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!tyj:-T " ;7 ,;., Htf j-: -v " , C ') - - i, - VOL. XXXV. KO. 97. ASTORIA, 0BEGO1Y, MONDAY, OCTOBER 6. 15)0. TRICE FIVE CENTS t Highest of all in Leavening Power. Prifa Baking ABSOLUTELY PURE BUSINESS CARDS. W !. HOWARD, M. D. 11OMK0PAT11IST. Graduate ol University or Michigan. OIllccoverA. V. Allen's store, northea corner Tliird and Cass. Hours Irom 10 to 12 a. in.. 2 to 4 and 7 to 7 -. i. in. V It. It A Y.ll OX i, CIVIL ENGINEER. County Suiveyor of Clatsop County. omce : Itoom No. 7. Kinney's Urick, Asto ria. Oregon. D It. If. IV. STKICKLEU, PHYSICIAN. SUKUEON AND DltUGGIST Insuti'tlo cases, charges only for medi cine, Near I'ostoluco. Clienainus Street, Astoria, Oregon. T f. itasiixto:?, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Astoria, - Oregon. Office, three doors cast Court House, Third street. r J. CURTIS, Attorney-at-Lan : Notary Public Commissioner of Deeds for Washington (Territory. Office in navel's new biick uuildtng. Cor. Second and Cass streets. gOIlA H. i SMITH. r ATTORNEY AT LAW. omce on Cass street. 2 doors luck of Odd Fellows Ruildmg, Astoria, Oregon. l. A. IWWI.8Y, Mturnoy nnil Counsellor at Law nice on Chcnamns Street, Astoria, Oregon A R. KANACA, ATTOKNKY AT LaW. Otnce over White, House Cor., Astoria, Or. El. MAXSRMj, RF.AI. ESTATE IIROKT.it AND NOTARY rUBLlC. Established 1SSX Tliird Street, next to W, U. Telegraph 01 flcr, Astoria, Or. VVT W. PARKER, Real Estate and Insurance Agent, Com eyanccr and Notary Pulilic 112 Ronton Street, opposite the Posloflice. Between Chenamub &Squenuquc Sts., AMnnii, Oregon. L A. LF.VKI-.VM, ATTORNEY AT LAW. O v navel- new hrick building, comer -second and Cas streets : up statrs. f. iiaffkuty, irr. i. Graduate .Teflersnn Medical College, Philadelphia, OFKiCK-rfi Tliird Street. i JtS. A. li. AXOJ. A. FEUTON. Cass street, between .Inland lth. Snclal attention to Diseases of Women and Cliildren, by Dr. A, 1. Fulton. Sjeclal attention to Surgery, by Dr. J. A. Fulton. Olllce hours from 10 to 12 a. m and 1 to 4 r. k. JAY TUTTLE, M. D. Physician, Surgeon and Accoucheur. Omce, ltoom 0, Pythian Building. Office hours : lo to 12 and 2 to 5. ltesldencc, C33 Cedar Street. B. K. XILLKR, M. E). Graduate or Cleveland Homoeopathic nos nual College, and Post-Graduate of New York City Polyclinic School of Medicine and Surgery. First and Main streets, Portland. DiBc&KeR or Women a Specialty. Z1R.O.B.ESTKS. i t PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Special attention to Diseases of Women tad Surgery. emcE: Opposite Telegraph Office, up Stairs, Astoria, Oregon. T"R. P. A. RKF.H, DENTIST. KoomsTandS.Flavel's new Brick Build ing. W. T. ItUIUf KV, L. T. I1AMN J. TV. DUAFKR. Barney, Barin & Draper, Attorneys at-Law. ;Oregon City, Oregon. Twelve years experience as Register of the U.S. Land Office here, recommends us la our specialty of Mining and all other bus iness before the Land Office or the Court, sad involving the practice in the General Land Office. Tfelsfii, Lester & Anita, CIVIL ENGINEERS, Surveyors and Architects. Office, Rook 9, Flavel's Bld'o second street P. O. Box 815. ASTORIA, OR. U. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 1889, Shipping and Commission Merchant Itlalu St. Wharf, Astoria, Oregon. SPECIALTIES: Cannery Supplies Barbour's Salmon Net Twines. NEPTUNE Brand Salmon Twine, WOODBEUHY Cotton Lines and Twines SEINES and HETTIHG Of all Description Furnished at Factory Prices. FIRE INSURANCE Effected m First Class Companies, Itepresenting 813,000,000 pikkxix, iioHi:, .Hartford, Conn New York, Aqcncy Pacific Express and Wells. FfcrgoA Co. r-QT H E 0--v J. P. AUSTIN, Propr. All tie Year THIS POPULAR HOTEL Is new and clean and beautifully located on the banks of the Nccanicum, v. lthin five minutes' walk or CLATSOP BEACH, The most pleasant Seaside Kesoit on the Northwest Pacillc-Coast. E. ery attention is paid to the comfort and accommodation of the guests, and the table is supplied -with the very best in season. Here are plenty of Clams and Crabs, there Is game m Hie woods and plentv of the finest fish in the streams. E. P. NOONAST & CO. (Successors to) 3". 3?.. DSyTELGS, DEALERS IN- Groceries Produce. Water Street. Astoria, Oregon. TELEPHONE NO. 7. - P. 0. BOX 300 W. F. Sciieibe, CIGAlt MANUFACTURER. Smokers' Articles in Stock. TIIE TRADE SUPPLIED. Special Brauds Manufactured to Order. MAIN STREET, - - Astoria, Or Thompson & Eoss Carry a Full Line of Choice Staple and Fancy Groceries. Give Us a Call and Be Convinced. J. B. Wyatt, DEALERS IN Hardware and Ship Chandlery, Pure Oil, Bright Varnish. Binacle Oil, Cotton Canvas, Hemp Sail Twine, Lard Oil, Wrought Iron Spike.-, Galvanized Cut Nails. Agricultural Implements, Sewing Machines, Paints, Oils, Groceries, DElto. Magnus 0. Crosby Dealer In HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL. Iron Fipo and Fittings, Stoves, Tin ware, and HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS Sheet Lead, Strip Lead, Sheet Iron, Tin and Copper. A NEW ENTERPRISE. City Express Transfer Company. H. D. Thing and C. E. Miller, PROPRIETORS. Headquarters at Main Street wharf. TELEPHONE NO. 41. A General Express and Delivery Business transacted. Your patronage Is solicited. V. H. COFFEY. Groceries and Provisions. 372 THIRD STREET. Butter, Egg. Canned Goods, Potatoes, Wood and Willow "Ware, Etc. FLOWERS FOR TIIE DEAD. A Renmifpl Floral Tribute From Friends of Steward Kiel. Among the educated aud refined, flowers are considered the most ap propriate offerings in honor raid oom memoration of departed friends. To cover tLe cofiln of a dear one whobe ccs :iro closed in death, with the lOr.utifal flowers "which scorn like glorious messengers from a better l;u d is an appropriate and fittiuj testimonial to manifest our rc gatd for the silent and unconscious sleeper. Flowers are emblematic of faith and hope, and by their beauty and fragrance seem to lift one's ideas from a contemplation of the Kiduess of death to the hope of a blissful im mortality far away in a brighter and a better land, where flowers bloom per petually. On board the steamship Oregon which arrived here last evening were the lifeless remains of E. H. Kiel, late steward of the State of California, who died in San Francisco last Mon day, and -which "were being taken to Portland for burial. In one of the staterooms was a mag nificent floral tribute presented by friends of the deceased. It repre sented the vessel on which h6 had spent so many years. The baso was a largo oblong basket filled with moss and bordered with leaves of the date palm. On this moss were immortelles of purple color enclosing a mass of whito and on this of purple flowers were the letters "E.H.Kiel." Above this rested the ship on the side of which in purple flowers on the white immortelles were the words "Farewell, Dear Friend." The ship is about five and a half feet high to the top of the masts, and from the end of the jib to the stern about five feet The masts and rig ging are covered with smilax leaves and everlastings, and the smokestack is of purple-colored immortelles. On the deck near the bow is a large tiger HI', and the entire ship is a solid mass of flowers of white aud purple. The American flag on the main is at half mast, and on the foremast is a card with the inscription, "Sympathy of Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Fenkhausen and Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Fenkhausen." It 13 a beautiful tribute and re markably appropriate for the deceased. Saturday, September 27th, Wc will open our ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE :OF Cloaks, Wraps, Jackets, SILK : SEALETTES Our House has a standard reputation which ue or fails to attract general atten tion during our Cloak S.ilcs. CORRESPONDENCE SOUGH ED. mcallen & McDonnell, 131 L- 1G3 3rd St., Portland, Or. Loading Dry Coods Store for first class goods nt Eastern prices. Agents Tor Mr Calls Rnzaar Glove Fitting Patterns. GELO F.PAKKER. CAftI, A. IH.NSON Parker & Hanson SUCCESSORS TO O. L. PARKER, DEALERS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE New Goods Arriving Every Steame THIS WEEK, Dross - Goods, The Old Stand - Astoria Oregon. MapM, Argand and Acorn Stoves Ranges, Cooking and Heating, EVERYONE FULLY WARRANTED WATER CLOSETS, PLUMBLNG GOODS, rrars, sixes, and bath tdbs Noe cto Scully, r,ll OriENAMUS STREET. Morgan & Sherman GROCERS " And Dealers in Cannery Sillies! Special Attention Given to Filling Of Orders. A FULL LINE CARRIED And Suppllcslurnished at Satis factory Terms. Purchases delivered in any part of the city Office and Warehouse In Ilurae's New Building on Water Street. P. O. Box 153. Telephone No, 37. ASTORIA, OREG'ON CLOAK SAIIS BACK TO TBS HOLY LAP Prominent Hebrews Mflse Meilers or Their Race lo Settle There. COLONICS FORM IK PALESTINE.! Jewish Meetings in New York to .Raise Funds to Establish tbo Exiles in Their Old Home. New Yobk. Oct. 2. Tho news of the oppression ot the Jews in Russia has of lute burdened the cables, and the Hebrews of Ibis town have been bestirring themselves to relievo Iho Russian Jews by sending them back to Palestine. It is one of tho phaf cs j of tho fulfillment of ancient prophecy, as many Jews believe that in (ho la&t days there will bo a gathering of the tribes of Israel in the Iloly Land. Circulars printed in Hebrew and English, signed by Chief Rabbi Jacob Joseph, Coroner Ferdinand Levy and Rev. Dr. L. Zinsler of the Henry street Synagogue, were distributed among the Hebrews in towu yesterday J Russian Hebrews should bo helped to emigrate to the ancient home of the race, and in response the Christie street Syuagoguo was jammed !a&t night by representatives of the leading congregations of Hebrew benevolent hocieties to hear well-known Jews discuss the subject. Tho speakers said in 6ubstanco thatj for the last ten years conspicuous Jews all over tho world had been con vinced the only true solution of the 'Jewish question" was emigration to Palestine. Since tho last Jewish' trouoies in ltonmanin, auout lboj, tno movement toward Jralestine La3 pla) ed a most important part in the destiny of East European Jews. Nearly twenty colonies, with a pop ulation of 4,000, havo sprung up on the soil of Hie Holy Land, and it is said the prospects of Jewish settle ment nro most promising. Tho en thusiasm in favor of tho movement is spreading, not only among tho most lowly and humble, but among the wealthiest Jews in Russia, Germany, England and France. The effort to colonize Palestine has realized more than tenfold tho bene fits and advantages of the outlay in America. The immigation of TRus sian Jews to this country has been op posed by Jews and others in a most strenuous way recently, and if a more hospitablo and congenial place of refuge than this country is not found for tho newly threatened exodus of hundreds of thousands of IhesoTm-: fortunate f ngitives from t ranny aud prosecution these hostile" voices may grow louder, and tho day may not bo far distant when this country will also have its "Jewish qneatiou." The speakers made a stioug appeal for pecuniary aid. About 1,000 wsis subscribed at the meeting to aid in sending Jews in Russia to Palestine. Jews all through tho conntry are also to bo appealed to. Mario lValnurlgbl's Flint Husband Mario Wainwright was seen con cerning a New York dispatch purport ing to tell the causes of her separation from Louis James. Sho was found at tho Grand opera house, rehearsing her company in the "Honeymoon," which is to bo put in her repertoire. Aftor reading the dispatch she laughed rather heartily aud said: ''Why, that's funny. It is well known that the repertoire of plays Mr. James had I did not think tho opposite parts wero strong enough for me, and the ones I wanted to play ho thought wero not good enough for him. So wo quietly, to nso the stago expression, struck out for onrselves. Tho state ment in tho dispatch that my former husband is a well-known shoo manu facturer of Boston is bosh. My first husband was Mr. Slaughter, a well known cotton manufacturer, aud his two daughters aro traveling with me now. I have told you all that I think the public has any right to know, and really more than I havo told anybody else" Pittsburg Special. Symptoms of Consumption. William J. Siiabplcs.Pokt Obam, Mourns Co., X. .1., writes: "My business is that of sharpening mine drills and 1 am mush exposed to smoke and gas. About t!irer j ears ago 1 began to have a bad cough, with con siderable indigestion and pains in my chest My physician told mcl had symptoms of consumption. iSy tho ad vice Qf my father, an old friend of Bbakdbetu's Pills. I commenced using that valuable remedy. By the time I had got through the second box 1 began to pass a very disagreeable humor or pus. I began to Improve very rapidly alter this, nnd giew stronger and better every daj . My cough is now well. I sleep well at night and have no more indigestion." "William I of Germany served in the army as a full private before ho had attained his seventh year. At seventeen he was in action. JBucklcn's Arnica Salve. The Rest Salve in the world for Cut. Cruise?, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rhe um, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively enrcs Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money re funded. I rice 25 cents per box. For sale by .1. W. Conn. Mark Twain's literary work has been a gold mine lo him. He has re ceived 60,000. in royalities from the Mulbeny Seelers play. Aotice. GOD'S BLESSING TO HUMANITY So Says an Oregon Pioneer Ninety Years Old. Fokest Gp.ovk. Or.. March VJ.l have used the OREGON KIDNEY TEA and obtained immediate relief. It is God's blessing to humanity. I take pleasure in recommending it to the afflicted. I am now nearly ninety years old, came to Oregon in 1812 in the em ploy of tho Hudson's Bay Company, and sJnicl began using tho OREGON IUDNStf TEA I enjov good health. DAVID MUNROE. A PERILOUS TOrAGE now the Littlo Yacht "'eTa" Msdo the Trip From 'Frisco to Tahiti. Among the passengers on tho brig Tropic Jlird, whicb arrived a few days ago from Tahiti, says the San Francisco Chronicle, were Captain Henry Peterson, a hardy and ventur some mariuer, who accomplished what may bo conceded a rare and novel fent in nnvirmlion. TTr sjiilprl llio iVfra, a vessel scarcely larger than a row boat, from this port to Tahiti in fifty-two days. The -vessel and tho voyage will bo remembered in con nection with the tragic tieath of Cttp tain Wcntworth. The Neva was originally a small yacht used for pleasure on tho bay. It was pur chased by a French company that wanfed it sent to Tahiti Captain Dollnrd was first asked to tako the vessel down, bnt after examining the boat, refused. Captaia AVenlworth, a well-known Rkippcr, finally consented to take the lxcca to lntnti. iie tooK two men with him and set sail on tho yacht on Jnnc I lth last. "When outside tho heads a heavy wind capsized the iVtt, nnd Captain "Wentworth was drowned. Not frightened by this fatality, Henry Peterson, then mate on tho Lizzie Vance, undertook the tak. The boat was heavily loaded with provisions, and, accompanied by a Kanaka sailor. Mate Peterson, now rawed to the dignity of captain, set sail from San Francisco. After a voy age of fifty two days, he arrived at Tahiti, and took return passage for this city in tho Tropic Jlird. The account of Iho trip as furnished by him to a reporter yesterday is tliril ling to a degree. Tho vessel was eo small that during the entire passage her leo rail was awaya under water. Huge volumes of water swept over the frail boat con stantly, and the seamen were drenched to tho skin. Provisions grew scarce, and tho limited larder taken from San Francisco threatened to give out. An unfottuuate accident was the causo of more worry and suffering. The casks containing the supply of fresh water wero left open. A heavy gale arose and the casks wero flooded with salt water. Tho resnlfc was thnh the supply of fresh water was cut off ana me serious danger or deatii by thirst menaced tho mariners. In this extremity it was decided to put into the first port, A fair sjiell of weather fortunately set in and tho yacht was enabled to continue her course. The Marquesas island was sighted and the Neva put in there. The gale increased ia fury and the Neva could not keep her course. For hours she rushed along, hundreds of miles out of her course. It was esti mated that the wind would spend its f nry in a few hours, but as night came on tho gale showed no signs ot nbat iug. Tho frail houso that covered the slumbering forms of the daring sailors groaned at its joints from tho blows given by the heavy seas sweeping against it Sleep under these circum stances was impossible. All that eventful night Captaiu Peterson with his shivering bauds at tho wheel stayed on deck, and guided his craft through the impenetrable darkness. A fresh .supply of water and pro visions was taken aboard and a new start was then made for T:ihiti. Tho distance from Marquesas to Tahiti is over 600 miles over a waste of ocean noted for the fury of its storms. On July I lth, about S o'clock in the morning, the greatest peril of tho vov ago presented itself. "When tho vessel was in latitude 13 degrees, 25 minutes north, longitudolSl degrees, 16 miu nles west, a gale sprang up from the southeast, veering to tho southwest. It was accompanied by a pitiless downpour of rain and iho mariners found themselves literally enveloped in water on all sides. The Neva wa3 Hooded with heavy seas. Captain Peterson says that it has always been a wonder to him how he escaped from the dangers or that eventful day and night. The following morning brought a lessening of tho gale, and toward noon it cc.'iscd altogether. "While it continued, virtually one-half of the yacht was constantly under water. Only a -practical knowledge of bal ancing kept tho men from goiug over board. Captain Peterson says that during tho entire voyage ho enjoyed only a few hours of sleep. The craft was so light that the least wiud was strong enough to play havoc with her, and to rcquiro his attention. "When Captain Peterson arrived at Tahiti tho news of liis exploit spread, and ho becamo tho hero of tho hour. Tho boat was delivered over to the company and Captaiu Peterson re ceived a handsomo sum for his daring task. He took out master's papers only very recently, and his first essay at navigation has given him a hard earned reputation. Important Notice. Now is the time to test the best Ca tarrh, Bronchitis, Asthma and Rheu matic Cure in the City of Astoria. Fifry packages of LcKoy's West India Catarrh Cure, the regular price of which is S5.00. can bo had from J. W. Conn, the druggist, at $1.00 per package, thereby saving 4.00. This Is a preparation warranted to cure. Call and get a package, as they go fast. Remember tho place Conn's, oppo site the. Occident Hotel. S. Brown & Co., Proprietors. Los Angeles, Cal. P. O. JBox S92. BIumaur-Frank Drug Co., Portland. Sixteen "United States Senators aro credited with having S92,000,000 in cash and chattels when they get to gether. Extra Liability to Malarial Infection. Tersons whose blood is thin, digestion weak and liver sluggish, are extra-liable to tiic attacks of nlahirial disease. The most trifling exposure may, under such condi tions, infect a system which, if healthy, would resist the miasmatic taint. The only way to secure Immunity from malaria in lo calitie.1 where it Is prevalent. Is to tone and regulate the system by improving weakened digestion, enriching the ii'ood, and giving a wholesome impetus to biliM-v secretion. These results are accomplL-hed by nothing sofiffecthely as Ilostctter's Stomach Bit ters, which long experience has proved to be the most reliable safeguard against fecrand ague aud kindred disorders, as well as the best icmedy for them. The Bitters are, moreover, an excellent Invig orant of the organs of urinations, and an active depurcnt, eliminating from the blood thoo acid Impurities which originate rheu matic ailments. All the patent medicines advertised in this paper, together with the choicest perfumery, and' toilet articles etc ran be bought at the lowest prices at J. W. Conn's drug store, opposite Occident hotel, Astoria. BOGUS ALASKA CUBI0S. Their Manufacture an Important Industry in S&n Francisco. 'The spread of American enterprise and Yankee ingenuity is nowhere seen to better advantage than among the gtuleles3 natives of Alaska," said Cap tain Anderson of tho Bertha to a re porter yesterday. The captain thereupon proceeded to throw new light on tho results of the fad of relio hunting pursued yearly by Alaskan excursionists. "Tho captains of tho exclusion steamers aro pestered by tho pas sengers for information as to the best places to procure relics," said be. "The arrival of excursionists creates as much of a stir among tho natives as steamer day did in San Francisco in the sixties. They aro the legitimate prey of tho children of Alaska. Years ago it was possible to get real native relics at a moderate price, but now it is hard to tell tho difference between real and false relics. "Some time ago some ingenious na tives used to tako half dollars, ham mer them out very thin and manu facture them into bracelets. These curios wero sold for 1.50 or 2 at the most. "When steamer loads of tour ists, commenced going to Alaska in the summer they bought up the brace lets as fast as they wero made. The native Alaskan is a very speedy individual. Ho saw fortunc3in store for him. The bracelets could not be made fast enough to supply tho de maud. And he formed a sort of syn dicate with his brothers. This syndi cate sent to San Francisco and had hundreds of these bracelets manu factured aud reshipped to Alaska. There they were and are "Still retailed to tho guileless excursionists at ?S or S9 a pair. The same may bo said of native idols, straw hats, bottle covers and bows and, arrows. More than half of them aro made in this and other roast cities and then sent to Alaska for sale. Tho natives know when they aro talking to an expert, and they do not try to palm off spur ions articles on him. But the green excursionist is their ready victim. They will sell him a straw hat made of spruco roots for 5 or $6 which they ordinarily sell for 50 cents. Imported war suits decked with feathers and beads are disposed of at from 525 to $75 each. If the studious collectors of Alaskan curios only knew tho his tory of half their material they would become very sad. Tho native Alaskan is a victim of civilization. He has learned from his white brother how to lie, and ho knows how to size up and seizo an opportunity." &. F. Chronicle. TOO 3IUCII SALVATION. A Yonnsr JIan About Towu Tries To Lead a lectin;. The Salvation army should have been in mourning last night over the death of Mrs. Booth, bnt tho army didn't believe tho dispatch and started in to have a hallelejab. time. This was accellerated by a young man named Kyle who invaded tho barraks early in tho evening and later on was arrested for disturbing tho meeting. Mr. Kyle insisted on being master of ceremonies until tho blowing ot police whistles brought Officer Caswell on the scene and then bo took a back seat and spent tho night in tho city prison. A PRE3UUJI TO SUBSCRIBERS. A Liberal Offer to Old ami New Sub scribers, Either Daily or Weekly. Attention is directed to the extraor dinary premium offer for Tire As tokian which is advertised on the fourth page. A complete set of Dickens' works is offered with the Weekly Astokian for S2.75. A com plete unabridged sot of Dickens in twelve volumes for 75 cents additional is an extraordinary offer when one considers tho extraordinary amount of reading matter offered. This offer is extended to old subscribers who re new their subscriptions, as well as new onc3. The Mammoth Encyclopedia is another premium which is offered on the same term3 as above. For a de scription of this raro offer sco adver tisement on tho fourth page. To old subscribers who send S2 for a new subscriber to tho weekly, will ba sent twenty-five novels to be selected from a large fist to be published very short ly. Or, if the old subscriber sends S2.75he will receive tho novels and the new subscriber will get either of the premiums above offered which he may select. To those who pay for a year's subscription to The Daily Morning Astokian for. one year in ad vance $7 either of tho above premi ums will be given postage free. Those who prefer, instead of tho above pre miums, can have a copy of "Washing ton Irving's "Astoria," a beautifully printed book of 60S pages. This book needs no other recommendation than the fact that "Washington Irving is the author. This is an unusually good opportunity to get" a good newspaper and a good library for very little money. It is worth looking after. Read the advertisement on the fourth page. Women Brick-Hakcrs. A Chicago reporter was horrified the other day, during thestriko among the brick-makers of the city, to find some women making bricks on Ash land avenue, nbove Diversey avenue. Ho told of his thrilling discovery to some brick-makers at another point. "Bah I" said they, "that's nothing. If yon will tako tho trouble to look around, especially in the yards out beyond Western avenue, you will seo hundreds of women and children do ing the same thing every day. They get 12 cents a 1,000 bricks for hacking. You will probably find their men folk at home rushing the growler or at somo saloon drinking beer, talking strike and damning the country." Chicago News. Victory For an iisi:ruucti Com pmjyl S. S. Conovek, Agt, Northwestern Mutual Life InsurancejCo., of Manistee, Mich., says : "1 had "rheumatism twen ty years; used crutches ten years, ifrom the use of powerful Jlniments my hip and knee had lost nearly all strength. Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup has cured me, and I wish to herald to all, tho merits of this wonderful medi cine." For sale by J. W. Conn. MOB OF LEGISLATORS Racing for Life ana to Saye tfie-Gap- ilal Site for Gntiirie. WILD SOENES IN OKLAHOMA. How a Rival to Guthrie Sought to Se cure the Capital Threats to Eang Two Eepresentatives. Thursday was a day of tremendous excitement in the territorial legisla ture at Guthrie. Tho bill for tho permanent location of tho capital at Oklahoma City passed tho houso yes terday. Before action was taken in the upper house, however, a motion in tho lower for a reconsideration was adopted. Friends of Speaker Daniels had induced L"m to sign the bill and Representative Perry was hurrjing over to tho upper houso with it. AVhen tho enemies of the measure discovered this tho Legislature was turned into a howling mob. Perry wa3 pursued. "When overtakon in the street some "one yelled "Hang himP' aud tho proposition was nearly carried into effect. The unfortunate legislator con vinced tho mobt however, that he had handed the bill to Representative Nesbitt, and that gentleman made a wild break down the street, with the mob in full pursuit. Nesbitt managed to distance them for four blocks, when hi3 strength gave out and he surrendered. The bul was taken back to the House, and the speaker, in the ores ence of the governor and other wit nesses, erased his signature, saying he signed the meriure mder a rmsappre hension. . The United States marshal and Captain Kavenaugh, commanding the United btates forces, calmed the ex cited crowd, which was still demand ing tho punishment of Perry and Nes bitt. Ouly a Little Chap. "I know," said tho conductor, as he finished counting up and lighted a cigar, "that most people consider us a hard-hearted lot, but we ve got to be, or at least must appear to be. A ran road company has little to do with sentiment and a groat deal to do with business. 1 can t afford to let people ride at my expense, and so what am I to do?" No remedy being suggested, he smoked away in silence for two or three minutes and thon centinued: "I didn't use to have so much heart about it, always excusing myself on the plea of duty; but one night about three years ago something happened which has kept my heart pretty soff ever since. It was on tho run out of Buffalo, aud when I camo to take up tho fores I came across a woman nnd child. Sho was palofaced and poorly clad, and she had a world of trouble in her faco. I saw that in a general way, but it was not my business to pity her. Tho chUd with her, a boy of seven or eight, was lying back on the seat, with her old Bhawl for a pil low. Sho offered mo one full-fare ticket to a point about forty miles be low, but I demanded one for the boy. " 'Please, sir,' she said, 'wo are very poor, and he's only a little chap, and I'm taking him home to die.' "Tlfat was no excuse, and I plainly told her that she must pay for him or bou have to get off. I thonght she was trying to beat his way, but in that I was mistaken. It wtis a dark and rainy night, and she'd never got ready to leave the train at tho next stop if she'd had money to pay for tho boy. I felt a bit ashamed when I saw her making ready and it hurt me to seo her lean over him and both cry to gether, but one of our men had been discharged only a week before for overlooking a one-legged soldier who only wanted a lift oE ten miles." 'And no one offered to pay tho bos faro?"' "For a wonder, no. There was a fnll crowd in the car, but all seemed to look upon tho pair with snspicion. I hated to pnt them off, end I was hop ing the woman would mako one more appeal and givo mo a show to back water, when the train ran into and she made ready to get off. The least I could do was to help her with tho boy. I picked him up and started to follow her out, but I had hardly taken notice of his white face and tear-wet cbeeks, when ho ut tered a shriek of fear, straightened out in my arms, and tho next instant I knew I held a corpse. Yes, sir, the life went out of him in that cry, and tho mother turned on me with a look I can never forget, and cried: "He's deadl He's dead I And you havo killed him," '1 don't like to think of it," whis pered the conductor, after a long silence. "I had my month's wages in my pocket and I gave her every dollar of it, and tho passen gers raised as much more, and when I left her with her dead at the next station I had done everything I possibly could, but that didn't clear me. I had been too harsh and cold. She had told me the trnth and I had doubted her. She had asked for mercy and I had ordered her out into tho night nnd the storm with a dying boy in her care. She has never forgiven me. and never will, and try as hard as I may I can never forgive mvself." N. Y. Sun. A scrap ol Paper Saves SSer JLifc It was just an ordinary scrap of wrap ping paper, but it saved her life. She was in the List stages of consumption, told by her physicians that she was in curable and could live only ashort time; she weighed less than seventy pounds. On apiece of wrapping paper she read of Dr. King's New Discovery, and got a sample bottle; it helped her, she bought a large bottle, it helped her more, bought another and grew better fast, continued its use and is now strong, healthy, rosy, plump, weighing 140 pounds. For fuller particulars send stamp to W. H. Core, Druggist, Fort Smith. Trial bottles of this wonderful Discovery Free at J. W. Conn's Drugstore. SOWN AGAIN. The "Western "Union wire got into trouble again yesterday and about five o'clock in the afternoon "went down." The causo of the break is not known but tho going down of the line pre vents The Astokian giving its read ers the usual press dispatches. ALASKA DISCOTEBIES. A New Hirer Found and Natives Who Had Neter Seen Whites. E. J. Glave. nrHs; nnrl nnrrAoTvmr?. ent ot the Frank Leslie exploring ex pedition which left for A 1 astir In at spring, returned to Yiotoria in com pany witn several or. tno othcers of tho United States cutter PattersonMch reacned JNauaimo Sunday evening. Last snrincr the rmrfcv of fim ex plorers left New York to explore the hitherto unknown rernrm nf AlnaVn lying between tho Yukon and south- em coasr. Tho oartv of e-cnlnrnrs lpff hora Kv the Patterson, being taken to Chilcat, where explorations proper commenced. The river was ascended for several hundred mile3. until an immflnsn glacier -jfas reached. This glacier is at the head of the river, which flows southerly along the the Chilcat range. Another river flowing in a northerly uiiu wesieny .oirecaon, toward tno Yukon, starts from the northern side of tho glacier, which is about sixty miles across. When tho headwaters of tho Yukon were reached Mr. Glavr left thn re mainder of tho party and struck across to tno westward with an experienced woodman to act as a guide. A section of country hitherto unknown was en tered upon, and after many miles of travel a river flowing in a southerly direction was found. This river has never been known to white men be fore. It rises in a great lako about 400 miles from tho coast and flows to tho sea in a direction parallel with the Chilcat range. Its native name is Alseck, and Mr. Glave did not think civilization could improve on this euphonious sound and will describe the river as the Alseck in his descrip tions of it. Along tho course of the river the country is muck better than the ex plorer had any idea it would be. Fine valleys and gently undulating prairies were found instead of rock and sterile mountain. Timber was plentiful and o superior quality and tho whole aspect of the country was good. Tho river could be navigated by ordinary river steam ers, its current not being over swift. Natives wero found along tho river who had never seen a whito man. They were of intelligent appearance and friendly and much superior to the coast tribes. After a triD down ihn rivpr in tho coast, tho course was laid to Yakitat. nere an extensive coal held of clear and freo bnrrrinf? hifcnTTnnrms rvnl sandstouo overhaninc tho fnnf,walfs wa3 found. The property is owned by a party ot Juneau miners, and capital is the only thing needed to develop the mine. A lot o? coal has been taken out in a primitive sort of way and will bo used on tho United States cutter Corwin and tested thoroughly- The balance of tho exnlnrinrr rartv Mr. Glavo expects to hear from in tne course or a montn. At last ac counts they wero at tbo mouth of the CoDner river, at the bead nf tbo Yn- kon, and all wero well. The trip nas oeen pleasant. JNo accidents nor sicKness. Mount St. Eliaa wns nnfc nflftanrlerl. bnt its foothills wero surveyed by iur. liiave and sketches taken. Mr. Glave leaves on the Patterson on her arrival from Nanaimn fnr Pnrt Tnwn- send, and will tako the Northern Pa- ciuc trom Xacoma to Xsow lorfc. Mr. Glavo ia an rvvrnnripnr'Ail trav eler and explorer, ho having been with Mr. Stanley's expedition in iunca, and m several otner explora tions of similar character. He look3 TirnnTPfl nnr? Imrrlv frnm flirt nfTanf-a nf his lato trip. Although pleased to bo uai;u. iuiu uiviuzciuuu tiguin, uo says ho shall probably take another trip to Alaska's interior nevfc snmmpr. as thorn is a great deal to discover there yet USING WATEK BALLAST. An Ingenious Sclicmo to Prevent a Vessel's Capsizing. "Wilmington, Del., Oct. 2. The sixty-foot yacht F. L. Norton, which is being transformed into a steam ves sel in this city, will soon cross the Atlantic ocean. The boat is. built according to the Norton system of water ballast and double bottom. The water is admit ted through holes in tho lower bot tom and when tho boat careens the water between tho bottoms presses against tho air in tho upper part of tho .ballast reservoirs, and forming a cusnion makes capsizing impossible. Captain Norton expects to make the trip to Europe with a crew of four or five men in about fifteen days. -- i m ' - ADVICE TO 2I0THEES. Mj5. Winsi.ow'3 Soothing Syktjp should always bo used for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind chohc, and is the best remedv for diar- rIicea.Twenty-five cents a bottle. Lord "Wolseley began life as a clert in a stationery store in Dublin. NERVE-PAINS; Ciures Neuralgia. Neuralgia. Neuralgia. Bait Point, U.Y.fAprm6,18S9.. 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