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Vf. niMdV-7 ;?ts ' ' f-"f. 1 'TiS' XL EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XL.' NO. 30.- , : : ASTOBIA, OBEG ON. SATURDAY , MORNING; FEBRUARY 4, 1893.- TRICE, MVE CENTS, II 1 o . Asssignee's sale at Par ker All their immense stock 1UST. BE -CLOSED OUT I.. OA TV r . ni DU vim or iiess. PRICES - WILL - BE - CUT To Suit tho Condition- and the times. - W.; W. PARKER; Assignee. The Above Sale is Discontinued for 15 da-s, or until further order3, W. W. PARKER. Astoria, Or., Feb 2, 1893. - As the Flax Grows, C So the Twine Lasts . You can't go wrong if you luy nir k r a tt i t t rn MA-KonALL D 1 Wine. The 1893 make is now being delivered . -to customers. It is made of the flax crop of '1890. , ,- . ., . . : Because the 1891 and 1892 crops have been inferior. Marshall never uses in- : : ferior flax. That is why his twine IS THE BEST ! ; . ' bole Agents tor Astoria, W MT.DT? CI A KTDAD1T JPr HA CAMPBELL BROS. (8uceors t" Warren A CampoeU), WAKKENTON. OfiEUON, Dealers in XXl$T GOODO, GENT8' FURNISHING GOODS, 'Hats, Capt, Boots. iShoes ' GROCERIES STAPLE FANCY E&rdwsre, Iron nd Btcel, Crockery, Glaaaware - Woodeuware, Notions, etc.. Hay, Gr-in. Flour and Feed. MOTTO I "dull Profit ea Cash Sales." . ASTORIA IROS WORKS, Cjne.,inly street, loot JacaOD, - Astoria. Oregon. General Maeliiaisti & Boiler Bakers Land anil Marine Knnhe, Boiler work.- 8tem but aud tannery Wots (.Specialty. Caiiinn of AD Petoriptiong Had U Order at Short Notice. JOHN VOX.. President and Sup- . L. FOX .. - Vlc fresld.a Chria t venson. rrank Cook HOTEL -niE- CENTRAL EVE-H)" & COOK, Ox tiie tca.p.-;v im4.v-liu;k clcn nmn... a tirHi- l rp.tanrant tt wrd by the iUy. week, or m Milt, priv.iie r.nin lu aroi!i -tc , Transient c i'tom ubcit&d OyntfTi, fish,eic.,c me 1 to urdT. K tiri.w ' f o in rnn in -onni"iion with the prms. Ttii b- of inn, l.qwirs and tiifiira. Good bi.lWrd tables and privstcard Ci-cc Water SifMt asl W eat Siutn. Hanson s AND On Meter System. To Consumers: The Wet Shore Mills Co., at sreat ex pease have perfected their electric lijjlit plaot to the latest kdowo aprtaratna. aDd are fiow able to jfo to the public with a aystem Hiat will be aatisfactory in price and quality, as can be ebown by the foi lowing rates on and after Feb. 1, H03 : ' Incandescent, nil nieht.. . . $1.50 . " 12 o'clock.,. 1.00 " 10 " ... 75 . Of by meter, cent per hour. Installation - Free - of - Charge For particulars inquire of any member of the firm or at the omce, toot ot Con comly ht. West Hhork Mills Co., T. O. Trallinger. President. merchant Stcacisliip Cos Line, Connertinx with Cataillaa Faclrtc Railway an Gklna Steam Skip Ubo,' Taking frelRM and pasvnem f-r Port anec le. Vieioria. ftx Towiiwml, feBltle, TaO'iisu, Wlialt-om, Kalrliaven, a:lSlmo, New Wetliruu 4trnni a (Oliver: lavlui; Asto.la; 8. tiaviiau KepuWie...... 3 v. illii iijto'i.. .. . S. .. It alian Kt-i uoi.c F.eUlit r-c ivd m llu.-tlrr wrmf, 'foot o' Muin at eet. For (U'tlicr aniciilarn apply w tbe offief, cen.er Ilnrtl an J Malu street. FEKUCSOS IIU03., Asnnt. ELECTRIC LIGHTS THEY ARE IH Hawaiian Commissioners Hare Armed At tlis National CapitaL . COLONEL ASHrOED'8 OPINION Hit Doc Not Belter tbat Oreat trltain Intends to Flla Any Protest Agaluat American Annexatlou. - Associated Preaa. ; . Washlnffton, Feb. S. 3i Julutti PoAln eefote, the British minister, vent to tho State dnportment' today and in person handed the papers in the Bering sea counter case to Secretary Foster. ' The commissioners of the provisional Rovernment of Hawaii reached Wash Ingtonthls afternoon .They were? 'met t the station by Dr. Mott Smith, represent tatlve of Hawaii at Washington under the new regime. The, gentlemen went at; once to the hotel where they passed, the evening, the hour of their arrival ieing who wouW oppese any confirmation, part too late for them to meet any officials of I ly on account bf their personal antagon- this government, and besides the arrange- ments made for their reception did not count of their leaire to bring other mat include any interview with persons as of-; ters to the front In the senate. At first, flclal. The commissioners received a num- on discovering this, Mr. Harrison decld her fit representatives of the press at i ed that he would not send In any nomlna- their rooms and talked freely of the sit uatlon. Mr. Castle, ono of the commissioners, said to a reporter, that the desire of the commission was to secure annexation with the United States. "The terms upon which annexation shall be made," con tinued Mr. Castle, we are perfectly will ing to leave to the United States oyern ment to determine. There is one condi tion that we must demand that shall be- contained In any agreement that may be determined upon: that Is thr.t the right ex-senator. The matter will be forced to of suffrage shall be restricted. We -want the front with promptness and If conflr no Universal suffrage on the Islands. If, matlon Is secured, It Is expected that the to accomplish this, It is necessary to lose president will nominate Judge W. O. our own 'vote, we are perfectly willing Bradley of Kentucky, to succeed Judge to do that. If we might be allowed to suggest a form, the District of Columbia seems to oJford the most desirable plan for the Sandwich Islands. We don't want a territorial government In which there, shall be a legislature elected by the votes of the people." . ' Chicago, Feb., S. Colonel Volney C. Ashport, ex'-commander of the HawalhiTi forces, is In the clty' today. He Is of the opinion that the United States must eith er annex the Sandwich Islands or let them alone. A protectorate, he declares, would be distasteful to the Hawallans. They would In probability prefer an In dependent republic or even a return to the government of the deposed queen. It Is reported that ' the British, inhabitants of the Islands are more numerous than the Americans, and therefore British in fluence is above par there. That Is a very great mistake. The American are the most numerous and desire for British rule or for annexation to the British Em pire amounts to comparatively nothing. Even-the British residents of the Islands realize that the commercial prosperity of the Islands lies In annexation to the United states. He does not believe that Great Britain will file any protest to the annexation of the Islands to the United States. The story that Sprekels is behind the revolutionary movement Is ridiculed by Colonel Ashford.. t A ROW OVER THE BORDER. ! Troubi,, About the Washington World's Fair Commission. Olympla, Wash., Feb. S. The house committee on the World's Fair met to night to receive statements from and to Interrogate Ezra Meeker and the mem bers of the World's Fair executive com mittee. The meeting took much the shape ot an investigation and each member of the commission was heard. The general organization of the executive committee. the manner of auditing accounts, and the general expenses were discussed. Ezra Meeker had prepared an Itemized account of expenditures to which frequent refer ence was made.. Lunches, hack hire and other luxuries were thrown In indiscrim inately. Meeker found the greatest fault with the manner of auditing the Accounts and the loos way In which vouchers were honored. The auditing committee had been composed of members of the executive committee who passed upon the bills. When asked about itemized state ments of traveling expenses, Percy Roch ester explained that he generally knew how much money he had when he start? ed out and the difference between that end the cash on hand at his return was cnargea as expense. Tnis, ne sam was ine general way me commissioners niea meir expens bills. It was shown that La Fol lette acted as superintendent of the ag ricultural department at a salary of $150 per month. In violation of the law pro hibiting a member of the commission from holding a salaried office. The com mittee adjourned Just before midnight to meet again tomorrow. CLEVELAND AND THE TROUPE. New York. Feb. 1 Pretrident-Eie.-t Cleveland, accompanied by' Don M. Dick inson, came up from Lakewood this morning and went to his office. Tho reatest discretion was used in admitting callers. It soon became apparent that a conference of more than ordinary Import ance waa in progress. Among the first ti arrive was Senator Carlisle of Kentucky. Later In the day the fart waa developed thr.t Senator Gorman was present durin; the conference. At 1-30, ex-Secretary Whitney and Lamont Joined the distin guished party. THE GRECIAN EARTHQUAKES. Athens. Feb. a. It Is an umlisouted fact that the eanhfinkp during the past' two or tht-e days were the wortst that have done damage on the Island In mod ern times. The shocks experienced last night did enormous damage. In fact the whole island is devastated, and to add to the terror , of the Inhabitants a most terilflc thunder storm prevailed at the Urn of the MiocUs. The people were pan ic stricken and so great was the fear In spired thjrt many , persons entirely lost thelf reason anil are now hopelessly era sy. The most unfortunate feature of the situation Is the tact that the shock last night destroyed the bread oven of Zante. WHY HE DID IT. One Reason Why the President Appointed a. Dcmoccat. . 1 Washington, Feb. .'3. Many Inquiries as to the reason tlAt led .President Harri son to appoint Rttifnocrat to succeed the late Justice Lamar on the supreme bench brings forth a. Statement Mint comes very direct He was led to do this because the republican, opposition to his making; any opposition, to his making any nomination and his responsibility for failure to nom inate' a republican, Is said to lie with twelve republicans in the. senate, who were determfrtcd to oppose any nomlna tlon mads by Slie peesldent. It was at first -his lrUenIon to nominate enther Judtf pmery Speer, or Jndge Pardee. On making tnqulricw he discovered that there were "e4xmt twelve republican senators Ism to the president, and partly on ac- tlon, and he held to his purpose until after' noon . yesterday, when he became convinced that a. democrat might be con firmed, with the aid of democratic sena tors. The republican senators who. op posed his mflklng any nomination will probably try .to" prevent any confirmation, and there appears to be a strong proba bllity tha't they may succeed, unless ad vantage Is taken of the cuBtom of "sena torial cpurtesy," which discountenances delay In action on the nomination of an ley Is one Of thft prominent leaders. of the Southern republicans.' SHE IS NOT WRECKED. The Haytian Republic Is ' All Safe and . : Sound. Port Twnsend, Feb. 3. The steamer Haytian? Republic went ashore a't Double Bluff, opp6sltB Foulweathcr Bluff, at 6 o'clock last night during a southeast gale and blinding snow storm. The steamer Is In no Immediate danger. Portland, Feb. 3. The report Is false. The Haytian Republic has arrived safe and sound at Seattle. , . THE DAY'S DOINGS IN 8ALEM. . Salem, Or., Feb. 3. The senate today defeated Butler's bill appropriating i2, 500 for a state normal school at Mon mouth, by a vote of 12 yeas to 19 nays. In the house only routine business was transacted. Notice was given of a reso lution that no bill be Introduced after Tuesday next. .. . Geer's bill for electing railroad com missioners by the people, - passed the house this afternoon.. Probably the most Important bill yet passed. Is Lawton's bill amending the as sessment laws,., which passed Uie house this afernoon by & vote of 38 to J2. The bill repeals the mortgage tax law and the deductions for Indebtedness clause. The bill will also pass th senate. . Matlock's World's Fair bill passed the senate thIS afternoon. Both houses ad journed till tomorrow morning. NATIONAL WHISKY DEALERS. Louisville, Ky., Feb. 3.-At the opening session of the National WhlBky Dealers and Distillers' convention this morning, the committee on permanent organization presented a draft of a constitution. The Instrument provides that , the name of the organization shall be "American Dis tillers' and Wholesale . Liquor Dealers Association." It was decided to have printed 6,000 copies of the resolution de nounclng the whisky trust for distribu tion among members of congress. Jr B. Wathem was elected president. TWO OREGON HUNTERS DEAD. Portland, Or.. Feb. 3.-0. A. Hoeye, and H. S. Powell, and Ous Haines went hunt Ing on the Santiam river In Linn county, a few days ago and were caught' in the snow storm that was raging at tha ttlme. They wandered about for two days be fore assistance arrived. When help came Haines was dead and Powell was so bad- )y froIen that he died In a few hours. Haeye wm lose his f-et and nancis. THREE PEOPLE BURNED TO DEATH New York, Feb. 3 In a fire of mysteri ous origin thls morning, Irt a six-story tenement house on Orchard street, a fam ily of three was wiped out of existence. Three other people' were Injured. The dead are, Morris Conen, wife and baby. The family ws suffocated, being found by th firemen after the fire was under control. ' ., ' WILL NOT ACCEPT. Des Moines Iowa, Feb. 3. Governor hmmi today forwarded to Cleveland a letter declining the position of secretary Of agriculture. Governor Boies gives a a reason that it Is the general wish of the democrats of th state thit he should enter the fight for senator of the United States next fall. MANY S1EN THROWN OUT. TJeadwond. 8. D., fob. 3.3uperntend ent Child of the Harvey J'eak Tin Com oany has Jufet returned from New York. and by hto orders tin nilns and mills of the company closed down indefinitely. throwing between i'v) 4. " mn out of employment V1LMINGT0N ROUGHLY HANDLED Eattcroi Aoont Tcrrihly forFour Days : .' oy Storms. AEEIVED HEEE FOUE DAYS LATE Twenty Feet of If er Stern Carried Away, '. Boats .SmaaheU to Pieces and all the '. Salts Blown to Atoms. If there are any perils on river ' or ocean Into' which it Is possible for a boat to un, the steamer Wilmington seems fated to find out the worst, She arrived In Astoria last night In ft con dition that would place an ordinary boat in a Junk store for the rest of her ex istence. On Monday last, January 31st, the steamer left Victoria, B. C, and anchored in the Straits of Fuca until Tuesday morning. Leaving there she had a fair trip till Cape Flattery waa reached Then the trouble commenced. The vessel ran Into the storm as soon as she got outside the Cape, and the wind blew around from every point of the . compuss. 8 began to roll heavily and things on dec Wame . lively. ' Early In the day the for"ardv port lifeboat broke away from Its latlhlngSi the kopl was torn off.and t was after a long struggle secured to tho .upper deck. During this time the other boatr were banging from side to sldo. and nl had to be secured by heavy lashing Wednesday was tho worst day of I trip. The wind came up dead ahe:td an ' shifted fast. The mainsail carried awa and the spanker boom wus torn from It boltings and came down with a crasl smashing the aftor cabin skylight. The the boats and life rafts got adrift again A ne'w life boat obtained In Portland 6 the lost trip was smashed In on the port side, and rendered usoless, as was ever, other boat on board with one exception The life rafts were twisted and torn on ot shape and piled up on deck like kind ling wood. The threshing -around of th loose boats and broken boom tore awa about twenty feet of the upper deck rail on the port side, and port of the stern To add to the confusion the large water tank in the fore hold broke adrift ard rolled around among the cargo smashli; a-dozen barrels of lime, .which had"' to be carried up lit buckets ant : throwr. overboard. , Very little water was taken aboard but the tremendous seas caused the vec sel to cpll heavily and the cargo of Uir rock and lime shifted Incessantly. O" Wednesday night the ship gave a ten I ble lurch and fully tw.enty feet of th stern and upper works carried away. leaving a gap through which the wate poured In tons. A temporary patch wh put in, and the wind falling, the ship' head was turned toward the Columblf1 river, off which she had been beatlinr fo two days, till Thursday night, when " was blown back to within a few miles o Cupe' Flattery. .' When off Grays Harbor the . terrilil strain on the machinery by reason o tho heavy seas caused a break, tha a'r pump giving way. This necessitated I stoppage of the machinery for over fou hours, during which ' time the vesef drifted to wlthlri a few miles of the rockr A Jib Ball was set which held her under steerage way till repairs were completed. During the whole of the trip the wipe" blew heavier than the captain has eve experienced, and the snow came dowr so thickly that those on board could no see anything around. Not a thing wa sighted from the time the Wllmlngtor left Victoria till she arrived in here, fo ir days late. ' THE DAY'S STORM NEWS. St. Paul, Feb. 3. Today there was an area of very high barometer over aceeler aled by a temperature of, from 20 to 40 degrees below zero. There was almost s blizzard all over the territory Involved owing to the amount of loose snow on the ground In this city at 7 o'clock, It wa 22 degrees below; at Huron, 24 below; a Moorhead, 30 below. Grand Forks, N. D., Feb. 3.-No tralru from the south or east have been able to reach the city, and all 'attempts have been abandoned. The temperature Is 40 below, with a stiff wind. Portland, Or., Feb. 3. The weather In dications are for Western Washington, continued snow; slightly colder In north ern portion. For Western OTgon, snow In the northern portion; rain in the south ern portion; colder In the Coltmbia river valley. Spokane, Feb, 3. The Intensely cold weather of the past -few days has mod erated. but the almost blinding snow -torm has been raging all day and indica tions point to its continuance for some time. Trnlns are running somewhat late, except the Great Northern and Central Washington, whero no delay of traffic has occurred since Wednerday. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. Washington, Feb. 3. The treasury de partment holds today, less gold than at any time since the resumption Sft of January 1st, S879, and In 'the Innguape of a treasury official, the gold obligations are greater than then With less Jlian $S, OUO.OOO free gold to meet them. They ray there are $2,M0,OOO In gold enpiged for shipment from New York tomorrow for Europe. The treasury offliials to not ven ture a prediction when tho outflow will stop, but say tlieytlo not see anything ' rlous in the situation. A sub-committee of the house Judiciary committee today bK.'.n an lnventtga.tlon of the whl.Mky trusts. At a meeting of the senate judiciary committee today there wax aim j o- sltlon to the nomination of Judge Jackson to succeed Justice Lamar, and the nom ination went over, under the rules. The objection was chiefly based on the prli clple that the outgoing president should not make Important Hfe appointments, THERE WILL BE TROUBLE. Springfield, Ills., Feb. 3.Governof Gill, In ordering the prosecution of Auditor Pavey, has Ignited a train of startling po litical events which threaten to be far reaching In their political consequences. Acting Governor Gill Is understood to be only waiting the outcome ot the various resolutions ot Investigation now pending in the house, to determine whether the appropriations and interest on the state fund nre sufficiently well established and also the accretions of .Interest, to warrant executive action in directing the attorney general to' bring suit In the nam eot the State of Illinois, against the state treas urer for the restitution of 3100,000 and the interest accrued, that It Is alleged right fully belongs to the state. BRUNER'3 CASE DISMISSED. San Francisco, Feb. 3. At the request of W. H. Beatty, counsel for the citi zens defense association, Judge Wallace today dismissed the charges against ex Assemblyman Elwood Bruner, who was tried for soliciting a bribe while a mem ber of the legislature. On the first trial of the case the jury disagreed. Judge Hebbard .today handed down a doclsion in the suits against the South ern t-.nd Central Pacific railroads for the recovery of taxes. The decision Is against the railroads. The action waa brought by the people to. recover both state and county taxes for the year 1887, amount ing to $050, 00 with 5 per cent, penalty .for delinquency and Interest. THAT DOUBLE LEGISLATURE. Topeka, Ks., Feb. 8. All hopes of set tling the muddle In the house have bee.i abandoned and ,:ho two organisations have Bettled down and quit quarreling and have agreed to divide the time on the floor from now to the close of the ses sion. The republicans meeting In the fore noonland the populists in the afternoon. Of coursn the tangle In the affairs ot the state will result from this state of affairs and it will continue until after the next general election In 1S94. when a new house will be chosen. CITY OF PEKING IS' STILL MISSING. Snn Frnnclsco, Cel., Feb. $. The steam ship City of Peking is still on the miss ing list. She is now out H days from Yo kohama and should have arrived here over temlays ago. She has over 200 people on board and it is fearedathat If nothing worse than a ' breakdown has occurred, ' that her provisions will, run short. A GREAT TYPEWRITING TRUST. Hartford, Conn., Feb. 8. A repr.esenta tivp of the American Writing Machine Company in this cltv, authorizes the statetnent that a syndicate controlling $20,000,000 capital will buy up the sl:c great typewriting manufactories of the country: The callgraph, Remington, Yost, Smith Premier, Dlnsmore, and Brooks. A COAL MINE EXPLOSION. McAllister, I. T., An explosion occurrod late lust night In the mlno of the Osage Coal Company. , To ' men were killed. and perhaps more, as it was not known how many miners wen? I i tho pit, Thosa killed were Nathun Wli-d, and Jack Con nors. -. ; ' - KILLED BY A TRAIN. """" ' Woonsocket R. I., Feb. 3. An express train on the New York & New England road ran into the rear of another pass enger train near East Douglass. One wo man was killed and several other persons were Injured. FROZEN TO DEATH. Topeka, , Ks., Feb. 8. James Mitchell, wife and child, were found in their homo seven miles north of here frozen to death'. Along the Wharves. The steamer California came down yes terday after discharging her cm to ot stone In- Portland. - The- government steamer Cascades Is trying to get down the Columbia. She will probably be here toduy,' . , The bill In congress for a revenue cut ter to take the place of the Wolcott In Puget Sound is not likely to pas this ses sion. ' Cutting's bill for a boarding ves sel at San Francisco will share the sains fate. , , Captalri Waterhouse, of the American bark Escort, wrecked oft the Amoy coast. Chin, last November, arrived at Van couver, B. C, last Wedensday from the Orient. The crew were all saved, but had a narrow escape, ( The steaner Columbia came In from California yesterday with freight and passengers for this port. The passengers were badly shaken up by the recent storm. The house nt Washington has passed Camlnetti's amendment Included In the . omnibus lighthouse bill, for a light and a fog signal at the entrance to the Ban Joaquin river, at a cost not exceeding $14 iM. The appropriation foi- Humboldt bar contract work, reported by the committee on appropriations and Incorporated in the sundry civil bill, will be f&i.QM in stead of $300,000. News from Bamoa is to the effect that the United' States steamer Alliance nar rowly tbcaped being wrecked at Apia, December 2jth. A sudden squall came up and It was only a short time before the steamer ha4 dragged her anchors and was bumping upon the reef. Before she could be got off both anchors were loat and about eighty fathoms of chain. At the time of the accident the fires were bunked and the engineers were St their f'-tc, el."e another story mU,ht have Leeu trie, result. The steamer st last accounts f-13 at r..h rao. . w, t.i'-y ....J- Age lit. i --. .. -