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EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC, PRESS REPORT.
VOL. XLIV.
ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 17, 1895.
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Now in
I. U OSGOOD,
The One Price Clothier, Hatter and Furnisher.
506 and 508 COMMERCIAL STREET, ASTORIA, OR.
hSTOlp PUBLIC MBiW!
READING ROOM FREE TO ALU
Open every day from 3 o'clock to 5 :30
and 6:30 to 9:30 p. m.
Subscription rates $3 per annum.
Southwest cor. Eleventh aud Duane Sts.
School Books!
School Supplies!
At Greatly Reduced Prices.
A FULL LINE OF
Oregon Books Slates
Pencils Tablets
Pens Erasers
Sponges
Everything Necessary for Sehool Use.
Griffin .& Reed.
THREE LOTS.
In a desirable location, 2 blocks from High School.
A BARGAIN.
CHOICE LOTS IN HILLS FIRST ADDITION. .
On tbe new Pipe Line Boulevard Just tho plaoe for a cheap borne.
A Block IN ALDER BROOK.
STREET CAR LINE will be eitendei this summer to wilbin 5 minutes
walk of this property Will sell at decided bargain.
ACREAGE.
Id 5 or 10 acre tracts inside tbe oity limits, also adjoining Flavel.
GEORGE HILL. 471 BondSt., Occident Block,
HILL'S REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE.
On September 21st we
Commenced . . .
OUR AUCTION SALE
To raise $7,500. We are yet
short $2,500. Therefore . .
The Auction
Will continue every evening at 7 o'clock until the required amount Is raised. AH
lines of goods are offered for sale.
Clothing, Hats, Underwear, Shoes, Blankets,
Table Linens, Umbrellas.
In fact, any and all goods in our large and well assorted stock. Do not fail to
attend the sales. I here is money in it for you.
OEGOH THRONG CO.,
600 Commercial Street.
mrrtT ONE NEEDS A BtrsmiW
women can spend but one or tws years at sehool why not take a eoorss that esa
ks completed In that time? The collar Includes a short ENGLISH COURS9 be-
sides s BI'SINESfl snd SHORTHAND COURSE, ror catalogues address. j
114 TAJSHUi sr. - - HOLMES BUSINESS COLLEGE. - - NlUiltt'oi ,
Order !
VERCOATS and Mackin
toshes lor Men or Boys.
Also Winter Clothing,
Furnishing Goods, Hats,
Gaps, Boots, Shoes, 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
tool yourself Into the belief that other
twines besides Marshall's will do "Just
ac well." They won't They cannot
brRealklfe
EDUCATION. Itaay young men aw
Astoria-Goble Railroad Connec
tions and Capitalists.
IMMENSE SCHEMES ON FOOT
Columbia Elver Port to be Point of
Exchange With the Orient as
Against Canadian Lines.
That great things are in store for As
toria Borne people (believe, but tbe magni
tude of pending itransactfons 1s not real
ized by but few, of any, of Its cttlsena,
and by only a few of the outsiders not di
rectly interested; In the various schemes.
Thiat & railroad is being built to connect
Astoria wlthi the outside -world is well
known Iby tall. Two hundred men are
now at work on tho line between Astoria
ami Goto'., where connection will be made
mU. the Northern, PBlMflc Tho bridge
across Young's 'bay will tie fcorrtmeneed
within, a few days-ln fact, preliminary
work 'to a large extent is already In prog
reES whldhi iwilU connect the Goble road
with the sixteen mile of road now known
aa th Seashore, railroad, end which inas
heretofore been used In connection -with
the river boats to acoommodia'te summer
travel to Clatsop beach resorts. A11 this
is public property. But that these com
paratively small schemes aire part of a
gigantic railroad and steamship proposi
tion, in whKh the Seashore road will be
extended to tap the lower Nehalem coal
fields and the rich timber ibelt, and also
make connection with the present Oregon
Canttnal, (Haimmond'e purchase of the old
O. P.) and its proposed eastern extension
to the Vamderbirw road (the Chicago and
Northwestern) and the reorganised Union
Pacific, as well as tho Southern Pacific
line, and the building of a new and inde
pendent line of Oriental steamers to run
in opposition to the present line of on
Mflcent steamers operated toy the Cana
dian nactflc railroad, are facts not gener
ally known or appreciated.
Two or three months ago tfhe Aatorlan
outlined the changes In Dhe Western rail
road map, which were likely to occur In
the near ifuture, and later developments
seem to be working out on those linos.
Prom private sources in the East and
from those in Astoria who are on the In
9 We of matters, the Aatorlan Is In posi
tion to announce that 'beyond a question
of a doubt some of 'tflie greatest capitalists
of tih United States are interested In
the development of Astoria.
The statement la made on good author
ity, and aM collateral facts point to the
eunposttilon, that Drexel, Morgan & Co.,
the (treat hankers and railroad financiers
of "Walt street, New York, are frunlshing
rae capital- tor tine construction of the
Gdble roall, as one of the members of the
Northwest Construction Co. J. Plerpont
Morgan, tSie head of the Arm is today
the aolcnorwl edged king of Wall ettreet.
He has figured' in the recent re-organ lza
Mon of New England railroads, Is the
financier of the Vana.3Hbr.it enterprises,
la ln'terestted In the Gould enterprises, and
nearly every othier railroad scheme of
prominence.. If the proposed re-organiza-tilon
of the Union Pacific is effected on
present lines, it wiU he wIWi the aid of
Morgan and the VanderblMs.
Russell Sage, of New York, the elde
partner and representative of the Goulds,
is also known to be ne of 'the Interested
parties In the construction company for
the building of the Astoria road, and
through whom the O. R. and N. and the
Union Pacific Willi gain connection for
their Southern lines with the Northwest
and the Orient.
Collls P. Huntlnjrton. prenldent of the
Southern Pacific railroad, is another mem-
Der or the construction company, and a
prominent factor in the general Astoria
scheme, The O. R. and N. Co. and the
Union PaMflc, and the Great Northern,
under President J. J. Kill, are the other
parties to the corrAlnatiion -which Is 10
develop the traffic of tlhe Northwest coast,
Oregon and Eastern Washington, and the
tralde with the Orient as agalnM the traf
fic of the BritLjh interests via Vancouver.
There Is only one place where the neces
sary conditions for such a comblnat'on
can be found on the Pacdflo coast, and
that is the Columbia, river. Rail and
ocean service must meet at Astoria, ill
the judgment of tfhe great t riffle matvag
tu, for many reasons: One fact alone,
if no other, would make this a necess
ity, and that is, that a large ocean
rtfUmer of the class projected, and which
will be built for this service, not less than
150 feet long and of 80 feet beam, even If
only drawing 20 feet of iwater, could not
go up 'he rlvtir to Portland because of
the rnsiWty to handle a ship of that
leng Jh in a narrow aud crooked channel.
It ts understood that the Southern Pa
cific has already secured an interest in
thle Oregon Central, and that the line will
be extended from Seaside, tapping the
Nehalem coal fields, ot which commodity
the Southern Pacific is in great need,
on no a connection with the Union Pa.
otflc or Oregon Short line, near BoUe,
Idaho. This would give the Southern di
rect connection between Sacramento and .
San Franevteco and Astoria. The Van-!
denbttt-Jrexel-Morgui interests would J
gain control of the direct Bistern buM-j
ness, via tooth PortJand and Boie. The
O. R. and N. Co. and Great Northern1
would establish tta chare rf the traffic
via Spokane, and the O. R. and N. would
come in for He share via Huntington, !
and the Union Pacific ant the Northern
Pacific would get wnfctt. buCneis It con-
trolled via Kahuna.
In other words, all of the trunk lines
are to use the Oofcle termftnsJ road on j
equal terms and maintain tttelr mdepend-1
erct arrangements or traffic. The O. R. 1
emd N.-U. U.-Vanderbilt systems, K to!
understood, wKl have the terminaSs at the
p rodent O. R. and N. docks, and the'
Southern Pacific will have their yards and
terminals at Flave. ,
9nce tlh vIOM of llhA rStim.Tonan -
traffic witSh. the orient has token a tre-
meruzaui unwa.ni turn rwi itm i i.
kimi 10 oecoms cne principal factor In 1
irre nrowra or roe urstexl States Is
demonstrated by wumy fairs and has
caught the attention of all Eastern eip
itiMsta It Is necemry that some schme
be developed at once to prevent the Ca
nadian railroad lines from ecurli.g the'
buflc-of the traffic, and -the Columbia river
is the solution of the problem, with im
mense local advantages In Its favor. Here
Is the place where manufactures can be
carried on at the lowest cost; here the
government win have a dry dock for the
largest ships and here the export of wheat
and flour for tho world can he carried on
at the toast freight charge.
The chief object, however, of the As-torla-Goble
railroad scheme. Is to meet
the China steamers at Astoria, and be
yond doubt their landing place will be at
Flavel. Here the subsidy granted the
railroad company, of water frontage
alone, amounts to 400 acres; elevatoni and
big docks will be built for the accommo
dation of the monster freight carriers of
the PaKriflc, and there will no doubt be
a addition to Astoria that mill soon rival
the original cky In size, but will, so to
speak, be the workshop ftiere the brawn
and muse is and the machinery of the
future city's business will he engaged,
A realisation of what is In the future has
no doubt actuated tfhe owners of Astoria
and FlaveJ property to commence putting
It on the market, and it there -Is any
truth at all in the statements made, they
cannot commence too soon to push the
Interests of their city. ' .
TAOOMA WIN3.
Tacoma, Nov. 18. The Tacoma Athletic
Club football team defeated the Multno
mah Athletic Club of Portland, by a score
of 24 to 10.
AUTHOR OF AMERICA DEAD.
Boston, Nov. 16. Rev. 8. F. Smith, au
thor of "America," dropped dead In the
New England depot at tt p. m.
A TRUTHFUL., MAID.
The difficulties of ladles with Inexperi
enced maids is Illustrated .by this Inci
dent, related by a NVw York paper:
'There's no coal, mum," said Bridget,
"and the fires are goinna; out."
"No coal? Why didn't you tell me
before?"
I couldn't tell you there was no coal,
mum, when there was coal?'
OUR NEXT : MAYOR
A Vigorous Correspondent Who
Says What He Means.
Business Men and Business Methods
are What Astoria Wants and
Ought to Have.
To the Bill tor:
In all the discussion that has -been go
ing on in Astoria, during the past tow
tieeks, dlscueslon that hiaa made nearly
every street corner In the town a van
tage ground for politlcaf. orators and turn
ed the dldawalks Into Impromptu rostrum
a great deal has been said about the may
oralty and tlhe probable candidates on
both the RepubHadn and "Cittiens" " tick
ets, for that office. One of the most rf
muirkiahfe Oh'lngs about 'this discussion has
been the general tone of the conversation
'In reference to the qualifications o'f the
men spoken of. About one In every ten
who tames of the subject at all, hints In
a 'ml XI mannered sort of way, as If he
wore risking an attack with a club, the
suggestion that our next mUyor ought to
have brains and business ability to en
able him to run the office In a proper
manner. The other nine hold different
views. Ability, to them, Is the least con
sideration. The candidate must be "one
of the boys" or he must be a "gool fel
low," or a- "man who'll do what we tell
Mm," or a "fighter," or a "sticker" or an
individual "that's got backbone enough
to Stay by tfhe party (hat elected him."
If he Has honesty and ability they are all
very well as "trtmrolnga" and don't dis
qualify him. But the possession of those
virtue's, to put It In the language of life
!-uriee querrles. Is "optional."
During the next two years, the time for
.i iHt-h our new mayor, whoever he may
be, ' to be elected, Astoria Is destined
see mViny and great changes. Her pop
Vtion will rapidly Increase, her weolth
w'll he augmenteed, She will ses the In
ception end completion of new enter
p. i nd every one of her In terests will
expar.ij Into dimensions that we today can
form no adequate conception of. In the
past history of the city one yeir has
succeeded another In the same old style
and while many of our imaysrs have been
able and conscientious, none have be-n
brought face to face with con Ions
which, called for extraordinary effort, or
continuous study. The situation now Is
different. Our new mayor must be a man
who Is prepared to take on his shoulders
and solve municipal problems that are new
in Astoria's history, a man who is pa
triotic enough, to devote his best efforts
and all the time necemtary to thrashing
out questions both Intricate and vital to
the city's interests, a man whom aM our
people Independent of party or personality
can trust under ell circumstan-es and who
will command the rewpect of everybody.
He need not be a paragon, but he must
be an honest man. He need not be a
genius, but he must be business man ot
acknowledged ability. For of all the years
in the long and checkered hUtory of Ame
lia the coming two are going to be full
of momentous haues, which can only -be
brought to a successful outcome by the
judicious domination of cool headed busi
ness men.
Voters, talkers, delegates, and all who
are Interested In the welfare of the city
want to remember tfils. In order to be
ure mat you oon t forget M, do wTiat 1
intend to do.
"PASTE IT IN TOUR HAT."
An odd crlbbege board is made of
aluminum and fashioned In the shape of
a heart. The pegs have flower heads
ad the whole k scattered over with small
hard-painted forget-me-nots. In the
center of the heart are painted three cards
-an ace of he.it a four of diamonds
and a jack of diamonds.
It's In town. I's the best;
Won't burn nvf roughen the skin;
Won't "yellow your clothes." ,
Tou wm be agreeably surprised,
Sorry you didn't know It sooner.
TOmsoti'S" Soap Foam, tergs packages.
For our great
Coats, Capes and
morning 9 a.m.
PLiI TO DEATH
Street Car and All Its Passen
gers Drop Into the River.
AWFUL HORROR IN CLEVELAND
Motorman Escaped, But is Being
Searched for by thePolice-15
or 20 People Perished.
Cleveland, Ofiilo, Nov. 16. A heavy eiec
trlc 'motor car, containing between 20 and
30 passengers, went uhirough the draw ot
the Central viaduct at 7:46 this evening,
and dropped, 100 feet to the river below,
cuiusltig a horror, tine like of which never
occurred here before. Every passenger In
the car wias killed.
Tfhie Central viaduct Is a huge stilt
bridge, 8000 feet long, mud of Iron. It
connects the Heights and the prosperous
residence eeLHlons on botth etdes, -with the
business center of the city. Directly over
the river is a draw bridge on a pivot
swinging pattern, and this Is 101 feet
above the surface of Una water. The south
side street rallw.iy pases over the bridge
and on either sKie of the draw there is a
safety switch, whilch, unless the conduct
or alights and holds up the hands, will
send the oar Into the gully Instead of al
lowing It to go on the draw.
The first reports from the scene of the
disaster seem to place the blame on the
conductor. They were to the effect that
the Ill-fated motor car approached the
draw Just as a vexool iwias nearlng It,
and the attendant should have closed the
big Iron gate and prepared to close the
draw. As the car stopped and the con
ductor went forward to release the
switch he must have been blinded by the
electric rights, for an eye witness declares
thult although1 the gates were closed and
tfhe draw In motion, the conductor raised
the switch handle.
' The unotor man tinpHed the current and
the car shot forward and struck the gaitee
with a crash. There was only a moment's
pause and then the heaivy car ground
its way through the wreckage and plung
ed over the brink into the black abyss
amid the ecreums ad frantlte struggles
of the passengers, who at the first intl
trtatlon of danger rushed for the rear
door. The car struck tfhe water with a
great splash and then there was rllcnce.
All the occupants of the car, with the
exception of a few who had managed to
Jump before the car toppTed down, went
down to oeftalin death. The car disap
peared from sight as soon as It struck
the water and every one of the -passengers
was drowned. The alarm which was
sent out brought to the scene half a
dozen laimbulancea, fire boats and merrbers
of the life saving crew with grappling
Irons. The work of rescuing the bodies In
tlhe uncertain light was slow indeed. At
9 o'clock halt a dozen bodies that had
evidently floated out of the car and risen
to the surface were taken from the river
and carried to various morgues. The cap.
tain of tlhe bridge guards says:
"I saw this car coming rapidly toward
the draw Just as I h'ad given the signal
to cwlng it to admit of 'the pamuge of a
vessel. I waved my hands and called at
the motor man to stop, b:U apparently
he pond no attention to me. Junt before It
went over the brink the motorman Jump
ed and ran away."
Thlls statement does not agree with
those of eye witnesses who declare that
the convluctor went ahead to open the
swJtch, which' lis about 200 feet from the
dnaiw, aind motioned for the car to come
ahead. Certain 'It to that the conductor
moim-fred tfhe car again and went down
with b pseuengers 'to druth, and It will I
never be passible to tell exactly what he
did before 'this. '
The railway officials sty they are unable
to g'lve tire "names of the conductor and
'irdtor-mmn Who were In charge of the car. I
Tlie police are tookfng for the motorman.
The exact number of passengers in the
car will not be known until all the bodies,
ip on the register. Probably, however,
thru 26 fares had .been collected. There
may have been o'lher passengers with
transfers wh'dh .would not have ben runtf
up on She registerd. Probably, Iwwever,
mumy of WK fares were registered and
tett tine ear be-fore the bridge was reach
ed. 'As near hj can'-be-- learned, hrs
weirs at tease 15 and pce:b'y 20 people In
the car when It made the plunge.. Seven
unidentified bodies are at the morgues
now, and one man, whese name hits not
yet bee 1 learned, Is at tfhe hospital In an
unconscious condition. 80 fas as can be
learned he ts the only one who escaped
lijstamt death.
DOUBLE DROWNING,
in Aittamptlng to Save a Boy, a Man
'Lowes His Own Life.
Beaittie, Wn., Nov. 16. A double drown
ing took place In this city this afternoon,
William Hrawn, a middle aged man, and
BenJainitn Rowef.l Duell, a lad of 11 years,
being the victims.
TCiey had been flrfhlng on a trestle about
half way between this city proper and
West SeaiMile, and In some unaccountable
way the boy fell In. -Rrown Jumped in
aiier "nam, out was unable to reach hl:i
on alccount off the strong current thkit
was running at the time. The body of
young Buell was recovered half an hour
arter be fell tn, but the body of the man
coujo son oe round.
HOT GAME.
Pootfball In
Portland Won by Eugers
Men.
Portland, Nov. !. Fifteen hundred pe-v
pie went to the Multnomah field this f
ttfooon to we the University of Oregon
and Portland UnSvenrlty men contest for
the cfhwmpKjrwfilp of the gridiron. The
Unlverwity of Oregon won by a score of
6 to 4. It was by for the most hotly
contested game ever en on the Multno
mah flefd, and from the enthusiasm die
n'ayed it was apparent ttVif college foot
' it Is more In favor than conus's be
. on anfiletlc :ulst '
" 'Begone men jhowed ruperlor train
ing, strd- their Interference won excellent,
the tackng of Coleman -owing applauded
gijin and again. Tho Psrtland men
sale of Ladies', Hisses and Children's
Jackets. Sale commences Saturday
5 HANAH AN BROS.
made larger gains around the end than
the Oregon University, but their Inter
ference throughi the center was not so
strong.'
In the first half neither aide scored,
but Bugene went at it tn earnest in the
second half and by a few end plays and
a long punt they scored a touchdown and
kicked Whe goal In ness than ten minutes.
The Fortlanda made a touch, down, but
forfeited their kick off, making the score
6 to i.
THE SULTAN POWERLESS.
To Suppress the Disorders tn Turkey.
London; Nov. 16. -"News from the East
and for East during the week, has not
been of a nature calculated to dissipate
tlhe clouds which, have been hanging heav
ily over the political horizon for a long
time past.
From Atfai Mlinor come authenticated re
ports of further massacres of Armenians
during which the Turks seem to have
applied the torch to the petroleum soaked
vtetlme anldi to have skinned others alive,
In addition to outraging women and chil
dren and plundering property on all
sides.
from tlhe far East yesterday came a
report that t Is positively stated at
Shanghail 'that 'CMtna, has agreed that
Germany shall occupy One of the islands
near Amoy, for the purpose of converting
It Into a naval depot. Petuns are express
ed that If this rumor turns out to be cor
rect, mternattfional compOlroitlons of a ser
ious nature will follow.
Regarding Turkey, the powers are mov
ing slowly, but surely. Various Fluropean
fleets are closing up toward the Dar
danelles, although the powers are evi
dently disposed to give the sultan every
possible chance to restore order tn bis
dominions. But It appears as though
mutters had drifted too tar and that the
sutbain Is unable to suppress the disorder
4n. the .Turkish, empire,
GOLD RESERVE.
Washington, Nov. 16. The treasury to
day lost SMM.OOO tn gold for export, to
South Amerlait which leaves the true
amount of the gold reserve $89,439,039.
H.CHumphrey, of Eugene, Ends
His Life in Portland.
Friends Think He Did Not Intend
Suicide bat Only Wanted Sleep
. Such Was Coroner's Verdict.
PotfUamU. NoV 16. H. Clay Humphrey,
a well known resident of Eugene, Or., wan
found dead in hJs bed at the St. Charles
hotel this afternoon. An empty morphine
bottle mm found In the room and It was
evident that he had taken his own life.
Humohrey emme to Bills city yesterday
from Eugene, and registered t the St.
Ohrnria under the name of "John wmttn,
Ohehlalls."
In the afteroon he went to a drug store
and purchased an eight ounce bottle of
m&rpMine. Later he went to mis room
ad was not seen again. About 4 p'clock
tihta afternoon his room was entered and
he was found cold In death. He left no
word aivtiuc a reason for the act. only
a few business letter were found In his
coat pocket. Some of Humphrey's friends
are loth- to believe that he committed
pulctde and think his death accfdlental as
hie had been tn the habit of using mor-
rhftnelo induce sleep, but the Tact of Ms
registering under an assumed name ten as
to ftotw UhUt the act was premwltatea. ,
When Humphrey purchased the mor
Jtilne the druggist at first refused to
give tt to him. Humphrey remarked: "I
don't; took like a man .who wants to com
mft suldkle, do I?" Continuing, he said
he did not want It for hllmself but for
man by the name of C. H. Murrfiy, of
Roseburg. Some acquaintances of Hum
phreys, who came down with him from
Eugene yesterday, notlfed that he acted
somewhat unusual, but attributed it to
his financial trouble. Humiplhrey was for.
merly In the banking business at Eugene,
being a member of the firm of Hovey
Humphrey ft Co. 'During the panic of
two years ago the bank closed, when It
reopened Humphrey had no connection
witm It.
He has been interested this season In
chipping fruit, and It Is understood that
he has not been very successful. He 4s
about forty years of age and hod been
n-lirted about nine years. He uaves 1
widow and two children.
The coroner's Jury tonight brought in
verdict that death was caused by an over
dose of morphine taken to Induce sleep.
MORE INIQUITY.
San Francisco, Nov. 16. The arrest of
Captain Lane, Rats, Myer end Him haw
for commiltttng outrages with Mtt:e gins.
has stirred up a pool of Iniquity which
day by day reveals greater depths.
Amiotlher horrible offense was brought to
the attention of the police today when
Fred Coteman, a longshoreman, was taken
Into custody and booked for Incest, the
complainant being his 15-year-old daugh
ter, who Is about to become a mother.
Two Httfe girls told a policeman 1h1s
afteroon that they had been assaulted m
the shop of m cobbler, for whom the police
are now looking.
All religious, charitable and reform or
ganisations of the city are aroused over
the reveftvtlorar and are determined to
stamp out these forms of iniquity by the
punfchment of every one connected with
K.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U.S. Cott Report
F7V .rA f
Some Things and Other Things
are Discussed.
WON A BRIDE WITH A PENNY
Another Heiress Loit-Or Might as
Well be, Since Her Millions Have
Gone to England.
The members of the Junto club, an or
ganUaatlon comlstting of seven young men
-4K mere and no less allowable sat
around itihe dub table with, their feet ele
vated to the proper height for the beet
encouragement of intellectual activity,
and gave free run to the conversation for
the enjoyment of wlMOhi they regularly,
met.
It was sort of free for all talk with
tittle regard for propriety or courtesy, so
of course the Mne of Wrought waa fre
quently broken-
"Well, , another heiress gone."
"Who's that?"
"Why, Miss VandetrbSt; dont you read
the papers?"
"No; I quit when the papers began to
print the Durrwnt trial, and I am not go
ing to read them again till they atop
printing t'hoit record of court proceed'Inis."
"You can commence any time so far as
that Is concerned, Dor there has been
nothing of .that case In the papers for
nearly two weeks. I suppose you would
have waited ten yeans unless someone
happened to tell you that the trial Is
over."
"Well, perhaps I Teally have no ob
jection to reading news of that character,
only, you know the committee that wrote
the circular of Information In regard to
crime as aiugimentedi by sensational news
papers report to the commissioner ot
education that there is undoubtedly a tre
mendous tendency for evil in every record
of crime, even though the news Items be
short I'm not afraid of turning- orimiiMl
myself, but then there Is no need to take
chances."
"I think you were wise tn not laying
yourself liable, (but you need not have
gone so far as to stop all newspaper read
ing, for there were many papers that
took a very commendable stand on that
Durrant business. They would have
gained some few subscrtbers, perhaps, but
they chose to keep tfhelr pages clean rath
er than puMtelh the trial In full. Take
tfhe Astortan, for Instance; it gave only
facts that are necessary for the public
to know In order that Justice may be
Insured."
"Well, all right, I'll read the papers to
morrow; but how about that heiress that
dWd?"
"What heiress?"
"Mtas Vamderbilt. LMd'nt you tell US (he
had died?"
"No, no. She married an English duke-
worse -by far 'than if she had died.".
And then the other members of the club
took part In the conversation.
"Yes, far worse. If she had died her
millions would have remained on this side
the Atlantic."
'The preaMent efWould pay same English
syndicate a goodly sum to maintain a
safe heiress reserve In America."
I don't know. Those heiresses make
pretty poor iwtlves anyway, and I don't
ses what use ai woman ts to the country
W efhe can't honor a well governed Amer-
loam (home.
'Shucks! This marriage business Is all
a humbug."
"Certainly. Just took at 'Che number ot
divorces."
'iHumlbug? Yes; ought (to be prohibited
by laiw. Worse by far then gambling."
. "Humbug nothing. It's only the way
people have of going itno it. Marriage
Itself Is act rigiht."
how would you go into nr'
"Well, you see most people go Into It
on a consideration ot mutual love, and
of co use when Uhey find each ot&er'a
faults they are disappointed and tholr
supposed love turns to hatred and com
panion vlp becomes unendurable. Love
ought to have no owing at all to do with
tt. I'm young yet but I've been maried
seven years and my wife and I have never
had an unpleasant word. I'll tell you how
I went Into the marriage businers."
"Yes, do."
"Honest Injun, now."
"Give It to us straight."
"All tight; I had met my wife, that Is,
several times, and was pleased with her
tlhough1 I had no feeling of affection for
her. We had talked conslderule and
were on joking term One evening I was
talking wttfh her and rattling some coins
In my pocket, when suddenly shs sa'd:
"Let's (ramble." I took out a penny and
said, heads or tails.' ss I prepared to
toss it up. TVlm for? she asked. -Well,
heads sve marry, and tails we don't," She
said, 'Let M go,' and up H went, coming
down with heads up. That was easily
done, and we married with, the under
standing that we are bothi human, our
lore came after mirriage and I think It
always will if there is no Infatuation be
fore -marriage."
Yes, but what is a fallow going to do
If he hasn't a penny to toss up?"
Stay single and tell people that mar
riage Is a humbug." "JUNTO." .
ANOTHER CUT.
Portland. Nov. 16. When the Sou'.tiern
Pacific today anounced a rate of S16 flrwt-
cktfs and 67.60 second-ctass, on Its Slvs:a
special, between Portland and San Fran
cisco, R was met by the O. R. and N. Co..
who announced rats of $6 cabin and 12.50
steerage,
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rp'ftM villi