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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1897)
;;;;:.ii'i;i.!ci.isr,f.!iASS5C!.Tio;i. Save time The Dally Astortan , , 0pw ' Ma a Usr.uu. and PifVusHrr ...Family Clrcclatlon... Much mors than thrm tif as LAX) A THAT Or ANY OTHIt lAf IN ASTORIA. r" How? An "Ad" EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL XI.VI. ASTHMA, ORETiON, TlllIiSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 14, 18117. NO. 11 Stiff Ladies' Kid r.irst Tt (! UlrJ. Schober & Cos Ladies Fine Shoes IV Vl fc Sk; l DV 4 VI. Columbia Shoe Company 523 CoaaertUI St.. Alt oris. Or. A Fell Line Saand Diaries Calendar Pads Blai?k Books ?eX Supplies Tide Tables "897 GRIFFIN & REED City Book Store The Low Price Store ISCLOSINGpUTjrSBUSINESS. All lrtN Goods Mtur. I adcrtscar, Cluak. Corsets, sold 30 per icat. off rtqilar prkcv If voi bu one dollar's tnrth of goods all toi pa for it Is 70 cts. I. COHEN, 4l lloml Ht. Antorln, Or. WHY Do We Have V iVnl Courteously with Our "ustonu rs, Y Consider Their Wants, And (iivo the Mom Value for the Lowest Price. FOARD & STOKES CO. Astoria Roofing and Cornice Co. 34 Gravel. Tla ail Slate ftoofinr MNTH STREET Asu Pavlir - - ASFM'i vmiihi oh i in ana sninric roots Rerjlrir of all kinds of Poofs Clarkson & fllcjrvin LONG FIR PILING roftrt FrttshcJ Astoria Asphalt & Roofing Co. &tl?r All Work Roof FSklntioc Emil Schacht flRGHJTEGT CEO. N1C0LL. Assistant. omc: Ifapp's Hew Brewerg B.F.AIillEN&SON . GfcaaMc. Iwmii IUai(v aCM WmI Guts J 63 Cc mmtrcltt trU UNION MEAT CO. SHIELD BRAND HiWS, BflCOfi, LARD COEDEKSED MEATS GUARANTEED TUB BEST 1X ttC ftmtT Cor. -itb acl Glisao Sts PORTLAND OREGON 00 Button Shoes "Use. on ? Vl A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR TO ALL The LARGEST BUSINESS? Because our Goods are Properly Represented. tor Itstmt nt. Sidewalks anj Streets Boom Company 216 aal 317 Ckamber of Commerce Portland. Oreroa guaranteed - N. JENSEN tod R. a HANSEN SEASIDE SAWPbL A cvunpler stock of lumber on hand In the rough or dressed. Flooring, ru tk, ceiling and I1 kind of finish; mold Incs and shingle. TVrma reasonable and prices at bedrock. All order prompUy attended to. Office and yard at will. H r.U LOGAN, SeUe, Oregon. Proprietor. The Palace Cafe Is the Place for a Good Meal... Eastern Oysters in the ahtll or can Served to OrJer or Soli at Retail W. W. WHIPPLE THE PALACE J. A FASTABEND, QE.NERAL CONTRACTOR, ROUSE, BRIDGE R5D CHflRf BUIiDEH HOl'SK MOVER. ASTORIA 0E500N EXPERTS TALK OE THE SEA WALL Think It the lkt Possible I'lun for Starting Growth of the City. insiNFss mi:n i:mm)Ksi: it 5H th. IUII Throucrh "n a Unwul 1 ShhIm anil hr I'r.Htrl for Any Knn-rifnirjr. Not on f lh- nxxit nkvpllrul and IM-n.tinliiilr ririlitii of Awtorla r Clat-m-x, rounly or thr tl if Orvn will ttalnitay thir twmH.n that thi-bulld-ln f a rwal) alonx Antorla's water frmt wrx hr Iw-rlnnlnir of nrW era for thv city arxj tltat It In "!' of thi- lirixjvninU which rtiuait lw mile nooni-r or latT The only ques tion l how niui-h "nonrier" cn tills lniirovrtin-fit ! ur"l. Tlw w-titlni'i it espr-iw-d bIhV" were hcaf'l In a nuintH-r of pulillt- 1Uu1 yrnt.-flay. and nrvuint-Tit pro ami vim .-r- tnailc All utm-i that Antoria niuij have w-awall. Karh and i-v-ry ti 1lujf r-l as to tlx I)l nii-thoil of ei urlns" It. and the Hunt lime to un-d.-rtkr the enterprise. Its iml sr rj tit supMrtets ur tluit as sHn as the work nhould lie -rmi!ierired the n ( reuse In valuation of lunds would he mut-h nvrv rapll than the Inrreaae In taio.tlon, siid that t)e rerlulnml land ni the city water front level would huvr such an additional value for hus lues purMes that the Im-onie from thU source In a few yeais would more than take care of the extra expense to property owners, even should the cost of the enterprise exceed the esti mate of ixo.ooo per mile. The -aMall, whlh sill make It possible to ftradc down the hillsides and (111 In under the preiM-nt IxMird streets over the tide Isnd. III dlst-ns- with them- unxlRht ly and unsafe streets, which could not (xn.sll.ly stand the traffic of a city of .n.imo people, and would furnish a solid foundation for the lrlck and stone hus ltv blocks which will lie nt-cexs.tr for the i.ndui t of tlx hUHlns of a osnnienlal center. Those h lutve rtudlrd the illttlon say that It would he a oinintlvHy ay niatti-r to .itw an act at the j.r. xi-tit . ssUni of :lie state leKlslature appolntliiK a Nsinl of public works lih stithority t' i.nstruct the sea wall. .vy the necessary tax for the funds with which to carry on the work, and that now, while the railroad work Is procrvsslnc. la the time to push forward the seawall. If the railroad is cer irotni: to benefit the town one hajf a much as Its mt conservative upirte.rs anticipate. th"re can be no nuestion as to the prowth In tula tlon and Increase In business Import ance. Given these facta as assured and no one would like to deny thetn--ample means for the construction of the saall ctwi be easily provided, even thou-rh It should cost irnW.OOO per mile. The nRlnifr who Iwis drawn the plans for this work and made the estimates showing that the maximum iost would be fsA.otW per mile, has had great ex-porW-rvv In this kind of construction work and Is supposed to know whereof ho talks. Hut even If he hould le mjstaiken as to the. coat, the very prxweut ln f a work of this magni tude, It Is thought by the progressive proierty owners of the city, would be the most effective advertisement the city etHild piwslhly have and would give It a standing the world over, In suring the Investment here of unlimit ed capital. The workingman Is in favor of the proposition because It will not only make more wages, but would have a tendency to raise the rate of wages. The real estate mi are In favor of the proposition beoause it will at onoe create a market for the sale of prop erty. The real estate owner are In favor of the seawall because it will increase the population and the number of rent era. Every business man favora the sea wall enterprise because It will Increase his customers. , Every saloon man, every cigar dealer ia anxious to see the consummation of the scheme because he will soil more good a. Transportation companies, both by water and land, want to see the com pletion of the seawall because It means more freight to haul. The lawyers will vote for the sea wall because they w 111 have more deeds and acknowledgements to rcoord. The present portion of the city along the water front everyone knows Is go ing to decay. A fifteen minute walk along Commercial, Pond and Astor street wlU convince the most skepti cal of this fact. Thousands of gallons of water are going to waste every day at the wat-r works which might be used in sluicing down the high hills and remedy the difficulty with the slid ing land districts. This cannot be done, however, until there is a base against which to throw the dirt. Contractor Wakefield, of Portland, of long experience In construction work of all kinds, said to an Astorlan rep resentative yesterday that in hte opin ion the proposed seawall was the great est scheme ever suggested In the Inter est of the future Astoria, "I have carefully examined the blue print plans drawn by the engllM-er for thla bulk head or sawall, and I must acknowl edge that the whole scheme strikes me most favorably. The plans are practi cal and the work can t done thor oughly In a iM-tnoarv-rit manner and at the same time comparatively cheap. Yes, I hrtlly approve of the plans as drawn and the entire achenie." Mr. Bmll Hohaoht, the well known architect, after examining the plans for the wawajl, Ud: "This la one of the beat schemes I ever saw. It will do more for th growth of Astoria, aside from the railroad Itself, than any othr single proposition yet brought to my attention. The plans as drawn lire perfectly feasible, and Involve no very lH-avy exne. I should think that the work could he done In a solid inttrinor within the estimated cost by the engineer, and that when cotn plnted. It would last the city for decaih-B." HuiMTlntendent W. H. Wattl, of Corey brothers, a practical contractor, stated butt night that the entire scheme of building a hulkhevl or seawall for Astorlu, c rtiMtily met wfrh his approval ami was a work that would soon have to le utulertaki-n by the city If It ever cxxcted to amount to anything mor than a mi-re fishing village. "You must have more room On a level for the business portion of the city. You must have a seawall soon. Now la the time to put a bill through the leg islature for the purpose. Be sure that you make the bill broad enough to cover all emergencies. Do not limit It In time or amount of, coat. See to It that gl men are appointed on the commission, and then when the time comes you will have your seawall." The Hon. C. H. Page, oollector of customs at this ort. when Interview ed on this subject, said: "If the peo ple of Astoria who own property are going to sit down and do nothing with the exiiectatlon that t rangers will come In and do everything for them, th.y will wake up some morning and lind theiuiH-lves greatly .mistaken. It would be easier for strangers to build a new town on a new site on the har bor of the lower Columbia, than to wake up such mosHbacks. You can't expect to reap what others sow. In a general way I am certainly in favor of the setiwall protKstitkai. It Is one of the most correct and proper enter prises for this city yet proposed, and should be IgiiroUHly pushed by all. Tin- pu.nU.le of our lrd where the workers Were sent out Into the vine yards to gather graes. and the re sultant lesson therefrom, Is Just as .tppllcable to these times and Astoria as It was to the people of old. But ihe trouble with some of our moss backs is that they do not know the Scriptures," The blueprint plans for the proposed seawall are on (lie at the. Astoria office and onu for the inspection of all thos Interested in the matter. They can be seen at any time by application at the business office. TO SKT TYPK FOR FAME. Champion Green to Defend His Title Against Mensiug, of St. Iuls. KulTalo, N. X.. January 13. A con teat at typesetting with the linotype machines, to settle the championship of the world, will take place in this city January HI. The contestants will be Harney J. Mcnslng. of the St. Louis Post-Despatch, and Ceorge W. (Ireen, of the Buffalo Evening News. The type to be set is No. 2 nonpareil, slug to mea-Mire UMi ems pica, or 27 ems nonpariel; t he speed, of t he machines Is to be Sti revolutions per minute. (Jree-n is the champion operator of the world. He won the championship at Chicago, In November, 1S95. On that occasion he set 78,900 ems to Taylor's "6.0)0. Seven hours was the time. In March, 1896. Menalng contested against Francis, another St. Louis op erator, and a that tune beat Green's record by about 600 ema an hour. REWARD OR HOLD-UP. Express Robber More Valuable Dead Than Alive. Chicago. January 13. Express and railroad managers have sent to mes sengers and train guards orders to shoot to kill In each and every case where robbery Is clearly the Intent of anyone w ho interferes with the run ning of trains, and a cash reward of $300 Is held out for each robber shot but not killed, and $1,000 for each who is made to bite the dust. A general changing of shooting Irons haa been considered for some time. The moat Improved patterns of repeating rifles and 'revolvers have taken the place of arms of the older styles. The cars are being built with an eye to resist ance against the onslaughts of train robliera. The floors and sides are re inforced with Iron plates and the doors made heavy with fastenings. JOHN SHERMAN GETS IT. Washington, January 13. The Asso ciated Press is able to announce to night positively that McKlnley has ten dered the state portfolio to Senator John Sherman, of Ohio, and that the distinguished Buckeye statesman has accepted and will be premier of the In coming administration. Self-denial week In London netted the Salvation Army $260,000. THE DEADLOCK STILLJOSTBOES fifjht Has Apparently Settled Down to a Question of Endurance. WHAT ARE SPEAKER'S POWER To Compel the Attendance of Mem bers In the House Fist Shaking and Disgraceful Scenes. Special to the AsMrlan. Halmn, January 13. There Is no change In the house deadlock tonight. Hem-un'-i followers claim there are In dications of weakness In the opposition line. On the other hand the Bourne men say they will stay out all session unless Bourne is assured of election as speaker. No step toward a com promise are being taken, and the fight has settled down to a question of en durance. The oontest for United States senator which has been thrown in the background by the fight for speaker. Is the subject of reviving In terest tonight, for the reason that to morrow night Is the time set for the Itcpubltoan caucus. At Senator Mitch ell's headquarters it Is confidently as serted that he is sure of the caucus nomination and consequently re-election. It 4 claimed that forty-nine sig natures have been secured to the cau cus call and that fifty will go into the caucus, four more than a majority. Mitchell's opponents claim that the call for a caucus la signed by forty-seven only, and that some of them will re fuse to enter the caucus, or if they do they will make their position so plain that they will not be bound by Its actions. The house spent another day In a fruitless attempt to organize. Thirty four members assembled at 10 o'clock, but as it requires two-thirds, or forty members, to constitute a quorum, noth ing was done and adjournment was taken until 2 o'clock. The house assembled at 2 o'clock and. as usual, found no quorum, fellyeu, of Lane, started to go out when his name was called on roll call. Somers. of Linn, Insisted that he be enrolled as present, although he did not answer to his name. Speaker Davis ruled that member must be enrolled present if found Inside the house when their names were called. This decision evoked great applause at Bllyeu's ex pense. There were several roll cajls. and at one time thirty-four members were enrolled as present The house remained quiet until 4:50 p. tn., when Crawford, of Douglass, arose and ask ed the chair to direct the temporary sergeant-at-arms to compel the at tendance of absent members. Craw ford maintained that It was within the power of the chair, under the con stitution, to require absent members to attend. Bilyeu, of Lane, objected, main taining that there was no way for the) chair to enforce any decree. He said there were In the contemplation of the law no members of the house until they were sworn in. After a spirited debate the speaker stated that he wanted time to look Into his powers as to compelling the attendance of ab sent members; meanwhile he would request the temporary sergeant-at- arms to use due diligence to secure a quorum tomorrow. The house then ad journed. The legislative hold-up is still on and the house is In Its disorganized state yet. The morning session brought out some grandstand talks that have been the features of the show. Somers, the Mitchell men. and Uren had their dally fight., which consisted principally of loud words and the shaking of fists. Tomorrow the house will be called to order by Temporary Chairman Davis, who still holds the seat. 'What the outcome will be Is merely conjecture. That Bourne nd Mitchell are fighting it out is an old story and as both are great political generals the finish Is anxiously awaited by the "First Dayers," who have been here for a week. That Simon Is on the inside of the hold-up is not conceded by old politi cians, but it Is thought that he is encouraging the fight with the hope that it will bring about the defeat of Mitchell. That the Mitchell men will remain loyal to their leader is an assured fact and the prominent leaders say there will be no compromise. Mr. Barkley, the gentleman who delivered suoh an erratic address in Astoria for Bryan. Is one of the Bourne lieutenants, and tonight In the hotel lobby Is frequently using the terms of revolutionists to all that can hear. The senate goes on serenely and a large number of bills have been in troduced. The Mitchell men claim fifty jtes for their candidate on the first bal lot. ARMY RE-ORGANIZATION. The Hull Bill Reported to the House Unchanged. Washington, Jan. 13. Representative Hull's bill for re-organisatlon of the line of the army, which is practically based on Secretary Lamont'a recom mendations, has been under dlscus- slon by the house military committee for several days, and today th com mittee decided to report It t' the house without change. The scheme U to organize the army Into ten regiments of cavalry, seven regiments of artillery and twenty-five of infantry, and to limit the number of enltned men. Including Indian scouts and hospital corps, to 30,000. Un der this plan an artillery regiment Is to consist of a colonel, lieutenant-colonel, three majors, twelve captains, fourteeii first lieutenants, twelve sec ond lieutenants, one sergeant-major, one quartermaster-sergeant, one chief musician, two principal musicians, and twelve batteries. The infantry regi ments are to have th safntr olScers and to consist of twelve companies or ganized Into three battalions. The present organization of cavalry regi ments Ik to be unchanged and all va cancies are to be filled by promotion according to seniority. MR. HAMMOND'S MONEY. District Clerk Hoffman, of San Fran cisco, Will Pay It Oover. San Francisco, Jaunary 13. Judge Morrow today handed down a decision In the matter of the mandamus Issued against Sou t heard Hoffman, clerk of the district court by the superior court of San Francisco. The district court's former cas-i had ordered Col. Hoffman to pay over the surplus in his hands remaining from the sale of the ship Willamette Valley, to the Oregon Pa cific Railroad, and to Chas. Page, of Ellis & Page. The total surplus amounted to $24,000, of which $20,000 was to go to the railroad and $3,000 to Attorney Page. Before Col. Hoff man, In obedience to an order of the court, had mailed the checks for the amounts decreed to the Oregon Pacific and to Pare. he was served with a writ of mandamus Issued by Judge Be wail out of the superior court of San Francisco. In the case of W. A. Swin erton against the Oregon Pacific Swin erton obtained two judgments In the superior court for about $16,000 and sought satisfaction for his debt out of the funds of the company in the hands of the clerk of the district court. Hoff man denied the jurisdiction of the su perior court In the premises and ap plied to Judge Morrow for relief. Judge Morrow decided that Hoffman held the money not as an Individual, in which capacity he w ould be subject to a writ, but as clerk of the district court. While It was In Hoffman's custody, the mon ey was really In possession of the dis trict court and continued subject to its order of disposal. Col. Hoffman will pay the $24,000 to the Oregon Pacific and to Page. FISHING INDUSTRY. Committees Appointed at Last Session Make Their Report Special to the Astorian. Salem, January 13. The senate was in session all day and a number of bills introduced and several resolutions passed. Patterson, of Marlon, present ed the report of the joint committee appointed at the last session, to In vestigate the fishing industry and re port at this session. The committee was Patterson and F. A. Bancroft, on the part of the senate and I. F.Baxton and J. Wright on the part of the house. The committee's report said they had examined the fishing Industry at The Dalles and Astoria and had prepared a bill which w-as designed to conserve the industry. They had conferred with a committee from the Washington state legislature, and the prospects for the two states acting in unison have been greatly Increased by the settlement of the question of jurisdiction In the fed eral court. The bill that the commit tee has prepared calls for no expense, except the salary of the fish and game warden. The report was referred to the committee on fish Industry. The absolutely pure BAKING POWDER ROYAL the most celebrated of all the baking powders in the world eel- ebrated lor its great leavening strength and purity. It makes your cakes, biscuit, bread, etc., healthful, it assures you against alum and all forms of adulteration that go with the cheap brands. ncvai sarin soweta eo . mm vosa. AND IT IS NOW "GOV. ROGERS" Populist Nominee in Washington Duly Inaugurated at Olympia. A SENATOR NOT YET CHOSEN Squire and Turner Both Claim to Be Still in the Race Situation Ia a Very Complicated One. Olympia, Jaunary II. The Populist nominee of the fusion party for gov ernor was this afternoon Inaugurated as chief executive of the state. He took the oath of office before the joint session of the legislature without pre liminary ceremony, and then delivered his inaugural address. Aa leader of the reform movement which places the state administration In the control of the Populist, Democratic and sliver Re publican fusion lata he took occasioa in his address to recommend to the legislature many Important change la state affairs. He advised the abolUloa of the land oommiuHlon, arid land com-, mission, dairy commission, and believes that the different penal and reform in stitutions, insane asylum, and soldiers home should be under the management of one board, composed of the gover nor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor and one appointee. HI geatkm for the st&te to tmpply free school books to school children, and have them manufactured by con vict labor at hte Walla Walla peni tentiary, created surprise and subse quent criticism by representatives of labor unions. Wild cheering? followed his advice to the fusion members of the legislature to settle their dispute before balloting begins on next Tues day for United State sen ate r, so as to bring about Immediate etecttoa. Cries of "That's good, hurrah for Rogers," punctuated many of his ad vices. Recoournendations for a law re ducing passenger and freight rates; for a law prohibiting the use of free passes by state officials; for a law pro hibiting fl.sh traps and wheels, and for the exemption of homes from taxation, were also features of the address. The senatorial situation is yet too complex to venture to make any rea sonable forecast about the final result Senator Squire and Judge Turner each claim their respective forces have suf fered no disintegration and that con verts are being made each day. Mean while Populist leaders say one of their faith is certain of election, but are divided as much as ever so far, on the centralisation Jn their forces upon one candidate. Further than the Introduc tion of numerous -bills in the house today, nothing of importance trans pired in either branch of the legisla ture. All the state officers were Installed. Tonight the Inaugural ball was held at the Olympia Hotel, and visitors were present from all parts of the state. COXEY'S CONVENTION. St. Louis, January 13. Coxejrlte re formers at today's session of their con ference, formulated and adopted an address "To the people of the United States." The document is signed by Jacob S, Coxey, president, and Carl Browne, secretary. DEADLOCK IN IDAHO. Boise, Idaho, January 13. The ballot taken in joint session for senator to day, resulted: Wm. H. Claggwtrt, Pop ulist, 33; F. T. Dubois, silver Republi can, 3; J. W. Jones, Democrat. 14; T. F. Nelson, Populist, 8; R. Z. Johnson, Democrat, 9; scattering, S; necessary for choice, 36. The Claggett men mor- (Conttnued on Fourth "rage.) I K OVARII dCt,?3 t mi Nil M'ji-zU 4 V Hl'l!o top.