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V it, i . .. i: . 15T0KU PUBLIC UBRiM ASSOCIATION. trfnt . T. EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPH 1 6 PRESS REPORT. i ; : VOL. XL, NO. 294. ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNIN0, DECEMBER 24, 1893. PRICE, FIVE CENTS, enc mil nMmwmmm i : r 0(1 THE TOP WAVE OF SllGGESS "Nothing Succeeds n person un- V y dertakes to accom plish something, whether it be on a limited or elaborate scale, ;uul then accomplishes the point sought lor, 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 us near aa any other house on the time, and is still offering the same advantages for Christ mas as in former years. I. U OSGOOD, i lie wnc rnce ter and Furnisher, Cor. Tliird and West ytli Sts., opp. Foard & StoIceH. Games, Dolls, Toys, Juvenile Books, Leather Goods, Albums, Fancy Goods, Uookletss, and everything for the HOLIDAYS GRIFFIN & REED - Astoria, Ore. CALIFORNIA WINE HOUSE. Fine fines and Mqws. 1 have made arrangements for supplying any brand of wines in quantities to suit at the lowest casli figures. The trade and families supplied. All orders delivered free in Astoria. fl. W. UTZIflGEfl, Str. R. P. Will Leave for Tillamook Every four Days as follows: Dec. 1, 5, 9, 13, 1", 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 A1 $80 LOT! BY BECOMING A YOU CAN GET A FIRST CLASS TO ASTORIA. LOTS WILL BE NOW IS THE TIME TO PROCURE liot to Build a iome, for The Packers of Choice olumbia River Salmon Their Hrands ancl Locations. XKXK. j LOCATION. j ISBANW. AOKtTS. j iT ! fAfiioria Pk'gCo. , . Astoria Pk'g Co Astoria -. i Kinney M, J. Kiuncr -.Is.ona , . IJolia A. Devlin-. Booth A. I-k-gCo Wia. J tt'M&D -ChIc4B0 O.lu.sbiaBiveWo'.Utoria CattlaePks Co -...; FDCUco lf.more Samuel J A.toria.....-.! fozZZf " Ueorsc tBaifcer AUoria J j Soul'.".'." GeorK . Birker A.torla......... J O. HABthnrn & Co;-Astoria...... 'j.O.HanthoraS.-Co J. O. Bar thorn 4tor! J.r, MfiglerSCo J BrooLCeld... j taj, St. Ccorgc'j. G. llc,:ler. Brookfleld Wo rumeB-.mJArfo:,. :ifflaa7:Fl:....jAri.. FisuermenV n,vl Like Success." Pacific Coast, lor the same vernier, nai JVIain Street, Astoria, Oregon. ELMORE MEMBER OF HILL'S LOT CLUBS LOT IN HILL'S FIRST ADDITION DELIVERED WEEKLY. tT A . Ik 1 MY OF CONSPIRACY Dunbar, Mulkey and Uannon Are Convicted. SOME OF THE ACCUSED ESCAPE 1 The Jury Unable to Reach a Verdict in the Cases of Lotan and Seid Back. Associated Press. Portland, Dec. 23. After having1 been out about sixteen hours, the Jury in the Chinese conspiracy case reported at 2 o'clock this afternoon that they were unable to agree. Tho court ordered them to retire for further deliberation. It is reported that the Jury stands eleven for conviction and one for ac qulttal. , After being out twenty-two lio.'.rs the jury returned a verdict :Jiii;.rht. C. J Mulkey, ex-special agent of the treas ury department, William Dunbar, and P. J. Eannon were found guilty. In the case of James Lotan, ex-collector of customs, and Seid Back, the jury dis agreed. The remaining' defendants wcr acquitted. The penalty is a fine of from $1000 to $10,')00, or iinpiisoiiinent from two to five years, or both. NATIONAL FINANCES. Washington, Dec. 23. The govern ment receipts for this month up to date have been in ' round numbers $5,000,000 iess than the expenditures. Receipts, $21,050,000; expenditures, $26,243,000, of which $11,969,000 has been on account of pensions. Taking these figures as the basis of calculation, the excess of lx pendllures over the receipts for the month will be between ,.$6,000000 nnd $7,000,000, and as the deficiency in rev enues for the first five months of the flscnl year approximated $S0,00J,09O, the Indications are that the first half of the year will show a deficiency of be tween $30,000,000 and $37,000,000 not an ticipated by treasury officials. How ever, the next six months will make such a showing that Secretary Carlisle estimates a probable deficiency at the close of the year of $28,000000. The uvailable cah In tho treasury today Is $90,187,268, of wMch $82, ll.'.HH is the net gold r wi ve. . h iVst Instant the available bal.inoo was SCMM.fiHi. TUB WILSON BILL. Statement Showing the Estimated Re duction in Duties. Washington, Dec. 23. A table of com parisons by the house committee n woys and means, showing the liupoiti- tlons for the fiscal year of iSirS. and the estimated duties under the Wilson bill, hav ebeen printed and distributed to members of the committee. V'tecap- itulation shows that the total value of Importations for the year were $ln,V 339,401, and the duties received $137,08,- 474. The estimated revenues un.lc- the Wilson bill were $107,690,570, showing an estimated decrease in the duty of ?C5,- 407,900. CLAIMED UNDUE INFLUENCE. Bismarck, N. D., Dec. 23. An Inter esting and hotly contested case was de cided In the district court yesterday. J. R. Gage, a director In the First Na tional Bank, sued Asa Fisher, presi dent of the some Institution, for $2000. Gage claimed Fisher owed him for ten shares of stock In the bank, purchased by Fisher to secure his election as president, the shares being the balnnce of power. Fisher admitted the debt, I but claimed undue Influent- had been brought to bear to make him purchase the stock, and asked the fetfurt to set aside the debt of $2005, compel Gage to refund $3000 cash already paid, and he would return the shares of stock. The case was decided in favor of Fisher. An appeal will be taken. REVERSE FOR PEIXOTO. (Copyrighted 1S93 by Associated Press.) Pernambuco, Dee. 23. The report that! Rio has been captured by rebels ha not been confirmed, but the most start ling reports are still In circulation here. It Is announced in a dispatch from Rio that Admiral De Gama and the insur gent war vessels are off Cobras Island and have succeeded in stopping the col lection of revenues from the custom house, which have up to the present been paid to Peixoto. CARNEGIE'S .PURCHASE. Appleton.Wls., Dec. 23. Andrew Car negie yesterday made two proositions to Welcome Hyde, of this city, for the purchase of his one-half Interest In the Pewabic Iron mines of Dickinson coun ty. Mich. One was to pay Hyde $300, K0 in cash for his Interest. The other was to take a twenty-five year leae, agreeing to take out GoO.OOO tons of ore each year and pay a royalty of 10 cents per ton. f arnegie at present owns half the mine,? Although this deal Is denied by Milwaukee attorneys of Carnegie, It Is an assured fact, nnd Hyde goes to Pittsburg' next week to close the deal. IIi will .undoubtedly accept the first proposition. Lawyer Van Dyke, o! M'l waukee, is in Pittsburg at present clos ing out ibe negotiations. Tllk OREGON PACIFIC. J i . Objections Made to the Confirmation of the Sale. Corvali',8,. Or., Dec. 23. L. Flynn, for himself :(m& the Oregon Pacific and Willamette Valley and Coast Railroad companies, has filed objections to the confirmation of the Oregon Pacific sale on the grounds that the purchasers by circulating in New York a report that a million and a quarter had been sub scribed to purchase the property and pay all claims, had prevented others from bidding; that after their repre sentative had started for Oregon, they reeded from an agreement, and that to prevent Vermilly & Co., holders of the receiver's certificates, from intcrfer lug with the sale they agreed to pro- leot them against loss; that the publi cation of, the notice of sale in New York and the certified check deposited with the sheriff were regular, and that the amount of the bid was inadequate, being oiW about one-seventh of tht Value of the property. Receiver Iiad- ley's resignation is In the hands of Judge Fullerton. ENGLISH GRAIN MARKETS. London, Dec. 23. Tho weather has been favorable, the crops are promising, and the wheat market is steady ir. spite of the holidays. A feeling of v eaknes3 In American checks business, and Russian attracts attention. Ameri can wheat is in small demand. Call fornlan afloat is quoted at 27s 3d to 27s Id; red winter, steamer, January, 25s Gd. Russian wheat firm, and Indian neglected; American slow(-and relative ly dear nnd hard. Manitoba is quoted January and February, at 27s. Coun try marl.ets are quiet and steady. Flour Is quiet "and steady, American bakers' Is quoted at 3d decline. Minnesota is quoted from 15s17s. Maize was steady during jAfcGarly-.part of theoveek, but American broke the market; Mixed American, weak; steamer, January, is quoted at 18s fid; short, fid lower. Coun try markets are firm; barley steady oats, firm. CHRISTMAS AT WASHINGTON. The White House Illuminated and the Guests Made Happy. Washington, Dec. 23. The White House Christmas tree was lighted this afternoon, All the cabinet babies and mothers In the city were present to see the grand. illumination. The tree waa attended by four men, who assisted Mrs. Cleveland In distributing the gifts. There was one for each child in the cabinet circle. The president went in for a while to watch the fun and en joy the children's pleasure in the hap py event. In accordance with a custom, all the executive departments of the government were closed at noon today, to the employes will have time to make Christmas presents. WHIP AND SPUR. San Francisco, Dec. 23. The racing today resulted as follows: Six furlongs Castro, Yehl, Ban, Con de. Time, 1:16 3-4. Six furlongs Seuragoza, Remus, Bor der Lassie. Time, 1:17 1-2. Mile and a quarter WildwooU, Cad mus, Charmlon. Time, 2:12 3-4. Steeplechase Eldorado, First Lap, Templemore. Time, 3:40. Five furlongs liroadhead, Gussle, Gordeus. Time, 1:04 1-2. The mile and a quarter stake won by.Wlldwood was worth $8,000. DEATHS FROM STARVATION. Pittsburg, Dec. 23. Within the past twenty-four hours, three deaths oc curred from starvation. The nOics are Anthony Domlnic'k, an Austrian1, a&ed CO; Mary Wiesman, daughter ot-llenry Welsman, agen 3; Mrs. Arthur, a wid ow, aged 80, at Homestead. Domir.U-k, while In a half-starved condition, had paten Dutrld fish. The little Welsman girl had been sick, and the parents could not provide proper food, and airs. Arthur died from sickness and lack of food. RENOUNCED THE KNIGHTS.- New York, Dec. 23. At a meeting of i ho dot hirer cutters assemblies of New York and Brooklyn, it waa unanimous ly voted to renounce the KnlghU of Labor. It is Lelleved this step will iir.eedily cause the downfall of the Knlghw of Labor, as the garment cut ters are said to be the backbone of tiiat organization. PREPARING FOR THE FIGHT. Jacksonville, Dec. 23. Preparations for the Corbett-Mitchell fight are still going on in spite of the governor' ex pressed determination to stop it. Work on the arena la being pushed. A. W. Cockerill, attorney of the Duval Club, expresses the opinion that there Is no law by which th governor can stop the contest. : i wro? The Santa Fe Is Temporarily Embarrassed. STATEMENT QF THE DIRECTORS Tlioir Explanation of the Cannes for Invoking the Aid of the Courts. Associated Press. Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 23. The ex pected In the railroad world happened today. The Atchison, Topeka and San ta Fe and the St. Louis and San Fran cisco railroads and their branches, com posing the Santa Fe system proper, have been placed In the hands of three leceivers, the order being made by Unit ed States Circuit Court Judge H. C. Caldwell In chambers. The application as made by the Union Trust Co., the New York trustees of the bondholders of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, and the Mercantile Trust Co., the New York trustees of the St. hvuU and San Francisco. The receivers are J. W. Relnhardt, president of the Santa Fe, J. J. McCook, general counsel of the Kanta Fe, and Joseph C. Wilson, clerk of the United States court at Topeka, the latter being a compromise receiver. The bonded indebtedness aggregates $232,000,000. The Interest due January 1, will aggregate nearly $3,000,000, and the floating debt about $5,000,000, making the total liability about $240,000,000. CAUSE OF THE EMBARRASSMENT. Expected Attacks on Securltlos Muke the Stp. Necessary, Boston, Dec. 23. Th-s directors of the Atchison system have issued a state ment to the bondholder nndrci'editorB, saying the sudden termination of nego tiations for financial relief lias caused a temporary embarrassment o:;d v ill prevent the further payment of inriicy now due, and Interest accruing to Jan uary 1st. The continued financial de pression and the co-Incident blirinkage in the market value of the socuilt es UBed by the company as collateral, com pelled a reduction of the floating debt and caused excessive demands on the treasury to protect all Interests and prevent the disintegration' f tliuPyB tom. 1 he directors have consented that the protection of the courts be invoked. The Atchison system as a whole. Is amply able, even under the present ad verse circumstances, to earn a safe bal ance above fixed charges If relieved from the floating debt, which Is not greater now than it was eighteen months ago. President Relnhardt Bald this evening that up to last Monday, the management was confident of se curing the necessary funds, but as It was certain that the death of George C. Magoun would bo followed by at tacks on the securities, that fact de cided the course taken by the boari.', n consenting to the receivership. HONDURAS' TROUBLES. Washington, Dec. 23. The irtate de partment today received a dispute from Pierce M. B. Young, UnilH Mates minister to Honduras and Guatemala, as follows: "Hondurlan rcvoluf ...ilelk are advancing from Nicaragua. The Hondurlan army is in motion to wet the revolutionists." American Interests will doubtless bo protected In the evrt of trouble. The Alliance hag been at La Llbertad, and today the Runiroi Joined her at that point. AN ADDITIONAL. r.E.:EiVKIt. Seattle, Wash., Dec. 23. John II .Bry ant has been appointed additional re ceiver for the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern, by Judge Hanford, to act with Thomas R. Brown, the present receiver. The bondholders allege that bonds for Highest of all in Leavening ower. $5,550,000 are outstanding; that the in terest due August 1st Is in default, and file a petition for foreclosure. Fore closure In February Is" certain, for the road is earning little over operating ex penses. THE VALUE OF TWO EYES. Sioux Falls, S. D., Dee. 23. In the United Statet district court the Jury returned a verdict of $1,000 for the plaintiff in the case of Wllllah Ander son, of Minneapolis, against Samuel Donahue, of Watertown, S. D. Ander son sued for $50,000 for the loss of both eyes by a premature explosion of dyn 8 mite while working on a railroad in Washington under Contractor Donahue. DISCREDIT THE NEWS. ' Washington, Deo. 23. Both the stale and navy departments are very posi tive today In discrediting the reports that Mello had captured Rio. Though It cannot be positively ascertained, It 18 believed one or both received advices to that effect front Rio. The general im pression, however, is that the report is merely premature, and that Peixoto will be eventually overthrown. INTERESTS TO BE PROTECTED. New York, Dec. 23. In response to a telegram from President Atwood, of the Maritime Association, the following has been received from Secretary Gresham: "This government r taking steps to as certain the military and commercial situation at Rio and other Brazilian points In order to instruct the naval commander to protect the legitimate American interests." SENT TO THE PENITENTIARY. ' Roseberg, Or., Dec. 23. V. L. Arrlng- ton, ex-treasurer of Douglass county, who was convicted of larceny of publlo money Wednesday, was sentenced to day by Judge Fullerton to three years In the penitentiary and fined $45,981.48 and costs. The latter will be about $1000. Deputy Sheriff Dillard will prob ably take Arrlngton to the penitentiary tomorrow night. A SERIOUS CHARGE. ' WilkeBbarre, Dec. 23. Seven opera tors of the Lehigh Valley railroad have been arrested at Whitehaven, charged with being the cause of the wreck at that place during the strike, which ccst the company $170,000. Five of the seven are Brotherhood men. The company's detectives have been working on the case for some time. LARGE ORDi:U FOR STAMPS. Washington, Dec. 23. -The largest or der for stamps ever madby the post office department was transmitted to a contractor today by the department. It called for 251,768,100 Columbian stamps, valued at $i5.17).!d Thure will be placed on sale in about ?,C00 presidential offices. CIPHER DISPATCH FROM RIO. Washington, Dec, 23. Secretary Her bert tonight received a cipher dispatch from: Capt. Picking, commander of the United States naval forces at Rio. It in believed to contain Important Informa tion concerning the sltua'l in nt the be. selged city. STANTON'S ORDERS. Washington, Dec. 23. Commodore Stanton haa been ordered to proceed to his station and will In a oh.rt Mm sail from New York to San. Domingo, where he will transfer the 'lag to the Kearsarge. A SCULPTOR'S SUIT. Cleveland, Dec. iX Suit has been commenced by E. A. Rust, sculptor, against (he Garfield National Memo rial "Association to recover $00 clnlmed to. be due him for the production of the Garfield monument. MADE AN ASSIGNMENT. La Crosse, Wis., Dec. 23. David Drummond, one of the oldest jewelers in the city, has filed an assignment to R. A. Scott, ex-postmaster. No sched ules were reported, but the assignee gives a bond of $18,000. AFTER FRAUDULENT VOTERS. New York, Dec. 23. Twenty-four ar reh''i ui-T'j made tonight on bench war rait?! o'. parties Indicted by the grand Jury for violation of the election laws at the Inst election. REPORTED WRECKS. Bllbac, Dec. 23. A terrible storm is raging In the bay of Biscay, and a number of vessels are reported wrecked. Latest U. S. Gov't Report If V! f :