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VOL. XLVI.
ASTORIA, OKKUON, KIN DA V MORNING, JANUARY IJi, 1897.
NO.
1 A
111 11 . .a .a ,v AXi
Kiif iiTin firm i
$1.00
Ladies' Kid
ricm Tip. I ml cm
Laird. Schobcr &Co.'s Ladles' Fine Shoes
tVAO and o Skin. HI !). I VI.
Columbia Shoe Company
523 Commercial
A Full Line
of-
&nd Diaries
Calendar Pads
BIar?k Books
?SMg Supplies
Tide Tables to. 1897
GRIFFIN
City Book Store
The Low Price Store
IS CLOSING OUT IT S BUSINESS.
All Dress Good, Shoes, l'ndcrcar, Cloaks, Corsets, sold 30 per
cent, off rcqular prices. If yoa buy one dollar's
worth of goods all you pay for It Is 70 cts.
I. COHEN,
401 Hond Ht, - AMtorln, Or.
WHY
Do We Have
ft'e Deal Courteously with Our OustomoM,
We Consider Their Wanta,
And Give the Most Value for Uie Lowest Price
FOARD & STOKES CO.
Clarkson & f(nln
LONG FIR PILING
Promptly Furnished
Astoria Asphalt and Roofing Co.
All Work
Roof Palntlnsj
nd H.palrlni kjr Rood.
J. A FASTABEND,
OENERAL CONTRACTOR,
H0D5E, BRIDGE AND AW BUILDER
MOU)C MOVER.
Hons Mvlsg TmU tar Rest.
ASTORIA oaaooN
Emil SchacHt
flRGJUTEGT
GEO. NICOLL, Assistant.
omci:
ropp's New Brewery
B.F.flliliE&SOfl
Will Papar. Artlfta' Malarial. Palais,
Oil. GUM, MC. JUMM Mantega.
Rati ana Baafcoa Good.
365 Commercial Street.
J. B. WYATT,
Pbon No. 68
Aatorls, Orsg as
Hardware,
Ship Chandlery,
Oroceriee,
Provisions,
PAINTS and OILS.
paclal AtUntlM Pal to Sapptjrlni fats.
Button Shoes
"ant, Wort
St., Astoria. Or.
A PROSPEROUS
NEW YEAR TO ALL
& REED
The
LARGEST BUSINESS?
Because our Goods are
Properly Represented.
Boom Company
2 16 and 217 Chamber of Commerce
Portland. Ortfon
I.KATK OHniCRU
AT 69 COMMaK
CIAL STKEET
Guaranteed
N. JENSEN and R. O. HANSEN
SEASIDE SAWMILL.
A complete atock of lumber on hand
In the rough or Irmcd. Flooring, rus
tle, celling and All kind of flnlah; mold
Inn and ahlnglM. Terms reasonable
and prices at bedrock. All ordera
promptly attended to. Office and yard
at mill. H F. L. LOGAN,
Beaaide, Oregon. Proprietor.
UNION MEAT CO.
SHIELD BRAND
HAJVIS, BACON, IiflflD
CONDENSED MEATS
GUARANTEED THE BEST
- ix the market.
Cor. 4th and Gllsan Sts.
PORTLAND OREGON
The Palace Cafe
Is the Place for a
Good Meal...
Eastern Oysters
ia the shell or cat .
Served to Order or Sold at Retail
W.W.WHIPPLE
THE PALACE
THE DELINQUENT
TAXESARE COOD
I'or a Xcw Court House, and Could Ik
Collected In a I'cw Years.
CANNOT CLATSOP UKT THERE
Willi a OimhI hhowlng When Hhe
Making Kvery Effort to Attract
People ami (lapltal.
I
Can Clatsop build a court house nut
of Ihr proierd of the delinquent tax
Hat which will mci-l the requirement
of her business for the ensuing year,
and conform to Ihr dignity of her lol
tlon. ia Ihr question which la now agi
tating many business men throughout
the county.
When aakrd hi opinion regarding Hie
multrr the Hon. HcnJ. Voting atalerl
that he wo cettulnly In favor t a
new 1 our I houm- If II could lie olilalnrd
wllliout aililiiloiiul taxation. "I ap
prove of the mitfiiiUm made by Hon.
t". W, Fullon If M can he male to
work practically. We don't count on
our delinquent txe oa available prea
ent reeource of (he counly, and If we
could only tradeoff that dellmiucnt tax
lint for a new rourtliouae or a part of
a courth ue, I ahould conelder that It
would ov a piece of nood bualnem wtlli y
on the part of the county to make the
trade. We cannot afford to levy an ex
tra tax for a courthnue. but we ran
afford to give up any pnwpertlve prfit
In a ded tax Hot. I ahould think there
would be plenty of (mntractora glad to
make a apeculatlon of that kind. Their
money would probably be aafe In the
oourae of time, and they stand a chance
to make extra profit. Thirty thousand
dollar will now build a courthouee that
a few year ao would have coat IVl.OOO.
The Whatcom courthouiie. which coat
ItO.MiO a few year ago could now be
oonatructeri for 130.0(10."
fount)- Judge Oray. In (peaking of
the qucatlon, aald: "I am innitly In
favor of building a courthouse, and If
It I HilW to client the delluquenl
txe and cowl, for which the property
I now held by the county, without pay
ing more In fee and coete than we
get out of It the Inveetment would
ccrtiilnly be good one. Thine lax-
purchane on land sold from IMiH ut to
and Im-ludlng ltt3. atlll unpaid, amount
In IT.:' il. Ni'arly of (he amount '
a on lax purvlui.- inad In M2, w hen
mortgnxe were taxed and a large
amount of the whole Hut originate
front that aoun-v. In estimating our re
ource from tax pur.-hiuw the county
clerk ha deducted fifty per cent for
erroneous asM-ewnent of county school,
ruail, schixd district and city taxes,
which I think ta not far out of the way
and can be reaJlied when real estate
can be sold, but not at the present time.
"The land of the delinquent taxpayer
ha been aold, and the coat and pen
alties added, whhh they are willing
to pay If they c.n.
"Do the taj-payer wish, at this
time, t fores the sale of lands held
by the county fir taxes, costs and pen
alties, upon which the owner, when
they redeem, must also pay Interest;
or do they want the county to sell the
property to land syndicates and give
the county's warranty deed and let
the buyer hold up the county and the
delinquents too, by reason of errors In
many cases?
"I am willing to put up with our old
courthouse for another year, and I
think the county court Is also willing
to co-operate with a committee of the
Chamber of Commerce to collect our
taxes just as fast as possible, having
due regard for the Interests of the coun
ty and the people."
I It not possible that an arrange
ment can be made which will be a com
ronilse between the suggestions offer
ed, and will give the delinquent tax
payers all the protection to which they
are entitled, work no additional hard
ship uxn them, and at the same time
secure a new courthouse which shall
be adequate for the conduct of the
county's business, a aafe depository for
Its records, and an ornament to the
city and county commensurate with the
pretensions Its people are now making?
PAINFUL ACCIDENT.
Occurs to Foreman Charles A. Smith
at the Tongue Point Railroad
Quarry.
Early yesterday afternoon a very
painful and what nearly was a serious
accident, occurred to Foreman Charles
A. Smith at the Tongue Point quarry,
where the stone for the rip-rapping of
the railroad grade Is being taken out
by Corey Brothers.
For nearly a year Corey Prothers
have been digging out stone for their
use on the waterfront side of Tongue
Point. Charles A. Smith, their fore
man, is Oj very careful man and an ef
ficient workman. In blasting out the
rwk from the face of the cliff, natural
ly a pile of loose, sharp stones has
accumulated at the foot of the hill or
bluff. On a ledge above this, yester
day, Mr. Smith, with an assistant, was
busily engaged in drilling a hole In
the rock for another blast Suddenly
and without any warning whatever, a
huge bowlder from above was loosened
and fell upon the two men, hurling
them to the ground below. Men, boul
der and looe rock for a few second,
were bslly mixed, and when Mr. Hmlth
was pulled out of the debris It was
found thst he was badly cut on the
fuce, hands, arm and legs. His -Ifttant
escaped with only a alight bruise
or two. When Mr. Hmhh wa brought
to the nlty he wa covered with blood
and hi friend at flrt feared for his
life. Iir. Jay Tuttle waa called, and
with Huperlntendent Wattl ient ev.
eral hours In Ht. Mary' Hospital mak
ing the Injured man more Comfortable.
Fortunately no bone were broken, and
at lt account Mr. Hmlth ua resting
easy.
Thla I the wort and most serious
accident that has occurred since the
railroad work wa started. No (pecla!
cause could be assigned for the trouble
any further than that the rock of the
cliff bove the ledge where Hmlth was
working had become loosened by the
aotlon of water and repented blasting
from below. Mr. Hmlth jut hppened
to be there when the ps k gave way.
ITS OHICINAL NAME.
liold iH-mocrat Organize In Chicago
for Further Action.
Chicago, January t.A conference of
gold IemocraU held at the Auditorium
Hotel today declared for continued op
position to the free sliver wing of the
party and for a continuance of the
party organisation.
Heunlm with the Ilryanltes wa de
clared out of the question, and a resolu
tion, offered by John J. Irish, of Cali
fornia, waa adopted, calling upon the
Detmsrata throughout the country to
perfect their suue and local organisa
tions with the purpose of placing state
and local tickets In the field for the
next election.
About sixty members were present,
representing Illinois. Michigan. Iowa,
Nebraska. Mkouri. Minnesota. Ken
tucky, and California- Franklin Msc-
Veagh, called the meeting to order and
named General H. II. Buckner, of Ken
tucky, a chairman, tleneral llurkm-r.
in taking the chair, aald the meeting
wa railed for the purpose of conferr
ing with reference to the future course
of the National Democratic party,
which was the oul' IX-mufratlc party
III existence.
The question of a name for the party
came up for consideration and John I
Irish said he would not be surprise!
If the irty, with Its next convention.
asHumed the name of Democrat la-Ke-
publlcan party the original name of the
Ji-ffersonlan party.
TUB NEW YOHK HANKS.
New York. January . The Finan
cier say:
The statement Issued by the clearing
house banks of New- York City, for the
week ending January , is a more ef
fective argument In favor of an Imme
diate low money market than columns
of theoretical discussion. The enormous
Increase In deposits and In cash hold
ing have been equalled only once, and
that was for the week ending Novem
ber 14, succeeding he election.
Those gains. It is needless to say,
were the result of the January dividend
payments, the continued flow of money
to this center, and the large Increase
In savings deposits. As there is no
outlet for this money, the usual winter
gold exports having been postponed,
the total cash gain appears much larg
er than during any previous year. The
expansion of deposits, unaccompanied
by an increase In loans, as is usually
the case, also shows clearly the source
of accumulation and that the result
of the week's operations has been to
Increase by (10.704.500 the cash In the
New York banks, bringing the total ex
cess reserve up to i3,W1.4F, which Is
larger than for two years past.
, WASHINGTON'S LEGISLATURE.
Olympla, January I. With a few ex
ceptions the members of the legislature
are now here ready for the session
which convenes Monday at noon. To
night the principal lobbies are filled,
and Informal caucuses are being held
to discuss the organisation. The sen
atorial contest, however, Is the all ab
sorbing question. Senator Squire ar
rived on the late boat this evening
to personally look after his campaign
for re-eleotlon. Many other candidate
are also here.
WOLF WINS.
Portland. January . The suit of H.
Wolf & Co., against the Home Insur
ance Co., to recover Insurance on the
stock of clothing burned two months
ago resulted In favor of the plaintiff.
The Jury awarded Wolf & Co. $13,207,
the full amount sued for. The insur
ance company contested the payment
of the claim on the ground that the
fire was Incendiary.
THE FUNDING BILL
Washington, Januiu-y 9. The debate
in the house of representatives on the
Paclllc Railroad funding bill came to
a close at 6 o'clock this afternoon and
the final vote on the bill and the 111
amendments and substitutes will be
tak.?n Monday noon on the assembling
of the house.
Meany Is the leading tailor, and pays
the highest cash price for fur skins.
JOHN II. J1ITCIIELL
IS CERTAIN
Says He Will Ik Elected ht the Ke
puhlkans oo the first Ballot.
SIMON PRESIDENT OF SENATE
lull-renting New from Halem Contro
versy Over the Hpeakershlp of
the House.
HM-:lal to the AaUirian.
Halem, Or., January . Tonight's
train from Portland brought a large
number of legislators, and the lobby of
the Willamette Hotel presents a lively
scene tonight. Among those who ar
rived was Benator Mitchell, who Imme
diately upon hi arrival here opened up
headquarter. He wa soon In close
consultation with his lieutenants, giv
ing Instructions for the coming battle.
Kiddle, of Douglass, Bourne, of Mult
nomah, Benson, of Josephine, Homers,
of Linn, and Brown, of Morrow, all can
didates for the speakership of the
hou ie, also came In on the evening
train. Bourne Immediately opened hi
headquarters at the Eldridge Block.
The principal topic of discussion Is the
t'nlted States senatorshlp and the
speakership.
Il Is generally conceded that Simon.
of Multnomah, will be president of the
senate, and organisation of the senate
is not among the speculations. Senator
Mitchell stated to a representative of
the Associated Press that he would be
elecu-d on the first ballot by the Re
publican vote. Those opposing him are
equally confident that he will not re
ceive the necessary number of votes.
The principal candidates for the
speakership are Riddle. Benson, and
Bourne. Bourne it 1 thought I as
sured of the support of the Populists
and Democrats. Tonight Riddle seems
to have greater strength than Benson.
There Is no diminution of applicants
for clerkships In comparison with for
mer years. There Is no general talk
of a caucus yet. although many mem-
tiers express themselves as favorable jyoung friend for counsel as to the con-" affairs ts ths formation of a new ayB
to one for both the senate and bouse or- jduct of hi life, with the view to sue- jdlcate, composing practically all of the
gaulsation. The anti-Mitchell men, cess. My answer was purposely in the i leading banking houses here and the
though, are not disposed to enter a ;eplgrammatic and alliterative style, and '. representative foreign banking inter
caucus on the senatorial question. ! partly lu verse, as beet calculated to jests, to take measures for the proteo-
THK SHORES ASSIGN.
Milwaukee, Wis., January 8. R. A.
Shores and R. A. Shores Jr. made a
personal assignment today to ex-Gov-ernr
I'pham, who gave bond for 1200.
000. They are stockholders In the Shores
Mining Company, the Shores Lumber
Company, and the Shores Building As
sociation. Applicatlor has also been
made for a receiver for the Shores
Lumber Company
FOR YOUNG MEN.
Eastern Man Who Visited Oregon Tells
of the Way to Succeed.
A promient business man of the East
who recently visited the West, when
asked about the young man's chances
How to make his fortune, replied In the
following characteristic and Interest-
ng manner:
To answer Intelligently questions such
as are presented to me concerning the
present requirements and chances for
young men to attain success, counter
questions are in order.
So vast Is the diversity of opinion as
to what constitutes success in life that
both time and space are wanting to
consider the subject In Its varying as
pects. An entire column or page might
be devoted to the consideration of a
single phase of the question Involved.
without at all satisfying the special
curiosity of the Inquirer, as
viewed l
from his peculiar standpoint.
Then, too, very much depends upon
the character of the man himself In
determining whether city or country
life is best calculated to promote his
advancement In the race, and whether,
with his mental and physical charac
teristics, he Is more likely In the one
than In the other to reach the desired
goal.
My belief is that in this nation at
large there are as many opportunities
or "openings" as there ever were for
the development of a young man's ca
pacities and for his attaining success
In life.
Viewed In the narrower scope of
merely acquiring money or property
with which to secure a competency for
himself and family, there may be
greater competition than formerly In
the chief cities: but In the newer states
of the great West, and In the reviving
industries of the awakening South, the
opportunities extended to industry and
to business enterprise and ability are
limitless.
The boundless natural resources of
the Northern Pacific states, as also
those of the Gulf states, offer a most
inviting field to young men desirous
of carving out their own fortunes.
Wore I starting again In life, the
question of climate would Interest me
greatly and axei-clse a dominant Influ
ence In determining my choice of a
home. Fortunately those states which
now hold out to young men the strong
est Inducements for settlement offer
also climatic advantage superior to
tlusw of more eastern and northern regions.
Who can gauge the future of thse :
great Pacific mast states Washington'
and Oregon, with their boundless re-'
source or of that empire state of
Texas? And What homes of genuine
physical comfort are to be found in
all the Oulf states from Florida west -
wsrd! The destruction of the orange
crop has reduced the price of lands,
anrt t th am tlm nk.nMt St. !
same time awakened t-
tentlon to a more diversified cultlva-!
tlon of the soil. '
While, therefore, the rapid enhance-
ment of real estate values In the great
cities may render It more difficult now;
than formerly for young men to acquire .
there a foothold In realty, such limita
tions do not prevent their striking out j Sacramento, CaJ., January 1 The
fr newer and really more Inviting l residents of Oraxgeral, a new citrus .
fields for the exercise of their ability, colony lu the southeastern part of this
their Industry and energy. There ls0ounty, are determined not to allow
no such favored land on this planet I coolie labor upon any of the farms or
for the young and deserving as this '.orchards.
blessed country of our. I Last summer a crowd of Chinese la
in laying stress upon climate as an borers was driven out. C. O. Roof hired
important factor In estimating success, six Japanese to work on him place..
I am impelled thereto by the conviction ' Night before Inst fifteen cltlsens with
that success In life Is by no means con- j gunny sacks over their heads, called on
fined to the mere acquisition of prop-, the Japs. A rope was put around each
erty or wealth. Such acquisitions are. of their necks and their captors starte
of course, not to be despised, and are ! for an oak tree. Roof came out and
worthy of a large expenditure of In-' remonstrated when a rope was throws
dustry and effort, especially with thejaroond his neck. Roofs wife became
design of eht nriuborle xflflffxflfirrbgb ! hysterical and the little children were
design of their nobler uses and ben- j so frightened that they let the husband
eflcent sharing with our fellow men, and father go. The Japs were taken to
and yet they constitute an aim and la big oak tree, their hands tied behind
achievement altogether Inferior to some j them and then atrunsr up to a llmh.
others such as contribute most to the
true happlntys of man.
It were needless here to dilate upon
these stronger foundations and higher,
nobler and more enduring sources of
that genuine happiness which, just In
the proportion of Its attainment, rank
first both In the axioms of philosophy
and In the results of experience as the
mo,t potent factor In the estimate of
man's success In life.
Leaving to others responding and j
w hose ow n success in acquiring worldly
possessions qualifies them far better to
reply from experience, and to furnish
detailed business prescriptions to that
end -a more precise answer, I may
summarize my general views by quot -
ing from a letter In which I endeavored
to reply briefly to the request of a
i take lodgment In the memory, and It
ran somewhat as follows:
Most of the requirements and quali
fications for a young man's success In
early life may be found with the letter
P as the Initial; for instance: Purity,
probity, prudence, pluck, politeness,
punctuality, promptitude.
Most of these qualities are akin, and
all of them are worthy of sedulous cul
tivation, as conducive to happiness and
success. The first three are the three
graces, or chief moral qualifications,
and hence entitled to the highest con
sideration, and to ceaseless vigilance.
The others follow naturally as legiti
mate offspring, even down to the last
promptitude. For promptitude Involves
our duty to our neighbor and our obli
gations to him. The remark of subacute
writer concerning a proverbially late at
tendant at church, that It seemed "to
be a part of his religion to disturb the
religion of others." Is applicable In like
manner to those who are deficient In
promptitude in business affairs and ap
pointments. To secure promptitude,
and to avoid undue consumption of my
time by thoughtless callers, I resorted
to this warning expedient In verse,
posted on the door of my private office:
"To busy men whose hours are fleet,
Your business state and don't repeat:
Affairs are apt to come to grief
Except when one Is prompt and brief."
Prudence, while directly opposed to
penurlousness (and that Is never pru
dent), yet Inculcates care In the avoid-
ance of wastefulness. I might express
It In a couplet:
"Despise not the penny, though petty
it sounds,
But prudently prise It. as parent of
pounds."
As to patience and Its kindred virtues,
including persistence and pluck, they do
not of necessity, embrace obstinacy, but
they do encourage resolution, steadiness
of purpose and Independence of thought
and action. Any floating cork, and even
a dead fish, will go with the stream: It
takes a man of courage to go against
It. Politeness, even if ranked among
the minor qualifications, and not one of
the cardinal virtues, ia yet of eminent
service to any young man in the battle
of life. It cannot in its higher sense
be learned from books of etiquette, but
it may be Improved by association with
the refined, and above all by cultivation
of the best promptings of one's own
heart.
"Politeness, if true, no book can impart;
(Continued on Fourth Page.)
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
mm
.ABSOLUTELY PURE
iJIOB OUTRAGE
IK CALIFORNIA
;
'
; Inoffensive Japanese Laborers Strang
' j0 Trte.
) .
i "
MOVEMENT AGAINST COOLIES
r.
I ' I
The Men Left Dangling Till Life Waa
Almost Extinct and Then Forced
Out of ths County,
,
IThey allowed them t kick and struggle
I until life was almost extinct and then
lowered them. This they repeated ser-.
eral times. When they were satisfied
with what they had done they made
the Japs pack up their traps and leave
the colony, warning them that If they
or any of their countrymen came ts
the colony again they would bang them
up and leave them .for the coroner ts
cut down. '
THE UNION PACIFIC
Foreign Bankers Will Buy It If
Funding Bill I Not Passed.
the
1 '
New York January f. The latest ds-
i velopmetxa in regard to Union Paclfle
tlon of the property In the event of
the failure of the funding bllL and a
decision on the part of the govern mem
to sell the property under foreclosure,
subject to the Hen of the first mortgage
bonds. Protection of the Kansas Pa
cific 4s also covered.
The capital subscribed aggregates)
$40,000,000, and the syndicate operations
will, as in the case of the previous $11,
000,000 agreement, be controlled by
Kuhn, Loeb Co., and the Mercantile
Trust Co. The original members) of
the $10,000,000 syndicate are given the
option of raisins; their subscriptions pro
rata.
i
If the funding bill should not be pa
ed, and If an attempt should be made
to foreclose, the syndicate stands ready
to buy In the system and pay off the
government Hen.
FIGHT TRANSFERRED.
From Sacramento to San Francisco for
the United States Senate.
San Francisco, January (.The fight
for United States aenator to sucaeed
Geo. C. Perkins has been transferred
from Sacramento to this city.
The. opposition to Senator Perkins
has been busy today endeavoring' to
select an available man upon whom
to concentrate Its strength. Several
names have been repeatedly mentioned
in this connection, the most prominent
being Irving M. Scott, and ex-United
States Senator Chas. N. Felton. Neither
of these gentlemen has ye! given dofl-
ntte consent, but tt is considered certain
that some dark 'home Will be found
and nominated 'In the assembly neat
Tuesday. Samuel M. Shortridge baa
seen an Avowed candidate for some
weeks, but is mot considered formida
ble. James A. Waymire's name will
not likely be presented unless there
should be no choice on :the first or
second ballot.
NEW RAILROADS.
Ottawa, January . The Winnipeg,
Duluth and Hudson Bay Railway 1 ap
plying In the official gaxette today for
a charter for a railway from a point
south -of the Lake of the Woods to
Winnipeg and thence to deep water In
Hudson Bay. The Manitoba and Pa
cific Is also making application for
power to build a road through the
Crow's -Nest pass to the Paclfle In Brit
ish territory.
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