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ASTOEIA TOBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATE V4TV -yX EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC . PRESS REPORT. VOL. XLIII, NO. 44. ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MOKMNG, AUGUST 22, 1894. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. mm mm . ttl 7 i 1 I m Iff II I If I 1: 1 CLOTHES Osgood pipiiTiiiE co. The One Price Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers 500 and 5011 COMMERCIAL STREET, ASTORIA, OR. VACATION JOYS Aro apt to be incomplete if one runs short of reading matter. Let your first thought be of choosing a liberal quantity of it irum tan stock. v AVe also call your at'ention to such things as Camp Chairs, Hammocks Fishing Tackle Seaside Shovels and Buckets. Cioquet and Hasv Ball Goods. 1 GRIF-FIN & REED. Cosmopolitan Sildpn, LOUIS BOENTGEN, Proprietor. I will now supply the trade with the celebrated N. P. Beer either by the keg or bottle and all orders for N. P. bottle beer will receive prompt attention. . 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Governor Altgdd'a Proclamation to the People of Illinois to As tist the Pullman Strikers. Associated Press. London, August 21. The Times has received the following dispatch from Shanghai, dated August 21st; Gen. Tlo, commanding the Fong Tien division of the Chinese forces, tele graphs as follows: The Chinese on Friday attacked the Japanese forces at Ping Yang, driving them back with heavy loss, the distance of eleven miles, to Chung Ho. The Chinese made a second attack on Saturday and drove the Japanese from Chung Ho, which 1b now In Chinese handa. The Japanese again lost heavily In Saturday's light ing. '" Another great battle os expscted today. Admiral Fleetwood, British command er, has established the headquarters of his fleet at Chee Foo, where the British Hussion, ' and American ministers now are. THEY MUST HAVE AID. Chicago, August 21. Governor Altgeld spent several hours today with citizens at Pullman. He was told 2436 families have been helped. "I do . not know just what method I shall take to" aid these men," said the governor, "but something must be done. I have writ ten to George M. Pullman." It Is prob able the governor will issue a procla mation setting, forth the pitdable con dition of the strikers and calling for aid. "I can do little myself," said Altgeld, "and If anything considerable were to be done, - money would have to come out of the government financial re serves. I might convene the legislature for the purpose of making ah appro priation, or I might make an appeal! tajhe people of the state. I think we: have gone to the bottom of things now, " " ...v.u.w and can proceed Intelligently, and St j San Francisco, August 21. Goo. J. remains to be seen what can be done." Moore, son of Dr. George A. Moore, The governor used the words at the president of the Pacific Mutual lnaur close of the meeting respecting the; ance Co., was shot by his brother, Pullman strike issue. At the invitation of the governor, a committee met at his office to give Information regard ing the strikers. THE AFRO-AMERICAN BUREAU. Washington, August 21. A formal re quest to abolish the Afro-American bureau of organization, of the Demo cratic committee, Is made In a commu nication to Ssnator Faulkner, chairman of the committee, by H. C. C. Astwood, chairman of the Negro Democratic League. Chairman Astwood, In urging an Immediate action, says there is noth ing to he accomplished by the bureau, recounts Its assessments, letters now under investigation by the civil service commission, and characterizes its methods as improper. He states the work of tioe league covers all needs of the colored voters of the country. Senator Faulkner, chairman of the Democratic congressional campaign committee, said that very good and sufficient reasons must be produced be fore the bureau would be abolished, but that it had no power to collect contributions. EDITOR CARROLL SPEAKS. Chicago, August 21. A. J. Carroll, editor of the Eight Hour Herald, was the first witness to address the strike commissioners today. He believed if compulsory arbitration was applied to quasi-public Industries, It would be beneficial, and read a letter from a friend In New Zealand showing the beneficial results of tho government ownership of railroads and telegraph. Malcolm McDowell, a newspaper re porter, told of the overturning of cars at Pullman. He said there were no railroad strikers In the mob. Rev. L. M. Wiskman, pastor of tre Swedish Methodist Church at Pullman, was em phatic In his denunciation of the meth ods of the Pullman company. One of the worst features of the Pullman sys tem of house renting Is the Immorality it encourages In many workmen com pelled to rent rooms. Houses are so arranged that roomer must pass through! family sleeping apartments. and, as a result, the morality of Pull man Is much, telow the surrounding towns. REDUCING THEIR FORCES. Omaha, August 21. Nebraska rail road are reducing their forces. This Is partially due to the drought. A Burlington officer today In speaking of, the discharge of employes now going on, said: "I believe it would be a conservative estimate to say that 1200 men on the Burlington system havej uvku uiaenargeij rime june. nerevtrj possible, forces are being reduced. It Is impossible to say where this whole- sale decapitation will end. ! It 1b pretty generally thought the Union Paciilc will also make another reduction In force, and salaries may be cut. RAILROAD RECEIVERS' REPORT. The Oregon Short Line Shows a Loss In Earnings for June. Boston, August 21. The receivers have Issued their report on the earn ings of the Union Pacific fortune. It shows the earnings of the Union Pael fla'for. June to have been 41,188,000, and the expenditures $855,000. -The Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern earned $37S,0OO, nr.d their expenditures were $330,000. The Oregon Railway and Nav igation system lines earned $97,000 and expended $203,000. Total earning of the connecting lines, $S73, 000; total expen ditures, $958,000. THE BENNINGTON STILL AT SEA. The San Salvadorlan Refugees Will Be Landed Today. San Francisco, August 21. The gun boat Bennington, with General Ezeta and other San Salvadorlan refugees on board, Is still kept at sea .beyond the three-mile limit. It Is now positively known that warrants for' the arrest of the refugees have been In the city since last week, and that the papers are now in tho hands of local attorneys who are representing the government of San Salvador. It Is generally be lieved that the refugees will be landed tomorrow. v SETTLED AT LAST. "Washington, August 21. The cele brate case which has occupied a good part of the attention of the state de partment for years, and has alBo fig ured In congress several years, has just come to si successful termination, and the Mexican government, has placed with the state department to the credit of Mrs. Leon McLeod Baldwin, the sum of $20,000 as indemnity for the as sassination of her husband. Baldwin was superintendent of the Valencia mines. In August, 1887 he was Bhot and killed by two desperadoes. The Mexican government renounced the re sponsibility for the assassin atlon, and has taken seven years to determine otherwise, ; OTwV,ra r, Harry, today. The two brothers were leaving the office where they were em- played, when the shooting occurred Harry Moore said George hrd threat ened his father, and he told him it he struck his father he would shoot him. George then struck at bis brother, and tho latter fired one shot which took ef fect In the hip, Inflicting a serious but not a dangerous wound. The shooter, who Is 24 years old, wns ar rested. BIG CINCINNATI FIRE, Cincinnati, August 21. The Big Four Freight office and adjoining buildings were burned today, causing a loss 'of $500,000. Capt. Remus, Lieut. Cava naugh and Fireman Brownlee were badly hurt by falling timbers. . The government bonded warehouses ad joining the depot were burned with val uable contents. Many cars. Including Pullman and Wagner coaches, were burned in the adjaccntb ulldlngs. COULDN'T GET A QUORUM. Washington, August 21. There was not a quorum present when the house began Ita session today. The senate bill for the exclusion and deportation of alien anarchists was called up. War ner, of New York, objected to the con sideration of the bill, A resolution to print 20,000 copies of the tariff bill was passed. The house adjourned until 12 o'clock Thursday. SEEKING FOR THE BODIES. Tacoma, August 21. A special to the Ledger from Ocosta says the remainder of the crew of the United States coast survey eteamer McArthur have been patrolling the beach since Pnturday for fourteen miles, but no trace of the bod leB of Capt. Crosby or any of the four men drowned In the surf Friday ran be found. The McArthur is now at the Ocosta dock. ' SILVER RESOLUTION. Washington, Aupunt 2. Rt-pr.iKmta tlve Hartunan, of Montana, presented In tho house today, rtrong resolutions in favor of the free coinage of silver, wlopted by the powerful labor organi zations of the country. CHANGED INTO A TORPEDO I:OAT. Washington, August 21. The con struction bureau of th navy has pre pared plans for the transformation of the dynamite cruiser, Vesuvius, Into a torpeao boat. ABBOTT KNOCKED OUT. New Orleans, Auguat 21. Abbott wns knocked out In the 2Ctb round In a fight wun r;vernftn. California Democrats Get Down to Work Last Night. IS IT MURPHY OR BUDD? More Mistakes in the Punctuation of the Senate Tariff Bill Shows Up. Associated Press. ' San Francisco, August 21. The Demo cratic state convention whloh met this afternoon elected B. F. Delvalle, of Los Angeles, chairman. He is strongly an-tl-rallroad;1' and so expressed himself In a speech accepting tho chairnmnshir. After appointing the usual committees, tho convention adjourned until tomor row. T.ilnirht. Interest centers In the con- teat for the gubernatorial nomination and the nomination of three candidates for railroad commissions, and candi dates for election to the state board of equalization. The contest between the factions known ia "railroad" nnd "anti-railroad," la mainly over nnm'Ug candidates for these two- tpo-' ' state boards. For governor. . itw.n. lrg condidates tonight are ck-t- ..b.pss nmn J. II. Budd, of Stockton, and "Barney" D. Murphy, of San Jose. The name of Congressman Magulre la also Dromlnently mentioned, but he Is mak ing no fight for the nomination. Tonight, however, it can be said that no one has the battle. This is duo to the fact that practical slate-making politicians are handicapped, none of the reputed bosses having sufficient 1 strength to wield the whip. The convention hue 601 delegates. Resolutions have been drawn uphold ing the Cleveland administration and condemning those United gtatt-s sena tors who succeeded In defeating the purposes of the Wilson bill as to sugar, Iron and coal. Resolutions have been drafted openly condemning Senatom Gorman, Smith and Brlce. , I FULL OF MISTAKES. v, , , Still More Errors In the Tariff BllHne Showing Up. ; Washington, . August '21. Additional errors In punctuation in the new tariff bill are constantly being discovered by the treasury officials. Today an Impor tant mistake was found in e;ctlon five of the free list. , This section provider) that articles of . Xorelgri manufacture must be stamped with the namo of or igin and then says: , "and until so stamped, branded, or labelled they shall not be delivered to the Importer, should my article of Importod merchandise be marked, stamped, etc., In excess of the annuity exactly contained In such arti cle." It is assumed that there should have been a period established between Ins words "Importers" and "should," but as there Is none, the papagraph, as it stands, la .unintelligible, and may lead to serious embarrassment, in Its execution. Up to this, Mr. Carlisle has not advanced any opinion of the at torney general upon the mistakes In the bill, and he will probably not do so until after the bill becomes a law. The secretary, however, has expressed the opinion that all goods now In bond, which have been changed from the dutiable to the free list, will be subject to the duty. In force when Imported If withdrawn for consumption. Goods, however, can be Imported and then re imported and thus receive the benefits of the free list This was not the in tention of congress In the early prepa ration of the bill,. This question was raised, but the words "or withdrawn for consumption," which appear In the enacting clause, were 'then changed to clearly Indicate that goods in bond could be withdrawn at the new rates. But the true signification of the words "and mentioned in schedules herein contained," which follow, do not seem to have been fully underotood. ANOTHER NEW YORK BRIDGE. New York, August 21. Ground was broken today at the New York end of tho new Rlaokwell'a Island bridge, which Is to furnish the Long Island rf-llroad an entrance Into New York City. There was no ceremony. The bridge will have a capacity of four railway tracks if need be, besides a Highest of all In Leavening 1'ower. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. sAbsoiuielv mn road-way and foot walks on either side. The spans over both channels of the river will each be 855 feet. The span on the island will be 635 feet between the centers of the piers, and the dis tance between the centers of the ex treme piers will be 2,855 feet. SAN FRANCISCO CONVENTION. San Francisco, August 21 The out look previous to calling the Democratic state convention to order is that the race for the gubernatorial nomination lies between James H. Budd, of Stock ton and "Barney" Murphy, of San Jo, with Buid In the lead. At this hour, , however, tho Buccess of no candidate In any position is assured. The atti tude of the convention on. the rullroad question promises the liveliest kind of contention. There Is a strong determi nation of a majority' of, the delegates to adopt Btrong resolutions In opposi tion to refunding the Taolfic railroads' debts and urging the government con trol of the Pacific roads. An attempt) will also be mode to de nounce the Democratic- senators who defeated the Wilson bill In the senate nd 11 will even be tried to mention Gorman, Brlce and Smith by name. A d.lcgutlon of women are en deavoring .o secure, an equal Buffraggo plank in the platform. R. F.'Dalvalle, of Los Angeles, was inuilu permanent chairman of the con ventlon by acclamation. lUXD FOR MURDER. Woodland, Cal August 21, Knor, Compton, Mullln afld liatoh, members of thd American Railway Union media tion committee, accused of train wreck ing, were held to answer to a charge of murder before the superior court by Justice Fisher this afternoon. OUT FOR ANOTHER TRIP. Sun Francisco, August 21.--Tno bat tle ship Oregon was out again today for a run In the bay, and It la conceded, that she will earn a handsome promlutn for her builders on her official trial trip. ... MUST HAVE AID. Chicago, August 21.-:Governor Alt geld tonight Issued a proclamation to the peopla of Illinois, and especially of Chicago, asking their asslHtanco for the destitute ;,' at Pullman. " GOING HOME TO FIGHT. r Tacoma, August 21. Five young Japs of Tacoma sailed tonight on the steam ship Tacoma for Yokohama, where they Intend to enlist in the army and fight against China. MILLS SHUTTING DOWN. Fall River, Mass., August 21. Five more mills shut down today on ac count of tho strike, and there Is a de crease of fully 1,500 looms In the mills still running. BUILDING COLLAI'SED., Worcester, Mass., August 21. An old brick building this afternoon collapsed, burying a dozen .children and three men. Four children were taken out badly Injured. A GREAT RECORD. Chicago, August 21. Alex went a mllo In 2:03 1-4, which Is considered a won derful performance, as the track Is said to be a second and a halt slow. ENGLISH RE-NOMINATED. . San Francisco, August 21, The dele gates of the Third Congressional dis trict this afternoon re-nominatcd Con greseman Warren D. English. . YACHT RACH ACCIDENT. St. John, N .B., August 21. During tho yacht race today, one of the boats swamped, and her crew of eight were drowned.' CALIFORNIA REPUBLICANS, Santa Rosa, AuguHt 21. The political campaign opened here this evening by M. M. Eatee, Republican candidate for governor. DENIES THE 'STORY. Chicago, Augunt 21. A relative of Mr, Tullman denies that Miss Florence Pullman is engaged to Prince Isenberg ItirnttLcrln. BOUND FOR WASHINGTON. Buzzard's Buy, August 21. president Cleveland left for Washington this af ternoon mmm 11 Kz? f v