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VOL. XXXIV, NO I4H
ASTORTA, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 21. 1890.
Your Honey's ffoi
Foard & Jlokes
Groceries and Provision .
Extromcly Low Figures.
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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
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ti.dV i.f Jow U-Nt. short v.t'ljiltt. a!:i: or plios-
liii.uv niui is. mini ;(; ui rail". IVAL
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Lie-Vis HI. .loii.Ntv & ('. , Agfiils, ort
laiut. Oregon. ,
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Notice.
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GENERAL MERCH AWD5SE
New Gsjod? Arriving Every Stentnc
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Dross - GrOO3.S.
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EA:-r:vLAN'y
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S5 Cabinets for S2.50.
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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
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hMrorsiui 9Iarinonii(S Life
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ASTORIA, OR.,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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. -
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