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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (June 24, 1894)
iSlOMi PUBUG LIBRARY ASSOCIAT1 WMJMte r EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XLU, NO. 147. ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 24, 1894. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. SAVE MENDING. Caps, Boots and Shoes, flT'Single coats, van, bug or knee pants or single Osgood pipflTM go. The The One Price Clothiers, 500 and 5(M COMMKllCIAL 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 liferent stores, and we to want go to another. We saw an outfit in a winuW 1 1 j oth of us want to go and see it. Thus said two customers to whom we had shown our fishhi,, 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 other outfits better. In less than half an hour back they come and say-We don't see anytning that pleases us as well as vours. We'll take them. GRIFFIN & REKI3. CALIFORNIA WINE HOUSE. FiDe fines and Mpfe I have made arrangements for supplying any brand of wines in quantities to suit at the lowest casli figures. The trade and families supplied. All orders delivered free In Astoria. A. W. UTZIHGER - Str. R. P. r-Tsroo-' -Ai"! Olill Leave for Tillamook Every fonv Days as Sear as the uieather mill permit. The steamer R. P. Elmore connects with Union Pacific steamers for Portland and through tickets are issued from Portland to 1 illamook Bay points by the Union Pacific Company. Ship freight by Union Pacific Steamers. ELflORE, SANBORN & CO., - Agents, Astoria. UNION PACIFIC R. R. CO., AgenU, Portland. $2 FOR HJ1 $80 LOT BY BECOMING A YOU CAN GET A FIRST CLASS TO ASTORIA. LOTS WILL BE NOW IS THE TIME TO PROCURE Liot to Build a jMome, for The Packers Qf Choice lolumbia - River Salmon Their Brands and Locations. K4HR. fcOCATIOS. Atori:t rk Co Astotla.. I Booth A.rk'gCo... Vstori. I Coluoibf,iP.IerniOo tori. Kflilnre Samuel.-..--- ArtoriA.. George SlUrker jAstorla. 4 0. aUnthorn ft Co Aitorla. ! J, O Megl & Co BrookficU.. ' ( Mc3nnl!..... I White blar.. tag.gt. I riibcraro'f VH Co.. Asto-rii Your wife will have pre cious Jit tie of it to do if you buy your clothes of us. Ev ery article that leaves us is made by the best workmen money can buy and exper ience select; . consequently, they wear and hold together, and look well as long as a vestige remains. Isn't that the right sort of economy when buyng Mens' and Bovs' Clothing, Hats, Trunks, Valises, etc., etc ? or pants can be had of us; also coats for boys. Hatters and Furnishers STREET, ASTORIA, OK. Jflain Street, Astoria, Oregon. ELijMORE 'Ai-ssa I MEMBER OF HILL'S LOT CLUBS LOT IN HILL'S FIRST ADDITION DELIVERED WEEKLY. A J At Ari Fk'gt'o.: I Kiunevu M, J. Kluuej. Astoria........... John A. Devliu..- I ! ' 1 5 Boo,h &3ous chico Wkt.il CulUnrkgCo..JStn Knctaeo E'n'&'ci,,e.,bor"A'rtor"- lidemonl'fi' Birker A,url... J.O.tlinthorofr.'o J. O. Hinthorn Aitorii George- J. G. Megler BiookSeld Wn Fi-hfrmm Fifhcrrnen'i FubcrnKii' I I AxIotU.-... ID THE RESIDENCES Sights of Sickening Destruction in the Home District. HUNDREDS OF GARDENS RUINED. For Miles There iH not a lilock of Sidewalk but What is 're.cked and Blown Over. Special Correspondence of The Astuian. Portland, Or., 22d June, 1S94. There was another scorching sun today, with prospects of the hot weather continuing for an Indefinite period, and the heat has already had Us effect. Tomorrow's Oregonian, I am reliably Informed, will contain a letter from "George Bas3ett: whoever he may be, with certain sar castic editorial comments attached, con corning the "untruthfulness" of these letters and their suggestions. Very well. Not one statement in these re porta, you must allow me to say In jus tice to myself and Thi Astorlan, has been or will be overdrawn in any way; not one statement has been or will be made without perfect substantiation be forehand. Surely, Instead of generalizing in his attacks, instead of quoting delib erate lies, things that The Astorian never has said; instead of putting In Inverted commas statements supposed to be culled from your paper, and which have never arpeared there or been hinted at, why doesn't Mr. Scott go about his denials in a manly way? There are plenty of facts and figures. There are plenty of names and amounts mentioned. HundredJ of them. Why doesn't he give me the He direct, when I tell what people have suffered great est and what money they have lost? I will take Mr. Scott 600 measured yards from the Oregonian building and show him the sights I am about to describe In thi3 communication. It would be lettii.g him down too easy to Imagine for a moment that he does not know of them. They are not hidden in cellars or ba.ck lane3, but are above grojnd ajid proclaiming their presence only too loudly by the terrible stench that arises on every side. The following descrip tion deals with a body of buildings, all with one or two exceptions prlvte resi dences, many of them, handsome and valuable, running in a &olld, compact mass about nine long blocks square, from Aukeny street past Gllsan, down to the Union depot, In the north end. About 3,000 people live In this particular locality. They go to work, to office, and to bank, every day, and home aaln at night. Let one resident of the3e streets deny what I say, and add his testimony to that of Mr. Sctt. There Is not a workman of the street cleaning depart ment that can bo found there; there has not been the shadow of an attempt bo far to fend off the evils that must nat urally come from this enormous cess pool, dotted thickly with long avenued rows of dwellings. Beginning from the fine, five-story, stone offices and warehouse of the Snell, Heltsher & Woodward Co., from thence to the Union depot, taking in the whole rectangular space of which this is one side, numbering nine blocks square, we start with a fitting herald of what is to come in the shape of a large pond of green, stagnant filth right in front of and within twenty yards of the door of the offices mentioned. Walking, out Sixth a horrible odor arises on every side, amounting to almost putrefaction. There are not ten yards of solid glda- walks In the whole locality. They are thrown on their beam ends, Into the middle of the road, right across veran das of residences and against the trees of the avenue. Not a fence Is standing All have either been thrown prostrate into the slimy hollow: where the side walks have once been, or deposited In a heaped up mass right In the middle of lawns and gardens, taking with them every description of plant. Including thousands of rose trees and creepers of every variety. Where Pine and Aukeny converge there Is a hollow In the road and here, not having drained off when the flood subsided, is the largest of the filth pools In this district It runs for a whole block along to Seventh, and this is what It looks like. Imagine a lake 203 yards long, bordered on two straight lines by thousand dollar cottages and flowing In a dovetailed Bhape into every yard and garden at Its edges. The whole surface covered with thick, pale-green slime, the monotony of the color broken by twenty-yard slices of what have once been sidewalks, floating around In an aimless fashion near the centre of the water. Every few moment a Blight wind catching the side of the lumber afloat, drifts It along half a dozen feet, dragging a Jagged break In the green surface and revealing underneath a savDry collection of all the filth ever crowded together In so small a spot. Gum boot, decayed vegetable and every kind of abominable offal that can be described are disclosed by this tem porary window, which In a moment or two closes togethjr again. A sickly. penetrating smell lies In the air for many yards round here, giving a feeling of naseau and headache at once. In every garden horderlng on this Portland Klllarney has the green, slimy filth in sinuated Itself, spreading over velvety lawns,' shifting flights of steps bodily away from their proper positions, and throwing them down on their sides. In one garden a rose bush lay yesterday bent over on its stem, with one flower, a perfect id bud, within on Inch of the green surface. The houses are surround ed on all sides by the water, If water It can bo termed. To u,'ll the above a true picture of the locality Indicated would be like saying that the month of the Columbia river was soven mll?s wlda, with lets of water In tt. The reality is that such things must be seen to be properly appreciated. No telling or writing can adequately give an Idea of the truth. Along Sixth, from B to Davis, on both sides of the road, meeting with these green lakes in miniature (lotted all over the thoroughfare, .we come to dozens of private residences, very few of which have escaped serious Injury, and all of them being damaged mere or less by the action of the water. AH the way along fences are lying along the lawns, whl 'h smell like filthy seaweed. Be tween tw fine residences, neither of whbh cc d have cost less than $2,500 to build, .-parated from each by a long stretch of lawn, Is a large stable. Here the water has cleaned out the place as effectually as the Augean Btubles of old were sooursd, swishing tons of refuse out of the doors mill sides, and floating 11 about till It has i-ettied In foul heaps all over the gardens for a block around. William' Pfundor's handsome dwelling is handsome no longer, night up sev eral feet of the brick basement the un derpinning is broken away, leaving great gaps In the Burface. The flight of eight steps lending to the front door has been torn clean away from the veranda, and a handsome creeper clinging to the whole front of the house has been thrown out of place and smashed to pieces. Large rose bushes In the garden have been destroyed, and several once fine shrubs and plants of other kinds He doad. Opposite Povey Bros.' art glass warehouse, one of the few places In the whole locality that Is not a private house, la pijl of stagnation very little Binaller than tho one already described. At the corner of Davis street we come to another fine dwelling house, built In Colonial style, with two stories and a wide vereanda. On all Bides the fences are down; a large pond of filth stands In the back yard, while all over the front garden and rose beai Is a scene of destruction. This Is one of the very few houses where any measures Of dis infecting have been taken, and right alongside, where clusters of forget-me-nots and coxcomb peep out from green stagnation, thick heaps of copperas and chlordle of lime are spread in large quantities. The stench, however, Is even hera overpowering, the disinfectants seemingly being unable to absorb even a small proportion of the filthy odor. It can be well Imagined that the good qualities of copperas In a drained cel lar are entirely lost when It Is placed In the middle of ponds of floating slime, subject all the time to the action of a broiling sun. On the opposite side of Davis la Smeltzer's big wood yard, tak ing In half a block. This Is now noth ing more than a great morass 1 1-2 feet deep wl'ih logs and filth floating all over It. Every woodpile In the yard has been demolished. On the next corner, where 'Everett crosses Sixth, is a three story private boarding house. The water Is still two feet deep here, and the fur niture lies In the place rotted and ruined, showing a scene of desolation not often met with. Tha reservoir foundation of the old gas works, on the corner of F street, Is filled with water, and looks like an enor mous circular swimming tank. All round It float long stretches of slde waJkand fencing of every description, from common spilt boards to the costli est and most artistically carved styles. Tho big four-story Barr hotel has Its billiard, dining rooms and office very badly flooded, and the extensive ware house of Charles H. Dodd & Co., where dozens of wagons and large pieces of machinery are stored, has buffered con siderably. Alongside' It Is a whole un tenated block, covered In two feet of water, which, however, has not yet reached the decomposi'lon stage. Just a block beyond, at the big Union depot, where one side of our square ends, Is a sight that challenges description. The new and Imposing buildings stand In the centre of a largo plain, over which float sidewalks, building materials, fences, doors and a whole mass of ar ticles too numerous to mention. Pools of filth are many, and the high water mark fs plainly shown on the new brick of tje buildings. Dirty slime Is littered everywhere, and clings tight to each ob ject on which It has settled. Turning again, we will go down the next street Seventh as far as Aukeny, and th description of this and Hlxth will answer perfectly for every thor oughfare between the same points as far along as Twelfth. On Seventh, as on all the others, there are no pretensions to (Continued on Third Page.) IN Adjutant General Tarsney Very Grossly Abused. HEAT FATALITIES IN THE EAST Hill Continues to Fight tho Income Tax--Colllcry Accident in Wales. Arsoctated Press. Colorado Springs, June 23. Adjutant General Tarsney was kidnapped from the Alamo hotel at midnight by several unknown masked men and taken to a suburb In a hack, and after being tarred and feathered, was ordered to leave El Paso and never return. Tho masked men entered the hotel, seized Tarsney, and clubbed him over the head with the butt of their pistols and carried him off. No trace of Tarsney has been found. There was a meeting of 25 depu ty sheriffs last night, at which It Is supposed the plot against Tarsney was hatched. Gov. Walte offers a reward of $1,000 for the arrest and convlotlon of any man participating In tha outrage. Tarsney has been acting as counsel for the Cripple Creek' miners. He Incurred the bitter hostility of the American Pro tective Association by leading the mili tia against the city hall during the po lice board trouble. Later This afternoon Gov. Wal!-2 re ceived a dispatch from Gen. Taj-sney, who is at Palmer Lake, 23 miles from Colorado Springs. He was met there by a special train and brought to Den ver, i On his arrival In Denver a represen: tatlve of the Associated Press called upon Gen. Tarsney at his residence this evening. His Btory of his experience differs from that already related only that It Is more detailed. During the day physicians have attended him, and suc ceeded In removing every particle of the coal tar, and from his neck down there remains no trace "of his export er caa beyond an occasional Abrasion of the skin. His face, however, Is In flamed and blistered because of the kindly Intended services of a woman who removed the tar front his fare, neck and hair by the use of coal oil. After finding himself surrounded by the, kid nappers In the office of the hotel, he was Informed that he was to be killed. He requested time In which to write to members of his family, but was Inform ed that there was no time to waste. Then ho was roughly hustled Into a hack and hurried away. When the open country had been reached, his captors took him from the hack to a place re moved irom the 'road. Masked men, with oaths and ImprecautlonB, formed a circle about him, and again he was In formed he was to be killed. At the sug gestion of their leader, every man, who felt so disposed told the general what thjy proposed to do with him, why they proposed to do It and their opinion of him. Every humllatlng epithet that profanity could suggest was hurled at him. They concluded to give the gen eral 100 lashes. Gen. Tarsney re mestud them to shoot him, as he could never survive punishment, and death by a bullet would be more merciful. Tho leader told one of the men to get his Implements and da his work. He went away and In a few minutes returned with a pall of coal tar, brush or pad and a feather pillow. The general was dis robed and the coal tar and feathers ap plied. When the dirty work was fin ished he put on hla clothing. The leader said to him; "Itoswell lies In that di rection. Go down that way and don't turn back. Keep straight ahead; don't ever step foot In Colorado Springs or Cripple Creek again, or your life will pay the forfeit" So unexpectedly had life been given the tortured man, so great was the strtln through which he had passed and so severe was his physical sufferings that he scarcely realized the situation After walking H miles he stopped at a farmhouse and secured assistance. Gov. Waito will, on Monday, Ibsue a proclamation offering a reward of $1 000 for the f.rrest and conviction of one or all the perpetrators. State Treasurer Albtrt Nance has personally offered a reward of $250, and the Redemption League of Colorado has offered a re ward of $100. Highest of all in Leavening Tower. Latest U. S. Gov't Report absolutely puns THE HOT WEATHER EAST. Many Prostrations and Deaths In Phila delphia. Philadelphia, June 23. Today was tho hottest day of the season. Following Is a list of persons who wero killed by tho oppressive heat: Michael Mage, dropped dead on the street; Annie Sidney, was found dead on the street; Gorge M. Moggie, Francis C. McKenna, Egnor Fishbank, and a driver for the Blata Brewing Company diedafter being ad mitted to the hospital. Besldea these deaths there were about B0 persons pros- ' trated. All day long the ambulances were kept busy, and In 76 per cent of the cases "Overcome by heat' was en tered on the hospl U registers. THE1 SENATE. Hill Continues to Oppose the Income Tax. Washington, June 23. In the discus slon of the tariff bill today, Hill said yesterday would become known In his tory as Populist day. No attempt had been made to repeal the state bonk tax or to enact free coinage In this bill, both of which are considered a part of the Democratic platform, while especial ef forts have baen made outside the plat fcim to Incorporate an Inccme tax In the bill. Having, spoken nearly two hours, Hill gave way to Galllnger, who also opposed the Income tax. Then Hill offered an amendment limiting the ex emption to Incomes of less than $3,000, which was lost. An amendment by Hoar to Include the Judges of the United States courts In exemption from the Income tax wna agreed to without objection. Sherman inquired whether any esti mate could be made as to the probable yield of revenue from this tax. Vest replied that the general estimate was $33,000,000, but he did not believe any accurate estimate could be made. Hill proposed' an amendment to ex empt the salary of the prasldent of the United States from the Imposition of the tax, and used this amendment as a text for criticising, In a semi-humorous way, the action of the flnanco committee n exempting the salaries of federal judges. "He tailed to see,", he said,. "why the iialarles of judges should be exempt, and he though If compliments were to bo paid, one certainly was due to the presi dent. Besides, the president happened to be a resident of New York, and the tax would fall with an especially heavy hand on New Tork. " "I am not authorized to speak for the president," said Hill, with a smile, "in this or any other matter, but this would be a delicate compliment to one citizen of New York, and I think the commit tee ought to accept tho amendment." "As for Mr. Cleveland, he Is the last D'ctrjocratlo president we shall ever hae from New York," said Vest, "The approval Is almost Irreslstable," said Hill, turning to him. "He will be the last Democratic president from any slate." Tho applause In the gnllerieti that greeted this utterance was quickly checked by the vice president. When the amendment was put tt was carried by a viva voce vote. Hill then moved that the Interest on United States bonds (exempt by a provision of the bill) be subject to the Income tax. Without voting on the amendment the senate adjourned. THE HOUSE. A Number of Senate Amendments Con curred In. Washington, June 23. Speaker Crisp returned to the capltol today after a week's absence on account of sickness. The senate amendments to tho bill to charter the supreme lodge Knights of Pythias was concurred In. The senate bill making Labor Day a legal holiday was temporarily laid on the table. The report made In tho contested election case of Tom Watson vs. J. C. Black, In the tenth Georgia, district, was decided in favor of Black. WALES COLLEItY ACCIDENT. Cardiff, Wales, June 23. A dlqnteh from Pontypridd, Glamorgan, says that a terrible explosion occurred In the Al bion collery this afternoon. It Is esti mated that 80 miners were killed, cither by the-explosion or by fulling) earth and rocks. Several parties of rescuers de scended Into the pit this evening. mmtM TT r?