Astoria puelic library association,
EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT.
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VOL. XLIf, NO. 118.
ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 22, 1894.
PRICE, FIVE CENTS.
Here's a Pointer
Worth your consideration,
mid careful consideration, too,
if you haven't provided your-
Felf yet with everything you
can possibly use in the way of
Mens' and Boys' Cloth
ing, Furnishing Goods,
Hats, Caps, Boots and
Shoes, Trunks, Valises,
etc., at lGf to 33 per cent
less than elsewhere.
iJSTNew lines of Boys' Clothing in single and double
breasted suits just arrived.
The Osgood ptpflTM go.
The One Price Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers
506 and 508 Third St., next to Griffin & Reed's Book Store, Astoria.
WON ON MERIT.
LAY THOSE TWO FISHING OUTFITS ASIDE. You needn't keep them
more than a half hour. We've examined several outfits in different stores, and
we to want go to another.' We saw an outfit in a window and both of us want
to go and see it.
Thus said two customers to whom we had shown our fishing tackle.
Further said they We like your goods, but want to be sure of getting the best
value for our money. We'll be back and let you see what we've bought if we like
the other outfits better.
In less than half an hour back they come and say We don't see anything that
pleases us as well as yours. We'll take them.
GRIFFIN & REED.
CALIFORNIA WINE HOUSE.
fine fees mi Mqaors.
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. UTZIflGEty,
Plain Street, Astoria, Oregon,
Str. R P. ELijMORE
Iteave for Tillamook Every fouv Days as flea
as the weather 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.
ELflORE, SANBORN & CO., - Agents, Astoria.
UNION PACIFIC R. R. CO., Azents, Portland.
$2
FOfl 0 $80 LOT I
BY BECOMING A MEMBER OF HILL'S LOT CLUBS
YDU 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 TTI
Iiot to Build a jlome, for
The Packera of Choice
Columbia : River Salmon
Their Brands and Locations.
Astoria Fk'f Co
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Allegheny, Susquehanna and
Genesee on a Rampage.
JOHNSTOWN SUFFERS AGAIN
The Storm General Throughout the
State of Pennsylvania and Parts
of New York.
Associated Press.
Wllllamsport, Pa., May 21. The Sus
quehanna river continued to rise dur
ing the night, and nearly the entire
business portion of the city is wider
water. There has been no telegrapmc
communication with Lockhaven since 5
o'clock yesterday.
Pittsburg. May 21. Floods have
stopped truffle completely. The business
portion of Johnstown is under water.
The loss is estimated at $700,000. Two
lives have been lost.
Warren, Pa May 21. Rowboats took
the place of street cars here today.
Newport, Pa., May 21. The Juniata
river Is 25 feet above low water mark.
Families on Front street have abandon
ed their homes. The water flooded the
first stories of the houses.
Johnstown, Pa,, May 21. Johnstown
is experiencing the most disastrous
flood since the big flood of May 31, 1SS9.
The damage will amount to at least
$S00,000. The Pennsylvania railroad is
the heaviest loser.
The river Is now falling rapidly
Tliree buildings were carried away in
the central part of the city, and many
others badly damaged.
Rochester, May 21 The Genesee rl vei
ls within a foot of high water mark.
Cellars in the business portion jof the
city are filling with water, and the
river is on a level with several railroads.
It is Btlll rising.
Oil City, Pa., May 21. The city flats
are Inundated, and basements are full
of water. This Is the district that was
wiped out in June, 1892, with a loss of
G9 lives.
Wllllamsport, Pa., May 21, 1 p. in.
The water has reached 31 feet above
low water mark, one foot higher than
the disastrous flood of 1889. The entire
city is under water from 4 to 25 feet.
Rain Is falling in torrents, and the
water Is still rising 6 inches an hour.
All the logs at the boom which broke
at 1 o'clock this morning have been
swept away, as well as many sawmlllB
and houses In the lower part of the city.
The loss has already reached more than
$1,000,000. Unless relief soon comes It
will be three times as much. No trains
have arrived or departed In the lost
24 hours.
Pittsburg, May 21. Dispatches from
many points along the Allegheny river
report great damage at Etna and
Sharpsburg. The streets are submerged
and thousands of dollars worth of gar
den truck is ruined.
Adrian Wlchat, aged 15 years, while
trying to rescue a team near Edna,
was drowned.
Danville, May 21. In the Genesee val
ley the water is two feet above the
high water mark of the great freshet
five years ago. As far as the eye can
see is an expanse of water, timbers and
wreckage. Farmers will lose hundreds
of thousands in crops.
New York, May 21. An unusually
high tide prevailed along1 the coast last
night. So far as can be ascertained, no
serious damage has been done.
Philadelphia, Pa., May 21.At Many-
unk the mills have stopped and the
water Is rushing through the streets
and the Inhabitants are paddling about
In boats. The water Is four feet deep
In the stock yards. West Philadelphia.
Elmira, N. T., May 21. The Chemung
river is 15 feet above low water mark,
and is rising at the rate of six Inches
an hour.
the guard house pending instructions
from Judge Beatty. One of them cut
the rubber hose connections with the
air brake. Some wealers went out afoot
and others came In the same way from
the east. Jefteries took a passenger
train for Missoula yesterday. There are
about 50 in town.
SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIANS.
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Sins
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Against the Seventh Command
ment Cannot Be Allowed.
Nashville, Tenn., May 21. The gen
eral assembly of the Southern Presby
terlan church resumed its srssion to
day. An overture was received from
,tht Presbytery of North Alabama to se
lect a committee to confer with a com'
mil tee representing the Northern As
sembly, with organic union in view.
Rev. W. R. Woods, of Baltimore, offer
ed a resolution which, while not refer
ring to the Breckenrldge case especial
ly, states that the assembly reaffirms,
as It always has done, that sins against
the seventh commandment cannot be
allowed In our church, and we speak
our abhorrence and condemnation of
such sins, and consider the commission
of, this sin an Injury to the church, to
society and to the state. A motion to
lay the resolution on the table resulted:
Ayes, 53; nays, 94. The resolution was
then filed.
THE PRENDERGAST TRIAL.
The State Wants a Continuance.
THE LEE KIH CASE REVERSED.
San Francisco, May 21. The United
States circuit court of appeals today re
versed Judge Morrow's recent decision
defining what constltites a Chinese
merchant in the case of Lee Kim, pe
titioner. The court hold3 In effect that
the facts show Lee Kim to be a mer-
chanu and that It Is not necessary that
his name be embodied in the firm name
to establish his character as a mer
chant.
The decision virtually nullifies Attor
ney General Olney's recent Interpreta
tion of section 2 of the McCreary act,
upon which Judge Morrow's decision
was based.
Chicago, May 21. The trial of Pren
dergast, the acsasiiin of Mayor Har
rison, which was set before Judge Che
lulh today, was continued until tomor
row. It is stated the prosecution will
nsk for continuances from time to time
until June 4, on which date another
Judge will succeed Juil);e C'liotlain on
the criminal branch of the county judi
ciary. By this means the prosecution
intend, it is said, to try the case before
another judge, as Chetlain'a midnight
sessions of court and stay of execution
has prejudiced the prosecution againi
him. Hliouiu judge cneuain reiuso a
continuance, it Is probable that the
stale's attorney will withdraw from the
case, leaving no prosecutor in court.
OFF FOR BEHRING SEA.
Fort Townsend, May 21. The U. B. S.
Ranger arrived from Mare Island to
day, en route to Behrlng Sea.
A SAD STORY.
CUT THE HOSE.
Spokane, May 21. About 20 wealers
attempted to board a Northern Pacific
train this morning between Wallnce
and Mutton. Eight of them were ar
rested, by a squad of soldiers sent out
with the train, and are now confined in
A Finn named Yontllla, who lives on
the Washington side of the river on his
farm at Crooked Creek, early this year
sent his wife, who was yet in Finland,
transportation tickets from that coun
try to this for herself and; three chil
dren to the new home he had made in
this far away land. He also instructed
her to sell the farm there, as well as
all personal property.
The next news he had from home was
about three weeks ago, when he receiv
ed a paper published in Finland, stat
ing that his- wife had followed his In
structlons and was preparing for her
long Journey, when some one had
broken Into the house at night and
murdered her and the youngest child,
The paper stated further that there was
no doubt that the murderer was after
tha proceeds of the sale, but was disap
pointed, as she had left the whole
amount with a neighbor for safe keep
ing. Yontllla could hardly believe the
story of the terrible fate that had over
taken his loved ones, and coming over
to this city had Alex. Holman, pro
prietor of the Seaside bakery, cable to
the authorities for confirmation of the
newspaper artJcle, and hns received an
answer that the news was true and that
they would write particulars. Mr. Yon
tllla is now awaiting the letter, but In
the; meantime has written to have the
children sent over, with some other fam
ilies who are about to emigrate to this
country from that vicinity.
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. TO VISIT SCHOOLS.
The following1 details from the sev
eral G. A. R. poets of this city have
been made to attend the schools on Fri
day afternoon, 'May 25, 18')4, in accord
ance with the orders from National
headquarters:
Court Street School Comrades Graves
Mulllnlx, Taylor and Allen.
Cedar Street School Comrades El
more, Stockton, Cronk, Elliott, O'Kcefe
and Wlnton.
Uppertown School Comrades Bush-
one, Wright, and McCue.
A'derbrook School Comrades Defiley,
Dillon, Miller nnd May.
MIfb Warr;n's School Comrades Bro
dle, Weyland, Welch and Hawes..
Uniontown School Comrades Scher
nakau, Cossell and Brazee.
Schoon near Engine Co. No. 2 Com
rades Grube, Rjns, Wilson and Webber.
Twenty Days In Jail and Five
Hundred Dollars Fine.
BRIBERY COMMITTEE AT WORK
The House Takes Back the Salary
Dockage-Tlie Senate Consid
ers the Metal Schedule.
Associated Press.
Washington, May 21. Judge Mills to
day sentenced Coxey, Brown and Jones
to 20 days' Imprisonment In Jail for
displaying a banner In . the capltol
grounds on the occasion of the May
Day demonstration. Coxey and Brown
were also sentenced to pay a fine of
$500, or suffer ten days' Imprisonment
for trespassing on the capltol grounds.
APPEALS FOR MONEY.
Washington, May 21'. J. S. Coxey haa
Issued a bulletin, No. 6, to the Ameri
can Patriots of 1894, in which he gives
a highly colored account of the arrest
and conviction of the leaders n Wash
ington. The bulletin concludes with an
appeal for money and supplies, and
urges his followers to hold more meet
ings and In every way urge senators
and congressmen to vote for the Coxey
bill.
THE BRIRERY INVESTIGATION.
Washington, May 21 The senate com
mittee to Investigate the allegations of
nttempt.i to corrupt Senators Ilunton
and Kyle held a brief session today.
Senator Ilunton and son testified. Sen
ator Kyla told the committee about two
months ago ho was approached by Mr.
Buttz with a proposition to pay h'm
$14,000 for his vote.
Rainier hotel, which! was followed by
a dance. Tomorrow he goes to Port
Townsend and Belllngham Bay.
TAKE A SIDE TRIP. . i ,
Spokane, May 21. One hundred and
twenty United Presbyterian ministers,
en route to the general conference at
Albany, Oregon,- arrived on a Bpeclal
train over the Northern Pacific today.
They were shown the sights of the
city. The special train left at 3 o'clock
for Seattle. A side trip will be made to
Olympla, thence on to Portland.
SIXTEEN AND TWENTY YEARS.
Tacoma, Muy 21. A special from El
lensburg. Wash., to the Ledger says:
James Nolen, convicted last week of
rape on his own daughter, was sen
tenced to IB years In the penitentiary.
'Esau Baltimore, a negro, convicted of
murder, was sentenced to twenty years
in the penitentiary.
STRIKERS GIVE UP THE FIGHT.
Uniontown, Pa., May Sl. The strikers
made an effort to rally today, despite
the storm, but it was a failure. They
seem to have given up the fight. All
plants are running, with incresed
forces, y
ANOTHER SEALER WARNED.
Victoria, B. C, May 21. The sealing
schooner Favorite arrived home from
the sealing grounds this morning with
COO seal skins. Sho had been boarded by
Capt. May, of the Hyaclnthe, and or
dered to report here.
SPANISH ANARCHISTS EXECUTED
Barcelona, May 21. Cordlna, Cere
zuela, Voas, Bernnt, Villa, Rubin and
Mir," anarchists, were executed at 4
o'clock this morning.
THE SENATE.
Commences at Ten O'clock, and
Metal Schedule Under Consideration.
the
Washington May 1. In pursnnnce" of
the order adopted , Friday, the- enate
met at 10 a. m today. The metal sehed
ule of the tariff bill was taken up. The
first amendment was1 that reported
from the finance committee placing a
duty of 40 cents on Iron ore. .
I THE HOUSE. ';
It Takes Back the Salary Dockage.
Washington, May '21. Almonst lmme
dlately upon the assembling of the
house it went into committee of the
whole on the executive appropriation
bill. Hayes, Democrat, ' of Iowa, of
fered an amendment which declared
that the section which allowed dockage
of salaries had beer heretofore . re
pealed. Dearmond, of Missouri, made
a point of order against the amendment.
Chairman Richards sustained the point
of order. Hayes appealed from the de
cision of the chair, and the chairman
declared the nays had It. Only a bare
quorum voted. A roll call was de
manded, and the decision of the chair
was overruled by 89 to 10. The ques
tion was then put on the Hayes amend
ment declaring the statute repealed
which authorized the scrgeant-at-arms
to deduct from the salaries of members
for time absent. It was agreed to 118
to 84. The speaker and two Democratic
members of the rules committee voted
In the negative. ,,
THE END NOT NEAR.
Seattle, May 21. The evidence In the
trial of the commonweaiers before
Judge Han ford was closed on both sides
this afternoon, arguments of counsel
commenced and tomorrow Judge Han-
ford will give his decision. Three more
batches of wealers remain in the coun
ty jail waiting their turn to be tried.
Each batch will have about the same
evidence to offer, hence the end of these
trials Is not near.
SECRETARY
HERBERT'S
MENTS.
MOVE-
PE.ISONAL.
A. J. Megler and wife have returned
from a trip to San Francisco and a
visit to the Midwinter Fair.
Mr. Turney, secretary of the navel
Land Company, was a pansenger on the
steamer California, bound for PortlanJ
this morning.
Seattle, May 21. Secretary of the
Navy Herbert today visited the Puget
Sound naval station at Port Orchard,
where the government Is building the
largest drydock in America. This even
ing he gave a public reception at the
THE BLAME FOR "DO-OVERS."
The following communication may bo
of Interest to salmon packers, as it re
lates to a subject now receiving much
attention from the consumers of their
product: ,
Astoria, May 19th, 1S94.
Editor Astorian:
If Columbia salmon packers are not
to blame, who? . . .. ,
. A child, amoung you of some Consid
erable experience covering many ytars,
Is here to tell you, tint from the prac
tice of canning salmon and other arti
cles of food on the Pacific coast it is
imposslblo for Columbia river to es
cape the odium common to "do-overs"
complained of in the American Grocer,
as you quoted In Saturday's issue of
tha Astorian. The ahomliiable prac
tice and carelessness of treating "do
overs" as they' are treated In some
places is sufficient to dlBgust any per--son
of knowlolge against the uso of
canned salmon. The seat of the whole
trouble is that a wholesome article is
sacrificed to bo collect speed, not for
cheapness, but big profits.
I have frequently wondered, how it
was that comparatively modern canned
salmon tasted so different to salmon
canned in earlier days. I had. my sus
picions from the nature if Its taste,
and now. my suspicions are confirmed,
and I unhesitatingly say that the men
and means employed are at fault. Bet
ter to supply a safe, wholesome article
at little more cost, than to continue
the evil practice now in vogue in somo
places and thus keep up the credit of
this noble river's pack. I might say
more anon. There is a cure for the
existing evil, if packer are inclined to
adopt it. Yours, Kien Baby,
J. T. LAINE,
Bay City House, Cass St., Astoria.
RAILROAD RUMBLINGS.
C. A. Bullcn, a bridge builder from
Portland, is in the city looking over the
proposed bridge site at Young's Bay.
It Is said that the chairman of the
reorganization committee of the O. It.
and N. R. R. and Receiver Clarke, of .
the U. P. R. R., have now given Supt.
Baxter permission to get ready and pre
pare to negotiate a contract for a rail
road to Astoria.
Agent Stone, of the Telephone line,
received a telegram yesterday from E.
A. Sot-ley requesting him to send the
tug Queen up to Goble for Mr. Stanton
and party. These gentlemen loft Port
land last night via rail for Goble, 'where
they expect to take the tug and Inapect
certain points on their way down to
Astoria. They will reach here somo
tlma this evening.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.Latcst U. S.'Gov't Report
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