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Y1 0 1 .ji n i I I ' I I J L v v 1 "jr- - ' - .... tA- EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC .' PRESS , .REPORT. VOL. XL. NO. 38. ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNIKG, FERRUARY 14, 1893. PRICE, FIVE CENTS, i s Mil , rn tnf, m ' DAY Assignee's sale at arker ansons III u Gladstone Introduces Fis New Rule Bill at last. WONDEETUL EFFORT OF ORATORY All their immense stock MUST BE CLOSED OUT In 30 Bays 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. -PAEKER. Astoria, Or., Feb 2,1893. As the Flax Grows, So the Twine Lasts . You can't go wrong if you buy . MAESHALIS Twine . The 1893 make is now being delivered . to customers. It is made of the flax ' crop of 1890. WHY? . Because the 1891 and 1892 crops have been inferior. " Marshall never uses in ferior flax. That is wjiy his twine Rli Speech While a Magnificent Perora tion Show, Little Statesmanship nod Lee Breadth of Thought. Associated Press. London, Feb. 13. This morning the scene around the palace yard at West minster was most animated, crowds as sembling to witness the arrival of the members. Gladstone entered tho' house at half-ppast three, and was greeted by prolonged enthusiasm by the liberal and Irish members. A quarter of an hour later when he arose to Introduce the home rule bill, there was another demon stration lasting- several minutes. It was six o'clock when Gladstone concluded his speech, having" spoken over two hours. In the first place, said Gladstone, we made It with the desire to get what we thought was not unreasonable to demand. For express mention of the supremacy of the Imperial parliament, we have cho sen the preamble, as a worthier and bet- - ft If. X. GLADSTONE. IS THE BEST ' Sole Agents for Astoria, ELMORE, SANBORN & CO. CAMPBELL BROS. (Sncceissnrs t"Wsrren A CampDetl), WAKKENTON, OREGON, Dealers In aori-sr GOODG, 6ENT8 FURNI8HING GOOD8, Hats, Cups, Boots. Shoes - STAPLE GROCERIES fANCY H&rdwsre, Iron ond Steel, Crockery, Glassware Woodcnware, Notions, etc.. Hay, " Grin, Floor and Ked. MOTTO ! "Small Profit, oa t'uk Sales." ASTORIA IIi3! WORKS, Coucomly street, loot Jacluon, Astoria, Oregon. General Haehiniists & Boiler Makers Land and Murine Enelne, Boiler work, Steam boat and Ciiimery WoiK a Specialty. Casting! of AH Dtsariptionf Mgdt to Order it Baort liouoe. JOIIJf FOX.m. President and Siip- f , u tux vice rresiaco ELECTRIC LIGHT 5 On Meter System. Carls ETenton. . Frank Cook CENTrwALTBTHOTEL KVrXaOW & COOK, OX THE KUKDPiiAX FLiX LARGE clen ritnn.l, a firt- iasi reUiirant. B'Mird by the day. wwk, or mnutti. lrivie ronn Iu families rlf, Triiuniuul curtiim solicited. Ujswtb, fi:-h,eic.,c "ce 1 to order. A ftm-c:8 'o-n rnn in connection wkb the premiss. -The b--r of w iu.K, liqtiorn and cU&rs. Good bijidxd tables and private card Coruer Water Street and Wert Kintb. To Consumers: Tbe West Shore Mills Co., at (Treat ex pense have perfected their electric light plant to the latest known apparatus, and are bow able to go to tbe public with a system that will be satisfactory in price and qaalitv, as can be shown by the fol lowing rates on ana alter reb. 1, wis: Incandescent, all night. . . . 12o'tlock... " 10 " ... 75 Or by meter, cent per hour. Installation - Free of Charge For particulars inquire of any member ol the firm or at tbe office, loot or Uon comly St. West Bhorb Mills Co., T. O. Trnllinger, President. $1.50 1.00 Hercliant Steamship Co.'s Line, Connecting with Caaidiaa Faclfle Railway ai Cklna Bteam- SklpUae, .. ; Taking freight and pawnger fur Port Ange l. Victoria, r"irt Townwud, .Seattle, Tacoma Whatcom, FalrhavpD, Kanainio, New Weslmiu tter ao I V aiicenver : leaving AMofla : h. S. Hayiiun Kepulilic S S. Wilni.tiiiloii Hytiaii Uni uulir . Freijibt rc twd Mt lla-tlr-r's whrf, foot of M iin.tfet. For lu-ther i Jireiilnn, apply at the oTiee, cen-.er Third ami Main street. FEBGCS05 BB03 Agent ter method, for If done by clause It would be too much of the character of an en actment. WK. jref enotaUi -charges that we are destroying the act of union, wish to challenge inquiry upon, this fundamental point.. This bill reBpects and maintains the rights of sovereignty equal ly throughout the entire range of the three kingdoms. Then the bill constitutes the Irish legislature.. The power granted the legislature, which consists first If a legislative council, and secondly of a legislative assembly, empowered to make laws for peace, order and good govern ment for Ireland, and In respect to mat ters exclusively relating to Ireland, that power subject first of all to necessary and obvious limitations imposing certain In capacities en the Irish parliament, in eluding all that relates to the crown, re gency, ana vice-royalty . subjects, peace, war, and public defense, treaties, and foreign relations, dignities, titles, law and treason do not belong to the Irish legis lature. The law of alienage does not be long to it, nor everything that belongs to external trades, coinage and other sub sidiary subjects. Other Incapacities are Imposed similar to those contained in the bill of 1896. These provide for the se curity of religious freedom, a safeguard of education! and the security of personal freedom. Then we retain the vice-royalty of Ireland, but divest It of a party char acter It has heretofore borne, by making appointments to run for six years sub ject to the revoking power of the crown. the post freed from all religious disabil ity. Then comes the clause providing for full revolution of the executive power the sovereign upon the viceroy. Then comes an important provision for an ap propriation for an executive committee of the privy council of Ireland. We pro pose to' make this executive council for the ordinary affairs of the cabinet of the viceroy. It happened to be to us highly inconvenient to alter the numbers of the legislative assembly, we therefore have set the number at 103 and have fixed the term at five years. Nest, as to the legislative council. Glad stone said this conclusion was arrived at, that a nominated council would be a weak council, and therefore they pro posed an elective council. He said, "We propose to fix the number at forty-eight, with an eight-years' term of office. The term of the popular assembly could be lesser. The bill must Include a provision for meeting the emergency of a dead lock. In a case where a bill Is adopted more than Once by the assembly and where there Is an Interval of two years intervening between, the two adoptions, or dissolution of parliament, then upon Its second adoption, the tw oassemblles may be required to meet and the fate of the bill Is to decided In Joint assembly. (Cheers.) Next, all appeals shall lie to' the privy council alone, not to the council and lords. The privy council may try a ques tion of the validity of any Irish act. The British budgets will more or less influence Irish pecuniary balunces, it is therefore desirable for the purpose of mitigating any inconveniences whlcsj might thence arise, that Ireland should have something to say about British torvene In questions purely and abso lutely British, thus making the whole subject full of thorns and brambles. But our subjoct Is the autonomy and self government of Ireland in all matters properly Irluh. It Is In the face of a foci lng of uncertainty over questions of the retention of Irish members, that wo have suffered to appear a paragraph concern tng those questions containing the words "excepting and until parliament shall have determined coming financial legis lation. ' "I wish to supply the key-note to the part of the legislation. The key-note Is to be found In the provision that there Is to he but one system of legislation for all the kingdoms for external things con cerned.:,If it vuldes us to the conclusion at which we have arrlved.dt . unity of commercial legislation for the three king doms, tbls will Includes customs and ex else duties, postofflce and telegraph. By adopting this key-note we can attain most valuable results and .will be likely to avoid clashing of the agents of the Im perial and agents of the Irish government We hope- to escape In this way all col lection In the Interior of Ireland, of any revenue whatever by imperial authori ties. The preamble by which we ore bound, to give effect In Ireland, requires her to bear a fair share of Imperial ex penditure. (Hear! : Hear!) Though the rates of excise and post telegraDh rates will be fixed In Amount, the authority and whole control lover them will bo ab. solutely In the hands of Irish officers. We shall obtain from Ireland a fair share of assistance In great Imperial emergencies, I, myself, am bound to say that I think there should be j very . little fear from trusting to the patrlolsm and liberality of the Irish legislature. (Opposition cries of Oh! Ohjjind cheers from members on the government benches). Stinginess nev er was a Vice In the Irish people, and If we look forward very much I am afraid her suffering will bo due to generous ex travagancies rather than meanness. In conclusion, he said, I hope I shall not give offense when I express my deep con viction that a plan followed closely re sembling this, may shortly become law. There Is one risk, that if the controversy be unduly and (unwarrantably prolonged the low for self government In Ireland may become a demand for the repeal of the union and- the re-establlshment of dual supremacy, In these Islands. I hope the ship of state may be steered clear of that rock." The Oladstonlan liberals are disposed to regard the bill as a conciliatory, well ballanced and peace making measure and seemed to be hopeful as to its second reading. Tho nntl-Pnrnolllte members. while guarded In their utterances favored the bill as a whole and were especially wen pleased with tho financial arrange ments. All that the torles would say for the new bill was that It was more saga cious and better drawn than that of 1S85. The Liberal Unionists will not make even this favorable admission and are declar ing everywhere that it would never reach the committee stage In the house. ' "." On the table lay the premier's familiar lozenge pot, an Item of all Ills long speeches. The presence of a lamp to aid lils falling sight, added pathos to the scene. All the London papers comment on the bill. The most of them are dls pleased with it. The Daily Telegraph speaks or the sight of Gladstone deliver lng his speech as a spectacle to which the world cannot supply a parallel. Mar velous as a physical and Intellectual tour de force, it Is not statesmanship, nor does it bear the remotest resemblance to' anything deserving the name." fITE Of 1 Tlic Famous Wieclcr Was Destroyed 01T Enssian Eiycr. DRIVE? AGAINST THE SHORT Force of tbe Current Threw Iter Into s Heap of Jutting Roeks that Com pletely Transfixed Her. Associated Press. San Francisco, Peb. 13. The crew of the wrecked steamer Whltelnw arrived here with particulars of the loss of the vessel off Russian river. The steamer was engaged In wrecking the Joseph Spinney, and at night the steamer was hauled oul ard fastened to an anchor buoy. A south- wester came up, the cable parted and thi vessel was driven with great speed tow ard the shore. Steam was got up but tht hawser line fouled with the propeller ant? It refused to work. Then the Whltelaw drove against the shore, being raised b; an enormous swell and coming down ot a pointed rock which literally transflxec her. The crew took to the boats ant reached the shore. The vessel was wortl Ifl.OOO, and was partly Insured. . BLAINE'S WILL. ' He Leaves Everything He Possesses T Ills Wife. AUKUBia, aie., jer). is. rne will, o Jamis G. Blaine was filed for probat today. The document was executed s Washington on January Tth, and leave his entire estate prttctieally to Mrs P.lnlne, In fee simple. Ho bequeathes t his daughters, Margaret and Harriet, an his son James, G0 each, to each of hi grandchildren, Emmons Blnlne, Wain Copplnger, and Corwln Copplnger, h J2". The rest of his estate Is bequeathe absolutely and In fee simple to Harriet 6 Blaine, his wife. There Is no provlsio made for Jos.. O. Blaine, his third son or Jos. G. Blaine, Jr. goes Into effect That Is to say, the Com pany will charge the same rate for tow age as Is now charged for towage and pi lotage together. ' The tug Holyoke met with a very un usual experience, and but for the cutting away of the big hawser, might have gone to the bottom. She was off Flattery, or at the entrance of the straits, and picked up a (vessel and started In. The storm grew In Intensity and Mowing after them the big ship was driven onto the tuff, which was unable to keep out of the way." Fearing that he might be run down or turned over the hawser was cut away and was lost. The ship was not in s dangerous place and afterwards got In. White" orchids still make the most fash ionable bridal bouquet. Next come lUles of the valley, and white rosee, unless as hflan hnr.Aa I k a kJJ. V . wiiM, iub wi iuty .m some especi ally tender association with another flower. A recent bride carried a large bunch of white violets, because It was pleasantly whispered about. the flint flower the groom ever gave her was a single white violet they found on a coun try stroll in the first days of their ac quaintance. ouidi. he" era The Ameilcan bark Olympic went ud the liver yesterday In tow of the Ockla- haiua. " - ' . " . The British ship Star of Bengal took on 2498 sacks of wheat at the Union Pacific , dock yesterday, completing her cargo, and was towed Into the stream. , DOINGS AT SALEM. At a luncheon recently given to a com pany of literary women, the places were designated by miniature books, resem hllng In appearance those of known clas sics,- English, French and German. On each tiny volume was the name of the guest, and when she opened her volume It was stored with sweets. A folded page was also enclosed, which, when opened out, showed, in the language of its ori gin, a clever critique and brief account of the author, whose name was on the back of the mock booklet. . It Is a pleasure to find so eminent an authority as Carroll Beckwlth, the artist, pronouncing In favor of women's dress of today. After the "Greek, Mr. Beck wlth Is reported, In an interview, to find the "golden age In dress"' exemplified In the drew of the American girl, the sort who wears low heels and no corsets. The' best type, he maintains, Is that In which the lines of the figure are not concealed, The Princess dress is lauded by hltn as One of the most beautiful of all the mod ern styles, "with Its long, graceful lines, and adaptability to the movement of the figure. - , . - '. t . "It is almost disgraceful," said a woman the other day, "that half, perhaps a much larger proportion, of the women In our churches do not know the first principles of organizing and conducting a meeting. A woman of tact and sense is chosen to presided over the Missionary circle or the Ladles' Aid Society, and she Is utterly unable to fill her place with dignity and credit to herself, much less ro make those present comfortable. A simple manual of parliamentary usage costs lit tle, and tells exactly how to organize and conduct any sort of an assembly. By the use of their powers of observation and their memories, women nowadays could have all that Is necesrary In this depart ment if they chose." Salem, Or., Feb. 13. The house toda passed the World's Fair bill over'th governor's veto. The vote stood, 40 to 17 Trulllngr's bill for a seawaU at Astorl was ordered engrossed.' -Tho special fishing committee reporte- having been in conference with the Join committee of. he Washington leglslatur and made recommendations. The repor was referred to the fishing committee o the legislature. - Alley's bill relating to foreign corporu tlons doing business In Oregon, passed -Matlock's bill for an Insane asylum I Eastern Oregon, passed. In the senate, Fulton's bill for a bridf at Young's river passed second reading. At the evening session of the senate Weatherford's bill to regulate the Ha blllty of railroads, was passed. In the house In the evening, the bill fo tho construction of a bridge at Young' bay passed. The steam schooner Jeanle arrived In Seattle yesterday, four days from San Francisco. She stopped at Port Angeles Mid unloaded fifty tons of freight, brought JO0 tons for Seattle and 200 tons for Ta- eoniH, Cant. Humphrey says he exper ienced the worst weather olf the Colum- ' dla river, but that he has been In port during the worst storms this season, and charactcrlr.es the Jeanle as a "lucky box." A large scow' pile driver belonging to the San Francisco bridge company lies sunk In twenty-five feet of water at Charles street, Seattle. The scow was tied up and on the outside of her was tied a scow carrying an engine, belong ing to Watson Allen. It Is supposed that the weight of snow and water caused the outsldo scow td careen over so the engine ' struck the pile driver, thus sinking her. for the two now lie in that position. Alnesworth & Dunn's new schooner for the halibut fisheries wlMrbe launched net RtUutMior- and . will . be . .brought to ... Seattle to receive her finishing up. It Is ' said she will be one of the prettiest and ' staunchest schooners of her class. No name has yet been decided upon for her. Consignments will be taken down on the steamship Umatilla. ' AMONG THE FIGHTERS. New Orleans, Feb. 13. Joe Goddart sayc that after defeating Smith he wll post ten thousand dollars for a mate with either Corbett or Jackson, and wl keep the forfeit up thirty daye.- Chlcago, Feb. 13. In reply to Jackson't ultimatum ' saying Corbett must accept his challenge within ten days or Jack sou's money will be withdrawn, Corbett said this afternoon "My representatives will be in New York Wednesday to makt a match with Mitchell or Jackson. They have power to make a match with either, Mitchell first, Jackson second. FOSTER AND THE BANKERS . TCew York, Feb. 13. Banker Jesse Sellg. man had a conference with Treasure Foster early this morning. Later, Foe ter left the hotel, but up to 1:30 p. m had nat appeared at the sub-treasury for a conference with the bankers. The Post says at a conference with the bankers yesterday it was prpactlcally decided by the secretary to Issue bonds, probably t the amount of $fi0,000,000, which the bankr will take and pay for In gold. A HORRIBLE CRIME, Pendleton, Feb. 13. A. C, Russell, wife and son are under arrest at Athena, charged with committing an abortion on a demented daughter aged 23. The daugh ter died from the effects ot the operation. O'DONNELL'S TRIAL BEG. UN The manifest of the steamship Wilt shire has been received at the office of Deputy Collector McKensle In Seattle VTwo consignments of 2927 and 485 pack ages are billed to the Wa Chung com pany. They consist largely of rice, ths duty on which amounrs to about t-'SW alone. The duty on tho iarious articles runs from 20 to 2500 per c -nt, the latter, on playing cards, being ,t specific duty. . In the consignments are pickled bamboo - shoots, salted turnips, dried duck's legs. Joss sticks, fungus, dried oysters, sea weed, pickled melons, medicated tea. bean sticks, brass buttons, and many , other Chinese delicacies, , A telegram was received In tfte city ye s terdoy afternoon giving the Information, that the steamer Fairhaven had broken her shaft while on the way to Seattle from Laconnur.- The vessel was taken in tow and was on the way to the former port. v The. ship Kennebeck, reported lost on the rocks, Is safe at Dungeness wnltlng for moderate weather. . . . The schooner Pioneer, from Redondo, arrived In yesterday In ballast. ; The Hay. Ian Republic came down from Portland yesterday and cleared for Vic toria, B. C.j and Sound ports. . .. The British bark Helenslea. arrived down from Portland Sunday and cleared for Queenstown for orders with a cargj of 32,830 sacks of wheat. The Danish bark Dnnmark arrive! down from Portland Sunday with 36.400 sacks of wheat aboard, and cleared at the custom house yesterday bound for Queenstown for orders, - 7 Pittsburg, Feb. 13. The trial of Hug.i O'Donnell for the murder of T. C, Cot ners, began today. Tills trial Is consld ered the most Important of the Home stead riot trials. ' , Tug Sea Lion, Captain Sprague, ran into Seattle harbor Wednesday to cos! up and brought news of s number of ac cidents in ths straits. He towed In ths schooner H. C. Wright and also the dlsa- budgets. I do not see It rxoiht , ... ! bled tug Discovery from .Clallam bay and Flattery clu.de Irish members from voting on the ' aroTPeI h latter at Port Townsend. Tbe j rigging. tsea juion lay two or tnree days at Clal lam bay before picking up the schooner Wright. A severe gale was blowing, but the tug pulled through all right with her double burden. Those aboard say tluy do not want any further experience tt DEPOT DESTROYED BY FIRE. Seattlo, Feb. 13,-The Great Northern depot at Sylvanla, Skagit county, wa destroyed this morning from some un known csuse, and the records were lost. Loss, (1500. ELEVEN OF THEM ESCAPED. Los. Angeles, Cal., Feb. 13. There was a great jail delivery st the city Jail lant nlgbt. Eleven prisoners succeeded In getting away. FELL FROM THE RIGGING. Tacoma, Feb.. 11 A Japanese sa'Ior was loit overboard from the brlgfintin Geneva, of San Francisco, while oft Cape yesterday. He fell from in great subject ofwant of confidence. Next, L ulcus the Irish members vote on all questions you break parliamentary tra dltion. Now come the reasons against un iversal voting dowits. It would be a great anomaly if these eighty Irish mcm- WILL NOT CHANGE THE RATES. Portland, Feb. 11. Superintendent re gram af the Union Paclllc water lines, stated today that the Union Pacific would The British bark Alnsdule cleared for Queenstown yesterday with 47,813 sacks of wheat valued at 174,796. The British ship Star of Bengal ar. 1-lved down from Portland Sunday in tow of the Ocklahama, and cleared fr Queenstown yesterday. Her cargo con sists of 39,775 bags of wheat and Is val ued at 154,000. A large crowd gathered at Flavei's wharf yesterday to greet the steamer Telephone. She looked fresh and neat In her new coat of paint and the hog posts and chains have added an appearance of Strength that she has not heretofore pos sessed. Her passenger list was light, but she was loaded nearly to the guards with freight The steamer City of Stanwood Is frozen fast in the ice at the mouth of ths Btilla guamlsb river. J. J, Bogardus, the com ml!on man, writes from Stanwood that the river Is so froten up that there Is no telling when the steamers will begin to bring In supplies from that port of the country. bers should come herecontlnually to In-' t1 kind. The lug Discovery has been lying at Neah bay for some days awaiting mod erate weather, but the storm raged so there that the captain concluded to run ?.. ri,.ti, t. , . j . UA a! maintain the same rntos for pilot ti;;o as IT. ; " ' " """ , ,T , . . ., bis rurtdor and was at the mercy of the now in force when the new pilotage law 6i(k, but wU) aasl8tttnce got