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ISIOBIiPOBUC UBRARY ASSOCIATION ; EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. V VOL. XL, NO. 243. ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY HORNING, OCTOBER 25, 1893. PRICE, FIVE CENTS, There Are No Others Like Them! 3UHDER SHIItT.lKIDNEY I 7PB0TECI0F.l "1 itbownir ---Vftini w",,,u ifF JL Will outwear H f two pair ot ft. -LCZERSE KNITTING BILLS,-jJc -LUZEME OITHQ (ES,- The Best Underwear Made. They Come in White, Scarlet and Natural Wool Colors; also in Camel's Hair, and at Prices Lower than formerly. "They can be bought only of the Sole Agent for the Lowei Columbia, " I. L OSGOOD, The Reliable One Price Clothier and Halter, 600, 002 Third Street, Opposite Foard & Stokes', Astoria, Or. " We have a SCHOOL BOOKS AND SUPPLIES To be sold at the American Book Com pany's price list. A big reduction from last year's prices. GRIFFIN &, REED. CALFORPJIA ; Wm HOUSE,, FINE WINES AND LiaUOftS I have made arrangements for supplying any brand of , wines in quantities to suit at lowest cash figures. The trade and families supplied. All orders delivered free in Astoria. A, W. UTZINGER, - ' Main Street, Astoria, Oregon. The Astor House, J. W. WILLIAMS, Prop. Conducted on the European plan. Rooms 25, 50 and 75 cts. Special Rates by the Week or Month. Jefferson St. Astor a, Or. STEAMER R. r- .. . WILL LEAVE FOR TILLAMOOK EVERY FOUR DAYS, AS FOLLOWS: For October it will be the 2nd, Ctli, lOlh, Hth, 18tb, 22ud, 2Cth.and 30th. Tbp Rtcampr R. P. Elmore cotinccw with Union Pacific steamers for Portland and through tickets are Untied from Portland to Tillamook Bay points by Hie Union Pacific Co. Ship freight from Portland by ITnion Pacillc vtoamerM. ELMORE, SANBORN & CO., Agents, Astoria! UK10. PACIFIC R. R. COMPANY. Agents Portland. THE PACKERS Choice Columbia River Salmon, THEIR BRANDS AND LOCATIONS. KtMK. LOCATION. Aberdeen P kg Co !llweo..- Bear IfArtoria Pk'g Co. I Astoria. Kinney'i .M, i. Kinney ; (.John A. Devlin..! 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At half-past twelve Senator Harris, acting for the silver democrats, Informed the sliver republicans that the democrats had concluded, after taking; all the circum stances into consideration, . that their best course was to drop ' the fight against repeal and allcw it to come to a vote. If this decision is not reoon- sldcred and it does not seem at all I probable that it will bo, the end of the present fight will soon be reached, and the result will be accordance with the presidjnt's wishes, and those of the repeal forces of the senate. . The silver republicans will not undertake- to pro long the fight beyond the time neces sary to complete their speeches and will, after that, permit voting to begin on the amendments to the bill. It is generally believed hat this will take place before the end of the week, Stewart of Nevada resumed, his ar gument against the repeal bill.1 "Let the administration take oft its hund and let the majority express Itself in the senate," he said, "and tba rause of silver would have nearly a 2 to 1 maiorltv. At 1:30 Stewart yielded to Jones, of Nevada, , Dubois, of Idaho, -who nas taken a inaitinff nur, in tha ficht npainst un conditional repeal said this afternoon that a vote would come probably with in a week as there would be no oppo sition or any attempt at filibustering. The silver men will offer amendments and debate them and will probably vote tor all tne cmenamenis wiuui promise anything for silver. It was impossible to say when a vote would be taken, but he should think within a week. . At 4 p. m. the senate took a recess till tomorrow. Knot nf fhc rpnilhllpnns. the DODU- lists.and many democrats of the sen ate have said that they expected con gress to adjourn early next week until the first Monday in December. The leaders of the democratic party, upon whom the decision will largely rest, m nnf m.ito an mnflilAnt nf an ad journment. Senator Harris said there was a great deal for congress to do, and he did not see wny u snouiu hui proceed with its work without inter xnrvtlnn Sonntnra ftnrman and Voor- hees refused to discuss the question at all, saying it had not Deen canvasBeu. "We are ready to go on," said Peffer or, Vi.io in nnlann to an Associated Press representative, "and could have continued tne ngnt ior boiihj uhkj a little assistance, but we were willing to quit' when. the old parties did so. We feel badly to have silver receive this satback, but politically we view the situation wun compim-uui:?. nonnnt mnni-ti fnr it in not our funeral. We expect the result to make millions of votes for the populists" . The silver republicans and the re peal republicans nave maae a. iimu um Ineffectual attempt to unite their forc es before the close by bringing senators Sherman and Teller together, but they fnnri that thpv pould not unite upon a measure that would stand any likelihood of receiving tne necesntuy majority to insure its passage. The .,.. nf th silver democratic senators whose action brought the long fight to a practical ciose, ranuiuu that whilo their constituents would justify them in making as strong a fight' for silver as. they could make In a legitimate and regular way, their people would not endorse them in re sorting to filibustering methods, and they concluded to yield at once. Sen ator Voorhoes said tonight that he was hopeful of reaching the voting stage by Thursday, and the opinion is general that the bill will be disposed of before the end of the week. It is not believed by any one that half of the twenty -saven amendments proposed will be regularly offered. There is al ready talk of future silver legislation. One of the leading advocates of repeal was quoted tonight as saying that he will introduce a free coinage bill on the assembling of the regular session. Senator Sherman told an Associated Press reporter that he was contem- in,rni.inins it hnnrl hill, and he would probably Incidentally make some provision ior me use ui iron., ntvioi- oonntnrs have financial bills in contemplation. The outlook is Indeed good tnat tne resuwr ' will be flooded with financial bills, and no one need be surprised if the 53rd congress should develop a record of financial discussion almost as import ant as the one now closing. BIG FIRE IN GERVAIS. Gervais, Or. Oct. 24. At 8 o'clock .i.i. a n hrnkp nut in Cole man & Goulet's mercantile establish ment. The building was entirely con ihA mvunantfl of the upper story barely escaping In time. The if.BS is aa lollows: coieman $15,000, Insured for $7,500; Wm. J. Clark, printing office $800, Insurance $400; T. B. Walker, boot maker, and Mickel & Zelgler, each $300; no insurance. CORBETT AND MITCHELL, rn.in drt 9i Thi directors of the National Sporting Club held a meeting today and decided unanimoumy no offer should be made by the club :..... XT l I .nil rVirhPtt to df- l" " 111 : ' 11 " ' t ' - , clde their contest in the National Club building. The question or notuing me fight at the Bolingbroke. Club In Clap- ham, Is now being considered. . New York, Oct. 24. Brady, the man ager for Corbett, .says not having had a formal notice from! the Coney Island club that the Club was unable to en gineer the fight, he considers Corbett Btill bound by the contract to that in stitution. He has heard from reliable sources that If the club is unable to hold the fight, they will pay Mitchell and Corbett the forfeit money of $5000 en.ch. H'-ady says they have an offer of $45,000 from the. Olympic club, in New Orleans. STRUCK AND . WENT BACK. Coluw,u Ohio, Oct.24. A strlck on all tl(,a ncar lines of the city was nrbrl1"'" F" ultlirnit urnrninir thin morn aAd muifesult of the discharge o' tv ' .yees. The police were leal inS . nraam.A r- OtTlll. . X, , 1 ...... 1... . J t 1 iv f . der ark if niT. of the employees re turned K.' . after a two hours tie up thouK-i v 'W lines are still un FOURTEEN YEARS IN JAIL. St. Louis, Oct. 24. At Clayton today the trial was called of the train rob bers, Plnnock, Ray, and Robertson, who held up the Frisco train near the Pacific. Robertson pleaded not guilty and was neia unoer Donus ol iu.uw Pinnock and Ray entered pleas of guil ty and were each sentenced to four teen years' imprisonment THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC. Wlll'Moke a Big Attempt to Dominate AH Western Oregon. San Francisco. Oct. 24. It is said here that the Southern Pacific Com pany are desirous of controlling the Or egon Pacific railway and tributary wa ter lines' that, will be placed on the market in the early part of next month. The 'Southern Pacific has recently had the division superintendent R- Field, of the Oregon division of the Southern Pacific- looking over the Oregon Pa cific road. Mr. Field has been accom panied by an engineering expert, and It is reDorted that the Southern Pacific people are favorably Impressed with the . Oregon Paclflc'c plant, and that i n hiaahiltv nf thf former IIIOIC tt . . -J j - making a purchase. Other railroad companies, nowever, are huctkoicu hi the northern road. One of them ia the nw.-i iMrtfthom RbIIwbv oomuanv. James I. Ulatr, of Blairsville, N. J., and many times a millionaire, is one In rret at nrr h nl P-r ft in ttlP OreCOn imtgi-cvL. pvuvimui- . ' Dnnirtrt Tilnli la nlsn nne of the min- clpal backerB of the Great Northern, and it is lor his line mat ne ia iiiukuib a fight to control tne jregim: ruuuc r the Great Nor thern to make connections with the Or egon line, thus allowing it a. ran uuu ocean route to San Francisco. The ivia ..... in tha flirht in th reore sentatlve of numerous small sharehold ers of the Oregon Pacinc. i.r tne douui- T ..1 f ,i e). mi 1 il iTi'i P( .11 1 Tol Of It. it will have the same hold on the Wil lamette Valley that It now nas on uie San Joaquin Valley uauiornm. ai .. t hc riMtmn Pnltli oDerates a line of steamers oa the Willamette riv er which holds the Southern Pacific down to low rates.- ueneriu auchi i. r. u.,,.hn nf th Oretron Pacific said: ' The plant of the Oregon Pacific Is valued at aooui u.uuu.uuv- '' $250,000 in labor claims that , will have cnttloH In Briflttlnn to" the OUt- IU ....... ... - standing receiver' certificates amount ing to about JBOU.WU. ine .ioau io bonded for $C5.000 a mile. The acquire ment of proprietorship of the Oregon Pacific system by the Southern Pacific would give the latter company the su premacy over the whole of Western Oregon from the California state line to Portland. SHELLS IN HER BODY. A Woman While Looking at a Fire Is Badly Wounded. Seattle. Oct 24. A Post-Intelllgcncer special from New Westminster says: "A shocking accident occurred at North Bend yesterday morning. ' A fire broke out in the tent of a man camping a short distance from the sta tion, and a number of villagers wero attracted to the spot,' among them be ing Mr.s Charles Austin, the wife of the Canadian Pacific yardmaster. A box of dynamite detonators, the pres ence of which was unknown to the spectators, suddenly exploded, scatter ing the metal shells with terrific force in every direction. Half a dozen per sons wero struck, but the worst sufferer was Mr. Austin, who received no less than eleven of the shells in her head, arms, and body. They pierced her clothing and penetrated the flesh, some v. t n .1 i.nt h nf nn triph. When picked up she was unconscious and her present condition is .critical. Alfred Savage, employed on A. C. Tl'allu" atru'U farm. wn filtftllv BOred by a Holsteln bull this morning. The animal la a t-ocnlni mnnklller. It came from Oregon a few years ago where it killed a man. in tne last iour u has killed two cninese mm tmvaisc makea the fourth victim. HOW DO THEY KNOW? The Western Belle Has Yet 24 Hours to Win In. New York. Oct. 24. The American clipper ship Reaper and the American bark Western Belle, which sailed from Astoria, Oregon, on June 20th and 21st to race down the Pacific coast and around the Horn to this port for a waefr of $1,000, have been heard from. The Reaper arrived today an easy win ner. She stooped, too, at iMteairn i land for a day. . THEY MUST STAY HOME. Lansing. Mich. Oct. 24. An act of the legislature permitting women to vote at municipal elections was de clared unconstitutional by the supreme court this morning. WEDDING IN HIGH LIFE. Chicago. Oct. 24. James D. Hutchln sen and Lottie Zlckley. a young couple from Waukegan III. were married this afternoon at the top. of the Ferris wheel In the World's Fair grounds TROUBLE FOR TIE UNITED It is Diyidcfl Against itself anil Must Fall, B0 8A,Y 118 MEW ENEMIES Sertoli Cliargrs ngnliMt Hi Directors, one of whom U Dana of ' tbe Hull. Associated Tress. New York, Oct. 24. Suit was brought In the New York supreme court today against the United Press for the ap- prlntment of a receiver and account ant The action runs against the United Press, Charles A Dana, Wm. M. Laffan, John B. Walsh, Walter F. Phillips, and half a dozen other dl lectors. The complaint la made by the Evening Nuws Association, of Detroit Mich. It is charged that Mio United Press wn9 organized under the laws of New York in 1SS2 and reorganized in 18S4. The complainant held five shares of the founders' stock. For some years all went well, but some time about the close of 1887, the ofilcers formed a syndicate among themselves for the organization .of a new company under the laws of Illinois to take tne bust ness of gathering and collecting news off the hands of the original company The original company had a capital slock of $20,000, but the new company is capitalized for fifty times as much, that is, for l,ooo,ooo. un mis rjasis, some stockholders of the New York company were permitted to exchange their shares in tnat company ror a new Issue by the Illinois company, re ceiving fifty shares of new stock for every share they held of the old. The million dollar corporation guaranteed m annual dividend of six per cent to the twenty thousand dollar company. It proved a profitable deal for the fa vored stockholders who were accorded the privilege of an exchange of slock, for the new company began forthwith tn nav annual dividends of four per cent, showing that the same business would have yielded two nunurea per cent dividends to the stock holders of the old company. The stockholders or the New York company who were not given a chance to go Into the Illinois company were soon startled to find that for the guarantee of six per cent they had given away two hundred per cent. For two years past no dividends have been paid, but the complainant in the suit instituted today expects to establish the fact that the stockholders of the United Press of New York were defrauded out of a considerable profit during four or five years when the United Pross of Illinois was making money. There are also certain valu able telegraph contracts which the complainant mulntains should be used for the benefit of the New York com pany alone, and an attempt will be mnriv tn Di-event what is claimed to be an unlawful and fraudulent use of these, by the Illinois company . IT IS GETTING COLDER. Pnni rft. 24. The cold wave ...ui..h itniKii thin Rpr-tion last nlirht extended west to the. Dakota and th-'i Montana boundary wliere tne mercury registered 14 degrees. At Bismarck It was 17 degrees; east of there It ran up to freezing point. A snow fall of ono Inch Is reported In Dakota and Northern Minnesota, nouuy. . i ne weather Is clear. MORE ARRESTS MADE. Mo Vni-v. Oct. 24. President Joseph rii.,t nt Via Mmllnnii Hnuare bank. .. 'a ni..n,.ir. Kim, m Ottenbersr were tlflKX I'l'cin'i . - arrested this morning on a cnurge m mismanagement, in addition to inose arrested yesterday. A POSTOFFICE ROBBED. -....ni.i wnuh opt. 24. (Burglars enteied the postoillce here last night and blew open the safe, Inking there r ... tr.iui in ninth and $1500 ill notes. There is no clue to the lierpctrators of the rohbeiy. LAMPLIGHTEU BEATEN. Hawthorne, Oct. 24. Lamplighter was a badly beaten horse here today, Much was expected from him in the n..r, in ivhli-h he started airnlnst Dungarvln, Elva and Enthusiast, but he rlnimed lost. ONE MORE TRAIN DITCHED. Effingham, 111. Oct. 24.-A passenger iiia Tm nna. Illinois HOUUi tiain vn .. - --- - - ., noiimiM wni ditched this morning Thirteen passengers are seriously in jured. FIGHTING FOR A DEAD BODY. rtattle Creek. Mich. Oct. 24.-Dr. Hwtln.nd of Edwardalwrg Mich Identified one of the bodies from the Grand Trunk wreck at that of his sis ter Mrs. Evollne Aldrlch, and the body was shipped to tnat place iai nigni Highest of all ia Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report 2 MA r-v Now J. D. Wood of Cato N. Y. tele graphs that the body la that of his wife. Both are equally positive. Le gal proceedings to get possession of the body may be necessary. ANOTHER BLAZE IN S. F, San Francisco, Oct 24. A fire this evening destroyed D. A. McDonald's planing mill and lumber yard, James Kernp'a office and store fixture works, the Swift planing mills, H. Croukard & Son's boat building establishment, and several smaller buildings. The total loss Is estimated at $100,000 with very little insurance. HAVE ACCEPTED THE OFFER. Seattle, Oct. 24. The city council o- nlght accepted the proposition of the bondsmen of Adolph Krug, the default ing treasurer, to put up $85,000 In c.i:th which, together with tne securities and money put up by several nf the heav iest borrowers, makes the shortage of $125,000 good. IN THE HOUSE. The Most Important Session for Many Days. Washington, Oct. 24. Mallory, of Florida, called up and had pnssr a bill to amend the revised statutes so as to Include the engineers and asiilM unt engineers In the list of officers of the United States war vessels as rank ing among those required by the exist ing laws, to be citizens ot this-country. The debate on the bankruptcy bill was resumed. Denson, ot Alabama, took the floor In opposition to It, and des cribed at length the depression of tho . debtor class, which he aacrlbes largely to the demonetization of sliver. He grew heated and there was a lively al tercation. Tatterson, of Tennessee, ob jected to the statement that the ad ministration sought to eliminate silver from circulation, and Bland affirmed that If the Wilson bill passes, the sil ver In circulation would have to be redeemed in the mould, as the green Uncko were. The democratic repealers of the house to the number of 23 had a meeting IV.I., miu-nlnir Thore WAR A. dlSCURSlOn as to the situation in the senate, and the methods tho friends of repeal hmii.i tuiro whon thp reneal bill reach ed the house, but no action was con , i !,.. i a.i,iouiiir. init thf meetinir ad journed subject to me can or wie cnuir- tnan. There is a disposition among the repeal democrats of the house to concur with the amendments to the mill,,,, 1,111 If It nnmen over In the shape now known as the Voorhees bill. The recognized leaders oi repeal say that there Is nothing in the Voorhees kmi iHt ,ii fr urn mm the Wilson bill except tho declaration to the effect that It Is the policy of tho United States to use both gold and silver as standard money, and it mat is naumm-iury u the senate, they are willing to adopt It The repeal republicans say that they are willing to support any bill which tho repeal republicans of the senate endorse. The disposition In the house Is not to delay the passage of the bill by asking for a conference or by disagreeing with the Voorhees bill. Further than this, there Is a tendency to encourage concurrence In the sen ate bill. The silver men realize that my fight by them would mean ueiem In the end. and they will probably con ., thoTnunivpfl with voting against the bill after a short debate. After the silver bill comes tne manei . ...n .,.i-rm.nt np an some nrefer to call It, "recess." The difference of 1r.!"T over "reicess or "Hdjournmeni i. ihn minailnn nf mlleaire. gome it.ni if nrllntimment Is taken I 1 1 1 1 1 T 111". . ' ' J J " - now, the members would again be en titled to their mileage ior a. icbui" session, while a recess would prevent mileage being allowed. Others main tain that mileage for both sessions must be allowed wnemer it i i-uin-n an adjournment or a recess. IMITATORS AND IMPOSTERS. 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