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CO &e gattj! $forati. ASTORIA. OREGON: SATURDAY OCTOBER 5. 18S9. OVERDOING THE THING. - The onorous firo insurance tax iB a heavy burden on an Astoria business man. He is taxed to support an efficient fire department, and pays that tax cheer fully, for he realizes that is as it should bo, but the additional insurance tax im posed by the greed and cupidity of the insurance managers is a different thing! No one objects to paying a good high rate for insurance, but it is out of all reason to charge so exorbitant a rate. And in their way of doing business they have the best of it: they have the drop on one. There is no use in going to an insurance agent in Astoria and kicking. He will say, and truly. "Well, well; what can I do? I can't help it," and he can't. It is "the compact," that mysterious intangible insurance trust with neither body to beat, nor soul to damn, that one has to deal with. Even that is composed, of different insurance companies, whose 'managers, when ap pealed to, say "we are gagged; we can do nothing. You're right, of course yon are: it's a gouge, but what can we do?" And so it goes. Astoria insurance- agents send away over $5,000 every month. This is no suppositien: it is a fact. Here is over $00,000 a year sent from hare, of which, at least 50 per cent, is a gouge. If we had no fire department at all the insurance rates could be no higher; for, to put them any higher than at pres ent would ba like making a saloon keep er's license $10,000 n year it would be prohibition. Insurance against fire is a necessary part of a prudent business management; it is a precautionary measure, and those who do the insuring should be protected, and should charge sufficient premium to pay all necessary expenses, a reasonable profit, nd sufficient to accrue requisite reserve fund. But this octupus that envelops us in the shape of an insurance trust tran soends all precedent and demands more than precedent or experience show is necessary or proper. They may sit like swollen spiders in the dark corners of their webs, fat with the juice of thoir viotims, but if they ad vance into the light must oxpeot to be smashed. No man or set of men is to be denied the right to make money, and as fast and as much as possible, with due regard to commercial canons. But there is a limit to greed, and the itch that unscrupulous men have for money for money's sake. This limit the fire insurance companies on this coast have passed, and in self preservation the people of this, city should make substantial objection. The Astobian's plan is briefly this: Organize a fire insurance company here, with a capital of $100,000, of which not more than $50,000 need be put up. There are suTely 100 men in Astoria who can put $500 apiece in a paying enter prise of this kind. Then divide and scatter all heavy risks: place them in eastern companies who will be glad to get them at far less rates than we are at present paying. In this way wo can keep at home tens of thousands of dollars now sent away. To forestall adverse critioism The As toeian concedes that this plan is not perfect: perfection is an attribute denied the work of. plain ordinary mortals; it is an attribute possessed solely by the compilers of the Coast Review, and by the general managers of fire insurance companies in San Francisco; but it will give us reliable insurance and free us from the bondage of the San Francisco pirates, who at present conduct this im portant branch of business and levy trib ute on this commercial community; a tribute that resembles plunder as closely as the mist resembles the rain. The engines of the Northwestern rail way company ran a mile and three-quarters every second, or 104 miles every minute, ancj in effect they put a girdle round the earth onoo in every four hours throughout the year; yet such is the perfection of meobanism attained in the present day that the engines were able to run a distance equal to twice round the world for every single case which occured of a hot axle, the loss of split pin or cotter, or anything tending to throw an engine out of gear. Switzebland wants a naval flag. As the cpuntry has no seaboard such an ensign would, at first flighj;, seem rather useless, but it is needed to protecfrSwiss property abroad or in the colonies. The federal council is now considering the subiect. - A Sound E,cgal Opinion. E.Balnbridge Munday Esq., County AttyClay Co., Texas says: "Have used Electric Bitters with most happy, re sults. My brother also was very low with Malarial Fever and Jaundice, but was cured by timely use of this medi cine. Am satisfied Electric Bitters saved his life." Mr. D. I. Wilcoxson, of Horse Cave, Ky., adds a like testimony, saying : lie postively believes he would have died had it not been for Electric Hitters. This great remedy will ward off, as well as cure all Malaria Diseases, and for all Kidney, Liver and Stomach Dis orders stands unequaled. Price 50 cents and 51, atJno C.Dement's. Coffee and cake, ten rents, at the Central Restaurant- CllltreiiCryfoPitclier'sCuStoria TELMfflC. Specials to Tlie Astorian. Poutlakd. Oct. 4. To-day Goo. H. Durham, John J. Meston and Nate S. Dygert filed articles in the county clerk's office incorporating the Meston and Dygert book manufacturing company, with a capital of $20,000. At police headquarters to-day a tele- gram was received from detectivo Harry rriffin, announcing that he has Geo. Anderson, the forger in custody, and ar rived here late in the afternoon. This morning H. Y. Thompson, consul for Sandy Olds presented an engrossed bill of exceptions to Judge Stearns for his signature. The bill is a voluminous document and the three clases under which exceptions are made are these: "Manner of obtaining the jury," "in structions of the court to the jury" and "rulings of the court in introduclion of the testimony.' The supreme court will no doubt take immediate action in sus taining or revising the judgment of the lower court. This morning was the time fixed for the hearing of the petition of Miss xioseun d ones ana jj. t. .luck, alleged heirs of the pqtntn nf tho Into Jna n Stephens, for the removal of C. A. Gove as administrator. Tney niea a reply denying all allegations made in the affidavits of the administrator, W. Scott Beebe and Mrs. Elizabeth McColla, daughter of the deceased, but the peti tioners were not prepared to proceed with the hearing of the case, and asked time till Monday next to file an amended pleading which was granted by Judge Catlin. THE IOWA TBIBE. Gothbie, I. T., Oct. 4 Two hundred thousand acres of some of the best land in Indian territory is certain to be thrown open to settlement within a very short time. This land lies eight mites east of Guthrie, and is contiguous with Oklahoma along its border. It is now occupied by the Iowa Indians, of whom there are now only thirty-three heads of families. Their chief, To-Hee, inter preter of the tribe, after a long confer ence with Mr. William P. Thompson, editor of the Guthrie Daily News, yester day signified their willingness to take their lands in severalty, each adult to receive 1G0 aores and the minors forty acres each, and to sell the balanoe, over 180,000 acres, to the government at $1.25 an aore. Mr. Thompson, who has great influence with the Indians, is made their agent. 'The Indian commission will reassemble in Guthrie about the middle of October, and the preliminary hearing has been ar ranged. The land will doubtless be opened by November. This land is equal to one-fifth of Oklahoma, and a great rush is anticipated. The Iowa tribe has been camped close to Guthrie for several days, and the members have been industriously spend ing the $15,000 which the government paid them this week. A great number of the Otoea and Missouris who are much dis satisfied with a poor reservation set apart for them in the Chorokee Strip have left it and are also about Guthrie. They say that the best lands in their res ervation have been taken away from them and given up to the cattle barons, and now tbev intend to join the Iowa tribe. "With the town full of Indians and boomers coming to settle on claims, together with smuggled whiskey, the nights are hideous here now. THB CHINESE. Guayaquil, Ecuador, Oct. 4. In the forthcoming message to congress the yreameiib win rcoommenu iuu immedi ate enactment of a law forbidding fur ther Chinese immigration. The entire press has been urging the measure. THC BLUE AND THE GRAY. Remarks of Governor Gordon, of Georgia, at The Chattanooga Reunion. "To you, General Roseorans, and the soldiers ot tne army of the (Jumberlanu, I come with a soldier's greeting on mv lips and a soldier's sympathy in my heart. Speaking for those whom I am called to represent, I pledge their earnest co-operation in the sacred mission which convenes you, and in all things which pertain to the peace, welfare and unity of the American people. In their name I proclaim their eternal fealty to the American constitution, which is their protecting shield: to the American re public which is tho joint work of the father's hands; to the American union of states, from which they withdrew for their safety, but which, now that the causes of dissension are gone, they will loyally ana oraveiy ueienu tor their in ture protection." "They rest in the assurance that tho Union, though lestored by arms, is to be preserved and made stronger and per petual by universal amity and impartial laws, with love for this wbolo country which no cower can destrov. with n titlo to its freedom, which none will dispute. with ancestral traditions which are dearer than life, we are here to unite with you in final and eternal sepulture rf onifiAnnl Itn4llv 'PI .ntinnn m1!&1 w. ocuwuuiu mjjoliiiij, .i.uu uauscn YVUIUU produced alienation were long since en gulfed in the vortex of revolution beyond the power of resurrection. Let us, there fore, bury the passions which these causes evoke m a still deeper gave." "Let us bury the foul spirit of discord so deep that no blast of the partisan po litical trumpet, however wiae sounding and penetrating, can ever wake it to service again. Gainsay it who will, since slavery is abolished and tho Chinese wall along the line of 38-30 is broken down, there is ab solutely no legitimate barrier of separa tion and no cause for strife. "Why may not the wide waves of sympathetic con tinental patriotism roll from soa to sea and from Mama to Texas without break or ripple or single, obstruction? God speed the day when this truth shall com mand recognition throughout tho repub lic, uoa speea tne aay wnqn unwortny doubts shall give place to universal trust; when unstinted faith in the unimpeacha ble honor and patriotism of the whole American people shall become tho essen tial passport to public station; when he who fights least for party and most for country shall be proclaimed by the press ana the people as the wisest statesman and truest f riftld of liberty." Dropsy anil Paralysis. DR. FLINTS' REMEDY, taken when vertigo, occasional faintness, nansea, loss of appetite, and inability to sleep appear, will prevent the devel opment ot inn animation ot tne Dram, of which these are the first symptoms. Descriptive treatise with each bettle: or, address Mack Drug Co., N. Y. Ludlow's Ladies' 53.00 Fine Shoes; also Flexible Hand turned French Kids, at Pi J. Goodman's. ADVICE TO SfOTHfiUH. Mns. Wejslow's Soothing Strut should always be used for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind chohc, and is the best remedy for diar-rhcea;Twenty-five cents a bottle. FORCING THEIR WAY. Competition From JIutual Insurance Co.'s. It looks now as if an insurance rate war was really under way. In December last P. B. Armstrong, representing var ious mutual insurance companies, visited this city and made application for ad mission to the Pacific Insnrance Union. Ihe request was refused, on the ground that in a mutual insurance company the policy-holders have a share in the profits, which is practically a very heavy rebate. In July last Mr. Armstrong again made application. Alfred Stillman, the man ager ot tho union, was then m .New Zea land. The union, however, refused Mr. Armstrong's application, but three days later rescinded that action and per mitted him to enter the union. Mr. Armstrone appointed as his manager here Air. Van Slyke. When Mr. Still man returned from New Zealand Mr. Van Slyke called upon him for a copy of the bv-laws, but btillman was not disposed to recognize him as a member of the compact. Then for several days the wires between here and New York were kept pretty warm by Van Slyke and Arm strong. The upshot of it all was that Van Slyke received orders to begin war by offering to write risks 40 per cent, be low union rates, and agreeing to pay 15 Ser cent, brokerage. Yesterday morning It. Van Slyke received the following in structions from Mr. Armstreng: "Add to your daily advertisements: 'Agents wanted in every city, town and village on the Pacific coast. Liberal con tracts given.' " In a letter to Mr. Armstrong dated September 27th, Mr. Van Slyko says: "My personal idea is that tho compact would be very glad now to have us affil iate with them, but they have waited till the last moment expired, thinking we would not dare to antagonize them. I have got on my war paint, and Mr. Be dell is giving me valuablo assistance and shall continue the fight unless in structed to the contrary." S. F. Alia, 1. HE TOOK THE WRONG MEDICINE. Robert Stewart, of Petaluma, recently had a queer experience. IIo writes: "Carbuncle and bolls afflicted my face and neck for weeks. Finally I procured a bottle of ono of tho leading sarsaparillos. To my Burprlso It mado matters worse. This made me loso faith In Earsaparlllas, but seeing a statement that Joy's Yegatablo Sarsaparilltt dried up bolls and f aco eruptions instead of forcing more out as tho potash sarsaparillos do, I bought a bottle. Tho effect was aston ishing. The carbuncles and bolls began to dry up, and In two weeks my face was -jvell and Bmooth'asover. Mybrotberalsotookabottlo with the same benefit Robert Stewart, "Petaluma, Cah" (Explanatory Note Tho mineral lodido of potash, which is tho basis of nearly all other Earsaparlllas, attacks tho blood direct, henco forces impurities through tho skin, creating more bolla and pimples. Joy's Vegetable Sar saparllla acts oppositely. Its vegetable alter atives stimulate tho various secretive organs and thus eliminate all Impurities through tho natural channel, henco dries u pimples and skin eruptions at once. Tho abovo testimon ial is a case in point Tcleplioncliousriiijr House. Best Beds in town. Rooms per night DO and 25 cts., per week Sl.50. New and clean. Private entrance. aieals Cooticd to Order. Private rooms for ladies and families: at Central Restaurant, next to Foard & Stokes'. Wcinliarrt's Beer. And Free Lunch at the Telephone Sa loon, 5 cents. Try tho Chase & Sanborn Seal Brand conee best in the market at Thomp son & Ross. Saratoga Chips Are clean, convenient and palatable. Ask your grocer for them. For sale everywhere. Get a sample and try them. All the patent medicines advertised in this paper, together with the choicest periumery, ana toilet articles, etc., can be bought at the lowest prices, at J. V. Conn's drug store, opposite Occident notei, Astoria. Notice. A U. PARTIES ARE IIEREKY NOTI- 2X. fled that the County Court will meet juonuay, uct. inn, lssa, atio o'clock a.m., for the purpose of equalizing and coriecting the Assessment Itoll for 1S89. Hy order of County Court. Attest : C. J, TRENCUARD. Clerk. Furnished Rooms to Rent. Apply to Mrs. M. E. Glaiendon, One door east of T. O.Trulllnger's residence. For Public Convenience. During the Fair at Poitlnnd tne steamer i,uiiiilXtl will leave I'oill.-m.l virv Saturtlav nhrht for this Citv. at. h -so nvri.- Rounn Trip Tickets $2.50, to he had it tllA ATntll QtrOftf ttnr nllli.i M Estate Auctioi SALE. Valuable and DlipIbleLots In Adair's AslorU. Saturday, October 3, at 2 v. m. At Robb & Parker's Real IMate Offi.v, Where a Plat oftlie Propertj can b..' Seen. Instructed by V. 15. Adair, i:-i , a cnr. I will oiler at PUBLIC AUOIION. on tin' above day. the Lots In BLOCK CO. aDaIH'S ASlORIA.asreoentlysubdlvicled. replattcil and recorded in i lie County Clerk'b otlice. This propel ty Is admirably located, com mands:! fine View of the Columbia Riwr uar, is only 3 blocks irom high tide water line and 3 only from the street car line now running. It Is one block south or the Pow er's Vvenue. which Is laid out 135 it. Uc. lisich lot is clearf il and staked off and a ma jority ot them sue now under cultivation by Chinese gardeners. Persons rfesirous of examining tin prop erty befoie the day of the sate will please take the plank road south of Koni.'s Brew ery. The lots are now quite accessible. A carriage can be driven within one block of the north west corner of Block CO. Terms at sale. Title perfect. Warranty Deeds. E.C.HOLDEN, Auctioneer. Express and Transfer. Gus. ami Fred. Jlildelirantl, Proprietors. Headquarters at Foard & Stokes. LEAVE ORDERS AT PETER BRACH'S, Uppertown. BAGGAGE, FREIGHT, ETC., PROMPTLY DELIVERED la any part of the City, J. H.MANSELL, REAL ESTAT NOTARY PUBLIC FOK STATE' OF OREGON. City Lots and Acre Property, Ranches, Timber Lands, and Water Frontage for Sale. Investments made for Outside Parties. Established, 1S83. Correspondence Solicited. XextV. U. Telegraph Offlcc. Third St. Astoria, Oregon. P. O. BOX 363. EXCHANGED AT MTH ADDITION , $5.00 Per Month. Good for One Week only. E.OBE & F&BSEH, Agenta. it Will Pay You The This properly is now on tho ix Laurel Park Addition TO On tho Installment Plan for $30.00 and $40.00 per Lot. $10.00 Cash and $5.00 per Month. Don't miss this opportunity. Tho term inns of a transcontinental road will bo located within 15 minntes walk from this beautiful tract. S0 to-day. S2."0 in ono year. Save tho dollars and buy real estate and wealth is yonrs. Call at onco upon WORSLEY & OAEKDTHERS. Corner 3d and Olney Streets. This addition to Astoria is beautifully situated on a gentle slopo toward the John Day river, lying on tho County rpad and only 200 yards from steamboat land ing, nnd within easy walking distanco of street car line. The railroad survey from Portland to Astoria down tho south bank of tho Columbia river passing between the landing nnd Riverside. Tho "Oregonian" in an editorial of September 1st, says: The O. R. & N. will bnik lines within a short time from Portland to Paget Sound and Gray's Harbor and from Portland to Astoria, penetrating the John Day region." The most certain and best paying investments in any country aro those made in good towns when prices aro low and prior to tho full growth of such towns. No timber or ravines. All good level lots 50x100. Avenue3 60 feet wide. Price, S40.00; 10.00 down, balance S5.00 per month. Title, D. S. patent. Seo plats at J. H. MANSELL'S or FRANK SPITTLE, Real Estate Agents, Astoria, Oregon. DEALER IN Groceries Produce. "Water Street, Astoria, Oregon. TELEPHONE XO. 7. - P. 0. BOX S22. E BROKER, oA a m FOR A LOT -IN TO EAST ASTORIA. io Buy a Lot City of Astoria. market, and is being sold by the Rise BOOT S AND SHOES! Of Best Quality, and at LOWEST PRICES, AT THE SIGH OF THEJOLDEN SHOE. New York Novelty ALL THE LATEST NOVELTIES BlaTilte. BooliS, 2S-fc,-to23.oxBya m M JH "" jSF il S f JJP TT TIB1 S TTT 11 UlKLO F. PARKER. lourffloneyswormp IS WHAT VOU GET AT F IX Groceries and Provisions. Everj thing tn a First-class Store and at Extremely Low Figures. Goods Delivered all over Town. Tne Highest Price Paid for Junk. FOARD & STOKES aw w bmiihi im ii 1 1 n m i run i mi iirnnwf i- i Wholesale Wine House. Fine Wines, Choice Brands. I have completed arrangements for supplying any brand of Wine in any quantity at lowest cash figures. The Trade Supplied, Families Supplied. ALL ORDERS DELIVERED FREE IN ASTORIA. Your patronage in City or Country solicited. A.'W. UTZINGER, Cosmopolitan Saloon. WHOLESALE AND JtETALL DEALER IN Groceries, Provisions and Mill Feed. Crockery, Glass Plated Ware. o The Largest and finest assortment of Fresh. Fruits and TTogstables. Received fresh every Steamer. The New Model Range CAN BE HAD IN ASTORIA, ONLY OF XL R. HAWES, Agent. Call and Examine It ; You Wiil be l'Ie;iscd. E. R. Ilawes Is also Agent for tha Buck Patent Cooking Stove, AND OTHER VI 1UST CLASS STOVES. Furnace Work, Steam Fittings, Etc.. a Specialty. A Full Stock on Hand. aOBWBaHHKKEBiB wji.isXa -AND- CEILING DECORATIONS! BOOO double roll of Wall Paper and just received direct from Eastern i aotories. Also a large assortment of New Smyrna Rugs, Portiere Curtains, China Matting, Etc., Etc, Call and examine. CHAS. HEILBORN. FIRE BRICK DEAI.KRIN FIRE CLAY Say, Oats, and Straw, Lime,.BricK, Cement, Sand and Plaster Wood Delivered to Order. TEH apply to tho Captain, or to feSkiiP? i cum PSHgMr-y jffl " isj&k I NORTH PACIFIC INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION ! Opens at PORTLAND, OR., Sept. The Building Contains Six and "Which will be covered with Interesting displays of every description from every section o! the Northwest. $250,000 EXPENDED IN GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS. Largest and best exhibit of FINE LLVE coast wm De maue in tne spacious grounos aujacent ro ine isxposuion Building from October 11 to 19. LIBERATI, THE FAMOUS CORNETIST, With fifty of the best musician of New York, has been engaged at an enormous expense to furnish music during the entire exposition. There has been nothing left undone to make j tnis tne granuest exposition on tne racinc on an iransponanon lines, roruana exienas an inviuuiuu iu every namcui ui mo uuu west to attend this magnificent exposition and enjoy her hospitalities. Hotel accommoda tions ample, For further information address P SQRTH PACIFIC INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITIOX PORTLAND, OR. re CARt. A. HAJiSOX arker & Hanson SUCCESSORS TO C. L. PARKER, DEALERS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE New Goods Arriving Every Steamer THIS WEEK. Men's Mu '1 he Old Stand - Astoria Oreeon. WMwmm, Decorations of the latest Btylea and Bhade3 Of all grades in- beautiful new designs Drajlng, Teaming and Kx press Business. STEAMEIt 1. c Eben P, Parker,Maater. Si For TOWING, FREIGHT orOHAK- h. u. PAimiat. SO, and Closes Oct. 26, 1S89. One-half Acres of Floor Room, STOCK ever brought together on the Pacific coast, iteaucea rates oi iare nave uwu sctmcu