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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1893)
. km (flu f ii iiiY'r I iiyfj- Zfr - 1 - T . J" I E 1 I1 I t 1 I ' I ' I s X I ' I 1 I e 1 1 1-9 4 EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XL. NO. 47. ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY L'4, 1813. PRICE, FIVE CENTS, -t TO-DAY! i if sun free gold In the treasury Is much further THE WHOLE WORLD WAITS reduced, it Is believed that Secretary Fos ter will sell bonds to protect the reserve. ALL MUST BE ELEVATED. Asssignee's sale at Parker All tluiir MUST BE In 30 Day 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, Astoria, Or., Feb 2, IARKABLE SUCCESS! AT DINSMOSE BANKRUPT STOCK SALE. And why is the same a success ? Because we mean what we say And say what we mean. Call at once and don't delay. You will never get such bargains again after this sale. We are selling you goods at your . own price, for less than you can buy in New York. Remember this is no humbug sale, but we are selling out, and everything is for sale and must be sold. LEE KOHN, Manager. As the Flax So the 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 fl ',x 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 Asloria, ELMOBE, SANBORN & CO Hanson s immense stock CLOSED OUT s or Less, AND w. W. PARKER. 1893. THE Grows, Twine Lasts The Miitity One of Orcgan Is Still Working . SOME MOEE LITTLE VETOES World's Fair Commluloaert for the State and Garni Protectors All AprilDt4 ' Yesterday. Associated Press. Salem, Feb. 23. Governor Pennoyer to day vetoed the Durham bill amending the election law, oa the ground that the ef fect of the proposed change would be to destroy In a measure, the secresy of the ballot and afford an opportunity for vote buying. He also vetoed the house bill pro viding for an appropriation of money raised by a general tax for the sinking of artesian wells In several counties 'of the state of Oregon, containing arid lands,, Also house bill No. 110, the purpose which Is similar to that of senate bill No, 108, already filed. Both provide for the pro tectlon of game and fish, but while the senate bill provides for the election a game and fish protector by the leglslat ive assembly, the house bill provides for his selection by a commission thus elected The governor also vetoed house bill No, 103, which relates to force or satisfaction of mortgage. Governor Pennoyer today made the ap polntment of the Oregon World's Fair commissioners as follows: W. F. Matlock from the state board of agriculture, of Pendleton; R. D. Allen, from the state board of horticulture, of Silver ton; B. B. McElroy from the state board of educa tlon; George T. Myers, representing the fishing Interests, of Portland; Clarence W. Ayers, the mining Interests at large Mrs. E. W. Allen of Portland, from July 1st, and Mrs. Dr. Paytaa, of Balem, until July 1st. The meeting of tht commission' crs is called for Friday afternoon, March 3d, at Salem, at 2 p. m., for the purpose of rrganlslng. ' The governor appointed as game and fish protector, H. T. McGuire of Portland, Additional judges of the circuit court were appointed as follows: H. Hurley cf Portland, for department No. Z; M. G, Munley of Portland, for department No, 4. ' . BEAUREGARD'S FUNERAL. . The Old General's Coffin Borne to the Grave. New Orleans, Feb. 23. The funeral of General G. T. Beauregard ranked with that of Jefferson Davis for magnificence of display and the number of participants general evidences of mourning. Arch bishop Jansens detailed a dozen priests including Vicar General Bodcarts, to c6n duct the services : while Father Barische of the Jesuits, delivered a brief but elo quent eulogy. The body was borne down the Btairs of the city hall by a detachment of Louisiana field artillery and the cas ket placed on a calson and wrapped In the American Flag. The militia headed the funeral column and a line of carriag es several miles long. The various ex changes were closed and business was practically suspended. THE POPE'S REPLY. Rome, Feb. 23. Replying to the con gratulations and well-wishes extended to him by the leaders of the French pilgrims today, the Pope said: 'I know France desires to remain Carh oiic; for this purpose she must be free. Christian institutions must be allowed freedom to develop and parents must be allowed to have their children educated at Catholic schools." The Pope iconveralngl with Cardinal Logue today, said he approved the Irish home rule measure. Justice to Irish Cath olics, the pontiff said, would tend to strengthen England. The Pope eulogized Gladstone. y TO HELP M'KINLEY. Wotertown, N. Y., Feb. 23.-The Lin coln League Republican organisation of this city has started a movement to aid Governor McKinley of Ohio In his flnai cial embarrassment. Resolutions with the object In view have been adopted at a largely attended meeting of the League tonight. The Idea set forth In the reso lutions Is to start a subscription which amount will be limited to one dollar each. The fund thus created to be given' to Governor McKlnlty as a testimonial for past services to the republican party. A TERRIBLE CRIME. San Rafael, Cal., Feb. 23. Six men were arrested today on suspicion of hav ing murdered the first mate of the steam er Geo. W. Eider last night. A party was given aboard and early this morning a row occurred and shots tarere fired and blows exchanged and when It was over the first mate could not be found. The men are 8. W. Gable, F. S. Doollng, Jas. Dreany, W. A. Granfleld, Jas. Bowers, and D. Nlmo. - BIG INCREASE IN PERCENTAGE. Vancouver, B. C, Feb. 23. On and af ter March 1st. the chartered banks here will only accept American silver at 20 per cent, discount. The former discount was five per cent The reason la to get rid of American silver, as there Is too much of It In the country at present. The mer chants Intend to take silver at par and ship It to the States. ANOTHER MILLION TAKEN. Washington, Feb. 23. Secretary Foster Is advised that another million dollars In gold was taken from the United States sub-treasury In New York for export to day. This leaves the free gold In the treas ury at three millions cf dollars. If the Chicago, Feb. 23. The city council to night requiring tha tall railroads shall el evate their tracks within the city limits so that vehicles and pedestrians may pass underneath. The last of the work must be completed by July 1st, 1897. The measure will probably be bitterly fought by the railroads on account of the enormous ex pense. . ' ' RATES ON SHINGLES. Sioux City, Iowa, Feb. 23. The Great Northern and the Sioux City & Northern roads issued a joint circular announcing that the rate on Bhlngle, lumber, and logs and similar commodities from the Pacific coast points to Omaha and Sioux City will hereafter be five cents per hun dred pounds. BODY SNATCHERS ARRESTED. Dcs Moines, Iowa, Feb. 23. Five men, among whom were Dr. John Overton and J. W. Shatter, of the United States Signal Service, have been arrested for body- snatching. They were caught In the act and put Into a hack with the corpse and (aken to the police station at the point if revolvers. ; EVERYTHING IS QUIET. ' Chicago, Feb. 23. The police are on duty along the Western Indiana railroad tracks, but the striking switchmen show po disposition to interfere' with the com pany's property, and everything remains quftU Nothing has occurred to Indicate a, Bpread of the trouble. i" ,. BECKWITH APPOINTED. ! Cheyenne, Wyo Feb. 23. A. C. Beck wlth; a wealthy stockman of Western Wyoming, was appointed by Governor Osborne today, United States senator from this state for the next two years. Chief Loughery's Clever Capture. Chief Loughery sat reading Sunday's San Francisco Examiner yesterday morn ing when he got to thinking over the fol lowing item that he noticed in that paper: "A rumqr that the defp jltlry Police Court clerk, Joseph U. Cook, had returned to this city set many tongues to wagging yesterday; but it the story had any loun uatjon in- fact, nothing to so indicate has yet been unearthed by . the authorities, when the disgraced henchman of Kelly and Crimmlns left the Alameda he wore a caD which he stole from the steam ship's barber. Pulling the cap well down over his forehead he hied himself to the nearest waterfront saloon. There he Jumped Into a hack and was driven to his old-time rendezvous on Third street, where he chanired his attire. What be came of him alter that remains a mys tery. It is thought by some that he is at present on a ranch in Contra Costa county, while others assert that he made his way east by way of Niles, spending his first night ashore at Ocean view. To escape the crowd of curious observers that for a long time has hung about their home on Harrison street, uook s wire. sister and brother-in-law have removed from their old address. A few weeks before the Inst election the defaulter boosted to a friend of his that his Income as a clerk of the police court averaged ever $500 a month. "And," he added, "that Isn t a drop In the DucKet to what I'll make after the e'ection if things run our way. For the past four weeks a quiet gentle manly man styling himself "James Mc Allister," has been living at the Main Street Houes In this city. He was rather disposed towards frequenting swill-town, but apart from this his behavior was al ways moderate and pleasant. To numer ous acquaintances that he has made dur ing his Btay, he has said among other things that he hailed from Bangor, Me., and that he was a ship-builder and car penter .by trade. Twice he has changed his walking clothes for corduroys, and has sawed wood on the street, and alto gether Officer Seafeldt and other officers who came In contact with him were very favorably Impressed with his genera) ap pearance. Yesterday morning the Chief, . after reading the Examiner, wired to the chief of police In San Francisco, for a full de scription of the runaway, and within an hour every detail of face and habits was In his possession. Satisfied that he was on the right track, the Chief then pro ceeded to arrest McAUUter who turns out to be none other than the defaulting po lice court clerk who has so successfully evaded the authorities. . On being arrested Cook said nothing, and, once In the cells, the police would allow nobody to go near him, so nothing can be ascertained this morning con cerning his side of the story. An officer Is now on his way from Son Francisco to take the criminal back with him. Cook's embezzlements altogether amount to several thousand dollars. Since he has been here he has done va rious odd Jobs of carpentering for saloons, and has among other .things made sev eral rough faro boards. The arrest re flects great credit upon Chief Loughery, whose work In the cose is worthy of the highest praise. The Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kroniu(t, born yesterday morning, died this Friday morning at 4 o'clock. Due notice of the funeral 'will be given. The four-masted schooner Novelty sailed for Puget Sound from San Fran cisco Tuesday with a non-union crew of six men. The vessel will go to Mexico from the Sound.. Today the ship John C. Potter and tha schooners Laura Pike, Mary Dodge and the Hayes will leave the port with non-union crews. None of the grain ships were working In Portland yesterday. The schooner Sal vator, however, put In a full day at Weld let's mill loading lumber. The men struck tho captain for a holiday, but he told tbem they could either work, or leave the ship. Three of them stuck to their Jobs, but the rest packed up their things and went ashore. KitcM ana Corlelt Are Patching Up the Terms. E0ME PEELIMIJJAEY SPA ERIK 3 California's l'rlse Urate and the English Convict Are Both Frightened at One Another. Associated Press. New York, Feb. 23.-Charley Mitchell hoa made public the declaration that he will not meet William A. Brady, Corbetfs manager In Canada on Saturday, to sign the articles, despite the fact that he gave his word that he would. 'This afternoon he says that he wants $10,000 stake money deposited In New Orleans. Mitchell says he Is not anxious to be sacrificed the laws altar for violation of the statutes against pugilistic encounters and propos es that Corbett meet him In some state wher articles may be signed without transgressing the law. To this end, he suggests New Orleans. It virtually means that Mitchell wants to fight in Louisiana and not In the North. It Is said that Corbett will Insist upon fighting before the Coney Island Athletic Club, so It Is most likely the match will fall through. Brady, it Is said, will drop Mitchell end make a mut"h with Jackson On Monday. Brady and Mltche'l met to night and the proposed trip to Cinadn was abandoned und the match virtually declared off. Judging from the latest-developments th Mltehell-Corbett fight will take pluce. William A. . Brady,, Corbetfs manugcr, and Mitchell had a. conference tonight. The result wns that both men agreed to fight and do away with further dickering. HATCH IS DEAD. The Famous Wall Streot Operator Succumbs. New York, Feb. I.-Rufus Hatch, the once famous Wall street magnate died this ofternoon at his residence In Spuyt en Duyvll. Hatch was f2 years old. He retired from the street two or three year? ago, and has leen fulling in health ever since. The immediate cause of his death was complicated kidney, heart and liver troubles which confined hi in to his home, for several weeks past. Rufus Hatch was born at Wells, Me. He made a fortune In wheat speculations In Chlcagcf, but lost it at the close of the Crimean war. Then he came to New York and was prominent with the late Henry Keene In the manipulation of the Chicago & Northwestern. He was squeezed badly sometimes himself. The last squeeze was In 1883, when ho went down In the Villard Northern Pacific disaster. He and Keene were Interested together in the famous corner of 18S5, but Hotch never recovered fully his old place at the front and Is be lieved to have died comparatively poor. "WHERE ARE WE AT?" Portland, Or., Feb. 23. The pilotage situation on the Columbia is somewhat mixed. A delegation from the bar pllotp Association called yesterday on Asslstanl General Superintendent Baxter of the Un ion Pacific to ascertain the exact situa tion of affairs under the new law. It if probable that tile Union Pacific will charge the pilots a percentage for taking them to and from vessels. The pilots will cither have to pay the percentage or maintain the pilot schooner. It Is under stood that a majority of the delegates are opposed to the new pilot law, SECURED RIGHT OF WAY. Tacoma, Wah., Feb. 23. It is an nounced on good authority that the Great Northern and the Union Pacific railways have recently secured right of way from the Puyallup Indians around Brown's Point on Puget Sound, three miles across the harbor, from the heart of the city, and that they will next apply to congress for a ratification of the agreement. The announcement It is said Is consid ered an Indication that those railroads are preparing to build a Tacoma-Fortland line, and also of the route to be taken north 'of Tacoma. STEAMERS FOR HONOLULU. Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 23. The Puget Sound & Hawaiian Traffic Company is negotiating for the charter of an Ameri can steamship to be placed on the Hono lulu route In March. Arrangements had been made to charter a British steamer, but the company la compelled to change its plans on account of the probable .an nexation. RIDDLED WITH BULLETS. Blsbee, Ariz., Feb. 23. Edward Lopez, one of the most noted desperados was be ing taken into Mexico today by a posse of six men and soon after crossing the border he wts tied to a post and riddled with bullets. BERING SEA MATTERS. Paris, Feb. 23. The tribunal of arbitra tion to settle the Bering sea controversy between . Great Britain and the United States met here today to formally open proceedings. The members have not all arrived yet. , MORMONS MAY VOTE. , Boise City, Feb. 23. Oovernor McCon nell today signed the bill enfranchising Mormons. The measure adds about 3000 to the voting; population of the state. WRA ON THE WHISKY TRUST. Springfield, Ills., Feb. 23. War on the whisky trust has been declared by the general assembly of Illinois today In a resolution which was adopted by an over whelming vote In both houses. The ln- vestlgatlon Is to be conducted by a com mittee consisting of three senators and five representatives. AMONG THE MADMEN. 1 Topeka, Ks., Feb. 23.-The democratic politicians Just from Washington, say that ex-Governor Gllck will be appointed commissioner general of the land office. Late last night the populist majority In the senate put through a resolution declaring that the supreme court had no, Jurisdiction In the house muddle. This ac tion It Is believed, foreshadows the Inten tion of the populists to Ignore the court's decision, If adverse to the populists. A PECULIAR CASE. Chicago, Feb, 23. Moy Ah Ked today applied for citizenship, presenting' first papers granted In New York city. In 1880. The case is peculiar, as U la an Instance in which the first paera were issued be fore teh act of congress forbidding nat- . uralizatlon to Chinamen. SOME NEW NOMINEES. Washington, Feb. 23. The president today sent to the senate the following nominations: Benton Harchett, of Mich igan, to succeed Judge Jackson as United States circuit judge for the Sixth judicial district; J. E. Cochran of Nebraska, as consul to San Salvadore. , SEVEN JURORS CHOSEN. Portland, Or., Feb. 23. Seven jurors were secured today In the trial of Frank Ohlsch'lager, the self-confessed murderer, of Wm. Wooldrldffe. THE OLD STORY. Olympla, Waeh., Feb. 23. The vote on senator today, stands: Allen, D7; Turner, 1; Grists, 25; Young, 9; Browne, 1; Dun bar, 1. ED The steamer State of California went out to San Francisco yesterday, but the Oregon failed to got In, Tho steamer Hayll in Republic came In rrom tho Pound Rml left up for Portland psterdny. A square-ilR.;rd xhlp supposed to bo the American ship Indiana was reported out Mile, about twenty miles off shore by the Haytlan Republic yesterday. No step3 have been taken yet toward raising theMyrtic. The Insurance com panies which curried risks on the tug are waiting the 'act fori of the owners,-who tvlll probably attempt to raise the vessel. Otherwise the company-will probably pay 'he losses and try to secure the boat and Tot what they can out of her at public sale. The government ateamer Cascades has leen hauled out on the ways at Stcffen's 1 oat yard, In Portland, in order to ' be thorouxhly overhauled, caulked and point ed, and put In perfect order for next Sum ner's work. As the water In the river la oo IiIkIi to pcrqtft dredging operations to. o carried on by the government dredge, tdvantaite Is being taken of the oppor tunity to overhaul her and make some ecessary repairs. As soon as the water ;oes down, she will resume operations at Swan Island bar. Mr. StelYci Is now set ting up the frames for the hull of the new dredger to be built for the govern ment. The engines and pumps are on . net.- wny from the East, and have al eady passed CouncIV Bluffs. The un favorable winter has delayed work on the dredge, but it will now be pushed with vigor. Mr. Steffen hopes to have the craft completed by June 2d, the time fixed tn the contract. Th Moel Tryvan started down the river yesterday morning. The Invermore, from this city, for Cork, was spoken January Tth, In latl-' tude 20 south, longitude 30 west. The City of Florence Is reported chart ered. The Natuna, now discharging cement In Portland, Is chartered to take lumber from Burrard Inlet to Port Plrlo. She secured a rate of it shillings C pence. An improvement In pilotage service at the mouth of the Columbia river Is not only sadly wanted, but It has become a decided necessity, says the New York Maritime Jteglster. No port can afford to bo negligent in these matters. The steamer Lilly, on which several at tachments have been mode, will be towed to Seattle In a few days by the United states marshal's officers, and will prob ably be sold at auction. The most deliberate attempt that has yet been mode to wreck a vessel In San Francisco occurred Wednesday night, but the plot was not successful, although the vessel drifted a distance of several hun dred feet. The schooner J. O. Wall, Cap tain Gallop, has been lying at Tlburon. Yesterday the four persons comprising her crew were paid off and their services dispensed with. Late Wednesday after 'haon Captain Gallop shipped a non-union crew, and the first mate was sent aboard to keep watch until the others came over In the morning. At about U p. m. the mate turned In, and yesterday morning when he awoke, his surprise can be Im agined when be found the veasel had drifted two hundred feet during tha night. Investigation proved that the lines holding the craft had been cut. A further Investigation was made trhen Captain Gutlop arrived, and It was found that the wreck of the vessel had not only been con templated, but every tttor'., had been made to destroy the sails anu rigging. Knives were used In a manner that de fies description. After cumpletlng the work of slashing the sails, attention was given to the ship's boat, and that la also missing. Captain Gollop visited the city und offers a reward of 1100 for Informa tion that will lead to the arrest of th persons engaged In the work.