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ASTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC.. PRESS REPORT. V VOL. XLIII, NO. 137. ASTORIA. OREGON, SATURDAY 310XMXU, DECEMBER 8. 1894. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. The Chill Winds r Of Autumn presage the. fiercer cold of winter. Thev are messengers of kind mother nature bidding us prepare for the hostility ot the elements. Theyjtell us to provide our selves with comfortable over coats and clothing. We carry a complete line of Men's and Boys' Clothing, Furn ishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots. Shoes, Trunks, Valises, etc. From 1G to 33 percent less than e'sewher. "Osgood pipiiTiiiE go. The One Price Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers 506 and 508 COMMERCIAL STREET, ASTORIA, OR. TOYS. The space that we gave for toys last year was not half large enough to accomodate the threat gatherings and curious and pretty things for this holiday season. That's why we've rented the store-room farther up the sireet and fitted it up a3 a reception room for the Dolls and Mechanical Toys and many of the other playthings that the little folks delight in. It's like a minature fairyland to the tots. You'll enjoy a stroll up and down the aisles among these ingenious bits. So would the children. GRIKFIN & REED. ODDITIES and fJOVEliTJES lor CHRISTMAS, c n 5 -2 5 - J CHRISTMAS GIFTS in GOIiD or SILVER. STEAMSHIPS TO CHINA A Line of Oriental Steamers Almost Assured. A FRtNCH LINE IS AFTfcR IT Astoria Will be the American Ter minus---Merceants of the Me tropolis Promise Aid. t: C o CO 8 o c s 03 NEW YORK fMELTY sto Opposite the Occident ASTORIA, - OREGON, E a c USEFlb and BEAUTIEUli CHRISTMAS CARD'S. 3 n c . tn S3 Si C E o o A FINE LINE OF TOYS, DObLS, JUVANILE BOOKS, ALBUMS AND MUSICAL' INSTRUMENTS, The Packers of Choice lolumbia - River Salmon Thfclr Brands and JLocations. LOCATION. Aitorla Pk g Co. . Astoria..- Booth A. Pk'g Co Astoria.. AOBHTS. ColainblaKlTerPkCo AJtoria.. Klmore Samuel. J Astoria.... George ft Barker.. 1 Astoria... J, Q MeglerkCj 'Uherano'i Pkg Co.. (Astoria Pk'g Co. t Kinney I John A. Devlin. I Black Diamond. 1 Oval-... Cocktail Mirnolia....... j Wliite bur ( Epicure Palm 1 Desdemona-. Rrookfleld Astoria.. tag, St. George. I FL'bernen'e.... Scandinavian ( Fishermen', M.J. Kinney. A. Booth Sou - Cutting Pkg Co Elmore, Sanborn SCO George Barker J.G. Megler Fishermen's Pkg Co. AT Aitoria Chicuro San Kranclicc Aitoria. Aatoria Btookfleld Wo Astoria.. HOW TO SAVE MONEY. Bnr vonr GROCERIES end PROVISIONS of os, and we will monc We hanle the b-st good end deliver free to frame or boats. We bny end sell lor Bpocah. and sell & cheaper then .njr other firm in the. - J " vour name ar-d address, and we mill mail you our newpnce liet, b.cb will be out soon. We offer today: Ulimdx tobacco, w cents pounu, ruiifi.rnia vrBnclated eutiar io 100-lb sack So-25 Beet brand of fl'Mir per barrel.... 2 15 Hoya! Bkt? Powder 6-Ib cane 2.00 ( i i i & i Rat mal oil rjer ease. Arbockle's Coffee per pound- California ayrop 5 Kal kega.. Sapoho per doreo oarf . $180 22 too 80c Send ne a list of what too. need, mod we will mate you AdJreea yonr orders to HARK L. COHN & CO., 146 Front Strtet, Portland, Or. Astorla'B future is brig-hteningr with each succeeding day, and it seems that since "the rairoaii" was made an as' sured fact by Messrs. Haimmond, Bon ner and aaaoototee, that everyone has turned an eye upon Oregon's Gateway City. As 'things now stand, Astoria': chances for a direct steamship line to the Orient are very flattering, and the arrlvaJ and departure of great ocean ateamers to and from China and Japan ports, long before the first sound of the locomotive is beard in this city, is more than llkeJy. Representatives of four different steamship companies, now tn Portland, are ready to close a contract to establish a line of flrat-claes ocean going passenger steamship from here to Hong Kon? and Shanghai, via Yokohama and Kobe, Ever since ithe O. R. and N. Co. waa divorced from the Union Paiclflc, Re ceiver McNeill has been working hwrv to induce some one of the great steam Bhlo companies of Europe to put on a line between Portland, Astoria and the far East. It has been a. hard task, for it could not be understood by the steamship owners, who were not on the Inside workings of the affair. Just why the Upton line of steamships that for merly plied between here and Oriental ports, failed to pay expenses, and was finally forced to withdraw. Espoclailly waa this a black-eye to this port, when, during the same period the steamship companies over on the Sound were un able to take care of the Immense traffic that was 'thrown their way. To those Who know how the Union Pacilic waa trying to carry a- double load on its Shoulders, this waa no surprise, for it waa to thait corporation's Interest to discriminate in favor of the lino run rring out of San Francisco, it has crip pling the Uplton line tp the extent that it was finally forced to abandon t.h service altogether. The same aitajmships are now running regularly between Tajcoma and China and doing an Immense business, Several days ago Mr. Lee, assistant to Receiver McNeill, and Mr. Camp bell, general freight agent of the O. K and N., were In this city, the latier gen tleman made a statement to an Aato- rian reporter which, since the railroad Is an assured faot, sounds significant. He was asked If there was any truth in the report that the O. R, and N. Co", were negotiating for a steamship line to the Orient, and answering, said: "Yea, it Is the tru'th. Mr. McNeil) has been working ever Bince the road came Into his hands to secure a steam. ship line to Japan and China, and I have no doubt that he will accomplish (he object which he started out to at tain. It is of vital Importance that the Columbia river have direct connection with the Orlen, and at an early day, too." "In the event that Aatoria secures a aJlroad, to transcontinental connec tion, which will be the terminus for the steamship line, Astoria or Portland?" asked the reporter. It Is my opinion that Astoria will always be the terminus for ocean steamship llnw, after it is connected with the outside world by rail. This will be especially eo regarding the Ori ental eleamers, for In these days of rapid transit and stiff competition, the port that can first get a vessel's cargo on board oars and started East, Is the port that will catth the steamship Hnee. An hour to an ocean greyhound means a great deal when they are competing with other lines for (business. It Is my opinion that os soon as you have a railroad running from your city, the California steamers wHl all stop here instead of going on to Portland. By so doing we would be able to make train .time to San Francisco." The above conversation was held a day or two previous 4o the signing of the railroad contract by Mr. Hammond, and the fallowing from the Portland Sun, would indicate that Mr. McNeill's efforts have not been without success. The artSde reads: The latest proposition received Is from French company, the second largest steamship corporation In the world, ran kin? second only to tbe North Ger man Lloyds In wealth and number of steamers. This company, through the ir.g tha . China, Formosa and Japan lines. Some of these steamers are now under chanter to the Japanese- govern ment and being used as transports In the conveying of troops. The magnifi cent line owned by this company, op era Ung between the Modlterranen and Chip!, although not entirely suspended, has' had. several of Its best ships with drawn, a-ather than take chances of conflscailon by the belMgerants, through the tarrying of some articles that might be declared contraband of war. It Is these splendid steamers which the com. pany. propose sending to Portland, and as showing the appreciation of Portland shippers of the necessity of such a line, It may bo stated here thait the com pany's representative, almost unsolicit ed, has been offered a surety of 6,000 .tons of freight per imonUh to leave this port vift the new line. This freight will naturally consist principally of flour. - People generally do not realize the In THEY ALL LIKE IT. What the Press Say of Astoria's Railroad. THE BEHRINQ SEAL HUNTERS. They Will Not Accept the Terms as Laid Down by the Owners. , mensity of the Asiatic market. As well-known flour exporter aald yester day to The Sun reporter: "It is bound to come; this city must have a steam' ship line to the Orient, and the time for its Inception Is ripe. Why, 18 months ago not a sack of flour was shipped from the Pacific Northwest to China or Japan Ibut what was handled at Portland. Now, with the Northern Pa- olflo line from Tacoma, the Empress line from Vancouver, B. C, and no line from Portland, the Asiatic' trade has drifted from us. But this Is the natural shipping center for China and Japan and wlith our resources and nat ural facilities for handling the trade, It can be recovered, and with tha start ing of this new line of steamers It can be brought back to us. The flour men, mercliants and shippers of this city now realize th opportunity that was lost in allowing the Upton line to die through lack of patronage, and to a certainty this coming line will receive full and ample support. The very foot that we have fresh water In our harbor is sumclent or a consideration to Induce steamship owners to make this their terminal port, for the reason 'that a vessel ly Ing. In fresh waiter will leave on Its outward voyage with a clean bottom, enabling the ship to make better time, and obviating the necessity and ex pense" incident to going into dry dock. "Again we have in abundance the two etaple Imports of China and Japan, flour and lumber, and It should be and will be (that Portland is the greateut shipper of these two important ex ports." As showing the magnitude of the Chi na-Japan trade with the Pacific coast, there are at present four steamship lines operating and depending entirely n that traffic. The companies are the Northirn Pacific Steamship Company, leaving Tacoma, three steamships; the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company, known as the "Empress" line, leaving Vancouver, B. C, three steamers; the Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company, of San Francisco, four steam ers; and the Paolnc Mail Steamship Company, of the same port, with the same number of ships. So heavy is the business transaoted by these steamer that it was only by special favor a mer chant In this city succeeded in securing 300 tons ot freight to be sent un next month's Pacific Mall boat, it being im possible to procure shipment on any of the other lines. Sunday last the Astorian published 1,000 extras containing the railroad con tract and Engineer Schuyler's report on Che plana and spedflcaitions of the proposed waterworks. So great has been the demand for ithis issue, that aside from our file, not a single re maining copy is left, and orders for several hundred copies remain unfilled. In order that the public may be sup plied wl'Jh papers containing these arti cles, which are being sent broadcast throughout the land, the Astorian will on Tuesday nexrt. publish an extra, con. tainlng not only the articles mentioned, but others that will 'make ft a valuable paper to send away. Copies of this iHwue will (be on sale In the Astorlan's ountlng room aiter that date. NOTICE. The City Republican Committee In session aiixeinbled, learn with regret that.wme Republicans who are Under many obllgaifiois to the party for favors extended, and some who are at present receiving such favors, are at actively engaged In trying to defeat the regular Republican nominees for coun cilman; and Be it resolved, that we denounce these ItepugHctins for the action they are taking, and ask them for the sake of party harmony, to fall in line as all true Republicans should do and sup port the regular Republican ticket . By order The Republioan City Committee. The new railway project from Astoria, to a connection with the Northern Pa- eiflo at Goble, promisee at last to be come a reality. A contnaiot was signed for Its construction lust week, by which A. B. Hammond, in. consideration of a land bonus valued at about $1,000,' 000, agrees to commence work on tht road by April 1st The fruition of thlb plan has long been labored for bry the people of Astoria, and hor commercial Importance will be greatly enhanced by rallroiad transportation facilities. West Coaat Ti'ade (Tacoma). Mr. Ed. Stone, of Portland, has been In the city In the intereist of Hammond t Bonner, the ilallroad men, who have Just made a "contract for a railroad from Astoria to Gobel to connect with a Portland road. . Mr. Stone has been investigating the Oregon Pacific In their Interest for nearly six months. To the -Man about Town, who met him today he spoke In the highest terms of the proposttilon, and believes the road when extended will mean much In the matter of Paul 11 0 Coast traffic It has been gen erally thought on account of the As toria contraot, that Hammond & Bonner would not bid on the Oregon Pacific. Mr. Stone did not make any definite statement on tihe point. Another fail- road man, though, gives the informa tion thiait they will bid. They want tht road. Other bldis rrtay be looked for aooortng to tha present prospect. Alba ny Democrat. For some months paot tan organization has existed tn Astoria the object of which k to oUlain. riaillwUy connections, and Portland, for the first time in Us history, has joined hands with Aatoria to make a success of the project, which on Saturday 'last bore fruit In the shape of a contraot between Astoria's railroad aiVbsldy committee and Messrs. A. B Hammond and E, L. 'Bonner, of Mon tana, with others, to build a railroad from' Astoria to Goble, the station op posite Kafamia on the Northern Pacific railroad. Already la oontrtaiot has been made with he Northern Flaelflo for the use of Its tracks between Goble and Port land,and It 1s expected that a traffic arrangement will be irrfade with the road to Tacoma. The contract specifies that the entire line shall be completed by October 80, 1896,-on condition that the Astoria contractors furnteh certain rlgt)t-of-way subsidies and Messrs. Bon ner and Hammond agree to spend at least $50,000 a month In carrying on the work, which to begin within four months from the dlatie of delivery of the contract. If completed this line will give equally good facilltie to Ta coma as to Portland. Tacoma News. Well, at last , we believe that Astoria railroad Is to be built. It has been talk ed about a kmg time, and it Is cer tainly gratifying to know that here after we are to have something besides talk and promises In this connection. East Oregonlan, In conversation wltihl a railroad official who has familiarity with (he contract for the building of the Astoria railway, from a connection with the Northern Pacific railroad, The Telegraph report er learned yeaterdlay thait It Is the In tention of the oomiptny to unload the building of the road upon a construc tion company. The contract in question, it is understood, contemplates the plac ing of headquarters In Astoria, at which place all disbursements must be made. The estimated cost of the road, Includ ing the purclfciae of the Seaahore road. however, will be completed within a year from the time' of commencement. There seems to have been no definite date fixed In the Stipulations for the commencement of the work. It is thought, however, that operations will commence next spring, possibly the first of March. The survey has been made and the line agrwd upon, and nearly ail the right of way secured. The contract, in addition to the con struction of th railroad, contemplates the erection of a magnificent railroad hotel, the Introduction of manufacturing Industries, and tho creation of exten sive docks, elevators, ftw mills, and planing mills. The dockage improve ments, aside from the railroad construc tion, are to be the greatest work. One pleasant feature of the oonatruotlon consists In the fact tWat the money fo the purpose is well In band. SeOittla Telegraph.' Hunters' wages for the sealing sea- ..n ton? v iri..,nntn trln.iuf was the subject of discussion at a well attended meeting of the hunters them selves ycsieraay arrornoon. ut course the dooidlon of the owners last week to pay a one-fifth lay and to pay only on actual realizations was thoroughly threshed out, the hunters claiming that with an average selling price in Lon don of $10 a skin tho veHsel owners can tvoll afford to give the hunters who face the danger and do the hard wotik in order to give Miss Fashion her sealskin saonue at least $3. A great majority of Che hunters aunounc ed their minds already made up on the one point that they Will not accept one-flt'th on the lay. They have trades ashore at which they can do better than that they say, and as landsmen they have a hundred comforts to one Ai pcux. n 1.1 1111111 u.oi;i.icu LiiaL A committee of hunters should wait upon the owners today and present their side ot the case. The hunters- are wil ling to accept one h tlf lUy, and pay their assistants, boat-pullers and dteTers out of their own pockets, thus greatly re ducing the financial responsibility now borne exclusively by the owners. Speak Ing about the m'a.t.tar luwt wight, one sealer said: "We are willing to suffer wfth the owners to any reasonable ex tent, but we must live. I know that poorly cured skins eeiiojuly affect the London tales, and were it not for this many of the owners would be ahead fi nancially for laat year's sealing opera. Uona, .or at. least wmild. be at no. lues, ,v do not know exactly what .the In dian hunters are asking this year, but I hear It Is $3 a canoe. The Indians) will not willingly submit to a cut In their wagea this year, and It will take much persuasion to make them do so at all." After the absence of three weeks the steam schooner Thistle, Capt. Langley, came Into Victoria Wednesday morn ing with about a ton cf halibut. This is all that was left of the big cargo she brought down from the newly develop ed halibut fishing grounds in an- archl pelag3 about twenty miles to the south west of the fikeena river. The bulk of the cargo, amounting to four carloads, waa shipped from Vancouver to Boston and Chicago via the C. P. R. For ship ment the 'halibut are cleaned and then placed In boxes, limited to 600 pounds capacity, with a moderate amount of loe. The number ox flBh to the box can easily be entlmiited when It Is stated that the halibut averaged 150 pounds each. Though three weeks on her Ini tial trip, the Thistle was by no means all this time securing her cargo, as It took her eight days to reach the fishing grounds and three more to return. Go ing north she had the old Isabel In tow, and as the W3other was extreme ly rough her speed was greatly retard ed. It took only about four days for the entire cargo of halibut to be caught. The smill ifliihJng boats thirteen In number 'Which the Thistle also took North with her, secured us high as luo fish In one day, working In from thirty- five to fifty fathoms of wuter. The weather, foituno'j'ly, waa fin. The Thistle was all Welnda.y taking Ice and box lumber aboard prepwiatory to returning North Trmrsjy. tthe will be a short time away next trip, as a cargo Is expeoted to be awMting her. THE- WIRES DOWN. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. Queen's Carnival of Noveltks will ar rive In this city tomorrow on tbeir way to San Francisco, and the manager of the opera house has prevailed upon disruption of their service in the East, I them to give one of their entertainments j owing to the China-Japan war, have, tomorrow, Sunday, evening. The prices of admission will w, chairs, SO cents, gallery 25 cents; children, 15 cents. During yesterday's storm the Western Union wires between .this city and Portland became dlsallrted, and up to this mornlnsf Uie 'break has not been running from Young's bay to Clatsop lredhenc4J the nb8enc5 thls beach, will be about 2,000.000. The con- traot calls for the completion of the ln of Astortan's usual telegraph nrte from Astoria to Goble within 23 report. Manager Overbecit thinks the months. It is understood that the work line will be In operation before noon. Highest of all in Leavening Power.- been forced to withdraw a number of their steamers from service, abandm- 1 111 t t 1 a A Latesi. U. S. Gov't Report