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vt-.-Jftj!.' wr- a r - - ' ....... , ilOlvlu'i i uwn;v "'" - SAVE TIME The Dafly AstorUn 0rw Ha a miiA ...Family ClrcpUtlon... : Much hom tha tmimi im IAK1I At TMATtuI AS OTMWI m Astoria. Ex no use IIqw? mid worry ""a An "Ad In Th AnniiAi't "WmiUIuor." KXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XLVI. ASTORIA, ORK0O.V. SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 23, 1897. NO. 19 i lijfttto ?X.i4 A. Ladies' Kid Button Shoes rKil Tip. Colon Made. Vorik 2 5l Laird, Schober & Co.'s Ladles' Fine Shoes TV) nd In Shoea. Id Diyi. Columbia Shoe Company S23 Commercial St.. Aaterla. 0 A Full bine of- Diaries Calendar Pads Blank Books Supplies Tide Tables f iss7 GRIFFIN City Book Store The Lrow Price Store IS .CLOSING pyntsS!NESS- All Dress Goods, Shoes, I'ndcrkcir, CloaK. Cutset, Mild 30 per cent, off rcqulnr price. If voo bay one dollar' worth of rjoons til yon pay for It Is 70 ct I. COHEN, 491 Horid Ht. ... Attorln,Or. WHY Do We Have Because our Goods are Properly Represented. Wo Dtul Courteously with Our Customers, Wo Consider Thoir Wunts, Ami Give the Most Value for the Lowest Price, FOARD & STOKES CO. Astoria Roofing and Cornice Co. 34 Gravel. Tin and Slate Rooflnf NINTH QTHFFT Aphalt Pavlnf (or Basements. Sidewalks and Streets A Asmalt Coatlnr on Tin and Snlngle Roofs . Fepalrlnrof all kinds of Roofs Clarkson & Marvin LONG FIR PILING Promptly Furnished Astoria Asphalt & Roofing Co. All Work Roof Painting and Repairing Lky Hoote Emil Schacht flRGjOTECT GEO. NICOLL. Assistant. OFFICIO: Kopp's Hew Brewery B.p.AllilEN&SOtf Will Ptpt, Arttili' Mittrlili, Pilnli, Oil. Glm, itc. Jipin.M Matting , Rugiind BiabooGoodi 365 Commercial Street. UNION MEAT CO. SHIELD BRAND tfAlVIS, BACON, LAUD CONDENSED MEATS GUARANTEED THE BEST IN THE MARKET... Cor. 4tb and Gllsan Sts PORTLAND OREGON A PROSPEROUS NOW YEAR TO ALL & The -r LARGEST BUSINESS? Bopm Company 216 and 217 Chamber of Commerce Portland. Oregon Lmvi r-c1r at t.U Cmiiiri Guaranteed N. JEN5EN and R. 0. HANSEN SEASIDE SAWMILL A complete itock of lumber on iband la the rough or dressed. Flooring, rui (Ic, celling and all kind of finish; mold In and shingle. Term reasonable and prices at bedrock. All order promptly attended to. Offloe and yard at mill. II F. L. LOGAN, Seaside, Oregon. Proprietor. The Palace Cafe Is the Place for a Good Meal... Eastern Oysters la the shell or ca Served to Order or Sold at Retail W. W. WHIPPLE THE PALACE J. A FASTABEND, QENERAL CONTRACTOR, HOUSE, BRIDGE JlfJD ffiHARF BUILDER HOUIS MOVER. Hosm Maying TmU for Riot. ASTORIA OBEOON SENSATION OVER NICARAGUA BILL Created In the Senate of Washington by Atlcycd Threat of lirltaln. oregovs senator am. rk;ht Tur4n Tirade Has Not Frightened Htm What the (Wiai Means to the PaMe Coast Htatc. Washington, January 22 Th session Ut the n-Mta btmy developed three (lt tlnt niuitliiri. Thu iml ltnirtnl or tluw thu prnM-ntatlon by Hher mn ut a Mtrr fr" MltUt.r Hod. TiiriKi. m,r-it'lv' oT h OrwatT HlulilU' ut Ciiural Aml-a (inrtudlng Nlrarairual. I" i(T t prointtlng atfalnit tht. rixutlm 4 lh NViu-mrua innrnl irJ-t by ihr L'nitrd HtMti unrlrr the ii.ya. lin iirMiti-d In JHK7 to the Mr. rtiKwn CuiihI tVmnny. A the bill for thl purt"' "Jut l' virtrd n by lh m-imt. the prwntallnn cf th It-ttT 1 Trailed rofitfnrnatlon among It frtiMulii. MrKKii, lt i-lib mi.rt r. at m d-lr'd th lntti u In irlrvl by Or.-at HrttnJn. who WMJirtU to ilrlvr th 1'rUtr.J Htatra fnnn tic Ulh muM by unlixt th CntHral AnTl-an Htatf iui a catupaw. II uawrtnl that MtnlM'T i1rtitur hat evmie h-re to rxn'Ute inirh a plan, and that It wa an inn lhrt KKalnia Anutlcan con tri of ttw canal. The Iwtler made a infoiitii Impmudon on the wnatr. KarlU-r In tlw Any the annate unex ri tlly found Itm-lf dlafUaalnR the new AnW-Anertin trmty. While the tr-"ny hi l"n relued. all dleru lm of K ta reatrlttl to rXM-utlve a ikm. NiKMlthtan'.llng thl rule, tt-pn-Mloni arre free and full from Rher man. Oray. Cullom, lxlice, Hoar, and othnt. Hhortly after the liin began Tur il rauwl a preliminary flurry by cjit li'lllng the ri"rted MTrwement belaeeii S.vretarlee Olney and 8hermni by hli h nu action wa to be 4akea a to Cuba hefre itanh 4. Sherman em pharteany denlMl that any euch. iree- nmt had bren njulr. aid atlili-l he had n4 had a -orl wHih Otney In that drvti'n. Wahlngton, D. C. January S3. IW, II. Van IHiwn. Chairman of the Cltl iin Meeting. Aitorla. Ore: Keaolu ttn received. Oreirm deteatlm In nirn- camemiy eupportlng Icglsla- Unti providing for conetructlon of the Nli areKua canal. GEO. VT. McBRIDE. The telgram quoted alwve, from Senator McJrlde. ta e'Mnce that Ore gun' rvprcaenUtive U not ai ail fright ened by Turple'a tirade and dtuplay of t'lrcu oratory ngainat the Nicaragua oaniU bill, IVefdte that gentlaman'a effort to mAe a ehowtng for the eoa- tltucnta hi have lined nil pocket with gili t flirht the meaure, the Pacini- coaat taitia mull and will have the bill aMHHl. In repeated eieeche In the I'nlted State eenate. John It. Mitchell of Ongun hue ehown where ho stand on thla qurstlon. Senator MrltrUle hiw Hiied up on the right eldo, and the nwijorlty of the representative of Cailfornla. WanhliiKton. Idaho and M.uitana have himn their luiml and taken a poattkxi favorable to the Mil. Ixk at the eltuation from any stand point, and It at once biooiiie appa rnt t an unprejudlcetl nn that the NtoorihtrM canul nnnn tx built by the 1'ntted Htute under the auiierlntend enoe of American engineer, and that the completion f thl trk I the only mean by which the commerce euid development of the entire country can be accomplished. Ocean of vacant land on the Pajolfle dope await oc cupation by the farmer. Immigration oan only be Induced, to any appreciable extent, when cheap mean of trana IKirtiathm are afforded. That a coun try, now with a population of leat than two million, but oupable of supporting thlrty-flve million, should go begging, seem supremely ridiculous. When U 1 taken Into consideration that the building of the Nicaragua canal not only means the bringing .to the raclllc Ueeert Ue people which shall make them bloom like the Garden of Eilen, but that It also means, what is of atlll greater Importance, the placing In the hand of the. United States Uie control of the oommerce of the world; Llver pool within thirty day of Astoria; New York within three weeks of Pan Fran cisco; Lxmdon within thirty days of Australia, by sea, aJ nienns an entire reortriuilaatlon of kvui trafllc. How congress can hesitate longer up on the passage of the bill which means such great prosperity to alt of Its peo ple seems strange to the smallest mer cluuit or fanner In the country. Only Ave years will be required to flnl.sh the cannl, snd bring almut a change In business conditions throughout the en tire country which will , aou vindi cate the wisdom of the measure. NOTE OF WARNING. Astoria, Jan. 21. (Rdltor Astorlan) In a few days the council and the school district will meet to estimate the cojrts of operating their different department the coming year. Times have been hard for several year and Is atlll contracting. It U ln'H Ibat better tlmwars coming, but while coining, they havt. nut eone are not here. It may ! tu y-urt IWor they reaoh here. Kveil then IiUhIik-m will be organlicd and done on a very different ImuiIi than tertfir, and will be on close margttia. It behoove the tax -payer U Uxik tut now and see that he do rwft lose all his property by ponfttton befora those better tlni.- get twre. Irt private, all Iiimi have tieen rnducerl. Ilvr and wage are greatly reduced, ftent are down arnJ yield no revenue." Merchant are tl n g up thnlr auicka btad of In ireaolng. Outside of ('Mjp cmnty many husltm Until are going to the wall, and only a rarfvll adrnlnUtratlon of public affair will prevent disaster Ut many In Clatsip codnty. , I'ubllc irxmttim- have not been cut diwn. Whi li the result? The city Is nd.M. dlr tly IMxJXM. The f hool district whb-h hi In the rtty limit. 0.W; th portion of the ouiay m db.lnww ohargi-aMe to the city 1 a)nu 70.wi0; t'Hal In round numbrs, .r which thf property and tax-payer of thH city art liaMe, 'JD.ODO. The to tal inxaMe pri-rty Is but a little over lw. million, art the Hy 1 In debt to an amount equal to one thirI of It taxable worth. Tbe arinual Interest on tht lnIWtt-lna Is f40.iyx. eUal to twirj per rent en th Uxable property. In irtlu-r wtfTds. h rnw rerjulre a twen ty mill tax to pay the annual irttreeet, to say f4htng the tax to keep up 111 rront expmsm. Wkere or what I the huHrnMi that will Hand tt? Can Investor be expected to locate nianufsi torlrn hfre. where there will be U4-h enornsHi taxes The county levy I SH milli for the corning yar. Khrmld J he city le-y be ten and the school ell. there will be a total of 8VS mill. Much of the projierty In the county haa Ixxm lnHight In by the wunly and Is atlll hrtd by H r -the reason that the owner will not redeem nor any one pay the amount of the taxes for the imaHTty. J. Q. A. BOWLBY. "W. C. T. I. WORK. The good people of Astoria are cer tainly to be congratulated on having such a noble band of iromen. as are to he found In the little parlor of Rescue hall vary .Thursday flrtexv, That these women arc fulfilling the Chrlut principle, cannot be questioned for a mmiwtit. More than one needy family have found thnm more than willing iw render assistance In keeping the wolf from the dsr during times of direst distress. When an application la made for help no questions as to rellglou belief are asked, the only thing required I to know If the appli cant Is worthy. Again tt become ne neaiairy to call on the cltixen for help, m the way of donations of cast-off clothing. No matter what you have, K can be uttllxod In one way or an other, and will brighten and cheer some poor, forlorn mortal. Anything left at the hall will be most gratefully receiv ed, or it -word la sent to the Union meeting, article will be called for. Every society haa a harvest time, and that time will soon be at hand for rho ladies of the W. C. T. U. Mr. Clara llofrman, a woman of marked ability aa a lecturer, one of the national offi cer, state president of Missouri, and a decidedly brilliant woman, will be lesre and licture In Filter's Opera House tin the night of February 11. Tills will no doubt be a treat that we seldom have an opportunity of here, and undoubtedly a packed house will greet this charming woman. Manager Sellg will make arrangements no that aH nwiy be comfortable, so none should stay away thinking that they can't get a anat. Hut be sure and come early and get god seats, as first come, first served, of course. COMMITTEE. LOST SAWDUST. A do balonglng to a Utile five-year-old girl named May, of Pullman, Wash ington, bad the misfortune one day to get au crippled as to allow the sawdust with which It was stuffed to .come out. A few day later a very tightly-laced young lady, Mias I , called on May' man una. After Mies D ' departure May said to her mamma, In all earnest ness: "Mamma, has Mis D lost all tho- sawdust out of her?" MOTHER'S BUCKWHEAT CAKES. From the Chlcngo Record. "These buckwheat cakes are not at all Ilka those mother used to make." "Well, I should hope not. She had to make them over nitrht and take the crock to bed with her to keep them from freexlng." TIK) MUCH SENSE. From the Chicago Record. "What makes you say that women more sense than men?" "Well, you haven't seen any women riding around town In wheelbarrow since the election, have you?" SURFRISINO, IF TRUE. "Judklns had a ghastly surprise this morning on an Eighth street smoking car." "What was lit?" "Not a solitary unman tried to force herself Into It." . The poster party la at present In high social favor. THEY ARE STILL HA MUDDLE The Legislature at Salem Adjourn latll Honda .Morning. MITCHELL TO PLAV HIS GAME Takes the Position that He Can atlll lie Elected and Seated if the House I Not Jiecognlxed. Special to the Aatorian. Salem, Or., January J2. The muddled condition of the Oregon legislature can not be cleared tip before Monday, both the senate and the Benson house hav ing adjourned until that date. The Davis house. In accordance with their contention that no business can be transacted without two-third of the member elected to the house being present, adjourned until tomorrow, when they will doubtless meet and ad journ UU Sunday and then till Monday, on which day the fight will be resumed. The feature of today' proceeding was tho attempt to keep Temporary Speaker Davis out of hi chair, on ti.e part of the Benson men. They feared that Davis, whose house wa to meet half an hour before their, would shut them out altogether or repeat yester day scene of a dual house. For a few momenta trouble was Imminent but wise counsel prevailed and Davis wa allowed to take hi Mat on condition that be would adjourn his bouse be fore tbe time set for the meeting of the Benson houoe. The agreement wa carried out to the letter. It wa generally expected that the question of organisation would be de cisively aeUied today, but events seem ed to indicate, that Senator Mitchell and hi friends were not willing to hasard It until they learned definitely what action the senate would take In the matter of recognising the- Benson house. Therefore the joint resolution was not sent to the senate relative to the notification of the governor. Tbe opposition to Senator MUchetl say that If the acTTsSe 'retoaiilxe " the DensuQ j house they will come In and proceed to business, but under no other condi tions. The situation Is very complicated and there Is a wide divergence of opin ion as to the. legality of the proceed ings already had and those contemplat ed. The spirit of the opppaltlon to trfis majority organizing is the deaire to de feat Senator Mltrftiell for re-election. Senator Mitchell has taken the position that even If the senate does not recog nise the Benson house be can be elect ed and seated. The member of the Benson house, and those member of 'the senate favorable to him, can meet In Joint convention, he claims, and proceed to ballot, providing they num ber a majority of the legislature. It la now the plan of the Mitchell mea to take such ballot one week from next Tuesday. They claim that the organ ization of the Benson house yesterday make a de facto org animation and meet the federal requirement of vot ing for senator on the second Tuesday after organization. STILL BATTLING. No Change in the Senatorial Contest at Olympla. Olympla, June 82. Three more bal lots were taken today In Joint assembly of the legislature In an effort to choose a United States senator and no candi date seems nearer eelctlon at the con clusion of the ninth ballot than when the first ballot waa taken Wednesday. It seems to be an understanding among the majority, which includes the Re publicans, that three ballots shall be taken each session unless tome can didate shall develop a surprlning vote. Judge Turner gained another vote to day, although he received but 24, the same as yesterday. One of hi sup porters, however, was absent. Squire gained three vote, which gave him on the second ballot of the day six votes. On the next ballot he dropped back to five. Speaker Cltne and Lieutenant Governor Daniels lead the Populist can didates, and the race between them was neck and neck the last two ballots. Rev. Clark Davis, after the first ballot today, withdrew from the contest, Hodgdon, Populist member from King, created warm. )applause from the Republicans by casting hie vote for the Republican candidate on the sec ond ballot. "I desire to express my admiration for and confidence In, my old pioneer friend," he said. "I will therefore cast a complimentary vote this ballot for one of nature's noblemen, Arthur A. Denny." Warner, Democrat, voted for Judge Turner. The vote was received with hisses by the mlddle-of-the-roaders. SNOW BLOCKADE. Huron, S. D., January 22. As a result of last night's blizzard no trains were sent eaat or south today over the Chi cago and Northwestern. The Milwau kee line is blockaded and the Great Northern has been under three to ten feet of snow for two week. An engine and a snow plow were thrown from the Northwestern track nar here thl afternoon by a broken rail. Assistant Division Superintendent 8tniorn -nd Fireman Jamleaon were badly hurt. BUSINESS BETTER. But Price Are a Trifle Lower Accord ing to Dun. New York. January 22. R. O. Dun A Company' Weekly Review of Trad to morrow will say: Ther I more business, though not at better price. It la interesting that almost all prices Which change at all are lower than a week ago, and yet bull nee Is unquestionably larger. There Is a larger production, but a yet not a much increase In consump tion, and there is larger buying of ma terials, THit at present only because better price are expected In future. The number of bands employed, all In dustries considered, la slightly larger Hhan a week ago, with adverse change In tve rate of wage. All apprehension of foreign disturbance of the money markets haa passed away, but there is still great caution In making loans. It la a mistake to reckon this a a symptom of depression. On the con trary, in apite of the lower range of price In Important industries, tbe con dition all Indicate larger production. and consumption Increasing, not a yet largely but steadly. The failures tor the seek have been 40 in the United States against 373 last year, and K in Canada against (1 last year. The aggregate of gross earnings of all railroad in the United States report ing for the flrqt half of January Is 19.137.7:4, a decrease of 4 per cent com pared with last year, and of LI per cent compared aitb the corresponding period In 1&93. MUST PAT UP. T acorn. January 22. United States Circuit Judge Gilbert rendered a de cision here today that the Northern Pa cific Railroad must pay a draft for 34.200 uasbed by the late Paul Schulse, land agent of the Northern Pacific at the London and San Francisco bank Just before his suicide two year ago. The draft wa on New York and pays-Mat waa etopP because Sohulae need the proceeds for his personal account THE MARKETS. San Francisco. January 22. Hops, 8610c for fair to choice, and 11612 for fancy. Liverpool, January 21 Wheat spot, quiet; demand, poor; No. 2 red spring, fia lOd: No. 1 California, 7s Id. ' Future July, is 9"4d. DIXON THE WINNER. New York. January 22. Dixon knock Murphy out in the sixth round. NEW STEAMER. The new steel steamer Heiene, built by the Union Iron Work for the Wilder Steamship Company of Honolulu, was launched successfully at the Union Iron Works yesterday forenoon. Miss Laura Dlckeson of Honolulu had the pleasant duty of breaking the bottle of wine over the bow of the craft, and Bhe did It very gracefully, while an admiring crowd of Invited guests and workmen looked on and applauded. The new steamer Is 'built on very graceful lines. She Is 175 feet in length, 30 feet beam, nearly 15 feet deep, U 700 tons and Is to be supplied with 4.0 horse power engines. She l destined for the inter-island trade, principally as a freighter, but with some accommoda tions for passengers. The work of put ting In her engines and boiler will be prosecuted as rapidly as possible. The private masquerade ball at Fish er's hail last night was attended by about 100 couples and was a most suc cessful and enjoyable affair. The absolutely pure BAKING POWDER ROYAL the most celebrated of all the baking powders in the world cel ebrated for its great leavening strength and purity. It makes your cakes, biscuit, bread, etc., healthful, it assures you against alum and all forms of adulteration that go with the cheap brands. T Borst aaama seweca eo., m vows. T WITH UNION PACIFIC The Government Will tt Once Tort close the Entire Property.. ITS DEBT IS WELL SECURED Principal and Interest of the Claim of Uncle Sam Provided for hi Cash at the Sale. Washington, January 22. ACtomer- General Harmon today gave out . th following statement of the agrsenent . with tbe reorganisation committee of the Union PacUlo Railway. Upon the defeat of the funding Wit In the house the president directed the attornejr general to commence foreclosure pro ceeding against the Union Fsvelfle Railway Company, - first - making the beet arrangement obtainable for the protection of th government interest., following the line indicated in hi last report The attorney general began ne gotiation with tbe reorganixatioa committee. Thursday an agreement wa made which will result ta iaunov diate step to foreclosure. The .chief subject of the negotiation wa the protection of the government against risk of sacrifice of Its claim by aaia at a price which would leave nothing sob tantlai after paying the prior Item). This protection 1 now assured by guarantee that the government eiiall receive for It lien 00 aided portion of the Union Pacific and Kansas Pa cific line, including the linking fund. not Itw than MS. 754.000. The sale will be public eo the government will ro oelve the benefit of any higher bid np to the full amount of it claim, prin cipal and Interest The um of four-and-a-half million dollars cash was) Thursday deposited with the United State! Trust Company, New York, by Central Lewie Fitzgerald, chairman of the committee, a security according ts the terms of the agreement. It la be lieved that there will be higher bid, but if not the estimate shows that with tk .amount - already, received -from the company, the government will at least realize a sum equivalent to the . principal of tbe subsidy bonds, with Interest at about 3H per cent from their issue to the average date of their ma turtty. or about 3 per cent from the date of issue to January L 1897. The minimum of $45,754,000 guaran- . teed to the government la in cash, mo that all relations with the property, will terminate upon the conflrmaSoa of ' the foreclosure sale. The 'course to be pursued with respect to the Central Pa cific has not yet been determined. , REVENUE CUTTER LAUNCHED. , Boston. January 22. The now reve nue cutter Daniel Manning was launch ed at Eaat Boston this afternoon. The launching wa a complete success. The Manning la the largest revenue cutter ever built for tbe government, surpass ing in speed and power many naval vessels of this and foreign countries, and In time of war is expected to prove most valuable to tbe navy. BIG JUDGMENT. Chkiago, January 22. A judgment for 1S4.000 in favor of the World's Colum bian Exposition Company was entered today In Judge Burke's court against the Ferris Wheel Company. The Judg-. merrt is for the World's Fair Company's share of the gate receipt during the s exposition. SITUATION AT BOISE. Boise, Idaho, January 22. The sena torial ballot today resulted a follows: Clagett, 27; Dubois, 26; Nelson, 15; Lew is, 1; Parkinson, 1. 0 ( l l 1' 0 0 :: i i i ( .. . m