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, - l ? - -V - 01 t utaH VOL. XXX1Y, NO 144. ASTORTA, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 17. I85M. PRICE FIVE CENTS " -"' Ci In V, Carnahan & Co. ucciissojw to 1. 17. CASE, tMlu:TKi: XSD WHOLESALE AND KKTAIL DEALERS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE, (Vnirr(li'iihiiiiis and (a.v.s;n-ots. An :i (i(Ei:ON J. B. Wyatt, DiLvi.i:tu hardware and Ship Chandlery, I'm :l. Bright V.iraMj. Uirarlc Oil, Otlton C,-uj.is Hi'inp .l Tunic. Ijnl Uil. Wrought Iron Sjtiks Galvanized Cut Nails. icrirnllnral Implements, Sen in? Machines I'ainlsi, (Mis, G-rooorios, 32to. TUbIsbd, later & Andersen, CIVIL ENGINEERS, Surveyors and Architects. Officii Kohm ;. Ki..vvi:i.'i liui'ii SECOND STREET V. O. Box 813. ASTOKIA.OK. Your Moner s Worth IS WHAT YOU GET AT Foard & Stokes 1N- Groceries and Provisions. Everything in a First-class Store and at Extremely Low Figures. Goods Delivered all over Town. Tbe Highest Price raid for Junk. FOARD STOKES Morgan & Sherman GROCERS And Dealers in Cannery Supplies! Special Attention Given to Fillino Of Orders. 5 A.FUL. UNE CABft!EDi And .sujiji'U-s iiiniiiiii t .s:.:is- f.ie4oryTTjn. I 1 roiui.V"l'4lverrn 11: M.y ;i irt m Hie e.u " 'Office and Warehouse In home's N' i..in..iit n v ,;.. mi..! P.O. Kox IV. Trlepboiif No .f7. sTom i. ti !:;? THE- DIAMOND PALACE Kl'STAV IlA.VSKX, L'ropV. V ljir?f siii lw.l.VleriM Stock of I'me At Extremely Low Prices. til GiwhH Itourht t This EstaMihlimriit Warranted Geauiue. Vw.irh nnd CIoo.c Itojvsilrin A SPFCI M.TY ContiT fiss and "iiieinoqua Street .OW IS T1IK TJ3IEI ROSSTWJRT Are r adj t raKe :iiul move houses. Watv1hbos at bnlMin streets, side walks and Imlkheads. Sliinulin houses a lMcilt. .lack screws, M. ckinji. roller and -rils for rent. Shop on Fourth St., bet. Cass and Gone e e. Magnus C. Crosby Dealer In HABDWARE, IKON, STEEL. Iron lie and Fittlups, Stoves, Tin ware, and HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS Sheet Lead. Strip Lead, Sheet Iron. Tin and Copper. Dissolution of Partnership.. TOTICE IS HEUEBY GIVEN THAT WE, JH lUe undersigned. hae this tlav. bv mu tual cinsent. dissolved partnership in tlie J Fa-orite Saloon. Peter Martin taking coarse ana assuming an nauiuites. PETEU MAltTIN. ! .IOHX ItENIZ. I A3orla..Tune 12th. isoo. Notice. BIDS WILL HE RECEIVED 1JY THE Hoard of Directors of School District 2Co. One. anttl .Tulv 20, l&M). for 50 cords Sprace limbs and 25 cords Fir, to be de livered at the school house in said district by Sept M. lKo. The directors rescne the right to reject asv and all bids. R v order.Vi c J. CON N. 3. G. HUSTLER, Chairman. Clerk. Astoria, June 10th, 1890. td Diainos 1 Jewelry Kindred Park. Kiudred.Park is the Favorite V Btiv now, before the raise. Lots, WlH6 POWDER Absolutely Pure This powder lievt-r vane, A n.arv-5 of (fUrity, treiiat!i and wlioiooniems M-re economical than Hie ur.lin.ir kinsl-.anI ean not be sold in competition with tin i:ui!l' tuilr f low test. .iliort veiulit. :i5"in or pl'o Hh:i;i !nv Its. SuMnnlu Inennn. IU i Hakiv: PovvkkkCo. ity. Va'.i-s . N. . LKWih M. .Johnson & " , Agents l il- I.um. "icinin. FRESH FRUITS! CINDY, IVI'TS, ETC., Eerj tiling i" Season. Perd rrolJ. FIKST-CLASS l:ji-Irr Shop in I ho It ear ! Next to Central notel. Astoria, Oregon ASTORIA TRANSFER CO. AND Livery Stables. Conveyances ol any kind, on short notiee. Transferrins BaRKagp, etc, a siec-l;tl;.v. Telephone No, 12. II. W,SI1EIJMAN & CO. GKLO F. PAKKKK. 1AUI. A. IIA-OX Parker & Hanson srcrEssoiws no C. L. PARKER, DEALER IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE I N'.'W Gioth Arrivtrq Every SUv.iro ).!. l 1 u !lxos - CS-oods, 1 lit l J S.ind - AsJtui'i (trryMi. CO TO EASTMAN'S AND GET S5 Cabinets for S2.50. Lafayette Uset Grade Notice. NeTtri: is hereby jilwn tint tlie Com mon Cotiiu-il proiKise to e.talli-!i the grade of I.afaeytie :nvt in tin-city of A.stoiia, ii laid mt and rocordeil bj' John MeUJute, as follows, to wit: At itj interseetion witli JciTensou stieetata lic-ght of ::(' feet almw the base, of grades, as established by ordi nance No. 71, of the city or Astotia. At its intersection with Astor street at a height of i;i feet on the mirth .side of Astor .street and 5l feet at the south aide of A.stor street, above yaid base of grades. At its intersection wiili Court street, at a height of l'JO feel at the north side of Court street, and 12." feet at the south side of Court Mreet. almw .said base of grades. At its intersection .v Sh. Seventh sheet at a height of 1S7) U'vl at the nortli side of Seventh sheet, and myi feet at the south side of Seventh street, above said base of grades. At its intersection with Eighth street, at a height of 172 feet at tlie north side of Eighth street, and 173 feet at the south side ol Eighth street, above said base of grades. And unless a remonstrance signed by the owners of two-thirds of tlie proji- 4 mulling uii nam puriiuil u .s;utl street be filed with the Auditor and Po lice Judge within ten days of tlie final publication of this notice, to wit. on or before Tuesday June 2Jth, IKK), the Common Council will establish sa'd grade. By order ot the Common Council. Attest: T.S. Jewi:tt, Auditor and Police Judge. Astoria, Oregon, June 12th, lSiK). '', ..s HEALTH RESTORER. IT IS THE IDE AT. TVITJDtCiyE. Itnti cs the Liver and Kii'.nt vsnmlS'omach, Ca'cs 1 J.-:iiUcic. Dvspersia, cre-ilfi j:j Apjw titc, Purifies Iht: Impure BUxxl, and w Makes The V.'eak Stronc. M ! Ml 1 1 IIMIlf. Vsod everywhere. 91 aboUle;sIxforf5 of Investors, and Lots are selling fast. $125 antl $150. Terms easy. CRAMPS CATCH Bffi CRUISER. The Union Iron Worts Get Tlie 5.100 Ton Ship. jcj:asoxs gives von the a warh. Si octal by the California As5ocutu Peiss. Washin'otox, Juue 1C. It is stated t.-ilay at the treasury department, that the silver bill will be adopted, which will practically anionut to au amendment to the ex isting law. and requiring the coin age of four and a half million dollars or silver per month. The certificates will be redeemable in coin as at present. 'fc'Eti: nit; CRiriSF.R. Will be ESailtlcd by the Cramp. Spi-i il toTiiKAsioniAN-. Washington, .Tune 1C Secretary Tiacy late this afternoon decided to settle the contest over the contract for the big armored 8,100-ton cruiser, and awarded it to the Cramps, of Philadel phia, at their bid of 2,985,000. and on their own plans. The secretary bases Ins action on two greunds: Jbirst, he believed it would bo bad policy to allow contracts for both these cruisers to go to the Pacific Coast, and thus allow work of that kind at the Cramps yards to die out, and secondly, be de cided that the Union Iron Works at San Francisco should not be over crowded, as be wished them to build some of the ships that will be author ized by this congress. Investigation of the Cramps' plans for this cruiser developed the fact that they were substantially the same as the department plans, except as to boiler space and more room for coal and that it would have four engine rooms and longitudinal bulkheads. The secretary consulted with chief constructor Wilson and chief engineer Melville and finally decided to accept the Cramps' bid as above noted. - Merc Speeches te be Made. Special to Tuk AsToniAN.l Washington, June 16. In the course of Allison's speech on the sil ver bill in tlie senate Teller stated that there were to his knowledge two and perhaps three more speeches to be made upon the bill. The final vote was not reached to-dav. Awarded te I7nien Ireu Werks. Special to Tiik Astoiuan. Washington, Juue 16. Tho secre tary of the nayy,Jp-day directed that the award of thofiMitract for building the O,r00-ton cruiser No. 6 be given to the Union Iron Works of San Fran cisco. Change in Washington l'eat uiastcr. ; i.il iKTllKASToniAX. Washington, June 16.--The follow ing changes have been made in post masters of Washingten: F. M. Gibbous, Crab Creek, vice T. P. Haz elton, resigned. Oregon and Washington Pen fcioiisv ; ran ted. Ims i d to Tin: AsroaiAX.) Washington, June 16. The follow ing pensions have been irrautcd: Washington original widows, etc., minor of Frederick Miller, Vancouver, original widow of John Allen, Eadonia. Uregon increase. Chester K. Hill. lloseburg; Mexicau survivor, Eobt C Alartin, Brewnsville: bv a special act AT IMPORTANT DECISION. The State Cannot Select Indem nity Landi. Special to Tiik Astouian.J Washington, June 16. Assistant laud commissioner Stone to-day de cided that the act which gave Wash ington the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections of land in each township for school purposes did not give the state the right to select land as indemnity for fractional parts of those sections. This decision affects about 200,000 acres of land claimed by the state. TIIK CARSON MINT. A Bill fer Its Improvement. Special to TheAstobian. Washington, June 16. Eenresenta- tive Bartine this morning introduced a bill for the enlargement and im provement of the melting and refining department of the mint at Carson City, Nevada. Tho bill .provides for the enlargement to double its present capacity, or to such an extent as can be done by the expenditure of S15,000. The secretary of tho treasury is authorized to acquire, for the pur pose, by purchase or otherwise, a block of land lying immediately west of the present works, together with the intervening street, "it the street can be acquired without cost from the authorities of Carson City. The land to cost not more than $3,500. For the purpose of carrying out the pro visions ot the act $3,500 is appropri ated or so much thereof as may be necessary. " Ben Backley Married. Special to The Astobian. Boston, June 16. Christopher A. Buckley, the blind politician of Cali fornia, was wedded to-day in Cathedral chapel to Miss Annie Hurley. i: M If not, do so before - . New Waihingten Pestefflcea. Special to The Astoriax.1 Washington, June 16. New post offices have been established in Wash ington at Coleta, Spokane county with James C. McKinnon as post master and at Hardan, Whatcom county, John Hardan postmaster. PORTLAND HEWS. U. S. Steamers Sued for Carrying too-Many Passengers. IXVORTAXT H. It. ELECTIONS. Special to Thk Astoria. Portland, June 16. Commencing to-day, there will be three trains daily for Ta coma. There was no baseball game to-day on account of rain. Warren V. Sackett, of Yaqnina, cap tain ot the steamer Walliiski, has filed a complaint with the United States in spectors against the Union Pacific steamers Harvest Queen and S. O. Reed. He avers that the former boat left Portland for Astoria on Juno 8 with 613 passengers, and came back the next day with 520 passengers. The steamer's permit only allows her to carry 400. In the case of the other steamer, the informant avers that she went to Oregon City on June 8 with 511 passengers and came back with 760, her permit allowing but 500. The charge is a very serious one aud fiuw for such offenses are large, $1,000 being charged for each offense. For the benefit of the informant, the government gives half the fine and imposes an additional fine of $10 perhead and passage money for every passenger the steamer car ries over the number specified on her permit The case is soon to fee inves tigated by the inspectors, and the river men will watch the result with interest , RAILWAY ELECTIONS Br Six Important Corporations. Special to Thk astouian. Portland, June 16. To-day has been one of groat activity among tb,e railway corporations in this city, there being six important elections" by as many different corporations. The Oregon and transcontinental elected the old board of officers, from president to secretary, for the ensuing year, with tho following directers: Henry Villard. E. H. Abbott Charles L. Colby, Joseph S. Decker, Colgate Hoyt, Cha3. II. Rapere, C. AShafford, Hector H. Tyndnll, Geo. H. Williams, C. B. Bellinger, C. A. Dolph, Jos. Simon, Rufus Mallorv, S. G. Fulton, and T. II. Tyndall." The only new members of the board are Messrs. Mallory, Dolpli aud T. H. Tyndall, who were elected to succeed Mesars. Bartlelt Hall and A. D. Charlton. An adjourned meeting will prob ably bo held to-morrow to transact further business iu relation to reduc ing the capital stock of tho oror.i tion which is to go out of existence as soon an possible. Elections were also held by the O. B. & N. Co., Oregon Improvement Co , N. P. Terminal Co., Willamette Trans portation and Lock3Co.,and Portland and Pnget Sound 11. B. Co. A meet ing of the Portland and Puget Sound Railroad company was the most im portant in its history as never before has it performed any valuable function; but now that tho Union Pacific is to build to the Sound it can be conven iently used. Republicans Elected. Special toTiiEAsTORU.i.l Portland, June 16. The city elec tion for treasurer and three council men passed off very quietly. All the Republicans were elected. The Dem ocrats made fight only in two wards for councilmen. Dead Body in the Celnmbla. Special to Thk astorian.1 Portland, June 16. The coroner has received information of an un known floater, found in the river near Rooster rock. u Its New Quartern. Speci.ll t;i I'll ASTOltl N. San Francisco. June 16. The Chronicle in honor of its new nine story building is having a grand cele bration to-night, the spacious edifice is being visited by thousands. It is brilliantly illuminated. Convenience and beanty are apparent in its con struction. The presses will turn out papers of from 8 to 24 pagc3 at the rate of 40,000 per hour. Fireworks and elec trical illuminations were displayed from the roof and sides of the build ing to-night The first paper which will be a large edition wUl be printed in the new building on next Sat urday. Mrs. Mav A. Baldwin nt An mm UL, died recently, aged seventy-six. one naa oeen miserly in her habits and wa3 thought to be almost without means. Relative nf tlm rlvpnaMl dug in the cellar and found $5,000 in goia matin can. A ,UU0 govern ment bond was also discovered on a pantry shelf. Kindred Park. Have you bought any Lots in, Kindred Park yet? "' Prices Advance, and make the Handsome Profit yourself. The Railroad Surveyors are working IROfr FOUNDERS FIRM. They Refuse to Arbitrate Witt tlie loliers. tiiey .toix ix noon WISHES. Special by The California Associ vtrd Press. San Francisco. June 16. -J The iron founders to day refused to arbitrate the difficulty with the molders, who lnd made overtures last week. The following is a letter sent to the moLlers by the San Francisco associa tion of irun feunders: 4In answer to your communication of the 14th instant, our association begs to shite that members of your union left our employ on March 3rd, without notice, and that we have em ployed others to tako their places xfho are satisfactory to us; and as we have not taken any action to prevent your members from working in our shops with all just privileges of American citizens, we, therefore, do not know of anything to adjust, and for that reason see no occasion for a meeting. We join yon in the hope that the cruisers will bo secured for this coast, and feel satisfied that the work can be com pleted here Jin a manner that will reflect credit on this city." A SffALL AFFAIR. The City Flail Bttlldiiiir Swindle Coming Dewn. Special t.iTHEASTOKIANJ San Francisco, Juno 15. The al leged extensive fraudulent work on the city hall, has simmered down to a merely nominal amount, and that is conclusively shown to have been in former Hanks,-whom there is some talk of prosecuting for extortion. It will not take more than $1,000 to re pair all "stuffed" work and the saving to the contractors, had it not been discovered, would have been about $50 only. NOT EXOUUFI SAI.ARY'. He Respectfully Declines' the ( Off ice. Special toTiiK AsroniN 1 San Francisco, June 16. Associate supreme justice Works publishes a card, declining to le a candidate for re-election to the supreme bench of the state, assigning as a rcaseu: 'If I should bo fortunate enongh to receive the nomination and be elected, I must at my age, give to the service ot the state twelve of tho best years of my life for a salary that considering the work to be done and the limited 'term of office, is wholly in adequate, for the salary i3 only 6,000 a year." Bad Time for a Ceuu Taking:. Special 10 Thk A&toriax.I San Francisco, June 10. Superin tendent of census Davis oaid to-day the census of San Francisco had been taken at tho very worst time of the year for raakiug a good showing. I itm satisfied that 25,000 people are out of town whom wo could not reach. Venus' .TIan Assassinated. Sj.-ci il to Tiik Astorian Maiupo3, Cal, June 16. -A young man named Joseph R. Grosjean, who resided with his parents and oilier members of the family at the old John Brown ranch, in Red Mountain dis trict, was assassinated by some un known person yesterday. Young Grosjean started with a mower oh the morning of the day named to cut bay in a field about half a mile from the house. About 9 o'clock his sister, who had been accustomed to rake hay withn horserake, on arriving in sight of the mower saw her brother stretched on the ground. After calling him and re ceiving no answer she approached and on closer examination made the discovery that he was dead. Horri fied at the sight she ran to tho house for assistance and gave tlie alarm. Further examination showed that he had been shot through the heart, the bullet entering in front and coming out near his back bone. A coroner's jury rendered a verdict in accordance with the above facts. Tracks were discovered of someone having come through the fence where the body was found and made their exit at another point Officers are out trying to trail the assassin. MOUNT SHASTA. The Tap Is Reported Gene. Special to The Astorian, Redding, June 16. That one of the peaks of Mount Shasta had disap peared, was noticeable from Redding this morning. Its absence from view created considerable comment and some anxiety. The top appears to have been cut short off and to have fallen into the crater below, whose depths have never been penetrated by the eye of man. It is thought that the absence of this old land mark may in dicate further demonstrations of a vol canic nature. Fire has been long known to exist in the crater and lava formations of valleys and ridges below give rise to the interesting question, May not the convulsions of ages pa3t be repeated in the near future? That the top has gone is beyond question. close to Kindred Park now.: AN ABANDONED SHIP. Several Sails Set and Ne Sailers on Beard. Special to The Astori ix 1 San Francisco, June 16. The British ship Brumelton arrived in port to-day from Cardiff. The vessel left the latter place on July 29. On March 13th a heavy thunder storm, with lightning and rain was encoun tered. Three -water spouts came up astern of Ihe vessel, but were broken with the aid of a gun carried on board. Onvv April 12th, iu latitude 50 1Q- S. longitude 7S1 11' W., the DrumeUon passed tho German bark Adamant of Hamburg, aban doned, with the fore and mainmast and mizzen topmast gone. She had a staysail set from mizzen mast to the poopraiL The hull was intact and in good condition. The bowsprit was gone, the foretopmast was laying across the deck. The mainmast had gone overboard and the sail was lashed over the stump of the main mast. No signs of life were visible. The following further information ha3 been received concerning the abandoned German bark Adamant: Tlw day before the Brumelton sighted the Adamant tho dismant led vesoel had fallen in with the Ital ian cruiser Amerigo Vespurvio and her cjew was transferred, all hands be ing saved. The Adamant was com manded by Captain Bnsse, and sailed on December 18th from Hamburg for Valparaiso and Iquiqne. She was an iron vessel of 815 tons register and was built at Hull, England, in 185S aud was owned by C. M. D. Jorgensen of Hamburg. COMMENCED I'OCNG. A Prolific Family in Early I,ifc. Spcc.:ii to The Astorian. Sa Francisco, June 16. One of the census enumerators informed a reporter this morning, that while mak ing his rounds to-day, he discovered an Italian family residing in his dis trict, consisting of a husband, wife and nine children. The husband gave his ago as 24 and his wife's age as 21. STRANGE KIND OF FLEAS. Experience of a Census Ennierator in San Francisco. HE J-'IXDS A.3rAXIW 1'EAItS OLD. A few days ago in San Francisco, an enumerator made a discovery that caused him to drop his pen and papers in surprise. He found a hale, hearty old man who does not appear to be over seventy years ot age, and on in quiring his age was informed that he was one hundred and ten years, two months and fifteen days old. The old man produced an ancient family Bible to prove the -truth of his statement. As it is contrary to law for the enu merators to give any information, the old man's name and address could not be learned. An enumerator,.working in a North Beach district had an experience re cently that he will not soon forget He was at work, about 10 o'clock, when a small urchin approached him and said: "Say, mister, you'r a senses 'numerator, ain't yer? Well, down under tho sidewalk there is a family yer want to get" The enumerator found under, a sidewalk, whioh was on the edge of a bank, a part of which had caved, leaving a large hole, ten big, lazy tramps in all conditions, of nastiness, from badly soiled to terra cotta grim. Th ey had tacked a piece of old carpet to tlie under part of the sidewalk so as to prevent the.dust and dirt falling upon them. Their beds consisted of rags and sacks. A. fewcrusts and crackers lay on a board, on which also were five cans, around which hovered many flies and the odor of stale beer. The statistic gatherer sat on the endof a nail keg and spread his blanks out on his lap". As ho was asking questions, ho noticed several insects crawl up on the paper, but never having seen a soldier, he failed to recognize the creatures and went on and finished his work. When he returned to the census of fice he remarked to Mr. Davis : "Funny kind of fleas they have over at tlie beach". The fog changes their com plexion and makes them appear lighter in color, and they don't jump like or dinary fleas, but they itch just as bad. Here is one of them," holding up his sleeve for inspection. Mr. Davis yelled and sprang back. "Get out of the office P shouted as sistant Fields. . The poor enumerator now wears a different suit of clothes and his hair cut very close. The Maquoketa, Iowa, Excelsior says that a justice of the peace of that town was presented with a petition signed by thirty citizens requesting him not to get drunk on the day that a certain case was to be tried before him, but the petition did no good. The justice managed to get an "orig inal package," and that "got" him. The currency of the country has doubled in the last eleven years. Jan uary 1, 1879, it was 31,055,356,619; May 1, 1890, it was $2,060,358,071. a Albany & Astoria C5 4 i. Ulv' ANOTHER COAL HUE HORROR. One Hnnirei aM Forty Men Snf focatei iu tie Pit. THE USUAZ BASE liAZZ GAMES. Special by CaliroruLi Associated Pkxss. PrxTSBima, June 16. An explosion in the Farm Hill mino near Dunbar, Pa., occurred this morning. Only fen men escaped, and at least one hun dred and fort men are still iu the pit It is believed they havo all been suffocated. Smith Wins in Six Rounds. Special to Thk Astoriax.1 Buitalo, N. Y., June 16. A fight between Ed. Smith of Denver and Jas. Daley of Philadelphia was won by Smith in six rounds. He had the best of it from the first. Daley was knocked down several times during ! tlin battlp. Smifh rrnfc first lilnnd in the second round. He weighed 178 : pounds and Daley 165. BAT AND BALL. As Played by the Nationals. Special to Thk AstokiaN.I Boston, June 16. Bostons, 10j Philadelphia, 0. Chicago, Juno 16. Chicago, 7: Pittsburg, 3. Cleveland, Juno 16. Clevelands, 3; Cincinnati, 7. The Brotherhood Values. Special to Tun Astorian. Boston, Jnne 16. Bostons, 11; Philadelphia, 13. Second game: Bostons, 12; Phila delphia, 2. Buffalo. June 10. Bnffalos, 9; nttsuurg, iu. v Brooklyn, June 16. Brooklyns, 7; New York, 6. Mary Anderson's Marriage. Special to Tun Astorian. London, June 16. Miss Anderson will not be married iu Brompton Abbey, but in a little, obscure Catholic church in Hamp3tead lane. Cardinal Manning will probably perform the caremony. Miss Anderson consents to increase the number of witnesses to six, so as to include the groom's brother, Alfonso De Navarro. The wedding costume will be a gray travel ing dres3 with hat and wrap to match. HORRORS OF SIBERIA. Count Lanpwsii falM 3,000 Miles in Chains. FOUliTEES 1'EA.ItS OF MISERY. In his narrative of the "Count of Monte Cristo"- Alexander Dumas en deavors to establish the proposition that those who have suffered most are capable of enjoying most. If that be true, Count Langowslri, an employe at Hudson's clothing store, Detroit, has an enormous capacity for appreciat ing the good things of life, though even his present straitened circum stances do not permit an excessive in dulgence in them. Count Langowski, a3 he would be entitled to be called in Poland, though preferring plain Frank Langowski, resides at 505 Fre mont street with his wife and two children. He is very short of stature, very whitehaired, thongh only 54 years old, nnd very cheerful in dis position, notwithstanding his suffer ings entitle him to be known as a man of many sorrows. Ho speaks eight languages, in one of which he detailed to a representative of the Free Press the thrilling story of his life, how for fourteen years he was a Russian political prisoner in the wilds of Siberia hated, despised, beaten with strines, starved nnd frozen. "It was in 186S that tho Poles re belled against Russia," said he, in very fair English. "I was then 27 yeara old, single, and lived with my father, Count Langowski, on a large farm near Warsaw. My father's estate was large and he w:is one of the leading noblemen of the state. The rebel general Taczanowbki billeted 590 of his troop3 upon us, and although our family had in nowise participated in tho revolt, to refuse the levy meant expatriation. Therefore my father acquiesced. Against these 500 Russia sent 3,700 men and sixty cannons. The battle was short and decisive, resulting in the killing and capturing of the whole 500. Six horses from our stables that had been pressed into tho service were killed, and two of pur men who were driving. The third man was whipped nearly to deeth after the capture and then bayoneted. I was taken prisoner and soon set out with hundreds of others on our way to Siberia. Think of a journey of over 3,000 miles on foot, requiring thirteen mouths, with heavy chains on each ankle and chained by the wrist to another in a gang of 1U0! That is the way we made the trip, most of the lime the weather being bitterly cold, with the meanest kind of clothing, and only allowed 7 copecks, les3 than 5 cents a day for food. At night we slept in etapes, long, low log or stone sheds, erected every ten miles along Kindred 5 J A Newspaper is soon to be started, Houses are being built, Streets, are H 5 being-improved, and a General Air of Prosperity is hanging over the place. the way, more of ten without fire tham with it, always hungry, always cold, and always in pain from the galliBff chains. At last, after thirteen month of misery, we arrived at the end of oar journey, to encounter worse misery still. I was set to work in the quick silver mines. Three months is as loaf as any human being can staaa it to work in those mines. Many die in the minis and many soon after leaving them. The fumes of the mercury rot ihe bones, loosen the teeth and Ieaye the man a total wreck. When I had partly regainea my health after this expe rience I, with others, was set to dig ging holes in the ground. The holes were not designed for any use what ever, but were dug just to keep ns at work, and it was while thus engaged mac i receivea my hrst whinnm. JL was too weak to smooth the sides of a hole as nicely as the officer wanted it, and simply told him so. For that I was taken to the whipping bench, laid on my race and fastened down by three thongs, one of which.was passed Over tnenecic, one over the legs, so ar ranged that a man cannot make the-. least movement I "received eighty blows with the knout, 'and was two months and a half in the hospital be fore Leonid leave my bed." "How are these knouts constructed?" he was asked. "They are stout leather, the points, of the lashes heavily loaded with lead, and a blow from them in the hands of a strongman is as bad as a stroke from a policeman's club. I have seen men killed at the third stroke. After my first whipping I received another of 125 lashes for calling a soldier a dog who had bayonetted a prisoner in cold blood. I was nearly killed and it was nearly a year before I could re sume work. The scenes of brutality to be witnessed on all sides were simply frightful. The killing of prisoners by the soldiers was terrible. They were under no restraint what ever, and the poor prisoners were eve killed for uttering the slightest word in protest against the most horrible murders. Out of the 95,000 prison ers sent to Siberia by the Russian gov ernment at the end of the rebellion T don't believe 5,000 ever got back alive. And not one of them guilty of a crime, bnt simply prisoners of war. But if the fate of the men was hard, that of tho women was infinitely more so. No principle of honor or even common decency was observed with them. They were whipped with stout gads instead of the knout this is the only difference I was ever able to observe. They were debauched, whipped and poisoned to death in the hospitals by hundreds, and every public indecenoy heaped upon them. Even their efforts at suicide were laughed at as a joke." "How are prisoners fed?" "They are divided into squads of 100, with two soldiers, two cooks and a baker with each squad. One day's rations for the whole 105 consists of ten pounds of meat, ten pounds of barley and ten pounds of sauerkraut and two pounds of black bread per man. The meat, barley and sauer kraut are all cooked in a mess, and while the soldiers, cooks and baker live well, all that is left for the 100 is dishwater. "Do the prisioners always wear a ball and chain?" "Always." Mr. Langowski then exhibited hi a ankles, which show great holes-where the ulcers produced by the chahwehad eaten to the bone. His back still bears the most frightful scars of his flagellations. "How long wore you sentenced- for?" "Six years as a prisoner in chains, and six years as a prisoner under surveillance. At the end of six years I wa3 obliged to support myself, but was required to report daily to a cer tain officer. I supported myself by making cigarettes, and then, after thirteen years, was given a passport back to Poland. A man ean not travel half a mile in Poland without a passport. I begged my way from town to town, and when about half way back received some money from my sister. On reaching homo I found an order from the czar requiring me to quit Poland within twenty-four hours on pain of death. I had just time to marry the girl I was betrothed to and hurry away to Cra cow, thence to Antwerp, where a Polish friend assisted me to America. I have been here ten years, and, al though! am very poor, nothing on earth would induce me . to leave American soil." History Repeats Herself "There is a good deal of mud slinging in polities just now." "There is that. It's a regular rain of terra." s JACOBS Ol I wi Cures Fboxpxly. and FzaxAjsarrtT ZAtmbaco, Hesdacfce.TootkMfca. NEURALQIA, Sore Throat, Mfnif TtmI Hml Spraias, Bra g, Beraa, IHE CHARLES A. VOKLEK Cf.. Park. TRADE t-QJSjBWBjBVL M ARK B fe h1?5!2f ja fail l $ HOWELL & 800DELL P HOWELL & GOODELL. rr t - - ? Astoria, Or. HOWELL & GOODELL. I, I V r - i j - w -. -V-