?r - ASTORTA, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRJL J 7. I SIM. PRICE FIVE CENTS VOL. XXXIV. ;() ;! ,? a v -i h i -vb m j.--: r-i-i,MTiw- ;i - .. .in ivi -: - -- . - --- i liv; ilm mtt m i m ih IbW V P TT y V MmJAW TSlJBBBBBM-JTJ3BSyv3pfc .zaSrc? . vVifStrr7r'-,32V' v r N I " " - "" iM I M -i- JL" -(K - . fc kA i.T. -1-L. m-zr W - r BBBk : ri!5S:r"c "- i1"' 'ri KEEN COIOfZSSIOIT insurance and Heal Estate Agents -A.s-fco-3:iGt, - i City Boole Utoro A FINE Children's JT7ST DECEIVED. i 2 PRICES i-OWER -') lix-tiiii wi.vjuiaa; BARBOUR'S Irish Flax HAVE NO fjjtJBOPTTt uKBBBBttjBiBlillHB! LC rfc ihiihiiiiii jiH-&KHHP?H H i- -ZumB unit fB9BBi2PBBEBRVftBBHBnBiLBBBKI ''''' ' ci.'ANi) rinx r.!:i.s ist.s AX!) fi!!AMi CKOs- ( V TIIK LIICION IVHON'XKUU Tlu'3 le I'SWil t!ii' ONLY GOLD MEDAL Tor FLAX TIIKEADS at tin- IiOadon Fisheries E2sh.ibition 1883. Ami haw liotn awariK'tl HK'.HEU 1'IUZES at tin? vaiioiis INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONS, '!'!.. in i!io ootids of au other IX TIIK WOULD, Quality Can Always b Depended on. ExperiBicefl. fflSTDsi no Other. HENRY DOYLE & CO.. 517 nnd 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. BSItlbStFSUMaBKtRmmSSEnSHSHHIISIMMSMHHH Hanthorns Astoria, East Astoria, Powell's Addition ! A3i COOK, MBSICSC&ITTS. - - Oregon.. STOCK : Carriages i THAN EVER. 1 tMOl dg jee: Threads EQUAL ! CRtf f All Subject C. P. Upshur, Shipping and Commission Merchant i.Iain St. Wharf, Astoria. OrcRon. SPECIALTIES : Cannery Supplies Barbour's Salmon Net Twines. NEPTUNE Br.mil Salmon Twine. WOODBERKY Cotton Lines ami Twines SEINES and NETTING Of all Description Furnished at Factory Prices. FIRE INSURANCE Effected in Firt Class Companies. Representing 13.000,000 P1KEMX, Uartfonl, Conn HOSE, . . New York, Agency Pacific Express and lTelli.FurgoACo. F. E. WILLSON, Civil Engineer and Surveyor. DKAUC.IITIXG : AND : MAPPING P. O. Box 8. Olllce with J. If. Mansell, next W. V. Telegraph Office. Third Street. Astoria, Or. TMelsen. Lsster & Andersen, CIVIL ENGINEERS, Surveyors and Architects. OrFiCE, Room 9, Klavel's Blio SECOND STREET P. O. IIox 813. ASTOKI A, Oil. Magee, Argand and Acorn Stoves i Ranges, Cooking and Hoatiug, KVEHYONE FULLY WARRANTED W ITER CLOSETS, PLUMBING UOOIIS, PUMPS, SINES, AND BATH TUBS. OSToo cto Scully, CHENA1IDS STREET. Magnus C. Crosby Dealer In HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL. Iron Pipe and Fittings, Stnves, Tin ware, and HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS Slii-et Lead. Strip Lead. Sheet Iron. Tin and Copper. Uariiahan & Co. smvksmm;- in I. W.CAKi-.. IMPnt:'-!: A ! WUU.K.-.: Y K"..;l. IiKaI.I.Kn l. K I ' I . ... j .. :;I5 ii V''i iJr i.iA. l;i.: mv Pionbbf Viichinc Snu r5iv' j-x TQib-x iv sr ..si'taa i - O SjM rlonar Shop 5. All kinds of 9?GIHE, GANNEEY. ANI STEAMBOAT WORK Promptly attended to. .ivuiiy maduof repairing CANNERY DIES. I'WrOF LFAYKTTF STRRFt. IS WHAT YOli (JET AT Foard&Jtokes Groceries and Provision-. Ker tiling hi a First class Store and at Extremely Low Figures. C.ooils Delivered all over Town. Tlio Highost Price Paid for Junk. FOARD it STOKES j X ZZZMZZmW tjrs1" trt- Your Money s worth ROBB & to Inspection. THE CONVENTION OPENS. Willi Great Enthusiasm and Aflopts A Strong Platform. EIUTOMA T, COItllESI'OXliKyCE. Portland, April 1G. Chairman L. T. Barin called the convention to or der in Masonic hall. Every seat was filled and the aisles densely packed. Thomas H. Tongue, of "Washington county, was made temporary chair man. He took his seat and made a ten-minute speech, in which he eulo gized the progress and principles of the He publican party; urged harmony and prophesied triumph at the polls in June. The convention tumultuously applauded his remarks. E. M. Rand, editor of the Oregon City Enterprise, was chosen temporary secretary, and G. "W. Davis, of Linn county, assistant secretary. A committee consisting of Jordan, Moore, Xorvall, Hudson and Lucas were appointed on credentials. A committee of five were appointed on order of business. A committee, consisting of one from each county was appointed on platform. A motion to adjourn to two o'clock, was amended to adjourn to one o'clock and carried, which was considered a victory for Thompson. The convention then ad journed to one o'clock. It was gen erally conceded that Thompson would be nominated. Upon reassembling, the committee on credentials and permanent order of business reported, and their reports were adopted when the convention adjourned to 330 to give the platform committee time to report, the tem porary officers of the convention hav ing been made permanent. At 3:45 p. m. the convention again reassembled. A. II. Tanner, chairman of the committee on platform, read the following platferm: The Republican parly of Oregon in convention assembled, proud of its record of past history, its devotion to the principles of human liberty and human rights, its great and imperish able names which lend luster and glory to the American nation, at home and among the nations of the earth, and as an assurance of continued fidelity to the great principles for which it has contended in the past, both as to state and national affairs, does hereby make and affirm the following declaration of its principles. 1st. That we favor an honest, effi cient and economical administration of every department of the govern ment, both state and national. 2nd. That we regard the free school system of our state, as the spe cial care and pride of the Republican Earty, to be cherished as one of the ulwarks of the liberties or the peo ple. 3rd. Whereas the Republican party has always contended for a pure elec toral system, in pursuance of that policy we favor the adoption of the Australian ballot system, and we pledge the .Republican party to enact such a law tit the next Mission of the legislature, substantially ujion the lines of character of an act as drafted bv the oallot reform league of Oregon. 4tli. That the Republicans or Ore gon send greetings and congnttul:: tions to their brethren of .Maine, for having furnished Thorn id 15. Reel, an honest, courageous statesman, who as speaker or the house of representa tives, secured to the people the right of the uiajuiily to g.ivern, and no 1 nouni'o the fiction by which the Dem ocratic memliers of eongre.is attempt to justify a technic.il defeat of the will or the jieople by a majority of their own lxdy, refusing to vote, though in fact pie-ont ami in duty bound to doho. 5th. That we rejoice in the Tact that at tie last presidential election, the American people voted to sustain and uphold the Republican doctrine or protection, which the Democratic party proposed to destroy. We are in favor of a continuance of the sys tem of protection, which has de veloped the manufacturing and agri cultural interests of our country, and protected American laboring men from degrading competition with the pauperized, jKiverty stricken labor of the old world. To this end we en dorse the provisions of the bill, known as the McKinley tariff bill, now pending before congress, and on behalf of the wool growers, and other industries of the Pacific northwest, we urge upon our representatives in congress to do all in their power to secure the early passage of said bill. Gth. That recognizing the fact that the United States is the greatest silver producing country in the world, that both gold and silver were, equally, money of the constitution, from the beginning of the republic until the hostile legislation against silver, which unduly contracted the circulating me dium "of the country, we recognize that the great interests of the people demand more money for use in the channels of trade and commerce, therefore we declaie ourselves in favor of the free and unlimited coin ago of silver, and, donounce any at tempt to discriminate against silver, as unwise and unjust 7th. That as gratitude to the na tion's defenders of the Union cannot be measured by laws, that legislation of congress should conform to the pledges made by the loyal people and be so enlarged and extended as to pro vide against the possibility that any man who honorably wore the Federal nniform shall become an inmate of an almshouse or dependent upon private charity. 8th. That we are in favor of a fair and equal distribution of taxation, and we believe that all property not now exempt by law should contribute its due proportion to the payment of the legitimate expenses of "government; that we are in favor of the adoption of such an amendment to our assessment laws as will secure the equal and just assessment and taxation of all prop erty at its true value. Dili. That we demand the immedi ate forfeiture b.v congress of the laud grant of the Northern Pacific Hail road, from Wallula to Portland. 10th. That Ave are heartily in favor of the bill providing for a boat rail way at the Dallc3 of the Columbia river, which has baen p:ued in the seuate, through the efforts of Senators Mitchell and Dolph, and that we be lieve it to be the most practicable plan for the relief of producers, and for the development of that vast terri tory of country, tributary to the great Columbia river. 11th. That we favor the enactment of law in At fl:o.) r. it. the line went d wn, as the alnvo was received, and all tel egraphic communication from Port land was hlopped. tXiTUKSTlXi; ITK.m--. Nearly every town in (leorgia is pre paring to put up a cotton seed oil mill. And jet but a few years ago these seeds were considered worthless. The American Riblc .society have found it necessary to print the script ures in twenty -nine languages for cir culation in the state of Pennsylvania. A 1400-barrel oil well has leen struck five miles east of Lima, Ohio, developing new territory. It is said that the Thirteen Club of New York will still further test the superstition which created it by pur chasing and moving into the house at 13 West Thirteenth street, which is for sale. The White house stables aro a pretty group of brick buildings situ ated on a lot. south of tho mansion, and sheltered by a row of box trees. There arc ffonr horses for the use of tho presidcisfamily, three bays and a gray. Marshall Pas', on the Denver A: Rio Grande railroad, 10,851 feet abovo the sea level, is the highest point crossed by a railroad insid" the limits of the United States. Recent investigation has shown that the people of Great Britain swallow over 5,500,000 pills daily, or one pill a week for every person in the popula tion. The pill consumption forono year wonld weigh 170 tons, and would fill thirty-six freight cars, which it would take two powerful locomotives to pull. Harrison Warner, a shoemaker by trade, living about ten miles north of McCounellsville. O., is now making arrangements to take a walking trip to Baltimore, Mil. Mr. Warner is 89 years old, and th" plan he proposes to carry out is to walk t Baltimore, pushing a wheelbarrow e niainiug his clothe-. Iff ays lit: has relatives along the toad, and takes this plan so as to stop over and visit all. He pro-p-)es to average, twenty miles per day. The Bo -ton Traveller is reported soil tn a syndicate, represented by Andrew IL Paton. of Danvers, and others. The prW p'lid is understood to be in the ncighliorhood of SS0,0i)0. The Traveller was founded in 1845, ami its present proprietor. Roland Worthingtou, has been connected with it ever siuce that time. Boars have become so thick in the mountains of Isere, bordering on Sa voy, in France, that tho inhabitants have organized bear dived, but these have been so unsuccessful they have almost concluded that their only sal vation is in advertising for foreign sportsmen. The food of a "Zoo" hippopotamus is estimated to be about 200 pounds a day in weight, and cousists chielly of hay, grass and roots. The daily pro vender or a giraffe weighs about fifty pounds. The lions and tigers obtain about eight or nine pounds of meat a day. There arc now thirteen monitors Iving idle the original co3t of which was nearly $7,000,000. In their pres ent condition they are not only use less, but a source of expense, anil Rear Admiral Jonett favors a plan for con verting them into Hoating batteries for coast and harbor defense, whicli could be done at an estimated cost of $1, 000,000. The Columbus Southern railroad follows in a straight line the trail of the Indians 100 years ago. It also follows the path taken by General Andrew .Tacl-son in his march to Florida in 181S. At that lime he camped for the night at what is now tho present village of Sasser. Blazes made by him arc now seen on some of the trees along the route. WHY WILL YOU coiu-.li when Shi loh's Cure will give immediate relief. Price, 10 cSs., no cts. and Si, at .1. (J. lament's. PARKER In Thirty Days 2,000 Men go to Work on the Astoria arid South Coast Railway. Buy Now, as all Prop erty will then Advance. WRECK OF THE "tiUETTA." A Crave Yonnj; Girl Swims Wituont a Lire-Kelt for Twenty Hours. The British-India company's R. M. S. Quetta, Captain Saunders, which left Brisbane on February 18th for London, via Queensland ports, struck on an unknown rock near Mount Adolphus. about twenty miles from Thursday island, at 9 o'clock Friday night. March 28th. When the Quetta left Brisbane she had 282 sonlson board, of whom 11G were saved, while 1GG were drowned. The night was fiue, and the captain was on the bridge when the vessel strnck. The suddenness of the disaster was appall ing. The Quetta strnck the sunken rock with such force that the vessel's side was torn completely away, from the bow to the engine-room. A fear ful scene ensued. The captain rushed forward and gave orders for the boats to be cleared immediately. The vessel commenced to sink rapidly and went down within three minutes of the time of striking. Miss Lacey, one of the lady passen gers, a native of Queensland, went down with the Quetta, buj; soon rose J to the surface, anil, being a strong swimmer, struck out boldly to get clear of the terrible whirlpool caused by the sinking ship. Crie3 and shrieks from drowning men, women and children greeted her ears on cvery side as she reached the surface. After a breathing spell she un dressed herself in the water, when she heard a voice calling "ladies." She swam towards the sound, and got on board a raft on which were the chief officer, Mr. Gray, and tho purser, Mr. Griveu, and others. At noon, next day, after being twelve hours on the raft, becoming tired of the slow progress and making little headway. Miss Lacey declared her in tention of swimming to the nearest island. Bidding good-bye to Mr. Gray and Mr. Griven, she jumped into the open ocean and swam towards the land. For twenty hours she was in the water, relieving her self by swimming alternately on her face, back and sides. This was during the night, and she felt no fear whatever of death by drowning or by sharks. The fearfully hot sun in the daytime scorched her terribly, and ever now and again she kept her head uuder water to prevent sun stroke. Hearing a sound of oars just when beginning to feel exhausted, she raised her hand and a boat from the steamer Albatross rescued her. She smiled as someone in the boat pulled her in and wrapped a garment around her. Soon the Albatross was reached, and here Dr. Salter attended to tho brave girl, whoso escape was most miraculous, and who could not have held out an hour longer. FROM FAIL AND XEAK. An exhibition of 1,000 different kinds of horse shoes, including some made by the aucicnt Romans, is now going on in London. A breach of promise suit had to be postponed in Columbus, South Caro lina, last week, as tho defendant was absent on a bridal tour and tho plain tiff was helping him to enjoy it. Mrs. Jefferson Davis writes that her daughter, Mrs. I. A. Hayes, of Colo rado Springs, and her husband have changed their little son's name to Jefferson Hayes Davis. The Bulgarian government pro Ioses to adopt tho Gregorian calendar instead of the old-style Greek calendar still used in Russia, and some two weeks out or agreement with the rast of the world. There is a home of rest for horses in London,.regularly incorporated and with a lord for its president It Is said to have been very successful in a small way, and now is trying to get $25,000 endowment with which to buy and maintain a farm for the benefit of aged and decrepit horses. The Almanush de Gotha is over a century and a quarter old. When it was first issued, among its collection of sovereignties written np there wero only three repnblics Switzerland, San Marina and Andorra while to day, out of its total of fifty-eight states mentioned, twenty-six are republics. There are to-day royal and imperial orders in tho world, with a prodigious assortment of col lars, crosses, stars and other fancy insignia laid up for tho tickling of human ambition. The oldest is St Andrew's order, first instituted in 787, disused afterward, and established in 1510. Tho Esquimaux of Greenland can now boast of a newspaper. It is called tho Reader, and the editor thereof, ono Lars Mceller, sets up and prints the paper. Ho also designs and en graves the illustrations, which, it may be explained, are not remarkable for excellence. His printing establish ment was only a makeshift, but tho members of a Danish literary society, having heard of Mceller's difficulties, sent him new type, printing ink, paper and a larger press than he had lieen All the patent medicines advertiseu in this paper, together with the choicest perfumery, and toiletarticlcs etc can be bought at the lowest prices at J. W. Conn's drug store, opposite Occident hotel, Astoria. A PETITION To Be Sent to tie Czar in BeMf Of the Siberian Exiles. jtr jh;.v froxEx axd youths. To His Majesty, the Czar of all the Russias: We who petition your Majesty are citizens of the United States of Amer ica. We belong to a people who have long been bound by the natural ties of sympathy and gratitude to the great Russian nation and to the czars clothed with her majesty, who wield her power and shape her destiny. JEt is your majesty's province to do for Russia what we, in a certain sense, do for ourselves; and though the meth ods of governmental action are differ ent, the aims of good government are the same the strength and true grandeur of tho state and the welfare and happiness of the people. For these things nations are organ ized and laws are decreed and exe cuted; for these things great princes in the fear of God exercise imperial sway and presidents are appointed. Differ though they may in outward form, your government and our gov ernment are brothers in their noblest duties. Nor are our fraternal professions an empty feeling; we remember, and we can never forget, how the czar, by his faith in the stability of the Ameri can union and by the presence of Russian ships in the harbor of New York, strengthened the Republic when it was supposed, by less far-sighted sovereigns and statesmen, to be on tho verge of ruin. Our danger, then, arose from an evil which your illustrious father, Alexander U, by his example, helped our illustrious president, Abraham Lincoln, to re move; and the great prince who liber ated tho Russian serfs and tho great citizen who freed tho American slaves, by kindred deeds of humanity, linked their countries together by endnring ties. Sharing, therefore, as the past has taught us to do, in the thoughts that concern the glory and happiness of your people, we have been moved to bring to you, with good greetings, this petitien: That your majesty will personally take note of a widespread interest, among us, in the workings and effects of the Siberian exile system. We do not forget the penal reforms already accomplished in the Russian empire. We are not blind to the men tal and physical sufferings that of ne cessity are a part of any system of punishment for crime against individ uals, society or state; nor are we un mindful of the need of reforms which are actively engaging the attention of philanthropists in our own methods of dealing with convicts. In this we are giving expression to the feeling of a friendly people, that in the punishment of some of her subjects Russia, whether from causes peculiar to her people, or on account of ancient custom, is not in harmony with the humanizing sentiments of the age. It is our wish that by the wisdom and power of the czar and the favor of God, Russia may grow in the admira tion and sympathy of the American people and of the whole civilized world. Disposed of the Snrplns. Many interesting stories have been told concerning Thad. Steven". Among others is one based on his love for gaming. He had been sitting in a poker game all night, and as tho hour arrived that called him to the capitol, he got up, washed his face, adjusted hi3 collar and walked up Pennsylvania avenue looking as bright as the morning. He had carefully placed the money, with which he be gan to play, into one vest pocket and a roll of S108, his winnings, in the other. On the way he was met by the chaplain of the house, who de clared that he had been waiting for him for over an hour, and that he wanted him to subscribe something to anew church organization that had just been effected, and was starting out poor, of course. Stevens looked at him a minute and then taking out his roll of winnings, placed them in the chaplain's hands, saying: " 'Chaplain, yon will never know how I came by this money and I give it to you with the simple reminder that God moves in a mysterious way his wonders to perform.' " THAT HACKING COUGH can be so quickly cured by Shiloh's Cure. We guarantee it. J. C. Dement. JACOBS OR CURES PERMANENTLY Horse and Cattle Diseases. For General Use. The Arms' Palace and Stock Car Co., Toledo, Ohio, June, 1S88. We cheerfully recommend St. Jacobs Oil as the best for general use on stock. H. ARMS & CO. Cold, Swelled Idmbs, Inflammation. Neponset, 111., May 21, 18S8. My mare caught cold; result: swelled limbs, lump between fore-legs and inflamma tion. Cured her with St. Jacobs Oil. IO. GARDNER. At Druggists and Dealers. THE CHARLES A. V0GELER CO.. Baltimore. Md. iiSHiHiMHiimsuMiHiiiHsaaHicaiHUEBaaiimaa A Schooner on Fire. PORT Towxsentx Anril IR. The steamship Michigan, from Portland, arrived to-night aud reported observ ing a two-masted schooner between juungeness ana Smitb7s island anre. The jib-sails were set and the vessel's masts enveloped in a cloud of smoke: A boat loaded with people was ob served leaving the schooner. The steamer Sehome, for Victoria, had passed me vessel and was heading awav. It is believed here that the vessel is a schooner from the San Juan islands, presumably laden with limp. Tho Michigan was several miles this side or tue burning vessel, and concluded tnattne menome had rendered assist ance. Steamers nrrivimr Tin tn in o'clock to-night report that no burn ing vessel was in sight bhe must have burned and gone down. God Changed II Ls Mind. OaktjAns, CaL, April 15. Erickson, the mad prophet who predicted the destruction of Oakland, San Francisco and Alameda, was interviewed to-day by a Postal Press correspondent re garding the failure of his prophecy to come true. He was at a loss to ac count for it on any ground other than that the Almighty had changed his mind. He thinks that the prayers of himself and followers have influenced God to delay the tidal wave for a few days, and urges his followers to remain on the hilltops until ho can get some information from the Lord telling them what to do next Children Hry for Pitcher's Castoria (Vhen Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria. tVhen sho was a Child, she cried for Castoria, HThen she became Miss, she clung to Castoria, iVhen she had Children, she gave them Caitorli THE REV. GEO. II. THAYER, of Bourbon, Intl., says: "Both myself and wife owe our lives to Shiloh's Consump tion Cure will give immediate relief. Price, 10 cts., 50 cts. and Si, at J. C. De ment's. A small box filled with lime and placed on a shelf in the pantry or closet will absorb dampness and keep the air in tho closet dry and sweet POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder never vanes, A marvel of iiurity, strencth and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and can not be sold in competition with the multi tude of low test, short weight, alum or phos plrite powders. Sold only in cans. Royal Uakino Powder Co. 106 Vall-st. N. Y. Lewis M. .Ioiinso:: & Co., Agents, Port land. Oregon. The Oregon Bakery A. A. CLEVELAND, Propr. trooii Bread, Cate and Pastry None but the Best Materials Used. Satisfaction Guaranteed Customers Bread delivered in any part of the city. LIDDICOAT & CRIBB, Carpenters ami Builders. Holt & McCurtrie's old stand, have over 2C0 plates and drawings of all kinds and styles of dwelling-houses, ranging from $900 to $12,000. Call and see them. Astoria Iron Works. Concomly St., Foot of Jackson, Astoria. Or General Machinists aid Boiler Maters. Land and Marine Engines BOILER WORK. Steamboat Work and Cannery Work A SrECIALTT. Castings of ail Descriptions Made to Order at Short Notice. Jonu Fox A. L. Fox, J. G. HCSTLKK, .President, and Sunt ..........Vice President . 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