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.
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