The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-04-17


Il. Isaacs, Chicago, are guests at the
occidont
4 case of assault and battery, which
was to have been tried In the Justice
court yesterday afternoon, was continued
until Monday Tho case is a trivial one
and Il is thought will no, he brought 20
trial
Professor \. T.. Coldwcll, accompanied
10y his SON. Fred, Is Ia the city. visiting
J. T. and G. X. Higgins. Professor Cold-
wells home Is In Nova Scotia. hut FOR
the past few years he has been an cduca-
tor In Boston.
The favorite whlskey ot famous men Is
Harper Because ot its smooth, exquisite
flavor: because Of It's matchlesS purity;
because oC It's mellow age No wonder
It's the favor.te Every drop sterling.
Harper whiskey sold by Foard & stokes
Co, Astoria, oregon.
Mlkman I.arscns horse broke loose IN
no uncertain manner on Ninth street. car
~ yesterday morpn. and scattered milk
cans along the street FOR several blocks,
The runaway was stopped before he had
done very serious damage either 90 HIM
self or the wagon.
Hot drinks. mixed drinks. mineral wat
ers, wines. coriials bitters, liquors, Key
West and domestic cigars. Frankturter,
smoked goose. westphalia ham, Hamburg
eel. BraunsChweigcr mettwurst. and any
other old good thing 20 eat or drink can
Se found at the Louvre
There Is no clue 10 the thieves who
operated az the railroad office few days
ago and relieved the an " abou, So Il, !
is supposed they LEFT the city at onyy and
headed up the river, and &. is not .m-
probable that they will yc, De heard from
In other towns along the Columbia,
| Northern Pacific railroad trains leave
! Portland daily az II o'clock a. m. for Ia
coma. Spokane. and the east Close con-
nection made al Spokane for Rossland.
| Nelson, Sandow and British Columbia
mining camps, For maps and information
I call on or address c. W. Stone. Astoria
I Oregon.
We have Just received the latest mean
descent GAS BURNER, manufactured by
the Eureka Manufacturing Concern.
which will be furnished complete and put
on with the best mantle made, the
''YXALTA" FOR $50 Unsurpassed In IL
luminting power. Needs no burning on |
W. j. Scully sole agent. 45l Bond street
Efforts 10 recover the body oi James |
Cusick who was drowned a few days !
ago above Tongue Point st,ll continue. /
but without success. \ deep hole. full |
OF snags, has been located near wher, the !
unfortunate man was drowned and II Is /
believed the body drifted into this place !
and is fouled among the snags.
A IRE alarm was turned In from box |
No. 5 shortly after O'Clock las, night. /
The fire department responded promptly /
| and discovered the fire 20 BE- at the resi- /
dence Of August Danlelson. The fire orig |
mated from a chimney In the bedroom /
but was extinguished .efore gaining |
headway by the prompt arrival of the de- I
partment The loss is about 81
The fishermen are complaining Of seals 1
eating salmon In their nets and say that I
/ the river have been known 90 run .
men come in with half salmon, the /
other half having been consumed by a .
voracious seal Seals when plentiful in .
the river they have been known 20 run .
I through the nets. eating or biting OF the .
/ salmon as they go along and leaving moth
/ ing but the heads or part Of the salmon
hanging In the mesh.
/ John Howard was arrested AZ Harrlng
( toms Point yesterday by Constable
Wickman on a charge ol forging the
name OF Foard & Stokes 10 an order FOR
1 so ne gave the order 10 John Shoreum
/ for a boat and net The case was set for
1 trial before Justice Abercrombie last
evening. but Howard. who thought ne
could pay the money before the order
became due had the matter compromised
out Of court
The bowling match next Tuesday even
| ing between eight ladies and their hus-
hands promises % be a very interesting
event The ladies issued the challenge
to their spouses and expressed the arm
conviction that they could defeat them
withou, a handicap. The teams are quite
evenly matched. several ot the ladies' be-
ing much better al the game than their
/ husbands, while some OF the gentlemen
outclass their wives Four games will be
bowled, the match commencing promptly
at 7:S0.
Groups Of people stood around the As
torian office yesterday and anxlously read
the bulletins announcing the hauling
down and dragging in the street OF the
American consulate nag In Malaga. The
opinion was unanimous that war was at
hand and that Spain richly deserved the
thrashing she will soon get at the hands
OF the United States. The feeling Of ex-
ctement that has possessed everyone by
this latest act OF a Spanish mob will un-
doubtedly swell the ranks Of the naval
reserve TO De organized here tomorrow
night The executive committee in charge
Of the arrangements are hopeful that in
the emergency now confronting the ma
tion enough patriots will DE In attendance
TO muster IN a strong battalion al the
courthouse meeting tomorrow night,
The city OF Topeka arrived in yester-
day from Skagway and way ports and
d0cked at the coal bunkers % dis harge
coal She has very llt,le freight on board
and brings no late news from the north.
There were two passengers who got of
al Astoria. g. e. PaimDrrg Of this city,
and Michael German. of Ca'hllmet Their
personal experiences and opinions VI the
wealth 0f the country ara much the same
as others who hav. returned from the
north The mad rush has subsidized and