The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-10-25

LONDON, Oct. 24.-Great difficulty
is experienced in obtaining impor-
tant documentary evidence in the
Parnell inquiry case.
HAD NO BALLAST.
New YORK, Oct. 24.-This after
noon full rigged, three-masted ship
was capsized by the wind in Butter
milk channel. The vessel overturned
on a tug which was passing, and the
tug and the vessel sank together.
The tug appeared from the Battery
to be on fire. The ship carried no
ballast, which caused her TO capsize
so easily. 1t is not known at present
whether or not any lives were lost.
WANT BETTER MAIL SERVICE.
OTTAWA, Ont, Oct. pa petition
addressed to the governor general in
council has been received by the de-
partment of state from the inhab
itants of Victoria, 3. c., begging for
an improvement in the mail service
between Victoria and San Francisco.
The petitioners say that the terms of
the union are not being camplied with
and their requirements not met as
they should be.
GOING To NEW YORK.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.-The Presi-
dent will leave Washington Thurs
day evening, and after viewing the
business mems parade in New York
on Saturday will return to Washing
ton.
THE AGENTS MEETING.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. 2l.-The
general passenger agents, interested
in New Orleans traffic, met to-day to
consider a project for resuming
through steamers between Liverpool
and New Orleans, with a view to
building up direct immigrant traffic.
ANOTHER FEVER, NOT so DEADLY.
JACKSONVILLE, Oct. A-The rigid
quarantine heretofore existing in the
state has seriously interfered with
the political campaign in Florida,
but now that the fever is abating,
more activity is noticeable, especially
among the Democrats, who are pre-
pairing to make vigorous canvass.
The Republicans, however, except
in the second district which will be
very close, are making no effort aud
no systematic campaign has been in
augurated.
FINANCIALLY EMBARRASSED.
CLEVELAND, Oct. 24-There are
about S450,000 belonging to the city
deposited in half a dozen banks, but
the bondsmen of Axworthy, the de-
faulting treasurer, have attached it
and the result is the city is bankrupt
kaufman Hayes, q member of the
council, has been placed in charge OF
the office at present. There is only
$1,000 in the city vaults. When that
is paid out the treasurer's Office will
be closed for financial repairs.
WHERE IS AxwoRTHY.
MONTREAL, Oct. 24-Cleveland de,
tectives arrived here this morning in
search of Thos. Axworthy, the ab-
sconding city treasurer of Cleveland
Axworthy arrived here on the night
of the Both of September from New
York and registered under his proper
name at the st Lawrence Hall. He
left on the End inst, it is believed, by
the western Canadian Pacific train.
While here he consulted Geof1'rion,
Q. c., who informed him that his Of
fence was extraditable. He appeared
to be laboring under great mental
agony, He drank heavily while here.
FIERCE FOREST FIRES.
SAN Francisco, Oct. 24-Forest
fires are raging in the three counties
surrounding San Francisco. In
Santa Cruz miles of trees have been
destroyed, and fires are so rapidly
covering the country that consider
able alarm is felt that they will
extend to farm property. The fire
broke out in stretch of trees back
of San Rafael, Marin county, and is
fercely burning. Men are out fight
ing the flames and will probably ex-
tinguish them this afternoon. A de-
structive fire is raging in the hills
five miles northeast of Haywards, in
Alameda county. The whole country
is alarmed and is out doing battle
against the fire. If the wind contin-
ues to blow a repetition of last years
disastrous confagration is not at all
unlikely.
AVERY DRY COUNTRY.
BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis, Oct. a.
1t is claimed by those who have
been in the woods for the last twenty
five years that there never was time
known when the woods were so dry
as they are now. One man says that
o,u,~.,.o xrl,.ob offay hold from, fmo