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KXCUUSIVIC TELEGRAPHIC PRESS H1CPORT,.
ASTOIUA, OltKUO.V, HATL'ItDAVv MORNING, MAV 18. . , .
NO. 120
VOL. XLV.
TRUSTEE
SALE
Of the Fine Lines of Men's and Boy's Cloth
In?, Furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots and
Shoes, Trunks, Yallscs, Umbrellas, Blankets,
Quilts, etc.. at factory prices for cash, at
one price to all alike.
C.S.JACOBSON
THUHTI2K
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COMMERCIAL ST., ASTORIA. OR.
DO UWEEDiAWYJHIWG
In Office Supplies?
ir no
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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
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INO PAPER. RlHUOm AND CARIION
PAI'KR.
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...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-
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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-
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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. ;
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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