The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-03-17
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The Gatzert Brings Down Party Of
Prominent People.

Prominent People.
The Bailey Gatzert arrived yester-
day with her party of distinguished
guests, who, through the courtesy OF
Commander Farenholt, were taken,
upon their arrival here, on board the
Manzanita for jaunt down to the Jet
ty. Had the visitors decided upon any
other day in the year for their TRIP
down the Columbia, it could not have
been a more perfect one, and their ride
out on the jetty was under a perfectly
blue sky, from which a bright warn
sunshine tempered the air to degree
that was most comfortable and exhila-
rating, Scarcely breath of air was
stirring, and the train was consequent.
ly run to the very end of the long jetty
where at half tide the big breakers
rolled up in a menacing manner all
around the high framework. The view
was enjoyed by all the visitors, espe-
cially those of the party who had never
been here before. Returning to the
Man7anita, Captain Gregory gave the
party a ride down to point near the
heads where the big swells first meet
vessels and give them that graceful
swing that forebodes disaster to the
bilious stomachs should further ad-
vancement be made. But the captain
is not a hard hearted man by any
means, and to the entreaties of many
Of his guests who were not used to
the briny deep, the good ship was put
about and run back to the city.
During the evening before the de.
parture of the Gatzert, the entire party
strolled about the city, and enjoyed the
novelty of seeing a city built on plllng
The following persons were the Cat
zert's guests:
Edmund Cardwell, ex-senator of Mon.
tana Captain Pegram; Chief Engineer
Caplice, Montana; j. c. Markell, gu.
perintendent of the Union Pacific no.
tel system; j. M. Eagen, Of the Mana.
gers Association during the Chicago
strike; Judge Bellinger, Portland; Ex-
Senator ]. N. Dolph, wife and daughter;
w. S. Pierce, New York attorney fol-
the American Loan and Trust Com
pany; Judge Gown and wife, Of Oma-
ha; Railroad Commissioner II. E. Bat.
tin, of Portland; S. w. Eckels, general
freight agent U. p, Salt Lake City;
e. L. Lomax, general passenger agent,
U. p, Omaha; r. w. Baxter, general
agent U. P, Portland; Senator Jno. NJ.
Thurston and wife, Omaha; Congress
man Ellis and wife; H. w. Bancroft
and wife, of the U. p, Salt Lake city;
N. S. Clayton of the U. P; Receiver
McNeillf o. r. and n, Portland Win
field Storey, Boston, attorney for jun
ior bond-holders o. S. L.; Ellis G
Hughes, capitalist, Portland; ex-Sena.
tor Saunders, Helena, Mont; E. Dickin-
son, general manager U. p, Omaha;
Geo. r. Butler, private secretary to
Senator Thurston, Omaha, and w. c
Cowgirl, Sun correspondent, Portland.
E. A. Topping, the Bond street Sec
ond-hand man, did not have his auc-
tion yesterday as advertised, though 1t
was mot because he was out of goods
for his store was filled with all sorts
of stuff and there was a large number
of people present anxious to knock
something down at a bargain. The
failure to auction is explained some
thing like this: B. S. Worsley was
employed to auction the goods. Not
wishing to put up $4OO for a years Ii
cense, he applied for a special license
for the day, which, he says, was agreed
upon with Police Judge Osburn to be
$40. When he went for the license tn
chief of police stated that nothing les
than $25 would be accepted for "a
hour license, and so the whole affai
was declared off. Mr.. Worsley states
that $4OO is a pretty good price to
charge an auctioneer for selling goods
and that $40 a day, which would be
$3.50 a year, is about the limit. He
therefore naturally objected to the 81,
charge, which would bring the license
up to $9.125.