7
M
ATOR PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIMiOH.
SAVE TIME
The Daily Astoria n
Tw Haj a Rsoiiub
J0 PfKUKtHT
MllH MODI THAN TMH TIM. 3 AS
lAIW.B At THAT Of ASK OTH1H KAI't
w Astoria
Iliiil Ufjkfttt VTT
I worry
An "Ad".
In TMI AnTOKIAK't
"WanltoluiM. '
EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT.
Mill
i ?! . ,
n islTT" in i mi, f ..I in
V3
New To-day.
Sicct-Mon to COrtlAXD THORSCil
Men's Boys' and
Youth's
SKooFShoes
WdtH
Cork SoIch
Now Toes
Colombia Shoe Go.
523 Commercial St.
ASPHYXIATION
ScnMitionnl Demise of .Mrs. Cooper
unil Her Diniyhtcr Hurriet.
matricide AM) SUICIDE
Thought That the Daughter, While
Temporarily limine. Turned on
the (Ian.
Largest and Finest
Lines of Holiday Goods
In the
i
Toys, Toys, Toy. Dull! In endle
varlnty. Iron and mml wagon; velo
cipede wagon; dull carriage.
I'lmtu and autograph album; flne
rhtna and Venetian glaa ware.
Christina and New Year card.
Large assortment of books In latest
tyle of bindings,
Call and examine our stock.
GRIFFIN & REED
CITY BOOK STORE
FOARD & STOKES COMPANY
THE
...Leading Merchants... 1
GltOCKItlEH.
flour.
MUX FEED.
FRUITS.
tobaccos,
liquors, ktc.
hardware,
tioat supplies,
ship chandlery,
chock kiiy.
glassware,
taint". oils, etc.
Special to the Astorlun.
Han Francisco, December II. The
death by asphyxiation of Mrs. Ha run 1 1.
Coopif and her daughter, Harriet, this
morning, 'has procured a profound sen
sation In this city. No woman In Hun
Francisco or on the Pacific Coast waa
so prominent aa Mrs. Cooper, who had
devoted her life to religion and philan
thropic work and waa actively connect
ed with every reform movement. She
waa assistant piurtor of the First Con
gregational church and took a promi
nent part In the prosecution of Itev.
C. O. Hrown for his alleged Immoral
relations with Miss Mnttle Overman.
Hhe waa a cousin of Col. Robert Inger
sol, with whom, despite their opposite
religious views, she maintained a warm
friendship.
The mother and daughter were found
lying dead In the same bed alxmt
o'clock by their Chlneae servant. Miss
Cooper had wrapped the clothes care
fully about her, but Mrs. Cooper had
evidently attempted to arise wheu ahe
di.-tw.led the escaping gas and waa too
much overcome to leave the bed. Two
gaa Jeta were turned on full and all
window and doors were carefully clos
ed. The coroner and police detectives
made a careful examination of the room
and concluded that, while the mother
slept, MIm Cooht hsd arisen, turned on
the gas Jeta. clo,-d the doors and win
dows, and then calmly returned to bed.
The officials are convinced that It waa
la case of matricide and auMde. Dr. clerks nf election. $442.60; messengers of
Worth, the fnnilly physician, state that jclectlon. Jttf.20; J. O. Hanthorn & Co..
I Mis X!Kpec had Inen suffering - for I JJO.OO. rxnt ioli'n --' No- 7. J.. W,
month from melancholia, with homl-1 Welch. 110 00. rent polling place No. 5
cMnl and suicidal tetidt-lu-lcs. Her fath- Thus. Mitchell, $3.00, making bMiths
ler committed suUlde .-n yours ago and jand rent, Corrle precinct: J. W. Bur-
two cousins, nephews of her father, preiiant. $16.S. lumber and labor er.vi.
also in mm It ted ulrlde. Harriet CiHr j lug guurd rails; C. H. Nelson. $2.00, con-
Ihad made several previous attempts to; stable Hear Creek precinct; A. W. Me.
enu ner uie, once attempting io jump , me, i.w. laKlllg election supplies to
from a Terry boat, and several time Corrle precinct; J. W. Hare. $20.00, sun
uniiouiiclng to her mother that "she dry election expense.
southeast corner of Section 27, Tp. 7 N.,
II. H W., all In Clatsop county, state of
Oregon; arid It sutlefm torlly appearing
to the tourt tliM due notice of the pre
sentation of this petition has been giv
en; It I ordered that N. Huxler, John
Adulr and A. it. McMillan be anoint
ed viewers, and P, E. Hickman, Pur
veyor, to view, survey and reiort upon
said road, and that they meet at the
residence of Chris. Peterson, Olney, on
Tuesday, December 15th, IfcWI, at 8
o'clock a. m.
Hills on General fund examined and
allowed a follows: '.
C. Nordstrom. 410.00, care of Horg
lund; Anna Ward, $10.00, care of Or
born. Mrs. Schroder tt 00, Mrs. Handy
M.M. Mrs. Pise Ifl.OO, Mrs. Gulnon $1.00.
Mrs. Nordlur.d $00, aJlowances for No
veni'xT; Oeo. flrown I.17.S0, ir. I. Find-
ley $.'17.50, H. A. Kozer $43.M, copying tax
roll; J. W. Hare. $93 M. board of pris
oners; Jay Tuttle $5 00, Dr. W.
l. Uaker $5.00. examination of In
sane; Kd. Hanson. $12.00, care of Phil
lp Johnson, lnsaie; II. N. Wright $.0O,
H. F. Lyman $3.00, C. A. Gearhart $9.00.
teat hers' examination; Foard Htoke
Co. $S.M, Ktove for alierlff' o(71c; Dally
Astoiian, $14.35, publishing proceedings
and notices; Herald Publishing Co.,
$.00, publishing proceeding; W. E. Jop.
Iln, $2.20, Juror mileage; F. I. Dunbar,
tamps, $1.00; Griffin Reed, $14.S, sta
tlonery; J. H. Delllnger, $3.50, blanks for
sheriff's office; F. W. Ferguson $3.50,
ilas Irudhomro $3.14. blank for
clerk' office; I. W. Hare. $3.00, stamp.;
J. W. Hare. $.S8, expense serving pa
pers, circuit court; H .W. Sherman
$l.W expressae; costs, State vs. C.
You.ig, $25.30; cost coroner' Inquest A.
Vi-arae, I78..5; A. Davidson, $16.00.
building two bridges In Road Dlst. No.
14; W. J. Ingalls, $$.00, fender boom for
Lew Is andClarke brldtre; Campbell Bros
w.iw, provisions Mrs. Raymond. Onto.
ber and Novesnber; Rosa. Hlggins &
Co., $S.W, provision Murphy. $5.S5. pro-
visions uannisn; A. v. Allen 110.00, pro-
vlklons Polio. October, $10.05; provis
ions Pelter. November, $.00; Mr. Buk-
ko, $i.00 ilakku, $5.05 Mary Peterson,
16 10 Westerberg; Hcholrleld A Hauke,
$4.5. prnvutkitiB Matson; judges and
W sr. iHislcr In the Atxiv. I. In... and carry th. Most Complrt Stock
ol mh In the NorihwMl.
e i j t
Clarkson & McjrYin Boom Company
LONG FIR PILING
promptly Furnished
216 mi 217 Chamber of Commerce
Portland. Orefon
I.KAVK OKOKK
AT S3 -MMKK-CIAL.
HTHKKT
Astoria Asphalt and Roofing Co.
All Work Guaranteed
N. JEN5EN and R. O. HANSEN
Moof Paiintlnu
and Hspalring Luky Riwla,
longil to turn on tlu gas at night,
so that 'she and her mother could puss
away tiethers"
Mrs. Cooper concealed her daughter's
condition from all except a few Inti
mate friends and had arranged to take
her daughter East soon to place her In
care of relatives, hoping the change
might restore her health. Harriet left
a note to the coroner requesting that
the bodies might not be removed to the
morgue. Mr. Coopers will, dAed two
months ago, refers to a probability of
her early demise, and also alludes to
the possible death of her daughter. All
her bequests are made with the Idea
that her daughter would not survive
her, as If she anticipated a double
death.
J.A FAST ABEND,
GENERAL CONTRACTOR.
HOUSE, BRIDGE AND (OHARF BUILDER
HOUftlC MOVKR,
Moms Moving Tool lor R.at.
ASTORIA ORKOON
Emil Schacht
ARGJ1ITECT
GEO. NICOLL, Assistant.
OFFICE:
Kopp's fiew Brewery
J. B. WYATT,
Phon No. !
A .tor la, Orsgos
THE COVNTY COt'RT.
Compiled by F. I, Dunbar. County
Clerk, by Order County Court
Groceriea,
Proviaiona,
PAINTS and OILS.
psclal Attention Paid ta Supplying Ships.
B.F.AUIiEH&SOjN
' Wall Papar, Artists' Malarial.. Palsti,
Oil., Glaa., etc, Japan... Mattings,
Rug. and Banboo Goods
35 Commercial Street
F. B. Morgan
PASSCNOER AdHNT
0. R. & N. Company
Columbia Rlv.r Rout
254 Vahlti(tnn St,
Cor, Third
Portland. Or.
ALLEN'S
Cut Rate
Ticket Ottkb
...TMCATRICAL BOOKING A IT.CIALTY..
no TniRii st FYm,TLAia, or,
a. Vx Allen,
, Dealer in ,
Groceries, flour, Feed, Provisions, Fruit
Vegetables, Crockery, Glass and
Plated Ware. Loggers' Supplies.
Cot. Tenth and Common lal street.
SEASIDE SAWMILL.
A complete stock of lumber on hand
in the rough or dressed. Flooring, rus
Uu, colling, and all kind of finish;
moulding end shingles; also bracket
work don to order. Terms reasonable
and prtoes at bedrock. All orders
promptly attended to. Office r.nd yard
at mill. H. r. L. LOO AN, Prop'r.
Seastds, Orron.
Hardware. (omdai Report.)
, I" the county court of the State
onip W IlQuaiery, l Oregon, In and for the County of
Clatsop, Wednesday, Dec. 9th, 1S96, 1st
da;-; present, Hon. J. H. D. Gray,
Judge; C. I'eterson and Howell Lewi,
commissioners; F. I. Dunbar, clerk;
and Jaa. V. Hare, sheriff.
Court met and was duly opened at
t0:30 o'clock.
Petition from Frank M. Warren read,
asking to have all that portion
of the town of Warrenton Center lying
north of a line running east and west
across the N. A. Eberman Donation
Land ClnJm from a point N. 15 E. 89.99
chains from the southeast corner of
said Eberman D. L. C, vaoated; no ob
jection appearing thereto same Is grant
ed and so ordered.
Bond of C. W. Canmhan, county As
sessor, for $5,000.00, with J. N. Grlffln
and F. A. Fisher, sureties, examined
and approved,
It appearing Id thti court that the
recent frcsheta hive further damaged
the brlrlg across Hear creek, in Section
27i Tp S N It. 9 W., necessitating fur-
tiler examination; It Is ordered that the
opening of the hid asked for Tiy the su
pervisor be and Is hereby deferred for
the present. , , 1
The engineer pot being feavly at this
time to report In the matter of the loca
tion of the proposed bridge across
Young's Klver. It Is ordered that the
matter be continued until Monday, De
cember 21st, lS9.
Now come John dinner and presents
the petition of himself and thirteen
others to locate a ounty road, as fol-lowsi
Regaining at the 8S mile post on the
conftly road running1 from Astoria to
Jewell, vli., Olney (said road being com
monly called th Nehalem road), said 85
mile post being situate In Section 19,
Tp. 7 N., R. 8 West, Clatsop county,
state of Oregon, thenoe running by the
most practical route In a southeasterly
direction through Sections 19, 20, 29, 28,
27 and 34, In Tp. 7 N R. 8 W. to the
UNION MEAT CO.
SHIELD BRAND
Hflias, BACON, M1D
CONDENSED MEATS
guarantegDths best
mlN TUB MARKET...
Cor. 4th and Cilsan Sts
Portland oregon
A.STORTA. tftON MVTjRKa
CosconlirSi.lootolJackton Attorl.
Goneral Machinists anJ Boiler Makesr
Land Knd Marin. Enjlnei. Qollw work, Staaw
, boat and Cannary Work s Specialty. . i , j
C(SlRi(S of All Dncrlptlon. Mm to Ordar OS
Short Nolle..
fohn Fox., ..Preettont and Superintendent
A. U Fox Vlo President
p. B. Prael Baoretary
Fhst National Bank, Treasurer
lillls on special road fund examined
and allowed a fonws:
Ole Estoos $13.i0, J. U. Kepley $S.W, O.
C. Hokensinlth $S.00. J. A. Richardson
$S.0i), labor, Foard stokes Co., $3.00,
mills, Clatsop Mill Co. $13.00, lumber.
M. Stenstrom, $1S.00. hauling lumber,
bridge No. 5, Astoria and Olney road;
V. D. Bell $11.87. Frank Lyons $7.00.
laying puncheon, Richard Harry $47.50,
D. M. Campbell $18.00, Chas. Stiles
$1100. Otto Grinde $12.00. Frank Ttau.
mond $11.00. William Raymond $2.60,
surveying location Young' Itlver
bridge. Astoria Road Dlntrtot: D. F
Stafford $4.00, E. T. Stafford $3.75. labor
Road Dlst No. J; P. S. Phllbrlck $11.60,
A. J. Cloutrie $4.50. labor Rnail ni
No. S; Andrew- Pallender. $19.00, labor
Road Dlst. No. 4; R. R. Cole, $1.60. labor
Road Dlst. No. 5; F. Ohwn 60c, nulls.
John Glaaer $4.00, Chris Peterson $o.2u,
John Stalker $10.00, labor Road Dlst. I
No. 7; P. Klnnev 115.00. labor RmH
Dlst. No. 9; J. Pearson $6.00, A. Moody
$CO0, labor Road Dlst. No, 10; E .Cole
$6.00, O. A. Cole $8.00. labor T?oa,1 nif
No. IS.
Ordered that court adjourn until to-
morow at 9:30 a. m.
Thursday. December 10. 189S second
day present term; same present as yes
terday.
Petition from D. H. Welch read, ask
ing a tax sale of lots 5 and 6, block 132,
Shlvcley's Astoria, purchased for de-
nnquet taxes for 1891, be cancelled
same having been assessed to J. W.
Welch and tax paid for said year.
Same being a double assessment, It is
ordered that said petition be granted.
Clerk reports the following warrants
issued for relief, have not been deliv
ered, to-wlt: No. 3396, Mrs. N. Davlch,
?; No. 4518, Wm. Koch, $5; No. 5049,
F. A. Wilson, $8; No. 4943, F. A, Wilson,
$8 No. 4678, F. A. Wilson. $S. And it
appearing that the person named and
to whom the warrants were issued
have ceased to be a charge upon the
county. It Is ordered that the above
warrants be and they are hereby re
called.
TARIFF
EXTRA SESSION
Idea Meets With General Approval hj
Republicans of the House.
DILL WILL SOON BE FRAMED
Reed Will Probably Again Be Chosen
Hpeaker Democrats Do Not Want
New land.
Washington, December 11. The pro
gram of the way and mean commit
tee to prepare a tariff bill for an extra
session of congress vs the only topic
of discussion about the house today and
met with genera approval among the
Republicans. It Is expected the bill
will be brought forward very early in
the extra, session and passed under a
rule fixing the time for debate, so Its
fate will be In the hands of the senate
early. All of the Republican members
of the ways and mean committee have
been elected to the next congress and It
I assumed that Mr. Reed will again
be chosen speaker, and will not change
the personnel of th committee, so that
there Is no probability of any effort to
do the work again.
Democrats are not pleased at the sug
gestion that Newlands, Independent sil
ver member from Nevada, who Is a pro
tectionist, be given the late senator
Crisp' chair at th committee table.
Chairman Reed seldom sided with the
minority about committee appoint
ments, and has not done so In this
casj.
MITCHELL'S BILL.
Washington, December 11. Senator j
Mitchell, of Oregon, has Introduced a
bill In the senate declaring the Intent
of the act of 1868, indemnifying the
state for expenses In maintaining the
national defense.
By a decision of the court of claims
the interest on the money was not al
lowed. This was reversed by the su
preme court, but, a the treasury de
partment had passed opor. the- claims.
It refuses, under the Docery law, to
re-open them without further legislation.
Mitchell s bill Is to cover this point.
Nearly every state Is Interested In the
matter and the interest charges have
been disallowed.
toward their state. There has been. Mr.
Fee declared, no change In rates from
St. Paul to North Pacific coast points
for two years, nor since the organiza
tion of the Transcontinental Passenger
Association, and there Is no Immediate
prospect of any change being made In
the present rate. The story had th
effect of stirring up the other transcon
tinental roads to a large extent, how
ever, and there was all Kinds of talk
about meeting the rate and calling
a meeting of the transcontinental lines
and other things of a like nature.
Dr.
THEY KNEW EACH OTHER.
Brown and Alattie Overman Meet
Tnder Peculiar Circumstances.
MURDER IN ALASKA.
Two Women Kllled-A Judge's Plain
Instruction to a Jury.
Port Townsend. December 11. The
steamer WHIapa, from Alaska, brings
word of another brutal murder on
Douglass Island, th second of the kind
within three weeks. Two Indian wom
en were killed, the murderer being an
Indian named Shoga, and one woman
wa his wife. Shoga gave himself up
to the police and confessed that he
stabbed the two women. He was In
dicted by the coroner's Jury.
Judge Delany delivered a sensational
charge to the grand Jury on the admin
istration of Justice in Alaska. It has
been publicly charged on the authority
of prominent citizens that it Is practl
FIVE HUNDRED
WEREDROWNED
further Details of the Wreck or the
Spanish Steamer Salicr,
BUFFETED BY HEAVY SEAS
The CaptaJo Lost His Reckoning In the
Fog and Struck a Ledge of Rocks,
Sinking With All Hands.
Comnna, Spain, December 11. Tt Is
now thought that between 400 and 500
people were drowned in the wreck of
the steamer 6aller. She was command
eb by Captain Wetnpe, atid had gen
eral cargo. The disaster occurred dur
ing a dense fog and heavy weather. The
Sailer had a fearful passage from Bre
men to this port. Two of her boats
were swept overboard by th heavy sea
which beat over ber and ahe sustained
other damage. ,
The steamer struck Monday night last
on a ledge of rocks two and one-half
miles from this place. She was bound
to Villa Garcia, where she was to ship
another lot of steerage passengers
cally Impossible to secure convictions 1 bound for Buenos Ayres. It was night
in Alaska for alleged violations of the
liquor laws and the fisheries law, be
cause It Is alleged the liquor men and
cannery men work together, with the
result that It is impossible to secure
Jury that will return a verdict of
guilty. The Judge charged the Jury to
either indict the men who are thus
openly charged with defiance of the
law, or else Indict those who are re
sponsible for the publication referred
to for libel and slander.
BUSINESS CONDITIONS.
New York. December 1L-
tomorrow will say:
There has been no Improvement
-Bradstreets
In
tune and th Sailer had to run far
enough south to clear the rocks off Cape
Corrubedo before starboarding ber
helm and heading southwest, gradually
pointing up westward and then In
northerly direction in order to head Into
the bay leading up to Villa Garcia. But
Captain Wempe seems to have been
thrown out of his reckoning by the fog
and rain and to have headed to port
too soon, with the result that; he failed
to clear the rocks below Cape Corru
bedo and went down with his ship and
all hands.
Of the steerage passengers there were
I some Gottmana and about 200 Span
iards, according to estimates, all on
Petition l.-om J. MeCormac, agents
for Viola Kant, road, asking for re
bate of taxes. Ordered referred to the
Astoria common council.
The keeper cf the LewU Mut tMarke
bridge, having notified the court that
said bridge Is being Injured by certain
persons fastening Kgs and rafts to
th bridge rest tt Is ordered that he
be Instructed V) notify all persons that
under section 1972, laws of Oregon, "If
any-pOTse-lia shall injure or obstruct any
highway or bridge, such person upon
conviction thereof shall be punished by
Imprisonment In the county Jail, or
fine," said said law will be enforced and
that , a copy thereof be posted upon
said bridge.
Petition from the First National
Bank, read, asking that the assessment
heretofore made by the assessor for the
year 1896, against Its personal assets.
(Continued on Fourth Page.)
Chicago. December 11. "The Lord
saves; he has saved meof all sinners
the, lowest!" Uttered with fervor, these
words rang from the lips of a young
woman at the Salvation Army meeting
In Wlllard Hall last Tuesday noon. Her
eyes wandered over the little sea of
heads bowd In prayer. At the sound
of her voice one of the heads Involun
tarily turned toward her. A man with
pallid face started as though to rise.
The eyes of the two met for a moment
and there was a flash of recognition.
Then the man recovered control of
himself. He resumed his seat and
through the remainder of the service
sat with bowed head and shame-faced
mien.
Few In .the audience saw the little
scene. The two were the principals In
the notorious Overman-Brown church
trial In San Francisco Rev. Charles O.
Brown and Miss Mattle Overman. At
the close of the trial Miss Overman
Joined the Crittenden workers. Hence
forth she will be known as Sister Mar
tha. It was while on the way to Wash
ington, D. C. where she goes to assist
Mrs. Emily Walter Barrett In rescue
work, that Sister Martha happened In
to Wlllard Hall.
A FATAL MISTAKE.
Well Known Operator Takes Morphine
to Insure Sleep, and Never Awoke.
San Francisco, December 11. Oscar
E. Hammond, a telegraph operator
known all over the Pacific coast, died
suddenly at QaWand. this morning.
Hammond was employed as a telegraph
operator In the San Francisco office of
the Associated Press and acted In the
same capacity In Seattle for several
years.
A coroner's Inquest was held tonight
and the Jury returned a verdict of death
from an overdose of morphine taken
without suicidal Intent. It Is supposed
that Hammond was suffering from In
somnia and took morphine to Insure
sleep. He waa 38 years Old and leaves
a wife and six children.
general trade this week except in boll- j their way to Argentine Republic If the
day specialties. Unseasonable weather 'disaster bad occurred after the Sailer
has again delayed the demand for win-; had touched at Villa Garcia, the ksa of
ter goods and the approach at the pe--jllfe. would va -bea much greater,
riod for stock-taking will prolong the I -season
of dullness well Into the month, j OUR ASSESSMENTS.
The tendency of prices Is more oonsplc- i
uously downward. Many who have Astoria. December 11. (Editor Asto
been extremely bullish as to wheat rlan) I notice In an Interview with Mr.
prices regard a reaction as likely, not- i Wingate published in today's Astorian.
withstanding the outlook for greater; that he makes the assertion that city
firmness and higher quotations during property Is assessed this year for $400,
the latter part than during the first; 000 in excess of last year's valuation.
part or the current cereal year. Thls Is untrue. The assessment made
There are 3S1 business failures report-1 by me In 1S96 was as follows:
ed In the United States this week, an- j Town lots $1,834,447
other Increase as compared with the Improvements B04 05S
average In recent weeks.
Total $2,32.8,50$
Last year's valuations for town and
city lots and improvements thereon
were as follows:
Town lots $1,776,079
Improvements 550,020
MACEO PROBABLY ALIVE.
Key West, December 11. Maceo's
death Is still discredited by the greater
number of prominent Cubans here. Yet
there are numbers who fear It Is true.
All await the arrival of the steamship
from Havana tomorrow, however, be
fore conceding Its truth. The Spanish
consul received notice of Maceo's death
yesterday. The report that Dr. Zurtel-
cha, who was Maceo's physician, had
seen Maceo's body exhumed. Is untrue.
It Is learned from a reliable source that
Zurtelcha was never Maceo's physician.
TO FIGHT FOR CUBA.
Denver, December 11. Orders were
Issued today for the return of all mem
bers of the national guard to-Leadville
for duty. This applies to several hun
dred men who have been at home on
Indefinite leaves of absence, and Is said
to be due to the fact that over 200 of
them are alleged to have Joined a com
pany now being raised in Denver for
service in Cuba. A recruiting office
has been opened here for the last three
days, and about three hundred names
have been enrolled.
Total $2,326,099
Or $2,403 lees than that of 1896.
I am aware that the state board of
equalisation reduced in 1895 the assess-
i ment 10 per cent. They have yet to act
on this year's. I sincerely hope that
the state board will make a reduction
j of at least 20 per cent
A. GIBBONS, Assessor.
Astoria. December 11th, 1S96.
A WASHINGTON SCHEME.
Sister State Speculators Resort to Nov
el Schemes to Trap th Unwary.
Chicago. December 11. General Pas
senger Ageht Fee, of the Northern Pa
cific, who waa In Chicago today, de
clares that the reports of a $25 rate
made by the Northern Pacific and Great
Northern from St. Paul to North Paci
fic, coast points are without foundation
In fact.
The same story, he says, was started
about one year ago and In both In
stances It came from land speculators
in the Btate of Washington, who circu
lated the report of cut rates In the
hope that Immigration would set In
LIL AT THE HORSE SHOW.
San Francisco, December 11. The an
nouncement that ex-Queen Lilluokalanl,
of Hawaii, would stteud the horse show
tonight proved a greater attraction
than the blooded horses, and the pa
vilion was crowded with society people
eager to associate with royalty, even
though It was of a dethroned kind. The
dusky ex-queen drove to . the pavilion
with a party of friends and occupied a
conspicuous box. ,
THE MARKETS.
Portland. December 11. Wheat, Wal
la, 80c; Valley, 8384.
Liverpool, December It Wheat, spot,
dull; dtniand, poor; No. 2 red spring,
6s 8VW; No. 1 California, 7a.
Hops At London, Pacific Coast, 3 13s
CREEDON WINS FROM O'BRIEN.
IN SIAM.
Railway Age.
The oriental, sub-tropical kingdom of
Slam, with an area considerably larger
than that of the great state of Texas,
and with a population of some 6.000,000,
has awakened to the desirability of
railways, and the United States minis
ter there writes that American Invest
ors, manufacturers and engineering ex
perts may find a profitable field for
enterprise. He enumerates five pro
posed railways, each from 40 to 100
miles long, and says that short electric
roads, water works, sewerage systems
and other undertakings are needed.
While tt must be remembered that the
English, German and Danish have the
advantage of precedence In that coun
try. It Is not Improbable that American
"push" in that direction might be re
warded, The minister of public works
may be addressed at Bangkok. ,
" i
WHY HE WANTED A DIVORCE.
From Tid-Blts.
"I hardly think." said the lawyer,
"that you can get a separation from
your wife on account of ber making a
practice of throwing things at the dog."
"But," said the man with the haggard
look, and the black eye, "every time
she throws at the dog she hits me."
The discussion on the makeup of th
next- cabinet has revealed the fact that
New York, December 11. In the fight In the minds of statesmen a senator-
between Creedon and O'Brien tonight, j ship Is better than a cabinet position
Creedon won In the third round. any day.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
WlsJ S .) 1 '
CP
ABSOLUTELY PUCE
J
M