The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-10-11
THE WATERWAY CONVENTION.
Memorial And Resolutions Committee
Notes From Across The Atlantic. Etc.

PORTLAND, Oct. 10.-Upon the re.
assembling of the fourth session oi
Columbia Waterway association al
the Board of Trade rooms this morn.
ing, the first business was the pre-
sentation Of the committee on me-
mortal and resolutions report.
Messrs. NJ. G. George and J. F. Hal.
loran were absent, but Messrs. Hol
Ion Parker, B. s. Huntington and W.
P. Gray presented the report which
had been made up and signed at the
committees rooms at late hour the
evening before.
The committee presented two re-
| ports or memorials; one to the sen
ate and house of representatives of
the United States, and one to the
next legislature Of the state of Ore
gon.
The first went on to say that the
fourth annual meeting of the associ-
alton desired to express its gratitude
to the Oregon congressional delega-
ton and the friends of the river and
harbor improvement in congress for
the liberal appropriations for the Co.
lumbia river in the present congress,
and urged the necessity of continu-
GUS appropriations for the same work
1t cited the fact that the area of $50,
600 square miles drained by the Co.
lumbia river and its tributaries, in a
part of which yield of fifty bushels
to the acre is not uncommon, was fast
filling up, and that in the name OF
the people of this section of the
country the association respectfully
memorialized congress to take active
measures that the product of the
field, the forest and the mine might
find adequate outlet to tide water.
The memorial called attention to
the fact that while warehouses on the
upper and middle Columbia were
filed. inadequate means of transpor-
tation delayed the proper forwarding
of wheat. 1t endorsed the removal
of distractions at Priest Rapids,
Cabinet Rapids and Rock Island Rap
ids and gave stress to the need OF
proper portage or ship railway facili-
ties at the Cascades, the Dalles, and
Cello, and virtually endorsed the bill
which has passed the senate appro-
priating S50O.0O0 for this purpose.
The second memorial recognizing
the deed Of some temporary expedi-
ent, menorializes the coming state
legislature regarding the advisabllity
OF favorable legislative action, look
ing to portage railway at the Dalles,
the Cascades and Cello.
FOSTERS WHEREABOUTS.
New YORK, Oct. 10.-Superinten-
dent Bangs of the Pinkerton detect
i've agency says that Foster, the
missing attorney of the produce ex-
change, who is wanted for the forgery
of mortgages for $193, 900, is in Can
ada, and the agency expects to secure
his arrest in few days.
KINGSTON, Ont, Oct. 10-W. R. Fos-
ter remained in hiding here some
days. Had his picture reached the
police one day sooner he would have
been captured.
EvADING CUSTOMS DUTIES.
OTTAWA, Ont, Oct. 10.-Four in
spectors of customs for Manitoba,
along the boundary between Dakota
and Manitoba, have revealed the fact
that extensive smuggling operations
in opium, wheat and other valuable
products are being carried on. Large
quantities of Canadian timber have
found their way into the United
States without the knowledge of the
owners or the government officials.
The headquarters of the parties en-
gagged in the operations are at st. Joe
and Walhalla, Oak, and Mordenman.
BIsMARCKs SECRET.
PARIS, Oct. 10.-The Herald'S Eu-
ropean edition published map with
an article revealing Bismarck's secret
and foreshadowed partition of Eu-
rope by the three emperors, and all
the leading French papers reproduced
it. The matter is creating much in
terest. The article says the emperors
thoroughly understand each other
and to-day the entire mechanism OF
premier Bismarck's work shop is di.
rected against England. When the
wires are all laid he will strike Eng.
lands most vulnerable points, hel
eastern possessions, her enormous
trade with the east, and her maritime
commerce all over the world. The
eventual annexation of the delta oI
the Rhine, including Holland, Lux.
emburg, and part of Belgium, by Ger.
many, is already tacitly assented to
by Russia and Austria. Hollands
colonies go with Holland. In con,
sideration of their acquiescence Rus
sia and Austria are to have adequate
compensation. Russia is to have 6
perfectly free hand to take whenever
she chooses, Constantinople, the east
ern half of the Balkan peninsula anG
all she can grasp in central Asia, Per
sia and India Austria is to have tn,
western half of the Balkan peninsula
and Salonica, and each empire viii
have magnificent water front
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