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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (June 15, 1894)
' T"'iii,tiu EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL XLII, NO. 139. ASTORIA, OREGO.V, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 15, 1894. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. 4 ilflf fif THE SEWING In tho manufacture of-clothing and Hie quality of labor employed depends their wear ing qualities. We. handle only the best grades obtain able anywhere clothing we know is made by tho best woikmen. The product of the "sweaters" or Chinese never enters our store to'our knowledge. Our permanent succees depends upon tho permanency of the satisfaction we give in selling Mens' and Boys' Clothing, Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes, Trunks, Valises, etc., etc. THE TRUTH ABOUT IT Our Special Correspondent's Flood Account. WORSE THAN IMAGINED An Interesting Article Which Be gins a Series', on the Principal Topic of the Hour. The Osgood p wrM Go. The One Price Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers 500 ami 5011 COMMERCIAL STREET, ASTORIA, OR. .WON ON MERIT. LAY iHUbfc 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 w ant go to another. We saw an outfit in a window i J jjth of us want to go and see it. Thus said two customers to whom we had shown ourfishiiu ackle. 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 oilier outfits better. . In less than half an hour back they come and say We don't see anything that pieases us as well as yours. We Il take them. GRIFFIN & REED. CALIFORNIA WINE HOUSE. f ine Wines and Iriqtiof s. 1 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. UTZItfGEl, JYIaln Street, Astoria, Oregon, Str. R. P. ElijMORE heave for Tillamook Every Four Days as fto 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. ELHORE, SANBORN & CO., - Agents, Astoria. UNION PACIFIC R. R. CO., Agents, Portland. $2 FOR Afl $80 LOT I BY B ECO AUNG 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 Lot to Build a iome, for $2 The Packers of Choice Columbia -: River Salmon Their Brands and Locations. namk. Aitorla Pa'g Co Astoria... r Booth A.r'gCo J Astoria... ! Coin mbUBlTerritirCo Astoria... Elmore "ainael Astoria... nner. . AT Astoria... Astoria Pk'gCo.i Kinney's M.J. Ki Juliu A. Devil!..' I I 0.Dln!.!".d.:, Booth ft Son, -Schicaw iCockull Cutting Pkf Co. Elmore, Banborn & Go... , San Franclaeo Astoria. r.eorge ft Barker- Astoria. i J. 0. Ha nthoro ft Co Astoria.- i ( Uss-nolia I i White Star 1 F.P' ?lra-- Geor. BH,.r'A.tH. I LWIKJCUlOUSk. - . J.O.XIan'Dorn&ru .1. 0. Banthora ' Astoria -... I J,G MelerftCo....:..3rookScia .' tair.St. GeorgeJ J. ;. Megler. Biookfiald Wo I Hnhfrjieii'i Pkg Co.. I Astoria t t-'l v . ' 'i4iwiiinv1r", 1 1 FUhrmen i flu- I Astoria-.. Portland, Or., 13th June, 1894. (Spe cIh! Correspondence of The Astorlan) The Portland flood of 1894, whether its results tend t good or 111 for the me tropolis, will always remain a landmark or rather a water mark In the history of this city, which has so Ions; borne the proud title of the capltol of the north west. Will she, In the face of this ca lamity, be still able to hold her commer cial supremacy? Will this flood do dam age to her Interests beyond the Imme diate losses Involved? Will It mean the gradual decadence of her priority and the removal of the central seat of busi ness farther towards the sea, and out of the reach of another catastrophe of this character? Is this an object lesson and a warning from Portland's natural surroundings that her seat on t"h9 treao'.i erous Willamette is no location for any stable and lasting prosperity of a teem ing population? Or is all this talk of her peril merely a loud and coarse va poring from the residents of Tacoma, Astoria and San Francisco, signTfylng nothing but the basest Jealousy and the most cowardly and unwarrantable charges? Here are some grave questions In deed. I do not Intend to answer any one of them In a direct manner In this series of articles. The readers of The Astorlan will be placed In possession of the bare facts surrounding the flood; they will be given, as nearly as It Is possible to give, a correct knowledge of the present condition of Portland, and they can apply the moral and answer me questions ror inemselves. As a preface to what will follow in these columns from day to day, it may be nald at the outset that the Portland newspapers have distorted the troth, they have attempted to cover up the knowledge that none In this city but blind men can fall to possess, by per slstently and regardless of veracity fili ng thefr pages with optimistic visions concerning the losses sustained, and by attempting to make the outside world believe that the fearful condition of affairs in the business heart of the town is a myth born in the Imagination of fools or knaves. On entering Portland harbor there Is nob really at first sight Very much to emphasize to the eye of a visitor that the city Itself is in the throes of a great blow to Its prosperity. The water runs very high, with that peculiarly rotund, glassy appearanca denoting a full stream, and the big elevator stands low with Its doors wide open to the wash of the current . The railroad tracks, In many cases flush with and under the river, are the first intimation of any thing unusual. Then come hundreds of railway cars with the tops Just show ing above the water, and Immediately afterwards are the signs of a big dis turbancefully sixty houses and shacks piled up against the east side, smash ed together and heaped about in very great confusion. One looks In vain for the Union Pacific st am boat landing on the west side of the river, for It is all but submerged, and the Morrison street bridge is almost as low in the water as if it were a floating plank walk. The city itself who shall describe ad equately any idea of Its condition with in six blocks from the river front? For today, let us go into generalities, and pick our way promlsclously over the "elevated sidewalks" that, bridge the business centre of "Portland, the water logged."" By the way, these, sidewalks are nothing better than man traps. In many places they consist of two narrow planks wi h a gap of tlx Ir.dhes between, (landing on flimsy crossbars held down In the water by large stones to keep them from floating away. Many of these planka are badly split and broken nnd where traffic is greatest along Third street, from Morrison to Oak, there is a constant danger of nasty accidents. Standing in the centre of one of these hastily thrown up bridges at the Juhc tlon of Third and Oak, at the rear of the police station, the sight is one long to be remembered. Away up Third, on both sides, is a calm lake of water sev eral feet above the sidewalks. On the corner opposite where we stand is the palatial chamber of commerce building, probably one of the handsomest and most expensive structures in the west. Or.'y completed a few months ago, it stands today with its bottom floor a scene of wreck and desolation that must be seen to be believed. The graceful , and majestic front entrance, with its circular marble pillars, stands in a flood of water through which boats can pass with ease and traverse the wh.de ground floor. Alongside this entrance. and half way to the Third street corner, are the offices of the Northwest Fire and Murine Insurance Company, their costly furnishings heaped up in stacks like fjrewood, with the still water eddy ing everywhere. Tons of pamphlets and advertising matter He splashed by the rlver.whloh has invaded everything. The no less magnificent fittings of the Title Guarantee and Trust Company's offices, on the other side, are also all utterly ruined. But it is at the Third street corner of the building, In the headquar ters of tho Oregon National bank, where the destruction reaches its climax. Here are fittings that cost many thousands of dollars. Counter guards of hammer ed copper and brass in exquisite designs filagree window work embossed with the monogram of the bank, massive Italian marble supports surrounded by large electric light chandeliers, heavy ma hogany and oak desks and railings all resting on solid marble bottoms, are soiled, cracked and stained beyond re demption. The tessellated pavement Is black and discolored, handsome uphol stered lounging seats are turned green and are rotting to pieces, and over all are big piles of scantling and rough lumber partly swimming in two feet of water. Passing further on through the Saoious corridor on raised planking we come to the safe deposit offices of the Northwest Loan and Trust Company. This office, furnished on the same scale of costliness, Is like all the others on the ground floor of the building a scene of desolation and destruction. The pteel and copper cages of the deposit vaults are tarnished to all the colors of the rainbow, and the marble slabs that almost cover the walls show like signs of discoloration, that months of scrub bing will never erase. All the oak pan eling onthe main floor has lost Its beau ty and been turned to a dull yellow. tinge. By rigging a powerful engine over the water outside, one elevator is kept running, and this, as It risos, takes with It a quantity of water every trip, dripping It tut in its passage to the top,' like a Bhower bath.. The bottoms of all the elevators and the shafts themselves being of hammered copper, show deface ment everywhere. Many small fish were seen darting about In the corridors this afternoon, and what has happened on the ground floor of the chamber of commerce building has been the fate of every structure, large and small, In the very centre of the busiest portion of Portland. The old Catholic brick church on the corner across from the chamber of commerce shows water stains thut have penetra.ted through the brick good way above the highest mark actu ally reached by the flood. At tho Alns- worth National bank bulidlng, a block down, the water Is a foot higher, and the destruction of property If anything greater than at the chamber of com merce. But these are only desultory coses. Imagine then the conglomerated mass of wreckage and the extent of the havoo wrought, when there are 000 large buildings, warehouses and stores In ex actly the same predicament. Oak street, from theold dilapidated woodyard at the water front along past tha city jail to Seventh street, is huge and. deep morass, through which the tops of store signs and barber's poles are Just dlscernable. From the river channel proper to the Jull there is not even an "elevated sidewalk" to ob struct the view, the water being, too deep to allow of thWr erection, nor have these breakneck contrivances been placed near tho foot of Washington or along First or Second, for the same rea son. All the old brick shacks Inhabited by the Chinese colony on Second street are, according to the views of contractors, In some danger of falling. The mortar, cementing them together is pretty well rotted, even without the action of the water to complete the breakdown, and there Is no doubt that the cellars of these buildings will remain wet and partly flooded for some months. wpman Wolfe's bJg store on the gTound floor of tho Dekum building, at the corner of Third arid Washington is raised on planks a foot above the level of the flooring, and the Immense cellars underneath are loaded up to the street level with many tons of water. At Olds & King's store, two blocks higher up Washington, big force pumps were continually at work all day today get ting the water out. of their cellars. un ail sides are advertisements of "malarial and high water Hpeclflces," gum boots and pumps. For the first named there will soon ts a big demand. Already there has been a fall of sev eral Inches on the higher portions of the streets, leaving a thin sedlmt-nt, which in itself is not very malodorous. The hot sun, however, which has poured down since early morning has brought up a terrible and overpowering smell. more particularly in the vicinity of Third and Morrison streets, near the temporary heaquarters of the Postal Telegraph Company. Here, on both streets named, are several large cellar gratings opening onto the sidewalks, and It Is through these that the air is bt-lng rapidly polluted. One of the chief topics concerning the flood today was tills new and alarmlnir feature. which is a very ominous sign, and seems THE NICARAGUA CANAL A Plan Afjl-eetl Upon by the House Committee. CHIEF JUSTICE COLERIDGE DEAD Populist Senators Agree to Oppose Free Wool-The President to Take an Outing1. Associated Press. Washington, June 14. Such smooth sailing marked the first meeting today of the sub-committee of the house com mittee on commerce appointed to frame the Nicaragua canal plan that the mem bers feel Justified in predicting that the measure will be prepared within a week. Several points were agreed upon toduy. Although Representative '.Bryan's scheme for a currency Issue to con struct the canal found Borne favor, it was definitely abandoned, and Senator Morgan's plan will furnish the founda tion for toe bill, which provides for the usual method of raising funds by means of a bond issue. It Is practically decided that the government's share of the bonds shall be 180,000,000. Members have agreed to insert In the hill a proviso that the canal company must at some early date (probably January 1, 1895) satisfy the secretary of tho treasury that all outstanding debtor contractu have been cancelled, and he must bo satisfied that the affairs of the mari time company's auxiliary, the contract company, have been' settled, and that company has gone out of existence. The government will, guarantee the funds with which to settle the affairs of the present company, but the latter's af fairs must be so arranged that the gov. eminent will find no complications, on its hands, and this will be made the first condition of governmental control. of Wood, and Knowles, of Lawrence, nominated for congress. Spink will probably beat Buchanan for governor. THE SENATE. ,) Dolph Sieaks For Protection On Wool, Washington, June 14. In. the senate today a bill was passed to pay Joseph Redfern, one of the Ford theatre victims, $2,748, and also one au thorizing the appointment of women as public school trustees In the District of Columbia, and one for the development and encouragement of silk culture in the United States. The tariff bill was then taken up, an I Lodge made an argument agidnst free wool, and was followed by Dolpli. During his speedi Dolph remarked that it waa whispered about the senate that the opposition had surrendered, and .that the bill would pass before the end of the present month. If ho could pre vent it, tho bill would not be voted on till the people had a chance to give an expression of their opinion at the gen eral elections next fall. POPULIST PROTECTIONISTS. For Free Lumber, But Not in Favor of Free Wool. ' (Continued on Fourth Page.) Washington, Jun 14. The Popu.llsts of the senate, Allen, Peffer, KyU and Stewart, held a special "conference on the subject of free wool. The four de cided to vote for Peffer'B amendments giving wool protection. If all the Re publicans should voto the same way, only two Democratic votes would be necessary to carry. It Is not probable these could be found.' Five or bIx Dem ocrats would be willing to vote a duty on wool, but fear such action might up set the entire agreement to stand by the bill of the finance committee. JUSTICE COLERIDGE DEAD. London, June 14. Lord Chief Justice Coleridge Is dead. THE SUGAR INVESTIGATION.. Senators to Be Asked Certain Pertinent ' Questions. Washington, June 14. The Investigat ing; committee will begin to examine senators tomorrow. Every senator will be asked whether he bought or sold sugar stock or furnished Information concerning tariff legislation on sugar, or has been In any way Improperly In fluenced by the trust. CONNEMAUGH FLOOD RELIC. A Parlor Car Dug From a Cellar.. Johnstown, Pn,, June 14. While dig ging a trench throug-h. a cellar that filled up by the flood of 1889, workmen unearthfd a parlor car lost from the ill-fated day express at Connemaugh, and it is believed a further search will reveal bodies. DISASTER IN IRELAND. Fifty PersonB Drowned. Castlebar Island, Ireland, June 14. A paspenger boat returning to Westport quay, from Aehll Island, and having on board 80 harvesters to be shipped to Scotland, capsized off Annagh Head, and It Is believed 60 lives were tost. Eighteen bodies have already been recovered. THE PRESIDENT'S HEALTH. He Will Take Another Outing. Washington, June 14. By the advioe of his physicians, President Cleveland has about decided ta take a short out ing, by going down the Chesapeake Bay. A POPULIST'S TRICK. Soldiers' Reunion Made a Political Meeting. Yankton, S. D., June 14. The soldiers' reunion has broken up in a row .owing to a Populist attempt V? turn It Into a political meeting, and a large number of visitors have returned to their h.Jines. A delegate from Sioux Falls made a strong political speech to tho audience of 1,000, and this caused the trouble. ANOTHER OF OLNEY'S FORMS. San Francisco, June 14. A Chronicle special from Washington says: The United States will bring suit for $ir,,000,. 000 each against the Crocker and Hop kins estates for the recovery of the debt owed by them to the government n stockholders in the Central Pacific Rail road Company. Under the law the suits cannot lio brought against Huntington until ho dies or the debts mature. DAKOTA POPULISTS. They Peiieve In Prot;c:lon and Suffrage. . THE BLACK DEATH. Hong Kong, June 14. Seventeen hun dred Chinese have died of the plague since May 4. The European population up to the present time has not been attacked. A BIG FISH. Alexander Thomas, one of the fish ermen for the North Shore Packing Co., caughi a salmon Wednesday which was bigger than his boat puller. It weighed . 75 pounds, and measured 55 inches in length, with a circumference of 34 inches. It is an actual fact that the boat puller, Mr. Thomas' boy, does not weigh that much nor measure so much In height. Who can beat this record? JUDGE BROWNE COMING. Mayor Kinney has received a telegram from John C. Sheehan, dated Junt 14, stating that "Judge Browne is on his way to Oregon." Mayor Kinney Immediately Bet tho wires to work and located Mr. Browne In thovlclnlty of Tho Dulles and he is expected In Astoria Sunday or Monday next. HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Every year about 200 members of tho Oregon Pioneer Association meet to tether and tilk those "good old days" over again. This year they meet in Portland on the 15th of this month, and J. a Wyatt, of this city, and E. Pease, of S,klppanon, will bo among them. TWENTY PER CENT OFF. In a conversation with Mr. Kendall, nunaircr of the Paclflo' Can Co., ho es timated that the demand upon the works for cans' by the Columbia river salmon packers will fall off about 20 per cent this season by reason of the short catch, duo to the floods. ALPERBROOK SCHOOL. Tho closing exercise) of the Alder- Mitchell. S. D.. Jun 14 Tha Tr.1lu. 1 1 I. i ... . . ... ,UKuiiBl Mj-.nm m-iiftoi will oe mis IKrillAVI mnrn. convention voted down a resolution fay- j Ing, beginning at 10 o'clock. A basket orlng free sugar, free lumber and Inter- picnic will follow the literary program Buurage was in- anu the afternoon spent- In eotporuted In the platform, and Kelly, and social amusements. games Highest of all in Leavening PowerLatest U. S. Gov't Report. i 1 " ABSOLUTELY FUJtH