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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1896)
" .-- W SB---- ASTORIA riiuLiGL'tiilAHI ASSOCIATION SAVE TIME An I'.xnoiiHO llnw? and worry SvUii "Ad" In Tim Autouian'i "Wsiii tulumn." Iff wwlgiMM flnwt EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. The Dally Astoria n .Family Circulation... Much modi than thbik timm as LAPOa A THAT OP ANY OTHW iPAPil IN AJ.TOKIA. VOL. XliV. ASTOKIA, OREUO.V. NA'.TK1AV MOUMX(i, OCTOBER 21, 18M. NO. 2r, Our Handy Waon... ComlilitM all th features of th ohlld's plain waon and loelpd, anil, all thine conaMrd, coat tba ronsumsr W than lthr. 80 dMlrahla, oonvtnlonl and Mllafacory haa It proven, that, aa a raadr "sllsr." It haa no squat. Wa lak a apvolal piida, too, In dsllnrtng lb nam promptly and tn faultless eond lion to th trad. Children's Wagons, Baby Carriages, Base Ball Goods, Fishing Croquet Tackle, Sets Garden Tools GRIFFIN & REED CITY BOOK STORE A DIKECT IMI'OKTA TIOX 01' SCOTCH, HOLLAND, XOKWK (ilAN AXDGEKMAN MAKIMKTK AM) VOLL HKKKIX(iS IN IJAKK ELS and KEGS Something New and Fresh... uv f HE FINEST ANCHOVIS ANU Al NORWEGIAN STOCKFISH AT. FOARD & STOKES COMPANY'S HARDWARE, PLUMBING TIN WORK JOB WORK 0- 0- (JKANITII WAKR. ROPE. STOVP.S, IKON IMI'E, TER RA COTTA I'll'ES. BAR IRON. STEEL. CANNERY M'W'LIES. l.0i(JER5 TOOLS AT PRICES THAT DEFY COMPETITION Call and Be Convinced SOL 0PPE1NHEIMER Trustee for the Ute M. C. CROSBY ii-ffl...aBWlllfCTMMBMagWa Oregon State Normal School MONMOUTH. OHKOON. A Training School lor Teacher. Senior Year Wholly Professional. Twenty weeks of Psychology and General and Special Method; twenty Weeks of Teaching and Training Department Training achool of nine grades with two hundred children. Itrgular Normal Courae of Three Team The Normal Diploma la reoog nlied by law aa a State Life Certificate to teach. Light Kipenaea; Board at Normal Pining Hall tl.M per week. Furnish ed room with light and fire, TSo to $1.00 per week. Board and Lodging In private families tl.M to fl 60 per week. TUITION; Bub-Normal. 15.00 per term of ten weeks; Normal, 16.25 per term of ten wetke. Grade from reputable schools aocepted. Catalogues cheerfully furnished on application. Address P. L. CAflPBELL, Pres., or W. A. WANN, Sec. of Faculty. WE have abandoned the afternoon auction sales. We still have to raise a large cum of money, and will, therefore, sell all the beat SII.K8. PLUSHES AND VELVETS at Cfto on th Dollar MEN'H 8HOHS at 7Ckj on the Dollar LADIES' BHOE8 at CX)0 on th Dollar WH1TB BHIKT8. worth from II to $3 60 oo Each DEBT BRANDS COLLARS Do Bach CLOTHING at 60o on the Dollar Ladies' Coats, Jet Trimmings, etc,, at half price. These prices are only till after election. 600 COMMERCIAL ST. - ASTORIA TIME CARD OF THE 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 7:80 a. m. dally. Leave Seaside at S p. m. dally exoept Sunday. Leave Seaside at i p. m. Sunday. Leave Astoria at a. m. dally. Leave Astoria at 4:45 p. m. dally except Sunday. Leave Astoria at 6: JO p. m. Sunday. C. P. LESTER, Supt Clarkson & ftlclrvin Boom Company LONG FIR PILING Promptly Furnished 216 and 217 Chamber of Commerce Portland. Oregon Astoria Asphalt and Roofing Co. All Work Guaranteed I.KAVK OROKRS AT 5S4 OMMBK. UAL HTHKKT Roof Painting nnd Rapairlna Luky Hoof.. N. JEN3EN and R. 0. HANSEN A CHANCE IS THE HOROSCOPE The Slyns of the Zixlliic Imlicutc IWt tcr Thlnqs fur Astoria in the Ncur I'liturc. SI.KWIT M'.Al. 1ST A Hi MAKKFT CbuimvI l.y I lit- It.-ll.-f that McKlnlcy'i rriMic ta Am io.,d anl Conndi'iice U ll.-HiriiliiK AmiiiKt IIuhIikhh Mimi uml InviDtiir. A rhaiiK h" tuk.-n pln'( In the h'inp.ri.j.,. of AMl'irln'a future. Tin ninrka on thr t'Mllnr hiivp IxH'Oini ho plain that IiiIii.- iih-ii hav- alrvady bKun t" t'tiKim In ni'w enti-rprlar and In I'lilitrK" ItiHr lra.lv. Thin change In arTalra la partlt ulnrly notU'i'iibl.' unmng the pr.ip.-rty owiu-im ami n-al eatate (l.-ali-m. Anniiranci-a tliul ml Nnvi-mlii-r 1 the prlni lplin f wiunil muiii-y, pro-tn-tlun, ami iiialiitcnamn uf the Integ rity of tin. government will be eufvb-IUI1.-1I. an- the l.-uillng 1 um- fur the change. Within the past few day a better feeling has prevailed which real eatate dealers, ' one and all, attribute tu the feeling of certainty that Mc kinley will be the next prealilent of the t'nlteil States, guile a number nf sale of property hove been made and numbers of other large d-al are all but ready to be ducted. One trannac tlon particularly Involves K'OO acres of land, while nmnllcr trsrts aa welt as tuun lota are beginning to move tn the Tiiarkel. InviKtlgatlon yeaterday among the leading real estate il.-nl.-ra by an Asto. rlan repn-m-ntailve lrouglit one the fnrts a ntiite.1 at.ov... Kach man's story riiiilirmed the atatement that con-fideiK-e Is ri'iuinlng Ciinliib-iU'e alone i nn muke things iniivo In Astoria. Mr Walt.-r '. Smllli. pr.'sldent of the Columhl.t ll.irhur Ijinl CompHiiy. who Is iio In the city, aud uhn In In ronstnnt tmn-h with the New nrk, I'hlriiKii and Phllailelphla markets, stAtrs that l.e hellevm the turnlliK point has been reurlied. Iteturnlng conll lince will nnloi k capital, open the doors of fiii iorl. s. nnd put the gen.-ial bui.lii.-sH of the country again upon an iipvwird inoveiiient. Astoria's devcl opimnt. Mr. Stultli says. U a certain 11 thai the sun rises every morning. It has been retarded by disquietude and the uncertainty of governmental poll lit s. (lumliig the lying up of money. Now, It seems certain, that all of these disquieting elements ere about tn be renioved and responsive to the encour agement In sight, already Astoria prop erty Is beginning to change hands, and Investors are preparing for active transactions. The times have been dark enough and none will more truly welcome the change In affairs than Astoria prop erty owners and business men. They have hod a long wait but now their hopes are In a fair way to be realised at no distant day. Many of the diverg ing Interests In the city hove been unit ed In the common cause. Personal feelings and animosities have been dropped that the good of the commu nity might be advanced. Bitter les sons have been learned In the past but It seems to be a certainty that with the coming revival and the beginning of prosperity there will be no return to old-fashioned methods. A strong pull all together certainly cannot fall to soon develop at this port at least the beginnings of a great commercial and shipping center. Pay rolls can and will be established, employment furnished for thousands, and with a system of free towage between Asto ria and the se the number of ships now loaded In the Columbia will be doubled In another season. The rail road, together with the elevator, ware house, drydock and flouting mill fa cilities to be established, to say nothing of the manufacturing lumber mills, will load the deep sea vessels here Instead of at other points on the river. This change for the better cannot come too soon. And that It has com menced Is one of the encouraging signs of the times. The Chamber of Com merce and Its auxiliary committees are doing good work all along the lines, the railroad la quietly but steadily progressing, and when the spring dawns, under a sound money and pro tective administration, who can doubt the great stride which wilt be taken In this community toward the ends so long held In view and which now seem to be within the grasp of Its people. ANOTHER HOLD-UP AT BLUE SPRINGS Uikuijo unit Alton Train Kulilnil by .Missouri liunditsXinr Kan sas City. KXi'Ki:ss mi-ssi:s(;i;k a hi:ro HlH-rlff's Posse After the Hamilts Third Hold-up In Hame Ploi e No One In Jured. and Only Jewely Hecured by the Uiihhers. Kansas City, Oct.l-r 23.-A pas.-n-kt and express train '11 the Chicago and Alton, due here from Chicago and Ht. Louis at 7 o'clock, was held up and robbed by four masked m.-n this .-veil ing In Mine Cut. between Independ.-nce and ;lcndJ. Mo. The scene of the rolilwry Is less tlmn twenty miles from Kansas City. The train was fla.-l al the entrance to the cut. While two of the robbers stood guard over the passenger coaches the other two covered the conductor, engineer and fl reman with pistols and cotnM.ed them to go Into the express car. There the robbers commanded the messenger to open the door of the car, threatening to break In the door should he refuse. After some delay the rob bers were admitted to the express car. They compelled the messenger to open the safe and took from It several pack age. The express messenger, however, had sunnls.il what the trouble was. While the l.amllts had been demanding ad mission he had quickly opened the safe, taken out the money packages and tossed th-in Into a chicken coop. When he finally admitted the robbers t the car and opened the s:ife for th.-m the strung box contained but two or three packets of Jewelry., Kv.-ii at the point of the robbers' plMol nnd Winchesters the mess-riser 1 Insisted thai he carried no currency. The outlaws uncoupled the express car 1 from tlw coach foowluic It aud tuvn j marched their prisoners forward to the I I.H Otni.tlve w here they cvmielled them jto sit dow n on the bank along side the J track. The leader climbed Into the cab jam! pull.nl out, having held up the train I w ithout having tired a shot. They ran the locomotive several miles, to within a mile of Independence, where they abandoned It. THE MARKETS OF THE WORLD Wheat A1amcs Three Cents Over the Clusiny Trices of Yesterday. STOCKS KEACT IX NEW YORK All Along the Line Because of Reported Gold Withdrawals Pacific Coast Kx ports Large Contracts Con ditioned on Election. SMrclal to the Astorlan. Chicago, October 21 Wheat opened it tulle a niat.-rial a .vance from the luring figures uf yest-rday. This was no surprise to many of the experienced j speculators w in. expected a natural re i action after such an unnatural decline, fas one trader put It. After fluctuating I for some time, Iiecember closed at Z 3 cents higher than yesterday's closing. WHEAT MARKETS. New York, October 23. H. G. Dun A Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade tomor row will say: The event of the week has been the sensational advance of wheat to 3 cents for cash on Tuesday, a rise of 5H cents, and Its fall to 77 cents on Thurs day, gaining 1 cents on Friday. The rise was magnified by the covering of speculative sellers, who imagined the advance had gone too far, but was at the bottom based on the extraordinary THE OUTLOOK IN ALASKA STATE Governor Shcafclct's Annual Kcrort Piled Kith Secretary of the Interior. LOW GRADE ORES PROFITABLE Confidence In Alaska's Gold Fields Rapidly Increasing New Quarts Ledges Discovered Tukon At tracts Fortune Hunters. Washington. October 13. Jos. Sheak icy. governor of Alaska, in his annual report to the secretary of the interior, rays: "There Is great encouragement In the outlook for Alaska as to her gold minrs. During the year ending with the first of this month, t-.ZVM) in gold bullion has been taken from the mines, the SPEAKER CRISP DEAD INATLANTA Great Democratic Statesman Passes Aay After a Day of In tense Suffcrlnij. BRIEF SKETCH OF IMS LIFE His Career Was that of a Noble Man. Who, From an Actor, Arose to Be, Speaker of the National House of Representatives. Special to the Astorlan. Atlanta, Ga., October 23. Charles P. Crisp, ex-speaker of the house of rep resentatives, died at the hospital hern this afternoon of heart trouble. He had been 111 for a year and his death was not unexpected. Mr. Crisp had been In intense pain all day. Every few minutes he would TO FORTIFY CHINOOK. Chinook Is becoming an Important business point, and rapidly approach ing the dignity of a city; and now the war department proposes to put a spoke In Its wheel. An agent of that department has been for some time looking over the terltory at the mouth of the Columbia, and, through his rec ommendations. It haa Anally been de cided to place powerful guns In Fort Stevens, after which Scarboro Hill, at the foot of which lies Chinook, will be fortuled. This Is a very commanding position on the Columbia, and It Is stag ed the fortifications will be In accord ance with Its location. McKINLEY'S ELECTION ASSURED. Samuel Elmore Thinks There la No Doubt of Bryan's Defeat Portland, October 21. Samuel El more, of Astoria, a well known Colum bia river canneryman, arrived In Fort- land today on his return from an ex tended Eastern trip. Mr. Elmore ex pressed great confidence In the election of McKlnley at the coming election. "Of course, there Is not a shadow of doubt that McKlnley will carry all the Eastern states by heavy votes," said Mr. Elmore tonight. "That Is conced ed. Why, in New York, the streets and buildings are plastered with Mc Klnley flags, banners and streamers and Republican sentiment pervades all things. I was th New England and found the same thing there. I made careful Inquiry Into the situation while In Maryland and I feet pretty sure the state will go Republican. "Coming out West I found the Re publicans everywhere confident I was In St. Louis, where I saw Mr. Neldrlng haus, the famous manufacturer. He told me that the Republicans had a very excellent chance of carrying Mis souri. "Illinois Is absolutely safe for Mc Klnley by a big majority. Indiana can be counted on with absolute certainty. "The vote of Minnesota Is assured for McKlnley. It was by no means certain eight weeks since, but It Is not on the doubtful list now. Iowa la all right. I heard more Populist talk In Nebraska than anywhere In the Middle West Bryan may carry his own state." Mr. Elmore went to Astoria tonight. TO THE SHRINE AT CANTON. Believers In Good Government Flock to the Standard Bearer. Special to the Astorlan. Canton, October 23. Kansas came smilingly Ipto Canton today several hundred strong. The employes of the Santa Fe Railroad Co., and others, made one of the most enthusiastic del egations that has ever visited Canton. Some of the party were two days on the road. The singular party of the day was a party of poor supervisors of Pennsyl vania, who came from Pittsburg, where they were In convention. Armstrong county, Pa., was repre sented by several thousand people. From 10 o'clock this morning until, late this evening, the streets were again crowded with visitors. Major McKln ley was visited by Ave delegations to day. They were from four states. Pennsylvania sent two, Indiana one, Ohio one, and Kansas the other. We must not be misled by phrases nor deluded by false theories. Free sil ver would not mean that silver dollars were to be freely hod without cost or labor. : foreign demand w hlch has engaged i grain vessels from all Pacific as well as j Atlantic ports for months ahead. How I great the shortage in ordinary Euro : iK-an supplies may be Is a point of 'doubt and speculation, but none now j question that shipments from the Ta ' rifle coast to India and the decrease in j Russia's yield are Importapt ond the j buying of enormous quantities for ex 1 port, with engagements of freight room j at higher rates, express the beiief of J European dealers. I Wheat exports from the Pacific coast I are large and over 500,000 bushels per i day have been engaged ahead for some 'time. Atlantic exports are about 500, ! KK bushels larger than last year for I the same week, ond have been 6.570,213 ! bushels In October. flour Included, against 5.0S6.37 las year. It Is wor thy of note that the Western roads are complaining of a car famine, the demand for movement to markets be ing so great. The most striking feature of the In dustrial returns is the number of con tracts conditioned upon the election. There already are enough to make bus iness rather lively for a time, and many others are pending which will probably be held back until Nov. 1. The failures for the week have been 204 in the United States, against 231 last year, and 36 In Canada against 38 last year. GOLD WITHDRAWALS. New York, October 23. The specula tive equilibrium In Wall street was dls disturbed In the afternoon today by the announcement that Laldlaw & Co., on influential banking house, acting as agents for the Bank of California, had withdrawn from the sub-treasury 31, 5u0,0X In gold tn exchange for green backs. This, being the first substan tial withdrawal since the termination of the gold export movement created a decidedly unfavorable Impression on the present traders, and stocks reacted all along the line. In the absence of definite news on the subject It was suggested that the withdrawal was for the purpose of strengthening the gold reserve of the Bank of California; also that the gold was for the account of a large California capitalist WOOL GOES UP. Boston, October 23. The Commercial Bulletin will say tomorrow of the wool market: Dealers are refusing orders for wool at current quotations. Wool generally has advanced from 3 to 6 cents since the Maine and Vermont elections. Whether it rises farther depends tdno small extent on trie Australian market Fortunately, wool there la quite firm. Lofts In Boston are crammed with wool withdrawn from the market In antici pation of a further rise. The present advance Is pretty sure to be felt In the event of McKlnley's election, but It Is noticeable that some of the keenest operators In the trade are free sellers on the rise. THE MARKETS. Liverpool, October 23. Wheat Spot. steady; demand, moderate; No. 2 red spring, 6s 7d; No. 1 California, 7s 2d. Futures, October, November and De cember, 6s Bd; January. February, March, 6s 6d. Hops Pacific Coast, 3. Portland, October 23. Wheat Walla Walla, 6970; Valley, 7374. FINANCIAL REVIEW. New York, October 23. Bradstreets Financial Review tomorrow will say: While the large Interests in the mar kets maintain a conservative attitude, the tone this week was bullish and the tendency of speculation has generally (Continued on Fourth Page.) greater part being the product of low 1 suffer greatly, but no danger was fear grade ores, much of which yielded less icd at such an early moment. His wife, than 14 per ton. Almost any grade of I together with Sanitary Nurse 6harp, ores now can be worked at a profit j was watching at his bedside. About a here. Confidence In Alaska as a gold quarter of 2 o'clock Mr. Crisp was seU produclng country Increases with tne'ed with another attack, and quite sud development of her resources. A oum- j denly he passed Into the calm of death, ber of gold bearing quartz ledges and! The watchers saw It and sent dowa placer deposits have been discovered j stairs for Dr. Holmes. Judge Crisp' In the Bltka district and several are un- two daughters and his two sons were der development, with good prospects, j at the hotel They were quickly sum The gold placers of the Yukon region ; moned. When they entered the room continue to attract the attention of: Judge Crisp was still conscious. He gold miners and fortune hunters, but ! gave them a look of recognition, no rich discoveries have been reported 1 breathed a few times and died. from there." ) Mr. Crisp's death, while apparently Several wild reports, the governor .tl.us sudden, was not unexpected by says, have started rushes of several ' the physicians who have been watching thousand seekers to the Cook's Inlet : him. He had bee'n declining for sev guU fields during the summer, but only jeral years. His last Illness, however, to meet with disappointment and bard-, was occasioned by an attack of mala si.lp, and people are getting back out rial fever, which he contracted at his of the district. The governor believes, 'home In Americus. a few weeks ago. however, that there are paying gold but which soon yielded to treatment, deposits there. whn he came to Atlanta. He was The report was a plea for the repeal ' considered convalescent and only last of the present liquor prohibition law, . Sabbath he had ridden out, but when w hich has been demoralising In Its ef- :the renewed htalth seemed In view he fects and violated in very community, wos attacked by congestion of th,e and urges the enactment of high license lungs, which, added to the weakness laws, with suitable safeguards. .of the lungs and heart caused by twa ; previous attacks of pleuro-pneumonla, (resulted In his death this afternoon, j Charles Frederick Crisp was born la i Sheffield. England, where his parents 'had gone on a visit January 29, 1845. Cincinnati. October 23.-Secretary He w brouPht b tnera to thl eom Carlisle found himself the center of :tr the af,er Dl blrtn- they widespread attention today in conse-!1"1 Georgia. He received a com quence of the gross indignity ofTered mon chol ed"" Savannah and him during his speech Thursday night ! Macon' la Ma 1SS1- oon after " in Covington. The first indications ;clvtl he enIlate1 ta the Con came in calls from friends and neigh- j federate Rrmy- He was lleutenant ln bors anxious to assure him of their ! Company K. 10th Virginia Infantry detestation of the outrage. Later mes- j aa' 8erved ltn that reSIment nntU sages began to arrive, showing that a!Ma 186- n bechme Prt8oner similar feeling existed in other portions 101 war' ePl IQr THE INSULT CONDEMNED. Feeling Is High Over Secretary Car lisle's Treatment by the Anarchists. of the state. The feeling ln Covington, well Delaware. Upon his Telease in June. 1865, he read law ln Americus .and was admitted to the bar in 1866. He was Cincinnati, ran hisrh as the matter was discussed. The Cincinnati Chamber of j llcltr-Benerai of the state. Hows Commerce, regardless of political par- eitcte " Democrat to the 4StH. th. win, oisi, o-a ana tua congresses, ana tisanship, called a special meeting and appointed a committee to extend to Mr. Carlisle a most urgent Invitation to visit the chamber of commerce before he returns to Washington. Speaking of last night's occurrence, the secretary showed that he regarded It as more than an accidental occur rence. In his opinion It was an prgan Ixed mob. To the wish expressed that better treatment awaited him at the speeches he was yet to make, he re plied: "It makes little difference to me. It Is an Illustration of what may be ex pected everywhere If the principles of such a platform prevail. Personal in dignity and even personal violence will hurt those who attempt it more than it can hurt me." The secretary left tonight. In order to meet his engagement at Bowling Green. CARLISLE DENIES That LI Hung Chang Said China, Would Change Her Money System. Cincinnati, October 23. A statement from Washington to the effect that Li Hung Chang whl'e here had told Sec retary Carlisle that China was to be placed on a gold basis was repeated to the secretary today by a representative of the Associated Press, who found him at the home of Mr. Frank P. Helm, in Covington, and he was asked about the matter. Carlisle at once said the statemeat was wrong. While he could not be ex pected to make public matters confided to him by the Chinese premier during his visit at Washington, there was no Impropriety In saying that LI Hung Chang's conversation about the affairs In China was all based on the assump tion that the present financial system should not be changed. re-elected to the 64th congress from the Third Georgia Congressional Dis trict After a protracted and exciting contest he was elected speaker of the house In the 5?d congress. He was again elected speaker of the 53d con gress. Part of his early life was spent on the stage. TOO TIRED TO WORK. Jailer Clinton Wanted Ah Sing to 8ow - Wood and Ah Got Mad. Ah Sing Is an almond-eyed celestial who Is now residing at the county Jail and incidentally awaiting the action of the grand Jury on a charge of having maliciously destroyed property. Ah hi a "hot Josher," as the expression goes, but lie Isn't t ".. with Jailer Clinton SflTl, Ah's pretty good. The county recently purchased Its winter wood, and, aa Is customary, the Jailer wit Instructed to allow the coun ty prisoners to enjoy the blessed sun shine to the accompaniment of sawing wood. This recreation was hailed with delight by the prisoners, aa it usually la but Ah! well the Chinaman didn't seem to like the Idea However, he didn't say anything. Thursday night Jailer Clinton told the prisoners that on the morrow they would saw wood, and bright and early Friday morning he prepared for the day's work. His surprise may well be Imagined when, upon visiting Ah's cell, that worthy was found naked as a statue. Investigation disclosed the fact that Ah, In the night had destroyed all his clothing, even his cherished queue, hoping ln this manner to es cape the wood-sawing ordeal. Then Jailer Clinton got funny and togged the festive Ah out in old clothes and very heavy shoes. And Ah? Oh, yes: Ah sawed wood. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gort Report. 04 1S Pii ABSOLUTELY PURE ( w - -. )v . if r f k.