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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.)
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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!
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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
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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
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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
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