflt
Homesteaders,
THE MORMONS BOW D0WH LOW
Negotiations in Eegard to the Seal
Fisheries Question at a Stand- "
Still Notes.
Special by The TJsrrEn Prfss.1
"Washington-, Dec. 15. The senate
was called to order this morning at
10 o'clock. Not more than a dozen
senators were presenr. Tho judiciary
committee was cranted leave to sit
durintr the session of tho senate. The
presiding officer states that tho com
mittee's regular bnsitiess has consider
ation of the calendar.
ATr. Morgan inquired what had be
come of tho Dolph. resolution, and the
presiding oflicer replied that it was
subject to be called up.
Mr. Morgan said that Mr. Dolph
had made statements which should be
replied to. Ho (Morgan) did not de
sire to call up the resolution, but this
was the second time the senator from
Oregon had been absent, and it ho
were present to-morrow he (Morgan)
would call up the resolution.
The credentials of Justiu S. Merrill,
as senator from Vermont, were pre
sentcd and laid on tho table.
A bill was passed enlarging the
rights of homesteaders on public
lands. It provides that where parties
settled opposite unsurveyed lands,
and therefore were obliged to take up
less than 160 acres, they may extend
their holdings to not exceed 160 acres.
HITCH IN NEGOTIATIONS.
Settlement of tlie Sealing Ques
tion ITIeets Witli Opposition.
Special to The Astoiuax.I
New York, Dec. 15. A World
special from Washington says: It ap
pears that another crisis has been
reached in the negotiations between
this government and Great Britain,
with regard to the Real fisheries in
Behring sea.
It is learned from a reliable source
that Blaine intends to send to con
gress, within a few days, a special re
port on the subject which will declare
another failuro to agree, even upon
the mode of proceedings to effect a
final agreement. Both sides, it ap
pears, are willing to leave to arbitra
tions tho question of sovereignty of
the waters of Behring sea and con
sequently the right of United States
revenue cutters to seize or interfere
with Canadian sealing vessels outside
of the three miles limit but they cannot
agree upon a method of getting at this
arbitration and they cannot agree
upon a temporary regulation to bo
applied during the time which much
elapse before the result of arbitration
can be known.
The British minister proposes that
for a temporary period it shall be
understood tnac all seal Hunting in
any part of Behring sea shall be en
tirely prohibited during Itfay and Juno
and from October to December, and
that during July, August and Septem
ber no . maurauders shall bo per
mitted to land on the Seal islands
and no sealing vessels shall be per
mitted to approach within ten miles
of the islands. Blaine is utterly dis
satisfied with this proposition. July
to September is regarded as the very
best poaching season.
The Indian "War.
Special toTiiK Astouian.I
"Washington. Dec. 15. General
Schofield has received a telegram
from General Miles confirming the re
ports of dissensions among tho In
dians in Bad Lands. The reported
engagement between troops and the
Indians i3 believed to bo untrue.
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THE ItlORITIOX QUESTION
Folyganiists Want to Came
Under the Flag-.
Special to The Astorun'J
New Yobk, Dec. 15. A Post's
"Washington, correspondent has inter
viewed Delegate Caine of Utah, who
says:
"There will be no resistance among
the polygamists under new order of
things. Plural wives will continue to
be supported by their husbands to
whom they .were sealed though, they
will not live together. The children
born before the federal law went into
effect have been legitamized and there
have been no plural marriages since.
"My predecessor, Mr. Cannon, has
surrendered since the law went into
effect. It was n serious hardship in
his case. He could not venture to
visit one of his plural wives at whose
house his child was dangerously ill. I
have known men to be terrorized out
of attending the funerals of their own
children on account of surveillance
which extends even to those Mormons
who never practiced polygamy.
"I have suffered from it myself but
tho grossest injustice is to charge the
Mountain Meadow massacre to the
Mormon church. It was really the
work of the Indians. "We will enter
gladly into statehood but are done
with begging for our manifest rights."
FIRE AND EXPLOSION.
Bnt! Disaster in the Asplialt
Works in East Buffalo.
Special to The Astoian-.I
Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 15. A fire
from a furnace at the Barber Asphalt
Company's works. East Buffalo, com
municated with oil used as fuel and
caused a terrible explosion and fire at
2:10 o'clock this morning, which re
sulted in the death of the watchman,
NeilCampbell, and the los3 of about
150,000.
RAILROAD MEH IN GODHCIL.
Secret Session of Magnates HgW in
a Private Besiience.
those who were pjiesext
Special b7 Tho TTsited Press.
New York, Dec. 15. The great
conference of railroad magnates began
this morning shortly before 11 o'clock
at the residence of J. Pierrepont Mor
gan on Madison avenue. About
twenty persons, prominent in railroad
circles, were in attendance. Among
them were Jay Gould, C. P. Hunting
ton, Eussell Sage, J. T. McCook, Presi
dent B.B. Cable, of the Eock Island
road; President H. H. Porter, of the
Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad;
President Marvin Hughitt, of the
Chicago and North "Western railroad;
Vice-Presidents M. L. Diekes and
"W. H. Newman, of the same road, and
Geo. M. Pullman. The session was
strictly rrivate and secret.
A 2irSTERIOOS MISSION.
The American Consul at Colon
Takes a Trip.
Special to Thk Astorian
Panama, Dec. 15. The United
States cruiser Enterprise has left
here for Boca's Del Foro on important
business. United States Consul Sims
took passage on her, but at present
we are not at liberty to state tho cause
of his having so suddenly abandoned
his trip to New York.
.Illegal Bonds.
Special to Tub Astoriax.
Taco3ia, Dec. 15. An interesting
development was made in the council
meeting to-night, that the new city
bonds were illegal and did not con
form to the charter in vogue when
bonds are delivered, regardless of the
date thereon.
That Terrible Cough.
In the morning, hurried or difficult
breathing, raising phlegm, tightness in
the chest, quickened pulse, chilliness in
the evening or sweats at night, all or
any of these things are the first stages
of consumption. Dr. Acker's English
Cough .Remedy vrill cure these fearful
symptoms, and is sold under a positive
guarantee by J. W. Conn.
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