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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-29
THE TIN PLATE
MANDATORY
Established in Lisbon, Ohio, an Eyi-
dence Of the Benefits Of
Protection.
TALKS TO THE coLoREURAcE
Mckinley Addresses Several Carloads
Of Delegates to the Afro Methodist
Conference-History one Of
Patience and Patriotism.

Canton. Sept. 2s.-In addressing a
delegation from Lisbon. Ohio. today.
Mckinley said:
Il am glad indeed to have been con-
nected with piece Of national legisla-
tion that gave 10 the town Of Lisbon
an enterprising tln-pIate plant which
has given employment TO more than
325 persons. You farmers, merchants
and businessmen know how valuable
that plant has been to your community
and l submit to you, no matter what
may have been your politics in the
past, whether you would now prefer to
have that tin-plate factory there than
TO have II in Wales"
A train at 10 o'clock brought several
carloads OF ministers. delegates TO the
Afro Methodist conference in session at
Cleveland. They marched informally
to the Mckinley lawn, where addresses
were made by Senator Green. Of
Cleveland, Bishop Lee and Bishop Ar
nett In reply Mckinley said:
The history Of your race is one Of
wonderful progress under most trying
and difficult circumstances. You have
demonstrated your patience, patriotism,
intelligence and your willingness to
sacrifice for your country and sustain
its honor at all times and under all
circumstances. You have made marked
and commendable strides in the field
of education and learning. Not only
have you been looking carefully after
the intellectual. but you have not been
neglectful Of the moral condition Of
your race. You have recognized that
good character is quite as essential as
good education: that good morals are
indispensable. Both should go together.
You and your race have my hearty
congratulations upon the progress you
have made, and my prayer is for sti1l
greater progress in the future"
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-29
YOUTHFUL EXUBERANCE." :"

New Haven, Conn. Sept. 2S.-Bryan
had just closed a few words telling
how pleasant his trip through New
England had been when he was in
terrupted thus:
a voice-"There are no Yale students
here today Mr. Bryan"
Bryan-"Do not cTiticise the boys too
harshly; l am not inclined to criticise
them as severely as some others have
been. have been a college boy my
self. and l am inclined to attribute
their interruptions more to youth
fur eXuberation than to any deliberate
to interfere with free speech.
l shall always be glad TO return to
New Haven. when circumstances per-
init, and am sure that whatever may
be my subject / will be able TO find
persons here who are willing to listen.
even il they do not agree"
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-29
RECORD BREAKERS.

Trenton, n. j., Sept 2S.-The nation
al circuit meet Of the League Of Amer
lean wheelmen opened at the inter
state fair. John s. Johnson, paced by
two quads and triplet, beat all pre-
vious records for one mile, crossing the
tape in 1;47 fiat, the best previous time
being 1;4SS4. made by Tyler at Walt
ham, Mass. Jimmy Michael, the Walsh
man. paced by two quads and a triplet,
covered five miles in s:5l%, the fastest
time ever made on any track. In the
third heat for the two mile profession
al, Otto Ziegler, the Californian. fell
and broke his arm.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-29
BRYAN AND SEwALL.
They Both Arrived in New York Yes
terday.

New York. Sept 2S.-w. ]. Bryan ar
rived at the Hotel Bartholdi at SOC to-
day. He was accompanied by COM
mittee from Tammany Hall who had
gone to Bridgeport, Conn. to meet him.
About 200 persons cheered him at the
hotel entrance and he tipped his hat
and smiled in recognition. Mr., Bryan
was evidently nursing his throat, his
coat collar being turned up tight.
Arthur Sewall. the ce-presldential
candidate, arrived at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel a short while before Bryan
reached the city. He parted company
with Bryan at New London, Conn.
Mr.. Sewall will stay in town for sew
eral days and will speak at the Tam
many ratification meeting tomorrow
night. He will go west from this city
to attend the convention Of national
Democratic clubs which meets in St.
Louis October 8,
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-29
FAREWELL TO NEW ENGLAND.

New London. Sept 2S.-Bryan bade
farewell to Connecticut at New Lon
don at noon today, although he added
few words at New Haven, the last
stop in the New England states. At
New London Bryan found questioners
and for some time carried on a dia-
logue with an elderly gentleman near
the speakers stand. The police were
inclined TO interfere at first, but Bryan
begged them to let the interrogator go
on with his questions, as he would be
glad to reply to them.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-29
GOLD RESERVE.

Washington, Sept. 2S.-The true
amount of the gold reserve is s122,-
2O4, $50
In addition to this s2,OOO,OOO in gold
coin was deposited today in the New
York sub-treasury in exchange for cur
rency. The amount of gold in sight,
added to that already delivered, will
bring the reserve up to about s127, 7,OOO,-
900
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-29
TRYING TO GET TOGETHER.

San Francisco, Sept. 2S.-The execu-
tive committee of the Republican state
central committee was called together
this afternoon to devise a plan for
uniting the warning elements of the To-
cal Republican party Chairman Nc
Laughlln believes the lack Of harmony
is endangering the success Of the ma
tional ticket. The committee adjourned
after talking over the situation with
out formulating any definite plan for
harmony.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-29
COMMON MONEY.

Chicago Times-Herald.
1t is peculiar trait Of silver stand
ard countries to have no silver for the
common people. The currency of China
is zinc and copper, half Of it presuma-
lyb counterfeit. The currency of India
is copper, The smallest coin is the
''pice," and it is worth less than one
quarter of cent. In general. in gold
standard countries, the common metal
money for the people is silver. In sill
yer standard countries silver is sup
planted with zinc or copper. The COM
mon people have no real money.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-29
NOTICE TO SHIPPERS.

Shippers are hereby notified that To-
cal freight to points on the Seashore
road will be received at the Telephone
dock only. All freight must be deliv-
cred one hour before train time. No
freight will be received after 4:SO p. m.
c. F. LESTER, Supt.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-29
wANAMAKER IN NEW YORK.

New York, Sept. 2S.-The positive an
nouncement was made this afternoon
that John Wanamaker, of Philadelphia,
had bought the business of the sus-
pended firm of Hilton Hughes & Co..
formerly A. T. StewarD, 1t is stated
that Wanamaker had bought the en-
tire business of Hilton Hughes & Co.,
together with either a fee or lease Of
the real estate used by the firm. Wan
amaker will start up business again as
soon as the necessary arrangements
can be made.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-29
EQUAL TO THE OCCASION.

Spanish Colonel-"General Weyler,
there is an insurgent out in the street
who keeps looking over the fence and
making faces at the Spanish army.
What shall do?
General Weyler-"Cable to Spain for
re-inforcements. I'll capture that man
II 1t takes another army. Boston
Transcript.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-29
FILLING UP THEIR TICKET,

New York, Sept. 2S.-wibur F. Por-
ter, of Watertown, was tonight nom-
mated by the Democratic state COM
mittee for governor to take the place
of Jno. Boyd Thatcher. Frederick c.
Chaub. Of Lewis, was nominated for
acknowledgements to take the place
of Porter.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-29
GO TO WORK AGAIN.

Waltham, Mass, Sept. 2S.-One thous-
and operatives returned to work in the
mills of the Boston Manufacturing Co.,
in this place, and others will be taken
in and given employment from time to
time. until the entire force will be back
at work again
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-29
BRYAN IN NEW JERSEY.

Jersey City, Sept. 2S.-w. ]. Bryan re-
turned late tonight from his late New
England tour and after spending about
thirty minutes at the Hotel Bartholdi,
Immediately repaired to Northern New
Jersey escorted by a committee of
New Jersey Democrats. where two Of
the biggest meetings Of his tour were
held
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-29
IRON WORKS RESUMED.

Troy. N. Y, Sept. 2S,-The resumption
of work at the Burdette Iron Works to-
day is the cause of rejoicing in great
many families in this city. There are
in the neighborhood of 1900 men en-
ployed.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-29
REMOTE ANCESTRY.

She-"How far can your ancestry be
traced?
well. when my grandfather resign
ed his position as treasurer of a west
ern city they traced him as far az
China-but the old man got away
UP-to-Date.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-29

Uncle Dick Bland has already uplift-
ed lightning-rod for the speakership
of the next house. When he hears from
Maine he will take it down and store
it in the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Com
mercial,
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-29
THE MARKETS.

Portland, Sept, 2S.-Wheat-Walla
Walla, 56056ls; Valley, 5S@5Sh.
Liverpool, Sept, 2S.-wheat, spot,
firm; demand, poor; No. red spring
6s I'D; No. California, 6s Cd.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-29
A DISCOVERY IN WASHINGTON

Olympia, Sept. 2S.-The supreme
court has decided that the law COM
pelling barber shops to close on sun
day is special class legislation and is
unconstitutional.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-29
PHILADELPHIAs LOSE.

Philadelphia, Sept. 2S.-The Philadel-
phia cricketers were defeated in the
second match with the Australians to-
day by an inning and II runs.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-29
ToDAY's WEATHER.

Portland. Or, Sept. 2S.-For Western
Washington and Western oregon, fair
weather. For Eastern oregon and
Eastern Washington, probable showers
cooler
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-29

American flour is now the principal
article Of export to Venezuela from
the United States.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-09-29

Meany is the leading tailor. and pays
the highest cash price for fur skins.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-11-20

appear suppose the reason OF IL Is
that the heat here is more moist than
that of the tropics. and, as it were, of
n different character. Whatever NOR
tally occurs among our animals dur
ing a heated term is moatlv among the
tropical animals. especially the African.
In hot weather | have watched the
polar bear - into his tank, and then.
instead nf lying in the shade. extend
himself in III" direct ray, of the sun.
where the water on hi. skin would
evaporatc. He f"unl oGt for himself,
| suppose. that evaporation causes a
lower temperature. Again. il is some
what aaton;"hinr, al first. that our
polar bear should suffer sometimes as
he does from t'ic sever" cold of WIN
ter. | have .crn hin shivcrinT on one
of those bitterly cold days. when the
sky was oYrriadcn and the air full of
moisture. The moisture was evidently
what affected him. In the Arctic re-
gions it is SO cold that the moisture is
frozen out OF the air Birds do not like
the heat. 1t makes them perch with
dropped wings. Heat affects not only
the animals in the garden, but the
finances of t!iH garden itself. Adiffer-
ence of ten degrees in the thermome
ter, say if il is nincty-fivc instead of
eighty-five. means a loss of several hun
dreds of dollars i'll our gate receipts
for the day"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-11-20
EXCUSES WHICH DoNoTExcUsE
Always BE Ready to Explain When
Caught In SusniCIouS CIrcnmsfances.

Always BE Ready to Explain When
Caught In Suspicious Circumstances.
What is much needed for persons "in
trouble" and especially for those caught
in fiagrante delictu, is n good excuse,
an explanation on the spur of the mo-
ment for their having, for example,
three gold watches about them.
An instance of this kind occurred
only the other morning in London, says
a correspondent of the San Francisco
Argonaut.
A gentleman was stopped at five a.
m. and requested to explain the fact of
his carrying four umbrellas. It had
been a fine day, SO that one seemed un.
necessary. The best account he could
give Of himself was that his mistress
had been out at party and he was car.
rying her property home. q.
The inefficiency of an excuse of this
sort is really lamentable. Inno society
do ladies take four umbrellas to an
eve ming party. 1t would have been
better for the poor wretch to have an
nounced himself as Japanese noble.
man of the first class, who, in Difference
to western customs, was wearing four
umbrellas instead of four swords"
This would have at least staggered
the policeman as being something out
of his beat.
In another case three individuals are
found armed to. the teeth under the
pantry table of a gcntlemans house,
who have no better explanation to give
OF their position than they were get.
ting out of the rain" These excuses
are pitiful and almost pathetic.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-11-20
CHINESE RAILROAD OFFICERS.
More Interest In Velvet and Varnish Than
In the Science Of RaIIroading.

more Interest In Velvet and Narnish Than
In the Science Of RaIlroading.
The Chinese officials on the railway
are the nominally responsible parties,
and they are Chinese officials, a term
which to anyone who has lived long in
China sums up nearly all that can be
said about them, says Macmillan's Mag
azine. The railway in all its parts and
stages is to them 4 strange and in
scrutable thing, whose mysteries they
are slower to learn than their unedu-
Gated fellow-countrymcn. owing to
their minds being already saturated
with kind of lore which has no points
OF contact with the novelties introduced
by the troublesome foreign devils.
They detest the whole undertaking,
which does not even provide such means
OF enrichment as any purely native
work would do. Custom renders it
derogatory to them to handle any i'm
plement heavier than hair pencil, and
what is necessary to be done by Off
Gals is simply intrustcd to their serv-
ants.
At the head office things are scarcely
better. The directors are men who
have been forced into an unwelcome
position, who have no feeling for the
substantial success of the railway, and
no appreciation of workmanlike excel
lence, but who are always ready to
listen to any dilettante who can talk
specifically of velvet and varnish and
show from illustrated advertisements in
what respects the Chinese trains come
short of some ideal Brighton express or
Philadelphia tlicr, especially when the
glib foreign gentleman hints at the pro-
fuse fabrication which railway pro-
motion demands in other countries and
which is only compatible with lavish
cost.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-11-20
FORTUNES IN THE SEA.
Over 81, 100000 Was Recovered
From the Maiabar.

One of the most extraordinary in
stances of fortune found in the sea
concerned the wreck of the Spanish
treasure ship Alfonso MI, which was
sunk OFF Point Gando, Grand Canary
A single diver recovered Spanish gold
coin of the estimated value of $780,
600. The depth from which this specie
was recovered was twcnty-six and two
thirds fathoms, or $50 feet.
One of the most difficult operations
ever performed by diver was the re-
covering Of the treasure sunk in NAL
abar off Gale. On this occasion the
large iron plates, half an inch thick,
had to be cut away from the mail
room, and then the diver had to work
through nine feet of sand. The whole
of the specie on board this vessel
upwards of 81, 50O,OOO-was saved, as
much as $4,000 having been taken
out in one day.
1t is an interesting fact that from
time to time expeditions have been
fitted out and companies formed with
the sole intention of searching for
buried treasure beneath the sea. Again
and again have expeditions left New
York and San Francisco in the GER
tainty of recovering tons OF bullion,
sunk off the Brazilian coast, or lying
undisturbcd in the mud of the Rio de
In Plata.
At the end of 1885 the large steamer
belonging to the p. and o. Company,
sank oil Trincomalce, having on board
a very valuable East India cargo,
together with large amount Of specie.
This was another case of fortune fonnd
in the sea, for very large amount of
treasure was recovered.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-11-20

Almost anywhere east of the Mis-
sissippi Valley the girl drummer has
come to be regarded as fact, but in
the vast region west she is as yet a
rarity. This is especially true of Cali
fOrnia, and Miss Glenn Byrne, a
hustling girl from New York, is glad
that she is a novelty there. She
travels for a house that deals in wO-
mems readymade gowns, and since
her arrival in the Golden State she
has been doing a fine business. Miss
Byrne is slim little girl, not par
ticularly good-looking, but with an
attractive manner. OF course all
drummers-even the men-are volu-
bic takers. According to all ac-
counts this young woman fully sus-
tains the general reputation.
How did you happen to go into
this business?" she was asked.
"That is easily answered. / took
it up because saw that there was a
future in it for me. 1t is one of the
few professions that are not over.
crowded with women. / love the life
lam leading-the very uncertainty OF
it keeps me constantly in a state Of
pleasurable excitement. No, / don't
call myself a new woman at all.
fail to see why girl cannot be just as
feminine in my business as though
she knitted tides for living"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-11-20
BIG GAME.
An Account of the Capture OF . IIar-
poOned HIppopo:amus.

- account OF tns NspIuFt OF IihE-
poOned Tippopo:amus.
In his book on Abyssinia Sir Samuel
Baker gives the following account of
the capture of a h;ppopotamus. After
q long chase the animal had left the
river, and much 10 the disappointment
of his pursuers had !. appeared. But
one of the knowinc attendants eX-
pressed his firm conviction that the
hippo" would soon be arcn again
This prediction was fulfilled much
sooner than the most sanguinc had eX-
pected. At distance of nearly half
mile, says the writer, we saw the ami
NAL emerge from the Jungle, and
descend at full trOt to the bed of the
river, making directly for the first
rocky pool, in which we had previous
ly seen herd of hippopotami.
(hippo-hunter) we walked quickly
toward the spot; he explained to me
that l must shoot the harpooncd hippo,
as we should not be able to secure him
in the usual method by ropcs-nearly
all our men being absent from camp
upon other duties.
Upon reaching certain pool, which
was about hundred and thirty yards
in diameter, we were Immediately
greeted by the hippo, who snorted and
roared as we approached, then he
dived, and the buoyant float, upon
which the man with the harpoon was
stationed, ran along the surface, mark
ing his course in the same manner as
the cork of a trimmer with pike
upon the hook.
Several times he appeared, but as he
invariably faced us, could not obtain
favorable shot. l therefore sent the
old hunter round the pool, and he,
swimming the river, advanced to the
opposite side, and attracted the atten-
ton Of the hippo, who Immediately
turned toward him.
This afforded me good chance, and
I fred steady shot behind the ear, at
about seventy yards, with a single-bar-
relied rifle.
AS usual with hippopotami, whether
dead or alive, he disappeared beneath
the water at the shot. The crack of
the ball and the absence of any splash
from the bullet told me that he was
hit; the float remained perfectly sta
tionary upon the surface. l watched
it for some miAutes-it never moved;
several heads of hippopotami appeared
and vanished in different directions,
but the float was still: it marked the
spot where the grand old bull lay dead
beneath.
When the men reappeared they swan
out, regardless of crocodiles, to the
spot where the animal had gone down,
and securing the rope attached to the
harpoon dragged the body Of the
hippo to the shore.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-11-20
Foraker by Man.

Imagine herd of horses, aggregat-
ing $4,000, for which no particular
use can be found. Stockmen of the
Northwest are to-day considering what
disposition can be made of this inn
mense number of animals.
This great herd roves the prairies of
Montana, North Dakota, Washington
and Northern Idaho. They are graz
ing npon grass that is required for the
sustenance of cattle and sheep, and
are practically worthless for any pur-
pose. The cause of this serious con-
dition is due to the bicycle and to
street car systems, operated by cleo
tricity and by cable, the use of which
within the last few years has so largely
done away with the employment of
horses. In some of the districts
named, the horses are increasing so
rapidly in numbers that they are ac-
tually crOwding live stock, used for
supplying the meat markets of the
country, off ranges where they find
grass On which to subsist.
The men who own this vast num-
Der of horses, ranging, as they do, over
such large expanse of territory, can
devise no means Of relief, and they are
practically helpless. Excellent horses
unbroken, can be bought for from S.
to $16a head, but even at this low fig
ure no buyers can be found, while the
horses, too valuable to be destroyed
and at the same time too expensive to
keep alive, continue to multiply.
This surplus of 125,OO0 horses con.
sists not alone of broncos or cattle
horses, but in it may be found such
stock as coach and Clydesdale horses,
nearly all of which, however, are un.
broken. Among them are the DIES.
cendants of some very high priced
stations. One rancher near Walla
Walla, Wash, has 5000 horses on the
range, all of which are finely bred
These he is willing to sell at $40 pei
head, "big ard little" as the saying
is among cattle men, which means
colts as well as grown animals. He
can find no purchaser for his stock.
The question which is now agitating
these stockmen is, What can be
done to rid the ranges of this immens,
number of horses, in order that pas
turage may be provided for the large
herds of cattle and sheepf"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-11-20
POLAR BEARS KEEP COOL.
Tropical Animals In Captivity Suffer Most
During the Heated Term

ut will surprise most people," said
Superintendent \. Z. Brown, of the
Philadelphia geological garden, to a
Record man, "to learn that the polar
bear stands the hot weather of the dog
days in this locality better than the
African lion. On hot days the lion will
get a. his feed; the polar bear will not.
The tropical animals in the garden"
continued the superintendent, ARE the
ones mostly affected by the extreme
heat Of midsummer, strange as it may