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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 15, 1894)
iiTT.SHl!! 1MMASS0CMI0H. ... r' ':'; Vfvr- . -";usi J, A JK-- r ; r.'y'.t 3 nmtmmir EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. VOL. XLIII, NO. 11C. ASTORIA. OREGON, THURSDAY J10UNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1894. . M i Hi 111 19 ; m f A Railroad some of the best and leading trade is sufficient, that we are not surpassed either in excellency, or lowness in price. Osgood Pwtm Go. The One Price Clothiers, 506 and 508 COMMERCIAL You Can't Eat a Piano Nor wear it nor live in it. Consequently it is not really a necessity. But do we live just to eat, sleep and wear clothes? Music should brighten every homo and the piano with its compliment of sheet music should be placed within the reach of all."- We have 3000 pieces of sheet music that we are selling at 10c a sheet. You have paid from 40c to COc for the same. GRIFFIN & REED. (to fOR fljt $80 ItOTI , BY BECOMING A MEMBER OF HILL'S LOT CLUBS YOU CAN GET A FIRST CLASS LOT IN -HILLS FIRST ADDITION .v-w .o-rAniA i rvr'c'wii i bn ntn ivpbeti WEFKI.Y. JL 'a NOW IS THE TIME TO PROCURE A Lot to Build a Jlome, for The Packera of Choice !olumbia River Salmon Their Brands XAMB. LOCATION. BBAlfD. AQIMTS. AT Astoria Fk'gCo. Kinney'a H. J. Kinney. AitotU......-. John A. Berlin.. Jjooth A.Pk'gCo Astoria . ol.?.!!.! A-Booth Sons Chicago ColumbURlrerrkKCo Mori. Cocktail Cutting Fig Co Bin Krulclioo Wmore Samuel Astoria. UXfiwZZ .1 'ori - Qeorgaft Barker Astoria. gSmont!!!::.' fle0"9 Barker Aitorla J, a Megler ft Co Brookflold...... tag, St. George J. G. Meglor... Biookfleld Wn ) Fishermen's...... Bi.kernicn'a . . Scandinavian r,BpJ?Co .-. A,,orU Fishermen' ' 1 , - Str. R. P. Leave fop Tillamook as the oeathef The steamer R. P. Elmore connects with through tickets are issued trom roruana w imi' r by the Union Pacific Company. Ship freight by Union,Pacifk Steamers. F.LTIORE S NBORN & CO., - Agents, Astoria. UNOIN PACinC R. R. to Astoria Is what i8 interesting a great many who are "looking this way for an investment. And it should be equally as inter esting to you where to look for. the best place to trade while buying your Men's and Boys' Clothing, Furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoe3, Trunks, Valises, etc. and the fact that we are making for, " and furnishing Hatters and Furnishers STREET, ASTORIA, OR. !2 and Locations. ELMORE Every foap Days as Jlear mill permit Union Pacific steamers for Portland and CO., AjenU, PortUiH. Dana Thinks There is Room for Improvement, i ' . HEAVY STORMS IN ENGLAND. Towns are Inundated and Great Property Loss isSusfalned-Other Telegraphic Sews. Associated Press. Boston, Nov. 14. Rlchaid H; Da na, of Cambridge, Mass., tonight ad dressed the Ohurch congress on "The Sunday Newspaper." He said for the purposes of comparison, he had ob tained twenty-one papers from the ories of Boston, New York, Philadel phia, Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Louisville, and San Fran cisco. What first Impressed him was the size of the Journals, the average ol them being In ' reading matter alone equal to one and one-half times the contents of the new testament. The Illustrations of the papers were for the most part crude and Inartistic. , The moral effect of five of them was bad and two very doubtful. Many of the oomlo pictures relied on vulgarity for their wit. Only two papers out of the twenty-one had anything like a serious bit of church reading. One of these had two columns and a half headed Church Circles," containing original hymn, short prayer, and an address, and a very good one, too, on bravery. This constituted about a pne thous andth part of the paper. The characteristic of Sunday papers Mr. Dana had examined, was a belit tling of the subjects treated, so as tc bring them down to the Intelligence of Inferior minds. 'In concluding, Mr. Dana said: "So far I have spoken of Sunday papen only as It Is at present. As to what It might be made in the future, if millions of papers taken into millions of families on Sundays could give them the news in a short, dignified manner, with some well thought out discussion of interesting topics of the day, stories of good style and elevating tendency, adapted to the general reader, helpful literature, and suggestions for reading, good poetry, and a' fair variety of what Is at least not harmful, and altojother about one-third of the present length, then, though I believe most of us would be better without it, still It would be a great Improvement over the present state of affairs, and perhaps In some families would possibly be a real benefit. The present condition of pa pers is .lowering, not elevating. Every foreigner coming to this country ob serves the fact, and every true man, be he American or" foreign born, la ments It." Rev. Robert A. Holland, D. D., of St. Louis, In a masterly manner, show ed how the newspaper of the present day was a search light thrown Into every hiding place. 'Its condemnation turns crowns to death caps. Many a rich scamp fears it who does not fear the civil laws. The Sunday newspaper without detain ing the few who seek the highest heav en, saves millions of poor souls from listless stupor or Ignorant pastimes by drawing their Interest In the world's dally life to ampler reading than work days permit. It is their own books, their museum, their art gallery." POSTMASTER GENERAL'S REPORT Estimate of Expenses for the Coming Year. Washington, NoV. 14. Owing to the illness of the second assistant post master general, Nellson, the report of his office is made by Geo. F. Stone, who Is acting in his stead. The report deals with that branoli of the postal service which looks after the mall transportation. For the Star services. it is shown that there are 19,375 routes, wlth an aggregate length of 201,557 miles, and the total of miles travelled Is 113,670,338, at an expense of 5,84C,856, and the estimate for next year Is $5,875,000. Consideration la being given the feasibility of utilizing electric and other rapid motor street car lines to facilitate the transportation of mails In Important cities between the mjiln offices and branch offices, and to and from the main station. The cost of the railway mall service was 3,212,356, and the estimate for next year Is $3,205,000 The railway poetofllce clerks cost $5,878,194, and the estimate for nett year Is $7,333,000. The total number of pouches of mail handled was 10,532,234, 263, In which but 1,281,094 errors were made. STORMS IN ENGLAND. London, Nov. 14. The storm contin ues In the channel and throughout England. A Norwegian ship has been driven ashore near Dover. The cap tain and several seamen were drown ed while trying to land In one of the ship'f boats. The rivers Avon and Sour has been overflowed, and In Dev onshire many Inhabitants sought ref use on the house-tops. A la-ge number of cattle and sheen have been drowned. The Thames has risen four feet at Richmond. YESTERDAY'S STORM IN ENGLAND Great Loss to Both Life and Property, London, Nov; 14. During the Btorm today a Flushing pilot was run down by a steamer, and eight of the cutter's crew were drowned. An unknown two masted vessel was seen oft Guerns?y during the gale this morning. ' Suddenly she disappeared, and It Is thought she foundered, taking all her crew down with her. further reports from the south and east of England report tnor mous losses to property. A number of villages are Inundated, and the wrecking of several small vessels la reported. ..... 1 NEW YORK'S POLICE FORCE. Should Be Divorced From Aft Political Control. New York, Nov. 14. At a meeting today of the Board of Trade and Trans portation, this resolution was passed: Resolved, That the New York Board of Trade and Transportation believes the police force of the city of New York should be divorced from all po litical" control, and that It should be constituted on some such basis as tha army of the United States or state of New York, with a commander-in-chief, and all grades of officers who -shall rise from the ranks, and that provision shall be made for court-martial and for appointments to the force by the strictest civil service rules with pro motions based on civil service examina tion, and this according to the worth of the applicant. NOTHING SENSATIONAL. Washington, Nov. 14. There Is noth ing sensational In the statement that Assistant Secretary Hamlin has been designated by the president to act for the coming six months as secretary of the treasury In the absence of Secretary Carlisle from the department. The de. slgnatlon of Hamlin to act as secretary is In continuation of the custom which has prevailed In the treasury depart ment ever since Carlisle had been sec retary. Each of the three assistants serve in their capacity for a half-year In rotation, and- as acting secretary, they elRii all papers of a routine char acter, thus relieving the secretary ot this- onorous duty.' - WILL GET IT CHEAP. New York, Nov. 14. It is believed the largest subscribers for a govern ment loan will "be Drexel, Morgan & Co., the United States Trust Co., J. and W. Sellgman, . Brown BrosM Kuhne, Loebe & Co., and Speyer & Co., some of whom will act as agents of the Eng lish and German financial institutions, John A. Stewart, president of the Unit. ed States Trust C, said today: "The circular asking for bids Issued by Sec retary Carlisle protects the govern. ment. The government will not have to pay a cent more than three per cent for the money." GOLD STANDARD FOR HONDURAS Washington, Nov, 14. The secretary of the treasury has been Informed that the present eurrency of British Hondu ras was demonetized October 25, 1894. The demonetized coins will be redeem able at the rate Of 50 cent for curren. cy for each dollar of demonetized cur- rency... Gold dollars will hereafter be the standard coin of Honduras. Hlth erto the currency has been silver coins of Central and South America. The effect of this action, therefore, Is the demonetization of silver. THE REPORT CONFIRMED. Sophia, Bulgaria, Nov. 14. A report received by the London Dally News from Constantinople November 12th, that 3,000 Armenians have been mas sacred In the Sassoun region near Moosh, Turkish Armenia, during tha recent attacks by Kurds, Is seemingly confirmed by a story which reached Varna that a force of Bashl Bassouka had raided the Armenian villages and wounded and killed 6,000 persons. THE TRAIN ARRIVES. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 14. The Mis souri, Kansas and Texas train No. 2, whk-h was held up at Muskogee last night, has arrived here. The two Wag ner cars look as though they had been through a battle. The bandits Intlm ldated the passengers by firing through the windows. The robbers secured over $500 and about forty watches and other artlfUes of Jewelry. IMPRISONED HIS BRIDE. Lexington, Ky.. Nov. 14. Whitehall Castle, the residence of General Cas slus M. Clay, tat closed to all visitors today. General Clay, fearful that some harm may come to his brldo, will not allow her to leave the house. IVES STILL LEADING. New York, Nov. 14. At the close of tonight's billiard game, the score was Ives, 1S00; Sohaefer, 1100, IE NICARAGUA CANAL A'Numhcr of Senators Favor Its Completion! THE CHINA-JAPAN WAR. The European Powers Interfere With the United States' Offer of Medlatlon-Anothcr Capture. Arsoclated Press, Baltimore, Nov. 14. The manufac turers record of this week will publish special letters from a large number ot United States senators and congress man oHvino- their views on whether the government should" give financial aid to secure the early construction of the Nicaragua canal. The letters are equal ly divided between pemoorata and He publicans. Senator Sherman, of Ohio, writes he is thoroughly committed to the construction of the canal, and cm Dhaslzea the report made to the senate In favor of government aid. Senator Walsh, of Georgia, says the Nicaragua canal Is the greatest enter prise before . the business world. He helleves It should be built and controll ed by the United States government; that It would open new markets for our products, and enable us to successfully compete with European nations foi the trade of Spanish American coun tries and the countries of the Orient. 8enator Allison, of Iowa, Hon. C. H. Grosvernor. of Ohio; Hon. Geo, D. Wise of Virginia; Hon. Alevander McDow ell, of Pennsylvania, and Hon. W. M. Curtis, of New York, also write in a similar strain. FOR CURRENCY REFORM. It Will be a Subject of the President's Message to Congress. New York, Nov. 14. It Is reported that the president Is considering tha idea of submitting to the country a plan for currency reform, The subject will be a dominant feature of the mes sage to congress In Pecember, and It Is said he will favor many of the sug gestions made by the Bankers' Na tional convention at Baltimore In Sep. tember. The Baltimore plan provides for a guarantee fund obtained by levying a small tax upon all banks, this fund to txrvmed "to -pay the notes of banks Which become Insolvent. As sistant Secretary of the Treasury Jor dan Is urging upon the president to recommend to congmis the appoint ment of a non-partisan currency com mission. . , . JAPANESE OCCUPY TALIEN WAN Washington, Nov. 14. The Japanese minister, Mr. Kurino, has received the following cable from Toklo: Our army occupied Tallen Wan on the 8th Inst,, having destroyed the Chinese torpe does. Our fleet, transports, and torpe do boats are safely anchored In the bay. The torpedo station, with Its equipments, charts and submarine tor pedoes, eight cannon and ten telephone lines and the telegraph, has been cap tured. THEY MADE THEIR APOLOGY. Tien Tsln, Nov. 14. Officials of the Chinese government this morning made the apologies demanded by the British government -officials for the outrages committed by Chinese soldiers on the British steamship Chang In August. The Chang, King was saluted by the guns of the Taku forts, and the re quired apology made to the British minlBter. MURDER AND SUICIDE. Nashville, Tfenn., Nov. 14. Charfoel lor Andrew Allison, of this city, was shot and Instantly killed this after noon In the corridor of the courthouse by .George K. Whltworth, six years past clerk , and master of the court. WhKworth' then shot and fatally wouned himself. Chancellor Allison's son, Granville, was appointed a few days ago to succeed1 Whltworth as clerk tomorrow. MUCH SOUGHT AFTER. London, Nov. 14. The United States loan of $50,000,000 is hunted after every where by financiers desirous of taking a portion of It. The Rothschilds have cabled the Belmont Banking house to Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report vn AESflUJSSCf Rim i subscribe to a loan promptly In their name. THEY ALL WANT A SLICE. Eurooean Powers Stand in the Way of the China-Japan Settlement Washington, Nov. 14. It Is becoming more evident that the interference of European powers is a stumbling bl.nk; in the wav of a settlement of the Chi na-Japan wxr through the mediation of the United States, nearly all having Interests In the East which they re- gard as paramount to our own. An official who has given mucn at tention to the subject, expressed the opinion that Russia will never consent to anything which If oka like the In definite occupation of Corea by Japan unless she Is herself allowed to take possession of a portion of Corea for the eastern terminus of the Siberian rail road, France Is reported to have de- manded a coaling station on the is land of Formosa and Great Britain has reached for the Island ot Chusen. , A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION. . Thirty-seven Powder Kegs Blown Up at Marshfield. Marshfleld, Or., Nov. 14. James G. West and Terry Dolan were badly burned today by an explosion of thirty seven kegs of black powder at the government rock quarry. They were preparing to shoot three hundred kegs of powdi" when thirty-seven were ac cidentally Ignited. Dolan was brought to town this evening and Is now In the receiving hospital. West's injuries are slight, bijt Dolan is in a precarious condition. This Is the third explosion that has happened at the quarry, and the cause Is attributed to carelessness. THE MARKETS. San Francisco, Nov. 14. Wheat Shipping wheat, 90o for good No. 1 quality, with 91 l-4c for choice; possi bly 92 1-2 would be obtainable for something fanoy. In the call board this morning December wheat sold at 97 1-2, being an advance of 4 l-2o over sales for the same option. Liverpool, Nov. 14. Wheat, firm; holders offer sparingly;' No. 2 red win ter, 4s 9d; do, spring, 5s. Hops at London, Paclflo Const, firm) demand moderate; new crop, 12 15dO 3. . : . New York, Nov. 14. Hops, steady. Portland, Nov. 14. Wheat market la firm and active. Valley, 7577 1-2; Wal la Walla, 66 l-268 1-2. '. . CALIFORNIA TURF.' San Francisco, Nov, 14. About six furlongs, selling Empress of Norfolk, 1:13. About six furlongs, 2-year-olds Flint, 1:12 8-4. Five furlongs, selling Joe Cotton, 1:01 1-4. Mile and a half, six hurdles Lodo wick, 2:46 1-4. Six furlongs, selling Sir Richard, 1:13 1-2. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Ban Francisco, Nov, 14. Arrived U. S. S. Pearl, from Ounakuka; schooner Spokane, from Wlllapa Harbor. Cleared Wellington, for Nanalmo; Columbia, for Astoria and Portland; ship Seafare, for Tacoma; bark Wllna, for Nanalmo. Departed Point Loma, for Gray's Harbor; schooner Wetfoot, for Gray's Harbor. STANFORD'S VICTORY. i Palo , Alto, Nov. 14. Stanford won Its first victory of the season today by defeating tha Reliance team of Oak land by a score of 20 to 0. Stanford outclassed the Reliance at every point. GERMAN SALT DUTIABLE. Washington, Nov. 14. Attorney Gen eral Olney has decided that salt from Qrrmany Is dutiable. HE LIKES IT. Providence, R. I., Deo. 14, 1893. , Typewriter Department: Gentlemen About a year ago I pur chased a Franklin typewriter from your agent, Mr. O. W. Birch. For my business I find the Franklin Is the best machine I know of, as I often require from ten to fifteen copies of as many different papers. I can recommend the Franklin to all who wish a practical typewriter. Your respectfully, WINTHROP ft TINKHAM. - W. I. Crawford Is agent for Franklin. the tz -cp