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r. - . - t. aVaVV ' '-' - ' . kiiMiSm T7 EXCLUSIVE telegraphic press report. VOL. XLH, .NO. 34. ASTORIA, ORKGOV, FRIDAY' MOKXLJ. FEBRUARY 9, 1894. PRICE, FIVE CENTS, ECONOMY Stands Guard at the Door of Wealth. And he way to economize is to buy only the best, time lasting gooas. That's ouv great point. No 'cheap' slip shod goods. Everything of the best, and die prices are always right in Men's and Bogs' Clothing, Famishing Goods. Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Valises, etc w. w i !! Iff' flf wealth THE NATIONAL CAPITAL i i Bland's Silver Bill is Considered. Beim city ami the Bank of Montreal, In Vlc 'oria, for the 'purpose of securing pre existing creditors -'tjaP existing indebtedness. These assets, the receiver says, belong to the general creditors and were transferred In fraud of their rights, and he Is now attempt ing t recover thm. It Is stated the Merchants' National bank has a large share. . ON A RE THE OREGON CAVE. child buys as cheap as the most experienced buyer. Osgood JIewtm Go. The One Price Clothiers, Haters find Furnishers 6oo Third, Cor. West Ninth 5ti., Opp. Foard & Stokes. CARLISLE IS OPPOSED TO IT The Secretary Thinks Discretionary Power Should be His in Is suing the Seigniorage. Associated Press. Washington, Feb. 8. In the senate to day a strong sieech was made by Tell er, In which he depleted the deplorable financial condition of the country and part' of the Cascade mountains, there called upon his republican colleagues to 's a cave In which one might wander bear their fair share of the responsible for months without finding an end. ties for the cause, and not attempt to Nothing of any certainty was known throw upon the dominant nartv the en- concerning the cave until lour years tire burden of devising remedies for the &So, when W." It. Hearst, of the Exam San Francisco, Feb. S. Oregon's mam moth cave will soon be explored and rendered accessible to the public. A company wa3 Incorporated this morning for the purpose of developing what bids fair to bo one? of the greatest natural attractions on the Pacific Coast. For yenrs rumors have reached civilization that way back In the mountains of Jose nhine county, Oregon, in the wildest Impending panic. HOUSE PROCEEDINGS. FSLlie NEW YEAR! Blank Books, Office and Pocket Diaries, Pacific Coast Tide Tables. GRIFFIN & REED - Astoria, Ore. CALIFORNIA WINE HOUSE. Fine Wines and Mqaof s. 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. JL W. UTZIjGEft Pain Street, Astoria, Oregon, Str. R P. EhJVIORE r Iieave for Tillamook Every four Days as Jlear as the oeather mill permit. 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 FOfl M $80 LOT I BY BECOMING A MEMBER OF HILL'S LOT CLUBS you CAN GET A FIRST CLASS LOT IN HILL'S FIRST ADDITION TO ASTORIA. LOTS WILL BE DELIVERED WEEKLY. NOW IS THE TIME TO PROCURE A hot to 'Build a Home, for $2 The Packers of Choice Columbia River Salmon Their Brands and Locations. SAME. IXCATIN. AGISTS. Astoria Pk'g Co... sioris.... U Kinner'n ... M. i I John A. l)c-Un! AT J Kinney. Astoria- Boot h A.PkgCo Astoria ColoJibUXlvcrPkiOoj siori... Elmore Samuel... jAstorta. George Erker jA'to'la S 0. nnthni Co slorla- J Rturk Piamon1 I ra). 'rock tail A. Eoolh & Sons CMctgn . I ....,fnttlngPkgCo..Jilin rrlinclllC0 ! I v!mni. I Vi t iu- fcur.....i & co... ! ) E 1cnn Palro.' . . J ivulemona ''corpo & Brker. atoria .! J.O.Hamh.irniro J. 0. Hanthoni J Irtorla . 3,G MfglrttC-i Irookfield j tc, t Geonse... J. G. Mtgler. Biookfiold Wn . Elmore, Sanborn' Mtorla. Fyhsr-n-fu's T'-t Co...' Astoria. -r J I FMiorTnen'i. 'A,n 'Washington, Feb. 8. In the house, Bland moved to go into committee of the whole to consider his silver solgnor age bill. Lost, for lack of a quorum 166 to C. It Is also well known that Secretary Carlisle and the administration are gen erally opposed to the bill In Its present form. After consideration of the bill be gan, Carlisle arrived at the capltol and had a conference with several leading democrats of the house, as well as those democrats who were managing the fill blistering, and Just bbefore adjournment It was announced officially on the floor by Tracy, that no further attempt at filibustering against consideration the bill would be made. This Is taken to mean that a compromise has been agreed upon and certain i-onces-:lons will be made, In line with the suggestions of Carlisle, who, while represented as not being against the coinage of the silver seigniorage, yet Insists that discretion ary power ought to be lodged with the secretary of the treasury about issuing the seigniorage. A quorum was finally secured In the hous3 177 to 4 and the house went into committee of he whole on the selgnor age bill. THE POWER OF CONGRESS. Would the President Be Exempt From Paying An Income Tax? Washington, Feb. 8. The federal con stitution provides that the compensation of Justices of the supreme court shall not be diminished during the terms of office, and that the president's compen sation shall not be increased or dimin ished durlner his term of office. In view of this a question has arisen as to the power of congress to make the income tax applicable to these officers. The possible attitude of the sliver re- nuiiHrars with reference to the tariff bill has been a theme of considerable talk about the senate since the wnson bill reached that body. Inquiry develops the fact that they will without excep- inn nnnose the bill for two reasons. They are protectionists In principle, and some of them think if the tariff could bo allowed to remain as at present It would be to the Interest or sliver, xney .. l , v.n .-.rrnl and hard argue li ine inini m times continue, many win oe cub,, to find in this change the cause of the depression, whereas, if the tariff Is al lowed to remain as it Is and the times do not improve, It will at once become apparent that the tariff naa not ,v,u .mimess in trade, and people may Tw led to believe it was due to the scarcity of money. While, however, the silver republican senators will oppose the bill, they will vote against U and will ma..e special efforts to defeat the clnuses bearing upon the special Interests of their respective states. It is proteble - .. .,, -1,1 thnlr renub- some or uiem win Ucan colleagues In securing aeay upuu the pnssage of the bill. AFTER LOST TREASURE. The Location of the Steamer Brother Jonathan Discovered. Rnn Francisco. Feb. 8.-John F. Ryan, a sub-marine diver, claims to have lo- oAted the Ill-starred Btcamer wromur Jonathan, which went down July 9. 1865, somewhere near Crescent City, together with 147 passengers, uie crew larce amount of treasure. Ryan says Q W. IIHl, who was assistant engineer, and one of the nineteen survivors, as sisted him to locate the vessel, wnim Ucs in several hundred feet of water in apparent good condition. Ryan has a ship's bucket bearing uic iwm er Jonathan," which he found on the wreck. In the spring he will make preparations to raise the vessel and re cover the treasure. iner, sent a reporter, Charles Michel son, and a photographer, to explore Its depths. The cave is about seventy-five miles from Grant's Pass. The party ex plored miles and miles of its tortuous passages and great chambers, and there apparently was.no end to It. After fol lowing the windings of the cave for something like seven miles, the part found a new exit not fifty feet from the point where they had entered. From re ports given to trie public by the Exam iner party, the cave Is larger and excels in beauty the great mammoth cavo of Kentucky. This morning John C. Qulnn Thomas T. Williams, James L. Glttlngs and Samuel W. Backus, of San Fran cisco; Thomas H. Morton aridA, Henderson, of Kerbyville, Or., and Al phonzo B. Smith, of Grant's Pass, filed articles of incorporation of the Oregon Cave Improvement Company., The eep ital stock is $500,000, of which $7,000 has been subscribed. The avowed purpose Is to buy and Improve the great Oregon :avc, build hotels, roads, parKB and do a lumbering and mining business. FIRE CHIEFS' .CONVENTION. Los Angeles. Selected as the Place for the Next Annual Meeting. San Francisco, Feb. 8. The conven tion of fire chiefs today selected Los Angeles as the place for the next an nual meeting. Seattlo was the only other aspirant, and received eight votes, as against twenty-three cast for the sue cessful city. Chief Buchtel, of Portland read a paper on "The Advantages of Stand-pipes and Stationary Ladders on Fire Engines." Chief Hunt, of Seattle, followed with a paper on "The Best Method of Maintaining Discipline In Fire Departments." Chief Hunt In a paper on "The Best Method to Suppress Incendiarism," declared that good fire departments were an effective deterrent force, because the firebugs reasoned that it would be both dangerous and use less to set fire to property if the depart ments were prompt In arriving on the scene, and active and successful in put ting out fires. If insurance companies would refrain from allowing big lnsur anco on small stocks, the operations of Incendiaries would bo materially de creased. The convention then discussed the usefulness of tho chemical engine, The discussion was followed by the adoption of a resolution setting forth that It was the opinion of the members that all fire departments should by all means bo provided with chemical en glnes. The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted as follows; D. T. Sullivan, San Francisco, president; B. S. Yorsley, Astoria, secretary; Gardner Kellorg, Seattle, treasurer. Among the vice presidents are: T. Deasy, of Vic toria, and J. Buchtel, of Portland. MRS. LEASE TRIUMPHANT. Topeka, Feb. 8. The supreme court today unanimously decided that the rovernor hnd no right to remove Mrs. Lease or appoint her successor, as she was appointed for i ynr p.nd confirmed by the senate, unless charges are pre- fen ed and sustalnod, and that Free born, who has been acting as her suc cessor on the stato board of charities, is a usurper. 1LLUGAI TRANSFER OF FUXD3. Tacoma.-Fcb S.-The petition cf G. W. Lane, receiver di me i iu her and ManutacKinnn k-v,;. today Jn the sup-irlor ,-o'irt, shows tht over $100,000 of the comp-iny's assets were tranpefenvM, while the comply was InwJvont, w vari-'us U-uV In tl.is THE KEARSARQE WRECKED. Washington, Feb. 8. The navy de partment has received a dispatch from Colon that the United States steamer Kearsarge wag wrecked on Rohsldore reef on February 2. The officer- and tivw cie suveu. ine vessel was one of the oldest in the navy. Admiral Stanton was on the Kear sar?o. The erf w wa composed of 200 sailors and marines, DENIED THE MOTION. Portland, Feb. g.-.I,idfo Bellinger t day donlod the motion for a new trial In the care of William Durbar, con victed of sniufrling opium. ADSORBED BY NEW TORIC. Albany. N. Y., Feb. 8.-The bill for the annexation of Brooklyn and other r.olshborin towns to the city of New York thr , 7, The Kcarsage Lost by Rear- Admiral Stanton. OFFICERS- AND CREW SAVED Full Details of the Affair Not Yet Received, ami the Cause of it Undetermined. Associated Press. The wreck adds another to tho mis fortunes which have befallen Rear Ad mlral Stanton. He was summarily re lieved from the command of the South Atlantic station for saluting Mello, . the insurgent admiral, and ordered to Washington. His explanation of the ac tion caused Secretary Herbert to de tach him from tho command In the South Atlantic by placing him In com mand of a home station. Aa soon as the ship's company Is transported to a place of Bafety, and the fate of the Kearsarge denlflnltely known a court of Inquiry will be appointed to Investigate the -circumstances and fix the responsibility. The officials say the ship's company, la In no danger. ' They will be able to get along all right until the arrival of relief. , The navigation ol a naval vessel rests entirely with the commander and his assistants, and the admiral never Interferes In the matter He dltsets Hie gener.a movements of the flagship, but leaves the details of the routes and the management of the ship entirely to the commanding officer. Therefore It would appear that Com mander Heyerman will be held respon sible for the loss of the vessel, and on him will devolvo the task of showing that the accident was unavoidable. Ex actly who was at fault, will not be known here until fuller details have been received. THE NORTHERN PACIFIC CASE. Col. Pettlt Unmercifully Scorss the Oakes Administration.' Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 8. Col. PetUt occupied the attention of the court in the Northern Pacific case today. He as sailed the administration of Receiver Oakes while the latter was president of the road. He said the syndicate which acquired the Northern Pacific and Man itoba line and sold it to the Northern Poclflo cleared $1,000,000. He also said $9,000,000 had been squandered In ter minals at Seattlo. In the case of the Rocky Fork and Cooke City lines he said the company -paid $4,000,000 for a road worth only $SO0,000, in order to reach a coal mine worth $200,000. Of the Seattl-;, Lake Shore and Eastern road, which cost the Northern Pacific $2,000, 000, Col. Pettlt said only a mile and a half of the line was left, the rest con sisting of rusty iron and rotten ties. DENIED THE APPLICATION. Keokuk, Iowa, Feb. 8. The Union Pa- clflo receivers have applied to Judge Woolson in the federal court to put In force In Iowa an order similar to that Issued by Judge Dundy in Nebraska relative to striking employees. Judge Woolson declined, as none of the Iowa employees had struck and were not rep resented in court. He affirmed the rul ing that tho men are now employees of the receivers, and that the latter have a right to promulgate any wage sched ule which the Judge approves. Tho em ployees may quit service, but not In such a manner as Interfere with 1-he operation of the road. The Judge re serves to any employe the right to come Into court and have a complaint Investi gated and remedied. In signing the bill. It had already been used by the vice president and Speaker Crisp in signing the bill, and after the president had used It, it became tho property of Tucker. EARNINGS OF RAILROADS, New York, Feb. 8. The gross earn ings of the Illinois Central for the six months ending December 31 were $12, 140,139. an Increase of $1,945,778; net, $4, 259,642; increase, $1,296,518. The statement of tho Great Northorn railway system for the six months end ing December 31 shows: Gross earnings. $9,197,040; net earnings, $4,135,036; total Income, $4,549,738; interest and divi dends, $3,717,918; balance, $631,820; sur plus, $899,193. . WHIP AND SPUR. San Francisco, Feb. 8. The winners of the races today, with the tlmo made In each event, were as follows: Five and one-half furlongs George town, 1:12. Five and one-half furlongs Thornhill, 1:12. Seven furlongs Plccola, 1:31. Five and one-half furlongs Rosle P., 1:13. Five furlongs Roammncr, 1:04 3-4. HAVE COME TO TERMS. Milwaukee Feb. 8. The Sentinel to morrow will say: "The receivers of tho Northern Pacific have determined to ac cept a modification In the wage reduc tion schedule asked for by the em ployees at the conference today. It Is believed tho whole matter will bo set tled by this evenlnsr nnd nnvrtinniiv verything the men have asked for will bo granted.. CYCLONE IN LOUISIANA. Baton Rouge, La., Feb. 8. A cyclone struck Port Hudson this morning, de molishing a number of houses, uproot ing trees and levelling fences. On De Lomber place and Chambers plantation much damage was done. One child was killed and four othors wounded. THE REPEAL BILL SIGNED. Washington, Feb. 8. President Cleve land this evening signed the federal elections repeal bill and it is now a law. Representative Tucker, of Virginia, brought with him to the white house a gold pen specially purchased for use RATES BY RAIL. Chicago, Feb. 8. The Western.' Pas senger Association today took up the matter of the $45 rate from the Missouri river to Pacific Coast, put in effect by the Union Pacific a few days am. A Resolution establishing all rates on a $45 basis was voted down after a hard struggle. Tho Alton and St. Paul and the Northwestern at once gave notice they would accept the $45 rate. PEIXOTO GIVES A RECEPTION. Rio Janeiro, Feb. 8. Pelxoto cave h. big reception to United States Minister Thompson and Rear Admiral Benham today. The general belief Is the rebel lion Is practically at an end, and it Is not likely there will be any more flitht- Ing of Importance, as the presldental election will take up the attention of both parties. DEPRESSED TIN INDUSTRY. Swansea, Feb. 8. Ten manufacturers . of tin plate here, who employed 3,000 hands, have closed down. Despite the passage of the Wilson bill in the Ameri can house of representatives, the- de pression of the tin plate Industry seems to Increase, , REDUCTION IN MINERS' WAGES. Cleveland, O., Feb. 8.-Tho coal oper- ators of the Masslllon district have sub mitted a proposition to the miners to submit to a reduction of 12W per cent In wages. They do not expect the men to accede to It, and will declare a lock out February 19 of nearly 4,000 men. SEIZURE OF OPIUM. . ' Marysvllle, Cal., Feb. 8. A. Holmes, Inspector, seized forty-five tael cans of opium this morning. It was at Wells, Fargo & Co.'s office andt had been shipped from Portland. It'was tagged with "sweated stamps." EDITORS' ANNUAL MEETING. St. Louis, Feb. 8. Tho executive com mittee of the National Editorial Asso ciation has decided to call an annual meeting at Asbury Park, N. J., the first week In July. AN OPPONENT FOR CORBET?. Detroit, FeJ). 8. Sampson, tho strong man, announces ho has decided to chal lenge Corbett for a fight. Sampson strikes a 3,000-pound blow. CHILDS' WILL. Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. S. The will of George W. Chllds was admitted to pro bate this morning. It leaves everything absolutely to the widow. PUBLISHING HOUSE FAILS. New York, Feb. 8. The Godty Pub lishing Company, publishers of Godey's Magazine ana otner works, has failed. 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