The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-05

! The following officers have been clcctNd |
| by Pacific lodge, Degree ~ Honor; Mrs, |
/ Ahues, chief % honor; Mrs, McGrcgor. |
lady ot honor Mrs Fcrchcn, chief ot
ceremonies. Or. Tuttle, recorder; Mrs |
Ruth. dnancicr; Mrs, Tucker, receiver;
/ Mrs. Burnstead. inside watch, Mr. Wood |
I field. outside watch The lodgc will give
a social hop next Thursday cvcing,
| The first through car ot salmon 20 oc
/ shipped by rail from Astoria 90 the east
was loaded yesterday by samuel Elmorc
in a Northern Pacific fast freight car,
consigned TO Minneapolis via the A. 4 g. |
and y. p. Mrs Trcnchard bought the
nrsy through ticket from Astoria and
Foard & stokes received the first through |
car Of freight into the city. There has
begun a new method Of business IN the
CITY by the Sea.
The county court az a special meeting |
yesterday let the contract Tor the con- |
struction OF the Young's Ray and Lewis |
& Clark bridges to Wakefield 4 Jacobsen, |
the draws to be lN and - feet rcspec.
lively. The court engaged r, J. Taylor
- draw up the contract with J, ., jamie |
son as consulting engineer. ANY matters
found to be incomplete will be taken up
by the court AZ the regular meeting which |
convenes Wednesday next
The merchants yesterday had All the
business they could attend TO- Many peo-
pie were IN from the country and large
bTls OF goods were sold Strange as al
may seem. In the face Of a tremendous |
crop OF strawberries In oregon and the
/ inability OF the railroads TO furnish cars
enough 70 handle the fruit. after noon |
yesterday scarcely box could be found
/ In Astoria. and prices Tor the day re- |
mained at the hlgh figure OF three boxes /
/ for g cents.
Mr.. E. ]. Pearson. superintendent ~ the |
Pacific division OF the Northern Pacific /.
railroad. headquarters Tacoma. and Or |
Buckley. surgeon Of the same road. head |
quarters Mssoula. Mont. were In the |
/ city yesterday. Mr.. Pearson said they |
were down only for little vacation. but
remarked that Manager Bush and Cen |
eral Superintendent Pearce had about de- |
/ cided upon the location OF their new coal /
| bUnkers here. but he could not say |
whether they would be on the east or
west side OF the bay.
| The Hon. Malcolm A. Moody. of The /
| Dalles, candidate for congress from this I.
/ district, was in the city yesterday on a
short visit 20 his friends in Clatsop I
county. when seen by an Astorian rep
resenative Mr.. Moody. in speaking ot
the political situation. said: The state /
( and congressional ticket will be even up
/ to Portland Local politics are not affect |
/ ing the state or congressional tickets. |
/ Eastern Oregon will reduce tine Bryan 7.
vote about - per cent think I will /.
come down 10 Portland with a majority. /.
Eastern oregon populists and democrats /.
ara taking no interest In the fusion |
ticket" Mr.. Moody left for his home on
the evening train.
/ Last nigh, practically closed the local |
political campaign. Monday the test Will /
be made at the polls OF the strength OF |
/ the various factions. So far as could be /
learned up 20 a late hour last night both |
/ republicans and unionists claimed the ad- /
vantage. 1t seemed to be about even up |
/ as Natween Fulton and Smith for state |
senator, while Moody appeared we'll tn the
| lead for congressman. Opinion was al |
most unanimous as 70 the office Of sheriff |
with betting against odds in favor OF
/ Williams. Much quiet work Is being done |
/ on all sides by both parties, and the re-
ports vary with every incoming courier |
| For state representatives JOhan Young |
and n. J. svindseth seem to have the |
| lead in popular esteem and will probably |
/ he elected II was rumOred last evening !
that 1t was feared by the authorities that |
there would be trouble at some Of the |
polling places and that extra precautions |
would be taken by the officials 10 prevent
| the same.
| Victor Rost. the s-year-old son OF Victor |
Rost, the jeweler was drowned about 3:3) |
yesterday afternoon while fishing from
the cellar Of the old Central hotel build |
| inF Young Rost was in company with |
Albert Porter, the young son Of G. V. !
Porter, who occupies the building, when |
the latter left him and went up stairs. |
Rost had been fishing from a scantling |
outside OF the cellar and when young POr- |
! ter returned about $3.50 Rost was missing |
Z his fishing line and hat lying in the wood |
shed near the scantllng. The alarm was
given and search made for the body, |
which was found late In the evening near |
the spot where the unfortunate lad fell. |
There was mark across the bridge Of the |
/ nose, which showed that the little fellow |
walked out on the end Of the scantling |
. -I.a1a Fr Et Il gg.T,fI
struck one Of the joists The body was
removed to Undertaken PChrs Victor |
| was In the habit Of selling papers and was |
an unusually bright boy The parents
and friends Of the child are grief stricken |
over the sad occurrence.
/ A good sized audience greeted the speak
/ ers for the union ticket at Fishers opera .
| house last night. Mayor Bergman acted
as chairman. John H. Smith, candidate
for state senator, was the principal speak
er Mr.. Smith spoke for over an hour,
In which he reviewed his acts while scrv-
/ Ing as a member OF that body a previous
term and also his connection as a lawyer
for local labor organizations and societies
Mr., Smith referred to many necessary
CHduSeh III our hldlt laws ttdt WnulV Dc
Of much benefit to the people.
He denounced a ring organ for persist
emily msrepresenting his course IN the
legislature, after falling TO answer his cX-
plantations made in the daily newspapers
and on the stump earlier in the cam
palgn.
He received rounds Of applause during
his remarks n. ]. SyIndseth was the
next speaker, his remarks being princi-
pally confined TO the history Of the hold
up atASalem at the last session Of the
legislature and explanatory Of his posi-
ton on the deadlock Mr. Svlndseth said
that events since proved that his acts
on that occasion were right and proper.
Referring to the statements Of the editors
and publishers Of a republican evening
paper, which up to ninety days ago under
the same management was a pOpulst
paper Of the most radical type, the speak
or declared life was too short to keep
pace with the inventive genius Of these +
remarkable, lying scoundrels, men who {