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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (March 14, 1893)
7 r7 ,7? J7 o EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XL. NO. 4. ASTOB1A, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 14', 1893. PRICE, FIVE CENTS, Tn 31 A xv A fi AA I , UVnt 1 i 1 hi 1 v i l: r 1 1 i i , i it I i i i i i - j i ; i j ik i i l i hi I i lit i a The OF MY Great Closing - Out SALE TO Reinarb of Witnesses' Cause Excite ment in Court. A OALIFOENIA CAPITOL STORY Is sure to bo still more successful than the first two month?, because people have found out by this time that I mean business! From now until the balance of the stock is sold, EVERY ARTICLE WILL BE SACRIFICED Come at Once and Get Yonr Pick. - A Winter Btorra of Fire In Kansas-Severe Weather In the Eastern Northwest. ! P. S. HERMAN WISE, The Reliable Clothier and Hatter, Store For Rent and Fixtures For Sale. THE ASSIGNEE'S SALE AT- Hanson's Will be continued for a few days until further notics. Everything MUST BE CLOSED OUT AND - PRICES WILL BE CUT To Suit the Condition and the times. W. W. PARKER, Assignee. HUNTER.fi ROSENS, Proprietors of the . Portland tetaini Co.'s Mails C'irner fWrmd and Benton str- els. Uorn-r Third and We.-t tiliUi streets. Merchants'! Associated Press. Paris, March 13.--In the Panama tri al today, M. Bourgols, late minister of Justice took the stand.. He spoke . with firmness and energy and showed a disposition not to reserve anything that could explain his position toward the Panama case and -the defendant, Charles de Lesseps, here arose and in a bold manner and In tones that rang through the court room, said: "M. Bourgols attacked me a little while ago. Well, Monsieur, here I am face to face with you. What have you to say to me?" . De Lesseps folded his arms and looked defiantly at Bourglos, while a violent uproar in the audience greeted this sudden abullltlon on the part of the leading defendant, whose conduct up to this time had been at least with' In the rules of orderly procedure. Judge Desjardins indignantly spoke up, Baying: , "I cannot allow these dialogues. The law must be recognized iy all." The audience calmed down and Bour gols proceeded to reply In deliberate language to M. Barbour. M. Bourgols then exclaimed:. "If any one knows that I have acted contrary to the dictates of honor, let him speak." At these words, the uproar In the audience, was renewed, many taking part with Bourgols and others with his accusers. When hearing was finally resumed, Sonoury was recalled. He made, a Btate ment to the effect that neither Bour- gois nor any other mlnloter In any way was responsible for his Interview with Madame Cottu. He himself originated the idea of the conference with her, and the charges that he threatened Madame Cottu, or promised her any favor in return for information she might give, were utterly false. THE GOVERNMENT SUSTAINED. Paris, March 13. The chamber of deputies today declared their confi dence in the government after an ex citing debate over the course pursued by the government in reference to Its prosecution, of the Panama canal de-fendents. other parts of the" Northwest is severe. Stillwater reports all streets blocked bylsnow and similar advices are com ing from other points. It still snow ing this evening. COLLISION OP ENGINES. Duluth, Minn., March 13. A blizzard has been raging all day and two switch engines on the St. Paul & Duluth road came together In the storm, it being impossible to see ahead but a few feet. Six men were Injured seriously. y THE RIVER RISING. Leavenworth, ICs., March 13. The Missouri river at this point rose three feet during last night and today and this evening Is rising at the rate of four inches an hour. JUSTICE fl LEITEB CARRIERS Princess Kainlani BeceiienyPresi- - fient and Mrs. Cleveland. . Cleveland Will Not Discriminate Against Newspaper Men A Keqnrst of Mr. Blaine. JEFFS RESTAURANT 13 THE Bon Ton Ton Restaurant in the Town (Aud the Finest on the Coast.! Dinner Parties, Banquets a Special!) Tb Flasst Wines aid Mason. CQLUK.3IA TRANSFER CO., Wlt.MAM WILSON, Trop. FEED - AND - SALE - STABLE General Express and Delivery Business. OSco 119 Olney strfet. Stable g font of West Ninth si, Astoria. Telephone No. 44. "Yes! Yes! Yes! Positively Hie Ycry Best !" THE : 011EG0N : BAKERY A. A. CXET ELAND, Prop. Good Bread Cakes and Pastry, None but the et Materials used. Satisfaction Guaranteed Customers Bread delivered In any part of the city m. D1.MELS0.V SAMPLEROOPS 7ines, Liquors and Cigars. AtiH fir the GUION f.tfaanhlp line au4 tbf TMSGVaLLA Steamship Line, fllnvi. Ali", apont for "iwnsk Trtbucpn and pn "ka AmeHkanaren." iwner m Winer aud West Ninth Streets Astoria, Oregon. Portland Branch TUB f oonsoGbtt - Enter COMPANVJ 'Rubber Boots, Shoes, and Lawn Tennises. PORTLAND, OR. JOKE TAKEN IN EARNEST. Sacramento May Lose Her Capitol to San Jose. Sacramento, Cal., March 13. The as sembly today refqsed to reconsider the vote whereby the 'constitutional amendment for removing the state capttol from Sacramento to San Jose was adopted. The amendment had al ready been adopted by the senate and It now goes to the people to be voted upon. The adoption of the amendment by the legislature was a surprise to the whole state as the question had not been . mentioned this session. . The amendment was sprung In the senate late on Saturday night and was imme diately adopted by both houses. The prime cause for the legislature's action was an article in the Sacramento Bee, which appeared on Saturday ev ening. Across the whole front page of theBee, was the heading in large type, "The Session Now Is Almost Over." Another heading was, "The Session Is Nearing the Tick of Its Doom and Sacramentans Should All Be Joyful." At first, the adoption of the amend ment for removing the capltol was re garded as a Joke, but San Jose took it in earnest and quickly agreed to raise a million dollars to build a new capltol besides donating ten acres of ground for a site. FRESHETS IN NEW YORK. Albany and Schenectady Flooded and Four Thousand Men Idle. Albany, March 13. The freshet In the Hudson river Is the highest since 1883. The lower part of the city Is un der' water. The railroads and street cars are blocked. Schenectady, N, Y March 13. Last night the ice broke In ' the Mohawk, gorged against the Fltchburg bridge, flooded that part of the city. First floors of the Edison Company, aggre gating sixteen acres are under three feet of water. Four thousand men are made idle. carriers. It was contended by the. letter car riers that the postofflce department In construing the act violated its in tent and .purpose, and was requiring more labor from them, than was con templated. - In Gates' case the question was whether or notthe eight-hour pro vision as ' applied to letter-carriers meant an average of eight hours a day for a month, the department holding that any deficit In eight hours on Sun days or other days could be set off against the excess over eight hours on other days. The court rules that this cannot be done, .and that the carrier's are en titled to pay for any overtime on any single delivery. In the Post case the position taken by the United States, was that eight hours should consist of the time em ployed, and the carriers could not re cover extra pay for other services with in the postofBce performed by them In Port Townsend, Wash., March 13.The connection with their duties, imposed tug Wanderer arrived from Cape Flat- on tnem by h postmaster. The court tery tonight and reports seeing a cap- nol(jB this position untenable, and that sized vessel ten miles southwest of the carriers are entitled to extra pay the Cape this morning. The derelict 'or over el"ht hours' work under such showed signs of having been on Are and circumstances. T AN ICE GORGE BREAKS. Rondout, N. T., March 13. An Ice gorge In Rondout creek, below Eddys- vllle, gave way this afternoon and let a tremendous quantity of water down the creek. The steamboats of the Cor nell Steamboat Company and about twenty-five canal boats were swept Into the river and driven down the stream, many of them badly damaged. There was great damage also to otser property. . every since the Apache raid on Es pagnola on September 9, 1879. All died from drinking from poisonous springs. THE RACE TRACK BILL. Comment on the Matter by Various Persons. New Ydrk.1 Mafrch 13,-Guttenburg officials now say that Thompson, "The or.wsn.no KrtnDia WfCVU TTTTnW 7. " " . " "ul w"y w duubxv a uuuuu.iuu Diame for the anti-racing bill and that national politics figured more In the. legislation than the public are aware. A member of the executive commit tee said today, "There Is more truth than Action in the published report that President Cleveland had an. nounced that he would not recognize Associated Press. 1 ' reaenM omces Washington, March 13.-The supreme m!" wno vole race track reme court this mornlna: affirmed , the "18- rrom ,nw BOUrc Pressure was Judgment of the court of claims In brought to bear on Senators Smith and favor of the letter carriers, in the cases ey in turn, practl- nf An Poat and Frank Gates. The cally forced Thompson to Introduce the cases arose under , the act prescribing bm Prohibiting racing during the win- .-...I tp mrtnlha eight hours as a day s work lor letter THE SWITCHMEN'S STRIKE. They Find That Public Sentiment Is Strongly Against Them. Chicago, March 13. It Is certain now that the Chicago switchmen will not go out on a strike, they having returned an answer to the general managers to- da. The switchmen were somewhat as tonished at the array of publto senti ment against any strike at this time. Almost every paper in the city de clared that the attempt savored too much of an attempt at extortion, be cause of the Immense amount of traf fic incident to the World Fair. Be sides this the general managers were so well prepared for a strike that there was not a small chance of the men being successful. A DERELICT SIGHTED. answers to the ;-descrlptlon of the schooner J. D. Ford, recently destroyed by fire off Gray's Harbor. A RECEPTION TO ROYALTY. TWO COASTERS WRECKED. San Francisco, March 13. The schooner John McCullough is reported a total wreck on ,FUh Rock, near Point Arena. The Hawaiian Princess Is Received by The President and Wife. THE OREGON PACIFIC STRUGGLE. New York, March 13. The struggle for possession of the- books of the Or egon Pacific Railroad Company contin ues. The attested order of the circuit court of Oregon, removing T. Egenton Hogg of New York, as receiver and ap pointing Everett W. Hadley, has, not , yet arrived, but it is expected by to morrow. The bond holders' committee fear that Hogg will not obey the order wen It Is served but will obtain a stay. Two deputy .sheriffs are In charge cf the office at No. 65 William street, but they have possession of only such books Ave o'clock this afternoon, the Presi dent and Mrs. Cleveland accorded a special reception to Princess Kaiulanl, the meeting taklnir rjlace In the Blue ine scnooner uem has gone ashore parlor. The princess was accompanied Washington. March 13. At half past 8s Hogg has seen fit to surrender. There on Goert Point at the entrance to San Francisco bay. A LARGE ASSIGNMENT. Boston March 13. The Atkinson House Furnishing Company, with four teen branches In other New England cities, has made an assignment, with liabilities of a million and a half, and assets three million. The failure was caused by the tight money market. President Atkinson was seen this af ternoon, and said: "Of course, It Is a big failure, but I have reasons for believing that the as sets will more than cover the liabili ties. A stringent money market was the cause of all this. I believe the lia bilities will fall short of $1,500,000. Since the combination was formed and consolidated, and the company re moved Its headquarters to Boston, many manufacturers of New England who have been selling to the corpora tion, have been requested to take blocks of stock ranging from $10,000 to $100,000, the traders being reminded that If they could stay in the corpor ation, they would be likely to receive by Mr. and Mrs. Davles, their daughter, and a lady friend. The call was entirely social in Its nature and lasted probably a quarter of an hour. The. visitors were charmed with the cordiality of the reception accorded them, ' the la dles being captivated by the pleasing manners of the wife of President Cleve land, and the Princess said subsequent ly that Mrs. Cleveland was the only lady she ever fell in love with. Gossip as to the personnel of the com mission that will probably be appoint ed to visit the Hawllan Islands, in cludes the names of Judge Martin, V, Montgomery of Michigan, late of the District of Columbia supreme bench General Schofleld, Admiral Brown and Captain H. L. Howlsson, Dr. Mutt Smith the Hawaiian mln tster does not regard the appointment of a commission with much favor. THE MONETARY CONFERENCE. Senator Teller Wants It Reconvened Next Summer. Washington, March 13. Senator Tell er has prepared resolutions which h will Affoi In ttlA fUknnt At ttiA fi.vt the bulk of trade In their line; but the meMngi expressing the sens, of the A KANSAS PRAIRIE FIRE. An Unusual Visitation for Mld-Wlnter Season. Plainfield, Kas., March 13. A prairie fire started yesterday In the western part of Rooks county, and spread sev eral miles wide, and was swept be fore a furious gale, across Brooks and into Ellis county, destroying every thing before it. The town of Palco was all wiped out except three build ings. Farmer Sylvester Scannell was caught in the Are and burned so badly that he will die. Farmer Oscar Lilly was also severely burned. SNOW FALL IN StT PAUL. St. Paul, March 13. There was ft snow fall last night covering the ground, with considerable wind during Call and spe us or send or ders direct. ' Correspondence i the nlKht but the ,now m not drlft .... i . enough to Interfere with traffic, solicited. I The anow 8torTn ln thl, gtate and company reserved the right to buy goods of whom It pleased; however, the prices between ' the stockholders and non-stockholders being equal, the possibility was that the former would receive the company's business. Finan cial men of Boston and New England looked 'upon the scheme with more or less criticism and doubt, as It was ru mored that very many of the leases of the concern are pledged to, a money lender in New England for loans at high rate of Interest. At Mlnsouth city, at the point where the tracks of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company pass under those of the New York Central, & Hudson River Railway, the foundations of the latter road were washed away, stopping all traffic between this city and Albany on the main line. All the exhibits which the Edison Company were preparing for the World's Fair are practically destroyed by the water. The loss is es timated at over half a million dollars. HIGHWNDElVWARAaAlN. Ban Franclsoo, March , 13. The highbinder war has broken out afresh this morning. Buck Chew, a Chinese laborer, was shot Ave times, and killed by Si Gym. a highbinder. The mur derer was arrested. PRISONERS' PLOT TO ESCAPE. Boston, March 13. A search of the rorkshops of the Charleston prison. unearthed all the materials necessary for the escape of -every man In the prison, after the guards were disposed of. senate In favor of reconvening the In ternational monetary conference at Brussels next summer. Teller says he Is satisfied there has been a changa of sentiment In Europe since the confer ence adjourned, respecting the monetar- ry question. - , NEWSPAPER MEN ALL RIGHT. Cleveland Will Not Discriminate Against Them. Washington, March 13. No nomln atlous were received by the senate from the president today. To a deputation of congressmen, who waited on him today to make enqui ries on the subject. President Cleve- land said the report about his decision not to appoint newspaper men to of fice was erroneous. He had no Inten tion of discriminating against news paper men. A REQUEST OF MRS. BLAINE. Washington, March 13. Acting under the terms of resolutions adopted by the legislature of Mai ny Governor Cleves has written Mrs. James G. Blaine re questing her permission for the state officials to remove the remains of her laf.e husband from Oak Hill lueme tery In this city, to Augusta, Maine, SOLDIERS' SKELETONS FOUND. Ablqula, New Mexico, March 13. A party prospecting In an old Spanish copper canyon came upon the skeletons of thirty-four sol- d'ers In Devil's gulch. The company had been missing from Fort Mary are six big safes In the office, the com binations of which Hogg retains, The Bondholders' committee believe these safes contain the most important books and papers. Oregon Pacific bonds, or iginally placed at 102, are now sell ing at 00. THE ANN ARBOR STRIKE. Toledo, March 13. A new complexion was put on the Toledo and Ann Arbor strike ' this morning by an order Is sued by the United States district court at Cleveland, directing all con necting roads to continue to receive freight from the Ann Arbor road re gardless of the fact whether it was handled by non-union men or not. A conference with officials will take place this afternoon. I Is believed the trou ble will be settled. - - . FATAL GAS EXPLOSION. Connellsvllle, Pa,, March 13. A party of miners were Inspecting the Whlte selt mines near Perryopolls this morn ing, when a body of gas exploded, fatally Injuring Ave of the party: L. WARD HARRINGTON. WILLIAM aOLDSBOROUGH. OLIVER BRANTHOVER. JOSIAH ROSS. WILLIAM DUNCAN,r mine In spector, , ' ' " GLADSTONE ILL. London, March 13. Gladstone is cop fined to his room with symptoms pf influenza. His fever has risen this ev ening, and he suffers from oppression of the lungs. Sir Andrew Clark still re fuses to pronounce the Illness lnfluensa. Besides, Mrs. Oladstone her daughter and two servants of the household have Influenza. PUGILISM HAS RUN ITS COURSE. New Orleans, March 13. Pugilism Is done for in New Orleans, Fitzsirn mons will not get his $37,600. He will ' get $16,000 or $20,000 In cash, all that is available, and good paper for the, balance. There will be no more con- . tests in the Crescent Club ring, and perhaps no more in that of the Olym pic Club. HOME RULE BILL POSTPONED. London, March 13. The announce ment In the commons today that the second reading of the home nils bill would be postponed till after Easter, was received with opposition cheers. O. R. A N. DIVIDEND. New York, March 13. The Oregon Railway & Navigation Company has declared a quarterly dividend of one and one-half per cent, payable on April 1st HARRY KERNELL'S FATE. Asbury Park, N. J., March 11 Harry Kernell, the famous Irish comedian, died In Iiloomlngton Insane asylum this afternoon, of paresis. ,.