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PAGE EIGHT. ASTORIA OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 1904, MRS. HOUSTON IS OUR QUEEN gregatlng (.000,000 feet of lumber. In addition to these, there la an unusually large fleet of schooners In port under charter, and all of them will be ready to clear before the expiration of the 'month! Those now loading will take out enough lumber to swell the amount of the exports in this line for the . Vu.. .v,.s month up t0 more than 14iooo.000 feet. CeSSlUl Candidate in COn ; and other vessels are coming. The fol test Ended Last Night. GIVEN A DECISIVE MAJORITY Miss Harriet Tftllan t Is Also Gen. erously Supported ami Is Secoud in the Pretty Itace. Mrs. Charles L. Houston, one of As torla's most popular young matrons, baa been elected queen of the 10th an nual regatta. The final count of votes was made last evening and shortly after o'clock the result was an nounced at regatta, headquarters. It has always happened that the friends of the various candidates have withheld their support until the last hour. This year's contest was In this respect no exception to the rule. The committee counted the votes yesterday afternoon, but, a part from a gain by Mrs. Houston, who Jumped to tnira place, the result was not changed ma terially. After the dinner hour, how ever, the real balloting was begun, and the enthusiasts went at It in the old- time way. At 9 o'clock a special committee, consisting of W. L. Robb, R. G. and H. F. Prael and Frank L. Parker, gathered up the ballot boxes. The tour of the committee had the effect of arousing Interest to fever pitch, and soon regatta headquarters was crowd ed with a chattering throng. When the ballot boxes were finally taken to head quarters Messrs. Robb and W. O. Wilkinson commenced the count Secretary Halderman had prepared a tabulated sheet for the final count, and as the number of votes on each ballot was called the hard-working secretary tallied the result At first the ballots were small ones, containing from 10 to S00 votes. Then Mr. Robb called out a ballot that contained 30,000 votes for Mrs. Houston. Immediately following Mrs. Houston received another ballot for 10,000 votes. Then a ballot con taining 11,000 votea for Miss Harriet Tallant was called. The crowd was on the tiptoe of expectancy. Another bal lot of 2500 for Miss Tallant was called, followed by one for 4000 for Mrs. Hous ton. Next came a ballot of 4750 for Mrs. Keuttner. Miss Tallant received another ballot for 1000, while Mrs. Houston received one ballot for 2000, three ballots each containing 1000 votes and one ballot for 1300 votes. Mrs. Keuttner received two ballots each for 500 votes. When Secretary Halderman had foot ed up the totals he announced the re- j suit as follows: Mrs. C. L. Houston 54,527 Miss Harriet Tallant 19,843 Mrs. F. D. Keuttner , 10,804 Mrs. W. W. Rldehalgh 4,346 Miss Harriet Rafter 2,2 Miss Grace Stokes 2,092 Miss Lillie Lid well 1,891 Miss Frances Norberg 1,387 A total of 97,169 votes was cast in the contest , " The successful candidate was warm ly congratulated upon her election. Mrs. Houston is very popular in the city and she was very generally sup' ported. Miss Tallant also received handsome support This year's queen will be known as Queen Nell. lowing is a list of the schooners and barkentines now loading, and the amount of cargoes which they will car ry: Names. Feet Mabel Gale 900,000 Lahaina .........1,300,000 Inea 1.300,000 Bangor 600,000 Olga 625,000 Alice McDonald 650,000 Commerce. 900,000 Virginia ...... 750,000 James Johnson 1,300,000 Churchill 900.000 Total 9.620.000 The Churchill is at Astoria, but Is expected to go to Portland shortly to load lumber. The carrying capacity with which each Is accredited Is based upon the cargoes which they have, pre vlously taken out In addition to this large fleet there are three vessels taking on lumber car goes at the Hume mill. They are the Bula, the Jennie Stella and the Se quota, which will take out In the neigh borhood of 2,000,000 feet more. ' DEVELOPMENT OF EGYPT. AUGUST MAKES GOOD 8TART. Mora Than 10,000,000 Feet of Lumber Now Being Loaded.. So far as lumber shipments are con cerned, August promises to be the ban ner month In the history of the Co lumbia. Two large steamers, the Pleiades and the Tottenham, have Just cleared for the orient with cargoes ag- A writer In the Egyptian Gaiette, de scribing the progress now being made In the agricultural and commercial de velopment of Egypt, states that the country is enjoying a veritable boom. From the Mediterranean to the utmost confines of the Soudan, he declares, the authorities are being daily bombarded with applications for the purchase of large tracts of land for cotton - and other cultivation, and for concessions of various kinds. Real estate values have Increased enormously In price and have in some cases attained almost phenomenal figures. This does not ap ply only to Cairo, but to every town of any Importance in the Nile valley, from Alexandria to Wady Haifa. Building operations are also going forward at a wonderful rate In every direction. Those who remember the capital, Alexandria; Port Said and Sues or the large towns of the Delta such as Mansourah Zagazig, Tantah, Da- manhour and so on. In former years cannot fail to be struck with the re cent changes and the real progress to be met with on all sides. Cairo, "the Victorious," will soon -vie with the larger European cities in respect to its fine buildings, Its broad boulevards and its delightful promenades. In lower Egypt and parts of the Sou dan the rush for agricultural lands has been very great during the past year or so, and the price is ever tending up ward. Quite recently the purchase was announced from the Soudan govern ment of upward of 200,000 feddans sit uated on the banks of the Nile to the south of Berber, as well as an appli cation for the purchase of 80,000 fed dans of government land in the Shar kieh province for reclamation pur poses. Can anyone wonder at this desire to acquire land when It is remembered that In many sections four crops a year may be reaped, that fertilizers are not required and labor is cheap and plen tiful? Such Is "the land of the Phar aohs" under British domination. Thou sands upon thousands of feddans of desert land have been transformed and by means of irrigation have been made to blossom as the rose. The khedlve himself is a buyer for he is a keen and scientific fanner, employing to the greatest advantage not only the na tive Dut tne best known methods of cultivation. GOOD THING FOR OREGON Development League Will Prove of Immense Benefit in Build ins Up the State. ONE BRANCH IN EACH TOWN Uniform Letterheads Will lie Us ed by All and There Will Be So Effort to Hog: the Iteturus. Expedition Reaches I'Hassa. Simla, British India, Aug. 6. The British expedition Into. Thibet reached I'Hassa at noon on August 8. ( r j Eye-strain is no imaginary ill, but one which affects the whole nervous system and if neglected will impair the general health No Charge for Examining the Eyes KATHERINE WADE, Graduate Optician At Owl Drujr Store That thert Is a great immediate tu ture In store for Oregon as a result of the organisation of the Oregon Devel opment League Is the opinion of Tom Richardson, manager for the Portland Commercial Club, now that the move ment contemplated and prepared for by the club for the past month has been fairly and fully started. "It's just exactly what those behind the movement wanted, and Its Influ ence on the future development of Or egon can not be otherwise than ben eflclal," said Mr. Richardson, after the adjournment of the convention. , "Now everything Is In readiness for a for ward movement. The nucleus of the organization has been formed, and we will go to work at once and begin the statewide organisation. No amount of labor will be spared until the Oregon Development League has branches In every communtty of sufficient site and interest to support one, all over the state. Our plan is to have but one branch organization In each city, town or com munity, for there will be constant cor respondence between the different branch bodies and the central organ Izatlon, and there must consequently be but one branch of the organization In each distinctive place. Another thing we want made plain Is that no real estate company or corporation of business nature will be admitted to membership. Nothing in the nature of an organization is desired other than those of an Industrial or commercial nature, Instituted and maintained not for the benefit of one man or a set of men, but for the general unbuilding of the community or the state at large. Central Organization. "The central organization will be formed of the various branches. These will have memberships In the central. primal body. The Portland Commercial Club will be the local member of the state organization, but it will have nothing in the nature of general equip ment that is not enjoyed by the other branch organizations, or the least of any of them. Letterheads, unique and catchy, will be printed as soon as the design can be prepared, and the same style used here and by the state or ganization will be used by all the other organizations of the state. Portland will have nothing In the na ture of organization equipment that Is not enjoyed by the smallest branch In the state. In order to extend the In fluence of the league, new organiza tions will be Instituted at places where nothing of the commercial or Indus trial order of organizations now exls( and tne several communities will be asked to choose which of their present clubs, chambers of commerce and the like shall be selected for membershln. li makes no difference what the name of the organization is, so long as it is admissible to membership. We are now ready to advertise Oregon, and there Is every reason to believe that a new era Is in store for the state. I am delighted with .the work of the convention and the loyalty and en thuslasm of the people of Oregon every where." Will Encourage Good Work. H. M. Cake, president of the Port land commercial Club, says of the outlook: "I believe that the next noticeable result of this movement will be a vie ing between the various Individual branch organizations throughout the state in an effort to build un their several communities. . Heretofore there has not been this legitimate competi tlon, but there Is now good reason to believe that with the Impetus to de velopment work afforded by the con vention, this state of affairs will grow, and then we shall see some lively and stateDuiiding competition springing up among the various branch organiz ations. This will stimulate develop, ment work in Individual communities and react to the lasting good of the state. There is little doubt that the Ore gon Development League will In time assume a political significance In this respect: That its demands for needed legislation at the hands of state or nation will come to be recognized In the very nature of things; for when there are allied together for tha en compassing of any particular Indus trial end, such, for Instance, aa lrrlga tlon or harbor legislation, the solid and substantial business men of the whole state, it will be mete and proper on the part of the powers that be to act The Influence ot the Oregon De velopment League can certainly be glelded for treat good to the state at large. "The personal advertising work that will undoubtedly be productive of Im mense results. By this I mean the united action on the part of every one Interested In Oregon joining hands to spread the fame of Oregon and her re sources by personal letters, marked copies of publications, and personally mailed descriptive literature of the state. This will be one of the special lines of work looked after by the league, and when we take Into consid eration the fact that Mr. Richardson effected the Immigration of hundreds of thousands of people Into the south by similar methods, some Idea can be formed of the good that can be ac complished for Oregon by following this course." E. L. Smith, president ot the new league, expresses himself as follows: I tiling this organisation means much to Oregon, and will become great factor In her development. I did not wish the presidency of It, and de clined repeatedly In the committee meeting, but they were Insistent and elected me anyhow. I have a. good deal ot work already on my hands, being president of the Hood River Fruit Growers and chairman of the state board of horticulture. My correspond ence la larger outside of the state than in It, and this Is good evidence that the state is attracting the attention ot the outside world." Astoria Chamber Joins. The following organizations have already Joined the league: Astoria Chamber of Commerce. Charles R. Hlgglns, secretary; Irrlgon Commercial Club, A. Bennett, secre tary; Marshfleld Chamber of Com merce, I. S. Kaufman, corresponding secretary; Hood . River Commercial Club, A. D. Moe, secretary; Hillsboro Board of Trade, F. M. Heldel, secre tary; Oregon City Board of Trade,! John W. Loder, secretary. If V JfK Paifs HERMAN WISE is exclusive agent in Astoria for these world famous it tt t: t: PAH $5.00 to $12.00 Good dressers in all cities KNOW Paragon Pants. They KEEP the shape. & & & The Ships Break 8aillng Record. Pot-Intelllgencer: . The sailing rec ord for ships between Puget sound and the orient has been smashed by the ship James Drummond and the schoon er Forest Home, both of which sailed from Puget sound the same day and returned within a few hours of each other. The former vessel went to Ma nila and made the return trip In thirty- eight days. The Forest Home went to Cochin China and made the homeward trip In fifty-seven days. Both vessels left the sound on Febru ary 13, and though there was much difference In the length of their Jour neys, they both reached home almost together. This Is a coincidence that seldom occurs, It Is said. The time made by the Forest Home is consid ered particularly good because of the length of her trip and the fact that she sailed out of the sound Instead of being towed. DANCE and DRAWING for WISE'S WORLD'S FAIR Tickets will take place on the evening of August 29th Invitations will be out this weekf only bona fide cus tomers invited. Invitations are' NOT transferable. ? & !ennan Wise The Reliable Clothier and Hatter LIFTED THE MORTGAGE r, BY PUMMELING HANLON Battling Nelson's Victory Was God send to His Agsd Mother, Whose Horns Was Encumbered. NEW PLAN OF ROBBERY. Burglar Ut.s Electricity to Put Victim Out of Business. Asbury Park, N. J., Aug. .Abra ham Schlossbach of this place has re ported to the police that a boarder in his house had made him unconscious by an electric shock and while he was helpless, robbed him In his own room of over $1000. The stranger represented himself as the discoverer of a new electric process to cure rheumatism, and offered Schlossbach the treatment free. He attached his apparatus to Schloss bach's wrists and the victim knew no more for, several hours. Then the boarder secured $1000 which Schloss bach had Just drawn from the bank and disappeared. j Regarding the defeat of Eddie Han ion the other night at San Francisco by "Battling" Nelson, they are telling a human Interest story about Nelson that Is worthy of almost any press agent. However, It has added Inter LODGE FIRE8 FIRST GUN. Deala in With Canadian Reciprocity Massachusetts 8p..ch. Boston, Aug. 6. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge opened the presidential campaign In the east at Point Shirley, Winthrop, this afternoon, when he spoke to the North Dorchester Repub llcan Club. Senator Lodge devoted his time principally to defining the attitude of the republicans on the question of reciprocity with Canada. Launch Making Long Trip to Astoria. Moro Observer: Rev. Evans and family returned home Thursday after an enjoyable camp life of three weeks goods acress the Columbia to Biggs, they saw a launch pass which was makng the trip from Kettle Falls to Astoria, presumably endeavoring to reach Astoria In time to participate In the annual regatta to be held there this month. est' In that It is averred to be true. Just before the fight, the Chicago boy received a telegram from his mother, who Is 111 at Hegewlsch, III, It was a short dispatch, stating that the mortgage on the farm whs yet un paid, "I am praying that you will be successful," wired the mother. The mortgage on that little farm Is $1350. and aa Nelson's share of the bout was a HJtle over $2400 he will be able to send the money home. He expects to straighten It out so that his folks won't have to worry any longer. - The gate receipts for the battle amounted to $8244. Of this, the Hayes Valley Club's share was $4122, and Nel son and Hanlon split the remainder as follows: $2473 for Nelson and $1649 for Hanlon. Next to the Brltt-Corbett receipts, this proved the biggest houses of the year In San Francisco, and, In fact, the only paying proposition for the club. Judging from his work. Nelson's star has risen. He has been in the game for the past four years, but It was not until the past six months that he has done anything of note. He Is now In a class with Brltt and Cor bett. " "Would you believe It," he asked the other night, "I fought for two years and didn't make as much In all that' time as I made last month. In the early days I used to fight for $5, and I have gone on and done my best for as little as $2.50. I am willing and ready to fight anybody at the weight. Of course, I would prefer Toung Cor- bett or Brltt, because there would be more money in fighting them. But anyone who can draw a house can take his chance at me., I am open to engagements." While Nelson Is open to engagements it Is quite evident that either the boxer or his manager has a good idea of his value as a drawing card. The Port land parties who were considering him as a possibility for a Portland go dl covered that Nlof. wanted not only a big percentage of the house, but transportation for two as far back a Chicago. Eddie Hanlon hna proved himself t be a good loser, and ha will lose no friends on account of what ha saldi after the fight. He admitted that Nel son beat him fairly and squarely. "He was stronger than I was," said Han lon, "and he beat me down. It may not be for a long time, but It is inevita ble that I should meet him again. When I do, I hope to win." Regarding Hanlon, one of the San Francisco writers has to say: "Not one follower of the game, though he won money or lost It, had anything but kind words to say of the boy who , was beaten. Glancing over the list of pugilists who are at the top of the heap or near the top It would be hard to find one man whose ' defeat would not occasion a certain amount of gloating from the men who do not like him. But not so with Eddie Hanlon. Opinion aa to his fighting ability may vary, but everybody hat a good word to aay for him. There wast no gloating, and there was nothing akin to It. The general opinion seemed ' to be that Eddie's pugilistic career 1 yet a matter of the future. He la very young yet scarcely old enough for the bones to be set and for his full strength to be developed. He climbed too high, was too ambitious, perhaps. At any rate, a lad who can fight the way he did for the first five rounds of Friday night's battle need have no fear of hie fistic future." ' ' . . t 8AID TO BE WORKING SLAVES. Serious Charge Brought Against Prom Insnt Georgia Man. Chicago, Aug. 6. A special to the Tribune from Savannah, Ga., says: State Senator Foye of Egypt, Ga., has) been brought here under arrest by fed eral officers on a charge of holding negroes In bondage. Foye Is one of the wealthiest men In southern Georgia and Is a demo cratic leader. He ' conducts several large turpentine farms near Egypt and federal officers assert that he Is hold ing many negroes as slaves. The negroes are confined at night in stock ades and are worked in chains during the day. WANTED Wants for the want co lumn of the Morning Astorlan, V