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EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT.
VOL. XL, NO. 295.
ASTORIA, OREGOX, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 27, 1893.
TRICE, FIVE CENTS,
Don't Hill the Goose that Laid the Golden Egg1
The man that killed the goose that laid the
golden egg, had his goose cooked.
A goose still lives that lays
golden eggs, and her name is
Judicious Buyikg. And the
eggs are full of bargains in
Men's and Boys' Clothing.
Furnishing Goons, Hats,
Boots, Shoes, Umbrellas,
Trunks, Traveling Bags,
Mackintoshes and all kinds
of rain and winter goods in
male attire, at one price and
for cash.
BSPA chd can buy as cheap as the most ex-'
- perienced buyer-Justice to all alike.
I. L. OSGOOD,
The One-Price Clothier, Hatter and
Furnishrr.
Cor. Third and West ytli Sts., opp. Foard & Stokes.
FLJh-e NEW YEAR!
Blank Books,
Office and Pocket Diaries,
Pacific Coast Tide Tables.
GRIFFIN & REED.
CALIFORNIA
Ifines and Wqaors.
Fine I1
I 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.
A. W. UTZIfiGEf),
Str. R. P.
Will Leave for- Tillamook Every Four Days as Folloais:
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 U $80 LOT
BY 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 iome, Sr
The Packers of Choice
Columbia River -:- Salmon
Their Brands and Locations.
LOCATION.
! ' f Aatntia Pk'gCo. . . .
jutoria rk'gCo Astoria .. Klnney n M. J. Kinney Aitona
s I (.Jolui A. IK-Yl!n..
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Kooth A. Tk gCo Gloria. .J J..0.!."" A- & Son Chicwto
ColuxbUEivcrrkgCo1 Ulori jo Cntt,Bf
Klnmre Samuel Astoria. : Wlflte Kur . 4 Co -taiona.
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George BarVe-r Astoria..
S 0- Hiclhnra & CoJ Astoria 1 J.O.IUaf aorn&Co J. O. Hanthorn Astoria
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J,G Mr&C HrnolflcU i He, St. Ooorge... J. G. Hosier KjooJifisU Wn
jnuMliuavlan ri,i'uj As,0rl
( JUDICIOUS
WINE HOUSE.
Jflaln Street, Astoria, Oregon.
EIiJVtORE
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MEMBER OF HILL'S LOT CLUBS
LOT IN HILL'S FIRST ADDITION
IlBJrXD.
AGE.
AT
$2
I ( Ei Irnro Palm. Geore 4 Barker Aitorla
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Strikes Must Not Be Ordered
or Sanctioned.
THE NORTHERN CUTTING WAGES
The Receivers Invoke the Aid of
the Courts to Prevent a
Walkout.
Associated press.
Milwaukee, Dec. 2C The receivers of
the Northern Pacific are preparing to:
a strike of all the employes. They .ap
plied some time ago to Judge Perkins
of the United States court, for an or
der restraining them from declaring an
Instantaneous strike and doing any
damage to the property and Interfering
with the operation of the road. The
receivers had ordered a general reduc
tion of wages from five to eight per
cent, to which the employes objected.
Negotiations between representatives of
the employes and the receivers have
been In progress three weeks. Today
the negotiations were broken off, and e
strike .being Imminent, the receivers
have decided to make use of the In
junction issued by Judge Perkins, which
they hope will enable them to operate
the- road immediately with new men.
The legal documents now in the handi
of the receivers contain neaily
10,000 words. The lnjunctional order
will be served tonight and torn -ii..v tn
all leaders of the Northern Pacific rail
road employes by United States mar-
shals of the districts through which
the Northern Pacific passes.
PREPARED TO QtTIT WORK..
Milwaukee, Dec. 25. The prospect Ie
that 3,500 men employed by the Nor
thern Pacific will quit work January 1
when the reduced schedule of wages
goes Into effect. When the receivers
found it Impossible to arrive at an
agreement with the employes, they tel
egraphed tonight to all agents and at
torneys along the line of road to have
injunctions served. The Injunction i:
said to be -the Urst order of the kind
issued in the United States. A some
what similar Injunction was issued dur
ing the Big Four labor troubles, but
not until the strike was In progress. It
appears from the Northern Pacific in
junction that the receivers ordered a
reduction in all salaries exceeding $1200
This was cheerfully accepted. A week
later the receivers ordered a further
reduction of five per cent on all wages
nf tr.H In 17K anil nn 7r. '
$100 per month. It is this reduction
which the employes refuse to accept.
The petitioners say the employes can
not carry on a strike without pecuniary
assistance of the different, national or
ganizations to which they belong. They
therefore pray that these organizations,
through their chief officers, such as P.
M. Arthur, E. C. Clark, E. P. Sargent
D. G. Ramsey, S. E. Wilkinson, and
ethers, be enjoined from ordering and
sanctioning the strike. The court
grants this.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC'S EARNINGS.
San Francisco, Dec. 28. Judging from
the statement of the earnings of the
Southern Pacific railroad, the wave of
depression that swept over the country
appears to have done lees injury to the
Pacific coast than to any other sectior
of the United States. The gross earn
ings of the road up to the end of
October amounted to $10,137,000. This J
$2C1,000 less than for Uie tame time laitt
year. Although there will be a de
crease In the net earnings of the road
this year. It will be less than that ex
perienced by railroada in other section.
of the country. .
CRISP NOT WORRIED.
New York, Dec. 26. Speaker Crisp ar
rived today from Washington. Speak
Ing of having received threatening let
t?rs frorrf "one of the avengers," whe
claims to live In New York, for "mon
keying" with the tariff, Crisp said:
"The letters breathed revenge uponj
both Reed and McKinley, but don't ;
worry me at all." .
APPOINTMENT AT MIDNIGHT.
New York, Dec 26. The Herald says 1
We have often said there would very;
likely be a midnight receivership fori
Urn New Toik ajid Nw Eng!nr,.l. All!
preparation were secretly made to caj
ry out uch a program in the early
hours of thla morning, but at the hour
of publication It Is not definitely stated
whether the United States court Judge
has affixed hla signature to the, order or
not. The purpose was to stool a march
on President McLeod and get a hoetlle
receiver appointed.
DISSEMINATING INACCURACIES.
Mr. Pennoyer Politely Informed that
He Is Untruthful.
Portland, Or., Dec. 26. The Oregonlar
will tomorrow print an open, letter from
Richard H. Thornton, of the State Uni
versity Law School, to Governor Pen
noyer. Mr. Thornton Bays: "The ex
traordinary circumstance of fourChrlat
mas letters to the president of the
United States must be my excuse for
writing to you. You therein state that
more than two-thirds of the people of
Oregon are without employment, and
wore than one-third are without suffi
cient means of support. Consider for
a moment what this means. At least
240,000 people, according to your letter
have no employment; and at least 120,-
000 have no sufficient means of support.
In so writing you have stamped your
self as a disseminator of Inaccuracy
and llbellor of the commonwealth which
haa made you its chief magistrate. You
also are a father, and you doubtless feel
grateful to the Supreme Being for thh
and that. Allow me to suggest that you
enlarge . your scope nf vision and see
what a bad example In point of verac
ity you are setting your offspring."
V. A BATTLE PROMISED. .
The Nlctheroy Said to be Waiting for
. the Rebel Ships. .
Pernambuco, Dec. 26. The Brazilian
dynamite cruiser Nlctheroy, which put
to sea yesterday for the purpose, It is
said, of engaging In battle with the
rebel war ship Republica and Aqutd
aban, returned Ajere this morning, re
porting that shl, had been unable to
find the rebel ships. It is now said
the Nlctheroy will await the jcoming of
the- rebel ships here, and will fight
them in these waters. News from Rio
de Janeiro brings little that Is fresh.
Both sides cldim their opponents are
driven to the, last extremity, and must
soon give In. "The government party
declares that foreign governments are
supporting Mello, but that as soon as
the United States gets a strong naval
force hero that will be stopped, because
the United States must compel a strict
observance of the Monroe doctrine, and
that If this Is done, the collapse of the
rebellion Is only a matter of a short
time.
BOUGHT BY RUSSIA.
That Government Purchases Five Ves
sels In New Y'jt't.
New York, D f 2'!. - Tin report that
the Russian g jviv.rinei'.t bought from
the United States and Brazil Mall
Steamship Company five Mups to be
used by the Aniuor .Stewr-hlp Compa
ny in connection With the Russian gov
ernment's trui,nnincine!il;il railruit't in
Siberia, Is coiifinm.d by (',. V. Huiiti.ig-
ton. T:ie pike r"t-j:v!.l fur the live was
$1,000. The fleet will leave hero, four
for the Pacific au-.l "'lie for the Baltic
about March 15 W. D. Richarls, of
Chicago, agent for the Russian govern
ment, Is now at Tacoma, selecting ports
for the steamships.
A HORRIBLE CUSTOM.
Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 26. A horri
ble story of the wild law and supersti
tion of the Mojave Indians lomes fitm
The Needles. A young wife gave I Irth
to twins. According to a ilojive ia
dltlon a squaw who -ias twins is a
witch. ' The medicine men lici t that
the custom must be bserved, ar.d the
children were brained with a club, while
the squaw was locked up In a i.fink,
which was In turn set .in )!ri?, .-re-mating
the squaw.
FAST WHEELMEN.
New York, Dec. 26. The score of the
bicycle match at 2 a, m. was as follows:
Schock, 754; Walter, 725; Martin, 715;
Albert. 645; Hosmer, 610; Meixell, 680;
Van Amburg, 550; Golden, 540; Ashln
ger, 535; Barton, 500; Forstr, 495. In
the first 48 hours Schock covered 733
miles. This is 143 better than the
record made in a race In 1891 by Martin
THE DEMURRER SUSTAINED.
Portland, Or., Deo. 26. In the United
Slates district court today a demurrer
to the indictment against C. E. Look
wood, charging him with accepting a
fee In a case against the United States
government while acting as assistant
United States attorney, -was sustained
THE BANNER BEARER OF 1896.
New York, Dee. 26. It has Just leaked
out thnt the friends of ex-President
Harrison have perfected organization
and formally gone to work to make
him the republican standard bearer' In
1595. Major E. G. Rathbone. of Ohio,
is in charge of the movement
THE NEW YORK'S ORDERS.
Wafii!'Kfjt, I-, 2'".. Tl -e'ruif
New York has been ordered to Rio de
Janeiro to reinforce our fleet
WOULD NOT CONFIRM
The Sale of the Oregon rftcifle
Set Aside.
JUDGE FULLERTON'S DECISION
Irregularities in tlio pjpeceu'ings
Alleged by those Moil;
Iuterestcd. Associated Press.
Corvallls, Or., Dec. 25. Special trains
this morning brought about 400 of the
Oregon Pacific's creditors to town to
witness the court proceedings relative
to the confirmation of the sale of the
road. They divided on the question of
the appointment of a successor to Re
ceiver Hadley. The matter comes up
In court this afternoon. The failure of
the proof of publication of the no' l-e cf
sale in the New York papers to arrive
here until yesterday renders the con
firmation of the sale Impossible for live
days, should 'the court be so Inclined.
The attorneys for the purchasers stat
ed In court that the refusal to confirm
the sale would end the matter so far as
the people they represented were con
cerned. . . '
Judge Fullerton this afternoon set
aside the sale of the property made on
the 15th Inst. Objections to the confir
mation were made by various creditors
en the grounds of Inadequacy of the
price, and Irregularity deprocedure. In
rendering -his decision, which meets
with general approval, Judge Fullerton
said that those most Interested In the
confirmation . or rejection of the sale
were labor and supply creditors, and
that they seemed toQpp.oset.tha confir
mation. Also, that there appeared , tt
have been some irregularities In the
proceedings. In the morning will be
heard the argument for the removal of
Receiver Hadley and the appointment
of hla successor, a petition forwhich
has been circulated among the em
ployes. The latter propose that until
such time as a sale of the property may
be effected, to operate the road, guaran
teeing not to entail additional expense
upon the receivership. t
MUST GIVE AN . ACCOUNTING.
Receivers of the O. R. & N. Co. to File
Monthly Statements.
Portland, Deo. 26. In the United
States court today on petition of the
Farmers' Loan and Trust Co., an order
was made that the receivers of the
Union Pacific railroad file a statement
of receipts from and expenses upon the
property of the Oregon Railway and
Navigation Co., covering all property in
the mortgage of June 1, 1885, made to
the Farmers' Loan and TruBt Co., be
ginning such account at the time ol
the receivership, and continuing It to
December 1, 1893, and that In future
the receivers file monthly statements
The petition sets forth that on the first
of December Interest on bonds was due
and that the receivers failed to mak
payment of same.
CERMAN STEAMER LOST
Now York, Dec. 26. The agents of
the German tank steamship Burgomels
ter Pjterson, admit today that they
fear 3he has been lost. Nothing has
teen heard of her since reported cn
December 10th In a disabled condition
The Lancastrian Prince reported seeing
the Peterson on Uiat date with her
rudder carried away and temporal lly
rigged. The captain of the Peterson
asked to be taken In tow, but the
Lancastrian Prince was short of coal
and refused. Nothing has since been
heard of her. She carried a crew of 38.
THE MIDWINTER FAIR.
San Francisco, Dec. 26. Dlrectjr Gen
eral De Young authorize? the statement
that the Mld-wlnter Fair will be opened
January 1st, 1894, as announced, though
in view of the fact that a great many
exhibits will not be in place In time,
Highest of all in Leavening Power.
r.
the price of admission, . 25 cents, will
not be raised, ar.d the formal opening
ceremonies will not take place until a
date as soon as possible after January
1st, the announcement of which will be
osficially made in due time. Heavy
storms along the line of railroads caus
ed considerable delay to foreign ex
hibits. The first of January, however,
will be a gala day in Golden Gale Park.
AN INTERESTING DECISION.
Syracuse, Dec. 26. In the case of
Thomas D. Rellly vs. Milton C. Gray,
an action brought to recover $1,150, an
t mount which the plaintiff paid for
French pools upon the grounds of the
Saratoga Racing Association in Aug
ust, 1892, Judge McLennon handed down
a decision holding that the pool-selling
scheme known as the French and auc
tion pools Is a lottery and Illegal; that
the Ives pool bill,- In so far as 11 at
tempts to authorize such transactions,
is unconstitutional and void. The judge
orders Judgment for the plaintiff in the
full amount paid by him upon the pur-'
chase of the pools In question.
ITS VALIDITY QUESTIONED.
Denver, Col., Dec. 26. As .Governor
Waite's call for an extra session of the
legislature Is dated December 25, a legal
holiday, Its validity Is questioned, and
the courts will probably be asked to
pass on It. The Republican calls Gov
ernor Walte a "fool," for calling the
legislature together, and asks that body
to adjourn Immediately ' after asset-..
bllng. ;.
Denver newspapers unite in a demand
that the legislature adjourn when tt
meets In special session In accordance
with Governor Waite's call, on Jan
uary 9th. .
THE TREASURY BALANCE. ,
Washington, Dec. 26. There are pros
pects that during the present week the
available cash balance in the treasury
will reach a lower figure than ever
before recorded In Its history. It Is
generally believed that it will fall be
low $90,000,000 during the week. The
estimated excess of expenditures over
receipt will show a deficiency in rev
enues at ..the close of th calendar year
of about $37,000,000.
A CRISIS AT HAND.
Washington, Dec. 26. Minister Men
donlca believes a crisis In the Brazil
ian revolution is at hand, and a decisive
stroke will be made this week.' He says
the two gieat Ironclads of the rebel
commander Mello and the flotilla of
little torpedo craft hastily improvised
by Pelxoto are rapidly nearlng each
other. The minister says that a col
Mslon Is almost certain before next
Monday. .
WHIP AND SPUR.
San Francisco, Dec. 26. The racing
today resulted as follows:
Five furlongs The Kitten, Hal Fish
er, Rlcardo. Time, 1:04 3-4.
.One mile Red Root, Peril, Clacquer.
Time, 1:48 3-4.
Fifteen sixteenths Duki Ss evens, Wy
anshott, Gladlola.' Time, 1:41.
Seven furlongs Thornhlll, Sir Charles
Blizzard. Time, 1:43.
Five furlongs Hlderangla, Htrondell,
Amida, Time, 1:06.
PROSPECT FOR A YACHT RACE.
Glasgow, Dec. 26. Watson, the de
signer of the Valkyrie and Thistle,' is
building a yacht foV an American which
will ocmpete with the new forty-rater
ordered by Victor Montague. Wataon
would not give the name of the Amer.
lean. Secretary Grant, of the ; Royat
Yacht Squadron, says Montague in
tends to Issue a challenge to all comers.
BARON HIRSCH'S COLONY.
In connection with his colc'ntzatlon
scheme in Argentina, Baron Hlrseb, re
cording to a statement received by the
Bureau of the American Republics, is
said to have made th fallowing p.t
chases of 'a -i then.-:
Province of Duerins Ayrcs Muurlclo
Colony, ocverlng 31,10 acres.
Province of Santa Fo- -Mosesvllle Col
ony, covering 22,500 acres: and M-mtng-otes
Colony, covering 2,000 acrts.
Province of Entre Rlos Colony Clara,
covering 77,600 acres; San Antonia Col
ony, covering 36,000 acres. The Com
pany had, ' moreover, purchasel 17S.OO0
acres In this province.
At the beginning dlfficultl' wer) en
countered, but at last accounts matte s
were fairly promising, and jeeot-jil ti
argue successful results.
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