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JLSIORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION Mitt A. lit n . i I. JxUfT 1. A tff II IK I Jk. m ) "VOL. XLIH, NO. 121. ASTORIA. OREGON, WEDNESDAY. jTokKIXU, NOVEMBER 21, 1894., PRICE, FIVE CKNTsT Nothing in Osgood pipimiiE co. "he 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 cat. sleeo and -wear Clothes? Music should brighten every homo and the piano with its compliment of shoot music should be placed 'within the reach of all. We have 1 . ... ...... ,'l V., 3000 pieces of sheet music that we are selling at iuc a Miuei. uu have paid from 40c to 00c for the same. GRIFFIN & REED. $2 FOR fli $80 LOT rv RFr.nMlNP, A . YOU CAN GET A FIRST. CLASS - TO ASTORIA. LOTS WILL BE DELIVERED YVfctK.Li. . NOW IS THE TIME TO PROCURE A Iiot to Build a Home or The Packers of Choice. lolumbia River Salmon Their Brands KAKR. LOCATION. BRAND. AOSHTS. AT f Astoria Pk'g Co. Astoria Pk gCo- Atoria "fiJjjE: ' Boom A.Pk'gCo Aorl.'..L g'v!!.0:.!.: A-Booth Bon. Chlcigo ColabiaElrerrkgCo Vlo. - " Cutting Pkg Co... Hw Kra.cl.00 KLn.oroSan.uel A..- &Tfe o.. George SB.rker Astoria...-- tfi3ME Ge0 Barker A. tori J, a MegliffcOo nrookfleli. Ug.St. George.. J.G. Megler. Brooknold Wu (Fishermen's...... pMhermiin'i . . SHOCKS CONTINUE. Two Hundred Bodies Taken From the Ruins of. One House. Rome, Nov. 20. Earthquake shock continue at Milezzo on the north csast of the island of Sicily, and the fact that the volcano of Stromboll is near ly n a state of eruption, is accepted as proof that the disturbances are of volcanic origin. The inhabitants of Milezzo continue In a state of terror. Reports, from the province of Rebbio de CaJebra state that 200 corpses have been extricated from the ruins of a ' house at Procopla. Forty-eight bodies were found beneath the ruins of a church. The number of persons in jured Is said to be enormous. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. a rvanrivn. Nor. 20. Arrived The schooner Kate and Ann, from Yaqulna Bay. Cleared Umatilla, for Victoria and Port Townsend; bark Carrollton, for Kanaimo; bark Don Adolfo, for Be. a In rwoarted United States steamer Rush, search cruise; State of Califor. nla. for Astoria and Portland. Freights ajid charters American ship John C Potter, coal from Depart ure Bay to San Francisco. A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. Washington, Nov. 20. While return Overcoats Will give you tuch eatis fi'.ction at reasonable prices as our lines of overcoats for fall of 1894 and 1895 at $ 10 also $13.50 and $15. Also oui jincs of "Men's and Boys' Clothing:, . Furnishing - Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots. Shoes, Trunks, Valises, etc as low as the lowest. Hatters and Furnishers STREET, ASTORIA, OR. I MEMBER OF HILL'S LOT CLUBS LOT IN HILL'S -FIRST , ADH'.'JiaiN $2 and Locations. ing to Woodley last eer.reg, President Cleveland tripped on a iicr.e and sprained his ankle. THE MARKET3 New York, Nov. 20. Hops, steady. San Francisco. Nov. 20. Wheat. No. 1 shipping quality. 1 l-492 1-4, with 93 8-4 for choice; milling gTades, M 1-4 a Liverpool, Nov. 20. Wheat, firm; de mand, poor; No. 1 red winter, 4s Id; do spring, 6s 2d. Hops at London, Pacific Coast, firm; demand moderate; new crop, IZ 15 JO f J. RACING AT SAN FRANCISCO. Bn WnnrltuvL Nov. 28 About six furlongs, maiden z-year-oias, Koaegap, won in 8even furlongs, selling Trix, 1:27. About six furlongs, 2-year-olds, TV 1-14 1.1 One mile, l-year-olda Senator Irby, 1:41 1-2. ' Five furlongs, selling Tartarian, 1:00 -L COAL MINE ACCIDENT. Wellsbur. W. Va., Nov. 20. An ex plorton in the Blanrhe coal mine at Colliers, Va.. killed ven men and In lured a number. A half dozen are till missing'. EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. 1 A i ftV Ml MV i . Ml ll VUIJI ULl KJM iiwuuty . ( Worked a Corpse Racket on the Life Insurance Companies. ' - i ' THE BRITISH SHIP HARLAND. ' , i' f Long Overdue at San Diego Wa Chartered For the Columbia j River. . f, Irsociated Press. f Philadelphia, Nov. 20. The arch-con. spirator, H. H. Holmes, accompanied, ;fled to administer oaths, and will then by Mrs. Hltzel and a pretty Woman proceed to perform the functions of who calls herself Mrs. Holmes, arrived governor. When asked whether fighting hero today from Boston In custody of ' would ensue, Crandall said: "The Detective Crawford and Special Agent oates men have the militia to back Perry, of the Fldsllty Mutual Life A3them in support of the administration, sociation. Holmes is under arrest for while we have not many arms; but attempting to Bwlnffle an Insurance ' you know what Napoleon said about company by means of a corpse. On the train he told the story of his life to a detective. He said he went to col lege in Detroit, Mich. Here he form, ed the acquaintance of a medical Btu dent who he said furnished the body In New York In the present case. He refused to divulge his name. During their vacations they worked on farms to raise their college expenses, but one summer they found themselves wltp cmt means, and then the medical m.-n suggested the Idea of getting a body and beating an insurance' company. This was twelve years ago. The doctoi had his life insured for J12.000. They obtained a body In Chicago, took It East, arranged the details of identl' ficatlon, and successfully got the mon ey with which they continued their studies. He refused to namo the eonv pany thus Bwindled. They worked, the scheme afterwards with success,"., ob taining sums ranging from 10,009 to $20,000. Once Holmes got his life in sured for $20,000. He went to a hotiJ in Rhode Island. At that time- he wore a beard. He secured a corpse ifi Chicago, cut oft the head and took tlx.1 body to. a lonely spot not far from hotel. Then he shaved off his beard, returned to the hotel, asked for Holm ju. and engaged a room to wfl.lt for him. He had brought the head with him,' and burned It beyond recognition In the fireplace' of the hotel. Thls never fell through. His mother and his wife, when they discovered irte scheme, threatened to tell the police, and Holmes fled to the West.. He said eighteen years ago he fell In with a typewriter girl in Chicago, and fur- niBhed a house on the outskirts where they lived together. A younger sister came to visit them, and the woman grew so Jealous of her that In a quar rel one day Bhe struck her over the head with a stool and killed her. To save the woman with whom -he lived, Holmes said he put the body in a trunk, loaded It with stones, and sunk It in the lake. Holmes is not lacking for money, as he himself admitted that at the present time he Is sup porting nearly two dozen persons. TO MEET OUR GOVERNMENT. Sir Charles Rivers Coming to America This Week. London, Nov. 20. Sir Charles Riv ers Wilson, ex-controller of the na llonal debt office, who sails tomorrow for New York as a representative of the shareholders of the Central Pacl. fio road, said today: -"I do not go to the United States with plenary powers, to take action In the case of Mr. Huntington, and his friends will refuse to carry out my recommendations. Upon arriving in New York I shall see Messrs. Hun ting-ton, Bfotherton and Hubbard, and Inquire fully Into the situation. I shall then go to Washington and have an Interview with the- United States gov. ernment, if I can get them to receive me, about the extended government ac tion In January next. I am told Pres ident Cleveland and his cabinet are in. cllned to take the place of the com pany In control of the road, and they may perhaps receive me in a friendly desire to protect the Interests of a large body of people who are sufferers through no fault of their own. The friendly action of the government would perhaps fcrlng about a renewal of maturing bonds for a long time at a low rate of interest, and would pro duce the best impreosion abroad and materially assist In the popularity of American securities.. I shall go rrom Washington to San Franolsco, as my mission has two sides. I shall inquire into the condition of the Central Pa cific, and then Into its relations with the Southern Pacific. After I am fully Informed I shall decide what I think the best course for the shareholders to follow." WILL PROVE A SUCCES8. Washington, Nov. 20. The Indica tions are that the present government ion nf iMooo.000 will not only prove I - ..... .Vin. fti. n cc-rr-c.l t nf L BUUTHW, UUl. . ' ..... r. - n bids will be far in excess of the amount of bonds to be issued. As fast as re- ! celved bids are immediately placed un- opened in the treasury vaults, so that At lg impossible to know In advance of I opening, next Saturday at noon, the names of the bidders, the amounts wa for, or the prices offered. WILL HAVE TWO GOVERNORS. Col. Kolb Will Take the Oath of Of fice Just the Sams. Washington, Nov. 20. Col. Lee Cran dall, who ran for congress on the Kolb Democratic ticket against Gen. Wheel er In the Eighth Alabama DlBtrlct, is at the Populist headquarters fresh from conference of Kolb men at which it was determined to issue a manifesto published today. Crandall fays that Col. Kolb will be duly sworn as governor by some magistrate qua! the right THE NEW CZAR. He Shows Himself to Be in Favor of Reforms. London, Nov. 20. A dispatch from St. Petersburg to the Times says that sixty women and students have been arrested at Warsaw in connection with the Issue of the proclamation advising the Poles to decline to swear allegi ance to Nicholas. A Vienna dispatch to the Dally New says the Czar Nicholas In consultation with the grand dukes, declared It his Intention to abolish the secret court of police and the state of siege. He also favored the freedom of the press. ,, WHERE IS THE HARLAND? San Francisco, Nov. 20. Considerable nxiety is being felt for the safety 6f the British shlf Harland, which left London fcr San Diego 182 days ago. fche was sighted June 20th last, not far oft the coast of Spain, and since then nothing has been heard from her. She was chartered prior to her ar rival to lead wheat at Portland, and unlqss Bhe arrives In a day or two she will not be B.bleto make Portland In time to save her charter. BUDD'3 EXPENSE ACCOUNT. Stockton, Cal., Nov. 20. Oovernor. elect Budd filed his schedule of elec tion, expenses'' with the'-county recorder today. The total expenses of his can vass Is certified to be JG83.75. Of this sum the greater portion was expended for railroad fare and hotel bills. Ac cording to his affidavit accompanying the schedule, Budd received no money to aid him In his campaign from any source. GOT A LONG SENTENCE. Jefferson City, ,Mo., Nov. 20. The su preme court today sentenced Marlon Hedgepeth to twenty-five years im prisonment. In the spring; of 1892 he, with several others, robbed a Frisco express car on the St. Louis Co. of nearly $17,000, and $3,000 worth- of vaV uablea. Only a small portion of the plunder was ever recovered. 1 -K. OF L. ELECTION. . New Orleans, Nov. 20. Grand Master Sovereign was re-elected today with out opposition in the Knights of Labor assembly.. Bishop, of Massachusetts, and Merritt, of Colorado, were nominat ed for foreman, the place now held by Bishop. The latter was elected. Sea. retary and Treasurer Hayes was re elected. A TOUGH WOMAN. San Francisco, Nov. 20. While Thom as Russel was sawing wood in his back yard this afternoon his wife, Maggie, took a shot at him from the porch. The bullet struck Russel In the back, Inflicting a fatal wound. The woman then threatened to shoot the police man who came to her husband's as sistance. The couple have been mar ried years, and have had frequent quarrels. W. C. T. U. ELECTION. Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 20. At today's session of the W. C. T. U., Frances E. Wlllard was elected president, with Mrs. Stephen vice-president at large, Mrs. Clara Hoffman wa unanimous ly elected recording secretary; Mrs. Helen M. Barker was re-elected treas urer by a rising vote. MRS. NARCISSA WHITE KINNEY. Cleveland, Nov. 20. In the W. C. T U. eonventlon today after the election of Mls Wlllard as president, Mrs. Narclssa White Kinney, of Oregon, led devotional services. . SALMON CANNERIES SOLD. Vancouver, B. C, Nov. 20. Four more BritUh Columbia salmon cannt-ries have passed into the bands of an Eng lish syndicate. These are the Light house cannery on the Fraser, two on Nans river, and on on the Skeena. A Seven Are Dead and Several Injured by an Explosion. FRfcNCH STEAMER COARDED. Two Americans Arrested by Japan . eso Authorities Were Navy Destroyers. Associated PresSj. Wheeilng. W. Va., Nov. 20.-The most appalling mine disaster that ever hap pened in this section of the country, I occurred today shortly after noon, at the Blanche Coal Mines, on the Pan handle road at Colliers station. A new miner, an Italian, put on an overcharge blast which ignated the coal dust in the mine, and a fearful explosion fol lowed, carrying death and destruction In its path. There were f.orty-elght men In the mine at the', time, and the following are known to; be dead: Michael Rooney. '; '' " ' Thos. Jordan, ' '' ' Thos. Tucker, married. David Rowland, married. John Donnelly, married, leaves ten children. ' Antonio Battle, married. Mazzle Glssiedeo,- married. The following were badly Injured: Jose Refel, married. Raffle Neckl, will die Jasper Lawrence. Thomas Harris, colored; After the explosion there was a ter rific whirlwind in the mine, carrying everything before It. ' Donnelly and Rooney were in the mine some distance away and were going toward the mouth. The force of the explosion drove them nearly a hundred yards out of the mouth of the mine, and landed Rooney on the car track, killing him Instantly, while Donnelly landed In the gully, striking his head against a post. His brains were dashed out and scattered for yards around. His wife was first to find him. A SMOKESTACK ACCIDENT. Over 125 Persons Are Injured by Fly ing Glass and: Debris. Chicago, Nov. 20. A sixty foo$ steel smokestack was .turn down from-the University Club building' by the wind today, and crashing lttto a skylight of the Handy Abstrlact building on Wash, ington street, drove a shower of broken glass in to the offices tclow, dangerously wounding two men and outtlng and bruising almost every on of the 125 people In the offices. The dangerously hurt are H. H. Handy, president of the Handy Abstract Co., and C. O. Fostrlck. The seriously in jured are ex-United States Attorney Mllchrist, Taylor H. Snow, real estate dealer, G. A. Talman, clerk, J. O'Con nor, clerk, M. H. Brown, attorney. Jt Is not thought that either Handy or Fosdrlck's Injuries will prove fatal, al though both suffered severely from the loss of blood. TWO AMERICANS. Contract With China to Destroy Jap an's Navy. Victoria, B. C, Nov. 20. The Em press of China arrived today, bringliiR Yokohama advices to November. 9th, Some excitement has been created In Yokohama: by Ahe detention of the Occidental and Oriental steamer Gae. Ho on her outward voyage to Hong Kong, In order that a search for con traband goods might be made by the Japanese authorities. On the evening of November 4th two torpedo boat took positions on either side of the Gaelic, and were presently followed by a guard ship containing a detach ment of marines. A group of custom house officers went aboard and asked permission to examine the cargo., ex plaining that they had Received in formation that contraband wares had been stripped at San Francisco. Cap tain Heame protested against the search, but otherwise made no opposi tion. The proceedings .wers conducted with perfect courtesy on both sides. After a partial inspection the buslnesir was postponed for the night, but was resumed the next day, when the ship was allowed to go on her way. Ac cording to general report, two of bei passengers were known to be naval ex- Take no Substitute for Royal Baking: Powder. It is Absolutely Pure. All others contain alum or ammonia. perts, and possessors of some secret engine of destruction which was be lieved to be hidden in their baggage. While the search was going on the parties took passage on the French steamer Sydney for Kobe. There they were arrested. The ship ' itself was not seized because the captain was be lieved to be In Ignorance of the char acter of the persons arrested. There is no question but that the persons ar rested are In the service of China. They bore letters to Li Hung Chang from the envoy at Washington, and also a formal contract promising to pay $1,000,000 for the destruction of the Japanese navy, and a specified sum for every merchant ship destroyed. It ap pears that $100,000 have already been padd on account. They claim to be Americans. . JAPAN DECLINES. Wants China to Come to Her Direct. Toklo, Nov. 20. It is learned that the Japanese government have sent a reply to the note of United States Mlnlstf-r Dun asking whether the ten der by the president of the United States of his good offices In the Inter est of restoring peace In the eastwould be agreeable to Japan. Before "reach ing a conclusion the mlnlsty gave the matter consideration for several days, and finally stated to Mr. Dun that although the friendly sentiments which prompted the government and people of the United States were deeply ap preclted, the state of the Japanese ar my had been such that the Chines should approach Japan directly on the subject.. CORRESPONDENCE PUBLISHED. The China-Japan Letters Leading Up to the War are Made Public. Washington, Nov. 20. The Japanese govirnment has anticipated the recent offers of China to foreign powers to furnish complete official correspondence leading up to the present war, and has Itself made public this correspondence. It Is published in full as part of the recent proceedings of the Japanese diet which has been received by the Jap anese legation here. Most of the con troversy has already been made known to the public but the official letters between China and Japan give the first account of the sharp diplomatic fencing between the countries up to a few days before the war. FIGHTING NEAR PORT ARTHUR, The Japanese Are Victorious on This - : Occasion. . ' Shanghai, Nov. 20. The Mercury publishes a telegram stating that the Japanese renewed the attack on the Chinese forces 20 miles from Port Ar thur, at the some place where they were repulsed on Sunday with the re. ported loss of 000 men. The Chinese made an obstinate resistance, but the Japanese ultimately succeeded in drlv. Ing them from their entrenchments. The losses on both sides were severe. The Chinese forces fled to Port Arthur. THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT SAT ISFIED. Washington, Nov. 20. The Japanese legation here have received word that the French government expresses Itself satisfied that the Japanese authorities have acted properly In boarding the ' French steamer Sydney and arreting Moore, formerly of the Chinese lega tion here, and an American named Wilde, charged with plotting to de stroy the Japanese navy. FOUR WERE KILLED. "i Philadelphia, Nov. 20.-Two persons, were instantly killed, one fatally, and a fourth seriously Injured at Washing ton Lane crossing today in a train ac .Ident. The Killed are Jos. Mehan, age! 79, of Pulpehocken; Patrick La tey, flagman, aged 60. Injured Mrs. Mhan, aged 65, internally Injured and skull fractured; Mrs, Smith, aged 40, the fourth occupant of the carriage, was Injured Internally. CELEBRATED COMPOSER DEAD. St. Petersburg, Nov. 20. Anton Gro nor Rubinstein, the celebrated Runslan pianist and composer, died today of heart disease, at Petrbof. A LOTTEUYMAN DEAD, Now Orleans, Nov. 20. Paul Conrad died here today. He was president of the Louisiana Lottery Company, and of the Honduras Company. . 7 ' s