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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-06
THE RAILROAD MAoNAres.


~ exclusively announced m ycstcr.
lays Astoran, the party " Northern
Pacific rilrSad Officials visited tho ,,r,
IN tho afternoon They arrived ON ,hr
steamer +, ] Potter which madc , sn,.
olol run Tor the OCCASION lsavlnS Port,
land a, o'clock In the morning and
arriving at Astoria AZ siiS - m. Their,
Wos NO special stSnlHt,pcc to the Trim.
which was only part " scn,,il IN.
SpecNon tour htgua In New YORK t,5,.
~ and the officials could sNc no II,
formation rcgaNllug the prcSont or m.
tuno plans az tho Northern Pacific rail
rood' or whcthcr Mr nm had any ia.
torcst IN the property or not or Nh,
FNS'dcn, Wner's successor. Il any.
WI" to h, His resignation has h,,,
with tho hooPI % directors for .,,,,
umT hu, as vet has not hc,n n,,.1
upon As to rumors current In rrsari
To 10" matt'r, MIR Winters himself rr,-
''ss'd iSnoruncc. and Mr Adams. who
probably Is the only man who know
anything about IT, gave out no m;or.
nation.
rh' visitors on the spc,lu steamer
were Edward u. Ada,aa. OF New York
chairman OF the reorganization coh,mi>.
teo of the Northern Paeiic; Mrs Al.
ANS Miss Adams aud maid. Miss C6yrro.
Ernest N Adams, Edwin W Winter,
ST Faul, president y Z. r. r.. J. ~
Nendrtck. general supt: J. NJ liunnaforl.
Sencr,d traffic managcr r.. W. MciIcnry
ohief engineer; Gvorso +. Baker prc~t.
dent First National Bank. Now York
Mrs Baker MiSs Baker and .naiA Goo
F. Baker Jr, u. a Fabian. r. II lar
kins, W. = Alair. " H. Gcmmen. : 4;
Fulton. assistant general frvlvht ng,n,
Portland, y. /. Mohlcr first vlec.nrcSi.
dent and general manager OF the u. Y
n N; J. =. O'Brien general sup,-ln.
tendcnt; r. Campbell, trnrnc mauag,r.
G. w Lounsbvrry. agent. Astoria.
Upon arrival In the city. a shoot stcp /
was made at the q r. Il y. lo,k, when |
tho boat prOce,dcd directly to Elmorr's /
cannery, where an hour Or NOR, was
spent In examining the mcthoi u pack.
ng the Columbia river chinook. 80 Ash
werc on hand az the time. hut fortunately
"a Few moments tender arrived
With a large lot OF salmon. and the dis.
.inguish,d visitors were given a practical
of salmon packing. From
ere the party stclm,d down tho hay
% Flaycl and Fort Stevens. ana after
laving obtained good sunset view OF
hc mouth ot the riyt-. turned about
md ioft at G|5 tor Portland
Mr.. Adams, the chairman ot tho honri
me OF thy youngest uuancl,rs u New
FORK and one OF the ahlest ucuteuants
u J Piepong Morgan. Is an puarl,
IAN ana easily approached lie had
title to say concerning Northern Pa.
iilc plans but was very pleasant In
abou, his trip West and
rs visit In Astoria President Winter. @
'ho Is stlll young man. notwlthstind.
1s his long ana successful career as / :
railroad manager. ls an 1gr-eublc
'lker and a shrcwd Judge OF 1rrrs
Ie said that the party wcro hcrc on sim
ly "a pleasure trip, lnd had been making
daylight inspection OF tho entire line
tho Northern Pacific. and they md
cen well pleased with an they had
zen.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-06
..Mortgagee Sale,

We nre closing out slrg Lung & CO.
entire stock OF Dry Goods, Ladies' and
Gentlemcn's Furnishing Goods, at prices
regardless Of cost, In order TO make
room for the large stock Of Chinese and
japanese Curios. Fine Decorated China
ware, Novelties, SILK Eandkerchlafs
Ladies' Morning Gowns, Wrappers, Cen
tlemen's Smoking jackets, Tea, Etc
We invite the public to come and
mako bargains nj the above line OF
goods before the stock Is sold out.
Store will open Saturday July a.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-06
PROPOSALS FOR DRAWRRrDGE
FOU NDATlONS

Scaled proposals VIII be rrrciyci by
the und"rSignG ~ IT. Office In Astoria.
until noon Of August Y. 1891. for con-
structlng the foundations for the steel
drawbndges over Blind slough aad Cntp.
kanle river. on the llnc OF the Astorln
and Columbia River Railroad Plans and
specifications may BE- accn At the A..
toria office. and approved bonds VIII be-
required Of the successful bidder. The
right 70 reject any ana al blds rs ro-
served by the UNDERSIGNED
NORTHWEST CONSTRUCTION CO.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-06

4 new river service has hcen tnaugu-
rated between Astoria and Rainier. ore
eon, including all intermediate landings,
The fine steamer Pilgrim" Captain \.
L. Rra4ee. win make round trips daily,
except sunday. leaving Painter at $50
a. m, reaching Astoria az l1:S1. landing
at the Fourteenth street wharf. ard de-
parting on her return at l;SO. Prompt
time and the hest service Is guaranteed
for both passengers and freight
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-06

The Astor House is in process Of thor
oUgh renovation, and will be taken in
charge about August l by Mr.. Dan Tay-
Ter, Of South Bend, and Mr.. G. w. Boo
mer, who will conduct It in irst-class
style, at prices becoming the times. The
hotel is centrally located and convenient
alike to residents and tourists.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-06
ToDAY'S WEATHER.
AROUND TOWN.
FRIDAY

FRIDAY.
T''''-
Books should to one OF these four ends
conduce-
For wisdom, piety, delight Of use.
-DenLam.
:Efi
The regatta.
Interest in the regatta is growing.
Best meals lOc. at Casino restaurant.
See Ross. Higgins & Co.'S offer to sci
goods for cash.
See Ross. Higgins G. CO. for fresh fruits
and vegetables.
AT the bowling alleys, yesterday, Mr..
Bozarth scored 20.
Mr.. John Turpie was in from John
Days yesterday.
Groceries at the lowest prices at the
Pacific Grocery Co.
Klondyke and the regatta are now
synonymous terms.
Ice cream. wholesale and retail. at
Smiths candy factory.
Leave your orders for wild blackberries
at Ross Higgins & Co.'s.
Mr.. L. Smith, Of Coos bay, visited his
Astoria friends yesterday
AT 4 price-Misses' and ChiIdren's Tan
Shoes. Columbia Shoe Co.
DR.. W. C. Logan, dentist, has removed
his office to the Shanahan building, up
stairs.
For roofing and skylights 80 to the
Astoria Roofing and Cornice Co., a Ninth
street.
When you are looking for fresh fruits
and vegetables call on the Pacific Gro
cery Co.
Thos. ]. Myers, representing the eel
ebrated Chinese drama, THE First
Born" is in the city
Laird, schober a. Co. $500. $3.50 and
$500 Shoes; your choice for 10 days,
S3.9S. Columbia Shoe Co.
On Commercial near Fifteenth street.
yesterday, several Italians got into
disagreement; a few blows were struck.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-06

Mr.. H. A. Kyer, general agent Of the
Chicago Great Western Railway, with
headquarters at Seattle, visited Astoria
yesterday with Mr.. George F. Huesner,
agent for the same road at Portland.
The Maple Leaf is well-known in the
West, and Mr.. Kyer is one Of the most
popular freight men on the coast. Mr..
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-06

r. r. Watts has sold his handsome
residence on. the hill at The head Of
Fourth street 10 Mr.. S. s. Gordon. Mr..
Waits intends to 90 to Alaska about
the 18th Of the month, and his wife
will spend the summer in Sa1 Francisco,
afterwards returning to her rnother's RS
idenca in Corvallis.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-06

Captain Gregory, NJ the Nansanlta.
went to Portland. lls; night. to come
down en- the new light ship, No. g..
which will leave Portland at O'Clock
Saturday morning and upon arrival AT
the mouth OF the river viii ~ put in
the place Of lghtship No. %. which is
soon TO undergo extensive repairs
Northern Pacific railroad trains leave
Portland daily al IL O'Clock a. m for
Tacoma, Spokane. and the East. Close
connection made at Spokane for Ross.
land. Nelson. Sandow and British Co
lumbia mining camps. For maps and
Information call on or address
c. W. STONE.
Astoria, or
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-06

The ladies Of Bethania Evangelical
Lutheran church will give social at
the Union Pacific cannery opposite fire
Station No. 3, at O'Clock Saturday
evening. A large number Of fancy ar
ticles will be offered for sale Everybody
is invited to attend.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-06

An elegant line OF Little Gents shoes
just arrived, Columbia Shoe Co.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-06

See Ross. Higgins & Co.'S orer to sell
goods for cash.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-06

but friends separated the parties before
any damage was done.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-06

See Ross, Higgins G. Co. for fresh fruits
and vegetables.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-06

p, ], Meany, the leading merchant
tailor, lS7 Tenth st, The highest price
paid for fur skins.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-06

5s'''
Books should to one OF these four ends
conduce-
For wisdom, piety, delight or use.
-DelLam.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-06

AT the bowling alleys, yesterday, Mr..
Bozarth scored 70.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-06

Mr., Geors, NJ. kuhn and Miss VA
holm. Of Portland. are visiting Mrs. f.
Richardson at Seaside
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-06

Mr. John Turpie was in from John
Days yesterday.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-06

Miss Matilda Ericksons funeral took
place yesterday afternoon at o'clock.
from Undertaken Pohrs parlors The
rcmalns were buried at Greenwood. Miss
Erickson was a half-sizter Of r. 2. Sven
son, Of the steamer Escort.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-06

Interest in the regatta is growing.
Best meals l0c, at Casino restaurant.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-06

! Visitors in Portland report that the
impetus to business given by the outfit
ting Of the Elder for the Klondyke ter
ritory was something enormous, ana that
the steamer, on her next trip on he
lith will probably carry a stil larger
crowd
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-06

In the For Sale column will be found
the announcement that the Warrenton
hotel is for sale. Without doubt some
enterprising individual viii see his oppor-
tUnity in this to establish himself on
the West Side.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-06

Groceries at the lowest prices at the
Pacific Grocery Co.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-06

Ross, Higgins & Co. have taken the
agency for the famous Corvallis"
-four. Three carloads arrived here for
them yesterday and they will from
now on furnish dealers with the same
at mill prices in lots TO suit
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-06

In Justice Abercrombie's court. yes
terday. in the case Of the State vs.. Acvid
Johnson. charged with larceny OF a fish
boat and net, the defendant vas bound
over TO the grand jury in the sum Of
500
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-06

Mr.. Victor Il, Finch. oy the san Fran
cisco pos,otiice, Is in the city visiting his
brothers. Or \. =. Finch and Mr. Chas.
Finch.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-06

Klondyke and the regatta are now
synonymous terms.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-06

The Salvation Army win conduct a
special meeting SATURDAY night. Angus:
eth. Ice cream and cake win be served
after meeting.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-06

FOR KLoNDYKE VIA pYEA.-A lin
ited amount OF freight and passengers
can find transportation at Foard &
Stokes Company's
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-06

Ice cream. wholesale and retail, at
Smiths candy factory.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-23

dancers springs for the altar and thrusts
his hand into the squirming mass of
Snakes, and is followed by the others
until each one of every pair has two or
three snakes in each hand and another
dangling from his mouth, while his
companion charms them with motions
of his snake whip of eagle feathers.
Some dance wildly with snakes pro-
truding from their mouths; others
snatch up whole handfuls of the wrig-
CLING serpents and prance with them
about the plaza. They seem to use no
caution in seizing the most venomous
rattlers, but while tickling them with
their eagle feathers suddenly take them
by the back of the neck and cram them
into mouths or hands.
Finally, as darkness begins to settle
around the mesa, one of the dancers
darts to the rock and makes ring of
sacred meal, within which the others
one after the other drop their snakes,
and then at signal from the chief they
ali plunge their hands into the hideous
mass and drag them out again. Each
dancer takes handful and starts at
run, with the snakes dangling and hiss
ing, for the plain beneath, where, at the
foot of the mesa, all the serpents are re-
leased and crawl away to their respec-
tive dens. Then the Indians run rapidly
up the steep cliffs again to a point
where they are met by the women of the
pueblo, who strip and bathe them and
administer ''hell broth" which acts
as an emetic. After this, as they have
eaten nothing for three days, they fall
to upon the viands brought them by the
women and gorge themselves like boa
constructors. Their countenances then
relax; they are all smiles and gracious
ness once more and receive the congratu-
lations of their friends for having saved
the coming crops from drought and their
herds from starvation.
This. as briefly told as possible, is the
famous snake dance of the Moquis,
which will be repeated this summer
about mid-August. The people who per-
form it are we'll worth transcontinen-
tai journey to see in their aerial dwell
ings of rock and adobe, and the dance
can be witnessed in no other part of the
world. FRED A. ODER.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-23

| turesque ana consists of collection of
typical ''rAej To- houses of stone and
adobe fl0u. two to five stories in height,
each story Oh a receding terrace with ii
| platform i'll front of it. The entire
mesa is vast sandstone rock perhaps
three miles long and from 30 to 200
| feet i'll breadth, as bare Of vegetation as
the palm of ones hand. and with three
small villages cropping out of it like
huge eXcrescen3cs of adobe and of the
same general color as the rock upon
which they are perched.
Here reside those strange people the
MOquis, who were discovered $50 wears
ago, but who haven't changed an iota
of their customs or mode of life since
their first 12vealment to white men.
All this, | presume, is well known to
the average reader, for they have been
visited by tourists and scientists, and
their dwellings, as well as the mesa
upon which they stand, have been repro
duced i'll miniature and may be seen i'll
our museum at Washington.
But the real attraction here, the func-
OlOlA Nh1SH 4AAbuOOS OnC w NlSlb tIllS LII
dian mountain city, is the weird and
wonderful snake dance which takes
place every other year in the month of
August. 1t was my misfortune to arrive
ahead Of the time set for this important
ceremonial, but, as the next perform
ance is scheduled for this very year and
as L caHuCt return to witness and de-
NO = ! !
descriptions furnished me by very in
telligent lr4e.n!, who was at the last
snake dHEu, and whose photographs,
as well as his word paintings, are here
with for the first time given to the pub
lie. Like myself, he was Hospitality re-
ceived by the Moquis, who assigned him
quarters i'll one of the mud houses and
permitted him to photograph the pro-
ceedings. 1t is quite difficult to secure
good photographs of the dance itself,
owing to its taking place at or near
sunset and on the east side of the rock,
near the edge of the perpendicular cliffs.
Here stands big rock of eroded sand
stone about 10 feet high and shaped like
an hourglass, very near to which are
the estufas, or underground council
chambers, hewed like cisterns out of
the bed rock of the mesa. This sand
stone pillar is called the Sacred rock,
and around it the snake dance is per-
formed. 1t was O'Clock before the first
signs of the ceremony were made mani
fest by the appearance of some half a
dozen women wish baskets of the "sa-
cred meal, who came out of one of the
houses. The participants in the dance
We're men only and consisted of II
members of the antelope" and 33 of
the SNAKE" fraternity. For three days
previously they have tasted and alb
stained from all intercourse with 9TH
ers, which time they spent in searching
for snakes on the plain below the mesa.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-23

They collected at least 100 snakes, most
of them vigorous and deadly rattlers,
which they deposited in an estufa, ready
for the ceremonial.
They have tradition that their
branch of the Moquis is descended from
the rattlesnake, who is consequently
their "elder brother,' and this is the
motive for their dance-to propitiate
the snakes and cause abundant rain for
their crops They are not snake wor-
shippers i'll the generally accepted sense,
but they are generators of his snakeship
and never kill one unless under great
provocation. The snakes themselves are
not deprived of their fangs but are as
deadly poisonous as any to be found,
though the high priest administers a
decoction to the dancers which is said
to neutralize their poison.
During the day preceding the dance
the snakes are washed and placed at
the foot of the "kisi," or altar, of cot
tonwood boughs and at last, just as
the sun is sinking, the 'antelopes" file
i'll and march around the Sacred rock,
OhO VI OhOAI hOuO LuCu SWlISIuS IL lldb
stick at the end of cord, which pro-
duces noise like the roaring wind and
thunder, which it is intended to repre-
sent. Then a rattling sound something
like the jingling of sleighbells is heard,
and i'll come the snake dancers The
chief priest, 'ko- pail" magnificent
specimen of an Indian, marches proud
ly at their head, looking neither to the
right nor left, and in his absorption
nearly knocking over an intruding
white spectator, but without noticing
him keeps Oh to the end of the plaza
and around the rock.
All the dancers are nearly nude, but
are Enthusiastically painted with white
clay on their chins and black stripes
on their breasts On their heads they
wear crowns of feathers and in their.
hands carry snake whips made of eagle
feathers, with which they guide the
squirming reptiles and cause them to
uncoil when they attempted to strike.
Then they commence a slow rotary,
swaying motion, accompanied by
chant i'll minor key, at first like the
singing winds and gradually ascending,
while the priests keep up continual
quivering of their feather snake whips,
and the leader swings around His head
the great thunder charm. Suddenly at
the height of the uproar one of the
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-23
INDIANS OF ARIZONA.
mr.. F. A. ODER AMONG THE MOQulS
AND NAVAJOES.
The Serpent WOrshipers at Home Snake
Dance Around the Sacred Rock-A Re-
pulsive Ceremony to Propitiate the Rain
GOd-Ways OF strange People.
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
HoLBRooK, A. r., May 12.-You
wouldn't be inclined to stop over at this
station at all if you came upon it casu-
ally without any intimation of what
great attractions lay concealed in the
desert region to the north of IT, But
having been posted" as to the posi-
bilities here recklessly dropped off the
the regular Santa Fe train as it halted
a moment and intrusted myself to fate
and the natives.
Fate was kind, the natives were trust
worthy, and the upshot was that ac-
complished the object of my stop over,
which was to see the rare and wonder
full Moquis i'll their native haunts. These
Indians live just about 100 miles north
of here, on their reservation, which, as
it is pretty much all desert and cactus,
has not been taken away from them by
their white brothers. To reach the Moqui
pueblo, or village, you must hire guide
with team for your luggage and strike
out northwardly, generally two days Of
severe travelling through region which
has been neglected by God ard MN
On the way we encounter the rldt
huts, or "hogans of the semiciyi i.:a
Navajoes, who, despite their noaladit
and barbaric state of existence are
weavers of the most beautiful blankets
made in this country. They are also sill
versmiths of some skill.
Toward evening of the second day, if
you are fortunate, you will reach
Keam's canyon, where lives the only
white man on the trail and where gen
orally a square meal and wash up can
be obtained. Be sure to indulge in both
these Injuries, because they are the last
you will get until you reach this point
again on the way out. Ten miles farther
and we arrive at the base of an almost
perpendicular mesa, 600 feet high, OH
the summit of which are the three Moqui
villages of Tehua, or Tegua, Sichonivi
and Hualpi. The last is the most pic
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-23

shoulder TO belt, There was fold #
directeur green down the left side, !:
dull gold buttons i'll breton clust6l
The crush belt was made Of the same
silk. Across the chest was struggling
design of gold braid and green chenille.
The guimpe was of white crepe lisse
over pink silk muslin, with lace rutfle
at the back of the stock. The sleeves
We're tight at the bottom, and just
above the elbow they were laid i'll up
standing folds. Other folds, laid in the
same way and stitched along the center
of each fold far enough to keep it i'll po-
sition, formed the puff to the sleeve.
A very useful garment for run about
and for short railroad trips is the plaid
jacket wrap. 1t has no sleeves, but has
got good, roomy pockets.
OLIVE HARPER.