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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-15
DEPENDS UPON SILVER
Bland Does Not Want the Nomination
for President. but WIN Accept II
II rendered Him.

St. Louis. April 14-A Republic special
from Sedalia. Mo, says:
ITO night the friends of ex-Congreas-
man Richard P. Bland decided to offer
resolution tomorrow endorsing the sill
yer leader as Missouri's candidate for
the presidency. j. W. Farr. the central
committeeman from Bland's county. and
his closest political adviser. authorized
the publication OF the following:
Mr.. Bland is not candidate. and
does not ask the endorsement Of this
convention for the presidency But. II
the Democratic convention OF Missouri
should declare him to be its choice. Il b
compliment that any man should feel
proud of. II the free silver element
controls the Chicago convention. Mr..
Bland could not decline the nomination
II It were rendered him.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-15
SHE WAS MUCH REDDER.

A young man who considers himself
a man of resource was once in the act
of pressing young lady to his manly
bosom, when the young lady's sister
entered the room. OF course. he de-
sisted at once, but he was not embar-
rassed.
The young lady's sister said: ''Ex-
cuse me" and turned to leave the room,
when he felt that he ought to say some
thing, and say 1t at once.
Don't 60" he said; we've Just been
measuring to see which is the taller"
She paused in the doorway and looked
at them both intently.
You're both about the same height
she said. quietly, "bit sister is much the
redder."
Then she went out.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-15
RETREAT or ITALIANS.

Rome, April IA dispa1ch from Mas
sowahsowah, dated April s. says that on
Friday last Colonel Stvvam attacked the
pervish entrenchmonts In the vicinity.
He won u partial success, ami proposed
10 rcnew the attack on Saturday, but
General Baldissera, the commander-ln-
chief ordered him TO make no further
attack and instructed him 10 evacna1e
KassIin and AgordaL These orders
have been complied with.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-15

Clothing

The Hop Lee Clothing Factory and
merchant tailors. at as Bond street.
makes underclothlng to order. Suits
and trousers made to At perfectly.
Every order punctually on time ana
satisfaction guaranteed, Good goods
sold cheap. Call and be convinced.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-15
EFFECTS OF THE BICYCLE BOOM.

One of the most notable results of the
phenomenal popularity of cycling is the
marked effect OF the bicycle industry on
allied trades, and even upon trades that
would seem, at first glance. to be wholly
outside OF any such influence. The
nucleus OF one of the large bicycle works
In this country was sewing machine
factory, where wheels were made In one
corner of the shop on n very small scale.
Soon the making of sewing machines
became secondary In Importance, and
was finally abandoned altogether for the
more profitable bicycle business, This
was only the beginning. Since the use
OF the wheel has become almost univer-
sal many radical changes have been
wrought. For instance. a large watch
factory has gone extensively into the
manufacture of cyclometers, and is hav-
ing difficulty to keep up with the orders
Another manufactory devoted TO the
making of knitting needles is working
night and day turning out nothing but
bicycle spokes. The manufacture OF
pneumatic tires has become separate
branch of the rubber business and sew
eral former hose factories have devoted
their energies to 1t exclusively.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-15
lfop and Brass Casting,
EXTENDED SYMPATHY.

DO unto others al you would have
others do unto you." is sympathetically
shown in tho following lines, the pre-
sumption being that sympathy 10 born,
or akin to pain or sorrow:
Gentlemen;--Please send Krause's
Headache Capsules as follows: Two
boxes to Flora seay. Havana. n. Oak.
Two boxes to Lille Wilcox, Brookand,
N. Oak, / have always been q great
sufferer from headache and your Cap
sules are the only thing that relieves
me-" Yours very truly
FLORA sEAY,
Havana, N. Oak.
For sale by Chas Rogers, Astoria. Or,
sole agent.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-15
THE MARKETS.

London. April 1L-wheat-Spot, firm;
demand, fair; No. 2 red winter, IS nd;
No. red spring, stocks exhausted: No
l hard Manitoba. 5s I'd; No. California,
IS I'D
Hops-15s.
Portland, April -wheat-valley, 59a
6Oc; Walla Waila, 56Q57c.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-15
~PITcHFoRK BENZ
Appropriately Welcomed In Denver with
a Bimetsllic Hay Thrower.

Denver. April Ex-senator Tillman, who
arrived in Denver this morning, was ten
dered reception at the Brown PaIaee
Hotel tonight. After being welcomed hy
Mayor McMurray. he was presented with
a pitchfork made from gold ana silver
taken from the mines Of Colorado. IL. r.
Holden. who made the presentation
speech. said: rs.
Take this pitchfork back to the United
States senate and dig up the record Of
Senator Sherman, and then dig down infD
the history Of John G. CarlIsIe.s
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-15
RAILROAD EARNINGS.
One of the Results of the Times Which
Are Not Bright.

Chicago. April N.-Gn citing. in the
forty-second annual report of the Chi
cago, Burlington and Quincy railroad,
Just issued, the fact that the company's
income in 1895 was less than per cent
on the capital stock, President Perkins
presents an argument as to why rail-
roads should receive larger per cent
Of profit on money invested than fair
rate of interest on sound securities.
Money loaned on sound securities, he
says, is one thing. while money invested
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-15
RED CROSS AID FOR ABYssrN1ANs

st. Petersburg, April 14.-In response
to renewed request the government has
decided to send several members of the
Red Cross Society TO work among the
AbSssinian troops. The party will pro-
coed by the way OF Massowah. The
Italian government has asked for in
formation as to the number of persons
whom 1t is proposed to send on the
mission and in what capacity they will
go.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-15
FOR PLENTY on SILVER.
Tacoma Democratic Convention Endorse
President Cleveland.

Tacoma, April 1.-THE silver men In
the Democratic state convention made an
all-day fight for n silver platform and a
silver delegation instructed to vote for
a free silver candidate for president,
They did not even propose to give the ad-
ministration the usual compliment of
endorsement, but the administration
forces, led by Committeeman Hugh C.
Wallace, finally Procured an unqualified
endorsement OF Cleveland late this even
ing and divided the delegation to Chica-
go. The free silver resolution was adopt
ed but the delegates were not instructed.
The platform Is as follows:
Recognizing that honest men may diff
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-15
IVES, NEW RECORD.

Boston. April H.-Ives defeated Maurice
DAILY. of New York in the international
billiard tournament tonight, and made
a new record for run on cushion ce-
roms, scoring S5 points against n, the
previous record, made by VIM. Seaton in
public, and 81 by Schaeffer in private
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-15
WORKING FOR ALLEN.

Omaha, April H.--Nebraska Populists to
the number Of several hundred met In
Omaha tonight and formed an organiza-
tion looking to the promotion OF the in
terest of Senator W. A. Allen in the pres
idential campaign.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-15
SELF EVIDENCE.

Springfield MOI Ieader-Democrat.
Mr.. Moddlin." said that gentIeman's
wife in a Mortified tone, you are drunk.
"Guesh might be-" assented Moddlln.
cheerfully, ''or else l wouldn't (hic) LET
you shee me in this (hic) e'ndshun.''
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-15
NO BALM IN GrLEAD.
Pastor Cleveland. the Presidents s
Brother. Sewers Relations VITA
HIS CAs-rch.

wmertown. N. Y. April 1.-THE pres
bytury OF ST. Lawrence this afternoon
vot.sl TO dissolve the relations existing
between Rev. VIM n. Cleveland, acf Cha
mount, brother OF President Cleve-
lane. and his church Mr.. Cleveland
asssnted to the action OF the committee.
but entered a protest. There was
warm discussion AT the close Ot which
Pnsshytery voted unanimously as indi-
Gated. The Prcshytery has 0nieavored
for more than n year iso harmOniEe the
tDubles existing. hui without pcrma-
nrnt success
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-15
MAYOR FAwcEqT.

Tacoma. April 1.-THE council tonight
seated Fawcett the citiEens' candidate
for mayor at the rcccAt election.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-15

DeWitt's Sarsaparilla is prepared for
cleansing the blood. II builds up and
strengthens constitutions impaired by
disease. Chas. Rogers.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-15
MANY IMMIGRANTS COMING.

Rome, April H,-Fifteen thousand inn
migrants are about TO leave for New
York from Naples.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-15
HOTEL MEMS ASSOCIATION.

Annual Election Of Officers He'd in Los
AnEeles Cal
Los Angeles. April 1k-T'he election OF
Officers OF the Hotel Mems Mutual Bene-
lit Association was held in Music hall
ioday. George W. Lynch. OF the Hotel
Florence. San Diego. was elected presl-
dent: Walter Barnes, of Chicago. secre-
tary and treasurer, and G. II. Booker.
of Roston. vice prcsiOdnt Boston was
selected as the next place uf meeting.
At noon today an Al Franco lunch was
given to about 1Oo pswple, including the
hotel men, at the homo OF Judge silent
There are twenty-five millionnires in the
crowd.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-15

Do you need anything in Office Supplies, Letter
Presses Copying Books Inksands Tablets Inks Blank
Books Blue Print Paper Waste Batkets Desk Trays Pen
Racks Type Writing Paper Ribbons and Carton Paper.
lfso supply you.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-15
TALKING THROUGH HIS HAT.

Washington. April I4-Livingstone,
Democrat. of Georgia. a member of the
house appropriations committee, speak
ing of the fordfcations bill in the house
today, said:
Il congratulate the country that Il is
now conceded that Mckinley Will be the
next Republican nominee and that the A.
p. A. will beat him. 1t Is also acknowl-
edged that Jeffersonian Democrats will
control the Chicago convention. After
March next the country will be safe"
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-15
FoRNINsT PRIZE FIGHTING.

Washington, April Ex-senator Platt
today introduced a bill to prohibit the
transmission OF reports of results or bets
on prtze-fights or races from one state
to another, and making such transmits
sion misdemeanor to be punished by
fine or Imprisonment.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-09

when rocked to and fro. right ana left.
stand the efforts of It's assailant.
1T yields. the roots fly up, the earth
is scattered wide upon the surrounding
foliage, and the tree comes down with
a laundering crash. cracking and snap
ping the brittle boughs like glass.
Then the coveted food is within reach
and the megatherium reaps the reward
OF his more than heruclean labors."
Another prehistoric brute was the
dinotherium. This creature resembled
an elephant except that his tusks. in
stead OF turning upward. bent down.
ward. The purpose of this was to en-
able him to tear up the ground and
fight his enemies by downward move
ment of his head.
The macrauchenia roamed the woods
of prehistoric days and is now extinct.
He resembled a gigantic horse.
Professor Marsh has shown that there
likewise existed an eight-toed horse,
which inhabited Cuba, and there is
reason to believe that species of tiger
was alive that had tusks bending dowc-
ward from its upper jaws.
The mastodon exceeded any elephant
In size. He had four enormous tusks
In his head, two In the upper and two In
the lower jaw, and he roamed all ever
the North American continent.
Remains of some of the largest mas
todons have been found in this state.
A giant tapir-like animal lived in the
eocene period and great bird of prey
called the Herperornis RECALLS is made
known to us by many fossil remains
found In cretaceous strata in North
America.
A curious thing about all these AMI
mails is that In spite Of their vast size
and great strength they should have be-
come extinct. The smaller and weaker
animals survived. Perhaps the giant
monsters killed each other off in some
great battle of prehistoric times, and
this theory has more than once been ad-
vanced to account for their disappear
ance. .-...
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bly, walked In Central Park and swan
across the Hudson river.
Remains of the herbivorous dinosaur
have been found in various parts of
North America. The Fad Lands of
Dakota have been especially prolific in
rewarding the efforts of searchers for
such fossils.
Mr.. Waterhouse Hawkins. formerly
OF this city, restored the skeleton Of a
hadrosaurus found in this Vicinity, and
when the work was finished II meas
ured twenty-six feet In length. Stand
Ing on its hinder extremities and tail.
the animal stood thirteen feet three
inches high.
Professor March. Of Yale college, dis
covered the remains of one herbivorous
dinosaur in the Laramie beds OF Wyom-
ing. The skeleton was thirty feet In
length and stood nearly fifteen feet
high.
The brain Of this creature was very
small in proportion to its skull, but II
had enormous eyes, and scientists who
have examined the skeleton have con-
cluded that its sense of smell was very
keen. The whole backbone was found
complete. with, the exception OF a few
little vertebrae from the end of the tail.
There were about ninety vertebrae In
the backbone OF this powerful creature.
A remarkable feature of this skeleton
OF the extinct monster was that 1t in
cluded ossifled tendons. by means of
which the vertebrae were held together.
The hind limbs were enormous and
were covered with fairly broad hoofs.
The fore limbs were so small that
they could be Of little or no apparent
use in the water or on land, but 1t Is
believed they were used to dig nests for
the eggs Of the monster. One of these
great animals could come up to tree
and eat leaves and small limbs thirty
feet above the ground. In such work
the fore feet would be useful in grasp
Ing tho limbs.
These animals were practically land
whales, but they had the advantage
over the whale of being equally at home
on land or in water. The enormous
tails with which their fossil remains
show them to have been provided made
them powerful swimmers, and 1t is be-
lieved they could dive and dash
through the sea with great rapidity.
Perhaps the most horrible in appear
ance of all these prehistoric monsters
was the anomodont. This creature was
huge reptile. with large scales like
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Shat to do with such a monster. and
science tells us that he might be dan
gerous.
Even the pterodactyl. which was in
many respects the most delicate of
these products of a remote age. would
not have made decent soup. The size
OF these beasts was such that they
could afford only poor kind of sport.
They were so big that the worst marks
man could not help but hit them, and
after they were killed they could not be
removed.
The sportsman who shot dinosaur
would have no fine pair of antlers to
take home with him for the edification
OF his friends. while the dodo was an
ugly bird without any ornamental
feathers that would have looked we'll
In a woman's hat. This monster was
an absurd creation, being able neither
to fly nor to swim, and was extermi-
mated in the seventeenth century, much
to the general relief.
The dodo displayed neither activity
nor intelligence, and its name is a syno-
nym for stupidity to the present day.
Captain Van West-Zanen, of Batavia,
has left 1t on record how dodo cap
tured by some of his men could not be
eaten by the whole crew, so great was
its size. He also tells how the dodo
made such display of stupidity as to
merit the contempt of his men.
A dodo walking along a country road
at the present time would scare all the
horses and block up the passage.
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The Olympic. Are No More.

The Olympic Athletic Club of New
Orleans, La.,it is announced, has finally
decided to so into liquidation, owing
to the embargo placed on glove contests
in the state, which, of course, knocked
the props from under the institution.
AT one time, when the club was in the
height of its prosperity, it had a total
membership Of close upon two thou
sand enthusiastic lovers of the game of
hit, stop and get away, but at present
there are not three hundred names on
the roll. The principal pugilstic con-
tests under the Queensbury rules that
have taken place in this country have
been decided in the well appointed
arena of the o. A. c., and more money
has been paid out in prizes than by
any other organization during the same
length Of time. while on it's padded
stage have contended many of the
bright particular stars of the fstic pro-
fession, from Corbett and Sullivan to
Plimmer and Murphy. But fighting
with natures weapon Is now tabooed
in the Crescent City. and there is
nothing for the club to do but close up
and dispose of its valuable property.
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bolts on his back. four powerful feet

bolts on his back, four powerful feet
and a short but very strong tail.
The ant-eater Of Australia Is by some
supposed to be descendant Of this re-
mote ancestor, but good. live anomo-
don't could have whipped a dozen ant
eaters OF the present day. Naturalists
are so puzzled as they study the fossil
remains OF the anomodont that they are
at loss to know definitely whether he
was a reptile or a mammal.
AS the creatures were known to lay
eggs tho former supposition has been
most popular. When the remains Of
these creatures were found in the eigh-
teenth century, they were so large that
people could not bring themselves TO
believe that they really were bones of a
monster which once had lived upon the
earth. The skeleton of one of these
creatures not long ago unearthed In the
Karoo strata of South Africa measured
nine feet in length, without the tail.
When all the flesh was on, and the crca-
ture alive, he must have been nearly
twice as big.
The megatherium was. perhaps, the
most powerful Of all these brutes. His
strength was superior to that of any
animal now alive today, and his size
greater than that of any whale or ele-
plant.
Yet the megatherium, as his fossil re-
mains show, could move about with
freedom and ease, and could even give
chase to other animals and fight for his
life IL attacked. His head was compar-
atively small. but his bones were stu
pendous.
This gigantic monster is supposed to |
have been at home in forests of enor-
nous trees like the huge redwoods Of
California. But the strongest tree
could not 1t is believed, have resisted
his ferocious strength when fully
exerted. Desiring to break down such
a tree for its foliage, this giant would
settle himself upon his launches, and
fold his enormous arms about its trunk.
"The massive frame of the megathe-
rum Is convulsed with the mighty eff
fort" says an eminent paleontologist.
describing such a scene. every vibrat-
ng fibre reacting upon its bony attach
ment with the force of a hundred
giants; extraordinary must be the
strength and pronortion of tree II.
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medical man. For years past she has
eesn applying powerful bleaching So
luton TO her tresses. and the -esnlt
almost inevitable in a woman as ner-
vous as Miss De Forrest. has been that
her mind has given way. At first she
grew irritable, accusing her dancing
partner Of plotting against her life. and
occasionally refused to perform her
dance on the ground that enemies were
IN the audience, waiting a chance TO
XIII her. She was taken home, her
mother and sister having meanwhile
removed to New York city. Specialists
were consulted. and she was confined
in private home. Showing no signs of
Improvement she was taken to the
Amityville asylum few weeks ago.
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Several men with clubs would bt
required to dispatch the creature, and
the removal Of its body would entail
considerable labor.
The dinosaur, however. was far diff
ferent creature. The dinosaurs we're
an old family with several branches.
One Of these families of dinosaurs had
small heads with big horn. Their
cousins had the huge body of the dino
saur, but long head like that Of a
horse
Tho horned dinosaur was equally at
home on land or water. The animal
was armed with a tail of immense
strength. and he had a shin bone over
three feet in length and nearly foot in
breadth at the upper end.
A singular thing about the bones of
this animal, which have been so often
found and articulated for exhibition in
museums, Is that they are all hollow.
This afforded both lightness and
strength, says the New York World.
This monster is supposed to have
been n great swimmer, and on land he
Is believed to have proceeded somewhat
after the manner of kangaroo. Scien-
lists examining rocks for traces of an
tediluyian creatures have found i'm
press.ons OF tho tails OF dinosaurs as
they walked along or stopped now and
then 10 rest.
Another extinct animal with a huge
tail was the hadrosaurus. He had
heavy scales down his back and was a
vegetable feeder like the iguanodon. 1t
has been held by some scientists that |
birds are derived from the dinosaurs, |
being much reduced in size during the |
countless generations which have in
tervened. This theory. however. Is not
correct. according TO Huxley and other
modern scientists who have studied the |
bones OF these monsters, and who held !,
that both were derived from some COM
mon ancestor.
Whales are undoubtedly descended
rom some former land animal, and the
whale remains a warm-blooded animal
% the present day. Some scientists
believe that whales are the dinosaurs OF
he present day.
The dinosaur with the horses head
vas a herbivorous animal. This crea-
ure Is of peculiar interest to New
yorkers, as, in remote times, he proba-