The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-08-15
AsroRrAs DESTINY REVEALED
Miss Lampman Answers Some ~ the
Questions Just Now Absorbing
Public Interest.


I'VE are doing world OF business
I am so glad that your lovely people
appreciate the power possess. They
tell me I prophesy with amazing ex-
setnsss,"
such were the expressions with which
Miss Lampm1n. the famous life rrad.
ing medium. greeted an Astorlan rep
rescntatlve ON the occasion ot visit
to her apartments In the Main street
House yesterday, starlight the child
wonder has now developed into a
graceful young lady. with large. dark
and penetrating eyes. wlnsomc. yet
tactful disposition and an impulse 90
ransom an unenllghtencd world from
the slough ot spiritual ilitcracy.
And so YOU desire reading" she
gddcI pleasantly. after the reporter
lad eVprcsssd wish to submit a few
questions or a generally miscellaneous
character The medium thcrcupon
seated herself closed her eyes and
TRANQUILITY passed into cntalcptlc con.
ditlon. \ few moments elapsed. and
modified ana shrlll. pitched voice In.
puired the reporters mission
Il would ask" began the scribe.
whether Astoria is to rival Portland
IS a commercial center or continue
indefinitely 10 ocedpy second placer
Il can say" replied the spirit. that
Portland viii never be out-strippcd
in the race for supremacy sull See
for Astoria very bright future--a
future which seems linked with the
construction of many mills These
mills win be built towards the west on
the river-thc town viii grow In that
direction, not towards the east
"There Is talk OF Flavel. a small
place across the bay. dlsianclng As
toria as an inviting point for invest.
ment win you forecast the situa.
tion2'
"Flavsl viii occupy TO Astoria the
same position that Astoria will occupy
to Portland Today there are negoti-
ations pending which VIII result in
an abundance Of eastern capital going
into the vicinity"
What VIII 4. b. Hammond presi-
Dent Of the a. & c. railway. do towards
securing common point rates FOR this
.ity?"
"A common point rate viii certainly
be secured, but not In the Immediate
future, nor by Mr.. Hammond. 7 can
gee that circumstances are shaping
'or Mr.. Hammond to relInqulsh control
\ the A. & c. railroad before the end
II this year He Is extending the line.
'r VIII prepare to extend II. with n
view TO moulding a good proposition
Tor the consideration Of investors. He
Is gathering in other large interests
here. and .he whole will be embodied
IN n gigantic deal to be contaminated
UNEXPECTEDLY In the early future"
What significance attaches to Henry
Wizards late visit to Astoria7"
'T am sorry for that man There is
q great deal Of misfortune and sick !
ness awaiting him His future looks
dark. He was not here FOR any special
business. but indirectly to represent
large corporation interests in the east. I
Mr.. Hammond had n big nronosltion .
he intended submitting N Mr. Willard .
but At the last moment he considered
It lneVpedient and dropped IT,"
What viii be the result Of tho ne
Fotia.Ions now pending between tho
Northern Pacific and the Union Pa
cIdc rotating to the q. n. e. ". and
how win Astoria's future be affected
thereby?"
II see a vast export trade growing
out Of an approaching coalescence OF
the lines reaching to the east The
time is yet indefinite as to its reali-
zatlon IN a broad and comprehensive
sense, but beginning with January 1st,
Continued from page three.