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. . -.; hWfc . 7W 'i(- 4Wl yfMf Mfe-r1': - A ,4 fv UL lil ir '3s ' ilsi! altf1' ! J$vwm M j r ml Ut EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. : - VOL. XL. NO. 88. ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 14, 1893. PRICE, FIVE CENTS, THE ASSIGNEE'S SALE AT- Parker Will be continued for a few days until further notice. Everything MUST BE CLOSED OUT AND PRICES WILL BE CUT To Suit the Condition and the times. W. W. PARKER, Assignee. BANKRUPT SALE! AT- Is drawing to a cloV and in have made further REDUCTIONS in every department. ! Lower Than Ever, GrjJ) JC Fixtures For Sale. At Half' Price. .a :ytoissq at HERMAN WISE'S, . The Reliable Clothie" and Hatter, anson s order to sell everything', we Xr3r C-I. Store For Rent AMERICAN FLAG HAULED DOWN United Slates Forces Sent Aboard the . Boston at Honolulu INDIGNATION AMOHG AMSEIOAN3 Conimlailonc Itlount Hold a Secret CoD' fereuce With President Dulo aod Minlater-. Associated Press. Honolulu, April 6. The Stars and Stripes, which for two months have floated from the government building have been hauled down, and the re. malning forces from the United States cruiser Boston, have been sent aboard. Nothing Indicative of American author ity remains In Honolulu save Minister Stevens and Commissioner James II. Blount, of Georgia, the latter of whom alts In his easy chair at his cottage at the Hawaiian Hotel, cogitation on no one knows what. Probably no more distasteful a task ever fell to the lot of a gallant American seaman than was Imposed upon Lieutenant Draper of the United States Marine Corps of the Bog ton, who-has been stationed at the government house since the provisional government assumed power, when on April 1st, In the presence of a crowd numbering probably two thousand per. sons, he blew the notes of retreat. from. his bugle and "Old Glory" sank from Bight of the throng and was replaced by the hybrid colors which still remains the flag of this land. The report that Commissioner Blount would order the American flag down and the protecto rate abolished got abroad on the night of March 31st, pieceding the day of the occurrence, but did not become gener al. It created at first among the Amer ican party a feeling of consternation not altogether unmixed with Indigna tion. This was due to the fact perhaps, that Blount has maintained a Chinese wall about the purposes of his mission hre and has satisfied neither side as to whether he came as a minister to ne gotiate or an envoy to investigate in a matter of vital importance to them. On the afternoon of March 31st, the com missloner held a long and secret confer, ence President Dole and his ministry at which he notified them of his inten. tion to declare off, the protectorate es. tabllshed by Minister Stevens on Feb rufcry 1st. It is understood that he gave as reason therefor that the Washington administration did not regard a pro tectorate as necessary, and further that it was incompatible with any diplomat' 1c negotiations that might be arranged between the two countries. The United States, however, would brook no inter' ference In Hawaiian affairs by any for eign power. After the ceremony o'f hauling down the Stars and Stripes and hoisting the Hawaiian flag, some of the Mohican's offlcers said as they turned . slowly away, that while the withdrawal of the flag might be the proper thing In In. ternatlonal law, they personally felt as though "we had no right to be here" end witness the act. As the crowd dis persed fnm the palace square It was remarked by many of the whites with surprise, that no demonstrations of anv kind had been made when the Hawaiian flag was raised, beyond the "present arms" of the provisional troops. It was afterwards ascertained that the queen had requested some of her people to instruct the natives to make no demonstration or outburst on the occasion. Commissioner Blount re mains a good deal as an American Sphynx to a majority of the people here. He is a good questioner but Is not so ready at Imparting Information 'About the only Information had of him here is contained in the letter of Pres. ldent Cleveland to President Dole, dat ed March 11th, In which Cleveland says "I have made a choice of James H. Blount, one o'f our distinguished citi zens as my special commissioner to visit the Hawaiian Islands and make a report to me concerning the present rtatus of affairs in that country. He Is well informed of our sincere desire to cultivate: and maintain to the fullest extent this friendship which has so ions existed between the two countries a nd In all matters affecUng our re-la- tions with the government of the Haw aiian Islands his authority, is para mount' President Dole said he was satisfied Mr. Blount was proceeding in a proper manner and he would regard as hurtful to Hawaiian Interest to have the ques tion made a partisan political one In the United States. The provisional gov ernment was strong enough to main tain itself against any Internal disturb ance. The chief danger to be apprehend ed here is Japanese interference either In behalf or at the application of Jap anese subjects or the Hawailans them selves. ' DISCUSSING MINISTER EGAN. Washington, Apr! 1 13. Secietary Gresham said this afternoon that the action of Minister Egan In affording an asylum to two revolutionists Chile who returned to Santiago, was the subject of correspondence by the department of state, but in the absence of full information and of all the facts it) the case, there was nothing he could say regarding the matter. Until that was secured, the instructions for the guidance of Minister Egan will be withheld from the public. DROWNED IN THE KLAMATH. Kureka,, cai., April 13. Four men, strangers, here were' drowned whl! attempting to cross the Klamath river near Gold Bluff. The bodies o'f two were found, also valises containing let terg addressed to James Waddle, Gold. en City, Missouri. The names of Chas. Ira, and Eva Waddle, and Sadie Coll ler, Jessole Fell, and T. J. Rldgeway were mentioned In the letters, j THIRTY RETURN TO WORK. Topeka, Kas., April 13. Under the warning that unless they returned to work this morning they would be dls charged, about thirty of the striking shopmen of the Santa Fe road went' to work this morning. The management says none of the others will be taken back. MAKING NEW POSTMASTERS. Washington, April 13. The total number of fourth class postmasters ap pointed today, is 161. Chinook Salmon K and Its Rivals It Is Interesting and profitable for Co. lumbta river cannerymen to study the source of supply which last year made up a grand total of 1,322,997 ca.es of salmon. According to the statement before us, which In the absence of of ficial data, may be as accurate as any Alaska produced 480,000 cases. This year it is announced that the pack will be 600,000 cases in the associated can. nerles alone. The pack at Chllkat, Met lakatla and other places may increase the Alaska total to about 650,000 cases. Most of this pack ought to be brought to' Astoria and distributed here, but un fortunately, our city has lost, or nearly 'lost,1, her'grlp on the Alaska trade. Th. sllght hold that we retain on It Is due to the enterprise of Mr. Morgan, who has his own steamer, manages his own cannery at Chllcat, and brings the pre. duct thereof here, either for shipment or storage. The rest of the trade goes mainly to San Francisco, wheie the Alaska association has its headquarters and base of supply. This may not be always so. In coming years the Alas ka salmon pack may undergo a large increase. More Information will be ao. quired in time regarding Alaska salm on and other fisheries. This will awak en enterprise and lead to the Invest' ment of capital, thereby Incieaslng the production and Improving the methods by which Alaska salmon is preserved. When that comes to pass, much of the Alaska pack may be brought here for distribution among American markets, or for shipment to Europe, Australia and India by some of the many ships that will then regularly frequent our port. ' Next to Alaska our most active rival Is British Columbia. Her . pack last year was 236,997 cases. The firm of Rlthet & Company, make the pack to be 22S.459, but for the sake of uniform lty we accept the larger figures, which comprise the following products: Fra. ser river, 68,132 cases; Fraser river, (outside) 15,200 cases; Skeena river, 90,- 000; River's Inlet, 19,123; Naaa river, 26,250; Gardener's Inlet, 6,000; Lowe In let, 4,292. , An "off" year and the small-pox, which scared the Indian fishermen away account ror tne comparative smallncss o'f the 1S92 pack. This year there will be five new canneries In op- eration.-and It Is expected that the In flux of salmon will be large. There Is no reason . to suppose that any epi demic will disturb the Indians, or that Alaskan rivalry will discourage the British Columbia canners, who are in a position to procure salmon cheaply and and pack It at, perhaps, lesa cost than any persons engaged In the busi ness (n Alaska, or elsewhere. Fortun ately, the British Columbia pack will not compare In American markets with that of the Columbia river. The tariff might suffice to exclude it, but a part from that, the British ColumbU salmon finds Its readiest market In Great Brit ain, where it Is admitted duty five, nd Is sold at prices adapted to the i.optilar needs. The remainder of the grand tJtal, 606 cases Is credited to the Columbia river, the Oregon coast and Puget Sound fisheries No ' Increase Is expected this t'.ason In the Columbia river pack, over that Of 1832, that is 46.,00v cases. The run of salmon on the coast was exceptionally large last year, and may not be repeated for home time. The Puget Bound catch Is generally smallabout 23,800 cae. It follows that this may be regarded as a conserv ative year In the salmon business a year In which the conditions Imllcflte a total pack not much in excess of the 1892 output. The only marked liicr"se niay be as already noted, in British Co lumbia. ' THEIB LITRE CHILD CREMATED Ir. and Mrs. Chas. White's Borne., . SOUTHERN OREGON PRESBYTERY Additional .'articular rf T!i Trilble Storm That Hal Bean So Fatal and DeUrootlv.. Associated Press. Grant's Pass, Or., April 13. The res idence of Chas. E. White, near Wood vilie, In this county, was burned at 5 o'clock this morning and Mr. White's little son aged nine years was cremat ed, and Mrs. White was seriously burned. This morning two older7 boys got up and built a fire and went to at tend to the chores. Mr. and Mrs. Whlte did not get up at once or until they heard the noise of the flames. On op. ening their bedroom door they weae forced back by the flames. They then had some difficulty about opening t. window to escape and the fire was sc rapid In its progiess that they were forced, both being burned and not being able to rescue the child. Then had been some carpet rags colored the pievlous day and they were drying In front of the fireplace and It Is supposed that a spark from the lire caused the conflagration. . EOUTHERN OREGON PRESBYTER, Ashland, Or., April 13. The South em Oregon Presbytery Is In session it Ashland this week with an attendance of about twenty ministers and elder? Rev. A. Murcellus of Oakland, va elected moc'.rator; T. J. Edmunds o Klamath Fa.llr, permanent clerk; H Moser of Bandon, temporary clerk. VICTIMS OF THE CYCLONE. St. Louis, April 13. Though lw nights and days have passed since lh- oyelona tore through the Bmali towui in the southwestern part of the state reports of damage and loss of life ar still coming in. me oausaiues so lar ere reported as follows:' ' At Hawkln's bank: dead, Wlltlair Asher, with a baby In his arms; Andrcv Day, Mrs. James Wilson, Mrs. Washer John D. Lay, John Dill and ah un known babe. There are bIx fatally am twenty-five seriously hurt. At Lexington: dead, Anna Waldur Mrs. John Luke, her brother Farri: Walker, and a t.egro boy; three fatall; injured. . 1 At Stansbury: dead, Mrs. Ward an two unknown women, and two fatally hurt. l ', At. Steel vllle: dead, -Chnrles Adair D. M. Green and five unknown. At Page City: dead, Daisy (Stanley coloied; three fatally, and three serl ously Injured. ' At Hlgginsvtlle eight persons wer killed, and three, probably more, wll die; twenty-five wounded. The kil'.ec' are Mrs. Mary Lake, and two brothers two children of William Walker, Hug) McElroy, Mrs. A, II. Ketley, Josepl Brueggen. Mrs. Joteph Brueggen reported killed, but the report Is nol confirmed. LATER STORMS. Dundee, Mich., April 13. A terrible wind storm passed over heie last night At Rea, three miles west, only on building was left standing. Mrs. Jac ob Helser was killed and her husbanc' fatally hurt. Hundreds of acies oi' or chards are ruined. Milan, Mich., April 13. A cyclone- passed south of here last night. Al Clarksvllle a house was blown down, and one woman killed. There wai much damage done In the country. Detroit, Mich., April 13. A wind and rain storm passed through the town- Bhip of Jtoyal Oak last night. Nearly everything in Its path was leveled. The house of Christian Brick was de molished, and then it took fire. Brick and his wife and children escaped, but his father and mother were burned tc death, ... Tensas Parish,. La., April 13. A cy clone passed through this parlxh yes terday, doing great damage to plan totlons. The whole of Its course hat not yer btbn heard from. So far one negro Is reported seriously hurt. THE CYCLONE AT YPSILANTI. Ypsllantl, Mich., April 13. This city today Is In a lamentable condition and business Is suspended owing to the hav oc caused by the storm. Almost all of the principal house In the business blocks are either demolished of badly damaged. Houses were lifted from their foundations, buildings unroofed and walls tumbled into the streets a mass of ruins. , The heavy rain which fol lowed the storm added largely to the damage of stocks of goods left exposed It Is roughly estimated that the loss on business houses Is between $100,000 and 1150,000. Ypsllantl, Mich., April 13.-The totai loss by last night's stonn In this city was about $100,000. No loss of life is reported, and but few injuries. There are unauthenUcated rumors that Sa llna, a village ten miles south, was de stroyed. THE GREAT WHEAT DEAL. Gossip About Partridge and his Mill- itnail a it ' Chicago, April 13. May wheat sold down to 80 cents a bushel today, a bieak of ten cents from yesterday's high point. There waa a general air on change of an awful uncertainty. To many It looked like the celebrated bull clique had abandoned the f.eld. This theory was not generally entertained, however. Another object In letting down the price was thought to be to en courage the ehorta to respond to mar gin calls more freely than they have for two or three days. The deal, it is asserted, being run In absolute cold blood, it Is the determination to get every dollar out of It that can be ob tained.' Partridge Is decidedly the lay figure today; Ke Is quoted as saying that as soon as his wife returned from California he will have another million dollars at his disposal. He telegraphed for her and those best acquainted with the Inside oi' the situation say Mrs. Partridge will never put her signature to a paper Involving a dollar's worth of two million dollars worth In real es tate standing In htr name, but the clique seem to Le willing to give him a ?hance to raise nil the cash-heoan scrape together, evidently acting on, the theory that the moie he puts up the more they will get. In confirmation of the theory that the plunger will get no aid from his better half, the story Is told that she made him pledge him lelf not to speculate In that line over million of bushels, and that his son vas given charge of his bank account ind check book to prevent a violation it the agreement. Several times since has called him down on reports from the son, but the speculator has still operated beyond the limit. THE HOUSE MEMBERSHIP. Wailiington, April 13. An unofficial list of the members elect of the house of representatives for the Fifty-third congress aa compiled by the clerk of the house was published today. The list Is unusually full. Of 356 seats, but one Is vacant. The vacancy Is the Sev enth Massachusetts district, and the vacancy was caused by the election of According to Clerk Kerr's account, the democrat will have 220 representa- . Huo And thA rAnuhllpnnn 127. and the third party, 8. PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS." Washington, April 13. The president has sent to the renate the following nominations: A. W. Terlll, of Kansas, minister to Turkey; J. W. Hawkins, jf Arizona, associate Justice of the su preme court of Arizona; J. H. M. Wig man, of Wisconsin, United States at torney for tho eastern district o'f Wls .onaln. SEVERE FARGO WEATHER. Fargo, N. D April 13. The tcmper- iture fell to eleven degrees last night. xnd snow ceased to fall by noon to day. The Ice Is badly Jammed be- twtVn here and Grand Forks, and u ?ang are trying to break up the big does with dynamite! The temperature Is still below freezing point. THE STRIKE IN BRUSSELS. Brussels, April 13. The strike Inaug urated by the labor leaders as 'a pro test against the rejection of the uni versal suffrage bill Is still spreading. In the vicinity of Mons, fifteen thous and men are on strike. There was a savage encounter between the strll.ers and the gens d'armes. A . DESTRUCTIVE FLASH. Nauhvllle, Tenn., April 13. The barn of Charles Reed, a prominent horse man of this state, near Gallatin, wr.a tmck by lightning last night. Twenty five brood mares In foal by the cele brates horse, St. Blaz, were Instantly killed. The loss Is oer 100,000. BERING SEA ARBITRATION Paris, April 13. Upon resumption of tl.e sitting of the Bering sea court of arbitration today, James C. Carter con tinued In behalf of the United Putts, In the presentation of the American side of the case, which was commenced yesterday. SALINE NOT HEARD FROM. Detroit. April 13. Indications are that the leport that the town of Sallnu, near Ypsllantl, was destroyed by a cyclone last night Is true. Nothing has been heard from there since last night. It was a town of 1,200 Inhabitant. REPUBLICAN SENATORS STAND Washington, April 13. The republi can senators In caucus this morning, decided to Insist to the last on an in vestigation Into the charges against Roach and hearing of the claims ct Ady to Martin's seat. OIL REFINERY BURNED. Buffalo, N. Y., April 13. The Homes Ol! Refinery, covering twelv- acrvh. with 30,000 barrels of oil and a lot of cars, wss burned this afternoon. The loss will be heavy.