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ASTORIA PDBLIC LIBRARY AS30GIATI0H. I I A f J ' 7 I EXC ELUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XMII. NO. 155. ASTORIA. OREGON, SIIADAY JlOuNlXU, DUCKMBEK KO, 1894. PKU'E, FIVE CV.VW Stocking Up have marked down many such to great bargains in Men's and Boys' Clothing, Furnishing Goods, Hats, Cap3,Boct3. Shoes, Trunks, Valises, etc. Osgood pipfiTM go. The One Price Clothiers, Hatters and Furnisher s 506 and r.Olt COMMERCIAL STREET, ASTORIA, OR. ' One Week More jVIany new and inexpens ve articles suitable for Ghristras. por 4im. Smokers Sots, Collar and Cuff Boxes, Shaving Sets, Traveling Casts, Razor dse Cigrar Cnsevall styles, Fini Cutlery, Pocket Diaries, Pocket Books, Bil' Books. Vio ins, Gui'avs, Banjos Dictionaries, Gol'l lns, Fin.1 Etchings. Fancy Inkstands, r? r, -Sir- cn!i'iitr " mi M3d Wit I I In our Toy Department opposite Hahns shoe store R Glosing-Out Sale B irgsiins in Toys, Dolls, Difhes, etc. We give up our Toy room the 1st of January and everything must be sold. ODDITIES and JOVELiTIES for CHRISTMAS. c o VI o ' - c s o a! 6 NEW lOVEIiTY Opposite the ASTORIA, - USEFUb I A FINE LI VE OF and 1 TOYS. DOLLS, BEAUTIEUIi sll JUVANILE BOOKS, r 1 si ALBUMS AND I MUSICAL CARP3, INSTRUMENTS, Was the prevailing style in in hosiery Christmas eve. Stocking up is what we have been preparing to do for some time by placing large orders to bo ready for the large increas ed trade expected by the building of the railroad t" As toriain he spring, and to make room for the new goods nA U. nn 1 ftO 1 1 For H er. Toilet Sets, Perfume Sets, Afternoon Tea Kettles, Work Boxes, Writing Desks, Portfolios, Thotograph Albums, Autograpn Albums, Music Rolls and Wraps Book of Poems, Fine letter Paper, Fine Penholders, Fine Scissors, , Maoicure ?ets, Jewel Cases, Scrap Books. CHRISTMAS . GIFTS in GOItD or SILVER. 3 O. YORK store c K 3 o E c Occident. - OREGON Judge Gray Talks of the Pro posed Improvements. THREE NEW THOROUGHFARES. Other Roads Can Be Built If the Property Ownery So Desire The Method. 'Clatsop county Is going to have better roalds. The wise policy inaugurated by the county court will be carried out to the letter, and within a year or two the old cry of "no roads" will be a thing of the past. Shortly after the members of the pres ent county court began their duties. they tent out a request that the several road supervisors throughout the county call a meeting lm their respective dis tricts and select delegtutes to attend a road convention .'to be held In this city. The purpose of the convenitlon was for the discussion of the muuh-tialked-of W "R th jy K ri, Jl Sz MAP SHOWING PROPOSED COUNTY ROADS. road question, and making racommenda tlons to the county court, for the best manner of building, and Uhe most salt afble location for at least three main roada from Astoria out Into the country, As will be remem'bered, there was an enthusiastic gaitherlng from every dls. trlot In 'the couniiy, and they discussed the matter thoroughly from every point of view, finally recommending the Cress road laiw, las the bast means of raising money for building roads In this county. Along the numerous dlreaims in OIat- sop county are excellent ibeds of gravel that can be used to muxliidam roads running parallel to these waterways. but bask from the streams, where th whole country Is covered wVtlh a dense ?rowth of timiber, It would be an cx ,insive undertaking to alttempt to oon- ttrucit mlaoadiam roads. The convention t:scu3ed this polrft at length, and Anal ly decided that the least expensive way to construct durable roads throughout tllie county would be to make use of the albundunce of fine timber, and build diliher punaheon or plank nclads, or both. where convenient. A committee was ap pointed to prepare a bill to present to the next legislature, amending Section of the Cross road law, giving the court power to use "planking or pun cheons," as they see fit In the con atruddion of roakis. This would prove leaet burdensome to the property hold ers, where the grtivel would hive to be hauled a long distance before - being used. The Cross road law makes it possible for a majority of the resident property owners of any given district, within three miles each side of the proposed line of road, to petirtlon the county court who (tuua power to lay out the district. appotnt viewers, find have the road!lora4 campaign reported In favor of surveyed. The expense of constructing the road falls upon the adjacent prop. erty, which is assessed In proportion to the benefits derived. After the amount ts ascertallned, the county treas-' 1 .t. uicr mu wmn touiiwa m rem - - " " (that On two OTcartiollS Wlllce lie W.'H nil- aesesaed against each tract of land re.!thtirtl Proper proportion of Mtera.j ,n m ,-ir, .ni peouveiy, ana we same to we paia m, ien equal anatajimerrj, one eocn year, from the date of the certificate. These' eertiflcate bear interest alt the rate of; den per cent, and are to be negotiated as soon as Issued. A reporter for the Astorian called m.;tnai ir rne urgent oenciency Mil. mak-;tj(iIl on Judge Gray yesterday, and In an- wer to a question regarding the roada already nwiped out by the convention' canunldtee, said: "The committee on location of the recent road convention decidc-d that one Nad should be from this dty, southwest Into the Nehaiero valley, practically J ivr K. f.;s-i-ji ri-jtj. Tt; rcut; fr! rhe second road Is fro.n this city In a; eaaterly direction, prvbabiy connentngi wl the wir comn-issioa to r."r Creek, thence via Knoippi to Westpot. This thoroughfare will open up a val uable and produatlove farming and Um ber country, and give (many settlers access to this cdty. As It Is In many Instances ithey are compelled to travel by trail eeveral miles to the river, from which plao9 the only means of reaching the county seat Is by boat. "The third road 4s to reach south westerly down Clatsop Plains Into the Necanniouim country. A minority of the committee of seven on roods, appointed by the conveneiton, recommended that the road cross Young's Bay on the pres ent line of the South Ooast railway but the county court, after considering bhe gremt coat and that a large number of people on the west side of Young's river and the Lewis and Clarke coun try, would be left without roads, It of the opinion ttait the route from Asto ria via WJllkumBport and Dagget Point thence across the (Lewis and Clark ;ar Heckaird's school house, to the Junction on Claitsop Plains, there Inter secting the road to Seaside, will be much. chUiper and of service to a greaiter nuimber of people thsn any other route. It Is ailso nearer and more direct, being fully two miles shorter. I will nay In Mils regard thalt I am not opposed to the present plan of torldgUng Young's Bay near Smith's Point, on the line of the present lUllroald bridge,, providing a separate district Is made of the courairy on the west aide of the bay and Astoria, to be taxed for 1U construction. "No oppoelblon Is expeoted In having the Cross law amended, and by the lat ter Cart of Febraury petitions can be raised and the necessary preliminaries parried out to have the aatual work be gun upon these roads eairly in May or the first of June at the farthest." Judge Grtay states that the roads rec ommended by the convenitlon are not The only ones to be constructed, as the Cross Jaw makes It possible for any vicinity to petition for a road. The es timate for a levy of two mills made by the county court In September will be used to reflailr and Improve the present roads In various parts of the country. A SAD ACCIDENT. On Hunter Shooits Another While D?er Hunting Mardhifleld, Or., Dec 23. Frank King was accidentally shot yesterday by Wm Ijawhiarn, while the two were out dee hunting. Lawhorn, Who had separated from King, saw a deer and opened fire, the second shot Wooing King. Lawhorr says that he was within sixty yards of Kine and that the latter wais thirty yards out of line of the deer. The bul let, which waa from a 44 calibre rifle, struck -King on the Inside ed?e of the right (Shoulder 'blade and ranged down ward and forward through the right lung, remaining in the body. King Billl lives, but in a critical condition. . THE POPULIST CONVENTION. St. Louis Dec. 29. This morning's ses sion of the Populist conference opened id rasu'sr burt.-u s on h ind. C; mVrtera ble lme was occupied by renvirks upon varlou subjects, including the recent eleotion In Alabama, educational cam. palgns, "tc. The committee on educa- the club or lyceum system a auxlilary to the regular campaign work. The re port was adopted. Upon motion Mrs. Striker, of the Kansas ruaJana! cornmlt- '. requested in sending Qui lliterature. urv.n the Omalha t)laLf.r-n. to In. laiLi - -- ! fcrence then took recess to awa:t the .7 . 77 relort " address to the iarty. iv EXTRA SIC33I0N PROBABLE. Washington, Dec. 29. It Is believed mg an arpropnacion to carry me in - come tax Into erreet, ana the Carlli le currency bill fall at this session, the president will call an extra session of the S4th congress. OFF TCP- TII2 OR!KNT. r.T rt.it; Vzrtr- r for J?T"in, Wh e he will Jo'n tha pse- convn:.'!l;.'r- ft ti C"i;a'-.- (- ..- - nt to -t :..-ir ;. - .1 a : GOUL&MOblfflEND. Snpt. Bj'rnes Explains Where lie Obtained His Wealth. THE COMMITTEE ADJOURNS. Supt. Byrnes Saliuiits a Copy of Hia EeHlgnatlon-The Whole De partment Gotten. Associated Press. New York, Dec 29. When the Lexow committee took up its work today, Molt, of the United States district atorney's office, asked leave to make a aUtomenit resairdlng the charges made by the green goods man Louis Streep and his brother. Lexow said ft would be hard ly fair to allow Mott to miiake an ex planation when a similar privilege wae refused Comdtock. Motit took otf his coat ,and mdviainclng toward the desk said H was not enough .that the evi dence had been stricken from the rec ords. Lexow told him he could only make a denial on oaith. Motlt put on his ooeit and flounced out of the room, shouting as he Bbajited for the door, 'I will not disgrace my?lf by sub mitting to your rudeness." Oairitaln Rjian was called and gave hla bank ibooks to GofT. Te captain denied he ever accepted any money, and added, "Sure, It would he very foolish for anv one to offer me money for protection I would not touch It, for I'm an honeat man." The captain waa exoused. Superintendent Byrnes was called to the stand. "How long have you beon on the po lice force?" "About 32 years. I wasleippoilnted cap tain hi 1870; Inspector in 18S0, and wai made tmpertlnltendent April 12th, 1892." "Whalt property hava you?" , The superintendent gave the lotl'n of tlie property, which 'he rtild wan al1 In his wife's name. It amounted tt $292,500, all free and clwar. "How did you become pos9PS3cd o! such an amount of wealth?" "Well, ait the time I was placed lr chiargo of the deteoMw deportment 1 waa Bhrowin amongst many prominent Wall Street men, and I boutfht utoeks The late Jay Gould was my friend, and he acted as my Ibroker. He made fo: me $230,000, and since his death tiU s0i George hias made 112,000. "Where did you first got your mn ey?" "A friend of Senator Palmer, name" Burridge, a very old man who lived In Duchess county, left me J7.000. I boushi property and sold it and made sonif money. Ola commodore vanueiDiii aaked ime on one occasion If I had any money, and I aald yes, I had $2,000. He asked me for It, and I brought it to him. About six or twelve mwths after wards I got $6,000 back, as he had in vested It very successfully for me. This made me worth some $20,000 In 1S75. The witness then told a long story as to how he Ibecnme acquainted with Jay Gould. It wjs through catching men who wrote threatening letters. Gould offered him a present, but he re fused. Then Gould, he said, offered to buy stootas fur ih'lm, and he did nut want to accept lany marglna, but Uyrnee InslMted. Ho put up $10,000 with the result thalt theoimount was Incraaaod to $270,000. He said he could not remem ber Just how he got the $10,000, but he had It, he declared. At present he heir) 5,400 shares of SCO;, some in his own name, and some on niiurirlns. "Every turn of the Wheel," he ri Id, "mewns $500 lost or gained." He eatimak-d he was worth $350,000. He rofuaed to tell the names of the slocks, n -many peojile might go down town Monday and lose their money. "I am willing to give the nrvmes In confidence, to th? ommfwe and counsel, but I don't want them to "be ni.ide pub lic." At ten mimiibc-s to 9 o'clock, the Lexow committee adjotimc-d ftuhject to the call of tfne chair, thus cloning a eeulon ot Investigation whl'h ai brimful 01 tarttlng rextlaitions. Jiit es he wai through answering Cnff's pr.tbinR questions, Euperintend nt liyrnes bond ed Ititter to Chairman Lx'w, an-1 sal.l It wiut a xpy of rmo he had Bent tc Miayar-eieut K:nvng oarly In tlia mi;h It was hi rniAgnJtion fr.wn f-jn-f of which he hj be.-n a mi'n:ir fer tii, past 32 years. The Tin .ervl- nt . . r.Vi ho w:m n Tne ilnt cf f-A.i,U.r I .owing to a (vrotims.U cwiilUi ,i. the (iiri!M(nw and i.;:iii.-.-ii'. 'i: ui-rrTit-;iilrtt, he fu-i, 1, ; I'iia-T'i.j of the C.'.-s '; r.T :.it i. m; frilKtrxte 1 by the . iftM Thf d (i . i rt ro f-r, t ns h i wl:h eVu-i, vnfch had U i f if y- and rei: ' 1 t , Lo . 1 nil j. , o, it . ; : a ANTHONY COMSTOCK WRITES. Me Scores Goff and the Rt of tht Committee. New York, Doc 29. Anthony Com-.-.took has "ddresaed a letter to thi I.exow committee regarding the sta.te morut made by a witness named Streop t,n Thursday that he (Streep) paid Com stock $1,000 to the proeeoutlon .iculn3t him for swlndQlng. Comsto :sks that, as he has been denied th right to refute upon the witness stand one allegations of Ptreep, whom ht oharacterizes as a perjurer and thrice -onvloted criminal, his letter be given ihe sauna puWielty as was the allega. tion of ithe wltn?1, Stwp. "The as ault was made upon me by the conni vance and consent of the counsel of your committee," Mr. Comatock writes, "and 1s a monstrous perversion of per sonal rights." After further denuncia tion of Goff, Coimstock states at length the work he haa accomplished as an tgettt of the society for the suppres sion of vice. AMERICAN CHIN-USE STUDENTS. They Are Honored For Bravery !n . t!he Yulu Battle. Wlashlnitj'ton, Deo. 29. UnBted Stianet Mlntetcr Denby has sent to the state ;lkiMirtment an Interesting skeitch of vhe h'l.itmry of a number of Chinese stu-I'-rtts Who were evlucalted In the United states and aS erwand returned to Chi ia. Charges were mada that they wer kwlng, ur I1.U4 loHitjtihe'Ir p-atrlitlsm, and ,'n 1888 tlroy were all recalled, and un funtui'vilteily for Chlivt, their system of l,JuAi:J.n was flfoandUn'jd Minister Deiilby eaj it affords him pleasure ti rcpurt the dilsI'lnguttOed biuvery and gulliiinitry displayed by Sonne of tht American tltuden'ts in the great nava bvilttla off the mouth of the Yalu Beu temb:r 7, 'lawt. Of lm pciisons recom mended for diatimitlon by LI Hung Chang, four were iformer American sku dents. THE SVN FltANOiSCO TRACK. Spreokles' $10,000 Handicap Won by Chlnn's Lassink. San , Francisco, Dec. 29. The ten thousand dollar Spreckles h-amJUaip wn run today, and as waa expected, Col. Jack Chlnn's two-yeur-old colt Lbsak won. With 108. pounds up,- the black colt. Jumped to the lead at the gbairl vr.d wa ney,-r headisl, wliiitlng by a length from Cadmus. Five furlongs Tigress, 1:10 1-4. ' Five furlongs, selling Flligsftaff, 1:11 Spre-cklea stake, -mile and a quarter. handloa-0 Lls-Mak 2:25. , - Steeiple chaso, mile and a haJf Jim Nerval,?) :41 1-4. Five furlongs, st'llln'g Rolnin Hood, No. 1, 1:10. THE OREGONIAN DAY. Fifteen Thousand Children Visit the Exposition on the Oregonian's Ticket. Portland, Dee. 29. Fifteen thousand people, most of them children, were at the exposition tfxlay as guests of the OreffJtilan. They came from tills city and points In the Willamette Valley. The children were given the freedom of The building, each one holding a ticket presented by the Oreg.ml.in en titling him to adimlsalon to the fair and all the Bidcuhows. OUR GOVERNOR IMPOSED UPON. 3o Thinks the Governor of Utah Terri tory. Salt Lake, Dee. 29. Gov. West has withheld action on . Hie requisition of Governor IVnnoyer for C. A. Drown, h.it-g-ej with larceny by bailee. Gov. West WilnUs Governor Pennoyer ha 'oeen Impopcd upon, wui tbajt the evil A'nte sluwed that Si.n body behind aho reiiul.ttMon Is acting In bud faith. A TARIFF WAR. Washington, Dec K9. Signs multiply to Bitow ith.it the United Blj.uteM is on 'the verge of a gre.it itai'irf war with M Europe. France now ap-Kajrs to bt blowing in the loid ff Ck-rmany In ;I.vclng reHtrlc-ilona and ohwtades In tlu way of the InipoiH-'itlon of Amerliar fixnl produi ornd aa In the cae of Germany, this Is the develrypment of i'he afrrarl.vn pulley, and Is Intended tr help th.i Fren.ii f.irmer, although us u.nsll.ly put forward as a -measure lr. the Interest of public health. STANFORD V3. CHICAGO. Los Angeles, D-. 29. Thlrty-flvc -.u-.-i leiil .r4e w)Uk-mi the secmd football game between the Chlcogt IJiiivei-.-iity ai;d th Stanford llirtverslty, whlh -took plac here this af-.t-rnion. .Stanford won. Kytre Kim n for J, 12; Chi (affo, 0. ALLEN ENDOIt3lvD. Walla W.illa. Dm. 23. The Populfwl -iijiiiy omtiIc-jJ 'txLiy pa-ed a r-silirt!on endomlnK ex-Sermt.r J. B. Alien f.,r Unl:-! Sti.tes senat'tr. Iii-;hc-t of all in Leavening Fever. Litt U. S. Guv't ( Mllt'S MANY MILLIONS. His Two ; Daughters Aro iho - Principal Uencilciarif-. SOU. PAC. LIMITED WuiCKCO. A Sad Story Couuoctsd "With the Lost Keweenaw- -I'll iti(-c Am ri can Students Honored. Associated Press. San Francisco, Lea 20. The will of Jos. G. Fair, the noted "Bonanza" mil lionaire and ex-United fftates Kenator from Nevada. who?e d.uh o-.-eurred acre kiita last -Might, was filed in the superior court here -this ni-u-nluir. Tae will disposes of an est. tie the vaine (.f which Is esltna.Ud at $SO,0UO,(wt. Under the proVisKuis of the mllhtnalre's will, the greater paction of the t-'at ,; f.iiia to persons now living ou.tsld of C.;ll fornla. Tli-e blggerft sllci.-s will go to i!he two daughters living in New York and other relatives resJdins In Lava. The only plfta of a public nature aro three, aggivgatlng $125,000, to orplum asylums of Sun Francisco. It J.-i dire.-t. fd that the not monthly Ineome cf iho e3taite Shall bo equally dhiuel n:n.v the three luMrs during their lives. iot until the dea'th of the tliroo cliildn-ii 1a the estate to e finally divide. 1. The beo.ii'eat to his B-on Clwrles L., ecia wiili ills death. The will cuts off the widow and possi ble children of the son, Charles L. Fair, from any portion of ithe estate U-yoml the oncHthlrd part of the net irninne which he will receive during his lire time. About a year ago "Charley" Fair married a notorious woman of San Francisco, and became estranged from his father; It was only a short, tlmti ago that a partial reconciliation wss ef fected. Young Fair Is 1n pnor iie.iltti, suffering franV r.rlght's dletf-if-e, and hl Physic-tans do not believe he can liv long. In view of the scandalous will contents th'ait have arisen in Ca.!ifoniln upon the death of so many of the mil lionaire pioneers, one clause of Eenato Fair's' will is .particularly liiteRxsijiiK. He writes: "I do 8ui:!'mnly declare that I am not murrted; also that I have no children other than my son Charles L. Fair and my daughters Theresa A. and Virginia. I have noted the facility with which sworn testimony may be piK.-ured and produced In support of the claim of al leged widows and adopted children, and the frequent recurrence of such claims in recent years. I therefore make live express provision in tills, my will, as follows: I (five and bequeath to such persons as shall be found, proved lanid establish d to be tny sur viving wife or widow, whether mnrrlafte be found to have taken place bat-ore or aflter this will, the sum of $50, and to caiili and every person who shall bo found, proved and csta'bliMheJ to be-my Jhlld by Wrth, adiellon, aeknowledgil or otherwise, and whether btforo or ijifter tlie execution of this will, the sum of $00, and to each person who slm.ll ha found, proved and established to be -the child by Mrth, adoption, or acknowl .dgmoitt, or otherwise, of my deceased son, J.uneii G. Fair, Jr., and whether before or after the execution of thi will, tlie sum of $50, and I declare that do intention-ally omit -to make for J-ny of the persons In tills paragraph roferred to, any other or further pro vision. " In conclusion It Is provldid ttiat If any of the beneflcl-aries named In the will shall at any time commence any proceedings to contest the will, the or he e-liall receive nothing. TUB SUNSIJT LIMITED WtUXKRX Los Angeles, VK. 23. The Rou'hern Paclllc Company's Sunaiit Limited, the well known f.ifit trxln bbtwe.n Bun Fi'.mdo and New Orlwins, was wrecked and burned In uoiilh. em Arizona this morning, hot iu--cording to advices re-elved thmuK-h the raillrxxid he:u!qtiart-.'rs, none of the tri::i men or p:inNengrs were Injured. Tie? wreck was ciuia t-y a tridge or treii. tia work being burned enough -to Weak en ft, and thi frnginu plurge.1 thnii:;ii, ..rrylng the train along-. A SAD FTOr.Y. San Frul''i, Tw: Anihie K'ol leck, S'oiel o-.i-'ar.t ooliu-cr Io.it on t-Ua ttiiincr KewfMiv, end I.r.i Tin-n. son were .to have be-;i mi-i'l-l f...ur il.tys b.-fore ChrlHi mai. Tlie one is ic.-.v .-tupl-ose-l to te at the i- u ot U. ;-a, and the otlw ts 1'--; ''- t .1.1