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U f if-.. T i KViOutX PUliWC LICPIRY KSOClATiOH. . i ? i r IOOAY'1 VHA.THIR. j d, 2 fnl f WnHnflon tad 0r0l " fall wiiltt.r tiiiitf, 4 TteASTORIAN kti Hx ItritMt LOCAL ) circulation tt.lar..t GF.NERAl elrcn'a- T ties, and tt lirtwl TOTAL (IrtulitlM ( r J all paem aabintiW hi Aitorta. V V VVV W w w -A EXCLUSIVE TELEGWAnniC Pfe ESS IlEPOKT. VOL XLV. ASTOUIA, OIM.ON, THURSDAY MOKNINO, MAY T, 18. no. 101; 4 cra .... 'J I i M TRUSTEE SALE Of the Fine Lines of Men's and Boy's Cloth ing, 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. JACOBSOIN TuuHTnn BOO-BOH COMMERCIAL ST.. ASTORIA. OR. Io you iul miy thing in Oflin- Fii'li a, ItWr IVm-e, Copying I5oikf, lnkflitiilri, TalUth, liiln, Ulunk Hooks, tlui Print Vr, VnMi Piuktih, Dtik Jrny. I'm Hack. Tyj.e Writing l'ujfi, Uttl nc mil Carl 11 Yuyvi. If h , w nm nii''ly you. A new lot of Playing Cord jtmt received. Griffin & Reed, (iitv Hook Store. ANCHORS Boat Stores... &t Everything In the Fisherman's Supply Line Alust Be Sold in the Next 60 Days Rl-GARDLESS OF COST SOL. OPPENHEIMER Trualoo for M.C.CMOHIIY AT THE I TPVTIAI TP 5uitS tO .()uck MnllH... Front 2.00 UpwitrU Hllk Htilln, Al.o a .Ipcclal Sal on LAIIIIIS' valu. and CA . A. . i-a. S. Pkl.liMAN, laic ul lman A Hnlmca COLUHBIA IRON WORKS. Foundrymen, Blacksmiths, Machinists and Boiler Makers. MANUFACTURING AND REPAIRING OF ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY. ron and Brass Casting. SPECIALTIES i Welch Patent Wheel, Ship Smithing- and Steamboat Work, Cannery and mil Machinery, Marine and Stationary Boiler Built to Order HTSpeclally equipped (or Loggers' Work. Bay Foundry). Phone 78. Correspondence STEAMERS Telephone & Bailey Gatzert. "Telaphona" leava Aatorla at T a. m. dally (exoept Sunday). Leave Portland at T a. m. dally., ex oept Sunday. "Bailey Oatiert" leave Astoria Tues day, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Baturday morning at 6:46 a. m.; Sunday awning at T p. m. Leave Portland dally at I p. m., ex cept Sunday. On aaturday at 11 p. m. WALLACE MAUZERT, Agent. For the One-Price Clotblers. Hatters and Furnishers Material Furnished Order- ...Wool HmIim... Prom to $50 20 UpwnrcJ I NOCRWF.AR. Call and Price. I T CDC jC. rf Lb VCKLl OC LU. l-- T a-.IV-- ww ' K. T. EAHI.I:, late of Stuckton, t'al General Blacksmith Work, Located on i8th and Franklin (Scow solicited. Cheap Clothing The Hop Lea Clothing Factory and marohant tailor, at UE Bond traat, make underclothing to order. Suit and trouaera mad to lit perfectly. Every order punctually on time and atlafaotloa guaranteed, Oood good old cheap. Call and be oonvlnoed. NEW SEMINARY FOR ASTORIA The Tvklor l'ricrty I'urchnM-d for Kiinmn t'titbollc Mchiwl 'urMix:s. thp.v m:vi;u make mistakes rnd ijI TkU Chuck I il)y laeted l.ru.isg toanfiaailir The City lu JkdtMcc ii I lie uific. An if literal atf The Hl.ter of the Holy Niunr, Port land, ra In the rlir Tuesday, and complete! the purchase of Ilia resld.-nee of Judge Taylor on Franklin avenue, for l(i for a ..mlaury. II I anticipat ed i tut work will commence on the school hulkllng this summer, and Anuria I assured of another rntDrprl which III lie an active factor In lis future di Vflniuncnt. If ini glaiiova ovrr Hie hUtory of other cltlra It will Im foutvl a an InvarlaM rule that llm Roman Catholic church nrvrr inakca Invpntmmla In a lcai town or a community which haa alrrmly Uk.n l: ilai' amour Ilia hack numlcra. Kh onlaliiat Ihn fact that Aatorla M the t'imilftir iicatMirt of Xhm Norlhweal coaar, Itir Kuman Catholic church, with It uaual forlrht ami alrrtnran. haa accur rd a valuulilo piece of property upon which will be hull! an Institution that will mil only Ixinent the church but will prove of Kreat value to th communfty In hl. It la .Hunted. A room. t the forvmnat danomlnatlona In elucailoiil ttiutlcra. particularly In tha aducatlon of lh youth, tn church hlatory and mr ala, an alaaya found the lioman Calif ollca and Kpleropallana. Sectarian In truciloi la needed In every imrtlon of the country, and noaher more than In the Weal. Kew famlllea run aflnrd to wtid their children to the apminl depiirt mriita of the lare coll'-aea, and yet moat of them would prefer that the hoy or alrl wtth a natural tent for hl lory and church mattera ahould hnvf the oiuwrtiinlty to iiltind a achool In I which thee unli tilar hraiu he are I tutiiihl. The pulillc liool. cnnnol, from pnticiplca well m-oitnlai'd. und-rtuke ln I t ruction upon any purtl'til;ir line of dcnomlimllimul church tmtnlnit. Ato- rtii l cenulnly for'uniite In -c irln t'il k-hiait, which will no doitld d. v. lnp Into A collca of Influence. JudKlutf from all appeiiruncc. It would a'i'rn that the rliy le to advance at once upon nil the dlfTcMit llnea of Improve ment, and that the art. and aclencca are to receive a duo .hare of attention, aa aril na ih more materialistic nutttcra of tui.lucart. ctii'M-iL rnorKKiuNtis. Ilegtilnr Xlietlng of ihc City Knlhcra Held lji.t Kvenlnv. - Tha common council nu t In rcmihir scs- j slon last evening, all member b. lng prcscni. A targe nmnuni oi uu.inc.s waa tmnsnrted. anil several lively collonule occurred. Tha hnrlor line qttcatlnn wa discussed at length There wna a large attendance of spectators. A petition waa read asking for further appropriations of material for the new hoso company In West Astoria. In thla respect Chief Kngtncer (ire-ne reported that th city wa Inadequately supplied with hose and recommended the purchase of ) feet. Iloth nelltloiu. were referred to tho lire and water commltle. A communication from Columbia Har bor No. H wna read, withdrawing the , protest entered by the secretary agalnKt ! allowing r'lKhcr llrothera to build a ; wharf out townrtl the harbor line. A petition to vacate the streets cros-dng ! the depot site was after much discussion, ; referred to the atrtvt committee. On j motion or Atnermnn wetcn, tne city nt- t.,rn..v .... Instructed t orenare an m.ln. Ion na to the lcgnlltv of such action ' ,., i..i,. ... :..k , A pelllllon praynlg that the grudn nt Commercial street be established was re ferred to the street committee. The may or returned with his veto three ordin ances providing for the Issuance of street ImohIs to pay for the Improvement of Franklin avenue, Kxchunge street nnd tlrand avenue. The veto wa duo to j alight errors In the ordinances, nnd In each caae was sustained. A petition from Smith Hros. asking that the tax assessment AguttiHt Lot 1?. ttlock . Phlveiy. Astoria, nnd stating that, a agents, they were willing to pay ITT. , , , referred to the ways and means committee. A commmd- , , ih v.i..i,i...i, ; Co.. of Philadelphia, asking for Inform..- j lion concerning rlty lights, was consign- j l to the waste basket. Poor Itallrond I lolly. They have been wanting this Infor- I million for several months, nnd they'll probably get It In the "sweet bye and bye." Two communication from J. K. Wirt. 'asking that he lie granted the contract for tho Improvement of flrnnd avenue, and atatlng his reason for tioh request, were referred to the street com mittee, H. Orimm atld R. L. Jeffery were grant ed liquor license. -Tha street commit tee reported favorably on the claim of the Clntanp Mill Co., tlJ.SO; J. II. Mnn sell, 11J: West Shore Mills Co.. Sf.37.Sn city surveyor's pay roll, S5; atr-et as sessor, for assessment of Klght"enth street, $at. The afreet committee reported favora bly on tho request of It. L. noyle ft Co. that they be allowed to vise tho piling In the nlleywny between Forty-first and Forty-second street. Tha same com-, mlttee, reporting on n resolution Intro duced by Aldermnn Welch In which the Aslorlnn wa severely censured for mak ing a few suggestions as to the perma nent establishment of city grades, recom mended thnt the resolution be not ndopt ed as tho city surveyor hnd settled tho difficulty satisfactorily. The tire and wnter committee asked that the water commission be requested to present a dotnllod account of matters niorted nt tho Inst meeting. The ways and menus committee, reporting on a communication recommitted to them, rec ommended that Fisher Brothers be al lowed to build a wharf to the harbor line. Several ordinances were Interoduced, the prlnclpnl measure being ona authorising A. C. Fisher and D. K. Wnrren to build a whnrf north of Ixits I and , Block MH, to the harbor line. This ordinance failed to slate the distance the whnrf waa to extend. Welch wanted the matter referred to the atreet commute o tha 1'lank mlalit ) fllli-d 6ut. Ha thought If ilia purtlea were allowed to extend tha dock Ml feat It woald ruin tha chan nel. Thompaoti wantad Imxnedlata action. A warm delmta followed In the cotiraa of Which Welch look tha wharvea and wa ter fronlaaa committee to laak for "not "tiir ft imv. on." Tha ordlnano read flrat aorl aecond time ami referred to th whnrvoa and waterfront commit' tea. Tha following ordinance were read third lima and paaaad: Cnndrmlnit tha ernent for tha Imprcvemcnt of lAth atreei: eatahllahlnar tha arrada of frvlnr avenue, Kth afreet, llarrlwin avenue, JSI treet, llale. Iiond, and Cedar atraeta. and tha alleyway tetwe.n Idocka lit! and li J. In Kaal A.tortii: approprtatlna; l-VHi K for 1. R Ivillmrer: M fi tor 3. B Del llmter: M for (.'. K. Twoer: 12 for Hrem ncr It llolmea: U for U. H. Terry, and l:tV) for J. B. relllner. A rewlutlon waa Introduced providing that tha rlty pay the water rommiaolon aii'-h aum aa aald rnmmiaelon mlxht need lo pay tha Intereat on the bonded Indebt' el'ieM when tha water rate are reduced A remlntlon authnrislna; the aurveyor to pn-tmre entlmatea for - tha Improvement of ltd and rth atraeta, and lluirlaon and Irvliur tv.nuea, waa adotiti'd. Tho coun ty court waa authortaed to remit and rleiiM all aubaldy property aaUnat which are rlty taxea for tha year 1A A rwpMilutlon emtowerrnr tha city attor ney to demand reattttitlon of tha aprthi who had been paid doubly fr work dona for tha city, and In event of I he fnllure of auch aeraona to tvfurd auih moneya, for tha city attorney to commence atilt iiKiilnet auch tieraona. Tha urveyor waa Instructed to make aound- Intra In front of lota II and . block In regard to tha construction by Flaher llrothera of a wharf: al.'i lo malt, aound InaTi lietween lh and 17th atreeta, and reKirt to the common council Ida finding. A resolution waa lntnyliice.1 providing for grade on Iuana atrret. and wa re. ferenl so the afreet commltt.-e. The aud Itor and police judge waa Instructed to give notice of the Intention to Improve Commercial afreet from Ith to Brd. Nu merous rltilma and the regular monthly payrolls were allowed, after which coun cil adjourned. A IA II K -COMPLEX ION ED KISB. Mlaa Jennie Do Found Osculating With a Prisoner In tha City Jail. In the police court Tuesday appeared one Curl fisher, of East Astoria, on charge of vagrancy. Carl haa revolving doughnula In hi head. In other word, he's a gthb-'iing Idiot. I.Ike moat Idiot. he has an Idea that tha earth spin round his being. From the testimony it npMani that Klshcr ha contracted the Ion ting habit. He la ona of those tired ImlMduala w-ho make speeches on tha oppression of the poor worklngman. HI general apti-rance wa not one which would warant any audilen outburst of en- thu.lam on the part of an ordinary po ller court spectator, neither could he Fisher !a classed with such fashion kings as the Prince of Wales and Adnm He a Just a plain, ordinary, rverv-day chunk of humanity, this man Flher. YA hen Judge Nelson called court to order City Attorney Curtis read the charge, which wa that defendant wr.a accused of violating ordinance No. Sever a! of tha city of Astoria, an ordinance concerning vagrants, etc. "Fisher." said the attorney, "have you ever worked? Did you ever do any man ual lalwr?" Hut the defendant never snld a word He Just saw.Nl wood to tho accompani ment of keeping the door In tils face clor.cd The sttomcy eyed him for a moment, and then, thinking further que tinning would do no cood started ofT on another tack The Prut Interrogation was rather lm.pcrtln.-nt. "Fisher." said Curtis, "arc you guilty of the charge set forth In thla com plaint r This was another Impertinent question. It aroused the festive Carl, and he f-houted: "Why. I've got my titlsenshlp paper what' th matter of you:" He evidently thoupht his cltlxenship paper entitled him to tho privilege of loafing. Then a Ions conversation fol- lowed. diirtnjr whl-h nothing waa said. and at the conclusion of which Judge Nelson lined Flutter , with the alter native that he leave the city N hind him (Klsher Isn't a physical glanO and sr. k other towns In which to loaf. Tha Tele phone wna hanlly big enough to hold him Tuesday night. C. W. Plerxon, the Individual who re- Kently got 50 days for vagrancy. Is. to the casual observer, enjoying his atny In Jail. Purk-complextoned fairies flutter continually around his prison door, and Plerson bask In the sunshine of their smiles and partakes of the wherewith to sustain animal existence which hi loved ones bring him In large quantifies and a basket. The fairies think the world of their Imprisoned champion. Tuesday afternoon one of the emotoyes of the city auditor's office hud occasion to visit the Jail and when hct?l stepped Into the corridor witnessed a alght that l" ' '.r' nioo,i in nta veins. In h? d'w of ,ho nimrtmenl In which the ??'T!. nr'ron,,l nr l'ket. nossl- '" men.-, equaro, ana rnrougn tne nolo In Plerson a cell door one of tho n' f1rl'"' ""V' shJ"d her ,fn f, col,!",: r0" kl"w'd her' an'1 he ' -..e.......a .... .. Kp a cow pulling her root out of a mud-hole. JM mw ln'l''cnt took place In the forenoon, nnd the nttorney resolved to put up a Job on Cnplnln Hit Mock. So when Fisher was disposed of, the follow ing complaint was read In court: "City of Astoria vs. Jennie Doe, de fendant. Jennie Doe Is accused In this complaint of vlolntlntr Ordinance No. 1341 of tha city of Astoria, entitled: 'An ordi nance concerning offenses nnd disorderly conduct.' . . The said Jennie Doe, within the corporate limits of tho city of Astoria . . . then and there being, did wilfully, unlawfully nnd feloniously osculate with one Plerson, a prisoner In the city Jail, snld Jennie Doe helng as black as a petrified liver: and being so black did osculate through the wicket or said cell In said jnll, whereby the peace and quiet of snld city were disturbed. . . . C. J. Curtis, city attcrlney." Captain Hallock. who wasn't onto the Joke, looked troubled and paced nervous ly up and down the court room. Then the city attorney moved that the ense be dismissed, aa It was defendant's first offense. Judge Nelson acted acordlngly, but rep rimanded Captnln Hallock for subjecting the holo In the door to such violence, and commanding him, when auch prececdlrlgs again took place, to allow the principals therein the use of the corridor. Tho cap tnln sold he would. Charles Versiiiuren hn. filed suit for divorce from his wife, Lcmta Relta Ver sehuren, alleging that defendant had rommlted adultery with one Thomas FrcBhet, and praying for an annulment of the marriage relations. Freshet wa arrested Tuesday on a warrant sworn to by Verschuren, and was released on bond In the sum of 1550 to appear for trial before Justice Abercromble this morning. WHEN HOUSE .WILL ADJOURN May IS Decided I'pon as the Date- .Many I'cnsion Hills Were Acted I'ixid. to i. vi:stk;ate iiomj issues Static riaiily i favor of Sack lJvetiga tioi Mill ul New York Arraitj. fciatort Wko Hiancd tke Word "Jew." Washington, May l.-Th houa today served nolle on the aerate and country that It had transacted IU business and waa rewdy for final adjournment by tha passing without division of a resolution for final adjournment on Monday, May It The reading of the resolution wa re ceived with an outburst of applaua from the member on both side, of the house, W heeler denounced the majority for pro posing to desert their posts. He asrted that during the campaign of 1JM the Re publican party had pledged Itself to come to the relief of the people from tb exist Ing depression. "Cauaed by the Democratic party." In terjected Mllllken. Dlngley made no reply to Wheeler, and the resolution was adopted without di vision. The report on the contested elec tion caae of Thompson vs. Hhaw, fro-n the third North Carolina district, which waa unanimously In favor of the sitting member, was adopted. The house then proceeded, under the special order adopted yesterday, to con alder private pension bills and acted on them at the rate of about one every five minute. In Ave and one-half hours seventy-two bills were favorably acted upon. Among them were bills granting the widow of the late Secretary Walter Q. Onrsham a pension of 1100 per month and to General Nathan Kimball tluO per month. An attempt waa made to reduce the amount of the proposed pension to the widow of General Greaham and eloquent tribute were paid to General Ore. ham' memory by Plckler. Curt!., and Evans. The Democrats took no part whatever In the brief debate. Crowther moved to reduce the rate of the proposed pension to f:c per month. Plckler urged the house- not to reduce the pension carried by the bill. General Gresham'a distin guished services In military and cRII life, he aald, made the bill In every way ei. actional. He died In harness. Plckler said, and he thought. In view of the great popularity of General Greaham. whose friends all over the country had beet legion, that the house owed It to Itselt to pass this bill without amendment. Crowther. however, contended that there waa no reason why such distinction should tie made In favor of General tJrvsham' widow. There were thousands as deserving widows as she. Rlue offered a compromise proposition of 175 per montn. "Mr. Orosham." said he. "had been on the pay roll of the government almost inreaaantly for thirty-flve year, and if hla widow was not In easy circumstances there must have been some profligacy somewhere." Hoth amendments were rejected and the bill waa passed. IN THE SENATE. Waahlngton, May 8. The final vote on the resolution for an Investigation of the recent bond Issues will be taken In the senate' at 4 p. m tomorrow. An agreement to this effect waa reached to day nftr several test votes had been taken which clearly disclosed the sen timent of the senate on the resolutions. The first vote taken was 011 the motion of Sherman to refer the resolutions to the finance committee. This was defeat ed. 17 to S5. An amendment by Lodg" is adopted, providing that the Investi gation should be conducted by the remi lar finance committee Instead of a special committee, as at first proposed. After tnese teats, nn agreement wna reached for a final vote, when the resolution w ll undoubtedly pass. The voting came after Hill had added another lively Installment to his speech. Including a sharp criticism of Pettlgrow and a personal exchange with Wolcott. wnen the latter tried to call Hill to order. In his remarks on the hond r.nliiri.-m Hill went on to refer to the way some senators had "hissed" the word ' Jew." declaring that the government hud sold its nomls to "Jews." Hnd It come to this." asked Hill, that the natlonslltv of a eltlien was in be hissed In the senate? A Jewish etti sen Is ns good as any other citizen." he snld. The senator paid a glowing trihnte to jne Jewish race, mentioning Disraeli, Huron Hlrsoh nnd other conspicuous rep resentatives of the race. Iot the senator who hiss nt the word "Jew.1 consult their Jewish con stituents," said Hill, suggestively. CALIFORNIA FOR McKINI.EY. Strongly the Favorite Portland Populists ami utner Political Sows. Speclnl to the Astorlan Sacramento. May 6. The McKlnley en thusiasts completely captured tho Re publican state convention today, al though the district delegates elected from the Fourth congressional district were unpledged and are avowedly Allison sup porters. The Fifth district delegates will probably be of the same political com plexion, but the other fourteen nre bound to McKlnley by the strongest pledges thnt could be framed. Resolutions were adopted favoring the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, and woman suffrage. for dclegntes the following were elect ed: John D. Spreckles, of San Francisco; George A Knight, of S;u Francisco: U. 8. Grant, of San Diego: L. A. Sheldon, of Los Angeles. C. F. Crocker and Irving M. Scott were nominated for presidential electors at large. John T. Lynch was nominated for lieu tenant-governor. STILL DISAGREEING. Portland. May . The executive com mittee of the Populist state central com mittee held a fruitless session today in art effort to secure some acceptable can didate for congress In the First District In place of Myers and Vanderburg one whose only platform would be the free and unlimited coinage of silver. F. N. Derby, chairman of the First District Democratic congressional central com mittee, today said, while the matter might still be agitated. It waa not likely now that any chang would be made. The candidate In the Held will remain, and th fight for free silver will t made by Vanderburg. FOR BOUND MONET. Vancouver. Wn.. May I. The Republi can county convention met In this city today and elected delegates to the atata convention. Resolution were unani mously adopted In favor of sound money and against the fre coinage of silver at th if to L or any other ratio, without International agreement. The delegation to tha state convention waa directed to favor a delegates to the national convention only uch men a are unalter ably In favor of aound money and Mo-Klnley. A SEA MONSTER. Huge Sea Lion Entangled in One of Mc Oowan's Flshtrap at Ilwaco. Ilwaco, May . One of tha most re markable of accidents occurred here thla afternoon, by which on of McOowan's fish trap waa completely demolished. A huge (eallon drifted In to th bay from the ocean, and became entangled in the fish trap. In Ita fury the monster tore the trap to piece and destroyed the gear. A toon a hi presence wa discovered a number of men with rifle pot eleven shot Into him and ucceeded In begging their game. When weighed he tipped the beam at 11(0 pounds. The event caused much excitement throughout the town, and beyond doubt It wa the largest seallon ever een on this coast. While endeavoring to extri cate himself from the trap, bystander had a good opportunity to Judge of the power of thla peculiar denizen of th sea. Water waa lashed to a foam ana pile were (napped like pipes tems. It required a large force of men with rope and tackle to get the carcass up on shore. SEATTLE REPUBLICANS. Uurlelgh Force in Control and Many Resolutions Adopted. Seattle. May .The Republican county convention, which met today to elect six ty delegate to the state convention, at Everett, endorsed Andrew F. Burleigh as King county's delegate to the national convention by a vote of 1 to 141 A test vote was taken on the motion to appoint a committee to name the Ever ett delegate and the opponents of Bur leigh, who were supporting Senator W. C. Squire, tried to have tha committee appointed by the several senatorial dis trict. After their defeat the Squire men gave the Burleigh forces full control. A resolution wa adopted by a large majority endorsing McKlnley for presi dent. A resolution was also adopted en dorsing the Lake Washington waterway and favoring it construction by th United States government. A protective tariff resolution was adopted and a reso lution favoring the recognition of the Cubans as belligerents. THE MARKETS. Liverpool. May (.-Wheat, spot, steady: demand, poor: No. 1 red winter. Ee Sd: No. 1 hard Manitoba, 5s Id: No. 1 California, &s J'-d. Hop, unchanged. Portland. May C Wheat, unchanged. BLAZE IN EAST ST. LOUIS. St. Louis. May 1 The extensive pack ing house of Nelson Morris ft Co., In East St. Louis. Is burning, and will oe de stroyed. It Is not known now what the loss will be. COL. WM. H. JOHNSTON Portland. Unr . Pnl lrtlltum. 17 Johnston. U. a A. (retired), died today 01 neart atsease. col. Johnston haa re sided In this city since his retirement In 18S8. INCREASE IN POSTAL BUSINES& April Receipts of the Chicago Office Ex ceed the Record of Last Year by t67.0S7. Chicago Tribune. The bulsness done by the Chicago post office continues to show a healthful In crease. The receipts for April were the largest of any April tn the history of the omce. exceeding hi fcr? OST tha -. i";xi nding month of last year an Increase or i..w per cent. Tne receipts exceeded thoe of the busy month of April. 18S3, nearly $40,000, despite the fact that at that time nearly the whol- world was In correspondence with Chl.no. The increase was uniform in all lines, as the following table shows: 1W. 1S95. Postage due $ 2,tt $ 2 514 Sale of stamps and cards 31.n-. Se5 396 Envelopes 5UKS 4S,706 Newspapers, etc 31,12) W.12S The receipts for the fiscal year, clos ing March 31. 1SHS. nre $r..tX,W!. the ex penses $5,1(51.713. leaving a surplus or $2.S.S. The number of pieces of mail matter handled during the y:r was W.W.OiXI. There are. t.oot! carriers at tached to the office nnd 1.K7 clerks. WATS OF MAKING THE RAISE. Phllndclnhla. Inquirer. A dispatch from Iowa says that a young farmer in that state has been ex perimenting with the X rays and has found what he terms a Y ray. by means of which he Is enabled to change in three hours' time a cheap piece of metal worth 13 cents Into $153 worth of pure gold. There Is nothing new In thla discovery. The same thing was done lone; before the X rays were ever heard of. i. "gold brick," worth nn more than $1, has been sold for as much as $5,000, ARMS AND THE MAN. Ethel Tom SaVS that the near vnnno man who comes to sec you is a stock broker. What is he a bull or a bear? Maud Well. I don't 1nnr Irnniv K, i.a has some of a bear's proclivities. Somervllle Journal. The best chemical compound tor wash ing powder Is "8onp Fount, ' us it will not "yellow the clothes," nor burn the hands. It's the finest thing in the world for the bath. One trial witl convince you. Highest of ail in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Govt Report tu. ft ti?s 1 t 1 1 AT LOUISVILLE Ika Brash, the Great Sua of bram ble, Won the Twenty-Second ' Kentucky Derby. AM ENORMOUS ATTENDANCE tka Cider Skoald Bane Vost. ktrt tli Jockey aioaM Sal tide Saa .laieu Vina Troa Orestes it tke li gleruae Trick. Louisville, May l-To Willie 81 ma, rather than to Ben Brush, belongs tho credit of the victory lo th twnty-econd Kentucky Derby. The great aoa of Bramble waa not fit for a brushing raeat. such aa he had this afternoon, last tanOer the cars and guidance, of 81ms ha landed th coveted prise and tha first Kentucky derby aver run at th shortened distanc of ona and a quarter mile. All tho honor and th $6,009 which went to Bern . Brush properly belonged to Ben Ed-, and, had It not been for the stable boy who eaaayed to pilot Ben Eder, he won Ira hav landed winner. Never before In the history of Churchill Down was such a throng Men. Tha betting ring was on immovable mm of people. Everyone of the nineteen book ie had more than he could do to accom modate the people, and when tha flag; finally went down thousand of uplifted hands were atJR waving greenbacks In their futile efforts to place them. When tha flag went down Starter China had them well In hand with Ben Eder having the advantage of neck. Tho. Winner second, Flint Mate third. Tha Dragon fourth. Parson fifth. Ulysses sixth. Ben Brush seventh and Semper Ego last- The red colors of Eaatsn and Larable shot almost like a flash to tho front, and when the stand was passed for the first time. Thorpe was showing the way on First Mat by half a length from Semper Ego, who was a neck ht front of Ben Eder. with Ben Brash a nose behind him and the others dose trp. " It was going down the back itretch that Tabor, who Is little better than a stable boy, committed the first error that cost the Hot Spring stable $5.W0. From a safe position the lad pulled the colt back Into seventh place, at the first half mile. In this position he raced down tho back stretch, making no attempt to come through the field until they turned into the stretch. First Mate continued to show the way. and when the first mile was finished, he had the advantage of half a length, Sim having moved Ren Brush up to second place, with Semper Ego still third. The Winner fourth. The Dragon Fifth. Parson sixth, followed by Ben Eder and Ulysses. Willie 81m began riding on the last turn, and when tV-y were straightened for the final run hw was leading by a neck from Pen Eder. whom Tabor brought up from next t the l ist In the half furlong Journey. "Ben Brush wins," went up from a thousand throat almost simultaneously aa Willie Sims, Inch by Ineh, Increased hi lead to the eighth. Hen Brunh did not have much left, but 81ms was get ting what little did remain out of him while Ben Eder. with an even, steady stride, was gaining on the colt For tho last sixteenth of the Journey a prettier battle of equines was never witnessed. 81ms. by his good work, kept Ben Brush In front by a scant noe, while Tabor.' apparently unconscious that he was In the horse race, sat Idly on Ben Eder and saw the Fonso colt lose tho race that properly belonged to him. Time, Z:07. OOOD RACING AT INGLESIDE. San Francisco, May 1 The special match race between W. O. B. MacDon- ough' Ormonde colt Orestes and W. 8. Hobart's Salvator colt San Mateo, took place today at Ingleslde. The race was for a purse of J1W0 and the distance run was nine-sixteenths of a mile. San Ma teo opened up a gap of four or five lengths before the Ormonde colt could get his stride, maintaining this lead welt Into the stretch, when the latter colt begun to gradually overcome the flying leader. A few yards from the wire it appeared aa If Orestes would win. but the Hobart colt, although tiring badly, lasted long enough to win by a short head. Orestes would have won In an other Jump. Time, 56 seconds. THE OREGON IS SWIFT. She Will Make Over Sixteen Knots on Her Official Trip. San Francisco, May 6. The builders of the battleship Oregon, which was recent ly completed at the Union Iron Works, today gave her an unofficial trial trip from Hunter's Point to Red Rock for the purpose of loosening up her ma chinery for the official trial, which will soon take place In Santa Barbara chan nel. The Oregon developed a speed of 12 knots an hour at hulf speed, nnct Henry T. Scott, the builder, predicted that the vessel would make over M knots on her official trip. The government will give the builders $30,000 for each quarter-knot developed in excess of It knots. THE BALL GAMES. Cleveland, May (.Cleveland, 13: Wash ington, 8. Pittsburg, May 6. Baltimore, U: Pitta burg 1 Chicago, May S Chicago, U: Brooklyn, 3. Cincinnati, May t Cincinnati, 5: Bos ton a Louisville, May I New York, 9: Louis ville. S. St. Louis, May : Philadelphia, 6; St Louis, 5. Portland, May $. Seatt t: Portland 7. Tacoma, May H Victoria 11: Tacoma S. i. f h 1. - . it i $. I r ri ' s I 1 . . ..