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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-06-06
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A passenger train on the Chicago, Nh
waukee and 81. Paul Railway. No. Its
tArins are vestibuled. heater by steam,
and lighted by electricity. Each Sleep
Its dining cars are the best In the world,
and It's coaches are palaces on wheels.
This great railway. connecting as II
does with all transcontinental lines at ST.
Paul and Omaha, assures to the tArveling
public the best service known. Tickets
via the Chicago, Milwaukee and ST. Paul
Railway are on sale at all railroad ticket
Offices 20 any point In the United States
or Canada For maps. folders and other
information. address.
c. J. EDDY. General Agent.
J. w. CASEY. Portland. Or.
Trav. Pass and Tkt. Agent.
Portland. Or.
The record-union., 1896-02-15

Henry Labouchere, the Radical leader,
withdrew the amendment to the ad-
dress in reply to the Queens speech Of
fered by him yesterday, to the effect
that the inquiry into DR.. Jameson's raid
in the Transvaal ought to include an
investigation into the financial and po-
litical actions of the British South
African Company
Timothy Harrington Parnellite),
member for the Harbor Division of Dub
lin, moved an amendment to the address
in favor of the release of the Irish po-
litical prisoners.
Michael Davitt (anti-Parnellite),
member for South Mayo, declared that
the punishment inflicted on these pris-
oners was brutally excessive, and that
their treatment was without parallel in
modern history
Sir Mathew White Ridley, the Home
Secretary. denied that the Irish politi-
cal prisoners were treated differently
than other prisoners. There was no
special reason why more indulgence
should be granted to them than to nom
political prisoners. These cases would
however, be considered shortly, and he
would gladly avail himself of any con-
siderations tending to show that there
should be mitigation of their sentence.
The record-union., 1896-02-15
TROUBLES III SOUTH AFRICA
Subject or Discussion in the House of
Commons.

Subject cT Discussion in the House of
Commons.
1aNnQN- Feb. 14.-In tie House of
Commons this ye~3ng Sir William
Harcourt. leader Of the opposition, re-
ferred to the conflicting statements
made by Baron MarschaI Won Bieber-
stein. German Minister of Foreign At
fairs, and Lord Salisbury, Prime Min
lister and Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs Of Great Britain, in regard to
the troubles in South Africa. Lord Sal
isbury, he said, had alleged that the
Government of the South African Re
public had made application to Euro
pean Powers for their support, and the
Powers had denied that they had re-
ceiyed any such appeal.
This question, Sir William asserted,
affected the whole of the relation of
England in South Africa with Ger
many. Anyone, he said, who would
contribute to the cultivation of ill-feel-
ing between Germany and Great Brit
ain was no friend to the peace of the
world. The fact still remained undis-
closed by whose authority DR.. Jameson
had acted
In regard to the hitch in the negotia-
tions with the South African Republic,
he understood that the people of the
Transvaal wanted to settle their own
affairs. In the circumstances he
thought the Intervention of Mr.. Cham
berlain, conducted in the most delicate
Manner would not improve matters
The best way out of the difficulty would
be to have President Kreuger come to
London and settle everything at once.
A. J. Balfour, First Lord of the Treas
ury, SAID Lord Salisbury's statement
was based on positive assurances re-
ceived from Sir J. A. Dewet, which were
put in language, the only possible inter-
probation Of which was that an appeal
had been made by the Transvaal Gov
ernment for the support of Germany.
Mr.. Balfour defended the course
taken by Mr.. Chamberlain in introduc-
ing an imperial factor into the affair,
and maintained that his action had
been alike approved by the English and
Dutch population of the TransvaaI;
that plan, or something like it, must be
adopted If the Boer Government was to
be carried on for any length of time. If
the English population in the Trans
vaaI Increased in the time to come, the
Beers could not maintain an uncon-
trolled Government. He was convinced
that if President Kreuger should come
to England a method would be found
for the solution Of the difficulty.
The record-union., 1896-02-15
safe-Blowers at Redwood city.

REDWOOD CITY, Feb. 14-Burglars
paid another visit to the Southern Pa
cific station at Belmont yesterday
morning and blew open the safe with
giant powder, shattering the doors and
wrecking the steel lining. The neigh
borhood was aroused by the explosion,
and the robbers fled without securing
any cash. Before attacking the safe,
however, they looted the express office
and made away with several pack
ages. This is the third robbery of sim
liar nature at Belmont within the past
nine months, and, as on previous occa-
sions, there is no clew to the perpetra-
tors.
The record-union., 1896-02-15

He and they, with their clamor and
their newspaper invectives, may lead
people at a distance to think them in
fluential exponents of the best public
Judgment on this question, but here at
home we all know Sutro and the knaves
and cranks he is able to handle. The
sober. serious, conservative thought Of
our people has no representative in
their ranks
Solid men of Independent minds,
deeply interested in the States welfare
desire the continuity of the railroad S
operations with the least possible fric-
ton. They fully recognize the fact that
nothing the railroad could have done
or left undone, would have enabled it
to pay off it's capital value to the Gov
ernment within the first twenty-five
years of existence. No railroad in the
United States has ever been called upon
to accomplish so much. 1t is enough if
railroad can during the earlier years
of its existence pay the expense of op-
Grating and interest upon the cost of its
construction. In good time it will fill
up and build up the country through
which it passes. Then, with a denser
population and more matured indus
tries, 1t may wisely and without i'm
posing undue burdens upon its patrons,
begin to provide Cor the extinguishment
of its original cost. This generation
has been doing enough in providing
our great country with as many miles
of railroad as are to be found in all the
rest of the world. Posterity will marvel
at what has been accomplished in our
day, and will have no reasonable cause
to complain at being called upon to pay
some portion Of the cost of the great
public utilities it will inherit. To re-
fund the railroad debt at this time is
to insure it's payment and protect the
Government against ultimate loss. It
will also enable the railroad to go on
in the even tenor of its way, develop
ing the resources of the State Fore
dosure means non-payment to the
Government, suspension of railroad op-
erations and disorganization of trade
generally. With the time extended for
paying the debt no harm will come to
anybody. The Government will in the
end come by it's own, and meanwhile
the. great services of the railroad to
this coast will go on uninterruptedly.
1t is the only possible plan Of which SO
much can be said
The record-union., 1896-02-15
BRIEF NOTES.

Two carloads of hops went East yes
terday.
The steamer Knight No. 2, with the
barge Oroville, on Thursday night.
brought down 5000 sacks of wheat,
and reports the water falling rapidly
in upper river.
Strangers should not be deceived into
the belief that summer has actually
set in, because fruit trees are in bios
som and shrubs are putting out their
shoots. The clustering month of March
is yet to come.
The monument over the grave of En-
gineer Samuel C. Clarke at Stockton
has been unveiled by the members of
Division 2S3, Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers. 1t was fully described
in these columns recently.
The record-union., 1896-02-15
JOHN R GENTRY SOLD.
The PAGER Brings Seventy-Six Hundred
Dollars Under the Hammer.


NEW YORK, Feb 14.-John r.
Gentry e2:04A), the champion pacing
stallion of the world, was sold this
afternoon at Madison Square Garden
for 1000 to William Simpson of this
city.
The great stallion was sold to dis
solve the partnership of Messrs. Holt
& Scott of the Alamance Stock Farm,
n. C. The bidding was between John
Turner, who was talking for Frank
Ellis of Philadelphia, and William
Simpson. Turner opened at $1,000, and
the duet advanced by $500s to 81 800
which was the last on behalf of Ellis
Simpson raised it $11, and Gentry was
knocked down to him
The second day of William B.. Fasig
& Co.'S sale of trotting stock recalled
something like old times TO the minds
of the big crowd of horsemen. Forty
four head brought 500, $40, or an aver
age of $3.50 a head, before the sale was
adjourned for the evening.
After three or four, the property of
various owners, had been disposed of,
the consignment from the estate of the
late John A. Goldsmith was put UP for
sale. Venetia Wilkes (2:13), the eight
year-old daughter of Guy Wilkes and
San Mateo Belle, brought the biggest
price of the lot, s., ,050 J. S. Ferguson
of this city was the purchaser. The
Sidney mare Thelma (2:2411O went to
]. E. Decker for 81, 100 Elf (2:2214), by
Steinway- Bertha, by Alcantara, was
purchased by F. T. Steinway of New
York at 81 400
The Goldsmith consignment Of nine
teen head realized $10,405, an average
of S54T 66 each.
the road drivers of this city, disposed of
his stable next. ]. B. Greene of Will
mington, Del, bought Memorial (2:23),
Bright Montana, dam by Little Wonder,
for 1850. Pascal, the champion long
distance trotter. went very cheaply for
$3.50 to an Englishman, Albert Turner
of Denton. Pascal holds the five-mile
record of 12:45 and the n-mile record
of 26:15.
That grand mare Phoebe Wilkes, by
Hambletonian Wilkes-Dolly Smith by
Mambrino Chief, Jr, with her record of
2:0S12 made in 1894 was a cheap in
vestment for w. c. Harrington of Troy.
\ Y, who got her for So, 400 from the
consignment of McHenry & Saxby of
Freeport Ill. Alice Dornan, by Baron
Wilkes -Beulah Medium, will have her
hcme in Maryland for the future She
went to G. T. McCue of Hagerstown for
5000 A lot of colts and fillies by
Baron Wilkes all fetched good prices.
The record-union., 1896-02-15
RAN AWAY AGAIN.
The Street-Sweeping Team Take Their
Regular Exercise.

1no SlE6Sl-SW0epluS 10an lake 1ne1T
Regular Exercise.
The team attached to the alleged
street sweeping machine ran away
again at an early hour yesterday morn
ing, and Jack German, who was riding
on the concern, was thrown to the
ground and severely cut over the eye.
The cut bled profusely, and he was
carried to the State House, where the
wound was sewed up by a physician
There was another man either on or in
the machine, but the team was not
seen any more last night, and whether
he ever got out of it, or off it or whether
the whole outfit is going yet, could not
be learned
About 1:30 o'clock in the morning a
Record Union reporter saw the
sweeper turn from X into Tenth street
There were two or three men aboard
of it, and they were yelling like Conan
che Indians. That was probably about
the time the runaway occurred, for
when the reporter got to Tenth street
nothing but a cloud of dust could be
seen in the distance
The record-union., 1896-02-15

CENTERVILLE Qa.), Feb. 14.-Mrs.
w. J. Martin was killed and her daugh-
ter, Lea Martin, aged %. fatally
wounded. at their home in the suburbs
OF this town at o'clock this evening by
George Jones, who afterward killed
himself.
There is a mystery surrounding the
affair. Jones has been for long time
a lover of the girl. Both are of good
families, and there was no reason for
the belief that they had had trouble.
This evening Jones went to the home
Of the Martins, and was last seen as he
left the street-car Half an hour later
the tragedy occurred. There was no.
body in the house when Jones went
there but the girl and her mother. The
five shots that were fired called in the
neighbors, who found Mrs. Martin and
her daughter on the floor of the parlor.
Mrs. Martin was dead and Lea dying.
The girl had a bullet-hole in her neck,
and was bleeding profusely. The mother
was shot in the forehead and also in the
breast, and had been killed instantly
by the shot in the head.
Jones appears to have gone to the
house. and after shooting the two
women went outside, crossed the street
and shot himself before the neighbors
came. He has bullet from his thirty
eight-caliber revolver in his brain, and
had died instantly. When he was found
his heart had hardly ceased beating.
Lea is still living, but losing strength
fast, and cannot possibly live. Every
effort has been made to bring her back
to consciousness, so that she might tell
something of the tragedy, but it will
avail nothing.
w. J. Martin. husband and father of
the two women, is a doctor and Coroner
of Appannoose County. He had no
family except the daughter and wife,
and was away from home when the
tragedy occurred. He is prostrated by
the shock and very sick, although not in
danger
DOUBLE TRAGEDY IN KENTUCKY.
FRANKFORT (Ky), Feb. 14.-At Z
o'clock tonight Policeman Henry
Brown was shot and instantly killed
by Lucien Hawkins, disreputable and
drunken character. and was himself
i. killed by Arthur Gordon. Hawkins
was drunk and disorderly, and when
Officers Brown and Gordon attempted
to arrest him he opened fire, shooting
Brown in the chest and head. officer
Gordon pulled his gun and shot Haw-
kins in the left side, and as he whirled
Gordon shot him again in the right
side. Brown fell to the floor, expiring
Instantly. Hawkins staggered around
TO the rear of the bar and fell behind
IT. He gasped a few times and expired.
Gordon gave himslf up, but was re-
leased.
The record-union., 1896-02-15
Death of a Noted ,Jurist.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 14-Judge Alexan-
der Davis, the noted jurist, died this
morning. aged 64 Judge Davis was the
Provisional Judge selected to preside
over the Peoples Court in Virginia City
New, and is one of the characters in
Mark Twain's "Roughing It." All his
decisions were legalized when the first
Territorial Legislature met. Judge Da-
Wis was born in Chester County, KY, in
1882. He was twice married, served till
1863 with Price in the Confederate
army. returned to Nevada and came to
st. Louis in 1869.
The record-union., 1896-02-15
Lily whites and Black and Tens.

THE Republican party in Texas, .
said H. F. McGregor of Houston, sis di-
vided into hostile camps One wing, to
which | belong, is somewhat famous bv
its designation. We have been dubbed
the Lily Whites The other faction is
styled the Black and Tam The Lily
Whites believe in giving the colored ell
ement of the party fair show and a
just divide of all political honors- and
emoluments. We claim nothing more
for the white Republicans of the State
than what is fairly due them. This.
however, doesn't suit the others. and
they demand everything. Talk about
your hog combines the colored Texas
politician can give points to all such.
OF late there is a marked tendency of
revolt against the methods of this fac
ton, and the Lily Whites are growing
in numbers and prestige, while the
Black and Tan crowd is dwindling.
Heretofore they have ruled the roost.
but their domination is pretty nearly
ended. Washington Post.
The record-union., 1896-02-15
SUICIDE AT SAN JOSE.
An Old Resident, in the Third Attempt.
Puts an End to His Life.

An Old Resident, in the Third Attempt,
Puts an End to His Life.
SAN JOSE, Feb. lathe lifeless body
of J. Alexander, an old resident of this
city, was found this morning hanging
to the rafters in a shed in the rear of
his cigar store, he evidently having
committed suicide after closing his
store last night. Two previous at
tempts at self-destruction had been
made during the past two weeks, AL
exander having turned on the gas in
his room and taken poison at his store,
but in each instance he was discov-
cred in time to save his life. He was
40 years of age and the father of four
grown children. One son runs a shoe
store here, and another recently failed
in a similar business in Oakland. He
had a daughter welded to a promi-
nent attorney here, and third son, who
is a resident of this city.
For the past year Alexander has been
acting strangely, and his relatives
watched him closely. He has property
valued at $4,000 in Oakland, and re-
Gently became convinced of the idea
that he had lost a considerable parl
of if
The record-union., 1896-02-15
Mary Harris, Death.

SANTA ROSA, Feb. 14-The Grand
Jury of Sonoma County will submit it's
report to the Superior Court tomorrow
morning and then adjourn sine die. 1t
will be an outspoken report in which
spades and other things will be called
by their right names, but there will be
no mention in it of the death of little
Mary Harris at the Fountain Grove
community. The sensational features
of that tragedy have all been exhaust
ed, and no well-informed person be-
lieves that there is any ground upon
which to base a criminal accusation
against any member of the colony.
The record-union., 1896-02-15
FOUND DEAD IN HIS ROOM.
A Young Man Dies From the Effects OF
q Dose of Morphine.

A Young Man Dies From the Effects of
Dose of Morphine.
Los ANGELES, Feb. 14-Fred.
Sampson, a young man from Decatur,
ILL.,, was found dead in his room at the
westminster Hotel to-day at noon,
having taken an overdose of morphine
with suicidal intent
Becoming suspicious at Sampson's
non appearance, the hotel manager
forced open the door of his room and
discovered the body of the young man
in full dress stretched across the bed
rigid in death. Beside the corpse lay
an eight-ounce bottle containing a
small quantity of morphine
Sampson had been dissipating lately
and while all indications point to sui
eide, it is possible that he may have
taken the drug as a sedative. He left
no letters and nothing is known about
him beyond the fact that he hailed
from Decatur.
The record-union., 1896-02-15
HeaIey's Appeal to sexton.

LONDON, Feb. 14-Timothy Healy,
NJ. p, who is the leader of the Irish
faction known as the Healyites, has
written to Thomas Sexton appealing
him to accept the leadership of the anti
Parnellites, a position which he some
time ago refused to accept. Mr.. Healy
offers to withdraw from the party if
his retirement will induce Mr.. Sexton
to accept the leadership. If Mr. Sexton
will accept the leadership without his
retirement, Mr.. Healy promises that he
will cooperate with him heartily
The record-union., 1896-02-15
MoRTON'S LOVE FEAST :"
The New York Governor Gives DIM
ner to Prominent Republicans.

ner to Prominent Republicans.
ALBANY IN. Y. }, Feb. 14-One of the
mast notable events at the executive
mansion in years was the dinner of Gov
ernor Morton, which he rendered to the
prominent Republicans of the State to-
night. Every shade of political opinion
within the Republican party of the
State was represented by the leading
exponents thereof. and the affair has
been frequently referred to as Mr.. Nor
toms love feast
Those present included the Hon. T. c..
Platt Edward Lauterbach, G, M, De-
pew, Mayor Strong of New York, Mayor
Wurster of Brooklyn, Hon. c. N. Bliss,
Charles w. Hackett and General Horace
Porter.
There was no set speeches but the
guests, who did not leave the mansion
until after IL O'Clock, chatted with each
other for an hour and a half over their
cigars.
The record-union., 1896-02-15
Depot BurgIarized.

PACIFIC GROVE, Feb. 14.-The
Southern Pacific depot was burglarized
last night, a small amount of money be-
ing taken from the cash drawer. A
smoking-car standing on the sidetrack
was also broken into and the newsboys
box looted. Detectives are working on
the case, but no arrests have yet been
made
The record-union., 1896-02-15
san Francisco National pank.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE appli-
cation of William Pierce Johnson. C. S.
Benedict, Frank w. Sumner, Charles
Main and James K. Wilson for author
ity to organize The San Francisco
National Bank" at San Francisco, Cal,
with a capital of 100000, was ap-
proved by the Comptroller of Currency
to-day.
The record-union., 1896-02-15
A Lady stricken with Paralysis.

Hobart. President of the Woman's Re-
lief Corps of Ventura, was stricken with
patial paralysis last night Mrs. Ho-
bart is one of the most widely known
The record-union., 1896-02-15

members of the Woman's Relief Corps
in California In 1893 she was elected
President of the Woman's Relief Corps,
auxiliary of the Veterans Association
cf Southern California, and is now a
candidate for the Presidency of the
Woman's Relief Corps, Department of
California and Nevada.
The record-union., 1896-02-15
A BURGLAR KILLED
While He and His Pals Were Invading
the Home Of a San Franciscan.
Shot by the Butler, Who Was Also
Dangerously Wounded.

An Illinois Young Man Found Dead in
His Room at a Los Angeles Hotel.
Having Taken an Overdose of Nor
phine, Apparently With Suicidal
Intent-An Old Resident of San Jose
Succeeds, in the Third Attempt, in
Putting an End to His Life.
The record-union., 1896-02-15
EVENTS ON THE TURF.
Results of Yesterdays Races at the
Ingleside Track.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14-Weather
warm and track fast. Seven furlongs
maidens, Senator Bland won, Little
Jimmie second, Mirambo third. Time
-1:29H.
Six furlongs, selling, Miss Ross won,
Walter j. second, Governor Budd third.
Time-1:161a
Six furlongs, selling, Uncertainty
won, Pecksniff second, Banjo third.
Time-1: 1872.
One and quarter miles, selling, imp.
Star Ruby won, Basso second, Red
Root third. Time-2:11.
Six furlongs, selling, Crafty won,
Rey del Bandidos second, Kamsin
third. Time-1:16.
The record-union., 1896-02-15
Horst Gets the Hops.

Judge Johnson yesterday made an
order, with the consent of the defend
ant, confirming the title of E. c. Horst
to certain hops in the possession of
O'NeiI, as assignee, and dismissing the
defendants S-comDlaint.
The record-union., 1896-02-15
BLOODY 2RAGEDY IN IOWA
4 Woman Instantly Killed and Her
Daughter MOFtally Wounded.
The Murderer Then Puts an End to
His Own Existence.

The Cause of the shooting Wrapped in
Mystery-A Frankfort, KY, Police
man Shot and Instantly Killed by
DisreputabIe Character He Was
Trying to Arrest, the Latter Meet
ing the Same Fate at the Hands of
Another Of1cer.
The record-union., 1896-02-15
Costly Blaze in Michigan Town.

SUNFIELD (Mich.), Feb. 14.-Fire to-
night destroyed G. G. Loaz's store and
hotel, the printing office of the Sunfield
Sun and J. H. Bera's furniture store
and several dwellings. Loss, 100000
The record-union., 1896-02-15

John A. Sutter bourbon whisky, 81 a
bottle. B. K. Bloch & Co., sole con-
trollers.
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An American I.adv,s Jewels stolen.

MONTE CARLO, Feb. IA guam
tity of jewels belonging to Miss Ward,
an American, have been stolen from her
apartments in a hotel here
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!. az IDEAL PANACEA

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a. ns1fd Dr.. Kings New Dis
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my fang COMP ants, having used
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|aist Enive oeen minister OF the
|sdcis ld have never found anyIhine
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a. 4. kies.ing's drug store.
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s"M HOUSTON NORMAL.

So. S' IeSas, September es-T'he
a. SESSION of the normal school
H., rom the opening to be one Of
n prosperous in the history of the
h VILE the hard times the school
wsra nearly 400 Students. Tho OK
p tex presided over by Professor
Of J. superirt rdent. and con.
|ripurn g. prayer nnd reading of
h iha Professor fritchett then ai-
|hool q snlents tellinE she rules OF
|sfk % u the cuties Of the students,
|lmr", ehro'kng and Classifying was
y. Thced and has been n progr, si
n b. "a sam Houston Normal insti-
Fiih own at hard work nv tomor-
(hool's OF the largest sessions Il