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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-26

mus has the unique adventage OF offer
ing a sea level canal, Il q single cleva.
tlon OF 500 feet can be successfully
passed, The maps referred to Indicate
that at an elevation OF 200 feet the hIl
Is only one mile In width, This would
mean thai at sea level about Is miles OF
country would have TO DO cut through
In order TO connect The Atlantic with
The Pacific. As is well known such a
project would have to take into account
the savannah River which otrers nat
ural waterway for greater par, OF the
distance.
1T does uoJ scem likely that any
great deprsss,ons IN the vicinity Of the
height mcntioaad exist The success
with which canal could be cut
through would depend largely upon the
character of the soil The facts IN re-
gard to this have Aot yct been deter.
mined,
1T is also % be doubted tina, two
lccks, one at each end ot the proposed
canal. as Rear-Admir1l Walker sug.
gested, would be necessary. no be sure
the difference Of the rise and fal or
the tide OF the Atlantic and Pacific Is
twenty feet, but to travel 20 miles In
six hours would mean a rate OF speed
for the tide OF four miles an hour,
which is high, and as the tide ,rayela
slowly during the first hour or two aud
during the last hour or two It would
be likely TO iurn before 1t had seriously
affected navigation.
III the natural depth OF canal, 30
feet, was dug, the tide would In no wise
affect any naval vessel atloat, and at
high tide there would be simply a
greater depth OF water
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-26
MONEY CHEAP IN LONDON.
Gold Leaving England for the Cont
nent

NEW YORK. June 25.-The Times
London financial correspondent cables:
A small change has come over the
bent Of our money market. but whether
it signifies more than the approach OF
the half yearly bank balance sheet
framing ! cannot say, Money, however,
is now lower here than on any other
European market, cheaper even than
on the New York market when length
eRed periods are concerned.
Six months bank bills can be dis
counted at from three to is per cent,
which is a rate. think. unattainable
on any other market in the world. Bills
Of shorter currency have become a
little more difficult to negotiate since
last Monday. but three months paper
can still be melted at SIS per cent,
which is slightly below the finest quo
tation in Paris.
Since the bank rate came down con-
tinen;aI exchanges have moved so
decidedly against London as to create
a small demand for gold on the Bank
Of England. besides sweeping away
every ounce Of metal coming into
the open market As yet only French
and German coins have been with
drawn from the banks vaults for ship
ment to Paris and Berlin. and I do
not apprehend that German orders will
go much further. Discount is falling
and exchange rising slightly in Berlin,
and the Bank Of England has put up
its price for German coin almost as
high as it dared without exposing its
bar gold to be drawn upon.
should be more confident under
these circumstances that Germany will
not hurt our market by taking large
quantities of gold from the bank, were
your exchange as high now as when
the week just passed began. New
Yorks weakness aggravates the posi-
ton, ard throws upon the London
market whatever bullion demands
Europe may generate.
Paris Is at the moment the most
threatening spot. Not only is French
exchange low, but the power Of the
French bankers over our market is
unusually strong, through the spend.
ings Of visitors from ali parts Of the
world now docking into France to see
the exhibition. When gold goes from
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-26
IMPROVED SERVICE AND EQUIP
MlNT.

The new schedule Of the o. Il. & N.
which went into effect April 22nd,
shortened the time to Chicago IL hours,
and gives a double daily service be-
tween Portland and Chicago.
Train No. 2. leaving Portland at 9:l5
a. m. Is known as the Chicago Port
land Special" It's equipment is new
throughout. making II fully the equal
Of any train now in service from the
Pacific coast to the East
The Overland Express leaves Port
land at 500 p. m. and furnishes com
plete service both via Huntington and
Spokane to the East. together with the
best Of service to all local points on
the q. T. q N. lines.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-26
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED WEEK.
LY EXCURSIONS.

An experienced excursion conductor
whose duties are % look after tne
wants and welfare Of passengers will
be in charge Of Tourist sleeping car to
Chicago via Union Pacific. This car
leaves Portland on "The Portland-Chi-
cago Special" at 9:i5 a. M, making close
connections at Chicago with similar
service to Boston ana New York. Ell
derly people and ladies travelling alone
or with children viii find this service
very convenient and satisfactory.
For tickets, berth reservations and
fun Information. call on
G.. w. LOUNsBERRY,
General Agent. o. Il. & n. Co.
Or Astoria. Oregon.
j. II. LOTHROP, General Agent,
l3j Third St.. Portland, Oregon.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-26

the Bank OF England to Paris On a
depressed exchange It does SO not In
tens, but In hundreds OF thousands,
n We can escape this danger and
get over the end OF the half year with
out large gold exports to South Africa
or any other quarter It is possible
that our discount market may slip
back again, but il cannot he far or for
long. We have seen, In my opinion,
the lowest discount rates, at leas; for
this year. and It would not surprise
me were the bank rate 70 be raised
again before July is out,
Nothing new is reportable about
stocks and shares, Arhluage business
is nearly at a standstlll, as well as
local business, and 1t Is no wonder that
prices shrink
one potent influence In sending down
quotations for investment securities Is
the prices at which our municipalities
are now tumbling over each other to
sell their loans. They an want money
and are Obliged to oter stocks at
prices yielding is per cent or little
more. The standard issue neure ap-
pears TO be about 90 for three per cent
stock, and such figure is reacting dts
astrously on our railway debenure and
guaranteed stocks, bought quite re-
Gently to yield less than three per cent
and often less than "a per cent
As for our railway common stocks
which investors TN lately absorbed on
a Si4 per cent basis, they must neces-
sarily give place now, and l look for
dwindling prices In them all the sum
mer and autumn from this cause alone.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-26
GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
Next Week the slx-Day Competition
Begins In New York.

NEW YORK. June 25.--one week
from today the slx-day competition for
the amateur championship golf OF
America win begin on the Garden City
links. The entries for this event In
American golf Will close today. with
the secretary, Robert B Kerr. Mr..
Kerr may announce the names tomor-
low. or, II the executive committee
deems it wiser. the list may be with
held for day longer, until the draw
lngs for the qualifying medal play
round can be made.
In all likelihood 100 golfers win tart.
and the committee viii have all Il
can attend to conveniently in start
ing them off and providing scorers with
out encountering vexatlous delays. An
absent competitor will drop his pair to
the end Of the list, 50 that a tardy ar
rival may cause his partner a severe
injustice. All Of the championship
rounds will be 80 holes. The first %
win be picked from the medal play
round, on Monday July 2, to continue
at match play, the final round coming
Saturday, July Z.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-26
LABOR COLLEGE PLANNED.
Delegates From the English Trades
Councils VIII Help Endow It.

NEW YORK, June 25.-It IS likely
that the labor college in America to be
endowed by British workingmen will
be established in New York, not in st.
Louis as originally planned. A meeting
OF the presidents and secretaries Of all
the trades unions In the city viii be
held July when the British delegates,
w. c. Bowerman and James Sexton
will outline their plans.
Delegate Sexton said that he could
not understand the published cable dis
patch that the London trades council
had repudiated their mission 10 this
country and warned workmen against
indorsing the movement. He added that
if there was anything in It, It probably
came from the ex-eXecutlve committee
Of the council, which was made up
largely Of socialists Of the most radl-
cal type The mission had been in
dorsed by the masses Of British work
men whose agents they are.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-26

CHICAGO. June 25.-ProhibitlOnists
are beginning to arrive for the nationa
convention to be held on Wednesday
and Thursday at the First Regiment
.Armory. and the state convention tc
be held tomorrow at the same place,
The arrnory is profusely decorated n
red. white and blue. 1t is expected that
all the delegates to the state conven-
ton win have arrived by tonight. As
tomorrow will be busy day for the
Illinois champions Of prohibition, the
convention win meet at 2 o'clock IN
the morning. The program calls for
the nomination of ticket. the adop-
ton OF a platform and the selection
OF S. delegates to the national con-
vention.
Colorado, Wyoming and Utah dele
gates will reach the city early to-
morrow morning. Indiana. 800 strong,
viii have a special over the Big Four
arriving tomorrow afternoon. They
win stop at the Auditorium Mime
sofa. Dakota, Montana and Wisconsin
win have a special train over the st.
Paul road. reaching here tomorrow
night. Their headquarters win be at
the Wellington House. The Nebraska
delegation win also be at that house.
The New England delegation will come
on a special over the Michigan Central.
It viii stop at the Leland. The sher-
man Is designated as the headquar-
ters for Maryland The Victoria will
have the West Virginia and Michigan
delegations, and the fremont win have
the delegates from Kansas. Most Of
the Illinois people win stop at the Pal
mer House.
The following delegations win stop
at the Lexington: New York, Penn
sylvania. Ohio. Kentucky. Iowa, Mis-
souri,. Colorado, Wyoming. Utah and
New Jersey.
The national meeting will be called
TO OrQer at ~ Y tAONh " nNNi~7NN-@ A--
ing BY oliver w. Stewart, chairman
of the national committee.
John G. woolley and Hale Johnson,
both of Illinois. are strong favorites
for the presidential nomination. Hun
dreds Of large campaign buttons, hay-
ing upon them a picture Of the former,
are being distributed.
It is thought that, in the early bal
loting for nominations, the Illinois dele
gates win be divided between Woolley
and johnson, with the understanding
that the solid vote win later be thrown
to the support Of the candidate showing
the more strength. The disposition
among the Illinois delegates is to
work for the nomination Of some West
ern man. and they feel that either
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-26
NEW ROUTE FEASIBLE.
Naval officials Favor the Tide-Water
Route From Caledonia Bay.

BOSTON, June 25.-It is generally be-
lieved by those at the Boston Navy
Yard who are familiar with the sur
veys for the canal across the Isthmus
Of Darien, made in 1870 and 1871 and re-
Gently confirmed, that route across
the Isthmus from Caledonia Bay to
San Miguel Bay is not impracticable
nor doubtful, as Rear-Admlral Walker
has intimated.
An officer familiar with the matter
said last night:
This Lazardi route across the 18th
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-26
ABEs MOTHER HoNoRED.
Movement to Erect a Memorial to the
Mother Of Lincoln.

INDIANAPOLIS. June 25.--A move
ment has been started in this state to
combine the two enterprises Of erecting
monument to Nancy Hanks. the
mother Of Abraham Lincoln, and Of es-
tablishing a National School Of Domes-
tic Science. The proposition Is ITO
build a great training school for teach
ers Of domestic science near the grave
Of the woman whose life was spent In
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-26
PRoHrBIrroNIsTs CONVENE.
National and State Conventions This
Week at Chicago.

CHICAGO, June s5.-There will be
polled not fewer than 100000 votes for
the prohibition national ticket this fall.
The vote four years ago was approxi-
mately 10000. a loss Of nearly 10000
from the vote Of 1892. This loss was
due to the money issue raised in the
last campaign. and win be retained
with perhaps an increase this year.
With the national prohibition con-
ventlon one day distant. Chairman Oil
yer W. Stewart Of she national execu-
tive committee Of me prohibition par
". made the foregoing statement to-
night. According TO the same authority
the prohibitionlsts in convention this
year win leave the solving OF economic
problems. except those which in their
opinion can be colved by the abolition
OF the liquor traffic, to other political
parties.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-26
OBITUARY.

Death Of an Expert Billiard Player.
CHICAGO. June 23.-W. H. Wade, an
expert billiard player. and by many
considered as the best bank shot In
America. Is dead at his home in this
city He was born In Boston In 1870.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-26
SERIOUS CAR ACCIDENTS
Many Injured by pcr0illng ot Electric
Cars at Evanston. Ills,


CHICAGO June s5,-Seycral electric
ears on The Evanston line were dcroiled
Sunday afternoon ana evening, In all
four persons We're seriously injured ana
several hundred received severe
shaking up. The lnJured'
Mrs. John Applrqust. bruised abou,
body and face.
Mrs. NJ Il. Bookings bruised and In
jurtd internally
;, Engerson. face lecerated and
shoulder bruised.
Walter Schalk, aged four years,
bruised and collar bone broken by
striking against curb
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-26

the home. aud whose influence. ~
poton, In the future history ot the
country. was eSerted IN the homc"
Many prominent persons are Inter-
esled IN the movement
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-26
SPECIAL RACE OFF
Horses Did Not Appear Tor the Coney
Island Race.

NEW YORK, June s5.-rhc special
race at mile and a quarter, which the
Coney Island Jocky club offered with
the hope of bringing Ethelbert. Klnley
Mack Imp. Jean Beraud and Kilmar-
neck together. failed to an under the
conditions. and the race ls Oft. Perry
Belmont entered Ethelberg and w c.
whitney named Kilmarneck. but the
other owners failed 20 come to time.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-26
CARRIERS CASE REopENEp
Attempt to Have Him Tried Before ,
Civil Court.

LEAvENwoRTH. Kan. June &c.
Another effort VIII be made TO obtain
a rchenring OF the famous Captain
Carter case The plan is 70 try to
bring Carter before civil court on
habaes corpus and have the writ tried
on lts merits.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-11-24

ENLA TIPOGRAFI4 e.
La Correspondence dc PtO.-RicO
Sc HALLAN De VENTA
Los UIENTEs PRESOs.
Decaracones de nacimientos.
Dec|araCiones de defunci6n
Dec|araciones matrmoniaIes
CertifcaCiones de matrim0ni0s.
Actas matrimoniales.
Certifcaciones medicas.
Ta|onarios de 100 recibos para cobros de al
qui|er de casas.
Documentos de ianzas
Conocmentos de Cabctai ie para buques de
yeIa.
Cuadernos para Iavado de ropa.
Bo|etas de apremIo.
Bo|etas para demands
LcenCias para dar sepu|turas.
Impres0s para e| cobro de contribuCiones
los recaudad0res.
Libro-Regjstro de fa|tas, para los Tribuna-
los de Poljca Municipal
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-03-14

the; steel company ior coSe @ a'reauy Ee,ts. o;S.
erea .ae e2nslacs ae HI CSu nrdsr 10 :s .n
askea 10 anuUiS W. eAe con'rac' uno oAo0- ~
aecounIin IG ou. s.1,d ~ tho ohto;n
Ine ptalnstns aleGe irauu AZ .ao oioatt, OH.atu
ing OF tne eonlraos aaa ACCUSE t ola IaIoo,ry oo
OF the Doard OF ailsc,ots o. .n9 ;n.to eono to ~
pany OIL wolktns asmy Sysnly ~, .nI IioiteJ y,th
tue purpose @ detreuolng al srIsnno1ue,s ths
OF ina COKE Solnpanf Ao' Wen0oi7 -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-03-14
CARNEGIE SUED AGAIN..
Minority Coke Company sharehold-
ers Charge Fraud.
1t is Alleged That the Carnegie Steel Com.
Dany Is Getting ItS Coke Be-
low Real Value.

PGrrsBURG, Penn. (Specia,) Suit was be-
gun Monday by the minority stockholders
OF the Frlck Company to anrul the con-
tract with the Carnegie Stes! Company by
which the latte: is getting $500 900 tons OF
coke year at sl35' per ton, when the
market price OF the fuel Is about 80 ton.
Tne plaintiffs named in the bill are: John
Walker for himself aud Andrew Carnegie
Wilson (miuor): $. L. Schoonmaker and
John CT. Pontefract, The defendants are:
The H. C. Frick Coke Company, corpora
ton; Thomas Lynch, H. G. Frick. George
Lauder, A. NJ. Clemson, Andrew NJ. More
land, james Gayley and Thomas Morrison.
composing the board Of directors for that
corporation, and the Carnegie Steel Com.
pauy. Limited.
This action is rem otely connected with
the trouble between Fl. G. Frick. former
Chairman OF tue Carnegie Steel Company,
Limited, and Andrew Carnegie, aud was
precipitated by the filing OF Mr.. Frick's bill
in equity to secure an accounting OF the
affairs of the Carnegie Steel Company.
In this case the plaintiffs seek to enjoin
the defeudants from selling any coke to the
Carnegie Steel Company, Limited, under a
contract dated January /, 1899, at a price
of S1.35 ton. the contract to run for
period OF five years, and: from settling With
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-03-14

which will be washed out as soon as spring
fhew comes, Numerous nuggets naye
been found, ranging in value from 500 70
$4S. 81
The greatest activity prev ails In the.b
nanza district adjacent to Nome Cty. Se-r
yond Cape York the Arctic di5trtct mas
6een laid out. Rich pay has been founo
thers md It is certain that hundreds OF
nrospectors will 90 there from Nome early
next summer. Tue beach is supposed 20
be rich as far north as Port Clarence. Inore
are places. however, where 1t will pay only
for hydraulic operations.
Provisions are plentiful at Cape Nome,
and there will be no suffering there Tor
food supplies. Wood and coal are very
scarce. All available wood has been 9seo
for ten miles on either side OF Nome CITY.
Wood brings $50 to $50 cord, aud It Is
very poor article at that. The coal supply
is yery meaere and coal is sold by the
pound. bringing seven and as high as eight
cents Il pound.
Men hnving small excess stocks OF flour.
beans and bacon have been able to trade
thom for interests in some Of tbs richest
claims Oh Anvil and other creeks. In tnls
respect the scenes witnessed fn Dawson
during the winter OF 1897, have been Oft
repeated. Saloons and sporting houses
are making fortunes. II letter to the
Dawson Daily News, Major J. +. Strong,
editor oithe Nome News. says: ~
!: "Some Of the winter finds have been pne.
nomenal. Nuggets worth as high as $Sb
have been found while those worth from
&1 to IS each are very common. Autnentlc
cases are reported where two men late iase
fall rocked out 5000 in a single day OF ten
hours. Including the early winter w0rk
the coast has been prospected Tor dis-
tance OF forty miles west OF Nome, ana ZOE
nearly similar distance IN an easteriy
direction. The great bulk OF beaca goid
has been found between Nome River on the
east and Penny River on, the west, ols-
tance OF about fifteen miles. The evidence
OF the way the sands were upturned are
now visible only in places, the high ttdes
OF early D December having obliterateo mose
traces OF the work.
prospecting will be carried on all WIN.
ter. Many miners believe that the richest
sands will be found below the low water
mark. As soon as the Ice is frozen sotldiy
to the bottom of the shore they will cut
out chunks OF Ice and prospect there. Tnis
work will solve the much ve1ed question
as to the origin Of gold IN the beach SAND,
determining whether 1t was washed from
unknown sources in the bosom OF the
deep. The ground is found frozen 20 an
unknown depth as In the Klondlke, ana II
It should prove as, rich as expected, an
area Of the country will be developed thst
will be greater than score OF Aionoikes
rolled into one"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-03-14
Our Adopted Islands.

During the Hawaiian debate in the
United States Senate Mr.. Pettigrew offered
an amendment to declare null and void all
contracts for labor made since August II,
1898. 1t was adopted.
Lieutenant J. @. Gilmore, the leader OF
the Yorktown's little band who we're held
captive by the Flllplno5 for 30 many
months, has started on his way home from
Manila on the Solace.
The strike at CIentuegos, Cuba, was de-
,lared Off on the order OF Mayor Frias,
who had all along encouraged the strikers.
His action was due to pressure brought to
bear by General Wood. ~
The first important strike among Porto
Rlcan laborers began when 500 men who
had been constructing the military road
from. Ponce to Adjuntas demanded five
cents an hour. The present rate OF pay Is
three cents an hour.
There are about 62, 900 soldiers In the
Philippines, Of which about, $1,000 are
regular troops and about 81 500 are volun-
.eers. ~. IT,
Cuba's independence day was generally
observed in Havana by professions OF
clubs and outdoor sports.
Already there are 100000 Cuban children
At school on the island, and 1t is estimated
that by the 1st Of May there will bs 50,oo'
more.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-03-14
The Crusade in Brief.

There are $50, 900 places where liquor is
sold In this country.
Why should any man who sells liquor
have anything to do with the governing
OF the public schools? 4 > "
When the liquor dealer gets.rich enough
to build a brown stone frontsshe has
right to call 1t "The house that tjag built
Switzerland has three institutions for the
cure OF drunkards, which record perma-
nent cures in one-halt Of the cases treated.
At the annual meeting Of the Massachu-
setts Total Abstinence Society Secretary OF
the Navy John D. Long was elected Presl-
dent. 80.
The average savings bank deposits fo-
each cit!zans OF Illinois Is f6.l4, OF Ohio,
Ss.42. and Of the prohibition State Maine,
SsO.T.
The students OF Nebraska Wesleyan Uni
versIty at Lincoln have organized pro-
5hibItion club with thirty-nine charter
members.
q The worlds W. G. T. .. Convention will
{ be held this summer In Edinburgh and
two hundred delegates are expected to 90
from this country. us.
Three hundred and fifty drinking saloons
have been introduced into Manila conse-
quent upon the American expedition to the
Philippines, aud these are chiefly patron
lied by them. The Filipin3s do not like
the Introduction OF these caLteen ana
dramshops iuto their midst.