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.. ivy. Save time The Dally Astorian Has a RtoiiLA AND PlRMAMUrr ...Family Circulation... MUCH MORI THAN THR TIMCt A LAIX.t A THAT OF A OfHBS PAI m Astoria. Ad "Ad" - In Tni Atoiian'i "Wnl Caluaa," 1CXCUUSIVIC TKLICOKAPHIC PRICSS RKPORT. VOL XLVI. ASTORIA, OKKfiOX: St'XDAY MOKMXH, MARCH 2J, 1897. NO. 63 GRIFFIN & REED City Book Store Stationers & All the Leading Newspapers and Periodicals Kept on Hand LEGAL BLANKS AND WHY DO WE KGEP- Robt. Stewart & Sons' Irish Flax Salmon Twine BECAUSE It Is the Best, the Strongest and Longest-Lasting Twine Alade . . . FOARD & STOKES CO. Daalcr la Cork and Lead Line. Hanting Twine, Loads; alao, Oara, Oarlock, Boat Cooking Uteosll. Sail Drllla, PalnU. lloat Nalla. EU., Etc. SELF STARTING HERCULES n .... f W IIihm I'uwrf Marine KumnF. ani-mrtiii roll I'AKTK t IIcrcuIcH Oim EmkImc WorkH 4m a.4MoMK ar.. nan nuNciaro UNION MEAT COMPANY Shield Brand Hams, Bacon, Strictly Pure Lard ALL KINDS OP CANNED MEATS tlaaraalwa lh Beat la tat Markal CORNER FOURTH AND C1LISAN STREET5 CORTLAND, OREGON The Columbia Iron Works .... FOUNDRYMEN .... Blacksmiths, fIaehinists, and Boiler-makers t'ora.r Klht.nih at. aait franklin A.. Ross, Hfggins & Company GROCERS and BUTCHERS AHTOHIA AINO t!AT AMTOHIA CHOICIC KHKSH AND SALT MEATS R. L,. Boyle & Co. Real Estate, Loans and Investments Commerclnl Htroct, Aaitorln The Palace Cafe... Is the Place for a Good Meal-Eastern Oysters W. W. WHIPPLE, Proprietor Astoria Roofing & Cornice Co. I 34 Gravel. Tin and Slate Rooflnf NINTH ITRFFT Asphalt Pavlnf for Basements. Sidewalks and Streets Ji Asphalt Coatlnf on Tin and Shlnele Roofs Repairing of all Kinds of Roofs Qlarkson & Marvin fioom Company LONG FIR PILING Promptly Furnished Astoria Asphalt & Roofing Co. 1 All Work Roof Painting and Repairing L.akjr Hoof. J. A. PASTABEND General House, Bridge anil Wharf Bntlder Booksellers OFFICE SUPPLIES J MARINE GASOLINE ENGINES t'lii (aolln or chaap dlitiilat oil. Knr'nra nnoti dlrvot with pro lirllrr haft, and no noliy, raally brokrn tivf ft-oar ur4 In rvero motion. Naw aiwik davk; no Internal aprlng rr'trl.- to titirn out. Hond for tratlmonlal. Wa a rx building- thraa ntw 'yl. atf. Mar.ln niarlitn rnaiiM In all aUr up to too noma powar. Kvrry t-niilna fully (uarantrcd 1 I f.AKN At)HK 216 and 217 Chamber of Commerce Portland. Oregon l.env. orders at Commer . teeft,. guaranteed -v N. JEN3EN and R. O. HANSEN Contractor - Hoose Moving Tools for Rent THE GREAT FLOOD INTIIE EAST l.ivccs of the Lower Mississippi in :;: Duniitroml Hanks Kcportcd. I- HO ATS AT MLMPIIIS iiitr ntiln. d .1lwrl Wv- tr R!lmj Turret! Bridge, rl'ioe ad 1U Ikstfovcd. Memphis, March 20. --Alarming re Ij.irttt arc tiHtin received here of break In the levees both north ami south of Memphis. Government officials slate Ihni Hi Irvrr broke at Han Hotiii, Ark. Tin- ln-iik occurred I if lt night, mw) a torrent I pouring Into the low land of Arkansas, adding !" the ml fry and Buffering already prevalent there. Other rrport state tint th" IfVff wsj broken letwren Mmiphls and Helm, but nothing definite van lf learned yet. It l known, however, that the rlvrr I pouring ovfr thr !. I Modoc near Helena, and a break I momentarily expected. While th rlvrr I retried as ta llonary at Memphis. ty tti weather bureau, th" situation In regard. J a th most ntiu lmr thr flood let In. of II railway entering thl rlty. all !ut two nrf lied ut on account of tin- dd- luge. Tlif fart that thr rlvfr ha been stationary for thirty-six hour cannot 1 takrn a Indicating that the rrr.t if high water haa lecn reached. Thr rlvrr la again rising at Cincinnati and throiiKhout thr Ohk) vallry. At Cairo thf rlvrr continue to rise, and thl fart n of special Intrml hrrf, a ll In known that no cessation of the high water can If rxp nil no long a It continues to rise at Cairo. IMlrf tmat rttntlnur to make rrgular itrl ovrr thr dlmrlt't, lth alvc and 'Ih-Iow thr rlty, rculnit pmpl and 'utiMk. whlt-h ara bruuttht to Mnilil 'to rarrd for. IN TIIK WKfT. I Omaha. Mnrrh :i.Thr floo.l altua . tl.iti in NVIinmkn, loa ami South I k"ta la aa follow: 1 At 8lou City the lloo(! rndaiiRrrJ thr lolilr nrnr thr lnrkyni.'ji. but jthry miti' niivnl by thf w of dynn Iniltf to blow up thr lri KoriCf. K-pri from Kloyd rlvrr Itnllintc that thr ! worst la lit to t'onii'. It l rcmMilerrd i ; probable that all thr hrldKm will ri) out brfnrr innrnina. but thrrr will lit I no II vra loat, aa pfoplr have brrn Krt jtliiK rrndy for thf flood. Thf Ploux jrlvrr la rauatnit trouble to thr Mil waukif road. Thr hv la breaking be tween hrre and lluuardrn, and at arvrraj place hravy Rorxea are ttflnn foreiHnl. The hrldiie at Jllvrraldr ai-rons tho Htoux la In daHKrr of irolnir out at any moment. At Cherokee. Iowa, the Floyd rlvrr haa born HhImk all dny, and tonlRht arveral houae are aurrounded by wa ter, the approach to the new- Iron bridge I Kne, with a Rood pronpert of that bridge following. At Mnn City, Iowa, the ntreami are all out of Ihrlr bank and rlalnR rapidly. At Ilcrvo, Nebraska, the eant and north portion of the town are flooded. At Fremont. Nob., the Platte river la mill out of It h bnnkH, but no m-rloti damage la reported. At Tankton, S. P.. thr molting n' and hravy rultiH have cauxed a aua- Ipenalon of tratllc on three rallronds. Itrtween Yankton and Vermillion the w-at-.p cover the trarka of the Mil waukee and (Jrrat Northern railroad.. At Canton, B. T).. all the bridges are In danger and railroad tratllc 1 at a KtamlHtlll. At Woiimorkrt, 8. I the water cov rra the track for a long dlHtnnce. ' At Randolph, Neb., rvrral bridge nre rported wn.ilird out. At Pender, Nrl)., nMrta of danger on ranrhea are received, painage to the bot'om Innda I Immenae. At Webater City, Iowns Hr. Stravlo and a Mr. Klrkbrrger were drowned while trying to ford the Boone river. Tha brldg over the I Molnra at Le high, Iowa, haa been damaged, and may b a total m. At Burlington. Iowa, It la rumored that a huge wnterapnut burnt at 7 o'clock h(mt aevrn mile went of Pa- venport. PnrtlculaiH nre not obtainable jet. OTiAllKKY AND MAIIKU. 8nn Franelaeo, March 20. Pan Lynch manager for Tom Sharkey, today post ed $2,500 In the hand of "raraon" Pa vloa to bind the match with Teter Ma tter. Lynch aava Sharkeyl will meet Ma her before the club offering the largest purse any. time after five weeks from date, and will make a Hide bet of from 2.:.oo up to $10,000. THEME WILL HE OTHERS. Caraon, Nev., March 20. Carson Is rapidly relaxing to ordinary condition All visitor have left, with th excep tion of a few hundred vtranded sports, and they, will be forced out of town by the police authorities in a couple of day. The permanent mercantile Ii'irtloti f 1 i y will coin" out alo-ad 'ill tli. Iitopooltlori, but yt not Up to tln-lr mpri'iitliiiia. pan rtuit d'-purt-I f .,r linllii. Texan, tonight. Htutit hi linn Hun tin. Iih'I no inonry bet on Hi" lUht. It In stated lhat t'lf pro iliotrr will atlrnipt to 'lliittch Mailer uud HhniK. y In August. The VVVi-l.m 1'iilon will pull down mly ! of th; several extra wires slruiiR to ai'coTntnodate re niattr lurltiR Ihr lut co.-itrst, and thl I a Kol liidliutlon that the lip on further riii,in:ti hits Ir.tked out. Thr charg' uxuliiftt lilily Smllli was dlHintioM'd this no r:iitig biid li" wa Placed on board an lustboiind train. The shrriff rr l,nrt Inn slxtv arrrsts, sixty-five vl whli h urr- drunk and dlrtrdrrly, and r fr ri-rouiii, n:fwy hdlru hnlltaolnp our for unird-r, , HAP ItAII.UOAP VVItKCK. OiUila.id, Md.. March 20. This morn Iiir's train number two on the Haiti more A 'Mil.,, from Cincinnati to Ht. liu's wan di-rallrd a mile West of hrre on a bridge. The engine, poetal and bagKage cars and forward coach left thf rails. Thr first sleeper rolled Into the rlvrr. Thf other two did not leave the trai k. KP-vm person are Injured. One ss'iiRrr I mUslug and Is sup posed to have been killed. He Ik Oeii rral J. H. Fullrrton. a Ht. Louis capi talist. I'art of hi clothing haa been found, and It Is almoit certain that hi corpse Is In the shallow water under the wrecked Pullman car. General Fullrrton was an officer In the federal army during the civil war and was a inrniler of tj-.u Chlcamauga Park Commission. WHAT THKY SAY. opinions Concerning the ('.ambling Or dinance and the Council. Intrr-st continued unabated yester day In the matter brtween the police rommlMlon and the city council on the gambling question. A reporter In terviewed several of the more promi nent clilieiis, the mowt of whom un (lulvocaiiy supported the city council. Pr. M. M. VAalker. when. .asked by the re"rter what he' thought of the action of thr police commission In cio Init up thr gaining houses, said: "Since you have asked mr, I will give my opinion frankly, and In very nearly the ame words In which I gave It to om- of the police commissioners last evening Any man who Is capable of such iftty spite work Is unworthy of any position of public trust or respon sibility. I have read the report of the mayor's statement, made to the city council last evening, and I agree with him entirely." When thr Hon. C. V. Fulton was H.-cn. he wan on his way to dinner, but stopped long enough to answer the lucstlon as to what he thought of the gambling ordinance Introduced In the council, to say that he was heartily In favor of the action of that body and thr mayor. "I have always be lieved that an open and above-board system of licensing these social evils which apparently will always be with us In one form or another. Is the only true and successful way to tep them under control. When this matter is handled openly and above-board, as It Is In some of our own cities, and In (Sermany and France, no one dare In terfere with an officer In his duty In regulating the conduct of these places; the illy knows Just what it Is getting In revenue from such sources. Then- Is no opportunity fur stealage and the amount of crime and disease Is reduced to a minimum. As to the action taken by the police commission. I can only sax- that Astoria for years past has hern practically under a license sys tem, so far as gambling is concerned. and It Is strange that so very suddenly the commission which has been In pov- rr for so many months should discover that It was acting contrary to law. Mayor Taylor certainly expressed the correct sentiments In his speech to the city council last night." Mr. John Fox said that the action of the city council In Introducing an ordinance to license gambling was. In his opinion, the only solution of the difficulty. "The passage of such a law, as has has been shown by experi ence In other countries, will not In crease the evil, but will very largely aid In the control of It, and will en able the city authorities to upprees and prevent Its spread. Certainly the cleanliness of the city in such matters can be better attained." Mr. W. Lounsberry thinks that the ncthm of the police commission was really a good thing, and In the Interest of the city" morality and llnance, of It would keep money at home which Is now going abroad. "If you want gambling, arrange It some way to keep the money and profits at home." Judge C. H. Page said, concerning thr action of the police commission, that they had done exactly right, con sidering the character of the commis sion. "The only thing t have fault to II ml with Is, that they did not go far enough. They should have passed some rt of a law or resolution to make all men and women virtuous." Walt for the "Huaaby." the beet bicycle on earth for the least money. $40 and $M. F. L. Parker, aent. O.N TARIFF BILL (iuotls In liond I'ay the New Kates Khcn the Tariff Iktomes Operative. THE APPROPRIATION BILLS List Oac of tar left Over Dill Nnvd Bo the nt Tostoffict .1tim V'tre Cossidercd. Washington. March 20. The republl can members of the way and means romjmltte an? making no effort to for ward the plan which ha been talked of among them to push through con grem a seclnj bill to make the wool Mrhrdule of the new tariff act operative at once. They are dlnwuaded from thl by the apparent hopefulness of being able to nwure early action from the senate. It I still the plan of the republican leader that all good In bond on the date when the new tariff becomes op erative shall pay the rate of thai tariff Inotead of the rate In effect when the good were entered. This probably will be brought about by an amend ment added to the bill at the last practicable moment, a the republican do not desire to Induce the withdrawal of bonded good before the nlgher rate go Into effort. A PPROPRI ATIOX3. Washington. March 20. After the house pasxed the agricultural appro priation bill today. It took up and pass ed the Indian bill, the last of the appro priation bill left over from the last congress. The agricultural bill carried $3.12.902. the Indian bill $7.S70.22O. The sentiment of the house against the provision of the Indian bill, open ing to entry under the mining law lands In the I'ncompaghre reservation In I'tah. containing gtlsonite and aa- phaltum deposit, which were Inserted In the Mil by the senate, was such that It was stricken out by unanimous con- sen!. After the appropriation bills were passed a resolution for extra mileage and stationery for this essl.wi of con- gn-ss was adopted. The debate on the resolution was lively and the ques tion bs to whether Holman had taken extra mileage voted by thr Kd con gress waa used to greatly embarrass the econimilst. He finally declined to answer It. on the ground that It was Imoertlnent." Cannon defended the jextra mileage a somethig to which the members were entitled. Llnney made a vigorous siweoh against the resolution. The resolution was then agreed to without division. Another resolution, making available the salaries for congressional employe, was adopted, A resolution was also adopted to ex tend the time for the Investigation of the subject of free alcohol In the arts until Peeember 10. THE POSTOFFICE. Washington. March 20. It Is under stood that John L. Brlstow, of Ottawa. Kansas, has been selected for the of fice of fourth assistant postmaster gen eral, and that the nomination will be sent to the senate next week. Postmaster General Gary will con tinue the old policy as to distributing the patronage of poetoltlces, and he announced to the associated press to day that he would not deviate from the practice followed by past adminis trations. This, as a general rule, gives to every senator the privilege of rec ommending a postmaster for his home poHtoftlee. and allots to each republican senator the large postoftlces In his dis trict, which, however, In the rase of a senator not of republican faith, will go to the republican committee or other referee. With these exceptions, the re publican representatives are usually permitted to name the postmasters for their respective districts. In the demo cratic districts the selection Is left to the referee, and perhaps to the re. publican congressional delegation, who will have to keep themselves posted as to the dates of the expiration vf the terms of postmasters, aa the otd cus tom of the department of sending no tices to senators and representatives of the expirations of postmasters' com missions, which waa stopped by Post master General Blssell, will not be resumed. POSTMASTERS, IjOOK OUT! Washington, March 20. Perry Heath, of Indiana, today took the oath of office as first assistant postmaster gen eral. THE MARKETS. San Francisco. March 20. Hops 9 and 11c. New York. March 20. Hops Steady. London, March 20. Hops IS 15s. Portland. March 20 Wheat Un changed. Liverpool, March 20. Wheat SWt, firm; demand, poor; No. 2 spring, s 3Hd; No. 1 California, 6s 3Sd. TRAPS TO GO. Vancouver, B. C, March 20. Conster nation prevails among the local can- ner by the announcement that the Do minion government will prohibit the use of trap for catrhlg salmon at lioundury bay. Several cannerlek have Invested large sums of money In trap a.nd they consider the action of the government without giving them due warning I most unfair. It I also ru mored that an Import duty I shortly to be placed on salmon brought from the American side, where several Can neries hav traps and which at present are brought In free. As a result of the new;, work ha been topped . the ereftlon of evral new cannries, while some canneries are seriously consider ing the advisability of building on Ihe American side of the boundary line. , POLITICS IN ST. LOUIS. St. Iul. March 20. At the meeting here today to nominate a mayor and other municipal officers, a riot occurred over the election of a presiding officer, and several agon loads of police were called to kuppreaa It. Sterling P. Uond. a Meriweather partisan, who tried to make a speech, was arrested and taken to the station. He wa soon released and returned to the convention ball, where he was elected temporary chair man. Thl caused a aplit and the Harrison adherents left the ball, brad d by thlr chairman, Lutz. TO RUN THE BLOCKADE. London, March 20. The Cretan Im broglio remain the question of the hour, and the blockade of Crete, begin ning tomorrow, I expected to give rise to exciting Incident In the endeavor of the Greeks to run the blockade. The official London Gaxette publishes a spe cial supplement today announcing that the blockade of Crete by the warships of the powers will begin tomorrow. THE TRUE FACTS. Explanation of the Controversy Be Water Commission and Street Car Company. As much has been said recently, pro and con, regarding the late difficulty between the water commission and the street car company, because the latter used water from .the only pipe Into Its power house for other purposes than ilrlnking or washing, an Astorian rep resentative called yesterday upon Su perintendent Newell, and asked that gentloman for an exact statmenl of the case. In reply, he said: 'There are two sides to every ques tion, and in the recent case ajalnst us we did not have a fair show. Last summer the water company tapped their own mains and told our Mr. Wekh to put in his pipes, which he did. The connection was made right at the sink, without any secrecy what ever, and a hose was attached, which was run to a large tank, which we kept tilled with water for special purposes. The whole operation was open to the examination of the officers of tne water company, who have passes over the car lliiv and could have come to the works at any time. The water which we uatd from this pipe we frequently put Into an empty or extra boiler, which was only used occasionally. As a rule, w used the ordinary river water In our boilers, but if It Is allowed to stand In them for any length ot time the salt soon rust them. So when the unused boiler was filled with water to stand. It had to be absolutely fresh water. The water used every day In the boilers Is mixed with the water which comes from the net-tanning vats near by, as that helps to prevent rust. The tanning process goes on every month In the year except March. It Is preposterous to suppose that the lit tle ihree-eighths Inch pipe running from the sink to the tank could carry enough water for the dally use of our boilers. All we want to see is Justice, and so far as this company is concerned I will say that we never made application to the commission for water for any specific purpose. We have only been paying $1.50 per month. I did make an offer of $lii per month for water for steam purposes, and thought that was fair, in view of the fact that they let canneries use water for $100 a year and any one of the canneries in town will use three times as much wafer in u reason as we do in a whole year. At the trial of the case against me in the justice court, they could not prove that any connection had been made from their pipes with our boiler, nor could they prove any verbal or written agreement between the two companies. These are the simple, un varnished facts." REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. The following deeds were filed for record yesterday: E. Z. Ferguson and w ife to John Adair, lots 1 to i and 19 to 24, block 122. lots 1 to 13, and 42 to 54, block 141. lots 1 to 32, block 151. lots 1 to 54. block 158, lots to 10 and 22 to 3.', block 1T0, lots 25, 26 and 27, bliK-k 173, and lots i to 7 In block 174. Marv Ann Adair's addition $2.00 John Adair et al. to E. Z. Fergu son, lots 1 to 2, block 128 Lots 7 to 18. block 122, Mary Ann AdaJr's addition) 5.00 United State patent to William Olesen, northwest quarter of section 14. township 5, north range 7 west, 160 acres GERMANY DOESN'T LIRE THE TARIFF Text of the Dingier Bill Published and Commented On By Their Tapers. HER INDUSTRIES WILL SUFFER k Spirit of fierce JUimosity Is Excited sal Reprisals ire Freely Tirete Sil- , ur also Ct a rigire. Copyright. 1897, by Associated Pre. Berlin, March 20. The German preaa display a special Interest In the new American tariff. The Cologne Gaxette, puollahe the full text of the bill and all of the leading newspapers publish coplou extract from it and editorials on the subject. Theso latter breath a spirit of fierce animosity and a strong desire for reprisals. The Kleiner Jour nal says: "If this bill becomes a law. Europe, and especially Germany, must feel it 'to be an Intentional blow la the face. A large part of our export Is thereby prohibited, and another part ' Is rendered extremely difficult Many of our Industrie will be fdVced to com pletely reorganise their system of pro duction, raise the quality of tbetr goods., and specialise. This will re quire a period of experiment and de lay. In the meanwhile much of com merce and industry will be loat. Re ferring to the currency plana of toe Unltd States, the Kleiner Journal says: We deem silver to be a danger t gold countries, especially to Germany- even greater than the tariff. The re mainder of our commerce In America wilt be put on a shifting basts and great losses are threatened to our finan cial lnvestmenst in the United State. Our holdings In the Northern Pacific railway alone amount to 2.000.000 mark. and -billion of Cermaa capital will be Imperiled." MURDERERS HUNG. Special to the Astorian. ' ' ' Newport. Ky.. March 20. Jackson and Walling, the murderers of Pearl Bryan, were hanged together from a double trap in the Jail yard here at 11:49 a. m. today. Upon the scaffold both declared themselves Innocent, although Jackson had made a full confession of their guilt less than an boui pre vious. THE PULP MILL ACCIDENT. Mr. Charles Seeley. an emplyvse of the Young's river pulp mill, met death In a horrible manner yesterday morn ing. He was caught in the belting of the mill, lifted to the celling, and his head badly mashed. He was about twenty years of age, a native of Illi nois, and a nephew of Mrs. Nick Bo iler, of Young's river. The young man had lived In Oregon only about one year. Coroner Pohl will take charge of the remains. Coroner Pohl has Just returned from Young' river, and says that the young man Seeley, who was killed In the pulp mill, was but 19 years of age. and that his head was not Injured mt all; but his left leg was broken In two. places, the left arm torn from the body, and the body Jammed a:id bruised. Pre vious reports were Incorrect 'as to de tails. The funeril will take place thl afternoon from the residence of Mr. Nic Boiler. EXAMINER IN HOC. San Francisco, March 20. United States District Judge Morrow has re fused to release Lawrence and Levlngs, of the Examiner, on writs of habeas corpus. The men were released on bail of $1,000 each pending an appeal to the supreme court. Why la It that the taffy over which we have roasted our cheeks In the mak ing always tastes so! much better than the same, article bought at th confec tioner's? 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