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J I THE ASTORIAN has the larfeit THE DAILY ASTORlAN Is th tlfiest and best paper on the Colomtla River circulation of any paper on the Columbia Rlvtr KUI.L, ASSOCIATED PUHSS REPORT. VOL XLVIII. ASTORIA, OIIKMJN, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 17, WM',. m. 115 eijt mmm Wl! AMi I'OSIIIVIil.V- HEADQUARTERS I'OU HTUVKH ItANOICH TIN W A UK (HM)KIN(I irTKNBIIJI IKON I'll'IC HTI1AM FTTTINilfc II.l'llllINU BIII.KT I HON WOIIK ETC. THE I'UICKH AHIC HUCII AH TO MAKE IT KXl'EN HIVIO TO HUT EUIISWIICKI!. Eclipse Hardware Company lllAWKIT VI. I) Hi. .MM CASH BOXES r-' ' ."M. "7 THE SECOND SPANISH FLEET NOT YET LOCATED SAMPSON IS HEARD FROM ..fc . i " o Vou Need Our In Your limine.., rciHTorni K noxr.8 OKKICE IIOXKH I.KTTKK AND DKHK THATH III!. I. ril.KH AND PILING CAHEH All Hit nd Hlyle. Griffin 6St Reed. All Aboard for St. Michael's and Dawson City. Spanish Ruse Believed to Have Instigated a False Report. NAVY DEPAHTMENT WARY Cervera's Squadron Has Left Venezuela N0W J -Was Last Seen Going Westerly. Thinks a Trick Is Being Played to Keep Sampson Quiet While Both the Spanish Fleets Join Forces. HAWAII TAKES STAND FOR UNITED STATES. Hf iNi.ri,l May via K.m I" ran. :'. May K.-The Hawaiian gov, nino-nt will rM proclaim neutrality. This -land i t i ! ri n am ount of tin. a i -. ' it.sr relation t;en th United Hi. a. urn! Hawaii. Tfii. utivi. on 0' r tli.it a pro lam.V.lon ',f neutrality would Ih a breach of K'""l faith. The govern ti, . i, t in. i. If knnwn li rr iii y.-t.-rlay nt a merit session of the nU-. It U ,i!d the senators favored the i'.anJ ink' ii Iy 1t IiI nt Dolo. Another Important matter cor -Mured at th ann- -l'n wan the occupation lull which, if ratified by the senate, will all" tin- Dnlt.d Hta:c In ra . the Ann iii an flag over the luiandn an.) uw the name k a ban- of supplb1. Thi. m mure In mild to hive ! '-n pr.pire.l with the knowledge of the member of thf Am-rUan s'-nati- committee c.n f in .Kii affair an I hus tin- appro-, m ,f pren.l.nt Mi Klnli-y. una htc muklr.K a careful atu.ly of all IS BUSINESS Astoria and Colombia River Road SuccessfulIyJOpened . FIRST TRAIN TO PORTLAND ! Hi--,..rt. i- in !h" r. . Tl r ii. i. JJ .V.V r 1 ' l' -1 AND WAT POINT!. Kt'H KKEIOHT AND I'AHHAOE AI'I'LT AT 5- Foard & Stokes Co-, ASTOUIA. OKEUON. Bitam.r lavM tttij In May. No. .7 Comiiivrtlnl Street. CHARLES KAN & Co., ma,;o,an,oEnth uni hcwwicar ... Japamv Uod, Ilal rr . N otlnni and Kurnlihlnf Ooodt AT HKAHoNA IH.K I HU Ka. THE PPESS IS WOW SHIT OFF Philippine Expedition to Start Didn't ! Know It Was Loaded, and Decy j Cot the Callao That Anglo American Alliance London Papers Are. Silent. fiirrHn'iin ' v T." f n t that 1 mi- fr..m M.nlrlil llf ih.it linn uii-'thi r H..m.h ru'- I i ( M' r "iir m t.-m tn 'n M.iriinlo'.itf i wli:l- ih'lr havr .u..-.l -!. ir. I. !lli.. r .-.rt im It that A'lniliM VIII mill ! ha Willi him 'hr i-ruls-n. I'mn-r'... i ma ll, nj nfi.l Hi.' rr!iii'-- df Auiilri.i. t known. h"Wi .-r. that lll.ittil' i a-lmiral ..f tin... h ) 1 1 . nnil that at It.i't !: of 'lo in, tin' 'nth ro. in on the o:n. r i. f lb., nii.r. Thi- fa. t that lh !) ' ji.-pott of t!i- moi in Mn of tti.. m-.-oti.l j .iia.li-oii (. a.. I th" M oln.l rmi" t n I i -. .it. - a ib r- of thr H.an:h ainhoritl-- !., .ri o! I'.ro., ! ti,.. mili i..l;ii! Inf.a- in. it. ..ii li iurH..- ) l., l!. v.. .. t :iioii.r A.ltnlr.il S.itii'"n In r. in on with ' l.ii Hut at or in-.ir Martlnlu'ii- In mi. nt "f i!il nh o low y roti'l Minailron n, .i t i t.ik- Mm ii way from liln pnrn'iit of Al inlral Cir.ra an I Ihi' aiiu.l Spanluli k mio alr'M'ly In ntKhl. k: oni.any I.. aptain H. on.p.iiiy M. I'apl.iln 1 M. I' I.. ell; wrvrit, Th. y arv greatly turpriivd rrnan at ,-x!rnt f the dama(f! done by Ad miral Iw.y' hip. the iirK numtor of r.txialtii' on the S;.an:.h Mle and the ul.i" nt fatali!l' nr.! damage on the Arr.i Titan h'pi. Htatlmb i of the SjKininh I..I..-.H ar" mill nic.iff'.r. Th latest re porn nhow that th- lo greater than at first nupposed. According to the l.i -n liif-irmatlon 21 wire killed and ') wound, d. Thi- llrst list of h ps burnrd and f'Jnk wan rorr.i t. Small tURs and sailing w- rilKSS HIII T iKK. WaKhliitfti'n. May lS.-An c llUlll. 1 1 1 r nr. l.o ll.l rr. n.v r M..l b l'. I l l.o Hi;.!, r i it or i .if:, r ill.' i riii-i i Maria Teii'f..i .ll. Oil V 1 I 'll" 1 iy 1 i ii li. - u'opy. Ao'Hl.ile-l m.li ..pi.ulron !i:. h 1. fi l.i'l - l aa anil ll.i I '..ik' li on .f ."il an. I a Mnnnlni.lurr nnil Denier In W. F. SCHEIBE, FINE CIGARS! A lull lln. .1 Pip... Tahacce, r4 5muk.it' A'tlclf.. 474 Coninirtlnl Ml. vJ ' Kopp's "Best A DELICIOUS DRINK.... and ABSOLUELY PURTJ Tin' Nnrlli Iiioillo llmwi-ry, of wliieli Mr. John Kp i roprit'tor, ninkcs Wi for (lumi'H'io nml rxxirt Initio. Hnttli'il Imht for family unt or k' liiM-r niiiilii'il t imy tinio, ili-liviry in th city In'. NORTH PACIFIC BREWERY ITI'll.H KUOISIVKD IN Till!! PHIMAItY, O il A M M A It AND ACAIUCMIU OHADir,H J. M. THE SISTERS OF THE Convent of the . . . Holy Names ASTORIA, OREGON. HAVK (U'l'lNI'.M TIIKIU IIOAltlUNtl AM' HAY HCI1O0L For niton, lo., uililrortrt tlm Huporlonwi 1NSTRU- MKNTAL MUSIC. PAINTING AND VOIClfi CULTUHK KOUM A BI'KCHAL DKfAKTMENT - ' Hll ' . T T n rrn rr.x r. c-j i.ji i.' i JUElltailMiililUA Mount Angel College MOUNT ANGEl Marion Count' OREGON Hila If Jimt the place for your bora. Delightful location, liu-tfe bulldlnf and .ruunda, food moola, plunty of iMiUUir xsrnuw, eznellcnt ttimctieni and oamfuj training UiU ! whut they all aajr r MT. ANGEL COLLEGE!. Bond for Cmt. Jocu and apaolal terma. I P, F, PLACIDUS, Director. it ipi-mi.t) n .itiht. .1 i.' ili.app. .11. 'l.D 'i r. l-l-!T ll. ll.-!) 111.' K"'"K U .1 II "I .pia.l- Wl t w a t l. SAMI'Si'N AT IIAY'l'IllN. Tor! a 1 1 I'rln .. llayil. May l u'opy riKhti'l by the A'soilali-d I'len l- Tlm I'lilU'd Stali n l..ip. .b b at Purler r--turne.l to I'ape llaytleii thu mornliiK h av IliK l " Hear Admiral Satnp-oii k tl. , t In the ulllitK. I.l.titeiiant lleiitutt oinferred with the l ulled SinteH i-.mioil nl t'ape llaytlen and lllnl .Hm.aii -u- from Ihe rear admiral. The rendnvouii of ihe Mift Ih north of i"pi H lytlen. The Potter left here lit la o ilmk to re join Ihe Ib et. While Kotng to (.'ape Hay lien yetilerday the Portrr Heraped a ri'!. but mintnlnetl no daiuam:. The demtnatlon of Ihe Ileet In uneerUln. The store "hip Hupply wan xprvted f wall fnr the Minneapolis at Cape lUytli n mid her do parlilie from there In al.l to be due to a mUtake. whirl) will probably be reillfled bv the I'ortei return. The irulm r Mm Ili upollH In likely new order. tJ.-r " pouted thin mornliiK. mitn.il by Serretary l.oni;. relatlxe to the puOluation of tni eiiiuiiatltii; from ihe navy department. j ronmdenibly riirtalllnir ihe atipply of In- formation that h.m hen tofore been rather jfr, ely (tiven nut. The mvri tary'ii order w n dir. ele-l to I'ftpt.lin I'MWinnhleld, 'ibuf of ih- tiHviK itlon iMirenu, nnd he in ' turn k ave It out by m.ik.ni: the order ln . hi own in nil- tb.it no person i'.inne"lel I with lit- I 'lieati In any r.ip.ieity fh'Uilil li.ii.' .i ii y . .niver-ailon wttiit vir on kii! . j.i'.k 111 nnv way p. rtainuiK to ihe navy ' with i..r.- " titatlvrti of the pre. A .in of1,-t It win ordered tlii! bulletin- of urh a. I as have aetually on' irr 'and ate proper f"r Oibliea!.ou and are not i-omii'fti-t with enl-iitii; or projertt-J tii" i tneiit- -hall be (irepireil and p"!"te.i on n l.ulletlii Uiar.l. The mini total of the itir .nn.ition publl.-hed today un.br Ihi' rule wa a nm lee of the intent, on to start Hie Philippine rxpedltlon and of perml r.on cii.tt to otn,. foreign neutral ves--.! to p,if th.' bbvk.ide at Havana, ; In i jiplaiiatlon of the lsuaniv nf thin oiiler Ihe nav.il authoiitli'K n iy that sonie le.nlinK Aiio rliMn new ipaper have been DIDN'T KNOW OK T11K WAR. New York. May PI. -A World iH-iit' h fr .m Manila, dated May 12. by way of lloni: K"tiK. May IV nay: The Hpan.h c;iiii boat I'all.io ChiunI ii the bay thin riiornlru.' Slu- eame from the unit hern Inlandn. whr- !-he had l,e-n !.iioti. .l f'.r the lat :x!e. n monthn. ib r ."in!ii.if..br did not kn .w that war i s-ln b.ivo bein capture.) glnce, but the bad l.e. n deel ired. and h" had heard j t 'allao in the only one of Importance. The ti'irhir i! on hln way up ah-.ut the hatib- j Spani.-h udm.ral. Montejo, is In Manila, .t M mil i. He nie;ime, mniKht for ra- III wounds are not serlou. The offlelal in.-, i xp. etinir to ilnd the whole tfp.inh ir-"'rt of the StMnl.ih hlp how that tb t an. liar, d th re. He srriv.d off fa-, they had double erewn ab-ird. expeetln? It., ut 7 i. elo. k In the morning with j that our chip would be , ap'.ur. d and that lipan'-h flau (lylnir and nltnal Hair up. thev would put prize cr-w aboard the The for.-ord i'p.n.. Are. The Sp.inu-h 1 Anierli an and hoist th- Spanl-h color. .onimander nupi.oiel the shot w.-r for The Spaniard have not yet recoverea larcet praelli e nnd turned to get out of from th? hot k. They explain their de range, hut continued on. Tho Ronton and lfe.il by aying that they lacked tariftt Ital. lKh Joined the OlympU and hot j practice: that they had had absolutely were thmwiiiK spray over lh Piwi'Xh'no practioi for ih paat two yar. . . vessel' deck when her rommander b.fran i to reallie that It was no Joke and pulled j THAT ALLIANCE. dow n bis V.nis. He lontlnuiil on. however, i .ilii! th,- flr'.ne wnn rnewe.!. Kin.illv he i hoy,, to with a white tlaK ..n hi foremast w"r1'' from LonJn and Ihe Halek-h stiamid out to inter, ept j hitn. I.l. ul. roil went an r.i tne unlearn in a small Knit and th" situation wan rx- New York. May 16.-A dispatch to the plaine.1 to him. Th'-n he s urnndereel i !" ii . fully and the t 'allao was brought to an a to bar. if,, neur the flue-hip. She was an Iron cun lmat of 3 t"tis. i-pilpp.il ; Willi four modem Kims mid carryini: a . n iv of The ship was spick and span f"T the admiral's In-p.eion on arrival. . Tin- Ann -I' .ui tin; w is promptly ho.-t-I I on the r.illai. nnd she was abbil pi; Abtnlral Di wey'n fltet. She will be use- ful for river work Admiral D, wev's 11,, t remains flatlon- d bi fore Manila. He Is ready to capiur.- the pl i -i wli.-ne-er orders to do so are re eeivo.1 from WashltiKton or he deems It cxpodli'til. No hostile demonstration ha b,i n made since Ihe battle of Manila. Al though the Spanish tl.ic MUs from the clt.ubl. a while Mir Is up over the pov- rnor Ketetar ulace and many of the no f ir bukltm in patriotism to print ineiKunsi fnim I.unett.i have bmn Iransf.r- I'lnns of the campiikn and projected I ino emeiits of a naval ship with the n-- sultt hat tin- war board has been ohllired to conipletely revise Its plans In the knowinlce that the Spanish had promptly taken nollce of the publication and wer prepared to profit by them. Complaint wn made to Secretary l.onr that tho newspapers werv working an Injury to tho Sovemment In mien ruses. It Is not tho purpose of the secretary to prevent tho press from havlmc any Information that to be Intercepted with I ealculated to ciiuse a mlsearrtilRO ot ttio plans or me nepariineiii, nut i re- sTniiY di:mi:ii. London, May ltl-The Dally Mall says: Accoi'ditiK to the most trustworthy In formation (he Spanish cruisers Cardln.it Clsnefos, Prlnciss de Aiislrlas and I'aia Icna are not yd ready for i',i and tin i'c fore cannot lia e nt'tiv, d at Mai tiniipie, risl to the land approaches to the city to Kiiard It Huainsi the rebels who occupy all iho siirnuindinir country. Admiral Dewey is reticent rvKardirusr his plans. He will closely guard Manila's water nproiiches and keeps a keen watch on nil tho rivers and nearby hoys for any Spanish vessel remaining. Ht has ship enough to scatter throughout the island and capture any city desired. Tt Is be lieved to be his plan to lie In Manila bay continuing tho blockade until further orders. Tho people of Manila understand there Is no probability ot u bombardment mains to be seen whether the naval oltl- !" lon no hostility is shown. The el.c The Sunday papers are curiously silent Mr. Chamberlain's remarkable pro- nounci nunt in favor of an Ang'.o-Ameri-jtaii alliance. The observer, the most Inllueiuial politically of them, however, applauds Mr. Chamberlain's d. claration on that iint while riferring to the ac i on'pli-hnient of his Ideal to some re mot. cotuiiige!ii y which has not yet nrls. !i. The observer says: "It Is Well understood in the United ii'M'.es that tho European Intervention I 'not even discus--ed by the power Just now. Ihi ause Ewland will not tolcrato it. The real crux will come when the 1 1 mis of peace are drafted. Then, !f ever. the league of which Count Coloch-kl hlntid not long ago. will lift its head, j We doubt the substance of any such oc currence, because the commerce of Amer ica is too big a business for practical 'politic, but the day that witnessed any ; serious combination against the United !Stati- or Cre.it liritaln ought uU to I witness their consolidation Into an Anglo ! American alliance.'' I Tho World correspondent has had a 'conversation with one of Mr. Chamber llaln most trusted followers, to whom jilr. Chamberlain had several weeks since . I opened hi mind on the subject of an Anglo-American understanding as well as on tho general foreign policy of Great Urttaln. This politician said that Cham berlain has been convinced that Salis bury's policy Is steadily and Inevitably to the ruin of England's commercial su premacy, and he is convinced that It Is lucessarv to the I'ultcd Slates and Eng- cers not by bring nl of liberality. lie llrst 'land that they should oppose European . . .... . . ..... : tel.. It. ......, .. ... tO WIC'lll llll' Olliei is llll-eril'U III I.ln.ui.md Vto.l.tn.l'o all . .fen, -o .o on their Ironclad Interpretation of ltie. K. nut now they ate Miming again. , ; ' .. " " ' ' ' nt a niodiilcation in the Interest 1 Manna l sulToring from great scarcity ot I " ; ' ' ,. v '.., food, partlnilatiy among the soldiers. The ''" i-i-.. ..-i .o ..o... ....... solillorn are WilUm, horse, for foo.l al- naval expansion for years, and he retards till AY PROTESTS. SPANIARDS NoT SEEN. j Washington. M iy It; -Senator ilray and other Inlliieiitlal nun have made protests l.icaln-! Ihe cruiser Columbia and other j tine warships being kept on the New I England coast wh. n the enemy' ships Si. lMcnv, May h'. -iCopyi ithleil by the : ilv , ,) r xvaler. Somlor tiray A.s.soclaied Press.)- Nothing h i- been seen ,,,, ,iislne."i wiih the pr sident today and or lieaid of the Spanish tl,-v; up to a late , )is ,,, ,,, n,,ut,.r. hour this evening. Ii may ,.e 1 ing off Ihe i .., s sl.,,,i ,),, st. -hips are kept ron.lv. Pnless the snips arc allowed to r.iigiaim s mosi iiupe.a.ne noe,,-. i ...,i .v...... . ., ,.,,,.,. i..., i.s...htivh ito weaken Erancc, so that It would bo nl with the Interior soon there will be Sixteen Cars Filled With Happy People, the Gnests of the PailroaJ Company. Make the First Trip. SCENES ALONG THE ROUTE Demonstration at Clatskanie-Resolutions Commendatory of Mr. Ham mond Passed-Everyone Much Pleased Ho Accidents Marred the Daj,'.,.- Isliiud or may have gone nui'it.. The Terror Is si ill al Port do I'imii.v. She Is being palmed while. The torpedo bout Terror nitenipled to coal, bin the .minorities interfered and refused her per mission. Signal llglllH that have been seen on tin iHifchlioiiiiK hills th l:ii few night have been iiniloulile.lly manipulated by friend., of lb" Spanish, hoping to assist them to capture the l'nlie, States aux- lllarv cruiser llarvanl. Tin so have been I the subject of vigorous protest by the l'tilte.1 States consul and have diminished somen hat. especially nilcr the gend'arnies scoured I he mountain roads, bill one tla she, I brightly lasl nlb'ht. There are reports that a Spanish man-of-war Is lying In the Donilnlea channel to ihe northward of Martini. pic. A French niiin-of-wnr, probably the Admiral ISigaiilt ile Ceiioullly, arrived llus aricr nootl from S in .1 mill de Polio Rico. SI'" W'llS Slienuy iiiiinageii n ii ,ug snen ii.o;- j, meiils .lui'iHK I no nomoai oiiieiM ot iue fortllloiillons by Admiral Sampson's tied. on the New liiclani eoi-t to :i I ' ,i ' :i hension," .u,l Seiialor Cray. "Well, N nil foolishness. Il.-ro iOiips are dl r. distress among all classes. There Ii no mall communication with Manila. The town Is under a complete blockade. Communication bv water contii.ites un interrupted. A strict watch Is maintained by the vessels of the lice: nich: and day .ii prevent the possibility of an attack, although none is cMv. tnl. ;ov- 1 Hoards arc maintained al Caviie to piv that v, nl the plundering of the n..v..l s:oi,s kept iwhl ll wire found l bo In etval aieiv I- on this const when there is not a particle of danger, while the Spanish squadron Is not fur from .southern waters. Our .-hips should be wiih one or the olher siinndrons." .inc. Russia alone she would have to deal with In the far East. England's interests and those of America are idenilial In that region nnd Chamberlain regards itnir combined action there ns the llrst step toward a realization of the Anglo-Aiuer-ic.in alliance. That is ihe underlying motive of bis speech, although It was ! under circumstances which give i: the appearance of an attempt to oust Lord Salisbury from the foreign otllee. j The Daily Mall's p.erlln dispatch says i that Chamberlain's speivh is character- ir.od by tho German pr.ss in geinr il as j i t iroot for the ' undiplomatic, acknowledging England's is It Is 1 weakness In the face ol Russia ami as an . . itindignllicd bid for America s tavor. out :h Oil; I'. if; LAS T OK VOLUNTEERS DEPART. IT IS A TRICK. Washington, May HI. The navy ibpurt ment lake with great allowance the re port that Iho Spanish HiniteglKls haVo aiio cecded In sending n second squadron under Admiral Vlllumll to the West Indies and that ll In off Martinique, even if Iho al leged Information did not bear tho sus picious enrmnrks of a Madrid ditto. The department would not bo surprised to hear that Admtra.1 Vlllnmll, as well as Admiral Corvora, wa with tho Bpaulsh Portland, ,'l.iv hi --Probably the lurg. st irowd ever a-senibled III Portland wan nt Iho union depot this cvdiing when the last two battalions of the Oregon volun teers left for S.i n Francisco. After 4 o'clock Ihls afternoon business was practically suspended In the city nnd crowds of people lined the streets through which Ihe soldiers passed ell route to the depol. Wagon loads of choke flowers were carried to the depot and nearly every man I In Iho (wo hiittallons carried llowers In hand when he stepped on to Iho train. The ladles of the city had prepared lunch- ohm for the soldiers mid each man was supplied with a palatable luncheon for nt j D o m t one meal. The military train was run in two sccuons ana tne inst one ion the depot at 7:1. Ihls evening. Major Owen Hummers was In command. Tho following ofllcers nccotnpanled the baltnllons: Majors l'hll G. Eastwick nnd Pen y Willis. Company commnndersCompnny E, Captain It. K. Davis; Company V, Cap tain J. V. Case; Comptiny G, Captain Wll llnm Gadshy; Company H. Captain C. E. Moivnnoll; Company I, Captala L. L. 1'lokona; Company K, Captain B. 0. War- Picket boats every ni;ht watching for s Any boat so, n Is m ole search:. i;ht. and ll' It I llr ,1 noon. Mond.lv Ihe 1'oiloOld disoov eicu u largo rowbo'ai oil shore nnd Hied I T" government is evidently reserving time It-pound, rs. The boa: quickly ran jits opinion. Tho aeml-oiUcuil papers con- ashore. It Is supposed to have been a Spaiii.-h boat lying in wait lor the rebel C.onjinlcs. who commands the insilrgetit--about Manllii. He had gone nwav and ll Is supposed the bom was sent to lie In w.nlt and capture him should ho at Icnipt to return. Six warships of neutral p come info the bay since the five ure hero now bisii the limbic, wvrs have bai lle and The visitors hive tlrsi-chuss armored cruiser belonging to Fran, e; the Pi'inc, ss Wllhelni. a second-class proiccte.l cruiser, and Iho Cornior.ini, a third-.iiss pro toned cruiser ot the German navy; the 1 Oil Ish llrst-cliiss armored cruiser Im tnortalito and gunboat Linnet, and the Japanese second-class proieci.d cruiser NanUvn. The Hiitlsh vessel Linnet haf reiurncd to I long: Kong. The others are hero vol. tent ihcmsiivcs with expressing aston Ishuunt al ii member of the cabinet .-peaking so plainly, the Stadt adding that it would have been belter for Eng land If tho speech bad not been delivered. The Kocltlichc .eitung tlvscribi d the colon. nl minister's speech as a model ol modern political eloquence and congratu lates the orator on being a practical poli tician with modern views, spe. iking to the liritish nation with Wsinarckian bltinlness. The National Z.ituru; says the speech was nothing less than an acknowledgment of bankruptcy, not only of England's policy lilliierto, hut of the whole liritish power, un.l remarks that tho I'.ritish na tion Is hardly likely to Identify itself with tho minister's utterances. The general Impression Is that England will not be nhlii to form an alliance with The' German cruiser Cormorant arrived , the United Slates, ns the Interests of the Tuesday night. Tho Raleigh saw her com ing nnd promptly 11 rod across her bows. Tho Cormorant stopped, tho Raleigh boarded her, made certain of her nation ality and allowed hor to proceed to an chorage. Nona of them arrlvod In time to see the battle. The forolgn nar.il om eorf ar groally ul la th rwaulti nations nro not identical In tho East, and America would not supply the necessary military quota In the event of war with Russia. All newspapers which alludo to tho subject think that England will find no ally In Europe, and Kussla, least of (Continued on third p.) NOW for business. The formal opening of the Astoria & Co lumbia River railroad yester day paves the way for the re alization of the commercial aspirations of the business men and citizens and property owners of Astoria. There has been placed in active service the best line of railroad ever constructed In Oregon. The track Is of the heaviest English steel: the trestles, bridges and culverts of the highest grade; the cur vatures nnd grades are of the mini mum and the rolling stock Is the best science can produce. Mr. Hammond's contracts have been carried out to the letter, and the deal has been ctosed with him In a manner most satisfac tory to both the subsidy committee and himself. Next comes the develop ment of traffic and the building uo of the port. The outcome Is with the people. THE OPENING. The opening to traffic of the Astoria rail road occurred yesterday. A large excur sion of citizens, donors to the subsidy and workers ln the building of the railroad, through the courtesy of the company. was made to Portland. Tins was the first through train run over the new line and almost a thousand people were aboard of It. As the cars rolled along the banks of the mighty Columbia, the occupants took In the grand scenery of river, moun tain, forest and meadow and began to know something of the resources of their treat state. All along the route, at each hamlet and road crossing, enthusiastic gatherings of people waved handerehlefs and shouted their greetings to the first train. Steamno", factories, sawmills and canneries blew their whistles, which were answered by the locomotive. Upon arrival In Portland, us the hure engine steamed up Fourth street, throngs gath . red to meet the new-comers. When the train stopped R blocked four streets and thousand of Portlanders shouted a wel come, while Shaw's band discoursed lively nuis.c. The return trip was made, at 3:13 P. in., the time occupied by the run each way beinjc live hours. As the long train dashed through Tongue point, upon Its .nr.y Into the city ui i.M last night, a bea'ltlfttl scene was presented. Suddely (Continued on fourth page.) The Royal Is the highest grade baking powder known. Actual tests show it gaesoM Uird further than ay other broad. Pill Absolutely Pure kovu. mmm mmss a. I j