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AST0R1 TUBLIC UCIUISY WARRENTON CENTER HOME SITE CO. Ctipinii stock, ino,(KHi Mluiroa, $1 I'ncli. PAYA1I1 B hi par rwtl MMililir h lh Itat fnur smmiiIi.. Ah.olut.iy Ufa lav.lrM. Hii.Imiw rxurm I vwy iwn tint. Call f AUrt 471 Bond St., Astoria, Or. VOL XLV. 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 TltUHTCB BO5-OH COMMERCIAL ST.. ASTORIA. OR. D 0 YOU NEED ANYTHING In Office Supplies? WE CAN hci-ply roa A New Lot of Playing Cards Just Received GRIFFIN ..ANCHORS.. Boat Stores... &t Everything In the Flsherman'5 Supply Line ...CQast Be Sold in the tfext sixty Days... HKUARDLl!N OP COST SOL, OPPENHEIMER Truatco for M. C. CROSBY Ladies... Why wear fuctory.iiiiido cltmkit, coats and capes., when tullor made wrap cunt no more, fit. the flu,uii9 perfectly, and .look Jaunty und Ktyllnh. Get a wrap mitde to order once, and you will wear no other. Goal to ordar, wtth malarial furnished, from 7 to 1100 Cope from $305 to 9100 We Can Do As We Advertise. I. FREEMAN, lata ol Preenwa 4 Holm, COLUHBIA IRON WORKS Foundrymen, Blacksmiths, Machinists and Boiler Makers Manufacturing and Repairing- of all Kindt of Maohlnary. . ,: ; r " .Iron and Brass Castings. General BIacksmitb.;Work SPECIALTIES - W.kh I'atant Whwl, Ship Smlihlnt ai Sttimboat Work, Cann.ry nJ Mill MWnry. Maria and Sutlonary Boll art Dullf to Urdw. . MTSnsclallv eaulntied for Loeeers' Work. . Located on i8th and Franklin (Scow Bay Foundry). Phone 78. Correspondence .SNAP R KODAK. at aujr man oomln out ol our atora and you'll get a portrait ol a man brimming orer with pleanant thoughta. Buoh quality In tha llqunn wa hare to oltf rare enough to pIkmo anr man. COME AND TRY THEM HUGHES & CO. ASSOCIMIOU. For the One-Price Clothiers, Hitters an! Furnishers LETT ICR PRESSES. COPTINC! BOOKS. INKSTANDS, TABLETS, INKS, III. A NIC HOOKS, BLUR PRINT PA PER. WAITS HABKmi. PFSK TKATfl. PKN RACKS. TTPB WRIT ING PAPER, RIUUONS AND CARBON PAPER. & REED ...Cltv Hook Store C. A. LE VERE & CO. R. T. EARLB, 1st al Stocktaa. Cat solicited. IS THERE? la th.ra a man with heart ao cold, That from hla family would withhold Tha oomfurti whloh they all oould rind In artlolaa of FURNITURE of tha right kind. And wa would auargeat at thli aeaaon a nice Sideboard, Extennton Table, or aet of Dining Chalra. Wa have the largoat and flneHt Una aver ahown In tha olty and at prlraa that cannot fall to pleaae the oloaeat buyer. HEILBORN & SON EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. ASTORIA, OIUMOX, THl'KMMY MOflSIXM, GRAND LODGE 1.0.0. F. MEETING Grand Ludye Dc(jrcc Conferred 00 One Hundred and Then ty-TVcc. km'okth or ;kam okficeks Total HcMbcriklp lor WatUrge. alll a lo of Italy Tkrte tortUad Kcit .ttttlag Dace- The Kcbckaka. The forly-flr.t annual 'acmlun of th Mrand Uxlaa of Orvgon, I. O, O. K., convrnd In wclal araalon xratrrady WTdiwwilar morning, May , at I o'clork. The following grand oftlvrra arer rea nt: T. J. Btlte. Grand Maater. W, I. Vawlrr, (Jraml Wardi-n. K. K. Rharon, Grand Homary J O. Wright, Omnd Traautr. U C. 1'arkrr, lrand Itivreaenlatlve. T. H Well. Grand Marshal. T. J. Amtoraon. Grand Conductor. W II. Wehrong, Grand Guardian. T, K. HlWH.nl. Grand Herald. A. Iltoy, Grand Chaplain. t'urlng tha proctwdlnga of thla apeclal M-Mion. mo.1 Impmalv cvremuny took I'liuo. The grand loriga drgrve waa con frrrrd uimn III rrprvarntatlvra and paat granda. I'pon tha comlu.lon of thla err Mnnny tha grand lolge met In annual iHHialon at 10 oVIork, wtlh tha um, grand ottwra prwiit. aim the following I'aat Grand Maati-ra: I'hll Mlachan, John A. Iloypr, W. C. Twewtal. R. Alrxandrr. O. I) llM.n W. T. Williamson, u I. J'ar-k- r, J. T. Hloomnrl.l, Geo. H. Uurnrtt. II. K IHnrh. John Kin worthy. Th. rradlng of tho rvport of the com mlltrv on rrnlentlala. ahowMl a full rop narniatlon from all IoOkco. and only a few atoM-nteea. Tha convnntlon waa ona of the largrat which haa met for HVtrtl yrara. Th drath of A. G. Walling, dt-puly grand ma.tvr, bvlng announced, tha grand ll pnx'MMrd to till the vacancy by t-lrrtlng W. I. Vawur, of Mrdtord, to lh oltlr. of drpuly grand maatrr. Claud Gati-h. of Bnb-m, waa then unanlruuualy al.cicd grand warden to fill the vacancy catid by tha advancement of W. I. Yawtvr. The rrporl of the grand olhrera were Ihrn aubmlltrd to the lodge. Grand Maa trr T. J. 8tlta read very compirt "re port emtKMtylng full history of the work of the onlrr during the past yrsr. It IncliHlcd a Hal of the subordinate lodge Instituted: itcbrkah lodt Instl luted: dispensations granted; by-lawa ap proved: amendments to by-lawa approv ed; reslgnatlona and appolntgents: grand lodge drgrrea conferrrd; proclamations lssurl 'and decisions rendered. Among other thltiga the grand master aald: "I tuke pleasure In reporting to you that, with a few exceptions, harmony una unity of purpose have prevailed among the subordinate and Kebekab hxlgea dur ing the yeur just closed." Grand Secretary Sharon' report con tains many Interesting figure. The total membership December list. IMtt, waa B.NM, with a Ions of only three during the year. The relief statement showed that 7119 brothers were relieved, and I1K.SJI.M paid out In kick benenta, the total amount paid for relief being ta.M6.7L Th total amount paid for relief and current ex- pencee wsa m.,UM, or an average per member of SIMS. The total lodge Income wa iMtOMKa, or aa average of 11. I per memler. The total assets of the lodge are HM.lM.tf, or an average p.r member or irt.eo. . The secretary reported that there were twenty-two itebekah lodge) added, to the list In I'M. with a net In crease of nearly 10IW in membership. Thla branch of tha order baa made wonderful progresa. The report of the grand treas urer gnve . the detailed Items of the lodge's nnancea. Th report of tho grand representative contained much Interesting matter which space will not permit to be mrntloned In detail. The report of th trutee of the Odd Fellow' Home, waa an interesting docu ment and ahowa that the Odd Kellow have a moat creditable Institution. lNmland waa chosen na the next meet ing place or the grand lodge. During the proceeding a telegram waa received from the Grand Lodge of Ghlo, now In session nt Limn, extending fraternal greetings to the Oregon Grand Lodge. The telegrnm was appropriately an wered. From yesterday' report waa omitted the name of K. L. Ilania, Dayton, who wa elected grand representative from the grand encampment At 10 0 clock todsy the first matter on the program of the aesslon of the grand lodge will be the election of officers for the ensuing term. Tho Hebcknhs nt their aesslon yester day, elected the following officer for the KetH'kah Assembly of Oregon: President. Mr. Klvlra D. Fellow, of McMinnvllle. Vice-President, "Mr. Ida Foster, ot Portland. Secretury, Mrs, Winnie Graham, of Roseburg. Treasurer, Mr. C. W. Bears, of Albany. Yesterday morning quite a large num ber ot tha visiting Rebekah were given an Impromptu excursion down the bay on the launch Triton. After returning from the trip a visit waa paid to aeventl of the cannerle In t'niontown. All ot tha ladlea expressed themaelve as well pleased with their outing. A committee of cltliens will extend a formal Invitation to tho Grand Lodge of Odd Follow, and the Hehekahs, to attend an excursion on the ateamer Pot ter at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon from the O. R, and N. dock. Th steamer will flrat go to tha Toung'a bay bridge, thence to Fort Steven and the Jetty, returning post the olty front to Tongue Point and the railroad grade, getting back to As toria about 5 o'clock. This will be a de lightful trip on one of the finest passen ger .learners on the const, and Astoria's visitors will be afforded an excellent op portunlty to wltnesa the improvements now going on, and to judge ot the fu ture greatness ot Oregon' only seaport THIRD ANNUAL REUNION. Past Grand Masters, Past Grand Rep resontatlve' and Past Grund Patri archs' Association. Flshor' Opera House wa tilled to over flowing Inst evening with Odd Fellows lind Kt'hokahs In attendance upon the third annual reunion of the Past Grand Musters', Past Grand Representatives, and Past Grand Patriarchs' Association Tho entertainment waa opened by Wf ' wast ill L - , jiJ Jir-r - I t.M4lva-.r i V.'l i prayer hy Itev. A. Vf. Teab: tbs orchea. ra then rendered some very acceptable music, after which lion. John II. gmlth delivered an address of welcome. Th Tar's Bong," rendered by Astoria' well known vocal quartet, W. II. Darker, ii, T. Hurnutt, H. U. Hmlth and Joton Gar ner, wa enthusiastically received, and an encore called for. Grand Hsprwsenta- live I,. C. I'arker delivered an address In which, amongst other thing, be dwelt very happily upon, the growing Astoria, and a cornpmhenalv history ot the work- 1 lugs snd good aoeompUsbMl by ta order. The minuet dance, by the children 01 1'rof. lirgga' class, won new honor for th participant. Th Utile folks were so iterfect In every movement and so graceful In all the figures of this most graceful old-fsshlunad dance, that they were recalled twice). Dr. W. T. William son, grand representative, delivered an Interesting address upon the order. furl second opened with a vocal solo rendered by Mis Jessie Jewell In her usual charming manner, and she was compelled to resiiond to an encore. The address of Past GrandRepreaentatlve Dr. George H Chance wa confined princi pally to the good of the order, and dwelt In part on the good work accomplished by the brother, A. W. Walling, now de ceased. The male quartet Bang "Two Hoses ' In an effective manner. Grand Chaplain A. LeKoy' address upon tha working of the different branches of he order waa loudly applauded. Miaa Kdlth Conn then recited la he wrll- known art 1st lo manner, a aeleotioa from Julius Cwsar, and In response to n en core gave "Daniel Webster's speech." The closing oda -was then sung by all present, ami the meeting adjeurnsd ' The Odd Fellow then repaired to Fish-- er's dancing hall, where th hour were pleasantly whlled away until I a. m. There waa a large aasembuura present, and all report having spent a most en joyable evening. ' . , BOVET WON THE ROAD RACE. Tha Run Waa Kxclllng and Excellent Tim Waa Made. The third and last beat of the A. F. C. bicycle road race) wa run lust evening. there being but three contestants. A crowd of at least l!-0u person had con gregated, ami Interest In the event wa Intense. Sovey and Bryce were scratch, with Connors 10 second. The two for mer heata demonstrated that Bryce and Bovey were about a evenly matched a might be Imagined, while, with hi han dicap of 10 seconds, Connors waa thought to have a very good chknc for nrst honors. Considerable betting waa done, thcr bring no favorite. It wa generally ex pected It would be anybody race. The other contestants bad dropped out be cause they stood no show for a place. Tom Ilryce and Cecil Bovey were .tied lor nrst place, each having alx points. while Connor had ft a. Connor gof away at 7:01 and started out at a fairly good gait. Th other fol lowed at 7:01. Ilryce waa the unfor tunate man last night, and lost ten sec onds by an unavoidable accident At the flrst turn In tho road he and Bovey were close together, the latter having a alight lead. Bovey made the turn all right, but Ilryce was a trifle too fast. and It looked like a collision. To avoid tnii. the latter, who Is the prettiest and clean. t rider In Asturta, run off tho street and Into a spectator who was lean ing against the railing. Tom dismounted, looked at hla wheel, and started out again. The spectator's hut wa knocked Into the river, and Ilryce waa consider ably bruised, but It did not bother him at the time. Ily the accident Sovey got a lead of about 100 yards. Ilryce rode well going up and cut down Bovey' lead to two aeconde. Bovey, too. had reduced Connors' lead of SO second to two seconds, and the riders turned the upper post as follows: Connor, 7:11:10; Bovey, 7:13:31; Bryce, 7:11:14. Then the race began to grow exciting. Connor displayed wondertul pluck and kepi hi lead very well. Bovey wa near him, with Uryce close behind. Near the Columbia engine house Sovey quickened his pace and gradually drew away from tha rest. The long hill between Seven teetnh and Eighteenth streets was well climbed, and, with th home stretch near. the riders began exerting themselves. Down the truck they came, Sovey well In the lead and Bryce closing up on Connor. The crowd was on the qui vlve and it required strenuous efforts on the part of three policemen to keep the home stretch clear. - Sovey made a splendid finish. He waa very strong, and rode steadily. Connor was gritty, but waa very tired and rode all over the street. Ilryce also showed hla pluck and made a noble effort to purt, but he too, wa tired, and could not overtake Connor. The rider fin ished as follow: Bovey, 7:18;ll; Connors, 7:18:30; Bryce, 7:18:15. Aa will be aeen from the above, Sovey won from Connors by 16 seconds, and from Ilryce by 10 seconds. Had It not been for the accident, Uryce would have been Just about neck and neck with Con nor. A great cheer went up as the racers tlnlshed. The ladles ware particu larly enthusiastic or disappointed, as the case might be, and a grand rush was made to shake .the hunds of the weary racers. The actual tim made by Sovey for the Ave and one-quarter miles was Id minutes and 46 seconds. The best previous time made by Uryce In the sec ond heat waa 17 minute and 4 seconds. Hryce's time last night was 17 minutes seconds, and Connors' 17 minutes SO sec onds. Sovey had 11 points to his credit, Bryce 7 and Connors 8. The former gets a handsome gold medal, the latter a silver medal, and Bryce a bronie trophy. The racer seleoted the medala last night At the conclusion of the road race a private race took place between A. M. Small and Charles Laysell. The latter had a handicap of on and one-half sec onds, and won by forty-five seconds. The loser bought an A. F. C. pin for the winner. The time was tD minute and U seconds over the same course. CHOLERA IN ALEXANDRIA. Tha Wife of the German Commissioner of the Debt Among the Victim. Cairo, Egypt May SO. Baron Rich tofen, wife of tho German commissioner of the publlo debt, died of cholera at Alexandria. The government has voted a credit to light thS epidemic Thirty-live new case were reported today. The hearing of the action against the debt commission waa resumed today. The chef du parquet maintained the com petence of the tribunals to Judge the merits of the case. He added that a vote by the majority of funds for the Nile campaign was binding upon the minority and valid In point of law. Final judgment will be given on June 1. The best chemical compound for wash ing powder la "Soap Foam,'' as It will not "yellow the clothes," nor burn the hands. It a the nnest thing in tha world for the bath. One trial will convince you. ill . IL s. .jl u Jts ISj ."v4 I. MAY 21, ' 18J. BILL IS PASSED Hut Only After ao Important Amend ment bj Senator Gorman Was Voted Down. TO ISSUE MORE CERTIFICAT Tke Scsstor wasted f IW.OOfl.nfMj Treassrjr Certificate. RedeesMble st tke Gov ersacst's riesssre Isassigra tios .Measarc tsssed. Washington, May . In the senate to day the fortification bill wa taken up. AD th committee amendments were agreed to. Gorman tbea offered an Im portant amendment, providing that, in order to provide moneys not supplied from current revenue for th expendi ture of lb government, th secretary ot th. treasury with Um approval of. I he president, b authorised to Issue I per oent treasury certificate of Indebtedness to the amount of liaO.ooo.OUO, redeemable at the pleasure of th government after three years. Many senator were on tbelr feet with objections and points of order, bat before these' were considered. Gor man spoke briefly on the neod of the amendment He said he had already shown that If the executive mad th ex penditures called for by th appropria tions there would be a shortage before next January. 8hermon addressed the senate against the amendment He sold It was unexam pled In the history of the country that such a proposition should be made In time of peace to keep the treasury from bankruptcy. It was time, he said, that senators should lay aside all party feel ing and make provisions to carry on the government. Under the present tart ft there had been deficiencies every year and every hour. It had led to political revolution and the election of a bouse of representatives opposed to th present law. The house had sought to remedy the condition by passing an emergency tariff bill, which ws sent to the senate and here encumbered with a free silver amendment Sherman said he wa will tng to accept the house bill after the withdrawal of the silver amendment as the beat available remedy for the treas ury. If It did not yield enough, then let other Item be added tea. coffee, everything. "Ye." exclaimed Sherman. "I would lake the last shirt off the people rather than violate our national credit He declared that an agreement could be reached In twenty-four hours If the sen ators would put aside their partisanship. If congress did not act. then Sherman aald he had faith that President Cleve landwith whom he did not affiliate In politico would not spend one dollar on appropriations beyond the revenues he had on hand. 'The voice of the coun try," aald be, "demands that we pay aa we go." "I would tear up every one of these appropriation bills," sold the senator In closing, "rather than Issue 1100,000,000 In treasury certificates In a single year." Gorman, replying to Sherman, aald: "The direct appropriations and con tracts authorised this year would reach almost KtO.OOO.lMO. while the revenues would bo far abort of that amount What waa to be done to meet this deficiency? Waa H Intended to spend the money rais ed on bonds, or would the executive branch thwart the will of congress by not spending what congress had ordered spent "I suggest to the senator from Ohio." proceeded Gorman, "that It he Is In ear nest In reaching an unpartlsan remedy, let us agree on three things the repeal of that error'whlch crept into the pres ent law aa to alcohol used In arts, which repeal will save tlS.000,000: then a tax on tea, which everyone in the United State will approve at three cents, Ave cent or ten oent per pound: and then a duty on coffee, which would be ao small that one would not feel It" Gorman sold these three remedies would yield from UO.OOO.OOO to 0,000,000. besides a saving of U5.000.0O0. Mills moved that tho Gorman amend ment bo laid on the table. This motion prevailed yens 41: noes t. The negative vote was cast by Senators Cockrell, Dan iel, Frye, Gorman, Gray. Mitchell, ot Wisconsin, Smith and Vilas. Peffer followed with an amendment providing that all appropriations under the pending bill be paid In treasury notes or greenbacks, to be Issued as required. This amendment wa defeated, years, 12; noes, 43. Those who voted In the affirmative were: Republicans Cameron. Pettlgrew, Democrats Daniel, George, Mills. Vest. Roach. Populists Allen, Butler. Kyle, Peffer, Bet wart. The bill waa then passed. IMMIGRATION BILL PASSED. Washington. May 20. After rtwo days of debate the house today, by an over whelming vote of 196 to passed the Uarthoklt-McCall Immigration bill, mod ified by the Corliss amendment The bill as passed adds to the classes ot alien excluded from admission to the United Statea all male persons between the age of IS and do years (except pa rents of persona living In this country) who cannot both read and write English or some other language. The Corliss amendment added to the bill excludes alien who came across the borders year after year to perform la bor In the United Statea with no Inten tion of settling therein. It declares all labor contracts with aliens void, and make parties thereto within the Juris diction of the United States punishable by a fine of 11.000 or Imprisonment not exceeding one year: and makes It a mis demeanor for naturalised cltlaens who have returned to a foreign country to make the same his home, to again per form labor In the United States: and makes It a misdemeanor for any aliens to cross the border for labor In the Unit ed state except at a port of entry; and Imposes a head tax of 50 cents on each Immigrant APPROPRIATION FOR SALEM. Washington, May . The senate ha passed bills appropriating IW.UOO for a public building at Tacoma, Wash., and xioo.ouo lor a puouc nuuaing at oaiem, ur. BANKERS IN TROUBLE. Denver. May . C. H. Dow, president of the Commercial National bank, which failed In 1?3. was arrested here today on Indictments charging blm with mis appropriating the fund of the bank and making false reports to the govern ment He was released under I1S.MO ball. Sidney U. McClurkln, paying teller of tho bank. Indicted wtth Dow, waa arrested this afternoon at Colorado Springs. TttBPEDF.S' BRIDAL MESS AOs! How Hs Sent Love to His Sister on Her Wedding Day. New York. May . Carlo Manuel de Cespedes, Insurgent governor of (our Cuban provinces, which th revolutionary government haa designated the Orients, la not unmindful of thoa ha ha left be hind In thla dty while he battle for what ha believe to be a rightful cause. In a New York paper the other day was published a report of th marriage of Mr. C. A. da Lima and Miss Gloria de Cespedea, at the Waldrof hotel Tho bride la a sister of tba young Insurgent governor and general, and both are chil dren of the lat General de Ces pedes, a hero of the Ten Years' War In Cuba. Carlo de Ceapede knew the data of hla sister's marriage, and he determined that she should not be without a message of fraternal love and congratulation. Hours before th tiro aet for th young girl's wedding in this city, a mounted courier In disguise wss on his way from Governor do Cespedea headquarters In Eastern Cuba, to the coast. He rod hard and reached a well known Island port In safety. There his message was received by a friend and sent on to the capital. Thence It was dispatched by cable, and H waa In Mr, de Lima's bands just after th marriage. Mrs. da Ces pedes, the mother of the young governor of the Orient, la a resi dent of thla dty. . HARCOURT DENOUNCES RHODES. Attar ks th Government for Allowing Him to Remain In the Privy Council. London. May JO. In on address at Tredegar, county of Monmouth, Sir Will lam Harcourt leader of the opposition In th house, of commons, attacked the government for allowing the retention ot his membership In the privy council by Mr. Cecil Rhodes, whoso conduct In con nection with the recent conspiracy In the TraiurvaaJ, the speaker declared, hod thrown tb whole of South Africa Into a state of confusion and danger. Sir Will iam also denounced the British South Africa Company for retaining an agent who was ahown to be guilty of gross fraud. The standard say that It U understood that Sir Graham John Bower, the Im perial secretary at Cape Town, win go Pretoria and remain there until a suc cessor to Sir Jacobus de Wet. the British agent at that place, shall have been ap pointed. General P. J. Joubert, commander-in-chief of tba Jransoat force and a mem- ber of tha executive council, ho been elected vice president of the Transvaal Republic. MORE MILITARY POST8. Seattle, May SO. A special to (he Post Intelligencer from Washington say: Captain William L. Robinson, assist ant quartermaster, now on duty at San Frauclsco, haa been ordered to come to this city aa soon as he can be relieved, to take charge of the construction of a military post at Magnolia Bluff. Captain William H. Miller, assistant quartermas ter, now at Fort Riley, Kansas, bas been ordered to Spokane to take charge of the construction of a post there. FRUIT WILL BE SHORT. Climate and Crop Bulletin of tba State for the Week Ending Monday. Coast Division, embracing Clatsop, Til lamook, Lincoln, Coo and Curry coun ties Upon places of 100 feet elevation snow occurred on the 14th. Coy springs permits old winter to linger tn her lap sttlL Fanners have been working man fully during three day of the post week putting In crop and weeding gardens. Crops are from two to three weeks late. Cherries are not killed, but badly dam aged. Prunee and plums will bo short crops. Early apples are badly damaged by the froat In Curry county tho cher ries are safe. There will be good crop of small fruit Grain la growing slowly. WtlUmetta valley, embracing Colum bia, Multnomah, Washington, Clackamas, Yamhill, Marlon, Polk. Una, Benton, and Lane counties So much rain bas fal len that should the weather become per fectly dry, low lands could not be plow ed for a week. Gross la doing well. Win ter groin ts growing slowly, and spring groin Is (lowly starting. Cherries and pears ore dropping from the trees, and strawberries and small fruits are retard ed. Beea are dying off, too wet for them to work. Italian prunes have suffered serious damage from the weather. Many farmers will sow oats In Washington county. The hay crop promises to be exceptionally good. Unltl the weather changes It will be difficult to determine the extent of Injury to the fruit crop. Southern Oregon, embracing Douglass, Josephine and Jackson counties The weather continues cool. On the 16th snow fell on the high hills and mountains. Unfavorable weather for garden work. Some corn has been planted. Italian prunes ore practically a failure and Pe tite and silver prunes are falling. There Is a very good prospect for the apple crop. Groin fields look promising. No fruit pesta have appeared, which Is prob ably attributed to the cool weather. Warmer weather la greatly desired. Columbia river valley, embracing Was co, 8herman, Gilliam, Morrow and Uma tilla counties A on evidence of the con dition of the fruit at The Dalles, a box ot delicious strawberries waa received at the office of the weather bureau, having been - forwarded by Mr. 8. L. Brook. They are the first to ripen In the open air. Fruit ts doing well, and has not suf fered any damage. Though the weather Is cool, wheat la making a good growth, some Is about ten Inches high. Interior counties, embracing Union, Wallowa, Baker, Malheur, Grant, Crook, Klamath, Lake and Harney counties Fruit tree, are budding, and if no severe frost overtakes them there will be no falling off from the usual yield on ac count of the bad weather. Tho general condition for growing crops are good, and If the sun shines and the weather becomes warmer, struggling buds and early vegetables will grow rapidly. Highest of all in Leavening 1 C AS&Ql&HESX PURE WARIjENTONJCENTER,. TIM vry bsart th War rsBtas-FUvat Twn5IU. bsaatlful Lacatlo. - Large, Doubt LeU, saxlo fast. Eicasdlngly Law Prices. Tfc Um Oppertanlty. Liberal Tama. Ev.rySoSy ulU4 om . . . 471 Bofl j st, Astoria. Or. NO. 118 NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR SOUND MONEY Democratic State Convention in Ses sion at Concord Declares for Gold Standard. . IOWA DEMOCRATS AND SILVER State Cosustios at Dshsqse Declares lor tke a'kits Hctsl is Large Qassti tle Dookiaf Associstloa Is lor Coll Special to th Aatortan. Concord, New Hampshire; May . Th Democratic state convention met hers to day. Th meeting was harmonious; al though th money question was oxperteal to cause a fight. Tba ad mini strut) ' forces won, and a platform was adopbag declaring unequivocally (or th goU standard and against tha free and unlim ited coinage of direr at tha ratio of IS to L The financial plonk waa greet with cheers, and passed amid great eav- tnualasm. , THESE ABE FOR SILVER. Dubuque, la.. May It. Tba Democrat! state convention today adopted tha fol lowing declaration on tb financial ques tion: Tha Democracy of Iowa In eoaventsM assembled, hereby reaffirms Its alleguuua to the time-honored Democratic docuina of bimetallism: to th use of both goM and silver aa th standard as primary money, and th coinage of both at a rota without change or limit W bold to tba use of both bold and silver a th uud- ard money of the country and to Um coinage of both gold and silver without discrimination against either metal or charge (or mintage. We therefore favor the Immediate re peal of all laws by which silver was da-' monetised and demand th free and un limited eolnag of It In tha mints at the United States aa money of Anal re demption at tba old ratio of 14 to L THE BANKS WANT BOUND MONET. New York. May H Resolutions pro-' testing against any departure (roa tiss existing monetary standard of thla tlon were adopted at the annual meetnsg here today of the Savings Banks Asso- ' elation of tha State of New York. In represent LTUi.uM depositors, with de posits amounting to 1700,000.000. RATES TO CONVENTIONS. San Francisco, May ID. The Transcon tinental Passenger Association has agreed to th following reduced rates for the nominating conventions and uaar large meetings In the East: For the na tional Republican convention at St Louxa, June 16. round trip tickets will bo sold at th rate of one flrst-clasa fare to St Louis. Tickets to bo sold on June IS and U will be good to return to Juno It to Inclusive. For an additional charg) of 111 an extension of thirty days win be granted, making tickets good (or that reutrn passage until July 2L An arrange ment exactly similar has been made for the transportation of passengers to anal from th Democratic and People'a party convention July 1 and H at Chicago anal St Louis respectively. METHODIST CONFERENCE. Cleveland. May a). The committee cat the state ot the church of the general Methodist Episcopal conference will ask th conference to request Bolivia, Pern, Chile and Ecuador to remove the consti tutional discrimination against mission aries. In these countries mamiage by protestant ministers Is not recognised aa legal. The committee again took up tba resolution asking . for the Insertion ot the name of Deity In the United States! constitution and voted It down. An Episcopal resilience was taken from Omaha and given to Portland, Or. Th reason ts that there Is a bishop at To-, peka, near by. There waa a big fight against this change lh the committee an there will be a greater one in the corv ference. ANGLO-AMERICAN UNION. Mr. Chamberlain Hope the Two Nation Will Continue in Peace, London. May 30. Mr. Joseph Chamber lain, secretary of state for the colonies; in an address at the unveiling of a me morial window in Cordwalnera' hall. London, today, said that England lost tba American colonies which now form the United States by mistakes which woukt not be repeated. Nevertheless, Mr. Chamberlain declared that he waa Inclined to think the loss a blessing to both nations. If, as h de voutly wished and prayed, the two great Anglo-Saxon nations should go forward In continued peace and amity. BASEBALL SCORES. . Pittsburg, May 10. Brooklyn, R; Pitts burg. 4. Cincinnati, May M. Cincinnati. 4; Phil adelphia, 0. St Louis, May 30. Boston, 5; St Loula 1 Cleveland, May 20. Cleveland, 11; Bal timore, 7. Chicago, May . New York, 13; Chi cago, 4. Tacoma, Wn., May 20.-Seattle, I; Tar coma, t THE MARKETS. Liverpool, May 10. Wbeot spot, steadr demand, poor; No. 1 red winter, 5 6Hd: Na t hard Manitoba, 5a 4d; No. 1 CaU fornia, 5a 4"d. Portland, May M.-Wheot-Valley, 56t 57; Walla Walla, 54055. PACER SOLD. Toledo, Ohio, May 20. Star Totnbar. pacer with a race record ot 1:044 wa old today for 15,500. Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report I