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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1897)
Pile. SAVE TIME 'fir VT .JtoUiA .';'imiim HOW? mid worry SliiLL, An "Ad" In Tm Atronut l "Will Clui." Tte Dally Astoria ti AND KnJUSIUnT ...Family Clrcntatlon. Muck hom thud tmm nan a Uao THAT Of ANY OTNM PAMS tl AtTOIIA. EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PltESS REPORT. VOL. XLVI. AKTOKIA, ORKGON, TUESDAY MOKNIXO, JANUARY 5, 1897. NO. 3 -m" ' in iiii n imT Ladies', Misses' i- i 9ccoor. to COrCLtXD BJTIIORSES A Fall bine of- Office and rilvloe? Calendar Pads Bla9k Books ?"ing SCJpplieS Tide Tables 1897 GRIFFIN City Book Store The Low Price Store IS CLOSING PIT IT S BUSINESS. Alt Drci Goods, Shoes, tndcrwear, Cloak. Corsets, tuild 30 per cent, off rcqular prices. If you buy one dollar's worts of goods all you pay for It Is 70 cts. I.COHEN, .491 Iloncl Ht. - - - Antorln, Or. WHY Do We Have Because our Goods are Properly Represented. Wo Dwnl Courteously with Our Customers, We Consider Their Wiyits, And Give the Most Value for the Lowest Price. FOARD & STOKES CO. Clarkson & ftclrvin LONG FIR PILING Promptly Furnished Astoria Asphalt and Roofing Co. All Work Roof Psilntlnu and Repairing Lky Hoofs, J. A FAST ABEND, OENERAL CONTRACTOR, HOUSE, BRIDGE AND (UHARF BUILDER HOUBK MOVER. Huass Msvlng Tsal lor R.nt. ASTORIA OREOON Emil Schacht flRCHITEGT GEO. NICOLL, Assistant. OFFICIO: Kopp's Hew Brewcrg B.F-flliiiEN&SOtf Will Plr, Artlits' Mstsrlal. Ptlntt, Oil. GIm, ttc. Jpn.H Mattings, Rust and Bamboo Goodi 365 Cc mmerclol Street. J. B. WYATT, Phons No, 6R Aatorls. Oragon Hardware, Ship Chandlery, Groceries, Provisions, PAINTS and OILS. pedal Attantloa Paid t Supplyisg Sals. and Children's Kid Spring-Heel Shoes New Today New Toes Nobby Shoes Little Gents' Shoes Colombia Shoe Co. 523 Commercial St. A PROSPEROUS I NEW YEAR TO ALL & REED The LARGEST BUSINESS? Boom Company 216 anil 217 Chamber of Commerce Portland. Oregon LEAVE ORtlKR AT OS COMMKK tIAL STHKaVr; Guaranteed N. JEN5EN and R. 0. HANSEN SEASIDE SAWMILL. A complete atook of lumber on huid In the rough or dressed. Flooring, rus tic, celling, and all kind of flnlah; moulding end (hluglea: alas bracket work don to order. Term reasonable and prices at bedrock. All ordtr promptly attended to, Ofllo and yard at mill. H. F. L. LOO AN, Frop'r. Seaside, Oregon. UNION MEAT CO. SHIELD BRAND HAJHS, BflCOS, IiflRD CONDENSED MEATS GUARANTEED THE BEST ...IN THE MARKET.- Cor. 4th and Gllsan Sts PORTLAND OREGON F. B. Morgan PASS13N0ER AOENT 0. R. & N. Company Columbls Rlvtr Rout 2A4 Vashlnntnn St, Cor. Third Portland, Or ALLEN'S Cut Rate Ticket Office -.THEATRICAL COOKING k SPECIALTY.., 160 THIRD ST., PORTLAND, OR. SEW MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL Introduced to City Legislature With Due form and Ceremony. MAYOR TAYLOR'S MESSAGE A Omrls and Instructive Dorument llncomnirnd Economy and Busi ness Methods. At the pr-ial adjourned meeting of tho city council yraterdsy, being the annual meeting of that body, llttls bus lnm wu transacted ve the Intro ducilun if the nw members and the rwllnr "t reports and the mayor's m-ar. AmonKM the old member Bergman and Young were absent. Mr. H hrrnerkau bring present, was Invited within the bar. Mnan. Th'SMpwn. McGregor nd Welch were appointed a committee to ecorl the new member. Messrs. Brtx. Trulllnger and Clinton, to their seats. After all had made their bows. Mayor Taylor read hli annual mint, which follows! To the Common Council of the City of Astoria; We are upon the threshold f a new tivr, and It hi my duty to communicate to you a general iitatetnent of the con dition of the affair of the city, and Ut recommend the adoption of such measures aa In my Judgment may be deemed proper. My purpose U, how ever, to confine thin paper almoat exclu sively to giving a brief, condensed atalrmrnt of the city financial condi tion, leaving other lubjeota to be dealt with from time to time aa occaaion re quire. In entering upon your lafcor of the;th n"1 regulr meeting. coming year you are n.et by a financial condition which will require your care- ful cmsideratkm. and your united ef - forts to Improve. The city Is at present authorised to!counr"- J,a unanimously elected. Incur Indebtedness as follows, to-wlt: For water punxe, IMW.000; f. general municipal purpoaea. IIOO.OOO. making a total of limited indebtedness of 1700.000; and In addition to this the city Is au - thorlicd to Issue ntreet bonds, or war- nt. ui"in the Beneral fund, for street Improvements to an unlimited amount. The present Indebtedness of the lty I ss follows: watr bond outstanding. I.W0.OHO; general Ismded Indebtedneas of clty. IIOO.iiW; flwtlng Indebtedness of city, IM.HM 4; street bonds outstand - Ing. $18,916 19; making a present KKal In- doMedness of J10,ri7.M. The above Indebtedness bears Inter eat aa follows: 1100,000 water bond at per cent. W.000; KW.000 water bonds t ( rr cent, I10.04A; I1O0.0SO general municipal bond at 6 per cent $,001; m.m.H floating lndebtrdnei at I per cent, P.MK.J3; tl.15 street bond out landing at 8 per cent, ll.JSJ.27; total Interest, I.10.S75.40. A portion of the above bonded Indebt edness (about Ift.OUO) fall due thl year, and arrajnirement will have to be made to elthr raise sufficient money by taxa- i Warrants paid dur tlon, to pity the lMnds and retire them, I Ing the year, ex or to Issue oth.T bonds In their stead. I cept street war line ninth of the street bond Indebted-1 rants, as per dl ntwt will nlo wnie duo the present) bursement aoct. ..;'S.630 11 year, and will have to be nv-t by the city In the tlrst Instance. I therefore revommiMtd that. In making a tax levy for the. year, these Items le taken Into consideration. The total receipts of the city from all source. Including a 4-mlll tax levy, the post yer were J.19.749.02; the amount of cah on hand at beginning of lout year was $10,699.58; making a I total of I70.44S.60. Total expenditures ' flrand ave. fund for thk- year were $64,4'i6.43: leaving ajPralnago fund balance of cash on hand of $5,992.17. Receipt and expenditure of the ter commission arc not included In the above statement. Of the above expen-'1tn illtlire 113.S46.2I1 U'U tllllll nut for lnle. est distributed as follows: On general ! municipal bonds. $6,100; on warrants, i $7,676.94; on street bonds. $69.31; total, ! $13.S46.:5. Liurlng the past year much needed ! repairs have been made to some of the ' principal streets of the city, so that I the streets In the Improved portion of the city aro In much better condition, generally, than they were a year ago. Notwithstanding tho general depres sion In business throughout the whole country, and the tl-rhtness of money, the work of constructing the Astoria and Columbia Rlvor Railroad has gone steadily on. The Seashore rood has been almoHt rebuilt: a, brunch lino hna been built to Flavel, and the road ex- i tended Into the city, so that trains have been running regularly between this city and Seaside since some time In August last. A depot has been built by the railroad cvmpany upon its site ea-st of the O. H. and N. Co.'s wharf, but (he track has not yet been com pleted to It, on account of there being no Improved street leading to the do- I pot grounds. Ste have been taken ! by your street committee looking to the Immediate extension and Improvement I of Commercial streot, so that acyrss I may be obtained, thereby, to and from the depot. This Is a matter of Import-' anre to the city, as well as to the rail road, and should be expedited as muoh as possible. In addition to the work above men tioned, the railroad company are af T wort on the entire (mule between thl city and (lolile, and have advertised for bliU for the tretitls work through the city, and to Knappa, a point about ten mlli-c ouuldu the rlty, and It I expect ed that the entire road will lie complet ed to (ioble the prevent year. Many other vVluable and permanent Improvement havs been mad through out the rlty by private partle during the put year. Indicating- their faith In l ho fulur prosperity of our city. The lock at the Cascade of the Col umbia have been opened to navigation within the laat lxty day, and the gov ernment I punning- It ult In the I'nlt ed State court for the appropriation of a right of way for a boat railway around the dalles of the Columbia. With these Improvements going on, and the prospect of thlr near cum le tlon, tho future outlook for our city wmi food. It I not my purpose In thl communl cation to make recommendation, other than of a very general character, believing- that recommendation of (peclal character n,ay be made to better ad vantage from time to time, aa occaaion require. I do, however, recommend to you: 1 A rigid economy In the conduct of the chy's affair. I Htriot oompltMct with the require. menta of the oharter, In the expenditure of the city fund, and the making of contract for the rlty; and 1 If there I no Immediate prospect of the city being able to pay off Its flowing Indebtedness, that the same be converted Into a bonded Indebted ness, thereby reducing the Interest charges thereon from eight per rent to five or Ix per rent, and that the elty'a expen ditures be kept within Its Income, and Its business conducted upon a rash basl. FRANK J. TATLOK. Mayor. The mayor announced that with the consent of the council he would defer the appointment of committees until wn mmum ln mayor, message w. mT,"u "u 1 ,,n motion or 1 nompaon. r. u frker j nominatea ror preswent or the ""-, me retiring presiaent, male !' congratulating his uccesor. I mo,Kn 1 rJw 11 resolved ' ,n" during the year 187 the regular ! meetings of the council should be held ,l T:M n- m- 01 n' thlrJ Frl- day of , n month, the first meeting ,n Jntiry ,0 take pace Wednesday j ,x"'n"1- ' th. ; u,".or ...ra men reaa nis annual . of which the following Is a syn- 1 Warrants outstanding Janu- j ary 1. HH j Warrants drawn during the 101,060 Ot year (except rants) oti- , street war- iGaneral Fund 33,iSS 71 Police Fund 4.51140 ! Cemetery Fund 67 00 Street Fund SSO IS Bond Int. Fund .I00 00 Road and Crossing Fund S.M7 03-a.784 SO 103.S44 36 Contra ; Warrants cancelled. 150 00 Warrants outstand ing, IVo. Jl. ISM. .. 77.04 23 103.S44 S6 Street warrants Warrants outstand- ' '"If '" lS!Mi ' 3S 833 98 ! Warrants drawn during the year :Hond street fund.. ..$ 8 84 Irving ave. fund.... Franklin ave. fund.. 28 00 73 05 309 74 3,0:S 06 34 3 74 3 06 6S 1 14th t. sewer fund.. Duam m- fund (Mc clufe ) 8t- fund !4r,'h St. fund 18th 8t- fuml 306 65 mn runu 63 21 ''-xcnaiiRe .it. tuna.. 44$ S9 Second st. sewe fund 2 00- 4,276 26 $43,130 24 Contra Warrants paid dur ing the year $26,202 85 Warrants outstand ing Dec. 31, 1SU6 16,927 39-$43,130 24 Bonds Municipal bonded Indebted ness Jan. 1. 1S96 (same De cember 31, 1896) $100,030 00 Street bonds Issued during the year Pvemrnt u-ei i.i.w vv Improvement 10th street 1,530 00 Improvement of Ex change street 3,502 67 Improvement Grand avenue 11.9S0 29 Improvement Frank lin avenue ,.. 2,070 15 $20,793 11 Con Ira- Street bonds paid during year as dis bursements acct...$ 3,877 22 Street bonds outstand ing Dec. 31, 1896.... $16,915 89-J20.793 11 outstand ing (except street) Dec. 31. 1896 $ 77,064 25 (Continued on Fourth Page.) ririiiri. niro A JjUCK POJiD CoracHu-4 Short la His Accounts Kith a Baltimore National Bank. HE SERVED FORTY-TWO YEARS And then Fell by the Wayside Waa a f'romlnent Methodist and Local Preacher. Haltlmore, January 4. Richard Cor nelius, cashier, and forty-two year connected wKh the National Farmer and Planters' Bank, of which Enoch Pratt waa president up to the time of hi death, was discovered to be short In his accounts about W0, 000. today. About 10 o'clock Mr. Cornelius waa no tified of the discovery and left the bank. At 1:16 this afternoon hi dead body wma found In a duck pond at Druid Mill park. He committed sul ride by drowning. On Saturday laat the attention of the bank officer waa called by the bank examiner to the Irregularity in the accounts! of the County Bank, for which the National Farmer and Plant er' Bank wa correspondent, and the officer began an Investigation of the cashier' accounts. When Mr. Corne lius arrived at the bank this morning he waa summoned before the directors. Cornelius, It la understood, claimed be could make a satisfactory statement and he waa allowed to go Into another part of the bank to. get a certain pa per. Te did not return and the direct ors ascertained he bad left the building. Detectives were summoned and they traced Cornelius to D ruled Hill park. In a short time the body was found In the pond. HI hat was first found above the surface of the water In which Cornelius had eat and deliberately drowned himself. For many years Cornelius had been a prominent Methodist In this city. He waa local preacher of the Baltimore conference, president of the City Mis sionary and Church Extension Society, president of the Emery Grove Associa tion, member of the trustees of the Bal timore annual conference and a mem Der of the official board of the Madison Avenue Church. He began his career with the National Farmers and Flant- rs' Bank forty-two year ago aa mes senger boy and worked his way up to the position of cashier. IT IS FASHION," Say the Tobacco Men Before the Con gressional Committee. Washington, January 4. The tobacco schedule of the tariff was threshed over by the representatives of the various tobacco Interests today before the ways and means committee with great mi nuteness. Several branches of the bus iness were represented, native growers. Importers, manufacturers using native goods, using Havana and those hand ling Sumatra products. Between these classes there was much discord, no two of them being agreed on any schedule of rates and contradicting one another on questions and statements aa to the effects of the present law. "How do you account for the fact," asked Mr. McMillan, "that Sumatra tobacco, which costs from eighty-three cents to $1.25 at the port of export, dis places American tobacco, which costs twelve cents to produce?" "It Is due." replied VanDusser, "to the foolish Idea of American people that everything foreign is better than anything domestic." "Is that all?" "It is; It Is fashion." SEVERE SNOW STORM. Omaha, January 4. Up to midnight there has been little abatement In the fury of the storm that has raged In this section for sixty hours. Snow has ceased falling, but the wind still blows a gale and the temperature Is very low. Reports from the state indicate only a partial blockade. Trains on the Un ion Pacific, Burlington, Elkhorn and Rock Island roads west are moving slowly but within ofle or two hours of schedule time. The Omaha line la com pletely tied up, drifts in the northern part of the state being such that the road could not be opened while the storm raged. Branch lines suffered greatly, nearly all being blocked. So far there has been no loss of life. DEMOCRATS WIN. Dover, Del., January 4. The decision today of the ourt of errors and appeals In the Kent county mandamus proceed ings reversed the action of the supe rior court, which latter body has ren dered an opinion that the Kent county board of canvassers should reconvene and recount the votes In Kent county, several hundreds of which the Republi cans claimed were unlawfully thrown out by the board. This Is a victory for the Democrats and gives them a major ity In the legislature. HIGH PRICED ROSE. Santa Rosa, Cal., January 4. Charles H. Perkins, the famous seedman of Newark, N. J., while here today, cora- pleted negotiations for the new hybrid yellow rose with Luther Burbank, the well known California botanist and originator. Perkins pay Burbank 910, 000 for the new rose. TERRIBLE OUTIIAGE. Newport, Ind., January 4. A band of masked regulators went to the house of C. W. Keddlck, a few miles west of here, and called blm to the door. They seized him and dragged him outside where they gave him a terrible beating with horsewhips and switches. His condition Is critical. The alleged of fsne on the part of Reddlck was Im proper attentions to a married woman In the neighborhood. Reddick's friends say the outrage was really prompted by a desire to pay off old grudges of an other character. FITZSIMMONS AND CORBETT. New York, January 4. At Jersey City today Bob. Fltxalmmon signed Dan Stuart's articles for the light with Cor bett He agreed to everything in the articles, but objected to Stuart's hav ing the money for the picture of the fight offered by the klnetascope people. 8luart agreed if the money was re ceived for the picture that It would be equally divided between Fitasimmons, Corbett and himself. . The fight will tales place March 17 for a purse and side bet of $5,000 to $10,000. SNOW BOUND. Tankton. 8. D., January 4. The blls xard which began Sunday night rages with unabated fury- Only one railroad is reported to have moved a train In South Dakota. All trains were aban doned last night. The legislature, which was to convene at Pierre tomor row, will of necessity be postponed, as about eighty of the 126 members are snowbound and some of them will not reach the capital for several days. THE MARKETS. London, January 4. Hops Pacific coast, 3, 5s. Portland. January 4. Wheat Walla Walla. S3 84c; Valley, 8548. Liverpool, January 4. Wheat spot, firm; demand, poor; No. 2 red spring, 7s Id: No. 1 California. 7s Id. Futures-January, (s HVjd; May. 7s 1'wl. KIECKHOFER INDICTED. Washington. January 4. The grand Jury today died three Indictments for embexxlement against Francis J. Kleck- hofer, formerly chief of the bureau of accounts in the state department. Kleckhofer waa dismissed October 26, 1895, when irregularities In his accounts were discovered. The shortage will ag gregate $130,000. C. H. LEWIS DTING. Portland, January 4. A report was circulated today that C. H. Lewis, head of the well known firm of Allen ft Lew is, wholesale grocers, was dead, but the report proved to be untrue. At a late hour tonight Mr. Lewis was still alive, but not expected to live through the night. MINE EXPLOSION. South McAllister, It, January 4. Five miners v.ere instantly killed In a mine explosion at Alderaon this morning. The explosion is supposed to have been caused by the Are boss unscrewing his safety lamp, which Ignited the gas. THE BLIZZARD. St Paul, January 4. A blixxard has been raging throughout the northwest yesterday and today and as a result train service is considerably crippled. In a number of towns business was i about suspended. ! The absolutely pure BAKING POWDER ROYAL- the most celebrated of all the baking powders in the world cel ebrated for xits great leavening strength and purity. It makes yout cakes, biscuit, bread, etc., healthful, it assures you against alum and all forms of adulteration that go with the cheap brands. . BOTH S4KIN SOWDta CO.. Mtw TO. THREE BANKS HAVE CLOSED In St. Paul an Result or Failure or the Bank or .Minnesota. THE FRIGHTENED DEPOSITORS Make a Lively Run for Their Money and Cause a Panic Fight Each Other In the Line. St Paul. January 4. As a direct re sult of the closing of the Bank of Min nesota two weeks ago, which created new distrust among depositor and started runs on a number of city hanks that were reputed not to be aa strong as depositors wished, three 8t Paul banks, the German la, the Aliemania and the West Bide, one of them na tional Institutions, all closely associat ed, closed their doors today, on being In the hands of the state bank examiner , and the others making asslgnmenta. During the time that has intervened since the closing of the Bank of Minne sota, the German la paid out $225,000 to frightened depositors and early today the directors concluded they would stop the drain and make aa assignment to the cashier. Peter M. Kent The Aliemania Baakv which like the Germ an la, had a large clientage among the Germans, and whoso vice-president had formerly been president of the Germaoia. then became a target for s lively run. People crowded about ths doors and fairly fought for place In the line before the paying teller's win dow. The bank officials realised fullr what such a run meant and promptly called on the bank examiner to take possession of the bank, and that official Is now In charge. The West Side Bank, a' small but possibly stronger bank, cleared through the Aliemania, and today Its clearings were returned by the latter Institution. Following this there was a declred run Inaugurated on the bank and at 2 o'clock this afternoon the bank offi cials closed the doors and called a meeting of the directors to decide what action to take. Their decision was ap parent late In the afternoon when they filed a deed of assignment to Cashier Staples, president of the bank. Consid erable public money Is tied up In the three institutions. Owing to the excitement caused by the closing of the German la and Alie mania Banks today, many depositors went after their money at one or two other banks, the Minnesota Savings Bank being the center of excitement. President William BlckeL Jr., Is a oa of the first vice-president of the Alls- mania. This bank waa open for busi ness but at 1 o'clock was taking advan tage of the rule allowing sixty days notice before allowing withdrawals of deposits. A few minutes before X o'clock Ute West Side Bank, organised In 1888, with a capital of $100,000, closed. DAKOTA BANK FAILS. St Paul, January 4. A Devil's Lake, N. D., special to the Dispatch says: The Merchants National Bank closed today, pending action of the comptrol ler of the currency. The bank was or ganlxed In 1887 with $50,000 capital stock. Several years later Fashley Mears bought the controlling Interest and Increased the capital to $100,000. In 1892, when the Mears string of banks went down, affairs were put in the hands of John A. Percivsi, the stock being reduced to $50,000. The last state ment showed $47,000 deposits. In many respects Russia is a very tyrannical country. A Russian is not permitted to marry more than Ave times. a nvAi'1iHii a Pi