rr
::-. . Awy"' 1 ' o
-Ul 0 fl 1 llfl5 rfTllWwn hi!
EXCLUSIVE
VOL. XL. TCO. llif.
ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE M. 181KJ.
PRICE, FIVE CENT,
TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT.
ASSIGNEE'S SALE
Continued till old stock is closed out
at co3t. New Goods arriving: sold at
liberal discount.
W. W. PARKER, Assignee.
The Decision of the General Assembly
Readied Yesterday.
NO
OOMPEOMISE
POSSIBLE
BUSINESS CARDS.
A CI8SOKS,
iV. aIMUHKII (K ACCOlJNT-:iml
l'llOKKSSIONAI. mJOKKKHPKR.
OKKMJK: With (i.'iioul Mevenncr Co., 515
aiiiiiuiui: swcci
A A. CLEVELAND,
ATXOUNJjli AT LAW. .
'Illcc Kinney's nmv brick building, corner
mini and Genevieve streets ; up stairs.
I Q. A.BOWLBY,
AlTOMKn.WCOimWJITUi
vince on ftucouu sireet, - Astoria, or.
JOHN H. SMI H,
Olllce In Kinney's new brink Inuldluu, t.ver
Jiw'rai ,iu'0ii;n UlliK,
w.
w. park; r.
REAL KSI'ATU and l,'HUICA!Cr, aGKI
uiuoe isenuni stioU, Astoria., Oregon.
t1. Ell IV JANSON.
U PHYMCIAN A hiiuijkov If. iim ?
Ulltccnver Osgood's dolliing Store, hours, 10 to
Vi m, 2 to 0 p, in, 7 to p hi. MmiUy, o to li in.
DR. O. B. ESTES,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
ii 'i.'i.i,U Ullt-UMUU 10 uweascs 01 Women Hill
ourpery. uiuuc over iMnziger s store Astoiiu
A. L. and J. a. pulton.
-L DliSlviSlvs UK WOMEN' A al'KUI lLTY
.Surgery by . r. J. A. Fulton.
Oillije ITS 'Jms sireyt. lours lo to 12 and lto4
T4V TIITT) C M n
O i i(Y81i;ian, u !;: jn'a acooochkijii
olllor. iooi!i i, 4 over Astoria Natiomiilliiiik.
hours, li) lo li! & -i toB Residence, eati Ceour st,
J. WALTf-P t.H-iWmn
1J IIO.viUC il'ATUllJ PHYSICIAN & SlTIi-
goon. J lice. 4.l. lllinl atr.wt. nn.-u in to ci
iiml 2 to4, Sunday 1 lo 2 Keiiueuco m 8d slrcot
T P- MULLINIX. M. D..
,XJ. Gives sil-oiiiI tioitiiiiciit for Catarrh,
iiiioiit l.iins, ivui'icy Oeimo lirluury oraatis
Olllee uiMitaii I'UIrd .Si. Houm, a.111,9 p.m
B1CHABD HAIIHY. U. B . IriOM
uuy oiirvoyur.
C1VI1. ISNWINKUIW AND rltjuVKVoitM.
I-.OO.H3 S A Nil H,
m'Ki; A.vruHi.! naiiomal bank.
W.T. BUHNKV, J. W. UHAPKH
lllorneyit
1 nM,w,
Oregon City, Oregon.
Twflvo yp.-irs' experience us renlnter of til
4'. H. I.unl o'lice ht-rc, recoiiiMieiidn us In 0111
.ipwliilly of Mining anil nil oilier business be
lore Hie Land ulllce or tlie I'ourls, mul involv-
irnr Mir iintci.ce o: me lifiierul l.iiiul OIllcB.
JriJCKt NBROUCH A COWING
LAW OI'KIOK, OltKGON I ITY, OB.
pt'?c::il ill ((MtiKii (iiven to laud business;. Het-
iieisiin iiiiiuesica.is or ire-eiiiillon claliiiH and
linilicr laud piirclKHt-s shown every advantage
of Hie law. Kor ussisiance In making I) mil
jin.1.1 1.111 mi 11.4.
rpHOS. FREDRICKSON,
I. l'U.o lUNhli.
io It. Wc.-.t SiMh Mieet.
H. :B. PARKER
I UKALEll IS
lime, Hrlek, Snnd, Klre ISriek, Kiro Clay,
.. IVment, Mill Keed.Oats, ttiniw Hair,
WiHid Dc.I'Ven'd to order.
Draying, Telminff and Express ' BnsineBs.
JEFF'a RESTAURANT
IS THB
Boa Ton Ton R3stanrant in the Town
(And the Finest on the Coast.
Dinner Parlies, Banquets a Special?
The Flnmt Wines Rod Liquor.
I. W. CASE,
BANKER. '
Transactc a Geneeai. BAMcma Busihess.
Dratts drawn available In any par j of the D
8 and Kuropc, and on Hong Kong, China,
Office Houth: 10 A. M. to 8 P. M.
Odd Fellows Btilldini;, Astoria, Oregon,
I. W. CASE,
INSURANCE AGENT
REPRESENTING
German-American, Xcw York (ity, S. .
Union Fire and Marine, of New Zealand.
National Firo and Saiine Ins. Co., of Hartford. "
Connecticut Firo Ins. Co., of Hartford.
Homo Mutual Ins. Co., of San Francisco.
Fixrnii, of London. fmperial, of London.
acw lorn nato tlass Ins. to.
flee of minister In the Presbyterian
church In the United States of Ameri
ca, until such time as he shall Rive
satisfaetioy evidence of repentance to
the general assembly of the violation
by him of his said ordination vow as
herein and heretofore found."
The report of the committee was
adopted and a vote of thanks given the
committee for Its services.
Rev. Dr. Herrlck Johnson of Chicago
presented a protest against the action
of the assembly on the Inspiration of
holy scripture.
Rev. Dr. Toungr offered a supplement
to the report of the committee on
bills and overtures of the Inspiration
of the scriptures, as follows:
"Resolved that the Bible as we now
Associated Press. ' have It In the various translations
Washington, June 1. Having decided and versions, when freed from "all' er-
that they had a heretic on their hands rors and mistakes of the translators
In the person of Dr. Kriggs, the first and copyists and printers, is the very
thing for the general assembly to do word of God and consequently holy
this mornlllff was to consider whnt without error." TTnn.nlmnimlv nl.t..,l
Tho Able Divine Found Guilty of Giving
Utterance to His Convictions He
. Will Not Ilecnnt.
should be done with him. The com
mlttee appointed to decide the mat
tor brought In a recommendation , for
"suspended from the ministry," and
the assembly adopted the report. Dr.
BANK FAILURE IN MILWAUKEE.
Milwaukee, June 1. The Planking
ton bank closed its doors this morning.
ThA RiiRnAnuIrm Id lnla.nlr ill. t. 1ia
Brlggs to suspended Indefinitely, and faUure of F. A; &Co.( anJ th(?
can only be reinstated on recantation
of the matter in his speeches and writ
ings to which objection Is made. It is
unlikely that he will ever do that.
PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL.
Lappen Furniture Co., two weeks ago,
with liabilities probably amounting to
three-quarters of a million. The con
dltlon of the bank at the time of clos
lng cannot be learned. It 1 believed
th showing will not be satisfactory.
Washington, June 1.- On the reconvert- The opinion prevails that Planklngton
lng of the presbyterian general assem- will personally see all claims paid.
bly, the moderator announced the Late this afternoon the bonk made
names of the committee to formulate an assignment The court appointed
the minutes expressing the sense of William Planklngton assignee. He im-
the assembly as to the vote taken upon mediately gave $1,600,000 bonds
the appeal from the New York pres-
mm OF ATM MI
Tic Merchants' National Closes Its
Doors Ye Way.
STATEMENT BY THH OFFICERS
Heavy and lUfxi erteil Demand ofn New
York Correspondent I'urlliilly Itu-
Mllul.S.lllt.
ASTORIA NATIONAL BANK
DOES A
GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
suspension. They will report on the
opening of the afternoon session. It
is said Brlggs refuses to make any
onAKavorabie,finnSana In(Jlvl(,UHls -ollcltcd compromise. The assembly adopted
interest paid on Timo Dcnnslta Mn. tne reports of the committee on the
f erBor.al tecurity. V,l1ta nf nvnriniw, ,.anm,.mi tv,.
, ........ i...
llverance of the assembly of 1893 on
the inspiration of the scriptures.
The committee on theological semi
naries presented a report . on Union
PROHIBITION NOMINATION.
Des Moines, June 1. The prohibition
state convention this morning made
the following nominations: Governor:
are. understood to agree to recommend captain K. W. Brown. Ames county;
Lt. Gov., J. C. Reed, Delta county;
Supreme Judge, J. A. Harvey, Polk
City. Railroad commissioner, E. II.
bytery in the Brlggs case. Rev.
Thomas A. Hoyt, of Philadelphia, was
made chairman.
The committee to fix Briggs" sentence
Glllet.
Loaned ou Personal trnnrltv
Koreiim and Doninntln rhiti i.,,i,i .. ..
0. K. WarrtH, Presidenl.
1. K. lllKirinn, Cashier.
J.l' Demoni, Vice PreHldem
11. . ivarren, 1
C. S. Wrlirlit,
J0I111 IIoImoii, SUire.'tori.
11. t. J fanmiiKiin, I
Tlieo Ilrackcr, j
. MISS PHELPS WEDDED.
Berlin, Juno 1. The wedding of
Mary Phelps, daughter ,ot .William
Walter Phelps, of New Jersey, to Dr.
Von Rothenberg, secretary in the de-
Seminary, of which Dr. Brlggs was one partment of the interior, occurred this
of the faculty, disavowing all respon- morning in the yellow room of the
slbillty for its teachings1 and declining American legation
to receive any further reports from it
until It la brnllB-ht Into hnrmmw OV. LUULiD HOI AUKhb,
Uie cnurcn. NTmnmnrt R. T . .Tune 1 Thn Ivrnnf-hes.
ma general assembly this afternoon 0f the legislature have foiled to agree.
adopted the report of the committee The senate adjourned until January.
suspending Prof. Brlggs from the min- The effect will be that the present
istry of the Presbyterian church. . state officers will hold over till the
Rev. John Dickinson, chairman of next election
011 term aavines books 6 per cent, per annum, the committee on theological geminar
Ouecr ideate of deposit: . ,..., ,
ror inrvc inontnf, 4 per cent, per annum. I ,uu""'.-- icpun. 1110 iiihuiu
Kor six raoiuhs, 5 per cent, per annuiii. tlons generally report prosperity, As
to the Lane Theological seminary, the
trustees are compelled to abolish the
chair of practical theology owing to
THE ASTORIA SAVINGS BANK
Acts trustee for ''nrnnmrlmin nn,1 1i,.l!tr..l
nala Deposits solicited
Interest iv.'U be allowed on savings deiiotiu
On ordinary Baviunh l oks 4 per run: hoi
milium
A STUBBORN BATTLE.
iweivo iiioiiins, u jier cent, per annum.
IASK lr.,0i.l.
. o. a. now i. it y i-i.,p...i.ir...,
pkank pa tton " ' "
W, K. DEMENT ZZIS
niRECTORS:
W. Case, J. Q. A. Powlby,
(i nf. Ttnliitni:
.. h. i-ajfe, jseni. lounc, A. H. Reed.
- ' F, J. Taylar.
New OrleanB, June 1. In a glove
fight In the Olympic arena Inst night
between Andy Bowen and Jack Ever-
li a r ! nnwan tvnn In the. te-hl v-flf I h
the reduced income thus requiring the lun(1- Ewrhart ,njured his hand
Associated Press.
Taeoina, June 1. The Merchants'
National Bunk has suspended payment
temporarily. A notice on tho door
states f action Is taken on ac
count of the stringency In the money
market nnd Inability to make collec
tions. The limit will probably resume
payment In a few days, Tho suspen
sion eai-n-d a surprise, but no excite
ment, 'iho kink is the oldest In the
city, and has a paid-up capital of $250,
000. W. J. Thompson Is president.
The figures given out at this tlm?
are said to be approximately correct,
and enow total liabilities of $t;00,000;
assets, $1,100,000.
Oltlerra of the bank say the suspen
sion 1b only temporary, nnd give out
the following dispatch, sent to the
comptroller of currency:
"Owing to the unexpected demands
of our New York correspondent, the
Chaae National bank, the continued
withdrawal of deposits and our inabil
ity to realize upon assets with suffl
cient promptness to withstand tho con
stant drawing upon our resources, and
In Juitlce to ourselves and for the pro
tectlon of our creditors we are obliged
to temporarily Buspend. Please send
examiner."
Captain Lioblg of the steamer Whltci
boro, for thirty days, he being at fault
In the recent collision . between' the
Whltesboro and the State of California
off Point Reyes. '
TOWNSEND INSANE.
PENSION OFFICE CHANGES.
Wnshlngton, June 1. The pension of
flee has been reorganized, and the fol
lowing appointments among others to.
day were made lit the bureau of pen
slons: A. A. Ishpanwall, of Pennsyl
vanln, to be chief of the bureau of re
view, vice R. A. Dunman, resigned; E
G. Crab, of Washington,' to be chief of
the middle division, vice W. L. Rey
nolds, resigned; Geo. Trlbble, of New
Jersey, to lie chief of the western di
vision; John Dynstan, of Minnesota,. to
bo chief of the record division, vice E,
J. Trottem, resigned.
THE CHINESE LAW.
badly In the seventieth round. .
BANK FAILURE IN TEXAS.
HE PORTLAND SAVINGS BANK
'LAND, OltKOON.
.TJfiO.OOC
: fiO.WX
v liKKUM, Presidenl.
HOMlON, Viec-Prosideiu
lRATTON, Cashier
OF I'OKTI AND. mrirmtv
mul ll ennui. -wii mul
:uiu iruil! IKUHH
rn.Ami iinhuiu, 1'resiilenl.
if. r. in
H. is. ST.
.Washington, June 1. Comptroller
Eckles was advised this afternoon of
the failure of tho First National bank
of Brady, Texas. The bank was a
small one. -The capital was $50,000.
WANTS A RECEIVER.
JT. U. WTA'I'T
Dealer In
Hardware and Ship Chandlery,
Pure Oil. liriirht Varnish. Klimele ml rot-
ton lanvivs Hemp Mall Tviiiir. r.ard oil.
rrioiigiii iron spiKes. Culviinizled Cut Kails
Grocorloe, 3E3to.
ABriciiltural Iinpleinents, Knlu: Ma
niiichiues, Paints anil Oils.
Tho Oiisjiial and Geoolna
SOCIETY j1IEKTIiS.
Astoria I.lee No. fiO, A. O. V. XV.
W. rePOrt f th Cmmlttee appolted
resignation of Dr. Roberts, who was
the Incumbent thereof. In the list of
professors Uie assembly finds the name
of Rev. Henry R. Smith, who In De-
leiiuier jost was suspended by the
presbytery of Cincinnati for unsound
ness of facts. "The board should have
accepted the resignation of Prof. Smith
or at least have relieved him from the
discharge of his duties," the report
says., ihe assembly was therefore con
strained to withhold Its approval and Newark, N. J. June 1. Vice-president
commendation of Lane seminary until Blake of the Domestic Sewing Com
the board reconsidered its nntmn ,n,i pany has mode application In the
remedied the matter. The committee I court court for the appointment of a
recommends that the selection of Rev. receiver for the company,
A. Brlggs, D.D. by the presbytery of
Newark, as director of the Gorman
l neoiogical Seminary at Bloomfleld. N. SissetonAgoncy S. D. June 1. Miss
J., ds disapproved by this assembly. A Cynthia Rockwell, of Ills., teacher at
long and excited discussion followed, the Good Will mission, has been mar-
ouc tne question was finally put and rled to Richard King, an Indian
tne report adopted by a large majority, studying for the ministry.
At the afternoon session Dr. Craig conJ
vened the assembly as a court to hear
Washington, June 1. Attorney -G-n-
eral Olney raid today that he hiul lesiicd
special Instructions In two Instance
only for th.! cr.fmceiii.int cf the. law
ngiUrr-it Chi:i-?c. inrini'-'tl.-n
followed In the line of lntriictl!ins Is
sued by ,!.! '.....: ..: dip.,'.;.. . :.'., r.:H'.
applied to Cliincr'.' who wii f'T'illv
In this ct.untiy ur.d not I:i vlni cioi.i
the Geary law.
A DEMORALIZED MARKET.
MARRIED AN INDIAN.
Koma, Intl., June 1. The Diamond
Plate Glnss Co., of this city, employ.
lng S00 men, hns closed Indefinitely.
The branch plant at Ellwood Is closed,
throwing C00 men out of work. An
officials of the company sold: "We
have more than ?finn,000 worth of glass
on hand. Tho market Is utterly demoralized."
MINERS ON A STRIKE.
CHOLERA IN FRANCE.
journing ana visum? brethren coMinllv in-
'-'. v j. i. KuiiKKW, Recorder.
(WORCESTERSHIRE)
SAUCE
to prepare explanatory minutes in the
Brlggs case. Rev. Mr. Hoyt, chairman
Scandinavian BaniBnt ri "ua uPon ur- aker of the sub-corn
jf E(tnr.AR MRR-rrvca no.-r r.iTQ cvnrr-o i m'ttee sent to interview Dr. Brlggs. In
Mb at their rooms tn PvthUn in, ;i.hni his reixirt of the Intervleur Tir Tini,..
n.;...b u tl.: .." . ,".. .""' " I'"M - . - .nv..
.t.. uu tin? aeuoit'. ami 'imri i i iid.
layj of each monih.
AbO. UANIEUSOiy hecretury.
Imrartf the meat dclidons taste and rast tf
EXTRACT
ofaLETTKUfmro
a M KDICAL Ot.N
TLKMAN at Mad
ras, tc bis brother
at WORCESTER.
Hit. 1W1.
"Ti-n f SAticfr
LEA FEBRIXS' -that
their nauco in r i ''" 'J
ludia, and Is In my rij 'rV- T
paU'ahl, as wll ('--"vt
as t tie ruopt wboi. if
n.ii.e sauco Uut li r '
- wareof Imtatio;
em that you get Lea & Perriii
4irrutCTe m every hottla of Orlfrim! h Onnlne.
mum vvkvajph o.s nkw viuk.
5 80CPH,
4
; ORAVIESr
li FISH,
H
im-r .1- rni.n
MEATS,
J G.UIE,
1 U
1
JRAEKBIT-S
Sec
j Ociaa Kiicampme-.r No. 13, 1. O. O. F
I fJEOCTLAR MEE1IN08 OK fXlRAN KN
I Lfc eampnient No. 13. 1. O. O. I'., ul tbn f..Kje
j la tlio Oild l-cliowi liulMltnr. M even P. ..
...i inn w;oiiu aim iouno woeu-.v of r ei
lioniLo. niijuiiriiiiti; u.r-i.ar.-ii wr,.,u- lr-v.t.eu.
j j wiv-ci i; .
Astoria Bnildii!g& Loan Association
rnM P.EUt'UR MEETINGS OF THIS A8SO-
ciall'wi a-e held at 8 P. M. rn tho firt
said that Prof. BrlgGs stated his Irre
vocable determination to abide by the
the declarations made In his address
before the assembly in his defense,
and to continue to teach the doctrines
there avowed. At the request of Dr,
Baker, Prof. Briggs gave him an auto
graph letter making suoh statement,
whereupon Dr. Baker said the commit
tee took the action which Mr. Hoyt
would now report to the aemblv.
uLi eliMI;w," "I'd t p. m. rn tho dm The report, after revlewlnir the rjro
Wednesday of each me:,th. O.flcp on f ;. evleve " ' renewing tne pro-
srreet, aouth of CheiiHmiis.
W. U (W)PB,
SCi"tary.
CkjmmorJ Oouncu.
I
i IJEI1UI.AK MEETINGS, 11 KHT AM(
I . lHr evejiiiucs or wch month
t til CKHTK .
I t.r!r?ta desiring to have matt-ire acied inn
twj fcjirfmni.-ii, ai biiv refrumr ir1-, Iinir u-cst
I nresent ti e snme to" h "A:iditrr ar i Vn.rfc
on or bef-'i-K t-ie Fn!?.y evciurr: orior foin ture. standards of the said Presby-
uiimj tu which ne ' .nTini ""i o . i rA.rij
ceed: "This Judicatory finds said final
Judgment of the presbytery of New
York to be erroneous, and it is hereby
revised. This general assembly finds
the appellee, Charles A. Brlggs. ut
tered, taught and propagated views,
doctrines and teachings contrary to
the essential doctrine of the holy scrlp-
aieetir.g.
Anir and rnMr 'in! .,.
Board of Pilot Commissioner?.
Tllr REGULAR MEETINGSOFTnrsTlOARK.
will be held ou the firi Slnndnv. ofiwh
'nonth at 10 a. in. at the office of K'jHi & yar
er. w. L. ROUB, 8
terian church, and In violation of the
ordination vows of said appellee, which
said ferroneous 1e-ws nnd doctrines
I strike. at the vitals of religion and have
been Industriously spread. This as-
sembly does hereby suspend Charles A.
brlggs, the said appellee, from the of-
Porls, ' June l.-r-lt is officially an
nounced that forty cholera cases oc
curred In the department of Morblhan
since May. 15th, of which twenty-one
were fatal.
Leavenworth, Kan., June 1. The"
Miners' strike went lo effect this morn,
lng. The Brighter Mine at Ilarklns
Is the only ono running. Tho miners
will probably close this afternoon. It
will throw seven or eight hundred men
out of work. The strike Is in sympathy
with tho strike in southern Kansas.
CORDAGE COMPANY COLLAPSES.
PERSONAL MENTION. .
Mr. M. O. Warner of Eugene, Or., is
In the city.
Colonel Pat Donan Is about to leave
for the East.
Commissioner Fobs of Wahkl:i.kum
county Is In town.
Capt. Wood is expected home next
week from a visit to, the World's Fair,
Miss Galther of Portland wag among
those registered at the Occident yes
terday.
Mra H. G. Wood of Fort Stevens was
In the city yesterday, the guest of Mr
P. Goodman.
J. G. Megler and wife came down
from Brookfield yesterday on tho
steamer Edith.
Mrs. II. E. Foreman and daughters of
Portland are In town, arid are stopping
at the Man sell building.
D. McLean, R. McLean and A. Mc
Lean, who left this city last fall for
a vttlt to their old home In Scotland,
registered Teslej-day at the Oretron
Building. World' Fair tmiinl
Cincinnati, Juno I. The Victoria
Cordage Company filed a deed of as
signment this afternoon. . Liabilities,
$400,000. The assets may reach $.ri00,
000. Tho company was leased by the
National Company, and the latter'
failure Is said to have caused the fail
ure of the Victoria company.
, LOW PRICES FOR WHEAT.
Chicago, June 1, Wheat was weak
this morning, dropping a cent below
yesterday's last price. Then came the
announcement of the PlankingUm bank
failure, and a drop of another cent
followed, malting the price the lowest
touched for a number of years.
THE DANUBE RELEASED,
Portland, June 1. The steamer Dan
ube was rc-leaued fj-om quarantine to
day. The custom nonce officers' are
now mn.Vtni? prr-pnniMnn3 for examin
ing the certificate of her 504 Chinese,
PEACE IN NICARAGUA. -
Washington, June 1. A dispatch was
recf-lved ihl afternoon from Minister
Baker rlatlng that peace was restored
In Nicaragua and that the new govern
ment goes into power today.
TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED.
Ran Francisco, June 1.
cf .in.T i.'
The Iiispectnr
London, Juno 1,-Wm; Towmen-d,
tho man who wanted to shoot Ind
stone, was tried today and found ln
Rane. He was ordered confined 1:1 nn
asylum. . '
The Fishermen
and the Traps.
The attempt of Messrs. Kinney, Mc
Gowan and Johansen to have fish-trap
piles driven near Sand Island on Tues
day last Is still n source of subdued
excitement among, the lislierm. :i, nnd
although they are quiet, the men say
no traps shall be constructed at the
point In question. Last year the piles
for two traps were driven on the south
west side of Sand Island for tii Mc
Gowan Cannery, but since then, the
ennners claim, a great change has
taken place In the channel, and now
at low tide there Is only a few Inches
of water between the spit and the
south side of Sand Island. It 1 also
claimed for the Cannery men that for
this reason boats do not cross this
sand belt, but Instead go to the north
and westward of the point In dispute.
Some of the fishermen were Inter
viewed yesterday on the subject, and
expressed themselvta In vigorous
language, condemning the attempt
to put In traps near the Repub
lic spit. .Said one: "If a boat is
swamped In the breakers near the spit,
the occupants have a possible show to
savo themselves If the beach is un
obstructed, but If the Intention of the
eannerymen, as shown by their action
on Tuesday, should ba carried out,
and boats upset to the eastward of
that point, the men would Invariably
get Into the traps, where " they
would certainly drown. In addition to
this, thero would be no chance of sav
ing gear, as lt would be torn to
pieces on the piles. In fact," he con
cluded, "the only chance the flHhermen
have to save their lives when upset
above the Republic spit is to keep
traps from being constructed, and we
are determined that our lives will not
be wantonly sacrificed." ,
Another of the members of the Fish
ermen's Union, said that the attitude
of the fishermen on this question was
shown plainly In 1891, when an attempt
was nuide to put traps In near tho
scene of Tuesday's occurrence, nnd
was frustrated. "The ground," said
lie, "that Messrs. "Kinney, McGowan
and Johansen wanted to gain posses
sion of If. the only drift left on that
ride eveept on tho rplt, and If the
v.'t.u!i-r is rough U as iiiui.li as a
-' life is worth to go there. The
piles would cloae this dilct up, nna
would simply be the cause of the death
of dozens of men. It we cannot get in
toward tho shallow water en ns to per
mit the nets to urag, mere m m un-
fishing at that portion of the bay, ntid
the eannerymen certainly hnvo enouKh
of Baker's Bay already."
The Manzanlta arrived In at 10
o'clock lust night from a cruise of In
spection down the coast. She left Ya:
quina bay yesterday morning at 10:SO
and passed in over the bar Just at
dark. On account of tho great numuer
of fish boats that. are careless In keep
ing up their signal lights, the Man.a
tilta was compelled to steam in at a
very slow speeu. ijiuuiciuur a. .
lllish, U. S. N. accompanied the tinder
on her southern trip, and a thorough
Inspection was made of Cape Blanco
and Arngo lighthouses, nnd buoys off
the C'oqullle, Sluslaw, Alw-a, and Yn
qulnu. Captain Gregory states that they
passed tho Augusta on Friday last off
Nehnlem, but at that time she was
steaming north all right, with the El
more ahead of her some dlHtunoe.
They had fair weather the whole week,
until today, when heavy squally
weather was met from the south and
west. The Manzanlta will go .to the
supply depot this morning.
z The' report of the Board of Street
AKHeiaiir8, consisting of City Surveyor
Harry,' Mr. J. II. Mrtnsell and Mr. Wm.
B. Adair, on the cost of Improving
Wall ntreot, was yesterday filed In the
audita-' L'Ilce. Tho estimated co.'t
of the improvements Is $4,292.95, and
It Is stated that "In no case docs the
asnefsment exceed B0 per cent, of the
tax value of finy of the above IoU, ac
cording to the city assensment roll of
1692." Wall Mreet will b? the first street
Improved under the charier n amended
by the passage, of the ordinance cre
at'ng the Board of Assessors. Every
lot has been assessed alike, the differ
ence In the amount of work to be done
In front of each bclni? but slight.
It was rumored In town Iat nltrht
thot W. W. Ward, who was convicted
a few months uj,o r an alu-mot to
kill his wife, and sentenced to a term
of three, yi-f.i-i In the In tilU ritia.i v. Im.l
b.r. u ininiiiui ii iy Governor Pennoycr.