The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-10-22

Annie had not been N Tor some ims
and the city looked ~ good 10 her that
she felt IN dutv bound 10 acquire a jag
I Hhe was taken 10 'he city jail. and was
fined 81 yestsriay By Judge Nelson.
who suspended The hnc on condition
that she leaYc The ci.y ana return 70
her home II Annie paid all ihs fines
Niioa have been imposed on her In tho
I pJlice court. the entire municipal debt
wouI be- nb0lishel. Before departing
Tor home nst evening. shd promised 10
agsln come 10 'Dwn during the next
county election and use her Influence
70 "olec, all ,he old ciGzcng." PDlti-
/ ctlly. Annie r. a cross between a Demo-
crat ma Republican. bu, has thus
| FAR failed 20 WELD her influence In
su3pjrt u the Prohibition ticket
As was 10 have been expected Pr"s-
ldcnt dsllcn. u he Northern Pacific.
d.nlei the reported )ffer " Ss.j10,GOO
for the Astoria road. The manner In
which .hc 1en.al was made. however.
sccms % indicate that Msllen was IN
/ sincere He evidently meant 20 ridi-
culs me ldch as one absurd In every
/ particular The Ast0nan insists. how
ever hat the rumor was reported by
gentleman who keeps IN close touch
with happening, In the railroad
world. The alleged offer sd not
by any means constitute the fea-
ture Of the article n ques1)n. which
set forth that uuiizltion ol ihe Colum-
bia waterleye route was contemplated.
Only continuance of the community-of-
lnicres, system wifi prevent MS. It Is
noticeable that. while fIlll. u the Great
Northern. aud Mrllsa. of the Northern
Pacific. have been so quick 20 make
dcnials. the leaders Il he other COM
bnatlon Are keeping rather quiet.
While excnvitIng under the Music
HAL. AZ the corner u Astor aud Eighth
streets yesterday william Beasiey and
John MInarI made a grcwsome dIscJy-
cry. Three or four feet under a pile Of
rubbish they came across human
skull The skull was no, buried. but
had been covered BY trash thrown, pre-
sumably. from the backdoor Of a Chi
nrre e.tablishmeD, Just back oi the
Music Hail The skull wa taken %
the Office of Dr. Estes The doctor says
Il is that u a Fla;held Indian. and
he Is satisfied that the Indian had been
dead Tor 20 or 100 years The man was
past middle age. The skull Is in a bad
state q preservation. part ot (, hav-
Ing crumblei away. /. had the appear
ance ~ having been trushed IN. but Or.
Estes says is appearance IN this re-
spent Is due 20 the rayages of time. The
skull was either washed there or Dlic-
el on the spot In years long gone By.
II L. remarkable tha; Il was never be-
fore discovered. as 1t was merely COW
cred W by tho rubbish.
An Incident which demonstrates the
whole soulei nature OF the American
people occurred az last nlghts meeting
% the council, AliernIn Fred Wright.
u the Third ward. stated a. the con-
clusIon OF the business session tha, the
COW ot one OF his constituents had been
imp5undrd. The animal. he said was
very docilc lnl the poundmaster SEEM
cd 20 have been bent on .mp'unlIng the
animal whenever possible. He sall that
when the COW was recently lmp1undei
the people living near the home " the
owner adv1nced the necessary s. 30 Sc
cure rs release The owner n the ami
nal IS Jacob Jackson. very desery-
Ing, though most unfortunate man
Mrs Jackson has been i'l with cancer
yor number ~ years and her hus-
bands efforts % restore her TO health
have rendered him pennlsss The
womln Is now az Inc point ~
death, and. as The husband must re-
main at hone to care for her. the fam
Gy ia dependen upon the ne.ghbors for
food. Some u the people had asked
Mr. Wright II there WAS not some way
OF returning the money. Mayor Berg
man told Mr. Wright there was no le-
gal manner OF getting the amount, bu:
he suggested that the difficulty could
De overcome in another wav When he
hat was passed every person At the
meeting contributed 50 cents. and Sc
was raised, The money was turned
over to Mr.. Wright AMI will doubtless
prove a welcome surprise to the un-
fortunate family.
With rare haNlhood. Councilman
BriN has undertaken to solve the COW
question, ana al last nights meeting
" the council introduced a new treat
lse on the subject. The ordinance de-
fines the new. pound limits, which shall,
under It's terms extend from the har-
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