The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-01

paper and oil cloth. Have you seen oui
stock9 q. " Porter, old Central hOte
Commercial street.
Miss Dr white. formerly ot india, viii
deliver an address In the NJ. l.. church to-
night at the prayer meeting hour DR.
White will speak on hospital work as car
ried on In India, Admission free.
II. A. LaBarre. S. schmidt. r. W
Schmidt c, W, Ashford, II. J. Morrison
G. W. Stewart, r. Stabj. Portland: ]
san Francisco: q. W. Ha'
zen, Seattle, are guests at the occldent
The books and furniture Of the auditors
Office of the q. c. Il +. railway arrlveS
yesterday and thar Office has been con-
sollda,ed under f. d, Kuettner with h'
auditing department OF the A, \ {. r.
r., II.
Plaid Ribbons at Dunba.ss.
II you have hides, wool. nirs. rags
bottles. lead, brass, copper, bone, or any
kind Of Junk for sale, ship It to r. NJ
CASTOR, los Fourteenth street, Astoria
Oregon. or write him and he viii call al
your place and set Il, He pays cash,
Through an oversight IN yesterdays
issue the odd Fellows were omitted from
the account Of the different organizations
in the line Of march Memorial Day. The
odd Fellows were out in greater numbers
than any other order, excepting the naval
reserve.
Fisher Bros. report trade as Improving
and yesterday received large stock OF
new goods. There were many people In
from the country yesterday and local
traffic was good Foard & stokes CO.
and Ross. Higgins & Co. also reported a
heavy trade. II was steamer day and an
unusually large stock OF fruits and yege-
tables was disposed o..
The upper river has been rising the past
few days. The Willamette river at Port
land was reported to have risen over Il
fee, Tuesday morning. with danger Of the
docks and cellars on Front street being
flooded. The Snake and willamette are
falling. but all the other rivers are rising.
The freshet and muddy water in the up
per Columbia and Willamette will be OF
much benefit TO the fishermen.
The Pacific Coast company viii COM
menee operations In a few days in the
remodeling and extension OF its coal
bunkers at the east end OF the O. R. &
y. dock. Provision will De made for coal
ing ocean steamers direct and for a team
track for delivery 10 city trade in a more
manner than heretofore. The
improvement Is IN the line ot progress
and will add much TO the business OF the
city.
Mine host Alex Megler Of the Occideni
hotel has a pretty good Joke on his wash
Chinaman. who DO want to see win
In this war. John" asked Mr.. Megler,
America or Spain?" John seemed pug
zled for second. but his Mongollan
caught the drift OF sentiment
and he replied: me no llkee Splaln;
him all the time too muchee talkee, talkee:
Mclean man him dewey, dewey. dewey;
Mclean man win"
The Murray hotel. formerly the Parker
house, will open this morning under the
management Of Mr.. F. NJ. Gum. known
throughout the state as a thorough hotel
man. The house has electric lights, mod
ern conveniences and will be run as a
strictly hrst-class house. Mr.. Stevens.
well known by Portland drummers, will
have charge OF the bar. Weekly rates
will be made and with free sample rooms
for travelling salesmen Mr.. Gunu prom
Ises to look out for the comfort OF his
guests Of all classes.
Mr.. James Murray. who Is over from
Dwaco. reports that what almost was a
riot occurred there Yesterday morning.
Some Joker holsted the Spanish flag over
the Stars and Stripes on the flag pole
of a prominent store and before the pro-
prietor knew what was going on an angry
mob entered his place and threatened all
manner OF punishment The situation
was soon explained and the matter ad-
justed by hauling down the yellow Of
fender.
Mrs. Mary Ann Davis Johnson. widow
OF the late Captain Phil Johnson. died
Monday afternoon from valvular disease
OF the heart. after an illness Of several
months, aged 20 years. The deceased was
born in Liverpool. England, and came to
Astoria In 1s49 She leaves two grand
children. Esther Johnson. aged Q. and
Mary Johnson. aged Il. The funeral Will
take place today from Grace church at 1870
p m, and the remains inferred In Green
wood cemetery.
The Second division. oregon naval bat
TALON. will hereafter drill three nights in
the week. For the past two weeks II has
drilled regularly every night in accordance
with instructions from headquarters and
has attained such a degree Of proficiency
that II Is not necessary longer 10 put The
bows m such n severe test. During the re-
malnder OF the week the boys will drill
night and Saturday night No
thing definite IS known yet when they will
be called out. but Lieutenant Commander
Lewis of Portland IS expecting Instruc-
tons daily TO move the battalion 10 some
point for service Whether the battalion
will he ordered ont as a whole or whether
a detachment will be taken from each
Of the three divisions rs not certain. but
the latter is most probable. Some Of the
members Of the division are ready for
orders at a moments notice and will be
sadly disappointed II not numbered among
ne conQuering army when the Spaniards
lay down their arms.
The British bark 'Glenbank, Captain
Williams lj1 davs from Calcutta. arrived
In yesterday with a cargo OF jute bags and
gunnysacks. The Glenbank was several
lays overdue and experienced some strong
head winds on the passage. Soon after
leaving Calcutta Captain Williams ran
into a calm and made but little headway
for several days. On leaving Calcutta
three months provisions were put on