The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-11-22


Lawrence II. Westdahi. who has been
In the city for several days, the guest
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Trenchard. left yes
tcrday morning for Portland on his
return TO Seattle.
The Epworth League VIII give so
clal Al the residence " Mr. and Mrs.
A. ". shiDlsy. 80 Franklin avenue.
this evening. All young people. .spec'
tally strangers, welcome.
The British ship Leicester Castle
cleared at the custom house yesterday
with 1859 bushels OF wheat. valued
az tG9.7b0, She goes TO Queenstown.
Falmouth or Plymouth for orders.
II is stated that within less than
month trains viii be running over the
Great Northern railway 10 Seattle
through the Cascade tunnel, on which
work was started something over two
years ago.
a certificate was fled In Recorder
CllntOn'n Office yesterday by Frank
Vaughn, who II thereby entitled 10
practice his profession Of dentistry In
this city. Mr.. Vaughn VIII locate In
the dental Office lately vacated by Mr.
Smith,
The ladies Of the Holy Innocents
Guild will hold sale of fancy articles
IN the building next TO Schoneld Il
Ilnnkr, UppcrtOwn. On Saturday. Mo-
vcmbcr q. commencing at $3.50 D. m.
Tho sale viii continue afternoon ard
evening.
Pursor chambrcau who has been
running on the upper Columbia river
toata for several years. arrived down
the river yesterday morning and viii
act a. purscr on the steamer Mayfiower.
which ia on the Ilwaco route. while the
Nahootta Is undergoing repairs at Port
land.
ChRrlea Wise. proprietor Of the Mu-
sic Hall on Astor street. has purchased
the interest Of Kinney 4 Gribler In the
i,lchmond on the 9pposide side OF the
street. and will remove from his pres
ent location about the first o. the
month Mr.. Wise 1as secured a tve-
year lease on the building.
The annual bazaar given by the Ia
dies of the Presbyterian church. vi be
held Friday evening. November 20. at
f.a0 o'clock In the basement OF the
church. nesidea the fancy articles,
there will BE- for sale home made cakes.
jelies pickles. etc Refreshments win
also be served during the evening.
The Ladies' Guild Of Grace church
gave an afternoon tea at the residence
OF Mrs ~. Foard yesterday There
was a large number present, The pro-
ceeds which were for the benefit Of the
church. amounted to about SIS. A mu-
slcal program was rendered and among
those taking part were Mesdames
Trenchard. Van DuEen and Houston.
and the MiSses Foard.
c. f.. Macrum. late consul from the
United States TO Pretoria. South Afri-
ca, Is visiting in Tacoma, Mr.. Macrum
In the consul that created such a sem
Ration about year ago by insisting on
leaving his post, and remaining silent
as TO his real reason for this action
until he had reached this country.
when he stated that British officials had
tampered with his official mall
Port Captain c. s. Gunderson is in
receipt OF communication from Dr.
Hill Hastings requesting that masters
OF vessels having passengers or crews
consisting OF Chinese or japanese from
ports In China or Japan. be Informed |
that such vessels viii hereafter be dis |
infected at the station and 10 save |
time may proceed directly TO the quar- |
antlne wharf for inspection and dlsln-
feotion,
Sheriff Llnvllle and Constable Kelly |
have returned from Portland, where |
they went 10 plead In the case Of TAX |
ing the sailors from the British ship |
Cedarbank while the ship was In charge |
OF T. s. marshal. on account OF the |
Oregon bar convention In session on |
Tuesday the case did not come on for |
trial and they returned, leaving their |
case In the hands OF Attorney c. w. |
Fulton. who will enter a plea II not |
guilty.
The o. r. n N. Co. are making nego-
tlations to purchase the coal compos-
Ing the cargo Of the Robert Dollar and
II Is understood have made her consign-
ees an offer for the coal providing they
would take II TO Portland. The steam
pipe for the Dollar arrived yesterday
and was tested at the Astoria Iron
Works in the afternoon. It seems that
an attempt was being made 10 turn the
Dollar around whe nshe parted her ca
BILE and went adrlft on Tuesday.
The Kuetemeyer murder trial Is still
In progress at Portland. The principal
witness yesterday was William Lay
ftal1 MI uslt uN he kttv,a |
the latter was killed. Iayfeld being
an eye witness the testimony was Inn
portant and was rather damaging TO
the defense. Mrs. Lunruit has been
present throughout the trial so far. The
spectacle Of mother assisting In the
OF her son to such an ex-
tent as to engage an attorney Is an un-
usual one, but Mrs. Lunrult defends
herself by saying that he took away the
only man who ever loved her or was
good to her.
The delegates to the state judges, as
SCISSORS and commissioners convention
In Portland yesterday declared by reso-
utlon, for the repeal Of the scalp law
" the state. They favor amendments
10 the road and state poll tax law, and
Tor the raising Of the personal tax to
II per year, also the abolishment of
he state poll and adding It to the
road poll tax. In the afternoon the
most radical recommendation was re-
ported, 1t was the subject Of a long
lebate in committee, and. when intro
luced, brought on the first spirited dis
,ussion that has yet been had. It Is
he report Of the committee on equall-
sation matters. It is proposed that
state tax be raised on the per capita
basis, based upon the returns of the
United States census. In case this reso-
ution should fail. the committee sug-