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V ...... i iit;H. THE DAILY ASTORIAN Is the fclfltst ind ttst paper on the Columbia Wver THE ASTORIAN has the larfest circulation of anw car . on the Columbia tUver KULL ASSOCIATED PKICSS REPORT, VOL XLVIII. ANTOIUA. OKKftO.V, HATLKDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2'J, l!8. Ttir crLrnitun) I 1 "Superior" Stoves and Ranges ASTORIA'S WORK AND PROGRESS HOT TIME IN THE U. S. SENATE Rt w nest J. N. LAWS, AT HAWES' OLD STAND Diaries and Calendars For 1898... r-ii Blank Books and Office Supplies i There is no Money in Sitting Down and Gazing at the Prospect of a Railroad What Are the Things to be Done to Bring Prosperity? A GRIFFIN & REED Klondike Supplies Miners' OtttfltH Cll11pcM, Utct.H.lH and Prov.Mlo.iH " uc (.(In r tiling can lie iloiic 1 alviuicc tho ltii in vi If.tn-of tliu t'wn. It luipUy wmiw u mutter of Ijii'inr-s Imt is very much m in n-ulity. Convert ymr -ltim 'Mplriif into oriiniiicntl ones Tin' tin-t-ijllitly -t u in ami hideous half-burnt trees that aliouii'l on racific. hillsides liavo driven inuny well-to-do ci-trm families luiik to their eastern Iioiiicm. Kv rythin ornamental that Astoria may undertake, whi ther in h'-r n sidcim- gardens or her streets will he M en frm afar and talked of farther. When heauti fied a -ho mieht he, .he will become famous over the land, for, et upon a hill, her beauty cannot be hid, h.s her ugliness cannot be hid now. Attract the familie- or visitors ( a ermaiienl homo, and the pin keil.(Mik t: tlie heads of families will open e,en eioiilv toward local enterprises. A jdat of garden on the hill-ide would do inurr than a pap; in the Ore gonian. " Foard & Stokes Company nil) l of unior t; the city of, The pvnsor trar something thai In certain to fall to Astoria. Kow per sona will tnk an ocean ! up or town the river when they ran travel by Manufailurtr and l)lar In W. F. SCHEIBE, FINE CIGARS! : A lull IIm ml PI aa aohft IpM. Tac. AiikUa. 74 Commercial Ml, Astoria' Oornrna rtcrlfmctnll The Louvre.. Aatorla an. I Ita pti-pl If th present ltu- I Ion m dearly un.b.ralnod nnd the fu ture riilr-mitil I rfall"d and acte-l upon, ro tr aa the ote of the city ran In o. collectively anil Individually. The object sought hould I ilinlinotly rtl lrl; that olO'vt la not rhUmrnt or iflorl-rli-atliin, hut mony. T Juira umli-r-lylne all t rnihu1;im "1 rni-nrHIc iirtloii l Jtmt that f,nc tnr.-moni-y. Th noro niiarMy that l k. : In vh-, the ttir an a hnln.-l:ki iHcrmlnatlon ! Im mal of hal la r'iiri-.! M le ilon. TIik ir."Vt of nn-tirlns railway com miinlcatlon In u fr k la rx. rlU'nt. Tli-r l no m.irp moii-y in flttlm: d.n im.l Kui iiK at 'fiat ira-i.-! ttian rhr Im in k-ailhC at any o:hr .r Aaloria- at tra. liw pro'H't. Th railway -lni! h- rv will It r th liilrif anil t-rine momy t A lorla. which In ihr only ra.n why It M Tellers ilcr Kevdutloo I'assed by a Vote af 47 to 32. SM.VliK IJOI.I.AKS WILL FAY Oar fcoidv if IbU Rcvilitini ;is Su- Iaiic4 by tt Hoa llitac tx citcncii Vici Vote Takei oie ii Detail. Wiip.Mnf'in, Jiin. 2 Alter the be (mic, iilinwt:l at all tim'a ami occaa lonully a'Tinvnloua, which oocuplwl th (oniHjfo of th United Hmtt,. conlalnlnx afl-rfwKn ,y a J-rive vote of 47 to U. pawl fh Teller concurrent resolution Thi revjlullon 1 a jrctkal reafllrmaUon of that of Htanler olatthcrara In 17. tl In aa followa : "That all tKjmla of th VnlleJ KtaiM awjl. or authorize to tw laaunl, urnler aalil acta of contrrww, hereinbefore re- cltH. are payite, principal arl Intereat at th option of the novernment of tne I'nltrd !!e4. n allver dollura of tn coinage of lh" I'nlied fiiatae, contalninf I!:1, Kraltia A utan.Jar.l nllver, and tnat in rintorv to I La coinage auch allver coin iM leRul tender In iaym?nt of luiJd bond principal and Intercut, la not In violation of public falilli not InderoRatlon of the rliflita of public creilliora. All efforta to amend Uhe resolution were voted down by majorltba ranaMna- from five to twenty-nine. Loilge'M (roll standard ulietlruie beli.a; defeated by the latter majority. The vote of the Ilife amendment wai. ayea 21; noew 13. The events of the day leading up to the final vole were full of Inter-et and importance. U was m, flcla train, fu.-l travel .Law nm n'c 'r'ly I Jay for the orators of ih senate, not lew leave much money In a place, tmt If a town b promlilnir or attractive, It helps to make thin fact known. Tho lmorrant matter of return caricoe for the wtieat vewacla la probably tie nioel than twenty-five sjnatTra embracing the opportunity to apeak upon the subject, t'ubllc Int. rent In tSii- debate u lnt.-nae, a wa atteeted by tu'ie attendance In tne ralleriea, whMi were crowded throujti tn-r-nant oiw In torl' future. At j u, ,he ,ml th,r important prment TortJand offers auch Inbound In dil -erieni Aatorla dmn niM Very largely. The whol.iale houaea nt I'oriland rei-cl'V their Inlvnind manufactured kooIi from the viel. 'an thec w- . :n diice.1 lo leave auch 'fn-lplit lit Atorii? If o. VewN will no longer be drawn up the river to t'ortland. In oorxldirlwr auch frelirht. we muat U-Kln with man;if.ictured artlclm calling for quick delivery. Asumlnir a vessel atoppmtr InlMiun,! at Astoria If t,-niy-four ihoum can b, aave on special Kooda. ptirohaaern w 111 demand thk of ihetr dull er; veaaela will come In with Antorla quick-delivery freight alowe.1 ativ... Hul iAV'lifeiKi a V-r HI V I W j waiio.l le-avlnu out for the pn-aeiit the lo e.-ur-thU (tain, quick handllnir in the t V'H' ' 1 ' 1 i Hueatlun of AerU bt inir made a common railway yard and on the rood will be ijUAlJiii jj j U Li!J trrFeeKI.-.r.-r-.ie.le; li ea of All Kind. Two1 M'"- h" nr ,n- ,n,r ,h"1 111 r,",""rwl "'"'"K W ' car. ttie Port- Wfc. 2, t?,,-- Watiiincriii iar; r xrrMlnna Kiel I i,,KHl i able Ael.irla to handle frrlfcln more prollt- land Importer will order the car forwarJej hl" Order and KterylMwiya fliahia Wtrlrlly tilwerted. for ,,lpT and nner than com. street to the Inland purchaser. Thla U to Kopp's "Best A DELICIOUS DRINK.... and ABSOLUELY PURE Tbo North Taoitlo Hn'wry, of which Mr.Joho Kopp is proprietor, ninki tieei for iloiiii'atio Rinl pxmrt t rutin. NORTH PACIFIC BREWERY a. a. SHIELD UNION MEAT COMPANY BRAND w AM. KINI OKCANNKH MKAT8 Mams. Bacon and Strictly Pure Lard Hau Frnncisco am' t'ortland ' pel I na cIUm can handle It i Klret-l'Hiance and time aaved. a com pared wrih Portland or Ihe sound by . veancl. Second Tapaclty of vemel accomo ! ilitel. This In a K.ilt Atorla has over J vesrl ihat can reach rorlland. but not ovor thoe that can reach the sound cities Thlrd-Thc gravity route, as against Wie sound. In none of Iheee things Is notion re quired on the part of Aetorlans. Kourih Terminal facilities, to aecure rheapnesa and QUlcknee of transfer of cargoes. For wheat dipped In bap. elaborate me chanical devices are not needed. In the wel rllniate of Astoria warehouse are all-Important. Some mechanical applian ce for handllnir wheal In bans wotiM lessen the cost of transtor lo rtie vessel, iiiuile an. I eonvenlenl track facilities are Itottltnl Wr for fnmily UW, or keg w,.tlal. for when the wheat conies. It IhW applied nt l)jr time, delivery in j comes like a flood. The land at Flnvel the city tree. offers opportunity for a belt or circular ! yard, wllth Its radial convenience. All I theso things are of more Imnieillnte Im portance than a dry dock. Wtth them, ennui In quality and convenience to those nt Portland or Seattle, Astoria can com pete with those places; otherwl. the fraln by location may tie lnrgeh- or wholly loot. Seattle la none nlnnnlnir lo Improve lier lermlnnl nrranirements. Twice wllhln a ! vear or two I5ie writer ha boon cnlliM I by a representative of Seattle to (Him I ImIi Information and pi a on rclntlmr ti lermlnnl Ntterments The whent now rocs oiithonnil In basw, on neeo'int of the double wssaite around the equator. For the wheat of the future. In bulk, elevators will ho essential. For some time the shipments lo Asia will be chiefly flour: and for nil Mine, to Alaska Tn cnmlnir years the Asiatics will lenrn to grind more cheaply than we can, and the caiinl through the Mlimus will take w'hent In bulk. At present elevator are more of a convenience and an outside en terprise than an essential for shipping. Facilities for handling flour, omiiounn. nre needed at once. Tlnrtvl elevator and trnnsrers would mako some snvlng In cost. Astoria has the advantage, In sudh trnnefer, of a smnll variation between low nnd high (or flood) witter, as eon trnsted with Portland or Seattle, To cap ture the flour shipments, Astoria would have lo look after switching ctluirgo at Portlind closely, as the mill there nre not readily accessible to the Columbia river road, anil theso chnrges may neu tralise Mio gain In shtppln? from Astoria. A regard making Astoria a common point, this decisive gain for Astoria will be relted from many directions. 'All of the) Items mentioned are onea In which action by Astorlans generally Is not looked for. The betterments aro mat ters for lie railway company. The question of flouring mills at Astoria la a matter of combined aotlon of A torlans, a also the establlehment of ex port aaw mini. lie the entering wedgn for Astoria a com mercial standlrat. iif lur advance from a mero stilpidnir Mnt towirtb tx-lng a mart of tnule. Much will depend on the prompt no of railway handling. This Is the sort of bualneaa for which th larger dealers of Astoria may make a tild. by establlsnins communication wluh bval dealers and nireiitN In the nwny towns now i. pen,l,-nt on Portland. It will require well organ lied efforts by Aetorla merchants, hm the towns generally are favorable to Astoria. Th large credlt-gtvliur nhllitv me na evlnixl b the alatementa of sev eral of the speak- nt that the dlscuslot was tnit a -ellmlnary u.!lgnment of the great political p.irilea for the contiBt ot 10. Fr.un ID oVo-'k this moroliuc unt I i this evening die contest was continued. When che voting began It was evident that party lines wvre being broken on twiti sldi-a of rtie chtmbxr, but It wan on (he sulistltute ofTered by Lodge that the biKgest break occurred. Ot therepub- llcan side Allkxin and Ilurrows did not unswrr to their namn on that roll call. and many republicans voted darrvtl nr;ilt)t It. I'pon the final p.usaxe of the resolution some republicans who upp rt i d McKlnlcy and Hie St. Louis ptatorrm In 1W. like i'arter. 1'handler, Clark, Prlt.arl. Khosip. Warr-n ami Wolcott voted tor the resolution because, as Wolcott announce.), they did not bellev the resolution committed Chose, who up- portod It to the free and unlimited coin age of allver. AMrlch c!ctd Just aa the clock mark"t 6, the Iiour set for voting .and the vice- prcsKknt promptly announced that th voting would proceed. At thw time the galleries were tilled to overflow lug- und larve numln r ot the memberi of rive houa ln-luding SHuker Ried. occupliil the urea back of the senators. T3ie Nelson umendment was the firm presHenl, "yea are 17 and the noe 31, and Wm resolution la agreed to." Thi vot In detail was: yea--Aiten, llacon, Ilata, Berry. Mu'. Uir, armon. Carter, Chandler, Chilton, CUrk, Clay, Cockrel, Daniel, Gray, Bar- flu, Keltfeld, Jonea (Ark ), Kenney, Kyi, Llndaay, iloisnry, IfoUurln, Millory Mantle. Martin, Mltlf, Mitchell, Uoaey, Morgan, iturphy, paoo., Ftttlcraw, tfu tui. I'rltchard, Ranrliot, Koaxm, umito, lc. , UtiSHin Teller Tlllm.M Vm u,.wa I ' 1 1 U L B White, Wolcott. TunH. Turner-47. No Akrrtch. Alllw. linker. Bur rows, CarTrey, Cullom, ryla, Korakar, Oalllnger, ier Hale, Manna, rtan brough. Hawley, Hoar, Iylge, Mc.flrldp, McMillan. Mason, Mrrlll, Xelnon. K-n rose, I'erklna, Piatt form.). Plait (New York). Way, flmrell. Thun'ton. Wet:ln Ion. Wetmore, Wllson-Ji Th pair thrwarho-it the voting were aa followa: Turley with jK-boe. Faulkner with Kl kin, a-msn with Frye, Jones (Nev.) w.lih I'roctor, Wali-hall wliti Bpomer Th first niunI wMild In i1v ca have vol"l wltti those mietalnlng the resolu'lm and against rbe amndmenui. whll the last name,) would have voied against It and for the amendments. The senate adJoirnd until Monday. STEAMER CORONA IS A WRECK i Kock at the Mouth of the Skeena! Kiver. ALL THE 1 4 H KIKS SAVE Bat Ike lifart.utt Call Bmleri lot! all Tkelr rrtiU aid Bitgifc RcKied ky tkc Al-Kl-Ceqalt-! iIm Wrcciti. KLFX-noV PR A IT'S An Unusually Serer Amlcnmeot in tie Houe of Tti,rentatlve. glvlrur Aldrlch, Oh republican and popul 1st candHlute, the seat The report ays: "If th election law of Alabama, had been deelgned to encourage fraud they could not tiave been In some. respfCU more happily framed to meet that pur pose, w hen It Is known that the condi tion for aurth a state of facts ix lifted It Portlan.1 merchants will be thard to eon- lnl.xl, d.vlarlna; "That it Is the, duty tend with for a time but oh money in-. of ,h vernment of the United State: 1 1 mini hi col The llest In the Market Cor. ronrtli and Clisnn Streets I'nrttand. Oieijon. Th Boat, Abaolutoly Pur Ry "Keystone Monogram" Whiskey For 8J at Tha Occident Hotel Bar, Th OfflM Saloon, And all h laadlnc bum In Aatorla. SHERWOOD & SHERWOOD PACIFIC COAST AGENTS, creases throughout tho Inland Kmplre. the local buyers will become more free lo buy when they wish. An agricultural community la much dependent upon credit; Its dependence lessens as It ad vanc?s to dlverwltlod pursuits. Having, through large draft vesseK se cured the outbound freight and having se cured tine, fast Inbound freight. It must follow that all freight, both wn.w, will be delivered at Astoria. Irut. even no, the active efforts of rhe merchants will be re quired o convert Astoria from merely an "ombarkadero" Into a trade center. What can tho residents of 'Astoria other ttinn tho merchants, do? Not much with out nioney. All the talk about energy and effort amount to little without money. Money la to biislncm wiat aleam Is to the engine or steamship. "Without It we may try to puh these great fcodle along, but we cannot awomplWh much. In time real estate will have some selling value: under existing; laws to maintain the par ity In the valuo of It gold and flivcr nioney, so that a dollar of one metal shal for all monetary purposes always be equal In valuo to the dollar of ttie other metal." est moved to table the amendment. The yeas iul nays vote gave the flrvt test of the respective elements, resulting 42 lo 37 In favor of tabling the amend ment. Then came the Loilge amendment, as followa: "That Mio bond of the United Stat lsued or authorized to be Issued under tho said act of congress hereinbefore recited and payable tprinclpal and In teres!) In gold coin or Its equivalent and that any olluv payment mitlhout the oon sent of creditors will bo In violation ot public faith and In derogation of their rights." Vest moved to table the amendment "I hope tho senator will wluhdraw the we may have a ill roc t vote on nnd resident of Astoria owning rial es- ny,tlln ta '"N''1" ''"''Teed V'olcott, "so tate, If so situated as to do business here, can then help the town nnd themselves by placing money derived from real estate aalea in active enterprises, either by com bination of email mns of money or by tho owners not being ashamed to berln business numbly on their own account. P' push, as found In any active, neigh boring cltle, Is really meant doing one ot thee thvo things by large numbers In the community. One other thing can be done to advance tho business welfare of file town. It hardly seems a matter of business, hut Is wry much o In reality. Convert your stump gardens Into ornamental ones. The unsightly stump and hideous half-burnt trees that abound on Pacific hillsides have driven many well-to-do eastern fam lllse back to their eastern homes. Kvery thing ornamental that Astoria may under take, whether In her retddenee gardens or her streets, will be seen from afar and talked of farther. When beautified us she might bo, ehe will become famous over tlhe land, for, set upon a hill, her beauty cannot then be hid, as her ugliness can not be hid now. Attract the families of visitors to a permanent home, and the pockothooks of the heads of families will open generously toward local enter prises. A plat of garden on tho hillside would do more than a page tn the Ore Ionian, c. B. rtiat gold.1 Vest consented and the vote whs taken directly on the Lodge amendment, result lug In Its defeat, 24 to 53, as follow: Teas-Aldrtch, Baker, Caffrey, Cullom, Pavls, Fairbanks, Forakar, Gamnger, Gear, Hale, Manna, Hawley, Hoar, .Lodge, , McDrlde, McMillan, Mason. Morrill, Pen rose, 'Piatt (Conn.), Piatt (N'eKv York), Bewail, Wellington, Wetmore !4. Noes Alten, Hneon, I5ntt, Berry, Put- ler, Cannon, Carter. Chandler, Clillton, Clark, Clay, Cockrel. Daniel, Gray, Hans. trough, Harris. Heltfeld. Jones (Ark.). Kenny, Kyle, Lindsay, 'McEnery, Mo- Lnurln, Mallory, Mantle, Martin, Mills Mitchell, Money, Morgan, Murphy, Peltus, Prltohard. Quay, Rawlins, Roach, Stump Smith, Stewart, Teller, Thurston, Till man, Turner, "Purple, Vtet, Warren White, Wilson, Wolcott-S3. There, was Intense Interest during this vote, as It .presented a more direct Issue than ha.l been anticipated. A niambor of amendments were offered by the oppo nents of the resolution, but tihey were all laid on tho table. The docks were cleared for the final vote on tne loner resolution. Tne eara.T Votes had shown that Its pa-ago was a foregone conclusion, yet there was the keenest Interest at this culminating fea ture of ttie contest. "On this vote," announced the vice- hat they would at least not furnk-h am munition for their political opponents. Out this had made little difference to the democratic manager In Dallas county. They voted Illiterates promiscuously. The machinery sample and effective. Fortunately It has been discovered ana ha details If its operation trared. The fraud is everywhere, not lurking, but bom nj Insolent. It is chiefly of five kind: "first By fraudulently puld.ng poll list 1th the name of persona not regis- terert; sumeUrrHsi of fictitious persina andl I her stern submerged. It Is feared that sometime of perxons who do not live in I the I'orona, will prove a total wreck ana the precinct. theiwhole of her cargo will be lost. -cond By padding the poll liat witn It is atao reported that tlh Union rhe name of persons on the regNtratijnl Steamship Company" steamer Coquitlam list who did not vote, was wrecked on rhe Skeena river. Par- "Third-Py ImiKwIng on Illiterate tleular of this wreck were not obtained voters. I from rhe passengers of the Danube. "Fourth By the oM-fashlonrd method I of falsely .-ordlr(g Votes. "Flfthw-By refusing to hold any elec tion at all In certain strong republican precinct." The committee saya It has revised the vote on the most conservative tines,, gly. lng Aldrlch a plurality of Mi, wher. aa tne election of Plowman was claimed by 29 T, plurality. NEW YORK MAX TO THE RELIEF EXrCCTS TO btT INTO KLONDIKE hvrcii n vmi sirriiES. Will Take Care of ill Satfercrs-Tke All- Caaidia Koate Kailroad mill Re duce the tine ta Daxsoi City. THE AU.eOA.VADl AN ROUTE.- Otuwa. Jan S. H. M, Kersey, of New York, who organised a company which Include L. S. Letter, of Chicago: George Goulil. J. W. 'Mackay and other American capitalist, made a strong effort to get the contract for the'buikllng of the all- Canadian route to the Yukon. Kersey was In the city for several days endeav oring to secure the contract and has gone away greatly disappointed. McKerat Mann, of Toronto, who secured the con tract, will receive from the dominion government 25.000 acres of land per mile In tho district of the sixth parallel of latitude In the vicinity of Mackenxle river. In addition to (he land grant the contrac tor mill receive 5000 acres a mile from the British Columbia government. The contractor undertake to have the rail road from Glenora to Teslln lake, a dis tance of about 130 miles, completed by September 1 next When the railway la built the time between Vancouver and Dawson will be reduced to (even days- There iwlll be a sea trip of BOO miles tak ing nearly two days; a river trip up the Stlckeen of one and a half day a; then 150 mile by rail to Teslln lake and the remainder of the time will be occupied in crossing the lake Into the Yukon coun try and down to Dawson city. New York. Jan. 2S.-Edward J. Kosen. fold htw left New York for Portland, Or., to take charge of a midwinter expedition for the Klondike. He expects to get Into Dawt-on City beifore March 15 with a sup ply of provisions large enouph to relieve any existing distress. His plan U to go from Portland to Alaska, landing at detrmln t0 warden's Insanity, mines' mission, Fyramld harbor, aDout 85 miles from Juneau. He will then go over Chllkoot pa and alton trail to Fort Selkirk and up the Yukon river to PrnwYton. 'He Is the general munager of the Snow and Ioe Transportation Com pany which proposes to establish a per manent line from Dawson to the ocean for express, frelgtit and passenger traffic. Mr. Rosenfeld ihas a contract with Act- WORDHN' GIVEN A RESPITE. San Francisco, Jan. 28. Governor Buda announced today that tie would grant the condemned train-wrecker Word en another respite until certain documents can be procured ty the commission appointed to HIGH MARK FOR WHEAT. Royal makes the food pare, wbolesoa sad dslklatu. Chicago, Jan. 28. When one of the ; Letter broken commenced bidding for January wheat today the price Jumped Up wifh great rapidity to Q.10, the higbe-u point reached for this season' crop. Mar lng Secretary of War Molkeljohn for the soared to 98. March Closed at 11.08, nnd tranraxirtarlon of the government relief ,4 expedition to the Klondike. He will take with him 50 soldlens under command ot Captain Bralnard, who was an officer In the Greeley expedition. The government will send 150 tons of provisions, agreeing lo pay Mr. Rosenfekl 00 a ton from Lynn canal. ( "We will use snow traction engines," said Mr. Rosenfeld. "We have six of these engines, each with 300 horse power. Five will be called upon to pull six cars each, while the other will be light for the purpose of breaking the road. In addition to the government troops and supplies we will carry 200 passengers, with atiout ltw tons of miscellaneous freight belonging to them, and 100 tons of our own for our tu-nillng store. We will take half a dozen Indian guide who nre thoroughly fa miliar with the country and several cour iers with dogs to send back reports of tho expedition, AVe mill take no women. All the men who have been accepted as passengers are aWe-bodled and the con tracts that they have signed are not un llko the ship's articles for eallom Kach man must obey Instructions and do what ever work may ne required. We figure on a 30-day trip, though we may be able to make H in hnlf that time." m FQWOIO Absolutely Puro ttmi anna sowma oo us vom. Seattle, Jan. 28. A special to the Time from Victoria says the news has been re ceived there that the steamship Corona, vhlob left Seattle with 5 passengers. January 10, for south eastern Akukan ports, tia been wrecked near Lewai Inl and, at the mouth of the Skeena river. Her passengers were all safely landed on Kennedy Island. Every pound at freight and baggsgs U lost. No further oar- tleular are given. The Corona was a ecrew propeller, XM feet long, X feet beam, I feet S Inches Washington, Jan. J An urruxually se vere arraignment of aneged election frauda I made In trie report by the I house rommltte on eleeflona V 1 In the I cas of William Aldrlch again Thomas P0"- ' Philadelphia In im, and Plowman, for Che Fourth district of " running on the Pacific coast Alabama. I ver amce. one Is well known In Bouw- I'lowman b4 theittira nvmber. but the California, haying been on tha run committee submits a recount of the vote 'tween Ban Francisco and uao Dlrgo for some year. She was a 11 knot boat and wa fitted with all modern con venience!. This was to have been the last trip of the Corona as aha was to hava been transferred to the Southern Cali fornia division on her return. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Nanalmo. B. C. Jan. 28. Th teamer not Strang,, that illiterate voter houl J greater part of the week, the senate this remain away from the polls In toe hope evening bringing the new of eh wreeK of Che steamer Corona, with lf passen gers aboard. Th Corona struck a rock near tha mouth of the Skeena river and at one commenced to alnk. The lifeboats were lowered and the passengers were con veyed to the beach of Skeena river. Tha iteamer Al-Kl went to the rescue. lm Is now on her way south with the un fortunate gold seekers. ' S-- . The Corona ntruck toe rock Tuesday morning bow on, and Is now lying with. j r jL