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X TODAY'S WEATHER. $ ; The ASTORIAN has the larg- est LOCAL circulation, the larg- $ est GENERAL circulation and J largest TOTAL circulation of all Forecast: ' For Washing- $ ton and Oregon and Idaho, jj, , fair weather. I T papers publisned in Astoria., TELEGRAPHIC iPRESS REPORT, VOL XLIV, NO. 48. ASTORIA. OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 28, 1895. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. A. V. ALLEN, ' DEALER IN Groceries, Flour, Feed.lProvisions, Fruits, Vegetables, Crockery, Glass and Plated Ware. Loggers' Supplies. Cor. Cass aud Squemoquc Streets. Aitorla, Ore. FREEMAN & HOLMES. Blacksmiths. , Special attention paid to steamboat re pairing, first-class horseshoeing, etc. LOGGING CJUVLP ttlORK fl SPECIALTY ' ffl Olney street, between Third and and Fourth. Astoria, Or. C.J. TRENCH ARD, Agent Wells, Fargo & Co. and Pacific Express Co. H0WE and PHOENIX INSURANCE CO'S. Custom House Broker and Commission Merchant. Soa Bond Street. HAVE YOU A WIFE? W m m m i Have you any little ones? If so, buy a lot on the Seashore, and build them a summer home. Ther is no more beautiful place than Silver Point Cliffs. E. Z. Ferguson, agent. Astoria Ab stract Company. Snap fl Kodak at any man comLpg out of our state and yS'9 get a" " ' ' portrait of a man brimming uver with pleasant thoughts. 8Kb quality In the liquor ." ' we have to offer are enough to PLEASE ANY MAN. Corrje and Try Them. hughes a co. IS THERE? Is there a man with heart so cold, That from his family would withhold The comforts which they all could find In articles of FURNITURE of th right kind. And we w.ould suggest at this season, nice Sldoboard, Extension Table, or se of Dining Chairs. We have the larges and finest line ever Bhown In the city and "at prices that cannot fall to pleas the closest buyers. HE1LB0RN & SON. ASTORIA IRON WORKS Concomly St., foot of Jackson, Astoria. General Machinists and Boiler Makers Unit anil Marine Engines. Boiler work. Steam boat and Cannery Work a Specialty. Castings of All Descriptions Made to Order on Short Notice. John Fox. President and Superintendent A. L. Fox Vice President O. B. Prael Secretary Hunter Epicures say the best j& Pork Sausage combines the flavor of of lean pig riergen S.p0rk with the flaky fat and the fines herbs. We furnish the table with this kind of sausage that pleases the veriest epicure. Portland Butchering Co'i Marks Corner Second and Benton streets. Corner Third and West Eighth street We Ought to Know Something about pianos, for we have bought and sold thorn for a life time. The knowledge thus gained has proved to us that the Chlckerlng, the Hard man and the Fischer are the best pi anos now before the public. They uhow perfection In every detail. WILEY B. ALtLiEfi CO. They Lack Life There are twines sold to fishermen on the Columbia river that stand In the same relationship to Marshall's Twine as a wooden Image does to the human being they lack strength life evenness and lasting qualities. Don't fool yourself into the belief that other twines besides Marshall's will do "Just as welL" They won't. They cannot Violin Lessons given by Mr. Emil Thlelhorn, graduate of the Hamburg Conservatory, Germany; also a member of the Chicago Musical Society. Studio, corner of 12th and Commercia streets, up stairs. COKE For any kind of coal, hard or soft, or coke, the beat pta-e to get it Is of the Astoria Transfer Company 423 Commercial street. Telephone No. 12. COAL Hisfit Osgood The One Price Clothiers, 606 and 508 COMMERCIAL Do You m. goes you - tor Are er, of men to do all sorts of made class of ttieso goods than The Packers of Choice olumbia River Salmon Their Brands NAMK. Istoria Pit g Co tiooth A. Pk'gCo Astoria - Astoria...... 1 Black 1 Oval 3olnmbURIrerPkgCo Astoria... Cocktail Slmore Samuel-... Astoria...... Brookfleld.. Aitorla . I Magnolia 1 White Bear.. I, d Hegler ft Co...... Tiahercnen'i Pkg Co. tag, " K1HBALL" PIANOS and ORGANS. WHOLESALE and RETAIL. EXCLUSIVE -TERRITORY ALLOTTED, Correspondence : W. W. Factory Mala Office and wareroom. 16 & Rockwell 5L 343353 Wabash Ave., Chicago, III. Chicago, IU. Pacific Coast Offwe and Warerootna, 33S MorrUoa, cor 7th SL Portlaad, Ore to". L. V. MOORE, manager. Clothes Are always recognized even by the little street arabs. Jf you buy your clothing or have it made by us from our well assorted stock, you are sure to have best quality, lat est style, best fit and low est price either in Men's and Boys' Clothing.Fur nishing Goods, Hats Caps, Boots. Shoes, Trunks, Valises, etc., Phgajitm go. Hatters and Furnishers STREET, ASTORIA, OR. Work? Are you a man that works for a living a man that gets up at 5 a, and builds the tire and theD out and builds a house? Are a man that digs in the earth a living? Are you a mason not exactly a Free Mason, though all masons are free in this country ? you a moulder, a machinist, a forger, a blacksmith, or a "white" Smith? Are you a fisherman, a butcher, a baker or a candlestick maker? Are you a Jogger, a.paint- a conductor, a barber, a bar tender, a waiter or a cook? Are you a cannery man, grocery man or shipmaster ? Are you in any sort of business that needs tiny particu lar sort of blank books? We carry a large stock for your particular sort of work. Good ones, too; made for us under our own direc tions made to last. We carry all sorts of blank books for all sorts figuring on, and we sell a better most stores do. Try 'em. GRIFFIN & REED. and Locations. AGENTS. a Astoria Pk'gCo, Kfnney'i Johu A. Devlin. M.J. Kinney. . Astoria... Diamond. A. Booth & Sous . Cutting Pkg Co.. Chicago San Kranultct Aitorla. ....... Elmore, Sanborn a go....... St. George- J. Q. Megler.... Fishermen's Pkg Co Biookneld Wd Aitorla- FiFhermen't...-. Scandinavian Fishermen' Wholesale Prices Quoted -T.- RESPOfGIBLE DEALERS AND nBRCHANTi. Solicited. -I- Catalogues Mailed FfM Application. KIMBALL CO. Manufacturers. TELEGRAPH LINK DOWN The Wire Broken by Carless ness of a Scow Captain. CLIPPINGS FROM EXCHANGES Local Notes of Interest, Condensed Telegraph and Selected Mis cellaneous Matter. Yesterday a derrick scow In going up a slough four miles east of Oak Point, pulled the telegraph wire down, and up to dark last night the linemen were unoible to make the necessary re pairs. At this point there Is a stretoh of 600 feet of wire, suspended from 75-foot poles, and consequently it Is not an easy matter to fix the break. It is expected the line will be up and work ing early today'.-. " SA'MOAN AFFAIRS. Correspondence Sent by the President to the Senate.. , Washington, Feb. '27. The president today sent to the senate In response to a resolution, the correspondence, consisting of all communications relat ing: to Samoa received since the ratifi cation of the Berlin treaty by Judge Hanry C. Id and ex-Consul Blailock. Secretary Gresham's" report( which ac companies the papers. Is brief. He says that In order to to make the ac count of political events in Samoa complete, copies of the correspondence of Hardid M. Sewall and James H. Mulligan (the principal consular offi cers In Samoa during the period since Mr. Blalock's appointment as vice-con' sul general) land of the fimal report of Mr. Chambers, late land commissioner on the part of the United States, also Included. Copies of the correspondence bewteen the department aml'the British and German embassies since July 10, 1894, the date of the last transmission of information, in. regard to Samoan af fairs, are also transmitted, though not especially called for by the resolution as the secretary says they throw light upon the situation in the Samoan Is lands. The correspondence Is voluminous, covering the period since 1889, and em. bracing between 150 and 200 documents. Writing December 25 last, Mr. Mulli gan says: "The condition here continues to be one of profound peace. No outbreak of any kind has occurred, and no prepar rations for such an event are descern- able, notwithstanding there Is a gen eral belief that the prevailing peace is to be of but short duration. Re ports are in circulation that a conflict has taken place arUi war actually in augurated at Tavy, tout these happily proved to bo untrue. It Is certain that the native population Is In a state of unrest. As far as I can understand the general dissatisfaction among the rebelliously inclined Is directed against Malletoa, mot along through tribal and local prejudices, but for he reason that he Is a mere figurehead In the hands of foreigners, and really repre sents a foreign domination." Further along In the same commu nication he says: "If 'the natives were in part satisfied, if well posed to peace, it Is plainly by opinion that they would not be suffered to continue bo. The Interests and ele ments sought under the treaty to be 'harmonized are so directly conflicting that cordial co-operation Is not to be expected. So long as the present ar rangements continue to exist, no per manent policy will be permitted." Mr. Mulligan's last communication is dated January 2, euad In this he says there are no appearances of war, but he repeats that but little 'confidence Is felt in the existing peace.' He re ports that Malletoa has Issued an ad dress to orjber ohlefs, Inviting them to attend a reconciliation meeting, but no response has been made. In a communication of September 10 last, Judge Ide complains bitterly of the efforts of the consuls to admin ister the affairs of the islands without consultation of the treaty, but by prior determination to dictate to the president and himself. CONDENSED TELEGRAPH. San Francisco, Feb. 27. O. P. Wla- semsky, chief engineer of construction of the trans-Siberian railway, arrived on the Gaello from the Orient. He Is accompanied by his secretary and chief assistant. "We are going to St. Peters-, burg." aid he, "to make a report on the work done on the new railroad which Is to connect Vladlvoetook with St. Petersburg. About 400 miles of the railway are constructed, and I shall ask for a bill to pay for the construc tion of 200 more miles, now surveyed and staked. The total length of the line is about 4.000 miles, and It will tike six or seven years to complete It: Chicago, Feb. 27. A fire started this morning in the Kaeatner building oc- rmftfi by the Kaeeter Knitting Works, the Pioneer Paper Company, and. the Bach & Hertz Feather Company. The building was totally destroyed; and also five dwelling houses in that vicin ity. The damages wtll amount to $250, 000. Hundreds of employes In the Kaes ter building. Including 220 children, were panic stricken. Kleven were res. oued in an unconscious condition, some of wbom will probably die. ' The seriously Injured are: Emma Kustic, Etta Gledman, Agnes Mcln- tyre and Bessie Pazlie, all being knock ed down and trampled upon. It . Is feared that wltfythe exception "of ;iEm ma Kustic, they-are ill fataHyJhu'rt ' iNew York, Feb. 27. Ballard Smith cables the following to the World from London: The acceptance by the gov ernment of the bi-metailists' resolution in the house' of commons last night does not indicate any change of the ministerial opinion of the currency problem. Bl-metaillsts, in order to catch votes, watered down their motion so that it involved no deolatlon of principle, and merely committed Its supporters to the approval of sending a 'British representative to any future International currency conference. Any representative sent by the present gov ernment to a currency conference will be a monometallism and though Bal. four is a bi-metalllst no tory govern, ment would attempt to alter the cuts rency policy of England. Berlin, Feb. 27. The Japanese min ister of war has recalled to Japu all Japanese officers serving. In the Ger man army. The Japanese envoy. Count Aokl, gave a farewell dinner last even ing. Among the toasts was "A Happy Entry into Pekin." Count Aok! will sail for New York from Bremen today and expects to leave Vancouver, B. C, iMaroh 14. San Francisco, Fob. 27. George I. Galdeni, who has been investigating the pest house near South San Fran cisco at the Instigation of (Mayor Su tra, has made his report. "I simply have mo words adequate to describe the filthy condition of almost everything connected with the Institution," says Mr. Gaden. "The place Is one mass of dirt, fUtJh and vermin." Seattle, Feb. 27. The Jamleson Shin gle 'Mills at Ballard, with a capacity of 200,000, owned by McGee Bros,, was destroyed by fire this morning. The loss Is fully $15,000, with $5,000 insur once In the VPalattn and Northern Com panies. Tine boiler was the only thing saved. The Are started in the fan of the drying room. Four Great Northern box cars were also burned. SACHAiMBNTO SALMON. Fishermen Expect a Good Run ' and Predict an Active Season. . Fish are running well In the Sacra mento river, says the Herald of trade The size Is large and quality excep tionally good'. This being earlier than for years, causes the fishermen to look for an active canning season which commences on April 1. In the local market there Is nothing new to report regarding canned salmon. Stocks are moving steadily into consumptive channels. Good merchantable grades are firm at unchanged quotations. The London Grocers' Gazette Febru ary 2 says: 'Business has been some what hindered by the severity of the weather, tout, notwithstanding this drawback, there has been a steady de mand, and quotations are unaltered. The London Grocer February 2 re ports the London market as follows: In the market for salmon no great amount of activity Is shown, and pur chases are talking place very leisurely at the prices quoted in our last Issue: and the 'Liverpool market without change in prices but more doing In it than In any other class of canned goods. Prices arejow, and the cheap ness of the food seems to be causing an Increased consumption. SKIPANON ITE3M8. Skipanon, Feb. 27, 1895. Editor Astorlan: . Our fellow townsman, the Hon. C. F. Lester, representative from Clatsop county, has returned 'home from Salem and was welcomed by bis many friends. The Warrenton saw mill has started up again and the hum of the saw Is welcome again. Two new residences are to go up at New 'Astoria as soon as lumber can be cut at the mill. The Warrenton and Bklpanon boys played a game of footbaH on the 24th wfolch resulted In a Mctory for the Warrenton boys by 2 to 1. Mr. James Podge has returned home from California where he has been for several months. He says Clatsop Is ahead of California for a poor man. The Clatsop Literary and Debating Society of Skipanon will debate the question ''Resolved, That the national banks are a detriment to the peo pie. P. F. Halferty, Pat O'Hara and 8. B. Smith for the affirmative, and R. A. AlUbott, Frank Warren, and Earl Glider for the negative. Friday even ing, March 1. BLUEJAY. When William H. Hill died recently In Washington County, Pennsylvania, he was 100 years of age, and it was his honest boost tihat he hod chewed tobacco for eighty-five years and al ways voted the Democratic ticket Mr. Mom tan t, the New York auction, eer, who "has disposed of over 1500,000 worth of silk goods this week. Swiss and German, at fair prices, is inclined to think that tunes are not as hard as they mlgbt be. n State Appropriation Less by $565,476 than Last One. , A BIG. SAVING TO THE PEOPLE An Analysis of the Acta of Both Bodies with Eefc reuce to the Amount Paid. (Orcgonlan.) The general appropriation bill was approved! by the governor Saturday. In Its final form and Is as follows: Salary, governor I Private secretary of same...... Clerical aid same Sacretary of state Chief clerk some Clerical aid same Treasurer Chief Clerk Bame....t Advertising warrants.... Sdhool superintendent Clerical aid same Traveling expenses some Record books and blanks Attorney-general State librarian Incidentals library Books and binding same Vols. 26, 27, 28 and 29, supremo court reports Pilot commissioners Clerk to samo Insurance and maintenance of pilot sohooner G. C. Fulton, attorney pilot board) Office rent, pilot boardi Health oIHcera Boatman at Astoria Janitor capitol building Nl rht watchman capital Repairs and maintenance Cap itol Painting Interior capitol Wood and firemen capitol. Lighting capitol.... Teachers and expenses deaf mute sdhool ,. Lighting same 3,000 3,600 1,600 3,000 3,600 11.960 1,600 4,000 600 3,600 3,000 1,600 3,000 6,000 2,000 600 3,000 8,000 1,200 1,200 3,000 600 240 4,400 1,000 2.640 1,800 3,340 2,000 4,600 9,200 25,000 2,300 12,000 Furnishing and Improving same Teachers and expenses, blind school Working home, blind school..,., Insurance and painting same.., Lighting same.; Board of agrioulture Eastern Oregon fairs Southern Oregon fairs Fish protector Food commissioner Railroad commission Domestic animal commission... Board of equalization Rewards for arrests Weston normal, general ex penses Same, new grounds Monmouth normal, general ex penses Same, deiftclencles Soldiers' Home The home at Portland Orphans' home, Albany Orphans' Home, Salem.'. , Baby home, Portland Refuge home, Portland Magdalen borne, Portland Boys' and Girls' Aid Society... Patton home for the friendless St. Mary's home, Beaverton... Portland free kindergartens.... Cof'allls agricultural college,. Repairs, Cascade portage 1895... Same, 1894 Board public buildings Code for justices, etc Dittenhoefer, Haas & Co., Reln Ihart case Attorney fees, CorvalUs Agri cultural College World's Fair Commission, claims A. iS. Huntley, labor at asylum Reform sdhool, new buildings.. Same, salaries and general ex penses Deaf mute school, deficiency... Asylum cottage farm deficiency School blanks, deficiency Blind school, deficiency Blind school, deficiency. a Conveying convicts, deficiency Conveying insane, deficiency... 13,000 3,000 2,000 2.200 10,000 6,000 3,000 6,000 3,000 20,000 8,000 6,600 1,200 12,000 4,000 18,000 8,626 24,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 4,000 6,000 4,000 2,500 2.000 4,000 1,600 5,000 2,000 2,194 4,000 459 6G8 1,563 2,000 6,176 3,071 7,596 6,48 216 228 901 885 2,167 Wood for penitentiary, deficien cy 307 Vault and fixtures, state treas ury 2,000 Oeo. S. Downing, attorney fees 174 J. W. Maxwell, costs In suit. 1889 1,158 O Connor & Co., deaf mute srthool contract 1,440 O. N, Denny, expanses to WoMtnlngton 308 C. A. Cogswell, swamp land . fees 2,000 Minor personal claims, flvs In numller 210 Piibllo printing and binding, de flclency 23,756 Supreme and circuit courts, de ficiency 4,fiS Soldiers borne, deficiency 10,981 Ffleotrio supplies, deficiency.. .. 654 Board of hortloulture, defi ciency , 273 SI unlaw hatchery 600 Weather bureau ' 1.000 Reform school general expenses 36,000 Same, Improvements and sal aries 2fl,300 Same, water-works 6,000 Rame, lighting 4,700 Supreme court 129,000 Legislative per diem and mile age 35.000 Incidental, state offices 28,000 Insane .asylum, salaries and ex-' pintxrs 228,960 Same, books 1,000 Same, returning patients . 800 Hame, Improvements farm ' 7,000 Same, repairs and improve ments 20,000 Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report Ira i3 Same, fencing 1,000 Same, Ugthitlng....... 11,650 Same, lighting cottages 2.SO0 , Public printing onC binding 60,000 Transportation convicts........ 25,000 Transportation insane 28,000 Return of fugitives..... 9,000 Non-reeident poor 8,000 Penitentiary) 1SL2S0 Common school fund, interest.. 12,500 University fund. Interest 800 Agricultural college fund, ln- est 300 University fund, principal! 400 Agrloultura college fund, prin cipal 1,000 Common school fund, principal , 4,000 Swamp land fund, principal.... 33,000 Tide land fundi 2,000 Total ".....$1,267,136 The general appropriation bill of two years ago carried a total of $1,601,886.37. This was inclusive of $51,122.50 trust funds. The trust fund this session Is $53,500. Exclusive of trust funds, there fore, tlhe total appropriation for 1893 Is $1,450,762.87; for 1895, $1,203,635.99 a less amount for this session by $247,126.88. Leading items of allowance in the two bills may be compared as follows: 1893 1895 Governor's office, salary, . secretary, clerical old, extra compensation.. .$ 7,600 $10,200 Secretary of state same 16,860 18,660 Asylum, including (Defi ciencies 305,419 284,178 Penitentiary, Including deficiencies 155,898 131,250 Reform school, lnclud olencies 127,758 73,000 ' Supreme court, includ ing deficiencies 107,100 133,668 Public printing and binding. Including defi ciencies 81,101 83,759 Blind school 25,391) 551,329 Mute school 20,000 40,898 MonmoutJh normal sch'I 22,382 26,626 Domestic animal com mission 12,000 8,000 St. Mary's home, Bea verton 2,000 '4,000 The charitable beouests are the some as two years ago with the exception of t the one for St. Mary's 'home and the addition this year for the Portland free kindergartens. It may be noted that of the domestic anlmall commission's appropriation of $12,000 two years ago some $5,000 was returned unexpended. The appropria tion this year, therefor, is $8,000. Some $40,000 was unexpendedi of the appro priation for new buildings at the pen itentiary; $6,000 for Mill creek and $3,600 for the capitol drainage; $5,000 on the cancellation of the cnpitol eleotrlo light contract; $9,000 on the Oregon City fjah- .. way, were Item saved, and were not necessary to be re-appropriaed tills session. The secretary of state's re port shows that of the general fund $97,338.92 was unexpended. But this affords little light as to the relation of unexpended balances to this year's estimates and appropriations. Indeed, the state's system of bookkeeping Is so complicated and its appropriations are so divided between standing statutory provisions, special laws enacted at every session, and the general appro priation bill, that only an expert, and he at Infinite pains, could make any Intelligent comparison. A few Instances will show the condition. The secretary of state's report shows that of the gen eral fund, 197,338.92 was unexpended, but in tUils Is Included tho balances unexpended of the university and mili tary funds, which appear neither In the general nor specific appropriation bills of either the last' or the present ses- elon. The last appropriation bill car iled an appropriation of $65,000 for the purchase of the stove foundry, but the Jute mill purchase was appropriated for In a special ast. Last session an ' Item of $3,600 was put in the general appropriation bill for a drain for the capitol grounds. This yer It Is re enacted, but In a special act. 'The state horticultural boardi (had $7,000 In the last appropriation bill; this 'year Its wants are in a special bill. Items for the legislative session are put In spe cial aots and the general appropriation bill indiscriminately. The general ap propriation bill, therefore, Is absolutely worthless as a source of information as to the state's expenses. From items of general expense In special acts this year, are the Eastern Oregon Insane asylum, $140,000; the state board of hor ticulture! 9,000; the state sewer, $15,000; yet in force, and this Increases the the capitol drainage, $3,600; the relief of Iva Templeton, $5,000. The statute requiring the raising of $60,000 for the state university and $60,000 for the militia during the next two years is yet In force and this increases the state budget without appearing at all In the general appropriation bill. The Weston normal school end the Sol diers' 'Home appear In this appropria tion bill, and not In the last, having been provided for then In special acts. The expenditures contemplated for two years are as follows: General appropriation bill $1,257,133 Eastern Oregon insane asylum 140,000 Sewer 16.000 Drainage 8,600 Relief, Iva Templeton 6,000 Militia and university 120,000 Board of 'horticulture 9,000 Total ..: $1,64J,73 Some of this Is In deficiencies which will, In all probability, bo offset by equal deficiencies In the same or other funds two years hence. There are also a few local acts for graded schools, etc The appropriations for 1893 were: . General appropriation bill $1,501,885 JuteiMill 190.000 Enatern Oregon Insane asylum 165,000 Srtidlers home 39,000 World's fair exhibit 60,000 Mute school 25.000 Weston normal.. 24,000 Corvallls college 30,328 Klwiway and light contract.... 20.000 'Militia 60,000 University 60,000 Total $2,175,211 J u vdvwc "I .1.