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Astoria Publlo Library Astoria Or . AS10B1A The ASTORIAN has the larg est LOCAL circulation, the larg est GENLRAL circulation and largest TOTAL circulation of all papers published in Astoria. TODAY'S WEATHER. .forecast: Cloudy weather, t? I stationary temperature. 'ft TELEGRAPHIC PkESS REPORT. ASTORIA. OREGON, FKIDAY, MORNING, FEBRUARY 22, 1895. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. VOL. XLIV, NO. 43. A. V. ALLEN, DEALER IN Groceries, .Flour, Feed.lProvisions, Fruits, Vegetables, Crockery, Glass and Plated Ware. Loggers' Supplies. Cor. Cass eud Squemoque Streets. Astoria. Ore. FREEMAN & HOLMES. Blacksmiths. Special attention paid to steamboat re pairing, first-class horseshoeing, etc. LOGGING CUP IU0RK fl SPECIALTY 197 Olney street, between Third and and Fourth. Astoria. Or. C.J.TRENCHARD, Agent Wells, Fargo & Co. and Pacific Express Co. tfOHE and PHOENIX INSO WCE CO'S. Custom House Broker and Commission Merchant. 50a Bond Street. HAVE YOU A WIFE? pmm m - - ' Have you any little ones? If so, buy a lot on the Seashore, and tijlld them a summer home. her Is no more beautiful place than Sliver Point Cliffs. E. Z. Ferguson, agent. Astoria Ab stract Company. Snap A Kodak ut any mini coming out ot our Bloie mill you'll get a portrait of a miin brlmmliu over wltn pleasant thonghtr., a) Snuli quality In the llquon we havetoofferareenoiiglilo PLEASE ANY MAN. Corps and Try Them. HUGHES & CO. IS THERE? Is there a man with heart so cold, That from his family would withhold The comforts which they all could And In articles of FURNITURE of th right kind. And we would suggest at this season, nice Sideboard, Extension Table, or se of Dining Chairs. We have the Urges and finest line ever shown In the city and at prices that cannot fall to pleas the closest buyers. HEILBORN & SON. ASTORIA IRON WORKS Concomly St. , root of Jackson, Astoria. General Machinists and Boiler Makers Land and Marine Engines. Boiler work. Steam boat and Cannery Work a Specialty.' CasMnes pi All Descriptions Made to Order on Short Notice. John Fox. President and Superintendent A. L. Fox Vice President 0. B. Prael Secretar Hunter Epicures say the best c. Pork Sausage combine the flavor of of lean pig flergen's.pork with the flaky fat 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 A 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 Ohlckerlng, th . Hantaan and the Fischer Pianos, as well as the Estey Organs, ars always on our floors open for Inspection. WILEY B. AIiLEfl 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 dots to th human being they lack strer-gth life evenness and lasting qualltl .s. Don't fool yourself Into the belief that other twines besides Marshall's will do "Just as well." They won't. They cannot. (forth Paeifie Brewery JOHN KOPP, Prop Bohemian Lager Beer And XX PORTER. Al order, proaiprty attended to COKE -: - ... iHnl nt tTVsftl. hai-A nr an-ft. ..1 rFavA tit rtt It I nt the Astoria. Transfer Company 423 Commercial mxcer. xvikvuw COAL fl CRISIS IH Osgood The The One Price Clothiers, 506 and 508 COMMERCIAL Do You r of men to do all sorts of figuring on, and we sell a better ass of tnese goods than most stores do. Try 'em. made cl The Packers of Choice !olumbia River Salmon Their Brands tstorla Pk g Co Jootn A. Pk'gCo lolumblaRlTerPkgCo tlmore Samuel... Astoria I Black 1 Oval Astoria Astoria-.... Astoria...... Brookfleld.. Astoria.-. Cocktail.... r,0 MeglerftCo tiheraen'a Pkg Co.. lag, I KlflBALL" PIANOS and ORGANS. WHOLESALE. and RETAIL. EXCLUSIVE TERRITORY ALLOTTED. CorresponJeiicc W. W. Factory Main Office and wareroom, jo & Rockwell St. 343-353 Wabash Ave., Chicago, III. Chicago, III. Pacific Coaat OffI;e and Warerooms, 33S MorrUoti, cor 7th St. Portlaod, Oregon. L. V. MOORE, manager. CliOTfllG. "While the creditor on the one hand is insisting that the debtor pay in gold, and the tariff on woolen cloths has made imported goods so low in price that we are com polled to reduce our clothing from 23 to 33 per cent on Men's and Boys' Clothing,Fur nisning Goods, Hats Caps, Boots. Shoes, Trunks, Valises, ect, as we int nd to sell from 1(5 to 33 per cent less thin else where. pipjiTM co. Hatters and Furnishers STREET, ASTORIA, OR. Work? Are you a man that works for a living a man that gets up at 5 a, m. and builds the lire and then gois out and builds a house? Are you a man that digs in the earth -"for a living? Are y(u a mascn , not exactly a Free Mason, though all masons are free in this country ? Are you a moulder, a machinist, a forger, a blacksmith, or a "white" Smith ; Ara vou a fisherman, a butcher, a baker or a candlestick maker? Are you a logger, a paint er, a conductor! a barW, a bar tender, a waiter or a cook? Are you a canneryman, groceryman or ehipmairt'r ? Are you in any eort 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; made for us under our own direc tions made to last. We carry all sorts of blank hooks for all sorts GRIFFIN & REED. and Location. I1KAND. fAntorla Pk'gCo. Kinney's (John A. Devlin. M.J. Kinney. Astoria.. Diamond. A. Booth St Sons . Cutting Pkg Co- 'Chicago hq Francisco Magnolia White blur Elmore, Sanborn & Co I Astoria. Kionkfleld W11 St. George... J.G. Megler.. Fishermen'! Pkg Co I FMiermen's... Hcar.dlnavian t.tnrln Ktebermeu'i. Wholesale Prices Quoted . -To- RESPONSIBLE DEALERS AND J1ERCHANT5. Solicited. -:- Catalogue Mailed Free on Appllcatioaj. KIMBALL CO. Manufacturers. Appropriation Committee Ad verse to Sectarian Schools. POPULIST KOLB OF ALABAMA He Threatens to Establish a Dual Government at Montgomery -Trouble Will Follow. Associated Press. Washington, Feb. 21. The Benate to day considered the Indian appropria tion bill. The sectarian school question came up wben She Item of Indian schools was reached. Cookrell expaln td that the appropriation committee had thought to take out of the bill everything that was Catholic, every- thlnar that was Protestant, and thus to separate ciiuroh from state, and eliminate the denominational questions. The Catholic schools had heretofore been omitted from the bill and the com mittee omitted the Lincoln sdhool, of Philadelphia,. and the Hampton school, of Virgina, because they were Protest ant schools. The bill also provides foi the purchase of Indian schools now the government purchase of Indian schools now owned by the various de nominations. Hawley urged that In aibacidunlng the -sectarian schools there would be no aibaindonment of Christian teachings In government schools. He would rather Hiave a Bchool run by Jesuits than to have one with no "God" In It at all. Cockrell, chairman of the appropriations committee, said 'he was a Protestant of Protestants, but he would not deny to Catholics what he took for Protestants, seven Catholic sahoil8 were stricken from the hous Ibill and two Protestant schools re tained. In view "of the excitement throughout the country on this subject the committee had decided to make a clean sweep of both. Catholic and Protestant schools.. PettfgTfcw oitercd an amendment to authorize the Indian odicers to use $550,000 on the amounts appropriated in buying abandoned schools. Teller said there was no warrant for the statement that the present policy of abandoning sectarian schools would eliminate morality and Christianity from the schools. They might not be taught Calvinism of other denomina tional doctrines, but broad Christianity, "and in my opinion," said the Colorado senator, "the world would be better If we hod less denomination and more broad Christianity in our churches." A yea and nay vote was taken on abandoning the Hampton and Lincoln schools, which was regarded as some what ot a test, and the abandonment failed yeas 21, mays 32. Lodge offered an amendment for the gradual abandonment of denomination al schools within the next three years. This and the others pending1 were not acted upon When the bill was laid aside. A DUAL GOVERNMENT. Populist K,olb Will Establish a Dual (Jovemment at Montgomery. Montgomery, Feb. 21. For some time the Kolbltes have Ibeon threatening to establish a dual government In. Mont gomery after the legislature adjourn ed, If the contest law Is not passed al lowing Kolb to Institute a contest for. the office of governor, to which he claims to be elected. Today news reached the city that Kolb was prepared to carry Into execu tion his threat to establish a. dual gov ernment in Montgomery, the legislature having failed to pass such a contest law as he demanded. Governor Oates was called upon at the executive man sion, and asked concerning the rumor. "I have not heard of Kolb's proposed dual government, but If he and his friends attempt it I shall act firmly and promptly. If they are seeking trouble they can get It. I shall main tain the majesty and supremacy of the law." NOTHING BUT THH STARS AND STRIPES. Albany, N. T Feb. 2L The Lawson flap? bill forbidding the display of for eign flags on public buildings passed the senate today. It now goes to the governor. NO WAR WITH MEXICO. Guatemala, Fet). 21. Reliable Infor- matlrn has been received at the foreign and war departments which says that it is certain some sort of a settlement has been reached In the Mexlco-Guate. mala negotiations. D BOOMING DISGUSTED. Boise, Feb. 21. The assembly today. with but five dissenting votes passed a memorial to congress in favor of the election of United State senators by direct vote of the people. There I no change In the senatorial situation. There Is much nervousness tonight. A Populist caucus bas been called to consider the senatorial matter. The situation appears to be that If Sweet cannot t elected by the Populists, ennutrh of his men will leave him to elect Shoup. It fay stated with ab solute confidence that a Benator will be elected. ItOSEDERRY'S ADMINISTRATION. Despite Contrary Predictions the Gov vernmtmt Wins. London, Feb. 21. Lord Roseberry's administration has passed successfully through the storm which Its opponenti thought would overwhelm it, and which many of Its friends believed would re quire a most skillful statesmanship to weather. Despite the predictions of the conservative peers and more or lest badly disguised fears of the radicals, the government came out of the contest with colors flyinft- and with a majority that surprised even those who would at no time admit there was a chance ot defeat. The question that precipitated the dangerous situation was made by Sir Henry James, formerly attorney general in Gladstone's cabinet, but who abandoned the liberal party on the bringing forward of the home rule scheme. By a standing order of the house of commons a member may move for an adjournment of the house for the purpose of dlsoussuig a matter of public Importance. Taking advantage of this order, Sir Henry today moved an adjornment tn order to call attention to the import duties on cotton recently decided upon Iby the government of India. It Is claimed by many of the manufacturers of Manchester and other cotton centers of Lancashire that the Imposition of this duty will (have a most serious effect on their business and they desired the Imperial government to in tervene for their abolition. By a ma. Jorlty of 195 the Rosefcerry ministry trlpmphantly repelled the attacks of Its assailants. ' - THE WILEY TURK. They Forestall Investigation of the Ar menian Massacre. (Copyrighted 1895 by Associated Press.) London, Feb. 21. The special corres pondent of the Associated Press who was sent out from London to Armenia to investigate as to the atrocities said to lhave been parpetrated on the Ar menians has written, a second letter. In It the correspondent says: Cholera quarantine Is being enforced In various portions of the Sultan's do main, in such a manner as to draw a net around the departments of Armenia in which the atrocities ara alleged- to have occured, and to keep away from the scene of the outrages all lndepend ent Investigators. It Is announced that cholera exists In Van, BItlis, and Moosh and that strict quarantine regulations must therefore be enforced. Now, It Is certainly peculiar circumstance that cholera should have happened to break out at this season of the year In the region of the Sassoun massacres and no Where else In Asia Minor. The Turks win take good care that they reach the scene first In the spring1 and clear away all traces of the massacre before Iru dlgnant Christianity Insists on sending an Independent Investigating commit tee. CABLE AMENDMENT COST. The Senate Amendment for the Ha waiian Cable Voted Down In the House. Washington, Feb. 21. The house de voted most of the day to the considera tion of the senate amendment to the consular and- diplomatic appropriation bills, appropriating 1500,000 for the con structlon of a cable to the Hawaiian Islands. Messrs. Ryan, Bartlett, Clck l3, Democrats, of New York, spoke In favor of the amendment, which was defeated by a vote of lilt to 152, sixteen Democrats voting for the cable. Hermann declared that to the Pacific coast the question of cable connection with Honolulu overshadowed and transcended all others, save only that of the construction of the Nicaragua canal. The people of the Hawaiian Is lands gave us 90 per cent of their trade. More of our ships entered the port of Honolulu than any other port In the world last year, Liverpool not ex cepted. Aside from the commercial reasons for .the construction of the cable, there were patriotic and public reasons. THE TREASURY RESERVE. Washington, Fob. 21. Today's state ment of the treasury shows the avail able cash balance to be 1167,331,354; gold reserve, $88,708,823. THE PUBLIC THE GAINER. Unheard of Rates Between San Fran cisco and the Bound. San Francisco, Feb. 21. The rate war between the Pacific Coast Steamship Co. and the opposition steamer Faral lone, has reduced the freights and pas senger rates to an unheard of figure. Today the Pacific Coast Company an nounced that after March 1st the rate for cabin passage to Victoria and Pu get Sound ports would toe 5, steerage passage $2.50, and freight rates $1 per ton. Before the cutting began ttie cabin passage was $20. - i ALONE IN THE CONTEST. San Francisco, Feb. 21. Reuben . H. Lloyd, attorney for Mrs. Herman Oel- richs and Miss Virginia Fair, announc ed positively today that his clients would not tie parties to any contest of the will of their father, the late Jamet G. Fair. Charlie Fair will contest the will, however. The matter of pro bating the will has been continued until March 2d. The Oregon Fight Anxiously Watched at Washington. THE DAY AT OREGON'S CAPITOL. Two Ballots were Taken, but Failed to Elect a Senator-Several Im portant Measures Passed. Associated Press. Washington, Feb. 21. Interest In the contests over the election of senators In the stnt :. of Oregon, Delaware and Idaho was revival In tho senate today by the circulation of a telegram re ceived by Senator Mitchell, of Ore gon, stating that the legislature of that state would adjourn Saturday, but the apprehension Which this part of the telegram aroused among the Republl can senators was someWhat allayed by the assurance which added that elec tion would occur before adjournment. Senator Dubois was able to state that the session of the legislature In his state would close March 7th, but he could furnletn, no Information as to the prospects of election. There is no limit to the term of the Delaware legisla ture. Thhr haB been a renewal of the talk of haviivg the Republican senators combine In some recommendations to the legislatures of these states as to the necessity of making a choice before odjournment, but the same objection has been made at this time as was made when the project was first agi tated, and It does not appear that any. thing will be done. NEWS FROM SALEM. The Senatorial Fight Shows iNo Ma terial Change. Salem, Feb. 21. The ballot for sen ator today resulted as follows: Dolph, 39; Hare, 10; Raley, 6; McAllister. 1; Williams, 30; Waldo, 2; absent, J. Dolph lost two-votes iMoorea, who vot ed for .Williams, and Hobson, who vot ed for Judge Waldo. Craig changed from Williams to Waldo. The second ballot showed not change. Both houses today voted to adjourn at midnight on Saturday,. The senate passed Smith's bill regulating railroad trafflo between Celllo and The Dalles, and concurred on the house resolution for a joint committee to investigate matters relating to food fishes and leg islation In connection therewith, to re port at the next session of the legisla ture. In the house the Portland charter bill was postponed till Friday morning. Curtis' fish trap Iblll was reconsidered and passed. - The house passed Hofer's bill making It a felony for bank officers to take In deposit when the officers knew the bank unsound . An appropriation of $6,500 was made for the Soldiers' Home. A resolution directing the state treas urer to credit Clatsop County with $2,093 on account of erroneous assess ment was lost. Cowan's bill for a more effective or gantzatlon of the Oregon National Guard passed. The hour for consideration of the1 gen eral appropriation bill was re-set for tomorrow night. ';' The senate this afternoon confirmed the appointment of Colonel Cetfce to be1 brigadier general vice II. B. Compaon. The (house resolution providing for the publication of tine history of the Indian wars, was concurred1 in. Brownell's bill making the term of county assessor four years, was passed. JUDGE ARTHUR SAFE. . The Majority Report of the Investlgat Inn Committee Adopted Last Night. Olympla, Feb. 21. The house re mained In session till after midnight tc consider the report of the special com mlttee to investigate tho charges agalnrt Judge Jesse Arthur, of Spo kane ami Stevens counties. The ma jority, signed by lEUdy, Raider, and Nlms, reported charges of personal mis conduct, druitkeniness and Judicial neg lect Insufficient to warrant Impeach ment. . After langthy arguments sup porting tooth reports, the house adopted th? majority report ayes 47, nays 21. A CLAIMANT FOR THE ESTATE. San Francisco, Feb. 21. r. Charles A. James died a month ago and as far as known, had no relatives here. He left an estate valued at $50,000, $30,000 of whloh was cash in the banks. When the publlo administrator applied today for .letters of administration a girl , Highest of all ia Leavening Power.Latest U. S. Gov't Report 1 i Y 19 years of age known as Laura Melln appeared In court in widow's weeds and claimed the estate as the widow of the deceased. She declared they were mar ried by contract, but sQie could not pro duce it. General Hart, who won the Blythe millions for Florence Blythe, Is attorney for the girl. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. San Francisco, Feb. 21. Arrived sdhooner Corona, from Port Gamble. Departed Schooner Sailor Boy, for Gray's Harbor; schooner Mayflower, for Sluslaw river; ship Oriental, for Na- natmo. Freights and charters British ship Dumfrleshlre, now at Portland, Wheat thence to (United Kingdom, Havre, Ant werp, or Dunkirk; British bark Glensk, now on Puget Sound, lumber thence to discharge at two nitrate ports, Pisa gua rajige; American bark Sea King, coal from Nanalmo to San Francisco. SAN iFRlANICISCO RACE3. San Francisco, Feb. 21. tAbout six furlongs tDockstadter, 1:13 1-4.. Five furlongs Bellicose, 1 1-2. ' Albout six furlongs-HMcLigiht, 1:12 1-2. Steeplechase, polo ponies, one mile-" . Isabella, 2:11 1-2." One mile, all ages Wlhltestone, 1:41 1-4. , MURDER AND SUICIDE. Omaha, Feb. 21. Charles Matthews, private in Company G, United States Infantry, murdered his wife and com mitted BUlclde tonight. CONDENSED TELEGRAPH. A Tlein Tain dispatch states that It is now certain that LI Hungi Chang will go to Japan as an envoy to ne gotiate for peace. The house by a vote of 11 4to 152 re fused to concur In the senate amend ment to the diplomatic and-consular appropriation bill appropriating $500,000 for the Hawaiian cable. Silver men at Washington have de termined to fight the proposition for certificates of Indebtedness In the sun dry civil bill, and will carry their po sition to such lengths as to prevent the bill from becoming a law If It Is re tained. The receivers of the Whisky Trust Bubmlttel a report to Judge Grosscup of Chicago today" giving a detailed statement 'it the affairs ot the trust. The report declares the concern haa $5,178,000 above all. indebtedness. ' The balance Sheet submitted Shows quick assets of $1,075,000 In excess of the lia bilities. . . In the Republican city convention to day at Chicago; trouble arose over the credentials. The delegates armed themselves with canes and chairs and pounded each other Indiscriminately. The battle lasted a quarter of an hour resulting in many bad bruises and bad ly battered hats. Police Interference stopped the row. George B. Swift was nominated for mayor by acclamation. He acted as mayor during the Interreg num after Harrison's assassination. At Paris the trial has been concluded of the representatives of the press of that city charged with, blackmail and sentences were pronounced today. M. Deoler, of the Nineteenth Century, was condemned to 15 months' Imprisonment and a fine of 200 francs. M. Glrard, manager of the Nineteenth Century, and M. Heftier to two years In prison and 1,000 francs fine each. M. Camilla Dreyfus, former member of the cham ber of deputies, and lately political di rector of the Nation, one year in prison and COO francs fine. M. Edouard Fob talis, 'formerly director of the Nine teenth Century, to five years' Impris onment ejnd 6,000 francs line. The ar rest and conviction of these grew out of unearthing a glgantlo scheme of levying Iblackmati upon the managers of all the casinos and gambling clubs of France. The house committee on Pacific roads today decided to report the new bill based on the Rellly bill, but having certain changes recommended by Shalr- man Rellly. The amended bill will Provide the principal of the govern ment debt be paid at once, and the first mortgage bonds and interest be Paid upon the bonds by the govern ment and due the government at the date the bill takes effect, be extended and paid In Installments through a per iod of 60 years. . The extended first mortgage bonds will bear Interest at four per cent and extended Interest will be secured by practically a third lien on the property subsidiary to Uie claims of parties who advance funds to pay the principal of the government bonds, and ho wlU be entitled under the bill to five per cent Interest on the advances. The electric light which Is to be erected on Fire Island, on the New York coast, will have an Illumination of about 250,000,000 candle power. It is expected to be visible 160 miles out to sea. i "4 ft