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- " i --at3Pi . lit wii VOL.XXX1V, NO 75. ASTORTA, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 29. 1891). PRICE FIVE CENTS KINNEY'S LESS THAN ONE MILE FROM THE O. R. & N. DOCK, AND Beautifully Prices Low and KEEN & COOK, AGENTS. SOMETHING NEW. Kenney's Addition! Beautifully situated on the banks of the Columbia, ad joining proposed Public Park and near the newly discovered coal beds. Only $." per Lot for a tew days. (Ul in now ami secure fir.-i-elass Lots. FRANK SPITTLE. Agent. FRED Saddles and Harness A LAEGE STOCK TO SELECT FROM. GOODS AT SAW FRANCISCO PRICES. I make a spcoJalt j ofKoodwoik ami jtu:irantee satisfaction. At the Oh! St..Ml. W Side OlneySttvrt, Near Wilson & l'lsliex's. ASTORIA, Irish HAVE NO CKAXI) PRIX BARBOUR'S -,. AXI) (ilt.VNl) CROSS OF THE LEGION JVIlONNEOIi. Tli(3 revived the ONLY GOLD MEDAL For FLAX THREADS at the Xtondon Fisheries Exhibition 1883. Ami have been awarded HIGHER 1'lllZES at the various INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONS, Titan the goods of any other IX THK WORLD. Quality Can JLlways be Depended on. Exjerierf Fishermen Use no Ota HENRY DOYLE & CO., 517 and 519 Market Street. SAN FRANCISCO. AGENTS FOR PACIFIC COAST. WOODBERRY SEINE TWINE, ROPE and NET TING Constantly on Hand. SEINES, POUNDS and TRAPS Furnished to order at Lowest Factory Prices. $125 AND $150 PER LOT ROBB & FAEKER, General ig'te, Astoria. ASTORIA! Situated. Terms Reasonable. Astoria. Or. SAIZ ORE Threads EQUAL ! PAULS 1S7S. HANTHORN'S ASTORIA! ROASTING IN THE RUINS. Heartrenfting Scenes In the City Of Lonisnlle, Ky. A lt'IDESPItEAl AREA OF STORM Five Hundred People Killed In a Jroment Of Time. Spoctal by The California Assocutfo Press Louisvi&le, March 2S. The first victim removed from the ruins of the Falls City hall was Mrs. Sarah Kelly. Her head was bruised and one arm broken. She said that at the first quake a rush was made for the en trance. Women knocked down and trampled on one another. Soon the roofing and a mass of bricks leneath were removed and ten women, locked in each other's arms were drawn out Inside of the next hour sixty men and women were drawn ou dead, but with no wounds. It is thought that all met their deaths from suffocation. Gas pipes were broken and flooded the debris with vapor almost as deadly as fire might have proven. "Ways were pierced into the breast of the ruin and the bodies drawn out of dead and dying. A building occupied as a cigar store upon the first floor and sleeping-rooms upon the second and third was razed to the ground, not a single brick re maining in place. In the destruction 'f this building many lives were lost They were principally persons who oc cupied sleeping-rooms there. Many of them were girls who were employed at the hotel. An adjoining saloon and other available places were turned into hastily improvised morgues, where the bodies were taken as soon jis re covered and left awaiting identifica tion. Jefferson and Market streets are in almost as bad a condition as Main. Hundreds of wagons are busy carting away broken furniture from shattered houses. At 12 o'clock a fire broke out in the debris of Falls City hall and burned fiercely. It spread rapidly and forced the workers to desert their places. As soon as the fire gained headway the groans or the imprisoned people be canio shrieks, so great was the horror that the workers grew frantic and screamed and ran about like mad. The terrible bufferings which they were unable to alleviate, drove them to despair. Several lines of hose were soon throwing water on the flames, but it was more than an hour before work could be proceeded with, and then it was carried on with much difficulty on account of the scorching heat. FIKUCE KLKXKNTAIj MSTUKBANCK. In the JicrMi MUsUsIppl Vallij. Special to Tine Akiouiax.j CmcAGo,Mar.28. Reports have been received here of a cyclone throughout the western stales last night as follews: Belvidere, Ills., was visited by a ter rible electric btorm. Snow fell to a depth of six inches at Cedar ltapids, Iowa, and a heavy wind prevailed. Hail stones weighing three ouuecs fell at Cairo, Ills. Houses were unroofed and chimneys blown down at Wichita Ivans., and small trees, shrubbery and fences were leveled to the ground. At Galena, Ills., there was a heavy .snow fall. The normal school at Carmi, Ills., was demolished, barns blown down and residences unroored. At Sioitv City, Iowa, all the railroads are block aded. A furious blizzard prevailed at ja urosse, Wis., and the waul is blow ing thirty miles an hour. The storm which raged over Minne sota and Dakota was the heaviest of the season. Snow fell so rapidly that it was impossible for pedestrians to see more than ten feet ahead of them. The roads are blocked in all directions. The Storm in Southern Illinois. Special to Tin: Astokia.-. St. Louis, March 28. A special from Coulterville, 111., reports great damage by storm and several people injured. The storm struck Nashville, with terrific force smd wrecked a a number of buildings including the city hall. A terrific hail storm last evening at Nashville, did about S15, 000 damage. In this city hailstones the size of hens' eggs, fell by the bushel and caused many teams on the streets to run awav. Tbe Cjcloae In Illinois. Special to Tub Astokiax.i CAnBoxDALE, 111., March 23 A disastrous cvclone nassod ihrrtncrh Jackson countv last nicht. At. ft! Tower the coaches on the Grand Tower and Carbondale railroad were blown from the track. It is reported that three men were killed and several imniWI TIlO Vlrr nnron.1 41.n..l. the southwestern portion of the county leveling everything in its path, anuanumueror people are reported seriously hurt. Indiana Sending Heller to LoalsTllle. Special to The Astokiax. Ikdiaxapolis, March 28. Tho board of trade has called a meeting for the relief of the Louisville suf ferers. A larffe IlUmlwr nf KurfTAnna started for Louisville this morninig to help take caro ot the injured. Call Early and Take Your. Choice ! FIVE HUNDRED KILLED And One Thouvind Badly loJaroJ. Special to The Avtokian. t LouisvtlxiE, March 28. A rough es timate puts the number of killed at oOO, with 1,000 injured. A large force of men is at work on the ruins, and about 100 bodies have so far been re covered. The buildings on Main street, from Eighth to Fourteenth streets, are in ruins. At tho Falls City hall, wliich was blown down, fif teen bodies have been taken out The city to-day is filled with a mass of ex cited and panic-stricken people. Many are homeless and seeking in all direc tions for lost friends. The work of rescue is going forward rapidly and large forces of men are at work on the ruins. The devastation is impossible to describe. VIrld Accounts of V.ye Witae ss. Special to Tiik AstokiaX' CrxcixxATr, March 23. -Conductor B. B. Holburn, of the Touisville and Nashville railway, brought his train into this city six hours late. In speak ing of the Louisville disaster he said: "We left there about si o'clock this morning and all was confusion. I didn't sec the tornado last night, but have seen some of the ruins. It is simply awHU. Everything between Seventh and Fifteenth streets is laid waste. This section embraces the main part of the city. Tho Union depot on Seventh street is in ruins. The tornado struck the southwest part of the city and ran in a zigzag course through the main part of the business center, came out at the depot an 1 crossed the river, de molishing eight or nine blocks. At JefTersonville, just across the river, steamboats were driven before the wind like feathers. All along the line, coming out of Louisville, telegraph poles, wire and timber are scattered in all directions. We are late Tor that reason. At La Grande, 27 miles from Louisville, much damago was done. At Eminence, -10 miles south east of Louisville, several persons were killed. The whole country coming out of Louisville is one mass of poles, timbers, trees and other debris." Train No. 8 over the same road, came in late, and there were but few passengers on the train. Brakeinan Criketts and Mr. Williams were eye witnesses to the terrible storm last night, and said, 'It is beyond descrip tion. The center of Louisville is one mass of terrible ruins, and all is woe. Wo were in the city at tho time. T'ie electric display was the grandest spectacle or its kind that we ever saw. The storm began about 8:30 o'clock. The thunder was simply nwfril, and by the vivid glare of the lightning we could see for blocks. All was a mass of ruins and Hying timbers. Women, men aud children were running here and there, crying for aid or seeking to find friends who were buried liencath huge masses of ruins." CrapMc I)?cripl5o:i hy lfaeC)arlerJouraal. Special to I in: i.stiikiax J Louisville, March 23. The Courier-Journal says: 'The mighty stroke ot the tornado fell with n sud denness that scarcely gave time for -1 1 I I 1 If. quicKi'neu. nears oeaus uaiore tnose hearts were stilled in death. From Eighteenth to Maple streets, diagon ally across the city, crashing dwellings and business blocks like egg shells, toppling down churches and wrench ing warehouses lo fmgmnnts. the dread visitant passed t. the river front, leaving to murk tho boundaries of ruin a broad swath of wreckage, dead and mangled h annuity impale 1 and weighted down or burned in ignited debris. This path of destruction extended from the west side of Seventh street as far as Ninth and Main streets and an cqnnl width across to the point where the city was first touched, lho loss of life aud propsrtv is at present incalculable, aud it will require long days or painful search anil computa tion to reach the proper estimate, bnt it is certain that no such havoc has ever been recorded before in au Ameri can city, from such a cause. To add to the sudden horror of the scene, fire came to seize upon the shapeless ruins, aud con sumo the helpless wounded and tho disfigured dead. Louisville is not left alone to mourn this dreadful vis itation. The city of Jefieroonville was also invaded and manv of her homes de stroyed, but it is thankfully reported, with no case of death m a single household. More or the Sugar Kellnery Piaster. Special to Tin: ASToniAs. Chicago, March 28. The scene of hist night s explosion at the Chicago sugar refinery today were heartrend ing. Six men have been taken out Four others are buried in the ruins. The list of injured will reach fully eighteen, some fatally. Warning for the Lower Jlhnhsljipi Valley. Special to TlIK ASTOttlAX. Washington, March 28. The signal service office issues a special river bul letin, warning people in tho lower Mississippi valley lo prepare for the greatest flood ever known. All the patent medicines advertiseu in this paper, together with tho choicest perfumery, and toilet articles etc can be bought at the lowest prices at J. V. Conn's drug store, opposite Occident hotel, Astoria IMMMMllMimillimMMnil IIIIIIIIIIIMIII1II THE LOSS AT LOIIISYILLE Is Estimate! at Five Milliou Dollars Withont Insurance. SEVERE STORX AT CHICAGO. Special by California associated Pkess. Cixcixxati, March 23.-At 8 o'clock this evening sixty-eight bodies had been taken from Falls City hall. The most destruction took place in the main part of the city, the west end comiug in for a big share. The awful tornado did not take a straight course, bnt jumped upon one block, down another, and here and there. Port Royal, in Henry count-, forty miles from Louisville, was entirely de molished. At Pendleton, thirty three mile3 from Louisville, a S1.000 insurance policy was found hanging on a bush near the railroad track. The policy belonged to a man in Louisville, and had blown all the way from that city. All sorts of clothing, pieces of timber and debris are scattered along the line. D. L. Lockwood, baggage master of the train, was in the tornado also; he said: 1 was riding in a street car on Jefferson street between Seventh and Eighth, when the tornado struck the citr. A heavy telegraph polo was blowh across the car mashing it, and nearly killing a lady passenger whom I c.irried in where medical am count ne nau. i was unhurt, but the poor car driver was uiown away ana never neam oi or seen since. It was a pitiful sight Scores of people were killed." "I was in Ivansas City at the time o a tornado several years ago, said the gentleman, ''but the horrible cat astrophe last night Is the worst I ever saw. A steamboat was lifted bod lly from tho river and blown out on tho land a quarter of a mile." The number of the dead from last night's tornado is now placed at four hundred. It will be several days be fore the exact figures are known. A water famine Is now imminent, as the water tower was completely de stroyed. The telephone system is au- nihilatcd. The loss to the company is placed at $60,000. A large portion of tho city is m darkness to-night, but the search for the dead goes on by the light of big lanterns and locomotive headlights. Not a railroad entering the city is running trains regnlarly. Nothing has been heard from down the river, but as the tornado cams from that direction it is believed the destruction to life and property there, i3 enor mous. The property I033 in Louisville is approximated at five million dollars, wjthonta dollar ot insurance. A big meeting was held at noon here by tho board of trade to provide means for the destitute. The number ot houses ruined in Louisville, is .now plnced at 300, among wliich arc sixteen tobacco warehouses, but a far greater number of houses are badly damaged. In Joffersonvillc the loss is as great, proportionately as in Louisville. Tele graph communication is still slow and difhcnlt. Nothing litis been received from Nashville and points south to day, tt is believed there is much destruction in that direction. Irimsme Floal and (Jreat D.'strjctloa Fore told, p.'ii.il 1 1 Tin: Astoki x.l New York, March 23. Sergeant Dnnn, of the weather bureau, said to day that every state along the Missis sippi river south of Memphis, wonld be inundated within tho next week, and thousands of people may lose their lives. The levee3 along the bor ders of the Mississippi, are doomed. Within the next seven days New Orleans will be under water. The river is higher now than it has ever been aud tho spring flood tide, which is yet to be heard from, will sweep everything in its path. Tho whole section will witness such a sight as has never been heard of. The flood tide is just about dne now, and on entering Cairo where tho Ohio and Mississippi rivers meet, the present high water will bo greatly augmented before two days have passed, and an increased rain fall and prevailing high winds will create sad havoc. There is every probability that the entire district bordering the Mississippi river will experience the greatest flood ever known. More Increased Pension. Special to Tue Astoiuax.1 Washixgtox, March 28. Oregon pensions granted: increase; Frederick K. Arnold. Pertland: David S. Hnlfnn Grant's Pass; issue of March 18, 1890. They Should Hat Kept Silent. Special to The ASTOsiAXj Philadelphia, March 23. The PreSS Savs that two of Clnns Snrw. kels' most trusted employees have been discharged for rnvpnlinrr rim Secrets Of his bnsinPSS in nnfsiilora Spreckels thinks the information was given indirectly to the sugar trust. The men removed am H. K. TTimfor confidential bookkeeper, and George onmson, cuiet accountant It wa3 discovered that both men were fura- lShinir informaKonffinnnArnTnir Snwo. kels' business, to a New York tobac conist, named Robinson, who has been Sueculatincr in snernr. 5?nfrolrola says tho matter will not end here. Astoria Real Estate & DEATH AND DESTRUCTION. The Town of Bowling Green, Ky,. f ijei Ont. TERRIFIC HAVOC OCCAJSIOXJED. Special by California Associated Tress. CixcTXXATr, March 23. A late dis patch says the tornado struck tho town of Bowling Green, Warren coun ty, Kentucky, and completely wiped it out As the wires are down, no de tailed report can be obtained. Bowl ing Green has a population ot be tween 5,000 and 8,000 inhabitants, and the loss of life is conjectured to be correspondingly large. The ill starred town was directly in the path of the tornado, as traced on the map and the report is true without a doubt. IT CAME WITHOUT tTAB.NI.NG. t And DeTUtatcd the City or LouisTille. Special to The Astoiuax.J LouisvuiTiE, March 28. Yesterday's cyclone came with scarcely a warning sound and in all the buildings struck, the inhabitants were engaged in their usual vocations. The district laid waste comprises an area three miles long and nearly half a mile wide. The wrecked portion of the city lies be tween Eighteenth street and Broad way and Seventeeth and Main streets, tho destroying element passing diag onally across this section. At least two hundred houses arc in rnins and it is feared that at least two hundred lives are lost. Probably the greatest loss to life occurred at Falls City hall, which was in the centre of the tornado. In the lower rooms of the hall, there were fifty to seventy five children with their mothers and other relatives taking "dancing les sons. There were at least one hun dred and twenty-five persons on the lower floor and seventy-five or moro on tho upper floor attending a lodge meeting, when the terrible wiud swooped down on the building. The entire structure in less than five min utes, was a shapeless mass of brick and mortar, burying 200 helpless victims, of which number but few escaped uninjured. At three o'clock this morning thirty-five dead bodies were taken from the ruins, and fifteen wounded and dying. Only those on the third floor had been reached. The room containing tho dancing school pupils and visitors htos not yet been opened. Fifty of the dead have been identified. Several of the employees of the union depot were killed and many fatally hurt The Teleirraph Im Loalsrllle Demoralized. Special to The Astoriax.J New York, March 23. The West ern Union Telegraph company fur nishes the following dispatch from Louisville,' Kentucky: The central and western part of the city is badly wrecked. Tho Portland suburb was swept away. Tho indications are that tho loss ot life is from 250 to 300. About 400 business houses were de stroyed on Main, Market, Jefferson and Walnut streets, from Tenth to Sixteenth streets. The city wires on Main and West Market streets are in n very bad condition and there is no outlet from the main office as yet. The only communication at present is from Pennsylvania depot to Indianap olis. The telegraph company is for warding men and material to Louis ville from all directions as rapidly as possible. Clara Barton to the ltescne. Special to The Astokiax. WAsnrxaTOX, March 28. Clara Barton, of the Red Cross society, called at the White house to-day and in formed tho president, who is an ex-officer and chairman ot the governing board of that organization, that it is" her intention to start for Louisville to-night, to give what aid she could to the sufferers from last night's disaster. CONTESTED ELECTION CASKS. Increasing the Republican Mijoritr. Special to The Astoriax.J WASHixaTox, March 28. The com mittee on elections passed upon two more election contests to-day. In the case of Waddell against Wise, from the third Virginia district, tho com mittee by a party vote decided to rec ommend the seating of the Republican contestant, Waddell. In the ease of McDiuTe against Turpin, from tho Fourth Alabama district,-by another party vote, the committee decided to report in favor of the Republican con testant, McDuffe. - A Pearfal tad Destraetlre Storm ia Chicago. Special to The Astoriax.3 Chicago, March 28. The storm that set in last evening is still raging, and the high wind- and blinding snow makes pedestrianism difficult. Lake Michigan i3 in fnry, and the famous north shore drive, upon which, the pa latial mansions of Potter Palmer and other prominent residents are located, are being rapidly swept away. It is reported that the waterworks tunnel, in process of construction from a point on the lake front opposite the audito rium, and extending a mile under the lake, is filled with water.' Over half a million dollars has so far been ex pended on this enterprise: LOUISVILLE SOT ALONE. As Bad, or Eren Tforse, in Metropolis City, Illinois. Special to The Astoriax. Metropolis Crrr, 111., March 28. The cyclone last night cut a clean swath about a quarter of a mile wide across the town, wrecking property of all descriptions and burying men, women and children in the debris of fallen buildings. The number of vic tims cannot be ascertained with any thing like accuracy, but it is reported that several hundred people were killed or wounded and between 200 and 300 houses swept to pieces. As fast as possible victims are taken from the ruins. On every side could be heard groans of tho dying, and all around lay the mangled bodies of the dead. Scores of bodies have been removed from the ruins, and the wounded men are given every possible attention, but many havo doubtless died through lack of proper medical attention. In the bnsiness district the havoc was terrible. Small barns and out buildings were caught up and carried with crashing force against the larger structures. Trees were twisted off short and hurled long distances, and fences leveled for miles in the conn try. Every church in the city and every other prominent building in the place is either destroyed, or badly damaged, inclnding two school honses, the court house and jail and many smaller struc tures. llraro Attempt to Rescue Sufferers. Special to Tin: Astoriax. Chicago, March 2S. The support of the new crib, situated two and a half miles in lake Michigan, was wrecked by last night's storm. After several hours buffeting by the waves, the ixig JfasJiion and Lucille man aged to take off 11 of the men left in peril and started for the city. Four of her men are left on tho crib and the tug's crew will make another effort to get at them. Ii-sajs in the Life or Julius Cesar. Julius Cajsar was born in Italy, of fine old Scotch-Irish parentage. Early in life he developed a fondness for the classics and could speak Latin before he was ten years old. When Cajsar had finished his mili tary education ho was sent to Gaul to fight the Tndians, and con qnrcd the country so easily that a member of his staff one day made the remark that "General C:esar had more Gaul than a Chicago drummer.'' The man who was re sponsible for this effort at wit received an extra allowance of "hard tack" and canned salmon for a month. While in Gaul Cajsar distinguished himself by building a toll-bridge over the Rhine, out of which he made a large fortune. For this he received a gold medal from an association of German brewers. This bridge was suchau extraordinary structure that floods and overflows simply made it stronger, and it would often be washed ten miles down stream without receiving the slightest damago, after which it wonld bo hauled back by oxen. Cresar once met with a curious mis hap on the Adriatic sea. As a ferry man was taking him over that noble sheet of water a storm suddenly arose, and C:esar remarked to the boatman, "Fear nothing; yon carry Cresar and his fortunes," whereupon the boatman quickly drew an old Colt's array pistol, and, pointing it at his interlocutor.ob served: "I thought from the start you had some boodle, and now that you have confessed it, shell out, and be quick about it?" Cresar saw that the man had the drop on him, so he calmly gave him all tho money he had, which amounted to abontr$7.50. Caisar came to his death in a curi ous way. lie and Brutus made a bet as to which could eat u greater num ber of watermelons in a given space of time. When the contest had pro ceeded but a few minutes, Brutus asked from across the room, ''How many havo yon eaten?" and Caesar replied, "Eat two, Brutus." Brutus soon saw that he was beaten, and springing to his feet, he stabbed Cas sar to death, J. A. Macon, in N. Y. Jlercti ry. No homesfiould he without it to ar rest disorders promptly, -which, if not taken in season, often develop into se rious disease. Mov. James M. llor. i.ixs, Pastor 3L E. Church, S., Fairfield, Va., writes: "L have used Simmons Liver Regulator for many years, having made it my only family medicine. My mother heforc me was very partial to it. It is a safe, good and reliaole medi cine for any disorder of the system and if used in time is a great preventive of sickness." She Tanzht Him a Lcson. At Iluntiiigtou a young mau who had escorted a young lady to the opera house fell a sad victim to the perni cious habit of going out between the acts. About the second timo he went out lo see a man his fair companion arose, invited a friend to accompany her home and gracefully retired- Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria When Baby was sicfc, wo gave her Castoria. JVhcn she was a Child, she cried for Castoria, iVhen she becarna 2Iiss, she clunjj to Castoria, !7hen she had Children, she gave them Castoria Trust Go.;Portlaiid Ag'ts. PACIFIC COAST HEWS. Tie Union Paciflc SeeBii k ' Terminus on tie Sonit. THE SXOW JSZOCKAJE RAISED. Special by Tho California Associated Psess, Vaxcouver, Wash., March 2a A party of engineers, working under in structions of the Union Pacific, have established headquarters at Van couver, and started to-day driving pipes into the Columbia river near the Lucy mills to ascertain the strata below the river bed in order to make proper estimates for the foundation of piers for a bridge which is to cross the river here, giving the Union Pacific an outlet from Portland to the sound. Thero i3 no doubt that the company means bnsiness, and the price of real estate is consequently advancing rap idly in this vicinity. IX Strike Costa SoMetfcliff. Special to TnE Astorian. Sax Fraxcisco, March 28. The molders strike has now been on fonr weeks and is as far from settle ment as when it began. The loss thus far to employers i3 estimated at about fifty thousand dollars and to employ ees one hundred thousand. A Prominent Attorney Dies Saddenly. Special to The Astoriax.! Sax Fraxcisco, March 28. Ex Judge Leander Quint, a well known attorney of this city, died suddenly this morning at his residence Suicide of a Prominent Man ia San Blag. Special to The Astouiax-.j Sax Diego, March 23. Lieutenant Col. H. E. Stoddard, ot Pomona, committed suicide this afternoon in Park square, by shooting himself with a revolver. The deceased commanded the Third regiment, Uniform Bank, Knights of Pythias. Yesterday he told a brother knight he had been afl iug for several weeks and was in hard luck. He Doubts the Prediction. Speeiai to The Astoriax. Sax Fraxcisco, March 28. The weather forecast made by Sergeant Dunn of New York, and which was telegraphed all over the country, was submitted to-day to the signal service officer in this city. He stated that little, if any faith, was to be attached to the statement. He thought it such a prediction had been made officially it would emanate from Washington. In any case it was hardly likely that the great disaster- predicted would take place. The Weather la Saa Francisco. Special to The Astortax. Sax Fraxcisco, March 28. The barometer in this city has been very low to-day and light showers ot rain are falling to-night. Land Slide on the Southern Pacifle. Special to TnE Astoriax. Sax Fraxcisco, March 28. Num ber sixteen, Oregon express, was held for sixteen hours at Dunsmuir to-day on account of a great land slide four miles west of that station. Freight traffic on this line has been unusually heavy since the road opened. Several carloads of potatoes came through from Oregon yesterday and went like hot cakes at prevailing high prices. Crescent City Snoir Blockade Is Raised. Special to The Astoriax-. Sax Fraxcisco, March 28. Word wasjreceived to-day at the post office that tho route from Grant's Pass, Or egon, to Crescent City, California, which has been for so long a time closed to travel in consequence of the snow blockade, has been cleared of obstruction, and hereafter all mails intended for that section of country will be sent by rail instead as hereto fore by sea John Fitzpatrick denies the report that he is to commence seining for 3 cents per pound. He says he does not intend to fish any till July, when the high water will be over, and does not consider it profitable or advisable to do so before then. JBurklen's Arnica Salve. 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