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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1895)
... JlSTORIA public library association. TODAY'S WEATHER. . ? Forecast, fair weather, ststloniry tem- (f tperature, fresh west north wli ds. K IVjAc AAi jiVjfW jVj& J J The ASTORIAN has the largest LOCAL fit m circulation! the largest GF.NERAL clrcula- Hon, and the largest TOTAL circulation of i? 40 ill papers published In Astoria. b EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XLIV. ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1895. NO. 225. sl : ' Lubricating OILS A Specialty, I872 1895 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, Attist Materials, Paints and Painters Supplies Glass, Mouldings, WHAT TALKS. 1 FOR IRELAND With over one-third increase in my sales from January 1st to September 1st in ihis year over 1894, and with goods in all lines one fourth less, it makes CO per cent, more goods sold eo far in 1895 than in first eight months in 1894, whifh is eloquence enough to show where is the' best place to buy Men's and Boys' Clothing, Fur nishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Valises, Mackin toshes, Umbrellas, Blankets and Quilts, etc. O'Donavan Rossa's Ovation in the Chicago Convention. A FENIAN BROTHERHOOD MAN Admitted Under Peculiar Circnin stances Chairman Fiuuerty's Address Ouo of the Features of the Day. I. U OSGOOD, The One Price Clothier, Hatter and Furnisher. 506 and 508 COMMERCIAL STREET, ASTORIA, OR. Japanese Mattings, Rugs and Bamboo Goods Contractor for Fresco Painting, Paper Hanging, Etc. 765 Commercial Street. Snap A rodak , ut any man coming out o( our 8io. and you'll get a portrait of a mm brimming over with pleasant thoughts. Such quality in the liquor we have to offer are enough to PLEASE ANY MAN.. Corne and Try Them. hughes a, CO. ASTORIA IRON WORKS Conromly St., foot of Jackson, Astoria. General Machinists and Boiler Makers Land and Marine Engines. Boiler work, Steam , beat and Cannery Work a Specialty. Castings of Alt Descriptions Made to" Order on Short Notice. John Fox. President and Superintendent A. L.' Fox '.....Vice President O. B. Prael Secretary They Lack Life There are twines sold to fishermen on the Columbia river that stand In Che same relationship to Marshall's Twine as a wooden Image does to the human being they lacK strength life evenness and lasting qualities. Don't tool yourself Into the belief that other twines besides Marshall's will do "Just at well." They won't. They cannot. School Books ! School Supplies! At Greatly Reduced Prices. A FPl.L LINK OF Oregon Books Slates Pencils Tablets Pens Erasers Sponges Everything Necessary for School Use. Griffin & Reecl. THREE LOTS. In a desirable location, 2 blocks from Hih School. A.E3ARGAIN. CHOICE LOTS IN HILLS FJRST ADDITION. On the new Pipe Line BjulovtrJ-Juat the place for a cheap home. C.J. TRENCH RD, Agent Wells, Fargo & Co. and Pacific Express Co. JOVE and PHOENIX INSURANCE CO'S. Custom House Broker and Commission Merchant. Soa Bond Street. A Block IN ALDER BROOK. STREET CAR LINE will be eitemle 1 this summer to within 5 minutes walk of this property Will veil at decHeil bnrgnin. ACREAGE. Io 5 or 10 More tracts insi.le tho n!y limit,-, nls ) adjoining Flavel. GEORGE HILL. 17! florid St., Occident Block, HILL'S REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE. $7,500 CASH 1 afrmAih. Kopp's Beer Hall. Choice Wines, Llquon and Cigars. KENTUCKY WHISKEY Oaly handed over the bar. The largest glass of N. P. Beer. Half-and-half. 5c. , Free Lunch. Cbas. Wirkkala, Proprietor. Cr. Conromly and Lafayette St. THOMAS MOKKO, Th-j Blacksmith vhoso shop is oppos ite Cutting's cannery, is now prepared to do such odd jobs as making new cannery coolers, repairing old ones, making new flshln boat irons, and re pairing old ones, and all other black smMiing that requires first-class workmanship. To lie rained from our stock of goods Inside of 45 days. Therefore, we will sell at ' -aPUBIiIC AUCTION . Commencing Saturday, September aiat. 18 )5, at a p. m., and continue from day to day until the amount Is raised, x DRESS GOODS, SILKS, PLUSHEF-, MEN' SUITS, OVERCOATS, UNDERWEAR LADIES AND GENTS' SHOES, UMBRELLAS, BLANKETS, etc., etc. Will be sold at your own price. Wednesday and Friday afternoons specially reserved for ladles, and every other time for everybody. I0REG0N L TRAD NG CO. 600 Commercial Street. MS .ROSS HIGGINS & CO. KEATtNO & CO will open their www Music Hall at 339 Astor street, " w w Saturday the 16th. They will www. keep numberless gool liquors and cigars besides having good music all the time. SEASIDE SMfpiL A complete stock of lumber on band in the rough or dressed. Flooring, ru- tie, celling, and all kinds of finish; , mouldings and shingles; also bracket work done to order. Terms reasonable and prices at bedrock. All orders promptly attended to. Office and yard at milL H. w u LOGAN. Prop'r. ljiide. Oregon. Grocers, : and : Butchers ' Astoria and Upper Astqrla Ine Teas and Coffees, Table Dellcade P-nestle and Tropical Fruits. Vegetables, Sugar Cured Hans, Bacon, Etc. Choice Fresh - and - Salt Meats. hiTOip PUBLIC LIBfMYl Chicago, Sept. 24,-Whcn the Irish con, ventlon met this afternoon every seat in the baM was occupied. The delegates were seated by states, all the states in the union roeing represented, as was also Canada and Australia. One of the scenes was the welcome tendered O'Donavan Rossa when Jie walked down the aisle ana tooic ni seat among the New York ae.egatlon. There was one woman dele gate, Miss Fannie O'Grady. of Chlcaim. One of the moat Interesting events ot me oay was the presentation at the door of certificates as a delegate to the con vention of the Fenian Brotherhood held In 1885, In Cincinnati, by Owen McSwee ney. McSweeney was not elected to be present at the convention, but owing to me 'iaci mat ne Jieid in his hand a cer tificate of eMglbHIty to the second- annu al convention of the Fenian Brotherhood of .America, he was admitted. A feature of Chairman Flnnerty's ad dress which evoked special enthusiasm was tils refeaenoe to Cuba. '! am ntt good a citizen as any iman," said Flnner- ty during his speech, "but I would wel come the sight of 100,000 armed Amorl- cans breaking th? neutrality laws in be half of Cuba, and doubly would I wel come the sight of 500,000 armed Ameri cans breaking the neutrality laws with England on behalf of Ireland. For twen ty years the foreign policy of tho United States has not been what it should have been. When the English gunboats landed their men at Corlnto it should have evok ed a reply from the mouths of American cannon that would make the Momme doctrine- far more virile and effective than the negative, pusillanimous neu trality laws. When Cuba Talad the flue- of freedom it should have been the duty of Americans to hasten to her deliver ance, neutrality or no neutrality. There are those who fear that we may do some thing here against lew cf the United States. Our loyalty to the United States Is shown In the stars and stripes on our platform here, but our loyalty is a matter entirely independent and sep arate from neutrality law Whenever has England paid any attention to neu trality laws? Certainly not in Ireland. where her very presenr" Is a standing memorial or her bre" of neutrality laws, ir f ranca naa. ( to Washing ton, as is frequently',:. I to us nowa days, observe neutrality laws, vou and I, gentlemen, would still be serfs and de pendents of the British as are our un fortunate brethren in Ireland. Thus far all Irish agitation has seemed to be hope loss against the treachery and deceit of England. It Is time now that we try some other course, some course that we can pursue sensibly, some course that will have legitimate and permanent end ing and alt the same time meet the ap proval of mankind. That la the pur pose of this new movement. We are here to proclaim to the world that the Irish race l by no means defeated nor disheartened. There are. more Irishmen today than there were ever on the face of the earth. We will circle England with a wall of Are which shall never be extinguished until Ireland Is free." Tne secretary read the call and the original circular, and also read various telegrams, each one bringing forth1 great applause. The only interruption, aside from the applause, was. when a member of the Illinois delegation asked who signed one of the Dublin telegrams. "Oh never mind who signed It," answered the secretary. "The men who signed those telegrams don't Intend to have themselves given away and their names made known." 'Some of the messages were as follows: Limerick, Sept. 24. The Limerick men are with you. (Signed) Murphy. Galway, Sept. 24. Tho Irishmen of Gal way are wishing you every success, (.signed) M. O'Sul'lIvan. Cork, Sept. 24 Munster is with you for Irish independence. (Sisrned) Klnsale. Paris, Sept. 24. The Irish colony of raris joins the new effort: Irish free dom. (Signed) Maud Gann. Dublin, Sept. 24. The Mayo men are all with you for Ireland. (Signed) Wil son. offered toy Seawanhanka Corinthian Yacht Club ended as did Saturday's, in a fluke, because there "was not wind enough to finish within five hours. FOURTH CILAS3 POSTOFFICES. Will Be Put Under Civil Service Reg lotions. Washington. Sent. 24. Both the near office department and the civil service commission take great Interest in the ef- orx ro put rourth class postmasters under ohrfl service laws. While nothing is .mciy 10 ue aone at present. It is prob able that before the end of this adminis tration the looked-for action will h taken. There ore over 65,000 fourth class pustomcea in the country, and the num ber la constantly Increasing. .. REVENUE CUTTER RUSH. Reports Boarding 600 Sealers Since Aug ust 1st. Walshirsrton. SeDt. 24 Tmvtain r ir. Hooper, of .the revenue cutter Rush, has reported to the secretary of the treasury, the seizure of the British schooner Bea trice. The Rush overhauled a lsnnt num. ber of vessels and on coming up with the Beatrice Captain Hooper himself board ed Wer and round 140 seal skins, the kilt ing of only 0 of wthlch was reDorted n her log. Fifty-seven vessels were board ed, and their skins counted since August 1 by the Rush. RUSSIANS IN CHINA. Large Banks To Bo Opened In Peking ana ananginai. London, Sept. 24. It is announced that with tlhe sanction of the Czar, a Russian bank with very large capital will be opened! tor business soon at Peking, with 'Drancit at Shanghai. Some of the moot prominent financiers and merchants In iRusdla are Interested in the scheme. The enterprise is regarded as another indication of Russia's determination to wrest commercial as well as political supremacy in tlhe far cast from Eng land. Trading emissaries of Russia, have freely assisted the government of China with money and have already penetrated to t'ne interior of China, where t::ey are uppianting the British. Last Witness for the State Ex amined Yesterday. ATTEMPT. TO MAKE A POINT Out of Durrani's Alluded False State ments Concerning; Jlig Associa tions With Blanche Laiuont. Senator Sanders of Montana While in Chicago San Francisco. Sect. 2i.-rnte m tnr the prosecution in the trlnl vf ThMuimv, currant lor the murder of Blanche La mont cloned this afternoon. The testi mony of all the witnesses was brlilf., me cniet point which the Drosacutlnn sought to establish today was Chat Dur rani naa said that the last time he had seen Miss Lamont was when he parted from her on the mornlns- of Anrii a she going to ochooli, he to the Cooper Medical CoHege. In all of his statements, regarding the disappearance of Miss La- mum, tne aerendant stuck to that decla ration. The prosecution exnects to ii.nr a strong point by demonstrating to the Jury that the prisoner made false state- .1 ems regarding tils movements and asso ciations with the girl whom tin i ed with haying murdered. The district l , ' "Ke us of the matter in his address to the Jury and will use it as the base of an argument the gist of which will be that Dunrant's falsa statements were inspired by a sinister mnti if ... had nothing to hide, it Is argued he would have told the truth about his' last meeting-with the girl. IMPORTANT DECISION. Seamen's Claims for Labor Under Re ceivers vaiiia Liens. Portland. Sent. 24.-J day rendered a decision In the nu nt th steamers William M. Hoa and ), Three Sisters, H. J. Young, et al. JlbeK ants, the tug Resolute, E. L. Bonnor and A. B. Hammond claimants. The Judge overruled the exceptions to the li!i The decision is of importance In that It noraa as valid laaior. seamen's lln against the vessel sought to h apnnii-ort for services petlformed tinder a recelv- ersnip. , favorable that more picking would have been done and mora hops would have been baled. i Harvest of all crops Is about over. The hop-picking will be finished this week; prune-drylng continues, and has been very successful. Corn yet remains to toe gathered, but as the amount of corn in' Oregon is small, the gathering of ft cuts but a emaU figure in the progress of har vest. The potato crop is now drying, and Will soon be stored for winter ship ment and use. During the season of growth, the TalnfaH, was 8i small that it had an injurious effect upon the po tato crop. The ground is sufficiently we'll moisten ed to a1ow of plowing, wliidh has been taken up by the farmers. Owing to this being the period of fairs, etc., plowing is generalOy delayeil until after tlhe fairs are coined. The season throughout has been fairly favorable to farming operations andi to the. development ot the farm products. Harvest is practically over, and as these bulletins are for the period of planting to harvest, they wilt be discontinued with this issue Ifor tho current year. A SHINING LIGHT. Bishop Bowman One of tho Salt of the . Earth. . if any If ever, Seldom does It fail to the lot city to entertain, and rarolv. Iras Astoria had the honor of -showing hospitality to so dlstingulahedi a per sonage aa tne guest wfco has inar iff her borders, the Rev. Dr. Bowman, sen ior Dismop r the Mcthodioi Episcopal church of America. Dlsihop Bowman Is a noted character of the day. Not for achievements in the arena of politics, not for the ability to amass a large fortune and rule his fel lows by the power of wealth, not for prowe3ii on the battlefield, nor fur m of the other successes attained througOi anioition ana which more or less subject one's fellows, is tho man renowned. But for nearly seventy years' servics as a. christian, and the undying, never falter- ir.g determination to better the condition of mankind and lead sinners to the Clfe nis conscience declared to be thewonly SAYS NORTHERN PACIFIC DEAL I ' -v. RECEIVERS resign;' Will Surely be Killed Notwithstand ing; Eastern Courts Decisions and Hill's Schemes and Efforts. TMe Officials Say They Cannot AAlda'tho conflict. Milwaukee. Sept. 24. Henrv f TWn Thomas F. Oakes and H. C. Rouse, rei celvers of the Northern Pacific railroad. tenaerea their resignation to Judge Jen kins late this afternoon. Jiulir .Tonuin. will take the matter under advisement and will decide Friday, the 2Tth. The receivers say : "Your receivers manifestly nnnni 0a. mlrtlfrter the trust with Justice to the parties Interested or themselves If suu- Exenator W. F. Sander.s of Montana, . XimM ,n"r,uctlons t0 in cm fu, u 1. J eneri" administration of two or more was in Chicago a few dava airo Ha u a r i V. "u"""M"ralra 01 two or more dlr JtSr of the jKJET pScin? rail! Ln"dellt',l!B"t- W ""ot -bide road company, and took a professional ih danger 01 , IM V5, aWde patr In the effort at Seattle last month Z, 00"?..' dlfference " P'nlon of to oust the present receivers. He was AAlCMl Ih'ltfl Onlnlnn ftf tfha Hulatnn Q ..... day by Judge Sanborn, of St. Paul. In - MORiAN BROS. BID, tment WIM Investigate rneir Atnity. the matter of the consolidation of the I . ' Great Northern and Northern Pacino The DPar' 6HOOTINO AFFRAY. A Rancher Attempts to Kill His Brother in-law. Pendleton, Or., Sept. 24. Indefinite re ports have been received here this even ing regarding a shooting , which oc currea iu mues from Pendleton up on McKay Creek. . Robert McBroom rode up to his house early In the evening. He heard the mother scream, and being en raged and thinking his brother-in-law was aArosIng hnr, he seized a Winchester, went out, found his brother-in-law, and tried to .murder him. Physicians and deputy eheriffs have gone to the ranch from here. One report says he shot his brother-in-law and mother, but the facts cannot be learned till the officers return, READING BOOM FilEB Tj ALU Open every day from 3 o'clock to 5 :30 ! Buao:ou to:0 p. m. Subscription rates f3 per annum. ' Southwest cor. Eleventh aud Diumm 3t. MARKET REPORTS. Easy to take, sure cure, no pain, noth ing to dread, pleasant little pills. De "Wltt s LIttf ariy Riser Best for Bick I Headache. Biliousness, Seur Stomach and Constipation. Sa.n Francisco, Sept. 24. Hops, 67. Now York, Sept. 24. Hops, quiet. Liverpool Sept. 24. Hops at London 1 It. Wheat Quiet and moderate. No. 2 red winter, 4a lOd; No. 2 rod spring, 4s lid; "So. 1 hard Manitoba, 4 lid; No. 1 Cali fornia, 4s lid. CHI.VA AGAIN PAYS. DivPrice's Cream Baking: Powder CoaUias ao A aiinala or Atasa. EVKTtT ONE NfcTOS A BTTSTKFS 8 EDUCATION. Many young me. anl ; wwicr . ui r or two yar at school-why not tak a rour that cn . be completed In that tlm Th collrg Include a hfrt EVnUfjII COUR8B be sides a BUSINESS and SHORTHAND COURSE. For catalogues stress. i U TAIsax Sr. - - E0LHES BUSINESS COLLEGE. - - FORTXaITD, OR, London, Sept. 24. A special dispatch from Shanghai cays that 30,000,000 taels in silver have been deposited at Shang hai by the Chinese government with which to pay the supplementary Indem nity required by Japan as a consideration for 'the evacuation of tho Liao Tung peainsulu. ANOTHER FLUKE. Oyster Bay. L. I., Sept. 21. Tho second raco in tho serl f th bt three out of five' between lite Spruce IV and Ethel Wynn for th perpetual chalkng') cup Great Northern and roads and replied Woefting'ton. Sent. 24. Scr , " " J a.avj ltuCU I - , ft a la!w in fonmor lima aha an nnt I DOTt Uiaa ordered Ch ef Engineer Wllkr.n reipeal, but she cannot Impose on North t0 pP0ceed from M Maro Island navy uaicota, Montana, Idaho, or Washington, . l" DK". vvasn., to examine the dlsablMtles to regulate their own cor- P;'5B; oC Moran Bros., who .submitted- a poratlons, In which Mates two-thirds of d for tna construction of one of the the Northern Pacific and more than half " "aw lorPea' ooats, with a view of tne oreat Northern roads are situated. I .u"" wra,lnm to ao the, work, rue litigation at St. Paul has been a sort df keyhole suit, wihoily eliminating the raws or tne states whore most of these roods are, and has not really been worth tine lawyers fees. "What la your opinion as to the cor. , O. M. IRWIN WEDS. Urtlon, Or.. Sent. 24. The derlt nf Kn. Ion county this afternoon Issued a 11- cense granting permission to G. M. Irwin rectness of Judge Sanborn's opinion in ?.tlate "P",lntendent of public Instruc tlon, to wed Miss Lillian M. Colllson, of la urande. The wedding will take place ac 'la uranue tonight. CROPS iA'ND WEATHER REPORT. Frosts Have Not Yet Done Damage. point of law?" "I presume. by the taw of Minnesota, which was wviai ne had to consider. Judge Sanborn was right. Lawyer do not vigwi'iy condemn judicial decisions, and mo able a Judge would not be apt to err as to that provision of 'the TTnitew States constitution wihirthi In. clad exposition than any other, The The ,ol!ow,ln weekly weather crop hul Dartmouth College case Is the refuge Ietln waa received by the As'torlan yes of soma iudlda.1 trrnm a-n.i .,. , I terday: more srcnerallV crlt'it.i.ww ir I Waatern Oregon Weather The iwpelc derrmevl, than any other, and It Is the ha t,een 001' cloutly, and showery. The basis or Judge Sanborn's . view, I have '"as Deen generally less Mian one- thoueht I would HU ht iwm I quarter of an Inch, but has been dlatiHh- county northern Pacific case and other lou uver lour "W- Jn lne "h cognate cases beforo saying what 1 1 heaiVy thunder storm, accompanied by thought of this decision. Of course the nau' occurred In Douglass county. Since presumption In his decision Is rlsht but hrllla5r' fnlr weather has prevailed. Fri of the editorial In Ur HiM-a n 'm.... day and Sa'turday nlchts were cool, with paiper M correct some of tho decision waa i, nuuy ana aturaay morning. ODiter aicta. l,m nuraimum Temperature for (he week "If It Is affirmed what will be th r- ranged from 58 to 70 degrees, and the uft?" : . . minimum from 3d to 54 degrees, tempera- There will be no consolidation, either arjout chose of the week preceding. In fact or disguised by tho tuphemlsm of a -tramc conrract.- The Northwest will never te Callfornlatzed. Its laws aoequano ano roe spirit ot its people Is urou-iea. ii vnjl atinm late ahaptar. aemroy m untaiwiriM securities, and pre- mrrvo n ireeoom Dy aaequate and Just laws Inexorably enforced. There Is no lne sun s rays were quite warm, but the total amount of sunshine was below the normal amount. The total ralnfalli for tne month of September Is In. excess of tho normal amount, but the total does not amount to that which fell in Hcntr-mher 1893. Crop The fronts were heavy enough, nook or cranny west of Dulutih not Indlg- ( '"castles, to Injure vegltatlon usually nant at Whia proposition. I hear ft Is the rM" d not occur until October. Thers same in St. Paul u In n!... u I was no material damage done bv iht Seattle and the entire Northwest. It lal'0,'1' for most all products have ma- nui a vmonu matter 10 Wr, H1H. View-I 1"" rBI" wtla ' neavy enougn ed as a financial proposition It Is strange- to ma!terilaY Interfere with hop-picking, ly absurd, and the sober sepond hn,. '"hough the threatening weather had a ' '" wonrn facmc anock nA hnr, holder conalgnett u to tho wastepaner iwvi.. aiict lawsuit is a. 4orr ef AAMn. WAR ON JAPAN. Has Been Commenced by the Salvation Jirmy. Vancouver, B. C. Sent, fi Tha ... ni niivrwt oi inaia arrived from the Orient tWls ,afternoon. The Salvation Army has coirrmenced a war nn 1.... I Lieut. Efhejune, a Japanese, has charge v. imvca hi japan. CHOLERA REPORTS. t ' tamuurw, a. Bent. U n k. I ""'""' "-eon case of cholera and ., aeaonai were T-ported In Jhjmm. Up t bt-ptember th. JS.92S I -1--U L.J .' ' W.ll 1 uj..4i nao occurrrea since the outbreak I depressing effect upon the pickers, ana as a result many yards have been aban doned before the hops were thoroughly picked. The condition of the hops Is hard to determine. Some others claim that the rains ihtave not injured them, others that t'liey have done Injury. It is safe to conclude that had the weather been more right wjiy, Is this man weK known among his fellows. There are hundreds of good, true and noble christian men and women, but few attain, even in old age, the un varying purity of action and motive which so distinguishes Blshow Bowman. No matter what the storms of life, no matter what ttw temptation, Ms only rules seem to have been not to go to those places whore he could not invite his Lord to accompany him, and not to do those things which, though harmless In themselves, yet might lead his neighbor Into sinful evcesaes, ' A great traveller and a man of the highest education and culture, thorough ly 'familiar with every portion of the Bible, and with all phases of human life. lyet simple and as unpretending as a child e capnvaies Dy nis very simplicity and naturalness. His open shining counte nance and kindly words will long be re membered by those who were so fortu nate as to meet him on his recent visit here, and no doubt many a weary one re ceived words of encouragoment and ehear which will make many a mile of life's Journey the shorter for having known this grand old man of God. RAILROAD RUMBLINGS. Contract Said to Be Let to H. S. Huson and Corey Brothers. It 'wus rumored on the streets yesterday that Mr. Hammond, who leaves Portland today for a brief visit to San Francisco. had M the principal contract for the construction cf the first ten miles ot tho Ooble roaJ to H. S. Huson, of Ta- coma, formerly assistant chief engineer of the Northern Pacific railroad, and Who was in Astoria with George W. Dickinson, assistant general superintend ent ,of tho Northern Pacific Railway a few days ago. It was also stated that the Corey Bros, have been award ed part of" the contract on the earth land rock work. Mr. Curtis, chief engineer. who has been in Portland with Mr. Hammond, and al has been looking after matters at Goble, it is said, wilt be In Astoria again in a day or two, with Mr. Huson, and that by next week work on a larger stale will have com menced. When a reporter calleLl at the general office ytsterJay Mr. Go.slln was found in charge and that gentleman stated that the rumors were substantially correct am that everything appeared to be In readi ness for the commencement of work next week. ADVERTISED LETTERS. The fallowing '1st cf letters was ad ertlsed In the Astoria poatofflce Septem-. ber 23. 1895. Bruneil, Miss Hilda! Wilson, Miss E.G. (21 Christians, John F. Wfldrlck. Mrs. N. P. Delaney, Joseph . Richardson, Jaa. A. Kredenberg, Mary ! Rayfleld, L. F. Hellatrom, A. C. (2);N!tos. Ben. Franklin Hayes, C. j McDonald, Mrs. C. Inlsble, C. J. Lutschlngor. J.W. (21 Keel, James H. i Leach, Horace (2) Foreign, . Lelvlika, Jolian When calling for any if the above let. ten, please say "advertised." HERMAN WISE, P. H Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest V. S. Gov't Report IVY f V ' . rVrrr.r-