The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-05-01

Miss Burnside has returned from
South Bend. where she has been Wis
ltlng friends and relatives for some
months past.
The British bark Inyerness.s shire,
wheat laden for England. bot TO sea
yesterday. She carried 1888 bushels
OF wheat. valued at S76,GOO.
The Columbia River Packers Asso-
citation has fixed the following scale
Of prices for the season. Tails. $50;
fats, tl.G5; hnlf.pounds. 90 cents.
The residence Of w. II. Barker. in
Uppertown. caught fire yesterday af-
ternoon from a spark which lodged In
the roof. The blaze was soon extin-
gulshed by the chemical. Loss esti-
mated at about 5000.
Captain LorIng s. Staples, one Of the
oldest pilots on the Columbia river bar.
came In yesterday and reported on
for u months furlough. Captain Sta
plies has not taken vacation for near
ly TWO years and expects to make the
best OF his time by making a voyage
to warrenton and skamokawa.
To say that the large audience which
heard and saw The Ship Without a
Pilot" was very highly pleased would
be- 10 speak very mildly Of the excel
lent service conducted by Professor
Dobbins and wife at the NJ. Il. church
on Sunday evening. II was, in fact,
most impressive revival sermon. H.
lustrated by stereoscoplo reproductions
OF many masterpieces OF art, passages
OF scripture and aptly-chosen current
illustrations. and was enlivened with
hearty singing by the congregation
and excellent duets by Professor and
Mrs. Dobblns. The entertainment CIV
en- last evening was an illustration Of
the two we'll known books: The Prince
OF the Home OF David" and Ben
Hur." and. to those who had read the
books. II was very entertaining. The
professor promises the best program OF
the three for tonight. when he will
give The Civil War In Scene. Anec-
dote and Song" with Illustrations for
this popular theme, made from the
famous Brady negatives In the war
department at Washington.
DcspIte the fact that these were
numerous other attractions on Sunday
afternoon. the opening game Of the
baseball season OF 90 on the A. F. {.
field was well attended, in fact there
was a large attendance, over 400 be-
ing present. The game was between
n colored team OF ancouver. Washing
ton, barracks and n team from Fort
Stevens. and the former won by a
score OF II to r. II an attempt was
made TO crItlcIse the game, 1t coulr
be filed full OF holes" Both teams
were wild and ratified and played ball
like a lot OF farmers, but for all that
Il was good fun for the spectators and
the surprisingly large crowd In at
tendance rooted both teams from the
start to the finish and enjoyed the
game immensely. Once in awhile
there was genuine good ball played
and then the crowd went Wild. The
attendance upon the game Sunday, and
the satisfaction manifested over the
game. albeit 1t was not Of the crack
er Jack" order. has greatly heartened
the local Astoria club, now organized
and ready for the field. II showed the
boys here that the interest in base
ball was by no means dead in Astoria
and guaranteed to them a generous
support when the local team is ready to
play ball" The Astoria team, by
the by, will be the strongest ever
known in the history Of the game In
this city, and should easily hold Its
own with anything that comes this
way. The local team hopes to book a
number OF good games for Astoria dur
Ing the coming season and, II 1t sue
ceeds, VIII undoubtedly receive a warm
and paying support from the Astorians
always provided, of course, that they
pla ygood ball.