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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1893)
M10BJA PDBUC LIEHARY ASSOCIA1IOIL r1 0 y ml y 1 W 'JHJ EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XL. NO. 178. ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNINGf AUGUST 5, 18U3. PRICE, FIVE CENTS, ii ! . i A. Lpa a ili .Las m Jaj 3b c3 D Has Struck the Town. Big Betsy of the Fired into Cooper's Store AndK The Bi nocked ottom out of j SI ' r 11 PI HIT If MP t la First Class Goods Slaughtered The Greatest Reduction Sale Ever Known in Astoria: Positively; You Will Get Bargains. o lumbugr At the Midsummer Sale now in Progress. u j L i j! ' i1 7 vit' U U li n The Leading Merchant of Astoria. Tictorions Soldiers Carry Bloofly ' - Heads Atont Apia ' AND U8E THEM TOR BASEBALLS Tli: ' Groat Powin Interfered and : TUr and Uli Chief Surrender. Associated Press. San Francisco, August 4. Advices have been, received to the effect that the long-predicted war In Samoa has been commenced and finished, the In tervention of the three great powers putting a decisive end to the trouble, Mataafa and his chiefs have surren dered. Maleatoa's army consisted of about 1,000 fighting men, armed with rifles, axes and long knives, and was more powerful than Mataafa's, having plen ty ammunition and many more war riors. When the attack came, Mata afa's forces being short of ammuni tion,' retreated after a hard fight, in which many were killed and wounded. That afternoon, Maleatoa's warrloro returned to Apia with the spoils of victory, which, consisted of the bleed ing heads of human beings. Each man who had the .luck to cut off the head o( an enemy, marched through the streets of Apia with his enemy's head, carried with one finger stuck up the windpipe of the severed head and an other finger In the mouth. They walked up the street yelling like fiends, with eyes starting from their sockets with excitement, and throwing the severed heads about like baseballs, blood dripping all over the bearers. Many heads were brought in, In this manner, and after being exhibited about town, were presented to Malea toa as trophies of . war. The white people took refuge on the verandas' of bouses, ' while the warriors held the streets, as they were at the mercy of the excited natives who were crazed with victory and blood; and. if there had been any clash, the whites would probably have been massacred. Mataafa lost Blxteen killed and sev enteen wounded. Maleatoa's loss was tour killed and twelve wounded. Of four women killed, two were decapitated. One girl crept Into the bush for shel ter, where she was, discovered by a warrior, lying face down and clinging with both 'hands toa sapling. She cried for mercy, saying that she was a woman, but the warrior deliberately slaughtered her and cut off her head. SHIPWRECK AT DUNGENESS. Port Townsend, Wash., August 4. The Chilean bark Eritrea, en. route from Valparaiso to MoodyvUle, went ashore., this morning on Dungeness Splt.'durlng a thick fog at low water. A fresh westerly wind prevailed and the" vessel was driven hard ashore, and will probably be a total loss. The ves vel came up the straits this morning in a thick fog, and the captain, be ing a stranger to these waters, lost his bearings. She went ashore near where the Savona was wrecked two years ago. The Eritrea was In ballast. The crew reached the shore safely. Two tugs are at the scene of the wreck and are endeavoring to tender assistance. - BANKRUPT BREVITIES. The people's Savings Bank of St. Paul closed Its doors yesterday morn ing. . A receiver has been appointed for the Denver Equitable Accident Insur ance Company; Its outstanding ' risks of 16,000,000 have been reinsured with the Union Casualty Company, Trouble among the stockholders caused the failure. The closing of the doors of the St. Paul German National Bank yesterday caused some withdrawal of funds from other banks, but no particular excite ment or runs. James H. Walker & Co., dry goods, one of the largest firms In Chicago, confessed ' Judgment yesterday on a note for $5,495. A receiver has been asked for. The amount Involved is 12,000,000. The First National Bank of Ham mond, Ind., capital $50,000, and the Citizens' National Bank, of Muncle, Ind., capital, $200,000, closed their doors yesterday morning. S. Jacoby & Company, cigar manu facturers of New York, have confessed judgments aggregating $30,000. Liabil ities, $150,000. The West Side Bank of St. Paul, capital, $100,000, closed yesterday. No statement has been made. A GREAT FOREST FIRE. Albany, Or., August 4. Reports from the eastern terminal of the Oregon Pa cific railroad says a large forest fire Is raging on the north side of Brei ton Brush, about six miles northeast of Detroit. The fire has burned from the river back on the mountain a dis tance of two miles, and Is rapidly spreading in every direction, burning against the wind nearly as fast as with It. Everything Is perfectly dry and only a heavy rain will stop a ter rible destruction of timber; There Is no clue to the origin of the fire. THE POPULISTS PLEASED. Chicago, August 4. The executive committee of the populist party, who have been In session here since the ad journment of the silver convention, tonight Issued an address td the peo ple of the United States. It says in part: '"The overwhelming spirit of this convention Indicates that the whole nat'on Is alive to the dangers which threaten us. The convention not . only repudiates the Idea of a gold standard and a gold basis, but unan imously committed Itself to the prin ciple that we, as populists, have long held and cherished, namely, 'that law alone makes money, and that the stamp of the government converts sixty cents' worth of silver Into a dol lar, equal to any gold dollar,' and they unanimously accepted one doctrine, that the money of the country, should be adequate for all demands of busi ness, and should expand with the growth of population and commerce." The address holds out the Idea that the silver convention was a great vic tory for poflullst principles, as em bodied in the Omaha platform. INDIVIDUAL CURRENCY. Fall River. Mass., August 4. -This morninsr the Bourne mills put Into cir culation pay roll checks, of which the following Is a sample: "Pay to bear er, In clearing house funds, five dol lars, and charge that amount to ac count of Bourne mills, George A. Chaoe, treasurer." These checks are intended to meet the situation result ing from a Bhortage In currency, and will probably be accepted by grocers and operatives without question. Oth er mills will follow the example of the Bourne corporation. A FORTUNATF. ESCAPE. ; . - St. Louis, August .4. News has been received here of an almost successful attempt to wreck and rob a Wabash train this morning near Atlanta, Mo. A rail was taken from the track by the robbers, but the fact . was discov ered by a son of the section agent, who flagged the train, thereby preventing the wreck and intended robbery. TIN IMPORTERS GONE. New York, August 4. N. L. Cctort & Company, Importers of tin, tlnplate and other metals, made an assignment today. Liabilities, $350,000; assets un known. The firm Is a very old one, and prominent In the metal trade. The failure is due to depreciation In the price of metals, and the financial stringency, ' A BLAZE IN MINNESOTA. St. Paul, August 4. A dispatch, special from Princeton, Minn., says that a fire In that place, early this morning, destroyed the First National bank building, a hotel, and six houses, causing a loss of $50,000; insurance partial. ANTIIONYCOMSTOCK'S LABORS. Chicago, Aug. 4. The council of ad ministration of the World's Fair has ordered the director-general to Inves tigate the dances of th Orientals In the Midway Plalsance, and If found Immoral, to stop them at once. OBSTINATE OSAGE INDIANS. Guthrie, O. T., August 4. The Osage Indians refuse to treat with the gov ernment for the sale of their reserva tion of nearly 2,000,000 acres. They are prosperous and don't want to be crowded by the whites. FAILED AND SUICIDED. Chicago, August 4. Nelson Van Kirk, a board of trade operator, sui cided today. He was 72 years old, and a member of the firm of VanKIrk & Austin, which was forced to the wall today. SILVER IN CENTRAL AMERICA. San Jose de Costa Rica, August 4. There is a financial panic throughout this republic, caused by the condition of the silver market. Failures have been numerous, and more are expected. 8IAM BLOCKADE RAISED. Paris, AugUBt 4. Ifc.'ar-Admiral Ilumann, commanding th& French fleet now In Siamese waters, announces that the blockade of Slam was raised yes terday afternoon. THE FIRST OF THE NEW WHEAT. Allany, Or., AuguHt 4. The first new wheat was received In this city today. It was fall grain and of ex cellent quality. MORE GOLD COMING OVER. COMING SESSION Of CONGRESS Blount Will Voice the Sifter Ken Immediately. TEE COMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIPS I'roldent Clflttelnnil l.etni Itut.nrrt'e liny ltrpulil Iran tunc in Called. London, August 4. There was $1,110, 000 in gold taken from the bank of England, today, for America. Associated Press. Washington, August 4. As soon af ter congress meets as it becomes prac ticable, Bland, leader of the silver forces lh the house, will Introduce a bill embodying the views of the silver men. It will provide for the repeal of the Sherman purchasing act and a substitute therefor of the free, coin age of silver at the present ratio of 16 to 1. "That," said Bland, "will be the ground upon which we will make our fight, although there has been no definite plan agree upon." He recog nized that men could honestly differ as to the ratio, but that waB a matter that should be settled In the party Itself. He proposed, however, to resist with all his power any Increase In the ratio. ' 1 QUESTION OF CHAIRMANSHIPS. New York, August 4. Speaker Crisp authorizes the statement that there Is no basis whatever for any one of the many reports circulated regarding the appointment of chairmen of commit tees. He does not expect to announce the committees until eight or ten days after the organization Monday. He may make an exception of the com mittee on coinage; It all depends on the tone of the president's message. If Cleveland Bhall confine his recom mendations strictly to repeal, with no hint of subsequent legislation In' the direction of bimetallism, it might be considered wise to put Cochran at the head. If, on the other hand, the pres ident, should deem a more paclflo pol icy advisable. It might be considered wise to. permit Bland to retain- his position, If he should care to do so, despite the opposing majority In his committee. ' PLENTY OF SMALL CURRENCY. Washington, August 4. Treasury of ficials state that the treasury is pre pared to supply all the small currency wanted, and the lack of such currency In certain sections of the country Is accounted for on the theory that much of it Is being hoarded by those who re ceive it, thus withdrawing U from ac tive circulation. OFF FOR WASHINGTON. Buzzard's Bay, August 4. Secretary Lnnunt arrived at Grny Gables at noon today. The president's team met him at the station. Everything is in readiness for a start to AVashlngton this afternoon. Besides the president. Secretaries Lamont, Carlisle find Ol ney will be In the party. Bloomlngton, 111., August 4. Vice President Stevenson left this evening for Washington, to bo present at the extra session of congress Monday. To an Associated Press correspondent to night, ho said: "From advices I have received, It Is my opinion that the Sherman law will be repealed, but as to any substitute I am not prepared to talk. I hardly think anything will be done with the tariff at this session, as congress would not have time." REPUBLICANS TO CAUCUS. Washington, August 4. Representa tive Thomas B. Henderson, chairman of the republican caucus, has Issued a . call for the caucus to meet Saturday evening. i SILVER DOLLARS IN DEMAND. New York, August 4. Depositors In banks are using every possible 'device to secure bills to sell to brokers at a prendum. The banks are refusing to cash checks unless they are well sat isfied there Is necessity for their use. The currency demands from the In terior are still heavy, but are generally refused, although the banks are hed to be supplying every legitimate de mand, both In and out of town. The sub-treasury today refused to pay out silver dollars on presentation of a number of thousand dollar greenbacks. The full limit of sliver dollars Is coined according to law, and only silver cer tificates or treasury notes will now be redeemed in silver on demand. AN OFFICIAL TECHNICALITY. Tacoma, August' 4. A Jury In the federal court tonight found Clarence Chamber, ex-postmaster at Kalama, guilty of appropriating $20 of govern ment funds. He was recommended to the extreme leniency of the court. The case grew out of Chambers' refusal to turn the office over to Mr. W. N. Smith, his successor, when removed by the new administration last April. -- -