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4 EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XL. NO. 42. ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 18, 1803. PRICE, FIVE CENTS, A assignee's sale at Anile Legislature of: 1893 Will Be lint History, . arker & Hanson's riSH C0MMIS3I0BEE3 APPOINTED All their immense stock Among the LUt of Official Are Broita, Packard and Fox, a Pilot Cob '.' . mlsiioner. MUST In BE CLOSED OUT 30 Days or Less, AND.- PRICES WILL BE CUT To Suit the Condition and the time3. W. W. PARKER, Assignee. The Above Sale is Discontinued for 15 days, or until mrther orders, W. W. PARKER. Astoria, Or., Feb 2, 1893. OpenSafurd aylflorning The Dinsmore Stock, Consisting of Choice Dry Goods, Clothing, Ladies' and Gents' Furnishing Goods, Shoes, etc., will he sold REGARDLESS OF COST. Now is your chance to huy 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 T5XS7St2Z more than words. yourselves. LEE KOHN', Manager. Associated - Press. Salem, Feb. 1?. The followtlng nomlno- tions of the governor have been con firmed by the senate: ' ' Board of regents of the State Agricul tural College: T. W.. Davenport, W. A. Sample, A. R. Shipley, Bernard Daly to succeed W. S. Ladd, W. P. Keady, J. K. Weatherford, J. T. Apperson. Board of regents of the State University C. C. Beeekman, Henry Failing, A. O. Hovey. board of regents of the Monmouth nor mal school: J. V. Butler, p. Haley, J. C. White, B. J. Daley, Jacob Voorhees, Al fred Lacy, BenJ. Schofleld, W. H. Holmes A. Noltner. H. D. Compson .brigadier general, R. W. Mitchell, adjutant general; Jeff flyers lieutenant colonel; W. S. Perry, assistant adjutant, r." The senate passed the following blltyj TnilH no.r' hill tnf h Antnrln nML.wA.lt Belt's bill defining the duties of stock inspectors. Ormsby's bill to establish a Soldiers' Home. The senate concurred In the house amendments to Matlock's bill for branch insane asylum in Eastern Oregon. At 6 o'clock this afternoon, the senate and house went into Joint session for the purpose of electing men to fill the offices in the gift of the legislature. The follow. lnsr were chosen: Railroad commissioners: H. B. Comp Bon, democrat, 54; I. A. Macrum, repub lican, 62; J. B. Eddy, republican, 62. The others .who received votes were Kltppei, 32; Wheeler, 31; Sibley. B8; Cclrig, 6 Steel, 2; Sellers, 4. For flsh commissioners: George T. My' ere, George Gustln, Allen Parker, W. 1, Riley, Joseph Paquet. For pilot commissioners: J. A. Brown, John Fox," F.' Packard. For state librarian: J. B. Putnam. For food and dairy commissioner: Chas. Holman. For game protector: Ferry Hlnshaw, For boatman: F. F. Bradford. At the evening session of the senate, Durham's bill amending the Australian ballot law was brought up. At this Junct ure of the proceedings, while the senate was working under the regular order, Weatherford, democrat, protested against the Durham bill being considered, claim ing that it was not in its regular order. The democratic members joined hi mi in the protest, claiming that the bill had only been passed at noon and mwiy bills were before It on third reading. By a vote of 16 to 12 It was decided to read the bill a third time. Motions to adjourn to call of the house, to lay on the table, to indefinitely postpone, etc., were in a like manner rejected.. The previous question was voted on. 18 voting aye, two were absent, and 12 who refused to vote were recorded nay. The bill was then put on its final passage with like result and the ' For a branch. Insane, asylum, 105,000. Militia, 3100,000.' Btate University, 460.000. Agricultural College, 128,000. WestonNormal School, 126,000. ' A' few good general laws, and only a few laws, except of local nature have been passed. Among them may be men tioned the assessment and taxation law. Fixed levies have been done away with. There will be no deductions for Indebted ness and no tax on' mortgages, Th senate has agreed to virtually ad journ at midnight, but Is not likely that even the appropriation bill will be settled Dy tnat time and' an all-night session will probably be hold. Final adjournment nas peon decided upon for 10 a. m. to morrow, 4 . A large number of bills were passed this afternoon in both, houses. - Thej house resolved itself Into commit tee of the whole with Mr. Paxton in the chair to consider the general appropria tion Jillh Wright, chairman of the com mittee, on ways and means explained the provisions of he bill. The bill was read by sections and the' various provisions considered and the bill as a whole adopt er t rtie Jc QUEEN LIL'S PROTEST She Wauls' tic President ta Slay All - ProcGcfliDfs. WILL HOT JOIN HANDS fler Only Object In Retiring Wa, to Pre- ' vent Bloodshed and Destruction of Property. the butt and top, and they are to be driven twenty-five reet below the city base and cut off twenty-six feet below. Oregon pine caps fixed with thirty-inch bolts form the resting place of the con crete pier on which the building rests. As thus settled the piers will have deeper foundation by four feet, six inches than the new section of sea wall which Is to support the west wall of the new "building. - Strife Stirred Up . By McKevitt. As the Flax Grows, So the Twine You can't go wrong if vou buy MARSHALL'S Twine. The 1893 make is now beiug delivered to customers. It is mado of the flax crop of 1890. Lasts WHY? Becauso the 1891 and 1892 crops have been inferior. Marshall never uses in fcrior flax. That is wh' his twine IS THE BEST ! Sqk- Agents fcr Astoria, ELMORE, SANBORN & CO. f n j I iock anu juctiiiBier were aDsent ana jilLL HI1U COIlVlIlCe Beckley and Blackman. Butler, Coggs- weu, nuston, Myers, Kaiey, omitn, van- derburg, Veatch, Weatherford, and Wood ard flleda protest against having their vote recorded ''No," when they had not voted. The senators who had voted "Nay" filed the following protest and the same was entered as ot record: Mr. President. We, the undersigned senators do protest against the president directing and requesting the clerk to re cord us and each of us as voting "No' upon house bill No. 175, for reasons that not one of us voted "No" when our names were called, and that the record so made Is untrue and does not represent the vote as taken and given; that the present had no authority of law to either count or record any of us as present and voting "No." and that only sixteen votes were cast upon the passage of said bill, and each and all of said votes were re corded In the affirmative and none In the negative." . ' " The general appropriation bill was next taken up and received consideration for several hours. Minor amendments were made all through the bill. v IN THE HOUSES, Salem, Feb 17. The house today passed Matlock's bill for a branch Insane asy lum in Eastern Oregon. The house receded from amendment No. 6, to the senate bill for a state normal school at Weston, and concurred In the senate amendment to the bill for a sea, wall at Astoria. Wright of Union, Introduced the general appropriation bill which was set for con sideration at 2 p. m. Shortly after noon the general appro priation bill found Its way into the house where It has been discussed for many hours. The bill Is an enormous one, ag kregaUng more than S2.00t.oeo. It hu not yet reached the senate, but when it does come, there will be offered amendments without end. As the session nears the end. It begins to look aslf the present legislature has outdone all that have preceded It In the way of apprortatlons. By the way of sum mary, and aside from the general ap propriation bill may be mentioned the following: For the World's Fair, tCO.OOO. For a Jute mill, l,000. Associated Press. Washington, Feb. 17. The documents laid before the senate on the Hawaiian question contain the hitherto unpublished protest of Queen Lllloukalanl addressed to President Harrison. In it she says some of her subjects aided by aliens have renounced their loyalty and have revolted against the constitutional government of The consideration of the general appro-1 the klngdom.Upon receiving proof that prlatlort bill was Interrupted at 4:30 by the United States minister abetted and the approach of the senate according to caused unlawful movements of troops to a Joint, resolution adopted this morning I be made and landed, for that purpose, to go Into Joint convention for the elec-1 she submitted to force, believing he would won of railroad commissioners and other! not have acted that way unless by au officers.? After the Joint convention had! thorlty of the'Unlted States government. been "dissolved the bouse adjourned to I This action on her part, she ays wat 7:46 p.ih. At that hour the house met and! prompted by three considerations: the fu- acted upon some senate amendments to I tlllty of a conflict with the United States, house.bllls. I a desire to avoid violence and bloodshed Mrr Bishop, on the part of the house I destruction of property and certainly bIh presented to the speaker. Mr. Keadv a I felt that this government will right what targe and beautiful picture containing the I ever wrongs may havo been Inflicted Ii Photographs of all the members of the I the premises. house. Accompanying the presentation. he made an appropriate speech. Mr. Kea dy made a feeling response. The house then resolved itself Into committee of the whole for further con sideration, of the general appropriation mil. ai . o'clock the bill was finished In committee and reported to the house. The bill was then placed upon Its final pass age under susepnslon of the .rules. The vote was yeas, 33; nays,22. Paxton moved to reconsider the vote by which the committee on salaries and mOeage, .; relating to , compensation of clerks was adopted! Tha motion was adopted. Paxton then moved ah amend ment nxipg tne compensation of short. hand clerks at $5 per day; chief clerks on enrolling and. engrossing committees, $5 per dayv and all other clerks 14 per day. Ormsby moved that the pay of pages ne w.&o per day: both motions were passed and ffir report "was then adopted oy a vote or 34 to 17. The Benate bill to repeal the act estab lishing' a state board of charities was taken up and passed by a vote of 39 to 12. The third reading for senate bills was made a special order for 10 o'clock, being the senate concurrent resolution for the free coinage of silver.1 The same was tak en up and Its consideration postponed till 11:55. The senate bill providing for the ap. portlonment of state senators was taken up, yeas 38; nays, none. There not being a quorum voting, the free coinage reso lution was then Indefinitely postponed. Ford offered Joint resolution No. 16. rel atlve to the apportionment of senators and representatives. under resolution of the 'house, the speaker with two members appointed by him will examine and correct the journal. The speaker appointed Merrill and Miller. Adjourned till :30 tomorrow, Captain Dexter, of the British bark Montreal, which recently arrived at New York from Oothenberg after an extremely long passage of 77 days, states that it was one of the roughest la his memory, and that on two occasions the vessel was saved from foundering by the use of oil. During a gale from the southeast the lower main topsail was blown Into shreds, and the furled sails were blown out of the gaskets. With every inch of canvas gone, decks .swept of everything movable, and 'the boats smashed, the bark scudded before the gale under bare .poles and went far south of her latitude. South or Cape Hatteras another series of storms were met -The dripping of oil over the bow had a. wonderful effect; It broke the force of the waves and kept the vessel from foundering. The disengaged fleet is beginning to assume large proportions, says. the Ore gon Ian, for so late a date In the ship ping season, the total amounting to over 10,000 tons register, recent additions being the iron barks Natuna and Blrkdale and the-wooden bark . Olympic. The Inquiry for grain vessels appears to be entirely checked, but whether owing to higher rates asked for tonnage or from lack of grain stocks Is difficult to say. At any rate no new charters have been written lately and Immediate prospects are not very flattering. Probably 27s M would to day be a full- figure for Iron, and it Is not certain whether shippers would char ter at that rate. Tonnage to arrive with in a month Is not of large proportions. but When added to free tonnage now on hand mokes the outlook rather blue for shipowners. The Australia reports a rough pasFog. from Honolulu as the reason for delay in arriving In the Bay City. Several of the deck houses were flooded. Purser Ryan was washed out of his berth and a dozen of the crew were more or less cut and bruised by encountering heavy seas which broke on the deck. Neither the San Juan nor the Mohican was spoken. The Japanese training shipKon go, hence on January the 7th, arrived at Honolulu on the 28th. Secretary FoBter states teday that h' will preserve $100,000,000 gold rescrVe a all hazards. How, ho could not cay, bu he stated with emphasis, that If lit be came necessary to Issue bonds to do It, h would go even to that extrome. The house has paxsed the pension ap proprlatlon bill. THOOP3 WERE WITHDRAWN Leaving the Republicans Masters of th Situation. Topeka, Kb., Feb. 17. The state Iroopi have been sent home, the armed posse the' deputy sheriff disbanded, the repub Deans and populltits have laid down theli arms and the war Is over. The develop. menu of the day are regarded on al sides as a decisive victory for the repub Means. They cecure by the terms of thi compromise ' the undisputed poeslon o' the representative hall In the capltol. thr main point 4ot which they have "been struggling. The populists secure the hoi low privilege-of meeting undisturbed in some other place. The final result of the struggle, however, will have no effect o: the unfortunate legislative muddle. ' Th populists say that their house will gc right ahead making laws, no matter wha the courts may do. The senate will con tlnue to recognize the house and the gov. ernor will sign the bills passed by it. Should they be declared Invalid by reas on of having beon passed by an tllega' house, then the populists say the blam. will be with the courts, in case such i thing comes to pass all the state Instltu tions. colleges, asylums, etc., will hav to close. When word was received In the re publican house that governor Llewelllng had withdrawn the troops, great cheer. went up. Speaker Douglas made an ad dress stating that the republicans hat won a great victory and would win in other tomorrow In the supreme court. Governor Llewelllng said this even. Ing that the populist party has taken nt backward step. The popultBt party wll now proceed .without fear of molestattor to the transaction of business Blood- shed has been averted and this, ts the crowning triumph of the populUt victory, The governor added that he and the senate would recognize but one house. If the supreme court declares the populls' house unconstitutional then the reeponsi bility for the acts of the house will rest with It. The populists at all times deny the right of the supreme court to deter mine any question arising from the or ganization of the house of representatives. ', THE STAKES ARB COVERED. Mitchell Comes to Time with Ten Thous and Dollars. New Tork, Feb. 17. Mitchell today cov ered Corbctt's $10,000 deposit. The flghl will take place the second week in De cember before the cJub offering thi largest purse. All the deteals have bee settled except the division of the pUr.v Brady wanted all or nothing, but wat willing to permit $1000 to .go to the lose; for training purposes. Mitchell, however demanded that the purse Be divided ir the proportion of eighty and twenty per cent Brady would not Agree to this, but finally consented to let the loser have $2,500. Mitchell however would accept n- proposltlon but his own and the meeting adjourned till tomorow, . Corbett telegraphed late tonight as fol lows: "If I can't whip that wind-bag 1 don't want a cent. The winner must tak ill." MORTON FOR - AGRICULTURE. I-akewood, N. J., Feb.' 17. Mr. Cleve land announced this evening that J. STERLING MORTON, of Nebraska. Has been tendered the secretaryship of agriculture, and has accepted it. The harbor commissioners of San Fran cisco have settled the final points of the specifications for the foundation of the ferry building and have ordered the sec retary to advertise for bids Immediately. In this case the laying of the foundation Is fully as great an. undertaking as com- The Eastern Monarch was spoken Janu-1 pletlng the building. The foundation Is ary 13th In latitude 4 south, longitude I divided Into three sections and will con st west, and the Pamook December 26th In latitude 26 south, longitude 12i west. Both vessels are.froirj this' city for Cork. The Ardgowan, for Falmouth, was spok en January 2 In latitude 35 north, longi tude 8 west. tain 168 piers, with from ten to sixty piles for each pier, exclusive of the great pier for the tower to rest on, which will be over forty feet square. Every pile la to be eighty feet long, of not less than eighteen and eight Inches In Mptr e.'. Qreat excitement was caused on Third street yesterday by the action Of Police Captain McKevitt In. dragging a man to Jail who was perfectly sober and who did not appear to have been In anyway disturbing the peace. Several people stated that they had seen the young man standing talking to another man on the sidewalk when the officer walked up and. without any apparent provocation, ar- rested him. A large crowd gathered and much talk was indulged In as to the seemingly unwarranted arrest by. the of ficer. Shortly afterwards the same officer came out of the jail and walking up to a man standing alone' on the sidewalk ar rested him too, and marched him off to the .cells. As the matter seemed extra ordinary an Autorlan, reporter proceeded to gather the facts In' the case to satisfy the anxious desire' of the crowd on the street. - Captain McKevitt stated 'that John Cronk had been loafing around Bwllltown and living at disreputable houses since about two months before Christmas. He aad warned blrn several times to get out jf that part of town and yesterday saw iilm on the street talking to a young man. fft-nt up to him and told him If ho did iot quit loafing around Bwllltown he A-ould be arrested for vagrancy. At this the young fellow who was with him began .0 Interrupt him in the course of bis duty and asked him what he had to do In the .natter. He toid him to "shut up" or ha would arrest him. He refused to "shut up, ana the orflcer apprehended him on the churge of disorderly conduct and took aim to Jail. lie released him later on $10 bull. He arrested Cronk on the charge of -vagrancy and he was released on ball of 425. . ... .-'.-. ;. ... Fred. Holm's statement of the case Is as follows: "I am engaged as a cook on the lightship and on Thursday I came Into town, on leave of absence. Yesterday about noon J was standing talking to Mr. Cronk- near Herma4...Wlse's store when the officer came up and said to Cronk that ne had better keep oft the streets in the lower part of town or he would get Into trouble. I told the officer that wo were not talking about the lower part of town ' but -about the. lightship. He told me to dhut up my mouth or he would arrest me, I said I hnd done nothing to be arrested, -and he grabbed hold, of my coat collar and dragged mo to jail. I had on a new- oat and he tore tho sleeve out of It: When he hud got mo In jail he knocked ne down. I crlett'out and he got on me and choked me. I had done nothing what- ver to be arrested and was perfectly sober. . . , Cronk stated that he wr.s going to the iiutcher shop to get some meat when he met Fred Holm. They walked on till got near Herman Wise's store when McKev itt came up and told him if he did not keep out of Bwllltown he would be ar rested. He said he guessed he had a right to walk on what streets he pleased, and then Holm told the officer that they were not talking about Bwllltown but . about tho lightship. McKevitt then ar rested Holm without further provocation. He said he thought McKevitt was drunk. He also stated that he was not living In x house of 111 fame. About an hour after Holm was arrested he was standing on, the street alone, noar the engine house, and McKevitt came up and arrested him for vagrancy. He was released a little later, Isaac Bergman depositing his ball of $25. Judge Osborn stated that the man Kronk was a hard worker when he could get - work, and that if McKevitt s seal prompted him to arrest anybody there were dozens of men he could have taken who never did a hand's turn In their lives, and who were known by the officer to -be vagrants of the worst kind. The following petition was circulated on the streets yesterday after the occurrence 'and largely signed: To the Honorable body of police com missioners, Astoria, Oregon. We the undersigned citizens hereby pe tition' your honorable body to remove Captain McKevitt from the police force of Astoria for the reasons enumerated be low: . , 'First: On this 17th day of February . the said Captain McKevitt arrested Frei Holm a Cook on board the Columbia River lightship, without cause and shamefully maltreated him en route to the jail and afterwards, as has subsequently devel oped, beat and choked the prisoner un mercifully after having deposited him within the confines of the city Jail, during a moment of frenzy. Second: That the officer in times past has displayed a brutal disposition by do ing the prisoners bodily, and uncalled for harm. Third: That the raid captain Is fre quently In a semi-Inebriated condition and not a At man to uphold the dignity of a police force nor properly discharge the duties devolving upon him. The tug Annie, after delivering a con signment of papers at Alameda, Cat., early Monday morning, narrowly escaped running down a schooner on ner n-iuni trip. The tug had Just pulled out from Alameda creek and had not Kot under full headway when she crossed the bow of a schooner under full mull. The Dllot huuHn of the tug was smashed In ami nearly swept away by the schooner's boom be fore the Utile steamer glided paol out of further danger. Captain Tlchwwth will not prefer chnrK-n asulnst the own?r of the schooner. He did not learn uw w!:?:i we rr.:.;.-.sp ocsurrc.