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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1893)
0 f EXCLUSIVE . TELEGRAPHIC i sPRESS REPORT. VOL. XL. NO. 48. rnicE, five cents, ASTORIA, OREGON SATURDAY MOENTSTG, FEBBUABY 25, 1893. o- JLs .Assignee's sale at Parker & All their immense stock MUST BE CLOSED OUT In 30 Days or Less, PRICES WILL - BE CUT To Suit the Condition and the tinies. W. W. PARKER, Assignee. The Above Sale is Discontinued for 15 days, or until further orders, Astoria, Or., Feb 2, IARKABLE SUCCESS! ... AT DINSMORE 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 sucji 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 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 fcr Astoria, ELMORE, SANBORN & CO. Y s AND : W. W. PARKER. 1893. THE . ' . Hanson Uniiatic Tries to Kill Ibe fell ' Known MiUiouaire! A BULLET IS T, HI8 : BAOX IV Assassin, Arte Firing the Shot, Turned the Revolver to His Owl Bead ad Killed Himself. " ' Associated Press. San Francisco, Feb. W.-John W. Mock ay, the famous capitalist, was shot In the back this afternoon. Mackay's assailant was a white-hatred man named Rlppy, fully sixty years of age. Mackay was standing In an alley In the rear of the Lick House. Rlppy fired point blank at Mackay, the bullet entering 'the latter's back. Rlppy then turned the pistol to his own heart and fired, the ball passing just above the heart-He died within five min utes. Mackay was at once placed In a carriage and driven away. How serious his wound Is has not been learned. The motive of the shooting is unknown. - San Francisco, Feb. 24.-Rlppy, It is now stated, had a grievance against Mackay, fancied or otherwise, dating back to mining days, and sought in this manner to kill him. He la 6 man 73 years of age. San Francisco, Feb. 24. Mackay after being shot, walked to bis room In the Palace Hotel, To a. reporter he said, he had never seen the man who shot him be fore, and did not know why he did it. The surgeons who examined the wound have not yet found the bullet. Mackay is wounded midway between the shoulder blades and when seen did not seem to be suffering much pain.' " Dr. Morse extracted the bullet from Mackay'B back, The bullet entered be low the right shoulderblade and struck the vertebrae and lodged In one of the splneous processes. The doctor sold the wound would not be necessarily fatal, but that It was too soon to foretell the ter mination of the case. . , Wesley C. Rlppy was well known to old timers in San Francisco. He was born in Cincinnati and leaves a wife and family there. At one time he was worth, one hun dred thousand dollars and ' made' about fifty thousand on the Cbmstock. He came to San Francisco and commenced gam bling in stocks and soon lost his money. Lately he has been without means and very despondent. The old man was erased by having lost the fortune that he' once possessed. There seemed to be no motive for the assault on Mackay except that his would-be assassin had - determined to commit suicide and had made up his mind to die in company with one who had been luckier than he in dealing with mln ing securities. Mr. Mackay was wounded in the back Between the sixth and seventh ribs. The bullet was extracted two hours after the shooting and he Is now resting easily. His physicians express every hope that no inflammation' will occur, in which case there will be hardly any danger' of serl ous results. Rlppy lies mortally wounded In the receiving hospital, with hardly any possibility of recovery. Mackay did not know he was being followed and the first Intimation he had of it was when he heard the report of the pistol and felt a stinging sensation in his back. Cincinnati, Feb. 24. The family of Wesley Rlppy who made the attempt pn Mackay's life, live in a suburb of this city. His wife lives with their son Will lam, at Idlewlld, seven miles north of here. He is connected with a cannery. The other son, Wesley C. Rlppy, lives in the eastern part o fColumbla, and Is gov eminent gauger of spirits and a man of unblamable unblemished reputation. Thirty years or more ago, the would-be murderer was engaged in trade here, con' nected with river Interests. He was of a restless and roving temper which led him further west. Since 1868 the family have only incidentally heard of him. OREGON, WASHINGTON MILLERS. A Strong Combination to Be at Once , . Formed. Portland, Or., Feb. 24. The Oregon and Washington millers are about to combine in order to handle their products to bet ter advantage, ininy-six companies wm be represented In the combine which will be known as the Northwest Flour and Shipping Company. The business of the company will not be managed with a view to profit, but simply to handle the surplus output of the mills of the asso ciation at the lowest possible cost. The capital stock of the company is $50,000. Columbia dock on the East-side has been selected as the site for the warehouse. CLEVELAND'S PRIVATE 8ECRETAR.Y Lakewood. N. J., .Feb. 24. Cleveland has appointed Henry T.-Thurber of De troit, Mich., his private secretary. Detroit, Mich., Feb. 24,-Henry T. Thur ber, whose appointment as private sec retary of President-Elect Cleveland is an nounced. Is a member of the law firm of Dickinson," Thurber Stevenson of this city. The offer of the private secretary ship came to Thurber by telegram and was 'a complete surprise. He has an neounced that he will accept the position. Thurber has been associated with Don M. Dickinson ' for eighteen 'years, be ginning as a student. . TOO MUCK TO BEAR. Chicago Feb. 24. Railroad managers are f the opinion that the new elevated track ordinance which became a - law this afternoon by receiving the signa ture of the mayor, Is more than the com panies can perform. President MlUer of ths Chicago, Milwaukee It St. Paul said that If the law was enforced it would In all probability result ' in ; the railroads giving up Uuilr terminals In the city, and removing outside the city limits. He said it is no exaggeration to say that the elo-vatel. tracks constructed in the Wanner required, would bankrupt every one of the roads. I s CHINAMEN COMING IN. Some Startling Statements About the II- . .. " licit Border Traffic Tacoma, Feb. 24. A Ledger . special from Vancouver, B. C, says: During the; past Ave days two United States special agents arid three cltlsens of Portland bafo arrived In this city. The presence of these parties here Is the out' come of a recent expose of Chinese fraud ulently. . entering the United States by means of forged merchants return cer ttflcatea. On of the Portlander's claims to have In his possession evidence which criminates several wealthy merchants of Portland, and- also several government officials on the Sound. He states' that he will go to Washington and lay the matter before the incoming administration. Hun dreds of Chinese, ore-ready to break across the border. WALL STREET FEELS SHAKY. New York, freb. 24.-The feeling in Wall street is very" uneasy. Liquidation in New England Is bflleved to be by no means complete -and; there are hints that Read ing In its crippled condition, will find it a heavy load. There are . broad hints at ousting McLeod from the. receivership. Even the Northern Pacific ia threatened with a reofelverahlp, and though It is em phatically denied on the inside that there Is a possibility of such a thing, liquida tion on Its" Btftck continues. SENATORIAL CONTEST. Oly mpla, .Wash.. Feb. 24.-On the 78th and 79th' joint' ballot the vote for senator was as follows: Mulkey, democrat, voted for Judson. 'and Hutchinson, democrat, voted for .O,' S. Voorhees of Spokane. In all,' 96 votes were cast: Allen 42; Turner, 19; Griggs, 22; Knox, 9; Voorhees, 1; Jud son, 1; Dunbar, 1. ' Helena, Mont., Feb. 22. There Is no change In the senatorial situation today. i : CORBETTS' MONEY IB UP. ' Boston, Feb. 24. The $10,000 represent ing Corbertt's stake In his match with Mitchell, was posted this morning In the shape of a certified check by Brady, Cor bett's manager, with Davie Blanchard, who Has een agreed upon as final stake holder. A'l that Is necessary to complete 4h match, la. the putting up of $10,000 by Mitchell. ' " . ' - - '-. - ; A NEW PRESIDENT ELECTED. Washington, Feb. 24. At the closing of the meeting of the Daughters of the Rev olution, Mrs. Stevenson, wife of ie vice president-elect, was elected president general, and Mrs. H. V. Boynton, the president Incumbent, was re-elected vice president In charge of the organisation. ENGINEERS NOT OFFICERS. San Francisco Feb, 24. Secretary Nel son, secretary of the Marine Engineers, today received a dispatch from Washing ,ton that Secretary Foster had decided that engineers are not officers of vessels on which they are employed. - BLINDNESS IN RUSSIA. The people of Russia are more terribly afflicted with the infirmity of blindness than any other race, sect or nation on the globe. ' The' proportion being 21 to every 10,000 of population In 1886 there was an official census taken of the blind of Europe. These statistics show a remark able state of affairs, especially in Euro pean Russia, the Caucasus and Poland. In the countries named there was a total of 189.872 persons who were entirely blind. The' whole of the remainder of Europe (and mind, this includes the thickly pop ulated countries of Germany, Fronce, Spain, Holland, Belgium, Great Britain, etc.) only has a blind population number ing 188,812, while the three Americas North, Central and 8outh with thetr Islands, have less than 23,000 persons who are totally bereft of sight. In the Cau casus the women, .especially those of country districts, are more liable to ce city than men, the proportion being about 27 to 19. In Poland there are twenty-five blind men for every fourteen blind women, the same percentage holding good over the most of Russia In Europe. The authority from which these facts are gleaned states that there are actually many .small vil lages in the alkali districts, near the Asi atic frontier where the blind predominate! In this region the alkali dust constantly fills the air, and those not actually blind have their eyes more or lees diseased. St. Louis Republic. Desertions are quite common at pres ent In San Francisco, and the boarding house men and captains are prosecuting such of the runaways as they can get their bands on. Several United States officers made a round up on the front Thursday morning and caught three of hilf a dosen recalcitrant men they had warrants for. Two of them were Victor Callor and F. Miller; of the ship John C. Batler. and the third was George Orvis of the Invincible, The latter is a weak minded fellow from Wisconsin, where he spent some time In the Insane asylum. He Is a farmer and never saw a ship before- going to San Francisco, but was shipped and signed as an able seaman. The British ship St. George, Captain Tiiann whlrh arrived In Ban Francisco Thursday from Cardiff with coal after a passage of 147 days, experienced very kn . weather oa the vovaKC. On ' No vember 10th in the South Atlantic terrific squalls followed by calms at Intervals of an hour were met with. During the fol lowlnrweek the sale continual with hur ricane fury. On November 29th a w-k 01 tnica logs set in, ana on ircrmijer 1111 afder the South Pacific had been reached. waua1u iralM th. wind hlllW t rW with hurricane force and raining a mountainous Sea. Oil incanvaa dhk -warn jm"--" v-i the ship's aide and allowed to run on the troubled, waters, with the bet of effect, i GETTING READYJOR THE DAY What tns Cabinet Officers in Perspcc- tiye Are GEESHAM IS' WITH GE&VEB Carlisle Will Confer With the President Eieet Today, and fttevenson Is To Be Voted. . Associated Press. Lakewood, N. J., Feb. 24.-Judge Gresh am arrived In Lakewood, this evening and was driven, to Cleveland's cottage, He will be Cleveland's guest until to morrow afternoon, when he will leavt and go back to Chicago. , Hon.. John G. Carlisle will arrive from Washington tomorrow morning and will talk over matters connected with the in coming administration, but there will b no formal cabinet conference. Colonel John T. Dickinson, secretary of the World's Columbian commission, and Bradley T. Smalley, members of th national commission, called on Cleveland this afternoon and arranged for the pres entation of an elaborately engraved In vi tat Ion to open the World's Fulr or May 1st. Bloomlngton, Ills., Feb. 24.-Arrange-ments are now complete for Vice Presl dent-Elect Stevenson's trip to Washing tan as tho guest of the Illinois Demo, cratlc Club, which has chartered a tpt clal train. THE COWLITZ GIVEN UP. No Doubt Among Her Owners Thnt Sh la Lost. San Francisco. Feb. 24. Hope & Talbo ownero of the bark Cowllts have abou given her up for lost. The Cowllts and th Kate Davenport started from Port Tawn send at tho same time, the latter In tov of the tug Tyec, and the Cowllts In tow o: the Holyock. A furious gale was blowlni at the time and both vessels were cov ered with Ice and snow. They were towe down about twenty miles, when the wlm Increased to a hurricane, and In spite o the fact that, the wind was favorable, th masters of. both vessels decided to tun back rather than go to sea In such weath er. The Tyee was twenty-eight liour towing the Kate Davenport fifteen mller so severe was the storm, and the Hoi yoake could not even, hold the Cowllt. from going astern fully two miles. Aftei hanging on to the Cowllts for fully si. hours, the hawser parted and before th tug could turn around to catch the barl again she was out of eight. The crew o' the tug supposed that the captain of th. vessel realising that the tug could dc nothing to assist him had stood out t sea rather than to take his chances 1: the sirults. ' AFTER HIS INSURANCE. A Music Hall Singer of Tacoma Accusei a Foul Crime. -Tacoma, Feb. 24. Mrs. Radcilfte whos husband Insured his life for $55,000 and I: believed to have dug up a body, put It 1. a house near Ballard and set fire to li then leaving the country immediately, I; in Tacoma. She is employed at the Theo tro Comlque. 8he has received letters re cently sent from Germany signed wit! her husband's name which she claims ar sent her by Insurance companies in ai attempt to find out If her husband Is stll living. She claims that he Is dead and ex pacts to get the money. It Is suld she hai been offered $150 a week to star In "Thi RadldIT Mystery," at ft variety theater. M'KINLEY NOT A BEGGAR. Waterbury, Conn., Feb. ' 24. Thomat Kelly of the Westslde Savings Bank, who telegraphed an offer of financial aid to Governor McKlnley, received a reply from Treasurer Herrlck of the Society for Savings of Cleveland, saying: "I desire to thank you for the goyernoi for your most generous proposition, but it would not be best to take public sub scriptions, as the governor says he is no beggar." Herrlck adds that McKlnley's friends may do something, but It. will have to be done without his knowledge. COMBINE OF. LEATHER FIRMS. . Boston, Feb. 24. Local papers say that the Boston and - New York sole leather firms, representing a capital of $43,000,000, have combined with a view of controll ing the output of the tanneries under their control and consequently the price of sole leather. It Is said that some ninety firms are under the agreement. SWITCHTENDERS' STRIKE. Chicago, Feb. 24. The switchtenders strike on the Chicago A Western Indiana road is practically over. The company are putting in new men tonight. Eight men supposdd to be strikers assaulted George Cuddebach, one of the new men, beating him severely. Several shots were fired but nobody was hurt. FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT. San Francisco, Feb. 24. W. D. Roberts of Portland, Oregon, ha brought suit in the United States district court against the bark Harry Marse. The plain tiff wants $2W0 damages because of the failure of the vessel to deliver part of a cargo if lumber that It had contracted to dO. THE MORAVIA'S EXPERIENCE. Halifax, N. S., Feb. 24.-The Hamburg American Line steamer Moravia, seven teen days out from Hamburg with pass engers, bound to New York, put in here this morning short of coal and damaged. She had a rough experience in the recent gale and lost part of he propeller blades. The schooner Llukas Is on the gridiron at Uppertown. The steam schooner Augusta, Captain Schroeder, will leave out for Tillamook this morning, 'weather permitting. On Wednesday Deputy United States Marshal Maloney . arrested four union sailors In San Francisco, who, under the pretense ot being non-union men, signed articles In the shipowners' non-union of fice before Deputy United States Shipping Commissioner Reddlngton, received $10 ad vance money, and then deserted. War rants are out for six or seven other union men who deserted under similar circum stances. " 'inspector McKenna found 105 tins of un stamped and unmanlfested opium in the chain locker of the steamer Belglc In San Francisco. .The Belglc Is booked to sail for Hong Kong and Yokohama on Thurs day and she will touch at Honolulu on the way. - At the meeting of the board of Cali fornia pilot commissioners on the first Monday in March, a bar pilot to succeed the late Captain Thomas J. Knipe, will be elected. The two principal applicants so (or the position are Captain Houdlette, of the 'steamer Australia, and Captain Geo. Morehouse, of the ship Dashing Wave. The City of Peking went on the Hunt ers' Point dry dock In San Francisco yes terday to havo her broken shaft repaired. 1'he principal officer have been retained it. their posts of duty under full pay while the steamer has been laid up, and this liven rise to a report that the Peking Aill take the place of the Peru, due this morning from the Orient, on the next trip. The revenue cutter Bear has received orders from Washington to fit out for her innual Bebrlng sea cruise, and is now andergolng a thorough overhauling. The revenue cutter Thomas Corwln, Is at the Mare Islnml navy yard having re pairs made to her machinery. The bids For the work were so fur In excess of estimates that the government took the work In hund Itself. .. Taul Louillck, tho slx-teen-year-old non union boy who was beaten oyer the head with a bottle by union sailors on Sunday morning In Ban . Francisco, had . his wounds dressed and went to sea yester day with his uncle, Captain Meyer,, of the ship John C. Potter, which sailed for Honolulu. The revenue cutter Hartley saved an other life earl Thursday morning in San Francisco. About 4 a, m., after making the rounds of the sugar boats from Hono lulu that had Just arrived and changing the watch on the other vessels In the harbor, the Hartley was returning to her station at Meggs' wharf, when Chief En gineer MacLennlgsn and Boarding Officer Joseph Haikey heard cries of distress. The steamer was turned In the direction of the cries and In a few moments a man :llnglng to a life buoy wa discovered ind flahed out of the bay. He proved to be a sailor named O. Anderson. Ander son said that Jie had diverted from the British ship Thistle, lylug in the stream ready for sea. He had no kit when taken out to the ship by the shipping master and hot even a blanket to cover lilin In his bunk In the forecastle, so he had de cided to desert. Cutting a life buoy from Its-fastenings and placing .his arms thrpunh the loop ropes he bad jumped Into the bay unnoticed by' the anchor watch. Anderson was pretty well Intoxi cated when he struck the water but two hours or mors floating around hud sobered him up. He was fast drifting down the bay and out to sea when the Hartley for. tunately came along and picked him up. The sailor was landed -at. Melgg's wharf, where a boatman took htm Into his cabin and let him dry his clothes before his fire. The sailor boarding house keeper who had shipped Anderson and received part of his $40 advance money, made a diligent and unsuccessful search for him. As Anderson kept well in hiding It is probable that the Thistle will have to sail without blm. The tug Wallowa returned from the Sound yesterday after towing the ship Ivy W Royal Roads. The Oregon was delayed on account of heavy gales and '.ead winds from ' San Francisco to within a few hours of the Columbia river. " The British ship Moet Tryvan came down from Portland yesterday and cleared at the custom house with a cargo of 41,447 sacks of wheat, valued at $, 000, for Queenstowifor Falmouth for or ders. . The steamer Oregon came in from San Francisco yesterday, a day late, entered at the custom house and went to Port land. ' ; t The Investigation Into the causes ot the collision by which the Bute of Washing ton sunk the tug Mystic will be held to morrow morning at the local inspectors' office at Seattle. ' The bark Harry Morse is loading on ballast at Fremont street, San Francisco, for Puget Sound, where she will load lum ber for Shanghai. While In China she will'dock and under go extensive repairs snd overhauling, including a complete re colklng, Her owners give as the reason for taking the work so far from home that the calkers regulations at this port limiting men to a certain number of feet for a day's work make calking so expen sive that money can be saved by sending the bark to China even at a low freight. Captain Herrlman of the Highland Light, will go out In command of the Morse,