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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1894)
iiivioossviTOnornddmoisi fV'-'-Jtr- Mil- :, . 'iff,, y i i!v-' EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XL1U, NO. 41. ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 7, 1894. PRICE," FIVE CENTS. f ix x . . 'y iT71 .A fi Till A .AT 3 W A. - r THE THREE THINGS v- t Osgood pipfHiLE Co. The The One Price Clothiers, ' 50G and 508 COMMERCIAL VACATION JOYS Are apt to be incomplete if one runs short of reading matter. Let your first thought be of choosing a liberal quantify of it from ui r slock. We filso call your attention to such thing? os Camp Chairs, Hammocks Fishing Tackle Seaside Shovels and Buckets, Cio'quct and Casrf Ball Goods. GRIFFIN & REED. osmo1 4 LOUIS BOENTGEN, Proprietor. I will now supply the trade with the celebrated N. P. Beer either by ths keg or bottle and all orders for N. P. bottle beer will receive prompt attention. I am the only authorized agent in the city for this celebrated beer, and families wishing prompt attention should place their orders with nu either in pjrson or by mail. LOUIS BOENTGEN. Str. R. P. (dill Leave for Tillamook as the meather The steamer R. P.lmore connects with through tickets are issued from Portland to I illamook Bay points by the Union Pacific Company. Ship freight , by Union Pacific Steamers. ELflORE, SANBORN & CO., - Agents, Astoria. UNION PACIFIC R. R. (jO FOR 0 $80 ItOTT. BY BECOMING A YOU CAN GET A FIRST CLASS TO ASTORIA. LOTS WILL BE DELIVERED WEEKLY. NOW IS THE TIME TO PROCURE A liot to Build a Hrpe, for The Packers of Choice !olumbia River Salmon Their Ilrands end Locations. M4HR. Astnrls Pk f Co .. Astoria..... Boots A. Pk"f Co....'Astori. CoiuoibURlTerrtuCo vlori... Klmoteainuel... Aioria-. I Dlivk 0l Cocktail G eorga Barkor jArtori. . O. H nihorn ft Co Attria J, Q UcglerltCo Hrookfloll tag, I Fl-.bemiMi'a.. ritherjen'i Pk. Co. Aitorla.. I) In business is Low Ex penses, One Price, and Cash Sales. In clothing it is Fit, duality and Style this is our aim in the selling of Men's andBoys' Cloth ing, Furnishing Goods, Hats. Caps,' Boots, Shoe3, Trunks, Valises, etc. JTEvery customer treated alike at our counters, alfd a child always buys as cboap as the most experienced iaiyer Hatters and Furnishers STREET, ASTORIA, OR. ELijMOHE Every Foar Days as Jew mill permit. . Union Pacific steamers for Portland and CO., Agent, Portland. MEMBER OF H!LL$ LOT CLUBS LOT IN HILL'S FIRST ADDITION $2 At 4 i er 4 Doiitan moon oi Pk'gCo.i Klnney'n .j.M. J. Kinney. . Juhu A. LH;vilu- .AitorU Diamond. A. Booth & Sons - Chictgo. Cutting It Co ',3aa Pranciieo I I Wacnnlla .. Elmore, Sanborn1 . j 1 WiiiK Bur 1 Co--....j",orU- i.iotl"Zj0W Barker Aalori. J.O.Hanthorn&Cu J. O. Hanthorn ;istorU.. St. G9orge J.O. Uegler. Biookleld Wn iPiahrmea's FiJaermon'il fkgCo-. Aatorla 11) Two Swift Cruisers Leave Eng land for the Japanese Navy; LITTLE DENMARK'S DEMAND. Russia Covets a Portion of Corea-.-Late Flashes From the " '; Wires. ; ' J- Associated Press. t' London, August 6. Two fast vessels left England on Saturday flying the Spanish flag, and another will follow a lew uaya. vwsbcib am ttu u, fitted out as cruisers, and will be trans ferred on the high seas to the Japanese government AH munitions of war now loading for both China and Japan clear under the Spanish and Portugese flags. HATE THE FOREIGNERS. JI Chinese Blame the Foreigners for the thrjttle open and the engine and tender Presence of the Plague. I parted at the same time that the secUon Washington, August 6.-Some Idea of,0' the brl(3ee gave way. The engine the feeling entertained by. the Chinese P3561 over ,n safet'' bub the tender toward foreigners, who have caused a,ld fl"een cars an,i neavl,y loaded ca" anxlety for the safety of Americans, is given in a report of the Canton plague received to.lay at the marine hospital bureau. Consul Seymour. writing under date of June 23, saysif "Natives are trying to blame foreign ers for' the plague, and have gotten up riots in Canton and the surrounding country." The consul report that the plague does not seem to yield to med ical treatment, and that the mortality is 60 per cent of the cases, and the deaths slnco March number at least 4,000. Cholera has made Its appearance in epidemic form. DENMARK'S DEMAND. The Japanese Minister in China At- tacked by Rioters, . likm - Shanghai, August C Denmark manaing tne release oi Jierr ftiinen- stedt, a passenger on the dispatch boat. Tsno Klang, captured by the Japanese While the Japanese minister.' accom-7 rnled bv his suite nd u. Jananm " r consjl, were leaving Tien Tain, August .. , . . , , , , . .. , . mere, who aeizeu meir ouggage ana V , .. . , . threatened them with personal violence. ' , , , . . , i v .... ,.vv., i , ly sent a force of troops to the scene, of the riot and suppressed the disturb ance. AN UNEQUAL CONTEST. Commander Bridgeman's Opinion of the Oriental War. " Tacoma, August 6. Captain W. It. Bridgman, who has been commander of the cruiser Baltimore for the last two years, returned here tonight on a two months' leave of absence, having left the Baltimore at Chemulpo, Corea, July 12. He regards the oriental war as an unequal contest with the odds largely In favor of Japan, which, he says, has a splendid navy and army, as well organized as Uiat of any European country. Japan, he thinks, is sure to win, unless China Is given time to make war preparations on a gigantic scale. HEAVY FRUIT SHIPMENTS. San Francisco Market Glutted and Fruit Is Given Away. San Francisco, August 6. Sacramento river steamers arriving this morning brought In over 29,000 packages of fruit. There were also heavy shipments by rail, and the local market became so badly glutted that peaches and plums sold at five cents per basket. As each basket weighs from thirty . to forty pounds, the price realized does not pay the freight and commission charges. WE CAN SPARE THEM. . Connelsvllle, Pa., August ".Valentine Nowacklr, leaders of the foreigners of! the coke strikers, proposes to make an offer to the Japanese government to furnish COOO soldiers In their war with China. The Slavs have - been trying to find a place to go, and leave the coke regions. Nowackie will confer at once with the Japanese legation in Washing ton. He Is a soldier. KING CORN'S ADVANCE. Chicago, August 6. The spectre of the drought In the corn belt was again In evidence today, and the speculative markets were all strong under the lead of corn, that grain making a sensational advance. It was at one time 3 3-4 cents r. . u. T r.r7 ' "nai ins-ton special say. that Russia Is plan 2 7-8 higher for May than , It closed on t ne of aetlnWe Saturday, and eft off wl h a net gain of Corea nd of 3.1-4 and 2 6-8 respectively. FOLDING-BED ACCIDENT. Arkansas City, Kan., August . De wltt McDougall, a prominent business man and wife, were Imprisoned in their folding bed last night by its acddental- ly closing up. They were extricated with difficulty. McDougall died today ; from the Injuries received, and his wife is s?iiously hurt. O. R. AND N. FREIGHT WRECKED. A Train Goes Down With a Trestle' Train Goes Down With Fully 90 Feet , Boise, Idaho, August 6. A wreck Is reported on the Oregon Short line near Huntington. A train of seven freight cars went through a trestle. The en gineer and fireman are reported fatally Injured. The names are not known here. facomo, August 6. A special to the Ledger from Walla Walla says: A train sent to the scene of the rail road wreck on the O. R. and N. at Alto bridge, returned to Walla Walla , late tonight bringing W. E. Watson, . f.ntiilnntni on1 nova TV f I ir Vi . II )i ,1 TTvcA Harrison,' brakemen. who were badly injured. Additional particulars were learned as follows: I The bridge which crossed Jonas, hoI- mety.Blx feet hlghi was reached about' ' , , v . th . . , h ,o'n,i f .h i,h,i.. u. Rinvin ,,. vn.in. tooo niioH thJ I boo8e, went dowrn' leavln tne enBne ?tandln near th la8t ben' of the ! brldee- Brnkemen Harrison and Wright Conductor Watson was In the caboose. and went down. The Injured men are la the hospital here. I PULLMAN FORCE INCREASING. Two Thousand Laborers at ihe Stock Yards Turned Away. Chicago, August 6. The train yards of the Lake Shore and Wabash companies at Root street were filled today with switchmen -and engineers ready to re- lurn lo wo, K- A lew were reinstated. uuut vu iwhwi iW worn. at the stock yards were sent away. ine repmr snops openea at rumnan I today with 150 additional men at HP ' J16 f0re ' mt" "0W at Work "umber8 gpg jn nu , , , . NO ROOM FOK STUIKEH3. Cmeinnalrtrgust 6.-A committee of '0n,1 106 notified tmlxv hv Pmuldunt Tnivnlld Vi llln ,,. . , . Four, thab none of the strikers would .be taken back. This decision is In ac - ... . . . ... cordance with the decision of the ofrl- . ,, - . , . clals of all the railroads centering here. Flfteen hundred men aj.e affected, A DARING BTJRGLAItV. San Frandscp, August 6. A daring burglary was committed here laBt night In the Phelan building on Market street In the very heart of the city, and under the noses of two policemen and a spe- clal watchman. Three thousand dol- law' worth of gold was taken from the Btore of C. Muller, optician. DEATH IN THE FLAMES. Wllmar, Minn., August 6. The farm house of S. Oterson near here, burned to the ground this morning. Oterson and four children lost their lives in the flames. Mrs. Oterson narrowly escaped, but is crazed over the awful event. It Is .believed that lightning caused the fire. THE STRIKE 13 OFF. St. Paul, August 6. At a meeting of the local organization of the American Railway Union, embracing the em ployes of the St. Paul and Duluth Oma ha, Burlington, and Milwaukee systems, the strike was formally declared off. A DECIDED INCREASE. Washington, August 6. The total re ceipts from the internal revenue since June 30, 1894, Is stated at the treasury department to be $30,395,661, against $17,708,558 during the same period last year. FIRST IN YEARS. Boise, Idaho, August 6. The first ver dict of murder In the first degree re corded In Idaho In many years, was found Sunday at Pocatello against Charles Perry. He . murdere'd Patrick McNamara at Lava June 25. PORTLAND'S WATER BONDS. Portland, August 6. The waiter bonds, amounting to $500,000, were awarded to Kidder, Peabody & Co., of Boston, by Ladd 8c Tllton, agents. They offered a premium of 9.89 per cent. RUSSIA'S GREED. elgntjr over It. KAIL WORKS RESUMED. Cleveland, Ohio, August 1 Braacke's Wire Nail Works, the largest concern of the kind In the country, which has been Idle for several months, re-' sumed today with a big force. I mi, rfl;n C .,! Vi I'tv ;,, I AUU XClJlllUlt UJ "CVl HI J 1 ill J All Fifteen Minutes. After a defaulting judge The Empress of China Ashore at Shanghai But will Probably Be Saved. Associated Tresi. Washington, August 6. Within fifteen minutes from the Ume the house cau l cus petition was circulated touay, nu members had Blgned and the caucus became a certainty. Members who had not wanted to sign last week, were now anxious to do so. The petition requests ?nr,man Holmon to call a caucus for 3 o clock to consider what action, If any, should be taken to secure an early Passage of the tariff bill, An intense feeling was developed as soon as the caucus move began. Mem' bers gathered In the lobbies and talked excitedly of and against the caucus, Representatives Strauss, Warnr, and others, friendly to the administration. denounced it as a lire In the rear. Neither Speaker Crisp nor Chairman Wilson had been consulted as to the caucus, and It was recognized as dl redly In opposition to their wlHhes. Representative Outhwalte, an asso' date of Speaker Crisp on the committee on rules, sold: "The caucus Is not en dorsed by the committee on rules, or by the conferres. It Is evidently a move against the house conferres, and the members of the rules committee will probably enter the caucus,, bub I expect the conferres will remain away, In view ol the fact tnat an adverse action by the coucu3 would be equivaiont to a vote of .want of ,onn(3em.e.- Mr BtrnUBSi a cloae frienc, of WHa0l expresse(i the or,non tha.t Uie caucui would prove a boomerang, He believed Wilson, tl, he other con ferres and their friends would aMend the caucus and a.ttc-mpt to carry It. With such men as Speaker Crisp, Chalr- man WMson. Pourke Cochran nd others urging loyally to the house conferres ' . . ..... . ... oirnuss am not minK antagonistic reso lutions would pass. Btrauss eald also that he expected the . caucus would bring out some stratllng conference se crets which would InBure the con ferres support from the. house. Messirs. Springer and Bynum' make no conceal ment of the fact that the caucus Is for the purpose of ending the contest by accepting the senata bill. In "his con nection they quote ''statement made to them by Senator Mills to the effect that a further house resistance meant the killing of all tariff legislation. SENSIBLE TALK. Voorhees Sees No Reason Why an Agreement Cannot be Effected. Washington, August 6. Chalrmon Voorhees, of the finance committee of the senate, has been unable to attend the conference on account of Ill-health, and Is still confined to his house. It has been assumed that lie stood with the senate conference managers, not only for tho.sennte duty on sugar, but also for a duty on coal and Iron ore. He hns announced the contrary. In an In terview wilh a reporter who called upon him at his house today. He talked very freely, advocating such conces sions on the part of the senate ns would bring about a speedy agreement, and took string grounds In favor of yield ing to the Democrats of the house for free coal and free Iron ore. He said: "It seems to me there ought to lie lltt'e If any difficulty In reaching an agreement between the two houses. I look upon the president's letter to Wil son as a help rather than a hindrance toward a compromise. The concession which the president sdvlsos the house lo mrke on sutrnr Is liberal, and ought to be at once satisfactory to any legit imate sugar Interest. "The only other points of serious trou ble are embraced In the question wheth er cool and iron shall be free or havf a tariff duty Inld on them of 40 per cent per ton. These are exceedingly small and Insignificant Items of controversy, on which to defeat a great national sys tem of revenue reform, obstruct all legislation looking to that end, Si. ap Highest of all In Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. MM point and derange every business of the country, greatly embarrass the Democratic party, and Indict the great est calamities on all classes of people. There la so little ground In my mind now for a final disagreement, that those who continues lo insist on small things and continue to repeat such disagree ment will be held as criminals by all just-minded people." THEY TRIED TO AGREE. Coal, Iron and Sugar Are the Questions Discussed. Washington, August C The Demo crats tariff conference today resumed work trying to reach an agreement. No progress had been made at noon. Coal and iron are the questions that have been taken up. It is understood the senate conferres indicated a wil lingness to make concession as to the time the duty shall continue, but not to lessen the amount. The house con ferres are holding out for the terms of the house bill. The Louisiana senat ors are demanding a continuation of at least a part of the sugar bounty for the present year. There Is talk of pressing tha free sugar bill in case of the failure of the tariff bill, which Js probably In tended largely to bring the Louisiana senators Into line. In the senate today a resolution wus introduced by Mills, of Texas, and luid m tho table temporarily, declaring that In tho revision of the existing system of national taxation, the following princi ples should bo observed: , First All taxes are burdens on the loxpuyei-s, and can only be rightfully Imposed to raise revenue to support the government. Second When tuxes are imposed on Imported goods, the rate Bhould be so low aa not to materially restrict Im portation, Third In selecting articles to ba taxed, only those reudy for consump tion should be chosen, and those Im ported for manufacture or re-manu-facturc, should be exempt. when the conferres took a recess for lunch today, the house conferres seemed to think an agreement was in sight. The senate conferres seemed to think , the prospects were not so bright, and an ultimate disagreement would be re ported, it Is also staled that within the next two days a report of either acree- ment or disagreement must be reported. THE MANAGERS DID IT. Chicago, August 6. During the past week a committee of the American Rail way Union have held consultations with Mayor Hopkins. Today E. W. Burns a director of that organization, admitted tnat the purpose of their visits was to furnish the authorities with Informa tion touching the damage claims of the railway companies. The American Railway Union men say they expect to prove in many cases that the destruc tion of property for which damages are claimed was done by men employed by me railroads and the General Managers' Association. AFTER THE JUDGE. Washington, August . A petition of the Central Labor Union of Cleveland. Ohio, for the Impeachment of T. v. Hicki's, of the northern district of Ohio, was presented today, In a volumlnons document giving In detail the charges that the Judge, between September, 1889. and Dvcember, 1891, converted to his own use, various sums airirreiratlna- $1,559. ALL QUIET ON THE UNION. Omaha, August . So far as tho Evanston and Rock Springs are con cerned, the strike on the Union Pacific Is over. The orders are to bring In tho troops sent to these points Inst month to open the overland route. Railway men predict that within a month the condition of feeling along the road will enable all the troops -to be withdrawn. THE EMPRESS ASHORE. London, August 6. The steamer Em press of China, from Vancouver, B. C, via Yokohama, for Shnnghal, Is ashore it tho latter port, and It will be neces. iary to take all her cargo out before she can be floated. ANOTHER COSTLY BLAZE. Philadelphia, August 6. A fire today destroyed the baseball grand stand and adjoining stables of the Omnibus and Philadelphia Traction Company, Loss, $100,000.