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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1883)
(2) ASTORIA, OREGON: FRIDAY .NOVEMBER 16, 1883 AX DIPORTAXT SUIUECT. Ox the Atlantic and Pacific coasts is a present movement in reference to petitioning congress relative to legis lation regarding tbe American ship building industry. It has always been a cardinal principle of the Re publican party that American ships should bo built in America. It is, in the opinion of many, the only view of the ca3C consonant "with the require ments of our foreign trade. The question of cost is the main one, and until it is clearly demonstrated that a vessel can be built as cheaply in the United States as in England, Ameri can purchasers of English vessels will be in the majority. Capital rec ognizes no sympathy, make3 no con cession to patriotism, takes no ac count of national needs. But cheap ness is not by any means synonymous with safety. There is a loud growl on both sides of the Atlantic concern ing certain practices of English firms. Aincrictm newspapers may at times publish distorted accounts, but no one will object to evidence furnished by the plaintiill Here is what the Jiriti.s7t Jferc7ta.nl Service Journal says upon the subject: 4,The despatch of unseaworthy and overladen vessels, the confidence trick, and the grinding down of sala ries paid to those who navigate the modarn ship denote the fact that there are persons managing shipping matters whose greed causes them to ignore the safety of their servants'' lives, and to show no consideration for public interests. The aim of the manager is to secure masters and offi cers at the lowest salaries. His ves sels are Avell covered by insnrance, even to the most trifling damage; hence skillful navigators are not sought after, and the manning and officering of the mercantile marine is effected by the employment of those who are willing to risk, in addition to their own lives, the money of their friends. No matter how manv lives may be lost by a casually, the com pany lms not to pay compensation; the shareholders receive their divi dond and the ship-builder an order to fill up the vacancy in the joint stock fleet, Shipowning as it was under stood some few yrars back, is rapidly becoming an unprofitable investment for private enterprise, and it is for this reason that so many prospectuses arc issncil notifying the conversion of the firm of Brown, Jones & Bobinson into a limited liability company. It stands to reason if Mr. A. can make his ten per cent on his money he will not be so verdant as to take the pub lic into partnership. This fact, how ever, is frequently lost sight of bv the gullible public. Can stronger evi dence of the rotten state of shipping be desired than is given in the follow ing advertisements extracted from the "pages of the Standard? Every one acquainted with the mercantile marine knows there is no need to ad vertise for a commander in a mail steamer, unless it be for the purpose of practising 'the confidence trick, nor is it necessary to tout shares in a steamship company paying (!) 20 per cent dividends. " 'Captain AVasxuj. ilnly qualified to take command of mail steamer in Indian Ocean: one who can invest a few hun dreds in the company liberal!- treated 23 St. Bride st., London, E. C "Salaey and Commission. Itesident agent required for sale of new steamship shares; steamers now running pay 20 per Mm uiuum uitiuciiuM, uumircuon wjiii tradesmen and small capitalists neces sary. Address 8 Avon st., Aufield, Liver pool.' " Ik some places in Europe steel bars are used in preference to bells, sup planting them sometimes altogether in church steeples, and producing very pure, distinct and melodious sounds. An English writer even ad vocates their general use on the ground that while in point of sonor ousness they are equal to the common lwll, in certain other respects they are to beprcferred to it Their weight will be light in comparison with the ponderous objects they are to replaee; they will not burden the steeple so much, and, consequently, will give more scope for architectural design; their winding and hanging up will not be difficult, dangerous or expen sive, and they are not liable to crack, as is the case with bells, and are, therefore, adapted for use in any cli mate; they can also be operated by a single mechanical contrivance. They are also much cheaper than bells. The Archbishop of Ecuador has addressed a pastoral letter to the clergy, which he orders to be read in the churches, in which he informs the people that as the elections for the conventions are about to take place, and many are ignorant as to who are fitting candidates to elect, they must cast theirvotes as instruct ed by the clergy. Ax Italian statistician has just made a discovery that every human being at present living upon the face of the globe has the undoubted right claim descent from no fewer than one hundred and thirty-nine thousand two hundred and forty-five billions of ancestors, only as far back as the com mencement of the Christian era. Thehe are two colored female law yers in the United States, Mary A. S. Cary of Michigan, and Louise V. Bryant of Colorado. "WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW. The recent decline in the Villard stocks says the Sun has directed public attention to one point which ought to be ventilated thoroughly. Is the president of a company . ap pointed as a trustee of the stockhold ers or as the speculative nominee of a few Wall street operators? Of course everyone knows that a man like Mr. Bussell Sage becomes, a di rector in a railroad company or a bank merely to have his information six months ahead of every one else, and to be uble to make out his puts and calls accordingly. But it seems as if a president of a railroad, at' all events, if not the directors, should have other aims than "these. He is the trustee of the stockholders and should feel bound to ignore all pri vate money-making schemes in his management of the road. One would think that the very last thing the present of a railroad should do would be to get up a company to speculate in shares of his corporation, yet this is the very thing Mr. Villard has done. No man can serve' two masters, and it would be good for Mr. Villard to consider whether he can attend to the interests of the Northern Pacific and of the Oregon Transcontinental at the same time. The shareholders in the Northern Pacific have a right to the undivided attention of Mr. Villard to their affairs, and if it be true, as is being said, that Mr. Villard had suits .against the Northern Pacific which he subsequently compromised 'for a large amount of the stock of that company, he cannot and must not complain that the public refuse to believe in the future of the enter prise intrusted to his charge. In any case, if the money which has been spent in "blowing off" Mr. Villard's German friends had been applied to paying salaries, the present "instruc tions to curtail expenses in every de partment" would not have been necessary, at least for some time to come. B. Gbatz Bbown, immortalized by Nast in that everlasting tag appended to all the pictures of Greeley during the presidential campaign of 1872, and once very wealthy, is now earn ing his daily bread practicing law in St Louis. Mas. A. T. Stewart .has decided to devote 84,000,000 of her private for tune to the establishment of a non sectarian college. This is to be the finest edifice of the kind in the world, and tuition-to accepted pupils will be free. The cause of woman suffrage goes marching along. The "Washington Territory legislature has given woman the ballot. Judge Tourgee has made a fortune writing novels, and has lost it trying to rim a magazine in Philadelphia. IIKI. In Astoria, Nov. 14, 1885, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Elberson. NEW TO-BAY. NOTICE.. NEITHER CAPTAIN SINCLAIR NOR the undersigned consignees ot the Brit ish Rarquo Harry Bailev, lrom Buenos Ayres, will be responsible lor any debts con tracted by the crew In this port. TAYLOR VOTING & CO. Astoria Nov. 14, 1883. Mrs T.W. Eaton. Miss Florence Carnahan. EATON &CARNAnAN, DKALKBS IS Fine Millinery AXD Fancy Goods. Cass Street, next door to Odd Fellows Buhdlug. BATHS II BUTLERS ' Shaving EiipriM ai Baths. OPENED TO-DAY ! Everything new and clean, the finest In the city. Call and see Butler at his shop, first door In the rear of Adler's Crystal Palace. Drugs and Chemicals Prescriptions carefully compounded Day or NIgfet.j Foster's Mm. THIS WEEK! Finest fitted up lliardand,Sarnple Rooms in the City. 'Evprvfhlns' fi rt.l aw ttim.ntin.nt ai me entrance to tne u.it,sn, hock. DRUGGIST A2TD- Pharmacist, ji , AastoriAjo' m 1 u OCCIDENTAL HALL TWO NIGHTS ONLY. TAKEN FROM LIFE. TUESDAY, November iiOth, TICKET OF LEAVE MAN. EIGHTH SEASON. Tsuy JELsiL7e Twe Great Companies ConoHdnt(i: The European Company After an extended tour through England. Ireland and Scotland, having Just returned and consolidated with ME, BIAL'S AMER ICAN Company, will travel during the seaoas of 16&3-4, supporting AjO"ULjso ZO-iaJL! Appearing lh a carefully arranged Repertoire of STANDARD FAYM. Winning supreme recognition by seven seasons of cre, circumspection and dili gence. Reserved Seats at tli? New Y.irk Novelty Store. Prices as usual. SELECT MASQUERADE BALL. H, Rescue JileeTroije JL Fifth Annua! Masquerade Sail, Tkurjcdajr "Ercnln. Nov. 2Dtli, 1883. At the Skating Bink. HONORARY COMMITTKIJ. Capt. Geo. Flavel, Hon. N in. Chance. Col. 11. 1L Spedden, non. A. J. Megler, lion. John Hahn. i Hon. J. W.Huuie. MAX A O Kit KNT COMMITTER. N. Clinton; F. L. Parker. C. H. Stockton. F. C. Blake. RECKPTIOX C03IJ1ITTEK. MEMBERS OF THE TROUPE. INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE. C. H. Stockton, J. W. Hare. T. W. Brown. INVITATION COMMITTER. F. L. Parker. N. Clinton. J. Hepburn, J. D. Hare. A. A. Cleveland. $ Prices of Admission. Lady Maskers, ' - - - - frrk. (lent Maskers. - . - - - ?1 &0 lady Spectators, - 50 Gent Spectator, - 1 Co TlckcUinay be procured of memhrrs of the Troupe. Maskers Tickets an he procured only at the store of F. L. Parker. Two elegant prizes will imj awarded to host sustained lady and gentleman character. MEETING NOTICE. THE REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING OF the stockholders of th" Pythian Land and Building Association will be held In Pythian Castle, on Wednesday December 5th iSSt. Immediately after the adjournment of As tor Lodge No. c. K. of P., for tne election of offi cers for the ensuing year, and the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. E.A.NOYES Secretary. Astoria, Nov. 9, 18S3. dtd REMOVAL. The Astoria Passenger Line TTCTTLL AFTER THIS DATE HAVE ITS f Y headquarters at its StaDlcs next to B. B. Franklin, two doors below Tub Asto riax office. First-class I J very service. Carts with horse furnished, for one dollar per hour. Carriages on application The Astoria Passenger Line Hacks will leave for Upper Astoria from the stables. Horses taken to board. MRS. T. O'BHIEN. BANKING AHDJN8URAHCE. BROKER, BANKER INSURANCE AGENT ASTOK1A, OREGON OFFICE HOUIiiS: FBOil 9 O'CLOCK A. M. UNTIL 3 O'CLOCK P. M. Hue Mutual Insnrance Co,, OF CALIFORNIA, J. F. Houohtox- President Secretary .Agent for Oregon Chas. R. Story... Geo. L. Stoev. Capital paid up in U, S. gold coin .. aw wiw X. W. CASE, Agent, Chcnamus street. Astoria, Oregon. $67,000,000 CAPITAL. LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND GLOBE, NORTH BRITISH AND MERCAN TILE OF LONDON AND EDINBURGH. OLD CONNECTICUT OF HART FORD, AND COMMERCIAL OF CALIFORNIA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES. Representing a capital of 807,000,000. A. VANDUSEN. Asent. W. E. DEMENT & CO. ASTORIA, - - - OREGON Carry Iu Stock, DRUCS, CHEMICALS, TOILET" and v FANCY ARTICLES. Prescriptions carefully Compounded HANSEN BOS. SASH AND DOOR FACTORY, AND PLAjNTNXx MIT L. AJull stock of home manufacture goods co&stantly on h,and. Special Attention given to Orders. All work guaranteed. Your patronage so licited.' .ASTORIA, Oregon ffajr, Oats, Straw. L,rBrick Cement and Sand WeiWjjBsllvered te Order. Dr&yinefi flaming eutd 'Express Business. Horses aha Carriages for Hire. DKALKS pt WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. FIRST CIiASa EUREKA New Ston T i New York MAIN STSEET, Has opened to lite imblie a full line of Toys, Velocipedes, Boiler "Skates, Jewelry, Silver and Plated Ware, Baby Carriages.. Bird Cages. Japanese Goods, Accordeons. Violins, Sheet Music. Stationery, Cutlery. Notions., and other Novelties too numerous to mention. "Onlvone urice for all" Is our watohwoid. aiid we are wlliin to "stand .or fall" by Our Record. "Honesty is the brt jkiIIcv.'" and luiure uiieniions. Ovvhis lo our larxc increase of b:Lsie quarters. We invite the public to sive us a is misrepresented, as we iaK greai pleasure in .snowing mir goous We make a specialty of Baby Carriages, Accordeons. And A comulete line of ZI02.s:A.V JMIN unsurpassed an v where will be opened siiomy. uur prices oejy compeii'icii. t an Toraierly Old Main Street, - - irn iiiiumiii ii EMPI n Fine Goods Reduced Prices Ladies desirous of procuring Goods unequaled in Style and Pinisli will take pleasure in examining our Stock of SILKS, SATINS and DRESS GOODS. IK THE GENTS' FURNISHING DEPARTMENT,- Everything is Complete and of the hest. CHAS. HEILBORN, MANUFACTURER OP FUE.jSTITUE.E 5S BEDDING AND DEALER IN Carpets, Oil Cloth, Window Shades, Lace Curtains, Picture Frames and Mouldings "WINDOW CORNICES AND CURTAIN POLES Complete In every branch. I. W. CASE, IMPORTER AND WHOLES ALB ANI UK TAIL DEALER IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE Corner Cnenamua and Cass streets. ASTORIA - OREGON Astoria Oil Works. J.n. DEFORCE, Proprietor, r. O. Box 23J, Astoria, Oregon. Slanufactnrcr and Dealer in FISH OIL and SKID GREASE. Loggers will find my Skid Grease to be good and cheap. ATTENTION SOLDIERS ! $101,000,000 Appropriated in 1883 Tor Pensions. AX ACT to relieve soldiers fromthe charge or desertion and grant all such soldiers their full dues,and. to grant soldiers marked as DESEKTEKS honorable discharge papers. AN ACT to extend the arrears of the pen sion act and continue it in force so far as widows and children arc concerned. AN ACT allowing pay for horses and equipments lost In service, etc Nearly every person Is entitled to an increase. Pensions, JBonatieH, laml Claims and Patents attended to. For particulars call or address C. J. CUIiTIS. Attorney and Counselor at Law, Solicitor of uiaims ana raients. Booms 3 and 4 Odd Fellows building. As torla, Oregon. ASTORIA LIPOR STORE, AUG. DANIELSON, - - Proprietor. Sebailtaad Befltted Throughout. The Best of 1VIXES.I,iqTIOK2!t,AXI CIGAKS For a Good Cigar, call for one of "Daaielsoa's Best." Corner "West Oth and Water Streets. Astoria. n9-6m FURNISHED ROOMS TO LET. AT MBS. GEO. KILLER'S, NEXT DOOP. to NYeston Hotel. ew Bo Novel! our past actions art? a guarantee for our . Imve had u o:en in more commodious call and thus satisfy themselves that nothing all kinds of Reading Matter. aim oe convinces I. X. L. Store, - Astoria, Oregon. m ma .i in a Wall Paper, Mirrors, Harif are ani Ship Chanfllery A. VAN DUSEN & GO.. DEALERS IX Hardware and Ship Chandlery, Pure Oil, Bright Varnish, Binnacle Oil, Cotton Canvas, Hemp Sail Twine, Cotton Sail Twine, Lard .Oil, Wrought Iron Spikes, Galvanized Cut Nails. Agricultural Implements, Sciring ZTIncIiines. Faints and Oils, Groceries, etc. PERUVIAN BITTERS !, Wilmerding & Co., San Francisco. Loeb & Co., Agents, Astoria. FRANK L. Fresh Fruits FANCY GROCERIES. TEU apply to the Captain, or to E. P. Parker, B. F. STEVENS & Co. CITY 3E50OS. STORE. SIAVi: J:ST ItKCKIVEI) A ITIAItOIOTH STOCK OF BOOKS. The young ami old, rich anil Agents for the Kranich & Bach Western Cottage Organs. Orders for all kinds of Music or Instruments will be promptly filled. 31. F. STEVENS & CO., City Book Store. Jordan & 8ozorth Have a Full Line of Crockery, Glassware, Platedware, Cutlery, Etc, Etc. Corner Ctaaiis art Gerae?e Si (srcCESSOK TO JACKIKS & JIONTGOMERY.) PLUMBING, GAS FITTING, AND CANNERY WORK Attended to Promptly on Reasonable Terms. CILBNAMCS STJRJBET, Xest to C Iu Parker's Store. THE NEW MODEL A FULL STOCK ALWAYS ON HAND. S3- DEL- 33Z."V7'3E2S, Two doors east ot Occident Hotel. ASTOBIA, OREGON. M. OLSEX. J. OUSTAFSOX. A. JOHXSOX. MARTIN OLSEN & CO. DEALERS IN FURNITURE S BEDDING. Corner 3Inln and Scinemoqua Streets. Astoria, Orcson. WINDOW SHADES AND TRIMMINGS; WALL PAPERi ETC A Complete Stock. PRICES AS CHEAP AS QUALITY WILL AFFORD. AX.T. KINDS OF FURNITURE REPAIRED AND VARNISHED. GEKMANIA BEER HALL AXD BOTTLE BEER DEPOT, Chet Aires Stbkkt. Astokia. The Best of Lager 5 Cts. a Glass Orders for the Celebrates. ColmMa Brewery Left at this place will be promptly attend ed to. E&No cheap Sao Francisco Beer sold at this place Wil. BOCK. Proprietor. J. H. D. SEAT, Wholesale and retail dealer in. GROCERIES, FLOUR, AND FEED Hay, Cats, Straw, Wood, Etc. LIME, SAND, AND CEMENT. General storage and Wharfage on reason able terms. Foot of Benton street, Astoria Oregon. PARKER. Vegetables STEADIES CLAM. PARKER Eugene D. Biock, Master. orTO WING, FREIGHT or CHAR- Agent. II. B. PARKER. poor can all be accommodated. and Mandsfeldt & Notni Pianos and DEALER iy Tin, Sheet Iron and Copper Ware. A General Assortment ol HOUSEHOLD GOODS. Agents for Magee Stoves and Ranges The Best in the market. Piumbing good3 of all kinds on hand. Job work done In a workmanlike manner. RANGE CAN BE HAD IN AS TORIA ONLY OF IL Mm BAWB&s AGENT CALL AND EXAMINE IT, YOU WILL BE FIEASED. E. It. IIAWES Is also agent for the Back patent Cooiif Stove And other first-class stoves. Furnace Worlr, Stoaxa Fit tinCSi oto., a specialty. J. II ESS. A. M. JOHNSON. Astoria Sail Loft. 3rANUFACTUKERS OF SAILS, TENTS, AWNINGS, TARPAULINS, Ami everything else pertaining to our Business. Lowes tPrice and Best "Work For your Money, At the Old Stand, Leave your orders and get your work done at once. J. HESS & CO. Oreeon. Astoria,