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LENTEN SEASON GOODS
Smoked Halibut
Smoked Klnnnn Hnddook
Kippered Smoked Salmon
Kippered Herring
Codfish and Maekerl
and a full line of other fancy
Staple Goodn.
ROSS, HIGGINS & CO
New
Make their
About Shirt Waists
There la not an old walut In tha atock.
There Is not a plug-ugly In this stock.
Tha now. tho correctly stylish, the de
pendable kinds of wnlst pre none too (rood
for tho patrons of this store. We could'nl
afford to ever Iooho sight of that paint,
and wo take euro that we don't JudKO
the gathering by those Waists from 47a
to 11.75 each.
New Sailor Hats
Harbinger of spring, tho brightest,
choicest gathering of filmy cotton beauty
ever displayed In locnl circle so early
the painting ore poorless color schoms
entranclngly artistic Would you hav
first choice? Then buy now.
All new shades in HASCOT GLOVES for Easter.
The Best Glove Made.
Shanahan Bros.
Co.
BOOKS...
Blank and
Miscellaneous.
PAPER...
New Crape and
Type-writing.
Waterman Fountain Pens
linx Decorntcfl I'npcr
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& REED
Savon Soap...
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bpnng
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SWISS WATCH REPAIR SHOP
Victor Rost
Chronometers
(Hatches tm
(iantical Instruments
Promptly Axed and repaired.
Alurm Clwku irom 1 up.
Warrant). 110 Eleventh St.
Nsst to PmUI TUgrp.
WE STAND BACK OF EVERT PAIR i
Or 8HOE3.
;Bom people am harder upon th4r shoe.
llnao other.
I Horn r apparently hardy upon (baa.
,Tbaf. hn tha aboa baa aoroathln to
i t k lh 'l 00 9009
hobard to ba bard on a good ona.
liww uiutu iw.irr wui out iuui Iffwaj j
laat than another (bad)T
Juat twlca in moat oaaaa. That pcrbaat
urprtaaa you.
EXlEIUilK.NT. TIIT OVM
acalnit any others you con fet to town.
Compare in other reapeota all respects
too.
Petersen & Brown.
THE PROOF
of tba pudding la tbs sating
and tba proof of liquors
IS IN SAMPLING
I
That's an argument that's con
elusive a demonstration.
Ours will stand tba teat.
HUGHES & CO.
L. LEUECK
Carpenter artel Builder
(Joncrnl Contractor
HOUSE RAISING AND
rtOVINU A SPECIALTY
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DRAYINO AND EXPRESSING
All Ooodi Shipped to Our Car
Will Receive 8pclal Attention.
No. tSS Duane 8U.
W. J. COOK. Mgr.
Res. TL 111
Astoria. Or.
Goods.
this week.
New Wash Fabrics
Tho first word of momentous occasion
this morning. We think we have sur
passed our own best previous efforts
hence wo are enthusiastic over the ex.
htblt. You are Invited to come and feast
your eyca on the beauty-pieces from th
shops of Tarls and New York, We print
no list of offerings or prices because
printer's Ink can do but scant Justice to
a showing such as this.
This Stock of Laces
Is collected with all the care and atten
tion which we can bestow. The newest
and dantlest conceits from the luce cen.
tcrs of tho world await you here. Lux
uriously beautiful assortment at tempt.
Ingly little prices.
THE WAR IS
ABOUT OVER
Believed That Aguinaldo Will
Avoid Another Battle
With the Troops.
SITUATION IS IN HAND
Few Scattering Bcdks of Rebels
Yet to Be Exterminated, tat
This Will Be Easy.
M'ARTIfUR'S FORCES RESTING
North Dikota Troops Ha a Brush
Ntir Milolos. DrlvlDf the Filipi
nos Off With Some Loss.
WASHINGTON. April L-Wr depar!.
nirnt oftldals here are very much gratlflel
it conditions In lh Philippines. It Is
understood from Otis' dispatches that
'there la little left nf ArtilniiMn'a urmu
.j lhBl h. troop, do not again want to
fa,.e ,ne Am,.rU.an la'r,. n , xwtycX
0M. now h... .h .itu..iin wii in h.n.i
latld 1httl the 0Il!y 0,t,,os,t,on , n
i v" ! 1-oUt bo.llr
tuf ,.,,,,, whu. ,., riu,n 0V(.r.
come bv the Arnvrican tiwpi.
U AUTlll K-8 KOIICE KESTINQ.
North
l'u kola Il.-iftntTit (aa Mruh
With the Rebels.
MANILA, April 1. Th American forces
rommnndtd by MucArlhur are resting at
Mulilu Iwlay. The men are In good con.
dltlon, ooniitilrrlng the fututues of the
imp.viKn. Tlit; plana of the rebels, if
they have any. are sonjerluraj.
.tiWleruhl rsbi'l forces hive bten
1 .iMIcot. l alonir the front of Lawton and
j"11 - "ll0 r holding the tine from the
w;i:erw"raa to 14 ixinwi. I Here is snoot,
inir n'Klitly nlong this line, apparently for
the prjoe of breaking the Americans'
sleep. .'unseiiiently oawion has deul't-d
l live ahiirpshootera from Moh romptny
to att.-ml to tho rebcla, and the Amerlians
are iRrkluK off num1ers of them.
It Is reportiil that S'X) rvlwls under
I'llar are omcentrateU at Calnta and
I'aylay.
(l.'iicr.il King this morning iwnt out a
recnnltirlng pnrty of two companies of
the North likta regiment, and a lirl-k
engagement followed, during which seven
Filipinos were killed. On the American
side a llititeiiuiit nn.I two privates were
wounded.
j OENKKAl. OTIS' REPORT.
WASHINGTON, wtpril l.-In a cab e.
gram to the war department early today
( ttl reports that the American troops
rested yestrday after the entrance Into
Malil. The dispatch indicates that the
i American forces made no forward move,
j meiit either yesterday or today. Th;
dispatch follows:
I "Manila, April 1. Quiet prevails. 1 have
; directed troops at Malolos and on the
railroad lo ftv on reconnoltermg duty.
i...ey llnd Insurgems only in sma'' r.
siirroimding country, who
e approach of our troops.
"A few of our troops are moving to
new positions aJid preparing for a con.
Untied active campaign. The army Is in
excellent spirits. OT1.S."
liKNKUAI. MERUIT.. 3 VIEWS.
The War Must Result In a Victory tvr
the American Army.
I XKW YORK. April 1. "Our boyj are
doing well In the l'hlllppines and 1 think
: the end Is m ar at hand." remarked Ma.
jor Oeneral Merrl:t to a reporter at the
'Waldorf.
"I do not know much of the country
'where tho latest lighting Is being done,
but Judging from tho dispatches re
jceived, American soldiers aro doing
: splcddidly.
I "Naturally, I am much interested In
tlv news from the Philippines. If It Is
:tni, thMt Macaholas, the leaner of the
'far northern provinces, is Agulnu.do's
Iciumy and would attack him - ho would
enter tho northern territory, the rebel
i leader seems to bo in a trap. If he ro
i treats much far.licr, he will be In the
' Macaholas country, ana If he decs not
tretrcnt he and his army will be cut to
'pieces by tho advancing Americans.
! "I have never had any doubt about tho
I ultimate result of the war. It can havo
i but ono end a victory for tho American
S army."
i
MAJOR STRO.Vd WOl'XPEP. j
ills Parents Not Greatly Worried Over
the Receipt of tho News.
XKW YORK, April 1. Mrs. William L.
Strong, the mother of Major Putnam
Ilradleo Strong, Is not worrying greatly
over tho news of his being wounded In
action.
'Wo are not worried," sho said last
night, "only I wish he were safe home
again. I received a cablegram from
him yesterday, reading: 'In front of
Malolos, well.' It was dated March 29.
At 5:30 a. m. today we got another ca.
blegram dated March 30, reading:
" 'Malolos 'taken. Well.' AVe were pus
sled by the last cablegram, bur this hews
of his wound may explain R. The boy
did not want his father to worry. He
knew General Otis would send In a re
port of his wounds and sent the message
to show ha was all right." Mr. Strong
learned of his son's wounds at his club.
"Naturally we feel proud of the boy,
but we would rather have him home.
"He Intends to write a story of the
fighting just as he law It"
HEAVY DEALINGS ON NEW
YORK BTOCK EXCHANGE.
Railway Show Up Strong for few
Iy. and All Other Proprtl Show
Substantial Rise During the Week.
NEW YORK, April l.-tOck trading
this week was often wild a ad dealing
averaged over a million share dally
for th f'ur days. Good Friday beinr a
holiday. The largest volume preceded the
check which the advance received about
Wednesday noon.
in the earlier trading Iber ws a con.
slderable dlverslflcaUon of interest, later
th activity manipulated specialties,
which bad already been prominent, con.
centra ted attention with an easing of
prices In the railway for the lack of In.
terest.
c PJswtr stock;, es ensraws dcsL.
itigs. were pushed up at a lively rarte
without very Important news appearing,
ilrooklyn Transit, wblon ba sold at IS.
and within a year at t, touched 2C'4.
with a subsequent easing off, but clos
ing with a li-point net rise. Federal
steel rose US and Peoples Gas, too, was
strung. Manhattan elgo.s sold up to Cl'i
Ameilcan Tolracco, 15, sugar, 7. with most
', the other specialties showing ad
vances excepting the Mongan properties,
especially the coalers. The railways were
strong at some times, although afterward
dropping.
The Vsnderblits were all moved upward
on a renewal of the talk that appeared
during tho January boom, of a, possible
amalgamation of some of the properties
but there wss a partial recession as
the report was discredited in some clrcte.
Northwest advanced 16 points, six of
which it failed to hold. The speculators
gave much attention to the Samoan and
Philippine situations, the money market
and sterling exchange.
Call money, shortly before the close on
Thursday, touched the highest figure 1
per cent that has been witnessed In a
long time. The extreme rate was to be.
laud borrowers making provision for
loans carrying over till Monday. Money
ranged from J'i to 12 per cent for call
accommodation, with most of the bus!,
ness transacted not far below the ex.
treme legal rate. ( per cent, to which
lltture the tanks advanced their funds.
The strength and advance In sterling ex.
change, coincident with r.rtngent money,
was attributed to the preparations for
April foreign dividend and interest dl
bursements. This was accounted for by
others as being partly due to anticipa
tory purchases connected with the forth.
coming rtlement of the Philippine in
demnity. FOUR MEN WERE KILLED
IN THE SAMOAN TROUBLE.
Admiral Kauts C&hles That the British
Are Aotlng With Hlra-Germany'
Plan Approved
WASHINGTON, April l.-The following
was given out at the state department
this afternoon: The secretary of tate
has reivlved from the secretary of the
navy a telegram to him by Rear Admiral
Kauts renting to the Samoan affairs. It
Is dated Newcastle, N. 8. W.. March 30.
ami rends as follows:
"The Mataafa people obeyed the orders
to leave the government reservations.
Since then they have become aggressive,
killing Private Holloway and three Bit.
Ish sailors. Our man was killed while
guarding the American consulate. The
Orman consul Issued an Incendiary proc
lamation, saying tha my proclamation
was untrue, and that he should uphold
the provisional government. The British
forces act In concert with the United
State, aliening the rebels where they can
be reached."
A copy of tlv dispatch was sent to the
German unimbassador.
A Moml-tJttlclul not published this even
ing says the German proposal to dispatch
to Samoa, a high commission, consisting
of an official plenipotentiary from each
power, is regarded by the American gov.
eminent as being suitable to Hie purpose,
in view of President McKtnley. who,
through the ambassador, expressed sur.
prise and deep regreS when he heard the
news of a collision at Apia, and the
American representative at Samoa was
instructed telegraphically to take every
care to preserve the status quo without
further conflict.
GOVERNOR OF NEBRASKA
DOESN'T FANCY THE IDEA.
Refuses to Commend the Gallantry of the
State's Troops by Praising a
War of Conquest.
L1XCOI.N, Neb., April l.-Governor
Poyntcr tonight sent a message to the
legislature vetoing the; senate bill which
commends th First Nebraska regiment
In th. Phlliimines. The language in
the bill objected to by the governor fol
lows: "That wo acknowledge with gratitude
and Jov tho debt that the state owes t'.K'm
by reason of th
honor conferred upon It
by their valor while defending in the
Philippines the principles of our govern
ment and adding glory to our flag."
Tlu governor In his veto says: "I can.
not stultify myself und the calm udg.
mcnt of tho thinking pocple of this com
monwealth by giving official approval to
tho statement that the war of conquest
now carried on in the Philippines U In
defense of tho principles of our govern
ment and Is adding new glory to our
11 ag."
Tho senate promptly passed the bill over
the veto, but a. like effort failed In tha
house, the populists voting solidly to sus
tain tho governor.
Tho bill was passed several days ago.
and tho veto followed shortly after an
extended conference between Governor
Poynter and W. J. Bryan, who returned
homo today.
TUG AND FERRYBOAT COLLIDE.
NEW YORK. April 1. Nine persons
were severely Injured and It is feared two
were drowned In a collision between an
ocean going tug and one of the Brooklyn
ferryboats tonight. The ferryboat Pier,
pont was struck In midstream by the tug
Argus and so badly damaged that ll was
with difficulty she reaohed her Brooklyn
slip. The tug wa uninjured. The acci
dent occurred during niBh hours, when
the ferryboait wa crowded, end it is
believed to have been caused by a mis.
understanding of signals and the large
amount of traffic in the stream.
ARE AFTER A
LARGE LOAN
Cofc-n Military Assembly Did
Not Dissolve, as Was
Expected.
MONEY FOR OFFICIALS
If the Cuban "Repotlic" Materi -
aHzes They Will Be Pail for
Their Services.
HOPE CANNOT BE REALIZED
McKlnley IUs informed the Delef.tes
to Wasnlogtoi TSiat More Money
or. Loan Is Impossible,
HAVANA, April L-Begllled by mys
terious telegram from Washington, the
military assembly did not alssotve today,
a the American, and many Cuban, bad
hoped and expected. Th 23 member
present were unwilling to vote for dls. ,
solution because they still believe in the
ability of the assembly to raise a large
loan, with the help of the United State
government.
A motion wa offered providing for the
appointment of a new executive commit.
tee to do.,, Bp the affair of the sem-
My after Its dissolution. A motion was
also mad- to concede military grades and
lnslanla to the elvll renre.eni.Mv. of
the Cuban In arm. During the argu. Itmaster Baker.
ment on the motion. It appeared that . ..
future payment of the officer, by the CHARLESTON, 8. C AprBL Fifteen
possible Cuban republic was being con. prom'D,mt cltlMU ofwL,k C1"- 8- Ca
shiered, and hence the matter of grade ' put 00 trial bere ,n the Vnlt
1. important General Sangullly favored St'te! circu" '"rt nxt weekJ nswtr
paying many Cuban general, of today chrK of havln lynrfw,,
who have never seen a day, fighting. IVlaer B" Bak'r- more tban 8
The motion was rinallv carried. It means B8' """"K tne Postmaster, who wa.
the admission to payment, according to ,he 1!eKed '5"" wJ' ba
conceded military grade., of many men Mwer tM the kil!"r' of Bae',' mnt
who have not been recognixxed before, if , l'hi!J Dd fOT the burBin of tne La" City
the day for the payment of the officers Pos'offlce.
ever comes. Tnl" I the first time on record that the
General Andrade. president of the s- feicral government has come into the
semoly. read telegrams from Senore. outh w tuke up a 'Jichlng trial.
Herta and VUlnlon. the delegates sent to Baker aPPolmed Postmaster at
Washington by the assembly to endeavor take Cltr' 4nd t"ifore he took chlr ot
to secure more monev for the ruhan th office he was warned to keep atfay.
troops. The first telegram read:
"No hope at present. Hay receive-us
officially. Transmits president today our
request. Said would eonvey answer In a
short time. Hay opines president will
not authorize loan."
President answers
The second read:
Imposslb.e to Increase amount offered
or authorize loan.
We accept resolution
to dissolve. We leave Sunday."
THE WAR.RELtC-HUNTERS
WERE BASELY DECEIVED.
Good People of Santiago de Cuba Worked
Off All Kinds of Old Cutlery at
Fancy Prices.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, March 2J.-(Cor.
respondenee of the Associated Press.)
The arrival of the American line steamer
Paris, with 120 tourists, on a rWic-huat.
ing expedition created a great stir. Roys
and men who were able to gather up any-
thing that could be termed a relic of the
war reaped harvest. New machetes
that had recently arrived
from the
ept in salt
United States, but had been kept
wa,ter for a few days in order to give
them a coat Of rust, were sold at from t5
to 15 each. It is estimated that 13tW
maehetes were sold, and to supply the
demand even machets used In kitchens
tor cutting meat were brought Into re
quisition.
'Guides to the battlelleMs." many of
them young fellows who had never been
there before, also reaped a harvest.
CARTER HARRISON HAS
AN EXCELLENT CHANCE,
Altgeld's Vote, However, May Result In
the Election of a Republican Mayor
In the Chicago Election.
CHICAGO. April 1. The municipal cam-
pui!;!i was rVactlcal'.y closed tonight, both
parties holding large meOf.ngs in 11 parts
of the cl:y
An unknown quantity In the campaign
is the vote to be polled ly tho Independent
aiecrallc candidate. ex-C!overnor Alt
geld. The republicans admit that a
heavy vote for Altgeld is th.ir main
chance for election, by splittitijr tne
democratic vote.
In the opinion of most men not dlicct'y
Interested In the actual work of the cam-
palgn, Harrison will bo elected.
CHINAMAN TO BE RETURNED.
CHICAGO, April l.-Chins LiW Foo.
I
the Chinese magician who Is playing at a
local theater, will start back to China In
the custody of a. United Slates otlicial
tonight after he closes his performance,
Chlng came 'to America by special prr-
mission of the emperor of China several
months ago, to appear at the Omaha ex-
Makes the food more
f position, and the United Btates govern,
j ment agreed to send him back whenever
the emperor should demand Mm.'. T
request for Chlng's return wss cabled to
. Washington yesterday and Secretury of
the Treasury Gage at once nouned
Charles A. Stone, th Chinese Inspector
In Chicago, to tak tha magician into
custody.
Inspector Hton will sccompuny Ton
rtr'arirnVu
j San Francisco, where they will be given,
j Into the charge of an agent of the CUltx."
' government.
I
j THE DEXTER BLTFLISD
I COAL TO DEWEY'S FLEET.
British Ship Arrives In New York from
Manila, Where She Had Been Dur.
I ins the War.
NEW YORK, April t-ihe three-masu
ed British Ship Honolulu, which was In
the irbor 01 Manll iuTln lh b,a
ui jiay i anu mrougwui in upanlan.
A me r lean war, Ins arrived here with
1uj4 bales of hemp, having left Manila
November 1 Her crew consisted of II
men, of whom six were Filipinos. Th
Flllplnls did not make very good seamen,
according to the whit men in th crew.
1 r,...i. r..,.. ...ia .k,.. v. .
Manila with Z tons of coal from New.
, castle and had landed about 1000 ton
when the operations of the American
made it necesary for him to draw out
TTZZ.
who told him the coal would be needed
by the American vessels.
The captain went aboard th Olympla.
where Admiral Dewey said to him:
"I shall have to use your coal, but I
will pay you In gold. I will also allow
you demurrage unUl the coal 1 taken
out."
! from May 1 to August the Honolulu
'urnUed Xh Anwrlcn n.
Captain and Mrs. Dexter, with their two
little children, saw the battle of Manila,
and watched all summer the rebel band.
storm the Spanish trenches and finally
Admiral Dewey clearing the trenebes for
the advance of the American soldiers.
r . VP TV , Vvi-upia ivi
I
ameb iit-uuEK charge.
1 .
Flflen P""1"' Carolina. Will
Arr,gnea jor cne ivuiing oi
He refused and a mob was organised to
put him out of the way. i
LIST OF BANQUET SPEAKERS.
! NEW YORK, April I.-Fo!;owlng Is a
list of the speaker and their subject
ax the dinner of the democratic club,
commemorating the birth of Thomas Jef.
ferson, In the Metropolitan opera house
'April 13:
Augustus Van Wyck. "State Issues";
John B. Stanchfie'd, of Elmira. "Jtffer.
son;" Edward 'M. Shepherd, of Brooklyn,
"Expansion;" Ames J. Cummings, '-Army
ami Navy;" Robert B. iRoteeveit, of
New Yorx, "Harmony;" Frederick C.
Schraub, of Lowell, "The Democracy or"
the State," and General Isaac 8. CatUn,
of Brooklyn, "Brooklyn Democracy."
MURDERER DISCH.niGED.
KANSAS CITY, April 1. A spedat to
the Tin,es frora VlaHx- L T" ays:
Cn.'ted States Judge William Springer to.
uay 1 naoea corpus proceeuinus orougnc
bp wl!llam Mills, charged with murder.
ruled that there Is no court In the Indian
Territory with Jurisdiction over crimes
uml"eu ln ln viieiva.ee nation oe.-
Ior,? ,ne uo""ou ul l"B lriual cuurlD'
if the criminal and his victim were mem
bers of the Cherokee tribe,
j Mills, who Is a Cherokee and confessed
murderer of his wire, was ordered dls-
ihirged.
t critic iv niq wpi rt
SAN FRANCISCO. April t-The physl-
clans who performed an autopsy on the
remains of Louis Uremner. who died of
pleurisy, discovered a piece of oeai.o.
.three-quarters of an Inch long, firmly
embedded In his heart. There was no
Indication that any bad eftec; had fpl-
lowed the plerciiig of Brcmner's heart.
and it was evident that the bit of steel
bad been In the vital organ for some
time previous to tho man's death.
POPE'S HKALTH 13 GOOD.
ROME, Apri. 1. Doctors Maszonl and
Lanioti this evening removed a fragment
of dead skin from 'the Fvpo's wound,
which n-as almost completely healed.
When tlie bandages were removed t'ne
; pope did not suffer tha least pain, and ha
afterwards conversed w.th his entourage.
The general health of the pomin is good.
CHURCHMEN LEAVE FOR ROME.
NEW YORK, April l.-A dlspalch to the
Herald from Lima says: Archbishop
Tovar. with tho Bishops Baton, Arequl.
pa. Puirredeon. Puno, Falcon,' Cueto,
Sulano, RIzco and Chnchapoya.i, left on
today's steamer to attend the counell at
Rome.
1 r i:
delicious en J whc!csor