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ASTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION i fts sUtstfTtilMf ,f '- ' TODAY'S W10ATHER. I The Astorlan has tho larges LOCAL circulation; the Urgent, GENERAL cerculatlon, and tlie f largest TOTAL eirculiitlon of ' all papers published In Astoria. : For Wtarttlngrtan and Ore gon, nhlowvra; cooler; gralcs EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XUV, NO. VM. ASTORIA. OREGON, SUNDAY 310KN1NG, MAY 26, 1895. PKICE. FIVE CKNTS. llv MP -Li Ills llr If 1Tj iif Id A 1 I 1872 1895 Lubricating j rT!U OILS Brothers, A Specialty. 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 Japan.) ' House Lining, Building Paper and Glass. vVall Paper of 1895 now in with a stock Japanese Leathers, Wholesale in Chicago from fo to $ 18 per roll of 12 yards. 15 F. ALLEN'S, 365 Commercial Street. Snap fl Kodak at an; mail coming out o( our store and you'll get a portrait of a man brimming oer with pleasant thoughts. 8iujh quality in the liquor we have to offer are enough to PLEASE ANY MAN. Corne and Try Them. HUGHES ft 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 would suggest at this season, nice Sideboard, Extension Table, or se of Dining Chairs. We have the larges and finest line ever shown In the city and at prices that cannot fail to pleas th; closest buyers. HEILBORN & SON. ASTORIA IRON WORKS Con'omly St., foot of Jackson, Astorl General Machinists and Boiler Makers Und and Marine Engines. Boiler work, Steam boat and Cannery Work a Specialty. Casttnes of All Description Made to Order on Short Notice. John Fox. President and Superintendent A. L. Fox Vice President 0. B. Prasl 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 ac well." They won't. They cannot Parties desiring Floral Designs and Choice Cut Roses and Carnations For Decora'ion Day, should Call at Grunlund & Palmberg. Cor. 8th and Exchange sts. Kopp's Beer Hall. Choice Wine. Liquors and Cigars. KENTUCKY WHISKEY Only handed over the ear. The largest glass of N. P. Beer. Half-and-half, jt. Free Lunch. Chss. Wirkkala, Proprietor. Cor. Coaronly ni Lafayette St. THOMAS MOKKO, I J nt.i-.oui.". - - n . . . : ' . t. n norv la nnw nrenarea to do such odd Jobs as making new cannery coolers, rejirm tu making new flshin boat irons, and re pairing old ones, and all other black- smithing uiai require m.i-v " " tranship. Carpenter Shop. Vrtn." mind Ifl On repairing your house this sprint: possibly on builWtltT a new n If no. remember we are carpen ters and bulldem with a shop full of tools always willine; to do such Job and want our wor. MILLER aV GOSNEY, BOUND TO nishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots. Shoes, et I. JU OSGOOD, The One Price Clothier, Hatter and Furnisher. .' 606 and 508 COMMERCIAL STREET, ASTORIA, OR. That there is YOU Wlltli FIND no other stock in the city so large as ours in the way of Fishing Tackle, Croquet Sels Lawn Tennis Sets, Bird Cages, Feather Dusters ana all other Spring Gcodf. GRIFFIN SUITS. GLOTHING-PIEN"- BOYS'. 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 t 8.00 " " 6,75. " " " 10.00 " " - - 7.50. " " " 12.00 Worth nearly double the money. Come and see us. Men's Pants fi.co, fi.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00 and $3.50. Large lines to select from. Big lines of Underwear, Hats, Shoes. Suspenders, Socks, Rubber Boots and Oil Clothing. Also full stock of Dry Goods, The Ch?apest House Oregon THREE IvOTS. In a desirable locat on, CHOICE LOTS IN HILLS On tho new Pipe Lino BjulevarJ Just the place for a cheap Lome. A Block IN ALDERBROOK. STREET CAR LINE will be extended this eumrawf to within 5 minute walk of this property Will tell at decided ACREAGE, In 5 or 10 sore traots inside the city limit!, also adjoining Flavel. GEORGE HILL,. 471 Bond St., .Occident block, HILL'S REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE. The CASINO. m. 'll'l Ml' Wf "fll'l WAWk 7th & BOND STREETS. New Novelties Admission Free. PLEASE 1 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 lower 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 mr st while selling Men3' and Boys' Clothing, Fur Our line of fishing rod start in with tho common bamboo poles for a frw cents and run up into the ior those that are lots better. So you see we can suit every body &REED. PANTS. In The State. x Trading Co, 600 Commercial Street, 2 blocks from High School. A BARGAIN. FIRST ADDITION. bargain. andi Attractions THIS WEEK. i SALMON IIATC Magnificent Site Selected By Protector McGuire. THE UPPER CLACKAMAS Affords au Ideal Spot for Propa (ration of tho Fiuuy Tribe-Asto ria's Plana Feasible. The Oregonlan of yesterday makes the following report on the proposed salmon hatchery: "Fish Commissioner MeCulre returned yesterday from a trip of inspection to the headwaters of the Clackamas, where U is proposed to erect a salmon hatchery, and he Is fully prepared io make a most fa vorable report on the project to the asso ciation of packers which Is to provide the funds. He was accompanied by Super intendent Hubbard, of the Lower Clack amas hatchery; Henry Meldrum, ex-surveyor of Clickamas county, who acted as guide for the party, and King Spurgeon, a young man who knows all about salm on and fish culture. The trip required seven days, including threa spent In act ual exploration, and survey, and the explorers have returned home thoroushly convinced that tho plan for a hatchery In that region Is perfectly feasible. "The point selected as a suitable loca tion for a hatchery Is about 65 miles from the mouth of the principal tributary of the Willamette, and right In the heart ot the Cascade range. There the Clackamas comes tumbling clear and cold from Its sources In the snow-capped mountains, and spreads out over a broad plateau In deep pools, shallow gravel bottoms and gentle rimes an Ideal spawning ground for the Royal Chinook. The Clackamas there carries almost as great a volume of water as It does at the government station, and It Is a beautiful stream, Be low, from North Fork to Eagle Creek, a stretch of many miles thh stream runs through deep canyons ill a sertis of c4a t- racts, and whirlpools, that are inaccessi ble even to' tho most daring fishermen. "The site selected for the projected hatchery Is In the wilderness, and may now only be reached by a tortuous and dangerous Indian trail which, at one poLnt, runs along the bank of a precipice, with the Clackamas 1000 feet below. While the explorers were creeping along the treacherous trail at that point, one of the pickhorses slipped over the edge, and started for the river. Fortunately a fallen tree about 150 feet below stopped his progress, and he was rescued, with some dlttlculty, uninjured except for a fjw scratches and bruises. This was thi only really exciting experience the party had, although they were nearly lost on several occasions. Mr. Meldrum, however, proved an excellent guide. While coun ty surveyor he subdivided all that sec tion, and he left a sufficient number of blazed trees and other marks to enable him to pick his way through the wilder ness, The trip In was mostly up hill work and required three days, for riding was out of the question most of the time, and the explorers had to walk. "That portion of the river explored by the party has been a favorite rendezvous for Indiana In the early summtr for many years. An old settler told Protector Mc Guire that the Indians in. former years packed out on horses thousands of pounds of the finest Chinook, dried and smoked, These fish were easily taken from the shallow gravel beds, which make the fin es', natural spawning beds. During the past four or five years, salmon have be come scarcer, as Mr. McGuire thinks, be cause of the obstructions in the lower river. Still, In the opinion of Mr. Hub bard, there are enough salmon there now to make It profitable to establish a prop agating station In that vicinity. The ex plorers did not see any salmon, for they are now lying in the deep pools, awaiting the heat of June and July to come out upon the spawning beds. The hatchery building Is to be located at the mouth of a stream of clear, Culd water, whore everything needful can be easily secured. Close by, racks can be put In at a comparatively small cost, for the conditions are all favorable. The only difficulty will be In securing lumber for the buildings. To get it there It will be necessary to cut about four miles of road up the mountain side, and from 10 to 15 more along the ridge. Mr. Mel drum Is now working on an estimaU of the cost, which will probably not ex ceed $1000. Afte- making a thorough exploration and survey of the section, visited, the party started for horr.e last Wednesday, arriving here about noon yesterday. It was a hard trip anl the party h .d to put up with many hardnhlps, but all were thoroughly satisfied with the result, and feel that they have been amply re paid. Mr. McGuire will forward his re port to Astoria as soon as he can get it In fclupe, and he thinks that the packers interested will not be long In taking action upon It, for the spawning season is fast approaching. If anything is to be done this yar, it must tie done at once. "irpon his return. Protector McGulr found waiting for him a letter from United States Fish Commissioner Mar shall McDonald, in which that official again expresses a, desire to assist in every way in the protection of the salm on Industry, ami Its restoration to the place It held In past years. The letter closes with the following characteristic utterances: " 'I can only repeat that propagation at present and proper legislation on the part of the state are far more important than the building of an additional hatch ery. You may spend flOO.000 In the con struction of hatcherlei, but, under the present conditions, It will be money ab solutely wasted.' "As commissioner McDonald Is perfectly familiar with the project for the new hatchery on the Clackamas, and ha has already stated, most emphatically, that the Cross law renders the government station worthless, Mr. McGuire construes this to mean that the dam and some others in the state must be removed or modified before any funds will be expend' ed by the government on salmon propa gation In Oregon. The salmon-packers are not looking to the government for assistance, for they think that their fund of, $10,000 already subscribed Is sutllclent to pay for the experiment. STBAM YACHT CAPSIZED. Buffalo, N. Y., May 26. A steam yacht, bearing the name of Trilby, was capsized In the Hamburg canal this morning and two or three men are thought to be drowned. The accident occurred at the Michigan street bridge wnlch Is being re paired. The yacht was used as a ferry to carry workmen across the canal, and to day there waa a large crowd of Polish laborers who sought conveyance to their work. They clambered aboard like a flock of sheep. The Trilby took thre loads safely across. But when she re. turned for the fourth, the Poles made a rush for her and all Jumped together on one side causing her to lurch, capsize, ana go to the bottom. For several minutes ine water was alive with men, few of whom could swim, but all of whom were struggling and clutching at each other or anything within reach. Many climbed out on tne duck, but others were seen to sink and were not seen again. Tne canal is oeing dragged, as It is believed that two or three Poles ure missing. Harbormaster auper says he believes tnat nobody - drowned. A-LTUiSLD, OF ILLINOIS, SPEAKS. Chicago, May 2u. Touching the chars? made by one of the speakers at tue double lynching at Danville, ill., lust night, to the ettect that the mob did not propose to allow the law to take its course because Governor Altgeld would pardon the guilty men, tne governor, wno h now here, said: "Tills Is slmpiy the result of Republi can vilification, and part of a system oi uei.uerate lying wnlcn has been car, it. u on tor several yeais. KepuD.kan news paper men know tnac tne recoras lu tn capual at Sprlngneid snow tnat I have lanen far below tne average ot pardons and commutations granted eacu year, udle b.miuur ut iirisouers f.asTaeiSIy uouoied, and consequently tne number oi app.icatlons for pardons has nearly dou- Oied." The governor then proceeded to quote ntjures in substantiation of his state ment. CLAIM AGAINST HAWAII. Seattle, May 26. Frank Honeck, a na tive of Missouri, has forwarded to Sec retary Uresaam a claim for M,000 dam ages against tne Hawaiian government. lie says ne went to Hawaii ten niontus dtso and Joined tne miutla, gaining a med al as the best niarxsinan in tne Service. vV. O. Smltn, attorney general, employed mm as a secret service agent to watcn tor the smuggling' of arms ashore. He secured evhjenco against the small ves sel Wlmanalle and says that not being able to find Smltn, and considering tne mutter urgent, he informed Colonel blah er, commander of tne miiltla, wno caus ed the arrests. Smith was angry because ne had not been loid tirst and ten uay later he was arrested and tnrown Into ja.il. He was linauy told that ne mum eavetne Isiunds, or he wouid be Im prisoned for years, guilty or Innocent. uURD SHOLTO IN A STREET FIGHT. San Francisco, May 20. Lord dholtu jjougiass, tne youngest son of tho Mar quis of Wueenaoury, figured In a street iignt today. Henry Magul, a reporter oi .ne Evening Post, pubiibhed an interview A-itn some of Lord Suoito's friends rc .ardlng the mucn-talKed-ot marriage wltn a variety actress. Lord Snolto was ex ceedingly angry at the publication, and meeting the reporter today, struck him with his heavy walking stick. MagUI, who has some reputation as a boxer, re piled with his fists and blows were ex changed until the approach of a police nun stopped hostilities. TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. The City' Teachers' Association, which has met regularly during the year, held its closing session last night at the home of the Misses Poweil. A most delightful program was rendered. After the open ing of the meeting by the president, Mrs. ivrager, and the calling of the roll by ihe secretary. Miss McC'ue, Miss Fossett .ecited "Aux Italians;" a toast "That ilad Boy," was to have been given by Miss Sayre, but owing to sickness, she was unable to attend, and it waa respond ed to by Mr. Wright; all then gave "Fla voring Extracts," from educational Jour nals; toast by Mr. Clark, "The Summer School," response by Miss Badollet; reci tation by Amy Powell, "The Nighten gale." Vocal solo, Miss Kate McCue. Then followed a social hour f 1th refresh ments kindly furnished by the Misses Powell. The evenjng was a most profita ble one, and the teachers adjourned feel ing that much good had been accom plished In their different sessions during the year. TWO MORE BOATS IN TROUBLE. Fort Canby, May J5.-peclal to the Astortan About 8:15 a. m., Kinney's boat No. 80 capsized at the upper end of Pea cock Bpit. Both men were saved by boat No. 10 of the same cannery, before the life crew could posslUy reach them. The fish boat was righted by the life crew. While lying by, Elmore's boat No. T7 capsized about the middle of Peacock Spit the men, boat and net being rescued by the life crew. The boat was badly dam aged. The names of the men In Elmore's boat were H. Bakkala and Aug. Johnson. (As Elmore's boat No. 77 did not leave Astoria until ( o'clock yesterday after noon, some other boat must hive met with the accident.) Wilde and His Side Partner Get Two Years. FULL PENALTY METED OUT. Germany for Bi-ue(allisni Lotan Sensation-Wild Scenes in the Wheat Pits, Associated Press. London, May 25. lit passing; sentence on 'Oscar Wilde and Taylor today, Justice Willis said "I never before had such a case as this to deal with. Two men, such as you, are by the nature of your crime lost to all sense of remorse for what you have done. To think that you, Taylor, should be the keeper of a male brothel, and that you, Wilde, a man of culture, should be such a perverter of young men. There is no doubt but that the verdict is a Just one, and I shall give you the full penalty illowed by law, and I only regret that It Is not more severe. You are both sen tenced to hard labor for the term of two years." Wilde did not look at the Judge while sentence was bring pronounced. He look ed like a man who had made up his mind to make the best of a bad situation. Taylor smiled when sentence was pro nounced. As WMlde turned In the dock and started to go back to the prisoners' room the crowd yelled "Shame!" Shame!" This shouting caused Justice Willis to rise and exclaim In a loud and determined voice "Silence, silence." While the Jury was out, at the request of a representative of the Associated Press, Wildes' counsel procured the fol lowing signed statement from Wilde: The charges alleged against me are en tirely untrue. Youth In every form al ways fascinated men, because youth has naturally that temperament to which th artists try to attain, AlTai2rks.pt .art uia woritsprojuced lu the moment of youth. I hove no sense at all of social grades. I love society , and the rich and well born on account of their luxury, culture, grace of their lives, external ac cidents of comeliness of life, but any one, ploughboy, fisherman, or street Arab, has an Interest for me. Mere humanity la so wonderful." I do not ask of the young what they do; I don't care who they are. Their ignorance has Us mode of wisdom; their lack of culture leaves them open to fresh and vivid Impressions. (Signed) Oscar Wilde." GERMANY FOR BI-METALLISM. (Copyrighted by Associated Press, 1896.) Berlin, May 25. One of the chief fea tures of the sepslon of the relchstag, which has not been without startling Incidents, Is the rapid growth of the bimetallic agitation. The bimetallic party has been even more successful In the Prussian diet than In the relchstag, In asmuch as the resolution of the diet, in stead of merely asking the government to call a conference, as the relchBtag did, instructed the chancellor, Prince Ho nenlohe, much against his liking, to persuade the bundesrath to so frame the Invitations to' the monetary conference as to moke It plain from the start that Germany wishes to bring about a. general double standard. Practically, however,' there Is no doubt that the bundesrath will empower the government to Invite the powers to send representatives to the congress. It Is In teresting to note that Prince Bismarck In his recent table talk with the Saxon deputation declared himself to be a bl m:ali:st, saying to .Mayor Beck, of Frle borg, that he was obliged, when In office, to yield his own convictions to the opin ions of currency experts. WILD TIMES IN THE WHEAT PIT. Chicago, May 26. Thera have been many wild days In wheat of late, but today i proceedings capped the climax tor sur prises and sensutlons. One hundred mil lion bushels of July wheat seemed to be for sale at anywhere from 75 7-8 down to U 3-4 at the start, and as much was want ed an hour later when It was selling awaj above 79. The bears got on top th wheat market In great shape at the opening and succeeded In breaking the price of July to 7i 3-4, or 2 l-4c below the closing price of yesterday. It went down with a slide and professional short sellers whose sight had been dimmed for a month back, be gan to smile, but inside of an hour noth ing but weeping, walling and gnashing ol teeth was to be heard In the camp of the bears, when the price of July wheat shot up from 74 3-4 to 79 R. O. Dun A Co.'s review did much to Influence holders In getting rid of their wheat this morn ing. They said their Information In re gard to damage was that It was not ser ious. Besides this, cables were lower, and rains were reported In the West and Northwest. The first thing to Incite buy ing was the prediction from the signal service of killing frost In North and South Dakota, Nebraska, and Northern Minne sota. The scene in the pit after the frost prediction beggared description. The soaring price was accompanied by an Highest of all ia Leavening Pover. Latest U. S. Cov't Report Azzozjuvnirj Dunn enormous business. From the first btilite to 79 6-8 there was a reaction to 78 3-8, the result of heavy realizing by the ions", i aided by another denial of damage In the .West, The grangers took on more wheat at the decline. As a consequenca ,the reactoln waa followed by a strongpr advance to 79 3-4 and a slight reaction to 79 1-2 at the closing moment. NEW YORK WHEAT EXCITEMENT. ; New York, May 25. The bears in wheat had things their own way during the first hour,, but before midday the pits re sounded with yells as they frantically tried to cover short sales put out yester day" and early today. Light rains over portions of the winter wheat belt had so Improved crop accounts that the coun try was in no m.ood to take the profits, -and sold big blocks on the decline; but as soon as It was learned that frosts were predicted for tonight, over a large area In the West, It resumed its buying with all the old-time vigor. July opened 1 cent from last night's .close, and foil to 78, where It began to feel the Influence of the outside- demand. In a few moments It was sailing up at a rate that struck terror to the bears. Up tt went until it reached 8 1-4, 4 1-2 cents above the low est point the closing being nervous at a 1-4. The bulls are talking of dollar wheat again, and say that the country, uas unloaded so much wheat in the past few days that It is eager to try its hand once more at gifting prices. ' LOTAN MAKES A SENSATION. Portland, May 26. Tne trial of James Lotan, ex-collector of customs, and field iiack, was concluded late this afternoon, and the case was given to the Jury. While Judge Durand, special counsel for the government, was making his closing ar gument, Lotan created a sensation in court. Durnad stated that an Investiga tion of the method of landing Chinese at this port was Instigated by the HarriBon administration which appointed- Lotan collector. Lotan Immediately Jumped to his feet and shouted that the statement was untrue. Judge Bellinger warned him against Interrupting the counsel, but Lo tan was persistent and .the court finallly told him that he would be punished for contempt unless he kept quiet. Lotan tnen sat down and was afterward vailed upon by Attorney Fulto , .Jpre the room. " to leave ' ' ' THE FAIR WILL - .CASE. San Francisco, May. 26.-J nltArnov for Mrfl. Oolrlrhs R.y'H. Lloyd, Vilnla Fair. Is In New lor ailU ng paper states that the object of his trip Is to obtain his clients' eonsent to a plan for settling out side if th courts all the disputes over the Fair es tate. The present'status ot the litigation Is thus summarized: There is a contest on the part of the collatteral and minor heirs, beneficiaries under the trust cre ated by the first or stolen will, set for tearing June 3d. Charles L. Fair has a contest pending against the stolon will on the ground that it is revoked by the second will, and also on the ground that the portions of the stolen will which cre ate the trust are invalid. If the trust Is Knocked out, James G. Fair will have died Intestate as to that part of his es tate which goes Into trust, Including all except the million dollars bequeathed to , the brothers, sisters and others. . MARKET REPORTS. - - Liverpool, May 26. Wheat Spot, quiet; demand, poor; No. 3 red winter, 6s 10d; No. 2 red spring, 6s; No. 1 harm Manito ba, 5s lid; No. 1 California, 5s 5 1-24. ' Hops at London Pacific Coast, 12 6s. Portland, May 25. Wheat Unchanged. San Francisco, May 25. Hops, tffifle per pound. New York, My 26. Hops Dull ; state, common to choice, old, 35c; 1SW, 4&9c; Const, old, 3&$c; 1804, 49. , San Francisco, May 26. Wheat No. 1 ihlpplng, quotable at 92 with 93 3-4 for choice; milling steady at 97 and 31-00. SAN FRANCISCO RACES. Bait Francisco, May 25. Sweet Alice fell dead of a hemorrhage In the first race. Five and one-half furlongs Myron, 1:08. Five furlongs Veva, 1:02 1-2. Blv furlongs-Llnvllle, 1:15 1-2. Five and one-half furlongs Sir Richard, 1:07 3-4. Mile and one-halt steeplechase Relam pago, 3:21 1-2. Mile and one-sixteenth handicap Roma, 1:49 1-4. INTERCOLLEGIATE GAMES. Berveley Oval, N. Y., May 26. Yale scored the greatest number of points in the lnter-colleglate games today. Score by points: Yale, 30; Pennsylvania, 25; harvard, 22; Iowa, 10; California, 7; Dart mouth, S; Swarthmore, 6; Union, 4; Am herst, 2; Columbia, 1; 'Princeton, 1; total, 112 points. RAILROAD WAGES CUT. Pendleton, May 25. The Washington and Columbia River Railroad having passed from the receiver to President Tyler's hands, a ten per cent cut will be made June 1st In all salaries except ing conductors, brakemen, engineers and firemen. NAVAL CADET FROM OREflON. Portland, May 26. Russell Montgomery, son of the Hon. J. B. Montgomery, was today appointed a cadet to the Annapo lis Naval Academy by Congressman Ellis. He passed the highest examination In a class of 11