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VOL. XXXV, NO 10.
ISSUKANCK-
INSURANCE
Fire and Marine and Li IV
VAN DUSEN & CO., Ag'ts,
ASTORIA, OR.,
Ot Hie Following Reliable Foreign unl
Uouie Companies :
laverpool and Loudon and Globt. Noith
lUltlsh and Mercantile. Scottish Union kiuI
National. Hartford of Connecticnt. 0immer
cud of California. Ixndon ami Lancashire (
Ltrtrpool, Commercial Union of Iondon.
CunraUu or London. Northwest of Portland.
Mutual life of New York.
rnmpt,Ubcral Adjustments Guaranteed
1 . W . GAS K
Insurance Agent.
REPRESENTING
California Marine Ins. Co., S. F.
Celumbla Fira ml Marine Ins. Co.,
Portland.
Home Mutual Instance Co., S. F.
Phosnix of London.
Imperial of London.
Robb & Parker,
AGENCY OH
firo and Mar ne Insurance,
n ith n Agreato Capital of
370,000,000
lill'MtlAl.. of London.
CALIFORNIA. if California.
CONNECTICUT, of Hartiord.
Oakland UO.m k, of Oakland
LION, of London.
FIKKM AN'S FUND, of California.
QUEEN, of London.
MAKKETS.
Washington Market.
vats trert, Aitorla, OrcROH.
CHKISTEaSEV Ji CO.. rR0PKfETRS.
K1
KS1'CI FULLY CALL THE ATTEN-
uf the nubile to the fact that the
kUOTO Market will always be supplied with a
MILL VAlKKTY AND BEST QUALITY
FRESH AND CURED MEATS ! !
Wtiicu will be sold at lowest rates, whole
sale &iid retail.
UPSpeclAl attention given to supplying
Udp.
STAR MARKET.
WHERRY fc COMPANY,
Fresh and Cured IK eats,
FRUITS, BUTTER, and EGGS.
OPPOSITE OCCIDENT HOTEL,
rKKXAMI't Mirret. Atiterla, Or.
Roadway Market.
Oiflara A: Install, Propr's.
Opposite Foard & Stokes.
A Hrst-Class Meat Shop.
Fresh and Salt Moats.
All Purchase Delivered In any part of tho
City.
0. E. BAIN,
Jdaimfaetmt-r ami Dealer in
Sali, Doors, Mouldings
ami Brack -ts. '
tl; Iti..! ,vf ;i . Woo and
nu : itf -iiltis: Lumber
BOAT MATERIAL A SPECIALTY.
Wood Turning.
Cor. (icHetifYi anU Astor Streets.
.srmiA, - - Oregon.
MrMoiiefsffoi
I W II iT Mill GET AT
Foard & Stokes
Groceries
Provisions.
KT)'dn in h Flrst-elaaa Store
and at
Extremely Low Figures.
Goods Delivered all oyer Town.
Ti.rHIfhost Price Pali tor Junk.
FOARD it STOKES
Thompson & Boss
Carry a Full Line of
Choice Staple and Fancy
Groceries.
Give Us a Call ami Be Ctflvincid.
The Indiana Paint Shop.
C. U. CUTBIRTH. Prop'r.
Cf. Third and Main Sts., Astoria.
PAINTER AND QRAINER.
Paper Hanging a Specialty.
"Work executed with Neatness and Dls-
F.H.SURPRENANT&CO.,
-County Coroner.
Tint Clftst Undertaking
ESTABLISHMENT.
Hew Styles. Caskets sad funeral material
Xext tO A.6T0KIAN eSce.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
Tuts powder uerei vanes, A marvel of
,.urlty, itreiiictli and wuolesomeuess. More
economical than the ordinary kind". and can
not lto sold in fompftition with the multi
tude of low test. short weight, alum or phos
phate powders. .Sold nnlu In cait. Un v a i.
RAKING I'OWDKII C. tOT. V'atl-s!.. N. .
Lkwis M. Johnson & Co . Agents, rwi
btnd.iegoii. C. P. Upshur,
Shipping and Commission Merchant
olal ii St. Wharf, Astoria. Oreju
SPECIALTIES:
Cannery Supplies
Barbour's Salmon Net Twines.
NEPTUNE Brand Salmon Twine.
WOODHKHKY Cotton Lines ami Twine
SEINES and NETTING
of all ncrlpllou Furnished at
Factory Pi lees.
FIRE INSURANCE
Effected in First Class Companies,
Uepieseuttn ttl3.oO0,HM
PIKKMX,.
HOME, ..,
.llartfottl. Conn
.....New Yoik.
Agency Pacific Kxpresg and Wells. Fargo & t'o.
E. P. NOONAN & CO.
(Successes to)
J". 3P. TTynes,
DKALKItS IN-
G-roceries Produce.
Water street. Astoria, Oiegon.
TKLKPIIOXK NO. 7. P. O. ItOX SOU
TMelseo, Lester & Anita,
CIVIL ENGINEERS,
Surveyors and Architects.
Offick, Room 9, Flayki.'s lii.u'n
SECOND STREET
P. O. Box 813. AVrOKfA. OK.
PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY!
There Is no occasion Tor the hum faMidi
ous of our citizens to scn.l to Portland m
San Francisco for
Custom Made Clothes
As they can get Better Fits. i: u.-i ort.
manship. and for less Ho:u-j
By Leaving their Orders with -n a.n;
New Goods by Every Steamer.
Call and see him and vitKiv ineir.
P. J Meany. iiiihui imtoi
I. W. Case.
IJAINKKK.
Transacts a General Baukiug Business
Drafts drawn available in ni patt of Un-
U. S. and Europe, and on noiig Koiij;, rhiua
Ofkick Ilouits : 10 a. i. to 3 I. M.
Oid Fellows Doii.ntxo. Attorui. Oregon.
Morgan & Sherman
GROOEHS
And Dealers In
I
Special Attention Clvon to Filling
Of Orders.
A FULL LINE CARRIED
And Supplies furnished t Satis
factory Ternnt.
Purchases delivered In any part of the nt
Office and Warehouse
In Hume's New Building on Water HtreeL
P. O. Box 153. Telephone No 37.
ASTORIA, Oltr.CJO
John G. Dement.
J)RUCGIST.
Successor to W. E. Dement & Co.
Carries Complete Stocks of
Drugs and Druggists' Sundries.
PrescrlpUoBi CarerRlty I onipeuBiIcd.
Agent tor
Mexican Salve and
Norwegian Pile Cure
$&TjPfu?ider'$
i(p&60NP01)pUfi&.
&&&& USEITl
IT 18 THE IDE AIi MEDICIHE.
It routes the Liver and Kiilncj s ami Stomach,
Cures ll.a4arhe. Dvspepsia, crc:itcs an Appc
tite. Purifies the Impure Blood, and
Makes The "jVeak Strontr.
!T
UMd everywhere. flabottlessixforfS-
Cannery
Siplies
WELCOME, WYOMING.
The Forty-Fourtli Star oe tbe Ban
ner of the Union.
REPORT J'OJi 8 HOURS WORK.
'ioeial by The United Pais.
"Washington, July 10. The presi
dent to-day sent to the senate the fol
lowiugnoruinalions: CoLBoekmanDu
Barry, assistant commissary general
of subsistence, to be commissary gen
eral of subsistence with the rank of
brigadier general.
Postmasters California, Lewis O.
Sharp, Madeira; Idaho, Charles At,
Warduor.
The Journal AVas Corrected.
Special to Tub Astoria.
"Washington, July 10 In the house
to-day representative Enloe, of Ten
nessee, asked to have tho journal cor
rected in that it recorded that on a
certain vote ho was present and not
voting. He was not present any time
during that vote.
Rogers, of Arkausas, made this tho
text for an attack on speaker Reed.
A few days ago the house had listened
to homilies on a free ballot and n fair
count. Why, a fair count could not
bo obtained even in tho house. Ho
then proceeded to quote from, and
comment on, speaker Reed's article in
the North American Review on
"Contested Elections." He regarded
the article as an apology for tho elec
tion committee. Commenting on tho
fact Uiat recently seated members
voted for tho federal election bill, he
said he was reminded of the Scriptural
quotation 'well done, thou good and
faithful servant, enter thou into the
service of the Lord," pointiug to the
speaker. The jonrnal was then
amended as suggested by Enloe.
THC SILVER BILL..
Tbc Senate Lilsteun to the Voice
of the People.
Special toTiiK AsroaiAN.l
WASHncoTON, July 10. Late this
afternoon president Harrison signed
the act admitting "Wyoming, the forty
fourth state in the Union.
41114.
Wyoming Comes In As tlie Forty
Fourth State.
Special to THK AbTOKIAN.
Washikgtox, July 10. The senate
has adopted the conference commit
tee's report on the silver bill. The
question came up this afternoon, and
thelvote stood, ayes 89, noes 2G.
The senate caucus was in session
ta-night discussing tho question of
taking up the river aud harbor bill le
foro the tariff bill, also the order of
discussing the tanlT'TJill and-election
bill. At 11:15 o'clock the caucus was
still in session, with no prospect of an
early adjournment, aud what conclu
sion, if any was reached, cannot be
stated.
THEY OBJECT.
Trouble Anions Virginia Repub
licans. Special to TlIK ASTORIAN.l
Washington, July 10. Tho Vir
ginia Republican state commissioner
to-day passed resolutions declaring
that they will not participate, and ad
vising all self-respecting Republicans
to forbear from participating in any
election in the state, so long as the
same shall be conducted under the
foul election law of the Democratic
party, as now fraudulently adminis
tered. A Singular Resolution.
Spe.-l.il loTHR ASTOitr.!
Washington. July 10.--Mr. Wil
liams, of Ohio, introduced iu the houso
to-day the following rt solutien: ''Re
solved, that the presideut of the sou
ate and the speaker of the house of
representatives be authorized to close
the present session of the 51st congress
by adjourning their respective houses
on the 31st day of July. 1800." The
resolution was referred to the commit
tee on rules and has no especial signi
ficance. Eight Hours n. Government Day.
Speiial IoTiik Astokiax.1
Washington, July 10. The com
inittee on labor has reported favora
bly a bill constituting eight hours a
day's work for all laborers employed
by the government The committee
states that tho question of shortening
tho hours of labor is being considered
the world over, aud in the main work
men have succeeded in having the
hours reduced.
The Wheat Crop.
Special to Tuk Astoktan 1
Washington, July 10. The govern
ment crop report for June gives tho
condition of wheat as 76.2 against 78.1
last month. Spring wheat advanced
from 9L3 to 91.4. Taken together,
with the winter and spring, the wheat
makes an average of 82.1 instead of
84.1 last month.
FOREieN Intelligence.
Special by TukUxiikd Press.
Ottawa, Jnly 10. Lieutenant-colonel
Chater, commander of the Ar
gyle and Southerland Highlanders
says the regimont will bo taken home
from Hong Kong via the Canadian
Pacific road, it being desirable to test
that road as a militaryroute.
Noro MiotiltliT Cu r !.-
Charles A, Stiles, 180 Carroll st.. Unr
falo, N. T., writes:
"1 have been a clerk in the Continen
tal Hotel, corner Exchange and Michi
gan streets, for some years, and first
usedALLCOCK'sPoitus Plasters three
j-ears ago for a sore shoulder. I fell
down stairs and got a terrible wreir.li
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, 1 put
en an Axlcock's Porus I'lastkr;
kept it on for two or threo weeks and
my shoulder was well. They also
cured me in six weeks of a most obsti
nate form of dyspepsia."
All the patent medicines advertised
in this paper, together with the choicest
perfumery, and toilet articles ete, ran
Be bought at the lowest prices at J. W.
Conn's drug store, opposite Occident
hotel, Astoria.
ASTOKTA, OREGON,
THE SALSXOH PACK.
A Careful Review of the Busi
ness antlProvpccts.
Special to Tub Astociax.i
San Francisco, July 10. One of
the most prominent salmon puckers in
ths city was interviewed to-day. In
the course of his remarks he said:
Up to Juhe 15th there had been a
good pack on the Columbia river, es
timated at from 175,000 to 190,000
cases. The packing still continues,
but the market has softened for Co
lumbia river salmon, as good brands ;
are being sold now at from S1.20 to
SL35 f. o. b. The fishing ceases on
July 31st, according to law, and un
less the fish cease to run sooner, noth
ing can be told of the probable out
come until packing operations have
ceased. The expectation, however, is
that one of the largest packs that the
Columbia river has ever seen will be
put up.
On the contrary. Alaska reports are
discouraging. In first place, owing to
dullness prevalent in salmon, many
packers in Alaska have gone north with
the intention of only packing suffici
ent fish to fill tho cans that were left
over in 1889. This, of course will re
sult in a light p'ack in places. At
other points, however, fish arc not
running this year as well jis last, and
light packs are reported.
It must be recollected that iu some
points last year, fishing establish
ments had filled out to pack from
25,000 to 30,000 of salmon, and didn't
pack 1,000 cases, and it is not at all
improbable that tho Alaska pack will
be very short this year. A short pack
is expected on tho l?raeer river, tm this
is an off year, probably not more than
one third of last year's pack will bo
put up there.
British Columbia, altogether, will
will probably be good for 150,000
cases of salmon, but owing to the ex
ceedingly low prices of canned sal
mon, the outside points will probably
not pack this year. In Puget Sound
and the smaller rivers and bays in
Oregon and California, the output
will probably be very small. Alaska
fish, red salmon, are now quoted at 90
cents to SI per case. Some good
brands of spot outside fish, pale color,
last fall catch, have been sold as low
as 70 cents. This year is one that
will be very severe on Salmon pack
ers, and without question many es
tablishments will be closed up per
manently, and only the strongest nnd
wealthiest will be able to push through
the present year crisis. The statistical
position of salmon is bad enough, nnd
is accentrated by the disinclination of
banks to advance on salmon itself.
COI.OKr.D CATIIOMCN.
Resolutions Adopted by 'i'hcui.
Special to TlIK A.STOK1AN.
Cincinnati, Ohio. July 10. -At a
meeting of the colored Catholics in a
national convention, resolutions were
passed recommending that a night
.-chool be established for colored
children; that Catholic children bp
given a Catholic education; that labor
organizations be asked to admit
colored men; that employers make no
distinction of color; that a plan bo
prepared to assist in abolishing tho
African slave trade; that tko Sisters bo
assisted in educating colored orphans;
that industrial leagues be formed; that
young men form conferences of the
society of St Vincent and St Paul;
and that the thanks ot the cougress bo
tendered to Archbishop Ireland for hi3
efforts in behalf of the colored people.
The convention then adjourned, to
meet in Pliiladelphia January 5, 1892.
Kl'R.NT TOBACCO.
J A Very Expensive Smolfc.
SK-cl.ll to Tuk Astokian
Cincinnati, July 10. The Globe
j tobacco warehouse on Front street,
; betwee nViue and Race, owned by the
iRrooker A: Waterlicld Co.. w;w de
stroyed by tire thfc morning, and one
thousand hogsheads of tobacco were
i consumed. The loss is estimated at
SKW.ooo.
. A destructive Fire.
SH i.tl i.ri H4A-UOMAK.
j Atlanta, G:l, July lO.-The oil
j refinery of the Southern Cotton Seed
' Oil Works near here, was burned
this morning. Loss $100,000. Over
200,(MKI gallons of oil was released,
and ran in a stream towards the
water works of the city. The effect
on tho water is not ot known.
Supreme rC. of P. Officers.
Special to Tiik Astomax.
Milwaukee, July 10. Supreme
Lodge Knights of Pythias this morn
ing chose George R. Shaw, of Wis
consin supreme chancellor, aud W.
W. Blackwell, of Kentucky, supreme
vice chancellor.
Sending Gold To Europe.
Special to Tiik AsrouiAX.
New YoKK,July 10. One million
dollars in gold was taken for ship
ment to Europe to-day.
Many Fires Dae to Carelemc.
An account of tho fire which de
stroyed the Seatco Manufacturing
company's large plant at Bucodai
Wash., relates that a small spark of
fire was discovered on the dry kiln
roof, to which attention was imme
diately called,bnt for some unexplained
reason the hose could not be made to
work, and iu three minutes tho whole
structure was ablaze. Nothing could,
then be done to check tho
flames, and nothing was left of
the company's, whole outfit except
the hotel building. This illustrates
the folly of fire protection that docs
not protect A spark that might have
been extinguished with a pail of water
at the time of discoverv, was allowed
to develop into a S150JO00' fire while
tho firemen were fooling with the hose
that had got outof order. Itisnotonly
necessary to have stand-pipes, hose,
fire pumps, eta, but the apparatus
ought to be tested every day to see
that everything is all right and ready
for use at a moment's notice. Many
disastrous fires can be directly traced
to carelessness. Northwestern Lum
bering Journal.'
Tacoma Real Estate 1b Booming.
Special to The Astouian.!
Tacoma, Wash., July 10. Tho real
estate sales for the year are 83,227,
171.15, and for the last twenty-four
hours, $74,000.
FRIDAY. JULY U. IS!)0.
TEE CUfflIM CHINESE
Who Recently Triei to Cross tie
Bo, iu Lift.
THK COT,UjniI.L SAZ3I0X J'ACK.
S.-ocial by Tho UsrrEn Peess
SaxFiunctsco, July 10. Collector
Phelps this afternoon received a tel
egram from interpreter -Richards,
Phojuix, Arizona territory, stating
that tho twenty-four Chinese who re
cently attempted to cross tho border
have again been remanded and will
arrive here to-morrow night
Resisted the V.'rong Officer.
Special toTiiR AsroittAN.
San Fiuncisco, July 10. Thomas
Fenton, pecoud mato of the ship
Oriental, which arrived in port yes
terday from Tacoma, wa3 arrested
this morning for batterj'j vulgar
language and disturbing the peace,
lie had a dispute with a woman whom
he claimed has robbed him. She
denied his accusation, whereupon he
struck her. She blew a whistle and
the officers arriving, ordered him to
go about his business. He refused,
and when ono of them attempted to
arrest him he assaulted him, and re
ceived a good drnbbiug iu return from
the officer's club.
The Murderous Apaches.
Speelilto i'UK Astoii'ax
San Fuancisco, July 10. The
Apaches avIio murdered Robert Har
die of Los Angeles, ou May 24th, have
been heard Trom. They stole five
horses at the round up of cattle, be
longing to tho Head and Heart ranch.
The round up took placo in old
Mexico at a point about 80 miles be
low the border. Reacon fires of the
Indians are seen in the Serra Madro
range, but they have not been on the
plains for three weeks. As soon as
they make their appearance a hot pur
suit will be began, and continued un
til they are either captured or de
stroyed! Entirely too Summary.
Specl.il to Tuk Astoi:iax.J .
Butte, Mont, July 10. Tho print
ers on the Miner left their cases last
night, and demand tho discharge of
Galley and Hall, telegraph editors,
andlCloule, a proof reader, because
the men were objectionable. Being
refused, they went out. Tho matter
has bcenTeferred by wire to arbitrator
Pond, Indianapolis. The Miner was
not is3ued to-day, and may be obliged
to suspend two or three days.
uilty of manslaughter.
3pH?i.U to Tin: Astoiui.i
S vn Fuancisco, July 10. Tho jury
in the case of Benjamin Davis, who
tried to murder Lis wife in Jnly of last
year, this afternoon brought in a
verdict of manslaughter. Davis shot
his wife and told the neighbors she
had" suicided. This was thoroughly
disproved on the trial.
Census Enumerator Arrested.
Sj-eanl toTiiK AstoiiiaX.
San Fkaxctsco, July 10. -Thomas
J. Fitzimtrick, a United States census
enumerator, was arrested to-day for
neglect of duty. The re enumeration
of his district resulted in the discovery
of over six hundred more names. Fitz
patrick says he found the work too
laborious.
An Incomplete Census.
Sped ll to TlIK ASTOKIAX.
Taooha, Wask. July 10. The vari
ous offices opened for enrolling nnmes
of thoso missed in tho late census,
have been literally overruu with peo
ple, showing the careless work of the
enumerators. It is lielieved if the
total census for this city is kept open
until all can be taken, it will run over
42,000.
Suicide of a. Deserted Wife..
SpefLiI IoTiik AST(i::an.1
Oakland, July 10. Last evening
Mary Gilbcrs, a German woman, 40
yeara of age, committed suicide by
cutting her .throat and disemboweling
nerseJt witn a kniie. Tho woman's
husband left her about a week ago,
and fahe had been despondent and
drinking hard ever since.
Opposed to Early Closing.
Special to Tim astokiax.
Tacoma, July 10. Tho efforts tho
trades union lo Iijiva nil tlio hnainrau
houses close at 6 1. jr., havo proved a
iauure, tne retail merchants m all
branches of trado standing together
firmly against this last unreasonable
request of the union.
Assets and Liabilities.
Special to Tiik Astorian.1
San Fbancisco, July 10. Samuel
Carson and L. Currin Clark, defunot
booksellers, filed their petition in in
solvency to-day. The liability of the
firm amounts to S3G.000 and tho assets
are 20,000.
marine Intelligencer
Special to Tiik Astokian.j
San Francisco, July 10. Arrived
Steamer Citu of Puphln tmm v;n.
toria. Cleared Steamer 'Oregon, for
iisioriii aiiu j. oruanu.
Demand for Railroad Laborers.
It is staled authoritatively that
funds for the construction of a railroad
from Astoria to Portland have been
secured in London, and that within a
short time 3,000 men will be engaged
in building the line. The people of
Astoria are very jubilant Railroad
connection with Portland has long
been agitated by the people at tho
mouth of the Columbia It is proba
ble that in the future much of the
grain that has been shipped from Port
land .elevators will go to Astoria by
rail. The employment ot so many
men on the Portland-Astoria road will
create additional demand for un
skilled labor in the northwest At
present contractors complain that
they are unable to get all the mon re
quired to push construction. When
tho great northern lets its contract for
seventy-five miles from Seattle east, it
will be found that western Washing
ton has not nearly men enough to
meet tho greatly increased demand.
Seattle Press.
The sherrn of Santa -Clara, Cal.,
clears 54,000 a year from boarding
county prisoners.
BANKRUPTCY OF BRAZIL
Ttie RotoliMs Reinitiate Some
Royal Loans
WHICH THE REPUBLIC NEEDS.
Special by The United Pbes-j.
New York, July 10. It is expected
that the return of Archbishop Cor
rigan from Rome will be followed by
the general disciplining of Rev. Dr.
McGlynn's adherents. Dr. Burtzell
probably will bo the first sufferer. An
evening paper says: Rev. Dr. Curran,
formerly curate under McGlynn, Rev.
Dr. Ducey and several other priests
are on the list for discipline.
A MISSING OFFICER.
It is Feared That He Has- Been
Murdered.
Spejlal ioThe AsrOBiAN.l
Charleston, West Va, July 10
Detective J. W. Napier, better known
as "Kentucky Bill," has been missing
for several weeks. When last seen he
was at Racine, Boone county, and was
on his way to Logan county with the
avowed intention of arresting the Hat
fields, on a warrant charcinc them
with the murder of David Stallon, at
Brownstown. When he leftKenawaha
he promised to write to one of his
fnnds here, and although a letter has
been expected for fully two weeks it
lias not arrived. His friends fear that
he has been foully dealt with, and will
umer tigum uu Been auve, as 1C IS
known that the Hatlields have more
than once stated they will nover be
taken by him, although they havo ex
pressed a willingness to come down
and stand a trial, if any one else will
servo the warrants.
A BAD FINANCIAL FIX.
On the Verge of General Bank
ruptcy. Special to Tua Astouiax.i
New York, July 10. Private advices
from Rio De Janeiro say that it is gen
erally and openly stated there that
the Rothchilds will not pay the loan
made just before the fall of the mon
archy. They allege that there is no
government de jure; there is only a
government de facto, and that in the
restoration or any other change con
tracts mav be renudiatpd.
Ruy Berboss, secretary of the treas
ury, m a oau nx. xne new govern
ment has created, new debts and raised
tho salary-ofreverybody. The public
employes of the army and navy and
their own, which this country could
not pay without the loan. The for
eign interest has to be paid. Exchange
is very high andfinanciers do notknow
what to do.
ARMENIAN PAUPERS.
Swarming Over to Tkls Country.
Special to The Aktobiax.1
New York, July 10. The Mail
and Express prints some correspon
dence from Antioch, North Syria
The correspondent writes: "There is
another tremendous armv of Asmfcies
preparing to emigrate to the United
atates in autumn. These are Armen
ian paupers of tHg region re
turned to this country at tho
expense of Pennsylvania ehnrelips.
They are preparing to return in the
autumn again to test tne definite folly
of Americans. With the continual
grinding of poverty and the intolerable
milatary burdens and with the con
stantly increasing taxes, the great
masses of residents of western Asia
and northern Africa are determined
to go to the United States.
THE FESTIVE COWBOY.
They Amuse Themselves Shoot
ing tbe Wire.
Special to The Astoriax.1
Chicago, July 10. Every telegraph
wire on the Union Pacific near Sidney,
Nev., has been cut and all communi
cations with the west and Pacific
coast bythis main routo of tho West
ern Union has been completely
severed. A gang of cowboys visited
Sidney last night and subsequently,
rode out a few miles west and began
shooting at a target Tiring of this
they began firing at the insulators on
the poles, and only desisted when all
in the vicinity were broken and the
wires all down. Repairers have been
sent to the scene, and the wire will be
in working condition again by noon
to-morrow.
TRAIN RUN INTO.
Several Passengers Injured in
Jumping.
Special to Tub astokiax. j
Birmingham, Ala., July 10. As a
train bearing the Mississippi excur
sionists, who had been visiting mines
and furnaces here, was about leaving
-L JUIltl O UUUOUU wu ictuiu klip IU-UUV.
a locomotive ran around a curve, and
into the rear of tho train, caus
ing quite a smash-un. The
occupants of the train had warning
enougu to enaDie tnem to escape, but
in hurridly jumping from the cars, a
number of them had ankles sprained,
and sustained slight bruises. One
man had his ankle broken. The in
jured were brought here and cared
for.
A CURIOUS SUICIDE.
A Younf Woman Eats matches.
Special to Tub Astobiax.1
Ironton, Ohio, July 10. Luoinda
Jackson, a beautiful girl of 19 and
the daughter of wealthy parents, com
mitted suicide early this morning in a
curious manner. The young woman
procured a box of matches, and taking
them to her room she ate the poison
ous ends, and died in great agony at
about 5 o'clock, despite the efforts of
physicians to revive her. The parents
of the.young girl are heart broken
over the affair, and the father is
threatening vengeance on a young
Chicagoan, who is suspected of being
the cause of the young woman's des
perate deed.
A Dylnff Senator.
Special to The Astobiax.1
New Orleans, July 10. Senator
Smith is dying. His" condition is so
low that with his approval, a minister
was sent for this morning, who de-
uvereuu prayer in ius ueasiue.
KIMS OF THE COAST.
How Some Millionaires Pnrcliasea
Fame.
BUILDERS OF A. COJOfO WEALTH
A suit in the superior court in San
Francisco, brought by W. C- Boyne
against the History company for sal
ary due, develops some of tho richest
testimony ever brought to the surface
by a civil suit in the community. The
Examiner prints the names of several
dozen wealth yand celebrated men anx
ious to have their names and bio
graphies enrolled in tho work which
Mr. Boyne was engaged in writing,
and which was styled at first "Chroni
oles of the Kings." However, becom
ing dissatisfied with this unique title
the name of the book was changed
into "Chronicles of the Builders of tho
Commonwealth." A circular was
always sent out to tho parties with
money to exchange for fame, calling
his or her attention to the prospective
book, and the number who responded
with gusto and dusto ran into tho
hundreds.
Tho main reason why futnre gener
ations should not bo deprived of the
biographies of these builders of the
commonwealth was set forth in a sup
plemental prospectus, in which it was
stated that the publication was not to
bo restricted to a certain year. It was
to be continuous, a sort of biograph
ical perpetual motion, "now biograph
ies being inserted as thoso entitled to
a" place shall come forward and tako
it," and thus the book was to live for
ever. Tnis, tne proprietor claimed,
was ua feature never employed in any
similar work, and gives to this western
world a book ot heraldy, a registry of
true nobility, such as no aristocracy
ever enjoyed."
After this had been thrown before
tho builders of tho commonwealth,
Boyne's work commenced. It was his
duty to talk theso men of prominence
into the pages of tho never-ending
book of biography. Of course is was
expensive, but tho prospective build
ers wore told that monuments
of marble would crumble into dust,
but that the printed history would
live forever. Boyne says that ono of
the principal stories with which agents
gave force to this part of their argu
ment was that little narrative of tho
.poet, Pinder, who, when requested by1
Pythias Algenia to write an ode on an
Isthmian game at which the latter had
been victor, named as his price one
talent about 3,000 of American
money. Pythias thought this rather
high, and said that for that sum he
could have his statue in brouzo placed
in the temple. To this Pinder
responded that his poem would out
live both statue and people. The
poem was written and paid for aud
remains to this day, but tho temples of
Algeria have long since crumbled into
dust
There were various prices for which
a man could livo on forever in this
"Chronicles of the Kings." Hero is
the price list. The price of undying
fame portrait of steel, as per exhibit
D, with four pages print, 1,000;
portrait on
steel, as per exhibit J,
TTrifTi o?r norroa TiTnTf- Ql ?nn TWirf-t-fiit-
onsteel,.asfaperexliib,it E.with eighti
pages print, $2,000; portrait on steel,
as per exhibit U, with ten pages
print, 2,500; portrait on steel, as per
exhibit :, with twelvo to mteen pages
print, 85,000; portrait on steel, as per
exhibit F, with twenty-five io thirty
pages print, S10.000.
Following will be found some printed
instructions Jwhich Mr. Boyne was
armed with:
"In somo instances, as in the case of"
arrogant officials, capitalists, or rail
way or othor monopolists, it may be
well to state that their life and doings
are being written up for this werk:
that the same is bound to be published
in some form; therefore h it not bet
ter to have it right than wrong? com
plete than incomplete? In the case of
objections to price, cost and exclusive
ness, must be the answers We are
crowning only kings.
Fac-similos of contracts signed by
ex-senator Tabor, of Colorado, for
$10,000 worth of undying fame, and
ex-governor George C. Perkins, for
$1,000 worth, aro printed in the Ex
aminer also, and among the other
crowned heads might be mentioned J.
D. Freeman, of Los Angeles, twelve
pages, $3,000 worth; ex-governor
Downey, sixteen pages, for only $3,000 ;
M. J. Church, of Fresno. $10,000;
George H. Sesson, of New York,
S10,000;H. W. Corbett, of Oregon,
$5,000. Wiiliam Gilpin, of Denver,
secured a $10,000 fame plot in the
work, and so on through a maze of
names representing not less than
$1,000 each. Tho work prospored
wonderfully.
Tho publication of theso names and
the manner in which the thousands
flew into the history company's hands
by this means, has created a sensation
throughout the Pacific coast, owing to
the great prominence of tho parties
mentioned.
Some prominent Oregonians tire
run in .among tho "kings." Judge
Deady is said to havo secured a write
up and a seat among the "kings" in
consideration of a realnico letter ho
wrote to tho king owners.
But as the Examiner has given the
snap away the chronicles are not as
valuable as they might be were it not
for those meddling newspaper men
who aro always interfering where they
have no business.
At Fernandina, Fla, a child, aged
18 months, of James Hazeltine, gavo
evidence of strangulation, and putting
a hand up to the month, pulled out a
worm about ten inches long and fully
half an inch in cirenmferenco.
The San Francisco Call says one
doctor at Sissons has attended two
patients within three weeks who lost
one finger each by letting the car door
slam to. The ends of the fingers were
taken off as neatly as if done with a
hayoutter.
Victory for an Insurance Comp'y
S. S. Conover, Agt Northwestern
Mutual Life Insurance Co., of Manistee,
Mich., says: "I had rheumatism twenty
j'ears; used crutches ten years. From
the uso of powerful liniments my hip
and knee had lost nearly all strength.
Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup has cured
me, and 1 wish to herald to all, the
merits of the wonderful medicine." For
sale by J. V. Conn. .
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II is Dyins Moments a Dream of Calldko'S
Happy Day?.
The doctors snin it wnq tin nnnsnal
j thing in deiirium,but it seemed strange
anapatuehc to the loving watchers
that the middle-aged, careworn, man
tossing wearily on a sick-bed should
fancy himself again a child at Ms'
mother's knee. The green grave far
away in a country village where she
slept had no existence as far as he was
concerned. She had never died, but,
waswfthher boy again. The many
trials of life that had worn those deep
lines in his face had passed from his
memory now, and boyish woes
and confidences alone were on his
lips.
When his weeping wife laid her
hand upon his fevered brow, he looked
up and smiled and called her "mother."
The hand that held the medicine fo
his lips, that smoothed the pillow, was
"mother's," and in all the faces that
came and went about his bed he saw
but hers, which hdd been the first hia
baby eyes had known, and over which
tho dews and snows of 20 years had
lain.
He had forgotten her, oh, so maay
years. Ho had been too busy to
yearn to lean his tired head mxm
that faithful, tender breast, and a
thousand transient worldly things had
clouded the imago of that kind old
mother, but as death's mighty hand
set aside thoso perplexing, 'fretting
distractions, all so little now, clear and
sweet to his parched soul came the
memory of an innocent childhood ascl
a mother's love, and all at oncers
knew himself a weary, tumbled orip
tnrc, sick and faint over earth's fe
vered, muddy draught, and ho went
back, like a little child, to her whose
tenderness had never failed him, to
drink onco moie of that pure, cleansing:
stream.
'Your little boy is tired, mother.
The sun is very hot."
His children broke into sobs as he
spoke, but his fatherhood waa a thing
unknown to him now. M
"May I wear the new boots to-day,
mother? Please! You said that I
should. I'm not a girl, as the fellows'
said I was, any more, for you've cut
my hateful cnrls. Pm most a man
now, mother, and when Pm big Plf
give you heaps and heaps of things; a
red silk dress like cousin Mary's, and
n hat with a feather lots longer than
hers, most as long a3my own, maybe."
,'Tm sleepy and I want to go to bed.
I've been a bad boy some to-day, ain't
xz .due j. a asic uoa to lorgive me,,
and if you do, I guess he will, too.
Hear my prayers, mother. Pve learned
them quite by a thernow."
They saw that the end was olose at
hand then, and his wife made a frantic
appeal to him to recognize'her, but his
ears were fast dulling to all earthly
sounds, and he only struggled to raise
himself to his knees. They would have
restrained him, but he said: ,.
"Why, I can't go to sleep without-
saying my prayers, I've been a bad
boy to-day, and God would be angry,
mother." - '
Then they helped him up, and with
tender arms supported the weakened
form, while he knelt with upturned
eyes fast dimming with death's 'film,
and clasping his hands as a little child
does by its crib side, prayed the sweet
wild petition ef:
Now I L15 mo down to sleep,
Sie SJoSftaE "al t0 "'
1 pray, Thee, Lord, my soul to take.
And which among us dare to say the
lisping, childish prayer had not the
power divine to wash away the duit
and sin that are this sad old world's
heritage. Ph iladelphia Times.
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