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SAVE TIME The Dally Astorlan Ha Rii)L AND PlRMAMIINr ...Fimily Circulation... MlON MOOS THAN tnr TIMM lAPOe AS THAT or ANY OTHtR rAMta M AftTOMA. mid worry ""- An "Ad". In Tmi Ahmhuh'i 1 want UIumi." EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PHESS REPORT. VOL. XLVl. ASTORIA, OREGON: THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL , 185)7. NO. 78 GRIFFIN & REED CltyLBook Store Stationers & Booksellers All the Leading Newspapers and Periodicals Kept on Handf 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 Made . . . FOARD & STOKESm Dsalsr la Cork and Lead Unas, Hani lng Twine, Laadaf also, Oara, Oarlock, Boat Cooking Utenalla, Sail Drill. paints, Boat Nalla, Etc., Etc. SELF- mmno HERCULES ll-Hurtlng Ml lluroe rower Marin" Kiiitlne. roit I'AHTU't I.AItM AtlltHKM HcrcuIcH Gh Engine Works 4US gANHOMR NT., RAN rilANCISCO UNION MEAT COMPANY Shield Brand Hams, Bacon. Strictly Pure Lard ALL KINDS OF CANNED MEATS Oaaraatsae the Beet In the Market CORNER FOURTH AND (JUSAN STREETS . PORTLAND, OR BOON The Columbia Iron Works .... FOUNDRYMEN.... Blaeksmiths, Ifiaehinists, and Boiler-makers t'oraar Eighteenth Ml. end Franklin Ave. Ross, Higgins & Company GROCERS and BUTCHERS AMTORIA AND BAHT AHTOHIA CHOICE FRESH AND SALT MEATS R. L. Boyle & Co. Real Estate, Loans and Investments H33 Commercial Street, Astoria Astoria Roofing & Cornice Co. 34 Gravel. Tin and Slate Roofing NINTH STREFT Asphalt Paving for Basements. Sidewalks and Streets nm i n oiivtc i Asphalt Coating on Tin and Shingle Roofs Repairing of all kinds of Roofs Clarkson & Marvin Boom Company LONG FIR PILING Promptly Furnished Astoria Asphalt & Roofing Co. S3 All Work Roof Painting and Repairing; Leaky Ft oof J. A. PASTABEND General House, Bridge and Wbarf Builder OFFICE SUPPLIES MARINE GASOLINE ENGINES L'elng gasoline or cheap dlatlllata oil. Engines connect d direct with pro plir shaft, and no onlay, taally broken Imvel gears used In raverit motion. Naw spark device: no Internal aprlng rti'i'inxlrt to burn out. Bond for testimonial. We are building three new a'yle, self atnr.lng marina engines In all slaes up to TOO hro power. Every engine fully guaranteed. 216 and 217 Chamber of Commerce Portland. Oregon l.enve order at KJJ Commor, Mtreot Guaranteed N. JENSEN and R. 0. HANSEN Contractor - House Moving: Tools for Rent BUSINESS-LIKE METHODS USED By the Kciiililiinn t'onnrcss to I ro niutc the Intercut of the I'cuplc. I'MonicTioN (;aim.v;(;koim) The llrl Serplue lJcr the Vilaog Lau Occirrcd la Marca rlrcaaae of the Ketb ut ltnrtcr. Washington, April J Hp utl ("or- riitKl-ni.'nM' n-puMUan j iu-iy hua amiln nhown H tmatnH-llke quai- fi,l. In b-tm than two wvo',a from i rtw llntn .f lt inwting, the teniae, imfiMillv by thin party, has nnmiiUtnl unit pnMu-d th tiullT bill anil 1mh ku imiIi.i tlu (ipMrtlliin ajxt il'lay fault-nmUiig eirin f ttw ilwtw rn.U. Tm lilll tnw g-mm to the tu-n-at, fitn tlu- rvpulillriwia have al rwily ahown l-lr lualtwe-4lki mtt- nIm ty litklng It vip In commltlw ajii) putUtie; nnv tluin a "' lJir Um It prior l 1l ibuohmtc by the Ixwev. It la expntfrtl thlU tlie bjll will le romiilntctl by th nmunktra during' 1l rert tiith anil taken up by trw auun rarly hi May. pamtrd by that body In Jitiw. ami r Into vf-f"-t July 1. !'rwlint (IrvHamd ,and tlm five traikf ngrreM, liot) No. wmlx. 1KB2. dJ nt gil flwlr Urlff bill upm tli atalute UkiIui until Aug ut. 1H via yrar aiul uti niuntha from Um tiato of the ltlnx It louka now aa though tlte rubUiama would aft thrlr tariff inwure m ttw aia.tut Mikm ittiln iwrn montha ut the dati ut p!44Bi, xa-lUy evn xaini' than that. THK CI 'HAN QI'BSTID.V. Tlie Mt&tc iti'partnHtkt omtlnutu o rwnlve Kiurar1ng rpru fnm Cuba. Tlx- Htllluile of ltu authoritlra thrre hna uii'li-irorv a n-inArkuJile change Ince tilts odmlnitnitlon ranw lnl- oponufrui. Evnry fw laya brlnira re- TKTta i allrtlofial rWona-a, end only thtve oltixfna of the l'iillM fttHU-a nv rniiUn In uln iirlnoim, nxkliig IntiT Vention by t tile pm-miuiit 111 tlit-lr Ih. luijf. m-vrral olli.m are a lll Imrlii nl, but tlny hav lllicr lin rlvt-n tlN ftilhwt rlifhw of trlnl unW our tritj. -tth Hmln, or luivo, Ar roa- Mi of tluHr omi, otulttfal to ak lnt-r-ViMittim In their U-haJf by thl irivrm-iiK-nt, No fcntuiv of tin- prtwnt ad liiliilxtrnlliU hiM Ixi-ii tvtvM wltti auch iiuirkiol ntWiu-U.in ul oojn iixMi.ljitlii.Mi aa that rclatlivK t the rltrlxa of Aim'iioiiii cltliciin a.bnal. ENCOCKAGINO TO FARMEKS. Waul, wh.n.1, anvl csirn. tla)e thr ntuplv it((i1cu!tU!-J piNMlultA, ar fl- liiK Ui effect Of renew el coiillil.xnx' and rciiow-ed pieiiTlty which have fol- Unvml the trmuinerutlon of McKlnloy. The elAmlard cnimeix-lal auttmrltk-a rl",rt hlrhr prtora for wnol, wh-at, Hour ami other article" of agricultural prx!uitlwi, and whow tliat lla? wheat and flour exMrtatlina of the wk Juntwmbil aje pvater than thoan of the irrvndltig week of liuit yeur, amd ttuete of com three tlmtw aa gwat aa tlumo of the commnvinliliK wvek of littt ir. i. The former vt the coun try are finding no occasion fir retjret Ih&t th-y vrt.-d for McKlnley and linnia-rtty. , ; Sl'OAU SCHEDVLR PISA ri'OI NTS THE PEMOCltATS. IoniHTvta toi nK" aJul ljevhere are rrrel.ly idlMtpiwAirtod with the u Kiir schedule of the Olnsle)' tariff bill, aa well a" other features. Tluy are iwpevliilly dlMip(iiiiitel retranltnsr the autrnr aehedule, aa they are unable to find In It any oiMmrtuiUty t charge that the bill la advaiitaKoUM to or In the IntetTHta f tlw tru.sta. They ruinomber with irroat Mtterneaa the faot that tlu-lir o-n law, which now huliiiIh upon ithe atatute iMtok", was comUunned by the public generally aa franw'd In the liUermts of the augur truNt, and they had hoped to find fme opxrtunlty to make a almilar chnrKe agulnat the Pliuley bill, but In this fhey have ablutely failed, and-'thoae of them who are frank enough to confess the truth aamlt tluit It wipes out the advaivtajreB which the sug-ar tnrnt ho" enjoyed under the present ilrtuoonMlc law. PROTECTION CiAININO GROUND. The diviKiona In the denioo.rallo ranks are s Mtrongly murkeil oai tlve tariff quetn an they were In the ourroncy dlHouaUma of last fall. Tlve rooent delates In tmnKreaa haw shown a very rapid growth of protection en Mmenit among tho demooattt, and a growing hoatlllty to the extreme free trade and free raw material views of tine Cleveland wing of the party. Num, burs of dciioera.ts declare their hostil ity Ito Mie free trade theories of Cleve land, Wilson, et al., while others de nounce in tholr iKihe the frve raw material proposition, a few of tike moat Independent thinkers going so far a.i to vote for .the IMngley Wll, although their party awHate" had denounced It aa the most radical tariff measure ever offered to congretw, not excepting the MoKhvley law. , THE REMARKABLE WILSON LAW. The Wilson law has made a remark- aba. r;ird in the month Just end- d. It lm ui'tuiilty mnUil a urplu fa- the iikiuth. Tlai mfi'.itu bir fhe month h.v.,i fur a wotibr la-n gr-il"r thai the xpnilltumi, and ttmt, t o, with out lulling ttiu-k acifr grea.1 U(iilty ut llwt curixit bflla fts h bwn th a.- wlien H was found durtrable to iruiki an appnfwvt eurplua uii'b-r the Ciii-IUUi ainlnJHU-at)'n f ttv trea ury department. The Wllw.n law hu Immi Id ieraLii tiilnyoixj miUia, aid In that time there have I! five in mi litt whim It lias made an aptwrimt surplus. In very caf, Iwwever, ex--pt tlw pnnent mmth, th ajpaMit un'liia was rntel by holding dnn the expvilltura far belw the de niaiKlt upon tlvu trnaeury for that par. tli-ular numth. In , Hcptembw, 1V.-5, Hhni It m found cbulrablq U xive the deiiKaTKtlc oca torn iviiiv-thlng f a vrable V say alxMit thlM law. Just before tlie elettitm of thut fall, a amaJl aunrliu Mas creaJud by hiding down lh exiendltur, but In the v.-ry next m. Kith the d-(Uit waa something enor niour. n-achlng nearly m millliri do!, lara for the nvxith. In the eloaUig nrinttui of Uve fliMl year and caltidar yearn uii'b-r the Carlisle administra tion, al was found poaalble to m-ike a faoxuMe allowing for thiav single livnxhs e aa to make the deficit of the year aa small aa posalble, but that was always oompnniatel for by an ennrnwMM deficit In the month which Immediately followed, so that the month of March. 1K97. la the only one hi the history of the law m which It haa n-ally made a aurptua without hoblhig bak the expenditure. Tills Is not. however, due to any Improve ment in the workings of the law or anything to IU credit It b. simply the result of the fact that the Importers at New York took alarm Ve: the Plng l bill should cut off their privileges of imiiorUng at the low rat of the Wtuatn la a- and s rushtnl In many million dollar' worth of gods during this nurnih, thus awllng the reo-tits to an abnormal sum. It Is because of UUs faot, and this a kmc, that the Wllsxm law haa for once made a rec ord of mr-etlng the reo,uirementa of tlM itTVwury for a alngt." month. ALL BY HIMSELF. Carter Harriwin lla No Pledgee Out and Believes In German Method. Chliiago, April ". Sn-alcing of his victor)-, mayor-elect Harttum Haid b. day: "Theiv la no danger tlat live city will be hanlel over to tv.o years of vice and treachery. I will also prom ise that th.nv will be nothing of wliat Is characterized as "1de oiwn" daa I do nrt recognlxe tin' neeesalty f public gambling In Chicago, but be Hew largely In the German idta of jersv!ial UlKrty. It draws a sharp line between llbtixy and license "1 shall enter uisi the duties of DUh otllce wholly unhamiered by pled ges of any kind. My punwee Is to give the city a ootiHervative, business admlntstraU'tii. I shall not be d I (Mated l by amy man or league or any as sociation, and so long as I occupy the chair no one will be mayor but Carter H. Harrison. SIAM'S VISITING TOl'IS. Itangknk. April ".The king of Slam has started on hLi visit to Europe and the I'nited States. GREAT AND ONLY SHOW. Astoria. April 7. (To the Editor.) I have boon a siltmt and Interested wietator of "the great and only show" of gambling by licemse (of whipping the devil around the atump) and gam bling without a lUvnse and paying a so-called tine for breaking tho law and gambling anyhow. .My frl'iuU tho gamblers em to be on th- mme plane or level with my frkmds the moral element and Chris tian rofornavs. ' I 'was aniu3Hl, not to say etlitii-d, by listening? to a ry gool and moral ttelf-oonfesscd gam blor OMiveir a speech in tlw Methodist church on tlie subi-ot I think he made a very goinl slHwh (Mm his stand point. Now, what neds all the excitement? This gambling IVonse agitation Is no new thing In Asturla and coines up oeoaxkitwilly to divide the time when railroad news is dull, or when the poli ticians wish to stir up the animals and hewr them growl, or, tn other words, make a llttlo political capital out of this question. Tine question is, can the common council license (rambling by ordinance, or they not? I do not think they can uVi s legally, and would like to see the matter tested In the courts and forever lay the gluxst, one way or ths oilier. I am opposed to licensing gambling, or any other crime or vice. I hope, the maywr will sign the ordl nanoe and have the matter settled by the courts, and forever end t, or, being a Jurist, declare the ordinance contrary to law and veto It. G. WINGATE. To be 111 tliene days Is to feel like a veritable Jall-blrd. Yesterday was an Ideal one for wheeling. The spring hat is out In all of Its glory. FATAL SNOWSLIDE N THREE FORKS Tbrcc Men Killed liy the Avalanche and Frocrty Hurled in White. THE MINES TO SHUT DOWN Other Slides Ttreittaed ia the District -Railkiy Blocked aid Bridge Ddttroyed TeM rartiicalars Olilaiaable. Hi'ikane, Wash., Apr 7. A fatal sisiwalide totjk Mtu-t in the Ho n asi nreek win, a mirle from the Idaho mine. In the Tlire Frwks district, Sun day, In which three mi were klllel. The only particulars otitalwible are those contained in private tel'wams. Kumlay morning a small landslide oc curred a the upper tramway of tiie 41s-an Tramway Co., and two em pUya sj the company -ere Ben up ti refrsn the otartruotijnia While thus employed, a snow slide started from the mountain at the htu of the basin, and before they could reach t, place of safety the avalanctie over took and burled them, crushing them to dbth. WUh the two employee1 of the tramway company was a third man, who met death at the same 'lme. Who he was. or what he was duing there at the time, haa rxit been learned. N4t!her have the names of the two other men killed been ajictalnd. The allde did kittle damage to the tramway. It ia said a number of mines in the vicinity of Three Forks are Shutting down tmporarlly because of threatening artow aUdes. A Nelson dipat4i says the Kaalo Slocan Railway is compUftely blocked by slides In several ptaoea. Four brHlg- have gone out, and It wtll be ur or five day before traffic is re sumed. FIGHT FOR LIFE. Jaokm. MUej., April 7. A Vkksburg diKiauch says: The rise here is increasing-, owing; to the outflow frvan the delta and from this date the fight to save the Louis- lama levev begins. It will be made vvlLh Ithe utmoot resolution. TKlay the conun&wfcjtiers of the Fifth Louisiana met In special seniotv and re solved to borrow 130,000 for the cam paign. They are promised $10,900 by the government, besides material. THE STAGE OF WATER. St. Louis, April 7. Clear and cod! weather prevails and the river, which was at 27.6 feet, shows a dcllne of twXenths for the post twenty-four ihiHirs. A 'dentins of tivo-tenths is shown at Hannibal, while at Keokuk a rise of one-tenth is regtawred. At Kansas City a rise of one and three- tenths feet is recorded. THE I'PPER RIVER. St. Paul. April 7. The waiter began to recede at St. Paul lat ndghtt and fears of a break In the levee are at an end. Not a pound of ioe remains In Staple and King's Ice hausw and the loss will be a great Inconvenience to killing operations this sunwiiier. ne cesst tatting the hauling of ioe from the city. FLOOD IN KANSAS CITY. Kansas City. April 7. The river to night readhed 20.1, withtoi three Inches of the danger line. The flood Is com ing on slowly and nerloua damage Is predicted to property along the flats before Friday noon. TO AID THE SUFFERERS. Special to the Astorlan. Washington, April 7. Both hVMiSes of congress today passed a resolution, and it was signed by President McKin- ley, appropriating J200.0O0 to aid the MtesisMlppI valley flood suflVrers. BANKRUPT LAWYER. San FranoJaoo, April 7. I. llosen krantz, an attorney, filed a petition in Insolvency today. He owes about (10,000, and hb assets are about $300. His indebtedness was contracted for living expenses. AGAINST SECTARIAN SCHOOLS. St. Paul, April 7. The house of rep resentatives todav passed the bill pro hibiting sectarian Instruction or sec tarian schools and proviltng for fine or Imprisonment for vlolaton of the act. AND PORTLAND ALSO. Portland, April 7. The council thte afternoon passed an ordinance licens ing nickel In the slot machines. The Uivnte ia fixed at $5 per quarter. CRAZY SPANIARD. Chief Hal look and Officer Settem last night arrested a man who aeemed, to be craxy drimJc mxy or otherwise on the lvwry, where he was raising a dUturtrfuuip. The man, whose name could not t learned, 1 heavy set, dark oKinplexUff-d and afparently a Span lard or Turk. He la strong aa an ok and gave the officers much trouble. Later In the night several frtiglllotlc encounrtera took place on the Bowery. atKl thing" were lively for a lime, but no armU were made up to a late hour. NOTES IN ATHENS. Athena. April 7. The Identical note delivered ymterday by representative of the prvr to M. Skouzea have had little effect. The newspapers today de clare Chat they are really of no prac tical vilue tn rendering" the Issues more certain, because Greece Is aware that the agreenwcit betaeen the pow ers la quite factitious. A complete calm oharaoterlxed the ctty today, al though many placards have bean post ed advocating war. This evening the military petrols paraded the principal streets. Tla? evemng newspapers cen sure the clamor for war. IN WESTERN CRETE. a-aaaassa a) Canea, Oete, April 7. The Inaur gents of the vicinity of Ktssamo, the western end jt the litiland. have writ ten to the foreign admirals giving no tice ifihai they are projecting an at tack upon the fort at Kauavmo. The Turkfeh. gran-toon there asked for as sistance. Two thousand insurgents crowded around SUtla, at the eastern end of the inland, and a French war ship handed Ave guns in anticipation of aa atttack upon the place. BRISK 'FIGHTING. Canea. April 7. Brask fighting took place today outsade of Candla. The Insurgenta m coneiderable strength ad vanced from four pobtts md attacked the Turkish outposts. The latter main tained their positions with fhe loss of two men killed and eleven wounded. WAR IN THE PHILIPPINES. Madrid, April 7. An official telegram from Manila, Philippine inlands, an no uno-a that the Spanish troops' yes terday captured San Francisco and Malabong, where a majority of the armed Insurgents lhad sought refuge after a fierce conflict. The insurgents. It is further stated, were routed wiih onurmouB losses. Seven hundred houses have been destroyed at Louvo by a fire which was accidentally started. BRILLIANT WEDDING. Baltimore, Md., JAprH 7. The moat brilliant social event of the season wtaa the wedding of Mies Ida Catherine Gary, daughter of the postmaster gen eral, to Francis Edward Pegram, which took place here this afternoon. The bride la Mr. Gary's fifth daugh ter, and the fourth to wed. Three unmarried (deters acted as brides maids. LAMONT AND THE N. P. New York. April 7. The Mail and Exprees this evening says official con ftrniattun was given today to the re port that Colonel Daniel S. Lamont, secretary of war under President Cleveland, is to be placed at the head of the Northern Pacific within sixty days. The title of Colonel Lamont will be "presidenlt," and it Is thought hts headquarters will be in this city. STRIKE IS OFF. Marlon, Ind., April 7. The strike alt the factory of the United States Glass Co., at Glass City, has been de clared off. after a struggle lasting over three years. This Is a victory for the glass company. It Is estimated that the maintenance of the idle giasswork- ers has cost the national association not leee than $50,000. S. P. ELECTION. San Francisco, April 7. At the an nual meeting of Ithe Southern Pacifle this afternoon, the old board of direct ors was re-elected, with the exception of Julius Kruttechiidtt, general man ager, who was elected to succeed the late A. L. Tubbe. REBEL AGAINST PORTUGAL. London, April 7. Dispatches from Pretoria and Delagoa Bay say that the whVle of Gazaland Is In open re volt. Twenty-five thousand natives have rebelled against the 'Portuguese government. JOIN THE ASSOCIATED. Boston, April 7. The New England AsBooJated Press, a branch of the Uni ted PresB practically ceased to exist today and the members and clients have Joined the Associated Press In a body. SEVENTEEN KNOTS. BoHton, April 7. Official figures Just received state that the battleship Iowa made exactly seventeen knots an hour in her speed trial today. BIG SMASH IN WHEAT PRICES Sharp Break in Liverpool Cables and FairSellinijon Foreign Account THREE CENT DROP IN CH ICAGO Sia Traacisco aid All flariett affected Liqaidatio aid the Free Selliag it Ci rope Asslgaed as the Cum. New York, April 7. There wan abla; smash In wheat prtaea today, acooot panled by an outpouring of long hold ing the like of wbtdh haa not beea seen in many months. May option uxv ferad chiefly, aa the long interest In that month had swelled to large pro. portijna on rumors of accumulation, Lant night's dose dropped prices THc. Stay at the lowest touching 71c, which la the lowest record since last Sep tember. In addKlon to liquidation the mar ket was also influenced by a sharp break In Liverpool cables, and fair sell ing on foreign account. IN CHICAGO. Chicago, April 7. The weak feeUnjr in wheat which prevailed on the curt continued in an aggravatM form to day. Liverpool was Id lower and Bar Kn 14 marks lower as compared with: Mondays dosing prkMat and the start here was at c and c decline. Ia less than an hour the loss had been; increased to lTdc for May and l"4c for July. The latest trading was at too for May and at CoTic for July. AT SAN FRANCISCO. San Francisco, April 7. The wheat market had a bad break today. The break in Chicago prices amounted to a small panic. May wheat, which closed in that market on Monday at sixty-nine and 1 one-qaartor centa. opened today at sixty-eight and one bad f cents and fell to sixty-five and Ihree-eightha cents. The English mar ket wbs weak and loww. Local prions for wheat sympathised with the Chi cago break and had a bad decline. December wheat closed at tl.07 per cental. May at 11.11. OTHER MARKETS. Liverpool. April 7. Wheat Spot No. J red Western wtaaer, ;Nos 1 red! Nrtttara spring, easy, Cs 2'ad. Hops at London Pacifle coast, tSe and 67s. New York, April 7. Hope Dull; state common to choice 1896 crop 2Ve and 6c; crop 1896, 6c and 10Hc Portland, April 7. Wheat Walla Walla, 74 and 75c; valley, "Sc. . San Francisco, April 7. Hops 9c and 12VjC UNION PACIFIC. Washington, April Ti The attorney general sent today to the senate copies of the additional correspondence relat ing to the agreement made by the gov ernment In the matter of the sale of the UnHVai Paclflo railroad. Anting the letters and telegrams Included la a telegram from E. Ellery Anders;, government director of the road, to Attorney General Harmon, recommend ing the acceptance of the bid of $. 500.000 made 'by the re-organ Ixaiioi committee. DAVITT COMING WEST. Chicago, April 7. Michael Davffit, nho is on his way to ithe Paclflo coast, stopped off In Chicago. In an Inter view Dajvttt declared John Dillon to be the greatest leader Ireland ever had. Davitt predicted that Dillon wiH ultimately succeed In unfting the warring- Irish factions. White and gold Is being employed ex tensively witih black or fancy bodices. Km Absolutely Pur Celebrated for Ita great leavening atrena-th and nealthfulness. Assures Um food against alum and all forms of adulteration common to the ensap brands. ROYAL BAKING POWDEK CO, NETW YORK. mm 7A mm