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-T cacyr- r "v , " ETW-"' "?5 -i"" 'c-3SSr F""- k filial VOL. XXXV, NO. 123. ASTOTITA, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1890. PRICE FIVE CENTS " " . ''s-f-'-T J"tlil5tW : . .... i). ? The Only Exclusive Clothing AND ZBCot ECouse In TJa.- Oity. iSSBflsn !$ k, Tin? house that is managed the best, and transacts its business on the low est expense for the volume of business annually transacted. The house that can, and docs sell its goods on the smallest margin. The house that keeps the best assortment and lias no shelf-worn Roods, its stock Is always new and fresh as it is continually coming and going.- like the flow of the mighty Columbia, direct from Its source, to the body it supplies. Abovo all, it is the house that treats every customer alike, and transacts all its business on strictly business principles, in short it 13 a business hous Xot JSL FAlSLO. BUSINESS CARDS. 1 I. KATXOSO, CIVIL ENGINEER. County Surveyor of Clatsop County. Office : Room No. 7. Kinney's Brick, Asto ria, Oregon. T F. nA5Iir,TON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Astoria, ... Oregon. Office, three doors east Court House, Third street rt JT. CURTIS. AUraeyit-Lan: KoUry Public. Commissioner of Deeds for Washington Territory. Ofico In Flayers new brick building. Cor. Second and Cass streets. roux . SMITH. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office on Cass street, 2 doors back of Odd Fellows Building, Astoria, Oregon. I Vttorney rb Ceuscllar. mt LtW ''dee on Cneaamas Street, Astoria, Orqgoa, R. KANACA, ATTORNEY AT LaW. OSee orer Wklte Hoase Cor., Astoria, Or, mEAX ESTATE BROKER ' NOTARY PUBLIC. 9tWIshedlg8g Tfek4 Street, next to W, U. Telegraph Ot ftee,Astetia, Or. W W. PARKER, Real Estate and Insurance Agent, CoBvey&nccr and Notary Public m Benton Street, opposite the Postofllce, Between Gbcn&mus &Squenioquo Sta.. Astoria, Oregon. i. . CL.EVEL.ANI. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Ofll-e Flavel'a new brick building, corner ccoud and Cass streets : up stairs. D SO. A. U AM) J. A. FULTON. Cms street, between 3rd and 4th. Special attention to Diseases of Women M Children, by Dr. A, Lc Fulton. Special attention to Surgery, by Dr. J. A. Faltes. OAce noun from 10 to 12 a.m., and 1 to 4 r.sc r. W W. STRICKLER, rnvsicrAN, surgeon and druggist In simple cases, charges only for medl- Kecr Tostoffice, Chcnainus Street, Astoria, Oregon. JAY TUTTLE, W. P. rrvobs, Swgeoa and Acoouobenr. Oftce, Room 6, Pythian Building. OSce feours : 10 to 12 and 2 to 5. Resldeace, 639 Cedar Street. t K. MJXLF.R, X. I. Gr&da&le et Cleveland Homoeopathic Hos pital (teltere, asd Post-Oraduate of New vrk City PolycllHlc School of Medicine MtSargery. First aad Mala streets, Portland. Diceuei of Wemcm a Specialty. D" .R.ESTKS. PHYSICIAN AND SUKGEON. Spftdxl &itBUoa to Diseases of Women WMSwsery. irrtit Opposite Telegraph Office, up Stain. Atterta, . ut-Koa. DENTIST. i7a8,Fl&vel,s sew Brick Build er. T. BOaXXT. L. T. BABIK J. tT. DRAPER. Bkntey, Barin & Draper, Attnera at-lAw. s ;Oregon City, Oregon. Tvctve yean experience as Beglster of 3keV.S.Laa OAce feere, recommends us la aartptataUyet MtolwRand all other bus- m XJore i.aaauHce or the Court. 1-taTnWg ta practice la the General sif A X KKSIGKIO MAN WANTED TO The House that Buys and Sells the Best Goods, as to Mals.e, Tlielseo, Lester & Andersen, CIVIL ENGINEERS, Surveyors and Architects. Office, Boom 9, Flavel's Bld'o SECOND STREET P. O. Box 813. ASTORIA, OR. C. P.. Upshur, Shipping and Ctmmittion Merchant Li&ln St. Wharf, Astoria, Oregon. 8PE0IALTIK3 : Cannery Supplies Barbour's Salmon Net Twines. NEPTUNE Brand Salmon Twine, WOODBERRY Cotton Lines and Twines SEI1CE& and RETTING 01 all Description Fnrnttbed at Factory Prices, r FIRE INSURANCE .Effected , in .First Class Companies, fiepreseating !,, PHCEKg............. .Hartford, Coan H03ffi,.....-.......-...New York, Ageier Fielle Sxyrew ud Tf elk. Farce t Co. -TH E-o- AUSTIN-:-HOUSE J. P. AUSTIN, Propr. Opei All tie Year 'Round THI8 POPULAR HOTEL Is new and clean and beautifully located on the banks of the Necanlcum. within fire minutes' walk of CLATSOP BEACH, The most pleasant Seaside Resort on the Northwest Pacific Coast. Every attention Is paid to the comfort and accommodation of the guests, and the table Is supplied with the very best in season'. Here are plenty of Clams and Crabs, there Is game in the woods and plenty of the finest fish In the streams. E. P. HOOKAH & CO. (Successors to) dealers nr- Groceries Produce. "Water Street, Astoria, Oregon. TELEPHONE HO. J. - P. O.AOXSM W. F. Scheibe, CIGAIt MANUFACTURE. Smokers' Articles in Stock. THE TRADE SUPPLIED. Special Brands Manufactured to Order. MAIN STREET. - - Astoria, Or Thompson & Boss Carry a Full Llae of Choice Staple and Fancy Groceries. Give Us a Call and Be Convinced. J. B. Wyatt, DEALESS IN Hanhrirt ami Sty CaaMllf rf, Pure OIL Bright Varnish, Blriaclo Oil, uonon uanvas, nemp oan iwine, Lard Oil. Wrought Ire 8pHcea, Galvanized Cut Kails. Agrlciltaral lataleMeata, 8ewlg lUcklaes, Palate, 0II, Grrooerlei Slto TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. Paul Baker was killed by a falling treo near Kalaxna. Hail and rain storms in Mexican cities did great damogo. A runaway switch engine caused a bnd smash-up at Tncoma. Dr. John Strentzel, a California pio neer, died at Martinez. Tno BUgnr trust is again before ihe publio for endorsement. At Port Townsend 120 pounds of con traband opium were seized. Signor Lncci will undertake a fast of forty-five days in Now York. The Sound is fog bound and vessels have to steer by compass entirely. Frank Mason, of "Westport kills his two brothere-in-law while they wero asleep. The oonsus office, on first compulation, fixes tho population of tbo United States at 02,48040. Thero aro more worshippers among tho Indians in Dakota than the churches can accommodate. "Spider" Kelly, Jack MoAuliffo and other prize fighters charged with fight ing wero dismislsed in a New York court. A hurricane visited tho New Bruns wick coast. Two lives wero lost at St. John. Jam e8 McCudden, a crooked contractor at the Mare Island Navy Yard, has been indioted by Ihe United States grand jury. The report cf the census agent for Alaska shows a wonderful increase in tbo development of that country's re sources. Matt Dee has been sued in Portland for $10,000 damages, alleged to bavo re sulted from a beating given to A. M. Planek. Reporters havo been refused permis sion to interview the alleged assassins of Chief of Police Hennessy, in New Orleans. Tho Spanish.steamer Viszcaya was in collision with an unknown schooner; both vessels were sunk and sixty-one lives lo3t. Tho discharged telegraph operations at Omaha have returned to work, they sign ing an agreement to withdraw from the Brotherhood. Tho LaBlanche-Smith fight that was to have taken place in Portland was de clared off, owing to a decision of the district attorney, who has declared against exhibition contests and fights. ( Astoria National Bank IS NOW OPEN FOR GEHERAL TMmfr BUSINESS Accounts of Firms and Individuals Solic ited on Favorable Terms. Interest -paid on Time Deposits. Money Loaned on Personal and Real Estate se curity. Foreign and Domestic Exchange bought and sold. C. T. Edee, President. Jefan HebiBB, Vice Pres. A. B. Edee, Cashier. I. W. Case, BANKER. Tr&nsaota a Greneral Banking Business. Drafts drawn available In any part of the D. S. and Europe, and on Hong Kong, China Officx IIouiw : id a. m. to 3 v. x Odd Fkixows Buildinq, Astoria. OreRon. Maverick National BANK, BOSTON, IT1ASS. CAPITAL . SURPLUS- ..$400,000 .. 800.000 Accounts of Batiks, Bankers and Corpora tions solicited. Our faclllllesfor COLLECTIONS are excel lent, and we re-dlscount for Banks when balances warrant It. Boston is a Reserve City, and balances with us from Banks (not located In other Reserve Cities) count as a reserve. We draw our own exchange on London and the Continent, and make cablo transfers and place money by telegraph throughout the united States and Cauada. We have a market for prime, first-class Investment Securities, and Invite projwsals from States. Counties and Cities when is suing bonds. We do a General Banklntt Business, and In vite correspondence. ASA P. POTTER, President. JOS. W. WORK, Cashier. 8. F. ALLEN & CO. DEALERS IN Wall Paperand Oil Paintings : PRACTICAL : PAINTERS AND DECORATORS. All Work Guaranteed. Cor. Cass and Jefferson St.. Astoria. THE Scow Bay FoMry -CORNER-WEST FIFTH AND WALL STS. Astoria, - - Oiiegon. CASTINGS Of all Descriptions MADE 10 ORDER ON SHORT NOTICE. FARM AND DAIRY RANCH TO LET Twenty ta TMIrty Choice Cew AXD 30 to 50 Acres of Fine Meadow Farming Land A Farm of 160 acres, 4to 5 acres of orchard la cclce fruits, completo farm buildings, sear Astoria. -Convenient to sell milk In tfaa city. All famine tools and dairy appli ances. Oae span fine Farm Horses and Waon. Apply to this office, or to A.H. Sale, on the premises, at Woodland Farm YouBg"s River, Or. MURDERED WHILE ASLEEF A Man Kills His Two Brollers-m-Law Bear festprt. BLOODY W0EK Of A .MANIAC He Plees to the Woods and is Thought to Havo "Killed Others or Com mitted Suicide. Special to The ASToniAN.l Westport, Or., Oct. 31. A terrible tragedy took place between 5 and 6 o'clock this morning in the woods about two miles from here. Frank Mason shot and killed his two brotbera-in-law, Charles and Mat thew Vann, while they wero asleep in Mason's house. After committiu; the deedMsisou fled into tho woods, armed with his rifle. Moro shots were heard in tho woods and as Mason had made threats against others in the neighborhood, it is feared he has killed others or may havo killed him3eir. No cause can bo assigned for the murderous deed except iusauilft as Mason and the Vann brothers were1 apparently on good terms. Mrs. Mason is lying unconscious from the shock f Officers from here aro sconring the woods for Uio murderer. A CROOKED CONTItACTOK Sold Coal at Short Weight to The Government. Special to Tiik Astokiax.1 Sax Francisco. Oct 31. Et-Sfaite Senator James McCudden. of Vallejo, was indicted by the United Stales grand jury for presenting a bill for coal, and thereby defrauding the gov ernment McCudden had been a government contractor for a loug time aud for many years enjoyed a monopoly of coal" contracts, aud it is charged that by means of false weights and con nivance of crooked clerks, in the vari ous government offices, at Mare Island, he has swindled tho government out of many thousands of dollars. Dentil of a. Pioneer. Special to Tub AsToat n.1 Martinez, Cal., Oct. 31. Dr. John Strentzel, a pioneer fruit grower, died' to-day. Strentzel was one of the first to call attention to the wonderful agricultural possibilities of California soil end climate. Lomr before wine or raisin making had become a great industry, his grapes had become celebrated throughout California. THE FOK-BOUKD SOUM. StcaraersHavc to Steer by Coin pass Entirely Spcrlal to Tiik Astouiax.1 TAC05TA,Oct. 31. The list of marine accidents, consequent upon the dense fog, which has enveloped the Sound for tho past few day increases each hour. Some aro serious, .some are not. Trips between Sound points are made wholly by compass. ' .. Interevt In the Election. Special to The Astorian. TAcoiiA, Oct. 31. Great interest is being taken in the coming state and county election on November 4th. Important Notice. Xow Is the lime to tat the best Ca tarrh, Bronchitis, Asthma a.ri Jlhcu matic Can in the City f A.toiia. Fifty packages of Le oj'a West India Catarrh Cine, tin regular priri of which is S5.00. enn he hail from .1. W. Conn. Ihe ilitigbt. at $1.00 per package, thereby saving $!.C0. l his Is apreparatio warranted to run, all and get a paekatre, a thoy go fat. Remember the place Conn's, ojij o sitethe Occident Hotel. S. Urovm & Co., Proprietors, l.os Angeles, Cal. P. O. Box 892. niiiinaiir-Kr.tuk Drug Co., Portland. For lame hack, side or chest, u-u SMIolfs Porous Plaster. Price 'Si ecr.ts. 7 F.H.SURPRENANT&CO., County Coroner. First Class Undertaking ESTABLISHMENT. New Styles, Caskets and funeral iiiutwu Next to Astokian onlce. AlderbrooK BARGAINS l.T Mertooffioprty -FOR- A Few Days Only. BUY NOW! DON'T WAIT! h Sure To Be niu Terminus of a Kail Soad. Wingate & Stone, ODD FELLOWS'BUILDING, Astoria, ... or. Many Imitate, Npne Excel iTiTiffinff Til mMNVM IT BLEW GREAT GUNS. A Tcrrlfc Storm Visits llie New Brunsiviclc Coast. Special to Tiik Astori ax. I St. Jomr. N. B., Oct 31. The wild est storm for years struck St. John's iarbor yesterday and serious damage was done to the breakwater. When the storm was at its height and hundreds were watching the waves breaking over tho railroad track, a terrific blast lifted Fred Mun dee, aged 13 years, from tho wharf into tiie raging sea. Fred Young aged 17 plunged in to the rescue of Mundee and held him tweuty minutes when the line of the life buoy parted and both drifted out into the bay. Mundee sank, but Young held on for almost an hour in the raging sea, iu sight of thousands, who could not help him. Finally he threw up his arms and went down. INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE. A Cntcli of Prize Fighter Escape Tlic Law. Siicckil to Tub AsroniAX New York, Oct. 3L "Spider" Kelly, Ben Murphy, Dorainick McCafTroy, Jack McAulilTe, Billy Oliver and Mr. Brester, parties to a prize fight, al leged to havo taken place in a hall on St. Mark's place recently, were in tho eourt of special sessions for trial to day. On hearing the evidence the court deemed it iusnilicient and dis charged the entire parly. HEAVY HAM AflD HAIL STORM. Tie Stone Pavements iu a Hexicau City WasM Away. JFMMEXSE rA7ir.lGH TO CHOI'S. .Sj. cl.it b Tub Uxitkd Pukss. New Yoitrc, Oct. 31. Nows has just reached this city from interior and seaboard cities of Mexico, of so vcrc damage done by storms that havo been raging there for three weoks or more. In Souor.i heavy rain, accompan ied by hail and high winds blew down whole groves of trees in tho pub lic parks. The hail cut crops on tho planta tions to pieces and cansed unlimited damage. This will resnlt in futuro hardship amoug the owners of small plantations and the laboring classes. It is estimated that it will tako years to repair the damage to frees and shrubbery. The city of Terolapan fared even worse. There the rain was so heavy that itrwnshed away the stone pave- Incnts on streets and undermined Ihe foundations of several houses. One peculiar resnlfc of the storm was that a number of graves in the old Span ish cemetery on the outskirts of tho town were washed partially open, and after t the storm a number of human beings wero found in a street near by, where they had been left by the floods. A number of coffins which were near the surface, were also erposed. -liillcil by a FnlUiijr Tree. Si.eci.il n Tiik Astoi:i x.l PortiiAKd, Oct 31. The remains of Paul Baker, aged 40 years, wero .brought to this city this evening, ho having been killed by a falling treo near Kalama. Baker was Xrorn the Ea3fc where his wife resides. He be longed to a wealthy family. Reporters Arc Barred. Special to TnE AsTOnuxJ New Orleans, Oct. 31. Judge Mnrr has refused to issue a writ of Mandamus to allow reporters to in terview the alleged murderers of Chief Hennessy, now in the jail. Opinin Seized. Spccl.il to The Astouiak.1 Pout Towxsend, Oct. 31 One hundred and twenty pounds of opium, valned at Sl,G0O, was seized on a steamer this morning. Champion IIiirlt i. A. A. Jordan, champion hurdler of America, ami ho.tl r of the American record for ruuning 120 yards over 3 feet 5 inch hinrilfs, says: "i have for a great many jcars used A !.t.cocks Ponous Plasters, i artic ularlv duriu-r the training season. I find that if I n affected iu bark or loin-, with any kind of a pain or strain, that Am.cock's Ponors I'lasters in stantly afford relief. For pains in the body, the result of a severe cold, nothing can beat At.i.cock's Plasters. 1 would certainly recommend the plasters to any athlete who is suffering with sorr.nss or stiffness while in I raining." Belginh brick-makers work sixteen hours a day. ADVICE TO MOTIIKItS. Mrs. Wixslow's Soothing Syrup should always bo used for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind cholic,andis tho best remedy fordiar-rhcea.Twenty-five cents a bottle. Philadelphia, which is essentially a city of homes, takes tho lead in tho number of structures erected in 1889, having pnt up 11,905 houses at an aggregate cost of $26,000,000. 8tirkIt;nH Arnica Salve. The Best Sai.ve in the. world for Cuts, Bruise Sores, U!eer, Salt Ilhc um, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or monej re funded. Price 25 cents per lox. For sale by .1. V. Conn. A 7,000,000 tin-plate company at Baltimore will employ 500 and have the world's largest tin-plate mill. Illcrit Wins. We desire to say to our citizens that for years we havo been selling. Dr. Kinu's New Discovery for Consumption, Dr. King's New Life Pills.Buklen's Ar 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 urice, if satisfactory results do not fol low their use. These remedies have won their great popularity purely on their merits. .1. W. Conn, Druggist. WILL YOU SUFFER wifh Dispep sia and Liver Complaint? Shifolrs vitaiizer is guaranteed to cure you. MADE MAD BY' ROOD MS Tie M Realization of a Soler's Deferrel Hop. TO PAST rOfiTY-PIVE DAYS. The LaBlanche-Smith Pight Is Off- Alaska Census Eetnrns A Eail road Smash-Up. Special by Tuk Usitxd Prkss. Bamtmore, Oct. 31. John Tunif, a boiler maker, who was reduced to poverty by ill-health and consequent inability to work, has gone crazy through overjoy at the .recovery of S8.000 of back pension money and annuity from the government. Ho had given up all hope of hi3 claim, and when tho good news was received from Washington he became delirious and then raving mad. A FOUTT-FIVE DAYS FAST. An Italian will Try mid neat Or. Tanner. Special to Tiik Astorian. New York, Oct. 31. Siguor Jean Succi, unless all present Lenten signs go for naught, will on Saturday -of next week, begin a fast of forty-hvo aays. iio wm oe watcnea every instant of that timo by a staff of med ical men and threo reporters of the ueraia, the latter at ins special request. Por two months ho has been strag gling to arrango .the preliminary details oEhLs fast, but he did not get into company that proved satisfactory until to-day. A RUNAWAY ENGINE. It Crushes into a Train and. Wrecks Several Cars. Special to Tuk AsrourAX.I Tacoita, Oct. 31. This morning as tho east overland tram was leaving tuis city sue was run into by a switch engine, demolishing one of the coaches. The engineerof the switch engine re versed his engine- and jumped. After striking, the engine started backwards down the yard at terrific, speed and wnen opposite tue Tacpma Hotel ran into a jvork train, wrecking the engine badly and smashing up several flat cara Two switch men were seriously injurea. uno is amuei uampbeii, tne other's name was.not learned. AliASKA'SUPOPUIiAXIilH.- Wonderful Increase In tho He sources of "the Ceitntry. Special toTHE AsroErAx.l "WASHE-aTONOct 3L Ivan Pefc roffi special census agent for Alaska, has returned '.to "Washington with his figures. Sis preliminary report will bo ready in a few days. He estimates Alaska's population at from 35,000 to 38,000. The resources of the country have developedjwonderfully, owing to a remarkable increase in the white population. IjA BLANCHE-SMITH. iiic juisirici Aiiorncy mts a Stop to the Fight. Special to The AsroniAK.i PoRTiiAro, Oct 31. Prosecuting Attorney btephens has decided to put a stop to all slogging matches in future. Exhibition sparring matches are also included, and the LaBlanche Smith match is off inconsequence. WILL HAKE THE DESERr'BLOSSO 31 A Colony of Astorians Secure a Trart of Iilalio Desert Land. S. B. Crow returned yesterday morn ing from a trip to Eagle Eock, Idaho, whither he went with several others from this city and vicinity to file on desert lands. Thero aro fourteen per sons in tho colony and arrangements havo been concluded by which water to irrigate the tract will bo" brought in next year. Tho land lies in n large plain at an altitude of 4,800 feet and is covered with sage brush like the so called desert lands of Nevada. It is subject to entry in lots of 320 acres, and each one of the party has secured that amount. It is well known that the sagebrush land of Nevada yields a rich harvest when aided by irrigation. The vegetables produced on that land are unexcelled in yield and flavor, and grain and fruit are successfully grown. While the climate at that altitude and latitude is not as agree able as ours in Oregon, there is yet destined to bo a rich and prosperous agricultural section on that olevated plateau, and the invest ment in those lands under present con ditions will prove a very remunerative one. Brier. 11 ut To Tkc Xoint. I had rheumatism all over my body for two years. Doctored with eminent physicians, aud spent three months in Keed City Hospital. Four bottles of Uibbard's Rheumatic Syrup entirely cured mc. Tho greatest medicine in the woild. Charles IJown, Baldwin, Mich. Every word of the above is true. T. Heffkrnax, Druggist, Baldwin, Mich. For sale by J. W. Conn. Somo New York lawyers make $250,000 a year. The Way Made Clear. One of the most serious obstacles to suc cesi in the way of man Is planted right in the middle ot the roid to health. How to re3tora and to maintain a Tegular habit of body aud digestion is too often a source of needless and unhappily, of vain Inquiry. It is not necessary to lavelgh against drastic puigatlves. They who havo used them con tinuously know the consequence. A remedy which unites the action of aregulatingjned iclno for the bowols with that of a tonic both lor those organs, the liver and the stomach, is ilostetter's Stomach Bitters, sanctioned by the best medical authority, and receiving daily tho indorsement of our fellow countrymen. With this effectual, though gentle. laxative at hand, it is possi ble to defy those changes of temperature productive of constipation. a3 well as con stitutional attacks of biliousuess, which be set even people naturally healthy. Malaria dyspepsia, rheumatism and kidney troubles aro remedied and prevented by the Bitters. CATARRH CURED, health and sweet breath secured, by, Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy. Price 60 cents. Nasal injector free. TWO DAMAGE SUITS. 31att Sec anil a Railroad Com pany Sued, in Portland. Special to The Astobiax. Portland, Oct. 31. IE Planck has instituted suit against M. M. Dee for 10,000 damages on the alleged ground that on the 16th inst, Dee beat him about the head in such a manner as to disable him from attend ing to his business. Henry Burlington wants $5,000 damages from the Northern Pacific Kailfbad Company. The' prayer in his complaint filed to-day is based upon the alleged fact that while he was in possession of a first class ticket on the 14th inst, and riding one of. defendant's cars, a conductor violently assaulted and beat him about the head and face and forced him to oc cupy a seat in the emigrant car. BACK AT THEIR KEYS. Telegraphers In Omaha Come to Company Terms. Special to TnE Astoriax.1 Omaha, Oct. 31. The operatorswho wero discharged by tho "Western Union Telegraph Company "on ac count of their connection with the Telegrapher's Brotherhood, to-day promised to sign an agreement with drawing from that and all similar or ganizations. Nearly all will re-enter sorvico of the company at once. Tho company refused to take back a few men who were especially active dur ing tho recent difficulty. MORE RAILROAD TALK. Statement oftleTiceWsiJent of the Union Pacific. SOME OTA) STORIES JtEVEXTED. Yesterday's Oregonian had a long artiole' in reference to railroad matters somo of which is tho same we had in these columns yesterday, as coming Jby telegraph. But other portions of it aro new, and so the whole article is copied, so that our readers can each extract as much happiness from its perusal as their tastes' and judgement may direct Hero it is, read and judge foryenrselves: The announcement that the Union Pacific intends to build a line from Kalama to Frankfort, opposite Asto ria, has greatly exercised the people of Astoria, and delegations of taem have come to this city during the past few days to confer with the Union Pacific regarding the matter. An Oregonian reporter called yesterday on Hon. D. PThompson, who is vice president of 4he4Jnibn;Eacifio Extension-Company, wMcbisibnilding-tt'lme" to Seattle, and 'also of the Oregon Bailway '& Navigation Company. Eeferring to the proposed Frankfort branch, he said: "There is no foundation whatever for the rumor that the Union Pacific intends building a line from Kalama to Frankfort or that it proposes build ing down the north bank of the Colum bia from Frankfort. I have received assurances from Union Pacifio head quarters' in the East that no such step is contemplated, but the pad to the Sound will be pushed as rapidly as possible. The Union Pacific, being essentially an Oregon corporation, re gards Astoria as one of its chief points, a point which has always furnished its line a great deal of business, and it will certainly do nothing that would hurt the people of Astoria in any way. Last winter the company surveyed a line westward from Portland to the Nehalem valley, but the inclemency of the weather compelled it to suspend work, which has not yet been resumed, but may possibly be in the near future." STOCKHOIiDEES MEETING. The annual meeting of stockholders of tho Pacific Construction Company, which built the Portland & Willam ette Valley railway and is now build ing tho Astoria & South Coast rail way, was held at its office in this city yesterday, when the resignations of F. E. Habersham as secretary and E. P. Thompson as president were accepted, and E. E. Cooper elected as president and Alex. D. Bieid, as secretary for the ensuing year. A report of the com pany's operations in 1890 showed that the Astoria & South Coast Bailway Company was indebted to the con struction company for work done on that road exceeding $208,000 and that the Portland & Willamette Valley Bailway Company bad not yet paid up an indebtedness of $68,363 duo the Pa cific Construction Co., secured by that railway company's promissory notes, which had been transferred to certain creditors of the construction company. The assets of tho latter company showed a large surplus when the P. & .W V. By. Co. and tho A. & S. O. By. Company pay up their debts. GOOD NEWS FOR ASTORIA. The president of tho Astoria & South Coast railway, Mr. William Eeid, yesterday received the following cablegram from London, from the chief ot the syndicate, which pur chased the $3,000,000 of bonds ot the Astoria & South Coast railway: 1 approve contracts received to-day. Will pay $200,000 seven days after engineer's arrival." The contract referfed to was signed by tho finance committee of the Astoria & South Coast railroad, I. W. Case, O. H. Page and Wm. Beid, and by tho construction company, and was acknowledged before tho British vice consul, James Laidlaw, on Oct 11, and copies forwarded at once. The engineer sent out by the syn dicate to look after the bondholders' interests during the construction of the road will probably reach here in a, short time, and seven days after his arrival, the $200,000 will be paid over to the finance committee. This will be good news to the people of Astoria, who for tho past few days have been deeper than ever in the waters of affliction in regard to railroad matters, and this news coupled with the state ment from Vice-President Thompson, of the Union Pacific, should set their minds at rest and make them feel happy. All is well that ends welL Ml SLEEPLESS NIGHTS, made miser able -by that terrible cough. Shiloh's Cure is tho Kemedy for you. SIXTY-ONE LIVES LOST A SpanisS Steamer to Dom By an Mnown Sc&ooner. BOTH VESSELS WEEE SUIX. A Tew Survivors Picked Up at Sea Partial list of Thoaa Who , . "Were Drowned. Special bv Tho Uxttxd Fsess. New York, Oat 31.j-Theteamship Humboldt arrived here to-day from Brazil and reports that she picked "up some of the crew of the Spanish steamer Viszcaya, which left New York yesterday and which was sunk last night off Barnegat by an unknown vessel a schooner with which she was in collision. The Humboldt reports that the. schooner sank, but nothing is known oi ner captain and. crew. The Hum boldt rescued three officers nnd woTif. of the crew of the- steamer, and it 13 supposed mat tue rest ot tne crow and tno passengers, some sixty or seventy persons all told, were lost The Humboldt sighted the wreck ot the Viszcaya. thi3 morning with several persons clinging to ttwerigging. The chief officer, second officer, en gineer, surgeon and eight of the crew were rescued. They say the collision occurred last night and both vessels sank in a few minutes. After striking, the captain of the steamer was lost, as wero also forty passengers and part of the crew, sixty one persons in all. . Among tho passengers wore a Cuban millionaire, his wife and two children. Nothing has been heard of the cap tain and crew of the schooner and it is supposed that all were lost Tho steamer Viszcaya belonged to the Spanish line plying between New York and Havana. F. O. Unhillwas captain aud she was a staunch, sea worthy vessel and had been entirely renovated and new cabins placed in her a comparatively short time ago. The following is a list of tho pas sengers: Juan Pedro, M. A. Calvo, wife, son and maid, Mr. Purr and three children, Mr. A. Buiz, Joe. Acaibra, Bamon Alvarez, Juan F. Hedman, Oscar Islaw, Liluelo Pillion, Jose M- Qarca. MARINE NEWS AND NOTES. The little steamer R. P. Elnmra ar rived from Tillamook yesterday with 1,000 cases of salmon" , The Kflhnonpr Striilnr firm fUnf Johnson, sailed for San Francisco yes terday witn 4Ui,uuu feet of lumber. The fonr-mnsted British nhTn Princivalitv arrived down from Port land yesterday and will complete cargo nere. The Rtemrtftr "Rolinsa tpjio VuaaVhn? of Parker's wharf last evening to undergo u ouyub uYemauuug. one will DO afloat again to-day. The British shin Mount nn.rm.pl ,fl on the wav down tho river. T,nnh -nirrTit she was anchored at Cedar Landing and it tne log lilts snouid arrive fcera in the afternoon. The American bark fiolama. -wfcinTi is to sail for China in a day or two. anchored at Skamokawa last night The tug Wallowa which left" here to releiye the Modoc of the tow was along side. The British shin Blennfell. flank Irvincr. master, arrivpd vpoferrlav afternoon twenty days f romJETonoluiu. .ma vussm is in oaiiasi ana wm ioaa wheat for the United Kingdom. The trip up was uneventful. The nilot schooner San Jose, -whirth left San Francisco for this -nort two weeks ago to-day had not put in an appearance up to 8 late fcour last luyui. xi u uuxiuiy is lfX JOT TUO vessel, but it is though sb has put into some point along, the coast in stress of weather, as in, all probability she encountered the last twe heavy gates. The four-masted Oormnn hurt JRenee Rickmers. is jmnhnTwi in fhA stream awaiting the return ot the cap- ituii iiuui ruiuaua wun Bailing orders. She is anchored next to the Princivalitv. The vessels nm two of tho largest that ever entered the river and lying side by side almost, they present a very magnificent picture. , The steamer Telenhnna tma throA hours late in arriving yesterday, tho aeiay Deing caused oy a mianap tnat occurred before the vessel Wfc the dock at Portland. Aa her wheel- was being turned over, a log was picked up and an eccentric bent. It took about three hours to make repairs aud the steamer did nofc lervrA Pm-tlnnd until 10 o'clook. 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