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ASTORIA PUCIJC LiUMItf ASSOCIATION. f TODAY'S wfATHls, Jf " fWKiil fcf WliMagtM md O'rrefll 4 Occlllatlllltlala. f Tlte ASTORIA" an It larr LOCAL - efftulitiMi tfisUrsatt GF.NERAlclrcula- tlws 14 ttw larfMt TOTAL clrcylitloa of ' 4 ill "span aukluliai In Aitoria. h &4r4& 1CXCLUSIVIC TIJLICOUAPIIIC PRICSS REPORT. VOL XLV. ASTORIA, ORMiOX, WtDNLSOAY MOUMN(j, AI'JtlL 15, 18. SO. 87. Time, Tide and Creditors ets, Quilts. Etc., at Factor,, The One Price Clothiers, C . S. JACOBSON, M)H aud 6UU COMNKKCIAL Pi) you ikmh! an thing in Ofliof f upplirn, I.fttrr IVhwh, Copying Bkn, InkstiuulK, TniJttt, lnlt, Blank JU.kHjMue Print I'lijir, Warte Haiktti, IUrk ' Trj, iVn Hut-kit, Typo Writing Tupi'S, Killx-ns ixl Carl on Tapt i. If h , wi can Hiipply you. A new lot of I'lnyiiiR Cnr! jtmt rccelveI. Griffin Citv Book Store. Bargains! Such as Never Been Hardware. Granite Ware. Pope. Stoves. Iroi Pipe. Terra Carta Pipes. Bar Iron. Steel. Cannery Supplies. Loggers' Tools. .... PLUMBING, TIN WORK. At prices that defrxompetltlon. Done fcy experienced workmen. (lass Fixture nt Com. 1 I fill 1 1 V y ly 1 J" J) Sol S. FRMiMAN, lata ol Freeman A tVilmes. -r-COLUHBIA IRON WORKS. "a mm mm mmn i Foundrymen, Blacksmiths, Machinists and Boiler MaJkers. j MANUFACTURING AND REPAIRING OF ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY. Iiot? .and Brass Casting. SPECIAUTIESi Welch Patent Wheel, Ship Smithing and Steamboat Work, Cannery and mil Machinery, Marine and Stationary Boiler Built to Order tySpeclally equipped for Loggers' Work. Buy Foundry). Phone 78. Correspondence EXTENDED SYMPATHY. "Do unto others as you would havi other do unto you," la sympathetically shown in the following lines, th pre sumption being that sympathy la born, or akin to pain or sorrow: "Gentlemen: Please send Krauae't Headache Capsules as follows: Two boxes to Flora Bnay, Havanna, (T. Dak. Two boxes to Llllle Wilcox, Ilrookland, N. Dak. I have always been a great sufferer from headache and your Cap sule are th only thing that relieve me." Yours very truly, FLORA BEAT. Havanna, N. Dak. For sal by Chas. Rogers, Astoria, Or., ol agent. Will wnit rxnno ninii. TIht fort', the TRUSTEE'S SALE of Hen's and Boys' 3oth lnjf,FurnIshlnjt Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shocs,Trunks, VHv , Umbrellas, Blank . ru-en, at the Hatters and Furnishers. TrtiHtec. HTltKKT. ASTOKIA, OR. & Reed, Offered Before In JOB WORK, Call nrtd Io Convinced I 'mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm i 4 "" 1 4 - 4ym 1 1111 r I I I I f I 1111 V 1111 1 a 7 Trustee for M. C. CROSBY. I two per t-nt. The tltlTerence In niton of aMaaB.aaiaaaB( Inaurnnce alone for n period of only a few yearn, would not only pay the cx R. T, EAHI J-, late of Stackton, Oal I penae of rnlalng four iiilliilnen, but General Blacksmith Work, Located on 18th and Franklin (Scow solicited. Cheap Clothing The Bop Lm Clothing Faotory and merchant tailors, at OS Bond street, make underclothing to order. Bulta and trousers mad to flt perfectly. Every order punctually on Urn and satisfaction guaranteed! Good goods old cheap. Call and b eonvlnoed. ASTORIA NEEDS STREET GRADES Now I the Time to Kstalilisb I'crma .ncnt Grade, fur liuslncss Stmts. investors n:aki:d away Bcca There l So i.n'ttct That. Alter SabMastial (lulldiuijj Ait Cfcitci :U tirade tit lb itU till Not Of Loarrrd er Itsisrd. T'onaidcrnhla dlscusalon I being hid just now. sinongal leading business men and member of tha city council of tlx question of ralaln tb grade of Commer cial atrert two feet (tlx Engineer It'll la branUy to favor of the move, a la very thinking bualriee ma. The hit tory of Ihe poat few year of thla city, alios a that from llnw to time the base of grade of city atreeta ha been chang ed ariiu mile or no warning, and often tltiira mjatuk.-a hava oi'ourrvd. As mat trra aland at prraont, tia ctly nlnr-r any. that It la linpoaalltla for htm to alvo any uVfliuto aaauraaor lo proaHH'tlva lillilra aa lo Jil what the iratla of any Imrtkular lrw( win !. And In fart, II la illftlrult to tell juat what ll" arxlra ara at i.-.a. u Mr. 11.11 aaya Ihut rr r.ullr h lina hud aiillca(laa (rum niuiilvr of cuvltnllala for a atati-mv-u or tltr ikitrt arn.1i on ironilntift l-uatn-aa airvta, and aumo anauranr thui tl will rrnmlii aa nt -amt flaml Ha kna brra romiM-llml to iily that ho rail flva no aui'h aaauruiarr. Mnny of thaaa f.n tlrnirn hava lfouia dlaguadt and II la wrWI knmn. amotiat rrl ratal txwn. Iluil a numtxT hava Irft ttta oily rafuaaf to Invrai on that around alima. Aalnr-la la a po'iillarly alluutad diy. Alnioat Ha antln bu.la.aa foitlun la ovrr thr tl.la landa, Ituili m plli-n. wblla Ita rmUteni'aa tn allimtad. many of tha. on tUith hllla and bluff a of iim-iilt aotkva. Um.rmoua .uina of manay liata bn-o ai.rul In grading down aoma of liana hllla nd arHdliur limit up. in Iham. With all tlita, tha gi-aalra .ira a atn-p In many iilwwa that wvrn a ro-ir-Jwra Imb ran M'arrcly haui ujn ordinary Kad of won to thir Ui of amr ot tha hilla. , On III olhr hand. Ua bualmwa atnx-la ar locati-d ao luw oar tha watnr. that thuar la no Jouln for liawnwnl In thr bualwaa blocka. aud AatorU eaa aoaat arwr.-i ly a b inding ua.4 (or bulinaa nur. huvltif a caiaar or rautnwnt of any ntllitj. Mil-ra hi-uilnr trliia rb'VMtora, an.) au.-b Itk romtnli'iic. a nre unknown In tin' flly llo'.'-la and iuh II.' t.ull.Hnii. nr run upon ol 1-faaJiloiiKg pinna of Buy yaajw-MO. An up-to'dait biaiinraa man. wtio h.ia only m-i-ntiy a-l'l-d In Aaiorli. wtun lntarvlaw- ywlrt-iy upon tla ulij.t by an Aatoriitn rcrt.arntaure Ktatad: i nn see. that the uueatlna at untiles i of straaw, In the illy of Aaiurla haa In , i tho (Mat lr.-n a grvat ilrawua-k If nut a I ronipl. tr obatu.-le to the on.cUtai of aub- atuntlnl bualucaa bulldlnga. I Iron now no one la wurrjaiinl In puling up a brick block or loilldlng, for H may be but a abort tlnta brfore Ih cr.ule la olmnged and htm building I. ft two or Ihiee feat bt-lnw the line. To roliv a brb k or alone atTBii'ture can only lie 4on at lume exiirnaw Tlirr are lut few such buildinsa now In the city, aud upon tlie eve of o now orrowth, anal In (artt the bulldlw of n new town here, thla Is the time fur the t-llisrns to wakt up o the situation, eetnhtkih a permaaeitt sjrnda for ymir bualneaw atreeta, ami pave the way for cupltullats to com In aiU put UP auiBi atru.-ture. as will lie nionunn nta of tHaiity and utility, la iwjr oiitnlon, and your city engineer, Mr. tl.-ll. ngnra with inc. aa do oao twin of your aocal rnpltullats, the grailc of ilnad street should be falmil rUrht feet, and stick leg islation should be- enucted ly your city council na would nuike that grude p.j'ma nnnt for nt Irast fifty yM AD the btilMlttxn which nre now at.imllnir In the city, ooiild Im raslr' riilmd, ntal w ith very Utile iimik. hToni Kond sureet the grndc should bp eatubllahed lurk low nrla the bill at a slight rnlian. ana you would ttlicn nnd that th.' nvenucs to the higher ground weuld Imvj iMr rcades I so rcdncd that ncccaa to every part of tl" dttj' would la- euay. The 'irplua ,-arth mion these -full could be wiiabed Mown by hydniullea nnd thrown uialcr your prvK. iH boiinl aircotH, iilllnx out !Vfn to She iropoA seawall nt the (W p -lunnol line, and :b. foi. you know It. your l'"i'' block would be resting on Hd gmuml. lt Ihls ho onr nccotii- II.iii.iico. jinn ,'our niiaur.ince, w men l now nt a riitc of nl.out nine percent, would Ih reduced lo ...nc an.l one-half or would In a large part, defray the com j of the hydmiillc gradinir. ' j "It bus tiaippcned within my ix-raonjd knowicdKe that an Kaatern caitnlbt within llle past few f4. left this town t,ViVww.u. whi.h" -io0"Pr..." nirK . w, riiiiv i -..uiii Kit. mill no ntuiuriinc ss to what would bo the street grade, and he re-foxed to plant his capital on such unuertaln'.le.t. ThM I but one of many such Instance" which have occurred, and many mora are bound to happen In the 'mure. Doe Aatorln want substantial bnlltllnir.or does she wish to remain a city of tumble-down shaks? I am Hiitlsfled that every citizen will ngreo with m that If the city la ever to amount to anything she must have rexpectuMe building, and thnt now Is the time to lay the foundation for them by establishing permanent street (trades and showing outsiders that we ourselves uro willing to lo something toward the building up of such a city as tha natural advantages of thla locu tion demand." FOR PLKNTY OF SILVER. Tacoma Democratlo Convention Endorse President Cleveland. Taeomn, April It. The silver men In the nomocratlc state convention made nn nil-day fight for a silver pUtfocm and a sliver delegation Instructed to vote for a free stiver candidate for president. They did not even propose to give the ad ministration the usual compliment of endorsement, but the administration forces, led by Committeeman lluirh C. Wallace, finally procured an unqunllOed endorsement of Cleveland late this even ing and divided the delegation to Chica go. The free sliver resolution was adopt ed, but the delegates were not Instructed. The platform Is as follows: "Hecognltlng that hpnest men may dlf. fi r on )unllona of party poll y and prln rlpl.a, wa dirri-r from tha pri-ald-int on nnuni'lnl guaatlona, "Wt. rornrnand tha iutailriUtrnlli-n of I'n'aliinfit ClfVplund aa liomai, ,ih! und frarlcaa. and wa now rmtflrm our un ahiikvn ronUdm" In tli Int'X.liy, Anm r li anlam and pnlrlotlam of tha grant chlpt inuglatrai of tlila nation. 'A'a lx-tfn In tlia Monroo (Id. trine aa lnl-rprtil by I'ri'alduiit Cli-vt-Uiid ami hla dl wcra tary of atalc, Klrbard Olny. "Wa demand tha rraa md uiillmlti 4 coliMga of allwr ut tha ratio of M to J, wliliout wul Una- for tha lnt"rv.niii,n of any otbar natloa." Tluj di-lrgati-a to Chleiuro ar Hugh C Wnlliu''. of Tafoma: II r. Mi l riokew, of Whitman county; W. 11. Whit, ol B. attir; J. R Vanton, of riixikani': J. Y Ulrton, of fhfhalla roonty: Tlinmua la-loiu-y, of Ilort Anaflt-a; John l Hhnra win, of Walla Walla; i hi.rli-a A. I'nr llng, of Nrw Whiitrom. Alt.Tnatca, J. J, Krawn. of I'm IHn rouniy; 8 ti. Hlmpaon, of Maaon; Ororga W, Klllott, of Siavvna; John IV Mnllll. of Yaklm'i: I" I Carry Hmlth. of JrfTrraon: M K. Iaran. ot Hpokanr: M (I. ChaiVwIik. of Wlil'mun; and ft. II. Hlmpat-n, of Laala. Tonight a rraolutlon waa raad it-pr.-aaing aympathy with tho Colnun Inaur grnta ami ilia bop that tha I'nitrd rMali-a will aoon ivcuajiiis tla-m aa a Gallon. MAYOR KAWCKTT. Tuooma. April 14. Tha council tonight aealfd Fawntt, tha cHla-na' eandldat for mayor at tha recaau election. W AH VRAIS OS HPAIS. Ho Many Mra Hamt to Cuba That It la Utnicult to Moour-a Farm LalKjrara. Mailrtd. April MAU urtirle In tho fiw puroial aala tha tfpaulah aov. rntta nt fur lailty of aplrlt wvalnat tha attKuda of Hat Xmrlrun conr.a. It aaaarta tlmrt dangrr aitll ottlata which la p.rtpa grair ibaji raVora. Mora man vr tha rffarta of tha Cutian laaumvtton are avroridy t In tha t)arniliajt rilairtrta, whrra. at th pmu-nt tlmr, It la bant to rnar lalorxr. Mr. HtiriM'tt, manogrr of tho Frntnaula tCom pany"a big holding at M(ko. aara h founi It alnxjal Impoaalblri to arcura auf flri.t halp lo work tots bud, many youag men bad gona to Oala Another "rntlfman who owns lam trad near 'Toledo said that out of furir hunda twrftvo had alrouaU' (on to the war. Anyona who takaa a trtp through Ihr agricultural districts will dp convlni4 Wyond a doubt that Die prparnt strain Ul'on Ihf country Is i-rrlbla and tine Which Hiuln cannot stand without Tl atia Injury for any Vngth of tlm. NO BALM IN O ILK AD. fastis; Clvvaiand, tha 'rrid.nt's Hrothcr, 8e-ra RobkUons Witt His nj-ch. Wasrrtowa, ,K. T April M.-Tha prs blur' of St. Lawrence this aftrrnoon votai) lo dlaaolve the rrlatlona vslatlng bctwinn Ki'V. W'm. x. 1'bwmland, f Cha niouat, a brottmr of ITaaldrnt l lrve lan. and hla cnuruh. Mr. C'lrvrUnd aaanled to Uw action of the committee, but entered a protest. There was a warm dlacuawlon, at the tloae of which I'nsahvterv rot. -a1 uniuUmouale aa ln.il caxed. The lTWbyiery has snkleavored hit more tnan a year itn narmonise tn tmublrs exIstlBK. but without pcrmu nsvnt success. IIOTKL M3.B ASSOCIATION. Annual Election of Ofrnt-r )1M In Los Angeles. Cal. Im Angelea. April 1A The election of .officers of the Hotel Men'e Mutual Uene tit Association was told In Music hall Jud iy. Oeonro W. Lrnch. of the Hotel Florence, Haa lib-go. waa elected presi dent; Walter J tames, of Chli-mo, secre tary aid treasurer, and U. H. Hooker, of Uo.iton. vice presltkint Hos'.on was selected as ttt next place of meeting. ) At noon today an Al Franco lunch was given to about .ui pcple, including the hotel men, at the homo of Ju.lk'e Silent. There are twpnty-tw mllliomures in the wrrewiL TO MKKT AT BERtlKH Cairo. April II. Inlarninllon hs. been reei-lved here 0nt tile Khalifa does not contemplate an attack upon Ka'sali. but Im Intends to concentrate the Dervish forces nt llrrbrr. The Abyssinian envoy T.ho recently ar rived here benrlns a letter from King Ktt'Relck to Ixint Cramer, the Hrltlsh diplomatic npnt here, tn regard to the Donuolu expedition In Its effects In strengthening th? position ;if the Italians In Abyssinia, has atarte on hi return, Minv.ylnK Lord I 'vomer's reply to the klip;. RKTRKAT OF ITALIANS. Rome, April H. A dispatch from M.is Rivwatisowah, dated April 5. says tbut on Friday last Colonel Stevairi attacked the Dervish entrenchments In the vicinity. He won 11 partial success, and propoe.'d to renew the nttnek on Saturday, but OcnenU Iialdissera, the comtnanilei -in-chief, :iirdored him to make no further attack jind liuitructed him to evuuivUe Kassiilu nml Agordau These oruVra have len complied with. MANY IMMIGRANTS COMING. Rome, April 14. Fifteen thousand Im migrants nre. about to leave for New York from Naples. EFFECTS OF THE BICYCLE BOOM. One of the most notable results of the phenomenal popularity of cycling is the marked effect of the bicycle Industry on Billed trades, nnd even upon trades that would seem, nt first glance, to he wholly outside of sny such influence. The nucleus of one of the large bicycle works In this country was a sewing machine factory, where wheels were mnde In one corner of the shop on a very small scnle. 8oon the making of sewing machines became secondary In Importance, and was Anally abandoned altogether for the more prolltnhle bicycle business. This was only the beginning! Since the use of tho wheel has become almost univer sal mnny radical changes have been wrought. For Instance, a large watch factory has gone extensively Into the manufacture of cyclometers, and is hav ing difficulty to keep up with the orders. Another manufactory devoted to the making of knitting needles is working nlirht nnd day turning out nothing but bicycle spokes. The manufacture of pneumatic tires has become a separate branch of the rublier business, and sev eral former hose factories have devoted their energies to It exclusively. DeWltt's Sarsaparllla la prepared for censing the blood. It builds up and strengthens constitutions impaired by disease, Chas. Rogers. UNITED STATES Senator Squire, iif Kahintjton State, Says This Country li Ciposcd to I'ortlijn Attack. WAR TALK IS MOST ABSURD Tea flillios ol Dollars' Worth of rroperty Is Opts to Ctptsrc or DeMrsctios, sid laprotcctid srstasts Are Liable to ike tloMile foaert. Hjectal to the AatorWn. Washington, April 14. Senator Squire, of Washington, sddressed th senate to day on "national .Intense." "What an alaturd speciaclt," said Squire, "has the congress of the United Statea premaited during the present ses sion by Its peralsieot talk In favor of luiervenilan by tho United Btates In be half of Cuba, and Venesuela. How cheap la all thai talk, since svery man who haa Informed himself upon the subject of na tional .lefrnaes knows that, as a nation, we are not In condition to undertake war. Wa can talk loud and long and ppfeas sympathy, pass resolutions and make believe to oursulves that wa ar actually taking a hand In diplomatic affair and International qui .lions of great moment, but those who are not dec-Ivad by the egotistical glamor, and who know the facts, are perfectly aware of the painful Wuth that this damonstratlMi Is mere 'talk and bluster and vapid sentiment, for. at the moat. It Is a aynpa:hy that Is easily satlsHed with merely verbal ex preaalona. "Thf people." He contlaaaxl, "o not know how shamefully their tnteresta are being bandied and played with by those w ho represent them In the halls ef con gress, Thy do not know that tha great sea coast cities, teemlisr with wraith, ar exposed and defenataeA agonist at tack by foreign navies far outnuiaherlng ours la strength. They do not know that war navy Itself may be hopelessly crippled by the destruction of ur un defended navy yards, ots of supplies, dock yards, powder mllhi and arsenals. "Krara suck Investlsjutlun as fca been practimMe. it la evMeat that a Urge amounv of destructible property, esti mated nt not less than ten bklions of dollars In -alue. Is erposed to attack, or, at tenst. t heavy assessment, for the purpoa of securing immunity from de strwctlon. The p real. lent of the Cham ber of Commerce of New York informed me that be tuts green careful attention to the question of rroperty risks In the cities of New York. Brooklyn and New Jersey. He has consulted with many of his colleagues m rhe great business institutions of New York, and he esti mates that property valued in four bill ions of dollars In those cities 4s subject to destruction or to the Impvsltlon of ransom. In case oT capture of the port of New Tork by a nostlle fleet" The senator argeed that the suggestion lo defend our coasts and seaport cities by fleets hi Impracticable, for It will, he said, require expenditures' running up Into several hundred million dollars to do the work effectively. The navy Is designed for aggressive operations. There Is no doubt that the money expended for coast defenses will bring :a better return In protecting our country then the same amount of money appropriated for ships. In closing, the senator hoped that the bill providing for the expenditure of tss.OM.tW for seacoust defenses would be adopted without serious modification. nstrCIRY INTO BOND ISSUES. Washington. April 14. It waa made ap parent, after a lively colloquy In the sen ate today, that there was no disposition among tbe sliver ami Populist senators to allow the resolution for the senate Inquiry rnto the Tiwnt bond Issue to re lapse. Ity unanimous consent It had been set for consideration at l:1i today, but at that time Cknndlcr was proceed ing with a speech on the Dupotn case. Gray was waiting to follow, and ICullom had an appropriation bill In reserve. This precipitated a clash In which Peffer. reinforced by "Woleott and Stew art. asserte.1, with emphasis that the bond resolution could not be crowded otit either by design or Inadvertence. An afc-roenieM was flntflly reacled 10 the effwt that the bond resolution would come up Immediately after Chandler and Grey conclmbvj their speeones. FORTIFICATION Htl.L PASSED. Washington. April 14. The house today passed, without amendment, the fortt flcalions appropriation bill, carrying ap propriations and authorlxktlons Involving the expenditure of .11.1M.813. The appro priations for fortiflcatlono since tho En dleott commission. In 1.WB, reported Its plan for tho defense of twenty-seven seaports, nt an aiiproximatv cost of .100, tio.tiu, have nverajred something over tS.tW.iHW annually. During the debate to day there were a number of reference to our foreign complications and the necessity of preparing for Any possible emergency. TALKING THROUGH HIS HAT. Washington. April llLlvlngstone, Democrat, of Georgia, a noraber of the house appropriations committee, speak ing of the fortifications bill la the house today, said: "I congratulate the country that It la now conceded thnt McKinley will be the next Republican nomine and that the A, T. A. will beat him. It Is also acknowl edged thnt Jeffersonlan Democrats will control the Chicago convention. After March 4 next the country will be safe." FORNINST PRIZE FIGHTING. Washington, April 14 Senator Piatt today Introduced a bill to prohibit the transmission of reports of result or bets on prixe-tlghtB or ruces from one state to another, and making such transmis sion a misdemeanor to be punished by line or Imprisonment RAILROAD EARNINGS. One of the Results of the Times Which Are Not Bright Chicago, April 14. In citing. In the forty-second annual report of the Chi cago. Burlington and Qnincy railroad. Just Issued, the fact that the company' income In 1SH5 was less than 4 per cent on the capital stock, President Perkins presents an argument as to why rull rosds should receive a larger per cent of profit on money Invested than a fair rate of Interest on sound securities. Money loaned on sound securities, he says, 1 on thing, whll money Inveited In Mitrrprlsr Invoivlnar risk Is another, j If p-rns who take business risks never j received more than what would be con- , entered a fair return on aaie loans no- j buoy would Invest In railroads. To j leav thla out of sight and to so legls- late that more than the ordinary return cannot lie aecured on railroad Invest- I nienta can only reault In retarding and crippling means of transportation. Con tinuing, the report says; "Kallorads must necessarily take the risk of crop failures ami business depres- I slon, and It Is both unjust and unwls to load them down In addition with ax ceaslve taxation and arbitrary rat regu lation, while the price of things they buy and the Wages they pay are left to tha natural law of supply and demand. Nor Is It only owners of th road who ara Interested In their earning power. During the year VHA we paid In wages and material, the coat of which is mostly In wage paid to somebody In this coun try, to operate the roads embraced In the Chicago, Burlington and Wulncy system. tU.vuu.WO. Bo the occupations and Industries of communities are af fectedand often largely affected by th earning power and paying power of the railroads which serve them." In the way of figure the report show that the actual length of road In opera tion at the close of the year was &.T3U mile. The gross earning per mil of road were K24L06, against M.3M.11 in IK. Operating expenses, Including taxes, per mile. In 1SJ6, were Ch5 M, against !:.!. 43 In HOI. The percentage of oper ating expenses. Including taxes, to gross earnings. In l06. was 7.U. against Mul In 1(04. Tons moved one mile Increased 1 Jl per cent as compared with 184, while frieght earnings were substantially the same. Passengers carried one mile Increased Log per cent, while passenger earning Increased 1.07 per cent The percentage of operating expenses to gross earnings Increased Lis per cent The reoort ahnwa a rfetlclt nn It.- main avalem. over and mlmtvm IK .llvl- I dens and all charges, of S232.362, as com pared with the deficit of the previous I year after paying Vt, per cent In dividend of ll.K3.iM4, The capital stock remains unchanged. The reduction tn debt dur I Ing the year aggregated 11.111.500. of j which CS.5flO were bonds matured, which , were iald, and the balance was Dur- chased for sinking funds and canceled. The net Increase of funded debt waa ll.liS0. making fbe total debt 1127.151900. 1 The total amount of stock and bonds ! outstanding on December tl, 1891, was ' C9, 157. 100. SPANIARDS BY HUNDREDS. Train Loads of Wounded Man Taken j in u-v.,,. J from school, was. beside Henry, the only Key West FUu. April 14 Four times J ehfld to eseap. and both would have beesj within the past few days the Spanish killed had they been at horns. .: : troop have been defeated by the inaur- ! gents under Alaceo In Plnar del Rto, ao j coming to recent advices received from Havana. But not one word has been 1 allowed to ao out In regard to these aa ! gagemenu by the Spanish, authorities. Thtt most Important of those engage- meat occurred near Majana, on the ! St Louis, April 14. A Republic special strong line. Maceo's advance guard, 1 from Seddlta, Mo , says: 2.UUU strong, attacked the Spanish column "To night the friends of ex-Comma-inaVr Catonel luclau, near that place, .man Richard P. Bland decided to offer a The Spaniards were routed, according resolution tomorrow endorsing the sli ts report In Havana, with a losa of j ver leader as Missouri's candidate for killed and wounded. Prior to this en- ! the presidency. J. W. Farr, the central counter there were engagements with ! committeeman from Bland's county, and Maceo's main army west of the 'strong his closest political advlsr. authorised liae. In which tbe Spaniards had the the publication of the following: ' worst of It. It ia stated In Havana that ; "'Mr. Bland is not a candidate, and tlaa Spanish loss In the four engage- menu was over LSU In kQlod and wounded. Although the goranunent jtsppresses all Information about the bat ties, the number of wounded soldiers ar riving In Havana prove the truth of the rumors. One train from the west yes terday tirought la duo sneo. Maceo's main army is still west of the Troeha. but there are many insurgents in Havana province. Lacrete, with I men, entered yesterday, and hi ob jective point I said to be Havana's water supply. tiomea Is still la Soaxa. Clara province, moving toward Slguane valley. Monday his army entered San Juan de las Yens. The Spunlsh garrison fled to the forts, aad Games secured many arms and quantities of ammunition. Last night the insurgents aeuin raided Usyos Colorado, a town 15 lies west ef Havana. The troops tied to the forts. After the Insurgent retired the Span- lards ciane out of the forts, and, seeing crowd in the square, opened tire, kiil- nT "T" ,ChUf?n wounding others. Spaniards claim they thought they were tiring on Insurgents. FILIBUSTERS SEIZED. Key West. Fla.. April 14. After land- n, ..,, , . 7 , , .' ., , lng a cargo of arms and ammunition in ' 1 " Ive8 ,',f Maurl Cuba, eluding a Spanish cruiser .and re- Sf,1,7, ?'.New ork' ln ,,he International lurnlajf to this city tbe schooner Martha .il'i.'J'f ,mlgM- nd has ben seised by the collector ot cus- " new "T1 Vun on cuhl" ee toms for violating section 4.3 of the 1 acorlng 85 points agnlnst T7. th. revised statutes of the United I atcs? ! T. V T STt0n ,n having dented from this district for 1 PU,'"C' and S1 by Schjt),r' Private. foreign ports without first obtaining a ; certiticate of reuister from M. Thomp- 1 son. One of Wie crew sn-ore out an alfi- ! dait to thiit effect because he haJ not been paid. Saturday evening they were chased bv a Spanish cruiser, evading the Spaniard Uon looki"g to the promotion of the ln by rounding her stern. They then I ter'st f Senator W. A. Alien In the pren shaped their course for Key West as- ! ldont'al campaign, rlvilur here Snn.liiv eli.li. ih. r.k i. ' '' It Is reported that tho schooner Pearl which left here Sunday nlgtit with arms for the Insurgents, has been captured by a Spanish cruiser. RED CROSS AID FOR ABYSSINIANS. St. Petersburg, April 14. In response i a renewed request the government has decided to send several members of the RI Cross Society to work among the Abyssinian troops. The party will pro oeed by the way of Massowah. The Ituilan government has asked for in formation as to the number of persona whom It Is proposed to send on the mission and In what capacity they will ao. THE MARKETS. London. April 14. Wheat-Spot, firm; demand, fair: No. S red wim.r Ra tiz.i. No. S red Mnrlnar. stnelca ovhauu,... Mn 1 hard Manitoba. 6s 7d: No. 1 California! I OS Tid. Hops 13s. Portland. April 14.-Wheat Vallev, KV9 6lV; Walla Walla, 6657c. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report U W"' J1S3S33 li V-jf ABSOLUTELY PUHC AWFUL DEED OF CHICAGO MAN While Temporarily Insane He Kill Three of His Childrta and Then Himself. DESPONDENCY THE REASOX Attkoaijk Ike .laa Dad tetsiderable .losej ia tke Bask. n reared It Wosid Be Swept A aad Its riauiy 1 left to Cksritf. Chicago, April It This evening John Lehman shot and killed bis three hU dren, and then shot himself through, tho heart Lehman brooded over th Idea that hla family would suffer from want After killing hi children, Lehman attempted to end bis own life by harurKig, but, toll ing In this, he turned tbe .evolrex upon himself and sent a bullet through hla heart, killing himself Instantly. Th name of th dead are: John Leh man, B years old; Clara Lehman, I year old; Bertha Lehman, S fear old; an Infant fourmonths old, not yet named. For eight year Thmsn had been In tha employ of the West Chicago Street Railway Company, and during the great er part of that time had been driver on the Center avenue line. Lehman had saved ttfuo. This money Is leposlurd la one of the city banks. Th family lived comfortably and wanted for nothing. Not withstanding that fact. Lehman worried a great deaL He nad a fear that md day hla savings would) b swept away and his family would become dependent n rh.Hi. He gradually grew worse, and of '.at. i wnen at nome. ne taiaen ot notmng eiss. ; Mrs. Lehman and Henry Lehman, her I young step-son, war away from homo ! when the tragedy occurred. ' At : o'clock Henry Lehman returned 1 and found that his father hod. killed all the children exesrt hlcself. Minnie Leh- man. a daughter, who nad not returned ' DEPENDS UPON SILVER, , . : Bland Does Not Want the Nomination for President but Will Accept It If Tendered Him. . does not ask the endorsement of this convention for the presidency. But If the Democratic convention of Missouri should declare him to be its choice. It hi a compliment that any man should feel proud of. If the free sliver element controls the Chicago convention, Mr. Bland could not decline tho nomination tf It were tendered him.' " "PITCHFORK BEN1." Appropriately Welcomed In Denver With a Bimetallic Hay Thrower. " , Denver, April 14. Senator. TUlma. who arrived In Denver this morning, was ten dered a reception at the JBrewn Palace Hotel tonight After being welcomed by Mayor McMurray, he was presented with & nitchfnrk mil. fmm mlrf i i i 7,. wjr;. . ir;7 " " 7 s.r rr ! i.,. ..... ... .'.". i speeXaoid- presontanon ! Take this' nitchf ork hark ta .b. ti.i.. J StaVn'andXthlcord ' Senator Sherman, and then dig wl Jo. t xhe hlstorv of John, rj CiiriiL " history of John G. Carllsh,, IVES' NEW RECORD. WORKING FOR ALLEN. Omaha. April 14. Nebraska Populists to the number of several hundred met In ! Gmnha tonight and formed an orranrza- SHE WAS MUCH REDDER. A young man who considers himself a man of resource was once In th act of pressing a young lady to his manly bosom, whon the young lady' sister entered the room. Of course, he de sisted at once, but he was not embar rassed. The young lady's sister said: "Ex cuse me," and turned to leave the room, when he felt that he ought to say some thing, and say it at once. "Don't go," he said: "we've Just been measuring to see which Is tbe taller." She paused ln the doorway and looked at them both Intently. "You're both about the same height" she said, quietly, "but sister Is much tha redder." Then she went out. SELF EVIDENCE. Springfield (Mo.) Leader-Democrat Mr. Moaaun," said thnt gentleman's wife In a horrified tone, "you are drunk."" "Guesh I might be," assented Moddlln, cheerfully, "or else I wouldn't (hlc) let you shee me ln this (hlc) e'ndshun."