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VOL. XL. NO. 87.
ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 12, 1893.
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BANKRUPT SALE !
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have made farther REDUCTIONS in every department.
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FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Champions of High Tarif and Low
Tariff Moot.
MoKINLEY VISIT CLEVELAND
Consideration of the Roach Investiga
tion Br!Uh AmbHUdor Fannoe
fote Presented.
Associated Press.
Washington, April ll.-The Roach case
came prominently to the front today
in executive session In the senate and
was the cause of some rather plain
talk. It was declared by the democratic
leaders that if the Ro&ch case was to
be gone into at this session, others
should be taken up as well.
The republicans retorted that they
were afraid of ho investigation con
cerning any other members, but they
Insisted that some, positive action
should be taken in this particular case.
After a long discussion' of the two
views so vehemently adhered to by the
respective sides, the question was laid
aside without any definite action being
taken.
The Martin case was given a share of
the debate and from the discussion that
ensued they will if possible refuse to
look into the question of the legality of
the seat now occupied by Martin.
The nomination of Eckles to be comp
troller of the currency was reported
favorably but confirmation did not fol
low, it going over for the day under
the rules, there being objection. to Its
present consideration. The objection
foun expression In some very caustic
remarks by republican senators In re
gard to what they called lack of wis
dom manifested In the selection for so
important an office of a man who by
their own admission' knew absolutely
nothing of the business of banking.
There will be a special meetlnlg of the ;
committee on privileges and elections
tomorrow, at ; which ' the- Roach - case
will be taken up and efforts made to"
reach some aoncluson that will be sat
isfactory alike to the democrats and re
publicans. Senator Gorman called upon the pres
ident today to discuss with him the
question o'f the adjournment of the
present extraordinary session of the
senate. He had ten or fifteen minutes
conversation with Cleveland, who told
him he had several nominations which
he desired to have considered by the
senate and he hoped to be able to get
all in by the end of this, or early next
week.
THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR.
Sir Julian Pauncefote Is Presented to
President Cleveland.
Washington, April 11. Sir Julian
Pauncefote became dean of the diplo
matic corps in Washington this after
noon by virtue of his reception by the
president as ambassador from Great
Britain. As Sir Julian is the first am
bassador from any country to the Unit
ed States, the presentation of his pa
pers to Cleveland made a function of
more than usual ceremony. Sir Julian,
with a number of of the attaches of
the British embassy, met at the state
department shortly before three o'clock
All British rppresentatlves were In
court uniform. The party proceeded to
the White House, and when the presi
dent entered, Sir Julian presented Ills
credentials to him and said:
"Mr. President, I have the honor to
place In your hands a letter from the
queen, my august sovereign, " accredit
ing me as ambassador to the United
States of America. In raising her rep
resentative at Washington to the rank
of ambassador, her majesty manifested
a constant desire to draw closely to
gether the bends which happily unite
the two countries'."
In reply the president said: '
"It affords me sincere pleasure to
receive from your hand the letter of
Her Brlttanic Majesty accrediting you
as her ambassador to the United States
of America. On behalf o'f our govern
ment and people I desire to express
the satisfaction with which we inter
pret the action of her majesty in con
ferring upon her representative at our
i capital the highest rank known in the
diplomatic intercourse of nations, as
a marked proof of the friendly consid
eration that tends to draw into closer
amity two people having common ties
of blood, of speech, and of history.
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS.
Washington, April 11. The president
sent to the senate the following nomi
nations: E. K. Strohell, of New York,
third assistant secretary of state; C.
B. Bellinger, of Oregon, United States
district Judge; D. M. Browning, of H
llnols, commissioner of Indian affairs;
S. C. Armstrong, of Washington, D. C,
assistant commissioner of Indian af
fairs; Daniel N. Morgan, of Connecti
cut, treasurer of the United States;
Conrad L. Jordan, of New York, as
sistant treasurer of the United States.
Daniel N. Morgan, Bridgeport, Conn.,
who Is nominated for treasurer of the
United States, Is about 60 years of age
He has been president of the National
banlt for ten years.
Conrad N. Jordan, nominated for as
sistant treasurer at New York, is well
known to the country as he was United
States treasurer In Cleveland's first ad
ministration. Edward H. Strobel, of New York,
nominated third assistant secretary of
state, served through Cleveland's first
term' and part of the succeeding re
publican administration as secretary of
the legation ttt. Madrid.
Daniel M. Browning, of Illinois, "nom
inated Commissioner of Indian affairs,
lives at Benton. He Is about 50 years
of age,' and a lawyer. ,
Frank C. Armstrong, who Is named
for assistant commissioner, was orig
inally appointed inrpector In the In
dian bureau from Louisiana in Cleve
land's 'first administration. He re
mained in the same place nearly a
year under President Harrison.
CALENDAR CLEANED UP.
Washington, April 11. The demo
crats succeeded in forcing an executive
session of the senate this morning In
the face of combined republican oppo
sition, Feffer, populist, voting with the
democrats. The finance committee of
the senate this morning cleared up the
calendar by ordering a favorable re-
port -out all nominations, including
Eckles, for comptroller of the treasury.
The fight relative to the Roach reso
lution has been transferred to the ex
ecutlVeisesslon, and Is pow In progress,
Efforts to get the matter' in shape to
satisfy both sides have been so far un
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M'KINLEY MEETS CLEVELAND.
Washington, April -11. The president
met one of the greatest of his political
enemies this morning, and the cham
pions of high tariff and low tariff ex
changed, courtesies. His caller was none
other than Governor McKlnley of Ohio.
A pleasant and somewhat touching
part of (the Interview to the governor,
was when Cleveland offered his sym
paUiy uponl th bustnless afflictions
which had recently befallen him. Alto
gether the meeting of the giants was
almost iUMMighto, furnish the text for.
a treatise upon the decadence of parti
sanshlp. ' ,
- WESTPORT ITEMS.
Some work is being done on the
wagon road from Driscoll's to Nlcoll's
mill which Indicates a busy season on
Larch mountain. There is about three
feet of snow on the mountain. Chis-
holm'a camp and C. Forrest's camp are
now in operation. Preparations for
salmon fishing are about finished.
There Is low whispering o'f a tar and
feather banquet; better stop It; if the
outrage should be' perpetrated on tn
innocent person, the wrong never could
be remedied, although patience may
cease to be a virtue, be right first, then
go legally. The rumors are that parties
here are writing letters to other parties,
as if the other parties were writing to
each other, and the parties here are
signing the names of the other parties
to their letters. If so(lt Is an Infamous
act, and all parties to It should be
punished legally. "
The American school flag, was raised
again yesterday, and nailed to the flag
staff on which the English flag has
been flying on Washington's birthday,
better let It blow away than keep it
down for any malicious purpose. Many
of our Nova Scotia citizens were In
censed at seeing the English flag flying
da the siiioolhousei, while others
seemed to take it as a matter of fact,
possibly believing they were still
under their own flag. Rumor has It
that one of the school directors was
the originator of tho insult, and had
the flag made at his house, and many
of the Nova Scotlans think it was to
cast a slur on them. There is consider
able 'feeling over it here, as there is
at Astoria. The director referred to
who is foreign born will be called upon
to explain whether these rumors about
him are true or not, at the next school
meeting and If true, the voters of the
district should end his term of director
at once. We will have our flag flying,
and oiir school conducted on the Ameri
can plan or not at all. We have a good
school now, and propose to keep it so,
and if school directors should try to
make a change and engage foreign
teachers, with their ideas which to a
certain extent would be felt by the
scholars while we,, have a surplus
of American teachers, then it will be
time to have the school fund cancelled,
for school use at Westport.
T. J. D.
Private advices from Valparaiso,
Chile, state that a gentleman of that
city, C. 3. Bosman, is preparing to sail
in a 17-foot velocipede screw-propeller
boat from Valparaiso to Chicago, for
the World's Fair. His course is
mapped out along the coast of Chile
southward, and through the straits to
Buenos Ayres, thence along the east
coast, with stops for provisions when
no vessels are encountered, across the
Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mex
ico to New Orleans, and on up the
Mississippi to the Illinois river. He
hopes to arrive at Chicago In time to
put himself on exhibition. Liverpool
FRIGHTFUL BLASTING ACCIDENT
Powder Pourel into a Hot Hole Pre-
maturely Eiplotlcs.
0003 COUNTY BUSINESS PB0SPEB3
A San Franclaeo Cashier Defaults for
139,000 Editor of the Tacoma
Newt Is Harried,
Associated Press.
Marshfield, Or., April 11. A frightful
accident happened this afternoon , at
the government roc kquarry on the
South Coos river, In which Henry Bar
tell, and William Garrison were blown
up with powder and both severely hurt.
The men were at work blasting rock.
They hda used a number of sticks of
giant powder to spring the hole, and
later put In some black powder, but as
it Jammed in the hole, the men had to
put a fuse to It and burn It outv This
they did, and then be'fore the hole was
sufficiently cooled from the last pow
der, ihey started to put in the final
charge. Bartell had a keg of black
powder In his hands and was standing
by to tamp It but when about two
quarts of powder had been poured in
the hole, it ignited and an explosion
occurred. Bartell's face was fearfully
burned, but the doctors say he will
come out ail right. Garrisons hands
were badly burned. .l
S. R. Davlc, a leading contractor on
the bay was boarding the . steamer
Butcher Boy, today when the gang
plank slipped and he fell a distance
of ten feet, breaking three ribs,
' The news that Goodall, Perkins &
Co., had purchased a controlling Inter
est In the Oregon Coal and Navigation
Company's steamers, and coal mine,
was received with great rejoicing. Bus
iness men look upon the deal as one of
the finest things that could hapen, to
Coos county, as the mine was about to
shut down and with the new owners It
means . that they will be 'continuously
operated.
A HEAVY DEFALCATION.
San Francisco, Cel., April 11. It hap
heen leiimcii today that ex-Cashier
Flood's defalcation from the" Donohue
Kelly Bank is $164,000, and a. great sen
sation has been created in financial
circles where it had been thought hit
shortage would not be over $25,000. It
Is now believed from what has been
learned, that he contmplated taking hlf
life. '
. AN EDITOR MARRIED.
Tacoma, Wash., April 11. Franklin
K. Lane, editor of the Tacoma News,
was married tonight to Miss Anna Win
termute, formerly of Chicago. They
left this evening on a bridal tour
through the East. The bride is well
known in Canadian and Chicago circles.
"THE MOB WEAKENED.
Rallna, Ka.s., April 11. John Hudson,
a negro arrested 'for assault on Mrs. J,
M. Frost, was taken from the Jail last
night by a mob. A rope was put
around his neck and he was taken and
confronted with Mrs. Frost, who posi
tively Identified htm as her assailant.
The mob then told him to prepare for
death. He earnestly protested his in
nocence, and after a time sentiment
turned in his favor to the .extent of
causing protests against summary ac
tion, and after conciliatory addresses
by the mayor and others, he was re
turned to Jail.
LARGE BEQUESTS.
New York. April 11. - The will of Ed
ward F. Shepard was filed for probate
this morning. The estate Is valued at
$850,000, realty, and a million of per
sonal property. It gives 100,000 to the
Presbytery of New York for evangel
ical work In this city; $50,000 to the
Seventh Presbyterian church of this
city; $100,000 to St. Pauls church, Tar
sus, Asia Minor. It gives all the real
estate to the widow and a special be
quest of $50,000 to A. D. Shepard. The
remainder of the estate goes to the
children.
TROOPS WANTED AT. ANTLERS.
Washington, April 11. Secretary
Hoke Smith received the following tele
gram from Agent Bennett at Musko
gee, I. T.: "Am reliably advised that
both factions of the Choctaws are be
ing strongly reinforced. The presence
of military force alone will prevent a
conflict. Troops should be sent to
Antlers as quickly as possible."
THE DOCK LABORERS' STRIKE,
Hull, England, April 11. It looks
very much as If the dock laborers'
strike was about to prove a failure. A
lot of non-union men were put to work
this morning under military protection.
This afternoon the strikers show evl
dencea of weakening, as a number of
them applied for, and were given work
EXTENSIVE FRAUDS.
St. Paul, April 11. The senate com
mittee, Which for some weeks has been
making an investigation o'f rumored
fraud in tho assessment and collec
tion of taxes in the northern part of
the state, and incidental charges of
corruption in methods of appraising
and selling state swamp lands for
school, university, railroad, and other
state usee have prepared a report
which alleges that the state has been
defrauded out of hundreds of thousands
of dollars.
TACOMA WILL OWN THE WORKS.
Tacoma, April . 11. The result of a
hotly contested election here today Is
In favor of bonding the city to buy the
water works and light plants, for
$1,750,000. Bonds will be Issued for $2,
150,000. .
LABORERS WORKING MERRILY.
Chicago, April 11. The World's Fair
strikers all returned to work, this morn- :
lng and in addition the force of land
scape gardeners was Increased to 2000
and everything went forward merrily.
JAPAN AGGRESSIVE.
Madrid, April 11. Much excitement Is
caused here by a dispatch to the effect
that Japan has seized the Pellm Is
lands, a group of islands In the north .
Pacific claimed to belong to Spain.
Along the Wkarvei- - ' '
A "four-poster," full rigged, was re
ported off the river by Captain Tlbbet,
of the Salvator.
The steamer Truckee has been en
gaged to tow the steamer South Coast
off the spit at Tillamook. The Truckee,
which arrived from Portland yesterday,
has a quantity of wrecking apparatus
on board. . '
The steamer Talwo came across from
Deep River points yesterday.
The four-masted schooner will go to
Portland In tow of the No Wonder. .
Tho Salvator was discharging ballast
yesterday .at Parker's dock.
The British bark Oakbank will not, It
Is reported, go to the Sound to load
lumber. It Ir understood she will load
grain at Portland.
The British bark Parknook has ar
rived at" Bristol from this port, and re
ports that on November 29th, In lati
tude 44:20 south, longitude 114:10 west,
when running before the wind under
all sail, an apprentice named George
,Brown, of Sunderland, fell from the Jib
boom Into the sea and was drowned.
The steamer South 'Coast, which
struck on the bar at Tollamook March
31st, and afterward drifted ashore on
the north spit, had her stern post and
keel damaged and the steamer was
high and dry at low water. It Is
thought she may be saved. Her hull
was Insured for $20,000 In San Francisco
companies.
The steamer Willapa attempted to
oroos out yesterday, but returned on
finding weather rough outside..'
EVENED UP ON THE LANDLORD.
"I get Into some odd Joints once In a
while," remarked the drummer after
dinner. We were discussing hotels and
hotel fare. "Down here at Jlmtown, I
took lunch on my last trip. There was
only one table, running the full length
of the dining room, at which was seat
ed every boarder In the house, the
landlady and her children. It was fam- '
lly style, with the entire menu before
you. The waiter, a big, strapping
daughter of the hOBtess, asked;
"Tea or coffee?"
I said I would take coffee,
"Coffee's all out; have to take tea,"
and she brought It with surprising alac
rity. -
Now I never drink tea. I Just reached
for the milk pitcher and drained It.
Presently another victim like myself,
sitting opposite, asked me; '
"Will you pass the milk, please?"
"Sorry, pardner, but the cow Is dry,"' ;
I replied, holding, the pitcher up to
view. The old lady looked daggers. 4
'There isn't another drop In the
house! The cow ran away this morn
ing!" "Well, I managed to get out. The
landlord was at the counter, shaking
dice at two bits a throw. Taxed me a
half for my lunch. Pave him a big
dollar. Got two quarters in change. I
put 'em Into that dice game. Won
three dollars off the landlord, got into
my buggy and drove off, and I never
went there any more."
Personal Mention.
Mr. J. S. Jones, of Oysterville, is In
town.
Mr. H. S. McGowan came over from
Chinook yesterday.
In town yesterday.
Mr. J. C. Callbreath, of Victoria, Is a
guest at the Occident.
Mr. M. V. Mansfield, of Boston, ar
rived in town yesterday.
Mr. C. W. Thompson, of Tacoma, was
in town for a few hours yesterday.
Mr. Early. Miss Early and Wins
Strong, of Philadelphia, are guests at
the Occident.
Mr. Irving Lock wood, of San Fran
cisco, was among those registered at
the Occident yesterday.
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