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VOL. XLIX.
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OUR
Stoves -
Aro not mado from tho ncraj-iilo
or in ft kindergarten ncliyol.
Eclipse Hardware
WoCllv Trmlltig HtnmpN.
&5
GRIFFIN
RALSTON...
HEALTH CLUB
Acme (ilulfn Farina. Acme Whral Flakes and Standard Knllcd Oils
AT A. V. ALLEN'S
NEW LINE OF
Side-Boards, Dining-room Tables and Chairs
Chas. Heilborn & Son.
Here Is a List
01 some High Grade Goods at moderate prices
((ALSTON HEALTH I'OODS In Urcnt nrlcty
froh frum the mills.
AROMATIC SI'ICRS, (iinrnntcc1 the finest.
TILLMANN'S ITKR KXTKACTS.
CHASE v SAXUUKYS COITCCS arc un
rivalled. Together with a host or other
good things.
ROSS, HIGGINS & CO
jNeoi Zealand Fife InsuFanee Go
Of New Zealand.
W. P. Tliomaa, Mgr., San Francisco.
UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS.
SubHcriboti Capital - $5,000,000
raid-U Capital - 1,000,009
Asset 2,r4f),114
Aisots in United States 300,000
Surplus to Tolicy Holders - 1,718,792
Has been Underwriting on tho Tneific Coast over Twenty-two years.
SAHUEL ELMORE & CO.,
Resident Agents,
Pacific Sheet
MANUFACTURERS OF
Salmon
Vegetable
Fruit
...CAN
Lithographing on
San Francisco. Cal.
Astoria, Ore.
Write U for Prlees
Tinware
Co.
BOOKS...
lllank and
Miscellaneous.
PAPER...
New Crape and
Typc-wrltln
Waterman Fountain Pens
llox I )ccoritr1 Paper
tin! ICnvclopewioc. ,
& REED
Breakfast Food
Barley Food
Select Bran
Yeast
Cocoa
Astoria, Oregon.
Metal Works
spice
and
Syrnp
Tin a Specialty.
Fairnaven, Wash.
Improved Mikado and
Empire Cream
Separators.
mm i i " m
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4- ti
They r. th. aitnpL.t and mot fflelM(
Separator. tr.d. For sal. by
Foard & Stokes Co.Astorla
Your Wife
Will Ilk, It; io will ih ccok.
Star ICntate Unripe
ttstlafy all wko um them.
If your belter half doei th cooking,
that la an aildlllonal reaann why there
ahould be a Star Eatat Rang In your
kl'.rhen. The uia of them prevent, worry
and diaappolntment.
W. J. 8CfIJ.T. Agent.
, ' '' 1 Bond Street.
J. A. Fastabend
General
Contractor
and Bulkier
House-moving Tools for Rent.
Andrew Lake
54J COMMKHCIAL ST.
...Merchant Tailor...
Perfect Pit Guaranteed. Low Prices.
Repairing and C1enlig Neatly Don.
THE PROOF
Of th. pudding m la the eating
and tbe proof of Minora
IS IN SAMPLING
That", ut arrameot that's co
elualve derooaatratlon.
Our. will eUd tko ton.
HUGHES & CO.
OF LONDON.
Established during
tb. reign of Qaeon
- D. ITU
Anna, J
FIRE AND LIFE.
Subscribed Capital tBO.00 M
Asset. ie,4Ql.eUN
Surplus to policy holder. 4.M JS W
Bzoln.lT. of paid oapltal
Law Union and Crown
Fire and Life Insur
ance Co.
Subscribed or guaranteed cap
ital T.K.MN
Capital paid np iHI.800 M
Assets M,UI,M M
Catton, Bell & Co.
General Agents, Ran FraacUo, Cat
Samuel Elmore & Co.
Resident Acuta. Aston Oregoa.
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BUISNESS
OUTLOOK
Steady Upward Tendancy of
Prices In All Lines
of Trade.
IRON TAKES TUB LEAD
The Injostry More Active Tbao
for Years-Eyery Plant
la Operation.
STEEL RAILS FOR RUSSIA
That Country Placesi Record Break
luf Contract for Steel
Falls.
NEW YultK. June E.-llra.liire-t to
rnorrun iwy: lHw than avpraift
- f,..-t w( tli.. iir.oolilntc ml'luuramer lr
j rtu. inn. I i!U.cntilil In t urr nt tr ulp tv
; Kirt. I'rKe. to), !. tr. rir h n
t lit' iwrto.1 r;k'Ularly In
-it-w r'-n t-a.Jy alvaiwv. TU
1 wrtably miilfTt. of -mrf. In tne
I irm ml t-l IikJubut)-, -rv t.le ti-n.
! l..n. y of valum 1 Mill upvitrd. thoUK.1
j a lvaixe r;iorirl ate not unlfurm at
i all tnarkrtn. lulnllnK to InillvVJim; In.
t.iini-a of liut( don.' at the lx-.t K"
prl . Wht-rn pr'ttii't dcliV'-ry can
! BU.irunU-Pij fane) guo'alloiu. art in
many ln-:aiii ut.talnnblc an.l tftlnn'
to wan lty u! u!H, U uiUvthuI. Til
uiiir" ! r,t.l kly oufpui f coko I
.m!h. :.U ): with tho vtatrnu-nt that the
tixoal ouimnrr Jiutli,n In Iron and t'H
alll'-d liitlusirt.- win w lwTi-d and
tin. rkilmn from ntt-burs of tlu- lilaiing
of record hiking ..,tnu-U. for Mwl
rail for iximrt to Uuin.a. however,
for lmme.1iate delivery. 11 Mv of im
!rovn)nt,i in wHle gtln imluxtry
liav,. nuuerliillt.sl In an aotlw d.-nmnd
at the leiullng mark't for the manufac
tund product, atvl mmullamwinly from
acveral market conve rvporta of abnrm
ally unuill xtueka of light wvtght poods
In dealer' hand. Wool Is mro active
and llmi In aympnthy tlkrewktt and sales
are livrgT . though m8ilry on speculative
a.xounl. Muslim. failures probably re.
tle l miinnu.il m-rtllng. numbering for
the wvek ll1?, a agaliMt 1M last aeek;
l for thl Witk a year ago. UusIiicm
failures In Canada for the week numter
19. against Si la.: wvtS; IS In tftJ wwk
a year ago.
VOI.l NTICKlt. Ftlt PHII.MMMXKS
IT
nldent May Cali for Fifteen Thous
and Men io Ketnfoive G-n. O is.
NHW YOltK. June SI. -A sinvial t
the
Hit.imI from WaKhington says;
I'nldent McKinley will anUiorlxo th
cnllsimcnt of iul.litk.nal men for the
llilllppltte when he return M Washing.
Con. This U ilio uuJvwiaadlui of well
tnforniitl war depammont otllclals. The
udmmlstnitlon hiw at last ctime to rei-.
ognito the newssliy of reinforcing Gen.
Otis' commund. It Is apparent that
some deiKirtnient otllclals are llgurlng on
Wi,. advlsalillhy of enlisting sufflclent
men to form ten complete regiments.
Acting Secretary of War Melklojohn.
suld If tho president autlioriaed addi
tional men the number would be deter
mined after a consultation with Gen.
Otis. It would not be sitpprlslng were the
department to honr from General Otis
before t'h, return of the president. In
onler that tho latter may be supplied
wlrti th necessary Information In or
der to take Immediate aciion. "In any
event," iid Mr. Melklelohn. "there Is
little pmlwhlttty of a formal call for
volunteer. State organliatlons will not
li accepted although Uiere are many
application!) on file from rhem for mus.
Per In and be dispatched to Uhe Phlllp
plms. The president. I think, will a info
orlxe the departntett to direct Its recruit.
lug otTloer to make enlistments and I
am cotvlldcnt that mn can be obtained
In such numbers as to form a complete
omjanliatlon and be ready for service
wlt'h General Otis during the fall months.
Should the president authorise the for
mation of ten regiments, recruiting om
cers will have to obtain 15.700 men to
fill them. At least four thousand men
will be required for three volunteer or.
sanitations winch General Otis has au
thority to organise, making about
000 of the 35.000 men of the provisional
army, the enlistment of which Is author
ised by law.
TO MEET ENGLISH ATHLETES.
NEW YORK. June !3.-Th last an.
pearanre of the Yale and Harvard ath
letes before sailing on (lie steamer St.
Ixila on July 6 will b at th Kntckar
Ixx'kr Athl-llc rtub 'gnmr, to fx? hld
on July 4, at Knlrkwrlic ker 11' W. fffrgm
I'olnt, N. J., and at thl me will M
d.-(liUtly dwHl wtaa nvn would be
lakrn w Ki1nd to comp In tti. broad
and tiljrti JumM. In ordr to Civ the
liroa.1 and hh Jutnpen of Tl and
Harvard cbanr to how ttwlr bet
form at the loar (xwnible moment, Jamea
V.. Bull Ivan, rwld'rot of lb Kr-kT
Athlotlc club, will add to the pro
Kmm a K-ratcd tilgb jump anu a a retch
br.iad Jump, ojwn nly to thoae Harvard
and Yale men aelerled by the joint com
talttee.
THE lilCYCLK TKl'ST.
I To Cntrol tb tVhl Trade
Amert"a.
of
NKW VOHK, June C-The trwmberj Of
th nirwly form.d American Blc-cle Com.
!.my. Itie o cj.kd bicycle trut, .! al
VH.wm. held a meeting at Ule Waldorf
Anuria to arrai.iic llnal detailn. A. G.
HiMlJinit wh. ia one of the originator
.f thv trunt. and who will probably be
n.adf ibe irotd ni of the wmpany. acted
h rlwlrnwn. Mr. Si.aldln annoum-ed
Uwt tile (vmny bad been formed on
the .lne originally decided uMn. A cm
mlrt-, cotwlming of Albert A. l'up-. R.
Phl'.l;i Gormully, K. L. Coleman, II. A.
UAvt. ..'. U AJnot. J. W. KIt, A. L.
(Jar.'url. A FeaUieraivne, K. 8. Craw
ford. A. It. IV,k and A. M. Jhnon, wa
aj.uolnted to nx-et the underwrt-.er.
(nmltte-a on manufacturing, on do.
mwitlc iialc. and on foreign lt were
named.
Tn.a In a llt vf the c.-ncerna Uiat ai
nam.d:
lllcycle niu!'ufactureri-roe Manufaia
turng iVmiMny. Hartford; Ve;er:y
Wltwl Work and Gormully & Jeffrey
Manufacturing Comny. Chicago; N. A.
Uitl.r & Company. Cleveland; A. G.
SlKildlr & liro.".. New York; A. Feather-mom-
& Cirtiil-any, Monarch Cycle Manu.
fa-tur!ni? Cumiiany. Chicago; Crawford
Maniifai-turing C"m;any. ll.igertown.
Md ; A. I. Melelba-h. Milwaukee; Ind
ana Hk-ycle Company, Indianapolis;
Hu-rrk. & Vmiwny. liarne CyvW Com
lny. Syracune. X. Y.; Tagle Bkyc'.e
ln!'any. Irrrtntfton, Conn.; Black
Manufacturing (Vmpany, Erie. la.;
Uatnd lUi-ld, Cycle Manufacturing Com.
Iany, Grand lUpids; Acme Manu.'actur.
Ing t'oniny. Reading. Pa.; Wbite Sew.
Ing Machine Comiany. Cleveland; Ames
& Frost, Chicago; Viking Manufactur
ing Company. Toledo; Shelby Cvle Com.
pany. Shelby, O.; Fanning Cycle tm
lny. Oihago; Columbun C-ale 0m.
puny. Columbus. O.: Fay Manufacturing
Comiany. Elmyra.O.: Geneva Cycle Com
pany. Geneva. O.; Milwaukee Engineer
ing Company. Milwaukee; Cohort Cycle
Company. Toledo, and the New Buffalo
Wheel Comiiany. Buffalo. The manufac
turers of material are.
American Saddle Company. Cleveland;
Hartford Rubber Works, Hartford; C.
J. Smith & Sons Company, Milwaukee;
Indianapolis Chain & Stamping Com
iiany, and Indiana Rubber Company, In-
dlunapoli: Cleveland Machin,. & Screw
Comimny, Cleveland; Indiana Novelty
Company, PlymouHi, Ind., and the
George Thomson Company. Chicago.
In all M s'iar.ite concerns, operittlng
U plan:?, are Involved, the American
Suddl,. Comiwiiy having six plants. All
the concerns named were represented at
the nu'Ctlng.
FRC1T GROWERS TO COMBINE.
NEW YORK. June 2S.-H Is reported
that r. D. Armour Is at the head of a
vovwnont no, artompt to control ihe
fruit and vegetable trades. J. W. Coup-
land, manager of 'the California Fruit
Transiortatlon Company, is authority
(Vr the statement. Mr. Coupland has Just
returned from a meeting of the fruit
growers of the south, held at Wllmlng-
r. n. N. C. at which he said an organisa
tion was effected to tight Mr. Armour's
plan. It was said that Mr. Armour, as
sisted by others, has secured control of
tho fruit trade of the Paclllo coast, and
'he is now endeavoring to get control of
the fruit and vegetable trade of Florida,
Oeorgta. South Carolina. North Carolina,
Maryland. Virginia, Delaware. Tennes
see, Arkansas, Mississippi and Texas. Mr.
Coupland said hat the combination In
cluded Hie Porter Brother's Fruit Com
pany, the Continental Fruit Express and
the Earl Fruir Company.
DON'T WANT TO PAY TAXES.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 23.-John W.
Mackay and R. V. Dey, trustees under
the will of the late Mrs. Theresa Fair,
have sued the city and county of San
Francisco and Tax Collector Sheohan
to enjoin Uhe collection rf taxes on $289..
000 worth of Southern Pacific bonds, $27,-
000wvrt:h of West Shore railway bonds
and 623 nhares of the Commercial Cable
Company.
AT.L AMERICAN MINERS NOW.
WALLACE. Idaho, June 23-Of the men
to whom permits were Issued at the Stan
dard mine today all but three were native
born Americans. At the time of the
strike 80 per cent of the men employed
were foreign, born.
COLONIAL
DEPARTMENT
A M tA : a ' . -
Aoainon io the President's
Cabinet Beln Dis
cussed. SECRETARY FOR COLONIES
To Attend to tbe Needs and In
terests of Our New Pos
sessions. TWO NEW TERRITORIES
Hawaii aci Porto Rico Will Likely
Be Male Terri
tories. "NEW YORK. June S.-A special io
the Hcrali from Washington says:
A new executive brant h of the govern,
meiit with the title "Department of Col
onial Affairs and Foreign Commerce,"
or something similar to it, la deemed
by the administration absolutely neces.
sary to meet new conditions wbkti con.
front tbe L'nited Slates as a result of
tlu- w ar wi'.i SpaJu.
The word "colonial" I repugnant for
pulltkal reason to sme of trie members
of the cabinet because h smacks of im
pearlallsm and It is probable that some
other till,, will be adopttd. The mean.
Ing. however, will be the same.
Prel.mlnary to reeommenlarkn to
congress on this subject, da:a is now
being complied concerning the control of
the colonies by foreign powers and the
extension of our commerce Into foreign
llekls. and members of the cabinet and
subordinate officials of the administra
tion are giving mm thought and time
to the details of the proposed new de
partment. American consuls on duty In colonies
belonging to foreign powers, especially
those of Great Britain are to be .called
upon for full reports upon a list of
questions now preparing for eubmissioa
tx thewi. Robert P. Porter, who Is look.
ed upon as the probable head of the pro
posed cabinet office when created, will
be consulted In regard to the plans ror
extTvlirg foreign commerce, which Is to
became a feature of the new department.
Preident McKinley' policy In regard
to the future form of government tor
the Philippines and Cuba is still unde
fined, regardless of wbat future develop
ments may bring forth as to our attitude
toward those islands he and -die members
the cabinet fully appreciate that the
military governments in al of our de
pendencies must give way to civil gov
ernment as speedily as possible. Prelim
inary to ihe establishment of civil gov
ernment, the cabinet has concluded that
there should be a new civil department,
with cabinet officers at Its head. Inaugur
ated and have control of the new govern.
ments which sooner or later will be
formed. A cabinet officer thus explains
the necessity for such a department.
"At the present there Is no central
head for the consideration of the many
quosttons constantly arising in conneo
Hon with Cuba, Porto Rico. Hawaii and
the Philippines. The war department has
control of these matters now but there
are many questions which our army of
ficers are not competent to deal wirh
and ought not be required to pass upon.
As matters go now, there is a disposition
to shift from one deparement to another
ami from cne bureau to another to escape
responsibility for settling intricate and
embarrassing questions.
A territorial form of government for
Porto Rico and Hawaii has already been
agreed upon and there is little doubt
that the next congress will pass measures
In this direction
"As to Cuba, it will be Impossible to
have any other form of government than
the present military one until the people
of the island have taken steps for the
dormatlon of a civil government which
the UnHed States can recognize.
"The Island Is now ripe for civil gov
ernment
But how Is this to be applied?
The president's hands are tied. Under 1
the act of congress, he is required, after I
v AzsGwzin PURE
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
VMtVU SAICWfl
the pacification' of the Island, to leava
th. government and control of cite telafe)
to Its people. It ha. been held that five
president has no legislative autihortty to
keep military force. In Cuba after the
treaty of peace wa ratified, but tha
forces fcav. been held there and the pres.
Meat, If neoesaary, can take th. technical
ground that th. 'pacHlnatloa' of th. is
land will not be comptae until there ki
a 'stabt. and independent government of
th4 people there,' as contemplated try th
title of tha resolution adopted by com
gress. Thus you see the president must
watt under the terms of th. act Of oon
grew for tho people of th. bland to
establish a .table government which h.
can recognise. It I high time that tha
people were getting together Io conven.
tion for tb purpose of drawing up a
constitution preliminary to) a popular)
vot as to th kind of government they
want I'ntil this k? done and a stable
government la elected, or the people of
the Islands hav voted for annexation
to the Cited States, or the American con
gress has directed otherwise, th. prest.
dent will be constrained to maintain a
military government in Cuba.
"Though the war department will In all
probability remain in nominal control of
Cuba for some time to come, there -will
be many questions arising that ougftt to
be passed upon by she proposed new col.
onlal department. The same may he said
of tbe Philippines. The oolleoUon and
distribution of the revenues of those
islands, aggregating already $3,000,000 a
month In the two places, ought to go
lnu tho hands of experts, with a proper
system ot accounting under a aingla
civilian bead. No one doubts the honest
of the army officers wtw are now per
forming the duty, but it Is unfair to the
officers and dungeroua for the govern
ment to open wide the doors for wrong
doing."
DISAPPOINTED KLONDIKTR3
TURN.
RE-
Svme Few Have Dust, But Many Ar.
Wl.hout Estimated Ten Thousand
Men Will Leave Dawson Thla
Summer.
SEATTLE. June 3. The second big lot
of returning Kion.iikers since Che river
navigation opened, reached here this af
ternoon on the steamer Humboldt. There
were about of th-.m, and a few
brought considerable gold dust. Other
were reported to have drafts for targe-
amounts, while others came home with
out riches. No accurate estimate of the
amount of gold dust can be made, for
the reason chat th figures given by dlfli
ferent passengers vary widely, ranging
all the way from 1250.000 to $500,000. St'tt
more diverging are the conjectures as
to the amount of drafts. Including drafts
and dust estimate range frc-m tVX,W to
tl.2IM.000. Purser Carroll claims that be
had In his custody 230.000 In dust and ea-
timatfs that there was about COO 000 mora
In the different state rooms that was not
turnedovertohim. At 4 o'clock this after
noon tlo0.000 worth of dust had ben de.
posited In the L'nited tSates assay office,
and a tW.000 lot was billed at an ex
press office for shipment to Philadelphia.
II. Wolsteti and Dan Saunders, of En.
gland, had the reputation of being the
richest men on board. They were rred.
ited with having between them about half
a million, the proceeds ot the sa'.e of sev
eral claims.
Som of the passengers left Dawson as
late as June 8, and they report that the
cleanup is practically finished. Estimates
on the total cleanup this season range
from J12.0iXl.OilO to $16,000,000. Times are.
said to be very quiet In Dawson and
there are a great many Idle men Bhere.
James S. Clark, of Victoria, estimates
chat at least 10.000 men will come out this
summer, but their placet will be filled by
men going In. Michael White, an old
California miner, reports that there are
3000 penniless men at Dawson. r
YELLOW FEVER IN CUBA.
NEW YORK, June 23. -Dr. A. H. Doty,
health officer of the port. Is of the opin
ion that there Is more yellow fever among
the troops In Cuba than Is reported by
the war department. Within six months.
he says, 6000 soldiers have returned from
Cuba and more than 6000 more will arrive
her wfthln the next two months. H.
proposes to take special precautions.
Vessels from Cuban ports are to be
held at quarantine until they 'have been
thoroughly washed and cleaned and the
baggag'o fumigated. Passengers not hav
Ing certificates of acclimatization In Cuba
are held for five days from the time of
their leaving Cuba. Should the fever
become epidemic In Cuba, stricter regu.
latlons for Its exclusion will be adopted.
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