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i ASTORIA PUBLIC LlBBARt ASSQOWlOil SAVEJIME Fxpuii How? niiJ worry t'""S, An "Ad" - In Th Aaroaua't "WmI CoIubb." .mtr.F,3 The Daily As tor Ian AND PtOMANKNT ...Family Circulation.. Much n than thdfd timmi a LAWH AS THAT Of ANY UtHtK rAP. in Astoria. EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. 'j jfj VOL. XIV. ASTORIA. OREGON. FRIDAY MORNING. KOVKvitKii 7 iftiwt SEE OUR smile' bummki ClIrlM- I I I 1 loy E b" E I Motv I I I I Wottton'w I B Wo cjrry tho bout bcIiooI Hhoe on earth. Jack knife with every pair. COLUMBIA SHOE CO. copeuSdI thorsen 523 Commercial Street These are We Celebrate We linve provement In trade. Our Htock Ih Complete. Books, Stationery, Newspapers, Periodicals Notions, Novelties GRIFFIN & REED CITY BOOK STORE PLUM PUDDING... Will English Plum Pudding Two lb. aecdleoa rnlidna; I lb., cleaned curranta; half-pound allcod citron; I Iba. bread crumb.; I chopped auet; Juice and Kratel rind of threa lemon; i lint. t. auirar; grated nutmeo; 1 tablc.poon aalt; milk. Mix fruit thorough ly; a-ld ega and milk little at a lime, careful to make It moUt enough to atlck together-not wet; till reOKplarle even full; cover with clotha tied tightly ana con aieaniiy rnr eight hour. The aboe l ga.raatecd to keep UNI FOARD & STOKES COMPANY. HARDWARE, PLUMBING TIN WORK JOB WORK AT PRICES THAT DEFY COMPETITION Call and Be Convinced nsni Clarkson & Vcrvin LONG FIR PILING Promptly Furnlshel Astoria Asphalt and Roofing Co. All Work Roof fatnUrt and Hspalrlnu L.sky Honrs. J. A PASTA BEND, OENERAL CONTRACTOR, HOUSE, BRIDGE AND ttlHARF BUILDER HOURS MOYKK, House Mvlng Tool far Rant. ASTORIA OREOON Emil Schacht ARCHITEGT GEO. NICOLL, Assistant.' OFFICE: topp's New Brewercj PORTLAND AKDJSTORIA UK Stealer H. G.Gradg Leave Aatoiia , Mondays, Wednes days and Fridays at 6 p. m. Sundays at 7 a. m. Leaves , Portland Tuesday, Thurs days, Saturdays and Sunday at 7. p. m. . E. II. WORKS, Master. VALUES Cor Cnrufully Cor Cor Comfi Chan rruutly immy ortablv Charmingly the Days prepnrcd for the 1m- Keep a Hundred Years 1 trv II the iaqredicat arc parchiMd ol ORANITE WAKE, ROPE, STOVES. IRON PIPE, TER RA COTTA PIPES, BAR IRON, STEEL, CANNERY SUPPLIES, LOGGERS' TOOLS SOL OPPENHEiMER Trustee for the lite M. C. CROSBY goom Company 216 and 217 Chimter of Commerce Portland. Oregon LKAVK OKIIKKN AT B.1H COMWKK t'lAL MTHKKT Guaranteed - N. JENSEN and R. 0. HANSEN J. B. WYATT, Phon No. 6 Astoria, Ortgaa Hard WO re, Ship Chandlery, ' i OrOCerleS, j-5 , . irTO ViSlOnQ, HA INT 8 and OILS. Special Atttntloa Paid ts Supplying Ship. SEASIDE SIWjHDiL A complete stock of lumber on hand in in rougn or araasM. Flooring, rua tlu. oalllng, and all klnda of flnl.h; mouldings and shingles; also braokat wora aona to order. Tamil ri lan&hla I . .... and prices at bedrock. All onw. promptly attended to. Offlo and yard at mllL H. F, L. LOGAN. Pron'p. Seaalde. Oregon. ROSS HIGGINS k CO Urocers, : and : Butchers Astoria and Uppar Anorla Fin. Tm. .no Cow., Tab). DMc.ci... Doa.tH. ana Tnplol Fruit., V.rublt, Sugar Cur.d Ham., Bacon, Etc. Choice Fresh and Salt Meats. "PAUL JOXES" MAKES A HIT The Gmu 0H.ro Cumpiin) C)tiircs a Fashionable Audience. MlSSI-a CAKI.E AM) JOHNSON Slug Their Way Into the Hearts of the People The Entire Company I One of the I lest. The Gnau Opera t'inpany came and conquered. One of the rmmt faahlonahle and re- pon.lv audience which ever gathered In Astoria last nlKht greeted the n ret appearance In the city of the Crau Opera Company. If the house wan a little chilly the audience was warm and generoua in Ita applause of the many brilliant hit of th evening and tho beautiful mualral number. The opera rwrnlithMl uii Parnl.'. "Pant .1,tn.a " brighter and imt park- line comic opera of the day. The cen la laid In France and the plot naeeo upm tne heroic etrort or faui from the 40-yard line, went cleanly be to marry the maiden of hla heart de- 'tween the foal posta " ..-... o. . nil kiimtiik inni aw i a t ivi bm urual uncle of the aforeaald maJden. Ive finally triumph.. A million franca la the price ael upon the fair damael'a hand. Thla la earned through daring piratical explolta at aea. A few mora complication folio', the unhappy her oin barely eacapea marrying another aultor; at laat the bride la won by tha right man, and happlnea retgna u prema. Th entire company at once won their way Into favor with the audience. Mlna Alice Carle, who poaaeaaea a rich deep contralto, made a decided hit aa "Paul Jonea," and It la aald by thcae who know whereof they apeuk that ah.i 1 the only woman In America who ran lake the part Agnr Huntington made o ramou. Her rang of voice la re-1 nuirkable and laat night waa up to alt requirement. Her action I full of plrlt ami leave nothing to he dealred. Mum Johnnon. the leading aoprano, gntcieftil. chHrnilng In vole and man ner, delightfully nutural and unatudled In hiT iHwtng, won tho heart of all at the outwt. Her aong. "Hahy." wa enthUHiiwtlcally eiiroreil and la one of the hit of the day. Her aweet aoprano will long !, remembered In Axturia. An Yvonne, the maiden In love, he u iM-rfcctlon. Dunbar, a Paul'a rival, the naval pupil, wa excellent, but had little op portunity to dlplay hi fine voice. Hla graceful bearing and eaay carriage .howed the artlatj Sylvian Lnnglol. the hemlnK uncle, waa a typical mon ey-getter and hla excellent voice ahow ed to good advantage In the duet In the pcond act with Ml Johnnon. Hla hu moroua acting at tlmea brought down the house. Mien Gertrude Lodge, aa Choplnette. wife of Koulelabalaae. and Ml Fanny noCosta. an Malaquena, ward of Tnx-adero. deaerve ecla! mention for their fine work. Allan Lodge ha a good voice and Is withal a vivacious and pleasing artreva. Frank Mornn, th i-UHtiiiiin olllcer, and Mown Hrandt and Whlah carried well their part. ttoiMrt Lett, aa Don Trocadero. tho ! captain general at Estrella. In the third .... ..... .... , . . " act, and the captain of on American privateer In the flr.il ait, was a host In himself. His mnaqucradc In Uncle I Sam's clothes and Inimitable dancing brought out rounds of uppluuxe. Ollbert Clayton as Boulelabtilsse, the smuggler, and Stanley Folch, as Tetlt Pierre, his apprentice, kept the house In an uproar whenever they appeared on the stage. They are comedians of I no mean ability and In the Indian song Ah-wah-lk-bmarl In the third net the audience fairly shouted ltolf hoarse Tho MIsKca Wanl and Muller. who gave the Spanish dance In the third act, are two of the most graceful danc ers who have appeared In this city. Their costumes wero unique and ele gant and the young ladles were obliged to respond to an encore. Tho opera as a whole was most ideas- ",K ln ev,'ry Par,,c.u,ar- The costuming " ." ttveuie, na-nasome nl tusty. The chorus was excellent, well drilled and Intelligent In Its work. The atage management was exception- ally goixl and the orchestra work wa IHPTfeCt. One of the numbers deserving es pecial a . L ...L . l . ",ne penlng ... .oi.m m i oy me Misses Johnson, Lodge and DeCostn. It was a gem and received the recognition It deserved. Another gem of the evening was the duet between Taul and Yvonne In the second act which was perfectly rendered. Tonight will be given "Tar and Tar- mr' one ol lne "W operas in the repertoire of the company, and the irreat versiillllt v nf the .Inmr. an, I ..... ,., . ,,,,, in? iumjf ui-iutiiiDitKICU. By special request Mr. Grau has con sented to produce "Ship Ahoy" at the matinee tomorrow instead of "The Beg gar Student." ' George Bartley's big lunch yesterday waa a great success, about 100 guests being served. The meat was cooked ln German atyle and was tender and Juicy. The hide of the elk was on ex hibition and is a handsome specimen. I . OX TIIAXRSGIYLNC An Enormous Crowd Saw the Chit-ago Game by Electric llijht. FAMOUS INDIANS DEFEATED Iykcd Vimn as Sure Winner, the Brown University Boy Lowered Their Colors. i ChW'ago, November 2t. In the big building In which, rite month ago W. J. Bryan was nominated fur prmtdent, 1 16.000 cheering football enthusiasts saw j the Unlveraity of Chicago defeat the atrung eleven from .the University of Mlchlgan In one of the most desperate- iy contented gamea ever played In Chi- ciui". l lie rwuu was a aurprlae to everybody, for the victory had been all but conceded to Michigan To llcnichbenfer, Chicago's full-back. belongs the honor of wlnnlnr the nm. in, punting was on of the feature. ljtn,i hi. goal from the Held, kicked Chicago could do little with MlcbJ- ; , . ,.. - i i . . " "'""i i ca KBina uviam on end playa In which .he dlaplayed aplen did Interference, or ,by the kicking of Jlerchbergir. Hamlll and Firth. Chl rago'a enda, both dl.tlngui.hed them aelvea by aome very pretty Ucklea. On tha Michigan aide, llngree In the flret half waa the whole thing, the plucky little fellow eeldom falling to make the required dlalance. He waa, however, forced to retire in the aecond haif, hla plai'e being taken by Bebart, who waa equally effective. , Michigan made frequent uae of the famoua Princeton tackle and guard back play, which were very effective. But few tricks, however, were resorted to by either aide, both relying on atrajght. hard football. One thing, at leaat waa aettled by the game, and that la that Indoor foot jball i literally and figuratively a howl ing aurceaa. The men bad no trouble , In catching puma. Jmd football waa played on ita merit, without the han HHcapa of a wet field or a strong v.ind. I Toward the end of the second half It got very dark and the spectators were ! treated to a novelty In the shape of I football by electric light, j "llox partlea," In fact, were not the least interesting feature of the game, replacing aa they did to a certain ex tent coaching partlea. w hlch, of course, were Impossible. The cheering waa ao loud at times the play had to be stopp ed on account of the inability of the players to hear the algnals. CORNELL DEFEATED. Philadelphia, November 21 Pennsyl vania, 52; Cornell, 10; and the agony Is over for this season. The Pennsylvania football eleven wound up the season of '96 this after noon by playing pretty much the same kind of a game as she has done all along; at times brilliant, at other times It would have put shame to a lot of school boys. Cornell played a really brilliant game throughout. With the exception of l!asford. the play was almost perfect, and had It not been for thn fn., . U . . . . K, , ' . Z , I, T lighter than the red and blue, there would not have been 22 points scored against them. Ther were very few attempts at tricks by either team. The Interfer ence of the team was not always U io wie Niimuaru. wmcn partially ac- 00lln,s f()r "1P 1'rilllnnt dashes by Ilea chum and McKeever. It was due en J l" ,,u BreHt P'aylng of Cornell's J ,httt bo,h ,,u'r touch-downs "m"0' y ateany plunges Into the i"eand a t occasional run around ends. McKecker, Httchie and Beaoham got the ball over the red ftnd blue gial line twice. STANFORD WON EASILY. San Francisco, November :'6. This city Is being painted a bright red to night, for Stanford won the annual fiHitb.Ul game from the University of California by a score of 20 to 0, and the crimson colors of the Talo Alto men are very much In evidence. Fifteen thous and people saw the game, which was too one-sided to be very exciting. The University of California was outplayed at every point. Its line was too weak tO U'lH.utt n.l V, .1 n C I .. ..1 ' . heavy men. and the wearer of the crimson walked up and down the Held ,,, .,,,. .. . almost as they pleased. Berkeley play. ed bravely, though It was a hopeless cose for them, but never could they put the Stanford goal ln danger. Stan font was coached this season by Cross, of Yale, and California had the ser vices of Butterworth, also of Tale. M. A. A. A. BEATS EUGENE. Portland, November 26. The Multno mah Athletic Club won from the Uni versity of Oregon football team today at Multnomah field ln a clean, hard fought game, by a score of 12 to 6. The club team's strong line and supe rior passing explain the university's de feat. Coleman, the university's left end, was the bright particular star of the day. Engene's first touchdown was made ten seconds before the close of the first half, and was rather flukey. The University, though, put up a stub- horn, defen.lv game. About 2.VM peo ple aaw the game, whl.h waa played on a frozi-n field, as hard as Iron. THE INDIAN'S DEFEATED. New York, November 21 One of tho moat Interesting game of football that has ever been played In this vicinity was that which took place this after noon on Manhattan Held between U-ams representing the Brown L'nlvemlty and the Carlisle Indian school, and which resulted in a score of 24 to 12 for (be Brown eleven. Ther were many exciting Incident and, although the result was disastrous to the Indiana, their play was excellent The Indians were looked upon by the knowing ones as sure victors, but the Brown irnlverslty boys more than held their own. CHAMPIONSHIP IN DOUBT. Chicago, November 2t. The football game between the Northwestern Uni versity and the University of Wisconsin resulted In a tie, to . The champion ship of the West is now In doubt, as all the teams except the Unlveraity cf Wisconsin have loat game and the tie tixlay would scarcely entitle them to the championship. HE GETS 12 A YEAR., He Has 132 to Show for Twenty-Two Tears' Work. Grover Cleveland receives, the highest salary paid to any government official In the United States 150.000 a year. "Old Bteve" Fallon, who drives the laundry wagon running between Belle vue hospital and the different city pris ons, receives the smallest remuneration of any public servant In this country 12 a year. While the amount of "Old Steve's" pay Is as distinctive. In a way. as the president's, it Is Just H9.998 lea. It can be aaid, however, that Steve does more worrying and figuring over his annual Income than the chief executive does over hla What Is more aston ishing Is the fact that Steve has a bank account. "Old Steve" was born ln Ireland and he came to this country when IS years old. His father and mother died short time before, and left him a small piece of land and a house, which he managed to sell ior .lfi00. He waa la America a short time when be engnged In the Junk business, and at the end of ten years he had found himself worth tlO.OOO, which to him seemed a large fortune. At that time he was about to be married. His business became bad and the bank in which he had placed his money failed. In a few months he round himself without a penny. The loss of his fortune Induced his sweet heart to marry another man. After a while "Old Steve" got rich again, but again he lost his money. He served through the war with brav ery. After the war he again went Into business, and again made a tidy for tune. Soon again he was "broke" and In Ill-health. From that time Steve became a fix ture at Bellevue hospital. After a while he was given the position of driver of the laundry wagon. On the 1st of every January he is paid 12 by Miss Alice Brennan. the superintend ent of the training school. He counts the days until the first of the vear comes. Not an hour passes that Steve Joes not figure out how long it will take him to save l".0. He has already placed IS In the Bowery savings bank, the result of twenty-two years of toll. During that time he has spent but 112 a little over 50 cents a year. New York Journal. NO TALKING IN PARIS THEATRES. From the St. Louis Republic. "Talk about disturbing the audience of a theatre," remarked' a gentleman yesterday, "you ought to see how par ticular they are In Paris. No such free and easy ways as those tolerated here are submitted to In that city. I remember attending a matinee a few years ago with a friend, also an Amer lean. It was Saturday afternoon, and the theatre, which was not one of the highest-priced, was crowded. We got good seats and all went well until I made some sotto voce remarks to my companion. I spoke ln a low tone and one which would have disturbed no body In this country. But you ought to have seen how those Frenchmen and women looked at us. We were trans fixed at once by a dozen pairs of angry eyes and the man who sat next to us clinched matetrs by exclaiming aloud 'Monsieur voulex vous vous tolre? This was only a shade politer than 'Will you shut up, air?' and he meant it. We took the hint and we shut up for the rest of the matinee. CHILLY IN UMATILLA. Pendleton, November 26. The cold weather today reached an intensity most unprecedented for this season. At several points In this county not In the mountains, the thermometer stands be low xero at 9 o'clock tonight and It Is growing colder rapidly. At Kamela, In the Blue mountains, the thermome ter registered 15 degrees below xero at 6 this evening. Prof. Beggs' class In dancing fur boys and girls will meet at Fisher's Hall Saturday morning at 9:30 on account or the matinee In the afternoon. Ladies and gent's class next Saturday even ing. Send In your names by mall. MR. LAMONTS ANNUAL REPORT Secretary of War Kccom meads Keor gaoizatioa of the Infantry. NO INCREASE IN ARMY ASKED Suggest! that the Government Furnish Useful Ann to Militia Columbia lilver Will Be Defended. Washington, November 2. In his an nual report, which was made public to day. Secretary Lamont renews hi previous recommendation that the In fantry be re-organlzed on the general Idea of three light and mobile batalllons of four companies each to the regiment. instead of the cumbersome ten com panies formation adopted a century ago and abandoned by other nation since the development of modern mag axlne rifles. A larger force of artillerists, but no Increase of the army, Is asked for. Investigation this year has shown a serious deficiency ln the arms and equipment of the state militia. When states furnish armories and defray all expenses Incidental to keeping their forces In training. Secretary Lamont suggests that the United States should provide them with Implements which they wilt need In active service arms and field equipment, as the supply on hand Is totally Inadequate for serious and prolonged field operations. The secretary recommends that Springfield rifles, calibre 45, be Issued to state troops; that states be allowed to return to the war department obaoltete arm and equipment, to be sold, and the pro ceeds credited to the states, and that state be allowed to purchase supplies from the pepartment at regular prices. The report shows that on the first of July. 1893, in our modern defense, but one high power gun was mounted. By the first of July next we will have In position seventy high-power breech- loading guns and ninety-five breech load ing mortars of modern design. The defenses now under consideration are distributed among the ports of Portland, Maine; Portsmouth, N. H.; Boston, Narragansett Bay, th-. eastern entrance to Long Island sound: the eastern and southern entrances to New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore. Wash ington, Hampton Roads, Wilmington. Charleston, Savannah, Key West. Pen- sacola, Mobile. New Orleans, Galvts'"n, San Diego, San Francisco and the mouth of the Columbia river and Puget Sound. THE BUSINESS REVIVAL. Detroit, Mich., November 2. The Michigan Malleable Iron Company has added 150 men to Its working force. Prior to the first of the month the works were being operated with a re duced force, but now 200 men are em ployed. Many contingent orders had been received before election, and these will furnish employment for all that can be put to work in this institution for the remainder of the winter. Pottsvllle. Penn., November 26. The Tilt Silk Mill, which had been working on about one-third Its capacity, re sumed on full time and full capacity yesterday. Over 300 hands are em ployed. Worcester, Mass., November 26. The shuttle factory of Dudley & Sons. Wil kinsonville, started on full time yester day, after working short hours for a number of months. COLD IN THE MIDDLE WEST. Denver, November 26. The storm and cold wave of last night and this morning have been severe in Eastern Colorado and Nebraska. In Denver the mercury has been going down for for ty-eight hours and is very close to xero. The greatest damage done by the storm is to telegraph wires, communication with the East being almost cut off. In Nebraska a strong wind has added to the discomfort caused by the low tem perature and unsheltered cattle are suf fering severely. PORTLAND MILL BURNED. Portland, November 26. The Inman St Poulsen's sawmill, situated on the east side, Just south of the Madison street bridge, was burned tonight. The plant was valued at $75,000 and on it there was $40,000 Insurance. It Is thought a portion of the machinery can be saved. The fire started In the n gine room, presumably from a spark. AboUt 150 men will be thrown out of employment. England had, In 1895, 1,711 co-opera tive societies, with 1.414.518 members. Highest of ill in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report ABSOLUTELY PUHG THE OBSERVANCE ACR0SST1IEP0ND Magnificent Thanksgiving Celebration by the American Colony, AMBASSADOR BAYARD ABSENT The Visit to th Queen Regarded as a Significant Compliment Many En thusiastic Toasts Drunk. London, November 2. The secona Thanksgiving dinner of the American Society took place this venlng in th Grand Hall of the Hotel Cecil. Henry S. Wellcome, chairman of the society, presided In the absence of the United States ambassador, who. with Mr. Bayard, was "comanded" to din with the queen at Windsor Castle. ' The dinner was on a more elaborate scale than any of the previous gather ings of the society, and about 200 la dies and gentlemen were present. The hall was splendidly decorated, a special feature of ornamentation. In addition to "the stars and stripes, which were everywhere displayed, ws a quantity of American corn specially brought over for the purpose. Behind th chair occupied by Mr. Wellcome was a repre sentation of the statue of liberty, and large American eagle, and near tha chairman, on a pedestal, was an enor mous pumpkin, sent as a present to Mr. Bayard. In the middle of the dinner there waa a surprise for the guests when each one received a leather-bound sou venir book containing portrait of Mr. Bayard and the American presidents, including Preeident-eiect McKlnley. Mr. Wellcome, chairman of the so ciety. In alluding to Mr. Bayard's re gretted absence, said that it was a good omen that the United States ambassa dor was a guest of the Queen at a Thanksgiving dinner. A toast to the president wa drunk with enthusiasm to the tun of "The Star Spangled Banner." All of the speeches eulogized Ambas sador Bayard and regarded the queen's Invitation to Windsor as a great com pliment. Sir Richard Webster, attorney gen eral, responded to a toast to "The Com munity of the English Speaking Peo ples, Who Are Now Emulating Each Other ln the Peaceful Paths of Science, Art and Literature." MR. WHITE RESIGNS From Parliament Said to Have Sailed for India London, November 21 The Dundee Courier announces that - James M. White, member of parliament for For farshire, has applied for the steward ship of the Chiltern Hundreds, the equivalent of resigning his seat ln the house of commons. Mr. White, who is the head of the firm of J. F. White 4 Co., importers of textiles ln New York, has recently become Involved in litigation connected with charges seriously affecting his personal character, and is said to have sailed for India. CABIN RATES GO UP. Minimum on Atlantic Steamers Raised to 15. London, November 26. The Atlantic Line steamships have decided to put Into force the decision of the conference of steamship managers In reference to the Increase of rates for cabin passen gers. The rates on the fast steamers will be raised so that the minimum will be 15 from England, while the slow boats will be allowed to carry passen gers on the same floss for 12. These increases will begin on December 1. NONE THE BEST OF ASTORIA. Cold Weather Predominates All Ove' Northern Oregon. Portland, November 26. The ther mometer registered 21 degrees above zero tonight, which is one degree cold er than it has been in Portland for 24 years on or before this date. It Is fear ed some damage may result to fall grain, and also to potatoes, many of which have not yet been dug. PHILIPPINE UPRISING. Said to Be Extending to all the Prov inces on the Island. Madrid, November 26. Advices re ceived from Manila say that the rising In the Philippines Is extnding to all of the provinces on the island. There is no bicycle plant In Japan that can turn out over 150 wheels In a year. mum n