The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 24, 1899, Page 7

THE FRANCISCO CALL, SUN Y, SEPTEMBER 24 MISCELLANEOUS. R e e e e e e e e e e R S e s a sl ] E YOU SAVE MONEY AT —More Bargains than 44440444444 That's why we are und R SA _PARLOR GHAI %:7.50 made of solld at, high back; 1,50 rked ROCK- carved 477,35 <ERS; high . broad’arms, } pr ted— 4444444444444 4044044000040 04 400 This 10.00 $10,00. covered in CARPET AN - chair est Sanf Roxbury Brussels Car- ¥ Per yard.. c r ? 1s Carpet; sold e at.. Koe t of naw da- 51 = 1 , extra quality...... to ity Mattings. To closs per 5o a5¢ c to E0o quality. D444+ 44 444444 4444444404004 3444444944444 4 40400444 PATTOSIEN'S. Furniture, bought when the market was 40 per cent lower than it is to-day. hurnishing business in San Franecisco to-day. You must visit us, if it’s only to see what we have to give you—— ever—arrival of an entire train-load of new, reliable erselling all others and doing the bulk of the house- Seecond floor. LE. LAGE CURTAINS AND DRAPERIES. An expose of new lace curtain loveliness and cheapness unexcelled in California. Despite per- sistent advances throughout the lines, we place before you curtains of unquestionable elegance at figures much below the prevailing prices of last season. a palr—real renalssance, real cluny and Swiss : Irish point lace curtains—choice of the ourtain- | maker's artistic r(vdue(!onkéu!( brought over | —— from France and Switzerland's sunny climes, | ana worth $10 00. | | pair—$12 50 curtains, every pair of them. Re- | " plenish now when we can benefit you by the low- n of last year's prices—renaissance, point go Calais, Brussels, Lednams, etc. a palr—here is excellsncs! A collection of CALIFORNIANS HAVE GOOD CLAIMS AT CAPE NOME Many of the Mines Along the Beach Damaged by Storms—Work of the Courts. ANVIL CITY, Alaska, Bept. 8.—Anvil City is but a few months old, yet it has the distinction of being the first city in this and the Yukon River section of the Alaskan Territory where a trial by jury has ever been held. Charles S. Johnson, United States Dis- | trict Judge; Albert D. Ellfot, clerk of the United States District Court and ex- | officlo mecretary for Alasia, and Alfred | J. Daly, Assistant United States District | Attorney, have been here for a week in | an endeavor to untangle the complica- | Tt e e e T e L D T T men wanting some other man’'s gold | there was considerable speculation as to mine. In the short time that the court| whether some of the smaller sh! 1 |in the harbor would be able to ride could spare to this place it attended to |In no less than twenty-one suits and there | Ou% the storm, Ry R O were more to be heard from. Of the | of them came ashore—the Fisher Brothers number heard there were four libel suits. | %nd Ji?mesl 31 Swnln, f{umisealtlg. t1:hhe In the case of Hyde et al. ve. Thibault, | Swan is_slowly going to pleces, bul e the parties to the sult agreed to ““""?Z}"Sh}:{gfifi?mfi? Suct hsegt;lm_':d. ale: Gl ety filled and sank.” It will be raised in & few it up next summer. The claim above this {s being worked and pays over $100 & day to_the man. Butters and the Peake brothers, from Stockton, are still taking out the yellow metal_in quantities to open one's eyes. One of our leading attorneys here is using the Lindblom nugget, valued at $300, for a paper-weight, but he takes it with him when he goes' to lunch. The bench mining had a setback for soveral days owing to the severe storm, but is now being pushed as vigorously a8 before, During the storm the tide washed in on the dlgéngs and fllled them to the largs bevel plate mirror. - 00 the finest hand-made goods—Brussels for 12 D5 o i 1 O‘ parlors—Plauen points and Battenbe . e L — wide, clegant, luxurlous borders—close made and finished—our patterns, or well covered. speclal design R for §2 00 rufMed net chamber curtatna \ for $8 50 select = or $2 00 guipure lace curtains. 4 95 e o el ek 35 for $2 (9 frilled muslin curtains. . Mol = g ;m‘!xfi f)\m:wnm;mcd] Saxony net curtains. iad e . or $2 00 Alexandria lace curtains. e eetauiteh for §2 75 lace curtains—odd lots. for $11 50 dressers, P Travelers’ samples and 1+ 8.50) 25 Bevil piaie e C ——— “mill_ends”—the cholc- U e trs! Eel e urtain Corners—— il entsilme chole: and 1500 assorted styles—long, short, wide, narrow, single and Goubls borders—Trish polnt, Brussels, point de Paris, tam- 10 55\*; besutitul enemel | bour—in fact every Imsginablo style, 5 . dres ~ a5 marked at ridiculou ow prices, for brass handles and | furor selling—$1 00, T6¢, 500, dOwn to........ C each for $6 pure white | for $8 California for $18 50 box couch, $5 wool Calffornia blan- white Wwool blankets full spring edge, kets—blue, pink and | “blus, pink and atent Mift. springs scarlet borders—double bed | scarlet borders—72x80 in.— ancy figured denim. | size, 70x80 in.—welght § 1bs. | weight 6 Ibs. D RUG SALE. and Wilton Carpets, in lengths from 5 to 20 yards, suitable for small rooms and halls—prices from $2.50 to $12 per remnant. Rugs to fit any sizs room, from $7.50. | LINOLEUM. | All quoted hers is four yards wide and in four grades, s Bl n's Linoleum, known the world over: A grade, regular $118 Now square yard 5 csesess B8O square yard.75e square yard.65¢ square yard.536 latest 35¢ B grade, regular 0o. Now C grade, regular 80o. Now D grade, regular T5c. Now Linoleum, big range of patterns, styles. Per yard. Remnants of Brussels, Moquette, Axminster Made=-up Carpet RUGS Fine Wilton and Bromley Reversible Rugs. Wilton rugs, 6x3. £:8x10:6 a Rugs, size 30x60 inche: $ ow. £1.65 Bromley Rugs, § feet long by 6 feet widy 87.5 7 feet @ inches wide by 10 feet § inches long .81 12 feet long by 9 feet wide. (th and Mission. ALL ROADS LEAD TO PATTOSIEN’S. ™e B S S e SSRGS SASSSSSSSSAARRRAARRAAAOOSSSSSSS ater Bullding, San Jose. NEW SUGAR FACTORY. Will Be Constructed Near Pleasanton in a Short Time. pt. 23.—For weeks ors of a big deal In the vicinity of Pleas- so vague that it was nything definite until s that a large nstructed at and ADVERTISEMENTS. Sensibly expended there s. The Florence 0il De- velopment Co.offers bright people an opportunity to make it. W a c WE OWN OIL LAND. We ar: developing it Stock cannot be assessed. Information is free, Do yvou want to leard truth? Write and ask for it. Some treasury stock is yet to be had, but only at par. Tha Florence Oil Bevzlopment Co., Cal rnfa r'n’»‘ and Trust SAN AT R T I used Ely's Cream ‘Balm for catarrh and have received great I believe it a safe and certain cure. Very pleasant to take Fraser, Rocl 1s placed into over the mer . immedia VDO DDV VDD visir DR. JORDAN’S crear MUSEUY OF ANATORY 1051 AZEETST. bet. 6:bTth, B.F.Cl, comical M pesitively cure o3 the Coast argest Ana Spec 36 years UR. JORDAN—PRIVATE DISEASES ¢ Pos.tive Curein eve: ‘ Write for Book, PHILOSOPEY of MARRIAGE, MAILED FREE. {A el valuable be PE JORDAN &< > ADWAYS’S READY RELIEY has stood R has uarivaled before the public for 60 years as a Fain Remedy, It instantly relieves and quickly cures all Colds, Sore Throats, Influenza, Bron- chitls, Preumonia, Rheumatism, Netralgla, keadache, Toothache and ail pains. Internall; for Malaria snd all Bowel Al . < SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF THE STATE tion at San Jose. — -9 | Plans for the Celebra-) | Epectal Dispatch to The Call. on of the i alifornia to be d in this Encou; g letters are be- from prominent ploneers veterans all over the t he citizens of this city will leave | ng undone to m it the most mem- le event in Califo istory. Committees are al hard at-work. ve been sent to all the plo- neer socleties, Mexican veterans and every '4%er on the coast. The Native Sons and Daughters of the Golden West have come forward with thelr hearty support and it is certain this golden jubilee of | statehood will draw thousands of visitors to Callfornia. San Jose was the first capital of Cali- fornia and it is appropriate that the cele- bration be held here. The entertainment will be varied and historical. It will be opened in the form of a legislative meet- The few members alive will be in prfitflnl and in their seats and old plo- Peers will impersonate those who are dead and missing when the roll is called. Rev. Mr. Wiley of Alameda, the chap- lain ¢ the first Legislature, will open with prayer and efforts will be made to secure Padre Raminez, it still allve, who was also & chaplain of that body, to de- liver the benediction. ‘After this there will be all kinds of en- tertainment and sports, followed by general reunion of the ‘“‘old boys.” " Old Spanish and native Californian games and sports will be presented. Thers will also be a fine musical and literary pro- mme. Judge McKinstry of Ban Fran- cisco has been invited to deliver the ora- tion for the occasion. The various committees in charge of the celebration are as follows: Executive committe: e I Martin | (chairman). A. P, Murgotten (secretary), | 1. A. Spitzer, M. Schallenberger, A. Mat- | A, C. Darby, J. R. Ryland, James P. Bex, Martin Doerr, J. H. Galligan, Hon. | Nilés Searls, J. I 'Spear, Captain 'W. L. Duncan, T. Eilard Beans, 8. W, Boring, J. B. Church, Gus Lion, H. M. Bland, E. O. Smith, Mrs. J. M. Murphy. Villlam Lake, Miss L. Byers, Gei C. Ketchum, John Domingos, B. s FinanceA. Greeninger, J. D. Miner, Aitred Barstow, C. M. Hatcher, Paul P! Austin, Leo B. Archer, John Auzerals, | | William Osterman, Franc Stock, ¥red M! A} 1 C ¥ er le, x-Goodrich, Mrs! Joseph S K. W T3 ilth, Church, 1a Koe le, Jessie MAY VISIT TEXAS. President Diaz of Mexico Accepts an | Invitation. | AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 23.—Governor | Sayers to-day recelved a letter from Pres- | | {dent Porfirio Diaz of Mexico in response | to an official invitation to attend the | international fair and exposition to be | | held in Ban Antonio, Texas, in November. | President Diaz states that he will take | Pleasure in saccepting the invitation, | for doing s should he find opportunity Governor Sayers has also received let ters from the Covernors of a mumber of States of Mexico advising him that they | will attend the fair. WEIR IS ACQUITTED. NAPA, Sept. 2—The preliminary ex- amination of Joseph Weir, charged with | robbing the Calistoga and Clear Lake | stage on the 14th inst, was held here | to-day_before Justice Chinn of St. He- lena. P, J. Mogan of San Francisco rep- resented the defense, while District At- torney P. A. Bell looked after the inter- est of the prosecution. ‘As the evidence introduced was not strong enough to hold the defendant he | at WTPATHY T0 " FRHNCE LESSENED Germany Will Exhibit at the Exposition. e Copyrighted, 1599, by the Assoclated Press. BERLIN, Sept. 23.—The Government this week exerted strong pressure to induce German industry and commerce to abandon all movement against the Exposition. Chief Commissioner hter sent a note to all the leaders of the movement, giving strong reasons why it would be unwise for Germany and injurious to her interests not to appear as strong as possible in Paris in 1900. This and other facts have had effect, and it may be sald that the anti-expansion movement In Germany is entirely dead. A curious feature is that the note dwelt on the fact that the exposition is not a political but purely economic enterprise, and that the mis- take of 1899, which serlously injured Germany's commercial prestige, must not be repeated. The Emperor is wroth at the Berlin municipality’s refusal to co-operate with his plan for the embellishment of the vicinity of the royal castle by the removal of all the neighboring old ramshackle buildings. The municipal- ity, of which Herr Singer and other so- clalists are prominent members, justi- | fies the refusal by the plea that the millions required to carry out the plan cannot be spared, as they are needed to meet the increasing demands of the municipal treagury for the assistance of the poor and for the communal schools. Hls Majesty is convinced that the real reason for the refusal is the domination of the radical and revolu- tlonary elements. As a sign of his displeasure the Em- peror has instructed the Minister of the Interior to withhold the confirma- tion of the new Chief Mayor, Herr Kirschner, until there is a visible sign of the improved political attitude of Berlin, or force the election of a man wholly to the Emperor’s tastes for the office. Germany will soon have new postage stamps of one, two, four and five marks. They are to be closely mod- eled after the size and style of the nited States Columbian stamps of he floods have subsided throughout Ger: ny. The damage done is enor- amounting to mlillions of marks. The magnificent Prince Regent bridge at Munich has been completely demol- ished. It will be reconstructed wholly the expense of the Prince Regent, at a cost of about a million marks. Lilll Lehman, the singer, was kept a prisoner by the flood throughout the week in her villa at Schaerfling. The press this week devoted unusual space to American politics. Regarding the anti-trust convention at ‘- Chicago the opinion has been expressed that neither party dares to seriously fight the trusts. Thomas B. Reed’s reported candidacy for President is hailed with approval, and President McKinley's Pittsburg speech is bitterly condemned as “undignified and insincere.” The semi-official Post in an inspired article quoting the New York Tribune's article on German-American relations says: “This and other articles elsewhere show these relations have indeed {m- proved.” The paper expresses the hope that “this good work will go on.” On request of the Austrian butchers the directors of the German National Butchers' Association will call a meet- ing to consider summoning a REuro- pean butchers’ congress against Amer- ican meat imports. Congressman TLoud of California sailed fon home this week after com- pleting his study of the German postal eystem. Advances made on furniture and planos, with without removal, 2017-108 YR egrcccat s Mission, A jury was empaneled from | the bystanders and upon hearing the ovi- | dence brought in & verdict for the plain- | tiff. This decision entitles the plaintiff to the possession of clalm 7 on Dexter Creek. A motion for a new trial was | denied. . | In the case of Engelstadt vs. Dufrane, | a suit brought through breach of con- tract, & receiver was appointed in the | person of A. M. Pape of the Alaska Com- | mercial Company, who will have charge of the claim (No. 10 on Dexter Creek) | untl] the case is decided. Mr. Pape gave | 310,00 bonds. Outside of the libel suits, the cases | nearly all were applications for receiv-| ers or restraining orders as fo mining | claims, in which the title or ownership is in dispute between two Or more par- ties. “The question in dispute in most cases is as to who Is real locator or in- Volving the question as to location by ower of attorney, or parties locating be- ng forelgners. There was no decision made in the power of attorney cases. | This question will come up before the | next court, which will be held next June | or_July. | Judge Johnson on this trip held the first court ever held on the Yukon River. | The first Grand Jury ever empaneled in this section of the Territory was at Cir- cle City. brought in four true bills Sit1 Fefused to indict In four cases. The cases will be tried next summer by this| court. Judge Johnson is the only Judge | that Alaska has, and he certainly has his hands full. He and his party came | in over the lake and river route to Daw- | son_about the middle of July, and stop. | ping at the following places he appointed | Court Commissioners and Deputy United | States Marshals: Eagle City, Circle City Rampart City, Weare, Anvik, Peavy an Anvil City. At this place Alonzo Raw- eon was appointed Court Commissioner and J. H. Lee Marshal. Notaries were also appointed at Lagle, Circle, Rampart St. Michael and Anvil City. Dewey’s for mer dispatch boat McCullough is now at| St. Michael, waiting to take the party | back to Sitka. | Governor John G. Brady will join them | at St. Michael and be a member of the| party from there. He is making a trip| over the Territory for the purpose of | looking after the needs of the people, | which will be embodied in his annual re- | port to the Department of the Interior. | Tt will be of interest to the many friends of Dr. J. R. Gregory at Healdsburg, Cal., | to learn that the doctor, who is post sur- | eon at St. Michael, is the owner of No. 3 helow Discove on Anvil Creek. His claim prospects well at any point and al-| though he, or rather his Som, the young Dr. Gregory, has not done any work on it | more than prospecting, he is very much pleased SitR RIS prospects and will open | days. The Alaska Exg!omum Company’s two barges, filled with merchandise, also |~ cluded’to try to land, and did very well until they got into the b ers, where one of them fillled with water. Soon boxes floated in all directions, and when they drifted ashore there was a mel war among a small army of scavengers, each trying to_secure everything that came ashore. They would wade out into the {ce-cold water up to their armpits, and one or two came near being drowned. The Alaska Exploration Company’s men were powerless to protect their goods untl the soldiers arrived ?ndflgfl !(‘;ne. and then the matter was settled by the company pay- ing for the merchandise that el Bedn thus collected as salvage. Peter Johnson and John Stonehouse called upon me and wished to have The Call state that an l.rtlyle published in a San Francisco paper of July 2 clalming to be an interview with Mrs. H. W. Bens was Incorrect so far as to their death; also that John Morrison, James Hutton and Earl Plummer are allve and well They say that Mrs, Bens is a good an brave woman, but that she was not alone | after her husband's death for any length of time except a two and a half mile walk through the snow to the camp, from which place she was taken to Nulato. They state that the two Pickering brothers from Kentucky were killed by the Powpick Indians. Peter Power of Milton, Cal., supposed to have been lost in the slide at Sheep’s Camp three years ago, is here and doing well. Reports of a rich strike on Ophir Creek in the Galovin Bay -district have just reached here and quite a number of miners have gone to try thelr luck there. When the packtrain from the creek claims came in yesterday it carried In the neighborhood of 500 pounds of gold dust. It came out of a claim on Snow Gulch. Partles owning these rich claims are very reticent about giving out the amount of their outputs, as there is dan- ger of robbery from some of the rough element. One man was relieved of $324 while on the beach. There were two nice nuggets in this amount, one being valued at $26 and the other at $10. The party suspected as_being the thief has not yet out lar been arrested. The miners who are taking amounts are having trouble to find safe places to keep their dust. One large safe n_town is filled with sacks of gold. The United States revenue cutter The- tis made her second visit to-day. She will leave after a few hours’ stay The town 18 experiencing quite a bulld- ing boom. There are a few largs buld- ings going up and probably a hundred smaller houses to be used for winter Quarters by miners. Lumber is worth $125 per thousand. QleRANTINE AGAINST INFECTIOUS DISEASES Important Matters to Come Up at the | Next Meeting of the State Board of Health, LOS ANGELE: 22.—When the State Board of Health meets in Los An- | geles on September 23 plans will be dis- | cussed to prevent the Introduction of | smallpox and other contagious diseases | into Southern California through infection | by unrestricted travel from = Arizona, | Texas or Mexico. Dr. Randolph W. Hill, | the Los Angeles member of the board, to- | day was notified of the proposed meeting, The medical fraternity is almost a unit | that something must be done to bring | about the end desired. Health Officer L. | M. Powers has requested the authorities | to devise plans to police the Arizona and | Mexican borders. [ It is more than probable that inspectors will be placed at all points of ingress on the State border to prevent the bringing of contagion into the State. Dr. Crow- ley’s proposal to quarantine against con- sumption also will be further discussed. | It is expected that some decided a will be taken in this matter, as phy: are taking more than a passing Interest in_the subject. Dr. Hill said to-day that he will make report to his colleagues, suggesting a thorough Inspection of the milk supply | of the State. Dr. Hill has been making | some Investigations of this subject for | some time and is desirous that the State Board at once appoint a milk and dairy inspector for Southern California. CRIMINAL NATURE OF , SEVEN-YEAR-OLD BOY Tried to Wreck Cars and Then Brokel All the Furniture in His Cell. SAN RAFAEL, Sept. 23.—Manuel Morris 1s only 7 years old—a wee bit of a child, who will hardly weigh forty pounds—and yet the local authorities declare that every inch of him is composed of the material of which criminals are made, Little Manuel has not pniy found pl ure in destroying raflroad property at a time when his depredations were likely to result in a passenger train being derailed, but when he was placed in jail fed his depraved appe.ite by smashing the win- dows and furniture of his cell. His child- fsh anger knew no bounds and Sheriff Taylor has developed into a most scien- tific Aodger in keeping out of the way of missifes slung at his head by tne diminutive prisoner. Last evening Manuel loosened the brakes on several freight cars and let them crash Into other ireight cars on a siding in such a way that the end of one of the cars was in the path of passenger trains. He was detected by Station Agent Doody and taken before Justice Gardner, who imposed a fine of $10. In default o sayment the child was sent to jail for ten ays. Fhis morning Sheriff Taylor found the windows of the cell smashed and every- thing in the apartment transformed Into a mass of debris. On opening the door to Temonstrate with the youthful prisoner Taylor was made the mark for a plece of bed slat, but dodged the missile and caught hold of Manuel before he could Tepeat the trick. The authorities say the boy will have to be-sent to a reform- atory. GOVERNMENT AGENT FINED. Shot Quail for the Agricultural Bu- reau Collection. COVELO, 3ept. 22.—The game laws of Mendocine County have wrought serious trouble to hunters from abroad. The ar- rest to-day and fine of $20 imposed upon Vernon Bailey of the United States Bi- ological Suryey for shooting quail proves that no technical defense is acceptable. Balley's defense was that he was gather- | ing specimens for the Government collec- tion for the United States Department of Agrlculture, villiam -Middlestead of San Francisco was fined $30 for having deer hides In his possession, 8 | much better than in the olden dayi TRADES UNION MAN WHO DEFENDS TRUSTS President Schaffer of the Iron and Steel Workers Before the In- dustrial Commission. WASHINGTON, Sept. —Theodore Schaffer of Pittsburg, president of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, was a witness before the Industrial Commission te-day. He said that about 70 per cent of the iron, steel and tin workers were organized. After 1882 the ironworkers suffered 30 per cent reduction of wages, the steel workers 10 per cent and the tinworkers 25 per cent, but since the recent prosperity began the wages have been almost leveled up by advances. The trade was now more pros- perous than it ever had been, but the wages were not quite as high as in 1892 The workers in iron, steel and tin were not getting the advantage under the slid- ing scale of the recent increase in prices. This was due to the fact that mills were filling contracts made some months, and, in some cases, & year ago. Asked about trusts, Mr. Schaffer sald he had much respect for them. He would not call them “trusts.”” Thelr effect thus far had been beneficial to the iron, steel and tin workers. As a general rule, he said, he belleved the members of his or- ganization would prefer to deal with com- binatlons and large corporations than with | be- smaller and independent mills. He lleved if the big combinations could be regulated by 'ongressional enactment strikes could be avoided. In his experi- ence he had always had fair treatment in negotiating with these combinations. did not believe they prevented competi- tion. E. B. Norris of Sodus, N. Y., master of the State Grange of New York, was a witness. He thought the condition of the farm laborer, physically and morally, wfix y e had more privileges, he was better edu- cated and informed and obtained wages high enough to enable him to lay aside something if he was sober and indus- trious. LS GUNBOATS REACH THE PORT OF ARENAS Will Be Sent Up the Hondo River in the Campaign Against Maya Indians. CA, Mexico, Sept. 23.—Officfal ad- were received here to-day of the at the port of Arenas on the coast atan of two gunboats recently pur- chased in New Orleans by General Ortiz Monasterio. These boats are named the chiache and Montezuma, and will be im- mediately sent up the Hondo River fully Manned with troops and rapid-fire guns 1o ald the land forces in the campaign which Is soon to be Inaugurated against the rebellious Maya Indians. The Indians have been at work for sev- eral montt nstructing strong intrench- ments, It is reported that they have been receiving valuable aid in the way of arms and ammunition from wealthy Mexican Tefugees ding in British Honduras, Who. in addition to their desire to see the Mexican forces defeated, hope to re= ceive substantial rewards from the Indian chiefs. S e MARYSVILLE'S DRAGON. Shipped to Chicago for the Dewey Parade. MARYSVILLE, Sept. 23.—Marysville en- joys the distinction of harboring the only Chinese dragon in America that is awe-in- spiring In the sight of Celestials. At Jeast it would seem that way, judging by the many long journeys his dragonship is called upon to make. The immense thing has been borrowed for celebrations in Southern California and Nevada and now it is to go to Chi- cago, Ien\'m% here by express L0-morrow morning to be the feature of the parade to be held in the Windy City in honor of Admiral Dewey. Half a car has been re- served for its transportation and two Chi- nese will accompany it to and from Chi- He ISTORINS AT BETTER TS The Vanderbilt System Brings Hope. e T B QUESTION OF THE TERMINAL e WOULD BE A VAST SAVING TO AGRICULTURISTS. s Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. ASTORIA, Sept. 23.—Whether or not the Vanderbilt ocean-to-ocean system is to terminate at Astoria 1s a question that is being anxiously discussed in North- west railroad circles. The fact that the Astorfa and Columbia River Raflroad is owned or controlled by men who are in- terested in the Vanderbilt system gives rise to the belief that this city will be made the Western terminal of the new transcontinentai, and that in the near future all the products of the Columbian besin will be shipped from this port. The Astoria and Columbia River Rail- road runs to Portland, where it connects with the transcontinentals. Thus far the latter roads have refused to grant com- mon point rates to Astoria except on lum- ber and wheat is still shipped from Port- land. The common point question has been agitated for several months past and & plan {8 now on foot to make it a po- litical issue In the next State election. Advocates of the Astoria proposition contend that the granting of common point rates to this port means a saving of over three millions of dollars annually tg the farmers of the inland empire. . At the present time the Oregon Rallway and Nav] ga((on Company, Great Northern and Northern Paciic are under agreement to maintain certain rates. The Oregon road has a great advantage over the lines ter- minating on Puget Sound in a fine down grade, and it has been estimated that where the cost to the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company of hauling & ton of wheat from points in the Columbian basin to Portland is but 25 cents the cost to | g\eslNz%r!hem Pacific and Great Northern Owing to Portland's limited harbor fa- cilities the cos. of exporting wheat from that place is very great, ang 1t 1a mathe- matically demonstrated that the granting of common point rates on grain to Astoria would effect a saving to the farmers of $250 a ton, the greater tonnage possiole at this port being one of the principal reasons for this great difference. The | rallroads and wheat pool stand in on the deal, however, and over $3,000,000 annually | is mulcted from the wheat growers. The farmers are now taking up the agitation and it is understood that an effort will be made to have the next State Legis- lature bring down to & reasonable figure | the exorbitant rate now charged for haul- lng wheat to Portland. | t course, if the Vanderbilts have de- cided on Astoria as the terminal for their line, no other raflroad combination could prevent the exporting of wheat from A toria. This is why officials of the rail- road combine are worrying, and why the farmers of the inland empire and the peo- ple of Astoria are on the anxious seat, Recently there was formed in New Jer- sey the Astoria Company, with a capital ization of $20,000,000. This company is at | gresent secretly buying up immense tim- er tracts near this city and gathering in all the “‘good things.” he_incorpor- ators are J. Pierpont Morgan, John Claf-| lin, Collis P. Huntington and Andrew B. Hammond, the latter president and pro-i moter of the Astoria and Columbia River Rallroad Company. The fact that Ham- mond is president of the salmon can- ners’ combine is evidence that the As- toria company means to corral the fish- ing industry as well as the timber of the country near here, and that it is behind the movement to amalgamate all the sal- mon fisherles of the Pacific Coast int one gigantic trust, mention of which was made in The Call some time ago. That no effort will be made to open up | the Astoria proposition until all the *“‘good | things” have been scooped in is regarded as a certainty, though it is possible the | people may yet force action by popular agitation. Excepting San Francisco, As- toria is the cheapest port on the Paciflc Coast, and the unnatural condition of | wheat being exported from Portland can- not_long exist. There is perhaps more money in the “good things” in this section than there | is in railroading, o, even though the Van- | derbilts m come here, it would pay those in sted to hold off for a year. This is believed to be the plan. The As- torla road is losing from $3000 to $7000 monthly, yet the officials absolutely de- cline to assist the people in getting com- mon point rates, which would mean an immense increase in traffie, but on the | contrary down every effort so directed. It is very evident that the apparently | chaotic railroad situation is clear to As- toria railroad owners, and that the local | line is well provided for in the arrange- ments which are supposed to have been made. Meantime the farmefs are losing mil- lions of dollars annually, and the men who own vast tracts near the city are slowly being forced to thé wall, their property to fall into the hands of the Astoria company. An artesian well in Missour! has been sunk to a depth of 1100 feet. ADVERTISEMENTS. | A COMMON TROUBLE. | | Thousands Suffer From | Without Knowing Its Real Character. No trouble is more common or mors misunderstood than nervous dyspepsia. 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