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-f'7 fT CI ' ' ' -tMWmi- MM BY "r" 0. EXXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XL. NO. 74. ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 25, 1893. PRICE, FIVE CENTS, 4 QUESTIONS? The person giving the best answer will get Ein Seidenes Tashentuch." 1. WHO Licked John L. Sullivan ? 9 WHft Carrie3 the larg" L II 11" est and best as sortment of men's and boy's goods? 0 I17IIA Sells men's and 0. iillv cheapest? . boy's goods the l who Will build the first transconti nental railroad to Astoria. Leave your answers with ' HERMAN WISE, The Reliable Clothie" and Hatter, DEATH . OF JUDGE Tim Old Oran Lawyer Breathed His Last Yesterday, .. -,' G0NS0I0U8 TO THE EKD Record of HI, Life Show now HI, Nat ural Talent Helped to Give Blut Great Succcm. THE ASSIGNEE'S SALE AT- Parker ansons Will bo continued for a few days until further notice. Everything MUST BE CLOSED GUT AKI PRICE) SLL - BE - CUT To Suit Lie Condition and the times. W. W PARKER, Assignee, DON'T DELAY! DON'T DELAY! The Dinsrnore Bankrupt Store "Will "Jo open for onlj ashort time longer. This is your last chanc ) to buy at your own price. Everyihing ma ;t be sold. Mat Our Prices." ffr y 11 SnipnsB-Ton V 40-inch all wool Black Caslunero worth $1.00 - 50o per yard 40 inch Black Henrietta. " --451.00 - 55c per yard 40-inoh all wool Black Sergts "3113 ;6io per yard 54-inoh Ladies Cjotb . 31.25 - COo per yard Black Gros Grain Silt - - 1.75 J- 90c per yard" " - 81.15 jryard He mill CfcIoi in CloMflff Still Go: - Our 86.00, S7Mt 8S.5fl ami. S9.0O Men's Hoita tor.. 85.00 Our 89.50, 810.50. 811.130 an I 81150 Men1' 8aits r ' - .87.50 Oar 813.50, $10.00 $17.00 and 820.00 MenV Suits for 810.00 Best quality overall worth. 1 5c, 5(10 Sto?s and rubber coo-Is at !"balf price. A 83D0 Cash Register f at wi a cheap. ' . Fixtures For Sale. Store For Rent es Associated Press. Portland, March 24. United Statea District Judge M. P, Deady died at 7:45 this morning. His death was painless, and the Judge retained consciousness to the last. Death waa due to the general breaking down of his system, brought about by spinal trouble and Brlght's disease. All the family were present at the death bed except the youngest eon, who Is In the East. All night long the judge rested quiet ly. He waa surrounded by members of his family and Immediate relatives while his physician. Dr. Strong, who had attended him throug all his Illness, sat by the bed side holding the sick man's hand and carefully noting every fluctuation of the pulse. Mrs. Deady sat beside, her dying husband, , who seemed to find the profoundest conso lation In her presence. At 1 o'qlock this morning he began sinking again very rapidly and his respiration from that time forth was much interrupted Links of respiration came at Intervals of fifteen seconds, and every laps was expected to be the last. At fifteen mln- utes before 8 o'clock this morning the pulse beat ceased, and the end had come. While not unexpected, the death of Judge Deady elicited expressions of regret from all who had known him, About a year ago Judge Deady' health became very precarious, and It was deemed Imperatively nqcessary that he should take a rest. Accompanied by. Mrs.. Deady, he made a-trlp to -the Sandwich Islands, and was absent sev eral months. Though the travel did him much good for the time being, yet ho experienced no permanent benellt from the visit to that land of perpetual sunshine. During the many years Judge Deady has occupied the federal bench he has made a great number of trips to San Francisco, where he held court. He heard and decided many very Import ant cases hlle occupying the bench In San Francisco. For the past few months his decline In physical strength has been steady and very rapid. He has been growing more and more feeble, until It waa with much difficulty that he could go to and from The Hill to the courtroom. He has not occupied the bench for more than two weeks past. From his first coming to Oregon, Judge Deady has been an industrious worker In other departments than those pertaining to Justice and judicial affairs. During this period he has con. trlbuted many papers to the local and California press replete with Interesting facts concerning the early history and settlement of his adopted state. He has been a devoted friend to education, and has spent much time and labor in the fostering care of Institutions cal culated for the culture and Instruction of the community. Chief among, these is the Portland Library Association of Portland. Of this association Judge Deady has been president ever since 1868, and Its present financial prosperity is largely due to his unremitting at tcntlon and care. He Is also president of the board of regents of the univer sity of Oregon, In which capacity he Has contributed much to Its elevation and usefulness. At the annual com mencements of 1ST8 and 1879 Judge Deady delivered two addresses to the graduating classes of those years. Besides giving a great number of oral ' opinions and decisions in the causes ' before him, Judge Deady has written carefully prepared opinions in more than three hundred causes since his advent to : the bench, embracing law, equity, bankruptcy and admiralty causes, many of them involving mooted questions as to the proper construction of state and federal statutes and of the constitution. I Of Judge Deady it is said: "He has Indeed, not- only paid the debt which It la said every lawyer owes to his profession, but has laid it under many obligations of respect and grat itude for the industry and legal acu men which have rendered much that was crooked straight, and shed light in many dark places.". Judge Deady was born near Easton, in Talbot county, Maryland, on May 12, 1824. Ba,n,' Franplsco March 24. In ths course of a long editorial on the death of Judge Deady at Portland, the Even ing Bulletin says: "Judge Deady's position has bee unique. His singular ascendency has made him the law giver, not only of his own court, but in a large measure Cf the higher court of public opinion. There has rarely arisen in Oregon great question of law or of public pol Icy In which Judge Deady's unofficial dicta have not been powerful if not the controlling factors. The dominance of his nature, the weight of his character, his profound learning and his ripe wis dom all devoted to the public service gave him a social, political and moral power, which have called to mind earll er flays and greater names of the Ke public. The social side of Judge Dea dy's character was particularly warm and (-harming. He was a master -of those brilliant arts which win admira tion and enforce' esteem. As a holiday speaker, as a dinner companion, at all times and in all -places, he was a most graceful and charming man. And bet ter than all he was a truly good man, His private life, like his publlo record, was clean and white." ' AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Carlisle Has Cut Down the Expenses . of Ills Office. Washington, March 24. Seldom has a mora persistant and earnest pressure teen brought to bear than that which Secretary Carlisle has been subject to withlnth the past few days, since he was obliged to cut down the force of clerks In his department. Senators, representatives and other men of in fluence have Implored him to reinstate this one or that. Carlisle, thus far, However, has not yielded to any of these' Importunities. He remarked tp one 'who desired the retention of clerk:- ' "My dear sir, it is 'not a matter of choice on my part, but a case of neces lty. ' : I not only have no money with which to pay these employes, but have not work for them to do." A rumor .apparently well founded was 'was current In the treasury de partment today, that- the president hud decided to appoint E. O. Graves, now of Seattle, Wash., and formerly of New York, United States treasurer. It is understood that the president Is looking about for a man who will con duct - the pension office on' purely bust ness principles. He said to Representa tive Enloe, of Tennessee, this morning, thiit-h -weuld -appoint no -demagogic! politician to be commissioner of pen sions. ' The cabinet meeting today resulted in' the Issue of a notice by the presi dent directing that the offices of mem bers of the cabinet shall not be opened on Thursdays or Fridays, cabinet days, this action being rendered nec essary for uninterrupted, and the more effective transaction of government business. Secretary Hoke Smith today rendered his first land decision. It was the case of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The decision opens lands aggregating many thousand acres in Southern California to settlement and entry. The state department has received official information that Queen Victoria has raised the ,'rank of Sir Julian Pauncefobe, her IrepreSentaJtlve in Washington, from that of plenipotenti ary extraordinary and minister pleni- potentlary, to that of ambassador, and his credentials as such are on the way here. Under the provisions of the di plomatic arid consular appropriation bill of March 1, 1893, President Cleve. land Is authorized to confer the same rank upon our representative at Lon don. Sir Julian Pauncefote will be the first minister to Washington to hold the title of ambassador, but it is highly probable that France, Germany, Russia and Austria will be prompt to follow the example thus set by Eng land, and change the titles of their ministers to ambassadors thus necessi tating the lnternationl courtesy of a corresponding change on our part. Indications at present do not point to a protracted fight in the senate over the organization of elective officers. It appears not to be the consuming de sire to enter Into any protracted de bate that will prolong the extra session beyond the time when the president will have notified the senate that he has no further communications! to make, and certain well known senators have said that they Intended to leave the city regardless of the fact whether there was an organization or not. The republicans say they will insist upon a strict following of precepents, and if they have strength to stand up for res olution it looks as if they would be able to force the democrats to hold off nttl the commencement of the regular session. Vance, chairman of the com mittee on privileges and elections, who is preparing a majority report on the cases of senators appointed by the gov ernors of Montana, Washington, and Wyoming, will finish it tomorrow. It will not be long, but will present the reasons why the majority of the com mittee do not believe that the certifi cates of these governors have sufficient authority upon which "to seat the sen ators in question. Senator Hoar, who prepared the majority report favoring the seating of these senators, has com pleted his work. It is probable that both reports will be reported, and that they will be laid upon the. senator's desks when the senate convenes on Monday. In that event the debate relative to these cass may be precipi tated at once, . if Tlis Famous. New York Filitor'sSui den Dcatii. . AN 0VEB DOSE OF ETHEB Two Burgeon While Performing Aa Operation on Him Find II I m Dying from Effects of the Gai. F, Associated Tress. New York, March 24. Elliott Shepperd, proprietor of the Mall and Express, died suddenly late this after noon. His death followed the adminis tration of ether by Drv. Charles Mc- Gurney, and the family physician, Dr. J. W. McL&ne, who were about to make an examination) to ascertain whether the colonel's suspicions that he suffered from stone in the bladder were correct. Up to this morning Col onel Sheppard attended. to business .in the usual way. Last evening he mere ly told the manager that he' probably would not be down on Friday, but that he would be at the office on Saturday afternoon. Before the arrival of the doctor he complained of severe pains, called up the Mull and Express and gave a number of Instruction about th future conduct of the- newspaper case anything should happen to him Later the distress he suffered left htm and when the physicians and nurseE came in he was in good rplrlts. He in duced his wife and youngefct daughter, who were at home to go oft to Scar- boro, for a day. About 1 o'clock Col onel Sheppard said he was ready for the surgeons, and they with the nurses began the work of putting him under ether. He Inhaled the drug, but two or three times when the physicians de tected some dangerous symptoms and stopped the Inhalation. Colonel Shep pard sank rapidly, however, and for some time It was feared that he could not be rallied. Powerful restoratives were administered,' and at the end, of an hour's work with oxygen, he was restored to partial consciousness, and continued to apparently rally until o'clock. Then without warning, and for no apparent reason he began rap idly to sink. The oxygen treatment was resumed, but it was of no avail, At 4:30 o'clock he died. He was un conscious and 1 his death was peace ful. The cause of death Is given by the physicians as cedema of the lungs. Im mediately before Colonel Sheppard's death messages were sent to Mrs. Sheppard, announcing that he waa very low, and might not live. She reached home at 6 o'clock. THE CYCLONE'S PATH. Devastation and Loss of Life in Three States. " Louisville, Ky., March 24. The heavy storm which passed over a large sec tion of the South last night, did great damage at Bowling Green and the sur rounding country. The storm was in the nature of a cyclone. At Bowling Green the roofs of fifteen or twenty ouses were blown off. The most seri ous damage was done to the Louisville and Nashville round house. The storm struck the building tearing off the roof and levelling the brick walls with the ground. The falling material did severe damage to the Engines in. The loss on the building and locomo tives is from $75,000 to $100,000. Passen gers on the delayed fast express on the Louisville and Nashville from the south state that along the road evi dences of the storm could be seen. Many farm houses were noticed roof less, and scores of stables and out houses were totally demolished. Trees were blown across the track at many points, but the section men managed by hard work to keep the track clear for regular trains. The town of Row 11ns Is almost totally destroyed. The post offloe building was swept entirely away. The loss Is 141,000. Every house In Stanford is damaged. At Murray, Ky., seventy residences, fifty stables and barns were demolished. Only one person, Miss Alloc Stubblefleld, was seriously injured, but dozens were lightly hurt The loss will reach $25,- 000. Much timber and fencing have al so been destroyed. Helean, Mont., March 24. An earth quake lasting thirty seconds was felt here today at (:1S p. m. No damage is reported. Mobile, Ala., March 24. Early this morning the cyclone passed one mile north of Shubuta, Miss.,going south west At Arista, John's Place, a tene ment house containing negroes, was levelled to the ground and two negroes were killed. Nashville, Tenn., March 24. One of the most terrific wind and rain storms in the history of Nashville swept over this city last night, uprooting trees and telegraph poles in various parts of the city. The greatest force of the storm was felt In the northern part of the city where several house were un roofed. One was occupied by W. F. to the ground. Bradford was taken from the ruins In a badly bruised con dition. McNeil Drumrlght, aged 13, was taken from the debris in a man gled condition, and cannot live. Eu gene Dumrlght, aged 18, and a brother to McNeil, was horribly mangled, and was dead when found. It is feared that other people were injured or killed In the building. . Vlcksburg, Miss., March 24.-Addltlon-al cyclone news says . the storm spent Its force between Tenlca and Shaw's station, which are about, seventy miles part. r At Shaw's, some of .the stores were blown down and a few citizens wounded.. At Tenlca the court house was seriously damaged, and the church and other buildings destroyed. A school house full of negro children was blown ' to pieces. Many children were hurt, , but none killed. It will be a day or too before the full extent of the dis aster In the Delta is known! - 1 ' Elwood, Ind., March. 24.-The hurri cane passed north v of this city last night. At Alexandria, on " the Lake " Erie and Western road, the- Llpplncott -mammoth lamp factory was partially destroyed, and William, Angel, and his , son, aged 10 were killed. " " Indianapolis, March ;24.i-A - cyclone 1 stof m visited Indiana. .last nlght Jn this city, fifty houses were wrecked in one neighborhood In thenortnwcstern portion. Many families are rendered' temporarily homeless. At Tuxeto, a suburb, many houses were wrecked, and several small one were carried away. Many residents passed the night In their cellars. The storm was iceompanled by heavy rain, and severe lightning. Many great trees were up rooted. Advices from all parts of the itate indicate that much property has been damaged, and some persons maimed. At Brazil, the outbuildings, ' fences and trees, were levelled, and the ooal mines flooded, The lose is many thousands of dollar?. At Alexandria much damage was dme to residence ind business houses. Kelly, Miss., March 24. This morn ing a thorough investigation was mado regarding tha damage by the cyclone yesterday, which showed that matters wero worse that was expected, Kelly itself Is Pnly. small place of about thirty houses, of which twelve of fif teen were entirely swept away. As far as can bo learned, not a house has been left standing within the scope of the yclone, which ranged from a quarter to half a mile In width. Trees were mowed and blown down as though a dcythe had clipped, them. The injured. ire Payne, a negro, badly bruised, be ing crushed under his cabin; his wife was crippled and Internally Injured, md a small baby had Its foot smashed; in eight-year-old girl with her head rushed In, will die; the other two chil dren escaped.' Harriet Smith, colored, tilled. Chris Burford, colored, head imashed. will probably die. Eph. Mc Laughlin, colored, killed. Jim Payne, . olored, skull crushed. Ah elght-year- Id boy injured internally, and sev- ral others are reported injured", but full particulars could not be learned. LOOK OUT FOR THEM. Big Counterfeiting Operations Qoing on In Tacoma. Tacoma, Wash., March 24. Counter- feit silver dollar pieces and five dollar gold pieces are being quite extensively circulated In Tacoma. It In said that 2000 of them are In jcjrculation. Many of them have been deteoted by the banks. It Is rumored that the treasury department ha sent a secret service ' officer here to search for the counter feiters. " A United States marshal left tonight for Detroit, Mich., with four counter feiters who are sentenced to six and eight years each. . They are Harry Leonard, Frank Tracy, Callle Ramsey and Thomas Rawley. WANT MORE CUTTERS. San Francisco, March 24. Captain D. T. Tozler, of the United Statea revenue cutter Wolcott, has arrived from the Puget Sound customs station. Speak ing of opium smuggling on the Bound and the methods of stopping It, he says: "What is needed at the station are two more fleet revenue cutters." AN INTERESTING DECISION. Tacoma, March 24. The supreme court today rendered an important de cision, deciding many points relating to bonds never before brought up In this state. No registration will be required for a bond on election. The city will vote on the proposition to float $2,150, 000 water bonds on April 11th. BY A OAS EXPLOSION. Pottsvllle, P., March 24. Two men were killed and four badly, If not fa tally, injured by an explosion of gas In the OakhlU Colliery, near Mlnersvllle, this morning. The killed are William Durcoll, and one so badly disfigured that the body is unrecognizable. BIG CHUNK OF GOLD. Yuma, Ariz., March 24. Judge Prang G. Wells, just in from the Harquahala mines, in Yuma county, reports that the bonanza mine cleared up $150,000 as the result of the last month's run. This is said to be the larrtwt ohv (t-ji'-.-rd. It was completely levelled I goid ever run into one bar.