The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-03-05

Professor Spencer, instructor at the AS
torla Football Club gymnasium, Is
mourning ahe loss OF one Of his fox ter
riers, the mother OF litter OF pups. The
dog attempted to cross In 'front.' OF an
A. q C. II. train yesterday afternoon and
was run over and killed.
Nathan Kimban, of Seaside. one OF the
survivors OF the Whitman massacre, ls
compiling complete history OF the early
settlement OF oregon, The work will be
made up OF incidents In the personal ex-
periencc OF the writer and Promises to
. be most interesting wark.
The oregon Red Cross Society and
Emergency Corps will forward check
FOR $50 10 General Otis, at Manila, to-
day. The hot season has set Ia there and
the money will be used to purchase ice
or anything that General Otis deems best
for the comfort % the troops.
/. The lumber for the Improvement OF
Astor street win be ON the ground, 1t Is
expected, during the coming week and
work will be commenced The logs for
the lumber. which must be yellow fr,
according TO the contract. are not hand
led by the local mills. which has caused
the delay in commencing the work.
The roadbcd from the south end OF the
Young's hay bridge 70 the highland Is
completed and has been accepted by the
local farmers Yesterday the fnal pay
ment was made to the Columbia Digger
Company, The roadbed is about a mile
In length and cost $50 Judge Bowlby
and E. c Jefrers represented the farmers
in the contract.
In the circuit court yesterday ole A.
Haven a native Of Norway was sdmit-
ted TO citizenship, The court was occu-
pied during the day hearing testimony in
thu case Of the United States VS.. James
Bulger ct al The case went TO the
jury In the evening and a verdict had not
been arrived at up 20 a late hour last
night.
I The annual school election will b. held
on Monday. March Is. There are thus
far two candidates In the held--F. p.
! Kendall and Thomas pealy. Under the
new law governing such elections only
persons who have paid taxes on 500
worth OF property FOR year prior to the
election are entitled to vote, This will
greatly reduce the number Of votes
/ This is the age OF authorizations. but
Harper whisky Is guaranteed strictly
pure. superlative whisky. Chemists an
alysts and physicians testify to this re-
pe9 cedly, The evidence is not only strong |
bu, conclusive. The people too fnd |
Harper can be trusted implicitly: hence |
the enormous sales OF his royal whisky. |
Sold by The Foard & Stokes Company
Astoria. Ore.
Herman Wise has a shoe advertisement |
in tOday's Astorian that should be read |
by every man who wears shoes. Mr. |
Wise intends to discontinue his shoe de- |
partment and confne his lttel:inn TO |
mems and boys clothing. hats and fur
nishings hereafter. The prices quoted on |
these shoes are lower than ever before |
placed on similar goods The reductions |
are bona hde, but for cash only
The Metcalf & Wade shingle mills at |
Kelso. Wash. VIII turn out 100 0oOO. OOO |
shingles the coming season. The company |
now has at its mills 100 cords Of bolts, |
ready to be driven 10 the mills at any |
time. Contracts have been made with |
cutters TO furnish 1900 cords. and an |
other 400 cords will be cut before the |
season is over. Foreman Talman has 100 !
men at work cutting bolts in the cedar |
belt OF the Toutle river
Michel Teho. haIf-breed about 90
years old and squaw named Romeo. /
were capsized in a skin near the mouth /
OF the CowlitE last Monday. and Tebo
was drowned. The squaw clung to the 4
upturned boat and her cries soon brought
help from men near by. and she was
rescued. The drowned man has been a
resident OF Kelso for several years and
is quite well known among the fishermen.
An effort is being made to recover the
body but so far without success.
James Stewart. who was arrested a few
days ago for stealing 1910 pounds Of twire
from the o. r. & n. dock, was up before
Judge Hughes in the Justices court yes.
terday. Stewart waived examination and
was bound over in the sum Of 500 TO
await the action Of the grand jury. In
default OF bail Stewart went to Jail.
where he will remain until September.
when the next grand jury will be empan-
elled. The twine stolen by Stewart is
valued at about 500.
Workmen Were busy at the Wolf &
Zwicker works in Portland yesterday
placing the torpedo tubes on the Fox.
When this work is completed the boat
will be ready to be turned over to the
government at the Mare Island uavyyard.
1t has not yet been decided when the
Fox will start on her southern trip, but
It will probably be soon. Much will de-
pend upon the weather. II is not intended
that the Fox shall stop at Tillamook for
a week. as was the case with the Davis.
A company has been organized 10 con-
struct the much talked Of canal to o.
vert the waters Of the Necanlcum and
Ohanna creek into the Skipanon, says the
Warrenton Tribune. The purpose OF
the canal Is 10 bring the logs OF that sec
ton down to tidewater on the Columbia.
Assessor Carnahan, Judge Taylor Jo-
siah West, W. F. McGregor, P. sorenson,
Alex Gilbert and several other well
known capitalists are the promoters OF
the scheme, and they have ample capital q
10 carry Il out Z
Three foreign bound vessels wheat I