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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1893)
'ft; Oft r4W A u Amw- AW mm b I IE I I J It 1 '-i4. EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 6,. 1603. PRICE, FIVE CENTS, VOL. XL. TCO. 106. ASSIGNEE'S SALE Continued till old stock is closed out at cost. New Goods arriving sold at ' liberal discount. W. VV. PARKER, Assignee. A Card to My attention was this evening called to the following Item In th Budget: It will be a good thing for the town when the old bankrupt stock of Dins more Is gotten rid of, and the whole out fit leaves town. It has been no go. d from the start. It Is about time the people shut down on these outside penny-catch concerns. In reply to the above, I wish to state that I object, most emphatically, to any blackmailing scheme. Regarding ad vertising as a business proposition, I shall advertise only where I know it will bring good results. Mr. Dunbar -kept quiet from February 22d until March 22d, during which period I advertised- In his paper. On the latter date I discontinued my advertisment, .having found that the Budget was de ficient In circulation, and consequently useless as an advertising medium. Since then I have repeatedly refused the solicitations of his agents for patronage, and thinking to coerce me he now tries the blackmailing method. The following shows for Itself: Astoria, March, 1893. M. Dlnsmore Bankrupt Sale; To the ABtorla Budget, Dr. to adver tising from February 22d, to March 22d, . $24. Received payment, Astoria Budget, per L. E. S. The bargains given at the Dlnsmore j bankrupt sale speak for themselves, and no blackmailing newspaper idiots need apply for advertising patronage. LEE KOHN. SOCIETY ItlEETINUS. Scandinavian Benevolent Society. REGULAR MEETINGS OK THIS BOJIETS at their rooms lu Pythian building at eight o'clock v. m.. ou the second aud louiiu Tues day i ol each month, AlIO. DANTELBON Secretary. Ocean Encampment No. 13, 1. O. O. F REGULAR MEETINGS OF OCEAN EN campment No. 18, 1. 0. 0. F., at the Lodge. In the Odd Fellows Building, at seven p. m., on the second and fourth Mondays ol each Dinnth. Sojourning brethren cordially invited, By order 0. P. Astoria Building & Loan Association rjlHE REGULAR MEETINGS OF THIS ABSO JL ciatlon a-e held at 8 p. m. on the tlrsc Wednesday ol each mouth. Office on Genevieve .street, south of Cbeuarnus. W.L.R0BB, " , Secretary. Common Oouncu. ItJKGULAR MEETINGS, FIRST AND )L third Tuesday evenings of each mouth bt 8 o'clock. stsrPersons desiring to have matters acted upon by the Council, at any regular meeting must praeut the same to the Auditor and Clerk, on or before the Friday eveuine prior to the Tuesday on whloh the Council holds tt reculai meetn. K. OSBURN. Auditor and Police Judge. Boant of Flint Commissioners. THE REGULAR MEETINGSOFTHI8B0ARD, will be held on the first Monday, of each month at 10 a. in. in the rooms of the Astoria Chamber of Commerce. W. L. ROBB, Sec JEFF'S RESTAURANT IS THE Boa Ton Ton Restaurant in the Town And the Finest en the Coast. 1 Dinner Parties, Banquets a Specialty Tk Fiacst Wises sad Iiiqior. 0. A. STINSON & CO.. BLACKSMITUING Ship and Cannerv work, Uorsnoelng, Wag ons made and repaired. tioia work guaranteed Ou Cass street, opposite ine ' imm Talk o lice The Original and Genuine (WORCESTERSHIRE) SAUCE Imparts tha most fleildoos taste and rest to EXTRACT of a LETTER from a MEDICAL GEN. TLEMAN at Msd ru, to his brother at WORCESTER, Max, 18L "Ten LEA ft PERKINS1 that their sauce li highly otceiued in India, and ia in my opinion, tbs mottt p!ab!e, aa well aa the moet trhole sonie hum that ia SOUPHi CEAVIE-S- Fisn, TIOT A- COLD MEATS, . i?W )l GAME, WEL8I1. fce Beware of Imitations; ' imnwiii i i i swans ece that you get Lea & Pen-ins1 -ettgutam era arerr Lottie of Original k Oennfna. .JOHN BINCA.VS MM, KtW Y'tUK. the Public, I. "W. CASE, BANKER. Transacts a General Bakkims Business. Drafts drawn available in any pari; of the 0 8. and Europe, and on Kong Kong, China, Office Hours:-lQ A. M. to 8 KM. Odd Fellows Building, Astoria, Oregon. I. W. CASE, INSURANCE AGENT, REPRESENTING German-American, New York City, N. Y. -Union Firs and Marine, of New Zealand. National Fire and Marine Int. Co., of Hartford. Connecticut Fire Ins. Co., of Hartford. Home Mutual Ins. Co., of San Francisco. Phtcnii, of London. I Imperial, of London. New York Plate Glass Ins. Co. ASTORIA NATIONAL BANK D0E8 A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. Accounts of Finns and Individuals (solicited on Favorable Terms. luteretit paid on Time Deposits. Monej Loaned on Personal security. Foreign aud i)omestio Exchange bought au1 sold. 0. K.- Warns, President. 1. K. Himlas. Cashier. J.C llenear, Vice President It. K. Warn. . C. 8. Wright. John Holxoa, Directors. II. C.Thompsoa, Tkeo Bracker, THE ASTORIA SAVINGS BANK Acts as trustee for Corporations and Individ Uals. Deposits solicited Interest will be allowed on savings dcposlU as ioIIown; On ordinary savings books i per cent, per annum. On term savings bookrf ( per cent per annum. Ou certificates of deposit: For three moutbn, 4 per cent per annum. For six months. 5 per cent per annum. For twelve mouths, 6 per cent per annum. I. W. CASE President J. Q. A. POWLBY . Vice-President FRANK PATTON Cashier W. K. DEMENT - Secretary DIBKCTOas: L W. Case, t. Q. A. Bowlby, Gust Holmes. C. B. Pare, Beni. Younir, A. B. Reed. t. J. Taylor. THE PORTLAND SAVINGS BANK or PORTLAND, oiutoojr. Paid np capital . ........ ..PCO.OOO (Surplus aud profits. .. .......... 60,(WO SRANK DEKUM. President. D. P. THOMPSON, Vice-President H. C. STRATTON. Cashier T. 33. T7UTtrjOLTT Dealer lu Hardware and Ship Chandlery, . Pure (Ml, Bright Varnish, Blnaele Oil. Cot ton CiUtvas Hemp baii Twiim. Ird tl, Wrought Iron Spike. Gaivanlzted Cut Nails Grooorloa, 33to. Agrlculuiral Implements, 8wlng Ma macbine, Paiui aud Oils. WILD EXCITEMENT ON 'CHANGE Failures Leai to a Panic in New Tori's Stool" Harlot, PANDEMONIUM .WAS REIGKING Other Firms Reported as In Bbaky Con' dltlon-The Market Glutted With Stocks. Associated Press. New York. May Shortly after opening, the market was thrown Into a panic by the announcement of the failures of Henry Allen & Co.,and B. L. Smlthe and Co., and liquidations wera enormous, especially In such stocks as these firms were supposed to be interested. Great excltemenf. pre vailed as block after block came up on the market. A. H. King & Co., a firm which under various names has been in business for forty years failed yesterday. The liabilities amount to a quarter million dollars. ' . Jus t before 2 o'clock, call loans Jumped to 20 per cent, adding to the general demoralization. The scene on the exchange was very wild. Crowds gathered around the trading posts of active stock, and men swung their arms and yelled themselves hoarse In attempts to sell. Going and coming brokers' messengers ran as if satan was after them. Nobody thought of walking and the gravity of the sit uation was accented by the pale.anx ious faces of the struggling brokers. THE CAUSES OP THE PANIC. New York, May 4. Wall street was startled soon after the opening by the failure of Henry Allen & Co., a house which, because of Its ramifications in Chicago and other Western cities, has commanded large patronage and ex erted an Important influence on" change Almost simultaneously with this an nouncement came the failure of B. L. Smith & Co., and later the suspension of Schuyler Walden was made known. These three concerns owe their mis fortunes to the remarkable dcllne in National Cordage stocks of which they had bought heavily for customers who failed to respond to calls for additional margin. Throughout the day there were rumors .of other failures impend ing brokers and speculators were kept In a state of trepidation and excite ment by the fear of further calamities. Liquidations were on a wholesale scale, nd Intense excitement prevailed as the various firms sold their customers, and a perfect avalanche of stocks cams upon the market. The drop in prices was unusual even for times of panic, and denoted the serious straits in which the speculators find them selves. The fact that London and Paris bought heavily and investors here with ample means also took stock freely, failed to stem down the wayward cur rent. There are many rumors of other firms suspending tomorrow. Henry Clews voiced the feeling of the more conservative Wall street men when he sain tody: "There are times when big men's souls, as well as their pockets, are are tried. If the atter are well filled, however, together with a clear head, onoortunlties are afforded for quick movements in the market It would be good policy to buy good stocks here after on Dronounced breaks for the falr profits which the succeeding rally is sure to bring. It must be remem. bered that Drlces are Yiow fully as low on the average, as those In the Baring panic In 1890. That was a world's panic, while this Is but a local one. At any rate. It Is confined within the boundaries o'f ourown country. I am -nite of the opinion that today will eradicate the weak spots and make a strorer bottom for good stocks than they havej had or jaomleitlme " past. Spualls come periodically and after we get over this one . we will be exempt from another for several years to come This Is the experience of the past and the present upheaval will not be unlike former ones In this respect." William- Sharrer manager of the clearing htise amoclaticm, regarded the cause of the present depression In the market-as the effect of the so-called Sherman bill with the accompanying idea that the United States treasury cannot pay out gold below the hundred-million reserve. "The situation as I see ft, he continued, "I sllquldotlon as the result of the idea of scarce gold and the trimming down, where trimming can be done." RECEIVER APPOINTEED. Jersey City, N. J., May 4. Chancellor McGill tonight appointed George ' W. Loner and E. F. C. Young receivers for the National Cordage Comapny on the application of the Cordage Com pany. The company has about $2,000,000 in bonds and securities to pay off In a few days and It Is unable to meet the demands THE DANUBE'S CHINESE. Collector Taylor Makes a Close Scrut iny of tha Certificates. Portland, Or., May 4. Collector E. A, Taylor and Deputy Collector F. L. Parker, of Astoria, hay? been here the past two days In charge of the Brit ish steamer Danube, which had aboard the; 612 Chinese passengers, alleged merchants, and have libeled her on five accounts In a total amount of $19,660, and turned her over to the- United States marshal this evening at S o'clock. The close examination of the certificates of tha alleged Chinese merchants made by Collector Taylor will probably have some effect as to the number landing. Only four have been landed up' to date. ' . . EVIDENCES "OF FRAUD. . Portland, Or., May 4. Collector of the1 Port Lotan, tonight finished his ex amination of tha Certificates of the 612 Chinese who arrive dyesterday on the steamer DanD.be from Astoria. Only four out of the entire number have been allowed to land, and It is probable that not mare tha nlOO out of the entlra number swill be allowed to land In this countTjy. Collector Lotan has discovered 188 certificates which beer unmistakable" evidence of fraud, and In consequence has telegraphed the treasury department at Washing ton for Instructions. Pending Instruc tions from tha department, no more Chinese will be landed. While the evi dence at present is Incomplete, It is said that a most gigantic combina tion to violate the. exclusion law has been unearthed, and sensational de velopments are looked for. Many of the Chinese certificates are signed by reputable citizens of this city, and In addition they bear' the seal of a notary public. A number of persons who ac knowledged that they signed certifi cates deny that they swore to the same before a notary. WILL THEY BE DEPORTED? PortlanjcJ, Qi, May '4.' Collector of Internal Revenue Weldler stated to day that 1,000 chinamen - were regis tered up to data" Jn. his district comprising- OresorWnd. . Washington. Fourteen thousand, refused to comply with tha law. There has been much Increase In registration since the pho tographing clause In the regulations was suspended. The collector Is wait ing Instructions from Washington be fore he takes any steps to deport those unregistered. WILL GO SLOW. Washington, May 4. The treasury department has Issued Instructions' to all collectors . of Internal revenue to day calling attention to the expiration of the Geary law tomorrow, and In structing them to refrain from making arrests until further orders from the department. GREAT DESTRUCTION. Lewlston, O., 'May 4. The GreM Miami river has Its source In the Lew Iston reservoir which broke yesterday. It Is estimated that the break of the reservoir caused a loss of $1,000,000. Loss to Logan county In displaced bridges and washed out roads $120,000. Farms along the river lose fences and crops. The water Is still spreading over the country around Lewlston, As soon as the levee is reached the river 'will rise; rapidly. People be tween Degraffe and Sidney are watch ing anxiously for the result. The high water mark of the past will be more than reached. The low ground will be In great danger. The warning has been ample, however, and no loss of life ia anticipated. COOS BAY RAILROAD WORK. Marshfleld, Or., May 4. The fine weather has been a boon to the Coos Bay Railroad Company. The construc tion gang Is being enlarged and track laying waa resumed yesterday. It is expected that by tomorrow, cars will be running Into Coqullle City. Man ager Graham expects to have the train running into Myrtle Point by the last of September. ' ' TROUBLE IN MATURITY. Lebanon, O., May 4. The National Normal University has made) an assignment. The liabilities are from $75,000 to $100,000, and the assets nom inally the same. The institution Is an old one, the first of Its kind in the United States, and Is now full of pu pils. Tha failure Is the result of ma turing old obligations. THE RATH WAR, Chicago, May 4. At a meeting of the Chicago Railway Association it was decided to accept the Joint notice of the Southern Pacific, Santa Fe, Mis souri Pacific, and the Union Pacific, that they would put Into effect on May 5th a rate of $44.50 from Missouri river to California, A FATAL FALL. Oregon City, May 4. This morning about nine o'clock as George Tamblyn was working -about the dlgestors, no one being around, he slipped and fell thirty ' feet to the solid cement floor beneath, crushing his skull, and dls locating Ms neck. IS The Youns: Wife-Poisoner Hnst Suffer for His Crime, ... GOVERNOR TL0WES OBDURATE The Condemned Man Receives the An- . nouneemant With Barely Visible Sign of Kmotlon. Associated Press. Sing Sing, N. Y., May4. This after noon the following message was re ceived at the prison from Albany: "The governor will not Interfere In Carlisle Harris' case." Warden Durston went Immediately to notify Harris. As the warden ap proached the cell, Harris arose from his cot. In low, solemn tones, yet with a kindly lntonatllon, the new warden whom he had never before seen, told the young wlfe-polsoner of the gov ernor's refusal to Interfere In his be half. Although the blow must have been a terrible one, Harris, according to the warden, exhibited but little em otion.' A spasmodic clutch at the bars that shut out life's liberty and aTT hope of future earthly happiness might have been noticed momentarily, but Instantly tha young man nerved him self for reply. "Have I the privilege of seelnc my mother again? he asked In faltering tones, "before " Then came a mo ment of silence that the compassionate warden hesitated breaking upon. "Certainly," replied the austere, yet kindly man. "When, plefistcl? TV?Iegraphi. her to come and see me as soon as possible." he . whispered, and turned, away des palrlngly. The warden said on his re turn to the office "I have seen great men In desperate positions, but never before have I seen a man so cool under Ilka olrcumstanaea." ' . , WIFE - MURDERER DOOMED. Albany, N. Y. May 4.-Governor Flower denied the application for clemency In the case of Carlyle W. Harris, the young medical student oi New York, convicted of poisoning hlF young wife, whose trial recently at tracted so much attention In the New York papers. He will be electrocuted next week. NO TROUBLE FEARED. Secretary Gresham Explains His Dis patch to Pennoyer. ' Washington, May 4. Secretary Gresham re-affirmed today his state ment that he had sent telegrams to the governors of Western states, ask ing them to take precautions against violence to the Chinese when the ex clusion act takes effect He did not care to Btata how many or what gov ernors had been asked to take action, but said that the text of the dispatch over his signature, given out for pub lication by Governor Pennoyer of Ore gon, was correct. The secretary de clined to comment on the answer sent him by Governor Pennoyer. "The telegrams speak for them selves," he said. "I sent a perfectly respectful message to governor Pen noyer, and received In reply a dls. patch which has been given to the press. Representations were made to the department that violence might be done to Chinese subjects when the law went Into effect, and the dispatch es were sent as precautionary meas ures. I don't believe there Is any pros pect of (trouble, but the dispatches were sent nevertheless, to allay appre hension." ' FILIBUSTERING REPORT DENIED WapWngton, May 4. Secretary Gresham has received a letter from the United States consul at Havana, dated April 29, forwarding a copy of the proclamation Issued April 28, by the governor general of Cuba, declar ing the province o'f Santiago de Cuba In a stata of seige. The consul general says that according to the newspapers the revolutionists number a hundred persons, while rumor gives the number all th eway from 600 to 700 mtu. Secretary Gresham said this morn ing that no telegram had come to him today and he was not advised of the reported surrender of th etnsurgent bands. No report of any contemplated filibustering expeditions has been re ceived from the commanders of the revenue cutters now stationed off the Florida coast, and It is therefore in fered by the revenue marine officials that no filibustering movement has ever been in serious' contemplation, the dispatches from Key West to the contrary notwithstanding. A FATAL- SPREE Tacoma, Wash., May 4. John Dillon of Sumner, aged 50 years, was 'found dead in a lodging house above the Green Tree saloon this morning. He was taken to bed In a drunken condi tion the night before. Prugglst Day of Chchalls gave Dll- Ion two bottles of liniment and medi cine to apply and take for pains In his stomach. The contents of t bottle, con taining gelsemlnum, was found almost all consumed. It Is a question whether or not Dillon died from the effect of an overdose of the medicine, or from a protracted spree. Rats had knawed the face and feet of the body. MRS. POTTER PALMER RISES. Lady Managers Have an Interesting' ' Meeting and Cry a Little. Chicago, May 4. Mrs. Pottet Palmer, tha president of the board of lady managers of the World's Fair, an nounced at the opening of the meet ing of the board this morning that she w.ould be compelled to resign If the ladles did not quit quarrelling and be have In a more gnlfied manner. The meeting was veiy Interesting, and many of the members were In tears be fore It was over. 1 "i , Some of tha ladles evon cried aloud and speakers In support of the presl- ' dent were made In broken voices ac companied Ify expressions of heart- . felt sympathy for Mrs. Palmer. Fin ally a resolution supporting the presi dent and thanking her for the noble . work she had dona was unanimously passed. A resolution empowering the president to appoint a committee to " formulate a' plan for a great organ Iza- , 'ion of ladles1 'of which the president of the board of lady managers Is . tfl be the founder was adopted, the ladles stating that when their World's Fair work Is done they desired . tci band themselves together to further the In terests of their sexx. . FAIR OFFICIALS CORRUPT. Chicago, May 4. From present Indi cations the musto trouble Is about to become a scandal. ' Evidence was pro duced at today's meeting of the na tional commission which tends to show that Musical Director Thomas was not satisfied with using a contraband - pi ano, and. Is bent upon boycotting the planus in his department 'that are made by firms having exhibits at the fair. The evidence was of such a forc ible nature that the commission adopt ed a resolution directing President .Paln.fer.to appoint a special committee of six to lnvertlgate'thaTrmt-terik-Com.. mlssloner Lannon of Utah brought the matter up this afternoon, stating that he had soma Interesting evidence which tended to Bhow there was brib ery and corruption In the musio de partment office. He then produced a letter written to MesBt-s. Lyon & Healy . H this city, musical exhibitors, by Miss Breltschuck, one of the members o'f Thomas' orchestra, stating that she could not use the Lyon & Healy harp which had bee tendered her, because Director Thomas had notified tha harpist that a Lyon & Healey harp could not ba used in his orchestra. The reading of the letter caused a Treat sensation among the commlsslon rs. Lannon said the matter should be thoroughly investigated and If the ev idence In the letters proved true, the cdmmlselon should remove Thomas. This evening Professor -Wilson, Di rector Thomas' agent, was seen by an Associated Press repur'flur regarding tha matter. "Mr. Thomas will not talk about the affair,". Bald ha" It Is beneath his dig nity to notice such trivial things." Tha commission considered the pl ana question at length again and fin ally .adopted the minority report of tha Judiciary committee offered by Burton of Kansas, deciding that the council of tha administration had no jurisdic tion in tha matter of the piano trouble. ROBBING, THE VISITORS. Chicago, May 4. The Sunday opening question comes up tomorrow. Tha council of administration has determined to put a stop to the extor tionate prices charged by some of tha restaurants at the fair. Vigorous ac tion will be taken tomorrow, A LIGHT ATTENDANCE. Chicago, May 4. The cloudy, cold weather caused a very light attend ance at the World's Fair today. Only about 3,000 entered the grounds during the forenoon. THE SEALING QUESTION. Paris, May 4. F. R. Coudert contin ued his argument in behal'i' of the United States today before the Bering Sea tribunal of arbitration. In re sponse ta a question, Coudert said that Copper Island Seals caught by pelagio sealers came to the market as having been' caught In Japan. The British counsel exclaimed In chorus: "That's riulta wrong." Coudert answered: "We have ample proof that It Is true. We have proof also that three fourths of the total number of skins sold are those of female seals." NEW CADETS IN WEST POINT. Tacoma, May 4. Congressman Doo llttle will appoint P. A. Murphy, of Port Townsend, as cadet at West ' Point, and W. V. Morris, of Dayton, alternate. The competitive examina tion was held last week, twenty-five boys applying. .. . I i