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M ifl' 0 nr vwxr , it us -n viivflin i ra n . v ivv r j ii i j nib.. i at ir lii . is 3 iri EXCLUSIVEl TELEQRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XL. NO. 117. ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 18, 1803. PRICE, FIVE CENTS, ASSIGNEE'S SALE Continued till old stock is closed out at cost. New Goods arriving sold at liberal discount. W. W. PARKER, Assignee. DinsmoreT Auction ! Auction ! Auction ! 3 Sales Daily, 10 A. IVi., I P. M., 7 P. M. DinsmoreT SOCIETY IflEETINUS. Scandinavian Benevolent Society. KEUULAB MEETLNOH OF THIS 8DCIKTY lit their room! tu Pythian building at eight o'clock p. m.. on the second and fourth Tues day i of each mont h, AUU. DANIELSON Secretary. Ocean UlncHmpme'.t No. 13, 1. O. O. F lK(iULAK MKKilNGS OK OCEAN EN .. citmpnittiit No. 13, 1. (). O. F., ut the Lodge. In the Oiio Fellows Biilhlinir, at seven p. M., mi the serond -tnd fourth Mondays of each mouth, Hnjouruiiijt brethren cordially invited, By order 0. P, Astoria Building Sc Loan Association 'jNlKUHUULAlt MHICTING3 OK THIS ASSO JL cuuioii are held at 8 p. m. au the tlrst '.VeiliKWlay of each month, office on Oenevieve street, seutli iff Oheii.'iiuii. W. 1,. ItOltB, Secretary. Oomuiou uouncu.' :Hi(M,AU AIKKTINON, KIltT AND 1A third 1'uenUy evening of each mouth at 8 o'clock. "l'riinsdoslriui tu have matters acted upon by the Council, ul any regular meet'iir must present the same to the Auditor ind Clerk, on or before the Kriduv evening pior to the. Tuesday on which the c.iesneil olds its reirular meeting. K. OSIlUltN, udlMraiid Police Judge. Hoard of pilot CommlaBlnners. nilli: REUUI.A It MKETINaSOFTni8 BOARD, I. will be held on tho llrst Mondiir, of each nioutii at JO a. in. in tho rooms of tlie Astoria Chamber of Commerce. W. L, EOBI3, Sco G. A. STINSOJf & CO.. BLACKSM I T HI NG Ship and Cannery work, llorsenioetug, Wag ons made and repaired, (io id work guaranteed Oo C'ass street, opposite In '. urn Talk oilice JEFF'S RESTAURANT -13 THE Bon Ton Ton Restaurant in the Town (And the Finest on the Coast.' Dinner Parties, Banquets a Special: The Flaest WUcs id Llqsora. TheOiipal and Genuine (WORCESTERSHIRE) mm m SAUCE Imparts the most delicious taste and ret to EXTRACT of a LETTER from MEDICAL GEN TLEMAN st M.id ns, to bis brother t WOKCESTEJi, . Usy, 185L "Tell XEA ft PEIIRINH' that tbeir sauco is sirhly esteeod in India, and is in mr BOUPH, GRATIEfV FISH, opinion, the mont pslstsble, as well ss tho most whole some sauce that is Beware of Imitations ; sssatssBsasBssssBBasKUkuasssssI 653 that you get lea & Perrins' Bltmatore on srery bottle of Original k Oennlna iOUN DINCAJMH HO.VH, KW YORK. im 2 MEATS, Eiii' . GAME, c : "ti I EAREBIT8, Special Sale Every Afternoon For Ladies Only, At 1 O'clock. I. "W". CASE BANKER Tbansacts a General Bankimo Business, Drafts drawn available in any part of the TJ o. ouu nurojjf, una on nong jvong, China, Office Hours: 10 A. M. to 8 P. M. Odd Follows Building, Astoria, Oregon. I. W. CASE, INSURANCE AGENT REPRESENTINO German-American, New York City, N. Y. Inion rire and .Harms, of new Zealand. National Fire anil Marine Ins. Co., of Hartford. Connecticut Fire Ins. Co., of Hartford. Home Mutnal Ins, Co., of San Francisco. Phtcnii, of London. Imperial, of London. .New York Plate Glass Ins. Co, ASTORIA NATIONAL BANK DOES A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. Account ol Firms and Individuals holicited on ravorauio reinis. Intercut jiaid on Time Deposits. Mono Loaned on Personal security. Foreign and Domestic Exchange bought an1 D. K. Warren, President. J. K. Illiritli.n. Cashier. J.C Demeni, Vice President, l. K. Warren, 1 8. Wright. I John Hoknon, jPlroctors. H. C. Thompson, 1 Thro Brscker, j THE ASTOBIA SAVINGS BANK Acts ss trastee for corporations and Individ uals Deposits solicited Interest Will be allowed on nrfni nnnill. as follows; On ordinary savings n loks 4 per cent, per On term savings books 6 per cent, per annum On certificates of deposit: For thrco mouths, i per cent, per annum. rw bix mourns, o per cent, per annum. For twelve months, 6 per cent, per annum. I. W. CASE President I- Q- A. BOWLBY Vice-President FRANK PATTON . Cashier n. K. dumejiT .........Secretary Directors: L W. Case, J. Q. A. Bowlby, Gust Holmes, C. H.Page, Benj. Younu, A.S.Eeed. -F. J. Taylar. THE PORTLAND SAYINGS BANK OP POBTLAJTD, ORKOOX. Paid op capital . ... .pW),noo surplus ana proms ,. eu,uw PRANK DKKUM, President D. P. THOMPSON, Vice-President H. C. 8TRATTON, Cashier sT. 33. WYATT Dealer In - Hardware and Ship Chandlery. Pure Oil, Brleht Varnish, Klnacie on. Cot tnu Canvas, Hemp Sail Twine, t.srd oil. Wrought Iron Hplke-, Galvanlzted Cut Nails O-rooorles, - X2to. Agricultural Implements, 8ing If a macliines, Paints and Oils. BE Congressman Kaminetti Hasan Inter Ticw With tlie President CONGRESS WILL VOTE THE MOHEY The Chinese Minister Bays Diplomatic Ha lations Will Not Be Suspended Between the Two Countries. Associated Press. Washington, May 17. Congressman Kaminetti, of California, had a short conference with the president this morning, and left the White House feeling assured It was .the Intention of the president to see the Chinese ex elusion act enforced. Kaminetti de nied it would take anything like the sum of money mentioned to enforce the act, for the reason that those Chin- ese who were entitled to remain would secure certificates at their own ex- I pense, and those against whom the lawtoday: was really aimed would be frightened out of the country the moment an hon est attempt was made to enforce It. Kaminetti Is of the opinion that what additional money may be needed w(ll be voted at the next session of con gress, and he fears no repeal of the law. - " ' Reports from forty out of sixty-three internal revenue districts show that 3,444 Chinese registered. No reports have yet been received from the Pa cific Coast districts. The Chinese min ister, accompanied by his English speaking secretary of legation, called at the state department this afternoon and had a conference with Secretary (Jresham in regard to the supreme court's decision affirming the consti tutionality of the' Geary act. He gave no Intimation whatever of his Inten tions to suspend diplomatic relations with the United States, but on the contrary, indicated his purpose of qui eting affairs in China as much as pos sible. . AN IDEA OF CLEVELAND'S. New York, May 17. The Sun says Cleveland's Irxperlence with office seekers has convinced him that the present method of appointment to offices through political influence has become a scandal, and he Is revolving In his mind a scheme to do away with it entirely by a complete reorganiza tion of the system, and that he will probably recommend to congress the framing of a law for a commissioner of appointments, as far removed from political Influence as the supreme court, to make all appointments except for eign ministers and certain high offi cials nearest the executive, qualifi cations for the place to be the only question in making appointments. THE CHEROKEE STRIP "CEDED. Washington, May 17. Secretary Hoke Smith, on behalf of the United States, and authorized representatives of the Cherokee nation this afternoon signed the contract which Is the final step In the proceedings by which the United States becomes the owner of the Cher okee strip. " The number of acres ceded is 6,022,754. Secretary Smith sold to. day he hoped to have everything In readiness for the president's procla mation -on September 15. DIMOND'S SUCCESSOR. Washington, D. C. , May 17. An nouncement of the appointment of W. H. Dlmond to be superintendent of the United States mint at San Francisco Is Incorrect. He is the present Incum bent and has tendered his resignation. His successor was appointed this morn ing by the president in the person of John Leggatt, of California, The presi dent toSay appointed R. T. Hough, of I Ohio, solicitor of internal revenue. HIS POPULARITY WANING. London, May 17. Lord Randolph Churchill, speaking at Reading this evening, said that Gladstone had In formed the leading liberals of Midlo thian that he would not contest that constStutetticy again'. This decision!. said Lord Randolph, proved that Glad stone realized what a revolution ' of feeling had been produced . against him by the home rule bill. TREASURY STATEMENT. Washington, May 17. Free gold on the treasury books today was $2,800,- 000. The export from New York today was J1.5OO.00O, and $1,000,000 is engaged for export on Thursday. APPOINTMENT BY BISSELL. Washington, May 17. Postmaster General Blssell has appointed John I Thomas, of Missouri, assistant attor ney general of the postoffice depart ment. ARMY APPOINTMENTS. ' Washington, May 17. The president has appointed Col. Wm. T. Carlln, of the Fourth United States Infantry, to the rank of brigadier-general to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Brigadier-General E. A. Carr. He also has appointed Captain Win. H. Hammer, of the. Twentieth Infantry, postmaster In the army, with the rank of major. CAPTAIN1 JOHNSON'S DISGRACE. Washington, May 17. The findings of the general court martial convened at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., for the trial of Captain William; F. Johnson, retired, and the recommendations in the case have been disapproved of by President Cleveland. The general charge was conduct unbecoming an of cer and a gentleman, to which were three specifications. Each specification gives a case In which Johnson became Indebted to persons or banks, which in- I debtedness he failed to pay. The sec I ond and third specifications state that na als01 dupldcaited pay accounts. Tne third specification, the only one on which he was found guilty, states that Johnson assigned and transferred - 1 his pay account and claim for January, 1893, to two persons. PENNOYER STILL. LIVES. Salem, Or., May 17. Governor Pen noyer speaking of the supreme court' decision sustaining the Geary act, said "The decision was sound law. The claim of the two so-called democratic Judges that it was a judicial question was a most monstrous proposition, ln- -Volvlrte still further usurpation of power by the courts." With the so-called democratic president usurping the power to suspend the law of congress and the so-called democratic judges claiming the right to nullify such law, It la high time for the democratic par ty to sale Itself 'where It Is at.' " HAWIIAN MATTEUSi Honolulu, May 17. Affairs political are still very quiet here and the guards that are posted "about the palace and state buildings are the only sign that the government Is being conducted by force of arms. Lorrln AT. Thurston has accepted the position of minister to Washington,. (Radical annexationists are advocating the exile of the ex queen, but It is believed that as long as she remains quiet no action will be taken. The big Japanese cruiser Nan' lwa Kana, which has been here several months, has been recalled by the Jap anese government WHIP AND SPUR. San Francisco, May 17. The result of today's racing was as follows: Nine-sixteenths of a mile Gypsy Girl, Jack the Ripper, Mount Carlos; time, 66 3-4. Five-eighths of a mile Montalvo, Alexis, The Lark; time, 1:04 1-2. Thlrteen-slxteenths of a mile Joe, Miss Walling, Vendome; time, 1:23. Fifteen-sixteenths of a mile Nellie G, Quarterstaff, The Drummer; time, 1:37. Three-fourths of a mile Conde, Soli tude, Sir Reel; time, 1:15 3-4. TOWN INUNDATED. Newcastle, Pa., May 17. A large portion of Newcastle Is under water eight feet and the waters are rising. All the boats In the city are being used to rescue people from the second stories. Factories and mills are flotcsJed. Several planing mills were washed away, and a number of houses moved from their foundations. BRIDGES WASHED A WAT. Erie, Pa., May 17. This section of the state Is badly flooded. Buildings and bridges have gone by the score. Many factories, etc., are flooded. The Are department was kept out all night rescuing, people In the flooded district. The waters are still rising THE WATERS RISING. Barnesvllle, Ohio, May 17. The worst flood ever known In this section has occurred, and every residence on the lowlands Is Inundated. The water Is still rising. . PROMISED FLOODS. Pittsburg, May 17. It has been rain ing throughout Western Pennsylvania for forty-eight hours. All the streams are bank full. Disastrous floods are foretold. LIFEBOAT CREW PERISH. Cleveland, Ohio, May 17. This after noon the life-saving crew started out to rescue two men tn a skiff, when the lifeboat capsized and the entire crew except one was drowned. EIGHT PERSONS DROWNED. Conneaute, Ohio, May 17. A dredge and tug broke from Its moorings this morning, and was carried into the lake and capsized, and seven men and one woman were drowned. PROPOSED RACING AT SPOKANE. Spokane, May 17. Arrangements have been completed for a big race meeting from July 4th to 8th. Eight thousand dollars will be offered In purses. SANK AT THE PIER. Ashtabula, Ohio, May 17.-The schooner Pelican sank at the pier last night Peter Nelson, John Erickson and John McKnight, of the crew, were drowned. WANT THEIR PASSPORTS VISED Delegation of Hebrews Wait Upon Sec retary Grcsham. fiUUSIAN laws obnoxious A Pardonable Desire fur Immunity from Interference on the Fart of the Csar's Minions. Associated Press. Washington, May 17. A party of prominent New Yorkers consisting of Oscar S. Straus, Jesse Sellgman.Jullas Goldjnan.Col. B. Weber and M. S. Isaacs, had a conference with Secre tary Gresham today. It Is understood a delegation, asked that some action be taken with a view to having this government insist that pasports Is faith who contemplate visiting Rus. faith who contlemplate visiting Rus slat shall be vised by the various con suls at the various ports. The recent re fusal of the Russian consul at New York to countersign the pasport of Jewish woman whose husband is an American citizen, on the grounds that this government forbade him doing so, Is sold to be underlying the reason for the reported protest. Inquiry at the State department developed the fact that such a law governed the consul, of the Russian government, and the United States was obliged to recog nize It. FAST TIME TO CHICAGO. Tacoma, May 17. The Northern Pa cific's new fast train will be put on Sunday, May 28. Assistant Qeneral Superintendent Dickinson returned to day from St. Paul, where he went to complete the arrangements. This train will shorten the time between Tacoma Portland and St. Paul thirteen hours, making the run between Tacoma and St. Paul in seventy-one hours, the time to Portland being five hours long er. This win cut tne time Detween Tacoma and Chicago- down to eighty four hours. The second, overland train, stopping at all points, will run on practically the same schedule as at present. There will be three mall trains between Tacoma and Portland. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Spokane, May 17. It Is reported vhat about June 1st the Union Pnclflc will change Its. schedule sending passen ger trains out of here In the evening Instead of tho morning, ns at present. Connection would thus be mado ot Pendleton with tho E:ist and West bound flyers, and the time to Portland and the Kar-l :'e.V.ic :d sev. r'tl hr.urn. TACOMA CHINESE CASKS. Tacoma, May 17. U. S. Commission er Clifford today released the romnln Ing three of the five Chinamen cap tured here In transit to Portland. The decision said the only law they were violating was the Geary act, which the officials were not enforcing. Moy Wah( clalmlntr to be a merchant, at 1G8 Fifth street, Portland, and Wah Nlc, claiming the same occupation, at 54 Morrison street, Portland, who were passengers on tne steamer victoria, and got off here on habeas corpus pro ceedings were ordered deported. Moy Chung, one of the same party was ordered discharged. Appeals were tak en from both decisions. STORM IN OHIO. Cleveland, Ohio, May 17. A furious storm has raged here since Sunday night, and it still prevails. Nearly 3 1-2 Inches of rain has fallen. Many uncom pleted houses, sheds and outbuildings were wrecked by the wind. The Cuy- hoga river Is out of its banks. Great quantities of lumber are being carried out into the lake. At noon railroad traffic wag completely suspended. Trains are side-tracked and are unable to move. Business is at a standstill. There are no hopes of relief until it stops raining. Many miles of track are under water. A SATISFACTORY REPORT. Chicago, May 71. At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Chi cago, Burlington and Quincy today, the report showed the road to be In a most satisfactory condition, net earn ings for the year being 13,339,886, an in crease of $785,401. The dividends paid during the year amounted to 13,819,922. THE NEWSPAPER TRAMP. San Francisco, May 17.-Chris Miller, the World's Fair City newspaper pe destrian, who arrived here a few days ago, will resume his tramp tomorrow morning, leaving for Sacramento, Portland and Seattle. BANK SUSPENSION. Minneapolis May 17. The Citizens Bank suspended payment this morning. A notice on the door says depositors will be paid in full The Citizens' is one of the smaller state banks, It has a capital of $25,000. The deposits on May 4th, amounted to- $283,513. FINANCE OF THE FAIR. Chicago, May 17. When Treasurer Seeberger closed his office two weeks ago tonight, just before the gates of Jackson park were swung back to the world, the big cash register In his of fice showed that the World.s Fair had already cost $10,000,000 more th n the greatest exhibition ever held. Parisians exceeded all previous expenditures for an International exposition when they paid out $8,300,000 In building the fair of 1889. This extravagant outlay was thought at the time to be greater than would be made again for an ex position of six month's duration. Con trasted with the World's Fair, howev er, thte lavish .expenditures of the French dwindle almost Into insignifi cance. Treasurer Seeborger's books show that to the close of April, or the day before the fair was opened, $17, 869,421.91 had been paid out In creating the great exposition and that nearly $2,000,000 was due to contractors. This enormous sum was almost double the amount thought to be necessary to eclipse the Paris event, for nobody supposed In the beginning that the, Columbian exposition would exceed one-third more than the last interna tional exposition. The actual cost of the World's Fair will not be known unt,ll the books are closed and the records of the exposi tion finished'. Perhaps the ImmetiE total can never be determined, for for eign countries, state boards, the $50, 000 exhibitors, hundreds of concession- aires and others who contribute to the attractive features of the exposition are not expected to furnish any sched ule of their outlays. These aggregate many millions, perhaps as many as many as have been paid out under au thority of-the Chicago board of direc tors. When the history of the expo sition is written Its finances will form one of the most Interesting chapters, and the historian will not fail to re cord the fact that $19,802,173.49 was paid out by the Chicago board alone in preparing Jackson park for the mo ment when President Cleveland stood on the scarlet rostrum and started the machinery of the fair. The precise through Treasurer Seeberger's hands at that moment, was $17,869,421.94 and there then remained unpaid $1,932,761.55. This was the amount due contractors whoso-work was completed. What re mained to be paid to salaried employe- of every description would probably swell the cost of the fair, at the mo ment President Cleveland touched the button, to $20,250,000. That the torrent of gold and silver that had been rushing from Mr. See berger's strong boxes for three years had almost exhausted Itself Is shown by the meagre cash balance that re- mnlncd. Only $174,091.00 were loft In tho treasury the day the fnlr was opened. This was the lowest point the fiy.uls had ever ra.iehed. THOMAS MUST VACATE. Chicago. Maiy 17. The National World's Fair Commission had an in teresting session today. The report of the committee of music, calling for the resignation of Theodore Thomas ns director of music was adopted. Tho vote was 39 to 19. There was a heated debate over the report, friends of Thomas making a strenuous fight for him, Whether the commission has pow er to enforce the requirements of the committee reports is a question yet to be decided. The knowledge that the Sunday open ing question was to be discussed by the national commission caused much Interest. A large bunch of telegrams against the Sunday opening, were laid on Pres ident Palmer's desk today. THE NORWEGIANS' DAY. Chicago, May 17. This Is Norway's day at the World's Fair, and the Nor wegians came by thousands to cele brate the dedication of the Norwegian building and commemorate the sepa ration of Norway from Denmark, this being the anniversary of that event and a holiday throughout Norway. THE WIRE DOWN. About 11 o'clock last night the wire of the Western ' Union Telegraph Com pany went down, and in consequence, but a portion of The Astorlan's tele graph report is published today. Kansas City tailors propose to make an effort to secure a large home pat ronage. They complain that too many people send East for their clothes. The largest piece of copper ever taken out of the Michigan Upper Peninsula was brought to the surface- from the Quincy mine. It weighed about nine tons. In 1892 the total number of persons employed In and about all the mines in the United Kingdom was 721,808, of. whom ft, 009 were females, working above ground. The canning industry Is making great headway in Georgia, and. In view of the probability of a fine crop this season, that state is likely to be one of the most profitable fields for fruit growers In the country.