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ASTORIA, OltKGOX, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 15, 1893.
PRICE, FIVE CENTS
VOL XLIV, NO. 139.
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I872 1895
Brothers,
Lubricating
OILS
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 1 9 to $18 per roll of 12 yards.
F. 'ALLEN'S,
365 Commercial Street.
Snap A rodak
at any man coming out ol
our store and you'll Ret a
portrait of a man brimming
oerwitn pleasant thoughts.
Such quality in tun liquors
we huve to offer are enough to
PLEASE ANY MAN.
Conoa and Try Them.
HUOHE9 & CO.
IS THERE?
Is there a man with heart so cold,
That from his family would withhold
The comforts which they all could And
In articles of FURNITURE of . th
right kind; 1 .
And we would suggest at this season,
nice Sideboard, Extension Table, or se
of Dining Chairs. We have the large
and finest line ever shown In the city
and at prices that cannot fall to plea
th? closest buyers. ,
HEILBORN & SON.
ASTORIA IRON WORKS
Conromly St.. foot of Jackson, Astoria.
General Machinists and Boiler Maker?
Land and Marine Engines. Boiler work. Steam
boat and Cannery Work a Specialty.
Casting! ol All Descriptions Made to Order on
Short Notice.
John Fox. President and Superintended
A. L. Fox ..Vice President
O. B. Prael ;...Secretar
They Lack Life
There are twines Bold 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
nvenness and lasting qualities. Don't
fool yourself Into the belief that other
twines besides Marshall's will do Just
at well." They "won't, xney cannuu
Parties desiring
Floral Designs and Choice
Tut Rrivo and Carnations
For Decoration Day, should
Call at Orunlund fit
Palmberg.
Cor. 8th and Exchange sts.
Kopp's Beer Hall.
Choice Wlnea. Liquors and Cigars.
KENTUCKY WHISKEY
Only handed over tha ear, - The largest glass
of N. P. Beer. Half-and-half f jc.
Free Lunch.
Chas. Wirkkala, Proprietor.
. Cor. Conromly and Lafayette St.
THOMAS MOKKO,
T'i Blacksmith vhoso shop is oppos
Ite Cutting's cannery, is now prepared
to de- such odd Jobs as making new
rannery coolers, repairing old ones,
making new fishln boat Irons, and re-
SSrtw ol w. nd aI1 ctber 1u
Bmlthlng that requires ftrst-claas work-
Brxmstip.
Carpenter Shop.
Tour mind Js on repairing your house
this spring; possibly on bulldlnf a new
one. If so, remember we are carpen
ters and builders wtth a shop fuU of
tools always willing to do arach Jobs
and want jrour wort ,s , .
' Shop oa Hwaea Xoek.
A THIN P0CKETB00K !
I. U OSGOOD,
. The One Price Clothier,
506 and 508 COMMERCIAL
That there is
YOU
WILdi
FIflD
no other stock
in the city so
large as ours
in the way
of,
Fishing Tackle,
Croquet Sets
Lawn lenms.bets,
Bird Cages,
Feather Dusters
and
all other
Sarins: Goods.
GRIFFIN
SUITS.
GIiOTHlHGIWENBOYS'.
- 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, " " " 11.00
Worth nearly double the money. Come and see us.
Men's Pantstfi.oo, I1.50, $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.
1 The Ch;apest House In The Stae.
Oregon Trading Co.
600 Commercial Street,
THREE LOTS.
In a desirable location, 2 blocks from Hit?h School.
' A BARGAIN.
CHOICE LOTS IN HII LS FIRST ADDITION.
On the now Pipe Line BaulevarJ-Just the place for n cheap home.
A Block IN ALDER 13 ROOK. , . .
STREET CAR LINE will be extended this Bummer to within 5 minutes
walk of this property Will ecll nt decMed bargain.
ACRE AG L,
In 5 or 10 aore tracts inside the city limit?, also adjoining Flavel. s
GEORGE HIL,U 471 BondSt, Occident Block,
HILL'S REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE. ,
The CASINO.
7th & BOND
New Novelties
and
Admission Free.
Goes a long way in my stock with
Honest Goods and ; Honest Prices.
Having kept my stock well in nand,
and goods on the move, and no old
stock to work off before being able to
purchase new, I have placed, and
have in make and on the road direct
from Eastern manufacturers, new
lines of Men's and Boy's Cloth
ing, Furnishing 0oods, Hats,
Caps, Trunks, Valises, Etc,
and at '
BOTTOM PRICES I
Hatter and Furnisher.
STREET; ASTORIA, OR.
Our line of
fishing rods
start in with
the common
bamt'oo poles
for a
-few cents
and lun up
into the $: $
lor those tha'
are lots Veiter.
So you see Ave
can suit every
body
& RISISU
PANTS.
STREETS
3 Attractions
ii i 'I wjpsj ay
THE WEEK.
Marshals Instructed' in Re
' gard to Cuba.
PACIFIC MAiU . COMPANY SUD
Heavy Damages Claimed on Account
of Colima DisasterHow Stock'
Speculation Ruined Him.
Washington, June 14. AWtorney-Gen-e-ral
Harmon has received the following- letter
from the secretary of state In relation to
the filibustering expeditions against Cuba:
"It is a matter of current rumor ana
newspaper report that ait various points
in the United tSates attempta are mak
ing by the enhstment of men, equlp
ment and arming of vessel's and by oth
er illegal measures to aid in the insur
rection mow In progress in Cuba. While
this department had not been furnished
W-t'ti tangible evidence confirmatory of
such rumors and reports, It deems it of
great importance that no possible oppor
tunity shall be given for complaint that
the government of th United States has
In any respect fallen short of Its full
duty 00 a friendly natdom." .
Complying with Mr. Oiney's suggestion
Attorney General Hawmon has directed
all United States attorneys and marshals
of U'he Atlantic coast line districts to
act in conjunction and take all steps
necessary and proper to prevent viola
tions of the' neutrality lawa.
A FORGER CONFESSES.
New York, Jun 14. Allbert S. Moore,
whose fargerlea were disclosed yester
day, has maids a coretefeslon. "I flret
forged three years ago, he told a re
porter. "I was tihen book-keeper for In
man. Swan & Co., for whom I had worked
for 14 years. I had b..en speculating oa
the market and was long on cotton.
Late one evening my broker told me I
would have to put up more marLis at
once. I was In deep water a..d my fail
ure to kx-p the contract I had with him
would have necessdcalevl his failure. I had
no money, but told him I wuu.d g.ve
hint toe needed amount. In an unfortu
nate moment I decided that I couid ra.so
mney on bad paper. I expected to real
izi my foiuune and buy back the note.
I made a note wiita a t wgod endoisement
and sjid it to the ba.ilt. From tnai
time VhiiigB went bad wvth me. i was on
Dhe wroiiK.elde at the,narkt and got
deeper and deeper. -L haa to Ki.p on
seu'.ng bad paper to raise m.ini.y to keep
mysejf up. ' But a.l the time things got
wjise and worse until 1 am here. I am
positive that then was n-M ovr 1.6,000
of the paper.
Moore was . .-cretary of the Sunday
school of the Codieglaite Du.Ch R formed
church. He was arraigned in the Toombu.
police count this at uarnoon and pKceJ
under J2u,00U ball. . ,
DUN'S WEEKLY REPORT.
New York, June 14. R. G. Dun & Oo.'e
Weekly Reviewaf Trade will say: It Ik
no longer a question whether buslnesb
Imiwovts. Not for a long time have our
reports fnm uli parts of the counnry been
so uniformly favorable. The daily aver
age of bank clearings In June is 24.8 per
cent larger than last year, though ll.
per cent less than In 1892. The most
potent influence has been the receipt ot
more favorable advices rtgiairdl,ig grow
ing, crops. Labor troubles are getting
out of Dhe way, wages in many establish
ments are r.slng, and the Iron Industry
now leading. There is a general im
provement in manufactures. The moi.
etary conditions also help. The time
draws near when the crop export will
bring gold hltihtt and ttaug'h foreign op
erations In stocks have been ir.Blgr.ificant
this week, the effect of previous trans
actions has not been exhausted. Di
minished receipts of money from the
interior Indicate better employment In
business and especially at the West, and
Dhe volume of commercial loans steadily
rises, and is now fair, for this reason,
even in good years. The failures for tile
week have been 241 In tha Unltel States,
against 228 last year, and 21 in Canada
against 40 Vast year.
SENATOR BLACKBURN SPEAKS.
Frankfort, Ky., June 14. Senator Black
burn addressed a large audience here to
night. He suld he hoped it would not
be neoiBsary for him to speak to his
neighbors, as he had done himself,
against Mars and slanderems. Every news
paper wearing the collar of Its master,
every guager and (Storekeeper, had com
bined wltfli the adimtniEtpatton' and money
powed to cause his defeat. Senator Llna
sey tcid last night that he (Blackburn;
was preaching heresy.' Cariiole had b.en
sent here and he thought it would be
more civil if t'he pnesidenit) wou'.d make
the combine complete arid lock the doors
of the White House and come himself.
Carttele was taken to task for raying
that he had never favored the fres ana
unlimited coinage of silver. He sat by
his s.die and though he heard him vote tut
the silver bill In November, 1873, and
peak for the acts of 1890, he would give
the beat member of his body If Oirliaie
had not been the ablest advocate ot
the free and unlimited coinage of silver.
But Brutus tells you that he had not,
and Surely Brutus is an honorable man.
MISSOURI DEMOCRATS.
Lebanon, Mo., June 14. Chairman Far
rls, of the Laclede county Democratic
committee, today said:
I have now 52 signatures, or four short
of a majority of the chairmen of county
Democratic cmmMtees in the state, to
call for a state convention for the cons-deration
of silver. From She corres
pondence I hav, I oxn .reasonably ex
pect favorable action from thirteen other
counties."
He said that during the week the fou
counties necessary 4o complete a quorum
would be secured. If the state commit
tee then refused to ca the convention,
prompt action will be taken to secure
one otherwise.
SPOKANE BONANZA.
Spokane, June 14. The War Eagle Min
ing Company Is paying a dlvidVnd ot
170,010, or 14 cents a share. This rrfine is
In the Trail Creek district north of Epo
lr?i. A yar sc H wm a jvmwp
The promoters . had 6-afcen bonds on It,
and tried In vain to e4 the property for
$10,000. Finally Patsy Clark formed a
company of Spokatue men,-who distribut
ed the stock among'- themse.ives at six
cents a share. They bonded. the mine,
dUd some development work and opened
up ' a bonanza. The ftrst month's ore
shipments pa d for the mine and all the
improveinfsnite. The present dividend
is therefore a Clear profit on the Invest
ment. It- represents three months, lim
ited shipments over an almost impassable
mountain road. The men who were
offered the property for $15,000 have elnex
offered 1,000,000. The ore Is gold and
copper.
BIO DAMAGE SUITS.
San Francisco, June 14,-Three suits
for damages, aggregating $150,000, will
be flltd against the .Pacific Mall Com
pany tomorrow, aa a result of the loss
of the steamer Cohma. One suit will be
brought by Charles Thornton,' whose
wife was a passenger on t'he Colima.
Another by Mrs. Thomas Gray, whose
husband was In charge of the refrigera
tor room, and a third complainant Is T,
C. Struekman, whtose mother was drown
ed. It La changed that life preservers
were not given to the pasEiangers and
that there was not enough life preservers
on board to supply those who needed
them. .
CROWDS GREET CARLISLE.
Louisville, June 14. The large personal
fovlowlng of Secretary Cariisie In- thii.
city, and the keen fcmteresic feLIt by an
classed fen the curr-tiicy question, tilleu
MU9.C Hali th'.s -evening with such a
crowd as never before conertga.ed on a
similar occasion. Long ibtotore the hour
at which . the adclreus was tu b.tfln 'Ma
hull was hiled 'to overfiuw.ng the well-to
do and business main Jostling with the
laborer and mechanic for a convenient
seat. Nor, was the. meaning a gathering
of Democrats to honor a party leader.
Tne Republican! were out In force. i
.LONG SENTENCES.
San FranciiSv-o, June 14. This fa sen
tence dlay in Judge Waaate's court and,
tine puniahuneut of wrung doers wno haa
been conv.ctei was announced. Charles
Henntsuy and Thos. Hutchinson haa
robbed a ealior of Ui.60 and nearly kiliea
their vlet.m while dolutj it. uuUMlpwo
was convicted of a prior olfense and eeui
tenced 'U life imprlaotiiinenit under tn
habutual criminal act, and nennesuw was
given 20 years at t'oieom, tne uauul am
tence fur rouaery laivi perjury.
OHAlNCE FUR OUR BOYS.
Washington, June 14. Owing to thb
uueuay iarg-e nuinuer oi n.jLreuienu
in line iiine ot navy ana eii,i"eci s crps
Uur.ni tue pauii ytiar, wr mo .uo urt,1.
time in iiwo aoi.iiliia.u-diiunu thtsro .to
noiv iiuore vacaucitss iiuan can r- ili.tU
liiOUl UliCitU JuUt gl'aitil.UvU l.uul iii-
Uavai acaueniy, aau Uuiiuwucaciy tatrj
niay bd civ.'.iaiit appji.jtea. Hid vacan
u.es in Liu Hue now number 2ii, and t.iu&e
a. 'j ii piaceu to bs mind in uie engines
corps.
AGAINST THE PACIFIC MAIL. .
San Piancieco, June 14. Gtio. D. Ross,
far may yeuas a sea.iiun in L'ne Uulte--d.aiea
navy, was tne principal wjtn.6
at today's Investiation by the federal
ii:itpectons Into tne ioss of the Colima.
He -said the' dieuiaer was due to .m
proper stowage of the cargo, tb th
steamer being top-heavy, by reaso.i oi
over-loading, and to incompetent otiicerb.
MILITARY APPOINTMENTS.
Olympia, June 14. The governor! today
mada the first appointments under th
new mM'.t'ary law, by which ali com
missioned ofllces are ductared vacant. He
appointed CoL E. M. Carr, ot Seattle,
brigadier general to succeed Jas. M. Ash
ton, resigned, and Captain F. A. Bout
well, U. S. A., Vancouver, adjutant gen
eral, vice R. G. O'Brien.'
PIONEER OFFICERS.
Portland, June 14. The Ptonwsr Asso
ciation this evening elected the following
officers: President, Henry Falling, on
Portland; vice-president, F. X. Mabthlen,
Marion county; secnatary, George H.
Hlmes, Portland; corresponding secreta
ry, Wm. Kapus, Portland; directors, T.
T. Geer, Marion; county; Wm. Galloway,
Yamhill county; T. H. Humphrey, Wash
ington county.
CORNELL WINS.
Ithaca, N. Y June 14.-The first an.
nual race between the freshman eights,
of Cornell and of the Unii varsity of Penn
sylvan to, was rowed this afternoon at
Cayuga Lake over a two-mile cours,
and Cornell won by nine lengths In 11
minutes and 18 3-4 seconds.
AID FOR SUFFERERS.
Denver, June 14. The Rev. Geo. Secord,
a clergyman of Grant county, oyahoma,
is In Denver seeking aid for the drought
sufferers. All the Inhabitants of the
western part of the Cherikej strip, he
states, are on the verge of starvation.
THE NORMA LOST.
San Francisco, June 14. IV.vate advices
received by the Insurance people In thtb
city and by the Merchants' Exchango,
report that the San Francisco schoonc
Norma Is lost forty miles morlJh of Man
zanlilo. No further particulars are given.
FIGHT POSTPONED. '
New York, June 14.-The Dlxon-Erne
fight has been inoeflnlteIy postponed on
account of the refusal of the mayor ho
grant a license to the Seaside Athletic
Club.
FLAG DAY IN CHICAGO.
Chicago, June 14. Flag Day, Inaugurat
ed one year ago by the American Flag
Day Aoeociatlon as a holiday, was 00
served today by the public schooit.
"LIGHT OF THE WEST" DEAD.
Macon, 111.. June 14.-"Light of the
Wt," the Imported stallion, valued at
110,000, died today. He took flrwt premium
at the World's Fair. ,
THE PRESIDENT TO MOVE.
Washington, June 14. It Is expected
that President Cleveland will leave foi
Buzzard's Bay turly next week for tha
summer. -
FLAG DAY IN DENVER.
Denver, June 14. Over 6.0U0 children
mached today In the Flag Day parade.
T
Another Week Nearer
. Close of the Season.
QUALITY- OF . THE CHINOOKS
Reports From the Big Trade Centers
Show an Increased Demand for
Ucst Grades Everywhere..
Astoria, Ore. 10 p. n., 14th June, 1896.
Stocks continue to move away from the
river in a fairly satisfladbory manner and
at ali the larger canneries shipments are j
being made almost as1 fast as they are
placed In readiness for orders. The fea
ture of the week has been the lively de.
mand from extreme Easterni markets
which exceeds the orders from that sec-.
t.oh for any other year since 18s0. Sev
eral Southern centers also are showing
more than the usual interest in. canned
salmon,- and it looks as If a'thort-pack
and slightly increased demands would
hold prices up to a very satisfactory ng
ure up to the end of the season. New
York correspondents report a practically
empty market in Columbia river spring
fish, and very satisfactory Inquiry from
all the big grocery houses, lloston re
ports that Massachusetts buyers are
pushing orders fast. Omaha correspond
en ts ' all agree that the rise in canned
meats has had a beneficial effect on the
price of salmon in that centre, and the
demand is growing. In St. Paul salmon
is firm and aotlve, and four large orders
has been placed In the twin cit.es during
the last few days. There luave been sev
eral cuts In freight rates of transconti
nental lines which tup the lakes. Som
of the latest schedules are New York,
Tic; Plttsbqrg, Bufflalo, Cleveland and De
troit, 73'ic; Cincinnati, 80; Boston, SOc;
Voledo, 76c; Columbus, 7al4c. From Liv
erpool and London reports show tt.at
wnlie the extraordinary domand for a.i
variet.es of salmon has percepa.'bly clack
ed up, t'ne market Is situ In a very act.ve
condition. Buyers ot Oxumbla river hen
are very bu&y and several b.g in-prteis
are pmv'.ias.ng large siocks and holding
,.or laaey prices wliileh it U bel.tveu
can bt obmiiietl by rea.0.1 of ihj .ncreas-
ji dc.lie anions uie wva.t.ili r castes u-r
jUud goods, parilculurly ova.s. . T.iuugu
j.ii oul ca.i Biecuu uo be il.iui.g more la
vjr abroad, tne better c.,.6.i oi, trd. at
iuui.4tU stands by !"' lUul at'at can as
buing .. 'l-ni. lUoai &ty,e of pack, Vjt size,
auape and contents. On the Fius.r rivei
ihougii tia.iliig hus sturied, very iUlle w.il
djiie ul Ju.y.' All t'ne ca.nml s art
1.1 rM..imiiii urcier' but the few tisa that
-u'e oit.ug caught are. ustd tor co.d stor
Jae ami Biiipunei.t to iuasLern Canadian
u...t!3. Itepo, la from a.l parts of the
country Indicate an active demand for
,-4 .laawa eaimon at fair pries and the
New iMifclauvi stai-es are raiting offers
a few cents owing to tne scare. ty of this
aiie.y consequent on big sj'.es to Er.g
.and dur.ng the last ten days. One loi
01 2M,(m cjt-cs haa been dldpoe.d of In
mat time to foreign buyers, leaving a
considerable dearth in home mariteU.
We quote only a s.lu'h.t change In pi Ices
ior Columbia river standard brands this
week, as f'o.lows: Stra.ght Cnluookt,.
,..ou to Jl.li'j for tal.s and $i.624 to 1.67Vt
.or flats. Ovals ifUiMi to 1.U6. Key
from 6c to VjC extra. Ovols for export,
vi.ll to (2.0J, le;S 6 per cent. Alaska Reds,
Mc to 'U2'jC. Sacramento River packer
are still lining g market for export
SJjcis a..d l,ilW cases are reported as hav
lag been consfgned from California to
Liverpool since last Monday. Tne Brit
Ij.i snip Raihdown Is now loading at
this city for foreign del.very, and wili
eave out at the end of the month wtth
.4,000 cases, principally for Liverpool ana
London buyers. Operations -on the low.r
Columbia during the past seven days
have been fulr. From Saturday fc Wed
nesday inclusive the run was large and
steady, averaging 16 fish to the boat
every day, with fine weight at an avenge
of fuliiy 80 pounds. Dur.ng the last three
days, however, the catch has slackened
up considerably and today showed re
turns smaller than they have been for
soune weeks. Matters in the vicinity ot
the canneries along the middle Columbia
are siightly Improving and each of the
five canneries operating in that vicinity
. averaging 100 cases per day. Very lit
tie work is being done by the traps, but
the seining appliances are all showing
increased catches, and will no doubt con
tinue to do . well . till the close ot the
season. The canneries at The Dalles and
the Cascades are still quiet and though
the Increased seining returns have help
ed to make things move slowly, the up
r.ver pack Is a failure to the present
date. Biuebucks are beginning to ap
pear in the river In email quantities,
showing every day very gradual In
crease, and it has now been definitely
doteiimined that the blue-back oulput w.ll
not reach to anywhere near Its legitimate
figures, even for an off year, which this
undoubtedly is. Steelhead are begin
ning to arrive and there seems to be
every prospect of a very slack run of
this grade of salmon as well. The quality
of the Chlnooks continues most excellent
and the fish remain a deep red color,
with flekhjlrm and hard.
EBB OF THE FREE SILVER CRAZE.
Philadelphia Times.
The free sliver fanatics have hod the
Held for some years In this country with
out a well defined Issue, and without or
ganized opposition on the part of the
friends of honest money. During the last
few months the issue has become rharp
ly defined, and although the organized
movement for honest money is yet in
its infancy, there Is a visible ebb in th
free, silver craze, and It Is llkt4y to be
impotent In both the republican and dem
ocratic national conventions a year
hence. : .
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
t 1 V . at r . " 1 -, P
Atiisif nnrr?rrr r;."Tr?-r
STATE NEWS.
Interesting Items Gathered From Oreor
Newspapers. Not long ago the Secretary of a Young
Men's Christian assoclatCon waa in doubt
aa to the best method to get tha public
to ' turn out to their Sunday afternoon
meetings. He had circulars printed and
generously distributed on the streets, an
nouncing their meetings, and at the same
time published the fact Imthe town paper.
On the next Sunday the association
rooms were filled. To test the value of
the two schemes he asked all those who
had seen the announcement by : circular
and had been Impelled to attend thereby
to rise. Only ten or a dozen stood up.
He then requested all those Who had been
drawn there by the announcement r
the paper to rise, when almost the entlr
body of the crowd got up. A well worded
advertisement Judiciously placed in your
home paper is the best possible way to
reach the public Oregon Monitor.
The government tug General Wright er-.
rived several days ago. and is maklng
the survey of the bay. The survey"
of the Interior of the bay 4 almost com.. "
pleted and shows. hut little change, if
any, since the lasl survey. iThe recent
work done by the government has mostly
been of a character to strengthen and ;
Improve work that had already been com- '
menced, and, but little change. Is antici
pated. It Is not likely that any material
change will be discovered by the whole
survey. But it will prove t a certainty
the permanence of the' improvements
already made and that a further appllca.
tlon of the same principles will
most likely he followed by a correspond
ing deepening of the water. The work of
establishing the course and velocity of
the currents will he a very particular and
important feature of the present survey,
Lincoln County Record
The people down the coast keep ' up
their hunt for the long lost Brother Jona
than, and a late number of the Del Norte
Record says: "The parties searching1 for
the Brother . Jonathan at Point St.
George reports having found at low tid
several pieces of Iron and bolts similar
to those used .In the construction of ves
sels, which they, think came from that
vessel, What strengthens their opinion
Is the fact that the Iron found was op
posite the place Where the searchers last
year, averred they had brought up iron
rust, on the grappling hooks being used
in looking for ' her." Several citizens
of Lane county lost their lives on this
vessel. ' - "
f Wheat Is 84 oents In New York. The
manner In whloh it keeps up glvee it a
permanent appearance. The price In Sin
Francis is 63 cent. The price In Ore
gon ought to he nearly aa hi -h as that
in San Francisco, ind the d-f er nee ba
'ween San Francl 06 nni th? enst Is
to much. Give us a N1car gnan canal
1 1 this will net be thus. A b u y Demo
crat.1 - -
Thre w re never boM -r pr spects fnr
i fruit crop than at pr SCTit. All orchards
are very thrifty, and peaichea, pSufns und
prunes show grwd growth,. Tha season
has been very favorable o all crops ard
Vie' yield of fru t, from all Indication
'it present, will b? unprecedented -in the"
hlBtry of this city aid v.cl ity. Times
Mountaineer. . v
W. S. Byers of the Pendleton rollei
ml'.ls, sent out a trainload of h.s flour,
ten cars, or 200 tons, to gi dir ct to
?hlna. Mr. Myrs is siid by the East
3reKon1an to be building up a very large
trade In the Orient, ; and already haa
L difficulty, in supplying a'.l called for by
tne oruers piacea witm mm.
The water Is so high at the C iscndes,
Ore., that 11 title work can 'be done untli
he river recedes to the normal stage.
O.je section of the second gate is placed
in position and as- soon as the water
goes down the other gates will be erected,
the remai ning- wails bul.t and -the upper
bu.khead taken out.
They are holding mass meetings In
Arlington, Ors., to discuss ways and
means for holding the trade which Dalles
City promises to get away by means
of a new road whlchMs projected. One
measure thought favorably of Is a bonus
for telephone connection with Foe sll.
J."
J. Boon hais taken the trouble to
a quantity of Yaqulna bay oysters
put
on floats and is feeding them for the sum
mer trade. These oysters are taken from
their artificial beds and placed on floats
to keep theun from spawning.
The treasurer of Multnomah county,
receives 12,000 a year; of Marion, $1,200;
of Clackamas, Douglas and Linn,1 1,000;
all others under $1,000 down to $X0 paid
In Gilliam and W&Uowa counties.
(MELfLOID, A NEW ALLOY.
The London Engineer, May 8, describes
a new alloy which has been brought out
by the Phosphor Bronze company, and
It Is said to Justify Its right to be called
new, by possessing qualities not previous
ly found In any of the bronzes.- K is
the Invention of the company s engineer,
Mr, Bull, already known as the Inventor
of Bull's metal. Melloid may be de
scribed as a malleable - bronze; It Is a
mixture of copper and tin, which Is en.
0.rely free from zinc, aluminum or iron,
and it differs from phosphor bronze, man
ganese bronze or Bull's metal, In being
tough and ductile at all temperatures.
Many descriptions of brass and bronze
can bs forged or welded, but Mr. Bull
states -that with all of them there Is a
temperature at which they become brittle.'
This may vary from 400 to 900 degrees
Fahr,, and when it is passed they again
become tenacious and malleable, if their
temperature be raised stJIL higher.
MAKES THE POOR POORER.
Minneapols Journal.
They call silver "the poor man-s
money." Weil, maybe It is. It Is the
money of Mex.co and India and China,
and other unprogremive countries, where
the common people are certaCnly aboue
an poor as they can be.'
Black silk muslin and and ohtffon flow
ered in soft colors and large patterns
make lovely summer gowns for matron.
They are made up over black taffeta and
require very little trimming.
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