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ASTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSGCIATiOH. cty .'0'. HXCIiUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XLIII, NO. 50. ASTORIA, 0REG0X, WEDNESDAY ' MOKNING, AUGUST 29. 1894. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. ill Ill 11; HI r -f r i 4 ill COOL AS A as Clothing, Furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots, Stoe3, Trunks, Vali3e3, lower than any other house on the coast. Osgood pipjmiiE co. v The One Price Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers 506 and 508 COMMERCIAL STREET, ASTORIA, OR. VACATION JOYS Are apt to bo incomplete if ono runs short of reading matter. Let your first thought - be of choosing a liberal quantify of it irurn cur stock. We-also call vour attention to such things as Camp Chairs, Hammocks Fishing Tackle Cioquet and Bass) I5all Goods. Gosmopolitan Saloon, LOUIS BOENf GEN; 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. . I am the only authorized agent in the city for this celebrated beer, rand families wishing prompt attention should place their orders with ms either in person or by mail. LOUIS ROENTGEN. $2 FOR M $80 LOT BY BECOMING A YOU CAN GET A FIRST CLASS ,rO ASTORIA. LOTS WILL BE INOW IS THE TIME TO PROCURE Liot to Build a Home ?or The Packers of Choice Columbia River Salmon Their Urands and Locations. KKUK. LOCATION. BBAKD. AGENTS. IT AHtoiU Pk'gCo. Klnner'i M. J. Kinney. ...... AtorlA......... Johu A. Dovliu. .Booth A.m'KCo Astoria..! ...... "th ft Sow .. Chlctgo .OrtlambluRlrerrk,. IMorl Cocktail............... Cutting n. Co .... Flimlteo . . i V(rno:l Elmore, Sanborn . .,.. IKlmuro finiUdl.-. Astoria. j Wplle Siar..,. 4 c'0 Attorla. rrjwr& BurlHw,,,.,.. vVi'."'- Sjldemoal:." Ooorw" Barker A.torl.....'. jj, O. Unnthora f: Cp Aalorlii...-... I.O.HauthornSCoi J. O. IUuthorn .. ietorla - JJ.'O MeglerftCj. llrooiUeia Ug,8t. George... J. G. Megler...... Biookfleld Wn i Fl-herm(n'. pi.hprmon'i l1faeran, Pki 0-- itorI.-..... bur.dlnvlan pkVu. Astoria I KsiermeiK " " STUTTZ PAHliOU THEATRE. A COMPLEMENTARY BENEFIT WILL BE " TENDERED TO SHITH & ELLIS, Assisted by ; Local Talent. - In a varied and pleasing entertainment of specialties etc., etc Concluding with Barry & Fay's side-splitting comedy "HULDOON'S PICNIC." Admission to all parts of the house 50c Nj extra charge to reserve your seat. Remember the date Saturday, September 1st. CUCUMBER! We fume and fret, , And groan and sweat, ' Almost lerc't that we arc iiere; Vlicnn small payment for light underwear would- change our thoughts to brighter cheer. And the hottest day wo would bo cool a cucumber. We carry all weights and grades in the Lu zurno "Hygiene" Under wero also in Men's and Boys' etc as' low in price if not Seaside Shoved and Buckets, GRIFFIN & REED. I MEMBER OF HILL'S LOT CLUBS LOT IN HILL'S FIRST ADDITION DELIVERED WEEKLY. A J Saturday Evening;, September 1st. THE PEERLESS -SKETCH TEAM Viewed With Distrust by Some, and Commended by Others. THE BLUE.FIELD'3 PRISONERS. The State Department Determined That the Americans Shall Have Fair Play. Associated Press. Washington August 28. The few sen ators at the capltol today refused to express any opinion for publication on the letter of Mr. Cleveland to Catch lngs. The Democratic; senators said they had nothing to say, but they seemed to feel that It was aimed at them. The Republicans said there seemed to be no necessity at present for them to get Into a light In the ranks of their opponents, and they would not be quoted regarding! IU Members of the house were not as reticent as the sen ators ..were. Representative Speiry, (Democrat, Connecticut) who opposed tho Wilson bill, said: "I was In hopes the president would spare his party the Infliction of another !..,. nhi forlPP la llaHntlv u unrtv! - - measure, and according to the presl meat3d with perfidy and. dl'shonor. If dent's letter to Mr. Wilson, It is per- that is a correct description of the bill,1 I do not see on what ground the Dem ooratlo party can ask to be continued in power. It seems by the second let ter the tariff fight must be continued This position must be disquieting to all the business Interests of the country.) The Democrat this fall are placed on lllu ucitriioive uy tiicrotj inu iciicio, tun. j m ,, it.. 11 . . . n . . .. .1 aisnonor, ana seconu, uy mreaveuuiB . , 7"" , , ' !. , , lt . . I Inn Mtr rwn nninlnn nf inn nlll tu' ", ' , K , . . , that there Is no perfidy or dishonor ln the bill Itself, or in the motives of the setmto.a ....-.u.,-... . j.OIKVSC..prlce9 got dQwn t(j bed.r6cki and the " ,a ",u,u ""l"'c -'" -"'-"- "I men were dlssausfled. Mr. Wickes said ure than the Wilson bll and will pro- ftmuont of back flue comJ duce a revenue which tljeWta bll ly from Btrlker8 wag imm Nqi pwfessedly would not, and that is what, evtcUbjt ha8 made anfl there have' uk uuU uiu . "c aL.4 it... l .1 .111 Hnt- nrnltn nm.l i.t,it u.r p.uv ... .., triore campaign documents for the Re- nilhl n iw 9t.r t-rvn rl na1 f lia rifVmlm cr '""""'" " 1 k... ...8 -""". employes are compelled to rent the are had to interfere with me in the ad election. ' . ,, . M,,-,,. j.,.u, Ul w.. y. Ba.u. "The effect of his failure to sign the hill onil nrrlt no- tho lottor will ha tl ' . . ' . " intensify and continue the tight against' r.uun, vmh u, im .jmu, It hut rtomnftnit n rtrnt ao! tr.n 11 1 w, wv ... v.v . t. ..v. .wv.w... 1 Mr. Warner (Democrat, New York): "The president's letter will meet with unqualified approval from all tine friends of revanue reform." I Mr. Magulre (Democrat, California): 1,1 ?T'd.er It"" a Very..Va,1,,mble1 uuiiui luuiii'ii in nit; .Leiiiuuitui; iiiura- ture of the campaign, because It will remove from the minds of the people the impression derived from the letter of Mr. Wilson, that the tariff bill as amended by the senate was regarded by him as vicious, and Its enactment perfidious and dishonorable. His pres ent letter specifically points out his ob jection to the measure, which, fully conceding its merits as a great Btep in the direction of true tariff reform, and as affording a new and excellent point of vantage in the fight for Dem ocratlo principles." THE BLUEFIELDS AFFAIR. Washington, August 28. The state le- partmet is watching the development of the situation In Nicaragua with Jeal ous eyes and a firm determination that every American citizen who has In curred the ill will of the Nlcaraguan government shall receive Justice. Today a cablegram was received from United States Consul Bralda, at Greytown, stating that the prisoners taken by the Nlcaraguan troops at Blueflelds had ar rived at Greytown. Included were two American citizens, Will Bank and Lampton, and Mr. Hatch, British con sular agent at Blueflelds. While the Americans in Blueflelds are warned by our government to keep out of the squabble between Clarence and the Nlcaraguans, under penalty of, the Nlcaraguan law, there Is no dis guising the fact that the arrests of the Americans was made under ugly con ditlons. ' BLUEFIELD PRISONERS. Managa, August 28. The prisoners from Blueflelds arrived here today Among them were British Consular Agent Hatch and two Americans. They were released on parole. The foreign ers-will be tried by the civil courts and t:ie natives by court martial. WAITING FOR THE) TARIFF BILL. EI Paso, Tex., August 28. In th Mex. lean Central yard at Ctudad, Juarez, Mexico, are more than 300 cars of sil ver lead ores, waiting for the new tariff bill to go into effect before transferring to the United States. WILSON'S RENOMINATION. He Thinks Tariff Reform Has a Very Bright Future. Washington, August 28. Chairman Wilson left .today for West Virginia to bo present at the congressional conven tion of his district tomorrow. His re nomlnatlon is conceded without opposi tion. Mr. Wilson said today: "Tho outlook for genuine tariff re form Is very bright. We have taken the first, step, and that Is always the hardest, and having done that much and done it perfectly. It will bo easy to - proceed to the full realization of tariff reform. The great struggle has be?n to secure recognition of the prin ciple father than tho perfection of de tail. The detail must come by the Irre sistible force of circumstances now that the principle is obtained, "What is there tn the assertion that the resumption of tariff agitation next winter will bring a recurrence of busi ness?" , "That Is wholly unwarranted," Bald Mr. Wilson. "Ther- nl h nn iron,rJ al bill reaching ail the Industries, so of tho police board, Chief of Police Ham that legislation will not be such as to1 Won Armstrong, and Kate Dwyer, ma affect commercial affairs generally. The1 tron at Pllce headquarters.'; -tariff -rates will remain stable on al The charge of opening mail and also very ereat maioritv of nrtlHP. nnrt it I for conspiracy under statutes Numbers win mo. i.., , .. .J presentation of details will be necessary In order that the tariff reform placed " " books will be consistent as a Whole." I Mr. Wilson spoke In warm approval of President Cleveland's letter to Mr. ' Catching, saying it Is stron in the' expreseions and sentiments set forth. STRIKE INVESTIGATION. There Have Been No Orders for Evic. ' tlon of Tenants. i -" Chicago, Augu?4T 28. In the strike In- .. .. today, Vice-President j wlcke9j of tne ,,ullman Companyi sala 1 1 ' (m,nnnv haH Rn,,t r,nnnnn In hntlHIno- new cars for the' fair traftlc, and the tramc was not nearly as large as ex- i pected. He thought that the fair work with a cold stare. Governor Walte ( hadjpomctWng to do wlth the cauge of p,eaded ..,lot gullty.. claJmlnK ne had whcn thj rush wag over1ot opened the lettcP( mu tnat ,t9 con. been no orders for eviction. Very little effort haJ) becn mad(J tQ coUect th rent Mr WIckeg den,ed that tne pullman' company a nouHen. xne wuness was questloned ua to the ggja-g pald t0' ffl t decllned to an8Wer. I .. ' General NeIso A. Miles took the Bland after ,wich He den,e(J flatly t on hlg arrIva fpom, I UTd.1i nirfnn Via .u.miltii nrlth th. tran eral managers. When asked If it was i true he had declared that he had broken the backbone of the strike, the 1 general said that what he said was that he had broken the backbone of opposition to the federal troops. RAILROAD LOSSES. Chicago, August 28. In the Pullman strike Investigation today, Chauncey Kelsey, of the Chicago and Alton road, testified the damages sustained by that company during the strike was $286,360. The Chicago and Eastern Illinois re ported $21,600 loss, and the Chicago, Burlington and Qulncey $150,000 in de struction of property, with other losses not tabulated. IOWA DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS Cnilnr TCnnMa Tnnra Anmiat Oil AAT T Daniels, mayor of the city and grand secretary of the Order of Railway Conductors of America, was nominated for congress by the Fifth District Dem ocratic convention this afternoon. HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. Portland .August 2li. Receiver Mc Neill has given notice to the engineers ana firemen , that the schedule of wages proposed by him, with possibly some modifications, will go Into effect September 1st. SHOULD COME3 TO ASTORIA. Washington, August 28. The trip of the senate committee on commerce to l he Pacific coast for the purpose of selecting a point for a deep water har bor, will not be made until after the elections. TEXAS REPUBLICANS. Dallas, Tex.. August 28. The Repub lican state convention met here at noon. Juoge J. W. Makemsnn, of fJeorge town, will undoubtedly be nom inated for governor by acclamation. THE CZAR'S KIDNEYS. St. Petersburg, August 2.-The health of the Czar Is causing anxiety in Rus sia. He is threatened with grave kid ney trouble. FOR GRAY GABLES. Washington, August 28. It is the In tention of President Cleveland to leave for Gray Gables early tomorrow morn-' ing. j GOV. WAITE ARRESTED Charged With Conspiracy and Opening U. S. Mail. BLUFFS THE COMMISSIONER. The Knights of Pythias Have a Grand Uniform IUk Parade w Yesterday. v-v- - Associated Press. Denver, August,'. Warrants were Issued today for the arrest, of Gov- I ernor Walte, on a serious charge of I ....i.. ruiHInir lottir addressed opening and reading letters addressed UJJCIIIUS em ..0 to Mrs. Likens, formerly matron at the ollce headquarters. The warrant was lBSued by United States Commissioner Hlsdale, who also issued warrants for the arrest of President Dennis Munins, 3S92 and 6440. the,1 penalty for I wnlch a flne of not over $10,000 or two years" imprisonment, or both. The complaint was maue uy airs, li kens, and Investigated by Postofllce In- .. , xtm.,. Mr. McMechan laid i'ni matter before United States District At" rn Johnson, who this afternoon Ult u v tll.ll WtllIIUIIIli IIQatUHV fclV four persons mentioned. This was pre- sentcd to Commissioner Hinsdale, and he Issued warrants, which were plasc-d in the hands of Marshal Israel's asslst- ant. Bhortiy afterward tho warrants were served, and all tho parties named were arrested and taken, before Commfs- Hinsdale. Governor Walte cre- v whnn Drrmtv ITnltH ft,i. 1,1,-1... At. torney Rhodes stepped toward him with extended hand, the governor met him 1 tents had been read to him. The hear- ing of the case was set for Thursday, and lt BUgKef,ted "that ball flxed ftt ,5 th- prillunBr.B from hta-chair, paced. " the" floo'r. Ibid excUumed: . - 5 ' . ' i ! jy not g)ve bftILM j &m joverno of th,s BMg and theM weed, " 0 nnis-..raiion or my ontee. .' I will not g,vo bali, y0 may me . but r wlu not ve ba , V Finally the commissioner accepted the governor', personal recognizance to appeap for )n th Bu . T A npniAT- in Ti i nn mmsu. Over 15,000 Knights In Line on Pennsyl- vania Avenue. Washington, August 28. A feature. of the Pythian encampment was the grand parade of the uniformed rank this after noon. Fifteen thousand knights were In line, marching by state brigades, and the procession was more than two hours passing the presidential reviewing stand. Pennsylvania avenue was crowd ed by more than 100,000 people, a large part of them being visitors from out of the city. The president reviewed the procession from a small stand erected cn the curbing Just in front of the White House. Major-General Carnahan viewed the line near tho treasury department on Its return march, and the review was not ended until after 7 o'clock. Tonight the Marine Band gave a concert In Con vention Hall. THE KNIGHTS' PARADE. Washington, AugUBt 28. Preparation for the grand parade of the uniform rank engrossed tho attention of tho Pythlans today. The report of Supremo Chancellor Blackwoll deals In a vigor ous manner with the question arising from what he terms "organized rebel lion" of certain persons who persisted in publishing and using a German translation despite the refusal of the supreme lodge to permit such transla tion. He recommended that the ban against the Pythian sisterhood be lift ed. THE NEW COINER. San Francisco. A Spottti, who was recently, appointed coiner of the mint in this city, will Highest of all In Leavening Power. VST 1 1 C'J V'JS! H OXU iTk!luf iXli-4 assume his new duties next Saturday. Judge Charles M. Gorhman, the retir ing coiner, will close the business of his department on Friday afternoon. Judge Gorhman was appointed by Tresident Arthur, and has held the ofilce contin uously for twelve years. During his ad ministration of the coinage department at the San FrancUco mint ho has coin ed $273,500,000 In gold and 39,5O0,0tlO lu silver, a total of $313,000,000. THE TOPEKA ARRIVES. Brings News that the Queen Has Been Floated. ' i Port Townsend, August 28. The steamer City of' Topeka arrived from Alaska today and reports the steamer Queen, which wa-r stranded near Cor morant Island, was floated Sunday. The extent of her damages had not been as certained when the Topeka lefu Tho Topeka also brings news from Juneau that a fight occurred at Chll cat Inst week between drunken In dians, and that six Indiana were killed. SUPPLIES CUT OFF. Shanghai, August 28. It Ib reported here that Japanese transports, escorted by war vessels, are landing troops to the northward of Takhu with the Inten tion of marching upon Pekln. Another report says that the Japanese have suc ceeded In landing 20,000 men on the banks of the Yalu river, separating Co rea from China, and thus cut off the supplies of the large army whic h the Chinese sent down tho Corean penin sula. It Is also reported that tho French commissioner at Hong Tyons has been murdered by the soldiers of Gin Yeh. JAPANESE DRIVEN BACK. London, August 28. A dispatch to the Times from Shanghai dated August 29, says it is reported that tne Chinese forces, Joined by 5,000 Coreans, ho beaten back the Japanese army wlu. a heavy loss, to Kalscng, 40 milt north of Seoul. The Chinese are still ad vancing. They are helped everywhere by the Coreans. NEW JAPANESE MINISTER. Washington, August 28. Tho new Jap anese minister, Mr. SchlnU-hlre Kurlno, was presented to the president today. I . v , FOREST FIRES. . ' Duluth, Minn., Augunt 28.--Word whs received today from HJbblng that very extensive fires were driving into town the logging and mining operators. Near here, over 6,000 have arrived from one place, their camp having been burn ed as well as over 15,000 logs all ready to be hauled to the river. . ENVELOPED IN SMOKE. Port Townsend, August 28 -Big for est fires have been raging In the Olym pic mountains and on Vancouver Is. land for several days, and the straitu and lower Sound are enveloped tn a thick cloud of smoke, wholly obscuring the sun and endangering navigation. KILLED IN A COURT ROOM. Pleasant Hill, 111., August 28. James w: Barnes, a local.desperado. whlls b. Ing tried before the Jury' for disturb ing the peace, attempted to escape. E. W. Edom, the town clerk, intercepted Parnes, and th latter plunged a knife Into Edom's left breast, killing him In stantly. THE VIGILANT AGAIN. Southampton, August 28. Howard Gould has telegraphed the secretary of the Dartmouth regatta committee in forming him that the Vigilant will compete in the race on Friday. The Satanlta has also been entered in the race. HOW REFRESHING. Ontario, Cal., August 28. Considerable snow fell on the summit of Baldy moun tain today, something never known to happen in August before. At the time of tho snow storm tho thermometer stood at 00 in tho valley. MORE MINES CLOSE. Dover, N. H., August 28. Owing to tho refusal of the spinners to accept the ten per cent cut, all but one of the seven Cohocs mills were shut down today, stopping 14,000 looms. ADJOURNED SINE DIE. u.- Washington, August 28. Both houses ut coneretm adjourned sine die this af ternoon. Latest 17. S. Gov't Report T7