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AfSTOUIA, Q1WMS, MTUHDAV i MOKMNG. JULY 8. JiJ'Mft.
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Stoves
Arc not mndo from tho bc rtt-ii lo
or in a kindergarten school.
Eclipse Hardware Co.
Wo Give Trndlnu H Inmpn.
v- r, p .
GRIFFIN
RALSTON...
HEALTH CLUB
Arnie r; lutrn Farina. Acme Wheat
AT A.
ASTORIA CASH GROCERY
Tenth and Dunne Strectn.
Look nl Ilie lollolntf
Wcxlvrn Kvllncry SiiKtir, IS ptiimd '" SI.'.
KotiHt Coffee 10 " I .
(i.M.J yualil) Tctt I " .:.
K.ilUJOatH M " aW.
ileum io
Jupnii Kiev " .25.
(io.tJ (tuullly Hour 1 Suck .7ft.
Oyster I2Chh 10(1.
Toiiitttoe. II " H".
NEW LINE OF
Side-Boards, Dining-room Tables and Chairs
Chas. Heilborn & Son.
"Russell" Automatic Engine
1 'jih-y i L r-1- --s
Writo for Cntaloguos of
A. II. AVERILL,
Manager.
(leoi Zealand Fife Iosaraoee Go
Of New Zealand.
W. P. Thomas, Mgr., San Francisco.
UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS.
Snbscribod Capital f 5,000,000
Paid-Up Capital . . 1,000,000
Assets 2,545,114
Assets in United States - 300,000
Surplus to Policy Holders 1,718,792
Has been Underwriting on tho Pacific Coast over Twenty-two years.
SAriUEL ELMORE & CO.,
Resident Agenta,
Tinware
BOOKS...
Blank and
Miscellaneous.
PAPER...
New Crape and
Type-writing.
Waterman Fountain Pens
I lux I ecrttcl Paper
and Hnveloped-.itio
& REED
Breakfast Food
Barley Food
Select Bran
Yeast
Cocoa
Flakes and Standard Kollfd Opt?
V. ALLEN'S
Prices.
.Country Produce BougHt.
Engine Boilers, Saw Mills.
RUSSELL & CO.,
Portland, Oregon.
Astoria, Oregon.
Improved Mikado and
Empire Cream
Separators.
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They ar ib :mpl-sl and ino: tfflolani
Separator mad. For sal. by
Foard & Stokes Co.Astorla
Your Wife
Witt llk It; io will the took.
Star tetUate Hane
aatlify ill who mi Ih.m.
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If your biirr half do th eookmc,
I hat Is in atMitlonal rvaaon why tnr
hould ba a Blar Eaiaia Hanc in your
kl:ch n. Th u of thvm prvrrDti worry
and diippolntmnu
W. J. BCt'ILT. Atnt.
" 451 Bond 8irat.
J. A. Fastabend
General
Contractor
and Builder
House-moving Tools for Rent.
Andrew Lake
54 COMMERCIAL. HT.
...Merchant Tailor...
Perfect Pit Guaranteed. Low Trices.
Rplrtnf and Ctaanlag Naatly Dob.
THE PROOF
t U. puddlM M th. aatlBf
ao4 tb. proof o( llqtaor.
IS IN SAMPLING
That". a arcsmaat that', aoav
eluilra dmoaatrmUoa.
Oura will ataad Um taw.
HUGHES & CO.
UNION ASSURANCE SOCIETY
OF LONDON.
Eitabllahad darinf th. ralfa of Qoaan
Anna, A. D. 1711
FIRE AND LIFE.
BubMrltMd CarltaJ I WW
Ainu U.M1.0N
Burplua to policy b.ldw. IMJa W
Exo'nitra of paid P piui
Law Union and Crown
Fire and Life Insur
ance Co.
SubMritwd or ffitatutMd cap
ital flMMNN
Capital paid op MMM M
Ajiata m,mMt m
Catton, Bell & Co.
Oacaral Aienta, fas FrmJieUo, Cal
Samuel Elmore & Co.
RMldMt Aetata. Aatorta Ora-oa.
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RETURN OF
VOLUNTEERS
War Department Urged to
Have Oregon Boys Sent
Home by Water.
ROUTE YET UNCERTAIN
Portlanlfs Would Meet Thera
Down the Rlver-Covernor
Geer's Dispatch.
ACQUIT ADMIRAL CERVERA
Spcnlsh Comntnder Exeneratid by
Hit Fellow Countrymen - Appli
cation, for Service.
IMKTI.ANI), July 7. Whin anj h"
th Or(in voliiiMrirn will pi'turn h'nw
I. uitwrtalii. Whuhrr ih-y will f
nnitrM oift at FranHwo or Van.
ruuv.-r Uirrjiku la not even knuwn to a
ivrtnltity.
Tin- grc;'t l (irmfurr It t Ing Jiroihrt
tj Uttr im the war liartni'n; to hav
itir 1n'ii bruiiKbt hrc by waifr.
Tin; r"'-)tUin iimmilttr hud ra)-u!at-l
on r4iiiia- atKiut P for tin- cntrnalo.
m- nt of Hhc voluntwm by m'i of
i-urlin il'.wn th rtvr to bwi l(rm.
n.iviTii.ir r"-r i .ly wnt a ImiK U
IMii h to tlir wnr department urttltxt that
tin- tr.Hi ) land.-d alt lT land.
Al'MIKAl. CKHVKIIA ACgt lTTKn
t AIiKIIl. July ; Admiral tVrv-ra and
o hi r cniniiiiil'-r of itwHvanlsh ft' t d-.
tiocd In iho tun tie f t4iKlaK0. who
ciindui'l dm t'n th atiliJeiM if Inquiry
by a Kwlal iurt in.irtUl. t. tolay ar
((iilttfd and formally llbi-ratrd.
11111.111 'INK VOI.f NTKKIW.
WASIIIN'llMN. July 7-lt In tt'd alt
!m- wnr d.Miritrwnt t"ly that almont
fv-ry ufDrvr who orvl In th voluntnr
army durlnK the war with Simln nd
who hail two honombly mured out.
had ojuln oft'.-r-l hl imtvIit to m"t
th nil of the Philippine ramilKn.
No b' than 10.000 aM'llmtlona fr Con
mNftlorw In the n-w voluntr army now
formlnar have bn Pfoelved at the war
dfpartmi-nt and have twn placed ' on
fll.
V(M,rNTKBR RKlUME.vre READT.
WASHINtlTON July T.-The t Mfl.
mt-ntii of volurrt'r will 1 equlipd
throuithoirt a are tho ivRiilnrs. Th or
dnanoo d piirtmi'nt ho on hand a if
fl.'tiMit nupply of Krai.-IorKi'nsi'n rlflo
iuhI otln-r arms to .-quip tin1 ivirtmntii.
AMERICAN laniES rRESENTEP
TO Ql'EBN VUTOHIA.
AlthoiiKli Her lluvnt Were In Hundred!"
Her Majesty TuflstiM AH Should
Have a Clip of Tea
I,cNlxN. July T. A number of Amerl
i'(t n. colonhil and continental guests of
M Internmloiirtl congrtM of women hav.
Intt exiret'd a deltv to pay their r
sptvi to the queen. Lady Aberdeen ar
rantswl a trip to Windsor this afternoon.
Lady Abertk't'ti made the prrsentutlons.
MiSunan It, Amhonv. who. with Mrs.
Mmy Wrlifht Sea-all. the newly elected
lre.ll'nt of the council, enjoyed the
privilege of the presentation. Mild to a
nrrv.ondent of the Associated pres
this evening:
Wlunt pb-asiM ni mot was when her
majesty said: "Now, I cannot have thc
ladles who nre visiting me return with
out giving tdiem a cup of toa."
84r Arthur Brlgga, the queen' private
secretary, replied:
"But, your majesty, they are here In
hurutfeds,"
"I don't care," said the queen. "If they
are In thousands, tihey must all hare a
oil of toa when they come to see mc."
And w had It In the queen's palace as
a recognition of the grwit womanhood j
of our country.
ISTHMIAN CANAL COMMISSION.
WASHTNOTON, July 7,-The Isthmian
canal commission, the suoccseor of the
Nicaragua canal commission, are consld.
erlng the details of the work before the
various commissions, the personnel of
which was announced about a week ago.
Lieutenant Sidney A. 8tautrton, flag lieu,
tenant on Admiral Sampson's cruiser,
the Now York, ws chosen secrJtarj' to
the commission. The Panama oun&l sec
tion of the commission will probably vis.
It iParls and arrangements are being
made to that end.
The A"ork of ttie old commission under
the previous appropriation Is being rap-
idly tvound up owing to the decision of
th trrvury drpartmi'nt thai th o!J
ll'r"irliitlon dova not hoUJ orer txvpt
In itw cttit of cutracl already entered
If no, Tti commleitl'm li hurrying to
make up It flld plah and It la thought
Um majority of the member will Mil
for the Uthmua by the end of July.
ATTK.VDANCE AT OURItiTlAN
ENL-EAVOR MEETUV03
SiK-rctary tuer 8ay th. Vain MeetlnKf
At LMrtrolt Ha Never Bfore Beeo
8o Crowded.
UJ-miOlT, Jul 7-Th mooted qut!o
of the number of people brought Into Do.
trolt by the Christian Endeavor conven
tion, cropped out at tb end of tonight'
w-aalon In a tent of lb. Endtavor when
Oocretwry Ilaer tO"k oocaalon to publicly
crlilclM th. Ieirok nerwapaper for aay.
I ii ir that the Influx of lkatr from
other atatea wa not nearly a great u
fiH'l ben anlkltd Io the (oral coo
mttteen' ei:lmat.
lu-r raid he had no atatTnent yet to
make a to the attendance aa compared
w ith other year, lie "pramlfted to make
one la'rr. but he raikd on all End-avfr.
.-in jir-rnt to rte. A large maj'lty of
hi- prriwiu tood up, whlcb Uer at-um-.-J
Ho be prf of hi vlr of th t.
ti-ndatve quentlon. At all event, the e
rwary lnltd that the Chrlatlan En
deavor tent had nver been before 'o
T"wdd and overflowed at every one o.'
th- main meeting!.
KAICMKK8 BL'FPER FROM
lX)NO CONTlNt'ED RAINS.
Curitrttmtioti Wanted for Seeds to H-lp
Texaa Farmer to Live I'ntll Be.
ginning at Next Y-ar.
JA!.VrTON. Tex.. July '.The itu
at Ion In the Draxo valley Is rapidly tm.
proving, and the river Is falling.
D. 8. Cage, a pronVnent ctttxen of
i:rokhlre. has ordered car load of
cotton eel. which he propose to glre
to all who will plan: and undertake to
. ultlvute a crop. He ay, moreover,
iht crops of cotton, aorgum. kafflr corn,
June crn and (wtatoea can be rsiixJ If
tht-e rx-ople had the seed, but they hv
m-lther se'd nor money and he sugiren
that contrttiutlon of seed would help
thn.
Ttwue crops would enable thm U Hv.
$
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This Newspaper, one of the oldest and best estaullhed on
the Pacific Coast, with long term and exclusive Associated Press
franchise, commodious building and entire plant, consisting of
Mergenthaler typesetter, fast press, and everything necessary to
constitute a first-class newspaper and job outfit, the finest and
most complete In Oregon, outside of Portland, for sale cheap.
Address 1
SAMUEL ELMORE, Proprietor,
until the beginning of next year, when
they would be able to draw supplies from
the merchants on the prospective crop.
There are rations enough at Brookshlre
to lust for a werk or more. Along the
Hraxos alone. It Is estimated, more than
lit.u0u negroes have lost everything.
The loss by drowned horses, mules und
cattle Is something enormous.
SAN FRANCISCO'S OtTER.
A Turse of HO.iXW to Secure the Jeffrles
Sharkey Fight.
StAN FRANCISCO, July 7,-No sooner
twul Chunvplon Jeffrie landed In thl city
than local promoters began working to
secure the coming fight between Jeffrie
and eharkey. The first offer came from
Charles Newman, In the ohape of a certi.
fled check for $5,000 de-posltea with a
morning paper, as a guarantee of his
sincerity In the affair. Newman, acting
solely In his own behalf, offers a purse
of ItO.OiiO." the contest to be hekl In this
cHy at the Velodrome, which w9 built
several years apo tor holdlns bicycle
races. It has a capacity of 15,000 person.
It Is the, purpose of the promoter, houId
he be th ucceesful bidder, to bring off
the match during the daytime.
Upon the heel of the first bid came one
from the Glen Park Company, with con.
dltlorw Identical with those made by
Newman, namely: A puree of $40,000, the
fight to take place some day In September
between the hour, of 9 a. m, and 8 p.m.
A check for 0000 will be deposited today
by the party asking the second otter.
MORE POIBONED CAiNDY.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 7.-Cheml9t
Price found a large Quantity of arsenlo In
the indy which wa sent to Mrs. Flor
ence Campbell and caused the alarming
Illness of herself and her friend, Mr.
Elsie Bcheib, last Friday night. The
address on the package was cut from an
old envelope whk-h It Is said Mrs. John
R. Re. thorn had sent to Miss Campbell
when the two women were conducting a
friendly correspondence. The police are
convinced that Mrs. Rathom did not tend
the polaon and are .till Investigating
the myaterlou case.
WORK FOR
MANY MEN
Thousands of Coke Ovens la
Pittstarr Will it Once
Resume Work.
WERE IDLE FOR YEARS
Ovens Will Be Poo to Foil Ca
pacity tbe First Time in
Tbelr History.
MINERS DIE FROM SCURVY
Prospectors Arrlvinr it Dawson City
Bflni Terrible Story of Suffer
1oe on Wind River.
P1TTSBCRO. July '.-Order have been
lmued for the resumption on Monday ct
all Idle coke ovens, and all oven hereto,
fore run five day a week will Putin
full time.
Thl will t the firm time In the history
of tho cote Industry that all oven wilt
be run on full time and mean the re
sumption of thouwndi of oven that nave
been Idle for years.
.Many more men will be given employ
roenjt as a eomsMjuenoe.
MINERS DIE FROM 8CURVT.
A S"ore of Prospector Die at Wind
River of the Dfnease.
SEATTLE. July 7. An unconfirmed
story conv from Dawon City that t-er.
eral prospector who Hove arrived ther.
over the Edmonton route report that
:cr of miner bva oted from fjcuny
a
Astoria, Oregon.
at Wind River, a branch of Pe El river,
and that a number of others are suffering
from Its dread effects. They had no list
of those who had died.
Dr. Martin, of Chlcag", was camped
with owo other Chicago men. Both were
taken down with scurvy. Martin loaded
them on a sled and tried to pull them to
Wind City, a distance of 73 miles whtre
he expected to find medicines and fresh
supplies.
One man died soon after the journey
begun. Martin took his other partner on
his back and completed the Journey.
M.VRCVS DALY ON MINING.
ANACONDA. Mont, July 7. In an In
terview printed this morning In the Ana.
ronda Standard Marcus Daly, who has
Just returned ftm New York, talked
freely about the many recent rumors In
regard to his alleged retirement from the
vast properties that are now owned by
th 'Amalgamated Capper Company. This
group Includes the mines formerly known
as the Anaconda group. Said Mr. Daly:
'I sold, wksffo, all my Anaconda
holdings. I bought Amalgamated Com.
pany shares. I own, Individually, as much
of this stock as any other holder. I ,rn
not parting with any of my stock; my
holdings In Butte and vicinity are rarger
than ever before.
'The Amalgamated company was or
ganised for the purpose of exploring the
Butte copper properties on a scale much
larger than any other undertaking of the
kind In this country.
"The work of exploration Is already
started. It will be carried on under my
direction. I was not elected president of
the company for fun or tor ornament or
for compliment. I expect to see this vast
work completed -that Is just beginning.
Mskes the food more delicious and vvhotesofae
oi tuma sowies eo., new mt.
I'nlea my asaoclalea In thl. company
want to put m out, I hall keep right on
being the- president of the Amalgamated
Oopper Company.
"I have no plan except tbosw that will
Identify ma constantly with Montana,, a
In the past. I don't know srher. In th.
world I couM do better than her. whor.
my friend., my horn, and my Interewi.
ar. and will continue to be, and I bar.
firm fa fib that those to whom 1 00 m
mended th. purchaa. of stock In th.
Amalgamated Copper Company wilt b.
mrlsfled with the renults."
COLONEL BRYAN AT
DOLLAR DINNER BANQUET.
The Ambitious Nebraskan 6tt!l Insist
That Silver Shall lie Mad th. Main
Issue In th. Next Campaign.
COLt-MBL'8. O., July T.-tAbout 10W
people attended the dollar dinner given
by the Young Men's Democratic club of
Columbus, in the Auditorium tonight.
The affair was strictly domocrattlo In It.
slmpllilty, all classes being represented.
The chief guest was Colonel William
Jennings Bryan. Judge Tarvta, president
of the league of bimetallic club of the.
Ohio valley. In a vltrollo speech, de
nounced the attempts bHnsj twuie to rele
gate th sliver question to the rear. He
Insisted that the Issue must be mad. as
prominent In 1M0 a ft -was In the Chicago
platform. The party must not tolerate
any dicker or trade for the frtirpooe of oh.
talnlng th vote of New York.
When Colonel Bryan w Introduced
there a another outbreak of applause.
Colonel Bryan Insisted that there must
be no retreat from the position taken In
1S3.
THE OREGON TROOPS
ARE STILL EN ROUTE.
Not looked for at San Francisco Until
Tuesday or Wednesday.
SAN FRANCISCO. July T.-The U. S.
transport New Port and Ohio aw now .
out twentyhree days front Manila wltih
the Second Oregon volunteers aboard her.
They should reach here next Wednesday
or Thursday. The returning troop wll;
be given a warm reception. The harbor
commissioners have placed the tug Gov
ernor Maxkham at the disposal of the
governors of California and Oregon, who
win be on band to meet the troops.
The transKrtation department of the
government k making arangements for
tending the Oregonlans home.
Th Newport and Ohio wiU be folhxwed
by the Indiana and Morgan City with In
valids; the Senator wi.h the Tenth Perm,
sylvanla; Hancock with batteries A and
B, of the First Utah, and the remain
of the First Nebraska; the Warren with
the First Colorado and Sherman wltb
the First California.
NEW STEEL PLANT.
ST. LOUIS. July ".-Article of Incor.
poratlon have been filed here by the
Svullin.JaI1agher Iron & Steel Company.
1; Is the Intention of the incorporators to
erect the largest and most complete steel
plant in the west. The capital stock of
the company is lT.00,000. but h Is said that
as goon as arrangement! at perfected
the sto will be Increased to S5.0U0.OJO.
A tract of 54 acres has been purchased
at Clifton Heights at a cos. of StUu.OOu
and the erection of a mammoth plant will
begin as soon as the detail can be ar
ranged. Thomas' M. Gallagher, one of the incor.
poralor:, k. a practical s.eel man and
owns several patent that will be used
by the company. Over 800 men will be
employed at the start, but It Is exp-cted
that the force will eventually be much
larger. The company will do a g neral
iron and steel business, but will m.ke a
special".- of railroad work and ateel cast.
Ings.
WISCONSIN CENTRAL
RAILROAD 13 SOLD.
Announoemem Made by Special Master
Hjyt Compacts Among Other Rull
roads Officially Denied.
EAU CLAIRE. Wis., July ".Special
.Muster Hoyt today sold the Wl&eonstn
Central railroad to the reorganliatlon
committee for $730,000.
COMFACT RUMOR FALSE.
PHILADELPHIA, July 7.-(A prormln.
ent official close to President A. J. Cas-
satt, of the Pennsylvania railroad, today
denied the published statement that the
Pennsylvania railroad and New York
Central railroads had entered into a
compact by which the systems had prac.
tioally become one.
GALLOWAY ISSUES A SATEMENT
NEW YORK. July 7.-Concernltvg the
report that the New York Cemral ys
tern and the Pennsylvania railway sys
tem were to be merged. S. R. Galloway,
president of the New York Central rail
svay today Issued this statement: "Ther.
Is no truth tn tbe report."
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