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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1893)
i3 f 111 f iff WMim &WtMff EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XL. NO. 51. ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, M ARCH 1, 1893. PRICE, FIVE CENTS, ASTORIA, OREGON. ' THAT'S THE PLACE I Were I to seek a place to dwell, More like heaven and less like hell, Where roses hloom the year around, And where the finest girls are found, A place that knows no cold or heat And where the climate can't be beat, Where epidemics are unknown And courtesy is strangers shown, Where the harbor is wide and deep, And Herman Wise sells clothing cheap, Where fair play rule 4 'tweon man and man, And everyone does all he can; There's no other place 'neath the sun Such as "Astoria, Oregon." ' H. W. Shortfellow. Asssijmee's sale at Parker All their immense stock MUST BE CLOSED OUT In 30 Days or Less, AND 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, W. W. PARKER. Astoria. Or., Feb 2, 1893. PROFIT BY MBIT OF THE PEOPLE Blamo 1 ourselves The Bankrupt Stock f Blame Yonr selves "i- N. T. DINSIYIORE Corao Too'La'c. was bought for force Too Lalev Forty Cents on the Dollar, AND PAID FOR J .You make money when you earn it, but )-ou make money just as directly when you make judicious purchases. Attend our groat bankrupt sale, examine the stock, and you will agree with us that much money can bo earned and saved by buying now OUE LOW PKICES Have already made us famous and our competitors our bitterest enemies. ' Bankrupt stock of 2ST. T. DINSMORE anson s FROM WEST M NORTHWEST A New Line of Steamers to The Istfc ins of Panama. BAD WEATIEB IN SEVEBAL STATES Morjan Winon of Lebanon KI1U A. W. flrubbe. A Persevering Suicide Pots rati Five IOIU In Hli Head. Associated Press. Albany, Or.. Feb. 28. Early this marnlrig an altercation took place In A. W. Grubbe's saloon in Lebanon. Mor gan Wasson. son of Jonathan Wasson, a wealthy and respected pioneer of Linn county, living at Lebanon, who had been drinking in other saloons, In the place, entered Grubbe's saloon and took two or three drinks with Grubbe and two others. He quarreled with Grubbe who asked him to go out. Grubbe fallowed Wasson to the door. Wasson pulled a gun and fired, hitting Grubbe just below the heart, killing htm almost instantly. The coroner's Jury returned a verdict In accordance with the facts. Wasson had an exam ination and was held without ball. He is about 35 years old, single and well-to-do. Grubbe leaves a wife and three children. He came from Kansas five years ago. He served as city marshal in Lebanon. THE WASHINGTON LEGISLATURE. A Report of the Proceedings In Both Houses, Olympia, Wash., Feb. 28. The new revenue bill passed the senate today with all the good features of the bill embodied in it and many new ones. The present law taxes church property in excess of the value of $5000, while the new bill exempts all church proper ty. The section containing the exemp tion clause gave rise to a lengthy de bate. Senator Horr arguing strongly for exemption. McManus of Snohomish, was opposed to any . exemption, and Sergeant wanted the law to remain bo that all church property valued in ex cess of $5000 should be taxed. The bill passed by a vote of ayes 23; nays 7: not voting, 4, Vandeventer of King, introduced a memorial urging congress to speedily appropriate a sufficient sum to con struct that portion of the Lake Wash ington canal from tide water to Lake Union to Lake Washington in the speed lest manner consisteat with good work. The memorial was laid on the table subject to call, The committee on public buildings rendered a report most favorable on the Richards capltol bill, urging the Immediate disposition of the lands granted for that purpose and appro priating $250,000 for the coming fiscal year and $275,000 for the year ofter. The house passed the Brooks ballot law. The vote by which house bill No, 28 to abolish the office of lieutenant gov ernor failed to pass, was reconsidered and the bill passed, by a vote of ayes 47; noes 24. Senate bil No. 147 to provide for holding a state agricultural fair at North Yakima, was reported fayorably by the committee with an amendment appropriating $20,000 for the purpose, The report was adopted but the bill was referred In order to determine the amounts needed for other purposes. House bill No. 301 to the senate re garding the operation of railroads, was passed. The bill relating to the construction, repair and Improvement of public roads and providing revenue for such pur poses was passed. DEMPSEY AND KEOUH, The Nonpareil Shows His Old-Time Cleverness, Portland, Or., Feb. 28. Jack Dempsey appeared In the ring tonight for the first time since Bob Fitzslmmous wrested the middleweight champion ship from him at New Orleans about two years ago. 'ly. Keogh, a heavy weight who gain some note recently by defeating Patt Cardiff, undertook, to knock DempseV. out in (our round? for a purse and the gate receipts at Pastime Athletic Club. Dempsey showed that he had lost none of til former cleverness and successfully avoided the big- fellow's rushes and hit h(m when and where he willed. At the end of the fourth round Kaofjh had failed in his effort and the referee awarded the contest to Dempsey. The event was preceded by four pre liminary set-tos between local men of the light and feather-weight classes. After a long and tedious wait which heavily taxd the patience At this point, 2 a. m., the wires be came so heavily grounded that nothing more could be got from Portland. A RAILROAD CONFERENCE. Santa Barbara, Cl., Pen, 2S(.-A pat ty of railroad officials arrived this ev ening to attend a conference here to- morrow. The Northern Pacific, Great Northern, and Canadian Pacific were not represented. The object of the meeting was to effect an organization to meet the freight rates of the North ern roads and clipper lines. THE PUYALLUP RAILROAD. The Indian Ruse Can't Be Played on The Government. Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 28. Frank C, Ross today completed arrangements to start one hundred Puyallup Indians to grading for his railroad around Tacoma hatjhor, through the reservation.. titer, he found that Agent Eells of the Puyallup Agency, had sent out In dian police to stop the undertaking, and he then declared all arrangements off. The troopB are again expected from Vancouver to keep graders off the reservation. THE SENATORIAL SITUATION. Olympia, Wash., Feb. 28. On the eighty-fifth ballot Allen had 47; Turner 22; Griggs, 25; Van Patton, . The re mainder, scattering. Helena, Mont., Feb. 28. There is no significant change tn the senatorial bat lot. There is no choice. THE MONETARY CONFERENCE. Gladstone Gives His Views Regarding i. Standards of Value. j.fljundon, Feb. 28. Sir Henry Megsey Thompson, liberal unionist member of parliament, moved in the house of corn mons today, that the British govern inent should use Its influence to bring about a reassembling of the interna' tional monetary conference with the object of finding a remedy for the evils attendant upon the divergence of val ues between gold and silver. Gladstone In reply, " reminded the house that the International monetary conference met at the Initiative of the United Slates, and that it would be an unprecedented proceeding now to de prive America of the Initiative. In the opinion of the government, no plan had yet been proposed that showed that it was possible to change the standard of value fn Great Britain. Gladstone made an elaborate exposition of the benefits of monometallism and the dangers of bimetallism, fc . ... . .... ... r , Sir W. M. Harcourt, chancellor of ex checquer, declared that the failure of the conference was due to the absence of all definite proposals. The British government would be happy to send back delegates. The motion was re jected by a vote of 229 to 147. THE WALL CATASTROPHE. Full Particulars of the Fatal Accodent Tuesday Morning. Chicago, Feb. 28. The lives of seven people were Instantly crushed out In their sleep early this morning, one other person fatally hurt, and two more dangerously. Shortly after mid night a heavy wind sprang up, increas ing almost to a hurricane. At Hol stead and 19th streetcs, stood the walls of John York's dry goods house, recent ly gutted by fire. Part of the walls were left standing and on these the proprietor began to rebuild. The walls, which reached the height of five sto ries, still green and insufficiently braced, gave way before the tornado and fell with a deafening crash at about half past one this morning, on a two story structure adjoining, occu pied as a dwelling by the family of John Schmidt, a saloon keeper, - and William Keens, a Jeweler,. The great mass of brick and mortar crushed the structure like an egg shell and the oc cupants within. The killed are William Kunz and his wife Mary, aged sixty-seven and sixty five years; John Schmidt, aged 40; his children, Lizzie and Hattle, aged 11 and 3 years respectively; Paulina Mar tin, servant, aged 21, and George Mes terle, a bartender aged 28. THE -'INDIANA" LAUNCHED, Philadelphia, Pa Feb, 28. The great battle-ship . Indiana was successfuly launched today at Cramp's shipyard In the presence of thousands of people, in cluding the President of the Unled States. In about a year the vessel will be ready for service and turned over to the government. The vessel wa? christened by Miss Jessie Miller daughter of Attorney General Miller. A NEW LINE OF STEAMERS. San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 2S. The North American Navigation Company has chartered the steamer St. Paul which will sail from, this port on the 9th of March, connecting with the steamer San Marcos which sails from New York on March 15th. The St. Paul will be followed by other steamers at Intervals of two week, NEXT MINISTER TO FRANCE. New York, Feb. 28. It may be posi tively 3tated that the well known Ju rist, Frederick R. Coudert of New York, will be the next' tilted 8tate minister to France. He' was leader In the move ment of the anti-snapper. - EpUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATION. Pierre, S. D., Feb. 28. The resub mission bill failed to pass the house today. FROM THE NATIONAL tAHTAL A Solid Democratic Vote Surprises Republicans. . THE GOVEBNMENI'S INDEBTEDNESS Secretary Noble Alkt Troopi io Protest the Cherokee Strip Btevenion Ar rives In Washington. Associated Press. Washington, Feb. 28.-The senate to day took up the naval appropriation bill. Squires of Washington, moved to increase of appropriation for dry dock at Puget Sound from $225,000 to $300,000, which was agreed to, and the bill then passed. Sherman moved that the senate go Into executive session. The yeas and nays, demanded on the democratic side, and the motion disagreed to; yeas, 27 nays 29. It was a strict party vote, The result seemed a surprise to the republican senators, several of whom went to the clerk's desk and examined the roll call, where they found their side defeated simply ( because come of the senators had not voted and had not paired. The senate then took up the house bill regulating the sale of Intoxicating liquors In the District of Columbia. It passed, yeas, 41; nays, 15. A second motion was then made to go into executive session, and for the sec ond time the motion was defeated; yeas 30; nnys 32. The democratic vote In the negative was a compact one, and there was but one defection on the re publican side Stewart of Nevada, Two populists, however, Kyle and Pef- fer, voted with the democrats, The agricultural bill was then taken up and passed with a few unimportant amendments. The Washington senate finally passed the naval appropriation bill and then refused to go Into executive session on a motion of Sherman, by strict. party vote. ' , , The house today decided the con tested Albany election cases of Mc Duft vs. Turpln, in favor of Turpln. The senate amendment appropriating $300,003 for a naval review was agreed to. SECY FOSTER'S STATEMENT. Troops Asked to Prevent Invasion of Cherokee Strip, Washington, Feb. 28. Secretary ot the Treasury Foster has prepared u statement showing the total Indebted ness for claims pending against the government, to be $174,821,000, He rec ommends that the so-called Bowman act which allows such claims to be re ferred by congress to a court of claims for adjudication, be repealed. The conference on the sundry civil appropriation bill resolved to report s disagreement upon the Sherman bond amendment. Secretary Noble has asked that a mil itary farce be sent to prevent a threat ened invasion of the Cherokee Strip. STEVENSON IS IN WASHINGTON. Washington, Feb. 28. Vice Presldent- Elect Stevenson arrived at the national capital at 6 o'clock this evening. The arrival of the first member of the of ficial family was the dawn of the new era of democratic administration and tha triumphant democracy made the occasion one of great rejoicing. Loud cheers went up from the assembled crowds as the gaily decorated train of seven cars rounded the curve near the station. At exactly 6 o'clock the com mittee met the vice president-elect and escorted him to the Ebltt House where a reception was held. v- RIDDLED HIS HEAD. Fired Five Bullets Through Where His Brain Should Be. Tucson, A. T., Feh. 28. Ferdinand Merrill attempted suicide today. He placed a 44-callbre revolver in hlf mouth and shot three balls up through his head and then fired the fourth shot Into his right eye, the ball passing out at the left ear. A' fifth shot passed through his head from the right to the Ipft temple, Seven hours after the shooting Merril Is still living and talks as rationally as ever. THE KANSAS POPULISTS. Topeka, Ks., The populist house In a body, 64 In number, marched into the representative hall this morning head ed by the populist speaker, Dunsmore, followed by the sergeant-at-arms car rying the United States flag. They were quietly received demonstration In the the gallles being suppressed. The time quietly received, all demonstrations in of the house was then spent in drawing for scats. HELD FOR MANSLAUGHTER. San Francisco, Feb. 28. The coron er's Jury held an Inquest on the body of Billy Miller, the pugilist. 'killed In the fight with Dall Hawkins. The Jury found that Miller came to his death from blows Inflicted by Hawkins, and recommended that the latter be held for manslaughter. SEVERE WISCONSIN -WEATHER. Similar Reports Are Received from Other Northwest Points. Hudson, Wis., Feb. 28. The severest storm for many years visited this sec tion last night. Twenty-two inches of snow fell, followed by a cuttmg wind from tjie northwest. All trains on the north, East and South divisions of the Omaha road are blocked within a few miles of this city. The last train out of here at 6 o'clock last night, has not yet reached the first station twelve miles distant. The public schools are closed and business Is practically sus pended. The Bnow Is piled on Main street In drifts from ten to fifteen feet high. St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 28. Weather is clear, but drifted snow obstructs all kinds of traffic. The street cars stopped running during the night and did not resume till late this morning. The same state of affairs exists throughout the Northwest. The snow is two feet deep on the level In many places, and badly drifted In others. Railroad traffic Is about at a stand still. Redwing and Stillwater are cut off from the outside world. Twelve inches of snow fell last night and prostrated the street car and rail way strvlce of the Twin Cities and neighborhood. The snow drifted so bad ly that local business is almost para lyzed. A NEW JERSEY SENSATION. Church Members Grant a License to a Race Track. Freehold, N. J Feb.. 28. A sensation was created through the country when the township committee of Eatontown, all members of churches of that place, granted Monmouth Park a license for a term of one year at a .yearly rental of one dollar. The agent of the racing association was vliilted by members of the committee, and he was assured that they were In favor of giving a li cense for racing under the new law Just pasaed. Newark, N. J., Feb. 28. Notices were read In all prayer meetings in the city tonight, for as many people as possible to go to Trenton tomorrow to protest against the race track bill. . THE GOVERNOR INDEPENDENT. Cleveland, O., Feb. 82. Governor Mc kinley has written a letter to the Leader, which has been receiving vol untary contributions to a fund to help the governor out of his financial dlf tcultles, saying that while these gener ous offerings of assistance have touched hlin deeply, ho cannot accept them. "' A FLORIDA SENATOR. Jacksonville, Flu., Feb. 28. Governor Mitchell has appointed fiamuel FaBcoe United States senator from March 4th till a successor is elected by the legis lature, which meets In April. 'FROU FROU" SOLD FOR $3,D00. Cleveland, O., Feb. 28.- "Frou Frou," two-year-old, the famous California was sold tor $3,500 today to H. S. Henry of Philadelphia. Blxty-slx horses brought $00,650. FAIR WEATHER TODAY. Portland, Or., Feb. 28. For Oregon and Washington; Warmer; fair weather BEAUREGARD AND BEN BUTLER. During Gen. Butler's occupation of New Orleans he learned that an officer of his staff 'had seised and confiscated a con siderable sum of money which had been left In a New Orleans bank by Gen. Beau regard for the use of his wife and family. who resided in the city. Gen, Butler at once ordered1 that the money be released from seizure and returned to Mrs. Beau regard's credit. He also directed that all letters she received from her husband through the malls be allowed to go to her unopened, and all that she wished to send to him should go out of New Orleans up on her statement that they were purely personal and contained no military in formation. Mrs1. Beauregard was then very ill of an Jncurable disease, of which she died. When Butler heard that sho was In a dying condition and could not be moved out ot the city, he sent through a confidential source to Gen. Beauregard that if ho wished to come to New Orleans to see his dying wife and would give his personal parole that he would make no military use of his visit he might do so, and he (Butler) would In turn give him his ord that no official notice should be taken of his visit, which, of course, must be made with the utmost secrecy, den. Beauregard was then engaged In the defense of Charleston, and therefore was unable to avail himself of this unequaled act of generosity, but nobody ever heard an unkind word from the distinguished engineer and soldier concerning Gen. But ler. . She's my Sandwich, I'm her ham. She's my Llllie, I'm her Bam. Soon I'll annex her. You my bet; Little Hawaii Will be my pet. . Defiance News The new steam whaler Jeannette, Cap tain Newth, which was launched at Turn, er's shipyard at Benlcla, last Saturday, was brought to San Francisco yesterday. She will fit out for a crulee to the Arctic ocean, .