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ASTORIA FUELIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, SAVE TIME The Daily Astorlan Has Runout I.X a lid Kxnviwg HrtW? D PANT ...Family Circulation... Much modi than thou man a Ur.l A THAT Of ANV OTHtR RAM W ATOIA. worry Ii An "Ad" In Tm Aioian' "Waal Column." IXCL,USI VI TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL XI.VI. ANTORIA, OKKOON, Fit I DAY MOHNINO, JAMAKY 1, IBM. NO. 1 Ladies', Misses' Sicnm to COI TLXM) ATni)K!l!!l A Full Line of- tird. Diaries Calendar Pads Of lDUr of oil aiai ouun.o kinds Supplies Tide Tables for 1997 Office and Typewriting GRIFFIN & REED City Book Store YOUR CAN BO PLACED TO BETTER ADVANTAQE IN AT FOARD & Than Nfi TDACU bit uooD. isrriL Clarkson & fimn LONG FIR PILING Promptly Furnished Astoria Asphalt and Roofing Co. All Work Hoof I'alntlnii antl Kspalrlitu Ltnlty Huofa. J. A KASTAHKND, OENERAL CONTRACTOR, HOUSE, BRIDGE AND tUHRRF BUILDER HUUHIC MOVaCH. Houm Moving Tools for Ktnt. ASTORIA OBKOON Emil Schacht ARCHITECT GEO. NICOLL, Assistant. OFFICII: Kopp's Hw Brewcrrj B.F.AlillEN&SON Will Papsr. Artlata' Mattrlalt, Paints, Oils, Qlati, sic. JpnM Minings. Run and Bamboo Goods 365 Commercial Street. F. B. Morgan PASSRNOER AUBNT 0. R. & N. Company Columbia Rlvsr Routs 2M Washlnnton St. Cor. Third Portland, Or ALLEN'Sl Cut Rate Ticket Office ...THE ATHIC AL. BOOKING A SI'CCULTT.. IMI Tllllll) ST., rOltTLAMI, OB. A. V. ALLEN, DEALER IN Groceries, Flour, Feed, Provisions, Fruits Vegetables, Crockery, Glass and Plated Ware. Loggers' Supplies. Cor. Tenth and Commercial streets. and Children's Kid Spring-Heel ShOeS New Today, New Toes Nobby Shoes Little Gents' Shoes Columbia Shoe Co. 523 Commercial St. A PROSPEROUS NHVV YF3AR TO ALL Holiday Goods STOKES' at Any Place In Town and Boom Company 216 and 217 Clumber of Commerce Portland. Orefon I.KAVK OHIrKH AT ft.1 OMMKK CIAL HTUKET- Guaranteed N. JEN5EN and K. 0. HANSEN J. B. WYATT, Pksoa No. 68 Astoria, Orsgoa Hardware, Ship Chandlery, Groceries, Provisions, PAINTS and OILS. social Atteatloa Paid te Supplying Ships. SEASIDE SAWMILL. A complete stock at lumber on hand In the rough or dressed. Flooring, rus tic, celling, and all kinds of flnlsh; mouldings end ahiugles; alia bracket work done to order. Terms reasonable and prices at bedrock. All orders promptly attended to. Office and yard at mill. H. F. L. LOGAN, Pr;';. Seaside, Oregon. UNION MEAT CO. SHIELD BRAND jflS, BflGOH, MHO CONDENSED MEATS GUARANTEED THE BEST ...IN TUB MARKET... Cor. 4tn and Glisan Sts PORTLAND OREGON ASTORIA IRON WORKS CoaeoBly St. . foot of Jackaon, Aatotla. General Machinists and Boiler Makesr Land and Marin, Englnaa. Bollar work, Staam boat and Cannary Work a Specially. Coatings of All DatcrlpHons Made to Ordar on Short Notlca. John Fog... .President and Superintendent A. L. Fox Viae President O. B. Prmel Secretary Flrat National Bank ...Treasurer THE NEW YEAR AM THE OLD hnt Hiis liicn Ai-vom ptihed in As turlu In the Ycur IM. WHAT IS IN SI OKI! I OK IMII7 1 Kouiulntlona l.nlil fr I he (irowih a rid prosperity nf the Future Port of Pacific (. t'lMiti thin, thi- lira! day f tin now year, II l not mill lo review the event of IMie w hit ti have helped lo make or mar Astoria. The year wo one of unprecedented hardships; gnul strike at It beginning inntly z.-il local IiuaIiii'ka; local and nalh.nal fx.lll l t ( ruplrtl On. mention of I hi- public, mid dlMiirlnd ihi ordinary rendition of a- falra. With It all, die nit pessimistic muni n-lrtill that Astoria nan made Irldtn toward In r future up-building. iiml t tut t the foundation atone firr tlie Ktenter Astoria have been laid. Alxivr everything fltr, Clatsop rounly tin mad a aplmdld rw-ird politically. ik1 will go down in history as one of the ataum li supporter! of f ood go ern niriii in iruulilou time. THE RAILROAD. Plrat and forcmoat among the Import- nl evrnl of the year In Aalorta, la thr auccraaful beginning of the railroad whit h l to connect thr future Hirt of tht N'orthweat with thr reat of thr country. Ten mile of grading antl tun neling, from Tongue Point raat. havr brut complrted by Corry Brother; thr Young Hay bridge and trestle haa brrn finished Into thr heart of thr illy, au that traJna arr now running from Hcaalde to thr O. It. and N. dock. The old Seashore railroad was prai l It ! y ln rebuilt, a branrh llnr haa brrn nnUhrd and put In otirratlon brtwrvtl Wamnton and Nrw Aatorla; a large dork hua lfrn rmtrd at Plavel which lll ai-rommodntr thr largrat drrp-at-a vrrarla; tfll thoummla tona of Kngllah '0-Hund ateial rail a ha,ve lceo unloatlrd it thla diK-k. and plhil In thr rallrrxul rariU nrr KUvel, Thr tr.-(ruih llnr a iir-arlna" t'oiiii.-Ufii. and wvcral kw tf iMil.-a arr How mrd.-d up at thr Klavrl yanla for th rmtlon of thr n-w unr i-twrn Aatorta and uoblr. SiVfii biindrt'd iin-ti arr now at work ilvt- llulnltT. Krudlng thr Ixthuiif of ht llnr to (Jotilt1; two largt drtMlKtra irr nt nork day and niiiht. IIIIIhk In lit. low iiur.-a on i ti rlKht of way; a liiindAonie d Kt haa bwn erm-trd at W&rrrnlon junt-tlon; a large and cum iiiimIIoua Ut'tt and rxprrAa bulldliiK hu btt-n built at Die Stow Hay site; new ara havr bwn a.ltlttl to the rolling l.vt k. and others have been ordered. When It la tonalilered that the railroad la the K"Kl.-n key thai unlocka Asto rla'a future Kreuln.-m. the work al- reatly OA'emillahfd In the face of per hapa the hardtwt tlmea ever known re or thnuitl'i:"t the country gener- or throughout ally, alnglc hanuT-d. by A. R. Hammond. there la not one who today can fall to I'tingratulatv hlmaelf, the city, and Mr. Hammond un the results already at tallied, and who will not look forna.nl with I'otifWIence and amununt' to the realisation In the very near future, of AHtoriH'a dearent hope. CASCADK UICKS. Next In Importance to A.Korlu'a rail roatl, la the oin-nlng by the I'nlted States governnient of thr locks at tne Cuat-uiles of the Columbia river. For years the Interior counties of the state have been shut off from the sea or have been compelled to use expensive rail transportation for their wlwat to Port land In order to ship It to the markets of the world. Today the great wheat bells In the counties contiguous lo The Dalits and Goldenilale have direct wa ter communication with Astoria and the great orean-golng ships of the worhl. The farmers of the Interior can load their w heat on barges or steamers and float It to the deep aca vessels at Astoria, and receive several cents per bushel better price for their labor than they have ever before been able to reullxe. With rail and water parallel transportation, Astoria's possibilities as a shipping port ore almost unlimited. Witness the large centers In the Middle West and In the East, whore river, can al, lake and roll, aide by side, com pete for the farmers' produce. The grounds have been laid In Oregon with Astoria as Its chief port, for the main tenance and support of a population as large as that now In New York. NEW BUILDINGS. During the year 18M, amongst the buildings erected in the city and vicin ity, can be noted the following princi pal structures: Kopp'a brewery, JM.OOO; Slianahan's store building, H,600; Foard & Stokes' hall, J5.000; Fisher's dock, JS.OOO: the Louvre, llft.OOO; railroad depot, Ju.500; Si holllcld & Huuke's store, J4.000; Jen sen's residence, J3.000; Cunderson's res idence, $3,500; Hamilton's residence, $3,500; Watts' residence. $3,500; Mitch ell's residence, $3,000; Ilrown's reiH- .lence, $3,500. Ileuldes these principal buildings, some twenty small residences have been erected, averaging from $S00 to $11100 each. A large amount of street work has been dime during the year which has included much heavy grading, both by team and hydraulic power. Ai-roaa the bay at Warr-iitoti rruiny linirivi'iiifiila have alno b'trn tn-idr. Mr. I). K, Warren'a liundmmn new atore biilltllng wna complHetl aeveral Mioiiilia nlriKi, atwither alore building In Juki being i "iiipleted, and a numo-r of reableni'i-a havr been eret'tH. Thr railroad romimny haa put In an ex-t'-rmlve ayatt in of trat ka and ronatrui t rd a hniiiliioine and t'otiiinixlloua dt-wi bulliling. At Klavel tb Klavi-I Ijind and Im provement Company rrwted and hand- Aotitely furnlAbed a ::n,000 hotel; laid out a park and handaome grounda uboiit the bulliling. tilted up xi-neral ottlia, and have oiM-ned the wujr for larger linproveim nta. At Full Hlevena tin I'nlu-I Statin gtivi rniin'iit put a lurge fori e of men ul work making the nii i-mtary Improve tnenta anil building the firunilatluna forjth. the new guns to Ut plai-vd at the fort. At AlnVilirook steps have been taken by Hie l.irt;r property owners to extend tne utrfet car system, and handsomely Improve the M end of the city. Among the manufactures, thr k'lat tip Mill Co, added largely to thr ef frrtivi m of Its plant by putting In a new bund ium' ami enlamlng Its build Hign The Columbia iron Works ex tended and enlarged Its plant, greatly Increasing the rapacity of lis foundry and iiui nine shope. Ttte Pacific Sheet Mi tal Works put In improved marhln rry and enlarged Its capacity to meet the Increased demands of t ratio. one of tin indexes of proserlty of the clly Is Mr. John Kopp's magnifi cent brewery plant put In operation for the llrst time on thr 2Vlh. His el port trade and local business) had so largely Incri ased that It was found necessary to quadruple Ilia output. Emil Schacht. the well known Portland architect, was engaged to draw thr plans for an en tirely new plant. Today, as a monu ment to Mr. Kopp's enterprise and In dustry, and Emil Kchacbt s genius As toria posses the finest manufacturing Institution of Its kind In the Northwest Equipped with evrry modem drvlcr In the way of machinery, hod refrigera tion, Kopp's brewery Is prepared to turn out the best product that can be nwue from hops and n.ert all the re quirements of the local as well as a large foreign trade. THE Kl'Tl KK. What dors all thla progress mean, and what have Astorlans to look for ward to during this year. Is the quvs llon anketl by many a businemi man upon the dawn of this New Tear's day. It can b safely said that flrsi anil fore most. AMoria has secured her railroad, which will probably be finished before IMS. and that, following the construc tion and operation of the railroad, will cimiw the great auxiliary Improvements which w III bring wealth to the city, bus iness to its merchants, shipping for its exporting and linptxtlng houses, em ployment to thousands of laborers, and and the establishment of numberless dlnner-pall brigadae. With equal facil ities for transportation to and from the Interior, and possessing superior nat ural resources, with a surrounding country teeming with riches In forests and mines, added to Its already great and growing fishing Industries, there Is not one who doubts that In the next few yi-ars Astoria will be the great commercial center and shipping port of the 1'aclhV coast. No harbor is like It ami no harbor, not even New York. Itossesaej lis great natural advantages. Little wonder that in view of what has been accomplished In the past, and what lies before the city in the future. her business men and property owners look forward cheerfully to 1S97. and liave determined to employ every means in their power and to go to any extreme to forward the Interests of the city. It is not strange that with such tre mendous objects In view, and attaina ble, that self antl self-interests have been put under foot and tlvat all have united In the common cause which means the ultimate eolabllshment at the mouth of the Columbia river of the greatest seaport on the entire PaclHc ClKtSt. WHAT IT MEANS. Ten Dollar Suit. Overcoat or Mackintosh for Seven Dollars, and Everything Else In Proportion. What Herman Wise's object may be In offering a 30 per cent reduction 01T everything in his store Is hard telling, but he makes the offer and It Is easy to predict a big run to his store. Mr. Wise says that while there are certain goods on which clothiers make as high as 30 per cent, yet on account of hard times the average profit do not run ns high; but the dull season has com menced and he is determined to do business. He says that what little he owes he needn't bo afraid of his creditors, and he feels at liberty to sell goods at whatever price he sees fit, Mr. Wise hints at a probable change in his business, not a change in the llrm, but a probable addition of one or two more departments besides cloth ing. At anyrate, whatever the reason, he offers a reduction of 30 cents off each and ever dollar's worth of goods bought for cash In his store during the net 30 days, and nobody should be foolish enough to miss this opportunity. By washing clothes at the under taker's the second wife of a Bangor, Me., man Is paying off the bill for the burial of her predecessor. WILLOBSTRUCT The Confirmation of Appointee In Place of Prce Silver Kemovak rosiMASTKKS ARK AFI KCTED K.-publliana Will Htand by the Preal-il-nl -IVflMillHtA and Hllver Demo erata Will Try to Thwart Him. W'aahlngton, December 31. Thr allver aenatora have been considering during w Christmas recess the attitude they will ajuuuie on the nominations for of nv mule in the plac of the silver nvn removed because of alleged par ticipation In the recent campaign, and decided, with practical unanimity, to oppose the ciNillrmatlons. The matter ha been placed largely In the hands of Kenutor Jones, of Arkansas, because he Is both a silver advocate and chair man of the national Democratic com mittee. Senator Jones says that while ordi narily he has no disposition to Interfere with the presidential prerogative, he thinks that In cases where this has been the cause of removal. Justice calls for Investigation of the charges upon which the displacements were made. It now looks as If the question which these rt'ii.ovhl will raise may be the first blnce thr election to caos the allgln iiKiit of parties on the financial ques tion In the senate. The Indications are that the silver liepublkans who bolted the St. Louis convention and the Populists will stand with the silver Hepubllcans In opposing the confirmations, while It Is believed tbr Republicans and Democrats will support the president. Some Republi cans are not vrry zealous, however, in their support, for the reason that they realize that a failure to confirm the Democratic nominees will throw the nominal Ions to their party after March 4, and thus increase the Repub lican patronage. ine omi'iais at stake are In most cases postmasters In the Mississippi Valley state, and Include such offices as Springfield. Waukegan, and Evan stun, ill.; Hoone. Iowa, and Kenton Har hor. Mich. At Itenton Harbor Postmas- I,r uUmoii Jan Is was removed because he became a candidate for congress and went on the stump In his own interest. ON CHANGE. Operations for the Year Show crease. a De- New York, December 31. During the year just passed there baa been con siderable change In the complexion of various staples on the New York com mercial exchange. Wheat, flour and cotton have enjoyed pronounced ad vances, while corn, oat and provision have touched the lowest quotations on record, and coffee haa turned about, be ing weak and heavy. Corn and oat In Chl-ago has touched a lower point than ever before reached since 1S61. Cotton price have been Influenced by short crop talk and the enormous ex ports, reaching a total on December SI, probably never before exceeded. Hog products have lately been a little steadier. Ocean freights had a big ad vance In the fall, but have lost about one half of the advance gained. The total transactional in wheat futures on the Produce Exchange during the year have been $1,129,000,000, against $1,665, 000,000 lost year. ANOTHER BANK CLOSES. St. Paul. December SI. A Forks, North Dakota, special Grand to the Dispatch says: The directors of the Second National Bank of this city this morning decided not to open for business. The follow ing notice was posted: "On account of the recent heavy with drawals of the deposits, and the Im possibility of realising upon our assets, it has been decided by our board of directors to suspend. The comptroller bus been advised of our action." It Is said that after the failure of the National Bank of Illinois and other banks In Minnesota, the bank's deposits sustained a shrinkage of $40,000. The statement of December 17 gave loans and discounts, $158,036; due other banks and depositors, $179,749.76. The capital stock was $50,000; undivided profits, $40,000. HE GOT HIS CHILD. Portland, Or., December 81. T. C. Mercer, a millionaire of Ogden, Utah, arrived here today from Victoria, where he went to get his six-year-old daugh ter who had been kidnaped by his di vorced wife two months ago. Detect ives chased Mrs. Mercer and the child through the United States and Canada and finally located them In Victoria, where they were about to sail for Jap an. The courts had awarded the custo dy of the child to Its father, but Mrs. Mercer had sworn she would regain possession of It. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. Chicago, December 31. A Washing ton special to the News says Congress man Mondell, of Wyoming, who arrived yesterday, direct from Canton, where h Interviewed Presldent-rlect McKin ley, sid: "Major McKlnb-y La In earnest on the subject of International agreement. He la In accord with the spirit of Senator Wokott's resolution and believed that action should be taken at once. He fa vors calling a conference early In the spring. He say It Is Idle to talk of postponing action until after the tariff is disposed of, because If anything 1 to lie accomplished preliminary step will have to be taken at once." Western Republicans In congress were much Interested In the word brought from Canton by Monde!!. REVIEW OF BUSINESS. Dun' 81e-Up ot the Present Business Situation. New York, December 31. R. O. Dun & Co.' Weekly Review of Trade will say: There have been more commercial failure in IH'Ji than In any previou year except 1S93. about 14,190 against 13.197 last year, with Iktbilttlr of $225, 060.000, against 173.1M.0S0 last year, an increase In number of about 12 per cent and In liabilities of 29 per cent The year closes with an epidemic of fail ure, mainly in the West, and In the banks, loan and trust companies, or concern dependent upon them. The action of clearing house In va rious place Indicate no want of confi dence and several banks which have failed will be enabled to pay In full, but the disclosure of unsoundness In widely known institutions, in the ab normal state of popular feeling after the exciting contest on monetary Is sues, has caused distrust and suspicion where It is frequently undeserved. There ha been no monetary pressure to cause trouble, nor have Important western product declined In value. There ha evidently been too liberal assistance given by some fiduciary con cerns of speculative operations. No drain on eastern funds ha resulted since the first alarm at the two large failures, and the money then sent has all been returned. Failure often grow more frequent as annual settlement ap proach. The holiday dullness has been Intensified by the failures and the ef fort of great combination to make new arrangements. With iron, coke, wool, cotton and hide all somewhat lower, there is al most universal confidence that business w ill soon become large and safer than for a long time, and several large estab lishments, among them the Yonkers Carpet Works, which employ 7,000 hands when running full time, and the Maryland Steel Co.. will now tart op- erations. since June, 1832. YOUNG LORD'S DOWNFALL. Hi Weakness for Horseflesh Will Send Him to Prison. Oakland. Cal., December 31. Lord Cy ril Atheol, who landed in America about two years ago with little cash but a passion for biooded stock that would not down, la again In the Jiands of the police, and his prospects look bright for a long term In the penitentiary. Lord Cyril purchased a horse and buggy i.uni rt- timers, a uveryman. last Sunday, giving in payment a worthless f mduce), Van VaIkCTlburg t0 ,ve blm check on the Central Bank for $250. Two money to bribe ,n variou8 days later the young lord returned theof tne ,ute showing a photographic rig. and said It was not satisfactory 1 rpin, n, , . .. and secured another. Sanders present- nty, for $1250, and pledging him to ed the check for payment yesterday j vote for Wanamaker. Tillam acknowl and was informed it was worthless: 1 gei that he had kept $30 out of the This morning the young lord was ar- original sum which waa $1300. He said rested. Two men employed at the ,t had rlven Wm by Van Valken Pumyea stable called at the police sts, burg. Van Valkenburg says Tlllard'. tion and identified the prisoner a al8tatement ts a tls3ue ,lei man who had hired a rig from them j nearly a month ago and failed to re- 1 THE TARIFF HEARING. turn it This Identification will prob- ably mean a charge of grand larceny New York World Seeking Further Ne In addition to the Sanders case, and a j torlety by It Fake Charges, prosecution on the two felony charges j will follow. , Washington, December 3L The dls- Lees than a year ago Lord Cecil jPuted existence of a paper trust waa Atheol was a bright particular star in the tone t contention before the ways social circles at Enclnal City. On one ! occasion he hired a rig and drove to Oakland and paid for the drive with a three months' sentence In the county Jail. FOR THE TEAR. New York, December 3L The clearing house statement for the year shows exchange, $28,870,770,056; decrease. $971, 021,896; balances, $1,792,686,480; de crease, $166,394,538. The banks in the association number sixty-five with an a-Sgregate capital of $60,772,700. JEWELRY FIRM FAILS. San Francisco, December SI. Barrett & Sherwood, the oldest and at one time the largest retail Jewelry firm In Cali fornia, have failed. The firm was start ed over 40 years ago. The liabilities will not exceed $10,000. Highest of all in Leavening Power,. ACSCLUTELY PURE POOR M'CULLAGH TIRED OF LIFE Committed Suicide at His Home St. Louis. Mo., Yesterday. in HE LEAPS FROM A WINDOW After Attempting to Asphyxiate Him self HI Intellect All Right, but the Brain Affected. Special to the Astorlan. St. Louis, December tl. The drvl body of Jos. B. McCullagh, chief editor the Globe-Democrat, was found at (:30 tela morning, lying on the stone pavement beneath the window of hi room In the residence of his slster-ln-law, Mrs. Katie M anion, at 3837 West Pine street. It Is supposed that he flung himself from the window. HI skull was badly crushed and hi body otherwise Injured. Dr. H. C. Hughes, Mr. McCullagh physician, said: "Mr. McCullagh was tired of living and killed himself. He rave no premon ition of suicide during his Illness. I saw him a little while last evening He said he felt sloepy and gave me to understand that he wanted to be left alone. Hkt brain was affected, but hi Intellect waa all right. Ha never gave any signs of mental breakdown during his illness. He suffered from profound nervous exhaustion, complicated with a recurring kidney trouble." Just before midnight Mrs. , Minion went to his room to Inquire how be waa and found the gas streaming from the burner and McCullagh waa In a semJ- unconsdou condition. She Immediate ly stopped the flow of gas and aroused . MoCullagh. This morning after the body was discovered the (M w as agaia found flowing at almost Its full force. The conclusion reached, therefore, wa that after his sister-in-law left him , for the night he deliberately turned on the gas again, but finding death too slow by that mean, he opened the window and plunged head-long to the pavement. A SENSATION. Developed In Pennsylvania Over the Senatorial Contest. Pottsville, Pa, December 31. Some startling testimony was given today at the preliminary hearing of E. A. VnnVftlkMihiipv vIia h.. V. ... M . .' . , John Wanamaker's senatorial cam paign at Hanisburg, and who waa ar rested last night charged with attempt- lng to bribe Representative Webster C Wise, of Hampton county, to vote for Wanamaker for United States senator. After Van Valkenburg was called and pleaded not guilty, the prosecution call ed J. Tlllard, who said he was employed by the Interstate detective agency of Sc ronton. Tlllard said he waa sent to the Wanamaker people early In the summer to hire out to them and then disclose all the Information he could get to his superiors. He said It was that he waa to heIp Van Valtea. jburf voteg agalnst la8 caadlaate for United State(J j He ,old how h- hAA ltK , ana means committee this afternoon. and furnished the most interesting epi sode of the tariff hearings up to date. There was a warm controversy between, John Morris, business manager of the New York World, who attacked the al leged trust, and ex-Congressman Rus sell, ot Massachusetts, who la reputed to be at the head of the combination, and ex-Senator Miller, of New York, who has large Interests in paper man ufacturing. Messrs. Russell and Miller denied absolutely the existence of a trust. THE MARKETS. Liverpool, December 31. Spot wheat, weak; demand poor; No. 2 red spring, 63 lid; No. 1 California, 7s Id. Futures, January, 69 9Hd; May, 6 HVid. Portland, December 31. Wheat Wal la Walla. 82frS3; Valley, 85086. r Latest U. S. Govt Report. . . if ytt n viz f i'n ti J