The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-10-11
TELEGRAPHIC.
Specials to The AstOrian.
The Columbia Waterway Convention
Officers Elected, Committees Appointed.
Next Place of Meeting is Oregon City

PORTLAND, Oct. 10.-The fifth ses
sion of the Columbia Waterway asso
citation met at the board of trade
rooms at 10 o'clock this morning.
President l.. E. Smith appointed
Hallon Parker, of Walla Walla, G. H
Dodd, of Portland, and j. F. Halloran
of Astoria, a committee on credentials
The committee reported forty-one del
egates entitled to seats, representing
Portland, Astoria, Vancouver, Wallt
Walla, Oregon City, The Dalles, Pas
co, and other communities tributary
to the Columbia river.
After the reading of officers reports
including the financial secretary's re
port, the election of officers resulted
as follows: President of the associa
ton, J. F. Halloran, of Astoria; first
vice president, E. d. Mckee, of Port.
land; second vice president, u. F
Moody, of The Dalles; third vice.
president, ]. Q. A. Bowlby, of Astoria
fourth vice president, Hallon Parker
of Walla Walla; fifth president
E. L. Candy, of Vancouver; secretary,
J. P. Shaw, of Oregon City; treasurer
Louis Sohns, of Vancouver.
President Halloran made brief ad-
dress and took the chair.
Letters were then read from sen
ators Dolph and Mitchell, represen
tative Hermann, Captain Willard
Young and others.
Upon reassembling at 2 P NJ, The
president announced that he had ap
pointed committees on memorial, res
olutions, executive, statistics and judi
dietary.
Resolutions introduced were all re.
ferred to the committee.
Discussion as to the best place OF
holding the next convention resulted
in choosing Oregon City as the place
the time to be left to the executive
committee.
At the evening session a memorial
was prepared to both houses of con
gress, and the convention adiour nee
till two o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
1t is reported here that the govern
ment engineers recommend the aban
donment of the work of improving
Yaquina bay on account of there not
being enough ebb or current TO seoul
the channel. The report is not au,
thenticated.
Large numbers of Astorians are IL
town seeing the exposition and tax
ing part in various meetings.
GIVEN TO THE JURY.
PORTLAND, Oct. 10.-At late houl
this afternoon, the suit of Mrs. Lo
retta Henly against Robt. Pattol
for S7,650 for injuries received by he
in the collision with Patton's buggy
was given to the jury by 6 o'clock.
ON TRIAL.
To-day Frank Payton and John r
Leger, indicted for obtaining money
under false pretences by selling l.. o
Larsen worthless watches, for $40
which they represented to their vic
tim to be worth $50, were on trial be
fore Judge Stearns all day.
CAN OPENING COMPANY.
Articles of incorporation of the
Franco-American patent can opening
company were filed in the county
clerks Office this afternoon. by J. w
Cook, Vincent Cook and j. Spencer
with capital stock of 100000.
IN BAD BUSINESS.
This morning J. w. Anderson. +;
young man indicted for passing worth
less checks ON John Landgrof and A
J. Comstock, was brought into the
criminal court to plead. His case wa:
continued until tomorrow.
THE SALVATION ARMY.
On Tuesday last J. n. Parker, M
Simonson, Walter Hays, Edward Nc
Donald and John Ganaha, member
of the Salvation army in East Port
land, were arrested for violating {
city ordinance which prohibits band
from playing in the streets without
special permit. Through their counse
Williams & Wood the imprisoned
members have petitioned Judge Shat
tuck for a writ of habeas corpus +
be served on the city marshal of Eas
Portland. The petition was to hav
been heard at 80 to-day, but OWN,
to other business before Judge Shat
tuck the matter was continued.
BAD FOR SICK MAN.
Geo. Bowman an o. r. & n. EN-
ploye In a fit of delirium jumped fro1
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