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A Free Lecture
A free hlcrc'lic"ii show ami lec
ture will be given in the Alderbrook
Presbyterian church tonight at U
o'clock, on the iucs of the present
campaign, by Rev. W. S. Gilbert.
Visit of Stork-
A line son weighing 10 pound wasi
born to Mr. ami Mrs. John l'rye at
2 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Both
mother and child have been reported
to be doing very nicely.
Polks Court
Three men under the influence of
liquor were arrested yesterday and
are being held at the jail, for the
uual penalty of two days of con
finement. Cone To Ren
Mis Lizzie Wainanen, age 23,
a resident of Scow Bay, died yester
day. The funeral will take place
Sunday afternoon. The deceased
leave a brother.
Van Tuyl-Leinenweber
Mr, Mary Lcincnweber, of thi
city, announce the engagement of
her daughter, Miss Ida Eugenia
Leincnweber to Mr. Richard Harry
Van Tuyl; the wedding to take place
early in June.
Examined Today
Justice Hraillicr, of Seaside, will
take judicial cognizance of the cae
against the man Smith charged with
criminal assault upon a little child
in that city a few days ago. The
case i one that demands the closest
scrutiny and is likely to get it at the
hands of that officer.
To Children's Home
Tomorrow evening Rev. Mr. Rlcs
sum, of this city, will leave for
Poulsbo, Washington, taking with
him the two little sons of E. Chris
tiansen, whose wife died last week,
and will place them in the goodly
charge of the Orphans' Home of the
Norwegian Lutheran Free Church, at
that place.
As Counsel For Campbell
Attorney John C. McCue, of this
city, has been engaged as one of the
counsel who will serve Michael
Campbell in his defense before the
law for the killing of John McClellan
on Wednesday last at Deep River.
It is likely that Henry E. McGinn, of
Portlaud, will also be of counsel in
this behalf,
Cruiser Due Here
The United States cruiser Charles
ton, Captain Swinburne, commanding,
is due to arrive in this port on Sat
urday next from San Francisco.
This line vessel will be one of the
attractions at the great Rose Fcs-
Coffee Satisfaction
HILL BROTHERS' FANCY COFFEES, STEEL CUT AND
VACUUM PACKED, IN GRADES AND PRICES TO PLEASE
ALL TASTES.
Scholfield, Mattson & Co.
PHONE 1181 GOOD GOODSPHONBMl
120 TO 124 TWELFTH STREET.
For a
VICTOR OR AN EDISON
PHONOGRAPH
goto
Johnson Phonograph
Parlors Second Floor Over
t-iO
Uettcr Bread, and costs no
grade $ 1 40 Sack
GROCERS.
tival at Portland during the first
week in June, and will share the
Ituiior paid the navy with the tor
pedo flotilla that will accompany
her.
No Service Tomorrow
Rev. C. C. Rarick, pastor of the
l"irt Methodist Church of this city,
i at North Bend, Oregon, with I'. J.
lirix, of Astoria, and will be home
sometime next week. There will be
no services at the First M. E. Church
tomorrow on this account. The
travelers will, after closing their visit
with Henry lloeck. at North Bend,
(.tart for home via Salem where they
will visit Williamette University for
a day or so.
Order Vacated
When the order in mandamus pro
ceedings in relation to the local
option petitions of precincts 2 and 3
of this city, was received here from
Judge McUride. Judge Trenchard, in
obedience thereto, summoned the
county court in special sessio here on
the 23rd of this month, today; but the
recall of the peremptory writ by
Judge McDride, acted to vacate the
order so made, and there will be no
session of the county court today, in
that behalf, thought it may assemble
for other and regular matters.
The Coming Ticket
The electoral ticket which will be
voted by the citizens of Clatsop
county eight days hence at the June
polls, will be 8 inches in width and
28 inches in length, or four inches
longer than the ballot of 19(16. It
has not so many personal names upon
it as it has amendments and refer
endum measures; but it is quite
formidable, and will take a long time
to vote and to count, after it is
voted.
To Inspect The Float
C. W. Lamar and Dr. T. L. Ball,
of the Chamber of Commerce com
mittee in charge of the Astoria float
in the Rose Festival at Portland, will
leave tonight on the steamer Undine
for the metropolis, where, at 10
o'clock tomorrow they will meet the
artist who designed and built it, and
will look the whole thing over. They
will then report their findings to the
committee here, and the probability
is the car, which is reported on all
Chocolates
the best in the world
50c a Pound,
Scholfield & Mattson Co.
1008.
Co.,
THE MORNING ASTOHIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
sides to be one of the handsomest in
the whole group just finished at
Portland, will be accepted and the
final steps will be taken to put it
where it will do the most good for
Astoria.
Interment Today-
All that was mortal of John Mc
Clellan, the victim of Wednesday's
tragedy on Deep River, was des
patched , to his home in the Nasel
yesterday morning by W. C. A. Poll!
who accompanied the remains, and
the funnal will take place this after
noon, Rev, Conrad Owen, pastor of
the First Baptist Church, of this
city officiating. If is reported that
friends of the dead man, from far and
near, arc flocking into the Nasel to
be present at the ceremonies.
Narrow Escape ,
While asleep in their boat which
was drifting down with the tide, Al
bert Olson and Gust Buhaka, two
fishermen who work for the co-operative
Packing Company, narrowly
escaped a serious accident, at the
mouth of the river yesterday, when
they awoke they were near No. 1 buoy
they cast anchor but failed to catch,
and they were on the very edge of
the dangerous breakers, when the life
crew from Cape Disappointment
reached them and towed them back
into safety which took quite a length
of time owing to the powerful tide.
Colonel Roessler's Relief
Col. S. W. Rocssler, the govern
ment engineer in charge of the Co
lumbia jetty-work, and other enter
prises, in the Portland-Astoria dis
trict, is to be relieved on July 1st,
next, by Major James F. Mclndee,
now at New Orleans, and said to one
of the brightest of the younger engi
neers in the service of the govern
ment. The despatches indicate that
Major Mclndee has relatives in this
city, and is quite anxious to come
here; but who they are it has not
been possible, as yet, to ascertain.
Gat And Oil Lands
The Clatsop Fuel Company, the or
ganization incorporated under the
auspices of the Astoria Chamber of
Commerce, for the express purpose
of organically and practically testing
the lands aud streams of this section
for oil gas products, has secured
leases upon over 5,600 acres of land
in various parts of the county and
will, at an early day, commence op
erations in this behalf.. C. N. Sher
man, the expert, who is now at Marsh
field, is expected here very shortly,
and will probably make the initial
bores; the first tests to be made on
Lewis & Clark lands quite close to
the city.
Home From California
Manager Lew Ogan, of the Astoria
Clay Products Company, who has
been on a visit to his old home, and
business, in Tesla, California, return
ed to this city on the noon express
yesterday, accompanied by Mrs.
Ogan and their three little daughters.
Mr. Ogan has secured a comfortable
home for his family near the new
plant in Alderbrook and will set up
his household goods at once. He re
ports that two experts in his business
will arrive here on the State of Cali
fornia next Monday; and that the
plant is to be visited shortly by one
of the best known experts of France,
who will make certain high-grade
tests of his own at the local works.
Mr. Ogan is very cheerful about the
immediate and cheering prospects
for the company, and intends to push
things at the best pace possible.
A Mind Depressed-
Deputy Sheriff Arch McLean yes
terday morning went to Knappa, in
obedience to a summons there from
interested citizens, to take care of an
odd party, who insisted in sitting be
tween the tracks of the A. & C. Rail
road just when its trains were com
ing by. The officer found it to be a
man who gave the- name of Peter
Carlson and .who claimed to be an
ex-miner. He has been in the Ta-
coma hospitals for some time past,
and was headed for the Columbia
river and Astoria where he hoped to
enter the fisheries. The man inti
mated that he had been a defeated
litigant in some railway cases, and
seemed to have it in for that partic
ular business. He was not insane,
but was morbid and morose, and
probably took delight in daring and
bothering the trains and trainmen.
He was brought to this city and was
locked up pending an interview with
County Judge Trenchard, who will
decide what to do with him.
Neftr Masonic Home
"Evergreen Lodge, A. F. & A. M.
(under dispensation)" is the present
style and title of the new Masonic
home set up at Seaside on Thursday
evening last, under the auspices of
the grand officers of the Oregon
Grand Lodge and of the officers and
DIED THURSDAY AT
11 P. II.
MAJOR GEORGE M. ROWE
PASSES AWAY AFTER SHORT
ILLNESS FUNERAL WILL BE
HELD SATURDAY.
Major George M. Rowe, a resident
of Seaside, and a former resident of
this city, passed away at the St.
Mary's Hospital, Thursday night, at
It o'clock, after a short illness of
pneumonia, the major was years
old, and was born in the State of
Massachusetts, near Boston. His
funeral will be held Saturday after
noon, under the auspices of Gushing
Post, G. A. R., of which he was a
member. The deceased was among
the first to enlist in a New York
regiment, and at the end of the Civil
War was discharged as a major. He
received a small pension from the
government which was his only sup
port ,in his old years. The major was
unmarried.
members of Temple Lodge in this
city, upon the plea and petition of
the local brethren there. The beau
tiful ritual of the order in this solemn
premise was fittingly employed and
was profoundly enjoyed by all pres
ent; after which a banquet was
discussed until a late hour and dur
ing which the fraters indulged the
lore of the craft to their hearts' con
tent. The officers of the new lodge
are: A. H. Wilson, Worshipful
Master; H. C. Anderson, Senior
Warden; J. E. Dillian, Junior War
den; Fred H. Moore, Secretary; and
W. S. Pylc, Treasurer. The lodge
will receive its number of the roster
of the Oregon jurisdiction, when its
charter shall come down from the
Grand Lodge.
For California This A. M.
R. F. C. Astbury, ex-county sur
veyor of Clatsop, for the past nine
years and a highly esteemed citizen
of this city, departs on this morn
ing's Portland express, for his new
home, and business field, 3i miles
south of Gold Hill, Oregon; where in
the future he will give his undivided
and skilful attention to the expert
cultivation of his 100-acre apple or
chard. This fine property has been
in his possession for some time past
and he has brought it to a high state
of cultivation, and its 1200 full bear
ing trees are beginning to repay him
handsomely for the care he has de
voted to their culture. He intends to
put out 1000 pear trees during he
coming year, and will, in time, own
one of the finest orchards in Southern
Oregon. As it is, his Spiztenbergens
command the top-notch prices on the
New York market along with the
practical approval of the interested
dealers in that critical field. Mr.
Astbury is conscious of the fact
that he leaves many warm friends in
Astoria, and on many accounts, re
grets his departure, but feels that he
has something in that part of the
State that cannot be neglected and
desires to give it his own especial
care and attention. All hands wish
him unbounded success.
SUCCESS ASSURED.
The Astoria Amateur Athletic Asso
ciation Meet
At a meeting of the Astoria Ama
teur Athletic Association which was
held at C. H. Abercrombie's office
last evening, the club decided to ac
cept plans submitted, for their quar
ters in the new Allen building, after
directing a few slight changes which
were agreed to. The club has leased
the first two floors of the new struc
ture for a period of five years with
option, and- work will commence on
same at an early date. This new en
terprise will be a great thing for As
torians, and we all wish it's success,
the city has long been in need of just
such an organization and with the
capable people behind it, its success
is assured.
Card of Thanks.
To all friends and neighbors who
in any manner contributed to my
comfort and aid, by act and sym
pathy, during the last illness, and
death, of my beloved wife, I take this
method of returning my profound
thanks. '
E. CHRISTIANSEN.
DONE BY DEED
' Francis C. Wilson to Frank Melvin,
lands in sections 4 and 6-S-9 W.; $25..
C. Wilson to same, same land; $5.
Frank Melvin and wife to Seaside
Lumber & Manufacturing Co., same
land; $30. .
TO VISIT SCHOOLS.
Ladies of
the Relief
Detail.
Corps Make
The Ladies of Cushing Post Relief
Corps, will visit the Astoria public
schools as follows at which time dec
oration day arrangements will be
made:
Taylor School, May 28-Mrs. Gil
baugh, Mrs, Bastaband, Mrs. Jeffers,
Mrs. Mattson.
Adair School, May 28-Mrs. Lea
boe, Mrs. Langford, Mrs. Bell, Mrs.
Ekstrom.
Shivcly School, May 29. Mrs. Rich,
Mrs. Zcigler, Mrs. Staple, Mrs. Berg
man, Mrs. Hartwick.
Alderbrook School, May 28-Mrs.
Rich, Mrs. Hamblin, Mrs. Springer,
Mrs. Staples.
McClure School, May 20 Mrs.
Jeffers, Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Clinton, Miss
Clinton, Mrs. Jophion, Mrs. Springer.
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Supplies see Lenora Benoit, public
stenographer, 447 Commercial street
Latest designs needlework, infants
outfits, shirtwaists, centers, under
wear, etc. Needlecraft Shop, 382
Washington St., Portland, Ore. 23-St
PERSONAL MENTION
G. W. Simpson spent the night in
Astoria at the Occident, and will
leave for Portland on this morning's
train.
Herbert Bradley of Portland is in
town registered at the Occident.
C. S. Brereton, of Portland, is in
town, living at the Occident He will
go. to Ilwaco this morning on a mat
ter of business. 1
C. P. Miller and O. L. Craton, both
from Portland are stopping at the
Occident.
E. C. Kemp, a resident of Everett
Wash., is a visitor in this city, and a
guest at the Merwyn.
Louis A. Kerwin, of Portland, ar
rived on the Friday, morning train
and is living at the Merwyn Hotel
R. L. Wells, a regular visitor to
Astoria, is registered at the Merwyn
Hotel.
Mrs. P. W. Christensen returned
last evening from Modesto, Cat,
where she has been for the past two
months for her health. While there
she underwent an operation which
was very successful and she comes
back with her health fully restored.
Hon. David M. Dunne, of the In
ternal Revenue Department of Port
land, was in the city yesterday on
official business.
Hon. J. G. Megler came over from
Altoona yesterday morning on mat
ters of business and pleasure.
R. A. Abbott has returned from
Portland and the State Republican (?)
convention, and reports a pleasant
season spent in traveling over the
interesting roads of Multnomah coun
ty, in company with his brother,
whom he had not seen for two score
years, and who is now dwelling at
the metropolis.
W. D. Skinner, . G. F. A. of the O.
R. & N. Company, who, with his
wife has been doing Astoria and the
battleship excursions, returned to the
metropolis yesterday morning.
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American Steel Making Headway
in South Africa
RETURN OF L A. SERVATIUS
The Dutch at Present Doing Bulk of
Steel Business in South Africa, But
American Steel is Being Investi
gated by the Authorities.
NEW YORK, May 22.-L. A. Ser-
vatius of New York has returned af
ter a year's absence in South Africa,
where he went to introduce Americas
steel into that country.
"South Africa," said Mr. Servatius
in an interview, is at present in the
throes of a financial depression that
will only end when the people there
learn that this country and all others
are again on a sound tooting, tnere
will then be a boom there. The
Dutch are at present doing a big steel
business there but when I showed
that the steel of this country was not
only better than could be made any
where else but that it could be laid
down to them at a smaller cost they
looked into the matter and now
Americans are making some headway
there in the steel business.
"I have been going to the South
African market for several years and
find that every time I go I make
better headway. The fence against
which Americans falter is the 8 per
cent export discount allowed the
Dutch by the government for all
material that is sent from the home
market while American steel has to
pay a i per cent tax. wevertneiess.
Americans are the power there now
in many of the largest enterprises,
and the country looks good to me for
the continued advancement of Ameri
can enterprise."
RUSSIAN HORRORS.
NEW YORK, May 22.-Alexis
Smirnoff, a liberal journalist at St
Petersburg, has arrived in New York
to study American economic condi
tions. He said to an interviewer that
he did not desire to discuss the Rus
sian. He said to an interviewer that
he did not desire to discuss the Rus
sian situation for fear of exile but he
said that half a million persons are
now in exile and that 142,000 are ia
the Russian prisons. He declared
that the true story of the horrors ol
Russian exiles has not half been told.
As to the political situation he said
that the duma is capitalistic and
unpopular.
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