SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 190O. 11115 MOKNING ASTOR1AN. ASTORIA. OREGON. a For The Lenten Season We have received 1 special line of fumy mill mid smoked fish, Wo ask Jim lo call mid ici) our stock. Our llhmler, Muckcivl, arid Iiripoi !(! Jlhmter llcnlng, are wmthy of special mention, it ml are the bct In the nmikt't, All our good Arc of np-il(ir (juslity, ROSS, HIGGINS . Co. RELIABLE GROCERS. TERSE TALES OF THE TOWN Passes Kaamination.-Cluiilc II. Jiihtioii, nccoml male mi tin steamer Senator turn been llcci".ful III pnlllg llin examination hefoie till' board of In- pctoi nl Kan Fiaml-ci, unil him I' fit awarded Flil miner' I'umi . Receives Wheels. -V carload of wln-el uii'l a vie. tti-ii- iiMi jni ycsti-r-dy by llic iVllnti fi Armstrong lag ging Company nf ( n t hi a nil-1 , which will b llr. in the equipment of the com pany' logging road. Leave Astoria. Mr. iiml Mr. E. F. Thayer l(t night lor Tiieoma and other Washington point Mr Thayi-r tin been employed in tin. i-ily a book- keejtcr for the Natlboi II Cutting Com pany' cnuneiy, mill I'ltW'H Antolia to r'ltnK' 1" liuiii ill Falem Wash ington. Improvement Club Active. Through tlm efToit of tin- Shiu-lv impiowini'iit club it i likely Unit llir pi act ice of many loie in tin- ill) of crowding til.- sidrwalk with di-phiy of their good, will he bolihr.. 'riii matter lio. been energetically taken ii mill will no iluuM 1 tn-of til i-vrrnl lucrvhatit have . i i fl-1 their n'iol Of tllli III11V" llictlt. Obtain Reduction. Through tin- ef fort of the Alri Hctail Grocer .. mint Ion there ha ln a ifilin-tioii in fright mtm nmtli ly tin- triiiHmrtif tlon nitinmnir lton llil city mi-l I'ortlAml. Th ruliii'tion jpli- jn-llly to lirvy and bulky mtirlf in rnr l"ii. loin. 'Ilif 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 iti 1 1 1 1 1 fni 11 i-m loud i liki'wlr ri-'ltl' I'll. A lillinli. I of (Im uli-iiiu -tiKiiu-m iijifrnt iiij; lntMi-i-n litre mill Sn Frnni-i"o lnnf innili' n limtfiial ip.hn limi in tln'ir fu-iyli' rti-i. In Anions. itir iiii ;ili't'iii-f of tin uti l n' l spf i' I'liim ih 11 ii'-iil'-nt of Knapi'ii'ii. la- miiuil in -tniia. Mr. S if. 1 iui..i-. (tut of Si'.itilf mi n o.ili-i' m hiiMhi i' lii'!i ".i" ruplilMl In Hi.- l;iii.in mil limii i't !ii'f I'll UA..C.1 iii .oi liitiK iiloiiy Ui'- Sil'fiiii" nmNt. W1M1 olln-r iniiiil'i'id of tin-i-rew Spii r wiii oiiipi'llt"! tn "piao tiini' in 11 iii-on In Sil'fiiii. W'iifii li-li-ilK-il In' niiiii" t" I u J m n .t ml tlii'iirc t() tllin ll II 1 1 V. Make All Prepaiations 'Hn'"' will !' n jolly nlTiiir on tlie tupi- n -xt Satimlny cvi-nliif,', wlirii nl ! nVlni-k, tlie Nor wriiili SiiiKitiK Soi-ii-ty clurt on it h fjiuiul rM'iniion to Cliinook on Hif MiMtmr I!. MilN-r. A -pli-niliil concert will oiv.-ii liy die niiifty, wliich in lti-lf i" wiirmnt- for tlmionli onjoy iiinnt. Hnliiiiliiy pM'tiinv. Mh'cIi ItMli. from tlio I.nilinc dmk. ooooooooooooo FIiSH In Many Varieties SALTED: GENUINE EASTERN COD, ALASKA COD, ICELAND HERRING. HOLLAND HERRING. BLOATER MACKEREL. SHORE MACKEREL. SPICED: HERRING. NORWAY ANCHOVIES. SMOKED: ENGLISH RED HERRING EASTERN BLOATERS. We have a large Btock of can ned fish of the best known brands Send U8 your orders you will be pleased with your purchase. JOHNSON BROS. GOOD GOODS. 118-122 Twelfth St. Astoria, Ore, l300000000000000000000000 Dealers in Lands. I o deed wete llhd for rc'-iml yolerduy in the, office of the couiily rb-lk, n f ollvi : J, Non I tii-iirliiiil, Edgar ti'itrhiirt, J'lillli (Ifitilii-iiit mill Eth-r Gi-arhart, to Elie liable Jh'vliii, iiiil clim title, niiiiil einllnii !?.', conveying lot No. 7, l'l'"k No. 117, ill M'-Clure' .World, Tin- nine piirtic .to E. '.. Fcipion, iiit claim lit p, coin.iJcrution '.". conveying lot No. 3, in blink No. IIH, M" 'lure's Ailoiiit. Important Sfitfon. 11m iiiwtinif of tin Antorla CIiiiiiiIht of Coiiiiumw to morrow nil-lit t i' Hrnd-tr.-et rooiii", urp to If Important i-nouli to war unit tin- tttti-ii'lancf of nil IniKincKii men who t-ttti p t out lo it. I'rlii'iit Moriif ll no (IoiiM nutnf coiiiiiiiltt'i-ii for t hp comiiiy yi-nr mid it i fKni'iitiiil tlmt tho... hilli-tfil for fpociiil work nhoilhl ho tlifrc to tnkr up the work n-itiii-'l them, mid hold it licutt to lu-iirt tnlk 011 t hft way to opn up emu pni,'it for thf good of Antoria and riat op coutity. A Mild Epidemic. - '1 h.i Antoiln har i mi.m'i.i.1 with a iuii'1 rpid ic for rlmtijriiik' mid i-iiiIm lli-l,iiifc their prof--nioniil ln'ad'piurtfi, mid while !ht mill dy U afttci int on all idf it i com pui t in ly hiiiinlo and riirumwrilx? I in it m'opp. ,hug' lUmilUin no niMim-r (.it Into hii haiul-oiiie new olli" in the reinoil.-llid utme loom once occupied hv It. I. Allen Si Son. than Attorney Frank Spittle, hi next door neijjhl'or nt ome la-pin a ). rieral overhauling ami re dccoliitiliK of hi Coiumeicial utiret onctuin, and then Judtf" ltowlhy (nthc (he infection and fineiue. from hi ltond tiei-t hi-rmite and nun.-a up into tin- aitie lui-in'-n center of the citv. Net! Has Moved.- .1. y. A. Itowlhy ha moved l.U law offi-e from ltond ntni-t to room 1 and 2, upMair, in the fdd lMlow' liiilding. Serious, But Funny. -The Poilhiinl epit ut nl llii- city yesterday mniii- inp 'i'-l.i.M-.l fur nearly two bonis hv the non -iipp' nraii. t of the reyuhir M-.i-id.- local, and the hitter (rain hud ll nicifille of epei idi. c. which, while they weie -ninevvhat i! i-coliccrl inp a to the m V-iiii!.-, were lorre-.pondiii'.'ly !iniii-in. II "in- !!-iit No- enpiue. Iiaiihiii.' the S .i-nif 1 1 -nil, on- of tlie ni-'V oil hunieis, ct-iihl lint he induced In eel up steam einnipli to bmlpe the 1 1 tin out of the Hi-van tcriniii.il fur the ren-oii that l'-rer' 1!" k. fcllei's liipiid fuel was (ienlo-ed with witter and ie-fu-cl to ipnitc. Word was sent to thi eitv of the pii'ilii-iiini-iit they were in down there, and "No. 7" was de-patchnl instnnlly with plenty of fi-sh oil to re i-hiiipe No. II. and nist her in pet tinp the local up heie in, some sort of time. She llew nloiip pnily until within the cm pni ate limit of the popular re sort, when hy some mi-chance she jumped the tno-h, and was "bora du eomliat" nt once. Then it was, by way of contrariety, that No. 3 took a notion to steam up. the water In her oil hnvinp been forced out of the tanks by fleam injections, and hhe went lo the instant relief of her side kick, No. 7. yanked her back oil the rails and pulled the whole thinp, train and all, up to this city. Talk about freuky thinps mid people, there Is nothing can equal the vaparies of a railway engine when it takes the notion to be queer, nnd it is not to be wondered nt that it is spoken of as "ahc", nud "her", etc., etc. For County Treasurer. Word was received at this oflice hist evening that W. A. Sherman of this city has de cided to go before the primaries for nomination to tho office of treasurer of Clatsop county, nnd his petition will he put to the front immediately Climbing Up. The registration books for Clatsop county, yesterday showed exactly 847 names of intending voters at tho primaries. Of these 53(1 were registered from the seven city precincts, and 311 from the twenty one county precincts. Astoria No. 4 leads with 100 registrations, closely followed by Sea side with 100 j nnd Vesper precinct still remains unrepresented on the books at all. New Popular Song Books Svenson's. M t Monday Night Toutoirow even IliK ill the illy IihII will occur the rcKiilnr meetiiiK of Mi eiiiy council, at. whii-h time it I expected that the nuttier of the M;iyor' veto of the elec tric liifht oi'limilice will eome, up Though nothing ilcllniti. in known, ni liior 111 0 i-uireiit tlmt the council will prohalily levokei their action in pa Mntf the live year fniiiclii-e for city lilililifc', Slid iihh the one providing for the three year conduct, which it U umlei-to'el hu the npprniiil of May or- Wine ., , Next Tuesday Ninht. The popular niiiiie of lolhi xkiilin ) to receive II lieu 1111 111 II on 1 ill-mill v infill n v when Met.).. Allen A: Fi(ner will re- oji 11 the Fun n k Stolen' hull on caul Fxi-haii-.-). ulnet, with a hriind new e.piipuu'lil from one end to the other; 11 iiiii-fiiillceiit, hemlock floor ha heen laid ovi-r the old one in the hall and it in "iini.pl li a ifhixi tilid o liuilt that it will take the ruiiniiijf cuiiea of the -kill en wilhoiit iinpediineut of crack 01 joint nt any point, in the limit of the hull; and l.e-ide thi, theie will he plenty of liew hkllte, and every po oilile i-omfoit for patron. The coming affair wil open with a Krand march whiih will hepin 011 the Ktroke of 8 o'clock, iiml a uplendid time i aured. Tlmt theie will he a ruli cannot he iloiihti-d, in view of the wide popularity of the iimii-emeiit, ami if a full mean Die of enjoyment i not hud hy every one, it will not I- the fault of the en terpi iiiip proprietor. Settled in Part. Truitee in Hank tiiplcy Frank Spittle ye-t.rday report e.l to .luil-.''- ("ha. H. I'ape, Commiti-ion-er in that depiiitinent, that the full ftiim of li.nl lieen paid to him hy Md-nv llamlileli 1 (loxolin, for the eipiitie of the ai rcntuii l.umhcr Coin iiaii' iiioii rtv, and reeominended that the nl.- he confirmed, and thi wa planted hy .liidce I'nge, and Mr. Spittle wa directed to make formal convey ance of the property, which he did promptly, licpiiry at the Astoria Na tional Hank yesterday, elided the in fnniiiition tlmt the claim of the bank, HL'tri ecut intr in the nciih!iorhnHl of :mi.(mmi, had not a yet been adjudicat ed hy the parties in quetion, and noth in.; delinite wa known a to j lint when the mutter would he taken up and din- p"eil of. It i ceitiiin that the pintle men who lme taken nich tunpihle in itiatie in the preinie will not 1 lonp in hrinpiiiK tie- ca-e to a full and Mitis fmtory clo-e. and puttinp the jdant in opeiai urn. His First Case.--M.igi-trate W. R. Hume, justice of the eacc for the John day piciiin-t of this county, after hav ing been in oilice for tvvciiiy one month without -u much us a judicial day's -ei vice, took on his fnM cuse yester day, in the hape of a civil suit, where in W. K. S.himplT is pl.iintiir and Axel ,laeoli-on i- defendant the nature of the action beiiii' for an older to oust Jacob sou from the tenancy of certain proper Iv in Al.leiliii.nl,, whi.-li ho claims to have held to date under the terms of a tb e,n Iciim- fioni the earlier owner nf the propel ty. but Mr. Seliinipll' avcis that he is the owner nnd that the tciins of t nai-y ilainied me not formal nor inle.piate and h" wants poe-sion quickly and completely The case has not et been set fur trial, but that it is in court must he u source of great gratification to Judge Hume, u it would have ben a lelleetimi upon his train ing us a jurist, to base held the office down for two years without a (tingle ine being presented for his considera tion. Astoria Schools. The report of tin condition of the Atoii.i public schools for the mouth of February shows that the schools are in u nourishing condi tion. The percentage of the attendance was very high in every school being as follows; Aldcihrook, '.17..'!; Adair, Ih"v7; Shivdy, !7.ti; Met 'lure, lS-; Olney, HS.7: Taylor. !S.fi; High School, PS.-t; total percentage of attendance for the whole city being HS.2. In the Alderbrook school out of a total registered enrollment of the total monthly was 103. In the Adair school the total number of pupils registered is 3:23, and during February the enrollment amounted to 318. Shive ly school has 273 registered, and of this number i!(iO were enrolled during the month. ret 'lit re school bus 320 on the register, nnd of this number 270 were enrolled during Februnry. Taylor school with 214 on the register, bad a monthly enrollment of 180. The high school with 12(1 registered, showed 111 enrolled for the month. The total number of pupils registered is 1500 and the total monthly enrollment was 1309. The banner room for the month was the Fifth grade at the Olney school, the percentage of at tendance being 00.7, nnd no tardiness. Tho banner school falls to tho Olney school, the percentage of attendance be ing 08.70, with no tardiness. YOUR NEXT. Never have to wait long at the Occident Barber Shop. A. E. Petersen, proprietor. WATERFRONT ITEMS Story Out That Captain AI. Betts Has Resigned. VERMONT IN FROM GLASGOW Columbia River Bar Smanhing Defiantly Ties Up Some Steamers Gerald C. in Trouble, but Safe Deck and Dock News. The following i taken from yester day's Orefc'oiiiaii. but Captain Jictts was not at home .-terday, to deny, or con linn it: "llelievilig himself jobbed by other iiiembei of the local Pilots' Associa tion, Captain AI I'.etU has relinquished hi membership in that latdy. His ex perience with tin- steamer liford, Wed-in-day, is mid to be responsible for hi action. Captain l!etts says he wa called upon to shift the big steamer when it wa known that she would be difficult to handle in the swift current. The steamer gi,t beyond control of the low boa ts in pulling aw ay from the mill of Inmari, Poul-en Co., and went on the mud off the O. W. P. dock. The carjfo is being lightered. Captain P.etts will pilot indep ndently hereafter. Notice to Mariners. Clay's Harbor, Outside l!ar Whistling liuoy, red, marked "Cray's Harbor" in black, heretofore reported adrift, was replaced March 1. FLOTSAM AND JETSAM. The steamer De-patch is due in, to day, from the P.ay City. The steamer Aurelia will get away for San Francisco early this morning after a delay here of twenty-four hours owing to a smashing bar The steamer Jordan of the Cullender fle.t came down the river yesterday morning on time, with Mrs. George Jackson and Mis Ethel Carrau, as pas senpcis. The towing steamer Oklahaina went back to the city of Portland with a big load of salmon from the northshore can neries and a lot of fertilizer from the . P.. si N. pier here. The three-masted schooner lieulah cam-- down from Portland on the haw sers of the Oklahamii yesterday morn im and will proceed to San Francisco, as sunn as she can make it oer the bar. The levenue cutter Perry failed to tret away yesterday for the Strait of Fuel and Vancouver I-land. as outlin ed in tje-se columns yesterday, but will doiibtles find a passable bar this nioin- e -.1 1- 1 i. ..It.... ing . I ollililions inrnaup ner iiiieniHinj; to ero-s out yesterday, hence the delay. T;eeciing Clerk Charley E. Mitchell, of the Callcnder service, received the sad news yesterday morning of the death of hi- maternal grandfather. Mr. P. N. Lewi, of Naples. 111., at the ripe old age of OS years, ami was a victim of rheumatism. He was a man of virile strength, mentally and physically, and was bom in Ynnkeelund on June 20, 1SHS. When the T. J. Potter left up yester day morning fur Portland, she left here for the hist time until she shall have been thoroughly overhauled for her siunnier line of business between the metropolis and the northshore beaches. The steamer) lfassalo will be down this morning on the Astoria-Portland run, and will be officered by the Potter's stalf with the sole exception of First OlUeer Win. MeCulley, who goes to the Harvest Queen ns pilot; the lfassalo will be on parade here during the dav mid no doubt hundreds w ill Hock to see how she looks since she has been lengthened and made over into a new boat. The big British tramp steamship Ver mont, Captain W. C. Haines on the bridge, arrived in yesterday morning from Glasgow, via Sun Francisco, and was flagged in by Captain Reed of the lug Wallula. She arrived oft" the bar on Thursday morning and as the bar-pilot schooner Pulitzer was to seaward and out of sight, having hauled to the westward to escape the gale that raged on Wednesday night, and as the bar was too rough for the passage outward of the tugs, the big stranger was brought in by signals skillfully handled ' and found her anchorage in good shape afkr five hour' maneuvering Captain Maine report head wind up the coar as far a Coo liay, where they fell, and . a pleaant, paape generally The Ver- j iriont la under charter to load lumber I for the Far Kt. She left up for ! I'oitluml lute in the afieinooii. j . ' j A panp of workmen are at work on' the steamer North Star, at the It. M. j I-entliem' boat yard, pettinp her in! trim for h-r annual trip to the prim j hore of Alaika, and for the work of tin; fi-hing aeaonfH work in general. The cteiimer Columbia arrived down from the metropolis early yesterday morninp and after a dhoit utay here, piiMM'd on down to the lower harbor, where kin- anchored as the bur wa too j was doing business in this city yester nply for her to take any chance in day. ero)ting out; and when Captain iJoran and ibe Columbia cannot get over the bar heiv, it is morally certain every thing t-l-e on eith'-r side of it is tied up for the same time. She got away on (Ins morning's tide. Word wa received at the shipping office of S. Elmore k Company, in this city, yesterday afternoon, that the schooner Gerald C, of the Elmore fleet, had left Nestaueea on Wednesday morn ing last, for sea and thi port, and was in Shoal Water bay, on the Washington coast, badly damaged by the stormy weather of Wednesday and Thursday. It is good to know that she is safe, along with Captain Lathom and his crew. Talking about flagging a vessel in from sea, Chief Deputy Collector F. L. Parker, of this port, tells an interest ing tory of an old frieud of his, a Mr. Slwtridge, now living at Dolph, on the summit of the Coast T.ange between the sea and the Willamette Valley, who once dwelt at, or near Ne-tucca, and who was a fine navigator, and a skilled mathematician, who used to go down to the sea lteach at that point, at extreme lowr tide, triangulate the bar, set his range flags, and with another in his hands, pilot the incoming schooners over that shifting barrier in safety and with splendid judgment and success. He did it for years and never so much as scraped the barnacles of the kelson of one of them. Dance Halls Open. Last night the dance halls opened in Astoria, and two halls, the Savoy and Waldorf, were the centre of a large crowd of the curious and otherwise. The opening of these dance hall is in direct opposition to the ordinance prohibiting the operation of such houses, and the matter will prob ably eome up before the city council to morrow night for consideration, as the ordinance prohibiting dance halls was recently passed, and it was stated at the time that the measure would be enforced. EDWARD WRITES LETTER. King of England Congratulates Kaiser on Silver Wedding. NEW YORK, March 3. According to a Berlin dispatch to tlie Herald satis faction reigns in higli circles there be cause King Edward has written a most gratifying letter to the emperor on the occasion of hi- silver wedding King Edward addressed his nephew as " my dear Wilhelm," wishes him and the empress every happiness and hopes they may live to celebrate their golden wed ding. He also anoutuv that he has sent the emperor n silver punch bowl of the Georgian period, so much prized hv collectors. WILL HAVE RAILWAY. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. March 3. The Walla Walla Traction Company has placed an order for sufficient material for the construction of a mile and one half electric line in the City of Walla Walla. Work is to be commenced ns soon a the rails arrive, and the line is to be in operation not later than April 30. Work on the suburban line to Waitsburg will be commenced within two weeks. The rights of way have been secured, and surveyors are in the field. We are sole agents in Astoria for the Niagara Stove Works of Buffalo, N. Y. Celebrated Stoves and Ranges ponif PERSONAL MENTION. Thoma O'N'eil of Portland pent yes tenlay In the city. Y. Hamilton of Chinook was In the city yesterday for1 a nhort stay, Arthur F.llaton, of the Bay City, wa domiciled at the Occident yesterday. F. W. Preston, of Warretiton, was in the city yesterday on a bnsine trip. Charles If. Cleim, lumber dealer of Portland, was in Astoria yesterday on huiiie6. If. K. Iwi, of San Franeineo, ar rived in the city yesterday, on busi ness, C. W. Tacksbury, of Canton, Ohio, It. J. Arlington of Engene was ill the city yesterday on a business en- pagernent. Fred Shields came in from San Fran cisco, on the 11:33 train yesterday morning. A. Lebcrmnn went to the metropolis on the 6:10 express last night, to spend Sunday. Pichard Prael went to Portland last evening to spend Sunday with his friends there. W. Kllingwood, of Seattle, was a visi tor in the city yesterday, registering at the Hotel Irving. C. Stran of Rainier came down yes terday on a business tour, and was domiciled at the Irving. W. C. Walling, a well known drum mer of Minneapolis, was a visitor in the City-by-Sea yesterday. I!. R. Raymond of the Sydney Shep- ard A Company of Chicago was a busi ness visitor in the city yesterday. J. B. Winstanly, the typewriter man, was doing business in the city yester day, returning to Portland last evening. J. C. Mayo, general passenger agent of the "A- & C." was a passenger to Portland via the evening train yester day. Mrs. Dr. Owens-Adair was a homing passenger on the noon express yester day, from several months pleasant stay in California. Walter J. and Daniel J. IngalU, the stalwart brothers of the Lewis & Clark country, were business visitors in the city yesterday. Mrs. T. P. Swennes of Portland ar rived in the city yesterday, for a couple of weeks' visit with Captain and Mrs. Charles S. Gunderson. Superintendent E. R. Budd of the L R. k X. Company, came over from U waco yesterday and left for Portland on the 6:10 train. W. A. Brim, accompanied by his fam ily, arrived here yesterday from Neva da, Missouri, and proceeded to the ranch of Dr. C. W. Barr on Gray's river, of which he will assume the management. George T. Myers, the veteran can iieryman of Puget Sound, was a busi ness visitor in the city ye-terday, re turning to Portland ou the evening train. The very best board to be obtained in the city Is at "The Occident Hotel." Rates very reasonable. MASSAGE, FINNISH METHOD. Miss Olga Laiiden, Finnish graduate, room 6, Pythian building. Gives mas sages, steam and hot baths. Phone Black 2165. Will call. LEST YOU FORGET. Is it not about time you were getting that buggy fixed up? It may need new rubber tires or perhaps some other re pairs. If so, take it to Andrew Asp Jk Company. They also do all kinds of blacksmithing and repair work. N. A. Ackerman, 421 Bond St., does all manner of texidermy, furniture uphol stering, carpet cleaning and laying, mat tress making a specialty and all work guaranteed. FOR DAINTY THINGS. In the personal toilet line, such as hair brushes, combs, talcums, dainty hand soaps and everything that beau tifies and completes the toilet, go t Frank Hart, the druggist. THE ZENITH AND THE STAR Every one guaranteed. Will let yo stand or sit on the oven door if yoi wish. Prices reduced on all stoves sol ranges till after the Holidays. W. J. Scully . 470-472 COMMERCIAL STREET J