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0 ) fN.Lk ftrB bbbb IoHbLsbbi sbbb bbTbbbb VOL. XXXIV, NO I4H ASTORTA, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 21. 1890. Your Honey's ffoi Foard & Jlokes Groceries and Provision . Extromcly Low Figures. , v it -v. f ,. . i FOARD 5: STOKES FRESH FRUITS! 2?oicl Porroll - n;:!-c:.ss U (Vtitiat I!ntl. AMcn.i, Oregon. Surveyors :m Aroliiteds. SECOND STREET t O. Knx si.; ASTOItIA, K. WiWMPM THE SILVER SQUABBLE. Difference of Oninion w&etber the Bill is Before tie House. so urn ji i:ii .ya.tioxal iiaa'k. A BIG MACE. Magnus G. Crosby Dciler In HARDWARE, III, STEEL. Iiumi inf .mill I'lUii;.'. S'ows, 'Jm uun. uri HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS sihh I.fi4l. irio I..ii. .v w: ii.ij,. T:n til (o)iii. T-i.- tv.jiWi'Jk'.i t'.iiii:u-jN!i)ii J muse '"' H LhkK iM ( ..!- kfci H' 5 UJ17 Absolute': furo. lliK )kiv..ui i perv!ini's, A r.ianvl oi .itinfV .ifi-!.'. Il ;!!! V. lu.li..fi?w.iiht... Mnm e.'llll iliilral (!.!! 111.. Ot'in-ii ! 1 In. 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' jit! l)'.lfriit Caien dilUuiluD ! I'.lirlr. At-Urw..lMlK-0t!l, lftM, til JSCit tjnalltj. J.ni! IVicis. T-iBFTABLES - Special Alton tior. Given to FiStinc Of Orders. An! Su-iji'ii s fmii:-,lH-tl .it S i'ts- laruny Tirii. rirch:ise:lc!lrere(l lu am iMrtn :hi- nsj Ofilco and Warehouse In Him:e Xow Ki.iIiIIii,; :. '.iut fiisvvl ". ). liox 153 1 Hcjilione No J7. issukaxci:. TN8 URAFOE hMrorsiui 9Iarinonii(S Life VAN DOSE'i & GO., Ag'is. ASTORIA, OR., f liir loJiouins J:'liai.i,. roi,.;..n :imi Jiw (.iiiiiMiiics : i"!"'! 1-hi1i :vl '.Iitli,-. XtMjh ' "'aiM'-iililt'. Sn.ltKli I iiion .:ml tviKWHitL Unrlf.u.1 .1! rvinm., !,.. it . ....... ,. ote l CaMfi.nn.. Iiiio!i ami l.tncisliiiv of .4cnt..J , CiunriuTuil Union or .tii(on .twr4Hi of timiiM. Xiiitmisiorriit.iiii WiMrt lif I iu Yori.. Pmmpi Lti'cral Aaja-.twems Guaiantccd i. W. (.AWK Insurance Aent. i:i:ri:rss:!jx(; Caiifornia Man to I ,s. Co , S. F. Columbia Firo n i Marine Ins. Co... 11 . 1'ortl.uiit. ' Home Mutual Instuance Co ,S. F. rnmmx ot London, impenal of London. Lahyette Sireet Grade Notice. Xerifj: is licicliv U'i.ji 1I111 1 1... rv.... iiii:i CumkmI jiiouosi to i'sl.iblHi lhf niih'of !.af.U'.!lt' vu'.l in llii'oitvof Asiou.i. a, iastl nr ami ufoitled h John it. Cluri', as follows, to wit : At iu intiTsccHon with .lufTiTou sticctalalii'htof ::''. fort abovo Hie baso of gsados, a establish- d by ouli. nance No. 71. or the city of Astoria. At its inliTseclisui with Astor .sMoot at. a height r (ii Twt on tho north. side ofAstoi .stioot and lit reel at tho.south sido or Astor strcor. abovo oai.l baso of gincics. At ilsint'Tsoctioii Witii f'nnrt slroot, atahomhtori-jofootatlho ;,oith siih 0 Court stu-ot. am! 12.S fool at the .south side of'vonsr f a fln. c..;.! i.nm .r grades. Ar il.s iiitoisiM-lion w.tli.Sovoiilh stioot at a hi'iirhtof in? riviiihr. ... n. ;.!.. oc out h st i oor. :iml icni' !. .. .i. muIi sido or hownlh shoot, aboV.s.iid baso of 1 ado-. At iUinteivtion willi Kiuiith shoo!, at a hoiaht of 17" nif nt !. i..fi. .:.i.I or Eighth stioot, and 17." root at tho south .s.d 01 Kiuiith .street. ab.ivo said base of "rados. And unless a iinoiisti.i!i& signed liy thoownei.s or two-thirds or tho in 011 01 ty fronting on .saiI iioiJion oi s.ud s.iott bo tiled with the Auditor and lo Iieo.Judno within ten daj.s of the final publication of this notice, to wit. 0,1 or before Tue.sday .Itino -.Mth, 10, tho Loiniiitin Coii'ii-i! uili ii iMieii ,.i Kradc JO onlor ni thoConinion Council. Attest: T..S.,lKW'K1T, . Auditor mid Police .Indue. Astoria. (): 05011, .June l'Jth, 1S00. .Special by California AbSOCiATKD Ticrss Wasiiixgtos, Tuue 20. The report of special agent C. E. Foster on the attempt to seize Lower California, was taken to the White House to-day, by attorney-general Miller, and laid before the cabinet, where its contents were considered for an hour. All the members of the cabinet were present except secretary Rusk. At tho con clusion of the meeting, the attorney uencral was asked if the renorfc -wmill now be made public. He replied in the negative, and stated that lie could not say when ho would make its con tents public, if at alL After a mo ment's thought he continued ns fol lews: 'There is really no news in the re port, that has not heretofore appeared in the press ot the Pacific coast, and been telegraphed eastward. The re port is lanrelv made un of tlm txjff. niouy of witnesses, as to who were implicated." "Then, Mr. Miller, ns I understand it, the report confirms tho statement that there was a nlofc in atWn Twoi. California, and that the English cor poration was implicated in it" "Yes, sir,' ho replied, "that is no secret, :is I said before. Tho report 01 iur. x'oser tuny counrms the news paper accounts of the plot Of course we cannot make public at present the names ot our witnesses, or what they lestiGed to, as that would be giving our case away in advance." The report was discussed at to-day's session of the cabiuet, but no decision was reached, as more time was desired, in order to look up certain laws or au thorities on the subject It is not known when the report will be made public, but it will probably not hn for ."omeumo yec THE SILVER BILL.. The Present Status off the Fight in the House. Special to Tin: astokiax.j Washington-, .Tune 20. Tho long and heated debate in the house to day, to bring the silver bill before it ior discussion, ended when the house took a recess to consider pension bills, at ."3 o'clock, without any apparent progress having been made on it It btill remains in the hands of tlm vn miltee on weights and coinage, and me penumg question to be decided when the matter is rreiimfwl tn-mnr- row, is an appeal from speaker Keed's decision that .Bland's motion, to take up mo silver bill 13 out or order. The sneaker claims tbo 111 ;u nn before the house, but in the hands of the committee. Tho silver men claim tho bill was not properly referred to the committee, and is consequently before the house. The fight in tho house is really now between the silver men on 0110 side, and the tariff men led by McKinley on the other. Two ef the Fastest RHimers t Compete. Special to The Astorias?. v New Tore. 3tma 20. H sarin has accepted Pulsifer's challenge for a znaicn race oeiween isaivaior' ana "Tenny," for 35,000 a side, mile and a nnnrfpr pnnh fo marry 199 twinng The race will be run at Sheepahead bay, next Wednesday, if the back is otxhI. otherwise on the first fair rf&v The association adds $10,000, and "Uassius is barred as ms owner has refused to carry weight forage. JM FOR (ALLEGES. Ifliilceit Gifts to Help k Cause Of Eincation. Ifelstlns; Works Barsieo. Special to Thk Astobux.1 Dattox. Ner.. June 20, ThA T.alv Bryan hoisting works in Six-Mile can von. owned by cnvflrnnrSfoyAnann of this state, were burned to the grounu tuis aiternoon, between one and two o'clock. Tho fire caugkt from tllC hl.inksmitll nlinn ThnrA ma nn water at hand to stop tho flames. The loss is szwu; msurea for 51U,UUU. To be Place on the List. Special to Thk Astorijui New York, June 20. Application has been made to list $2,500,000 gold bonds of tho Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern nt the stock exchange. NEW R. R. 8CHEHE. TMJtIBL ZLLJOfOIS IORXADO. PRICE FIVE CENTS From New York to Australia. Special to Thk .istoriasj Battle Cbeek. Mich.. .Tihia 20 a secret meeting of railroad magnates was neia were April 16th, to discuss the plan of a tlironirh Imp lfwAon New York and Australia- vin CHara. ln.l CL T : XI . trrTlit -mr iauu, oujjuuiu, xorc woriu, mexico, anu tue jfacinc ocean to Melbourne. A. D. Owen, of Philadplnhia fli originator of the scheme, went to En- gianu arier tne meeung nere, to con fer " with n svnrlinntA nf nnnihiliaf a Several English gentlemen are now in the city, accompanied by Gen. B. F. Bush, of Detroit and M. "E. Woitloo prominent in railroad circles. The party is now en route to Melbourne over the proposed line. Chicago Is Coatlas; TJo Raplaly. Special to Thk AsroniAM Chicago. June 20. Th Jmi-mni. says from admission dropped by the supervisors of the census, thepopula- nuu Ul VrlUCttU JS JZOUjUUU. HOTEL PORTLAND'S SUICIDE. A Portlani Contractor Sioots Him self in tie Monti. . Special by California Asiooiatbd Paxss. Nkw Yobk, June 20. The out flow of gold is apparently checked Springer & Co., who yesterday en gaged $250,000 for shipment, have countermanded their order. The rea son assigned is that exchange at Ber lin on London has advanced, while sight bills at New York and London are lower, which about wipes out the slight profit which recently existed on shipments made in mn. nection with exchange onpr- ations at these centers. On the other hand Heidenback, Ekelheimer & Co ordered $250,000 gold for Paris, at which point exchange on London has recently declined from 25 francs 18 centimes, to 25" francs 14kf cfn. times. This, with the New" York raie in Ajonaon, enaoies tlio shipment tO be made. A nR.W nfrtrv ia atnrtnA this afternoon to explain the gold movement; to tue euect that tho bank Of Germany had offered n nrominm nt one-tenth of one per cent on all gold receiveo. The Natloaal Games. Special to Thk Astoriax.1 Chicaoo, Jane 20. The rain pre vented the play of both Leagues to day. . Cincinnati: June 20. Cincinnati 2, Boaton4. ChYEVET.ANTV Tnno 9ft nioTralonrl Q Brooklyn 10. ' Philadelphia, June 20. Philadel- yum xi, riusDUTg z. The Brotherhood. Games. Special te Thk Astoszax PrrrsBUBo, June 20. Pittsburg 4, Philadelphia a Butpalo, June 20. Buffalo 14, New York 8. Cleveland, June 20. Cleveland 3, Boston 4. A COAL FAME H 'FRISCO May Resnlt from Refusal to fori tie Mines. THE PRICES AJDTASCE r,0 CIS. Uanlc at South Bend. Special to Thk AsrourAX. Washington, June 20. F. M. Wailc, of Tacoma, Washington, and associates, have applied for permis sion to organize a national bank at South Bend, Washington. A New Postmaster. Si ec:.il to Tin: Asronus. Washington, June 20. Postmasters have been changed as follews: Oregon E. H. Thompson, at Brower, Mult noraan count v. vice "R. P.. "Roll re signed. ' XEETXXO OF THE O. Jt. Jt A'. CO. Crops UL'stroycd People Killed. Special to Thk Astoman.j Bloomington, Ills., Juno 20. A tornado swept across Vermillion county to-night, crossing tho Chicago & Alton railroad. flv milwj nnf4i r Ponliac Great damage w.n rlnnn t tho crops, and a good many lives are reported lost. TMK GREAT NORTHERN. Robb & Pa ker, AKKNCYOI- Fire and Mar.nc Insurance, With an Aggregate CipiLil ot S7O,O0O,O0O IMPM.'lAUiif Iiiuloii. AUl'OltX!A. "I Ciltroniia. OONMHTIC'IT. of Il.irtlonl. OAKI.XXI) MOM I', or Oakland I.lON.of Iioudnn. K1URA1 AN'S FUND, or C illfoinia. UUEKN, of lamina . ,k ' s. - V" l i?r;' lf 1 . ; ijfi rand ICidnt :uiil Svtii di, ca-. i.j.h.I); p- " . ir-iUs in , piie W-, V i ai : lw Lap jrc 1:2 kJ, JjI(1 h 158 rtffv6?iwAti4loMaol iuB$i?RKJtlNMlllilB3i Used cvci-y, here. SlaboUlo;bixfor?S Another Rallriiul Uup to the Pacigc Cixst. Spt-clal to Thk Astokian. Poktland, On, June 20. Early this morning an unknown man suicided at the Hotel Portland. He came to the hotel at midnight, the clerk forgettins to register his name. At 4r o'clook this morning the report of a pistol was heard; search was made and the man fouud dead, with two bullet holes in his mouth, from a thirty-eight calibre pistol. No papers wore found to iden tify the decased. Tllft mmnnr liol an inquest this afternoon, which will be continued to-morrow. The age of the man is about forty-two; the case is a mysterious one. Has Beea Identified. Special toTHEASTOHIAN.I Portland, June 20. The name of the man whn nnioirlorl nf 4ii rri xroruana tnis morning has been found to be Wm. n-. .TnliTionn M;jmn Portland Heights. He was a grading vumruuiur. ne leaves a family. THE O. R. dc N. GO. MILLIONS FOR EDUCATION. A Spleadid Eadewmeut oCAmcr. Icaa Collesres. Special to The astoriak.1 New York, June 20. Tho Bcening Post gives a review of the work at 125 American colleges during the past year. An interesting tabulation shows the aggregate of the gifts during the collegeate year just closed to various institutions. Several have received over $10,000: Wesleyan university ot Connecticut received as a gift $360,000: The Johns Hopkins university 8300, 000: Princeton, of New Jersey 250,000: The university of Pennsylvania, 8250, 000 Columbia, of New York, $125, 000: Harvard, $160,000: Syracuse uni versity, $172,000. Institutions which have been productive of investments OUt of the entirfi lint nmnnnh'nn tr exceeding 81,000,000, number ten. Alio largest endowment is Colum bia. $7,000,000: TTnrvnn? ,'a c with $6,753,000, and John Hopkins third, wifh 3ftftnnnn Volt .i mentisnot stated. The others hav ing an endowment nf si mn nm n. upward in tke list, are Brown uni- venuiiy, mo c;ase scnool of applied 8CienCeS. North WlVtATO nnimmhr nf Hhnois, Tnnity college. Tulare uni versity of Louisiana, the University of Pennsylvania thnTVpalnvan nn.r;u and the University of California. xne fosi says tnat tho state of Cali fornia has been liharal ti i'fa nn.V. sity, and the article sums up by saying that the year closing has been a vear Of eVOlutlOn Of PrmvMl nf fl.O AmaiZnnT, college in a degree never known ueiore. Special by Tho California. Assocuted Press Elko, Nov., June 20. Josiah Potts and wife were hanged here this morn ing, for the murder of Miles FawcetV at Carlin, in this state, on January 1. 1888, in order to avoid paying him a debt. Both declared their innocence on the scaffold. Owing to her weight, Mrs. Potts' head wa3 almost severed from her body when the trap sprung. was SERIOUS STATE OF AFFAIRS. Tie Colonists Haye Combined To Resist tie Moins Viyendi, FEEL VQJLY TOTTAJtH EXGZsLXD. Special by the California Associated Pbess. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Juno 20. Stanley Hill is on his way to tho Pa cific coast, and has admitted that ho was commissioned by the British gov ernment to look into the Behring sea question in the interests of his govern ment He may go up the coast as far as Alaska. MORE TROUBLE. OSTRICHES EXPORTED. Birds Hawaalas Seat to the Islaads Special to Thk AsroniAN. San Fbangisco, June 20. On the Australian, -whinli anilol tnJim. . Honolulu, were three full grown os- tncues, pioneers or wnatis expected to be a new industry In fhn TTn-nmainTi islands. The birds are consiimed fn Dr.' Tiuscana, Honolulu. E. Cas ton, who sold the birds to their new owner is a young Englishman, who is engaged in ostrich breeding near LOS Angeles. He hrnncrht fiffrr-rorr birds to Los Angeles from Africa, in -LOO I. St. Paul, June 19. Colonel Clough, juu iireuuuuc ol ino ureat .Northern, speaking to-day of the extension of the compauy's line to tho Pacific coast said: Tho only thing that delays the com mencement of work is a definite selec tion of a route. Tho money necessary for the completion of the work was raised in London. WemnrVflfvl nm- bonds there two days after the books were onened. and i2.ononnn v.ni;0 money, or S10.000.00f) in nnr mnnA was subscribed. This money is to be used in building a line to the coast ve win certainly commence work some time this summer. We have had several surveying parties in the field for a month. They have located at least three passes through the moun tains, and as many different routes. So soon as wo decide which is the most feasible we will heoin inn mn. struction of a line which will give the Great Northern by long odds the shortest route to the coast Orego iiian Special. Its Newly Elected Officers. Special to Thk AsroniAN. POBTLANTJ. .Tnn 9 Tho nn.ln elected board of directors of the Ore gon jsauway and Navigation company met in this City fn-dnv nn1 atantaA . following board of officers to serve uiuuig tuo ensuing year: Jamund Smith, president? W TT XTnlmU first vice-president D. P. Thomp "", Dowjuu viuu-preaiueni; w. W. Cotton, secretary; Alexander Mil ler, assistant owtrntflrv. ni;n. tit Mink, comptroller; James G. Harris, treasurer; Charles F. Holcomb, local treasurer; W. W. Cotton, general at torney; the Union Trust Co., of New lork, transfer agent Presidfinf.Smifli onHMV T ur t director of the Union Pacific, have' weu uiuKiiig a tour or tne sound, and returned f mm Miai-a Kv a aru;oi : this morning. They are delighted with what they saw, and look with antici pation Of Unonallfifid RTKWXM nnnn tlio movementfrom hnild n ftrannTi Ia v.. country to this city. They will re- kuru taau eany next weet SILVER STATISTICS. The Price Paid, ia Now York aud Leaden. Special to Thk Astoriax. NEW YOBK. Tnnn 2ft fZinnn Un lot of June the amount of silver bullion on hand as reported by the New York stock exchange has increased 1.133,- 683 OUnceS. and nntRtnndi'nr iu4.'(t. catesof 12212 ounces. .Bar silver in -uonaon, is u cents per ounce. New York Hellinc nra aa v-armr by bullion dealers is $l.Mj per uuuwo. mo uuiieu oiaies treasury noa u lieu vy purcnaser or silver m the market yesterday, and secured over seven hundred thousand ounces, which is sufficient to make up its purchase for the month. It will therefore not figure in fhn morVnf nn;n until July 9th, when fresh purchases will then be made. COAI. GETTING SCARCE. Reports from the Strlkias; Mines. Special to The Astorian.1 San Fbangisco. June 20. The min ers who are on a strike in the Welling ton mine, have now been out a month, and tha nhanroa nf. nnaaanf 3n nnf- seem to be bright for their going back io wors. Aiex iunsmuir, the man ager and owner, has refused to meet the men or to arbitrate with them, and has given notice to them to leave their houses at Wellington, before July 12. A report is current in coal circles that Donsmnir has nno-nfrnd n nnmVior of Japanese to take the places of the sinsmg coiners, ana tnat they are now on their wav to Vancnnyr frnm VnVrk. hama. The only mines now mnninir full are those of John Bosenfeld, of Nfl.nB.fmn. hnt thin mnnlv ia rrf nHa. quate for consumption in this city. There is no West "FTnrfW aWlinf nr. Welsh coal in the market at this port, nor Will there he any nnff! Ofnlia,. Greta coal was advanced 50 cents per ion a iew aayB ago, on account of its Scarcity. There ii nrvmn rv.nl nn tlm way from New Castle, Nova Scotia, and two cargoes of Cumberland are expected any day. Coke and pig iron are drugs on the market, which has been paralyzed on account ot the molders strike. Strang Prospects of Interna tional Difficulties. Special to TnE AstorianJ St. John's. N. R. Tnno 17 Tnmi Baird, a wealthy merchant of this city, defiantly ignores the first ntfpmnf. fn put the modus vivendi in operation. ne nas again instructed ins manager to continue work, and will spend a for tune defending his richta. Tfc ij ha. lieved that tho factory own ers have combined to resist tho modus vivendi. The nsnecf. of affairs is growing constantly .- mu. -n i. -i - J Kiatci. j-iiu f ri"!ii:ii mir qmna nrn hovering closer than p.yor nrnnnd Sf George's bay, and a conflict is almost uuavoiuauie, u tue coiomsts aro in terfered with bv either "Rn orlnnd nr j ranee, xne most uglv feeling exists against England. OVERLAND TO ASTORIA. A Rongli Trip Thronsli "a Country of Great Resonrces Settlers Anticipatins the Raih-oad. A GIGANTIC SUIT. of San TERRIBLE TORNADO. "Weary of Life. Special to Thh Astorux.i Eureka, Cal, June 20. J. J. Har ft frM a butcher 32 years old, sui cided last night by taking a dose of poison. The cause was mental de pression and a lack of financial means. He leaves a wife and several children. TIih lafp.st-ctxria sir r.nh.1 o-,.., bhoes at p. J. Goonu a k Loss of Life aad Destruction of Proaertv. Special to The Astorian.1 MeNDOTA. HlfL. .Tnnn 9A A tnnrl nine miles north nt fhia ni.n .-- afternoon, did great damaga It started west of Sublette, traveled ten miles southeasterly, hewing out a pass half a mile wide. Hundreds ot peo ple were in jnred. It is reported that ten lives were lost, and ten houses blown to pieces in the village Of Sublette. A ariinnl 1,, north of this place, containing twenty five children, was blown to atoms, and ,, - f "i'uo uiiuacu mill bleeding in the debris. All the doo- umu xrom una town are on the way to nouses were blown to pieces near west Brooklyn. In the town of Earlville, eight Persons trnrA VflWl or. ,. wounded. The town is said to be al most wholly destroyed. A Village Destroyed. Btxon, Hls June 20. A tornado swept over Paw Paw, Lee county, de BtroynJg it, killing seventeen people. Scores were wounded, by flying tim bers and manywflldMk Strawberry uisnn la tHtt ..!.. over. A few crates still received dally y Thompson & Hnsa. For a good Shave, go to F. Ferrell. To Recover Possesslea Fraaceico. Special to Thk astorian.i San Francisco, June 20. An amended complaint in the case of David Hall Houston vs. city and County of San Fmnmiwi voa filaA in the United States circuit court to-day. The original was filed about one year ago, the plaintiff laying claim io a greater part of the city of San Fran- uuscu, unuer an om .Mexican grant Houston's claim is that on August 14th, 1844, governor Manuel Michel tonero, for military services rendered, granted Fernando Marchina the land now occupied by the city of San Fran cisco, and thnf. in TVTnv ffll attay. i, war with Mexico, the territo'ry of Cali fornia was ceded to tlm TTnifwl Sfnfoa with the express stipulation and cov enant, and as a condition of transfer, that the United Stntas onmrnmant should uphold, protect, ratify and con- iitiu every ngni oi property created by the Mexican republic and it authorities. .The complaint describes at length the land claimed hv TTnnatVm tn lioa been assigned him by the heirs of Marchina, practically including every thmg within the city limits. The prayer of the complaint is that Houston be adjudged the lawful owner of the land, and that the city and county of San Francisco be declared the trustee of the estate, alno thnf fh afannni be compelled to conveythelandtoHous ton, and pay him the rents and profits, estimated at a million of dollars ner year. The amended complaint makes nearljrevery property owner in San FranClSCO a defendant in tha a-nlt- Subpoanaa have been issued and their wnoiesaie service will soon be begun. r53i a 1 ty Prop rty. We have a large list of Fine Besidence and Business Properly in different parts of the Gity. We also have some Fine Lots in Hustler & Aiken's and some choice corner Lois in McCluroX with a splendid View of llrc City audBiver, which we will Sell Cheap. No trouble to show property io intending purchasers. I! i i Kindre d Park Ontheoompletionotthe Aatoria & South Co, .a AJbany & Astoria BaOroads, takprortywiUbeworlh a great many times the amount for which it is telling at pra-ont mtsdGk- RffMmber th History of Othr Cities (Oregontan. 20.) Mr. William Keid, preident of the Astoria & South Coast railway, in con junction with Mr. W. TT AVhinnl. representing a London syndicate of UUUA.C19, ucauuua ul luveaiigaung une resources of that new country between Portland and Astoria, started last Fri day overland in a buggy. Following the Northern Pacific hno to Linnton, they took tho mountain road, via Cornelius pass, to Glencoe, twenty miles; thence for fifteen miles farther on to Manning's mill, passed through a rich, agricultural level plain of twentv-two miles, of -waII nnlfiimfod lands, in growing crops, .which looked excellent All along the base of fhn mnrmfnina - 0 - -- ....uj, loorang lowaras niiisooro, tuey found new settlements, the entire land hav ing been taken ud as far back ns eighteen miles north of Hillsboro, ana two new sawmills at the south western base of tho valley, with many new farm houses a scene of beauty and pleasure in the great develop ment shown. Next day, Saturday, they crossed wesummii, iuo ieet nign, and for sixteen miles nroceedpd vin fhn Beaver creek pass of the Astoria & ooutn toast railway, to the valley of the upper Nehalem, and accompanied bv their mining pnmnptr f.hv in spected tho recently discovered coal fields near Vernonia", estimated to con tain 7.000 acres of Sfimi-hitnmfnnTici coal of good quality. All along this road new settlements, houses and lm Drovements were fonnd in th Hmlwr and between Vernonia and Pittsburg uiey passed through the finest and largest bodies of cedar timber known in Oregon. Since Mr. Beid's overland visit a year ago nearly 1,000 claims have been taken up between Washington and Clatsop counties. In one precinct atone, near veroma, the vote of Juno 2. 1890. showed an innrp.isp nf 100 ra ters over 1888, and so all along the newiy opened wagon roads and trails. Three new sawmills have since last vear been erected along the Upper Ne halem river for local wants only, ex cent one. which makes rvdar InmW for the- Portland market, and trans ports this cedar fourteen mile3 to river transportation at a cost of SG ner Tr. over a mountain summit 1,300 feet. Unlike the Columbia river, cedar can be had on the Upper Nehalem for 50 cerns per i.uuu ieet stumpage. Besting all night at Pittsburg, the party next day joined by F. E. Haber sham, chief engineer, traveled down the Lower Nehalem valley, through vast bodies of tall fir, and cedar trees Which even for Orerrnn worn crrnia- thing unparalleled. When a summit was reached, looking backwards and forwards for fiftv to sixty miles fhn immense bodies of timber seen every where, quite overawed the stranger who was with the nartv. -who in Mich igan had never seen or read of such immense quantities ot timber. It looked as if there was here in tho Ne halem country not more than fifty to fifty-five miles from Portland, as much timber as would supply the state of Oregon for one thousand y eare, only re quiring railroad transportation to be valuable, 4and possessing now many river and streams capable of floating the various railroad depots. On Sunday the narfy reneho1 fhn boundary line between Columbia and Clatsop counties. Here, unfortu nately, they could proceed no farther bv buggV. whifih had fn hn crnif hont- to Vernona. as the winter snows hnd washed away portions of the road to Jewell, and so strapping their bC gage on their backs, the thrat trav elers proceeded ,n foot for twntf and a half milesv through forattiaad ridges, and reached Jewell Sunday night late. Here it was arranged thai buggies from Astoria, tweoty-eifht! miles distant, should meet them. Bat the recentlv-nnAnnd sfafa mmA wtm Saddle mountain was in such spoor cuuuiaon tnat tne livery keepers of Astoria would not risk their rmririos over such a road. Only two hoaea were procured for the three gontle men, and one of them' had, onme quently, to walk. This lot bniam fallen upon Mr.Keid, who, next moo ing got UD at 5 oVWV and fMmi through the mud and forests, up aad down the various mountain ridges of the Coast range for eighteen ande, half miles amidst a heavy, continuous rainstorm. The Party arrived hnnorv fired a weary at half-past three Mondav after noon at Jacob Kamm'd fliw farm near Olney, where a special steamer. the Occident. W!W in vsiKnn fn t.Va them to Astoria and Jewell, twenty eight miles, all along the new wagoa road, houses and small" farms are numerous, and in a few years these twenty-six miles will be well settled with emigrants tributary to Astoria. Surveyed lines and mods lulwun Washington county and Astoria show ed splendid sofl, rich-lands and the heaviest crops of clover and timothy xu vi cyuu. y egeiaDies are exceedingly large, and the houses and barns were clean and neatly constructed, and the settlers seemed to be in comfortable circumstances. Everywhere miloh cows were found in large numbers, fat and in splendid condi tion. The children were of the healthiest appearance, showing the climate of these rolling mountains and valleys is excellent Despite the hardships encountered, the entire party were delighted with what they saw. The immense tracts of timber everywhere, coupled with the coal aad ironstone in abundance, plainly demon strated that in the near future thk immense stretch of country 108 miles long, by an average of forty to forty-five miles would be thickly settled and industries of all kinds developed after the advent of the railroad from Portland to Astoria. Within a vear over 5000 immimnia have been located on this stretch of country in anticipation of the progress which will result from the opening up Of this COUntrv bv IOR milon nf now railway. A DEVIL IN IT." A Violin In Which Satan Does Net Asftar. There is a savimr. annnnaad ia originate from some good deacon who ObiCCted to hflvincr n fiddln in K church choir, because there was "a devil in it." True enough it is that heavenly ., uiu-uu iuuj w, auu UJUUgU 1US OngUft is traced almost to angelic choirs, yet it is used as an important factor in the lowest dens of vice and infamy in en ticing men to enter vile haunts and affiliate with the lowest and most de praved of both sexes. This is no reason, .however, why music should not be used among the pure and good, and in church choirs iu swelling the melody of gospel hynms. There is a violin in this city which has quite a history, and if fhn' nhrua may be applied to an article, it might be said that by birth and association, it is eminently Qualified to ha nmd m the house of God. in the nrnruks tion with ft nhnir na fhnir nna paans of praise on the Sabbath. About fifteen years ago an old church which had been used for oer a century, in the citv of TtmnVivn New York, was torn down. Among tho ruins, the quiok eye of W. T. Col- ton, the famous manufacturer of violins, discovered some wood which was especially applicable to the manu facture of those instruments, andfront it he made a violin which afterwards came into possession of Prof. A. L. Francis, now of this city. Ho used it in Victoria. Ttn'Koh f!r lumbia, principally in meetings of a ituiiauuu Bumesy, ana in cnurcfl. choirs. On board the sfenmnr TZnir- prise in 1884, the owner escaped as luurraaaauiuiiua collision, DUE EOS violin was seven hours under water, somo ten miles from Victoria. Then the professor went to Fort land in this state, where fhn inafm. ment was nsed in ehnrehea and aW during tho revival meetings of Man hall, the great evangelist After wards the owner went to Los Angeles, California, and for nearly twn vaam the old violin was used mostly at the daily meetings of the Y. M. C. A. Now the professor and the historic violin are in this city, and generally as the former draws the how over aa. latter, it is at some church gathering or cg a temperance meeting. Though -in all these vears the fnstrnmnnf. hu occasionally furnished music for uances, ic comes as near being a sanc timonious fiddle as any in existence. Houses For Best. Apply at the Pacific Beal Estate Co, Fine Tabic Wlae Delivered at CO cents a gallon, to any part of the city. A fine line of pure California wines at low prices, at A. w. u tzinger's Cosmopolitan saloon. Fresh Bread and Cakes every day at Columbia Bakery. All orders deliv ered to all parts of the city. Acreage. And Bay some ot this Property before it is too kte. Lots Selling Fast luy Now! We have some Good Acreage and some smalLBanches, in good location, at investors-will do well to call on or write to us, and parties having pro will find it to their advantage to list it with us, as our facilities for disposing of property are the best Correspondence Solicited. - MPLi HOWELL & GOODELL, HOWELL & GOODELL. rfS'.ste M " Astoria, Or. HOWELL & GOODELL.? i 'o - L ' "AraQtap i rj1 -i- ac r$f ; 1-siiK' ' 4"nL f '-v. ' )l- V. " " - "j ? -