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1 ISTOm PUBLIC UBMRY1SS0C1KM. ; .i' .".(c;Va' .rr. ft . ' - r ... . ,. .......... "4 TODAY'S WEATHER. & . The ASTORIAN has the latr S4 $ est LOCAL circulation, the l.-irj?. $ fef est GENERAL circulation anj ;L lanrest TOTAL dr.nL-ifinn nf -J.'-. ,i Forecast: Fair weather, f? -to cooler west cf tho Cascades; T Hffht to frefi:i variable wlnda. , largest TOTAL Circulation of ail i t carters nnhliqiieil in Actarii 'i EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. PL M m M t . -, i , t 1 .. It ' VOL XLIV, NO. 39. ASTORIA. OREGON, SUNDAY JIOkNING, FKBKUAKY 17, 1895. PRICE, FIVE ..CKJffS. A. V. ALLEN, DEALER IN Groceries, Flour, Feed,Provisions, Fruits, V egetables, Crockery, Glass and Plated Ware. Loggers' Supplies. Cor. Cass aud Suemoque Streets. Astoria, Ore. FREEMAN & HOLMES. Blacksmiths. Special attention paid to steamboat re pairing, first-class horseshoeing, etc. LOGGING CflflIP (QOUK A SPECIALTY 197 Olney street, between Third and and Fourth, Astoria, Or. C. J.TRENCHARD, Agent Wells, Fargo & Co. and Pacific Express Co. HOfflE and PHOENIX INSURANCE CO'S. Custom House Broker and Commission Merchant. 50a Bond Street. HAVE YOU A WIFE? Have you any little ones? If so, 'buy a lot on the Seashore, and build them a summer home. Ther Is no more beautiful place than Silver Point Cliffs. E. Z. Ferguson, agent. Astoria Ab stract Company. THE SIZE Either of men or of their pocket books makes no differ ence. We can accommodate them all. You will be 6ur prised at the smallness of the amount for which you can get a suit at our Competing Keduction Sale whic runs yet this week, when you can buy Men's and Boys' Clotning, Fur nisning Goods, Hats Caps, Boots. Shoes Trunks, Valises, ect at a reduction of 33 J per cent less than regular prices. Osgood JBcAimra go. The One Price Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers 506 and 508 COMMERCIAL STREET, ASTORIA, OR. Snap R Kodak at any man coming out ot our store and you'll get a portrait of a man brimming oer with pleasant thoughts. Such quality In the liquors we have to otTer are enough to ; PLEASE ANY MAN. Corrje and Try Them. HUGHES & CO. IS THERE? Is there a man with heart bo cold, That from his family would withhold The comforts which they all could find In articles of FURNITURE of th right kind. And wo would puggest at this season, ft nice Sideboard, Extension Table, or se ; of Dining 'Chair.' -WHuwaie larges and finest line ever shown In the city and at prices that cannot fall to pleas the closest buyers. ' HEILBORN & SON. Do You Work? ASTORIA IRON WORKS Conconly St., foot ot Jackson, Astoria. fceneral Machinists and Boiler Maker; Land and Marine Engines, Boiler work, Steam boat and Cannery Work a Specialty Castings of All Descriptions Made to Order or Short Notice. John Fox. President and Superintended A. L. Fox Vice Preslden O. B. Prael Secretar Are you a man that works for a living a man that gets up at 5 a. m. and builds the hre and then goes out and builds a house? Are you a man that digs in the earth for a living? Are vcu a mascn j I not exactly a Free Mason, though all masons are tree in this country ? Are you a moulder, a machinist, a forger, a blacksmith, or a "white" Smith? Aim you a fisherman, a butcher, a baker or a candlestick maker? Are you a logger, a paint is er. a conductor, a barW, - a br- xrender, a waiter or a cook?" Are . you a canneryhian;groceryman or 6nipmati r l Are you in any sort of business that needs any particu lar sort of blank books? We carry a large stock for your particular sort of work. Good ones, too; f.mada fqr us under our own direc Ufcjswaia4 to last. We carry all sorts of blank books for all sorts of men to do all sorts of figuring on, and we sell a better made class of tnese goods than most stores do. Try 'em. GRIFFIN & REED. Dolpk's Vote Remains With the Same Result. AN EXODUS TO WILLIAMS There Was Very Little Business Yesterday in Either Branch of the Legislature. Associated Press. Salem, Feb. Id. Dolph, 35; Hare, 10 Raley, 6; Weatherford, 1; Williams, 24 absent, 14. All of the antl-Dolph men united on Williams. The following were absent and paired: Blundell, Yates, Smith, of Linn, Templeion, : Scott, . Smith, ol Clackamas, Cooper, Carter, Boothby, Conn, Alley, Carbreafih, 8telwer, and Smith, of Clatsop, The house bills creating the Ninth Judicial District, embracing Grant, Har ney and Malheur counties; the Eighth District, embracing Baker, Union and Wallowa; the (lxth, embracing Mor row and Umatilla. Lester's bill for state fish hatdherles was laid on the table. The senate passed the bill authoriz ing Portland to purchase the Stark street ferry and Morrison street bridge, and Issue bonds therefor. FOREIGNERS RELEASED. Europeans Serving With the Chinese Ars Given their Liberty. Chee Foo, Feb. 16. All the foreigners serving with the Chinese" forces at Wei Hal Wei, except the American, John Wilde, alias Howie or Harvle, have been set free. ; Wilde was arrested by the Japanese 'at Kobe on board the French steamei Sydney, with Cham Tea Moor, formerly interpreter for the Chinese legation at Washington, and an Englishman named Cameron, on a charge ot being engaged In a plat -tc destroy -the Japanese-' warships' with torpedoes. HO and his two compan ions were released on taking an oath that they were doing nothing to assls the Chinese during the pending war. It is reported that LI Hung Chang, one of the new Chinese envoys, Is on the way to Port Arthur, where e is to meet the envoys, appointed by the Japanese and arrange terms for a ces sation of the war. It Is said that Rus sla and England will offer to mediate between China and Japan. A report lr In circulation that the foreign represen tatives at Pekln are again apprehensive of trouble, and have ordered guardc to be 'brought up from the respective war ships at Tien Tsln for the protec tion of the legations. laratlon, whloh he read, as follows: "Without prejudicing our imperial cur rency, one must confess that tho differ ence in tho value of gold and silver continues to react upon our commer cial life. Following, therefore, the ten dencies which lead to the appointment of the civil commission, I am ready to consider in conjunction with tho federal governments whether we cannot -Miter upon a friendly interchange of opinion as to common remedial measure with oM-er states whloh are chiefly interested In maintaining the value of silver. STAGE COACH ROBBED. , Orovllle, Cal., Feb. 16. The Forbes town stage was stopped this morning three miles from Orovllle and two pas sengers robbed and the treasure box taken, .Two hundred and fifty dollars was obtained, $140 Ibelng taken from the two passengers. Santa Rosa, Cal., Fe. 16. "Uncle" George Walker, one of the first set tlers In California, died near Sabasto pal this morning. He came across the plains from Jackson county, Missouri, In 1840, settled in the Willamette Val ley, Oregon, but soon after came to Cal ifornia. McBRIDE EXONERATED. Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 16. John Mo- Brlde today by unanimous report of the committee of fifteen, was found not guilty of corruption in connectior with the Hocking Valley strike. The report said Mark Wild, who preferred the charges, is ft demagogue and self- confessed corruptionlst. A .resolution was adopted extending a vote of con fldence to McBrlde, and ordering Mark Wild to leave the hull. The convention elected P. H. Hanna, of Indiana, prest dtnt; Cameron Miller, of Ohio, vice- president, and re-elected Patrick Mc Brlde secretary and treasurer. Hunter Epicures say the besl j. Fork bausage combine: ' th flnunr nf nf Ip.m nil flergen's pork with the flaky fa! and the fines herbs. We furnish the table with this kind of sausage that pleases the veriest epicure, Portland Butchering Co's Marke Corner Second and Benton streets. Corner Third and West Eighth street R Iiittle Reflection Will bring you to us before you buy a Piano or Organ. A little comparison will prove to you that we sell only good pianos and or gans. We buy and sell more of these goods than any other house In Portland. The Chlckerlng, the Hardman and the Fischer Pianos, as well as the .Estey Organs, are always on - our floors open for inspection. WILEY B. ALLEN CO. They Lack Life There are twines sold to fishermen on the Columbia river that stand In the same relationship to Marshall's Twine as a wooden Image does to the human being they lack strength life evenness and lasting qualities. Don't fool yourself Into the belief that other twines besides Marshall's will do "just as well." They won't. They cannot. flortl Paeifie Bremery JOHN KOPP, Prop Bohemian Lager Beer And XX PORTER. The Packers of Choice lolumbia Rivera Salmon THelr Brands and Locations. tstoria Pit g Co.. ooth A. Pk'gCn. nluiHbls,RIverPkrCo Imnre amnel... Asti.l:i... Astoria...... ,0 MeglerSCo... henu' Pkg C... Astoria..... Aftorla...... Broolcfielil... f Antorla Fk'gCo, Kluoey'g (.John A. Devlin., I Black Diamond. I Oval- Cocktail...... Astoria.. J Mofrnolla . 1 Wl.lte Star tag, St. George... fFi'hennen'a... Scandinavian F!lrn)oii' M. 3. Kinney. Astoria........ A. Booth A Sons - Chicago Cutting Pkg Co Elmore, Sanborn! Co......... J. O. Metier...., Fishermen's Fk Co .. ..... Ban Kranclsoo Astoria . Biookoeld Wo Astoria " K1HBALL" PIANOS HE ORGANS. WHOLESALE and RETAIL. EXCLUSIVE TERRITORY ALLOTTED. 6 Wholesale Prices Quoted -Te- RES POSSIBLE DEALERS AND 1ERCHANT5. Correspondence Solicited. :- Catalogues Mailed Free M Application. W. W. KIMBALL CO. Manufacturers. Factory Main Office and ware rooms, 6 ft Rockwell St. 343-233 Wabash Ave., Chicago, III. Chicago, III. Pacific Coast Office and Wareroomi, 335 MorrUon, cor 7U1 St Portland, Oregon. L, V. MOORE, manager. ANTICIPATING THEIR FATE. London, Feb. 16. This afternoon'! Pall Mall Gazette prints a dispatch from Chee Foo repeating the statement that Admiral Tln, Chinese naval com mander at Wei Hal Wei, committed suicide on account of the reverses to the Chinese forces, and that Commo dore Liu and General Ohang ihave a 1st taken their lives for the same reason. THE SILVER QUE3TION ABROAD. The German tEmperor Deeply Inter ested In Its Solution. Berlin, Fab. 16. The sliver question In the United State.?, and Europe hai been a subject on which the political and financial world In Berlin 1ms beer chiefly occupied during the past week The financial troulMes In the Unitei States are followed here with close attention. On Wednesday nlgiht, durinf a ball at the Royal Opera House, thi emperor showed the Interest he fell In the matter by engaging In a length conversation with Mr. Runyon, th' American ambassador, on American fl nanflal affairs. An Important phas' of the silver question was reached to day when the relchatag declared lr favor of the resolution submitted yes terday by Count Von Mirbach, an Agra rian leader, summoning another inter national conference on the currenc) question. TO RHHABILrrATE SILVER. Berlin, Feb. l.-rrhe Relch,, adopted a resolution instructing the federal government to issue an Invita tion for an International monetary con ference to take action for the rehabill tation of silver as a circulating M dlum. The resolution whloh was submitted to the reiohstag by Mirbach, had re ceived the signatures of the unusually large number of 210 members of tha: body, comprising conservatives, nation al liberals, ultramontanes, and mem bers of other parties. Among the sign ers were to be found not only the names of professed blmetalllstsL s, other members who ha k. - e-a a KKJ LIJi '. maintained a more or less neutral al tltude cn the question of fclmt!!.. The nsult of the debate wu tr,rJ. shadowed yesterday when rrinc Ho- r.fnlohe ln3ratfd the attitude of thr government In a carefully worded de-j WALCOTT'S SENSATIONAL SSPEiECH Washington, Feb. 16, In the senate today Wolcott, In a speeoh bristling with sensationalism and denunciation of the president for the recent bond sale, declared he was Informed by the president of the New York 'bank bond syndicate that,.j;liey would never be compelled to pay more than ten per cent for-Its Investment. The bonds It had purdhased at 104.50 were already being 'taken at 112 In New York, and there was & great demand for th bonds at that figure. The bond1 resolu tion, he declared, toad attacked the government credit. (The' president's message to congress contained a lying statement that he desired to maintain the parity of our currency when he had already negotiated contracts which dis credited sliver. ANOTHER MEASURK. Washington, Feb. 16. Phe sub com mittee of the senate coMmlttcei'. Which has charge of the sundry civil appro-!" prlation bill, concluded its labors to day. The bill as it will go td the full committee will contain an amendment providing for the Issuance of time cer tificates of Indebtedness to the amount of $100,000,000 to draw 3 per cent and to run for three years. It Is distinctly understood that they are to be used only for the Purpose of meeting the treasury deficiency, and are not to be of a character to be used as bank re. serves. Twenty-live Small Atlantic Coasters Missing. CONDENCEO TELEGRAPH NEWS. Letter from Laka Budolph, Eastern African Expedltlon-Santa Fe Train Wrecked. Associated Press. New lork, Feb, 16.Mucta anvlety is manifested among owners of small coastwise sailing vessels as to the safe ty of about 25 ships which are supposed to have been lost In the blizzard ot a week ago. , Every day the offices of agents are besieged by relatives an xious to know What ihas become of their loved ones who shipped a month ago. Since the severe storm there has not been one ooastwise sailing vessel reported from any southern port, and vessels bound from New York for the South and New England are also long overdue, and they are supposed to have foundered. The -ship's crews average about ten man each, and the total value of cargoes la about a quarter of a mil lion dollars. ey In use. Dolcott, .Locltfe and Teller severely arraigned the president for his bond contract with the lioths ehtlds and other foreign bankers. At Columbus, Ohio; C. D. Rogers, Jr., brings suit against the Columbus Carriage Manufacturing Company, to test the Income tax law. A petition Is being circulated In the senate, recommendations to the presi dent to appoint Stsnator Ransom, of North. Carolina, minister to Mexico to succeed the late Minister Gray. FROM FAR AWAY AFRICA. News from the Lake Rudolph Eastern Africa Expedition. TO PROTECT THE SEALS. Washington, Feb. 16. Important ac tion upon the seal fisheries of Behrin 3ea was taken today by the house ways at d means committee. It was agreed to authorize the president to Invite the governments of Great Britain, Russia and Japn to unite with the Unite states In sending a Joint commission t Investigate the seal fisheries. TO BE PAID IN CASH. Omaha, Feb. 16.-The Bee tonight ays. It was given out at the Omaha 'ederal building today that In the fu Lure Nebraska Indians are to be paid their annuities In cash Instead of the iustomary supply of blankets, groceries, He. This Is fald to be the result of .Mevjing perpetrated on the Indian b .raders who secure their supplies foi naught. It Is believed this system wit jpply through tho entire West. A PIONEER DEAD. Olympla, Feb. 16. Isa Harris, of California and Oregon, and a pioneer -esident of thi city, died today, in Sew York City. He wa a native of Russia and settled In California 4C ear ago. He cam to Olympla In 1870 and entraged In the mercantile business and acquired considerable wealth. BOTH HOUSES ADJOURN. Olympla, Feb. 16. Both house ad' iourned without transacting any bus! iesa this morning. SULLIVAN DEFEATED. Newcastle, England, Feb. 16 Thi mulling match on th Tyn between Charles W. Harding and Thomas Sul 'Ivan, for $2,000 and the single soul: championship of England, was won 'hi afternoon by Harding by, foui 'ervrths. Time), 21 minute IS aecon.l? THERE WAS NO ROBBSRY. Pr-ndleton, Fe. 16. Deputy Marsha! Ontley returned today from te spm of yesterday' reported stage rubb?ry. He says th story I a fake. (Copyrighted 1895 by Associated Press,) New York, Feb, lO.-Whe Associated Press has reoelved the following letter from Dr. Donaldson Smith, of Philadel- phla, In which news of the Lake Ru dolph, Eastern Arflca, expedition is given up to December 14, 1894, The letter Is dated from Rheboyll River, near Comollland. He relates the details, of his encounter with Dodjas Wa Daxubbra, the Abyssinian leader who had exterminated or enslaved the native Gallas and who prevented Dr. Smith find hi party from proceeding. The Doctor write: De Gubbra- proved himself to be one of the funniest and wittiest ofi men Imaginable. They don't cook their meat, hut eat it lmme dlaloly after the animal Is killed, and they always conceal their face when eating or drinking.- Such a thing a morality Is unknown among them, and they seem to delight In cruelty In treat- Inf their slaves. I have frequently seen young girls kicked and beaten for quite trifling offenses. We made a rich discovery on our. way south, -'I had heard of a river that ran under ft mountain where the great god of the G alias, Waco, had carved a place for himself. A great part of our Journey has been through the richest country from an agricultural point of view I have ever seen, and the cilmate would suit the European farmer exactly. There are sign of much previous cul tivation, but little land is cultivated at present. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. San iFrancisco, Feb. 18. Arrived Wellington, from Departure bay. Clear,d-iQueen, for Aptorla and Portland; schooner ' San Buena Ven tura, from Gray's Harbor; Homer, from xaquina Bay; Alice Blanohard, from Astoria and Portland. Freights and charters-British ship British General, at Portland, wheat thence to the United Kingdom, Havre, Antwerp or Dunkirk; British, bark Glandlnorvlg, at Portland, wheat thence to the Unite! Kingdom, Havre, Ant werp, or Dunkirk. RACING AT SAN FRANCISCO. San Franclaco, Fob. 11. The Burns handicap,' mile and a quarter, was run oft today, and Barney Schrleber's old horse Hawthorne . landed the 15.000 prize. About six' furlongs Bellrlnger, 1:21. Five furlongs-Conde, 1:00. About six furlongs, handicap Hobln Hood II, 1:18. Burns' handicap, mile and a quartet Hawthorne, 2:17. Steeplechase, mile and a half Tyro, 3:28. THE JURY DISAGREED. San Francisco, Feb. 16. The Jury In the case of Dick McDonald, disagreed and were discharged. TROUBLE FOR SAN DOMINGO. Bethlehem. Pa.. Feb, 16. From m-i- 1 - a vate advices received here toniffht It is learned that there Is trouble brewing for the Island of San Domingo. The president of that island. It Is stated, ha been acting with a high fcand in seizing funds of French merchants. The French will also claim indemnity for the death of one of their country men. The French now-have five- men-of-waHying at Haytl roady to pounce down upon the little Inland. . i.;kV HEAVY - SNOWS. . Danville, Pa., Feb. 10. The most vlg- arous snow storm yet, commenced here ast night and continued all day until i o'clock this evening. Ten Inches of 4tiow has fallen. SANTA FE TRAIN WRECKED. ' Run Into by a Coal Train No On Killed. Pittsburg, Kan., Feb. 16. The regu lar Santa Fe passenger train from Kan sas was wrecked Just outside the city limits this evening, and several passen ger Injured, None of them. It It thought, will die. ' The engineer of a coal train, looking back for signals, failed to see the ap proaching Santa Fe passenger. Thf coal train struck the tender of the lanta Fe, throwing the entire passon er train, except the engine, to thf xttorn of a 15-foot embankment Svery person on the Santa Fe train wa more or less Injured, and It Is a wonder that nobody wa killed. . CONDENSED TELEGRAPH. Th Jury In the Banker Edmlston 'ase 1 still out. Special Treasury Agent A. Moore, rt Ban Francisco; F. W. Bean, of Bpo tane, and Leslie Cullom, of Tauoma, eave the latter city today to Inspect Oregon' custom houee. A case of too much civilization fo: Indian wa shown In the arrest at Tacoma of William Richards, Harry Taylor and Joe Welner, young Puyal lup Indians, on a charge of attempting to pass forged checks on a Tacom bank. A storm of financial debate swept tver the senate, exceeding In Intensity my discussion In the upper branch of . .GETS FIFTEEN YEARS. Portland, i-'t b. IS, Xenophon Bteeve wa today Kontenced to fifteen years' imprisonment ; for complicity In the murder of Geo! Sayres. THE STRIKE OFF. Brooklyn, Fob. 16. The strike on the Brooklyn Heights and Queen county and Suburban Railroads Is declared off, THE IDAHO LEGISLATURE. Zolse, Feb. 18. The ballot for United State senator today resulted: fthoup, 19; Sweet. 18; Clagget. is! , NEXT SUMMER'S REGATTA. It Will Probably Have an Agricultural Annex. ' Last year' regatta was such a sue. oes that before the affair was hardly over, talk of another the following year, only on a larger scale, was com mon on every side. Parties who con trlbuted varlou sums to make up the prize money, came forward at the end if the three days' racing and offered to double their subscriptions for this year. So much of a gratifying nature ha been said to the gentlemen who contributed so largely by their untiring 0 (Torts h making the first regatta what It was, that they now propose to do it up on a broader scale this year, and mnle from boat racing and other aquat- 40 sports, it is proixjsud to hoid a cuun iy agricultural an4 horticultural snow, a here the product of the ileid and garden can be displayed by tne lar- uiers or not only viaisop county, but jlher counties who wish to come In wltn an exhibit. Blooded horseflesh, and itnoroughiDred cattle will also be a fea ture that will undoubtedly prove a rfreat attraction. It is also proposed to hold a firemen's tournament at the same time, a well a a bench uhow, cue latter being a feature recently tried nere with great success. The regatta this year 1 sure to be a far greater succens than that held last year, for since the fishermen had a ohante of testltig their boats on that occasion many of them have construct ed new crafts, that promise to prove irreat sallfcrs. Not only on the Colum bia river has there been considerable activity in boat building, but over on fctloalwater bay several slorms been butlt ttiat will enter this year's !orgres, for many days. It wa brought on by Hill' advocacy of hi 'rtcea. The regatta committee will start resolution defining the policy of the government for bimetallism and for paying Its obligations In the best mon- to early this year, and the probabilities are that a number of boat club on tnn coast will be represented here In Au tr ust im a result of their efforts. Highest of U in Learcning Powcr.Lai;t U. S. 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