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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1896)
V r t i . ., I j..i;,.4). f ;ii30ssvi8VinjraMViiiMS SAVE TIME iru"'!" How? The Daily Astoria n H A RllOOlAS AND PBMMAMHNT HIIU 1 ...Family Circulation... Much kki than thm Tints as LAPoB A THAT Of AKV OIHIB rArll m Astoria. An "Ad" In Thk Atomn'i "Warn Column." ICXCLUS1VK TKUICGKAPHIC PRICSS REPORT. VOL. XI,V. ASTORIA, ORK.ON, THURSDAY MORMXO, DKCKMHKIt 21, 18!)0. NO. m Ladies', Misses' (tacccusora to tOI'tUM) N TttOKHT JH Largest and Finest Lines of Holiday Goods In the City.... Toy. Toya, Toya. Dolls In endless variety. Iron and wood wagons; velo elpede wagnne; J I carriages. I'hnto and autograph albums; fin china and Venetian glass war. Christmas and Nr Year rarda, l.arx assortment of books In IbimI al In of bindings. Call and examine our stock. GRIFFIN & REED CITY BOOK STORE YOJULLLMll CAN BO PLACED TO BETTER ADVANTAGE IN ... AT FOARD & Than WA TDACU bit oooti. tsr.ru and nU InAjn onxntNTU rrir.sr.MS Qarkson & Alcjrvin LONG FIR PILING Promptly Furnished Astoria Asphalt and Roofing Co. All Work Hoof INilntlnu and Hplrlnu Uky Houl J. A KASTAHLCND, OBNEKAL CONTRACTOR, HOUSE, BRIDGE AND EHfiRF BUILDER HOUHK MOVKR. Hoase Moving TnIi for Real. ASTORIA OREOON Emil Schacht ARGHITEGT GEO. NIC0LL, Assistant. omen: Kopp's flew Brewerg B.F.AliliEN&SON Will Peper, Artltli' Material!, Paints. CMIi, Glase, etc. Japanese Mattlnia, j ' Ruf i And Bamboo Good! 36g Cc mmerclal Btreet. F. B. Morgan PASSUN'MR AQENT 0. R. & N. Company Columbia River Rout 2U4 Vaahlnflton St. r n- Cor. Third rui uaim, ui. ALLEN'S Cut Rate Ticket Office ...TtlCATKICAL BOOK IXC. A SPECIALTY.. I0 THIKU NT., fOHTLANO, OK. A. V. ALLEN, DEALER IN Groceries, Flour, Feed, Provisions, Fruits Vegetables, Crockery, Glass and Plated Ware. Loggers' Supplies. Cor. Tooth and Commercial streets. and"ChIIdrens Kid Spring-Heel ShOeS New Today New Toes Nobby Shoes Little Gents' Shoes Colombia Shoe Go. 523 Commercial St. Holiday Goods STOKES' at Any Place In Town Boom Company 216 anl 217 Chimfcer of Commerce Portland. Ortfon I.KAVK (IkiHtKH MMKK- KKT Guaranteed N. JENSEN and K. O. HANSEN J. B. WYATT, Phone No. 6s Astoria. Oreioa Hardware, Ship Chandlery, Groceries, Provisions, PAINTS and OILS. poclal Atteatloa Paid la Supplying Ship. SEASIDE SAWMILL. A complete atock of lumbar on hand In the rough or draaaed. Flooring, rua tlo, oalllrui, and all klnda of flnleb; mouldtna-a and ahtnflea; also bracket work dona to order, Term reaaonabl and prtcea at bedrock. All order promptly attended to. Offlc and rard at mill. 11. F. L. LOGAN. Prop'r. 8eaalda, Oret-on. UNION MEAT CO. SHIELD BRAND HfliMS, BflGON, MHD CONDENSED MEATS GUARANTEED THE BEST ...IS THE MAKKCTn. Cor. 4th and Clisan Sts PORTLAND OREGON ASTORIA IRON WORKS Coocoaly St.. loot o( Julttoo, Alorl. General Machinists and Boiler Makesr Lend ml Marine Engines, Boiler work. Sum boat end Cannery Work a Specialty, Castings of All Descriptions Mads to Order oa Short Notice. John Fox....Preeldent and Superintendent A. L. Fox Vloe President O. B. Prael Beoretaxr First National Bank Treasurer THE NICARAGUA CANAL BILLS I'Rtlfk' Coast States Should I'usli for Thdr I'asMidc This Session. Will. IIKIMJ I'OI'll.ATION Aatorla Vull IkmiIiIk Hh KIxi- III I'lvc V-ur Iv'ttT from a WmII Known N-w York llHiiHnr N.-w Vo,k. l.-'enit'r IK (Ivlltor A lorlun ( I rwvlvwl ymir li'tlT of Ir- ihmiiImt rah upon my n-turn from lon- ilon a f"'W days You aaki-d nic In that li-tt r wh.it turv th- hunri-a for IritlalHtloit t thl aaloii of cotiKri-NM uini the NU-nraKua ranul iU-stlim. I i an answer Hiut tlwy an- fnvoruliU', ut th-it nturh di pMula upon III jmialalen- ry of tti nn-mlKfa of coiiKif"" from the I'm I tic Toual. If you i nn stir up a w. llnn nt MmiiK ly In faxor of lmm'tlluti' artlon liy thla coiit.-n en on the mini lillla whli h huva li-n rfportxl favorably by txrth Hie srtiHli and hous- loinmlttiN-s of thin ongrraa, you can do much to aid the Ituatlon. The canal will double the population of Orron In rlvt yrara af ter work l nrtuly startrd undi-r I'nlti'd Stuta irovprnnu-nt rotitnl. Aa torla will double hT population In h-aa than that tiiw. You can rsevrr ttri nudi irrowlh. on the r'ai lllc coaat until thr canal la asatirrd. Hi'iKAC'E L. HOTC'HKISH. Tin-re la little doubt In the nilmla of thinking mm tmlay that the ultimata hnpr of prHipllne; tho Paclllr coeust tatm Ilea In th- completion of the Nl-araa-uan canal. Concmes la In a mood now to conslil.T th aubJN't, and t-vrry I'ai Itlc rMl atat ahould err to It that her rvprravntallvt-e) In Washington tuke a U'diled atand In thla matter. Orenon la particularly Interexted In th outcome f this apm lal letcMatlon. Astoria and the western portion of the atate are now making ape-iaj efforta to eecure eople. tart fai lori.n ami build up a great oimiiH-rclal port. Soino pruarcne will lw made undoubtedly by the hullilliiK of the rullnw.l, and the completion a i ipnnm rrl.il ilrydM k. exMirt saw mill ami tin plnte fn. toiy Hut it seems to be a plain (m l thiu the suct-eas almeil at, nml the KreHleni ile eUipn)1lls can only be reached thnxiich the completion of the NliiiniKtm canal. The I'nlted Si.iteH government In the one to under take and push the work forward. The 1'ntlrlr coast stntea aH ought to urge coiiKVess ti the necessary action. The cortncctloii of the I'ai'lllc and At lantic iH-euns by a waterway only 160 miles in length, means the savins of thousands of miles f distance between Kurope and all Pacific eoost porta In America, as well ns Japan. China and India. It also me&na that Instead of taking live or six month to ship a cargo of wheat from Astoria to Liver pool, shipments will lx made In thirty Inys or lesa time throuKh the canal by freight steomera, which are rapidly coming Into use, but which could only make the trip around the Horn In about ninety days. With this enlarged com- mi rce and trtcrc.ii.ed manufacturing In- Wistrlcs. there would be no limit to the grow th of the Pncltlo coast state, whose climate and natural resource are un surpassed. Dependent as they are now upon lung ti-ajiAcoiitlnental railway ser vice for their freight nnd passenger trairic from the Kant, two or three life times would be necessary for their full levelopment. Kiigland. France and tiermany. ajid our own middle-west states are full of young men who have hoard of the balmy shore of California ind tin- n. the wonderful tewmrcea of both of these slates. u well as Wash ington, Idaho and Montan. but who have been deterred from emigrating biHMtise of the exiHms of reaching the west, the high pricoa for living here, and the thin (topulutlon. Given cheap means of traiiiortatlon w hich can ac commodate thousands In a seaaon. and thousands w ill Immediately avail them selves of the) opportunity of reaching the fertile Pacific shores. I'nder any view of the circumstances which can sslbly be taken, there is but one duty for every citizen of the stale of Oregon, and that Is to Impress Uxm his representatives In the United States congress the Imiwrtance of push ing forward to a, successful Issue the Nicaragua rami I bills now before that Isidy. TOMOHItOW'S 11 A MR. Civilians and Soldiers Will Meet at Football ait Fort Canby. Following Is the line-up of the A. F. C. football team which will play the left wing of the United Htatca army at Fort Canby Chrlstmus morning: Fred Holt, left end; C. Eastland, left tnckle; Arthur Went worth, left guard; H. Lelnenweber, right guard; Ous Smith right tackle; W. Young, right end; II. Young (captain), quarter back; "Chic" May word, right half; J. Young, left half; W. Crutiby, full back; substitute, lan Allen, C. T. Crosby and Ed. Han sen. Since their crushing defeat In Van couver the l(H?al boys have learned a thing or two and have fully determined not be to trodden under foot by any more soldiers. The boys are not over- confident of winning. Iml the wore will be something Im-IIit than r,2 to 0. The loams are almost evenly matched, the oliers having a slight ndvaiitage In weight and prarllre. The ial boys lire going In to win, regardleaa of dx tor's bills or IwiKpltdl fees, i.nd that th'mc who atO'lid will see a g'ssl game rwh without suylng. Cnl.y Is showing up well at the full b&i'k and will All Slice ''runt's place MtlsfttJ t.rrlly. ( I.ATMiP HOYK. Hold Their iwn In tin- Various Col lege Astoria. l)eci-mlMr 21 (lOdltor Asto-rliiil.l- Two remarkably In tenanting d's uiio'iits reiu hi d mr In a re ent mall; one an Invitation to attend the graduat ing exercise at the Cooper Medical College, Kan Krancls-o, at lis last com mencement; thw other to le irent at the wedding of one of the graduates, a week or so Inter. What give point to this Is the rlr cumstaiice that the young man In ques tion, whom It might s-iii a tittle too personal to name h.rc. Is a Clatsop county Isiy, and has tieen working with unremitting energy fir eight years to attain the professional position now conferred. What gives atlll further point is the fact that he has accomplished this en tirely by his own efforta. It waa the ambition of hla parenta that he aa well as their other children ahould have the best advantages, but they lacked the means. The boy. however, could not ace that that waa bn Insuperable ob jection, and went ahead precisely aa if his parents were millionaires and probably with much more determina tion. All hla ahlfta and struggles would make a long atory, but hla persistence and ow Ing also to a friendly hand here and there he found the means ns It waa neded. He refused to take short cuts In his studies, but meavnt that his diploma ahould be worth something when he got It. The result la, a well equipped man, with a profession that not only will give him a living, but a life-long enthusiasm and means of use fulness. Hla natural capacities were good; per haps a little extra. He aaved them up. while others were dawdling he waa working. Hla advantage were no bet ter than any other.' hut he has proved that they were giuid enough. It ia fre quently uaked why It ia that the hoys and young men of this county and c ity so frequently turn out worthless. Some lh It on the climate, others say It Is ilue to the smalt poulaiion and lack of chances. It certainly Is neither. Pos sibly It is owing In the first place to their parents" expecting little or noth ing of them: and In tho next to their ow n preference for amusement to work. I'nder home encouragement and rigid self-discipline our boys will be as Am bitious and reach as high a position as any. There Is still one unfortunate feature, houvver. and that la that in order to advance fur the young folks are obliged to go elsewhere to study; and generally nice gone, they find positions outside and do not come back. So we lose sotne of our best young men and young wom en. The lesson of this Is that advan tages for higher culture ought to be es tablished here. VI. S. L. THK C.AMBLr.Il. At the Clutnbla Inst night the Ada IovUk Company scored another suc cess In "The Humbler." The play Is a western one, and the plot is full of In terest from beginning to end. Ada l.e vlck aa Annie Dcnnison, made a great hit. and she waa well suptorted by the various members of her excellent com pany. The thrilling scene) and realistic tableaux called for hearty encores. Ev ery man who has lived In the West has sis'ii Just such Incidents aa were por trayed on the stage lutt night. Tonight "The Hambler" will be re leated, and on Friday and Saturday nights the celebrated Irish comedy Kil larney will be presented. In this play Emmett Sheridan, the famous Irish comedian and sweet singer, will make his first appearance with the company. "Klllarney" is full of humor, pathos and beautiful songs, intermingled with a charming story. Saturday evening the engagement will clone, although the company have been urgently re quested to present their famous melo drama, "Jane." Mr. Harry Gamhert, If the Ada Le vlck Company, now playing at the Col umbia Theatre, has already establish ed himself a favorite in Astoria. He Is a clever actor ajid his performance of Willard Hraham In "The Gambler." Is one that will long be remembered by our theatre goers fir Its excellence. SECOND DAY OF XMAS DEC. M. The Sunday school of the Sw. Luth eran church will have a festival and Xmas tree the 2nd day of Xmas, De cember 26, beginning at T p. in. Ad mission 10 cents for persons not belong ing to the Sunday schol, excepting children under 6 years old, who go In free. THE FIGHT OFF. Now York, December 23. The Mc-Keever-Lavlgne fight Is off. The men refused to enter the ring unless the club posted a purse. Mr. I. R Dyer, the well jenown lum berman of South Bend, Is visiting In the city. WAR IS ENDED Scijrucs and White Cappers Come to n Peaceful Indcrstantllnf). I.OOKI I) Sty l' ALLY FONATIMK Desperadoes Had to Hi Patience of White People Exhausted by the Cobared I'ests. Maylteld. Ky.( December 23. HeporU f negroes organizing to take India rlmlnate vengeance on the whites) for the killing of Jim Stone by whlte-ca.p-pers. are causing alarm. While the reports In many cases are somewhat vague, the belief that they have real foundation la shown by the fact that before Stone waa killed, he and other negroes were unusually In solent toward the white people, and that they went armed and omitted no m i as .n to provoke quarrels with un armed whites. It was Jim Stone's con spicuous leadership In this sort of be havior that caused his taking off by mob violence. Mayfleld has been, as It were. In a state of siege for two days. F-verybody ia armed. Guards watch all the roads and Inspect all trains. This morning Jim Bnet. colored, was killed at the depot because he would not halt when challenged. Sunday Henry Ftnley. a negro, was killed by masked men and Monday night Jim Stone met the same fate. All were des peradoes, except possibly Snet. The houws of negroes that have been burn ed were resorts of the lowest order and the places of rendezvous for the vlleat of the vile to plot ml'chlef. The whites' patience having been exhausted, they determined to rid th community of these pests. From reports It seems that this race war will become general In Western Kentucky. There are Indi cations of danger In Groves and Mar shall counties. The whites are well prepared In all this region. This fact. and the lncaarlty of the negroes to organize, may prevent a serious out break. , Paducah. Ky.. December 23. The M.kytleld race war Is at an end. Ev erything Is quiet. A mass meeting of both white und colored people tonight came to an understanding that pear,? should reign. Mayfleld Is quiet tonight. Thirty deputized policemen are patroll ing the city. There is nothing to be alarmed about In the vicinity of Padu cah. STREET CAR STRIKE. Boston, December 23. Prest M. L. Young, of the Conductors and Motor men's Union, has declared a strike on the West End Railway Co., to take place at 5 o'clock tomorrow morning. Over 2tXH) men will go out. The griev ances of the men chiefly arose from the refusal of the company to sign an annual agreement. Tonight the men acceded to the re quest of President Little r.ot to tie up the risid until December 30. BURNED TO DEATH. Albany, Or.. December 23. Yesterday at Foster, eighteen miles above Leban on, a man named Wadll, who recently purvhased the flouring mills at that place, went from the mill to the house after his books. He found the house on lire. He rushed In to save the books, was overcome by the heat and burned to death In the presence of his father, brothers and a crowd which had as sembled. THE WOMEN WIN. New York, December 23. Mrs. H. Est by and her daughter, Clara, 19 years old, the trans-continental pedestrians, completed the journey from Spokane to this city at 1:30 this afternoon. They left the western city May 5 on a wager with a New York woman that they could cross the continent In less than seven months. TUG BOAT SUNK. New York, December 23. The Stand ard Oil Co.'s steamer Hercules, collided with and sunk the tugboat George M. Mead today, off Irvington street, In East river. The crew of the Mend leaped from the sinking boat upon the Hercules. In five minutes the tug had disappeared under the water. FINALLY RECOGNIZED. Washington, December 23. After sev eral weeks' consideration of the status of Senor Roderlguez, the first minister of the Great Republic of Central Amer ica, President Cleveland today received him and accepted his credentials. RECEIVERS APPOINTED. St. Paul. Minn., December 23. Frank A. Seymour and Attorney W. H. Llght ner were this afternoon appointed by Judge Otis Joint receivers of the Bank of Minnesota. They are required to tile a Joint bond of a million dollars. SPANISH SECURITIES. Paris. December 23. Spanish securi ties were strong today, owing to a re- porUsl dlspat'h from Washington which Indicated that the United States w as ready to recognize Spanish author ity in Cuba on condition that the Unit ed States be Invited to Intervene and end tho war. THE MARKETS. San Franciaco. December 23. Hops, London, Dec-cmlier 23. Hops Pacific Coast, (-'! 5s. New York. December 23. Hops. dulj. Liverpool, December 23. Wheat, snot. quiet; demand, poor; No. 2 red spring, (is 10W; No. 1 California, 7s. HAILROAD SOLD. Hustings. Neb., December 23. The fit. Joseph and Grand Island Railroad was sold today by Master-ln-Chancery 81 monton. The property was bid In by E. P. Olcott, of New York, chairman of the bondholders' committee, at 13. OOii.OOO. There were no other bidders. PAYNE KNOCKED OUT. Syracuae. N. Y., December 23. Tom my Kyan, the ex-welter weight cham pion of the world, knocked out Billy Payne, of Philadelphia, in the fourth round of a twenty-round contest which took place tonight before the Empire Club of this city. THE BANK'S CONDITION.. Chicago, December 23. There Is no prospect of the National Bank of Illi nois, which closed its doors Monday, re suming, and It la by no means certain that It will pay depositors in full, aa at flrst stated. A NEW CHAMPION. Chicago. December 23. Charles H. Grim, of Clear Lake, Iowa, is the cham pion trap shot of America. In a match between Grim and Dr. Carver today at 100 birds for 1200 a side and the cham pionshlp of America, Grim won by a score of iS to M. UN DESIRABLE IMMIGRATION. New York, December 23. Of SU pas sengers that the Frerch steamship Patria brought to this port from Mar seilles and Naples today. 200 are de tained on Ellis Island by order of the Immigration authorities. A DISTINGUISHED CRIMINAL. Chicago, December 23. M. F. Cohn, said to be a nephew of Sarah Althea Hill, of Sharon divorce fame, was plac ed on trial today on a charge of embez zling MOO from George W. Rlgg, of the New York Life Insurance Co. THEY WANT NO MORE WARS. Madrid. December 23. El Tietnpo as serts that a high political personage is to be sent to Washington, to confer with the officers of the government re garding the relations between Spain and the United States. ANGEL A CANDIDATE. Salt Lake City, December 23. A spe cial to the Tribune from Halley, Ida ho, says Judge Angel, of Halley, has announced himself a candidate for the United States senate to succeed Sena tor Dubois, Judge Angel is a Populist. UTAH'S VOTE COUNTEQ. Salt Lake, December 23. The official count of the vote of Utah at the last election was completed today and Is as follows: McKinley, 13.4S4; Bryan, 64,535; Palmer, 21. THE ELKS. Stanford University holds the boards at Fisher's Opera House on Tuesday, the 29th, under the auspices of the local lodge of Elks. There Is a perennial charm about a lot of Jolly college songs sung by a lot of Jolly college boys. They are generally wholesome non sense, and they go with a swing and abandon that makes their spirit Infec tious. The lively, rollicking college songs are not the only style of music which the club renders. It rises to a higher plane and sings the high class musc with a precision and fine shading which comes only from long and dili gent practice. The Olee Club has been singlijg for four years, and has made an enviable reputation by the perform ances, it haa been giving during vaca tion time in the coast states. The Man dolin Club is playing it fourth success ful season. The press and the musical critics In every section accord It the greatest praise. The club needs no In troduction in this city. Society and the theatre-going public here have pleasant recollections of the successful engagement in 1S95. All who heard them will embrace the opportunity to hear them again. A big house will greet the combination and the engage ment will be one of the social events of the season. Highest of n in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Govt Report. ABSOLUTELY PURE ANOTHER HOLD-UP IN CUT" Place .Made Historic br tbe James aod Younger Hands. EXPRESS MESSENGER KILLED C. and A. Officials Have Started la Pursuit of th Bandits Train Left Between Two Stations. Kanscas City, December 23. The St Louis and Chicago express on the Chi cago and Alton Railroad which left here at 8:46 tonight, wc-8 held up by bandits In the Blue cut. just east of Independence, Mo., and leas than fif teen miles east of this city. The same train waa held up at the act me point less than two months ago. It Is report ed that the robbers cut the locomotive and express car from the train and proceeded down the road. No further particulars are known. The sheriff and posse has left Independence for the scene and a special train bearing offi cers Is about t start out from Kansas City. Express Messenger A. J. Frier, of 8t Louis, was a prisoner In the express car. At midnight no word had been re ceived here of the train or robbers. From Independence to Glendale, the next station. Is six miles, and the sup position is tbat the robbers have looted the oar and left the train In the woods between the two stations. The fate of Messenger Frier Is causing considera ble anxiety. The officials of the United States Ex press Company state that the train car ried little cash but that the oar was filled with an enorimous amount of miscellaneous express matter of con siderable value. Christmas boxes mak ing up a large amount of the treas ure. Of Express Messenger Frier aB the officials will say is that he Is heav ily armed and Is "dead game," bnt they admit that the chances are against him. The scene of the hold-up waa at Brae Cut, made historic through the opera tions there of the Junes and Younger bands when they were p Ion errs In the train robbing industry. WILLIAM J. IN ATLANTA. Atlanta, December 23,-rW. J. Bryan arrived in Atlanta last night from Chi cago. At an early hour this morning he was called on at the Kimball house by Governor Atkinson and escorted to the executive mansion, where he will re main as the governor's guest during his stay in Atlanta. Shortly after noon he was tendered a breakfast at the Kimball bouse by tbe Young Men's Democratic League. Mr. Bryan made his first appearance on the lecture platform at the Grand Opera House tonight. The bouse, which seats 3,000, was well filled. Bryan was cheered when he appeared. He spoke for one hour on the essential principles of good citizenship, presenting his re marks under the title of "The Ancient Landmarks." At the end of the lec ture hundreds crowded around to shake his hand. Bryan referred to the silver question only incidentally. RECIPROCITY WILL. BE IN IT. Washington, December 23. The at tention of Chairman DIngley, of the ways and means committee, having been called to an alleged dispatch from Washington, stating that "the Eastern members of that committee, led by Chairman DIngley, are not disposed to look with favor upon reciprocity" in framing the new tariff, he said: "There is not the slightest foundation for the statement, so far as I know and be lieve. While the matter has been only slightly discussed yet, I have not ob served any material difference of opin ion. On the contrary, afl the Republi can members of the comWttee favor going as far as the McKinley tariff did on that subject, and further if prac ticable." SHE GETS THE MONEY. Chicago, December 23. Mary Daw son McCaffery has been pronounced by the jury In Judge Dunn's court to have been the legal wife of John McCaffery at his death in 1894. and therefore Is entitled to a share in his estate. Mc Caffery died worth about 11,000,000 and had five wives, most of them by com mon law marriages. He lived with his last wife for over forty years. J. E. Esterbrook. Jr., W. Q. Martin. M. J. Coleman, C. E. Lovejoy, Portland; R. Dlttenhoeffer, St. Paul; T. D. Weth crby, B. F. Wetherby, Boston; J. P. Mc Gowan. J. W. McGowan, Chinook; R. B. Dyer. South Bend, and Henry Kayler, Ilwaco. are guests at the Occident. a a n I , ,V '- i a, i