The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-08-01
Specials to The AstOrian.
The President of the U. P. Railroad,
And His Party, Will Be Here To-day
a Band of Fire Fiends Feared in Portland


The city dredge will be taken down
to Postofice bar next Tuesday to be-
gin work at once. Her services are
needed there at present, and she can't
throw out sand too fast. The dredge
will be in charge of Capt Carroll.
The government dredge is working
away at st. Helens, and according to
latest reports, is making splendid
headway. When the city machine
gets down with her the bar will be
cut out in short order. Twenty feet
can now be found at st. Helens, but
as the river keeps falling it is feared
that by the last of August it will be
much lower.
ATERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
This morning at 9 o'clock car
penter named J. Ashloine, was run
over by car at Hinkle's quarry near
La Camas, w. T., having his left foot
completely cut off at the ankle. A
donkey engine was being moved from
one derrick to another, when the cable
slipped, curving back with the above
unfortunate result. Ashloine was
taken to the hospital at Vancouver.
WILL CARED FOR.
Quinn n. Guthrie, the young fire.
man, who was on the same train with
the late Jno. Miller, engineer, wrecked
near Lebanon Sunday, is being well
cared for at St Vincent's Hospital.
His mother and sister being constant
ly with him.. He bears his sufferings
like a hero and will recover, but
his face will be disf1gured.
JUDICIAL MATTERS.
Tomorrow morning Judge Shat
tuck, OF Department No l circuit
court, will hold his last session of
court prior to taking a vacation. At
that time the mgndamus proceedings
of Richard Everding against H. E.
McGinn, district attorney, will come
up.
To-day Richard Thornton began an
action against j. Carroll McCaffray
and Mrs. Eugene McCaffray to recover
81, 600 attorneys fees for services rem
dered between June, '88 and Decem.
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A $500 FIRE.
A fire at the Oswego Iron and Steel
works resulted in a loss of 81, 500.
DISTINGUISHED PARTY.
Charles Francis Adams, president
of the Union Pacific railway will ar
rive in this city tomorrow morning
at 6 o'clock, accompanied by Mrs.
Adams, Miss Adams, Louisa G. Ad-
ANS, his daughters. The party iuclud-
ing Mr.. Oliver W. Meek, comptroller
OF the United States. and Mr.. Edward
Garfield, private secretary to Mr..
Adams, have just returned from a trip
to the north having taking in all the
most interesting points in Alaska.
Mr.. Meek is now in Portland and says
they had most delightful time. The
| trip to this coast is for pleasure, not
business. Mr.. Adams has attended to
his own personal correspondence only.
At eight o'clock, two hours after ar
irving here, the party will take the
elegant steamer I. j. Potter and visit
Ilwaco till evening, when they will re-
turn on the same boat. Mr.. Adams
and family will then board the south
bound train for San Francisco and
other southern California points, grad
ually after that travelling eastward
and stopping for a day at time al
various places of interest.
Comptroller Meek will go east from
here next Friday as soon as he sees
the party off for California.
BAND OF FIRE BUGS FEARED.
Within the last three days there
have been three incendiary fires here
} and In East Portland, one doing ser
ious damage. A policeman who il
pretty wide awake and proposes to be
able to distinguish stranger from &
permanent resident says that he be
Geves that there is a small organiza
tion of fire bugs in the city who re
} Gently arrived from Seattle and
Ellensburg. Their experiences in these
places have whetted their appetite
for more exciting scenes in the shape
, OF large conhagrations, also for plum
der.
IF you know this to be a fact WHY
don't you impart your knowledge tc
the chief% asked listener. "The
chief knows all about it and so d.
! other patrolmen," was the retort.
If this statement which is accepted
4 with some grains of allowance is true
} the handful Of patrolmen on active
) duty at night will be unable to guarC
this city against =such emergency
Q There are not enough officers on dut.
to properly patrol the full length o
\ the river front, Front, First, Second
: and Third streets to say nothing o
the more western part Of the city.
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