33 f he SntUt- itetotfat. ASTORLA OREGON: THURSDAY MAY 5. 1S&1 Snow in tbo Blue mountains; upper Columbia and Snako "rising rapidly," and more coming. The Weat Shore Mills, which had bsen idle since last fall, started up ajjain in aotive operations laBt Tues day. Have jou tried Moxie's Nerve Food? I). L. Beck & Sons are the Astoria agents. Call around and get a circular. At ten yesterday morning boat No. 22, of the C. P. company, capsized at Sand Island. Men, net and boat were saved. About eleven yesterday morning a fishing boat upset in the stream abreast of Flavel's wharf. The two men were quickly picked up by a passing boat. The ladies of the Woman's Belief Corps set an appetizing clam chowder at Liberty Hall last evening, which was greatly enjoyed by those who were present. The body of Charles Johnson, drowned April 20th, and picked up by Martin Nilson last Tuesday morn ing, was given interment at Clatsop yesterday morning. Ticket No. 92, held by Mr. Leaven worth, of Cosmopolis, the fortunate purchaser of the prize package of coffee at Foard & Stokes, won the sewing machine yesterday. One of Kobt. Carruthers' prancing steeds ran awayvesterday and came to a sudden halt in front of Heilborn's, the bulkhead under one of the front windows caving in under the pressure. The weather was squally yesterday. Craft of all kinds lay close. There is but little doing in shipping, the steamer shipments of wheat to San Francisco making things dull in that line. One of O'Brien's teams ran away from in front of O'Brien's hotel yes terday morning, down Squemoqua street, and into the front corner of The Astoriax building, shattering the glass door and doing about $50 damage to the premises. So flattering was the reception of the Peak Sisters and other features of. last Friday evening's attractive entertainment at Liberty Hall, that there will be a repetition with changes and additions, to-morrow evening. Everyone present will be pleased and the entertainment is well worth see ing. The Astoria bnilding and loan as sociation beld its first regular busi ness meeting at the court house last evening, amid considerable enthusi asm. There was no hick of applicants for loans, and more could have been given out had it been on hand $800 was loaned for 38 months and $2,000 for 36 montha. The $800 borrower got $572, and the $2,000 borrower, 81,460. A fishing boat upset at noon yes terday in front of itinney's cannery. The two occupants climbed up on their capsize! craft, and waved for assistance. A boat with two men in it went by uncaring and unheeding. but another boat a little farther off, the occupants of whioh had more humanity, went to the assistance of the shipwrecked two and soon iad them in safety. Messrs. Higgins and Ferguson at the custom house have juBt finished a nice j jb. During the last 'months be fore the not-enforced Chinese exclu sion act was supposed to have gone into effect, the Astoria custom house issued 2,401 certificates, of these, 600 have been returned, leaving about 1,800 still floating around China and the holds of the P. M. S. Co.'s vessels. "Under instructions from special agent Beecher, the oustom house here has made out and for warded a list of the certificates and the names of the Mongolian gentle men that have left the country for the country's good. Thinks Something Is Wrons. The RenfreicsMre lost a fine charter by her long passago from Australia. She was chartered to ar rive at Portland for 42s 6d with April 15th. as. date of cancellation. She did not arrive until April 24th, and could not now get 27s 6d. Tho last vessel out from Portland for England gets only 25s. The RenfreicsMre was 89 days in making,the trip. A vessel arrived at Poit Townsend from Australia 11 days before in a trip of 49 days. The average trip from Australia is 60 days, but some of the shins are takiner from 80 to 100 days to cover the distance. Something is wrong when such rec ords are reported. S. F. Bulletin, 29. A Sew And Enlarged Mock of Choice Brandt of Clear?. Imported Key West and domestic. All tastes can be satisfied and all pockets suited as to price. Tansill'sPunch and Junior's 4n full supply as usual at D. L. Beck & Sons. Ten cents for a cup of Fnbres nice coffee. A fine lot of Ladies IS'ote Paper just received at the Crystal Palace. A Piano to rent cheap at the Crystal Palace. " What! Do You Think Jeff of the U. S. gives you a meal for nothing and a glass of something-to drink? Not much; Tint he -gives the best meal and more of it than any other restaurant in town. 25 cents. What is better than a glass of liquor? A cup of delicious coffee at Fabre's. GotojcffsforoyBters, Private Rooms. LATEST TELEGBAPHI0 2JEWS. Telegrams Prom Both Hemispheres. Pekin, May 4. The government has ordered that every foreign mis sionary in China mnstholda passport from his own government, in order that his nationality may be Ehown. All other passports have been de clared invalid. VILLARD HOTEIi BUKNEl). Bhaixakd, Minn., May 4 The Villard hotel burned hero this morn ing, the guests barely escaping with their lives.. Loss $64,000; insurance $28,000. KILLED BY THE CARS. Portland, May 4. A private tel egram received here this afternoon states that Joseph Halberstadt, a drummer for a San Francisco candy hous'e, extensively known in this city, was run over by a train of cars and killed at Colfax, W. T., this morning. HAVE BEGUN BUSINESS. The members of the Portland stock and exchange board held their first formal session this morning in the board of trade rooms. There was not much business transacted, only a few local stocks being called. THE SANTA BARBARA CARPENTERS. SanTa Barbara', May 4. About half the carpenters in town are on a strike, demanding nine hours as a day's work. The contractors all hold they will pay in proportion on ten hours. AN ARIZONA EARTHQUAKE. Tucson, Arizona, May 4. An earth quake occurred hero jestenlay: no one was injured, but con siderable damage was done lo buildings. Goods were thrown from shelves of stores and many houses were cracked. The shock was .accompanied by a rum bling sound; many clocks stopped and the entire population fled to the street terror stricken. THE LAKE SHORE ROAD. Cleveland, May 4. The old board of direotors of tho Michigan South ern and Lake Shore railroad were re elected to-day: the funded debt was decreased one quarter xI a million dollars during the year, leaving a total funded debt of $45,692,000. CONDEMNED TO DEWH. St. Petersburg, May 4. Seven prisoners have been condemned to death for connection with tho recent plot to assassinate the czar. The others who were convicted of com plicity in the plot received various sentences to penal servitude, the most severe being twenty years. It is possible the czar may mitigato some of the sentences. A CONSIDERABLE STRIKE. Pittsburg, May 4. The coke work ers' strike for 12 per cent advance in their wage3 was inaugurated this morning. Over 13,000 men are idle. Not one of tho 12,000 ovens in the Connellsville region are in operation. The struggle .promises to be a pro tracted and Tery bitter one. president Cleveland's movements. New York, May 4. It is stated that Tresidenfc Cleveland has signi fied to General Martin McMahon his intention to attend the reunion of the army of the Potpmac, at Saratoga in June. He also wishes to go to Cali fornia in September to nttend a meet ing of the trustees of the Soldiers' Home lo be built in Napa valley. The Latest and Greatest Discover). DRJ.De PRATI'S HAMBURG FIGS,- A crystalized fruit cathartic A discovery of the greatest interest to the Medical Profession. A boon to overy household. A mo3t delicious laxative or purgative prepared from fruits and vegetables. So perfectly harmless that they may be adminis tered with entire safety to an infant. So efficacious to adults that a single dose will prove their value, and so elegant a preparation that it needs only to be presented to tho public to become a necessity in everyl household throughout the land. For liver complaints, habitual con stipation," indigestion, dyspepsia and piles, they are a specific. To trav elers by sea and land they will be found invaluable; they are positive ly unfailing in their action, and this is the only medicine ever offered to the public that is acceptable to the taste, and so pleasant that children will eat the hgs as eagerly qs cardy. For sale by every Druggist through out the world. Price, 25 cants a box. J. J. Mack & Co., Prop's, 9 and 11 Front street, San Francisco, Cal. JEFF'S United States Restaurant 15 the best and cheapest in Astoria. The best Fabre's. oysters m any stjle at Private Rooms. At Frank Fabre's for supper, par ties, etc. The best cooked to order. Telephone I.o'ffrins Ilotiho. Best Beds in town. Rooms per night 50 and 23 cts., per week S1.50. New and clean. Private entrance. G o To Crow's Gallery. The leading Photographer. For the finest photos in all the latest sl le and -of superior linlsh. All the patent medicines advertised In tliis paper, together with the choicest Eerfumery, and toilet articles, etc-can e bought at the lowest prices, at J. W. Conn's drug store, opposite Occident hotel, ABtorla.. SENATOR JUTCHELL'S VIEWS. The President The Rivew and Harbors Tho Appropriation Bill. "I was filled with regret," said Sen ator Mitchell to a reporter of the JSrews last Tuesday, "at President Cleveland's pocket veto of the river and harbor bill. The Oregon dele gation in both houses put forth united and honest efforts to secure a large appropriation at the session and suc ceeded beyond the most sanguine ex pectation. Out of a total appropria tion of less than $10,000,000 the sum of nearly $600,000 was secured for Oregon rivers and harbors. "The bill passed both houses after encounteringconsiderable opposition and was sentr to the president in am ple time to enable him to either -approve or reject it. If he found good grounds for vetdiag the bill he should have returned it to congress with his dissent, with the reasons therefor. If congress found that his reasons for opposition to the bill were weighty and worthy of. consideration, ho could have Been sustained, but if the rea sons were not good and sufficient, congress could have passed it over the president's head. President Cleve land, however, refused to either veto or return.the bill, and thus prevented congress from exercising its consti tutional right. "In conversation with the president since the adjournment of congress, I stated my views on the matter fully and frankly to him. I told him it had been the desire of the people of Oregon and Washington, irrespective of party, to sustain his administra tion, in all matters not purely parti san, but by dealing thus with au act of congress in which the people of the whole of the Pacific northwest were interested he had failed, as I thought, to sustain himself person ally and rendered it impossible for the members of either political party to sustain him in the action taken; albo that I did not believe that any considerable portion of the Demo cratic party would applaud his course in that regard. "I do not wish to attribute any im proper motive in anything the presi dent has done in the premises, as I believe he is honestly trying to do his duty, but I think he has been in fluenced in the matter of the river and harbor bill by the big newspapers of New York and other eastern cities. The older states on the Atlantic sea board Jong ago secured about all the river and harbor appropriations they needed. The president, being unin formed as to the needs of the North west, has been influenced moro or less by these statements." "Then there were the unpardona ble delays in the work last fall, among which was the sloth dis played in commencing operations at the canal at the Cascades. These delays left a $14,000,000 balance in the "river and harbor fund unex pended. The New York papers spoke of the unexpended balance and af forded the president another strong reason for his smothering the river and harbor bill to death by imprison ing it in his pocket." "In addition to the appropriation for carrying on the work on the canal and locks at tho Cas cades, the improvements at the mouth of the Columbia and of the Columbia and Willamette riv ers, at Yaquina bay and at Coos bay and Coquille river, there was incor porated in the bill a most important provision looking to the final survey and estimates for the construction of a boat railway at The Dalles of Hie Columbia. Under the provisions of this bill, had it been approved by the president and thus become a law, this final survey would have been completed and the report submitted to congress in December next and foundation laid broad and deep for a good appropriation to commence this all important enterprise next year. In fact tho senate committee on transportation routes to the sea board at its last session signed a report, prepared by myself, recom mending an appropriation of $500,000 for the commencement of the great work. "I regard the failure of this bill as a most terrible blow, for tho time be ing at least, to the much needed de velopment of the Pacific northwest, because I consider tho opening up of the Columbia river from its source to its mouth and the improvement of the various harbors of Oregon as measures which will do more to reg ulate and reduce transportation rates than all the interstato laws that can be devised by congress. Certainly it would do more than the act just passed by congress on that sub ject. This measure which is known as tho interstate act, from present in dications will have much tho effect I predicted when it was under discus sion in the senate. I Baid that so far from reducing transportion on short hauls, it would simply increase them on long hauls. This it has done, we know, from"200 to 700 per cent, on certain commodities, such as wool 1 and fruit. At the same time, the rates on snort nauis are mainiaineu as Here tofore. 'But so far as the future improve ment of our rivers and harbors is con cerned, I am not discouraged; nor Bhould the people of Oregon be dis couraged by the failure of the river and harbor bill to escape the dissent of the president. The country is too large, the interests involved of too great a magnitude, the development of this country of entirely too much importance to bo retarded for any length of time by any one act of any man in the country, though that man be the president of the United States. The people of the great Pacific north west, irrespective of party ties and affiliations, will unite as one man and through their representatives in both halls of congress demand that recog nition which the developed and great undeveloped wealth and unspeakable possibilities of this section demands, and the necessary . appropriations must be made to finish the canal and locks at the Cascades, and the boat railway at The Dalles. The vast in terests involved demand it, and I have full faith that the desired end will be accomplished at no.distant day." SPOKANE MAMMOTHS, W. M. Lee, the well known fruit grower of Tacoma, gives rue particu lars of a wonderful discovery of bones of extinct animals in Washington territory, which will attract the at tention of the students of natural history and archaeology all over the world. In a letter to the Ledger from Spokane Falls, just received, he says: The face of tho whole territory shows unmistakable evidence of great volcanic upheavals. On my trip through Spokane county, I stopped at Latah, and in conversation with Mr. Coplen of that place, regarding tho volcanic formation of that sec tion, he informed me that he had examined some large bones of great antiquity. Accompanied by Mr. Cop len, I went to the spring where the relics were dug out. It is located on a low strip of springy prairie. The excavation around the spring is 12 or 15 feet deep and 30 or 40 feet across. The bones were covered by several distinct layers. The first layer wa3 ancient peat, then gravel, then voicanio ashe3, then a laver of coarse peat. From this spring were taken no less than nine mammoths, or elephants of different sizes; the remains of a cave bear, and hyenas, extinct birds and a sea tur tle. The dimensions of some of the bones of the larger mammoth were wonderful to look at. The horns were a sort of tusk, and protruded from the head just below the eyes, extending downward below tho jaws, then upward over the head. By drop ping the head, in the act of feeding, the circle of the horns that extended below the jaws partially rested on the ground, giving support to the head, which is estimated to have weighed a ton. The horns were worn away several inches deep at tho bottom of the turn or half circle, indicating constant use by rubbing on tho ground or rocks. One of these horns was ten feet and one inch long, aud twenty-four inches in circumference. It weighed 145 pounds. One of the tusks measured twelve feet and nine inches in length and twenty-seven inches around. It weighed 295 pounds. The jaw weighed sixty-three pounds. The -molar teetu weighed eighteen pounds each. Some of the ribs were eight feet long. The pelvic arch wa3 six feet across, and an ordinary man could walk erect through this opening. This Huge and antique monster was eighteen feet and six inches high, and was es timated to weigh twenty tons. Ta coma Lodger. Enjoy Life. What a truly beautiful world we live in! Naturo gives us grandeur of mountains, glens and oceans, and thousands of means of enjoyment. We can desire no better when in perfect health; but how often do the majority of people feel like giving it up disheartened, discouiaged and worn ont with disease, when there is no occasion for this feeling, a"s every sufferer can easily obtain satisfactory tproof, that Grcm's August Flower, will mr.ke them free from disease, as when born. Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint are the direct causes of seventy five per cent, of such mala dies as Biliousness, Indigestion, Sick Headache, Costiveness, Nervous Prostration, Dizziness of the Head, Palpitation of the Heart, and other distressing symptoms. Threo doses of August Floicer will prove its wonderful effect. Sample bottles, 10 cents. Try it. 'Twonlcl Be Useless if You Could. You can't tell anything about a man bv his tombstone. Cincinnati Herald. Famous Women. Madame Trebelli, the greatest of living contraltos who has traveled extensively, in fact visited evory county and city of note in the world, has just departed from the slope of the Pacific, and often expressing the greatest admiration for the beauty and grandeur of our scenery and the delightful mildness of our climate, left tho following written note as a living expression of her opinion in tho hands of a Portland druggist, tho original of which chu be seen on de maud. Portiakd, Or., April 6,1837. Dear Mr. Wisdem: I have tried your "Kobertine," and it gives me much pleasure to S113' that it is excellent for the complexion, being one of the best articles of tho kind I have ever used. Be lieve me, yours sincerely. Z. Tbebelm. If any. further proof of the excel lency of this article is required call on Messrs. W. E. Dement & Co. of Asto ria, Or., who, for the small sum of fifty cents, will produce evidence that will satisfy the most skeptical and fastidious and give you a beautiful picture card for the trouble of en quiring. ftainhriiius Beer Ami Fiee Lunch at the Telephone Sa loon, r cents. Syrup ol Fis. Manufactured only by tho Cnlifornia Fig Sjrup Co. San Francisco Cal. is Nairn es Own Tine Laxative. This pleasant liquid fruit remedy may be had of W. E. Dement & Co, at fifty cents or one dollar per bottle. It is the most pleasant, prompt and effective remedy known, to cleanse the system ; to act on. the .Liver, Kidneys anil uoweis gently yet thoroughly to dispel Ileadachs, Colds and Fevers: to cure Constipation, Indigestion and kindred ills. The perfection of the age in the med ical line is the liquid fruit remedy Syrup of Figs, manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Co., San Fran cisco, Cal. It is agreeable to the taste, acceptable to the stomach, harmless in Its nature, painless yet prompt and thorough in Its action. For sa'e by W. E. Dement & Co. For Tho Most Beautiful And enduring photographs, charming tones, the most scientific retouching and fine polish go to N. S. Shuster, the pioneer leading photographer. See new samples at his new gallery on the roadway. GENERAL NEWS NOTES. Principal Items of Yesterday's Dispatches. Dr. Josephi has resigned tho super intendency of tho state insane asylum. Earthquakes are reported with lit tle resultant damage in California and Arizona. Gen. O. O. Howard thinks the scheme for a penal colony at Alaska a good one. G. Kellogg was re-eleoted chief of the Seattle fire dapartment last Tues day, by a majority of threo votes. The Geo. W. Elder, from San Francisco, is quarantined at Yictona, with what is said to be a case of small pox aboard. At the Tacoma municipal election last Tuesday the citizens' ticket was elected by a large majority over the united labor ticket. A shipment of 2,000 barrels of su gar from Minneapolis by tho Ameri can refinery over the Canadian Pa cific railway is detained at Victoria, B. C, owing to the quarantine of the steamer on which it was shipped. Stockholders in tho old O. S. N. Co. have brought suit in the United States supreme court against tho O. R. &N. Co. and Henry Yillard, charg ing that they were not treated right at the time the sale Was made. There is $300,000 involved in the case. Word was received here this even ing, says a Victoria, B. C, dispatoh of the 3rd, of one of tho most fright ful disasters that has ever taken place on thi3 coast. Shortly before six o'clock this morning, when about 150 miners were at work in No. 1 shaft of the Vancouver Coal company at Nanairao, a terrific explosion oc curred. The mine at once took fire and in a short time tho air shaft and all the buildings over it were con sumed. A rescuing party went down, but were overcome with black damp and forced to return. One of tho res cuing party named S. Hutson died after coming out. Twelve bodies have been taken out, some dead and some seriously and others fatally burned. For the balance there is no hope as the air is cut off. The scene around tho mine baffles description. Mothers, wives and daughters are crowding around, weeping and wail ing. A. special train loft Victoria early in the morning with a fire ap paratus, medicines and other assist ance for tho doomed miners. Terrible Pains. DR. FLINT'S HEART REMEDY banishes sickheadache, and will pre vent the return of this most terrible of pains, if taken when the warning symptoms give notice of the recur rence of an attack. At druggists $1.50. Descriptive treatise with eaoh bottle; or address J. J. Mack & Co., S: F. Herman Wi$e THE RELIABLE Clothier and Blatter It is no empty boast tolassert, that for the time I have been established, my business has grown beyond my expectations. Any candid observer will admit that to succeed one must gain and retain the contidence of tho Public. It has always been mv aim to deal talr, to sell Goods at a legitimate profit and treat all alike. That it pays to deal honestly, mv growing business will testify. Deshing a coutumnce of the good w ill of my neighbors and friends I promise to always give Full TTalue- . For Your Money. firman Wi (Occident Hotel Building.) IN- Musical Instruments AT THE New York Novelty Store American News Depot ON SALE The latest Magazines and Illustrated papers of the day. bwedish, Danish and German papers, Books aud Dictionaries; Lovell and Seaside Libraries. School Books, Stationery, etc. A.BALMANNO, Jhena,mu3 3t. near Main. Still leads! CREATb Baby Buggies n AND , II I Glove Department. H. Sole Agent For Astoria For The Sale Of The Celebrated P. Oentemeri Kid Gloves. Received from the Manufacturers direct, upwards of 50 dozen of the above Famous Kid Gloves in Black, Dark colors, Tane, Greys and all the late shades.. Plain and Embroidered Stitched backs and in Various Lengths. Also a very large Stock of SILK. TAFFETTA f IN ALL THE LATE COLORS AND MAKES. Law. Mitts for Ladies and Children in evei-y Conceivable Color. and in Various Late Styles The Leading Dry Goods and Clothing Hiuse c OF ASTORIA. f: C. 1 COOPER. ? MORE PALATABLE IF KEPT ON DOUBLE EXTRACTS Moxie Nerv Contains Not a Drop df Medicine, Poison, Stimulant or AlcoKol. .. But is a simple sugar-cane like plant, grown near the Equator sad farther south, was lately accidentally discovered by Lieut. Moxiey&nd has proved itself to be the only 'harmless and effective nenrefooa known that can recover brain and nervous exhaustion; loss of rojiH hood; imbecility and helplessness It has recovered 'paralysis, soft ening of the brain, locomotor ataxia, and insanity when oaused I by nervous exhaustion. It gives a durable, solid strength, and rn'gkes vou- eat voraciously, takes away tired, sleepy, lifeless feeling .like magic, removes the fatigue from mental and physical overwork al once, will not interfere with the action of vegetable medicines, v Dose, One Small Wineglass! ul Every Four Hears. Tho loss of gas from the bottle does not weaken or injure the M6sie. Look out for Counterfeits. V! Price, 50 Cents a Quart Bottle or $5.00 w UM . FOR SALE ONLY BY J f Beck & S III b ASTORIA, CALL AND GET A CIRCULAR: MILLER & GREENWOOD AGENTS FOR THE PACIFIC COAST. I 1309 MARKET ST. - - - SAN PftANCit W COOPER, THREAD GLOVE and Lengths. ICE. WILL KEEP ANYWHERE; OjF. Food. '- jv , r- 'y'fcgrgrat ifjlv ,-.