The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-11-10

ness houses Is Chrlstiansen q Co, who
will move into the old crosby building
December l.
Andrew kcskl. a resident of East AZ.
toria, had a narrow escape from hor.
riblc death az the Clatsop mill yesterday.
while working around tho machinery his
clothes were cuianglcd In the betting and
his left arm was druggcd into the ma.
chlnery, horribly laccratlng Il from the
wrist to tho shoulder The flesh was
bruised and torn In several parts and the
arm, from the wrist 60 tho elbow, was
fractured In four places Koskl was re-.
moved to nr. Estes once, where his
wounds were dressed. and he was after.
wards taken 60 his home, Or. Estes
states that under natural conditions the
arm can be saved,
Following closely upon the terrible
murder ot Antoine Scricko at Portland
comes another crlme--a murder and sul.
clde--whlch has excited the peOplr ot
the metropolis Andrew Groom. a patent
medicine tSklr. shot and killed his wife
Tuesday and, turning the revolver upon
himself, blew out his brains The people
were az a Front-strcet Lodging house and
0uarrclled, Groom being Jealous VI the
woman. The crlme was committed At
noon, but was not discovered until :
O'clock Mrs Groom was stln alive when
found. but expired two hours later, II
Is said her MAIDEN name was Getjcn. and
that her parents are respectable people Of
San Jose, Her character was question.
able Groom dieO Instantly The r,yOl.
Yer with which he committed the deed
was found by his side.
Complaints stlll continue 70 be made
by members " the Second Oregon vol.
untccrs, stationed at Manila The men
assert that they arc improperly led. and
that tho officers have no regard Tor their
comfort. even failing - provide ncces.
saries FOR thcm. Private Charles Percy
Oliver. % Hillshoro this state, who d.cd
recently at Manila. wrote 20 q friend that
the food was not what should BE- given
soldiers He made no lengthy complaint
b'' Il was plain from his letter that
the oregon boys were not properly pro-
vided for The Red Cross societies "
the principal cities ~ the state have done
much TO add to the comfort OF the brave
oregon boys, and the work ol the ladies
Is greatly to hc commended, The officers
Of the Second stoutly deny that the mon
are no, properly fed. but complaints con.
tinuc 90 be received IN tho state almost
daily from tho men
Local republicans were greatly elated
yesterday over the result of the elections,
The outcome In Washington, California
and New York was anNiously awaited.
and the results in those states were par
tlcularly gratifying 10 republicans. When
Il became known that Washington and
California were In the sound money COLI
umn there was much rejoicing. as the
fusionlsts were known 90 be strong In
the coast states. washngton's excel
lent showing came as a surprise 10 the
democrats. who confidently expected the
election OF James Hamilton Lewis and
Jones for congress. In 1895 the state
gave Bryan plurality Of about 1000.
while Lewis and Jones were BOO ahead
OF their republican opponents. late re-
turns show that the state has elected the
entire republican ticket by 2Ooo or 800.
The issue there was the single tax.
iayorite p0pullst doctrine, and the peo-
pie have overwhelmingly turned K down.
Washington can hereafter safely DO
counted In the sound money column.
There are now four wheat-laden British
vessels in the stream ready for sea. be-
sides the Oriental liner Nlngchow. These
are the Sllberhorn. Gulf Stream. City Of
Athens and Wlscombc Park. the three
latter lying In the lower harbor. The
has been in -ntinuous trouble
since she arrived here three days ago.
The crew became dissatisfied with the
food after her arrival here and refused
70 work. Their troubles. however, were
found 20 be only slight. as Jack tar u
often prone 10 grumble Tor the sake of
the satisfaction derived from Il. They
were all pacihed but few. who still per-
slst in refusing to work The captain was
taken m yesterday and had n doctor
taken on board. who found him suffer
Ing from lagripne. The Sllberhorn has
two Cinnamon on board employed In the
galley which makes II necessary for a
custom house officer 20 stay on board day
and night to guard them. The Celestlals
are not allowed shore leave, as their
Identity would be lost IN mixing with
other Cinnamon. and they will remain
prisoners on the snberhorn TIL she
reaches the Old World. The other ves-
sells are ready for sea and will likely
leave out today.
The regular term OF the county court
convened yesterday morning. The bills
Of Jurors and witnesses In attendance al
the recent session OF the circuit court
were audited A petition from II. F. l. !
Logan. signed by a majority OF the voters
OF Seaside asking for a retail liquor IL
cense was granted. In the matter Of
the Elk creek toll road to show cause
why tolls should not be reduced. G. w |
Carnahan. president OF the company, re-
ported that at recent meeting OF the
directors the rates Of tolls had been re-
iuced. as follows: Four-horse teams. |
single IMP % Cfulhs IOhuN Nitp NAf~'' wv |
horse teams, 30 cents; round trip. 70
cents; one-horse teams 35 cents; round |
trip. 80 cents: saddle horse. Is cents; |
round trip. . cents; sheep and hogs,
cents. This IL a reduction OF about 10 |
Der cent. which was considered reason
able by the court. The report Of Presi-
dent Carnahan Of the receipts and dis
bursements Of the road between Septem-
Der and November showed the amount
collected to be 1875, the amount expended |
was a. leaving a balance on hand Of f535.
The reports we're ordered fled. The !
claims OF four witnesses. subpoenaed by |
9. ] Curtis. who held the office NJ deputy
attorney at the time. were
llsallowed. The witnesses were sum-
noned TO appear before the grand jury
20 indict o. A. cole for obstructlng n
county road. The grand Jury at the time
was not in session, and the Cole case was
bending before the county court where
L was afterwards decided as being Illegal.
The witnesses claims were, therefore,
Iis-allowed by the court.
THE WEALTH OF CUBA.
II Uncle Sam should, In the interest OF