The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-11-21
BRITISH CONQUEST.
The Proceedings of Two Conventions.
News Of The Business. Politics. sSport
And Crime of One Day.

LONDON, Nov. 20.-The Parnell
commission is sitting. Attorney gen.
eral Webster, counsel for the Times,
complained of the difficulty expert
enced in bringing witnesses from
county Kerry, He called the judges
attention to an article in the Kerry
Sentinel, Edward Harrington's paper,
which stated, that the judges COM
posing the Parnell commission are
showing signs of measles now. al
though at the opening of the inquiry
they appeared to be spotless. The
judges were the creatures of a con-
spiracy. entered into by the govern
ment and the Times, and were mani
festly united in their prejudice.
The attorney general appealed to
the court to take action in the mat
ter, as such publications tended TO
defeat justice, and amounted to the
grossest contempt.
| Reid in behalf of Harrington, COM
planned that no notice of a charge of
this character having been given, it
was absolutely impossible to make
answer at present. He asked that
the matter be adjourned until to-mor-
row. Presiding justice Hammer and
the attorney general agreed TO this
and the matter stood over.
Examination of witness was tEen
resumed. Farmer Culloty, of Castle
island, county Kerry, testified that
because he served notice on tenants
in 1882, two men visited him, and one
of them struck him with a spade.
; The other shot him on the leg. The
leg had to be amputated. On Cross
examination he said the quarters OF
the nearest branch was six miles dis
tant from the farm. He considered
rents throughout Kerry too high
T He denied that the two men who at
? tackled him we're relatives Of a servant
girl whom he had wronged.
AN AFFAIR OF Honor"
PARIS, Nov. 20.-A duel betw eel
Andreux and Guyot, resulting from
: charges made by the latter in La
CGteTin that the Times trial was tn,
outcome of collusion between Num-
Gilly and Andrieme. was fought thil
morning. Swords were used an(
: Andreux received a slight wound il
S the chest.
: TO PREPARE MESSAGE.
f WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-The presi
), dent goes to Oak View to-day to be
$ gin preparations for his message f
: congress, where he will remain unii
e it is completed.
o A VICTIM OF SPECULATION.
4 CHICAGO, Nov. 20.-George Foebel
y board of trade man who lost fort
c thousand dollars on September whea
and corn, suicided this morning.
COMING THIS WAY.
CHIoA GO, Nov. 20.-The Corea
minister and two ther members of til
} legation are here on their way from
!, Washington to the Pacific coast.
n BRITISH CONQUEST.
: LONDON, Nov. 20.-The Britis
Y cruiser Hyacinthe has taken posses
: sion Of Cooks island in the name {
r the British government.
s SENATOR ELECTED.
ATLANTA, Ga, Nov. 20.-Hon. A. T
y Colquitt was to-day reelected U.
+ senator. Grady of the Constitution
/ refused to run.
q HARRIsoN'S PLURALITY.
n HARRISBURG, Penn, Nov. Goth
e official returns show that Harrison
4 plurality in the late election in thi
+ state was 1851.
T ABOUT DAN.
e WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-A rumor
: gaining currency that Cleveland cor
e templates appointing his private set
It retary, Lamont, Judge advocate ger
t. eral of the q. s. army, in place O
&c general Swain, now under suspeI
sion.
BASE BALL.
New YORK, Noy. 20.-The nationa
II base ball league meets here to-da
v IN executive session. The joint con
Il mission of the league and America
II association on rules are now in se'
Y ion.
le KEELY OUT ON BAIL.
e PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 20-Keely, {
II motor fame was released on bal
|. pending the hearing of his appes
g from commitment for contempt {
y court for not preserving the model {
his machine.
- BOILER INSPECTORS CONVENTION.
P1rTsBURG, Nov. 20.-The CONVEX
ton of boiler inspectors to form
$; national organization, met here tn
s, morning. Delegates from nearl
every state in this country we're pre-
,t ent. The principal objects ere to a,
" cept q uniform system of boiler il
spection. and to prevent the emplo.
ment of incompetent engineers.