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-? v f ST0R1A PUBLIC UBflABUiSSOCIATIOi r TODAY1! WUTHCI, ftmtit fw W(iMIm and Oii(m 4 . 1 Cwllnmd rilitl f alu (Mil. VOL XIVV TRUSTEE SALE Of the Fine Lines of Men's and Boy's Cloth Ins:. Furnishing: Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes, Trunks. Valises. Umbrellas, Blankets, Quilts, etc., at factory prices for cash, at one price to all alike.' C. S.JACOBSON TI1UHTKI3 i KOO-HOH COMMERCIAL ST.. ASTORIA. OR. I vou in:tl anything in Office 1-tiUi PrcpHi-H. Copying ItMkP, li)krliiiidi, TnllHn, Inlf". Man' Itooks, ltluti Print Pttr, Wurtf fluikitr, iMk Tiiir, Itn Hacks. Typo Writing I'npn, KihhonH m-cl ( url(n V-vi. If m, cn Hiipply ). A new lot of IMayltlJi Cnrtl Jtmt received. Griffin 6t Reed, Citv Book Store. ANCHORS Boat Stores... Everything In the l-lshcrman'5 Supply Line Must Be Soli in the Next 60 Days REGARDLESS SOL OPPENHEIMER Trunleo for M.C.CHOHHY Le Vere & Co. Haw Jollla In Collar nl url fallorn Jwki LaU.I ltlna In fi...' Full I-lnn of -.II..' Hli WUU Wropiiora ...THIH WUIiK'H LndlcH Pull Blnzcr Sulfa l.olot ICiitll.h Mlo. In All Wool lltl Oooila. Iloiolar prlro, I5 This Week, Only 5B9.85 UNIQUB 8. HHIiliMAN, LI. ol I'rctm.n A Holmra. -cCQLUriBIA IRON WQRKS. Foundrymen. Blacksmiths. Machinists and Boilers Makers. MANUFACTURING AND REPAIRING OF All KINDS OF MACHINERY. Iror? and Brass Casting. - General Blacksmith Work, SPECIALTIES i ' Welch Patent Wheel, Ship Smlthlns and Steamboat Work, Cannery and Hill Machinery, Marine and Stationary Boiler Built to Order. . ... IV Specially equipped for Loggers' Work. Located on 18th and Franklin (Scow Bay Foundry). Phone 78. Correspondence solicited. . STEAMERS Telephone & Bailey Gatzert. "Talaphona" laavaa Aatorla at f p. m. dally (axoapt Bunday). Lcavea Portland at 1 a. m. dally., ex eupt Bunday. ' "Bailey Gata.rt" leave. Aatorla Tuaa day, Wednesday, Thuraday. Friday and Saturday morning at tM a. m. ! Bunday vanlng at J p. m. Leave. Portland dally at I p. m., s oapt Bunday. On aaturday at 11 p. m. WALL AC II MAUZKRT, Aa-ant 8-lllll!lfill1 For the One-Price Clothiers. Hatters and Furnishers OF COST HmrVmw "' " v 16 to 0 . .,. P ... np .... np ..... MI'UCIAL HALB... 367 COMMERCIAL ST. R. T. EAKUEi lau SlacMoa. Cal Cheap Clothing Tha Hop Lm CTothlnt faotory and tnarobaat Ullora, at 4 Bond atrwt. makaa undarotothtnf to erdar. Bulta and trouaari made to lit parfaotly. Bvary erdar punotually on Urn and aatlafaotloa ruanuitaad, Good roada aid okaap. Cal aad b oaavlaaad. -2r EXCLUSIVE T ASTORIA, OKIWON, SOME OF THE tTIf' What Astoria' Tronscuntlncnrnl Komi Kill Do for Her la the I'uturc. THAI I IC Will! THE ORIENT Wealth tit Trade Villi Cblss aid Ja Oily (i hit lirsacr. ad Ihe MkvII of ibe CvUwbU tbe Natral furl luf Basdiiag , r. rhnl fow of lha lilna of A.toda aiul nulonp cvuny. and fir (hat mailer, lira- throuhoul tb atata of Oregon rral Iw lha ret rhanca (hat lll lake platta In iran.orta(lon matlrra h.n Ajitorla become, on of lha prlii-lU waolern lr mlnl of Ilia frtat tranu ontlnrnlMl .ya letn. of railroad. Iiulnaa mm srnrral ly unuW.tand that Aaiotia now Ukea lha rat ine cou.t lermlntl ratra on almoat all ti.inmoUlll.n. Rul. In tha lrati.ll of Koula from lha 10 tha Weal dn- llnrl to A.torta. II la n:rury to break bulk on all ahlpmrnla lth?r at Portland or Knlama. Thla njafVa lha kwa of time wall aa Involving additional rlen to tran.portallon companies Tha biM rula hulda guod on eaat bound bu.lneH. and thl. one fact haa In tha paat Iwn one of tha prlnrlpal caiiaea which haa prsvanled tha handling al thla port of Ilia cuncora of Ct boynd Ori ental uol a aa tha export carcota of hcnt. AIm, tha full development of tha Imnienao tlmuvr helta In thla terri tory and lha manufacture and .hlpment locnlly. within the elate, of On-gun, aa Well a. to lha nilddla and wealern atatrl market of lumber and .nltijl.-. aa bean prohibited for Uie aam raa.ona. Tha bulldlna of tha Aatorla and Columbia river railroad will maka a romplete and tno.t r'idlt-al ehnna In tmnaiortntlon maiicra, not only upon local bu.liuwa for thla iort, but upon export and Import bualnew, In whlrh tha ute at lance la equally thtarealed with Aatorla. M a.ll.iuitil rr.ille. tn wot hound bualnna alona an ap prtrlahle dlrlereno will be notb-ad by mer chant, on all claaaea of aooda handled from eaurn pulnta. Whlla In moat rwn ihor. all) ba no radical rhuji.e In the Ihroiish ralea, yet tha conMne will have the Immcnaa ndvnnl:i- of receiving; KO.nl. In the amc cara In which they are loaded In lha rant, and tha aatla fncilnn of rediiclna- to the minimum op portunities for damage to 'nerchandlae In tran.lt. n well a. mu-h mora rnVoi unlly eiuihllng him lo locate tha cauae and rnaiHinallilMty for damiure. On ! bound hualnea. the trlnclinl output from thla territory ta of rourac anlmon. Ktery cannerymnn knowa what a great advantnga It will be to him to he able, to load hla gola directly Into tha rir which la to tr.ineport them to ChlcnKO. I'lti.biinr, New Vork. New Orb-ana or Oulvr.lon. Ha Beta a clean hill of Indlnir. nnd haa but ona ruilroad com. puny to look to for tha aafa eartiaga of hla properly, the chance, of Iom and dumugf nra rlucWI to tha lowat roeal bio nrure. and In caaa of atray goola. he haa a comidrte- y.tm of well ratab- llahrd principle, over nil rail Hnee through which to mnka tracing by latter or telegraph. Krl Wheat. In the matter of tha aaport of wheat Tmm thla atale and weaiern W aahlngton. everyone who la po.ted knowa that It hn been a physical Imimaelblllty for the bu.lnrMi to be handled :it Aatorla under tha condition, prevailing In tha paat. It wni ca.ler and cheaper to low the for eign veewla tip the crookcil and .hallow channel of tha river to Portland where connection n. made with the rallrotida, and whene there were elcvatora for ator Ing and grading tha gruln, than It waa to rehandle the grain by river boat or h.iriic. 10 Aatorla, and :han go through the anme procea. of graillng and loading aa could h done In Portland with only one humlllr.g. When the railroad la rom lileted to Aalorlii the car of grain can lust aa easily l.e run through from Kast--rn Oregon nnd Washington and tha Willamette Valley to Astoria, nnd ele vated, graded and loaded Into ships here' n. cun he done In Portland. f,u tuber. Whlla there have been op-r.ited In As toria from time to time one or more saw mills nnd amnll mills hnve been In op eration In various parts of the county ! nnd across the bny at Knnppton, yet the nmoiint of lumber manufactured here has been but n imtchcn to wh.iucnn and should bo the output of this coimty with the tremendous forests behind It and the many accessible iimt nnvlgiihle sinnms running from the different viilleys to thla port. While It la true that during the years paat a large qunntlty of lumber was manufactured and loaded upon for- j elgn ships, yet It Is equally true that floated Into thla bay and t.iwed up the river even aa fur ns Portlnnd, the lumber manufactured there and ra-shlpped to Astoria, for home consumption. With tha completion of the railroad Into thla point, thera will of neceaslty be a great change In thla branch of business. Already tha Clatsop Mill Company, with lis usual pro greasLveness, hnn arMnicd for the en largement of lis plant, and will In a few weeks havo In operation one of Allls A Company'. Milwaukee band sawa which will Incrense Its capacity many thousands of feet per dav. Access will he had to nil of the mnrk'ts of the Kast upon the best possible rates, and In the vast territory compllsed In Ne braska, Kansas and Color-vlo, will be found almost llmltlesa lelda for dis posing of aurplua atocka. flhlpment from thla point to these markets haa hereto fore been an almost physical Impossibil ity. Lumber nnd shingles will not stand, with advantage or protlt to cither manu facturer of shipper, transfer from boat to cars: but When the cars can be loaded at the mill doom the commerce liecomea both possible and profitable. I'mler pres ent conditions ninety-five erccnt of the ahlpa arriving at thla port from foreign countrlea ore for wheat loading and there haa been little opportunity to charter them for lumber cargoes. Even vessels arriving without charters, or those which were unfortunate enough to lose their charters, have almoat Invariably waited until they could secure a cargo of wheat. In come Instances, however, they hnve been ordered around lo the Sound to load lumber for South American porta. There has been little or no object In the paat for the manufacture af lumber at thla tT A t i.u i - . i , I 1 E L EG U A I I 1 1 C PKBSS REPORT. SATURDAY MORNING, .MAY 1800. point for foreign trade: but when this aluill tM-come the prln "Ipal port and load ing plara for all ahlpa, lhr will be plen ty of buslneaa for half a doa.'n lumbar mllla. Already a beginning haa hean made In lha manufacture of lumber for foreign trad. Two ahlpa ara now loading at tha Hkamokawa mllla, with cargo, for Shanghai direct, Thaae ara only lha pre cursor, of the large trade sura lo follow lha development of affairs at lha mouth of tha river. Oriental aTff1r. Another principal Nature of the traffic hut will paaa through this port will be the trade with China 'ind Japan. This trade la now but In Its Infancy, and what little of II ha rxn dona by tha ('id imble river haa been landed In I'ort I.m,. because there waa no rail connec tion ut Aatorla. Artlcl-a have appeared In tha recent laaue of Kaaurn papers showing thai energetic .nee-urea have been taken by Kastern merchant, (o lake advantage of the wonderful mnrkata of the Orient for American good, aa well aa lo Increase the ahlpm-nts from thota rounliiea to the tTnltad Xtalee. They hate even gone so far aa to make ar rnncmients for an American board of trade or chamber of commerce In Japan to aid and control thla buslneaa. Pacta and autistic recently published In these columns, gave abundant evidence that manufactured article from the I nlt4 Slalea when In competition with Hrlllah goods, held the preference In China. And It waa also staled upon gooa aainonty that lliiilah merchants fully realising the odd. agalnat them, are In the habit of Imitating the hrnnda of Amerh-an gooda In order to sell their own products. With a railroad lo Aatorla It will not only be an easy matter but a matter of course that the tremendous trnmc whlrn la mire to be built up between the United State, and the Orient will he handle J at thla port. Only the other day It was aiated In the preaa that the O. K. and N. Company, through Ha connection with Samuel Samuela 4k Co, of Yokohama, contracted for the construction of threw or four modern passenger and IMght ocean greyhound., to go Into commtsalon between the Columbia river and the Ori ent not Inter than lDTf. It la well known that other project, for similar Hues of tr.mrra are under consideration. Cou pled with this, the treme.idous natural advantaa-Ni of thla port over all others on the Pacific coast would naturally make It the point of tohang with Ori ental steamers. The Astoria and Colum bia river railroad, from the very nature of Us geographical situation, will be akin to a belt railroad. Over Ita rail, will lie handled the through car of the North ern Paclrtr, Great Northern. 1'nlon Pa. rifle. Southern Pacinc "hl-ngo. Hurling ton and Qulncy. Chicago and Northwest ern, Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul Chicago. Muck Island and facirtc, the iM-n'vrr and Rio Ornnde .and Missouri Pacific. In addllloa to thte It la tun tmnroliahle that within the near future there will be constructed from Aatorla direct to the lower Neh.ilcm, via Albany and Ihe Oregon Central, which I. already In the posaesalon of Mr. Hammond, a short llt.e of railroad connecting at or near Boise. Idnho. with some one of t'ie trana-Mlssourl line already com pleted lo the Illack Hills and Montana, and headed for Ihe PaclDo Coast With these wonderful change, not only prospective but many of them already as sured, what wonder lhat ,stoilnna have become enthusiastic ov-r the future prospects of their city and the wonder ful wealth of trade whlcn It will con trol. If the one half of the possibilities are reullied, the wealth 3f a Crn.us or a Monte Crlsto will not hrxln lo com pare with the stream of trnrnc passing through the portals of the Columbla. 1-OWKR OF THE PRKP8. Newspaper Reporter Joshed a Congress man Out of Ilia peech. San Francisco Wave. Congressman Crane, of Texas, who at one lime waa a leader of the house, en Joyed the favor of the newspaper men. who alwaya reported Ms apeechea. One afternoon In the press club nt Washing' Ion while discussing politics with a party of Journalists he remarked on the fact that when some men spoke the gallery was cleared, but while he was on the floor he could be sure of an audience of pressmen. He begged that they would be present next day when he expected to make the speech of hla ife on the McKlnlcy tarlfT bill. Next day the press gallery wna full. ' Several speakers hnd been heard when Crane arose, but no sooner was he on the floor than all the newspapermen arose nnd lied out Into the lobby. This waa a Joke on the Texan, but so disconcerted was he that he stammered, hesitated, cut his sieech short, ami sat down Then the gang filed back Into the gallery. The shock was ao great that Crane never delivered another set speech, and, though a Joker himself, seemed quite tin:ible to see the fun of thla on himself. A LITTLE GIRL'S IDrtA OF HOTS. Tho Outlook. A little girl In Hoston wrote a com position on boys. Here It la: 'The boy la not an animal, yet they can le hem! to a considerable distance. When n boy hollers he opens his big mouth like frogs, but girls hold their tongue till they are spoke to, nnd then they answer respectable and tell .lust how It Wna, A boy thinks himself clever because Tie can wnde where It la deep, but Ood made the dry land for every living thing and rest id on the aeventh day. When the hoy grows up he Is called a "husband, and then he stops wading nnd stays out at nights, but the grew-up girl Is a Tldow and keepa house." LEAVING HIM TO HIS FATE. Washington Star. "John," sho said, "there's a burglar trying to get In the house." "Is there?" waa the uninterested reply. "Yea Aren't you going to do some thing about It?" "No, Maria. I'm a humane man, but ir that fellow faila over Johnny's tin wagon and steps into a toy drum and gels frightened by treading on a rubber doll that aaya Vapa' and barks hla shlna the same as I did when I came here In the dark tonight. It'll be all his own fault. I don't feel called on to Inter fere with my advice or to offer a help ing hand, for It won't be a deserving case." A SURPRISE ALL AROUND: Detroit Free Press. Grandma (who has Just arrived for a visit) Well, Freddie, I ' suppose your father waa greatly surprised to get my telegram saying I waa coming? Freddie Yes; but mother waa the most surprised. Grandma At the glad news, t sup pose? Freddie No: at papa'a language. The creation of a thousand forests la In one acorn. Emorson, WILD MAN FROM SOUTH CAROLINA "I'itcnfoti lies" Tillmai Tore Hi Hair and SWurc Kith Varia tion. In the Senate. RANTED ABOUT EVERYTHING Tlere V'" Ciiaer Be Free Silver or Blood-sked-Scisfors Bill sad Slitrsias - Trcate flisi Will Silest Cvateapt. Washington. May L Tha debate In the senate today was of a dramatic and sen sational character, recalling the famous Ingalls-Voorhees contest of some ytirs go. Senator Tillman, of South Care llnsv acaln brought his unique personality Into' Use debate, his speech being the first of any length since his memorable (Baldest effort attacking; public officials, high 'and low. While he spoke today Ihe sliver pitchfork recently presented to, him In the West was consutcoously displayed on bis scarf. Tha .rmor ueed blunt : words, characteristic cf his utter ances arraigning President Cleveland and the cabinet officers -villi unsparing ciillclam and personal Invectives. He also addressed hlnuwlf personally lo Senator Hill and Sherman, and drew from the former aharp rejoinders, while Sherman declined to be brought Into the controversy with tbe South Carolina sen ator. Hill followed Tillman, answering tlie latter point by point. The New York sen ator referred to the coming Democratic convention, declaring there would be no spilt, but that true Democracy would recognise tha rule of 'Jis majority ana keep the party Intact, despite the threat. of tbe South Carolina jenator to have tha party.. Hill spoke freely and frankly i of hla difference with offices of the ad ministration. Tillman look tbe floor during the dls- cusaloa of the naval bill, and aald be had found, during bla brief experienoe here, that there were some strange thing happening In the navy department and all other departments. It aeema to be auffering from too much red tape, toe much bureaucracy. ' aald he. He soon branched off to tha bond Issue and aald he deni-jd the right of the president to Issue bonds for meet ing current expense. There waa no law allowing the president to hocua pocua and bamboosle the people by doing by Indirection what he would not do by direction. Addressing Hill, the senator declared caustically: "You represent the people: ye, you do: you represent bondholders and bankers:-" After criticising the bo:wl Issues, Till man exclaimed: "If you force this thing much farther there will be repudiation of bonds and Interest, too." "And If you can't have that." cooly suggested Hill. "I supp-xe you will have bloodshed?" "Yea: and blood will be on your handa." responded Tillman. "I tell you, we are desperate." Tillman went on. "I have been through the West and I know how the pople feel." The senator drew a comparison be tween Andrew Jackson and ft rover Cleve land. One waa a man of the people, he said, "but Cleveland stands a a tool of cutaaea." adding that the president rep resented only money the almighty dol lar. The president had no policy txcept the policy of Ibe senator from Ohio (Sherman). "Grover Cleveland. John Sherman and John Carlisle are affinities. The question Is. will the people be so damnably frollsh a to trust them again?" Tillman re- fered to the Ohio senator (Sherman) and his associate In their "contemptible work." Sherman sat arras the slsle ap parently unmoved. "Perhaps you bambooxle people," he mild. addrsslng Sherman. "The fools are not all dead yet. but they are getting mighty reatleaa." At one point Tillman addressed a dl rect question to Sherman concerning the Interest of the laboring people. "Will the senator answer me that ques tion?" asked Tillman, pau-dng In antlcl pntlon of a response from Sherman. But the latter looked directly at the South Carolina, senator and remained In his seat without answering. The speaker stated that he expected to go as a delegate to Chicago and try to get the Democratic convention to "throw off Its rottenness." "If thev do not do It." said Tillman, "then I am going lo take my hat and bid the senator from Ne- York and nil like iilm a long farewell. Where I'll fro. I don't know. I can't got to Populism Populism Is only an explosion of wrath. Populism tried too much r.nd spattered themselves on the wall. The senator declared that Pemocmcy waa on Ita flnnl trial. If It did not pro nounce for silver at Chicago It was irone forevnr. "We may not beat you this year," he poncluded, dramatically, "but, so help me God. we will serve notice on you thnt our slogan Is 'America for Ameri cans! to hell with Britain and her to- rlfs! "If we don't defeat you this year, we will serve notice that we will In 1900." AGAINST FOREIGN BUILT YACHTS. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries Recommends the Payne Bill. Washington. May 1. Representative Payne, of New York, chairman of tho house committee on merchant marine and tlDheries, has filed his report on his bill for the protection of American yacht owners and shipbuilders. The re port, after quoting the present law by which yachta belonging to .egularly or ganised clubs are exempted from port chargea and tonnage dues, and the amendment, depriving such yachta when owned or used by Americans from these Provisions, continues: "This section has been the law since 1S70, and during the latter part of this time many have become members or for eign yacht clubs and have procured the building of steam yachts In foreign shipyards. They have also brought them to this country and have been enabled under this statute to use them without the payment of any duties, tonnage, taxes, or port charges, and have used them as freely here as though they had employed American labor nnd American ship yards In their construction. They hnve sailed them under the American flag, and while there la no law to author ise such use of the flag there Is no law to prevent It. It haa been the American policy to exclude every foreign built ves- sel from American registry. L'nder this policy we have the flneat shipyards In the world. No nation can boast of better built ship than tbos of tbe American navy. "The American liners ire equal to any that cross the ocean and English yachts men have tried In vain for years to con struct a sailing yacht 'hat could win a rara from those of American hulld. Ther Is no reason why we cannot con struct steam yacht of equal superiority. There are now being built abroad for American owners four of these large steam yachta, for which from tl.OW.OOa to CuMi.'M) will go to Enilh workmen. The money ahould go 10 our own cltlaen or, at least, the revenue of the govern ment should be Increased by the tariff nd tonnage da tie on these veanL a well as upon all like article of Import that are brought Into the United State" The committee recommends the passage of Ihe bllL TRADE CONDITIONS. The Week Ha Not Seen tha Expected OsJn In Price. New Tork, May 1. R. O. Dun Jfc Co. 'a Weekly Review of Trade tomorrow will aay: As tho season advance there I mora business, but advice Indicate that on tne whole the prevalent feeling Is that the gain I lea than there waa reason to expect While retail trade has been active enough to materially lessen stock and obligations, and thus prevent a great many threatened embarrassments. It has not yet brought enough new busi ness to mills or factorlea to prevent de crease of unfilled orders and tbe eloelrur of some work.. Substantially tha same stats, of affair exist In all great In dustrie, notwithstanding the strong; combinations la some, and the evldenrw of Inadequate consumption appear la the fact that the general range of prices for commodities, farm and mine, a well a manufactured product. Is nearly on per cent lower than It waa April L and the lowest ever known, the decline since October, im, being 117 per cent The failure for the week have been 88 In the I'nlted State agalnat '.21 but year, and U In Canada, against M last year. CHANGES IN FOOTBALL RULES. New Haven. Conn..May I. The com mittee from all tbe leading Eastern col lege, having In charge the -evislon ot the playing rules for the doming foot- bull season, nave nntsnea meir laoora. The rule prescribe that at least fly men must be In the scrimmage line when the ball Is put In play: that no more than five men shall be behind the line at the anapback, and that momen tum Dlavs shall be forbidden. The fair catch rule for 1893 Is given aa that for the coming season. Tbe officials will be a referee, aa um pire and a linesman. The new rule will oe repoi-.eo. oy eacn member of the committee to his respec tive college for adoption. NEW YORK TIMES IN TROUBLE. W. R. Hearst Is Probably Putting up too rfirong a Newspaper Fight. New York. May l.-On application of Charles L. Miller. Sdward Garey and Frank D. Root, a majority of the di rectors of the Times Publishing Com pany. Justice Andrews In the supreme court today appointed Alfred Ely re ceiver for the company, and John n. Judge referee In the proceedings brought hy the same parties for dissolution, me petitioners state that the capital stock of tbe company Is SL20.0O) and it in debtedness tJlS.701. of whl-h 5M.711 Is in open book accounts, tUO.uuO money loaned and $100,000 upon debenture note. Tbey further state that the company baa been losing money and If allowed to con tinue will lose the entire assets. GREEN BESTED ZEIGLER. "Young Corbett" Made tha Fight of Hla Lire In Ban Francisco. San Francisco, May L George Green. "Young Corbett," made the tight of his life and got the decision In the tenth round over Owen Zelgler, ot Philadelphia, before S.U0D people at Mechanic Pavilion tonight. The light waa faat from tbe start, with. Green the aggressor In al most every round. FACTION REPUBLICANS. Seattle, May 1. The Senator Squire and Burleigh factions In the Republican par ty, which have been making auch a bard fight to contest the primaries tomorrow. In the Interest of their resiecilve candi dates, are lying on th.'lr arms tonight, both claiming victory in sight. An Im partial survey of the situation Indicates thnt Burleigh will win. THE SHAH ASSASSINATED. Shot and Killed In Tehertn by a Revolu tionary Fanatic. Special to the Astorlan. Teheran. Persia. May 1. The Fhah ot Persia waa shot and killed today by a revolutionary fanatic. GEORGE W. SMALLEY. George W. Smatley, the American cor respondent of the London Times, who was recently suspended from the Metro politan Club In New York for reasons which are not confided lo the world, while representing the Tribune in Lon don, waa very fond of the nohlllty: and Is Is sold he dearly loved to be seen with a lord. Vanity says that when an Invi tation was received by any of the cor respondents to a "small and early" af fair, It waa generally supposed to mean an earl and Smalley. FEARED A PROPOSAL. "Er will you." asked he of the mnld, "Have a glass of soda or lemonade?" And then the maiden, blushing red: "I think I'll take a pop," she said. The youth turned red, the youth turned white, And then he fled, far through the night. Cincinnati Enquirer. Treason Is like diamonds: there la nothing to be made by the small trader. Douglas Jerrold. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report 11 uv assess aVvU ABSQUUTEIV PUKE The ASTORIA ku las lartMl lOCAl ) . tift.Utlwm.brKMlGF.NtSALelfc.il- 1 S tloa, u4 th larfMt TOTAL clrcsiatlM f r till latwi p.MitAW It Aiterls. NO. 102 LATEST FEAT IN' TELEGRAPHY Cnaniicey M. Dc'pcw Kill Try to Sc4 a Message Over 2400 Miles of Wire. NIAGARA FALLS THE POWER latertstiag Dtscfiptioa of the loale Otcr kick Or. DtotVa Epigraa tail! Travel at Ike Opeaiai of Ike tltctrfcsl Eipositios ia .tew Tork. The following account of on of tbe features of the opening at .the great' Niagara Fall electric power, taken from ao ' Eastern paper, will be found of general Interest: Chauncey M. Depew expects to per form on May 7 the greatest triumph of ' modern electrical science. Ha expect to rival the famous Brt electrical mea ac, "What bath God wrought," wlt an epigrammatic aentence that ie to be sent around the world by a current of electricity generated by tha power af Niagara Fall. ' For many days Mr. Depew baa bee studying over what la to be heralded aa ' hi greatest epigram. It must not tat more than a dozen words In length, and It must exprea the imurler thought of a maatr mlrd. All this famous talker's eloquence, all hi learning and all hla ready wit must b concentrated in taa on sentence. The object of sending this mesaaure la to demonstrate the triumph af electricity over distance. Telegraph wire and , cable .reach now to nearly all part at the world, and some of them make single Jumps of hundred of mile, but every where throughout the teiegrapa ana cable system there are unavoidable re lays, and mrsage are often repeated Be fore they reach their destination. With the power ot Niagara Falls the . greatest electric power ta the world la generated for the purpose of distribut ing; It to many points. Electrician have aald that lone-distance traxiam le sion t Impossible. Nicola Tesla, aald ha would prove that tt waa possible, and the Niagara Power Company backed hlis) with millions of dollars. - The wonderful exposition of all the newest things In electricity open Im Madison Square Garden May t, end, the electric power generated at Niagara Falla will be transmitted to New Tork on or dinary telegraph wire of he Western . Union Company. It will be wade to de monstrate that ITS mile is -ompara lively nothing for electricity to Jump. Then Mr. Depew will make the great trial of sending one continuous current around the world, or aa nearly around the world as the cable lines will permit. Hi message, addressed to either E. D. Adam or F. W. Hawley, of the Niagara corporation, will be telegraphed from Madison Square Garden over U.fv mile of cable and be received again In the) sam room, accompanied by the certin- -cates of telegraph managers at the vari ous , points of land It touches. The electric tour will be over In a very few minute, but Just how long It ta impos sible to say. The message leaving New York will go . over the Western Union cable to Pen xance. England, thence onward to Lis bon, and underneath the Medlterraneaa sea. coming to dry land again at Sue, to run along the famoua canal, and then diving under the Red sea to emerge at Aden. There, borne along; by the power of Niagara, It will cwsa under the Indian ocean to Bombay, aero India to Mad ras, and under water again to Singa pore, on the Malay peninsula. The next place It will be heard of la In a desolate spot on the northern shore of Australia, and then In Melbourne and Sydney. If there waa a cable under the Pacific ocean Dr. Depew'a epigram could make a circuit of the world completely by a long dive under tbe sea to San Fran cisco: but that cannot be done. So the message will rebound on Its trail, and by running along the east coast of Af rica reach Cape Town. Then It will Jump to Lisbon again and start acrosa the Atlantic ocean to Pernambuco. Bra xtL South America will be the last con tinent touched, and with one more flash under the sea It win le back In New York. "Dr. Depew was selected ts cnd thla message," said Mr. Hawley yesterday, "because his fame has spread through out the world more, perhaps, than that of any living American. We concluded, too. that If he could not clear the track for a grand flying tour of the world, then no one else could. The varlou telegraph and cable companiea have gen erously entered Into the project, nnd tha message will demonstrate the great power of electricity In thla direction," THE RUSH IS OVER. But Few Persons Leaviig the Sound for the Northern Territory. Port Townsend, May 1. The fact that passenger travel to Alaska Is falling off was evidenced today when the steamer Al-Kl and Wlllapa left for Northern porta The former carried auventy-four passengers and the latter nineteen. Of the Al-Kl's passengers tweaty-slx were Chinamen who will be employed In tha salmon cannery at Ye bay. The travel northward tor the remainder of the season will consist principally of tourists and business men. THE MARKETS. Liverpool, May L Wheat Spot, quiet; demand, poor: No. 2 red winter, fs 6Mjd; No. 1 hard Manitoba, 5a 4'id; No. 1 Cal ifornia, 5s td. Hops, unchanged. Portland, May 1. Wheat Valley, ?60: Walla Walla, 5751 Here Is a -day now before me; a day Is a fortune, and an estata. 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