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7 fFV r l 1 1 EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. v XL. NO. 85. ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 9, 1893.- PRICE, JIVE CENTS, .P ..-;:! :- :. v. v V A T S VERYTHINC 0 T THE ASSIGNEE'S SALE Parker I Will be continued for a few days until further notice. Everything MUST BE CLOSED OUT PRICES - WILL BE CUT To Suit the Condition and the times. VV. W. PARKER, Assignee. BANKRUPT - SALE ! ls drawing to a c!oe, and in order to sell everything, we have made further REDUCTIONS in every department. Lower Than Ever CLOTHIHG At Half Price, at HERMAN WISE'S, The Reliable Clothier and Hatter, AT- s AND Al 9 Hanson Store For Rent 2 Officials Are Instructed to Let Them In Easy. NO PHOTOGRAPHS ARE REQUIRED Only One Credible Wltneai Demanded It In a Very Incompetent Cltloeie Who Can Not Get One. Associated Preps. ' Portland, Or., April 8. The col lector of general revenue today re ceived the following; dispatch from Washington, D. C, "Chinece regulations modified today dispensing with photographs and re quiring only one credible witness. Fol low this course hereafter,- and give such publicity to this change as you can. JOHN W. MASON, Commissioner. CLEVELAND GOES TO NEW YORK. It Is Believed He Is Willing to Treat With Tammany. Washington April 8. Cleveland will go to New York this afternoon to re main over Sunday. It Is believed that his vlsl(t has somethlrig to do with the distribution of 'federal patronage In the Empire state. That the. president is willing to treat with Tammany; was the inference drawn from the occur rence this morning. ' . Lieutenant Governor Sheehan, one of the Tammany leaders, called at the White House and had a brief inter view with the president. BANKING WITH BELMONT. Washington, April 8. The president this morning notified the senate of a desire to raise the rank of James B. Eustls, lately confirmed minister to France,, to that of ambassador. He also named August Belmont & Com pany, -as special fiscal agents fof the United j States at. ; London,, vice Selig man Brothers. NOMINATION SUSPENDED. Weshlngton, April 8. The case of James H. Eckles, of Illinois, nominated to be comptroller of the. currency, ap pears to be indefinitely hung up In the senate. Energetic effort is being made by some members of the finance com mittee to have the nomination recalled, but so far, apparently without success. THEY WISH TO INVESTIGATE. Washington, April 8. The senate committee on privileges and elections this morning decided to report favor ably the resolution permitting it to sit during the recess to look into the claims of Ady, contesting the seat of Martin, of Kansas. A LEGISLATIVE ROW. A Member Wishes to Change His Vote Bribery Charged. St. Paul, April 8. There was a row In the legislature this morning over an alleged mistake in voting, by which the bill regulating country elevators, passed by a majority yesterday. But the body refused to reconsider the vote, or allow the man who said he made a mistake in voting to correct his error. Then .a resolution was offered and passed for an Investigation of charges of corruption In the passage of a num ber of bills, and the election of United States senators. A DISHONEST FAILURE. Cincinnati, April 8. The failure of Ronschetm & Bros., grows more sen sational. It is estimated that the al ready known liabilities of the firm are a quarter of a million, allowing only $100,000 for forged papers. It is al ready known that there are $130,000 of forgeries, mostly of the name of Sam uel Aubout, and It is believed that they are not all heard from yet. TERRIBLE STORM IN NEW YORK. Buffalo, April 8. Reports from west ern New York are to the effect that yesterday's wind storm was the most severe ever felt in this part of the state. Houses were blown down, In many places 'unroofed, at others vine yards . and orchard suffered severely. At Sprlngvllle the bam of Vedder Hemstreet was blown down on him, killing him. ' NEBRASKA IMPEACHMENT CASES. Lincoln, Neb., April 8. The legisla ture in Joint convention this morning adopted articles - of Impeachment against ex-Attorney General Loez. Probably the legislature will adjourn sine die this afternoon. The Impeach ment trials begin before the supreme court on Monday. " IMPORTANT RAILROAD STRIKE. Denver, Colo., April 8. Private ad vices from Albuquerque, N. M., are to the effect that all mechanics In the em ploy of the Santa Fe. road and of the Atlantic and Pacific, struck this morn 1 ing. This point is of considerable im portance as it is the Junction of the roads named. SOUTH DAKOTA PRAIRIE FIRES. Sioux Falls, S. D April 8. Details are received here of terrible prairie fires . near Chamberlain, in which a largei amount o'f stock perished, ' and two persons lost their lives. The peo ple threaten to lynch persons caught starting fires. . RAILROAD DISASTER. Delphi, Ind., April 8. A terrific rain storm here last night wrecked the brldgi over Wildcat river, near Ross vtlle.: The north bound morning ves tibule tralrx went through the bridge, killing Fireman O'Brlan. The body Is still under the engine. The loss, to the company will be heavy. RAGING PRAIRIE FIRES. North Platte, Neb.,, April 8.-Prairie Area from the west swept, Into town lost flight, burning sixteen dwellings and tnuch other property, while (he town with its 2.000 Inhabitants narrow ly escaped destruction; The total loss :nnot be estimated. RAILROAD .MECHANICS STRIKE. Toptka., April -8. Eleven hundred mechanics, boiler makers, blacksmiths, and helpers in the shops of the Santa Fe road, struck this afternoon for an advance In wages and other demands. CONTINGENT FIGHT. Chicago, April 8. Ryan and Dawson will 'meet tonight In the second regi ment armory. If Ryan wins he will be ready .to accept the proposition to -fight Jack Dempsey. NEW PRESIDENT OF READING. Philadelphia, April 8. The directors of the Reading railroad have accepted the resignation of President McLeod, and have elected Joseph H. Harris in his place. RESIGNATION OF VILLARD. New York, April 8. Philadelphia dis patches received In Wall street state that Henry Vlllard has resigned rrom the Northern Pacific directory. . H..L. CARL DISCHARGED. ' Portfaod Or April 8.-H. L, Carl, of Pendleton,, arrested a 'few dayj" ago for larceny, was discharged today-5 HOW ATTAR OF ROSES IS MaM3 A Primitive System of Distillation Car- rled the Balkan Slopes. .' It Is well known that the great center of the production of attar, or otto, of roses occupies the northern portion of the old Turkish province of cnutern Roumelia. The cultivation of roses for this purpose is, however, limited to the southern slopes of the great Balkans, as, according to the Kew Bulletin, the flowers are nowhere produced success fully on the north., The distillation of the petals Is carried on In a very prim itive manner with a copper still of the simplest construction. The first run nlngs are returned to the still, and the second are received Into' glass disks, where they are kept for a day or two at a cool temperature to allow tlw oil to rise to the surface. From the latter it is skimmed by a small tin pipette, or funnel, with a long, slender handle attached to the top and a very small aperture at the lower pointed end. This funnel Is not more than 3-4 Inch In diameter at the widest part, so that It Is easily inverted Into the flask and plunged below between the oily layer and . the water. It Is. then a, once brought up, and It brings ..'with It a portion of the oily stratum with a small quantity of water." The water, escapes through a small hole at the bottom, while the oil or otto Is emptied- Into the collecting flasks for. exportation. The commercial attar Is transferred to f.at circular zinc . receptacles , known as "coppers," which are carefully sewn up in white felt and sealed with the ex porter's stamp, the brand being so jten clled on the felt outside. Two of these coppers, one covered with the felt and the other without, are contained in the Museums of Economic Botany at Kew, and to these Messrs. Pierre and Lubin have now courteously added a speci men of the pipette or funnel for the purpose of making the collection more complete. . . As regards the Identification of the plants cultivated for attar of roses it may he useful to mention that In 1S74 the , late Daniel Hanbury, F. R. 8., presented to the Kew herbarium speci mens " of "roses 'cultivated on th: slopes of the Balkans for the produc tion of attar of roses," received from Vice Consul Dupuls, of Adrlanople. Thes contained Specimens of two rpe clcs, .a red rose R. Damarcend Miller and a -white rose R. Alba L. Neither of these is known in a wild state and there can be little doubt that both nre hybrids between R. Gallica and R. canlna. Three months ago., the ship E. B. Sutton left New' York city for San Francisco. She had aboard the three buoys which the board of public works ordered for the Seattle harbor. In two months the ship will, it Is thought, reach Seattle and the buoys will at once be In' the bay. OMRS OS THE OCEAN Many of Them arc StilL Shroniea In ' Mystery, SOME TERRIBLE SH1PWRE0K8 VeMeU That Bulled Away' Never to be Heard From Again Strange Caui of Unexplained Dlitanpearance. Contniuulng the list of noteworthy marine disasters which was published In these columns a few days ago, the following will be read with Interest: A few days later the fine llne-of-bat-tle ship Prince George- was burned at sea while making a passage to Gib ralter. She lost four hundred of her crew. The Lichfield, Tilbury and Ram llles, all British men-of-war, were the next to visit Davy Jones' locker. Some years afterward an entire British fleet was recked In a West Indian hurricane, all hands being lost. The vessels that met disaster were the Thunderer, 74 guns; the Starling Castle, 64; Defiance, 64; Phoenix, 44; La Blanche, 32; Laurtl, 28; Shark, 28; Andromenda, - 28; . Deal Castle, 24; Penelope, 24; Scarborough, 20; Barbadoes, 14; Chameleon, 14; En deavor, 14; and Victoria, 10 guns. The wreck of the Vllle do Paris, oi 104 guns, one of Admiral Rodney's prlz ee, shortly followed. Then came the disaster to the 74-gun ship Superb; the Cato, Admiral Sir Hyde Parker's flaf ship, and the brig Indlanman, Count Belgloloso, which went down off Dub Hn Bay, drowning 147 of her passen gers and crew. The wreck of the Indlanman, foi Halsewell followed soon after. Sh carried 380 persons to the bottom. Tlu frigate Pandora next drowned 100 of her crew, and the the British frigatt Lutine was wrecked off the coast of Holland. Only one person was saved from the wreck, and he died ; before reaching England. ' ' " During .the : nexXdeeade many trans ports and men-of-war ;were lost. Tht frigate AJax was destroyed off the lslr o'f Tenedos, in which disaster 250 per sons perished. Soon afterward th' Prince of Wales and the Rochdale, twi big British vessels, went ashore on the Irish coast, drowning 300 of those on board. ' Scores of other disasters followed, but one of the moBt pitiful of all was ttu loss of the ship Amphltrlte, bound U New South Wales with female convict: on board. The vessel was lost on Bou logne Sands, and. out of 131 person, on board only three were saved. The dreary record of death at sei without any effort being made to suvt the voyagers Is broken by the ac county of the steamship Forfarshire That vessel went ashore during a vio lent gale, but through the efforts ol the . Outer-Fern lighthouse keeper James Darling, and his heroic daugh ter, Grace, fifteen of the fifty-three wht were on board were saved. The Protector, an East Indlaman went down with 170 of her 178 passen gers and crew, off Bengal, and then the transport Lord William Bentinck went down off Bombay, taking recrultB, passengers and crew, with her. Numarous other transports were lost at that time. Concerning one of these a story Is told, which is romantic, but apocryphal. It Is to the effect that a troop-laden vessel was caught In 8 stress of weather, and that when she began to sink the officer in charge of the detatchment of soldiers ordered his men to fall in on the quarterdeck with arms and accouterments. It wat a formation for death, made with tin good order of review. When the grad ually sinking kuli had brought the waves swashing about the feet of the soldiers who were lined up for the last time, they still preserved their formar tion. As the water reached their waists they were ordered to unstrap their belts and hold their cartridge box es aloft ao as to keep the powder dry. The wreck lurched under a few min utes later. An English paper, com menting on the matter, said: "That of ficer marched his detatchment straight to heaven." In the early 40s many vessels began to go a-misslng. The President, a steamship which sailed from New York bound for Liverpool, In March, 1841, was among the first of these. Among her passengers, of whom she carried a large number, was Tyrone Power, the comedian, a son of the Duke of Rich mond. The vessel's fate Is still un known. ' The county assessors of the . state held a meeting In Portland Friday and unanimously decided that one of their chief duties consists In meeting at Sa lem during the sitting o'f the state board of equalization to advise, or dic tate, as seems best to them, concerning the rising and lowering of property In their respective bailiwicks. The at tendance was not large, but as large, perhaps as can be expected of the as sessors of the state at any given time. Some of those who were absent would not have gone anyway unless their ' business interests called them there at the same time, and a good proportion of those, who attended had other rea sons for going to Portland at the time. Mr. Gearhart, of Clatsop county, de livered a phllllplc against the state board of equalization. Clatsop county, he said, had been placed fourth In val uation in town lots, Benton being very low, and one township In Lane county contained more value In land than all In Clatsop county. "I've got 'em too high," he said; "they can't be sold for -i what they are listed at. Botli Lane and Linn counties added together have only a few thousand more In the aggregate than Clatsop." He also said that his roll would be considerably above what the board of equalization had made It - last year. , CORRESPONDENCE. The opinions of correspondents are their owo. No communication appear ing in this column necessarily voices the belief ot the paper itself. Astoria, Or., April 8, 1893. . Editor Astorlan: In your editorial column today I ob serve you convey the Idea that the state authorities were advocating the "cause" of The Astorlan, while In the perform ance of their duty, In closing down gambling houses and arresting violat ors ot the law. I am not Inclined to rush Into print In defense of my own actions, -for I think I clearly compre hend my duty, and know Just how far . to go In my official capacity. But I surely do not desire to be misunder stood by the public. You say, "to help them to do this, we have Initiated a' total prohibition movement, and have, we are glad to say, met with able and Immedinate assistance from the state authorities." " , ' J 1 In regard ' to the above' quotations from your editorial, I would take it that you not only intimate, but assert that The Astorlan was the dictator and responsible for the action of the state authorities. Such is not a fact. I have . acted, as far aa I have gone, In this' matter, individually, and not on the v t.dvlce of any newspaper or comblna- . t Ion to 'promote or defeat their cause, c. for, plainly speaking, I never wore a collar. Respectfully, , . II. A. SMITH, . .' Sheriff. Major Handbury, United States en gineers, has returned from a trip down the river on the steamer Lincoln, says the Oregonlan. He says that a care ful Inspection of the contraction dikes built by the Port of. Portland to see what additions are 'needed, will - be necessary before the June rlBe, in or der that the full benefit o'f the flood In the river may be secured. He found the dikes all In good condition, but in a few places the brush and stones have settled, as may be expected to occur for a year or two. Captain R. Hoyt, who Is adding to the dike at St. Helens, will have this Job completed In a few dayB, and will then proceed to place what stone and brush Is necessary on the the other dikes and level them up. The high water In the Willamette has made It necessary to lay up the dredgers for the season, and it Is not likely that . there will be any further demand for their services until next fall. The new and powerful government dredge will be ready for service in June, and will be put at work on the lower Columbia, where the flood does not materially af fect the depth of the water. I'd like to be a boy again without a woe or care, with freckles scattered on my face and hayseed in my hair; I'd like to rise at o'clock and do a hun dred chores, and saw the wood and feed the hogs and lock the stable doors; and herd the hens and watch the bees and take the mules to drink; and teach the turkeys how to swim so that they wouldn't sink; and milk about a hun- . dred cows and bring the wood, to burn, and stand out in the sun all day and churn, and churn, and churn; and wear my brothers cat off clothes and walk four miles to school, and get a licking every day for breaking some old rule; and then get home again at night and do the chores once more, and milk the cows and feed the hogs and curry the mules galore; and then crawl wearily up stairs to seek my little bed, and hear dad say; "That worthless boy! Ho Isn't worth his bread!" I'd like to be a boy again; a boy has so much fun; his life Is Just a round of mirth from rise to set of sun; I guess there's noth ing pleasanter than closing stable doors, an dherding hens, and chasing bees, and doing evening chores. An American school boy's composi tion on "The Editor" ran as follows: The editor is one of the happiest beg gars in the world. He can go to the circus in the afternoon and evening without paying a cent, also to In quests and hangings. He has free tick ets to the theater, gets wedding cake sent to him, and sometimes gets licked, but not often, for he can take things back in the next Issue, which he gen erally does. While other folks have to bed early, the editor can alt up every night and see all that is going on," Fixtures For Sale.