The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-05-17

Thk DAILY ASTC
time ever made by stern wheeler, The
time was made with the steam between
% and IS pounds Of the pressure allowed,
which Is l& pounds, The Hassalo, as
soon as she Is turned over TO the oper-
ating department. will be nut ON the
run between this city and Portland.
Mr.. Maxwell a coal expert, Is In Coos
county in the Interest OF the santa Fc
railroad, investigating the coal resources,
II Is said that he is so much pleased with
the outlook that he has sent word 70 the
superintendent OF the road to come there,
Notlcc-piano-owner can have their
instruments thoroughly cleaned preven.
tive OF moth used tor $500 Other re-
pairing and tuning at moderate charges,
Cali at Grlfnn & Reeds or at spsxsr,h's
store Soa Commercial street. + Frederl.
kun.
fredericksburg Music Hall. corner OF
Seventh and Alder streets, Portland, Or,
High class entertainments every evening
The Only family resort In that city, All
kinds OF refreshments All delleScles In
season, Admission free, Louis Dam
maseh. proprietor
For the anniversary meeting Baptist
societies 20 BE- held in San Francisco
May s-M the o. r. & n. Co, viii make
rate OF se0oo for the round trip, Tick.
cts on sale May nth and Sand For fur
ther particulars inquire at ticket once
on o, r, 4 N. dock.
wanted-Man with little money In
every county In Oregon and Washington,
to sell the Best Ineandeseent Lamps;
makes own gas; 100 candle. cheapes,
lgh, known. The BEST" Ineandescent
Lamp Co, l& Third street Portland, or,
Huggins & SQuler. Managers,
The steamer ilwaeo ran into the launch
Hanthorn yesterday as the former was
'leaylng her dock Tor Ilwaco. The Han
thorn was backing out when the llwaeo
came along. striking her amidshlps The
stem post Of the ilwaco was carried away
bu, otherwise no damage was done.
The lighthouse tender ManEani,a left
out on her northern cruise early yester-
day morning. The steamers lying along
the dock gave her a parting salute as
she steamed down the bay. She will call
az Seattle on her way north and viii
be abseD, IN Alaskan waters abou, two
months.
Peter Johnson, who died ot typhoid
fever at ST, Mary's hospital Monday lasa
was not resident OF the Lewis aud
Clark The deceased had recently lived
az The Dalles. lie was engaged To hsh-
ing this spring. working ON an up-rIvcr
sainlng ground. where hs contracted his
fatal Illness
W. A. Gaines private stock whlskey
, handled exclusively In Astoria By John
/. Carlson. Is one Of the most popular
beverages sold. Its purity and quality
are guaranteed. and II is especially rec
commended for family use. II Is sold in
any quantity at the corner OF TweSth
and Bond streets.
I, is stated that Walla WaHa. with
100 registered voters, has showing OF
81 10000 in bank deposits or an average
OF slO,o to each voter. over a hundred
new residences are in course Of construc-
tion. with several industries and other
buildings. Not a tenantable house or
business block in the city Is vacant.
Such is the position Of one Washington
town, whose age has given an oppor-
tunity to realize upon accumulated har-
vests in the grain belt
The Empire Transportation Company
which was organized in New YORK last
year to enter the Hlondike trade, is
preparing 10 start another trans-Pacltir
steamship line running from Puget sound
20 Oriental ports. Il Is said that the
line has the backing OF the International
Navigation Company, OF Philadelphia.
General Manager Higbee of the Empire
Company. has chartered several vessels
to handle the Yukon business this sea-
son.
The American bark George Stetson, OF
the Sewall line. is reported coming 70
the Columbia rive to load lumber The
Stetson Is well known here. because Of
the Amos Stone case. which was recently
ended In the United States court. She Is
at present at San Francisco, where she
arrived April IS with a cargo OF general
merchandise from New York The stet-
son is now in command Of Captain PAT
ton. a skipper we'll known among the
shipping men Of this port
The case OF J. T. W Macfarlane,
charged with operating an oil factory
within the city limits contrary to the
city ordinance. was postponed in the p)-
lice court yesterday al the request Of
the attorneys for the defense. until $3.50
O'Clock this morning. The following jur-
Ors were summoned TO try the case: ].
II. Mansell. c. s Wright j. NJ Els
WOILUs w IMAM EuEdI " ~. AlofAlt IlNAAg
Sherman. A number OF witnesses have
been subpoenaed both for the defense and
prosecution, and # is probable the hear
ing Of the case will last all day.
Two local expressmen between whom
bad feeling has existed for some time,
met in East Astoria yesterday at the
yard Of the Astoria BOX Company and
agreed to settle their dispute Both be-
Ing thus equally willing, no time was
lost in angry words. After fighting for
a short time the combattants clinched
and backed up against lot Of box
shocks slowed away in the yard with
such force that the whole pile fell on
top OF them. This ended the melee and
inflicted more punishment than they
had administered to each other.
The new insurance law IN Oregon will
t,. IN oer.t on and after NAV 1g and