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THE MORXLVG ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. i'V; r 1 SATURDAY, AUGUST 4. WILL BUILD HOIS MARINE MEMORANDA San Franciscans to be Given Homes Roanoke and Kilburn Leave Out On Easy Terms for San Francisco. PLANS OF RELIEF COMMITTEE KITSAP ACCEPTED FINALLY ...... Laife Amount oneyfll Be Set Aside to Use in Helping the Destitute to Procure Homes For Them, SAX FRANCISCO, August 3-Thoua McGee, chairman of the lands and build inn committee of the Sao Francisco Belief and Red Cross Funds Corpora tion, ha, with the formal sanction of the Utter, announced what his commit tee intends to do toward building home for .San Franciscans who were burned out, or advancing them cash to that purpose. His announcement involves four distinct propositions, aggregating 1 600,000. One seta aside $300,000 to be used in sums of $500, the latter being the amount to be given the owner of a lot as a bonus toward paying for a new home. The sum of $2,500,000 is to be used to build cottages, two-story dwelling, and flats. They are to be sold on the installment plan, on easy terms. The third proposition is to spend (100,000 for a home for aged and infirm people on the almshouse tract. The fourth proposition involves the nee of $300,000 in loans to owners or tenants for building purposes. Potter Dne Down Prom Portland This Evening Schooner Louis Ready For Sea and San Pedro Dock and Deck Items, The Costa Rica, scheduled to sail for San Francisco this morning, will carry 1.103 barrels of flour. So the grain and flour shipments to coastwise points bid fair to be heavy this month. Had not all of her space been held for general merchandise, the F. A. Kilburn would have taken out a large consignment of wheat. Among other shipments going out on the Costa Rica will be 1600 sack , of bran. Hei entire cargo will measure j cloe to 1200 tons. The work of dis charging and loading the steamer ha been pushed to completion just as quick ly as possible in order to get the best service out of her that is possible. Ship pers are clamoring for space on all of the vessels two weeks in advance of their sailing dates. I MANY SOLDIERS DESERT. t SAN FRANCISCO. August 3 Reports are being received by the military au thorities at the Presidio of the frequent desertion of troops stationed at Ameri can Lake in Washington, the Summer military camp, where several regiments of the National Guard and regulars are stationed for instruction. The most notable instance of this is in company T of the Twenty-second Infantry. At present only seven men and officers are left to carry the name of this com pany. When the Twenty-second Infan try went into camp 65 men answered to roll call in company "V Since then 58 of the soldiers have deserted and crossed the border to Canada, 60 miles away, where there are no extradition laws to cover desertion, , .,14, vara - MEAT GOING UP. CHICAGO, August 3. Buyers of por terhouse steak, lamb chops and other choice cuts of meat are finding their butcher bills larger than ever. The average price of the best cuts has risen nearly 10 per cent in the last two months. Retail dealers blame the con sumer for the increase and declare that while he loudly calling for porterhouse and the like they are forced to sell less favored portions of the carcasses for a song. EVERY SUNDAY. Special round trip excursion rate to Portland, commencing Sunday, July 29, and continuing every Sunday thereafter, until further notice, the A. 4 C. R. will cell special excursion tickets from As toria to Portland and return at rate of $2.50, good going and returning on date ef sale only. The steamer Kitsap has been accepted by the Kit-ap Transportation Company at Seattle, and Joseph Supple, of Port land, the builder of the speedv craft is well pleased ovet the behavior of the vessel and is alreadr assured of a bonus of $6500. and has every reason to ex pect this sum to be increased when the official trial takes place next week The Kitsap County Transportation Com pany has accepted the vesel, for in the trial runs so far held she has met all requirements easily. She made 13 miles in 43 minutes, which is about 19 miles an hour. She will easily make 20 miles when the main trial occurs next week, and he will return to Seattle to be preent when she makes it Yesterday the Astoria -Port tand steam ep Lurline was nnable to pull out of Portland on schedule time owing to reported strike of her crew. Just what the eanse War coirKl not be learned at the local office. It was stated that he would however probably get away last night and reach here sometime this morning. Slowly, but we suppose, surely, the spars and rigging of the barkentine Jane L. Stanford, are assuming ship shape, day by day. Her hold is being well stocked with choice Oregon fir by the Gatsop Mill people, anyway, and the announcement of her clearance may be looked for at an early date. The five-masted schooner Louis, of the Simpson fleet, has completed hep load ing at the docks of the Tongue Point Milling Company, and has cleared for San Pedro with nearly a million feet of lumber. She is waiting the arrival of a new mate, who is due this morning, and she will go to sea sometime today. The steamer Telegraph is due down with a big crowd of excursionists to morrow afternoon at 1:30. The steamship Roanoke came down from Portland yesterday morning early THREE DAYS SAL SATURDAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY A 45-piece set of White Austrian China. Sells regularly at $10.50. Special sale price 4 " f wm Copyright ifj by Hart Schaffner fc? M CLOTHING SOLD HERE Is good because throughout it is the work of human hands and brains EVERY GARMENT IS MAN TAILORED Down to the smallest scam, and is turned out brimful of fit, finish and style that no machine could ever put in it. Wc promise a good deal and fulfill what wc promise; hence your confidence "Good Clothes for Men Who Know." P. A. STOKES IN THE CITY CHURCHES. Norwegian M. E. Church, The pastor will preach at 11:00 a. m. and 8:K p. m. Evening theme, first lecture on "John Hunyan and rilgrim'i Progress." Sunday school at 10:00 a. m, PERSONAL MENTION. Baptist Church. "Christ Lifted l" and "God's Call to Men," are the themes of sermons to be preached at the Bapti-t church; Sunday school at 10 a. m. and B. Y. P. U. at 7:15 p. m. Everybody cordially in vited. First Lutheran Church. Service as usual at the First Luther an church. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m., Miss Alma Xylund, superintendent; morning service in Swedish at 10:45; evening service in English at 8 o'clock; subject of sermon, "Deceit." All are cordially invited to attend. On Tuesday. August 28th, the Sunday school will give its annual picnic. The place selected for this outing is Fort Clatsop on the Lewi & Clark River, Further announcement later. Presbyterian Church. Rev. D. A. Thompson, pator of the Sellwood Presbyterian Church of Port land will preach morning and evening. Mr. Thompson and the pastor of to church have exchanged for the day. Sunday school, 12:15; Y. P. S. C. E, 7 o'clock. , The Young Men's League and the Young Women's bible class will meet together, 12:15. Grace Church. Services Sunday a usual. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.; Sunday school omitted. Rev. J. E. II. Simpson of St. Mark's church, Portland, will con duct service at Holy Innocents' chapel in Uppertown, at 10:30 a. m. The service which was to have been held at Chad well in the afternoon has been post poned. Peniel Mission. On Tuesday evening next, at tin Peniel Mission on Tenth street, there will be held a special Scandinavian meeting, to which al member of that race are cordialy invited. Mrs. I). C, McDonald of Fort Meyer, I wa iu the city yesterday. If. K. Magee, of Portland, arrived here on the noou express yesterday. W. II. Stanley, of Boston, arrived here yesterday, on a business quest. G. R. Stapleton. of St. Louis, was do ing business in Astoria. yesterday, II. T. Manter. of Spokane, spent the day in Astoria yesterday, on business. Mr. K. 8. Cook, of Detroit, arrived in the city on yesterday's noon expresn. R. II. Cart right, of Seattle, wat among the business tourists here yes terday. A. C Reese of Portland, came down on the 11:35 train yesterday, on a busi ness trip. D. A. Martinson of Pa!oue, wa a business visitor here for a few hours yesterday. W. I), Tyler, of Tacoma. came down on the 11:35 train yesterday morning, on a business tour. P. Martinez, and son. of Tampa were fleeting tourists in the city yesterday, and en route to Seaside. George Sorenson. of Portland, was a business visitor in Astoria, yesterday, and quartered at the, Occident, R. G. Latham of Denver spent the day iu Astoria yesterday, going to the metropolis on the evening express. It. t. Jloulton or lanulen, .V J was lifted among the business tourists here yesterday. He left for Seaside last night. Hon. and Mrs. Harrison Allen left for an over Sunday visit with Portland friends, on the steamer Telegraph, yes terday afternoon. O. W. Tower, wife and daughter of Detroit, were among the day's visitors in this city yesterday, and were regis tered at the Occident. Louis Ken worthy, of Walla Walla, passed through the city, yesterday, en route to his home und buine in Eastern Washington, from Long Reach, ASTORIA GROCERY PHONE, MAIN Mi. 3ij COMMERCIAL STREET. LUNCH GOODS DEVILED HAM CHIPPED BEEF POTTED BEEF LUNCH TONGUE VEAL LOAF HAH LOAF CORN BEEF DEVILED CHICKEN BONELESS CHICKEN BONELESS TURKEY SLICED BEEF IN CLASS JARS SMOKED DRY HERRIN0 IN CLASS JARS THE STORE THAT SERVES YOU BEST $6.85 The best value ever offered in the city of Astoria FOARD & STOKES CO. and after taking on over one hundred tons of miscellaneous freight, at tin Callender pier, she left down, and out, a 9 o'clock. She is getting to be a prime favorite in the out-board service up this way. The Daily Commercial Xewg of San Francisco, says: "The San Francisco Steamship Company announces that the steamers Columbia and Costa Rica will resume the regular service by the middle of August running in conjunction with the steamer Barracouta." Word comes from Victoria, li. C, that the V. 8. S. Chicago, with Rear Admiral Swineburne on boird. arrived there yes terday fnm Santa Barbara, Cal. The U. S. S. Princeton and Preble have been there some dnys. The U. S. S. Boston, and Paul Jones, are expected today. This evening, the popular old T. J. Potter will touch in here, on her way from Portland to Ilwaeo, with a swarm ing big crowd of "beach-coingbcrs" for ing big crowd of "beach-combew" for to arrive at 8:30 p. m. The steamer F, A. Kilburn arrived down from Portland yesterday morning and went to sea and San Francisco, crossing out at 10 o'clock. TO INCREASE IMMIGRATION. CHICAGO, August 3. The Countess Maria Frenfranclli-Cibo, of Rome, Italy, is in Chicago, promoting a scheme to in crease the immigration of Italians with the purpose of encouraging them to be come farmers. The Countess is an American by birth, being n cousin of Ogden McClurg and a former resident of Racine, Wis. Her husband is a descendant of the same old Italian family to which Pope Innocent VIII, belonged, and has a palace at Rome and a villa outside the city. "My mission is not an official one,-' said the Countess last night. ''I am taking an interest in the poor people of Italy and simply doing my best to im prove their conditions. "I wag pleased to note the progress made by Italians in Colorado. It I" near Greeley, Colo., that the proposed colony is to be situated. When I reach the East I expect to investigate condi tions at Paterson, N. J." STARTHEATER P. GEVURTZ, Mgr. MR. LEE WILLARD AND COMPANY, MANAGEMENT ARTHUR C F0Z. TONIGHT Monte Cristo THE PLAY THAT WILL LIVE FOREVER THE MOST BEAUTIFUL, STRONG AND ROMANTIC MELODRAMA. SPECIAL SCENERY AND EFFECTS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MATINEE, MONTE CRISTO " Summer Prices, 15c, 25c. and 35c ARE YOU A BON VIVANT? The pith of life, after all, is a good feed. The good things of this life are not as a rule easily found, 10 that it is pleasure to find so close it hand a first-class up-to-date establishmeent, whre one gets those good things at every meal, like the Palace Restaurant,, on Commercial street. The home of the bonvivant. tf Morning Astorian, 65 cents per month, Uye Store for Woman t3he BEEIiSJHIVE' Ladies' Outfitters A FULL LINE OF FALL SAMPLES LADIES' SUITS AND COATS On Display August 3rd at the Bee Hive Orders can be placed now for delivery in three weeks. An excellent oppor tunity to get something new Why does the sun burn ? Why does a mosquito sting? Why do we feel un happy in the fiood Old Summer Time? An-wen we don't. We use DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, and these, little Ills don't bother us. earn to look for the name on the 1kx to get the genuine. Sold by Charles Rogers. ;