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ICXCUUSIVIC TKLKGWAPHIC PftESS REPORT.
VOL. XLVI.
ASTORIA, ORKOON, FRIDAY MOKMXO, FEHRL'ARV K, 181)7.
NO. 84
lima Ai
She WmimUMmm,
NOT THE CHEAPEST. BUT
BOYS' SHOES
Tlmt Im What
Wo Ilnvo
A Clic it Slum ntiuiot ii j?nii h1ho.
If you want n gool iiiticlo, ttonio hern;
K not, anywhere hIhh will 00,
A (luotl Morvlcenliltf Hho for
A Holier itrndo for
I Ha vwry Item
COLUHBIA
VALENTINES
COMIC
All Kinds
GRIFFIN
City Book Store
WHY
Do We Have
Because our Goods are '
Properly Represented.
Wo I al Courti'oiiftly with Our I'iihIoiiiitk,
Vt CoiiHhlrr Tlu-ir Want.
Ami dive tlm Most Ynluc for th Iowi-hI I'rirf,
FOARD & STOKES CO.
Astoria Roofing and Cornice Co.
34 Cnvtl. Tin ni SUt Hooflnr '
mintu ctuptt Asphalt Pivlnr for Bijtmtnts. Sidewalks and Streets
Rim H bl Ktt I Asphalt Coatlni on Tin and Shlnrle Roofs
34 mpalrlnf of all kinds of Roofs
4 aha pin nil iat il
LONG FIR PILING
promptly Furnished
Astoria Asphalt & Roofing Co.
All Work
Moot tritin
mmtl Mvpalrlng lmUy Huol
Emil Schacht
RRGHITEGT
GEO. NICOLL. Assistant.
omcB:
Kopp's New Brewcrg
UNION MEAT CO.
SHIELD BRAND
flflfiiS, BRCOH, LRHD
V. CONDENSED MEATS
GUARANTEED THE BEST
..IS TUB rU!HieT.
Cor. 4th and GllsanSts '
PORTLAND OREGON
J A FAST ABEND,
j v .GENERAL CONTRACTOR
.''HOUSE, BHlDCfi AND BUILDER
HOUm MOVKH.
HottM Having Toot, lor Rwit.
ASTORIA OBEOON
SEASIDE SflW!IILL
, A oomplete .lock of lumber on hand
' in th. roush or dremed. Flooring, rus
tic, celling and all klnda of flntah; mold
Inga and ihlnglea. Term reaaonable
nd prices at . bedrock. All order,
promptly attended in. Offlc. and yard
at mill. H T L, LOGAN,
BmsUI., Ore go a. , ' Proprietor.
THE BEST
fl.HO
2.00
.2,2 A 10 a.HO
SHOE CO.
SENTIMENTAL
and Sizes
& REED
The
LARGEST BUSINESS?
f .V.
- .t.1 1. " I T. J 1
216 and 217 Chamber of Commerce
Portland. Orefon
Leave ortlara at
K.U Commvra
clal Mtrt
Quaranteed
N. JENSEN and R. 0. HANSEN
R. I.. Boyle & Co.
Real
Estate
LOANS AND INVESTMENTS
COMMERCIAL ST.
The Palace Cafe
iffr- the Place for a
Good Meal...
Eastern Oysters
la the shell or cia
Served to Order or Sold at Retail
W. W. WHIPPLE
THE PALACE
S. Frh.maN, l.t. of Prwm.n Ik Holn.i.
R. T. Ehkli. UM of StwktiH, C.I.
FOUNDRYHEN
BlackamlthA, Machinist,
nd Boiler Maker
' Iron and Bras. Castings '
Ueneral Blacksmith Work
QPECMLTIFS - Weir h Plm Whe.1, Ship
Smlitilnf .nd StMmbo.1 Work, Cniwry uii
COLUMBIA IK WORKS
; 1 .i.,i.. .. ' !
Umiii rn.cnm.ry. m.rin. in aunwitry mi
eraBalBteOrd.. I
Specially equlppeil tor loggtr.' work .
Corr..ponotiK. wlkH '
18th iuid Franklin. Phons 78
MISS JOHNSON .
IS IN PORTLAND
Ymiiii) tin!) Kim DiMippciirtd I'rom
This lit) Turns I All Kloht.
relative wire alarmed
No Known llnusm Why Htte Hhould
Have Acted Ho HtnuttHy -Htry f
th 1 iin.Mmii.
About three weeks ago Mil Hatllu
JoUiumki. a prt'"-a'li blonde of '.'1
ew, arrived In (Ids ty fr" Port
land mi a visit l Captain Ounilrn
mid V.m. Herman Kkwtroin, biT r-la-
ilvi. The young lu.ly was U. spend
a jatim of wevk here. Isl
Thurndsy evening she left the house
of Mr. Itrlx, k friend. atoUt 6.30. to
vu.il, a .he id. U the house of Mr.
Ainu. 011 the. corner of Hh mil Bond
nrr. Prom that ttnw nr rau nu
U-.ii twuxd fr.Kn until Ihe mmiiw
Ttnlonn rtivl 4n ytfUy.
Wrdii-Ujr Hit MW rrtl In A
lo.in uiifl imul Uurnuifh rch ff
hr. but Im dliiirl tiiyUTlou
ly If the uth tl Hnrl iiixl al.
hiKNl her. Hhe nevw rMU-hnl Mr.
Ahut' Uiuot, imr hl rib boi in
,y jty mi. Mr. Jiitinnun tMrraihMl
to iM-vrtl HlM In ti Sonli", but
UiM to find My tnuw of the mlarlof
Kr.
It hptra Hum Mli JluuMn hJ wun
th rrUii wf lUAcrt Ory. wf Uie
KVfrt ttovui llf aavlng crw, ami that
he and a younc nun nanwd Krickaon
had twoutn Invulvwl In a quarrirl over
tha yuuna- lady. It w naturaily up
Hnl lluvt Out ytiunic lady had Uan
niarriMl tn Mr. liray, but word from
Mnt artllwl thM hiry. No tldhnta
at thf niMiuc vuiic lady re had
until th Tvl.ilio arrived fr. m I'ori
land ynrt.Tdn.y. Mr. Mnjllll. Um
aUHmrd. aaid thai Itu- yitung lady had
gutu in IVnlajxl un U tnuwr teal
Vhurhy nhrM aixl ihnt tu had rm
t a (.xIkIiik Iwiujw in tliat city, II or
fatln-r wan told of hvr wlierwuliuuta and ,,1 ,.n u.KitjOfm l- put to butter
lft t 1'ortlaud luat tUwht. !TvUe In Urfhtlmt the city than If dc-
' M1i Johnaon Ih iwraih-r and j v, ,.4 t( m. oth. puppoae. The hest
hji,tnti In the cnndoy of Onrret jyn.unn now nu1. haw an erflclenry
Voumu. Uitn in rul'twr kU. H'rtof ,,vw nlni-ly er tent, which would
hm reiathma have alwaya own thejy,, forty-tlve horee mr net In elfo-
moMl phiuaint and ttu- muiik loily waa
In if-nnl henlth and HtMrllii when ehe
Mim Ur!x" IioUih? tntr a w.-k ao.
Mho In ft. otcidy -ker and hT rola
livua t aft a la to luMinr the tvaaon
of Iwr mraiiirw action. Mr. Johnson
mrl resi,.d In thia eily. Mng w-
iitticl Ui Uie imJl-nutkliiK buaimea with
(.'Hplaln UuiMlifwMi. He la nrnv In the
ntliy f W. (T Xixm. of Portland.
TUB COUNTY COURT.
Compiled by F. I. Dunbar, County
Clerk, by Order County Court.
(Offlclat Report )
In (he County Court, Wednesday,
February 3r. 1S97, lat day February
term. I'reeeiiU I fun. J. H. D. Onay,
JudK; C. lVtonm ami II. l'le. Coin.
mlaeionon; F. 1. Utwtbar. Clerk, and
jMiiee, W. Har Wie-rlir.
Cmirt met and wnn duly oix'tied at 10
o'l'lm k a. m.
PtHtfin from Mrs. W. ' W. Tarker,
K-ntAry W. C. T. V.. requowtlnK that
numtlily allowane uf 16.00 or tH.OO be
wanted Mrs. Kate Turney, &n tndlKent
pereon havlnn five chHdren under 10
yiukr. of aire, and doMertetl by htf hu-
band; onlt-red tliat tui ,Uovann of W."0
lnT month be granted.
In the mnttor of the appointment of
a miporvlHor for liond Ulatrlrt No. 1. for
IK'.iT; at thla time Is read a petition
from li4 voters and lax payer, of Road
Lilsl. No. 1, asking fm- the apoliilj'ivnt
of Kmsley Hinijrhton; ordered (ht
Kmsley Hotiirhlon lie land h- la heri-by
appointed supervisor of Road l.lst.
No. 1,
In the matter f tho state tax levy;
whereas the State of Orvgon has :1c-
clureil that the Mtaite levy of taxes for
state purpose Is ftmr 'mills, ami where
as the omcnjnt apportioned to Clatsop
County la $13,330.80, and the law pro -
ides that state tax en shall bo levied
In the same manner as other taxes: It
Is therefore ordered that a tn of four
mills on the dollar t, land tit thereby
levied Uxm all proMrty within the
county for stats purposea.
In the matter of the bridge across
Young's river; the time having arrived
for the opening of the bids for a draw
bridge ai-ross Young's river, in accord
ance with notice printed In (he Asto
tian, the bids were. uionil and mid, as
follows;
Wood frame .pan, 90 ft. opening, 16 ft
tXHulway, pile abuttments, pile pivot
pier, 2800 feet 16-ft. trestle. Wakefield
& Jocobaen. bid $12,461.00.
Same exenpt steol inm, Paclllc Bridge
Co., 12.SS0.00; Sanderson A Manley,
$12,800.00; mime, 130 ft. opening, Sander
son & Maney, $16,800.00; 20-ft. roadway,
$17,600.00; Paclllc' Bridge Co., same, 16-ft.
roadway. $l6,4fil.oo.
Stvol span, 90-ft. openliiKH, 16-ft. rMid
way, pile abuumenta, stel cylinder
oenter pier, concrete filling, 2S00 ft 16-ft.
trestle, Wakefield ft Jacobsen bid $17,
834.00; Paoino Bridge Co. bkl $13,990.00;
Sanderson & . Maney Md $17,900.00 for
16 ft roadway; $19,670.00 for 20-ft road
way, same as above with 130 ft. open-
CITY LKIfflSC
IS DISCUSSED
riipircs (ihtn I'rom Kniimtr Rsti
mates on Xcw Water Sstcni.
COST OF PLANT IN DLTAIL
Wat if "i:unllfii Think th- Ftltnat-i-.
Kiinma f n-intli f'a.n Hp
Axtorla. Kffo. II. iKdll'ir Atrt-lan)
Thf iUy la luitlKB-liwI to Im mt
lltrKl Irtic. anil tin- ir-ii"iil cilraft with
pilvatr unl-l' do tlrl work will on
i.Ilr. . Th tir now Ix-lnic id for
mu-h trH Mltht la til f month.
Whifi plana r Imll'lliMf IIih n-w via-tfH-rka
wm. .rvrl, ltirlii"-T Jaa.
I. K-lmylf, rw irf th .nmi riki-nt
auiliorltirti on Uim autiit In tru whole
ivnintry. niadi an mtlmatv of the coot
f aildlnic an nlx-tric plant to trie tww
work a wll aa the t Of km-pinK It
tn ntKnUIm; a4l a aufTlirli-ui-y of powvr
t thla pun" aa pro-ldtl at th
rwmn-viJr. The im-w wxrka w-e con
trunMl at a a of J."7i,(XX). Imt no ua
haa ummh nMule of tha waiter pow er, aod
H ta mnr fvnry day rln to waata. To
put tn a lant aixty arc Hchta f
th aiiu powrr aa the UroU now on
thn atrn-la wna eatiniMl by Mr.
tVi'huyler to owt flO.Ooo. 1 quote front
Mr. Htthuyler'a mrt aa Mkma:
"One of the nvt InterMtlna and val
ubie fvaturea of the mijKxwl conduit
It the poaaihlllty which It afforda of
devrloplnjr a ronatdcrable watf power
at the a.t houae of the reervo4r. From
the summit of the rtilre at the lower
end of the wood pipe, to the raervo4r,
a dUtani e of M.V) feet, the total fall 1
144.4 frrt, of whlrji M 4 la neceaaarlly
coruniinl In fric-Uon. and 90 fiwt la
availAUe for powif. Thla faJI would.
ytfU horn. puwM-, tlkmrrtU-aJ. or
fllowlnn for an efflctenry of eighty ptrj
cunt In the power wheela, a net Hfty
horw iwwrr. avallalrie fivr e4err(c llsht-
InK Thla powiT may In? readily uul
trim! ettoficy, SI14 Ktlomaitta, tilrh
In nuinYleut for irixty-nix arc llKhta of
JiHW i.UKlle power eaJi. A eJxty Utcht
PMt-hlne wiMild l Chi- moHt convenl.-nt
one to ujmn bikI f"r tliU the power will
be ample. Th of tin plant for
uUIIxiiik this pr would be approxi
mately aa follow.:
I Pel ton wattT wWI, oHiipli'te
and erected I 2.000
1 MIrtu D. C. dymuiio, with
liimi. i-omplte 1.500
10.000 fet of line wire, No. 4.
10,000 Ilia, at 12 cent. 1,200
00 0-ft tnl. ertH-t.l, at $10... 2,000
ISO brm-keta for la.mi, at $6 360
line, liMulators. etc 100
Une work 5ll0
Frikme ptnver liouse and founda-
tl.nw 1.50
Total coeit $10.0"0
The of maliKetwnoe of aueh a
s-mem would be about as follows:
1 chief elrt-trtVlan at 1100 er
month 1W
1 awintant
2 Irlmnwrs 100
Cartxii, S centji eaiih xr nlrht 54
lnt'rest on ivwt of plant at 6 per
vnt 60
IV.rv'liitl.i on nl, 5 per tvnt 34.50
Total ciwt er month I S98.50
The jMiwer hotue, ewtimated by Mr.
Schuyler to mxl 1 :. has been built.
Jw rhal but s:K would now be neeiled
! to iMinplele an electric lfcrht plant ready
to iMrie sixty liirlit. and ulthouKh
the city htw Invn IlKhted In the pant
Inciter than many other ,and more
wealthy cities. II has never used nnre
than forty-nine Hirhta In thla connec
tion I would state 1 that this wer
hounc has Invn adapteil for the express
puriKise of oiieratlng a l'Kht plant; the
1 foundation fr Hh watnr wheel, with
the room and foundations for the dy
muno being ronstruoted comHete, and
of the most substantial charaoter.
Since the late reduction by the coun
cil, the city Is being Hghtnl with only
thlrty-thiw lights, little more than half
the number that could be furnished
with our own power. We are rw pay
ing H l'r nvonth a light, a difference
of over $300ii per year to th city, and
on the forty-nine light basis a saving
of $1700 per year.
The memlHTs of the water commis
sion. hwever, think even the estimate
of Mr. Schuyler can be reduced. For
Instance, he entimatea that two trim
mers will be required at $50 each. The
eonioany now lighting the city employ.
but one trimmer, and If no more were
employed by the city It wvuld reduce
the monthly exemse $50. The commis
sion addivssed an Uiqulry to the city
council asking, i" effi-ot. if it would ap
propriate out of the fund at its dla-
IxiMal tho sum f $350 per month to
maintain the i4ant for doing Its own
lighting, provided the commission would
put in ths plant and operate It. Thla
would result In a saving to the city
of $3720 If sixty Htrhts were used, and
$2268 per year 1f only forty-nine light.
THE SITUATION
AT THE CAPITAL
Senate Ureaks the .Monotony It) Uis
tharyinrj Sixty-stun Clerks.
SLNATOK MITCHELL pOOMFU
He Cannot F'aiHttly ifc? Kiwrti-d No,
an the fppltlon Omthiuea Firm
Talk of Adjoornmait.
Kitlnn, February Hi The day haa
been full of atlrrtng Irwildenta, but It
has not been fruitful of rtulta so far
the aenat'MtiU organlxatlon pnblems
are concerned. Afti-r an acrlmonJous
debute the senate thla aitemoon dls
ml.ced all IU clerks. The debate took
a d. Udcd pollticaj turn and It seemi-d
f-f a time that the question would be
Jotermlned without regard to IU mer
it, and on the lanes of dl vial 00 over
(he seiuuorahip. The resolution came
fmm SonAtor Iteed. the rewnt acoes
.ion to the Mltrhell convention. It.
phraeejory was so framed as to be a
Uttls oRtxialve to the aaU-Mkcbeil sen.
ators. but It was accorded a reception
Its sponsors scarcely expected. It was
adopted, every member but one of the
senate votina; aye. President Simon
voted In the negative, being no doubt
animated by the spirit of faotiousneaa.
Several efforts to amend the resolution
so as to provide for a leeaer number of
clerks failed. The adoption of the reso
lution has no political sigoifloanoe; but
It mens much to sixty-seven (lerson.,
nvxatly -women.
The attitude of the two factions tow.
ard each other is precisely the same, aa
twenty-four hours since. They are
quarely face to faoe, and the line of
darka.tkMi betw een them la more dis
tinct than at any time. There is no
pre.??it ex petition on either aide that
there will be moro than thirty-nine In
tumorraWs convention, always saving
the Democrats, who are likely to wan
der In ami out as fancy seize them.
There U sofne intimation tonight that
an effort will be maile to secure an ad
Journnent sine die tomorrow or Mon
day, but kt can be traxd to no au'bea-
tie soun-tf. In the senate today there
were numerous references to final ad
Journment, and k aipared to bo the
nentlmenl of the Mitchell men that they
would ko 'hrnne tin. the end of the
forty days. The opposition freely ex
preexl iueitf ae deitertniiieil to Btay
here until the legislature U organized.
DOINGS IN WASHINGTON.
San Francfaaco'. Alleged Charity to In
dia Receives a Setback.
Washington, February 11. Secretary
Herbert has been obliged to refuse the
request of California's leading citizens,
as sot forth by M. H. DeYoung. for the
assignment of & naval vessel for the
transportation of a cargo of wheat and
corn to the famine stricken natives of
India. The secretary finds naval ves
sels of the modern type totally un
fitted for the purpose of carrying er
g"ee and in case of such a long voyage
they cannot carry coal enough to carry
thm acrom without replenishing at
sone Intermediate port, much less can
they undertake to carry cargoes.
LEAD ORE DUTY 'RESTORED.
Washington. February 11. The most
Important decision agreed upon today
by tho Republican members of the ways
and means committee who are working
on the tariff bill was to restore the
MoKlnley duty on lead ores. TIk Mc
Kinley rate is IS cents per pound, and
the present duty is 3-4 cents.
CIVIL, SERVICE BILL.
Washington, ebruary 11. No further
extensions of the civil service bill will
be made during the remainder of the
present adnkinstratton. This statement
Is made on the authority of President
Proetiw. of the civil service commis
sion.
A NOTABLE CHRISTENING.
Washington, February 11. Marian,
the youngest of the three daughters of
President and Mrs. Cleveland, was
christened at the White House today.
The ceremony was the brief. Impres
sive one of the Presbyterian church.
CONSULAR APPROPRIATION.
Washington, February 11. The senate
unlay passed the diplomatic and con
sular appropriation aind fixed next Wed
nesday at 4 p. m. as the time for the
final vote on the immigration confer
ence report.
MORE APPROPRIATIONS.
Washington, February 11. The house
today passed the fortifications bill with
out a single amendment and made some
neaniway with the postotfloe appropria
tion bill.
THE BLOCKADE DRILL.
Charleston, S. C, February 11. The
weather today was not propitious for
the vessels of the blockade fleet, though
It suited admirably the purposes of the
blockade, running. No fugitive craft,
how-even attempted to run the gauntlet
of the fleet guarding the entrance to
the harbor and ithe big ships lay at
anchor In the rain. Tonight's work on
board the fleet consisted of searchlight
drills and target practice.
THE CREEKS WILL
FIGHT FOR CRETE
1'rtpurationH to Ktsht the Arjfjres
sions of the Sublime forte.
DIRECT COLLISION PROBABLE
TorpeJo Biats Have Been Sent to the
Iale and Troops Are Hurrlwlly Be.
Ing Di!xytched.
Imdon, Fetsruary 11. A dispatch to
the Tlrrt from Athens my that the
Central Cretan committee Is preparing
to support the Orntans with arms, am
munition and aupplk-e on a great scale.
The first InstsJlnvmt sailed un Wednes
day with 500 armed Cretans. The same
dispatch states that the departure of
the Greek torpedo fleet for Crt was
du to the announcement that the Turk
ish torpedo boats had left the Dar
danelles and that the Turkish troop.
had embarked at Saionica for Crete.
The dispatch concluded with the re
mark: "U la poMstbie that a direct
col Union wOl occur between the Greek
and Turkish forces.'
PATRIOTIC GREECE.
Athena, February 11. A fresh flo
tilla of four torpedo boats Is held In
readiness to sail for Crete, and rein
forcements of troops are being hurried
ly dispatched to the frontiers. Patriotic
demonstrations are taking place In all
parts of Greece.
AFFAIRS IN HAWAII.
The Annexation Question 1. Now the
All-Absorbing Question.
San Francisco, CaJ.. February 11.
Lorin A. Thurston, ex-Hawallan min
ister to the United States, arrived from
the Islands today. Thurston, as presi
dent of the Annexation Club of Hono
lulu, expects to accomplish considera
ble missionary work in aid of the an
nexation movement before his return
home. His mission kt not an official
one, he says, and he has not been sent
here either by the government or by
the annexation club. He says, how
ever, that if the opportunity presents
Itself, he propoees to exert his bes:
efforts to aid the annexation move
ment. He says:
' "The all-absorbing theme of discus
1 ion In the islands just now is annexa
tion. As tTv day for the inauguration
of McKinley approaches, Interest In the
annexation is becoming intensified, and
widespread. The Annexation Club has
been re-organized and now has a mem
bership of 6.000. Of tlUa number a
third or a fourth are natives.
"The ntlves are Joining the move
ment with the idea, that the annexation
of the islands to the United States Is
their only salvation from the Japan
ese, who are elbowing them in the va
rfcHia -fields of labor.
"The census of the islands haa just
been completed. It shows a population
of 31,000 natives; 8.000 half castes and
mixed races: 24,000 Japanese; 21,000
Chinese and 25,000 whites, including
Americans and Europeans."
CARSON IS THE PLACE.
Dan Stuart Definitely Decides the Cor-bett-Fitisimmons
Battleground.
Carson. Nevada, February" 11. Dan
Stuart had at last arrived in Carson
and he was not here fifteen minutes be
fore he gave out that Carson had been
decided upon as the scene of the fight
betwvn Ourbett and Fltzsimmons. He
based his reasons on the fact that the
accommodations here are ample, and
that the people here worked hard to
secure the pasaage of the glove con
test bill and were therefore entitled
to whatever benefits might come from
the big crowd that will follow the fight.
Stuart says there will be several other
attractions during that week in the
way of pugilistic encounters and the
world's championship wing-shooting
contest.
EDISON'S VITASCOPE TONIGHT.
This evening at Fisher's 0era House
the engagement of the Edison vitascope
nnena. and during the two nights' stay
In Astoria will undoubtedly play to
the full capacity of the house. Baker
City has booked the show for the week
of February 22nd. and bookings ahead
fur over six months have already been
made, so great is the demand to see
this marvelous invention of the great
Edison. No person can describe the
thrilling sensations of the persons ap
pearing before the delighted audiences,
as they perform- As this is the only
company owning rite vitascope in the
Northwest, the opportunity may never
oeour again to sot: it The illustrated
views, too, with short descriptive
sketches by Prof. Prince., will be the
most intereatuig exhlWtkin of the kind
ever made before an Astoria audience.
Indications are that the house will be
crowded and tlwee who go tonight will
want to see kt tomorrow night again.
In the way of a cold weather Item,
It may be said that thosa 12.000 Ohio
office seekers ar all cutting' Ice De
troit Free Press.
MURDER WILL OUT
GOES THE SAYING
Mark K, Townstnd Arrested for t
Crime Committed Years Ago.
BRUTALLY KILLED HIS WIFE
Accldntl Discharge, of a Revolver,
Which Is Now Believed to be a
Premeditated Murder.
Rltzvllle. Wn.. February 11. Mart W.
Townsend, wtn I. wanted m Grant
county, Wisconsin, on a charge of mur
dering his wife there ten years agot
wa arrest et! today by Sheriff McGoxri-
gal. of that county. , t '
Eight years ago Towns mi cams to
Adams county and taught sr-hooi. lis
married Miss Mary Watson, but tfeelr
married life was not happy. Last
summer she was given a. divorce and
custody of the two children. These
trouble, had engendered bad blood be
tween Towneeod and the members of
the Watson family, aod their arrests
and counter , arrests have beer ths
reigning aeoasMJoa here. . Mrs. Town-
send', attorney obtained a due to- Ma
past life, informed the Wisconsin author
ities of Ttnrnsend's whereabout, and
prompt step were taken for his extra-
dition.
Ten years ago Townee nd was clsava-
ing a loaded revolver. While taadlaa;
behind bis wife the revolver was dlav
charged, and the wife fell dead. The
coroner's jury returned a verdict of
accidental killing. . Townsend left the
country toon thereafter and cTrcaaa
scances cams- to light which - created a
strong belief that eh discharge of too
revolver was pre-arrangwi.
TO REMOVE THE CAPITOL
Olympia Making a Strong Fight for ths
Honor of Housing Lawmakers.
Olympia. February 11 The feature
of today's legislative proceedings was
the devotion of the entire morning ses
sion of the house to the consideratioa
of tne two bIHs relating to the seatr of
government at Olympia. One measure
was the bill of Mohundo to provide for
the appointment of a legislative com
mission to select the location for the
state ca;iitol to be voted on by the peo
ple al the next general election. After
an animated debate, participated in by
members of all political factions, the
bill was killed. Wamef a bill for the re
peal of the act of the last legislature
providing for the erection of a million- .
dollar capital, the foundations of which .
are completed, was passed. This action
cf the house is considered a partial vic
tory for Olympia In the strife over ths)
capltol question. While it Is true that
the capltol will not be completed as
desired by former legislative sessions.
the summary death of the measure
providing for the preliminary steps ts
remove the seat of government may
reasonably lead to the belief that the
present k-frMature will not assist la
robbing Olympia of one of Its sources
of profit.
The senate investigating committee
was today dismissed.
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
Parker House Mrs, J. A. Stewart,
Gray's river; Chafes Carlson, New
York; Thomas Lewlston, Portland; G.
W. Went worth, St. Paul; H. Peters,
city.
Occident A. J. Paul, M. Raphael. R.
T. Brackett, F. N. Stappenboat. EL
Shelley Morgan. Mark W. Girl, R. E.
Jones, Portland; C. N. Cannon, H. W.
Gleason. E. Detrick. Jr.; A. Unna, San
Francisco; J. K. Schoonmaker. Chica
go; R. M. Ran, De troit; H. F. L. Logan.
London; C. A. F. Flagler, TJ. S. A.;
W. Turnhlll and wife, Miss M. Taylor,
Ocean Park, Wn.: L. Sivinton, Carnita
Co., and wife.
SALVATION ARMY.
The Transo Klntograph will not be
here on Feb. 12 and 13. Broke down In
Portland. ENSIGN NELSON.
A Pittsburg lead company failed yes
terday for $1,450,000, but the dispatches
do not tell what led to It.
Absolutely Pure '
Celebrated for " Us great leavening
strength and bHhfulrwwt. Assure ti
food against alum, and all forms of
adulteration common to .the cheaa
brands. ROYAL EARING POWDEB
CO.. NEW YORK.
(Contlnusd on Fourth Pags.)
(Contlnusd on Fourth Fags.)