The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-08-03

AAe EANNAn A~N ttNf NN''Ea "
quite ussd . water, 20 he made Ms
escape.
i, is said ina, the case Of c. wlHsate
e, a. vs. the oity u Astoria to restrain
the cisy from collecting street assess
nents. leyied for the improvement %
Grand aveaue. viii be appealed 10 the
>upreSne court by the plAintin. II wild
De rene nbe.sd that the case was de-
c,ded in the circuit court short time
ago IN favor Of the city.
A man with a sympayhe,ic jag and cur
reaey galore found his way to the merry
so-round las, night, and decoysng about
him the large crowd ~ children present.
preceeaea 10 banquet them with peanuts
ana candy unll the resources ot the re-
freShnaent stald were nearly exhausted.
The youngsters still swarmed arN1na
him as he moved leisureiy south On Bond
street.
Conn,Aiuss have been made TO The
county court that the walGsh bridge IS
out % Orier and Il win be elOsed Tor
travel today in order that the neeee-
sary repairs mag Be made. Parties goinS
20 olney viii be Obliged 10 50 via the old
military bridge and the new bridge al
Irylng's. 1t is expected that the repairs
to the waIiusSi bridge can be completed
in one day.
John LaqQllst was arrested yesterday
by Constable wIckman on a change OF
Assault and hastery on Fred Enluist'
the bartender q the Last Chance saloon.
The row started over the pay for some
drinks. and IAnquisg, becoming enraged'
seized a chair and attempted to strike
he bartender. The latter dodged and
the chair struck the cash register, COM
p,e,ely wr9s king it. LonQris, will come
up for trial today in the justice court.
Beneath their large store at CONNER
cial and Twelfth streets. Messrs. Fcard
4 Stokes have a cellar measuring lNXl"
feet. Il Is a storage vault for a huge
variety % goods, and during the past
Few months has required more or less
OF repair work Approaching the neees-
siiy Of 4 substantially constructed Gel
lar. the firm has employed a force OF
workmea VINO are now engaged In tear
ing oat the underlying wool work and
replacing It with new material through
out. When completed it will be the most
Gurable repository Of its kind in the
city.
The Nehalem valley Is an attraction to
Asto-ians. despite the rough condition
/ Of the roadways leading thereto. A jolly
party left for that vicinity yesterday
morning, among whom were Mrs. Al
bert Dunbar and daughter, Mrs. Martin
Foard and children, Mrs DR.. W. c. Lo'
gan and children. and Mrs. A. Hide
brand and son. Master Rudolph, a
nephew OF Mr.. Foard, who halls from
I Alameda. Cal, was also one oc the num-
bsr. The tourists are having what
they term their annual picnic, and will
protrast their absence for week or
I 10 days On Saturday evening next the
several husbands interested will, for a
day or two, toss aside business worries
and follow their better halves for brief
period Of recreation and pleasure.
Rabbi NJ s. Levy, whose sensational
stories Of slavery in the Hawaiian Islands
have startied the iaberty..oying people
Of the United States, Is a cousin o. L.
E. Sellg. Of this city. According to Rev.
Mr.. Leyy's statements in the San Fran
cisco Examiner. the condition Of affairs
in relation TO contract labor slavery in
the Hawaiian Islands calls for the at
tendon Of the national government. The
story is backed by frrefutaOle evidence
in the shape Of official documents and
records. Il shows tnat the crimping
agents Of Hawaiian plantations infest
European ports, ready to sign needy mer
and their families into slavery. to be
employed On the most severe and ex.
haustlnz labor under a tropical sun
and malarious conditions at a nomina
wage OF SIS a month. the slave to find
his own board. clothing and Furniture toi
the wretched lodging provided by tht
plantation. These contracts are enforced
by penaIty Of Imprisonment in the peni
Tertiary on the Islands where the pr1s
oner does hard labor under the mos
degrading conditions and in the company
of felons. That was the actual fate o
. jacob Teper, a subject Of Austria, anc
his 3s compatriots, who refused to con
tinue in the service OF the oahu Suga
Company. deeming themselves unjustl!
treated. A corporation that trafics II
: human slavery has no rights In civil
lied court Of justice when It seeks tn
enforcement * its barbarous contracts
The supreme court Of the islands Is sail
t to have announced that as the govern
E ment Of the country Is in a transitO
state, the laws Of Hawaii are still 4
force. even where they conflict with tn
e constitution n the United tsates ]
that is the position Of the court It
time to bring this process OF transitlO
g TO an abrupt close, Il human slavery
o to b. permitted and enforced by savag
penalties und@r that pretense.
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