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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-17
COMMUNICATIONS.


+. HaIlock. representing that city
Jail Is not in safe condition and rec
cmmending repairs and Improvements.
Referred TO committee on public prop
erty for report
From the mayor vetoing the ordi-
nance TO issue tax redemption deed 10
A. s. Bennet the property not belns
described. Veto sustained unanimous
ly.
From the mayor. vetoing the gam
bling ordinance. Before the vote was
taken on the veto Councilman Parker
said:
II would like to ask the auditor how
much money has been recently received
for gambling" The auditor replied
none, though the police department had
charge of that business. and they had
made no reports of receipts.
| Parker-''The auditor answers that
the city IS not getting it. was out
ldst night and saw gambling on. Who
is getting tha money? By what au-
uhordty is it going on? l am not max
ing these statements for buncomb- In
his veto the mayor says gambling VIII
not increase our revenue any. 1t could
not certainly decrease II any He also
says the business will so into one or
two hands. That ought to bring In
some revenue. The matter was thor
oughly looked into and 1t was inquired
out that II would bring in some rey-
enue. People say that they are mol
engaging In it, but they are, and there
should be some revenue from II. An
other thing-it seems to me that we are
|, hitting this gambling business at the
wrong end IL We are to go without Il
cense. We all know that men dom
learn to gamble in a gambling house
proper. They learn it in the bac'
rooms of cigar stores and such places
and II 1t drives the thing into seclu
ded corners TO not license it, the mat
ter should be looked after.
, Chief Hallock arose to explain nu
/ the mayor said 1t was a council meet
ing strictly and If the matter OF gam
bling was investigated the police wouiC
be given a chance to explain.
McGregor said he coincided with th'
remarks of Parker. "I too have seen
gambling going on in the city duI1n
the time 1t was supposed TO have beei
1 stopped" Mr.. McGregor further Sai'
: that he was sorry TO differ with tn
D mayor, but still believed the measur
the proper one under the circumstan
: ces, both from a moral and busines
h standpoint, and would have TO vot
= against the veto.
z welch said he was not fn faV0r .
E getting money from such source ou
e voted for it in the first Instance as II
. thought it the best thing that coulu
I done under he circumstances ou
( would support the mayor, and later II
: troduce am ordinance against gamohn
{ and all other vice.
e The mayor said: 80 far as gam
I bling Is concerned, one need not go ou
e tonight to find it. The cigar stores ar
: running in full force and there Is wher
e the Young men are taught the bus
e ness. 1t is done in broad daVligh
5 They not only gamble for cigars pl
n for the nickels in the machine.
/ When the vote was taken on tn
y passage of the ordinance over the may
e or's veto, 1t stood:
g Nays-Brix, Clinton, Schiebe, Thomi
son, Welch.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-17
DIR. BusHoNG DEAD.

Portland, April l6.-Rev. DR.. J. w
Bushong. one of the best known min
listers of the Methodist church ON this
coast, died here today of paralysis, af-
ter a long illness.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-17
ORDINANCES.

Authorizing committee on streets and
public ways to advertise for bids for
construction of crossing at Twelfth and
Bond streets. On motion rules sus-
pended and ordinance read third time
and passed
Appropriating $779.10 to S. Normile
! Sor construction of sewer on Second
street. Read first and second time.
To amend section of ordinance No.
1884, passed in 1898, against gambling.
imposing a fine OF $500, one-half to go
to the informer, police officers not to
be coUsidered ais informers. Read first
and second times.
Authorizing issuance OF tax deed to
A S. Bennett for property sold for taxes
in 1892 Referred back for second
reading, and then, under suspension
of the rules, read third time and
passed
AppropIiating $3.50 to Rescue Engine
Co. No. 2 for the purchase of horse;
and apparatus. In support of the or
dinance Trullniger said the city go
skinned by one department and hi
proposed to see that the city did no
get beat again.
McGregor said he doubted whethe
apparatus belonged to the companies
but If 1t did they should be reimbursed
for their use He conceded their claim
as they had earned it, though tn
teams were originally purchased b!
public subscription. The ordinance wa
passed.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-17
RsoLUTIC.

That T. o. Trullinger. C. w, Stone
and ]. H. Mansell be appointed viewers
for the extension of Commercial street.
adopted.
That the committee ON streets and
public Mays secure the services OF j.
Q. Jameson to confer with the city
surveyor on the construction of a sys-
tenn of drains. Laid on the table
Under supenslon of rules the resolu
ton was passed as an ordinance. linn
lting expenses to S25.
The usual number of claims wer'
presented and referred to the propef
committees, and acquisitions for sup
plies were granted.
Council adjourned.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-04-17
PETITIONS

Property owners ON Sixth street that
there Is no sewer on Sixth street. and
that sanitary conditions demand one.
Referred 10 committee on streets and
public ways.
Theo. Steinhiller that he has paid to
the chief OF police 81 street assessments
and demands deed. Referred to COM
mite on ways and msans.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-22
The s.agnet n Surgery.

The following remarkable accoanE oi the extraction of q needle from the body by means of . magnet is given by Cosmos:
 "A young laundress thrust q broken needle into her right hand while wash. ing clothes. The needle having disap- peared in tho flesh, tho surgeon who was consulted several days after the ae- eident refused to perform an operation, fearing lest he should Do obliged to make a large number of iuoisi0ns among tho fragments of the articulation. Two months afterward the girl lost the use of her right hand, and the least move ment of the fingers caused her exquisite pain. Drs Gorinewski and Cerestin then determined to extract the needle with the aid of q magnet, drawing i6 into Il fieshy region where on incision could be made without danger To cause this movement they chose Q very feeble electro magnet but q difficulty arose. Tho needle having entered point first. 1t would have to be drawn out backward, the broken part i'll advance.
 The first trial lasted two hours, with short intervals of rest, without appTeeiable results. Before the third trial the girl said that she felt prick ing in tho palm of the hand near the place where the magnet had been ap. piled and where the needle ought to ap- pear. At the ninth sitting finally the needle appeared beneath the skin and came out whole, broken end first, with. out pain ana without loss of blood. It fixed itself to the pole of the electro magnet, and tho young laundress was cured. This result-the drawing of q needle through the fesh--is very TO- markable. Ill 20 hours after tho first trial this needle was extracted from the inside of the hand, after lying there more than two months. Translation For Literary Digest
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-22
ALMOST SECOND NATURE.
Cyclists unconsciousiy Follow the Rules of
 the Road When Walking.


 You can tell bicycle rider by his walk. Not because of peculiarity of gait, but for the reason that he unoon- sciously follows the rules of tho road that he has learned while riding bi- cycle.
 On the sidewalks of the crowded streets of New York and Brooklyn a gentleman whose acquaintance among bicycle riders Is quite extensive has, as matter of curiosity, watched his ey- cling friends walking to and from busi- ness Almost without exception they pass to the right when meeting othes pedestrians and to the left when pass ing them from behind. When turning a corner, the pedestrian who has learned to cycle hugs the wall closely if going to the right and is almost sure to mako d long turn if bound to the left.
 If all pedestrians would observe tho rules of the road on the sidewalks as we'll as the experienced cyclists observe them on the highways thore would be fewer toes trampled upon and fewer persons nudged in the ribs by protrud- ing and sharp elbows.
 There is nothing more annoying to the participants and ncthing more Imaginable to the spectator than to see two persons dancing up and down and taking series of side steps because both started to pass each other in the wrong direction.
 The bicycle Is unconsciously teach ing people how best to keep out of each others way. Any one who does not think the result is sure to be beneficial ought to attempt to stem q crowd com ing from a theater or crossing the bridge at rush hours. There will be no polish left on the rash individual shoes, there will be mud stains on his garments, and feeling of deep, bitter resentment against all mankind in his bosom. e-- New York Journal
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-22
r1n. .tia aIecIa Chivn1rY.

The Boston Advertiser says: Two thousand two hundred and thirty seven members of the Cambridge university ''senate" in England have signed doc' ument whose purport, stripped of all verbiage, is that women may be permit ted to study at the university, provided they pass entrance examinations as rigid as those required of men, keep up during their course of study as high 8 ssr ldard of scholarship as the men do, w ' the same fees that tho men pay and Aoceive none of the degrees, none of the honors and none of tho privileges which are accorded to men i'll consequence of connection with tho university. And this document emanates from what is known as the liberal" party in the university senate. The other party wants the women excluded absolutely. The terms upon which tho "liberal'' party is willing to admit them eonsti- tute very faithful sample, stripped of all glitter and tinsel and other false pretense. of about nine,tenths of what passes in the world for chiva1ry.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-22

The Paris prefecture of police has q wooden horse, harm, sscd, and all candi 6sates for the position of cabman must show that they know how to harness and unharness him and pass all exam iuation i'll whatever othor tests the pro feet may propose
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-22
Writes Letters to nlmseIf.

John Beckwith, the warehouseman, received letter the other day address cd in a round business hand and bearing the Oakland postmark. He glanced at it, rubbed his forehead refectively a moment and then, without opening the envelope tore it into bits.
 Why did you do that2" asked his partnor. That might have contained something of importance.
 No, it didn't wrote 1t myself "
 Are you in the habit of writing let ters to yourself?"
 "Yes I have to- Now. if 1 hadn t written that yesterday and mailed it l would have forgotten that bunch of braid, two dozen pearl buttons and five yards of halrcloth that l have got to go down town and buy right now Once, though, Iwrote a letter to myself about something I wanted to remember and forgot to mail it for two weeks. San Francisco Post.
 Counting all classes of reserves, Ger many can in 24 hours raise an army of 4,000, GOO disciplined men.
 Pliuy says that the almond blosson was regarded by the young people of his age as an emblem of hope
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-05-06
SILVER JUBILEE.

Quite an interesting entertain
ment was had atSt. Joseph's hall
last night, the participants being
the pupils of st. Agnes' Convent,
and the occasion being the twenty
fifth anniversary of the priesthood
of Father Barbin who presides over
the Catholic church here,
The exercises opened with a song,
after which Hon. Rollin Rodgers
stepped to the front with a silver
casket in his hand filed with gold
and silver coin and asked the Faith
er to receive it as a token OF love
and regard from his congregation
Father Barbn responded and said
while he had been a priest 20 years,
l8 years had been spent in TeXar-
kama, and it deeply touched him at
the manifestation Of love and vene'
ration his congregation had shown
him, not alone on this occasion but
since the first of his coming here.
The exercises then proceeded and
when the curtain went down on the
finale the crowd dispersed, all say
ing the evening was a most enjoya-
BILE one,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-05-06
THE STEEL ARRIVING.
The Work of Tracklaying on the
Cult Road Will Be Resumed.

The Times reporter was pleased
to learn from Captain M. L. Sco-
veil, assistant general freight agent
of the Kansas City, Pittsburg and
Gulf railroad, that the work of lay
ing track on the southern exten-
sion of that line will be resumed
Monday morning from point about
twelve miles south of Many, and
will certainly be continued without
interruption until the whole line is
completed.
The forty miles necessary TO car
ry the line to Lake Charles juno
tion, at DeQuesny is now graded
brdged and tied, and now it is only
a question OF tracklaying as to how
soon the line will be completed be-
tween Shreveport and Lake Char
les, as also between Shreveport and
tide water at Port Arthur,
The work Of grading and bridg-
ing from Lake Charles junction
south to Beaumont is now practi-
cally finished, and the tracklayers
on this portion Of the road will not
have to wait a moment on the other
work The graders, bridge and tie
men will all be out Of the way by
the time the tracklayers appear ON
the scene,
The work OF tracklaylng has been
somewhat delayed owing to the
abundance Of orders which flowed
In on the steel rail works when the
price Of rails declined so heavily,
Orders had to be filed in the order
received, and It took some time to
get down to the orders for the Gull
road steel That point has finally
been reached, and now the steel is
being rapidly forwarded, Eighteen
cars arrived here from Kansas City
last night, and will go the front this
morning, One hundred and fifty
additional cars are on the road and
will be sent forward as rapidly as
possible, The work will not be all
lowed to lag from this time forward,
and It Is safe to say that the whole
line will be completed by June 10,
or July at the outside, and possl-
| bly, sooner II the weather Is fayora.
bic, Shreveport Times
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-05-06

Doubtless many people who read
OF the low prices Of lands In this
section OF Arkouaaa will be slow to
understand how good lands can be
sold 30 cheap, It Is simply a gus
tlon supply and demand, We have
more land than farmers TO cult.
yate eit This part of the state has
never been doomed, aud as a con.
sequence we have had no immIgas
tlon except mmbermen, aud the
lumber business has been 30 much
more profitable than farming Of late
that many Of our native farmers
have gone 10 wor, a, the saw mills,
hordyee Chronicle Enlcrpfme
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-05-06

A train of eleven cars, loaded
with fresh meats for export, from
Kansas City, passed through here
Yesterday over the Kansas City
road for foreign ports via Calves
ton. The tram consumed only 23
hours in making the run from Kan
sas City to Shreveport, the dis
tance being $50 miles, making the
running time traction over "a
miles an hour-a pretty good record
when It IS known that some GO miles
of this distance runs over the top
of high mountains that are hard to
climb and the road bed compare
lively a new one at that The
Gulf route is forging right to the
front in all things,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-05-06
JUAN GUTIERREZ.
HALLS GREAT DISCOVERY.

One small bottle of Halls Great
Discovery cures all kidney and blad-
der troubles, removes gravel, cures
diabetes, seminal emissions, weak
and lame backs, rheumatism and
all irregularities of the kidneys and
bladder in both men and women
Regulates bladder trouble In chill
dren If not sold by your druggist,
will be sent by mail on receipt OF
$l,00 One small bottle Is two
months treatment, and will cure
any case above mentioned, E, W,
Han, sole manufacturer p 0 bog
2l8, Waco, Texas, For sale by Q Q
Brengle, Texarkana, Texas,
Texarkana, Ark April rs, '97.
This is to certify that ! bought
a bottle Of Halls Great Discovery
for George Yarbery Of Boyd, and
he got great benefit from the FIRST
dose, and he pronounced It great
kidney and bladder medicine,
j, M, RAMSEY,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-05-06
IN A WIRE CAGE,

Through an invitation we attend.
ed one Of the materiali2ed spiritual
sccdnces, held by Mrs, Thedlord ON
the night Of the ith lnstp and by
request Of the medium three gen-
tlemen present were appointed to
place the medium In a wire cage
aud eonAne her In such a manner
that II would be impossible for her
to escape without outside help, AS
requested the committee placed the
lady In a wire cage which was see
curely fastened TO the wall and
floor as well as having the top Of
the cage well covered with wire,
which left no chance Of escape for
the medium, without the assistance
Of outside hands, The committee
also guarded the doors entering
the room 30 40 topreycnt any other
person than those In the room en-
terng, thus proving that II was i'm.
possible for any Que that might be
connected with the seeanee to as
sist the medium In any way
Ina short time after the medium
was placed In the cabinet, a mum,
Der Of forms made their appear-
anee In the room, between the cab
met aud the audience, theaudlepee
being In a circle about siS feet from
the cage, The first form appear
Ing said hla name was Geo. Ros-
born, who we were Informed was
the mediums controls next little
Jessie Wyle, aged ayei next little
Nellie Gray, said 10 be the cabinet
control, A number Of Others ape
peared, among whom, giving their
names themselves, were Miss Min
ME nadstubeheh John Davis, Col
ueryey John Bate and jennie
Dowd Each one appearing talked
freely to the audience, giving place
aud cause Of death, name, age, etc,
Several parties present walked up
within a few feet and eonyersed
with them
A strange feature Of the steante
was that the forms were All dressed
In white, aud were Of different ages
or Sizes, aud two or three would ap.
pear Ia the room at the same time,
The medium was dressed Ia solid
black COMMITTEE
rcSarkAua May T. 'OI
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-05-06

II ls conceded tnat there Is some.
thing radically wrong with the leyee
system along the MIssisslppl river
Knowing this Senator Vest has ln
trodueed a resolution Ia the Senate
providing for an investigation Of
the problem, 80 as TO prevent, II
possible, future floods The Scnas
toe wants 10 know what the effects
the letty system has been, whether
the denudaton OF the forests
around the head waters Of the rive
efs has contributed to resent disis-
tfohs overil1wsi whether The estaba
fishing Of reservoirs In the ylntinity
Of the head waters will not have a
beneficial eject whether the long
debated outlet system is msrItafi
ous aud bfaetieable=iH 10 fact he
wants to know an about the river
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-05-06
FeF over Flfty Years

AN OLb AND WfbLzfRED REMEDY
Mrs, Winslow's Soothing Syrup
has been used for over hrty years
by milllona Of mothers for their
children while teethlug with per
feet success, 1t soothea the child,
softens the gums, allays all pain
cures wind cole and Ia the best
remedy for diarrhWa, lt Is pleas
ant to the taste, Soldby drugglBls
In every partof thcworld Twenty.
five cents a bottle, lts value ls In.
ealeulabe, DC sure and ask for
Mrs, Winslows Soothing Syrup, and
take no other kind, 5sbaB8sly
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-05-06
Stimulate tho sluggish Kidneys.

In addition to It's toni; and ca
thartic properties, IIostetters
Stomach Bitters exercises a beneli-
cial influence upon the kidneys and
bladder, when they are inactive, by
stimulating them to renewed eXer'
tion, thus reopening, as 1t were, a
sluice for the escape Of impurities
whose regular channel Of exit is the
organs Of urlnation, Among these
are certain abnormal anl inGam-
matory elements, productive Of ir-
reparable injury to the system II
not entirely expelled, The kidneys
and bladder themselves are also
benefited by this stimulus, as their
inactivity is usually a preliminary
to their disease and disorgan'2atlon,
They also experience, IN common
with other portions OF the system,
the potent iuyigoratiye effects Of
the Bitters which furthermore cor
recls disordered conditions OF the
stomach bowels and liver,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-05-06

The straIghtout unqualified, uu-
adulterated Democratic railroad
eomIssion blll was considered by the
Senate railroad committee last
night aud II passage without
amendment was recommended by a
decided maiorIty=O TO o. one meme
Der being absent and one excused
from voting The bin In question
was introduced by Senator Niece.
hee, and IN all essentials Ia the same
40 the Gov Jones on the Amatker
BILL Gazette,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-05-06

The Mount Lebanon shakers have
invented a great many valuable
things, They we're the first to
make braoms bymaehmeryl thehfst
~ put up seeds Ia little packages,
the Ntl 10 manufacture cut MALTA.
Now they are out with a method
OF curing dyspepsia ly fe,tiAg the
stomach Their remedy ia known
as the shfker Digestive Cordial It
supplies food IN an aftihtallv di-
peslcd form aud at the same time
aids the digestion uf other foods In
the ptumath In other words, hy
the usr ot the SHAKER Digestive
Cordial a dysptptit virtually gets
along without the use of his slom-
aeh until u is restored to lie haluf
al strength aud yipof A slnele 10
cent bottle viii ott times give
marked relief Oct a bottle from
your druggist aud Try IT,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-05-06

There Is more Cdtarrh in this sec
tion Of the country than all other
diseases put together, and until the
last few years was supposed to be
ncurable, For great many years
doctors pronounced II a l)cal dis
ease and prescribed local remedies,
and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced it
ncurable, Science has proved ca
tarrh to be constitutional disease
and therefore requires constitutions
al treatment, Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by II, j, Cheney n
Co.. Toledo, Ohio, is the only consti-
tutonal cure on the market 1t Is
taken internally in doses from 10
drops to a teaspooniul, 1t acts
directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system They offer
one hundred dollars for any case It
fails to cure Send for circulars
and testimonials, Address
T., j, CHENEY n CO.,
Toledo. y,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-05-06

his famous book of etiquette, he
tells his son not to laugh, that
laughter is vulgar, and illustrates
it the statement that, that IN a
mixed company, when a man starts
to sit down, supposing that there is
a chair behind him, and falls on the
floor, the Incident causes a loud
laugh, whereas an elegant witticism
provokes only smile.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-05-06

Senator Teller refuses to support
the English arbitration treaty for
two reasons, that the Senate has
no right TO give to any arbitrators
It's constitutional authority also
that II Euglaud's interest deman-
ed war with this country, nothing
could prevent IT, lie may be right,
yet after being properly amended,
II seems TO VA that the measure
should be passed
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-05-06

The difference between a smlle
aud a laugh was appreciated by
Chesterfield, who strongly insists on
the politeaess Of the smile as oppos
cd 10 ihe yulHafiy Of the laugh
''rho vulgar only laugh, but never
smile whereas wellbfed people 1is
ten smle, but seldom laugh In
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-05-06
Juan Gutierrez's Mexican Restaurant.

From May 8th will, besides sery-
ing meals at all hours, (also choice
Mexican dishes such as tamaIes,
chill concarne, etc., keep. the best
of ice cream, all aavors, and iced
drinks. Can deliver ice cream to
any part Of the city, in quantities
desired, also make best cream
candies-l5c per pound, Give me
a trial,
d-5 JUAN GUTIERREZ,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-05-06
For Sale and Rent.

Get your houses and lots on our
new list. Wauted-houses, lots and
lands to sell and rent, in Texarkana
and surrounding country-if you
have a bargain we want it, Parties
wanting to rent or buy, call ON us.
We pay taxes, improve and build
houses. Satisfaction guaranteed
9-30- LOCKE q KIRBY.