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THE MORNING ASTOIUAN, ASTORIA OREGON. SATURDAY, JANUARY n, tool. Out Special Sale of 25 per cent discount on Cut Glass proved to be such a success, we have decided to continue it for a week. We also offer Our Hand Painted China At 20 per cent Discount This means a big saving to you. Come and take advantage of it. A. V. AULBN Phones Brvch Uniovtown Main 711, Mmn 3871 Phone Main 713 Sole agent for H. C. Fry's Celebrated Cut Glass. LAND GRANT TITLES Action Taken to Determine Status of Railroad. . ATTORNEY GENERAL REPLIES Recommends That Persons Take no Ac tion or Expense on Themselves in Regard to Matter Except on Advice of Counsel of High Standing. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. Attorney General Bonaparte recently received a number of letters relating to the sat us cf lands held under 'the railroad and jwagon road grants in Oregon, which lave not been disposed of by grantees, and asking if the present holders 'Have to sell the same to actual settlers only, at a rate not exceeding $20 per acre." The 'Attorney-general has replied that pro ceedings will shortly be taken to deter mine the rights and responsibilities of the Southern Pacific company's holding title to the lands mentioned. Further than this the attorney-general says he it not authorized by law nor permitted fcy the practice of the department to apeak. He recommends that the writers take no expense on themselves in regard to the matter except on advice of counsel of unblemished reputation and high standing. DEPOSIT MONEY. TTEWi MEXICO'S PECULIAR LAW. ."WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. The repeal of what has been denominated by some jurists as the most pecular law in the United States" is the idea of a joint resolution introduced today by Birdsall f Iowa. The law in question is a New ifexico statute, which has been in force fop five years, under which all damage euits against New Mexican railroads for personal injuries must be brought in the eonrts of that territory and before the expiration of 90 days from the date of the accident, failing which the railroad concerned may itself enter suit against the injured person and obtain judgment ef noliability. Representative Birdsall stigmatized the law as "the (strangest xconostrosity on American statute fcooks." Many People Again Taking Mosey to Banks., NEW! YORK. Jan. 10.-More people crowd the corridors of the savings banks of New A'ork these days than were to he found there during the height of the financial flurry when thousands of frightened people flocked to the banks to withdraw their savings. The crowds are not there to with draw money, but to deposit it. The savings banks of the city did not suffer from the flurry to any extent, for all of them promptly issued notice requiring from 30 to 60 days' notice of withdrawal of funds. In every savings bank in the city, according to bankers, thousands of those who save notice of withdrawal have since cancelled it, while other thou sands are rushing to place their money in the banks that they may receive in' terest for the period which began Jan uary 1. While most of the savings banks have not yet withdrawn the notices re quired, preferring to see what amount wili be withdrawn when this notice expires, they are paying out money to all who need it regardless of the requirement, Some of the banks eent out notices some time ago notifying all those who had filed notice of withdrawal at the expira tion of sixty days, that they could ob tain whatever money was actualy requir ed without awaiting the expiration of the period, but only a very few took ad vantage of the offer and those that did, withdrew only small sums. MYSTERY SOLVED. SOME WOMEN LIARS. CHICAGO, Jan. 10. James Hamilton Lewis, a well known figure in Illinois politics, and formerly congressman from thf State of Washington, denies the statement accusing him of saying in a lecture to Northwestern University law students that all women "witnesses are perjurers. He says : . "After defining the method to be em ployed as to women witnesses general ly, I concluded what last class, the few iwho bring suits against men for money Jor certain well known alleged reasons. It was of this last class of whom I said that revenge or cupidity was their pur pose, and the oath a useless thing." Colton Securities Were Sold by J. Dal- zell Brown. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. lO.-The Call says today: The mystery of the Colton securities has been solved. They were sold by J. D. Robertson at the direction of J. Dalzell Brown for" the California Safe Deposit & Jrust Company. The securi ties were handled by the brokerage firm of E. F. Hutton & Company of 400 Cali fornia street, whose books tell the tale in figures that do not lie. They tell the tale that Brown has long concealed. They ehow that' while Brown was pos ing as a substantial and honest banker at California and Montgomery streets the record of his infamy lay indelibly inscribed in the ledgers of the brokerage house but a few doors away. The discovery was made yesterday by Oscar Cooper, attorney for Walter Bart nett, who visited the office of Hutton & Company and inspected the books on behalf of his client. Cooper has claimed , all along that Bartnett knew nothing in regard to the disappearance of the bonds, arid he has scored heavily by passing the matter up to the very door of Brown. FIREMEN MEET DEATH. Twelve-Story Structure Burns Down in Manhattan, N V. YORK, Jan. 10, Four firemen went to death tonight when they rc sponded to the fire that ruined the Parker building, a twelve-story business structure occupying the block between east 18th mid 19th n Fourth avenue. Fought by half the firemen in Manhattan, the flames were never con trolled nud only with difficulty confine to the building in which they originated Floor after floor gave way and dropped to the basement and beneath these no less than 30 firemen were caught and cither killed outright or seriously Injur ed The monetary loss is estimated at $0,000,000. The fire was one of the most spectacular as well as disastrous in recent years. BUYING GOLD ABROAD EARTHQUAKE FREES BROKERS. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 10.-The in dictments against Joshua, Jacob and Herman Kppinger, who at one time were the largest grain brokers on the Pacific Coast, were dismissed by Judge Lawlor this morning. The indictments charged them with obtaiuiug money under false pretenses on alleged bogus' warehouse receipts for groin. The cases had been set for trial April 18, 1900, but in the fire of that date all of the records were destroyed and the inability of the dis' trict attorney's office to restore, these records resulted in the dismissal of the cases this morning. TRAFFIC RESUMED. SAX JOSE, Cal., Jan. 10. Traffic that had been blocked on account of the wreck of the Sunset express of the Southern Pacific Railroad last night was resumed at 9:30 o'clock this morning. By that hour all the debris had been removed. A. Saunders is thought to have been the name of the man who was killed while stealing a ride on the train and that his home was in Chicago. The njured are reported to be resting com fortably today and no further fatalities are expected. The caine of the wreck has not been learned. BOOZE SELLER SENT TO JAIL. EUGENE Or.. Jan. lO.-Ctsrles May- hew was fined $200 and sentenced to 00 days in the city jail by Police Judge Dorris yesterday afternoon, having been found guilty by a jury of violating the city ordinance which declares a place where liquor is sold a nuisance. He will take the case to the circuit court on writ of review. Mayhcw was fined $200 week or two ago in the justice court for violating the local option law, but this case, too, has been taken to the cir cuit court. Methods Employed In Its Pur chase and Shipment. NOT A COMPLEX TRANSACTION K. B. Parker, Proprietor 1 ' , Maaagw I. P, Parker, i PARKER HOUSE EUROPEAN PLAN Firet-elaii In Every Repst Free Coach to the Home. Bat and Billiard Room. Good Check Restaurant. Good Sample Rooms on the around Floor for Commercial Men ASTORIA, OREGON. BANK OFFICIALS CAPTURED. VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 10. James W. Harper and Wiley T. Smith, alleged to havestolen more than half a million dollars from the First National Bank of Hattiesburg, Miss., were arrested here today, after having been traced through many cities of the country. They were the assistant cashier and paying teller of the Hattiesburg Bank. EXPERT FEES CUT. COMPANIES CUT RATES. NEW! YORK, Jan. 10. Upon the re fusal of the Cunard S. S. Co. to increase its second and third rates for the new express steamers Maurctania and Lusi tania by $3.75, the International Mercan tile Marine announced a reduction of the amount for all boats of the Ameri can t Red Stan Line of the British serv ice. The Cunard immediately met the eut and the International Marine fol lowed this iwith a second reduction of (3.75, making its total cut $7.50. ' . TEA New York is too far from Japan; San Fran cisco is nearer. four grocer returns your doner U roa dofll Bte Schilling's Best: we faj him. NEW YORK, Jan. 10. The bills of two of the alienists who gave expert tes timony in the first Thaw trial have been cut bv the comptroller. The bill of Dr. Austin Flint was cut $292.50, this amount having been wrongfully charged, the comptroller holds. Dr. Flint's schedule charges for such services is $100 a day for testifying and $15 an hour for all other service, such as consultations, time epent in waiting to be called to the stand, etc. Dr. Flint charged an hour and a half each for var ious trips from his home to the criminal court building which trips the comp troller says can be easily , made in 45 minutes. For this reason 19J hours time at $15 an hour was cut out of the bill. Dr. Flint's bill amounted to $5315. The bill of Dr. Carlos McDonald was also cut $235 for the same reason that the cut was made in Dr. Flint's bill. BADLY HURT BY BUCKING HORSE. WALLA WALLA Wash., Jan. 10. As the result of beoing thrown from a horse yesterday, 16-year-old Harvey Shelton, living about six miles south of this city, sustained a fractured left leg, . a dislocated left ankle joint, and a frac ture and dislocation of the left shoulder. Young Shelton had mounted a young horse, preparatory to coming to Walla Walla; the horse had not been used for several days, and commenced bucking as soon as mounted. WILL COST MORE. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. Because of langed conditions since 1905, it is now admitted, in responsible quarters,., that the estimate for building the Panama Canal is probably too low, and that it will cost approximately $200,000,000, The previous estimate was $139,705,000. TAKAHIRA CHOSEN. TOKIO, Jan. 10. It was officially an nounccd today that Baron Takahira had been chosen ambassador to the United States to succeed Viscount Aoki. BATTLESHIP NEBRASKA. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. lO.-The bat tlcship Nebraska arrived here yesterday from San Diego to await the coining of the governor of Nebraska who is coming here to present, on behalf of that state. a magnificent silver service to the ship which bears its name. So many emigrants have left Sicily that, the pay for a day's work there has gone up from 30 to 70 cents. Neverthe less, the returning Sicilians will miss the American scale of wages. It is predicted that the Klondike dredging companies will soon turn out $20,000,000 gold annually. The steam shovel is making a great record all the way from Panama to the Yukon. CASTOR I A Tor Infants and Children. . The Kind You Have Always Bought ; The Simple System by Which Foreign Bullion op Coin Arriving by Ship In New York li Turned Into Amerloan Money The Less by Abrasion, Huylns $10,000,000 worth of gold from the Bank of England, says the cashier of tho Kiibttvasurj lu New York, is no more complex a tram notion thiiu buying a piece of roul estate. Whatever difference there Is lu tho two Is In favor of tho gold pur' ehnso. In It you are pretty sure to gel tho vnluo of your money. Much of the gold bought by the large bauUIug houses of New York aud other Atucrlcnu cities Is purchased from the Bunk of England or the Bunk of France. Its purchase la arranged for by the English or French agents of the bnuk that wishes to secure the gold, The price that will have to he paid de- ponds largely iijtoa the demand. In panic tlmea, when every dollar of gold that can 1 secured is being eagerly sought by bunkers here, the price Is as high as S aud 0 per rout. The shipment of tho gold la accotu pnnlcd by comparatively few extra precautions. An extra detective or two from Scotland Yard, perhaps, and as muny other private detective cm ployed by the Bunk of Kugland fur nish all the protection needed. All gold Imported Into this country comes In one of two forms, It Is cither In gold Imra or lu coin. If In coin It It usually American money that has been sent nbroud lu some previous year, for comparatively smull amount of for elgn gold coin Is brought here. Whether in bar or coin, however, it Is all ship ped In small steel cases. Tho bars are of on exact Ivtigth, so us to penult them being packed tightly In the cases, while the colus nre lu bags, lrrcsi na tive of denomination, that hold Just &)0 ounces. The arrival of a gold laden ship at her pier in the North river Is no dif ferent, so far as precautions fur the gold Itself are concerned, from that of any other vessel. There nre always government mill-lain, city police mid private detectives to meet each ship, and the arrival of n boat with $10,000,- uuu in gold uiiourd will result lu no more than one or two extra muu being preseut to ride on the wagons carrying the gold awny from tho pier. The steel boxes, with their precious contents, as they nre carted down from the ship to the wharfs might from their appearauco contain only or diuary merchandise. If any unusuul precautions be taken, however, It Is durlug the brief moments that the boxes with their millions tiro lying ou ; the pier waiting to be lifted Into the wagons nnd curled away. Then they are watched by a good many pairs of eyes, and not a strange Is allowed to approach anywhere near them. The final act of the purchase of gold differs lu times of panic and nt ordl uury times. In times of panic, when the necessity for gold Is so great that every moment Is precious, Its real vul uo lu relieving a situation comes only when it la piled high on the counters of the bonks n nil trust companies awaiting the demands of the creditors of those Institutions. The gold thnt arrives in bars goes direct to the assay office. Before any attempt Is made to analyze it and as certain its real value the purchaser re eelves a certified check from the us sayer for 08 per cent of the value sap posed to be contained in the bars. The check can be converted Into cash Ira meuiuteiy, ami the delay or two or three days necessary to make a com plete assay of the shipment is avoided. Whatever additional sum is due the purchaser after the ossayer's report Is made he receives In a day or two. Much the same process so far as ex pediency Is concerned Is gone through with the gold coins. They, Instead of going to the assay office, go direct to the subtreasury. Each bag Is weighed unopened and if found to tip the scales nt 1500 onnces $0,300 In cash Is Immediately advanced. Thnt -process saves many hours, for each bag has to be opened, the coins assorted Into their several denominations, counted and weighed for loss from abrasions. Aft er that Is dono the money Is returned to bags containing $5,000 each, nnd the balauce due the purchaser, whatever It may be, Is forwarded to him. The only other class of gold shipment that has to be bundled Is that of for elgn gold' coins. They are not even counted, but are placed Immediately lu a crucible, melted and then sent to the assay office, where they are treated ns were the gold bars. The extra time necessary to secure actual American money for the gold coins of foreign na tions is the chief reason for the small amount of gold Imported in that form. As between shipping gold In coin or bars there Is little difference. It Is said that the motion of the ships causes a loss of about $200 In every shipment of $1,000,000. It Is a fact, however, that the coins do lose considerably more In weight than the bars. New York World. I. a A. B0WLBY, President. 0. I. PETERSON. VleeFmld.nt rRANK PATTON, Gassier. J. W, GARNER, instant Oaaal. Astoria Savings Bank Capital Paid in 1100,000, Burptn and I'ndWIded I'ronts M,loo Transacts a (Isnsral Banking Uuslnws. (ntorwit paid oo Tiros beposlU FOUR rEIl CENT PER ANNUM Eleventh and Dune streets. ASTORIA, 01X001. First National Bank of Astoria, Ore I ESTA1ILI8IIKD 18MO. Capital $100,000 car ;BAY BRASS II ns RASTOKIA, OIU'OON - ROM AND BRASS FOUNDERS1 UNO AND MARINE ENGINEERS rp-to Bate,Hw;iiil Machinery 4 Prompt attention gtvea to al. repelrtwors. 18th and Franklin Ave. uu ,, M5i Sherman Transler Co. HENRY 8HKR MAN, Manager Hacks. CarrUgee-Bsggsga ChaekeJ aadTransfsrred-Tnickj Wagons Pianos Moved, Boxed tod Snipped. (jaCommtrdal Street and FarsJtart Kala Ftaw icr A Chance for Quick-Steppers We are setting a merry clip for shoe sellers to walt to. their XUifk ltP rr'Ce W 00 ,nUr b0W h0UU ,"ln In line .We'1 ''M qulckn th of vrv" ho for a bargain OUR SPECIALTY LINE of Loggers' shoe, guarantee satisfaction to the wearer. None better, but a leader of all 5M. Bond St.. opp. Fisher Bros. Co. t' ' S. A. GIMRE vyws-vr - - - vj JSP" ASTORIA IRON WORKS DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF THE LATEST IMPROVES .... Canning Machinery, Marine Engines and Boilers vvjurwua, wAXiasxx OUTFITS FURNISHED. Correspondence Solicited. Foot of Fourth Street ' Bears the Signature A Political View, . " , "I call it bribery and corruption, Our member's wife's a doctor, and sho attends voters free!" "Get awayl That ain't bribery nnd corruption. It's nursln' a constitu ency." London Opinion. If earnestness of purpose, coupled with skill, experience and modern facilities COUNT Then the DISSTON "COUGAR SAW" will continue u the STAND. 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