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VOL. XL. NO. 33.
ASTOK1A, OREGON, AVjLDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1893.
PRICE, FIVE CENTS,
ill ! I
Asssigneo's sale at
Parker &
All their immense stock
MUST EE CLOSED OUT
In 30 Days or Less,
AND
PRICES - WILL - BE CUT
To Suit the Condition and the times.
W. W. PARKER, Assignee.
The Above Sale is Discontinued for 15 days,
or until further orders, W. W. PAKKER.
Astoria, Or., Feb 2, 1893.
As the Flax Grows,; -:
So the Twine Lasts
You can't go wrong if you' buy
MARSHALL'S Twine.
The 1893 make is now being dolivered
to customers. It is made cf the flax
crop of 1890.
WHY
Because the 1891 and 1892 crops have
been inferior. Marshall never uses in
ferior flax. That is why his twine
IS THE BEST!
Sole Agents
ELMORE, SANBORN & CO.
CAMPBELL BROS.
(Sucewrs t- Warren A Campbell),
WAKRENTON. OREGON,
Dealers Id
GOODS,
GENTS'. FURNISHING GOODS,
Hats, Caps, Boota, Shoes
GROCERIES
STAPLE
FANCY
Hardware, Iron nd Steel, Crockery, Glaaiware
Woodenware, Notion, etc.. Hay,
Gr-ln, Klnnrand Feed.
MOTTO: wuU ProBU oa tank sales."
ASTORIA IROX WORKS,
Gncnilv street, toot Jackson, .
Astoria, Oregou.
General Machinists & Boiler Makers
Land and Marine Engine. Boiler work, 8tenm
tuai audCanuery work Specialty.
Outiogf of AH Dateriptioni Mail t Order it
Short Notiee.
JOHN FOX President and Sap-
. L, FOX Vice PresJdeo
Chris F.vennou.
Frark (Jock
HOTEL
-TE&-
CENTRAL
EVESSO & COOK,
0 THK KCK'lPj.-t.H I'LtX-LAKCX
clean ronn.s, a lirsi-cl.ua restaurant. H-wd
by the day. week, or m-mtn. friv.ie ro m f'u
families etc , Trantdent C wtom solicited
0teni, fisli,t:c.,c c ' to order.
A firsi-c's r',o m rnu i!i connection with
the premises. The b-- 'f uinn, liquors and
ei2rs. Uood bi.lurd tables and private card
WM.
Corner Water Street and West Xlnth.
Hanson's
for Astoria,
On Meter System.
To Consumers:
TUe Wat Shore Mills Co., at (treat ex
pense have perfected their electric light
Llaut to the latest known apparatus, and
ere now able to go to the public with a
system that will be satisfactory in price
and quality, as can be shown by the fol
lowing rates on and after F. 1, 1S03:
Incandceceut, all Dittht. . . . $1.50
u 12 o'clock... 1.00
10 ... 75
Or by meter, cent per hour.
Installation Free - of - Charge
For particulars inquire of any member
of the firm or at the office, foot of Con
comly St. West Shore Mills Co..
T. O. Trnllinger, President..
ilercliant Steamship Cos
Line, Conneetinjr with ;f v j
CaudiAa Pcii Railway and Cklna Steam
Skip Llae,
T';ln( freielit and pasten);er (or Tort An?
Ic. Vieiuriit. Hurt l(i1) nil, f atlle, Tuo-nia,
Mi;iieo.it Ka'rliaren, Nana:mo, New H cAimiu
tterani Vh comer: lali)K Alo la ;
. S. ilnyiian iicpulilie .
. Wlnrcnitoo.... "
A.- -. i!'t!i.i iii-i ulri c
FrclIit rcolvcd ft lio-IW-rs wharf, foot o'
Miln t-eet. For fti-ihcr i-antenlan a;p.r at
tike ofliee. comer Tnird au 1 Main street.
FEl-GtVOS BWi Acent
ELECTRIC
LIGHTS
THE WATERS ARE OUT
Death. Ming Flooil. and Storms
TliroDti(inttlie Country.
A JOHNSTOWN EOEROS FE1EED
Tha Capital of Qaeenaland i forty Vaet
Under Water and People ara Taking
Refute In the Ullla.
Associated Press.
Pittsburg, Pa-. Feb. 7. The flood that
threatened disaster to Pittsburg; and Al
legheny has it la thought, been checked
by the cold weather and at midnight the
worst was believed to be over. The lower
parts of Allegheny and the south sldo
are submerged, and the damage as far
as known, is not large, but poor people
who were forced to leave their homea
suiter greatly from the cold. The high
waters seriously affected the railroads.
and nearly all through trains are delayed.
The famous Connem&ugh , river over
flowed so that It has broken the embank
ments In several places, causing fear and
consternation among; many who reside
along the stream. Trouble Is expected at
Johnstown, over thirty miles of telegraph
line on the Franklin division of the Lake
Shore road ia destroyed by last night's
storm. Dispatches from various points
throughout the west end of the state, in
dicate a serious condition of affairs. At
Oil City, Parker" s.TWarren and Freeport,
on the Allegheny river the flats ere sub
merged and the water Is still rising.
Brisbane, Queensland,, Feb. 7. The city
continues completely isolated by the
floods. In the region about the wide bay,
hundreds of houses have been demolished
by the rushing waters, and thousands of
destitute people have taken refuge In the
hills. Business here is completely sus
pended. The water Is forty feet deep In
the principal Btreets of the city tonight.
and In the suburbs covered with' build
lugs sixty feet high, Ave hundred houBee
have been demolished. Hundreds of fami
lies have lost their houses and are. left
homeless and have deserted the city,
leaving in boats .to seek safety and shel
ter on higher ground. This is the great
est disaster In the history of the colony.
. Portland, . Feb. 7. The indications are
for Western Washington: Itoin or snow;
slightly warmer. . For Eastern Washing
ton and Eastern Oregon: Snow; nearly
stationary temperature. For Western Or
egon: Snow or rain; warmer; gales along
the coast.
Chatham, Mass., Feb. 7. The steamer
Cattage City, from . Portland, Me., for
New York, la ashore on the outer bar,
and the sea is very rough. She is pound
ing' heavily. She has passengers and a
valuable cargo. No boat has been ablo to
get near enough to her to render assist
ance. New York, Feb. 7. The Norwegian
baric Alice, in ballast, came ashore at
IjOiik Beach Lfie Saving Station last
night. Before an attempt could be made
to rescue the crew, five had attempted to
iad In a boat which was capsized and
all were dro7.'!ed.. The remaining eleven
members of the crewT. were rescued by a!
life line. '
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
How the Big Machine in Washington Is
Grinding out Legislation.
Washington, Feb. 7. The speaker laid
before the house today a communication
from the secretary of the treasury in re
ply to the resolution of the house requlnJ
I . L . , - ' . 1 . - 1 . .
iiik "mi iu iniunn inai ouuy wny worn
on some new public buildings and worlq
on the extension and improvements of un
occupied buildings authorized during the
and why more than $8,000,000 of appronrl
atlons remained unexpended during the
last two years.lt appears, he says, from
the report of the supervising architect
that this legislation has entailed such a
large quantity of ntw work in his office
as to make the quantity of work entirely
disproportionate to the force employed
In his office. Congress failed to make the
Increase In the force demanded by the of
fice while the facts showed that it was
absulutely necessary.
The military force of the United States,
according to the latest returns is 112,496.
Every state and territory, with the ex
ception of Utah, has an. organized militia
force. - j
The bill for the relief of the assignees
or legal representatives of John Roach,!
deceased, to pay the balance of 8,1G5 due
on the United States ship Dolphin, was
taken from the calendar and passed. 1
Oates reported that the Homestead'
touble is accompanied In presentation to
the house by minority reports expressing
the same general conclusions in a dif
ferent way. The hope is expressed that
the thought of the age may devise some
means which will secure the equitable
division of the profits between employe
and empolyer. In conclusion the opinion
Is expressed that the evils disclosed by
the Investigation are entirely beyohd the
reach of the federal power and remedies,
if any can be devised, must originate with
the state government,
Culbertson of Texas, Introduced a bill
previously made public repealing the
Sherman silver purchase act and substi
tuting the old bond act and providing for
the bullion that has accumulated under
the Sherman act
. ' A SHIP CAPSIZED.
Port Towhaend, Feb. 7. The liarken
tln Retriever, arrived at Hadlock this
morning from San Franciaco. 8he reports
seeing a fjruble-deck vessel bottom up,1
thirty-two, mile southwest of Cape Flat-;
tery, last Friday. Shipping men are In a :
quandary about the Identity of the vessel. I
In some quarters it Is believed to be the
BrttiKh St. Vor.lan, J d.ys frc:n SmUu,
Brasll, for this port. The vecsel is 90 days;
overdue. An unauthentlcated report is to)
the tftect thut there are two derelects off!
Cape Flattery. Recent arrivals report un
precedented storms oft the Oregon and
Washington coasts during the past week.
ANOTHER UNION OUTRAGE.
Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 7. A gang of
twenty Union sailors boarded the steam
schooner Signal this morning at Seattle,
r"a.nd put pistols to the heads of tour non
union sailors and the watchman, and un
d. threat of death, took them off the
vessel. Captain Bendegore was asleep at
the time and knew nothing of the affair
until some hours later. This is the result
of- the trouble between the Coaqt Sea
men's Union and the non-Unlon sailors,
the former declaring that non-Unlon men
must leave the ships. Kidnaping outrages
of this kind ore Becoming quite common
on the Sound.
Doings of , "
t .
; K Our City Fathers.
i - . .
The regular meeting of the city coun
cil waa held last night. There were pres
ent Council men Bergman (in the chair)
and , Lewis, Thomgon, . Barker, O'Hara,
McGregor and Webber. ,
PETITIONS For liquor licenses, from
August ' panielson, Johnson & . Carlson,
.Alexr-tJampbell, R. L. Jeffrey, Oscar
.Wearen. All granted.'
A petition asking for payment haulage
jliills yru referred to the street committee.
PKOPOSITIONS-From the West Shore
Mills Co'w offering to provide light for the
city 'jail.' for' f 15 per, month. Referretl to!
committee on public property.
The report of committee of ways and
means on the report of the city treas-l
urer, was then read. It advocated no1
Increase in the treasurer's salary, but the
consideration and payment of any legit
imate expenses ho might be put to In the
future, and an allowance of $150 for past
extra services and aasiatance. ' .'
This report brought out a good deal of
discussion pro and con, during the courae!
of which the ability of Mr. Wise in his
position as city treasurer was commend
ed by every speaker. There was a diver-'
slty of opinion, however, in regard to
the-railRgof the salary , and many of
the councllmen contended That the Official '
should have known on his election' what
his duties were ,ond how far his salary,
would cover them. The report was adopt-
ed on the following division: Ayes, Lewis,
Thomson, O'Hara and Bergman; nays, j
Barker, jlcGregor and Webber.
The report of the committee accepting
the cemetery bulkhead was adopted.
A report was received from J. F. Gros-i
baur, chief of the fire department, giving
a detailed account of the indebtedness of
the various fire companies as foliowB:
Engine Co. No. 1 321.81
Engine Co. No. 2 475.HO
Engine Co. No. 3 -. 370.93
Total $11(8.21
The report was referred to the com
mittee on fire and water. It recommended
that the .city take on Itself the burden of
payment of this Indebtednens, and stated
that the members of the various com
panies did not feel like meeting It them-
selvoa, ....-... ,
A report from the street committee giv
ing the result of an Interview with 'Mr.
Barney Gallagher, concerning- the tri
angular piece of property at the corner
of Hemlock and Fifth streets, and stating'!
that he would sell the lot to the city fori
$500, with the condition that a new bulk
head be built. The communication was
referred back to the committee with
power, to act. I
The various pay rolls for the month of!
January were - presented and ordered
paid.
A report was received from the city
attorney stating that suits had been be
gun enjoining tho collection of assess
ments on Court street by P. Boelllng,
Jas. Qulnn, the Rodgers Trust Company,
J. W. Babbldgo, Irene C. Parker, and
twelve others. ' . , I
The report was accepted and the at
torney was Instructed to defend the suits.
The ordinance appropriating $100 for the
attorney for clerical assistance In the
matter, of the Injunction, tux suits was
loat. 1 : ... . .... . I
The ordinance authorizing the auditor
to Issue warrants for assessments on the
West Ninth street sewer Improvements
was read a third time and finally,
passed. j
It was unanimously resolved on motion
of Councilman Barker, that the commit
tee on fire and water be and are hereby
authorized to purchase two non-Interfering
fire alarm boxes one to be placed In
the vicinity of the Clatsop mill, and the
other at ,tha eastern end of the fire alarm.
It was unanimously resolved on motion
of Councilman Lewis that the commutes
on streets and public ways be and are
hereby Instructed to place the roadway
to Alderbrook In temporary repair, and
that the city attorney be instructed to
prepare an . ordinance appropriating the
sum of $150 out of the road fund there
for. It was unanimously resolved on motion
of Councilman Barker that the committee
on fire and water bo and are hereby in
structed to' advertise for bids to furnish
wire Insulators and brackets and put. up
said wire so as to extend tho fire alarm
telegraph from Its present eastern end to
the Astoria Box Co.'s mill.
The contract for painting the roof of
Engine house No. 2 was awarded to J.
Brown.
A communication was rend from W,
Hampton Hmith speaking about the Ben
ton street sewer vll. It was referred to
the street committee.
After some of the city's monthly ac
counts had bern papwd for payment, the
covncil adjourne.1 or!;c-.
tct Iijur of ojspemlng for several months.
TUe Princirjal Alterations Made in It
' . at Saloin. '
RE00BD OF A DAY'S WORK
Some Important Legislation la Both
Houses, and Many Bills of Vital Im
portance Have Passed. , ?
Associated Press.
Salem, Or., Feb. 7. The main change
In the amended charter for.Astorla, pro
vides for the Improvement of streets by
allowing the council to district the city,
and by providing that Improvement may
be made In, any given district by assess
ing the cost against the property benefit
ed, not to exceed 50 per cent, of the value
of the property, and providing also, that
certificates may be Issued running for a
period of en years, during which prop
erty owners may make payment. That is
the principal amendment, but there are
several minor ones. The delegates mad,
no additions, to the. bill as sent, but
struck out several sections.
The senate this morning passed tho fol
lowing bills:
' Btelwer'a 'for therotecyon -of t stop's
raising. '.,, - , a
Hirach's rrovidlngvfor development an-1
efficiency of the str.te reform school.
Bancroft, for the lssuunce of sewer
bonds, etc., by cities.-
Crosno, to appropriate money for th
completion of the state agricultural bull.1
Ing. Th? house passed the following hills:
Belt's relating to larceny in house o.
boat ir public building; passed. ,
Senate amendments to the bill ineorpoi-
allng Astoria.
.Gulllxon's bill to Increase the pay of tho
militia when in actual service.
Gulllxon's bill for the efficient organ
ization or the milltlo,
Wllktns' bill to amend the act crnatlnj
a board of railroad commissioners, re
ducing their salary to $2000.
Probably the most Important bill passed
by the legislature at this session, went
through the senate this afternoon. It, s'ii
jjuwion riouso dhi relating .to' -nseos.v
ment and taxation. Willis' amendment t
have the assesument made as on property
uwucu jnurcn iai, or eacn year we-i
adopted on Its final passage. The bill was
passed by a vote of 18 yeas to 10 nays, 2
absent. It now goes to the governor. TIim
bill us passed repeals the mortgage t:vr
law and the clause allowing deduction for
indebtedness.
In the house' tills afternoon, Keady
bill No. to establish a Jute mtll at th
penitentiary for the employment of th.;
convicts In the manufacture of grain
bags, was taken up. After consideratlo .
the bill 'was taken up and passed by ti
vote of 48 to '9.
INDIAN MURDEnSCONFESSKD.
Pine Ridge Agency, Feb. 7. Bear tha.
ItunB-lnTthe-Woods, policeman, brwuslii
In th's morning one of Two-Sticks' son
who was one of the murderers. He con
fessed ss follows: Two Sticks his fehr
and other esnretf to go to the beef cam
and kill the cowboys, They slipped Int
the duz-out while the men slept and eft
selected a victim an at a signal coutf
they killed them. The cook waa not killed
at first, and attempted to crawl under i
tox, but they shot Jilm in the head, dead
The cowboys were Burnett and Hoyco
aged 13 and 10 years, respectively, an-
Bacon an Kclley. .The bodies were
brought here by Old Man Bacon. The dy
ing Indian says that the men wero killed
because they were white.
DISASTROUS FIRE IN BOSTON.
Boston, Feb. 7. The shoe district o'
Boston was visited by a disastrous lire
tonight. The total loss la estimated at up
wards of $300,000. The firms who suffered
are George Clark & Company, B. Dan
lei tt Company, Sterns Shoe Company
Riley & Company, Haynes, Sparrow A
Company, and Simmons, Hatch & Whit
ten. ; '
MITCHELL COMING eYFTER CORBET
New York', Feb. ' 7. A cablegram re
ceived , today from London states that
Charley Mitchell with Millionaire Ab
blngton will leave for America tomorrow.
Abblngton will back Mitchell for any
amount to fight Jim Corbett for the
champlonnhlp of the world.
MRS. WHITNEY BURIED.
New York, Feb. 7. The funeral of Mrs.
William C. Whitney, wife of ex-Secretary
Whitney, was held this morning at St.
Bartholomew's church. Among those
present as pall-bearers, were President
elect Grover Cleveland and Cornelius
VAnderbllt. ,
A POPULIST ELECTED.
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 7. Wm. V. .Allen,
populist, was elected United States sena
tor on Joint ballot, at noon, receiving 70
votes to 57 for Paddock. The Independ
ents and democrats voted for Allen.
LUCKY IF TRUE.
Tacoma, J, D. Ralney, ex-ehlef or the
fire department of this city, claims , to
have fallen heir to the estate "of Robert
Rolneyo f Texas. '.The estate Is worth
about one million dollars.
ADAMS MAY BE SECRETARY.
Boston, Feb. 7. It is reported that
Cleveland has offered the secretaryship
of state to John Quincy Adams.
AVE K rMCTOF-GUILT Y.
Ellensburg, Wash., Feb. 7. After being'
out about four hours, the lrr in
of fat .'-'.ai3, uu triai for robbing the Ho,
lyn Pantc, lart night rendered a verdict
of guilty as charged. Ills nttornlcs gave
notice that they would move for a new
trial. A Jury is now being selected for
the trial, of Tom Kinsey, another of the
alleged gang.
NO CIGARETTES IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Harrlsburg, Pa., Feb. T. The house to
day passed a bill -prohibiting the manu
facture and sale of cigarettes within the
commonwealth.
OUR ill liE C0101
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The Columbia came down the river
at 9 o'clock yesterday morning, and after
taking on several sacks of oysters and a
general cargo left out for the south.
Captain Holmes, the oldest of the clip
per masters between the Pacific coast and
New York, received his usual farewell
from the veterans of the water front
when the Charmer tripped her anchor In
San Francisco yesterday.
Captain Holmes la well-known to many
Astorlans, He has been around the Horn
more times than any sailing vessel mast
er afloat, It Is safe to say, although he
himself has lost track o If the exact num
ber. He first came out as master of the
little ship Elisabeth Wllletts, early In tho
fifties, and barring a, year he Bpent in
running to the Fraser river In the boom
time, when freight commanded $8 a ton,
he has been going back and forth ever
blnce. He brought out bcth the Seminole
and Twilight, long since past deep-water
days, on their maiden voyages! landing
the former here In ninety-seven days. a
record she has mWer approached since.
The captnln is an ancient mariner now,
well along toward eighty years, but when
he says anything on the bridge the fore
mast hand burled deepest In the forecas
tle can hoar every word..
The.Bteamer Queen arrived In yesterday
morning from San Francisco with seven
ty tons of freight for this city and sev
eral paesengers.
Captain Schnauer, of the ship John
Ena, has a curiosity In the shape of a
chart from Cape Horn to Tasmania, via
the Cape of Good Hope. The tale of the
ship's fruitless week of battle .with Ice
and gales In an endeavor to round the '
Horn has already been published. When
finally forced to turn back Captain
Schnauer had no chart, but sooner than
try tho stormy point again he made one
on half a dozen sheets of blotting paper,
using his geographical knowledge and
charts', or either end of the route as
gauges. The course was pricked oft o.i I
tho blotters from day to day, and when
Tasmania was sighted tho Captain was
delighted to find that the edges of his
rough work on the blotter fitted the
edges -of the Australian chart as though
the whole were the work of the hydro
graphic office. The Ena proved herself-'
a remarkably fast ship, logging over l!0O
miles In twenty-four hours on severs! oo- .'
cnslons, and once the figures reached 350,
which Ib pretty close to some of the old
Thermopylae's historic feats. The run
to the eastward without a chart, how
ever, is the most remarkable feature of
tho .voyage, and It Is an effort that the
best navigators would hesitate a long
while before undertaking.
There Is much specula' Ion as to who
will be the new bar rll'.t In San Fran
cisco, to succeed Wllll:fi Dnmett, The
pilot board meets on Monday next. .In .
addition to Captains Ersktne and Houd
Ictte, already mentioned, there Is a dark
horse In the fight. , ,
When the stevedores discharging tha
China knocked off work at 5 o'clock Mon
dny evening at Ban Francisco, their fore
man ordered the cargo plank In utto nt
the forward hatch, hauled ashore. It was
a heavy, awkward slide, but there were
men enough to handle it, and It was
sliding In easily until the rope sustaining
the ship end of it parted. The slide was
tilted at an angle of nearly 85 degrees at
the time,, and the smooth end slid along
the dock with the rapidity and resistless
force of a locomotive. Half a dozen of
the men hauling on the dock end wero
knocked down and badly bruised, but all
were able to help themselves up except
Joseph . Cartrlght, a stevedore. He sus
tained a fracture of the skull and other
Injuries of such a serious character that -his
recovery is pronounced doubtful.
The tug Lome returned . from Bonllla
Point on Sunday morning, says the Vic
toria Colonist, and reports tha weuther
far too stormy to do any work on the
wrecked steamer Michigan, The o'.d
schooner Bonanza .which has recently
been fitted up with machinery by Captain
Whitelaw, is ready for service, and will
probably be taken down to the wreck as
soon as the weather moderates, by which
time the vessel might be badly broken
up.
Hostesses giving dinners should con
sider the effect on the complexion of the
color selected. Beautiful as yellow Is In
candle shades, flowers and embroidery',
it needs toning to take away a certain
brassy effect on the skin. Green, also,
should not be the color through which
j'ifht pusses dlfectly on the women's
faces. The popularity of violet and hello
trope feasts possibly lies In the fact
that no shade is more softening and be
coming in combination with gas and can
dle light. A violet dinner hss the table
scarf lightly embroidered with blossom
in natural colors, with napkins and doy
leys similarly decorated. Bunches of
violets in cut glass bowls stand Irregu
larly about the board, and the candles
in the branching candelabra of silver or
china. &re violet! sfitided with violet
shades. A few loose violets are in th
finger bowls, and the Ice is served In lit
tle urns of violet satin, whose covers are
bunches of the flower. The tinting of the
actual viands to carry out the color
scheme of the feast Is no longer consid
ered good form.
Mrs. Van Renwlaer CniRcr's d!nliu
room, is a Uille aiwirtrrwnt ;
; cr:n.j satin brocaue. nen oriiiiBjiuy
lighted it Is said to enhance the falrncsi
of every w oman w ho enters.
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