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terOffliPDBUCUBBARlASafittBOSi 0-4 A - . V:...: Y ,.; -:. :.A- ' A JBB-- EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL XLIK, NO. iS. ASTOKIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 15. 1894. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. M sic 5.Jsj WJMLl I IK M ft !i if i'r I 1 U-1 H Hi i4 L lul I'SI a I fat M.TIf I JLt fJ CU M d. THEY ARE COfllNG! The Men of War, Yaclts,. Sloop?, Plungers, Fishing 1 and all other 'lands of craft for tho Grand Re gatta this week. They are coming from the North, from the East, from tho South, from far, and from near, and all aje invited when i:i need of Men's and Boys' Clothing, Furnishing " Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoe3, Trunks, Valises, etc. to c ill where a child buys as cheap as tho most experienced ' 'J STRAPPED J) HIS BED A Chicago Millionaire in the Inebreates Home. ANOTHER BATTLE REPORTED. More United States Cruisers to Pro ceed to the Asiatic Station Other News. from Kahn's home. The murderers were arrested a short time after thn discovery. They confessed their horri ble crime yesterday ,and arfi now locked up In the county Jail at Belleville. PENSION FOK WIDOW SCHWATKA Suit Against the Stanford Estate to J Begin at. Once. Washington August 14. Tho house committee on pensions has agreed to the senate bill to pension the widow of Lieut. Pchwatka Arctic explorer, at $30 a month. Ther4 la reason to believe the Govern ment's1 claim against the estate of ex Sonatoi Stanford will be tested In the courts efore there has been any act ual default In payments. Under the Osgood pipfftM Go. Tho One Price Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers COO and 50H COMMERCIAL STREET, ASTORIA, OR. VACATION JOYS Arc apt 'to he incomplete if one runs shor of reading matter. Lot your first thought be of choosing a liberal quantity ot it Jruiii air slock. AVc also call your attention to such things as Camp Chairs J lam mocks -Fishing Tackle Seaside Shovels and Buckets Cioqut t and Bssvi Ball Goods. GRIFFIN & REED. Cosmopolitan Saloon. LOUIS BOENTG EN, Proprietor. t will now supply the traJe with the celebrated N. P. Beer either by the 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 me either in person or by mail. LOUIS ROENTGEN. $2 FOR fifl $80 LOT I BY BECOMING A MEMBER OF HILL'S LOT CLUBS vol I r.AN GET A FIRST CLASS LOT IN HILL'S FIRST ADDITION TO ASTORIA. LOTS WILL BE DELIVERED WEEKLY. NOW IS THE TIME TO PROCURE A Iiot to Build a Jlome, for $2 The Packers of Choice At V !olumbia River Salmon Their Brands end Locations. MAMK. LOCATION. . IIUAND. AOKNT8. A Astoria Pk'g CO. Kinney' M.J. Kluoey Aitorla Johu A. lievlm.. , Boom A. Pk'g Co Vstorla ovaL..?.!."!!.'.' "" Sous Chicago ColnaihUftlverl'kiCo Ltorl. Cotkui' Cnt"U C IWiico KlmoroS.muel A-toria wXl&rZZ 'Tci...?.! A"orl Gh.ii-b Barker .Utoria. j Scidemou'!.1"!" 0T rttar Aitorii I. O. Hanthiini tt Co. atntia.... J.O.llinthoruiCo J. O. Umithoro Astoria. J,G McgliT&Cu ; rtrookfield.. Ug, St. George... J. G. Meglor.. Biookfleld Wn iFShermrti'a. ,.,. ijoarriliiaviau r ,.kTt? .Utoria Associated Press. nilmim Auirust 14. Strapped down to his bed. imprisoned by barred win-! oondlti4n. the attorney general pro dows and locked doors, In a barren 1 P093. V executrix would waive any room on the fourth floor of Washington j rights lie might have by reason of the Home "Plunger" Ed. Partridge, who : Premature bringing of the suit, he yesterday threw the board of trade into 't vuiiairm. w n.,e wie jjrv a iurmoll by fighting with the door- ccedlng begin at once. No conclusion keener is undergoing a most rigorous : "as yet ueen rencnea, out it is expected ,,otnt Binhnilsm. He was no objSo.tlon will be made to that K.ht t. th home vesterday by hislcourso. Especially as a speedy adjudlca son who was assisted by several! tion ot the claim would be to the Inter- friends. The nervy speculator had to ' est of the estate. The sifit also would be conveyed to the home in a closed j determine the status of the govern carriage. and was placed in charge of j ment'8 agalnat C. P. Huntington XXiQ doctors uy nm" iwc. v ww.... violent when he was belns1 searched If The Tariff JJill Will Roach Him Today. GRAIN RAT5S REDUCED. The Big Suit Against the Stanford Estate Will be Commenced Soon. , preparatory to a protracted stay, and It required four attendants to carry him upstairs and Install him In one of the cell rooms, which are reserved for the worst, patients. Partridge is one i of the Merchants' National Bank, now of the most prominent men on tho m me receivers' hands was begun to- BANKERS ON TrtlAL. Tacoma, August 14. The trial of Wal ter J. Thompson, Henry Drum, Samuel Collier, apd II. J. Davis, former officers day in the federal court before Judge Gilbert. They are charged with mis appropriating funds and credits of the bank, and making false entries In the books. A jury was secured, and sev eral witnesses examined. The defend ants have retained several, of the most prominent legal firms in the state. EASTEKN BASEBALL. At Boston Boston, 22; Pittsburg, 5. At Philadelphia LoulEvllle, 13; Phil adelphia, 7. At New York New York,' 5; Et. Chicago Board of Trade, accounted a multi-millionaire, proprietor of one of 'tho largest dry goods stores in tne city, and an operator of great nerve. He is a unique figure on. the floor of the board. For months he has been on the bear side of the wheat market, and his winnings on change last year are said to reach into seven figures. Partridge has of late worshipped freely at the shrine of Bacchus, and has cre ated several scenes cn 'change. A few i days since, he appeared on the llcor In an unsteady condition, and threw money broadcast about the pit, raising Louis, 4. such un uproar, that he was suspended At Brooklyn Chicago, B; Brooklyn, 1 for sixty days. Yesterday he attempt-j At. Washington Clsveland, 3; Wash- ed to go on the floor, and after a fierce inpton, 0. fight with the door-keeper, was finally! At BulUmore-naltimoro, (!; Cinclnna- carrled from the building. . At Wash-jtl, 5. , . . - . lngtdki home. Partridge succeeded In ' ' . crtatlng as much excitement among MB LOKD AND LADY. the inmates today as he did on 'change gnn Francisco, August 11. Among the yesterday. Two attendants went to the arrivals on tho steamship Walla Walla plunger's" room and suDauecl mm. fr0m Puget Sound ports, were Lord and Later, when he heard steps in the hall, j La(jy Randolph Churchill, and Di3 d. he made ready to brain some of ha E. Kelthfi who Is trcatinir Lord captors with a chair, and one of the at-j Churchill for the morphine habit. After tendants barely escaped. Superintend-j a few clays" sojourn In California, the ant Somerville said: "It Is our belief i nnr'.v will eo to Autrrrnlln. that we shall effect an ultimate and permanent cure, but just now, he is not In a very encouraging condition." POLITICAL REFUGEES. Salvador's Deposed Vlco-Prosldent on Board tho Bennington. WILL NOT BE REMOVED YET. Omaha, August 14. It Is now a set tled fact that the entire militia will not be taken away from South Omahu un til such a time as the officers of the guards and the citizens who have In San Francisco, August 14.-In naval ! 'erssts here' ,re "ed there is no circles and along th9 water front here, lively interest has been awakened by the case of Gen. Antonio Ezeta, deposed .'Ice-president of San Salvador, who is now on board the United States ship Bennington, with other refugees from San Salvador. The outcon of the pro ceedings to be brought in California, whereby the Salvador government, which is exciting every effort to ex tradite the fugitives, is lost sight of at present, in a general expectancy of the exciting developments when the Ben nington shall arrive In port. The cruiser is expected to put into port at any time. It is generally believed that the gov ernment will intercept the Bennington and hold her outside the heads until a warrant for Ezeta's arrest arrives from Washington. further danger of an, outbreak among tho strikers, A NEW FOOTBALL LEAGUE. New York, August 14. The National Football League was organized today, under the name of the American Pro fesslonal Football Players. The league waa organized by the election of A. A. Irwin, of Philadelphia, president. BLAND AGAIN NOMINATED. Jefferson City, Mo., AugiiFt 14. The Democrats of the Eighth Mispoiiii con gressional district. In the convention at California, Mo., today re-nomlnated Richard P. Bland for congress for the twelfth consecutive time. THEY RAISED THE PRICE. Peoria, August 14. The whisky trust today advanced the prices three cents all around. This was due to the big Increase in the demand for products caused by the passage of the senate bill. THOUSANDS AT WORK. Str. R. P. ELiJVIORE (flill Leave for Tillamook Every poaf Days as fiest as the meathep mill permit. The steamer R. P. Elmore connects with Union Pacific steamers fer Portland and through tickets are issued from Portland to Tiilamook Bay prints by the Union Pacific Company. Ship freight by Union Pacific Steamers. ELH ORE, 5AN0RN & CO., - Agents, Astoria. UNION PACIFIC R. R. )., AcenU, Portland. CORBETT HAS HIS AY. New York, August 14. Police Captain Glori, of Newark, who is FitzBlrnmons' backer, received the following from Wm. Scholl of the Olympic Club, New Orleans: "Have wired pugilist Corbeti, at Ashbury Park, offering him a puree' Chicago, August 14. This nfternooi: of 120.000 to meet Fltz&lmmons, the Assistant Manager Parrott. of the Pull winner to take all. Fltzslmmons has' man works, gave the total number of accepted." men at work as over 2,009. The foundry The proposition waa telegraphed to started up today for the first time. Afsoclated Press. Washington, August 14. It Is not thought possible to pass the free coal, Iron ore, and barbed wtve bills in the Benate. There Is little doubt, In case a direct vote could bo had, tha free sugar bill would be passed. If It should fall of being referred to the finan:e committee, the Republicans would oner a bounty amendment which would car ry If Stewart's vote could be had, other- wife defeated by a tie vote. It is said i ho hill would be 'debated' at such a length that It would go. over till the next session. Manderson objected to a second read ing of the free list bills. Hill gave HO' tlce of an amendment repealing all In come taxes. Tho blllu will come up to morrow. Hale introduced a res ilutio.i for printing 60.000 copies of tho housv bill known as tho "sugar tariff bill." Vest protested against this title. THEY ARE STUCK,. Trying to Adopt a Course on the Sup plemental Tariff Bills. Washington, August 14. The Demo cratic leaders of the senate have occu pied a considerable portion of the day In trying to determine what course to pursue with reference to the supple-j mental tariff bills. The Democratic steering committee was in session twoj hours after the senate adjourned, try ing to determine upon the most auvlt-' ablo policy under (.he circumstances, and previous to a meeting the conserva tives had a conference upon the same subject. It is understood tho conserva tives advocate the reference of tho blls to the finance commlte... While the Ht-'orlng committee is ni)parent.ly7fime what divided on the question. The up pearances indicate, however, that a large majority of "tho Democratlo sen ator. would like to haver "the bills passed if they'could feel assured their passage would' not reduce the govern ment revenues to too great rn extent. The interest oh theso bills, as in the main tariff bill, Is the,, sugar question, and it is to the free''' sugar, bill that they are giving their attention. There is an evident tendency on the part of the majority of the Democratic senators, toward amending the sugar bill, so as to make it a. revenue bill, pure and simple, and tt is now the pro gram of the Demooratlo leaders to umend the bill If there should prove to be a prospect of its' becoming a law. reducing the duty, making it uniform and striking off the differential on re fined sugar. Secretary Carlisle was at the capltol today while the conference was in progress, and was asked to supply his estimate, which he promises to do, A leading; member of the steering committee expressed an opinion that a duty on sugar of 25 or 30 per cent would afford nil the revenue from that source that Is needed. now held in the bonded warehouses at New York, Boston, and large seaports, will be withdrawn as quickly nftor tho bill becomes a law, to meet the de mands of fall trade. The withdrawal of 50 cents per pound duty on cigars is expected to Bthmilate the trade to some cxtim'. in that line. THE TARIFF BILL Will Try and Induce tho President to Sign. Washington, August 14. -As the houso of repretientn lives adjourned till Wed esday, the tariff bill cannot be Bent to the White houso until tomorrow. It vi ill bo enrolled carefully, compared today, and tomorrow will receive tho signatures of Speaker Crisp and Vice President Stuvens.-n. Ureat pressure will be brought to bear on the president to induce him to sign tho bill, but the statement made by the Associated press yesterday, that it Is his Intention to let tho bill become a law without his Eitjnature, can be reiterated today. A member of tho cabinet said today that if the president should conclude to af fix his signature to the bill, It will oe accompanied by a statement of his rea. sons. WILL REPORT TODAY. Washington, August 14. The confer ence committee of the two houses con cluded the consideration of the sundry civil bill today, and will report a dis agreement tomorrow. The renate will recede from tho amendment appropria ting $150,000 for public buildings at Boise, Cheyenne, Helena, and Spokane. The houso will accept the amendment :if tho senate fur land surveys in tho states pf -Washington, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, and Wyoming, In regard to the soldiers' additional homesteads. and the amendment, containing tho do nation of 1,000,000 acres of land to arid land Mates for tho encouragement of Irrigation remalnd In the bill, but In an amended form. Corbett, and the following answer came: "I never saw a dollar of Fltz- simmons' money. Why doea he notj BREAK IN EXCHANGE. New York, August 14. The passage come out like a man and issue a chai-jof the tariff bill cauned a break In the lenge to the world, backed by cash,;rates of 'Sterling exchange. Posted and if no one accepts it, it Is my duty to do so." A FIENDISH CRIME. St. Louis, August 14. The Kahn farm, about three-fourths of a mile east of Eaft Carondelet, III., was the scene Tuesday night, of a murder that rates for bankers' bills have been re duced l-251d, and concesulons 1-203-4 on actual business. WILL MEET TODAY. Boise, Idaho, August 14. The Demo cratic state convention meets tomor- surpassed in horrifying and inhuman; low. There Is a bitter contest between details, anything In that section of the j J. M. Ballentlne and ex-Governor Ste country.. The slaying of a defenseless ( venaon for governor. old man by his wire and a rarm hand In order that the victim might not discover an illicit intrigue, and that the assassins might reap the benefits of an Insurance policy on his life, waa accom plished by shooting Kahn and then oeanns oui nil Drains wun a. aoui.ie- r,Iarft th. ,h ... ANOTHER BATTLE REPORTED. Yokohama, August 14. News has been received of a battle which took revMver. i n'1 Chinese fleet, in which The body was found about 150 yards Chlnej were driven off. the BIG INCREASE EXPECTED. The Customs are Expected to Amount to Over a Million a Day this Month. Washington, August 14. The treasury officials anticipate a great Increano In tne receipts from tho internal revenue services within tho next "ten days in cose the president allows the tariff bill to become a law. Large amounts of whisky and spirits at all the great distillery centers have been regauged at the solicitation cf owners, and as it cannot bo regauged e;tdln, It will be assumed that practi cally all of It will be drawn if possible, before the tariff bill becomes a law. During the next(tcn days, the Internal revenue receipts are expected to reach $1,500,000 a day. The customs officials of the treasury expect also a marked In crease In customs receipts from now on, and particularly during the next month or so. Lar"ge quantities of goods THEY REDUCE THE RATE, t -, i ortland, August 14 aenerii;'Man. uhlt jtcmincK, Assirftiini Uentir" Win sger Dickinson, Attorney Ashton, oid Assintant General Freight Agent S. G.. Fulton, of the Northern Pacific.' and Re. celver McNeill, and General Freight Agent Campbell, of tho Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, held a con- ' forenco in this city today; which re sulted In a reduction from $5.70 to $4.60 per ton on wheat from Walla Wallai Pendleton, and Rltzvllle districts to the seaboard, and the adoption of a $5 per ton rato from points euHt of the Blue mountains. THEY HAD A CONFERENCE. Washington, August 14. Tho Chlneso minister had a long conference with tl.e'atate department today, with Bee. rotary Grcshani, respecting tho con. eluding phases of tho negotiations upon the new Chinese exclusion treaty Just ratified by the senate. The minister has notified his gov. ornment of this action, and as" soon as tho treaty Is ratified In China, te documents will bo mailed to the United States, and ratlflcatlmt will be exchang ed in Washington, all of which is ex. pect.'d to consume about six weeks, WILL GO TO CHINA. Washington, August 14, Secretary Herbert has ordered the United States Cruiser Charleston now at Mare Ialand, to prepare to sail for tile Asiatic station. The Baltimore and Monocacy have been there for some time., and recent ly the Concord and Petrel, forming a part of the Behrlng Sea patrol fiovt, were ordered to Join them. ST. LOUIS HAS A HOT DAY. St. Louis, August 14. Today was the hottest cxperlonced In this city for eight years. The thermometer at 3 p. m. was 102, at which point It stood for two hours). Reports from this and ad. Joining states point to the same con dition. Many prostrations are report ed, and one death. REJECT THE BILL. London .August 14. The evicted ton aula' bill has been rejected by the house at lords by a vote of 249 to 30. TEXAS DEMOCRATS MEET. D'allaa Tex., August 14. The Demo cratic state convention met today and a split 1 threatened on the sliver question. Highest of all in Leavening Tower. Latest U. S. Gov't Report TV) TT jslv -Fans