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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-01-03
IMPORTANT NOTICEl

We are Informed That certain parties purchasing some Of the old
Jensen Can.flling Machines, with view 10 repairing
Them by supplying any missing broken paris and again putting
them 10 use for packing salmon.
recent legal decision Of high authority has been rendered the
effect that to supply all Of The above cannot be lawfully done with
pul consent Of The patent owner.
We The sole by purchase Of The Jensen Patent for these
machines and public notice hereby given that any and all per-
sons who undertake repair use these old machines will be
prosecuted The full extent Of The law The matter has been placed In
The hands Of attorney John H. Miller ESQ., Of San Francisco with
peempO instructions take all necessary legal steps to protect
rights In The premises ALASKA PACKERS ASSOCIATION.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-01-03
FOLDING BED rA.ALlTT.

sPRiSUTELD. M. Jan, :.-Mrs La,
cretla Kent, n widow. met her death here
IN a manner horrible In tho extreme. Hel
fato was revealed when a friend. en.
,erinR her house. found hor dead body
ono hand was pinloned incxirio,bly un-
dor heavy folding bed The body was
dccomposed. showing that death had
occurred several days ago. When found
tho wuman's broken hand was stu
claspcd IN tho bed as in blaeksmiih's
wise. How tho accident happened viii
never bo known dcdnltely The woman
liyd aiono In tho house, and that ae-
counts for tho tardy discovery OF the
body.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-01-03
PREFERRED DEATH TO WAR.

PARIS. Jan. 2-'rho Journal has from
pcrnon belonging 30 tho suite OF oN'
Empress Eugcnle tho statement that
upon the ovo Of her departure from En-
gland In tho early days .of tho Fashoda
incident. tho ex.emprosa took leave OF
her majesty, Queen Victoria. When Eu-
gcnlo was about 60 leave, the queen
said;
III war should break out between
Franco and England. will ask God ia
let mo dlo before Il occurs"
Three days later the secroeary OF the
ox.cmprcss Is said TO have communicated
tho words OF the queen TO tho French for
nlrn OIlirn
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-01-03
STATE HOUSE nuRaLARlzap

SPRINGFIELD. H., Jan. 2-Somo tIm'
Saturday night, the governors office al
tho state house was entered by parties
unknown ana $3.50 stolen from drawer
Tho crime Ia surrounder in mystery, a'
all floors OF tho building arc guarded by
watchmon Tho theft was discovered
by Colonel ]. NJ Tanner and an inves
ugatlon In pending,
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-01-03
INDOOR MEET or CYCLISTS.

NEW YORK, Jan, 2--The feature o.
tonlght's programme at the indoor NEE
Of the American Cycle Racing Associ
ntlon in Madison Square Garden, was q
5O-mllo pace race between Harry Elkes
of Glen Fall, N, Y, and Frank Waller
tho "Flylng Dutchman," of San Francis
co. waller received concession of the
start of two minutes, Elkos won easily
Tlme-1 hour, 80 minutes 46 2-5 seconds,
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-01-03
SNOW IN CALIFORNIA.

DUNSMUIR. Jan. s.--Thcrc arc thrce
feet OF snow on the ground here, this
being tho heaviest fan recorded since
1893 Although trains have been delayed
the railroad IL still open. Al times the
storm lncreapcs to a gale, making It
difficult FOR tho snow plows to work,
Tho rotary plow is doing excellent SER
vice, ana II Is thought that the trains can
ha kent trinnlnp
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-01-03
sAGAsTA IMPROVING.

MADRID. Jan, 2-senor sogasta, whC
has been suffering from an attack OF
bronchial pneumonia for some time past
sat up four hours yesterday and received
successlvey Lieutenant General Correa
tho minister OF war; the president OF tn,
chamber OF deputies and the perfect OF
Madrid, tho premier will continue the
receptions today
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-01-03
FAST TIME MADE ny
THE BURLINGTON TRAIN
Tho New overland Mail Covers Five
Hundred and Two Miles In Ten
lloura and Twenty Minutes,

CHICAGO, Jan, 2-Tho new fast mall
on tho Chicago. burlington & quincy
Railroad, which pulled out OF Omaha
az 3i5 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
rolled into the Union depot IN Chicago at
2;li this monrng, ten hours aud twenty
minutes from Omaha, distance OF 500
miles Tho train was In charge OF Con-
ductor Frank ColumbIno and Engineer
Frank Bullad, who holds the record
for tho fastest run on tho road, was at
tho throttle OF engine No 800, called
"rho Greyhound OF the Burlington"
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-01-03
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

Parker House-P. w. Falls, San Fran
cisco; Craig Mason, w. II, Young, Fort
Candy; w, II. Hunter. Portland; Nick
Wissner, WalmslSi c. o. Taylor, Jewell;
William r. Gillett, Oak Point; Miss Dolin
Coley, Miss Maud Hastings, Dick sauls-
berry. Frank Rankin, Gene Woodberry,
New York; G, ID, Rogers, Ilwaco.
occident-J. Kelly, San Francisco; c,
F. Leavenworth, Olympia; Miss Nordwick
Frankfort, w. b, Stratton South BEND;
C, G. Dalton. H. s, che, l.. A. Loomis,
Miss Loomis.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-01-03
JUDGE DAY BANouETED.

CANTON, o.. Jan, 2,--Iudge William r.,
Day, president OF the peace commission
at Paris, and late secretary Of state, re-
ceiyed welcome home this evening which
took tho form OF banquet,
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-01-03
-FOUR MINERS KILLED.

JAMESTOWN, Cal, jan 2-Four min
ors were killed In the Bumper mine today
by the dropping of skip, which fell 1850
feet to tho bottom of the shaft. One
other miner was injured
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-01-03
FOUGHT TWENTY ROUNDS.

NEW YORK, Jan. 2-owen Zeigler and
Matte Matthews fought 20 rounds to
draw at the Greenwood Athletic Club,
brooklyn, this afternoon.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-01-03

The next thing on the vaudille stage
will be few disjolnted specimens of
the Filipino dialect.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-01-03

The real triumph OF invention will
come when somebody invents something
10 make the recent inventions work.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-01-03

Colonel Brlce's heirs win rejoice that he
was a better business man than he was
o politician.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-01-03
HALF A TOWN BURNED.

BEAdAN, Ia, Jan. 2--Ffre destroyed
over half the business portion OF this
village today.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-01-03

Oranges. bananas. nuts. raislns,
plum pudding. mincemeats. red
checked apples. delicious cheeses.
chass 4 sanborn's famous coffee.
and teas. ETC.. etc.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-01-03

emali roasting pigs and prime
fresh mokts Of all descriptions
Splendid lot Of young, fat poul-
try: turkeys. chickens and geese.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-07
TESLA CAN DO BETTER.
Says lie VIII Soon Telegraph 5000
Miles Instead of 81 Miles with
out wires.

Nilsola Tesla. while expressing inter
est in Mnrconi's achievement of telc-
graphing across The British channel
without wires, nvows his admiration
temperately, however, because he eN.
poets in short time to go the young
Italian eXperimenter great many bet
ter. Marconi has telegraphed 32 miles
without wires. Tesla expects TO tele-
graph 1900 miles.
Marconi's achievement, which caused
so much amazement in scientific as
well as popular circles, will, according
to Mr. Tesla, be improved on very soon.
"Thirty-two miles," he said. THAT Is
not very far Not far enough to give II
hint of the real possibilities of wireless
tclegraphy. When complete the work
which has absorbed me for the past two
years [ shall do much more than that"
How far do you expect TO telegraph,
Mr.. Tesla?"
'From here to Europe" he replied.
"Three thousand miles with absolute
gertrude.
"The necessary thing is TO protect
these conductors from outside innu-
ences, to insulate them completely, as it
were. / believe that have done this. "
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-07
TIE LA FAYETTE DOLLAR.
Probable Design of Coin Authorized
by ConEress--In nnnds of Icngin-
eer at Philadelphia Mints.


Charles u. Barber, engraver in the
Philadelphia mint, is drawing the de-
sign for the dollar 10 be minted by the
United States in commemoration of Ia
Fayette. The director of the mint has
received Gletter from RobertJ. Thomp-
son, secretary OF the La Fayette mon
ument commission, suggesting that on
one side of the coin the faces of Wash
ington, Lu Fayette, Lincoln, Mckinley
and Grant appear, and that, ii prnctica-
Bile, the signatures of La Fayette and
Lincoln be given in fac-simile. On the
other side Mr.. Thompson suggests the
use of the prayer of La Fayette for the
United States, which consists of about
40 words
1t has not been found practicable to
use the signatures of Lincoln and la
Fayette, and President Mckinley has
given positive orders that nothing per-
tanning 10 him appear on the coin.
The prayer of La Fayette will probably
be used.
The proposition to have the outline
of the La Fayettc monument on the
coin has been abandoned. This monu-
ment is To be erected in Paris by the La
Fayettc monument commission with
contributions of patriotic Americans
and will be unveiled on July 4, 1000.
Congress authorized the secretary of
the treasury 10 buy silver bullion and
mint 10000 dollars, TO be given TO the
commission and disposed of as souven-
irs. The bullion for these coins will be
the first bought by the United States
since the repeal of the Sherman act.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-07

out, the railroad checker would say:
Bill, just check 'em off while snatch
few winks of sleep. You know was
switching yellow cars all day, and I'm
dead tired
"Dill was hard at work studying
scheme for the state of Wisconsin, and
he readily assented. The clerks have
mattresses in hunks at the end of the
car, generally the one>nearest the en-
gine. A collision or a wreck is bound
to smash in the end of the mail car. and
sleeping clerk is likely to be awakened
by the crashing in of a bit of the loco
motive tender. But the railroad check
Ell needed not the risk of the sleeper
BY the time the train approached Mil
waukee the federal checker was red in
the face from his eXertions, piling
pouches on the scales A well-directed
newspaper sent spinning towards the
railrond weigher would rouse him just
in time 10 catch the weights. These two
men worked the same routes for many
days, and the careless, shiftless railroad
checker often forced the governments
representative to do double service, but
no fault was ever found with the slips
turned in from these runs.
THAT federal man from Sparta
learned lot about the post Office de-
partment, studied hard when he con-
cluded his engagement, and finally en-
tered the service of Uncle Sam. The
last heard from him he was one of the
subordinate chiefs in the post Office de-
partment. But the railroad checker.
: He went back switching cars in
freight yard, and one night when he
pulled the pin his foot caught on a splin-
tered rail, and freight train passed
over his body. They would have had
trouble in weighing all the fragments
that the wheels left"
When all The figures gathered by the
weighers are collected they are sent
to the department at Washington, and
accountants work on them as carefully
as if they were clearing house balances.
Upon the result of the deductions made
by the postal department depends the
fate of the railroad contract. Uncle
Sam is economical. The railroads do
not get snaps. Some railroads are un-
fortunate in having an abnormally
light business in mails carried at the
time when the figures are taken. Theke
suffer from the increase during the life
of the contract. Others get the benefit
of decrease in business after the con-
tract has been let. But it is claimed
that the law of compensation obtains
and that the representatives of Uncle
Sam and the railroads arrive ut the
most feasible solution Of the contract
system by the weighing method in
vogue. BERNHARD BRISTOL
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-07
HOW THE MAIL
IS WEIGHED
THE GOVERNMENT SOON TO t1Ake NEW CON-
TRACTS WITH THE RAILROADS
TRICKS OF THE WEloHERS

that the checkers perform great deal
of laborious work in hauling the
pouches to the scales. Should the mail
clerks be 'all up they may help the
checkers. The chief clerk is working
his fingers to the bone TO get all his
frst-clnss matter pouched, and the
'throwers' are making the second-class
matter fly in all directions towards the
open mouths of the sacks. Often but
few minutes are allowed for the weigh
ers to get the weights. At the end of
u trip the checkers will study their fig
ures and find discrepancies between the
weights taken in and those put out.
The system of bookkeeping must be
wrong, they will say. In reality, the
difference is due to the methods of
weighing Weights made in depot
sheds on stationary scales are more
reliable than those made in mail cars,
crowded with employees, pouches and
sacks and the framework of the throw
ing alleys. The motion of the train af-
fects the scale. have known checkers
to be so conscientious that they would
carefully revise their figures until the
columns balanced.
"Once, when the St. Paul road
weighed mail, a Sparta (Wis.) man and
an ex-brukeman were assigned TO the
Portage run, going up on No. Sand lay
ing over at Portage. They 'deadhead-
ed back TO Milwaukee at their own con-
venience, so as to leave the Cream city
Mt 4:15 p. m, TO run TO Chicago on No.
s. No 3 left for Portage at 10:30 p. m.
The Sparta man was honest and care
full, but he was too ambitious TO learn
how to throw mail for his own good.
The consequence was that the railroad
representative easily imposed on the
federal checker. Showing up, as they
called it, just before the train pulled
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-07
NOVEL WAY TO RAISE MONEY.
Ingenious Method Adopted mt An
dcrsOn, Ind, TO Secure
Church FundH.

The latest and most ingenious collec-
tion scheme, somewhat after the plan
of the endless chain, has been brought
out in Anderson, Ind, by the Methodists
and Christians, both of whom are work.
ing toward the erection of $685. 200 au-
ditoriums.
They call it calendar" 1t is started
by one person in each case, who as
sumcs the title of the year and pays two
dollars and selects IL others for the
months who each pay one dollar and
find four people who each pay so cents
and assume the weeks of the month.
They get seven people at 25 cents apiece
for the days, and these seven each Sc
cure "a at ten cents, each to cover the
hours of the day. The minutes and sec
onds could also be worked on, but the
chain is stopped ON the hours. Each chain
run this far successfully. will bring
in just AN even s 900. 1t is much more
satisfactory and not so much trouble
as the endless letter chain, as all the
work is done by personal canvass.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-07
INTO SMART LONDON SOCIETY.
Mrs. George Haig Succeeds In
Breaking Into the .'Sacred" and
"EnchantInE" Circle.

Mrs. George Haig, formerly Mrs. IL.
Coleman Druyton, eldest living daugh-
ter of Mrs. Astor, has succeeded in get
ting in the smart American set in Lon
don, which includes many women of
high titles. This has been, according
to rumor, somewhat uphill work.
Mr.. Haig is II business man, though a
cousin of lis is reputed to be n chum Of
the prince of Wales. Mrs. Astor's
social influence has been put forth to
secure Il high social position for her
daughter ut the British metropolis.
Miss May Goelet, daughter of Mrs, Og-
den Goelet, is said to be partial 10 Mrs.
George IIaig, and was with her for
some time at the recent gala night at
the princes skating club. William
Waldorf Astor is said to favor Mrs. Haig
in her wish to enter society in London.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-07

of the railroad corporation placed In
each car to check the work of his fed
eral colleague is some ex-brakeman or
office employe, TO whom the month in
the mail car is sort of frolic.
Thepostaldepnrtmentisnotprolificin The
news to the gatherer of items for the
public press. The railroads are secre-
tive about the important details of their
contracts with Uncle Sam. On this ac-
count the information that creeps out
about life in mail car during mail
weighing is likely to be quite small.
at strikes me that the public would
find 1t of great interest to know how
the weighing is done, how the work of
the boys at the scales Is performed, and
of what value the labor is," remarked
q veteran railroad employe who had not
missed a mail-weighing vacation" in
many years. THE men behind the
guns during the late war performed
ment profited thereby. The men be-
hind the scales, working all hours of the
day and night, make 1t possible for the
government to let contracts calling for
millions of dollars in compensation.
The federal weigher and the railroad
weigher get their commissions and
meet at the sidetrack in the railway
station. If they are experienced in the
work, they usually seek a quiet nool1
and make an agreement about divi-
sion of the work. Should each happen
to be new the rule is to call in the good
offices of the chief clerk of the car, to eX-
plain the details of the scheme.
'I'll tell of two old vets It may not
be generally known, but, as a rule, the
mail clerks on through run are gem
orally at work in their cars hours be
fore the train pulls out OF the station.
They are swamped with sacks and
pouches, and must throw every piece of
mail matter, according to their
schemes before reaching certain june
ton points. Mail taken on these cars
at big terminal points is weighed on
the big depot trucks at the station scale,
and slips are given to the weighers sta
toned in the cars. Each pouch, sack
and lock in the car must be weighed1or
dead weight before the first consign-
ment of mail is loaded on to the car.
After the departure of the train from
its station, the man behind the scales is
supposed to watch the work of the rail
way mail clerks and carefully weigh
each pouch and sack that is filed.
when the pouches to be thrown off
at small towns are weighed tie check
ers easily keep track of the weights on
slips provided for that purpose. But
when the train is approaching large
city, and two or three tons of mail are
TO be thrown off. II can be easilY pnessed
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-07
Second Stock of New Spring
and Summer Goods Now
Arriving.

Our Easter buyers have secured
some OF the greatest bargains we ever
had the pleasure of Offering our GUS
toners. Dress goods of nearly all
kinds for your inspection, in Crepons
of silks and woolens in blacks and col
ors at soc, 75c, $1.OO and $1.5O a yard.
One case of Fancy Brocades, new col
ors, 40 inches wide at 1Sc yard regu-
lar 35c quality. Our Dress Goods De-
partment, including silks, trimmings
and Innings, compares with the best in
the city in quantity, quality and style.
In prices we make the LOWEST. The
goods and prices for your inspection.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-07

We have, we claim, the best patterns
in the city. We except none. See
them, buy them, and we will convince
the most skeptical. Patterns of the
latest and best styles at only 10 and
15c Why pay 25 to SOC for no better?
Pattern sheets for distrlbution-Mc-
Calls Bazaar Patterns. 1t is fortunate
that the beautiful spring dress goods
that we are going to put on sale this
week were not here a week ago, else
all nature would have gotten her
greenest leaves and brightest blossoms
Dipped in the bud during the late
freeze. ~ responding to the springlike
appearance of things in this depart
ment. Rain, snow and ice may keep
vegetation down, but it cannot keep
the people back when there is so much
her that is bright, beautiful and spring
like in the way of new goods
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-07

IT UNCLE SAM has stringent regula-
n tions about those permitted 10
~ ride in his mail cnrs. None but
employees OF the railway mail service
are tolerated in the post Offices on
wheels. Rut there are times when the
internal economy of the mail car he
comes known to outsiders. Within n
few days the government will begin
weighing mail on ench railway route
to secure basis for the letting of con
tracts for the coming period of four
years. 1t has been ascertained by
great deal of experimenting that the
interests of the government and of the
common carriers are best served by
making these mail-weighing periods
four years apart. Upon the mass of
detail gained during the month of
weighing the postmaster-general's de-
partment forms a bnsis for contracts
for compensation for carrying mail.
When the actual work of weighing
begins, within n few days, every train
that carries a mail car will have staff
of men to weigh each sack and poIfch
that enters the car, and to weigh every
pouch and sack put out at the stations.
theoretically, the accounts should bal
ance, but veterans who have been for
tunate enough to spend month in the
mail car during mail-weighing times
say that the most expert accountants in
the world could not make the sets of
figures agree.
To insure perfect fairness, the govern
ment department appoints mail weigh
ers from the civil service waiting lists.
Men of intelligence are therefore GER
tain to he chosen. The avocatiomis not
hard one. The experience gained in
the matter of the workings of Uncle
Sans service is considered to be very
valuable. As a rule, the representative
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-07
LcTt IA Rig Fortune.

The chief cunuch of the sultan, who
died the other day in the imperial pal
ace in Constantinople, left jewels and
plate to the value of 100000, besides
100000 in money. The chief eunuch,
who is n great parsonage in the sultan's
household, has usually been given a
splendid funeral but on this occasion
the procession was most meager and
shabby. 1t is rumored at Constantinople
that he was either poisoned or
strangled, but this is always the tale
whenever a prominent oriental dies
suddenly.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-07
DRINK GRAIN-o

after you have concluded that you
ought not to drink coffee. 1t Is not a
medicine but doctors order it, because
1t is healthful, invlgorating and aDpe-
tlzlng 1t is made from pure grains
and has that rich seal brown color and
tastes like the finest grades OF coffee
and costs one-quarter as much. Chill
dren like 1t and thrive on 1t because 1t
Is genuine food drink containing
nothing but nourishment. Agk your
grocer for Grain-O. the new food drink.
is and Csc.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-07

Clothing, Hats, Shoes, Art Embroid-
cry. Carpet and Drug Departments
rushing with closing out prices. New
Goods arriving in some of them.
Purchased for this spring and could
not be countermanded. Come and get
new goods at closing out prices. They
are here now.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-07

Queensware and Glassware Depart
ments full OF New Spring Goods. We
offer ten One-Hundred piece Decorated
Dinner Sets at $4.9S and $.5$ a set;
regular $3.50 and $500 sets. Other
bargains here. Glass tumblers at one
cent each.