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VOL. XLV1.
ASTORIA, OUEOOX: SATL'UDAY MOKNINO, MAIICII 20, 18U
NO. 62
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34 Gravel, Tin and Slate Roofing- '
ninth ctwfpt Asphalt Ravins' for Basements. Sidewalks and Streets
vJtL Asphalt Coatlnf on Tin and Shingle Roofs
J1 Repairing of all kinds of Roofs
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t'atna; gaaolln or cheap dlallilate oil.
Bixrino connected direct with pro
peller shaft, and no noisy, eaatly brokrn
bevH gear used In revere motion.
New aparh device; no Internal aprlnf
electrode to burn cut
Hnttil for testimonial
W are building the new 'yle. telf
slar.lng marina engine In all cite
up to ?0 hone por. (
Every engine fully guaranteed.
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Portland. Oregon
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N. JGN5EN and R. O. HANSEN
GAMBLING IS TO BE LICENSED
'An Ordinance Introduced fcy
for the Running of All Kinds of Gaines Under
Three Specific Classe.
flAYOR TAYLOR MAKES A RINGING SPEECH
It Was Heartily Endorse! fcy the Council City Will Buy Alert Hook and Lad
der Company's Horses for 1259 - Bills and Ordinances Passed
Sexton to be Hired for the Cemetery.
Those ft th crowd who attended the
common tiiuni'll lt evening with the
expectation of witnessing a animation
were not llHMltilfl, liul the sensation
wan sprung from an unexpected source
II wm at the cluiw of the vtn,
when the mayor arose to hi feet ami
In the stlllm-. thai followed delivered
one of th mot effective speeches ever
heard In the counrll chamber.
The mayor wad a llltle late In arrlv.
Ing, and found all the member In their
plarea. After roll call and the reading
and approving of the mlnui.. the usu
al order of bulne i ciimmwfd.
Petition Of Hlefeldt and Wlrkkala
and C. Evan for retail liquor llcenae;
refrrred to the proper committee.
Communication Krom the mayor,
vetoing the ordinance prohibiting pa
rade on the vldewalk of the city;
veto utalncd. From the Alert Hook
and Iadder Company, offering to e
to the city It home, harnee and ap
purtenance at ' motion of
Welch, after much argument by many
of th memter and an eliwjuent plea
by Trulllnger In lehlf of the company,
which I heavily In debt, the proo.
tl'n a-repted. Krom the water
company Mating that an engineer had l,1llllin, r ,,y imprleonmwt In the city
jbevii employed to take charge of theL(1, mt ,.x,.w.,jn(, ono hundred day,
'work of putting In the new electric I
'tlirhi t.lant: nied. ' . H. No game other than the
Commlttem Way and M'-nns He.
port thut city road taxi- collected by
the slierltl for lW hn.l been collected
from the county by the committee and
turned over to the treamirer; tiled; rec
ommending pamcnt of the following
claims:
Astorlan, $13 41; It. Steven. ( J.'.; A.
V. Allen, 10 cent; Heesle Arndt.
atlopted.
Health and Police Aked for further
time In which to consider the nlckel-ln-the-lot
machine ordinance; granted.
Itecummended payment of the follow ing
claim: J. W. Durett, tlt.17; Astoria
Wootl Yard, $ri!.r; Ir. A. U Pulton.
iV; Petty, 119.50. Adopted. Itwont-
mended granting ll.iuor license to Swan
Wilson and V. 11. Moen; adopted. Hec-omiiM-nded
letting of contract to Part
ridge for boarding city prisoners;
adopted.
Street and Public Way Recom
mended granting petition of II. P.
Ilruhn to take advantage of ten-year
plan of paying for street Improve
ments; adopted. Recommended pay
ment of claim of Astoria Wood Yard
fur '.; adopted.
Plre and Water Recommended pay
ment of the following claims: lias
Light Co., 14.r.0; 11. W. Sherman, $2.25;
K. II. Parker, $45.90; Scow Hay Wood
Yard, $3.85; Oregon Improvement Co.,
$12; Urtimner & Holmes, $15; West
Shore Mill. $2.85; P. Sal, $2.75; Ross.
Itlgglna & Co., 50 cents; Foard &
Stokea Co., $25.88; adopted. Communi
cation from Knglne Co, No. 2 returned
without recommendation; filed.
Officer' Reports City englneet --estimate
that Improvement of 3.td atreet
will cost $4,634.64; filed; estimate of
coat of 11th street sewer to be $3190;
filed; report that Contractor Normlle
had completed the work on Clatsop
cemetery to his satisfaction; filed.
Ordinances Authorizing tho Issuance
of deed to A. S. Itonnett for property
sold for delinquent taxes; read first
time and referred to committee on
way and mean.
Authorizing the purchase from Alert
Hook and Ladder Cofnvpany of a team
of horses, harnews, etc., for $259: read
first and second time.
Appropriating $3318 to 8. Normlle for
work done on cemetery; read first and
second time.
Authorizing committee on streets and
publlo way to contract with West
Shore Mill Co. for lighting the city
for one year from March 18, 1897 at
$12 per. light; read first and second
times.
Providing for the licensing, taxing.
Councilman Parker Providing
I regulating ami n-rlrli-tlng of gaming
and aC'i'nblltiir house. A ripple of ex-'Itfrin-til
pamiil through the council
chamber when thl ordinance i read,
th ii!lrit feature of which are con
laliH"! in the following section:
H 9. Lvery hou where any yam
,.arrlH or cn,jucted or where
any game played for money, check
credit or other representative of
valu. ehall tx deemed a gambling
houee within the meaning of thl or
dinance, and It ahall be unlawful fur
any peron or pemnna to net up. main
tain, carry on, or allow to be carried
on or play at any game or game for
money, rheckn. credit or other evi
dence of value, except In gaming or
gambling houees licensed under thl
ordnance, provided that the provlnlon
of thl ordinance nhall not apply to
buitchnll, fiKitball. law n tennl. or other
athletic iort, or where card are
playe.1 or dice ehaken for drink or
cigar only. Any person violating any
of the provllon of thl section shall,
upon conviction thereof, before the
auditor and police Judge, be fined In
any sum not l-sx than one hundred
dollar), nor more than-ttiA hundred
following shall be set up, maintained,
carried on, or played for money, check,
credit or other ri'""'cntative of value
In any gumlng or gambling house II
censed under the provisions of this or
dinance, to-wit: Paro. roulette, craps,
N-rccntage. stud ixker, fan tan, Chi
nese lottery or other Chinese gambling
games.seven up.pedro, round table stud,
IMiker. piuncv. solo, pekoy. whist, trick
whist, pin pool, nfteen ball pool, bil
liard, heart, eastern dice. pok'T dice,
first throw dice, three card, lou, draw
poker, straight poker, casino, euchre,
brag, chuch-a-luck, keno, or any other
game, and the proprietor of any gam
ing house who shall permit any game
to be played In his or nor house. In
violation of this ordinance, shall be
deemed Rullty of a misdemeanor, and
uMin conviction thereof before the au
ditor and police Judge, shall be pun
ished by a fine of not less than one
hundred dollars nor more than three
hundred dollar, or by Imprisonment
In the city Jail not exceeding one hun
dred days, and the license to such gam
ing house shall be forfeited.
Sec. 13. Licenses shall be designated
us "tlrst-class gambling license," "second-class
gambling license" and "third
class gamblng license." Any person
or persons procuring a first-class gam-
bllng license shall pay Into the city
treasury the sum of $900 per annum,
or $500 semi-annually, and shall be en
titled under such license to set up,
keep, maintain or carry on In his gam
ing or gambling house any or all of
the games mentioned In section U of
this ordinance, and any person or per
sons procuring a second-class gam
bling license shall pay Into the city
treasury the sum of $250 for six months
or $450 for a llcerme for one year, and
shall be entitled under said license
to set up, keep, maintain or carry on.
In his gaming or gambling house, any
one of the games mentioned In section
11 of this ordinance, and no more. Any
person or persons procuring a third
class gambling license ahall pay Into
the city treasury the sum of $60 for
six months or $100 for one year, and
shall be entitled under said license
to set up, keep, maintain or carry on,
In hi gaining or gambling house, the
following games, only, to-wit: Seven
up, pedro, poker, solo, pekay. wblst,
trick whist, pin pool, fifteen ball pool,
billiards, hearts, eastern dice, poker
dice, first throw dice, razzle dazxle,
dice, three card lou, draw poker, poker,
straight poker, caslno.euchre, rounce
and brag, and nlckel-ln-the-slot ma
chine. Kvery person llietid undr
the provision of thl ordinance shall
have palnld a sign not less than six
feet long and eighteen Inches wide,
upon which hall be painted In large.
er Ictt'-r the words, "Licensed for
fiambllng." which said sign shall be
fastened up In a conspicuous place on
the front of the building where such
gaming or gambling gasne are being
carried on, and In ful view of the
public and paerhy.
Parker, who Introduced the orU
nance, moved to uiend the rules and
put It on Its final passuge, but Welch
objected and the motion wa lost. In
support "f hi motion Parker made
an able argument. He ald In part:
"An emergency exist. The police have
claimed they earned theli' salaries by
collecting from the China gambling
houses, etc., more than enough to pay
their alarle. Por a long time pat
we have not Insisted that gambling
could be carried on under any particu
lar arrangement with the police de
partment. We saw fit to reduce all
salaries short time since and the
police department have seen fit to re
taliate on the council by closing up
the game. It wa not done one week,
or two week ago, but all of a sudden
they struck a moral tone. Thl ordi
nance. In my opinion. I necessary to
protect the revenue of the city.
The urveyor' report on the exten
sion of Commnia! treet wa confirmed
by ordinance, read the third time, and
passed.
Resolutions To Improve 20th street
from Exchange to Commercial, to give
entrance to the new depot, since the
railroad had stated they would soon
have the track laid to It; adopted.
To place water hydrant near Han
thorn" cannery; adopted.
That the committee on way and
means engage an attorney to aastst the
city attorney In prosecuting the suit
for the collection of the Grand avenue
Improvement awOTsments; adopted.
That the committee on public prop
erty employ a sexton at the Clatsop
cemetery at a salary of $45 per month;
adopted.
Opinion of the city attorney read,
htatlng that the sheriff could not collect
fees for the collection of road taxes
In the city, and resolution passed that
such feea heretofore collected be recov
ered by whatever means necessary.
D. H. Welch and H. Mansell were
appointed street assessors. '
The usual bills were presented and
referred to the committee.
THE MAYOR'S SPEECH.
Just before the council adjourned
Mayor Taylor arose and said that he
had a statement to make to the coun
cil. A pin might have been heard to
drop In the chamber when he com
menced. He said: "Members of the
Cornell: I was surprised when I saw
the report In the paper this morning
that It was rumored there was dis
agreement between myself and members
of this body. I do not know whom
the report couid mean, and do not
believe there Is anything In It. but that
such a report could be circulated at
all shows that there is something
wrong somewhere with some of the
city's officers. I believe that every
member of this council In his acts In
this matter of retrenchment did what
he believed to be right and Just. The
law empowers the council to fix sal
aries. It Is the province of the council
to do that, and they have the right
to do It without having reflections cast
upon them by some other department
of the city government. In the be
ginning of the year the police commis
sion saw fit to paisst an uncalled-for
resolution reflecting upon the council,
and to my certain knowledge the chair
man of that commission Instructed the
clerk to give It out to the papers for
publication. It was also Intimaiwd to
me that If the police salaries were
reduced some retaliatory ' measures
would be adopted.
"We all know that gambling has
been going on In this city, under a
sort of license, through fines collected
by the Dollce department. The ordi
nance reducing police salaries waa re
turned to the auditor by me yeeter
day afternoon. Within three or four
hours afterwards It came to my ears
that the gambling houses were to be
closed up that night. As to gambling
In the city. I have nothing to say now
I only speak of the spirit whicn ani
mates some of the otllcers of the city.
Last evening that edict went forth
in a spirit of retaliation. If It was
done by the commission It showed a
wrong spirit I am told again, how
ever, that they simply left the police
officer to do a they pleased in the
matter. I want to say that if the
commission have eb-'.-ted to permit the
police to retaliate on the council they
do not know thHr place. It ia not a
question of right or wrong, but the
spirit manifested by the officer of the
city In this matter. Any police com
missioner that I worthy of h position
would at once discharge every man
on the fores who tried to how rfuch
a deposition of spite against the coun
cil. Officers who show uch a spirit
are not worthy of even the salaries
they are getting today. If thl coun
cil cannot meet here and perform Its
duty and do what it think I right,
without the officer of the city taking
them to task, it la time for the council
and the citizen to see that no one
occupu a position that he I not
worthy of holding."
Council adjourned.
THE f STATE TAXE3.
County Judges VIeet the Board In Sa
lem and Ask to Hold Money.
Special to Astorlan.
Salem, Or.. March 1. County Judge
Norhup of Multnomah, Gray of Clat
sop, Potter of Lane, Martin of Uma
tilla today appeared before the gov
ernor, secretary of state and treas
urer, comprising the state tax levy
board, and presented argument In fa
vor of leaving the atate taxes now due
In the hands of the county officials
until the legislature convenae and
passes the appropriation bill.
There is due "rom these several coun
ties over $572,000. It waa Insisted that
If paid it would lie Idle In the state
treasury, w hile many counties are pay
ing Interest on lndebtedr.es. The last
legislature failed to make appropria
tion, and as the secretary refuse to
Issue warrants except for small
amounts, the board waa asked to
name the amount the state would
need, and allow the remainder to re
main with the counties until needed.
While no action will be taken by the
board a a body, the secretary of state,
whose duty It is to superintend the
state's fiscal affairs, is inclined to be
lenient. He said: "I am not disposed
to be in a hurry. I don't think rea
sonable time should make any differ
ence under the circumstances. If. when
the legislature meets. It should pass
a rlief bll for th county treasurers,
they would be all right. If It should
fail I would have to bring suit."
DUN'S REVIEW.
Business la Steadily Improving, and
Commercial Loar.s Show Increase.
New York, March 19 Dun's Weekly
Review tomorrow will say: Though
h. steadl'y Increasing business Is much
below Its volume In former years of
prosperity, and many expr.9b disap
pointment, yet there Is some gain ev
ery week, and with more hand at work.
and more mills In operation, larger
purchases for consumption cannot be
long delayed. In some branches It Is
felt already; there Is a larger distri
bution of finished products and the de
mand for commercial loans has sharp
ly Increased, especially in the dry
goods and Iron and steel branches.
THEY WILL BE EXECUTED.
Frankfort, Ky., March 19. The riot
alarm sounded calling the militia to
gether at i o'clock this afternoon, and
before them the governor gave his
final refusal to Interfere In the Jackson
and Walling cases. The soldiers left
at S o'clock, carrying with them the
decision of the governor, which said
In so many words that the execution
must go on tomorrow.
Printed velvets are very much used
for fancy bodices.
Green and violet seem never to lose
their popularity In the world of milli
nery. There are now made special little
trunks to contain only the waists !n
my lady' wardrobe.
You cannot wear anything so unique
In the way of neck fixing that It will
be deemed outlandish.
The scent of violet clinging to fern,
inine belongings always suggests a re
lined taste ratchot.ll does not.
TTn!ess a woman lets gilf make a
fright of her she gets no credit for
bearing a heavy burdeu of sorrow.
Walt for tha "Huseby," the beet
bicycle on earth for the least money.
$40 and $50. F. L. Parker, agent
THE TARIFF BILL
NOW IN HOUSE
Uailcy Will I'resent the Minority Re
port On Next Monday.
DEBATE IS TO BEGIN MONDAY
Sight 51om will Be Held Till flirch 23tk
Vie Five Miaite Rile Applies
Appropriation rssetf.
Washington, March 19. The tariff
bill was reported to the iiiuss xii.y.
Bailey will present the minority report
next Monday. Dalzell from the com
mittee on rule presented the apectal
rule under which the house I to op
erate the tariff debate. The rule pro
vide that the general debate shall be
gin on Monday, at 10 o'clock, and shall
continue to and Including Thursday,
March 25, with night session, after
which the bill will be open for amend
ment under the five minute rule. Com
mittee amendment are to have prece
dence until March XI, when a vote U
to be taken.
After a stormy seaalon the houe to
night passed two of th regular appro
priation bills, which failed to become
law at the last seaelon. They were
the sundry civil bill and the general
deficiency bill. The two ether which
failed last session will be paused to
morrow. FOR SENATOR CORBETT.
Washington. March 19. In the enat
today Senator Chandler presented a
memorial from Governor W. P. Lord
and the secretary of state of Oregon,
detailing the circumstances of the re
cent failure of the legislature of that
atate to organize and elect a senator.
The document stated that as a result
of this falure no. session of the Oregon
legislature had been held since , Feb
ruary. 1S95. The purpose ot he memo
ria was to establish the right of the
governor to appoint a senator. The
memorial waa referred to the commit
tee on privilege and elections.
MR FITZ HAS RETIRED.
Carson, New, March 19. Fltzslmmons
left for San Francisco tonight. Fltl
today reiterated his Intention of leav
ing the ring. In San Francisco he will
appear at the Mechanlca'c Pavilion to
morrow night, and that will be hi
last appearance in public. He has
notified Corbett. Goddard, Choynskt,
Sullivan, Sharkey and Maher ot his re
tirement, and will not even give box
ing or sparring exhibitions in the fu
ture.
MYSTERIOUS BILLY IN JAIL.
Carson, March 19. Mysterious Billy
Smith Is now reposing In the county
Jail m Carson. He .got on a train.
this evening to go to San Francisco.
and walking up behind a detective with
whom he had had trouble, he com
menced to strike him In the neck. Pis
tols were drawn, but before anything
was accomplished the officers had Mys
terious Billy In tow and were leading
him down to Jail.
THE MARKETS.
San Francisco. March 19. Hops 9
and 11c.
New York. March 19. Hops Easy.
London, March 19. 13 15s.
Liverpool, March 19. Wheat Spot,
steady; No. 2 red spring, 6s 3V4d; No.
1 California, 6s 3 l-4d.
Portland. March 19. Wheat Valley,
79: Walla Walla, 78 and 79e.
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