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ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13, 1805.
NO. 231.
VOL, XLIV.
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Caps, Boots, Shoea, Trunks, Valises, Umbrellas,
etc., at the very lowest prices.
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The One Price Clothier, Hatter and Furnisher.
603 and 508 COMMERCIAL STREET, ASTORIA, OR.
School
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At Greatly Reduced Prices.
A Kl'I.L USE OF
Oregon Books Slates
Pencils Tablets
Pens Erasers
Sponges
Everything Necessary ov School Use.
Griffin & Reed.
THREE LOTS.
In a desirable location, 2 blocks from High School.
A BARGAIN.
CHOICE LOTS IN HILLS FIRST ADDITION.
On the new Pipe Line Baiilerrj-Jmt 'he place for a cheap home.
A Block IN ALDERBROOK.
STRKET CAR LINE will bo estemlcU this wumn'r to within 5 minutes
walk of this property Will cell lit docide l buriiM).
ACRE AG Pj.
In 5 or 10 ace tracts in-i ld the mly limit', :h' aiijoinimr Havel.
GEORGE HILL,.--471 BondSt., Occident Block,
HILL'S REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE.
OUR AUCTION .
Draws the crowd because our
every kind of merchamlise that w-t carry in stock iit their
own price.. VVe are not selling odds and t nils, but new and
clean goods the best in the
der the hammer.
TH15 SALE WILL CON riNUE
Until the required amount is raised to meet our present liabilities. Therefore,
take advantage ct the present opportunity and purchase your
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, SHOES,
HATS, BLANKETS, UMBRELLAS, etc.,
-f AT OUR AUCTION -f
Sales afternoons at a p. m. Kveninu, 7:30 p. in. Wednesday and
Friday afternoon reserved for ladlea, and every otlier time for everybody.
600 Commercial Street.
ROSS HIGGINS k CO.
Grocers, : and : Butchers
Astoria aad Upper Anuria
In Tas ind CoffMf. Table Dellcadts. Domestic
and Tropical Fmlts. VeeeuHes, Sugir
Cured Hani, Bacun, Etc.
Choice - Fresh and - Salt - Meats.
SorReaRife
lTvTBT ONE NEEDS A BUSTNES
wntnm ran anend bat on or two rears St
a completed In that time? The college
aides a rU'BWESS and SHORTHAND COCRSE. Tor catalogues saaress.
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The lorig round and square
cut frock, and the one-button
and three-button medium long
' Dove Tail" frock suits, the
fly button and the long ulster
overcoats, the long capo and
the box coat mackintoshes with
velvet collars are now in, as
well as all lines of Men's
and Boys' Clothing, Fur
nishing Goods, Hats,
jwjmMaMieaMMJWiwwiitiMWiwit ii iMiniTii 111 1 in r t-mnmw
ooks !
chool Supplies!
custo :ers can ge-t any and
market is put up and sold un
CO.,
tiSTOlp PUBLIC IilBWVl
KEADIKO ROOM FREE TO ATX.
Open every day from 3 o'clock to 5 :30
and 6:30 to 930 p. m.
Subscription rates $3 per aDnnm.
Soutnweat cor. Elcvtnth aud Duane 5ta.
8 EDUCATION. Many young men ana
school why not take eonrse that can
Includes a ihort ENGLISH COURSE be-
mm
Court of Appeals Decides in
Favor of Mrs. Stanford.
PACIFIC ROADS ON SAME BASIS
What is Sauce for One is Sauce for
the Other-Case Will go to U. S.
Supreme Court.
Special to the Astorian.
San Francisco, Oct. 12. The United
Staltea court of appeals today decided
in favor of Blre. Stanford on the appeal
taken frccn tlho decision of Judge Rosa
suaticdnlngr .the demurrer of Mots, ataniord'
in the suit brought against IWer to re
cover J15.337.000 alleged to be clue tlhe
government from the estate of Leland
Stafford on account of CentnaC PaidflC
bondls.
The opl niton suited Itfhe question before
the court to tie whether the stockholders
were to foe beM ImiivirduaEy liable for
the debts of Uhe aump&ny. The court held
that the CUHiHty of the stockilicCders
of 'the Central Paaiflc couQd not toe differ
ent from 'those of the Union Pacific and
tad there been a consoffldaClon of the t wo
companies tlhe debt would have been col
lected from the stockholders; anil what
would apply 'to .them then applied now.
Judge ambient, who reaki the decision,
cited alt lenelah tlhe -laws governing the
stockholders of the Union Pacinc. In
this Instance the share holdem iwere not
hold liable and It Is explicitly so stated
In the charter whilchi was obtiained in
Illinois. On the other 'hand the iftate of
Callfornfla Imposed a personal! inability
clause Whlen the Central) Pacific (was In
corporated. "But," iM the court, "Is It reasonable
to suppose fflvat when tlhe government
granted the two roads subfAdles tha't 'It
intended to hoJli the Bfaairrftolllers of one
pensonalily ltotole and not 'the other? Can
it be Impute! tbat 'VMa waa the Intent
of congnesa Kvben Jt eet aside lands and
assumed part of the debt of the com
pany?" The court tfukrlher on urged Wi-alt k was
the Interatifon of congress to put both
roads on the saime footing. Judge Davis
at lllilinlola Mas atoealdy dectdod that UnlHon
raoinu atocMwyilders were not llalKe.
Again, the ictourt rentarked: "It is not
reasonable ito presume tfiiait Indlvldiials
would engage in eucih an enterprise were
they to limper!! not only tlh)er investments
bult their private fortunes."
The case wtta be taken to the Unirted
Startes euprome count.
NETW GRAIN LOADER.
Invented by Tojcama Stevedores After
Yeaira of Work.
Tacoim'a, Oct. 12, An apparatus that the
stevedores bave been attempting for
years to perfect Mas Just been invented
by McCabe and 'HalmH3ton, local steve
dores. A movobte ctonveyor for loading flour
and grain f roim an ordinary wharf la the
machine. With the aia of electricity,
four truckmen can do the cwork formerly
dbne by eighteen men. The conveyor Is
about forty feet long. Two wheels In the
center elDaw It to be moved at will. A
revolvting be9t, on whlcfi the Saieks are
placed, Is of rubber ana passes over
twetve rotters. The belt its propelled by
a driving iwthleel attached to the side of
the apparatus.
, OAPT3URBD THE DOPE.
Inspector Jossey hi Taconva. Makes a
KIKlng..
Taooma, Oct. 12. Ous'toms Inspector B.
F. Jossey tlhls afternoon captured eighty
pounds of opium, of flra best Victoria
make and valued at J1.0W. "WMle standiing
on a comer he eaiw Itwo men go 'by bear
ing a heavy p&tokage wrapped In btankets.
He tanted to tfotlow them and to sus
picions were arouBed iwben they turned
into a side street, Just after a fhrlU
wWlstle, coming apparently from a look
out. WTien stopped the tnen refused to
open tihe packiage, iteming Jossey be could
open It hlm'scTf. As he reached for his
gun the men fled. 'He fired, and tMnkr
heWit one, but colAI not aril&w Tor fear
their pals svouCU eelss tlhe dope.
THE BONDS ANNULLED.
Former Astoria Olrl Gets a Divorce.
Taieoma, Oat. IB. The marriage of E'he!
Pitts with. Henry Ptt" was tc'iay an
ntfiled by Judge Parker.
Mrs. Pitts Is a young American girt
about 17 years old and her ihudbind Is a
negro aged 40. Pitta was cooking in a
restaurant at Astoria during the summer
of 1894, and iwtas a frequent visitor and
friend of Mrs. iPlUa' tfather. Mrs. Pitts
nflieges tlhat tr.botat a year ago Pitts met
her 8-vl wltH .thrc-'s fon-e'l her to go
aboard a ti:c;imer iwM tajm and Jour
ney to KaT.am'i. .W''iere he frightened her
Into marrying b!lm before a Justice of the
praise. He then brought her to Tacoma
and kept her confined in a room. Dur
Irg his absence a short Dime afterwards
fhe escaped. Pitts went to BnMoU Col
umbia. SACKVILLE-WE3T.
Spirited Ahvay by General Sherman In
mi.
Wahllngton, Ocft. 12. That portion of
the Lord 8arftv'Ke-Wst paimpihlet In
wtatdh he araerts tihat Lord GranvlKe, alt
the thne of the Iflsd execifttlons In 1883,
h'ul, upon ropresen tuitions of Lord Spen
cer, cabMI the estftstant secretary of
state that he believed Lord Backvllle's
I'tfe tfas In oanger, owing (to the heated
Irish agitation in this country, and ttuut
a? a result Lord Lionel twart taken on
a cruise by General Sherman, was con
firmed ffrotn an unexpected qinuter to
day. . .
'Mr. (Davis, iwho wlas for the time as
sistant secretary (of etm under Secre
tary TYeyjlnRtausen. but who retired be
fore thia incident occurred, received the
fcmow'ng from Brevet Brigaritor General
Jrihn C. TiUhall, derailing clroumstaaces
net mails public.
"I have not seen Lor4 SafckvKt'B
piTr.Cw arnl do not know In wa con
nection he brinM forward the circUJn
sUnces referred to In the cruise of ttie
CTeaipeake, r ut do know a a matter of
fact, that It did occur. R wm in the first
part of Miy, 1883. General Sherman took
Lord eackv-west and family on a
narati vessel (tha Taliaboesaa, perhaps),
down the Oict&poako on an ostensible
Junketing Itrlp. They wore gone a week
or ten days. (MeaniwhXe I, als aid de camp
to General 3hertaan, took cara of the
British Qegatlon In. Washlngiton. So far
as I know, no one knew the reason for
this action, exfcept President Arthur, Sec
retary of War Lincoln, General Shearman
and myself. But as Lord Sajckvllle-Wes:
has now divulged the secret. I have no
hesltaltlon in mentioning Iwbat I know
about it.
CHRISTIAN UNITY.
ArdhblsAiop Ireland on the Blessing of a
Reunited OhrlBtenidom.
Archblslhbp Ireland praacbea a power
ful sermon In the cathedral at St. Paul
on last Rosary Sunday, explaining Hhe
devotion of the Rosary. Every true
OhilMtiian, whether OalttooCTc or Protes
tant in thta Uenoiininaitton. mill agree
iW'ilbM the following extract from1 tills
sermon :
A word aa to tlhe intention proposed
In the devotions of .this month. the re
union of Christendom. There is deep In
affl Christian aoula a longing (or unity.
AM feel that U. divided Christianity Is a
tweak erolng of forces, a terrible miafor
tunc, a plain contradiction of 'the gos
pel. It Is evident beyond all possibility
of doubt thiart oTJ Oanlst'lans traoujj be
one. Christ prayed that they sliouid be
one, as the Father and the Son are one.
He stated pCulnly that there eWould be
but "one fold and one thfpiherd." 6t.
Paul proclaimed aCoud one Lord, one
faith, one ibapttsim. "It is the duty of
alii who love Christ and K3 truths to
desire and work for unity. It Is well,
then, thialt tlhe iwortl for unity be spoken
by the oCtf church, mlhlam even other
churches call 'tilte ImoUher chiurch. The
word Was been fpoken. The necessity of
unlfty bias been empWastzcd. What m.ay
be the resil'.'t. God knows. 'Let us do
our duty ami leave HUm to govern and
direct. Let mi pray thiait grace and love
be gilven to aul thiait by divine power ob
stacles 'be removed, the rougd nxxya made
plain, and let us, as iweCl as iwe can, do
our own ehare. The road to unity is
througih eweetnesis and charity. Let us
hiave awee'tness and dhiartty for our eep-
araited brethren. Let us not revile, nor
spoalk tn anger or misrepresentation.
Even Sf we f eel we are doalt unfairly with
let us aOways deal fulirly Iwith others,
Let us, where we sea. error, distinguish
well between the persDn Who holds to M
and the error dtself. Tho percon is
Judged by Oils own conscience, iwtheim God
alone reatls. We dcBlre the Christian
truth in Its compietereeiB, Vtra Christian
churah In the fulCna? Of Iher divinely
given proportions; but while desiring
this we 'muslt reverence partial truth
wherever we find It, rejoice in It, co
operalts iwliuh it. It Is Chr'.'st's gift and
our inh'erltance. Wherever Christ Is
loved and worshiped there good (s done.
In itihUs age of agnosticism avl unbelief
let us EU.lu.te la brotherly love all who
cail'l Jesua ithelr Savior. I wish atr. .were
within ono fold; but even wihere they are
not, Christ speaks of them es hte cheep,
and I am gOad they (work In any measure
for Ohrtst. The belftj of any Christian
temple calling men 'to woreihllp God and
the Savior 'bring sweet music to my soul,
and I laim gladdened and comforted by
it, although again I cay I flalin, an I must
In obedience to the gospel, cry out', "One
Lord, one fallth, one baptism."'
SHE IS A CENTENARIAN.
RecoKeotions of French1 Invasion of Ire
land In 1788.
The foltowiing account of the landing
In New York of an o'.d IrJislh woman Is
nr.ost interesting:
The "Iron gate" whklhi 1s Situated be
tween the barge office and the ship news
office of Ithe 'Un'fted Press papers, on the
Battery, Is known aa the threshold of the
Unllted States, and itthrcug'h its narrow
confines pass the gircult majority of the
lmimlgranta iwiho come to tlhls country
in tlhe hope of bettering their condition.
Peilhapa no more IntereeiSIng, and certain
ly no more andlenlt, character hias passed
'lihroufihi the '"iron gate" for some time
than Mrs. Mary Odffey, iwhb "umded yes
tttlJI:i from the Cunard stctimElhllp Au
rania. 'Mira. Coffey tayls tKve wan born
In County Kerry, Ireland, 104 yeaira ago,
and in that period has not before left
fi'ie Mrnilto of Kerry, or even gyt eyond
the neighborhood of her own pigs and
dhJckens.
As the old Irtrfi woman cat upon a
stringpleoe by the barge office yester
day and torn her story, ehe presented
a strange picture. She 'Is not much more
than 'four feet In height and her face
Is hrivelcd and drawn until lit reeem
bCies what Mr. Darwin called one of his
coudlns. The ancient duime's Uncaring,
eyesight and (walking 'abilities seemed
to be good, bult ea she eat munching an
ippde she seemed to be ob'Uvious .to ah
iround her. She know not a word of
English, and the (conversation tlhmlt
the reporter had wllth her waa en
tirely ibhrnoUKlh. the onedlumi of her daus'h
ter, Calttherln Cbffey, wtho Oiad gone over
to Kerry to bring her mother back to
her home In Flalnfleld, Conn., and of
Poter Groden, the wei known E'.is M
ai.J detective. Mrs. Coffey could speak
nOJrtlng butt her native Irish, and In
thus tongue she talked freely to Groden,
wi.io is an adept In Its use.
Ttue old woman, after saying that she
Bias 104 yeara old, dtcurevl that fine re
membereid well the French. Invasion of
Ireland in 1798, when rihe iwtas seven years
old, and easily reeaUled dhe battle of Bal
llnamuck, which, occurred on September
8, 1798, between (the Iritlh, rebe'JS and the
French on one side and the English on
the other. Mamy of the unen of hier family
took part In the meimoruble sLruxg'.e.
In her gutteral IkuigiuiaKe Bhe told of the
landing of the French. General Humbert
and the troops from the remnant of
his fleet, and Itlheilr defeat toy the English
which, the agel Immigrant plainly de
pCored. Her mind (was much more dear in re
gard to old occurrences tiian on Cuter hap
penilni?s. In answer to Peter Groden'a
questioning, he ealid that tllie had bad
elgHit cWlldren, four of whom were now
living, and that her himband had been
tp,ii fifty years. When latlt seen Mrs.
Coffey was olirribing, unaitsls'.ed, the cli-
vm;ed raiiroad statrs. with an air or non.
ohiiliance that suggested the idea that
Kerry was grMironed with e.evated roads.
Several hundred Immigrants a year ar
rive here from Ireland Who can cptek
nothing but Irish, but Mrs. Ooffey is
Without doutit the oldest Immigrant that
has ever been landed in tUSs city. The
Irish language is still the familiar tongue
of many ipeople in Kerry, Oonnaught,
Sllgo, (Mayo and Gaflway. The purest
IiUtti, nocordlna Ha !Pctr Groden, is
spoken in Gabway, but then Peter la a
native of GaCfcray. A peculiar feature of
Groden's Irish 1a Uie faot that be coud
apeak nortrinjr but Enu urn he r
rivd In rh's courrtry, and now he f.t
fera to Englah. -
It's In town. It's the beat;
Won't burn nor roughen the skin;
Won't "yellow your clothes."
You wll be agreeably surprised,
Sorry you didn't know ft sooner.
Tonaon's Soap Foaaj. tergt packages.
Utah Democrats Claim Foul
Play by the Church.
UNCALLED FOR DISCIPLINE
Jutlfcre Powers Will Recommend' the
Party to Vote for Territorial
Form of Government.
Salt Lake, Oct. 12.-iPollt!call cliicJes
are agitated today over the report that
at a secret meeting of the priesthood of
the Mormon church, a few days ago,
Hon. Moses Thatcher and B. H. Roberts
were disciplined for participating 1n poli
tics without tlhe peitm'ision of the church.
Thatcher is a candfdalte for the senate
and Roberts is a candidate for represent
ative. The Democratic politicians con
strue 'tlhls aa a notice that the Republican
ticket should be elected.
Just 'Why these 'two gentlemen were
singled out for dlseipTJlne, i while there
are other church officials on bouih tickets,
la something iwihMh ithe Demooraitila poli
ticians claim they do not understand
and dlte the fact Wat Joseph S.nidh open,
ly advocated and urged the election of
the 'RcpulbJJcan ticket telt year, to Which
no objection iwais imade. The Domocratlc
party Mas 'been .waging a vigorous cam
paign iwfuhi tha cUoiim that Ihetr chamces
for isuccess iwere albout even, but now ad
mit (helr dhainces against the church in
fluence iwlilD be next to hopeCess.
Judge 'Powers, cihlalrman of tlhe Dturvo
crtntilo commllittee, In ai puUllsh'el Inter
view, ay:
"If we find What our efforts aire to be
thiwair'ted, our mvoney waited, our victory
surropitiouuly tialcen from us, I Khali ad
vise the state committee to give me au
thority to call a convention of the Demo,
crata of Utah, giving that convention
the power to consider the propriety of
taking the Demioonamic ticket fixwn the
field, to disband the Democratic party
and to advise the voters of Uta'iv to vote
down leglSCalt'ton and to vote for a ter
ritorial foitn of government until we are
centaln all our people, from the highest
to the lowest, wi.l be free to act, polltl
oaCCy, as they choose."
OF NO EFFECT.'
Fishit Wtl Probably Come Off Despite
tlhe Govern or j
Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 12.-Governor
Clarke's pron'unclaimeinito against the figlhit
seems to have had little effect on mat
ters at Hot Springs. The Indications
ere thait the fight ,wfH be brought off
Oct. 31. It Is estlmuited thiait 40,000 people
wtJl vome ito 'the istate to attend the flht,
Including men of wealth.
DARING ROBBERY.
Storekeeper In the Nez Perce Reservation
! Held Up.
Spokane, Oct. 12,-tA' pedal to the
Spokesman-Revlaw from Jullaotta, Idaho,
says:
Indian Trud'er H. N. Jbrgens arrived
here today, alfter am air. nWht ride, from
Kalmlalh, on the Nez Perees reservation,
brlngilng the flows oif the during and suc
cessful robbery at raw store at 7:30 laat
evening.
Three masked 'men mime Into the fcltore
where Jbrgens and his clerk were at
work. He Weratlfled one of Ithe robbers
as a (man iwlhb 'had been stopping with
h'toiv for itwo days. The robbers were
armed wlbhi double barreled shot guns
and itwo revotvara. As they came into
the roomi they ordered all present to
throw up their hunkls. They then took
$1,500 In money, $1,000 of iwhiWh had been
deposited by the Indiana wlth Mr. Jor
gens for safe keeping, six gd watches,
a tray of gold rings, a eh'ot gun and a
rifle. They then backed out of the room,
mounted their horses and rode amiay In
the darkness. Jongens Imlmeilfately organ
ized fer pursuit and In a'lPWle while ten
Indians were scouring the country.
NEW RECORD.
Denver, Oct. 12. W. W. HoUrtUton rode
ill mlTia iinntiifU 'llhlla fteTn)On 111 tWO
irtlnuttes and two-ftfth seconds. The best
previous record Was 2:07 1-5. iHamiuon s
i fKwrd Is official and he Wad L. A. W.
sanction for the trial.
OREGON'S BIG GUN.
San iFnanctoo, Oct. 12. The big 13-Inch
gun for 'the cruiser Oregon, Which, ar
rived tyiay from the Bait, will not be
put upon ithe worship Hrrtmedlately. Union
Iron Works officials rttate that the cruiser
win not be ready 'to take any arma
ment for aft least four mtan.-.hs. The gun
Is ncaity twice u large as the largest
ever brought to t'hla coast by raSI.
THE MARKETS.
San Fnancls:o, Oct. 12. Ifops 57 for
new.
Liverpool, Oct. 12. Whtult, fpot, firm;
demand modeoalte; 'No. 2 red winter, 5s
21; No. 2 red spring, ricocks exhausted ;
No. 1 hard Manitoba, Ca 2V1; No. 1
California, 5s 3d.
New Kork ,Oot. 12. Hop steady.
TO SETTLE OREGON PACIFIC. .
Eugene. Oot. 12. Referee Woodcock will
go to CorvialMs Monday to begin the
work of settling up the affairs of the
Oregon Pacific. Ha expects to finish in
about Uwo trtonthg.
A DRAW.
Meth, L. I., Oct. 12. Tine GrlffO'
Lavigne flghlt was decided lo be a draw
at the end of the 20th round.
BIG SHIPMENT OF GOLD.
Henena, Oct. 12.-mie United States
aroay office In this city shipped 3o.ira
worth of goOd bullion to the 'I'htfudelphla
mint, being the Hargvsrt fWljmient ever
made from tfontana.
STRA'MBP. JT.
San Francisco. 0. 12. Private advleea
I tnym Ouuiyirma today Intimate that the
earners inteo, Musaran ana wntr
i"mi gulf , coaster have been tost wkb
11 anJa on board. The malfts were rbslit
in rh faainh. of a bturrlcans and nothing
has been heard of thekn, though) one was
due at Ouaymur and the other at Macat-
Can some "days ago. A number of paifsen
gers were on tlhe Steamers and it they
went down a hundred ttves have probably
been lost.
STATEI NEWS.
Interesting Items Culled From Oregon'!
Leading newspapers. ,
The "Burna town.oounoll has contracted
for tlhe purchase of a ftre engine to cost
11,275, delivered at Huntington, or Onta
rio, Dog fennel dust Inlterf ered with, the har
vesters about the machines In Sherman
county, Oregon, this season. The clothes
of tiho workers would become flkled with
It, and the wrist, neck and body .were
badly blistered.
The debt Of Curry county Is about $40,000
and draws 8 .per cent interest. The debt
was Incurred in buffldlng a good road from
one end of the county to the other. The
rate of taxation Is $2.60 on $100 of the as
sessed valuation. ,
Tine murder of a Japanese woman alt
Salem the other day has given the pa
pens at the Caipitol City ai mid attack of
Duriunltlana, and they are doing their
best to Jet 'the pubCUc have a full, true
and connect weeount of.lhe whole crlmo.
G. F. Billings has on exhibition at his
office In Insurance Block, at Ashland, the
pesich that surpiaisisca the record for size.
It is of Ithe tiwenty-ounce Ciing variety,
and Oacks bult 1 8-4 ounces of weighing
ounces. The big peach was grown by
B. Beadh, of Ashland. It has been pre
serve in a gloas Jar for exhibition, with
several other smaller ones (one of the
totter welshing 16 3-4 ounces( and they
will prcib.il. y be sent to the fair.
Thult $100,000 keeps vanUlhlng. The New-
pout News says: The amount of taxes
dut Lincoln Kourtty out of the O. P.'a
$100,(WO foots up the sum of $20,3S1.G2. Jud?e
S. V. Burit iwent out to EaJeta last week
to employ an attorney to preaent the
dliallms of the county before the referee.
About $3,000 of Wills amount belongs to the
county adhooD funds. Should the county
be awarded Who amount of taxes due, It
will, with the Itaxca of '91, praotloa.lly put
us out of debt.
The LaGrande Chronicle eaya: "Prose
cuting Attorney Laiwry, of Psndleton, has
undertaken to oorreot some abuses In the
Justice courts in Shalt county by the sum
mary dlssmlsall of certain trivial eases.
There 4s no doubt that many dollars of
needless expenses are piled upon the tax
payera by mail'toloua and trivial prosecu
tions. Our own county Is not entirely
free from sudh praxitlces, and many cases
go on to the cnilmiinaH calendar that ought
to be squelched rltfht on the start. It is
perWapis nut too own to eay that triv.
lial prosecution brotiRh't In .the Justice
courts of Union county Is one of the
principal' reasons mhy county warrants
are now set.lntriat a discount of five cents
wihen they cliould be wor'llh their face."
Mrs. WHlam H'latt, the victim of the
rtcent Jordan tragedy, says ithe Albany
Democrat, died at the home of hor mother
Mrs. Holimuu, In Jordan, at 3 o'clock
this morning. There had been two bul
lets In her head. One was taken out by
Dr. Kitchen, and tlhe other remained in
her braiin. 'Mrs. Hlatt became semi-conscious;
and ft is doubtful If She mode any
rational jsSatcment In refernce to the
dlibotlng, for wihiltlh 'Mis. Hannalh wlK
haive to answer bcifore the next grand
Jury. This places upon Linn country the
responsibility of a murder trial, and a
peculiar one alt Uihalt, a iwoman Ithe alictfred
murderer, the evidence mostly If not all
clrCilmstantlialK' The trial at the court
wlhlcih convenes on October 281lh wKl be
one full of interest.
Tho Yaqulna Bay Creamery mado Its
last run of the season last Tuesday. The
supply uf milk hua foillen w Jow that It
did not pay to operate It tongcr. The cows
of ithlts county have been brought up to
giving imillk onCy during 'the summer
months, and as a consequence the supply
of triilk has falien very rapidly during
the last month. The creamery books
Sltow that for 'the past five months the
creaimery has manufaidt'ured 9,fi2fl pounds
of buWter. Tho avoiasis price received
for this butter for the iwhbl flvo trionthn
ihims been about 19 cents per pound, and
taking out the cost of 'manufacture and
cdmirtlMIon it leaves the farmer about 14
cents per pound for the five mouths they
delivered milk to the creamery. Since
the Wtt day of Auisuat Iho bUlter baa
been selling for 50 cents per ro.l, end
the demand couf.d not be supplied. The
creamery is a irrand success for the
tanmer. -Toledo Leader.
Oregon's next teglsfiature wlH probably
be called upon to establish a "good roads"
commission. Members of the Massachu
setts ib'Teau of highways are each paid
salary of $2,000 a year and trave.Ung
expenses, end Oregon's oherlshed Western
liberality to public servants cannot per
mit iher to offer any smeller compensa
tion than that for MimlCar service. In
these piping times of low wageu and high
taxes a road commlswonorahip Is worth
angling for, and the men who get out
earliest with the longest poles and best
baited nooks will land the fUh. Telegram.
To wlhlch the 8a leu n Pott adds by cay-
ing: "That is right; create 'more commis
sions, taking good care to give them good
salaries and thereafter, while they are
In onice, they will take care of them
Ki'.vea. Be sure that the law you pasa
erealtlng the commission- also names the
commbwloners, and you w1U be safe, as
no doulit good (7) mens' names can be In
serted In the bill in the committee rooms,
We must have more places for our polit
ico wood bosses.
A baHoon was recently sent up from
Berlin equipped with eclf-regUterlng ther
mo meter and barometers to measure the
temerr.ture and pressure of ths atmos
tihere at high altitudes. It came down
with the intttrumenta In good condition
In Bosnia. The barometer rfglntered an
elevation of 53,875 feet and the thermom
eter 52 deg. Fahrenheit below zero.
Mrs. J. IB. Lamont, mother of Secretary
of War Lamont, la spending the aeaaon
at Cabin Hill.
Among the manufacturing Hate New
York stands first, having SJO.OSi persons
engaged In her factories, the output cf
which Teaches the enormous aggregate
of l.ni,577,n.
Hishest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U.S. Govt Report
Says That the Bi-metallists
Have Control.
U. S. SHOULD CALL CONVENTION
Katio of 15 1-2 to 1 It is Claimed
Would be Agreed Upon With
out Contravention.
Denver, Oct. 12.-Jn a letter to C. C
Olayton, 'eacreitary of the RepubUcan
Slate League of Colorado, urging the Re
publicans of this state to stand firmly
with the national organization, Senator
Chandler, of New HalmpsMre, says:
"The 'Republican party will go into the
next presUlenttall battle pledged to bi
mtibaLlils'm, iwihilciin 1 bellleve as eure as
rlht Is ridihlt, wlill win."
"On tlhe other baind tlhe Democratic liad-ens-tlha
men who d'ounlnolte and con
trol Its national Influence, .patronage and
orsartlzatflon, are gold monometaLllutsi.
President Cleveland and Wis adimlnWtra
tton are In the bUnds of Mr. J. Plenponlt
Morgan and his syndicate of foreigners.
It Is .the helRllut cf folly for any blmetal
Ulst to conceive thait anything but gold
.monometallism can come from another
DeimfacratJc naittonall victory.
"We toi'mtWall'lflts outnumber the go".d
mortomctoaSUsts of the world 100 to 1 and .
need not fear thait we will not eventually
succeed.
"A Wlmettitllio conference held In the
Unite! States will be attended by the rep
resentatives of aX western hemisphere
governments of Russia, France, Japan
and China. The IbJmetotllst organizations
of Oamado, India, and every other coun
try WlH send delegates. A decision of
tho conference Ithvut the naitl'ona Should
consider without limit at the ratio of
15Mi to 1, wH be irresilslt'lblie, even by Eng
land and Germany. Our congress if.vouild
call Wile conference and provide Ifor pay
ing Its expenses."
Til E ATRIOAIL NOTES. :
Doings of ithe 'Actors of tlhe Country and
Astoria Engagements..
On Nov. 6 Henry E. Dlxty will hold
the boards at Pl.Mher'a theatre. ...
In Italy there are imore theaters In,
proportion to the populalt'lon tlw.n In any
other cfoun'tiry.
A recital of "Henry IV" by Hannibal
WllMaim3 Will be the 'nexit attraction at
our thoatre, Oct. 15th.
Boerbdhn Tree iWlll irrtake umothw Amrr
kun tour next stuisbn. Ho i one Of Enu
tund's forehuoiEft actors. , . ,
It Is isalid thiait Thomas Keene's company
tltls season ii the beat thiait he haa
ever bjen surrounded; wlth
John Drew's leading Jady, Maud Adams,
Is Wio youwest leading tody on the stage,
being only 24 yeairs of age.
The Pauline Hall Opera company was
yesterday boolte l by (Manager Beggs to
appear at Flshor'ai openai thouse Oct. Si.
Nov. 1 and 2 Astprltns will hpive a
chance to -see Henry (Weeks, as the
Private SocrciUary In the pliay of that
name.
'Mamagwr Beftrs iknaws what the peo
ple want In tlhe way of aimuiiwniient and
he lhas booked nothing but 'the best at
tractions.
Million Lal-'kaye, wlho has become fam
ous for his 'impersonation of Svongalla,
in "Trilby," Is ait preaent playing In San
Francisco.
Jiumiu J. Coibeltt Itvus a new play called
"A Nayai Cadet," 1t Iwitl ba produced
early In Cwrimbcr-llihlalt Is, if Jim sur
vives the flglhlt.
The StbekwetH company, which appears
hero, has for llt leading Uidy
Rose CoghTian, who has a world wide
reputation a'l an Actresu.
Wl'llam Elnor Jchns, an Astoria, boy,
who left this city about a year a,o to
play with Wardo anci James, (has decided
to leave the stage and resume the study
of law. '
' Mrs. 'Pdtttir and 'Mr. Betlaw have the
fo'.tawlng ipfUys In tllieir repertoire this
sHiison: 'OnarMtte Cordiay," "The
Queen's Nbikluce," "Camllle," and
"Francillon."
Ocrt. 23U1 will be the opening night of
the Star Couree of Concents, and as these
conccdti.1 are ttometlhllng new here, no
doubt Kblher'is tlheatre iwilt be crowded
to 'the doors.
Frederick Wards will tevftve. 'Thie
MounVftnank," this season. It will be re
mombered itihlat thlat was one of the plays
Mr. Warde preiaenred here a number of
years e?o, In the old RcorB opena house.
GALT GOING TO ALASKA.
Chliooso Tribune,
An expedition of 1xty men, ld by
Hanvl'Jton Gait, "Tlie Riaoibler," lis albout
to start In fijairth: of .the "Lost Rocker,"
gold mine in Alaska. Th'l Is a mine of
e.l'mosit fabiflouu weiO.lh, tho discovery
of rtrfilj.r .bis been tlhe diream; of p:os
pedtors ifor .many, yturs, but t where
abouts Is unknown to aid but one per
Bon. Tht'B person 'is Huimlton Gait, ullno
is mriw In Wawblnton. When he ww
the Lost Rocker, or "Lake of the Golden
Bar," an same people carl It, he iuw
also, be says, $7,000,000 of gold.
Recorder Gunderaon Is very proud of told
new record books and patent indexes.
TWa now rtk-ord were manufactured In
Astortai and contain aUt of tha Catest 1m-piove-ments.
The new Indexes are a vait
improvement and slave an irivmense
amount of Mnve to bo.ih the offlclalu anl
the publtcr They have been brouwnt down
lo July, 1SW, ami the work of train1 rlUng
from the old Index from July, IKK), to
date wilt be proeebuted as rabidly es
pjiuJUe. It mCl take altogether about
three months to compOete the work.