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Y t. 'f EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XL. NO. 43. ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 1 i, 1803. TRICE, ITVT2 CENTS, 1 v n L ," I I 1 M Ml rra O a. Asssignec's sale at. Dn.nl An P. All their immense stock MUST BE CLOSED OUT . In 30 Days or Less, AND PRICES - WILL BE - GUT To Suit the Condition and the times. W. W. PARKER, Assignee. The Above Sale is Discontinued for 15 days, or until further orders, Astoria, Or., Feb 2, The Diasmoro Stock, Dry Goods, Clothing, OpenSatur Furnishing Goods, Shoes, etc, will be sold REGARDLESS Now is ypur chance your own price, as sold within a limited The stock was bought at sheriff's sale and will be sold at a more than words. yourselves. LEE As the Elax So the You can't go wrong if you buy . MARSHALL'S Twine. The 1893 make is now being delivered to customers. It is madoof the flax ' crop of 1890. WHY? Because the 1891 and 1892 crops have been inferior. Marshall never use3 in ferior flax. That is why his twine IS THE BEST ! Sole Agents fcr AsionV ELMORE, SANBORN & CO. ansons , W. W. PARKER. 1893. dayiorning Consisting of Choice Ladies' and Gents' OF COST. to buy good goods at the stock must be time. sacrifice, Facts tell Call and convince KOHN, Manager. Grows, Twine Lasts TIE! HI STOPPED TMI Ani All tbe Legislators Are Spinning Away Home, v 00MMENI3 ON " TULTOH'8 WORK He Make Closing Speech In Which It x Thanks (he Members for Their tJa falling Coartesy. Associated Presa. Salem, Or.. Feb, 18. Both house ad journed sine die at 10 a. m. In the senate Weatherford filed a pro test against the governor signing the house bill amending the Australian bal lot bill. A number of complimentary resolutions were passed and addresses made in which Trulllnger took occasion to make a few energetic. remarks In favor of Astoria. The Joint committee ttTrnvestlgat the affairs of the state prison reeportecl that there was not a single charge proven. The report was adopted. !i The report of the Joint committee to ex amine the books of the secretary of state, and state treasurer, reported..everythlng correct. ' The secretary of state was authorized to sell the second hand furniture at the capltol. ,".,, Senator Fulton' of Astoria has made a record as president of the senate, ' of C. Jr. Fulton. which not only the citizens of his own qity, but the entire state may well be proud. His decisions were always fair and his easy, courteous manner won the admiration of democrats ns well as re publicans. He demonstrated on numerous occasions his superior knowicug of par liamentary law and his ability to decide points of order without hesitation. After the customary resolutions had been passed in the senate this morning and all business cleared up,. President Fulton addressed the senate, thanking the members for their courtesies. He said he had made mistakes, but his intentions had been to treat each with uniform kind ness. "I would that we' did not have to sever these cords," said the president, but it is willed otherwise." At 10:30 the senate adjourned sine die. The state capltol is almost deserted this evening and Salem is more quiet than for many days. The legislature adjourned this morning, and by night nearly every member had departed tor . home. The se slon taken as a whole, was very pleasant and was marred by only a single con test in the senate last night over the .Dur ham bill. All the laws passed are In the hands of the governor and It wil be no surprise if there are some interesting vetoes, rendered next week. Among them, being the Durham ballot bill which cre ated the row last night. . KAULANI WANTS TO BE HEARD. London, Feb. 18. Princess Kaulanl haa issued an address to the American people in which she says she is coming to Wash ington to plead for her throne. . Washington, Feb. 18. Paul Neumann, the queen's representative, held a con sultation with Acting Secretary Wharton today. Neumann expressed himself aa satisfied that his only chance, for success fully representing the claims of the ex- queen, lay through the medium of con gress. Prince David said: "We do not In tend to make a struggle against annexa tion. If the United States government sees fit to annex Hawaii, we shall make no complaint. THE WEATHER. Mlddleborough, Ky., Feb. M.-U has Veen raining in torrents for the last twenty-four hours. The largest part of the city is under from three to four feet of water and many . families havei been forced to move. There has been no change since night before last. New York, Feb. 18. It haa been snow ing for twenty-four hours and the snow is now eighteen inches deep. THE COQUILLE NOT HEARD FROM. San Francisco, Feb. ,18-Some anxiety Is exphessed here aa to the aafety of the schooner Coqullle, that left here on Jan uary 2d, bound for Ccquille river Or. i v.' " v . " .: .-) ' : r v ?. f '.:.-.: - ' ' ' jl ;f T . . - . ..- -f. ' f ;.f j : ' '.''J .... v , . ' i : I ' ! t . - X I f - ; r'" I I t. '' ' - i i I i i. r !- ' j , ' - - J Two days later the Ralph D. Long left for the same destination, and the latter reached the Coqullle river and discharged her cargo, loaded and sailed again, and at the time of her departure the Coqullle had not been heard from. It was thought that the wreck sighted off Tillamook rock lost week might have been that of the Co qullle. THE HOME RULE BILL. Read a First Time in the British House 7 v of Commons. Loadon, Feb. 11 Gladstone's home rule bill "was read first time in the house of commons The bill provides thea there shall be established in Ireland, & legislat ure consisting of Her Majesty the Queen, and two houansa legislative council and a legislative assembly. The Irish legis lature shall be given the'power to make law for Ireland In respect ' matters ex clusively relating to that col' ry. It shall not pass laws imposing any y lability or conferring any privileges on .count of religious belief or prejudicially" Tt ffectlng the right of any child to attend school, or for receiving public money without at tending religious Instruction at school. The executive power will continue vested In the queen, through the lord-lieutenant, the lord-lieutenant to have the power to veto the acts of the legislature. The leg islative council will consist of forty-eight councilors; the legislative assembly " will consist of eighty members. The present parliamentary constituencies, until oth erwise provided, shall continue to elect members to parlament, but the Dublin University shall cease to return mem bers. The Irish peers In the house of lords, and the members of the house of commons for the Irish constituencies, are not entitled to deliberate or vote on uany bill or motion, the operation of which 1 confined to Great Britain. There shall be an Irish exchequer and consolidated fund, separate from the United Kingdom. The postal and telegraph service shall be turned over to the Irish government. Ap peal from the Irish courts to tbe house of lords shall cease, the queen in council, be ing ;the appellate power. Religious belief I shall not enter Into choice for lord- lleu i tenant of Ireland, who shall hold six i yeas. The royal constabulary and the uuDim ponce forces to die out by lack of new appointments. The Irish legislat ure shall meet on the first TueBday In September, 1894, The act to become fully operative no more than seven months af ter that date. " THE JACKASSES ARE COOL. . And They, no Longer Bray Contusion in , ' ,7 Topeka. " ..r Topeka, Feb. 18. The district court this morning sustained the motion of the republican house for a permanent Injunc tion restraining the state treasurer from paying any warrants issued by authority of the legislative - appropriation bill passed by the populist house. This Is vlr tuolly a recognition of the constitution' allty of the republican house, and the members are correspondingly jubilant. The attorney general filed notice of ap peal to the supreme court At 10 o'clock this morning the fust of the troops called here departed and the last vestige of war disappeared with them. A startling rumor was circulated here this afternoon that an attempt would be mode to assassinate Governor Llewelllng. After much Inquiry, the sheriff located the man who said he would be tHe assassin, and who proved to be a half-witted Cher okee county man. After the sheriff ascer tained the facts he put the man out of the building, disarmed him and told him to go home. Adjutant General Arts today suspended the following officers bf the state mili tia: Lieutenant Bird of Topeka, adjutant Nelson of Topeka, and Paymaster Gener al Bonebrake of Topeka. The suspensions were not made for disobedience of orders but because the men were not sufficiently in sympathy with the governor to explic itly carry .out his orders. The captain of the company at Kansas City, Kb., whose company refused to come to Topeka when ordered to do so by the governor, will also be suspended by the governor, as well as a number of other officers. IDAHO MORMONS MAY VOTE. . Boise City, Idaho, Feb. 18. In the sen ate today the Story elections bill en franchising mormons was passed under suspension of the rules. The populists sought to amend the bill, but they did not get the support of all the democrats and the bill went through as It passed the house. It will be approved by the govern or and the Mormons hereafter will have the privilege of voting. The bill eliminates what has been called the retroactive fea ture of the law of the last session, the effect' of which was (he disfranchisement o all persons who since January, 1888 had belonged to the Mormon church. Another bill was passed enabling' blind and Illiter ate persons to vote. EARTHQUAKES- MONTANA. Bozeman, Mont., Feb. 18. Dr. Charles L. plummer, of this city, has Just re turned from the Yellowstone National Park. He reports a series of earthquakes were felt In the Park during the last few weeks, The road south of the Morris geyser has caved in for a long distance and to an unknown depth. MORMON PREACHER ASSASSINATED Pulaski, Tenn., Feb. 18. News from a remote part of Lewis county state that two Mormon preachers who bad been re peatedly warned to stop proselyting In that section, were assassinated by maked men while holding a meeting, HAYTIAN REPUBLIC COMING. Port Townsend, Wash., Feb. IS. The steamer Haytlan Republic arrlvedf from Vancouver this evening with 130 Chlnene merchants, en route from China to Port land. ; A BIG REWARD OFFERED. Phoenix, Arlt, Feb. 18. The legislature haa authorized a reward of CiGOO for the body of "Kid," the ren gadi pache, dead or ailve. ACCEPTED 61 THE SENATE JaclsoE's Nomination ConflrrM Will ' out a Discclicnt Voice. THE AMERICAN PANAMA ENQUIRY Some Interesting Evidence Elicited Yes terday to Pro I LeMi Bribed ' ' " High Official Ueavlly. Associated Press. Washington, Feb. 18. The senate In ex ecutlve session this afternoon, confirmed Howell E. Jackson' as associate Justice of the supreme court of the United States. There was not even the formality of a vote, on the confirmation of Judge Jack son, which was made without a single objection. The confirmation was a relief to the friends of the treaty of annexation with Hawaii, who feared It would be used to prevent action on the nomination. Now that the matter la out of the way they believe that the subject will be promptly disposed of. Before the Panama Canal investigating committee today, J. Floyd. King iformerly member of congress from Louisiana, tea titled that the Hayes administration was Btrongly in favor of upholding the Mon roe doctrine, and hostile to the French company. Swetary Thompson wan strongly o poecd to the French company and vehement in the expresKion that tlx Monroe doctrine should he otserted agalnBt the Panama Canal Company. Mr. Creary asked Mr. Kmg: "What then, did you think of the retirement of Secretary Thompson to become a repre tentative of the CanatCompanyT" King: "I thought it a most unprece dented action. I had not the slightest pre monition that he was going to resign." King also replied that It was a painful fact to his mind, that after the vkit of d'Lesseps, the lack of feeling the assertion of the Monroe doctrine, in the atmosphere, suggested that public sentiment had mys terlously changed concerning the Panama Company. , . The house committee on elections today decided to report In favor of Elliott, dem ocrat, sitting member, In the contesteJ election case of Miller versus Elliott from the black district In South Carolina. The senate, after routine business took up consideration of the sundry civil ap propriation bill, and then resumed Sher man's three per cent, bond Issue amend ment; after a long discussion it war agreed to by a vote' of SO tq 16. The amendment is as follow: To enable the secretary of the treasury to provide for and maintain the redemp tion of United States treasury notes ac cording to the provisions, of the act of January 11, 1875, entitled an act 'to fr0 vide for resumption of specie payments, for fifty thousand dollars, and at the dis cretion of the secretary he Is authorUeu to issue,- sell and dispose at not less that, par In coln either description of bondt authorized in said act, or bjnd notcc bearing not to exceed three per cent In terest, payable semi-annually and re deemable at the pleasure of the United States after five year from Chelr date with like .qualities, privileges, and ex emptions, provided In said act for bond therein authorized to the extent necessary to carry said resumption act Into full effect and to uae the proceeds for th purposo provided in said act and none other. BYRNES IS. AFTER THEM. New York, Feb. 18. Superintendent Byrnes state that he will not permit any further negotiations for the Corbett Mitchell fight to be carried on In the city, and threatens to arrest all concerned If further attempts are made to complete arrangements. Superintendent Byrnes has had the World building surrounded. Bra dy communicated with Mitchell today, and arrangements were made for a meet ing tonight. Brady added that If Mitchell did not agreee to the terms this evening, al! negotiatlona will be declared off and arrangements for a match between Cor bett and Jackson, be proceeded wltlt. Charley Mitchell conceded all the condi tions demanded by Corbett and a fight be tween the two men 1 now assured. The two parties met this evening in the office of the Dramatlo Journal. Mitchell an nounced that he was willing to concede that the winner should have all the stakes. Superintendent Byrnes' action was discussed and lb was decided that as a safeguard, they would not sign the arti cles at present and withdraw the money held by Dickinson. Accordingly each man withdrew the $10,000 agreement and It was then drawn up that each party should meet on Saturday, February 20th, at 9 p. m., on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls, and there deposit the stakes and sign the articles. THE "SENATORIAL CONTESTS Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 18. There was no choice for senator today. It now look as If no senator would be elected. Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 18. The Joint as sembly dissolved without electing a Unit ed States senator today. The house then adjourned. ' Helena, Mont., Feb, 18. There is no choice for senator as yet. Olympla, Wash., Feb. 18. There is no change in the senatorial contest. A BIG FRUIT CONCERN. Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 18. One of the largest fruit raising companies in the Northwest was formed here today under the name of the Yakima Fruit Company. The capital stock Is filed at $403,000, of which $70,000 is paid up. The company haa acquired 13S0 acres of land In Yakima couney under the new Leadbetter ditch to be built from Prosser Falls to Priest Rapids.' It Is their Intention to plant ail of this land but sixty acres in fruit In the spring of IK) I. - - WHAT MORTON THINKS. New York. Feb. 18.-J. Sterling Morton of Nebraska, who accepted the office of secretary of agriculture in Cleveland's cabinet, In an Interview today, said: "I am opposed to tbe Hatch antl-ontlon bill. What the farmers of this country most need la protection from their al leged friends. I am- and always have been a hard money man," said the next secretary of agriculture.. "I am opposed to every measure advocated by fanatics and demagogues tending to lower our cur rency from its joltd and honest basis." THEY LIKE GREdHAM. Berlin, Feb. 18. Recent conversations with prominent attaches of the German foreign oiilce elicited remarks showing that the appointment of Judge Gresham as secretary of state In Cleveland's cab inet wll be viewed with pleasure here, Indicating as it will, that President Cleve land Intend to have the foreign service free from party politics. - BACK FROM HIS DUCK HUNT. Washington, Feb. 18. President Harris on returned to Washington thls afternoon from his visit to BenJIeu, Md., where ha went with eJSecrotary Bewail of New Jersey, on a duck Bhootlng trip. Hebene flted his health by the trip though he had poor sport. OUS CAILY MARINE COLUMN The bark- Gleaner Is loading lumber at the Knappton mills for Redondo, Cal. The steamer No- Wonder came down from Portland yesterday to tow a raft of logs from Young's river to Portland. There Is no new business to report and ship owners should change' their ideas and come down to. exporters' Views. The weakness cf wheat and the general ly unfavorable outlook for any reaction In values, offer little inducements to shippers to take up frenh business. The Commercial Rovlaw, says: "It requires time to gather a cargo together by the usual process of purchasing small lots, and, as largo wheatholders are firm, ex porters prefer to first secure their grain and then work charters on the basis of foreign market values for wheat, ex change, and other factors of the shipping trade. The free list has been Increased, by the" arrival of the Olympic, Blrkdale; and Natuna, making, the segregate of disengaged tmnaga over 10,000 tons. The Mowhan, Helenslea and Danmark all wheat laden', passed but, leaving three vessels at Astoria ready for sea, and four at this port, one of which is fully loaded, nnd the others taking on grain, Rates are nominal, at about 27s d for . Iron to United Kingdom. wlth,.usual con tinental options." The American ship Ivy came down from Portland yesterday. She will go to the Sound to load spars for Wilmington, Dol. Purser Buckley, of tho wrecked steamer Michigan and the male of the vessel were In Seattle Thursday on their way to Portland. He said that tit low tide one could walk all around the wreck. ; He and Ms comrades would have been al most starved but far the keeper cf the , Bonlta lighthouse, who supplied them. The British ship City of Florence, Cap tain Leask, master, arrived In yesterday 108 days from Montevideo. Heavy weath er was experienced coming around the Horn and outside the mouth of the Col umbia, but no dainags was sustained. The shortest day's run was 8 miles, and the longest, 268 miles. On January 18th the Iron ship Hortenslleld was sighted In latitude 117,20 west, abandoned and on fire. Her hull was red hot, and at inter vals her deck plates would burst and the steam rise In clouds. All the masts and spars were gone by Pie board with the exception of the main yard, which was lying athwartshlp across the deck. The davits were swinging and all the boat appeared to have been taken from them. The only things standing except the da vits were a capstan and part of the donkey engine. On February 10th a pilot was taken aboard the City of Florence and the ship wa beating off shore with . no tugs in sight, with the wind blowing hard from the southwest, with a heavy sea and a three-knot current running un til the 14th. On Tuesday she was off the bar at noon, but no. tug appeared and they had to put to sea again. On Friday they sighted both tugs, but no effort was made to come near them. Yesterday morning they got a tow and anchored off Flavel's wharf st noon. She has for bal last 700 tons of sand. Captain Leask went up to Portland last night to see the consignees, Jas. Laldlaw ft Co. concern ing her charter. i, , The British ship Natuna, now In the river, haa but two men aboard her who can speak the English language. She is owned by Peter Dcnnlston. of Glasgow, ' Scotland, and of the fourteen ships of which he Is the owner, not one Is com manded by an English or Scotch captain, or has a mate of either nationality. Most of his captains and mates are Germans and no countrymen of his own need ap ply to him Tor a berth. The captain and mate of the 'atuna are both Germans and ate the only onts aboard who can with any fluency speak the language of the nation from which the ship halls. It Is a common saying among seafaring men that Pennlson's ships have nothing Brltinh about them but the ensign and the hull. , The WeHtern Courier of Valparaiso, stales that the sum of $2,000 has twi placed at the disposition of the comman der of the man-of-war President Pluto, which amount will be used towanla the destruction of the rocks that abound In Iqueiue harbor. 1 i I i i i v ; 4 s i i r i'' i. 1 r i j t K 1