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6 N" - - ; 0 0 3 - Jli . fifit-J'tillltlisr-r 1 . ""1 i I -. . -. - EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPH IC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XL. NO. 41. ASTORIA, OREGON FRIDAY MORNING, .FEBRUARY 1 7, 1893." TRICE. FIVE CENTS, K U 1.1! t A. Asssignee's sale at arker anson s HE fOfUllSTS 'HID Bepnlilicai Memoers atTorjcIa Won The Victory. - IT . WAS A GAME OF BLUFF All their immense stock MUST BE CLOSED OUT In 30 Days or Less; AKD- PRICES -WILL - BE CUT To Suit the Condition and the times. W. W. PARKER, Assignee. The Above Sale is Discontinued for 15 days or untiljfurther orders, W. W. PARKER, g Astoria, Or., Feb 2, 1893. Open Saturday iorning The Dinsmore Stock, Consisting of Choice Dry Goods, Clothing, Ladies' and Gents' Furnishing Goods, Shoes, etc., will be sold REGARDLESS OF COST. Now is your chance to buy good goods at your own price, as the stock must be sold within a limited time. - The stock was bought at sheriff's sale and will be sold at a sacrifice. Facts tell more than words. Call and convince yourselves. LEE KOHN, Manager. 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 delivered - - - - . to customers, It is mado of 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 for Astoria, ' ELMORE, SANBORN & CO. Nune of tli, Btselged Showed Any Sign of Giving la and Only Yielded Ou Favorable Conditions, Associated Press. Topeka, Ks.; Feb. 16. The only thing needed to make war in Kansas, Is fight ing. The, conditions of war are In exist ence. Opposed bodies of armed men, some thing to fight about, and a disposition to fight, are all evident, but war does not open. Bellicose preparations were car ried on briskly by both sides all day, but the governor, by offering to compromise, the difficulty, and keeping the two houses apart, tapered the crisis oft into a very tame armed truce. Tho proposition for a compromise was offered to the republi can house, and they finally amended It to suit their own ideas and returned it to the governor who announced that he would reply tomorrow- and in the mean time, an armed truce exists. This Is the situation late tonight. The whole city of Topeka appeared during the day to be under martial law. Troops marched and countermarched through - the road av eneues of the city, wearing yellow badges, bearing inscriptions "Deputy Sheriff," ; were hurrying to and fro; cannon were being dragged through the streets and hundreds of civilians arrived during the day from all over the state. Many car ried guns In caBes, a few carried them under their overcoats, but more marched boldly from the stations to the hotels with rifles or shot-guns flung over their shoulders. The real sensation of the day' was the disloyalty of the state troops to the commander-in-chief, the governor. He twice ordered Colonel Hughes, command- ant of the forces to attack the republican stronghold, but- Colonel Hughes declined, and he was relieved. Then the governor took personal command and ordered that no provisions be allowed to ' pass the lines, but the order was disregarded. Then Lieutenant Barker of the 3d Regi ment was given command of the troops, but still the governor's ' orders were dis regarded. Finally, Brigadier General Het- tiger arrived from Wichita and took command. He let it be understood that the repub licans had. nothing to fear from him. This caused the governor great uneasi ness and after a council with the popu list leaders, a compromise proposition was offered the republican house. At I p. m., the governor submitted to the republicans a proposition to with draw the militia and not 'allow the re publicans to be Interfered 1th by the pop ulists if the republicans woujd drop the legal proceedings against the populists, and If the sheriff would disband bis posse. The agreement to last' till the close of the session. The republicans are consider ing the proposition. The prospects for tomorrow are that the populists will decline to accept the proposition of compromise as amended by the republicans. The. republicans this morning hit upon plan to strengthen their position by bringing to their aid the authority of the sheriff, backed by a posse. The sheriff is sued a proclamation and by noon fully a thousand men wee sworn in. Not caring to take the risk of arming recruits with Are arms, the sheriff decided to arm them all with clubs. All sorts of clubs were pressed Into service, from broomsticks to baseball bats. The sheriff announced that he would make no move until a fracture of the peace actually occurred. He ex plained that he would regard an attempt to eject the republicans (the legally con stituted house, as he regards It) a dis turbance of the peace and would then in terfere to maintain order. This action by the sheriff - taken in connection with the attitude assumed by the militia, has de prived the populists of all fighting sup port excepting that afforded by three pro visional .companies of militia and some fifty assistant sergeants-at-arms. But in the meantime, the populists began to ar rive and tonight they are strongly re-ln- forced. The governor may organize these Into provisional troops who can be de pended upon to obey his orders. It Is not believed, however, that he. will take such extraordinary action. The general feeling tonight is one of re newed uneasiness, and the prediction is freely made that tomorrow may se3 the long anticipated war inaugurated. Topeka, Kansas, Feb. 18. The republi can bouse is still besieged in the repre sentatives' hall, and the force of state militia is still posted around the cap It ol. Col. Hughes has again declined to obey the governor's order to eject the republicans, and the only resources the governor has beside the regular militia are thiye companies of populist provis ional troops. . No overt action has yet been taken, though Governor Le welling still asserts positively that he will drive the republicans from the hall at the point of the bayonet. The republicans assert with equal ponltlveness that they will resent ejection even to the use of arms. The sheriff still refuses to take a hand in the trouble. The city 1s black and blue today black with people come to see the fun, and blue with troops.' Every train arriving during the past twelve hours has brought troops and republican and populist vol unteers, armed with all sorts of weapons. anxious to take a hand In the fight. Sol diers surround the capltol, and guards are stationed at every entrance to pre vent any one from entering without a pass from the governor, countersigned by the adjutant general. Mis. Lease man aged to get In, but Mr. Lease spent sev eral hours trying to follow her, but with out success. , The' troops sympathize most ly with the republicans, so (n spite of the adjutant general's order, not to allow food to be taken Into,' the capltol, the soldiers conveniently fall to see well filled bas kets of provisions hauled up to the rep resentatives' hall by means of ropes. The populists have practically aban. doned the field. ; They met at noon In the basement of the capltol, and decided to make no further attempt to gain trance to the representative hall. The action of the sheriff In swearing In a thousand men, made the odds so heavy against the , populists that they deckled not to attempt to meet them. It has been decided to hire a hall for the meetings o." the populist house. The governor, as commander-in-chief of the state troops, re lieved Colonel Hughes of the direct com mand of the troops. The governor him self has assumed command of the troops. The state militia have decided to obey the sheriff's orders as peace officer. This course, strengthened the republican pos ition, as it gives the sheriff about all the armed men In the city, including as it docs, .the militia and his thousand dep uties. It Is not known what will be the opultsts' nex$.move, but they seem pow erless. - ' . ' , ' The populist house met this afternoon In rooms down town and took action con templating . the checkmating of 8herlff Wilkinson's move, and passing the emer gency bill empowering the governor to re move the sheriff of any county for cause, and appoint a. successor forthwith. The specific "causes" are not stated. The blli will go to the senate in the morning and when that body passes it the governor can relieve Sheriff Wilkinson and dls band his posse unless the sheriff resists the action on the ground that the bill was not passed by the legal house of repre sentatives. . The sheriff said tonight that he would not give up (lie office without struggle. The proposition presented to the republican house by governor Lie wel ling to withdraw the militia if the repub licans would withdraw their legal pro ceedings elicited a great deal of argument After a lengthy debate a proposition to the governor was drafted. It proposed to dismiss all contempt proceedings hereto, instituted; that each house' should ar rest the clerk of the other house on a charge of contempt and both parties ap ply to the supreme court for writs of habeas corpus, both cases to be prose euted on the sola question of .the legality ofJbe"' respective houses; the governor to Dismiss me mjiuia ana provisional guard and the .sheriff to dismiss all special deputies; the republican house . to have free and undisputed possession of the representatives hall pending the decision of the supreme court. The governor says he will not repl until tomorrow morning. At I a. m., this Friday morning, every thing is quiet. Snow Is falling and the re publicans are asleep In the hall of rep 0011 TREATY WITH HAWAII Tie Ctiincss Traffic to Eonolnlu Must lie Stopped. BIO INCOME TOR THE QUEEH We Will Assume the I'ubllo Debt and ao Check Will be Fat On Foreign Com mercial It elation t. NBARING THE END. Racing Through Many Measures in Clos ing Hours at Salem. Salem, Or., Feb. 16. The senate passed Gulllxon's bill, appropriating 140,000 for the equipment of the Oregon National Guard over the governor's . veto, by a vote of 22 to 7. The same action was tak en in tho house yesterday. Among the bills passed at the morning session of the house was one providing that' the bill repealing the mortgage tax law shall not affect the assessment of '92. Myers' bill providing for a game and fish protector, was also passed. In the house In the afternoon, there was the third reading of senate bills: The senate bill enabling married women to convey' their real property without the husband joining In the- conveyance, amended so as to not affect estates in en tirety, was passed. Woodward's bill enabling a minority of boards, of directors of private corpora tions to reside outside of the state. Huston, to punish the pointing of fire arms at human beings was passed. ' Bancroft's bill to protect common car riers and to punish tampering with the locks of railroad switches, etc., - was passed. Bancroft's bill to punish obstructionists of railroad or street railway tracks ,was passed. t ' The house concurred In " the senate amendment to the house bill providing for artesian wells. Cross' bill relating to the collection and return of taxes was passed. Butler's bill amending the" code relating to estates in dower, giving the widow on half instead of one third, was passed. Bancroft's bill providing for the issu ance of bonds by school districts to build schoolhouses, passed. The senate continued the third reading of house bills. Cowan's bill for the sinking of artesian wells was passed. ' The senate refused to suspend the rules to consider Brown's bill to protect salm on. , Manley's bill for a free ferry for Alblna was passed. The report of the committee on mileage was adopted. The senate concurred In' the amend ments to Cross' bill for the fits of assess ors. ' . Jeffrlen' bill to enable women to hold educational offices was Indefinitely post poned. ' , Upton's bill to regulate the salaries of county judges was passed as amended. ' The special committee appointed to ex amine the state treasurer's office reported and the report was adopted. The resolution to, Increase the pay of the calendar clerk from $5 to $8 per day, failed to pas. Trulllnger's bill concerning corporations was laid on the table. . Daly's bill to exempt homesteads from Judicial sale was passed as amended. GENERAL CARR RETfRED. Washington, Feb.lfl. By direction of the president. General Carr will be placed on the retired Ht. Associated Press. Washington, Feb. 14. The Hawaiian treaty, which was transmitted to the senate yesterday but was not made pub lie until today, provides for the cession of all rights of sovereignty over the Is lands, and all public buildings and prop city to the United States. The revenue from all public lands, except such as are reserved for government purposes, to be used solely for the benefit of the people of the Islands; until , congress provides otherwise, the existing government and laws of the Hawaiian Islands to be con tinued, subject to the paramount author Ity of the United States; the president to appoint a commissioner who shall: have power to veto any the said government until congress enacts the necessary legis lation, excepting that the present com mercial relations Of the Hawaiian Is lands both with the United States and Foreign governments shall continue; tht further Immigration of Chinese Into th Islands to he prohibited, and the Chines now In the Inlands shall not be permittee' to come lnto'the present territory of thi United States. The public debt of the Islands' Is to be' assumed by -the United States to the- extent of J3.2GO.000. and the United States agrees to pay Queen Llllu okalanl $-0,000 a year during her life, and Princess Kaltlont $150,000. The senate on motion of Senator Mitch- j ell today adopted an amendment to the sundry' civil bill appropriating $1,239,000 for the canal ..'at Cascades, on tho Colum bia river. v's. The principal feature In the house today was a personal collision between Turpln, of Alabama, and Waugh, of : Indiana which, however, -was bloodless. The house resumed In committee of the whole the consideration of the pension appro priation bill, Tarsney . referred to a speech made some days ago by Morse, of Massachusetts, in which that gentleman stated that he, Tarsney, referred to pen-, sloners on the rolls as ruHlons,- thieves and scoundrels. . Tarsney said he never used Buch language and proceeded to make some -unpleasant remarks about men who falsified the words of their colleagues. Morso replied that he had not attributed to the gentleman any word that bad not been uttered by him as far as he, Morse, understood them. By this time the house fully expected a sensation, and the area In front of the speaker's desk was crowded with members. Tur pln inquired of the, gentleman from Mas sachusetts If he was aware that ther stood today upon the pension rolls an ex soldier drawing $10 a month for total deafness who was receiving, a salary of $1800 a year and who was employe 1 at the telephone. "I don't believe yom statement unless you prove It," shoutej Waugh, advancing to Uie frog. Turpln replied that the man's name was Wm. E. Davis. Waugh retorted that die did not believe the' statement was true. Tur pln retorted that Waugh couldn't say ho .vas a falsifier, and advanced rapidly towards him. Hooper, of Indiana, and others, rushed forward to separate tho men, who were rapidly coming together, and the speaker Anally succeeded in ro storing order. The senate this morning took up the sundry civil bill. Vest, In a speech, al luded . to the depleted condition of the treasury, and spoke of the secretary in Walt street begging like an Italian men dicant for gold from the banks to sus tain the public credit. It was openly avowed by some statesmen that their ob ject was to tide over the next two weeks so as to leave the present disgraceful condition of financial affairs to the In coming administration of Mr. Cleveland. Whatever faults Mr. Cleveland may have had as an administrative ofFicer or. a political leader, he left a surplus of $100, 000,000 In the treasury. Vest then spoke against the annexation of Hawaii. A careful canvass of the senate appears to Indicate that the Hawaiian treaty will be ratified. President Harrlcon has Issued a procla mation creating the Sierra Forest Re serve In the state of California, The re servation comprises approximately 6000 square miles In the counties of Moyer,. Fresno, Tulare and Kern. , Smiths river, Cal., on February 12th. The vessel was moored in the river, when the current became so strong that the lines parted and she was carried on to the rovks and made a total loss. The crew escaped. The Field was running between Smiths river and Eureka. . WELL KNOWN DIVINE DEAD. . Reverend Cushlng Ellis of Tacoma Has Passed Away. Tacoma, Feb. 16. Reverend Cushlng El lis died of pneumonia at his son Edwin's residence In Tacoma, this morning. His death occurred on his elghty-thtrd birth day. Ho was born la Massachusetts and graduated at Williams College, He was an Indian missionary, in Eastern Wash ington from 1843 to 1848, He taught at the Willamette University In 8alem In 1861, and helped to found Pacific College at Forest Grove, Or. He also founded and contributed $30,000 for the establishment of Whitman College, at Walla Walla. Charles T.. Fay, who ended six years' service as chairman of the board of county commissioners in January,, and was 68 years old, committed suicide this afternoon.- by shooting himself through the temple with a revolver. Poor health and despondency was the cause. His friends think he had become slightly demented. - MITCHELL AKKISSIBU- lUiUSASUU, New York, Feb. 16.-Charley Mitchell, the English pugilist, who arrived this morning, was not allowed to land on the ground of his being an ex-convict, as his landing would be a violation of the law. After hearing the arguments of Mitch ell's counsel, who argued that he had simply been sentenced for assault and was not a convict under the federal laws, Judge Andrews discharged Mitchell. THE. SENATORIAL CONTESTS. Helena, Mont., Fe"b. 16. The vote on senator today, was os follows: Mantle, 30; Clarke, 2-5; Dixon, 13; Couch, 8; Carter, 1; Punt, republican, 1: Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 16. There is yet no choice for senator. Olympla, Wash., Feb. 16. There is no change in the senatorial situation, , BILLY FAINTED. ' Sau DIcro, Cal., Feb. 16. Billy Kaymer of this city aiid' Jack Frnaler of Los An geles fought at the opera house this ev ening. ' Near the close of the eleventh round Kaymer suddenly fainted and did not' recover until some minutes had elapsed. The referee gave the fight to Frazler.- ... . - .- " , . SALVAGE AWARDED. , PcrtUmll ,Feb. 16.-The British ship Noel Tryvan, which was towed out of the breakers near Shoalwater bay- on January 1st, by the steamer Wlllapa, was libeled by the latter for $10,000 sal vage, but the matter has Vleen com promised today for $8,500. . COMMISSION Nsfl REA FOUND GUILTY Sacramento, Cal., Feb. .16. The senate special committee on Investigation of the railroad cammisaioners, reported in favor of removing Commissioner Rea on eharg-' es of dereliction and Incompetency, and Commissioners Litchfield and Blackman for Incompetency, . . ' TOOK THEM BY B'JRPRISE. Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 16. The populists were dumbfounded when the democrats in the house, by a solid: vote patsed the bill repealing the charter of the State Farmers' Alliance. It will probab'.y pass the senate also, , . ' FARTING DINNER TO CARLISLE. Washington, Feb. 16.-At the ' parting dinner given Senator Carlisle tonight by his late associates, nearly all the senat ors were present. ..." ANOTHER VICTIM DEAD. Portland, Or., Feb. 16. Jas. Menafee who. was Injured in the street cor acci dent yesterday, died tonight, making the fourth victim. MITCHELL IN DISGRACE. DONAGHUE WAS BEATEN. Bed Bank, N. J., Feb. 16,-The first an nual championship meeting of tho Na tional Amateur Skating Association was held here today. Joe Donaghue, the ama teur champion, was defeated In a 5-ml!e race by John S. Johnson of Minneapolis. Donaghue's friends declared that he was drugged. Johnson won in IS minutes and on in. 39 1-5 seconds. The second was won by Howard Mosher In 38 2-6 seconds. . BILVElf MINES TO SHUT DOWN. Boise City, Idaho, Feb. 16. Advices from the Coeur d'Alene silver and lead mining district In Shoshone county, state that owing to the low price of silver, the mines will within a few weeks be' com pelled to shut down. This will throw 2000 men out of employment, ' - THE A. B. FIELD WRECKED. Ban Francisco, Feb. 16. Word was re ceived here that the A. B. Field, a 50-ton steamer owned by Hiram Brown of As toria, was wrecked In the mouth of New York, Feb. 16. A number of ho tels refused to -receive Mitchell the pu gilist, owing to his recent Jail experience In London. , , Along the Wharves. The steamer Oregon, which has been compelled to lay at Sand island anchor age a day on account of the rough bur, got out yesterday morning. The AInsdale failed to get but yester day and Is still anchored at Sand island. The Star of Bengal dragged her anchor on Wednesday night and drifted several hundred feet down stream. The German bark Germanla came down Ihe river yesterday and anchored off Fla yers wharf. The British bark Natuna hove her an chor short - yesterday expecting to be towed up by the Hussalo. The tow boat failed to come to time, and when' the tide ebbed, the bark drifted down stream, narrowly missing the Germanla. Bhe was anchored again opposite Hustler's dock. The steamer Homer cleared at the cue- 4 3-5 seconds. In the first race Donaghue r tom house yesterday for Ban Francisco with a miscellaneous cargo. Captain J. C. Pope came down from Portland yesterday to inspect the dam age to the windlass of the Blrkdale. He reports some serious Injuries and says It will lake three or four weeks to complete' reparlrs. The Astoria Iron Works have the Job In hand. The whistling buoy at Neah bay Is dis abled and the whistle has been blown away. Captain Toiler, of the revenue cutter Woloott, who made the discovery, has reported It to Washington and to the uprlntrnint of lighthouse stations for tffis district, but It will take three or four day before the repairs can b mi1.