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7 J 1 f1- ISTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION I TODAY! WlMHf. T fc J fWut far WnhUflM l4 Ongnm tli (Im o cull. r VOL XLV. TRUSTEE SALE Of the Fine Lines of Men's and Boy's Cloth Ins:, Furnishing Goods. Hats. Caps, Boots and Shoes. Trunks, Yallses, Umbrellas. Blankets, Quilts, etc., at factory prices for cash, at one price to all alike. C. S. JACOBSON TltUHTHB HOAaHOH COMMERCIAL ST., ASTORIA. OR. Do you iutcI anything in Oflicc Piiij)lk-H, litter rrwwH, Copying Hook, InkMuml, Tullffx, Inks. Manic Hooka, niu l'rint lflnr, Wiirte Hiirkttr, Ptrk 'J'i nj, Fin Hack. Typo Writing riu, KinUii hi ti (uritn !'fli. If m, wt can niipjily yu. A new lot of Playing Cnnln Jimt received. Griffin & Reed, City Book Store. ANCHORS Boat Stores... &t Everything In the Fisherman's Supply Line Must Be Sold in the Next 60 Days REGARDLESS OF COST SOL. OPPENHEIMER Trufloo for M. C. CROSHY Le Vere & Co. JUHT RECEIVED New Nollle In t'ollra and 4rjrt rattern Jaehu I.aU.l liaalgne In t'p full l.lna of Ladl' llk WUI Wrni)r, ...TMIM WKKK'I UPKCUL MLE... , LndlcH' Pull Blnzer Suits Luteal Kngllah Nlyl. Ill All Wool Mlxd floods. REGULAR PRICE. $15. THIS WEEK. ONLY $9.85. UNIQUE" 367 COMMERCIAL ST. t. PKEGM AN. lata ol Fraaman A tlnlmaa. COLUHBIA IRON WORKS.--Foundrymen, Blacksmiths, Machinists and Boiler' Makers. MANUFACTURING AND REPAIRING OF ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY. ror? and Brass Casting, h General Blacksmith Work, i . SPECIALTIES i Welch Patent Wheel, Ship Smithing and Stearhboat Work, Cannery and mil Machinery, Marin and Stationary Boiler Built to Order. . . ' . . HTSpeclally equipped for Loggers' Work.' Located on i8th and Franklin (Scow Bay Foundry). Phone 78. Correspondence solicited. '. STEAMERS Telephone & Bailey Catzert "Telephone" Uave Astoria at T p. m. dally (except Sunday), Leave Portland at T a. tn. dally., ex cept Sunday. "Bailey Qatsert" leave Aatorla Tua day, Wadncaday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday morning at 1:41 a. m.; Sunday vnlng at f p. in. Leavaa Portland dally at I p. m., x eapt Sunday, On aaturday at 11 p. m. WALLACE MAUZERT. , . Aa-aot ffiiii fllrtt ifiti For the One-Price Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers NHiar - 8 to 93.00 A.so np .at.t5 wp 4.110 up I. US to 0 R. T. CARLE, lata of StcxMofl, Cal Cheap Clothing Tha Hop Lm Clothlac faotory and marchant tallora, at Ot Bond atraat, makaa underolothlnt to order. Sulta and trouoara made to lit perreotly. Brary ordar punctually on time and aatlaraotloa suaraataod, Oood foodi add okaap. Call aai ba ooavtnoaa. EXCLUSIVE TKLBGHAPHIC PRESS REPORT. ASTOKIA, OJtlXJON. TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 5, Wic. HER GREAT OPPORTUNITY AsitoriM's. Womlcrful Timlitr Kcour its Compared With Other Points, , MOKE VAU'AHI.K "I'll AN ;)LI latcreatlafl rii)f Coanplltd The Jtarltu of ike Viirld Opca in the Kckatta Valley -Oreia' I'fodid la Sipcrlur. Ocnral attention la brln raJIrd lo tha wrallh ol ClaUop founiy'a foraala. Tha provldlna of maana fur rarhui( tha dommtlo markaia baa rvlvd laiaraat In tha arrat tlmlr prrvra ot thla part of tha atata of Oroi. Krom a rommar clal point of vlw th fiiia of tha I'nltnt Stalra prant tha mwl valualils rrop or pniduct ralawl on AomrU-an aulK Th national fTl'ul''"l dpartmnt aaya Th valua of tho product of tha (old and allvar mliwa of tht fnltr.1 Btataa for thi yrar 1K4 la: fiold. i.PMX. allvar, Jl.a.': loil, rn.K!.). Th moat r rnt and rnnrful atlmia, aa tha aama authority aaya, of tha alua of tha .rod urta of tha natlon'a forrata durln tha aaroe r, I li.oMl.CM.Ono, or. nftwn tlma that of aold ami allvar. Tha aanx au thortiy alao aawii (hi I If to tha gold aikl allvar prcluct. of Ihit year tha val ua of all othw nilnarala. Inrludlna Iron, roppfT. Irad. stiK-. .-oi I. lime, natural ua. rn-tmb-um. a.ili. alnt and l.ull.lmit alona 1 addrd, would hava olitaltwd fur th valua of all our mineral product for the yar IMX. tho aum o? tUI.vj.om, or, pnly about on-half of tha valua or our forrat produi'ta for tha aama yrar." That unrtcallrd opportunltlra for tha aatalillahmant of a numlnf of modern aaamillla at tha mouth of tha Columbia ar (irrarntrd. umWr axlatlna; condlilona, nrl. but llttl arcumanL An "zprtoncad tlmlicr man, who vlaitrd the NrhalMn valley hll on a proaprctlna- tour a lunar tha Paclflr coaat aoma yir o, atalad thul after ha1i aiamlnrd tha famoua r.-.loo.1 realona of California, and hav ing ml. a thoruu(h Invrailanttnn of the Inimeua tlmU-r aer iluna tributary to Pu get Pound, thitl lh.-r wa Inuneaauraably more and belter limber mora raally ao relt.W to mnrket In tha Nehal..m valley thiin In any other taction nf tha I'acltlg r"ot. The toiiogrnphy of thl Im menae Nrhalem timber region, In Ita relation to tha Nehak-m river, anl the atreama emptying there in, admlta of the marketing at tha emnlleat expenw. of nearly every eiand Ing piece of merchantable timber. With the compk-tlon of the railroad down the fiilumbla river, and tha location of mod ern anwmlll at Aatniia and the mouth of the rivet, thla N'ehalem timber will be Immediately available for market. Eapcrteneed conet maiinera aay that there mill be no difficulty or rlaka what ever In towing loan from tha Nehalem river up the few mllea of oaat and Into the mouth of the Columbia, there being aeaaon In both aummer and winter, whan the aeit ta ao flncld that revemJ trlpa with rafu of loga can le made dur ing daylight each day from the Nrhalem to Aatorla. If the attention of Knatern lumbermen wero railed to' the eltuatlon hara and the near completion of the Aa torla and Columbia river railroad which will "furnlah eaay and cheap arceaa to tha domeetic markela of the .nlddle weat ern atatea, they would flock here In num ber and mnke ahort work of arranging for the placing of thla timber upon the mnrket. The China and other Oriental mnrketa alao offer unlimited poaalbllltlea. The alae quality of the Ncbnlem tim ber, which haa already been ahlpped In email qtiantlilea to thoae pulnta, have bivn viewed with amaaement both by Kuro penna and native In the different Aatatlc marketa. Oregon timber la gaining a world-wide reputation. A little mora ac tivity and puah on tha part of the home people will develop an Induatry greater than tha enlmon finning or any Other product of the atate. The Port Rliikrley Mllla on Tuget Sound are now getting their lea from the territory bnck of Olympla, They recently cloaed a ten year contrnct with logger for ,.o0u feet per year. The lugger own their own rnllrond Into th timber belt, ami undoubtedly hnve a fat thing. It 1 conceded that the timber of thl aectlon la auperlor to that con tracted for by the Port Illiikeley people, and that It la equally AcceoalMe. l'liget Round territory vertiilnly haa no monop oly of the lumlneiui, either for foreign or domcMIe market. The mouth of th Columbia river l In everv reK'ct a au perlor harbor, nnil mnny hundred of mile nearer to foreign port, while with th railroad completed. It will have a much ahorter and better line to Vtah, Colorado, Nebraska, Knnxn nnd Missou ri than haa the S.mnd country. Port Plnkeloy 1 not on tha line of any rnll rond, and Ita lumber product mutt of neeoaalty be handled by boat and re loaded Into railroad car or ocean veaaeR AnUirla mill will be able to load their product direct upon through car for any point In tho United rttate or they can 'ond it dlr"t Into occun atr.tmern or Railing veaael for all aeaport ot the world. They will have th double d vantag of being able to thlp lumber or hlnRles to nil point without breaking bulk. There are perhnp few who reallie th enormovia ronautnptlon nf lumlwr and timber In thla country alone. On Item I worthy of conaldrntlon: Mine, both gold nnd allver or coal, uao large quanti ties of timber every year. It I stated on good authority that th Butt and Anaconda mine of Montana alone use 100,000,000 feet per fear. Last year the South African mine consumed a large portion of the output of th Port Hake ley Mllla. Aatorla ran reach all of these market on as good term as can Puget Sound. In view of all tha facts nnd considering the Immense possibilities there I not tne slightest excuse for th people of Oregon and particularly the people of th West ern portion of the state contiguous to th mouth of th Columbia, longer re maining Idle upon this ubect. Thl on resource can no mad to return million to th itat tvary year. Shall not As torlnna take the lead? TUB 8HIVELT 8CHOOL For ome time past the teacher and th pupils of the Slilvely School have been preparing to give an evening" en tertainment. This will he the first time this year that th school has given an exhibition with th pupil participating. An escellenl program Is being ;irepar4 run lM entirely new In school work Will be given and It la certain that the pa rent and all other will u hlrhly enter tained. Th Apollo Club haa complimented th echonl very highly by accepting an In vltntl'in to render two rhoruae. Other Intereitlng numix-n from outstd sources wilt be. given. Th program will l concluded I f a light and moat attractlv llttl drama. Mr. John (Iraikn Jia charg of thl portion of th perfurmawA, , TOOK CAKUOMC ACID. Sad Pal ot Maiid Haydan, a Woman of tho Town. Vearday evening courtesan known a Maud llayden, oomml'ted sulcld by Inking carbolic acid. r)h evidently died nluiut o'clock and bar body was found In her brothel on Ator trt between Seventh and Klghth about midnight from what could be learned last night the woman's right nam b) Annla Ilroem-.-r. and her hutnd-Charl Hroemaer, now live In Cripple Creek, Col. It ap p..r ah had a quaml with her lovr, whk h prompted har to Wat her lit. Sha a alwut M year of ag. and had barn on th town but a short tiro. 8b left three letter-on to hr lover, one to her roommate. Ml Nellie Swan, and en to her (later, Mrs. A Ilea Harden, of Chadwell, thla county. Th last letter la very and. and Is as follows, written on a common piece of not paper and In lead pencil: AatorM. May 4. "Dear Slater and All: I am writing my last to you all and hope vou won't think nan! at me for what I hive done; but I have nothing more to live for. so now I take by own life, and bid you all a last gowlliye. Kin all the little one for me and father nnd mother. lvo to you all and lot of klase. "Tour loving sister, "ALICE." To her lover sh wrote In part: "B rtw I am down on my luck you quit me. Tou will find no one to think of you a much as t did. You lrov m to thl. I have nothing mors to llvo for. I hoe you will always think of me. Oood bye. four loving Alloa." Th letter wero found on a tablg near the bed on which the poor girl lay. Th body wag removed to th morgu. Iter husband, Cba. Hroemser, who lives In Cripple Creek, was much attached to her. ami will be notified of her death. UEKOftE JVDCJE ORAT. Considerable Ruslneas Traneted In th County Court. Th county court was In sesalon yes terday, ami continued the matter of the application of the Astoria Saving Pnnk, trustee, to cancel the taxes asxessed agalnat th railroad subsidy rroperty till Wednesday. An allowance of K per month waa continued for May to William Koch. A petition from W. K. ". Steele, pray-, lug that the road Ins oll.wtd In the vicinity of eclon and 2H. townslilp north, rang weal, be expended upon th road running through those sections, was referred to the supervisor nf Itoad District No. t. who was orler-d to report lo tha court whether or not th expendi ture would be exp"dlrnt. It waa ordered that th supervtwr of Koml District No. 1! be authorised to purchase a scraper for work on th county road. In the mttter of the peti tion of Oua. Oronnell et alfor the es tablishment of a county -oad near Elsie, it wa ordered that W. O. lreacott. Cor nellu Rtenton and Nathan .'nderxon be appointed viewers, who, with N. D. Ray mond, surveyor, are to meet at Klsle school house, Tuesday, May !. to con sider tha advlaablllty of establishing such rond. M. Kinney, supervisor of Road District No. 9. reported that the bridge on th county road In Section 33, township ( north, rang J wast, had broken down. The supervisor was authorised to ad vertise for bids for making repairs to said bridge. It was ordered that th county treiiurer forward to the state treasurer $S,000 on account of taxes du from 1SSH and ISM. A Froyseth, a native of Norway, was admitted to sltlsenshlp. A GRAND PLT. To Ho Given by tho Astoria Football Club Next Week. The grand military melodrama "At tha Ticket I.lne" whb-h hns been under prep aration by the members of the Astoria Koothal Club, will l played at F"her's Oiiera House on Friday, the i3th Inat. The performance will be worth going a long way to see nnd will surpass any thing In the amateur dramatic line ever witnessed In this city. Th play has not a dull line In It. and very act Is full of stirring situations and beautiful scenlo pictures. A well known looaj electrician Is in charg of the !lme light effects, and every detail of the erform nnce Is being carefully studied. Every thing, down to th most minute matters of uniform and camp connection with th latter Is being rendered the club by the officer and men of Fort Cnnby. Most of the scenes are. laid In the vi cinity of some of the most stirring com bats of th civil war, and the whole per formance bristles with patriotism and military ardor. It Is bound to draw a crowded house. Tickets are now on sale and can be obtained from Secretary Gunn, or any member of the club. The box plan will be opened at the New Tork Novelty Store next Monday morning. ALMOST MURDER, Two tough characters became'lnvolved In an altercation In Paradise Alley early this morning, during the course of which one drew a gun and pointed It at the other's abdomen. The man whose life wa In danger quickly threw down nls hand and knocked the revolver out of the other's hand thue continuing exist ence. He then picked up the weapon and put It in his pocket. There are a great number of bold, bad men In Astoria at present, and It la Indeed a wonder no killings have been reported. Probably Officer 8eafeldt'a eagle eye has some thing to do with the small crime record. It I now definitely stated that Lord Dufferln, th Hrltlsh ambassador to France, will retire from dlplomatlo life about the middle of July. The best chemical compound for wash ing powder Is "Soap Foam,'1 ns'it will not "yellow the clothes," nor burn the hands- It's tho nnest thing In the world for the bath. One trial will convince you. , ; aU PROCEEDINGS CoBililcration of the Kiver and Hur lior Aiiroprlatlnn Kill I'rt vested tiy Turple. RIGHT OF GIVIX; SHKLTKR Sfstc Drpsrtsuil Defiac tke Listilatioas ot Isited State .liaittcrs Aaotkcr , K evils tine to Rtcogsite Ca ts Bclllgcrascjr. Washington, May t Ti outline of the program for senat-i procedure this week waa ehattered early In today's selon tly two unexpected aotl'ms. Whan tb Intended agtlon to consider tha river and harbor bill wa attempt jd It was an tagonised by a motion by TurpK lo con alder the Dupont election case. Mitchell, of Oregon, with considerable display of feeling, sought lo prevent thla course, by by an aye and no vote, resulting B to 11. th senate decided to tsk up the Dupont case. Later an agreement was effected to postpone the matter until th river and harbor bill was passed, the final vote In the election case to be taken two days after the consideration waa begun. At 1 o'clock unfinished, business time up In the form of th bond Investigation reso lution. Peffer refused to further delay the matter and hla motion to proceed with th resolutlona waa upheld by a vote of t to J, thus displacing the river and harbor NIL Hill thereupon took th door and spoke until adjournment. He will proceed tomorrow. R10HT OF AFFORDI.VO SHKLTER. Washington. May 4 The state depart ment haa taken an advanced position relative to the limitation f th right of asylum aa Is exhibited In the corres pondence between the lepartment and United State Minister Tillman respecting the sheltering by the latter of an officer of th overthrown government of Ecqua dor last September. While approving the course of the minister. Secretory Ol ney took the ground that, although asy lum might be afforded In the rase of a member of an overthrown titular govern ment while chaos reigned, and until the empire ot law was restored, when the authority of atate la re-estahllthed on an orderly footing, no llsparagement can le countenanced on the "art of repre sentative of thi government. In this th members of each government are therefore placed upon .in equality with unsuccessful revolutionists who cannot find In the T'nlted Slat's legations an asylum against operations ot local law. ANOTHER CUBAN MEASURE. Wsshlngton. May 4. -Representative Woodman, of Illinois. Introduced a reso lution today providing that ih hou direct the president to make a piocla mntlon that th condition of war in Cuba I recognised, and that It I the purpose of this government to preserve a position of neutrally, and that th t'nlted State will look with especial dlifnvor on the continuance of any meth ods of warfare not recognised In the rales of war as practiced by the leading nations nf the civilised worll. In tha preamble It I recited that th executive department of the government has not seen tit to art on the almost universal recommendation of the people as expressed by both branch of con gress, and that "the situation In that most unhappy Island Is becoming a stench In the nostrels of Christendom." FOR MORE BATTLESHIPS. Washington. May 4 The first skirmish over the senate amendnvnt to the naval appropriation Mil. reducing the number of battlesh'ps provided In thit bill from four to Iwo, occurred In the house today when Boutelle, chairman of the naval committee, moved to non-concur In all th senate amendments and request a conference of the senate. Sayers moved fo concur In the senate Amendment, but, by consent, the motion went over for action until tomorrow, when It Is likely that the whole question of large appro priations at this time for strengthening the nnvy will be re-opened and venti lated. SURPRISE AT JACKSON'S TRIAL. Possibility that Some One Else Murdered Pearl Hryin. Newport, Ky., May 4. A surprise was sprung In the Jackson trial today when William R. Trusty, a cabman, took the stand. Trusty testified that, on January 31, he drove an old nun, whom he sup posed waa a doctor, and the .-orpse of a woman out to the Fort Thomas region, where tho body of the murdered girl. Pearl Bryan, was found. This witness only knew the Identity of one person whom he met In this connection, nnd that was a woman whom lie had been ac quainted with six years, and whose name was Oeorgle Baker, alias VJmma Evana. He knew nothing as to the Identity of the old "doctor." He did not know the name of the house from which the corpse was taken. He knew the house was on the south side of George street near Elm, The other testimony was Insignificant compared with this. NIAGARA FALLS POWER. Great Electrical Exhibition Appropriate ly Opened by Governor Morton. San Francisco. May 4. -Governor Mor ton sat In New York City tonight, and by an almost Imperceptible touch of his finger on a golden telegraph key, sent whirling across tht continent an electric current generated by Niagara Falls that discharged a cannon . Union Square In thla city. The cannon's roar marked the opening of tile great electrical ex hibition In New York, and the harnessing ot Niagara Falls by elaborate machinery. The gun used was a SH-lnch breech-loading steel rifle, one of the plecei ot light Battery D, Fifty Artillery, V. S. A. WOMEN'S RIGHTS. Cleveland, May 4. -The advocates and opponents of the proposition to admit women delegates were pitted against each other In the Methodist conference today In what will probably be a de cisive battle. A committee of thirty-one on eligibility sent a majority report In favor of women and a minority report These were debated warmly and will be further considered tomorrow. Each side claims success. The supporters cf the women delegates' cause claim tonight that they have certainly won a victory. Their opponents, while thay conceded that th other aid had a larg majority of th delegate, assert their belief to b that th tide was turned by the apeeches today. The debate will be rw aumed tomorrow. ANTONIO MACEO WRITES. To Prevent the Grinding of Sugar Cane Ha Again Invades Western Cuba. New Tork. May 4.-A letter from An tonio Macco, one of th chief Insurgent leader In th flekl. haa been received at the Cuban revolutionary headquarter her. The letter waa written at El KuM. Plnar del Rio, la dated April 14, and I addressed to T. Estrada Palma. The writer aays: "With us everything goes on very well, and there Is no doubt of our ability to triumph. If by no other mean, by ex hausting Spain. However, as an early termination of the war la what must be sought for, and as I read In the pepers that tt la diecuned whether th United State should Intervene or not, and 1 hare no doubt that. Impelled by your patriotism, you make every effort to ob tain whatever may be beneficial for Cu ba, 1 take th liberty of remarking that the aureat way of bringing the war to a termination would ba to place here some twenty thousand rifles and four million cartridges. If th United States, observing their own laws, would not In let fere with th shipment of arms and ammunition for us. It would be a great ervtce rendered to Cuba without pro voking any complications with Spain, for. as I understand It, these shipments would be perfectly Irgal. "I have been compelled, by circum stance, to resort to extreme measure. General Weyler, In hi desire of gaining glory, and of obstructing th recognition of our belligerency, went In hi procla mations so far as to promise the planter that they would be able to grind their sugar cane, while to th government he gave the assurance that the elections would be peaceably held, and to the country at large he declared that Plnar del Rio and some other province would be soon paif!rd. Some of the planters, showing themselves willing to believe thst the general would keep his promise. negsn to get ready for grinding the cane.' Under the circumstance I mad up my mind to Invade Plnar del Rio again In order to abow that we ere fully able to compel obedience to the order of our government. I am perfectly satisfied with the auc- ces which ha attended all my opera tions during thl second Invasion, which shall last as long aa there is anything to destroy from which Spain may derive any revenue. As you will see, the dis credits which the proclamations of Weyler were Intended to "throw on our revolution hss, through what we have accomplished, fallen on Spain, whose In capacity to control our movements haa been again plainly shown. NEW GUNS FOR GERMAN ARMY. Frances' Preparation Ukeh to Cause Her Neighbor Considerable Military Expense. Berlin. May 4. It haa been learned by the German war office that the French minis; tt some time before Its fall hsd decided to ask the chamber for a credit of 47Q.Oflu.0AO franc for the purpose of supplying the army with raptd-flring guns of a pattern superior to any that has yet been produced. I'tie German war office had already provided designs for a new rapid-firing gun, supposed to be a great deal more effective than the French weapon, but the 'nven'.ion waa kept a complete secret, the government being reluctant to order the construction of the guns, as It would involve the out- Isy of iw.000.ona marks Now that France la likely to obtain a new and formidable gun It ta Imperative that the relchstag must be asked for the neces sary credits to strengthen the artillery equipment of Germany. . TO FIGHT URJBURI. Argentine Deputies Displeased Because He 8lgned the Chilean Protocol. Buenos Ayres, Argentina, via Galves ton, Tex.. May 4 An Important meet ing of the national deputies have been held here. Several of those who were present stated that the object of tha meeting was organisation. One or two deputies were candid enough to admit that they were prepared to Institute an active campaign against President Uri burl for his action in signing the Chlleau boundary protocol before submitting it to congress. It Is now stated on the highest au thority that the protocol la not definite In terms. There Is great anxiety In the public mind as to the final outcome. This Is emphasised by the bellicose tone adopted by certain Chilean newspapers. MORE ARMS FOR REBELS. Cuban Sympathisers in Havana Hear ot the Arrival of a Big Filibuster ing Expedition. lknarui. Cuba, May 4. The Cuban sympathisers in this city are secretly rejoicing over the receipt of trustworthy Intelligence that further aid for the in surgents has arrived.-' An expedition, with a large quantity of arms and am munition, has safely landed on the coast of Pinar del Rio, and the tutpplles are now safe In the hands of the reliels. The xpedltlnn comprised a large num ber of men, all well armed nnd equipped for Instant service. No details are given as to wher . the expedition was from, but there Is no doubt of Its having safely evaded the Spanish warships and troops. PORTUGAL ASKED RIGHT OF WAY. England Permitted to Transport .War Supplies Into Matabeleland by Way of Belra. Lisbon, May 4.-The British government recently asked the Portuguese govern ment for permission, to transport arms and ammunition from Belra, on the In dian ocean, through Portuguese terri tory to British South Africa. The gov ernment has granted the request Belra lies some 150 miles to th east ward of Matabeleland. and by using this route the llrittsh will be able to get sup plies to that country much more rapidly than by sending them by way of Natal. Mr. H. C. Heemans, of Hoqulam,' Wn., wag at the Occident yesterday. Highest of all in Leavening Power.---Latest U. S. Govt Report I l V ABSOLUTELY PXJDE 4 Tha ASTORIA hti tto largnt LOCAL S , uti Dm laraarl TOTAL clrulatle ef W III paatn iublutud la Aittrti. NO. 104 THE PRESIDENT WAS CAUTIOUS Kragcr Did Not Approtepf the Mass lag of British Troops , Near Mafeklog. . CORRESPONDENCE PUBLISHED Soatfe Africa txecilitrc Vis Sot Vlllisg ta Believe tke lateat Via Sot Oat ot . , , Boitilitjr Viatet aa ' laqair. (Copyrighted, UM, by Associated Press.) Cape town. May 1 A long telegraphic, eorrpondenc between Blr Hercule Robinson, Dr. W, I. Leyda, secretary of state of th South African Republic, and Sir Jacobua A. DeWItt, British agent at Pretoria, covering th period between April and April 16. baa been published.' In brief It show th extreme disquietude prevailing In tn Transvaal at tha tins In regard to the alleged niaawlng of troops on tha western border of tha Transvaal Republic, or In the vicinity of Mafekmg. It appear that President Kruger waa not Inclined to accept too assurance of Blr Hercule Robinson that the gathering waa not ona of hostile In tent, and that th troop wee not being held at Mafeklag, but were being started aa promptly as possible for Buluwaya and elsewhere. Sir Jacobua A. DeWItt finally proposed, with the approval of President Kragsr, th sending of a Joint commute of Boer and English to Inquire Into the reported gathering of British troop at Matching. At this Blr Hercules Robinson replied that be trusted ha would hava aa, such "preposterous proposal. . CHINESE FOR CUDC Four Carloads of Laborers Under Bond' to the Six Companies. : - Ogden. Utah, May 4. Four carload of Chinese laborers passed through here today on their way to Havana. They are "In bond" and travelling under tn auspice of the Chine Six Companies., which have contracted to send them to Havana to work. They were met at San Francisco by sped illy authorized deputy United State murshaU. whose duty it Is to see them transported across the continent without setting foot on American soiL SCHOONER ASHORE. Tacoma. May 4. The American schoon er American Girl. Captain Weltkanat. from San Francisco, April 11 ,'or Bal lard, to load lumber, went ashore early yesterday morning, half way between Port Townsend and Point No Point The vessel was trying to beat up the Sound against a strong southeast gale, which carried her on the beach at low water. She Is In a well sheltered place and not liable to suffer much Injury, accept tt be a slight straining. Tha captain ex pect she will float with the next high tide. McKINLEY'S CHANCES. Utah and California Republicans Favor the Tariff Champion. Salt lake. Hay 4. A special to the Tribune from Cheyenne, Wyo.. sr.ys: Reports were received here today from Fremont Crook, Albany and Sheridan counties of Republican county conven tions held Saturday and today. In all of the coutntles Instructions favorable to McKlnley were adopted. . IN CALIFORNIA. Sacramento. May 4. That California will Join the McKlnley procession seems to .be the settled fact The 3tate Re publican convention will meet here to morrow and a majority of the delegatea are wearing McKlnley badges and shout ing for the Ohio man. There seems to be a disposition among the delegates to Ig nore the silver question entirely, or at most, to give free coinage but half hearted endorsement. THESE WOMEN ARE PLUCKY. Spokane, May 4. Mrs. H. Estby and her daughter Clara, will start from Spo kane tomorrow to walk to New York. They live on a farm near here and hope to make enough money tn the venture to lift the mortgage on their home. They are under contract with the nanufac turer of a health costume. Their route la Walla Walla, Pendleton. Boise, Salt Lake. Cheyenne, Denver, Lincoln, Oma ha, Burlington, Chicago, iluflalo. and Niagara. They have a letter from Mayor Belt vouching for their good .-hamcter. GOLD SHIPMENTS. New York, May 4. The total amount of gold thus far engaged for shipment to morrow Is 12,150.000. All of this gold goes to Germany, and la expected to be trans-shipped to Russia. It Is nil In mostly IS and 110 pieces. Legal tenders have been deposited with the sub-treasury tn each case. Indications point to further shipment this week by Russian account of from two to throe million dollars. .. . STRIKE-IN NEWARK. Newark. N. J., May 1 About 100 car penters In this city went on a strike for an Increase of pay to tB.75 a day. The bosses want to pay only 25 cents an hour for ten hours' work. About 30 masons laborers also went o a strike today for an Increase of two cents an hour or sixteen cents a day. They soon gained their point and went back to work. , TO VIEW THE LOCKS. Pendleton, Or., May 4. Governor Lord, Becretary Klncald, and Treasurer Met schan leave tonight to Inspect the state portage road at Cascade locks. They ex pect to return to Salem Tuesday. !Jr if fl O -v '-rr-t 1 1 fia uij r , it x