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VOL. XMV, NO. 118.
ASTORIA, OREGON,' WEDNESDAY MOKNiNG, MAY Ti, 1895.
PK1CE, FIVE CENTS.
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1895
Lubricating
OILS
A Specialty.
Brothers,
Sell
ASTORIA
Ship Chandelery,
Hardware,
Iron & Steel,
Coal,
Groceries & Provisions,
Flour & Mill Feed,
Paints, Oils, Varnishes,
Loggers Supplies,
Fairbank's Scales,
Doors & Windows,
Agricultural Implements
Wagons & Vehicles.
NEW GOODS
B. F. ALLEN,
365 Commercial Street. .
New lines for 1895.
Japanese Rugs and Matting
Bamboo Furniture, etc.
(Direct from Japans.)
House Lining, Building Paper
and Glass.
vVall Paper of 1895 now in with a stock
Japanese Leathers, Wholesale In Chicago
from f9 to $18 per roll of 12 yards.
IS F. ALLEN'S,
365 Commercial Street.
Snap A Podak
ut any ma i coming out of
our 110 and you'll Ret a .
portrait of a nun brimming
uer with pleasant thoughts.
Such quality In the liquors
we have toofferare enough to
PLEASE ANyWn.
Con?e and Try Them,
HUGHES & CO.
IS THERE?
Is there a man with heart so co'.d,
- That from his family would withhold
The comforts which they all could find
In article of FURNITURE of th
right kind.
And we would suggest at this season,
nice Sideboard, Extension Table, or
of Dining Chairs. We have the larges
and finest line ever shown In the city
and at prices that cannot fall to pleas
th? closest buyers.
HEILBORN & SON.
ASTORIA IRON WORKS
Con'omly St., foot of Jackson, Astoria
General Machinists and Boiler Makers
Land and 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 Secretar
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
at well." They won t, They cannot.
Parties desiring
Floral Designs and Choice
Cut Roses and Carnations
For DecoraMon Day, should
Call at Grunlund &
Palmberg.
Cor. 8th and Exchange sts.
Kopp's Beer Hall.
Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
KENTUCKY WHISKEY
Only handed over the Bar, The largest (last
of N. P. Beer. Half-and-half, jt.
Free Lunch.
Chas. Wirkkala, Proprietor.
Cor. Conronly and Lafayette Sts.
THOMAS MOKKO,
T!f Blacksmith whoso shop la oppos
He Cutting's cannery. Is now prepared
to do such odd Jobs as making new
cannery coolers, repairing old ones,
making new flshln boat Irons, and- re
pairing old ones, and all other black
smithing that requires first-class work
manship. Carpenter Shop.
Tour mind Is on repairing your nous
this spring; possibly on building a new
one. If so, remember we are carpen
ters and builders with a shop full of
tools always willing to do such Jobs
and want your work.
MILLER GOSNET.
She on Hwa yoclt,
1872
BOUND TO PLEASE
nishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots. Shoes, etc.
I. h. OSGOOD,
The One Price Clothier, Hatter and Furnisher.
506 and 508 COMMERCIAL STREET, ASTORIA, OR.
That there is
YOU
Wllili
FlflD
no other stock
in the city so
argH as ours
in the way
i
Fishing Tackle,
(Jroquet Set's
Lawn lennis Sets.
Bird Crigen,
heather Dusters
and
all other
Spring Goods.
GRI FFIN
SUITS.
GIiOTHlNGIHEN
Our Sping Stock Has Arrived. They Are Wonders For The Money.
Lojk Through Our Stock.
Men.s Suits Worth 10.00 for $6.50. Men's Suits at $ 8.00 ,
" "... 6,75. " " 10.00
- 7.50. V 'V' 12.00
Worth nearly double the uioney. Come and e us.
Men's Pants f 1.00, $1.50, fc.oo, $2.50, $3.00 and $3.50. Large lines to select from.
Big lines of Underwear, Hats, Shoes.
Oil Clothing. Also full stock of Dry Goods.
The Cheapest House
Oregon
THREE LOTS.
In a desirable location,
CHOICE LOTS IN HILLS
On the new Pipe Line Boulevard Just the place for a cheap home.
A Block IN ALDERBROOK.
STREET OAR LINE will be extended this summer to within 5 minu'e
walk of this property Will sell at decided
ACREAGE.
In 5 or 10 aore tracts inside the city limiH, also adjoining Flavel.
GEORGE HILL,. 471 RondSt., Occident Block,
HILL'S HEAL ESTATE EXCHANGE.-
The CASINO.
' 'T lllll III' PHHIMPTWW
7th & BOND
New Novelties
M I" I I
and
Admission Free.-ii.
I am "bound to please" as
much so as the individual in
the cut is bound to "Please,"
and every one of my customers
testify that I more than suc
ceed. I do it by lines of goods
that isn t surpassed, and by
prices that are louver very
day in the year than the so
called ''bargain sales," which
are heralded with the blare of
deafening advertisements.
Plain honest statements count
for most while selling Mens'
nnd "RnTra' Plnf hino- T7iit
Our line 01
fishing rods
start in with
the common
bamboo poles
for ii
few cen s
and run up
' into the $.$
Jor those tha'
are lots better.
So you see we
can suit every
body.
& REED.
PANTS.
Suspenders, Socks, Rubber Boots and
In The State.
Trading Co.
600 Commercial Street,
2 blocks from High School.
A BARGAIN.
FIRST ADDITION.
.
bargain.
11 1 vyfjiv
STREETS. j
I
Attractions
BOYS'.
THIS WEEK.
WW
Both Occur in San Francisco
5 - the jSame Day.
ASTORIA CHILD
MANGLED
In a Horrible Manner by Electric
Cars-Motonuau Surrenders
Powder Mill Explodes.
Assoc' ated Press.
San Francisco, May 21. The Broadway
trolley line claimed its first victim this
morning in the person of the 4-year-old
daughter of Mrs. F.Feakes, of Astoria,
Oregon. The accident occurred at the
corner of Broadway and Montgomery
streets. The girl, In company with her
6-year-old sister, had crossed the street
from the Q-jlden Eagle Hotel, and was
returning when westbound car No. .1157
struck them. The car was travelling
swiftly and the smaller child was thrown
down and under the car. The 6-year-old
girl was thrown clear of the track and
escaped uninjured. Tiie front wneels of
tno car passed over the form of the
l.ttle child, mangling it In a terrible
manner. Its head was crushed and its
limbs broken in fact, nearly every bone
was fractured. TUie body was. dragged
six feet betore the motor, man succeeded
lu flopping the car. A lurge cruwd gath
ered and in a snort time the car was
lifted. A patrol wagon was summoned
and the child and its mother were start
ed for the receiving hospital, titfre the
wufe'ou readied that institution, however,
the baby died in ts mouier s arms, and
its bruised ad mangled body wag taken
to the morgue.
- The story as told by the child's sister
places the responsibility for the accident
upon the motorman. The people who
witnessed the accident all lay the blame
to the mutoi'mun. Immediately after
the accident George' T. Woodcock, the
motorman of the car, went to the police
headquarters and surrendered himself,
into custody. Ho was released on his
own recognizance by Judge Low.
Woodcock says he was travelling at
the. usual rate of speed and did not see
the children till vthey were under the
car.
Mrs. Feakes and her children came
to this city this morning from Astoria,
where her husband conducts a fruit bus
lness. She came here to purchase stock
for her husband. She says her children
never saw an electric car till they came
to this slty.
FEARFUL LOSS OF LIFE.
San Francisco, May 21. Five white
men and nine Chinese were killed In to
day's explosion at the California Powder
Works, at Pinole.
Killed Clare Johnson, foreman glycer
ine house; D. A. Dean, both of Pinole;
II. M. Mlnugh, of Oakland; C. Venegas,
of Martinez; W. D. Taylor, foreman mix
ing house f nine Chinese.
The explosion was probably caused by
the Chinese dropping a can of explo
sive. The cause cannot be definitely as
certained, as all connected with the build
ing are dead. There were 200 Chinese in
Wie adjacent mixing room and at the
sound of the explosion all ran and es
caped. The force of the explosion was
tremendous, Huge trees were thrown
Into the bay, a distance of half a mile,
and nltro-glycerlne tanks we&hlng a ton
each are now lying 500 yards from the
scene. Toes, hands, legs and other
parts of the mutilated remains of the
dead are scattered along the road for
a mile.
The nltro-glycerlne house first went up,
then the mixing house, and the store-'
house and gun cotton departments. The
nltro-glycerlne. house, of which not a
vestige now remains, was a two-story
frame structure 200x50. It oonTalned 8000
pounds of nltro-glycerlne and 2,000 pounds
of Hercules powder. A remarkable fea
ture of the explosion is the fact that
although a store house containing 1,000
pounds of Hercules powder is completely
wsecked, Its contents are intact. In all
10,030 pounds of explosives went up with
a roar and sheet of flame.
EFFECT OF THE DECISION.
Washington, May 21. The Income tax
decision, its eTfect upon the revenues, and
the probabilities of an extra session of
congress to provide means for .supplying
the deficit, were the chief subjects of
discussion in official and political circles
today. Senator Morgan, of Alabama, on-?
of the ablest constitutional lawyers in
the senate, said today that the decision
leaves the taxing powers of the govern
ment in a state of wreck. It will re
quire a long time for us to gather up the
fragments. The principles of taxation
which were considered well settled, are
torn up by this decision.
"How will the question corns up In the
senate?"
"In connection with the question of re
funding the 175,000 already collected,- and
refunding of the cotton, whisky, beer and
tobacco taxes. AU these taxes sre as
much direct as a tax on personality, and
as unconstitutional according to yester
day's decision of the supreme court." .
"What can congress do?" .'
"Of course," replied Senator Uorgtn,
"congress will have to accept the decis
ion, but an amendment to tha constitu
tion Is always possible."
Senator Faulkner, of West Virginia,
said he thought there was no danger of
an extra session, and no earthly chance
for one. He added:
"Even with this loss of Income there
Is a comfortable condition of ths treas
ury. It has today $$0,000,009 surplus In
addition to the gold reserve and I am
sure that will be sufficient to last until
tks awcUac of congress. The country!
will not suffer so much from the lack
of lcglslat'on as It would from a session
of ohgress."
Members of the administration who are
undoubtedly fully acquainted with 'the
president's views and purposes, state un
hesitatingly that an extra session of
congress Is out of Uhe question, nor is
there the least likllhood of another bond
issue.
HASKELL AND PARTY DROWNED.
Spokane,. May 21. A apec'al to the
Spokesman-Review, from Waterville,
says:
Word was received this morning of the
drowning of C. F. JJ. Haskell, W. A.
Barton, and Mrs. Prowell, wife of Mr.
Haskell's associate, conducting the gov
ernment survey on the Columbia river.
The accfdent occurred last evening, at a
point on the river ' a short distance be
low the mouth of the Methow. The par
ties came up the river on the steamer
BUensburg, and undertook to row from
the Ellensburg to the government steamer
In a skiff, were caught in a whirlpool
and drawn under. Mrs. Prowell was
thrown out and the men hung to the
boat. In a few minutes the boat was
drawn under again with the men., who
never reappeared. The current carried
Mrs. Prowell ashore but before assist
ance could reach her she disappeared.
There were several witnesses' to the ca
tastrophe, but they were unoX! to ren
der aid. All of the parties were from
Wena tehee. Mr. Haskell was one of the
best known civil engineers An the state.
He had almost completed his government
contract. Mr. Haskell leaves a whs and
oiiild. Mr. Barton leaves a wife und two
children.
JJispatches to the Spokesman-Review
t'rom all parts ,of Eastern Wawningioa
show that the rain fall has Leen general
and that crops have bee.i gieatiy bene
fited. The showers werd extremely wel
come, because so far preexpltiatlon haa
been below the average, strum were
running low, and crops wer beginning t
show the need of rain, in Spokane one
lourth of an inch has fallen since yester
day,' and it is still raining.
REPUBLICANS GATHERING.
Portland, May 21.-n.baut 200 delegates
to the Voung Men's Republican Club ar
rived today; 20J more are expected In
tiie "morning, and with the 300 to' cdme
from Portland and vicinity, will consti
tute the largest political convention ever
held In this city. Tne convention will be
oalled, to order at 10 o'clock tomorrow
by President Beekman. The convention
will select fourteen delegates to attend
the national convention at Cleveland
and discuss the new constltutuon. There
promises o be a lively fight on the part
of ths free silver delegates to commit
the convention to a declaration in favor
of free coinage. It Is believed, however,
that the majority of sentiment Is opposed
to any such action. The free sliver men
had a caucus tonight and agreed upon
delegate to the national convention.
They also agreed upon a form of resolu
tion to be Introduced declaring In favor
of the free coinage of silver ait the ratio
of 16 to 1.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
San Francisco, May 21. Arrived Point
Loma, from Gray' Harbor; Oregon,
from Astoria and Portland; City of Pueb
la from Victoria and Port Townsen;
Homer, from Coos Bay. .
Cleared Bark Rlchardlll, for Victoria.
Departed (Australia, for Honolulu;
schooner Roy Somers, for Portland;
schooner Annie Gee, for Gray's River.
Freights and charters American bar
kentlne C. C. Funk, oh the woy to Port
Blakeley, lumber thence to Unga Island;
British bark Highland Home, at Port
land, wihoat thence to United Kingdom,
Havre, Antwerp or Dunkirk; Brlt.sh ship
Narcissus, at Portland, wheat thence to
United Kingdom, Havre, Antwerp or
Dunkirk; American barkentlne Omega,
lumber from Gray' Harbor or Columbia
river to Valparaiso.
KICKAPOO LANDS OPENED.
Oklahoma City, O. T., May 21. The
Ktckapoo country which will be open d
to settlement Thursday Is now full of
"uooners" and more are going in every
uay. These men are very bold in their
declarations, and there can be no doubt
that the most shameless acts of "sooner
Ism" will be practiced on all sides, News
of the president s proclamation has not
penetrated much beyond the towns lin
ing the railroads. In tne inland towns
and on the farms are many people who
have been waiting for years for the
opening of the Klckapoo lands and these
will hardly receive the news in time to
jfet ready and get to the couutsy by
Thursday.
SUICIDE 1 CORVALLIS.
Corvallls, Or., May 21. William Uhl
man, superintendent of the Coast Car
riage and Wagon Co., who six months
ago arrived from Mol'.ne, III., followed
two weeks ago by his family, committed
suicide today by strangling. When found
he was found on the floor with a cord
made of cloth twice around hlsyieck and
tied to a water .pipe four fe-'t above,
which held the head and shoulders sus
pended. He had been dead three hours.
Broken cords scattered about Indicated
that several attempts at self-destruction
had been made. Despondency Is assign
ed as the cause.'
FRUIT ENTIRELY LOST.
Detroit, May 21. Today's dispatches!
irom western Michigan declare that th
destruction of grapes, strawberries and
-tender vegetables was almost , wholly
completed in mmy sections by last
night' frost and that the damago to
farmer and fruit grower ha been enor
mous.
SEALING SCHOONER SEIZED.
-Seattle, May 21. The steamer Topeks,
from Alaska, bring the new that the
revenue cutter Corwin selxod the British
sealing schooner Shelby for violating the
selling law, and brought her fntn nitt..
She was turned over to ths British crul-
r nteasant, who cent her to Victoria.
Thi 1 the first aelzure this season.
Old Plans Brought to Light
From New York
ASTORIA AS
CENTRE.
The Future l'resents Mauy Posslbilr
ities Not Yet Dreamed of But ;
Which May Happen.
n laming wiin a prominent Dusiness
man as to the future of Astoria and Us
railroad prospects, he stated that It was
not generally known that for several
years the scheme had been considered
of practically connecting the Oregon Pa
cific with Astoria, and that the Goble
me as proposed now to be built is al
most identically in line with one part
of the old scheme, and that since Air.
Hammond has purchased the Oregon Pa
cific the entire scheme Is likely to be
realized after all, and thus Astoria be
made the center of a railroad comblna
.1011 of its own.
Tiie following extract from the repou
.lade in February, lsW, by E. C. M. Rand,
expert railroad engineer of Nw Yoik
.0 the .bond holders' committee of tht
Oregon Pacific w.ll be very interesting
.eading at tills partucnlar time, as show-
ng another very important and txten-
.Jve line of business that wou.d be open
ed up to Astoria:
"As to the advisability of finishing the
line over tne mountains, and building
'..nthur, I sironjfiy recommend lor care-
.ul considerations on the part of a.
neiv management the extension of the
iine to Boise City on: the east, and the
building of a line from Albany north
ward, through the Wlllameae Vulley,
ouchlng at Portland, and from there
going over the coast ridge and then along
the coast to the Chimb. a rWer, or har
bor of Astoria. By this construction
there would be a transcontinental con
nection on the east with the Union Pa
cific (O. R. and N.) with whom valuable
exchung-es of business could be made.
"Two hundred miles north and south
of the line to be constructed west of
Boise OKy and between the Casoide
Mountains there would be a tributary
country originating a Hrge volume of
cattle, grain, and wool business, as well
as crei-tlrig irt, Outlet for-" a" large 'lum
ber 'business! the line from Albany north
would foi front 80 to 40 mftes run par
allel With the coast of the 'Pacific ocean,
and would parallel and be competitive
with the Southern Pacific for a distance'
of about 50 miles for local business
only; an objection that would be greatly
overbalanced In favor of th nw line,
in view of the fact that tha new line,
when consructed, would terminate at the
mouUh of the' Columbia river, while at
present the Southern Pacific's termina
tion is at Portland, tome ml or l;o
miles from the mouth of the rfver, the
only means of transportation between
Portland and Astoria.
"Further, there would be & larg?
amount of traffic originated at Astoria,
a city of about 15,000' inhabitants, which
has no railroad facilities, and is Only
accessible to the Interior through the nav
igation of the Columbia river from Its
mouth to Portland, where connection
Is mado wllh transcontinental lines.
"In addition to the foregoing the new
line would receive a large summer truf
fle to the watering places on the coast
south of Astoria, now well potronlied
In the summer by the Inhabitants of the
extreme northwest.
"The line has been surveyed from Al
bany to As'oila, which survey, with tlu
survey of the line of the Oregon Pacific
Irom Its present eastern terminus U
ololse Clfy, hus been carefully examliv
by me, in the office In Corvallls, and the
additional construction of about 100 miles
to make this line could b made at an
average of about 112,000 to $15,000 per
mile, and, when constructed tnrough,
would easily pay 5 per cent on the in
vestment, and give, In a few years, a
Handsome surplus.
"Knowing that tho Columbia river was
a source of a large vol nine of water, i
flowing Into the Paclllc ocean-and, to a
certain extent, competitive with Yaqulna
Hay I thought It best, before passing
upon the value of the bay and harbor of
yariulna, to mike an examination of the
harbor at Astoria, and for that purp.
during my absence, I went to Astoria,
and securing a tug, made my own sound
ings of the harbor and channel, and
rie.'ly state', will say that this harbor
Is fully second to our New York harbor,
and has an additional advantage over the
harbors on the Sound now used by the
Northern Pacific and the Grat Northern
railroads for their transcontinental ter
minals. In that tne water around the
wharves and docks at Astoria, owing to
ths strong curren from ths flow of the
river, filling the bay, at each ebb of the
tide, with fresh water, I free from the
teredo which In a few yean destroy
all timber that is used for dock and
wharf purposes, and which In the har
bors of the Pacific Coast is a matter
of serious consideration, and Is a mutter
from which ths harbor at Yaqulna Bay
Is not free as piles driven snd used
Highest of all ia Leavening Power. Latest U.S. Gov't Report
only last a few years, when they are
entirely perforated and destroyed by this
water animal."
E. C. M. RAND.
MARKET REPORTS.
Liverpool, May H.-Wneat -Spot, firm;
demand moderate; No. t fed winter, 6s.
6d; No. 2 red spring, 5s lOd; No, 1 hard
Manitoba, Bs lOd; No, 1 California, ts
6d.' . . .-. ,.,;r
..Portland, May 21. Wheat Valley, S10
5214;' Walla Walla, 60(931 per burtiel. '
San Francisco, May 21. Wheat No. 1,
85S7Vjc; choice, 88 -490e; lower grades,
083 i-4; extra choice for milllnr. 92 l-i
97 l-2c. ... ,
,. New York, May 21.-HopsDull.
. SAN FRANCaSCO RACES.
San Francisco, May 21.-filx furlongs-'
The Drummer, 1:16.
Five and one-half furlongs-Hueneme,
1:08 1-3.
Short tlx furlongs, Mamie Sc6tt,"l:lS l-t
Six furlongs Fortuna, 1:14.
' One mile Bernardo, 1:42 1-4. , ,
EXPLOSION IN VIRGINIA.
x iwsDurg, way a.-A Morgantown, Vir
ginia, dispatch reports an explosion at
the Monongahela mines, SO miles south
of there. Eight men were taken out deaTl
six others fatally injured. One hundred
and thirty-two men are said to be In the
mine still. ..
SAILORS' STRIKE ENDED.
San Francisco, May 21.-Th9 long-continued
strike of , the Sailors' Union was
abandoned today by the concerted action
of the keepers' of sailor boarding houses
who today agreed to Join with the Ship
Owners' Association. . . , , '
CHANNEL NEAR TONGUE POINT.'
lav accordance with a request from thi
pilots, ths Port of Por'lsnd oommirelon,
it Its last meetlnir, adopted rcslutjans
requesting Major Post. United. Stntcs en-
lneers, to have the government dredge
lo some work for the Improvement of the
channel near Tongue Point, Yeiterd y
Colonel MeOracken received the following
reply: .
"Col. McCracken, President of the Port
of Portland Commission Sir: I beg to
acknowledge the receipt, with letter of
the 15th Inst., from your olllce, of a copy
of the preamble and resolutions adopted
by the board of commissioner?, cf the
Port of Portland, at a meeting held, on
the 14th Inst. . . .
"The resolution So substance request
that sufficient dredging be done, at an
early day, on a short bar near Tongue
point, and tn Wis channel near the wreck
of the Sylvia de Orasse, tp avoid delays,
in the DftSSara of 'VMmpla at nnlnt.
named. The river and harbor act of Aug
'unt -yt, 1804, appropriated $50,000 .for th
Improvement;' and maintenance, of the
deep-water .channel from Portland to the
sea, and more than half this sum. to
gether with all tJhe balance. remaining on
nana wnen this act became a law, ha
been expended at Postoffic Bar, below
MartUn' Island, near HUfiter' , point,
and on two bar at Pillar Rock, all of
Which bar were obstructions to naviga
tion when the water of the river re
sumed Its normal height after the high
water of 18S4. The channel at these lo
calities ha. not only teen restored to its
former depth, but a gain In depth of
about one foo has been accomplished
at some of them, At none of these places
is the range of the tide so great a at
the places named In the resolution.
There is at present moderate v hluh
waiter In the Columbia river, and R may
be that the present heated term will
cause an additional rise. The hrlgtit of
this rise, Its duration, and Us effect upon
the deep-water channel, H is impossible
to foretell, . ,,' , ,
, "Should new bars form, or the depth of
the channel, be diminished by the accu
mulated sand sufficiently to interfere
with navigation at any of, the places
where dredtrlng has been done sines last
summer, they would have a much more
unfavorable effect . upon navigation, , If
the funds on hand were Insufficient to
remove them, than the existence of th
hoals at the two places named In ths
resolution, where there is an average
rise and fall of the')de pf eight feet,
and where it. is noWosslbie to puss
tnrough the channel by waiting for' high
water. ,
The amount of fund remalnng on"
hand has become so reduced that I feel
it would b unwise to expend any of it
for the purpose requested, until alter the
present high water has passed Away,
and It Is known that there are no other
places In the channe4 which, during the
next year, will be more In need of Im
provement than the places named in your
resolution. JAS. C. TOST.
RAILROAD COMMITTEE.
Chairman Wlngn'te, of the right cf
way committee, reports Uiat muter ar
rapidly coming , to a head, and that
many who had formerly held off are now
sending In their deeds. The committee
gained, the confidence of the people by
dealing with them fairly and hone.-tly in
every particular and when the people up
the line learned that It was a positive
fact that the citizens of Astoria and not
a railroad company, had lo pay for th
right of way and realizing the work and
expense all ready put Into the work by
Astoria, they miterlally changed their
mind on the subject. Mr. Wlngate say
that what arrangement they he.ve made
with these people will be carried out to
the letter, or something will drop. Let
everybody come to the front at once and
maks a clean-up. It I now or nevsr.