ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1904.,
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Findon, HaddocKi, SmoKed ChlnooK Salmon,
Codfish, Tongues and Sounds, Anchovies, Her
ring, MacKerel, Salmon Tips and Salt Salmon.
ROSS, HIGGINS & CO.
OOOD GOODS UUlt 8PECIALTT
Lccal Brevities.
- Dalph, th 7-year-etd eon of Mr. and
lira. M. r. Ilardeaty.la 111 with measles
The horn It under quarantine.
County Clark Clinton yaetarday
( granted a marriafa Ilcena to Anton
' Plolnlch end Mart Tarabochia, both of
Clataop county,
plr It now .ftoo powder,' and It
tht bMt. I'h that and nothing tit
old only at ht Owl and Eaal druf
otore. tl ctnta a box.
Mr Ooorga Hill returned yatttrtfay
I from Vancouver, Wuh.. whora aha had
from Vancouver,
tone to place hr daughter, Maud.
Provident academy, of that city.
In
tvnty-two atraana hawt thut far
mflttarad for tha coming county; elec
tion. Of thla numbtr all but a few
hava registered In tha city praclncta.
Tha Clatsop Mill Company'a fco faa-
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tory la being operated day and night.
because of tha rush of ordera from Cat'
Ifornla. " Tht demand la unusually
brlak for thla aaaon of tha yaar.
Tha Huma mill present a brilliant
appaaranca at night, electric arc llgbta
having boon placed In tha big yard.
Contractor Hardaaty baa a foroa of 10
man at work thara, but It wlU ba two
week tmfort tha alactrio light plant I
fuly completed. , y j '
' Mattor ClWttn Iragdon, who playtd
at the Unique thaatar laat week baa
loot a. pat foi ttrrtof,. known aa
"Beauty." and will pay a raward for Itt
raturn to tha Central hotel. It haa one
black and one white aar, and wore
leather collar with atael trimming.
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Raymond and Clark, tha. team of
ketch artlata appearing thla week at
tha Louvre, hava a wide repuUtlon for
doln tod work. . Tha men came here
with the Intention of going to work
(or tha Coumbla but owing to dlflTer-
encaa with tha management cancelled'
4Mire
of Wise's customers
.will go to St. LouU
World's Fair. V
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Next Drawing in July.
SAY
IT
ID
your sales slips
money by trading at
WISE'S
tha Mingagemeal. Tha . team f made.
decided hit laat night, and will doubt
leM draw large (crowd at their tvery
appearance.
Chairman A. Howard. f Jtha pert
land 7ommerclal Club bowling com'
mlttee, haa assented to January M aa
tha date' for the oonteet between tha
two Commercial team for the Feld
enhtlmir trophy. Tha peraonnel of the
Astoria team baa not yet been decided
upon.
Tha meatlea epldemio la about aver
nd It la believed there wlli ba few
caaee within tha nest 19 daya. The
total number of patlente now la only
about tt, and all of theae are on the
road to recovery. There are aeven acar.
let fever caaea In tha city, and of thete
four will be declared well before the
end of tha week.
Mr. C W. ttoaa and Mr. J. C Ander.
aon, representing W, P. Kraner A Co.
merchant Ullora of Portland, are at
tha Occident and will remain to the
city for a few daya, probably until Mon
day. They will make a canvaa. of the
city and. afford Aatorlana aa oppor
tunity of aelectlng aprlng and aummer
suiting, overcoata and trouaer from
one of the moat complete II nee aver
brought to Astoria. ,
K a lama advieea received latt even
Ing by The A tori an tell of a aad acci
dent which occurred there on Tuesday
Tha J-year-old child of Carlea Jones,
while playing about the home, tec u red
a bottle of carbolic acid, and, childlike,
aampled Ita content,. The Uttle one'a
face wu badly burned and for II noura
or mora It waa la great agony, but Ita
life will doubtleea be saved, aa It
swallowed only a email amount of the
pcleon
The buelneee of tha Aetorla A Co
lumbla River Railroad baa, according to
tha atatement of a gentleman well
potted aa to the company'a affaire, In
creased fully. 100 per cent within the
paat year. Thla lncreaae appllee to
freight traffic aa well aa the paweng-
er buelneee, and denotea the wonderful
proaeprlty of tha community. The road
la aald to now be on a paying baala
and netting bandaome promt to tne
men who put their money Into It.
There Will be a epeelal aervlee of the
holy communion at Grace church thla
morning, tt. Agnee day. at 1 O'clocE.
for the member of the 8t Acnee Gntld
aa well aa other membera of the pariah.
Alao a apeclal evening aervlee with an
addreM to the guild by the Rev. J. E.
II. Blmpeon, of St. Mark'e church.
Portland, The regular quarterly meet
ing of the parlnh branch of the wo
man'a Auxiliary to the board of mle
tlont will be held In the church at 1:10
m the afternoon.
working, witll Ui Amerlc;ft'n'jfcfto Qm-
pany at tan Franclaco. Otle pattemon,
for a time editor nf The Aatorlan,, la
With -A." Schilling A Co., Ran Pram
rleco tea'deajert, Mr. and ut,
gwope complain of California duat dtr
Ing their vleit, and, while their trip
waa unueualty enjoyable, they are glad
to b home again, S
Five milch eewa were killed by the
Aatorla train that left thla city yeeter
day morning. The accident occurred
a abort dlatance beyond Beappooee, aa
the train waa rounding a curve. The
cowt were croeelng the track, and the
engineer could not aee them In time
to reduce the tpeed of the train, which
plowed Into the herd (T) of cowa. Five
of the anlmala were killed outright, bat
the other eecaped. The accident waa
a decided ahock to the membera of the
train crew, who were fearful that the
expreaa might ba ditched.. , Fortunately
however, the train ttayed on the track.
Mra. Jamea Flnltyeon, wife of the
well-known real aetata dealer died yea-
terday morning , at Frultvlle, CaL,
where aha bad gone for the benefit of
her health. Recently Mra. Finlayaon
eulrered a paralytic atroke, and waa
taken aouth In the hope that a' change
of climate might benefit ber. However,
he gradually tank and the end came
yeeter day. Ieca(d waa a native of
Scotland, but bad lived In An tori for
many year,' Mr. Finlayaon and aev-
eral children aurvlve her. The body
will be brought to Aetorla for Inter'
ment, , and the , funeral arrangement
wll be announced later.
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January Clearance SALE
now In full blast.
The Reliable Clothier , j
and Hatter & . & r;
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Probate Judge Treneherd yeeterday
made an order fixing March 1 aa the
dHte for hearing the final account of
the administratrix of the eetate of Mar
tin Empo, deceased, and apportioning
1689.17 for use of the administratrix
and the minor children. The court' or
dered aale of the pereonal property of
the estate of Andrew Johnton, deceaa-
i
ed. February 1 waa aet aa the time
for hearing the petition of the adminis
trator to U real property of the ea
tate of, Peter Brown, deceased. '
SPECIAL
MUSIC CABINETS
IN GOLDEN OAK
AND MAHOGANY.
Prices $7.50 and Up
Style and Quality Considered. ;, A hand
Borne ornament for the parlor as well as a
conveniont muic rack.' ,
CHARLES HEILB0RN & SON
ASTORIA'S LEADING HOUSEFURNISHERS , ?
: Everything for the homo. , Ask to see our Jewell ranges.
Captain Porter, ef tha British ship
Red Rock, In a letter to the Portland
land Journal, explain that seamen de
sert from foreign ships because they
are offered better wagea ashore. Some
of them aeek refuge at the boarding
houses, but .deserters alwaya leave
tome money behind, which goet to the
owner and helps to make up the great
er cost of procuring seamen. Captain
Porter teems to entertain the opinion
that the matter Is one which cannot
well be remedied.
Members of the counoil tsy they have
not given up the Idea of erecting a new
city hall, and all express confidence
hat an offer of $15,000 will be made for
the present site.'. Tenders have been
invited, but Intending investors will
waste time by offering anything less
than J 15.000, according to statments
triad by councilman. It la hoped by
the council that the present site will
he disposed of ere long, for, if no' offer
of $13,000 is made within six months, it
(1I1 be necessary to remove the city
hall now in use. vv " . .
Mr. and Mrs. J. C Swop returned
on tha Oregon yesterday from a
month's visit at San Francisco and Oak
land." They met. several former Aa
torlana n California. B. D. Johnson,
formerly manager of the Western Un
ion here. Is now In tte general office
of the company at San Francisco, and
expects soon to be elevated to a very
Important position. H. H. Baker ,the
artist, It located Vt Oakland, where he
haa a studio. Charles Ring, formerly
with Eckstrom, the Jeweler! 'is con
neoted with an dakland engraving es
tablishment, while Herman Bellmer la
Tha county court met in adjourned
session yesterday and in the afternoon
adjourned for the term. All the road
district apeclal levies not heretofore
acted upon were approved. Tha bond
of Sheriff Linvllle aa tax collector waa
fixed at $15,000, while the bond of Rood
Supervisor Blount, of Aetorla, district,
waa fixed at f 1000. The court waa re
quested to . reconsider Ita action In
denying tha petition for a road across
the Klatkanta rlror. Bids were opened
during the day for printing 7000 tax
receipts, one tax register and one
treasurer's receipt book. . The bids
were as follow: JJew, receipt, ft per
1(0; register, $18; receipt book, $7.(0
Pudgett. receipts, $10 per 1000; regis
ter, ll; receipt book, $. . Aatorlan, r.
cetpta, 114 per 1000; receipt book, SI
The contract warf awarded to the News.
An order waa entered Instructing the
treasurer to turn oyer to the city 0SL'
31, the amount of the Astoria road dis
trict funds now on hand.
Fulton BrosV attorneys for the Co
lumbla River Packers Asoclatlon,
have filed a motion In the circuit court
asking that the plaintiff in tha suit of
Charlotte Orlmberg vs. the asoclatlon,
Instituted to recover damages for the
death' of Emanuel Grtmberg, be in
structed to make the complaint more
certain and definite. The motion Is an
effort to require the attorneys for the
plaintiff to set forth the allegation of
the association's responsibility for any
defect there might have been In tha rig
ging of tha ahlp St, Nicholas, from the
mltaen mast of which Orlmberg fell to
hit death. The vessel waa and la own
ed by George W Hume A Co., but at
the time of the accident was under
charter to he defendant corporation
The question as to the responsibility of
the charter or the owners waa brought
up at the former trial of the case. The
motion Just filed will be argued before
Judge McBrlde when he cornea to As
toria to hold an adjourned term of
court. He Is expected shortly. W
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Clearance
AND
Mark Down Sale
AND
These Are Sample
Prices
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Bacalar f 1 .25 and IL50 Wrapper y- ita.
cboioe this week for only ....wyc
One Vt Children's dream that told for
75s, 98eaod $1-25 yonr choice tit tm.
week for ot
Ken's rfuifa that kava been telling tt
113.50, $15 and $17.60 your choice tn t c
tbiaweek
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Boy's Baits that have been aellicg, at t2i0
! 12.75, ft, and $3 25, you choice 0r
orthiaeeXf 9
Hi
Theaters, Ilk other thing and other
peoule. have their up and down. It
was Columbia's turn last night It ap
pears that about SO tickets had been
sold for laat night' performance, when
it waa announced that there would be
no show, and the money taken in at
the, box office was straightway return
ed. Then the lights were put out
There will be dark house at the Colum
Ma for an indefinite period, it was
learned upon, inquiry, that the trouble
Is caused by the fact that certain. of
the actors refused to go on the stage
until certain demands were satisfied.
These Manager Rosenberg seemed loth
to grant." Therefore, dark house. Ray
mond and Clark, the stars of the com
party,' being sketch artists of consld
erable repute, were at once' engaged by
Manager Wlrkkala for the Louvre, and
they have already entered upon their
engagement, their first appearance be
ing last night. . They will show at the
Louvre for the entire week, and are
expected to prove valuable attractions
at tho well known place. It is report
ed that: Dr. Rosenberg will engage
other attractions for hit theater, and
that he will resume the business very
shortly. That he had been giving a
clean good show, there can be no ques
tlpn, and tha trouble he is meeting with
In trying to keep his house open will,
be cause tor regret to the many' who
wish him success In his new venture.
MORSE DEPT. STORE
The Place to Save Money.
508-MO Commercial St.
008-510 Commercial Si.
Too can save money by seeing
; Robinson Furniture Store
;;y';'::"'' : i FOR , " ' , ' . ,
f DESKS,1 COUCHES, CENTER
TABLES AND ROCKERS..;..
Be Sore and See Them Before Baying Elsewhere
' r Prices Are Right
aii8nnntimH8:nmammmumw8iaa:;:i
ASTORIA IRON WORKS
JOHN FOX, Proband Supt
r. L BISHOP, Secretary
A. U FOX, Vice President. ,
astoria savings bank, Tmi
'f Designers and Manufacturers of
. THE LATEST IMPROVED V '
CANNING MACHINERY, MARINE ENGINES AND BOILERS.
. COMPLETE CANNERY OUTnTS FURNISHED.
, CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. '
Foot of Fourth Street, i ' . . '.' V . ASTORIA, OREGON.
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Astoria Fish, Game and Poultry Market
'-: ;:' " V''1: ' OnTwelfth Street C":'.',
ONLY FRESH AND CHOICE HEATS
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t FISH, GAME, POULTRY, SHELLFISH, ETC.
Best of Attention. Qaick Delivery, ' "
MALAR JOHNSON, Proprietors.
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tV i THEY lARRIVED TOO LATE
FOU THE HOLIDAY TRADE
' " Soe will sell'at great reductions fine assortment of elegan t
Couches Morris Chairs Rockers
1 ( r 1 U. (f ;; They musfc ro. Call and B6e them, . . .
i ZAPF, ,t The House Furnisher.
A Costly Mistake.
Blunders are sometime very expen
sive, Oceaaionaly life Itself 1 the prloa
of a mistake, but yeu'll never be wronc
If you take Dr. King's New Life Pills
for dyspepsia, dlulneas, headache, liver 1
of bowel trouble. They r fentla yet
thorough. iSo, at Chaa. ,Rogra' 4rus
atow, , ,