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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1897)
, f MMWf save time 'r j Hhf ihWr fA a ... .... . . t ICXCLUSIVIC TICLKC5HAPIIIC PRICSS RICPORT. VOL XLVI. ANTOIUA, OKWiO.N, HATIKDAV MORNING, JANUARY , 18U7. KO. re Ladies' Kid Button Shoes fitcul T's Ciatna l.. burl I'JIVl Laird, Schotcr & Co.'s VII as f '. Columbia Shoe Compotiy S23 Commercial A Full Line of Pocket . . uiancs Calendar Pads BIar?k Books Tide Tables for 1897 GRIFFIN City Book. Store The Low Price Store IS CLOSING OUT IT'S BUSINESS. All Dress Good, Shoes, I'ndcrwcar. Cloak, Corsets, sold 30 per cent, off rcqular prices. If tou buy one dollar's worth of goods all you pay for it Is 70 cts. , I. COHEN, 4QI llontl Ht. - - AHtorln, Or. WHY Do We Have Because our Goods are Properly Represented. SVe Doal Courteously with Our Customer, We Consular Their Wants, And Give the Most Value for the Lowest Price. FOARD & STOKES CO. Clarkson & McIrvin LONG FIR PILING Promptly Furnished Astoria Asphalt and Roofing Co. All Work Roof Painting tad Repairing Leaky Hoofs J. A KASTABKND, GENERAL CONTRACTOR, HOUSE, BRIDGE RflD QHARF BUILDER HOUIl MOVER. Hoaa Mavis. Tool Isr Rsl. ASTORIA ORBOON Emil Schacht ARGjUTEGT GEO. NICOLL, Assistant. ornoB: 1ropp's New Brewery B.F.AHLiEfl&SOtf Will Ppr, Artists' Material. Plntt, Oil, Gltu, tic. Japanm Matting. Ru( and Bamboo Good 365 Cc mmerclol Street. J. B. WYATT, Phon No. 68 Aatorls, Oragon Hardware, Ship Chandlery, Groceries, Provisions, PAINTS end OILS. I peclal AtUstloa Paid Is fcipaijriag Salsa, Ladles' Fine Shoes Ill D)f. 4 V. St.. Astoria. Or. A PROSPEROUS NRW YHAR TO ALL & REED The LARGEST BUSINESS? Boom Company 216 and 217 Chamber of Commerce Portland. Oreion I.KATB ORDItHN AT BS OOMMEK C1AL HTHEKT Guaranteed N. JEN3EN and R. 0. HANSEN SEASIDE SAWMILL A complete Btook of lumber en hand In the rough or dressed. Flooring, rus tic, celling and til kinds of finish; mold ings and shingles. Terms reasonable and prices at bedrock. All orders promptly attended to. Office and yard at mill. H F. L. LOGAN. Seaside, Oregon. Proprietor. UNION MEAT CO. SHIELD BRAND HflJWS, BACON, IiflRD CONDENSED MEATS GUARANTEED THE BEST -.IN THE MARKET- Cor. 4th and CHsan Sts PORTLAND OREGON The Palace Cafe Is the Place for a Good Meal... Eastern Oysters U the shell or can Served to Order or Sold at Retail W. W; WHIPPLE THE PALACE ANOTHER PLAN IS SUGGESTED I'or the Itulldtaij of a New Court House In Clatsop County. ITS FALLACY IS I TI.I.V SHOWN llualiteaa Men li N"t Relieve that Too Much leniency Una Itm-n Hhown In Hack Taxes. 1 luring lh" paal week or ten days considerable discussion I'M takrn place In Ihe my anxiniiat the business men ml others loncertilng the proposition lo rm-l a new county urthoue. A new Ull has lo-rn prniosed In the fol lowing letter tent t" the Astorlan: Jiinnnrv 6 Editor Ast,irln I see tht re la much rontr"V,-ry lioth In and nut of the papers on the question 'if hull'llng a new courthouse for Clatsop ..univ and the manwr of raining nw-ii to dolt; and supposing the que, tluii open to all. I will put my say In your its per If It meets your approval. I find there la a strong feeling In favor of building now, especially as Mr. V. W Fulton has advanced a plan that wiiw feasible and by many deemtxl advlaa- ble; that Is. to t-rfl-H the dellmiuent taxe, and build with the proceeds. To this plan I object fr several reasons In the firet plsce ni more than thirty or thlrty-flve thjand dollars ttiuld be realli-d, and that wuld ! InsuMlclent to build such a building as we should have. Th.n sgaln. this money, or a large rp"rtlon of It Is due from small fanners, who are really unable to pay at this lime, owing to the extraordinary time that now prevail. And to enforce collections now would be a hardship and almost amount to confiscation of thrlr homes and small holdings which they have labored long to accumulate; and I don't believe the majority of the cltliena tf the county would sanotlon or te a Mi-ty to such a proceeding, for we should certainly lose sume of cnir good eltlsens and lh"'lr places lie Hlled liy renters. Now as to our "style:" As may le Judged by our present court house, by strang-Ts, let me say when we lose one party who may wish to stay with us. on account if style, we will guilt several from the hies that first nsk as to our rate of taxation and our ability to pay, etc. Now 1 say keep the small farms and holdings In the hands of actual ow ncra and oilers of the soil, and aid them In every way we can. for on this depends the prosperity of the county. As to the need of a new court house 1 will say I have Just visited the offices and find the officers In good physical and mental condition, no signs of suffering, no work undone on ac count of lack of room, everything right up to date; and If our very efficient cor of officer had even less room the work would be well done all the same. And I doubt Unlay If they were given the chance, that they would vole to build a new courthouse Just now. Hut If we muss, have a new courthouse, let us find means to build It without working a hardship on a considerable proportion of our cltliene. This, too, as cheaply and as surely a Mr. Fulton's plun. Hint Is, Issue twenty-year bonds and sell them for wh, and use this In building. We all know the delinquent taxes due the county la a safe Invest ment for the county, and Is drawing Interest more than enough to pay on the Ismils. So It would cost no more and should do the debtor class a favor that would redound to our emilt, and the dellmiuent taxes could be collected as times grow better, and all be happy. W. Without having seen this letter a number of business men have antici pated this argument and make the point that the property upon which most of the taxes now delinquent were levied has already been sold by the sheriff, and that the farmers and orig inal owners have virtually lost their lights except the right to redeem. In most coses deeds have not been passed conveying title, but In the eyes of the law purchasers are entitled to the same. In the state of Washington, particular- y In Pierce county, there Is much the same difficulty over delinquent taxes. The Poet-Intelligencer says that "the newspapers of the state are coming to the conclusion that It Is bad Judgment to allow too long a time for delinquency In the payment of taxes. Kvery coun ty is suffering from mistaken leniency In this respect." The majority of business men nre of the opinion that Clatsop's delinquent taxes as they now stand nre a dead Ions to the county; that leniency enough has been shown, and if the county can procure a courthouse in exchange for these delinquent taxes It will be Just that muoh ahead of the game. No un due hardship will be made and from every standpoint the county needs a iew courthouse, but nt the present can not very well afford to Impose addi tional taxes for It. Thirty thousand dollars will build a very respectable courthouse at present prices, and a fairly good beginning can be had ton tliat amount of money. When we hare 500,000 people an additional wing can easily be cohstructed. Meany Is the leading tailor, and pays the highest cash price for fur skins. TIIK IHTIUMPOH Hi III l.le 1 1 1st ti and I r on th" Hands of North I leach I'aplaln Hlrw-h. of the Ormatfi larfc rotrlmpos. wlwi sue, eeoen f apiain Hen. W.-K-C. now In HI. Mary's hospital, re Hrt llml he has not yel succredeil tn securing a new crew for his ship. In fax-l. he does no! need a crew Just now, as there Is little ppip-t of Immedi ately floating the vessel, and so long as there Is gsd oixik aboard and plenty to eat sviid drink, there Is Utile elae lo be desired. I Hhoiild the weather settle down In a few days. I'aplaln Hlrsch will sscurs a new crew In order t take advanlag- if tide and weather, providing he ss cures such orders from his owner. One large anchor and twenty-five fathoms of chain sre out, and with llttl addi tional work olhvr lines could be put out and the ship brought off slth a good high tide. In speaking of his vessel Captain Itirsch says that she Is owned w'lth fifteen other ships by V. lHrx. of Hamburg, (iermany. In the fleet is the celebrated flve-msMer I'otoei. Cap tain llllgendorf. which made the cele brated voyage from llremen to Iqulqul anil rrt urn to Hamburg In five months and twenty-one dsys. The I'otrlmpos made I he same voyage In five months snd twenty-six days, and on on occa sion sailed from W south In the Atlan tic to W south In the Pacific. Is four teen days, (letting around the Horn Is only a matter of knowledge and ex perience. The rulea of the house are strictly In line with those In vogue in the Cnlted Htstea government depart ments under the civil servk-e act. A master of a vessel Is never appointed from the outside but the first mates in line are always chosen. A mate must serve his apprenticeship through out all of Ihe drMU-tnients. The house flag bears the Initials ' F. I..." and the ships are noted for their fast sailing qualities." I Captain Hlrsch tells a very Interest ing story of their approach to uie Col umbia liver, and how the vessel was driven to the north and on to the beach during a southwest gale by a strong current whk-h was not noted on the chart. "I w as on waAch whua sight ed the lightship, but seeing no pilot or IUKb-t we did not dare to sail In. but stood off at what we thought to be a safe distance. When I went below land Captain Ilellwege took the deck. everything seemed to !e In good order, but we got Into the strong current and w hile our lead snd chronometer calcu lations ehowed that we were a safe dis tance off shore, before we could reallxe out situation the breakers loomed up in the fog. It was then Impossible to wear ship and get out of danger. The next big swell carried us on the sands. The rest of the story you know. By careful management I succeeded In lowering a boat and putting off before it was smashed against the aides of the ship. I carried with me a line and thus established connections between the ship and the shore. All hands were safely landed. I went to the life-saving station and procured their aid, but there was nothing that couhi be done. After the crew struck on us we decide,! to pay them off and let them go. I attribute the whole of our trouble to the fact that no sailing directions ap pear on the chart concerning the strong current which prevails under certain conditions off the Washington coast. The Ucrman ship Carl very narrowly escaped the same trouble we had." It VAN WINS TWO FIGHTS. The Australian Wins Easily From Two Good Men. Australian Jim Ryan, In whom near ly every Astorian Bport Is Interested, is once again himself and Is demon strating that he can still uphold his ti tle of champion of Australia. In a letter to Mr. James Keating. Ryan de scribes modestly his victories. His first battle w,s with Thomas Reagan, a well known heavy-weight, at Pine Bluffs. Ryan won In the fifth round. His win nings amounted that night to JS0O. On Christmas day, at Hot Springs, Arkansas, Ryan again met George Pierce, of New Orleans. The crowd which assembled was the biggest ever seen In the state. In the second round Ryan started In to put Pierce out and rushed, but the latter's elbow struck Ryan on the shoulder, severely frac turing the collar bone. After that the Australian fought with one hand, the other being practically useless. In the tenth round Ryan swung on Pierce's nevse nd ended the contest. A great amount of money changed hajida on the result. Ryan Is pretty badly hurt, but can not yet tell the extent of his Injury. Otherwise he Is In the very best of condition. He said nothing of his ached uled fight with Mysterious Billy Smith In New York. The event has probably been postponed. ALDKICH FOR TREASURER. Washington January 8. Senator AKlrlch refused to discuss the report In circulation today to the effect that he had been tendered the office of sec retary of the treasury. When seen by an Associated Press reporter he said: "Anything I would say would be mis construed, and I think my beat plan Is to say nothing." SCATHING REBUKE AGAINST HEARST IklKcred la Congress hi Jobasoa la the raadlag Hill Debate. SBBBBSasBBSSB MAYOR SL'TKO IS DKNOINCKD What They Would Hsve I Vine Had They Hullt the Pacific Itoads Ijetn agoglsm Must (So. Washington, January I. The second day's debate on the Pacific railroad re funding bill developed by far the most sensational Incident of this session of longress. JohnMin, of California, the only mem ber of the California delegation who fa vors the funding bill. In the course of his remarks, took occasion to make a remarkable vituperative personal at tack on Kdltor Hearst, of the Ban Francisco Examiner. He denounced Hearst and Mayor futro as men who were terrorising the Pacific coast mem bers, and made statements concerning the form.-r which led Cooper to charac terlie It later as the "most disgraceful attack In the legislative annals of the I'nited Stales." The members, who had been listening attentively to John son's remarks, as he Is always one of the moat entertaining speakers lo the houie, were thunderstruck at the lengths to which he went. Only at tfte last session Johnson denounced Hearst, but on that occasion he was called to order by MacQuire, of California, but today he completed his philippic with out interruption. The speech created a profound sensation, which was in creased by Cooper's denunciation of It as a cowardly attempt to blacken the reputation of a man of "positive gen ius." Cooper also took occasion to score the gentleman from California roundly for his attitude toward the bill. This Incident completely overshadowed the Interest In the debate on the funding bill, and thereafter it proceeded quietly to the hour w hen recess was taken. The general debate dosed today. Tomor row the bill will be taken up for ar gument under the flve-mlnute rule. Johnson ridiculed the scarecrow which was always pushed Into the horl- xon, whenever a scheme for the ad- justmcnt of the Pacific railroad debts was proposed. The fact that the pro- lectors of the roads made money was' . ..,.. su...e.n...g .s, .en,urre voum ui forgtt. Everybody wanted to make money. What would those who de - nounoed Huntington have done. If they bad built the roads? If Mayor Sutro and that "Hearst," to whom he applied an opprobrious adjective, had built those roads they would not only have made money, but they would have ' bankrupted the government Itself. He declared with much feeling that there was no mem oer irom vjnirornia. except possibly Bowers, who. If he would ex - press nis nonest sentiments, wouiu not support this measure, "arei that Is the man." said Johnson, "that has created I all this furor In California." He said that Hearst intimidated the people and created terrorism among them with his ; paper. The paper had made caricatures of the chairman of the committee. Mr. Pow ers, and the honorable speaker. "I will not epeak for myself, he said. bevause I can get reasonably even with this man before I get through. He said that Hearst had caused his edict to be Issued that any man who dared favor the funding bill, "shall be driven from public life and ruined in private life, and shall be disgraced be fore the people and the gods." When Johnson concluded his speech. there was an ominous silence on the floor. Cooper, of Wisconsin, one of the strongest foes of the Pacific railroad funding bill, took the floor. About the first word spoken from hi. Hp. Inten- Johnson and said: "Let the galled Jade wince. The gentleman was In a Repub lican dlstrlot, he boldly championed the funding bill, and he Is burled under a majority of 5.000." "The gentleman from New York, whom he so Infamously and wilfully maligned, Is not the one responsible for his defeat. It Is acknowledged that the people of the state of California believe that the power of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, whom the gentleman from California presumes to be championing here on the floor, in the face of the people, has been used to their detriment. They know of the manner in which the corporation has for years past treated the people of that state." The evening session of the house was spent in a vain effort to procure a quoum, which was undertaken at the Instance of Erdman, Democrat, of Pennsylvania. A call of the house was made and afterwards the sergeant-at-arms was directed to arrest and bring in the absentees. Pending this pro ceeding there were repeated motions to adjourn, to suspend further proceedings under call, etc. At 10 o'clock the sergent-at-anns re ported the presence of three additional members, who were brought before the bar of the house and after making their explanations were in turn exoused. On motion of Thomas, warrants Is sued for the arrest of absent members were made returnable Tuesday next. Blue, of Kansas, asked that Speaker Iteerf. six, w as alnl, fis excused, which was done without objection. The' Iviuee then adjourned. I NO CAI'HK roB ALARM. Hank Failures Caused by Lack of Com mon Hense. New York. January I. R. G. Dun aV Co.'s Weekly Review of Trad will say: The year 17 begins wlih on advan tagethe past year has swept out of i he way a great number of unsound concerns whk-h In anytime of activity would have been dangerous to business. Of the ll.J oumemrclaj and banking failures In IK4, with liabilities of IZTC Sli.TIK, a large share represented crip pling losses In previous years or the violence of speoulatlvs storms In IMS, or the nrst part of llisS. while thousands more resulted from the fury of lbs po litical tornado of last fall. Banking failures amounting to 60,71Mli during the year averaged V4XA sack and wera Ui per cent larger than In l(t5. Commercial failures amounted to fX.- (M.HU, a little over 11,000,009 having been added the last dsy of the year, but the average liabilities of S14.M2 was smaller than In some years of great prosperity. While banking failures have not ceaaed In the West, apprehension about Ihem has almost subsided and no se rious Influence upon general trade is now expected. Many sound concerns w ere doubtless caught by the epidemic, but practically all the important fail ures sre traced to a disregard of law and of banking sense at periods some w hat distant It Is felt In the West more, but all business will be sounder after Its purg ing, and the return of money to New York has exceeded the shipments to the interior by 12.000.000 for the week. TRUE JACKSON DAT. Celebrated at the Chicago Auditorium Yesterday. Chicago, January I. Representatives I of the Gold Democracy of Illinois and other states of the middle West, north ' west and south, met at the Auditorium tonight for the purpose of celebrating . Jaefcson Dy. Fully Ma-snoa w ere pres ent and the banquet was In many re spects a notable affair of Its kind. Let , ters were received from President Cleveland, Secretary Morton, and Sen- kToe P.lmor AnA a lorp. mhmhee tJt r. ,h, ,h. ,r,, 1 ; . ,, . . tlie senders to be present In person, and words Indicative of the utmost i . . . ,,., , Kk : wiuiuruvjf; iu wiv ivvuic v. ,, ui a u i. u t i ... .... ... . ,i , w A general reception was held by the i gentlemen who were the honored guests of the evening. Francis B. Peabody, of Chicago, waa at the head of the recep tion committee, and for over an hour he was buglly engaged In presenting L Henry Vatter80ni c . Ham,ln, n Rcknee nd John P TrUh the 1 t number of who pressej for. . . Dover. Del.. January 8.-The "rump" house of Republican representatives held a short session In the Hotel Rlch - ardson this afternoon. Arrangements were made Drovldina- for the dailv Dav!ruin- at tlme flm General of members, selecting the hotel as the i Campos waa disposed to recognize oth permanent meeting place, and agreeing ers ,han themselves plotted against to meet every third day until after hlm ,n sPin M weU ta C"0. anJ January 19. The session was held be- 1,6 wa8 forced to retlre- Already some hind closed doors. NEEDED VARIETY. Omaha. January 8.-The annual ban - quet of the Jacksonian Club of this ctly was held at the Paxton Hotel this evening. The banquet was really an ovation to Wm. J. Bryan, with a few oth" Demo"-" to add The absolutely pure BAKING POWDER ROYAL the most celebrated of all the baking powders in the world cel ebrated for its 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. X IKTTKI BeJIItlSISa BRITISH SHIP ' IN THEBREARERS Aadrlaa Narrowly .Escapes Wrecklaj oa the Yaacoatcr Coast ALL HANDS REACH THE SHORE In the Uf Boats. But Return to lbs Vessel In the Morning, Ihe Anchor Having Hsld. Heat tie, January a. A spsclsl to th Post-Intelligencer from port Angeles says: The four masted British bark Andri na. Captain B. V. Smith, arrived here today In tow of the tug Tys, and cap tain and crew are thankful that they are in port again, having escaped go ing ashore on the Vancouver coast near Cape Beale, January t. The ship was deserted by the crew and It was only by good fortune that she was saved. Captain Smith says that for four days h had seen tifteither sun or stars', as during the entire time they were sur rounded by a dense foe. At noon, oa Wednesday, the about of "breakers ahead" was the first warning he bad of his dangerous position. A heavy sea was running at th time. Two anchors were then let go, and as th big ship rounded on of th cables parted, leaving ber within 100 feet of shore and In immediate danger of part ing the other cable. Th breakers were running forty feet tiign and as then) was no poslbUlty, apparently, of saving the vessel. It was finally decided to launch the boats and attempt to reach shore. Several boats wera eapslsed as soon as launched, but eventually the crew of thirty-three men succeeded In getting in two of the lifeboats, but the ! boats filled before they could get safely through the surf, and two of the men were washed overboard, but were res cued by their comrades. A landiag was at last effected and that night , the sailors took up their quarters under ;the lifeboat - i In the morning the w eather had mod erated, and as the ship still held to i her anchor, the captain and crew again . succeeded In getting aboard. They man aged to get under way before they could be caught In the under-tow. Th tug Tyee shortly afterward took dw .Andrir.a In tow. bringing her safely to port. : . ,, . . " .""7 rrr'.rr la among the largest British ships that visit the Sound. She came from Aua- . tralla In ballast. CON'SPIRACY PLOTTED. Against General Weyler by Those Who Overthrew Campos. New York. January !. A copyrighted duroatch to the World from Havana via. , Tamps, dated January 8. says: j An intrigue la on foot here against l General Weyler. as a year ago there I was an Intrigue against General Cam pos and that One old gentleman waa compelled to retire from Cuba. The leader 01 tn Unlon Constitutional par- l vpanisn conservatives), wnose pot Icy has always been that of rule or i"1 lo men "no ,ea lne movement against Campos are engaged In the same kind of plotting against Weyler. There are unmistakable indications , lm "'era omciai term wui soon i6" Intelligence shows that a Cri8,s may be precipitated any day. j ' j Weyler seems to have as much trouble ,ln getting an engntas an actor OWUKel (TO. a IV TWeteV. V -erremrw Ipfl