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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1897)
ASflEUlP'J3iSCLI3!lAEUTO: SAVE TIME The Dally Astoria n orw Has a Psnvua. : AND PlHWHCt ...family jCfCtotoa... Much mom than thi Tinit At UOi AS THATu AST OTMl PAfW III AlTOtlA. I'.xpona ftu mid worry P.W ft An "AdM In Tni AtrnaiAS'i "Wal Coiuma." EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. ASTORIA, OREOOX, FRIDAY JWOKyiXfJ, JANUARY 22, 18'J7. NO. 13 VOL. XLVI. J-Stil IB Am CI isn,i HI H I! 1 l LI II 11 Ladies' Kid Button died Tip. CutaM Mad. World $'2 oO Laird, Schoter & Co-'s Y50 aid o Shi, Columbia Shoo Company 523 Commercial St.. Astoria. Or. A Fall Line of- 0??ic and 1T't r s c? V Calendar Pads Biar?k Books Supplies Tide Tables for 199? Office end Typewriting GRIFFIN City Book Store The Low Price Store IS CLOSING OIJLIT S BUS! NESS. Alt Dress Goiids, Shoes, I'mtcrvcar. Cloak, Corsets, Mild !W) per cent, off rcqutnr price. If you buy one dollar's worth orfloods all vou pnv fur It Is 70 its I. COHEN, AQt Ilond fit. V Awtbrln.Or. WHY Do We Have Because our Goods are Properly Represented. We Deal Courteously with Our Customers, We Consider Thoir WiintB, Ami Give the Mot Value for the Lowest Price. FOARD & STOKES CO. Astoria Roofing and Cornice Co. 34 NINTH STREET 34 Clarkson & fcmn LONG FIR PILING Promptly Furnished Astoria Asphalt & Roofing Co. All Work Moof fainting ad Hapalrlntf Ltilijr Hoofs. Emil Schacht flHGjUTEGT GEO. NICOLL. Assistant. oitiob: Iopp's Hew Brewery B.F.AIUlEH&SON Will Pspsf. Artlili" Materials, Palais. OIK. Glut. tc. Japan Matting, Rutland Bamboo Good 365 Commercial Street. UNION MEAT CO. SHIELD BRAND flfllVIS, BACON, IiRHD CONDENSED MEATS GUARANTEED THR DEBT ...IN TdC MARKET... Cor. 4th and Glisan Sts PORTLAND OREGON Shoes Ladies' Fine Shoes in Uy. .&. A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR TO ALL & REED The LARGEST BUSINESS? Cravtl. Tin and Slate Roofing Asphalt Pavlnr for Basements. Sidewalks and Streets Asphalt Coating- on Tin and Shingle Roofs Repairing of all kinds of Roofs Boom Company 216 and 217 Chamber of Commerce Portland. Oregon l..nv orclera M.SJI Commr vial MlrMl Guaranteed N. JBN3EN tad R. 0. HANSEN SEASIDE SAWMILL. A complete stock of lumber on hand In the rough or dressed. Floorlnf, ru tic, celling and all kind, of finish; mold' lngi and shingle. Term, reasonable and prices at bedrock. All order, promptly attended to. Office and yard at mill. H. F. I LOGAN, Seaside, Oregon. Proprietor. The Palace Cafe Is the Place for a Good Meal... Eastern Oysters la the shell or cm Served to Order or Sold at Retail W. W. WHIPPLE THE PALACE J. A PASTABEND, GENERAL CONTRACTOR, HOUSE, BRIDGE AND DHRRF BUILDER HOUKB MOVER. float Moving T00I1 for Rent. ASTORIA OREGON A "SAILOR MAN'S" POINT OF VIEW Aslorl' future as Shipping fort Assured Kith Kltjht Conditions. no sun will ;o i f a river for Cargo When It "i Had Cheap eronlv Ti n Mile From Sea Can t Kirk Against the Pricks. "Captain C'orkhlll. of h British ship (Wn f India, now at Astoria, has been Interviewed by the Astorlan. hli In at prwM aulnKlng the hulld Ink of a ewall f.ir the nnhln aink. u. make f U Cairtaln Crkhlll U wry i).lmiilr, anil tn a 'lunin Inter view. Mtld ! irther thing: " 'Hhlpinient would f.niler It a Mwnltig If they i nml their epilog ten tnlli-a fnmi M little r no t lug exM-ime. Vm in rellly urwler atanl. !. tlutt ty th rlu ttoii In time mnl towage necewMU-y for a uhlp to !. In 1'iirtlatvl r on the Hound or In 8n Krant-Wwo, tltere will tie a rot' ret.m!lnr rwluiKlon In the rate of t'lutrtere ami mrln liwurame. Thla will hnfe to effwtii. The fanner will get a Letter prVe for hln wheat, ami the till-oIVrr a hetter IiMflt III hl "fonetilerlng the fin tival the Crown f India la tw.w olTi'rlna at a iijiaxter rate., low that a "corTenllng redur iIihi' or any other kind of a reduction would not leave jriflt enough to luy lime Juice and aalt hire for the crew, It In trifle dtmcult 10 umlerwund where the marvelou heneflt to the hl-ow ner la tuning fnnn. llr own- em are w illing to y towage and pilot- mir t IN.rtliuid. and cltarter her for conalderaMy leu than 10 shilling per ton, and the port that advertlaea lower rate than that aa one of her foaturea. will hardly aureeed In draw. Ing the flee nf the world to her ae' walhM harlMir. Tajitaln Onrkhlll either talked too niu-h or Ua little." To a man up a, tree he above oal etttortal t the Patly Ore.fi1nn of the .0th tnut , ounda Ilk. the wall of a J'lng awan. Kviry ten-year-old hoy who hu gone to r hool and In !cd known tlmt when the onlltlona out llix-d ly I'nptam CVrkhlII become fiu-tii und Anlor lit la In nwdton tn loud wheat onto di-ep ""a Vina In, that Portland inut r,ae to he a port of (hlpiiK'nt to any great extent. No master of a deepaea Venad ! going to rlxk hla ahlp by towing her one "hundred mllea up a tortuoue and narrow river rhannel to I'ortland at h-avy exiMTine when he nan load hie cargo at Antorla, .inly ten mllea from the aoa, with Utile or now towarge ehargca to pay, ami under condlMonn which will reduce il Inaur ance. The writer of the article Quoted knowa an well aa anyone what are ttie facta and he ai ktxnva that the state ments made are mtaleadlng. Matters are im( yet complied ftr the loading f Hhlps at A wor In, and until they are It w ill not he poenllile for di'e.m vea el to receive their cnrgHa at Antorla. Wien the ixiullUoiin are ripe It will be found that Cliptnin rorkhill'a pre- dlctlonn will lie more thrnn fullllUM. Not nly will di-ietNi vchxi-Im tie up to Aa- torla'a H.n.wnll If ..lie bullda one. but the tlnhlng lmuka' will alan find Jia-kage there an well am Oriental milliner. The Htate of Oregon can not ivrToril very much longer to pay out .riiO,(HKl a year to keen the chiuow.1 f the Columbia divp enough for large ahlpa to ue It at all a.onn of the year, nor can the Unite! Sut gov- ermmmt rightfully apnronriate the money of the ipli r the mainte nance of an Interior channel or canal. If there w no harbor at Antorla and none could be created there, while one might be maintained at Portland, even at high expense, eondltioiw wwild be changed. Hut that auch Is not the oaao la only too well known to the Oregonlan writer. Portland bualnesa men fully realise the situation, and are nly too anxious, when the time cornea. to plant tihelr mirplua money at the growing port at the mouth of the river. It la impossible to kick aealnet the pricka. Oregon for Oregon; Portland for what she la and always will be, the financial center of the state. Let As toria be what she Is detrigned to be. the shipping port of the Northweat. When seen yesterday Captain Cork- hlll wild that he had rend the article In tho Oregonlan, but hud nothing to cay further rhan to reiterate his for mer atatomcntti. "1 did not know that 1 was striking the people of Portland In so vital a part, ltut they must know, as others do, that whnt I said and others endorse, is but the truth. I want to deny one thing, most em phatically. So far aa I am concerned personally, and far as any Informa tion I have from my owners goes, we nave noi on ere. 1 at any time to go to Portland and take on a cargo at .'it eiiilllngs per ton or less. On the contrary I have made arrangements to remain in this xrt an IndeMnlte length of time awaiting better charter rates. 1 came Here under old conditions, in surance rates being1 high, and antlcl WUIng the necessity of paying expen sive towage rotes to and from Portland, Had you your seawall built here and your railroad In operation, with a line of barg running between here and tlie Interior through the newly owned Cascade locks, 1 ai safe In nuylng them Is not a shipmaster afloat who would not prefer t' lake hla cargo in Astoria, only ten miles fn.rn When I was talking the other day It was from a sailor man' point of view, and I aUII aay ttiat, from a sailor man's point of vlww, Airtorla U the port an1 la dvtlne to be aa far ahead of Port land aa a ahlpplng port as the sun I nlxivw the stani, Why. I would rather take II per ton lea and load at As. tirUt than take the cham e to my ship of g'dng up the river to Portland for a cargo. Mind you, now, I am only Haklng frtiin a sailor nsin's point f vlw. I ain not trying to run down Portlar.1 or It bolnnii. It waa on my former visit the rrvat bualnegi ren ter of this state, and you tell me It Is now, and probably al will te, but common s-ium must show that with the proper condltlotui prevailing at As toria, this must be the shipping port of the Northwest eisui!. You have ev erything to make it U' h If you get the tininage here which we want to load I will suy again, from a sailor man's point of view, that when you do get your pnaliv ta shipped here and adequate dis ks or a .all at which we (am Umd. you will And fhat my rlllrr alaiemenl will be fiund true tn the main. I was not then talking if present condition.." HA1.KM NEWS. Halem. Januarv l rtpecial Corre spondent Astorlan.l Many bills have been prepared and will be Intrdoueed In the ss-naue changing the law In re gard to fisheries It la probalile, how ever, that none of them will become laws tn either form or substance as In troduce!. Chairman Heed, of the com mittee on fishing Indusiflea, was seen by an Asu.rtan riayreaentaUve and sMka freely on lbs subject. Kenatnr Reed is a memlier from lJUglasa coun ty and a ctuinenrnsn of well known reputation. He say that the commit tee will endeavor to prejiare one gener al hill that will coverall the provisions of all the bilk. strUting out conflicting portions and preserving those features tliut -em to be for the best Interest of all. Home of thu bills preiar-d are almost excluslv.ly favoralle to llsher- men, whtfo others are favoraMe to cannerymen; some seek to give advan tage to vrtaln -fishing grounds while others will favor other portions of ihe state, w here fishing Is an Industry. The object of the commttlee will be to as certain the needs and wlhn of those Interested and reimimend . a bill that w 111 be Junt to all and partial to none. There sems to be a prevailing opin ion that there should be at least the same limitation upon fishing that there Is upon voting; that only qualified vot ers be allowed to fish In the waters of this state. Some are inclined to favor a more strict limitation but the com mittee will probably not deem It ne cessary or advisable. Aa there la to be a provision In the general bill that will be recommended providing for an a4iprHriatlon. thft will make It neoesaary nhat 'the bill be first Introduced In the house of repre sentatives, and there will consequently he a dolay occasioned by the failure f the house to organise. Nothing definite can be known yet as to what w II! be the provisions of the fishing hill. If the house delays organization much longer the work of the committee will lx so crowded that due consldera- lon can not he given to the measures proxicd, and a faulty law is likely to be the result. The members of the committee ami esfievially the chairman, are please! to receive u(rgveUons and to have those Interested and Informed upon the subject express their opinions. SCHOONER AND CREW. Lost In Sight of Hundreds of People I'nable to Render Assistance. Swlal to the Astorlan. New York, January 21. The three- masted schooner Nahum- Chapin, of Rockland, Maine, coal laden from Bal timore to Boston, went ashore near Quougue. Ing Island, early this morn ing ami her entire crew, consisting of nine men. was lost In sight of hun dr1 of people who hal gathered on the beach, but were powerless to ren der assistance. CARNEGIE TALKS. Johnstown, Pa., January 21. Andrew Carnegie is the guest of Johnstown this evening, and his reception on the arrival of the special train from Pitts hurg was a curdlnl ami hearty tribute of honor by a grateful people. The reception was prompted by the fact Carnegie rebuilt the public library here after the Hood and was the largest contributor to the relief fund. In the course of Carnegie's address In re sponse he simke of the business depres Ison of the past three years, which he attributed tn the general agitation against the gold standard. OREUON AHEAD. Wiishlmrton. January 21. The war department tins Just published tho re sults of rille, carbine and revolver fir ing of all the troops of the army during the past year. The table shows the deartment of the Columbia was first with rltles at 200. 300. 500, 600 and 800 yards. EFFECTED AT LAST lienson Men Get in Their Work and Are Swum la. NO TRAGEDIES PERPETRATED Temporary Bpeaker Davis Still Claims to ftj In power Complications Arise In the Senate. XM'la! to the Astorlan. Kalem. Oregon, January 21. Two oVpK-k was th liour set by the Benson men for onrnliatlon of the lower house, with a (majority numbering thirty-fine, and the entire program was carried out with no friction. The Ben son men were early In their seata. So were two Democrats. Oratke, of Clat sop, and Mlsener, of Crtyik. Riddle, RIubllcan, and Speaker Davis were also present, assuring an attendance of more than thirty -one. At t o'clock, when Speaker Davis lulled the members to order, an audible rustle of expectancy passed around the house. The speaker directed Clerk Moody to call the roll, which shosred 33 present and 17 absent. The first formal move of the Benson men w.j made by Brown, who addressed Speak er Da via and. being recognised, said: "We have sat here for ten days in our effort to organise this bouse; but the rulings of the temporary speaker have at all times been adverse to the possi bility of organisation. If he has been conscientious !n hla ruling 1 respect him." Mrown then offered a formal resolution, aa follows: "Resolved. That the present tempo, rary speaker, Mr. E. J. Davis, be and he is hereby removed; and that Dr. J. N. Smith be and he Is hereby elected speaker pro tern fn his stead; second, that E. R. Lake and Mr. r 8. Stanley le and they are hereby appointed a committee to escort Dr. J. N. Smith to the speaker's chair." "We have serious business to do," Brown said. "Mr. 8peaker," Interrupted Riddle, of Douglass, addressing Davis. "I desire to enter an emphatic protest against this proceeding. I am against thto resolution." He then read an opinion of Hon. ieorge H. Williams against the legal- Ity of the proceeding. Riddle then re- tired. "I will ask the speaker to put the question," said Brown, "although X realize that this rs a delicate matter for hlnu" "This whole proceeding Is out of or der," replied Davis, coolly, "and I de cline to put the question." "I will put the question," continued Brown. "All who favor the resolution will say 'aye.' " Theie was a loud chorus of "ayes." "Those opposed, 'no.' " Several yell, of "no" came from the lobby. "Carried," cried Brown. Smith was marched up beside Speak er Davis. When he was opposite the sneaker. Smith, who is a very small man. nervously extended his hand to Davis, who Is quite tall, and there was an awkward handshake. The crowd breathed sighs of relief and smil ed. There was to be no tragedy. Smith then ask?d th further pleasure of the house, and Sumers offered a resolution removing the temporary' clerk, Moody, and appointing R. R. Hays, the Ben son raiucus nominee. Smith put the motion and it was declared carried. Hays assumed the plaice beside Clerk Moody. Thomas, of Multnomah, then called for the report of the committee on credentials. Clerk Hays responded that he could And no report. "Do I understand that Clerk Moody declines to furnish the report?" de manded Thomas. "I have made no declination or affir mation," responded Moody. "What ever I am directed to do by Speaker Davis 1 11 do." "All these proceedings are out of or der," said Speaker Davis. "I direct the chief clerk not to surrender the report." Thomas then announced that he had a report ready. He submitted a report signed by himself and Stanley, of the original committee on credentials, de claring thirty-one members entitled to seats. These Included all present ex cept Speaker Davis. The report was declared adopted. The committee re tired and soon reappeared accompanied iy Chief Justice Moore, who swore in the members. Conn then offered a reso lution to proceed with permanent or ganization, which was carried. Speaker Somers plated in nomination H. L. Benson, of Josephine. Benson re ceived 28 votes, Benson, Gratke and Mlsener voting blank. Speaker Davis' name was not called. Benson assum ing the gavel, made a short speech of thanks. Chief Justice Moore then swore him In. The following officers were thin elected: Assistant chief clerk, H. S. Jotdan. Reading clerk, Frank Motter. Calendar clerk. E. W. Bartlett. Sergeant-at-arms, H. W. Murphy. Doorkeeper, S. W. White (colored). These were Benson caucus nominees. There was some discussion as to the proper way to notify the senate of tho house organization, but it was final ly settled ty the adoption of a resolu tion by ?irorwn, appointing a committee at two for the senate and three for the house fo notify the governor that the senate and house were organized and ready for business. On motion of Hrown. the Benson nous then adjourn ed till 10 o'oPkHc tomorrow. Bpeaker Davis then recognized Riddle, who had returned, and made a . motion to ad journ. He put the motion and declared fhe house adjourned till 9:30 tomorrow. The deadlock on organization In the house has been transferred to the sen ate. The Mitchell men will tomorrow begin the flght In that body for the recognition of the house, organized to day. In the event that the senate should not recognize them, they claim that since they have created a de facto house they can now proceed to vote for fntUsd States senator, and that their nominee will be seated. If the senate should not renogndze the Benson h ruse the situation m the senate would only be a senate and house not work ing In harmony. Notwithstanding this they claim that the Mitchell men In the senate can enter Into Joint convention with the members of the Benson house and vote for I'rrlted States senator. To support this position they quote the following telegram received today from Cnited States Senator McBrtde by Sen ator Mitchell: "Senators Piatt, Vilas. Thurston, and rather, concur In Senator Hoar', opin ion that two third, of those members of the house ho have qualified consti tute a quorum of the house and that the qualified members of the house can enter into Joint assembly with mem bers of the senate and lawfully elect a Vnlted States senator. Tou will re member that Dubois was elected on the second Tuesday of the session, al though one of the bouse, had only a so-called temporary organization on the first Monday." WILL BE SETTLED In Caucus, and Interests In Washing ton'. Senator Flags. Olympla, January 21. Three ballots were taken for United States senator In joint session today without any ma terial change from yeaterday. The legislative hall was again packed by a curious" crowd and there was a .belief thit some decided change would occur in the Populist ranks, but the j different Populist candidates finished ' In relatively the same posltoin as the jday before. Considerable flirting with votes was indulged m but this was done without and serious Intention. Judge Turner Increased his strength to 1 24 votes, and Senator Squire increased to four votes on the last ballot as against cwo yesterday. This Is not considered important as one of the votes was cast by Williams, who was sick yesterday. After the second bal lot a motion was made to adjourn, and although the roll call was demanded. the motion was defeated by a large majority. After the third ballot a sim ilar motion prevailed by unanimous vote. The fact that there la a decided feeling; that the master will be aettred In caucus within a few days detracts Interest from the vote in the session. PENDLETON'S SHORTAGE. Pendleton. January 2i. A personal friend of Geo. R. Lash said today that others were implicated in causing the shortages in the city funds now charg - ed to him alone. Rumors on the streets make the situation appear ugly. The city council appointed Frank B. Clopton to make a thorough search of all the city books, preparatory to In augurating a complete reform in the manner of keeping the municipal ac counts. A member of the council re marks that there would be no surprise at a total shortage of $10,000 when all the departments of the city govern ment are gone through. Recorder Lash Is yet confined with officers patrolling before his residence. TO RESCUE THE WOMEN. San Francisco, January 21. The sto ry publicshed recently in a local paper to the effect that the Island of St. Johns, in the South Seas, was inhab ited solely by wxmen who were pining for husbands, has borne fruit in the Incorporation today of the "United Brethren of the South Sea Islands." The capital stock has been placed at 120.000 and already over thirty men have subscribed. THE TILLAMOOK TRIBE. Washington, January 21. Represen tative Fisher from the committee on Indian affairs, today submitted a report on the bill appropriating $10,300 to make flruU settlement with the Nehalem band of the Tillamiook tribe of Indians of Oregon for ceded lands. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest TJ. S. Govt Report ABSOLUTELY PXJHE HiTiinrnr SOUTH AFRICA Nine Officers of british Etpcdltlo. to Benin Killed la Cold Blood. WELL NAMED CITY OF BLOOD Six British Warship. Dispatched to the Scene Munltkm. of War WIU Fol low at One. London. January 21. The Evening New. this afternoon has dispatch from Lagoaa, the capital of tas British West African Colony of that name. giving the detail, of the massacre, oc the British expedition under Consul J. R. Phillip., by the Inhabftanu of Benin City, early In the present month. The party consisted of Consul Gtn- eral Phllllpa, Major P.' R. a Copeland- Crawford, deputy commissi oner and vice consul In the Niger Coast protec torate, and adjoining native territory; Capt. BoisrangDn, commander of tha Niger Coast protectorate force.; Cant. Mailing, of the lth Lancers, and offi cer of the Niger Coast protectorate force; R. F. Locke, of tha consular staff; H. C. Campbell, of h. consular staff; Dr. H. Elliott, medical officer, and Messrs. Power, and Gordon, civilians, and 200 native carrier. The party were u panned and wera proceeding to Benin City in order U make request for a conference with King Obboah. In regard to Increasing trading faculties with that part of Af rica, A few mile, up the river tha expedition landed. Fifteen miles from Benin City the carriers were sent ahead through the dense jungle, the officers following. Five miles from Benin Cttjr the officers suddenly came upon a nar row defile which was filled with tha dead carrier who were fearfully ms tllated. Almost Immediately after ward, the officers and their servants were surrounded and attacked by hun dreds of savages, and in a few mlnutea all the members of the party, excepting; Boisrangon and Locke were killed. Cap tain Boifcranffon and hi companion, af ter wandering In the bushes for a week succeeded in reaching; New Benin, ! wounded and exhausted, bringing the first authentic new. of the affair. The affair la looked upon aa deserving a punitive expedition. Benin City la known as the "City of Blood," on ac count of Ks being the seat of the icn priests ot tnat .part or attic. and because human sacrifices are of frequent occurrence. Six British warships have already been dispatched to the entrance of tha river Benin. British officers left Liv erpool for the same coast Saturday and munitions of war will follow Saturday next AFFAIRS IN CUBA, ' Cincinnati, January 21. A. Commer cial Trbune special from Havana says: Emanuel Silvero, a wounded Cuban, arrived here tonight from Key West, having escaped from Cuba on a fish ing vessel. He comes from the field near Artemlsa. He states that ? en era! Rivera Is sadly In need of ammunition and arms. His men are short of cart ridges. He has over 3000 men that l could be used had they arms. A ma- ehete is. the only weapon that hundred are armed with. In ambuscade the machete to the Cuban weapon and Is a terrible one. He confirms the story of January I when a Spanish band came upon a Cu ban hospital near San Cristobal, con taining 600 wounded insurgents, ana put to death all of them, even the at tending physicians. Col. San Martls' troops are raiding sB that section, though very seldom go ing Into the hills near Rivera's camp. One of his bonds was ambushed two weeks ago and out of forty-five men to. It only three escaped. They are blood thirsty and are credited with more murders ot women and pactflcos than any other band. THE CUBAN LEAGUE. New York. January 21. The Cuba League of the United States Is organ izing branch leagues In every town or city In this country of 6000 or more In habitants. There are 750 such town and cities In the United Statea The object of the league Is to call forth an expression of unanimous sentiment of the American people in favor of Cuban Independence. The effort la al so being made to secure the passage ot a resolution in every state legislature demanding that such action should be taken by the government as will end the war in Cuba and Insure the Inde pendence of the Island.