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TlH! MOKMXG ASTORIAN, WEDNESDAY. I'RHKIAKY IS. WOI.
REMEDIES
Consisting of CUTICURA SOAP, to cleanse the
skin, CUTICURA OINTMENT, to heal the skin,
and CUTICURA RESOLVENT, to cool the blood, is
often sufficient to cure the most torturing, dis
figuring skin, scalp, and blood humors, rashes,
itchings, and irritations, with loss of hair, when
the best physicians, and all other remedies fail.
MillionsofWomenUseCuticuraSoap
AnlUtA by CUTICURA OINTMENT, tor prtterrlnj, purifying tnd bfiutlfrltn th.
kin, tor clF&nsinc th scalp of erutu, tciln and ttandrutt uti th .topping of fall.
Inff hair, for ofienln. whitening and aoothlnc 11. rough and tor handf. In th
form of hatha for annoying Irritation lnflammaticnt and chaflnf or too frw or of
fenlv penplratlon. In the form of wash for vlwratlY wakns. and for many
aanatlv antlaeptlo purpotri which radlly auggut thrmstlvn to women, and wp.
cUUy mother, and for all the purpose of th toilet, bath and nurwry. No amount
f pruulon can Indue thoa who hav one ud It to un tny othr. trn'lally
for preserving and purifying th skin, scalp, and hair of Inranta and chlMivn. CI
TICL'BA 80AP combines dfllcat emollient propertiei derived from CCTKTRA. th
Kreat skin cure, with th purest of cleansing Ingredients and th most rrfrrshlng of
flower odors. ro other meiicaled soap Tr compounded Is to be compared with It
for preserving; purifying; and beautifying th skin, scalp, hair, and hands. No other
foreign or domestic toilet soap, however eipenslve. Is to be compared with it
for all the purposes of th toilet, bath and nursery. Thus It combines In ONE SOAP
at ONE PRICS, twenty-fire cents, the BEST skin and complexion soap and th
BEST toilet and baby soap In the world. Sold throughout th world.
KINO NOT A CATHOLIC.
At Owning cf Parliament He Will l
Uciulre.l to Formally IHvUr
HI Disbelief ln"That Fulth.
NEW YORK. Fob. 1J.-A llMtch
to the Tribune from London says:
On of ths mont Interoslinu ovenla la
connection with the opening cf the .r.
Ilament on Thursday will b the formal
iWltimtlon by tho king of lilt, dmb-'-
Hf In the rh.1r4cttr.atlc doctrine of
tho Unman Catholic faith. Any jut
sn iirofesslnjr th iopleh rvlKn li
tncupaMe of Inh uitlntf or pomscksiIiik
th crown, ami the iMvereiirn U tv-und
to make the miulivd declaration either
on the throne in the house of lord, In
th lu-sfine of both houea at the
first inecttnjr of the first j. trllainent f-tt-r
tho iiei-e.t4oii, or at the coror.at'on,
whl-hever slul) happen first.
TM curi um survival r a lnw toVr-
nnt ajre acquire minion la r s'ttniflcaiice
on the present invasion, owtn to the
fa t that the earl marshal who will ill
rvt trw ceremonies nt Winchester Is
himself one of the most devout Uotnan
Catholics In KtiKland.
In that o rlRht will he iaine by Hill
tah Columbiana iimilnut the unntliiK
by the Dominion nMvernment of a char-
ter to the Ciow'a Ntt Coal Coinpony
to construct railway south from ilv
coal raid to the Interu.ttlon tl boun
dary, Mr. Houston atate that Jamea
J Hill, prenKlent of the 'Trent North
ern Hallway, acting In conjunction
with repreaentntlvea of the Standard
Oil Company, Ik endeavoring to seetir
control of th Crow's Nest Coal Holds;
NO JMVVNKSK L.AHOR.
Gie.it Northern lla p.' l.lel to
pene W;h It In the Shops
and on the Koail.
i
FAV(JRS M ISCKCJKNATION.
Minister Wu Ting Fang Says He Meant
It far China, However, Not for
Atreriea.
XCV IORK, Feb. 12. During the
course of the banquet of the Silk As
locution of America, at Delmonlco s
last nlsht, the Chinese minister. Wu
Ting Fang, who was one of the guests
of honor, left his seat and walked up
fetUrs to the t'lble at which the news
paper men sat. He said:
"I am being quoted by Interviewers,
lou New ork newspaper men are all
rlghl, but you ruake my meaning in
my speeches and letters too de-sp. Many
quota lions ara ireorrect Some are sj
absurd that I do not want to dMiy
ihcin. Bn there Is one interview I do
want to Uny. It seems to have b.-en
received with credence. I refer to the
Interview that made me say that
favored n.lscegera'-ion.
''I was wrongly quoted. I did not
sa I favored miscegenation in a gen
eral sense. I was on a train
going to St. IxuSs and a reporter
told me of a lynching. We had some
corversation which led to mlscegena
tlon. I told him that the children of
while and Chinese parents or Caucas
ian and Chinese parents made the
brightest children. I said we had no
negroe in China and if we had it would
be good to mix tha races there, but
in this country It was a question which
American? must decide themselves. I
did not say I favored miscegenation
here."
ADVANCE IN .SUGAR.
"Will Follow. Announcement by Trust
That Privilege of Delayed Ship
ments Is "Withdrawn.
NKW YORK, Feb. 12 The Herald
says:
The wholesale grocery trade has re
ceived notices from the American Su
gar Kefii.iiig Company, stating that
the privilege of delayed shipments has
been withdrawn and that from this
date orders will be accepted for prompt
shipments only. In effect this nullifies
the thirty-day guarantee on prices.
It is believed that the company was
led to take this step in anticipation of
a more active season and It is believed
to foreshadow a slight advance all
mound. Already the demand for re
fined sugars Is heavier than during the
corresponding period last year and ac
cording to trade reports nearly all of
the raw sugar brought to this port laM
week was sold before it was landed.
Later It was announced that the independent-
refiners, Included Ai buckle
Bros., had withdrawn ??ir guarantees.
partnu-m of Missouri, in conjunct! n
with his present duti. s. for th? pre-tut.
AN INCOME FOR LIFE
FROM
C6S0 ACRES 9 MII.ES IN LENGTH
250 MILLION TON'S.
Richest gold-bearing quaru, ground
by nature's hand into goid-laden
gravel, from 50 to W0 feet In depth over
the entire property. In addition the
company owns 14 miles in length of
river bed. each mile of which containa
many millions of gold, situated on the
Rio Grande, in Taos county. New Mex
ico. OVER
MINNr APOLIS. Feb. 12.-.U th
Great Northern general olV.ee. It t
Warned thxt rVldent J. J. Hil" ha"
iwivcib'd to the demand. of the labor
unions In the Notthwetern taV-i u'ld
will dispense with Japanese 1 ibr In the
Vts and on the road. Th r were
lout two thou.'itml Orientals thut em
ployed and of thee nnmit l'"0 hive
he. n dl-p'aeed l.y whites'.
It is said that Pres deut lli'l did n"t
eii.ploy tfces rem from choir but be
cause it w:ls impossible to find white
l.ibT. Tie J.tp'inetJ perform less
work in a i'sv than their hi. r.no
pot'tors. but thv revolved es piv and
there writ- no objection on this p.. Int.
They were poor workmen and re;it
d si rovers of material.
NEW M'SINKSS IHU S. V.
Fivlght l'itun Sou'.h American lVils
. for Kurpi WHI Re Sent via
Sunset Route.
SAN FRANCISi'O. Feb. U With
the nnlvnl if the steamship I'tr.i from
South American ports, at; emlreh new
'ra'iel. cf fre'ght business has been
estal llslieil for the Southern T telile
r:lliotet!. Th ste,imer had on beard .VHi
tons of f ri-iijli t which would have u tie
't the usual course of routing to t It -1'astepn
states and Kuipe l. th
F'tniiva rallnMl. but owlnu t.. the
llMnble bet we, I :he load and the Pa
cl!h Mall Steamship tonianv It has
ho-Ml br -'tight heiv.
FreiKl t TnmV M ina-r Sproule savs
that all arr.-"r -m 'iits have hern made
to h.tn He frlrrit f r in South Ameri
can p-rt. Fr-ittht that w is cons'gnetl
l N'w York will -jo vl.t tVj-l.-n ai'd
all F.uropem shipments will ne
via the Suns t route.
THEflSUREH POTTEH VIGOROUS AT 82.
Aged Bank Official Writes a Long, Grateful Letter to
Proprietors of Paine's Celery Compound.
Me
ST. CVR MCST I1ANV..
it-'- of Witl-Ki"ri t'an.i.li.m
Family Guilty of Murder in
Alaska.
N
For Dividends
NEW BATTERIES OF ARTILLERY.
One Will
Be Assigned to
Rarracks, Wash,
Vancouver
WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. Orders
were issued at the war department to
day tor the location of new light bat
teries of artillery provided for in the
rem sanitation law, at the following
loinu;:
One each at Fort Meyer. Va.; Fort
Sam Houston, Tex.; Fort Leavenworth,
Kus.; Fort Meade, South Lmkota; Fort
Sm-lling. Minn.; Fort Hamilton, N. Y.;
Fnt Sheridan, III.; Vancouver Bar
laiks, Wash.; Fort Dagan, Col., and
Fort Ethan Allen. Vt., and two each
at Fort Riley, Kas., and the Presidio
at San Francisco.
LEE AKD WILSON TO RETIRE.
BriKa(lierC!eneraI Merriam-Will Take
Charge epf Department of
Missouri.
'r.-.-an:. ,
WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. The retire
ment til. Cenerajs' Jfltin M.. Wilson ftnd
Flt-ehiigh Lee will take eff?rt imme
diately after the confirmation of their
nomination.. Brigadier-General Mer
riam. commanding, the department of
Colorado, will take, charge of the de-
READ THE PROOFS
United States Official Report
MADE TO
COMMISSIONER OF THE UNITED
STATES, GENERAL LAND OF
FICE, WASHINGTON,
D. C.
by a geologist and mining expert of
worldwide reputation. Professor Ben
jamin Silliman. who spent several
months there, then U-ine connected
with the United States survevine corns
and in his official r-port says:
"Here are countless millions of tons
of rich gold quart! reduced by the
great forces of nature to a nmHitinn
ready for the application of the hydraul
ic process, wnne me enure bed of the
Rio Grande for over fortv miles is
sluice, on the bars of which the gold
derived from the wearing away of the
gravel banks has ben accumulating
for countless ages, and now lies ready
for extraction by the most approved
methods of river mining. The thick
ness of the Rio Grand" cold irravvi r.
ceeds in many places COO feet, or nearly
three times that of the iike bds in
California, while the average valu- r,er
cubic yard Is bll-ved to lie an-u:i.r
in the New Mexico beds than in anv
other such accumulations y-t discovered.
I have made a reconralsance i.t the
whole of this gravel al'-m? the
Rio Grande, and have examined with
all the care possible in the time at my
command the character cf the pravel
and its contents of gold. Nothing, I
am persuaded, .since the discov
ery of California and Australia Is com
parable for its Immeasurable resources
of gold available by 'he hvJra'ilie nm.
cess tothe deep places of the Rio
Othei reports from eminent mining
experts of national reputation pro
nounce the property of tH- company
the richest and most exten Ive known.
Eapilal Stock 52.000,000
FULLY PAID ASU NON-ASSESSABLE.
FAR VALUE Ji
EACH SHARE
One-ha-f tne entire capital stock has
been placed in the treasury rf the r-om-rany
as a working capita!, To complete
necessary ditches and place on the rver
bed several gold steam dredge., the
company now offers a lin.Ited number
of its shares at
50c PER SHARE
- AFTER PALE OF V.'IIJ'-H PRP'F
WILL BE ADVA.W ED 10
$1.00 fes mm
RACE TRACK WAR.
Owners and Jockeys Great iv n-mfpM
bv Clash Ret .veer Oakl ind
and Tanforan.
SW FRANCISCO. Feb. 12 Tl '
Cb'onie'e avs of the race trick w:ir
h--tu.vn Oak'and and Tinfor-in:
r Is predicted tat the Cnllfortdn
molp mngnates will have bui noinrh
of th's unnecessarv c'ashina' v ih
eri of nnother fortnight. The owner
and joekevs arp tbp only one who ar
benefited by the c'ah, Craek pil-
are bein offered iinuual In-lucetrien'.
while owner? are ruolocr f.-r tnnn in
Ptirwi f-verv dav Instead nf $2-V)0.
A a matter nf fa"t. the er'raorli"
iry uim of S'AMQ will h ht'ne up t'l
week bv the rival nsoclitiopt 'he
value of raep hores ha tmn-n-ilv
rcreaet1 2ft pap t-fjit Ttnlh a-'oc'n-t'ona
express creat hcp'fuln'-so ns c
the rutccme.
.-CATTU-:. Feb 12 -The .,-,T
D'i'idlin itrtlved fioip A'.l-ka Vft li'-'H
with tows that C.'-iti;e Si Cm. ov-i'-h.-r
if a welt-know'i Car i.r m r in-" y
ha I been feii,'l cudty it bni'nii -f
the murder of- H. I'ivIs an, I has l.e n
m. pt,. peed to the imll"u. An at'.-n ie
wilt be male to seen re u ti.-'v Ma!. In
cae of f iilure ar anoia! will be tak i.
Pt. Cyr killed Pavis !-i i rabln t-i
the Hoota!lmiu. iier at D ceiote'r
during a quarrel.
RANK RORP-ERS CVCCMT.
ere H"ld I -id-r Sil-!ii lon "f Peing
Implicated In f'udahy Kidnap
ping Case.
JOJ'LIX. Mo.. Feb. 12.-J"hnon and
Oneil. who have b"en held In this city
s-verr.l deys. KUp,',',,' nf complleltv 'p
the Cudtthy kidnapping rw, were to
day Identified at the men who killed
a inarfchal while robbing the bank at
Rronau'1. Mo.. Vern county, several
months ago. At the time of tlie.fih
b'tv SlS.onfl wat taken and $20.ftV was
destroyed b' the exploflon that wreck
ed the safe. When arrested h' re the
men carried several thousand dollars
in gold.
EXPLOSION INVESTIGATED
Ergincer on Steamship Ventura As
cribe Accident to Imperfect
Construction.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb 12 The ac
cldent on board the stfar-shio Vf-rtu
ra. on January 23. in which five m-n
were killed and five Injured by the
bursting' of a sfampine has been in
vest'gated by Captilns Bolles and nul
ger. local IT. S. inspectors of vessels.
The chief fnglreer and hia nssisiants
told about the breaking: of the steam
pipe, which they ascribed to Imperfect
construction on the part of the build
ers. There vas 165 pounds of stpam
pressure at the tim of the fracture.
The Ventura reeentlv came lnt' pr-rt
from Philadelphia. wher sh" wis
launched a few months eo. Th In
soeetors have not yet rendered their
decision.
GREAT NORTHERN EXCURSION,
President Hill Plans to Boom Country
Along His Line.
CHICAGO. Feb. 12. Between 1500 and
1SO0 land hunters left Chicago today
for the West. Some of them had tick
ets to the Northwest, many to points
In the middle West and some to point
In the Southwest and all took advant
age of the first of a long series of
weekly reduced rate excursions recent
ly authorized as the result of J. J,
Hill's determination to boom th coun
try tributary to the Great Northern
line as it never before has been boomed
It is said that J. J. Hill expects to
carry at least CG.000 persons from the
East and central Wrest to settle In the
far West.
DUTY ON RUSSIAN SUGAR.
Secretary of Treasury Offsets the Ex
port Bounty.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. The secre
tary of the treasury haa Imposed a
countervailing duty of sixty-four cok
eks or about thirty-two cents per pood
(a little over thirty-six pounds) on all
refined sugars imported into the United
St'ites from P.ussla.
The export bounty on Russian sugar
is Hixty-four cokeks per pood.
Applications shou' J be y-nt promp-ly
Write for prot-pc-aua. ilae ch'-eks'
money orders paab!e :o '
T Rio Grande
Placer Gjld Mining Co.
7 EXCHANGE PL'CE, BOSTON.MASS
IIIL.' AFTER COAL FIELDS
Britbh Columbians Object to Plan of
v: (he Creat Northern.
VANCOUVER, B.'C,, Feb,;J2. John
Houston, ex-mayor of Nelson, B. C,
representative of that city In the Brit
ish Columbia' legislature and editor of
the Nelson Tribune, is reported an s'ay-
RAILROAD FROM SAN DIEGO.
Pir.-ct Tiancin'iii'-ntal Cenne, tiens t
Be K-talilishe;.
SAN DIEGO. Cal.. F.b. 12.- Ex-May-nr
Wm. If. Carl-iin. of this cltv. has
resigned the p.is'tion of govern'i'tvt
commissioner of ral'ronds In Cuba an-1
will come to Pan Diego with .-ntHi-li-nt
backing to hii'ld a rallmad from h-r-to
Yuma, according to a San Dlegan
who has Jut returned fn m the 1-d.nid
where he met Mr. Carlson a number of
times. This stretch of railroad" has
ben the hope of San Diego citizens
for years and It will give a direct
transcontinental line.
iijSiik i sill
,1:- - "rff '
,'i I ' n ,
years old and free from
and fe. lib n Thf lust
the healthiest he
Eighty-tn
.OheS, j-lllO
tell van .,r his life
has kn i n
ll-l f-illy-llve yenrit a life rp.m for
i.i"st i l i'- nf hurd work and respon-
I'llMv at a hank cashier and trim-
n e t i lin k back upon, ,
K.,r th' .,;1Mt j,.n y.-arit Mr. potter
ills nui-r kn-'ttn a day of serious sick- w hich
iie-.t. n. vi..iis to timt tlmi' h-; sunert'd n,e i-orpt.unt
I r on n-iv-. in prostratlun that clung to ! ihoxe tr. uhles
RED CROSS HOSPITAL.
Will Be Erected at New York on 1100.
000 Site Just Purchased.
NEW YORK, Feh. 12-The N-w
York Red Cress, through Wm. T.
Wardweli. the prerdd' nt, h is pun-hased
for $HK),0fK) a plot of ground adloln-
ng Ccptril Park on the west on which
It will erect a Red Cross hospital and
home for Red Cross KiHtem.
The money for the purchase was
raised by private Fubscrlptlon, the
greater portion being given bv Mr,
Wardweli. and th" money to build th"
hospital, which Is to cost about $00.0o0,
will be raised In the same way.
SUICIDE IN SANITARIUM.
Mexican. Cut His Throat at New- Ha
ven, Connecticut.
NEW YORK. Feb. 12.-Augustir,e G.
Palacio, 31 years old, a member of a
prominent family of Durap.go, Mexico,
committed suicide in a sanitarium at
New Haven, Conn., by cutting his
throat. Despondency induced by the
use of drugs Is believed to have b-en
the citfse.
AL8TERD VMM CLEARED.
Will Take Car.?o of Sacked Wie at
From Tacoma to England.
TACOMA, Feb. 12. The German bark
Alsterdanim cleared at the custom
house ye'terday for England. Her
cargo consists of 200,658 bUhhel.s of
sacked wheat.
nun Pn six years.
That this remarkable Immunity from
weakness and ills 'use, at such a time
In In-, has n it hapiM'iied by chance,
tin on- knows h-tter than the aged
tp-astirer himself. In June, Is 91, w he
suffering fiiim a number of old chronic
enmpiiiiiiis, Mr. potter wis Induced by
relatlv-n to use 1 'nine's celery rum.
pound for the first time. The effect
was Immediately beneficial. The unin
terrupted K,Mi h.alth that he ht sine
enjoyed dates from that time. Mr.
I'oti' r's "rati ful letter to Ih" propr e
tors of l'aine'H cfl-ry compound Is
based on long personal experience and
also a full knowledge of what It has
dore- for very many of hll friends to
whom he h 's In turn recommended
the lt'-h remedy that made him well.
Mr. Toll. I'm letter is given In Us en-tli-ey;
-
Centervllle, R. I.
Wells. Richardson & Co.,
' ;-,t t ! tri'-n : --1 have the utmost faith
in I'aincy celery cump'iund. because of
ih- LT'-.-it good that It has done me and
many others of my acquaintance that
has i eine under my personal knowledge
within the licit seven years. In 1165 I
hail to give tip bii-liusM , account of
veiy Mior h'-iilih. I us su'feriiu; fin.o
II till 111 I) T of old chl'Mlie i -on' I li,ii
Among tii,. rest I hud cinpl' (. rx-i -voint
pictttraMoti from which 1 Miff n-d
; ;or sm years, in June i"'.'l. 1 i tiiitii' ii -,ccd
t h use of Rallie s -elery t-nmii- uiid.
i Aft-r taking a few bolt ! I f-.und tin.
: tne tun cii'.iairnt n kan to t-iis u
lit-IIU'llg- 11
I
that had clung
lie lo peep ,, . -,1,1
soon v,.r
to 111'
l tor "i i"iik mm K"i "in aii'i was more
like myself. Hlnce then I have luk-ti u
lew bo;tles In the spring and fall us
;a tone, and someiliiies u fe hotiiet
betwifh ait a prvVeiitlve.
I am Inclined to believe In the old
adage that "An ounce of prevention Is
worth more than a Hnind of
cure." so when there has been
j prevailing sickness In the com
munity, sin li as grippe, malaria, f'-vm,
etc., I take the compound, and thus
far have had none of these aliin-nt.
nllh iui'h they have been prevalent all
around me, so that I have great faith
In Palnc's cet'ry compound as a pre.
ventive. I have recommended the cum.
pound to very many of my, fr.ends, and
1 1 have the satisfaction of knowli k. that
It has done them very much guml.
I va i ashler of the bunk In Hoiiih
County for 2S years, uinl for the last
15 years was secretary ami treasurer
of the new savings bmk In connection
with the National, bank.
My position In the barks wus my last
work. I am H2 years old.
Mont sincerely yours.
J..H. POTTER.
Fur recruiting the strength itn spent
ei. t a x of un it and wom. n ul-
Mlllfd years, there can be II-1 Sllbntl"
lute fur I'alii'-'s celery compound. It
Is the one preparation considered Wor
'hy the name of a true iit-rve fond .imf
blooi! rotm-dy by physicians through
out the country. It U prescribe.! by
Iheiu In tery stale In c Union to
tone up the system, regulate the nervi-it
md restore health ami ulrength
Hung In the past h ever nil.
It ,11 power of building up
tissues and uIvIiik
body. In severe
N
'.llouclleil
weitReiot nervs
sllellglb to the tlr-d
it--" oi pt'isisien neiiiiacll c. 'yse-i.
si i. n"urulgln, and sleeplessness, d.i lo
I ervdiistiess ' lilen.-ss. i'allle s celery
comnouiiil has u record of rapl ami
lasting cures that i-inlui s evuy .'Uy
and town III the Wide sweep of the
Unit -d HlHl-H.
Ms remarkable power over dUeus.
lies In It active replacing of worn-out
Purls by new. hcnlihy ontts, and its
healing and purifying action among (hi
most minute tlusucs of ill' body.
The heavy, iilarmliig pain in the
back and loins disappear; th grow,
ing iHileness. nervousness am! 1 1 of
flesh Is stopped, ami a bright, buoyant
leellng gradually takss pliicu .if tint
unt-iiiling sense of tire and nervous th'.
pnssloti.
An Improved appetite, sound dlg.s
lli'ti. unlnt-rrupleil sleep, and mi tiicr
gctlc nervous ciiinlltloii liivat'lahly fol
low the use of PiiIiip'h celery compound.
SHAFTER TO RETIRE.
i-
Department of California Will Be As-
signed to uen, . m. t. roung.
, ; .i i 1 -
WASHINGTON, 'Feb.' 12.-Ceri. H. M.
B. JTaung, who yesterday waa fnnflrm-
!. rnaJor-g'neral,ljhagi.biseni chosenj to
succeed General Hhafter in command
of the department of California, with
headquarters at San Francisco, Gen
eral Shafter will retire In March.
LAST INSPECTION.
FiiM Paitallon f 2th and 27th Regi
iii' it '. '( Infantry Now -Ready
to Start for Manila,
SAN' FKAN'CfSCO. Feb. 12. The last
insp' -li. in prior to leparture for Mani
la to which the first battalion of the
-I'll ai d :'7'h n-giinentH of Infantry now
In li - rri'..l-l camp at the Presidio will
be Mibj'-i t-d, was held today by Gener
al Sl.afi r. N'.-ariy 2W volunteers were
discharto- from the service yesterday
and -i- li. any more received their final
papers today.
ZK
m Mm COMPANY
DOMINION ESTIMATES.
Government will Rcr-ulre Several M'l
lioiiH I'hh Next Year.
OTTAWA, Out., Feb. 12. The esti
mates for the Dominion for the year
ending June 2'). 11)02, have Just been
mad". The total wanted on consoli
dated fun, ,, ordinary expenditures Is
$11,102.::::::. or 2.7r,o,72o less than Mr the
chip -nt y,.;,r. On capital tfr-fount there
i J,ii,r,no wanl.-d, ?!)53,M1 ietithan
in i:iM.
ST. LAWIiENt-'K
CiiaMl-l 1 p. J!,. '
TO BE DREDGED.
- " i . , '.
Thirty Feetf Deep and
Fe -t yip" F"
MiNTREAL, Fe,. I1-M-the week
ly m-.-liiiK ,,r the harbor board a let
ter wei e; from Honr-V.-L- tfal'We
mlniht-i f piiolic-works, saying that,
if lie ea'fii obtain the assent of the
governim i,i, h- intended dredging th
St. Laivi em-,. rvr ,hannel thirty feet
'"-! H"d 4.i0 r-et wide within the next
two y-ars.
Of New Zeu lurid
W. P. THOMAS, Mgr., San Francisco.
UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS
Subscribed Capital, . . ' . $5,000,000
Paid-up Capital, .... 1,000,000
Assets, '2,i4-r,114
AfSeits in United 8tatcH, . . . 300,000
Surplus to Policy Holder, . - 1,718,702
Has been Underwriting on tlie Pacific Const ovci twenty-two years,
SAMUEL ELMORE & CO.
Kosidcnt Agents, Astoria, Or.
Pacific Navigation Company'
i Steaoitr8-"Suc II. I'lmorc," II. HnnslHon" '
us-, Afitorla to I lllamook, .(Jarlbaldl, IJay CityllobHonv)tts.
luting-at Atbriawth tlieOreg.m ItailroadjA Naviffiitlun Co. an4 , )
" also the ABtorla & Uluiiibia River It. It. for Mac Frands'io; Tortlarid '
nd all pointi caat. For freight aud pawmnger ralei ap, y U -
SamMcl Elmore 6i Co. General AienU, ASTORIA. ORE..
Agents
O.K. A. N.K.K. Go., Portland.
A.O.I K Co., Portland.
B C. LAMB, Tillamook.. Ore.