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VI . SAVE TIME The Daily Astorlan ., .Family Circulation. .. WUCH )!! THAN TMr T1MH AS lAIMiS AS THAT OF ANT OTHER PAN ID AaTORIA. An "Ad" In Tub Atihian' "Wiinl Column. EXCLUSIVE TKLKGHAPIIIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XLV. ASTORIA, OltEOOy, Kill DAY MOKNINU, NOVEMBKK W, 18!B. NO. 265 if tiff -.T"'' V-,1 ffd . 7t. ...JUST ARRIVED... Johnston Hen's Fine Shoes COLUMBIA Successors to COPELAND & THORSEN These are the Days We Celebrate We hnvc prepared for the im provement in trade. Our stock 1m Complete. Books, Stationery, Newspapers, Periodicals Notions, Novelties GRIFFIN & REED CITY BOOK 5T0RE PLUM PUDDING... Will Keep a Hundred Years 1 English Plum Pudding, Twit 11. seedless rnliOn; i lb, cleaned currant: half-pound allffel citron; 1 llm bread crumb; i lb, chopped suet; Julco and grated rind of three lemons; t II. O aiitrar; 4 united nulimsr; 1 IiiIiIi bpo.ui suit; milk. Mix fruit thorough ly; add rutin and milk little at a lime, careful tit make It moist enough to tick ti.aetlier nut wet; till reerptiuii even full; cover with t'lotha lied tightly and IhiiI steadily fr eight hour. The above lit oairaattcd to keep KM) yti a. It Ike lanrcdirat are pariaased n( FOARD & STOKES COMPANY. HARDWARE, PLUMBING TIN WORK JOB WORK AT PRICES THAT DEFY COMPETITION Call and Be Convinced Qlarkson & flavin LONG FIR PILING Promptly Furnished Astoria Asphalt and Roofing Co. t All Work Roof Painting and Kapalrlnu LaaUy Hoofs J. A FASTABEND, GENERAL CONTRACTOR, HOUSE, BRIDGE AND CQHflRF BUILDER HOUSE MOVKH. Houa Moving Tools lor Rant. ASTORIA OREGON Emil Schacht ARGHITEGT GEO. NIC0LL, Assistant. OFFICB: Iopp's iMew Brewery ASTORIA. IRON WORKS Concoaly St . foot of Jackaoa. Aatorla. General Machinists and Boiler Makesr Land ant Marina Enilnaa. Bollar work, Staaa boat and Canntry Work a Specialty. Caatlnsa of All Dficrlptlona Made to Ordar oa Short Nolle. John Fox.. ..President and Superintendent A. U Fox Vlo President O. B. Prael Secretary First National Bank, Treasurer & Murphy SHOE CO. 523 Commercial Street t rJKANITE WAKE. ROPE, STOVES, IRON PIPE, TER RA COTTA PIPES, BAR IRON, STEEL, CANNERY SUPPLIES, LOGGERS' TOOLS SOL OPPENHEIMER Trustee for the late M. C. CROSBY Boom Company 216 and 217 Chamter of Commerce Portland. Oregon Lie A v v nmiTiia AT ASH C4IMMKK- 1AI, mtkkkt: Guaranteed N. JENSEN and R. 0. HANSEN J. B. WYATT, Phona No. AS Aatorla, Oragoa Hardware, Ship Chandlery, Groceries, Provisions, PAINTS and OILS. Special AtUntlon Paid to Supplying Ship. SEASIDE SAVPhh. A complete stock of lumber on hand In the rough or dresaod. Flooring, ma tin, celling, and all kinds of finish; mouldings and shingles; also brack! work don to order. Term reasonable and price at bedrock. All orders promptly attended to. Office and yard at mill. H. F. L. LOGAN, PropT. Beaalde, Oregon. ROSS HIGGINS k CO Grocers, : and : Butchers Aatorla and Upper Aatorla Fin Taaa and Coffrai, Tabls E:!!caciaa, DoaaatJc and Tropical Fruit. V..ltblei, Sugar Curad Hama, Bacon, Etc. Choice Fresh and Salt Meats. SWEET SISCERS MAKE A BIG M'fe Society Turned Out Last Xiijht at the Character Cunccrt. EVI'.KY M' Ml IF. It WAS M'l.l NDII) I "Many of them know how to raine The Heat Amateur Performance Ever It No time will have to he consumed Given In Thla (ity-Hluge Pro- jln waiting for them to ham the pro fusely I iccorntod. 'cex. lly aJI mean, let the twine fao lory he built. It may he the precursor " 'of linen and lln!el oil factories, put it I very aeldom that am h an audi- Itlng llax Held on all our furma and dl ence aa that which crowded Flaher' verting to thl valh y a large share of la.t night I aeen In thl city; a id rare- the r.O.iXiO.OOO a year we now send away ly haa there been uch a dlnplay of In forelKn laud for the things made fuahlon. The neat Utile theatre wa , from th fibre and send of the flux comfortably filled, ahout five hundred people being present. All weie anxious ieiire helping us to get a high protective to ee the "character" concert, aa a duty, that would Inaure this ci.ndl trrat waa anticipated. In brief, local tloua." amateur, never did no well. The stage waa beautifully decorated with chryanthemum. preaentlng a very pretty appearance, The llrat numlier waa the anvil chorua In which twenty voice took part. Fol - Inning waa a vocal duet, "I Don't Want to I'lay In Ymir Yard," by Meaar. Itli - h - ard farrutlier and Jaine Taylor. The Inger were attliel In feminine cua- lume and made a decided hit. Kenpond- Ing to an encore they gave a burlequ of the Maglnel-Mullln Conrert Com - pany, apologising for the abaence of their Mother and Count Koamlniky, A quartet, "Sweet and Low," by Mer. liurker, Smith. Dennett and Uurm tt, waa a delightful rendition. Mr. Terry ilcKean gained new laurel for himself In a recitation. He la a fa- vorlle with Aotorla audiences and was at hi best lost night. Tho hearty en- core wa richly deserved. A vocal duet, "We've Gone Through Ulon In this state many thousands of Life Together," by Mr. Ilrenhara Van dollars yearly. It Is the effort now of Dusen and Itev. Mr. Short, waa one of the .Stcnarta to ascertain what profit the gem of the evening. They werecau be made In producing ttax in this encored, but would not respond. country, what tho cost of production The Instrumental (piano) duct by i will lie to the farmer, and the most Mrs. Th. Olw-n and Miss Kitlth Conn 'successful methods of treating both the WU eXcvuird tttunt artistically. Th Be- seed and the fl tire. For these reasons lection, "The Pane of the Dead." waa 'there should certainly be hearty co-op- a most difficult numlH-rand the manner m which It wca'Trndrivd spoke much for th ability of the ladles. A vocal solo, "A Son of the Desert, Am I," by V.r. W. H. liurker, waa sung! with tuMe und effect and closed Part I. ' I'urt 11 waa opened by one of the sweetest oiik ever heard on an Asto ria stnKe, by one of the city' sweetest singers a lullnby by Mrs. Frank Tay lor. The lullaby naturally was simple, but Its artlMlc rendition brought forth a storm of applause. Mr. Taylor re sponded to an encore. I A qunrtet, "The County Fair," by I Misses Alice Woods and Pearl Hnlden and Mcssr. Griffin and Burnett, creat ed no end of amusement. Misses Hoi- den and Woods looked charming In be coming costumes. In marked contrast with Mr. Dennett's German make-up. Mr. Harry G. Smith's vocal solo. "Day After Day," waa one of the most pleasing numbers on the program. The gentleman was in fine voice and Ida effort waa duly appreciated. Mis Ruth ! Garner and Mr. Ilurnett In a German I impersonation were splendid. Their j make-up could not possibly have been i belter and their duet caused much laughter. In "Lightly Row, My Gon-! doller," by the ladles' chorua, the voices blended harmoniously and the number waa well received. "Go Sleep, My Honey," by the Jubilee singers, Messrs. liurker, Bennett, Ilurnett and Smith, j was an excellent rendition and a hettrty encore w as given It The closing num- oer, mo miuu in me Moon, was a credit to the ladles and gentlemen who I took part . The Maid In the Moon ! was Miss Edith Conn, who made a beautiful picture aa she sat on the 1 edge of a silver crescent. Mr. F. Bar- j ker, the soloist, was In good voice and 1 did exceptionally well. Mr. Grlflln was! the man In the moon, to whom Mr. Barker's song referred. Altogether the concert was a decided success and a credit to the luetics and gentlemen who participated In It. The' following ladies comprised the ladlesV chorus: ' ! Mrs. Curtis Trenchard, Mrs. A. L. Fulton, Mrs. Herman Prael, Mrs. F. J. Taylor, Mrs. Brenham VanDusen, Mrs. Frank Dunbar, Mrs. William Barker, Misses Pearl Holden, Gene Lewis, Alice Woods, and Nettle Tuttle. The gen tlemen singers were: Messrs. W. Bar ker, Dennett, Burnett, Smith, arlffln, Wyatt, F. Barker, Short and McKean. The arcompanls were Miss Edith: Conn and Mrs. Th. Olsen, two of Asto- rla's most accomplished musicians. Both ladles were becomingly attired, , Miss Conn In pink and Mr. Olsen ln blue. OREGON CAN GROW FLAX. Build the Mill Here and Salem Will Do the Rest. ! The Uryantte leaders are silent, but j the prophets have resumed business by Oregon can grow flax. predicting what will happen In 1900, Oregon Is going to grow flax In the Working for a living won't be such a very near future. It has been demon-1 hard strugle for existence In this coun strated satisfactorily that many coun-; try as it has been for the last three ties in the Willamette Valley can pro- I years. duce as flue a quality of flax as any j "Tour teacher tells me you were not other portion of the world, as Is shown at school yesterday. Now, young man, by the following editorial from the Sa-jyou know what you are going to get!" lem Statesman: Bob (firmly) "I do, pop; and I am "There Is no necesselty to experiment ; willing to be licked any day for a circus ln the Willamette valley with flax. We parade like that .Life. dmi't know how II la In Clataop, hut we (Ik know thai the very HncHt uallly (if llnx may lie ril';d In iJouglii, tin, Linn, Benton, .Marlon, I'olk, mhlll ml Clackamas counties. The world cannot produce any better. We know tlila, becauae II haa been done, tl Is nn cxpcrlmt ut here. . "Uulld your twine factory In Aatorla, and our fanner will rulae the flax. All they want la assurance that It will lit taken at price that will pay them for their trouble, and the use of their land. pliinl. It would he an additional Influ- I The object of the teat now to be inude In Clatsop and other portion of the .tale la to furnlnh accurate data 'of the reault In particular lection of 'this atitte. under varying condition. ! In order that the Slew aria, of Ireland, niay know Juat (that they can do and , how heat to lay out their plant for he . manufacture of linen twine. A haa leen prevloualy atated, the eed for theae teat la now on the way to Aa- jtorUi, and will be dlitrlbuted promptly , upon Ita arrival by Meaera. Foard A Ktoke. Daniel Ryeraon, a prominent rancher of the Nehalem. waa In the city 'yesterday, and spoke for a portion of ' the seed to plant on hi farm. Doubtlewa, following the building and operation of a Urge spinning mill will ,couie the erection of linseed oil work for the manufacture of oil and oil cake from flax aeed. : These Industrie alone 'will be the mean of putting In clrcula- eraxlon on the part of farmer to 'Quickly aa iwwlHw aid the promoters of these entrprifs In arriving at accu rite ilKurce. NO PKOSPEKITY FOR HIM. "It's all very well to talk about this revival of prosperity, but It don't go," he remarked confidentially to the bar tender as he leaned over the counter. "Don't you read the paperaT The mills are opening, everybody Is going to work, and we are having prosperous times, although, to tell the truth, the saloon business Isn't as good aa It was the night before election." "That'a all very well, but my business la ruined." "And It waa good before election?" "It waa." "And may I ask what waa your busi ness?" "I waa a campaign prophet and I i will have nothing to do for four years." HIS MOTTO. (From Spare Moments.) A boy walked Into a I.ondon mer- chant's otlice In search of a situation. After being put through a series of questions by the merchant, he was i asked: "Well, my lad, what Is your motto?" "Same as yours, sir," he replied. "Same as you have on your door- push." He waa engaged. CLOSE CALL. From the Detrlot Free Press. "Say, Tete, you have ridden that horse very near to death." "Yus, sa.h; I won't nioah 'an six foot from tt when I beat dat motah caw to de tunnln' off place." PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS. There In evidently a new era of rail road building in sight. Senator Teller will not talk of fusion In the future the Colorado bolter has had enough. George Meredith, It .Is said, presents a copy of his novels to every servant In hia employ. OIney has a chance to make a ten strike on the Cuban question before he goes out of office. St Louis Is Just now the proudest city in the Union. She Is exulting In her first horse show. There Is a chance for the Dlngley bill to go through this winter. The senate has seen a new light Whatever the gold In the banks may dc, that in the mountains will have to come out of Its hiding place. The country voted for prosperity and Is reaping the reward much sooner than 'even the moBt "8:ulne expected. WIFE POISONER GETS TIIE PEN The Ktv. James C. Hnll, of St. Caul, Sentenced to Six Years. SENSATION CREATED IN COURT Defendant Confesses to Have Been Hlowiy Poisoning His Wife for Her Life Insurance. Ht. Paul. November 18. The case iigairutt the Itev. Junes C. Hull, accus ed of attempted wlfe-polaonlng, came to a sudden and sensational end In the district court this afternoon. Hull had been on the witness stand since yesterday afternoon and had en tered a categorical denial to all the state's evidence in regard to the ad ministering by him of arsenic mixed with the medicine his wife waa taking. Then the state sprung a surprise In the shape of a letter which Hull had writ ten while In Portland. Oregon, lost February, to the Rev. I. I. Bpence, an Intimate friend, who waa then In Fer nando, Cal. In this letter he stated that his wife waa very sick; that she waa suffering from a cancer and that he expected to be called home at any time and that he thought she could live through the year. He also atated that an operation had bet.n performed for the removal of the cancer, but that It had broken out again. Rpence and Hull had been old friends and chums, and when the former beard of the charge against Hull he remem bered the letter received laat February and thinking Its contents would excul pate his friend, he enclosed tt to aome one In Minnesota. The state In some way gut track of this letter and today put It In evidence. Hull finally ad mitted its authorship. The evidence of the state's wltne.wea. and Hull's own admissions In his previous testimony, showed that there had been no talk of cancer for a year prevloua to the 1 dale of the letter and that the surgical operation had simply been the dressing 'of a slight laceration. The state claim ed that the letter placed In evidence was written with the intention of pre paring his friends for the death of his wife, and to provide a plausible theory. Last August Hull was arrested on complaint of his wife, who charged that for a year or more he had been slowly poisoning her by the administration of arsenic mixed with her mediclnea and with articles of food. The motive as shown by the evidence of the state In the trial Just ended was a life insurance policy for $2500 which Hull had prevailed upon his wife to take out in his favor. Hull withdrew his plea of not guilty and plead guilty. The Judge sentenced him to six years In the penitentiary. SMUGGLING. Treasury Report on Opium and Dia monds. Washington, November 19. J. J, Crowley, supervising special agent of the treasury. In his annual report, de votes considerable attention to smug. gllng. Opium smuggling, the report (ays, has decreased largely during the last year as a result principally of the reduction of the rate or duty from J12 to $6 per pound; 138.650 pounds of opium was Imported at San Francisco during the year 1S95, upon which $913,404 was paid In duty. Last year the amount was 98.126 pounds upon which duty ag gregating S5$8,750 was paid. The report shows there has been a noticeable Increase ln the smuggling of diamonds since the duty on precious stones was Increased by the tariff act of 1894. A return to the rate of duty provided in the act of 1890, Mr. Crow ley said, would be ln favor of revenue and of legitimate trade. During the past year 5,566 Chinese persons applied for admission to this country. Of these 3510 were admitted. The number of Chinese arrested for vio lation of the exclusion law was 198 and the number deported 120. Under the treaty between the United States and China, providing for the departure from and return to this country of Chinese laborers, 936 laborers left the United States and 108 returned during the past year. WHEAT STRONGER. News From the Pacific Coast Sends the Price Up. Chicago, November 19. Wheat open ed at a decline of He In both December and May deliveries. The early weakness was almost entirely due to the disap pointment over the opening Liverpool cables which showed only i advance in sympathy with a much larger ad vance here yesterday. The weakness lasted but a few moments. Strength came from the other side of the con tinent from the reports from California showing the Immense proportions which the Australian business had as sumed. The flour mills of the rtate, according to reports, are working night and day on Australian orders and the orders for wheat from there now In the hands of San Francisco brokers are reported to amount to 1,700,000. The opening quotations for Decem ber were 7SVi cents as compared with yesterday's closing price of IH'b cents. After touching 77 cents for an instant, the price Jumped, under the Influence of the Australian news referred to, un til "S cent had been reached. Then catte the second cable. They showed a decline. Apart from Lower Liverpool cable and the bearish sentiment which they created the conditions were favor able for continued atrengtn In prwoa. Cables from Russia stated that the principal cereal crops of that country were 132,000,000 buahela lesa than the annual average production for thirteen years past. There waa a little turn for the better and at the close December was selling at T7' cents. THE MARKETS. ! Ijn'lon, November 19. Hop Pacific Coast, II Sr. Liverpool, November H. Wheat, apot i firm; No. I spring, 7 7d; No. 1 Califor nia, 7a 7d. Futures opened quiet and steady. No vember, nominal; December, January, 6s 9d; February and March, 6s lOd. . Portland. November 19. Wheat, Wal la Walla, 1BK; Valley. SS5. TRAINS RUNNING. Damages Done by Storm and Flood Being Repaired. Tacoma, November 19. Northern Pa- ciflc trains are now running regularly except on the Seattle branch. The White River bridge will be repaired so that trains can pass over It tomorrow Mn- Passengers are being transferred at Trout Creek, Mont, where the bridge waa washed away, but the repairs are I being rushed and will be finished Sat urday. Much damage has been done In the 1 j Cowllu valley. Scores of mile, of fence, have been washed away and many cattle drowned. At Toledo be- tween thirty and forty houses on the east side of the Cowiltx river are par- ""'' - satisfactory to the coache.s and under- " CaRtle have had to ve 10 graduates alike. The men worked well house, cm higher ground. The lose of together plftyed wltn apw5 ud fences, cattle and small buildings ha.,enelTy B ,ne team been genera throughout the Cowlit, , pronounce1 M the plavers ,n cuiva v- uiuiii via. itMiro, APOSTLK THATCHER. Haa Been Dropped from the Rolls of, ' - "the Mormon Church. : ' j I Sait Lake, November 19. Apostle ! Moses B. Thatcher will be declared ' "contumacious" and dropped from the . rolls of the Mormon church. j This was the day fixed by the church ; authorities for the trial of Mr. Thatcher for his failure to take counsel for tak - lng part ln political matters a year ago when he was a candidate for United States senator. A card appeared In the Desert News this evening, signed by the president of the twelve apostles, to the effect that a meeting of apostles was held and that it was unanimously decided that Moses Thatcher be severed from the council of the twelve apostles and that be be deprived of his apostle ship and other offices in tbe priesthood. SEATTLE POLICE. Doing Good Work in Securing Burglars and Booty. Seattle, November 19. Chaa. Phillips and Chris. Scott, young men under 20 years of age, are in Jail. Scott Is suf fering from a bullet wound ln the left arm inflicted last night by H. R. Bay llss, whose residence they were burglar ising. For the past two weeks tbe city has been overrun with burglars and fifteen residences have been looted. The young men confessed to the chief of police with the result that the officers are now in possession of J1500 worth of goods which the boys cached in a lodging house. SANTA FE TROUBLE. Federal and State Courts of Kansas Dl"gree. Topeka, Kan., November 19. Bound by ironclad restraining orders from both federal and state courts, both sides to the controversy In the Santa Fe receivership case are now powerless to move, and it Is thought there will not be any new developments until the case comes up for hearing before Judge Foster in the federal court next Mon day. DISASTER AT SEA. Brest, November 19. Torpedo boats known by numbers 83 and tl, of the French navy, came Into collision during maneuvers off Cape De La Chevre. The former boat sank and Its crew Is miss ing. Number 61 was also badly dam aged and was towed here. Number 83 has a complement of sixteen men. Meany is the leading tailor, and pays the highest cash price for fur skins. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. 3. Gov't Report aACSOLUTELY PUKE YALE ELEVEN AND THE TIGERS Will .Meet on the Gridiron Tomorrow in a Great Buttle. AN UNPRECEDENTED INTEREST . 'fihown in the Coming Match Ticket j at a premlum-Both Teams In a MaKnlllcent Condition. j New Haven, November IS. Over 2500 ! students and friends assembled on the Tale field this afternoon to see the 'var sity eleven bold Its final practice for the game Saturday with Princeton. All the men played In their regular Pb1"od "P against a scrub eleven for about thirty-five minutes' play. Trainer Fltxpatrick aold tonight 'that be never taw a collection of ath jletea In better condition for the con test. The unprecedented demand for ticket ha caused many disappointments, aa there are nearly 200 undergraduates aa well as several members of the faculty who are unprovided for and the appor- tionment to players haa alao been re- duced. New Tork men have been In j the city offering 110 and 13 bonua, something never before heard of. but .the management have yet to discover : tbe first case of a student disposing of ' his ticket Princeton, N. J., November 19. The coachers gave the Tigers light work to- Aav find Ih. 1 1 n ;l i-rtrra Art a tt.m war nan. mltted to watch the practlce Aaiing tll ;fim haIf whIch gpectatoriI wer -cludt,d an(1 ,h ,.. ued ln ,ret The form the TI. gers showed this afternoon waa very prime condition. PRESENTS FOR McKINLET. - Canton. November -liV Two lively coons arrived at the MciCinley resl- dence this evening, a present to the president-elect from an admiring friend In Kentucky. A great squash, that filled a bushel basket, was another present received j today, a gift from Colonel Charles ; Worker, of Blaine precinct, Pierce 1 county, Nebraska. Accompanying the : squash was a clipping from the Pierce county Call, which explained that the squash had grown ln the only precinct j In Pierce county which gave Major Mo j Klnley a majority. A Terse was ; scratched on the squash, the last line 'of which read: "Early ln November McKlnley plea" . I shall mak GENTRY SOLD. New Tork, November la John R. Gentry, the king of harness race horses was sold at the Madison Square Garden ; horse sale tonight for $19,900 to Lewis 'J. Tewksbury, the owner of Robert J. GIBSON TO ILLUSTRATE DICKENS C. D. Gibson and Edward W. Bok were chatting together In the former's studio one day, when the editor of the Ladies' Home Journal said: "Why don't you drop the American girl, Gibson, and try something entire ly new?" "What Is there new?" asked Gibson. "Illustrate Dickens," laconically an swered the editor. "Illustrate Dickens!" repeated Gib son. "Why, man alive " Just then the artist's mother came into the sta dia "Mother," he said, "what have I always told you I would rather do In the way of illustration than anything else?" "Well, I don't know, unless It Is to illustrate Dickens." "Exactly, and Bok walks ln Just now and asks me to do It." Gibson went to Europe on his wed ding trip and remained ln London for six months. There he worked away at his Dickens sketches. Upon his return a few weeks ago he delivered the first drawings of the series to The Ladles Home Journal, and the initial one will be printed ln the Christmas Issue. The finished drawings are said to be re markable portrayals. The characters chosen are Pickwick; Pecksniff and his two daughters; David Copperfleld; Dick Swiveller and The Marchioness; Old Scrooge, from "A Christmas Carol;" Caleb Plummer and his blind daugh ters, and other characters from Dick ens. The Journal will present the en tire series during 1897.