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DO UWEEDiAWYJHIWG In Office Supplies? ir no WR CAN IH'PPl.Y YOU A New Lot of Playing Cards Just Received GRIFFIN ..ANCHORS.. Boat Stores... &t Everything In the Fisherman's Supply Line . ...(Dust Be Sold in the flext Sixty Days- MBUAmiLHHM OP COMT SOL OPPEINHEIMER Truateo for M. C. CROSUY Ladies... Why wear fncttirjr-miidc cloaku, cmtn an J capes, when tuilor iiutJe wrupH coht no more, tit the figure perfectly, mid look jaunty nnJ ntyllnh. (ict a wrap made to order wncu, und you will wear uo other. OoU to order, with malarial rurnlnbod. from 17 to 1100 Capei from 93.05 to $100 We Can Do As We Advertise. C. S. FREEMAN, lata al Praams Mulan. COLUHBIA IRON WORKS Foundrymen. Blacksmiths, Machinists and Boiler Makers Msnufhcturlnff nnd Repairlnf of 11 Kind , of Mcblnry. Iron and Brass Castings. General Blacksmith,Work SpnCIALTIBS-Welch Pt.nt Whtel. Ship Smithing and Steaaiboat Work. Cannery an4 Mill Muchlnarv. Marlaa and Stationary Bell art Built to Order. , rurSnrLlallv eaulpped for Logters' Work. Bay Foundry). Phone 78. Correspondence .snap a k;odak;. J at any man ootnlnt out of our atora and you'll get a portrait of a man brimming over with pleasant thought. Hitch quality Id. the llquori we hare to offer are enough to please any man. COMB ANU TRY THEM HUGHES & CO. For tbe One-Price Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers LKTTICR PRK8BK8, COPT! NO DOOKB, INKBTANPM. TABI.KT. INKS, lll.ANK IIOOKB, BLUB PR'NT PA P1CU. WABTR HASKKTU, PFBK TRAYB. PKN RAPKH, TTPB WHIT INO PAPER. RlHUOm AND CARIION PAI'KR. .& REED ...City Book Store A. LE VERE & CO. R.T. EARLE, tot of Stockton, Cal Located on 18th and Franklin (Scow solicited. IS THERE? I there a man with heart .0 cold. That from hie family would withhold The oomfurta whloh they all could find In articles ot FURN1TURK of the rtht kind. And we would auggcat at thla aeaion nloe Bldeboard, Extension Table, or aet of Dining; Chairs. We have th Urgent and finest line ever shown In the city and at prices that cannot fall to please the closest buyers. HEILBORN & SON FOR AIDING IT Certain rrksih of Cklnvse McrchaDt Are Taken In Cbiiryc hjf (iov eromcot Olfklak t)M- OIIJIICT OF ATTENTION Crotedn Dlxast Iht UalcitM M licit Ha' Kaid-Maay t)icrt Opllo- Other ladlctncat (id arrcu la follow. Karly jraatarday mornln I'allrd Hlatra Mnrahul Honry Ura'ly, Deputy Maralul ilrario llumilirry, Intrrtiralar 0. O. lqilMFua, RimtUI TriMuitiry A unit p. H. Clini.c, of Ban Pranclaco, ami Bix-olal Aanit Lmllo Cullom, of Turoma. arrlvto In Aatarla ami rrilmrrd at iho OrcMcw. Thvlr romlna waa Ilia alarwl for a trial l,al of aK-"Ula.llun and n'ltaaiant eon c-frnln tlia IrrrvularlilM In tho import. Ilun of (tilnr at thla port. A. outllr4 In yrautUy'a laaur, tlia (rnraent dlfflc u. Una on tlia part of certain ImllvMuala aa not utitookad for, but up to the vrry Wat tha announrmrnt of tha na4ai of IIhhm arrratvd for complicity In thaa Intnaarllona rnuanl aunirla avrrywht-ra. Imnwllnlcly after brcakfaat Bprolal Aa -m CtiiNlla .tartrd tha offlccra at ork upon lh caao and warrant! r "rvi-O uiKin tha followina partita: H. K Kruann, John W, Welch, W. ii. Roaa, C II. Stmkton. I'r. Alfrnl Klnnry, Tarry Vnt. o. A. May, Nl.-k (.'Union, Wm. I'hmlwlrk, W. W. :larkrr, and It. T. Ilumiihray. Warranta for two othara will Ix aervad within a day or two, and It la atronaly Intimated In certain quar tern thai tho prramt action taken by the drpartOMiut la only the bealnnlna, and that aevrrul otbor peraona will tw Indict ed nut enrvid with warranta. The only toplo of oonveraatlon In the diy yvatrrday waa the arreat of the partli-a conrerncd In the Chtneae Impor talluiui, and epvculallori as to what would ha the outcome of th affair. Karh had a dlftiivai theory to offer, and many were of the firm opinion that no aertoua tvaulta would follow tha raid made by I'ncle fim' offlciala. Hw-ll Treaauty Acent lrlle ullnm. of Taconsa. la the aama arntleman who. Ith Ur, C?tia4i'lle. ao auntrnfully workrd tii tbe fc'nirrnM umualln rlns; In Han Kranrlaco and convicted their men Mr. ollum la a tail man of com mAndltia a(.MHiranre, and firm, rilrnlfb'd lMMirlta. He la known aa one of the moat fcnrliaa ami aucwaaful etiatoma otflrlnla In the aerrlce of tha aovertimmt, which he baa aencd for aeven year In the eame ratity. He waa born In Vlmlnla, and move.) to llllnola a few years before hie coming; to thla const. He la a roualn of the Hon. Hhelhy M. Cullom. 1'nltrd Htatea aenutor, of llllnola, renowned aa tho author of the Interstate commerce bill. Mr. Cullom also first brought to llltht the conaplrnclra In the clebratea Huytlan H"i.(bllc raaea In which Nut Blum llaure.1 ao coneplcuously. for tbna yenra hn baa euaperted the Irretrularlllia In, the admlaalnn of Chinese at this port, but only recently waa sufficient evidence produced lo make Indictments hold. Ppeclid Atvni p. B. Chappelle Is well known In Ban Francisco, where his head quarters are at present, and he has been encaged In the service during the pat four years. Previous to that he was In the employ of the Southern Puclflo Rail way aa assistant chief of the detective service, hut soon went Into hualneaa for himself. He It was who arrested on Jan uary list, the celebrated Clarence Mur phy, alls C. M. Cmrk. who forged checks on a Massachusetts bank to the tune of p. for thla piece of work Mr. Chuppclle received a reword of (1340. Mr. Chiippclle now has charge of one of the most difficult departments In the customs service, and la making a record for hard work. All of the accused parties In Aatorla alm.'e named accompanied the treasury ottlclnla on the steamer Potter lo Port land except Pr. Kinney and Mr. Chad sick who furnished bonds In the sum ot IWi each. The Other gentlemen had the privilege of furnishing bonds here before Commlelnwr Thomson, but preferred to appear In the Vnltcd Btatea court today and answer lo the chnrge of aiding ami nhcttlmr the landing of Chinese, with the hope of securing n speedy trial. If a hearing can be had at once it will ot course be much better nil around than lo havo the matter hanglnK tire Indellnlte ly. While court Is now In aesalon. It Is posKlble that such hearing can be bad, but. In view of the largo number of caaes on the docket nnd the fact that there are probably as many more ces to bo considered In Astoria. It la deemed Im protmhlo by others that an Immediate hearing can lie renched. It was rumored here at a lute hour last night that Information had just been received from Portland that the United States grand Jury hud returned Indict ments against twelve more Astorluns. Among the twelve, It wna anld, are a number of prominent cltliena, one ot whom had his signature on more than one hundred Chinese certificate. ASTOIUA, OREGON. Some of Her Resource and Ad vantages. (May Number ot National Harneaa Re view or Chicago.) Jefferson Jackson: Having picked up one of your valuable papers this morning, I waa reminded that you are always on the alert for any thing Interesting to your may readers, and herewith pen a few lines about Ore gon and her valuable resources. In this part of Oregon, where the great Columbia loses Itself In the waters of the Pacific, stands the thriving city of Astoria: the only deep fresh water seaport north of Ban Francisco, and noted tho world over as being the center of tho salmon packing Industry of the Pacific coast. Asotrla Is a very Interesting city, es peclully to the tourist, who happens here when the work or nshlns; ror and can nlng salmon Is at Its height, nnd hun drerta and hundreds of boots, and tboui and of fishermen are engaged In that Industry. It Is here that the famous Royal Chinook Is taken from the waters of the Columbia and packed for the markets of the world. Salmon canning Is not alone one of the chief Industries of Astoria. There are great lumber mills here, products of which go to the markets of Europe, Asia and South America, ns well as to a large trade throughout the Westeia I'lilud Hiatis. Aatorla produces over twenty sillilou (id cmii per year, and furnlli mllllutis ot buses and crates annually ror llw sulmon and Hah trade of the l'aollla roast. HI mated at tbe mouth of one of th grandeat rlvara In lbs world, with a deep, fresh water harbor, ssoslbd by none on either ceaat of tbe United Ktatea. aha commanda U entire commerce of a great Inland empire, rich In grain am! cereals, precious ores and live stock. Hha baa gone 00 all tbeaa years with no mean of Ingress or e-reaa other then by tKxit to or from Portland, where eon. nectloa can be bad with any on. of sev eral transcontinental roads This con dition will aoon be changed, however, fur, aa faat aa men and money can ac complish It, the railroad is being eon atructrd to Ouhla, a distance of fifty eight miles from Astoria, thence Into Portland. It will not be a line for th uae of any Individual or corporation: any and all roads will be allowed to come Into Asotrla over its rails, which, by the way, will be on of tha most substantial ruadlsils ever conetructed on tha coast. It can readily ba divined what th re sult will he to Astoria when thl con necting; link of railroad Is constructed. It will make thla city the Pacific coast terminus of averal transcontinental lines, and from her th wheat and other products of the Inland empire will be shipped lo foreign markets, Instead of from Portland. 110 mile up th tiiar, aa la now th cas. Th country surrounding Aatorla Is rich In natural resources, such aa iron, coal, building stone and timber. Of the latter, nearly aeventy billion fret are annually cut. and yet th fringe of the greet forest nave, as yet, been hardly touched. Hundred r tnoueao'i ot acres of hemlock are In close proximity to Astoria, the bark being about per cent stronger than that, of Michigan or Wisconsin There Is a aulandtd chase here for the tanner of the Kant la es tablish branches where there la an al most Imshauatlble supply of bark, and good market for all the leather thi y could turn out. Hides are plentiful here, and of a superior quality, and the necessary oils used by tanners are manu factured here. Japan Is beginning to use an Immense amount of leather, and as Astoria I two days nearer the Orient than any other port on the Pacific coast. It gives her an advantage aa a distribut ing center In that line. There are many opportunities here for Investment In various enterprises, and the develop ment in manufacturing during the next two year is aure to be surprisingly great. The climate pn this part of the const Is delightful the year round; the winter are mild, (hough a great deal of rain falls, and tbe summers are long and pleasant. Near by Astoria ure some ot the finest ocean beach resorts on the roust, and are visited annually by many thousands of people. The surrounding country, the woods and streams, are a paradliw lor the huntsman and angler. a' Ik, bear and deer auoro in ine great foreata. and th mountain streams are alive with hraull.'ul speckled trout, the like of which ran only be found In the streams of Western Oregon. INTERSTATE COMMISSION CANNOT FIX RATES. Railway Age. It Is kiiuln judicially declared that the Interstate commerce commlslson has no power 10 fix tales of transportation. Th. luteal d.t-talon Is that rendered on the llth by the United Slates circuit court at Philadelphia, Judge Acneson, in the case brought by tbe commlslson, aa lunar aa-o as lvMi. aaalnst the Lehigh Val la y Railroad Company. Coxe llros. & Co.. a llrm of shippers, compiaineu inai ih- ruiirnM,i ehunied them unreasonable rate. The commlslson Investigated, de cided that the rales were unrvaaonuunj and In March, 1SI1, Issued an order fix ing a certain rate per ton, and on the failure of the ralroad company to obey the order the commlalson applied to the court for an Injunction against further violation and lor enroreemeni 01 me ur der. Tha railroad company denied that h. e.. 1 mtrm unreasonable or unjust and also denied tbe power of the com mission to fix rates, and both denlula have been suatalned by the decHlon. Judge Acheaon refers to the fact that si net) I his cas was begun the supreme court had decided In the case of the Cin cinnati. New Orleans & Texus racinc, where the Interstate commission under took to tlx the rate on the tranaborta- tlon or bugitlca from Cincinnati to ai Linta. that the act of congres doea not confer uch power. In that decision, rendered by Judge Shiran, the supreme court ald; -Subject to the two loading pronioi tlona that their charge shall not be ..hIiib n nnr.fianmihle. and that they shall not unjustly discriminate, so as to give undue preference or disadvantage to persona or traffic similarly circum stanced, the act to regulate commerce leaves common carriers as they were at lUm e.i,i Til in l. free to muke sneolul rontracta looking to the Increase of their business, to Vlusslfy their traffic, to ad Just and apportion their rates, so a to meet tho necessities 01 commerce, sou generally to manage their Important In terests upon the same principles which urn regarded as sound and adopted In other trades and pursuits." Judge. Acheaon conciuues nis opinion by saying: TKU. of tha sunreme court decisively show that the Interstate com merce commission Is not ciotnea wun me power to tlx rutes which It undertook to exercise In this case. The petition of the Interstate commerce commission must be dismissed." t, ! tn Ka nhjierved that although con gress did not empower th commission to mnke rates, tne courts ao noi sajr ui it might not have exercised that power. Some of our atate legislature have as sumed this authority, but even then the courts have accorded the railway a n.Anat,M nt mvttectlnn bv holding that the rales fixed must allow reasonable profit, and reruslng to confirm unreason ably low rates. In this case the com Mi..inn'fl attnn would have been con demned even If Its power had been ad mitted, NOTABLE CHARACTER DEAD. Seattle, May 22. Jam W. Smith, commonly onlled "Jimmy" Smith, one ot Seattle' most Interesting characters, died this morning ot pneumonia, aged Ha was a nloneer variety show man of this city, starting business In issi with the "HIJou." At tne time or ine big fire of June 6, 1S89, Smith was making $M0 a nlirht, but all his property was swept away. He had no Idea of the value of money and died a poor man. The best chemical compound tor wash' Ing powder Is "Soap Fount,'" as It will not "yellow the clothes." nor burn the hands. It's the finest thing In the world for the bath. One trial will convince you. Miss Jennie Harlow, of Colorado Springs, has been appointed consul or the League of American Wheelmen at that place. THE RIVER ASD HARBOR BILL Appropriation for Santa Monica and Saa Pedro Harbors the basis, of a Hitter Attack. UV IIKI'BLKN AND DOCKER Y Tk ,1caife. Declared Htpbira. Via rtd ky a Drstal li joritr -Tcracd the Actios laprcccdcattd tad Villaiaoia. ' Washington. May 2t-Tb PBIUips La bor Commission bill, which was to have oome to a ta ln the house today under special order, wa completely crowded out by the conference report on the river and harbor and sundry civil ollla. The bill will now go over until next Week. Th conference report on th river and harbor bill. Which reached an agreement on all Item save that relating to th Santa Monica and Ban Pedro harbors, wa mad th basis ot a very bitter at tack on th measur by Hepburn and Dockery. Th latter aald he opposed tbls measure because. It contained notous ap propriation not warranted by the con dition of th treasury. Ha said he realis ed that his remark would not be punctu ated by applause. "We ore all In on It," be added, sarcas tically, amid laugtiter. Dockery s remark about tbe "tmpov. art abed treasury" and his appeal to lb people, ware received with derisive Jeer by ine Republicans. At th conclusion of bl tun Hooker offered to yield bus fifteen minute trior If he would point out a atngl Item In tha bill that waa not Jua titled by th engineer reports. (Loud applauae.) The challenge brought Hepburn to his feet, with a scathing speech against the bilL .. This bill, he said, bad been passed by a brutal majority, without debate; and he mad the assertion that not a section of the bill had ever been read In the house. Not In th history of tn country had there been uch vallalnous legislation. Seventy-five millions carried In the bill. not a paragraph of which was ever read for consideration. "Such a proccedure. and th gentleman now had th tmir once to aak Ita opponent to point out Its multiplied InlqulUn!" "Shame! Shame!" be cried. "Shame on such false iht tense." 1 Hooker's motion to adopt tbe confer ence report waa agreed to. It) to M. The speaker appointed Hooker, Her mann and Catching a conferee. IN THE SENATE. Waahlngotn, May H In the senate today, during tbe debate on the j uthr bill to prohibit the Issue of bonds, Sher man said: I say, ln all seriousness, that If this congress adjourns without giving tne treasury relief, It will be an outrage and a shame. It will be a disgrace, falling In a large part of the senate. We are go ing on like a spendthrift squandering his fortune. The senate refuses to give the president the proper powers for relief. This measure (the bond prohibition) la the act of a bankrupt and of dishonest bank ruptcy. Thank God. It cannot pass, tor we all know this Is merely a moot de mate." 8herman said he would appeal to tbe leaders of the Democratic party to shake off the passions of the moment and take up the taj-lff bill sent to the senate by the house, which the Democratic sena tors had Joined with the Populists tn adding the silver amendment to, thus killing It If we do not act," concluded Sherman, "the president ot the United States will be Justified In calling us hark here by the first of July to do our duty." SPANISH CRUELTY CHARGED. A Cuban Letter Received In Philadel phia Alleges Case of Great Barbarity. Philadelphia, May fa. Information ha been received her from Matanaas, Cuba, which alleges burburlty and inhuman means as employed by the Spanish sol diers against the Cubana. The letter con taining the Information was dated May a. and reached the city through private sources. The letter states that sixty-four non- combatants men, women and children were met by a Spanish column under Colonel Aidea, ln the town of Savanllla, near Matansaa, and tired upon by his orders. Twenty-seven were killed In stantly and the rest fled into a cane Held, which was set on tire by the troops and all perished In the flames, th bodies being left aa food for the buxxunls. Another esse has been cited. It was that of two bodies of white men which were found on the shores of Matansaa bay. These bodies were lashed together and there waa unmistakable evidence ot their having been killed by machete. The writer points out that the men were political prisoners, confined In San Be verino castle, where assassinations ot this kind are aald to be carried on al' most nightly, and bodies cast Into the sea have been found with weight attach ed to their feet In the cose in point the writer says the weight must have become loosened and the bodies floated ashore, ln a oase before this It Is stated that fishermen brought up In their nets bodies tied to gether' with weight, and since then tlshing has been prohibited any where near that fort Affidavits to all these cases are tn pos session of the person who wrote the let ter, he says. . , WILL STAY TO FIGHT CAPITALISTS. Socialists Disinclined to Form a Colony Near BiioxL Miss. Chicago, May 22. Socialists do not fa' vor colonisation. A dosen of them gath ered yesterday at No. 101 Randolph street to listen to the argument ot John ICeegan In favor ot starting a colony near iilloxl, Miss., where he anjd 11 ah and oysters were In abundance and the products ot the soil could be sold for the highest prices. After he had finished Bernard Berlyn declared that to raise products cheaply and to sell them for high prices was vio lently opposed to the socialistic doctrines. John Collins said: "The great wealth la located here and In other cities. It has now become a class flKht betweea capital and labor, and the true Socialists will slay here and fight the capitalist unuJ they gain control of tbe capital. Other speakers admitted their families needed pure sir, but they would rather stay here and fight capital than go where the pur air waa free. REOAKDS McKlNLEY AB SAFE. H. H. Kohlaaat Believe the Silver Men of Both Parties will Unit and Nom inal Bland. New York, May ZL-"McKln!ey." said H. H. Kohlaaat, proprietor of th Chica go Tlnw-Ilrald, at th Holland House but night, ' will be nominated before lb and of tn first ballot, and of his election there can be ao question." How about the platform? was asked. "McKlnley," replied Mr. Kohlaaat. "is absolutely agalmtt th free coinage ot silver. He will b nominated on a aingl standard platform, a strong a that adopted ln New York- All talk f a straddle la nonsense. "1 e that Mr. Piatt In but W-wetkly wall calls McKlnley a mortgaged candi dal, and declare that he has pledged all th offices tn his girt In return ror support , Nothing could be mor false. It wss only a month ago that I met McKlnley at the depot In Canton and said: Governor, nothing but death can slop you now.' His reply was: 'I don't know about that: but thl I do know that If I am nominated and elected 1 don't think that any man ever went Into the W hit House as free a I, for I have not mad a single promts. "Tha greatest haul was fought tn llllnola, and If any promise bad been made then would have been the time, and I know what were made. You can't make promise of office to th people, and McKlnley ha made none to the boasea, and, a a result, they are all upset. Why, to th Illinois convention, when there waa a question whether dele gates should obey tbelr Instructions or yield to the order of Piatt, Quay and the rest, there waa some talk whether th thirty-five delegate from Macon county would vote for McKlnley or not The result wa that a delegation of ettl sens from Macon county descended upon those delegates and told them that If they didn't vote for McKlnley they had better not com borne. Aa for Mr. Piatt, he's outside of th breastworks and be can lay there. "Out our way all the talk Is for Tom' Reed. He'll get tbe whole vote ot the West, for every on realise that a men I wanted who will uphold the dignity of the senate and enforce tbe rule and sit down hard on the Tillman and at! that kind of persona "The Democrat will nominate Cleve land on a single standard platform, and th silver men of both parties will break away and nominate such a man as Bland and th result of that I believe, will be that Mckinley will capture pome of the 1 southern states, such aa Ueorgta, ror Instance.' 8EEM9 TO BE CONTAGIOUS. Presbyterian General Assembly Scene of Civil Strife. Saratoga, May 22. Th Presbyterian i General Assembly broke up at I o'clock ' this afternoon In confusion In the midst or a vote on the resolutions of the ape- ( clal committee on the relations of young i people's societies to tbe church. Rcso- ; lutlons had been adopted that a state- ment of the relations be sent to the sep- . . k , ,, - .lfi.!.11?. r hT. : nrmlng the action of the assembly ot IS. The former recommendation wo reached only after a long discussion and under the operation of the previous ques tion. Just at the hour for adjournment a motion was made to strike out the other recommendation of the committee and to discharge it Action on this motion was only prevented by the abrupt an- .ZCni A-V'"'nKn"H0r; i " Jute 1 will aiv a reception, to Benjamln L. Agnew, of Philadelphia. rfM B in nrin k,rt foei- that the hour for the session had ex- E,. J, VT u" Me",7,-1 jvuitai-fsv. vu cvvusucjiauatiiuw a laiB . committee waa entirely eliminated, after an animated discussion and division. It related to the formation of Presbyterian unions of young people's societies in all Preabytertes. The action In tbls direc tion wa due to tbe belief that tbe plan as proposed would seriously Interfere with the present Interdenominational as sociations and co-operation. . , , , , The business of the day consisted In the reception of the reports ot tbe com mittees appointed in 1S95. , . MINISTEKS WANT ARBITRATION. ; x.. t.-v, , ,, the Hebrew minister, of the United States and Canada being prepared under the direction of a committee of the New York board of Jewish ministers, gratifi cation Is expressed that "Human thoupht Is being directed ln a remarkable degree to the settlement of International differ ences by means or arbitration In place of war." The signers pledge themselves to pro- mote In every possible way the cause. of peace, and whenever opportunity of- fers, to direct public opinion to declare- tlon that arbitration is the onlv method of settlement appealing to human reason. , THE BALL GAMES. Tacoma, May 22. Seattle, 6; Tacoma, 5. Cleveland, May 22. Boston, 10; Cleve land. 8. St. Louis, May 22,-St. Loyls, 6; Brook- lyn, S. Cincinnati, May 22,-New York, ; Cin cinnati, 1. Pittsburg. May 22. -Philadelphia. 10: Pittsburg, . ! i Louisville, May 3-Loulsvllle, 6; Balti more, . ' - - 1 THE MARKETS. Liverpool. May 22. Wheat, Spot, quiet: No. I red winter. 5a 6Ljd; No. 1 hard Manitoba, 5s Jijd; No. 1 California, ia 4V4d. ''"'-'' Hops At London, Pacific Coast, a I5s. Portland, May 22.-Wheat. Valley, 67 Walla Walla. W55. PORTLAND HONORED. Special to the Astorian. ' ( ' Cleveland, May 22. Portland, Oregon, was today selected aa an Episcopal resi dence In the Northwest by the general Methodist conference. 1 . 1 Highest of all ia Leivening f iv . . . . 1 . , ri fTT I II I JsgSvt wP 11 Pi YYrrttl.A il H YifO ASSO&OTE&Y PURE INDICTMENTS ARE SOW IS PROGRESS Xot Trne Bills Returned by the Grand Jar; Against .Messrs. Swope, Dolaa and Dement. . GREAT SECRECY OBSERVED Jaror Vera Dacca latter Oatk Sot to tf : teat Tktir riadiaga. est 0 Cava Oat tha laforastioa. Caaa- iaf ladigaatioa. Portland, Mar B. There wa a stir about th federal building; today becaas It bad leaked oat that tn United Slater, grand jury had taken a vol on th qneav lion of Iodic ting Bwop. Dolaa and De ment, charged with aiding In th no lawful landing- of Chinese, and had de cided 10 return not tru bills tn these caaes and bod also decided l Indict Lindley and Rttur, parties who had testified that they bad been procured to give perjured testimony to secure th landing ot Chin a, . ' .'-.:-.. .:,",.,' Thl morning; th (rand Jury receive an admonition from tho United Bute at torney and Judge Belllng-er tn regard to tbe oath they had taken to keep secret the business brought before tbem, and their action, ao that a storm of Indig nation wa aroused against the unknown person who had violated hi oath Whether thl had anything to do with it or not cannot b told, but, when they retired to their room, they reconsidered their vote ln regard to the returning ot a not true bill ln th case of Swop et oL and agreed to look further Into tho caa-... ' What action they afterward took. It any, ha not yet leaked out CORONATION OK THE CZAR. United 8uue Minister Will Hold Up Hut , End of th National Fabric. , . , , 1 Moscow, Russia. May 22. The Cxar to day received In private audience tha Un- 1 Ited State minister. Mr: Breckinridge; and tfierr received the special envoy of j the United State sent to represent th -I government of the United State at tho j coronation together. Tbls Included Geo- ' the ' eral McCook and hi brother. Aide-do j Camp Benin, Commander Broason and Major G. W. PatskL or the special em bassy, and Rear-Admiral T. O. Belfrldge, In command of th Mediterranean squad ron, who brought his flagship, the Min neapolis, to Cronstadt to attend the cor onation as naval envoy of the United State. - Mr. Breckinridge, H. X. Perio, secrw 1 utry or ine inueu oiaws legation, am other civil representatives, wore for th first time at the Russian court the fuH ) civil dress prescribed for those who ar not allowed to wear th official uniform. This drees consist of an evening coat, with' plain buttons, white vest, knew breeches, and black silk hose and n ornament. . ... Next week Mr. Breckinridge will glv a dinner to the distinguished American visitor to the coronation, and later, prob- princes attending; the coronation and for- ' eUm ambassadors, and about a thousand others. TRADE REVIEW. New York, May 25. R. G. Dun A Co.' Weekly Review of Trade tomorrow will say: ; ' ' ' ' The waiting condition, which to soma people Is nothing better than stagnation, still continues. But there I difference. Thousand: of orders and contract1 ar merely deferred because . they can bo more safely given a little later. There Is nothing exciting In the speculation market for exportable products and tha stone aooui oamage. to wneui nave oeers ! numerous, but the genei belief regard- Ing future supply Is fairly reflected ln tha decline of 1.82 cents per busheL The home market falls entirely to re spond to short crop stories, for It 1 known that western reports Indicate a crop exceeding last year's. ' I The failure for tbe week have been ' 127 ln the United State against 20. last ' year, and 2s In Canada against 23 last J" j mmm ' ' ANOTHER SAD CASE. Religious Woman Demented and Wants j to Come to Astoria. Spokane, May 22. Linda H. Hamley, who came here last week from Portland to engage aa a deaconess In the FlrsC Methodist church, led the officers a long 1 chase today. She began acting queerly tuMt evanlmr. and went wandering over the city. At midnight she went to the home of Trustee Skinner, of the First church, and wanted money to go to Astoria to engage In religious work. Me. Skinner detained ber until this morning, when she escaped. After a long search, the unfortunate woman wo discovered and taken hi charge. Her troubles are attributed to overwork and sickness. It la believed she will recover with re at. ' SPOKE IN PORTLAND. ' "" Portland, May 22. Gen. J. B. Coxey. of Ohio, father of the Coxey Army ot ! 1S94, spoke to a large audience at the I Park Theatre tonight on the political Issue ot the day. There were only a few visitors from the country yesterday, and but few other ar rivals at the hotels. The streets seemed deserted after the crowds thronging them during the Odd Fellows' gathering. Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report i 1 . ! 'i 1 - 1 i ..V, 3