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?f -5 EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XL. NO. 100. ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNLNO, APRIL s:, 1893. PRICE, FIVE CENTS, The Mortgagee Sale of the stock of Herman Wise has been postponed till further notice. Moniiis Wise, Mortgagee. THE ASSIGNEE'S SALE AT- Parker k 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. 14 AND DATS re BanlriDl Barpi Will be closed out. MI Having quite a few poods left in. every de par ment, we have reduced everything to LESS THAN ALF PJRICE Everything in the store mut be sold out by that time; bo, food people, don't delay this golden opportunity. Yon will never have this chance again. Yon can bay ut the Dinimore atord one dol lar's worth of goods for 50 cents. CLOTHING AT LESS THAN HALF PRICE . Hafa, Ladies' and Gent's Shoes, fancy good?, etc., at way-down price. The bargains are so numerous that this space is too snail to mention same. Be sure aud call and convince yourself, as this is the last call. Item?mber, only 14 days longer and the Dinsmore store will close n p. Fixture), show oases, two large stoves, and elegant cash register for sale cheap. LEE Hanson's MORE TIIE KOHN, Manager. Store THE GREAT Nil PAGEANT The Post or Honor Goes to the Colum Tjns Camels. -1. A STOEM USHEES IN IHEDAY The Manning of the Tarda of the-' War ' Vessel! Make, a Flctureaqne Scene Iucldentt of the Occaalon. ' Associated Press. New Tork, April 27. A heavy rain storm ushered In the day of the. great naval parade, and the exercises were postponed till 1 o'clock this afternoon. Promptly at 1 o'clock President Cleve land and, party left the Victoria hotel, drove to the dock, embarked on the steamer Dolphin, and steamed away, to review thte squadron ' In spite o'f , the still unfavorable weather. The, city, which was gaily decked with bunting, presents a sorry appearance. ' c The quaintest part of the day'ir pro ceedings ' was that the post of honor' at the head of tho reviewed vessel was occupied by the Columbus caravels. These pigmy boats anchored opposite Ninety-Third street, and formed prac tically the turning point of the review. The- line of vessels reviewed was over three miles In length, stretching In' two columns from Twenty-Third street, to Ninety-Fifth. The president was escorted to the Dolphin by naval aides, accompanied by Mrs. Cleveland and the members of the cabinet and their wives. The Duke of Veragua, th nation's specially in vited guest, and the lineal descendant of Columbus, followed the Dolphin In an army boot. General Meiggs, and 13k members of the diplomatic corps, occu' pied the coast survey steamer Blake, . About 2 o'clock the signal was given for the start, and as soon as the presi dent stepped on board the Dolphin she tripped-anchor, fired one grtin as "a sig nal, and this was tesponded to by a boom which seemed to shake the whole city. The double-turreted monitor Mi antomah, lying at the rear of the port column, fired one of her new ten-Inch guns charged with nearly 250 pounds of powder. At once the whole fleet was called to quarters, and the yards mann ed. The scene was as pretty as could wen be Imagined. As the Dolphin's bow came in line with each man-of-war, "present arms" was sounded on the bugle. The officers and ciew saluted, the bands struck up the national air, and a national salute of twenty-one guns was fired by each ship. During the half hour or more the presidential progress lasted, the cannonading never ceased until more than 1600 guns had been fired. Toward the close one Titanic roar, with flashes of red flame and dense sulphurous clouds of smoke was all the spectators on shore could distinguish. When the Dolphin reached the end of Ninety-Fifth street she dropped an chor and made preparations to receive the commanding officers of the foreign squadrons, who were presented to the president by their respective ministers. Thvs officers were attired in full cere monial uniform. This ceremony closed the public cere monies of the day. At 2:30 the merchant marine was signaled to get away. The Scabird, with the committee on board, rcunded the head of the column of the men-of- war, and started down the river in the dock side. The Al. Froster' followed and the police patrol tugs fell in line two by two. After them came the tugs, steamboats and steam yach'', two and three abreast, and all with whis tles blowing, men shouting and women waving parasols. As they passed' each man-of-war, the commotion that fol lowed was never equalled In the his tory of the Harlem river. Tlio steam rose from the tugs and blew across the men-of-war; and the crews of the men-of-war faced the rails and waved hats and handkerchiefs at the noisy tugs and steamboats as they passed. Sever al steam yachts saluted the men-of-war with one gun, which mounded like a toy pistol after the big guns of the men-of-war. The whistles of the tugs and steamers kept up a continuous tooting and blowing from the time they were given permission to smrt until the low er end of the long line of rquadrons was reached. The monotony of the noise of the whistles was varied by the sirens on several of ti.o tugs and flre boats. The passengers on the steam boats crowded to the side toward the men-of-war, and many steam .-rs seem ed in imminent danger ' of capsizing, ' They went down the river with one paddle wheel In the air, and the guards under water, and the starboard deck awash. An Incident of the parade happened as the reviewing ships were passing up the river. Just as the Monmouth was abreast of the Brazilian cruiser Re publics, the concussion fr.mi the dis charge of one of her gu.u brok nearly every piece of glass in 1U0 windows n the Monmouth's starboard bide. A GORGEOUS SPECTACLE. New York, April 27. The Columbian ball tonight at Madison Square garden, In respect of magnificence, decoration and arrangement, and the' large number present, was the most splendid ever given In the new world. Be&ldts the president and visitors, the chief leg- tslatlve body of the -United States and the Spanish grandee, the lineal descend ant of Christopher- Columbus, there were the diplomatic corps and ub-or dlnate officers of every great power in the world. The governors of the neigh boring states and the St. Louis army officers were In the gathering, celeb- relUee so varied and so gloriously ar rayed that the oldest and most trav elled guest acknowledged that seldom, or never, before had he seen a parallel to the gorgeous picture presented. The decorations were rich and elaborate. Mayor Gilroy, as head of the munic ipality, and Mrs. Gilroy, officially re ceived the guests of the evening. They stood upon a reception dais, and Just behind them were stationed a commit tee of one hundred, and honor com mlttees, who escorted the more d Is tin gulshed gueets from the entrance to boxes. No precedence was observed every effort being made to indicate that the ball was a republican citizens' af fair. The president, however, was not escorted in to the mayor's deception dais when he arrived half an hour be fore midnight, but was met at the en trance by an escort of honor. The bands at his appearance played "Hall to the Chief," the only piece played In honor of any of the guests, and Mayor Gilroy advanced to meet him. After formal Introduction, the president and party were escorted to his box. BRILLIANT CREATURE OF LIGHT New Tork, April 27. Inky darkness veiled the Columbian fleet at 8 o'clock tonight and not a sound was heard by the landsmen from the anchored bat tle ships. Suddenly a signal was given and simultaneously etfery electrical search light in the fleet was turned oward the zenith. Slowly., the, rays converged until iney lormea tno npex or a brilliant silver pyramid of incalcu lable height. Experts say it could have been seen seventy-five miles away In any direction. GLADSTONE'S LIFE ENDANGERED London, April 27. The Pall Mall Ga zette contains a sensational article un der big headlines declaring that an at tempt was madb to shoot Gladstone at midnight last night as he was walk ing through St. James Park on his way home. Gladstone saw nothing of the occurrence. The man under arrest Is William Townsend, 38 years old. The officer who arrested him saw him mount the steps of Gladstone's residence shortly after Gladstone entered. When the policeman ordered him to descend fired at him and desperately resisted arrest. Townsend says the discharge of the revolver was accidental. The- prisoner's note book contained a mass of ravings against Irish home rule, and a suggestion that to murder Gladstone would be Justifiable. Not withstanding the statements that Glad stone is In no danger of being shot, and that no Importance is attached to the affair, there Is a growing suspicion that Gladstone is nearer Imminent dan ger than his friends will admit WILL COMPLETE THEIR TERMS, Moscow, Idaho, April 27. Chairman Philip Tilllnghast, of the Idaho demo cratlc state central committee, returned home tonight from Washington City, where he has been representing the democratic party of Idaho. He had In terviews with the president and differ ent cabinet officers, and freely expresses himself relative to the probable success of democrats securing all the plums In this state. Cleveland, In replying di rectly to Tlllinghast's interrogation re garding the removal of the present Ida ho office holders, said: "The present office holders will be al lowed to retain their positions vntll their terms of four years expire, unless removed for cause." Tlllinghast's Indorsement of sixteen fourth class andone presidential post master, were appointed.- There are yet eighty-six fourth class and eight pres idential postmasters to be got out cf the way. BANK CLOSES ITS DOORS. Lansing, Mich., April 27.-The Ing ham county savings bank closed Its doors this morning and Is In the hands of the commissioner ot banking. Little Is known of the cause, as the bank offi cers are very reticent. It Is said to have been caused by the failur of the Peninsular Savings bank, Detroit, to furnish enough currency to do business. The situation is extremely critical. PLURAL VOTING IN BELGIUM. Brussels, April 27. The Belgium sen ate, by a vote of 52 to 1, with fourteen absentees, approved the Nysson plan to establish universal suffrage wlih plu ral voting on the basis of ownership of property and the possession of certain educational qualifications. The Free Coinage of Silver Resolution Carried. BUT FOETY OPP08IKQ VOTES Impaitloned Eloquence of Orators on the Resolution Favoring Utah's Admla loa a State.' Associated Press. Ogden, Utah April 27. -Oi the re- assftnttflng of the trans-MIlsslppi congress this morning a vote was taken on tlte free coinage of silver resolution. The resolution was passed unanimously. The antl-sllver men afterwards secured a reconsideration. The Trans-Misslsslppi Congress took a vote this morning on the silver reso lution, passing It by a vote of 230 for free coinage, and 40 against, the op- sltlon coming largely from California and Missouri. The congress pasbed res olutions recommending an approprlat for harbor Improvements on tho Pa cific and gulf coasts. The admission of New Mexico and Arizona as states was not opposed, but when Utah wus taken up a bitter fight came on, which was participated in by representatives oK the liberal or general' party, who were opposed to the measure, and a nunib.r favoring both residents and visltlm; delegates. The Utah delegation wo unable to decide as to casting then vote, and did not vote at uli. May i Baskln, of Salt Lake, Judge C. C. Good win, of the Salt Lake Tribune, Judg; W. B. Heyburn, of Idaho, and Goern i Thomas, spoke against the rosoi..'.lin. while Colonel John P. Irish, of Cali fornia, Frank J. Kinnon, of Ogden, and T. M. Patterson, of the Denver Newt spoke for It The scene was intensely dramatic, and congress sat almost spell bound during the , eloquence-. umir rortn on the Utah question. While de nouncing polygamy the highest tributer were paid to the Mormon people for their integrity, honesty, industry and morality. A greater light on the Mor mon question has never before been given Dy enner side in Utah to so large a body of distinguished and un interested men. The resolution fav oring the admission o'f Utah as a state was carried late in the afternoon, by a vote of 162 to 71. POOR OUTLOOK. St. Paul, April 27. The farmers ol Minnesota and the Dakotas are pretty nearly discouraged over the out look for crops. Not an acre of grain It sown in North Dakota or at any point In Minnesota north of St Cloud and there are no prospects that any will bi sawn in the next ten days. It begar snowing on Wednesday and an averagt of eighteen Inches fell during the suc ceeding twenty-four hours. Since that date It has rained almost continually and yesterday morning again began snowing and fell steadily all day all thi way west from St. Paul to Dickinson, North Dakota, In northen Minnesota. around Crookston, Fisher and mniij other Red river points, thousands of acres have been converted into lake by overflowing streams, and all talk of putting In crops is out of the question RACING AT SAN FRANCISCO. San Francisco, April 27. The result of today's racing at the meeting ot the Blood Horse Association was as follows: Five-eights mile Seaside won, Rosalie, second, Relampago third. Time l:u3 1-2. Five-eighths mile Tigress won, Motto second, Quarterstaff, third. Time, l;:2s -8. One and one-eighth mile Cadmus, first. Hermitage second, Plcklou third Time, 1:68 1-2. One and one-eighth mile St Croix won, Martinet second, Little Esparanza third. Time, 1.66 5-i Five and one-half furlongs Lodl won, but was disqualified for a foul, and the race was given to Morton; Ida Glei second Mt. Carlos third. Time i:09 1-2 STEVENS' PROBABLE SUCCESSOR Washington, April 27. The resigna tion of Stevens as United States min ister to Hawaii has been on file at the state department for some time. He has been practically relieved of all dip lomatic authority and responsibility on the Islands since the arrival there o'f Commissioner Blount with plenary and discretionary power" paramount to that of the minister on all questions affect ing the present delicate relations ot the two countries. Stevens' successor will be selected soon after the president re turns from ChUago, and Mr. Blount Is prominently mentioned for the place. A GIGANTIC SCHEME. Philadelphia, April : 27.--The olTlciul announcement was made this afternoon of the rehabilitation of the' Philadelphia and Reading Railroad company, for a syndicate headed by Drexel ft Co., -and Brown Bros, ft Co. The important fea tures of the scheme' are to provide for the liquidation ot the floating debt which approximates 120,000,000, and fur- nlsh new capital for the future opera tion ot the road by creating a collateral trust loan to tho amount of $30,000,000. The bonds will bear Interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum, and the Issue price, 96, will net the company S28, 000.000. ERICCSON'S MEMORT HONORED. Tacoma April 27. The Swedlnsh res idents of this city held a parade t' day In honor of John Erlccson's birthday. Fully 100 people took part The Mayor and city officers rode In cartages behind a platoon of police, followed by the Wallhalla Association torch bearers, and a -line of Swdlsh citizens, three abreast Afloat with a model of the Monitor trimmed with flags, was a fea ture. It was surrounded by a squad of mounted officers. Fireworks blazed all along the line ot the procession as It moved to Germania Hall whe.-e the evening's exercises were held and ora tions delivered. ANOTHER BANK FAILURE. Panca, Neb., April 27. The first Na tional Bank did not open Its doors this morning. All the Information that could be obtained In regard to tho fail ure Is contained In the following notice, posted on the bank door: "Owing to recent failures in Sioux City and elsewhere, and being called on for money due, we are compelled t- close temporarily. Depositors will be paid as soon as matters can t ad justed." Business men believe that depositors will be paid In full. STEAMER ASHORE. Tacoma, April 27. The stamer Clara Brown went ashore a short distance north of Brown Point during n fog this morning, while running at full speed. She was on the way from Heat tie to Tacomo. The pilot thought lie had rounded the point, and turnel, as he supposed, toward the city, but In stead, ran her ashore. The steamer is not badly Injured, and at high tide to night a tug Is trying to pull her off. HONORING GRANT'S MEMORY. .qalena;.IlL- AorU , 27.-.T?'- w- ; festal day In Galena, the home of Gen. Grant. The demonstration was In ob servance of his 71st birthday. Ten '.housand people braved the unpropl tlous weather to assist In honoring the memory of the great commander. Pub lic offices, schools and business houses were closed. Governor McKinley was the orator of the occasion.. AN IMPORTANT DECISION. Spokanft April 27. Attorney Gen eral Jones has filed an opinion In re sponse to a request from the prosecut ing attorney at Seattle that bank stock, both In national and private banks, Is credits within the meaning of the rev enue law, and - that the owners are therefore privileged to exempt there, from Indebtedness the same as from other forms of credit. A GOOD INDIAN NEEDED. Phoenix, Arizona, April 27. A specl.il to the Republic from Brlsbee this even ing announces that Kid, the renegade apache, killed Jake Bowman, a deputy 3herlff of Cochise county. In Guadu-i-lupe canyon. Bowman was well known throughout Arizona as one of the most efficient officers In the territory. GERMAN LEGATION ELEVATED. Berlin, April 27. The committee In the relchstag on the budget have ap proved the credit asked for by the government for the purpose of elevat ing the German legation at Washington to the rank of an embassy. THE TORNADO'S WORK. Indianapolis, April 27. Information Is received that a tornado swept portions of Northern and Northwestern Indiana last night . The damage amounts to many thousands of dollars. STILL UNPREPARED. Washington, April 27. The govern ment exhibit for tha World's Fair Is not ready and therefore will not be placed in position at the fair until May 1st.- . A SUCCESSOR APPOINTED. Olympla, April 27. - William E. Nye of Walla Walla has been appointed di rector of the state penitentiary, vice W. Klrkman, deceased. THE WHEAT MARKET. San Francisco April 27. Wheat, dull and easy; $1.23 3-41.25. THE WIRES DOWN. Another break occurred In the West ern Union telegraph wires at an early hour this morning biore all of The As torian's press report had been received. The necessary repairs will be made by noon today It Is expected. An American disciple of Mohammed has returned to this country with the purpose of conferting his native land. A Georgian planter, sixty-three years old, has entered the agricultural de partment of the University at Athens, Ga. ' , i . t