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ASTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION SAVE TIME ThePany Astoria n 6Tw m Ha a P01il. AND PIIJIANNT ...Fimlly Clrcnlatloa... MurM MOM TM THSKS IHM A USDS Al THAU OP AMY OtNHK ,f APC lit ASTORIA. I'xrunxw How? nnU worry "lILi An "Ad". In Tim AatosiAN't "Wtnl Column. EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XLV. AHTOH1A, OHEHON, TIlt'KSDAY ; MOUSING, OCTOBKft 22, 18!)(5. NO. 251 nssw- Our Handy Wagon... Cofnliln all the faaturae of the child's plain wagon and velocipede, and, all things coiuldarad, costs lb ovaaumar leas than allhsr. Ho daalrabls, eonvanlant and aUafacory hu II proven, that. aa a raadr "Mllar," It haa no equal. W lata a special prlda, loo, In dallvarlng lha aanto promptly and In faultless eond1 lion to lha trad. Something New and Fresh... AL9 THE FINEST ANCH0VI5 AND. Al NORWEGIAN STOCKFISH FOARD & STOKES COMPANY'S HARDWARE, PLUMBING TIN WORK JOB WORK if AT PRICES THAT DEFY COMPETITION Call and Be Convinced Oregon State Normal School MONMOUTH. OHKC.ON. A Training School for Teacher. Senior Year Wholly Professional. Twenty week of Psychology and General and Special Methods; twenty week of Teaching and Training Department. Training achuol of nine grades with two hundred children. Itegular Normal Course of Three Yean-. The Normal Diploma Is recognised by law as a Btata Life Certificate to teach. Light Expenses; Hoard at Normal Dining Hall $1.60 per week. Furnish ed rooms with light and fire, 76o to 11.00 per week. Board and Lodging In private families II W to 13.60 per week. TUITION: 8ub-Normal, $5.00 per term of ten weeks; Normal. $.SS per term of ten weeks. Grades from reputable schools accepted. Catalogues cheerfully furnished on application. Address P. L. CAIIPBELL, Pres., or W. A. WANN, Sec. of Faculty. WK have abandoned tho afternoon auction sales. We etill have to raiso a large Ftim of money, and will, therefore, sell all tho hest BII.K9, PLTJBHK8 AND VELVETS at 6fto on the Dollar MKN'S SHOKtj at 76o on the Dollar LADIF.8' 8HOK8 at OOo on the Dollar WHITH 8H1KT.H, worth from ,1 to 93 60 soo Each BEHT BRANDS COLLARS So Each ULOTH1NU at OOo on tho Dollar Ladies' Coats, Jet Trimmings, etc,, at half price. These prices are only till after election. 600 COMMERCIAL, HT. - ASTORIA TIME OF TH.R Astoria & Columbia River RAILROAD. Beginning on Monday, Sept 14th, trains on the A. and C. R. R. R. will run as follows: Leave Seaside at 7:30 a, m. dally. Leave Seaside at t p. m. dally exoept Sunday. Leave Seaside at 4 p. m. Bunday. Leave Astoria at t a. m. dally. Leave Astoria at 4:46 p. m. dally except Sunday. Leave Astoria at 6:30 p. m. Sunday. C. F. LESTER, Supt, Clarkson & MCI Boom ComPany LONG FIR PILING Promptly Furnished Astoria Asphalt and Roofing Co. AH Work Roof Palntlnii and Repairing Laaky Koofa. Children's j Wagons, I Baby "Carriages, Base Ball Goods, Fishing Croquet Tackle, Sets Garden Tools GRIFFIN & REED CITY BOOK STORE A DIRECT IMI'OKTA TIOX 01 SCOTCH, HOLLAND, NOKVVE (ilAN AM) (iK K.MAN MAK1XIKTE AXD VOLL HRKKIXGS IX UAKKELS and KEGS OKANITR WAKE. ROPE. STOVES. IRON PIPE, TER RA COTTA PIPES. BAR IRON. STEEL, CANNERY .SUPPLIES. L0OC1ER5' TOOLS SOL OPPENHEIMER Trustee for the lite M. C. CROSBY CARD 216 and 217 Chamber of Commerce Portland, Oregon I.EAVK OKIIFRfl AT 5.14 O.MMKK CIAL 8TUKKT Guaranteed N. JEN5EN and R. 0. HANSEN THE BULLS HAVE LOST THEIR OH The Miirkcts Yesterday Wire Hurled I'nilcr h Landslide of l.nnij hcut. exciting times on change Foreign Markets Firmer and Higher Prices Prevailed, but the Tightness of the Money Market Brought a Decline. New York. Octolw-r 21. The bulla lost I hi'lr grip on wheat today and there was a decline In prices that wound up with a net loss for the day of 3Mf3Se. Throughout the entire session the mar ket fitlrty hurled ond.jr a land slide of long wheat. It poured In from all aides, hut chlclly from foreign houses. This uao the straw which broke the hull's hw k. All the recent hull strength being derived from abroad and today weakness In cables and Eu ropean offerings defied all efforts to slay the tide of liquidation. Kven some of the staunches! hull operators became aim toed at the downward rush and threw over their wheat. The greatest excitement was at the start and during the final hour. Prices then made some gymnastic evolutions that set the pit In sn uproar. December wheat, which opened all the way from sj's loM'i. closed at SiV. t'hlcugo. October 21. On the curb be- fore the oienlng of the regular wheat market the feeling verged on hysterlcul for a while. December was flint quot- rr at TSi'-j cenla. It Jumped to 79 in a feu minutes, then came down with a slum to TT'-j. n the regular board ttaders cumiiu need practically where the Irrepressibles of the curb hail left off. The rnnge In December at the mo ment when the tap of the starting sig nal was heard was fiom 77T to 77'i cents as compared with yesterday's closing price of 7V, with sates as low aa 7A In the m-st nx.iii.nt. Thin shaky condition of afTnirs was a surprise, be cause public cables showed Liverpool M up and lierlln IS and 1 marks high er, fit wild wus the o)M-nlng In the pit 1 hut prices In different parts were al most I cent a i 'ii i t at the same moment. Cable reports afterwards which denied that the corner had licen broken In South l!uln did much toward unset tling the crowd. Hut the tightness of the money market and tho consequent depressing Influence which that clr cuniKtume hud on the price of cash wheat, together with the strain ed condition of sHculatlve deals, were mainly responsible for the decline and In fact were the overshadowing In fluence all day. The cabled reports of the advance at Liverpool were accom panied by a statement that It was due entirely to the advance here yesterday. The advance here near the close yes terday was generally attributed to the shrewd speculative move made by John Cudahy. For Llveipiol to huve had no better reason, therefore, for Its over night bulge, was a cause of weakness Instead of strength. IVcember wheat closed at 75'4. Liverpool, October 21. Wheat epot, firm; demand, poor; No. 2 red spring. 6s lid; No. 1 California, 7s 2d. Futures opened steady. October, 6s 9Sd; November 6s 9Sd; December, 6s 9Sd; January. 6s 6Sd; February, Cs, Sd; March, 6s 9M. Portland. October 21. Wheat Walla Walla. 74f75; Velley 777S. CITY COUNCIL. A Short Session Held Lat.t Night by the Local Legislators. A short session of the city council was held last evening, and In the ab sence of Mayor Taylor President Mc Gregor presided. After the reading of the minutes of the last meeting and their approval, the petitions of Wm. Bock. Utilnger & Hoch, Nels Slmonson, and Henry Jones for liquor licenses were granted. The petition of the property owners for the Improvement of Date street was referred to the street committee. The remonstrance of D. H. Welch against the establishing of the grade on SOth street, was referred to the street committee. On recommendation of the ways and means committee the following bills were ordered paid: Evening News Pub lishing Co., $3, $2.72. $1.92, $2.88, 20c, SOc; J. 8. Dellinger. $9.50; R. Strauss, $5.2o; OflfTn & Reed. $2. On recommendation of the committee on health and police, the bill of the Astor House for $15.66 was ordered paid. The committee on streets and public ways reported that they could not ftp prove the petition of Otto Peterson for permission to reinove dirt from Duane and S2d streets. Tho report was adopt ed. The committee on streets and public ways reported having opened the fol lowing bids for the 8th street Young's Bay street Improvement: S. Normlli:, $10,018.12; Corey Brothers & Co., $10.- 965.20; L. Leback, I12.745.S8. On recommondutlon of the fire and water committee the claims of John Huyres, VS. and Columbia Iron Works. 2 lt, Were ordered j paid. TIih petition of C. K. Ilaln for permis sion to par his Exchange- street Im provement assessment on the ten year plan wns granted. Christian Klau's petition to change his liquor license from th strct to llond street, was granted. The property owners on Grand ave nue filed a remonstrance to the ac ceptance of that piece of work, but an ordinance waa passed at the last meet ing accepting (he same. The following bills were approved for payment: O. A. Btlnson, $1.7$; Theo. Slverson, $3.00; Astoria Transfer Co.. $3 00; II. F. I'rael ft Co.. $2.75; Fisher llros.. $16.20. The committee tin public property made a report recommending the pas sage of an ord lance appropriating ISO for the Astoria Asphalt and ftouflng Co ; adopted. City Engineer Hell reported that the Improvement of Bond street from Hor.d street and 45th street to the claim line, and of Date street, In Alderbrook. would coat $30,!5S.M. Report ordered Hied. The city water commission presented Its quarterly report of receipts and dis bursements, which was referred to the committee on fire and water. ORDINANCES. Appropriating $M to the Astoria As phalt and Kissing Co.; read first and second time; Limiting the districts for dogs run ning at large, and fixing the license on same at $5 for males and $1V for fe males, and making it lawful for any one to kill dogs running at large con trary to the ordinance, referred to the committee on health and police. Appropriating JV) to Frank Damant. the value of a horse killed, read first and second time. Appropriating KM to Bremner and Holmes for the building of a hose wag on, read first and second time. I. emulating the building of wharves and other Improvements on the water front, read second time and ref-rred buck to the committee for further con idderailon. Authorizing the mayor and auditor and police J;:dge to issue street b:mds to the amount $1679 to N. Clinton & f'ons. read third time and passed. Appropriating 1:67.50 to N. Clinton A Sons, rta-1 third time and passed. Appropriating $H.30 for the cost of oerense by the city In certain stilts read third time and passed. The committee on health and police were granted further time in which to consider the cigarette and cow ordi nances. The claims of the News Publishing Co. for 2.1c, 3.'c, and 30c, referred to com mittee on ways and means. A resolution was passed authorizing the board of assessore to make the as sessment for the Improvement of Grand avenue. A resolution was passed authorising the auditor to publish a notice of ttle Intention of establishing grade on Du ane street from 33d to 35th. A correction was made to the resolu tion on the Second street sewer mat ter. A requisition for coal for the auditor's ofllce and wood for the police depart ment, and rubber steps for the hiwe wagon, was granted. The council then adjourned. A NEW DEAL EVERY FIVE YEARS. A fair example of the kind of argu ment!. 7) the average free sllverlte Is ca pable of making when driven by some sharp questioner Into a corner, where he Is thrown off the pat and stereotyped phrases which Stewart and other min ing magnates have invented and put into his mouth, was heard In a group gathered yesterday on Bond street. A local agitator waa railing against the enormous fortunes which a favored few, he said, under the law had been able to pile up at the expense of the masses. He was proceeding In the usu al style to Inveigh against the unright eous Inequality of the laws, when a by-stander Interrupted his Jurld ora tory with the remark that It always seemed to him that the "Inequality" complained of was more chargeable against nature rather than to any con dition of law. He said that he believed that even If all the benefits claimed for free sliver were admitted, that the great fortunes of which the silver men complained would still bo accumu lated by a comparative few, and that In Ave years the masses of the people would be aa poor as they were now. Turning to the silver man, he then asked, "what would you do then to relieve the condition of the poor?" Oh," said the free silver philosopher, "I guess we would have to go In for another divvy all around." GARFIELD CLUBS AT CANTON. Canton, October 21. Four heavy trains brought the Garfield Club of the Western Reserve today with greetings of the old Nluteenth District, which Cartleld represented In congress for a nc.iber of years. To belong to this club It Is necessary to have' voted for Gen. Garfield for oongress. De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve is an an tiseptic, soothing and healing applica tion for burns, scalds, cuts, bruises, etc., and cures piles like magic. It Instantly stops pain. Charles Rogers. Mcany Is the leading tailor, and pays the highest cash price for fur skins. THOUSANDS OF TOTESARE MADE For McKlnley and Sound Monty by the Letter of the Hon. Km. K. Morrison. GOV. ALTGELD IS AKRAIGNED Sensational Statements Against His In tegrityCoercion of Voters Conclu sively Denied by Chairman Han na Frauds Exposed. Special to the Astorlan. Chicago, October 21. Chairman Han- na of the Republlcuir national com mittee, today put an end to the charge made by Bryan managers that em ployes were being coerced Into the sup port of McKlnley and for the cause of sound money. Mr, Manna Issued a statement that the entire machinery of his committee Is at the disposal of any on for the prosecution of any em ployer suspected of attempting to co erce an employe, and that the commit tee would co-operate with the Demo cratic national committee In protecting all employes In the free and unfettered exercise of their franchise. He also says that if Chairman Jones or Mr. Bryan knew or had Information at any time of the coercion of employes they were equally guilty with the employers In not reporting the matter to the au thorities so that the parties could be punished under he law. Information was received at Repub lican national headquarters today to the effect that certain voters Intending to support Bryan were applying to the railroads for transportation to their homes, and that they are using the letterheads of the Republican national commlttr e or the Republican state cen tral committee in making such appll- ! cation. The request is made by the Re publican committee that persons receiv ing applications for transportatkn shall be upon their guard, and that the chair can of state and county Republican committees haU.aci. with great cau tion in considering the matter of appli cations for transportation. P. M. Arthur, of Cleveland. Ohio, at the home of the National Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, has written a letter In which he says that he never signed any resolution or petition to congress or any other document In fa vor of the free coinage of silver; thot he Is not. In favor of the free coinage of of silver, and that he will vote for Mc- rviniey, regaraiess of what he may have done or said In the past. Hon. Wm. R. Morrison, of .Illinois, president of the interstate commerce commission at Washington, D. C. has written a letter which is to be made public, In which he arraigns Governor Altgeld in the severest terms, confirm ing all of the charges made against Altgeld by ex-Congressman Gorman, the present candidate for governor of Illinois. The letter is full of sensational statements affecting the Integrity of Altgeld, and will make thousands of votes for sound money and McKlnley. Morrison is one of the most Influential Democrats of the state. A telegram from Boston states that Sam I. C. Pressley has made an affidavit that the Colorado letter bearing his name and alleging that Mr. Hanna had said that If McKlnley Is elected the United States army will be enlarged to 250,000 men Is a forgery. GEORGIA AND KANSAS. Chairmen of the Populist and Demo cratic National Committees Have a Conference. Chicago, October 21. George F. kWashburn, chairman of the western branch of the Populist national com mittee, and Chairman Jones, of the Democratic national committee, heJd a conference today regarding the situa tion in Georgia and Kansas. Beyond stating that the conference resulted "as he had predicted," Washburn refused to discuss the matter. When told of the resignation of the Fopullst elector, W. N. Felton, of Georgia, who announc ed his Intention of supporting McKln ley. he said: "It is not surprising to me; you have no Idea of the intensity of the feeling among Populists In Georgia. It can not be exaggerated." "Will It be followed by other resig nations?" "Possibly." Unless fusion is effected. It is strong ly Intimated that the Populists will withdraw their electors In Georgia. "That means only one thing," said a prominent Populist, "and that is that nine-tenths of them will vote for Mc Klnley and fuse with the-Republicans on the congressional ticket." IN THE FHILL1PINES. The Rebellion Has Got Far Beyond the Control of the Governor General. Vancouver, B. C, October 21. The Empress of Japan arrived from te Orlsnt today. Advices received by the Empress of Japan regarding the re bellion against the Spaniards in the Phllliplne Islands confirms previous re ports to the effect that the Spaniards will likely have another war, as serious as that in Cuba, on their hands. Gov- ernor General Blanco realized that with his present force he Is unable to quell the revolt, and consequently he Is awaiting the arrival of reinforcements before striking a decisive blow. M-an-w hlle the rebels are doing a great deal of damage to property, and murdering and robbing the inhabitants. A BUSY DAY. Major McKlnley Receives a NumW of Delegations. Canton, October 21. This waa Illinois day at the home of the Republican presidential candidate, but a number of other visits were made. All day long the streets have been filled with march ing clubs and the air with the music of bands. Illinois people began arriving aa early as 2:30 a. m., and they were still arriving at noon. In the after noon there was a parade In which the local bands and escorts Joined, the day being bright and pleasant. As the ma jor was leaving the plaform, after speaking to the Illinois people, another delegation, coming from Green Springs, Ohio, and vicinity, appeared, and an address was made to them. An address was made in the house to a delegation of worklngmen from Chi cago, and soon afterwards a splendid I have been for thirty years saving this uniformed club, organized as the East 'country every year' at so much a save. McKlnley regiment of Cleveland, with I "To whom did he allude? These vet officers mounted, appeared upon the'erar.s. who escorted me to this stand? lawn. This delegation was composed That band of Union veterans which haa of seven companies of sixty men each, j recently been traveling over the eoun and presented a particularly handsome ( try speaking to the people, and espe appearance. Major McKlnley scarcely ; daily to their comrades on that great had time to get dinner ere there was another delegation In his yard. This last one was the McKlnley Marching Club, of Massillon, with torches and natty uniforms. GOV. MORTON'S CLEMENCY. He Will Pardon Boss McKane From i Sing Sing. Albany. N. Y., October 21.-John T. McKane. the former political boss of Gravesend Is. acording to a statement which Is regarded as authoritative, to be released from Sing Sing before the expiration of Governor Morton's term of office, and possibly within a few days. McKane was sentenced to six years' Imprisonment for aiding and abetting the commission of election frauds In November. 18?3. Making a deduction for behavb-r, McKane would still have one year and seven months to serve. Governor Morton is said to have expressed the opinion that Mc - Kane has been sufficiently punished. CARLISLE STUMPING. Washington. October 21.-Secretary Carlisle left this afternoon for Coving - ton. Ky.. where he will deliver his flrt political address tomorrow evening. He. ' """"" K""B vl '""""' will deliver five speeches in all In Ken-iment He went to Mo8COW a ,ew day tucky. THE SPEED OF THE WIND. Astoria, Or., Oct 2L 1596. To the Editor: Why Is It that there Is so much differ- ence between the wind on the Atlantic I coast and In the East generally, and that on this coast? The register at the cU,Jn rendere(j here tod ,he cape at the mouth of the Columbia ! me rourt Thoma, Wataon l8 has indicated a velocity of over 10 not permltted to wlthdraw hl. nftrae miles per hour several times in the:from tne populUt iUU t,ckeU past five years, but no great damage !The declslon of court ordenj th resulted, while In the East a velocity of j secretary of 8tate t0 prlnt WaUo., ,0 miles is the worst kind of a cyclone !ame at thfi head of the p ulist Ucke, and destroys millions of dollars worth u ,s that the declsion mean8 of property. SCHOLAR. I tne addulon of 8everal thou8and to Pn lnulry of Observer Grover up- U-..-., vott ln Kansaa. on .lit- suujevi auotv, mill genueman said: "Fort Canby is situated upon an ex treme point of land. Jutting far out Into the ocean. The prevailing winds are from the southwest, and the Fort Canby station gets the full benefit of all the ocean gales, while Astoria, only ten miles from the mouth of the river, scarcely ever feels the prevailing high winds outside. About the highest ve locity every reached In this city was fifty miles an hour and no particular damage has ever been done In the city, which Is surrounded by high hills. Cape Hatteras, on the Atlantic, Is very dif ferently situated, and other observa tion points on that coast are much more protected than Is Fort Canby. Of the terrible cyclones which take place on the Eastern coast and ln the Middle West and through Kansas, Iowa, Ne braska and other states, no record has ever yet been obtained of the ve locity of the wind, because In many of those places there are no government stations, and further, where there have- been appliances for measuring the speed of the wind, they have been blown away by the storms. Wind 1b wind the world over. There has been no damage at Fort Canby because the only buildings there are those of the gov ernment, which have stone walls sev eral feet thick, and are peculiarly con structed for the place. To my knowl edge the rotary motion of a cyclone has never yet been measured." Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report WHIM B ABSOLUTELY PURE OLD SOLDIERS ARE CHAMPIONED General Harrison Takes l'p the Cud gel for the Mea Who Saved the Country. NOT AFRAID OF BRYAN SNEERS The Soldiers Who Faced the Cannon' Mouth Will Not Be Frightened by t the Young Man from Nebraska Still Savers. Indianapolis, October 21. General Harrison arrived at his home In Indian apolis tonight at 7:43. Leaving New Al bany at 10 o'clock this morning, he made eleven speeches before reaching; Indianapolis. There were notable gath erings at Salem. Orleans, Bedford and Bioornington. At Salem, after a discus sion of the financial question, he said: "Mr. Bryan has spoken with some contempt of those people who, he says. i Issue? Did he mean that gallant man. 'that hero, that patriot, that man of God. General Howard, who gave an 'arm to his country In the war? Did he jmean gallant old General Sickles, who gave a leg to his country In the war; jor did he mean Corporal Tanner, who igave both legs to this country In the iterm of reproach men who have been i"'1" the vnr year for thlr- ,y years at much a save? Th0M ' men' tMr "OT'' the,r fitnCT". ! n1. " Interested that tae hfvor and dlgnltJr and iuat ,lonal IHJWer of thU 8"vemment shall I1" pre8' "' They be "needed at bjr the youn8 man from Nebraska, bu they wl" not lightened by sneers-r ."" 'cu V,e "V."1' mourns cannon that their country might live." BANK IRREGULARITIES. , New Whatcom, October 21. On evl- jdence revealed by expert examination jof the books ol the Puget 8ound Loan. j Trust and Banking Co., which suspend ed In ISM, resumed the following year and agaln fe month i "' ul"iuu' . 1 lUK " ,tral "', T , . ago i ruin ana w ana. i ne experts l report, filed with the clerk of the court. but not made public. Is said to show astonishing Irregularities reflecting se riously on certain former officials of the Institution. WATSON IN IT. ToTwka ICfln cV-tohpr 91 Ttv a da. RECTOR KEANE'S SUCCESSOR. Washington, October 21." The names chosen by the directors of the Cathollo University today to De submitted to the Pope are Father Cotiaty, president of the summer school at Plattaburg, N. Y.; Father Rlordan, of St. Elizabeth's church, Chicago, and Father Mooney, the vicar general of New York. One of these will be designated by the Pope as rector of the University. GOV. FLOWER ON THE STUMP. Chicago, October 21. Ex-Governor R. P. Flower, of New York, left Chicago this afternoon ln the private car of President Cable, of the Rock Island road, for an extended tour through Iowa and Minnesota, speaking In the interest of the Buckner and Palmer campaign. It Is possible the trip may be extended to Omaha and Topeka. NEW ZEALAND GOLD YIELD. Melbourne. Victoria, October 21. The yield of gold from New Zealand for the quarter ending September 30 waa 237,079 ouncss. There's more clothing destroyed by poor soap than by actual wear. "Hoe Cake" contains no free alkali, and will not Injure the finest lace. Try it and notice the difference ln quality. Rosa, J Hlggins & Co.