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ASTORIA, OREGOX, THURSDAY
Toledo Visited ly a Disastrous
(lonflafrration.
HIGH WINDS LEND THEIR AID
Many Buildings Wore Destroyed
but No Loss of Life Has
Been Reported.
Associated Press.
Toledo, Jan. 2. A fire tonight caused
the loss of fully one ajid one-half mil
lion dollars. It broke out a few minutes
after 6 in the elevator of F. N. Quale &
Co. on the river, fronting on Madison
and Water streets. The enuae is yet
unknown. An explosion at dask tuubed
a general alarni. The elevator, wiih its
c-jnten's, was cntlraly destroyed.: A
strong northwest wind carried the
flaTiPs across Madison street to the
elevator and buHlncfs block of C. A
King & Co., also a total loss. Tht
ilnmes dii-o spread weatwnr-'! across Vti
ter street to the rear of a large five
story business block known aa the
Chamber of Oommcrco buiiillnsr; dwic ;
by T. P. Brown and occupied by the
V.'is'ern Vnio.i Telegraph Co., the Am
erican District Telegraph Co., and a
large number of ofllces, which were :i!so
destroyed, From this the n.nnes spuad
south to the next building, Ave storks
high; occupied as a nuseum and thea
tre. This was gutted within ft few rr.ln
utjis, Th next building 'ouih.-was a
wholesale drug house: of Western &
Truax, also a total loss. To the v.vsl
the flumes leapt across Summit street,
t lie chief retail street of ;he city, In
juring Hartf'-rd oiock, but the lire here
was checked wl'.l(out g-eat dnmnge. Jn
the ivar of this building is tlie.-om.ee
ot the Postal Tt'eijraph o., tha ma ri
gger of whbh removed all the p.ppam
ti'.s possible, thus cutting olf all tele
graph communication for th! present,"
as the Western Union office and instru
ments were destroyed. A Jwo-Hoi'y
h'-wlt -n the northwest coruor p Water
:i!i(J Madison streets, dlagoiiallj' aeross
from tliu (Jtmlc il'.y ury, is nisi f.ca
t.'oycd. The losses, so far a3 ascertained, nv
as follows: T. P. Ilrown, Chamber of
Commerce, $200,000; 3'. N. Quale & Co.,
ehvator, ?10'i,00C; P, A. Kins 4 Co., tio
vu.tor and stoc-k, $S6,r.OO, fully Insin-ed;
C. L. Luce estate, 1 10,000; J. H. Moore,
imibciiiii, JM.000; V.'est & Truax, whole
wiled tugs and bjlli'ing, $110,000; Second
Xatlonal liank, 155,1100, and. J200,r.r0 In
currency In the vaults, thought to be
safe; Shotshcer & Co., bankers, $20,000
and a quantity of bonds in tho vault
possibly lost. Theloss of the other tMi
i.r.ts of '.ho Chavnjrer of C.'ommf va
building are heavy. The "Western yn
len Teltgraph Co.'s loss ih 2i,000; Am.
erican District Telegraph Co., $:u,000;
Union Central Ute, $10,000; Bacon 4
Huber, architects, $30,000; E. O. Pallls,
architect, $25,000; A H 8t lrgls, archi
tect, $20,000; R. O. Durn & Co., olflco.
$25,000. Oth-jr offices wer.) occupied ly
attdiiiys, brokers, iiiBuruuce i-ger.ts,
and others, who lost all their llLrai
furniture, and fixtures. 8. Oo;ui. two
buildings and Kaloon Mock, $i?0. '). The
principal buildings damaged Huft.-r ;n
ullows: Hartford Ulock, $10.0?0, An
derson block, $8,000; street railway oiu
ces, $8,000.
Owing to the high wind, help wan '
guested from the nearest citi.'s, ni d
responded to promptly by Cbvcland,
Detroit, and Adrian. The two lan.r
leached Hie city before the Ire v as
inier ccntrol and rendered c-fficicnt
service. It was the largest fire which
has visited Toledo in the past twenty
years. - '
DEATH OF CONSUL SAVAGE.
London, Jan. 3. George W. Savage,
United States consul at Uundeo, Scot
land, died today.
END OF THE HOWARD CA8E.
Jackson, Tenn., Jan. 5. The Jury In
the famous Howard case this morning
returned a verdict of guilty.
George Frederick Burgoyne Howard,
alias Frederick Hewlett, alias E. no.,
alias Wm. Woormore, alias Jowph
Ledger, was technically charged wiih
i ii the United Htates raniis for frau.l-uk-nt
purposes. According to the evl
iIcik ho was one of the most sreom-
MORNING, JANUARY 4,
jdished confidence men. Under various
aliases he defrauded the American peo
ple out of $65,000 by. duping them Into
believing that rich Eiujllsh estates
awaited them.
GLOVE FIGHTS LICENSED.
The Duval Club Demands Tollce Pro
tection.
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 3. Manage!
Bowden, of the Duval Athletic Club,
went 'to St. Augustine today to get
Mitchell to sign the articles allowing
the club the privilege of naming the
place where the contest shall be held
If Mitchell docs not sign the club will
announce the affair to the world. The
passage by the city council last nigh
of an ordinance licensing glove contests,
the club claims, gives them a case for
damage against the city if it does not
give police protection to stop interfer
ence with the fight. This Is a new
phase of the case.
MITCHELL SIGNS.
St. Augustine, Fla., Jan. 3. Mltchi
this ul'ternooa signed tho articles, The
exact location of the fight Will be tin
knov i( vntll the niorpjng before.
Jacksonville, Jan. 3. It Is learned to
night that the managers of the Duval
club propose to pull off the contest Just
as th Sulllvau-Kilratn right was man
aged at. Rlchburg, Miss, In 1889. They
will select a suitable place and chartei
special trains to transport the ;rowds.
No one Is to know the site except the
club manager?, In this way the club
hopes to outwit tho governor, believing
if the site Is kept secret he cunnot gel
sufficient force In time to prevent the
fight.
Each man will furnish his own gloves.
Within a short time, legal proceeding
will be instituted by the Duval clut
testing the legality of the contest. Ex
actly what these will be is not slaleC
by the club people, but as It is a noto
rious fact thai no Jury eould be found
In Duval county to decide against the
battle, it Is pretty certain the outcome
will bo favorable to the club. If Gov
ernor Mitchell then sees fit to step In
and interfere, all plans for the fight in
Jacksonville will be dropped and new
battle grounds selected. The location
will of courpe be kept secret, until Jan
uary 23, It Will lHZ7le the governor
what course to pursue, to prevent the
meeting. Tomorrow, it is expected, a
license will bo applied for, which, andsr
the new city ordinance passed yester
day over the mayor's veto, must be
granted.
CLEVELAND HELD RESPONSIBLE.
Ilnrrlsburg, Pa., Jan. 3. The repub
lican, state convention to nominate a
congressman-at-large convened here
this afternoon. Ex-Senator Packer, per
manent chairman, In an address, laid
the present condition of the country at
the door of the Cleveland administra
tion. The platform makc Uuj ttirllT the
central Issue, and denounces the Wil
son bill in the strongest terms.
Hon. Galusha A. Grow was nomi
nate by acclamation for congressman-at-large.
PROTEST AGAINST FREE IRON.
Cleveland, Jan. 3. At a meeting of
Cleveland vessel owners this morning
It was unanimously resolved to raise
ft fund to meet the expense of agitation
at Washington against putting iron ore
on the free list .
AN INSPIRED CRANK.
Chicago, Jan, 3. A crank carrying a
largo revolver appeared at the county
Jail today and asked to see Prendergast.
as ho was commissioned by the Lord
to mako Prendergast walk out a free
man, Ht was arrested and gave the
name of Fred Names.
BANK BURGLARIZED.
Rockford, III., Jan. 3. Burglars las
night blew open the safe in the Frank
lin Grove Bank, south of this city,
and secured $35,000 In cash and papers
The bank was mostly patronized b;
wealthy farmers. There Is no clue tc
the robbers.
BIG FIRE IN TACOMA.
Tacoma, Jan. 3. The five-story brick
building of the National Bank of Com
merce was almost destroyed by fire thl;
morning. The rooms of the Commer
clal club were ruined. Loss, $10,000.
SENATOR FAULKNER WEDS.
Fort Monroe, Va., Jan. 3. The mar
riage, of Senator Faulkner and Vint'
Whiting took place at 5 o'clock thlr
afternoon In the old St. John's church
at Hampton.
STORMS IN ENGLAND.
London, Jan. S. The Ostend boat U
unable to land passengers owing to the
severity of the weather. Terrible
weather, with much .snow. Is reported
from all parts of England. Severe
weather prevails throughout Germany.
" OBJECT TO THE BILL. ,
Cincinnati, Jan. 3. A meeting of bus
inen mw at the lotud of traJa nv'inf
adopted n-solutlons protesting nridnsl
th piinrnge of the Wilson bill. .,, .
REPORT.
1801.
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Republicans Successful in Their
First Fight.
DEMOCRATS HAD NO QUORUM
The Tariff liili Will Probably Be
the First Biislness to lie
Disposed of.
Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 3. When the senate
was called to order at noon there were
hardly a score of members in their
seats. There was considerable delay
before a ejuorum was secured. After
reading the Journal, Blackburn, of Ken
tucky, presented the credentials of Sen
ator Eppa Hunton, of Virginia, who
took the oath of office.
Frye presented a resolution declaring
that In the opinion of the senates dur
ing the Investigation by the committee
of foreign relations of our relation!
with Hawaii, there should be no Inter
ference on the part of the United
States for tht restoration of Queen
Llliuokalanl or the maintenance of the
provision.'.! governnent.
Washington, Jan. 3. After reading
the Journal the Hawaiian fight began.
Boutelle, on behalf of the republicans,
bringing It up to antagonize the tariff
bill. McCreary, chairman of the for
eign affairs committee, sought to avoid
this subject by trying to make nn ar
rangement by which Friday and Sat
urday of this week should be set asldi
for the consideration of the resolution
reported by the foreign affairs com
mittee in lieu of the 111 tt and Boutelle
resolutions. Hltt, the head of the mi
nority of the foreign affair! committee
stated that Inasmuch as this proposi
tion gavo the republicans substantially
what they desired, nanlely, a time fixed
for debate on the Hawaiian matter, lje
would be gUd to accept it,
The house democrats failed to muster
a quorum, and until they do, the tariff
bill Is blocked. There Is little prospect
of a quorum toduy.
The republicans showed fight at the
outset aid scored the lir3t victory.
Before the time arrived" for AVllson to
take the lloor, McCreary trlod to ar
range an amicable agreement by whlcl
two days, Friday and Saturdayi should
be given to the consideration of the
Hawaiian resolution. Hltt, the republi
can leader of the foreign affairs com
mitted, expressed a willingness to ac
quiesce In the arrangement, but Bou
telle wanted to precipitate the question
Immediately by calling UP his resolu
tion. Both sides were ugly, but after
a lively row, the speaker held that
Boutelle's resolution was privileged. The
democratic members of the ways com
mittee wore not willing to go ahead
with the Huwaliun discussion until the
tariff debate had been gotten under
way, however, and the question of con
sideration was raised against the Bou
telle resolution. The republicans ther.
executed a flank movement by refusing
to vote. The democrats found them
selves In the humiliating position ol
not being able to muslor a quorum. Af
ter revoking all leaves of absence, Wil
son reluctantly moved an adjournment
Thd democrats confidently expect t
ryoruin tomorrow, but the outcome oi
republican incites will probablj
e Hawaiian matter will be
itponed v.ntll the tarbt bit.
AT IN THE SENATE.
i
1 Jan. 3. Seven candidate-!
i .of James F. Wilson In the
Ves senate have nppeared on
and opened headquarters.
Des
for the
United
the groi
Highest of all in Leavening Power
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CONGRESS IN SESSIO
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PRICK, FIVE CENTS,
They are Congressmen Gear, Lacy, Hep
burn, Perkins, Attorney-General Ston
A. B. Cummlngs, of Des Moines, and
L. S. Coffin, of Fort Dodge. So far
Gear seems in the lead, but will not
have enoueh votes on the fir?t ballot.
His friends claim he will lmve a large
number of second choice votes on the
second ballot. '
FRYE'S RESOLUTION. ,
Opposed to Any' Interference in Ha
waiian Affairs.
Washington, Jan. 3. The most signi
ficant thing in the session of the senate
today was the resolution Introduced by
Mr. Frye, declaring it the sense of the
senate that the administration should
commit no overt act of interference In
Hawaii pending the investigation of the
Imbroglio by the senate committee on
foreign affairs. The evident object of
the resolution Is to declare the sense of
the senate adverse to any American In
terference, either direct .or indirect,
should any coup d' etat be resorted to
for the purpose of restoring the queen
to the throne. The senator asked that
the resolution He upon the table for the
present, and it is expected he will make
It the subject of some pertinent re
marks before asking for its reference
to the commute on foreign affairs.
NEWS FROM BRAZIL.
Washington, Jan. 3. The secretary' of
the navy has received the following ca
ble from Admiral Benham, on board
the San Francisco! "Pernambuto, Jan.
2. Everything is quiet as possible
fhroiighoitt Brazil. No reasyi to appre
hend trouble at present. Will leave here
tomorrow for Uahta."
PROBABLY A CANARD.
Paris, Jan. 3. A dispatch says the
commanders of the foreign war-ships
at Rio have forbidden De Gania to
bombard the city unless directly at
tacked by the land forces.
BOTH AFRAID TO FIGHT.
Pernambuco. Jan. 8. It now nepniq 1
there is little Ukllhood of a meeting
between the government crclsers NlctnP'
croy and American", and the insurgent
vessels under command of Admiral Mel?
lo. According to the stories emanating
from the government and febel sources.
each declares the other at the encT"of
its rope and that it Is giving up the
Htrugg1e
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MARCHING ON SANTA ANA.
Buenos Ayres. Jan. 3. The Insurgents
of the Rio Grand de Sul are marching
on Santa Ana, which the government
troops have abandoned. A' rumor hiin
reached here from Rio that If the revn.
lution Is not. ended by an immediate
and decisive naval engagement, it will
be shortly terminated by an arrange
ment between the two parties.
NOT CONFIRMED.
San Francisco, Jan. 3. An afternoon
paper says A. N. Towne, generul man
ager and vice-president of the Southern
Pacific, has resigned and is to be suc
ceeded by W. O. Curtis, assistant gen
eral manager.
PURELY A FAKE;
San Francisco, Jan. 3. Mr. Towha
characterizes the story of his supposed
resignation as general manager of the
aoutnorn Pucific as a "fuke without
foundation."
PENNOYER'S LETTER.
Portlnnd, Jan. 3. At a special merlin
of the chamber of commerce of ti.u
city this afternoon, resolutions were In-
troduced contradicting and condemning
tne statements contained in Governor
Pennoyer's Christmas letter to- Presi
dent Cleveland. After a heated debate
the resolutions were referred to a com
mittee of seven for amendment. Tim
committee will report on Saturday. The
resolutions as Introduced contain flg.
ures snowing that greater destitution
prevails In many states and cltle:i thnn
In Oregon, and Portland. .
NO tFREB WOOL WANTED.
San Francisco, Jan. 3. The vj.
Growers', Dealers', and Manufacturers'
Association adopted the following r,
lution today: VResolved, That we trr
spectlve of party, do hereby protest
against tne changes in the tariff nfw.
lng wool, as proposed by the Wllmm
bill, we assert that to remove the duty
from wool will prostrate if not wtw.n..
destroy, an Industry which gives em
ployment to 30,000 of our ritiaens.
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