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ASTORIA. OltEUO.V, FitlOAY JIUll.NIXU, DEUHJIUlClt 28, 1894.
MUCK. FIVE I'KNTK.
II iff tl
Stocking Up
Was the prevailing style in
in hosiery Christmas eve
Stocking up is what we havi
been preparing to do for some
time by placing large orders to
be ready for the large increas
ed trade expected by the
building of the railroad t: As'
toriain he spring, and to
make room for the new goods
r,nrl nlnn. nnt 1 QG i li'non
have marked down many such to great bargains in Men'B
and Boys' Clothing:, Furnishing; Goods, Hats
Caps, Boots, Shoe3, Trunks, Valises, etc.
"he
Osgood Iercajitile go.
The One Price Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers
506 and 508 COMMERCIAL STREET, ASTORIA, OR.
One Week More
Pang new and inexpens
ve articles suitable
f for Christnpas.
For Hi
im.
Smokers Sts,
Collar and Cuff Boxes,
' Sha ving Sets,
Traveling Cases,
Razor Case,
Cigrar Cases, all styles,
Finn Cutlery,
Pocket Diaries,
Pocket L5ook,
Bill Books,
Vio ins, Guitars,
Banjos, Dictionaries,
Gold Pens,
Fine Etchings.
Fancy Inkstands,
For Her.
SpiPil
Toilet Sets,
Perfume Sets,
Afternoon Tea Kettles,
Wo'k Boxes,
Writing Desks,
Portfolios,
Photograph Albums,
Autograpn Albums,
Music Rolls and Wraps
Book of Poems,
Fine Letter Paper,
Fine Penholders,
Fine Scissors,
Maoicure Sets,
Jewel Cases,
Scrap Books.
lie is Again on the Stand Be
fore Goff.
TERRIFIC EASTERN BLIZZARDS
In our Toy Department opposite Hahn's shoe store
R Closing-Out Sale
Bargains in Toys, Dolls, Difhes, etc. We give up our Toy
room the 1st of January and everything must be sold,
ODDITIES
and
NOVELTIES
for
CHRISTMAS,
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2 -5
2
CHRISTMAS
GIFTS
in
GOLD "or
SILVER.
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flOVEIiTY stose
Opposite the Occident
ASTORIA, - - OREGON,!
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USEFUL
and
BEAUTIEUL
CHRISTMAS
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A FINE LIVE OF
TOYS, DOLLS,
JUVANILE BOOKS
ALBUMS AND
MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS,
The Storm Does Great Havoc Along:
the Atlantic Coast Late Tele
Graphic News.
Associated Prefl.
New York, Dec 27. Inspector Wll
Hams resumed Ms It'eaoimony tie Sore tht
Lexow committee today. He looked
composed en Goff begun Uie croBS-exsun
lniaiokm. Go ft osked:
"Will you swear Perklna did not gwt
x check for J500 ahroug-h you when you
were BupenintoiKlent of the direwt olean
ing depiamtmenit?"
"I will noit."
"BverylDlody who ttat tCBtlfled aeainai
you fas a perjuror or liar. How naa
ahare ever been a member of the police
force cBiairged wJJi more corru union
tWan you?"
I 'have not been chiarsed with oorrup'
Won."
"Were you ever enlarged wit'a steal'
ing x:ks?"
"No."
Mr. Goff referred to a document and
dadd: "I find on March 28, 1878, you
ware cHarged by Lou!l SmUdh, keepei
of a disorderly house, with taking fron
tier six pocket iteUMUcarchlefs, one gold'
headed oaine, one piawl, one pair ut
aUppera, one velvet vet, land one and
onid-hiaiif doaem paJtra of eocka." .
"I don't remember if."
Canning to the Dime Williams hod
ohuirge of 'the EligQiluh prectlnut, Goft
aisked the wltneaa If theme were any
houses of ill-llaine there.
"I found them inhere," he replied.
'And you left them there?"
,'Tes, because they were flaehionoible
elt iWa)t lme,' THas YUlJama' extraior'
dlTMury reply. ' , . -
Goll got iBhe inepeoto to say Chat he
would not give 'Che mlaaiie of the proprie
tor of a 'house of .tH-Mime to the com
mittee In 1874 bed&uBe lie coneidieired the
ocrmKte was not en honest one.
'Did you ever know of en honest in
vestigating committee before whom you
appelated?"
"Yes."
"You saiid before the conumilttee that
ahe houses of ill-faime do not Injure
Jhlldren gviflng to sdhoot?"
"Yes."
"Have you the autaclty to sit there
now and say so?"
"Yes, sir."
"Were you ever called a "uniformed
bully?"
"No, sir."
"Were you ever called 'the "champion
clubber?' "
"Yea, sir."
"Then, as to the dhiarges which you
do renvember. You have committed so
mauiy outrages agUilnat Ithe citizens of
New York tlilat you don't remember the
chlargies?" '
"No, sir."
Goff When said there was a charge
agulini9t Wtiirtams, the tr&ul of which
lasted Ulvree dlays, buit there was no
record of Sit on the police books.
"Have you any redallsction of one
cainaaJioner voting for your dismissal
m account of your dlsgrUceiful con-d-uotr'
"No."
"Don't you know the voting was two
and itwo?"
"There is no record of K."
"Did you say ait lunoh the day after
the meeting of the starving people In
Union Square Vhls year that they were
a kit of (howlers, and all you Had tto do
waa to show your piatol and dilsperse
them?"
"I never said sudh a thing."
Inttfiedtotr WiKiairts loild pile knew
three panel houses 1m the elghitb pre
cinct. ' V
"You swore before recess thhit there
were no panel houses in tliait preoinct?"
"Yes, to the best of my recollection."
Senator O'Connor then entered a long
legial argument With Goff as to whether
the tanpedtor was gulity of perjury.
The semtaJtor saiid he was not unless the
testimony was given with Salae and cur
rupt Intention.
Goff AiiA Che lnspeotor might have
been mistaken.
"Yes," said the witness, "I admit that
what I swore to this morning was false,
but When I gave it I believed it to be
true."
Louis Streep, a green goods operator,
was culled. This witness created sen
rtitkm by telling a story Involving An
thony Comrtock, agent of the Society
for the Prevention of Viae.
"On May 23d, 1889," atteep, 'Uwo
IndSotmenits ware found against me for
operating in green goods. Anchony
Oomstouk wan pcoseajtor. I paid Cam
stock tl.000 and the indictments were
dwmtawd."
He also testified that a man named
BrotWail, arrested for robbery, pvid
CotnHUx-k tl.000 and Was i9ohrgied.
cflty to seriously Inltarfared with, and
in some paile of the city hOeiitume and
telegr)aph wires lare down,
The blizzard WHS general over this
sewtion, and especially heavy in the
Alleghany mountains, where the snow
drifted and lnvpedied travel. All trains
are delayed.
. THE STOftM IN BOSTON.
New York, Dec. 27. News from Bos
ton Is that travel la much Impedbd by
the storm, street oar travel being much
delayed. Railroad tirtaiiiiB ure much be
hind time. ,In Souttn Boston, the wind
curried oiway the roof of the First
Baptist churcih, and 'blew down the big
jhlmney of the DawSon Safe and Iron
Works.
AN ONTARIO BLIZZARD.
Torartto, Ont., pec. 27. A blizzard
struck tMs city early this morning de
moiUllzling atreet railway trafflc for
three ihours. The velocity of the wind
decreased toward noon, but the snow
is still falling. In 'the eastern part ot
Uiie provlnoe there . ia a (heavy snow
Jtorm with ffihe thermometer hovering
jubout the bulb.
RAILROAD TRAFFIC STOPPED,
Dubois, Pa., Dec. 27. The storm con
ilmiea .without ftbaitemient. The ground
is covered by snow to a depth of twen
:y ndhes. -Truffle on ithe Pennsylvania
1iiltoy naairoad Is priaotically at
-.iiandatlill. Tetegmaphlo .and telephone
ilres are prostrate!.
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THE STORM GKNERAL.
New Haven, Dec. 27.' The harbor is
rull of etorm-bound oraft. Trom points
througfhoult New England there is news
of dtilayed and impeded trafflc
In New York staite the snow Hall
heavy and tnoilns are blocked.
BLIZZARD IN THE ADIRONDAKS.
6u.Hatofav Dea 27. The Adlirondath
reg'ion Is 'btflng swept by a blizzard
A foot of snow has fallen since mid
nlgilit. . '
SNOW IN CHICAGO.
Chicago, iDec. 27. The mercury fell
with snow here 'today, and the storm
developed initio a veritable blizzard
Railway itruJns were generally on time.
but street blockades' are numerous.
OHIO GOT IT.
CmncHntifein, Deo. 27..-Airoither snow
atonm precis ' 'here . ronJgiHt. Trains
(vers all late 'today. TonlgMt the out
going troltos in every direction antlcl
paited trouble. Appre'henslon Is flelt
aver the proUalbillty of a flood when
3he snow melts. ,
A FROZEN RIVER.
Yfeinkton, S. D., Dec. 27. i iie Missouri
river is piratically closed at this point
for the winter by See. This Is the latest
date recorded for the closing of the
river.
HARD ON "BILLIE."
Memphis, Dec. 27. The Wmnn'B
Council Bind Nineteenth Century Club
ombraolng a membership of 4,000 worn
en of this otty, today pawed resolutions
to boycott Congressman! W. C. P. Breok
araridge when he appear here next
week.
HEAVY ENOW IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Pittsburg, Dec 22. The snow storm
Which started kast evening proved the
heaviest known brre m several yers.
Up to 19 o'olook this morning twelve
lnctm of snow bad fallen, and it is
a till soowins. treet oar travel la tills
OLD BUILDING GONE.
Atlanifla, Ga., Dec. 27. The old capltol
bundling now owned by the Venabile
Brot'hera, and used las am office building
was vdartji by a dlfuejnxia fire this
everting. The'ito'Jall loss reached $90,000.
MORE WAGES REDUCED.
PJiteburg, Dec. 27.- new scale of
wt.iges for the Edgar Thompson Steel
Company hUs been presented to the
men. An avertaje reduction of about 15
per cant ds made. Common labor Is re
duced from J1.30 to $1.20 per day. Two
thousand employes will accept the scale.
SEATTLE FOUNDRY DESTROYED
Scuttle, Dec. 27. Moran Bros.' foun
dry was destroyed by fire tonight. The
low Is (25,000 to J30.000, fully Insured
The plattera shop, containing 150,090 to
t"5,000 worth of patterns, saved.
Eighty men are thrown out of employment.
i THE SCHOONER MILLER.
Mudh Anxiey Is Feit -Dor Her Safety.
am Francisco, Dec, 27. Anxiety 1s
igtuln beginning to be feK for the safety
of ithe schooner John F. Miller and her
nrew, which left Portland 24 days ago
for this port. On ChtiUttruas day sffie
was seen about 10 miles west of the
tfarralonas, but she appeared then as
though she had lost her stills.
A NEW ELDORADO.
Cuater, 8. D., Dec 27. Just now thl
seems to be the coming gold camp ot
the we. People are flocking in from
ail! dllrerttlons. Many are eomiielled tc
sleep out under the trees. There Is now
thoiMrt to bt ore enough In sight V
Insure an output of 20,000 tons dtully for
the next twenty years.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
San Frtmclsco, Dec. 27.- Arrived
adarte of CrtlumWa, from Astoria and
Portland; sdilooner Neptune, from Coo
Hay; Walla WatTa, from Victoria and
Port Townsend.
D rirtd Areata, for Coos Bay; bar
tan'tlne J. M. Griffiths, for Port Hnd-
lor-k; s.iooner Jennla Ftlla, for Gitay't
IlhrVir; ironrer, f Y.irr''tn
Freififtts and artir!i A
h1p Levi C. Burg, conl from Pe.n'M .
to San Fr. . isco; Erti'Jah ts".p ,
tfi-n st Pori ad, wh&t theno to Umt V
Kiogdom, iuvrv, Antwerp,
WOULD BE REASONABLE
4
Spain. Wishes Cuba to Settle the
Tariff Difficulty.
FOSTER OFF FOR JAPAN.
The Ex-Secretary Asked by China to
Aid Her Plenipotentiaries in a
Settlement of Fcace.
Assocdalted Press.
Washington, Dec. 27. The governmen"
of SpttHin, in an eannetrt desire to evaxU
the Ohruatenvd Ittarlff wtw between Cub
aind the UnSted States, has under ser
lonis and favoruble conaCderutlon e
ccesikm to Cuba of the privilege of ar-
ramging her own revenue budgot, In.
jludlng tariffs with the IJn'iied States
This Cuban (budget is to be subject tc
:lh!e (approvtul of SptiJn. Negotlutiont
now progressing let Mtulrid Hire partly
on these lines, but the state dt-partmenl
authorities are procseOilng nevei'tiheUfS
With their retaliJatory pilaws. Great lm
parblng houfs of the Atlantic cities are
ciJaimartng ait ithe doors of the state de
partment, and threaten to ajpt'l to
oanigiriess ifor some speedy action to
protect their bualnesa. They reiireBent
ilhalt (at preswnt the Umitd States It
losing iihe itrade of 700,000 barrels of
flour per ainmim, all our commerce in
maioWlnery, formerly purdh'asned by he
Cubans in the UniFted States, all of the
htoiriHrttare, and a large proportion of tlie
potato Irmde, a very important part of
our exports to Itfhe Wet Indies.
pears tWat the atiitihtorities of each pro-v
vlnoe 'tihiat ImiHMed (the canned mant
Irahibltlon M,we full liberty to repeal
tt.
ANOTHER ACCIDENT.
Washington, Dec. 27. Preparations
for the torpedo bitet B;tkvson for an
other Mia! trip liLive aaln been delayed
by Bicctldenit. The casings fvr the new
oyHrvdws to replace t'hKiee doMUraped In
(he lust trial trip have turned out to b
defeatlve, and another st will have
to be made.
THE CURRENCY SIXE3 CALLED.
Washington, Doc. 27. Secretary Car
lisle todlay ' Issued a call for United
States six P3r cent bonds Issued to the
Central Pacific comimny, due January
16'Jh, 1895, commonly known as "Cur
rency Sixes." The airnount of bonds to
be redeemed is $2,362,000.
CASH BALANCE YESTERDAY.
WUsh'inKton, Dec, 27. The cash bal-
ijmice In. the treasury at the close of
THE OCEAN'S MW.
It is Conceded the Keweenaw
and Montscrrat Are I.o i.
TWO CREVS OF tiXTY tALH.
Vancouver Island Indians Witness a
Bi Steamer Founder Other
Victims of the Ilurrii nnc.
Associated Press.
9an 'Franoldco, Des. 27. It is now 21
I'juJlntiHW itotlay, vvlaa $153,4(14,255; gold j days lmy: ithe stcum colliers Mosits.T-
nesurve, $39,070,012.
A COLD BLOODED AFFAIR.
Citizens of Umatilla County Telegraph
Patiwiyer for Another Pardon.
Pendleton, Dec. 27. The wltncTSM of
the dhoctlng aflitiy on Basket moun
tiiin In wWoh Fnaruk Fletdher shot Jaa
AShiwoiith at a ChrCaimUs dance, say ii;
wtia a cold blooded affair. Sevei'ii gen
tlenfin ihietre Wave prc-pUred a dispatch
to Governor Fenuiioyar, flaying:
"Pluase send a pardon by return mall,
f;r FtUnk Fltkcttier, wtom you pardoned
latit June, has eholt another mlan, and
vre dalre to tLvve the exix ntw of tn.il
and conviction. Signed,?' Citizens of
Umattlla County."
TO TALK PEACE.
Ex-Seore'tairy Foster Will Leave
Japan for Thhlt Purpose,
fo
Washllngton, Deo. 27. Jno. W. Foster,
ex-seorelflairy of state, h!a been request
ed by the Chinese government to go to
Japan and meet the plenHpoltentia.rt!ee
of the former yovermment to aid them
In thtclr negotrtaltilons for peace. He has
aocapted tine InvlSaltilon and expects to
leave Watftilnglton In a dUy or two. Mr
Foster goes to Japan purely In a pri
vate capacity and lias no authority tr
represent or artt for the government ot
the United StateB.
'MORE TROUBLE BREWING!. 1
W!aislins?ton, Dec 27. The state de
partment is nlt yel at the end of its
troulbles girowing out of 't'hu repe-iil of
She reolproolty agreements mtule un Ur
the terms of the McKlnloy aut. Fnxnoo
Is 'by no means disposed to accept the.
SltuiaJtlon her sugar trtede is placed n
by the sugar duty, amd jhhw thore are
Strong tnltimlaltlonls that the new Aus-
tttlam TnHnllefter is charged ,to begin en
a'ttaok upon this same sugar duty al
most ImmaedJateiy, and If cottoesslona
aanndt be Beuuml, It is expeoted Aus-
iSro-Hungary will ralalfalte uiron the
United States.
CANNED BEEF IN GERMANY.
ALLEGED FORGER ARRESTED.
Eugene, Or., Dec. 27. A young man
presented a rfiesk Bit tire Flnat Namlonal
Bank for $)00 'this aflternoon, puriortir,g
tto Wave been diuiwn by E. II. Ing'ham,
a. Broker, ajid In favor of H. C. Kolway,
CUaliilar 'EbiMn did not ittwlnk the.clreok
was genuine, eo he questioned the young
young man as to how he cairn by the
alieek, and he eald Ingihiaim Uve It to
him. As IngQiiam is in California and
Uhe purpoilted eiginiaiture was not very
good, the cashier took the young main
and (HaUvered him ilrato the hturwla of the
slterlff. He alt first claimed ithJait Kel
say.wau 'hSs true i-mne, but loiter ac
kno1ledged tlnat Iwj true rame was
Jno. and lihult he resldiM in the
country a few' miles" front iJhls oily.
He 1s about 21 y dun) eld. " ''
BOND SYNDICATE DlSSLVEl).
New York, Dec, 27. The Unlc-1 pt.itet
governmeit sjinJU'aite has dlsmilvid, af
ter d'inposlng of thirty-five por cent oi
the band isaue, and 'the remaining bIx-ty-llve
per cent litis beti divlclsd among
the meimbers. The nw currency plan,
?t la beilieved Induced tilie Ikiuldojtlon by
the holders of the government bonde,
Whlih caused 'the timid holdi to dis
pose of their bonds ami cfajaed a de
dl'lne bolow iiie syndldalte price. Tlie
new iaue Is now quoted at 1.17 l-2f7,1.18.
iVnt and Kawrt.-maw sailed for Pan Fran,
clsuo from nnlg'ltl)i!,ins ports on Van.
aouvw Istand. Nt'.i.rly all s;.i.vfarlii
men .believe (the 'two v.x-sWs, and 'tlilr
crews, numiberiiig nUi.rly sixty nu-n,
wive loat 'In the rtwnt which bivUe
in all ins fury oil the night tL.'.t th
ooil'jais put to si-a, Nl.wlth.-4Ui'.hI.'n8
.'bliit tlie s;t",iiw'r.i are so long overdue
n a voyage that h1hu!1 Wave b.'eu
jomildteil within four 4'i.ys, emn-i ot
the owr.ei'j and tsna:;inoi-a, ami the
lunWes of the thve score of niU.i m -rs,
:Uill have llwptn. In ren;onse to th.'ir
curn.eHt aiU'ia tiiio sovfrnnuiit Juia
jon't oiit another ;cl to s arch fop
Uhe 'Mla-slris tiiTOUrs. The Uii'k?(I
.-iJaitea guntioait BenitlnK-l'n went to soe.
tlila even'lng under iimunii.'iions to l-ro-
ceed nott!hiwUrU tind rii.-.ka a thumuKli
sturch for the m-UihiK !. U Th
UnJtod St'aites rveniiij cuUer timitt,
wflilda wtia d4Hprv:ll from I'irt Town-
jond on a similar eriUnd several daj-ij
i4ro, la stlU at sea.
The Imttans on Amphrllrtte I'nin!, on
tlie wBt ant of Viinixmver Island,
iy ithalt on the might of December lTpth,
during tllie "torrliible Mtorm, their vi,iien-
tion was attiUOted by rooULlls ut pea.
and .dimly through the darkness saw
n big black Btainver founder ab.iut a
mile off Store. The ve.el lay helpless
in the saa and drifted northward out
of 'their sight.
Nothing tens yet tteen he4Tlifron t.hij.
bailr Dominion, 2ii days out from iiil
pout for ruKdt Simnd, or the bark Col
umbia, now out 21 days from Fort
Skiki'ley, with lumber for this port.
'Tile 'known tword of thw storm tc
'a!t! Is four satlinif vessels wrecked
I laiUamloiied, ono .dttauiin'.led und
A'wnil badly injured. Tlille otvw of
alsc men from the wrecked schooner
GUrda are ritill mlttlng.
MURDER IN SECOND DEGREE,
Olymiila, Dec. 27. The supreme cuu'it
Shis afternoon afdrmed the decision of
the lower ouuilt In flndllng Ben'ton Wil
son, irt PKkane, guilty of murder In
the friwt degree, but 'tine ftilthor and sin
ter were la'oqmlUCed, The supreme court
'Wiaffhlnigton, Dec, 27. Imformntlon
hlais ranched the depaiiftmenit of agrloul-
ture from AmbafMadlor Runyon, art Bor-j thinks ithe diifeindUmt's own testimony
Wn, WHat the local an ShorVLlos of Hell-! jfhowed ho wlas guilty of murder In the
brenn, Wuntem'burg, Germany, have re-1 si'conil dlgree, Bind 1thl.1t the verdict of
moved the prtMliliflon placed on the the Jury won udundumtly BuHlalin.d
sale of American tunned beef. It p- tliwtvfby. .
YesteirdtLy the AEtorttui made a short
rwitlce of the sudden and mysterious
Jlfljppeiwumee of Al. Summers, engineer
of the U title stern Whetl Mte.wntr liar
vent Moon. He has mot been s en since
kiflt Tuefl'Jay, land ail'hough the police
bare made a 'thorough search for lilm,
not the Sll(?!rtP3t trare has bw-n found.
H'ls fulends are now thoroughly alarm,
ed, end fears are (!!.U-it,a;ined Chut In t-l.em-ptlng
to go on birard he Wis mlK-'t
his fwitlng s.ml fallen lii't:) the river.
In the meantime the steameir la t tlm
O. R. naid N. wharf, fiumm'ra la a
ml.init'd ttton and lives in r. .i-t) uiil.
A man In this city ywoterchiy iitteHipV
ed Huleida with a knil'e. It l mid
he exphtlmrd aftepwtu-ds that he would
have used a revolver only the "blamed
tMng.i are too dangerous."
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Accept None of the Pretended Substitutes
FOR
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Powder
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f)ECAUSE inferior and cheaper made baking; preparations are
iJ sold at wholesale at a price so much . lower than Royal, some
grocers are urging consumers to buy them in place of the Royal
at the same retail price.
If ycu desire to try any of the pretended substitutes for Royal
CAtiXG Rowder bear in mind that they are all made from cheaper
and inferior ingredients, and are net so -great .in leavening strength
nor of equal money value. Ray the price of the Royal Raking
Rowm-R for the Royal only.
It is still more important, however, that Royal Baking Rov,ltr
is purer and more wholesome and makes better, finer, and more
. healthful food than any other baking powder or preparation.
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