lOmrOBUCllBRARIASSflCIlIICL fjsw it . , ; ;;. .... Aii? jr-vi v EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XL. NO. 1G0. ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 15, 1893. PllICE, FIVE CENTS. " Ira fhif r lip ASSIGNEE'S SALE Continued till oldfstock is closedout at co3t. New Gooas arriving sold at liberal discount. W. W. PARKER, Assignee. Blank Books, Fine Stationery, Baseball Goods, Footballs, Hammocks, Baby Carriages. Now Goods arriving daily. Low Prices for Cash. GRIFFIN &. REED CALIFORNIA FINE WINES I have mndo arrangements for supplying any brand" of wini's in q uiutiiies to suit ftt lowest cath f)Kies. The truth iii himilios supplied. All orders delivered free, i.i As.-irin. A. W. UTZINGER, Main Slreot, Asioriii, Oregon. UUtSINiiSS UAKDfi. iV. ali.iTl-.lPit (!' ACCOUNT and I' It ' ) . KSS 1 0 .N A I, ' ' JO K K E fc I'K . Okimih i With (liberal Meweiiger Co,, 515 Hkamuiiid stieot . . . A A. CcEVCLANC, .. ATTOKNKY,AT LAW. vtIlce-Kluncyl uewl-rn Iniilillug, comer Thud and Genevieve streets ; up stairs. J Q. A. SOWLtJY, AnORXfcY A.D tOUiMilLOi: VS LAW Mil ;ti in .-.ei'.oml .street, a , toll 11, Or. 0 ACl'Oit.VliV AT I: . O.lleo in KliweyM iii'w hrfc cliHim, ..vr Ator!.i N;.t .nal IS nk, vv Ul'.VI, :! UK AND iNBUitANClt AtiKVI 'Uitie II ' Htuitu!) itio AMluria, tmau. D-. I-UIV JAN30N. I'llVillUA.N fi Kill(i.;0N'. It Oil 7 i iili'Oi'V. r OnciMd'- tHiMiiu;' rtlnrf. limirs, 10 to 1.' in, 2 ui 5 ,, in, 7 i.i j , in. d ui l iy, HI 10 II in. Da. s. o. t:a res, 1'IU'MOIA.N tl .ii:i4XX. nii)i.il ultntioii u liiOriso V.tjieii ;nn burv;y. ttut.Mvt'r t:t ,.lK-.r' Aitloiia. I AY TUTTLg M.D., O I'JiV.SK'lAN, SUIMIIW.M v AI!,."..lU:tlKOK. i '!'.;. . rooms 3, t v, r Astorl.i , itiou.iili.iiik. Iiuufi, l'l to I.' i l5 lini.dPiu'e. 6$s (Jeilur at. D. WA!-Ta I. H )SV (O. H'LluC lfAl'lIlO I'ilY.SiUlAJl & Sl'U g . in. ..!.'i. 4 l. 1'inr.l sir 'e:. ll.m -i 10 to 12 .iu.12 i.4, rtiimlny I i2 Ueil tuc'n t.a xd s Tcot LP. MULLINiX, M D., . (livtfi i-unu moiiiiii:'ii i'.ir Caliirrli, I n o n '.ii ii, Kid .' (irfiiiio-limiAry iirxuns (I H . : I inr.l St. Il.iu, V-l a.ni.U p.m. KIOIIAttll IIABKT. 0. H. I50M, City Surveyor. ARY & !SOM, C1VII. E(lSKlilt3 ANU SUnVHYOKS. . ltOOMS 5 AND 9, OVKtt ATOKIA N.VilONAli HANK. Barney i Draper. Jliomeyi ilni.l.uw. Ort-gon I Ity, Oregon. l'weivi' years' oxiierlenee as nvl.tler of tli U. H. I.nii(t o tl-e lii-iv, rep.oninieuds us ui our specially of Mining and nil ihIit buiine'M be Ititf - ' -''ui iRJw or t!i Oour'S, itnd involv ing i . t.:e o. Che (i. iiur.U W:iA Ofllve. I. V Ot'flOi:, DltKGOX II'Y, oa. ripw-isv a te.rloii iy-i to land b.isiness. Set tler, oi lie .t'.'a s pre-eniP'i 'i claim and linilier liinl irtrli isps uliowa evrry !UlvuUu;e of me law. Fur aidrniiice !u ni;ikiiig Haul proof call on n. ri.H FE"RICKSOfJ, 1 l'I.0 iLNta. K '"i Wait Sixth .Mrtet.. (?'!-d : l!:;i!;T "aim I.. . I 'i ri-mi' K.ii.;e., R-ilixr wor!i. Si.in ' --ii vi.1 i;i'i:'-v 'Vor a ''peoi-iit Ct-.fij of Al! D3MpiioM Xvis to 0r3w si Shin Solioi. J, . -dX......... i'runrtfTit j d rfnp- . L -OX -. V' -o IV psi.-t.-ii TY. H. PA !Ui- H DSALKK IS tiro". 1 ?!, Kiro Bri.-K. fii" ( lav. G. nirtnL. M-ll t-Ved.Orit. Hw. Mm S' Hi-.t JVIivervrt t' iT!w. Unj'wg, Tnmin 13d Exprou EusintJi. WINE HOUSE, AND LIUUORS L. W. CASE n a xTirii JDii.IN 1V1L11. Transact1: a Geneeal Bankiho Business, Drafts drawn available In any par- of the 0 8 and Europe, and on Hour Koug, China, Offleo Hour: 10 A. M. to 8 1'. M. Odd Fellows Building, Astoria, Oregon. I. W. CASE, INSURANCE AGENT REPUESKNTING Cprman-Ainurifaa, New York City, N. Y. Union fire and Marine, or New Zealand. National t'iro and Marine Ius. Co., of Hartford. Conucclicnt Fire Ins. Co., of Harlford. Hume Mntnal Ius. Co., of San Francisco, l'litrnix, of Loudon. I Imperial, of Union. New York Plate Glass Ins. Co. THE ASTORIA SAVINGS BANK Acts aa-trustee for orporation and Individ uu'is Divots aoliclie l lutert'it w II bo allowed on favings dopocitk IUI IOIIOW 1., On ordinary navingc b iokg t per pent noi annum. On term savings hookx 0 per cent, per annum On eortilleaU'B 0 deposit: For tiireo month, 4 per eeiit, per annum. For six months, ft per eout. per minimi. For twelve mouths, G per cent, per annum. I. W. CASK I'ri M.l. m J. Q. A. BOWLIiY Viee-Hii Hident rKANK f ATTON fasliiut W. K. DEMENT Seerntarj PIKKCTOKS: I. W. Cane, J. Q. A. Bowlby, (lust Holmes. i. ii. rage, uenj. l ouin;, a. t). Kceu. F. J. Taylor. THE PORTLAND SAVINGS BANK OF POHTLAND, OttEOON. Paid up capital .. y2C0,000 surplus and pronts 6n,iKK rKANn. 1IKKUM, fresidem. D. P. THOMPSON, Vli-Preldent H. C. 8TKAT10N, Cashier CIF.TV 1MEETIKUS. Astoria Lulled No. BO, A. (. V. W. MEKTS KVKRY FKIDaY hVKNINO AT ti o'cloelt in iho Odd Fellow' Hall. So- joiirniiif! and vlsilinp brethren eord'allv in- viteu, J.T. KOlil'.Iis, KecerJer. Soaudlnavian Benevolent Bociety. OEGULAB MEETINGS OF THIS S0CIKT1! i at their rooms in Pythian budding at eli'lit o'ei.Kk p. M. on the second am.' 'mirth Tues day of each month, AUG. DANIELSON Becretary, Ocean Kncampmo-.t No. 13, 1. O. O.F REGULAR MEETINGS OF WEAN F.N eampmcnt No. 13, 1. 0. O. P.. Rl thfl f o.U'8 In the Odd Feliowa HuUdlii?, Hi w-vsn r. on the seoond and fourth Mom'nys of okcIj month. Bojournine bretlt'D vr!is.!!t :i:ifrt, By order 0. P. Astoria Building & Loan Association THE RKGCXAB MEITTI.VCS OF THIS Asso ciation are held at 8 r. M.. on the first We-nieriny of each mor.th. office 011 Genevieve itrect. "outb of 'hr,Duniux W. U EOUB, Secietary. Copmo"! Ooar.cU. .V:C!t':. KKCTlNfW. l'!;l'T AM tt!-.ir;l TiiH-!:;;' ov.-ni.!. of wh i:innh tt S -l'l l. -y "rw.ii.-. biiln t. Mfive tm-.tt-.-n lend nimr. i.jr 11,.. i jiiind:. it ai j n-j-.ii-i' m-ot k nn!t UK-rnt l.-nit t.;"'lw Aur'l!"' ft. n or w.fn Ff.-'w rcn-v--.: rri"rio:I n.-w,; a. ) ;! t't"r r 'M- rr.i,'t neenrx K '"-iU'KX. A;:(l:r.;riiUl ?.ii.-p 1 !::: Board of I'H.it CmmlMi:.ni.rr. Tilr. REtil'I.AR MEF.TIVOOFTnisnOARD. will be held on the firt Midiy, .ifeiu-h month at 10 a. in. at the oWivof hol.b&l'ar kcr. W. L. KOBB, See THE FRANCO-SIAMESE TROUBLE Official News o the Affair RcceiYDd at Wasuinglon. CONOEUN PELT TOR AMERICANS M iHHlonarloa In Slam Must Depciul ITion Ilia Uaual Dlplomatle l'rotctln l'reabyterlanll I'neaay. Associated Press. Wa-shlngrton, July 14. The only official news of the trouble between the French and Siamese received at the state de partment, was contained In a brief tele gram from Acting Consul-Qeneral Boyd at Bangkok, stating that after an hour's engagement the vessels passed the forts below Bangkok. It Is not the present Intention of the depart ment to specially dispatch an Amer ican war vessel to the scene of war, in view of the fact that American Inter ests in slam are Insignificant. Never theless, it Is apprehended that If the war assumes formidable proportions, the Siamese may make It very unpleas ant for foreign residents, Including the few Americans there. If such a state of affairs continues, however, the United States will not be without a vessel in Siamese waters, ns the United States steamship Concord, now ou- the way to China, will be In the neighbor hood In the course of two months. There are about ' twenty missionaries in Slam, mostly Presbyterians, and their friends In this country ore becom ing concerned about their welfare, now that actual hostilities have broken out between the French and Siamese. Rev. Dr. Gillespl, of New York, representing the Presbyterian Mission Board, today telegraphed Secretary Gresham, to in quire what provision ( would be made for the safety of the missionaries and numerous children In their charge. Secretary Gresham replied: "I am in formed by the secretary of the navy that there--is not at present, in the Asiatic station, any vessel capable of entering the Siamese waters. Mission aries should communicate with the le gation at Bangkok for the usual dip lomatic protection." f THE SHOOTING WAS WILD. London, July 14. The Bangkok cor respondent of the Times says: Neither the forts nor the gunboats were dam aged In the skirmish yesterday, but one Siamese gunboat run down a French pilot boat, and, It Is said, sank it. A Siamese warship Is ready for action, and 4,000 troops are under arms around the palnce. British subjects are await ing news anxiously of the steps which England is taking to prevent the great calamity of the bombardment of the city. THE SIAMESE DIFFICULTY. London, July 14. A special from Bangkok, Slam, says twenty Siamese were killed and fourteen wounded yes terday during an exchange of shots between the forts at the mouth of the Melnam river and the French gunboats. PREPARING FOR EMERGENCIes. New York, July 14. The Times will says this morning it Is learned from high Russian sources that yesterday the Russian government decided to main tain a permanent fleet of warships In United States waters, and the port of New York will be made Russia's west ern naval center. It was announced yesterday that representatives of the Russian government hod made over tures to the Erie dry docks establish ment to undertake the care and over hauling of all warships maintained by Russia in American waters. The opin ion was ventured in naval circles last evening that in view of the likelihood of the Bering sea case going against Great Britain, and the latter announce ment of England reinforcing their naval forces at Esquimau, the proposed ac tion of Russia Is of great importance to the United States. THE FALL OF THE BASTILE. No Anniversary Celebration Took Place in Paris Yesterday. Paris, July 14. Today Is the 104th anniversary of the fall of the hostile. The anniversary Is usually celebrated with much rejoicing, but today, how ever, the fetea in Paris were tame, and the usual celebrations conspicuous through absence. This is due entirely to the feeling engendered by the recent riots. The anarchists have taken ad vantage of the day to post Incendiary placards. The police are busy destroy ing these red postersi The anarchists have made many threats of what they Intended to do today, going go far as to say they would destroy the city with fire. The authorities are prepared for any overt. act. EXECUTION DAY FIXED. Caddo, I. T., July 14. Governor Jones, of the Choctaw riatlnn, and Inspectrrr Faissori, of the Interior department, had a conference today. None of those present at the conference will say what took place, but it can be stated with confidence that on August 4th the ex ecution of the death sentence upon the nine Choctaws will take place. Inspect or Falsson gays he 1b now convinced that the murderers were fairly and properly tried and condemned. YIELDING TO PRESSURE. The"World'B Fair Directors Finally de clde on Sunday Closing. Chicago, July 14. The World's Fair la to be closed on Sundays after July 16th. The admissions of next Sunday have already been donated for the re lief of the families of the firemen who lost their lives in the recent fire on the grounds, and but for this1 fact the fair would probably have been closed next Sunday. The vote jpf the local direc tors rescinding its former action xvas overwhelmingly In favor of closing, standing 24 to 4. When the meeting of directors was called late this afternoon, an address strongly advocating Saun day closing, and signed by most of the leading Chicago clergymen, was read. After several speeches in favor of clos ing, resolutions were adopted setting forth the fact that the action opening the fair was taken in response to urg ent appeals from persons and organ izations representing a large majority of the public, as well as from the stock holders of the corporation, and also in accWd with resolutions adopted by the city counsll of Chicago. It now apperas bjr actual admission that the general public does not by its attendance man. ifest a desire for the exposition to be kept open eachday, and if the expo sition is kept open Sunday it will re quire an attendance of more than six teen thousand laboring men and women employes of the exposition, andvothers, and it further appearing; that the num ber of laboring men and women whose services are required to keep the expo sition open on Sunday is disproportion ate to .the number of visitors, all pre vious resolutions ofopening on Sunday are receded to take effect after the 16th Inst. DISINFECTING THE RUINS. - . - 1 , ,.-..-.-. - Chicago, July 14. The weather is still hot and steamy at ihe Word's Fair grounds. Large quantities of disinfect ants have been sprinkled over the ruins of the cold storage warehouse to keep down the stench. No more bodies have been found yet, though the officials in charge of the work believe from the the odor in the neighborhood of the smokestack, that more will be found there when the tangled mass of pipes and machinery is cleared away. The funeral of eight of the victims of the fire took place this afternoon. VAN HORNE INDICTED. ' Washington, July 14. The inter-state commerce commission, confirms the re port from Tacoma, Wash., that Presi dent Van Home, of the Canadian Pa cific railway, and several local agents of the road, had been indicted by the grand Jury for violation of the inter state commerce act, in making a secret cut in passenger rates. CAUSED A SENSATION. Montreal, July 14. News of the in dictments against President Van Horne, charging him with a violation of the interstate commerce law, created great consternation in Canadian Pacific Rail way circles. The officials are all out of the city and nothing could be learned of the railroad side of the case. DENIES HIS GUILT. Montreal, July 14. President Van Horn of the Canadian Pacific Rail road, returned to Mont real tonight. When told that a warrant had been is sued by the United States grand Jury at Tacoma on a charge of violating the Interstate commerce act, he declared the company was not guilty of any vio lation of the act, and that he will be ready whenever called upon to produce the books of the company in bupport LAND IN GREAT DEMAND. Vancouver, Wash., July 14. Fifty people, including ten women, formed in line In front of the United States land office at 9 o'clock this morning for the purpose of holding their places until Monday, when two townships In Lewis and Cowleta counties, will be declared open for settlement. One hundred and fifty others are expected tomorrow. AN ENORMOUS FAILURE. Chicago, July 14. A Record special from Isphemlng, Mich., says: It is learned at midnight that the Bchless ing syndicate, the largest operators in oTe in the world, have failed, with mil ions of liabilities. A sensation Is ex pected. ' GOV. WAITE MEANT IT. Denver, July 14. Eastern papers have been telegraphing here asking the real import of Governor Walte's incendiary silver speech. In an interview today he declares he meant Just what he said, and will not withdraw a single word. SIMPLY OUT FOB HIS HEALTH YiCB-PrtSifldiit StcFcusoi! Declines lo Be Iutcryicwci. 0H1IT JUsriOE btii.pr: TALKS llo Una 110 HeniPily to HiiKeent f. tlir Silver Trimble Favor it I.Vin r i.iljp l.i'gistiilluti. Associated Tress. Los Angeles, Cel., July 14 "ii-e-Prcs-ldent Stevenson was requested by a reporter today, to state Ills views on the silver question. He replied thtit It was Just what hundreds f other news paper men had naked him to d'i, but he had steadfastly refused to talk on that subject, or on political toplca of any kind, an he was on 11 trip for pleas ure and health. Chief Justice R orp of Illinois, who Is with the vks-prtu'dent's party, was asked for his views on the silver question, and mpllnl: ' I l ave no definite remedy to suggest, so far as the present condition of affairs is con cerned. I don't bolleve any man ex ists wh is big a.i'l broad enough to tell exactly what to do. Silver ipji have, their emphaUJ views; gold men their panacea, but the result will be a compromise, which wii have to be a' experiment. No man cm tell ,'ast how It is going to work. I hud uevoral hour talk with Vlee-Preoidei'. HcPfnoii (.11 this subject and ne agreed, with ine on these views. ' ScbPENDBJ' I Ai i.l.NT. Withdrawal of Deposits Pri.ves Too Much for a Kansas City i-'anlt. Kansas City, July 14. Tho National Bank of Kansas City suspended pay ment this afternoon and is "o.v in the hands of the comptroller of cuttency. The assets. President J. S. Chick said, will be between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000, and the liabilities between $800,000 and $1,000,000. He is confident that the de positors will be paid dollar for dollar. President Chick said the suspension was due to the steady withdrawal of deposits Blnce the beginning of the financial stringency. "We began to lose deposits early In May," he said, "and the demand on us went along until the failure of tho savings bank last Tues day, and every day since then the with drawal of deposits has 'been heavier. We thought we could get through to day, but we were forced to quit Just five minutes before the usual time. Lost night we nsked the clearing house for help, and that fact wns telegraphed to the creditors and dopwilUirs out of town and caused the run to be heav ier. We ai'ked for nniplo a!d f'-nni the clearing house u: tl.l.- ln.u'dr.;; we received $.Xr),000. Orders for err. r:i",v came in so heavily, however, that e could not possibly fill them." Tho Na tional Bank of Kansas City had a capital stock of $1,000,000, and the last statement, on May 4th, showed a sur plus fund of $200,000 and undivided profits of $24, CCO. It has outstanding loans of about $3,500,000. As a result of the failure of the National Bank today the Franklin Sav ings Bank this evening made an assign ment for the benefit of its creditors. The latter bank cleared through tne Kansas City National, and considerable of Its money was tied up in the latter's fail ure. The bank carried deposit amount ing only to $50,000, and the assets are considerably in exces of that num. BANKS RESUMING BUSINESS. Washington, July i4. The comp troller of currency nijny niilh xed the First National BanK of Los An geles, Cah, and the Nail nidi Bank t f Commerce, of Provo, Utn.i, t) resume business. The banks resinned with plenty of money, nono if w'.il.'h Is bor rowed, but obtained by collection of amounts due on notes, or Hiippllud by creditors. NEW STEAMSHIP LINE. Victoria, B. C, July 14. A story is current here that F. C. Davldge, form erly a sent here of the Union Pacific steamship line, has completed arrange ments to establish a line of steam ships between Puget Sound and Brit ish Columbia and the Orient in con nection with the Great Northern Rail road. Allen Cameron, the Victoria agent of the Canadian Pacific Rail road, has been transferred to the Port land agency of the company. WORK NOT STOPPED. New York, July 14. The report that the Nicaragua Canal Conatructlnn com pany had stopped working on the Nlcara gua canal on account of the lack of funds, was officially denied this morn ing by Senator Warner Miller, presi dent of the company. GALLAGHER AGAIN CONFESSES. Pittsburg, July 14, A story was pub llxhed this afternoon to the effect that p. J. Gallagher, one of the cook in the Carnegie Iron Works at Home stead, during the siege by the strikers, whose confession led to the conviction of Hugh Dempsey, district master workman, of instigating the poisoning of non-union men, inside the stockade, hns made another confession In which he declares Dempsey Innocent. Denip sey's attorney will bring the ense be fore the board of pardons. THE FOPULISTS HEARD FROM. Kansas City, July 14. A fioe:al fi;.mi Million, Kansas, says If there has been any doubt as to the intentions of th. populists to reorganize the state nillltl 1 In the Interest of the populist govern ment, an editorial in the Marlon Rec ord, speaking of tho disbanding of the Topeka companies u"d org.ini;:!";!: a populist cavalry, mxya: "Wo want Ad jutant General Artz to go light along as he 19 going. Don't be caught in last winter's fix; have men who will obey orders and have no qualms at 1 Willing the carcasses of tlume whu uUeaipt to tear down the legally elected govern ment. Shooting ft score of republican scoundrels last winter would have been a blessing to the utate and of In va.'u ibb service to law and order.." INTERVIEW WITH ALLISON. Minneapolis, July 14. Senator Allison, of Iowa, is in the city, the guest of Senator Washburn. He said today th.tl the present financial disturbances uro duo largely to the fact that there Is a belief that if we continue the pur chose of silver we must soon reach 11 sliver standard. Added to this Is the expansion of credits and the distrust of the democratic pulley on currency and the tariff. The stoppage of the purchase of silver will greatly aid In restoring confidence. PENSIONS SUSPENDED. Washington, July 14. It waa learned at the pension office today that 2,tiG0 pensions have been ru.'-pended up to date, under Secretory Hoke Smith's recent ruling. The huppenslonsore not confined to any locality, but are well distributed throughout the country. No pensioner has yet b.i3n cropped under the decision, for tho reason thut the sixty days allowed ie"uuinei'i in which to make proof of disability hns not lapsed. ' ' THE SITUATION IMPROVING. New York, July 14. A iecldod im provement in the financial situation in noted by the bankers. The banks are beginning to retire the clearing house certificates, and it is believed that this will continue. The banks are receiving largo amounts of currency from the country, and there is a noticeable de crease in applications by country linnm for rediscounts. ' THE INQUEST ON RUSSELL. Eureka, Cah, July 14. The coroner's Jury in tho case of Robert Russell, mil to of tho schooner Mabel Gray, whupe body whm found in the buy Wed-rc.-ilay with the limbs hound and n niijj In the mouth, returned a crdlct that Russell met his death at tho hands of persons unknown. Ho hud Veen threatened by Union sailors, and they are suspected of tho deed. SMUGGLERS INDICTED. . Portland, Or. July 14. A number of Indictments were found this afternoon by the United States grand jury against ' parties connected with the smuggling ring, but. their names nre not made public. A GOOD SIOUX. Omaha, Neb., July 14. A Bee ppe clal from Pine Agency says: Yuiiug-Afrald-of-Hlfi-Horge, the hend chief of the whole Sioux nation, dropped (load yesterday at Newcastle, Wyoming. BLUM ARRAIGNED. Portland, July 14. Nathan Blum, who was Indicted yesterday on a charge of smuggling opium, wao arraigned Jn tin United States court today. Ho wn. given ten days to enter a plea. RETURNING TO AMERICA. New York, July 14. A cable ills patch received at a late hour tcdny paid: "There has been taken from the Bank of England for shipment to Am erica 175,000 In gold." REV. REAMES' CASE. Victoria; July 14. The case of Rev. A. R. Reames comes up in the supreme court tomorrow, the defense having pp peuled from the Judgment of Justice Drake ordering him. extradited. SUICIDE OF A BANKER. Meadvllle, Pa., July 14.-S. T. Die!:, of the banking firm of J. R. Dick ft Co., suicided this morning. A heav run on the bank yesterday was tl: ' caupe. ' LABOR UNION DISORGANIZED. Tonawanda, N. Y July 14. The strike of lumber ehovers has ended in an unconditional surrender of the nvn, who will Book work as individuals. PASSED ITS SECOND READING. Berlin, July 14. The army bill passed Its second reading in the relchstag t.v day. It will pnss If third rdlns to i