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TODAY'S WEATHER. j
4 ForKitt for Oregon ind Wntvngton, f
t showeri, followed by fair weather, cooler. j
TheASTORIAN hat the larireit LOCAL b
circulation! tlielirgeit GF.NERA1 circuit- C
tloit. nwf the driest TOTAL circulation of W
tall papers published la Astoria,
EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT.
VOL. XLIV.
ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 16, 1895.
NO. 259.
Now in
50
I. U OSGOOD,
The One Price Clothier, Hatter and Furnisher.
606 and 508 COMMERCIAL STREET, ASTORIA, OR.
kSTOfyA PUBLIC WBWI
READING ROOM FliEE TO ALL.
Open every day from 3 o'clock to 5 :30
and 6 :80 to 930 p. m.
Subscription rates 3 per annum.
Southweit cor. Eleventh aud Duane Sts.
School Books !
School Supplies!
fit Greatly Reduced Prices.
A FULL LINE OF
Oregon Books Slates
Pencils Tablets
Pens Erasers
Sponges
Everything Necessary for 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 BouluvnrJ Just the place for a cheap home.
A Block IN ALDERBROO'K.
STREET OAR LINE will be extended this summer to within 5 minutes
walk of this property Will sell at decMed bargain.
ACREAGE.
In 5 or 10 acre tracts inside the city limits, also adjoining Flavel.
GEORGE HIL,L,.-471 Bond St., Occident Block,
HILL'S REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE.
On September 21st we
Commenced . .
OUR AUCTION SALE
The Auction
Will continue every evening at 7 o'clock until the required amount is raised. All
lines of goods are offered for sale.
Clothing, Hats, 1 Jnclerwear, Shoes, Blankets,
Table Linens, Umbrellas.
In fact, any and all oods in our large and well assorted stock. Do not fail to
attend the sales. I here is money in it for you.
OSEGOfi T$RDlf4G CO.,
600 Commercial Street.
VrtTtr ONB NEED A BUBINES
mm esa ssend but one ot two years at
ft eeoipleted hi that time? The college
sldss a BrSTNESS and SHORTHAND COUR8E. For catalogue sdaroso.
114 TXTSnx St. - - EG LUES BUSEfESS COLLEGE. - - MSTLASa, 01 j
Order !
VERCOATS and Mackin
toshes tor Men or Boys.
Also Winter Clothing,
Furnishing Goods, Hats,
Caps, Boots, Shoe3, Va
lises, Trunks, Umbrellas,
etc. Before buying, look
at my lines and obtain
prices, which are the
lowest.
They Lack Life
There are twines sold to fishermen
on the Columbia river that stand In
the 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
fool yourself into the belief that other
twines besides Marshall's will do "Just
as well." They won't. They cannot.
To raise $7,500. We are yet
short $2,500. Therefore . .
orReal Life
EDUCATION. HUT young msa sad
school why not take eoorso that esa
lncrodo a short ENGLISH COUTL8B bo- j
n r"v 9m 46 f H H ' ffK H 11
UUNB. I UU UU
P
And Died in the Portland
Hotel Barroom.
ONLY A WASTED LIFE TO
Show for Fortune and Exceptional
Opportunities That Were Once
Young: Hal Greene's Heirloom.
Spembal to the Astorian.-
Portland, Nov. 16. 'Hal Green, one of
the basil known young men in tihls city,
eo-mmlitted suicide in the barroom, of tine
Portland Hotel this Biftarnoon by taking
cy-aini'de of potaslum.
He had been drinking, and when tie took
the fallal dbee was under the Influence ot
liquor. He secured tine cyanide ot po-
tiaadum ait 'Nous' drugstore, In Hie Port'
land Hotel, with a preeenipMoin written
by Dr. Victor Smith. He told Smith 'that
he wanted! to kill dog that had bitten
him.
Green was a nephew of John Green, the
well known millionaire, and a eon of Mrs-.
U. D. Green, who has been very prom-
nent In Pontlamd society. Although only
22 years old he hiad squandered the for
tune left him by his father.
Green undoubtedly con'temp'ated suicide
for some days. THIS morning he gave his
cuff buttons to C. J. Rjeed, his -broffher-tnJjaiw,
and told him ito give them to hie
sister. Later in the day he told his hack
driver, whom hie had empi'Joyed, that he
would Wave a corpse to haul (home If he
waited a tlhort time.
The cause of the suicide Is probably
due to a woman whom hie met in Paris
about three years ago to iwlhom he be
came engaged. Some Urns afterwards she
married a imam in Boston, but a few days
atfo Green claimed to have received a
letter from her stating thaJt ehe was
unlhiappy in her manned life. He appar-
ently brooded over the unhappy lot of
his former fiancee and Is said to have re
marked: "I .will get that woman yet or
Kin myself.
When his father died he left a valuable
estate and Into two eons each Inherited
about $50,000. They both led a rapid life
ana soon spent their Inheritance. Hal
Green, however, -was never In want, aa
Ihis uncle, John Green, supplied him with
money. ,
EI-METALLIC MEETING.
Will Be Held In Chicago January 22, 18W.
Wadhlng'ton, Nov. IB. The executive
committee of the American Bimetallic
League todayu namlmously adopted a res
olution accepting the Invitation of the na
tional comimKitee ot Chicago In calling a
conference of those who believe In the
free coinage of gold and silver at 16 to 1,
independently of other countries, to meet
at WaWilington January 22, 1896, for the
purpose of arranging for a national con
vention.
HAVE BORNE FRUIT.
Better Feeling aindi Healthier Tone In the
Stock Markets.
New York, Nov. 15. JJruldBtreet'a Finan
cial Review will Bay:
The sign's of Improvement wh'-clh appear
ed at the close of lat "week 'have borne
fruit. A moderate advance in prices set
in on 'Monday and the following days
and a decidedly batter feeling asserted
Itself In speculative circles.
The export of $1,000,000 on Tuesday seems
to have been previously discounted, but
heavy shipments of the mettal, amounting
to 2,250,000 by today's steamers tend to
dheck the probress of the buEtehi move.
The latter 'Was, Indeed; almost profession
al, the buying coming from the short in
terest, or from large traders who sold out
before the decline attained headway ene
were thus In position to take back their
stocks.
A calmer tone In the foreign markets,
the subsidence of the iwar scare and the
absence of a panic In the Kaffir settle
ment at London were factors in causing
a healthy tone to assert itself tit re.
Europe, indeed, repurchased some stocks.
DUN'S WEEKLY REPORT.
No Local Disturbances of the Money
Market.
Nelw York, Nov. 16. R. O. Dun A Co.'s
Weekly Review of Trade tomorrow will
say:
The scare about gold exports had no
real elgiflcance, and although $2,260,000
more will go out today, the stock market
has been recovering. There was, and Is
a substantial cause of the difficulty 1n the
fact that the exports of products have
been too small to meet the greatly in
creased Imports of merdnandt'se. The col-
la'Pe of Kaffir speculation abroad has
forced many to realize on Americans held
and the Impression that our government
may be forced to borrow again also ap
peals to our disadvantage. But there Is
no local disturbance of the money mar
kets. The output of pig Iron November 1st
was 217,360 weekly, about ten per cent
larger than ever before, and the con tin
uonoe of the same production for six
weeks more would make the half year's
output 6,360.000 tone, or about 450,000 tons
greater than In any other half year. The
et&miing fact hi that the demand for the
products of Iron and steel falls off, not
witMatanding the incroe m the output of
pig, surd thouglh only a few concerns
have closed to reduce work or wage on
account of Jack of orders prices are sink
ing, having decUned 2.7 r vent for t Jia
week and C.4 imm tnt twnm t.t.u I
point.
GOLD RESERVE.
Wsrihimgion. Nov. 16. Th gold reserve
today 1 $90,491,517.
CROWDS TO 6BE THE DUCHESS.
New York. Vnr. Ifi I a... w.
fM ldir of IIm, Tn.. m ..
i - ' .V IMC
, sudi lertrtfts has It driven the populace
offlcta of th stmship Full.,' on Ir&l
(he couple will embark tomorrow, have
taken extraordinary precautions to keep
the people at bay, and admission to the
dock of the ship tomorrow will be
granted to those sot passengira only on
passes.
BAIL INSUFFICIENT;
BM - K
Women Ordered out of fha Court Room
Yesterday.
San Francisco, Nov. IS. Three hundred
women, representing various societies for
ireform amd charitable 'work, iwere present
when the charges of perpetrating out
rages upon little girls was brought up In
the police court today against the aged
trio, Peter F. Lane, Leon Myers ana
PhlWo Ratt.
At the request ot the defense the court
excluded the spectators from the room.
TUe ku&trs protested that they (Were prac
tically office of the law In these cases,
but the Judge's orders iwere enforced.
The cases iwere continued until tomor
row. The defendants were ordered back
Into custody, the bail offered being consid
ered Insufficient by the court.
BUSINESS FAILURES.
New York, Nov. 16. BraUstreelts will
say: There Were 279 business failures
reported throughout the United States
this week, compared with 60 lat week,
2S0 In the same iweiek one year ago, ana
370 two years ago, and as compared with
only 205 In the corresponding; week of 1892.
K
NOT SATISFIED YET. ,'
' Boston, Nov. 16. Mrs. Helen M. Qougar,
whose $18,000 damage suit, against Con
gressman Elijah Morse, for libel, has Just
been settled for a second time by a ver
dict against the plaintiff, has filed a mo
tion for a new itrial on -the ground that
the verdict rendered In the recent trial
was not In accordance with the evidence
submitted. i
LOST IN A BOAT.
1
South Bend, Wn., Nov. IS. Stanley Eg
bert, the son of Mayor Egbert, of this
city, and G. A .RkJdell, -who left here
Wednesday afternoon In a fifth boat to
cross Willapa bay to the North river,
have been given up for dost. Searching
pairlttes returned this evening without hav
ing found the boat or any trace of them.
A
0. B. & N. After Blood in the
Passenger Business.
To Meet the S. P. Railroad Bate
Steamer Passage Will Now be
$10 In the Cabin..
Portland. Nov. 15. The conference In
Sain Francisco between the Southern Pa
cific Company officials and those of the
O. R. and N., reeairdlng Haites between
San Francisco and Portland, hUvtng come
to naugUt, the O. R. and N. Co. has de
cide'! to cut the flnst-class steamer rate
from $16.60 to $10, arucl steerage rates from
$7.60 to $6. The new rate will go into ef
fect tomorrow.
T.ie O. R. and N. Co. has also Made
an agreement iwiuh the Pacific Coast
Steamship Co. to carry their paraengers
from San Firancisco to Los Angeles and
Sain Diego, and the new rate by water
from Port'.aind to Los Angeles iwlll be
$22.60 aa against $35 by rail.
The cut rated by the O. R. and N. will
affect sill northern tnunsoontanental rail
road business from the Dattt to San Fran
cisco via Portland.
WILL CEDE CUBA
To England Before Spadn Will Permit the
United States Control.
San Antonto, Tex., Nov. 16. A report
Lom Mexico City, dated Nov. 14, eaye:
A prominent Spaniard here, who is In
o'Joi touft with the Spanish government,
lays Unt before Spain wilt concede Cuban
ndnpendence or permit the Island to come
under a United States protectorate or
rtt'e, ehe iwtli throw Cuba Into the hands
of England, conceding to England osten
sible possession for a number of years,
until England collects the sum of money
whrlA la due her from Spain for advance
made to carry on the war with Cuba.
LITTLE OLGA.
A New Princess of iRuesla Makes Her Ap
pearance. St Petersburg, Nov. 15. The court phy
sicians In attendance at the aocouchment
of the Czarina report the child to be a
handsome girl, and they said that the
mother Is rapidly recovers ng. The ser
vices connected iwtth the birth of the In
fant were held In accordance with the
rites of the orthodox Greek church. The
baby has been named Olga.
ANOTHER BUECIDE.
New York, Nov. 15. Catharine Goodwin
known on the stage as Marjorie Bonner,
who Is a sister of the 'late Myra Goodwin,
the actress, was found dead In her board
ing House, No. 253 West 37th street, to
day. The coroner said thlat death resulted
from an overdose of morphine. Whether
the drug was taken with suicidal Intent
Is not known. Letters tad letting that
she hod been out of money were found,
"CABBIES" OO TO WORK.
Now York, Nov. 15. The strike of the
cab drivers and stablemen. wMtti prom
ised to pamlyse travel by hired vehicles
m She city for an Indefinite period, fell
brought (Wis nramlng;, when most of the
awn who bad been ordered out thr-jugh
sympathy, returned to work.
A Chicago man paid Ms first visit to
wn. loim in July, and he liked Vt so well
that he ha gone there to Uv.
It' In town. I' the best;
Won't burn nor roughen the skin;
Won't "yellow your clothes."
You wH be agreeably surprised,
rrr you didn't know- tt soonr.
TOnssn'r Sup Fosja, tars peckagw.
For our great
Coats, Capes and
morning 9 a.m.
GENERAL HARRISON
Presides Over the Presbyterian
Missionary Meeting.
AN ELOQUENT ADDRESS MADE
Ex-Secretary Foster Talkg on tbe
Chinese Mission Field-No Back
ward Steps Must be Allowed.
New York, Nov. 15. Carnegie Music
Hall was tUJed tonight with a crowd ot
Presbyterians Interesteed m foreign mis
sions. The announcement that ex-Preel-dent
Harrison was to preside proved a
great attradtlon. When the ex-president
arrived he iwas ihnaiUily applauded.
Toe Rev. John R. Davis, chairman. In
troduced Air. Harrison as "a great and
good man."
General Harrison began htls Fpeech by
saying that the Preubyterham church hud
been greatly celebrated for Its power nt
resilience. It had stood fast for love
and liberty; It hold stood faat for educa
tion; It had been in the United States
a pioneer of education; It hud stood for
the highest scholarship and It had stood
sgulnft Win peeudo aCtltudlnoira philos
ophy, that from the study of God's work
fliKls there Is no God and from the study
of His word that he has given us no
vord.
The next speaker was H.he Hon J. W.
Foster, ex-secretary of state. General
Foster's address was a sumimnry of his
observatolns on the work of the Protrst
ant missions In Asia. General Foster dis
cussed the great Chinese enwlre and the
iworlaa nd prospects of imnselons there. The
recent riots, he aeuerted. grew out of a
hatred of foreigners and not from relig
ious la tolerance. American missionaries
bad not been great sufferers, and the gov
ernment had shown a greater readiness
to punish offenders end repair loss than
was tihown by our authorities when the
riot again the Chinese hud occurred
n the Unite States. No backward
steps l.i mission work In that great em
pire should be contemplated by the mis
sion boards, as It iwas a most hopeful
neia.
SENATOR ALLEN
BeMeves the Populists Will Not Cut Much
of a Figure in the Senate.
Omaha, Nov. 15. Senator William V.
Allen, Nebraska's representative In the
UnAteU States senate, and the recognized
leader of the Popullsta In both houses ot
congress, has been In Omaha, -previous
to going to Washington, to be in attend
ance at the re-convening of the national
legislature.
It goea without saying, said the senator,
(Mat the Populist party will have a ores-
identlal ticket In the field, and that It will
be the only one of the old parties that
willl be outspoken for the free coinage ot
stiver at tine ratio of let o 1.
'As to the reorganization of the son
ata, I dio not tlhlmk the Populist senutont
will cut the figure 'that has been rjre-
dloted for them. I believe the Rerjubrtoan
amd Democrats will agree upon a plan ot
organization that will not denend unon
Populist assVrtance. I do not believe the
Populists will Claire to enter Into neotla-
tlons for a division of the senalte epMlg.'
BREATHED FREER,
London, Nov, 16.-aihe operaltors on the
stock exchange breathed freer today. Now
that settlement is over, only one failure
was announced. Foreign bourses are In
a normal condition.
THE MARKETS.
Liverpool, Nov. 16. Wheat. Scot, aulet
demand, poor; No. 2 red' winter, 5s 2d:
NO. e red spring, and No. 1 hard Manito
ba, stocks exhausted; No. 1 California, 5s
3d.
New York, (Nov. 15. Hops, quiet.
Pant land, Nov. 16, Wheat, unchanged.
UPSIDE DOWN.
And Backwards, Rev, 'Mann Write a
Peculiarly Legible Hand.
Rev. Anetln W. Mann, general mission-
ary to deaf mutes In the Midwestern
dtocescs of GamblT, O., recently gave
something ot an account of his work In
hts quaint, but characteristic, way
Rev. Mann Is a deaf mute himself, end
'therefore talks with pencil and tablet.
Genius 1s the one word that fits Rev.
Mann. In this Instance it lu no
misnomer, as is often the case.
He apttly Ulu'atiultes a most won
aeitruH bet thuit) His alone presses.
When talking he will stand facing one,
his tablet directed to the person ad
dressed, and resting at an angle of about
45 degrees, an open book, so to tpeak,
from mflilcfh one Is rending. He will
then take his pencil and write, and while
he writes the one to whom he is tulklng
reads. Thus he corr-lcs on conversation,
traolnar from 30 to 40 words each minute,
and In a quaint, pretty, legible hand.
In a word, he writes luis word dbck-
ward and upside down rapidly and grace
fully, and he is the only person tn uie
world who has mastered the art. Kev.
Mtunn modestly say the art can be
learned as easily as one can learn to
written in the ordinary way-i-xohange.
Tie very latest thing In ship bowled
In ithrouRh the GoldVn Gate this after
noon and dropped anchor In the stream,
ays the Bulletin of Tucelday. H 4 the
BrKish Ship Olenfinart, a floating palace
of the merchant marine, modern, up-to-date
example of what the shipbuilder can
do If he tries. Th Glennhart Is on her
maiden voyage, 120 day from Swansea I
her record to this port and she I a splen
did specimen of marine architecture. The
CKonfmart wa toulit by (Mrssra Rodgvrs
Co. for tbe Glen Shipping Company. She
is 1.808 tons register and an carry 3,446
tons of cargo on a 20 foot I inch draught,
he to a beautiful model and Is rigged
.-.-it the latest Improved methods, wlth-i-'
royal yards. The sail are all fitted
for ,i"!rk, easy handling, and all the
latwc Improvod tnachfnary for handling
cargoes can b found on board. Th
sale of Ladies', Hisses and Children's
Jackets. Sale commences Saturday
SHANAHAN BROS.
corriforita of the crow are carefully looked
to. The nviduhlpmen, petty officers and
sailor are housed In splendid quarters,
furnished In hardwood, situated on the
main deck. The three officer have four
rooms, which open off of the messroom.
all fitted m polished teakwood and up
holstered even luxuriously. The cap
tain's quarters are really elegant In ap
pointment. They are aft, of course, His
stateroom Is supplied with stationary
'basin, hot and cold water, and it Is fin
ished off In blue and goCd. A fine bath
room adjoins the sleeping quarters. The
saloon is flnMhed in white and gold, and
is covered with, a stained-glass skylight.
The decks are as clean as a ballroom
floor, and give evidence of the great care
that the crew has taken In keeping the
Ship looking In tip-top order. Captain
Longmeler commands the vessel.
CHURCH SERVICES TOMORROW.
SwedMi Lutheran Church Next Sunday
at 10:30 a. m. the services will be In
Swedish. Sunday school ait 12:15. Even
ing service In English; subject, "Chris
tian Liberty." The children who trrtend to
be confirmed next spring meet every Sat
urday at 10 a. m. in the pastor' study.
The number enrolled two tweeks ago Is
ten. If any others would like to receive
instruction (English) In this class, they
may coCI on the pastor, at 361 Slst street.
Congregational Church All are most
cordially Invited to attend our usual Sun
day service. E. 8. Boil linger, pastor.
The usual services will be heM at the
Presbyterian church torrtorrow. Preach
ing morning and evening by the pastor,
Rev. R. Llddell. Sabbalthi school after
the morning service. Y. P. 8. C. E. at
6:30 p. rcu A very hearty invitation to
extended to all to attend these services.
Alt the Baptist Oreundh Subject of the
morning services, "The Temple and the In
dwelling Spirit." Of that In the evening,
"The Duty and Reward of Church Go
ing." Sunday school, B. Y. P. U. and
prayer meeting at the usual time and
pTace. You are Invited to be present.
A Texas preacher threw a Bible at a
deacon who started to run away with the
oollecitHon, and knocked him down the
front steps of the church, breaking hi
leg In two places.
U. S. Troops Fire Upon an Uit'
armed Crowd.
Officers Impatiunt Because a Gath
ering: of Curious People Would
Not Disperse Quick Enough.
San Antonio, Tex., Nov. 15. A special
ijrom iBogbta, dinted November 13th, soya:
Heavy fining early this morning In the
barracks drew an Immense crowd, which
was ordered to dispense. The crowd was
so (Treat thblt It wus Impassible to move
quickly, and the Impaltlent officer order
ed the troop to charge with bayonets,
wlttlcfl) they dkl, but meeting withi rca'st-
ence, five shots being fired from the
crowd, the troop bcgan firing upon the
people. A battle ensued and the crowd
being lunarmed,' were compelled to fly
leaving 23 dead 'and wounded on the Held.
The cause of the fight in una barracks
was a number of guards who had at
tempted to desert and resisted arrest.
RECORD LOWBRED.
Topeka. Nov. 15.-A tpeclal from Saline,
Kansas, says;
The 'world's standing paced Class A bi
cycle record for one-third mile was low
ered heretoday by Frank 'Eberhardt, the
time being 32 seconds.
STILL NEARER.
Rolaitlonifvlps are very confusing to the
Juvenile mind, but there are not so many
children so delightfully at sea aa the
small girl ot the following story;
She appeared wtih a small brother at a
public school and gave m their names
as Ralph and Edith Johnson.
"Brother and sister, I suppose?" said
the teacher.
"Oh, no, ma'am," said the little girl,
"we're twins." . .
HOUSEWIFERY HINTS.
Ink stain In a carpet may be removed
by squeezing lemon Juice on the tpot
and covering with salt. After several
hours wainh with warm water and am
monia, '
Silver plate may be ktpt bright by
wash hi J frequently in hot water and
soap.
New nannef Will never wirlnk or
harden vhen put In clean, co5d water for
a week, changing the water often. Then
wash well m worm water to remove the
oil, using plenty of soap.
Scissors may be ehiarpencd at horns by
opening and closing rapidly on a needle
with a long, sliding movement.
An easy way to keep the baby covered
these cool night is to fasten the. blanket
wlih saifety pin to rung on each side
of the crib.
Turpentln Is a good remedy for burns,
rheumatism and sore throat, and drive
away bug and ant from the storeroom.
An Arkansas preatlner has hound
fiat will catch his tall In hi teeth and
roil down a hill faster than any other
hound In h pack can run.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.- Latest U. S. Gov't Report
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' H lo IN 11 MUD
But Uppertown is Happy Not
withstanding;.
BIG SEWER ALMOST FINISHED
Important Improvement for the
People of IJppet Astoria Will be
Completed in a Short Time.
But few Astxxnians realize the extraor
dinarily large amount of work that ha
been done hare this season. Street after
dtreeit has been Improved; the water
Works built, wlitlh Its great pipe line, and
distribution system now being flnUhtd;
outlying property hois been cleared; new
dwellings and stores erected; work on
the raiiJroad commenced and well under
way, and among all ot these public and
private smproveunen'ts one Of the most Im
portant and leuiiit known Is the big sower
In Uppertown, now being flnUihed by Con
tractor FaStabend.
The main sewer runs from the swamp
south) of 'Harrison street north on 33rd
dareet to the river, a distance of about
2000 feet, with a long tunnel near Harrison
and a shorter one near Franklin avenue.
A branch runs east from the main sewer
w the alley from 33rd to 99th street, past
tapping a swamp tn a gulch; another
branch runs diagonally from the alley
near Kopp's across three blocks about
600 feet, tapping andtlher gulch south and
emt't of 361.1a street a thort branch) run
soutihwest from the middle of the' block
on Harrison street between 84;h and S5th
otreets oind two other branches, one to the
ttoutlhiwest and one to the northeast, from
a point In the alley ot the same block,
wihore they tap the main diagonal sewer.
The ditches were dug 6V4 feet wide and
from 5 to SO feet deep, accordlngto the
contour of the ground. The entire ditch
ing and tunnel work hod to be strongly
braced because of the softness of the
ground, and the work was consequently
very hard and very difTrcuM, both on th
square on the bottom and sides, and la
really two boxes of heavy planking dove-'
tailed Into each other. The top of the box
Is octagon shaped with the upper layer ot '
planks spaced so that surface waiter can
find an entrance to the sewer. Between
these plankB so spaced Is pC'aceU brush and
stones which act as a sort of filter, pre-
yet Billowing the free drainage of water.
Yesterday Contractor Fast abend and
his dhief engineer very kindly dropped
thklr work, loaned . an Afltorian repre
sentative a pair of rubber boot and took
hkm over the ground, explaining all ot
the detail la of the work. Engineer Elmer
even went to the trouble of sketching a
map of the work to better explain th
position of the ditches, Mr. Faistabend
aid thoit -the worst part of their work
was on the big Mil back of Kopp's brew
ery, but congratulated himself now that
the Job is almost completed.
Since lithe recent heavy rains the swamps
and guldhes whddh hiertofore have always
been filled with water are now clear and
free from H. Uppertown people are hap
py If they still are in the tmtud from the
Handling of so much oose earth.
a uwu rAin,
To Draw To Well Known 'Railroad Men
' foi Town.
Like a cyclone In Kansas that well
known and Jolly railroad boomer, A. G.
Barker, of the "NortW western Limited,"
struck Astoria n the early morning, hav
ing Hn taw Mr. W. E. Nilea, the new
travelling freight agent of the Union Pa
sine, who is on his first trip In this part
of the country. Mr. Barker undertook
to introduce Mr. Nlles in Actorlo, and
Astoria's business men cam answer how
well to kept his word. Nilea I still
alive.
The two gemttipimtin represent tho "North
western-Union Pacific" short line and are
two of Wie beet posited and mt popular
agents In the Northwest. What Nile
does not know about fast cattle trains
is not worth knowing.
BUYERS AND SELLERS.
The following transfer of real tatat
were filed for record In th county record
er' office yesterday:
W. E. Loll and wife to J. E. SmltM
no:1 Waif of northeast quarter
and northwest quarter of south
east quarter section 17, towtnchlp
I north, range 10 west $ 29
J. E. Smith and wife to F. R.
Strong, west half northeast quar
ter, and northwest quarter of
southeast quarter, section 17, town
Ship S north, range 10 west 50
C. J. Trenchard and wife to C. W.
and u. C. Fulton, 'Lots (, 7 and S,
Block 33, MoClure's addition WOO
J. K. Weatherford and wife to J. O.
Han-thorn and Mary B. Knowles,
Lot 6, Dlock 58, Mcdure's 1
Queen Victoria's aversion to the em
ployment of electricity fm a motive power
Is a further evidence of her curious con
servatism In not viewing with immediate
favor new adaptations of the forces ot
nature. Thus, the queen. In early lite
kb highly apprehensive of traveling by
rail, end, although now quK at her ease
In a long railway Journey, she, unlike
the prince consort, who took Immediately
to conveyance by steam, preferred for
many years to travel by road between
Windsor and London.