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c1 ;T ' ,JU J i Ir 41) W HI S J if S EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VX)L. XL. TCO. M. AST0111A, OREGON, TUESDAY- MORNING, APHIL 18, 1893. miCE. FIVE CENTS, T 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 clop, and in order to sell everything, we have made further REDUCTIONS in every department. Lower Tiiao Ever, CLi Bs wm&m Fixtures For Sale. At Half Price :ythinc at HERMAN WISE'S, The Reliable Clothie and Hatter, Hanson s Store For Rent HCDD WEATHER BUREAU IN He Loans Money to His. Superior " , Officers. ;:' HOLDS THEM UNDER OBLIGATION Employes Treat the Government Proper ty m Their Own Sell It and Pocket - the Money. Associated Press. ' Washington, April 17. Secretary Mor ton this afternoon received the report of Assistant Attorney-General Colby, who conducted the Investigation Into the charges of Illegal and fraudulent disposal of public property In tire weather bureau. The secretary an nounced that he would take the matter under advisement. The report recom mends the immediate discharge of the officials guilty of theft, embezzlement, or of unauthorized sate of government property, and their prosecution crim inally and civilly, the entire reorgan ization of the executive management and control of the bureau, and that no government property be loaned out or taken from the department for private purposes under- any .circumstances, whatever, and that no property Is to be taken for official use except upon a pequlsltion duly signed and approved, and for which receipt, is glveuUW the property carried on the rolls of the bureau be sold only at public auction a'fter due advertisement; that the prac tice of loaning money now prevailing in the weather bureau between en ployes and officers, and especially those of Inferior rank to those in superior positions be absolutely prohibited Among the principal findings of fdet by the assistant attorney-general, were these: That In 1893 the number of brass and iron mouldings exceeding $53 value, ware sold to R. F. Brannon, cap- tain of "the watch, and without legal authority and no return was made therefor; (.hat a number of yards of carjjet and other articles belonging to the government were disposed of by the said Bannon, and no returns made that many articles of property includ ing over 800 thermometers were taken therefrom in the month of August, 1892, and disposed of without legal author'ty and no returns made therefor. Sixty. seven yards of carpet have been In the residence of Brannon for the past six month. - The evidence shows that prop erty of the government has been re' moved from the bureau from time to time at the pleasure of employes or officers for use at private residences. It further appears that Captain of the Watch . Brannon, . practiced loaning money at high rates of interest to offl cers and employes of the bureau, both to those above and below him in rank, thus placing his superior officers under financial obligations to him. MONTANA CANDIDATE FAILED,. Difference of Opinion on Finance Be tween Cleveland and Carlisle. Washington, April . 17. -Among tlu nominations which failed of confirma tion by the senate was D .G. Browne for collector of the district of Montana. The policy to be pursued by the treasury department regarding the fin anclal situation, will probably be deter mined at a consultation to be held tins afternoon between Secretary Carlisle and President Cleveland. All efforts to learn the result of the conference have thus far been unavailing. The Star bays: "Carlisle is understood to be opposed to the issuance of bonds for the present at least. It is his judgment that 't would be preferable to utilize a por tion of the reserve fund until It be- came apparent that the Issuance ol bonds was an absolute necessity. The treasury officials say that as soon hi the brokers and bankers are .positive that their attempts to force the issue of bonds is useless, just so soon will Bold shipments cease. It is undersloou there is some difference of opinion be tween President Cleveland and Secre tary Carlisle, the president rather leanlngtoward 1 the Issuance of bonds, should the free gold be entirely ex hausted. ' KEEPS HIS OWN COUNSEL. Washington, April 17. Secretary Carlisle absolutely declines to outline his future financial action, preferring to await the arrival of the emergency before Indicating what he will do. He had this morning an extended inter view with Senator Sherman. An order tor $1,250,000 gold engaged for export to morrow reduces the free gold In the treasury to about $500,000, LARGE LIABILITIES. Rochester, N. T., April 17. A. G. Tates a wholesale coal merchant o( this city, and H. H. Warner of this city, are Involved financially. They indorsed f?r each other and their notes have be?n going to protest. The amount of Tates' paper is nearly $1,000,000, of which $4u0, 000 is due to Rochester banks. On Sat urday, Tates retired from the firm of Bell, Lewis & Tates. A great pprtion of the paper held against Tates and War ner is Understood to be in New Tork and Boston banks. New, Tork, April 17. H. H. Warner president, of the Warner Investment Company, said: "I will protect my end of the : paper at the proper time. 1 stand ready to pay every dollar I owe." A UNION PACIFIC STRIKE. Boilermakers, Patternmakers, Moulders aiid Blacksmiths Involved. Chicago, April 17. Specials from Omaha- &nd Denver say a- strike has been ordered "among the. boilormakers, patternmakers, blacksmiths, and moul ders in't the shops along the entire line of the Union Pacific to take effect at noon. Trouble has arisen concerning a reduction of the standard time of the working day. Last year the company agreed to so reduce the working force as to permit work for nine hours a day instead of eight. The company began violating : the agreement in January, and the men have been unable to bring about, a restoration. Fully 3,000 men are Involved in the shops at Omaha, Denver, Salt Lake, Cheyenne, Ogden Portland, Kansas City, Rawlins, Lara mle, and round house points. Kansas City, Mo., April 17. All the boiler' and englnemakera and black smiths employed by the Union Pacific road at Armstrong, near here, went on a strike at noon. This means- that strike' has been ordered on the entire systenj, a amen here acted on orders from, the head of the order at Omaha, The Denver shopmen on the Union Pa cific'' are ready to. go out as soon as 'they receive orders from Omaha; They numbVr 200, Omaha, Neb.. April 17. Six hundred men , employed In the Union Pacific Bhops here struck at noon. . The men who went out were machinists, boiler makers, blacksmiths, moulders and pat tern makers. Portland,- Or., April 17. About 150 Union Pacific machinists in tins ilty and LaGrande quit work today. Omaha, Neb., April if The stilke lnauguroaed . on the Union Pacific by the machinists today affects about 2500 men on the system and only inter eats, workers . of iron or those men working eight lintirs instead of nine as they -Allege they- were promised on Jan- uary 15th.. The towns most affected in addition to Omaha, are Denver, Chey enne, Salt Lake, Rawlins, Armstrong Pocatello, Evanston, Larmie, LaGrando Shoshone, and Portland. From ,conver- satlons-with officials, the concensus of opinion: was that the road has never been in better condition to undergo a strike than at the present time. FREIGHT TRAINS ABANDONED. Wichita, Kansas, April 17. All the 'frelkht trains on the Newton and Pur- cell division of the Santa Fe, and on the Wichita and Western, have teen abandoned for lack of engineers. There are twelve dead engines at Newton, seventeen at Arkansas City, nineteen at Purcell, and the road has no means of making the repairs necessary to put them in service. AN ANCIENT OUTFIT. Pioneer Locomotive and Coaches Hun by Pioneer Railroad Men. New Tork, April 17. The queerest railroad train seen in many long years drew out of the Pennsylvania depot this morning. The train consisted of an engine and two coaches of the Penn sylvania Railroad. The engine is ihe first rallwa locomotive used on tnl side of the Atlantic. It is called "John Bull," and started this morning puffing Its way laboriously to the World's Fair. The coaches look like stag' coaches on railway wheels. The engine driver A. S. Herbert, drove the "JoJ-n Bull" in 1852. J. W. Sanderson the fire man, was such In 1855. The other rail road men on the train are equally an clent. DEFAULTING CASHIER DEAD. Nashville, Tenii.. April 17. John Schardt, the -defaulting eafhier of the Mechanics' Savings Bank and Trust Company, died tonight from congestion of the brain. The bank made an arslgn mennt this morning for the benefit of all its creditors. The assets are $200,000, normal, and the liabilities $150,000. The officers of the bank express confidence In the belief that the assets will pay all debts. Schardt transferred to t:ie bank his life Insurance policies amount ing to $80,000 and certain notes and real estate and assets exclusive of thog" transferred by Schardt amount to J161,- 000. The failure is due to the defalca tion of the cashier and not to extraae ous causes. PEDESTRIAN MILLER'S TRAMP. San Diego, CaL, April 17. Chris Mil ler, the pedestrian, will leave San lw go in the morning 'for Los Angeles or. foot. His trip around the boundaries of the United States will take him through the principal cities of the coast as far as Seattle. Here he strikes eastward, enroute to the northeastern corner of Maine. A COLLI ERT FIRE. Hazleton, Pa.. April 17. Fire is rag ing in Costal Ridge colliery near here. Five men are said to be in the mine. Ill Gens' i'Armes, CWc Guards, and La borers Shot Down. UNIVERSAL 8UTFRAGE DEMANDED Thirty Thousand Winers Stop work . Charleroy Worklngmen Hostile to the Government. Associated Press. Brussels, April 17. The industrial revolution against the chamber of dep uties is in full progress. Today a thou sand dock laborers in Antwerp joined the strikers; and demonstrations be came so threatening that the military had to be called out to preserve order. No conflicts have occurred, but the at titude of the strikers is very threat ening, and trouble Is expected at any moment. Brussels, April 17. There is no deny ing the fact that the crisis Is acute. Ex cited meetings in favor of universal suffrage are being held throughout the country. Everywheie Impassioned ap peals are made to those who live by toll to join the general demonctraMon In Charleroi district where- thirty thousand miners aie employed, work in the mines Is at a standstill. "The hot blooded strikers at Gram mont assembled in the Cafe Holland and held an lumprptommoy and hsld an Imprlmptu mteUng at which fiery si.eeches were made by thi leaders. The gens d'armes attempts to break up the meeting but met will a stout resistance. Two gens daimu and a large number of the rioters wari severely wounded. At Mons the strikers indulged in. ill. manner of threats against the govern ment and determined to take pottsc sion of the town for a labor procession A desperate hand to hand conflict witl the guard ensued. The battle was lone and bitterly contested,' but finally th guard was victorious. Four of the min ers were killed and many - wounded This affray has added gieatfy to tin excitement in town and there is dai ger of more serious outbreaks. . Tin government has issued a decree call lng out all themlll tla. for the defen.ii of the state, This means the mobiliza tion of some 45,000 troops against the worklngmen. - , A dispatch from Antwerp this even lng shows the situation to be inort threatening. Since noon the striken have gathered repeatedly in larg crowds throughout the northern did- trlcts. At 3 o'clock, a cquadron of po lice riding with drawn swords against the workingmen . were overwheiiiier' with showers of stones and timbers The police retired in confusion, ant' while reserves were being summoned, the strikers and women and chlldini hastened from their houses with fir arms. When another squadron of pi. lice supported by a detachment of ulvl guards tried half an hour later to drive back the mob, they met with volleyr from the revolvers and rifles of men behind the barricade.. Many solo'w were wounded. - " RUIN IN ZANTE. Earthquake Levels Most of the City and Killed Many Inhabitants. Athens. April, 17. The Island of Zante, the principal one of the Ionian group, was visited this morning. A great part of the city of Zante was de stroyed. So far twenty bodies have been taken from the ruins, and It It feared many more aie still burled. hundreds are Injured. Most of the in habitants fled to the plains back of the city, where they wandered about be moaning the loss of relatives and prop erty by the recent earthquake. . The shock occurred at 7:30 a m. The church of St. Dlonysius and the govern ment offices were thrown down. Advic es from the interior show that the whole Island is devastated. Many vil lages are destroyed and it Is thought the loss of life is very great, News ol the disaster comes in very slowly as communication with the interior of the Island has been gieatly interrupted by the destruction of many telegraph lines. The full extent of the calamity cannot be estimated at present. A warship will be dispatched from Piraeus with clothing and medicines for the suf ferers. EXAMINATION OF CHINESE. Tacoma, Wash., April 17. Chinese In terpreter Rlcker, arrived this afternoon from San Francisco and will commence the examination of 240 Chinese brought over by the Mogul, The work will havt to be done rapidly as the steamer Is scheduled to sail on Wednesday. U is said strict orders have been received from the treasury department thst proofs must be sufficient that they are returning merchants Irrespective of ar.; certificates. BHEEHAN DENIES. Buffalo, N. T., April 17. Th'iclty hall was under guard all lat night to pre vent the mayor from taking action un der the bill passed last week by the leg islature for the appointment of new po lice and excise commissioners. The In junction preventing such action was severe on the mayor and oiher officers this morning. Lieutenant governor Sheehan denies that It was the pur pose of the bill to cripple the Cleve land democracy. OREGON PACIFIC ACTIVE. Its Extension into Eastern Oregon Is Strongly Intimated. Boise, Idaho, April 17. Sometime ago E. W. Hadley, receiver of the Ore gon Pacific road wrote to Mayor Knney of Boise for maps and other informa tion regarding this section of the stats. The request was complied with. In a letter acknowledging the receipt of the documents, Mr. - Hadley says of the Oregon Pacific: "During all Its vicissitudes 1 do not think it was ever bo near construction ind extension towards the promised land of Eastern Oregon and Boise, as It Is at the present moment and I feel sure If we all put our shoulders to the wheel with a long pull and a pull all together, we shall ere long - be mak ing the dirt fly in your direction." ! The fact that such a statx-ment Is made by the receiver 1b thought to in dicate that strong parties are pre paring to nl.e hold of the road with a view of pushing it eastward,, to conmo tlon with tno tin Mingl on or nme other trunk line. A MAIDEN LADT DROWN EP. Flugene, Or., April 17. The e-oroner today held an inquest on the body of .llss Elisabeth Jordan, 54 years old. who dlsappeaied from the home of her jrothor near Jasper, on February 2Hh, rhere has been a mystery about the voman's disappearance; Her bonnet vaa found in a creek some weeks ago, tnd since that a thorough search hps Men made of the creek. On Saturduy, by the moving of a Jam of logs in the reek the body was dlscoyered. A post mortem examination failed to find any svldence of violence and the Jury re- -urned a verdict of death by drowning." ' SAD CASE OF SUICIDE. Baker City, Or., April 17. Mrs. 3. II. Parker, wife of the cashier of the TIrst National bank in this city, com- ' tnttted' suicide last night by taking an ' overdose of morphine. Domestic In felicity was the cause. A policeman broke open the bedroom door and found . the deceased lying on the floor In her night clothes. Death had respited sev- ral hours previous. She threatened to take her life yesterday morning if her husband did not come home. He had lot been home for several days. . De ceased leaves a daughter by a former nusband, who is attending school at Oakland, Cal. A MISTAKE CACSLOD SUICIDE. ' San Francisco, A;',rll 17 Nw Is re vived here of the suicide of Robert Kloer, a tailor by Jumping f"'m the iteamer Alameda, bound for Australia it sea on April 6th. Kloer wag a Gor man tailor and could speak no Eng lish. He had determined to go to Se attle and It Is supposed hu was con fused and took tho wrong cte'iiir.er. The Alameda and the Umatilla sailed the same day and when he teamed his mis. take and that he was k'Iu among strange people, despondency is supposed to have preyed on his mind and ted him to the commission of the doej. A DESPERATE NIGGER. Albany, N. T., April 17. John John son, known as "Blue Niggor irom Clyde," ran amuck in the broom shop of the Auburn prison this morning armed with a sharp knife used In cut ting broom corn. He first attacked Charles Peck, a fellow convict, leaving him dead In his tracks, and next fatally stabbed Daniel Britten, a convict, and severely wounding several others. He was finally captured and confined. KILLED BT A LOCOMOTIVE. Baker City, April 17. Testerday the locomotive of train No. 2, of the east bound Union Pacific passenger train, ran Into and killed J. J. Cavana, a farmer living three miles west of Hun tington. . The deceased . Was dea'f and was struck Just as the engine was mak ing a curve. He leaves a wife and several children. TWO SOLDIERS KILLED. Chicago, April 17. While a party of soldiers were setting up a 14-ton gun as a part of the government exhibit at Jackson Park this morning, the gearing broke, and Private Warwick was crush ed to a pulp, and Private Kern fatally hurt. WORLD'S FAIR FORCE DOUHLnO. Chicago, April 17. Work on l he World's Fair Is being pushed with the utmost vigor, and beginning tonWiit. double force of men will be employed In the Installation work night and day. FAST CRUISER "DKTr.OlT." New London, Conn., April 17. The new United States cruiser Dot roll made glorious record on her trial trip to day. She made over 2i miles p"-r hour.