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Astoria Publlo Library AjtjiinOr ASTORIA FUBLIC IOS7 ASSOCMi fi on EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. ASTORIA iOREGOX, WEDNESDAY MOUNING, NOVEMBER 28, 1894. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. VOL. XLIIL NO. 127. I B .IIP 2 1 Cold Day For Turkeys Osgood ptpjiTM go. "he The One Price Clothiers, 506 and 508 COMMERCIAL TOYS. The space that we gave for toys last year was not half large enough to aocomodate the great gatherings aud curious and gretiy things for this, holiday season. - That's why we've rented the store-room farther up the street and fitted it up a3 a reception room for the- Dolls and Mechanical Toys and many of the other playthings that the little folks delight in. It's like a minature fairyland to the tots. You'll enjoy a stroll up and down the aisles among these ingenious bits. So would the children. GRIFFIN & REED. fORflJl $80 LOT nv RPrnMiNfi A YOU- CAN GET A FIRST CLASS TO ASTORIA. LOTS WILL BE. NOW IS THE TIME TO PROCURE A $2 liot to Build a Home ior The Packers of Choice olumbia River Salmon r- Their Brand and Locations. . NAM ft. r.ocvnoN. f Astoria Astoria Fk g Co... BootU A. Fk'gCo... Astoria..... As tor!. ...... t Kinney's John A. Devlin. I Black 1 Oval. Cocktail.. ...... ColumblaKiYerPkgCo Kluiore Samuel- .. Astoria..... Astoria...... Astoria Brookfleld.. Astoria I Magnolia ..... 1 Wliite Star I Eiflctire Palm... 1 Desdemona....... George ft Barker...... J, 0 McglorSCo ruher.non'i Pkg Co., tag, ( Str. R. P. (Hill Leave for" Tillamook as the meathep flie steamer R. P. Elmore connects with -vV fr-.r 1 through tickets are issued from Portland to I inamooK cay points . by the Union Pacific Company. Ship freight by Union Pacific Steamers. ELnORE, SA NBORN & CO., - Agents, Astoria. UNOIN PACIFIC R. R. CO., Agent, Portland. HOW TO SAVE MONEY. d nprpi.'RTr5 PTtnvmnVS of ns. and we will save yon money. We liaDle the het goods and deliver free spot oasb, and sell goods cn aper inan any oinet iirui m ""y;- vonr nan.e ai.d addresr, and we will mail yon oar new price list, which will be ont scon. We oKdr today : Cl.max tobacco. fklifdrnia granulated anitar iu 100 lb srek 523 Pt brand!" of fl iiir per barrel.... 215 Kojal Tkg Puwder 5-lb cans 2.00 Send na a list of what you need, Address Tonr orders to riARK L. COHN & CO., 146 for they will get left Thanks giving sure. You will be left too if you don't hurry up and buy an overcoat from our new stock which we are now offer ing at such low prices, as well as all lines of Men's ar.d Boys' Clothing, Furn ishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots. Shoes, Trunks, Valises, etc Hatters and Furnishers STREET, ASTORIA, OR. I MEMBER OF HILL'S LOT CLUBS LOT IN HILL'S FIRST ADDITION DELIVERED. WfifrfLJUu, .... $2 Fk'gCo. M, J. Kinney. .... Astoria....... Diamond-1 A. Booth ft Sous . Catting Pkg Co.., Chicago.. San Kranclson Elmore, Banborn Astoria. & Co...... George A Barker Astoria.. St. George. J. G. Megler.. Fishermen's FkgCo... Biookfleld Wd Astoria. I Fishermen's...... Scandinavian Fishermen's ELilVLORE Every fom Days as tfeaf mill permit. Union Pacific steamers for Portland and to trams or boats. We buy and. sell for 4U ceota pouno. Arbnckle'e Coffee per ponnd..,. 22J California ayrop 6 pal keg.... 1U0 Sapolio per doien bars. . . ..... 800 and we will make yoo special pncs Front Street, Porttand, Or. I A prominent Feature of Trans Mississippi Congress. CLEANED OUT THE GAME. Masked Bobbers Loot a Faro Table at Baker City. Other News. Associated Press. St. Louis, Nov. 27. It was nearly three-quarters of an hour after the appointed time when President Whit more called the tiians-Mlselasdppl Con grees to orxfer tod'ay. The adoption of tlh'e report of the committee on cre- deruttails last rvlght which enrolled all appointed delegates properly accredit ed, without regard to their presence, gave especial point to the report of the committee an rules and order of busi ness, which provided for the voting power from each state of a delegation of not to exceed thirty votes. If bo many deleg<es are present, all the! states to have a voting power of -not less than ten, no moiUer what the smiallness of the albtendllng delegaUon. The repart was adopted. The committee on permanent organi zation presented Its report, naming Geo. Q. Cannon, of Utah, tor permanent presiding offlcer, with one vice-president from each state to be named by ItB dele gation. The present secretary, M. G. Butterlield, of Oregon, was requested to continue through tills oongTesa. Developments of the second day's sctolon of the trans-Mirsippl CongreBsj nave not Deen witnoui interest to tne advSuoates of the free coinage of silver. . . Tx. nits expression- from congress in flyer of tine white metal. The onranization' of the committee en resolutions, with Vallelo, Cal., Nov. .JJr-OepresenU-Congras3man W. J. Bryan, of Nebraska' tives of the war department have vis as chairman, and E. A. Marshall, of ued the navy yard for the purpose of Texis, as secretary, has beer., highly ascertaining from the officers at the delighting. Nevertheless, there Is no, certainty that the mutter will go beyond this. In the convention there is a strong' element in favor of . international free' oolnige-only,.;and opposed to any ex-' praeston whatever upon the subject byigf the railroad company. Word was; th-j congress. Whether the bi-metalllsts paei along the line of railroad eating will be strong enough to overcome Ltati0n8 to feed the men with the best bath these elements cannot be told. to be had. The road has sent a bill to Yet there Is a certainty that the main1 army headquarters at San Francisco of struggle will be on this portion of . tne resolutions committee report, ana the ballot will not be a brief one. A DARING ROBBEttY. Six Masked1 Men Hold Up a Paro Game at Baker City. Baker City, Or., Nov. 27. One of the moat daring robberies ever committed in this section occurred in this city at 2 o'clock this morning. Six men heav ily masked and airmed with rifles, hot guns and revolvers, entered the Hotel WarsWauer. The employes and by standers were placed under cover of arms, while two of the robbers relieved the saloon bar til and faro game of oaeh amounting to about $1,160 which they placed In a sack and departed. A fire alarm was turned in by an officer a few momenta after the robbery, Whlah drew out a large numlber of peo ple, 'but the robbers had made their escape and were not to be seen. There is no clue whatever. MONUMENT FOR WASHINGTON. The Puyallup Indians' Money How It Will Be Expended. . - Washington,- Nov. 27. Secretary Greahum, who has charge of the mat ter, has decided upon the erection of a monument of American granite as a moat suitable marking of the birthplace of Washington at Wakefield, Va. The amount needed for the construction of the monument is about $11,009. The Puyallup commission now at Ta coma. Wash., recently submitted to Secretary Smith an Inquiry as to the disposition of money from the sale of Indian lands. The secireitary today decided that the money received for allotted lands can be paid to the Indians at any time in the discretion of the secretary. The money of lands held In common Is to be placed in the treas ury at four per cent, and the interest and one-tenth of the principal Is to be expended yearly for their benefit. THE PRESIDENT NOT WANTED. Judge Morrow Says He Has no Author ity Ortslde His District. idtoit Cleveland nor any of the eastern railroad men comprising the General Managers' Association, will be called to Calif ornla to testify in the strike eon-, spiraoy cases now on trial here before United Btatesi District Judge Morrow J The defense sought to prove that thej mails were not stopped by the Amert- can Hallway Union, but through fc enn splracy in which President Cleveland and the General Managers' Association figured, and that the calling- out of troops was an outcome of the alleged conspiracy. Judge Morrow ruled that he had no authority to subpoena any witnesses from any point outside of the Judicial district in which he presides. : TUB OREGON PACIFIC SALE. Prospective Bidders Are Arriving and Inspecting the Road. Portland, Nov. 27. As the time draws near for the sale of the Oregon Paciflo railroad at Corvallls, there Is reason to believe thlat several Wddere will be present ready to buy the property. De cember 22d is the day set by the court for the sale. A. B. Haraimond, of Mis soula, Montana, has beer, investigating the property, and it is said he will put In. a, bid. It la surmised that Hammond Is working in the Interests of Marcus Daly, of Anaconda, who It i reported la looking for an outlet to the coast for his Buitte and Anaconda road. It is also said that Wallls Nash, of Corval lls, has backing for the purchase of the road. W. M. Hcag', former manager of the raid, has arrived from San Francis co, and may be a bidder. THE BIMEITALLJC LEAGUE. They Hold a Session Yesterday Behind Closed Doors. St. Louis, Nov. 27. Gen. A. G. War ner, of Ohio, presided over the meeting i of the executive committee .of the Bi metallic League which was held behind clt3ed doors today. According; to one member the committee is expected to outline the policy of the silver for the silver faction for the Reipublioan ami Dnmoeratio parties, and a silver policy years. This is thought to be prelimi nary meeting- c?lled to outline the work of the convention that will be called some time in the winter, to 'form a sil ver party by atewblng entirely the Popuast party, and drawing from the two old nuirties tund their free silver alvooate9i THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC. 'Sends In h, Bill to the Government for ,,, f " , , . , ... T,mhla TTiirnilfihpii the Soldiers. yarj how their men were cared for and ivialoned during toe recent railroad strike. It was always understood that the United States soldlere, marines and jailors, were ordered out on the request jSj0oo for edibles furnished the men, A FARMERS' UNION. Chicago, Nov. 27. The leading mem bers of the vaiious farmers' organiza tions met here today to perfect plans for a federation of all the farmers' socle-ties Into a "Farmers' Union." A supreme council has been formed con sisting of Col. I. H. Brigham, master of the National Grange; Marlon Butler, preMIdlent of the INatlonal Farnwfrs' Alliance and Industrial Union; Elwood Furnas, president of the National Far mers' Alliance; Dr. C. A. Robinson, president of the National Farmers' Mutual Benefit Association. NEW FREIGHT RATE ARRANGE MENT. Portland, Nov. 27. The advance In commodity rates from the Elist to the north Pacific coast is anticipated, but Just what Increase will be made, and when It will go Into effect Is not known. The advance will be to Intermediate points as well as coast terminals, the Idea being to keep the coast on the same teals as heretofore, Which will enable merohioints here to do Jobbing business with Interior points. SAN FRANCISCO RACES. San Francisco, Nov. 27. About six tfurlangs, maidens, JJ-year-old!-'Nellie Peyton, 1:18 3-4. Seven furlongs, selling Bruw Boot, 13. About six furlongs, 2-ymr-old's Maln sfcy, 1:18 1-2. Five furlongs, selling Norlee, 1:05 1-2. One mile, 8-year-olds Artist, 1:50. JOHN Y.'S LAST HOPE. Albany, N. Y., Nov. 27. The court of appeals has unanimously affirmed the conviction of John Y. McKane. - THE MARKET REPORT. f t Ban Francisco, Nov. 27. Shipping Wheat, 88 Z-i for No. 1 quality, with 0 cents for choice product; milling, 92 1-i 096 1-4; Walla Walla wheat Is still on the market at 80&82 1-2. New York, Nov. 27. Hops, steady. Liverpool, Nov. 27. Close, wheat Fpct, firm; demand, fair; No. red win ter, 4a 10 l-2d; No. 2 red spring, Ss 2d; No. 1 hard Manitoba, 6s I l-2d; No. 1 California, 5s 2 l-2d. Futures closed ftrong; November, & 10 l-2d; December, ii 11 l-2di January, 4s 11 1-4; February. 4s 11 1-44; March, 4s 11 l-4d; April, to 11 l-2d. ECKLES ON CURRENCY. As Published in the -North American Review. DIRECTOR PRESTON'8 REPORT. It Shows the Gold Coina&e for This ' Year has Exceeded Any Other. Associated Press. New Tork. Nov. 29. In an article en- titled "An Essential Condition of Pros perity," contributed to the December number of the North American Re view, which will be published tomor row, Hon. J. F. Eckels, comptroller 01 the United States currency, says there can bs no hops of undisturbed and ub stantlal prosperity ito all classes until the whole ourrenoy and banking sys tem of the country is formulated Into one harmonious plan In which each par ty shall be absolutely eound In princi ple, and the emolument of monetary 02lence. There Is adairoely a single net upon the statute books affecting our ountenoy system which has not been placed there simply to meet some emer gency that confronted the country at the time, In the belief thaf the difficulty migM be bridged over. Tha ourrency system of the country resulting from a constant passing of experimental taws, has become so confused and un sound that Bckels wonders, not that we have suffered so much financial dis aster during the years of its construc tion, but that we have suffered so lit tle. . A VAST SUM. The Director of the Mint 'Makes His Annual Report Washington. Nov. 27. R. E. Preston, director of JJie mint, haa submitted to the treasury his report of the ' mints and assay offices for the fiscal year of 1894. The total OTldage for the year of gold was $99,474,912, and silver, $6, 741,817, the gold coinage for the year being the largest ever executed at the mints of true United fttates In-any one year. The highest price or silver dur ing the year was $0.7045, and the lowest $0.5918. The estimated metallic stock of coin and bullion 'In the United States on July 1, 1894, wae: Gold, $627,292,201; sliver, $324,347,757; total. $1,231,840,958. The production of gold and silver in the United States during the calendar year, was: Gold, $35,955,000; silver, 60, 000,000 fine ounces, the commercial value of the same being $16,800,000, and coin ing value $77,676,000. The revised cj:1- maites of the world's production of pre cious metals of the calendar year of 1893, shows the same to have been $157, 228,100 in gold, and $209,165,000 In silver. The director of the mint estimates the stock of gold In the world for money purposes, $3,965,900,000, and silver, $4, 055,700,000. A DISAPPOINTED POLITICIAN. Would Be Installed Governor at 'Any Cost . Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 27. Several hot-headed Kolblte leaders have Issued secret calls for armed men In compan ies of from 100 to 600 to volunteer to go to Montgomery at the Inauguration next Saturday, to seat Kolb as gover nor. The call is made to Kolb follow ers, "to maintain their rights and car ry out the will of the people," and It Is said that companies are being organ ized. All the troops In the state have arranged to go to Montgomery, and It Is understood will carry their guns loaded. HICKS LOSES HIS CASE. Phlladelphra, Nov. 27. Judge Dallas filed an opinion in the United States court today dismissing the petition of Levi Hicks and other members of the Brotherhood of. Railway Trainmen, who desired to compel the reoelvers of the Philadelphia and Reading Company to retain them In their employ, and at the same time allow them to remain members of the organization. The court says that Hicks promised to re- Highest of all in Leavening Power, Latest U. S. Gov't Report. mm sign from the brotherhood. "It is at least certain, by making It, Hicks ac quired a better position than he Mnid before and without It. I am of the opinion that the receivers would hava been Justified in dismissing him. It results that In the petition Hicks haa not made out a case entitling him to the relief which he seeks. OUR BRITISH NEIGHBORS. They Find the Wilson Bill a Friend, Indeed. Vancouver, B. C, Nov. 27. The Amor loan schooner Beulah will leave tomor row for San Francisco with a cargo of lumber from the Brunnette Mills, con sisting of 330,145 feet of fir and spruce and 294,800 lath, valued at $2,934. This la the third cargo of lumber shipped to the United States since the change in the tariff. THE STEAMER FALCON. Strikes Virginia Rocks and All on Board Drowned. Halifax, N. S., Nov. 27. It la report ed that the steamer Falcon, returning from Philadelphia to St. Johns after conveying' home Mrs. Peary and the auxiliary exploring party, was wrecked on Virgin Rocks off the coast of New foundland last month and all on board were drowned. THE SHIP FRANCIS ARRIVES AT TACOMA. Tacoma, Nov. 27. The tug Monarch arrived in port today having In tow . the ship Francis, which she towed from San Francisco, CiO miles, making the distance In five days and fifteen hours. The tug was engaged to save time. WIX.L ACT IN HARMONY. Portland, Nov. 27. It Is understood that all the railroad lines entering this city have signed an agreement to main tain rates, thus averting what a few days ago threatened to become a ser ious rate war. THE HONOLULU SITUATION, i San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 27. The steamer Oceanic arrived this morning from Yokohama via Honolulu. At Hon olulu there is still considerable excite ment over the recent revolutionary plot Leaders of the royalist faction were still declaring that trouble was sure to oocur soon after the sailing of the Oceanic. The government offlolals, however, declared no trouble need be feared. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. San Francisco, Nov. 27. Arrived ' Oceanic, from Hong Kong and Hono lulu. Departed Farrallon, for Port Angel es; barkemltlne North Bend, from Gray's Harbor; sahooner Laura May, from Gray's Harbor; schooner Spokane, for Port Gamble, Freights and charters American bark ArkrTight, lumber from Puget Sound to Port Plil; American ship Raphael, coal from Departure Bay to San Diego. A RICH DISCOVERY. . Union, Oregon, Nov. 27. The dlsoov ety of what is claimed to be a ricn d. posit of ctpper ore has Just been made by Lon Simmons, southeast of Union , on the headquarters of Tucker Creek. There Is an Immense ledge of quartz, rich In copper, containing gold and illver. LIVERY STABLE BURNED, Redwood City, Oal., Nov. 27. The Fashion stables, owned by Blkerenket ter & Gpangevllle, the largest In the olty, were fcrtlrely destroyed by fire early this morning. Seventeen horses were burned to death. AN OLD MAN KILLED. Tacoma, Nov. 24. John S. Donnelly, aged 78, a pioneer of this state, was killed by the Tacoma Express on the Northern Pacific at Puyallup today. Being partly deaf and nearly hltnd, he did not see the approaching train nor hear Its warnings. J HIS HEAD IS SAFE. Coperth'agen, Nov. 27. A cable dis patch dated Shanghai has been received here saylns an imperial decree has been Issued depriving Li Hui.g Chang of all honors but allowing him to retain hi pres.-nt functions. AN IMPORTANT DECREE. Madrid, Nov. 27. A decree abolishing publlo executions has been Issued. 17 B . O 11 , 81