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
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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' '
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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.
ARB by which the merits of all other saws judged.
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