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VOL. XI.II, NO. 39.
ASTORIA, ofiKCQV, FRIDAY -MQOINK. FEBRUARY' 10, 1894.
PRICE, FIVE CENTS,
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4
Special Reduction Sale.
On account of removal to 506 and 508 Third St., next to the
Astoria National Bank, on February 21, we shall, regardless of
cost, sell from February 12 until removal
Men's or Boys' J8 Suits and under, for ff 00
$12 " " 57 50
$15 " " fio-oo
$18 " " 51250
?25' " " $1500
Boys f 2 50 Knee Pants Suits f 1 50
$3 " ?2CO
?3 50 " " ?2 50
?4 " " ?3 00 '.
?5 " " ?3 5o
S6 " U
Men's and Boys' Overcoats, also Pants and Vests at the
same reductions.
Furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Valises Etc. in the
same proportion.
& J :V
DSjfA child buys as cheap as the most experienced
buyer.
R
Osgood Pwtm Go.
The Ons Price Clothiers, (totte And Furnishers.
too Third, Cor. West Ninth Sts., Opp. Foard ft Stoktf.
Whew!
How the Box Writing Paper has pone out of this
stcre the last two weeks! Two or three dozen boxes
some days! Yes, more than that. They were the rea
old-time sales days. It looked 'as though we wouldn't
Have enough. Yesterday we got some more.
The writing paper trade tide is surely turned this way.
All prices too, from the high-priced down to within read
of the very slenderest of purses.
GRIFFIN & REED - Astoria, Ore.
CALIFORNIA WINE HOUSE.
fine Wines and Iriqoorc.
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. UTZIJlGEli,
Plain Street, Astoria, Oregon
Str. R. P. ELiJVIORE
lilill Leave for Tillamook Every four Days asjiear
as the meathep mill permit.
The steamer R. P. Elmore connects with Union Pacific steamers for Portland ant
through tickets are issued from Portland to Tillamook Bay points
by the Union Pacific Company. Ship freight
by Union Pacific Steamers.
ELflORE, 5ANB0RN & CO., - Agents, Astoria.
UNION PACIFIC R. R. CO., Agents, Portland.
$2
FOR All $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. JL
NOW IS THE TIME TO PROCURE A Vl J
liot to Build a Home, for
The trackers of Choice
Columbia River Salmon
TUelr Bfqnds qnd Locatlorja.
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A Lawyer's Espousal of a Eicli
Omaha Widow.
HE FAILS TO SECURE THE PRIZE
Woman's Curiosity Develops the
, Fact That the Lover " Drew
the Long: Bow."
A suit which has been the means of
developing some Interesting Incidents in
the career of a former attorney of 11
waco Is now in progress in the superior
court, of Pacific county. Tne case Is one
In which H. S. Glle, of Portland, is the
complainant, anu lor cuutte of uciwn lie
alleges that a nurnoer of persons are
now, and have been tor some years, in
Illegal possession of certain lana on
Chinook beacn claimed by Mr. Ciiie. li
appears that Mr. Ul.e surveyed a uinu
in that portion of Paclnc county in tue
year 1858, but since then there hs ben
a gradual, but steady, recession of the
waters fromi what was formerly iow-
water mark, with the result Uiat
there are now in the neighbor
hood of 640 acres of accretion. On
part of this a fisherman named Pettit
built a house over twenty years ago,
and meanwhile the late W. II. Taylor,
J. Graham, Jasper Prest and a number
of others built themselves residences oi
one description or another. Mr. Glle
now claims everything in sight out to
the channel, and the suit is the out
growth of a refusal on the part of the
squatters to pay a rental to the claim
ant.
Suit was first instituted Jn the su
perior court of Paeltic county some
months ago, but was dismissed on ac
count of some technical error l'n draw
lng the1 complaint.
The defendants were represented by
J. T, Clarke, who first made his appear
ance in Ilwaco about a year ago. lie
hailed from Nebraska, so he said, and
was a lawyer by profession, but for
some time after his arrival he made a
living by carpentering work and what
ever else presented itself. He managed
to make a favorable Impression on the
fishermen.and in fact popularized him
self with a number of people, by tak
ing a prominent part in the affairs of
the town; and on one occasion delivered
a lecture on "The Blessings of Civic
Rights" before an audience composed,
chiefly of fishermen, Before the lecture
he had posters printed announcing that
the lecture aforesaid "would be deliv
ered by 'Hon.' J. T. Clarke."
He was given a retainer of $75, an
was to get J150 additional when he won
the suit. When the case had been tem
porarily settled, Clarke talked for some
time of a rich widow In Omaha, with
whom he was about to make a matri
monial venture, and finally bade his
friends adieu, announcing t,!)at lie was
about to Ipave for Omaha to be mar
ried. Before he left he borrowed a valuable
gold watch and chain from W. B. Hay
den, of Ilwaco, in order that he might
make as favorable an Impression as pos
siblc, and In addition soil his law books
to Judge Brumbach for 1100, upon the
condition that when he returned the
books could be re-purchased at an ad
vance of $25. The library, by the way,
had been purchased in great part from
two lawyers In this city, but had been
paid for with promissory notes Indorsed
by Mr. Hayden.
A couple of weeks after Clarke's de
parture for Omaha, postmaster Dalton
received a letter from the lady Clarke
fondly hoped to marry, asking for infor
mation about her betrothed, and stating
that Clarke represented himself as one
of the leading lawyers In the state of
Washington, having a large and lucra-
iliscoveriid Important information which
had been .overlooked by both Mr. Gilc
and his attorneys, Fulton Bros.; that
success was assured, and that as soon
as he received $r0' wherewith to pur
chase a railroad ticket he would start
for home.
Tho money was sent, but since then
no news has been received either of Mr.
Clarke or his whereabouts.
The squatters have now placed their
case in the hands of Mr. Dalton, but as
he has not had time to get his witnesses
together he will ask for a continuance,
Mr. Hayden Is out in the neighbor
hood of $400, .Including the value of the
watch and chain.
. Another of the stories that are afloat
regardlngf Clarke's methods of rair4ng
money Is that he persuaded a Russian,
whose sister was on board an Atlantic
steamer which had been quarantined at
New York, to give him $45 with which
to bring suit against Uncle Sam for
"illegal detention." When the steamer
was released from quarantine Clarke
claimed to have been instrumental in
accomplishing tho release, and on the
strength of that endeavored to get more
money from the guileless fisherman.
Clarke was the worst champertor.that
ever practiced law in Pacific county,
and during his stay In Ilwaco the legal
fraternity were kept fairly busy. Now
quietness has been restored, and C. C,
Dalton, It Is said, claims that his prao
tic will be worth $1,500 a year less on
account of the departure of Mr. Clarke.
IN L
THE" OLIVE BRANCH.
President Dole, of Hawaii, Makes Some
Friendly Remarks.
San Francisco, Feb. 15 Advices ar
rived today from Honolulu to February
i, via steamer Alameda. . Pl-eslde"rtt
Dole's answer to Minister Will's, giving
speeilieatlons regarding the former let
tor of December 27, which was asked for
by Willis, has been published, explain-
In? the previous statement that the
United States policy has been responsi
ble for tho maintenance of the provl
sional forces, and the state of alarm
which existed through Hawaii Is due
to the failure of tho United States to
advise tho Hawaiian government iof its
intended action. President Dole says:
Information came from royalists in con
stant communication with you that the
restoration of the queen was certain,
and that the United States government
would use force if necessary to accom
plish this. In explaining why he ac
cused the United Satetes government of
unfriendly actions, President Dole cited
the fact that AVUlls had refused to tor-
ward Honolulu advices by the Corwln,
and closed by saying: "I cannot but
believe that the attitude of the United
States toward Hawaii has arisen
tnrough a misunderstanding of the
facts on tha part of your government
and a mutual misapprehension of mo
tives and Intentions, which will, I trust,
at on early day be cleared away,"
RECEIVED A SET-BACK.
Union Paclnc Receivers Must Revoke
, the Order Reducing AVages
of Employees.
St. Louis, Fob, 15. Attorneys Thurs-
ton and Corwln, represontlnar the re
ceivers of the Union Pacific road, who
camo here to ask Judge Caldwell to
harmonize the conflicting opinions of
juas-es Dundy, of Omaha, and Hallet.
of Denver, received a decided, sot-baok.
Aitcr listening to a statement of the
case, Judge Caldwell said; "YotJ have
taken advantage of tho employees be
hind their backs. Go back to Omaha
md revoke' your wages order, then I
will take up your caso. Prepare and
advertise your schedule and. give the
men notice. I think sixty days might
not be unreasonable. I will come to
Omaha and hold a conference with your
receivers and representatives of the la
bor societies, and we will sue If we can
not agree upon a schedule that will h
Just to the employees, and such a the
ix-ceivera can -afford to pay,"
McKANE CONVICTED.
New York, Feb. 15,-The jury in the
live practice, and being then leading , ", 01 ,J?l,n Y' 'Kane, the Gravesend
counsel In one of the greatest land cases
ever heard In the United States. Mr.
Dalton replied to the lady's inquiries by
referring her to Editor Philips, of the
Ilwaco Journal, and vouching for the
latter's reliability and veracity. Mr.
Political boss,' charged with a violation
of the election laws py frauds In regis
tration and , at election, and defying
tho court's order intended to prevent
fraudB in the conduct of polling, re
turned in court thin
- --tear nitii a.
Phillips sent what information was in j Ht is now in Jail.
w" pronounced Monday.
-..o juty recommended him to the
court's mercy. The case win l carried
iu me nigher courts.
his possession, with the result that, the
lady refused to carry out her -agreement,
and a few days later Judge Brumbach
heard from Clai ke, who stated he would
be In Ilwaco with his bride In the course
of a couple of weeks, and that upon his
arrival he would shoot both Dalton and
Senator' McLaurin Takes the
Oat h of Office.
PEFFER ON WOMAN'S V RIGHTS
Strong Speeches by Democrats in
the House on the Bland :
Seigniorage Bilt.'
Associated Press.
Washington, Feb. 15. In the senate
McLaurln, of Mississippi, took the oatl.
of office. The consideration of thd bli
to compel the Rock Island road to stop
trains at certain Oklahoma stations
was resumed. platt, of Connecticut,
took the floor against the measure.
The bill passed 28 to 27 the vice
president voting in the affirmative.
The senate, after being in exccutlvt
session three hours today, adjourned
without taking action upon the Peck
ham nomination.'
In the course of the proceedings on
tho townsite bill, Peffcr presented an
amendment to provide that In any elec
tion for tho location of county- qeata,
"all citizens of the United States, Irre
spectlve of sex, shall be entitled to
vote." It was opposed by Blackburn,
but Peffer made a strong speech In sup
porting the amendment. "I Intend,"
said he, "to avail myself of every op
portunity to give woman, uod bless her.
every advantage, every right and every
privilege I have got." (Apnlause.l Thi
amendment was defeated 15 to
Thoso voting for woman's sufTraKe
were Allison, Carey. Davis. Dolnh. Frve.
Oalllger, Hansbrough, Kyle, Mandcrson
Mitchell (Oregon), Peffer. Perkins.
Stewart .Teller, Wilson.
i IN THE HOUSE. .
Washington, Feb. 15. In the house
after the transaction of routine busi
ness, Bland moved to go into commit
tee of the whole on the seigniorage b)H,
and mado a fruitless effort to fix. the
limit to debate. . ,
The debate of the Eland Heignloiige
bill in the house was characterized by
several strong democratic speechet
against tho measure. Bland has giver,
up hope of reaching an agreement to
close the debate by unanimous consent,
and tomorrow will move to close the
debate. As the opponents of tho bill
will decline to vote, It will require a
quorum of advocates of the measure to
carry the motion. Bland does not ex
pect to secure a quorum tomorrow, but
soon as this lack of quorum is demon
strated that steps will be taken to com
pel the attendance of absentees, and
Bland Is confident that Saturday or
Monday a quorum will be present to
pass the bill.
ovation to Mckinley.
Pittsburg, Feb. 15. Gov. McKlnlcy
spoko tonight to an Immense republican
mass mooting In the lnterset of GaluBha
A. Grow, candidate for congressman-at-large.
McKlnley was Interrupted every
few minutes during his speech with
cheers and cries of "Our Next Presi
dent," eta Ad the conclusion a mad
rush was made for the platform, and
ho was literally carried out of tho hall.
SAD REWARD FOR HEROISM.
Whatcom, Feb. 15. Johnnie Adams,
12 years o age, was killed yesterday
by a falling tree near here. He and his
sister were on their way home from
school, when the boy saw the treo was
about to fall on his sister, He pulled
her out of the way and was himself
crushed to death.
HORTICULTURAL, CONVENTION.
Elkjknnu evi. iv . ....
Phllfips for their statements to M .m, j VeraiTundred XrsTn-"
anced. teret-ted in fni!t ritr ,
Clarke also wrote to hs clients In the this city in attendance at the flrt ren.
land ewe, saying he wished to go to -r-, oonver.lo,, of horticulturists ever
Washington for the purpose of settling hf Id the Pacific Nrrtwt
the disputed title, and would certainly play of f r5Sh frul(fl Jg the
be successful In his efforts in their be- collected in thi section at this seaw
half. .H. dded that there would be a of the ye,r. A Iar,re number of eastern
little matter of 140 expends which he "-mmion r-nd rallro-d 0l-hU.
desired remitted. The money wu m nt. v.-cre in cttendanca tUyy. The salons
but the next news received was con- w-re riven un to i'-r-l-n i.t
uinc-d in en urn-aid Vwnyhi-. c:- fruit sts and the h nJtwu r
patch. wltfVh announced that he had packing fruits f-r f-atorn markets.
UMATILLA LANDS.
Washington, Feb. 15. Tho senato com
mittee on Indian affairs today ordered
a favorable report on the bill providing
for the sale of tho unsold portion of
the Umatilla land reservation In Ore
gon... ;'
SAD CASE OF SUICIDE.
San Francisco, Feb. 15. May Brook
lyn, one of the leading ladies or tne
Palmer stock company, which Is playing
at the Baldwin theatre, committed sui
cide tonight by taking carbolic acid.
She played the part of Mistress Page In
"Alabama," The cause of the suicide
was grief over the death of Miss Brook
lyn's lover, Frederick A. Lovecraft. The
latter, who was manager of Falmers
New York theatre, committed suicide
last October by taking carbolic acid and
shooting himself. Miss Brooklyn, al
thraiirh tn fill her parts, is said t
have been mentally unbalanced ever
since. Sho imitated her lover to tho
extent of taking carbolic acid, but omit
ted the shooting. ,
THE RIGHTS OF WORKMEN.
Employees to Test the Order Restraln-
, lng Them From Striking.
Milwaukee." Feb. 15. An application
was made In. the United States court
this afternoon by the employees of the
NorUiem Pacific road, through the
union leaders, for a modification of tha
famous injunction Issued by Judge Jen-
Ins restraining the men from leaving
the employ of the road. Jenkins has set
February 23 as the date for hearing tho
motion, which is made In behalf of the
Trand chief engineer of the Brotherhood
t Locomotive Engineers, grand chief of
he Firemen's Brotherhood of Locomo
tive Firemen, grand chief of Conduct-
rs, the Telegraphers' National Asso-
latlon, grand chief of the Brotherhood
t Trainmen and the grand chief of the
Switchmen's Mutual Benefit Associa
tion. It la moved to strike out all that
part of the first Injunction of December
19, and the second Injunction, Deeem-
'er 22, which restrained the employees
from striking or preparing to strike.
The object of the motion is to bring to
v direct issue the question whether the
courts can f. grant an injunction to re
train employees from striking. It will
be a test case.
OBJECT TO PARTISAN QUESTIONS.
n Interesting Session of the Trans-
Mississippi Congress.
Sun Francisco, Feb. 15. The session
f the Trans-Mississippi congress this
morning was not a quiet one. The com
mittee on resolutions was to have made
general report, bub Instead of doing
o presented a resolution to the effect
hat no formal action will be taken bv
'hat body upon any purely partisan
"uestion. After a running debate of an
''our or two tho resolution was laid on
'ho table.
tin the Trans-MlssIssippl Concress thl
afternoon the following resolutions wero
'Vtimltted: Memorializing contrrena for
a liberal and sufficient appropriation for
the Improvement of rivers and harbors
'n the state of Washinsrton. including
the Columbia river, Olympla harbor.
ind for the building of a ship canal
connecting Lakes Washington and
Union with Puget Sound. Adopted.
Memorializing congress to push to a
ipeedy completion the improvements
now under way on the Columbia river.
Adopted. A resolution was also adopted
memorializing congress for appropria
tions for adequate coast defenses on
Puget Sound, and requesting that one
or more war vessels be stationed there.
PERISHED IN A STORM.
Seattle, Feb.' 15.-W. P. Kingston and
Frank Harrington prominent Pijn.
of Edmonds, Snohomish county, left In
an open skill Sunday night to cros
Baley's Bay. 15 miles to Whldbv iBiami
after a load of clams for the Odd Fel
lows' ball yesterday. Nothing has been
heard from them since. It Is supposed
they were lost in the storm Sunday
night.
DR. WEST'S TRIAL.
San Francisco, Feb. 1G, The Jury in
the case of Dr. E. P. West, charged
with tho murder of Addle Oilmore, who
died rrpm the effects of a criminal oper
ation, after an absence of four hours,
reported they were unable to agree, and
wore sent by tho Judge to deliberate
further.
DUNBAR OUT OF JAIL.'
Portland. Ore.. Feb. 15. Wm. Dunbar,
sentenced to two years In the county
Jail on Tuesday, for smugllng opium,
was today released from jail on a wilt
of supersedeas by Judge Bellinger,
pending an appeal to the supreme court
of the United States. Ball wus fixed at
$6,000. , ,
AN EXCITED WHEAT MARKET.
New York, Feb. 15. There was a good
deal of excitement in the whonr ru .
.. jj,, t.vj
j day, as prices went lower and lower,
' and traders climbed over each r.thorand'
shouted themselves hoarse in their en
deavors to get rid of long wheat. May
option finally got down to 63 i-is, the
lowest price ever reached In New York
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.