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(pct m ftc gattjj Mtom ASTORIA, OREGON: SATURDAY...., -MAY 2. 1E35 THE PARTIES INTERESTED KEEPING THE PEACE. IN The rar atmosphere is still heavy. A week ago peace was thought to be pretty well assured. The news by way of Warsaw that the Russians have decided to make, Herat the ob jective point of the present move ment 13 to be taken with many grains of allowance. The theory has long been held that Herat was the key to India by way of Afghanistan. The conviction has always been a strong one that the Bnssians would finally make an effort to obtain that key. There is nothing in the recent move ments of the Bnssians to weaken that theory, but on the contrary a great deal to confirm it Just now it is affirmed that Rus sian finance? are in a deplorable con dition. They were never, in recent times, worse than at the close of the war with Turkey. Rus sia gained nothing in that war except a certain measure of protection for members of the Greek church. The objective point was Constantinople. The war was, therefore, a failure in part. It left Russia loaded with debt, the load being in addition to the great financial burdens which she was carrying. It would be difficult to fix a date when the expenditures of Russia wore within the legitimate annual income. In 1883 the public income was 350,000,000 and the ex penditures were 8300,000,000. In 1883 the estimates of income are S390.000,- 000 and the disbursements are put at $400,000,000. Russia is now paying interest on her public debt to the amount of about $100,000,003,000. She has been a borrower in many mar kets. Her creditors are German, English, Dutch and French. At this juncture she cannot borrow any mon ey in Great Britain, and finds it diffi cult to borrow in any part of Europe. If she goes to war with Great Britain she must raise somewhere not less than a buudred million dollars. Now the creditors of Russia are in terested in keeping the peace. Ger many is one of the large creditors. Every decline of the Russian funds in the German market is reported as a calamity. The good offices of Ger many have been enlisted to keep the peace. The Russian securities which the former holds probably exceed at this date more than a hundred million dollars. We know that since the prospect of war was imminent Germans have bought largely of Russian securities in the English market, probably for the pur pose of preventing a disastrous fall in those securities. If war should terests enlisted on the side of peace, to say nothing of humanitarian con siderations, the assurance of peace is much weaker than it was a few days ago. The advance of tho Russians has been for tho most part in a border-land a no-man's-land where the actual sovereignty for a long fame has been shadowy and uncer tain. The latest accounts affirm that acknowledged Afghan territory has been actually invaded by tho Bussi ans. If once the news which comes by way of Warsaw should turn out to be correct, viz., that all tho re cent movements of the Bussian forces were only the preparation for an ulti mate descent upon Herat, already fully determined upon, the peace theory would suddenly disappear. THE WAR IN CANADA, Notice of Application. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE amlerslcned will apply to the Common Council, of the City of AMona. at u iifxt regular meeting for?, license l? clt wine, malt and spirituous liquors, " c" V:w?!aI'Z ties than one quart, for a period or one ear In the building situated on lot fihlncu 1 In the city of Astoria as laid out and recorded hyJohnMcCIure. ltEn.pAft,aSAPra. LIBERT! HALL! Friday and Saturdays May 1, 2. Dan Morris Sullivan's Mirror of Ireland! "A Hew Combination. SO Beautiful Scenes, with magnificent moon light effects. Including a Ters comical play, entitled. Sight Seeing in the Emerald Isles. ITB0DCCIO &3$Sril9 fflllHWIlif la If I loll B b actually break out these securities would decline largely and might sink to a nominal price. Such a war un der any circumstances, Would cost Germany heavily. As for Great Brit ain it is true enough that English capitalists do hold large amounts of Bussian securities, but they are not sufficiently numerous, relatively, to exercise much influence in favor of peace. The most positive warnings have been given that British holders of Bussian securities had better get rid of them at once. Great Britain has an interest in keeping tho peace, because a long war would entail oppressive burdens upon the people. Tho credit of tho kingdom is good. The government can always raise money. Yet the cost of all wars eventually comes out of the people. It is so much more added to the public debt, on which the peo ple must pay interest. "When tho warm the Soudan "was begun it was contended that it would cost Great Britain fifty million dollars. It is already seen that it will cost that sum and probably much more. A hundred millions will go but a lit tle way in war with Russia. Great Britain can borrow money of her own people; but tho borrower must pay tho interest Bussia can not borrow money of her own people to any great extent, but must go abroad for it in every great finacial emergency. Tho vast sum which Bussia owes to-day to European creditors cannot be accurately stated. Some estimates place tho indebted ness as high as a thousand million dollars. Whilo this sum might not be absolutely stricken out in case of war between Bussia and Great Brit ain, the values would depreciate fear fully. This is the moneyed interest whicb the leading powers of Europe have today in preserving the peace. Whatever tho supposed commercial gains might be, war would entail a great calamity on the people outside of the nations immediately con cerned. France, Holland and Ger many have no interest which makes for war, because millions of securi ties owned by their peoplo would surely shrink under a prolonged war to nominal figures in the market And yet to-day, with these vast in- Gekebal Middleton", commander in-chief of the Canadian army, ap pears to have opened his campaign with a repulse. He sent some volun teers to drive a party of rebels out of their rifle-pits and they had to beat a hasty retreat with a loss of eight killed and some forty wounded. They found that the half-breeds were capi tal shots and that they knew enough about fighting to keep well under cover. General Middleton will have to try it again. It is hardly likely, savs the Chronicle, that Louis Biel can stand up against the army of the Dominion. Bnt it is clear that he is not an enemy whom it is safe to despise. Tho war strikes people on this side of tho line as rather a mysterious affair. "What is Biel fighting for? Does he aim at establishing an iude i pendent slate of Manitoba, with n view to its ultimate absorption by the United States? Has bo laid his plans to become a modern General Houston? It so, perhaps it might have been wise to feel the American pulse before he began. "We are not investing just now in the Arctic regions. It is curious, too, that while all Canada is said to be pantiug for blood-curdling news from the seat of war, S3rapathizers with Biel arc holding meetings at Montreal. He must bave some purpose that is un derstood in the Dominion or he could not have sympathizers. Nobody sympathizes with a mere robber such as Biel is represented to be. Thk Canadians, as a rule, are very mxicb in earnest and it is amusing to contrast some of their present per formances with the sneers with which they recorded our first battles in the civil war. In Toronto they are trying the prayer cure on Biel. The churches have dropped theolo gical polemics to unite in prayer for the defeat of the half-breeds. It may answer. They are powerful preach ers, the clergymen of Ontario. If prayer will fetch Biel they are the men to accomplish tho work. But if General Middleton fights in the open aeainst half-breeds under cover it will take a prodigious lot of praying to finish the campaign. The full strength of the Corapaus lu ev Songs, Dances, Duets, Jigs, Keels, and comic Irish and Dutch plays. FUN FOR ALL! SO cts.. and SI. FUN! Admission. No etrn chaise for Reserved Seats on sale at .New York Novelty ijtore. Matinee, Saturday, 2 o'clock. Have Received ww -THE FINEST Family Groceries, Provisions and Freshest Vegetables -AT- mmense Stock Low .ALL AT Sown Prices t t OF SPRING- GOODS, TO BE SOLD AT PRICES LOWER THAN THE LOWEST. member BWrErTC fWrDTR "E "E (MiKlSlK Closing Oil! OHA. HEILBORN, MMSS MU BTfeTliT mSBKmmsKiSBSmSSM Ebel,p s 3$JL JLlS JSLa tSPi Dealer at Wholesale and Uetail m SHSaSHCS r- ' - A YEKY I.AKCK M'Ol K 1 1 Fine Soots and Shoes TO BE SOLD AT EXTREMELY LOW PRICES.. FOK ASHOItT TIME ONIA. Come and Gel Rare Bargains AT THK SIGN -OF THE GOLDEN SHOE. I. J. ABVOLD, Agt. Corner Benton and Chcnamus Streets. Opposite Custom House Squsre. M.MMm.MHi.ii imiiiipinyFyyyiBMBg2ggSg. I)EAIF.n IN' Hay, Oats, an! Straw, Lime, Brict, Cement, Sana ait Plaster Wood Delivered to Order. UraIn?, Teaming and Exprtss I'.nslneti. st3;a:if,k L-SlDISIS. CO TO 3Irs. .Malcolm's Millinery rarlnrs ron SPRING AND SUMMER HATS. A lame and well-selected "took on hand. NEW tiOODS belli;: secured ewry day. A complete line of Laulc' BEADY-MADE t'NDEBWKAi:. with prices to suit the ilmos. CHEAP COKSETS a .pecia!ty : at alarKP assortment of l!u LM .mdi of COItoETS. Children's srXl'ONNFP, jn,j tecelved. All the LATEST NOVELTIES. In SH.K SCARFS. COM) and SILVER LACES and ORNAMENTS are .kept at IhK The Cheapest 3Illlltiery IJonnc in Asfurin. No charge for trinunlnp when material U purchased at the establishment. urniiure, Bedding, Garnets, Matting, Oil Cloth., Wail Paper, Window Shades, Mouldings, Etc. TER apply ti ike Captain, or to PARKER Parher.Master. For TOWING. FUKIOHr or en Ail- it. imsikssii. THE NEW u. MODEL Astoria Furniture Co.. I Valets In NEW TO-DAY. Auction To-Bay, 11 A. M. I will sell at my Auction rooms One I'Mi Ibr Boat, Sail, Oars, etc.. Complete. One Hand Cart, nearly new. Also Lot of Second-hand Furniture, Single and Dotiblo Spring Beds, cooKing sto es auu lor 01 sundries. E. C. HOLDELV, Auctioneer. I JLE. I PATaTEBAMaOHSL J.C.Truilinger WILL Cut Faster AND EASIER Than any o' It er axe made. Hundred1) of woodmen tes tlfy lolls sunn riority. It goes Deep and Never Sticks. CARNAUAN A CO., Agents Astoria, Prlee, $1.60. Furniture, Bedding, Wall Paper, IViirrors, PICTURES, Italic Carpets, lattii, Picture Frames, WMow SMes, etc. Cor. Clienarans ami Hamilton Sts. 11. Dr 15UISSOX, Manager. JF RANCH CAN BE HAD IN TORIA ONLY' OF A- six 1AWB8, A UK VI TAL!. AND EXAMINE IV. WILL 1!E rLEASED. Th.e Xora Price Store RECEIVED SOME MORE ins Brocaded Velvets at $ 1 ,25 a yard, The first installment sold like lint-cakes, and ladies who were unable to secure some of that Telvet will please call immediately, as we only have a limited amount and may not have a chance acrain to buy those goods QUITE AS CHEAP. A- FIJIil. STOCK E. It. HAWKS t-t also agent Jt-r t!i BaciptenU'ooMBi SiDfc And other first-class SJ37e. Furnace "Work. Steam. Fit tings, oto., r. specialty. AZ.WAY5 OUT HAND. ALSO SOME MORE P. Patterson, CONTRACTOR & BUILDER. Shop on Concomly Street, opposite Kinney's Cannery SASHES. DOORS. MOULDINGS. ETC, ON HAND. Estimates given and all work warranted to Rive satisfaction. Oh! I Say! GOOD BOARD and LODGING FOR $4.50 per AT THE York Restaurant. BAHTH'S BUILDING. 31. FIICCH, - - X'roprictor. New TJ. S. Exgikecr Officr, POKTLAND Or., April 27, 1850. ) FISHERMEN'S OUTFITS. OIL SKINS, Gum Boots, Overalls, Shirts, Etc. AT Phil. A. Stokes, Net dcor to Foard & Stokes' store, H head quarters for Clothing at Bottom Figures. Boys Suits atSO cents on the Dollar AND A FINE LINE OF OPPOSITE COLEMAN'S BANK LOW PRICE STORE, I. COHEN. Everything bought hero cuaranteM to be Just as represented. No old stock; every thing fresh, and NEW GOODS on every Steamer. Itemomber the place. nil. A. STOKES. carA full line of GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS for sale at Prices thnt Defy Competition. PROPOSALS, TO BE OPENED AT THIS office at ll A.M.Thur3day,May7th,l8S5, are Invited for reparing the roaas ieaatnc from the wharf road to the Center and Left Batteries, Fort Canny, Mouth of the Colunt- Dlalllver. ine roaas 10 oe repairea asjge gate about 2.2C0 feet in length and are locat ed as shown In tho accompanying drawing fcelnc the road from "A." to the "Left Bat tery" and the road from "B" to "C." They are at present unpaved and are approxi mately graded. The road bod is to be about 10 feet wide, with not more thau four turn nuts. The work to be done is (1) the prepar ation of tho road bed, Including placing box culverts where necessary, aud thorough ditching, tho latter being necessary upon only one side for the greater part of the length of the road ; (2) the placing of tho broken stone. Stone can bo obtained tinon the nilUitarv reservation, near the wharf and in otherplaces, or It may be obtained elsewhere by tho contractor. The amount available for thLs work is St.Tc3.C0 and pay ment will be made upon the completion and acceptance of the work. The work to be completed on or before the 20th of June 1685. A penalty of $10 00 per day Is to be forfeited to the U. S. Government for each day after that date until the work shall be completed. Bidders should state tbe amount of work they propose to do upon this length of road for the amount riven above, or a smaller u For Rent. THREE FINE ROOMS IN EL'JLDING recently occupied by .L Illscr. Suitable for offices, etc. Apply to C. S. OUNDKKSON. To Rent. A FINE BUSINESS OFFICE. CENTRA L ly located. Apply at this Otl!c. SOffi M JeW6lry.;The Seaside Bakery 3 ' FRESH BREAD SparF Pin? flliailK ffatnllfi! I Delivered in any Part ot the City. ' ' ' : F1NB CAKES A SPECIALTY. ..-. w. , w. "Home-Made Candy Made Daily: The Trade Supplied: Pine Pastry: Prices to utnlic at the iovest Prices. The flneat stock of Jewelry In Astoria. SAU goods warranted as represented. GUSTAy HANSEN, JEWELER. ! A .FItst Class Establishment, suit tho times. F. B. ELBERS0N, Prop'r. T1 To Rent. IHE FINE BUSINESS STORK FORMER lv fHvnnlpri hv .1 Pllcer. A desirable location. Apply to C. S.GrNDKRSON; Notice. ON AND AFTER THIS DATE S WILL not be responsible for any bills or debts contracted In our uamo unless accompanied bv a written order from us. UAPGOOD & CO.. Wnterford, W. T.. April 23th. Ig8't House to Lei. CENTRALLY LOCATED. Apply to BOZORTH & JOHNS. one, giving tneir own spcemcauons in ueian. The bldTicceptcd will be tbe responsible one snpclfvlnff tho nest road bed. Tho U. S. re serves the right, however, to reject any or all bids. Proposals should be enclosed In a sealed envelope endorsed "Prososals for re pairing Koads." , CHAS. F. POWELL, Captain of Engineers. mUIS IS TO NOTIFY ALL "YnOM JL may concern that 1-nmHint Notice from Kong .Wing Co. IT Bo has had a share In the Kong Wing Co. for about one vearpast, sam snnre amounting to iiwuu He owes the company on account 235.00, he now wbhes to retire from the company and surrender his said shatc of $158.00, to said Company In partial payment of said ac count of S2S5.C0. The coumanv asrees and he has so surrendered said share and he is not authorized to do any further business wrsaiu company KONG WING CO. LAMHINGBO. PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER.! Watches, Jewelry, Clocks,; OPTICAL GOODS. j AKTOKIA. ... - Oresou.j SEE THAT YOU GETz: THE "PORTLAND" Olioioe Fgfral ly 3E3Lollr John A. Montgomery. DEAt.BR t- Tin, Sheet Iron and Copper Vare. A General Assortment of HOUSEHOLD OOODS. Agents tor Magee Stoves and &aiigs The Best in the market. Piumblng goods of all kinds on hand. Job work done In & workmanlike manner. PLUMBING, GAS FITTING, AND CANNERY " Attended to Promptly on Reasonable Terms. Clicnamus Street. Xext to C I Parker's Store. ASTORIA. WORK GEfcEoxsr.. M. OL8EN. A. JOHNSON'. J. GUSTAFSON. MARTIN OLSEN & CO. DEALERS IN FURNTTUKE 3S BEDDING Comer Main and Hqueraoqun Streets. Astoria, Oregon. WINDOW SHADES AND TRMHGS; WALL PAPER, ETC A Complete Stoclr. PEICES AS CHEAP AS QUALITY WILL ATPORD. ATX KINDS OF FUKSITUKE KEPAIREU AIO VAKNISIIEI. Change of Agency. Wo have appointed MR. O. F. MORTON Our Selling and Collecting Agcut at Astoria. All those wishing to purchase a first-class SETTING MACHINE, or to make pay ments duo us will please call on Mr. Morton. Headquarters at B. S. WOESLEY'S Sales room. The Singer Mf'g Co., 92 Morrison Street, Portland, Or. Carnahan & Co. SUCCESSORS TO FLOUR!! For Sale In X.ot.s to Stilt. By Or All Goods i:ht Quality, and Low Price5?. wirsox & FisnF.K, ASTOEIA. SIBSOIY, CIYURCH &. CO., PORTLAND, Or. The Roscoe Oyster and Chop House. 1885. INTEREST The Beat Cooked to Order in First i -CIas3 Style. AVE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF DPiacLO Ic Oroaaai Alex McCrea & Co.. PItOrRIETORS. Genevieve street, rear of Adler Crvtl I Palace, Open Hay ana N'Isht. j Will he allowed On Time Deposits. I. "W. CASE, IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE AND RUTAIL DEALERS IK GENERAL MERCHANDISE Corner Chenamua and ASTORIA - - - Cass streets. - OREGON Draft on all the Leading Cities. Wm. T. Coleman & Co. S. JKXiliOltE, Manager Banking Department, Astoria, Oregon. For Sale. A FINE HOUSE AND LOT SITUATED on Benton street ; will he sol tor 800. Apply to this office. $67,000,000 Capital! Liverpool and London and Globe. North British and mercantile Ot London and Edinburgh. Old Connecticut of Hartford, AND COMMERCIAL OF CALIFORNIA Fire Insurance Companies, Representing a Capital of $67,000 OOO. B.VANDU9EN.A?ent. Hardware anil Slip CWlerj VAN DUSEN & CO., DKALKE3 IX Hardware and Ship Chandlery Pure Oil, Bright Varnish, Binacle Oil, Cotton Canvas, Hemp Sail Twine, Cotton Sail Twine, Lard Oil, Wrought Iron Spikes, Galvanized Cut Nails, Agricultural Implements Sewing ISInelilnes, Paluis and Oils, Groceries, oto. HAVE YOU to m IN THE MATTER OF Rags, Bottles, Old Metal, or Junk of Any Sort, IA1 V STOKES Will give you the best price Tor It. Do You Want to Buy SHIP MATERIAL, From a Belaying Pin to a Hawser: from a Block to an Anchor. You Can Get what You Want at F0ABB& STOKES. Headquarters at oulldlnsr. east end of "Water Street. Ami -',. WMii-iftju. V. LfitfftSSAJKafeaisit