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TOSUC UBEART ASSOCUIKK. mm IVA AAAA ti4. A.A. sfi tt j Th ASTORIAN ki. tlx UrgMt LOCAL b Jj clrealallMl thlrgnt Gf.NiRAl clrtsl. S ties, and the larxitit TOTAL clrcniitlo till apri piMiiHx) I Aitsrla. J v www vw4 f rtrwiil for W.ihlnjlon tod Oitf0" MXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PKEiSiS REPORT. ASTORIA, OMXiOX, SATUKDAY MOUSIXO, FEliUUAUY 15, M. SO. 81. VOL. XI A. a. . Miim t n a in ii in . . in i f .m ' y ..,Ar . , .,:.:: in J. w . .A. A A. . The Time and i'''M.''Mlt!' "nj $ I Vv'vH;1 Hats, Caps, Boots. Shoes. tr i IjxS' Trunks, Valises. XJmhrel " Ys : Inn THr vein en i nil will un: X V'-V The One Price Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers. I. L. OSGOOD, Muntiger. tott ami (Oil nUUKKCUL HTttKKT. ASTOHIA. OR. VALENTINES VALENTINES Ajp VALENTINES All of Very Latewt Styles. Comic, Sentimental. Cupid's Darts, lilt 'Em Hard and Otherwise. From I Cent to $5. Griffin & Reed, City Book Store. THREE LOTS. . In a (K'HiraMe It-cation, 2 Mocks trom Iliirji School. A BARGAIN. UUOICK LOTS IN HILLS FIRST ADDITION. On the lie I'll Line Bonli'TnrJ -JimI Iho plnr fur ft rlionp bom. A Hlock IN ALDER BHOOK. 8TRKET CAtt LINE will I U.n.le-1 tliU summer to within S tninutt walk of thl property Will sell at iWiile.1. hargaio. ACREAGE. In 5 or 10 anre tr.i't itisi.U thn nit)' limit, ! silj'unluif Klittcl. GICOHGIC HILL.--.71 Hon.lSt., Occident Work. HILL'S REAL KSTATfi EXCHANGE. Aft Fit Wear JM Finish Style COPELAND Standard Makes Lowest Prices Ask your grocer for inll.rMllilnCiire(notsalty) I ADn H AMSNatural Flavor, UVKi lininTerder and Juj CANNED HEATS. Place tlmw ,H "ow a,1(l the place is SOU nnl AOS Cummer ... i ciai Hirct'i, hi mo Trustee's Sale, if Of Men's and Boys' Cloth I ing, Furnishing Goods, V W 1.V . "111 C-1..V vVl.M mourn, whether von need them now or at riomo future time. & THORSEN HAMS, BACON, ftT THE REMAINS LAID AT REST All That Kus Mortul of .Mrs. Xanty Kckh liurlcd In the Hill hide Cemetery. MOST IMPRESSIVE SERVICE Over One Tko.Mid I'eopte Tiy Their list - Tuket ot Rcipcct to ike rioieer Lidy So Veil Htovf nd Loved. YinUTitny fiiTnoon Hi I o'clock nil thmt wr mo.-tiil of the Into tin Nancy Welch wm lul lo rc In the family vault In 1 1 111. Mu (Vn.eliry. Thr fiiniral (orlncit waa Um. lurxot ever aam-miiliil In thl city, ovrr on thoiwaml Mron raylm thla laat trll.ul( of r.apcct to thn laily plimivr of Aaloila. Thn fonrrol took place from Iho laraa family rilil'iic, corner Klfln-nth ilwl anil Kranklln avrnuv, anil Ih rxlrtv groumla which aurrouml the hou im packH with moiirnlnir frtnJ. The wr vlr wcra cuniluctcil by lh Krr. K. 8. Ui.lllniiiT. pnatur of thn Flrat C'oiiarrita tluiia t.'hun-h, of which Mra. Ve. h )iail lxn a mcmlii r for many yrara. Th n ulna aurrow at th Ion of thla luiir.T laity iti'fli-a il!-acrltlon. After a useful lire of T year. Mr. Welch haa now reachnl the home on Wfc'h, lumrnteit by an entire city. The followlnt; Kentleman acini a bal lirarei: Mayor F. J. Taylor, W. W, I'arker, C. H. WrtKht, It. -'. C'arrulher. Inlin AioniKumory, H. T. McKran, Jol.n havlMin, lr. A. U S'ultun, Frank I.. Parker, Captain llolinon, It. (I. VanUu--n, J. II. It. Gray, ami William It. Aitalr. The momliera of the treuon I'l onrer anil lllatorlcal HM'leiy atlcniled In a Imly. anil the following beautiful al Irim tit il-IKcrinl by reiiueat by JuiIk (iray, which waa written fur thai or ganisation by Mra. Olivia It. Welch: Again we ar clk upon to perform Iho tail aulemn duty that the llvlriar owa Iho Oeail. II I hard for u to reailae a now look upon the aereneJy peaceful face of the ilear mother plonevi, whoov hamla arc quietly folded ui on her brvaai, that her Ufa work la finished, her tolls Uiun the earth ara done. Kill It la true behold for the Inst time all that Is mortal of the faithful, loving; wife, moth er, friend ami nehchlwr. Nancy IMckmon Welch, who at . p. m. on Tuesday evening, February llth, surrendered thl Ufa to the UoO of h r f( trees, and her body return to earth from whence It came. I if her w may truthfully aay she waa Indeed a typical pioneer woman. Horn In the then western wllila of the state of Ohio. In Washington county, on the sec ond day of January, UilH. She waa Inur ed to Ills privation and hardships the toll and riamrvr of the Ohio pioneers. Hha lived with her parents until about twenty years of ago. who In the mean time had moved Into Iowa, and waa then left an orphan with nine brothers for whom sha thereafter took upon herself the duties of mother and houacekeper. We have heard from her own wonla how sha performed the manifold duties for that numerous family of young brothers, washing, Ironing, cooking, and with hi-r own hand weaving and fashioning the necessary garments that constituted this wardrobe, and primitive though they were, she would sew until fur Into the night, by the light of tallow candle. Sewing, mending, knitting, and darning were, the neceaaary employments that oc cupied her winter evenings, and finding the day too short to encompass the many mora active physical itutlei and lal.ors that fell to her lot. So her busy life ran along until March 12. 1MU. At Hloomlngton, Iowa, she wa married to James Welch, and early In 1MJ, they with a number of families, who had hi aid of the wonder of the fnr off land of Ore gon, started acres the plain with, the slow, steady team of oxen that then took the place of the beautiful palace cars ot today. They were compelled to tempor arily stop at St. Joe. Mo., during the winter of IMS and IMi, on account of Indian depredations, until the spring uf lull, who i they again resumed their Joui ney. Aflcr long, tedious month of Jcur neylng, they finally arrived at Oregon City, Oregon, In October, IMt; and In the spring of lM'i. Mr. and Mra. Welch tamo to nuiko u permAnenl home In the then trading p. it of Astoria. And thinking of the Astoria of that time, we can bur wonder at the physical courage and fnr lllude, the scYcnlty and happy content ment that enabled her lo at once s t j to work to help her rum tin ml moke a I home on the bunk of the Oregon, with!: sound of the roar of the Pnclllc ocia--. with only a ft w companionable people, surrounded hy Ln.w forests, wild Ii. ..! and Indian, lier life must, for many lunt months, have been often deiolute and lonely. Mary of the necessnrlcs of living were either procured at the Hudson Kny trading post at Oregon City, or at Vancouver, which w.ia also a Hudson Buy trading station. And when we remember that the Journey to those trading alatlons at that early date waa made In IndUn cunoes, which were hollowed out from large ceilur trees, and It took from three to four weeks to make the Journey, pur chase supplies and return, we may be enabled to have a Blight conception of the many vicissitudes, trial and hard ahlpa this pioneer mother waa cal'ed upon to endure. Surrounded Ivy her young family of small children, epcnd'rg the wcr.ry daya and nlghta alone, while tho father was awny on those periodical Journey, getting such neceasarlea an flour and general provision. Oregon City then owned the only flouring mill In this part of the Northwest, being contiguous to tho grain field of "the French Prairie, the only portion of the great Willamette valley settled at that time. On one of the periodical Journeys made hy Mr. Welch to Oregon Clly. he was (tiiilni, many day beyond the time he Intended staying, and from much hard work ami exposure, Mr. Welch wns taken udd' n)v 111, having a a compnnlon her only white woman friend and neighbor, Mrs. Ingalls, at whose death bed Mrs. Welch happened to be last fall In the city of Los Angeles, Cat., and along towards midnight, notwithstanding the exertions of Mr. Ingalls, Mr. Welch unk away Into a comatose condition. Just at thla critical Juncture, Mr. W. H. Orav, the honored pioneer, beuig Vjie only acting physician at the mouth of the Columbia, there being no other physician nearer than Vnncouver, came, whether by acci dent, (to atay over the nlirht with his friends aa wa the custom In those early times) or not, the writer cannot now cnll to mind: hut at a'l evert Mr. Orny had wMh hlr hi medical cae, and after h Ing Informed by Mrs. Inga'ls that her friend was gone across that bourno from wlienci no traveler returns, Mr. Gray lm- mutUlily went vigorously to work with the stlmuliinis he had at hiind, and with Iho aid of hot appllcdf Ions and much rubbing of thn feet and hands, they w-re at last rewarde by roturnlng conscious ness. Mrs. Welch hr.r rdatml thl Inci dent lo the wrlliir, arid spoke with mm h feeling of gratlt ud of the manly, ni.l.le pioneer who savwt hr life to h r family, for niov yrur aflcr he wo laid away lu ret. Mr. Welch was poriessed of a rare physical and moral courage, trail that many of those hardy aloneer were en dowed with, a moral Oourage that was so great that It precliKI'd any shadow of cant, hypocrisy, or deception. Hha wore upon her brow throughout a long life of arduous duties, trial and tempta tion, the Insignia of moral worth and womanly purity, the brlKhlest Jewel In the crown of life, (the wa a woman who waa true to herself, and It naturally followed, as the night follow the day, she wii true to olhor. In realtlng the many hardnhlp Incident lo her early life, liter wa never a shadow of self-pity, r.ever a thought of what might have been, only a womanly, noble, .f-rellait feel ing that her duty had been always done as best she knew. I cannot close these niwul!y f w ard mengre reminiscence wl!hout alluding to her eminently patriotic love for her own adopted Oregon.' In the fall of I'M Mr. Welch, In company with her young est daiiKhtri, for the llrst 1 1 mo In all these years visited the scenes of her early life. Visited her only surviving brother In Iowa, and attended the great world's rxiKWluoti In CI)l a:o, whltii she greatly enj.iyed. But she returned lo her dear adopted home In Oregon, happy and grateful In the thought that her home, as she expressed It. wns In the best part of Ood's world. Hhe saw no place that she thought equalled the evirgnen car peted Oregon. In Octoner lust she went fur a few wi-eks' sojourn to her sister stale, California, and although she ap preciated the muny beautiful semi-tropical scenes of Fouthern California, she again returnid to her home. Idled with thankful gratitude to her Muker th.it her life had l-en spated to uguln enjoy the dear loved s-enes. every one of which the tendrils of her heart were closely woven alKiul. She pt!;e to u of the great enjoyment it wus to aarnln behold the beautiful green Ktsv t bnd the ever green trees of Oregon. So we will lay her lo nut midst the scene that she loved, near the beautiful evergreen Ire. that will evermore sing soft, sweet ri-qnliim lulal.ys as they wave their arms gently to and fro, as though showering heaven's best blessings o'er tho beautiful earth which Is the mother of us all. And those of us who are left behind for a HtUe while ran have a greatful comfort In knowing that the spirit that rrstwhlln Illumined this body haa gone again Into the loving arms ot the Father of us all. MItS. OLIVIA RKES WKLOI. FREE COINAGE Defeated in the Lower lirunch of Con nrcss by One Hundred and Twenty-five Majority. Silver Mca Who rud 1'rcuktcd a .loch t.rc.tcr Sb"iy of Strength, acre' Sadly Ut-Mppoiited - Ellis aid ItcrmaiB Voted Ave. Washington. Feb. 14. The majority against sliver In the house today when the tlnal vote waa taken on the concur rence In the senate free coinage amend ment waa larger than that of yesterday In committee of the whole. Yesterday's motion to concur was defeated by a vote or 1!0 to tu, a majority of 110: today It was beaten by a vole of M to . a ma jority of 128. The vote today was a reciird making vote, and, counting pairs, but S7 out of the -6 members were un accounted for. Perhaps a few absentees dodged, but most of them were unavoida bly absent and were unable to secuie pairs. Sliver men who yesterday predict ed a much greater showing of strength today, were again disappointed. ."Sound money" leaders hnd bctn dispos ed lo concede tho silver forces one hun dred votes. An analysis of the vote to day shows that 1M liepubllcaus and 21 Democrats voted against the concurrence, and to Democrats, 23 Hcpubltcans and "i Populists for the concurrence. The debate which preceded the vote was of an interest Ing character, but de- :ii of any sensational features. The . ..Merles, as usual on Held dny In the low if ! .inch of congress, were crowded to Hi ... rs, and quite a number of sena- ors t:u throUTh the five-hour debate. ;::i!s and Hermann, of Oregon, and I vde and Doollltlc, of Washington, voicil t oticur In the Semite free silver amend ment. NO HALM IN tllLEAD. Oregon Pops. Continue Their Character istic Faction War. Eugene, Or., Feb. 14. The Lane county People's Party convention met In Eu gene today, and some exciting scenes were enacted. There has been a veritable war on between factions In tho patty, and Instead of uniting before the close, the chasm la now wider thun before. Th row commenced last nlsht, when a num. ber of delegates went Into caucus, osten sibly for the purpose of on exvhnnge of views, and a general preliminary slate making, but when the meeting opened It was seen that the eoIp object of the caucus wus to commit the delegates to fusion. Pronounced fnsionlsts thought they would have coin nil of the caucus, but the factB proved oiheiwlse. The cau cus broke up in confusion, without doing anything. This morninc the convention met and the tight was at once resumed, and continued to Increase In fury until aelJemrnnuMit this evening. The question was' culled and fusion voted down by two to one. The county ticket was then nominated. THE MARKETS. Liverpool. Feb. 14 Wheat, quiet: de mand, poor: No. 2 nil winter, os SUil: No. 1 hard Manitoba, 5 "Vid; No. 1 California, 6s lid. Portland, Feb. 14. -Wheat Valley, (S3; Walla Walla, CO. THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST. Friend Have you made any more chnnges In your fnrce-eomedy? Manager Yes. I've droppei out th rest of the plot to make room for an other song and dance.. Best Washing i-owdar an earth. Largs lie, JO cents. Soap Foam, STUDIES OF V'T"nV Experiments by I'uris Scientists in Tbotofjiaphing Tbruuijb Opaque (todies. REMARKABLE LONDON CASE Blade of Kaife Kcnovcd Trua the Body of rirjlvicd Sjilor. Alter Ail Other Mea to Detect the Ciase ol Hi Malady Had failed. Paris. Feb. M.-The discovery of Prof. Roentgen of Wurzburg that photogruphy I iiossllilo through opaque bodies, a de scription of which wa recently given. Is being actively followed up by professors In the Pari laboratories. At the physics laboratory of the Ecoie Kormslo. says the Temps, M. Pi-rrln, a young savant who ha made some re markable Investigations In regard to light and the cathoillc rays, has succeeded In obtaining mutative which are quite as successful as those emanating from the Wuriburg laboratory, or those which have been obtained by Dr. Oudln or Dr. pariheleniy. It would seem, as far aa can be con jectured from one or two experiments, that these rays are not. In the strict ac ceptation of the word, cathoillc ray. They act In a straight line without be ing appreciably diffused, and give, like ordinary IlKht. the phenomena, of sharply dettneil shailows and the iM-numbra. prop erties that cathodic ray do not possess. These rays, moreover, are not reflected by a mirror of polished steel. Finally, as substantially noted by Prof. Roentgen, they pass through prisms cut In paraflln wax without deviation, and thua are to be distinguished from those of ordinary light and ultra-violet light, which alone have been tho objects of study up to the preavnt. M. Perrln will continue his study of thl most Interesting rclentlilc problem. At the same time othr experiments are being made in revcral other of the Part laboratories. As far aa ran tie seen at present the medical world will benefit most by the discovery. Its utility In surgery ha al ready been demonstrated. For the lo calisation of foreign bodies In wounds the discovery Is Invaluable. Prof. Roentgen does not consider, how ever, that tha regions of the stomach, the loins and the heart can be photo graphed by means of the rays, the credit for the discovery of which he- says must be given to M. Menard, the Hungarian scientist M. Ewald haa aked if It will be pen- slide to photograph through such parts of the body as the thigh. M. Neuhaus replies that the rays would pasa through the muscles Just as one's sight passes through a sheot of glass. I'll to the prevent time the moat won derful use made of this discovery Is re ported in the Lancet. A sailor who was brought to Guy's hospital has been completely cured of paralysis. When admitted he was dead drunk, and had been found In & very dangerous condition In ono ot the worst quarters of London. As soon as the drunken fit was over It was found that he was paralysed In the upper and lower parts of his body. The most minute examination could reveal nothing but a small wound In his back by tho side of the vertebral column, which. In a few days, was healed. During this time, and despite all medi cine, the man remained paralysed. Then Dr. Williamson waa struck with the idea of employing the new photographic dis covery. A photograph, following Prof. Roentgen's system, wus taken of the man's wound. The negative rhowed the presence of a foreign body, the nature of which covld not tie determined, between the first dor sal vertebra and the first ltimhnr verte bra. An Incision was made at this place, and after a great deal of dlftlculty the blade of a knife was taken out. REVIEW OF TRADE. New York. Feb. 14.-Brad? treef to morrow will say: The general business situation through out the country does not meet anticipa tions, and except, at a few cities, Bal timore and Pittsburg in the East: Chi cago. St. Louis and Omaha In the West: Galveston, Chattanooga and Atlanta In tho South, remains dull for the season: In most Instances, disappointingly so. The Improvement In demand and price' Is confined to hides, leather and; boots and shoes, which are conspicuous In the list of staples for whie-h prices are high er. The feature' of the situation are those resulting from the unfavorable weather East and in the Central West reaction In the price of Iron end stee': the further complaints by woolen manu facturers: an outlook for more Idle wool en machinery: a smaller total of bank dealings: a continued stiffness, and th mnlntcnunce of hlith rates for loans, not withstanding the favorable lnf(rences drawn from the heavy over-subscription to the government bond Issue, and the restricted production of pig Iron. business failures reported throughout the I Hint! states this week were SM, an exceptionally la.rge number, the gain as compared wltti', .st week being 43. Most of the Increase Is explained by the re turns of the Central Western states and the l'acine coast There ore So more bus iness failures this week than In the sec ond week of February, IS'U: Kt mere thsr In th corresponding week of ISM, anil 17C more than In the second week of Febru ary, IMS; while, as ceimpared with the second week of February. liii, th l Wee-k's Increase Is lid. WANTS A RECEIVER. Portland, Fob. H.-Coton?l T. M. An rtersoi. Fourteenth .Infantry, V, 3. A., who owi.s JS.OOU In bonds of the Port lend university, yesterday begun suit In the I nlted Stales court agnlnst tha Portland university, th) Kuatauti'O com pany and others, asking for u receiver for the university property. Uonds to the umout of ubotit i'.V00 were Issued und a company organized to guanntee ihe bopels. The interest was due Febru ary 10. hut the university defaulted in Ihe payment, anil for this reason Colonel Anderson asks for a receiver. GOLD RESERVE. Washington. Feb. 14. The United Btates treasury at New York lost ll.M9.000 ti irohl coin and !R,000 in bars, leaving the rue amount of the gold reserve t"V 70. V ' Ins Hoe Cake Soap la your kitchen or bath onoe meant always. vi3it;:d rv a watep.31'OTt. , It Whirled Across Peconlc Kay, tut the Shipping Escaped. Oreenport, N. Y., Feb. 14. A phenome nal occurrence took place In Peconlc bay yesterday afternoon during Ihe gale which swept over this section. At pre cisely half-past four a gigantic water spout, the like of which has never be fore presented Itself in these waters, sud denly reared Itself to a height of lod feet directly off Whitehall, Shelter Island, and poising Itself for almost a full minute, started as though on wheels. It wont directly across the harbor In a northwesterly direction. It tor along madly until Ripe Cove had been fully traversed. When It reached the shore at Fuller's brick yards, two mile west of Greenport, It struck an enormous kiln shed some fifty feet high, and the volume of water completely tore away the entire roof, which was carried in every direc tion. Captain Erm MonseJI and Albert Cor win, with a few other sailors, were at th time securing some boat used In the oyster Industry, and perceiving the water spout advancing upon them, threw them selves at full length upon a large float The body of water passed within a few feet of them, but luckily did not reach them, or beyond doubt all would have been drowned or seriously injured. Many other seafaring men saw the won der, but all vessel and crews escaped damage from the visitor. WITH LETTERS OF MARQUE. Washlngotn, Feb. 14. A member of the Cuban Junta states tonight that on ac count of secret communications from Europe that Greit Rritaln would protect English bondholders In the island of Cuba, It has been decided by the Junta, In consideration of the resolutions pre sented in congress regarding belligerent rights, that vessels In the United States and South American republics that have been ready for sea with armament will, when the resolutions are handed to the Spanish government, proceed to sea with letters of marque for destruction of the enemy's commerce, and that commissions as admirals In the Cuban navy have been presented to Captains Simmons, Mllleand Johnson, of the United States; to Dr. Victor, of the Chilean navy, and to other. PORTLAND'S Ni:W DEPOT. Portland. Feb. II The Union passen ger station in lis ctly was completed to liiy. ard tomorrow all trains will ar rive and depart from the new depot The mw station cost U'eil. and, from an architectural point of view, is one of Ihe most pretentious railroad stations in the United Statu THE FIGHT WILL C03IE OFF But Whether or Not It Y'iil Occur on .Monday Is an Open Question. Delay Is Driving Stay Sports Amy Tron Et rso. bat tke Majority rlaij 0a, txpressisg Implicit Cosfi dctct is Stiart. Siwclal to the Astorlan. El Paso, Feb. 14. Instead of being In a whirl of excitement today over the great prise fight El Paso was quieter than at any lime during the last few days. Stu art's headquarters were about the deadest place In town, and were practically de serted during the greater part of the day. There was a sorely disappointed crowd of sports hanging around the stree. corners, and several of them, not fortified for the financial strain ot a long stay In El Paso, were forced to take the back track for home. These, however, were few in number, and the majority are hanging on with Implicit faith In Stuart's ability to pull off the fight as he has agreed. There is no question that the fight will take place, but whether on Mon day Is an open question. THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC. Huntington Addressee the Senate Com mutes on Pacific Roads. Washington, Feb. 1-rC. P. Huntington was before the senate committee on Pa eillo roads today. He began by saying that when the Pacific roads were built so much was heard of their being built for war purposes aa had been since. They were built for policeing the country and to permit easy communication be tween the tho East and the West. Th' promoters of the line were regarded aa crazy. When the road was completed the assets were not sufficient to meet the obligations of the road by several millions. The road benefitted many and injured none. Among othi-i things. It had vastly enhanced the value of lands through which it passed. It had also had the effect of causing a discontinuance ol Indian hostilities. Huntington dwell up on the fact that the road had been kept In tine condition: It was, he asserted, now In condition to do twice the business done by all transcontinental lines. The cut Ing of rates and the reduction of time hud been responsible for the fact that the company was not able to meet Its obligations. In concluding his prepared si emeiit, ,'HUtntlngton suggested that :he debt should be refunded at the rate of one and one-half per cent and provision made for the payment of a fixed sum, sny every six months, until the debt should be wiped out. He thought the security would be gooel. In reply to ques tions by Senator Gear, Huntington snld It was not true that the Southern Pacific had been built largely upon the moneys earned by the Central Pacific, but the former road had been constructed largely on credit. Handkerchiefs should not be perfumed save by a faint odor of sachet powder. 'Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U.S. Gov't Report 1 W C7 a s ! ANOTHER STEP WAS TAKEN 0. R. & X. Right of U'ay Matter Most Satisfactorily Settled in the U. S. Court. ONE MORE ADDED TO LIST Architect Sctactit to Remote to Astoria, a t re He is Assarcd of Good Basiaess Xotfeiig to Vork for is Tort Issd's rtre. The gentlemen who went to Portland to attend the trial in the suit of th As toria and Columbia River Railroad vs tbe O. R. and N. Company tor condem nation ot the right of way across Its property In this city, returned yesterday, the outcome of the trial was moat sat isfactory to all parties concerned, and those who have been harping upon the theme of the enmity of the O. R. and N. Company, to Astoria, must now take a back seat In its defense to the suit the naviga tion company asked for 110,000 damages, which it claimed would result to Its property if the railroad was constructed through It The principal claim for damage Is based upon the fact that after the construction of the road, small craft would be prevented from docking at the inside of their wharf, and that the com pany's boats would be deprived of the privilege of beaching on tfis sands for repairs. In his decision Judge Bellinger, of the United States circuit court at Port land, took a different view from the de fendants In the case, and although the latter were represented by an array of cgai talent, the court gave the navigation company Judgment for S10 and costs. It was evident that a friendly compromise had been arrived at between the parties, and the company accepted the decision gracefully and received Its award of dam ages. . Judge Taylor stated yesterday to an Astorlau representative that they were treated roost courteously by the officers of the navigation company, from Major McNeill down, and that in his optu.on they were entitled to much credit at the hands of Astoria. Contrary to many reports circulated, and as rapidly as could be dons, legally, the company being In the handa of a receiver, the O. R. and N. has adjusted this right of way question. Many - other favorable comments were made during the day, and tt was stated that undoubtedly since the navigation company had done so well It was only fair to expect that those cltlsens of As toria who haye not yet completed their right of way deeds, should do so at once. This has been one of the principal reasons for delay In bulding th line through the city, and now there is Utile excuse for others holding off. Good progress Is being made In the de pot site matter, which was materially aided yesterday by the decision In the O. R. and N. case. Mr. Emil Schacht, the principal German architect at Port land, who visited this city yesterday, stated that from careful Investigation he was thoroughly convinced that Astoria's day of prosperity was at hand. Ths prin cipal object of his visit was to pay M to th3 contractors on Erlckson's building being erected at the corner of Astor and Seventh streets, but Incidentally he in vestigatd Astoria's resourcs. He Is so thoroughly convinced that everything is in good shape, and that this spring will see great strides made towards that prosperity which all have hoped for, that he has determined to remove his busi ness to this city. "In three weeks more I will have completed all of my contracts in Portland. I can see no prospect of fur ther activity in that city, in the near future, and have determined to locate where I am satisfied there will be buslnss. I shall return to Astoria next week, and will then let the contracts for the construction of Mr. John Kopp's new brewery. This will be an entirely new plant upon the most modern plans, from cellar to roof. It will contain the latest improved machinery, and will be com plete In every detail. It will have a large capacity for Its slse, and will be an immense improvement over those plants which have been built piecemeal and In which the machinery has been added to from time to time and repaired every little while." FATAL SHOOTING AFFRAY. Two Everett Men Quarrel Over Wages, With Disastrous Results. Everett, Wn Feb. 14. In an alterca tion yesterday afternoon James Williams wus shot and fatally wounded by E. R. Callahan. Trouble had been brewing for a week or two over wages, Williams hav ing been employed by Callahan in a log ging camp. A settlament was made but it was not aatisfactory to Williams, who Is said to have made repeated threats to whip Callahan. They met, and Williams made the remark that they would tight it out right there, ar.il. pulling off his coat and vest, made for Callahan. When he was about eight feet away, Callahan drew his revolver and warned him to keep away, but Williams kept on ad vancing, and Callahan fired. Williams fell. The wounded man was removed to the hospital. It was found that the bullet had cut the intestines In two or three places, and physicians consider the case hopeless. Callahan walked to his home, a short distance away, told his wife what had happened, left his re volver and went to police headquarters and gave himself up. A SUGGESTIVE COAT OF ARMS. Crookston Times. A hotel keeper at Alvord Is kicking against the local printer. The landlord ordered a lot of note heads. The printer put on them the only ornaments he had in stock apalr of bed bugs, one on each upper corner. The landlord considers It a reflection on his hotel! What kickers some people are! Passion la the drunkenness of the soul. South.