4 TODAY'S WtATHtH
4 Vtt ASTORIAN ku ft. lirrttl LOCAL h
2 cfftdlittofll tfwUrjMt Gt.NtHALelrcali- I
f Hon, aad Id lrjt TOTAL elrtalallm of r
till piperi psbljihed I Aitsrla, &
1 'fettiit f WuhlnflM nd
J fill I MCOIIt.
EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT.
ASTOJtIA, OREGON, SUNDAY MOIiNINQ, FKiiltUABY 16, 1896.
VOL XLV.
NO. 40.
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The Time and Place.
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The One Price Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers.
I. L. OSGOOD,
Mutineer.
108 unit bOH COMMERCIAL 8TBRKT. AMTORIA. Oil. '
VALENTINES
VALENTINES
All of Very Latest Styles.
Comic, Sentimental. Cupid's Dirts. Hit 'Em Hard and
Otherwise. From 1 Cent to $5.
Griffin & Reed,
Citv Book Store.
THREE LOTS.
In a (Wimble locution, 2 blocks from Iliqh School.
A KAKGAIN.
CHOICE LOTS IN HILLS FJKST ADDITION.
On Ui new I'll Lin Uotilevanl -Jut the 1ko for ilienii home.
A Block IN ALDER fiUOOK.
BTRKET CAR LINK will, b.itmKl this .nrntnor to within B minute
walk ol tbia property Will .oil it dncllaj baryain.
ACREAGE.
In 5 r 10 tor irnt Itisiite the mty limit, 1' iiljoininit I'lateT.
GEORGE HILL. 471 ItondSt.. Orrulent Mock,
HILL'S HEAL ESTATE EXCHANGE.
COPELAND
Standard
Makes
Lowest
Prices
Ask your grocer for
y,i M m V
PHOP
i i p Mild in Cure (not
H A MSNatural Flavor,
iininw- i j i ,
vuwv. 'vj .
Tlio time in now, atxl the
pluco in 50li mi'l AOS Commer
cial ntrci t, at the
Trustee's Sale,
Of Men's and Boys' Cloth
ing, Furnishing Goods,
TTofa Han Rnnta Rhnoo
UUWI WVTVU, MUWVMI
Twmlrfl Vnlfafta TTml.rin..
las, Etc., win-re w will r-uvc
monpy, whether you need them
now or nt tome future time.
Ajp YALENTINES
Fit
Wear
Finish
Style
& THORSEN
i'C MAMS,
D BACON,
sslty) I A OH
LAKL',
rANMPn pip
CANNED HEATS.
UiViU. ill'
HIE TRANSVAAL
(tovcrnincot'ri Declaration of Its Atti
tude Huh Caused a Genera! Pa
triotic Dcmunst ration.
WILL MAINTAIN ITS KIGIITS
Th Coverimcit Has Ike Nipport of the
Kelihiui Ii Thl M.ltcr. aad the reel
ing iijiint Great Drluli l la
IciM - ttliir il Travul.
' irrli(h(i'il. tvjd. Iy AwIiiikI l'r. I
lu-rlln, Ki t.. jV-Tho Tr,viU ImliruiillO
h Iwn I In, Kbnui liltiK topic ilurlnK th.
ImI wrrk, nnil tli Kovrrmnrnl li'dr
liun of no milturtn In Ih nlrhl on
'1'hunuUy viiltl, Inti iulrd, an In
plrlnu patriotic ili-muimtratlon on all
nui-t of ih huuw Th ollcy of Ih. tor
nun oiii.t, iIidiikIi ill.tlnctly illaplra.lnic
In I'.'iik'biuI. Iii l'in unanlmounly In-
tlur.nl l.y the liailrm of all fuctlona of
I tin runarrvallVK parly.
A ri'iin'M-ntativ. of tlin Aaaoclalnl Pre..
In thla I'lty liaa liml luti-rvlxwa with av
rtal well known party liailrra. who have
uil him lha rrlrlmtiK will atand liy
Hi liovrnmi' n( In any atrp which It may
tnk u, inulntnln a atntii. quo In Houth
Arrha. Th Aainilaft I'm nsrMn
lailv. alao liail an Inu-rvlrw on Ih. .tin
J" ! with a, hlKh olllrlal of the forrlirn
ortti', who anltl:
Tin. oltu ial riJatlon. bi twwn Orrmany
ami tlrrat lirltaln ar rixmI: but It can
not In ilrnlt-il I Iit. la a alrona; auapl
dim that thn Hrltlah rahlnrt. or, at
Inaat. aonio of Ita manirra hav. l-n, anil
arn hi ill, playlnir a tloiihlr aam. The
auililrn ilrparturo of tVell Ithwlra for
Hiiiith Afrlia ami tlin ntli-niJunt clrruro
rtuw'ta h n.l new color to thla Imprraalon.
Itixcnt nihil fro-n South Africa Indl-
cam a n-aumpllnn of llrlllah Inlrlaur.
ami arrnlra In that irt of the world are
aradually ahapltiK thrmaelvt-a ao aa'to
place brfurM lirmany the alternattv. of
ahandnnliia' valuator Intereata for the
a k fo (wal relaihina with (In at Hrltaln
ur malnlalhliiK I hone Intereata at Ih.
rlk of a rupture with drrat lirltaln."
"Tha tniHr of the Kovfrnmrnt and
Dm pioplv of liirinaliy la to maintain a
alatue 0.110 at any coat."
The Krankfiirtrr Kriturur toilay aaya tha
conduct of the Hrltlah government, ra
im'lally allien Ithndea rklurnnl, lowarda
the Tranavanl, haa Incrcaard the feelma;
of auaplrlon and anxiety arouaed by re
cent evunta, and that, ronaequently, th.
Tranavaal Itipiihllc hna molveil to pre
Pr. fur awry emervenry. In addition
to the Krtipp cannon of different calibre,
tha Tranavanl Ruvnnmeiit haa ordered In
tb'rmany rlilr of Iho newrat pi'ern.
and nmlrrlul for the conatructoln of
(una.
In aplle of the formal cleclaratlona of
the Imperial chancillor, I'rlnce llohcn
Inhe, In the relchatair, that (lermany waa
tint prepared at preaent to laauo Invl
tnlhina for a monetary conference, Her
man blmi'talllata atlll have hoH that an
International rorifcrrni- will bo called
They have determlnpil to reaume activj
ni:litln both In lha rliimtiiK and out
of It. They rhurite I'rlnce lluhenl.'he
and Unron Merarhal Von lllebrraltln wit'i
hud fulih In cnrrylnv out lh rclchatnit'a
Inalructlona of a year bro.
ATTACK ON UKCKKTAltY MOHTON.
IVnoiincel by Memliera of the llouae In
Hculhlnii Terms.
Waahlnirton, Feb. lo.-Th attach on
Pivreiiiry .Murton for hla lefunal to ex-IH-nd
Iho appropriation for act-da In the
preoent aitrlculturat appropriation waa
tranarerred from Iho aenale to ths hotuie
ItMlay and furnlaheit a feature of the
proccedltiK of the lower house. It wa
led by I Ink er. and waa aupported by
Mtiara and l.lvhiKaton, Kontner and Mere
dith. Soinn very harah thlnK were aald
and applauded, rapeially by Hoatner.
who referrt,! to Morton contemptuoualy
aa "Unit Individual," and not a vole, waa
rnled In hla defenae.
Iluker led In the attack on to'reUry
Morton fur reftialiiK to ua. th. aeed ap
propriation in the current law. The pren-
rnl bill aiiproprlatcd Jl;lfi.iJ for aeeda.
"Wp will." he added, "force Secretary
.Morton to cither execute tho law or
al'iiiidon hla oltlce."
Inuiner, however, arouaed th. Rrealcat
rnlhualiia. 1 by hla rrnmrka.
"The fiuture of Mr. Morton' action
which hua nrou.-ed my Indignation," aah
he, "morn than u. y other ia that It b.
uiipiii i,.uii ii pun 11 iuii.1. ii eieiine. .n-i
liH-nlent to hla decision thiit, under the i
terms of the :w, he wna not authorise! '
to expe:,d tin .tpprnprlatlun, there cmii
nuted from tlu' !i -ricultiirnl depnrtmcnt a
report deromnoi 10 the congress of the
I'nlttd Rtatrs. It v. ft. that congreiismeii
hud been guilty of selling the seeds al
lotted to them for distribution. As a
member of the Fifty-Third Congress, 1
rcacnt end denounce the Imputation th.it
that body was addicted to the sale of
mills, which were allotted to them for
distribution as an Infamous slander. 1
believe that to abolish tho eystem of dla
tiituitlon of seeds would be advnntaffjous
to the members of congress. For every
conail' itent who receives a package of
sen!.i, unit v.iio Is Kratltled by the oo-n-plinient.
there are others dlssatlsHed be
cause, they have not been likewise favored.
1 am absolutely tired of hnvtng this body
brought Into disgrace and contempt by
the executive olllcera of the government."
1,'vlntMon said Morton was a servant
of this house, and he wanted him to know
that he had said It.
"He must ell her obey this purpose or
we will Impeach him,"
rM'NGEKS I.OSB HEAVILY.
lleporled In San Frnnelsco Thnt Hllcy
CiQunnnn Una (lone Hroke.
Ran Francisco, Feb. 15. A local pnper
prints a story to the effect that Riley
Grnnnan, the youns plunrrer, has ljst
I00,(XI0 since ho came to California this
winter, and has gone broke, l'lerre Wi
baux, the Montana plunger, ltnrney
Bchrleber. "IMttshurg Phil," and other
heavy gamblers are also said to have lost
amounts ranKlng from liH.MO to M.titn.
Grnnnan, who used to be followed about
the betting ring by big crowds, who fol
lowed hla plays, la now regnrdel aa a
Jonah, and his plays are coppered.
VF.NL'Zl'ELA'S JUST CLAIM.
London, Feb. 15. A remarkable state
ment was mmle by Sir David Chalmers,
who spoke before the Edinburgh Geog
raphical Society.' He was chief Justice
of thi British Guiana from JS7S to 1S4,
ami has sneclnl knowledcs nf thn emin.
try. He deliberately afllrmed that out
of tho 1C0.000 square miles supposed to
form Hrltlah Oularw'i wldaat territorial
clulm, V.nnuela can claim two-third,
with abaolut. honoaty.
II. would not aay that lhaaa two-lhlrda
bi.lund to V.netuala, kut would only
atata that th. Urrltory could b claimed
by Venixuala on "nunda atronr rniouth
to tw aulmiliud to arbitration, Juatlflad In
prlvata life, or uhmlttcd to a court of
juatlct." s
miuka AcgurrrED.
HI. r.tr.bur, Keh. U-A apMlal dla
nalPh from Vladlvoatock to th. Novo.
Vrrmya aaya that accordln to th. Judg
ment In th. Hlroahlma trial. Vlacount
Mlura, who waa auppoacd (o b. Implicated
In th. Cor.an troubles, baa ben oc
qiilttMl and relnatated ki all hla ranka
and dlirnltlea.
Th. teailmony, however, proved that
th. Tal-Wan-Kun, unci of th. klnc ef
Corea, waa concerned In th. murder of
th. queen, and th Japan adventurer
who wcr. concerned In th. plot hav. re
ceived heavy sentenoea, f
Th. dl.paich aaya that th. Japane.
ar. now emleavorlnir to obliterate th.
malenlendu with Ituaala and ar. aMktnc
a rapprochement with her, and add that
th. dream of th. Anglophile la Japan la
doomed.
vovvvivn IS SESSION.
I'nlon, Or., Feb. 15. Th. Popullat coun
ty convention waa held hr today. Del
air. were .lected to the atata conven
tion, but no nomination for county oftl
cera were made. The convention adjourn
ed until a lime to b d catenated by Ih
alat. commute, '
Han Kranclaco, Feb. IS. Coroner Haw
klua held an Inqueat thla morning; on the
body of H. Cranaton I'otter, the young
lecoma wheal mercnant, which waa
found waa found on Ocean Beach, near
lha Cliff tlouae, laat Sunday. After hear'
Ing the teallmony of aeveral persona, an
adjournment waa taken until Wednesday,
In order that Dr. lllrka of Tacoma, might
be prraent and leatlfy.
WILL PREVENT
COLLISIONS
Another Wonderful Instrument Which
Kill Be Great Aid to
Navigation.
It is Called tke Copkoi aid is reflected
lastrameit. Which Will Enable Ves
sel j to Kivigait Safely
ii 1 fog.!
New Tork City, Febraary tS, M
Th. probability of collalona and wreck
due to log 1 naa been accepted aa
a sort of unavoidable evil, which must
become greater aa the number aad apeed
of veaaela Increase. but the Inventive
gcnlLs of man could not let auch a con
dition of affair continue without at
tempting to do away with II. and there
ha been perfected lately a almpl In
strument, called lha eophone. by which
the direction from which a sound pro
ceed can be determined with absolute
accuracy In fog or darkness.
The almpleit dcacrtptlon of the Instru
ment I that II consist of two bell
mouthed sound receivers, separated by a
central diaphragm. The Bound receiver
are connected to the two ears, and, when
pointed directly at a source of sound, th.
nolae la the eame In each ear. When
turned away the sound Is heard in only
one ear.
On ahlpboard th sound catching; and
dividing part of the Instrument extend
above the lop of the chart house. The
tubes are brought within the chart nouae.
and the Inatrument may be turned from
below to point In any desired direction.
The eophone baa now been perfected.
there being many point, for which, nu
merous experiments, lasting over aeveral
years, have been requirea, in oruer 10
determine the best form, especially with
the sounding lube and ear piece. Va
rious refinements, auch as microphone
and device adding to the complication.
but not Improving the use, have been
eliminated.
To llluatrato the character of the trials
which have been made with the eophone,
one waa placed In the lighthouse tender
Llllc, and In a dens fog a whistling
buoy waa picked up at a distance of a
mile and Ita direction Indicated correctly,
although every effort waa made to con
fine the observer by change of course.
Ordinarily there Is great difficulty In
licking up a whistling buoy in a log.
Another twit, showing the merit of th
phone In a striking way, was made oy
........
binding- the observer and then chasing
ttii-.iier Vessel Dy sounua oi n iiuh
ie easel pursued aouDiing ana twisi
iX In every possible way. No difficulty
.. hatever was found In following th. vea
a. I under auch circumstance. Spar
bi-oya can be picked up from the echo
of the boat's whistle.
The eophone la the Invention of Mr.
Frank de la Torre, a clenllBt of Balti
more. He ha spent a number of year
In perfecting it and has been aided In
the development by the advice and criti
cisms of some of the greateat physicists
of Europe. Tho eophone can be placed
upon any vessel without alteration in the
arrangement of the ordinary chart house;
It 1 not expensive: tt add practically
nothing to the weight and It cannot get
out of order, and aa Ita efficiency ha
been demonstrated by actual trials It la
sure to be universally adopted for use
on board ship and at all lighthouse signal
stations and ferry ahlp.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BONDS.
Washington, Feb, 15.-The treasury de
partment announced this afternoon that
the total receipt on account of the re
cent bond aalea aggregated N3.988,7M.96,
which will be taken at the varlou sub
treasuries and depositories as rapidly as
possibly.
A Democrat reporter was laat evening
shown a great curiosity In the shape of
a gold coin which ia In the possession of
Mr. Lynn Sterna, of this city, eldest son
of the late Judge L. O. Stern. It la a
five-dollar piece of native gold. On one
side In a circle are the words, "Oregon
Exchange Company:" on the face, "130
G 6 D." On the reverse aide. In circle,
the lotters, "K. M. T. A. W. R. C. 8.."
below the letter a cut of a beaver and
the letters "T. O.," with date "1SW."
Judge Setarna came Into possession of
the coin full twenty year before hi
death, and It wa found with other old
relics after his demise. Bom old Ore
gonlan there still Uvea, perhaps, who can
tell something of the history of the coin
awe of which this 5 piece la of issue.--Haker
Democrat.
IJJtet washins; -owflr on eartn. Lrg
lie, 20 cents, Boap Foam.
THE CAPITAL
OF ENGLAND
Traisiaal Quest ioa Occupies First
1'lace U Political Tarlla
mentarjr Debates. .
RUSSIAN . TURKEY ALLIANCE
Starlet of Hiaaosd'a loigh TreatsKit tjr
the BotriCaittd Hick CoMcit
Dcscristlo ol th "Black Bole
ef rretori."
(Copyrighted, UM. by Associated Press.)
London. Feb. U. There Is no denying
that th. past week has been a busy or.
In politics, both at home and abroad, for
lha manipulators of British diplomacy.
Th. Transvaal question took th. flrat
place In political parliamentary debates,
although th. chief event In foreign poli
tics was th. baptism of Prince Boris.
Ih. aldeet son of Prince Ferdinand of
Bulgaria, by the orthodox Greek church,
th. significance of which Is that It Is
generally admitted to be a prelude to
Russia's recognition of Prince Ferdinand.
It also shows that Russia and Turkey
ar now kand In hand, and this is proved
by the fact that the latter country has
already asked the powers to recognise
Prince Ferdinand. The power will not
oppose thla request, as It settles a deli
cate question, and it 1 doubted sbroad
whether Russia will obtain the Influence
In the long run that she hopes to attain
through her Influence over Bulgaria. The
Pope. It Is known, haa been greatly an
noyed by Prince Ferdinand's action, and
has declared that It excommunicates
him.
Considerable comment has been caused
by the appointment of U Hung Chang
to represent China at th Czar's corona
tion, especially as It is connected by a
rumor, at least, with the reported Ruaso
China alliance.
There Is a strong belief In diplomatic
circles that Russia will try to use Li
Hung- Chang 10 the full extent of th
letter's capability to being adapted to
push the Cur's policy.
The stories of the coarse treatment to
which John Hays Hammond, an Ameri
can engineer and member of the reform
committee of Johannesburg, and other
prisoners have been subjected by the
Boers of Pretoria, hav aroused much
interest. The promptness with which the
secretary of state for the colonies, Joseph
Chamberlain, obtained the release of
Hammond upon the representations ef
the United 8 la tea government, has been
warmly praised, aad he haa keen urged
to act likewise In the cases of British
prisoners.
Tha Dally News and Graphic publish
descriptions of ths prison at Pretoria,
and describe th cell In this so-call)d
"black hole ef Pretoria," In which Ham
mond and four others were confined. It
is stated to have been a hideous hole 12
feet square, awarmtng with vermin, hav
Ing no ventilation or drainage, and pre
senting a sickening scene, heightened. It
Is said, by the torrid heat. It trans
pires that an Incident which It was at
first thought might cause friction between
the United States and Great Britain,
occurred in tns Transvaal In con
nection witn captain Haney. an
American, and one of Jameson's officers,
who was handed over to th British au
thorities. Captain Haney, It appears was
placed on board th troopship Victoria,
now on her way to England, and It Is
said the British government Is aware the
captain waa an American and conse
quently explained the matter to United
Btates Ambassador Bayard. In order to
avoid trouble. Inquiries at th colonial
office show this story to be true. But
the official there who admitted this said
that, had It not been for the action of
the British authorities In getting Captain
Haney away from th Transvaal, the
latter would now be breaking atone In
Pretoria. It was also admitted that
Bayard has been notified of Csptsin Hs
ney'a arrest, and that he had been prom
ised that the Captain should be liberated
Immediately on it being- possible for him
to touch British soil. This will Dossiblv
be at tha Island of Malta, where the Vic
toria arrived today: The colonial official
added:
We wlah It to be clearly understood
that we have not acted in an unfriendly
spirit The government will extend all
It good offices In th matter. He was
In a similar scrape before. He got Into
trouble with the Portugese and, at that
time, claimed to be a citizen of the Unit
ed States, naturalised In Chicago. The
British government helped biro to escape
the consequence."
CONFESSION EXPECTED.
Cincinnati. Feb. 15. At the end of two
weeks, aince the finding of the beheaded
body of Pearl Bryan, the evidence of
guilt aa-alnst her murderers remains cir
cumstantial. What are popularly called
the confession of Jackson and Walling
are round to be a careful avoidance of
direct connection with the crime of mur
der, but full of accusations, each charg
ing the other with murder. But there is
a well-founded belief today that William
Wood, now in Jail, will be willing and
able to furnish whatever missing link Is
needed to clear up the mystery.
THE MARKETS.
Liverpool, Feb. 15.-Wheat. pot. quiet:
demand, poor; No. 2 red winter, is 8jd;
No. 1 hard Manitoba, 5s ?V4rt: No. 1 Cali
fornia. 6a M.
Portland, Feb. 15. Wheat, unchanged.
Liverpool, Feb. 15. Hops Pacific Coast,
(2. 5s.
New York, Feb. IS. Hops, quiet: State,
common to choice, 18M crop, JViffiH: 1896
crop, Paclllc Coast, 8lrc
HEROISM.
Life.
Young Mr. Ollley (ardently) What
(hall I do to prove my love for you, my
dearest pet?
Mlas Keedlck You don't need to do a
thing more than you do now. You for
get that you travel on a trolley car twice
a week to see me.
PERIODIC OWNERSHIP.
Indianapolis Journal.
"Do you own your own home?" asked
th passenger with the yellow diamond,
who make a business of selling- real es
tate. "I do every Thursday," said the other
passenger.
"Eh whatr
"I own It every Thursday. That "is
"ary Ann's afternoon out,"
I living Hoe Cake Soap ia your kitchen
or lth one means always.
SITUATION DOUBTFUL.
New Tork, Feb. li-The New York Fi
nancier aaya this week-
The statement of the associated bank
of New York city for the week ending
February IS Is 10 be regarded as favora
ble, although It la not exactly what
expected. An Increase of U,3U,)Q0 in the
loan Item, for Instance, would be taken
ordinarily to mean that bualne was
expanding, but It is not safe to Judge
the sudden Increase In loans following
the government bond Issue as an Indl. 'ac
tion of sueh a revival.
NEW FREIGHT RATES.
Chicago, Feb. U. The new tariff of
freight rate from Mississippi river points
Chicago, Central Trains Association terri
torr, BL Louis and New Orleans, to the
North Pacific rosat points, will go Into
effect on Mondsy next. The new rate
will be a reduction of from I It S
cent per hundred pound on th present
tariff. First-class rale which are now
12. :o per Kid pounds, will be reduced to
S2.M; second-class rates, now 22.40, will be
S2.W; third-class rates, now Hid. will be
R.0A; fourth class rates, now II. iS, will be
ILiS, snd so on.
SHAFT DISABLED.
San Francisco, Feb. IS. The steamer
Areata, from Coos Bay, arrived this af
ternoon, in tow of th steamer Arsico.
The Arcata's shaft became disabled and
she wss compelled lo accept Ih aid of
the Arago.
PORTER CASE COMPLETED.
Union, Or., Feb. 15. Tbe Porter murder
case was completed this afternoon and
the case went to the Jury tonight, clos
ing on of the hardest fought cases ever
tried in Union county.
The worst of all knaves are those who
can mimic their former honesty. Lava
ter. MAY AGAIN
BE POSTPONED
Indefinite Action on the Part of the
Management Causing Many to
Leave El Paso.
Jiliai Dees Sot Like the Idea of roat-
oieacit. nd Will ii ill rrobebility
Cilia the rorleit Maheri Eye
ire Sow iaproYiif,
EI Paso, Feb. IS The official announce
ment of the possibility of further post
ponement of the prise tights untn next
Friday added others to the delegation of
home-goers. The announcement was
made at noon and was the result of a
telegram from Las Cruces, which staled
that the physician in attendance forbade
Maher attempting to fight before Friday.
A nasty conference of Dan Stuart and
others Interested with him resulted in
the announcement that the meeting be
tween Maher and Fitxsimmona might not
take place until Friday. Th news had
a depressing effect upon all sports and
many, fearing atlll further delays, pre
pared to get away on the first out-going
train. Late thla afternoon It was arrang
ed that the proposed postponementshould
be settled tomorrow. Julian is not in
clined to agree to a postponement The
Maher party Is very anxious that the
flght shall go over until Friday, and
Stuart is anxious that the flght shall
take place aa soon as possible. Julian
will, in all likelihood. Insist upon having
the forfeit.
Maker's eye are still Improving.
Governor Amuda this morning adopted
more stringent measure againat Fill
Simmons and Julian than he haa hereto
fore used. He aent a messenger to Ju
lian Informing- his that he wished to see
him at once at the governor's office.
When Julian arrived he waa told that he
or Fitaslmmon was not to cross th river
Into El Paso or to leave Juares without
flrat reporting to the governor where he
waa going and for what purpose.
SPOKANE SILVERITE3.
Spokane, Feb. 25. At a meeting of the
friends of sliver and a club devoted to the
cause of silver tonight. Attorney Gemn-al
iones offend the following resolution.
which was unanimously carried:
"Resolved, That the executive commit
tee of thla club request of the atate cen
tral committees and of the county cen
tral committees of tbe several political
parties in this atate that, when they
issue their call for primaries or caucuses
to elect delegates preliminary to the na
tional convention, to submit at tha same
time, the question requiring a vote, for
or against the free coinage of silver."
IMPOSSIBLE.
"Here'a a soap, marm, that will not
injure the finest fabrics," aald the house-to-house
drummer.
"Well, if you'll throw In the same kind
of a washwoman with each package,"
said the portly housekeeper, "I'll be a
steady customer."
Giving her a look that aald ahe had
asked the impossible, he gathered up his
soap and slipped away.
A GHASTLY PICTURE.
The Spokane Chronicle gives out the
following warning to the miner and pros
pector of the Northwest:
"Twenty-four dead men lying on slabs
In the morgue at Cripple Creek, victims
of hunger, exposure, pneumonia and aul
clde elghteeen of them burld unidenti
fied!" An attractive picture, in't It
calculated to make one want to Join the
army of men who are rushing with the
distant idea of making a fortune some
how, some way, out of nothing. Cripple
Creek is ail right no doubt, and will turn
out lots of gold this year: but there are
plenty of men there now. The man who
runs away from the mining districts of
the Northwest Just at this stage of the
game to Join the Colorado stampede will
very likely come to grief.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. & Govt Report
I I - S M MM B V 111 ii A f J
OUR THUNDER
Shipping and Tonnage Statistics
Credited to Portland Instead
of Astoria.
ANNUAL REPORTS ARE MADE
Br the Fertliid Chamber of Conceree Ea
hodyise Hity Statistics rroperly Bc
losgiij to the Tort of Astoiia
Make Oar Owl Reports
In view of the comlmr growth of As
toria, and the wonderful development In
store for It, tbe question arises, why Its
records of business, manufactures, im
ports and exports, ar so Incomplete, ana
also why the city ha allowed others to
take credit for a large share of the busi
ness belonging here. Attention was call
ed to the fact by th inquiry of a stran
ger who desired specific data aa to the
resource of the city and county and Ita
export and Import tonnage.
In most cities, particularly seaport
towns, very careful records are kepi,
generally by the chamber of commerce
or board of trade of the town. These
record show the amount of freight ton
nage handled In all classes of business,
the amount and kinds of goods imported
and exported, ths capital invested In bus
iness, the various manufacturing Institu
tions, their capital and output, the num
ber of ship in and out of the port, and
other such matter. Inquiry reveal the
fact that Astoria has not had complete
records upon these ubects for a number
of years, while Portland, through Its
Chamber of Commerce, annually Issues
a comprehensive report In which Is In
cluded all the principal tonnage and ship
ping of Astoria proper. Coasting vessels
and steamer which never see Portland
are reported, with their tonnage, as en
tering and departing from that city.
From all the facta It would seem that the
time has now arrived when Astoria
should make Its own records, and show
truthfully the extent of Its own business.
It Is well known that the Portland re
ports, even take credit for salmon ship
ments, when the tonnage never saw that
city.
The Astoria Chamber of Commerce at
this time and for time to come, cannot !o
a greater service to the city than to pub
lish comprehensive statistical reports of
the business actually done within tts bor
ders. ARCTIC FRUITS. , .
A- ...
Some "of the Dainties That Grow Amid
Ice and Snow.
In spite of the latitude and the Arctic
current, Labrador is the home of much
that is delicious In the berry world.
Even the outlying; Islands furnish the
curlew berry and bake apple in profusion;
and upon the mainland, in the proper
month, September, a veritable feast
awaits one
There are three varieties of blueberries,
huckleberries, wild red currants, having a
pungent aromatic flavor, unequaled by
the cultivated varieties; marsh berries,
raspberries, tiny white capillalre tea ber
ries, with a flavor Ilk some rare per
fume, and having Just a faint suggestion
of wintergreen; squash berries, pear ber
ries and curlew berries, the latter not
so grateful aa the others, but a prime
favorite with the Eskimos, who prefer
them to almost any other, and lastly,
the typical Labrador fruit, which, ex
cepting a few scattering plants in Can
ada and Newfoundland, Is found, I be
lieve, nowhere else outside of the pen
insula the gorgeoua bake apple.
These cover the entire coast from St.
Lawrence to Ungava. Their beautliul
geranium-like leavea struggle with the
reindeer moss upon the islands, carpet
alike the low valleys and the highest
bill-tops, and even peep from banks of
everlasting anow. Only one berry grows
upon each plant, but this one maks a
most delicious mouthful. It is the else
and form of a Urge dewberry, but the
color la a bright crimson when half ripe
and a golden yellow when matured. Its
taste is sweetly acid.
A MESSAGE FROM THE GALE.
Listening on the Ice Flow to the Rear
of the Coming Swell.
When the swell Is heavy In the Ice
pack It Is often very difficult to ascertain
from which direction It cornea; and Just
as difficult as it Is, Just ao important
may it be that It should be found out
rightly, as the safely of the ship might
wholly depend upon correct Judgment as
lo this. When tbe huge ice masses be
gin to move and screw and press on the
sides of the vessel, rising- and falling In
a heavy awell, then there is only one es
cape: namely, to work the vessel into
the fields away from the side from which
the gale blows. A mistake as to tbe di
rection of the running swell haa often
proved fatal, and the mistake is easily
made.
An old Arctic sealer told me how, in
hours of dread In the Arctic ice-pack, he
had laid his ear down to the ice-bow
and listened to the roar of the coming
swell that terrible message from the
furioua gale and how he thus had dis
covered whence the gale waa pressing,
and had been able to save the ship from
destruction. I tried hla method and
found that It worked admirably. What
is well worth noticing is that open water
nearly always Is to be found In the ice
pack on one side of Icebergs. The ice
bergs thst we met were generally In mo
tion, carried onward by tii ruling cur
rent; often they ran forward In the ice
."elds at a speed of several knots, piling
uk the huge flows before their cold, gllt
tet Ik bows; but behind them they left
an open sheet of water large enough for
any ship.
Now, of course there would be many
dangere for a vessel tugged along In the
ice-pack from such a floating monster:
but I believe, nevertheless, that this
method might be Instrumental In saving
a vessel from being- crushed when the
Ice field Is moving heavily.
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