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Wash Dress Goods
A most variod lino of richest patterns ami ifiectivo
varieties. We mention only some of the latest
nrrivuls Jtu'quartl Madias, I .nee Stripe Zephyrs,
lunbroiilered Mulls, in dots ami liguiiv.and I'ropon
ctte, satin striped or checked.
Dainty Dimities
In elininiinj; trior eluct., every mie iuv and desir
able, at t-'e, lt, and l "e a yard.
Headquarters for Dry Goods
MYSTERY OF THE SEA SOLVED.
WreoK of the American Girt Dlscov-
ered Near Cape SV James,
Moresby Island.
The mystery that has so long sur
rounded the disappearance of the three-
masted schooner American Girl Is solv
ed at last, the fishing steamer New
England which has just returned to
Vancouver from the Northern fishing
Krounds reporting that her bleaching
bones are piled in a small, unfrequent
ed bay TO miles north of Cape St.
James and on the Eastern hore of
Moresby Island, of the Queen Char
lottes. The dry,, clear air of th north
has kept the wreck in good preserva
tion. Indeed, from her appearance.
she would seem to be the victim of a
storm not three months past. Bow
and stern have been, however, both
carried away, so that positive Identi
fication is impossible, although her
American build, her dimensions and
her lines all point to her as the Amer
ican Girl. This schooner, it will be
remembered, was lost in the fierce gales
of last November, while en route from
San Francisco for Port Hadlock for
lumber cargo. The Colusa, the Liber
tad and three other craft perished in
the same autumnal tempest, while the
Highland Light and Ferris S. Thomp
son escaped, the former giving as a
last report from the Girl that she had
been seen off the Cape battling with
the storm. She had then only a fore
sail set, and was seemingly being blown
out to sea. Her crew numbered eight
men all told, and as none have ever
been heard from, the well-grounded
supposition Is that all found sailors'
graves. The spot at which the wreck
age now lies is in the trend of the
northern current, while it is no won
der that earlier reports have not been
received, as there are no Indians now
making their home on the island and
It is but very frequently visited, and
abounds in little Inlets entirely ob
scured to passing ships.
MAN AND ARM THE FORTS.
Government Taking Steps to Do Some
thing for Fort Stevens, Canby
and Columbia A New Troop
Coming.
The government seems disposed to
do something, after months and years
of waiting, for forts Canby, Stevens
and Columbia
The three forts have been garrison
ed by a single detachment of artil
lery, which amounted in all but to a
handful of men under the command
of a lieutenant, and this small com
pany has been divided between the
forts on the map, or found out their
three forts. But at last the war de
partment seems to have located the
existence In some other way, ana as
a result modern guns have been or
dered forwarded at once for their com
plete armament; the detachment of ar
tillerymen now stationed at the forts
has been ordered east and It is un
drestood a full regiment Is to be sent
to take their places and Captain
Downs, constructing quartermaster at
Fort Stevens, has received orders to
call for bids for the construction of a
post hospital.
The hospital will be what Is known
as a 24 bed, or two battery post hos
pital, 50x56 feet, two stories with mau
sard roof, with a wing 26x30 feet for
use ae convalescent wards, operating
rooms, etc. It will be built of wood
with stone foundation, heated by steam
and lighted by electricity, the electric
plant being of sufficient sire to fur
nish lights for the barracks and even
operate a searchlight if neeled.
The increase of the command at the
we e wis
With new and exclusive designs in
...Dainty Lace Curtains...
Prices lower than ever
65cuDto$2.50apair
Sash Curtains in Dots, Stripes and Figures
11-12 - iiiid 15c a yard
mcallen & McDonnell
on the Lower Columbia.
forts will certainly be most welcome
to the people of Astoria, although
mnny will be sorry to see the old com
mand leave.
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.
Total Number of Names on the Roll
to Date.
Astoria Precinct No. 1..
Astoria Precinct No. i..
Astoria Precinct No. 3..
Astoria Precinct No. 4.
Astoria Precinct No. 5..
Astoria Precinct No. 6.
Astoria Precinct No. 7..
J"hn Day Precinct
Svensen Precinct
Walluski Precinct
New Astoria Precinct ...
Warrenton Precinct ....
Clatsop Precinct
Staside Precinct
Melville Precinct
t'hadttll Precinct
Young. River Precinct .
Olney Precinct
Knappa Precinct
Clifton Precinct
: st port Precinct
Vesr-nr Precinct
Jewell Precinct
Mishawaki Precinct ...
Elsi Precinct
Push Precinct
Total to date
.m
.200
.193
.231
.120
.V
.130
'. 3;
. 29
lilt
. 33
. 39
. 84
. 30
. 42
... 43
... 65
...21
... 11
... 25
... 17
... -
18
..2040
FOLLOWING THE B. & O.
The M. & St. P. R. R. Will Establish
an Insurance and Pension
Fund.
CHICAGO, May 4. The Chronicle
says:
An elaborate relief and pension plan
will be submitted to the employes of
the Chlrago. Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railroad Company, June 1. The plan
w ill be to embrace all the best features
of the relief department of the Balti
more A Ohio and the pension fund of
the Pennsylvania Company.
According to the St. Paul plan the
fund for the relief and pensioning of
employes will be obtained by specified
installments from the men and a ytar
Iy cash contribution from the treasury
of the company to tstabiish a fixed an
nual sum of available money.
After serving a specified number of
years employes will have an option of
retiring on pensions wlyn they reach
the age of CO and none will be permit
ted to serve aftjr he is 70 years old.
The pensions will be based on the sal
aries received at the time of recre
ment. The relief feature of the department
Is Intended to benefit employes who are
Incapacitated temporarily for service
by reason of accident, sickness or oth
er cause.
The funds will be under the control
of a relief committee consisting of
three members appointed by the pres
ident of the road, the latter being an
ex-oftlcio member of the body and an
advisory board composed of three
members representing the employes.
The advisory board at first will be ap
pointed by the president of the road,
but after the department has been es
tablished the members will be elected
by the employes.
L.engx.1 or service necessary to re
tirement on a pension Is the only fea
ture of the plan not yet decided upon.
Between 21,000 and 24.000 employes will
be affected.
EDUCATION IN CUBA.
Two Factions Have Appeared One
Favor and the Other Opposing
Employment of Foreign
Teachers.
HAVANA, May 4.-The Lucha rec
ommends the employment of foreigners
as professors In the University of Ha
vana and the Engineering College of
Cuba, declaring that apparently there
are no Cubans sufficiently Instructed
ta hold the professorship. The paper
points out that this course hns been
folic wed In tho Institutions of learn
In In the South American republics,
Senor Varona. on the other bund,
says he thinks there are a suilUivnt
number of eduo.itod Cubans to act as
touchers mid professors, txcept possibly
In luboiai'iry work. Ho Intends to
carry on the work on the linos laid
down by Scnor Rartvlro. The princi
pal feature will bo the organisation of
normal schools and the elimination of
old fiishl mod methods of public In
sl ruction.
!:l Oomillador, a now paper devoted
to th. interests of tlw Spaniards who
did not resistor has made Us appear
ance and says:
"II Is not for those who registered
to charge those who did not resistor
with a lack of patriotism. Those who
did not resistor love Spain, In spite
of hor bud governm-nit, but In Cuba
thoy desire to work with their brother
Cubans for the absolute Independence
of the Island, which will be of ad
vantage both to themselves and to
S;Miln."
LEAHY HEARD FROM.
Governor of Guam Sends In Ills Census
Report and Wants His Ice
Machine.
WASHINGTON. May 4. Governor
Loary has sent to the navy depart
ment another of his characteristic offi
cial reports about affairs In Guam, In
cluding the results of a thorough cen
sus taken under his direction, and a 11
nanclal statement' of the first six
months of his administration, which
shows a gratifying and growing sur
plus of Mexican dollars In the Island
treasury.
American money has not yet entered
Into circulation In Guam, and the fig
ures In the balance sheet represent the
silver currency left there by the Spun
lards. Tha amount In the local treas
ury on July 1, 1S'.9. was J2.I71. The re
ceipts from January 1 last, were 9,415
and the expenditures for the same per
iod were 16.767, leaving In the treasury
on January 1. 19oo, $4,S19. The receipts
will not be so large for the remainder
of the fiscal year, as the tax on mar
riage licenses will not be so productive,
but the expenses will be proportionate
ly reduced as many of the Improve
ments have been completed.
The governor reports that the evap
orating plant Is in excellent condi
tion, but he is still without an Ice-machine,
with the hot weather almost at
hund. The steam saw mill has been
erected and was realy for work. A
tek-p lone system has been Installed
and was In successful operation be
tween Agana. the capital, and Pltl,
the port.
The officers of the Yosemlte were
still enjjaped on the topographical sur
vey of the island, which would have
lioen finished In a few months. In fact,
all was well at Guam and life would
be perfect with a refrigerating plant
and a good library.
Governor Leary explains to the de
partment that his request for a library
did not contemplate a circulating af
fair of fiction. He needs an encyclo
pedia, a set of revised statutes, some
law books and other reference works
indlspensible to his office. borne
books of this sort were In the library
of the Yosmite, but that ship was sev
en miles from the capital over a shade
less road and it was exasperating to
make the trip whenever a question of
local administration arose.
The tabulated enumeration of the
population of Guam has been forward
ed by the secretary of the navy to the
director of the census, to be Included
In the total of the United States. It
shows that Guam had a population of
3,661 persons on January 1, 1900. Of
these 5,249 lived in the capital city of
Agana. In the district of Agana are
five villages which, with their popular
ttons are: Anlga 146; Asan 2-'.r.; 1e-
hungan 200; Slnahana 144 and Caro
Unas 30.
The five towns on the Island outside
of the district or Agana, with their to
tals are: Agat 744; Sumay 566; Morlzo
4S1; Inarahan 518. Of the total popula
tk-n of the Island, 3,128 are males over
seven years old, 3,680 are females over
S'.'Vtn years, and 1,853 are children un
der seven years.
Governor Leary says nothing about
the state of health on the Island, but
from his requisitions for medicines and
surgical supplies, the natives are evi
dently patronizing the medical officers
with an astonishing variety of com
plaints. THE SULTAN IS MUM,
He Has Said Nothing and Does No
thing About the American Claims.
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 4. The
situation regarding the American in
demnity claims in unchanged.
As a result of representations by Mr.
Lloyd C. Griscom, the American
Charge d'Affapres, two Armenians
who had been prevented from em
barking by the authorities at Alexan
drietta as suspects, have been allowel
to leave and the Incident Is closed.
The statement that the United States
vice-consul at Alexandrletta was mal
treated by the police there Is untrue.
GOVERNMENT PROPOSALS.
Treasury Department, OfTlce, Super
vising Architect, Washington, V. C,
April 21, 190. Sealed proposals will
be received at this office until 2 o'clock
p. m., on the 2Sth day of May, 1900,
and then opened, for the wharf and
disinfecting and bath houses at the
I". H. Quarantine Station, Astoria, Ore
gon, in accordance with drawings end
specifications, copies of which may be
hud at this office or the office of the
custodian of the station.
JAMES KNOX TAYLOR,
Spring lire is nervous exhaustion; mind and tody cannot
rest at night. The constant strain of work and severe
climatic changes in the Spring: weaken and inflame the
nerves.
PAINE'S CELERY COMPOUND
....Strengthens the Nerves....
H. D. SCHUYLER, 73 State St., Albany, N.
Y., writes:
" Every Spring I have a drowsy, logy feeling, loss of appetite and
poor sleep, and am very nervous. Last March I began taking
Paine's Celery Compound, and I never felt so well in my life as since
using it, I gained ten pounds in flosh and it strengthened my
nerves. I can recommend Paine's Celery Compound to everybody
in the Spring months, especially those whose nerves and brain are
under constant strain."
PAINE'S Celery Compound is the
Spring medicine of American people
CAI'T. JOHN RETTS DEAD.
A Brave Ship Master Who Was the
Recipient of Several Foreign
Testimonials.
NEW YORK, May 4. Captain John
Belts, twice the recipient of costly
presents from foreign power for
brave rescues at sea, Is dead of pleuro
pneumonia. During the Spanish-American war
he commanded the transport Knicker
bocker and never fully recovered from
the effects of an Illness contracted at
Santiago. He was born In Watertown,
Mass., on Oc'ober 12, 1827. Previous
to the late war he was captain of the
New Orleans, of the Cromwell Steam
ship Line.
Oscar II, of Norway and Sweden,
presented Captain Retts with a mag
nificent medallion for rescuing the
crew of the Pauline Sibllan In 1877.lt
bore the Inscription ''For a Brave
Act."
From Emperor William I, of Ger
many, Captain Tletts received a gold
watch for his gallant rescue of the
crew of the bark Onkel Aldermann,
In 1S2. The rescue occurred 150 miles
south of Cape Hatteras. The bark
had been In a helpless condition four
days and several vessels had passed
It. but feared to go its assistance.
Captain Potts set off In a life boat
In a heavy sea with a crew and
brought safely back the crew of IS.
NEW YORK CUSTOMS SEIZURES.
Chinese Vases Seized Hy the Collector
For Non-Payment of Duty,
NEW YORK, May 4. Two Chinese
vases worth 140,000, the property of
M. Do Malherbe, a Parisian dialer,
have bex-n seized by customs officers
on the French line pier for allcgi.-d
evasion of the custom's law.
The authorities learned of the Impor
tation of the vases into the city from
China, via Vancouver and Quebec, M.
De Malherbe was about to sail for
France. He admitted Importing the
vases from China.
BELLOWS APPOINTED CONSUL.
VANCOUVER, Wash., May 4. The
Hon. K. C. Bellows today received
telegraphic notification from Washing
ton of his appolntmnet to the posi
tion of consul general at Yokohama,
Japan, to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of John F, Gowcy, and that
his appointment has been confirmed.
APPOINTED FIELD MARSHAL.
BERLIN, May 4. Emperor Francis
Joseph of Austria has appointed Em
peror William a field marshal of the
Austrian army. Emperor Francis Jos
eph reached hera today and received
an enthusiastic reception from Empcr
or William and the populace.
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THE ASIATIC COMBINE.
Agreement Itcarhcd to Meet Hu Com
petition, Hut Incoming Cargovn
Net Yet ConHldered.
SAN FHANCIHCO. May 4,-Tho Oil
ental awiU of tho various trana
t'ucllli! steamnlilp companion have
aKrop.l in conference to act Jointly In
tlie future In making rated agalnHt the
Suez ranal, the nprentu In China acting
lh one body and the agentn In Japan an
another. The object will be to nlwayi
meet all rat-, but not to cut them
more than enough to get the budlncBH.
No agreement had yet been reached
In regard to Incoming cargoes. '
MT. LASSiTN 13 IN ERUPTION.
Ran Franclnco, Muy I. A apcclal
from Hed Hluff, Cul., Hayi the north
peak of Mt. Laawen Is thought to be In
a dtate of activity. Humbling nolocs
and a heavy coluhin of gray moke
com from the mountain.
A TEN-HOUND DRAW.
DENVER, May 4. Kid Parker, of
Denver, and Matty Matthews fought
a ten-round draw tonight.
Paint
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GOVERNMENT PROPOSALS,
CuHtom HoiiHe, Adtorln, Oregon; Col
h'rtor'd (lllcf.. April 2fl, 11)00.
Hti.pli'd f,.r Revenue VenHi lic Seal
ed pmpoHalH for diijiplyltig dhlp chand
lery nitlonH, ami coal to vi'mhi'Ih of tho
l iiltl StittiH Revenue Cutter Service,
regulnrly Htntloned, or temporarily, nt
AMtorla, Oregon, uinl delivered on board
kiiI'I veHHi ld ut that place (luring the
liHcal year emllng June 3U, 1001. will U
received ut Hi ih olllce until 2 o'clock:
p. m. of Hatiirday, May 12, WO, ut
which time and pluce they will bit pub
licly opened. The coal furnlHhed to bo
anllinielte or bltumlnoiid of best (iial
Itv; iinlforin In character; to wjlgh
2,210 piMindd to the ton; to be dcllvcia)
on board the vchmcIm at ditch I'nied and
in diieli iiianlltled ad may be required,
at locnlltlcd readily arceadlhle to nald
vefideh', mid to bo aiibject to Itidpertlmi
uh to iuiiiny and weight, lllildera will
nninn the prices both for dteamlng
and Htuve con, and alo their facili
ties for furtilMhlng the vchkcIs with
fresh water, and their charges there
for. Illiink forms of proposals, with
schedules allowing articles of ship
chandlery and component rarts of ra
tions, may be had upon application at
this olllce; proposals must be
submitted on these forms.. Sep.
arate bids will also be received
tho same time and placo for lubrica
ting and Illuminating oils. The right
Id reserved to reject any and all bids,
and no contract will bo put In force un
til congress shall have made an appro
priation for the purpose.
JOHN FOX,
Collector,