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8 EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPH IC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XL, XO. 285. ASTOIUA, OREGOX, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1893. PRICE, FIVE CENTS, Platform Wfm I. U OSGOOD, The One Price Clothier, Hat ter and Furnisher, Cor. Tliird and West cjtli St., opp. Fourcl 6t Stokes. Games, Dolls, Toys, Juvenile Books, , Leather (5ood, AlbuniH, Fancy (1oo1h, Hooklets, unci everything for the GRIFFIN & REED - Astoria, Ore. CALIFORNIA Fine Wines and Uquors I have made arrangements for supplying any brand of wines in quantities to suit at the lowest cash figures. The trade and families supplied. . All orders delivered free in Astoria. 11. W. UTZIi&Ef, Str. R P. Iteave for Tillamook Every four Days as Follows: Dec. 1, 5, 9, 1.1, 17, 21, 25, 29. The steamer R. P. .Elmore connects with Union Pacific steamers for Portland and through tickers are issued from Portland to Tillamook Bay points by the Union Pacific Company. Ship freight by Union Pacific Steamers. ELHORE, SANBORN & CO., - Agents, Astoria. UNION PACIFIC R. R. CO., Agents, Portland. $2 FOR flfl $80 LOT! RY BECOMING A YOU CAN GET A FIRST CLASS TO ASTORIA. LOTS WILL BE DELIVERED WEEKLY. NOW IS THE TIME TO PROCURE A liot to Build a ome, for Tlie Packers of Choice Columbia River Salmon Their IirandH and Locutions. SAM.". , f AMnrla Pk'gl'o. , Astoria P. 'g Co Asloria Kinnry SI. J. kinr.ey Astoria I ! (.John A. Uevlin.. Booth A. Tk'g Co I Astoria Jj.! A. Booth & Sons ... Chlo Colu-bUBlTerlWA.Iorl. 'klH " ,Cnl,,,, m C Hine 3.mcl -.W ' Cee Barker. Astoria - 1ZZ G Barker Astoria j o.lla nthorn 4 Co. Astoria -. J.O.Bauthorn&Co J. 0. Bantliorn .... Astoria J,C :jifgler&Co....-!Brookfleld........! tag, St. George... J. 0. Sicker Iltookfleld Wn ; , Kkliermen'i Fishermen' imorla f ih' rmen' Pkg Co ... Af.orla j jt'l'tl'm "u' ,'kg Lk to Stand On. While engaged in sellin Men's and Boys' Suits, Coats Vests or Pants, Overcoats or Dress Shirts, Ungcrwear, ,Ho siery, Neckwear, Hats, Caps Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Travel ing or Cub Bag?, Umbrellas Etc, Etc. i$3FA child huys as cheap ly as the most expenencec huycr. WINE HOUSE. fflain Street, Astoria, Oregon, ELiJVlORE v MEMBER OF HILL'S LOT CLUBS LOT IN HILL'S FIRST ADDITION CENTS. Tfin Senators Cullom a i Hill Have a Wordy iv , JUDGE MAYNARD 13 Lively Debate in 1 lie House . . Hill , to Admit Utah ns a Slate. "RED Associated Tress. Washington, Dec. 12 In the senate today Squire Introduced a bill asking for the establishment of a National Park In the state of Washington. Cut lorn addressed the senate on the fed civil elect ion laws. Senator Cullom fired the first gun m the battle over the repeal of the fed eral 'lection laws, 'and succeeded in drawing a sharp return fire from. Hill, of New York. After Hoar's second Hawaiian resolution had been laid over t.ill tomorrow, Cullom took the Hour and spoke at lei.gth on the election lepeal bill. He asked If the mandate of a corrupt judge like Maynnrd should determine the complexion of the kgls lature which elects a senator, or the brawn and muscle of a McKano con trol an elective representative in con gress, and congress have no power v inoteet the Integrity of lt members. In the course of his remarks Cullom rU tacked the New York machine and Maynard, and was Interrupted with a reminder from Hill that the election referred to would not have controlled the New York senate, and whether or l'ot there was anything criminal In that election was irrelevant, to the pres ent question. Culloim retorted that the a?tion of Maynard Inaugurated a scheme which resulted In changing the character cf the legislature. Hill de ired to hiform the senator and the country that his statement was not a correct one. Cullom then went on with his speech, leferrlng to the pulling down of the American Hag at Hawaii, which could not have been accomplished by all the power of monarehlal Europe, but which had been committed by order of an American president upon the advice and recommendation of a "newly bap tised democratic secretary of state." (Laughter.) Stewart addressed the senate in fa vor of the repeal of the federal election laws. He soon drifted Into a discussion of the financial question and nM.iibutn' the evils complained of to the gold standard. The senate then went Into xecutive session, and at 4 o'clock ad journed till tomorrow. THE HOUSE. Washington, Dec. 12 The house com mittee on foreign uflalrs has decided to repoit favorably Hltfs resr.iution calling for correspondence on Hawaiian affairs. It was amended so as in in. 'ude all correspondence during Harrl- koii's administration . The bill to expedite- the settlement ofp ostmasters' accounts was passed. The houae oepin discussing the cd nission of Utah to statehood, The principal point at issue was whether the enabling act should contain a pro vision imposing pains and penalties for polygamous marriages, the conlen- lon on one hand being that the state .should con.e In on an enual fnntlnc with other states, unhandicapped by such provisions;. on the other hand, hat as polygamy has been Btampod out by the federal statutes, and as the udmlssion of the territory would re peal the statute of congress, It would make it practically part, of the en abling act. Morse, of Massachusetts, opposing the bill, made, a vi- lous assault on Utah and Mormon- am, recalling all the outrages of plural marriages, the Mountain Meadow mas sacre, the blood atonement, and the revelations of the endowment house. Mr. Rawlins, a Utah delegate, re lied to Mr. Morse and worsted him very badly. He opposed the amend ment proposed relative to polygamy us oo complex, but expressed a willing ness to accept a simple amendment prohibiting polygamous marriages for ever. Ilarter opposed the bill on the ground that it gave a sparsely settled west ern territory too much influence In the senate. The general Impression seemed to be that he desired to prevent the election or i wo more free democrats to the senate. currency The delate will conclude tomorrow. As most of the republicans have with drawn from the opposition, it is ex pected the bill will pass by an over whelming majority. In the course of further remarks Ilarter referred to the conditions ex isting In Kansas, where Governor Lew f'ling had culled a convention of tr.unp. "The population of Kani-as will ba pretty large," Interjected Reed, "when the new tariff bill goes imn effect, if it is to be the home of all the trumps In the country." A FURTHER STATEMENT. Mate Carter, of the Signal, Speaks of Captain Hayden's Actions. Yesterday's Oregonian contains a con tradiction of the statement that Cap tain Hayden, recently of the feteamei Signal, was short in his accounts when ho left that vessel. The contradiction Is made by Captain Rathbone, the Portland agent of the steatner;Cap tain Hayden, and' Mr. Waterhouse, the Tacoma manager of the company, it. additional statement was yesterday re ceived from First Mate Carter, of the Signal. It was as follows: "Tha vts sel was chartered by Captain Hayden from A. M. Simpson for the three months ending November 30th, at $1000 per month. During that time Hayden contracted debts In several ports. He paid $2000 for the first two months of his lease, and left the vessel at Van couver on December 2d, the date she salledf rom that port, without having paid the $1000 due for the month of November. He took with him $25 which had been collected by the purser on prepaid freight, and went to Taco. ma, where he met Watehouse, who is relative, and who had a short time be fore been discharged from the Pacill Navigation Company. Captain Bende Hayden represented to him that the terest, and took charge of the vessel Hayden representing to him that the crew could be paid off for the month of November out of a sum of $1700 coming to the vessel in Portland. The wages of the hands amounted to $1100, but when Captain Uendegard reached Astoria he learned that the sum due in Portland was less than $500. "Hayden," the mate continued, "left Simpson minus his rent for the steam er for November, the crew were un paid, and Simpson must either pay the debts of the steamer, or she will In all likelihood be libeled In all the ports where Hayden contracted debts. NO CHANGE NOTED. Vancouver, B. C, Doc. 12. The steam er Arawa, arrived here from Honolulu reports no change In the Hawaiian tit vation. She left the Islands December 4th. The queen had not been restore and there had been no trouble. The annexationists, at u mass meeting ht-id November 25, adopted resolutions np pealing to congress over President Cleveland, Gresham, and Blount, and four days preceding the sailing of the Arawa, the troops of the provisiona government were busy fortifying and barracading the government house, Nothing has been done looking to the restoration of the queen. WHIP AND SPUR. San Francisco, Dee. 12. The racing today resulted as follows: Five furlongs-Vlvaco, Brownwood Addie Chipman. Time, 1:04. One mile Bridal Veil, Morton, Don oh ue. Time. l:4fi 3-4. Fifteen -sixteenths Prize, Sympathet ic's Last, Broadhead. Time, 1:39. One mile Forerunner, Adolph, Zar nguza. Time, 1:40 1-4. Five furlongs Lovedale, Mutineer, Arneda. Time. 1:04 1-2. STEAMER SUNK. Antioch, Cal., Dec. 12. Last evening the' river steamer Leader was run Into by the steamer J. D. Peters and sunk. The Leader was coming down the river with sixty male Insane patients en route from Stockton to the asylum at Uklah. The Insane were all rescued Four hundred sheep were drowned. A MILD DEMAND. Topeka, Kan., Dee. 12. J. Root, the populist ex-candidate for county attor ney, has filed an answer to a suit on a note, that the repeal of the Sherman act was responsible for his Inability to 1 ay. He asks that Cleveland and other public men be made panics to the suit LOSS IiY FIRE. Auburn, Inrl., Dec. 12. The Chu.'th furniture factory was burned early Un. morning. Loss, $20,000. George Fred ericks, night watchman, was burned u death. It is reported he was bound rj robbers and burned In the building, to v hich they Fet fire. PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION'S. Washington, J cc. 12. The president has nominated C. 11. Dabney, Jr., ol Tennessee, to be n-sistant secretary of agriculture, and Bernard Wilkeson, postmaster nt North Yakima, Wash. STORM IN ENGLAND. tendon, Dec. 12. A hurricane is re ported in the south of England. A boa in Plymouth -harbor was capsixed rr f ur men-.f-w.irb-iiicn. vere drown"' The gale was very severely felt In London. FURTHER REDUCTIONS. AVasI inglon, Dec. 12. The ways and means committee today Increased the duty on malt from 25 to 30 per cent, ""he duty on cut diamonds Is reduce I from 15 per cent to 10. THE SMUGGLING CASES The Defendants on Trial in the U. S. District Court OBJECT TO BLUM'S EVIDENCE The Testimony Admitted Subject to Objection.-.-The Govern ment's Case, Associated Press. Portland, Dec. 12. One of the most interesting trials In the history of Or egon, both on account of the political prominence of some of the defendants and their number, began In the United Stales district court this morning. Of twenty-seven Indicted, twelve of them, Chinese merchants, are placed on trial on a charge of conspiring to unlaw fully land Chinese. The names are as follows: James Lotan, ex-Collector of customs; C. J. Mulkey, ex-speclal agent of the treasury; Thomas Jordan, ex captaln ofcu atoms Inspectors; John Ross, a former captain of the steamer Haytlan Republic; William Dunbar and E. P. Thompson, owners of the Haytian Republic; rtlenn O. Holman, attorney and notary; P. J. Bannoil, attorney and notary; J. K Marks, a law student; Seld Back, Ohlng Chong Qule, Chee How, Mon Oak, Too Suet, May Ham, Lee Wing, Lee Moon, Ding Wing, Wing John, Twin Wo Chnrley, and Charley Young, The room was crowd ed when the court convened. Th) Im paneling of a Jury was begun at once. The defendants were allowed ten per emptory challenges, and the govern ment three. The Jury was completed at noon, and the court took a recess till 1:30 this afternoon. At the opening of court this afternoon John M. Geartn stated the case for the itovcrnment. He said a conspiracy had been entered Into by the defendants, Dunbar, Blum, and JackHng, partners In the Merchants' Steamship company, to facilitate the bringing of Chinese laborers into this country from British Columbia. He said the evidence would show the part each defendant played In the conspiracy. The defense claimed ' It was a con spiracy on the .part of Blum and Jack ling, who pleaded guilty, to drag down the other defendants. : Nathan Blum was called as a witneas by the government, but before he was sworn the defense objected to him as a witness on the ground that he had been convicted of an infamous crime, namely, smuggling opium and Chinese. Tne court took the matter under advisement If the Judge sus tains the objection It will bo a virtual abandonment of the case, as the gov ernmcnt based its case almost entirely on Blum's testimony. The couit al lowed Blum to be sworr. nnd give his testimony, subject to objection. Blum testified that Dunbar, Jackling, Thomp son, and himself, comprising the Mer chants' Steamship Co., decided about March, U'J2, to enter Into the business of bringing Chinese laborers Into this country by means of fraudulent ceitl- tlcates. They had a contract with the Canadian Pacific Steamship Co. to car ry from Vancouver, B. C, all Chinese bound for Portland for $8 apiece. Bus iness prospered, and they saw they could get a higher price, so they raised the fare for Chinamen to $50. P. J. Bannon, an attorney and notary of this city, made out a large number of blank certificates for which lie received $2 each. Chlng Chong Qui secured pho tographs and Blum took them to Van couver, together with Rannon's nota- lal seal, and there put the seal on the ertlflcates over the photographs. He- fore Blum concluded, other objections were raised ry tne uerense, ana tne remainder of the afternoon wns taken up In presenting the law on the sub ject. Hon. C. W. Fulton, of Astoria, con ducted the defense, assisted by Messrj. riiayer, Mallory, Williams, Wood and others. RELATIONS WITH CHINA. Washington, Dec. 12. It Is probable the state department will soon enter upon negotiations looking to the ad justment of our relations with China. The enactment of the Geary law will le regarded as an Infraction of the existing treaty, necessitating a new Highest of all in Leavening Power. ABSOLUTELY PURS treaty. It Is understood Gresham de sires to make an extension of our tiado relations and privilege with China the central feature of his administration. The Chines government Is satisfied with the amendment to the Geary act, and Is not anxious to extend the privi lege of Immigration for their people, but Is solicitous for their protection and privileges. . THE COLFAX FLOODS. Colfax, Wash., Deo. 12. Thejlood in North Palouse has subsided. The wa ter no longer covers the streets In Cil fax. The total loss here exceeds $10, 000, of which Wm. Codd, the sawmill man, loses half by saw logs floating off, and all damage to the railroad track is repaired for the present. Re ports from Elberton. are that the water has gone down, leaving the streets bare. The loss at that place will reach $5,000. Several county bridges are gone out. A COLD WAVE. St. Paul, Dec. 12. The mercury dropped last night, reaching 10 below at 7 this morning, and ranging from that figure to 30 below at Swift Cur rent and Winnipeg. WILL PLEAD INSANITY. Chicago, Dec. 12. The Prendergast Jury was completed late this afternoon. The policy of the defense will be not to dispute the murder of Harrison, but establish a plea of Insanity. , CHINAMAN IN OFFICE". Washington, Dte. 12.-Carllsle has ap pointed Wong Chin Foo, of New York, Chinese Inspector. , TODAY'S BATTLE. The following communication has been received, and conveys an Impartial Idea of Mayor Crosby's relations with the republican and "citizens' " parties: Astoria, Dec. 12, 1893. Editor Astorlan: Dear Sir: It seems to , pie that a good deal of misconception has been very carefully fostered In the minds of the public in regard to the, Issues of the campaign on which our citizens are today asked to vote, and I ask the fa vor of a llttlo of your space to try In my humble way to explain i a fuw points that, at present npcar ob scured, Dr. Alf. Kinney has entered the are na agalnnt Mayor Crosby, and It would , II become me, who know his good parts, to speak slightingly of him, Dr. Kinney is liked and respected by ev erybody In this city, and counts his friends by the hundred. But what of his opponent? Mr. Crosby has served the people for two years of long and arduous labor, with no reward save the knowledge of duty well done. He Is a business man, known for his In tegrity and ability from .one end of tha state to the other. His opponents dare not breathe a word against his public or private career. All their , charge Is ' that he committed the horrible, crime of going back like a man to his party, when he had to confess that a purifica tion had taken place In Its conduct and its leaders. A week before the nomlno Hons were made, these same citizens begged him to take their nomination. Was ho good enough for them at that time? Of course he was. Has he become all the wretches in the calen dar In the space of three weeks? Of course he has. These clumsy fools are trying to make sensible men believe that his record must count for nothing, his honor muHt count for nothing, his many years of straight business deal ing and Integrity must all be lost sight of today. And why? Because he dared to refuse their nomination a few weeks ago. Had he accepted he would have been In turn all the saints In the cal endar; having refused the immortal honor, a "Balmaceda," and a "turn coat." But voters are not foolB, as these cowardly traducers will find to their cost today. And even if there were any argument in this kind of Imputation, which there is not, don't forget that the "citizens" were ready to go down on their ki.ees three weeks ago to persuade this "Bal maceda" to head their ticket Don't forget it. ' Go to the polls early and vote for the re-election of the best executive officer that was ever ac corded municipal honors in Astoria Magnus C. Crosby. Yours, etc., HUGH KALYPTU8. Latest U. S. Gov't Report