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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-21
Waterworks Contractors Go to
the Wall.
AN ARMY OF woRKMsN
Will Demand Their Wages Today
Police Protection Called For
Trouble Anticipated.

Yesterday afternoon at o'clock the
Pacific Paving Company notified the
worlkmen and sub-contractors that there
would be no payday today. Commotion
reigned for time and creditors sought
what information they could The news
was not generally known until late at
night, and then an Astorian representa-
tive in company with Officer Thompson,
visited the office of the contractors at
the reservoir, where 1t was learned that
the worst was true Assignments made
Of claims which were supposed to be
payable in October were decided by the
city attorney to be payable out of this
months estimates and this left only
about haf enough money to meet the
pay rolls with. There Is owing to sub
Contractor Parelli alone $500 for labor
done by his 200 men and when they gel
the news today 1t is feared that there
viii be grave trouble. Messrs. Benin 4
Hamshaw rather than attempt to pay
only part of the amounts due, decided
to leave all of the money with the water
commission and refer the men to tdat
office.
1t Is feared that when the men go to
the works tomorrow there win be trou-
BILE and the contractors have called for
police protection. 1t is also limited that
IL the men learn that the money is at
the commissions office they will march
In a body to that Office and may make
trouble.
Contractor Parell says that he will go
on with llis part of the work some way
or other, and IL given guarantee by
the city VIII agree to finish the entire
work In forty days, and can get the
money to do 1t with, but that he wants
an understanding first.
1t Is hoped that means will be found
to fix matters up to the satisfaction OF
all and that the Paving Co. can resume
their contract,
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-21
WAR IN FORMOSA
japanese Capture Two Cities
After Short Contest.
THE CHINESE HEAVY LOSERS
Southwestern China in a State of
Rebellion-Armios Said to be
Supplied by Russians.

San Francisco. Sept. 2O.-The steamer
Gaelic arrived today bringing advices
from Japan up to Sept Z. Tairnan Ju,
the old capital Of Formosa, and Chang
Hwa, an adjacent fortified town, were
captured by q body Of 1000 Japanese on
August 26th, after a short contest in
which "a of the assailants were killed
and wounded. OF the Chinese garrisons,
numbering 10000 $50 were killed or
wounded and the remainder dispersed in
various directions. The conquering ar
my win not proceed further south untii
the arrival of fresh troops from Man
churia, and Japan. By the middle OF
September the entire force will exceed
$4,000 fighting men.
Fifty thousand Mohamedans are in
active rebellion in the southwest of Chi
ma. They are fighting with arms said
to be supplied by Russian sympathizers
and their avowed purpose is to set up
an Independent government in the terri
tory taken from Kansu and Thlbet. The
authorities at Peking are dlspatchlng all
the troops that can be collected to the
scene. In exchange for more than 1000
prisoners of war delivered over by Japan,
the Chinese have produced IL captives,
only one of whom was a soldier. The
other ten were coolies attached to the
invading army.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-21
THE PAwN-BRoKER TEsTIFIEs.
identities the Ring Durant Offered to
Sell Him.

San Francisco, Sept. 20-The prosecu-
tlon in the case of Theodore Durrant
announced today that its witnesses will
be through with direct examination next
Wednesday. The crowd at the triad ex-
ceeded that of any previous day since
the case opened. The women outnum-
bered the men two to one. Half an hour
before court opened there was not even
standing room. AT the same time hum
dreds of citizens were held at bay by
squad of police and deputy sherlffs.
Adolph Oppenheim, a pawnbroker, tes-
titled that between the 4th and 10th OF
April, Durrant came to his store and
offered for sale a ring with small chip
diamond. The witness selected a ring
from those identified as belonging to
Blanche Lamont and said that 1t was the
ring offered him by Durrant. He had
declined to purchase it and Durrant had
taken 1t aNny with him. Oppenheim
stated that since testffying at the pre-
liminary examination he had received
two letters offering him brlbes to modify
his testimony. One of the letters offered
him $500 on condition that he stated on
the witness stand that ne could not pos
itive,y identify Durrant. He was not
to see any one In connection with the
bribe until after he had given his testl-
mony, when the money would be paid
to him. The second letter was of SIM
liar character. The witness said he had
turned both letters over to the police
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-21

this city think that your paper has been
conducting this agitation in order to BEN
eft fan fishing on the outside rivers.
have looked into the matter carefully,
however, and after investigating the in
tertions OF the Astorian fully believe
that your crusade has been a sincere
one. think, however. as say, that
there is better way to correct the evH
than, by interfering with fam fishing
"The impression in some quarters that
the c. r. r. P. IT.. Is a combination that
opposes the cannerymen at every oppor-
tunity Is false one. We stand ready
at any and all times to combine with
the Gamers for any object of benefit to
the Industry at large 1t Is to the mu-
tual interests OF all concerned for us to
do so''
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-21
AN INTERESTING REPORT.
Northern Pacific Receivers Make a
Statement of the Roads Affairs,

Milwaukee, Sept. 2O.-The general re-
port of the receivers of the Northern Pa
cific Railroad showing the condition of
the property, was filed in the United
States court late this afternoon. The re-
port Is a voluminous document, compris-
ing nearly 40 pages of printed matter, to-
gether with trial balance sheets and
records. Tables are adduced to show
that in the two years Of the receivership
the operating expenses have been de-
creased. The troubles of the receiver
ship embraced in the strike, conflicts
with the Coxeyites, floods, and endless
litigation are pointed out. The receivers
say further that the condition Of the
road is not such as to enable 1t to com
pete on an equal basis with its rivals
and to remedy this the road will re-
quire an expenditure of 100000 in the
next five years.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-21
LIGHrpp IT FOR HER.
Gallant Policeman Comes to the Rescue
Of a Bloomer Girl.
(cRicago Post.)

(Chicago Post.)
She was standing in the gloom of a
dark road holding her wheel and looking
very disconsolate when policeman came
along.
whats the matter?' he asked.
MY light has gone OUT she replied.
afraid YOU will be arrestedT' he in
qulred
"Yes," she answered "rm afraid to
try to ride along without It,"
! why don't you light It againY'
II can't" she said.
mo matchesT' he asked
"oh, yes, plenty Of matches" she re-
piled. but there has been little rain
here, and everything Is so wet l tried
to scratch a match on the fence, but
II only rubbed the head Off ! tried to
scratch one on the sidewalk, with no
better result. Even the curbstone Is so
damp that a match won't lgiht, and I
got the bottom of my shoe wet when
got off the wheel. Won't you light IL
for meT'
The policeman looked at her scornful-
ly.
''Oh, yes, I'll light IT," he replied, as
he took a match which she offered him
and scratching II where he was In the
habit of scratching matches. But
don't see what's the use Of your wearing
boomers II you can't scratch a match"
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-21
DUNs WEEKLY REPORT.

New York, Sept. OR. G. Dun & Co.'s
Weekly Review Of Trade wiz say to-
morrow:
"In spite Of the gold exports wheat ad-
vanced for some days in neary all states.
Western wheat receipts for the three
weeks of September have been 1921 $50
bushels, against 1873. go last year. while
Atlantic exports. flour included, have
been .693 bushels, against 7,62l 0S6
bushels last year. Good reports OF for
eign crops, the weakness Of -four in Min
nesota and large exports Of corn from
this country were all against rise in
wheat, though the scarcity Of contract
grades may help speculative advance.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-21
KILLED BY HIS GUN.

Eugene. Or, Sept. ON. B. Pitney.
of Junction City. was killed by the acci-
IDENTIFY discharge of a gun today. He
was eating dinner when It commenced
raining and ne went out to get shot
gun which he had left in the wagon.
He took the gun by the muzzle to darw
1t out Of the wagon when one barrel was
discharged and load OF bird shot enter
ed his body just below tire heart. He
dies in five minutes.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-21
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HOT WAVE IN NEBRASKA.

Omaha, Sept. 2O.-Heavy rains are fall
ing tonight in several points in Nebras-
ka, after five of the hottest days In
the states history for some time. The
mercury reached 105 in the shade In
many parts Of the state and the heat
was so oppressive that the schools were
dismissed
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-21
TERRIBLE MORTALITY IN CHINA.

San Francisco, Sept. @.-William e.
Curtis, weM known as newspaper
writer and executive officer Of the pan
American congress, arrived today from
China and Japan. The deaths in Pc
king average 1000 per day and in Shang-
hal the mortality is very high. Eighteen
foreigners have died in the latter place.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-21
ALBANY RACES.

Albany, Or, Sept. 2O.-The races at the
Albany fair grounds today were well at
tended. In the 2:SO trot, Meningitis HUI
go won; Langdon's Dellnn second; time,
2:241s. In the 2:3O pace DeLasnmutt's Fer
ma won; Buses Nabob second; time, 2;24.
The races will close tomorrow with a
free-for-al trot and pace.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-21
MARKET REPORTS.

Liverpool, Sept. 20.--Wheat--Spot, firm
demand. poor; No. red winter. Is lid
No. 2 red spring, As 111sd; No. hard
Manitoba, IS 1sd; No. California, Il
11Hd.
Hop5-At London, unchanged.
New York, Sept. 20.--Hops, dull
San Francisco. Sept. 2o.-Hops 4q6c.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-21
FATAL ACCIDENT IN TACOMA.

Tacoma, Sept. 20--A four-horse deliv-
cry team Of the Pacific Meat Company,
was frightened by a bear at the Tacoma
Hotel this afternoon and ran away. In
trying to turn into Commercial bridge
one horse SHED and the team and heavy
wagon plunged 3 feet over the blum
side. One horse was trilicd instantly and
another had to be shot
Andrew Nelson. brick-laye-, who fen
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-21
WILL GO IN a RoDY

Portland, Sept. 2O.--At a meeting OF the
Portland Manufacturers Association to-
night 1t was decided to attend the state
fair at Salem as body, the date to be
settled on later
The Ellsworth poisoning trial was given
to the jury tonight A verdict is not s,x-
rected tin tomorrow. In the former trial
the jury disagreed.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-21
RAwNMoRE GOES cHUAP.

Sam Francisco, Sept 20.-The steamer
Bawnmore, which went ashore in a fog
near Cape Blanco, Or, about two weeks
ago( was sold at auction today at the
Merchants Exchange. There were very
few bids and the Bawnmore was sold
g'or $40 cash to L. Foard, ship chandler.
The cargo went to A. Rudgear for 1906.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-21
AN OLD WILL PRoBATED.

Washington, Sept. 2O.-Blair Lee ana
J. j. Darlington. today offered for pro-
bate the will of the late Joseph Hot.
that was received by mail when 1t was
supposed that no win was left. The Wit
nesses are General Grant, General Sher-
man and Mrs. Sherman.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-21
FUMIeArINa IN SAN FRANCISCO.

San Francisco. Sept. 2O-The postmas-
ter today received instructions from
Washington In response to his suggestion
directing him to fumigate all mails re-
ceived from infected ports. The chief
Of police today ordered a house to house
canvass for the purpose Of compelling all
citizens to put their houses In uhe best
Sanitary condition possible.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-21
HEAVY HAIL STORM.

Roseburg. Or, Sept. 20>-Roseburg was
visited today by very heavy hail storm
accompanied by few heavy CHAPS Of
thunder, followed by a big rain. the han
wlics1 fen was the largest seen here for
many years.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-21

philadelphia Record.)
1t appears that the brain and the
heart are two parts Of the human or
ganIsm that, II rightly used, may large
Iy escape growing old. The unimpaired
activity of great statesmen and other
brain workers at time when most OF
the bodily organs and functions are IN
advanced seni.e decay is a matter OF
frequent comment, but one for which a
physiological explanation is given in
recent work by DR.. Balfour. The nor
NAL brain retains its yigor to the last.
because there Is special provision for
its nutrition. Near middle life the gem
eral arteries Of the body begin to lose
their elasticity and slowly dilate, be-
coming much less efficient carriers OF
the nutrient blood ito the capillary areas,
but the Internal carotlds-which feed the
capillary areas OF the brain-are not az
fected by this impairment, and retain
their youthful elasticity, thus keeping up
the blood pressure in the brain and CIV
Ing better nourishment to the brain It's
sues than ls received by any other tis-
sues of the body.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-21
DANGERS OF THE DEEP.
Perilous Voyage of the British Ship
Southesk

San Francisco, Sept. 20.-The Merchants
Exchange received the following private
message from London today;
'"rhe British ship Southeast, from Port
land, Or, reports that on July 81 she
passed through a terrific hurricane in
n south "A west, and was swept by seas
which did much damage, throwing the
vessel on her beam ends and causing the
loss of several sails. On February q,
1894, the four-masted British ship Stone
leigh, left Melbourne for London, and
is now 30 days out. 1t Is feared that the
craft, with her crew and passengers, has
gone down off Cape Horn If such Is
the case about 65 lives have been lost.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-21
FINE TIME MADE.

Napa, Cal, Sept 20-walter T.. Fos-
ter again vent against the worlds rec
crd for half mile, flying start, paced,
this morning and went the distance In
the remarkable time og 4S seconds hat.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-21
TO PILE LUMBER.

San Francisco, Sept. 2O--rhe state free
employment bureau win send tomorrow
50 men to Sanger, Fresno county. to pie
lumber. The work win last three
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-21

from a scaffolding on the Peoples Store
building week ago, died this evening
at the Fannie Paddock Hospital
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-21
IouRNALTsM uP no DAVE.

Managing Editor Great Dally-we:i,
what do you want to do?
Young Woman In Journallsml-I am
willing to do anything that any lady re-
porter would do.
Managing Editor--Goodl You're just
the girl Ph looking for. Now want you
building and then write up your sensa-
tions. Give me a column for the even
Ing edition.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-21
PrcKERs DISCHARGED.
ilop Growers Discouraged by the Low
Prices.

GTlCeS.
McMinnviGe, Or, Sept. 20.--Wm. Sharp,
Who owns one of The finest hop yards In
this vicinity, discharged all his pickers
today. The low price of hops was the
cause. Nearly all picking In the county
viii stop tomorrow.
A new telephone line was completed
today, connecting this place with Day
ton and Lafayette.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-21

Easy to take, SIRE cure. no pain, moth
irg to dread, pleasant little pills. De-
Wits Little Early Risers Best for Sick
Headache. Biliousnsss, Sour Stomach and
Constipation.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-21

Teacher-Wh6t IS succour. Johnny2
Johnny-Tnem's as bites.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-21
SEASIDE SHWNILL.

A complete stock OF lumber on hand
in the rough or dressed Flooring. rus
tic, ceiling, and all kinds Of finish;
mouldings and shingles; also bracket
work done to order. Terms reasonable
and prices at bedrock. All orders
promptly attended to. Offlce and yard
at mill H. L. LOGAN. Prop'r.
seaside. Oregon.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-21
THE BRAIN
lPhlladelphla Record.l

And the Heart outlive AN the Other
Organs.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-31
Paul Verlaine.


Stone & Kimball's announcement of a
forthcoming translation of the poems of
Paul Verlaine brings to American notice
poet who, save in Paris and among a GER
tain literary few of London, has heretofore
been practically unknown.
Verlaine is now something above so
years of age. His is undeniably one of the
most poetic souls this century has seen,
but if fame finds him during his lifetime it
must be'quickly. for there are not many
wears left to him. He is great invalid
a terrible sufferer-whose life of late years
has been one OF intimate acquaintance
with hospital wards and almost unbearable
pain.
Hewould say OF himself, perhaps, that
his sufferings are merited, for Verlaine is
pre-eminently a sinner who has repented.
His life has been one series of Weddings to
temptation, of falling, to rise only again to
fall into the most dreadful morasS of
strange vices into which, surely, any sane
being ever plunged. He even, years
ago, spent two years in prison for the at
tempt to murder, in a dive, his closest
friend and boon companion-that other
almost unknown French poet, Arthur Rim
band, the marvellous boy whose early life
he ruined, and who, now, ina convent on
the shores of the Red Sea, expiates the
years of sin into which Verlaine led him.
Verlaine, too, has of late spent several
years in retreat at the Chartreuse of Mon
treuil-sur-mer, seeking the salvation of his
soul. He is a firm believer in every tenet
of the church, but he has apparently no
talent for the practice of its precepts.
In the light Of any knowledge whatever
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-31
CLEVER DEAF PEOPLE,
A Lawyer Who Is Stone Deaf and Yet
Has Large Practice.

A Lawyer Who Is Stone Deaf and Yet
Has Large Practice.
The following remarkable instances of
deaf persons, many of them congenitally
so, who are practicing professions and de-
pending entirely upon lip-reading for their
understanding of conversation, was pre-
pared by a gentleman connected with an
institution for the deaf, whose name I am
not at liberty to give.
Columbus paper has published some
accounts of the stone-deaf Ohio lawyer in
full practice, who depends absolutely upon
Ip-reading, and who has tried cases in
n. b. Lutes of Tiffin, Ohio, has depended
entirely upon lip-reading to do all that any
lawyer does for his clients in court and in
every phase of the practice of the law.
The latest issue of the Missouri Deaf
mute Record gives an account of a lady
who reads the lips of ministers and public
speakers. Alexander Hunter of the United
States Land Office in Washington, D. c., is
.'deaf as an adder" Though far from per-
feet in ip-reading, he has read 15O words
given out from the dictionary without
making mistake.
He has read the lips of Beecher and
Booth almost faultlessly and has greatly
enjoyed pulpit and platform orators and
some of the great actors, the chief draw
back In reading their lips being the shift
ing OF their positions on the stage, so that
their lips were at times invisible.
Mitchell, the chemist, an examiner in
the United States Patent Office, graduated
from the Clarke Institute, Northampton,
Mass, and, though a poor ip-reader, grad
uated from the Worcester (Mass.) Poly
technic School as an analytical chemist.
For many years totally deaf man has
occupied place in the United States civil
service, receiving his first appointment on
the. strength of admirable papers in the
| civil service examination. Notwithstand-
ing his infirmity, thanks to his lip-reading,
he took the regular course at great uni
verslty,. recited with his classmates, at
tended Lectures and secured his degree.
doubt if president or professors knew he
was deaf man. Certainly some of his
| classmates did not know it. For business
reasons his deafness is kept secret, and a
keen newspaper man went through the
office in which he was employed a few
years ago In search of deaf clerk and
failed to find such man or any one who
knew OF the existence of such case in that
epartment.-Popular Science Monthly.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-31
PELTED WITH BAD eggs.
HOW FRANK MCMANUS APPRE-
GATED BEING SERENADED
BY A BAND.
THE MAN WHO BEATS THE BIG
DRUM HAS HIM ARRESTED
FOR BATTERY.

When king" McManus was served
with a warrant yesterday for his
arrest on a charge of battery pre-
ferred by E. J. Nelson of the Ho-
tel Langham, he said it was evidently a
case of mistaken identity, as he did not
know man of that name and never was
in the Hotel Langham in his life.
Since then he has discovered the identity
of Nelson.
He says that few days ago the racetrack
place and the band serenaded him by
playing Paddy, Will You Walk?" Crop
pie, Lie Down" and similar tunes. Nc
Manus yesterday said:
II paid no attention to them for the first
two days, but on the third day l told them
to stop bothering me or there would be
trouble
They came two or three days after that,
but l was not in. When | heard of it
went and boughta box of stale eggs. Next
day they came round as usual, and I was
ready for them. They began to play
Down went McGinty,' and l lifted one
OF the eggs and threw it at the big drum
man. 1t hit him in the face fair and
square. The wagon was quickly driven
Off, but not before / had plastered it all
over with the eggs. That was on the I'd
OF March, and it stopped the serenading.
II have found out that Nelson is the
man who beats the big drum, and the bat
terry was in my hitting him with that egg
that he had me arrested"
Members OF the band DENY the assertion
that offensive tunes were played in front OF
McManus' place. They say popular Irish
airs were played because they are lively
and readily attract the attention OF the
populace.