The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-09-13
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tendance than for either of the pre-
vious days assembled at City View
Park to-day. The great event was
the Portland suburban. won by 60
loma," in slow time.
The first race was five-eighths mile:
nine starters: Sunday" won in a gal
lop, Lady Duffy" second, Regal"
third: time, 104.
Second race, Portland suburban:
mile and a quarter: "Brady" and
More's "B" being favorites in betting.
"Coloma" won the race; Laura d."
his stable companion, second, Brady"
third: time, 2:15.
Third race: trotting, 2:35 class:
Lady Maxim" the big favorite. She
won three straight heats; time, 2:33115,
2:33 and 2:32.
To BE ON EXHIBITION.
Therepis being made ready for ship
ment at the central Office of the Ore
gon state weather bureau in this city
a complete set of meteorological in
struments, which will be placed on ex-
hibition at the state fair, to be held at
Salem next week. During the fair,
all persons who have thermometers or
barometers to be compared can have
the same done. free of charge, by call
ing at the exhit and making their de-
sire known. This exhibit, together
with other self-recording instruments
that are now on the way from the east,
will be placed on exhibition at the
exposition to be held in this city dur
ing October. The instruments are
the property of the Oregon state
weather bureau, and are all of the
signal service pattern and standard.
OF the self-recording instruments now
on their way, there are some of new
and interesting pattern and exceed
ingly valuable. These two exhibi-
tions will tend to instruct the people
as the modus operandi of the United
States signal service and our own To-
cal bureau, which the last legislature
so wisely created.
WANT JOS. ARRESTED.
This afternoon James Steel, ad-
ministrator of the estate of the late
Ben Holiday, filed an affidavit show
ing that Joseph Holiday is now at
Seaside, Clatsop county, to evade a
process of the circuit court ordering
him to sign notice advertising the
sale of Ben Holladay's personal prop
erty on the Dist inst. Mr.. Steele
further says that Joe Holladay pur-
posely defies the court and asked that
he be arrested for contempt and that
he be prosecuted accordingly. A war
rant for his arrest was placed in the
hands of sheriff Kelly at a late hour.
STEAMBOAT INSPECTORS.
Messrs. McDermott and Edwards
are expecting to return this evening
from southern Oregon where they
have been on an inspection tour for
the past two weeks. While out on
this circuit they made ont more than
twenty certificates and when they re-
turn will be called on to make out a
number for the Willamette and Co
lumbia river boats.
The e.. w. Rich, a steam schooner
lying at Astoria, will be one of the
first subjects on their return.
TANNERS RESIGNATION.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12-Commis-
sioner of pensions Tanners letter of
resignation IS made public. He says;
Difference which exists between the
secretary of the interior and myself
as to the policy to be pursued in the
administration of the pension bureau
has reached stage which threatens
to embarrass you to an extent which
/ feel I should not call upon you to
suffer, and as an investigation into the
affairs in the bureau has been COM
pleted / am assured both by yourself
and the secretary of the interior that
it contains no reflection on my inte-
gritty as an individual or as an officer.
herewith place my resignation In
your hands to take effect at your
pleasure, to the end that you may be
relieved of any further embarrassment
in the matter"
President Harrison's reply accepts
the resignation to take effect when
his successor qualities and adds: II
do not think it necessary in this cor.
respondence to discuss the causes
which led to the present attitude of
affairs. You have been kindly and
fully advised of my views on most of
these matters. 1t gives me pleasure
to say as far as l am advised your
honesty has not at any time been
called in question. beg to renew
expression of my personal goodwill" !"
THE MISSISSIPPI RACE WAR.
GRENADA, Miss, Sept 12-The riot
in LeFlore county is over. The re.
suit, as far as can be cleaned, is that
eighteen or twenty negro leaders
have been shot and hanged. It is
impossible to find out the exact mum.
ber, but it is believed that even more
were killed. Order has been virtually
restored, and none but those who
proved to be instigators and ring.
leaders were killed. There is nc
doubt that negroes by hundreds have
been receiving Winchester rifles and
ammunition and organizing under the
influence of bad teachers. The whites
claim their action in dispensing armed
bands of negroes by force was necess-
sary for self-protection.
ARMY DEsERTIoNs.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.-The secre.
tary of war will fully discuss the sub
ject of army desertions in his forth.
coming report. In order to correct
the many evils complained Of by the
enlisted men, the following remedial
measures are among those that will