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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1896)
SAVE TIME The Dally Astoria n ipciihu How? it n J worry ".."i. Has a Prouu AND PtHMANINT Family Circulation... An "Ad". In Tmd AwomiaVI Much n tha thfs tins a lA;i AS THAT Of ANY OTHCH PAPI III ASTOIA. 'Wm Column," ICXCUUSIVK TBLKOKAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL XIV. ASTORIA, OKMiOX, ITKSPAY MORN I Mi, SKl'TEMBEK 2!, 18!lli. NO. 232 Our Mandy Wagon... Comlilnea nil tha faalura uf In child's plain Wason nil a valoelpoda, unit, all tlilnaa roiililiii, iinii the canaumer lew than lthrr. Hu uralrahla. convenient anil Mtlalarury liaa II proven, thai, aa a ready "wllor." II haa no viial. Wt laka a special prlus, luo, In ullrtiif tha Bonis pnimillr and In faultlaae cond' linn 10 ilia trad, Children's Wagons, Baby Carriages, Base Ball Goods, Fishing Croquet Tackle, Sets Garden Tools GRIFFIN & REED CITY BOOK STCf E PAINT! PAINT! PAINT! That Is the Question. Whether II l better In the md to suffer the aorrowa ami disappointments that Jiiol; paint will lirltiK, ur at lh ttarl provide thu DEHT that can be bought ami end it there. There la hut one HEAT, ami that I THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS PAINT With I'nlnl you Kill need llrunhrs nml p rhat Varnishes. Tho and all Painters' Huppllea are to l found at Foard & Stokes Co. Tlioy alo nirrv ioiiil.'t- stock f (iUOCKUIKS, 11AKD WA UK, ( i LA SSW A UK. ETC. THE FIRST DEEP SEA VESSELS Til Dink in the Lower Harlwr Are I'lnc Specimens uf the .Mer chaii t Murine. ( IIII.MSIdKI) AM) HI.WOOI) llrouithl (If Xleel halla for the Hull road, nn I Tlu'lr Jolly Hklppi-r Have Made Miiny Friend In Port Short History of the Hhlp. HARDWARE, PLUMBING TIN WORK JOB WORK GRANITE WAKE. ROPE. STOVES, IRON IIE, TER RA COTTA PIPES, BAR IRON, STEEL, CANNERY 51PPI.IES. LOOOEKS' TOOLS AT PRICES THAT DEFY COMPETITION Call and Be Convinced SOL OPPENHEIAIER Trustee for the late M.C.CROSBY Oregon State Normal School MONMOUTH. OHKC.ON. A Training School (or Teacher. Senior Year Wholly Professional. Twanty weak of Psychology and General and Special Method; twenty week of Teaching and Training Department. Training achool of nine grade with two hundred children. Regular Normal Courae of Three Yean-. The Normal Diploma 1 recognised by law aa a Btate Life Certificate to teach. Light Expense; Hoard at Normal Dining Hall $1.60 per week. Furnish ed room with light and Are. 11c to 11.00 per week. Board and Lodging In private famllle tS.SO to IS (0 per week. TUITION : Bub-Normal, 15.00 per term of ten week; Normal, 16.26 per term of ten week. Gradea from reputable ichool aocepted. Catalogue cheerfully furnished on application. Addresa P. L. CAHPBELL, Pres., or W. A. W'ANN, 5e. of Faculty. The SucccHHiir of tho 1 I lTIMtf a a The Stock Consists of Kft1:; ..AUtnun..Dip;ciooDS Sen! To A 2 d. m. 5 ALL SHOES, FINE FIRS iiiiJ continue until $1,5(M Im ruined from MACKINTOSHES the Htock. Sulo poiitivcly wit limit rcNvrvc. and Thousands of OOO COMMERCIAL, HT. other goods. . FRIEDMAN, Auctioneer TIME CARD OF THE Astoria & Columbia River RAILROAD. Beginning on Monday, Sept Hth.tralns on the A. and C. II, R. R. will run aa follow: Leave Seaside at 7: JO a. m. dally. Leave Seaside at 8 p. m. dally exoept Sunday. Leave Seaside at 4 p. m. Sunday. ' Leave Astoria at II a m, dally. Leave Aatorla at 4:45 p. m. dally except Sunday. Leave Aatorla at 6:30 p. m. Sunday. C. F. LESTER, Supt. Oregon Industrial Exposition PORTLAND, OREOON SEPT. 19 TO OCT. 17 The great resources of the Piicillc Northwest, Agriculture, Hortlctil. ture, riHlierles, Mines, Manufactures, Muchlnery, Trunspur tution, Trade and Commerce M ill hu represented more completely thnn ever before. Grand Band Concert Every Afternoon and Evening SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS EVERY NIGHT Lowest Rates Ever Hade on All Transportation Lines ADMISSION, 25c; CHILDREN, 10c for Exhibit space, apply to Geo. L. Baker. Superintendent, it the building E. C. MAflTEN, Hocretary. Klx months an" It would hardly have l.n-u thought poanlhle thut d"- i sea vcimcIk Mould thla fall he dix ked in Hit low i r harW. y.-i such I the fact Tlie v. Immense hl' tr,-l uuikIik ami nlH lnaldi th t'lu'lina fiinl aiil IuIimm1. iihw lying at the rii.lrc.n l u liarf at Kluvi l, inako a band aimio ua ll na pruiihi'tlc pU'lure worthy Ih i-,iiI.tII'MI of very Al rlan. Th.-lr ki'H-r. i'upiuliia Thmup' aoii ami 1'Ih, air tun of the Jollb-al ai-a dona who tver cnlvrrd thl port Yuunif. at. riil ami hanloiiu, lln-y are the lorda uf all tlii-y aurvey In the lower harlmr. Humlay t tt.l n I ti Thompaon, of the (.'hrlinafiiitl. eiilirtMlniHl a few friend during the aftfruoon on board hi alauiu h plil. Krm blin It waa learn- eil Hint tb Chi'lmafuril aa built by the Kali Held Hhltiullillng and Kngln e.TlHK Co, l.liultrtl. Covan, tilaxgow, In IM3. Hhe a nunibi'ml 2TI, built by that tlnn. and mi-aaumi: length liplween prrpi-ndli ular. IMl feet; ex. trenif br-mltli of b.-atii, 44 fWt; mould ed di pih of hold, : f.wt I Im ti; round of brum. WS liu hra; nrt reatntr 2JW tona; irr InK rapacity, 3io tuna doad wrlKlit. vxilualve of aturva. Hhe 1 built on ri'KUlur ym lit lim n, and each of the lariit- au-H plnt.- In hi-r aid i-onliiliii uii-r 3 rlveta. Khe la ato.1 drc ki'd. li I iiiajitK ami apara, and atoe riKXHiK. 'in tir main diik there I a cli-ar ure covrrwl w ith a nutgnltlvent MiMtrlng laid on the ateel, of SOO feet, a Hi plm o fur a grnml ball. She haa four mama, the main mnJit being lit tvrl In hfUht. She huh luumhi'd on the 11th uf November, Ki, and Captain V, li. Thompson tiok her from the yard. She ha two atciiii uliuhe and large horl aontal ate-l boiler for working cargo. She la now on hi-r aecoond voyage. Captain Thmpira log book ahow that the .'lKlmnf..nl s tlrst voyage made from lil.iMtow to Cardiff, and thence to Sunu ltoaalla; from there to Portland. Oregon, and back to Hull with wheat. While in Hull her owner- whip km chaiigeil fim the Ford line to the Loch line. Her aecond and pres ent vuyage, a every one- know, wa with ateel ralla to Astoria. The cab Ina of the Clielmaford are numerous and commiKlloua. They are beautifully trlninuM In solid teak woikI, and ele gantly ntted. The captain haa hi prl vale ilttlng room, stateroom, business office, bath room, and the vessel's stores compline everything from a cook's apron to a silver nut-cracker. The deeks. tables, and berth facings are built principally of mahoirany. Captain Owen Lewis, of the Fulwood pent Sunday In Portland, but hi first officer kindly gave the following Infor million In re-sard to that mognltlcent ship: She was built In 1SS5 by the Oswald, Mordnunt Company, South hampton, and was numbered 229 at the time she was launched. She is a steel ship throughout, not quite so long as the Chelmsford, and having three In stead of four must. Her line are quite different from her lster ship, having a very full bow and stern In stead of the sharp lines of the other, and In proortton to her dimension, she ha a little lees carrying capacity. Her officers' quarters are simply lux urious, the wood work being teak and bird's eye maple, and the upholstering In velvet. The main saloon, private staterooms and bath room are very large and elegant In .every particular. Each of these now noted vessel cas rle about thirty men all told, and It take on each voyage some three or four hundred tons of provisions to sup ply the wants of the Inner man of the orew of each. Aatorla will not soon forget the Chelmsford and Fulwood, their good natured skippers and crews, who brought the big steel rails for the first railroad down the lower Columbia. FOR C00I) ROADS A ROMANCE IN CLATSOP IN HIGH LIFE A I'cw Opinions Staled by the Lewis Hon. H. C. Whitney to Ik .Married at ii no" Cliirhc t'cuplc Ketjard- Noon Todav to Mrs. Edith Imj Them. S. Randolph. SOME POINTED HI (JGIISITONS THE WEDDING A SL KI'KISE Are Made by Mr. HtatTord-llott, Must Mrs. Itandolph. an Old Friend of the Whitney and Widow of the Late ex-C'aptaln Arthur Randolph, of Wiltshire. England. Converge In Astoria I'ay It. .11 and Hound Money Needi-d - Politics and Hard Times. Lewis and Clarke, Kept Kdllor of the Antorlan - , I plcaftcd to : no many i la gr ni leiiieii come und He side n UKoll 6, lvi. Nev. York, Sept. 2K.-The Hon. W. C. Mtiu y will be married at noon to morrow to Mr. Edith S. Randolph our ihc Aatorla widow of the late ex-Captain Arthur fuu.l. and I u Randolph, of Euat Court. Wiltshire, Anto- TRTIN'O TO GET TOGETHER. San Francisco, Sept 88. The execu tive committee of the Republican atate central committee waa called together thl afternoon to devise a plan for uniting the warring elements of the lo cal Republican party. Chairman Mc Laughlin believes the lack of harmony is endangering the success of the na tional ticket. The committee adjourned after talking over the situation with out formulating any definite plan for harmony. THE MARKETS. Portland. Sept. 28. Wheat Walla Walla, B656ia: Valley, B868tt. Liverpool, Sept. 28. Wheat, apot, nrm; demand, poor; No. i red spring, 6a lSd; No. 1 California, 6a 6d. Meany 1 the leading tailor, and pay the highest cash price for fur eklna. particularly glad to ? I-. C. Hoi i, n, England. This fact was formally an- for it a.iows that hi h'-alili m t, it, r nour.ced :.uilKht by Mr. Whitney's prl tliaii It was a while bark. vate secretary. T. J. Regan, who re- Aatorlan can generally be depended 'reived a communication during the day on to help along any Improvement to from Mr. Whitney advialng him of their city, so I ahiayn knew that this the prospective wedding, rood would eventually be a success. I Mr. Whitney, himself, when he left expect to see the time, In the not fur the clt- two weeks ago to recuperate, distant future, when the everyday trav- did not expect to be married so soon, el will be greater than yesterday's tx- He accidentally met Mrs. Randolph at curslon. Rar Harbor and decided only laat In the opinion of Engineer Archibald Thursday that the wedding should take A. Schenck. given in today's Astorlan. place tomorrow. he points to what la needed to make i There are several features which tend Astoria the heart of the future city, , to cast a halo of romance over the which U "trade." He says kep the marriage. Mrs. Randolph Is an old atorvs In the trade center. Now, If As- friend of the Whitney family and has torla Is to do that she must work to been Intimately associated with them, have the roa.ls point directly to that None of the relatives of the contract place. It was the small rivers cou-.lng parties will be at Bar Harbor to verklng on thht point that started the witness the ceremony. . city there, but If the roads, which are ; Mrs. Randolph's late husband was sure to be the highways of the future, captain In the lith Hussars, common converge on some other point of the ly called the "Queen's Own." She waa water front, there will the trade go, originally Miss Edith S. May. and is and there will be the heart of Astoria, a first cousin of Herman Oelrirhs, also Hy the way the gentlemen who were of Mrs. Col. .Win. Jay, of this city. She of the excursion talked. I should say is the mother of two children, the they were favorably disposed to. bridg- oldest 13 years of age. Ing instead of ferrying over Young's bay. Now the question of location of , "YOUTHFUL EXUBERANCE." the bridge ought to be thoroughly con-, sldered before taking action on the ub- Jcct, and all Interests, and all sections n the west of Young's bay should be ' made partaker of It benefits. At the loint where the bridge crosse there ahoolil com m, ma,l e.-.m t.-..- c . I along near the water front, and one down between Young's and the Lewis and Clarke Rivers, and this present road should also converge at the same place, and It ought to be at a point where the heart of Astoria can be the most easily reached from the east slSe of Young' bay. I think thl a very Important point for Astoria to consider. Hammond advise pay rolls for As toria, which 1 aa aound advice as the gold standard. Every mil of good road leading directly out of the city, la a mile of Industry, every worker of which la for the city. Our school at Clatsop began aa usual on the first Monday of September, with s. C. Caae for teacher. He has a good I Trenton. N. J., Sept. 28. The nation reputation as a teacher and several of ' al circuit meet of the League of Amer- hls former pupils followed him from lean Wheelmen opened at the Inter their own districts to this, and are pay-: state fair. John S. Johnson, paced by lng tuition here, which is a very favor- two quads and a triplet, beat all pre- abie argument for him. j vlous record for one mile, crossing the Politicians will not make any voteejtape In 1:47 flat, the beet previous time over here. We are all going to vote being l:4Si. made by Tyler at Walt our way now. ham. Maas. Jimmy Michael, the Walsh I think the question of good roads man. paced by two quads and a triplet, la of more Importance than the flnan-! covered five miles in 9:514, the fastest clal question. Give the county good time ever made on any track. In the roods and It will have sixteen dollars third heat for the two mile profession- to where It has one now. ;aL Otto Zlegler. the Callfornlan. fell I think the financial question cuts and broke his arm. both ways. like, the Darwinian theory New Haven, Conn.. Sept. 28. Bryan hod Just closed a few words telling how pleasant hi .trip through New England had been when he was In terrupted thus: A Voice "There are no Yale students here today. Mr. Bryan." ! Bryan "Do not criticise the boy too harshly; I am not Inclined to criticise them as severely as some others have been. I have been a college boy my self, and I am Inclined to attribute their Interruptions more to youth fur exuberatlon than to any deliberate Intention to Interfere with free speech I shall always be glad to return to New Haven, when circumstance pei mlt, and I am sure that whatever may be my subject I will be able to find persona here w ho are willing to listen. even Jtt they do not agree." THE TIN PLATE MANUFACTORY Establihcd In Lisbon, Ohio, an Evi dence uf the Iknefits of I'rotection. TALKS TO THE COLOREIJRACE McKlnley Addresses Several Carload of Delegates to the Afro-Methodist Conference History One of Patience and Patriotism. 28. In addressing a Lisbon. Ohio, today. Canton. Sept. delegation from McKlnley said: "I am glad Indeed to have been con nected with a piece of national legisla tion that gave to the town of Lisbon an enterprising tin-plate plant which A DISASTROUS CONFLAGRATION I'roptTtj and Lives Lost in the Flames at Burke, Idaho, Yes terday. PANIC IN THE TIGER HOTEL Fire Started in the Kitchen by the Ex plosion of a Pan of Grease Guesta Escaped In Their Night Clothe Many Badly Burned. Spokane, Sept. 28. A special to the Spokesman-Review from Burke, Idaho, says: Burke waa visited by a disastrous fire thla morning which for a time threatened the destruction of the town. Besides destroying over 110,000 worth has given employment to more thanlof property, the Are resulted In th 3J5 persons. You farmer, merchants i death of one man, William O'Meara, and businessmen know how valuable i and the narrow escape of seven others, that plant haa been to your community j all of w hom ware more or less burned. and I submit to you, no matter what may have been your politics in the past, whether you would now prefer to have that tin-plate factory there than to have It In Wale." A train at 10 o'clock brought several carload of ministers, delegate to the Afro-Methodist conference In session at This morning when the cook at the Tiger Hotel left the kitchen for a mo- jment, a pan of grease on the range Ignited and exploded, scattering flames) all over the kitchen. Almost like a flash, the Are spread tbrouhout the low er floor. Before the sleeping inmates of the hotel could be alarmed, the flames) Lieveiana. rney marcnea informally had communicated with the upper to the McKlnley lawn, where addresses floors, cutting off escape from the were made by Senator Green, of 1 gtaJrway except to a few who were Cleveland, Bishop Lee and Bishop Ar-' easily aroused. nett. In reply McKlnley said: A of Intenaa .rrltem.nt tnlinm. The history of your race 1 one of ed. The rues Is ran from one room to wonderful progress under most trying another In their terror, seeking soma and difficult circumstance. You have;raean of escape from the flames demonstrated your patience, patriotism, ! which were rapidly rushing upon them. intelligence and your willingness to But few bad time to clothe themselves. sacrifice- for your country and sustain 1 from their night wraps. In five its honor at all times and under all minutes' time from when the Are start- circumstances. You have made marked ed the first and second floors were all and commendable strides In the Held ablaze, and the frenzied Inmates were of education and learning. Not only oomrvelled to seek the ton floor of tha have you been looking carefully after building, but not before they were bad the Intellectual, but you have not been w burned. neglectful of the moral condition of j your race. You have recognized that good character is quite aa essential aa good education; that good morals are indispensible. Both should go together. You and your race have my hearty congratulations upon the progress you have made, and my prayer la for stiTl greater progress In the future." RECORD BREAKERS. and It depends on the way you face, whether you see the monkey or the man. But In the Darwinian theory, the life Is not accounted for. Neither does Bryanlsm tell us how to get the dollar. That Is a sad omission. Archibald A. Schenck In his article in the Astorlan, gives the true reason for hard times. I look at It as the best ar gument In favor of the present system that has been printed, because told In a few words. D. F. STAFFORD. BRYAN AND SEWALL. They Both Arrived In New York Yes terday. New York, Sept. 28. W. J. Bryan ar rived at the Hotel Bartholdl at 6:02 to day. He waa accompanied by a com mittee from Tammany Hall who had gone to Bridgeport, Conn., to meet him. About 200 persons cheered him at the hotel entrance and he tipped hi hat and smiled In recognition. Mr. Bryan was evidently nursing his throat, his coat collar being turned up tight. Arthur Sew all, the vice-presidential candidate, arrived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel a short while before Bryan reached the city. He parted company with Bryan at New London, Conn. Mr. Bewail will stay In town for sev eral days and will apeak at the Tam many ratification meeting tomorrow night He will go west from this city to attend the convention of national Democratic club which meets In St. Louis October S. WANAMAKER IN NEW YORK. New York. Sept 28. The positive an nouncement was made this afternoon that John Wanamaker, of Philadelphia, had bought the business of the sus pended firm of Hilton Hughes & Co., (formerly A. T. Stewart). It Is stated that Wanamaker had bought the en tire business of Hilton Hughes & Co., together with either a fee or lease of the real estate used by the firm. Wan amaker will start up business again as soon as the necessary arrangements can be made. BRYAN IN NEW JERSEY. Jersey City, Sept. 28. W. J. Bryan re turned late tonight from his late New England tour and after spending about thirty minutes at the Hotel Bartholdl, Immediately repaired to Northern New Jersey, escorted by a committee of New Jersey Democrats, where two of the biggest meetings of his tour were held. FILLING UP THEIR TICKET. New York. Sept. 28. Wilbur F. Por ter, of Watertown, was tonight nom inated by the Democratic state com mittee for governor to take the place of Jno. Boyd Thatcher. Frederick C. Chaub, of Lewis, was nominated for lieutenant-governor to take the place of Porter. A DISCOVERY IN WASHINGTON. Olympla, Sept. 28. The supreme court haa decided that the law com pelling barber shops to close on Sun- American flour la now the principal day is special class legislation and is 'article of export to Venezuela from TODAY'S WEATHER. Portland, Or., Sept. 28. For Western Washington and Western Oregon, fair weather. For Eastern Oregon and Eastern Washington, probable showers cooler. unconstitutional. the United States. FAREWELL TO NEW ENGLAND. New London. Sept. 28. Bryan bade farewell to Connecticut at New Lon don at noon today, although he added a few words at New Haven, the last stop In the New England states. At New London Bryan found questioners j and for some time carried on a dia logue with an elderly gentleman near the speaker's stand. The police were Inclined to interfere at first but Bryan begged them to let the Interrogator go on with his questions, as he would be j glad to reply to them. GOLD RESERVE. Washington, Sept 28. The true amount of the gold reserve is 8122, 204.550. In addition to this 82.000,000 in gold com was deposited today in the New York sub-treasury in exchange for cur rency. A PERTINENT QUESTION. Hon. S. B. Huston, of Washington county, state senator and well-known Democrat publishes the following brief and pointed letter In the Hlllsboro In dependent: "It is claimed by Mr. Bryan, and in fact by all free-silver men. that frea coinage of silver by the United States will raise the price of Silver to 81.28 aa jounce. In other words, that under tree coinage the mint ratio and tha com 'merclal ratio will be the same. "Now, It Is admitted by all that la 11873, at the time of the alleged de monetization of silver, the bullion in a silver dollar was worth 11.02. That la to say, the commercial ratio waa t per cent above the mint ratio. We had at that time free coinage of both, gold and silver. Both were a legal tender for any amount "Now, If free coinage of atlver would bring Its commercial, ratio up to Its mint ratio, why, in the name of the all-powerful government stamp, did it not bring gold up to the value of silver at Its mint ratio?" COMMON MONEY. Chicago Times-Herald. It Is a peculiar trait of silver stand- The amount of gold in sight, ;ard countries to have no silver for the added to that already delivered, will ' common people. The currency of China bring the reserve up to about 8127,000,- 000. GO TO WORK AGAIN. Waitham, Mass., Sept 28. One thous and operatives returned to work In the mills of the Boston Manufacturing Co., In this place, and others will be taken In and given employment from time to time, until the entire force will be back at work again. Is zinc and copper, half of It preauma lyb counterfeit The currency of India is copper. The smallest coin Is tha "pice," and It Is worth less than on quarter of a cent In general. In gold standard countries, the common metal money for the people Is silver. In sil ver standard countries silver Is sup planted with zinc or copper. The com mon people have no real money. IRON WORKS RESUMED. Troy. N. Y., Sept 28. The resumption of work at the Burdette Iron Work to day Is the cause of rejoicing In a great many families In this city. There are in the neighborhood of 1500 men employed. PHILADELPHIAS LOSE. Philadelphia, Sept. 28. The Philadel phia cricketers were defeated in the second match with the Australians to day by an Inning and 71 runs. NOTICE TO SHIPPERS. Shippers are hereby notified that lo cal freight to points on the Seashore road will be received at the Telephone dock only. All freight must be deliv ered one hour before train time. EQUAL TO THE OCCASION. Spanish Colonel "General Weyler. there is an insurgent out In the street who keeps looking over the fence and making face at the Spanish army. What shall I do? General Weyler "Cable to Spain for re-lnforcements. I'll capture that man If It takes another army." Boston Transcript. REMOTE ANCESTRY. She "How far can your ancestry be traced? "Well, when my grandfather resign ed his position as treasurer of a west ern city they traced him as f ar aa China but the old man got away." UP-to-Date. Uncle Dick Bland has already uplift ed a lightning-rod for the speakership of the next house. When he hears from No Maine he will take it down and store freight will be received after 4:30 p. m. It In the smoke-house. Cincinnati Com- Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Govt Report I I A V J Ml 1 KJ! I I 1 1 II ABSOLUTELY PURE