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Astoria. Oregon, Friday Morning. March 18, 1881.
No. 65.
Vol. xiv.
IDftiLii
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CAUSE OF TES TROUBLE.
A Nihilist Tells why the Czar was
Assassinated.
Foreign Trade of New York.
Next to the commerce of the
Fraud Exposed in Mother Shipton's
I Frophecy.
Tntt- IIium
nation in 1SS0, the foreign trade I . A iwiJ Mother' writes to
New Yokk, March l."i. The j or New York is xn object of com- j ywk Tribuie begging it
Herald reports an interview with ) inintdiiig interubt. Us magnitude j lQ printing stones about the
the nihilist correspondent oi inej
Springfield Republican here, than
-whom it says tliere arc probably
few if any living in this country ,
more familiar with tlie deep Ji
schemes of the nihilists tt over-
ami ooostant growth irm e in- j w(jrld aiming to mi end, the con
ferred from the fact titat toe touu t- . f . ,linwft.lt nlauete.
h mount of foreign imports during
tlic seven, months ending January
ol, 18S1, including specie, whs
I !U6,S."5,S74, against tle follow-
. . . . ,1. J
throw the Russian government. 1 mg aggregate tor ue correspouu
He traces the assassination of thej ing (lericdb ending January 31, in
cznr to the latter'.s refusal f de- tliv vtr hereafter iimimqiI. to wit:
mands personally made upon him j 307, 123,?o5 in 1SS0, 114,441,
bv a nihilist delegation to whom j 820 in 1S7., 1 '76,072.490 in 1S78,
lie granted a clandestine interview. I HfH 174,033,759 i" 1S77. For
At this meeting he was addressed -J, sime periods of the past three
in substance as follow.,: ;Give to veais tlie exports from New York
the Poles what you promised, and j to foreign ports, including specie.
your father and uncle before yon,
a constitution. Ami not omy io
the Poles but to the whole nation.
An article Uiat is good ftr expor
tation ought to be doubly good for
home consumption. ltwasjood
for Russia in your eyes to spend
millions of money and to sacrifice
tens of thousands of lives in order
to obtain a constitution for Bul
garia and independence to Rouin-
ania, and it ought to be good for
Russia. It is in your power to be
come really the father of the peo
ple as you are styled. Grant a
constitution and you will establish
forever the Roiiionoff dynasty and
be beloved by your people like the
Austrian emperor." In the charac
teristic manner of his family he
answered: "Not during my life
time, or after me if I can help it.
Shooting.
were, respectively, as iww.
S250.7SS.1S4 in 1SS1, 227,330,
137 in 1SSH, and 5205,060,070 in
1S70. The customs receipts at
thth port for the seven moots end
ing January 31 increased from
,227,700 in 1S79 to 871,231.758
in 1SS0, and S0,1G0,101 in 1S81.
These figures speak so eloquently
that any comment is superfluous.
The foreign trade of New York
alone has reached in seven months
a total amount of more than $573,
000,000, which is larger than the
total foreign trade of the United
States in 18G5. It must be borne
in mind that, during the last ten
years, this city has also grown to
be the largeat manufacturing
centre in the country, the value of
the annual products of her fac
tories being now more than $400,-
Upon this they left him and you 1 000,000. As regards her trade
see the result.
Much interest will be felt bv
the tobacco grower of this country
in the .progress of the scheme de
vised by Prince Jjismarck for the
establishment of a tobacco mo
nopoly in German'. Should he
succeed in carrying'out his project
in spite of the vigorous opposition
which he must encounter, it is
claimed by some that the trade of
this country would be injured.
The argument advanced in sup
port of this opinion is that Ger-
mauv takes more of our leaf
with the interior, we must await
the census returns to give correct
Jijruros, but we may conceive an
idea of its extent from the fact
that she occupies, as distribu
ter of domestic wealth, a po
sition scarcely less command
ing than as an agent of inter
national exchange. Uefore leaving
this subject, we must observe that
the severe winter has greatly af
fected the movement of goods.
Considerable quantities of grain
were prevented from reaching this
port by early closing of navigation,
Mother Shipton's predictions and
Professor Smyth's Iwok entitled
"The great Pyramid," all pointing
to this year as the termination of
terrestrial life, which he says seri
ously frighten children and credu
lous adults. The Tribune sooths
the lady as follews: "Astronomers
if tlie higliest reputation have pro
noun cod tlie predictions based up
on planetary conjunctions as ar
rant moonshine. Professor Smyth's
book contains no prediction that is
not based on approximations so
elastic as to be little more than
systematic guess work. The pyra
mid weight and measure can be
made to prove anything which an
imaginative calculator wishes. For
instance, one of the latest treatises,
after interpreting a verse from the
Old Testament as distinctly fore
shadowing the I 'nitcd States, with
the national flag accurately symbol
ized, makes one of the pyramid
measures tlie base of the 'dollar of
our daddies Our correspondent
probably roads her New Testament,
and can find in the gospels the
distinct declaratien: Of that day
and that hour knoweth no
man; no, not the angels which
are in heaven, and can surely
satisfy herself and her children
that Mother Shipton's prophetic
intuitions are as the aerial flights
of the old woman in the nursery
rhyme wla sweeps the cobwebs
from the skies.' The Tribune
The last issue of the London
Graphic contains a 'picture of a
man in Ireland sltowing hi wife
'now to slaiot with a revolver. It
is a pity some one would not show
Americans hmv to work that uni
versal instrument in this country.
A man in Chicago shot a burglar
and took oft' two of his own fingers.
A Philadelphia man fired at a mad
dog and hit an inoffensive police
man sleeping in a doorwav. A
man in Galveston, Texas, tried to
shoot a runaway liorse, but hit a
bricklayer working on the second
story. A Baltimore man shot at a
cat and shattered a 150 plate
"lass window. A New York man
sliot at a woman three time, hit I
her once, took a spectator in the
leg next time, split a kerosene
lamp at the third shot, setting fire
to the building and giving three
fire engines two hours' work.
Won't some one teach the vounsr
idea how to shoot?
The Shoe and Leather Reporter
says: "Of course, as Christians we
ought all to hope that it is not
true that the statistics of the
Dominion fisheries were deliber
ately and systematically falsified
for the purpose of swindling the
people of this country in the
award, but it would be expecting
too much of human nature to ask
us not to chuckle inwardly with
the hope that it is true. From
time out of mind our British
cousins have amused themselves
with the idea that a certain callous
and cynical dishonesty which prides
itself in, over-reaching honest peo
ple in nuking bargains was a trait
DAN KING AND INSURANCE.
BANKING AHDJNSURAHGE.
X, W. CASE,
BROKER, BANKER
M
INSURANCE AGENT.
- - OREGON
:VSTOKlA, -
OFFICE IIOl'KS.
FRO.U S O'CLOCK A. 3L UNTIL 1
O'CLOCK P. .tf.
Hie Mntnal Insurance Co.,
OF CALIFORNIA.
BUSINESS CARDS.
Q. A. BOWLBY.
ATTORNEY AT LATY.
ChcHMHits Street. - ASTORIA. OREGOH
Ci IV. FUI.TOY.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ASTORIA - - - ORHGON
Ofltce over face &. Allen's store, Ca street
J. I'. Hocoiiton
('has. IC. Stokv
i:ho. I.. Stouv
.....President
... . Secretary
..Agent for 0oh
S. gold
.. $.100 000 IK)
Capital iwiil up in C
eo$H ...................
IT AV. CASK. Agent.
CtieHfcmits street, Astoria. Oregon
867,000,000 CAPITAL.
LIVERPOOL AND LOON AND
GLOBE.
NORTH BRITISH AND MERCAN
TILE OF LONDON AND
EDINBURGH.
OLD CONNECTICUT OF DART
FORD, AND
COMMERCIAL OF CALIFORNIA
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Representing a capital of SC7.00O.00O.
A. VAN DUSEN. Agent.
T AV. ROItlt.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,.
ASTORIA ... - OKEGOJT
Office over Warren & Eaton's Asteriu Mar
ket, opposite the Occident Hotel.
E.v
IIOIiIK.
NOTARY PUBLIC,:
UCTIOXEER, COMMISSION AND IN
SURANCE AC.EXT.
VAN DUSEN.
HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS.
a.j. mkoi.f.i:. r.s. witioirr
OCCIDENT IIOTFX.
MEULEK & WRIGUT. Proprietor.
Astoria, Oregon.
milE PROPRIETORS ARE HAPPY TO
X announce that the above hotel has been
repainted and refurnished, adding greatly to
the comfort of Itsgnestsandisnow the best
Inrtel north of San Francisco.
A.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Cheiiamus Street, near Occident Hotel,
ASTORIA, OREGON.
Agent Wells. Fargo & Co.
-a
C V. HICKS.
PENTIST, i
ASTORIA, ... - OREGONl
Rooms in Allen's building up stairs, corn
of C;isand Sietuocqhe streets.
D"
M. I. JKN'NIXUS.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
G ruinate University of Virginia. 18i. .
rhysician to Bay View hospital, Baltimore
City, lSKi-o.
Office In Page &- Alien's building, up
stairs. Astoria.
of the Yankee diameter, and one
might have added that -nnst f for tj,e .xjnfhirbv which the Yankee
Mother Shipton's prophecies as
now currently circulated are the
veriest humbug out. There was a
veritable Mother Shipton and she
:iiade what was called a prophecy
in the last century, when more
credence was given to such things
than now. A few years ago a
Baltimore paper reprinted the
prophecy, but a mischievous print
er interpolated all that part which
relates to 1SS1, and the remarka
C. W. KNOWLKS.
CLA1tKXo:'
PORTLAND. - -
AI-ZIKURIC.
HOTEL.
- - OREGON
JAY TUTTLK. M. I.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Office Oyer the White House Store.
KfsioFJfCE Next door to Mrs. Munsca!
boarding house, Chennmus street, AstorI
Oregon.
while the fearful condition of our
f.nh:ieefi thiin miiv other country. I.. i ..:. .n.. :..-rwi
' I Sliei-lS lilts lllitll-i Kill v ijiivii r V" i . . , i
Wm- ;.mrtftd frf, the United r., .,... ..,.: r " , v, mvei.Uoiis of tlie present dav
... ;.. i. nJrtMi ,... lS?ol . . ," ,. , . Mnce then tlH'
k-,llw " ""' .'" iim exjiorts irom .ew lOTK in
112,098,052 pouiMls, valued at- iHllllHrs exclusive f sjHHjie, were
S.10S,S19. Very low prices were I $30,24,919 this yenr agxinst 2-V
paid, mid should the manufacture j 435 56(; , jgSO, and $2.1.550
be monopolized by the govert -j , 8ry On tl other haml, the
nieiit, competition among Hmj pur- j imiKtj:. includinsr 4,723,4 ii
chasers beinjj removed, the prices
might be forced down still further.
This is a pessimist view that we do
not share. With France, where
siM-cie, were only 30,08."i,33fl in
January this year against S40,SS7,
154 in tle same month of 1SS0.
when the imports 'of specie were
government monopoly exists, our j f) . $375,038; so that, with nearly
trade Ims not assumed tlie same f(lHr. milioii dollars increase of
ecoud edition has
ween floating around and will pmb-
ably continue to floHt until Sl is
passed, when it will disappear, to
turn up years hetce with still Intel
additions to conform it to later
eircuiH-taiK-es of tin' world's history.
tuition might be known. It must
be admitted that we have occasion
ally rendered ourselves liable to
the imputation, for we certainly
did fleece our good friends, the
Japanese, in. the indemnity we ex
acted for the attack on our gun
boats at Siinonosaki, and our atti
tude is peculiar to say the least, in
the matter of the Geneva award,
bavins proved our damages in
order to get the money, but being
utterly unable t Hud the parties
damaged when it comes to jmiv the
money. 15atve have never will
fully falsified evidence nor based
our claims to comensatiou or
forzed documents, and if Profess r
Hind's statements are true, the
recipients of the xward do not oc
cupy an enviable position.
T C. ORCHARD.
i .
DENTIST,
Deutal Rooms.
snu.vr Kit's
Photograph Buildin
proportions as with German v for!
the. simple reason that the fragrant
weed among the peasantry is not
so much in favor in the first as in
the last country, and that the
French soil is better adapted to
the growth of the inferior grades
of leaf tobacco. 13oth in propor
tion to its amount, it is certainly
more profitable. However that
may be, it seems certain now that
Prince Bismarck will carry his
point, the necessity of raising taxes
by' indirect methods overcoming
any obstacles that a powerful in
dustry, supported by large num
lers of the German people, may
ndeavor to interpose.
i-STfeoine say that it is no use for them
toadvertise, that iliey have been in the
.place in business all their lives, and
everybody Knows theui. Such people
.seem to forget totakt in consideration
that our country is increasing in popu
lation nearly 40 per cent, every ten j'ears.
and no matter how old the place may be,
there arc constant changes taking place:
some move to other parts,and -strangers
fill their places. In this ago of the
world, unless the. name of a business
afinn is kept constantly before the public,
some new firm may start up, and. by
lilwral advertising, in a very short time
take the place of the older ones, and the
latter rust out, as it were, and be forgot
ten. No man ever lost money by judi
cious advertising.
specie, the total imports at this
j)ort were still nearly five millions
less than in January of last year.
What has become of the prediction
that the balance of trade would
soon turn airainst us? The flow
of precious metals from Europe to
America is as great as ever, and
since our mines are constantly pro
ducing, there will soon be in this
country a plethora of money which
will afford the alarmists an oppor
tunity to give vent to their elo
quence in a direction somewhat
contrary to the usual one. The
singular phenomenon should, how
ever, be noted, that the reserves of
our baYiks do not reflect the extent
of this increase in our metallic
treasure. Most of it apparently
finds. its way into the pookets and
stockings of old women in the
'western and southern states, and a
few years will find our people as
well provided with a circulating
medium out of circulation as the
French peasantry.
Warranty deetls. quit claim deeds
ami mortgages " k' ' this otttee.
Circuit Court Blanks. UiMty
Cowrt Blanks. .Justin- Cwri Blank.
.Shipping Blanks. MiscelninetHis Blanks,
Deeds. Mortgages, etc.. for Sale at TliK
AsTOitiAN office.
MlSCELLANEOlS.
'-.x on;tiMirr .ivi: A news
jn..T ..:.'! a ih-wMei .-..hor tliat hiv
pie i.:fi i:tlk about and vHitetiitu'.s
ho. m- an nulter i.r concern'. The
Mte and luui,v- dial an edititr '.,,ic-tiiiM-
t-ei it a l:il to del'eiMl at :t risk
rtf iMaWlim-fiH-iiiio of aiiK.her cln. ure
o:uu Ua- ver first to sIkiw iin;mtitde.
Tin editor who exjH.H. to receivi much
rharit orgralitiMie will hh mm out
hi iuilake: Iml lie should go ahead
ami and do what he cHicieiitionly
thinksri:ht wit-lamt regard Ut frowns or
jwiih-..
For Sale.
mil E SCOW IIATTIE" WILL RE SOLO
w n-M-mnl4
fH lo
l-lH
Fr irtirtibrs
JAMES RK.LU
1'IHht AMoriM.
ZIEBER & KN0WLES, Proprietors.
Free coach to ami from the home.
3-TilK I vii.v Astoiman N on file at the
Clarendon Hotel reading room.
Pioneer Restaurant Hotel.
.MAIN STREET. - - ASTORIA
.11 rs. S. X. Arrlsoni. Proprietor
rilHETRAVELING PUBLIC WILL FIND
Jl Uh" rumcer ursi culss hi an resiK'cii.anu
a simre of their natronage is resjiectfully
solit'ltftl.
ST'Itixinl and lodgmgby theday or week.
The New York Oyster Saloon
Will -erve to their ctiMniiier from this
ale as follow-. :
TEA. COFFEE. CHOCOLATE.
Kntern Oyter Always 011 tlaiid.
.hl will lKtvel :ia liiNicla Oyster Sa
hoM. in irs vkiss style.
DANIEL GRANT. Manager.
Fair Wind Coffee Saloon
A NO
CHOP HOUSE,
WATER STREET. STORIA.
N't dMtr lo Dr. Km.se's.
ColTir. Tea ami Chocolate, with
fake, IO 'em-.
t'hoii- Cooked to Order.
Fine Yl'inc-. Liquors and Cigars
Or the licst brands.
llain just oiH'iied Ihe alMtve CMtalH.sh-
ment HeconliaHy invite our friends and the
iHiMk gcneralU to give its :i trial.
U-U FOARD & EVANSON.
ROSCOE'S FIRST CLASS
"TTj A. .TfcIXTOSII.
MERCHANT TAILOR,
Oceldent Hotl Riiilding,
ASTORIA - - - OREGON
Q II. BAI5 fc CO.
Doors,
Windows. Blindw. TraJt-
Honis. Iiiimlie-r. Etc.
All kimts of Oak Luinher. Class. Roat Mx
terial. etc.
Steam Mill near Weston hotel. Cor. Geo
eviveand Astor streets.
1 G. FAlPwFOWI'& SOX,
STEVEDORES AM) RIGGERS
Portland and Astoria, Ore-on.
Refer by pcrmesionto RoKerj.MeyersJc Co,
Allen &. Lewin, Corbitt A Macleay.
eortlanu. Oregon.
W.1I. IIIIiKXHART.
Occident Hotel Hair Dressing Saloon
ASTORIA - OREGON.
T-Qr-'ftw free Iniids of the west ara
lHiug taken tip and settled this year lo a
degree most gratifying, in the face of
the over-crowded mechanical depart
ments of uictroolitnii life. i?everal rail
lions more acres of homesteads have
been entered for settlement at the var
ious laud otliccs this year than in tlie
past year, and still the western movement
continues in force. And this is the only
solution of the labor troubles. Let the
unemployed eoineand become producers
instead of consumers.
Notice.
AiH
.V.-dH
A ACRES Of
UW
-Lawyers briefs printed in fine
style, at Thi Astoriax office. ,
Warrantee deeds at Ths As
toklo( office.
jSser-Ve see how life gets coined at
our mint, so that the world somehow
wears the stamp of the die cut into our
hearK e know how a piece of good
fortune brightens tlie air: how some im
pending evil puts the edge of a spiritual
eclipse npon the sun; how suddenly ill
fortune in business will seem to make
the verj springs of Imauty bankrupt;
how the sickness Of a dear friend turni
nature pallid; how the death of one
whom we love will convert all the trees
to cypresses and the music of tlie uni
verse ijecomes a requium ; but how can
you exjKvt your city lo prosper if you
d'liioi patronize the local press? Hotr
can ou succeed as & merchant or 1
niee'iauK. and not advertise?
ALL PERSONS ARE HERERY ihKiiI
E L Hay is nut authorized to im-Hr
deWs on acciHOit of the mhw -Imliitrj r
h mvoHiit of the tindcr-lsiied.
-dl-Hlt E. P.. MOFFITT
"" " " Wanted.
AC1RL FOi:i;E'ERVLIIlll'SEWoRK:
cither t.eniMii or SeaiHliimx ian.
at PHHM'er HotH aul Restaurant it
MRs. ARRH.'ONL
ForSaie. -
XvXIJrN CIVTSOP
Coi-ui. ipiutitiStHi the ('liolfc
nver. mit of siiklJHiHlciHHixHcd of No. I
tliiilHTlond. .vfneptlniiakeeMt'lh-iit fanus.
and a little 1 suit line fori arst chis-. frog
much, ,-ror terms toot etc.. Imiuln-of
tf- f A. M. TWOMP.LY.
580 Reward.
mWENTY DOLLMW WILL RE PAID
JL for the recover, of each of the hodie-.
of four Chinamen drowned in Ctluiulin river
in:ir Rmoklield on cducxlav last, while
eoitis from Pillar nck to Rrookfield. One
w'ts twentv-one c:ir. of age. and had on
Lis ncrson" at the time a check of fcCu and
soven dolbrs in silvvr. The second wjts
twentx -three years old and lnd a pistol and
seven dollars in silver. The thiol w:ls twenty
fonrjears old and had Uirec tvent dollar
gold pieces, a twenty-five cent piece, and a
siherwatch. The fourth w:is tweut -eight
ears old and had!; in gold. Tlie anoie
Tew:inN will be paid hy the nndpislgiieil.
CHIN LUNG.
At Wot Coast lacking Co., Astoria. Oregon.
5i.diwlin
Oyster Saloon.
MAIN STREET. ASTORIA.
rilHE INDERSIGNED IS PLEASED TO
JL announce to the
Ladies' and Gentlemen of this City
Tlwt he k now prv'iarcd to funiHh for them.
111 ar-H i1hss stj Ie. ami ever' si le.
ETC
OYSTERS.
TEA.
nor COFFEE
AT TIIK
Ladies and Gent's Oystef Saloon,
MAIN STREET.
Plea-c feive me a call.
ROSCOE DIXON, Proprietor
Hot, Cold, shower,
strain and Sulphur
BATHS.
JSSeeial attention given to ladies aatl
children's hair cutting.
Private Entrance for Indies.
ATTiiiAiii mi.
PRACTICAL
KOOT AD SIIOK
MAKER.
CiiKSA3it.s Sti:kkt. opposite Adler's Boo!c
store, - AsTOKIA, OlIKU)N.
Perfect HS guaranteed. All vrorJc
wsirniuted. (rive me a trial. All orders
uromtdlv lilied.
C. H. STOCKTON.
THE ASTORIA
Photograph Gallery
CARI SIZE PHOTOURAPHS.
Jfti 50 Ter Dozeu.
CAB1XBTSIE I'HOTOf.'KAPIiy
1 OO P'r Daren.
parSitwIal ntc for faiailir.
AND
j -CARRIAGE PAINTER,-
PAPER HANGING AND WALL COLORING
A 5PKCIAI.TV.
GLAZING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
c"Shop next door to Astorian Office, in
Shuster's building.
TIN PLATE.
BLOCK TIN
For sjde e Warehoiiseat Atria or PortUud
Music Lessons.
T. F. CULLEN and C E. BARNES
TEACHERS OF
VIOLIN, PIANO, GUITAR, COR
NET AND BANJO,
Would like a few pupils on either of the .
alHJVe instruments.
Terms Eight lcsons for live dollars.
3"Order left at Stevens & Sons hook
store will he promptly attended to-
J. T. B0RCHERS,
CONCOMLY &TKEET. ASTOKIA,
Manufacturer and Packer of
CAVIAR, SMOKED SALMON.
Cash paid for fresli
BLACK STUltGEON SPAWN.
Smoked Sturgeon, and smoked Salmon pot
up in tins to snip to any part of the wortt.
Also, trout hait (salmon eggs) put up in cas
and warranted to keep any length of time.
Depot at Rogers Central Market, corner
(iussand Chemunus streets. Astoria.
To-Xigfit. To-Night-
GRAND BALL,
AT MUSIC HALL,
THIS EVENING.
DE3. -rA.- CTJI30"3Sr-
dealer in
FAMILY GROCERIES,
NAItS, 31 IIX FF.EI AND HAT
Cash paid for country produce. SraaX
profits on ca3b sales. Astoria, Oregon, cor
ner of Main and Squemocqhe gtnvts.
by
-tt
BALKOKR.rJTHRIE A- C..
Portland, Oaegon.
QPILES.
The undersigned U prepared to randsk.
a large number 01 Spiles and Spars at hi
place on short notice. aC reasonable rates.
Apply to C.G.CAPLES,
Columbia Cttr