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7; flL v ral ax. -dst-rl S-Vr5- Hl fX-y EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XLH, NO. 134. ASTORIA, OKEGO.V, SATURDAY ' MORNING. JUNK 9, 1804. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. THE CUTTING lines of Mens' and Boy 3' ftnrsrla TTnt.s firms "RrsntR lises, etc., etc. For quality lowest. Osgood pipiiTM Go. The The One Price Clothiers, r,0(i and 5011 COMMERCIAL WON ON MERIT. LAY THOSE TWO FISHING OUTFITS ASIDE. You needn't keep them more than a half hour. We've examined several outfits in different stores, and we to want go to another. We saw an outfit in a windov a i i JJth of us want to go and. see it. Thus said two customers to whom we had shown our fishing ackle. Further said they We like your goods, but want to be sure of getting the best value for our money. We'll be back and let you see what we've bought if we like the other outfits better. In less than half an hour back they come and say We don't see anything that pleases us as well as vows. We'll take them. GRIFFIN & REED. " CALIFORNIA WINE HOUSE. fine fines and Mpifs." I have made arrangements for supplying any brand of wines in quantities to suit at the lowest cash figures. The trade and families supplied. All orders delivered free in Astoria. A. W. UTZIJlGEH, - - Str. R. P. Leave for Tillamook as the uieather mill permit. I'he steamer R. P. Elmore connects with Union Pacific steamers for Portland and through tickets are, issued from Portland to Tillamook Bay points by the Union Pacific Company. Siiip freight by Union Pacific Steamers; ELHORE, SANBORN & CO., - Agents, Astoria. UNION PACIFIC R. R. CO., Agents, Portland. $2 FOU Afl $80 LOT BY BECOMING A YOU CAN GET A FIRST CLASS TO ASTORIA. LOTS WILL BE NOW IS THE TIME TO PROCURE Liot to Build a iome, for Tlie Packers of Clioice Columbia -" River Salmon Their Brands and Locations. HA MK. LOCATION. I i ( AMorit Pk'gt'o.' I ' Astoria : Kinney'.. H.J.Kinney lAttorl.. Astoria Fkg Co Astoria j A. IKjtIid-; j Booth A.Tk'gCo ;Aiori ColumbiBlTerl'kirCo Astoria.... Elmore samm-l Astoria.... I George ft Barker- Astoria... i t O. Hanlhorn Co.-Astoria.-. J G MoglerftCo BrookficlJ j tag, fUheraen'. Pkg Co- jArtorli ""SfuKnltV And making lias more to da with the style and appear ance, tho stability and wear ing qualities of clothes than tho material. Oar clothing is made by. tho bust manu facturing establishments in tho country, firms who em ploy the best help and who lo uot employ any Chinese tailors either in cutting, sew ing, or in anywise in the making of their goods. Full Clothing, Furnishing and Shoes. Trunk3, Va- oi goods prices below the Hatters and Furnishers STREET, ASTORIA, OR. Ulaln Street, Astoria, Oregon. ELijMORE Every Four Days as fto I 1 MEMBER OF HILL'S LOT CLUBS LOT IN HILL'S FIRST ADUIIlUiN DELIVERED WEEKLY. ft A VL J AGENTS. IT j mark Diamond. A ..Chicago 1 OvaJ.....-.......... i JCockUil Cnttluf PkgCo. 3an FrancIco -j j K: Oco B-torjArtorf. J.O.rianihoniSCo J. O. Elanthorn Aslorl . . St George... J.C.. Megier . Bi ook field Wb man an ; -.. iAmorlL.... . The Losses Along the Upper and Lower River. THE DAMAGE CONTINUES TIio River 20 Miles' Wide-Re porta From Stcainboatinen Tell Some of the Particulars. The Columbla'a greatest flood hus not only Inflicted serious damage upon the merchants and property owners of Port land, but has also damaged Uie farmers and Inhabitants of small cities In the low lands along the mighty river to an Incalculable extent. Several towns are completely, and others part'y. submerg ed. Houses and wharves have been wrenched from their foundations and swept away by the raging waters, and all that remain of them are pieces of driftwood tossing about upon the swol len stream. Frofhe banks of the high lands In Oregon to those in Washington the river extends, being at places 20 miles wide. Remnanto of buildings mark parts of the devastated seofion and con be plainly seen from the decks of pass ing steamers.. They attracted a great deal of attention yesterday from the passengers on the gigantic Northern Pacific transfer boat, Tacoma, many of whom braved the stormy morning in or der to view the scene. Little has been known of the damage In the Columbia lowlands, as telegraph ic communication is practically impos sible. Plenty of news of a distressing character was brought.-up by the cap tains of the river steamers which ar rived yesterday. "Down along our route the people in the lowlands have deserted their homes and fled to the hills for safety," said Capt. Gray, of the Lewis River Trans portation Company's steamer Mascot, which plies between Portland and towns on the Lewis river. "Woodland, a town of four or five hundred inhabitants. In Cowlitz county, Washington, is comi pletely submerged, and has .been de serted by all but a few, who remained to save their effects and are now living in the second stories of their houses. Of those who fled, some are camping In the highlands and others are staying, with friends. So far os I could learn, no one was in distress, bub that will be an after effect of the flood, as most of these people have lost all, or nearly all, of their worldly possessions. Masters or boats plying in the Columbia are .doing all In their power to help these people, such as removing their furniture and stores and sometimes live dock to safer localities. We have also rescued a great many people, who remained in their houses until the last minute, when a quaking of the building indicated that the foundation was Ipsenlng, and It would soon be swept away. In every case escape by any other way than by boat was entirely cut off, and few of the people had boats. Their signals to passing steamers were always heeded, and they were removed to dry land. Their signalling before the houses had been thoroughly shaken from their foundations, and the frequency with which boats pass the Inundated district, alone have prevented a possible loss of life. I have been Informed that In one cose a house was swept away Hhortly after the family had been taken aboard a steonjer. . "All the warehouses and docks along the river, and houses and barns In the lowlands have either been carried away, toppled over or wrecked by the flood. It is a common sight to see a wharf or house c .me floating down the Columbia, and It is one that I do not think will be witnessed again this century. On the Lewis river, booms of logs have been carried away, and only -rafts securely tied have been saved. The loss In that section alone will reach, the hundred thousands. This does not Include the personal property or live stock, most of which has been saved by steamers. The Mascot alone removed 900 head of cat tle and horses to the hills. There are a number of heavy losers by the flood at St. Helen's. Muckle's mill was dam aged to an incalculable amount. Mr. Muckle told me this morning that the whole plant was under water and would be nearly a total Uma. Some of the buildings, he said, r been moved from their foundational, .hd he thought It would require a j at outlay to repair the damage. Twiiif his rafts of logs were swpt away the other night, and one was lost. I captured the other and lowed it to Columbia City, and left It there securely mocred. Rice's dock at St. Helen's wan swept away yesterday j morning, shortly after tho passage of the steamer Columbia, and will be a to tal loss. The warehouse at Rldgefleld, Wash., disappeared during the night, and has not been seen since. The Meth odist church on Sauvle's Island has lift ed heavily to the port, and now stonds, or rather floats, at an angle of 45 de grees. The school house In the Reeder dutrlct and Musgrove's barn have been completely destroyed. Lawrence's house and barn and Morgan's barn have sail ed across Sturgeon lake. Hulett's barn and other barns made voyages on the Columbia, and were still floating to ward the ocean at last accounts. The Presbyterian church at Woodland was nearly wrecked, and will have to be overhauled when the river subsides. All the docks and warehouses at Caples' landing have been swept away. These are only a few instances. There are many others which I have heard of, but know nothing about. "An Idea of the depth of the water in the submerged sections may be gained from "lie fact that a steamboat can come iVom Rldgefleld to St. Johns, a distance of 30 miles, In an air line. By the way we travel, crossing lots, etc., wo save 10 miles on the run. After leav ing Vancouver, the river is so swollen that In following the north bank of the Columbia to Kalama, we are sometimes half, a mile and sometimes four miles from the main channel. "The storm of Saturday did consider able damage to property. It struck Woodland In the shape of a cyclone, up- rooted trees and shook one or two houses from their foundations. The Mascot was directly In the path of It, as It came sweeping down the Columbia. I saw Its approach and steamed along with It for seven miles, and so escaped the disastrous consequences of an en counter with it." CAPT. SHAVER'S STATEMENT. Ciatskanl river and Beaver slough are so swollen that Capt. George M. Shaver, of the steamer Sarah Dixon, saves time In making his trips by crossing the prairie, Instead of winding up the crook ed slough and river. "There is from 10 to 15 feet of water on the prairie, and it has caused considerable damage,", said Capt Shaver yesterday. "The flood has swept away between 12 and 15 houses and barns. On our trip up, we passed a two-story house which had gone ashore at Ladd. Reed's place on Bachelor's Island, Kalama, St. Helen's and Ranler are under water, and pas sengers are landed and .taken aboard In small boats, except :it St. Helen's, where we stop at the bluff. Several streets In Kalama are submerged. At Mayger's the dock is under water, while the ware house and atorff and part of the road way havo floated off. On the way up, we stopped at Wallace's Island, and took some cattle and horses out of a barn, which was In one and one-half i feet of water. Wood is very scarce down that way, and owing to that cause we can only make trips three times a week, Instead of daily as heretofore. At one or two wood yards the docks are stocked with, wo" the owners will not sell it? the docks, thus relieved t .,. -rfight, will float away." AT KALAMA. Pilot W. H. Pope, of the Northern Pa cific transfer boat Tacoma, says tne river at Kalama stands at 2? feet 10 inches, a rise of one Inch. In the low lands the water is up to the eavfes of the houses, and it is high above the railroad tracks. The pontoons are safe. Three tons of Iron rails were put on them as ballast yesterday to prevent their being, carried away. The same was done at Goble. At places, Capt. Pope says, the Columbia Is a sea from 15 to 20 miles" wide, and water can be een as far as the eye can reach. The lower portion of Kelso la covered with water, and several houses thereabouts have floated away. During the week the Tacoma lias passed about a dozen float ing hous?s. ' Capt. Bxeton, of the steamer Toledo, which piles between Portland and Day ton, says that there is not much hlfil water In the Upper Willamette. Condi tions below the falls are the same as those existing In Portland. Mate W. J. Johnson, of the Dalles City, whioh arrived down the Columbia last night, says that the Columbia at the Cascades fell four Inches yesterday. It still almost covers the houses in the lowlands. A number of old houses and barns have floated away. Hamilton's house at the Cascades was washed away a few days ago. The bulkhead at the locks has been well secured, and there Is no longer any danger of Its being damaged. YesfWday's Oregonlan. EAST BR N PRESS COMMENT. Tne eastern press, commenting on the election In Oregon, speaks In the high est praise of the action of the st.te. Without regard to party, the papers say the fact that Pennoyer was so discredit ed will be of great value to the state, and that It shows the people do not be long to the class which his position, as governor, has put them In. Instead of bt-lng cranks and lunatics, they declare the people have shown themselves su perior to what the governor would have the remainder of th-i country think them. This sort of comment comes largely from the Democratic press. Re publican papers also contain these sen timents, but generally construe the elec tion to mean that the people are tired of this free trade and trust protecting Democratic congress. It Is everywhere declared that confidence In Oregon and h?r ioplo will be restored. REVENGE OP WORKMEN. Explanation of the Frauds Committed at the Carnegie Works. Tho armor plate Investigation was re sumed at Washington, D. C, on last Monday. Lieut. Cowles, of Marblehead, was the first witness. He was appointed Inspector of the Homestead works In 1893. The first plates had been furnUhed in January, 1892. While It would have been possible to retreat the plates, the lieutenant did not think It had hpen done. Witness sold he never knew of test plates being re-treated. In his opln Ion every friate of the armor now on the war ships would come up to the mini mum tests. One entirely new and rather startling admission was made by Lieut. Cowles in regard to the importance of blow. holes. In reply lo a question ns to the largest blowhole he had ever seen, Lieut. Cowles, pointing to a large French clock upon the mantel of the committee room, Bold ha had found a blowhole In on of the Monterey's plates aa large around as the clock, which was probably ten Inches in diameter, and that the hole was five or six Inches In depth. The committee, which had been told by other experts that blowholes were or dinarily about the Bize of a lead pen cil, was somewhat surprised by this statement. Members looked amazed when LleuU Cowles followed up his re marks with a declaration that this par ticular blowhole had been plugged by the direction of the department, and that the plate Is now on the side of the coast) defense vessel Monterey. Lieut. Cowles told the committee that that particular plate had been rejected by the Inspectors, but that after corre spondence with the ordnance bureau he received Instructions to pass the plate, and the company was authorized to plug the blowhole. The emergency on account of the Chilean trouble, Lieut. Cowles presumed, prompted the department to accept the plate. Lieut. Holcomb, of the navy, one of the Inspectors at tho Carnegie works, stated that his observation led him to the conclusion that the Carnegie Com pany and the government were at tne mercy of the employes.. The latter could use fradulent dies and stamps and with these could commit Irregularities -In spite of the company or the govern ment. Ofllcers of the company told the wit ness that workmen had been using false "scalps' and bad material In order to "get even" with the eompanyfor the re sult of the strike of 1891. Lieut. Hol comb said the government Inspectors could trace every plate from the time it was an ingot until It was finished ar mor. Witness said na underhand work was being practiced now at the Car negie . works. He had observed that there, was a bitter feeling among the workmen against the Carnegie Com pany. Further testimony will be taken on Wednesday. AN 1844 PIONEER. Hon; John Mlnto, .of Salem, Is In the city, stopping at the Occident with his wife. Mr. Mlnta came to this state from Missouri in 1844 and spent tho years 1845, 1848 and 1847 In Clatsop county, marrying Miss Martha Ann Morrison, daughter of tile late Capt. R. W. Mor rison, of Clatsop Plains, in July, 1817. Mr. Minto had Just been reading the accounts of the flood in the papers, and when seen by an Astorian reporter re lated some; reminiscences which are worth repeating. He states that with Astorian reporter. He states that wltii the exception of the flood of 1861 the Willamette was never higher than In December, 1844. It had been a dry sum mer and fall that year up to October 18, when the early warm rains commenced and continued until the flood came In December. He distinctly remembers how warm it was, because of the fact that some of the pioneers went bare footed all winter. The river commenced to rise about Salem, and nevet; ceased rising until there were but few spots tn the city left uncovered by water. There was not much damage done In Salem, but at Linn City, which Is opposite Ore gon City, the buildings were washed away entirely, and it was a long time before the town was rebuilt. In the bot tom lands along the river a great deal of stock was loot from the farms about Kalem and down to the mouth of the Willamette. This flood of 1844 had no perceptible effect on the Columbia river Highest! of all in Leavening Tower. Latest U. S. Gov't Report ABSOLUTE!? FUZE whatover. Portland at that time had no existence, there being nothing but a shingle camp on the present) site of that city. This camp was owned by Wm. Overton, who was helped In his work by a sailor named Jack McDonald, while another sailor by the name of Dick Johnson lived a hermit life In the woods at a place up on the hill out ot sight from the river, on which. Is now located Carruther's addition. These were the only three white persons In the vicinity of what Is now the large city of Portland. Mr. Minto's attention was called to Mrs. Lovejoy's flood account In Thurs day's Oregon lan, in which she makes a statement In regard to this 1844 freshet, and avem that her husband was In Portland at the time and went by boat In an almost direct line from that city to Vancouver through the dense forest. Mr. Mlnto believes that the lady quoted is Mrs. A. L. Lovejoy, who lived In Oregon City at the time, and says he Is certain that she Is mistaken in the point her hysband ' started to Vancouver from. In his opinion Mr. Lovejoy must have started from Llnnton, a point nine miles below Portland on the west bank of the Willamette, about three miles above its mouth. He feels certain that it was Llnnton, because that was the first American city laid oft by American home builders, and was. named after Senator Llnnton, while Vancouver was then a British fort and the chief place of business of the Hudson Bay Trading Company for this part of the country. From Llnnton to Vancouver the river was navigable during the flood, but be tween Portland and Vancouver there Is too much high ground to make such a ti-ip )osslble, and he thinks the steamer Mascot went over the same route from Llnnton to Vancouver las Tuesday that Mr. Lovejoy took. Mr. Mlnto was about the city yester day with his friend Capt. Gray, meeting many old acquaintances and telling yarns about those old days with so much evident enjoyment as to cause a listener to almost wlnh them back again. UNJUST TAXATION. The Income Tax Will Affect Life Insur ance Savings. - Much excitement and anxiety have been created In the minds of policy holders in life Insurance companies In this city by. the report that the tariff bill pending In the United States senate has been so shaped as to impose an ex ceptionally severe tax upon them. When a few men agree together that which ever of thomi shall die prematurely his family shall be protected from want by the others, It does not Beem reasonable that so prudent and beneficial aj con tract should be subject to taxation. It Is In no sense a form of wealth nor a means of profit, but Is solely an ex pense to all concerned as long as they continue to live, while It is an immense benefit to society at largo by fostering, habits of prudence and preventing pau- icrlsm. Charles Sumner was wise when, In the debate on. the original Income tax he declared that a tax on the life In surance is unjustifiable, even in time of war, for such Insurance Is In Itself of the nature of a tax, and any burden Im posed 'upon It by government would be a tax upon a tax.' his principle seems not to bo understood by some of the senators engaged In framing the present bill, for they have gone so far, In the pending amendment proposed by Sena tor Vest, of Missouri, os to propose a tax of 2 per cent upon all Income re ceived by life Insurance companies above their expenses. This, If enacted, would really tox all the money deposit ed In such companies to be held In re serve for the benefit of posterity. It would be fairly parallel to a tax of 2 per cent upon all deposits made in sav ings banks, and would be an exceptional burden of the greatest severity. There is real danger that the fair and reason able claims of men who have insured their lives may be overlooked or for gotten In tho haste to arrive at a speedy solution of the revenue difficulty. Hith erto they have always been recognized In laws Imposing or modifying an in come tax. Thus the last act of the kind passed by congress was in 1870, and It expressly provided that "nothing herein, contained shall apply to moneys paid by mutual life lnsuiance companies to their policy holders." In England, where life" Insurance is an older institution than It Is here, parliament has gone further, and exempts from income tax in indi vidual bunds moneys paid as premiums to life Instfrance companies. Exchange. salting