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astop.i. punric ijbt?ary associatioh. WARRENTON CENTER HOME-SITE CO. WAKKENTON CENTER Tb vary heart f lh Warr.nt.m-Fla.al Town 5 It. Beautiful Location, Large, Doubt Let, loiloo feat. Escatdlagly Lw Plica. Take lb Opportunity. Liberal Tama. Everybody 4alud wiic...47l Bond St., Astoria, Or. Ciipllill Ktck,$ I (,() K NIiiii-un, $1 Ducli. DAVAIII r 10 per rent munilily hit tha Aril me aiuntli.. AhK.lui.iy ..( inv.nw.til, rlandanaMi return In i my .lent tlma. Call m r Adrfr.M 471 Bond St., Astoria, Or. IWII t l(zii-. t-- (m KXCUJSIVIC TELEGRAPHIC F'RESS EP6rT.' VOL XLV. ASTOIMA, CiKFiOX, THURWAY MOItNIXfi, JINK 4, 18C. fpl 01tf H Kilo vrv i in TRUSTEE SALE Of the Fine Lines of Men's and Boy's Cloth Ins:, 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.JACOBSON TIJUHTCR For the One-Price Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers COMMERCIAL ST.. ASTORIA. OR. D 0 YOU NEED ANYTHING In Office Supplies? Wt CAN SUPPLY YOU LETTER PRESSES. COPYING BOOKS, INKSTANDS, TABLETS. INKS, IlLANK HOOKS. ULUB PRINT PA PEK, WASTE BABKKTrJ, DEHK TIIAYS, PEN HACKS, TYPE WIT INU PAPER, RJUUUN8 AND CAMION PAPER. A New Lot of Playing Cards Just Received THEY WANT TO SEE THE CIRCUS Aldermen Parker nnd Ikrymnn .Mukc Touihlncj Aiiculs fur Keduc t Ion or License. veky imihi:stin; meetim; Vster Coaimisslus Villi '.'..Vhi per .lostq tor Iteatal ut fire rhdrast -Sev eral Streets Arc Ordered Improud. Alderman Yourur'a smiling countenance waa mlaaed liut night, but. despite tbig fact, the mwiliif of th common roundi waa quit Interesting. Mr. Bchernecuu wni alao abaent. Petition for liquor lloenaea from Colo A Wright ami John llendrlckaon wer re- ten-mi to lh committee on health and police. A petition from Bond liroa, iht clrcua num. wne read, s.kin that th llcenmr b reduced for ttn,r npixnrunca her, in conformity with th general dc- preaalon and the fuel that they are to how In Alderbrook. Th preaent llcena for each performance la 17&. Welch mov- rd (hat tlx petition be not grimed, as very circus that ever earn, to Aatorla j aahed the him reduction. Parker evl- drtu ly wanted to are tha ahow, and j ihotiKht It advlaable. If poaalble. to grunt j the request. Mr. Itrrgmun alao wished to appeal fur the granting of lie luid or the umuaemrnt tn clrcua would tie for clilldren and acrvant glrla, MMl becged the council to to easy on the poor clrcua mnn. At the conclusion of hla to th water commlaalon for th um; autiiurliing tha ainllt'ir to ulvcrttae for Ilia return or warrunla for the lm.rov rm-nt of Irvinir avenue and lath alrwl authorialii th auilllor to vtve noiln of the Intention to re-KlMbllh the ra)o or inn alrwl. A reaotutlon urnnilnf tha praypr of prop erty owner for a aewer on Bw.'urwl atrei-t wa rwotnmltted with Inatructluna to extend fti aewer two hlorka further aoiiih. A roeolutlon for th Immediate Improvement of 13rd atreet from Duune to llarrlaon avenue waa adopted. Numeroua rlulma wre then read and referred to the proper commltieea, and lha regular monthly payroll! allowed MOirefor called up the requiaiiion for the purchaaa of tha aail-a axkrd for by tha chief eiwlneer, aa they would In needed Immediately. Th requisition waa grunted. And thaaj, for th drat time alnc the ail van i of lb new eouncltmen, aomeone keatilca Alderman Yourur moved to ad Jotim. which action waa taken, much to the relief of all. RAILROAD AFFAIRS. How .Matters Are rronrcsnlnn With the Construction Work. During th excitement over pout lea dur ing the put few day, railroad toffnlra hav been loat eight of. It la perhapa not generally known that a large amount of work la under way, and In few day large force of men will be at work all along th water front Plana are rapidly developing and other er.teryrUe will aoon be launched, Preald.nt Curtla, of tha conatructlon company, la now In Portland examining Into the bond offered by the loweat bid den, on the big contract for grading to Guide. It la hoped that eomethlng den til nlte will be done In recur.) to this ee Ihe ahow, and made a touching j fact While; Mr. Curtla ut In Portland. prayer. wiuiiem huh tnina inul tney i can give iwnda which will be acceptable, ; but thiro are few othera who think they can. If they full to do ao, Corey Hrothrr are the next loweat bidder, and It la pwen tha other councllmen were in tear. McOrfgor aIJ ha had all th clr rua he wanted the pMt few day, and didn't care a lick whether the petition waa grunted or not. Wclch'e motion pre vailed and Mum liand llro. will ante th um of DM for two perform- am-ea in Aatorla. Parker guarantee Ihut the clrcua GRIFFIN & REED ...City Hook Store Ladies... Why wvnr fuctory-miiUc clouktt, conta nnJ cnpvM, when tnilor innJe writpn coat no more, lit the fiurc perfectly, and look Jaunty and ntyllli. Get ft vrip mude to order once, snd you will wear no other. Ooata to order, with material furntahed, from 17 to 1100 Cap from flJOb to 100 We Can Do As We Advertise. C. A. LE VERE & CO. ftlmon certainty thul they whl aecure 1 . i . . . . in. coniraci. Architect tM'Un iv porta that he la making good provrvaa on tn pluna for tho deiKJt, and adjacent building, which will U- erected on the Scow llay alte. It la anticipated that conatructlon can aoon mnde Welch I I Kin on thl part of the work, would h..w ; The conlructa have all been alened. a'ih-d and dellven-d for the pile driving ! and grudlng through the clly. Contractor i tioerlK aturtoil hla men to work yeaierday and Contractor Wakelleld, who la In the i clly. hna commence.) the hulhllitK of an ! rxtrnordlnurlly hirge pile driver to I : ueed ihi hla part o( the work, 't he excep tionally lnn pilea wr.l. h are neoeetiry on a certain portion of the water front, comiwl the uee of a very hixh driver. . Mr. WnkeHeld thlnka that he will have , hla machine ndy within the next few .luyn, ami a aome pf the pile are alreaiy hue and othera on the wny down the 1 liver, when construction tloea comincnct1. ; It cun prociul rapltlly. The machinery for the draw bridce will all lie In place and In operation by the . i ml of the week, and the long bridge will ; then lie ready for Ihe ateel ralla. The rtrat two hl loaded 1th eleel ere now eiected In port almost any time, so that It la more than probable that hy the Fourth of July Aatorla can ceW rat th arrival In It midst of the nrnt regula tion locomotive. Corey Brothers will have four pile driv er at work on the big wharf at Fluvel within th next few lay, and have al moat completed the grading of the spur track leading; out to the wharf. Material la on the way for thla pleco of work, and vlaltore to that lde of the bay will aoon wltneaa a acene of great activity. The board of director of the Fluvel hotel will meet today and atart the con tractor at work on the new hotel. Ar chitect McOlnnla la down from Portland VETO PASSED Tlie Kiver and Harbor Bill Made Law by the Senate Vote of 56 to 5. CONGRESS IS CLEANING HOUSE reparation Be lag Made lor n Early Ad. juaraajtit -v Ibstacc kill Be Allotted, ttccpt itCaMol Sick tea. ner ir the petition waa not granted, which proved couclunlvcly th it he wanted to ec the ahow the worat kind. A petition from Alert Hook ami Lnd.hr Co. for an Inereaae In the regular munih ly allowance wua referred to the fire and nirr committee. The wal.r comniletilon gave notice thut ninety fire hydrant were remiy lor ue, ami aeke.1 that l:'.'t It pM In monthly iiiMuiiiucnt ny uie city (or th ue ot the ume to liereml r SI, KH. Thl com niunlcallon went to the lire and water committee. A communication from J. A. Kakln, aeklng thut aome action lie taken to re lieve Ihe county from liability for the p'urcha of ni-rty on lax eulea. a n-ferred to the way and mean commit tee. The public library pnmnted a liilcnient allowing the uw mude of the monthly allowance. Th" way nnd meana committee recommended thut the irtltlon of Nulmxl c Thomnon. relating to cor rection In the city lien docket, be ni ed, and reported favorably on the claim ot the New for M.5!. The aame committee recommended that the petition of Jno. N. Uriltln aaking that 'money paid by him on erroneou aaaeaamenta be rv funded. Th mint committee recommended granting the petition of W. U. Kelao, who applied for the redemption of a tax deed. Alex. Campbell and John Kopp were granted liquor licensee. Th health and police committee recommended the payment of an Item ot IS on the ayrvey- or payroll, and the bill of M. C. Croa- ami will have charge of the work a au- by for 111.611 waa ordered paid. The atreet perlntcndent for the director. Contract- Special to th Aatorlan. Washington, jun t The aenute today paoaed the river and harbor bill over the prealdent' veto, by a vote of X to C The bill la now a law. Washington. June t The houe today began clearing the decka for final ad journment by extending the length ot the dally eeealona. The houee met at 11 o'clock and aat until 1 In addition to thl Dlngley. the floor leader of th majority, gave notice that henceforth he abould object to all leave of abaence, aav uch aa were required on account of slckneaa. The Importance of kteplne a quorum con stantly In attendance, he explained, com' pelled him to take thl atep. The Murray-Elliott comeated caa from the Flrat South Carolina duttricl wo de bated for four hour. The vote will b taken tomorrow. The majority retiort favor the seating of the contestant, who la a colored man, and who waa seated by th Flfly-urat bou In the place ot Elliott. Ten thousand copies of the president's veto message and the report of the river and tsarbor committee on the messuge, were ordered printed. Washington. June 1 The bill prohib iting the Issue of bonds, which paaoed the senate yesterday, waa considered by the house way and mean committee today. Wheeler moved to report the bill fa vorably, but no action waa taken. After the meeting of the Republican member the. committee, with the other Republi can leader of the house, had a confer ence to discus the question. The pre dominant sentiment was that It was de sirable to dispose of the resolution with out delay, so as to arrest whatever appre hension may exist In business circles. Chairman Dlngley said: "The only question Is whether in view of the lateness of the session and the desirability of an early adjournment, it la worth while to take up the matter In the house now. There la no question that the resolution will be reported adversely when action ut taken. It la understood that every Republican member of the committee will vote for an adverse re port, and Turner, of Georgia, and Cobb, of Missouri, will be with thenu; Lodge' bill for the reorganization of the consular service. Tne mil contemplate a thorough and complete system of t x amlnationa lr application for ihe con. aular, both oriKinal appointment and promotion. Th report refer to the recent order of th president extending the civil service to thl d. partment, but adds mat It pro vide only partially for that aervice, and doe not diminish th need for a com prehensive reorganization, as proposed In the bill reported. "In fact," th re port concludes, "the acheme proposed In th bill Is an extension of that estab lished by th executive order and glvea not only complete reorganlxaUon, but the authority of Uw to the classification, which now rests aolely on a depart mental order." TWO POPULIST committee explained the attitude of the i r Hayle I positive that he can finish . ..j rv. "in in rvKiira lo street work, and recommended that no atreet S. FREEMAN, lat f Praa Holm. K. T. EARLBi tat of Stovkto. Cel. COLUHBIA IRON WORKS Foundrymen, Blacksmiths, Machinists and Boiler Makers Manufacturing and Repairing of all Klnda of Machinery. Iron and Brass Castings. General BlacksmitbiWork tlTCIALTIES - W.lch Patent Whesl. Ship Stnltlilng and Steamboat Work, Cannery ani 1 Mill Machinery. Marin and Stationary Uoll art Built to Order. HTSptclally equipped for Loggers' Woik. Located on iSth and Franklin (Scow Bay Foundry). Phone 78. Correspondence solicited. ABTOKIA IKON WORKS Coaroaly St., toot of Jackson. Attorl. General Machinists and Boiler Makesr land and Msrln Enginti, Hollar work, Stean boat and Cannery Work a Specialty. Casting of All Description Mad to Orda oa Short Nolle. John Fox., ..Prealdent and Superintendent A. L. Fox Via Prealdent O. H. Pranl Beoretary First National Bank Treasurer ROSS HIGGINi & CO Grocers, : and : Butchers Astoria and Upper Atorla Fins T and Coffees, Ttle Pellcarisi, Domssth and Tropical I ruin. Vegetable, Sugar Cured Hami, Bacon, Etc. Choke Fresh and Salt Meats. THE ASTORIA SftVIJ.CS BflHK Acta as trustee tor corporation and In dividual. Transact a general banking bualne. Interest pnTd on time deposit. C. H. PAOK President HENJ. YOUNO Vloe-Presldent FRANK PATTON Cashier DIRECTORB: J, Q. A. Bowlby, C. H. Page, BenJ. Toung, A. 8. Reed, D. P. Thompson, W. E. Dement, D. K. Warren. .SNAP A KODAK. at any man coining out ot our store and you'll get t portrait ot a man brimming over with pleasant thoughta. Huoh quality In the llqunn we have to offer are enough to pleu any nun. COMB AND THY THEM HUGHES & CO. A TWISTER. A twister In twisting May twist him a twist. For In twisting a twist Three twists make a twlat: Hut If orio of the twist Untwists from the twist, The twist untwisting Untwists the twist. That Is, when It'a twisted with other twine than MARSHALL'S. any ft Ilencnth a atcamer'a borth there's Just room enough for one of our 12.16 telescope satchels and not nenr enough for the ordinary trunk. Hence, a satch el Is a necessity If you're going on a sea voyugo. THE ARCADE. For the beat of commercial Job printing call at the Aatorlan Job office. armies he established along the line or railroad, as has been played for, because such action would be an Injustice to the railroad iicople. This elicited the re mark from Mr. Welch that It seemed strange the town could toe run by one mnn. The street committee recommended payment of the city surveyor's payroll ot IISOSS. and the hill of the West Shore Mills Co. for ITAS In the sum of STiST.ss. The claim of C. a GumlrrMon, . nnd the payroll or the street superintendent. $IST.5U. were ordered paid. The proposi tion of the owner of block HO, Adair's Astoria, agreeing to dedicate sufficient property for a street If said street would be constructed without cost to them, waa accepted. Formal acceptance of Tenth treet occurred, nnd the cost of the street was shown to tie I17H192. Report ing on a resolution for the establishment of a grade on Columbia avenue. West Astoria, the street committee recommend ed Its adoption. A petition from property owner for the Improvement of SSth street from Dunne to Kensington avenue, was grunted, upon recommendation ot the street committee. The public property committee reported favorably on the surveyor's claim of KZ. A requisition from F. M. Ureen, asking for nine new nosxles, wua referred to the fire and water committee, and thla com mittee was granted the um of J."O0 for Improvement purposes. The following ordinances were read first and second times; Appropriating J3S for the benefit of J. S. Delllnger; author ising the auditor and police Judge and mayor to Issue bonds In the sum ot tiriAt.Dl for the Improvement of Tenth street: authorising the Issuance of war rants for the collection of asaenaments remaining unpuld on the ISth street as sessment. An ordinance providing for the issuance of bonds to pay for the Improvement ot Kxrhange street from Tenth to Thir teenth was rend the third time nnd pass ed, as also were the following mensures: Creating a fund for tho improvement of Orand avenue from 5th to 12th streets; creating; 11 Franklin avenue street fund; rreutlnir a fund for tho Improvement ot Kxchnnu-e street from 10th to 12th; pro viding for the Issuance of J2D00 bonds to pay for the Improvement of Franklin avenue from 17th to ISth;. providing for tho Issunnce of $.tw bonds to pay for the Improvement of Irvine avenue from 15th to ISth streets; pro:!lng for the Issu ance of Hihi bonds to pay for the Im provement of 14th street; appropriating i;4.76 for J. S. Hltchen. The following resolutions were adopted: Ordering the assessors to make an as sessment on loth street: Instructing; the auditor to make a demand on the county court for tho balance of the road fund remaining to tho credit of Astoria dis trict; Instructing the chief engineer of the fire department to procure the necessary tools for the use of the fire hydrants. and Instructing him to make a request the hotel ten days before the time agreed upon in the contract, and thus earn a large bonua. A great change la already being made along the water front, and soon that part of the city will scarcely be recognised. Clinton Rrothers are making rapid head way with the driving of piles for the Fisher Brother dock, and the work ot cutting through the warehouse will he commenced aa soon aa the pile driving Is finished. The right of way west from tho Flavel wharf Is rapidly being cleared of buildings, and by th time the work men reach that part of the line, they will have a clear field. The merchants of the city feel much encouraged over the progress of nfTalrs, and that there will soon be distributed In the city quite large sums of money In the purchase of supplies nnd material by rullrond contractors. While business la not only dull In Astoria, but throughout the state. It Is confidently expected that there will be relatively better time here than elsewhere In Oregon during- the next year or two. A NEW METHOD OF 8OIL CULTURE. An Interesting movement Is In progress that promises great things for agricul ture In the sub-arid belt of scanty ruin, fall. A scientific farmer In South Da kota' Is zealously advocating a theory of special methods of soil-culture, which la attracting a great deal of Interest and la being put to practical tests In various localities. HI Idea Is to make better use of the moisture that falls In showers by atoring it. so far aa possible. Just be low the roots of the growing crops and preventing its too rapid evaporation. To this end he ha Invented a sort of culti vator that packs the ground a few Inchea below the surface so that a considerable amount of water will lie held above the sub-soil. Then, acting on the known fact that capillary attraction and conse quent evaporation take place much more rapidly when the surface soli Is firm and baked by the hent than when It Is loose, he stirs up the surface by repeated working with another sort of cultivator. This second process Is ensy enoiiKh with corn nnd root crops, but he proposes to employ It with wheat, sowing the grain In rows and tilling the field with a ma chine specially designed for this purpose. Ho Illustrates his theory of capillary at traction and evaporation in dense sur face soil hy showing how much more rapidly n fine-grained sponge will suck up waiter than will a conrse-urnlned one. and how much more rapidly It will give out water when the two nponjros are saturated and pluced on a board In the sun to dry. It would be premature to make any predictions as to the ultimate outcome of this theory of a special method of tillage adapted to region of Inadequate precipitation for successful farming by the old methods, but I refer to It here to show that American enter prise and Ingenuity are at work on the problem of the general utilization for agriculture of the great sub-arid belt. REORGANIZATION LEGISLATION. The Judiciary Committee of the House Further Postpones Final Consider tlon of Reorganization Bill. Washington, June t After the action of the Judiciary committee cf the house In further posttonlng the final considera tion of the Northern Pacific reorganiza tion legislation, but little hope remains that anything can be accomplished along thla line at thla session. A number ot the members of the committee seem to be burdened with the Idea that an or iginal grant or power and lands Is con templated. Instead of a simple extension of the legislative charter to the proposed new company. They talk about the evils of land grants, as If they expected that the Northern Pacific lands were to re vert to the government If the extension Is not granted, and no amount ot ex planation seems sufficient to show them that the conditions which the friends of the reorganization have already agreed to accepted are Just so much clear gain to the people of the Northwest over the alternative which their action will in evitably force upon the new company ot Incorporating under state laws. NOW THE AFTERMATH. Suit to Recover for Preparing Mrs, Car. ter for the Siege. New York. June t David Belaaco waa a wltneaa In the supreme court today in hla suit to recover ),( from N. K. Fatrbunk for services rendered In fitting Mr. Leslie Carter for the Stage. Belaaco ttllled that he first met Fairbank In the autumn of im. In the apartment ot Mr. Carter, In this city. Belaaco also suted that thla waa bla first meetina- with Mr. Carter, and that this meeting wu at Fairbank' request. According to the wltneaa. he told Fairbank Ihe coat of making a dramatic tar of Mr. Carter woun ne from HU,rt to IM.OW. which wo not more than waa paid for Drenartna- Mary Anderson for her career. To thl Information the defendant responded, placing hi hand on the plaintiff's shoulder: "My boy. you hare been verr frank nd would frighten any other man. but 1 nave plenty of money. I loae tl,ouo.Mv In one day and make It back the next." Belaaco further testified that he object ed to dealing with backer who withheld their names from the public, to which Fairbank replied that It wa for weighty business reason that be did not wish to be known aa the financial sponsor for Mr. Carter. Negotiations progressed so for that Belasco retired from hi other busineea engagement to devote hi en tire time to the development of Mr. Cirter'a talents. DEFEAT OF MATABELES. Captain Plumer's Scouts Disperse tOOu Native, With Heavy Losses. Buluwayo. June 1 Captain Plumer re ports that the scouts belonging to his column on Monday afternoon found a force of 2.000 Matabelea encamped upon a atone kopje, having a hollow center, like a fort The scouts opened fire on the native and retired. Captain Plumer, upon hearing the firing, advanced his column at a gallop and poured a heavy fire into the enemy. The Matabelea The Ban Aln.i SMiiin. ri Such Kill Be Oregon's Frond Repre sentation In the Halls of Congress. MITCHELL TICKET DEFEATED legaUr Reaiblicais Elect Tkcir State Su itors gas Six IteprcMitathts. ti "itcfctllUM Oat Sctator s lire Ktpreatatativu. Portland, June t According to election return received up to a lata hour to night, Oregon baa elected two Popullae congressmen. In the First district com plete returns nave been received from every county except Curry. Vanderburg, Populist du a plurality of 121 over Tongue, In Curry county there are only about MO vote and at th last election the Republican ticket received about 1D plurality. It la not probable that th Re publicans will poll a heavy a vote as they did two years ago, ao Vanderburg la without doubt elected. In the Second district Qulnn, Populist, has 400 plurality over Ellis, Republican, with Grant, Harney and Malheur coun ties yet to bear from. Two year ago Grant county gave the Republican ticket 300 plurality. Malheur went Republican by 90; and Harney Democratic by 40 pi u rallty. According to the way th vot has been running In the district, Qulna should have a plurality In Harney and Malheur. The count in this city to not yet com plete. It Is known, however, that th Republicans elect every officer on tho county ticket, and all the city officers except mayor and two councilman. Three regular Republican state senators aro elected and one Mitchell Republican. Tho regular Republican elect six represen tative and the Mitchell. Republicans three. SOUTHERN PACIFIC MAGNANIMITT. stood the fire well for a few mtnutev but finally fled, having sustaned heavy losses. Captain Plumer pursued them, but abandoned the pursuit at sunset. One English trooper was killed and two were wounded. The defeat of this party of Matabele warriors has stricken the na tive impls on the west with fear. ALBERT GETS THE RIBBON. The Prince of moved. es Re- Wales' Derby. Colt Wins the Epsom, England. June 1 Persimmons. Prince of Wales' colt, at five to one ag-dlnst, won the derby today. Persim mons' waa the best derby time since 17- This is the first time In one hun dred and eighty years that a prince or Wales has won the blue ribbon on the turf. In 1788 the Prince who subeeauently reigned as George IV won a derby with Sir Thomas. San Francisco. June t The Southern Pacific Co. has granted amnesty to th strikers who refused to work two years ago and who were afterwards refused re instatement by the company. The strik ers claimed that the road blacklisted them so that they could not obtain em ployment on any road In the country. Manager Fillmore has Issued an order to the various division superintendeouj authorizing them to employ the ex-strikers whenever vacancies exist. The fact that a man participated In the big strike will not prevent bis being engaged. CHOLERA SPREADING IN EGYPT. Cairo, June J. Despite the efforts ot the sanitary department, the cholera Is spreading In the environs of this city and down the Rosetta branch of the Nile. Great distress prevails In Alexandria, ow ing to the almost complete cessation ot business In consequence of the flight ot the wealthier class of Inhabitants. Yesterday sixteen deaths occurred In Alexandria, thirty-six in Cairo and fortv In other cities and towns LET DOWN EASY. The Union Iron Works Allowed to Re place the Oregon's Plates. Washington, June J. The navy depart ment has finally consented to allow the Union Iron Works, of 8nn Francisco, to replace the defective steel deck plates wrought Into the protective deck of the battleship Oregon and brought to the at tention of the department through one of the employes of the contractors. The company has disclaimed the re sponsibility for the substitution of the two thin plates for one of those required by the contract, and haa placed the blame on Superintendent Dickie. The defect ot the plates. If Indeed the eight complained of are all, were the last of the deck plates to go Into the ship, so there waa no op portunity for the government naval In spectors to detect the substitution by looking at the edges of the plates, and moreover, bulkheads had been placed over these particular plates for the con cealing of their true character. WANT IT UNDERSTOOD That They are For Gold, Although Their Constituents Are for Sliver. Lexington, June l At a meeting of delegates by congressional districts to day two delegates and two alternates from each district for the national con vention were selected as state committee men, officers and members of the va rious convention committees. The silver men control nil the districts except the Fifth, In which Louisville is located. In the Fifth district all receiving places were not only Instructed for the gold standard, but each candidate was mude to pledge himself, SAN FRANCISCO BOUTS. San Francisco, June 1 Tom Sharker whipped Williams, of Salt Lake, in eight rounds tonight. 8harkey had William nearly out In the eighth round, when the tatter's seconds threw up the sponge. Danny Needham and Blllv Uallas-her fought a draw. Billy Smith knocked out Corrigan and Walker did the same with Allen. MISSIONARY 80CIETY. New Haven. Conn.. June 1 Various sessions of tho Seventh anniversary ot the Congregational Home Missionary So ciety are now well umfer way. Major Genera! O. O. Howard was elected president THE MARKETS. Liverpool, June 1 Wheat spot, steady; demand, poor: No. I red winter, Ss 4d: No. 1 hard Manitoba. Ss ld; No 1 California, Be Sd. A Portland, June J. Wheat, unchanged. CONSULAR SERVICE REFORM. Senate Committee Reports Favorably on Lodge's Bill. Washington, June I The senate com mittee on foreign relations, through Mr. Lodge, made a favorable report on Air. RAILWAY EARNINGS. Railway earnings do not yet show the hoped for improvement. For March 14s roads retiort an increase of only 11,276.000 or 2.32 per cent. In gross, and a slight loss, about 1 per cent. In net, whereas In February there was a gain of per cent In gross and nearly 18 per cent In net For the quarter ended March Si, 183 roads Indicate an Increase of $11,626,000, or 6.23 per cent In gross, and of I4,t56.000. or 8.46 per cent In net, according to the Chronicle's figures. But some of the roads show very large gains, while the examples of large decrease are few. For the three months forty-four roads has Increases of over lioo.oto each, running up as high as to tl.3u6,oou In the case ot the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul. $M2,0u for the Pennsylvania system, SM7.0OO for the Cunadlan Pacific and tS21,(87 for the Burlington, while the only decrease above JlM.ooo was In the case of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad nd coal companles-whose falllne oir was IC21.000. DOCUMENTS ABOUT VENEZUELA. Reported Discovery of Importance In the Archives of the Vatican. London. June 1 The Dally Chronlcla publishes a dispatch from Its correspond ent In Rome saying that the Venezuelan commissary, Senor Yrlarte, has tasewv ered In the Vatican archive bull and other documents regarding the frontier dioceses of Venezuela. These documents assign to Venezuela certain territory that Is now claimed by Great Britain. These documents, the dispatch adds, have been examined by Mr. Wayne MacVeagh, United States ambassador to Itoly, who is deeply Impressed with their contents. ELLIS' CHANCE. Northup Carried Multnomah County by a good Plurality. 8peclal to the Astorian. Portland. June t It will take a com plete vote to decide as to congressmen. Both Populists and Republicans claim It. The Republicans claim Elli will reach Multnomah county with 800 plurality, which will be sufficient to elect him. The Populists claim that the counties not heard from will go heavily for Qulnn. The vote In this county, as far as counted stands: Ellis, 2679; Northup 1656: Qulnn. 2, SOt . BASEBALL SCORES. Washington, June t Washington S; Cleveland 3. Gome called on account or darkness, after eleven Innings. fcoston. June 3. Boston 14; Louisville 5. Brooklyn, June 3. Brooklyn 6: St Louis t Baltimore. June 8. Philadelphia T: Cli- clnnati 3, Chicago, June 3. Chicago 14: New York 8. Portland, Or- June 3. Portland 13: Vic toria 4. Tacoma, June 1 Tacoma 18; Seattle 8. BENEFITS OK RAILROADS. The state of Illinois Is fortunate In having a railway which not only paya in taxes almost the whole ordinary ex pense of the state government, but Is willing to advance the money before It la due, to help the commonwealth out ot a tight place. The Illinois Central Rail road Company has for the second time this year come to the rescue of the stato treasury and enabled it to resume th payment of Its warrants by advancing 33U0.OU0 on account of taxes that would be due from the company in June. Under the provision of Its charter by whloh th company Is to pay the stute 7 per cent of the amount of annual gross earnliiKS on the 706 miles of origlnul road, the Il linois Central has already contributed to the state treasury nearly fifteen and one half millions of dollars, and its payments now amount to nearly 1700,000 a year. Highest of all iu Leayeoing Power.- n 11 WW' -Latest U. S. Gov't Report ifieldBig . I... . . ft ASMMIEESf E2JDE