The morning Astorian., May 23, 1900, Image 4

Tilt MOItMNO ASLUtUAA WEDNK.SUAi, .u
3TORH CL03R3 AT 7 P. M. EXCEPT SATUUDAT.
LADIES' TAILOR-MADE SUITS
A Great Clean Up
Sale This Weclt...
DIG CUT IN PRICES
TO CLOSE GUT THE STOCK
Headquarters for Pry Goods on the Lower Columbia.
RESORTING TO
FALSEHOOD
Monopoly's Agents, Beaten a
Every Turn, Try a New Trick.
Awertioa the Water Commission His Ever
Sail That It Would Not Build a Public
Lljbtint Plant Absolutely False.
Thi? grandstand play made by the
"West Shore Mills Company In offer
lng V turn on the street lights last
nlpht and tonight will fall very flat
when the bill for the lame Is ordered
paid by the council. The West Shore
5ll!ls Company is In the business of
selling lights and If the city desires
to illuminate its streets for one or
two nights and pay the company the
price It asks, there Is no reason why
the lights should not be furnished.
Astoria is abundantly able to pay
for all It orders in the way of public
conveniences but because it sees fit to
pay extortionate rates for lights for
two nights, under a peclal demand,
that is no sign the city should continue
to submit to extortion.
In their extremnity, having failed to
bulldose the city council or frighten
the citizens with the cry of dark
streets, the agents of the West Shore
Mills Company have resorted to bare
faced falsehoods in a desperate at
tempt to once more open the cUy
treasury for pillage to the corporation
that has so long plundered the tax
payers by extortionate charges for
the poorest electric light service ever
furnished In the state of Or-gon, '
public or private.
The West Shore Mills Company no
longer arrogantly demands of the
council an outragjous price for public
lights and with equal arrogance re
fuses to agree to furnish lights of any
stipulated candle-power. The com
pany itself says nothing but its agents
are hunting around trying to find some
compromise, any kind of a compromise,
that will Induce the council to let the
West Shore Mills Company once more
flz its grip upon the city's funds.
As sail, after trying the sympathy
dodg; the dark streets with scores of
footpads scare; the "it can't be done"
cry, and having them all fall to move
the council from its position, the West
Shore Mills Company's agents are now
trying what downright, malicious false
hood will do.
They will fall again, for the coun
cil has had time to get at the real
sentiment of the taxpayers upon the
lighting question and its members ful
ly sustain their action ' In breaking
loose from the West Shore Mills Com
pany and demanding that the water
commission lo its duty, the duty for
which It was created, namely, the
building of a public electric plant suf
ficient to supply this city and all the
Inhabitants thereof with electricity for
any and all purposes whatsoever, be
it public or prlvatj lighting, public
or private motive power, or what
ever other use to which electricity may
be put.
The agents who nre circulating the
falsehoods for the benefit of the West
snore Mills company, which pays
at
of
Dyspepsia
Promptly Relieved and Cured
Baldwin's Dyspepsia Cure.
by
Mr. M. P. Butters, eretary and treas
urer of the But-re-Pws Sfi.lt and Lum
ber Company of L.uddlng'ton, MJoh, says:
"In the summer of 1S97 I was taken with
a vry evore stomach and bowul trouMe.
After trying various rmile and vetting
iftenmt health resort without benefit,
cur Dyspepsia Capsules arid HwJth Tab
let ww e recommended to me, and thy
gave me Immediate relltl."
"Without question Baldwin's Dys
pepsia Capsules and (Health Tablet! ax
the safest, surest and most effective
cure for dyspepsia, indigestion, weak
ttomach, loss of appetite, depressed
feeling, palpitation of the heart and all
derangement of th stomach, however
light or severe."
Baldwin's Dyspepsia Capsules and
HeaJth Tablet axe made by the Ed
ward L. Baldwin Co. of San Francisco
end axe guaranteed to cure or money
refunded. Dyspepsia Capsules, 60
cents. Tablets 25 cents. Medical Man
ual for self treatment maJled to any
address on receipt of two-cent stamp.
Baldwin's Remedies are wold by
rnAN'rr hakt.
Successor to Th. Olsen, 600-2 Com. St.
thorn for their work are not known but
are strongly conjectured, . are busy
spreading abroad the report that the
water commission has already decid
ed that It will not build a public elec
tric plant and has so notified the
council.
That statement is unqualifiedly false
from start to finish and every mem
ber of the water commission will say
so. The parties who are publishing
and circulating the statement know it
to be falsv and knew It to be false be
fore they gave It utterance.
The deliberate, willful, premeditat
ed falsehood was conjocted and Is be
ing circulated in an endeavor to try
to discourage the council and swerve
it from its duty to the people- But
It won't do the work.
The truth is that the water commis
sion has said nothing to anyone, ex
cept the representatives of the council,
as to w hat they would or would not do
in the matter of erecting a public elec
tric plant. To the representatives of the
council It is said, upon good authority.
the water commission has said practi
cally this: If the water commission
became convinced, after a thorough in
vestlgatlon. that it could build, main
tain and operate a public electric plant
of sufficient capacity to meet the re
qulrements of the city charter that Is,
to furnish electric light and power to
the city and Its inhabitants and could
operate such a plant at a' profit.
the same time reducing the cost
eiectric ngnt ana power to consum
ers at least one-third to one-half,
compared with the West Shore Mills
Company's present rates, IT WOULD
BUILD A PUBLIC PLANT.
There Is not the slightest doubt but
what the water commission will be
convinced, upon investigation and
understood that is what it Is now
doing that not only can a public elec
tric light and power plant be built,
maintained and operated here at
profit and a great saving to consum
;' ers in the cost of light and power, but
it will also be convinced that It can
build a plant of quadruple the capa
city and efficiency of that now being
operated by the West Shore Mills Com
pany for less money than tha: cor
roratlon has Invested.
No better testimony us to the eenn
oniy and expediency of building a pub
lie lighting riant could vbc asked than
that voluntarily offered by F. W. New
mi. rornier superman-lent of the street
railway of Astoria, and an acknowl
edged electrical expert, in conversa
tion with a cltiren of Astoria, who
was In Portland the other dqy, Mr.
Newell. In speaking of the public
lighting question, said that a public
light plant could be built and operat
ed by this city at a profit that would
furnish all the light, for public and
private use, needed by the city and
citizens, at one-half the West Shore
if Ills Company's chargss. He further
aid that with the new improved its,-
t hlncry, such generators as are now in
use and with the Hiommy practiced
in the distribution of the electric light
current, a plant of far greater capa-
city than that of the West Shore Mills
Company could be built by Astoria for
one-half the cost of the Trulllnger's
plant.
air. rveweii is certainly both com
petent and acknowledged authority on
electrical matters and especially so as
to the cost of building and operating a
lighting and power plant. He could
have no object In wilfully misrepresent'
lng this matter and no one who knows
him will for a moment believe that he
has done so or that he has spoken
without good reasons 'or his state-ments.
Some months ago, long before there
was any thought of a controversy over
public lights, a representative of the
Thomson-Houston Electrical Com
pany was In this city for a portion of
or.e day, not for the purpose of doing
business, as the city was outside his
territory. He visited the West Shore
MIllx Company's plant and looked it
over and expressed himself as follows
"While these people (the West Shore
Mills Company) are using our system,
they are away behind. They have a
splendid engine, but as to the rest of
the machinery, It Is out of date. Why?
It costs as much In fuel to make the
machines th?y are jslng generate
enough current to (five good lights as
it would to run eight of our new ma
chines, and they would give about six
teen times as much current as the
machines now In dse here. I could
put in a plant here for a very little
money, that would double the service
In Astoria at one-half the present cost
per light to your people."
Now, the man certainly was not
biased, certainly could hope to gain
no personal advantage by making
such statements, and was as certainly
competent to Judg of elt-trial ma-
Iniorvlew was unsolicited and tlv
statements he made, if untrue, can
easily be disproved by the water com
mission if they imk for information
from the proper aouivoa, but until
dlsprowd should have no little weight
In dividing the public lighting ques
tion.
San Francisco is today making the
tame fight that Astoria Is making foi
public lighting, and the i-lltrcns submit
to dark streets without a murmur, on
ly asking that the city own It lights.
ChU-ago has paid. In saving to tax
payers on public lights, for Its public
plant five limes over since it was Inaugurated.
fcvery city, town or hamlet, east or
west, that has put in a public lighting
system, has made it pay and. despite
the machinations of corporations and
their hired agents, have maintained
ttv plants.
Th: boldness of some of the West
Shore Mills Company's agents In put
ting words Into ollUlals' mouths and
In making plans whereby they claim
tho city must submit to tho West
Shore Mills Company's extortion or be
forever In the dark, Is surprising. As
was said the other day, the taxpayers
are under no obligation to make Mr.
Trulllnger's Investments pay. That
his Investments have paid In the past
he will not deny and. as one who was
once in a position to know truthfully
says, the taxpayers cannot be ex
pected to make good losses due to bad
management by paying extortionate
rates for street lights.
It the taxpayers be patient. Cltve
the water commission a reasonable
time lu which to Investigate and then
Jeclde. One thing Is certain the peo
ple will not sanction the council re
luming to the West Shore Mills Com
pany's contracts and lights, and It i
believed that It is equally certain ttey
will be given a public lighting system.
THE METHODIST COXFKRENCK.
Dr. Frank M. Bristol's Stirring Re
sponse to a Toast at Northwestern
University Banquet.
CHICAGO. May 22.--Esnr(t do
j Corps," was urged by Rev. Frank M.
Bristol, pastor of the Metropolitan 1
Church of Washington. D. C. as the1
reason why the faculty and interests
of the Northwestern University should
use evry means to secure the election
of Its alumni who an? candidates for
ecclesiastical offices before the Metho
dist general conference.
"Esprit du Corps." was the title of
the toast to which the Washington dl
vine responded last night at the an
nual banquet of the Northwestern Un
iversity Alumni Association at the Au
ditorium Hotel, and the ringing words
with which President McKinley's pas
tor charged yie alma mater with lack
of interest and neglect of Its alumni
stirred the two hundred banqueters
present. Including scores of delegates
to the Methodist conference, tJ enthus
iastic applause.
The subterfuges and subtleties of the
politician to an honorable limit, were
decided by Dr. Bristol to be necessary
to this end, and he exhorted that class
rplrlt and college pride should bring
workers Into the field to secure for
Northwestern' alumni the positions!
bought. "We cannot talk like this In
the conferences," said Dr. Bristol, "but
we can do so with safety here."
OUR NAVY USES PE-RU-NL
Paymaster
Collier says:
ul Have
Taken
re-ru-na
It Will
Do All
Thati.9
Claimed
For It"
KOPP'S BEST
A Delicious and Palatable
Drink Absolutely Pure
The North Taolllo llrcwory, of whloh HottM Imht for family use or
Mr. John Kopp Is pror-lotor, bmkt beer beer supplied at any time, delivery in
for doniM'lo ami riporl trmlo. the flty frws
WM. 4,. COLUER, PAYMASTER OFTIIB U. & NAVY.
One of the most responsible positions
In the practical management of the
United States Navy is the Paymuter't
Office. Only men of great eieoutlvo and
clerical ability can fill such s position
Such s man Is the Hon. William A. Col
Iter, AsiUtant Paymaster of tho United
Btatcs Navy. In recent letter of his
lo Dr. IUrtman he says:
Wasiujjotos, D. C, Jan. 23, 1SW.
I have takon I ru-na and take pleas
ure In recommending It to thoso needing
s Orst-clais tonic, feeling assured that It
Will do all that is claimed for It.
Yours trnly, Wm. A. Collier.
r' :-:
College pride." said Dr, Bristol,
hould extend to assisting all alumni
who were aspirants for honors at pub
lic hands," and he urged as sufficient
reason that the school produced no
unworthy men.
A reference to the abilities of Con
gressman Boutelle, who Is an alumnus
of Northwestern, provoked hearty ap
plause.
Prof. A. B. Stuart acted as toast
master and unlike most of alumni ban-
iui.-is, me assemDiage snowed: a pre
ponderance of the older alumni.
The presence in the city of the dele
gates to the Methodist conference In
fluenced the holding of the banquet at
the present time, it was usually held In
mld-wlnter.
Presllent H. W. Rogers answered to
tha toast, "The University," giving
review of what the school had accom
plished- Bishop Fowler related the In
cldents of school life.
President W. H. Crawford, of Alle
gheny College, also an alumnus, an
swered to the toast. "After Sixteen
Years," while "The Brotherhood of
Scholars," was responded to by Presi
dent Eli McEnglish, of the University
or the Pacific. President Arthur
Brlggs, dean of Iowa Theological
School, answered to "After Dinner."
AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY.
Officers Elected at the Meetlnsr Hell
In New York Yesterday.
NEW YORK, May 22,-The Amer
ican Kriage company, organized to
control the bridge manufacturing in
dustry in the United States, has
elected these officers:
President, P. Roberts, Jr.; treas
urer, William Connell. The full board
of directors will consist of 21 mem
bers and Include A. B. Case, of the
Carnegie Sted Company.
The company takes over the prlnci-
al bridge, works In the country.
HUNDREDS BOUND FOR NOME-
Steamships Selling More Tickets Than
They Have Room for Passengers.
'
17'" W.
6ergeajit Buck Taylor, Nw York City,
Sergeant Buck Taylor, ono of the
famous Rough Riders, is a personal
friend of Governor Itoosovelt, of New
, York. lie accompanied Governor Koose
relt on his great stumping tour through
upper Ner York state. lie was pro
moted through gallantry In the field
Inring the late war.
Tab Sergeant baa the following to say
of Pe-ra-nat I think there Is no bettst
medicine on earth than Po-ru-na, fot
catarrh. It has cured me. It would
take volume to toll you all the good II
has done me. Pe ru na is the best c
tarrh cure on earth, and I know, for
have tried nearly all of them. Kotpvct-
fully. Buck F.Taylor."
Major Algernon A. Maboo, of the
Tenth Volunteer
regiment, stationed
at Macon, Ua., In a
recent letter to Dr.
Hartraan from
Washington, D. C,
says: "I think
there la no better
medicine on earth
than your Te-ru-na
for catarrh. It hu?
c. y. -- j - .
surely cured me. It ' V'. j --
would take a ol
ume to tell you all Major Mabton.
the good It has done me. Pe-ru-na Is
the greatest remedy ever prepared, and
I think I bare tried them all."
A. A.Mabson.
Pe-ru-na attained great popularity
among the officers of the army as well as
the nayy during the late war with Spain,
A great many letters were received from
field and hospital corps. Indicating that
this popular climatlo remedy ha become
well nigh Indispensable to the in. Pe-ru-na
Is not only a National remedy, but
has proven itself a National blesalng
Letter from every quarter are received
dally testifying to the virtue of Pe-ru
na In cases of catarrh that had long sine
given up all hope of cure. Coughs, colds,
Influenza, la grippe and acute catarrh
yield at once to the action of Po-ru-ua,
No case of catarrh can entirely renlst tli
curative virtues of Pe-ru-na, a every
case is either cured or permanently bene
fited. A lecturo on catarrh and Its cur
by Dr. Uartman sent free by Tho Pe-ru-
na Drag MTg Company, of Colunibu,0
North Pacific Brewery
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VISITING CARDS
SEATTLE, May 22. Nine men, who
;ft here for Nome on the steamer
Ix-rdwn, arrived here today, having
been p'Jt atfhore at their own reauiet
Eat Clall.un. They charge that
ie company sold more tltkets than
chlnery, its cost and efficiency. His there were berths on the steamer. Lo-
zn hue mm mm
Of New Zealand
W. P. THOMAS, Mgr., 5a n . rnncisco.
UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS
Mr Kribcd C'lipital,
Piiid up Capital,
AsM'ttf,
A.i-fts in United StatcH,
Surplus to Policy Holderf,
$:,000,000
1,000,00(1
2,r,4r,n i
aon.ooo
1,718,792
Has Ih-h Underwriting on tlio I'ik ific (nH cm i Ivinty-two years,
SAMUEL ELMORE & CO.
Kifiidciit A hi-, Astoria, Or.
cal agents tonight settled the claims
of the nine dltwatlsfled ones.
Six hundred more fortune seekers
will h-ave for Cape Nome tomorrow by
the Hteamxhlp Garonne.
AFT Ell THE "BOXErtS."
PKKIN, May 22. The authorities
apparently have begun to realize that
thi; "boxer" movement Is too serious
to remain lonirer undealt with. Troops
are being Kent to the disturbed dln-
trlr ts with InHtruetions to rigidly sup
press the outrages. Six leaders of the
movement In I'ekln have been arrested.
A NEW TRAIN.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway Co. will place In service April
29th a New Train between Bt. Paul and
fit. Louis, cf'-'d the "Flying Dutch
man." The train will have through
sleeping cars and be flrst-class
throughout. Ask any ticket agent for
particulars or address
C. J. EDDY. General Agent,
Portland, Oregon.
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Milwaukee & Pt. Paul Railway, known
all over the Union as the Oreat Rail
way running the "Pioneer Limited"
trains every day and night vetween Bt
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Chicago. ''The only perfect train In
the world." Understand: Connec
tions are mnde with all transcontinent
al lines, assuring to passengers the belt
service known. Luxurious coaches,
electric light, steam heat, of a verity
equaled by no other line.
See that your ticket reads via "The
Milwaukee" when going to any point
In the United Htates or Canada, All
ticket amenta iell them.
For rates, pamphlets or other Infor
mHiln, address,
J. W. CAS BY, C. J. EDDY,
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