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aSTOJUA OUEGftN, TUESDAY ')ttNlNG. JCLY II. im.
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Stoves -
Are not mode from tho tcru-'ilQ
or in a kindergarten school.
Eclipse Hardware Co.
W Ulv TrndlnK Btottip.
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GRIFFIN
RALSTON...
HEALTH CLUB
Acme Gluten Farloi, Acme Wheat Flakes and Standard Boiled Oats
AT A. V. ALLEN
ASTORIA CASH GROCERY
Tenth and Duane Streetn.
Lookat th Pollowlna Price.,
Western Refinery Sugnr,
KoNt (.ofTcu
(iiiodQimlityTcft
Rolled Out
Bctuu
Japan Rice
Good yuullty Hour
Oyster
Tom h tint
Here Is
01 some High Grade Goods at moderate prices j
RALSTON HEALTH PCODS la great variety
. fresh from the mills'.
AROMATIC SPICES guaranteed the Tlnest.
TILL.MANN'S PL'RB EXTRACTS.D , y
CHASE ft SANBORN'S COrKES are n-
rlvallcd. Toflether with host of other
good things.
ROSS, HIGGINS & CO
jleui Zealand fin Imnm Go
Of New Zealand.
W P. Thomas, Mgr., San Francisco.
UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS.
' Subscribed Capital $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 the Pacifio Coast over Twenty-two years.
SAHUEL ELMORE & CO.,
Resident Agents, Astoria, Oregon.
.OUR -
Tinware
BOOKS...
Blank and
Miscellaneous.
PAPER...
New Crape and
Type-writing.
Waterman Fountain Pens i
Ilox Decorated Itiper
and Hnvlop-iio.
&
Breakfast Food
Barley Food
Select Bran
Yeast
Cocoa
18 pound fur $1.00.
10 " l.WJ.
I .:w.
8
10 " .25.
4 ' . .2S.
1 Suck .7S.
12 Cutis 1.00.
II KH.
.Country Produce Bought.
a List
Improved Mikado and
Empire Cream
Separators.
1?
Thsy tr ib impi'ii and most sffloteat
Separators assd. For Ml. by
Foard & Stoke Co.Astorla
Your Wife
Will Ilk It; so will ins rook.
Star UwteUe Range
istl.fy .11 who bp thtm
31k
tr four better half do. th. eookiag,
thai Is in Sf1r111fon..l Milan whv there
1 should be a Blr Eststs Rang. In Tour
i kltrnsn. Th u. or thm prsv.Bts worry
; and disappointment
! . W. J. SCCIXT. Agent,
i UJ Bond Street. -
Andrew Lake
5 COMMERCIAL, 8T.
...Merchant Tailor...
Perfect Pit Guaranteed. Low Trices.
Repairing tad CleaAlaf Haallr Dom.' .
THE PR00F
f Uv. toeMta M U MUM
aad tha proaf tf tkiaer. :
IS IN SAMPLING
r
Tkt' mi trrutMt that, torn-
Oar. wfll Um4 Um twe
HUGHES & CO.
UNION ASSURANCE SOCIETY
OF LONDON.
StUbllriMl dartn Um dn t Q.mb
Attn. A. D. mi
FIRE AND LIFE.
lulMoritMd CapiUl I IBMO M
lUMt. H.NMMM
lurtXui to oUT kaMm..... M
Biotmtfr. of paid aapttal
Law Union and Crown
Fire and Life Insur
ance Co.
Subaortbod or gvamniMl at a.
ital I T.HMM N
Capital paid LW.M0 N
AMt M.UM N
Catton, Bell & Co.
Gkaaral AfMta, faa FraMlao, CaL
Samuel Elmore & Co.
RaaldMt Acuta. Ajtorta Oratoa,
If
-'- -- :v If
THE BATTLE
NOW STARTED
Astoria Beglnnlor to Get In
to Line for her Future
Destfoy.
MORE HELPFUL IDEAS
Harmony inJ pash Will Win tbe
Day A.alnst Exlstlcf
Corntlnarlons.
EVERYBODY MUST DRILL
TrenenJous PoMlbllltlei to Com
nercc isl TriJe Awtlt the
Ptvflc Hortbwest.
In Xuii.Ui' ImiM ( ttm Antoiian tho
.tattmKnt mul Oval Um AMortan
lvtl umtrrukca a aolutlun at tb proU
Itm a to whMhrr a cotnrorrotal (uluro
watlcO Atorta, located aa it l. at thf
Joor" ot tho grrtX Olumblan
tmsln. or n-tirtlirr Um vat tairt rl
nw to 1m advancnl many million of
dollar In value, anit aiiK-h naturally
rtiouJl (ktwl an lnlt at that point, would
pwmittMl to to to twr rival port
on luirH xmiik!. k m alw nmiUoacd
tti dit to U'lrrmine rti qunwtloo. that
the wmtlnwnt o( iM buslnrm public
wuulJ 1m nolk-Wrd, ihu rokK a Tart-
ety ot liW and reloni frvan which
a loehal uwlnrii.iB mlfctit b made. To
diU otkI tlie Mlowlnir qurrk-a r pra-ln-d
and autnlttyd 4o taxpayrra and
oa r Ui vi for a aert "of Imirf-
tl)-VII.VT. IN YOl'R OriS ION. HA8
THI S FAR KKTARDED TJ1E DEVEU
OKMKST OK ASTORIA A9 AOAISST
I1KR NEI'HIBORIXO SEAPORTS, TA
(UM AND SEATTLE t
tit-Si VU BEING THE CASE. AND
OONiUDKRINO THAT THE WASHING
TON Ul-REAi: OF STATrTICS NOW
ANNOUNCES THAT M1U.IONS OF
DOIJ.AR3 OF NEW EXPORT TRADE
Id TO BE AT, ONCE OPENED UP
WITH TUB ORIENT. WHAT IMMEDI
ATE AND DKOWIVE .MEASURES
WOl'I.D TOl' 9CMt&T THE CITY
TAKING TO CHANGE EXISTING
CONDITIONS AND 8ECTRE FOR AS
TORIA HER RIOHTKl'l, 8HARE OF
FlREIGN' TRAFFIC t . .
Aa th announeenwnt nxwie rhat
hV- lmrtk'w K1 Vo eonllnud until
II who Mr4 mlrfht k lvrn a twarlng.
th iitl.yrtf'o th fitllowlnf rent's
n ar MvwnU-J m addition to thoaf
alrvaily rltttl: i
A RANDALL of I'ortland.-"It U
hard I y my lmprv"n that bh .hallow
nws of trio river entrance prior to thf
itiv nimu'limii In ttw ltret cauw of
AlorU K Kuko-aiMnoas. I rather attrU'.
uie It to thff lack of raflxay facllltiea
prior to this time, so eenttal In mow
hitf the produiMn of the Upland country
lo tho wahT front. In Ui year gone
.... .k. .i..iih rf Uhi. rl-.taite In no
maimer Interfered whh ahlpa of that
lime. WKh Hie xin!n In anipoing
t(Hiinik-e euro lti tiro million dollar Jet
ly. ami none that Mill largvr vw! are a
ronunenHal nw-ewlty. th ulatement l
piriilhl Uiat the irowrnment win not
halt In Its work of Improvement ut will
mill further increase the depth of tne
harW wi trance, Answerlns; flw aeoml
query, I wouUI ay now and for aH uw,
Astorltans iHd oltmlnai all the alrtfn
ami nmtentlonii alU"h I am told have
been ao prevalent and Join hands for tne
common (rooil. Wliat has mad Seattle?
Evervlw.lv gripping nd putting in uni.
mn on the ame toa-IU. You hava a
lallroud now. Follow thla Improvement
by Inducing capital to build your whane
...i -.MA,uie and elevator wnwn ara
Jurt as needful aa the train aervk. If
.... .i.nii.l. house, be doosn't Willi It or
Oocupylng It until tt l flnlalied. Tlere.
fore. I say, get monlea peopw io proviiw
. ..ii.i... t iiw. ivHrnatl trafnc wwn It
lacuuicv v. v..
Is ready. It ' coming, and the tlm. ii
noil far off."
MLinoians a IjLBN. "Astoria, In my
opinion, ha a glowing futuro. Whll. H
v. mt that outside InfiuenooB and
tih lack of oxmmon point raws ara Just
now holding her back, iwr geograpnicai
location Is bound In the end to assort
Itself, aind sooner or later she will rake
her proper rank with tb larger scacoaat
i.i. ir auch aeenclos as are now re
larding her could at once be removed, I
will venture the assertion that in an in.
credible short .time we would have a
population of from 30,000 to 60,000 people.
W have rtie greatest fresh water hai
bor to the world our plao. on the map
la unequaled. Wa have the resxiurcM,
which largely furnish (tie world', dailf
bread, ami w must let ati. .hipping
wort4 understand thla ffcet BngUnd
buys Utousands of bushels of srneat an
nually from the Pacific coast, but I qua.
Don whether the Liverpool merchants
utwVfftKand conditions as ttwy exit, or
should exist here. For example, suit
two of tu-r large km porting (Inns charter
vessel and send the on to Antorla and
tlie other to Taoma tor wheat. They are
In company until off the mourb of the Co
lumbia liver, when, separating, on. stup
enters the Coiumlda river and shortly
hereafter I anchored at the Astoria
docks. Th other proceeds to Seattle.
For days she must beat up the coast.
bucking headwinds and oorssumln tiro
until the Straits ot Juan de Fuca ar.
reacoed. wtneo site Is taken la tow and
floated to tier destination. Figuratively
speakm-, she Is then almost wittiln a
tone's throw of tlie Astoria ahlp. An
equal number of days would ordmartly
be occupied for the return trip. Long
bettor. n can possibly load and depart
(tie vessel at Astoria bam begun her
homeward Journey, and the Intelligent
mercnant Who purchased at thla port has
his ship again embarked an another
cruise. I mention this as a simple Ulur.
tr 1.1km at what might be realised were
the proper spIrM of enterprise manifested
to secure the common point which wHI
bring trade. To Interrogatory two, I
wuld way that If the present disaffection
among our people which so seriously ln
terfrt with our progress was re mo red
we aouti soon have common point rate,
and the future we are so anxious to eo.
tertata."
W. W. HARRISON, representing
Charles Bcrtbner's Sons. Sun Francisco.
"Not being an Astorian, I feel somewhat
lUfndmt aHK rendering an opinion as
to what you? city should do to realise a
greater prosperity. We believe. In Ban
Francisco, that the time la almost at
hand when rhe export and Import traffic
from ttv Pacific coast will exceed that
of the (Atlantic, and of course. K Is a
question aa to which of the various rival
ports will become the great metropoila
of the future Seattle. Los Angeles) and
San Diego are all alive to ehe situation
and each Is struggling to attain super
iority as a commercial center. San Fran,
ctrtco fetalis sse In her present lead
whk h Is pretty weM explained In the fact
.ttiat the Oriental Pacific Company, with
general offices In that city, has let Urge
contracts both to the Cramp people at
Philadelphia and to English concerns (or
a number of vessels of the heaviest ton.
naxe. Other companies are also Increas
ing tielr shipping facilities. Exporters
at Ban Francisco, assert tliei the cow
tract let there for new vessels mean that
a fight Is to be precipitated against the
Emprtm line, under the control of the
Canadian Paotn'.', but the trurn Is there
Is a gra ving concern as to the Importance
of she Sound porta and the possibility of
a great city springing up at she mouth
of the Columbia. It Is also well to say
that President Hfll. of the Great Norch.
m, has a keen appreciation of the ln
pending conditions. Already the Great
Northern is carrying thousands of bales
of cotton to the Pacific coast, which are
fed to It via the great lakes from the
southern ".e. and thousands of tons
of steel as well, all for export by the
Japanese steamers now running to the
Orient. Still Mr. HM is giving all his
csnetxion at this tiros to the creation of
a jrrwter trane.PsK'MIc line of steamers.
The line of Ori-."n4al vessels leaving Ta
coma under the control ot the Northern
Pacific, whl( were started as an experi
ment, are now pronounced a success,
and my undemanding Is that this road
is now extr rising all of . Us tremendous
revourwa towards ar( increase of Its
shipping facilities. This brings me to a
ronsidratlon of the big railway reorgetw
liatlon pending between the VnKn Pa. J
clflc. Oregon Short Line and the 0. R. A
N. It Is no kilo talk to allege rhat the
Vanderbllts scent the vast millions hi
store in the Oriental traffic, and sr ron
cootlng a plan to rival the transcomi.
mrMHl .Urn's already existing. Should
Ihksbe 'the case, ajnd It looks very plaus.
Mk. Astoria ought to be made the outlet
foer the extensive: business they will cn.
duct aorUss the Pacific. 'My trip, Just
finished, over the O. R. N. system,
Indhwtes that an sncreasd Itrafflo Is
contvmila,ted. aa the roadbed Is being
generally re-taUlasted. curves are being
straightened and other Important lm
provwnenta made. There Is a force, and
a heavy one. coming In 'behind It. To
your second question, let me say, don't
sic tlll and wait for the cow to back up
and he milked. lump In and get ready
for the business that Is coming above all
aim to get a line of steamers established.
Don't wait for the Vandertillts. but hustle
for It you twelves. It Is a factor of ure
prtfcedeMed Importance now. I tell you
the people all over Oregon ace entirely
too conservative. Let me IHusirate. If
a Washlngtonlan makes M0 he at once
remvesta t0 of It, for the reason that he
has an hnpUck confidence In she future
of his town. But If an Oregonian makes
M0 he will acheme to a degree how he
can salt away the WW and only d1agorc
the ISO lor an Investment. In short, your
people need to adopt some of the 8eattle
ami Ohktago sprit There Is a lack of
publfo enterprise chat must be corrected."
W. W. WHIPPLE. "I read the Inter,
views in Sunday's paper, and one In par
ticular meehJ any Idea, of needed reform
hi Astoria. It says that we lack self
tvllanca, are dpflrfeitt In energy and
unity and require some of the Seattle
das'lv Tills Is true, and I trust that the
atfltaitlon which the Aatorlan has taken
up will bear fruit and stir the city to a
realtxntlon of her possibilities, I notice
that Mr. Fulton suggests a building up
of our lumber trade. This reminds me
that logo are towed from here to Goble,
60 miles up tho river, converted Into
lumber, returned here and sold cheaper
than we can procure It from our own
mills. A condition of this peculiar char.
ROUND ROBIN
FROM MANILA
General Otis' Mmajcment
Impotned by War Cor
respondents. THE PEOPLE DECEIVED
As I'ltn-OpHmlstlc View Pre
senter Kut Stare by Field
Off leers.
SITUATION IS ALARMING
Filipinos Rot Deaorailzel Ml Flt
res of Aaerlcit Arms fa Uiy
Instances Saptresscl.
MANILA. July a via Hngkorsj, July
17. The constantly increasing strictness
of oensorsfalp of wis pra dispatches
.which has prevented the oabttnf to the
United States of anything that dM not
reflect the official views of Important
events and conditions resulted In a united
effort on the part of correspondent, here
to secure an abatement of tne rigor. of
censorship. The tnklatlv. In tMs dlreo
lion wss taken a monflh ago, and result,
ed m the forming of a statement which
was presented on Sunday. July , to Ma
jor General Otis, commanding the mill
tary forces of the UnKed States In the
Philippines, with a request fur permission
to telegraph H to the United State
Correspondent, also ask for permis.
slon to cable their paper aH the (acts
and different phases of event as.they
transpired here. The correspondents had
two long Interviews with Otis, in the
course of which they claimed the evident
purpose of the censorship was not to keep
information from the enemy, but to keep
from a public knowledge of the real con
dition of affairs here. It was also assert
ed by correspondents that newspapers
printed In Manila which reach the enemy
weekly are permitted to publish state
ments similar to thore which the corre
spondents are forbidden to cable. Otis
finally promised greater liberality, agree
ing 19 pass all matter that be. might con.
skier not detrimental to the imereata of
the I'nlte States.
General Otis appointed Captain Green,
of his staff, as censor. The statement of
the correspondents! Is as follows.
"The undersigned, all staff correspond
ents of American newspapers stationed
in Manila, unite In the following state
tnent:
We believe that from official dispatch.
es made public In Washington, the people
df.jhc United States have not recelvtd
a correct Impression of the conditions m
h 'PhUlpplnes. but that these dispatches
I haw presented an ultra-opt Imistlc view
that Is not snareit by general ameers jn
the field. We believe that the dispatches
incorrectly represent existing comMtbris
among the Filipinos in respect to dls
senskxi and demoralisation resulting
from the American campaign, and to the
brigand character of their army. W be.
lleve the dlnparches err In the declara
tion 'thtt the situation Is well In hand'
and the assumption that the Insurrection
can be spedily tnded without greatly In
creasing force. -
"We think the tendency of the Filipino
purpose has been underestimated and
that the statements are unfounded that
the volunteers are unwilling to engage in
further service. Censorship has com.
pelled us to participate In this misrepre
sentation by exercising or altering tin
controverted sttatetients of the facts on
th plea, aa General Otis stated, that
they would alarm the people at home, or
have people of the United1 States by the
ears. SpevMleatlonw. Prohibition of re
ports: suppression of full reports of the
fleW operations In event of failure; sys
tematic minimisation of naval operations
and the suppression of complete reports
of the situation.
"John T. 'McCurcheon and Harry Arm
strong. Chicago Record; Oscar K. Davis
and P. O. 'McDonnell, New York Sun;
Robert M. Collins. John P. Dunning and
C, L. Jones, the Associated Press; John
F. Bass and WU1 Dinwiddle, New York1
t IV v
V- S a '
V AaWaVVTU.T yVHJU '
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
Herald ; Ed Kerne, Scrlpp.McRa As
sociatlon; Richard Little, Chicago Trib
une."
SENSATION AT WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. July 17.-The public.
tlon of tins war correspondents' formal
Indlorment of General Otis' management1
of the Philippines caused a sensattbn In
tha department her.. Generally there wS
a strong disinclination exhibited by of
ficials to discuss this last "Round Robin."
Oenanal Miles, who mm acting- secretary
H war In th. absence of Becr-stsrr AV
ger and Assistant Secretary VerUeJobn
would not comment trpon the dispatch.
Adjutant General Corbln mid:
Yes. fte. oxnplaint. bav oen
b rough to my notice and word of ex
planattoa I perhaps due to th country
no less than to th. department. C ensure
of th so-called censored press Is without
Just cause; and evidently mad under a
mlsa prehension of facia.
"There has been do Information re
celved from General Otts that baa not
been given to & press promptly on th
bulletin board In the hall of this office
and every fair minded representative of
the press will bear witness to this state
ment. "Whet wouM toe manager of ona of
the complaining papers say if Informa
tion concerning the business of bis pas
per waa Inquired for of the printers ratti
er than at the business officer This is a
case exactly in point. Th standing In.
struct km of the president and Che sec
rstary of war are that the public shall t
tven aK the Information w receive. Thuj
has been don. and will continue to be
dooe.
"Of course plans of campaigns that
would be of help to Agulnaldo and other
rebels hare not and will not be promul
gated, but all facts ot events transpinnc
have been given In full."
CANADA DEEPENINO HER
OANALS AND HARBORS.
Another Evidence That All Future Ooea
Carriers Will Have Large
Bo'toms.
MONTREAL. July tf.-The work of
deepening the St- Lawrence canal which
hu been going on for many years, Is
sow about completed and it Is announced
that by September at the latest there
will a channel fourteen feet In depth
from Lake Ontario to Montreal. Here,
tofora some of the canals were only nine
feet deep and for this reason the lake
frefeht steamers have bad to transship
at Kingston. With the deeper channel
they will be able to come through di
rect from Port Cofcorne, on Lake Erie,
ttte bead of h WeRand eamrl to Mon
treal and here transship their cargoes
to ocean going steamships. Several sup
pksnentary step, toward the building
up of this transportation route ar now
to be taken. Tha work I to begin forth. 1
wioh of dredging out the harbor at Port
Coiborne and ertending this so that tha
large freighter plying upon the upper
lake wit! be able to enter the harbor and;
dlschargecar jo aa easily as they can now
at Buffalo. At 'Montreal, K Is satd. the
government has decided to erect ns a
public work, an immense gratn elevator.
As the reward for all this capital out.
lay. running btgh up Into the minions,
Canada expects to deflect a large amount
of grain from the Erie cans!. ;
. i" ssiussi. tJMVJr X
BRITTSH LAW FOR ;
.AMERICAN SAILOR MEN.
Crew of Transport Tartar Mutiny But
Return to Work at Instance of Brit
ish Consul.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 17.-Sixty
seven members of the Chinese crew of
the transport Tartar have been on a
strike for several days ha1ng demanded
double pay for the voyage to Manila.
The vessel was acquired by the govern
meit from the Canadian 'Pacific Railroad
Company and the action of the men ren.
dered 'rhem liable to six months impris
onment hen the vessel reached a Brit
ish port. Through the intervention of
the Chinese consul general here and the
British consul the matter had been ad.
Jrsted. When the seriousness of their
offnse had been Impressed upon tho
mutineers they gave In, rescinded their
demands and In return they received
assurance that they would not foe
prosecuted.
THE FEARLESS CHARTERED.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 17.. -The new
tug Fearless, recently bnllt for the
Spreckles Bros., has been chartered by
the United States government. She la of
steel, lnu fewt In length, with a breadth
of 32'j feet and Indicated horsepower of
1 For the present she will be used
In attending especially to the docking
f transports. The terms of the contract
for the new vessel has not been agreed
uin as yet but lit will no doubt be kept
as kmg as It 1 required.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
E. L. Mitchell and wife to John H.
Smith, w u. April , tstss; tract of
kind adjoining Bumslde donation
rand claim i ft?
M. J. Kinney and wife to the Will
amette Puip it faper Co.. q o. July
li. ISO acres in section 36, tp n
r w 2
w