The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-10-12

| evening ana ATTENDED the HfetlnH Ol
the Young Mems Republican Club
They have been working IN the towns
down the Washington side Of the Coz
lumbih ana everywhere met with much
enthusiasm. They were on their way
to attend meeting In 0rays River and
will return this evening
Prof. j. n. Beggs. who was an hon
AIRY member OF the Manila Guards. OF
McMinnyillc. which we're at the Astoria
regatta last year. has received his hon
orable discharge from the company. II
wah signed by Nellie Cooper. captain
| Manila Guards. commanding company.
and counterslgned by Satle Snyder
Cook. mubterlng officer. Indorsed upon
| the discharge was the following: Dis
tingulahed serylce-Astoria regatta. Re-
marks. SeryiceSgood and faithful"
Mr.. BeRgs values the document very
highly and VIII preserve II carefully.
Fred Kane died at 81. Elzabeth's
hospital at Raker City. Wednesday,
three weeks 10 the day from the trag-
edy at Bunker Hill. five miles from
there. In which he figured 40 proml-
nently. and whose real story will now
probably remain a mystery. for there
ia no longer any occasion for the legal
Investigation which would have brought
out all the facts A complaint Ia on
Ole In the Baker City justice court In
which the little girls uncl echarges
Kane with murder IN the first degree.
In having wlllfully caused the death
Of BABY Ruth Loney. but the warrant
Issued upon II was never served.
County Surveyor Astbury and party
have established their camp across .he
Walluski from which place they VIII
work for several days when the camp
VIII be- moved as required The work
u viewing the road viii occupy three
or four weeks time II the weather con-
tlnues good After the survey is made
/, viii be necessary TO secure a petit
ton. signed by n majority Of the vo-
tera ~ the county. for the Improvement
Inasmuch as the proposed improve
ment Is the most important of It's kind
ever undertaken here. the necessary
number OF names 10 the petition VIII
doubtless be easily secured. Actual
work on the Improvement cannot be
commenced until next spring.
John Farrell. more commonly known
as Doc" Farrell. was arrested yes
terday afternoon on a bench warrant
Issued from Columbia county on the
charge Of assaultlng a Chinaman on
the train while In that county. He
viii be taken there this morning TO an
swer TO the charge. II viii be re-
membered that he most numerically
beat Chlnaman while coming down
from Portland on Sunday night cou-
pie ~ weeks ago and when some one
tried to demonstrate he also assaulted
them. The next day he was arrested
In this city for drunken and dlsorderly
conduct and sentenced TO pay a fine
OF $40 or serve an equivalent time In
the, city fail. He went TO jail.
An Eastern salmon report says: To
the surprise OF everybody. the salmon
market is even stronger than II was at
the time Of writing last weeks report.
and prices obtainable today are higher
than they have ever been before in
the history OF the salmon business,
II is reported by reliable authority
that nearly the whole pack Of the pres
ent season ls closed out. DormRn.
Huxford & Co.. Boston. who make
salmon a speciality. report that their
sales this year have been the largest
In the history OF their business; and
the extreme high prices seem to make
no difference whatever In the demand.
While removing an acetylene gas
machine from the basement OF the Apex
saloon NJ Albany yesterday morning at
1926, an explosion occurred, killing 5.
Stoltz. a timer. and injuring Fred
Reese, proprietor Of the saloon. Stolze.
by Reese. went into the
basement with lighted candle. as they
thought the gas machine was empty.
II had not been used for several months.
and when Stoltz removed the cover
from the can the explosion occurred.
A piece OF the tank struck StoltZ near
the heart, making a large hole, and he
lived only few minutes. Reese is
seriously injured about the head, but
may recover Stoltz leaves wife, and
carried no insurance.
The sudden death Of Mr.. A, F. Beck
ner last Friday morning was a sur
prise TO his many friends In this city,
in fact to his family and neighbors.
He went 10 his bed Thursday night
In usual health and good spirits.
When the crew Of the logging camp
went to work Friday morning there
was no fire under the boiler Of the en-
glne. Mr.. Beckner was fireman, and
his l2-year-old son, Albert. who acted
In the capacity Of whistling boy, was
sent back to the house where the men
slept and there found his father dead.
Death evidently occurred during the
night. Heart failure was the cause as
signed His bereaved family, a widow
and six children. have the sympathy
Df a large circle Of neighbors and many
friends. Mr.. Beckner was born in Cos
hen, Ind, and resided In that state
until about 1889. when he moved to
Astoria. He was a good man; A faith
rul member OF the Episcopal church;
A kind husband and father, and a dill
gent worker. The funeral was held
from the church on Sunday afternoon,
he intarment taking place in Green
wood,