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EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT.
VOL. XLIV, NO. J 87.
ASTORIA, OREGON. SUNDAY MOKNING. AUGUST 11, 1895.
PRICE, FIVE CENTS
jiT"wn i - Mm n ,
..-i : . sjr h v r.j ris. t,v s lvs w ev n. i?i f
I872 1895
Fisher
Lubricating
OILS
A Specialty,
Brothers,
Sell ASTORIA,
Ship Chandelery,
Hardware,
Iron & Steel,
Coal,
Groceries & Provisions,
Flour & Mill Feed,
Paints, Oils, Varnishes,
Loggers Supplies,
Fairbank's Scales,
Doors & Windows,
Agricultural Implements
Wagons & Vehicles.
B. F. ALLEN,
Dealer in
Wall Paper,
Artist Materials,
Paints and Painters Supplies,
Glass, Mouldings,
Japanese Mattings,
Rugs and Bamboo Goods
Centrnctor for
Fresco Painting, Paper Hanging, Etc.
765 Commercial Street.
Snap A Kodak
tit any nul l coining cm: u(
our bio e anil you'll -i i 9
portrait of a man brimming
over wltu pleasant. IHo iiils.
Biu.ll il'lhil'.y 111 Clio liquor
we have to olfrr art ruoujf li lo
PLEASE ANY MAN.
Corpe and Try Them.
HUGH ICS a CO.
S THERE?
Is there a man with heart so cold,
That from his family would withhold
The comforts which they all could find
In articles of FURNITURE of th
right kind.
And we would suggest at this season,
nice Sideboard, Extension Table, or se
of Dining Chairs. We have the larges
and finest line ever shown in the city
and at prices that cannot fail to pleas
th closest buyers.
. HEILBORN & SON.
ASTORIA IRON WORKS
CoiKOtnly St., fOOt of Jq'-lrcnn -rf.
General MacS'ni ;ts rid 2:'li Makers
Land And Marine Engines. Boiler work. Steam
boat and Cannery Work a Specialty.
Castings of All Descriptions Made to Order on
Short Notice.
John Fox. President and Superintendent
A. I Fox Vice President
0. B. Prael Secretary
They Lack Life
There are twines sold to fisherman
on the Columbia river that stand In
the same relationship to Mai-shall'i
Twine as a wooden Image does to the
human being they lack strength life
evenness and lasting qualities. Don't
fool yourself into the belief that other
twines besides Marshall's will do "just
ag well." They won't. They cannot.
C.J. TRENCH RD, Agent
Wells, Fargo & Co. and
Pacific Express Co.
and PHOEfllX IflSUpflCE CO'S,
Custom House Broker -
ani Commission Merchant.
50a Bond Street.
Kopp'a Beer Hall.
Cbolc. Wine.. Liquors and Clgat.
KENTUCKY WHISKEY
Only handed over th car, The largest glass
of N. P. Beer. Half-and-half. Jt.
Free Lunch.
Chas. Wirkkala, . Proprietor.
Cor. Conromly and Lafayette St..
T lOMVS MOKKO,
TVs hla.l:r::l'h vhfw; shop is oppos
ite Cutting's cannery, is now prepared
!o do such odd Jobs as making new
cannery coolers, repairing old ones,
making new fishin boat irons, and re
pair! rip old ones, and all pther black
smithing that requires first-class work
Binnshlp. . '
PACIFIC CCWISSIOfl COlBPflltY.
Brokers and Commission Merchants.
Consignments Solicited of Poultry, Eggs. Butter,
Fruit, Flour, Feed, Grain, etc.
Returns Mad Qulclt.
Qood Bold at Whotnals,
Ho. 123 Twelfth St. Astoria, Or.
jUmJRAIi ADVANTAGES!
ffi'-'-1' jl
TJMTEB tKV
States ' ft ,
I. U OSGOOD,
The One Price Clothier, Hatter and Furnisher.
506 and 508 COMMERCIAL STREET, ASTORIA, OE.
A NEW
Fishing Tackle, Baskets, Flies, Rods, etc. Baseballs, Bate
Masks, Gloves, Mits, etc. Croquet icte, Hammock-, Lawn
Tennis Balls, Bird Cages, Garden Sets, Children's Carnages
and Iron Wagons.
Come and See
Griffin-
NEW GOODS ARRIVING DAILY!
Dry Goods, Clothing,
Hats and Shoes.
All direct from the manufactururs. Call ami see our shoe stock.
New Lines of Ladles'
Men's Cqu (tress Si e
Meii's (Jomtress KLiots
Men's Police Shoes , -Men's
Kangmoo KIhm-h
Gents'
-
The Uast Values Ever Known,
Inspect our olothiug stuck. We have full lines of
Men's, Youth's and Boy's Suits.
Men's suits ranging from $3.00 np to 815.00.
Kvery one of llitun a i;pi im Vii-cain.
WeXLm Hosiery, Un-lerwrrr. Iwl'e. Ci.tw, TiiinkH, Wines. 1 m I.cIk unci Com
fortow, WLitj Siiirtf, Cill;im, t ulN, Sunprn.len., K f.
OREGON TRADING CO.,
6oo Commeroial Street.
THREE LOTS.
In a desiral.le -eat on, 2 blocks from Hi;h fc'cliool.
A BARGAIN.
CHOICE LOTS IN HILLS FIRST ADDITION.
On tho new Pipo Line Bjuluv trJ .Tint the plaoe for a cheap houiu.
A Block IN ALDER BROOK.
STREET CAR LINE will heeitenJe.l this samjior to wi.hin 5 minutt-s
walk of this property Will pell nt decHeJ hnriram.
ACREAGE.
In 5 or 10 aore tracts iusMe tlm city limit, also aJjnning Flavel.
GEORGE HILL.-47I P.ondSt., Ocldeut Block,
HILL'S REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE.
FOARD & STOKES GO.
DEALERS IS
Picnic Canned Goods,
Tents,
Camp Stoves,
Camp Cooking Utensils,
( Baskets,
And the latest
All-Wobl Sleeping Bags
. At all prices. Just the thing for camp
ers, prospectors, etc. Sure to keep warm
at nights. Better than blankets.
MUSIC. HALtLi:
. KEATING & CO wiil open their
Music Hal' at i9 Astor itreet,
Saturday the ifith. They wl:l
ww keen numberleM v.1 liumn
and cigars besides having good music all the
With a map, any Echoolboy
in Astoria can show you the .ad'
vantages of this city as the sea
port of the Northwest Empire
And any boy in this city can
show you that a Cash Business
House without unnecessary ex
penses has the advantage in
selling Men's and Boy's
Clothing, Furnishing
Goods, Hats, Caps. Boots,
Shoes, Trunks, Valises,
Etc.
STOCK.
Us
Reecl.
and Children's Shoes-'
- - - - $1.50
- - - - - $2-00
- - 3.00
- - $360
ASTORIA PUBlilC MBiOT!
READ.NO room fheb to all.
Opt n every day from 3 o'c'ock to 6 :30
and 6:30 to 930 p. m.
Subscription rates $3 per annum.
Southwest cor. Eleventh aud Duane 3ts.
Superfluous Hair!
Removed l.y th
electric nei-ille.
Eyebrows nrched.
Cure guarauiecd.
Consultation frre.
The NEW YORK
AND PORTLAND
ELECTROLYSIS
COMPANY. Room
24, Backer Uause
street
Children Cry fo?
Pitcher's Castorte.
0B
w i
. 98 Commeroial
I
Much Timber Destroyed
Fire in Washington.
by
SETTLERS' ESCAPE CUT OFF
Dastardly Case of Polsininjj-Mrs.
Leland Stauford Employs
Chinese Labor.
Olympla, iAugnst 19. Only meagre de
tans nave "been received from the burn
ing aistnst eooito and west of here. The
wires went down yesterday and tho onlv
method of communication was by nies
sengjr. The cry is covered by a d:usi
smoKe, ana a shower of fine asiiea is
falling continuously. Thus far the only
deaths reported are Lara Peterson and
Tnos. White, who were riding on the loa--
glng train near Sheldon. Tho train went
through a burning trestle) but the engineer
and ttreman escaped. Peterson und Whlto
wens burned In the wreck.
Simpson's logging camp burned oui com
pletely and tho heavy draft horses wero
saved only by Jierolc efforts of the men
Tviho rode them through the flames. The
men saved their clothing and personal
property by digging trenches. All ha
oiggmg railroads are blocked by falling
iimioer. Heavy winds fanned the lire
through the dry timber till the roaring of
the flames was heard a lonsr distance and
me qulclt successive falling of giant
trees resembled the noise" of a bittle.
At Summit, 16 miles west of her. sev
eral ranches were destroyed and there Is
fear for the safety of some) of the set
tlers whose escape by tho road is cur
off. Millions of feet of valuabl timber
are lost.
LEGALLY IN POSSESSION.
Omami, August 10. The dlstrclt court
this afternoon rendered a decision in th
Omaha polic? commission contest.
The court holds that the old board la
legally in possession and entitled to main
tain Its possession until further leeal Dro-
ceedings may show it Is not properly in
power. The court, however, refuses to
make & permanentjinjunction restraining
the A. P. A. polce commission from
performing its function.
The decision is a compromise. Th'a Im
portant part of the decision! is as follows:
"in me llgnt of these decisions defend.
ants appointed as fire and police com
missioners under the law of 1895. now in
force, must be held to have nnnaren.1-
right and to be entitled prima facie to the
office in question. Such being the case.
court of equity will not restrain them.
from claiming such off!c-;a or from pro
ceeding in a lawful manner to obtain
peaceable possession thereof. Notwith
standing the views herein stated, as to
the rights of the defendants to the nos-
esslon of th offices in question, vet
plaintiffs have the right to remain peace
ably In possession and to exercise th
functions of said offices until otherwise
ordered In proper legal proceeding."
rne regular police commission will re
main in power until the supreme court
aeowes the matter. Many member of
the A. P. A. have asserted that will new
take possession through force, though no
aemana nas yet been, made by ,iiie A.
P. A. The commission for th city prop
erty are tne oia commlsslo.'ii.
MULTNOMAH . WINS.
PorUand, Or., Aurust 10. By wlnnihir
today's game with the Portland Amateur
Atnietic Club, the Multnomah Amateur
Athletic Club has- won the ohamDionshln
ui tne racinc jNortnwest ttaaebal league
i or uie season ot isfi. The score today
was Multnomah 9, Portlans 4.
The Intense rivaly tierjween. the eliAa
drew a crowd of 3,000 people to witness
tne game and the crowd was not disap
pointed, even if the game was a one-
siaea arralr arter the first inning. The
"rooting" of the Multnomahs was the
most boisterous ever heard on a Portland
ball field, and chief speller "Billy" Law
made a good leader.
In the first inning the Multnomah's
made three runs and the Portlands wers
never able to touch them. The Muitno
mahs outbatted their opponents at all
stages of the game. Fleming was very
effective In the box for the Multnomwhsv
while Fennimore was hit hard. The out
fielding of iboth clubs was poor.
INDIANS IN ARIZONA.
Many Killed
Property Do-
Tucson, Ariz., August 19r-Word was re.
celved today that at sunrise on the 4th
inet. a gang of nearly 100 Yaqul Indians
attacked fh Santa Rost hac'.enda of Don
Juan d' Bo jerques, about 30 miles east of
Guaymas, Mexico. They killed him and
robbed the place of everything available,
A fcw days previous anoWier band sur
prised a troop of Federal soldiers and
killed six soldiers and Captain Lopez,
who was in command. For years the
same Indians have been s, menace to the
peace of Sonora and a demand wili be
made on the fedral government to 'sup
press their depredations. Besides filling
the country with widows and orphans,
they have destroyed property aggregating
lH value (7,000,000.
DASTARDLY OUTRAGE.
Spring Water Poisoned and Many Made
Sick.
Albany, Or., August 10. News of a das
tardly outrage In a harvest field was re
ceived this evening. The threshing crew
of P. R. Williamson on the Emmet farm.
I two miles from this city, in Denton coun
, ty, were all made deathly sick today by
drinking water from a spring Into- which
some miscreant hid placed poison. Two
of the men are dingerojsly ill and it is
thought one will die. A horseshoe was
found in a bundle of wheat and & buggy
Ml harness -were stolen from the barn
of J. H. Noon, In ti same neighborhood.
The thieves were traced In the direction
of Independence.
The aiotlva tor poisoning tho eprlnr is
unknown.
STILL WANTS ANXKXATION.
HontrtrHu, August 1, via steam! War
rltnoo, to Victoria. August 10. Major J.
H. Wodewouae,- formerly British minis
ter st this place, leaves for England to
day accompanied by his fimlly. Pre
vious to bis departure he requested per
mission a seo ex-Queen Lliluokaiacl.
CI
The request, was denied by Minister
xiatcn. UMie principal reason for not al
lowing wodehouse to see the prisoner la
on account of his. attitude toward this
government. He has rt-pjttedly med
dled la Its affairs and has treated It with
contempt on different occasions,
The following resolution was adopted
on the 20th ult. by the legislature:
"Resolved, That the senate- and house
of representatives of the Republlo of
Hawaii hereby, deolare new fealty to the
policy of annexation) of this country to
thj United States of America.
"Resolved, That we put forth this een
timcnt in the firm belief and sincere hope
that all who have the true interests of
the nation at heart, and that all who sup
port or are friendly to the Republlo ot
Hawaii, will be impelled to even greater
continued effort to bring about the rela
tion sought.". . "
MRS. STANFORD DENOUNCED.
Chinese Employed When Whlta Mem Of
fer to Work.
San Francisco, August 10. Labor Com
missioner Fltzjerald has received a letter
from John Junne, denouncing Mrs-. Le
land .Stanford' for introducing Japanese
and Chinese labor on her Vina, ranch.
Dunne says that since Senator Stanford's
death Mrs. Stamford has dismissed nearly
all of the white help and has employed
Chinese. Now he Is Informed' that she
has made a contract to .employ S00 Jap
anese, although white men have offertd
to work for 70 cents.
DURRANT CA.SE.
San Francisco, August 10. Monday will
be the beginning of the fourth week of
the trial of Theodore Durrant for the
murder of Blanche Lamont and tho only
progress mad has been the selection of
nine Jurymen to, try the case. A great
deal of interest centers in the Action
Judge Murphy will - take as to Juror
Brown. It is generally bellnved he will
allow the challenge of fc district at
torney and relieve Brown of Jury duty
on the ground that the district attorney
did not know Brown's experm in the)
United States court In the Howell case.
BASE BALL SCORES.
Tacoma, August .'0. Tacoma.' 22: Set
tle, 3.
Pittsburg, August 10. Pittsburg, 4; Lou
isville, 1.
Cincinnati, August 10. Cincinnati. 3: St.
Louis, 2.
Brooklyn, August 10. Philadelphia1, 6;
Brooklyn 2.
Baltimore, August 10. Baltimore. 8:
New York, 6.
Boston, August 10. Boston. 13: Wash
ington, 6.
TO "LEXOW" PHILADELPHIA.
Philadelphia, August 10. The senate
committee appointed to inquire, or to
Lexow" the municipal affairs of this
city, met this afternoon, and formally
voted to accept .the i cltizsns' municipal
association's offer of. 820,000 with which
to defray the expenses of . the Investiga
tion. They aiso selected Silas W. Pettit
as their attorney to conduct the Investi
gation. OFF FOR ALASKA.
Vice-President Stevenson
t;nd Party at
Tacoma,
Tacoma, August 10. Vlce-Presldint Ste
venson and party arrived here tonight and
will sail for Alaska on th steamer Queen
in the taorning. Three congressmen ar
lived here today to go on the Queen.
They are Representatives Robert W. Tay
lor, or unio; ueo. W. Hmlth, of the 22d
Illinois district, and Eutrene F. Loud', of
San Francisco. '
WATTERSON ON THIRD TERM.
Detroit, August 10. Col. Henry Wot
terson, of Louisville, was In the city
today. In an lntervkw oa general pol
itics he said:
"I have no idea that" President Cleve
land considers the idea of another nom
ination, but if by any concatenation of
miracles Mr. Cleveland should be nom
inated, he would not carry a county in
the United States.
FO.Kl.tSr FIRES RAGING.
Much Damige
Done Through
ness.
Careless-
- A i-romlne.-it 'business house yesterday
received a letter from Mrs. Annie Hun
ter at Wcstport graphically describing
the dangerous Area now destroying prop
erty In that locality. The letter states
that the whole country Is In fltmes and
that muoh fine grten timber has been
killed1 and will have to be logged at once
in order to save It. Logging roads have
been completely destroyed and fho resi
dents have been engaged several duys In
lighting fire. The entire neighborhood Is
In bad shape and It is feared that unless
'more help reaches them soon- serious re
suits may take place.
It is thought that ttoe fire wus started
mil a camp of blackberry pickers near
Bugby's hole, who-went away and left
their camp -fire to take care of Itself.
There are lwws prohibiting such careless
ness and at this season of the year when
everything is as dry as a bone too much
caution cannot be exercises by campers
and hunters. Those who are not willing
to be careful should be compelled to be
no.
BRIDGE REPAIRED.
Work About Ready for
tlons.
Active Op ra-
The repairs to tihe railroad bridge at
Young's Bay are about completed, and
soon affairs will be In shape for active
construction, on the west side. The) sur
veys on tbe FHavel line are finished and
the engineers east of Bie city are work
ing In the neighborhood of Knappa.
Mr. iHummond remained in, Portland
over Sunday. Some delay Is being ex
perienced In getting the new construction
company In working order, it being an
entirely new concern, but a few days
more will see all details arranged and
probably by the time the engineers are
ready t'he contnetors will be also. When
things move they will move with & rush.
The construction company has assumed
charge of affairs end will conduct the
business of the road during construction,
as Is the custom In suob matters.
Depot matters are being crowded by
tho various parties interested atnd It-4s
expected taiat there- will be some inter
esting dervelopmsnts the middle of the
week.
The trial of John McDowell for killing
-his '-n-in-4aiw, Jdbn MoCalbe, February
28, ilea;, at the Summit, Ore., was com
plied at Toledo the other day. Th Jury
returned s verdict of crullty of man
slaughter, svnd Judge FuUertot sentenced
McDowell to two years in the peniten
tiary. McDowell Is sixty-nine years of
age, and b reports of the' murder when
it happ tieti were decidedly against blm.
POTTER V. TELEPHONE
"Who Shall Decide When
Watches Disagree ?"
NO SATISFACTORY RESULT
Both SldeB Claim the Victory ou a
Vry Narrow Limit of
Sixty Seconds.
Yesterday afternoon there was consider
able excitement along' the water front
over the prospect of a good race and, an
exciting finish between the Telephone and
Potter. Large crowds of peopl took up
positions on Flavors dock long before
there was any possibility of either boat
being in siffht, and tried In vain, many
of them with binoculars and telescopes
to see through the thick Xog and smoke
that hung ail over the Washington sldo
of the river. At about 8 o'clock it be
came generally known that telegrams
had been received here to the effect'that
the Tekphone had left Portland several
minutes beifore 1 o'clock, and that the
Potter, -had been late In Kettlna- awav.
The affair Wius resolved Mailt into a.
matter' of time, and as all idea of both
boats tearing along past tho docks side
by side became impossible, peopl-s began
to pun out tneir watoaes and speculate
about the time limit. The Telephone
started from her Portland dock at fifteen
minutes ahead of her advertised tlm, at
exactly 12:45, leaving about eighty people
oenina on tne wharf, .though she cer
tainly bad room to accommodate most
If not all of them. By agreement with
the imen who operate the drawbridges
both the arches were opened for her as
she pulled out into the stream, and with
out sounding any whistles started down
t'he Willamette at a splendid pace. The
Potter toft her wharf at 1:13. 28 minutes
after her rival, and lost no time lni get-
' ting under way. Both steamers were well
loaded with, passengers, t'he O. R. and N.
boat having fully 350 people aboard. Cap
tains Edwards and MoDenmott,- the gov.
ernment Inspectors, were aboard the
Telephone and Potter respectively.
As boo as the Telephone docked at
this city it was discovered that she had
made a landing at Morgan's wharf at
the" mouth' of' the Willamette river, and
'had waited therefor some minutes. Judge
Cleveland,, who was a passenger declares
that she was tied up for four minutes and
37 seconds. Mr. H.'D. McGuIre says she
was there 5 l'-4 minutes. Several of the
passengers claim that she onty stayed
for Uiree minutes. Captain Larklns gives
the tlm as five minutes exactly. On the
stoppage th whole result of the race
hinges, arid the fact that it does so makes
the outcome of the contest a most uu
satlsfocory one for all parties. Ifi actual
time the Potter gained three minutes on
the Telephone between Portland and As
toria. If Mr. Q. W Baker and Mr. Ar
thur 'Holmes, two of Che passengers on
the Telephone are correct in their three
minute estimate of the stoppage at Mor
gan's then the race was a dead heat. - If
Judge Cleveland is correct then the Tele
phone won, by one mlmite and thirty-seven
seconds. If Captain Larklns and Mr,
McGuIre are rleht, then the Telephone
won by two minutes.
The Potter people! claim that until she
reached Skamokawa she was not being
pushed -nearly as hard as she might have
ben, whHo'to'dfrset this the Telephone's
officers state that she had to shut down
thirty pounds of steam coming across the
bay on account of a rod in th wheel shaft
shaking loose. It Is undoubtedly true
that neither boat equalled some previous
performances. - Five weeks ago the Pot
ter beat the time she made today by 25
minutes, and the Telephone has more
than once done t'he through, trip fully 22
minutes faster than her record yesterday.
Looking at the) contest impartially and
from every standpoint, it seems as It
neither side cai legitimately claim a vic
tory. That Is certainly th9 general Im
pression In -Mils city.
DELAY 13 DANGEROUS.
A Much .Needed Street Improvement Is
Asked For.
Upon learning of th accident to Offi
cer Slnmott's child yesterday afternoon,
In falling through a hole In the roadway
on lHth street, between Exchange ana
Franklin Avenu-e, an Astorian representa
tive called upon Councilman Scherneckau
and Inquired what effort, If any, had
been made for the improvement of 18th
street, what its condition Is, and what is
necessary to put It in good order.
Mr. tMierneckau states that the present
roadway Is it private one, maintained for
yea.M by Mr. Zlgler, oneuf the residents
of the neighborhood, and who recently
rfoxed It to vehicles becausr of Its bad
condition, as It Is beyond repair. He says
that several efforts have been maue to
havj an ordinance passed through the.
council to improve this street. The meas-
re has always 'been killed by the ob
structionists. Thirty families are abso
lutely dependent upon this street for ac
cess to their homes and are today abso
lutely beyond protection iron lire, ano
can have no goods delivered by team t
their houses. Public opinion seems to
have been awakened to the fact that the
Improvement of 18th street has become a
necessity. It Is marly always the ease
that a severe lesson through the Ions of
life, or some such serious sx-cldent, Is
flrat necessary before such mantraps can.
be abated and necessary Improvements
i .! Jn public matters. The little girl
might have lost hr life that she did not
Is not the fault of the city fathers. Not
only is there danger to life and limb
from the present condition f this street,
but the entire population of that district
are very much at a disadvantage In every.
respect. Every house might be In dimes
yet a fire tnglne could not reach them.
Highest of all ia Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
in
to say nothing of the Inconvenience in the
affairs of every day life.
An ordinance was proposed about a year
ago, butt was defeated In the council. The
property owners who live In tho neigh
borhood are willing and anxious to make
the Improvement, but the holders of un
improved lota have stood in the -way of
the passage of the ordinance.
The only remedy is for the council to
stand together andl by a two-thirds vote
insure the passage of tho ordinance.
Thirty families are depending on the mat
ter and it is only Justice that their rights
should be respected, and that the street
for these two blocks ehould be improved.
Streets in other portions of the town,
where the necessities were not so great,
perhaps, have recently been improved at
great expense, while it is stated that this
improvement will cost comparative-Iy lit
tle money.
In the interest of eafety to life and limb
and in recognition of the rights of tax
payers who live la the vicinity, it would
seem that early action should; be bad In
the matter.
YAKIMA FAIR.
Indian Races, War Damcei and Barb-cue.
The committee in ch'i:b'i of thi Yalrl
ina, Wash., Fair, to be held October 7
to 12 Inclusive, have a.-rangfd a Very
attractive premium list anl program, In
cluding Indian, races, war dMices, and
barbecue, which will t participated in
by over 4000 Indians of tai Norehwect,
headed by their most -jud chUfs, and
accompanied by t'hftlr best trained horses.
Each day special horse and bicycle races
1 will be h'Jd, together with a grand baser
bale tournament, including a professional
game between the ieugue clubs of Min
neapolis,. Minn.; and Detroit. Mich., to
aill of which Ubera4 purses will b given.
The miniature Washington Farm of the
World's Fair will be reproduced In de
tail. One of the best bands In the stale
has b.en engaged to furnish music dur
ing the entire week.
POPULARITY.
For Fifty-five Years They Have Been on
the -Market.
Ami -there are 98.000 Fischer pianos in
use. In order to fully appreciate this
marvelous foot it Is only, necessary to
tno-,v that an ordinary piano manufac
turer may point proudly to ai' record of
10,000 pianos sold. It Is a wond iful and
unparalleled endorsement, this record of
08,000. One of these superb Instruments
In quarter-sawed oak has recently been
purchased! toy Messrs. Fisher Bros., and
will be used in their new opera house.
A. 'line assortment of Fischer pianos, as
well as the world-renowned Chlckering,
the peerless Hardman.'and the popular
Bush & Oerts, can now be cen at the
Wiley B. Allen Co.'s branch, 710 Commer
cial street. . Low prices. Easy terms,
Old Instrumtnts taken In exchange. '
STATE NEWS.
IiUeresit.ng Items Cut lei fiu-m Oregon's
LxioVng .Newspapers.
The eA'Jbany 'Democrat Is cruel enough
to Bay this: "There are people who think
Astoria will be a rival of Portland in
time. One of the flrs-t things it should
do in order to get the good' will of the
people Is to elect 4iomest officials to office.
In years past the city and county lias
had In office somj. of the biggest rascals
on the coast."
This Is -most unkind. The Astorian has
always looked on the Democrat as a
most reliable paper. And now it comes
out and wocuses Clatsop county office
holders of being rascals. Perfectly ab
surd. And sp untTue too.
The people of Raa,ihunr. nv. th vi,i
deaJer, should own the means of water
supply. Let them then move, in that di
rection at once. The sooner the better.
The city probably hus not the powen to
bond Itself to raise the money under the
present charter, but the people can form
a new corporation with such conditions
in it tnao when the city can do so, by an
amended charter from the legislature, it
win De anoweu to taflte the plant and re
fund to the rtockholders the amount of
thtlr stock, and the city take the plant
under t'he control of the city authorities.
W. W. Well-man told' a- La Oranrla
Chronk-le) reporter the other dav that
nearly in. month ago a warty of men at
Granite, In broad daylight and without
masks, attacked a couple of Chinese and
roljbed them of about J100 In dust. And
the oltlcers would not even, Issue war
rants for the arrest of those participat
ing in the outroge . One of the Chinese
was stretched up a.nd the other severely
beaten to terrorise them, and the one
who wentt'hrough the hanging process has
not yet recovered the use of bis vocal
organs.
Scune time ago a dispatch reached Sal
em from RoBeburg that the Olalla post
office, sltuxted about ten miles west of
that city, had been robbed. One hundred
dollars reward was offered for the cap
ture of the robbers, and William R. Wells
the postmaster, arrested two parties by
the mi,me of 'Dean and Miller, who turned
out to bo the men gulity of the crime.
The government now refuses to allow the
request for reward, claiming that the law
J-es not apply to a.poetonaster who cap
tures the ivtfbers of his own office.
A blast of 6,000 pounds of powder was
discharged by an electric battery Satur
day morning on the line of the O. R.
and N. railway above- Sauferts. The Dill-
s Mountaineer says: "The basalt cliff
toppled Into the river and pieces of bridge
rock ar.vi clouds of drift filled the air in
every direction. The smoke was- sen
from town and the lew rumble heard sev
eral miles away."
The Baker City National bank Is now
"aly to piy Its second dividend to de
positors. Twenty per cent, or about 114,
'WO, will be paid out. Receiver Beard
hopes to be able to pay 100 cents on the
1 ll.ir to d-eposltors by the time the af
fairs of the bank are closed.'
.Mr.' Ham-m-ond Is about to let, contracts
for thei building of the Astorla-Goble
road. And on the heels of this announce
ment comes word that the big Burllopion
Is preparing to push Us coast extension.
Oregon's news Is all good news nowuduys,
remarks the- Statesman.
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