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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-08

Mr., Herbrlng, of this city, says the T
NJ, owner of the opera house at Sprague
Wash, that was destroyed in the fire
last Saturday. 1t was brick building
and cost him several Thousand dollars
His loss will be $2O,OOO on which the in
surance WAS only $4,000. He will leave
for Sprague on the train tonight.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-08

Lyons Is a brisk little town on the Ore.
gon Central and Eastern Railroad in Linz
county south of the Santiam river op'
poslte Mehama. One of its cherished in.
dustries was a steam sawrnill and this
was destroyed by fire last Sunday morn.
ing, together with much lumber. TIL
loss is said ito Tbe 81, 800 and no insurance
1t was owned by f. B. Vaughn & Co.
The cause of THE fire is not known.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-08
astoria and pOrtlnd Steamers.

II, j. Potter leaves Astoria Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at Z p. n.,
Wednesday and Sunday upon ARRIVAL
from Ilwaco in the evening. Leaves
Portland Monday( Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday at a. M, Wednesday at a. M.
and Saturday at p. IN.
r. r. Thompson leaves Astoria daily,
except Sunday, at 6:l5 a. m; leaves Port
land daily, except Sunday at s p. IN.
On Saturday VIII leave at 10 p. m.
Harvest Queen leaves Astoria Wedn5s-
day and Sunday at Z p M; leaves Port
land Wednesday and Saturday at a. m.
For rates and general information call
~ or address
c. f. OVERBAUGH,
Commercial Agent, Astoria, Or
Y a. HURLBURT,
Gen. Pas. Agt.. Portland. Or,
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-08

hops he expected from his 1O5 acres this
season, the doctor said there had been
various estimates made, but the one near.
est his Judgment was THAT of a gentle
man from the East, who was travelling
on this coast for the purpose of getting
an idea of the extent of hops. He mem
toned 100000 pounds which he thought
TO be a very conservative guess. Mr..
Davis early hopls win be ready for
picking about tine 2Oth, and the late va>
rieties he expects to commence on the
list to the 1Oah of September. Harrisburg
Review
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-08
Hair Goods Manufactured All Styles !

Wigs, Bangs, Switches, Combings
Made Up, Dressing, Shampooing,
Bleaching and Dyeing. Children's
Hair Cutting.
MRS c E SEDER1oF,
ass Commercial St., cor. Eighth.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-08

Some time ago THE II. M made mention
OF a scheme TO construct a telephone line
from The Dallels to points in Crook and
Grant counides and expressed itself as
Feartily endorsing the enterprise In
The last issue of THE Prineville Review,
Ut says the line could be built for $1,000,
and strongly advocates its construction.
Such an enterprise would do more to re-
tain the trade of the interior at this
point Than anything at present projected.
1t is said u citizens of Prinevllle would
subscribe H. -cy If the scheme were
Started
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-08

Monday two solid trains, one drawn
by two engines, loaded with Walla Walla
wheat en- route to Chicago over the o. r
and N, and Grelt Northern, passed
througll Oahesdale. Tuesday three trains
passed Through This prompt shipment
of wheat is encouraging, as 1t shows o
demand for the local wheat, which, it is
hoped, win be followed by better prices
in the near future. Oakesdale grain deal
ers think new wheat will be on the mar
ket there In two weeks. This will be two
weeks earlier than last year.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-08
20YAL. Baking Powder

Highest Of eli IN issyeniag
streggti.-U.s. S. 0Ovssnnsus Report
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-08

A card from his son brings to tn
Statesman news of THE death at Hennes.
sy, o. T., July %, 1895, of Rev. Daniel
Lee, Rho lived in Oregon from 1894 tc
1874. He came to this coast in 1884 as o
missionary, in company with his uncle
Rev. Jason Lee, and was an earnest
faithful Methodist. He was born in STAY.
stead, CUrlda East, July l, 1906, and was
50 years, q days old when ne died. Hi
son, Albert B. Lee, writes that "his many
friends win not be surprised that he dice
in the triumphs Of Christian faith"
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-08

Auditor and Police Judge.
Astoria, Oregon, June 18th, 1896
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-29
POLICE OF THE METROPOLIS
MADE A SUCCESSFUL Eff
FORT
TO ENFORCE EXCISE LAW.
OF A GROG SHOP STOOD
AJAR.
NO MERCY TO THE CLUBS.
Old Father knicI<erbocISer Went
: to Bed for Once Quite
Thirsty.

NEW YORK, July 2S.-The police
made supreme effort to enforce the
excise law today, and to all appear
ances they realized their expecta-
lions almost to the letter. To all
practical purposes the law was so
thoroughly enforced that not a sa-
loon was open to the general public,
and so fearful had the saloonkeep-
ers become of the citizen spy that
it was a difficult matter for even the
initiated to get drink at any place
unless the proprietor or the man
in charge was absolutely certain that
no danger would follow the admis-
sion of the would-be customer, in
the shape of a summons to court
in the morning.
Now and then a person was seen
walking through the street with
what had the appearance of a pail
or other receptacle hidden away in
basket. AS rule such were fol-
lowed by members of the force, and
extra efforts were made to get into
place thus suspected of doing
business under cover. Everything
was very quiet, and only two ar
rests had been made up to evening.
Within the territory covered by the
Mulberry street police, there was
evidence that liquor was being
sold, but it was impossible to catch
the sellers.
1t was considered a notable sign
that no bar room fights were report
ed at the central Office from any
precinct in this city after the stroke
of midnight, which shut up the sa-
looms on Saturday. The oldest men
in the police headquarters could re-
call no precedent for this lack of
disorder.
At the clubs also the excise law
was to all appearances strictly OBJ
served. The precinct commanders
had strict orders from Acting Chief
Conlin to see that clubs were dealt
with as saloons have been. The
bar room in the new Manhattan Ath-
letic club was not opened during the
day, and great number of the regu-
lar patrons who called were disap-
pointed. Policemen patrolled in
front of the doors and watched
men going in and out, but no viola
tons of the law were reported to
headquarters. The University and
Knickerbocker clubs were unusually
quiet, and the patrolmen detailed to
watch them from the outside had
nothing to do. The doors of the
city club were closed and guarded,
as We're those of the Manhattan and
Republican clubs, and no drinks
were served.
The Casino at Broadway and West
Thirty-ninth street was tightly
closed.
At the hotels it was somewhat diff
ferent, as the regular guests were
supplied with all the refreshments
they wanted at the regular meals.
At the Fifth Avenue hotel the wants
of the regular thirsty Sunday pa
irons were attended to in Parlor F,
where a supply of biscuit was fur
nished with every order for a drink
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-29
GIVE ALL THE FACTS.

The st. Paul G o b has long edl-
torta1 on the price of wool, and says
1t is higher than under a protective
tariff. If the editorial was true it
would be all right, but it is not. Re-
ferred to parties who sold wool before
and after the Democrats came into
power and said they would make wool
free, and did. The price this week,
cents, not twenty as stated in the
G l o b e, against seventeen cents two
years ago.-Jackson Republic.
Why 1.-TWO years ago." Why not
three or four or five years ago? And,
by the same token, why not one
year ago? Will the Republic kindly
consult its local dealers in wool, and
ask them what they paid for it
one year ago, now? In a month
from now it will be just year since
wool was made free of tax. Up to
Aug. IS, 1894, it had had all the ben
eft that protection could give it.
After that date it had the protec-
ton of exemption from tax. Now
what was it's price in Jackson on
July 81, 1894, and what on the same
day, 1895? We apprehend that the
comparison is not one the Republic
will be proud to make. 1t will find
that the price of unwashed fine wool
did not exceed cents a pound; that
fine medium did not exceed cents
pound; that strictly medium did
not exceed 10 cents a pound, and
that tub-washed was not above Is
cents a pound. And then the tariff
on the wool, protecting" it, was II
cents a pound in the grease.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-29
BOTH HER LOVERS
Died Suddenly just Before the
Wedding Day.

MUNCIE, Ind, Juyl 2S.-Connect-
of the leading business men of An
derson, who was found dead in his
bed at the Auditorium hotel, in Chi
cagO, on Wednesday evening, is a
peculiar circumstance, in which one
of the leading young ladies of this
city plays a prominent part. Sew
eral years ago Miss Sarah Atkins,
daughter of Samuel Atkins, a mer-
chant of this city, was engaged to
be married to a gentleman whose
home was in Pomeroy, o. Their
courtship was happy one, and in
time preparations We're made for the
wedding. The bride had her trous-
seau prepared, and it wanted but a
few days of the wedding day when
the groom-elect was found one morn
ing dead in his bed, death having
been caused by heart disease.
When the news of her lovers
death was carried to Miss Atkins
she was Frustrated with grief, and
for some time afterward her condi-
ton was very serious. Never since
the news Of the death of her lover
has she been in good health. A
few years ago the wife of L. M. Cox
died at her home in Anderson. Time
passed, and in about two years after
his wife's death Mr.. Cox met Miss
Sarah Atkins. An attachment was
soon formed between Mr.. Cox and
Miss Atkins, which in time ripened
into love, and for the first time in
several years Miss Atkins health,
death of her lover in Pomeroy, re-
turned, and she was again light
hearted and merry. Mr.. Cox was
very assiduous in his attentions to
Miss Atkins, and it was understood
that their engagement was to have
been announced within very short
: time, and the wedding was to fol-
low very shortly. Last Sunday Mr..
j Cox spent in this city with his be
trothed, and was seemingly in the
best of health. He returned to his
home in Anderson on Sunday even
ing, and Tuesday Miss Atkins re-
ceived message stating that he had
gone to Chicago on business. On
Wednesday morning there came a
telegram to Miss Atkins informing
her that her lover had died alone
in his room in the Auditorium hotel,
Chicago, of heart disease. The ter
rible announcement was too much
for the young lady, and she is again
Frustrated with grief.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-29
FIGHTING ITS WAY.

This administration, without any
flourish of trumpets, is quietly 4oro-
noting the adoption of the civil serv-
ice reform system in the various de-
partments. 1t was but a short time
ago that an order was promulgated
which placed a number of employees
in the agricultural department, hith-
erto exempted, under civil service
rules. Another order has just been
issued extending the classified serv-
ice to 125 officials hitherto excepted
in the geological survey. The entire
survey is now under civil service
regulation. Immense progress has
been made in this direction during
Mr.. Cleveland's term of office. There
are no steps backward. No offices here
tofore under the civil service law
are turned over to the spokesman.
Neither are there such Sweeuing
changes made in the opposite direc-
ton as would excite the active an
tagonism of the practical politician.
But, few at a time, the offices
whose work requires special train
ing or fitness are transferred to the
classified list. One bureau after an
other is taken from the patronage
at the mercy Of the place-hunters,
and made subject hereafter to an
pointment and promotion according
to the results Of civil service exam
nations. Thus by slow and almost
imperceptible degrees one of the
most important reforms introduced
into our political system is making
steady progress.
This is a subject for congratula-
ton on the part of those who de-
sire an efficient civil service. and
wish to see improper influences ban
ished from political control. 1t is in
tereStlng to note in this connection
the remarks Of Assistant Secretary
curtis, who has just returned from
London. He was there in the midst
Oh the excitement attending the
downfall of a party and a change
of ministry. Such an event in This
country would have been marked
principally by a general scramble
Tor office under the new regime. The
point Which struck him most forci-
bly,, he says, was that no such scene
TOOK place in the English capital.
employees in subordinate positions
IN the government service, and even
heads of departments and chiefs of
divisions, had no anxiety about their
future. They understand that a
change of parties does not mean q
wholesale turning over of the civil
service from one set of men to an
other. Progress in England on the
line of business administration
OF party affairs has gone so far that
such a revolution is no longer
thought of. The example is a force
ful one; not because England points
the moral, but because the moral
points itself. When this country sees
a good thing, it cannot afford to re-
Ject it, whether it comes from En-
gland or some other country: and
whether it is a new and improved
process of manufacture, or a svs-
tenn by which the efficient perform.
ance Of public duties and the purifi-
cation of politics are promoted.
More is being done in a quiet way
oy th1s administration for civil serv-
Ice reform than has been accom-
pushed at any previous time since
Mr.. Cleveland's first term as presi-
dent.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-29
FIND a CIRCUS TICKET AT SEA.
Captain Picks 1t Up in II Bottle
and Goes in to See the Show.

NEW YORY, July PA few days
before the opening of Rice's circus
at Manhattan Beach June 1 it oc-
Cured to Assistant Manager Star
ling to utilize 500 empty bottles
found around the building. Into each
he put free ticket for two and a
typewriter invitation. The bottles
We're sealed and dropped into the sea
off Fire Island from a fishing vessel.
Mr.. Startling expected to reach peo-
pie in the neighboring coast. He did
not reckon on the heavy storms.
Weeks passed and none of the tick
cts were presented at the box office.
Yesterday a gentleman in the uni
form of ships captain presented
ticket No. 800 of the floating series
The holder was Capt. Tomassi, of the
steamship Habana, which arrived
from Cuba Wednesday, July q.
When 600 miles from New York the
captain saw from the bridge bottle
which he thought might be a mes
sage from some wreck. He ordered
that it be picked up. This was ac-
complished with some difficulty.
When Capt. Tomassi read the type
written invitation he decided to ac-
cept. He went down to Manhattan
Beach today accompanied by Chief
Officer Fano, Purser Angulo, DR..
Brunei, the ships surgeon, and John
Ramirez, shore captain of the Span
ISL Line. Rice made them his guests
for the day and gave a luncheon in
their honor at the Manhattan Beach
hotel.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-29
WHY THE POTATO RIG

IL.
Inc potato bug came to af1ict orr
gardens and fields from Colorado
over twenty years ago. Since then
until now he has been perennialIv
with us, feeding on the vines and
diminishing the yield Of tubers. He
increased, if left undisturbed, in the
true Colorado ratio of 16 to l. He
came up out Of the earth sinful
taneously with the first sprouts of the
potato plant, and he staid by, feed
ing and increasing, until the last
one faded away. He has disan-
peared in this year of grace. 1885
with the return of Democratic good
times, and many and various are
the reasons given for his departure.
The tutored bugologist and the I'M
tutored layman has each his ex-
PLANTATION. Parasites have DESTROYED
him. The dry hard ground of last
fall prevented his getting into the
earth out of reach of the frost. Paris
green was, at last, too much for him:
and sundry other solutions are
given.
But the true one has not yet been
stated, and still it is the one living
right on the surface and the easiest
to be seen of all. He has left the
Held in disgust. He deemed himself
the browning production of Colorado
IN the bug line. He was the highest
evolution of bugs the state was ca
pable of producing. He was UNIQUE.
NO common bug, he. He was the
Colorado beetle, with the emphasis
hard on the the" Hence his persist
ence, his sturdy refusal to be put
down, his survival of doses of Paris
green, his scorn of the pan-pickers.
He had states name and pride to
maintain, and nobly did he do it.
But, to his dismay, there has re-
Gently come out of the Businesses of
Colorado another bug, causing even
o O~S~A o1SSoSSlOIl ana creating mora
CONSERVATION than did the Alaric of
the potato fields. The latter has seen
his successor engrossing the atten-
ton of men; forming the topic Of
their discussions; made the subject
OF learned disquisitions in the pa
pers and magazines, rending DO
htlcaI parties and engrossing the
thoughts of statesmen. The potato
bug found himself dethroned and
eclipsed. His state had abjured him:
| denied his supremacy, and pro-
claimed new and superior bug as
its latest and best representative.
The silver bug came bringing dis
may and humiliation to the potato
bug. It could not endure the degra-
| dation. 1t could not remain and see
the silver bug occupying the proud
| place it had held in the public mind
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-29
Notes About Coin.

Harper'S Round Table.
The rel of Brazil, like the mill Of
our own money table, is an imaginary
coin, no piece of that denomination
being coined. Ten thousand refs equal
So.
Vermont was the first state to issue
q coinage on its own authority. Cop
per coins were issued in 1855.
The first woman's face represented
on a coin was that of Pulchera, the
Empress of the Eastern empire.
The Chinese stamp bars or ingots OF
gold or silver with their weight and
fineness and pass them from hand to
hand as coin.
The first Maryland coins were minted
in 1862, and were put in circulation by
act of council ordering every house.
holder to bring in sixty pounds of to-
bacco and receive ten shillings of the
new money in exchange for it.
In 1884 the Massachusetts general as
sembly made bullets a legal tender by
the following enactment: TT is like
wise ordered that muskett bullets OF
a full boare shall pass currently for
a farthing apiece. Provided that noe
man be compelled to take abouve Kid
att a tyne in them"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-29
MRS. sTANFoRD,s GENEROSITY.
Stock of PaIo Alto Ranch to BE
Sold for the University


Sold for the University.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 2S-Mrs.
Leland Stanford has been to Palo Alto
consulting President Jordan about the
opening of Stanford university in
September. Mrs. Stanford's finances
will not permit of any expenditures
that are not absolutely necessary, but
she will be able to furnish money to
run the institution on the same plan as
last year. Mr.. Jordan has submitted
estimates showing that the university
can be conducted without impairing
It's efficiency for $4,000 a month. Mrs.
stanford, in order to raise the money
Will sell off the stock on the Palo Alto
ranch. There are now on the farm 6OO
head of fine horses. One auction sale
will be held in New York and another
in San Francisco. The income from
PATIO Alto and Vina ranch has not
been large enough to keep the univers-
1ty going and in order to keep it open
Mrs. Stanford has been obliged to
hypothecate some of her bonds, and
the same course will be necessary TO
secure funds to support the university
during the coming year. 1t is under
stood that Mrs. Stanford is now me-
gotiating a heavy loan on bonds of the
Southern Pacific of Arizona and New
Mexico. Owing to this financial en-
barrassment, Mrs. Stanford is very
anxious to have the government suit
against the estate settled as soon as
possible. 1t is understood that an
agreement has been reached among
counsel to have the papers filed with
the court of appeals at a very early
date.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-29
JAPAN IS ARNING.
TROUBLES IN THE ORIENT Do
NOT, SEEM TO BE FULLY
SETTLED,
E NEW lRONCLADS
ADDED TO THE FLEET-ARMY
BEING AGAIN PUT ON A WAR
FOOTING
CHINA
AIDING
FORMOSA
In Resistance of It's COnuuerOr-
Cholera Raging in
COrea.

ST. PETERSBURG, July .2S.-Ad-
vices to the Novoe Vremya from
Vladivostock say that Japan is as
siduously raising her army and navy
to war footing. Two cruisers,
bought in Peru, have already ar
rived, and crews will shortly be sent
to England to bring out three iron
clads, each of 10000 tons, which
have been ordered there. A strong
warlike temper prevails in Japan.
This correspondent further saws
that the Japanese imperial body
guard has been sent to the island
of Formosa, where the rebels are
supported by the viceroys of South
ern China, who send them arms and
ammunition to maintain a stubborn
resistance. The japanese have blown
up the Notifications at Port Arthur.
Cholera is raging in Corea and in
the Lao Tung peninsula. The Japan
csc dominate Corea and hold the
king a prisoner
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-29
THE TIGER AT SARATOGA.
visitors VIII Soon Have n Chance
to Buck Him Again.

ALBANY, N. Y, July 2S.-It is prob
able that the restrictions against
gambling now in effect at Saratoga
Will be abrogated the first part of next
week, and that those who go to the
summer resort for the purpose of
gambling will again patronize the no.
tets, the proprietors of which are COM
planning bitterly of the closing of the
CLUB houses. In this city today an in
terested party to the arrangement to
have fashionable gambling at the
springs, said:
"A number of moneyed gentlemen
VINO have made the club houses at
Saratoga their headquarters for a
NUMBER OF years today visited the old
daite9n mansion, which is just on the
outskirts of the village, and beyond
the control of the police commission
ers. 1t IS about decided to tai this
property and convert it into a club
mouse, where those who desire to stake
, uaelr money upon games of chance
may GO so. 1t will be distinctiyely n
club, and no Saratogian will be al
lowed within its doors, or no persons
not member. 1t is believed that all
the old patrons of the springs who
4 ta, retralned from visiting the resort
iorcement of the law will be drawn
pack there by this move.
me new club house will be fitteI
up IN the most gorgeous manner, RI
vaIlng the old one, and in many re-
Spects exceeding it. There will he
me restaurant, ladies' rooms, and the
whole tone of the place will be one of
great magnificence. The people who
are TO furnish the funds number
among them the wealthiest patrons
OF the springs, and it will be conducted
IN the most orderly way. and as a re-
sort Tor wealthy people"