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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1904)
THE MORNING ASTORIAN, FIiIDAYf MARCH 25, 1904. -PAGE TI1REK. New Style Restaiirant Everything First Class. The Best the Market Affords. ' : ; Open Day and Night Good Service. QO nth St. Mxt doof lo Cm Bra tnd ftdjotnJng lh Office Saloon ASTORIA, OREGON nmxfKtmxxxxxxxxmrrarrrxrun .... , ... . , ,.. , , . .... . . , FRESH AND CURED MEATS Wholesale mid Retail SMi, Xing Camjs and Mills gujij.Iicd 09 short notice. LIVE STOCK BOUGHT AND BOLD ' 5 ' H WASHINGTON MARKET . CHRISTENSQN CO. mxxzxmxxxn 1 x 1 1 1 nuiixmmnT i rTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT HOTEL P O R TLA IS D ) 1 he Finest Hotel In the Northwest ' . i ;- v " ,: ,h f ' ; DADTIAMn nDCrtM i nr- w 1 L. 1 Give r.le an Opportunity Get hold of a Rock Island System folder, turn to the map, study it a minute or two, and you )!!! rrft a filf IAm i( tYif immensity of the territory traversed J by this Company's lines -Minnc-if tota on the North: Texas on the South; Alabama on the East; Colorado on the West ' J If you are going East, now or later, will you not kindly give me an opportunity of quoting rates and telling you what our through car arrangements are?. Three routes East via Denver, Omaha and St. Paul. L S. COBRA M. CwnrW Asent, - -J49 Third It, Or.. HETTON COAL The fihest Product of Australian mfnes for domestic use The best house coal ever brought to Astoria -400 TONS JUST ARRIVED Will be sold at game old, price while it lasts. ' Free Delivery in the City. ELMORE & CO. Phone 1961 9th and Commercial Streets. GOING EAST TRAVEL IS GENUINE PLEASURE ON Baltimore & OHio R. R. ROYAL BLUE TRAINS Chicago and New York via WASHINGTON,. C. . , Finest and Fastest scries of traina in the world. Palatial Coach cs, Pullman Buffet Tailor and Drawing Room Cars. The Finest Dining Car Service in the World. 1: ' Is operated by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.' D, II, AUSTIN, General Pas Mi- - Chicago, IIL WILL FIGHT BEEF TRUST Stockmen of West Backed by National Association Will "' Establish Plant. THE SITE KANSAS CITY Project Will lie Carried to Hue. eenttf'ul Issue, In Firm Deter mination of Stockmen,' Option on Plant. ' Denver, March .24. The News to duy says: , . ' ' v i , ' . - Thut the stockmen of the west, back ed by the powerful National Livestock Association, mean to carry out their project of establishing an Independent piuklng plunt to fight the beef trust, In evidenced by the option that hue bert taken upon the packing plant of Jacob poJd, of Kansas City. This op tion I now In the hand of Vlj-e-PrcS-Idont L. I", Wilton and Treasurer F. W. Fliito, of the organisation. All lha papers incident thereto are also In the pHKinAlon of '.hetie officers who are carefully making an examination of them with avlew of formal acceptance at an early date by .the organization, according to Secretary C. F. Martin, of the rrganlzatlon, junt returned from the eat. The option carrlen with It n lease of 10 year upon the property. The Hold packing houne Jiiwi been one of , the tronget competltora of the trunt, It capacity la 'aufllclent to kill 2,000 head of cattle, 4,000 hog and as many sheep dally. According to Mr. Martin, the capacity la great enough to anawer the bualneas of the ttx'kinn, who are punhlng the project to a aucceasful end. WOMAN A3 CAT8PAW. Lures Unwary Pedestrian to Lair of Armed Bandits. In this day of modern developments - women claim to be able to accomplish any feat possible for man. an evidence of the truth of which contention la the fact thut a female highwayman Is op erating In Portland. Masked men, rough usage, revolvers anl n hundred and one other devices have been resorted to by thugs, but none ha shown the cunnlngness and smoothness that this woman did In holding up a Chinaman Monday night Although the matter has been re ported to the police the officers are completely mxitlfled. Detective Hart man Is working on a clew which was KICK AND SCREAL' Baby's Awfol Suffering from Eczema. Ci!dKoti!iRr. StiaTora HerFacs and Arms. Cutloora Saved Kir Ufev So Mother Says. When my little girl was six month Old, the had eczema. We had used cold creams and all kinds of remedies, bat nothing did her any good, In fact, she kept getting worse. I used to wrap her hands op, and when I would dress her, I had to pot her on the table for I could not hold her. She would kick and scream, and when she could, ho would tear her face and arms almost to pieces. I used four boxes of Cutlcura Olutment, two cakes of Cutl cara Soap, and gave her the Cutlcura Resolvent, and he was cured, and I see no traces of the humour left I can truthfully say that they hare saved her life, and any one suffering as she did, I should advise them to give Cutlcura a fair trial." MRS. G. A. CONRAD, Lis bon, N. H., Feb. 7, 1893. Five years later, viz., Feb. 23, 1903, Mrs. Conrad writes r "It Is with pleasure that I can Inform you that the core has been per manent as It Is now six years since she was cured, and there has been no return of the disease since, and I have advised a lot of friends to nse the Cutlcura : Remedies In all diseases of the skin." . I ustant relief and refreshing sleep for kin-tortured babies, and rest for tired, fretted mothers, In warm. baths with Cutlcura Soap and gentle anointings with Cutlcura Ointment, the great skla cure and purest of emollients, to be followed in severe eases bymlld doses of Cutlcnra Resolvent. This is the purest, sweetest, most speedy, per manent and economical treatment for torturing, disfiguring, itching, burning, bleeding, scaly, crusted and pimply kin and scalp humours, eczemas, rashes and irritations. SnM ll.affcmi UmvwM, Cutfeni Xmlmt . ei form at ctMmMi Coid Pint, ih. w nil 4 lAi bhmcL .. teas IM. Lonao. V Cfert- furnlHhed . him, and he turn bout of bringing the criminals to Justice. Long Wing was the victim. He was on his way to the corner 'of Beven-tei-nth and Burnslde streets about 10 o'cl'Hk Monday evening. Just before h reached his destination be was stopped' by a white woman, ghe said he wUhed to go down Dnvls street Hhd aked the CeteotliU to accompany Ikt as guldt, as she was afraid to be out alone at that hour of the n!ght. -Wing replied: ' , , . i "Me Chinaman. Can't go with white woman. Police would think something wrong." , . Regardless of his protest, the wo- j man insisted (hat he go, and she promlxed him a small amount of money for his trouble. He accom panied her. . Khe led him along some of the darker streets? - At last they had reached the Armory, and as they were passing one of the dark corners two men, both carrying revolvers, prang upon the Chinese and robbed him of all he had, taking $10 and a gold wattb. While the two men were going through the clothes of the native of the orient the woman stood at ease and watched the proceedings, with the nerve of a pro fessional thug. After the highway men had secured the Chinaman's money and watch they, with the wo man, disappeared around the next cor ner in the dark. The Chinaman was so badly fright ened that he could not give an accur ate description of his assailants, but the Information' furnished Detective Hartman will In alt probability lead to their arrest. The police expect to receive other reports of similar holdups. This Is oner of the best methods criminals could adopt, say the officers, as a man can be easily trapped and lured Into danger by a woman without suspect ing that anything was wrong. Telegram. HEAVY RAINS, BLOCK ROADS Mines In Southern Oregon De pend on Getting Supplies by Pack Animals Only. AN OLDIM1NE IS TO REOPEN IMPROVEMENT 13 GENERAL. Producers and Consumers in Iron Mar ket Have Nothing to Complain of. Cleveland. March 24. The Iron T tilde Review In thia week's Issue "ays: . .. . Response of both . producers and consumers to the Improvement in the iron market that became plainly no ticeable two weeks ago has been gen eral. In pig Iron, while the Important contracts made, in March were at prlos ranging from 19 to S9.S0 for Southern No', t foundry, there has been a fair business In the past week at 't 9. 75 and $10 and the latter 4s now generally maintained. There Is some Improvement In the business of smelt era "of Iron, slight as yet, but like ly to go farther as the spring ad vances. , Northern furnaces have gen erally followed the southern advance and I12.B0 at furnace for No. 2 Is rare now SIS being maintained by most producers In the middle west, while In the Chicago market $14 is quite generally asked or No. 2. Desgjfnjr Iron" has advanced since the large buying of the past few weeks For April and May $13.55 at Valley furnace is now commonly asked and for April delivery $13.60. The sit uatlon In steel Is decidedly firmer and not only are schedule prices for blUets being maintained but mills are strict ly adhering to extras. An Indiana inquiry for thirty thousand ' tons of sheet bars has been up in the past week. Plates are in better demand and structual steel Is more active. A four thousand ton order for Chicago also notss a ,000 ton contract for car shapes. The cotton tie business has been large in the past week and after about 25,000 tons had been placed an advance was made In the price from "5 cents to 80 cents a bundle. The hoop and band manufacturers have BRuIn established prices after a period of cutting, The revision In wages In the sheet and tin plate trades, on which a vote Is now being taken In the union lodges, provides for a reduction to a'.out 12 1-2 cents a box bijt the base has been reduced from $4.25 per 100 pound box of coke plates to $3.60, a concession to the Amalgamated As sociation, which at present price of tin plate, $3.45, would Increase wages two per cent- Proposed reduction in the sheet scale range from 10 to 20 per cent. - ' lr. Patta. Dm k Chra. Com. MM M Sm at " ittmm Him ." Insurance Business Crocked, New York, March 24. Resolutions have been adopted by the 'New York board of trade and transportation formulating a letter to Secretary Cor telyou of the department of commerce and labor asking that "official to cause a thorough Investigation Into the pres ent method of doing Are Insurance business In the United States In an endeavor to correct alleged abuses. The belief Is expressed In the letter to the secretary that methods now pre valent act In many Instances to the detriment of the Insured party. Prospect for Season's Work Are Bright, Rich Ore Being ; Found and New Company Preparing to Operate. Grant's Paas, Or., March . 24. On a count of the freshets and washed out roads, many of the outlying dis trict and camps have to receive their supplies by pack animals. Some, of the mines are entirely cut 'off from tsuppHes as a result of the recent heavy rains.:; ,VV Z ' . : f Colonel Doodrow, of San Francisco, who, in the Interests of New York men, bonded the Ida mine, of Foot's rree!. district, for a consideration of $ 11,000, is preparing to set a crew to work at an early date continuing the rl.'velonment of the property. The Ada has a three foot ledge and Is opened up to a depth of 175 feet. It Is the colonel's Intefttlon to have a mill Installed and at work by the lat ter part of this summer. A half-Interest in the Sucker-creek hydraulic placers, of Sucker creek, has been sold by Je?s Burnett, to F. Slade, for a cash consideration of $5,000. The diggings of these placers are old channels, and carry values from the grass roots down. The bank lies from 15 to 50 feet in depth on the bed rock. The gold Is coarse and of the best quality. Mr. Slade will overhaul the mines and shape them to do a bigger business. , F. H. Osgood, the Seattle railroad and mining man, who bonded the Hammersley mine, of ' Jump-Off -Joe diHtrlcL several weeks ago, has the property about cleared of water, and the mill and machinery cleaned up and ready for wark'. In a few more days men will be put In the stopes and the Hammersley will resume opera, tions again after an idleness of sev eral years. Very little new timber ing had to bs done, as the old work ings were found in good condition. Manager C. E. Wickstrorft, of the Lone Star hydraulic placers, brought In a large flask of nuggets from his properties this week. He secured over two pounds of yellow metal as a partial clean-up of these mines for this season, which Is but a portion of that uncovered by one giant. Mr, Wlckstrom states that on account of the abundance of water, they will move a far greater amount of gravel this season than ever before In the same length of time. S. Chase, of Portland, who Is de veloping the Oro Fino mine, of Jump-Off-Joe district is meeting with, such good success that he and his associa tes, all of whom are Portland men, have ' decided to Install a cyanide plant this summer, and an order for the plant has already been placed. The Oro Fino was practically an abandoned mine when Mr. Chase took hold of it a little over a year ago. Like many other good southern Ore gon properties it tacked the manage ment of men with the enterprise and means to open It up men who were not merely satisfied with gophering on the surface for pocket values. By in telligent and persistent work the lost ledge was locaied, and an Immense body of high-grade quarts Is now blocked out and Is held In reserve for the reduction plant. It is now an assured fact that the Waldo copper mines, of the Waldo dis trict, southern Josephine county, will have a smeiter. Albert I. Goodell, of Denver, has arrived here to erect and superintend the running of the plant." The company that will erect the smelter, while composed of a number jt tne same people as are Interested in the Waldo Smelting & Mining Com pnny and In the United States Reduc tion & Refining Company, Is an entire ly ' separate company, and will be known as the Takllma Smelting Com pany. The new plant will have a ca pacity of 100 tons dally and will cost about $50,000. It is to be a standard- blast furnace and waty Jacketed, and Is now being huilt cy ttarry woiinon, of Cudahy, Wis., according to , con tract It will be placed aboard the cars by May 1, and will be In operation by July. It will be located near Takllma. the mining camp at the mines of the Waldo Smelting ft Mining Company, and will do custom work, as well as treat the ores of the mines of the Wal do Smelting Company. j Other new plants, that are assured southern Oregon mines this summer and wbkh are all practically cnde construction or installation at the present time, are: A 100-ton smelter for the Almeda mine, of the Aimed Mining Company, Gallce district; a 80-ton smelter for the Copper Eagle mine, of the Copper Eagle Mining Company. Gallce district; 20 addition al stamps for the Granite Hill mlnea of the American Gold Fields Company, Louse creek district: a cyanide plant for the Oro Fino mine, of the Oro Fine Mining Company. Jump-Off-Jo dis trict; a flye stamp mill and plant for the Millionaire mine. Gold Hill district and 10 additional stamps for the Bra den mine, of Dr. C, R. Ray, of the Gold Hill district. Taking these many improvements Into consideration, it can be easily surmised that the com ing summer will be a notable as weO as a' very busy one In the quarts mines of the southern Oregon mining dis trict.,,... ; ' . . . GROWING IN POPULARITY. Dininfl Cars Carry the Best in Market And Are Greatly Appreciated. "A modern dlnlng-car Is one of the moxt perfect works of the r builder - said Superintendent Pryer, of the Ore gon Railroad fc Navigation Company's dining car service to a Portland news paper man. "It is astonishing to travelers not familiar with the Pacific' const' that ve are serving fresh toma- toes, radishes, lettuce, fresh gree. peas and all of the vegetables that are not found farther east until from two or four months later. The dining cars are designed to provide means for transporting. In the best possible condition, all classes of edibles found on the bill of flrt-class hotels and tes timonials f many pleased patrons bear me out in the statement that our menu Is of greater variety than that of many dining-rooms rated as high-class and not on wheels." Superintendent Pryer has - general supervision of the department -that serves meals to travelers as they speed along the Columbia xlver, or through the passes of the Blue mountains. From his " headquarters, room SL Union depoC Is directed the purchase , and distribution of all supplies, which ewbra.-e sources of supply from Shoal water bay and Toke Point, ? where oysters are procured fresh, daily, vte dairies along the system from which pure jersey cream Is obtained. Mar kets of Portland are ransacked for the choicest of meats,- relishes end ewreett that art commanded, by. the public taste. .-'VV.,,:.;.:vrv.,, A dlntnocar is a mae of ' myster ious cubby holes and cleverly conceal ed refrigerating compartments, china closets and sliver repositories. IQ ltB designing there is no place as large as a man's hat that has not freea util ized to some good purpose. Under neath the long central section of the body of the car are built "cellars,- that are large cold storage compartments In which the larger stock of perishable stuff Is kept. , In other section is stored such light wines and "beveragee as are served in .connection with the bill of fare. 1 1 As service Is a la carte it is im possible for the traveler to suit the repast to the state ' of individual finance. A good breakfast can "be kad for 40 cents, but it is not unusual for travelers to Bettle checks for $1.60 and sometimes more. The general patron age accorded dining-cars by the pub llo Is steadily Increasing , and whereas a few years ago the majority of trav elers considered its precincts to say . cred for exploration, scores are now served by each regular train and lunch baskets are becoming less popular than formerly. It Is not necessary te hasten the dispatch of a."meal as in the days of the 20-mlnute stop for meals at a station, and the appetite may be appeased leisurely, though at the rate of perhaps . 40 miles an -hour of. travel. TRAGEDY AVERTED. "Just In the nick of time our' little , boy was saved." writes Mrs. W. Wat- kins., of Pleasant City, Ohio. "Pneu monia had played sad havoc with him and a terrible cough set"- In besides, tn.t him. hut he grew uw.-v worse every day. At length we tried Dr. King's New Discovery for Con- sumption, and our darling was saved. He's now sound and well." Everybody ought to know, It's the only sure cure for Coughs, Colds and all Lung dls- etsea Guaranteed by Chaa. Rogers, druggist Price 60c and $1.00. Trial bottles free. U. S. Custom House, Astoria, Ore gon., March 19, 1904. 'Sealed propos als will be received at this building until 1 o'clock p. m. Wednesday, March 30, 1904; for furnishing fuel, lights, water, miscellaneous supplies washing towels, hauling . ashes, and SDrinkllnr streets for this building .during the fiscal year ending June S 1905, or such portion of the year as may be deemed advisable. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved by the Treasury Department. W. 1 ROEB. Custodial