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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1899)
T11K MORNING ASTOillAN THURSUA. MOKMKU. 8EPTK.MHEU 2H, 1899. gaily SUtoHmt JOHN T. LIGHTER, Editor. Telephone Main 661. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. DAILY. Sent by mail, per year W-W Sent hT mail. nr month W RmrA hv curler. Dr month W SEStl-WEEKLT. Sent by mall. per rear. In advano M-M Postage fre to ubscrlber. All communication Intended for pub lication ihJUld be directed to the edl nr. KunliMwa communications of ail klndi and remittance moat be address ed to 'The Aatorian." The Aatorlan guarantee to IU ad vertlser the largest circulation of any newapaper published on the Columbia river. Advertising rales can be had on ap plication to the business manager. TO EK.tDEUS.-Th "Dellr A.torlaa CHlaln twin uavk iradlag Mlier a may etaer paper rablUaea la Aetarla. Ii la Ike Ml paper that praoau II mden ' wlta a dalle telegraphic rerort. TO ADTKRTISKKS.-Tae 'Bally A- teriaa" haa mora laaa lilnu aaeay read an a aar etacr paper pabllakeel la rla. It la therefore more Ikaa tvtre ealaable aa aa aaWertlala awllM. PCGET SOUND TO BE THE UNION PACIFIC TERMINAL. Some days ago the Astorian pub lished an Associated Press dispatch from New Turk In which It waa as serted that the Vanderbllt railway com bination now In progress would seek a PacLflc coast terminal on Puget sound. The game dispatch waa pub' lished in the Oregonlao, with the differ ence- that in the office of the Portland paper it waa doctored by the Insertion of Portland Instead of Puget aound aa the proposed western terminal. The New Tork report as to the purpose of the Vanderullt people is now corrobo rated by the following- dispatch from Omaha, published in the San Francis co pipers of Sunday: At Salt Lake City, October , a meet ing of the Cnlon Pacific stockholders will be held which promises to mark a new epoch In the history of that great property. The preferred capi tal stock and common capital stock will be increased sufficiently to permit the acquisition of the outstanding pre ferred and common stock of the Ore gon Railway ft Navigation Company and the collateral trust income B4 per cent bonds of the Oregon Short Line Company. Through the acquisition of the Oregon Short Line bonds, the Un ion Pacific will strengthen Its proprie tary interest in the Short Line Com pany and effect an advantageous change In the character of the securi ties. With the securing of the preferred stock of the Oregon Railway ft Navi-, gallon Company and of the common stocx or mat company, exclusive of that already acquired and held by the Short Line Company, the Union Pa- clfie will confirm and complete its con trol of the Navigation properties, which was partially secured through the conversion of the Oregon Short Line stock, accomplished in the early part of the present year, and will ob tain ownership, practically absolute, of the through line to the Pacific coast from Omaha. The stockholders of the Union Pa cific express themselves almost unani mously in favor of this plan and Its completion is a certainty. Such an ab sorption as proposed will make of the Union Pacific and Its allied branches one of the greatest, most powerful and Influential railway systems in the world. It is said In railway circles that the next step will be the acquisition of a line Into Seattle, either by purchase or by an extension of the Navigation line, and that solid trains between Omaha and Seattle will be running within a comparatively short time. A promi nent ofclal of the Northern Pacific Company Is reported to have recently sild It will be the policy of the new system to route business to the Puget sound ports where the steamships from Asiatic points touch regularly and this, of course, means a diversion of traffic from the old channels. There Is little comfort for Astoria in this outlook, but It Is perhaps a con dition that must be borne. It is folly for Astoria to build any longer on th theory that the Union Pacific has any purpose to make this port Its Pacific coast terminal. There are few reasons why It should do so, against many and weighty ones why it ihould not. The press of Oregon will wak up to a real ization when it 1b too late that the only way to stop these railway deals In U.e Northwest which operate to hold Or egon and the Columbia river down Is through action In the legislature. The proper regulation of O. R. ft N. rates so a to reserve for Oregon the right ful advantage of that road's down1 grad.a would make Portland the chief city on the Pacific coast and Astoria the main ejxrt for Incoming and out going oriental commerce. In no other way can these rights be secured, and the people of Oregon are losing yean of future prosperity which might be gained if the matter had prompt and vigorous attention on all side. We are sleeping, while Puget sound Is ac tive and vigilant and Is aiming to bind ua hand and foot In a commercial sense. It is small wonder while such a spirit of lethargy and indifference prevails, that Washington make giant strides as a state while Oregon falls further and further behind all the time- By his prompt action in coming to the rescue of the Grand Army veterans. who were assigned by General Roe of the National Guard to a rear position In the great Dewey parade, Governor Roosevelt ha again demonstrated bow closely he is in touch with the senti ment of the American people. Never perhapa has the 'Irony of fate" been more strikingly illustrated than in the story of the Boers. They sought and found In the heart of Afri ca their ideal of a country which would give them a bare living by agricul ture, and it has turned out to be Of all places In the world the richest in min ing wealth, and it is this very richness which nienacea the destruction of their free and democratic republic. The statistics of our foreign trade which the bureau has Just Issued are even more encouraging than those that had preceded them. The total ex ports (or the month of August are J5 per cent higher than for the same month last year, when they were the highest known, and they are S3 per cent higher than the average In the same month for the three years l8tM-5-& For the first eight months of the cal endar year they are the highest in the history of the country. At the same tlma the Imports have Increased in nearly the same ratio, showing that we are no longer taking pay for what we sell lu our own securities, that we have long ago ceased paying our debts with our exports. bi other conspirators In an attack on the conduct of the government, rather than tu go to the front where the sharpuhooilng is done by the men who carry gun to back up their opinions. The American people have more re spect for Agulnaldo than they have for the Atkinsons. Agulnaldo is the kind of a rebel who la willing to go t) the front to be shot at. He does not know any better. He never breath ed the air of culture and Intellectual refinement upon which the learned Bostonlan ha been fed. Atkinson Is a different sort of a rebel. His plan la to keep away from the fir ing; line aa far aa possible and shoot bullets into the backs of our soldiers a they carry the flag to victory In the fever-laden swamps of the Philip pine. It will be easy to dispose of Aguln aldo, but what are we to do with the Atkinsons T THE 8ERVANT OIUL PROBLEM. vices of the regiment In order to give hint a chance to dlaplny his patriotism on the touted field. AH the world knows the rest. Kver since his resig nation Pry .in has been fighting against the army in the Philippines and doing all he can to hamper and obstruct tils administration In Its efforts to put down the Insurrection. He ha now gone bodily over to noi'ld lower the flog and llanco with Atkinson and Agulnaldo, REPORT OF THE CONDITION OK TIIK Astoria National Bank AT ASTORIA. join those who ,iU' M "'"j JLt clm and form an ai- T MT'n"'. KEKOl'ItaX and he Is welcome to all the glory he jMnt llul Aim,m, in,n 17 gets out 01 ms company. Overdraft, secured and un secured POTORS GAVE HIM UP. bond lo secure circula tion Blng-Yes. that's old Sprtgglns. .if I rrtm,util ou I'. Mhh1.. . . a Joien Wtr. h.v. eiv.n him ". l'J,.VW IX) 1.NM (W 30,11.1) 84 have given 0im up .., ,,' u ". i ....... . .. ... I w-h.ihm m.iiw iuiiiiiuiv aula at various times uunng nis lire. I flxUrva 9 8.13 01 mng-wnai was in trouDie wun miber real vstat and worl him? gag. owned 8.T00 00 1 en. Tl . t . ' doctor vo irom national banks (uol lllng He wouldn't pay his bills. The rapid growth in export of man utactures of iron and steel and the simultaneous decrease in the importa tion of manufacturers of iron and steel seem to have been coincidental with similar growth in the production of pig Iron In the United States. A statement just prepared by the treas ury bureau of statistics shows that the production of pig Iron In the United States has grown from J.S55.191 tons In 140 to 11,773,934 tons in ISM, and J. Stephens Jeans, secretary of the British Iron Trade Association, esti mates the pig iron produce In 1S99 at 14 000,000 tons. Meantime the export of manufactures of iron and steel has grown from 314,718,521 In the fiscal year 1880 to 3U.71S.S51 in the fiscal year 1SS9, while the importation of manu factures of iron and steel ' has fallen frorv VUW.t'tt In 18H0 to I12.0S3.199 In im SHATTUC'S REBUKE TO ATKINSON In handling Edward Atkinson with out gloves Congressman Bhattuc of Ohio does his country a distinguished service, fer every time he trounces the Boston pamphleteer he shakes the whole tribe of fire-in-the-rear traitors out of their boots. Some time ago Congress-man Bhattuc referred to Mr. Atkinson and his fol lowers as "traitors, copperheads and cowards." The characterization did not please Mr. Atkinson. There was a rough, western, pile-driver bluntness about it that grated harshly upon the delicate nervous temperament of the Boston pessimist. As the pungency of the characterization pressed In upon him and he began to take In the full vitriolic force of Mr. Bhattuc' delivery, he grew hysterical and pugnacious. He framed a rejoinder which was In tended to convey to Congressman Bhat tuc some Idea of the extent to which his feelings had been outraged. Instead of a recantation or apology the rejoinder evoked from Mr. Bhattuc a reiteration of the charges of treason and cowardice, coupled with a rebuke that Is hot enough to keep the Boscon Filipino away from the firing line for many moons to come. The congress man shows that the terms he applied to Mr. Atkinson have a well-defined meaning precisely the meaning he In tended to convey. He then proceeds to analyze the particular kind of trea son of which the Bostonlan Is guilty and holds him up to the scorn of all patriotic Americans. To get Into the swing of the Bhattuc yiyle of pummellng the Atkinsons It Is well to read the following excerpt: Your sharpshootlng since the begin ning has been from the rear. From lifil to the present time your skill and experience have never been developed In a place where you were in any dan ger nf getting your hide punctured. You hRve always kept It a safe dis tance from the firing line. I assume that is the reason your hide has be come o callous and case-hardened, as it were. You choose to Join with your! Chicago Times-Herald. The present scarcity of servant girls, which Is the subject of frequent and somewhat exaggerated comment In the newspapers, must impress the thought-1 ful student of household economies with two facts: First, Housekeeping as a science la far behind Industrial progression; Second,Ther Is something radically wrong in the relations ex isting between housekeepers and dJ mestlc servants. It i true that the "famine In servant girls," of which the papers speak, may be partly attributed to the present revival of Industrial activity which creates a larger demand for girls In factories and stores. But this does not fully explain the difficulties that are encountered by housekeepers in se curing and retaining competent domes tic help. For It Is well known that the wage in factories and stores are not equal, after board and room are paid for, to the wages given to domes tic help in the homes of any large city or suburban towns. It is also a fact that domestic service in most homes Is much less onerous and exacting than In mercantile and manufacturing es tablishments. Some other impelling motive must be looked for outside of Increased compen sation of lighter work. As a matter of fact, housekeeping Is the one busi ness that is not fully abreast of modern economical progress. It Is In many of Its departments crude and un sclcntiuc. Invention has furnished a few labor-saving appliances, it is true, but housekeeping has not yet been di vested of its drudgery. It clings to traditions and old-fashioned notions. After a thousand years of housekeeping the average home is stilt conducted up on the theory that "man must work from sun to sun, but a woman's work is never done." The science of cook ery has advanced, but of what value are the new culinary Ideas and dis coveries If no one can be employed to put them Into practical use in a home? Why does a girl leave the domestic service of a comfortable borne at good wage to work in a store or a factory for wages that are scarcely sufficient to pay her board T For two reasons: Because in the store or factory she Is not called a "servant," and because she work only ten hours a day and six days out of the week, which means to her 'Industrial Independence." It Is very clear to anyone who views housekeeping from the standpoint of a cold business proposition that the solu tion of the domestic service problem lies in a readjustment of the relations between the head of the domestic es tablishment and the housemaid. A few more years of deprivation and hardship may be necessary to convince housekeepers of this fact It Is be lieved by many that the time Is coming when the housemaid will be employed on the same basis that girls and men are employed In the stores: that they will report for work at a certain hour In the morning and quit at a certain hour in the evening, sustaining to the household only the relations of an em ploye and forming no part of the do mestic circle. The employe will no longer be called "servant" a name that should be obsolete in free America but will be on social equality with alt other classes of wage-earners, rest' ing under no stigma of servitude. WT ether It Is coming to this or not it cannot be denied that no progress to ward a solution of the problem can be made that does not start with a correct ascertainment of the reasons that im pel a girl to leave domestic service to accept employment In other lines of in dustry. BUSINESS P01TTITRS. The o, a r. rrva ageuts) l.tU'J 00 lUne Irom slat hauls au.l bankers 2.4HO 90 Do from approved reserve agent IM Cheek and other rath items. KTt) SO Note of other nal loual banks. TM) 00 Fresh cracked crab, at the National Fl"" bank, via: Sweet cream la any amount at the specie 39,900 2i parlor. 16 Burbank potatoes, 31 a sack, at Pat's Market Legal-tender not. 7M 00 40,743 ii Kedeniptlou fund with V. &. treasurer (5 per cent ot cir culation) MJ 50 Jars Is Whits cook. 'tfc 000" restaurant Astoria via a n. to Portland ft N. only W cent Home made chocolates, 30 cent a pound, at t:-.e Parlor. Best U-ceot meal, RWog Bus restau rant, tU Commercial street. we guarantee our to cream lo be made of pur cream. The Parlor. Total itr, m tW LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in t firi.niX) 00 8orplus fund H.400 00 Undivided profits, lea ex pense sod taxes Dai J '.VIW ?J Aational bauk notos) out standing iLMO 00 Individual deposits subiect to rbecktl34.3l3 73 Demand certifi cates of deposit. 1(1378 41 Time certificates of deposit 22 9)9,791 38 Total, 80 Cold lunch, pickled Dig feet orstera. Rt.t. i,r Omn 1 sheeps tongue, etc., at the National Coonty of Clataop.1 M Cafe. I I, J. E. Hlggina, oaslaer of the above named bank, do solemnly awrar thai ths Our Ice cream is warranted to bt mad above statement Is Iroa to the heat of or pur cream. The Parlor, next to Jobs my knowledge and belief. J. K. III'iiilNS, Cashier, Subscribed and sworn to befor me this r.'th day of September, 1M) E. .. rr.KlH SOX. Notary Pnblio for Oregon torreot auoet. II. C, THOMPSON J.C.DKMKNT V Directors. tiKO. II. (1KOKGK llaba's. Bltrgeat and beat meal at Denver Kitch en on Ninth street. 14 cents. wh:t cook. Try tt Beat Calttomla wise a) cents per gU lea Alex OUbert, sol agent for As toria Telephon S3. uo you know Snodgrass make Stamp Photos? Call and see them they are all the go. cream Pur Rye. Amertoa's flaaet whiskey. The only purs goods, guaran. teui rich and mellow. John L. Carlson, oie aceot ror rent Furnished rooms with first-class tabl board. Apply lira, B. C. Holden's corner Ninth and Duan Street. B. House's Caf at 123 Third street. Portland, is regarded by many people as the leading restaurant In the Pa cific Northwest Botjuet De Cuba and Key West Oems art the finest flv cent cigars that sver cam to this market Henry Roe, op posite brewery. The Occident shaving parlor and baths will remain open during the tlma the Improvement are being made to the hotel. Customers will be given th same service and attention. Beginner and advanced pupils can hare thorough Instruction on the vio lin and piano by applying to J. H. Am- me, a graduate of Dresden and Lerp- sig conservatory. Hotel Tigha Light place your house of business and with Incandescent Vapor Gas Lamps iw-canai power at a of lo for thre heura. coat Miller & Barnaber?, Agents 403 Bond Street Astoria State Normal School, MONMOUTH. OKKOON Training ohoai for TeacWr. New IlulMIng New Department. tTngraded Country tohool Work. (iraduitrs Srrurv (lornl Positions. TnONO COURBBg-Well equipped training depaiWMe, Normal tuvrse, quickest and beat way ta that Certificate. Eipetwea for year from UK to fl: n.ard UN le N per week) TwIUoa, kesj per term of tea weeks, rj term begin September ttHai aunuoer term J as veyiewuer j. wx Mtalogu address p. U CAlfPHBLU or W. a, WaNN. Be af FaasHy. Pacific Sheet Metal Works 'Ulmon VtfeUUe Fritt MANUFACTURERS OF ...CANS... Syrup Lithographing on Tin a Specialty. Su Francisco, CiI. AstorU, Ore. Writ Un for Prl Filrnavtn, Wisb. THE OCCIDENT Astoria's Leading Hotel McRlcr & WrlBltt. Prons. ASTORIA MEAT COMPANY Telephone No. a J Handles Only the Choicest Meats l ' . tiBi rH4VJ NVIlelWeMale WrWWrWfWMrrWMfMrWr PacificNayigationCompany HTEAMKRS R. P. Blrtior) W. H. llnrrlnoH ONLY DIRECT LINK AHTOIIIA to TILLAMOOK L LEBECK Carpenter end Builder General Contractor HOUSE RAISING AND MOVINd A SPECIALTY Andrew Lake 5aa COMMERCIAL ST. ...Merchant Tailor... WHY HE DIDN'T GO TO WAR. Bryan's Evasion of a Pointed Question Asked by One of His Audience. Post-Intelligencer. In his speech opening the Nebras ka campaign, Col. Bryan, in response to the Inquiry, "Why didn't you go to Cu ba?" from some one In the audience, said: "I offered my services to a re publican president the day that war was declared. That offer waa never ac cepted. I then raised a regiment of my own. When the treaty or peace was signed I resigned because I believed this country was In more danger than Cuba, and I came home to fight repub licans. I had five months of peace in the army, and have had constant fight ing since I came out" Bryan Intimates that President McKlnley Ignored him. He Is ever assuming that his hearers have short memories. Like thousands of other public men, he offered his ser vices to the president upon the break ing out of war. Not having any military experience there was no place to utilize him, and when the Third Nebraska was organized Governor Hol comb offered Bryan the command, and although Nebraska's quota was full, the war department accepted the ser- ine steamer Mayflower la Chang of Captain Plckemell, Is now open for easiness, except on Saturday and Tues days, when she will be engaged on her regular runa Apply at ruher! dock. The Astoria Froebel Klnderaarten will open September 25. Miss Annie General K. mnderson, klndergartner. Parents Interested are Invited to call at th kindergarten, No. 407 Exchange street Perfect Pit Guaranteed. Low Prices. Repairing and ClasiUns; Neatly Doc. J. A. Fas ta bend Contractor and Builder Rpflllrjarl rataafl Sin IVkU. ii.ii- Line steamer Bailey Oatsert between HoUM-mOVing Tools for Rent. Astoria and Portland: Far SO cents, state room 11.25, lower berth 11 cent, upper berth 50 oents, section berth cents. S THE PROOF Kell.-y's transfer wsgon deliver box wood to any part of the city on short notice. All orders left at Zapfs fur- nuure store, 030 Commercial street, will receive prompt attention. Tele phone im. uo to the Columbia Electrla k Re pair Company for all kinds of new and repair work, from a cambric needle to a bicycle, boiler or engine. Quick work and satisfaction guaran teed. Logging machinery of all kinds a specialty. Shop opposite Ross. Hlg- gins Co. of th pudding to Id Hu eating and tn proof of liquor IS IN SAMPLING That's an argument that' elusive-a demonstration. Our will stand the teat HUGHES & CO. 5inger commencing aept. Zlnt the following reduced rates will be nlacerl In fri via the O. R. A N. Co.: Between As- Qpwitifr MnrfliriAC torla and Portland and Intermedin. w TT '"""'"'VJ plonts the fare will be 50 cents In eacn airectlon. Reduction has also been made In berth rates as follows: Lower berths 75 cents, upper berths 50 cents and section berth 25 cents, The concert hall opened by Charlie Wise at No. 339 Astor street, Is the on and only popular resort of its kind In that vicinity. Mr. Wise Is doing some thing new among concert hall. He Is not only selling a class of pure liquors. but I giving hi place a management which Insures gentlemanly attention and treatment to his patrons. The good music and the crowd will be found at Charlie Wise's place. Sold on Easy Payments Old machine taken in exchange. C. P. Looney, Agent. 433 Comujeroin! 8tret, Astoria. ATTORNEYS. . Q. A. BOWLBT, ATTORNEY. AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW. Office Bond Street, Astoria. Or. QARIHALDI DAY CITY HOIJHONVILLK Connecting at Astoria with th Ort.o Railroad 4 Navigation Co, for fan Francisco, Portland and all point essl. For freight and passen ger rate apply t SsitiM.I Elmore 4 Co. f ersl Aitents, A8TOIUA, ORE. COHN AGO, Agsnta, Orvgo ,roa.l . Navigation Co., TILLAMOOK, Cr. fORTLAND, Or. THE LOUVRE Seventh and Astor Streets SHASTA MINERAL WATER, i'EITER, NOBLE, HICKORY AND SHAWS MALT WHISKIES. ALL OTHER LIQUORS, WINES, BEER AND CIGARS Served Day nnd Night. AUGUST KRATZ, - . Manager PALACE Open Day and Nljht. W. W. Whlppla.PropriatOr. Finest Restaurant North of San Francisco ATTBNTTVB BERYICX.,,, riRMLAM cmanra.. private room rox usm 538 Commercial St., Aetoria, Oregon P0VEY & BIRCHALL TAILORS Fin work at Popular Price. 327 Waeshliagtor Street. Next Imperial Hotel Astoria Public Library RSADINa ROOM FRES TO ALL. Odsm every oar from I eioek ta I: ana t .m ta I Jt n so. nbserlptlon rats H par annnra. West Cor. Kl areata a4 Dusa ireata H.F.PraelTransferCo. Telepben B. DRAYING AND EXPRESSING AO Good VhlppM to Onr Car Will Reoelr Spealal Atteatloa. No. in Duan Bt,, Aak.rU, Or. V. 3. COOK. Mgr. Kaa Tel. lit, TEVtPLB LODOB NO, 1, A. F. A. M. Regular communication held on th first and third Tueaflar evening of each month. J. N. GRIFFIN, W. If.; E. O. HOLD EN. ftsoretary.