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ma PUBLIC LMKY ASSOCIATION Save time The Daily Astorlan -- t-i fin i i ' osw HA RlKlUUi AND PBajHAHWIT ...Family Circulation. Much oi than tHm n a umi A THAT o ANV OTHM rAPW M ASTORIA, i:piwg How? ..... . j K, An "Ad". In THM AafflMIAN' "Wuil Column," .7. Wr.!" BXCL-USIVK TKLBGKAPHIC PRIXSS REPORT. VOL. XLVI. AHTOU1A, OIMW, SUNDAY MORNING, JAM'AUY i5, 1897. NO. Ladies', Misses' Sii,)iio (.ormsu TnoKHE.i A Full bine Stand Diaries Calendar Pads BIar?k Typewriting SCippllCS Tide GRIFFIN City Book Store The Low Price Store ISJLOSING OUTJTS BUSINESS. All Dress CkmhIs, Shtics. I'mlcrwcar, Cloak. Corsets, sold 30 per vent, off rniular prices. If you liuy one dollar's worth of qimmIs all you pay for it Is 70 et. I.COHEN, 4ii llnnd Ht. - - - Antorln, Of. WHY Do We Have Because our Goods are Properly Represented. Wu Di'itl Courteously with Our Customers ; We Consider Their VVnuts, And Give tho Most Value for the Lowest Price. FOARD & STOKES CO. Clarkson & flclrvin LONG FIR PILING Promptly Furnished Astoria Asphalt and Roofing Co. All Work Hoof Palntlnu and Mopalrlnii L.ky lluuh. J. A FASTABKNiv, OENERAL CONTRACTOR, HOUSE, BRIDGE AflD CQHARF BUILCER HOUMK MOVKH. Mhuh Moving Tool lor V.nl. ASTORIA ORBOON Emil Schacht ARGHITEGT . GEO. NICOLL, Assistant. OFFICES rfapp's lcw Brcwercj B.F.AkkEH&SOtf Wall P.p.r, ArttaU' M.l.rlili, Paints, Oils, Glait, lc. Japan Matting, Rug mi Banboo Good 365 Ccmmerolal Street. J. B. WYATT, Phont No. 6 Aatorla, Oregon Hardware, Ship Chandlery, Groceries, Provisions, PAINTS and OILS. pecll Attention Paid to Supplying Ship. and Children's Kid Spring-Heel SllOeS New Today New Toes Nobby Shoes Little Gents' Shoes Columbia Shoe Co. 523 Commercial St. A PROSPEROUS NI:W YEAR TO ALL Books Tables for 1397 & REED The LARGEST BUSINESS? Boom Company 216 and 217 Chamber of Commerce Portland. Orefon I.KATE OHDCItfl AT AS rOMMCK- DIAL ntksst; Guaranteed N. JENSEN and K. 0. HANSEN SEASIDE SflWfJM. A complete stock ot lumbor on band In tho rough or dressed. Flooring, rus tic, colling, and kind of flntib: moulding ond htuai: alio bracket work dona to order. Torino reasonable and price at bedrock. All order promptly attended to. Office and yard at mill. H. F. U IOQAN, Prop'r. Seaside, Oregon. UNION MEAT CO. SHIELD BRAND HAJVIS, BflGOW, MHO CONDENSED MEATS GUARANTEED THE BEST ...IN THE MARKET... Cor. 4th and Gllsan Sts PORTLAND OREGON F. B. Morgan PASSENGER AGENT 0. R. & N. Company Columbia Rlvor Route 2A Vaatitnntoa St. . n Cor. Third ruruauu, ui ALLEN'S Cut Rate Ticket Office ...THEATRICAL BOOKING A SI'ECIALTY.. 06 THIRD ST., PORTLAND, OR. LAST SESSION OF THE OLD COUNCIL Only Koutinc Huslncss TmnMutdl Last Mylit hy the I'uthcrs. iikemkn ;i;t thi: discount On Their Warrant Ixirifo Number nr MIIIh Allowed 4 irdlnanee Pawned on SuM-nlon of Rule. CiintrHry In genifat expectation the mIhii of the city council last night wan Blunt ami devoid of special Inter rt. Mayor Taylor wan In the chair ami all thi couiicHmcn were at their Irak. A number of vlnlloi were pres ent, Im lU'lliiK koiii of the nrwly rlei-titl miuiulliiii 11. No orKtiiiixntH of any IftiKth or liuportnni wrr mnli clurlnn tht iiiiIoii. uikI Hit imllnnry roullur of .hio.I)k of tillla ami orillnani"1 pro rfulil ultlmut lntTniitlon. Tin' i.ftltion of Cujluoti llrother for a n-lull llU'r Ikciiw iw rffrrrol to the coininlttiT on ht-ulth and pollic. Th- r port of tlic way and man I'oriitnlttf on th rxinnf of JudK anil rka at thr rf-'nt Hi-ctlon a aoitJ. Tin- r-port of nmjorlty of Ihc un commltti-e rwoinmmdlnn the avsardlng of the rontrwt for rlty printing to th Itudk-rt aj).) 3. H. IX'lltaK'r wan III.hI vt itltout a lion. Thi- claim of H. VV. Hhrrman for II. n oninii'iilwl liy thf ay and mean ronimlttw. wu ordnrrd paid Th clam of J. 8. IicIIIi.kt tor 131 for printing In'tlon bill, ticket. He, waa allow e.! and onlrri-d to be Includvd In a general orlliuinc to be drawn for the payin-nF of elrrtlofi rxprnare. Th claim of the I'aJace Hitauraiit via not allow ed. CliUmit of tli New PiilillnhlnR Com pany amounting to 13 M rrnta, ordered IMtld. The claim of J. O. Ilanthorn A Co. for 110. otdi-ri-1 paid and Included In a general election ordinance. The way and mean committee on petition of Sidney Iell, retDmmeaded that deeil le made to the owner of record to certain property wild for taxo). When the question amae that thin wouUI carry with It a S!i pi cent ad- dltl null iiwt. under ordinance, the mat ter m referred Imck to the committee w ho w ill recommend an amendment to the ordinance releasing the penalty ctaune In thi cane. TV waya and iniiuia committee, on the M t!tl m of Viola Kant, to remit the taxea on certain roKM-ty, recommend ed a reference of the matter to the county court. The report wu adopted. The committee on health and police ma le the following- report: On the ordi nance relative to tulmcco and cigarette Uceiim-a, recommended that the aame be not leaned; adopted; on petitions )f 8. K. Harrla and Loul lioentjen for re tail llnuor llceneeii, recommonded grant ing mine; adopted; apiruved claim. Jim. I'ettjr. H50; Aator Houne. JS.BK; ailopttil. The ciunmlttee on afreet and public way approved the jay roll of the su IHTlntendent of at reel a, aniountliifr to J-'.'ij, and the followlnn clnJma: Klaher ltnthir!, IS.W; Antorla IUx Co.. J32.30; Koard & Stoke II; Clntmip Mill. JJl.tW; Sol. oppenhelmer. 11.13; Went Shore Mill, I1M.80; City Surveyor. J30. The Second etreet acwer ordinance waa re turned without change. The report of the committee were adopted. Th; committee on fire and water rec ommended payment of the claim of K. It. Ilawe for 113; Foard & Stoke. ir-.SO. and upon uieninn of the rule these two claim were ordered puld at once. The committee alo recommended tho payment of the following claim: N. Clinton, 113.50; H. W. Sherman. 7Bc; Aa torlu Transfer Co.. 60c; Portland Elec trical Works, 3.80; the reports ot the committee were nilopt.nl. The report of the committee on public property recommending the payment of the claim of Sol Oppenhelmer for H.50. and the city surveyor's payroll on the Clatsop Cemetery work, 1212, was adopted. The committee also re ported favorably on the prooeitlon of Jensen & Hanson to repair the roof of Engine House No. 3, on a contract for 1110, they to be released from the orig inal contract; the report waa adopted, The same committee reported that they had been misinformed In regard to the Clatsop Cemetery Improvement, and had signed a contract for the work when the matter should have been ad- Justed by ordinance. The same com mittee recommended the destruction of the sexton's house, which stands In the way of the Improvement, and the abandonment of the road which runs through the property. The report was adopted. Tho city surveyor reported on the proposed extension of Commercial street from 17th to 23d, and llled plats showing that tho extension would re quire the purchase or condemnation of a large amount of additional property. The report was referred to the com mittee on streets and public ways. Ordlnancee rend first and second time Appropriating 1300 for election ex penses of 1896; authorizing the ways and means committee to make a con tract for city printing with the Dally Budget and J. S. Delllnger; on motion to suspend the rules and pass a third reading, this ordinance waa laid over until the next meeting; appropriating I70 for rleiwln street at loth and (Irand Avenu :; autuorlxlng the commit tee on publlit rperty "''' I"1" r"" ira't with H. Normlln to Improve Cliit ft,p Cemetery t '"! f I3.31lt.ill; on motion rule uended and ordinance Daed third reading; authorizing the commute on public property to con tract for the rilr to the roof of (en gine House No. 3, at not to exceed 1110; on motion rule miended and ordi nance pad; providing for the con struction of anwer on Kcond street; rule suspended and ordinance passed; amendment to Section 4, Ordinance Ji;'l, authorlilng the- purchase of vuppllii; rule suspended and amendment pass ed, ordinance allowing memlier of the Pre department to be 111 an addition al amount not to exceed a discount of 10 per rent on their warrant, passed. The usual number of claims were pre sented and referred to the various com mittee. The payroll for the city offi cial, lire, police and library depart ment, were approved. On motion the mayor wa made an allowance for the year of 10. li..jmn. S'JS; McOregor, Jd, I'arkrr, I'.D; Kehernerkau, !7!;Hlver on. Ho"; Schletx-. $!0; Thompson, 3S; Welch, 1100; Young. $90. The following reaolutlons were adopt ed: Certain property owner given permlsMlon to take advantuge of the ten year installment plan; auditor In structed o advertise for bid for board lug rlty prisoner for one year from January .1. city surveyor, to examine slide dlstrii t ami report on the feasl blllty of a drain ysUin: council to me.-t at 1 o'clock. January 4, Chief (irven of the fire department made an appeal to the council for the flretnen of the I'ntontown tire company to be given permission to hang the bell they rece-ntly purchased at a coat of 1130 upon one of the buildings of Kl more's cannery. The cost of hanging the beU will tx? about 175. McGregor and IVergman favored the application and the matter w as referred to the com mlMee on fire and water. The council adjourned to -nd Al dermon Young Mtlary. and to meet again on Monday. WHAT IT M KAN'S. Ten Dollar Suit, Overcoat or Mackintosh for Seven Dollars, and Everything Klae In Proportion. . What Herman Wise' objict may be lu olTurlng a 30 per cent reduction o,? everything: In his store is hard telling but he makes the offer and It is easy to predict a big run to hi store. Mr. Wise atys that while there arc certain goods on which clothier make a hlk'h as 30 per cent, yet on account of hard time the average profits do not run as high; but the dull season has com menced and he i determined to do business. He says that what little be owe he needn't be afraid of hi 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 firm, but a probable addition of one or two more departments besides cloth ing. At anyrate. whatever the reason he offers a reduction of 30 rents off each and ever dollar's worth of goods bought for cash In his Htore during the next .10 days, and nobody should be foolish enough to miss this opportunity. W'RIED ALIVE. London, Jamjary 2. A special dis patch from Warsaw says a iwlnful sen sation has lieen caused by the alleged burying alive of a prominent society woman. Countess Helen Poleka. who died on the i.'.th, and w ho was Interred on the following day. Persistent ru mors wore circulated that the countess was not dead, but merely In a state of catalepsy, and the family, In order to prove thi statement baseless, had the body exhumed yesterday, when it was found It did not bear the appearance of a corpse, and that there was no sign of putrefaction. The body was removed to the family mansion where it Is be ing watched. CLEARANCE FOH Cl'BA. Washington. January 2. The ques tion was asked of treasury olllclals to day what more In the way of restrain ing the departure of vessels with arms for Cuba could be expected of a dozen warshlpa than of one, as long as Cuban-bound boats are permitted to clear regularly and according to law. No satisfactory answer could be returned, but It appeared that the officials are acting under the belief that the clear ance scheme Is really Intended as a blind, and the purpose of the Cubans Is to have one or more relief boats slip away while the authorities are looking after the dearture of vessols for which clearance papers are sought. NEW ARMY ORDERS. Washington, January 2. Tly general order Issued fro mar my headquarter at least forty days In each year must be devoted by every army command to practice exercises In minor tactics covering Indian warfare, security and information reconnolterlng, convoys, at tack and defense, night operations, and advanoe, rear and flang guards. Ref erence must be had to the character of the country In each case. Coast de fense problems are also Included. THE BOG SLIDE INTOMLARNEY I'etullar Action of Nature Heralded by Uncanny Noises. PEASANTS CONSULT PRIESTS Another flreat Mas of Bog Ha Begun to Slide, and the People Are In Great Dread. 'Copyrighted. "W, by Associated Preaw.) London, January 2. The wlerdness of the bog slide into the lakes of Killar ney, which is the aensation if the week, is enhanced by a story that about a week previously uncanny nolaes were heard In the valley at night time, which the peasants of that vicinity describe as ri-aembllng the walling of a Banshee. Those ound. it appears aroused a feeling of terror, and numbers of peas ant consulted their priest, who en deavored to reassure them. The calam ity, however, caused universal conster nation among the peasantry who are neemlngly convinced that there has been ome supernatural connection be tween the two affairs. In the meanwhile a great maea of bog, covering 700 acres, behind the por tion which has already slipped Into the Jake, ha begun to slide, and the peo ple are In dread of a still more terrible avalanche. The letter which "Old Fashioned Pa triot" wrote to the Times early In De cember last, explaining the patriotic In struction given to American youth, and telling how not only boys, but girls. In the I'nited States, are drilled into giv ing the military salute In the schools to the stars and stripes, and suggesting that the same system be Introduced In the British schools, seems likely to bear fruit. WHEAT TAKES A JUMP. New Year's Day Opens With a Big- Ad vance. Chicago, January 2. In wheat the irly news was of a dcldedly bullish character and the first session of the year began In a way to rejoice the hearts of speculators wishing mgher prices. Strength was manifested to the end. the lowest price of the day being made shortly after the opening, when liberal ofTerliigs by the longs caused a slight decline which, however, was quickly recovered from. One of the factors helping the mar ket was the prediction of cold weather In the winter wheat section. Another equally strong factor was found In the news cabled from Argentina which rep resented matters as steadily drifting from bad to worse. The province of Santa Fe, which usually exports 12.- 000,000 bushels of wheat, or over, will not have, it is claimed, 2,000.000 bushels surplus this year. That the Argentina news was regarded In England aa of the most serious Importance may be gathered from the fact that although It was a holiday there, the grain men of Liverpool and London sent buying orders to New York and Chicago for May wheat. The opening quotations for May were S3ii S3-V as compared with Thursday's closing of 83li. After touching SfS. the market went steadily upward until S5c had been reached. It reacted from that to 84 and closed strong at '84v4c. HAMMOND SUICIDES. President of the Defunct Chicago Bank Takes His Own Life. Special to the Astorian. Chicago, Jan. 2. W. A. Hammond, vice president of the National Bank of Illinois, which failed two weeks ago. committed suicide early this morning by throwing himself Into Lake Michi gan. His body was recovered. Much surprise was expressed by men prominent in financial and commercial circles that criminal proceedings had not been instituted against Hammond. It has been known for several days XbaX Controller Eckels had Instructed Re ceiver McKeon to bring criminal pro cedeings against any of the officials of the defunct Bank of Illinois, and that special Investigation of Vice-President Hammond's affairs was under way. Whatever may have been Receiver Mc Keon's Intention, he never took any action against Hammond and this fact has been sharply criticized. McKeon refused today to state his intentions in regard to the matter. TORNADO IN ARKANSAS. Terrible Destruction of Life and Prop erty. Texarkana, Ark., January 2. A' tor nado struck Moorlng's Port, La,, twen ty-five miles west of Texarkana, on the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf rood, at 3:30 p. m. today, arid blew down ev ery house but two in the town and killed several people. ' The prostrated condition of the tele graph wires makes It Impossible to get particulars. The Kansas City! Pitts burg and Gulf officers dispatched a spe cial train from this point to the scene of the disaster to render aid. Further particulars from the tornado at Moorings Port say that the entire J Goodman family, five in number, were ' killed outright; two children ana the mother-in-law of M. J. Morgan are fa- tally Injured; Ave other persons whose! names could not be learned are dead. : TROOPS OBDERED HOME. Leaslyille, Col., January 2. In accord ance with his expressed determination to remove the stats militia from her aa soon as a sheriff was elected In whom he had confidence. Governor Mc- Intyre today ordered home the fouf ' companies, comprising 150 men, menu I bers of the Flrat and Second Regiments, c. i. u, T. F. O'Mahoney, who succeeded M. H. Newman, now In jail here, as sheriff, announces that he will give bond and take the oath of office January tth. More troops will go home before that date, but all will not be removed until the new sheriff Is Installed in office. NEW YEAR'S CAME. The Smith's Point grounds tempora rily became an arm of Young's bay on New Year's Day, and the multitudes who' made the trip to the football game witnessed some extras not provided for by the, rule book. A vast lake waa found on which to play, and a sounding line brought Into requisition to determine the depth of. water. tvhllA wherever a naleh rtf vrn showed the presence of terra firma a danger signal wu poeted to keep off the grass- After each player had taken a dive and found a place where be could touch bottom, the teams lined up and the play began In earnest. Eastland, for Astoria, opened with a thirty-five yard put. which William) gathered and with a wide detour at - tempted to pass around Astoria's right end, but when he reached mid-territory for Canby. was brought down Into the flood by W. Young, who tackled him with the grasp of a drowning man. Captain Young then commenced his campaign with the half-backs, deter mined to fight It out on this line if it took all summer, but it didn't. Hayward, the right half, went av , " " through for four yards, and Young did ,h,un y poiU fve " likewise from the left side. Hayward ; Krement wnerebr freight rates are went ahead again for four yarda, and i0VerM,PWcentln , lft, repeat, and with the whole twenty-two The, MW "f " eU ""J Player, en masse, J. Young was taken lands " afl .hJpmcnU between Ta acro. the line for a touch down as the '7 OT Se"'e Bemnph.m Bay; goal posts swayed and the yell, of the J?, Tl 'JTT Tt spectators came sifting through the ma or ,nd raln I mum charge on any single shipment Hanson essayed' the punt for goal. jto .TTZ. but the slippery pigskin preferred J'' humble station to sailing among the"1 f"Way fT fowls of the air and made a submarine I"0" Compf?' Uly- Rrd voyage to the corner of the lot. "jf nd l"1 The playing subsequent to this was f"! " u marked by a skillful Uch and ground:L5rdia TWpsom This end, the rate gain by Hawes. and a pretty tackle by war which ha. been on since 17 whe, Nell Crosby, as well as the unceaelng h?t?r! gains of Astoria's half backs. Went- - PUt " the """"" Idh0 to worth nlaved at .MrH in,. . - o "W JS VVCl 04.. The play that brought the ball within reach of goal was made by Hayward, who charged down the field, until into the nest of the enemy, when a tU' of war ensued with him .. th. x. - contention. The strain soon became too jIecelPta and "Pures snow, that Kreat. something broke, the crowd went 1th' reCe'PU fr December hav down Into the deep, and the players i bn 25'857'1": P"tures, 123.812.664. were lost to sight as a great splash was ! which ,eaV 8Un,US tor the mth heard and the spray waa thrown lnto!f KMi 45' For th nMnth" ' thS the grandstand. A gain of fifteen yards i'h', a deflCit 18 ,hn was made, but the evasive ball had, ' 7'902'3S7- to the Becond tlme gone off on an expedition and was fal-l1111"1 0,8 ye" the reCe'P'B hVe len on by Canby. But their advantage IT ,k . , , was short lived. Kinxie vas forced ! SUrplU" thte mnth lanre,y "C" across the line and tackled by Eastland counted b P31 ""J8 frora the for a safety, leaving the score Astoria i"1 f flr9t mortgaSe bond for 6. Canby S The second half went by default Can- Vy refusing to play on the wet ground, and the game was over. Negotiations are in progress for a re- i turn game to be played by the same teams on the Fort Canby grounds next Friday, January 8. A PLEASANT TRIP. Blshop Earl Cranston, of the M. E. Church, accompanied by Rev. Dr. Gue, presiding elder of the Portland diatriot, reached Astoria on the R. R. Thompson yesterday morning, and at 9 o'clock, to gether with a large party of members and friends of the church, chaperoned by the pastor, Rev. J. J. Walter, board ed the Manzanlta for a trip to the light ship and Tillamook Rock. The trip was an Ideal one. The atmosphere was clear, the bar and ocean smooth and with a few exceptions the entire party enjoyed the day to the fullest extent. The exceptions were a few cases where Neptune made demands upon the jolly excursionists. Owing to a strong ebb tide the steamer did not return to her dock until 6:30 p. m. But Bishop Cran ston, together with all on board, ex pressed their high appreciation of the courteous treatment extended to them by Captain Gregory and officers of the Manzanlta. The trip will remain a pleasant memory to Bishop Cranston and party. Highest of all in Leavening Power, Latest TJ.S. Govt Report. 1 1 IfrV AVT WA1ICF jjl jjj vJlLii.T SOLD FOR LABOR Nicaragua' Coffee Planters Have Re duced Labor to Servitude. THE MILITARY BEHIND THEM Endeavoring to eOt Employes From Cuba Coffee Crops Pbort This Year No Rains. (Correspondence Associated Press.) Managua, Nicaragua, January J A terrible state of affairs prevails In th labor market here, and the ayetem of selling labor has reduced very large numbers of oven, women and children to a state of slavery. ' The owners of the coffee estates re cently held a meeting with the object of Influencing the government of Nicara gua to establish In Cuba a labor agency ! to induce Cuban laborers to migrate to Nicaragua. Men and women here are now endeavoring by every possible mean) except armed revolution, to es cape from the servitude Incident to the sale of their labor, authorised by the constitution of Nicaragua, and enforced " " Pc"fl1 br m'llt7 " "" th mon"r vanced to them and Interest thereon, and heavy fines) for delinquency, have been paid In full by labor at low rates. This year's crop of coffee In Nicaragua Is estimated at about 80 per cent of a full crop. The deficiency has been caus ed by Insufficient rains during the year !"d U U not ejtpected be a full crop next year. FREIGHT WAR ENDED. ! Steamboat Companies on the Sound ' ' Raise the Rates. Seattle, January I. All steamboat companies running steamers from Se- twgni ai .1 per loo. GOVERNMENT FINANCES. , ; Washington, January' 2. The monthly comparative sunemem. oi government r raclnc ratiroaas Belonging to me reB,T 'T0 8mKm(f na- WmCn ap- fTl. T , , repaymenl;, THUGS IN PORTLAND. Portland. January 2. The county court today offered a reward of 150 for jthe arrest and conviction of any per- son guilty of robbery or burglary and I caused the posting of printed notices to that effect in prominent places throughout the city. Judge Northup, in support of the action of the court, said: "The community appears to'be ter rorized, and there seems to be no ces sation of these crimes. Nothing has been done and the county court thought it would be beet to offer a reward." FARMER KILLED. Walla Walla, Wn., January 2. Wra. Ragen, a farm hand, an employe of W. H. Babcock, a farmer on Eureka Flat, met death this morning. Ragen was hauling wheat from the Babcock farm to Snake river. In descending a long hill near the river the team be came unmanageable and ran away, Ra gen was powerless to check the team and the wagon overturned. Ragen was thrown under (he horses feet and his skull crushed, killing him Instantly. M PUKE