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Exceedingly Law Prices.
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ICXCLUSlVtt TICUCORAPHIC PRICSS REPORT.
Vol,. XI,V.
ASTORIA, OI.Wio.N, SA'ITKPAY MoitXl.Mi, MAY ::o,
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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.
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Ladies...
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Coats to order, with niatortal furnished, from 17 to IIOO
Ok pea from $i.06 to $100
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COLUHBIA IRON WORKS
Foundrymen, Blacksmiths, Machinists and Boiler Makers
Manufacturing and Repairing of all Kinds
of Machinery.
Iron and Brass Castings. General Blacksmlth;Work
PICIALTIES- Wrlrh Patent Wheel. Ship
Smithing anJ Strnmhoal Work, tannery anJ
1 Mill Machinery. Mailna anJ Stationary Uoll
tn Hull! to Older.
t?T Specially equipped fur Loggers' Work.
Bay Foundry). Phone 78. Correspondence
.SNAP A KODAK-
nt Hny limn ruining mil of
our mora mill you'll get, a
portrait 11I a 111,111 brlnimlUK
over with pleasant tliounlits.
Hueli quality In th liquor
wa have t oiler are eimimli to
lilcn.e- any man.
COMB AND TRY THKM
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For the One-Price
Clotbfcrs. Hatters and Furnishers
Supplies?
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C.CKOHI1Y
A. LE VERE & CO.
R. T. GAKI.E, lata ot Stockton, Cal.
Located on 18th and Franklin (Scow
solicited.
IS THERE?
la there a man with heart ao cold,
That from hla family woulj withhold
The comforts which they all could find
In articles of FURNITURE of tha right
kind.
And w would suggest at this season a
nice Sideboard, Extension Table, or set
of Dining Chairs. Ws have the largest
and finest line ever shown In the city
and at prices that cannot fall to please
the closest buyers.
HEIL BORN & SON
MOST SHOCKlSt
E'ltDER DOSE
Horribly Mut tinted lloily of MU Kv
thir (i union I'limul nn the Uracil
Near Smith's I'olnt.
Tii)i;iir iiiki i; aki; kii i i d
Crime Wti Coaimliicd Some lime Tliurt
day, bal tlic CiuuimiaiKo utrnsnil
Isij t be Antsl Deed lie amid
.1lcry.
About 4 o'rlwk lual rvinlliK !. iiiu-
(llnlrd iMly of n wiiuiau wan hitii ly
sum .ir.un lylnit nil lll Imii-h lit
Hmllh's m)OU, ami Cor.m. r IN.lii wa ln
ni.'.lut. ly im.iii1I. Tlir rurium Inki
to thn mursue, ahrrt tM-vrral hnriilrr.
pmpln vlrKi-.l the ri-niMliiK.
Tha buily wua hi, nun. . I na tiinl of I jt-tht-r
iliinloii, ami nil lii'Mialluin. pulnl to
a brulnl tnur.lir. Tht (on hind la .lla
nunri.) by mi uaful aiiah. anllc Hutu
ur ,'Vrrul wouinla on th' top nml bark
of ih IimkI Thr a ouiiil on I ho frv
head la not i-p, and Mas prububly nut
thn cnuau of Iho womun's ileiun. Thoae
on the tMirk of the hend ar,. d..'M'r, and
wero umloubtrdly miulv wllh a blunt In
atrunnnt. There were many theortea alUwt as to
th nuimtr In ahii-h the unturtunuie
woniun met her iliiih, but there la not
the llshteat cb.ulit but thai h. ana
miinkreil. Krom nil apiurum , the
woman hud not bi-n dead more than
rlKhtrvn hotira, and the bwly wus raoily
ldnillne.. Tim womiin'a rlotbea were
somewhat ilLonlireil and It wiia eihlenl
aho mailo a despernle lllilit for her life.
If what waa reported last nlnht Is true,
three -rauna have leen murdered, nml
all at the me time. A ap,-rlitl lo the
Aatoiinn fnin Clifton eiwia aoniv lliiht
iikii the myati ry. It npi-nra me Ounlun
woman In. a b,.rn IIvIiik with a nmn num
ed Mlrtutiili, n flah' rmun. In a arow near
t'lirtnn. Wislni .! nlitht Mi lbin.lt, the
wonwn and her brother. Adnlph tinnloii,
were aet-n at the a.'ow In nn Intoxiriiteil
mndltlon. Hhurtly nfterwanl liny left
the avow In u n.liln bmt. kIiiio whhh
time none, esi-epumr the womiiii, hua
Im'U ae,-n.
Ttie thiHiry thai the womun wax .lnn-
e.l m eipliklisl aa aoon hh It was rtntixi
11 a the lurt Unit the .ily tl.xit.,1 to Ih
I'olnt aoiild ileniotvtriili Ibid aho iwn
drowned, the body would lme aunk
Whi n dentil eoineN In fore the lo.ly Is
thrown Into the wider, the corpse Ibmta.
The unahea on the hen. I rnutd not p
hnve lieen made by diiohltiK iiKalnxt the
roeka. na that on the forehrad looks
very much like the ream of a blow from
a hntrhrt. I'r. J. A. Kulton says the
wound mlKht have been made with a
holtle. and thla makes It poaalble that
the unfortunate woman was murdered
by one of the men In the bout.
Then there Is another story. It la
elated by some that the woman was seen
In Aatorla yesterday, und that sho was
murdered here. It la also stated thnt she
was seen In company with two persons
whose names, however, were not Riven.
The tellers of thla story think Mlas Gun
Ion wss murdered enrly yesterday and
hat her body was taken to one of the
iloeks nearest Smith's point and there
cast adrift. Hut If this be true, what
has become of the woman's brother and
Mellan.lt T Tho three persons left Clifton
at the same time and neither of the men
hue been reported na hnvlnR arrived nt
Astoria.
The most pl.tuslble theory Is thnt the
whole party was murdered nenr Tiwiruo
Point. Had the crlmo been committed
above the ToiiRiie, the body of the
woman would not have drifted so tar.
Apparently the parly was attacked w hile
In the boat, the two men bcliiR shot. As
all were drunk when they left Clifton,
tho woman wns probably asleep in the
bottom of the boat. Mlsa (1 union was
then discovered and beaten to ibnth with
un oar or a bottle.
Chief of Police LoiiRhcrjr and a detach
ment of shcIh! police left up the river
Inst nlKht, mid will no doubt bring the
pcrie trat ors of the awful crime to jus
tice. An Inquest will he held at 12 o'clock
today.
HE GREW WEALTH V ON fl.XS A DAY.
Competence Amassed by a Frugal Labor
er front the Green Isle.
The New York Herald anys: Bernard
Carvllle has solved tho problem of getting
ricn on ii.r, per uny. mirty-ttuve years
ago he arrived here from Ireland without
a cent, and today he Is worth f30.tHaj.
Since his arrival he has tolled Incessantly
n a mill as a hiliorer. He amassed his
fortune by strict economy and by Invest
ing his savings In real estnte. I'ntll last
week he lived In the most frugal man
ner, bin, becoming III, his physician point
ed out the folly or a man 70 years old sac
rificing his life lo board treasure, Cnr
vlllo has divided to quit work, and to
morrow will leave for lowa to visit a
sister, nnd will travel In a palace car.
will then go to New York where ho
will sail for his native land. Cnrville's
wife Is dead, but he lias one son who
will Inherit his wealth.
CONFERENCE OF MANY NATIONS.
Arrangements Progressing Finely for tho
i 'iin-A intTicu n i ongrcss.
WnuliltwrLm Mm- HI H. ..-.,. f "... el,.
...I..I.H.... II... lit. 11.4
(Hl. l,u .......Uee.! n e I. lee-en m Imk,
his government, slating that many of tho
American countries navo ngroeu lo send
delegates to the Pau-Amorlcnn congress,
which wilt iissenioio on August la.
Tli. en lileivenni fiillu tn e-lvt flu. niimn.
of tnc countries, but It Is Minister Car
bo's Impression that those which hnve
not yet ugrced to tho proposition will
kliva mnmv.inhilli.il. nftiminl TVin lulu.
country to advise the Ecuadorian gov
l in. lit th.it It will bike part In ll' l. ,
'I'll., fllirtillif rl,ii e tit llln I Offjtreim y,lll
be elllnr I he I'll If ,'.le.- or Vh--I).
Inn. ii.. iii nil iir.'i.ii'illi'. in, l. .n r .ry
H. r. iiiry tdiu y 1,is not .(!!' Lilly ni,ui,. .
the Ki'tmilorenn Kuverriment thnt t;o
Culled Httiea would be rt-frea.-uie,t in
tin. eoiifereiie.., but rt. nor I'urlo t.,.1.1 t tin. t
lie I M i-leil till K"Vel lllllent Would lull
II part. ,
The prlnel.al obJe, of the ronicr, Is
to illaensa and HKree ifnn siinie plan it
I'liti-Ani. rl ;m urlillrallxii for inn settle,
nieiil of ml disputes tkal may arise y
iwn n Kovernini nts on this beiulsihere,
Th.-re are oilu r runners whl. h will h
dlseusseil, but In the Invllntlon w!lh
sh sent out Keuudur made It plain tlinl
this waa th,. miMt Important tople to
bn eonsl'lerl by the coOKr.'SW. ,s'o refer
ene.. was made In the Invitation to uny
intention to illseui. the Cut'iui in. iit.-r,
but It Ik tboiiKhl that there la tunw llke-
Hliixxl that It Will cornv ti fur illS,'Urfnlou
illirlllK I In- llleetlrilf.
CltlMO.V JJll'UfA KMK.NT CO.
Iietiilla of lli lb oriratilzatlun ri'heme
Made J'ublb'.
New York. May 2 Tli plan of re
orKanlxatl(,n of the oreyon linproveno'iit
Couipany provides To the Isaue of I.',, ),
ini live .r cent nfiy year kII bonds,
$i,i,,i,il uur wr r.nt . uaiulatlve six er
cent stin k, hud .,ii.ci common st'wk;
preferred st(M-k and consol fives are as
sesard ll'j per e in eneh, pnyablv 111 live
liistallmentH and n vc Wj rfr cent
preferred and ?J le r cent common slo k.
( 'ommon slmreholilera (my ten per cent In
four Installments and roMlve un equal
amount on preferred slink und lifty per
cent common ato k. They llrst receive
payment for I lie June coupons and b ven
per ci-nt In new IkhwIs. bearing Intereat
from June 1. Deposits are railed for be
fore July L
CAMPAK1N CUJHKU.
Portland Political Parties Hold Mass
Meetings by Torchlight. i
Portland. May El. The campaign In
this city was brought to a close tonight
as far as public meetings are concerned,
tomorrow being Peroration Iay.
All partlee held mau-mretlngs tonight,
but the principal ones were held by the
two factions or the Republican party.
The Hlmon Republicans closed their
campaign by a torch light procession
and mass-meeting at the Park Then) re,
while the .Mitchell Repi.hllcana held their
meeting In the street at the corner of
Hlxth and Yamhill..
DTN'B RKPOHT.
New York. May 29. R. 0 Pun A Com
pany's Wevkly Review of Trade will say:
Continued ,-xiKirta of gol.L amounting
to M.m't"! thie week are ' recognised am
the natunil results of borrowing nnd Im
porting early In the year, but caused no
serious apprehensions. Then' Is a general
conviction that destructive schemes will
not aticc.-e.. Ihoinrh at nr. s. nt nolitleni
uncertainties cause a part of the btmlneas
that might ho none to lie iosiponed until
the future Is more clear
The markets for products are weak
miller than strong. Kuslness being done
Is small, but largely governed by bellei
In large cmjis uml Insuiticlent denuuul.
Wheat has r.illen three cents.
DOI.TER8 ORGANIZE.
Plltsburg. May -8, venty-tlve lenders
of the new National party organised last
nigh! by U. Iters from the Prohibition
convention met toilay and arranged a
vigorous campaign. Nearly tLM) was
subs'rllie.l to meet expenses.
DCRKANT GETS A STAT.
San Francisco, May 3. -Judge Murphy
toilay granted Durrani another slay ol
proceedings until June '.
PERIPATETIC MAI US.
The Scheme Not Feasible, and Will Prob
ably Not lie Tried.
Exchange.
A writer In nn Eastern Journal sug
gests the plan of having a peripatetic
ladles' maid who will serve a number ol
mistresses, Jusl as syndicates of half a
doxen men or more employ one man to
perform the duties of vnlet for all ot
them. The scheme docs not seem feas
ible, however. It Is possible enough for
one active man to look after the clothes
of a doxen masters, lay out their linen
and perform similar services preliminary
to the actual work of dressing. o, too,
a mold could do a lot of mending for
several women In a day. Hut she would
he a sewing woman, und not a maid.
The bitter's chief function, as It seems
to a mere man and a tiachelor at that,
Is to assist her mistress In putting nn
und taking off her gowns, performing the
little- personal services that are most
Important before or after n bull or din
ner. And how would the several mis
tresses manage at such a time? The
maid could not lie In two places nt one
time, like Sir Royle Roches' bird, nnd
the mistresses would have to draw lots
to determine In what order they should
have her services. The position of them
would be us enjoyable us that of a San
Francisco girl who postponed engaging
the hnlnlesser In vogue to do up her hair
for a bal poudre until the lust moment,
and then found that all his hours were
taken up except 8 o'clock In the morn
ing. Sho had to tie up at that un
christian hour, und to remain up all day,
lest her coiffure should bo disarranged.
GREEK AND RUSSIAN.
The Approaching Mart rage of Princess
Mario and Grand Duke George.
Exchange.
Princess Marie of Greece, who has Just
been betrothed to the Grand Duke George
of Ruslsu, Is not beautiful, although dis
patches claim she Is tho huiulsoincst and
wittiest princess In Europe. This Is
done every time u princess becomes en
gaged, however.
Princess Marie Is tall and athletic nnd
hor expression Is so pleasant and viva
cious thnt she charms at first sight.
Sho Is tho only survlvng daughter of the
king and queen of Greece, and ns her
mother wns a Russian grand princess,
It Is natural that sho should Inherit Mus
covite tendencies. Tt Is believed the en
gagement was hastened on account of n
rumor that Kink Alexander of Servln,
who has been refused by nearly every
marriageable priness In Europe, was
coming to Athens to nsk for her hand.
Princess Marie's ehler sister was a re
markably sweet disposltloned ami lovable
girl, but her death soon after nor mar
riage to Grand Duke Paul, brother of the
man Trlncess Mario Is to marry, was
lielloved to bo hastened by his brutality
and unklndness. It Is said thnt Grand
Duko George, the prospective bridegroom,
Is a much better man thnn his brother.
Ho Is nn uncle of the present cxar. One
of his brothers visited the United States
with the Russian fleet nt the time ot
the World's fair.
STILL CHEAT
UNCERTAINTY
The I'ull Details of the St. Louis Dis
sittr Are Not Vet to Ik
Olitiiincd.
OUTSIDE AID .NOT NIXDICD
Xmi.r ot lcsd laacaisij .t.ny titi
sijic it to Dsmdc tu Property
Mas Stsmptd to Dcntli
Tbe Honelejs.
Ht. Louis, May 2. -Tonight, forty-nine
hours after the tornado of We.!nemi,y
tore Its way through the city. ther ex
ist about as much untertalnty us to the
actual number of people Vlli-I und the
amount of property demolished as on
the first day after the disaster. 8-orrs
of dead have been Identified, but no one
Is willing- to venture a guess as to bow
many bodies my be In the ruins of the
hundreds of buildings as yet unexplorwL
Tbe total number of dead In Dl. Louis,
Identified up to tonight, is 1'3 anJ In
East Ht. Louis 127. In St. Louis there are
2J bodies still unidentified and In East
Ht. Louis two. Total dead. S13. It Is
believed that the deaths of the ln)urei
and the full recovery of the dead will
bring the dead list here well up to 2"J.
In East St Louis (he city oHIclala de
clared this evening that they nave hope
that the death roll on that side of the
river will not exceed 150. but the ruins
upon which the rescuers have not yet
began work may swell the total far be
yond that figure.
The estimates upon the property loss
have grown wider and further apart.
Guesses were made today all the way
from $l'J0.iK to tVi.Oun.ns) for St. I,oul
ami from fl.Maj.OM to for East
St. Louis. The most popular estimate Is
in tha neighborhood of $2a.i"V"i for both
cities. Hulldlng contractors of the city
have been overwhelmed with orders for
rebuilding, and the work of wiping out
the havoc of the storm has bexun with
much energy-
St. Louis, May 3 The number of fam
uli's left homeless by the devastation
along the path of the storm ! St. louis
proper will reach up Into tho thousands.
In any instance these people have lost
all their earthly possessions. Many will
be for Javs dc-ni!ent upon charity und
their more fortunate neighbors for shcl-
I tcr.
j There is a probability that one man
, whow horribly mangled body was taken
to the morgue, was not killed by the sior.-n.
-V gentleman who was In the neighbor
hood of the t'nlon depot power-house
Just after the storm asserts that home
j of the crowd there assaulted a ghoul
caught thieving and bent him to death.
His story Is that while viewing the wreck
he saw half a doxen men Jump on the
man. who had tcen loafing about In the
crowd. Then the crowd Jumped on the
man and kicked him until he was uncon
scious. Some one cried "Lynch the thief."
Then the crowd picked up his limp form
and carried It to Russell avenue, where
they put It In a dirt wagon and carted
It off.
The Cltlxens" League Issued the follow
ing announcement tonight in reference
to the offers of aid from cities through
out the United States:
"The league endorses the action or
Mayor Walbridge In declining outside
aid. It feels grateful for the many evi
dences of generosity In these help offer
ings, but having made careful Investi
gation of the storm stricken district,
which though extensive. Is almost en
tirely confined to a section of the city
outside of the principal business area.
It Is Its deliberate Judgment that the
city will be amply able to fully provide
for all the needs of the afflicted.
They further announce that not a single
hotel In the city has been affected, or
the wholesale manufacturing district ma
terially Injured. The slight Injury to the
building erected for the Republican con
vention has been repaired and the build
ing Is now ready for occupancy.
St. Louis, May . One of the features
of the storm, and one of the after-effects
which was somewhat feared, was the
large number of horses killed, tin every
side could be seen the mangled bodies
of these animals. The police department
was busy all day removing carcasses und
none too soon, for the warm weather
ot the past two days had already started
decomiioeltlon.
The railroad yards are gradually being
cleared of the debris, rendering the move
ment of trains possible, but It will be
weeks before anything like order can be
restored.
A Indies' relief corps has been organis
ed. Committees have been appointed
from all the churches of the city and are
actively at work soliciting; aid and are
meeting with good success. Tickets will
be distributed to needy ones for food and
shelter. Mayor Ruder estimates that Sou
families are left entirely destitute and
will need immediate sustenunce. Many
have not even sufficient clothing.
THOMAS BYRNES NEW SPHERE.
Former Superintendent of Police at the
Head of a Burglary Insurance
Business.
New York, May 29. Thomas Byrnes,
former superintendent of the New York
police department, has spread dismay
throughout the great army of crooks
and brought Joy to the heart of the su
burban resident by the announcement ot
his latest scheme. It Is a business enter
prise pure nnd simple, n new departure
in the Insurance line, whereby n man
may get his goods and chattels Insured
agnlnst the depredations of burglars.
Mr. Byrnes has been chosen by nn In
surance company to act ns managing di
rector nnd vice-president of a new branch
of their business, which Is to deal solely
with tho Insurance of all kinds of prop
erty, private nnd public, against thieves.
"The Idea of starting nn Insurance
against burglary has been more thnn
once suggested to me," said Sir. Byrnes
yesterday. "Hut I have several times
refused to undertake It. However, during
a recent trip to England, I was given un
opportunity of looking more deeply Into
the working nnd effect of the burglary
Insurance companies there, und when 1
dime back to New York and the proposal
was once more made I was Induced to
accept this position.
"The first English company there are
two or three working successfully now
was stnrted in the winter of 1S8S-18S9, and
was tho result of a co-operation scheme
started by two young stock brokers, to
protect their house during their absence
rrwn town every a.,n. it worked so
Well that they h.nl the company Ini or
eraleij. "1 ilon't know much nfrfnit the Insur
ance business, but I think I know a
thing or two uboul crooks and it,. Ir wnys
and, of course, my relations with (he po
lio, departments of other cltle will give
mo a great advantage. It lias always
IsM-n my Idea to ssstnt the 1'Kal authori
ties lo tho fullent extent, but If they fall,
wo will send from one to one hundred
men If necessary to the scene of the pub
glary, and we won't give up until we
get the man who did the Job.
"1 closed with the cxmpuny a few days
ago and was elected a vice-president and
a director. Henjunln F. Tracy, former
secretary of tho navy, Is president, and
I will open my office in lirondway and be
gin Issuing polki-a about the llrst of the
week."
RAIDING NEAR HAVANA.
Rebels JJurnlng CaneHelds and Planta
tions and Cltlxens Fleeing to the
Capital for Safety.
Havana. Cuba, May 29. -One thousand
Insurgents raldud the vicinity of Hojo
Colorado, between Havana and (iuanaja
yesterday, setting tire to caneiielda and
tolKtceo plantations, and drl. ing off slock.
Cltlxens are fleeing to this city.
An Insurgent force entrenched In the
town of llunes, on the roud to Gunnajay,
was surprised ami driven out by Spanish
troops last evening after a hot skirmish.
The rebel loss was six killed, the bodies
being abandoned in their flight.
General Serrano Altamlra reports hav
ing a skirmish yesterday with Quintan
Ilanderos' outposts, near Sun Cristobal.
The loss on either side was trifling.
The rebels are again using dynamite.
A bomb exploded yesterday under a pas
senger train on tbe Maunxas and Santa
Clara railway, near Collseo. The can
were derailed, but the passengers were
unhurt
Reports from Santiago de Cuba say
that Diego Palacios, second In command
In Cebreco's rebel band, was mortally
wounded in a recent engagement with
Teleda's government column, near Canto
Al-ajo.
M. Clare, special agent of the Panama
Canal Comtwny, who has been bere for a
fortnight contracting for laborers for
the Isthmus, sailed yesterday for New
York.
Colonel Delgudo reports that tils com
mand has hud an engagement with one
thousand rebels under Aleraan and other
leaders near Cruces, in the Clenfuegoa
district. According to the official report
the rebels were dislodged from a strong1
position and compelled to flee In disorder,
leaving twenty-two dead on the Held, The
troops lost eighteen men wounded.
It Is said the forib'S a tUtrjerat Gomes.
continue to Invade the province of Ma
tajixas, and are approaching the province
of Havana. Three trains were sent to
Artemlsa to bring troops from rfie trocha,
but they were unable to reach that place,
the rebels having destroyed the tracks.
TRADE REVIEW.
Improvement Noted in Business Circles
of the East
New York. May 29 Bradstreets tomor
row will say:
The Improvement In the tni.Ie situation
Is confined to the demand for hides, leath
er and shoes, wllh a tendency of prices
of the same to advance. Generally a
bett?r feeling exists among sugar pro
ducers and planters In Louisiana and
Texas because of the recent sugar boun
ty decision.
General business continues quiet and
at the larger financial centers less com
mercial paper is making, even at larger
rates. Between-sea sons trade has begun
to assert itself and from a number ot
points mercantile collections are less sat- !
lsfactory and In many Instances difficult I
The price movement is again downward, '
with pork and lard exhibiting an un- !
expected shrinkage.
The total number of business failures !
In tha United States during; the week Is 1
.7, as compared with 21S last week; 20a '
tn the week one year ago: l&l in the cor- ;
responding week two years ago: 214 in j
the like week of 18 and P3 In the cor-
responding period of 1S. The total num- '
ber ot business failures In Canada this j
week Is 23, compared with 28 last week.
WILL PROFIT BY THE EDICT.
Pennsylvania Tobacco Growers May Be
Helped by W'eyler's Order.
Harrlsburg, Pa., May 29. The order ot
Captain General Mayler prohibiting fur
ther exportation of Cuban tobacco, except
to Spain, is attracting much attention in
tile tobacco belt of Pennsylvania.
At the prevailing prices Pennsylvania
tobacco has not been a profttoole crop
during the lust four years. The war In
Cuba, however, has encouraged the to
bacco growers to increase their acreage
somewhat and to pay more attention to
cultivation and curing before General
Wcyler Issued his edict Those who have
kept their eyes open will be likely to
profit handsomely this year from their
shrewdness.
THE SCORES YESTERDAY'.
Seattle, May 29. Victoria, ": Seattle, 2.
Boston, May 29. Boston, 7: Cleveland, 7.
Game called at the end of the twelfth
Inning on account of darkness.
New York, May 29. -New York 9; Louis
ville 7.
Brooklyn, May 29.-Chicngo, 10; Brook
lyn 9.
Philadelphia, May 29,-Phlladelphla, 1?;
St. Louis, 6.
Washington, May 29. Washington, 11;
Pittsburg, .
Baltimore, May 29. Baltimore, 4; Cin
cinnati 1.
MORE CYCLONE.
Perry, Oklahoma, May 29. Pawnee, thir
ty miles eo-st of here, was visited by a
hurricane and half a dozen people were
killed and wounded Hail did great dam
age. In the vicinity of Sheridan, ten miles
from Hennessy, several houses were de
stroyed. PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY.
Saratoga. N. Y., May 29. The Presby
terian assembly adopted a resolution
waiving the assembly power as to pro
fessional appointments In seminaries.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
ABSOLOTEET PURE
HARBOR BILL
President Cleveland Thinks the Meas
ure Carries .More Than the (iot
crnmeot Can Stand.
INDIVIDUAL AW'ROl'KIATIONS
Aid .1oey Appropriated tor iythio(, bat
the rahlic Welfare, also Jkcmisg
Costs to tbe tiiied States.
Get Their Qaletis.
Special to the Astorian.
Washington. May 3. The president to
day vetoed the river and. harbor bill. In
hi veto messtge President Cleveland
says:
"There are 417 Items of appropriation
containel In this bill, and every part of
tbe country Is represented In the dlstribi
tion of Its favors. It directly appropri
ates or provide for the Immediate ex
penditure of nearly tU.uuV.Ots) for river ana
harbor works. This sum Is In addition
to the appropriation contained In an
other bill for similar purposes amounting;
to little more than U.wjo.ooO. which has
already been favorably considered at tha
present seaslon of congress. Tho result
Is that tho contemplated immediate ex
penditure for the object mentioned
mount to about tl7,0O0,iuo.
"Tha most startling feature of this but
la, It authorization of contract for river
and harbor work amounting; to mora
than fS2.ino.0Ou. Though the payment ot
these contracts are In moat cases so dis
tributed that they are to be met by fu
ture appropriation, more than KM.OOs om
their account la included In the direct
appropriation above mentioned. Of these,
nearly !20.uuO,ijO will fall due during the
fiscal year ending June 3U, Is, and
amount of somewhat less In the years
Immediately succeeding. If, therefore,
thla bill becomes a law, the obligation
which will be imposed on the government
together with appropriations made for
Immediate expenditure on account of riv
ers and harbors, will amount to about
t).0uO,'Aie.
For the fiscal year ending June 30.
such appropriations, together wttn tbe In
stallments on contracts which will fail
due in that year, can hardly be less than .
RO.W.iM. and it may reasonably bo
apprehended tbe prevalent tendency tow
ard Increased expenditures of tbls sort,
and the concealment which poetponed
payments afford for extravagance, will
increase the burdens chargeable to this
account in succeeding years.
"In view of the obligation Imposed up-,
on me by the constitution, tt seems to
be quite clear that I only discharge my
duty to our people when I interpose my
disapproval of the legislation proposed.
Many of the objects for which It appro
priate public money are not reiat. d to tbe)
public welfare and many of them are pal
pably for the benefit of limited localities,
or In aid of Individual interests. la
the face of tbe bill. It appears that not a
few of these alleged Improvements have,
been so Improvidently planned and prose
cuted that after the unwise expenditure
of millions ot dollars, new experiments
for their accomplishment wilt have to bsj
entered upon."
TO REFER THE VETO.
Washington, May O. The manger ot
the river and harbor bill in the house in
tend to more a reference ot the veto
message to tho committee on rivers and
harbors and bring it back to the house
Monday. There are many members out
of town, and the friends of the bill don't
wish to risk an attempt at passing the
bill over the veto until more members
arrive.
HAF.ITY REPLIES TO MONEY.
Free Sliver Delegates Will Be Admitted
at Chicago.
Washington, May 29. Senator-elect Mo
ney, of Mississippi, one of the delegate-at-lurge
from his state to the Chicago
convention, wrote a letter to Mr. Harrity,
of Pennsylvania, chalran of the Demo
cratic executive committee some time
ago. calling his attention to the widely
published reports that he was credited
with having announced that an attempt
would be made to exclude from the Chi
cago convention all free silver delegate
suspected of an Intention to bolt. In case
the convention declared for gold. Money
asked Harrity to make a frank reply as
to the truth of these reports. He receiv
ed a response today In which Harrity
makes an explicit dental, concluding a
follows: "There is no foundation what
ever for that statement It is a pure inr
vention and was doubtless made in order
to irritate and annoy, and if some dis
tinguished Democrats are correctly re
ported, the author of the story has beesj
successful In his purpose.
MARTIAL LAW AT ST. LOUIS.
! St. Louie, May 29. Two companies of
; the Illinois state militia from Green
I vllle and Belleville. III., in all about 100,
! have patrolled the levee district of East
I St. Louis all day. Dead lines were es
i tabllshed and no one was allowed to
; pass without a permit. The effect ot
j these stringent measures was soon seen
today In a greatly decreased number ot
people In the devastated district. Over
sixty suspects have already been arrested
and were sent out of town or locked up.
Several pickpocket and confidence men
hare also been arrested. In addition to
the mllltla and police force. Chief of Po
lice Ganry swore in fifty deputies who
were placed In different farts ot the city.
The property loss is hart to estimate.
THE MARKETS.
T.lvernnnl. Ufar 29 tl baa! nnlof
t: de-
mand. noor: No. J red w Iter. 5a 6'i.d :
; No.
i 1 hard Manitoba, 6s 2d; 'o. 1 California,
; Chicago, May 29. Wbt, casli,
! June, 67.
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