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PfPi&, t x VOL. XXXV, NO. 94. ASTORTA, OBEGOIY. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3. 1890. PRICE FIVE CENTS . --S -Tf "" , V ' ''. x '" jil p i&m JwJf-j Jiifif-Bfcfe 2 Jr Ai? jump it- Highest of all in Leavening Power. PoYl I. x && rows! ABSOWTEiy PORE BU&iiNJbSS CARDS. y I- HOWARD, M. D. HOMCEOPATIIIST. Graduate or University ol Michigan. OClceoverA. V. Allen's store, northeast corner Third and Cass. Hours from 10 to 12 a.m., 2 to 4 and 7 to T30p.ni. 7 I. RAY3IOXD, CIVIL ENGINEER. County Surveyor of Clatsop County Ofnec : Itoom No. 7, Kinney's Brick, Asto ria, Oregon. T F. ITAJIILTOIV, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Astoria, - Oregon. Office, three doors east Court House, Third street. J. CURTIS, Attorney-al-Lair: Notary Public Commissioner of Deeds for Washington Territory. Office in Flavel's new hiick luuitliti;. Cor. Second and Cass streets. ti v ii. .n:itie. ATTORNEY AT LAW. oftlce on O.VSS street, 2 doors hack of Odd Fellows Building, Astoria, Oregon. J. l. A. BO'.VLHY, utoracy autT Counsellor ut Law Office on Chenamus Street, Astoria, Oregon 4 R. KANACA, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Offlco over White House Cor., Astoria, Or. r u. ha.vsell,, "kE.1L, KST.1TE BROKER AND XOTAUY PUBLIC. Established 18S3. "Hilnl St root, next to U. Telegraph Of fice, Astoria, Or. W T W. PARKER, Real Estate and Insurance Agent, Conveyancer :uid Notary Public. 112 Benton Street. opposite tlie rostoflicc. Between Clien.-unus &Squcntoiuc Sts., Astoria, Oregon. ft a. :xjKVkejAki, ATTORNEY AT LAW. OIQce Flavel's new brick building, corner Second and Cass streets : up stairs. T F. RAITEKTV, Itt. D. Graduate Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, OrncK -rC Tliinl Street JltS. A. U AXl J. A, FULTON. Cass street, between Srd and 4th. Special attention to Diseases of Women and Children, by Dr. A, L. Fulton. Siccuu attention to Surgery, by Dr. J. A. Fulton. Otflce hours from 10 to 12 A. M and 1 to 4 P.M. JAY TUTTLE. M. D. Pliysidan, Surgeon and Accoucheur. Omcc, Room C, Pythian Building. Office hours : 10 to 12 and 2 to 5. Residence, 639 Cedar Street. B. K. MILLER. M. J. Graduate of Cleveland Homoeopathic Hos pital College, and rust-Graduate of New ork City Polyclinic School of Medicine and Surgery. First and" Main streets, Portland. Dica-CM or IVomcn a Specialty. D K.O.K.KSTK8. I'll YSIC1AN AND SURGEON. Stiecial attention to Diseases of Women iud Sunerv. KMiut: Opposite Telegraph Office, up Siaira. Astoria, irejrou. K. I A. ItRKS, DENTIST. Kwmt 7 and K, Flavel's new Brick Bulld UC w. t. nunxEV. u t. jiabix J. W. DUAPKR. Burney, Barin & Draper, Attorneys at-Law. lOregon City, Oregon. Twelve years experience as Register of the U.S. Land Ofllce here, recommends us in our specialty of Mining and all other bus ness before the Land Office or the Courts, and involving the practice in the General Land Office. TMbIsbb. Lester & Ahqbisbd, CIVIL ENGINEERS, Surveyors and Architects. Office, Room 9, Flavkl's Bld'g SECOND STREET J. O. Box S13. ASTORIA, OR. Z. T. WRIGHT, Foot of Morrison St., Portland, Oregon. Advance Threshers AND ENGINES, Farm, Church and School Bells. Inspirators, Injectors and Peed Pumps, Coal Oil Engines, Trahcm Pumps, Kriebel Engines, Boilers and Steam Generators JxiitnHry XticMncry.'Srarincracliincry CHEMICAL FIRE ENGINES, Blacksmith Forges and Drills, Best Axle Grease and Compound in the world. Pow ell's Brass Goods and It on Pipe. Send fer.Circular. V. H. COFFEY. Groceries and Provisions. 372 THIRD STREET. Better, Eggs,Cafted Goods, Potatoes, Wood as4 Willow Ware, Etc. XJ. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 1S89. Baking G. P. Upshur, Shipping and Commission Merchant ..tain St. Wharf, Astoria. Oregon. SPECIALTIES: Cannery Supplies Barbour's Saline n Net Twines. NEPTUNE Brand Salmon Twine, U'OOlJP.EltriY Pulton Lines and Twines SEINES and NETTING Of all Description Furnished at Factory Price3. FIJJE IHSU3A&CS Effect i-ri m First Cl.tv Companies. i:eSM.etilln!i i:;.o.ho PIUKMX Ilailfniil. 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Wyatt, DEALERS IN Hardware and Ship Chandlery, Pure Oil. Bright Varnish. Uinacle Oil, Cot ion Canva, Hemp .Sail Twine, UirdOll. Wi ought Iron Spike-, Galvanized Cut Nails. Agricultural Implements, Sewing .Machines, Paints, Oils, G-rooeries lETto.. Magnus 0. Crosby Dealer in HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL. Iron Pipe and iFIttlnj-'s, Stoves, Tin ware, and HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS Sheet Lead. Strip Lead, Sheet Iron, Tin and Copper. A NEW ENTERPRISE. City Express Transfer Company. H. D. Thing and C. E. Miller, PKOPJilETOUS. Headquarters at Main street wharf. TELEPHONE NO. 43. A General Express and Delivery Cusiness transacted. Your patronage Is solicited. THE- Scot Bay Foiiry -CONNER WEST FIFTH AND WALL STS. ASTOKM, Okroox. CASTINGS Of all Descriptions MADS IU ORDER ON SHORT NOTICE. HENRY GLASSOP Poultry and Fish In Quantities To Suit. Southwest cor, Fourth & Ca -o-T H E o-. TELEGRAPHIC SOMHARY. The Grant w.osDlenm fund is 35, 100. bjH-Hker iieeil snubbed President Har- iwn. ThoItcp'.:Il:cirs have ceod uinjoritics a i :.tcui:d n. Iih.Lo. A braid uf conn i erf eitPrs wrr cjtptnrcd tL-n inf, Mich. It. is rciorted that Hunt cannot Coat his railroad bonus. j Al Hoover was killed by Ales Lnno in a j quarrel ever SGC0 at Jolielville, Iud. I Apaches aro still raiding in New , liesico; more mnrdcrs aro reported. Thirty two women bound for llonnon dom resisted all advico against going. A fire at Sydney, N. S. W., destroyed a number of warehouses; loss S7,HK),00f. Wra. Oates and John Buckley blow out the gas in a Boston hotel; ono is dead. The Atchison railroad company has not purchased tho Rio Grande Western. Secretary Noble will decide whether Oregon will have a recount of the censu?. The Adam's Express company is tied np; trouble with freight handlers is the cause. An interesting point will bo raised on the Pacific coast in regard to the new tariff law. Tho revenue cutler Corwin is hunting whiskey smugglers in Alaska and not seal poachers. Jumes Denton, a farmer living near Saratoga, killed his wife and then com mitted suicide. Mary E. Seal, a patient in the Salem asylum committed snicide by jumping from a fourth story window. Tbedoro Ecrstenberg committed sui cide in Chicago by jumping into the river; be fought against rescue. Frankio Anderson, tho pretty type setter, who it wos thought fled with N. Ii. Baker from Portland, didn't go. Philip Francis Thomas, ono of the roost prominent citizens of Baltimore and a member of President Buchanan's cabinet died yesterday. Vice President Webb has issued a cir cular letter requiring that all employes belonging to the ICnights of Labor quit that organization or the road. UilDU Saturday, September 27th, We will open our ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE :OF; Cloaks, Wraps, JarkH. SILK : SEALETTE , zr Our House has a .standard r t.ilim which ne er falls to attract generv mti u tloa during our Cloak Sales. COKItESPONDEXCK SO Lit' I : HP. McALLEN & McDONXKLL. 13 J fc 1G3 Snl St., l'orilamt, Or. Leading Dry Goods Store for ftr! olavs goods al Eastern prices. Agents fer McCalls Hazaar Glo ! itllng Patterns. Magee, Argand and Acorr Cooking and Heating, EVERYONE FOLLY WAKIIAM l.I- WATER CLOSETS, PLUHBLNG GOCMSS, PUSPS, SIXKS, ASD IUTII THIS 3XToo cfc Soi3JUl3r 341 OHENAMOS STKEET. FIRST ANNIVERSARY BA-..L TO RE GIVEN RY THE ASTORIA AMATEUR DRUM CORPS AT LIBERTY HALL TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14-fh The Public, whom we faithfully rive to pi ase, are respectfully invited to attend. Ihe Rest Music Iu the city has beens caicd and a nleasant evening is anticipated sjLFiclict admitting Ladlci and Gen tleman, Sl.OO. May be obtained from anv Member of the Corps, or at the Rook stores aud oilier business places, Morgan & Sherman GBOCEKiS And Dealers in CuiaiTjiiiBs! Special Attention Given to Filling Of Orders. A FULL LINE CARRIED And Supplies furnished at Satis factory Terms. Purchases delivered In any part of tUv city Office and Warehouse In Hume's New Building on W:.ur Street. P. O. Box 153. Telephone No a?. ASTORIA, OK KG OX Punch Rrotliers. Punch ; runch with Care. -g-ra- CLOAK Wf Stoves Ranges, 322ilSBS THE HIBHTS MUST &0 Tie to Tort Central Declares Against tlic Union. THE VIOE-PRESLDENrS LETTER. ifemhors of tho Knights of Labor Must Leave tho Organization or Quit the Central Road. Special by Tiik Uxited Pi:kss. New Yobk. Oct 1. The New York Central officials have decided that no more Knights of Labor shall be em ployed on tho road, and to-day Yice President Webb issued a circular di recting the heads of various depart ments to make this decision known. The circular addressed to the gen eral manager, general superintendent, engineer and superintendent of motive power and rolling stock, says: "The recent strikes and acts of law lessness committed in connection therewith, tho published correspond ence between the leader of tho organ ization of that order and the fact that many men now seeking re-employment state that they quit work from fear of personal violence, and did not dare to resume work for the same rea son, compel the management of this company to announce that it objects to its employes being members of the or ganization known as "The Knights of Labor." uThe management is satisfied that membership in this particular organ ization is inconsistent with faithful and efficient service to the company and liable at any time to prevent it from properly discharging its duties to tho public You will at once take such action as will bring this circular to the attention of the employes in your respective departments." General Superintendent Yoorhees said to-day that the circular . means precisely what it says. The knights must either give up their membership iu the order or leave the road. CREENtES AND TIIE GAS. Two of Tli cm Blow it Out mid One Ik Dead. Special to Til K AsrOKTAX.l Boston', Oct 2. Two men register ing at the Hampton house, Hayniarkct square, last night as William JJncklpy and John Oalft?, were found in their room this morning, one dead ami tho other unconscious, owing to their fni) nro to turn off tho gas. Onles was re moved to a hospital, whero ho still lies in a critical condition. It has been learned that ho came from Marguree, but Buckley's home is unknown. Tho men did not appear to bp in liquor, and had come to tho cily in search or work. WHISK A WOMAN vir,L. Thirty-Two JJirls Hon ml to 4Jo to Ploriuoiicloiii. Spccinl bvTho U.xitkh Pkis. New Yoke, Oct. 2. Tho nnthorilics ut the bargo oflico and lhrco fcuinlo niissioimries, this morning, used an immense amount of moral persuasion on thirty-two young women who ar rived yesterday on the steamship Wyoming to indnco them to rorcgo thi'ir intentions of. becoming proselytes lo the Mormon faith. It was utterly useless, however. All tiie barge oflico authorities can do is lo use peisuasion. The entire party of 202 souls, of whoin thirty are chil dren, will proceed on their journey to-morrow. 31URDER AND SUICIDE. A Farmer Shoots His Wife and Kills Him.Ncir. Special to The AstokiaxJ Saratoga, N. Y., Oct. 2. James Denton, a farmer, living on the Brill farm, three miles north of Saratoga, shot Iiis wife at 1 o'clock this after noon and then sent a bullet through his own brain. He had been suffering from mental depression, and, it is believed, was temporarily insane when the deed was committed. Counterfeiters Caught. Special to Tun Astoriaj Lansino, Mich., Oct 2. Three counterfeiters, who had been flooding this vicinity with bogus silver dollars of the date of 1872, were captured last night They are Charles Wesley Hastings and Silas and Ben Hulilt. The gang was surprised in tho act of running the base coin and all their dies and metals were captured. In the New Castle, Del., jail yard a dozen or more prisoners hugged the whippingpost in partial atonement for their infractions of the laws, while tho leather claws of the cat were plied upon flieir backs from five to twenty times, as the court has dic tated. Some of tho number, whose offenses merit it, will be put in the pillory and stood an hour until their bodies ache in every part. The millions of steel pens used in the world are all mado by very few firms. Three are in this country, three in Great Britain, and one each in France, Germany and Italy; and all of these manufacturers purchase tho raw material, which, is sheet-steel finely rolled, from a single establish ment in Sheffield, England. Eitra Liability to Malarial Infection. rersons whose blood Li Umi, digestion weak and live r sluggish, are extra-liable to the attacks of malarial disease. The most trifling exposure may, under such condi tions. Infect a system which, if healthy, would resist the miasmatic taint. The only way to secure immunity from malaria in lo calities where It is prevalent. Is to tone and iegulate the system by Improving weakened digestion, enriching the blood, and giving a wholesome impetus to biliary secretion. These results are accomplished by nothing so effectively as Hostettcr's Stomach Bit ters, which long experience has proved to be the most reliable safeguard against fever and ague aud kindred disorders, as well as the best remedy for them. Tho Bitters arc. moreover, an excellent invig orant of the organs or urinations and an active depurcnt, eliminating from the blood thoso acid impurities which originate rheu matic ailments. AN EXPRESS TIE-UP The Adams Company in Trouble With Freight Handlers. Special to Thk Astokia i Ashbcbt. Pauk, Oct 2. Tho tie-up of the Adams express by tho freight handlers and porters at Jersey City this afternoon was felt very severely at all the sea coast towns on the lines of the New York and Long Branch rail road, which is operated by the Penn sylvania company, over whose line the Adams people control the express business. Since noon to-day not a piece of ex press had been received from New York by tho agents at Long Branch, Bed Bank, Ashbnry Park and other shore towns. In many instances where perishable freight was delivered to the Adam's company in New York for transporta tion to thoso towns it was turned over to the United States Express Co. People along tho New Jersey coast, many of the butchers of Long" Branch aud Ashbury park, receive their duly supply of meat via the Adam's Ex press from Jersey City and New York, under special contract telegraphed their shippers to forward their meats by the United States Express. Many merchants were somewhat put out by a failure to receive their goods. FKOJl A HIGH WINDOW An Insane Woman Jumps to Her Death. Special to Tn: AstobiaxJ SaiiEit, Oct 2. Miss Mary E. Seal, a patient in the insane asylum from Eugene City, aged about 30 jears, committed suicide yesterday by jump ing from a fonrlh story window. LOSS OYER SEVEN MILLIONS A Fire Destroys a Unite of Larp Warehouses in Siiney. A. LAlttiU AREA ItURXEl) OVER. Special by The Uxited Pnnss. Sidney, N. S. W., Oct 2.--A fire last night resulted in the destruction of the city bank, Atheneuin club building and a number of large ware houses. The fire burned fiercely, resisting for a long time tho best efforts of the fire department to get it nuder con trol. In addition to warehouses abso lutely consnmed by the liames a num ber of others were more or less dtiui nged by fice and water. The ltxi.-, it is expected, will reach n milium and a half pounds stcrliug. The fire traversed a lanro area nn Pitt, Castlercagh, Moore and Hunter streets. Among warehouses the heavy losers are Lark & Sons, lTeldheim '& Co Ball & Gibbs, Shallard Jfc Co., Fowler & llichnrdson and Mr. "Wrench. The r:rlc of Chinese tarlv.J Special loTinc Astokiax.1 Nhw Yokk, Oct 2. .Tiw Siting Pong, jocularly described by the EttiihujtiUn us mayor of Chinatown, who is a Chinese niorehaul of some prominence, haw boon interviewed on the subject r tho sale of Chinese girls. He says that girls are easily bonglit in China for $50 and upward, lie has bought them frequently at that price. An Emphatic Denial. Special to The astouiax.I Bostox, Oct 2. The following is issued by the 'news bureau: uWe slate authoritatively that tho Atchison has not purchased tho Bio Grande "Western and has not entered injto any negotiations for such purchase. The Typesetter Didn't o. Special to Thk Astouian.1 Frankio Anderson who it was sup posed had "skipped" with Nat L. Baker, made her appearance iu this city to-day. She was visiting a sister at Oregon Cily. Tho statement of her elopement came from Mrs. N. L. Baker. A Bold Hotel Ilobbcry. Siwcat toTitK ASTontAX. Tacoma, Oct. 2. A bold robbery was committed at the Fifo hotel Tues day night. W. "Whitney, wife and daughter and Mrs. J. C. Spriggs of San Diego losing some 3,000 worth of diamonds and jewelry. No clew has yet been found to the robbers. The Grant mausoleum Fund. Special to The Astouiax.I New York, Oct 2. Tho Grant mausoleum arch fund is still 835,000 short, according to a statement printed this afternoon. A Jpanese Decoration. A new decoration is announced by the emperor of Japan in celebration of Emperor Jimmu's coronation 2,550 years ago, the distinguishing feature of which is tho kinshi, or golden fish hawk or kite device. The legend is to the effect that during Emperor Jim mu's conquest of eastern Japan, when his fortunes were at a low ebb and he had sustained several successive de feats, the sky one day became sudden ly darkened, hail fell and a tobi oT. a golden hue settled on the emperor's crossbow. The bird threw off a bril liant light, the soldiers of the oppos ing army were struck blind with the glare, and tho emperor wa3 victorious. Chicago Herald. Cure of Spiunl Weakness. E.F. Woolston, Yates, t-rleans Co. N. Y., writes: "My wife, five years ago, was confined to her bed with inllamuiatory rheuma tism of the muscles of the hack. The doctors thought her case hopeless, and doomed her to be a bedridden invalid. The violent pain kept her awake al most every night She lost over thiity pounds in weight To ease her pain I thought 1 would put on Ai.i.cock's Ponous Tlasteus. I covered her hack with them. To my great delight she began to sleep well. The pain very much abated in one week. 1 then took the plasters off, washed her hack, and put on fresh ones. At Ihe end of the second week, she insisted on getting up, and by the thin! week was entirely well and ahlo to attend to her house hold duties." PURSUM SMUGGLERS Beyenne Caller "Corwin" Not After Seal Foaciiers. - A LETTER PliOM THE VESSEL. She Will Take on Board a Party of Government Surveyors and Eelurn Home. Special by The Uxited Pkess. Sax Fbaxcisco, Oct 2. Nothing had been heard of the revenue cut ter Corwin since she left Port Town send August 19 th. It was then said she was going to Behring sea. A let ter wtis received yesterday from a member of the crew, which is the first authentic news of her doings or where abouts. The letter is dated Kildsnoo, Alaska, September 17th, and says tho Corwin arrived at Sitka August 23d. She had up to that time cruised extensively, not iu chase of seal poachois, but in search of whisky smugglers, of whom, however, she did not succeed in capt uring one. Tho Corwin left Sitka September 17th for Juneau and was thence to proceed to Yakatal;, where she will take on board a party of government surveyors. After leaving Yakatak the Corwin will come down to this port As the facts appear it would seem that the EusJi is the only cutter doing active duty in the Behring sea. The Bear is in the north looking after the whalers, while the Corwin, as stated, is interesting herself with whisky smugglings. This news effectually does away with, all stories of the cut ters hunting sealers in Behring sea. HE FOUGHT FOR DEATH. ABridjre Tender Hat tics With a Suicide. Special to Tub Astouiax.I Chicago, Oct 2. Last night Theo dore Ferstenberg jumped from the bridge into tho river. Bridgetender McGraw jumped in after him and a fierce struggle ensued, McGraw try ing to rescue the would-be suicido and tlm latter fighting against tho rescue, while a crowd on the bridge looked on at the tragedy. Finally Ferstenberg broko away and sank, to rise no more alive. The body was recovered one hour later. Ferstenberg belonged to a very prominent family in Germany, nnd fivo years ago was a colonel in the German army. Ho camo lo this conntry, but met with financial reverses at "every turn, and being despondent sought a suicide's deatli in the river. THE IDAHO EJECTION. The RrpiililicntiN Have a ftlnjo ity All Around. Special toTiin.AsToitiAX.J Boise Crry;, Oct 2. Incomplete re turns from seven counties out of eighteen in the state gives the Bepub Jican candidate for Congress 1,500 majority. Tho rest of the state ticket is llepublican by about tho samo ma jority. The Legislature will proba bly stand thirty-three Republicans to nineteen Democrats. Rosulatc! !y Buglo Call Evcrj' watch and clock on Gov ernor's Island is regulated by bugle call. Just before noon two enlisted men are stationed at a point com manding an unobstructed view of the tower of the "Western Union building in New York. One of these is the post bugler, the other a trained signal man, equipped with a powerful field glass. The non-commissioned officer is required lo keep his glass fixed upon the time ball. The instant it drop3 ho gives the signal to the bugler, who immediately sounds the specified call. How a Child Solved a Puzzle. A "West Chester child, aged about 4 years, was given a large apple by his father, and, taking it to his grand mother, an aged lady, offered her half of hi3 treasure. "I cannot eat it, my child. I have no teeth," she exclaimed. The little one thought quite a while and then went to his play room, found an old set of false teeth with which he hail been playing and re turned smiling with the teeth aud apple. He thought he had found a certain solution of the problem, and was displeased to learn of hi3 failure. West Chester Ntws. Sot ice. GOD'S ULE3SING TO HUMANITY So Says an Oregon Pioneer Ninetv Years Old. Fouest Gkove. Or., ilareh 19. I have used the OltEGON KIDNEY TEA and obtained immediate relief. It is God's blessing to humanity. I take pleasure in recommending it to the afflicted. I am now nearly ninety years old, came to Oregon in 1S12 in the em ploy of the Hudson's Hay Company, and s'ncel began using the OREGON KIDNEk' TEA I enjov good health. DAVID MUNEOE. Mary Ryan, aged twenty-two, of Hudson, Wis., formerly a bright, ac tive girl, was taken ill with a strange disease four years ago that baffled the physicians. The disease was pro nonnced consumption, and the case was considered hopeless. A week ago Miss Ryan coughed up from her lungs a shingle nail much corroded that she is supposed to have swallowed about the time she was first afflicted. Merit "Win We desire losay to our citizens that nica Salve and Electric Bitters, and have never handled remedies that sell as well, or that have given such univer sal satisfaction. "We do not hesitate to guarantee them every time, and we stand ready to refund the purchase price, if satisfactory results do not fol low their use. These remedies have won their great popularity nurelv on their merits. J. "W. Coxx, Druggist. I ACCIDENTALLY SHOT. Dave Hilton, the Poundmaster, Wonnds Himself. Dave Hilton, the poundmaster, was brought to the city prison shortly be fore 2 o'clock this morning, suffering from a bullet wound in the right side. He stated that the wound was the re sult of carelessly handling a rovolver, and the statements of his brother and others who were with him seem to bear out the truth of his story. The accident happened in Lizzie Millers dance hall on Concomly street. Hilton and a party of friends had been drinking in various saloons dur ing the night, and at the time of the accident Hilton was pretty well in toxicated. He was standing up in front of the bar when he drew his re volver, a 32-caliber self-cocking weapon and began flourishing it about In some manner it was dis charged and the ball entered his side. Officer Kirby heard the shot and was quickly on the ground. He removed tho man to the prison and summoned Dr. Estes. The physician probed un successfully for the bullet, and stited that he did not think it had penetrated the stomach or that the wound is fatal. Hilton was removed to his home in Uppertown. Later. At 3 a. h., the physician stated that Hilton will probably die. All the Same Read. Special to The Astouiax.I Porttjaxd, Oct 2. It is reported here that Hunt is unable to float the bonds in Now York. The Great North ern has its eye on the system of Hunt's roads. THE RENEGADES STILL RAIDING, More Mnriers Reprtetl ly Anacles in New Mexico. TUE TROOl'S CA2ifT CAXCJI TJIEJI Special D7 Tho UarrnD Tress. Albuquerque, N. M., Oct 2. Sev eral companies of cavalry have now been out after tho renegade Apaches about two weeks, but not an Indian has been captured, though fresh crimes are being reported. The latest from tho Black range country, which has been their rendez vous in every ontbreak for years, is that the bodies of two minora were found day before yesterday riddled with bullets and their scalps "taken. Tho people to the south are in a fever of excitement and if the gov ernment does not put a stop to tho annual raids of a few renegades they will organize themselves into compa nies and exterminate tho savages. OVEIt SIX HUNDRED DOLSjAICS. One merchant XHIs Another Par a Debt. Special to The astouiax.I Lebaxox, Ind., Oct. 2. Al Hoover and Alex Lane, renewed an old quarrel on the streets of Jolietville, a little town ten miles east of here, at noon to-day over 000 that Lane had of Hoover's money. Hoover demanded a settlement and Lane said ho intended to keep the money whereupon they began a hand to hand combat. Lane finally pulled a revolver and fired five shots at Hoover, fatally wounding him. Both were prominent business men. Lane has been arrested. A Gad Lot. Spec-al to The Astouiax.I Sax Francisco, Oct 2. Henry El lis, tho well known sporting man and gambler, known as "Little Doc," who was killed, at Spokane Falls last night, in early days lived in this city. He was one of three brothers coming here from Iowa. They were all "sure thing men," notorious for their ability at any game of cards, but were particu larly strong witli the dice box. '-Little Doc" was tho most successful man of tho three. He worked hotels to per fection, they yielding him a bounteous harvest of victims. The brothers were finally compelled to leave this city. Charley and Frank Elhs have been in Seattle for some time past. Death ol a Noted 171 n is. Special to The astouiax.I BAiiTmoiiE, Oct 2. Philip Francis Thomas died to-day. He was one of the best known and most highly re spected characters in the state. In 1839 he was elected to the twenty-sixth congress and later on he was governor of Maryland. He was secretary of the treasury for a short period under President Buchanan and at different times was a member of the house of delegates. Ho was elected United States senator in lSG8,butwas refused admission because of alleged disloy alty to the Union during tho war. Urn-Men". Ariilcn Salve. TnE Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rhe um, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively enres Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money re funded. 1 rice 25 cents 'per box. For sale by .1. W. Conn. "The blueberry plains in Deblois and elsewhere in the western part of this country have now a large popu lation," says the Calais, Maine Times. "It requires 4,000 people of all ages to supply the canning factories at Cher Tyfield and Harrington with berries." The Pulpit nml the Macro. Kev. F. M. Shrout, pastor United Brethren Church, Blue Mound, Kansas, says: "I feel it my duty t tell what wonders Dr. King's ew Discovery has done for me. - My lungs were badly dis eased, and my parishioners thought 1 could live onlv a few weeks. I took five bottles of Dr. King's New Discov ery and am sound and' well, gaining 2G lbs. in weight" Arthur Love, manager Love's Funny Folks Combination, writes: "After a thorough trial and ponvin'cing evidence I am confident Dr. King's New Discov ery for Consumption beat 'em all, and cures when everything else fails. The greatest kindness I can do my many thousand friends is to urge them to try it" Free trial bottles at J. W. Conn's drug store, llegular sizes 50c and $1. THE PRESIDENT SNUBBED Speater Reel Refnses to Return Harrison's Salnte. ILL PEELING BETWEEN THEM Appointment of tho Collector for Portland, Maine, the Cause of the Coolness, Special by The United Press. New York, Oct 2. The Morning Journal's "Washington special says: "There is no doubt that ill-feeling has been engendered between Presi dent Harrison and Speaker Reed over the appointment of F. N. Dow as col lector of the port of Portland, Me. "President Harrison wa3 at the Cap itol to-day signing the bills. In. the afternoon he was in the rotunda of the capitol when he met Reed arm-in-arm with his friend Congressman Boutelle. "The president smiled and saluting Reed said, "good afternoon, Mr. Speaker." "Reed deliberately snubbed tho President He paid not the slightest attention to his salute, but looking straight ahead he and Boutelle kept on. Harrison flushed, but afterwards recovered himself and whispered a word or two to his private secretary, Mr. Halford. The remark must have been amusing for Halford smiled. A PICETTY HOWDY-DO. Trouble iiiltcly toArisc Over the New Tariff &aw. Special to Tun Astokiax.1 "Washixgton, Oct, 2. Tho treasury department this morning mailed a cer tified copy of the new tariff law to every collector of customs and inter nal revenue in tho United States. The new law goes into effect on October 6th. In this connection an interesting point has been raised at the treasury department which will probably be brought before the secrotary for decision. The point in question arises from a dehnqnency of mail service to deliver the tariff law to the collector at San Francisco mid other points where it is an impossibility for tho mails sent out to-day to be delivered on tho 6th inst As the old Jaw goes ont of operation on that date the question has arisen whether goods arriving at San Francisco and other points beforo the new law has been received by the collector aro dutiable under old, or whether they will prop erly come under the law, of which the collector of customs has never read officially aud knows nothing of it. A prominent treasury official, in speaking of tho matter to-day, ex pressed an opinion that goods might be assessed under the old law and re liquidated under the new law when it is received. Ho said, however, that it was not obligatory upon the collector to have a certified copy of the law be foro him, and that in the event of an uncertainty as to tho assessment of certain goods he could telegraph the treasury department for their proper classification. THE PROPOSED RECOUNT. TSic Oregon Delegation Argue Before Secretary Noble. Special to The Astoriax.1 "Wasuixgtox, Oct. 2. Senators Dolph and Mitchell and Representa tive Herman of Oregon made an ar gument to-day before Secretary Noble in favor of a recount of the population of that state. Statements were read from tho census officers, which showed that the census was as satisfactory as could bo expected. The Secretary will make known his decision in a day or two. The ways of the auctioneer in dif ferent parts of the world vary greatly. In England and America the seller bears the expense of the sale, but in Franco the purchaser bears the cost, 5 per cent, being added to his purchaso. In Holland it is still worse, the buyer being required to pay 10 per cent additional for the expense of the sale. A Peculiar Experience. About ten years ago my health he came impaired, and rheumatism set in. My suffering was intense, but Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup has relieved me en tirely of rheumatism, regulated my kidneys and liver, and benefitted my whole system. B. W. Rockwell. Jackson. Mich. Any statement made by B. W Kock well, can be relied upon. W. D. Tiiompso.v, Pres. Jackson City Bank. For sale by J. W. Conn. Two men in Kentucky had a dis pute as" to whether Russia could whip Austria in case of war, and having made- a bet of 2 on it, one of them has written to the Czar of Russia to ask him to decide tho matter. advice to 3iothebs. Mrs. Wxxslow's Soothing Syrup should always be used for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all. pain, cures wind chohc, and is the best remedy for diar-rhoea.Twenty-Gve cents a bottle Sparks remarks that a smooth bore can talk better when it is a gun than when it is a man. All the patent medicines advertiseu in this paper, together with the choicest perfumery, and toilet articles etc.. can be bought at the lowest prices at J. W. Conn's drug store, opposite Occident hotel, Astoria. CURES PERMANENTLY BRUiSES and WOUNDS. Foil From a Telegraph Pole. i. t. .Gary, Dak., Septal, 1588. I was badly braised and strained by a fall from telegraph pole; couldn't turn fa bcS Doctors did no good. Tried St. Jacobs Oil : II cured me. y. H. SCANNEL. Tho Kicker Outwitted. , ,, Merced, Col., Sept. 29, 1883. I was kicked by a mulo on right kneoand could not walk for three da-jStSS wecks,but St Jacobs Oil enred mocompletely L. LANGDON. ' At Deuggst3 ani Dealees. THE CHARLES A. VOGEtER CO., BaRtaMTt, M. g?jJkCBS OR i