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J EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XL, NO. 2!)7. ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30, 1893. TRICE, FIVE CENTS, Don't Kill the Goose that Laid the Golden Egg The man that killed golden egg, had A goose still lives that lays golden eggs, and her name is Judicious Buying. And the eggs are full of bargains in Men's and Boys' Clothing, Furnishing Good, iIats, Boots, Shoes, Umhrellas, Trunks, Traveling Bags, Mackintoshes and all kinds of rain and winter goods in male attire, at one price and for cash. fl child can buy as perienced buyer-Justice to all alike. I. L. OSGOOD, The One-Price Clothier, Hatter ancl Furnisher. Cor. Third and West rtli Sts., opp. Foard & Stokes. FJhe new YEAR! Blank Books, Office and Pocket Diaries, Pacific Coast Tide Tables. GRIFFIN & REED. CALIFORNIA WINE HOUSE. Fine tines and Liquors. 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. A. W. UTZIJlGES, Str. R. P. 1" W ttlill Leave for Tillamook Every w Cays as Follows: Dec. 1, 5, 9, 13, The steamer R. P. Elmore connects with 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. S2 FOK U $80 LOT BY BECOMING A YOU CAN GET A FIRST CLASS LOT IN HILL'S FIRST ADDITION TO ASTORIA. LOTS WILL BE DELIVERED WEEKLY. (k f NOW IS THE TIME TO PROCURE A Hi 7 Liot to Build a Home or The Packers of Choice Columbia River Salmon Their Brands and Locations. NAMK. LOCATION. ! r.BlXK. AtTla Pk'S Co ! Astoria....- ." -f K t iTney 'J!!! M, 1. Kinner Astoria. ; t i (.John A. Iteviin.. Booth t. TkgCo ! Astoria.... ! j &SK- & Sons JchiciKO. Coln-.bUR!t.mCiA..orU 'CiM1 'cuttlnf Pkf Ca- Frtncta, SmueI.......J A.toria.... "Z&J'"' George SBarier Ul. ! fcSSJW Barker i.toria j 0. Hmthcrn 4 Co.1 Astoria. ..J.O.iTanthoni&Co'j. 0. Hanthora .... Astoria . J G Jleglcr&Co 'Broollield I tag, St. George. Jj. O. Meglef . Dtookfleld Wn l . ! . '. , ; t Ftfkermcn'a. ififhrmcn'a ." iaforia. -J Fishrmn Pkg Co... Astoria...- -J Seardiiiavian . fk. lur "7 Fishermen! the goose that laid the his goose cooked. ( JUDICIOUS Ik VBNG cheap as the roost ex Wain Street, Astoria, Oregon. ELuMORE 17, 21, 25, 29. Union Pacific steamers for Portland and ! MEMBER OF HILL'S LOT CLUBS AGENTS. AT PRENDERGAST DOOMED The Jury Says the Cowardly Assassin Must Hang:. DELIBERATED ONLY AN HOUR The Verdict Approved by the People of Chicago and the Public at Large. Associated Press. Chicago, Dec. 29. Attorney Trude, in the Prendergast case, resumed the clos ing argument for the prosecution this morning. In the course of his remarks he had occasion to refer to Henry George, the great single tax advocate, whom he characterized as a "Migratory and pestilential paranoiac." The Jury returned a verdict of guilty, fixing the sentence at death. In his charge to the Jury upon the question of insanity, which was the main point at issue, Judge Brentuno pald-if the jury believed the defendant committed the crime as charged, know Ing it was wrong, it was the duty of the jury to find the prisoner guilty even though they believed that at the time (he crime was committed, the prisoner was not perfectly sane, "but if the Jury believes that at the time the act was committed the prisoner was not of found mind, but affected with Insanity? nnd that such affection was the causi of the act, then the prisoner ought to r-e acquitted. If the Jury had any doubts as to the prisoner's sanity, the luw gives him the benefit of the doubt-, It the Jury believes the defendant la boring under a delusion which deprived the accused prisoner of the power of choosing between right and wrong, then the Jttry.mtJst acquit him. At 1:30 the Jury retired to consider their verdict. Nothing was heard from them for ex iu tly an hour, when they returned r verdict of guilty. DEPEW'S OPINION. Now York, Dec. 29. Chauncey M. Dc- pew, when called upon by an Associated Press reporter, and Informed that Pren dergast had been convicted nnd sen tenced to death, said: "The verdict Is very gratifying to me and should be st to every citizen as a vindication of the supremacy of the law. It Is a verdict which does great credit to Chicago, and demonstrates, as djd her nctlon in. the case of the anarchists, her fearless and determined efforts to make her munici pality fcafe for life and property. That is all I have to say." BEGGED TO BE EXCUSED. Washington, Doc. 29. Chief Justice Fuller asked to be excused from ex pressing an opinion on the case. It it not impossible tle case may be carried to the United States supreme court, aiid the chief justice probably did not wan! to pass Judgment on a case which nia: afterwards come before him officially. SENTIMENT IN CHICAGO. The Verdict of the Jury Heartily Ap , proved by Everyone. Chicago, Dec. 29. Prendergast, the murderer of Carter H. Harrison, will be hanged for his crime. The verdicl of the Jury said it, and the people of Chicago approve it. Ably defended as the assassin was, and strong as th evidence adduced to save his neck har been, the Jury found him to be sum clently sane to be responsible for hi act, and demanded that he pay the highest, penalty for the offense against the law. This, however. Is a sorry re compense for the life of Carter Harrl son. Nothing since the commission o his crime has bo irritated Prendergas: as a comparison between himself and Guiteau; but In the court room in the afternoon he showed that one charac teristic existed In common between them. He proved himself an unmanly and miserable coward, who would save his own life at any price. When Clerk Fitzgerald arose and read the finding of the Jury, the prisoner stood clutching the back of his chair, his face flushX - - and hi knees, trembling violently. Af ter the verdict was read, he revealed kjmsi-lf an utter coward. His face turtieS pale, hp opened his mouth tc speak, but only a fnlnt murmur came. Ho moved slightly, and ' would have fallen but for the assistance of the bailiff. His attorney made the usuai motion for a new trial. HAVEN'T LOST ANY BANDIT. Many of the Oflleers Abandon the Hunt for Evans. Fresno, Cal., Dec. 29. Chris. Evans, who escaped .from jail yesterday, was reported to have been seen early this morning above Sanger. The true name of Ed. Morell, who assisted Evans to escape is Frank Morris. Geo. Bird, a brother-in-law of Evans, said last night that Bill Dalton assisted in Evans' es cape, as the latter helped Grat Dalton out of the Visalla Jail in 1891. He also says that Evans' twin brother, Jim, was killed at Coffevllle, Kansas, the time of the Dalton raid. Sheriff Scott and a posse, who went to Sanger on a special train, are calling for more dep. uties, and a rumor that the bandit is surrounded in King's River bottom seems well founded. The sheriff and other officers here seem to think Evans will be in custody before night. It Is understood that a girl named Lee and two boys named Hutchinson have been arrested as accomplices In Evans' Jail delivery. ABANDONING THE PURSUIT. Fresno, Dec. 29. Word received at the sheriff's office announces that all the posses In pursuit of Evans, except Scott and his regular deputies, are com lug home. They will remain Indefinite ly. COLGATE ALIVE. Kend'rkk, Idaho, Dec. 29. A party of three men left with two pack horses to m In search' of George Colgate, the cook of the Carlin party, who was left In the mountains. A bottle was picked up at Penewa, sixty miles below Lewis- ton, and contained a note purpqrtlng to be fn.ni Colgate. GEN. CARLIN SKEPTICAL. St Louis, Dec. 29. General Carlin, who la tn this city, takes no stock in the stoty from, Spokane to the effect that a bottle has been found In -the Clearwater river containing a letter signed by Geo. Colgate, the man whom the Carlin party left behind to die, say ing he Is alive and begging that help be sent him. The letter Is dated November 27th, and Gen. Carlin says he is mor ally certain Colgate was dead ten dayr previous to that time. He thinks the letter was written and placed In the bottle for the purpose of getting money from him. MELLO'S LATEST SCHEME. St. Vincent, Dec. 29. A delayed dis patch from Pernambuco, dated Decem ber 22d, says there was serious Ashling In Aguas Bellas on the 21st. Fifty sol diers were killed. The result of the battle was not given. The dispatch sent a report of a revolt on the convict lf-land, Fernando de Norohna. A num ber of guards and soldiers were killed n the conflict. The Insurgent war ves sels are expected there to help liberate nil the convicts to the number of one r two thousand to take them to Rio to fight the government. RECOGNITION REFUSED. Rio de Janeiro, Dec. 29. Foreign dip lomatic representatives have refused the formal demands of the Insurgents for recognition as belligerents. NOT CREDITED. Washington, Dec. 29. Little credence is given here to the published reports of a disagreement between the presi dent and Gresham. They have Just re turned from a shooting trip down Ches apeake bay. It was said Cleveland had ordered Gresham's resignation. BACK FROM A HUNTING TRIP. Washington, Dec. 29. The president and party returned from a hunting trip today. MRS. LEASE HAS HER SAY. Topeka, Dec. 29. Mrs . Lease sent Gov. Lewelling the following letter this afternoon anent her removal from the board of trustees of the state charitable Institutions: "Disclaiming any Inten tion of questioning your authority, 1 recognize the fact that I am an em ploye of the state, accountable as such to the people of this slate for my offi cial record, and for them as well as for myself I demand a statement and In vestigation of the 'charges preferred against me, that I may have an oppor tunity to Bhow the manifest injustice of your decree, or defend myself from the Imputation of hireling politicians." A WRESTLING MATCH. , San Francisco, Dec. 29. Dan McLeod. the champion wrestler of the Pacific Coast, defeated Sebastian Miller, the German giant and professional strong man, in an exciting match tonight. M Leod won the first fall, Greco-Roman, in an hour and twenty-seven minutes, and the second fail, catch-as-cotch-can, In four minut and seventeen seconds. THE CHENOT BILL Springer Says Its Preparation is Completed. ITS PROVISIONS IN DETAIL The Creation of a " 'National Cur rency Commission in Proposed.' Associated Press. . - Washington, Dec. 29. Chairman Springer, of the committee on banking and currency, has completed the prep aratlon of the currency bill. The essen tial features are as follows: It provides for the creation of a national currency commission to be composed of the sec retary of the treasury, the treasurer of the United States, and the comptroller of the currency, which Bhall be charged with the execution of the v-rivlslons of the act. The commission shall have legal tender notes printed at the bureau of engraving and printing, which notes shall be legal tende'-s, public and pri vate, and shall be redeemable In coin. Such notes shall be Issued to any sol vent bank having a paid up capital of over $25,000, and having on deposit cer tain bonds required by the act. Th bonds may be either United States, or those of of a state, county, parish, or city, with a population of 5,000. When the bonds have been at par for two years and the Interest all paid up, cir culating notes are exempted from the ten per cent tax on state bank Issues, and. bonds are also exempted from all taxation. Federal or locat banks de positing other than, nations! bonds may receive 90 per cenj In jiofcs. The United States assumes all responsibility for the redemption of the notes. Banks must guarantee the payment of the bonds deposited, and all assets of the lank ure liable therefor. On notes issued to the amount of one-half of the capital block, the bank must pay a tax of one per cent per annum; on an additional 2K pec cent, a two-per-cent tax Is Im posed, and on th remaining 25 per cent, a four-per-:eiit tax will be required. Ample provision is made for retiring redundant currency and for cancella tion. The faith and credit of( the United States is pledged to' 'the' re demption in coin on demand of nation al currency notes, and a. reserve, fund In coin Is provided equal to 20 per cent of the outstanding notes, j ,' .1 STATE BANK TAX. The House Committee Divided on the Question. Washington, Dec. 29. The sub-com mittee of the committee on banking and currency of the house, to whom was committed the question of repeal ing the state bank tax, divided on the matter, Cox, of Tennessee, submitting a report embodying, unconditional re peal, and Warner, of New York, and Hall, of Minnesota, reporting In favor of a conditional repeal. The bill drafted by Hall and Warner repeals tho 10 per cent tax, but provides for an Issue of state bank notes which shall be confin ed to the state in which the banks are ncorporatad, and If not, and used out side the state, they shall be subject to a tax of 10 per cent of their face value. A LITTLE LEGAL SNARL. Lincoln, Neb. Dec. 29. An Interest I up question Is soon to come before the Nebraska courts. As Is well known, th( Burlington has a relief association for the benefit of Its employes. They are expected to become members and pay the assessments. Some time since an employe name Osburn was Injured at Creston, Iowa He sued the company and secured a judgment of about $250 against the company for the injury. He then demanded his benefit under th relief rulei, and was refused on the ground that those rules provided that Highest of all in Leavening Power. Mm if suit was brought against the com pany the relief would not be paid. Mr. Osburn has commenced suit against the relief association, and the railroad com pany answers that the rellet association has no legal existence, and consists merely of rules governing employes. Under these circumstances It Is Inti mated that the attenttoa of the proper officials may be called to the matter and the position taken that the com pany la doing an accident insurance business without complying with the state law. The question first to be de cided, however, Is whether or not an employe can both sue the company and recover from the relief association. SOVEREIGNDICTATES. He Asks Knights of Labor to Protest Against Carlisle's Bond Scheme. Philadelphia, Dec. 29. General Mas ter Workman Sovereign, of the Knights of Labor, has Issued an address to the Knights of the country appealing to them to protest against the proposed bond Issue. He says he calls for this new agitation because he has letters from the South and West saying the issue of bonds as asked by Carlisle will be considered a sufficient provocation to .Justify a call to arms. He deprecates such a course and suggests that on the first attempt of congress to grant the authority asked, members of the order from Maine to California hold Indigna tion meetings and send protests to their members of congress. He says the issue of the bonds would be an. outrage and should brand with eternal Infamy every name connected with the disreputable transaction. THE BIG FIQHT. Jacksonville, Dec. 29. The big fight, according to the newly formulated plans, will occur on the morning of January 25th. Manuger Bowden Is pre paring for any emergency. He Is sal Isfled the court In which the question, of legality will be tried, will be In their favor, and the club Intends to give Governor Mitchell a run for hlB money. It Is said that Governor Mitchell In sists that. the propped fight Is In viola tion of .the law, and declares it shall not come off unless the supreme court decides such contests legal. It is believ ed the governor knows the decision will be against the legality. SUED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR. Butte, Mont., Dec. 29. James A. Tal- bott, special administrator of the A. J. Davis estate, has begun suit In the dis trict court here against A. J. Davis Jr. to recover $950,000 worth of stock In the First National bank of this city, of which A. J. Davis -Sr. was president. Young Davis Is a nephew of the dead millionaire, and claims that prior, to the death of his uncle the latter gave him the stock. Although possessing nothing to show a valid title to the stock, he has held to it and refuses to disgorge. A. J. Davis Jr. is now cash ier at the bank. WHIP AND SPUR. San Francisco, Dec. . 29. The racing today resulted as follows: Five and one-half furlongs Perll.Fac- to, Adolph. Time, 1:10 3-4. Five furlongs Banjo, Babe, Mester. Time, 1:05. Six furlongs Conde, Dr. Ross, The Kitten. No time. One mile Charmer, Folly, Burrows. Time, 1:49 3-4. Five furlongs Grafton, Monarch, Mor. ven. Time, 1:04 3-4. SPRAGUE'S WILL. Tacoma. Dec. 29. The will of the late John W. Spraguo was filed today. Among other bequests Is one of $30,000 to his wife, given under an ante-nuptial agreement dated at Huron, Ohio, In which it was stated that in view of his prospective marriage- he agreed ti leave her $30,000 if she outlived him. His estate, valued at $200,000, Is divided among) his family.' LOOKING FOR BETTER NEWS. Baltimore, Dec. 29. The Bultlmors News, the leading paper of the city, today severed its relation with the United Press and signed a ninety-year contract with the Associated Press. HOTEL BURNED. Boise, Dec. 29. The De Lamar hotpl nt DeLamar was burned early this morn ing. Loss, $M,000; insurance. $5,000. 1 h. Inmates barely escaped with their lives. Latest U. S. Gov't Report T7V n