The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-12-13

Monday, There is considerable dlssa,ls.
faction among the men, many OF whom
have but little regard FOR Captain Cook.
who Is n command. but the rumor ot the
deeertlon Il likely false An but thrce
men rc,urned TO Canhy Sunday night or
Monday morning, and are known to have
done 20 by the othcer above named,
The published report that thu rcpuOli-
can city central committee would en-
deAyor 70 Induce some OF tho candidates
for council to withdraw Ia denied by
Chairman Callan. The committee met
saturday night Mr callan says that,
80 far as he knows. the candidates nom.
mated by the convention are satisfactory
10 the rank and ille OF the party, and
he states that no ofIort was madc to sub.
stltuto other men, II any such eftort was
intended, tho matter was not part ot the
business OF the committee at lts meet
Ing, Tho election occurs tomorrow, and,
as there are no opposition candidates,
the republicans will be elected.
An example OF the danger OF gasoline
as an Illuminating nuld II furnished in
he terrible accident which happened az
the Gilman hotel. In Portland. Sunday
afternoon. Miss Lydia Bennett. an om-
ploye Of the hotel. was standing beside
table. on which rested gasoline lamp,
Suddenly, and without warning. or cause,
50 far as known, the lamp exploded and
Miss Bennett was covered with the burn
A. a,,l4 Ia. ..,-t.s hs,rvht .av,A - sha
inmates OF iho house to the rocm and her
flaming clo,hlng was smothercd by wrap
ping her In a blanket. Tho woman Is seri-
ously injured. tho nesh about her lower
limbs 6cing burned to such an extent es
TO require skin grating II she recOvers.
The steamer Telephone reports the ice
rapidly forning in the Columbia river be.
TWEEN hero and Portland. She expert
caocd no special dlniculty In getting down
yesterday. but. u the frecue continues at
the same rate today IL may seriously
interfere with her schedule, The Officers
of the boat state that the Vancouver
Company's steamer the
Lurllue. would not make her rVgulRr
trip down last night. owing % tho danger
Gus condition Of the ice. and no steamer
will arrive at that dock today. The Dallcs
City Is tied up at her Portland dock and
viii make no more trips un,il the river
opens. A report has also reached Port.
land that the Inland Flyer Is troEen fas,
In the river az tho locks. The difficulties
of navigation were 80 great In the vlcin-
iry o. Vancouver that tho ferry TO the
ofcgon side was unable TO make more
than three trips out OF the II constituting
her usual run. No Ice Is yet visible In
tho river opposite Astoria, but, II tho
cold snap continues. reports from the
upper river Indicate that tratfie OF all
kinds between here and Portland via tho
river will have TO be suspended indofin-
Ately.
The report OF the committee Of tho
Progressive Association on tho late road
recommends that the en-
? oyment OF road viewers be done away
with: that county roadmaster b. ap-
pointed. and that Il be made his duty 20
lay cut and superintend the construction
OF highways. collect such taxes as are
not collected by the sheriff. ana enforce
the laws; that poll tax OF s. be levied
on all persons between the ages Of q
and 50; that cash be collected for such
pon tax Wherever practicable. and that.
IL person Is unable 10 pay the tar. he
Be allowed to work II out at tho rate OF
81 a day. such person to work under the
direction OF the roadmaster or his depu-
ties: that One-half OF all poll tax and
property road tax collected within the
city limits be expended on county roads
outside the city limits. under the super
vision OF the county court; that road
work amounting 10 over so be done by
contract: that no new road be located on
a grade OF over per cent, and that all
roads now over that grade be reduced 10
: per cent; that road districts be allowed
to make special levies. not to exceed 10
mills: that the California law providing
for wider wagon tires be adopted
The Fort Stevens and Fort Candy foot
BAH elevens met Sunday al the former
place in a slow. but even, match. Two
boats left Astoria for Stevens. carrying
about 100 enthusiasts. The grounds were
In good condition. and 4 very large crowd
saw the game. In the first half Candy
had things pretty we'll It's own way. The
men carried the ball steadily toward
Stevens goal and succeeded In making
a touchdown. In the second half the
Stevens men pulled themselves together,
and. securing the ball took II toward
Canby's goal. when on the 5-yard line
one OF Stevens men fumbled at the crit
lcal moment. and the Candy men got the
sphere. After that the ball was In the
center OF the field nearly all the time.
and the game ended in Canby's favor.
the score being TO 0. Nearly all the
players on the a. +. c. team saw the
game. and they are confident that they
can best the Stevens team In the big game
on Christmas day. The Stevens men are
slow with their signals and the game they
put up Sunday was not what was ex-
pected Of them. The local men are prac-
ticing faithfully and are sangulne Of sue
cess. The lineup Of the A. F. c. team
has not yet been announced by Captain
Allen.