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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1897)
r i r i2y(?!Vft;,: i- if A- THE ASTORIAN has the largest circulation of my paper on the Columbia River THE DAILY ASTORIAN 0 the tlfjest anj test paper on the Columbia River FUU ASSOCIATED PHICSS HKPORT. VOL XLV1I. ASTORIA, OKW.'ON. TJH l;SIAV MORNJXO, AlGl'ST -5, 18!7. NO. 17. ie mmlMi man Sole Agents for Knox and Wauburton Hats BUFFUM PEINDL,ET9N Hatters ana Furnishers 94 Third Street, PORTLAND, OR. .The Only Exclusive Men's Furnishers. . . IMPROVED ... White Mountain Freezer Will In Four Minutes Freeze Cream to a . . .... Hard Even Grain All sizes, from 1 to 15 quarts, at FOARD & STOKES COMPANY The Choicest Table Wines FOR FAMILIES Also for Medicinal . . and Cooking Purposes "Private Stock" "Cream Rye" "Old Hickory" "Pride of.. ..Kentucky' ...and... "Hermitage" Rcpsold California Brandies Ready to Hang W'c have j.l:tcf.l "ii Kilf ijoi) j a;r-.f Oiir;ihi at aout half price. Curtain l.uyi-rn hhouhl jit 'ii'! tl ijj- fire-it mt i.i i-.iiV wiiiie .t -Ji t-, (number, we give curtain ol hii.I liMurc-'. nil icii'lv t".liaiir Ire- w,tl uitaiiiM over $1.00 pair. SHAN AH AN BROS. ASTORIA WILL BE HONORED TODAY A Lurijc I'urty of I'.iotcrn Visitors to Arrive on Spccinl Hunt. I'KO.MIMNT KAH.ROADIKS it (iacl ill I'lCMikot Hjitimund aud (.10 c t a I Mjnjitr M.ililej Tlicv kill In upcct Oiciiin ScapuM ii ili" and malt"' k w-i.- found in ihi 'litt'i bona.-, lul.Miiliig tie i.il'I'.i Mali, r w in hioiu-h: ', H-.-t-ld.-iiii'l jil i'nl mill r heavy I hi; h (( it tut irn-1. Tii'-i'liiy the i iif' u.jH i. .'it 'I, pepuly I ron.-i.tiDK AUnrii'-y All. n l lug ircwui lo coi.duii th i -ii" tut iu- slate in'l J T. I.lghlir ' -lm.- iitlormy for Uie (1-f.-ndoht liw'.'iK Ih. ..K.ri-i if !h.. irll I' d-v. ,.,,! ii.m M,.!,r h.ii pur I'1"' - i:. miT'-k fr'.in Mr. Kruik If: !, ii ' -inliUir. ..i,d 1 1 !- H-ia had I ii I orr-mi .1 fr -m Mr fl.ij inri, mu-.h'cr if Hi- .f ulliiir wlttnn Tli.. f.i lH Hi-rf . i Unrty i-ru.,-1, i ,At j .!.. j:i i ii nf i.ri' il-mi-inl i!,. a,-- .iri'l -m'h.-I tfi nnu i- i).. j, riii rtoj; wl! in A v. Ill riM,- 'iji fullv "". ' ' Ilk' I" l'... ,1 .,TIIWfi .li.- .f ,1'U-i-I.iii f..r Mr AI-,ir-' y ... , (., (,. I,,, - .. , ,. K,.. Il-'luli. ll-kii'ni. i.i Alntl. I lIlPnIKlKMlt ifH- 'OIM I y . ( if .,l .. li.iritc :r liiil l.hr, ;u tnm.i". up Uii v. - nf rrlulili-nliiv lilm .imv from ill.- laii'-h. I.ut it i n., M ih -r h:,M !,.' I.iiikIi nil i n Ills ii ! A BLOW AT THE Introdiatii-n of Suyar IJttt Culture Will Doufl It. SKC V WILSON CO.iIN(. WIST (lis Cllnrt to Marl the loilttrv ni tcct drokinij kiil I'rmc a (.rent fulilit Hcnefit. CARLSON'S FAMILY LIQUOR STORE, 103 Twelftlt Htroot UNION MEAT COMPANY Shield Brand Hams, Bacon, Strictly Pure Lard ALL KINDS OF CANNED MEATS OiiaranlMd the tW.t In lh Marktl CORNER FOURTH AND (1LISAN STREETS . . PORTLAND. OREGON Ross, Higgins & Company GROCERS and BUTCHERS AMTUHIA AND UAHT AMTOHIA CHOICE KRBSH AND SALT MEATS SEASONABLE GOODS Baseball and Tennis Goods Boxing Gloves Croquet Sets Hammocks Fishing Tackle Baby Carriages Children's Wagons Garden Tools 1'nnl.iin!, AuiiUKl 4. ibil..l !u :hv .v- i il.it: I - A l ui'i- I'.uiy of rniinul w. u-- ' il Ira ttlTltnl llf lllln ufU ril'i"fl I'll II lul Imln frim llir K.ii. .in I I. . ii " l-iini'i rw fifii'nn il 'I m' I' k n i .IH.l.il lit fijiiiliili.il liy ilii- . It .V N I'o. for Anlml.1. Th. y will 1... lhi iiii.-t nf il. n. r.il Mifi iji- r A 1- Mn'.il.T (c t Mr. A II. I l.imm.iii.l. I" I Ik- I'irty ii.. i:iur l Ii. A0am, .N'. w Yrk. Ii ur- iii. n of llm Luiilil ir .nrr. . hi nit X.irilirrii l'lulllr; Mm A'-in-x, Ml Ati- iiii an. I mul.l. Mlirn I'lopr.-. ::rii.i.l K. i A.laina, ii..iK.. T ll.iktr. M:. M k. r, ; Mli.a link' r aii.l ni.ii.l, ii.nl;.- 1" r.uk.rl Jr , IMkIii W. Wiiiivr, it.i. Iriit: I . I Ki-ii.lrli'k. Ki-inpil in.iii in. r. K 'I M - ll.-iirr.v, i lilif i iiKliinr. J. M H.iini if n't, lluffl. llliill.lKi i ' II A I'.ll l.l.'l. T II. kin. V. K. At.ilr. V H i. mm. II. A MAlJiTl.l..S- Thl-jJT I'otiiliiiiiLtyn) Alum In In llu Kant. He KorniiO I Nurtl'.'tn r...M.' tillr. i.l, Hi I'mil. mull Mr an. I Mr lluiiiiiorl mil Mr .Moh I. r AMnMl TIIK HTItlKKHK. If Tli. y imly tai.- i I.lt'l.' M- iv Mon.-y Th. Will Win. N.iw York, AukukI 4 -In H ri.i-nl.itlv. i. nf larifii nutllltiu; rrtiu. m. l ul Uio llot.-l Manhnltan In t!il rliy twluy, tiy lniil K.uiun uf Hi r-liiry Mourhlli, of I.yuna. N. V., iuhI 1'j.ik th. Hr"t Mf to i-Ion.-a iximl.lnatliin. Tlu- flrmi" ni.rii. nt m iwr . til i.f llu- malt i.ii: iit of i!a- rnltid Stalin, wlilrli avrr.ii;. 3..ii,i. Ii-.jIi'Ik. Tl- Kill''".- Itit s m..kiiI to jc Im IiiiiiI tliln ri(-M. l rnmliliiullon of malilt . Clui'.s-.- .ni,m larxi'ly Into lhi. iiiaiiiifiu tur of r un a il.Mltuti for mall, ami Ihr M.n, II l s.u.1. H In hav. th.- rxalnrli un.li-r control. NoDi. lnrf .Ii liiill.- vim i"tu- xi -t to mn.oii.. in a it-io-nil plan In form u ! l uiiil.in.i'.loii. Il l.i iik y. I only a ikiwI Milllly. TIm' Ii nixr ir i-hamnan .l'-...l jt.i i" ill a ni.i-'.l.ik' at a lai. r .Iny l"n; ALASKAN ii:Vi:i.ni'MKNT A W.-allliy l oiniiiiiy OrciinlXi .1 nl N.'W York. N-v York. A.nrimt 4.-TH.- Xorthui-it Minlnic A.- TrailniK' t'.iiiiuny lia ! n orK.inlr.l tare with an iiiithorfz -.! o: l- rittnlnirit. Auk ant 4. -Tli- mini in' iirlk. "ItuaUoii haii n. il .liaiifc-.-l in.. I. n. illy J rr.nu utrplay'ii r.'. rt Kvvrj iI.Ihk . ,ii...m Turil. .r.-'k ..miii a .jul.-t, llir j only rtll'lf of rvlt. in. n: U-Ini; a h- : !iik of l'rit..l. iit liol tii an l i.tlnr olli. l.ili. of inlii.i for liol Uni; an unlawful i- ,,, f j.- ,,,,, f,)r ,,. p,,,.,,. f ni.li-. Tl Mrlk-ra liim iw-my f plorlnc llw uolil flrMa of Alaska .in.! tlic in it.-.-. i..ii i. Hi Ii i ink fr an T' nr. , .01.hw..H, Tcrrli.ny. .ml Hi.- .U-v.-t .f- rn-vk inlih- tikiay . . ..r. i ..i i-u.i..n. .,., , ,K.,11t.,, ,.f of iii.n now at ..ik In 'Siil mini- ..liovi. ; out of initial total of i. No work w.u .Ion.' at n.ik Hill or ,r'.l,.,te nr..! ctarft' tl.r..u Iai r.4 u......ii ( T'n-y will h.. f',li'.w... l,y jixty oMi. ii- xt di-iiriK , Hi.nmlii.t m'-r. ar.- g-ttli so rr that a strike of lrk hnn.U on Ihf Bonn'l !iiim-r lait nlsht Iniluctd lh eominny to rain the wajx V, a month nil .ilor.--f!i I. in-, from r atln to rook. Thi- 'li-k haml, who ha.l tt-r. (retting IK a montn. w.-r- ra:"i to $1". So gr-it la th J. man.) rr tnn to work on the Alask., x,in vi'Ml that oorr.anltf o-rit!.-it- on thi- Sounil find difficulty In hof.lir.w thir emuoyw. j fhari H. Hamilton, traffic manager of th.- North Am-rlran TrnnMn.rt.-itlnn ami Tnollnar (Vmi:my, to-lay l another contnic: to M'jri.n l!ro., of thin cltr. for t.uf i'llttcr four more riv-r atmfr for th- Yukon. TrN work, glvn ti Moran'a toilay, make lu contr.wta wit.n lh- V A. T. and T. Co. Include eljrht -iara:e dtf-omcra, all let to thn within I wo wc--ki. The Ailministratioti's I'lan for the Nicaragua Canal. A STRONG AMERICAN POLICY Mch.olt) Will Nut Tolerate any DlaKiag ljr Carnfie or the Greater Re public rowers. Chuao. Auifu.-t 4 Within tht nut 1-w il.iyn 8 --ri!tary of Agriculture WII on will muki. a rf-oort on Uie condition of the Wt.rn Mt.itc-4 an r?-(rar.n tlt cullun- of h.-fU for suKar. Th! cabinet official In In till city on hl way to the Wjvet. He will visit I'taii, Montana, Ore-j5''1"5- lfcft on tne XirV mornlrnf con. Idaho and a numlwr of other Wnt-lWc:un'rr iI;'qil" '"r Burlinaton, jut .in tau-n with the Idea of InveKllgatlns I atrolw the luke ,rom ttl Hotel Cham- Til E PRESIDENTIAL PAHTy. Iti-celve a Rlirht Itoyal Welcome at Bur lington. Vermont. liurlliivton, Vt.. AuguM 1-I'realJent McKlnkr. Mrs. McKlnley, Vico-Prealdcnt Hotiort and Uie reat of the prealdenilal onditlona for growing ugar beets. M'illn. 'hn at noon the party arrived at the club houjMs landing of the 1-a.ke Chumplalr. Y'acht Club they received a royal reception. The alreeta of Burling ton were gay with bunting, and It wa.s are W.-1I adapted to raising them, and It I11'1 11 triumphal march for the preai- un (minion that tliln lndutrv m-lll identlat party from the club house to the Iiunng the past month he uu -w-nt la iil of the migar leet to 22.0"i farmers. The majority of them are now growing the vegetable. The rail, ys of t!.c WV,t Ii al h Hfverc blow to Hie Kugar truuL th.- bo'j of CU. Lc Grand Cannon. !(.- ha r.cetv.il n numl-r of letter wh-re an lnvlta,l0I o luncheon had pre frrm thwe Int.-rtiited In cornering dupar. vloul' &cctpted. Guests at the inking what ho would do In tli matter 3C,','n at Co'- CanntKl's hoaw. besl.lv New Novels and Magazines received-as soon ' as published GRIFFIN & REED bi "(! ar i ) '. 1 Wallpaper Paints, Oils, THE INDIANA PAINT SHOP r .1 ' ' " I ' - ' ' Painting and Paperhanging Only skilled workmen employed. All work guaranteed to -the standard of excellence. The best work in Astoria has been done by this house. C. fl. CUTH BIRTH, Proprietor. Han.lv creek nun. . The .-amp a iIiicmI In nuiiilier t.lay by J in. n. They j wen- win to tlulr home (or two reii- .na to lei. II ( Xien K ami Iwuua the inn w.-re not Irnilii..! t. r.H.n.l to iiiinierou niiirthliiis ordera IihikkhxI on them. Thu camp Im Iweii coating tM it day to keep It In provlMona. . to., Ih Iiik at a raio of T ceina p. r day per man. a agalnm ! Cut lur day In live Na tional tiimnl .'iicaiiipni.nta. 1 he caJiip U now under rttrlct inlllti.ry illwlpllne, and ev.-rylliliiK Ik moving like iKn-k- work. Ttv- ciniloiiiary mar. Ii will be made to Hum cr. . k In the larly morn ing, and will be continu..! .billy, tl-e nilneiV ulfb iala ny. unui ine hum., u-io.i In the IV Arnil't ininm la cnmp!el". At a hearing l:i the chm of I Man nnil other for riot and unlawful nawmblnge, beforn JiiFtlce l ii'ineiii. a numln r of witneaM S were heard, but the JuMI r- wrvod his declon until tomorrow. Hear ing of four mliiera arrest. I laM wc.U at Mei J iVei n mines near v. .uioum. ik for trespass was eoiuludod this after . ... .i ......i noon Nil ev Id' nee eoniiccimg '''- ants dlrs-tly with I he song, "WV will haiiit the Id irk sheep to I sour ap'il.' ine," or with use of oppiMbnons epi thets, were produced. None of the rtV lenilunls iiipeiir.-il Ht the lieuiiiiK, ani they .r. held In contempt. Attach ments were Issued for their arrest. Ar rangement lire being completrtl for opt n nlr ,!.. ministrations under the uui-plces of the rnliiil Uvbor League of western rennsylviiiila tomorrow, In the lucres! of tho striking nilncis. The leu.lei-s expect XKm peoplo to attend. The misting will be addrissed by K. V. Iebs, .Mrs Mary Junes of Chicago. M. M. (iiiiiniul, president, nml W. A. Carney. vlw-prl-dent, of .the. Amalgamated Association, ami M. M. Garrlck. After nn luldress. nn npiH-al will be unulf to th audience for flnancliU na slstanco for the striking miners. The miners claim If they can get a little more tlnancliil iisslstance they will easily win tile strike, and they lire straining every nerve to raise more money. Miners at the Schmock mines, the Red atone branch of the Pennsylvania, rail road, came put again today, and the mines are. closed down. This Interfer ence caused the price of coal to Jump from 75 cents to II per ton, and brokers say there will probably be another ad vance to Jl.jii b.-fore the end of the week. ir.. nt mi. I oicia!:oi, ..f u.-ii valuable ilwuiviii.s 'is may U- made, and also to iM.iMisn trading st.s at the various mining camps and a regular line of transportation teiween the li.lte.1 States and suth camps. Among those who ur Interesitil In the enterprise; are eX-Gov. Campbell of Ohio. Judge V. lywis. who organised the American Colton OH Com pany; Clark Johnson of I.ivl.s, Stone & Ai.erba.ii, and J W. Chlpmnn of the To- lislo, Ht. IahiIs & Kansas City railroad I Washington, Augimt 4. No matter what the attltuae of the Greater Republic of Central America may be. It la the Inten tion of the administration to recom mend governmental control of the Nic aragua canal whn congress asaemMea next December. This was made plain at a conference at the state department. partlclpat--d In by Assistant Sej.-retaiiea Ade and Crldltr, Senator Morgan, for mer Senator Milkr, and Mr. Merry, the recently apiiomted mlnlsb-r to Nicaragua, Salvador and Coata Rica reganllng the complications which have grown out of the refusal of the governments of Nicaragua and Salvador to receive Mr. Merry. It to practically decided that Mr. Merry hall go to Coeta Rica and that the headquarters of the legatlcn shall be transferred to that country from Nicaragua, No atepa will be taken to make the transfer, however, until the governments of Nicaragua and Salvador have again been heard from. The administration believes there Is no neetsslty of entering even Into a new convention with Nicaragua with a. view- to securing authority fof the con struction of a waterway. The program which will follow will be baaed on the provisions of the convention now in fore, as rell as the concession which waa (fsnlrtl to nn Amorlnnn nvmnonv Kv Th. eo, ris .,. I., irn.-i.-i tr. i,o ' mi,ncne Iml'ans putting on war paint. Lk . . . iinria wire iti-iruci-ii to look; ' the Mearaguan government for the eon- ' l!- "Kilcultural intents of the ' ' l" ,s struction cf Uie canal. T il :e.l Ptilt.-S In the Hi w F!l.t,.ra.lo " ' "'"" " sieanj in- ri ii III) n-P th.. .t.nth ..f th.-lr .(.1. , , , , , ' t Acting in accordance with Instructions Otlan:h P.'irkt r l.v nuirm- nml tt-lll no! I jur. iii'i ,Myn 'lUM't iL. ' of the ataJft (leirtm.nt. Mlnlstrt- r.nk Mi lls watching every-move of the oppcnntu of the canal' jn Nicaragua end reporting tn lha al.t- .l.aWmn. u-. .t. 4 . I AnA dluns on this reservation, but they are I ' . . , . , . 1 of necessity prompt action may be tak poorly armed, so far as Is known. There ' . . . . .. j ... - 1 en by the authorities. Is believed to lie about one gun to every ' , . ... thirty Indians. I The Walke' COmraLs3lon' hlch ha I been holOing metlr.gs at the state de- 1 . the presidential jiarty. were Gov. Grout. Hon. E. J. Phels. Mayor Reck, Gen. T. S. Reck, ex-Collector Smalley and G. K nnedy. of sug:ir U- t. He said: "I falb-d to ! ply to any of Uem. After a tour w hp h will last a month. I believe I will Ik- aMe to make a report of the con .IH1011 of t:,e Went for the culture cf lb,. s.'urc-!iarine :u!l. I: costs but ,';n average of Ji; n acre to water a num ber of the valleys of the West I have ien, and I have figured that the farm er can make a handsome profit. As for the KU.ndyke gold fl.-lds. nvr Ardmore. 1. T.. August 4-Horace Glb- .lei.anm.nt h.u. sent a numK-r of ejperts ! on- a t near the Indian j 10 make rK1rt ,, their condition i Tvation. reports the Kiowa and Com- ON THE WAR PATH. Kiowa and Commanche Indians Putting on War Paint. This concession will not expire for three years. Canadian S.cntary of State ICxplaln? England's Contention. TKi'flU.i: EVM'KNTI.Y KKAREP. The Government Aclivii.v Pr.. paring Warships for Servlie. San Kranelsco. Augusi ITor sortie days past the battleship i ip son has Win In til.' stream w all ink.' orders to sail The. M.Miiidiioek Is ready to put to sen on quick notice. At Mare Island the Charleston Is Ik-lug put In readiness for Itmnedlnte service Her decks were tor.i up and uns retnov.d. but now a birir? force of moti.inies ire rushing the r.-palr-t on her under Insirucllon : from the naval depurtiueiit to prepare lu r for se.i with all possible sixtd. The WVieil Ing. a revenue cutter at M ire Island. Is Ik-lng cti.iltd and littctl out Mr a trip to Alaska, where she will lv stationed The V..iltlmoic is Hie only other modern war ship In' the kiy, and she Is lying at Maro Island out of commission. REVIVAL OK IsrsiNESS. A TRl'MPlJD-rP I'll A RGB. Teterday the contingent of witnesses in the case of .the State of Oregon vs. James Malier, returned from Beitslio, where the case waa tried before Judge Dillon. Ma her. w ho Uvea at Elk creek, was arrested alMHit a week ago on a charge of at?nl Ing from E. Alcaras n scythe and mnt-toi-k. A search warrant was Issued and Deputy Sheriff Weeks went to Elk creek and searched Maher's house. Both a Railroad Orders lncrivi.-ing Kroni Pay to Day Forest Fires. Kahuna, Wash., August 4. (Special to the Astorlaii. There has Ikvn a great revival of business In Portland. Railroad shipments, which are a good guide, have largely Increased, with mimtiers of or ders ahead. Tine Denver & Rio Grande has oiieiuil a new otllee In Portland with a general ngent and corps of as sistant The Missouri I'ucUlc, Rock Isl and anil Santa Fc, It Is reported, will follow. Chicago and Great Western has an oflloe oK'iied and eomix'tltlon in busi ness Is keen. FVnut tires have commenced In the forset. Portland is threatened on two side. Tho fire department and citizens are fighting the flames. TO CLOSE THE REPORT. New York, August 4. Countess Cora di Itrnzza, the president, and Solon Vlns tivk, tho secretary-general of the national fund In aid of the Greek Rod Cross, re quest nil committees' and Individuals col lecting money for the aid of starving, sick or wounded Greek to call In their list and make a closing report to the secretary by August 10. DEATH OF AN OLD SOLDIER. New York, August 4. Lieut. Michael Moore, one of the last survivors of the war of 1S12, Is dead In Brooklyn, aged 97. Ottawa, August 4. R. W. Scott, secre tary of state, was Interviewed regard ing the statement from Washington claiming tli.il Great Britain on i he offi cial maps had drawn the boundary line on the Pacilic coast so as to deprive the I'nited States of hundreds of ralks of territory adjoining the- Klondyke gold Ileitis. He wild he had gone Into the question wtlh u member of the Macken zie itdmlnlstniUon In 1S7S and the point now raised was discussed then. "The treaty of St. Petersburg of said he. "dclliios the line! dividing Rus sian t. rrltory, now Alaska, from British by a line drawn north from the foot of l'rlnce of W ales Island through Portland channtl until It struck the mountains, when the method of delimitation was Si t forth. The map will show- that a line running north from the foot of Prince of Wales Island must go through the llehm canal, and that to reach Port land canal the Lno would have to ko cast through the open sea a considerable distance before it could reach Portland channel or canal. The Rtitls-h contention, as shown by ho dispatches of George Canning- to Sir Cliarl.s K.tgol, whin Ilritlsli ambassador to St. Petersburg, ;s that Portland was to he In British ter ritory, and that the words "Portland canal In the convention was a mistake for Iiihui. or else what Is now called Portland canal was not then so called. This is supoprtcd by the physical lm possiblity of running a line due north tlu-ough, Portland canal from the foot of rrlnee of Wales Island, so that Canadian maps show the Imundary line as running north through the Behm canal. The dif ference is great in view of tho discoveries of gold, and it ran only lie settled by an International arbitration. The dis puted territory, with the ten marine leagues back from the last added could not, however, embrace the present gold fields of the Klondi ke, which are clearly In British territory, because they are well east fo the 141st meridian, which Is the recognized boundary to the north." he paclf.e-d. It is unsafe, he says, f:r whites to enter the reservation. There are between eight and ten thousand In- STCART DENIES IT. There Will Be No Fighting Carnival In Nevada. partment. will make a preliminary re port to congress at the beginning of the session, setting; forth Its estimate. Should this report show that the coat will not be greater than 1100,000,000, the president will probably have something to say In his first annual message In New York. August 4 Pan Stuart denied that there Is the slinhtst nrohablPtv of his running a fighting carnival In I r'frard to the toabUr the pass- Nevada this fall in opposition to Brady. "The cold that settles down among those Mils makes It Impossible .o pull off tights afur October 1. My hepe is to arrange for a three-days carnival at Carson or Reno in the spring." Egc of a bill by congress guaranteeing the construction of the canal under gov ernment control. WALLA WALLA SAILS. Three Hundred Passengers Leave Francisco. San San Francisco. August 4. The big steamer Walla Walla sailed- for th. north this morning with 9a passenegrs. of whom at K-.ust a third were liotimi for the Klondyke gold fields. lit r i'.. - ST1LL GOING NORTH. Soldiers for Alaska Will Go Next Spring News of the Exodus. Seattle, August 4. No boats left here today for Alaska, but the lull was more than filled with preparations for tomor row, when the steamship Cleveland, chartered by tlio North American Trans portation and Trading Company, will sail for St. Michaels, transferring passengers and freight! there to river steamers for Dawson City. The Cleveland will have 200 passengers and over one thousand tons of freight. Among her passengers will be Captain! P. M. Ray and Lieut Richardson, V. S. A., officers who will command troops ordered from Fort Russell to duty In the Yukon region. They are under sealed LIGHT COMPANIES COMBINING. New York, August 4. Th People's Electric Light & Power Co. and the Newark Gas Co., each with a capital of $"..u,u, and controlling most of the lighting interests In six counties, have perfected a plan of consolidation, with a capital of J13.000.i)00. The United Gas Improvement Co., of Philadelphia, which i controls most of the gas and electric j light and power companies of South ; Jersey, Is Interested In the deal. Some nurture was greeted most enthusiastic- ' of the promoters admit that the connec. tlon of the latter means the ultimate cor.sol! latlcn of all the gas and eloctrlc power companies of the state, with an aggregate capitalization of JJO.WU.W). The new- combination will be fTe largest ag gregation of capital In the state. ally by a much larger crowd than has attempted sailing on any previous t.t Ptditlon for Alaska. COCNTY OFFICIAL SHORT. Toledo. Or., August 4. A summary of report of Expert Geo. R. Mackenzie, w ho exported books of vurlous country offi cers of Lincoln county, was filed by Courty Commissioner Onus. P. Williams In the county clerk's ofiice today. By the terms of the summary' the clerk Is short $4.S, the sheriff $2,2(, and the treasurer $H.o,".. The shortage in the clerk's und sheriff's oflices is caused by a disagreement us to whether these ol'.i ces are under salary or fees. The cme Is now- pending In the supreme court to test this matter. A BIG CHECK. A PROMINENT ARRIVAL. New York, August 4. Dr. Angus ,Mc Le&n, propfessor ol electrical engineering and electrical philosophy In the Glasgow University, a delegate to the annual ses sion of the Association for the Advance ment of Science, to be helii this year at Toronto, from August IS to 25, arrived on the Allen line steamer State of Ne braska. Dr. McLean stated that Lord Kelvin, the famous scientist, will urrlie here In about a week und will attend the Toronto session. FAMOUS JOCKEY DEAD. New York, August 4. Fred Day, a once well-known Jockey, Is dead at the Norwegian ho'tal, Brooklyn, from In ternal hemorrhages. He was found last Saturday at the beach at Coney Island in ' a semi-unconscious condition, New York, August 4. City Chamberlain McCook has received from Kuhn, Loeb k Co. a check for 00,(5.13,331.65. In pay ment for the recent $10,434,406.62 bond Issue with premium. Deputy Chamoer lain Campbell said It was the biggest check that had ever passed through the office.. It was drawn upon the Bank ot America. Royal aaakaa the food para, wnotssoBM and dellciwu. &4SUI10 'v fl J F0VDS17 Absolutely Pure aown auaao nmi eo., m yon. I 11 f I I