The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-03-10

whether or not the Glenhnart Is chart
cred. She win be towed 10 Portland to-
day.
Domingo BexEerich. who was recently
appointed bOatman 20 Health Ofiicer Ful-
ton at this port. received his commits
sion yesterday. He Immediately rendered
10 Collector ot Customs Fox his resigna-
ton as boatman az the customs house.
and F. Brown, sr was appointed 70 the
place.
The woodmen " the world opened
:helr new hall In the Page block last
night by receiving their trlenus. There
was a very iarge attendance and the
evening was pleasantly passed The te'-
,ure OF. the entertainment was dance
at the conclusion Of which refreshments
were served. The party dispersed at
midnight
The government rock-crusuer at 81
Helens. which supplies the rock for the
government work at Fort Stevens. Ia
laid up for repairs. A number OF hands
who were laid on during the bad weather
resume work Il hte fort wednesday
last. II is said but little more rock will
be REQUIRED at the fort. the line OF WORK
for which it is used being almost COM
ple,ed.
The cut price shoe sale AZ Herman
wise's clothing store is attracting the
attention OF bargain hunters. The reason
for this cut In shoes Is the fact that Mr..
Wise wishes to discontinue his shoe de-
partment and give all his attention TO
mems and boys clothing, hats and gents
haberdashery Any gentleman. whether
in need OF shoes now or not, should Tor
his own good take advantage OF Mr.
wise's cut-price shoe sale.
Manager Clinton states that The story
printed in the Astorian yesterday 10 the
effect that the long distance telephone
line was down on the pipe line road for
a distance OF nine miles is Incorrect. He
saws the wire was broken in several
places during the storm, but that It has
been in working order since 10 a. m.
Thursday. The wire went down on the
previous day. but men were sent out
from clifton and Astoria and the re-
pairs were soon made,
F c. Barnes. OF Portland. who owns
/ the South Bend cannery. has recently
visited the Stanley townsite on the Nasal
river. where he intends TO AT once erect
( a new cannery. having the same capacity
As mis- South Bend plant which packed
/ ls. CO.. cases last year Mr. Barnes does not
expec, It's capacity TO Increase this year
| by the change. but hopes 10 improve rs
quality and run economically. The Barnes
cannery last year paid out for fish box,
and labor, In South Bend, over 81 0@).
/ The torpedo-boat Fox will start from
Portland this morning for san Francis,o,
where she will be turned over 70 the
/ government at the Mare Island navyyard.
The Fox will leave Portland at 6
o'clock n charge Of Captain Patterson
On arriving at Astoria she will be turned
over to Captain HInkle, Of the Elder,
who will take her TO San francisco. II
the bar is smooth today she will Cross
out. o,herwise she win remain here until
favorable weather sets in for her trip
town the coast
Apropos OF the agitation in the Tax
payers League to secure a reduction OF
the police force. 1t may be Of Interest to
know Just how the work Of the present
force compares with that Of former ad-
ministrations. The records on file at
the office Of chief Hailock show that Tor
70 years prior to 1899 the number OF ar
rests in February averaged H.s while
during last month % arrests were made
Despite this great difference in the num-
Der Of arrests, the city has been more
orderly Of late than ever before The
receipts in the police court are also
much greater. and the department is
q big financial aid to the city.