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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1903)
ASTORIA. ORKGO.N, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1903. SULTAN BRAND Singapore Pineapple IS THE BEST Whole, Sliced ami Grulod 15c, 25c nl 30c Can. Demon Dlrutw! at Sloro Toluy - " ' KOSS, HIGGINS & CO. OROCEUIEa AND MEAT?. THE AUGUST, 10OS, llltth Water. ,T .'. DniC Hiinir1y ."."" ,' SUNDAY . . Monday . .. Tuesday . . , Wednesday , , Thursday . . Friday , , . . A. M. P. M. h.nt. ft, li.m ft. 7.1 7.4 7. 7.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 0:14 7.11 T.I 1:25 1:85 0:67 1:10 7.7 7. 7.4 1:10 1:46 l:16j 1:04 I; 41 1:14 7.1 J: to 4:11: 7 4: JO A UNIQUE- I There are a couple of very clever Female Im personators at the Unique this week. This reminds me of come Clothing Imper sonators! but after all there's but one HERMAN WISE In Astoria. He has the largest and finest stock of Men's and Hoys' Togs, sella at one price and sees to it that his customers are waited 6h courteously. If you believe in that kind of dealing I want your trade. Herman STILL IN THE LEAD Dainty eaten, people with hearty appetites theater parties, and all other parties find what they desire and some., to appreciate at the Toke Point oyster house. The choicest viands In the mar ket are there served In most pleasing style. Open all night Private rooms. Still In The Lead Our Large Stock Charles Heilborn Son. TIDBS AUGUST, 1003. Low Water, . .... , llt. HnlTirdiiy 'i , (tt'NIMY . . M outlay . Tuesday . . . Wednesday . Thursday . , Friday . . . , .A h.m" M. P. M. ft. h.tn. ft. 7:10 7:36 1:00 1:24 1:601 7:ii0 7:44 1:16 1:4 2.9 0.6 3.7 2.4 0.7 0. 0 1.1 1.8 1. 3 t:2 l.t 1.4 1.6 9:23 10:11 I0:02 11:04 SHOW I CHEAP FUEL. Flr-labwood, stove legths, 12.50 per cord. Boxwood $1.60 per large load. Phone 2211 Black. Kelly, the trans. fer man. Subscribe for the Semi-Weekly As- torlan, $1.00 a year. ' Wise For twenty-seven years we have been Leaders in the Furniture Trade comprises the best goods obtainable All our furniture is first class and yet ' you can buy of us as cheaply as else- r where. Try it. Will Build New Shops at Once A. & C. R. R. Will Have Finely Equipped Plant at Warrenton ' tfuirlntnd(mt JUOulre, of the A, (', It. It., Is authority for the statement that the company will begin work Im mediately on the ron.t ruction of new nmihln hops on the site tf the build Inif recently destroyed by Are at Wr- renlon. I I he new hom will bo equipped throughout with new machinery, which will he ordered In part from eastern manufacturer. Everything will be lii-w.fiml the equipment will be complete In every detail. The estimated tout of Hie building nd coritf nta destroyed '.' ir.,owO but If the plans outlined by Mupt.McOiiIre uiaternllx the new plant will cost conld"rtbly more. There Is to b no deluy In ths work of construction, hihI It Is the Intention of the eompany to have the building com pleted within 30 days. Engine No. 4, wWch was badly dam. aged In the Are, has been snt to the machln shoi of the Southern Pacific, and will be rebuilt. Under special ar rangement the locomotive will be rush ed to completion and returned to the company here In time to be used In the huddling of the present season's busl- ntM. The new shops, It is understood, will be on a much larger scale than the old. and will be an improvement to Warren ton generally. ' WILL BE LAUNCHED SATURDAY i"APT. JOHN REID'S NEW BOAT "FOX" ALMOST HEADY TO KISS THE WATERS. Everything Is hurry and bustle at the Leathers' shipbuilding yards In .prepa ration for the launching of the new boat that is being constructed for Capt. John Held. What are practically the finishing touches are now being added to the vessel by the painters, and the machinery Is all ready for Installation. Mr. leathers states that the trim lit tle craft will dike her maiden plunge on Saturday afternoon, about 5 o'clock, nothing unforseen occurring meantime to prcvpnt. The boat will be named Fox" in honor of Hon. John Fox. pres ident of the Astoria Iron Works. Mr. Fox says that he has not been notified that he Is to be thus honored, but it is understood that such Is the cas Thre Are now three boats" In the course of construction at the Leather yards, but the launch for Opt. Reld Is the trimmest looking of the trio. It has the lines of a clipper steam yacht, and is as graceful a vessel in appearance as any that will ply the waters of the CulumblA. It is probable that there will be a for mal ceremony at the christening, and that one of Astoria's fair daughters will break the bottle of sparkling wine on the bow of the boat as she slides into the water. MATTSON PUTS UP BONDS MAN WHO ENGAGED IN GUN PLAY AFTER A POKER OAME IS BOUND OVER TO THE CIRCUIT COURT. Ismel Mattson, sober and penitent, appeared before Justice Goodman yes terday afternoon to discuss the matter of a little gun play In the Eagle saloon at Unlontown tn Sunday. Mr. Mattson was ,attendt?d by a friend, and together they managed to Impart to the court th fact that the prisoner would waive examination, .tnd he was accordingly bound over to the circuit court, and his bond fixed at $500, which were secured Mattson Is a tall, heavy set good n .it u red flsh'riimii, and from his Appear ancc In court yesterday would be tak en for th last man In the world to em phasise himself with the aid of a gun. HATCHERY AT TAQUIN A Master Fish Warden Van Dusen has returned from a trip to the Yanulim country whore, by direction of the state board of fifth commissioners, he Is having con structed a hatchery plant. The state' plant will be located about three miles from Elk City on Big Elk rier and will haVe capacity for 6,000,000 egg. The cost of the plant will be about $2,500. Mr. Van Dusen leaves for Tillamook this morning to look over the work lh progress there. ".'.! No Dessert More Attractive Why nse gelatine and spend hours soaking, sweetening, flavoring and coloring when roduoes better results in two minutes Iverythintr in the paokaire. Simply add hot water and set to cool. It's perfection. A sur prise to the housewife. Ho trouble, less ex pense. Try if to-day. In Four Fruit Fl tors i Lemon,' Orange, Strawberry, Rasp, berry. At grocers, IQo. Change In Salmon Run Up-River Seines Meet With Little Success-Prevailing Prices Is Three Cents The only feature of note In-, connec tion with the fishing situation at the presvht time Is that the run shows a marked fulling off, and very little fish were, brought' in yesterday. The up river selns are not doing much. Mill er's sands fWhermen realised about three on yesterday, and Jim Crew sands reported about two tois, Ilwaco report a poor showing also, letter conditions prevail at Chinook, however, McGowan's cunnery having much more than tbey could handle, and a hlpinent of about eight ton was snt over to Warren' cold storage. AH of the local canneries had enough to keep busy yesterday and run full time, but ;h cold storage are not put ting up a great iuantlty. Prices re main the same, three cents, and it is stated that there will be no deviation from this price from now until the close of the season, next Saturday. Piivate advices received In the city yesterdey from Puget sound state that the pack there, on August 5, one week ago, was 103.000 cases, an average of about 10,o0 cases per day during the past five days. There is still a short age of about 150,000 cases In the sound pack, and the season will probably close Ith a much larger shortage. There weio very few fish on hand yesterday on the sound. The total pack Includes spring salmon, humpies, etc. . . Social and Personal . . P. Clark of Deer island is in town. Mrs. E. W, Kindred came up from Warrenton yesterday. sirs. B. 8. worsiey of Svensen was in the city yesterday. Senator C. W. Fulton is expected home on Saturday. 1 Mr. anl '-Irs. Frank atton return ed last night from a visit to Ht Lake. J. W. Conn i turn d from a Port land business trip last nght. Agnes GJrr came down from Port' land Inst night. F. McFanaiid and wife of Seaside were guests at the Parker house yes terday. R. H. Davenport and wife, of Am old s shows, have arrived In the city and are registered at the Occident. A. L. Dleker, former salesman for Herimn Wise but now representing Portland wholesale house. Is In the city. Pres. Wise of the local aerie of Eagles has presentedPast-President Laws with sliver mounted eagle-headed cane. Prof. A. I,. CUrk md 'amily return ed last nlgjt from n mtlng in Willam ette valley. Dr. J. E. Bartel and family, formerly of this city, arriyej from Portland last night and will leave today for Tilla mook where they now reside. A: Muller, reprinting the Hop Gold beer, a product of Vancouver, Wash., arrived In the city last night, and will call on the trade today. Dr. Harry Lane, the eminent physi clan of Portland, was In consultation w Ith Dr. O. B. Estes yesterday in re gard to the condition of Dr. Lackey. Sylvester Farrell, member of the Ftate board of pilot commisloners and can neryman, of Portland, was in th city yesterday. M. B. Eoxarth, secretary. and pianag- cr of the Wolf Creek Mining and Devel oping Company, arrived down from Portland Ust night. He will be in the city until Friday. Captain Conway and E. B. Miller, O. R. & N. officials, came down from Port land yesterday, Mr. Miller will go to Long Beach today. Capt. Conway re turned last night. The proposed (hunching party to OI ney was abandoned last night owing to the foggy weather and Instead the Elk and Its passengers tok In the lower har bor; visiting the ships and different points of interest. . ;. , . ' ' ' '" -,' TAK S IT AWAY-There is a very un necessary obstruction to traffic on Com merclal street hear the approach to the O, U. & N. dock that Is causing a good dear of criticism and no little Indigna tion. When the .work of driving piles on the property opposite Prael & Cook's stables was stopped by the serving of an Injunction the pile driver was left standing on the sidewalk and reaching to Che street oar track. The hideous thing has been there for weeks, compell Ing padestrlans to take to the middle of the street and teams to crowd to one side. Besides being In the Avay the ob stacle Is an eye-sore and Its remo'val Is greatly desired by the public. Takes His Own Life Fred Norton Swallows Morphine! While Standing at a Bar Funeral Today Excessive drinking for a period of several days, followed by t ovwlose of morphine takn w ith suicidal Intent by Fred I. Norton, a bartender, on Mon dsy night resulted m hrlngmg the re lief that his racked nerves and wreck ed physical condition sought, the dead body of tltman blng found yesterday morning shortly before X o'clock lying on a bed In the back room of tho Na tional saloon on Commercial street, where the night before he had been taken by Jack Ellison, the bartender on watch. Lee Herring, the proprietor. was the first io discover the body, and he summoned D. Fulton whe after mak Ing an examination pronounced life ex tinct. The man was lying across the bed, dressed, and there was no disar rangement of the wearing spparel nor evidence of his having been sick or in convulsions. Norton had been drinking heavily. as stated, for several days but prior thereto had been llvng a temperats and sober llf ; since last January. He seem ed to be very despondent of late and cn Monday he said to Coroner Pohl, you will have me in the morgue by to morrow at 1 O'clock." Mr. Pohl took no notice of the remark. It was brought out at the inquest that he had mtde a similar statement to others dur Ing the dsy. Jack Ellison, 1 witness before the coroner's Jury, said that Norton was in the National saloon on Monday night about 8:30. He ordered a drink of whisky, and when served poured near ly the entire contents of a bottle of mor phine In the ylass tnd gulped the con tents down. It Is thought that he drank more than 20 grains of the drug. He asked Ellison to take some also, saying "it will sober' a man up.' He thet) went out and did not return again until about 9:30. He staggered into the saloon and had to be aslsted to the bed room In the rear. During his many years residence In Astoria Norton has worked for many people, Alex Grant being his last em ployer. He was an Englishman, alout M year of age and was unmarried The Jury returned the following ver dict.:' We the Undersigned Jurors s'orn to Inquire into the death of Fred J- Nortou on oath do-And: That he came to his death at Astoria, Ore., 'during the night from the 10th to the 11th of Aug ist, 1903, and that his death v. as caused from an overdose of morphine administered by his own hands with suicidal intent W. A. Goodtn, L. E. Sellg. J. W. Gillette, Wm. Chance, M. Olsen, H. M. Ivomsten. The funeral ceremonies will be un der the auspices of the Eagles and the Bartenden's union. Following the cus tom of that order the Eagles band will furnish music for the procession. A full attendance of members of the order is expected to turn out WRITE FOR CERTIFICATES CANDIDATES FOR STATE AND COUNTY CERTIFICATES WILL WRITE THEIR PAPERS TODAY. r The regular examination of applicants for Btate and county papers will be held In the court house beginning this morn ing at 9 o'clock and continuing until 8hursday. County Superintendent Ly man will conduct the examinations. The program arranged Is as follows: FOR STATE PAPERS. Commencing Wednesday, August 12, at 9 o'clock a. m., and continuing un til Saturday, August 15, at 4 o'clock. Wednesday -Penmanship, history, spelling algebra, reading, school law. ' Thursday, Written arithmetic, theory of teaching, grammar, btiok-keeping, physics, civil government. Friday Physiology, geography," men tal arithmetic, composition, physical geography. Saturday Botany, plane geometry, general history, English literature, psychology. . ' FOR COUNTT PAPERS. Commencing Wednesday, August 12, at 9 o'clock a. m., and continuing until Friday, August 14, at 4 o'clock p. m. ; v. , . First, second and third grade certifi cates. " Wednesday- Penmanship, history, orthography, reading. Thursday Written arlthmetle.theory of teaching, grammar, physiology. Friday Geography, mental arithme tic, school law, civl government. Primary certificates. Wednesday Penmanship, Orthogra phy, reading, arithmetic. Thursday Art of questioning, theory of teaching and methods, physiology. Both economical and luxur bus Schilling's Best at your grocer's; and moneyback. The Lowest Priced Store REGATTA - NecKwear and Gloves Special Announcement of Choice Bargains in Seasonable Goods j& j& & They must Le seen to be understood and appreciated.... ..'. ALL THE LATEST STYLES IX COLLARS, TIES, TURNOVERS, STOCKS, etc., etc., In Lace, Embroidery, Linen and Silk. Prices will astonish: : : : : Lisle and Sill! 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