The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-12-15

| A certificate OF the completion Of the
repnirH 20 Twelfth street was filed In
the auditors Office yesterday.
The Bazaarl Holiday goodp, BAN.
boo furniture, ladies' underwear and
notions; 6Si Commercial street
Fish Commissioner Reed has returned
from Seaside, where be was overseeing
the building of new shed NJ the
hatchery 10 BE- started there.
Cream Pure rye lmerica's finest
whisky. The nnly pure goods; guar
anteed rich and mellow. JOHN l..
| CARLSON. Sole Agent
A inarrlagc license WAS issued yes
tcriny afternoon 10 Matt Wlrkala. Of
Wahkiakum cOuty. Wash. and Miss
elise Holstr0m. OF ClatsOp county.
Ronlyn coal lasts longer, II cleaner
and makes less trouble with stoves and
chimney flues than any other. George
W. sanborn. agent Telephone 1911,
The steamer South Portland. with a
cargo Of general freight for San Fran
cisco for the o. H. q ~. arrived down
yesterday morning. She II carrying
no passengers.
VIII the party who picked up a small
package IN Griffin n Reeds Thursday
morning by mistake. containing pair
~ glasses, please return them. They
are OF no use 30 any one but the owner
and fhe needs them badly,
sasr@.
The steamer Geo W. Elder arrived
down early yesterday morning and left
out tor San Francisco at $50. She took
on several hundred tons Of shocks and
oysters nt this place. and despite the
severe weather started al once on her
trr.
In the action against sheriff Linylle
and Constable Kelly, the Clatsop c0uty
officers charged with overriding their
authority In the arrest OF a sailor.
demurrer was argued before Judge Bel
linger at Portland yesterday morning
ard submitted.
Wanted-S00 cords more or less OF
frrt growth, partly seasoned fir wood.
icur-foot lengths Delivered about 100
cords per month on board scow near
linnthorn cannery. Address. r. 7.
| JOHNSON. Room 10. ]. o. O. +. build
Ing. Portland, or.
The city board OF equalization was
In session yesterday 10 hear objections
10 the assessments for the Improvement
Of Fiftecnth street and OF Thirty
eighth street. No complaints were filed
ard the assessments wsre recommended
/ aauHrra4N ultfhnnf HhnNRa
schryver got fits yesterday he LETT
out part OF Herman Wise's ad and
Wise was up In arms. but peace has
been declared since Schryver. the As
torian nd printer has made the proper
corrections; our readers are requested
10 look over Wlse's ad and see what
he has TO say.
The officers elected al the meeting
OF the Astoria Progressive Association
We're ms follows: President. II. p. Ken
dali, president. A. Scherneckau;
secretary. II. s. Lyman; treasurer. j.
| n. Griffin; directors. G. Carnahan, Aug
ust Hilderbrand. Harrison Allen. II. NJ.
Castor and ], L. Gratke.
The British steamship Ching Wo.
Captain Harris. 95i7 tons. from Hiogo.
crossed In at 3 o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon and proceeded at once to the
quarantine station. She Is under char
ter to load wheat at Portland. The Gus
toms officials were put aboard last
evening, but she will not be dislnfected
till today,
James Petty returned yesterday from
| N.t,a X4Vl kuhnra h.. paRnNha
ago To assist Ia settling up the estate
II his uncle from which he will receive
as his share nearly $4,000. lie expects
to make his home In Astoria In the
future Ills brother Joseph, Is at Bell
yue hospital In New York City where
he Is TO be treated for paralysis.
The trouble between Captain Rollo. OF
tine ship palgrave. and the custom au-
thorltics at Tacoma. over the Jap sea.
man. Moto. who escaped from the YES
sci. has been settled. Captain Rollo
paid over TO the customs house $500.
| He has given up all hope Of finding the
| Jap before his ship sails and acting on
the advice OF the charteres has paid the
fine.
Farmers on Moran prairie near Spo-
kane, are interested In a recent flnd
OF graphite at that place and several
claims have been staked out already.
Assays have been made and II Is claim
ed very encouraging returns were re-
ceived. The find was made about two
weeks ago aud the vein Is said TO be
about foot wide with good surface
Indications.
| n . - "a
1 Northern Pacific liner Olympia arrived
at Victoria from the Orient Wednesday
/ morning, the former one day late and
the latter several days behind her time.
Both had encountered terribly rough
weather. The passage was marked
throughout by heavy easterly and
southeasterly winds, and. In fact, by
gales from nearly every point Of the
compass.
There has been a larger number of
vessels OF this seasons fleet TO arrive
| out from this port than from any other
on the entire coast, The average pas
saces were much better than ships from
the other ports, those from the Sound
averaging 1871 days, while the grain car
iiers from the Bay City reached 125
days. Four vessels from San Francisco
and two from the Sound have reported
out this season.
Tony Stevens. q lad about II years
OF age. In the employ OF the A. Dunbar
| Co., fell overheard Thursday evening
near the Miller dock and probably very
close to where young Jack Adams fell
recently One Of the evening papers
says that In falling he did not strike
anything, which sounds rather para
| doxlcal, and we might be led to be-
lleve he was falling yet but for the fact
that he was about yesterday none the
worse for the bad scare and duclSing he
got Help was fortunately at hand and
| attracted by his cries a couple OF men