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INSURANCE
tfire and farine and Life
VAN DUSEN & CO., Ag'is.
ASTORIA. OR.,
or the Following lleliaolc rorclgn and
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1.U erpool and Ixiniloii and (Ilobe. Notth
British and Mercantile. Scottish Union and
Nntionnl. Hartford or Connecticut, Commer
cial of California. London and Iincashlrc of
Ucrtool, Commercial Union of London.
Guardian of London. Northwest of Portland,
Mutual Life of 2vew York.
Prompt,Libcral Adjustments Guaranteed
. W. CASE
Insurance Agent.
KEPKESEXTING
California Marine Ins. Co., S. F.
Columbia Fira :n1 Marine Ins. Co.,
Portland.
Home Mutual Insmance Co.,S. F.
Phcenix of London.
Imperial of London.
Robb & Parker,
AGENCY OK
Fire and Manne Insurance,
With au Aggregate Capital of
870,000,000-
IMP: 1st A I., of tandon.
rAl.IKOUM . if C.riirornia.
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QUEEN, or Ixnidon.
ilAllKETS.
Washington Market.
Main Mrrcl, - Astoria, Oregon.
niRisTi:sr.v v o., i'koi'kietors.
JKSPECTFCLLY CALL TflE ATTEN
IX lion of the public to the fact that the
aoove Market w Hi ahvaj she supplied with a
hULL VARIETY AND BEST QUALITY
OK
FRESH AND CURED MEATS I 1
Which w ill he sold at lowest rates, whole
iileand retail.
SS""SMclal attention given to supplying
titps.
STAR MARKET.
WEERIIY & COMPANY,
Prash and Cured Meats,
X7"o sotaToloe,
FRUITS, BUTTER, and EGGS.
OPPOSITE OCCIDENT HOTEL,
('HKViHUS Hlrcct. Astoria, Off.
Roadway Market.
O'Hara fc Injralls, Propr's.
Opposite Foard Sc stokes.
A First-Class Meat Shop.
Fresh and Salt Meats.
AH Purch:t-es l)eii ered In any part of Hie
City.
GO TO
LARSON & HILLBACK
-rou-
GROCERIES
AM FKESH FKUITS.
Onlers i tH ered Free of Charge. Country
Orders Solicited. Third street,
next to Pioneer oillce.
Thompson & Ross
Carry a Full Lino of
Choice Staple and Fancy
Groceries.
Give Us a Call and Be Convinced.
C. E. BAIN,
Manufacturer ami Dealer in
Sasli5 Doors, Mouldings
jind Brackets.
AH Kinds of Ilartl Wood ami
ITouse Finishing .umlcr.
BOAT MATERIAL A SPECIALTY.
Wood Turning.
Cor. Genevieve and Astor Streets.
Astoria, - - Oregon.
Jolm C. Dement.
DRUGGIST.
Successor to W. E. Dement & Co.
Carries Complete Stocks of
Drugs and Druggists' Sundries.
Prescriptions Carpralljr Compounded.
Agent lor
Mexican Salve and
Norwegian Pile Cure
Morgan & Sherman
GROCERS
And Dealers In
Special Attention CIvento Filling
Of Orders.
A FULL LINE CARRIED
And Supplies furnished at Satis
factory Terms.
Purchases delivered In any part of the city
Office and "Warehouse
In Unme's New Building on Water Street.
P. o. Box 153. Telephone No 37.
ASTORIA, OREGON
Cannery Sullies!
.era
Absolutely Pure
Thla powder never vanei, A mane, ot
(jimty, strength and whokKonionutS. Mirv
cconomic.il than tlie ordinary kind-, and m:i
not he sold in competition with the ms-M
tnde of low list, short weight, ira ir - -phate
powders. Soldenlutncitiu: m i
Uakino PowiiKi:C. IC Vall-s- . '.
Liavis M. Joiixsox&Co., Agent. Pi
land. "regon.
H. EKSTHOM,
Pr;i'fif:I : WsitchiiPikor.
A fine line of 'Jold ard Sllwr Watches,
Solid Cold and Plated .Jewelry, Clocks, o!e.,
at tcasonahle prirc-s. Itepiimig Promptly
Done. Next to Morgan & Sh rm.m.
O. P Upshur,
Shipping a;.d Ccnimivtion frl re? an
..mill t. Vlt.irf, Astnri.t. Oft'gu::
.spi:MAi;rnfjs:
nnery Si
ses
Barbour's Salmon Net Twines.
XKPrUNII ISnmd H:iiir.on Twine.
WOOP.i:U"Y rolton Lilies and Twines
SEINES and NETTING
Of all lVseriplion Furnished at
K.ictorv Pilees.
F:r?E !KSU RANGE
Effected in first Class Companies.
Kepre cut mg 51 :t.(lO,(M)()
PIKF.MX, IlartronI, Conn
IHOIP, New York,
Agency Pacillc Lxprrss ami WclN. Farn A t'o.
j'JIK
DIAMOKO PALACE
hustav JAs: rropv.
A l-'irg and Vt II Selected MwR .f Fiim
DiBfflonis -f Jewelry
At I'xil melj I o '"ri(i"
All CaoiIk !'.ouc!tl it! Tis suslillim.-i-l
V7arraii'.ed Genuine.
jV.'J .t i
Corner Ca.- ' u i n. r is
F.H.SURPRENANT&C0.,
County Coroner.
Pirst Class TJuotirtakii.
.si Am rrr".
New Stk-, Cask ,s- u .... -i
N'ext to AsroiM.w o c-.
four Honey's HoFlli
IS AVIIAT YO f.l 1
oara & fene:
Groceries and Provision-.
Everything in a First class Rtm
and at
Extremely Low Figures.
Goods Delivered all oerTown.
Tlie Highest Price ' -i" f JunV.
FOARD & STOKES
W. F, Sckeibe,
"CIGAU MANUPACrUKEi:.
Smokers' Articles in Stock.
THE TUAUE SUPPUHI).
Special Brands Maniif.sctnred to Older.
MAIN STREET, - Asdoria. Or
Magnus 0. Crosby
Dealer in
HAM ARE, Ml STEEL.
Iron ripe and Fittings, Stoves, Tin
ware, and
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS
Sheet Lead, Strip Lead, Sheet Iron.
Tin and Copper.
'2T HEALTH .?r.7.Vl
IT IS THE IDEiVI, M?DrOix. fl.
It ro'iC the JjuTand Kiiln n.l S'om alt.
Cures lltrndjchc. Dvpi'ps' t. f. u-s an Ajj
titc, Purifies the Impure B!i-iJ, .. ..1
jattaow vii ..l.llI.
Usodovcryxvhero. 1 a bottle; six for ?o
p Qs? UO EC SC
frr mill, ?., .
A BRiVE FREHCHM4H.
Heroic Deed of Comit Sala, at tlie
BIstofHislife.
HIS lililJIT I.KK WAS JlltOKHX.
! Sst :1 ly The Uxitkb Pkks.
WASUuicrrox, July C Count
i Mr.rnce Sala, first secretary of the
i Frcricli Legation, nr the peril of his
I life, stopped si run away horse attached
, to a hnusoni cib to-day, on Madison
place, just in front of secretary
I Blaine's residence, and prevented the
I animal from dashing into a crowd of
1 people. He was knocked dovra but
held on to the reins.
When picked up and taken to a
-neighboring house, the physicians
i fonnd that the count's right leg ras
I broken, about midway between the
knee and the thigh. Later he was re
i moved to the Legation building, and
l although suffering terribly to-night,
no serious consequences are feared.
s:k should ok lvxczicd.
A Koiible JtZiirdcr by a Aotcl
Despcriitlo.
Special toTiiK Astoiuan.j
Xew AtiBvxy, IihL, July G. Word
reached here j cslerday of a horrible
murder in Perry county. George
Seals, a desperado, who was driven out
of Crawford county by the white caps,
abused his wife in a shocking manner
on July 1. On the next day she wvs
found shot, stabbed and beaten to
death. Sheriff Cass Gardiner, who
came on July 0 to arrest Seals, was
mortally wounded by the murderer
and has since died. The country is
thoroughly aroused, and Seals Mill
probably be lynched if caught.
A ClAtVO BURST.
Immense Stamajrc to Properly.
Special to Tun Atokian.
3Iadison-, Wis., July C News has
been received of a cloud burst, which
occurred in Richland comity, and
occasioned a loss of 6200,000 or mora
Four mill dams wero carried out be
tween Richland Centre and Long
Roclr, while an iron bridge was
wrecked at Eagle mills. The St Paid
railroad was damaged so badly that
trains will bo prevented from run
ning for five days, and two months
will be necessary to restore the road
bed to a first class condition. Crops
also suffered greatly, and in Richland
Centre cellars were flooded and other
minor damage was done.
always iiavi: a ciii;i:.
Kn TItcj' "Do Hot Always. C'atcli
Hie Unseal.
Special toTni;AsTOi:iAK
PiuiiUinrji'HiA, Pa., July 0. Mrs.
Catherine IMcMahon, who was shot by
an unknown person "while sitting oil
her door step on the evening of the
Fourth, died to night. The police
think they have a clue which may
lead io the discovery ot the person
who fired the shot which proved fatal.
Passengers From France.
Special to Tni: Astokiax.
New York, July G. Among the pas
sengers arriving on the steamer T.a
Briitwjnc from Havre were the Chi
nese ministers to the United States,
Spain and Peru, the secretary of He
Chinese legation at Washington, and
Miss Winnie Davis
Tin' Nr Wspapcr Puff.
The ntwspiper puff is somethii g
that make-s men feel bad it they don t
get it. The ground-work of an ordi
nary uewsj ap?r puffeonists of a m-r-al
cliarac'T a'ul a gool ban:c aeeou:i
Writing i en spaper puffs is like mix
ing b!h"j ry co ble and miut julep-i
all through the summer months for
cusSomcrj and quenching your own
thiisl with rainwater. Sometimes a
man is looking for a puff acd don't
get if. Then he s:iys the paper is go
ing down hill and that it is in the
hands of a monopoly, and that ho
would stop subscribing if he did
not have to pay his bill first Writing
a newspaper puff is like taking a
photograph of a homely baby. It the
photograph does not represent tho
child with wings, halos and harps, it
shows that the artist does not under
stand Lis business. So it is with the
newspaper puff -if the puffed doesn't
stand out like a boldand fearless expon
ent of truth and morality, it shows that
the puffer doesu't understand human
nature. It is more fun to see a man
read a puff of himself than it is to see
a man slip on an orange peel. The
narrow-minded man then reads it
over seven or eight times and then
goes around to the different places
where the paper is taken aud steals
what he can. The kiud-hearted family
man goes homo and reads it to his
wife, and then pays up his bill on the
paper. Bill Nye.
Every Printrr Kcows It.
When I think ot the towel, tlia old
fasliioned towel, that used to hang up
bv the printing-house door, I think
that nobody in these days ot shoddy
can hammer out iron to wear as it
wore. The tramp who abused it, the
devil who used it the comp who got
at it, when these two wero gone; the
make-up ;uid foreman, the editor, poor
man, each rubbed some grime off
while they put a heap on. In, over,
and under, 'twas blacker than thunder,
'twas harder thau poverty, rougher
than sin; from the roller suspended, it
never was bended, but Happed on the
wall like a banner of tin. It grew
thicker and rougher, and harder and
tougher, and Jdaily put on a more
inkier hue; until one windy morning,
without any warning, il fell to the
floor and was broken in two. Bnr
detU. A discovery of a largo dejwsit of
magnetite ot fine quality has been
made on the Antler River, about one
hundred miles northwest of Port
Arthur.
ADVfCK TO MOTHERS.
ilr.s. Wixslow's SooTnrxo Sykup
should always be used for children
teething. It hoothes the child, softens
the gums. allay: nil 'pain, cure.-, wind
clmlicand is Hit best remedy fordiar
rhoa.T wenty-five cents a bottle.
HYDROPHOBIA ATTACKS ABRIDE.
A MnltiMe of Pleasure Seeiers
AlaraeOyLiEutniiis.
GOV. JIILL TO It VHESItiKSX.
Special by The U.viteu Peiss.
New York, July G. The latest
patient at the hydropobia hospital, is
a bride of but a month. She was
Afiss Robiuson, of Cincinnati, and is
now Airs. Robert D. Stone. Her hus
band said to-day: ''On Wednesday
nigbt iu the sleeping car. she confided
in me for the first time, that she had
been bitten by a pet dog abont a
month ago.
The dog, she said, had disappeared
on the following morning, and though
she had kept the matter secret, she
believed that tho canine was mad. She
acted very strangely and twice when
I attempted to kiss her, sho bitat
me.'' The young wife, who is decid
edly pretty, is very much worried
over her condition.
A SIXGUliAIt ST0K32.
Curious Action of tlie Liihttiiii
and tlie "IVatcr.
Special to Tiir Astokiax. J
New York, July 6. During the tre
mendous showers at Asbnry park hiit
night, thousands of people on the
beach and at tho Hops, were much
alarmed by the remarkable freak of
the lightning. The fluid struck a
bunch of telegraph, telephouo and
electric light wires at the junction of
Cookman, Kingley aud Asbnry aven
ues. The wires were broken and fell
across tho street
Amid a dazzling glare, a few min
utes afterwards, balls ot iiro dropped
from the wires overhead, on crowds of
people who were passing beneath, and
many slight injuries were sustained
from the shock. One New York wo
man and her child stepped on some of
the fallen telegraph wires, aud were
unable to move away. Men from the
large hotels near by, ran to her assist
ance. D. L. Robbins otNew York,
was thrown down and considerably
hurt.
About the same lime, a large por
tion ot the board walk at Asbnry
pavillion, on tho beach, sauk through
the saud to tho water beneath, leaving
a hole ten feet square, where a mo
ment before hundreds of people were
passing. Tho sinking promenade gave
a slight, but sufficient warning, and
no serious injuries resulted. The
cause of the accident arose from the
enormous crowds, and terrible strain
upon tho piling by tho unusually
heavy breakers.
xiua foic I'nj-smi'.r,':'.
His Casual IVoiutnatiei: by ITSrs.
Hendricks.
Special to Thk AsTOttiAX.i
IxdiaxapoeiIS, Ind., July G. "Mrs.
Hendricks, the New York World un
derstands you have nominated gover
nor Hill for the next president,' was
the remark addressed to that lady by
a representative ot the World to-day.
She smiling replied: "Well, T do
not know to what yon refer, but I sup
pose it has somethiug to do with the
brief visit that the governor paid the
day my husband's monument was
unveiled."
"Yes, madam, several reports of that
conversation arc in circulation. One is,
that you told the governor you hoped
ho would 'either get there' or 'get il,'
referring to the next presidency.'
"No, 1 did not say that Of course
the conversation was one of those
light and running affairs wc all indulge
iu at times, without measuring our
words, or think very much of what we
ac saj ing. There were j-evenil others
m m pciil r bcsideo governor Ihll,
aid m the conversation that
sprung up, many prominent men and
public measures were discussed.
Air. Cleveland was referred to and one
of the gentlemen remarked, he did not
seem to be an out and out Democrat,
that he catered too much to the mug
wump element While governor Hill
did not seem altogether to endorse
this view of Mr. Cleveland';; character
by anything he said, I inferred from
his general demeanor and an occa
sional word, that he held this same
view. There was a brief pause in tho
conversation at this home and I said
iu a laughing way 'Well, governor
Hill, unless you can beat him for the
nomination yon will suffer iu ray good
opinion.' "
Continuing, Mrs. Hendricks said,
"I did not mention Mr. Cleveland's
name, but of course I meant him.
The entire part' doubtless held this
view, although general Sickles spoke
of him several times m the very
kindest manner and so did governor
Hill. There was nothing said by any
ono present that might not have been
said to Mr. Cleveland's face."
"Mrs. Hendricks do you staud by
what you said then?"
'Oh, yes, why shouldn't I?"
Advertising Contract.
Geo. M. Miller has made a contract
to advertis3 Lane county, through the
agency of L&& & Thomas, Chicago,
for twelve months. He pays the sum
of S4,793. Tho advertisement to run
in nineteen religious weeklies in Illi
nois, Missouri, Indiana, Tenuesseg
and Georgia, with a combined circula"
tion of 200,000. Eugene Guard.
Victory for an Insurance Comply
S. S. Coxovki:, Agt,. N irtliwpstern
Mutual Life Insurance Co.. of Manistee,
Mich.,says: "I had rheuinatis h twenty
years; use I crutches ten years. From
the use of powerful liniments my hip
and knee had lost nearly all .slrehyth.
Uibbard's Rheumatic Syrup has cured
me, and I wish to herald to all. the
merits of the wonderful medie'iiv. For
sale by ,1. W. Conn.
Sore Mioiittli'r Curnl.
Charles A, Stiles, ISO Carroll at, Buf
falo, N. Y., writes:
I have been a clerk In the Continen
tal Hotel, corner Exchange and Michi
gan streets, for some years, and tirst
usedAr.i.cocK'sPoRUs I'lastkus three
years ago for a sore .shoulder. I fell
down stairs and got a terrible -wrench
and bruise. For several weeks I suf
fered acute pain in the shoulder joint
and, getting no relief, or only tempo
rary, from numerous liniments, I put
on an Ataxock's Pokus I'lastkk;
kept it on for two or three weeks and
my shoulder wa well. They alho
cured me ium.x weeks of a most obsti
nate form of dyspepsia."
A SJIAIjIj matter
For "VTliicIi to Imprison a Prom
imcut Man.
Special to The A stomas.
New York, July G. Sidney Pou
kett, a young English actor, the ac
credited American representative of
Mrs. James Brown Potter andKyrle
Bellow, was arrested Thursday night
and is now a prisoner in jad, for non
payment of a "Coleman house" board
bill. It is not on account of tho bill,
according to the proprietor, that he
was arrested, but for attempting to
escape its payment by surreptitiously
removing his baggage and taking up
his residence at tho Manor house.
Boukett, however, strenuously de
nies that ho removed his baggage, or
that he had any intention oE defraud
ing. The reason for his leaving, he
asserts, was that he could not pay the
bill and he did not desire to increase
it by remaining. The demand in
dispute is S12. Boukett, when seen
by a reporter, said he was actiug for
Mrs. Potter and expected to receive
$200 from her on June 30. The
money did not arrive and as ho had
put off the payment ot the bill for a
week, he decided to take up his resi
dence at a friend's house until he
could pay it
He denied that his baggage had
been removed, and said he had taken
away only a small satchel from the
hotel, containing only some grease
paint he used in making np for his
part in "A Forgone Conclusion."
Ho has played with Margaret Mather
and has taken leading part in several
well known plays.
r2KI A HEART VR.
IjOsJ His IjiTe iu Saving Others.
Special to The Astoki vx.
WiTCKESBAKitE, Pa., July G.- John
Moody, colored, wa3 drowned in tho
Snsqnehauna river to-day, while try
ing to save a child from drowning.
Moody had put two little children
who wero iu his charge into a boat
and was pushing the boat around to
amuse the little ones, when ono of
them fell overboard. Moody jumped
in but being a poor swimmer, was
caught by an eddy and carried down.
His body was afterwards found stand
ing upright in tho water with out
stretched arms. Tho child was saved
by one of a number of men, who saw
the accident
STORIES OF CANNIBALISM.
Dead Viciims of tlie Famine De
yonrea liy Snrriyors.
STiuicixa Ttoxnox I'onicE.wnx.
Special liyTho IKitko Poss
Loxdox, July G. Advices havo
reached Cairo that the famine which
has for some lime past prevailed in
Soudan is increasing rapidly. Thous
ands of natives are without food of
any kind aud it is reported that thcro
havo been a number of deaths from
starvation. Happening with reports
of this dreidful state of affairs, come
horrible stories of cannibalism, which
is also said to !)." on the iucrc;ise.
It was reported not long ago that
the dead were boingcatcn by the fam
ished survivors, but present advices
represent mat lers as still worse. It is
now asserted that large numbers of
men, women and children were delib
erately put to death, that they might
serve as food for their frenzied com
panions. Relief has been extended to
these unhappy jieople as far as jjos
sible, but not sufficiently to allay Hie
terrible suffering in the interior settle
ments, which are beyond reach.
I5i: I.tStfJJON ,I.ICX".
insurrection in 'I'JicIr Kanlts.
S e.dl 'eTin: Astouixx J
Loxdox, July G. Oa Saturday
night, tho metropolitan police of
Bow street division, refused to per
form their duly, because one of their
number had been removed to another
division, for agitating grievances of
the force. Subsequently the constable
was reinstated in his old division, and
tho policemen returned to work, with
tho exception of forty-nine who still
refused to perform duty. These latter
were suspended to-day. Tho others
worked to-night and were hooted by
tlie crowds in the streets.
A Hit of History.
There is a certain young man of our
acquaintance who nevermore will brag
abont how his mother cooked, nor en
deavor to leach his young wife how
the domestic affairs of the house
should be run. The other day the
young benedict's mother sent over to
his wife sundry articles of consump
tion, among which was a mince pie.
Tho young wife quietly put the pie
one side, determined to teach her
spouse a lesson. That day at din
ner, after partaking ot the sub
stantial, Benedict inquired what
thay had for dessert "Mince
pie," was the prompt response
"A mince pio is a good way in which
to use up the bits." Then there was
a sniff, and when the pie was produced
it was received in a very disparaging
f ashion, and madame sat quietly and
heard a good deal of fun made of "her
pie." Finally, when tho victim had
sufficiently complicated himself, she
sweetly inquired whether 'your
mother ever made such a pie?" and
received an emphatic and scornful
denial. "But your mother mado this
pie." Then there was a dnll thud.
Ho deserved all he got, and now eats
everything else that is put before him
without refcrenco to how his mother
cooked.
'ainsAcfies
PROMPTLY CURED BY
Maywood, Kans.,
suffered two vears
with fain In ay side;
Wr' aOTs
JIH'IITiinc? i
VkSIAVhJW
i ' r- uociors iauea u uyp
v-' f 111 mSt.JaciJSQllqurM
S WW ne: nd'roUirn.of pain.
P. LEMMON.P.iL
iiLW-0 l? WP "$ trfeOSer
SS W&P3 tbont obu&lS relfo Ts
thau a half-bottle'of SDJacobsOillairedrae,
JOHNT7.SHEAFER:
GENERAL GRIERSON RETIRES.
An Arizoiiiairs Opinion on Apacle
Difficulties in Mexico,
S.Wj:i JIY A. JBRsLrJC JTAX'S ACT.
Special by Tho Uxited Press.
Sax Fraxcisco, July 6. General
Grierson, who is in command o the
department of Arizona, division of the
Pacific, arrived in the city yesterday
from Los Angeles, under orders from
General Miles. Both General Miles
and General Grierson were seen to
gether last night, when it was learned
from the latter that he would retire
from active service next Tuesday.
This will be a surprise to General
Grierson's friends and to the army in
general, as tho matter has been kept
very quiet
General Grierson received his
promotion to tho rank of brigadier
general at the time of General Miles'
recent elevation to the rank of major
general, ho then being the senior
colonel in the army. He retires on
three-quarter pay. With regard to his
successor, General Miles could give no
information. General Grierson re
turned to Los Angeles to-day.
THE WILD APACHES.
Opinion of an Arizona Cattle
Man.
Special to Thk Astoiuax.
Sax Fraxcisco, July 6. C. M.
Brace, one of the managers of the
Babacanian Cattle Co., of southern
Arizona, is in tho city. Our govern
ment having just come to an agree
ment with the Mexican minister at
Washington, by which "United States
troops may hereafter pursue hostile
Apaches into Mexico, the reporter in
terviewed Brace as to the effect of this
agreement on the situation in Arizona.
"I have been living in Arizona for
ten years," said he, "and I left thero
only a few days ago for a short visit
to San Francisco. I sometimes think
the least said about the outrages
which, our Arizona people have to sub
mit to, in connection with
this Apache question, the better.
As long as our government insists
on the policy of maintaining a lot of
savages in the midst of a civilized
community, what he can say or do
will result in no permanent good. Tho
effect of the agreement which I seo
communicated at length in the dis
patches, will be to give tho military
authorities tho right to pursue the
Apaches that havo been depredating.
lately vx Arizona, into about tne wild
est and most inaccessible region on
this continent. It was there that
Captain Lawton captured Geronimo.
Wo do uot have a Lawton in tho
United States army every day, how
ever, to pursue these Apaches, and it
is difficult to say whether the permit
which tho Mexican government has
given our troop3 to cross tho border
will result in the capture ot these ren
egades." "But according to tho statements of
tho military, thero are only a handful
of renegades of the reservation. W hat
do you know about this?" asked the
reporter.
"Well, there is a great difference
you know, between citizens and au
thorities, as to the number of Indians
that aro supposed to bo off their reser
vation. I saw it stated in tho news
papers sometime ago, that general
Miles said there were only seven or
eight renegades out Of these wore
the notorious 'Kid' and his fellow
murderers, who after killing sheriff
Reynolds, escaped from the civil au
thorities. "If general Miles really made this
statement, I can only say that I am
sorrv his sources of information on
Arizona are inaccurate and mislead
ing. Soon after Hardy was killed,
sheriff Slaughter, a man of high
character and veracity, and sheriff of
Cochise county, went at once to the
port of Sonora, to which Hardy's
murderers had fled, to ascertain if pos
sible their number. I had an inter
view with him in Tombstone, the day
he returned. He told me ho saw tho
trail of at least fifty Indians in Cajon
Bonita canyon, and that he saw the
trail ot twenty Indians, which led
from tho north and evidently from
San Carlos reservation. There is no
reason to doubt Slaughter's state
ment" A BRAVE ACT.
Four Children and mother
Saved.
Special to The Astoriak.1
Sacramento, July 7. A fire last
night destroyed a small house oc
cupied by Robert White, a saloon
keeper. Mrs. White had just put her
four children to bed and had gone to
another room to get them a drink of
water, when a lamp in the bedroom
exploded and the burning oil covered
tho floor. Sho ran out crying "Mur
der," and then ran back into the room
where the the children were and
fainted. A neighbor named Carter
ran in and dragged the mother out,
and then saved the children. It was
a daring act, as half a minuto more
would havo seen them destroyed.
One of tho children was an infant
Tho house was destroyed and the
family lost all they had. "
Mexico is All Right.
Special to The Astoriax.1
San Antonio, Texas, July G. James
L. Trueheart, special Mexican agent
of the international exposition fair
association, returned last evening from
the City of Mexico. While there he
had many interviews with president
Diaz, who repeatedly expressed his
friendly sentiment toward the United
States. He was especially pleased
with the action of the Texas and
national authorities, in tho matter of
the recent raids on tho border of New
Leon, and said that he felt disposed to
do something in requittal. He will
personally supervise the share of
Mexico in tho exposition, and will
write letters to the various executives
of the Mexican states, urging their
co-operation.
A Chicago paper is responsible for
the statement that a St Louis woman
went to her door the other day and
brought in what she supposed was
the family piece of ice and that this
proved to be only a hailstone which
1 had fallen a few minutes before.
SYNDICATE PURCHASES.
True Inwardness or Tbese Financial
Enterprises.
FZ.OA.TXXG A GOOD XJ11XG XX
X,OXJ)OX.
Story of the Broker, the Promoter, and
the Titled Board of Directors.
"Written for the San Francisco Chtonicle.
A very common foreign dispatch or
domestic piece of news during the past
twelve or eighteen months has run
something as follews:
"A syndicate of English capitalists
has formed for the purpose of buying
up works of such and such a city."
Sometimes instead of a city it is a
collection o cities or a state, or even
the whole country, while as for the in
dustry "syndicated" it has run from
iceworks to railroads, from mines to
elevators and from electric-light plants
to publishing houses. In fact, every
thing purchasable in the United States
seems at some time or other to have
had an irresistible attraction for the
British "capitalist" As a matter o
fact, however, it is not the coin of the
"moneyed men" of tho "right little,
tight little island" that has been put
into the various American properties,
if it has been pnt at all, but that of
tne saving class, while the original
movement, the initiative, has always
come from this side of the water.
Take the imaginary case of the fruit
canning establishments of San Fran
cisco being in the market Tho first
person to appear on the scene would
bo some smart man, ono of these busy
pushing fellows ot brokerish habits
who are always on the lookout for auy
means of making a good commission.
They are tho advance agents so to
speak, of the greatest syndicate on
earth, and their methods are in many
ways similar to the advance agents of
other great shows. Thev visit the
newspapers, havo their presence in
town properly aunonnced, say some
thing' about the new enterprise if
they are not local men and post them
selves as thoroughly as possible on the
financial condition otthe enterprises
which they are about to work upon.
Then, when "Mr. Isador Gould, the
trusted representative of a powerful
English syndicate," has attained the
proper amount of publicity, he calls up
on ono of the leading canners, says he
understands there is an inclination on
the manufacturer's part to dispose of
his business provided a good prico can
bo secured for it, and dilates on tho
advantages of putting it on the Lon
don market, speaks of his connections
thero and concludes by asking for a
confidential inspection ot their books
and an option on the purchaso prico
asked. If ihc canner agrees, he allows
tho agent to make out a statement ot
the condition, revenue, etc., of tho busi
ness, and grants tho option of sale
for ninety days or six months, or what
ever the terra agreed upon may be.
Next ho proceeds to another canner,
tells his story afresh except that
this time lie adds the powerful argu
ment that ho has already secured an
option on Mr. So and So's business
and so goes around until he has
gained a refusal on all the properties.
This makes the first step in syndicate
operations.
The next is to go to London, En
gland, and put himself in communica
tion with what is known as a promoter,
and hero is where the broker's first
real difficulties begin. London is
overrun with with "promoters," and
unless tho enterprising agent is
thoroughly posted or has the right
kind of introduction aud recommenda
tions it will go hard with him. A
letter from a London correspondent,
Annie Wakenian, which appeared in a
recent Sunday issue, tells the story in
picturesque fashion of Avhtit happens
to tho syndicate seeker who goes to
the modem Babylon without the nec
essary decuments:
"He had a good thing, he had," says
the story teller in the letter, "and ho
seomed to think the streets would all
be blocked up the next morning with
capitalists who were afraid they'd be
too late to get his enterprise. 'Bless
yon, my dear woman,' said my lively
friend, 4ho came in the next day from
the city with such a bewildered look
on his face he roused my pity.
He had gone to one or two bankers,I
was told, and they had refused to see
him without satisfactory introductions.
Then he got into the hands of tho
hangers-on who tell you they own
London, and yet don't know where
their next meal is coming
from. They are always on tho look
out for the ambitions Americans who
have 'good things to unload.' They
call themselves promoters and finan
ciers, and they get hold of your papers,
and they say they'll get up a syndi
cate that is tho -word that settles it
Everybody loves a syndicate and
then yon wait They talk in myster
ious tones of their principals. Mys
tery is their stock in trade, and they
give yon to understand in the most
portentous manner possible that any
attempt to penetrate for a few dajs
into the secret of the syndicate will
be followed by a financial crash that
would shake the pillars of the bank of
England. Patience, they say, one of
the parties to tho scheme is off for
Russia. He'll be back day
after to-morrow. In the mean
time they are hawking your papers
all over Loudon, going to the offices
of men a little higher than themselves
in the financial world. These in their
turn wait, hat in hand, at tho door of
somebodi a little more important
than themselves, and so your by this
time well known papers advance step
by step until they may finally get in
the hands ot somebody who "has tho
financial strength to carry throngh a
heavy matter. They seldom do got
there, and if they do thero are so
many middlemen to be paid and the
man at the top of the stairs wants
such a slice for himself that there is
nothing left for yon who have brought
the proposition over to take back with
you."
Supposing, however, that the broker
has tho good fortnno to know a pro
motor of the poorest stamp. He then
unbosoms himself of a story of which
the following are the peints: That he
has secured an option for six months
on all the canneries of San Francisco
for 2,730,000; that these canneries
embody tho controlling interest of one
of the great industries of California
and of the golden west; that the in
dustry is a constantly increasing one; -that
it is practically without oppo
iion west of tho Rocky mountsiM;
that as it is the aggregate.,
profits on the various concerns is- ao
and so, and that if nut under one-
controlling head their profits -vrotdd,
surely rise so much more; and finally
and here lies the most interesting
part of the communication there is
no reason why the united canneries of
the golden west should not be floated
that is, put on the market for
33,000,000, the difference between the
price to bo paid the canners aria the
price to be asked from the British
public representing tho contingent fee -of
tho promoter and agent
The proprietor figures a little, and,
then makes out the following state
ment: Yalue of canneries, say 3,000,000, oa
which interest (sure of 10 per cenfc)caa.
be looked for S300.000, this to be paid
to subscribers in the three following
divisiens:
On 100,000 of G per cent debenture
(mortgage) bonds, 60,000.
On 1,000,000 of 8 percent preferred
shares, 80,000.
On 1,000,000 of ordinary shares say
10 per cent, 160,000. Total, $300,000.
The computation of course, -would
be made in English pounds ster
ling, but the calculation in dollars
will be clearer to tho C7ironiaU
readers. It must be explained
hero, too, that in England "un.
der tho companies' act the is
suance of different kinds of stock is al
lowed, while in California there is no
such legal thing as preferred and com
mon stock. The interest on the de
benture and preferred shares is guar
anteed tho subscribers, while that on,
the ordinary shares is not, as it is from.
tins tnat tne wording expenses are
drawn. The first line of shares is gen
erally taken by the gentlemen who are
"let into the good thing" by ther pros
moter, while the rest are absorbed trj
the general public, by the little peopi
the farmers, widows and that excee
ingly numerous class which, in Grea
Britain, is constantly looking for some-J
thing to put its "little bit of spare coin
in, you know."
If tho aspect is satisfactory tho pro
moter goes to ono or two "friends in
the city," men of means and of a
financiering turn of mind, enlists them
with a spirit and enthusiasm which
aro a revelation to the broker and get
them to put their names down for
10,000, and 5,000 and 1,000 until
the better part of the first millions
underwritten for, the use of the money
and their names being paid for at the
rate of 20 per cent or something
about that figure, while they are also
offered the security of the debenture
stock in the new company.
A working capital being thus ce
curcd, the promoter then engages a
"chartered accountant," an expert
holding his commission from the
government, a bloodless, nnimpas
sioned man, perfectly correct, nnr
prejudiced and reliable. He is sent
over to San Francisco, and when here
makes himself at home with every
detail of tho business which is to be
the soul and body ot the syndicate,
and then, when fully posted, goes
back home and makes hla report If
it bears out what the agent has sai
tho promoter and confreres go bravel;
ahead. The united canneries of thi
golden west takes to itself some sor
of form and a directory i3 formed
Scotch baronet for the figurehead,
retired colonel and a few well knov
capitalists are gained by the promise o,
1,000 a year and nothing to do for it
except to sit at a few meetings during
the year and now and then sign a
document. ,
Then tho literary and stationery de
partment of the enterprise receives at
tention. Glowing circulars and radi
ant prospectuses are gotten up; allur
ing advertisements are prepared; sub
scription books and stock certificates
aro printed, and everything is ready
for the grand attack. But first the vw
derwriters are sent around to, and
their checks for the subscribed
amounts asked for. With these in
hand there is nothing more to wait for.
The circulars and prospectuses aro
sent to an address bureau, which
makes it a rule to keep com
plcto lists of everybody likely to
invest in any kind of security:
the advertisements are sent to the
newspapers and the subscription books
aro placed. According to the Eng
lish plan but little time is allowed to
elapse between flooding the whole
country with information and open
ing the subscription books. One day
every man in the United Kingdom will
learn of the chance to make his for
tune by investing in the United Can
neries of the Golden West, and on the
second day thereafter the subscription
books will have opened and be closed,
and the golden opportunity will have
passed away forever.
If tho enterprise has been properly
worked there will be no trouble abont
the subscriptions except to regulate
the supply of stock. Should the
United Canneries have been managed
with due Ingenuity and push, the sub
scriptions will come pouring in at
such a rate that letters of regret will
have to be sent out and a distribution
pro rata made. Many of the sub
scribers will buy, of course, only to
deal in them, to buy and sell in specu
lation, just as wo do here in any min
ing stock, or as they do in the east in
railway shares. Into the details of
the speculative part of the enterprise
it is not necessary to enter here Suf
fice it to say that if the floating is suc
cessfully done the promoters will un
load or hold on to their assured stock
just as they feel inclinedj while the
subscriptions to the ordinary stock
will run far ahead of the needed
amount Then agents of the new
company will be sent over here to look
after its affairs, the money will be.paid
to the canners, the agents and pro
moters will have a clean up and every
body will be happy.
If, however, there is a hitch in the
proceedings the termination will not
be so pleasant Tlie agent will then1
be out and injured, and the promoter
and underwriters will have all they
can do to sauare themselves on t,h -v-:
partial subscriptions which have not
been paid up in full and which cannot -be
called for.
Many details have necessarily been- - ;
omitted in the story here told, but
Porter rt"T-Vl lri tsstv rt!j.LH.1 11 . i
iiik.ui;uuui;uuinu uccu luuuaueu lOe c r4t
reauer io snow mm mac tna Jc;ngnsa
syndicate which sends its millions otoc
here to invest in American enterprises
is a romance, and that the broker, pro
moter and underwriters have no easy
task in forming and floating a synoi
cate which mainly exists in the imaging
ation.
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