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ASTORIA, -OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, TICBRUARY 1,1893.
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WHY ?
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ELECTRIC
LIGHTS
THE rami REVOLUTION
Ciscnsscd at Yesterday's Cabinet Meet-
ENGLAND WILL NOT PfiOTEST
A Large fnlted State! Squadron will be
t Once Despatched to Honolulu to
Protect Our Interest.
Asaoclatea Press.
Washlnifton, Jan. 31. The discussion of
the Hawaiian question at the cabinet
meeting today was informal, "and there
beln? nothing before the body for its coa
slden.tlon, no action was taken. The mat
ter of the Reception of the commissioners
of the Hawaiian provisional government
concerns only the president nnd secretary
of state, with whom their business must
be transacted. There Is seemingly no
preparation being made at the navy de
partment for sending vessels to Honolulu
to support the Boston. . The statement
that 900 marines would be sent to Hono
lulu on the Bteamer Mariposa, lacks con
firmation. The flying squadron consisting
of the cruisers San Francisco, Atlanta,
and Charleston, and the gunboat York
town, are expected at Barbadoea in . a"
few days and they can easily be reached
there by telegraph if It is decided to send
nny of the to Honolulu. . . " J
San Francisco, Jan. 31. A special meet
ing of the San Francisco Chamber of
Commerce was held today, to "'consider
the question of annexation of Hawaii,
Resolutions were adopted urging the
United States government to prompt nc.
ceptance of the proposed cession and re
questing that the naval forces at Hono
lulu be augmented.
Washington, Jan. 31. Representative
Stanford of New York, today offered the
following resolution:
"Resolved -that the sense Of this body
Is that the time has come when the pres
ervatlon and cxtenolon of our commerce
and the upholding of our flag demand
prompt action by this government toward
the Immediate annexation of the Hawa
iian Islands to the United States."
Salem, Or., Jan. 31. A resolution In far
vor of annexation of the Hawaiian islands
to 'the United States Was adoptad In
both houses this afternoon.
London, Jan. 31. It is learned on the
best of authority that the British govern
ment has not Instructed he British min
ister to the United States Pauncefote to
protest against American interference in
Hawaii, as Great Britain does not expect
that the United States will take any step
o which Great Britain would be likely
to object.
Washington, Jan, 31. The senate today
took up Chandler's resolution requesting
the president to transmit to the senate
nny convention he may make with the
prcvislonal government of Hawaii, and
Chandler proceeded to discuss It. Dolph
made a long statement on the subject,
giving the details as to population, com
merce, etc. of the islands and favoring
annexation.
BRITISH
PARLIAMENT
OPENED.
Gladston
Takes His Otth of
Office a
' Prime Minister.
London, Jan. 31. The queen opened par
lioment today and Gladstone took the
oath of office as prime minister.
Touching upon the question of home
rule, for Ireland, Lord Salisbury said one
object of the government during the past
six months had been to get the support of
that class of men who hitherto no poli
tician In England had tried to conciliate,
The key note of the Irish policy of the
government was supposed to get the sup
port of the criminal classes. The prc-rog.
atlve of the crown had been Ufjed to
shield murderers and released dynamiters
All acts of the government have caused
the Impression that they were much more
In sympathy with criminals than deslr
ous of vlndcatlng the law. There was no
country In the world, Lord Salisbury ad'
ded, where property was now so insecure
as in Great Britain in consequence of er
roneous legtijlatlve action.
In the house of commons this evening,
notice that-Gladstone would introduce
his home rule bll on Monday, elicited
prolonged Liberal cheering. Balfour arose
and amid a storm of opposition cheers,
began in a sneering tone a general crit
icism of the government In Us Egyptian
policy. Balfour said among the causes of
It undoubtedly were the rash utterances
made by he prime minister and the chief
secretary for Ireland when they were in
the opposition. Balfour denounced . the
evicted fenants commission. He demand
ed that the home secretary should say
whether he would not release Egan and
Callan, the Irish dynamiters, as a part of
the policy that it was intended should in
volve the release of ail Irish dynamiters.
Qlodstona was cheered loudly when he
aroso to answer Balfour. He reproached
Balfour for assailing with Inflammatory
criticism a bill not yet Introduced and
for doing his utmost to prejudice the
minds of his followers against the plan of
home rule, of which he was still Ignorant.
REVOLVERS IN KANSAS, '
Topeka. Ka, Jan. 31. The republicans
are wrought up to a hlsH state of excite
ment by the rumor that the populists will
attempt tomorrow to remove them from
the hall by force. Eich republican has
armed hlmeelf with a revovef and says
he will ur It if the populists at temp
resort to force.
HORRIBLE SUFFE RI NoToH" SAILORfl.
Hamburg. Jan. 2L Three sailors res
curd from the wrecked ship Threkla tub--!st.-d
for sixteen days on human fiL-fh.
The master end elnht reamwn left lh.v
Fhlp In a boat but nine rrn could not
get off. Five of them became Insane and
jumped overboard; the others drew lots
0 see which should bo killed. The lot
Lfell twice in succession to a Dutch sailor,
and he was strangled and devoured raw
by the other three.
AN EARTHQUAKE IN THE EAST.
Athens," Jan. 31. The Island of Zante
was shaken this morning by an earth
quake and a panic ensued. In the town
of Zante many houses were wrecked. The
dome of the prison fell in and many prls
cners were killed. Hundreds of people
re injured and families fled from the
twn, - i
TERPSICHOREAN PERFORMANCES,
Strange Ceremonies nit Home 'and
.'' ' Abroad. .
'Of the dances of all times It may be
said that they have, always been assocl
ated with exuberant spirits, and this
natural outburst of bodily activity, thinks
the Boston Globe, may be attributed to
either the excitement of the fight, of the,
chase, or of a religious ceremony, or
to: excessive delight. The Indians have
loag been famous for their war dances,
one of the most exciting of which is that
practiced by the Sioux, and representing
by pantomimic actions the attack upon
and massacre of the Inhabitants of the
neighboring village. The Cheyennee, too,
execute a somewhat similar dance, the
difference being that the attitudes
through which they pass are supposed to
describe a horse stealing raid. The Turk
Is 'never so happy as when ho is prancing
arout and flourishing his sword or gun,
'arid it bodes no good for the Turkish au
thorities when a number of the people of
Albania, Montenegro or Herzegovina
break out Into a war dance .When this
occurs steps are always Immediately
taken to suppress their buoyant spirits
for fiear the atrltatlon would sp.-uil
throughout the country. There are a
number of dances of the red Indians
which, though regarded as perfectly se
rious by the porformors themselves, und
the rest of their tribe, appear absolutely
ridiculous to the civilized onlookers. The
buffalo dance, for Instance, Is supposed
to represent a grand hunt. One of the
braves fixes the skull and horns of a
buffalo on his head and skips about as
the others try to catch him, dancing the
while.
Then there is the snake dance of the
Moquls, the scalp dance of the Sioux,
Apaches and Cheyennes, the rain dance of
the Blnckfeet, and the ghost dunce, which
was the main cause of the Indian rising In
th Northwest a year or two ago.
On the occasion of a young Sioux being
admitted into the ranks of the braves a
sun dance Is executed, during which the
newcomer under goes the most frightful
tortures In order to test his efficiency as
a warrior. Notwithstanding the rapid ad
vance of civilization In Ausralia, the ab
originals still continue to perform a kan
garoo dance, In which the chase of that
animal Is accurately depicted from the
start to the finish by moans of dumb
show. The hare dance of Siberia and the
cstrlch dance of Africa are eclipsed by
the one In which two Siamese fall upon
their hands and knees and furiously at
tack each other, fully convinced for the
time being that thty are elephants, while
the onlookers dance around. The Hin
doos accompany nearly every religious
ceremony with furious dancing, and, In
fact, go absolutely out of their minds on
some occasions. The most notorious re
ligious fanatics, howver, are the whirl
ing Dervishes, the Mohammedan priests,
who spin around on their feet for hours
at a time without experiencing nny in
jurious effects. A ecarccly less marvel
ous dunce, -though one not of a religious
nature, is that known as the egg dance.
performed by the young women of Bho
pal, India. Upon the head of the dancer
is placed a large wheel of wlckerwork,
from the sides of which at equal dis
tances apart,, hang threads with slip
knots. In her hand she carries a basket
of eggs, and her object Is to insert an egg
In each slipknot while th strings are ex
tended out all around by means of hor
rapid circular motion. TMn done, and the
more delicate task of returning the eggs
to her buFkot successfully completed, the
dance ends.
REELS, TARANTELLAS, BOLEROS.
Scotland may truthfully be said to have
produced the most unique of all national
dances, for, while no trouble has been ex
perienced by the Inhabitants in this and
othr countries In performing the quad
rilles of Belgium, the Waltz of Germany
and the polka of Hungary, there Is no one
on earth who can dance -the Scotch reel
. t K 1 . ii naa .ml DMK, 11' i 1 1, U' Vl ( M H I, 4 U
. ...v. i. wi.,m ,i,..
dance which most nearly approaches
Its unique character Is the Italian taran
tella, which has attained notoriety more
ua I u T ,T , ; Vi"
attached to its origin Iran by the actual
. 7 . .v.. a ..,. ni,- ,.,
features of the dance itself. The story
runs that cany in
tury a superstition
the lifteanth cen-
,la
arose among the,
Italians that whoever was bitten by
tarantula spider would go out of his mind, (
and that the -. for this j
form of madness was constant sna furl-1
ous dicing. As a matter of fact tho to-'
spot It spread all over Ita'y In a very .
short spaU of time. The music was good.
but the actions of the dunccrs were Sim-,
ply those of men and women In a violent !
... , ,.,,,., .,, , ,
S r-danVo. and that .f PoUuTd i
tho polonaise. The Irishman claims the ,
Jig for bis personal d-lcc.atlon, and the !-
rZ....-. ,r,. ,h
Frenchman assorts that the minuet, the
favored dance of his forefathers, Is st'li
without a rival. England has no national
dance, unless we can cll F.Ir Hosier do
Covcrly by that name. The rarllwt refer-en-e
to dariclnsr occurs fn the bible. In
the soegs ef Miriam the prophetess, who
"took a timbrel In her hand, nnd nil tho
women went out after her with timbr-!
arj danced." In the tari" chrlrt.'un
churches rracs were provided for dano-,-s,
but tw? prrx'tlte of da :clr:g durl-g the
nerv'.ce soon f?ti Into disfavor and was
discontinued.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
A Busy Day Yfisterflay in
House.
Senate M
AHTI-0PTI0N BILL PASSED
Interstate Commerce Commute Brluga
In a Favorable Report on tbo Lnka
Washington Appropriation,
Associated Press.
.Washington, Jan. 31. The house com
mittee on Inter-state and foreign com
merce today ordered a favorable report
on the senate bill appropriating 125,000 for
construction of a ship canal to-connect
Lakes Union and Washington with Puget
Sound. Tha bill Is reported with an
amendment striking out the propose-1
route by Smith's Cove, leaving the routrt
to be decided upon by the secretary of
war.
The anti-option bill passed the senate
today by a vote of 40 to 29. The bill Is the
one passed by the house on the 9th of
June, 1832, with various senate amend
ments thereto. Washburn moved that i
conference oe asKed, but on motion or
Hoar, this motion went over. '
The fortifications appropriation bill whs
taken up, Dolph took the floor and con
tinued his speech which was b'-gun tlilv
morning on the subject of the annexation
of the Hawaiian Islands. He yielded tem
porarily to permit notices to be given oi
memorial services, and then wont on
with rending his speech which wun rr.oM
ly devoted to the question of the Nlcu
rugua ship canal, It having been original
ly prepared as an argument in favor u,'
the pending bill on that subject. j
In the house today when tho paragraph
in tho sundry civil service bill making
appropriation for a building for the It:
brury of congress was reached, Kiilu-1
democrat, moved an amendment provid
ing that preference be given to horn ever
foreign products when the material was
of equally good quality, and the lmm
production was offered at equal or lower
price. Cogkswcll, republican, of Macau
chiusetts, hoped that the ' amendim-n:
would be adopted because It Involved
such good republican protective doctrine.
The amendment was adopted.- . r
Bland of Missouri, gavo notice that h
would demand In the house a yea and nay
vote on the amendment as It was plain
to him that a democratic house that wn ;
opposed to protection, should not put it
self on record as being In favor of Ten
nessee marble and in opposition to Ital
ian mtrble.
THE DAY AT SALEM.
6ulem,.Or, Jan. 81. In the housa today
Geer of Marlon, Goodrich and Moloney
were appointed a Joint committee to In
vestigate the Insane asylum.
Among the bills passed was Coopcr'n
relating to Interest.
In the senate a concurrent resolution
relative to the annexation of Hawaii ws i
read the third time and referred to the
committee on federal relations.
Matlock's resolution for a committee to
Investigate tho books of the state board
of ogrlculture, was adopted.
Bills incorporating the titles of Fossli
and Condon were passed.
Trulllnger's bill to amend the act. au
thorizing the city of Astoria to construct
a seawall passed the house today.
A bill to prohibit tho sale of tobacci
and cigars to minors under eighteen yearn
was also passed.
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A FOOL'S ANSWER.
He Cannot Sink Crank Prejudices In Hon
oring a President.
Salem, Or., Jan. 31. Governor Pennoyer
received -a letter today from Adjutant
General Mitchell of the Oregon National
Guard, asking permission to use two
brass cannon belonging to the state for
the purpose of firing a salute on inaug
uration day. The governor sent the fol
lowing reply:
"No permission will be given to Use the
sute cannons for firing a saluto over tht
inauguration of a Wall Street plutocrat
as president-of tho United States,"
THE STORM 'RECORD.
Paul, Jan. 31. A bl lizard-raged all
St.
over the Northwest last night and toduy,
wTtSTZ
I The wind blew gale and reports rc
, cdved show that there were some pecul
lLr treai" weather. At 8 o'clock till
. ,
morning, at Helena, It was 48 degrees be-
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hundred miles north, It was ten de-
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The chool have been clotted and buttt-
wtottm lit n s BrnxuMtl . A . 1 4 l.i r
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eter went down to 6 degrees below zero
coldest r
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H ,""P- J' iM c l
nlht the hermomcter "hows 14 degrees
above zero; Spokane reports 12 below, and
Olympia 12 above.
The steamer Lurllne and Husaalo did
not arrive tonljht owing to the Ice gorge
!n the Columbia. They are stuck below
Knlama. No boats left here tonight.
lATEST CABINET fil'Ei.t'LATIO.V.
Washlngtun,.Jan.'3i.lThe latent cabinet ' e"ul,'rrn rw to avoid cold and heavy
. peculation u, to the effect that Henry v"J""lcr '' th ""rth.
Villcrd will be secretary of the Interior," The two matd aehooner, Frank Mtl
and John C. Bullitt, Jr., the nephew ier, went to Clataop mills to load lumber
the eminent Phlladlphlan of that nume.1 f"r Hun Fra.telaco yterdsy.
will be chosen for assistant attorney
general of the United States.
WANT TO GET RID OP IT.
Ban FranclBco, Jan. 31. An Omaha, spe
cial says that recent pronounced changea
made by the Union ruclilc Railway Com
pany In passenger" tickets sales and la
the operating exppnsea has appeared to
some persons "on the inside" to mean
nothing more than a temporary move
ment. It Is believed by many me of In
fluence and railway acquaintance in this
city, that the directors and officers of the
company have about got ready to throw
the road into the hands of the govern
ment and wish to get na much revenue
out of It as possible before that time. -
FIRE IN AN INSANE ASYLUM.
Chicago, Jan. 31. A fire started in the
engine room In the asylum at Dunning,
near here this morning. There were 800
insane patients in the institution. The
boilers and dynamo were destroyed. The
best of order was maintained among the
' patients and only a few of them were
aware that tlier was a fire In progress.
BIG TURCHASE OF BONDS.
. New York, Jan. 31. A. syndicate com
posed of Lee, Higgtnson 4 Company, Be
llgman lb Company, and Boissevan &
Cumpany, have purchased about $1,000,000
worth of Oregon Navigation consolidated
five per cent, bonds and a proportlouato
amount of Union Pacific five per cent,
notes are to bo cancelled.
A DIG STEAMER MISSING.
Han Fram-lceo, Jan, 81. Up to 0 o'clock
this evening,' nothing has 1een heard of
the missing atenmer City of Peking, now
seven days overdue from Hongkong and
Yokohama. The big tug Fearless went
out in search of her this morning.
PERISHED IN THE FLAMES,
H'.ivcrlll, Mnss., Jan. 31. The house of
Juntos Addison, at West Newbury, was
burned early this morning. Addison waa
aged forty, and lie and his son William,
aged sixteen, perished In the flumes.
GENERAL BUTLER'S WILL.
Boston, Jan. 31. Tho will of General
Butler was tiled In the Middlesex probata
court and bears date of 1H5I, with a co
dicil dutc-tl 1862. All his property is left
to his relatives, Including ms wife and
mother, since deceased. ,
DIED FROM HER INJURIES.
Portland, Jan. 31. Mrs. Mary C. Avery
who fell down' the elevator shaft of the
Marquam building yesterday afternoon, ,
died this morning from the Injuries sle
received.
A CALIFORNIA EDITOR DEAD.
Sacramento, Cat.; Jan. 31. Assembly
mun K. B. Price, editor Of the Orovllle
Mercury, and assemblyman from llutte
county, dropped dead this morning.
ALL ELECTION" RETURNS NOW IN.
Washington. Jun. 31. Francis M. Ma
lone, of Miles City, Mont., arrived at Uur
capltol today with delayed electors! re
turns. All the states are now In,
STOLE A PILE OF JEWELRY.
SacraniMito, Cal., Jan. 31. Two men
broke a. window In Warbhorst's Jewelry
store at 0 o'clock this i v ilng, and stole
$10,000 worth of diamond:'.
The Lurllne will not be down today on
account "of ice In the river. She will re
sume her regular trips as soon as the
river clears.
None of the up river steamers went up
yesterday on account of the Ice.
The burning iron derelict Blghted by thu
Goodrich off Panama Is now supposed to
be tho Honresfold rather than the John
Ena; The Honrestold Is ICS day from
Liverpool, and her figurehead resembles
an Indian Rujah more than the Ena's,
which is a representation of Kanaka. ,
The consensus of of opinion on the port
of Insurance men can be estimated by tne
fact that 75 per cent, is asked for insur
ance on the Honersfeld against 2f per
cent, on the Ena. Nothing was to be
learned of the derelict from the Pacific
mall steamer Acapulco, which arrived
from Panama at San Francisco yester
day morning, light In freight, and wttlt
only four passengers In the cabin.
Tho Wallacotown left yesterday loaded "
vith grain for Great Britain.
A sea serpent was dimly seen on Suit
Francisco bay yesterday afternoon. It
was of phenomenal length, and at Inter
vals' of a few feet Its gnnrled body pro
jected from one to two feet above tlw
surf uce of the water.- This was tho way
It looked to the passengers of the ferry
who all agreed that the
monster appeared to havo been angered
by some boat disturbing its peace. In
vestigation revealed that the serpent was
merely the end of a new twenty-one Inch,
coll hawser, which the crew of the tusr
boat Relief were trying to take the klnka
out of by trailing it astern on a rapid run
around the bay. The monster line, which
Is the largest slue ever used wus
nearly five hundred feet long, and tha
last two or three hundred feet df It
wormed about on the top of the water In
tho alarming manner that made timid
people at a distance see a snske.
The ship Mowhan finished loading yes
terday, but did not leave her dock.
Another raclflc Mall boat, the City of
Peking, is overdue two days and a halt
from Yokohama, At tho offlce of thf
company lnSnn Francisco, It Is suppowl
fhut the delay Is due to her taklnx the