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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 5, 1885)
m ( . She gaily storiaw. ASTORIA. OREGON: SATURDAY .. -SEPTEMBER 5, 18S5 THE SILVER QUESTION. New Yobk, Sept. 3. Secretary Man ning this afternoon met a small party of callers in the treasury building. The callers gathered assurance from the in terview with Secretary Manning that the administration was a unit in the desiro to abolish the silver coinage law at the next session of congress. "Week Congressman Holman was here a few days ago, among other subjects he touched on was the sil ver question. "I believe," said he to the writer, "that the silver ques tion will be one of the leading ques tions in congress next winter." The antagonists of silver have a strong ally in the administration. Even boforo liis inauguration Mr. Cleveland gave utterance to views that pleased the Wall street gold bugs, and whatever can be done by Secretary Manning will probably bo effected to aid the opponents of silver coinage. The question is not a party one. There are Republicans in and out of congress that are just as eager to stop silver coinage as any one, and there are Democrats who favor the existing order of things and their continu ance. The matter is one of politics in the broadest sense. It concerns the welfare of the nation. Yesterday's Oregonian discusses the question in a very candid spirit, but in conclusion it says: There are two extremes. On one side the desire is to hold gold exclu sively; on the other to break gold by issue of unlimited quantities of silver. A compromise may bo the rosult This may bo attained by an increase of the amount of silver in what is called the standard silver dollar. From the first this has seemed the only solution. This may be the result; but it will but defer matters temporarily; it can not rightly be termed a solution. The Oregonian seems to look at the matter as Senator Sherman does. When that gentleman, who is a prom inent candidate for the next Republi can presidential nomination, was here last June, he took occasion to denounce the present coinage, and called upon his hearers to stand by him in insisting on tho coinage of a silver dollar equal in market value to a gold dollar. The senator has been brought up, as he admits, in the be lief that gold is the only standard of value, and he now demands that the number of grains of metallic silver in the standard dollar shall be increased to keep pace with the appreciation of gold caused by the diminution of the gold product It never occurs to him that silver is just as much the stand ard of value as gold, and that it would be just as rational to advocate a reduction of the grains of gold in the gold coin as an increaso of the grains of silver in the standard dol lar. He says that, "in order to make these two moneys travel side by the side, they must be of equal market value." This is clap-trap. The two metals cannot be kept at the ratio of 15) to 1, or at any other ratio. Their relative values fluctuate with produc tion and consumption, and if we at tempt to vary the number of grains in the silver dollar to keep pace with the gold dollar, we shall one year coin dollars with 112 grains, an other year dollars with 4.03 grains, another year dollars with 420 grains, another year dollars with 415 grains, another year dollars with 425 grains, and endless confusion will result. A man will have five dollars in his pocket, no two of which willl be equal in value, but all of which will be equal in purchasing power. Will anything bo gained by this ? When such a newspaper as the New York Independent shrieks for the removal of the words "In God wo trust" from the standard dollar, on the ground that it is worth only 84 cents, and that it is an offspring of "the father of lies," men of business smile. Such piety as the editors of tho Independent profess exempts them from the necessity of having common sense. But a senator of the United States, who has been secre tary of the treasury, ought to realize that the change he proposes would not cure the evil he discerns. The market value of silver in gold is con stantly fluctuating. If the mint had followed his advice and coined silver dollars two weeks ago equal in mar ket value to gold dollars, they would now have to change their font and put more grains into the coin. Two week hence there may be another fluctuation the other way, and again the mint would have to alter its font and reduce the number of grains. Tho idea suggested by the Orego nian may prevail, but the current will strike tho quicksand underneath and wash away such insecuro foun dation. Ex-Sekatou Gwin, the father of the Democratic" party in California, died in New York city last Thursday. A becent law of Pennsylvania pro hibiting the employment of boys un der tho age of 14 years inside the coal mines, may create a complica tion of troubles. The aggregate number of boys in Luzerne, Schuyl kill, Carbon and Northumberland counties which the new law affects will reach over 10,000. Its enforce ment commenced August 1, and as rapidly as Polanders could be sup plied to fill their places, boys under fourteen employed in various ways inside the mines an d those under 12 years employed as slate pickers in the breakers were discharged. The remuneration for such services ranges from sixty-five cents to SI per day. The foreigners are willing and anx ious to work for even Ies3 compen sation, as their cost of living does not exceed $10 per month, and in the course of a few years they manage to accumulate several hundred dollars. Colliery bosses and superintendents are very reticent about the matter, but their antipathy to the change is well known. Slato picking contrib utes materially to tho preparation of coal. Inexperience, therefore, can not fail to create general dissatisfac tion. Tho miners arc not favorably impressed with its passage, which they claim is several years in advance of its time. As a result of the new law widowed moraers daily linger around the mines beseeching the breaker boss or the superintendent not to dismiss their boys, on whom their support depends. ExGirann Menocal, in his report on the Panama canal construction, says: "Taking tho most favorable view of tho situation, and admitting that the river Chagres can be controlled, as proposed and for the amouut estimated, and that the raismanag ment, waste and extravagauco preval iug from tho inception of the schemo to the extent of bringing the whole af fair to the border of a disgraceful bankruptcy be thoroughly corrected, it may be safely stated that tho canal cannot be completed for less than 3275,000,000, exclusive of interest on capital, commission, etc., in addition to what has already been spent, or a total in cash for actual cost of the work of 3375,000,000." -" Ml - - TiieS. P. Chronicle of the 3rd publishes a long article purporting to show how the restriction act has been rendered nugatory through the turpi tudo and laxity of Collector Sears and Surveyor Morton and their subordi nates. Sears rnd Morton deny the charges, and claim that they are false in every particular. A striking contrast is afforded in the presence of tho czar of Russia at Kremsier, surrounded by a cordon of guards, protected by a huge mastiff and dreading assassination, while the president of the United States, with no one but a traveling companion, is catching trout in tho Adirondack mountains. Tiie Wyoming, W. T., miners won't stand any Chinese restriction act bus iness in their camps. Lawlessness is to be deplored, but when one reads of the casuistry, tho sophistry and the legal webs spun in San Francisco he is not wholly desirous of condemn ing the Evanston riots. NEW TO-DAY. Regular Auction Sale. THIS DAY 10:30 A. M. AT HOLDER'S AUCTION ROOMS. Ash Extension Tabic, Good Bed Lounge, Chairs, Waslistands, Bedsteads, Crockery, Cooking Stoves, etc. Also, Balance of Consignment of Dairy Cheese, and one Fine Buggy Kobe. JE. C. HOL.IKKX. Auctioneer. 0. R. & N. CO. TO PORTLAND, And Way Landings. The Steamers of the O. R. & N. Co., car nine tllelU. S. mails. 1.1V lllft Pniiitinnv'o Dock livery Duyt Sundays excepted, at C This is the only dally line, and the only line running all tbe year round. TO SAN FRANCISCO. The only line of Steamships to San Fran cisco. Steamers leave Company's Dock even' four days. Regular Line of Tow Boats and Barges, For Towage and Lighterage. STORAGE OF ILL It I. ADS. Inquire at Company's Dock or at City Of fice opposite Van Dusen's store. E. A. NO YES, Agent. For Rent. milE SALOON KNOWN AS "THE COL X orado," on Chenamus, between Benton and Main. Saloon fixtures for sale or to let. Apply to W3LLOEB. VALTJALBE Investment Property! To Be Sold at Auction AT 2 O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON Comer Olncy and Jefferson St.. LOTS 7 AND 8, BLOCK 02, McClure's Astoria. Sain 'Pesitive: Wurrantv Dced: Title Pcrfcot. JR. O. IIOI.DEV, Auctioneer. c. E. BAIX, n..i. liAirr. EXCELSIOR MILL. navine built and refitted with improved ln'Jchtnery the above mill at lare expense. we are now prepareu to MANUFACTURE And Furnhsh all Kinds and Sizes ef Sash. Doors, Blinds, And everv description of Hill Work with Promptness and Dispatch. Mouldings, Turning and Brackot Work a Specialty All Kinds of Finished Lumber for Sale. We eordially invite our lriends and the pub lie to cite us a call. Cor. (Jcncvieve and Astor Sts.. Astoria, Or. BAIN & HART. Proprietors. Carnahan & Co, SUCCESSORS TO I. W. CASE, IMl'OKTKKS AND WHOLESALE AND RKTAIL DKALEKS IK &ENERAL MERGHAHDBE Corner Chenamus and Cass streets. TO?MA - - OREGON VISITING CARDS. A Lar,;e Stoc"c of FINE VISITING CARDS, Of Every fir.nle TO UKSOLI) FOlt CAN II. AT THE ASTOHIAH OFFICE. AND CARRIAGE PAINTING! In Cood Style and Lowcit Living Trices. cms. oi.si::v. Shop at Montgomery's old stand. All ARE CHANCE. Called to Europe by family affairs that ic- quire immediate settlement. I offer for sale my Well Established Business. To the right parties this is A Splendid Opportunity! Those only who mean business mav apply to FRAXK FA It It i: PROPRIETOR MODEL RESTAURANT. R. Lemon & Co., Stevedores and Riggers, PORTLAND and ASTORIA. Portend Office No. 1G North Front St. FOR LIVERPOOL DIRECT! The Fine Iron British Ship 'City of Benares," 137C Tons Register, Will go on Berth at Astoria shortly to load Salmon for Liverpoel: Taken in Lots to Suit Shippers. For rate of Freight or Insurance, apply to BALFOUR, GUTHRIE & CO., Portland, Or to P. L. CHERRY, Astona. Notice. THE TAX LIST AND ASSESSMENT roll of school district No. l, Astoria, Clatsop county, Oregon, is now in my hands for collection, and will remain with me for sixty days from date, after which time said taxes will be delinquent. Parties interested pieass iaice nonce. J. G. HUSTLER, Clerk Dist. No. 1. Astoria, August 13tli, 1SS5. Good Farm OF EIGHTY ACRES. PARTLY 1M proved, on the Klaskanine. For sale cheap or will exchango for city property. Apply at Astokiax Oftlce. Notice. Oregox axd California I Railroad Company. Portland, Orkoon. August lath, lss. 1 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT IN pursuance of an order of the United States Circuit Court for the District of Or egon the undersigned is prepared to refund, on surrender of contracts (printed In green color) the amounts paid to the Oregon and California Railroad Company for lands lying within the limits of the forfeited portion of the Oregon Central grant, (generally known as the grant for the line from Forest Grove to Astoria) that Is, lands situated beyond a distance of twenty-flvo mites from the track of the completed railroad line from Portland toMcilinnvIlle. R. KOEHLER. Receiver. For Sale. A COMFORTABLE FIVE ROOMED f- house and lot, -well situated. Cash takes a bargain. Inquire at tills office. Boat Found. ON THE 30TH OF AUGUST, BETWEEN , . Bay View and Fisherton. one small tlshlng boat, sail and oars complete. Said boat was drifting down the river with sail .et. Owner can have same by pi ovlnz prop erty and paying charges. ,. o. , IOI,N VANTURA, Red's Slough, Tenas Illahe Island, August. 3 1st, 183j Notice. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the partnership heretofore existing be tween Herman RIeppe and L. Grappo under the firm name of RIeppe & Grappe Is this day dlsolved by mutual consent, the business to be hereafter conducted by Herman RIeppe to whom all bills duo are to be paid and who will liquidate all claims due by the lato firm IL RIEPPE, ' , L.GRAPP Astoria, Oregon, September 3rd, 1685. Empire Stor We beg to direct special attention to our LATEST IM PORTATIONS of NOVELTIES Fine Dress Goods, Lawns, Parasols, Corsets, Hoopskirts, Etc., Etc. Which ivc are selling according to our motte: "T lift Best Goods at tho Lowest Possible- Prices.'' CH AS. HEILBORN, Dealer at Wholesale ami Rtrtait in Furniture, Bedding, Carpels, Mailing, Oil Cloth., Wall Paper, Window Shades, Mouldings, Etc. Astoria Furniture Co., Dealers Furniture, Bedding, Wai! Paper, Mirrors, PICTURES, lonMii Carpets, Mattis, Picture Frames, Mow Shades, etc. Cor. Chenamus and Hamilton Sts. CARL soLArrT ROCKlUFORD Ouiek-franEWATUHES Invites the public to inspect his new stuck of llnnnnlled Sfe. EXACTING in JK&KZ&jSSm "WATCHES. Jewelry, CIorkM and Silverware. Every Arlicle rj- STflOOYCxs tuJircawAirH -. rr Gnaranlond ns I Knrfnocrs Con. Represented. I ductora iui I other I Railway men. TliCy AT ADLER'S CRYSTAL PALACE. THIS IS NO HUMBUG! GOODS AT YOUR OWN FIGURES. AT IKE. D. KANT'S. CLOTHING, Gent's Furnishing Goods, ETC., ETC. Are Now Being Sacrificed. THE GOODS MUST BE SOLD. Bigmst Bargains Ever Seen in Astoria! PHIL. A. STOKES, THE FINE AMERICAN SHIP "JOHN T. BERRY' Now enrmite from San Fran cisco and due here, will follow the Blnnah In our direct line of Salmon Vessels From Astoria to Liverpool. For rates of freight and Insurance apply MEYEK, WILSON & CO.. Portland, Or. to Annual Stock Holders' Meeting. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF TIIE Stock Holders of the O. F. L. & n asso ciation will be held in Odd Fellows' Hall on Monday, October 5th. at 2 o'clock r. M.f pur suant to adjournment this day. G. REED, Prea. Attest ; A. J. MEGLEK. Secy. Astoria. August 24th. 1SS3. For Sale. A GOOD DWELLING HOUSE AND LOT for sale. Beautifully located. Apply at Astorlan office. fifflftiP ffflllt y lu M3 i a mil in 11. Du HUISSOX, Manager. ABLER ? Wn.tab.es. Cloolis and JEWELRY UF.PAIKKD OX Short notieo by a riii Class Wurk- IlltUl. Also Engraving, ami MONOGRAMS. Done Neat and Cheap M . attiVJUt coenUe- are r- as Till 'BEST. Sold 'InnrinciDal 'ctticsJttovms rbr excltwtra Acenta flc&dlnc jewelers), vrltli a FullWairaatj. ASSIGNEE. WILL Cut Faster AND EASIER Than any oMi- Hundreds of t woodmen tes tify to Its suoe- riority. It son ueepand aeTcr Sticks. CARNAHAN & CO., Agents Astoria. Price. S1.S0. Notice. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT I will not be responsible for any debt contracted by any person unless It be on my personal order MINNIE G. M. SPEXARTH. Astoria, August 2Cth, 1SS5. .AXE J PATOUTDACC.30.nSl. j.uiruiunger Groceries Cheap for Gash! Your Xii?ing Expenses CAN BE REDUCED BY TRADING AT MY STORE. Where liiisiucss Is Done ou :i Strict CASH BASIS. I Have Jtcditcetl My Expenses by Selling for CASH, and Consptiueutly 1 CAN SELL CHEAPER TO YOU. GASH I i FRANK I. OEAIEH Hay, Oats, anil Straw, Lime.. Brie!, Ceient, Sana ant Plaster Wood Delirered to Order. Drajln;, Teaming aad Exprcis Dullness. rEU apply to ihe Captain, orto THE NEW MODEf, A PUIX STOCK joh:x -a.. M:o:KrTG-oM::Ej:Ei.Tr, DEALER iy Tin, Sheet Iron, and Copper Ware. A general assortment of Household Goods. ACiEST fou HAGEE STOVES AND RANGES, TIIE BEST IN TIIE MARKET. Plumbing good of all kinds on hand. Jub work done In a workmanlike manner. Plumbing, Cas Fitting and Cannery Work attended to promptly On Keasocable Term?. IMiennmus Street, Next to C L. Parker'n Store. Astoila, Oregaa. j - nOTEhS AND KESTAURANTS. PARKER HOUSE. W3I. A 1.1.1201, Prop'r. First Class in Every Respect. Free Coach fo tlm House. INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, Corner Third and K Streets, PORTLAND, - - - OREGON. Onr facilities are such that we defy competition. This Is the largest anil most respectably kept Hotel in the Kortlnvest. Board and Lodging $ 1 .00 per day MEAI.S.25 cents. LODGING. 23 and SO cenu Free Buss to and from ihe House. 3-Xo Chinese Euiployed.-so. E. Lonhton, (Late of Minnesota House) Prop O.CLA11K. AGENT. c. vr. KXOWLES. L. D. BROWN. St. Charles Hotel, (European Plan.) BROWN & KXOWLES - - Proprietors First Class rc Evert Respect, Good Restaurant Connected with the Honsc Fire-proof Brick Buildinc ISO Rooms. In the Center of tbe Citjr. Cor. Front and Morrison Sts., Tortland. Or ST, DAVID'S, 713 Howard St. Xcar Third. San FranciHco A first-class Lodging Hotel, containing ISO rooms ; water and gas In each room ; no bet ter beds In the world ; no guest allowed to use the linen once used by another ; a large reading room ; hot and cold water ; baths iree. rnceoi rooms reruicnt.50cana75c ; per week, from $2 upward. Open all night. It. HDGHES. Proprietor. At Market street Ferry, take Omnibus line of street cars to corner of Third andlloward. Columbia Candy Factory. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. THE TRADE SUPPLIED, Leave orders at Astoria Bakery, Ed. Jackson, Prop. EXCURSION TICKETS! F.ROM ASTORrA TO PORTLAND AND RETURN For S2.50, ON THE ''TELEPHONE," This holds good until September 30th, 1885 AH PARKER, IJf STK.WIER CUiU PARKER Eben P. Parker,Master. For TOWING, FREIGHT orCHAK II. IS. FAKKEK. RANGE CAN BE HAD IN AS TORIA ONLY OF B, n. HAWB8, AG EAT !Al.l. AND EXAMINE IT, YOU Wild. BE PLEASED. K. K. HAWKS Is also agent for the M patent Cooling Stove And other first-class Stoves. Furnace Work. Steam Fit ting, etc.. a specialty. ALWAYS ON HAND. Hardware and Ship Chandlery VAN DUSEN & GO.. DBAI.SB3 IX Hardware and Ship Chandlery Pure Oil, Bright Varnish, Binacle Oil, Cotton Canvas, Hemp Sail Twine, Cotton Sail Twine, Lard Oil, Wrought Iron Spikes, Galvanized Cut Nails, Agricultural Implements Sewing machines, Paints and Oils. Groceries, etc. Sol GolIJei elry, Scarf Pins, Chains, fatta, Pianos and Organs oC tke Best make at the X.owest Prices. The finest stock of Jewelry In Astoria. TAI1 goods warranted as represented. GUSTAV HANSEN, JEWELER FOB BENT. Four Rooms, Centrally Located AND SUITABLE FOR HOUSEKEEPING . ArPLY AT ASTORIAN OFFICE. Abstracts of Title. THE UNDERSIGNED HAS COMPILED a set of Abstract Books from the records of Clatsop County and Is now prepared to fumish complete and correct Abstracts of Title to any Real Estate in tke County, at reasonable rate:. O.K. THOMSON, Attorney at Lav. Astoria. Oregon. Office, Reem 5, ver Wtr Bee Store. B. B. Franklin, 4A MerMer anO Catoet later, . SQUEMOQUA STREET, NEXT TO THE ASTORIAJf BUILBIKa. E9"A1I work done In a skillful manner on short notice at reasonable rates. MaHHHTiiiiSBHMBMRnniHlHKnn