ASTOMfUlil LIBRARY ASSOCIA'ilOH. SAVE TIME The Daily Astorlan Ha A RiCULAt AMD PlRMANINT ...Family Circulation... Much modi than thru Timi a lAIK.i AS THAT or ANY OTHI rASS M AAtOHIA. i:t I'.xpuii i lid v "M HftW I in An "Ad" In Tm AtrotiAN'a "waul Column. IXCIUSIVI TELEGRAPHIC PKESS VOL XLVI. ASTORIA, OREGON: Tl'KNDAY M0I:MX0, Al'IiU 13, JM7. NO. 82 REPOKT. GRIPFINI& REED CUytBooligStoro Stationers & Booksellers All the Leading Newspapers and Periodicals Kept on Hand LEGAL BLANKS AND :VHY DO WE KGEP 3j Robt. Stewart & Sons' Irish Flax Salmon Twine BECAUSE It Is the Best, the Strongest and Longest-Lasting Twine Made . . . FOARD & STOKES CO. Dealer la Cork and Utd Line, Msnglnc Twine, Lead; alo, Oar, Oarlock, Boat Cooking Utenall. Sail Drills, Taint, Boat Nail, Etc., Etc. SELF STARTING HERCULES r 1 KalbMlartlng M Hurt I'uwrr Marina K"Clnr. roil I'AltTK l I.AItM AKDIIKH HcrculcH Quh Engine Works 4oa HANHOMK ST.. MAN Ml AXCIM'O UNION MEAT COMPANY Shield Brand Hams, Bacon, Strictly Pure Lard ALL KINDS OF CANNED MEATS OuaranlMd h Btt In tht Mark! OKNEK FOURTH AND (1LISAN STREETS - IVRTLAND, OREGON The Columbia Iron Works ....FOUNDRYMEN.,,. Blacksmiths, lYIachinists, and Boiler-makers I'nrnar Klghtvanth HI. and Kranklln At. Ross, Higgins & Company GROCERS and BUTCHERS AMTOUIA ANIJ l!AHT AHTOWIA CHOICE FRESH AND SALT M EATS R. L. Bovle & Co. Real Estate, Loans and Investments H23 Commcrtlnl Htreet, Aatorlt Astoria Roofing & 34 Gravel. Tin and State Rooflnr NINTH ;TRFFT Asphalt Paving 34 Clarkson & jWcJrvin LONG FIR PILING Promptly Furnished Astoria Asphalt & Roofing Co. sS$& All Work Roof Painting and Rapalrlnu Ltiky Hoof J. A. PASTABBND General Contractor House, Bridge and Wharf Builder OFFICE SUPPLIES MARINE GASOLINE ENGINES t'.liiK r.lin or cheap dtatlliat oil. Englm-a connected dlret with pro pfll.T hnft. nn J no nolay. raally broken bevel gear iubm! In rvrr motion. Nnw iiik device; no Internal spilng rlactrodr 10 burn out. Send for testimonial. W't nrti building thrae new 1'yle, self alar.lng murine engines In all aluf up to ?oo hr power. Every engine fully guaranteed. Cornice Co. for Basements. Sidewalks and Streets napunii vvaiiug uu i in aui ?iioiii. vvii Repairing of all kinds of Roofs Room Company 216 and 217 Chamber of Commerce Portland. Oregon l.enve order nt mr. Guaranteed N. JENSEN and R. O. HANSEN - House Moving Tools for Rent WHAT WILL BE TIIEOUTCOME? New Arrangement of the Railroad Chcckcrtioanl. Will Affect Astoria. J. J. HILL AND Till: NOIM III ban Umunt Slated (or t be I'm decy t ih Northern facif Canadian Alvi Sup pmcd lo Be In the Deal. Theiv la itiii-li Kiinrni tuii'niK tbII. rat iik-jj nil ivt th- country a t 1utt IU Im. hf xutr mt.' i( I'rmlil tit J. J. Ultra vIMt Hi Kurt. A !.-. ItlK "II (Ilia ril.J.i-l, tha- r1liiAiHK rcJtii tli OiiiPi lltiifKll'Tul'l will lir f'Minil i,f iinnxuil lul"nttt: "A aiiuj.lc utHu.utuvtiMvil iiiii'l.- In UiU vity tiy tin. Itultt'ii'in- ui1 ih!o yytrtn'. -ti..xJ hh iJ apiiMi rrtiti N. w Vf.rk. tt.)-urliiK -xi-IUlve. ly in (lie Tini.n II. ralil yi-airnluy, whlrh hilli a usry lurarlai tntf fli? itllllUKii' b-lw.-nii Itir ftrfttt N'.x-.h. rti iukI th Nnrrn facl(lc, iflvi- -v. 1ik-. of a fiM-UHDinlfiK (hnJ that lll atitnu't w Id iir.'tul att'iithm anl have an ImiMirtant IT" uin rniiiitl- "Ttw ltiUtknn.r rnjul Ohlu ami Hincvi alnily (lw.1 It hiia tMil(t.H.-.l tralllr arruniciiiiiiii with in... Nmrhfrn Slunalili '.muiy 1., luuvilk. tUi luka B.tl rl ftvlirht l tho inirthwKt bo. tw-"H KiUn.rt. Khli). ajtl PuluUi nrul tl Kua-rU.ra Thla In tllf w.mld In. illi'itr an UnMrtniu Uivil r th? 1 tJ -Omorv nnO I "Mo hi cvnirclti wttli Ita IilIw ami rail Hihh, for It will give Ihiit roinl ji viitrnnr" Into ti Nurih-w-il. the Xipnhwn Stnainahlp Coin. .any t.i-ln 'rntHl by tin ;r-at Nitrthi-nii lMUIn.ul II.r-lof,in' the Nrlhrrti SuiuiHIiIji Company ruia tuada I'ualj t eaatfi-n t-rmlnua, ami liaa nimb' .-tTTl llvtM.f! wit lb l'i-niiyU juiU riUlruad. Yv6-r. ilay't iuioviin-.iiH-ut ulJ iilii-au a xvrraiwv of tr.illlr ih'!U! rn with l In- IVntiaylviijit.i aii'l tlu alllanco with !h l.i!ltin: ' ami Ohio. "TIk" ',v York iiirt. ni that an lin'!lajii iralic alll.mix- luio bwn uui'lr l :i i ii tli tin at Northi-rn ami '!lu- N'ot-th. i n I'.i.'ltlr. iimli-r ttlilrh tlH'.-.- H i cr at w.-at. rn trunk lli'n an- t ' .'UN. umim l.nit n.-l rat rut tini; and to iMrut u-hIit unlf. nn rati ami with a tm'ajur of fci.nomy whirh will iuiowht th- nunc puriHW i a ("'iiwi'UIitl.iii. Thin In bamM Uio,i atat.'in. ntn frm hlirh authiTlty that O'loncl liuil4 M. Iimmit hnji tM-n iUi'hlil uim r pnKliltKt of the Northern Tatlflr, and the apolmnit will N nimlf inlltt' within a wr-k. The mleM.ti U akl to have boen brouirht n.lout hy lrtldont Hill of tho (treat North rn, additional rvhlenco that a c!w? cmu-t In NHna; f.irtwU iM-twKi'n the two companies. "Tlw aJlln'e, It la atat-d further, la now IxdnK erferted In London hy J. I'lerpont Morxan, Janun J. Hill and Or. Stemeiia of the Puiaclw rtank, whloh Ik the lawm hlkr of the lvinda of the Northern Piu-luV, and which for Koine time has beon utronply n favor of unity of action. "The New York rvrti stale further thnt It T ppbable that the Onnodlan raeltle will ni be taken Intu the deal. The fuot that, the Haltlmore and Ohio and the Northern SteamHh'p Coiiipimy have entered lit a trnflle iilllanee, however, would Hvm to In- dlrate Hum the eaMtem connection of tluve 'Iwv stroiiK western lln! w ill be tlve Hattlmore and fhlo. That nvtd him established a new lake and rail rout vta Kulfxrt. Ohio, and ca4i caj-. ry freight, lake luid rail, from Mil waukee amd OhcAK" Newport News and ItiUtJnioiv a quickly n any other IVne, and Its xervliv to New York la but Htltle slower than that of compet ing llneo. It b said, too, 'thiU the Noi'tlMrn SteaniRhlp Company will be able to pet frejht to the ncatio&rd via Falrport aa quickly as throuph Uuf faflo." The tmiorlance of tliest menaures. If carried out, to the Interests of As toria, can be Mn at a pinner, cou pl.il with 'the current repirt of the a.pixlntment of T. F. Oaken n pnil dent of the O. H. & N.. ami the ru- imr, aln, that that llir and the Clrojron Short Line ar to Ih acquired by the Southern Paclllc. NEW STKAMKU LINK. J. Homer Frltch, of San Francisco, owner of the steamer Homer, Is In the city and Is completing arrampe ments for weekly competitive aervlce l'twwn Astora and San Francisco. Captain N. flllinoi-e will be the aent at the Main street dock. This mranB entlitlm in rn.tvs where mone now els'. The lw.t will make all way ports. Thoa. Balrd Is apent at Eureka, Ilutler and SchutUT apmts at Empire and J. A. Ytikam asent at Tortland. MarselUea had a riot rn the Grand theatre the other day be;iauae a num ber of women refused to take off their trig hata. I L IS NOW SLATED Kill Ik the Next President of the Northern Purific Kuilway. Illl.l. SKKMSTO IIAVK COM KOI. 1art nl .loolaaa. lor Ice-I resident Arranged in London kith the I)c atactic fiaoi. New York. April 12. A railway lre,ldit of nations i.rmln-ne. tuA'i to an Akk Uti-d 1'rea.i r-iirter to day: "WlH-itu-r J. J. Hill will mio.l In lo-iiiK th w..t Mtlilnl the ttir-ine In tlw Nortlwrn I'aitnc'a affHlr. i.r tt'lwtluT he will be lin now, an he wu two y.-ara Bifo. wli-n tried t naIMatr tlw N.rt-lhrrn J'acUlc and the ttn-trt NVarthiTn ayntema, I can only aurmli'. Ttila I 1 knuw SLr. lllll'a alate ait aucoeMtor ix-rt June to tlKi Wlirtur rirlnie In the Northrrn I'ariilr la IiojiIdI LamMM. ex-arcretm.Tr of war, for pivaideot; Marcus Daly, multl-milllonalrt and well known tur1 lndHr. f.r vice pivaldsnt. and Krcl I'mlerwuod, now g-neral rruuia-fc-i-r of tlx- Mtnneapolia. St. Paul and Saull Hie. Marie railroad, for trenerul maniUr-r. Thla wa the alaXe can va'Wl In Ixaulun with the Deutsche Uiuik ntiK'klioldem." CELEBRATED CASE. Siokane lr Her Contention for Tertnlnat Riktes. Seattle. April 12.-Speclal Manter In Chatlo-ry Sawyer tclny filed his re lort In the I'nlted Slates dintrlct court In the Siokane freight rate caae which luu Ix-en ndlnje the last Ave yer. ... , 1 '.u- Hka:u inrrcluUlt nnu nd.rd f ir tlw mine rauw that were srven coast tormlnals. Sawyer's rn.n la 'tgjiitst Skaoe and tn favor of ttie rallr d.s The iiverchama naked for a rate from St. Paul to SjiokAiw A piaclkally SJ jht cent of the Pacific i-oiuit rate on articles nK subjei-t to water i'oinh-tl;.ui, on th- assumption llvit the lrt.T haul entitle I them to a jiri'oriloiiiitely owr rate. Thk claim Is coivtrovert-'d In Sawyer' lind lnt.it by tho stnt-meiu that tha re m.ilnliiK portions of the rood wat of SixikaiM) were built at greater ix ln'iu'. and are oxra.Ul at ptvater extHi'. "llvan llw ret tf the Inn, and tt In the long haul to the Pe cltlo ooant terniliuUa the nauls wvre oblgil to iiK-'t water competition. Tlut ontentloji made by the Skane m.ir'luuits tltuit ttu-y are met with comiMllthm from the Pacific coast ter nitnals la nt austalnned, as Judge Sawyor'a fltvlUiKx (""l forth that the Smkane merchants receive hy the carlad and pay the carload rates. Shlpm.mtt from Pacific coast ti"mi- nals Li SHikane would be at a raite far lt Lluui c.u-l.ds. whicih Is much higher and wmuUI preclude an equality in ckiiiiiHUtloii. MOIti: HUIBERY. Tii-ka, April 12. Further evidence of brllHM-y was developed before the k-ftUilAUve investigating committi'e this afternoon. Si-nator Cjunpbell. of La. bctte county, wild that he hn.l In-en approaclnil ln the s'itate clkr'Oiii by a man wlo offered him several hundred dollare to vote for the Hanna sUH-kyards Wll. lit refused to give tile man's name. Dr. Marks, repre sentative from Jefferson county, sold he was approached by to men and that one of them aald that if ha (Marks), as member of the conference committee, would block the text book bill he would be given :,000. Senator Lupfvr, who also was on the confer ence cmmlktee, said he too was ap- pruaolta-d with a similar prop isiUon. D. J. Hanna said that Representative Mttiler had told him he was ready to be bought hy the railroads and asked Haima to look for any chance to pick up $100 or J200. WANTS A DEATH SENTENCE. Sail Lake, April 12. The Desert News this aftom.xm prints what fs claimed t be a confession by J. V. FeUor, who Is under arrest, at Dillon Mont.. In which he says he killed Dr. C. H. Nichols, superintendent of the li-.i-Uio iu;ylum at Washington In 1S73. He says 1ve has ten or fifteen other victims, but will not plead guilty un less he can get a death sentence. BANKERS ARRESTED. Chicago, April 12. More warrants weiv U-ihl f.r the ofiVlals of the defunct Globe Savings Bank this ar ternoon, and olllcers were Sent out to arrent C. W". Palding, president; A. t, Avertlle. 1ce preatdemlt, and C. C. Churchill, cashier of the institution The otHcCB are charged wfth having acoeted depoolts knowing that the bank was Insolvent. RACING WATERS DO MORE DAMAGE Lower Levees of the .Mississippi (live U'8y I'nder the Pressure. DAVIS ISLAM) IS FLOODED Mifckoari Kher Kiiing and Channel Changed reople to be frevented Crom Gath ering in thcJUtin. Memphis, April 12. Th mlxhty i it tlw walTS aruth of Vlcka hurg has at lam had It effect upon the lower levels and tonight a Ub grarn from Tallalah, Ijh., reports that the ltvc whloh prteota Davis island hon givea way and that the llind will In all probability be . flooded. Twmy-flve hundred people Inhabit Davis iand, which cormUtu of about I, 000 tixv of laod. The place la sh luttod In Warrm ojunty. Mlsa. Throughout the upper delta the flood aLita tlon show little change alnr !am rirta. The work of governmrnt re- II. -f haa bwn actively Inaugurate 1. Many piple are being fed and housed at Greenville, Roaedale. Helena, Friar Point and other points along the nver. The relief steftnwr ha nuw plying up the St. Francla river wtth food and foratre ar man rod beast. At Helena the river has fallen two tenths of a foot in the past 24 hours. The ather observer at thit point says tonight that a steady fall will be noted In the nver, deaplte the rtae at Cairo and ui-rlver p .Ints. The Wil liamson crevasse has wlden-d consid erably, but the velocity of the water has abated and no further break are feared. At Greenville the river Is eta- tkmary tonight. THE M ISSUC RI. Omsha, April 12 The M.url rrrer has rln almost two leet ai this point in U hours and Is now high t than at any lime since 1S1. n the Iowa bottoms, north of Coun-' c:l Bluffs, the water Is four f-.et deep, but is held back from the city by J J ikes.. The big Omiha . and Grant! smelter, an 1 the Will uv Springs dis tillery are only a f.xt above the stream tonight. Hiavy rains fell in nil lAj'ts of this section law night and the streams emptying into the Mis souri are all running bank full asain. The river here will rise for at least 24 hours longer. This evening the river broke over into Its old channel at Omaha, flow ing Into Fkrence lake, which was formed wlven the river changed He course nearly twenty years ago. To night the water Is pouring down through the lake ami itas flooded the bottoms in the vicinity. All houses in North Omaha. 200 or 300 in number. are surrounded, and the inhabitants have letsn moving to higher ground. It is siill raining here at midnight, and there is no way of telling what damage Is being done In the darkness by the unruly waters. TO RESTRAIN THE PEOPLE. Washington, April 12. Secretary Al ger this morning stint the following telegraphic order through Adjutant General Ruggles to Captain Davis, commissary otileer at Memphis, with Instructions to forward the sanie order U ail officers now distributing ra tions: "The secretary of war directs you to use every possible effort to prevent the cople who are receiving aid from th government from gathering in clt ks, for as soon as the water subsides their net-vices will doubtless be re quired to move uiKn the levee and till tho fields, and, besides. It would be a great exjiense to transport them back to Ithelr former homes when needed, even If they should desire to j do so." GREAT EXCITEMENT. Lots of It, and There Is Good Cause for It ,AI1. The Kootenai country is attracting tho attention of prospectors, mining men, capitalists, speculators and all tho world, because of the vast wealth of its mineral resources; but that U nothing to the excitement which arises at meal time among the passengers bewee St. Paul and Chicago on the Wisconsin Central Lines, where the dining car service Is the best In the world and prices are reasonable. For further partiaulars apply to your near est ticket agent, or addrvss J. C. Pond. C. P. A., Milwaukee, Wis., or Geo. 3. Batty, general agent, 246 StarK street, Portland, Or. WHEAT GOES UP. San Francisco. April 12. Stimulated by war rumors the wheat market nad a sharp advance today. In the local market there were some heavy pur chasers of call board options by br kers representing large operators. HAVE THE TURKS Kcport to That Effect Concerning the Fighting at Battino. (j REEKS AIDED BY ENGLISH Thirty Volnnteera Headed By the Son of the British Admiral Tnrhejr ard Greece Both Write Utters. London, Apt-id 12. A dlipatch to the Evening News, from Lariasa, aays the tlgthlng at Baltino lanvd through Sat urday, and lasted all the afternoon. The Turk were r"ported to have ca pitulated. The casualties on both sidai were under 100. There is no news regarding the Turkish, prisoners. The insurgents, according to the dlsiatch, are without a commissary and are not supHMrbed by the Creek regulars. Tha Idea of the insurgents, K appears. Is to cut rhe Turkish lines botwteen Mac edonia and the Piraeus. It Is reported that the Insurgents f-rikrwed the Turks to within a short distance of Grevano, and are in a fair way to accomplish their object. The Arta correspondent i-t the News telegraphs that the war preparations of the Greeks there are being Anally perfected. Thirty English volunteers have ar rived at Arta. They Include among their number Young Harris, the eon of the British admiral In Cretan wa ters. He has offered his services to the Greek commander at Arta. THEY WRITE LETTERS. Rg.c, Xisii 12. It is semi -officially announced that Turkey and Greece hae each addressed to the powers a statement of a pacific character in re gard to the encounters on the Mace, donaan frontier, whloh are described as "mere frontier Incidents." Germany, Russia and Austria, U is further announced, have approved tif the arrangements of the admirals In command of !the foreign fleets In Cre tan waters for the blx-kad? of the Piraeus. BALFOUR TALKS. London, April 12. Answering the question regarding the prospects c-f the government sending out Invita tions to a bimetallic conference, Mr. Half. hi r (reiterated In the house of commons that there was nothing In tla situation which would lead him to suppose that anything could be gained by Great Britain taking the Initiative In promoting an Internation al conference. NO MORE RACING. Lexington, Ky., April 12. After six ty six years of continuous racing, the Kentucky association has been forced to abandon the sport. The clashing of three Ctncinatl tracks with the pro posed management is the cause of the suspension. LAWYER PAGE DEAD. Special to the Astorlan. Portland, April 12. W. W. Page, a wvll known lawyer of this city, died this morning from blood poisoning, arising from the removal of his palate two days asm. WHAT PORTLAND SAYS. Mr. R. L. Durham, vice president of the Commercial National bank, Port land, who spent Sunday In the city, with Banker Morris, of Morris & White4iead, Denver, the Astoria bond- buyers, said to an Astorlan represent ative that net antlclated a gvineral Improvement In business this year throughout the state, and In Portland partkiularly. "Business Is bound to re vive all over the country under the new tariff law, and we will feel Its effect here. What Oregon particularly needs Is dinner pall brigades fac. tortes. The new schemes for the growing and manufacture of flax and sugar beets deserves the heartiest sup' port of every man, woman and child in the state, and the proposed new in dustries at Astoria export saw mills, dry dock, export flour mills,, tinplate factory, sliivyards. elevators, etc. should be fostered by the business men of bolth Astoria and Portland. The new railroad will make a change In affairs, and the Interests of both cities are lde-ntical, and they should work together. One will supplement the work of the other to the common good of both and there is no room for jeuiouties and bitter competition. Portland has money, brains and a commanding position ; Astoria has rmuvy natural resources which only- need development to enrich both clt- kw. The railroad will enable the es tablishment of a big foreign shipping trade which will take care of all the products of Oregon and a large part of those of the Northwest, and will pass through Astoria and Portland a tremendous traffic from the Orient to the United States." AMERICAN SHIP SAMARIA LOST Twenty-three Days Oat Prom Seattle Hound for San Francisco. CAUGHT IN A SEVERE GALE Captain flcCrea Mid Mis Wife and Two Child- re On Board Other Ships "lade tht Trip la II Day. San Francisco, Aprfl 12. Tho gen eral opinion in shipping circles la thai, some dire calamity haa befallen the American ship Samaria, 23 days out from Seattle for San Francisco, eoal laden. Several captains who started from Seattle at the same time are firmly convinced that tha Samaria is at the bottom of the sua. The master. Captain McRae. bad oa board haj wife and two children. The other vessels that started in cotnpanr with the Samaria mads the trip la U or 12 days. It is known that sss eral days after the Samaria sailed sns was caught tn a severs aOs iwfakh Captain Ryder, of the El well, declare was Che worst he ever encountered. PORTLAND TAX MUDDLE. Special to the Astorlan. Salem, April 12. The supreme court today rendered a decision restralntac the sheriff frxn collecting the special 2-mill tax levied by the city of Port land for the payment of interest charges on tts bonded and other in debtedness. v It Is held that under Its charter ibe ' city cannot Impost more than an S mtll tax. C. B. Rflltngtr. I nlted States dis trict judge for Oregon, wag tuday ap pointed by Governor Lord a member of the board of regents of the state university at Eugene to succeed T. G. . Hendricks, resigned. BIMETALLISM. Washington, AprU 12. The president tonight announced the following ap pointntent of commissioners for tha promotion of an International agrea imiit for bimetallism: Senator Ed ward O. .Wolcott, .Hon. Charles J. Payne, ex-Vice President Adlai EL Stevenson. HOLY WEEK. Serv'lces During Holy "Week at Grace Church. Tuesday morrJtfg prayer at 9, boy choir at 4. adult choir at 7. Wjednesday morning Prayer at , evening prayer and choir rehearsal at 7:30. tMaiirxlay Thutrsday Holy Commu nion at 9, evening prayer at 4. boy choir at 7. Good Friday Morning prayer arot sermon. Sit 9. passion service (hour to be announced later), evening prayer and sermon at 7:30. Easter Even (Saturday) Mbrnfais prayer at 9, Holy baptism at 4. p. m. ; Easter Day Early Comtnunton at! 6:30 a. m., midday service at 11 a. m carol sen-Ice at 6:30 p. m. Easter Communion at Holy Iiino- eents at 9 a. m. CARD OF THANKS. Mr. A. B. McMillan and Mr. "W. B. Painter wish to extend their heart felt thanks to the many kind frtenda of Astoria and Olney and Young's River who by their presence and sympathy at the funeral at Olnry, Sunday, of the late UUIe McMBlan, aided in the last sad rM to the dead. The three popular pictures in the London ihkpwndiws are those of tho Queen, Mr. Rhodes and Dr. Nansen. mmm Absolutely Purt Celebrated for it great leaveronc strength and healthfulness. Assure) the food against alum and all forms ot adulteration common to the cheasi brand. ROYAXi EAKINO POWDEH CO, NEW YORK. m0