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VOL. XLV.
ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 18M.
NO. 203
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A pocki.l knifo goes with every pair.
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A BABY
A new stock of French nnd Crepo
Tiwue Pa er ; also all kinds of ma
terial for making Paper Flowers.
Flag day will noon he here You
may need a 11 ag. We have- all kinds
and size.
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Did You Ever
SEE OUR NEW
EATING STOVES ?
Built on Entirely New principals.
AIR-TIGHT HEATERS
A SUCCESS
You Are Invited to Inspect Them
FOARD & STOKES COMPANY.
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PLUMBING
thi i,Ani j. i
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JOB WORK
AT PRICES THAT DEFY
COMPETITION
Call and Be
Convinced
WK have abandoned the afternoon auction sales. We
still have to raise a large mm of money, and will,
therefore, sell all the best
BILKS, PLUSHES AND VELVETS lit flfto on the Dollar
MKN'B SHOHJS nt 76o on the Dollar
LAIHF.S' KHORH lit BOO on the Dollar
WHITK HHIKTS, worth from 1 to J 50 Mio Eiwh
BEHT HHAND8 COLLARS Co Each
CLOTH.1NO at OOo on the Dollar
Indies' Coats, Jet Trimniinga, etc,, at half price. Three
prices are only till after election.
600 COMMCIICIAL ST. - ASTORIA
TIME
OF
Astoria & Columbia River
RAILROAD.
TRAINS LEAVE DAILY
Seaside for Astoria at 7.30 a m. and 2 p. m.
Astoria for Flavel at 0 a. m. and 4 p. m.
Astoria for Seaside 10.30 a. m. and 4 p. m
Flavel for Astoria at 9.40 a; m. and 2.68 p. m.
Clarkson & Marvin
LONG FIR PILING
Promptly Furnished
Astoria Asphalt and Roofing Co.
AH Work
Roof Painting
nro HtyloH to Ict 1'roni, nnl more wear
than you get from hIiooh bought
olHowtmro,
BUGGY ?
If , wis (ire prepared to lv you
spcciul price on whnt wo have left.
& REED.
GRANITE WAKE, ROPE,
STOVES. IRON PIPE, TER-
RA COTTA PIPES, BAR
,R0N- STEEL, CANNERY
SUPPLIES. L000ER3
TOOLS
SOL OPPENHEIMER
Trustee for the late
M. C. CROSBY
CARD
THE
Boom Company
216 and 217 Chamber of Commerce
Portland. Oregon
Guaranteed -
N. JEN5EN and R. O. HANSEN
WORK ON THE
RAILROAD LIKE
1st Knplrily I'roijrcsslny I'ndcr the
Various Contractors.
IT IS MILT FOR SOLID WORK
Resources of the Hurruundlnic Country
Immense Timber Reserves Trlb
utary to the Railroad,
Knua, October 3". 1S'J (To the Ed
itor). Railroad work at this pclnt con
tinues. Knappa Cut and Knappa Hill
Cut. "0 feet east from Warrm Slough,
were completed several week ago.
There was only sufficient dirt In the
Knappa cut to extend the 34-foot sur
face grade M feel. The bulnnce of
the 1MK feel to meet the Corey grade
la being laid up with shovel and wheel
barrows, and the work la well along.
Fourteen men are at work here. The
grade from Warren Slough to Knappa
Hill Cut, KoO feel, la nearly completed.
Frmn till cut eastward for 3OO0 feet
the rlKht of way had not been cleared,
but lout Hunday a boarding house muw,
with ten men, waa lowed Into the
alouKh, and the men were aet to work
Monday clearing the rlKht of way. The
dreilirer across Wind Blouith waa Idle
fr els day. Hy aome mlaunderatand
Ing of a altmal, the heavy clamahel
waa dropped with a run, one wing
trlkln a log Ave f-et under ground,
and snapping off the renter bar of the
wing. The awtlon waa aent to Port
land fir repair. Mr. Hltrheork. fore
man of the dredger, came down Tuea
day morning with the repaired tlon,
and the dreilger U again at work. Mr.
Hitchcock Informa me that the two
dredgers above Weeiport were working
ahead at a god rate, not encounter
ing the sutikeix timber which he finds
nil Mind Plough.
A few weeks ago I was down In As
tnrtn. anil fur the nmt time took a lxU
at the road coining Into town. As I
looked at those massive Umber, so
lioned and bolted, overlaid by those
Immense steel rails, knowing that the
land grade wai being constructed six
teen feet wide on the surface, where
other roads h.ive but twelve to four
teen feet, I Involuntarily askel my
kelf this (iMKtlon "Why Is this road
being so inn.'slvely. thoroughly and
carefully constructed?" l answered the
query by saying to myself, the gentle
man and his associates, who are build
ing this road, know their own business,
and I will await developments.
I also took a wulk down to the pas
senger depot. Here I found one of the
handsomest and most complete build
ings, for the purposes for which It was
erected, that I have ever seen. Only
a commencement has been made here.
the large warehouses on the river
front and the extension of the wharves
are yet to be made. Coming upon the
steamer I was particularly Interested
In the rip-rapping that had been done
on the grade, where It was exposed to
to the action of the waves. At Eddy
Point It shows up handsomely, being
laid with blue rock with the regularity
and smoothness of a brick wall. This
heavy grade Is evidently being con
struct for a heavy and Increasing
bUKlness. Just here I urn reminded of
a little anecdote
About "61 a man named Hnrton, under
the tlrst donation law settled on a claim
back of Knappa, then known its ,.The
rrall'le." The claim was afterwards
purrhcuMcd by the Hev. James ttrown,
who still resides on It. Ilurton is rep
resented us having been a very ciindul,
deliberate nnd slow-spoken man. One
day he was down nt Astoria and was
Introduced by the lute A. Van Pusen,
Ksi., to on Itinerant preacher who had
come down the river. The preacher
stated to Mr. Ilarton that he Intended
to niako occasional visits to the lower
river, nnd would call at "The Prairie."
Well," said the candid Ilarton, "a little
preaching now and then, sir, will be
most acceptable, sir."
I Infer thnt a little local business
along tho line of the railroad would
not bo Imicceptablo to the railroad
company.
Within three miles of Knnppa is a
point that promises to afford not a lit
tle business, but to become an Import
ant factor In furnishing traffic for the
railroad company. From Westport to
the upper mouth of Blind Slough Is a
large amount of timber thnt win be
brought down to the Columbia river.
This timber Is estimated nt forty to
fifty million feet. We next come to the
valley of Gnat Creek. This stream
empties Into a branch of Blind Slough
two and one-half miles above the rail
road. Crossing this valley It extends
back of Westport nnd to the Nehalem
divide. It Is estimated that in this
valley there are Ave million feet of
tlmoer. A Michigan tlrm called the
Whitney Company owns several thou
sand acres of land In this valley, own
ing the land at the mouth of the creek
and the surrounding country, and lit
erally controlling the entire output of
the valley.
This company Is very wealthy. Three
years ago lost winter Mr. Curtis, agent
of the company, put a logging engine
at work clearing off old logs, stumps,
etc., from a flat of thirty acres lying
(Continued on Fourth Page.)
A LUMBERMAN'S
VIEWSOX SILVER
Common Sense Arijumeot fur Sound
.Money and I'rotcitlon.
(il.ORGE M. PAINE TALKS WELL
The Closest Itelalons Between Kmploy-
er and Employes Bryan and His
Tactics the Kllver Calf.
In the Pally Northwestern, of Osh
kosh, Wisconsin, appear the following
article on the political Issues of the
day. written by Mr. George M. Paine,
who Is ne of the largest sawmill men
In Wisconsin, and the largest sash, door
and blind manufacturer In the world.
Mr. Paine Is also the owner of many
ai res of timber land In Clatsop county,
and his common ' sense, buiilness like
exposition of the situation today will be
read with much Interest by all:
It ha been called to my attention
repeatedly that tome of my xealous
Democratic acquanltances were using
my name and quoting me as a follower
of Bryan and a convert to the silver
erase. In reviewing my thoughts and
conversation during this political cam
paign, I am unable to remember a
word or deed that could be construed
otherwise than that I am a Republican
and earnestly In favor of sound men
for office, sound money for business,
and sound principles on which to build
and maintain the Integrity of a great
nation. I have never followed off a
band wagon, and. when you hear of my
doing It, or voting for Bryan, you may
expect to hear I have given away all
of my clothing, except one garment.
and am dancing around on Knob Hill
or Devil's bluff awaiting the next ascen
sion, ny the way, who is this man
Bryan? Knowing that In less than a
mouth his mind will be entirely off
from politics, and when he rides he
will' be paying his fare like other peo.
pie, I have taken the trouble to look
up hi record with a view of hiring
bin.
I find he is on active young man, as
tiavellng salesman, would cover lots of
ground, and In a line where much talk
ing w as necessary he ought to sell some
goods. But I And that he has never
succeeded very well in anything he has
undertaken, sometimes getting the dis
tance flog, and never better than third
plain. As a student his forte was get
ting on the fence and talking; as a
lawyer he was a talker rather than a
thinker, and as an editor, you, The
Northwestern, know of his many mis
takes and failures. As a member of the
Chicago Democratic convention, he,
like a wild coyote from the Nebraska
prairies, flushed the flock and got the
nomination for president by reciting to
them in a loud voice selections and
quotations as original, mostly platl-
tud 's and shop-worn stuff, but of which
the average delegate was as ignorant
as of Cicero's orations. Now he is In
the fleld, and what Is he doing? Talk-
ng. But where are his great Harrison,
Ingersoll, Depew or McKlnley thoughts?
Nit! And this is the man some Demo
crats are bowing down to. a man who
would not be worth t'.W a year in any
business ofllre. even In the lines In
which he has had the most experience.
Yet a few of the people are promising
to pay him (50.000 a year to do a thing
for which by age, experience and edu
cation, he Is the least adapted. A peo
ple waa once punlshej for worship-
iu:i;r a fcoMen calf, and how much more
guilty and subject to ridicule are the
Hryanltes when sliver enters Into file
composition of their Idol?
The criminal part of this campaign
Is the persistent effort of the sllverltes
to army classes against each other, the
mployed aalnst the employer. Few
men are better prepared to take an un
biased view of this subject than myself;
nearly all my life on the payroll: my
closest companions,, the laborers: my
dearest and nnst trusted friends, the
men associated with me In business
nod the men In our employment. To il
lustrate, not many years since a mob
came up from the city during the ex
citement of some labor agitation and
demanded of our men thai they shut
down the mill. Our employes drove
them out and said: "When our em
ployers wont this mill stopped, they
will stop it, and until they do, we will
defend it." The laborer wants to know
thut he Is getting the market price for
his, services, and when this is under
stood, he is contented and grateful. I
claim the closest and warmest relations
exist between the two Interests, and
the man who attempts by word or
deed to separate them Is no better than
the man that enters the happy family
dixie and deliberately alienates, sep
arates and destroys It. He Is a crimin
al, and should be held as such In law.
The political and business interests
of the employer and the employed are
Identical. How can you expect tvages
to advance when ten per cent of the
laborers are unemployed? The wage
question can be settled when united
labor demands of the party In power
that no more labor shall be Imported
while the market Is overstocked. Other
questions enter into this political dis
cussion. The courts must be upheld,
for they are the foundation rock upon
(Continued on Third Pag.)
THOUSANDS WERE
ISTHE LINE
KqiulilitanH Close the Campaign Kith
a .Monster Demonstration.
RAILROAD MEN TURNED OUT
Realistic Float of the Believer In Sta
ble Currency Exposition Build
ing Packed by Thousands.
Portland, October 31. The Republi
cans closed their campaign tonight with
a monster demonstration. It was a fit
ting close to the most exciting cam
paign In the history of Oregon. The pa
rade was the largest ever seen In the
state. It being estimated that 12,000 m. n
marched In the procession. The line of
marc h was brilliant with pyrotechnics
and thousands of people lined the
street along which the procession pass
ed. It took exactly one hour for the
marchers to pas a given point
Many, of the large wholesale houses
were represented In the parade by their
employes. A feature of the parade waa
the display by railroad men, who were
nearly one thousand strong In the pa
rade. They had mounted on a truck drawn
by six horses a locomotive with an en
gineer at the throttle and the fireman
shoveling coal Into the engine.
The display by the Portland General
Electric Company waa much admired
by the thousands who passed Sixth and
Alder street.
The parade ended at the exposition,
where short speeches were made by
Senators Mitchell and McBride. ex-Ben-ator
Do! ph. Congressman Ellis, Hon.
Blnger Hermann. C. W. Fulton and
others.
It Is claimed by shrewd political ob
servers that Multnomah county will
give 5.000 majority for McKlnley.
SLIGHTLY DEMONSTRATIVE.
San Fianclsco, October 31 Thirty
thrusnndmen. representing every In
dustry on the Pacific coast, paraded the
street of San Francisco today a evi
dence of their allegiance to McKlnley
and Republican principles. It was the
biggest demonstration of any kind ever
seen on the Pacific coast, and there
were not enough American flags and
yellow chrysanthemums In the state of
California to supply the thousands who
wished to show their political prefer
ences. The parade started at 2 o'clock
and for three solid hours a solid column
of men. marching eight abreast, march
ed through the streets, a crowd of peo
ple estimated at 60,000 lining the thor
oughfares and cheering the marchers.
Nearly every one wore a yellow badge.
and men, women and children shouted
for McKlnley.
Special trains were run from all sec
tions of the state and people poured Into
the city by thousands to see the great
demonstration.
Tonight Thomas B. Reed spoke at
Woodward's Pavilion. The building
holds about 5.000 people, but before 7
o'clock twice that number were clam
oring for admission to the hall. By $
o'clock It was impossible to get within
a quarter of a mile of the pavilion. TKe
crush was something frightful. People
stood wedged together unable to move
and a hall ten times the slxe of the pa
vilion would hove been Inadequate to
accommodate the men and women eager
to hear the Maine statesman.
Mr. Reed's addres. was an able pre
sentation of the principle of the Re
publican party. He was listened to
with marked attention and frequently
Interrupted by bursts of applause. He
paid a glowing tribute to McKlnley and
llobart, and the cheering which follow
ed lasted several minutes. He said he
was positive California would find a
place In the sound money column.
SEVERAL NEW YORKERS 1TRNED
OUT.
New York, October SI. Probably nev
er In the history of political campaign
ing In this city have the streets of New
York presented a brighter or more ani
mated aspect than today, the occasion
being the pnruda of the Republican or
ganizations. Practically no business
was done In mercantile establishments,
interest In the mammoth demonstration
obliging those even not In sympathy
with the Republican cause to suspend
operations. The number In line ex
ceeded one hundred thousand.
THE MARKETS.
Liverpool, October 31. Wheat spot,
firm; demand, poor; No. 2 red soring,
6s SHd; No. 1 California, 7s Sd.
Futures closed quiet Hd higher to un
changed. November 6s 4d;, December
6s 4Wd; January 8s S'Hd; February,
March and April, Ss 3d.
FLASH LIGHTS.
Tuesday night the election returns
will be exhibited by magic lantern from
the Palace Restaurant on a screen at
Madison's cigar store. The lantern for
the occasion has been brought up from
San Francisco.
MORE RAIN.
Portland, October 31. For Oregon and
Washington, occasional rain west of
the Cascades; fair weather east of the
Cascades.
WHEAT MARKET
ANDCURRENCY
Rise in tbe Price of Cereals Likely to
Cause Much Suffering.
GOLD WILL LEAVE ENGLAND
No Matter What the Result of the Elec
tion. British Bullion Will Be
Sent to the United States.
(Copyrighted, 'it, by Associated Press.)
London, October 31. The wheat and
currency question are itlll attracting
a great attention here. The Spectator
thl week publishes an Interesting ar
ticle on the rise In wheat and It bear
ing on protection and bimetallism, in
the course of which It aayi: .
"Tbe rise In the price of bread I like
ly to soon lead to unrest In the labor
market. The preaent activity In trade
gives labor organizations a favorable
opportunity for expressing demands for
higher wages, but It remain to be seen
how far tbe recent Improvement In
trade can be maintained. If a material
rise In wages I insisted upon. There
are endless possibilities of friction If
the price of bread become a serious
question. We can only hope the poli
tician who are coquetting with the va
rious form of protection will learn to
digest the lessons that will be expound
ed by event If the price of bread la
materially affected during the coming
winter.
"How ihould we fare now If the es
tablishment of an Imperial sollvereln
forced us to look to the home produc
tion and the Canadian surplus to fill
our own mouths and for the needs of
India? From a financial point of view
the rise In cereals show a strong case
for further large movements of gold to
the United Slates, while, regarding pol
itic, whatever the result, shipments of
gold from here are still probable In
one case because the panic and scram
ble for gold will make Americans sell
faster and pay a premium for the mttal
and In the other a revival of Industrial
activity and the return of confidence
will attract British bullion.
"Lastly, the rise In wheat and the ac
companying weakness of silver have an
Instructive bearing upon economic theo
ry. Not only Bryan, but English blmei-
allists, also, are deprived of one of their
most effective arguments."
Indian prices show that now, whether
ain falls or not, there must be keen
distress In the northwest provinces and
in Oude, and the Indian government
must be prepared to succor the popula
tion. Orders have already been given to
the officials to prepare for the Immedi
ate enforcement of famine measures.
While a famine Is threatened In India
through the drought, the west of Ire
land lei declared to be face to face with
famine, owing to heavy rains, which
have caused the failure of crops, espe
cially potatoes. Throughout September
and during the beginning of October
there was an almost incessant down
pour of rain. There have been great
floods In the . northwest of Ireland.
Many of the people must feel the pangs
of famine before Christmas. The situa
tion Is compared to that of 1S79, when
a disastrous harvest led to the revival
of political disorders In Ireland.
OHIO FOR McKINLEY.
An Immense Majority forr Sound Mon
ey Is Assured.
Special to the Oregonian.
Columbus, Ohio, October 2S. Hon. C.
L. Kurtz, chairman of the Ohio Repub
lican executive committee, has sent the
following telegram to M. A. Hanna,
at Chicago:
"Columbus, October 27. Hon. M A.
Hanna. chairman of the Republican na
tional committee, Chicago: Ohio will
give McKlnley, a larger majority than
she ever gave to a leading candidate
on the state or national ticket, with the
possible exception of that given to
Brough for governor in 1S63.
"C. L. KURTZ. Chairman."
This Is the first prediction which
Chairman Kurtz has made concerning
the election In Ohio. Numerous state
ments have been attributed to him,
but none of them have been authentic.
The magnitude of the vote claimed
by Mr. Kurtz can best be understood
when It Is stated that two years ago
Hon. S. M. Taylor, republican candi
date for secretary of state, received a
majority of 64.000, his plurality being
137,000. Brough's majority for governor
In 1S63 was 100.SS2. Kurtz says he does
not care to give any figures at this time,
but may do so before election. It Is fig
ured that the vote in the rural precincts
will stand about the same as last year,
the cities and towns rolling up the big
majorities for MaKinley.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. 8. GcVt Report
ABSOLUTELY PUCE
BOTH PARTIES
CLAIM VICTORY
Knt Chairman ,fnne ldmlfa llllnnla
Is a Doubtful State.
LAST APPEALS TO THE PEOPLE
Both National Committees) Claim the
Election for Their Candidate and
Bay the Victory I Won.
I
Chicago, October 21. The campaign
in the Middle Western state for the
most part came to an end tonight In
Chicago and Cook county, where the
heat of the fight has been, the rounding
op of the candidates waa finished thl
evening and the last speeches were
made. Both parties claim to be sure of
the result and express confidence that
the count Tuesday night will show a
large majority for their men.
The only concession that ha been
made In the estimate of either party
Is the assertion of Chairman Jones that
Illinois I a doubtful state. He has
always claimed It heretofore as certala
for Bryan. Chairman Jones says that
Bryan has at least 2S2 votes In the
electoral college, and that nothing caa
take tbem from him. Chairman Hann
Is far more sweeping In bis est 1 mates
of Major McKlnley' rospects and says
that the Ohio man will have not less
than 311 votes and others may coma
later. "
Both chairmen Issued today their last
appeals to tbe people and say that they
have the victory already won and all
that remains Is to clinch the matter by
the counting of votes.
In the matter of congressmen, mem
bers of the state legislature and smaller
offices of the ticket the claims are of
the same nature. The campaigns In th
j Middle West and particularly In the
1 Upper Mississippi Valley have been of
j the most determined character on both
; sides. It has been the center fighting
'ground and neither party has spared
any effort to win.
flraro Tirtoo maw wr T
Opening Price Was Good, but Gradual
ly the Market Weakened.
Chicago, October 31. The Influence of
j the strength displayed by wheat en th
Jopen beard yesterday afternoon, when
; the price of December touched 74 cents.
! was still felt at the opening today, not-
withstanding the fact that quotation
' from Liverpool showed almost an entire
j absence of sympathy with Friday's ad-
vance on this side of over 1 cent per
j bushel. The opening price for Decera
Iber ranged from 7314 to 73T4 cents, but,
latter the opening flurry, the terfllency
!for an hour or so was downward and
a gradual and Irregular decline to 72
resulted. Heavy offerings caused tTie
decline. Many brokers were asking five
and ten-cent margins to carry wheat
lines oyer the election, as the Monday
market will have a decidedly holiday
aspect The result was that a good
; deal of wheat was offered for sale. For
a time the market took offerings read-
lly. but finally the demand Slackened
and prices weakened.
When this was disposed of. however,
another advance to 72 took place. This
i was due more than anything else to
light northwestern receipts. After that
advance the rest of the market almost
died out The close was 72-R 7i; cents.
TORE DOWN THE FLAGS.
Mark Hanna's Emblems Trampled Up
on in an Indiana Courtroom.
Indianapolis. October 31. A special to
the News from Anderson says:
j Mark Hanna's flags were torn down
;and trampled in the dust of the rooms
:of the Madison circuit and district court
, today. They were removed by the
judges and their deputies. Judge Dixon
said the so-called flags on paper, with
i McKlnley and Hobart likenesses across
tlie stripes, w ere not national emblems
land should never stay In his court
room. Judge Ellison's deputy, Daniel
Boland, pulled down an alleged flag In
; tho circuit court. Both parties are cloe
: ing the campaign here today and bitter
feeling exists.
AT OLNEY.
At Olney last night there were about
forty Astorians present at the political
demonstration. The hall was filled with
200 enthusiastic people, and the Astoria
McKlnley Glee Club rendered a num-
1 ber of patriotic songs In their usual
! fine style. Judge J. Q. A. Bowlby deliv
! ered the address of the evening which
received the heartiest applause. Judge
I Gray, who was present, said the meet
ing was one of the most enthusiastic
of the campaign.
S Foot!
OTP
and Repairing Laky Roofe,