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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1900)
TUK MORNING A3TU1UAN TUKSt'Al, AI'GISI' 7, ilHIO. BTORS CLOSES AT t P. M. EXCEPT SATURDAY. ...TODAY... LADIES' VESTS "Worth 12 cents. They are white, fine ribbed Q p low neck and sleeveless, or with w hite wing sleeves v w vCl Headquarter for Dry Good SPEAKER OF HOUSE ASTORIA'S GUEST Hon. D. B. Henderson Was in the City Yesterday. PLEASED WITH HIS VISIT Manifest Great Interest la Oar Lead lot la. dmtriti-Took Trip to the Month ol the Columbia River. Speaker David B. Henderson, of the house of representatives, arrived la this city yesterday afternoon, accom panied by his wife and daughter and many prominent citizens of Portland. They were met here by a delegation of Astoria citizens. Afttr the party accompanying the speaker had lunched at the Occident, and the speaker had lunched on his private car. the party boarded a special train for Flavel. On the way to that place the party left the train to Inspect one of the canneries. Here the speaker became quite Interested and expressed regret when he departed from the place that he had not the time to remain and see everything thoroughly. At Flavel. the train was met by the tug Wallula. and a trip around the bay was In order. At Fort Stevens a salute of eighteen runs was fired In honor of the distin guished visitor, who was Invited by the officers of the post to pay them a visit Owing to his time being limited Mr. Henderson reluctantly declined. The many points of Interest were polnt ed out by the speaker, as readily as If be had lived here many years. It showed that he had studied the situa tion thoroughly and was willing to do all within his power to Improve the riv er, t'pon the return of the party to the city a reception Was held at the Occident, when an those who felt so Inclined came forward and spoke to As toria's distinguished guest. After dinner the party was driven around the city and shown the many points of Interest. The train for Portland was boarded at t o'clock. After a short visit there, the speaker will go to his !ome In Iowa, While here the political situation was not discussed to any great extent, Mr. Henderson merely remarking that suc cess was sure to come to the Repub lican party at the next election. The Interest manifested by him In the fishing and timber Industry was convincing enough to his hearers that they have every confidence In hl9 as surance that he will do all within his power to assist In encouraging not on ly the fishing and lumber Industry, but also the Improvements on the Columbia river. TALKED TO A BLANKET. Strange Actions of a Man In the City Jail Effects of Drink. "Those fellows had rifles pointed at Gus and me, and said they'd shoot us If we went out the door," eald A. A. Anderson to an Astorlan representative yesterday. But there was little danger of the fellow stopping a bullet, had his re mark been the truth; because he could not have passed out of the door he mentioned had he wished to do ro. Anderson was behind a heavily bolt ed door In the city Jail and docketed on the books as a plain Jag, but this was merely done to hold him until the county authorities came for him. He was picked up on the street Sat urday evening because of his strange antics. Although not violent, he Is un doubtedly Insane from drink. When first se?n In his cell Anderson was standing with his back to the door, holding an animated conversation with a blanket hung on the wall. When spoken to by Chief Hallock, he came to the door and said: "Those fellows wont' let Gus and I go out; they will hoot us." He was told that no one was In the cell with him. Turn ing to the blanket he said, "Say, Gos; are you there?" Then turning to Chief Hallock. said. "He's there." . Sheriff Llnvllle came In for the pris oner and questioned htm concerning his work. "On every subject Anderson was sane, until the blanket was men tioned. He was sure "Gus was there." The Sheriff went Into the' cell, and re moving the blanket said: "Where is ycur friend, now?" Anderson gazed around the room In a dazed manner, on the lower Columbia. and remarked: 'He must be In the room." The man was taken to the county Jail to await an Interview with Judge Gray, when tha: official will decide where to send him. Anderson is no doubt insane, but may recover without having to undergo a forced vacation at Salera. FOREIGN FRUIT SHIPMENTS. Treatment of American Fruits Abroad Investigated. NEW TORK. Aug. 6.-Prof. John B. Smith, state entomologist of New Jer sey, has Just returned "rom abroad where he went to Investigate the re strictions again American fruits. Prof. Smith also Investigated the meth ods of handling Inserts In European countries. With regard to the fruits. Prof. Smith ascertained that it would be practically Impossible tor American fruits to be shipped lnt- France except hy treaty management. French offic ials have an Idea that all American fruits are tabooed. If the fruit Is forced through there is so much red tape about it that the fruit spoils before it reaches the hands of the customer. Efforts to exclude American fruits have been abandoned In Holland, the professor found, but In Belgium very few American frul'.s are received. Offi cials in Germany, he said, seemed to be fair minded and disposed to treat shipments-more considerately. He found that at Hamburg, while there, a con signment of 30,0)0 barrels of apples was received. Trot. Smith believes that if fruit shippers will treat their customers fair ly there will be no trouble about the sale of American fruits In foreign countries. Everything is sold at auc tion and never by surface show. One barrel in every ten is emptied out upon the floor and the sale is made upon the condition of the fruit thus displayed. The man who puts a lot of poor fruit at the bottom of the barrels stands a poor show. Foreign officials are particular about the San Jos scale. If a single scale is found on one apple In a barrel the en tire shipment would be excluded. Prof. Smith was agreeably surprised to And that the American fruit exhibits surpassed those of other countries. He has found that the French commission merchants were greatly interested in the fruits, and It Is his opinion that next year there will be a noticeable In crease in the demand for Jersey friuts. GENERAL MTLE9 WANTS TO GO. War Department Refuses to Reflect on General Chaffee by Appointing Him. NEW TORK. Aug. 6. A special to the Horald frm Washington says: It is learned on excellent authority that General Nelson A. Miles has re cently applied for service In China. His application has not been granted. War department officials say that Gen eral Chaffee was sent to China to com mand the American troops, and to re lieve him at this time would be a reflec tion upon his conduct of affairs. Friends of General Miles say that General Mil.-s. In adlltlon to his ex perience and ability, has the rank to meet the commanding officers of other troops on the same footing. They even go so far as to assert that General Miles' reputation would go far toward causing the commanders of other col umns to defer to his Judgment, and the result would be a more effective coop eration. General Miles declines to discuss the attitude of the war department upon his application, though he admitted that he had indicated his willingness to serve in the far East. He thinks the situation in China Is most serious, and setting aside all questions of his own wishes, he Is making every effort to equip Gen era' Chaffee's command to stand the m rigorous duty. GERMANY BACKS DOWN. Important Concession to American Fruit Growers. NEW YORK, Aug. 6. A special to the Herald from Washington says: American fruit growers obtain an im portant concession In the new commer cial awment between the Unltf-d States and Germany. The latter an nuls" the regulations providing that the dried and evaporated fruits Imported from the United States be Inspected on account of he San Jose scale, and agrees that such fruits shall be ad mitted without other charges than the regular customs duty. This Is regard ed as a practical admission by the German government that the original restrictions placed upon American fruits were really nothing more than deliberate discrimination. LONDON DRAINED OF GOLD. Credit Institutions Perturbed and the Price of Stocks Down. NEW YORK, Aug. -The Times London financial correspondent b!: The English money market is getting into au Interesting condition. The chancellor of the exchequer's demand for another 13,000,000 to be added to his already excessive borrowings, 10. 000,000 of It now In three per cent Kinds offered at 9$. has caused It to be come nervous and anxious. And no wonder. Sir Michael Hicks Beach let out that he already owes flS.OuO.OOO on treasury bills alono. A'S. 500,000 of It to the Bank .of England, which has thus dlrwlly advanced the treasury r$.JOO,000, shown In the week ly exchequer returns. Add that 5, W,000 to JC 18,000.000 odd, and we get a floating debt of nearly JC 24.000,000. ex clusive of the newest 10,000,000, the mit unwholesome amount, which, thanks to the Bank of England's par tirlpatlon. has thrown on the market a mass of diseased credit by which dis count and money rates have been kept low. To add to the trouble. It is estimated that half of the ' khakl"loan Is pawned, A fancy premium was created upon It before Issue, which led a thousand peo ple to rush In with applications. Even although the allotments were severely cut down In consequence of the mass of applications, numbers of these pre mium scalpers rec-Mved more than they wanted. Many wanted none at all. on ly the chance of pocketing the market premium. Thus, in spite of the" appar ent furore, the loan has been taken up and the holders of the scrip had to pay from 44 to 5 per cent, generally 4. last week for money to September. The banks. In order to advance In dis count the outflow of gold which has been stopped, our market being now the dearest in western Europe and, save St. Petersburg, in northern Europe dearer even than B?rlln and Hamburg 1 per ct nt. however, have not attracted gold in any quantity, although it is said considerable amounts are on the water from Australia and the far E.t.it.: therefore it Is probably that we shall see a five per cent bank rate estab lished, perhaps before this month la out because at all cost gold must be at tracted. Our stock Is 2.w0.0i0 less than it was a year ago, having run down dur ing the last two months, and we want at least 10.000,000 to make us safe. This will explain why the credit In stitutions are perturbed and disposed to work with extreme caution when they work at all. Also It explains why the price of all our first class securi ties has steadily dwindled until our best railway . preferred stocks and de bentures are from 10 to 25 per cent low ,er than they were twelve months ago. The shrinkage must go on. paralyzing all disposition to speculate. MOVEMENTS OF TRANSPORTS. War Department Has Chartered All That Will Be Needed. NEW YORK, Aug. 6.-A special to the Herald from Washington says: There will be no delay by the war de partment In getting reinforcements to China. The schedule thus far made out contemplates the departure of trans ports as follows:- On August 7. the Garonne with the squadrons of the First cavalry and re cruits; August 18, the Warren with two souadrons of Ninth cavalry and re cruits: August 22, the Belgian King, with siege battery, recruits and ani mals; August 23, the Rosecrans with two batteries of Seventh artillery and recruits. For'the additional transports under orders to the far East General Ludington will have available the Lo gan, which will be ready to sail on September 1; the Thomas, September 16; the Grant October 1, and the Sher idan. October 16. It will therefore be unnecessary to charter any additional transports. GLANDERS AT THE PRESIDIO. Ten Horses Have Been Killed and Others Are Isolated. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 6. -The gen eral hospital at the Presidio contains about 300 patients at present, all of them being sol-Jlers returned from the Philippines. Many are merely conval escents. For the past three days '.he regimental veterinary surgeons with several assistants have ben busy sup pressing glanders among some 1500 ani mals of the Third and Ninth cavalry regiments. On Friday and Saturday ten horses were found affected with the contagion and were promptly kill ed. Five others were isolated as sus picious cases. Since then there have been no new cases. Besides 250 pack mules soon to be started for China there are at the Presidio four wagon trains of twenty-five wagons each. with four mules to a wagon. These are ready to be taken to the front as f.oon as steamships are ready to receive them. CHANGE TO GOLD STANDARD. Cost of Living Has Advanced in Porto Rico. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Aug. 1-To-day marks the beginning of a general raising of prices throughout the Island, caused by a misunderstanding of the exchange, of currency. Until a week ago It was widely known that after August 1 no more Porto Rican Bilver would be exchanged, but the notice of the Indefinite extension of time was published far and wide. Still the idea prevails that hereafter the peso will be of no value. Yesterday the banks were crowded after hours. Through a combination of the traders throughout the Island food stuff'! and other necessities ro In price. With a very largo number It was moving day hi day fvnr tllttlng from excessively Increased rents to cheaper lodgtn. It was also a tiny on which money that usually bmght breakfast and dinner, bought breakfast alone. Eggs that heretofore were bought for two or three cent a von, cowl 10 oentavos; the carbon for boiling these gg. In stead of costing 10 eentavos. cost 25 cen- tavos. The cost of every other artliii) of food was raised In about the nm proportion. The wall of complaint was general. Houses which have rented for $30 are now Hupposed to bring $50. Furnished rooms at 10 pesos (jhtnow bring iu. The laborer who has been getting a peso m day 60 cents) now demands L The boatmen who ply across the bay. heretofore getting 10 eentavos, today nsk 10 cents. And so It Is rluht down the line. According to circulars which are dis tributed about town, all carpenters and masons who belong to the socialistic union will go on a strike today and de mand $3 per day. It was commonly re- ( ported alo that all laborers would strike today for the Mine amount In American money formerly paid them In peso. This raise In prices Is the re sult of a gradual Increase, a cenlavo or so at a time, commenced a mouth ago. It Is evident that a combination exists, as the proprietors of stalls at the market were asking the some prices and the increase is uniform about town among the stores selling staples. Several Instances were brought to the attention of the newspaper where purchasers were told that commencing with today all prices will be In Ameri can money. There were few country produce venders In town yesterday, and it Is currently reorted that the mer chants have gone out ln!o the country and bought up all the available stock, thus controlling the market and leav ing them free to ask their own prleva. According to telegrams received fmm many Interior towns the shops are Hosed and the peso Is refused In pay ment for goods. The more Ignorant of the people believe that the dollar to morrow will be of no more value than the peso. In other words that the dol lar, which has always boon worth 1H eentavos, will deteriorate In value 68 eentavos. It Is feared that riots and bloodshed will resu't before the matter is ad- Just Ifled. WEST POINT HAZING. Cadet Was Forced to Stand on His Head and Talk Nonsense. NEW YORK. Aug. .-The Herald prints a West Point Item which say that the cadet whom It reported as having been dismissed from the military academy last week for hazing wa not George F. Roselle. Jr.. of Arkansas, but another cadet also hailing from a southern state. The hazing consisted In forcing a "plebe" to stand at attention on his head In the bathrooms and repeat a nonsenslble phrase. Cadet Roselle Is still at the academy, where he Is popu lar. LIST OF ADVERTISED LETTERS. Letters addressed to the following named persons remain uncalled fur nt lh ntiHtnfflre: Abernathy. J. W. T-wls. E S. Mood. Mr. Wm. A.MInchln. r red Urower, Geo. P Osgood. Katie t'rvan V S Olaen Ole C. favanough, Jack Oren, E. H. Danlget. Mnha Pausly. Miss Emma Klde. Hans Stock. Joe Fredenberar John Sleatll. E. T. Gray. Alfred Strauhat Co. Gtinde. Paul Seura. A. O. B. W Harmon. Mrs. E. Taylor. Mrs. H.imon. Geo. Thomas. Hurley Hullgarln. F. Williams. V). N. Ijiwrence. Mrs. L. Wallkas, Matt Zimmerman, A. FOREIGN. Agentin. Onte Hansen. Anders Anderson. Hrlck Lehmuskoskl, V. E. tiRYAN STARTS FOR INDIANA. Preparing to Deliver His Speech on Imperialism at Indianapolis. LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 6. In accord ance with Mr. Bryan's expressed wishes there was entire absence of demonstra tion on the part of Lincoln people when he started on his trip to Indlanap.ilis tonight. The party occupied a sleeper on the Chicago-Denver, Burlington limited, which left here ft few minutes after o'clock, and will reach Chicago be tween 8 and 9 o'clock tomorrow. NO MORE JAPANESE. Government of Japan Prohibits the Emigration of All Japanese La borers to the United States and Canada. WASHINGTON, Aug. . A dispatch has been received at the Japanese lega tion here, from the Japanese foreign oflce, announcing that the government of Japan had prohibited for the pres end the emigration of all Japanese la bor to the United States and Canada. MILITARY ROAD IN ALASKA. Steamer Bertha Reported That One Hundred Mile Are Completed. SEATTLH. Au. 0. Thn Etcnin'r D:r- tha arrive! frr-m Cook Inlet ar.i Corr'-r ::vcrtodav. Her ofTic'.ra np::t tr.at Cnutaln Abrrcromblc, in clurKJ cf tho UrV-d S'n' crovrrrmr.t wrik :n that section, ha completed one hundred miles of military road reaching Into the Interior of Port-'Valdes. WHEAT MARKET. PORTLAND. Aug. .-Wheat, Walla Walla and Valley, 54c 65c; bluestem, 58c. . ...a I FOREST FIRES UNDER CONTROL. Vast Amount of VaUroMa Tlmbr D troyd In California, LOS ANGELES, Cl Aug. .-R-port from the San Gabriel forest re serve state that the grtut fire which have been raging there for the pa.t two week are now under control, A vast amount of valuable timber has been destroyed, IMPROVED 8K.HVICK AND EQUIP MENT. The new Sihrduie of iho 0. R. A N. which went Into effect April !2nd, shortened the time to Chicago II hour, and gives a double dally sorvtet be tween Portland and Chicago. Train No. f. leaving Portland at f:l! a. m. U known as tho Vhleg-Portland Special." It equlrment I new throughout, making it fully the tqual of nii.v train now In service from tht Pacific coast to thn East. The "Overland Express' leaves Port land at :20 p. m. and furnish? com plete service both vU Huntington and Spokane to the East, together with th best of ervle to all local point on the O. P.. St N. line. I'ERSQNaLLY CONDUCTED WEEK LY EXCURSIONS. An experienced excursion conductor whose ttut:i nr I" lk atter tn want and welfare, of pasenger will be In charge of Tourist sleeping car to Chicago via Union Faclfte. Thl car leave Portland on "The Portland-Chicago Special" at :15 a, m., making clo connection at Chicago with similar service to lUwton and New York. El derlv oeopln and ladle traveling alone or with children lll find this service very convenient and satisfactory. Fur tickets, berth reservation and full Information, call on O. W. LOUNSP.ERRT. General Agent. O. R. N. Co. Or Astoria. Oregon. J. H. T.OTHROP. General Agent. UJ Third St.. Portland. Oregon. GO EAST VIA SHORTEST ANDQUICKESTLINE TO St.Paul.Daluth, Minneapolis, ChtcaD and All Toln Ewt DAILY TRAINS; FAST TIME: SER VICE AND SCENERY UN EQUALED. Through Tatar and TiiorM ftlprt Dining ud HultM Hui.iklng Library ( " Ticket to point Eat via Portland and the Great Northern Ry., on ala at O. H. N. Tick't Office. Atorla, or Groat Northern Ticket Oftlc 268 M0KKIS0X STKCETi PORTLAND. For rate, folder and full Informa tion regarding EmUrn trip, call on or addrt-i, A. B. C. DENNISTON, Cl'.y Fan, and TL-kl Agent. Portland. A FEW INTERESTING FACTS When people are contemplating a trip, whether on builnru or pleasure, they naturally want the best service obtainable as far as speed, comfort and safety Is concerned. Employes of the WISCONSIN CENTRAL LINES are paid to serve the public and our trains are operated so as to make close con nections with diverging lines at all Junction points. I'ullman Palace Sleeping ana Chair Cars on through trains. Dining car service unexcelled. Meals served a la carte. In order to obtain the first-class ser vice, ask the ticket agent to sell you a ticket over..... TheWisconsIn Central Lines. and you will make direct connections at Bt. Paul for Chicago, Milwaukee and all points East. For any further information can on any ticket agent, or correspond with JAS. C. POND, Gen. Pass. Agt. or JAS. A. CLOCK, Milwaukee, Wis. General Agent. 246 Stark 8U Portland. Or. Corrects all blemishes of the fa, removes blot- (hes, ptrvples, tnn, sun burn, freckles and makes a beautiful complexion. Pert 1 no It Is also the best tooth lull wnnh nd excellent fop deranged stomach. THE I01VKE. Strangers visiting in toe city will Cud the Louvre bu attractiva reHort wherein to spend the evening. The Amme Bisters Ladies' Orchestra is still on the bills and prewnts nightly a musical program of exceptional merit, jianusome pool ana billiard rooms aw a feature in connection with the house. . Palatable lunches will be served at all nonrs Dr. T. L. 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