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TUB .DAILY ABTOBIAK, ASTORIA. 8 UN DA V. JHOHNIN (J tji APJBIL U . J803, THE ' AMENDMENT IS LEGAL 'Judge Stott's Opinion on the GamMinz Oriinance, HE WHITES THE ASTORIAH ruin Most Statement From On Eminent Ltwjrtn on Faelflo Cout. of the the The Astorl&n Is In receipt of the fol lowing communication from Judge Ra leigh Stott, of Portland: Offlca of Stott,Boise & Stott, attor neys at law. Portland, Oregon, March 31nt, 18931 To the Editor of The Astorlan: Dear Blr: "I have considered the question you propounded in regard to the new city charter of Astoria em-! powering the city to license gambling. From your letter I understand that the new charter expressly grants the power to the city council to license gambling. If that Is so and the city has the express power granted It In plain terms, an ordinance licensing gambling may be legally passed and enforced, In my opinion. Such a provision, giving the city council the authority, in ex press terms, would operate to repeal by implication the general law against gambling within the limits of your city. In some states it has been held that the words "regulate" and "restrain" In a city charter imply the power to li cense; but this is denied in many other states, and the rule laid down Is that the right to license must be plainly con ferred or it will not be held to exist. This rule Is sustained by the greater weight of authority and is, in my judg ment, based on sound reason. The courts of the different states are united In further holding that a charter or special act passed subsequent to the general law and plainly irreconcilable with It will, to the extent of the con flict, operate to repeal the latter by Im plication. Without having a copy of the pro vision of your new city charter before me, I can only say that if the power to license gambling is allowed by ex press terms in your charter, the coun cil may pass and enforce an ordinance to that effect. Respectfully yours, RALEIGH STOTT". ABOUT THE CIT1T. Easter morning. Is this the second flooU? County taxes will be delinquent to morrow. ' The churches are fragrant with flow ers today; Mr. Estebrook, of Ilwaco, is very seriously 111. Two deeds were filed In the recorder's office yesterday. Colored eggs today. The old German custom still lives and flourishes. Church bells will ring out gaily to day. Easter services everywhere. Captain J. H. D. Gray injured his ankle yesterday by slipping on the side walk. The Loyal Temperance Legion met at the Y. M. C. A. rooms yesterday afternoon. Remember the Austin House at the Sea side Is open the year around. i - Times are fearfully hard In Astoria. Twelve thousand dollars were up on the glove contest last night. . If you want some extra tine photos. Mooers Is the place to get tnem. In response-to the unanimous Invlta scions published In Saturday's Astorlan, Mr. G. A. Charnock has again resumed his duties as secretary of the Y. M. C. A. Call at the Albatross Fish Market foi fresh Bmelts dally. Col. Andrew Stevenson is in the city visiting many friends. He looks well and not at all run down with his ardu ous labors In various parts of the state, in the cause of temperance. Columbia Tender Company No. 8, Willi give a bal April 8th, at Columbia cannery. All invited. The reception given by the ladles of the Astoria Library Association last evening was highly successful. There were, in spite of the weather, a large number of visitors, and the evening was spent very pleasantly in songs, recitations, and Instrumental solos. Swope & Slater will be pleased to furnish estimates on interior decora tion to all who call or address 459 Fourth street. Ng Ah SI, the Chinaman for whom a warrant was sworn out yesterday for being a party to the assault of Chu Shet, has disappeared, and It is thought that he has gone to Portland. Every effort will be made to ascertain his whereabouts. The case against Ng Ah Lung will be heard tomorrow. Just from New York a large and handsome line of ladies and Mioses wraps and Jackets at Cohen's Low Price Store. S. A. Wherry came in from Elsie on the Humbug, yesterday. While coming over the Fishhawk divide" on Friday snow fell heavily for five hours. Thejw are not many trees down in the road, but the mud Is almost bottomless. He reports that Old Mrs. Gragg, who has been very 111, is improving. Wing, Lee Co.carry a full line of Jap anese and Chinese fancy goods, novelties and curios. Ladies' underwear made to order. 62 Third street. There died in this city yesterday of heart disease. William Orders,' eldest Bon of Mrs. M. Nowlen, aged sixty - . ,,, i . i .j years. Tne runerai service win w jicm at the Methodist church at half past one Monday afternoon, and the Inter meni-wlU be made at Greenwood cem etery. Sen-Ices at the grave will be private. " ' Sing Lung, S56 Third street, carries a full line of Japanese and Chinese goods, novelties, curios, ladles' underwear made to order, at low prices. The committee to examine and re port on the condition of the cemetery bulkhead, it ls-said, have found that the bulkhead idea was a mistake, and will recommend that the council condemn the cemetery and forbid further bur ials there. The manner in which the bulkhead was constructed will also form a subject of this report. Forged the Certificates. Collector Taylor was busy all day yesterday investigating a number of cases of forgery of Chinese certificates. It appears that the names of A. J. Megler, Herman Wise, A. R Kanaga, S. S. Gordon, R. N. Carnahan, and Mr. Schoene were forged as witnesses that thei Chinese holding the certificates were merchants doing business in As toria. The suspicions of Collector Taylor were first aroused by the fact that so many of the certificates bore the mark of a rubber stamp similar to one used by Mr. Gordon In the First National bank. When Mr. Kanaga was informed of the circumstance, he proceeded to the custom house to examine the sig natures and made the discovery that soma exceedingly clumsy work had been.done. Mr. Kanaga's notorial seal appeared on all the certificates, but when that gentleman more closely in spected his signature he saw at once that the efforts of the forgers were bungling. He also discovered that the names of the men holding the docu ments had not been signed In the Jurat, where they belonged, also that in the attempt to follow Ms style of chlrogra- phy throughout the document the ef fort resulted In failure. Instead of us ing the word "compared," where the certificate should read "I have care fully compared the photograph v. 1th the original," the forger had used the word "composes" In live different cer tificates, the issuing of which covered a period of over two years, as Air. Kanaga Is fairly well acquainted with the English language and the correct application of the words therein, he Is somewhat disgruntled over the reflec tion cast upon his intelligence. When Collector Taylor showed these certificates to the gentleman whose names appear as witnesses, the seeming resemblance of the signatures to their handwriting for a moment deceived them, but on closer observation all saw at once that forgery had been com mitted. Mr. Gordon, who Is well ac quainted with Mr. Kanaga's handwrit ing and signature through banking bus iness, promptly recognized the forgery of his name. The theory has been advanced by the officials that the certificates were made out in China, the style having been obtained from a genuine certificate is sued to Hong Gee something over a year ago, to which all the names of the gentlemen mentioned above were sign ed. Gee has not yet returned from China, and the supposition is natural that he preserved his certificate. Mr. Schoene, the Occident Hotel bar ber, states that he never signed but one certificate. As for the impress of the notarial seal, it is evident that some soft metal was used In the manufae ture of that obtained by the forgers, be cause in the one used by Mr. Kanaga the letters are clearly cut out of steel, while in the forged certificate the let' ters are blurred and Indistinct. The Chinese will be kept on board by Collector Taylor and returned to the Celestial Empire. At a meeting of the session of the First Presbyterian church of this city, held on March 26th, the following res olutions of respect and recognition to the memory of the late Mr. Henry Powell were unanimously adopted and ordered spread upon the minutes Whereas, God, "In whose hands are the issues of life," in His divine wis dom, has called to eternal rest our be loved brother and fellow laborer, Hen rv Powell, for thirteen past an elder of this church; therefore.be it Resolved, 1st, that in the death of Elder Henry Powel, the First Presby terian church of Astoria, Oregon, has sustained the loss of a faithful filend and wise counselor; and, while we bow with submission to the divine will, we cannot but mourn the demise oi one who, as an eminently consistent christian in all the relations of life, was a bright and shining light In the church of the Lord Jesus Christ- Resolved, 2nd, that In honor and Jus tice to the memory of our departed brother and co-worker, we hereby place on the sessional records our high estimation and appreciation of the work he has been permitted to do and ofjhe example he has left us to follow, Resolved, 3d, that a copy of these resolutions be presented to the family rf nur deceased brother, on whom we Invoke the divine blessing, and pray that the God of all graces and conso ltlon may comfort and sustain them in their bereavement, and, when they too shall have "finished their course," reunite them to the beloved husband and affectionate father who now awaits their coming "on the other shore." R. B. DIL WORTH, Pastor, E. C. HOLDEN, C. A. HANSEN, J. T. ROSS, Elders m The names of the two comedies which nre to be presented by society Ami teur at Liberty Hall next Tuesday evening, are "What's in a Name, or a case of Mistaken Identity," and "The train for Mauro." Music and recitations will also be given and the "Exhibition of the Sphinx." : I JEFFS, The Golf Restaurant WHY THE UNION PACIFIC? The Oxonian Sweats a Second Tims : About tneEailroafl. SOMETHING OF THE DIRECTION How We Should (Trge on the Union ' PfcClflo the Necessity for Building the Line at Once. Yesterday's Oregonlan said editori ally: - "The extent of the Union Pacific's milage in Oregon, Washington and Ida ho, together with the requirements off its transcontinental and transoceanic business, renders It necessary for this great railroad to complete Its system In the West by an extension from Port land to Astoria. A road from Portland to Astoria could be operated with ad vantage only by the Union Pacific, and as such road is necessary to the Union Pacific the Union Pacific should build it. Built independently, It would be of small use either to the Union Pacific or to the, country at large. Through traffic, under a single management, is the necessary condition, and the , ex tent of the Union Pacific's milage in these three states, and the advantages that this great road would derive from through traffic to and from the sea, on lines and in a situation where it could have no direct competitor, suggest the construction of the Astoria road by the Union Pacific as a necessity to Itself. The way then, to get this road is to urge it upon the Union Pacific as an un dertaking required by wise regard for lta own interests, to press on that road as the one additional thing necessary to enable it to meet .competition north and south and to remove" out of sight forever any inequality as to Its West ern business. No other road covers so much western territory as the Union Pacific; no other reaches so much pro ductive territory in the three North western Pacific states. No other can. It ought, therefore, to go direct to the seaboard, to Astoria, to the mouth of the great river, where the Jetty, now approaching completion, has made an entrance and harbor not surpassed in the world. To do this will require con struction of but 100 miles of road on a water level, an effort absolutely Insig nificant Th proportion to so great a system. It will not help the Union Pacific to go to Puget Sound. There it would meet Its great and powerful rivals; the bridge across the Columbia woul'd cost nearly as much as the line to As toria, and the road having considera ble grades, could not be operated, so easily or cheaply as the line on water level to the mouth of the Columbia. Here the Union Pacific would develop Its greatness within territory wholly its own. Of all our roads, this distinct ly Is Oregon's road, Oregon's own, or rather it should be, since. It Is in the position and has all the necessary op portunity to realize the fact and to make the most of It. The greater part of the business of the Northwestern states would be made the Union Paci fic's own, without a rival, if it would build the line to Astoria. It would be a small thing for results so great: It is the thing necessary for the Union Pa cific, In order to concentrate upon its lines the traffic of the great region drained by the Columbia river, in mag nitude the second watershed of the United States." The fishing season Is close at hand, and matters piscatorial are In order. An Astorlan reporter was yesterday shown a neatly packed box of smoked Columbia river smelt. In general 'ap pearance they resemble the smoked her ring that is common In, the market. These smoked Columbia river smelt have been tasted by competent Judges and pronounced to be far superior in flavor and richness to the common smoked herring. A fisherman named John Murphy, near Westport, cured these and It proves that we have here material for the development of an Jnv Dortant industry. There are tons of smelt that either go to waste or are al lowed to go untaken every year. All that is necessary is to use proper en terprise in pushing these smoked smelt into the market and It will not be long till their superior qualities will cause inquiry and demand for them. It re quires time and persistent effort even with products of great merit to get that trade which through habit demands ar tides of old, established reputation and dislikes to experiment with that which is comparatively unknown. Once let the retail dealers give their customers a chance to try theeji fleli and the de mand will from that time be estab lished and continue to grow. These lit tle smelts have long been known as a toothsome fry that were unequaled among finny food, but this experiment shows how the enormous and perish able supply may be converted Into i valuable commercial . form. This Co lumbia river of ours Is a mine of vast and varied wealth that as yet has yield ed from but one vein for the Industrial prosperity of our city. The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powler. No Ammonia; No Alum. Vscd in Millions of Home-- 40 Years the Standard I)UrHlNU CANVA88EK OF GOOD Al Uresi, liberal salary and expense paid weekly i Permanent po-ftlou. I1UO WM BltUo. Co , Nurserymen, Portland, Oregon. T F.U ABLE FEHHON TOTAKK EXCLUSIVE J control, on uow plan, of circulation of my Vvorln's fnlr niaiiarnie. "WOKI.O'J COLUM BIAN KXl'OSl I'lON 1 LI.l'B TH A I authen tic organ of the Fair, In Astoria, Head stamp for particulars. J. B. Campbell, 169 aud 101 Attains Street, Chicago, III. GIKL FOR (iKNF.RAL IIOUSEWOKK. CALL at sna Main it reel. ' ROOMS TO BUNT. mWO DESIBABLK UNFUKNIHHED ROOMS JL newly papered. Modontte rem. K2 Third sweet. KOOM8 HUITABLK FOR HOUSHKEKP lncr. lurni.sticd or uufuruiihed. Also fur nished rooms for lodgers. .Mo. 216 W. 9th st. FURNISHED OR UNFURNISHED BOOM8 for rent, nleiliantlv located ueac business. Call at No. 209 West E ghtli tilreet. OTEL TIuHF, hURNISHED ROOMS IN suite or bin irln at reasonable rates by the day week or month. 2 UNFUKN1SUED this oince. KOOMS, INQUIRE AT XTICEI.Y FUHNISHF.D 1MOM8 BY IMY. week ormoiiili terms very reasonable at Hie Oriel, 710 Third Street. DOOM FOR OFFICER OR LIGHT HOUSE keeuliiir. Cull ou F. II. WILLS at the Occi 1 dent bar. ROOMS . FOR LIGHT HOU.-JEKKEPINO. Ground floor, good locutiou. Inquire at nis oiuoe. M1HCELLAHEO US. OBRIRN'S HOTKL Ml W Kit' 81X111 Strtet. Alb. Haider, Proprietor. Kates per nay - - - - ' . Buigl" meals ----- ,2 Rvervihlnu Ik kenf In food order and we do our best to satsiy everybody who gives us call. 0 ALL ON P. BAKER. 478 THIRD 8TREET and have your clothes dyed and cleaned. Ciko. Mclean, cohnkk olneyand a T tor street, does a KHierdl business lu black- smithing and repairing. E ACOCK. CECOND HAND 8TORK 615, Third Street, buys and sells new and see--imiid furniture, tiluhest cash price paid. VTOUNQ LEWIS, AGENT8 ANB DEALERS I in real estate and OreKOU Pine Leads. 516 Second street. Cltv lot and acrenee. Tonciie Point propertl. Flavel property, all on easy terms. 10-aore fruit and chicken tracts close to town. cheap. Best thing on the market. r. g-. Tsrxmivt i, Has Just received a flue hue of WEDDING PRESENTS ron lstinc of tllver Bon Bon Dlahe-, Fruit Dlslie. Kerry Ms es. Nut Kowls, Mustard Pots. Biscuit Jars, Celery Glasses, Hair Pin Troys, Pin Cushions, Picture Frames, Mirrors, eta, nil new goods and latest designs. - hmptFiKtll.il Will give a- CALICO JZAJuL For ti e aid of the memo, till fund, at Fisher's Hall, April 14th. Two prizes will be given (or the neat est dressed Judy. Calico will be the only material uted in dresses. - Price of admission. $1. Ladies free. H. B. PARKER DEALER IN Ume. Brick, Sand, Fire Brick. Fire Clay, Cement, Mill reed, oats, ntraw iiair, Wood Delivered to Order. ' Driving, Teaming and Dxprui Buineu. COLUMBIA TRANSFER CO., WILLIAM WILSON, Irop. FEED - AND SALE - STABLE Oeneral Express and Delivery Business. Dfflce U Oluey street. Hlables foot of West Minn st, Astoria, leiepnoue no. . BOOTS AND SHOES The Largest Stock, Best Quality and ' Lowest Prices at the Sign ot The Golden Bhoe. john Foard & Stokes aziooiDiis Dealer In Ob ssware, Crwkerv, Ph'p Supplies, olmeco, Wines ami Fine WhisklcH. Fine lean KnitColteeattiieclnltv. 'I lie File at Mnpluy ol Frulm In Hie City, Fresh on Kvery Simmer. Coiner of Third and West KlK itu Mrerti Safes, Fireproof. T-v celebrated Alpine Wifei kept It stock si the 473, Third Ht., Heal EaUUi OfflM. Wsr ranted as good as the best. Terms err ennr W. C. CA1WELU Agent. T B..WTATT Dealer in - - Hardware and Ship Chandlery, Pure Oil, Bright Vanilsh. F.lnaole Oil. Cot ton Citiiva, Hemp Hull Twine. TaM OH, Wrought Iiou Hpikes, ttalvaulzted Cut Nails Grooorioa, 25to. ig Uulturnl IinplemenU, 8'wliig Ma uiaclm.e, l'alir.s and Oils. As tie Flax Grows; So the Twine Lasts You can't go wrong if you buy MARSHALL'S Twine. The 1893 make is now being delivered to customers. It is mado of the flax crop of 1890. WHY? Because the 1891 and 1892 crops have been inferior. Marshall never uses in-, ferior flax. That is why his twine IS THE BEST ! Sole Agents for Astoria, ELMORE, SANBORN & CO. x LIGHTS On Meter System. To Consumers: , . The Went diiow Mill Co., at ereat x peime ImV'-wlfecteil their elecliic litfbt ' pliiut li thei latest Known upixtriitiiH, mm ire uow Hiiie to go tn tiio putiiic wan h eteui that viin be wilWaotory in rrie. ud quality, us tan bohliown U ili. M - lowing rules on nud Biter IWhioIi 1, H!i;-I: lucaiitkacent, hU nklit. . . . f U;0 12oVlock... l.M " ' 10 " ... 76 Or by meter, 1 oent per hour. installation Free of Charge For particulars inquire of any memlier of tlio firm or fit tbe oBiee, foot of Con oomly tit. West Shore Miu.s Co., T. 0. TrullinBer, Presidnt. MG. IIMIKLai SAMPLEROOKiS Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Agent (or the GU ION Hteainsutp Mne and Hi' TUllsUVALLA .Slemiislilp Line, direct. Al", agent fur "isveusk Trlbuneu" am vennka Ameiikanaren." Ooruer t Water and West Ninth Street Aitorln. Oregon. 4STUKIA 1ROX VVOUtkX 0 'liomnly street, loot Jackoon, Antoila, OreKOU. , , General Machinist & lloilcr Maker Land and Mamie Knicliiei, Boiler work, fitewn bout and Cannery Worn a Specialty, Outingi of All DMoriptioni Mads it Order at Short Notio. JOKN fOX....... .. Preoldent and Bup- L. KOX .......Vice fremden ROSS, H1CCINS A CO., butchers - and - Grocers. Aitorla' and Upper Attorla. Fine Ten and flolt-m. Table Dell 'aeieJ, loinetlo und Tropleul KrulU, Vene.a tile,jgaroured lianis, bitccu.elo. CHOICE FRESH & SALT MEATS CARfJAHAM & CO Buecensnrn to I. W. Gnse, Importer and - Wholesale aud Retail dealer lu GENERAL MERCHANDISE Cor. Second tad Cass Btreet, ASTORIA, OREGON CAMPBELL BROS. (Successors to Warren A Cumpbetl), WAKKKNTON, OKKUO&, Dealers la ( . . IXTr GOODS, GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, Bats, Cnpa, Boots, tfhoes GROCERIES 8TAPLK FANCY Hardware, Iron "nd Steel, Crockery, Qlasswart Woodenware, Notions, etc.. Hay, - Unln, Hour and Feed. OTTO I "Nnall Fronts Cask Sales." 31 A(i MM C CROSIIT, OKAl KR HI IIARDWAKE, IRON STEEL, IRitS P1PK AND FITMNOM- ST0VKS - AXJl... TINWARE, Houv Funilohlnn ijomlii, Sheet Ifcad. Strip Leaa, Slieel lion. Tin und Copper. llcrdiant Steamship Co.'s Line, Connecting with CaaadUa Paoltle Railway and Ckiua Steam ship Lta, Ta Ing freight and i.cnerx'enl f(tf po't Ang les. Victoria, I'.rt Towiinend, Seattle, TtfiiiH, Wlmli oni, Flilrliaven, Nana) mo, New WenlDitu iter an. 1 V nurouver : leaving Ato: la ; i. 8. llityttao hepulille...... S. I. WlliillOKton... . 4. K Haytlan heeut)lie........ - Friilit received t .Hustler s wharf, foot of Main fttivet. For tunlier punienlar apply at the ofllce. certtr Third and Mdlu street, FKUUUtfOS BROS , Armls IMFEMCEHT BOAT FOB FCETLiSE Will lesTe Astr.ria frr r.-.,t!-., (F!b er'a Dock) on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursdays, Fridays and Batnrdayi al :00 a. m., and Sunday at 80 p. m. ieretiants! "Yes! Yes! Yes! i n . ... . ... . n i ! ASlflmV lllft IPFV llMI, I ! 4 wom,uJ u,u ,VIJ Portland Branch Tim- roMrAxvs Rubber Coots, Shoes,, and Lawn Tennises. i i - . . PORTLAND, OR. Call and see us or send or ders direct. Correspondence solicited. North Pacific Brewery JOHN KOPP, P.oprietor. Bohemian - lager - Beer , t -. And XX rwter. All o ders promptly attended to. KUNTEK & MERGE NS, rroprletors of the leriiiiCo.'s Corner Second and Benton ulrecln. Corner Third and West fclxulh street. Ripans , Ripans Tabules 'act gently but promptly uppn the liver, stomach and Intestines; cure habitual constipation, dispel colds, headaches and fevers. One tabule taken at the first symptom of indigestion, billl ousness, dizziness, distress after eating, or depression of spirits, will remove the whole difficulty in a few minutes. Ripans Tabules are com pounded from a prescription widely endorsed by the high est medical authorities and are presented in a form that is be coming the fashion with phy sicians and patients every where. Cm B-wSta VIW BVreirty-fivsCmts. Dm Pwluft (Four Bawa) Two DoUtrs, Ripans Tabules may be ob tained of nearest druggist; or by mail on receipt of price. Tor res lamph tdrt RirAKS CHEMICAL CO. NEW YORK. I oisilet Knife t Tabules