The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-26


his stateroom with large pilot house
in front, while on each side will be
a stout boat IS feet long. The vessel
will carry 65 tons of coal, and be able to
steam ten days continuously at a speed
of $50 miles a day, so she win make a
voyage of 1900 mikes without recoaing.
Her constructor says that she is so
strongly built and so cleverly designed
she need not fear the toughest weather
on the seas.
STATE NEWS.
Interesting Items Culled From Oregons
Leading Newspapers.
Captain Dale has finished running an
ether tunnel at the Beaver creek mine.
near Coaledo. The tunnel is between
200 and 400 feet in length and taps q
vein of coal five feet thick This vein
has tapped in several places and found
excellent coal everywhere.
About twelve years ago, says the
Statesman, hops in Oregon were worth a
doIar a pound Yet few years after
wards some growers were plowing up
their vines. Those who have remained
in the business year after year have pros
pered and will no doubt continue to pros
per.
If every town in Oregon had as much
pluck and energy as Pendleton, times
would be very different from what they
are. The people there are now trying
to erect a wooden MILL and they are
going to succeed. Only twenty-five shares
of stock remain to be taken. We un-
derstand that the business men of that
town never go after anything without
getting it. We hope they will be as sue
cessful as usual.-Satem Post
The Elmer Brown Copper NJ ing and
I Smeiting company filed artic, of incor-
poration in the secretary OF tate's office
today. The capital stock of the corpora
tion is 100000; divided into 1900 shares
of the par value of $l00 each; the prin-
cip,e place of business is Grants Pass,
Josephine county; the object of the COM
pany Is TO mine and smelt and refine
copper ores The incorporators are w.
S. Elmer, Geo. r. Wheeler, Robert A.
Brown, Edward c. Wade and Andrew M.
Brown.-Post.
Principal C. A. Hitchcock, of the Ash
land pubic schools played the roe of
detective very successfully last week and
captured two u or 13 year old school |
boys who confessed to breaking into the
south School building and stealing new
erasers, chalk, ETC., to the value of sew
eral dollars. The boys had hid the prop
erty in brush pile in one edge of town
to have it handy for a trading capital |
They were punished by expulsion from
the schools and are promising candidates
for the reformatory.
Says the Lebanon Express: r. H. |
Finck and Amos Strong, who were here
last week with view of starting i bank, |
telephoned TO Mr.. Pugh yesterday they |
nave decided to come If they can get the |
building Mr.. Pugh informed them they |
cou.d, ard they win be here in day or |
two.0 Mr.. Pugh also received a letter I
from j. r. Nixon of Iowa stating he
would start for this Place the 2Sth, but |
in telegram said not to hold the build
ing for him. If Flnck and Strong open
up, Nixon will probably not.
Bringing lumber from Portland to Til
lamook is something unusual, says the
Tilamook Advocate, but that is what
George Means has been compelled to do
for his bridge contract on the Trask.
The Tlliamook mills are not furnished
with appliances either to saw long tim
bers or to plane large pieces, so it was
necessary to get the chords from Port
land Four of them came too short and
Mr.. Means was obliged to make trip
to Portland this week for other tim
bers which he expects to bring in to-
morrow on the Truckee.
Dr. l.. W. Brown and w. H. Pool en-
gagged in a fight at Eugene Wednesday
night and both were considerably batter
ed up from a club which they used al
ternateiy, one taking the weapon away
from the other. Neither man assigns
any cause for the others attack, but
both are members of the Myrtle Creek
Mining and Milling company and 1t is
believed by many that the difficulty
arose over the conduct of the business OF
the company After Pools wounds had
been examined, DR.. Brown was taken
before the officers and placed under 81, 900
bonds, with S. B. Eakln as surety, on
the charge of assault with a dangerous
weapon
A sad case of opisoning occurred at
Corvallis Tuesday morning by which w.
Peet lost his life and VIM Graham lies
in a dangerous condition. Mr. Peet
stepped into Graham's drug store about
o'clock; going behind the prescription
desk he picked UP bottle which he sup
posed contained blackberry brandy and
poured ~ ounces into a glass, which he
emptied, remarking to Graham that 1t
tasted peculiar. Dhe latter went behind
the desk, saying. 1T is an right" and
picking up the bottle drank swallow.
He Immediately discovered his mistake,
and upon looking at the label found 1t
was aconite. Everything that was possible
was done to save the men, but after
suffering for three hours Mr.. Peet died.
Mr. Graham, it is thought. will recover.
Peet was cashier of the First National
bank in Corvallis and was a prominent
and highly respected citizen.
Noah Mulkey, raised In Pok county,
sent to the state prison from Morrow
county Sept. 1S, 1893, for six years under
conviction for manslanghter, escaped
from that institution yesterday morning,
shortly after Midnight, and at present
writing has not been captured, though
officers are on his trail. He is 28 years
old, little over six feet tall, weighs 173
pounds, has dark, brown hair, has
scar on right wrist, deformed nails on
left thumb and index finger He escaped
from the brick yard, where he has been
employed as a trusty. There Is not one
chance in hundred for him to e.ude
pursuit and recapture, consequently his
foofishness Is painfully evident. Superin-
tendent Gilbert has made an unusually
large percentage OF TRUSTEES. consequent
ly an occasional attempt at escape may
be expected, but under the circumstances
there have been very few indeed.-States-
man.
Tie Albany Democrat regrets chron-
,ic-ing another fatal gun accident 10
Lane, the county of fatal GIN accidents.
The Times OF Junction City gives the
particulars as follows: MarceIlus Pitney
lost his life this G'riday) afternoon about
o'c.ocif by accident. He was driving
up to his barn IN great haste. as tnun-
der and han storm had commenced. He