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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1887)
3J "astoma76hegon:" THUKSDAY .. .APRIL 2S. 15S7 The Hamanita goes to Portlnnd this 'afternoon. Iu the justice court yesterday the case of Kyle vs. Minor, therein de fendant was charged with driving over private grounds, was decided iu favor of the defendant. The Benicia, Cal., yews says the sea lions systematically rob the nets of the fishermen between San Pablo bay and Montezuma, and mutilate about one-third of the catch. The News thinks the state should protect the fishermen, especially as they pay a S5 license. A detachment of the salvation army consisting of an energetic individual with a crimson vest and crimson banded cap, and three girls, each hold ing a tambourine, began operations for the first time in Astoria on Oass street yesterday at 7:30 p. m., and af ter singing some hyms and praying, they adjourned to their headquarters, corner Jefferson street, where they whooped, it up to a crowded houe for a considerable time. Last Monday A. Johnson, employed at the Clatsop mill, was standing near the edger, when a board with a brok en end touching the Paw it was thrown with such force against his right arm as to break it iu two places just above the wrist The day before his wife fell through a hole in the planking near their residence, injur ing one of her lower limbs to an ex tent that necessitated confinement to her bed, both husband and wife being thus laid up. Work on the new lighthouse and fog signal at North wast Seal 'rock is being rapidly pushed. Northwest Seal rock is near Orescent City, and is the outermost part of what is known as St George's reef, a line of rocks about six miles north of Point St. George". It is a dangerous place at all seasons of the year, and many disastrous wrecks have taken place there. It was near this place that the steamer Brother Jonathan was lost Sonie parts of the work in the erection of the lighthouse Lave been exceedingly difficult and dangerous. Floating accommodations had to be established for the men. The men are constantly drenched with sprav. Up to 18S6 130,000 had been ap propriated by congress for the work, but the lastj congress appropriated $120,000, which will be nearly suffi cient to complete the undertaking. The light, which is to be a first or der flash light, red and white, will be 150 feet above the sea level, and on clear nights can be seen for twenty miles. TO-NIGHT AT THE tf. E. CHURCH. Mrs. Nina Larowe, tho celebrated elecutionist of New York, will give one of her unique entertainments, consisting of readings, both serious and comic, with music interspersed. both vocal and instrumental. The I Portland News says the following of one of her readings recently given in that city: "Mrs. Larowe is all that has been said of her by the press. In both pathetic and comio she excels." The Oregonian says of her: Mrs. Nina Larowe is the daughter of the late Judge Churchman, who was min ister to Chili under Lincoln. She is a lady of culture and refinement, hav ing traveled in both South 'America and Europe." Tho following are some of her selectiens: Scene from the Love Chase. Sheri dan Knowles; Mrs. Caudle on Shirt Buttons, Douglass Jerrold; scene from Borneo and Juliet; Shakespere; Beverie in Church; anonymous; Vag abonds, Trowbridge; Dagger scene Macbeth, Shakespere; The Jiners, anonymous; Backwoods school girl's composition, which is alone worth the pric of admission. "We bespeak for her a full house. Price of admission, adults, fifty cents; children, 25 cents. The Iloriiets Nest, From .lest to Earnest, Without a Home, by E. P. Roe. 25 cents only at the Crystal Palace. "We, Dawn. lie Wee Wine, A Struggle for the Right, Worth Winning, and other new hooks jut received at tho Crystal Palace. YOUNG MEN'S Christian Association ! A- GRAND CONCERT! AND ENTERTAINMENT. Will be given in Liberty ilall. on Friday, April 20lli, By the Ladies' Auxiliary Committee of the Y. M. O. A., to aid in furnish ing the new rooms of the Association. A special feature will he the .appear ance for the first time in this city of the PEAK SISTERS, As they appeared before the Crowned Heads of Europe, Asia and Africa, ' THE MISTLETOE BOUGH, In Pantomime. "SONGS, CHORUSES AND READINGS By the Best Talent in 1he City. Admission. Chiltireg. SO els - S5 Dodrs open at 7: SO r. m. . Commence at 8 p. sr. LATEST TELEGBAPHIO NEWS. A Gas Company With a $25,000,000 Capital. Salmon FreJcht Hates Discovery of Rich Jlexlrau Mint";. City or Mexico, April 27. It is stated, and generally believed, that a party of American prospectors have discovered tho long lost Bonanza mines. A party of four prospectors from Chicago, while out sunning, came on the diggings. Tho diggings were discovered in the midst of ruins of houses and churches. They found 920 diggings in n radius oi four miles, amid a great quantity of slag. An other party later on discovered the Guaynopa mine. These are mines where the fabulous wealth of ancient days came from. The excitement is intense. WAXX TO BE INCLUDED. Omaha, April 27. The Union Pa cific railroad company has sent a dis patch to the interstate commissioners complaining of-not being included in the suspension and demanding ad mission. wiin pnonAnr.Y he UELEAsrcn. i Berlin, April 27. The testimony received impresses Bismarck with the idea that the arrest of commissary Schnaebels was made on French gronnd. WANT TO SETTLE IT. Pakis, April 27. Iu semi official circles it. is declarod that Germany desires to effect a speedy settlement and affairs are progressing satisfac torily in Berlin. SIXTY' GOOD INDIANA. Washington. April 27.- Infoima-1 tion has been received by the- interior department that measles are raging around Yuma, 'Arizona. Sixty fatal cases are reported up to the lGth. GOING TO UE TIIERE. Pittsburg, April 27. A special car passed through here to"-day bearing the English, Dutch and German stockholders of the Denver and Bio Grande railway. They are en route to attend the annual meeting. A SICK EMPEKOK. Bio Janeiro, April 27. The Em peror Dom Pedro, of Brazil, is seri ously sick. ROYALTY EN ROUTE. San Fbancisco, April 27. Queen Kapeblani, ot Honolulu, left this af ternoon for Washington in a special car. SENATOR MITCHELL IN SAN TIlANCISCO. Senator John H. Mitchell of Ore gon, is here, en route to Oregon. He reports great prosperity in the east ern and middle Btates, but says fears of stringency exist, owing to failnre to provide for a disposition of the surplus. He starts for Portland next Monday, and will go overland. "WANT HTM GIVEN UP. Oakland, Cal., April 27. Petitions are being circulated, requesting Gov. Bartlett to require the six Chinese companies to, surrender Hong Dye, the murderer of Mrs. Billion in Co lusa county. A BIG GAS COMPANY. Chicago, April 27. The biggest gas deal ever known has just been consummated here. It puts all the gas companies under one manage ment, and all will bo consolidated .in ono company. The capital stock will be twenty-five millions. FREIGHT RATES ON SALMON. San Francisco, April 27. The salmon shippers are disappointed at the new transcontinental rate3 of 1.25 per hundred pounds in carload lots. Tho salmon industry furnishes largo amounts of freight to trans continental roads during the season, and ha3 always been a subject of aotive competition. Last year, during the rate war, the tariff was forced down to G2fi cents per hundred pounds from Chicago here, and 65 cents from Portland; and with even these rates the Canadian Pacific succeeded in securing quite a slice of the traffic. This season the ad vantage is all with tho foreign road, I for it has been making a rate of one dollar for salmon packers, to Chicago, and proportionately low rates to points further east WILTi go to work again. Providence, April 27. The Gor ham silver manufacturing company will take back its 750 employes next Friday, as those who were Knights of labor will disband their assembly and sever their connection with the order. Only sixty-five are Knights. Palpitation of the Heart. v Persons who suffer from occasional palpitation of the heart are often unaware that they are the victims of heart disease, and are liable to die withont warning. They should banish this alarming symptom and cure the disease by using Dr. Flint's Heart Bemebt. At all druggists, or J. J. Mack & Co., 9 and 11 Front st, S. F. The finest and nicest steak to he had In townatFahre's At THe Holden House A few more hoarders can be accom modated with or without rooms. Try Fahre's celebrated pan roast GotojeffsforoTStera, Private Rooms. PROBABILITIES -AND POSSIBILITIES. Chan-res That the Lease Jlay JIake. TM Opportunities and Adrantuse Astoria Offers. That Pew events have occurred of more importance to the state than the nine ty-nine years lease ot tne u. is. & jn. Co.'s properties to tho Union Pacific or Oregon Short Line railroad com pany. It is of peculiar importance to Astoria, involving, as it does, so much in the way of possibilities and prob abilities. There are now throe railroad com petitors for the trade of tho north westthe Northern Pacific, the Un ion Pacific and the Southern Pacific, which last is only another name for the Central Pacifio; all transconti nental lines, having eastern termini, and outlets, and desiring an ocean terminus on the Pacific. Each of the three have arrived at Portland, and control the trade of a certain amount of territory; the Southern Pacific has absorbed the O. & O., and will have an all rail route from San Francisco to the Columbia river by June 1st; the Northern Pacific is fast closing the gap in its completed lines to the Sound, and the Union Pacific has at last secured an un broken lino of transfer from Omaha westward. The work of either the Southern Pacific or the Union Pacific cannot in any sense be considered complete till the terminus of either ot both roads is located on the ocean shore. It seems a necessary part of the pro gramme of both of these roads to have suoh terminus, and that every principle of economy, utility, geo graphical location ami commercial promptings combine to locate such terminus at Astoria. It is a singular fact that Astoria i3, , to,day, the largest city in the United ' States without a railread: proniiuent and well posted railroad men say i1 - 1?1 Astoria does more business, re- ecu ea uuu acuua ujuiu ut-ui iu-uu; than any other point in the United States, into which the locomotive docs not run. Apart from its business it would aeem that its natural location would suggest to a transcontinental line the business necessity of pushing on from inland points and securing the advantages of the middle harbor of the only three harbors on the Pacifio United States coast. It is within the limits of probabilities that the Union Pacific contemplates immediate ex tension ot its lines to Astoria. Prominent among the reasons for j this belief on the part of The Asto ; wan is tho fact that there is a present I and pressing problem for the Union Pacific people to solve. They have leased tho O. K. k N. property. The '104 mile3 to Hunting ton, comes iu as a part of the line from Omaha to Portland, and can be operated with scarcely auy chango. But the river and ocean division pre sents a dfferent problem. Tho lease inoludes the Columbia and Oregon, plying between San Francisco and Portland, and the Geo. W. Elder and City of Chester, between San Fran cisco and Sound ports. It also in cludes the Columbia river fleet of Bteamboats. What is tho condition of that fleet? Since 1879, there have been no new boats built. The old ones have been run for all they were worth. Their present condition is known to every man on the river. It is the same condition that a steamboat or sot of steamboats would be iu that has been run continuously with a view more to the paying of Boston dividends than the perpetuity of. tho fleet. As a matter of fact tho problem at once presents itsef to the Union Pa cific lessees: "Which will you do; build a new fleet to run on the lower river, or build a road to Astoria?" They cannot do both; they must do either; which will it be? There are probably no boats on r American waters that have been a more profitable investment than these with familiar names to our readers, built mostly by tho O. S. N. Co., many of whom more than cleared them selves in a season. When a boat that costs $30,000 clears S5.C30 a month profit over and tibove every item of expense, it may be considered a prof itable investment. Of course, of late years the river fleet has made no such money, though it is not probably be yond the limits to say that the Co lumbia. Orenon. and Stati are to day making more money for their owners (the Oregon Improvement Co.) than any other three vesseh in the United States. But the Union Pacific company step3 into possession with a lot of old, worn out steamers on its hands, a big trade to continue, a sure com petition on the part ot the Northern Pacific for through wheat and flour transportation, and possible com petition from other sources. This is ttie situation, it tne company elects to put a million dollars into a Tinw Int nf RtA.imhnntft it xeU hft in wih ue the same fix and labor under the same J disadvantages that tho O. K. & N. Co would it it had to keep on and oom pete with the .Boon-to-be-completed Northern Pacific line to the Sound; if it elects to spend that million dol lars in building the sixty miles of railroad from Hunter's Point to As toria it williiave solved the problem. Loading wheat on the cars at Pendleton and Walla Walla and haul ing it to Portland, and putting it aboard a barge and towing it to As toria and there loading it on a vessel for Liverpool, is a pull-dog-pull-devil style of business that can't continue to successfully compete with the Sound. It has paid the O. K. & N. Co. because it had no competition .except the towing on the river and tne Utile spun 01 mu aaionu xittua portation Company, but with the new order of things, a new and more bus iness like "way of moving wheat to the ocean is necessary. This way is possible tothoUniohgPacific railroad company by building its lino to As toria and making its terminal point here. It is the only way that that busi ness can be made profitable iu the future. Wheat placed on the cars at any point in the inland empire, when it reaches Portland, can with far less expense be trundled tho other hun dred miles by rail to Astoria than unloaded, bulk broken, reshipped, rehandled, and transferred there on its way here, where it must come nDyhow, if it goes to-Portland at all. Part of the railroad from Portland to Astoria is already built by the Northern Pacific railroad company. To secure an all rail route from Omaha to Astoria, the Union Pacific road would but have to build the re maining sixty miles from opposite Kalama, compelling its northern rival to admit its cars on their rails pro vided there was no interference with the N. P.'s time schedule. The Yaquina project is only a "flyer.' It has, and in the nature of things can have no permanent suc cess. This is not said in any spirit of rivalry. It is stated as a fact, the same as the existence of the newly signed lease, o tho equally tangible statement that a vessel drawing 22 feet can't go where there is but 18. There can bo no rivalry between the Columbia and Yaquina bay for tho reason that the latter lacks the sem blance of reason for any showing or claim to institute comparison with our harbor. Yaquina was more fortuitous than fortunate in the possession of an en ergetic and commondably keen rust ler in the person of Mr. Hogg, who deserves credit for his efforts in that regard. Beyond this, there is no reason for serious consideration of Yaquina. Returning to tho consideration ot an Astoria railroad, it may be said that it ha3 recently transpired that the Central Pacifio company, the now possessors of the Oregon & Califor nia road, are keenly alive to tho im portance of Astoria as a necessary part of their commercial schemes, and it is within bounds to say the coming summer may see a race be tween the two great roads, former allies bnt now rivals, the Union and Central Pacific companies, as to who shall secure possession of tho key to the commerce of the northwest, the gateway of the Columbia. An ocean terminus is as essential a part of the possessions of each as rolling stock; and where can either find a point approaching this in im portance, or requisite geographical location? Iu speaking of au Astoria terminus as au evident necessity for either of the great transcontinental lines bid ding for tho tracle of the northwest, as a necessary part of their scheme and an important link in the com mercial chaiUjit is not to be forgotten or overlooked mat purely in its lo cal aspect, a railroad to Astoria would be a paying investment, taking into consideration only tho local freight and passenger traffic. In proof it is but necessary to oite the fact as shown by oxact statistics heretofore appearing in these col umns, that iu '86 wo sent, eastward, a thousand carloads of salmon, ex ported over 1,500,000 worth of pro ducts of Astoria and the lower Co lumbia, received over 50,000 tons of freight: this exclusive of travel. i3 it self no inconsiderable item. This is not written within auy phase ot tho wish being father to the thought; it is not prompted by any particular desiro to have things turn out as it suggests. There are a good many people, As torians, too, who dou't tako much stock in railroad talk of this kind, Their arguments are various. One is that because there is no railroad here, there never will- he. "It there was going to be ono it would be hero now," forgetful that all conditions are those of advancement, and tho non-existence of a thing, in placo of being evidence against, is, rightly considered, the strongest argument for its sure production. "A railroad to Portland would take away consid erable of Astoria's trade; it a man wanted a suit of clothes, or a woman wanted a dress, they'd go to Portland; look at the Willamette valley towns." The best nnswer to this is tho fact that it yon want to scare a Port lander, say "railroad to Astoria" to him. Talk of the Sound, and the Portlaud man nods; of Yaquina, and he looks listless; of the southern trade, and ho looks slightly con cerned; of the interior, and ho Bmiles in a satisfied, "that'llbeallright," sort o' way, but mention "Astoria" and he is awake and alert, and eager to know what it is and all about it. "A road to Portland," viewed, simply as a "road to Portland," and no farther, might be a good thing as far as Port laud was concerned, and help Port laud's retail trade, somewhat; but "a road from Portland" to Astoria, es pecially when it would be from Port land to the oceau terminus of a trans continental line, would bo vastly different. In this a good deal de- nends unon the breadth of view. As toria with its superiority of situation, is tho one place Portland fears, and, without the slightest desire to aronse any hostile antagonism to that com munity, a discussion of tho Bubject of this nrticle could not leave out mention of the fact. There is no need of a quarrel between the two places that would do neither place any good, and whatever the Union or Northern or Central or Southern or any other Paoific may do will be done on account of business and manifestly apart from any preference. Yillard told the Portland merchants four years ago that they could go over to Tacoma and transfer their grain bus iness there. There was no God then for Portland but Oregon Transcon tinental, and Villard was its prophet. There is still nothing the matter with the enterprising Portlander taking time by the forelock and doing at Astoria what Yillard, tottering on tho peak to which he had raised, ad vised in the spring of '83. The possession of "a freo river," the removal of obstructions from the Snake to the sea, comes under the domain of a wider discussion than the limits ot the present ene: that is a matter of necessary policy; it is a part of a subject as broad as our government itself: we will have it ul timately, but generations grow old and drop off the stage and time is too fleeting. Perhaps in the twen tieth century under a mugwump ad ministration we may hear while twanging on the golden harps in hap pier spheres, that the locks etc., are completed, but, it will not be with the earthly, mortal interest that we at present feel in these thing3. Of late the Union Pacific has given evidence of broad guage management, and the adoption of a liberal policy, a fostering of the commercial inter ests of the country to which it looks for its business. Time was when it was regardless of everything but dividends, but that time has long since gone by. A continuance of the wise policy that has redeemed that road and made it able to be enterpris ing enough to take the step it has taken would suggest material promo tion of its own best interests and a sure investment for profit in the con struction of a line of railroad from Hunter's Point to Astoria, a distance of sixty mile3, and thus secure in ev ery sense an ocean terminus. The Astorian assumes that the Un ion Pacific 'railroad company is fully aware of its opportunities in all re spects; that it is wide awake ana" alert for retention of present trade and ad vancement in that directiou, and that its policy will be characterized by the same effort to meet and satisfactorily adjust all questions that may arise during President Adams' administra tion of the company's affairs. There are great interests in this seotion, our salmon and lumber are among them; the new carriers have the prestige of success, and in aiding and fostering tho commerce ot the lower Columbia they will grandly aid and foster their own best interests. Enjoy Life. What a truly beautiful world we live in! Nature gives us grandeur of mountains, glens and oceans, and thousands of means of enjoyment. We can desire no better when in perfect health; bnt how often do the majority of people feel like giving it up disheartened, discouraged and worn out with disease, when there is no occasion for this feeling, as every sufferer can easily obtain satisfactory proof, that Green's .August Flower, will m&ke them free from disease, as when born. Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint are the direct causes of seventy five per cent, of such mala dies as Biliousness, Indigestion, Siok Headache, Costiveness, Nervous rrostration, JJizzmess ot tne xieaa, Palpitation of the Heart, and other distressing symptoms. Three doses of August Flower will prove its wonderful effect. Sample bottles, 10 cents. Try it. Some un appreciative cuss that doesn't deserve to have a wife to buy bonnets for, getB off the follewing: "How dear to my purse is the new fashioned bonnet, the hat that I bought as a gift to my wife; a small piece of straw with an ostrich plume on it, the last one that I'll buy while I still have my life. Tho hat with a brim and a big swinging feather, and fol de rol traps that I can't even name, with stuffed birds and roses, and pieces of heather, and a bill from the dealer as long as my frame; that stylish spring bonnet, that new fash ioned bonnet, that fancy priced bon net that knocked my purse lame." Unnecessary Misery. Probably as much -misery comes from habitual constipation as from any derangement of the fnnotions of tho body, and it is difficult to cure, for the reason that no one likes to take the medicines usually pre scribed. HAMBUBG FIGS were prepared to obviate this difficulty, and they will bo found pleasant to tho taste of women and children. 25 cents. At all druggists. J. T. Mack & Co., proprietors. S. F. Wliat! o You Think Jeff of the U. iJ. gives you a meal for nothing and a glass of something to drink'. Xot much; but he gives the hest meal and more of it than any other restaurant in town. 25 cents. What is better than a glass of liquor? A cup of delicious coffee at Fahre's. OambriniiN Beer And Free Lunch at the Telephone Sa loon, 5 cents. Ten cents for a coffee. cup of Fahre's nice Full! My establishment isnow filled with a large and well selected stock. My prices are as usual the very lowest, and all I ask is a chanoe to convince you that T can and will save you money. It is for your own interest as much as for mine to do your trad ing with me.. Kermaa Wis, The Clothier and Hatter. (Occident Building.) Glove Department. r h u. n Sole Agent For Astoria For Till Sale Of The Celebrated " P. Oentemeri Kid Gloves. Received from tlie Manufacturers direct, upwards of 50 dozen of the above Famous Kid Gloves in Black, Btrk colors, Tan9, Greys and all the late shades. Plainjyl Embroidered Stitched backs and in Various Lengths? Also a very large" Stock of SILK, TAFFETTA IN ALL THE LATE COLORS AND MAKES, ' s Lace Mitts for Ladies and Children in every Conceivable Color and in Various Late Styles and Lengths. The Leading Dry Goods and Clothing House OP ASTORIA. G III YOU NEEDN'T Paste This On Your r Looking Glass. You will be sure to seo it in The Astorian and will remember it, because it is for your interest to do so. ; No premium Chromos, Gift enterprises. Bean guossers, or any other clap trap, is resorted to by D. L. BECK & SONS to sell th&r . goods. Honest Goods, Honest Weights and Small' profits is tnwr motto, the cost of the clap trap being taken off tho price of the goods. And the people like it better than the chance enterprise, where oae out of hundreds gets the prize, for they all get it in the price of tha goods. REMEMBER: ''"" If youwant cannery supplies, go to - 'D.Jj. BECK fc SOJjf If yo want Roller flour, Oat, Graham, Rye or Corn Meal, 3 go to B. Z.BECK & SONS. If you want Wheat, Shorts, Bran, or Rolled Barley, J go to D. Z. BECK & SONS. If vou want Cheese, Best fresh Butter and Eggs, go to B. Z. BECK & SONS. If you want Breakfast Bacon, If vou wantSardines, Anchovies,Holland or Smoked Herring Boneless Cod or Codfish brick, Stock fish, etc, go to D. Z. BECK & SONS If you want Sugar, Syrup, N. O. gO lO Mf. Ju. jDJZUJX. OS OLAiTO If you want Verritdnt Maple Sugar, pure Maple Syrup or -? Freah Cal. Honey, go to D. Z. BECK & SON$ If you want Sauerkraut, Chow Chow, Pickles or Gherkins, in bulk or glass, go to J). Z. BECK & SONS If you want Nuts Seedless or Layer Raisins, Dry Apples or .: any other dry or Canned Fruit, go to B. Z. BECK & SONS In short, if vou want any kind of Staple or Fancy Groceries ' " go to B.Z. BECK & SONS Do vou want the best Coal Oil in the market, or the best Oil "" : Can ever invented, go to B. Z. BECK fc SONS Do vou want Brooms, Tubs, Pails, Washboards,Clothespins, J go to B. Z. BECK fc 80JT8 Do you want Hall and Parlor Hanging, or Parlor, Chamber , or Kitchen Stand Lamps, go to B. Z. BECK & SONS Do vou want Plain Decorated China or Crockery Ware, White, or Fancy Glass Ware, go to B Z BECK & StiNfi Do you want Vases or other Ornamental articles, ' Silver plated Knives and Forks, Table or Tea Spoons, goto BZ BECK A SONS Do you want any kind of Cigars or Tobacco, from cheap and common to the best to be had, go to B Z BECK & SONS In fact, if you want anything in our line, you will go home nappy ami sieep cuumuieuiy D. L. CO 0 P E R . THREAD GLOVE v,. -". - COOPER. ssh. Hams, Pig's feet or Lard, Molasses, Palace Dripa, .,rf u yuu uuy ui BECK & SONS.