The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899, April 20, 1888, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextT f H -f r C'J ASTORIA. OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL '20, J 888. PRICE BITE CENTS. VOL. XXX, NO. . BUSINESS CARDS. ronxH.sau.TH. - ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office. Room 4 and S. over City Book Store. G t. SOEAD, ATTOSNEY AT LAW. ice in Kinney's Block, opposite City Hall, Astoria, Oregon. fULTON. a. C. FULTON FULTON BROTHERS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Iloonu G and 6, Odd Fellows Building. 0. K. THOMSON. Attorney at Law and Notary Public, aueclal attention siren to Dractlce In the 11. M. Land Office, and the examination of i.md titles. A full set ot Abstract Books for Clutsop County In office. office Up stairs, opposite Telegraph innce. r i A. BOWLBY, Attorney nod Counaellor at Iaw Office on Chenamus Street, Astoria, Oregon F.i. WIXTOa ATTORNEY AT LAW. Booms No. 11 and 12, Pythian Castle Build- ng. Q B. WAT80JT,' Atty.at Law and Deputy Dist. Atty, All business before the U. 3. Land Office a peclalty, ASTOBIA, - OREQOK. rB. J. K. I.A FOItOK.. DENTIST. Rooms 11 and 12 Odd Fellows Building. ASTOBIA, .... OREGON, T)R. A. lu AND! J. A. FCliTOS. Pli yslclans and Surgeons. Office on Cass street, three doors south ot Odd FeUow's building. Telephone No. 41. TAT TUTTLK, 31. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Rooms 6 Pythian Building. Residence : SB corner Wall and West 3th streets, opposite I. W. Case's, A. K. SHAW. DENTIST. Booms in Allen's Building, up stairs, cor ner Cass and Squemoqua streets. Astoria Oregon. M KS. DR. OWKNS-AIAlK, Office and residence, D, K. Warren's for mer residence, Astoria, Oregon. Diseases of Women and Children, and of (he Eye and Ear, specialties. T)R.O.B.E8TES. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office : 6em Building, up stairs, Astoria, Oregon. rB. AXFBKO KIXNEY. Office at Kinney's Cannery. Will only attend patients at his office, and may do iouna were at any nour. TAB. IV. WELCH. AGENT FOB Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insurance' Co. Supt, Columbia Water Co. Office On Water Street, Astoria. On-xnii. rj.Ki.0 f. rAimr.a SURVEYOR OF CLATSOP COUNTY City Surveyor of Astoria Residence : Near Clatsop Mill. N. D. Raymond, Deputy. Office at ClCv Hall. TB. KKASK PAUR, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Opposite Telegraph Office, Astoria, Oregon, rx. a. BHirn. jKttfp DENTIST. Booms l andB Pythian Building over c b. coopers store. PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY Thara I. mi nopiuinn for the most fastidi ous of our citizens to send to Portland or San Francisco for Custom Made Clothes As they can get Better Fits. Better Work manship, and for less Money. By tearing their Orders with MEANY. New Coods by Every Steamer. Call and See Him and Satisfy Yonntir. P. J Meany. Merchant Tailor. The Akron Lacquers. mfiE "UNDERSIGNED RESPECTFULLY .JL calls the attention of Cannerymrn and o&ers to the iact that he is the Pacific coast agent tor the Celebrated Akron Lacquers, And is preaared to quote low prices on these 855Tb. Salaries forrdshed on appihatton. The Appetite May be increased, the Jh'gestivo organs strengthened, and the bowels regulated, by taking Ayer's Pills. These Pills are purely vegetable in their composition. They contain neither calomel nor any other dangerous drag, and may bo taken with perfect safety bypersons of all ages. I was a treat sufferer from Dyspepsia and Constipation. I had no appetite, and was constantly afflicted with Head acho and Dizziness. I consulted our family doctor, who prescribed lor me, at various times, without affording more than temporary relief. I finally com menced taking Ayer's Pills. In a short time my digestion and appetite IMPROVED my bowels wero regulated, and, by the time I finished two boxes of these Pills my tendency to headaches had disap peared, and I became strong and well. Darius M. Logan, Wilmington, Del. I was troubled, for over a year, witli Loss of Appetite, and General Debility. I commenced taking Ayer's Pills, and, before finishing half a box of this medi cine, my appetito and strength were re stored. C. O. Clark, Danbury, Conn. Ayer's Pills are the best medicino known to me for regulating the bowels, and for all diseases caused by a disordered Stomach and Liver. I suffered for over three years with Headache, Indigestion, and Constipation. I had no appetite, and was weak and nervous most of the time. BY USING three boxes of Ayer's Pills, and at the same time dieting myself, I was com pletely cured. My digestive organs are now in good order, and I am in perfect health. P. Lockwood, Topeka, Kans. Ayer's Pills have benefited me wonder fully. For months I suffered from Indi gestion and Headache, was restless at nigm, ana naa a nau vaaio in my uiuuui every morning. After taking one box of Ayer's Pills, all these troubles dis appeared, my food digested well, and my Sleep was reiresmnj?. .aeurjr v. Hemmenway, Rockport, Mass. I was cured of the Piles by the uso ot Ayer's Pills. They not only relieved me of that painful disorder, but give me in creased vigor, and restored my health. John Lazarus, St. John, N. B. tt Ayer's Pills, Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by all Drnggiita and Dealers tn Medietas. WiIson& Fisher Ship Chandlers, HEAVY AND SHELF HARDWARE FARM IMPLEMENTS, Paints, Oils, and Varnish. LOGGERS' SUPPLIES. PROVISIONS AND MILL FEED AGENTS FOR SALEM PATENT ROLLER MILLS Portland Roller Mills, FAIRBANKS' SCALES. ASTORIA. OREGON. Tutt's Pills SAVE MONEY. One Tjox of theso pill will save many dollars In doctor's bills. They are peclally prepared as a Family Medicine, ttndanpplIesawantlonBfelt. Theyre move unhealthy accumulations from the body -without nausea or griping. Adapted to old and young. Elegantly sugar coated. Price, 35ct, per box. SOLD EVERYWHERE. Office, 44 Murray St., New York. Tie Itfiu States RESTAURANT E. L. JEFFRIES, PROPRIETOR. Refitted, Ready For Business For The Season of 1888. Everj thing in Season and Nicely Sen piI 10 Experienced Cooks, Obliging Waiters. 0i The best placed bef6re our patron. For a Good Meal, ro to JEFF'S At Hie Old Stand, on Main Street. Annual Meeting. mUE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE A stockholders of the AstorlaBulldlngand Loan Association will be held Tuesdav, May rWE ANNUAL MEETING 8th, 1833, from 2 p.m. until 8 p. m, for the purpose of electing directors for the ensu Fne year. Byordarofthepresldent. robq Setretary. A CASE OF MOEAL SUICIDE. Oyril P. Benedict Doing Penance For His .Mistake. Washington Post. "Are you guilty, or not guilty?" "Guilty." "Have you anything to say be fore sentence is passed upon you? "Nothing." "Then the sentence of the court is, you be taken to the Albany penitentiary and there confined for the term of three years at hard labor." The face of the prisoner at the bar paled a little as he folded his hands and bowed his head in silence. He had committed moral suicide. Five years ago Cyril P. Benedict was as hapDV and contented a man as one could find in a year's travel. Eyer since the close of the war he had been in the employ of Adams Express company and had been stationed in an important anu responsible position in the treasu ry department. It was his duty daily to superintend the receipt and shipment of thousands upon thousands of dollars to and from the treasury in immense iron boxes, fairly bristling with bolts. Never a cent was missed. His name was the very synonym in the depart ment for honesty. His integrity was a motto and his character an example. This man was something more than a trusted and esteemed offici al. He was generous as a friend, gentlemanly in his deportment, kind in his nature. The trite phrase of never turning a deaf ear to a story of suffering was in his case a genuine expression. Instance after instance could be given where he had helped persons who were in temporary distress. Being un married and without family claims, he seemed to regard every one in the little world around him as en titled to his bounty and he freely gave to all who came. To the lady clerks he was an '"Old Man Bountiful." They went to him in their troubles and sought his ad vice and his aid. He was a thor oughly helpful man. His consci entiousness had developed in a high degree and his private life, as lar as any one Knew, was un blemished. One day Mr. Benedict was ap proached by a man with whom lie had always been on the closest terms of friendship. This man, S. E. Middleton, occupied then an unexceptionable position in social and business circles, while he was largely identified with church work. He came to the treasury depart ment to ask of Mr. Benedict the loan of several thousand dollars for a few days. The request was plausibly made, and was urged with all the earnestness of desper ation. In vain Mr. Benedict an swered that he did not have the money. His tempter pointed to the safe. Within it was a pile of money from which the amount could be taken without discovery. All the claims of friendship were brought to bear upon the wavering man, and the promise was Micreilly made that the money would be ic turned in a day or two. Theie seemed but little risk to run, and friendship carried the clay. With an expression on his face as if he was being dragged to his death, Mr. Benedict walked over to the safe, took out . the money and placed it in the hands of his eager, anxious visitor. -S -c f On the morning of the Cist of May, 1881, a notice appeared on the door of Middleton & Co.'s banking house, on F street, an nouncing that the bank had been forced to suspend. Mr. Benedict learned of the failure from one ot the department employees. The news fell upon him with crushing force. He was as one dazed. The money he had advanced was un paid, for all his previous attempts to collect it had been met by the cool statement that it was impossi ble just then to pay him back. Out of the wreck of that bank, as everyone Knows, nothing came. Not only did the depositors lose every cent they had saved, but pri vate fortunes lef tin the bank for safe keeping merely had been deliber ately stolen and converted into funds for immediate use. It did not take long for this to be known and then Mr. Benedict realized the foil extent of his mistake. The company was, as yet, in absolute ignorance of his action and he be gan to save from his salary in or der to return the money which had been swindled from him through false representations. He had no property with whioh he could make restitution and he looked forward to a life of self denial. At the same time it was a life with a burden. There were days of fear and nights of sleepless anxiety. No one suspected him, bat the knowledge of his act haunted him and he could not rid himself of his own thoughts. There were two things to choose between discovery and death. He chose the latter. The opportunity offered itself when last fall he was on board a steamship bound for Glasgow. The great breast of the ocean seemed an inviting place to lay one's weary head upon. The waves were pillows and the trough of the sea a rocking-cradle. In the solitude of his stateroom Mr. Benedict wrote, as he thought, his final messages to those whom he loved and who loved him. Then he waited for darkness that he might fall overboard unperceived. At night, however, a storm came. The excited passengers were locked in their staterooms. Mr. Benedict heard the key click in the lock with a curious sensation. He felt that he had been made a prisoner through.no mere chance. He accepted the event as an omen that he was still to live, and waited impatiently for the ship's arrival at Glasgow. Within twenty-four hours after he landed he was home ward bound, with his mind fully made up to end his misery by con fession. .-: Manager Hoey of the Express company sat in his office a week later and listened witli amazement to the story which Mr. Benedict related. Whatever might have been his own personal feeling in the matter, Mr. Benedict left him no alternative. He insisted upon being prosecuted, and begged that the facts might be placed be fore the grand jury of this city. An indictment was quickly found, charging Mr. Benedict with em bezzling something like $7,500, and the whole matter became pub lic not the whole matter, either, because Mr. Benedict behaved himself very strangely for an in dicted criminal. He blamed no one but himself; would not tell why he had taken the money, and awaited punishmentwith a martyr like satisfaction. During his first night in jail ho slept as he had not slept for years, so peaceful and unbroken was his rest. He ac cepted his penance with pleasuie. Friends crowded around him, will ing to aid him more than willing to make up the small deficit which stood against him. He refused them all. An examination of his safe showed that it contained $20, 000 of private funds which had been entrusted to ins sale Keeping and nearly 20,000 of the com pany's funds. Not a cent was missing except that chargeable to the first mistake a mistake which the company would have forgiven if he had been willing to accept their forgiveness, but he declined it. "I have done wronjr and should suffer," was his reply. He accepted his sentence in silence, without a word of excuse or pallia tion, and is waiting now for the doors of the penitentiary to close behind him. But the story is not yet ended. A petition is about to be pre sented to the president asking him to pardon Mr. Benedict, and it is more than likely that it will have the desired result, although Mr. Benedict is not a willing party to the effort in his behalf. In the meantime the district attorney has brousht to the attention of the court the long-standing indictment against the Middletons, and the punishment which they deserve may, in course ot time, oe metea out to them. . t . t Chills and Fever, llalaria "Many cases of fever and ague, dumb ague suid congestive chills were prompt ly arrested and entirely banished by the use of Simmon's Liver Regulator. You don't say half enough in regard to the efficacy of this valuable medicine in cases of ague, intermittent fevers, etc. Every case has been arrested immediate ly. I was a sufferer for years with the liver disease, and only found relief by using the regulator." Robebt J. Weeks, Batavla, Kane Co., 111. i n?PRlCE$ CBS AM Its superior excellence proven in millions of homes for more than a quarter of a cent ury. It is used by the United States Gov ernment. Endorsed by the heads ot the Greatunlversitlesasthe Strongest, Purest, and most Healthful. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder does not oontaln Am monia, lime, or Alum. Sold only In Cans. PRICK BAKINU rOWDKK CO., NEW TOEK. CmOAOO. ST. LOUIS. Is one of the greatest blessings when jou have It under control. Jf you build youi Are In one of those Magee Ranges or oneol those Acorns or Argandsat John A. Mont gomery's, you will nnd It a pleasure to pre pare a meal, or tt you get one of those Heat ers you will nnd them to be clean and eco nomical and an ornament to your parlor. II you Intend getting a range or a heater dont fall to look at his stock. You should call In nee tils beautiful Ornamental Coal Vases. CANDY Manufactured and For Sale at Wholesale Prices, at The Oregon Bakery A. A. CLEVELAND, Prop'r. Good Bread, Cake ant Pastry None but the Best Materials Osed. Satisfaction Guaranteed Customers Bread delivered In any part of the city. Seaside Bakery. Bestltlilk Breatl and CAKES OF ALL KINDS, Manufacturers of Fine Candles. AND Ornamental Confectionery And Ice Creams. Wholesale and Be-all Dealer In Candles. jonssos, BKOH. AUCTION AND COMMISSION HOUSE. MARTIN OLSEN, Successor to E. C. Holden. The oldest established Commission House in Oregon. Goods of all kinds sold mi com mission. Auction Sales Every Saturday. General Repairing, Jobbing and Uphol stering done. Fine stock of Furniture on band. When you want Bargains in Household Goods go to KARTIX OI.8E.X INE The best Skilled Skippers of Gloucester Uslt our Mill dally, and we avail ourselves of all the Tested Improvements they sug gest. In Parse Seines. Our Foreman In the Hanging Department is recorded as author ity In hanging seines to ush well, and we beg to say that our Mr. Stowe was the first one to Introduce Purse Seines for Mackerel In this couurry was founder and connected with the American Net & Twine Co.. forty one years. With Mr. Klcc, who was null manager with this Co., and with as good tw lnes as they know how to make, they feel warranted in inviting the attention ot Fish ermen In want of Purse or otherSelnes. GLOUCESTER NET & TWINE CO . Gloucester. Boston Office, 94 Commercial St. FISHERIES PEGIAL NOTICE. Under the rules of honorable dealings, and a good understanding with the Fisher man's wants, and wares, faithfully made. the undersigned purpose a permanent busfr ness with the Northern Pacific Fisheries, The best evidence they offer, of tho worth ot their Nettings, will be their use. and not in anj thing we may write with our pen. All orders of anv magnitude, will be promptly filled. We fully believe we make as good as the best. GLOUCESTER NET & TWINE CO. Gloucester. Boston office 91 Commercial St. Sardines. GILL NETS, PURSE, AND HAULING SEINES, FOR SARDINES, MADE OF A LIGHT AND STRONG TWINE. Gloucester Net & Twine Co., Gloucester, Boston Office, 91 Commercial St, JZ J C" Baking powder Fire! Fire! CASH. SPECIAL APRIL IOTH, 1888. CLOTHING, FURNISHING GOODS, HATS AND CAPS. TRUNKS, VALISES, UMBRELLAS, BLANKETS, QUILTS, OIL COATS, PANTS, APRONS, SLEEVES, Etc., Etc., Etc., AT A STRICTLY QNE PRICE CASH HOUSE That (from this date) will mako change to a cent, And jou will save money over any other house in theso United States, considering your expenses in laying down your goods. SF"A child buys as cheaply at my counters as tho most exjwrionced bujer. Country ordera filled correctly and with dispatch. Kinney's Brick Building, XrAw4n nnMAw Opposite ltescua Engine House. OkSfcOn&j UI SgOSA. Street llailrond running by the door. AND 5000 donblo roll of Wall Paper nnd Decorations of tho latost styles and shades just received direct from Eastern factorion. Also a large assortment of New Smyrna Rugs, Call and examine. HOTELS A RESTAURANTS CHHIK. KTEXSOX. F. COOK THE EVENSON & COOK. On tho European Plan. LARQE CLEAN BOOMS, A FIRST-CLASS RESTAURANT Board by the Day, Week or Month. Private Rooms for Families, Etc. Transient Custom Solicited. Oysters, Fish, Meats, Etc., Cooked to Order. WATKKHt., Opp. IToard A Stokes A FIRST GLASS SALOON Bun In connection with the Premises. The Best of WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. Good Billiard Tables and Private Card Rooms. THE Casino Restaurant One block from the O. R. N. Dock, M.M.SERRA, Proprietor. A Good Meal For 25 Cents. Oj sters In any Stj le, 23 cents. In connection with this Popular Restau rant Is run a flist-class Saloon, well stocked with choicest Wines, Liquors and Clgirs. New York Restaurant. CEO. BAKER, Prop'r. Opposite Murray & Co.'s, Water street. A Good, Clean Meal Furnished At Seasonable Rates, and Satisfaction Guaranteed Oysters in Every Style, Game. etc. You are Invited to call. I. W. Cas, BANKER. ESTABLISHED - - 1870. Transacts a General Banking Business. Drafts drawn available in any part of the U. S. and Europe, and on Hong Kong, China Ofkice Houes :-io a. m. to 3 r. si. Ood Fellows Building, Astoria, Oregon. J. H. D. GKAI Wholesale and retail dealer In. GROCERIES FLOUR, AND FEED Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc. LIME, SAND AND CEMENT General Btorage and Wharfage on reason able terms. Foot ot Benton street, Astoria, Oregon. Central Hotel FIRE ID HE ONE PRICE. Of nil grades in beautiful new designs Portiere Curtains. China Matting, Etc., Etc. CHAS. IIEILBORN. INSURANCE. CAPITAL STOCK, $500,000 COLUMBIA .INSURANCE CO. FRANK DEKUM President W. 11. SMITIT Vice-President JOHN A. CHILD Secretary No. 1C0 Second St., Portland, Or. I. W. Case, Agont, Astoria, Or. $67,000,000 Capital Liverpool & London & Globe. North British and Mercantile of London and Edinburgh. Hartford of Connecticut, Commercial of California Agricultural, of Watertown, New York, London & Lancashire ot Liverpool, Eug.. Fire Insurance Companies, Represent in a capital of $87,000,000. II. VAN 1USEX. Agent. J. 0. B0Z0RTH. FIRE INSURANCE AC EPJT. Insurance written In first class English and American companies at low est going rates. Ship and Commission Agency FIRE INSURANCE IX rillST CLASH COJirAMKS Representing 813,000,000 PHOENIX, Hartford, Conn. - HOME, New York, AGENCY PACIFIC EXPRESS CO C. P. UPSHUR, Main Stieet Wharf - Astoria, Oregon. AGENCY- OK SAN FRANCISCO. Astoriui Oregon. CanDBrySnppliesatLowestPrices Fire and Marine Insurance at Current ratei. Hume's Building, Water Street. E. B. CUSHN1AN, B. H- COLEMAK, S- Agents. Steamboat for Sale. BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED AT THE office of u A. Steel & Co, 12755, First street, Portlind, Oregon, until Wednesday. April 25. 1S?S, for tne sidewheel steamer. "Cleveland," now lying at Yaquina bay. Gross tonmge, 49.39 ; permitted to carry thirty passenncrs ; length, 61 feet ; beam, 14 feet ; depth ot hold. 5 feet, G Inches. Two non -condensing engines. 10 Inch bore, by 3G Inch stroke. Jteal estate will b ro clv ed In payment, if satisfactory. M ConGo Jafat, U-eBDsf-wfc? 4 Cfflfflfflmm&Mx&ad-i.