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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1893)
EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. ASTORIA. OBEGON AV)DKESDAY MOBKIKG, SEPTEMijEll 1.1, 1893. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. )L. XL. NO. Mi: To All Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers to cent reduction from their regular and marked prices. N. B. A child buys as cheap as themost experienced buvyr. ' " . - I. L OSGOOD, The Reliable One Price Clothier, and Hatter, ' 000, G02 Third Street, Opposite Foard & Stokes', Astoria, Or. Still in the Front! FOR SILVER USE MARSHALL'S - T The staying powers of Marshall's Twine are superior to those of any other ever used on the Columbia river. ON HAND: 10-Ply 30's 8-Ply 40's 1 5-Piy nO's 7-Ply 308 9-Plv 30'a ASTOR HOUSE, Astoria, Oregon. .1. G. ROSS, Prop'i Rates $1 mid fl2'i per day. Good accommodations. Clean beds a specially. You are invited to call. Free 'Ims meets all steamboats. If ARE YOU FIXED FOR INSURANCE? FIRE AND MARINE. We are agents for the largest and best companies represented in Astoria. llnyal Insurance Co., assets, London Assurance Corp'n Etna Insurance Co. Western U. S. Branch, Xow Zealand Insurance. Co., Combined Assets, THE PACKERS OF Choice Columbia River Salmon, THEIR BRANDS AND LOCATIONS. NAME. LOCATION. Anuria Pa'gto Hootb, a.'rCo tliiiore Samuel- . George ft Barker J. u Ilinlhorn & Co J.O MejKr & Co-.... Fllienneu' Pk Col ; Astoria. - Astoria Astoria........ AtOrLt...-i - I i H?S'U A.torla . J.O.IUiilhornSiCo Brookfleld Stag. , a . . r i f LV . Artofia. With a Cash, One Price. Low Expense, .and Buying Direct from the Manufacturer method of doing business, enables me challenge any or all compe tition . in Men's and Boy's Clothing, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Va lises, Umbrellas, and all kinds of Men's and Boys' Wear. - ilSPUntil further notice I will continue to sell Men's and Boy's clothing at 25 per SIDE FISHING 12-Ply. 40's 14-Ply 40's 21,502,370,00 8,030,425.00 10,015,829.00 1,017,195.00 '2,077,219.00 45,403,044.00 WNE Elmore; Sanbor n & Co. P.RAXD. AUBMTB. AT I (Astoria Fk'gCo' Kinney'i. :M. J. ki (.John A. DeTlin- inney. Astoria. t Mark Diamond. I Oval- I Magnolia . I White Star A. Booth 8ona. IclllctKO Elmore. Sanborn Aitoria. & Co j Eiiicure Palm. George & Barker; Astoria.. liiuna !j. O. Hanthorn . Aitoria . ......... St. George...J. G. Metier HiookOald Wu I A.loria r ,...'11 ' . . ..- , ...i.'wj-irjear.'lmavlaii ; rig Co ANOTHER TRAIN Six Miscreants Hold Up a Lake Shore and Micliigan Exurcss. ,. THEY WOUNDED THE ENGINEER Klew the Surra Open With Dynamite Cart rid to. mill Held Iho Train up for -Over an Hour. Associated Press. Kendallville, Ind., Sopt. 12. The Lake Shore and Mlchlgnn Southern passenger train No. 14, was held up by a gang1 of robbers this morning" on Kesler Biding, five miles west of here. The west switch was thrown open, showing a red light. When Engineer Knapp Btopped his en gine he was fired upon and hit In the shoulder by a bullet from a Winchester. The robbers then covered the train crew with rifles and after blowing open the door of tho express car, three of them entered and covering the express messengers, proceeded coolly to blow open, the safe. It took five cartridges to accomplish this. The robbers after taking what they wanted, departed. The train was held up about an hour. En gineer Knapp will recover. The amount taken from the safe Is not known. Engineer Knapp brought the train here, but was unable to- go farther on account of his wound. It Is believed he will recover. There were two safes In the express car, onei for through matter to which the messenger had no key, and one for local matter. The robbers compelled the messenger to open all the drawers from which several thous and dollars in currency was taken. They then blew open the big safe with dynamite. In the outer compartment was a quarter of a million dollars In gold, which the robbers loaded them selves with, not Btopplng to open tho Inner compartment In which was a lot more money. In their haste to get away the robbers also .overlooked two gold bars. The train Is the heaviest "for express matter on the road, and fre quently carries half a million dollars. It Is believed that this fact was known to the robbers. When they left the train they went In a southerly direc tion. The point at which the robbery occurred was In a deep cut In the woods but all the country around Is thickly populated, with little timber, and It Is believed that It Is Impossible for the robbers to escape. Tosses are out scour ing the country In search of them. General Superintendent Crosby of the United States Express, declares that the total loss is less than $20,C00. He Bays the robbers thought they were carrying away bank notes, but secured . mostly papers Worthless to them and over looked $15,000 worth of gold bullion. He emphatically denied the report that $275,000 had been taken. He says only five or six men were concerned In the robbery. President Newell of the Lake Shore, this afternoon offered a re ward of one thousand dollars for the capture and conviction of the robbers. A despatch from Albion, says that tho robbers who held up the Lake Shore train are surrounded by a sher iff's posse and that a fight Is In prog ress with Indications that the robbers will be captured or exterminated. Tonight General Manager Crosby of the United States Express Company, paid he had been looking Into the mat ter all day and Is satisfied that the loss will not amount to $20,000. The story that the amount secured would reach $300,000 was based on the allegation that some bank in Chicago had shipped to its New York correspondents last nieht $250,000. Nothing can be learned here, however, that will bear out the story. All the banks denying any knowl edge of such a shipment. Express mes senger Haniblin returned to the city this afternoon and told his story of the affair, not differing Jn any essential feature from the earlier stories, except that he thought the number of men concerned In the affair was not more than six at the outside. Engineer Knapp received two bullets, one in the shoulder and one In the left side and is now in his home in Elkhart. Ho is in a critical condition. Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 12. John Byrne, superintendent of detectives of the United States Express Company, left tonight for the scene of the express robbery. The officials of the company declare that it may be .days before the extent of the robbery is known and it may be $50,000, or it may be $250,000. The robbed express car reached here early this evening. Its interior is pretty nearly torn to pieces. ARRESTED FOR TRAIN ROBBERY. Peru. Ind., Sept. 12. A man giving the name of C. A. Belden, of Poca- tello, Idaho, supposed to be one of the robbers of the Lake Shore train at Kendallville, has been arrested here. He came In over the Wabash road on a frelifht train. THE CAMPAIGN OPENED. Bigourney, la.. Sept 12. The republi can campaign opened here this after noon. Hon. Frank D. Jackson, republi can candidate for governor, was the leading speaker.' He devoted himself mostly to the financial situation, de claring It to be the legitimate result of the policy of the democratic party, particularly In the matter of the tar iff. MITCHELL ON REPEAL. Washington, Sept. 12. Stewart's reso lution for a committee to ascertain whether any senator Is financially In terested in a national bank, went over till tomorrow. The repeal bill was taken up. Mitchell of Oregon, addressed the senate against the bill. Mitchell favored free coinage nnd while he would be willing as a last re port to change the ratio In order to se cure free coinage, he believed it should be decreased to WVt to 1. Mitchell dwelt upon the surpassing importance of the question which confronted congress and discussed the causes which produced the recent distress in the condition of the .country. He maintained that the Sherman law was in no degree respon sible for it, and, yet the repeal was to be brought about because of the clamor' from the banking interests. There was no danger of the- United States becom ing the dumping, ground for foreign silver. It was needed for money pur poses, and cjuld not be spared. Mitchell referred to the disastrous effects of the depreciation of sliver on the inter ests of the farmers. The money chang ers of Lombard street and unconscion able gamblers of Wall street waited with 111 concealed anxiety the result of the vote that, would increase by half the. purchasing power of gold and cut down In like proportion the price of ev ery agricultural commodity produced In this country. The vice president laid before tho son- ate today a letter from the treasury de partment in relation to the redemption of silver certificates. It Is stated that $1,273,267 In notes provided by the Sher man act were, redeemed In sliver coin during August, 1893; that $174,061,242 (coinage valut) of silver bullion pur chased under that act and subject to ccinage Is now held in the treasury. He also read a letter frorn. the secretary of the treasury Btatlng that there was available on the 7th Inst, for enforce ment of the Chinese exclusion act, $63,- E02. M KINLEY OPENS OUT. Akron, O., Sept. 12. Governor Mc- Klnley' opened the republican campaign here today with a big meeting. Speak ing on the silver question, McKlnley said: "The great majority of the republic ans In the Benate would vote for the repeal; if repeal was not carried, the democrats would have ' to bear the blame. We do not want to strike down either gold or silver." he said, "We want to use both metals, but insist that one shall go at parity with the other, and that both be of equal in trinsic value."1 He laclared that the trouble was not the lack of money,' but taking. money out of circulation through. distrust. Con fidence would come back, and the trouble would end If the declared poli cy to introduce the revenue tariff pol icy In the country was abandoned. A NEW PROPOSITION. Washington, Sept. 12. Developments Indicate that there Is to bo an early ef fort to put through the senate an amendment to the repeal, of the nature outlined by Senator Faulkner In his speech a few days since. It will provide for the purchase and coinage or $J,ooo, 000 worth of silver per mon.th, until the silver circulation In this country shall amount to $800,000,000, and for the re tirement of all the paper currency of less denomination than $20. The propo sition has developed considerable strength. ; A BITTER FIGHT EXPECTED. Washington, Sept. 12. The house committee on elections of the president and vice president and the members of congress has ordered a favorable re port on the bill repealing the federal election law. The democrats expect to give It their exclusive attention in the house after Thursday. A bitter partisan fight Is expected. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. Walla Walla, Wash., Sept. 12,-The Heaviest rainfall observed at the United States signal station here since its es tablishment occurred during the eight een hours ending at noon today. One and 37 hundredths inches fell. It is feared that heavy damage has been done to the sacked grain in the fields. HEAVY LOSS THREATENED. Moscow, Idaho, Sept. 12. A heavy rain which has been falling since mid right threatens a great loss to the farmers of this vicinity who are in the midst of their harvest. Thousands of bushels of threshed grain is lying un protected in the fields, awaiting sacks. HE WOULDN'T HAVE IT. Des Moines, Ia.t Sept. 12. L. S. Coffin, nominated for governor by the citizens' state prohibition convention, today wrote a letter declining the nomination RESPITE FOR THE CHINESE Attorney General Olney Pais Some Boulflers in the Way, FUNDS MUST BE IN SIGHT He Declarea (hat No Onler, f r Deporta tion Shall l!e Valid Without Ca.h ia Available. Associated Press. .Washington, Sopt. 12. The first au thoritative 'statement Issued by offici als of the government regarding tho Geary exclusion act and the recent ag itation concerning its enforcement or non-enforcement was made by Attorney general Olney today. " ' The statement that any action has recently been taken by tho president or the. secretary of state relative to the non-enforcement of the rlxth section of the so-called Geary act, is without foundation. It having been held by Judge Ross of California that warrants could issue for the violation of the said sixth section, marshals and their dep uties have been Instructed that war rants Issued by . the court must be served, nnd any orders for deportation subsequently made in such cases must be put Into execution to the extent of any funds available for that purpose. The deportations have not actuully been made, for the' reason that In all cases whore the warrants have been Issued, the above stated writs of habeas coi-t pu3 have been applied for and, being denied, appeals have 'been taken from such denial. In that state of things, Rule 32 of the United States supreme court, expressly authorized by statute, forbids any change of custody pending appeal. The result Is that in all cases of the kind referred to, parties in cus tody must continue In such custody pending such appeal and can be de ported If at all, only after Judgments upon such arpeals in favor of the gov ernment. , San Francisco,' Sept. 12. United States District Attorney Garter has re ceived instructions from- Attorney Gen eral Olney to oppose the Issue of war rants for the arrest of Chinese and to Issue no warrants himself. When war rants are Issued by the courts and the Chinese ordered to depart, Oarter will tsk for. a cessation of proceedings un til there are sufficient funds available to carry out the provlnlons of tho Geary act. The Chinese here feel greatly elat ed over yesterday's announcement of the administration's policy in delaying the operation of the Geary act. WOULD NOT ARREST CHINAMEN. Portland. Or.. Sept. 12.-The federal authorities today refused tho reqm-nt of the committee representing the Port land Central Labor Council to Issue vvarrants for the arrest of ceveral Chi namen, on account of lack of funds and Iho wint of co-operatlon of the district attorney, whose ordois are adverse to such proceedings. The annunl ' delinquent tax roll of Multnomah county has been completed. The total amount -"f taxes unpaid, amount to nearly $326,000, which in ll'.O per cent, larger than last year. STRUGGLE TO REGISTER. Arkansas City, Ks Sept. 12. The ranks of the homeseekers before the registration booths continue . to In crease. An excursion in throe sections r.vor the Santa Fe rood contained five thousand. It Is becoming a serious ques tion how so many can be cared for. Manv In line are Buffering from expos ure to the sun, and dust, and for the lack of proper . food. One old soldier dropped dead. , Arkansas City, Ks Sept. 12. When the Cherokee Strip regltterlng booths were opened this morning there was a terrible crush. Four more clerks were added to the working force and many more certificates were lHKued than yes terday. The total today reached 3,500. Many homeseekers, despairing of ob taining certificates here, have departed for Orlando, Just over the south bound ary of the strip. Yesterday there were 2.752 certificates IsBued there. The line In front of the boothes luid its place, ail last night. Men. women, children, lie groes, and Indians werj packed in a i-onimon muss. At Stillwater, twenty miles cast of 4 - Highest of all in Lcavcninjj l'owi -. Latest U. S. Gov't Report ADSOIJUT Orlando, 2,000 certificates . Were- Issued yesterday, and about that number to day. Many more people are waiting at both places. The scarcity of water nnd Intense heat have caused the death of several children. Caldwell, Kb., Sept. 12. Additions were made today to the clerical force In tho registration booths here, and 2.C50 certificates ipsued. The line Is still maintained b ysomo 3,500 people, but to day by numbering each person as he takes hln place, much Inconvenience is avoided. From Hennessey, on Rook Isl and, comes the Information that '5,0(i0 boomers secured certificates yesterday and today, and several thousands are Mill .waiting.' A FATAL QUARREL. Arkansas City, Ks., Sept. 12, Word was received here late tonight of a tragedy at Orlando. The vigilance com mittee of boomers had a fight with sev eral confidence men and thieves. Rich ard Martin, John Seabold, and Davis Winters of the committee were killed by the thugs and their bodies thrown Into a well. As soon as this was leirned a rush was made for the gamblers, but they had fled and are not yet caught. A message from Stillwater, later to night, states that the crowd there be came unmanageable, broke the lines, and wrecked one of the booths. Several neonle were hurt In the riot that en- sue'd and It wus necessary to call out troops to disperse the crowd. SOUTHERN PACIFIC BONDS. San Francisco, Sept. 12. The direct ors of the Southern Pacific Railway Company have decided to Issue bonds slightly lit excess of $S9,000,000. They arc to be exchanged for old bonds and tho excess Is to be used In the con struction of new lines. The original bonds bore Interest at the rate of 6 per cent.; the new ones will bear 5 per cent. Interest and' will be placed on the market In New York and London as soon as practicable. DANGEROUS FOREST FIRES. Omaha, Neb.. Sept. 12. A Bearwood special to the Bee says:' "Timber' fires, which for three weeks have donef Im mense damage to the growing timber, now threaten to consume the ehtlre country ; RUTH AND NAOMI. Washington, Sept. 12. It Is reported that ' Mrs. Cleveland has decided to name her new baby Naomi. Don't go to Portland to buy your tickets for the "Old Country" and the East when you can get them for the same price at the Union Paclflo office in this city, and thereby save your lo cal fare to Portland. Fred Olsen takes the lead in manu facturing boots and Bhoes. All work Is first class and warranted. Repairing a ,piclRlty. Corner Second and Olney itit:eU. J, W. Thompson, organist at the M. 10. church, gives leflnnH In munlc, pi ano and orKan. Organs tuned and re paired. Address 58 Astor St., Astoria. Sportsmen Intending to purchase their winter's supply of ammunition should communicate with Foard & Stokca before purchasing elsewhere. At The Monogram you can find fra grant Belmont, Wedding Bouquet, Flor do Madrid and all other choice nnd favorite brands of cigars. The finest and most extensive line of blue and white steel enameled ware ever displayed In Astoria has been received at Foard & Stokes.' Theo. Bracker keeps a varied and choice assortment of cigars, tobaccos, playing cards, cutlery, stationery, pipes, amber goods, etc. Dry hemlock wood delivered at $3.25 per cord by C. W. Everest, Alderbrook. Leave orders with Ben Coe, care of thla office. Terms cash. There ia no place in Astoria where John Kopp'B famous beer Is kept in such good condition as at Utzlnger's popular resort. Wagner & Co. have a line of new souvenir spoons. Watch, clock and Jew elry repairing a specialty. Opposite The Astorian office. Elegant bath tubs, first class shav ing and neat and artistic hair cutting at the Astoria Baths. Glllet & Crbett, proprietors. ANOTHER CUT IN PASSENGER RATES. Five dollars less over the Union Pa cific, to Missouri, river and Intermedi ate points, effective Sunday, August 20th. Hates to all Eastern points corre spondingly reduced. For full informa tion, call at Ticket olilce, Union Pa dfio dock. ' O. W. LOUNSBERRY. Agent. 1 1 f unermcu a i