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m - yCJ i -' " re? 1 1. T Vi S ... 1.14 i ...l " - " . . . EXCLUSIVE. TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. vOL. XL. NO. ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, 18!KJ. PRICE, FIVE... CENTS,. IN IE l;l I f-1 - 1 1 1 5 ' 1 J ASSIGNEE'S SALE Continued till old stock is closed out at cost. New Goods arriving sold at, liberal discount. ' W. W. PARKER, Assignee. GRIFFIN CITY. ' Big Bargains In BABY - BTJUGIE1S, flammocks,' and General Fancy -Goods, Picture frames, and Albums. Large shipment of bird-, ges ex-ship Jennio Harkness. BUSINESS CARDS.- u obons; JUUilkK flF ACCOUNT- and Pitli-USSIONAI, MJOKKKKPKlt. "ITCR: With -ticiionil Messon(;er Co,, 615 k;iinmUi' street A A. Oi.EVEL.AN0, ATTOKWEi AT LAW. illlce Kinney's new tiricK Imlliliim, ciir.iri Thud and lieucvicve .streets j up stairs. J Q. A. BOWLBY, . AlTiliVEVAXDCOlTOLOkAT III :o mi second nireet, ,-. Astoria, or. JOHN H. SMI H ' t) AllVltNliY 'at law. itiiieeln KlunevN new brick building, over A-unrla .National B ink, ... t w Vtf. PARK R, ItKAL KSTATB AKD IN8URANCE AGENT illiw llj Benlou street, Astoria, Oregon . . r. EILIV JAMSON. U I'llY-IOIAN & HL'lttiKON. It OM 7 1 llleii.ivr Osmond's Clothing Btore, lioiirs, 10 to ' u in, iuSp, in, 7 to 8 p m. .Sunday, 10 to 11 m. j DR. O. B. ESTES. I'HYrtlClAN AND 8UROF.ON. ripeclal attention to Diseases or Women and : uiKery. Olllce over Dauzijter's storo Astoria. D. A. L. and J. a. FULTON. DI.SKAtilid in-' WOMEN ASl'KOlALrY. Surgery liy i t.J. A. Fulton. OMue 178 Cass si reel. Hour.' 10 to 12 and 1 to 4 AY fUTTLE M.D.r- ".HYSiUIAN, .sUltiiKniN & AOCOUCHKUH. Uli,: rooms s, 4 over Astoria NattonaUlank. hour-., lu 'o 12 ft i tos Itesidenee. fi;W Cedar st. I D d. WALTER I. HOWARD. - ll'OUK (CUIllO l'ilY.SII'IAN&SUIt -'i ill. uii'.!, l it. imrd sirmu Hum's to to 1: .uid'J I. t, Sunday 1 1 ltotideuce JiWHd street r P. MULLINIX. M. D.. IJ, tlhet siihci.u ueaini'iit for Cntarrh. i ii.o J i. lilies, Kul ii-y (ieniio-Lriniiry organs II e i sriir.vsi' j I'nird tit. Uniirs,!i iv.in.u p.ni. IsitillA It HAKI.V. , O. II. ISOM, rny Hurveyor. AY & ISOIWI, UV'II. KNCWMiHUH AM) SUKVKY01W. HOAM8 5 AND (I, iVKIt ASTOKM N A 1 ION AL BANK. V. T. nilHNSjV. J. W. DKAl'KB liiiniey & Draper, Itlornfvya . Ht-l.lltV, Oregon City, Oregon vi. years' experience as recister of tli ,i i Dlllee lii-re. recommends ns in nui of Mining and all oilier business be- .:inu i -nice or tneCourLs, and involv . v.-tice oi tue uejierai Laud Olllce. J)R3CKiN8R0UCH A COWING. I.AW OFFICE, OREGON CITY, OK. Spe.'ial nitention uiven to land business. Snt few mi iiimiesti-a s or pre-einpiloii elaiius and liuiber I tud piirehaes shown every advantage f i he law. For asdstance In making llual jir Jill ...in mi us. fll i OS. FHEnRICKSON, L l'U-u CiNJiu. No .il. West Sixili Mreei. TOiipal and Genoioe - SRCESTERSKIREi i W jjl'lllir! - SAUCE Imrart the most delicious taste and reel tf EXTRACT ofo..KlTIiKfron) V.t.iih!AL GKN. 'I . at Mad. r--. . J. Ijls brother t -jl!CiaiJiB-Maj -SI. soup, .KATIESr FX8II, A HOJ fc COI.D "Ten MEATS, .- .u. . i.. J- tii-l .i efeiijed In GAME, KABEBITS, .-.-a-jill3Uilaj' A I'Tvoii, the mit Hrlf M ra"rWe, aa wv-il vrz.' M KiO UlflBt wliole. anli-n juu tUnt ilk ' Bsware of Mtations ; Bee that you get Lea & Perms1 Sifftulure oneveTT Iittleof Orlirtni k OmnlDa. IUUN DlM AS'K KO.NH, EW YOUK. "& REED, It STD I. W. CASK, BANKER Transacts a General Banking Business Drafts drawu available In any par- of the h ami uropc, and on Hong Kong, China, Office Hours:-,-10 A. M. to 8 P. M. odd Follows Building, Astoria, Oregon. I. W. CASE, INSURANCE AGENT REPRESENTING Cerman-Anicrifan, New York City, N. Y, ' Union Fire and Marine, of New Zealand. National Fire and Marine hi. Co., of Ilartford. Connecticut Fire Ins. Co., of Ilartford. ' Home Mutual. Ins. Co., of San Francisco, Pknii, of London. . I Imperial, of London. New York Plate filass Ins. Co. - s " - TJL3LU AST0K1A NATIONAL BANK DOES A GENERAL BAKKIKO BUSINES Accounts ol Firms nud Individuals elicited ou Favorable Terms. Interest paid ou Time Denotits. Monei Ixiancd on I'cmoiial renurlty. Fureiuii and Domestic Kxehanire boinrht an Mllll. O.K. Warren, President. J. K. Iliirirlns. Cashier. . Ilcnienl, Vii'O l'reslileni I. h. narrea, 1 :. S. Wriirht, John llobson, Directors - II. t'. Thompson, . Theo Bracker, .J THE ASTORIA SAVINGS BANK Acts as Inislee for corpora! Ions and Individ uals. Deposits solicited Interest will bo allowcd on savings deposit ns uiiiuwsi . On ordinary savings n ioks 4 per een: t,e annum. On term savings hookj 6 per cent, per annum i-ui iiui.'H.t;B ii uepii.siL; For threo months, 4 per ecnt. per annum. For six months, 0 per ecnt. per annum-. For twolvo mouths, 6 per cent, per annum. 1. n.tiRf, Iri.lilniil J. Q. A. BOW LB Y Vice-President i-kamk. f at TON Cashier W. E. DEMENT -.Secretary , - directors: I. W. Case, J. Q. A. Bowlby, Gust. Holmes, u. ii. race, ucni. l ounr, A. B. Keca. F. J.Taybr. THE PORTLAND SAVINGS BANK OF POKTLAWD. flKKfinW. Paid up capital -.sBO.OOO surpms ano prom Gu,0O0 riiAisn. iij-.miji, ireaiuent. I). P. THOMPSON, Vieo-Presidont n. u.BiKAriON, casnier JT. J3. WYA'PT ' Dealer in Hardware and Ship Chandfer,, Pure Oil, Bright Varnish, Piuacie U. Cot ton Canvas, Hemp Sail Twine. Ijird OH, Wrought Iron Spikes, alvanl?.!ed Cut Nairn Qrooorlos, H3to. Agricultural Implements, 8wiug Jla niaclilues, Paints and Oils. H. B. PAKKEE DEALER IN Lime. Brick, Sand, Fire Brick', Fire Clay, vvii.cir,, vim rrr i,iiiii lui, istrilW. Wood Ielivered ti nrir. Draring, Teaming and Express" Ensmees. JEFF'S RESTAURANT -13 THE Bon Ton Ton Restaurant in the Town (And the Finest on the Coast. Dinner Parties, Banquets a Special') Th-riift Wines act Liqaon. C. P. UPSHUR, SHIPPING aw! COMMISSION . Astoria, ' - Oregon. AWFUL SCENE IN WASHINGTO Eiiifloycs in a Government 'BniliiDi Med to Eternity.' COLLAPSE OF FORD'S OPERA HOUSE Thousands of Men and Women Mere or Le Injured, and Many '..'" Killed. Associated Press. ... Washington, June 9.1-Ford's opera house, on. Tenth street, In which Pres ident Lincoln was essasslnated, col lapsed today. , There were over 400 gov ernment clerks In the building at the time. The floors of the. building were loaded with pension records; of the war department. The clerks employed were all men. . The first floor . collapsed through weakness caused by excavat ing the cellar, and in Its fall carried down there'e other floors, and with them hundreds of clerks.- The dead and wounded are being .taken out rapidly by firemen and police. It Is' feared a hundred people have been killed. The scenes were teirlble. Some) Jumped from the third floor. Scarcelyone es caped more or lass Injury. Twenty eight were taken from the ruins up to 10:15 a. m. The Emergency' Hospital Is crowded with dead and Injured. The Injuries from the very nature- of the affair, are very "severe. Some, wer crushed, some sustained broken limbs and others received - Internal Injuries, Thousands surround the scene and.tho excitement) has spread all over the city. Eight dead bodies have just been taken out of tha ruins unidentified, , at 10:50 a. m. It Is feared there are , still eighty bodies In the ruins. Another man has been taken out dead. ' Howard S. Miller of Ohio, clerk in the bureau. and an , unknown man, have-, been brought to the Emergency Hospital. dead. ,-. : ' At 11 a. m., the remains of a young man" not yet Identified liad Just been placed in the morgue at . the Emer gency Hospital. This makes the num ber of known dead ta the- present time eleven. It is believed there are fully sixty still In -the ruins. The bodies of H. S. Woods and a clerk named Jarvls have been taken from the ruins. There were 475 clerks In thi building. At 1:30 p. m., it was estimated that it would be two or three hours before the moss of debris could all be cleared away and the exact number of those wbo went down in the crash known. No doubt several bodies, are still In the ruins. When the crash came there were supposed to be In the building 49S clerks, 18 messengers, and 20 labor ers. . 534 in all. Up to this hour 16 bodies have reached the morgue. The walls ore still standing, but every floor is down and every window blown out. The building had been condemned ,as unsafe for some time, but sentiment kept it unchanged. ' The cause of the collapse is supposed to be due to digging under the founda tions for the purpose of putting in an electric plant, but as near as can be ascertained, the top floor gave way flrst, carrying the others down with it. Fortunately the entire building did not collapse, as in that case.; the loss of life would have been much greater. As It was, only the front part went, down, leaving more than half of tha ' fftfor space Intact. Because of this many lives were saved.. Some clerks sitting at their desks, were left sitting at the brink, while the desks at which they sat went down. The police, and sol diers .ordereij to the scene by General Schofleld, kept the crowds back so that there was no Interruption of the work! of rescue. One of the first victims found was George M. Arnold, a col ored clerk from West Virginia, who Jumped from the third story window and was dashed to death in the alley where Wilkes Booth had his horse tied on the night he assassinated Lin coln. 'ine Duumng has oeen used lor a number of years as a part of the office of the surgeon-general. It was a strange coincidence that the building should collapse on the day that Edwin Booth, brother of the man who assas sinated Lincoln, was buried. The number of dead reported from all sources at 2 p. m', was twenty-four. Four others were reported dead, but their bodies were not at the morgue or hospitals. The names of forty-nine injured have been secured, but this is probably not nearly correct, as many were sent directly to their homes. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Graphic Account of the Terrible Scenes witnessed. WaHhlngfotai June 9. Hundreds of men were carried down by the falling walls of the building, which was noto riously insecure; human lives crushed I out by. tons of brick and iron, and sent uhhearlded to the throne of their mak er; men by. tha score, mamed and dis figured for life; happy families hurled into the depths of despair; women call lng for their husbands, . children call ing for their fathers, " mothers calling for their sons,' and not an answer to their cries. This Is but a shadow of the calamity that befell this city this morn lng. Imagination stands back and falls to give any idea of the scene. Its hor rors will never" be fully told.' Its sud denness was almost its chief horror. In a rrjoment, in a twinkling of an eye, all was changed, and men who came to the scene of thir daily toll will never return alive... . In the national capital of, the proudest nation of the earth- there has been a catastrophe unparal leled in the annals af its history, and in every mind there is a horrible con vlctlon that Us genesis is to be found in thecrimlnal negligence, of a govern- ment that Is too parsimonious to pro vide for the safety of Its loyal servants by erecting buildings proper for their accommodation. It was between 9:30 and 10 o'clock this morning, that tha floor of the old Foard's theater building, Tenth street, occupied by the recorders and pension division of the surgeon general's office, fell In as though they had been parts ofa card house. . The floor was made up ' of ' iron ' girders, hardly , strong enough to support the walls, but heavy enough to stamp out human lives. The walls of bricks were held' together by planter long Blnce dried out, and of wqpden beams that. had been In place too long. The government of a great nation' could not afford to provide safe building for' their faithful em ployes, but herded them together In one whose unsound condition was no torious. Again andagain have the col umns of the press been filled with sto ries of Its rotten. Walls. There is shame and remorsa for the souls of the men who were responsible .for the state of things that confined men working for their daily bread In a building that every one In this city knew was un safe. Twenty-eight years ago there was another tragedy within the walls afi this building, News of It Wr flashed to the fours quarters of. the earth, and it wrought .consternation wherever it went. The man who was killed was president of .the United States. As though the building had borne a curse upon ltfrom that time, it ended its .career la a fitting manner. Those, -in tha multitude, ..who-would think of something besides the catas trophe, remarked upon the strange co incidence ,thaC the house) in which John .Wilkes , Booth - slew Lincoln, should kill a score of people ' on the very day that the assassin's brother was being laid ta final, rest. The building of the printing olfice, tha and the Winder building, which Is an annex of the war department, each contained many more employes than were caged in' the Ford's theater death trap, are in an equally dangerous con dition. .' While he work of rescuing was go ing on, men who were strangers to emotion, wept like children, and turned away their faces, as the limp and life- less bodies were brought forth to the sunshine they could see no more. Wo men were helpled away In a fainting condition. The last man taken out of the building alive was Captain Dowd of Indiana. He was found near the southwest vcorner of the building, cov ered to a depth of two or three feet with bricks and mortar. He had lain there three hours, but a falling beam had lodged near him In such a position as to break the fall of brick and tim bers. When lifted up he raised his hand, showing he was conscious, and when he was put into the Garfield house ambulance the crowd saw he was alive and cheered him again and again. The ambulances were kept busy car rying away the dead and Injured. The faces of many of the victims were cov ered with pieces of cloth, an old coat, a newspaper, or whatever else crtuld be had. Some of the mangled bodies were carried out with their faces exposed to the gaze of the great throng surround ing the building. A look into the in terior, told e sickening tale of how Borne were taken. ' Desks were seen half toppling ovr the brink of the brpken floor; others stood upright, but the chairs which stood beside them with their occupants, went down with the crash. Records and papers were scattered everywhere, but as fast ai possible they were gathered up and saved. The hospitals were soon over crowded. The drug stores were turned into temporary hospitals. The people in the neighborhood of the accident, opened their doors gladly, and the dead and wounded were hurried in. As the bleeding and mangled bodies were brought out, groans and outcries aroi on all sides. One man was found stick ing head .first; soon his legs were un covered, and were seen to move feebly, showing he was still alive. As fast as human hands could work, those res cuers did, and soon they had the un fortunate man out. The opinion Is that the accident was caused directly by weakening the al ready weak structure by excavations made beneath It for an electric light system. It was stated this afternoon that' several days ago clerks in the building circulated , a petition protest ing against this work being continued as they considered it Imperilling the lives of every man working In th building. At the morgue a sight' horrible to behold was presented. Blood from th bodies formed a large "pool on the floor, and crushed skulls, broken arm and legs, made the treena Indescribable President Cleveland was Informed of the sod event Just as he reached th entrance . to tho White House by one of the clerks, and at once Interested himself in relief measures, learning with satisfaction what had been done by Assistant Secretary of War Grant The result of the examination by ofllcluls to show the insecurity of tho building was brought to the atten tion of congress In a pointed manner as far back 1885. THE APPEAL ALLOWED. Chicago, June- 9. Judge Woods, in the United States circuit court this morning, decided to allow the World's Columbian v exposition to appeal from yesterday's Sunday closing decision, The application ' for a writ of super sedeas, which would suspend the effect of the decision and allow of the gates opening next Sunday, was refused and an order for the injunction entered today. " - Attorney General Maloney, f Illi nois, took a hand In' the fight today by filling a bill for a mandamus in the state court to compel the park com mlssloners ' to open the gates of the fair on Sunday. , . " PRESIDENTIAL s APPOINTMENT; Washington, June 9. The president has appointed W. G. Crawford ofUn diana deputy auditor" of the treasuiy for the post office department. A LESSON FOR ASTORIA. Telling Jlow Uriah Lott Built the Ar ansas Pass Railroad System. If the merchants of San Francisco who are trying to raise enough money to build a railroad 200 miles long in the San Joaquin valley ever get dls couraged fliey may take heart from the experience of Urluh Volt, who built the 600 miles or trie Aransas fasg system In Texas. ' . Mr. Lott was a resident of Corpus Christl, and when he resolved to be come a rallrcad magnate he had a two- wheeled cart and a borrowed flve dol lar bill. He transported all his port able ' property to Sun Antonio in his cart, and managed to get a charter for the construction of a railway from the city to Aransas Pass.' On the strength of this he siHTpeded in securing enough labor to grade a mile of road. He con trlbuled-a guod part-of the 'work him self with his own shovel . . - There are a gumi many bankrupt r.iil- roads In Texos, nnd the flic .'; re- eeiver of one of them was noemntnn dating enough to lend Mr.. Lott some old rails to to lay down on his mild oi roadbed. In another place the enter prising promotor found a condemned engfna that had been sent to the scrap heap, and bought it on easy terms. A further search through the ruilrond Junkshops of Texas uncovered two old cars which the owners were glad to get out of the way. Mr. Lott now had a fully equipped railroad one mile long, and proudly began operations. With a pot of lamp black ha painted the letters "S. A. and A. P." on his rolling stock, and his train went to work. He now had a basis for financiering. There was a street-car company which had bought enough second-hand rails, from a nor row guage railroad to lay three miles of track and was willing to sell cheap. Mr. Lott bought and put them down. On the strength of this expansion he got credit from a rolling mill In Penn sylvania for ten, miles of new rails. They came, with a bill for freight which the new road had not money enough to pay. But with bo much sol id collateral In sight it was a mert pastime for a financier of Mr. Lott's resources to skirmish up the required wealth, and the rails reached their des tination. This brought the road to proportions that made it possible to Is sue bonds, and with the proceeds of the bonds forty mils more of track was built. Mr. Lott was now right In the swim, and he went on airily Issuing bonds and building track until his sys tem comprised six hundred miles of road, and he was a genuine magnate of the first water. At one time this Texan Napoleon of finance went from Sam Antonio to Chi cago in the interest of his enterprise without eating. As a railroad presi dent he could command a pass, but he did not have a cent of money, and so he simply went hungry. And he got there. Here is a little problem for the pri mary class In arithmetic. If the mer chants of San Francisco, in addition to the financial resources In their pos slon, had tho spirit of Uriah Lott, how many mik of railroad could they build, and how long woulj tlu-y wait for Eastern capitalists to relieve them from the grip of monopoly? Examiner. BLOODY BATTLt WITH STRIKERS Deputy Sheriffs Administer a Lesson la Canal Laborers. . SEVERAL KILLED AND WOUNDED The Strikers flit to KIlBlit In Orrt !! -order-Workers Wilt ltronk No Interference. Associated Press. ' Rome, 111., June 9. The striking drainage canal workmen at Lamon.: came here this morning and began a.i attack on the contractors end men n: work, firing right and left nmc.ig them. , The latter returned the fire, and u hand to hand encounter followed. The melee resulted in the killing of an un known man. "Thomas Merllte and An ton Wehowky .were fatally bhol, and a number of others, all stilkers, more or less seriously injured.- Chicago, June 9. The latest advice from the riots this afternoon Is that two strikers among the drainage canal workmen were killed, twenty wcanded, and thirty-two taken prisoners. Early this morning the men began to gather In the etreets- to discuss th situation. . As morning wore on the crowds Increased. Aten o'clock they fditmed a 'picessloii and 'began o march. Tho men took the tow path , along the canal and marched by twos. It was the Intention of the strikers o.i arriving at the different camps to drive J out the workmen as they had done be- ' fore. The men In the camps, however, had fortified themselves, and had arms and amunlUon, When the conflicting factions were about 250 yards apart the firing 'the firing suddenly began. Reports vary as to which side fired first, but there Is 'no question that the strikers were badly worsted. When those not . killed or wounded took to flight .they 'were in the wildest, con fusion, ' At the camp where the bat- ( tie took plac&arined guards are to hlght patrolling the boundary lines., THE BANK FAILUr.13. Hudson, Wis., June 9. The Hudson Savings Bank closed Its doors today. The bank had nearly $7QO,000 on de posit. Farmers and luborlng men will suffer severely. The city funds were deposited ' in Jhe bank. The general ballcf.-ls that the bonk will find It dlfllcult to resume! Ellensburg, WuHh., June 9. The banking house of Ben. E. 8nlp. & Co., temporarily suspended this morning. Tho trouble was caused by a run on the Roslyn "brnnV-hi yestwday. The KU.i'i .,f;.r.:i la tiuo to a heavy with drawal of deposits and Inability to iv.'illu on EecurltW-K..- Chicago, June 9. Joseph Hlgglns, private banker, with branch banks In Illinois, failed this morning. Asset 4, - (50,000; liabilities not given. THE- FARGO CONFLAGRATION. Fargo, 'Juno 9. Total loss by yester day's fire Is now placed at $3,500,000; In surance, $1,200;000. A high wind lust night fanned the embers Into flames and for a time threatened to cause the destruction of the rest of the city. At a meeting of business men lnst night a proposition to build no more business blocks until prohibition was abolished was favorably considered. Another mooting on the subject . will be held today, WILL ENFORCE THE DECISION. Washington, June 9. The post says the general feeling In official circles Is that the government will use the Uni ted States troops to enforce the Sunday World's Fair closing decision of - the federal court If necessary, though the latter contingency Is not anticipated. RECOMMENDS A DIVORCE: NewburgV N. Y., June 9. Referee' Taylor, appointed to taketestlmony in , the suit of Mrs. Frank Leslie against her second husband, "Willie", Wilde, has rejKirted recommending that she bs granted an absolute divorce. WILL MEET IN PORTLAND. Portland, Juno 9. A dispatch to the Evening Telegram from Peoria, 111., says Portland has been chosen as the place for holding the next annual sea- Ion of the Travellers Protective A?o- latlon, CHOLERA SPREADING. Alexandria, June 9. Sixty deaths form cholera announced at Mecca yes terda". Paris, June 9. Five choleraic deaths occurred yesterday at Cottee. PENNETT SERIOUSLY INJURED. Paris. June 9. Jamea Gordon rtrinett proprietor of the New York Herald, was dangerously Injured by fulling from a cooch Wednesday, iris con dition Is critical. The best Is none too good for the iwople of Astoria, Use St. Charles' tin- sweetened cvopurated ctum. Ab lutely pure, perfectly sterilized, never lf,ii; a i'i"vins to bahios. a lo.,n i . , eoud cookinsr.