The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-02-24
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HARTFORD, Feb. 23-The explosion
of the boiler was not the real cause
of the Park Central Hotel disaster.
The walls fell first and the jar caused
the boiler to blow up. The discovery
is the result of an investigation.
There are planks directly under the
hotel wall, and under them a blue
clay. The mortar had little more
than the consistency of mud. There
was not barrel of cement in the
whole of it. Even the men who
were hired to put the walls up re-
fused finally to work for fear of their
lives. Many bricks are soft and
worthless. The list of dead reaches
twenty-three.
sTANLEY's WHEREABOUTS.
LONDON, Feb. 23.-Private advices
from Zanzibar report the rumor that
Henry NJ. Stanley is expected to ar
rive at that place shortly. The ex-
PLANTATION given of this is that he has
travelled eastward instead of westward,
as was supposed he was doing. He
has, therefore, got within short dis
tance of the east coast.
WHAT THE "TIMEs" SAYS.
LONDON, Feb. 23.-The Times, re-
ferring to Mondays debate in the
Canadian parliament, says: There is
no occasion for the Canadians to be-
gin to agitate the profit and loss of
their connection with England. The
real cause of their trouble is certain
ly not indifference. to Canadian inter-
ests on the part of England; it will
be found in the weli-known exigencies
of the presidential election in the
United States. We do not anticipate
what Harrison's cabinet will do but
may fairly hope that the questions
of immediate interest to Canada will
be reconsidered without prejudice to
the mutual goodwill.
HIPPoLYTE's SCHEME.
New YORK, Feb. Minister Pres
toms detectives say they have un-
earthed a scheme whereby General
Hippolyte intends to make President
Legitime's treasury pay the salaries
of both loyal and insurgent troops.
An agent of Hippolyte in New York,
they say, has ordered nearly 81, ,OO0,-
600 in bank notes of various denom-
nations to be the exact copy Of Hay
tian bank notes, asserting the money
would be made genuine as soon as it
reached Hayti. According to Pres
ton, two large bundles of bills are
now on the way to Hippolyte by the
steamer George W. CLYDE.
THE CABINET coNUNDRUM.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 23.-Among
politicians great doubt has been ex-
pressed to-day as to whether Wana-
maker, Rusk, Thomas or even Noble
will be given seats in the cabinet.
The greatest interest seems to be cen
tered in the Pacific slope. Many Re
publicans openly declare that it will
be breach of good faith if the slope
is ignored, and they refuse to admit
that it will be. But after all there is
nothing but conjecture, for no one
has any positive information on the
subject.
wEIGHTY OCCASION.
BosroN, Feb. 23.-Miss Alice E.
Hogaboom, Of Vermont. married Al
fred s. Thompson, of New York. Rev.
William Downs performed the cere-
mony. Alice is twenty-three years
old and weighs $50 pounds. Albert
is twenty-eight years old and weighs
80 pounds. The bridesmaid, Hannah
Battersby, weighs $40 pounds. I'M
mediately behind the bride and groom
were seated five women, whose ag-
gregate weight was over 5000.
TO FORM A FRENCH MINISTRY.
PARIS, Feb. 23.-It is announced
that NJ. de Freycinet will undertake
to form a cabinet in response to pres.
ident Carnot's urgent request.
NAVAL STATION FOR GERMANY.
TANGIERs, Feb. 23.-It is rumored
that the sultan of Morocco has gran
ted the request of Germany for a
piece of coast near the Algerian from
tier for naval station.