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: J 1 t:7:l:c library a&scc:at:;:l t iV, A ftt iTa ft W.rfK.rfV A jSi WJ J TODAY'S WEATHER. 3 Forecast for Oregon and Washington, jj The ASTORIAN hat the largest LOCAL m eircuiationl tne largest UhNtKALClrcuia- l tlon, and the larrat TOTAL circulation of 3 'air weather. 4 all papers published In Astoria. & v irv w EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XLIV. ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 22, 1895. NO. 264. inline iwj ill i iwmmmmmm-fsr-j m ill a Three Important Things! I. lv. OSGOOD, The One Price Clothier, Hatter and Furnisher. 606 aiid 508 COMMERCIAL STREET, ASTORIA, OR. HSTOHlfl PUBLIC MBWI HEADING ROOM FREE TO ALL. Open every day from. 3 o'clock to 5 :30 Bud 0:30 to 9:30 p. m. Subscription rates $3 per annum. Southwest cor. Eleventh aud Duane Sts. School Books ! At Greatly Reduced Prices. A FULL Oregon Books Pencils Pens . Sponges Everything Necessary for School Use. Griffin & Reed. THREE LOTS. In a desirable location, 2 blocks from Hili School. A BARGAIN. CHOICE LOTS IN HILLS FIRST ADDITION. Ou the new Pipe Line BoulevarJ Just the place for a cheap home. A Block IN ALDERBROOK. STREET CAR LINE will be eitendeJ this summer to within 5 minutes walk ot this property Will sell at decided bargain. ACREAGE. - In 5 or 10 acre tracts inside the city limits, also adjoining Flavel. GEORGE HILL,. 471 BondSt., Occident Block, HILL'S REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE. AUCTION SALE OF DRY Friday Afternoon, Nov. 22, at 2 p. m. SPECIAL SALE -f FOR-f- LADIES Any and all lines of Dry Goods will be sold. Including DRESS GOODS, SILKS, LACES AND EMBROIDERIES, ilACKINTOSCHES, CLOAKS AND JACKETS, RIBBONS, SKIRTS, SHAWLS, etc., etc. OREGON TRADING CO. (Soo Commercial Street. ITOT ONE NEEDS A BTTBTVES ILUCATION. Uasy rMW and tawa can spend but one sr two years at schsel why not talis a sootm that caa h eomplMKi In that time? Th. eoltecc lncts1 a short ENOT.IBB COUR8B bo tdca a BrSTNESa and 8HORTHA ND COURSE. Tor eaUlocMS address. (14 TAmm. $r. - - HOLMES BUSINESS COLLEGE. - - mTLiWoK. Is the Fit, duality and Style in Men's or Boy's Clothing, Furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, and all kinds of wearing apparel for the male sex. These three essentials I guarantee, as well as the lowest prices. 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 School Supplies! LINE OP Slates Tablets Erasers GOODS brReal Life Mr. Frank Patton Speaks for the Banks. FIFTY. PER CENT. INCREASE General Business Throughout the Country Exhibits Some Startling: Figures Worth Studying:. In conversation with an Asltorlan repre sentative last evening, Cathler Pattern, of the Astoria Savings .Bank, said, In reference to the increase In general busi ness, (mentioned In yesterday's Astorlan, tihait tine banks could enow a still bolter condition of affaire. He stated that so far as h!a ' bank was concerned, that t'iielr business bad Increased 50 par cent over tiMs time laat year, and that he be lieved the other banks had about the eaime story to tell Ho' also euld that Oho banks all over the country had a mmeJh increased ibuelnees, and in support of his statement quoted' the following from the New Yorrk Capitalist: "The Pittsburg Banker bias a valuable statistical exhibit In 'Its current issue, chawing individual deposits, total deposits and loans land discounts of the rtatlorial banks in 1-eservo cities for July 12, 1893, July 18, 1804, and July 11, 1S95. The table also tihows the increases .which have oc curred In the two years Intervening. The twenty-five reserve cities aire el.ia-f'fled in detail, -wihHle the tanks of the rest of the'eountry are grouped in totals. The periods selected cover the panic of 1S93 arid the first and second years succeeding. A comparison of the totals yields seme Interesting results, especlally with refer ence to loans and deposits. Thus the national banks of New York City Ra'ned from July 18, 1893, to July 11, 1835. one hundred and thirty-six millions in do-! posits while she loans have Increased 4lj4.J49,431,000. '-Thta, Excessive lncreai-e of deposits as compared with tho expan sion in loans, rorms one or the most In teresting facts deducted from the table Boston bank deposits have Increased $19,. 985,000 in tho past two years, and loans only 117,662,000. in Philadelphia there has ueen an actual decrease of $2,838,000 in loans, while the deposit account has been owelled $14,204,000. in -riiisourff me , gain in denes ts wns Jl.34 per cent, and tho increase In loans only 4.37. Eleven reserve cities show act ual decreases In loons, and three Albany, N. Y St. Joseph, Mo., and Lincoln. Neb.. BCiaw a loss in both loans and deposits. in ine aggregate, the totals for the reserve olt'leis show an increase In de posits of $295,000,000 or 29.12 per cent, end loans have expanded $82,000,000, or 9.00 per cent. Taking tho totals of the rest of the country, the increase in deposits was $47,- JSl.ooo, while wans have decreased $83 -305,000. Adding the totals of all the national banks in the country, the results tf.iaw an increase of $343,531,000 In depos'ts, wrth an actual decrease of $801,000 In loans since July, 1893. In the linht of three facts tlli'e low rates whioh have prevailed Jn 'tine money market for the past year do not seem strainxe. (Mr. Stoney, who compiled the tatole. points out a fact Which is not oten dwelt upon. We refer to the relat've importance of the banks of reserve cities, and those which for convenience pake may be termed country banks. The fol lowing little table is Interesting In this connection: Loan, lffflii. All reserve cities $ 9T2 9T2,000 All country banks 1,011.503 000 Country over cities $18,531 000 Individual deposits. All resewe cities $8W,52').009 All country banks 887, 493 0"0 Coruntry over cities 38,934,000 A similar eonrparieon for 1893, made at a time when the country banks began to diraiw UDon their city rewve arents, shows slightly increasied results in favcr of tlhe country 'ibunks. The InipoTtance of the country bprk- is fully set forth. If we Include the large number of state Institutions doing busi ness In the smaller towns in the different states, we find that the Country banks lead the dtty banks by many millions of dollars in the aggregate of business trans acted. The country banker, therefore, mfliether doing business under the ratto'al or s.ite tanking laws, has a vita! lrterest In the legls'atlon whkfli may be nropwd in congress from time to time. For some rexiyns rhe city banks, almost exclusive ly, have been rep.vi'.'nted before congres el'onl cc.Tinldte'S when hiCis'atlon of the eft .radter namel his been dlscuni d. Is H not about time that the country banker should throw the weight of his Inf te ce with that of hi more centrally located business associate in th's matter? The Importance of his Interest demands It, and the coming session of congress offers a good opportunity for exercising it." IT 13 FINISHED. The Big Sewer In Uppertown R-aJy for Use. As announced in the Aetorlan, die big sower in Uppertown was completed by Contractor Fastabend and is how in use. Three tlnouuind nine hundred and eighty seven feet of main box sewer was con structed and 500 of 'lateral of rock and t brush. The system drains four f iinops, sr haloes, ano) four ru the and wm carry off all of the water In the district. The. general opinion is Ohat eveniuiiiy it will entirely stop the rflding 'of, fbe- hills, but the etreeta fchouloy bs lmprf(ed and property owners . must put .in rome drains to insure perfect freedom from slides. , T'.IS COr&tratAr ha Hin, 'hfa mrrtrV mt-W and fully up fo tijs well known s'an&ird, I birt like all oHW pibllc work !one by I him. iM-. Fia'nd' profl: l-.aa been . small. The city council will paws up n work at adjourned meet'ng next Welnsday. A largs umber of rtte mm hive already gone out on the railroad work and' (he few remaining emoyea will report at Rogers' 'Silverware "given away free to every customer. Just the thing for holiday presents. . . . . ... . wio raiiroao camp tomorrow tor duty Mr. Wattls, Mir., Fosta'bend's associate, HO FOR ALASKA. Another Strike at Blrdh Creek W'htisky Fifty Cents per Drink. -Seattle, Nov. a. The City of Topeka Just In from Alaska bings the news ot anotlher now strike from Blrdh creek. On man In two and a half days washed out $130 In a pain, hie largest migget weighing $53. Two (hundred 'miners came out of th Yukon a few days ago with their dust and It averaged $1,000 each, two having jco.ow eacm. Beer not from the vat Is be lng sold at Circle City for 20 cents drink. Whllsky ts 60 cents a drink, and from $15 to $:z per-gallon. ' CANN0RYMBN ARiRBSTED. They Violated the Law by Running Dur ing me viose-season. Bugene, Or., Nov. a. Constable Linton Started for Florence this morning, with warrants for the arrest of the proprietor of the ; two canneries t the mouth of the Sluslaw, who are dHorged with vlo latlng tlhe laiws regulating Mhe taking of eamon at certain seasons. The cloe rea son on tihat river ryonrtmenccd November 1st, buft Information reached the officers here that the law being Violated and the canneries were In operation. After acoulmulatllng evidence supposed to be sufficient for convection, warrants were Issued, alleging ippeclflc-vtolatfon of the law since November flTBt. It Is also prdbaible that many of the fishermen tiP' p.ying the canneries will be arrested. THE MON1I3Y IS IN SICJIIT. iruitlng'ton Subscnlbps $1000 for tlhe Repub- r Con-veitllon:' Sain Francisco, Nov. -21.-Iust before teivln? for the East C. P. Huntington wuhscrlbed $1,000 to the convention fund, Ho refused to allow the Southern Pa cific to subscribe, as he thought the re- dueed rates his company would give If the national Republican convention caime IhWe would be a sufflaient contrlbirtion. There fs about. $100,000 dollars -now ft! slRiht and it is the opinion of the con vention committee that thtswlll be ra'sed to $150,000 if it were deftlteCy known Wat the convention Was coming to San Fran Cisco. . ORIENT!; Corca to Elect New Consort for the King:. Russia Has 15 Vessel of War on the Pacific Station Japan to Abandon Corea. San Fi'aincii?o, Nw. 21.-llhe aieamer Rio de J'.medro arrived today from Yoko haimi and Hongkong. The Japan mall of November 6, says: The Corean minister of the household has issued a proclama tion announcing the intended electron or too new consort' for the- king; Accord ing to time honored custom the Issue ot th'ls p.-oelamatlon has the effect of pro hibiting for the time being the' marriage of all girls between 13 and 17 through the country; Arreuts still conWIniue among uvoce sus pected of beJng Implicated- In Bhe muider of tlhe Corean queen. These arrems com prise Vfscount Mhira, late Japanese mln- istcir to that country, and all members or Ulie legAJtlon, togeBher .WItih other Japanese officials In Seoul. The opinion Js expresseed that the Jap anese are about ro aibandon thefr attempt to control the home and foreign pol'cy ot that country.' Arrangements are in prog, ree'-i fof the withdrawal of the Jaraneoe troops. In fact; in tlhe face of Russia opposition, Jaipan has no option but to ar oult. ' A letter from a correspondent in Vhd lvostock reports ' tihait the Rutflan mili tir (minorities have conslructtd no.-less (an I welve forts hre since August last. it present there are fifteen;-' vefls -'lir belonging to Russia on VHe Pacific r'rlron, In readiness b-r'acilOr. The rcir'i.T of troops on shore hai lnrely Inereaed since Aug-trst, 1S94, and bar lacks have been built In several locaHtlesl at a heavy cost. Dock! are also being 'oetily constructed.',; ANonrBR womjirs 'record . Oald. the Blcyellst, Wins the Blg Event at Los Angeles, t Ls Angeles, Nov. a. Bddle Bald, oi BuffaJo, captured another world's recoru In compotltlon on .she opening day of the thes clays' nwet here. , , He Won from Murphy, oT New York, t.he mile open on the quarter mile track in .2.01. This is the world's record for a foiir hf track. The etartcrs 1n the b'g event today were Bald, -Murphy, Kker, Wo'.ls, Radall and Cooper. On the sec ond lap Klser fell on tlhe bank. Cooper went over fthi Wheel and Wells rode over Cooper's back, while Randall, of Roch ester, in dodging the other tfnree, wen; clear over the bank. WeCli took another wheel and got third place. Murphy was second. ' THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. . Cblc-ago; NoV. 2i. A Dally News Wash ington specijJ eay every effort of the aJmlnlstniftlon WiM be directed towards sexjurtn? -rhe toraitlbn of the next D-m-ocratlc naxlonal conveWtkm in' New York City, f - " ; , ' SARAH ALTHEA, HfLL TERBY. ban Farx-isco, Kov. AH that rsmains of Tne .Barah Altliea Jlll Terry estata .to sirpport tier for ttis rest of tr life Is $'. T!ie recent sals f lisr effexAa nrttes $9, but titers wets sereral (Uin altst 'her whi"ti H sourt allowsd. It's in town. ! the best; , Won't burn hor roughen the skin; Won't "yellow your clothes." . , . , . You WfR- be agreeably', surprised, Sorry you didn't know ft sooner. -Tomson's Soap roam, largs packagei. Hi Says Senator Sherman's State ments are Not True. HIS FRIENDS WERE INSULTED Felt Called Upon to Lay the Matter Before the Public-Did Not Buy Votes. Detroit, Nov; ..ai-leneral 'R. iA. Alger has written a lengthy letter to the De. rrlot Tribune in reply to Senator John L. Sherman's charges agalnet t'ae gtn cirul'is friend's, as contained in the second volume of Sherman's recollections. The -writer quotes Senator Sherman's language, in which Sherman, 1n reftrr.ng to olrcums-iunces attending the contest in the Republican national convention ot 1838, wrote: "I believe,' and Wad as 1 thought, conclusive proof that tiha frionds of Ue-neral Al?er sulbstantlilly purdhased thevloltes of -many of the delegates from 'Jhe SouVtiern H.atea wlho had been In- strutted by thtMr convention to vote for me." . . i He also quotes Senator Sherman's ntssf r tlon fluflut although he- had learned w'ifh ,c;clrpllalsance, of flie explanations' of tlie wavering of the Ohio and New York del egations from his (Sherman's) support, that the "only feeling of resemtmont I en. tcrtalned was In regUrd to tho action ot the friends of General A'ger, in tempting with money the poor negroes to violate the instructions of their constituents, In reply to these quotations General Al ger fays that he should not have In trudied this maitter upon the public were It not that it appeared' that Senator Sher man had gone out of the way to liifiilt Ms (Alger's) frionds as well as himself. "What he writes," says General Alger, 'would be leas objectionable were it not that the second word in the flrut para- giraph is written In the present tense." General Alger tays that -when Senator Sinertnan's charges were first made, Imme. dlately after tlhe convention, he was es pecially distressed because of the warm friendship existing between himself and his family and General W. T. Sherman and his family. In view of this he wrote General Sherman assuring him that there wns no foundation for the charges and that he had not replied to that on ac. count, first, of the age of the senator; second, of his great name: and third. because of the Injury such talk would do the party. General Shorman -wrote in reply: "I assure you that I entertain for you the same sentiment of respect and affection as always. If anything ever Ljhook my faith in you 4t was that you stooped to the level of a politician. A oodler of repute; a gentleman, and one with such a family and business as General Alger, thoulU hold himself above thuit. But ithis is eminently free coun try, and you had as good a rlffht to enter the race as John Silverman. You made a good show of votes, and if you bought some, aooc-ftltng to universal ua:re, eurely don't btaime you. I 'lunigh at John for trying to throw off on anybody. H was fairly beaten at the convention and I con gratulate hllm on his escape." Conwnulns Gener.il Aluer rays: "No delegate or friends wiWo went to Chicago in my bHhalf or voted for mo nt the convention ever asked for or received a single pledge from me (for money or. tot a-ny ofBc." "In conclusion," writes General Alger, "I will only add that 'ff Senator BheYman Is willing to leave the record ii.ade up largely of oiDveri-e erltlo'smts of the pub lic men of his day, many of Whom have pawed from eartlu he Is welcome to the task. - 1 am sure he stands alone among our 'pubMe-men 'Who would be willing by his cwn ait 'to WISht the honorable record of the living and the dead." v ANOTirrR RiEOORD BRF3AKER, Denver, Nov, 21. Harry O. Clark fltileh; od his season's worlt' by breaking fom more worM'ls Class A records today. He rod-e Ave mKes, unpaced, from a standing start, m the following times: Two mile, 4:46 1-6;- ttwee miles, 7:15; four miles, K:47; five miles,- 12:12.' Clark now holds ten world's Tecords. " - WORKfNO FOR 'HIMSELF. Clilcago, Nov. "21. The Nnws' Wailiilng ton special says: ; Polltlclaira a'ho WoU' clore political re- lallons WiHh Senator Quay duclard tW.it his every movement Indit'a'tew a purpose to secure lm'LruJllona of the Keys. one Stile delegation to tho ReptibUean na tional convention for tofhtteX STATE NEWS. Interesting Items Culled From Oiegon't Leading Newspapers. About a year ago on a dark night on the Rogue river bridge a pl-tol i-Hiot rang out Into-the lt 111 air, a r-phiah was heard, and a mm was seen to run quite fast from tlhe bridge, says the Journal. Nat urally it was assumed that some one was shot, and h-ls WoJy thrown Into the river. Inasmuch, however, as no body was found, nor any one missing, the goselp touodhing the ep'sode soon died out As a sequel, however, lam we?k a lotterjrame from Oklai'icnA to BVrlff Hkntt, Inquiring wfietiht-r or not a reiwurj was offer'! for the conviction of the pitaon who murdered a mifl on Rogue river bridge about - a, year ago. Tie a-riter stated that the' mutderer was a noted dperadd; and profM'd to be able to Jociite hun. Was there a murder? If not, bow did the man In Oklahoma come to Think there V.c1 been?.' The .Oregon Mining Journal, a new venturs In Southern Oregon, has th-a fol lowing mining news: No accurals da can bs had wish whldh to solve th ques tion ai to the annu.l gol.l output of (he ste of Oregon. From the da'a itnlnsble, however. It approximates VW),V. The difficulty In -reichlng a eonc wlon arlsns from lb- fact that ths IToM ir shipped out to different parts of the country an! by different channels. I Much of It goes by express and some by mall. No data Is to be had from which to ascertain the amount shipped 'through the -podtoftlce. Again, much of the gold product of the state goes to the Shelby 3meltlng Company, . at Sun Francisco, Where It ultimately reaches the mint and Is credited to California. About $1,000,000 is annually produced In South ern Oregon. About $160,000 Is annually old to the bank and merchants at Grant's Pass. The Northern Pacific Railroad) Com pany has settled with Mr. Fleet, the Douglas county stockman, for cattle killed in tho wreck on the Central Washington seveiUl weeks ago. The amount of damages allowed him v. as something over $10,500. THE CUBAN REVOLUTION. Eloquent Appeal for Justice by Governor M!atthenvs. Philadelphia, Nov. a.-Tho strongest and most outspoken expressions of sympathy for OuJba yet made In this city were heard tonight at a meeting at the Acad emy of Music under the aueplces of the Philadelphia Brigade, and In aid of the Anteltaim Monument fund. ' Almong the speakers was Governcr Mo t thews, of Indiana. Strong resolutions we-e adopted calling upon congress Im mediately after convening ro request President Cleveland -to recognize the Cu ban republic without deiay. Governor M'itiflhews said: "The pages of hldtory nowhere reveal more atrocious crimes aigalnst humanity, more cruel warfare or wicked oppression! more examples of outraged truth and Jus tice, nor greater crimes against uM Chr's tlan civilization than has marked the Spanish .misrule and dasipottsm in Cuba. A gem upon he sea, It would have been a mine of weal'tlh to Its iporaefSJTs, ithrousih the (fostering cane of home rule, and would have well replenished the de pleted treasury of the deareaeed and tf. fete nation, Dutt the reverse has been true. With but Belfleh greed of revenue, Cuba has been drained and robbed and despoiled until In the destruction of her own Twofiperlty, crushing out the hopes and aimTjltlons and energies of her peo ple, she scarcaly yields any revenue to Ohe greedy eppre! isor. The wrongs a a.nt WhUih we refooHod- were not Mailt so griev ous, nor the baraibrous cruelties not near ly so great, and yet the same great prln ciples are Involved that amouut-d to action .our ifatlhcru in 1776. . ,-. , ' 1 " : ' Four Hundred Girls Miracu lously Saved. Thirteen Valuable Factories Do- stroyed-Total Loss $620,000 Fire Caused by Dust Explosion. Chicago, Nov. 31. The Excelsior Bullilns at Canal and Jackson streets, and an eight story jstrinctura Immediately ad- Joining It at 1T71 omd 1773, Souih Canal street, wera dc'stroped by fire 'this after noon. Not less ' than thirteen valuable manufacturing plants in the two building were lost, including the Bhober-Carque-vllle tltihographlng Co.,. Charles Emmer Iclt Feather Cora;)U,ny, and the large es ta;blhiliment of Bbrauss, Elsenbock & Dram. The loirs bt not leis than $ .20,000. The fire started by a dtut expkslon In I he renovating room of Charles B.-rmer-leh & CU on Uhe fourth flojr of the Excelsior Building, and spread so rapidly that worktmen in that part of the esi'ab llshunent had barely time to give the nla-Hm and get out tn saifoty. On the sixth floor swirl ous losr of life was nar rowly averted. Btmutw, Elsaenibaeh A Drom, Tnrakers of (MWIrt waists, employed 400 girts, and none of them were aiware or the Are until It bad made on --llcr jible ihx'a'iway and tlhe noke came pouring In to their work room In thick volumes. A will miefti was made for the three eleva tors and with great difficulty "they all escaped. DISTURBANCES IN TURKEY. Washington, Nov. 2l.-That Sultan Ab ,lul Humid Is making efforts to que.l the dWu'Tbainoes hi various provinces of Tur key and Intends 'to hold hhs subordinate ofllciJailB strictly to account for future dU orders scorns to be confirmed by a cable received from the TurttWh legation here today. Telegraims that Wive been sent to the governors of the different provinces where the trouble has occurred all con tain Instructions to protect Kfe and prop, erty. 8EVBNTBEN CREWS UVID OFF. Mason City, Iowa, Nov. 21. Heventi-en crews have been lard off on the Iowa and Dakota divniton of the Ml wank road, occasioned- by tlhe 'farmers holding their grain for Increased prices. Toey .jtuy tlhe prevailing price of com does not (Any tihm for the work of hulking anil marketing. It Is now being generally titled for fuel -in place of coal. NEW MEMBERS APPOINTED. HI. Paul, Nov. a. The tnembais of the now Immigration organization wtre an nounced today. Members from 'Uha fiorjh west ore: Waelilnglton-fl. L. Oru-wifJ-M, S.attle; Ji 8. Vam.Marter, Jr., Troml H. lulfter, Spokane ' Oregon f Jills Q. Hughe,'!.. D. Herry, D. H. Steam es, of ltortland. Highest of all in- Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report SHANAHAN BROS. win r;n t nil w.x waisup-iuiu rroposiuon aoi . Yet Dead. COMMITTEE SURE OF SUCCESS Property Owners in That Common ity Need Only Stand Together " A Few Should Not Do It All. The Portland- Evening Telegram of the 20th quotes an article from the Astoria News In .whldh It to stated that Astoria will have a railroad but no depot. An , Ailitoriari representative called upon Judge Bowuby, wlho has in cliarge the matter ot iceui'iug tlie depot site near the Clatsop Mill, and that gentleman stated mcst em pnatCcolly that the question was not dead on the contrary, he says that the prospects are quite favorable at the pres.. ent time thoit a compromise will be reach ed. The only principal owners of front age wkhi whom, arrangements have not been made are the Kinneys, who are awaiting the result of certain propositions pending for exchanges -with Ifalr proepects of success. The citizens In that community are be ginning to realize that It Is not fair ta lmpcae the entire burden of furnishing nhe site upon a few water front owners, particularly as many of them awn little other city property. The entire communi ty is Interested In the question, and it Is folly to say, a mime hiave, that contig uous property, even to that back on the hllla, would not be benefitted by "securing nhe depot on tne proposed site. Free lo cations have been offered at both Smith Point and Tongue Point, and ehou'.d the depot be located nt either of these ex tremities of the city, all property alike In the central portion of the city would be daanoged, and certulnly ths Inside prop erty would be worlh'Mio-re 4f the Cla'tsoo Mill sire Is secured. To ttet extent ihe committee as well as many business men and .meivhanta have exDressed their onln- ion that other property owners, particu larly those In 'that immediate community, should corns forward and assist those frontage owners who cannot sea their -way clear to make free donations as same others have done. That this will event ually be. done, and that harmony, good will and patriotism will jprevall, cannot be doubted for a moment. THEATRICAL NOTES. Plays and Players, Edited by Terry Mc Keon, Ed. Foy is starring In "Little Robin son .Crusoe." Oiga Neihersolo began her second Amer ican tour last month. Stuart Robwon Is thinkings of reviving tho '.'Comedy of Errors."' Elli!.vbetih Leslie has been engaged to ciupport (Marie Jansen. Jefferson da Angells Is to etar In a new comic ppeia next season.. . Minnie Madden Flsk has added' "The Queen of IAurs" to her repertoCre. "The Ctttspaiw," Max O'RelPs play, was not a Bucccirs. It is to be rewritten. The, new Irleh druma, "Rory of ths Hill," in being played with great success In the East, Beciiibolm Tree, -the great English actor. has tnude a hit in the character ot Svengll, In "Trilby." Charles H. Hopper Is soon to produce AMgustua Th'-nas dramatliatloni of "Ohlmmle Fadden." Jorf'ph Jefferson has Just ended- a re vival of his old standby, "Rip Van Winkle," In New York. De WoDf Hopper lis having great euc- cjess with his comic opem, "Wang." Hs Is at present playing In San Francisco. Clara Morris has the following plays In h'er repertoire: "Raymonde," "Ar ticle 47," "Camllle" and "Mrs. Moulton." Fiunk Readldk and Millie Freeman, both well known to Astoria theater goers, are playing at tihw New Park, theater, In Portland. At the end of her engigemfnt as Rob ert Mantell'j leading lady Edith Chap man will prep-ire for a starring tour on her own account. Among the plays which the Smith-Lteb i-ompiny have in their repeotolre are the following: "He-rmlnle," "M&ihs," "Ara bian Nwhls" and "Virginia." This com pany will pluy in As'iorla November 22d and 23d. In the near future An'-lrlans will have i Chance to bjo that catchy little cper tta, "A Trip to Europe." It will be Tlven for the terceiit of tlhe llbriry by local talent, under the direction of Mrs. H. T. Oroby. ToniRiit tlie Smith-Lleb company will 'tield rhu boar.ls at Fleih-er's opera house, antl will give another entertainment to morrow night. Two prew throughout tho territory where they have been playing ppeaks hisdly of t.h peiVormanceo and Antoriuns will doubtless be riven a treat.' Mm D. B. Bowera who was consid ered to be the lust exponent cf the old B.ihool of acting, died In Washington No vember &. In the days of Barrett una ifcCullough sh wu considered the fore- most octrees on the 'Anre-lcan stage, anef at the death of tlhe grvut tragedy queen, Charlotte Cushman, was the only suc ceswor worthy to wear her crown.