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' -.- ;. 0 5.' w '-ir 2 T E3 , VOL. XXX1Y, NO MO. ASTORTA, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE I a. 1890. PRICE FIVE CENTS JW itstf "M Yawk . - - JDaA hi & sUfl HAVE NO IriQh PI KtW' (fefo Qgg.,fc K?3feJ IsZfWJ !&? fiHMH rLAXMILLS.USBURN.IREWJB yT UOUSCFOUJiDCD. 1784-.- CK.YXI) PItlX PAKIS JS7S, UKANI) CHOSS OF THE LEGION D'JIOXXKUK. They le-civod Ihc ONLY GOLD MEDAL For FLAX THREADS at the London Fisheries 23xh.ibiti.on 1883. Ami li.iw lc n awarded IIKIIIEK l'HIZES at the arioii-. INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONS, Than Ihc goods of any other IX TIIK WOULD, Quality Can iLlraays "be SDepended on. ExpeiiBnceS. fMSTDeo i Ota. HENRY DOYLE & CO.. 517 and 519 Market Street. SAN FRANCISCO. AGENTS FOR PACIFIC COAST. WOODBERHY SEINE TWINE. ROPE and NET TING Constantly on Hand. SEINES, POUNDS and TRAPS Furnished to order at Lowest Factory Prices. -' - m-m. I-" " niuin. ..rjnMin Morgan & Sherman i'y Pf V- v I -U.t ! .-.WrSt. Cafflen Supplies ! Special Attention Civento FHIir.s Of Orders. A I UL.L LIKE CARRIED Ami Mippiics fi.niislicd ..' S.tits- factcij Terms. Purchases delivered t:i any par: or ISie city OflB.ce and "Warehouse In Hume's New UiiiMin on Water Street. P. O. Uox IV? Telep'.iotie No 157. istokia. ks: Carnahan & Go. M'l t'MOKS TO T. W. CASK, IMPnilllttrS AM) WHOLESALE AMI KKTAll. DEALEIIK IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE, Cortirr riu'!inmi.s and Cavs streets. amvuia ..... i:u::oi J. B. Wyatt, DEALERS IN Hardware and Ship Chandlery, Pure Oil. Ilriplit Varnish, lhnacle Oil, Cotton Canvas Homp S.iH Twine, lutl Oil. "Wrought Iron Spike-, 5alvanl7ed Cut KaiN. Agricultural Implements, Sov.itu Machines, L'aiuts, Oils, Groceries, jE2to. TMIelsen, Inter & Anflersen, CIVIL ENGINEERS, Surveyors and- Architects. Offick, Room , Klavui.'s I1m'g SECOND STREET I O. Box SIS. ATOKIA, oi :. Kindred Park. jKiudredPark is the Favorite (Buynow, before the raise. Lots, Thraiils s iiivmiv EQUAL ! fitffc!K A? .2. V 'rY, M TK, t:TC, Kwrilliiiix in v asitn. 'Ford Porroll ! rnisr-rjoAss Nt Jo (' iitrr.1 Jlot-'l. Aston.i, Oregon. ASTORIA TRAHSFER CO. AXI Livery Stables. onvi-vanees of any kind, on .short notice. J raiibferriiij: Ilaj.'gngo, et., a sjiecLilty. Teleplione Ha, l'i II. "W. SUEUMAX & CO. rtKI.O K. fAUKEH. CA.11L A. II NSON Parker & Hanson SUCCESSORS TO O. L. PARKER, DEALE1U5 IX GENERAL MERCHANDISE New Goods Arriving Every Steame THIS 'WEEK. Iross - G-oods, The Old Stand - Astoria Orecon. CO TO EASTMAN'S AXU OCT S5 Cabinets for S2.50. 'fl y HEALTH XESTOFIER. IT IS THE TDEAIi Ig3DICINE. It ro-e: the .Liver and KidiiLVsaml Stoinadi, Cure HiMilche. DvspcnMi, cre;itcs an Appe lite, l'unfies Uie Impure I3!oo(l, and JfolMgg-jPftG "Vteal: Strong. Uscdoreryn-licrc 31 alxtllojsii:forf5- CNTJA S7.5- il?l?.17.fiT? 1?T?.TTTTRT ' JL. ,i.VAfJUA. J. J--J J A. Best wtrPFii i Nub! r7'5 1H of Investors, and Lots arc selling fast. $125 and $150: Terms easy. CRAMPS WANT THE CRUISERS, Political Wire WorMng to Poll Tie Big Bids. j'Acinr coast uxnERitws. Special by California associated Pri'ss. "Washixgtox, June 12. Senator Dolpli, of Oregon, to-day introduced a bill for a branch home in Oregon for disabled volunteer soldiers, in which an appropriation of $200,000 is made rbr that purpose. The house legislative and judicial appropriation bill has been amended by the senate committee, making an impropriation for clerk hire in the surwvtir-geuernl s office m tne state ot Wasliinlon 10,000, instead of $5,500. I?Idincd Irci;ioJi. SitVl.ll to THE AST.1KI.I WASinxfiTOX. .Tune 12. In the con test of ilic Xorthern Pacific, Oregon & California, and Oregon Central Intl road Co.'s verstLS Myron R. Brown, for ceriaiu laud in the Oregon City land district, Oregon, and involving appli cation to make homestead entry within the limits ot the legislative withdrawal for the benefit of the railroad com panies, secretary Noble today modified the decision ot the land office of Feb. 5th, 1SSG, in so far as it related to the claim oe tne JNortnern jracinc rauroau to said land, and held such land to be subject to entry by the first legal ap plication. IRRItaBLE LANDS. Proposed Kicgiftlatieii Concern ing Tliciu. Special to The Astohian. Washington', June 12. Major Powell ot the geological survey said to day that the notion that the provisions of theJReagan andVandever bills were intended to protect the irrigation of lands and would disastrously affect the interests of the settlers was a mis take. He added: "The law as it now stands "does not withdraw irrigable lands from homestead settlement but only from desert land entry, timber culture entry, and pre emption entry. All of these lands can be still obtained by homestead en try. The law now provides that these irrigable lands shall be selected and designated as such and as fast as they are designated they are to be declared open to homestead entry by the proc lamation of the president The bills are drafted opened to homestead entry as fast as designated by proclamation, but they make this change in the present law. The Reagan bill reduces a homestead tract to 80 acres, while the Vandever bill cuts it down to forty acres. Under the present limit of 100 acres there will be no dif ficulty experienced by irrigating these lands as fast as homesteaders will want to settle them." AtCajeITIuy for (he Summer. Special to The AfcTOitiAN.l Washington, June 12. Mrs. Har rison, Mrs. McKee, Mrs. Dimmick and the babies of the Wliite house will leave the city on Tuesday to take pos session of their Capo May cottage that was recently presented to the president's wife. They will remain there during the remainder of the sum mer. It is probable that the president will follow them on Saturday and make them weekly visits throughout the season until the adjournment ol congress, when he will take up his permanent residence, at Cape May. nOKG APPROPRIATIONS For the Rcnef it cf the Pacific Coast Special toTHE ASTOKiAN.l Washington, June 12. The civil sundry appropriation bill carries the following items of interest to the Pa cific Ceast: For lighthouses on the Columbia and Willamette rivers, Puget sound and adjacent waters, S300,000; for continuing tide observa tions on the Pacific Coast atKodiak, in Alaska, and at other points, $2,500; and for the industrial and primary education of children of school age in the territory of Alaska, withont refer ence to race, 50,000. Pofctraafctcrs ana Pension Special to The astohian. Washington, June 12. The follow ing changes have been made in post masters in Oregen: Asa Strain at, Eola, Polk county, vice S. Wilson resigned; W. J. Kelly, Mount Monroe, Benton county, vice A. Wilhelm removed; S. Buchanan at Readville, Washington county, vice J. B. Leonard resigned. The" following pensions have been approved in Oregen: original Peter Majors, Applegate; Jos. A. Emerson, Baker City. Increase Robert H. White, Portland; John Walters, Hills dale. Mexican widows, Margaret, widow of G. B. Hayes, Eugene. One Office EstaBlisaea, and. One Dropped. Special to The Astokian. Washington, June 12. A new post office has been established at Parrott, Lincoln county. Wash., with Henry J. Yaughn as postmaster. The office at Venison, Umatilla county, Oregon, has been discontinued. ii II : : : : it THE ARMORED CRUSIERS. Politics antf a "Pull in Award. in? Tne Bids. Special to The AstorUs.1 Washington, June 12. The Star to-night says there is a good deal of politics beiiig stirred up by the strife over the building of the great armored cruiser for which bids were opened last Tuesday. Pennsylvania wants the contract very much and her big men have been working hard to iret the secretary of the navy to award tile : l . il. ...,1 I.. 41... I n , r -PMinioint,; TVwinv . senator Don Cameron of Pennsylvania, chairman ot the naval committee or the upper house, and postmaster erai wanamaicer caiieu. on jrruai- dent Harrison to urge this settlement Scott, it is said, will bring the entire ! western portion ot congress into tne Xoiv Release Jaciiiic. field if there seems to be any dispo-, Special to The Astobun. SJLmPS.fTifvr1 New York, June 12Tlio famous S InfJ Cf 5i tt throBu Je Sharp'sBroadway street 22? ?n' $ wn,rti raillA franchiseare about all cleared XTPt JL thC,iiSi 7Wh o? oE Possible prosecution. Motions find ii uffiiiS? w?r "J were made in the court of general ses SS nSS flJSffiSf fS nnl sions this morning to quSsh the in- h L'SrTl -d Sayles. ward went over to see the president ; A deciaion waa served. aliout the matter. Meanwhile the the cross murder case. Cramps say nothing aud smile, "while j Scott .smiles and says that ho will t Progress ot tue Trial and more build the ship or know the reason Proof of Guilt. why- . Social to Thk Astorian 1 Five years ago it was necessary to j p Ken., June 12.-Thocross ex sbpnlato in the appropriation acts nmination of Herbert Tonuey, in the that at least one or two o. the ! group Crosg mnrder case was Ver' exacting, of vessels should be built onthePa- butfniled to break down his evidence cific coast. This was done in order a si le iut Keen H to stimulate ship budding m tlmt oJiell Qn region and nowthe Atlantic coast is be-tbo stand and corroboratetl Touney ing underbid on even terms. Jon materiai p0iuts. He stated jthat Cross, Hubbard, Wilcox, Eaton VPWQ rDniT rnDT?TflW TiVTlO and Touney wero surrounded by fonr- llilTTU 1 llUin. 1 UllillUll lialllJUi ! Speci.U by California Associatkd I'kk-w. St. Petersburg, June 12. The government has received information that a new movement against the life of the czar is cnntemnlated. The nnr.i l.no Wn .innhin.1 nn,i nnmiur I . , .it. i of prominent arrests have been made, The Copper Market. Special to Thr Asro kun-1 London, Juno 12. The European market has been practically cleared of American by the sale of about 9,000 tons, held by the bank of France. KU.-INESS AND IXDUSTUIAU Krupp employs 20,960 persons. Baltimore has a 10,000 thermom eter. Matches are packed 1,000 taxes a minnte. New York unions will probably enter politics. Grand Rapids furniture hands aver age SS a week. Massachusetts leads in boot and shoe production. Carnegie's workingiueii's hotel will cost S300,00J. Corporations must pay wages weekly in New York. At Joilet, HI., 1,000 convicts compete with honest labor. Colombo sends us SG,000,000 worth of cocoanuts a year. Plump frogs average a dime apiece in the Philadelphia market A Detroit electric company insures its employes for S5,000 each. Boston is receiving $983,000 license from her saloons this year. At Chemnitz, Saxony, 10,000 textile strikers ask American aid. Jamaica ginger is getting to Imj a staple tipple in Bridgeton, N. J. The Miller estimates that there are 16,000 flour mills in the United States. Sonthern negroes are being imported north to compete with Italians. Wherever Malaria KxUU. The bilious are Its certain prey. In inter mittent and remittent fever, dumb ague ami ague cake, the liver is always seriously af fected, and the blood contaminated with bile. Onenf tlieeliief reasons why Hostet ter's S omacli Hitters is such a sure defense against chills ami fever and every form of malarial disease. Is, tii.it it does away with liability to the disease, by reforming irregu larity of the biliary organ In advance of the arrival ni the .season when the disease Is prevalent. There Is no finer fortifying pre parative for thoss aoout visiting or emigrat ing to a locality where the miasma-tali.t ex ists. There is no cert lin Immunity from dis ease in an endemic or epidemic form, to be secured by the use of the average tonics and antl-spasinoJlct Itut where tnilnluc fails the Hitters succeeds both iu i revonting and curing. Moreover, it removes every vestage of dyspepsia, and overcomes constipation, rbeumatfem. inactivity of the kidneys and bladder, and tranqufiizes and .strengthens the nervous sj stem. RDiMfTLYJERMrEKriV iTHDU-rKETlJrM dfBiiI. rDrUGGI5T5 AKDjlFAlEf5l5oW(EK TaECHAsAVaGELERCa-Buxa-MD- for Qire op KB Kindred Park. Have you bought any Lots in Kindred Park yet? If not, do so before Prices Advance, and make the Handsome Profit yourself. The Albany & Astoria Railroad Surveyors are working close to Kindred Park now. TIE CROSS MURDER CASE. An Important Witness Ooier Cross Examination, MURDERERS ARE IJiEXTIFIED. Special by The California Associ tfd Press. Rockford, Ills., June 12. James Blains, alias Henry Hughes, was ar- rested mis morning in government officials from Chicago, for making spurious coin, principally dimes and gen-jqnarte. half-gallon jar full of bogus money cated. The was found ami confis- prisoner w.as taken to Chicago. tppn mpn nndpr tliftlpnrlArsTnn nfSnm Robinsdn, marched into line, made to hold up their hands and then shot down. Ho identified C. E. Cook, O.J. Cook, J. B. Chamberlain, Bowden, Sam Robinson, John Jackson, Cyrus Smith, George Jame3, Sylvester Muher. John Lawrence and Geo. Smitlu There were several in the at- tnckinir nartv he did not know. Dr. Farness, who dressed Touuey's wound, stated that he must have had his arm elevated when he was shot. iHHeccnt of the Charge. Special to Thk Astorian. Chattanooga, Tenn , June 12. Rev. T. C. Carter, editor of the Methodist Advocate, who was charged with adultery and slander, was vindicated to-day by a church committee. SINCii;i,AR POISONING. The Firt fate of the Kind fiver Known. Special to Thk Astouiax.j New York, June 12. Adelaide Hill, wife of the senior partner of the wliolesale millinery firm of Hill Bros., died to-day from accidental poisoning of an unprecedented character. The bulb of a thermometer which she held in her hand, became detached and the mercury ran down on the hot plates of an inhaling apparatus she was us ing, to benefit her lungs. The mer cury became volatilized by heat and tho woman inhaled the fumes, and died in a few hours. Coal mincr Will Resume Work. Special to Thk Astokiax.1 Peokia, I1L, June 12. Tho coal miners' strike was settled to-day. Work will be resumed on a basis of 7K cents to-morrow. TflK SILVER QUESTION. A Very Singular View of the Rill. Special to Tiik Astoriax.I New York, Juno 12. The World, in an editorial, says the senate com mittee has stricken ont tho safety value clauses of the house silver bill, so if it should become a law in the present shape, it will require the government to buy and coin every month, more silver than is mined iu a month. No matter what the price may be, under the operation of such a law, it may very well come about that the bullion necessary to make a silver dollar, will be worth $1.50, but monthly purchases will be made nevertheless. In that event there will be a very pretty profit, for somebody's infant industry, in melting down silver dol lars and selling bullion to the govern ment at figures affording fifty per cent profit, for other silver dollars to bo melted down in their turn Hope It Isn't True. Special to Tub Astouiax.j Pittsburg, June 12. A case of gen uine sporaaio cnoiera is reported, ncre. Physicians are divided in their opinion as to whether it is or not a case of cholera. A Sapient Decision. Special to The Astoriax.1 SPRXxariELi), His., Juno 12. The state supreme court to-day decided that bucket shop marginal transactions on the board of trade are gambling Acts and therefore criminal. Some Bis; Kail Stones. Special to The astorian. St. Louis, June 12. At Rolla, dur ing the hail storm yesterday, stones four inches in circumference fell kill ing Jesse Cox, who was in the field j setting out plants. RAILROAD COLLISION. ITIcn Killed, and. Wounded aad Trains Wrecked. Special to TnE Astoiszan.i AiiBCquerqce, N. M., June 11. Two freight trains on the Santa Fe, collided near Wallace, 35 miles from here last night, resulting in the death of the firemen, E. Hoffman and J. Nicholson. A train of two loads of stock from here had just left, when they were met on the main line by a double header freight, which was en deavoring to make Wallace and using a tew minutes of the stock trams7 time. The train was going at a great rate of speed and it is a miracle how the balanco of the crew escaped alive, but as it is they got off with slight bruises. The three engines and a number of cars were totally wrecked, and a num ber of head of stock were killed. A wrecking outfit from here cleared the track as soon as possible, but the pas senger train3 east and west bound were delayed 15 honrs. Denial From Railroad Tien. Special to Thk Astoria N.J New York, June 12. John H. Inman president of the Richmond ter minal company and Edward R. Bacon, purchaser of the city of Baltimore's shares of B. & O. railroad stock, deny emphatically that the Northern Pa cific has anything to do with the work or plans of the New York syndicate. TflK "SUN'S ? VIEW. Thinks the British Columbians Should Not Complain. Special to Tin: AstokiixJ New Yoek, June 12. The Sun, in an editorial on the Behring sea ques tion, says that unless the government protects, what it has bought at a largo price, from molestation by those who have had nothing to lose, it would not onlv render that property common spoil, but it would be destroyed altogether. It happens that this view of the matter is greatly strength ened by considerations of common interest to all nations. That British Columbian vessels have no special grievance is clear from tho fact that this policy of protection is always be ing enforced by our government in fa vor of its losses and against tho great bodv of our citizens. Send the Local Papers Abroad. Various plans for advertising the city efficiently have been suggested, but no plan receives such general en dorsement from the business commu nity as that of sending out a number of the local papers, daily or weekly, to points whero they will do the most good. People in other states who are thinking of emigrating to Washington will read the local papers with great interest. They not only read carefully the news of the place," but they ex amine the advertisements to see what kinds of business are repre sented. The local newspaper is the reflex of the character of the commun ity. From no other source can an outsider obtain an equally compre hensive description of the intellectual, moral, social and financial status of a people. Tho newspaper is no better and no worse than the community which gives it support, hence if a for eign resident is interested m Port Townsend he will closely scan the columns of the local newspapers and make up his mind from reading them whether the city is a good place to locate or not. Any one who has read tho local news papers for the past year will have.ob served a continued story of improve ments from day to day. We have had to record scores of new buildings; we have had to note municipal improve ments, the grading of streets, building of sidewalks and hundreds of inciden tal items of that character. We have published tho fact of tho incorpora tion of new companies, mercantile, manufacturing and banking, electric street railways, water and gas com panies. Tho progress of the Port Townsend Southern railroad has been noted from time to time. The incoming of new people, the estab lishment of new steamer lines and so on in infinite variety. We are showing up to the best of our ability the doings, sayings and intentions of a progressive community, and may reasonably say to tho business men: "Is it not a good idea to let the rest of the world read tho story, too? Is not tho local paper the very best means of advertising the city? The Chamber of Commerce, which now controls tho advertising ot the city, should make a fair proposi tion to both local newspapers to buy so many comes ot each, daily or weekly, and place them where they will be read. We aro positive the publishers will meet the citizens fairly on any reasonable offer and do their duty in the matter. Port Toionsend Call. The catch of -Connecticut shad this season will probably be nearly equal to that of last year. The catch along the Sound is fairly good, but that in the rivers of the state shows a decided falling off. New Yorkers spend over 870,000,000 every year for liquor, beer and wine. There are in the city 7,787 places licensed to sell alcoholic drinks. For a good Shave, go to F. Fcrrell. a : s : JEALOUSY'S DAMHING DEED. A fife Shoots Her Sleeps Hns iianfl, Tien Herself. SAX JOSE TO ITAYE A CAXAX.. Special by the California Associated Pbess. Sax Fraxcisco, June 12. The fail ure of S. Carson & Co., booksellers, 208 Post street, was mado public this morning, though the assignment wa3 made two days ago. The failure is asoribed to the prevailing dullness in the book trade: the liabilities aro placed by tho firm at 835,000, about half of which is to New York firms. She Killed Her IIubnnd. Special to Thk Astoria:?. Albant. Or., June 12. The news ha3 just reached hero of a terrible tragedy at a place seven miles north of Lebanon early this morning. Mrs Grant Awnspaugh shot and lolled her hus band with a revolver while ho was asleep and then killed herself with tho same weapon. Jealousy is said to have been the actuating motive for tho dreadful deed. A CALIFORNIA CANAL. To Connect San Jose With Tide- water. Special to Thk Astoriax.j San Jose, June 12. The necessary &1Uu,UuU capital stock to build a canal fifteen feet deep at low water, con necting that city with tide water has been subscribed. A mectingof tho river and harbor and canal and dredging improvement company has been called for to-morrow, at which the Risdon Iron Works, of San Francisco, will probably be awarded the contract to build the necessary dredging ma chinery. A Successful Cffort. Special to The astouiax. Sax Fraxcisco, Juno 12. Simon Didderdorf, a young Russian who had been in the city only three weeks, at tempted suicide at 47 Jackson street last night by swallowing "Rough on Rats.' HI health and poverty are given as the reasons for his act. Did derdorf died at 3 o'clock this morning. Was Tired of Life. Special to The Astoriax.1 Sax Fraxcisco, Juno 12. M. How ard, who is believed to have been a photographer, but of whom littlo else is known, was fonnd dead in his room in a lodging house on Third street tins morning. He had committed sui cide by taking poison. ALL A3IERXCAN. There IJIust be American Officers On American Vessels. Special to Tun Astouiax.I Sax Fraxcisco, Juno 12. Shipping commissioner Morton has received a letter from W. M. Bates, commissioner of navigation at Washington, which urges on all commissioners through out the United States the strict en forcement of the lav regarding the shipping of officers on American ves sels. This law requires that they shall be American citizens, but heretofore the word of tho captain or owner of tho vessel has been deemed sufficient evidence that officera shipped were American citizens. Henceforth they will be required to produce their naturalization papers. matched to Fight. Special to The Astoriax.j Sax Fraxcisco, June 12. The Oc cidental club has matched Billy Mahau and Austin Gibbons for a fight, at 135 pounds to take place July 22, for a purse of $1,250. POWDER Absolutely Pure. This oowder uever varies. A raaxvel of purity, strength and wholesouieness. Mere economical than the ordinary kind'., and can not be sold In competition with ttie multi tude or low test, short weight, alum or phos phate powders. Sold only fncarw. Koyai. Baking PowdkkCo. loo V'a31-st,. N. . Lewis M. Johxsox & Co., Agents, Port land. Oregon. Kindred : A Newspaper is soon to be started, Houses are being built, Strests ars : : a ; being improved, and a General Air of Prosperity is hanging-over tba placa. PASSENGER STEAMERS, Oftlmes Oyercrowiei 01 Tie Cilim tia and Willamette. XOBE THASTTSE I AW AZZOMM. Portland, June 10, I860. Editor Asterian: Sunday bora was a very active day for excumoai, there being no less than three or tow steamboats engaged on difleront routes. Tho Harvest Queen with a German church and friends to Astoria, The A. O. H. and friends to the histor ical city at the falls of the great Wil lamette, on board the steamer 8. Q. Reedy while another steamer went to ' Vancouver and other inteieatiaa; places along the Columbia witE crowds of pioknickers trying to keep . cool and enjoy the novelty of a pleas ant steamboat ride on this sunny Sab bath day. The new boat Altona that ' has been put upon the route between Portland and Oregon City was also especially zealous to please the pleas ure seekers and add to her cask ae count as well as to her reputation, for speed and comfort. But the funay business that now and then shocks the public when disaster comes unex pectedly, where crowds of people rash like sheep without a shepherd upon the decks of a steamer, and overcrowd her far beyond her capacity for the safety of her passengers and far in ex cess of the limited number she is licensed by our intelligent and care ful inspectors of hulls and boOers to earn'. I do not mean that it is funny when disaster and death does occur oa an overcrowded boat or vessel, bat I do think it is f unny to see a soaUeas corporation take so many chances in risking life and in violating laws that every steamboat employee moat or should bo familiar with, with no thought save for the almighty dollar their avarice seeks to grasp, regardless of the comfort and safety of their pas sengers. Time and again they have exceeded the limit of their licensea without being called to account by either citizen or officer, but very recently two or three Astorians noted for curiosity as well as enter- prise, concluded to count the wOhng passengers without the knowledge or consent of anyone but themselves, and they found the difference so great be tween the number each boat is allowed to carry and the actual number car ried on these excursions that one of these bold Astorians actually preferred charges against these famous boaln that have taken the law in their-, own hands so long, and in doing their dltjr these honest inspectors will see to it that the law shall be vindicated and tho offending boats libeled immedi ately. In tho long and interesting history of this wealthy steamboat conr pany comprising as it does theO. S.H. of old, the O. R. & N. of late, and the Union Pacific of the present it has been singularly fortunate in its ex-: emption from accidents and disasters, either by fire, wreck or explosions,-" notwithstanding the oftrepeated tunes said company have through its ofiosrs openly violated the United States laws by carrying jaore passengers than they should, and by negligence in not taking proper precautions against fire, which is liable to occur upon a crowded boat, and in far too many in stances they are not provided with the requisite number of life boats or Hie preservers, as the law emphatically designates. How strange it is that in -all these years no complaints hare been entered, nor fines imposed upon a company thathas grown enormonaly wealthy by. its high tariffs, almost monoplizing the navigation of our rivers and sea coast and dictators of' tho terms on which other boats may or may not ply the free waters of a. tree land. m. The floflntaM House Clear. The La Paloma cigar and other fine -brands of cigars ; the finest in the city, at Charley Olson's, next to C. H. Cooper. ' All the patent medicines- advertlseu in this p.iper, 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, Astoria. C. P. Upshur, Shipping and Commission Merchant main St. Wharf, Astoria. Oregon. SPECIALTIES: Cannery Supplies Barbour's Salmon Net Twines. NEPTUNE Brand Salmon Twine. WOODBERRY Cotton Lines andTwlses SEINES and NETTING; Of all Description Furnished at Factory Prices. FIRE INSURANCE Effected in First Class Compsatet; Representing StI3,e)v, P1KENIX,.. HOME....... .Hartford, Ceaa Hew Yerk. AgeBer Pacific Exprem ud Walk, Fart C. Park. H4 HOWELL & 600DELL : : i ' : : ii P II HOWELL & GOODELL HOWELL & GOODELL. Astoria, Or. !! w- - . , Jr-Vf ll .' 1