The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-08-14

state certificates. and their examination
papers have been sent 10 the state
superintendent.
The British ship Riversdale. Captain
Porter. from Hamburg. consigned 10
Edmund Baker. OF Portland. crossed
In at .. m. yesterday. Captain Por-
ter reports sighting the Deccan In lat.
"a degrees south. long. 50 degrees west
on the 18th OF May. the Melberton In
lat 10 degrees south long. SO degrees
west. on May 5th, and the Kilmorrey
in lat. II degrees south, long. "a de-
srees west. on the 18th OF April.
Maud c. Porter. an Astoria girl, while
out walking with a friend. Miss Grace
w. Jones. OF 1906 Macadam street, Port
land. Friday. was seized with n hemor-
rhage and died. The coroner lnyesti-
gated the case. The two girls were
on their way to visit Mrs. A. a. Thorn
as. Of Mount Harmony. eight miles west
OF Portland. Evening Telegram, nn-
quirlcs failed TO elicit any definite in
formation concerning the person mem
toned In the above dlspateh)
According TO the Newport News. the
biologist. Professor weshburn. Is again
nc work on the Eastern oysters intro
duced into YaauIna bay. A large con-
crete pond has been made into which
pumping apparatus forces water from
the bay at low tide. at a time when
the water is In the best condition for
the Eastern Oyster spawn. Oyster
embryos are placed In this pond and
the biologist hopes 10 secure a catch
OF young oysters or seed oysters there
in, The U. s. government is paying
the expenses OF the summers work.
Several drunks OF the Doe and Roe
families were arrested by the police
Saturday and Sunday. but the custo-
mary IS. which they put up for their
appearance to answer TO the charge,
was In nearly all cases declared for
feited by the court yesterday after
noon. One fellow. arrested Saturday
night. had not the money to put up,
so remained in Jail until court was
called. When the time he had spent
in the cell was told Judge Nelson. he
fined the fellow IS and then remitted
It.
A large audience assembled at the
Methodist church on Sunday evening
at the song service. The pastors ad-
dress was brief and was upon the orr
gin OF some OF the most popular relig-
ious songs. He attributed the present
staRnatlon Of Methodlsm to the falling
OF OF congregational singing. The
choir gave some choice selections and
Mr.. Beloher, formerly Of Astoria, now
OF the choir OF tho Congregational
church at Portland, delighted the au-
dlence with his magnificent rendition Of
Fear Not Ye. o. Israel"
An attempt TO borrow" a bicycle,
and a novel one. was tried Sunday at
the station OF the Astoria & Column
ble River railroad. A man stepped up
and requested the baggage agent TO
check his wheel. at the same time
10 one in the baggage room.
That Official proceeded to do so and was
In the act OF handing the check to the
fellow when the owner Of the wheel
nut in an appearance and claimed the
Explanations were made,
but the owner was not at all satisfied
with them.
Representative Tongue Is now in
Tillamook for the purpose OF making an
Inspection Of Hoquarton slough and
Tillamook bay and bar Engineers re-
ports sent to Washington regarding
advantages and disadvant-
lges have always been to the detri-
ment Of the place. The Tllamo ook
Headlight, in an article on Represent
ltive Tongues visit, states that he |
went there to attempt to unbottle the
from It's bottled up condition, to
earn precisely the true condition Of |
lftairs and to plead intelllgently at the
proper time before the river and har-
,or committee for an appropriation,
During Speaker Henderson's visit to
Portland letter was received from the
'hamber Of Commerce Of that city by
he president Of the Chamber Of Com
nerce here, requesting It to cooper
lte with the Portland body in enter
aiming the speaker and party when
hey would pass through here on trip
% the mouth Of the river The train
vas furnished by President Hammond
" the Astoria & Columbia River rail-
way, the tug was furnished by the o.
R. & N, Co, while one-half the expense
" the speakers party was to be paid
~ the Chamber of Commerce Of this
,ity. All went we'll, including the din
Ter. The speakers party dined in their
private car while the Portlanders din
d at the hotel. The bill for thirty
line dinners was presented to the AS
oria Chamber OF Commerce and paid
" 1t. It was voted that the reeelpted