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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1905)
THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1909. Ii marshal at $60 per month instead of $95 as at present Mayor Johansen announced at the council meeting Monday that undor no circumstances would gambling be per mltted in Seaside during his admin iatratlon. $3,800.00 Collected in Chinook, L N. Fleischner of Portland is build Washington. ing a $3000 cottage in Hermosa Park. MIDDIES TALE. I HOLDER FOR THE NEHALEM COMPANY After a Demand that the Books Be 1 Produced and a Statement 'of the Conditio fihe Company Be Made, They Are Dug Up. atlve to the Nehalem Coal Co. .and some addltlOKaffacls furnished by the 8tockho!ders""sf-' -Chinook, " through whose efforts the meeting was called. : Among, the iJteir charged on the "books B V - k.M.uX . .1 l AAA til T Cook as traveling expenses and inci dental expenses." -The' Observer says Niels Futtrun, Jasper Prest, B. Sod- erlund. Charles "R. Johnson, R Berg lund and Chris Olsen, stockholders in the company, went to Astoria to at tend the meeting. At their suggestion and others In the minority a resolu- tion was introduced granting the , di rectors power to sell their shares in the company on condition that par value was paid for $37,000 worth, represent ing cash and property turned Into the company by the minority. If the di rectors agreed to this proposition they were to have 90 days to turn the prop erty of the coal company over to a syndicate said to be negotiating with $r??t?r? for It. f more time was need'ed, 90 day tfnion would b granted. The directors were hot qilt satisfied with the demand made by Chinook stockholders, and they tried to make easier terms. Our stockhold era were in 13800 hard cash, and they meant business, and through their at toraer made an Immediate demand for a statement of the, financial condition f the company. The "officers balked. ea this demand was made through A. 1? fimHfc MrWF fr tha Chinook stockholders, and, as tfeere, had n6 Jmam!i of the stockholders since the had nut up their money a state ment was In order. ,The officers had to give way, and the astonishing rever lation was made that the company toad cash on hand to the amount of $1.02. Th minutes of - directors', meetings were read, and disclosed what is print ed above regardlngthe manipulation of stock and purchase of the coal lands. After a lively meeting In which the cash minority had to draw the direct ors and paper "majority stockholders down to the bull ring, it was agreed that the deal to-sell should be con summated within 90 days, and If not fully accomplished within that time, that an extension of 90 days more should be accorded the promoters to dispose of the coal fields. If anything should happen that the coal land's are not disposed of within that time. It Is probable that legal proceedings will be Uken by the Indignant stockholders to uncover all transactions of the direc tors and condition of the company, with a view of throwing it Into court and winding up its affairs. A. r :OeOo: . The Chinook Observer publishes the statement of JjjsUKeek's Astoria sMnbuld march out under arms caused The Japs Only Got a Debris Strewn . --V:'i- Desert, .y. . Chefoo, Jan. 3 (Noon). The fort where the negotiations for the sur render of Port Arthur were held Is called the Big Eagle's Nest and it ts near Rihlung mountain. According to the reports of the ne gotiations received here. General Stoe sel's proposal that the Russian sick and wounded should remain under Russian medical supervision, and that the Jap anese transfer the- non-combatants, was acceptable to General Nogl, but the Russian proposal that the Russians SEASIDE NEWS. Interesting Items from Oregon's Popu--i lar Summer Resort " Seaside, Ore, Jan. 3. The saw mill started tip last Monday and the box factory and sash and door factory are running on full time. There Is plenty of logs In the boom to keep the mill running for some time. Chicken thieves are numerous, and several hen roosts have been robbed. Several funerals are predicted unless the perpetrators go out of the chicken raising business. There are 42 guests, at the Hotel Moore, mostly from Portland. The new additions to the hotel are In process of construction and will be completed In about 60 days. The lumber for the large addition to the Colonial hotel has arrived and work will be commenced In a few days. Eighty new rooms will be added to the hoteL C. W. Knowles and wife of Portland spent a few days at Seaside this week. The first regular meeting of the common council , will be held Friday night The report of the recorder and treasurer will be rendered, 'and an ordi nance passed fixing the salary of the aoHMt controversy; " f ' ? - '! ! t ' ' ! J Midshipman KUsorlch, commanding a launch which left Port Arthur at 8 o'clock last night said, today; - , No shot has been fired at Port Ar thur for two days. That which the Chinese heard last night was the Rus sians blowing up forts, ships, mnga- s fries. warehouses, docks, and every thing valuable. When I left Port Arthur the fort ress and town was almost completely wrecked. The warships died hard. Several explosions were necessary to complete the wrecking of them. The Sevastopol, after catching fire, explod ed and turned turtle. The harbor en trance js blocked with sunken ships. The only navigable craft now at Port Arthur are (fie hospital ships Hassan and Mongolia. Tou need expect" io more ships from Port Arthur as they are unable to leave on account of the Wdf'kicjf of the harbor. W9l?nei buss represented General Steewl In the negotiations for sur render. A table was set with wine and food at the Eagle's Nest and the envoys treated each other with great courtesy which quickly melted into in formal good fellowship. Each compli mented the other on the bravery of their forces. "The statement that there remained 5000 fighting men at Port Arthur Is misleading because of a majority of these half are sick or slightly wound ed. There has been for some' time no proper bandages and wounds hav . . i M ..1.1 V l been aressea wua utmp, v rjj. shipman Kllsorich. "The p. t.l General Stoessai was Wav t0 treat for surrender wftS ffelved by the sol-j dters with the. feelings of utmost re- llefFortha:j,ast month severe wounds have been gladly received by the sol dlers because they were allowed to rest. When the men were not fighting they were tunnelling on half rations. 'The bombardment of the last day or so was terrific. Everybody remarked that even General Stoessel must see the futility of further resistance when our guns are unable to reply. "We might have surrendered a month ago with the highest honor. That resistance has continued effect ively pince is scarcely less than a mlr acle. ' ' ''It is a mere handful of broken men who surrendered and a debris strewn desert-was the Japanese gain. rJ'Not one of Port Arthur' magnific ent public works remain. , Stoessel" t6bfc the welcome step was StbesseJ, took the unwelcome step was generally "one of relief. "The soldiers for whom one month's service has counted as one year are rejoicing because they will soon see their families." THE Success of Tuesday's Mammoth Embroidery sale was stupendous and overwhelm ing. Nothing like it was ever before seen in Astoria. Enthusiastic bargain seekers crowded the doors, swarmed the aisles and janimJic passage ways until the standing room only sigu was. torn from its hingcsmt it was a-good natured crowd, and every bargain seeker was a bargain finder., A traveling, man rejjiked that he had seen such mad crowds at Gimbles,! Seigles, Coopers, Marshall Fields and ' few other f large eastern department store's, but he had never expected to witness anything fof the kind in f Astoria. Well! There is a reason for it. The people have learned that this Store's advertising is accurate, it's bargains real, and that it never trifles or jug gles with the public. . A dependable store that possesses the public confidence. Yesterday's bargain news holds good today, with the following additional. : ' ! : ' ' :-"'" H: ' " . - - n ,; ; THAT SAMPLE LINE OF SKIRTS You've heard about it and if you have not yet taken advantage and selected one to vour using you naa Deuer come in ana ao so now. tney are certainly a nice collection to choose fmni. SHrtC fnr crrM mdir rtlnr Anr erirB' alcn lrni .l.l.tM f.. 1 . .. Skirts for street wear, rainy day skirts: also dress skirts for special occasions New Styles ranging in prices from $1.50 to $15.00 ah LACES AND EMBROIDERIES Notwithstanding the tremendous rush for embroideries and laces yesterday, there is still quite a few nice patterns left for your choosing, any piece of embroidery on the bargain table at lOc. per yard Torchon and Medicion Laces at c per yard. PECULIAR ACCIDENT. Throws 800 Man Out of Work "and Kills One. Pittsburg, Jan. 3. A 50-ton fly wheel In the National Tube Work Company's plant at McKeesport burst and completely wrecked the continuous mill early today. One man was killed outright and four were seriously in jured. The loss to the plant will reach $'100,000. Eight hundred men will be thrown out of employment for a month. Beautiful Prop Broken. Philadelphia, Jan. 8. Mrs. aPtrick Campbell, the English actress, frac tured her knee cap tonight, as the re sult of a fall while entering her car riage. It may be months before she will be able to work. The remainder of her American tour has been abandoned. FOARD & STOKES CO. HILL WINS. Northern Securities Dof.ats ths Hsr riman Interests. 'Philadelphia, Jan. S. The United States court of appeals for the Third judicial district, in an opinion filed here today, reverses a decision of the New Jersey circuit court, which re strained the Northern Securities Com-! patty from distributing certain slock of the Northern Pacific Railroad com pany. The decision is a defeat for the interest represented by E. H. Havrf- man, .. ,,. By decree of the New Jersey court, the Northern Securities Company was restrained from disposing 370,820 shares of the common stock of the Northern Pacific Railway Company, al leged to have fceen received from E. H Harrlman d Wlnslow S. Pierce, and of 347.0M shares of the common stock of the Northern Pacific Railway Com pany from the Northern Pacific Com' pany. Tniiav-n decision gives the North ern Securities Company the right to to turn out as much work with a com- Danziger & 488 and 490 CatamcrtUI St Olose Co. riff 1 bookbinders had agreed to work their regular number of hours a day during lfrOB, local Typographical union decided . to let the matter rest another year. The scale now calls for an eight-1 hour day at $19.20 a week The first ' demand of the Typographical union! was an eight-hour day at 121 a week.j and this was refused. . Negotiations were Immedlatsl started to amicably settle the difference between the aso- j elation "and the printers; . The assocla-j tfon replied to the first proposition with a proposition for a nine-hour day 1 121.60 a week. Later this was odl-i , ... fled to 8 h hour, but this was vefused All day Th'ufsSay and Friday January 5 and 6 1005, by the printers. The upshot of thei ' ' matter was the decision of the print- j ers to let things remain as they arei until 1908. I The reason assigned for the nine hour day by the association was the' fact that eastern, firms were employing ' men nine hours and were in ken com petition with Portland firms in their, own territory. The eastern firms, by. virtue of the nine-hour day, were abtej WW ? IO REWARD We shall give $10.00 in gold as a first prize, and $5.00 as a second prize, to the boy or girl under eighteen years of age writing the best poem of two or more verses, using the MONARCH RANGE as subject of the poem. All poems to be handed in before 6 P. M. on February 16, 1905 CHARLES HEILBORN a SON Complete House Furnishers. 59-593 Commercial St. dispose of the stock. Harrlmnn and Pierce when the Northern Securities Company had been declared by the United States supreme court to be an illegal combination demanded the re turn of the original stock they had contributed at the time of the organ ization of the combination. The North ern Securities Company, it was claimed, Intended to make a pro rata distribution of the stock of the con tributing company. The opinion was written by Judge Dallas. After review ing the organization of the combina tion and subsequent history, the decis ion says: "Harrlman averred that the shares of railway stock In question were ac quired by the Securities Company; that it held them as custodian, depository, or trustee, and that the owners of the said shares were the parties who orig inally exchanged the same for stock in the Northern Securities Company. "The Northern Securities Company claimed that it acquired the stock by purchase and that it owns the stock outright." , TROUBLE 18 OVER. Portland Printers Will Be Good One Mora Ysar. Portland, Jan. 3. Present danger of trouble between the Franklin Associa tion and the local Typographical union is at an end, and the work during 1905 will be done for the same scale of waes and at the same number of hours a day. In 1908 the International Typographical Union will Insist on an eight-hour day everywhere In the United States, and in view of that fact and the fact that the pressmen and paratlvely smaller operating force than the western firms, nn.l hence could at- j ford to lower their prices. i FORCES GATHER. Better find out. It means money to you. WARREtlTON LUMBER CO. Fray in Colorado Legislature Comes Off Today. Denver, Jan. 3. At noon tomorrow the legislature, which will settle the gubernatorial contest btween Peabody and Adams will be called to order. It is expected all of tomorrow's session will be required for the work of or ganization and no action with a direct bearing on the governorship will be taken. If anything Is done beyond or ganization, it will be a settlement of some of the contests, of which there are a number, both In the senate and the house. It Is practically certain that the first thing to be done by the senate will be the unseating of several of the democratic senators. I, Manufacturers of ahd D.al.rs in Ind Hemlock LUMBER Submit us your specifications on any bill you wish and we will give you best prices. We make a specialty of Spruce Bevel Siding and Factory Stck. Tsddy Pays Debt. New York, Jan. 3.-T fulfil a six-year-old promise, made while he was governor of New Tork state, President Roosevelt will be announced the prin cipal guest February 14 at the annual dinner of the Hungarian Republican Club. Three hundred members of the club and their friends are now busy preparing to give him a typical mag yar reception and banquet, many of the viands for which will be especially Im ported. It Is said the promise to attend an other dinner of the club when he should have been elected president was obtained from Governor Roosevelt six years ago in a jest by the presi dent of the club. Shipments Mads Either by Rail ar Water. Cspsolty 75,000 fast par day. Warrenton, Or. ' 04X4j Smoke the New Size LA IMPERIAL CIGAR ALL HAVANA. (No imitation goes with ua.) Save the Bands And get the diamond in Seymour's window, or the $20 gold piece or a fine suit of clothes. : J. V. BURNS, 5