WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, JSQS. THE MORNING ASTOItlAN. ASTOMA. OIIEGON. W. J. BARRY LAID AT REST AN' EXCELLENT BREAKFAST IF YOU USE CHASE & SANBORN COFFEE ' NO CHEESE AS GOOD AS OUR "MARTIN'S" 4 ... PIANO NUMDER WITH EACH $5.C3 PURCHASE if . MANY MARKS 0? RESPECT PAID TO THE EX-CHIEF OF POLICE AND THE FORMER FIREMAN. ROSS, HIGGINS & CO. ISTEWMOBBI LEADINQ GROCERS. V NT TERSE TILES OF THE TQWH . Aid Society ' The English Lutheran Ladles Aid Society will be entertained thlt, Wednesday, afternoon by Mn. Cap tain Cbarlet Sanderi at her home, x440 Fifth street. Member and friends are cordially Invited. Ont Lonely Deed ? Sandwiched in a big loof other matter for record yesterd yeitcrday wai a single deed, from D. J. Cuby and wife to Mrs. Clara Anderson, conveying lots 16 and 17, in block 1, of Inglenook, for the sum of $800. One 8wed, Pour Finn Adolf Saari of Finland and Gust Larsen, Carl ffohan Anderson and ' m l vk jKxtX Anderson, all 01 sweoen, yc I jr i-.j,- f,A their declarations of in- r tcntlon to become citizens of this country in due and proper time. This la the Last Day Today Is the last official day for the filing of nomination petitions (or submission to the primaries. Most r the nominees have already filed, but there are several uncompleted pe tition! that must appear today or go by default. r.hcrinar Loose Ends Accompanied by C. F. Overbsugh, nf the O. R. & N. traffic department, two or three representatives of the Union Meat Company spent the day here yesterday gathering up the loose ends of the deal whereby the latter concern gets into Astoria final ly and definitely; and the time for their entree here Is not far distant, though nothing could be learned yes terday as to the actual date Another Case Reported Dr. C E. Linton of Warrenton vixterdav filed his octition in the matter of his nomination for the of fice of justice of the peace for the' Warrenton precinct. Thus, one by one, the various aspirants are lining in for the fatal 17th. when the peo pie with cruel discrlminatoln -will hint and buov the cherished hopes of the aspirants, as shall to them aeem right and proper. ' To Aid Registration To correct an error in these col umns some days ago, it is hereby an nounced, upon the authority of Coun ty Clerk Clinton, that his office will be kept open from 7 to 9 o'clock on the evenings of Friday, April 3; Sat urday, April 4; Monday, April 6, to enable the voters who are so closely confined to shop and office during the day as to preclude their regis tering in official hours, to get their nnmesv nrooerly enrolled before the Books close on Tuesday, April 7. Fresh Vegetables White Asparagus, per lb ,.121c Strawberry Rhubarb, per lb 10c Large White Cauliflower, each .......... .... .... ..10 to 15c Tomatoes, per lb. 20c, per basket 75c i Artichokes 3 for 'Sc " Radishes 2 bunches.... .... ....... 5c Green Onions per bunch,.. . ., . .Sc Fancy Hot House Lettuce and Par sley for Garnishing . Scholfield, Mattson & Co. PHONE 1181 GOOD GOODS PHONE 931 112 TO 120 TWELFTH STREET. For VICTOR OR AN EDISON v PHONOGRAPH v go to oliuSonPhoiiO! Parlor; Second Floor Over Scholfield & Mattson Co. Changes Hands Today The well-known Central Hotel In this city will change hands - this morning, reverting to its original proprietor, H. E, Hansen, Mr. Pcttie, the present landlord, relinquishing the lease be holds to Mr. Hansen. Pleasure Ahead "Know all men by these presents" that the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic will give one of their inimitable card parties tomor row. Thursday, evening at Carna- ban's halt, with" all the pleasurable accompaniments, to which a cordial invitation is extended to everyone. Old Pioneer Here- Dean Blanchard of Rainier, one of the pioneer figures of Western Ore- eon, was in the city yesterday greet ing a lot of his old-time friends here. He has a bunch of 30 fine cattle, which he is trans-shipping to his big Wallacut ranch in Washington, and was busy yesterday afternoon trying to find a veterinary surgeon to cer tify them into the northshore State, as the law requires. Operation Wat Successful The friends of W. P. O'Brien were glad to hear yesterday that the op eration performed upon his ear at St Vincent's Hosnital. Portland, yester day morning, was entirely successful and that Mr. O'Brien, after due rest from the strain will return home minus the affliction that so sorely heiet him. His uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Normile, were with him during the operation. Will Finish Today Messrs. Berry and Kerr, who have been working for the past week in stalling the fine steel furniture in the various vaults of the new court house, hope to close up the work today. Among the best specimens of the service this metal equipment will render here, is found in the huge vault (of the county clerk, which, Mr. Berry says, is the larg est room of its kind in the North west, where the system la ample In detail and. shows perfectly to design of protection afforded by the fine racks, draws and cases. Chocolates V the best in the world 50c a Pound, 3? a graph Go., The funeral of W. J. Barry was held at his late residence on Twelfth street at 2 o'clock yesterday after noon, and was very largely attended. The Rev. W. S. Gilbert, pastor of the Presbyterian , church, officiated. The pall-bearers were Dr. . Frank aVuelin, Charles V, Brown, J. II. Seymour, W. 0. Barnes, Patrick Gil- mour and J. D. Strauss. The proces sion, which was a long one. was led by Chief Foster of the fire depart ment in full uniform, followed by about thirty school children, bearing the csore or more floral pieces, one of which was from the Astoria Hose Team the one Mr. Barry was so long associated with. The interment was at Greenwood cemetery and the services at the grave were private. The launch Pilot conveyed the remains to their last resting place. In the Police Court The session of the police court yesterday afternoon was largely at tended, the attraction being the trial of "Paddy" Lynch upon, a a charge of vagrancy. The defendant, who was admitted to bail shortly after his arrest, was present, but the coun sel he said be had engaged did not put in an appearance. He pleaded not guilty and conducted his own de fense. On the section of the charge of being an idle and dissolute person with no visible means of support, Lynch produced a telegram and let ter in support of his contention that he was employed by captains of coasters to secure sailors and re ceived remuneration for such serv ices, and was given the benefit of the doubt On the section of the ordi nance relating to living in or about houses of ill-repute he failed to sat isfy his honor that the place of his habitation was above reproach and was fined $30 or IS days as a guest of Chief GammcL He gave formal notice of appeal, but later thought better of it and paid his fine. Two other cases were tried, one for being drunk and disorderly and his "side partner " with being disorderly. The latter was accused of fighting, bojt proved to the satisfaction of the court that he did so to protect him self. After being reminded that he could have left the bar-room, he was discharged. The d. and d. was as sessed the customary $10.00 or five days. An Important sale Effected Yesterday morning the negotia tions that have been pending for some time in relation to the sale of the fine 358-acre farm of Isaac Berg man, In the Gray's River country, to gether with the stock and imple ments, we're closed and the place was sold outright to J. E. Johnson of this city for the sum of $22,000. Just what the terms were could not be ascertained, but it is known that the sulcndid property has changed hands, and ex-May6r Bergman will have one less large interest to en gage his attention in the future, and both he and Mrs. Bergman are al ready missing the place they thought so much of. After Four Months Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Sherman have iust returned from a four months' outinsr in Southern Callfor nia, the major portion of which time was spent in Los Angeles, and at the rnact resnrU within easy touch of that irreat touring center. Mr. Sher man savs that for the most -part the weather was warm, and the iountry Hrv and dustv. and that en route home thev had no more than crossed the line into old Oregon than they were greeted by an old-fashioned rain that did them good. They stopped 0t TUWersfield on the way north for a day or so and met several Astori Bn at different points of their itiner ary. Both are well and glad to be back in Astoria. Funeral of N. A. Akerman The funeral of the late N. August Akerman took place from the under taking parlors of W. C. A. Pohl and was largely attended. The Rev. Samuel H. Ronka, pastor of the Fin nish Evangelical Lutheran church, tr.:tA Th interment was in UUll"ii.. - ' Greenwood cemetery. III :ti'lfe Y Tn III : m m v m m :; till SJJ : Vl&S KTh$ YALE Edcrhcimcr, Stein & Co. MAKIBS HERMAN WISE Astoria's Reliable Clothier P. S.-ONE PIANO NUMBER WIT H EACH $5 SALE TO HERMAN WISE'S CUSTOMERS. B. O. P. E. Officers The members of Astoria lodge No. 180. Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, met in regular session last evening at 6 o'clock (that hour being chosen on accounjt of the pending performance of the Elks' Minstrels) at the hall, corner of Tenth and Com mercial streets, and proceeded with the annual election df officers, which resulted in the sending of the follow ing well-known gentlemen to the fol lowing stations: Exalted ruler, Nelo D. Johnson; esteemed leading knight, R. J. Pilkington; esteemed loyal knight, E. C. Judd; esteemed lectur ing knight, R. H. Van Tuyl; secre tary, J. C. Clinton; treasurer, H. L. Knight; tyler, C. T. Crosby; trustee, F. J. Carney; representative to grand lodge, John C McCue; alter nate representative to grand lodge, G. C Fulton. Marine Movement8 . The steamships Senator and Geo. ! W. Elder, after bucking about all Mondav nieht off the bar in defer ence to its turbulent fetorm-ridden condition, entered port early yester day morning, the Elder leading and winning distinctly over her big rival in the run up from San Francisco, havinsr made Eureka and being an hour behind the Senator out of the Bay City. The Senator had a pas senger list of 256, of which 170 were in the steerage. She went on to Portland at 11 o'clock. The Elder had on board 400 tons of cargo for the metropolis and 69 people, and made but a short stay at the Calen der dock. Both vessels were com pelled to buck head winds all the way tin the coast The steamer Alliance came down the river at an early hour yesterday morning and took on 85 tons of Coos Bav freight at the Cal ender pier, leaving out at 9 o'clock. The schooner John A. Weatherwax, loaded with 4S0.000 feet of lumber from the Tongue Point mills, went to sea yesterday, San 1 Francisco bound. The steamer Northland ar rived in from San Francisco yester day afternoon, and went on to the mtronolis after a brief stop at the Callender. She will, load outward fmm th Portland Lumber Com pany's docks, AT THE STAR. Notwithstanding the crowd at the tf.lW show the Star was well filled again last night to see the comedy, "The Man in Black.", The comedy is about the same as the two other trei rent1v oresented by this company, and will be presented again toniirht. trivincr way Thursday to the well known Western play "Nugget Nell," one of the best of its class ever written. Messrs. Donald and Bell are fast establishing a place for themselves in Astoria, and Mr. Fritz has decided to retain them far into ihe latest creations of the clothing maker's art in the Brown, Tan, and Mode Shades ' ', v r-; v .) "' '.:' .V.. --'A it ' ;'; . , . . ' ' " .! ' f: V . ' - : There is a smartness about our clothing that appeals to the men that care to be well dressed J : "THE STANDARD the Summer. Improvements are to be made in the house and on the stace. so as to permit of still farther scenic acquirements, and a look over the list of plays soon to be staged certainly shows that they intend to try and give Astonans their monejra worth. , En Route to Crook J. A. Seabury, a newspaper man of Oakland, California, passed through the city yesterday, en route to Laidlaw, Crook county, where he will take charge of the Chronicle at that place, and set a new pace in Oregon journalism. He is an ener getic worker and means business. He was a passenger on the steamship Senator yesterday and continued his journey to Portland on board that vessel . The Genial Showman E. T. Arnold, the genial showman, was in the city yesterday conferring with the regatta committee of the Chamber of Commerce on the score of the entertainments he is to fur nish during the coming water carni val season. He closed all negotia tions successfully and wil put on a fine line of new and interesting busi ness during the three greatest days in Astoria's year. He intends to bring some novel and beautifulfeat ures with him this. Summer, and will have the street territory between Eiehth and Twelfth streets for free and pay shows, all of an interesting character. WHEN MONGOLIA ARRIVES. SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 31. The Pacific Mail Company's steamer Mongolia is expected to reach this port on Friday next. Among her passengers are included several tour ist parties, notably one of over 60 prominent Japanese, who are mem bers of the Ashai Round the World party. In this party are included silk, tea and cotton merchants, news paper men, apothecaries, brokers, commercial schools of Japan, brew ers, members of the Japanese legis lature and municipal assembly, and students, all prominent locally in their respective spheres. K. Ume hara is the leading member repre senting the Osaka municipal as sembly, speaker E. Sugihara, and N. Nakamura, representing the Tikio prefectural assembly; and S. Kamada who represents the prefectural coun cil, as well as local banks of which he is president. S. Ide of Kumsmoto proprietor of two Shanghai news papers, is also with the party, which after passing through this country spending some time in examining features and places of interest, will cross to England,' prior to journey ing across the trans-Siberian railway back to the Orient. Several smaller parties are also on the Mongolia. OF EMINENCE" SON-IN-LAW ALL RIGHT. Give the Duke a Chance, Says Thea dore P. Shonta. CHICAGO, Mar. 31. The Tribune today says: Give the Duke a chance; he's a square shouldered young man and opportunity is all he wants, said Theodore P. Shonts in speaking ot his son-in-law, the Duke de Chaulnes. Refering to the debts of the Duke, he said: "Amman's debts may prove his worth. It takes a good man to eet into debt and live comfortably. As to the title, its possession or lack has nothing to do with the worth of a man. A good deal too much hat been said about the marriage. The young folks are now on their honey moon and shouldn't be bothered. "Is there any truth in the report that the Duke is going to work?" "Well.' laughed Mr. Shonts, "the germ hasn't broken out in virulent form yet, but wait until after the honeymoon. I know that the young man is going to plunge into a use ful life he'll make good, too. HeTl find me ready to give him all the en couragement and assistance needed." Mr. Shonts said that he had no objection to the marriage, as was re ported. WOOD!, .WOOD!!,. WOOD!!!, William Kelley, of the Kelly Trans fer Company, yesterday closed a con tract with the Tongue Point Lum bering Company, whereby he takea over two thirds of the fuel-wood out put from that establishment, or twa carloads per day; and is now ready to receive and fill orders- for inside fire wood, bark and box wood. Mr. Kelley desires to sincerely thank his old clientelle for past favors, and will be glad to renew his service with them and such new customers as shall need all manner of fuel on prompt call Telephone Main 2191 or leave ordera at Kelly Trensfer Company , office, 565 Duane street LM ALEX TAGG CONFECTIONERY Fresh Chocolates Candies etc. Made fresh' every'day in our own factory. 843 Commercial Street I,