The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-07-01

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ter IL too clear the FISH nght shy Of
The nets.
You can save 81 on pair OF shoes
by buying al r. o, Walters, Our Good
year welt line In tan and black for 50
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combination Of style. beauty ana wear.
None better made.
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whiskey for health's sake. Harper's
Whiskey makes life worth living. Sold
by Foard & Stokes Co.. Astoria.
The city council meeting tomorrow
evening will have considerable busi-
ness Of Importance 10 transact. The
question OF street lighting viii again
be brought up, and other questions Of
public Importance viii be- considered.
II ls suggested By the members OF
the Fourth Of July committee that the
merchants and residents generally re-
move boxes aud other rubbish from the
streets before the celebration. The
suggestion is a good one and should
be generally complied with.
The Astorian today publishes the
names Of those chosen as reception
committee for the Fourth. Mayor Berg
man, who IL chairman Of the committee.
requests that all members meet at the
committee headquarters At $3.50 Tues.
day night.
About 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon
somc one shot and killed the valuable
setter belonging 20 S. V. Leabo. on
Ninth street near Grand avenue. The
dog was killed In the yard OF II neigh
Dor and the name OF the one who did
the killing Is known.
The pretended agent for Munsey's
and the Cosmopolitan. who worked AS
toria a week or two ago. securing many
subscribers for these magazines by
offering a special reduced rate for
cash. has been exposed as a fraud
by the publishers. He has worked
several of the Valley towns to his own
profit and accumulated good sum by
his enterprise, The police will make It
warm for him II he tries to work the
same dodge in this part OF the country
again.
Those who will participate in the
pugillstlc contests on Tuesday night
are doing some hard training to pre-
pare for the occasion. Jack Hin Is In
splendid shape and will give Laghter
hard battle In the main event. Over
fifty Of Portlands ring admirers have
engaged admission and probably as
many more will determine to come be-
fore the departure Of the train. The
contest between Hin and Laghter will
be deferred until the arrival OF the
train from Portland. The last-named
contestants viii enter the ring at l45
pounds each.
The Schott recital tomorrow prom
ises to be the musical event OF the
season. The people of Astoria on that
occasion viii have another opportunity
to hear Herr Anton Schott who has
been pronounced by many eminent
musical critics TO be the greatest Wag-
merriam tenor the world has produced,
At the Gadski recitals IN San Fran
cisco In which Herr Schott assisted the
prima donna, the audience showed its
high appreciation of his artistic effort
by continued applause, which was
equal, II not greater. than that award
ed to the eminent Wagnerian So
prano. Herr Schott is to be assisted
by several Of his pupils who are ex-
ceedingly popular in Portland and AS
tora musical circles. On this occa-
sion will be heard Mrs, ]. t. Ross; the
full, sympathetic soprano of Astoria's
favorite, Miss Reba Hobson; the eul-
tured voice Of Miss velgeuh, so popular
with Portland audiences; the sweet,
mezzo-soprano OF Herr Schott's assist
ant, Miss otelia Schucking, and the
clear stentorlan tones Of Astoria's son,
Mr.. Belcher. The management has
placed the admission at the extreme
ly low price of so cents. Reserved
seats can be secured without extra
charge at Griffin & Reeds,
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