. V SAVE TIME nd worry An "Ad" T In Imi AariKiAN i "Wlll Colima," The Dally Astoria n Has a Rwiula AND PlSMJtSMiT ...Fimlly Circulation... Much ion thm txM timm a LAIKll A THAT Or ANT OTHRN PAM IN ASTORIA. ISXCLrUSIVK TKLICOHAPI-IIC PRESS REPORT. VOL XLYI. AKTVKIA, OKKGOX: WKDNKSDAY MOKNINO, MARCH 81, 187. . XO. 71 GRIFFIN & REED City Book Store Stationers & Booksellers All the Leading Newspapers and Periodicals Kept on Hand LEGAL BLANKS AND WHY DO WE KEEP Robt. Stewart & Sons' Irish Flax Salmon Twine BECAUSE It Is the Best, the Strongest and Longest-Lasting Twine Made . . . FOARD & STOKES CO. DMler la Cork and Lead Una, Hanging Twine, Lnada; alio, Oar, Oarlock, Boat Cooking Utenalla. Sail Drill. I'alnU, Boat Nail, Etc., Etc. SELF STARTING HERCULES BIMla(llli M) llorv l nwrr Mttflllf Kiigtlir. roit I'AKTKt l.AKB AUItMKM HcrcitlcH Gh Btiglnc Works OB RANDOM NT., NAN FKANCIHC4) UNION MEAT COMPANY Shield Brand Hams, Bacon, Strictly Pure Lard ALL KINDS OF CANNED MEATS OMtrtntMd tha Hast In Is Marks! CORNER FOURTH AND (JLISAN STREET5 - PORTLAND. OREOON The Columbia Iron Works .... FOUND RYM EN .... Blacksmiths, Machinists, and Boiler-makers Cora.r Eighteenth Nt. and Franklin A... Ross, Higgins & Company GROCERS and BUTCHERS AMTUHIA AND BAMT ASTORIA CHOICE FRESH AND SALT MEATS R. U. Boyle & Co, Real Estate, Loans and Investments B23 Commercial Street. Aaitorln The Palace Cafe . . . Is the Place for a Qood Meal-Eastern Oysters W. W. WHIPPLE, Proprietor Astoria Roofing & nintu cTUccT Asphalt Pavlne for Basements. Sidewalks and Streets nirllH SIKttl Asehait Cnatln nn Tin and Shlnrle Roofs Asphalt 34 Qlarkson & McIrvin LONG FIR PILING Promptly Furnished Astoria Asphalt & Roofing Co. : kSSiF-" AH Work Quaranteed Roof P.lDtinii 4 Repairing Poof N. JENSEN and R. O. HANSEN J. A. PASTABEND General Hodsc. Bridge and Wharf Builder OFFICE SUPPLIES .' - ... , ""J MARINE GASOLINE ENGINES Using gasoline or cheap dlU)lt oIL Engine connect tj direct with pro peller shaft and no noisy, easily broken bevel gears used In rrvrrto motion. Naw MUk dovlca; no internal spring rlictrd to burn (ut Send for testimonial. V ar building thru new a'yle, self atar.lng miuiiin engine In all sixes uti to ?W horae power. Every engine fully guaranteed. Cornice Co. ' Gravel. Tin and Slite Roofing" Coating on Tin and Shingle Roofs Repairing of all mnas or woora Boom ComPany 216 and 217 Chamter of Commerce Portland. Oregon Contractor - House Moving: Tools Tor Rent THE REBUTTAL TESTIMONY IX M Ma Id Dmuniinil'iinicrnimi Smith's I'oint Komi l'uunl liy Count tlcrk. i i a ROAD ISSMM.ACOt M V KOAI City Attorney file Antt Opmlmi, khltb r.iduri: Aitloto! Street towmilitc Is tcrlr Wild .If. U. t. I nit". Atotin. Man 3i. (Editor Astorian ) -!n vitii lai "f thin moriiiig If given letter fro-n Jt. V V-Ylch. made .if ih i lly I'lunrll, -ii Ml" run Jrit of M'iii:h' IV'lnt li-nii ' Mr. V i.'h' i Mmuy l"lnl 'if iniil.n tm U tlitt h' c imni'ifi ounri: nun tw u.i-k-J by th rl'y .i't -rn ) i-l n Ion, wii-rim li hn fn-r-i'ilurr that he woiiM n : lv- a ir an "pinion fnun thl n.flr'-r. Heriw'lh I haml yini Lit n o''nl m rn-'-ivi-J frrim th rlty atlictvy im thin uliji-. t. anl u((. it U-t 'oun. ilimn SVIih nilglu tk- Itl I'I'W. :t i furthrr cmurnl"i hy Mr. Wt'rh thm Vfrt.t'n iiirii n h njii't"l va-.-tmn ;rn en-Ainu hv? !ii nlj-n uly !liip. iMitvl fr.itn th' ilflr of lli courtly iWk, hr,iu' I nh.-uM Inf-r from in rlty alt tm-y ilnl'm (htl all inni wrr on 'lie nii'l h-Ticr t)ir In nn I'hHiit'f f I V cliircr of J-'hV-rv. Am .-hilrm in ( thn l-t on.n'ltti- I hv ii.n inii'ii'l"l t' (ivomtcji atiy chnrlur riviliii nor to fmtlwr ar.y liillvlJuaJ tn'.m-i:. .and think an Uivr. titration woulj ilir nic of any urh charKMi. KILA.s I. I'AKKKIt. ('hninravn CoiiimltUw oil Htni-tx ami I uhllc Wi;. (H iNlo.N rirriTY ATTOUXKV. Hon. P. L. Pnrkr, ("haJrinan Cum 1 1 in. I". L. r. .'h!r n I'.nn .nlitnr .n Strrru ant Public Wayi. In r-'ly to your r.iU't fr ai oilnln a t hr ala'UJi of th- Hinlll)' t'olnl roal. I beg I.nvr to .iilmilt thr follow- Inir r-Mirt: I In IhH'vmlM-r. W, an ainii wan Hiiadv. on th t-tltlon if tlir P'uliuiu jlar Iml A Trunt (.Vi . to Im vth county i rnul artu:i. Smith'. I'oint lai atnl. A 'l-tlilon a In tru- offli-f of tin j county cliTk. afllilavliji of ihwHhk no I tUi. f tc, wcrr1 uli IIUil, anl an -ntry mu.l- In tho J.iiiiiijU of th" roiiiity court irocNHllti(fa rwliltiK th fact that tin IN'tltloti hal tti fllf.l. anil onlrrtnit that the fHt'l ! vacat'il. aii'l II M divlanM ly th- county court. The (iuirtliu Ik, iIWI tin- county court iu'iulrr Jurlwhctlon ov thi- matter, and va th order made and cntorrd li-Kal an to tlx irorvnllnir. Tlk- lawn of I in'pm, Iwut'-a 17;'l and 17;:. aro iiMl.-fliiftrt aa to hvytnir out county roudti. and varatlni; thrm. If the two (-x tl.mii. ami 4ii:', can he oinatrwd ttritlr. thitX' would lw no dllTlculty to di'tvrmlnc whcthiT ttvc I'Vlnlaturi' lnt4ulxl that a petition ahould Iw alruv1 by twvlvc rmuio-holil- cra, hut that a prittlon to vacate a county rrnul nnxl mly ! hUiiciI hy onr. I am of tlu opinion that the two acctlnna irfwuld be oniKiniiil to. Id'thcr. The quimtkai thon la. waa the iwtltion nultlctrnt to Rive the court JurimHctlon? Thr prtJthm la alionil by twrlva houiholdTB, but la dcfcctlw In that It docw not l(iribp rh' pad, cither the oinunKncfrnrnt, twrnUnua or liiter- nxillatr points. Another p.tltlon la fllcd hy thr I'.Tilnmila Iand & Trust Co., which docs give the Inlcnncdlatc ixilnl ami kw a sulDiilnnt diwripton of thr I ii nd or roa.l to lo vacaUM. but It In only aliened ,!) m? Hraon. The taw rcqulmi that a notice, or four notice, Khali be invatiil In con spicuous .ntacoa. The notlcr llliil In these iTootvdlnira la i1k'iM hy two person, ielther of whom are on the petition, and Is not verllled Is. there fore, iiiBuniclent. The ln.w alw ri'uuliv that vle.w altall le apiHdntnl, hut as to w-hethnr they are to 1"' apiiolnted In vacating a county road does not seem to ne necessary, and the law are so mlwlcttdlnn Outt It Is lmillilc to g-tvip an opinion u to their Intent or meaning. But the pe-tltlon and the notice be Ins; tiMmfflolcait, aa required by the laws of Ore iron, conferred no Jurisdic tion cwi the county court to vacate the road, and all proceeding there under are therefore wild. Aflxv a careful icxnmlnn.tlon of nil the paixrs and the law bearing tho question, although not aa clear In my mrral as It should lie. I am however, of tbe opinion that the county road around Smith's Pohvt has never txwn legally; vacated and that It still exists aa a county rood. Respectfully submitted, C. J. Cl'RTW. City Attorney. A reporter fnm the 'Aatorlan called uHn Mr. G. C. Fulton and Imiulred if he had read Councilman Welch letter In the Astorlan. Mr. Fulton sold that be had, and was nurprtai-d (that Mr. Welch had considered It necessary to charge "Jobbcrj-" and 'mysterious disappearance" of certain iaper relat ing to thia road. "It la toideed wry unfortunate that some men, particularly those holding offices of public trust and confidence, are unable to differ In opinion from tlulr f.-!..w oinci, even thoiiirti It l ufi a imiln of lw, without charg ing "JnlilnTy," "mynteilous dlKMpimur aiw." of ,iit tlwtt have lwi (rnls luld. If any aui'li piuly bus knowl-"lgi- if fai ls 'or rvliirw- thi'rrf Jus tifying such a cluirg". he ahould linme llaiely ai'iunlnt th public with th aiiiiie, nn. I having II, If he falls to dn i, h Is tn my Julgiiiifit w holly Hjn worthy of such offi'-, and tho same uti l truthfully aald If, In making iKh a grave (arif, he Is not xs- , f ,Ui h fai'ta or evidence. "Km tuniitHy, In tills rimtroversy tliof-r U no iM'i aslmi wiin lever to make I'lmrifi of Johliery or mysterious dls-ai'P-nranre of pa;T. The Astfrta Iron Works, (tie if the moMt (tir g'ttn and ent'rprtsl(ig of our cltlwus. has, by its eirgy and buslm-s aWllty. .r-Ktir-.l a cinitrait to majie certain rejMilrs upon the government atetuner Mitnianlia. In order to oimplete this imlrmi it will rteeltate tile expen-OHur- of many tnouaamls of dollars In Uibt city, and the giving of a large amount of employment to a large num ber of our laboring men. I Is a fact that, although the natural point f'S the oaitrtruKlon of the ways whereon to plane veasela ouid repair the sum Is at Aetia-la, none have been built thr-; Mid In order to complete rhls nsitract It Is nerMiau-y to coneitruct ways, which also Involves the HeHeeUon of eonte advantageous point. This ha h-n determined to be Smith's Point. Now. ermii me to say right here that luul some iieru m not residing or doing hualness here secured this Important cmtracit. uul had such contractor even auicgcitted the pilbilUy of doing the work here, and building ways that could tie um1 tn the future for like, work, there would have been held a meeting of the business men. a subsidy would have been ralaed and grounds 1iMifLt"d or ipurchawed. and in my humble Judgment no breach or sunpl ckm would have been raised UmU there no longer existed a road at Smith's i'olut I'.ut the Iron works being a .-al concern, n-sldlr.g in the city, em ploying Imal lalKa- and cfMHributing gumerally to the well-being of the city, lws undouhblly incurred the Jealousies and cnmltUti of pcnaiia lanl I do not refer to the eminent councilman) who have s-Hisht to hlnia-r aoid annoy It In Its buslntw; lwmce the charge of Joble-y" and "mysterious dlnapiK-ar-aiu-" I tut why J-dJiery? Why mys terious dbaippeantnce? In all candor mul'l it nt have b-eii staged that tile papers Mating to thN road had b"en mislaid and could nt at that time In found? indeed. I took the trouble t call at the county clerk's office and Imiirire If our worthy councilman had made any Inquiry for these papers, and was lnfirmed that he bad not. No. but he must need charge the chair man and omimlttee of streets and pub lic way and the Asbnla Iron Works with "Jobbery." and even the county clerk, who has absolutely no Interest In the matter whatever, with causing the "mysterious disappearance" of the iwiwvs relating to this road. Again, why all this? "Tle whole truth about this matter can te statd In a very few worda. At the request of the Iron works I made an examination of tbe records to awvrtain whether. In my Judgment, the Smith's Point road had beem va- cat'M. This IxHng the first tlma that I had my attention called to It. I Im mediately examined the record, but could not then find the original peti tion, or proof of pouting notloe of the hi-artng themn. The county clerk was then very busily engaged with the county cotnmhwIi'neTW. I Anally aban doned the search, with the promise from the olllclala to continue the search at some convenient time, and oonllned my examination 1 1 the records. The result of my dnvesltgntlon Is found In my opinion, which has been published which, by the way. was not Intended to be and was not written for that purpose.' Now mark Wha.t follows. The clerk has found the original papers found them wlvere they were placed by the former clerk, in the court house, and found them all together. No per son .excepting he who wrongfully de sired that the proceedings relating to tho vacation of this road should be suppressed, to the end that the same would be held not a county road, could poRNlhty desire them to "mysteriously" or otherwise disappear, for the original palters show beyond controversy that there still does exUt the Smith's Point road, aa originally laid out. It appears from the original paiers 1. That the portion to vacate the road does not decrlbe the beginning, Intermediate points or terminus of the mail to be vacated, but simply de scrlles It a the "Smith's Point road." The statutes provide that this petition must describe the beginning. Interme diate oInts and termination of the road to he vacated. 2. The notice posted was signed only by L. Ieheek and Martin Johnson. The stntutes provide that the notices must be signed by twelve household el's. 3. There Is absolutely no proof of the posting of any notice thirty days previous to the hearing. The law pro vides that proof must accompany the petition, that notice has been potted thirty day previous to the bearing. The curling Iron has to do more titan Its share of work these days, when waves and ringlets are demanded by fashion. PARTY FEELING RAXTCRY HIGH During tbe Last Day's Debate On the Tariff 15111 in the Houmt. demm:katstk v to obstruct But Sot Very SicccMfnl - Stutor Curbett' Certificate Asic.dcd-Rjilrojd rooliiy Dill latrodicta By ToraWr. Wiulnngtin, March 20. Party feeling ran high during the last day of the tariff Mate In tfhe house. Political swhe) were wedged In at every op- (ortunity and there was constant ma neuvring for political advantage. The opIKsatlon dimcted thHr efforts toward stirring up dbwention in the republican side, but they aucoseded only In exposing a single instance of revolt today. That wua i the uU Jert of free hides. The democrata preas- ed the question of duty on hides for the iienerU of the farmer with such vigor that Hepburn was drawn into the de bate and made a strong plea for dutia ble hides. He demanded that ttie bouse be given an opoprt unity to vote wi this question and declared that every Western republican was in favor ot it. Cannon, of Illinois, also gave a quail fled endorsement to this demand. The republican leaders defended their bill today wKh vigor. The 1)1 and means committee held the floor with their amendments from 10 4n the morning to 4 In the afternoon. About thirty-flve were offered and adopted. Among them was one admit ting free of duty "books, rcientttlc ap paratus, charts, maps, etc." for scien tific and educational purposes. After that five more pages of the bill were read, nuking twenty pages in all. of the 16J page of the bill. Tomorrow the bill will be open for amendment until 1 o'clock, an attempt to extend Che debate having failed, after which an hour on each side w ill be allowed to done. Voting will begin at So'eloc. The democrat displayed a gixl deal of anxiety t'lay to get in an amend ment to strike out the differential on sugar, but they probably will be frus trated In this. The only motion they may be able to secure a vote on la one to recommit with Instructions. This motion has been prepared in the shape of a resolution by. and is the Dockcry amend ntent to suspend the duty on articles whose prices are con trolled by trusts or combinations. Even this motion may be held to be out of order, under the special order. There Is some talk of a number of republi can votes being cast against the bill, but nothing definite is heard. HANKING AND Cl'RRENCY. Washington. March 30. Representa tive Heitwiole, of Minnesota, has intro duced a resolution for a banking and currency commission, which Is in line with the recommendations of McKin ley's Inaugural address, and of the In dianapolis conference. The resolution recites that In view of the present In adequate banking and currency system It Is desirable that congress have the aid of experts in meeting the condi tions. The commission Is to be com poesd of four citizens, eminent In fi nance and politics, appointed by the president, and a senate committee ap pointed by the vice-president, and rep resentative: to be appointed by the aeaker and comptroller of the curren cy. The resolution provides that It shall report to congress the first week of next December. TO LEGALIZE POOLS. Washington, March 30. Senator For akr, of Ohio, today introduced the pooling bill. Tt is practically a repro duction of the Patterson bill Introduced In the last congress. It Is Intended to meet the objections to pooling w hich were rabwd by the supreme court of the United States In Its decision recently rendered In tho trans-Missouri freight association case. The section amends the interstate commerce act so aa to render dt lawful for railroad associa tions to enter into pools. CERTIFICATE AMENDED. Washington, March 30. Irt the senate today McBride, of Oregon, presented an amended certificate from tht. gover nor of Oregon as to the appointment of Henry W. Corbet t as senator from that state. The certificate states that the appointment la "until the legislature shall mnet." thus curing the supposed def-et In the flnrt credentials, which did not fix the limit of service. M'.KAOFtX CYCLONE. Many Killed and Injured and a Town Swept Out of Existence. Guthrie, O. T-. Map SO. A report is received here that twenty lives were lost this evening In the cyclone that wept over Chandler, a town of 1MW innabilant. fifty miles east of here. It Is reported that only two buildings were left standing the Mltohell hotel and the Grand Island grocery store. In ad dition to the twetity persons reported killed, rumor has it that fully 150 wera bail I y Injured. The cyclone struck at S o'clock this evening. The court house. In whloh Chief Justine Dale was holding court, was taken off its foundation. All com muntcatlm with On&ndler is now cut off. MORE FROM CHANDLER. Kansas City, March JO. A special to the Journal from Guthrie. O. T., says: "At o'clock this evening a terrific tornado, followed by hail and fluod, swept through the town of Chandler, M miles east of here, completely devas tating the town. Three fourths of the residences and business houses of the town were totally wrecked or badly demaged, scores ot people injured and many killed. Darkness at once came on and the work of rescue is carried on under the greatest difficulties. The telephone office was carried away, and 10 p. m. the telehone con nected w-ah a wire two miles this way and a message sent here for assistance. On every side can be heard groans and cries for help, and the scene is in dscrtbabVe. A targe number of physi cians and other cfttaens have left here j for the scene with surgical instru- j merits, drugs and other supplies. A later message mates that a large number of people known to have been In busines buildings are missing and it Is feareu tliey are buried under the ruins. The true state of affairs cannot b? learned Until daylight. IN WYOMING. Denver. March 30. A special to the News from Cheyenne. Wyoming, says a blizxard has been raging here all day and tonight there B no abatement. The snow on the line of the Union Pacific between Cheyenne and Laramie is be tween four and five feet deep. All trains have been delayed, though not seriously. The storm is the worst ex perienced in this vicinity In years and ranchmen are much alarmed for the safety of tiheir stock on the range. CRETAN SITUATION. 4 Powers Will Not Blockade Greek Ports Trying to Compromise. Constantinople, March 30. Aa to the Cretan situation proper. It is under stood that the admirals in command of foreign fleets In Cretan waters are of the opinion that, now that Greece has virtually completed her war prepara tions on the frontier of Thessaly, a blockade of the principal Greek ports would be useless, thus bearing out the forecast previously made In these dis patches that the refusal of England to take an active part in the blockade of Greece might lead to a collapse of that cheme to prevent the outbreak of hos tilities. Under these circumstances all the efforts of the ambassadors of the powers are now being directed toward prevailing upon the Turkish govern ment to advise the sultan to withdraw the Turkish troops frm Crete, as an other sop to Greece, and as an other attempt to prevent war, and tn addltton the ambassadors are endeav oring to prevail upon Greece and Tur key to agree to the establishment of a neutral xone between the opposing Turks ami Greeks on the frontiers. THE MASS MEETING. The mass meeting last night waa somewhat ot a disappointment to its projectors, as the speakers were about equally divided for and against licens ing gambling. Space will not permit a detailed report of the many excellent addresses made during the evening on both sides of the question. The meet ing adjourned without taking definite action. It would now be In order to appoint an investigating committee to find out what Senator Lexow and bis comrade discovered. ASTORIA PATENT IS PROTECTED Hume Brothers En joined Prom I'sing the Jensen Soldering Machine. THE INJUNCTION IS BROAD Cover the Fartoer .laaiiactare or Cm of the Hicfciae By Aajr Except the Alaska facker'a AMociitioa. San Francisco, March 30 Judge Mor row today granted an Injunction on the complaint of the Alaska Packers' Association restraining Joseph Hume and Hume Brothers from operating or usana; the devlos known as the Jensen machine for packing salmon. The me, chine was invented and patented by Matthias Jensen, of Astoria, Oregon, and the patent was purchased by the Alaska Packers' Association. The ma chine pack salmon automatically into cans with great rapidity and accuracy, an operation formerly performed by hand. The ki Junction la very broad. It not only enjoins the further mao ufactur of thai inachines, but prohibit the rebuilding and repairtnf; of th ok) ones. This proceedings ipvolves the vaadlir of the first patent Issued to Mathtas Jensen for a van-heading machine, which was beJd by the United States Court of Appeals to be an infringe ment of a machine patented by Norton Bros., of Chicago, at whose instance the Injunction above referred to was obtained. Mr. Jensen afterwards in vented av much superior machine, which was duly patented to him, and also . enjoined by tbe Norton Bros, aa an in fringement of their machine. The suit involving the validity of the second Jensen patent was recently tried before Judge BelUnger in tbe United State cir cuit court for the district of Oregon, and is now pending the decision of the court The latter suit, arTecttng the validity of the second patent, is of so. preme Interest to the packers of the Columbia river and elsewhere, and the judgment of the court is awaited with much anxiety by many packers who desire to operate the machine. If Mr Jensen's second patent is sustained, the machines manufactured under tbe first patent will be superseded by the new machine, and it will result in a savins; of many thousand dollars to the sal mon packers of thia coast, aa K la the only successful machine that has ever been invented for doing .the work now done by the process of hand-packing. WORK OF REVENGE. Chinamen Attempt to Blow Up the Woman 'Who Prosecuted Ark Wo. A sensation occurred on the Bowery about ! o'clock this morning, occasioned by the explosion of two targe Chines bombs hi the rooms near the corner of Seventh and Astor. A few days ago a white woman loat some clothes, which were stolen and pawned to Ark Wo for 13.85. Ark Wo was arrested for receiving stolen prop erty and bound over In $500. He would not tell who brought the articles to him. Later the woman was threatened. Last night Chinamen probably placed bombs under her bed , bored hole through the partition, attached fuse and at proper time lit them and ran explosion and room on Are. Hearing the outcry, John and Pete Kenny and AI. Siefeidt ran across the street and arrived just in time to put the fire out Officer Oberg did all he could t find the offenders, but before the explo sion took place fihey were no doubt concealed a long ways off. Kgf PGUOEil r Absolutely Pur f J- Celebmted for its great leaveuluc. strength and healthful ness. Assure the food against alum and all form of adulteration common to the cheap brand. ROYAL EAKINO POWDEa CO, NEW YORK,