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About The Daily Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883 | View Entire Issue (May 26, 1881)
CO- Vis mm yy JU J!k JHWl' llr Astoria, Oregon. Thursday Morning, May 26, 1881. 2To. 22. Vol. xv. Pftito he IlEN'RT V1LLARI). PEX PORTRAIT OF THE ORE OOX RAILWAY PRESIDENT. HOW HE "GOT HIS .START." 1'NBOUNDED CONFIDENCE REl'ObEH IN HIM BY HIS FRIENDS AND COADJUTORS HIS RK- MARKARLE SUCCESS The following from the Phila delphia Times of May 13th, was written piior to the successful issue of Mr. Yillards movement in the Northern Pacific, lie has now a controlling' position in that great corporation, and h besides at the head of the Oregon J tail way and Navigation and the Oregon and California raihoad companies. It is no exaggeration to say that his rapid and gieat success is without a parallel in the history of great railway opemiioua. In UN nnu Mreel O flirt. 1 called yesterday at the office of the Oregon Railway and Naviga tion company, on Nassau street, where Mr. Yillard presides. The treasurer of the company is Mr. Horace White, formcily the editor of the Chicago Tiibune. The two had been together befoie, during the war as newspaper correspon dents. Mr. Yillard appaicntly does not seclude himself. He Has three or four rooms not overwcll furnished, the floors covered with a white, canvas-like material, gen erally in a state of dirt left by the feet of employes and visitors. In a little room at a high desk stands Mr. "White. In another little room sits the gieat financier, ecept when he is moving about talking to his clerks or some of his asso ciates. He is a big man, o er six feet high, and must weigh over 200 pounds; a man that carries with him the impression of Great Force nntl 1'owcr. Has a big round head, coveied thinly with dark hair which curls slightly at the ends, and an open, pleasant face, on which there is no hair except a slight moustache. His voice is soft and pleasant, he smiles as though he enjoyed life to the full. Those who know him well say that he does; that he gets all the keen enjo3Tment possible p out of his prosperous work and his great wealth. Mr "White kindly gave me the main incidents of his career. Mr. Yillard was born in Speyer, the capital of Rhenish Ba varia, in 1835. His father was judge of the supreme court of Ba varia. After going to Heidelberg university, Mr. Yillard came to this country, when he was 21 years old. He went to the Pikes peak region with the first party of emi grants who went there in searce of gold, and went into journalism, working on various newspapers. After working at Pikes peak for a year or two he became An Army Correspondent. At the outbreak of the war he was a member of a firm having a news bureau at "Washington, and rep resenting the New York Tribune, Cincinnati Commercial, Boston Advertiser and the Chicago Tri bune. The firm was composed of Mr. Yillard, Mr. Horace White, and Adam S. Hill. Mr. Yillards duties were with the army, and in that capacity he was with Grant in the west, and afterwards with Rosecran and Burnside on the Potomac. He was present at the battle of Fredericksburg, the Wilderness and Spottsylvania Court-house. Let Mr. White tell the rest of the story in his own werds: After the close of the war Mr. Ylilnrt! Went to (criunu.r Aud remained a year, when he re f turned, ne married a daughter of William Lloyd Garrison, and went back to German', where he staid two years. During this pe riod he formed connections with certain banking houses at Frank fort which gave him the command of considerable capital, and having the confidence of those houses he was invited by them to take charge of their interests in Oregon, where they had invested some 610,000, 000 in the bonds of railway and steamship enterprises undertaken by Ben Holladay. Holladay event ually failed, and the Oregon prop- Yillard. While managing their interests the Kansas Pacific rail way became bankrupt, and ss the majority of the bonds were like wise held in Germany, Mr. Yillard was solicited to take the receiver ship, a position which he continued to occupy to the great satisfaction of the bond holders until the road wa-s able to resume the payment of its interest obligations. After the receivership was closed Mr. Yillard conceived the idea of rais ing money in New York to pay off 'Xlie B-'itrelsti Indebtedness Of the Oregon Steamship company, which operated a line of iron steamships between Portland and San Francisco. So great was the confidence of capitalists in New York, with whom he had been as sociated in the Kansas Pacific, that the money to pay the foreign creditors of the steamship com- nnnv was raised in a few days. A new Oregon Steamship company was formedand new steamers were added. Mr. Yillard then visited Oregon, where he was brought in contact with the principal owners of the Oregon Steam Navigation company. This was in 1S70. The majority of this slock had been at one time owned by .lay Cooke & Co. When that firm met with misfoitune the stock was distribut ed to the creditors along with other assets of the estate, and had been gradually bought in by Portland capitalists. The original capital was .1,000,000, of which some thing over 4,000,000 was owned in Portland. Mr. Yillard conceiv ed the idea of buying this stock and uniting the steamship com pany and the Oregon Steam Navi gation company into one corpora tion. A price was agreed upon for the stock. Mr. Yillard return ed to New Yoik in June, 1870, and Halted llii" .llont'j Tor tlir I'u rebate In a very shoi t time, aud placed it to the credit of the Oregon own ers in the Park bank. The pres ent Oregon Railway and Naviga tion company was then organized under the laws of Oregon, consist ing of the pioperties of the two old steamship companies and a. railroad company which had about thirty miles of rails running from Walla-walla. The success of the new company was very remarka ble. Its earnings weie large and its stock was soon quoted above par. The stock was $0,000,000, and its bonds a like amount. Since then the stock has been increased to S12,000,000, the additional 0, 000,000 being paid for in cash and expended in building a railway along the Columbia river, in order to avoid the uncei tain and difficult navigation, and to meet the de mands of inci easing business. Considerable misconception has grown out of a suit instituted by certain Iiolilirt of Ibr Old Mock Of the Navigation company, who allege that, in winding up the affairs of the company, they did not receive an equivalent. The substantial allegations of fraud re late to a transaction which took place long prior to Yillards con nection with the company, and, whether true or false, do not affect his character. The allegations are that the principal owners of the company, although making large earnings during several years, re duced the dividend a very small sum m order to justify a subse quent sale of the whole property to the Oregon Kail way and Navi gation company for an inadequate consideration. The latter com pany owned more than 17,000 of the 50,000 shares of the old com pany before this suit was brought. The Oregon Railway and Naviga tion company having occupied the Columbia river valley by a railway nearly completed, Mr. Yillard sought to make a contract with the Northern Pacific company which should avoid building parallel lines in that valley where One KoatX itas Adequate to do All The business. The Northern Pa cific, after several times changing its line, had finally settled upon a double line. Negotiations with the Northern Pacific having proved fruitless, Mr. Villard conceived the idea of buyinga controlling inter- stock in open market. In pursu- J ance of this idea, he called for a subscription of $8,000,000 on the part of his friends and coadjutors in his previous enterprise, and so ood was their confidence in him that the money was subscribed within a very short space of time, the subscribers getting nothing in return but Mr. Yillards personal receipt, which did not even indi cate the purpose for which the money was wanted a fact, per haps without parallel in this country. Wretched Peru. A Callao correspondent of the Chronicle reveals a condition of thinjrs which calls for the authori tative interposition of the civilized woild. The defeated nation is re duced to a state of horrible an archy which cannot be contem plated without painful sensations by any human mind. Surely the great commercial interests involved in the struggle would now be justi fied iu interposing. The war at the outset interfered with the com merce of the world, disturbed the course of trade, and ruined the interests of many foreigners doing business in Peru. At a later stage it impaired or rather destroyed the power of the Peruvian govern ment to meet its engagements with its creditors. Under the cir cumstances we think that England Lrothe and the United States-might verv properly have announced long ago to the belligerents that the con flict attended by such brutal atroc ities and wanton destruction must come to an end. The Chileans, after having utterly broken up the government of the conquered re public, have failed to establish any regime of order to take its place and perform its functions. They now seem to be engaged in sys tematically plundering that portion of the people of Peru who possess property. Beyond the lines of the Chilean army the whole country is given up to the tender mercies of a brutal and bloodthirsty banditti. The civilization of the country, such as it was, appears to have been utterly stamped out. The conquerors of the country have shown no moderation and no humanity. They have plundered the people and par alyzed all efforts made to preserve among the vanquished the powers of an organized government. Sir Charles Diike recently, in reply to a question, stated in the house of commons that an effort was being made by England, "in conjunction with other powers," to bring about peace between Chile and Peru, adding that "English trade is se riously suffering from the continu ance of the war.1' The effort should have come sooner. The justification for it was as good six months ago as it is now. Peru seems to be hopelessly crushed, and if the Chileans now insist on obliterating her altogether, they can urge a plea not available at an earlier period of the conflict, name ly, that she shows no power of re establishing order and a responsi ble government. Peruvian Bittern. Cinchona Rutit. The Count Cinchon was the bnanteh Vltt'rm iu Pern in UMi. ThfJComiU-.. his wW. was pro'rattiI by an intermit-It-iil ffor. from which -he was freed by tin iim nftlio nalio rfiuttly. the IVru Iaulmrk. or. a- il w:ls called in the language of the country. 'Quinquina." (iratorti! for her nvowry. on lier return to Kunibe in VXiU site iiilrodufed the reiued in Spain, w here it was known under "various names, until J.innauis railed it Olnehonn. in honor Of the lady who had brought !hrm that which was more precious than the gold of the Incas. To this day. after a lapse of two hun dred and fiftv vears, science has given us nothing to take its place." It effectu ally cures a morbid apatite for stimu lants, bv restoring the natural tone of the stomach. It attacks ecevie love of liquor as it does a fever, and dotroy both alike. The itfiwerful tonic irttn of the Cinchona is prc?ered in the Peruvian Bitters, which are as effective against malarial feer tiMlay as thev were in the dos of the old SpanNh Viceroy-.. Vp guarantee the ingredi ents of thc-e hitters to lie abolutel pure, and or the best known quail: . Atrial will tttisf nu that this i- the be--t bitter in the world. 'The proof of the pudding i- in the eating, ami we willingly aoiue tins ie?i. rursaie o all druggist-, grocer-, and liquor dealers. Order it. SAN FRANCISCO CLOTHING STORE. 17 , f 7? MVv-ir 57 JU-ajsu ' ' I ns ff(W - ri:tE3iiiiiuiini(iuiiiii3iiiiiiiiiiiiisuuiuiiiiifiiiiiiissuiiuuiisiaimiuiftniiii ! THE NEWS! A fiififEiitiMitimuiefiiiaiixszziiiiiimmiiiuiusiuiusiiiuiiiiiimuiuimBiiii WELCOME TO ALL ! THE FISHING SEASON ITAS OPENED AND SO HAS TliE POPULAR SAN FRANCISCO BUSINESS CARDS. JAY TrTTUB.M. . , - PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Offick 0er the White House Store. Rksidknci: Net door to airs. Munson's boat-dins limine, Chcnaintu street, Astorl Oregon. I Q. A. BOWLBY. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Cnenamus Street. - ASTORLA.. OREGOA r W. FULTOX. ATTORNEY AT LAW, ASTORIA - - - OREGON Office over rage & Allen's store, Cas street L"1 C. IIObDKX.1 NOTARY' PUBLIC, AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AND IN- SURANCK AGENT. The Xew School Hooks. Me-r.. Chas.Ste ens .t Son ha e a full supply of text books lately adopted by the state, and w Inch imht be introduced in the public schools b or before Octo ber 1st. 18S1. The following lxok- are offered at in troductory prices or exchange: Moiiticflus THciiiontaryGeogranliv. Mnntictlis Comprehensive tocography, j Miisiiranuunr. Brooks Primary. Elementary. Writ ten and Higher Arithmetics. The following will be sold at intro ductory rates, but not on exchange: Watsons Child- Speller. Watsons Youths .Speller. Montieths Easy Leon- in Popular Science. Lytcs Book Keeping. cstlakcs Common School Literature. City Book Stork, Astoria. Oregon. r ! 31 others ! ! Mother ! ! ! i CLOTHING- STORE ; Opened the largest and best : elected stock of : C L O T H I N G A VAN DUSEN. NOTARY PUBLIC. Chenamiu Street, near Occident Hotel, ASTORIA, OREGON. Agent Wells, Fargo & Co, HICKS, DENTIST, .' ASTORIA, --- - OREGON. Rooms In Allen's building up stairs, corn of Cass and Sqemocqhe streets. D" . 31. I. JEXXXXGS, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Graduate University of Virginia. xB63 Physician to Bay View hospital, Baltimore City. 1S09-T0. Office In Page & Allen's building, np stairs. Astoria. . AND- Are tin dhturled at night aud broken of ou"r rest by a sick child suffering ami crying with the excruciating pain of cutting teeth? If so, go at once and get a bottle of Mrs. Wiuslow's Soothing Sirup, it will relieve the poor littlo suf ferer immediately depend iiikhi it: there is no mistake about it. There is not a mother on earth who has ever used it. who will not tll jou at once that it will regulate the bowel-., and give rest to the mother, and relief and health to the child. operating like magic It U perfectly safe to use in all cases, and pleasant to the taste, and is the nre scription of one ot the oldest and best female phj'Mcinns and nurses in the United State. Sold everywhere. i"i cents ?tlot!le. Gents Furnishing Goods, BOOTS AND SHOES, TRUNKS AND VALISES, HATS AND CAPS, -AND THE BEST- Iturnett'N of Coroafne for ! Hair. Chicago, Oct. il, iSsO. Three ears ago my hair was coming out very fast, and 1 was nearly bald. I was also troubled with dandruff. I began using Burnetts cocoaine, and my hair immedi ately stopped coming out. and has con stantly been getting thicker. 31y head is now entirely free from dandruff. My wife has used the cocoaine with equally gratifying result-. P. T. Piatt, with P. SlcVeagh & Co. Burnett's extracts are the pure-.! fruit flavois. Have Wistar's" balsam of wild cherry always at hand. It euros coughs, cold-., bronchitis, whooping cough, croup, in tiuena, consumption, aud all throat and lung complaints. ."i0 rents and 1 a bottle. Sonc oT the Albany Beer! 1'espect fully Dedicated to and Soul le, CHAS.OKATTKE. - - - - ASTOKIA. ( 'ARTEC'S OAPE ANN !ULe OTilOTMlIi a i . I KUBBER BOOTS, ETU, WHICH WILL BE SOLD AT SAN FRANCISCO WHOLES ALE PRICES. REMEMBER THIS IS NO HUMBUG. HAVING' MADE ARRANGEMENTS IN NEW YORK AND SAN FRAN CISCO FOR THE PURCHASE OF ALL MY GOODS, MY FACILITIES FOR BUYING ARE SUCH AS TO ENABLE ME TO Undersell all Others. I Defy Competition. T A. McIXTOSH. MERCHANT TAILOR, Occident Hotel Building, ASTORIA - - - OREGON Q H. BAItf S? CO., DEALER IX Doora. "Windows, Blinds, Trait 8omH. JL.umber, Etc. All kliuli of Oak Lumber. Glass, Boat Ma terial, etc. ' Steam Mill near Weston hotel. Cor. Gap evlveand Astor streets. Buy the "Weekly. The Weekly Astokiax for this week in full of just such information and news of the country as your frionds in the ent want to see. It has rery few advertisements, and is chock to the muzzle of information that no family can successfully squeeze along without. Two dollars will buy the whole wad for a year, $t 50 for six months, or ten cents per copy. !ood evening kind fninls. Ju'-t Iitm to me, Aud when on lmw liranl mr. I'm sun? joirilapx-e. I will rhp u a Mory, and mux it out clear And the nam of iii some N ilio AI.15AN V m:i:. You can Hud it all round in Hits city of gold. Anil the way thai lliej make it Ikis never been told. Tlml's a MOTi't tiicj keep and hold ery dear. ror ine wuiHe counirv in uruiKinx inni Ai.UAXY r.UEi:. The lmnven in large and the machinery in fine. And eer order is Mnt tojou rfeht up to time. The eel all kiiuK of orders from far and from near. And ox erv one's healthy Hint drinks AL ItAXY ISKHi:. l'oreer thing there IimiUn mi clean and no neat. And their leer N no sparkling, it cannot be beat. If ou are feeling lnd orlhe blues do apiear. Yon can drive them awa b drinking AL 1JAXY ISKKK. Facts and Figures ! UIILEMIAItT & SCHOEXE. Occident Hotel Hair Dressing Saloon ASTORIA - OREGON. Hot, Cold, Shower, Steam and Sulphur BATHS. ST"Special attention given to ladles' aud children's hair cutting. Private Entrance for Ladies. WITXIAM FRY, PRACTICAL BOOT AIYI SHOE MAKER. Chkn'amus Street, opposite Adler's Book store, - A.STOHIA, Orkoox. 3T Perfect fits guaranteed. All "work warranted. Give me a trial. AU ordeu promptly filled. Am W. UJl'CAnK, Astoria. J. A. BROWN Portland. HirOVVA' & Mcl'ABE, STEVEDORES AND RIGGERS. Astoria oflIce--At K. C. Holden's Auction store. Portland offlce24 B street. 13-tf GREAT SURPRISE AT THE San Francisco Store! Oars Oars. Oars, eleven feet; caustic soda, gol den lacquer, asphaltum varnish, furni ture varnish, tan baak, etc., in Quanti ties to suit at Geo. W. Hoiks. erties "went into the hands of the bondholders represented by Mr. lest in the road by purchase of Ice Cream Saloon. Frank Faber's ice cream saloon, on the roadway near Humes mill, ia uow fitted nicely iith private rooms for ladies. It is also the depot for choice confectionery, taffy, etc. Romain punch served to order. The Central Hotel. One of the finest, cleanest and best kept hotels in Astoria, situated near the steamer landing, with first clas3. airy rooms, Reed board and very reasonable rates. Bar and billiard rooms. The best of wines and liquors, and an excellent glass of San Francis co beer. Anton Bieloh, Jrropnetor. I hene au old father, who's now eiRhty-thrre, And this is the adicc he uvc uuto me. HeMHke to me kindly with a ulrc bright and clear : "If ou want to In? healthy, drink ALI.ANY P.HER." Since then Ihae done so. and I'm hearty aud Mumd. At the .round ape of fiflv I canahasbe found Al mv dallv lalMir before the Mn docsappenr AudcaeliduN and night I drink ALUANY 1JKKK. AImi. on draught. TIIK CKLKltKATKH BOCK P.F.EIt. C. GRATTKI. - - AVKIjCOME SAIjOOX, Roadway, ophite O. R. & N. C o s DorK. J -T7ST. O O 3KT JNT, Wholesale agent for Ihe RED CEOWN FLOUR Made by the new juwi. The best Flour in the market. E ery sack guaranteed; Knot good as represented ou can return it. Merchants will find It to their advantage to sell this Flour. BRAX. SHORTS AXD CHOP FEED Abo for sale. Persous wishing Flour or Feed will find me at mv new Drug Store, at O. IL & X. Co's dock. Astoria. J. "W. COXX HEIIE ARE MICKS OF HOODS THAT WILL SUIiPEISE ALL. CLOTHING DEPAETMENT. MENS AND BOYS CASIMERE SUlTs- FROM- S 8 00 . TO 13 00 EXTRA REST SUITS 12 00 "20 00 FINE BLACK SUITS ' 18 00 25 00 DIAGONAL SUITS 15 00 "22 00 CASIMERE PANTS - 2 50 " 4 00 EXTRA BEST PANTS " 4 00 " 5 50 BOYS SUITS. ALL SORTS, FROM GOO "12 00 To-Xight. To-Xlght. GRAND BALL, AT MUSIC HALL, THIS EVENING. JE2m jSL. -oi3XT3ar- dealer In FAMILY OROCEKII2S, NAILS. HIITX 1T.E1) A3il HAY Cash paid for country produce. Small profits on easii sales. Astoria, Oregon, cor ner of Main and Spu'mcnlie streets. FURNISHING GOODS. OVERALLS FROM CO JUMPERS " GO ALL "WOOL SOCKS 20 CHECKER SOCKS. SIX PAIR FOR COTTON SOCKS, THREE PAIR FOR WHITE SHIRTS FROM 90 COLORED " " 75 CASDIERE" " ." SI 50 FLANNEL - - 1 00 BLUE NAVY - 2 00 FLANNEL UNDERSH 1 RTS AND DRAWERS FROM I 25 COTTON FLANNEL SHIRTS xVND DRAWERS GO MAllINO-SniRTS AND DRAWERS 50 CTS. TO it ( it it t $1 00 1 00 25 1 00 25 1 75 I 50 3 00 1 75 2 50 2 25 OIL CLOTHING. LONG OIL COATS FROM OIL JUMPERS ,.. ?3 50 . 2 75 TO 4 50 300 I. "W. CASE, IMPORTER AND WIIOLESALF. AND RE TAIL DEALER IN GEHEBAL MEBCHAMSE Corner Chenainiu and Cass streets. ASTORIA --- OREGON. Wm. Houseman of Portland BEGS LEAVE TO NOTIFY II1S friends and customers that he has opened A FISHERMAN'S CLOTHING AND FUKXISHIXO GOODS STORE Xext to G. VV. Hume's grocery store. F. HOUSEMAN, Agent Blocks of paper, useful on the desk of accountants, put up to order land for sale at The Astobux effice. THE DEW DROP IHH ! Oh, fishermen, all hear the good news ! A fine .saloon Is started with best of Liquors, Wines and Beer, AND FIXE FREE LUNCH UNGUARDED. The randent Caviar and Cheese. IN-SANDWICH THICK AND THIN And will you spend a pleasant hour, drop In at the DEW DROI IXX on Concomly street. .T.T.BORCHERS. BOOTS AND SHOES. MENS CALF ROOTS FROM- S3 GO MENS KIP BOOTS - 2 75 ELASTIC GAITERS - 175 BUCKXE SHOES - 2 25 MENS SLIPPERS - 50 BOYS BOOTS - - 125 TO 4 50 4 00 250 3:5 1 00 1 75 Wanted. 1 K AAA POUNDS RAOSOF all lands JLt)wA deauanddryat the Umbrella saop, Main street, by J.JOFLLN, I HAVE THIS SPRING STRAINED EVERY .NERVE AND USED MY ENTIRE ENERGY AND BEST JUDGMENT IN PLACINGlN OUR AS TORIA HOUSE T1IE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF THE ABOVE LINE OF GOODS. CALL AND INSPECT FOR YOURSELF. YOU ARE WELCOME. I "WILL GLADLY SHOW MY GOODS, NO MATTER WHETHER YOU BUY OR NOT. NEW GOODS BY EVERY STEAMER. S. DANZIGER. San Francisco Store. Squemocqhe street, next door to Page & Allen's store, north of Walla-walla Restaurant. Astoria Oregon. .-,.. HANSEN BROS Contractors and Builders, CORNER ASTOR AXI CASS STREETS. Xear Congregational Church. And are uow ready to receive orders for all kinds of WOOD WORE. Contracts taken to build and repair SHIPS, HOUSES, BOATS, ETC., AT LOWEST RATES. By-Doors and Window Frames made to order. P. T. BARCLAY. T. II. HATCH. HATCH & BARGLAY, COMM1SSIOX MERCHANTS, No, 20 California St., San Francisco, Cal. C. H. STOCKTON, EOX7S:, SXGrS? AND ' CARRIAGE PA1NTER,- I PAPER HANGING AND WALL COLORING A SPECIALTY. GLAZING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. tfsShov next door to Astorian Office, In Shustetfs Dulldlns.