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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1893)
EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XL, NO. 293. ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 23, 1893. PRICE, FIVE CENTS, 0(1 THE TOP WAVE Of SUGGESS 9 "Nothing Succeeds T 711H.IN a person uu- Yy dertakes to accom plish something, whether it he on a limited or elaborate scale, and then accomplishes the point sought for, he can well say that he is on the top wave of success, whether he continues on for time to ride it, or is engulfed by the next. While for 1893 my business has not exceeded that of for mer years, it has come as near as any other house on the Pacific Coast, for the same time, and is still offering the same advantages for Christ mas as in former years. I. L. OSGOOD, The One Price ter and Furnisher, Cor. Third eirid West ytU Sts., opp. Foard & Stokes. Games, Dolls, Toys, Juvenile Books, Leather Goods, Albums, Fancy Goods, Hooklets, and everything for the GRIFFIN & REED CALIFORNIA WINE HOUSE. Fine lines and Mqaors. 1 have maJe 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. JL W. UTZIJlGEi?, Str. R. P. Iteave fop Tillamook Dec. 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29. The steamer R. P. Elmore connects with Union Pacific steamers for Portland and through tickets 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 I BY BECOMING A YOU CAN GET A FIRST CLASS TO ASTORIA. LOTS WILL BE NOW IS THE TIME TO PROCURE liot to Build a Hme ?or The Packers of Choice :olumbia River Salmon Their Hranda and Locations. tOCATIOJf. Astoria Pi g f o As! oria i Booth A. Pk'gCo Astoria. I Co'.uirbiaRiTerl'kgCo Astoria..... t'lnu re Samuel. ... Astoria. .... (ieorge & Barker Astoria J O. Ill nthr m & Co. Astoria.......... . I. J,G Megier&Co JJrookfield. '.. Ug, Fishermen's Pks; Co.- Astoria.- Like Success." Clothier, Hat Astoria, Ore. Iflain Street, Astoria, Oregon. ELMORE Every Fouf Days as Follows: MEMBER OF HILL'S LOT CLUBS LOT IN HILL'S FIRST ADDITION DELIVERED WEEKLY. A $2 AT JS M. 1. Kinney Astoria....:.. (.John A. lievliu- i J Black Diamond- A jjo0th & Sons Chicago "I I Oval. 'Cocktail Cuttinz Pkg Co . ',n Francisco i I Mufrnolla Elmore,- Sanborp 4itort . (Wbiiefiur . Oo I j E-inr Pn'in.- Gcorce & Barker Astoria.., I Dtsderoona- J.O.Hanthorn&Co J. O. Hantfcorn .... Astoria St. ieorge. J. G. Hcglcr.. , Biookfleld Wn Astoria..... , I FLhcrmPO .. f jhrmen's .. sii-.1iuavian J rMr0.--I fishermen's " The Greater Part of it Lost . Off Hnmholt Bar. UTTER FAILURE OF THE PROJECT The Logs Drifting: abont in all Di rections along: the California-Shore. Associated Press. Eureka, Cat, Dec. 22. Capt. Higglns, master of the steamer Excelsior, which arrived today, brought the news that the Marshfield rafti which the National City endeavored to tow from Coos Bay to San Francisco, had gone to pieces. Wednesday night the Excelsior set out from San Francisco to look for the raft, if necessary to render tho steamer National City aid In getting to San Francisco. Captain Hlggins Blghted the raft fifteen miles straight off the coast from Humboldt bar. There was then only one-third of the raft under con trol. Wednesday night the raft pro ceeded' successfully as far as Cape Mendocino, when a terrible gale came up and the raft went to pieces slowly and began drifting northwards. Cap tain Manson followed, and when the Excelsior found him this morning two thirds of the raft of logs were floating promiscuously, gradually going ashore along the coast from Table Bluff to Tilnadad. Cuptaln Manson will stay by the portion of the raft now Intact until it goes ashore. The dangerous objects floating about make it necessary for the National City to warn passing ves sels to prevent disasters. It Is now evident the project of transporting logs by raft will never prove successful un less the weather is phenomenally mild. THE OREGON PACIFIC. The Purchasers to Buy the Claims Against the Road. Corvallls, Or., Dec. 22. Attorneys Hughes and Clarke, who bid in the Oregon Pacific, applied today for a statement of the floating indebtedness gainst the property, which suggests a I robability that their people are consdi erlng a plart of buying1 tip the- claims In order to secure a confirmation of sale. The statement furnished aggre gates $282,000. The situation respecting the river boats and the steamer Wil lamette Valley remains unchanged with no prospect of an Immediate solution. The examination of the receiver's bcokn by the employes' experts was conclud ed this afternoon, and the only state ment that could be had of the resiUt was that the expense accounts of Su perintendent Mulcahy and the attor neys was unsatisfactory. Receiver Had ley places Mulcahy's expenses at about $1400, and the total amount paid the lawyers at $4,500. Mulcahy's telegraph ic resignation was handed in this af ternoon. THE WORK OF CRANKS. A Plan to Carry Off Baby Ruth From the White House. Abilene, Kansas, Dec. 22. The two letters which were picked up on the Btreet here yesterday by a country woman have been handed to the police. One was from Topeka, dated December 10, and says: "We have coucluded to make a Job of the White House busi ness. It means thousands to us to get the child Ruth, and we will get her, too, in January." The other waa of earlier date, from Minneapolis, and it said: "We have everything ready for the White House, and will send Grover to Hades when the bugle sounds. We will about get our $20,000. We have never failed In our Jobs, and won't now. There is much more in the house3 of the gold-bugs and Vanderbllt." The police consider the letters the work of cranks. ' K REORGANIZATION SCHEME. Omaha, Dec. 22. -General Solicitor Thurston, of jthe Union Pacific, ifl speaking of the scheme for reorganiza tion, said: "There arc many plans for the reorganization of the Union Pacific i property In the air. The general heme, however, that seems to meet vith most favor Is that the Union Pa cific proper, together with those line which are properly a part of the s;s Um. althotic-h e3vl as feeders. Khill be reorganized under congressional leg islation, and subjected to 3ale under direction of the court. A sale Is abso lutely necessary so that a new com pany may be formed that will permit a fresh start being made. AN ANARCHIST MANIFESTO. Paris, Dec. 22. The Associated Preas bus obtained a copy of a violent mani festo which French anarchists in Lon don ha,-e secretly prepared for distri bution, in Paris. The I manifesto is headed: "Dynamltards to the Panama Crew." It says: "This first dynamite c plosion will not be the last fc. you wretches. Since 1871, when you con verted Paris Into a charnel house and nvassacreu ao.uuu proletariats, the re publlo has been turned into a den of thieves, directed successively by the scoundrel Thleds, the brute MacMa hon, the thief -Grevy, and the manikin CnrnoU while the poor hounds below were condemned to white slavery or die of starvation in the streets. Do you thin such a state of things can en dure?" No. Revolution will devour you " LATEST FROM BRAZIL. Tlie I'roDfible Surrender of a Body of Troops. - . New York, Dec. 22. The Herald's Montevideo special under date of De cember 22, says: News Is received of a light which was begun Wednesday be tween the government troops and in surgent forces from Santa Cutharina According1 to the latest reports the reb els lost 400 men, but had the govern ment' troops so badly penned in that surrender seemed unavoidable. The rebels are well armed. One of Mello's steamers, the Meteoro; Is reported ashore at Barra-Isapaby. While she was reconnoiterlng the harbor entrance fche ran aground, and the government battery there, which had forty guns, opened fire upon her and kept up the cannonade till all the crew were killed. PRO BADLY A CANARD. Pernambuco, Dee. 22. Startling ru mors have reached here from various sourc3 which lend an air of incredu lity to them to the effect that the In surgent fleet at Rio, Janeiro, after two days' desultory fighting, made a des perate attack In force and captured the cty. It is added President Peixoto has resigned in favor of Admiral De Mello, and that Pelxoto is a prisoner, A REVERS1? FOR MELLO. . Buenos Ay res, Dec. 22. A severe en gagement between Brizllian insurgents and government troops is reported to h.ive taken place at Itajahy, north of Dcsterro. It Is said 400 were killed and a large number wounded. The govern ment is said to have captured the reb el warship Madero. r DISCREDITED AT WASHINGTON. Washington, Dec. 22. The govern ment has received no advices indicating the capture of Rio Janeiro, though it has been believed for some time that Pelxoto is losing ground, and liable to serious reverses at any time. The ofll clals are inclined to think that if de cisive results had been reached Cap tain ricking would have been heard from. The Brazilian legation doubt the report. t ROUGH ON TRAMPS. Anderson, Ind., Dec. 22. Extreme op position to Gov. Lewelllng's tramp pol icy is pursued by Mayor Terhune, who, owing to the recent number of tramp outrages, has Issued an order Instruct ing the chief of police to furnish each night a patrolman with a blacksnake whip. Every tramp will be whipped out of the city, ahd whipped again If tie returns. PRENDERGAST'S TRIAL. Chicago, Dec. 22. A number of in sanity experts testified in the Prender gast trial today. They believed the prisoner sane and responsible for his acts. ORDERED BACK TO DUTY. Washington. Lmo. 22. -Major -T. W. Ham, paymaster at Vancouver Bar racks, hua been ordered back to duty after having been ex-unlned by the re tiring board. A MAGNIFICENT GIFT. New York. Dec. 22. It Is reported that John P. Rockefeller haa made an other gift of a million dollars to the Chicago Univeinily. The Big Fight May Not Take Place in Jacksonville. GOVERNOR MITCHELL'S ACTION He Flatly Refuses to Grant the Clnb an Application for a Charter. Associated Press. Jacksonville, Dec. 22. The Duval Athletic Club received a set back today In its efforts to pull off the Corbett Mitchell fight. The attorney for the club appeared before Governor Mitchell at Tallahassee and made an application for a charter. This the governor flatly refused, stating that under cover of a charter the club proposed to violate the laws of Florda. This proved a bemb to the sports, and their consternation wus rather increased by the knowledge that a strong letter against the fight waa written by the governor to J. U. Tysen, a prominent gentleman of this city. Tho letter says: "I will use all lawful means should it be necessary tu prevent the fight, and to bring to pun ishment every person who aids or nbits any 3'ich disgraceful breach of the laws. A proclamation to all sheriffs of the state calling upon them to use all law ful means to prevent the fight, and r romi'jlng the aid of the entire civil and military force of the slate in the proper execution of the order has been Issued." When the above letter was shown to J. E. Bowden, of the Athletic Club, he said: "Had I not been assured by our law era that there was no legislation against such a contest; had I not known by a personal canvass of the city that we had public sentlmet with us; hud, not' Governor ' MltcheH'S"silence given me reason to suppose' lit- would' Inter pose . no objection, I would never have gone into the matter, but now I am In to it, I must remain in It to the end. This question," continued Bowden, "does not Involve a fight, the governor and his remonstrance to the contrary notwithstanding. It has never been ad vertised, never been contracted for as a fight, but as a scientific glovo con test for points. I am one of the most largely interested, but should the decis ion of the courts be against us, the matter will be at an end, so far as 1 am concerned." i THE COUGHLIN CASE. Mrs. Foy Gives Damaging Evidence Against the Defendant. Chicago Dec. 22. In the Coughlln trial this morning Mrs. Andrew Foy tostlflsd with a policeman near iier to guard against harm which was threat cried. Mrs. Foy testified that after Hit murder of Cronln, Soughlln called nt her house and asked for her husband. She told him she was afraid her hus Und had been arrested. Conghlin re plied: "Oh, there's no proof against i.b; he's all right." To this Mrs. Foy said: "Coughlln, this Is an awful thing you have done. Dr. Cronln will do you more harmi I dead than Mllve." He laughed and said: "I need not worry. Alexander Sullivan Is a good friend oi your husband and mine, and he will take care of you ATTEMPTED BRIBERY. Chicago, Dec. 22. James- Bowers, t supposed crank, made a sensational at tempt tonight to bribe ilie Coughlli Jury. While the Jury, attended by sev eral officers, were going from the court to the hotel, Bowers yelled: "We wil make It worth $100 to each of you tc get that man free." He waa about tc call out something else when a police man grabbed him and locked him up. Until today Bowers was employed in a Highest of all in Leavening Power. menial capacity at the Hotel Renfost. In an Interview late tonight he sold: he called out to the Jury for fun. THE CONSPIRACY CASEtf. Conclusion of the Trial, and the Jury Deliberating. Portland, Dec. 22. The trial of t). twenty persons In the United States district court on a charge of conspiracy to smuggle Chinese Into the United Stotes from British Col'imbin, came to an end tonight, and the case was given to the Jury. At a late hour Judgo Bel linger ordered the Jury to return a sealed verdict if they agreed before morning. The Judge Instructed the Jury to return a verdict of acquittal in the cases of Captain John 'loss, J. E. Marks, and Glen O. Holman. His In structions In the cases of :he ten Chi nese mercnants were virtually ii u qiiit. the defendants. The 'ases oi'C. J. Mulckey, James Lotan, Thomas Jor dan. P. J. Ennnon, Seld Jiacn, ana Ching Chong Qule, he said he would leave to the Judgment of the Jury. The trUl occupied two weeks and over one hundred witnesses were examined. A BRILLIANT ASSEMBLY. Philadelphia, Dec. 22. -Some loading lights of oratory, literature, politics, and Journalism, met ex-President Harrison this evening at tho thirteenth annual festival of the New England Society of Pennsylvania, TO HURRY ITS PASSAGE. Washington, Dec. 22. There is an evident purpose to hurry the passage of -the tariff bill through when the house reassembles. Marry peopla are urging that the bill be passed at un early date, so that business nffahn may be adjusted to the new condition. DISMISSED FROM Of'KICE. ' Washington, Dec. 22. James A. Race. of Texas, a cl rk at $1000 p?r annum In the pension bureau, wis dismissed to day for loaning mon;y at usurious rales to other employes. Tho department officials consider this offense sufficient" cause for immediate dismissal.' TERRIFIC EXPLOSION. , Knoxvllle, Ti-nn., Dec. 22. A tele phone message from South Knoxvillt says the bolier of the Scottish Timber end Lumber Co.' plant exploded today, killing four or Ave men, Injuring bevcral others and completely demolishing the I.lant. FATAL GAMBLING QUARREL. Walla Walla, Dec. 22. M. L. Johnson, a liveryman of Wallula, was fatally Bhot this afternoon by a man with whom he was playing cards. Dr. Bla lock, of this city, left on the train to attend the wounded mah. AN ENCOURAGING SIGN. Topeka, Kan., Dec. 22. Superintend ent Player, of the main shops of the Santa Fe system, is re-lnstatlng all the employes laid off during the summer. He says all. will be at work by Janu ary 1st. RAILROAD WAR PROMISED. " Chicago, Dec. 22. The Canadian Pa cific will not agree to restore the trans continental rates unless allowed differ entials. The other lines will not agree to this, and the prospect of a war Is growing stronger every day. POLITICIANS INDICTED. - New York, Dec. 22. It Is offclally an nounced that the grand jury has brought In a large batch of Indictments for election frauds. It Ib understood many of them are against prominent local politicians. . BANK CASHIER SUICIDES. Shakopee, Minn., Dec. 22. Davltf L. Howe, president and cashier of the First National Bank, killed himself this morning. Despondency over domestic and financial troubles was the cause. Latest U. S. Gov't Report