The Morning Astorian (Astoria, Oregon)
August 13, 1908

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Ore. Historical So.i.My g- 50VEBSTME MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA PUIUSHIS rULt At tOClATCO PRESS REPORT 33rd YEAR. NO. 186 ML STREET COTTON WAR Bulls and Bears Fight to Control Market PRICE DECLINED $2.00 Estimated That 150,000 Bales Have Been Liquidated in Past 2 Days LARGE BLOCKS EXCHANGED Liverpool Broken Wert Supporting the Market Even at the Decline, Think the Bui' Leaders, Who Were Obliged to Ceate Buying. NEW YORK, Aug, 12.-Amidst the greatest excitement since the Sully year the big battle between the Wall street bull pool and the local bear interests for the control of the cotton market was renewed today, the cotton ring fairly seethed under the tremendous operations, blocks of 3000 and 4000 bales 'being flung back and forth like 100 bale lots in ordi nary times, until, fairly overwhelmed, the bulls were for a time obliged to cease buying. This precipitated a fresh outburst, during which October, after having sold early at 9.43, drop ped to 900, or over $2 per bale below the high record of the morning, and $4.25 per bale below the high price of last Friday, There wer,e rumors of dissensions among the bull leaders and even at the decline Liverpool brokers were believed to be support ing the market. It is estimated that at least 550.000 bales of cotton had been liquidated during the past two day. FLORIST'S HARD LUCK. But Will Get Free Railway Transpor tation Back Home. CHICAGO, Aug. 12.-The re sourcefulness, of a Maywood, III., wo man has caused the interstate com merce commission for perhaps the first time in its history, to recommend the granting of free railroad trans portation. A letter from James S. Harmon, a member of the commis sion, came yesterday to Mrs. Wil liam Ryan Snyder, promising his as sistance in obtaining transportation to California for Harry F. Post. Al though provision for such emergen cies is made in the Interstate Com tnerce law this part of the act 'how 'ever1 has been invoked heretofore. Until he was stricken with tubercu losis, Post was a florist in Maywood. Driven to California in his Sight for health he sought to sell the green house and was lured back east by a Kansas City man, who was found to liave nothing to offer but $300 in notes payable in his home town. Post was left without enough money to get back to California, and with no means of support for his wife and six child ren. A CHOLERA CASE. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 12.-A fatal case of cholera occurred yester day at Nizhni Novgorod. Thirty ca ses and 15 deaths were registered Monday at Saratov and eighteen new cases and thirteen deaths at Barasa tin. One case of the plague is reported at Khirzig. BASEBALL GAMES. National League. Philadelphia 2, Boston 1 Pittsburg 0, Chicago 3. Brooklyn 5, New York 1. American Leagut. Cleveland 4, Philadelphia 3- Pacific Coaat League. Loi Angeles 2, Portland 0. San Francisco 3, Oakland 2. Northwest League. Seattle 4, Butte 1. Spokane 3, Vancouver 2. IN "A SQUARE DEAL." NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-Announce ment has been made that Wilton Lack aye, the well known actor, has signed a contract for a term of years with Lleblcr Company and will star un der that firm's management. He will open his season at the Crand Opera House, Chicago, September 23, In a new play entitled, "The Square Deal," by Cleveland Moffet, the magazine writer. The play is based on Presi dent Roosevelt's saying, "A square deal for every man. PARKER WILL SPEAK. Disliked to, But Will Address San Francisco Democrat SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12. YieldinK to the importunities of the Iroquois Club, the local Democratic organization, judge Alton B. Parker, former oresidential candidate of the party, will speak on political issues of the oresent campaign at a meeting planned for Saturday, August IS, in this city. Delancey NicoII who is ac companying the New Yorker will go to Yosemite valley today, returning for the1 meting of Saturday and then start north to attend he bar associ ation 'gathering at Seattle on the 23rd. CHINESE MUTINEERS 1000 Soldiers Revolt and Kill Three Officials ROB VILLIAGE OF $100,000 Because Comrade is Arrested For Gambling, the Soldiers Murder Officers, Loot a Village, and Then Join the Rebels. HONG KONG, Aug. 12.-One thousand soldiers stationed near Wuchow mutined yesterday because a comrade was arresed for gambling. The mutineers murdered the com mander, his clerk, and secretary, and then attacked the camp of soldiers at Onyung. The loyal soldiers fled to the roofs of cillages and the mutineers pillaged the village securing $100,000 in money, then they joined the rebels in the Tsiking mountains. GIRL IS FOUND. Daughter Of Prominent Wisconsin Family Is All Right. CHICAGO, Aug. 12. A dispatch to the Record-Herald from Portage, Wis., says Miss Edith Babbitt, "who has been reported missing, has been at the home of Rev. J. D. Whttelaw in this city since Sunday. She left Chicago 'hree weeks ago and has been in Indiana and Ohio, employ ed in a private family most of the time. Miss Babbitt made her 'home here for six months previous to July 1, and is highly regarded. She is a daughter of the late Congressman Clinton Babbitt-of Beloit, and her mother and sister live in that city. Professor R. W. Burr of Beloit Col lege and Judge Rosa of Beloit, rela tives of the Babbitt family were hare yesterday and had a conference with Miss Babbit and she will in all prob ability remain with the Whitelaw family in Portage. ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1903 BRYAN'S 3RD N Formally Accepts Demo cratic Nomination LARGE CROWD PRESENT The Nebraskan's Appearance on Platform Brings Enthusiastic Cheers KERN MAKES SHORT ADDRESS Not a Single Incident Occurred to Mar the Proceedings Almost the Entire Republican Administration Represented at the Gathering. LINCOLN, Aug. 12.-Under the burning rays of an almost tropical sun, in the presence of vast assem blage which cheered him at Echo, Bryan today returned from Henry D, Clayton of Alabama, the format no tification of his nomination for the Presidency of the United States. Thrice honored by the Democratic party as its standard bearer, Bryan plainly exhibited the pleasure it gives him to once again proclaim the principles for which he stood. His nomination the third time, can only be explained, he said by the substan tial and undisputed growth of prin ciples, and politics, for which he, with multitude of others, had contended, The ovation accorded Bryan as he rode through the streets of Lincoln on his way to the state capitol, where the exercises were held, was of a non partisan character. Almost the entire Republican ad ministration was represented, Gover nor Sheldon and many state officers giving their presence, both in the parade and on the platform. Bryan arrived at the hotel from Fairview shortly after noon and he and John W. Kern, the vice-presidential candidate, were the guests of honor at luncheon to the committee on notification.. The state house grounds was a mass of humanity and Bryan's ap pearance on the platform brought vo ciferous cheers and handclapping. Not a single incident occurred to mar the proceedings. Before the notifica tion and acceptance speeches were delivered, Norman E. Mack, chair man of the democratic national com mittee, who acted -as presiding officer called upon Kern to make a speech. He responded with a. few felicitous remarks in which he gave .unstinted praise for the non-partisanship char acter of the exercises. The speech of Bryan concluded the ceremonies and he and Kern retired to the capitol building where they held a public re ception. Tonight Mr. and Mrs. Bryan enter tained the members of the notifica tion committee at a dinner in their home at Fairview. NURSES ON OUTING. NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-Through the kindness of Frank J. Gould, the nurses of many hospitals in New York will enjoy an outing ort the sound and the Hudson today. Mr. Gould, who is commodore of the Seawanha ka-Corinthian Yacht Club, has ten dered the use of the flagship, the Hel inite to the fleet surgeon, Dr. Homer Gibney, for the outing. NOT! AT RAILWAY MAN DEAD. John Scott Had Been President Of Several Roads. NEW YORK, Aug, 12,-John Scott, at different times president of several railroads, died yesterday at his home in Tompkinsville, R. I., at the age of 61 years. Mr. Scott had been ill with a cancer for several months. He leaves a widow and four sons and four daughters. Mr. Scott came to this country from England in 1880 to become president of the Alabama Southern Railroad, a place which he held until 1886 when he came to New York and became president of the Cotton Seed Compa ny, with offices in Beaver Street. In 1890 he visited Colorado where he be came interested in a silver mine and also accepted the presidency of the Colorado Midland Railroad Company. Going to New York in 1892, Mr. Scott acted as a consulting expert on railroad matters, after having served under the receivers for the Northern Pacific and in 1904 he reorganized the Seaboard Air Line. Two years later he became president of the Au gusta Construction Company, then engaged in building 261 miles of road through Georgia and Florida. FERNIE FIRE SPREADING. In Teeth of High Winds Fire Enters National Park District WINNIPEG, Aug. 12.-The forest fires which have raged around Fernie have spread to Canada's national park district near Baniff in Bray Valley. The fire burned fiercely on the heights of Goat Mountain this week and, last night in a strong wind 18 miles west of Baniff -the. fire spread over eigbt miles. The shifting wind has Jielped the fire-fighters. M IS BANKRUPT His Counsel May Take Case Out of New York MAY GO TO COUNTY COURTS And if he is Judged Sane he Need Not go Back to New York Where That is the Only Charge Against Him. PITTSBURG, Aug. 12.-Thaw to day was declared bankrupt. Every move of the proceedings show the determination of Thaw and counsel to take his case out of New York and was the force of the hearing on the question on his mental conditions in th'e courts of Pittsburg. The attor news say any creditors' right to the appeal to the United States courts here have Referee Blair's order of adjudication set aside on the ground that Thaw is insane, and the question of sanity can also be raised at a meeting of creditors any one whom can demand Thaw's appearance at the meeting and a force examination of sanity by objecting to his being al lowed to testify on the ground that he is insane and tlrerefore not a com petent witness. Thaw's sanity may be takpn into the local county courts and if -he is adjudged sane he need not go back to New York where the only ground holding him is that he is an insane person. SOLDIERS FROM HAWAI. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12,-The Hawaiian national guard team arrived here yesterday on the steamer Ala meda en route to Camp Perry, Ohio, where the teams of the states, terri tories and the regular army will meet in a three days competition, commen cing August 24. Major W. R. Riley is in command of the team. CHURCH NOW IN POLITICS Methodist Episcopal De nomination Electors, IN ACTIVE CRUSADE Movement Is Commenced to Farther the Interests of the Temperance Cause POLITICS AND RELIGION The M. E. Church Has Over 3,000,000 ftrnmunicants, and Wants to Have a Speaker of the House Who Will do Iti Will. ni H f BALTIMORE, Aug. 12.-The Methodist Episcopal church has be gun an active crusade for the election of a speaker of the house of repre sentatives, who "Will allow congress '.o vote on the interstate liquor ship ment bill." The church, which has over 3, OOO.OHU communicants, has created a temperance society with authority to represent the denomination in all temperance matters. This so'ifty is managed by a board composed of a bishop and 15 mem bers named by the bishop and elected by the late general conference. FOR NEW TOWN SITE, British Columbia Settles Differences Over Prince Rupert VICTORIA, B. C, Aug. 12.-An, agreemnt -signed by the lieutenant governor on behalf o fthe province and bv the representatives of the Grand Trunk Pacific, on behalf of the Railway disposes of all the outstanding differences with respect to the townsite of Prince Rupert be tween the provincial government and the railway corporation. The water frontage is in all 28,500 feet. The government, by the orig inal agreement, gets 8500 feet of this. By this agreement now consumated this is divided into 5 strips of unequal length ranging from 1,000 feet to 3000 :eet, and located at points which, in the opinion of the government engi neers, will prove of stragetic impor tance with the development of the northern city. The railway obtains all the land they require for terminal purposes, but concedes the govern ment 23 acres in other parts of the townsite for the surplusage of land they receive enbloc. LUTHER LEAGUE MEETS. More Than 700 Delegates In Session At Chicago. CHICAGO, Aug. 12.-The eighth annual convention of the Luther Lea cue of America was formally opened by a reception and grand rally of del egates in Emanuel Swedish Lutheran Church last night. Moac than 700 delegates represent ing a membership of 60,000 from ev ery state in the union, Porto Rico, Canada, India, Africa, and China, are in attendance. Business sessions are to be held today and tomorrow in Handel Hall and the convention will close with a big rally and cantata in the auditorium tomorrow morning. A chorus of 500 voices will partici pate in the musical programme and Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota will deliver an address. PRICE FIVE CENTS OLD MEMORIES STIRRED. Photograph Of Chicago Pioneers Are Glanced At CHICAGO, 'Aug, 12.-Memories of. many years were stirred yesterday when the photographs and biograph ies of Chicago pioneer citizens of 50 years ago were removed from the Mo- sher memorial vault in the city hall to another vault in the temporary quarters at 200 Randolph Street. Five albums, full of the faces of men whose names for the most part are now known across the continent were opened, for a moment, and then clos ed up again to remain secure from light and air until 1976. Thirty five packages were left untouched. The dignity and old time courtesy depicted upon the faces of the men who made Chicago great, delighted the spectators. "There are no men in Chicago with faces like those," commented Com missioner of Public Works John J. Hanborg. f "I suppose the driving life we lead prevents it. In these pictures there is a sort of simple courtliness which is rare now, although I do not think we are the less polite in our intend ons than were our fathers. Perhaps the difference is that they had time to be courteous and we sometimes think we have not And, if you notice, nearly every face is pleasant, humor ous, almost, and kindly."

RETURNS ARE' IN. SPRINGFIELD, 111., Aug. 12. Governor Deneen has received com plete returns by tclgraph from ev ery county in the state. The returns as announced give Deneen 211,054 votes; 199,441 for Richard Yates; a majority for Deneen of 11,613. NO DOUBT OF GUILT Hassim Nemmer Is Held by the Coroner's Jury FOR MURDER OF YOUNG BOY Witnesses Tell Strong Stories That Point to Nemmer's Guilt, According to Testimony he Threatened to Kill the Whole Shashem Family. CHICAGO, Aug.'12.-Hassin Nem mer was held by the coroner's jury today on a charge of being the mur derer of Tuffa Shashem, the Syrian lad, whose body was recovered piecemeal a fortnight ago, from var ious r laces, including Mud Lake and the drainage canal. Witnesses told stories which pointed strongly to the guilt of Nemmer. According to the testimony he is a degenerate and had threatened to kill the Shashem fam ily and to drink it's blood. Nemmer, who is Turkish, is a devout Mussel- man. He insists he is innocent of the crime charged. WANTS ZEPPELIN'S FUNDS. President Of Airship Company Would Divert Them. FRI EDRICHSGAFEN, Aug. 12. Count Zeppelin, it is said, is opposed to a plan suggested to Emperor Wil liam by Walter Rathonau, president of the German Electrical Company, and who is also a director of an air ship company and of an aeronautic club, for the organization of a com mission to take over the funds that pvervwlipre in flermanv are bcinz subscribed for Count Zeppelin's use in carrying out his experiments in aerial navigation and administer them partly in Zeppelin's behalf and also treat them as a national fund for gen eral airship purposes from which to make appropriations to further ex periments. It is not known whether Emperor William has approv.ed this plan.

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THE MORNING A3TOHIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. THURSDAY, AUGUST. 13 Established 1873. Published Daily Except Monday by THE J. S. DELLINGER CfO. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By mail, per year $7.00 By carrie, per month 60 WEEKLY ASTORIAN. By mail, per year, in advance $1.50 Entered as second-class matter July 30, 1906, a the postoffice at As toria, Oregon, under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Orders for the delivering of The Morning Astorian to either residence or place of business may be made bypostal .card or through telephone. Any irregularity in delivery should be immediately reported to the office of publication. TELEPHONE MAIN 661. Evolution BY LANGDON SMITH ,the:weather Oregon Cloudy tonight and Thurs day; winds mostly southerly. Washington Showers tonight or Thursday; cooler east portion Thurs day; winds mostly, southerly. THE SUMMER RAIN. A felicitous summer rain is upon us here at the mouth of the Co lumbia; light, steady, warm, and quite wet. We do not need it a little bit; it does not appeal to us just at this time and we can dispense with it easily, even for the asking.. It is sur plusage at Astoria; we have our rainy season and never have to com plain of any shortage, hence, we would be very glad to see this move inland and pour its grateful flood on fire-ravaged, or fire-threatened local ities that are yearning and praying for it. That is the place for it. There is something incongruous in the bounty which falls where it is not needed nor desired, while the places and countries where its last trace and element would be a pro found advantage, are denied it. We are not solving insoluble problems this morning and therefore decline to discuss the subject further but leave) it, with the large hope that this rain will pass on and do its prime and glorious service up country where great values and the safety and com fort of thousands of people are at stake". problem once for all. Like Alexan der, we may have to solve it our selves, in part, by pulling the hills dfwn to the datum plane of the city and utilizing the vast bulk of earth in filling in the tide-ways and solidify ing the commercial areas of the dis trict; always the dream of the As torian through the century of her existance. Yet, it is not certain that this will remedy the situation alto geher, for a soil that will not stay where nature planted it, is likely to i show treacherous symptoms at any tjme and rebuke the puny hand that tampers with it. It is one of the few really grave things that confront Astoria; and she has contended with it faithfully. She will never find surcease from its fore boding action, until her beautiful hills are levelled and the weight and im petus that now urges the earth over the soap-stone paths in its depths, have been minimized to the point ap proaching stability. THE WAR OF WIRES. The following spendid poem is the creation of a famous New York news paperman and war correspondent, now dead, and is reproduced in these columns through the courtesy of a friend lately in Astoria with the Harper troupe of players. When you were a Tadpole and I was a Fish In the Paleozic time, And side by side on the ebbing tide We sprawled through the ooze and slime, Or skittered with many a caudal tlip Through the depths of the Cam brian fen, My heart was rife with the joy of life, Tor I loved you even then. Mindless we lived and mindless we loved, And mindless at last we died; And deep in a rift of the Caradoc drift We slumbered side by side. The world turned on in the lathe of time, The hot lands heaved amain, Till we caught our breath from the womb of death, And crept into light again. We were Amphibians, scaled and tailed, And drab as a dead man's hand; We coiled at ease 'neath the drip ping trees, Or, trailed through the mud and sand, Croaking and blind, with our three clawed feet Writing a language dumb, With never a spark in the empty dark To hint at a life to come. The war of telephonic wires goes 'Yet happy we lived, and happy we merrily on in Astoria. ,0VI'1. And happy we died once more; Manual and Automatic batteries (Our forms were rolled in the clinging are in full action; their thunder re- j n)0j verberates thrillingly up and down Of a Neocomian shore. the thoroiuhtares; while the fusil 'The eons came, and the eons fled, lades of argument and counter argu ment crack and rattle on all sides, and the reading eye is riveted every- And the sleep that wrapped us fast, jWas riven away in a newer day, And the night of death was past. I carved that light on a reindeer bone With rude mid hairy hand. I pictured his (alt on the cavern wall That men might understand, Tor we lived by Mood, mid the right of might, lire human laws were drawn, And the Age of Sin did not begin Till our'lmital tusks were gone. And that was a million years auo. In n time that no man knows; Yet here to-night in the mellow light We sit at Dclmonico's. Your eyes arc deep as the Devon springs, Your hair is as dark as jet; Your years are few, your life is new, Your soul untried, and yet Our trail is on the Kimmeridge clay, And the searp of the Purbeck flags. We have left our bones in the Bag- shot stones, And deep in the Coraline crags; Our love is old, our lives are old, And death shall come amain. Should it come to-day, what man may say We shall not live again? God wroguht our souls from the Tre madoc bell And furnished them wings to fly; He sowed our spawn in the world's dim dawn, And I know that it shall' not die, Though cities have sprung above the graves Where the crook-boned men made war, And the ox-wain creaks o'er the bur ied caves Where the mummied mammoths are. Then as we linger at luncheon here, O'er many a dainty dish, Let us drink anew to the time when you Were a Tadpole and I was a Fish FREE TRIAL-AN ELECTRIC IRON Saves backs, footsteps, blistered fingers, and faces fuel and tempers. You feel no electricity attach to any incan descent socket low expense would sur prise you let us explain to YOU. ASTORIA ELECTRIC CO. John Fox, Pres. P. L. Bishop, Sec. Astoria Saving Bask, Treat. nelson Tfojrer, vice-rres. ana Supt ASTORIA IRON WORKS DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF THE LATEST IMPROVED Canning Machinery, Marine Engines and Boilers COMPLETE CANNERY OUTFITS FURNISHED. Correspondence Solicited. Foot of Fotsrth Stmt WASTED LITERATURE. Astoria is one of the best magazine-selling cities on the coast. Her people subscribe for, or buy, and read the whole gamut of monthly litera ture that is 'published in that form and there is a strong clientelle be hind the Astoria library, all of which shows that this is a reading public, while our thousands of summer visi tors absorb all the standard light lit erature that is current. With such a host of readers and such a supply of matter, it should be an easy case to keep those who are on the sick list, or on the outposts of duty, or in the compulsory seclusion of the jails, in endless supply of good reading. The fact is we are too heed less of our cheap and excellent books and magazines and allow them to go to waste about our homes and offices, instead of sending them to the people who are barred and denied them. where upon the puDiisneu slogan oitThen ,j ,)t amJ swift thr0ll(?h the the hour. The battle rages with all juge trees the commercial adjuncts in active j We swung in our airy flightSj operation, and the ordinary citizen Qt breathcd in the balms of the fron. may dodge and hide and try to hold j (jej J)ajmSf aloof, but he is in the thick of it all,! ln the mish of the mooniess njghts. and is, at last, the supreme party n An1 oh! what beautiful years were interest. j ,i1C5l.( Every man should take a deep and j When our hearts cung each ,0 eager concern in the contention now i eacn; going on here; he is the one the con-jWh ,jj f1,e( ;ul our senses testants are after; it is his patronage i thrilled the battling companies rely on in the. n the firs fajnt (awn o specch end; it is his money that will keep) .i. ...:i:.;An .v..? one or Dom ine great uuhuh i- 11. 1 nlnUa In .'id neia; ne is in nu cuc a um.i passed engagement, ana ine sooner ne icn-, izes his potenty as a real factor and;And brc;uh fay and fey begins to sway things his way and to j MS Own comion, jjcuuc anu jiu i. .Thus life by life, and love by love, through the cycles the better cerneu. it will be and for all con- We followed the chain of change, Till there came a time in the law of life When over the nursing sod The shadows broke, and the soul awoke In a strange, dim dream of God. A parcel can now be mailed from any postoffice in the United States to any postoffice in Bolivia, a distance of 4000 miles, for 12 cents a pound. The domestic parcels rate in this j rn.mtrv is 16 cents a pound. Con- j I was thewed like an Auroch bull, gress ought to explain why foreigners re allowed this advantage in the if neglected home interests. UNSTABLE EARTH. This is a lively place, this Astoria; even the earth will not remain quiet and in the place it is supposed to have lodged for a million or more years. There are several streaks of uneasy soil traversing this peninsula that have been, since time immemor ial, the cause of anxiety, engineering interest, and endless expense to the public and private owners thereof; they are all very narrow, and seem to run from a point about two-thirds of the way up the elevations, on thettiat wjH be sufficiently strong, suf northern incline, and operate clear to j tjciently active and sufficiently eager the river's edge. They make from tl) I1()V(, wiieru.ver American honor or one inch to a foot of headway, per j American interests are in peril, and annum, according to location and the j t j1e rc!il,it jn November will show that subterranean enditions "besetting j lh(. Hllk 0f the votcrs in the United each locality. They have never been States are of the same patriotic be- And tusked Bear; like the great Cave mails. It has become a glaring case And you, my sweet, from head 19 feet, Were gowned hair. in your glorious Wireless messages are to be sent ft( Bwti ir flip fflnnm rt i Cirtiia 3v across the Atlantic irom me wj ui v,. ...wo the Eiffel Tower. A daily chat be twen Paris and the New York sky scrapers will be a pleasing accom paniment of the flying machine experiments. William H. Taft believes in a navy checked successfully, yet, and will probably interfere with the general scheme of public improvements here for all time to come. All manner of clever devices have been employed to obviate the move ment and spare the buildings that have, in times past, been erected up on them, but human ingenuity seems vain and profitless in this fight against the obstreperous and unquiet earth. They are a constant menace to street improvement, where the public work touches the erratic soil and will lief. Subcribe to the Morning Astorian, 60 cents per month, delivered by carrier. COFFfiE Good is so good and poor is so poor; have Schilling's Best tomorrow. Vnnr rrrrw rnrn M If J..t ever be, until science shall solve the uuif.mtptr bim When the night fell o'er the plain, And the moon hung red o'er the riv er bed, We mumbled the bones of the slain. 1 flaked a flint to a cutting edge, And shaped it with brutish craft; I broke a shank from the woodland dank, And fitted it, head and haft. Then I hid me close to the reedy tarn, Where the Mammoth came to drink; Through brawn and bone I drave the stone, And slew him upon the brink. Loud I howled through the moonlit wastes, Loud answered our kith and kin; From west and east to the crimson feast The clan came trooping in. O'er joint and gristle and padded hoof We fought and clawed and tore, And cheek by jowl, with many a growl,. We talked the marvel o'er.. FINDER NAIL SCRATCH RESULTS IN DEATH A short time ago you may have read of the remarkable case where a simply scratch of the finger nail caused death by blood poisoning. At first it was only an annoying itch caused by summer rash. This was scratched by the finger nail to re lieve the itch, but the .skin was torn open, the irritation became worse and finally resulted in a fatal case of blood poisoning. Do not scratch or rub the itch or irritation caused by summer rash, mosquito bites, hives, prickly heat or any form of skin disease or itch, D. D. D. Prescription, the best known remedy for eczema and all forms of skin disease, externally applied, will at once stop the irritable itch. It soothes and cools the skin and per manently cures the itch or disease, j Infants and children are saved many I hours of agony and torture from the unbearable itch if a few drops of D. D. D. is applied to the afflicted parts. Remember the itch is in stantly relieved. Call at the store of Charles Rogers Son and you can get a bottle. Try it I THE TRENTON First-Class Liquors andt Cigars f 102 Commercial Street f Corner Commercial and 14th. ASTORIA, OREOON M IMIHUM HlttH STEEL EWART Electrical Contractors Phone Main 3881 426 Bond Street Subscribe to The Morning Astoria... 60c pc. month by mail or carrier. TRANSPORTATION. Stmr. Chas. R. Spencer Spencer Line PORTLAND-ASTORIA ROUTE Portland: Washington Street Dock Callender Dock, Astoria Phone Main 8619 ROUND TRIP DAILY Except Thursday and Sunday For Astoria and Way Landings Leaving Portland 7 A. M. Arriving Astoria 1 P. M.; Returning Leave Astoria 2:30 P. M., Arrive Portland 9:45 P. M. FARE $1.00 EACH WAY SUNDAY EXCURSION Astoria and Return Leave Portland 8 P. M. Return 9 P. M. FARE $1.00 ROUND 'TRIP Weekly Landing and Time Schedule Leave 7:00.. Portland ..9:45 Arrive 8:30. ..St. Helens... 8:00 9:15...- Kalama ...7:05 9:35.'.. Rainier ...6:30 10:10.... Stella ..5:35 10:25. ..Oak Point.. .5:20 10:35.. .Eureka ...5:05 11:10., Cathlamet ..4:25 11:30. Skamokawa .3:55 12:05.. Brookficld ..3:40 12:18.. .Pillar Rock.. .3:30 12:30... Altoona ...3:10 Arrive 1:10... Astoria ...2:30 Leave Heavy type denotes P. M. Connecting at Astoria for all Sea side Resorts. Renowned for speed, comfort and courteous treatment. II 111 THROUGH TICKETS sold and baggage checked through to all points via the Northern Pacific. Great Northern, O. R, N.O. S, L. and Union Pacific and Southern Pacific. Steamship Tickets Via. All Ocean Lines at Lowest Rates. THROUGH TICKETS ON SALE For Rates, Steamship and Sleeping Car Reservations, call on or address O. B JOHNSON, Qen'I Agent 12th St., near Commercial St. ASTORIA, OREGON. THE GEM C. F. WISE, Prop. Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars Corner Eleventh and Commercial ASTORIA, OREOON TRANSPORTATION. The "K" Line PASSENGERS FREIGHT Steamer Lurlinc Night Boat for Portland and Way Landings. Leaves Astoria daily except Sunday t 7 p. m. Leaves Portland Daily Except Sunday at 7 a. m. Quick Service Excellent Meals Good Bertha Landing Astoria Flavel Wharf Landing Portland Foot Taylor St. J. J. DAY, Agent Phone Main 2761. H ESS My stock of men's and boy's shoes is unsurpassed for qua lity. Close buying and low expenses enable me to sell the best qualities at West prices. S. A. ME 543 Bond Street Subscribe to the Morning Astorian, 60 cent! per month.

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ETIIUKSDAY, AUGUST 13 THE MORNING ASTOMAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. IJI Hints to Landlubbers Who Want te Do tho Propir Thing. 1 Ai you ptiM over ho ship's stile ami step aboard, if you aro a man toueu your hut In mluto to tho ting. The of ficer of tho deck, wliu represent tho majesty of (lie iintlou whllo lio In oti watcli, will return till salute. Don't iy "dowutalra" or "upstairs," Thero aro no stair on board Blilj) only ladder. Bny "Ixilow" or "on deck." Looking forward-that Is, toward the bow-tho rltit hand li "starboard," the left hnnd "port." Everything on board ililp to starboard or port, except with rcfi'wuco to gun, where "right" and "loft" aro used ai on shore, tho gun being inovablo, Keep clear of ,tho starboard aldo of tho quarter deck.' The qunrtor dock la tho afteror rear-end of tho upper dock. Ita atarboard aldo la ancred ter ritory, to 10 used by tho admiral, tho captain, the officer of tho deck, other nicer apd men when thoro on duty nd official visitors. Never peep Into tho offlcera' private quarter. They are no more to be en tered Into than any prtvuto cltlxon'a bedroom. They can bo entered ptily upon luvltntlon. Keep your hniida off tho bright brass work, tho polished gum and the clean Ia I at work. Reuieniber that Jack tar has to nut In hard labor every duy lr a it ft w f It a a aUih T"W mt Iruttvsn nil awi'l'iM hv t, ivnui 'v grh smv vh"v til work. Do not expectorate on the deck. Till warning In unnecessary to gentle men, who do not expectorate In public anywhere. Never dream of tipping a man who shows you about the ship. He la suf ficiently rewarded by the entertain ment ho gives you. Men-o'-war men aro not servants, and they resent a tip. Tho nnvy bus pride. Never take a lady up or down an "undressed" ladilor. It la Immodcst for tho lady. "Dressed" ladders have flngs or canvas spread beneath them 'Undressed" ladder have no such screens. Upon leaving the ship anlute the flag as upon coming aboard. Ban Fran cisco Newa letter. MEDALS FOR BRAVERY. Dsoorstloni That May B Bsstowad by Unol 8sm. Undo 8nm la not averse to bestow lug decorations, says tho rhlladelphla Press. While tho constitution prohib its government ofltcers from accepting order from foreign governments, the president baa tho power to award In slgnla, which mean considerably more than most of the stars, garters, etc., of the old world. These aro medala for bravery. Itosldcs the medals for conspicuous bravery In battle and the decorations for life saving on tho water, tho chief executive can honor men and women who dlxplny heroism on the railroad lines of the country. Award of the decoratlona la mado by the chief executive on recommendation from tho Interstate commerce commis sion. Application must be accompa nied by alltilitvlts from eyewitnesses of tho heroic deeds, and they must be approved by a committee of five of the commissioners. A bronxe medal and a button of gold and enamel are the Insignia given. The meilul Is about as big as a silver dollar. On one side, the obverse, there la a figure of a man upon a railway track, with one kneo upon a rock which blocks an approaching train. Ho Is warning the trainmen by means of a brand. On the reverso side is a laurel wreath, symbolical of heroism. The In scription, "Tho United Statea Modal For Life Saving on Railroads," appears near the medal's rim, and within the wreath Is tho following: "For Bravery. Awarded to Japanese Compositors. Japaneso "typos" havo their troubles K. Suglmura, lltorary editor of tho Tokyo Asahl Shlmbun, says that ho especially ndralrea the Hnotypo type setting machines. "Unfortunately wo are unable to use them In Japan, for our language has forty-sevon letters, os well as over 3.000 Chinese characters, and auch a number of typoa Is, of course, boyond the capabllltloa of any machine yet Inveuted. In tho printing office of our newspaper in Tokyo the compositor must often walk the whole length of tbo room to fetch one char acter, Instead of standing In one place before a single case, as tho English or American compositor can do." Evsn In Bedlam, The manager of the Insane asylum frowned. "What la that woman In cell 77 howl ing and shrieking about?" ho asked Impatiently. "She objects to her straltjacket, sir," tho keeper answered. r "Wants It taken off, eh? Well she can't"- "No, It Isn't that, sir," the keeper In terrupted. "She wants It changed for one with tho fashionable sleeves that have Just come In." The Retailor. "What business la Miss Gaddle In?" "Oh, she's In everybody's business." "Wholesale, eh?" "Yes; except when It cornea to a bit of scandal. She retails that"-Cath-ollc Standard and Times. A 8ufficiant Reason. Brooke 6 uuson always calls a spado a spade. I v" Lynn-Thnt's because be laoka syno-nyms.-Bobemlan Magazine. FORETOLD HIS FUTURE. The Moisago Carl Schun Raoolvod From Spirit Land. An extraordinary experience with a ttedliim I given In the Carl Bchuns memoir In McClure's. After receiving what purported to bo a message from Schiller, General Bcburz asked that the spirit of Lincoln bo summoned to tell why President Johnson had called Scbura to Wash ington. "The answer cauo, 'Ho wants you to make an Imporlaut Journey for blui.' 1 askud whoro that Journey would tako me. Answer, 'lie will tell you tomor row, I asked further whether I should undertake that Journey. An swer, 'Yes; do not fall.' (1 may add, by the woy, that at that time I bad not the slightest anticipation as to what President Johnson' Intention with re gard to m was.) "Having dlsposod of this matter, I asked whether the spirit of Lincoln had anything more to say to me. The answer como, 'Yes; you will bo a sena tor of tb United Statea.' Tbl struck mo as o fanciful that I could hardly suppress laugh, but I asked further, 'From what suite? Answer, 'from Missouri.' Tbl was more provoktngly mysterious stilt, but there the conver sation ceased. "Hardly anything could have been more Improbable at that time than that I should be a senator of tho United State from the state of Missouri My domicile was in Wisconsin, and I wus then thinking of returning there. I had never thought of removing from Wlacoualn to Missouri, and there wa not the slightest prospect of my ever doing o. "But, to forestall my narrative, two year later 1 wa surprised by an en tirely unsought and unexpected busi ness proposition which took mo to fit Louis, and In January, lfW'J, the legis lature of Missouri elected me a aeoa tor of the United States. 1 then re membered the prophecy mado to me at the spirit seauce In' the bouse of my friend Tiedemann tn rhlladelphla." CLEVER FISHERMEN. Odd Methods of the Indians on th Ssult 8te. Marie. On the Sault Ste. Marie the Indians have a novel method of catching white fish. Two Indian go with a canoe Into the rapid. One occupies the bow and one the stern. The latter uses a pad dle to keep the boat' bead upstream. Th former baa a pole wttb which to iteady the boat, standing upright In his place. Tbey take wttb tbem a dlpnet four feet In diameter attached to a pole or handle fifteen feet long. This la placed ready to the band of tho Indian In the bow. The fishing I done at the foot of the rapids, where the water bolls and tumbles furiously. With his polo the Indian In the boxt hold tho canoe or let it float ateadlly sldewlao, now up a Uttlo perhaps and then down, but always under perfect control. The ludlan gazes constantly Into the water, which Is often ten feet doep where they are fishing and the depths of which no white man was ever yet able to school bis eyo to pene trate. Suddenly be seizes the net by the handle with one hand, atlll manipulat ing the boat with the other, and plunges the net Into tho water, perhaps ten feet away, thrusting It to the bottom. Then he give It a peculiar twist, draws It op and turna out Into the boat often as many as half a dozen whlteflah weighing from three to five pounds. These Indian fishermen are unerring In casting their nets, and It la not an uncommon thing for tbem to capture 300 whlteflah in a day. How tbey are able to see the fish In the bottom of the rapids' la a mystery no one baa yet been able to fathom. Pearson's Week ly. As Good as S Portsr. It Is curious how many people are in Ignorance of simple little facts in con nection with everyday life which' would save them a large amount of unnecessary labor and fatigue. Take the caae of carrying a heavy bag or portmanteau, for Instance. We all know the annoying way in which it knocks against our lega and tbe almost Intolerable ncbe In the arm tbat Is sup porting the burden. Few people are aware, however, tbat by folding a cou ple of newspapers and putting them under one's armpit a large amount of the strain and Inconvenience Is Imme diately removed. Try It next time you are hurrying to catch a train. Pear eon's Weekly. Th Hat He Had. "Mamma, If I had a hat before I had this one, if all right to say that's tbe bat I had bad, Isn't it?" "Certainly, Johnny." ''And If that bat once had a hole In it and I bad It mended 1 could say it had bad a bole In It couldn't I?" "lea; there would be nothing Incor rect In that" "Then It would be good English to 1 say that the bat 1 bad bad had bad a bote lu it wouldn't it?"

Yts, Indeed. "It takes a couple of sweethearts a i leucedly long time to say goodby, even If they nre parting for only a few hours." "Much adieu about nothing, eh?"- j Kansas City Times. Amiable. "Daughter, Is your husband amla- j hie?" i "Well, ma, be's Just exactly Itke pa. When ho gets his own way, about ev-! erythlng he's Just perfectly lovely."- J Pathfinder. OBEYED ORDERS. The Lady Knew Just What to Do Whan Firs Startsd. Mr. Wilcox bad boundless faith In tbe wisdom and general effectiveness of ber husband' advice, and conse quently be bad primed ber with In structions for any emergency tbat might arise when be was absent Among other things, bo bad repeatedly warned ber In case of Ore to spread a rug on tbe blaze and then telephone for tbe engines, So deeply wa this advice impressed on ber subconsciousness that ber ac tion tbe day of the Ore in ber borne were purely automatic. She had bought a new bat, and. tbe room being rather poorly lighted, she used tbe gns Jet over ber bureau a an aid to studying tbe new millinery achievement Suddenly a abe wa lift ing tbe lac creation off ber bead it lipped and fell directly upon the blaz ing gas Jet The expected happened. Tbe bat was soon burning fiercely, still on tbe top of tbe gas pipe. Mr. Wilcox, mindful of Jack's ad vice, grabbed a valuable Persian rug on tbe floor and, spreading It carefully over tbe lighted gas Jet and flaming hat, rushed out to tbe telephone. At tbe doorway she collided with ber maid. En telle, who, bearing the rapid movements In the room, was coming to learn the cause. Running oyer to the bureau, tbe girl turned out tbe gns and, throwing the rug on tbe floor, stamped out tbe flames, wblcb bad burned a bole through tbe valuable tapestry. "Why. Mrs. Wilcox," she cried, "why didn't you turn out tbe gas?" "Turn out tbe ga7" answered ber mistress "Well, aren't you bright! I never thought of tbat Jack has al ways told me to put a rug on a fire." Youth's Companion. A STORY OF NELSON. Th Prettnoe of Mind of th Croat tngliih Admiral. Captain Malum relates tbe following anecdote concerning Lord Nelson's let ter proposing a truce to tbe crown prince of Denmark, dispatched In the midst of hostilities: Tbe decks being cleared of all parti tion fore and aft and all ordinary con venience removed. Nelson wrote In full view of all on the deck where be was, at tbe casing of tbe rudder bead, standing, and as be wrote an officer standing by took a copy. The original, in bis own band, was put into an en velope and sealed, with his arms. The, officer waa about to use a wafer, but Nelson aald: "No; tend for sealing was and can dle." Some delay followed owing to tbe man' having had bis head taken off by a ball. "Send another messenger for tbe wax," said the admiral when Informed of this, and when the wafers wore again suggested he simply reiter ated the order. A large quantity of wax was used and extreme care taken tbat tbe Im pression of tbe seal should be perfect Colonel Stewart asked:. "Why under so hot a lire and after so lamentable an accident bave you at tached bo much Importance to a cir cumstance apparently trifling?" "Had 1 made use of a wafer," re plied Nelson, "the wafer would have been still wet when the letter was presented to the crown prince. He would bave Inferred that the letter was sent off tn a hurry and that we had some pressing reasons for being In a hurry. Tbe wax told no tales." Ho Didn't Lik Plodgss. Judge Martin Grover of Troy, N. T was at one time approached by a young citizen who wished to be nominated to the state assembly. The shrewd old Judge had certain doubts about him, which he expressed somewhat freely, and yet he was willing to afford him a trial. He therefore addressed tbe as pirant In this way: "Young man, If you will give me your word that you won't steal when you get to Albany I'll see what kin be done about sendln' you there." "Judge Grover," replied the young man, drawing himself up with great dignity, "I go to Albany unpledged or I don't go at all." Small Tacks. How Is this for a stunt? Tbe center of tbe tack industry used to be Broins grove, a town in Worcestershire, Eug land, where all work waa done by hand. It waa a common feat for ex perts to forge 1,000 to 1.200 tacks so small as to All tbe barrel of an ordi nary goose quill, their weight being only about twenty grains. New York Press. A Glittering Bargain. "Yes," said the prospective Investor to tbe BUlvllle real estate man, "your terms at $2 an acre are very reasona ble. Is there any gold In the land?" The agent looked around aa If to as sure himself that no one was listening; then he leaned over and whispered: "It's mostly goldI"AtIanta Constitu tion. Irresistible Attraction. "What are you stopping for, John? If. we don't hurry we'll miss our train!" "You can go on if you want to, Ma ria. I'm going to see how they get that balky horse started." Out of a Job, Minister Is your father working now, Johnny? Small Johnny No, sir. Minister Why, only last week he told me he bad a Job. Small Johnny Yes, sir. But the man he was working died. Chicago News. A HARD STRUGGLE. Many a Astoria Citizen Find 'the Struggle Hard. With a back constantly aching, With distressing urinary disor ders, Daily existence h but a struggle, No need to keep it up. Doan's Kidney Pills will cure you. Theodore Iluerth, living on Park Place, about two miles from Oregon City, Ore., says: "I found Doan's Kidney Pills do just what is claimed for them. For a long time I suffered from a lameness and aching over the Klneys and an irregularity of the ac tion of the kidneys. The trouble wa not severe enough to lay me up but was very annoying and made it diffi cult without my back paining me, I was induced to try Doan's Kidney Pills from the recommendation of friend, and procured a box. Their use absolutely removed tbe trouble with the kidneys, strengthened my back and in every way proved your remedy to be worthy of the greatest confidence. Plenty more proof like this from Astoria people. Call at Charles Roger Son's drug store and asl? what customers report. For safe by all dealers. Price 50 ccn.i. Foster-Mjlburn Co., Buffalo. Xcw York, sole agents for the United Slates. Remember the name Doan's and take no oilier. Men Past Sixty in Danger. More than half, of mankind over 60 years of age suffer from kidney and bladder disorders, usually enlarge ment of prostate glands. This is both painful and dangerous, and Foley's Kidney Cure should be taken at the first sign of danger, as it cor rects irregularities and has cured many old men of this disease. Mr. Rodney Burnett, Rockport, Mo., writes: "I suffered with enlarged prostate gland and kidney trouble for years and after taking two bottles of Foley Kidney Cure, I feel bet ter than'l have for twenty years, al though I am now 91 years old." T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup is sold under a positive guarantee to cure constipation, sick headache, stomach troble, or any form of indigestion. If it fails, the manufacturers refund your money. What more can any one do. T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store. Hay Fever and Summer Colds. Victims of hay fever. will exper ience great benefit by taking Foley's Honey and Tar, as it stops difficult breathing immediately and heals the inflamed air passages, and even if it should fail to cure you it will give instant relief." The genuine is in a yellow package. T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store. What a New Jersey Editor Says M. T. Lynch, editor of the Phil lipsburg, N. J., Daily Post, writes: "I have used many kinds of medicines for coughs and colds in my family but never anything so good as Foley's Honey and Tar. I cannot say too much in praise of it." T. F. Lau rin, Owl Drug Store. Excellent Health Advice. Mrs. M. M. Davison, of No. 379 Gifford avenue, San Jose, Cal., says: "The worth of Electric Bitters as a general family remedy, for headache biliousness and torpor of the liver ind bowels is so pronounced that I am prompted to say a word in its favor, for the, benefit of those seeking relief from such afflictions. There is more health for the digestive organs in a bottle of Electric Bitters than in any other remedy I know of." Sold under guarantee at Charles Rogers Son's drug store. 50c. She Likes Good Things. Mrs. Charles E. Smith, of West Franklin, Maine, says: "I like good things and have adopted Dr. King's New Life Pills as our family laxative medicine, because they are good and do their work without making a fuss about it." These painless purifiers sold at Charles Rogers Son's drug store. 25c. Twenty-Five Cents is the Price of Peace. The terrible itching and smarting, incident to certain skin diseases, is almost instantly allayed by applyine Chamberlain s Salve. Price, is cents. For sale by Frank Hart and leading druggists. Subscribe for the Morning Astor- ian, 60 cents per month. J. Q. A. BOWLBY, President O. L PETERSON, Vice-President. Astoria Savings Bank Capital Paid in $115,000. Sural n and Undivided Profits. tlOOJXM Transacts a General Banking Business Interest Paid on Time Deposits FOUR PER CENT PER ANNUM, EsventH snd Duane Sts. Astoria, Oregsa. A LITTLE OVER 3 CNTS A Small Savings Bask. A Small Savings Account. An Example iu Thrift. A Small Fortune. A happy home. THE BANKING SAVINGS AND LOAN ASS'C'N. f 1G8 10th St. t First National Bank of Astoria DIPRCTORS Jacob Kamm W. F. McGregor G. C. Flavel J. W. Ladd S. S. Gordon Capital.. .lOO.OOO Surplus 25.O00 Stockholders' Liability 100,000 ESTABLISHED 18WS. SCANDINAVIAN-AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK ASTORIA, OREGON OUR MOTTO: "Safety Supercedes All Other Consideratioa." Sherman Transter Co. HENRY SHERMAN, llaaagar.' Hacks, Carriages Bag; gage Checked and Transferred Tracks and Furaitsn Wagons Pianos Moved, Boxed and Shipped. 433 Commercial Street Main Phons 121 A SUMMEK Mm Unfermented Grape Juice absolutely non-alcoholic Concord.. 5oc quart Catawba... 60c tjuart Welch's Grape Juice Nips 15c AMERICAN IMPORTINGXO, 589 Commercial Street Fisher Brothers Company SOLE AGENTS Marbour and Finlayson Salmon Twines and Netting McCormick Harvesting Machines Oliver Chilled Ploughs Sharpies Cream Separators Raecolith Flooring Storrett's Tools Hardware, Groceries,! Ship Chandlery Tan Bark, Blue Stone, Muriatic Acid, Welch Coal, Tar, Ash Oars, Oak Lumber, Pipe and Fittings, Brass Goods, Paints, Oils and Glass Fishermen's Pure Manilla Rope, Cotton Twine and Seine Web We Want Your Trade FISHER BROS. BOND STREET w m BRASS ASTORIA, I ON AND BRASS FOUNDERS Up-to-Date Sawmill Machinery' 18th and Franklin Ave. FINANCIAL FRANK PATTON, Cashier J. W. GARNER, Assistant Caaaler A DAY Phone Black 2184 OREGON vv T LAND AND MARIXL EKCIXEEBS Prompt attention given to all repair work. TeL Main 2461 IS INKS

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THE MORNING ASTOIUAN, ASTORIA. OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST J0 The Store M Ladics FOR iftr6i7'?S Women BEESI'HIVE Outfitters I MILLINERY 48 CENTS Ladies trimmed hats ....r. 48c See Our Window Display Ladies all wool sweaters, latest styles ,90 and up 4 The Very Thing for Jtieach Wear, TRYING TO AVOID LITIGATION ALONG THE DOCKS OF ASTORIA ALESIA DUE IN ON SUNDAY NEXT-TATOOSH MAKES FU TILE RUN UP COAST -HAM-MAND RAFT DOWN NOTES. Yesterday the North Head people wired into the city that the bar pilot oat Pulitzer has hoisted her "Y. P." aags, which means "a tug wanted at once," and in obedience to the call, Captain Charles Bailey went outward with the Tatoosh to serve in the case. He found that passing steam schooner had left word with the pilots on the Pulitzer that there was a square rigger well inshore at anchor about 12 miles up the coast, and the Tatoosh swung up that way for that distance in hope of rendering aid if it was needed but could find no trace of the vessel thus reported, which must have caught a saving wind and hauled off. the tat re turned to port. The river tow-boats Sarah dixon and M. F. Henderson arrived down yesterday afternoon with a huge sea raft belonging to the Hammond Lum ber Company, and took it to an an chorage in the lower harbor, where she will be picked up this morning by the Hammond steamer Geo. W. Fen wick, which left Gray's Harbor yes terday morning for this port and this tow, which she will take on to San Pedro, after discharging her big lum ber cargo at San Francisco. The Portland-Asiatic steamship Alesia is now in San Francisco and is due in this port on Sunday next. All these vessels are discharging cargo at the Bay City these days, much to the chagrin of Portland, which is their charter port under ordinary circum stances, and it does not look just right. It was reported here yesterday that one of the Samson's big rock barges had broken loose in the night, TEA Good tea and tea are quite different, both grow on the same bush. Mr tracer returns rear money If roe Vt tcUlliai BmI: wi pa hia. from the jetty docks and was flirting' around the bar waters. If true, the vagrant must have been rounded up, for the Samson had her complement of tows when she went up to the quarries last night. The valient little "pup", the Delia, arrived in yesterday from the lower coast with her usual load of cheese. Captain Bob Jones has a line new whale story which it is said he tells the same way twice, without varia tion, so there must be some solid fact about it. The steamer Alliance, the old re liable, entered port from Coos Bay yesterday, with plenty of business in her cabins and hold, and went on to the metropolis after a short stay at the Callender pier. The steamer Breakwater arrived down during the night from Portland, en route to Coos Bay points and will leave out this morning, from the O. R. N. piers. The Union line oil tank steamer Argyle came down the river yester day and went to sea and the Califor nia coast without any delay here. The Spencer came down yesterday with a bunch of freight and quite a passenger list; returning up the river with 33 people from this city. The British tramp steamship Brae mount is due in this port at any hour from San Francisco. She comes after a lumber cargo destined foreign. The steamer Sue H. Elmore enter ed port yesterday afternoon from Tillamook waters, with a good load and a number of passengers. The steamer J. MarhofTer is re ported to be due here today sometime for a cargo of lumber. MATTER OF PATCH OF SLID ING GROUND ON IRVING AVENUE IMPROVEMENT IS A VEXATIOUS PROBLEM. NOTICE. The members Beaver Lodge No. 35, I. 0. O. F., are re quested to attend a regu lar meeting to be held this (Thurs- day) evening at 8 o'clock. First de gree. Visitors welcome. OLOF ANDERSON, Secretary. Summer Excursions During the months of August and September the Ilwaco R. R. Co. will sell round trip tickets daily from all points on North (Long) Beach to all points on Clatsop Beach at rate of $1.75. Return limit thirty days. Subscribe for the Morning Astorian, ..SPECIAL SHOWING., f Ladies' White and Fancy HANDKERCHIEFS ti x a Eft lunging in price iruiu tv. iu v&.v POSITIVELY THE LARGEST AND BEST SELECT- ED STOCK IN THE CITY We are receiving express shipments daily from New York with latest novelties in Ladies', Misses' and Chil dren's Cloaks, Skirts, Suits, Waists, Etc. Whether buying or not call at the store and we shall be pleased to show you what smartly dressed ladies are wearing this season. We still 'have a few Summer Suits which are being sold at Astonishingly Low Prices. The Sensational Directoire Gown, Improved Style, now on exhibition li Jaloffs, The Style Store 537 Commercial Street X MM MtW That the city authorities are find ing themselves in a serious dilemma over the question of the patch of sliding ami subsiding ground in the Irving street improvement seems to be admitted from several sources. If the work on the improvements were to be stopped now, it is feared that certain ones within the assess ment district would endeavor to free themselves from liability under their assessments. That is one horn of the dilemma that presents itself. On the other hand, if the work is continued with, and accepted, it is taken as almost a foregone conclu sion that it would only be a matter of avs or weeks before the street would be impassible; and the ques tion naturally arises: can the property owners be compelled to pay for work that they and others knew in advance would turn out to be merely so much botch work. That is the other horn of the dilemma. Either way the situation seems to point to, possible litigation. If the work is continued as at present, and accepted as soon as the thorough fare can bemade to retain even a semblance of completeness, that would leave the property owner to bear the burden of an unfinished job. On the other hand, if the work be given a pause now, and some new contract made, can the property owners within the assessment dis trict still be held liable for the work that has already been done. Just how serious the situation is may be guessed from the fact as fact it apparently is that E. A. Girding, the constractor, who is working further along on Irving ave nue to the west, and is disposing ol a lot of earth, has already been haul-f ing dirt for seven weeks and putting it on the place that sinks. Yesterday it was said at the city hall that Mr. Girding's seven weeks' work has not filled up the place a foot. It sinks as fast as tilling up. Down near the water front there iwas a small barn, or shed. The mov ing earth, with the action of a ter minal moraine, started to carry this shed along towards the water. tree stood there, also having a move ment, albeit slower. The shed struck the tree, and one side of the shed was lierally torn off. This happened with the past week. The article in The Astoria yester j day in relation to the matter attract ed much attention and also caused some of the wiseacres to suggest plans for handling the sliding hill. The plan of building deep concrete foundations, sunk right into the soap- stone foundation, is suggested. An other plan is to explode dynamite, or nitro glycerine, down in the soap stone foundation, thus- breaking up the smooth and slippery surface. City Attorney Abercrombie, when seen by a representative of the -Astorian, suggested a plan which would apparently solve the problem of avoiding litigation and at the same time of allowing a cessation in the work to the end that some plan for stopping the subsidence may be found, if it be possible to find a plan. Mr. Abercrombie's idea is to simply continue Mr. Goodin's contract for six months or a year, to allow ample time to study the situation, and then to impose another assessment dis trict right over the present one, or over a portion of the present one. This plan would not permit any to escape from their present liability under the existing assessment and would at the same time permit a new assessment for additional expenses, if found necessary. The sliding or subsiding place is between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets, and is not many feet in width., On both sides of this the earth is perfectly solid. Of course there is no blame to be attached to anyone, not to the contractor, or to the city officials. It is simply a con dition, and a vexatious one, that has arisen to confront them. Naturally Contractor Goodin wishes to come out whole on the matter, and just as na turally the property owners wish to conserve their rights as best they the purpose of making it clear that the sliding land is not near his place. His land is over n block nway from the little spot that sinks. RECOVERS HIS SIGHT. Nearly Ninety, And Now Sees After Many Years, NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-Kphiiaui Baylis, regained his sight partially on his eighty-ninth birthday after hav ing been totally blind for tea years. Mr. llaylis, who lives in Jamaica, has prayed constantly that sight might be restored to him, and he says, has nev er lost faith that his prayers would be answered. To test his renewed pow er of vision his daughter, Ella Bay lis handed the family bible to him. "A birthday gift from Heaven," cried the old gentleman joyously. "I can read the words, 'family bible,' on the cov er. Mr. Baylis suffered a stroke apoplexy ten years ago. While he was ill cataracts formed on his eyes and he became stone blind. His fam ily physicians called specialist on the eye in consultation. Nothing could be done for the blind man, they said Nor is the partial restoration of h m 1 cycsignt explained. Air. llaylis saic he rubbed his eyes very hard Thursday, a sharp pain darted through his right eye, which he en dured for half an hour. Then he could see dimly. He cannot read fine print, but deciphers coarse print and ngnres on calendars ana recognize his friends' faces. WICKERSHAM WINS OUT. Alaska Returns go Strongly Against Hoggatt Faction. SEATTLE, Aug. 12.-Up to a lat hour this morning the returns from Alaska give James Wickersham, for merly judge of the third judicial di vision of that territory, a big major ity. The fight was on the lines of tcr ritorial government and the fact that Wickersham is the bitterest political enemy that Governor Hoggatt has in dicates that for the second time the people of Alaska have recorded them selves against Hoggatt, who while an appointed officer, has constantly in terfered with the work of the delegate in congress in seeking home rule, Wickersham has carried every town heard from so far and this includes Wrangle, Ketchikan, Juneau, Skag way, Douglas, Valdez and Fair banks, in the latter place get ting a bin majority over all other candidates. Reports which are coming indicate that he will win out by over a thou sand majority. FOR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP. may. Henry M. D'Elia, who resides at' 381 Twentieth street,- called at the office of The Astorian yesterday for National Tournament Will be Held Near New York. NEW YORK, Aug. 12,-Thc pro gram lor tne win annual amateur championship tournament of the country given out last night by W, F, Morgan, secretary of the United States Golf Association, presents sev cral departures in conditions. The blue ribbon event of American golf will be held over the links of the Garden City Golf Club, September 14 to 19. This makes a solid week of competition and it is the only tourna ment in the country that will re quire six days to run off. The con ditions will interest devotees of the game chiefly for their novelty. On Monday the first day, there will be an 18-hole medal round, 64 players to qualify. Tuesday morning there will be another 18 holes of medal play, and the 32 contestants having the best score for the 36 holes will qualify for the championship. t Match olav will begin that same afternoon with a round of 18 holes, but the next four days' matches will consist of 36 holes. This provision for all day matches in every round save the first approaches nearer the ideal system or rather the system fa vored and regarded as the I'est by a majority of the country's leading players. We have a complete Stock of Fruit Jars Jelly Glasses Jar Tops and Rubbers Our Prices Are Right MMMtHMMWHMWMtMMMyMtWHWWW Acme Grocer y Co. HIGH GRADE OROCERIE8 521 COMMERCIAL STREET 1 PHONE 681 AROUND THE HORN Steamer Acme Arrives in New York From Portland HAD DANGEROUS VOYAGE For Seven Days the Vessel Rode a Terrific Sea Practically on Her Beam Ends Wat Thirteen Days Getting Around the Horn. NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-Dcep lad en with Oregon pine, the four masted steel bark Acme, an American ship with an American crew, is anchored within the grateful shelter of Staten sland. She arrived there yesterday after a voyage of 111 days from Port land, Ore. The trip was replete with incidents. The stirring time for those on board really began on the trip from Kobe, Japan, to Portland, where she went to load for this port. For seven days the vessel rode a terrific sea practically on her beam ends, with her crew working like mad between decks shifting ballast to bring he Acme back to an even keel. So far over did she go that her main and lower topsail yardarns dragged in the sea. Captain A. F. McKay was ob liged to have the crew chop away the stand rigging to the fore, main, and mizzen topgallant masts with their yards. The Acme s time in making the trip from the Pacilk.said Captain Mc Kay, might be marked by moons for they sailed under five full moons on the way around. "Thirteen days were spent rounding the Horn. The extremity of South America was hidden all this time lin er a dense fog." The Acme is one of the biggest sailing vessels under the American ag. Her crew is American, many of them having gone to San Francisco to help rebuild that city. ped to get east. NEW TO-DAY LADY MANICURIST ENOAGEJ. "The Modern," A. E. Petersen' beautiful tonsorial establishment, hat been further modernized by the per manent engagement of a highly train ed young lady manicurist, who will also serve the house cashier. GOOD WOOD. If you want a good load of fir wood or box wood ring up KELLY tht WOOD DEALER, Tht man who keeps the PRICES DOWN. Phone Main 2191 Barn, Cor, 12th and Duane. New Grocery Store. Try our own mixture of coffee tht J. P. B. Fresh fruit and vegetables. Badollet Co., grocers. Phone Main 1281. New Business Venture, Mr. E. G. Gunall has opened boot and shoe repairing establishment in the building at the corner of Eighth nd Commercial streets, formerly oc cupied by N. Akerman. Your patron age is respectfully solicited. Open evenings. 7-13-tf They hhip- SYRIANS ORGANIZE, Society Founded In New York For Turkish Reform. RECEIVERS FOR PILLSBURY'S MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 12.-On ap plication of receivers for the Pills- bury-Washburn Flour Mills Compa ny, limited, Judge Purdy in the Uni ted States Circuit Court yesterday ap Charles Amsden and Henry F. Doug las receivers for the Minneapolis and Northern Elevator Company, a sub sidiary corporation. The Minneapolis and Northern El evator Com. operates the one hun dred elevators in Minnesota and North Dakota, which supply the ,Pillsbury Washburn flour mills with grain. Subscribe for The Morning Astorian. NEW YORK, Aug. 12-As a result f the recent "developments in Turkey, number of prominent Syrians inclti- ling the editors of all the Syrian pa pers in Mew York, met recently in he apartments of Nakle Motitran Pasha at the T'laza hotel, and at Mou- tran Pasha's invitation, pledged them- Ivcs to espouse (he cause of reform the Ottoman empire, When the conference was ended every Syrian ditor in this ciy had signed an ag reement to work for reform in Tur key and the conferees had formed the nucleus of a society which will elude Arabic speaking people from all over the world. This society will be known as the Syrian Ottoman Union Society. Its head quarters will be in New York, but there will be branches in Canada, Mexico, Brazil and other South Am erican countries, Egypt, Syria, and most European countries. The Sy rian Ottoman Union Society will probably in time supersede the young Turks, whose headquarters for years has been in Paris, but at pres ent the new organization will aim only to work in complete sympathy with those who have accomplished the restoration of the constitution in Turkey. Nakle (Moutran Pasha, founder of the new society is a wealthy man of noble blood who for 17 years was the moving spirit among the young Turks in Paris. The Clean Man. The man who delights in personal cleanliness, and enjoys his shave, shampoo, haircut, and bath, in As toria, always goes to the Occident barber shop for these things and gets them at their best. Subscribe to the Morning Astorian, 60 cents per month, delivered by carrier. Sunday Excursion to Long Beach. Steamer Nahcotta leaves 0. R. N. dock at 6:45 a. m. daily. Round trip fare to any point on North (Long) Beach, $1.00, Sunday's only The very best board to be obtained in the city is at "The Occident Hotel,' Rates very reasonable. The Commercial. One of the coziest and most popu lar resorts in the city is the Commer cial. A new billiard room, a pleasant sitting room and handsome fixtures all go to make an agreeable meeting place for gentlemen, there to discuss the topics of the day, play a game of billiards and enjoy the fine refresh ments served there. The best of goods are only handled, and this fact being so well known, a large business is done at the Commercial, on Com mercial street, near Eleventh. The Palace Restaurant An phase of hunger can be .daintily gratified at any hour of the day or night at the Palace Restaurant. The kitchen and dining room service are of the positive best. Private dining looms for ladies. One call inspires regular custom. Try it. Commercial street, opposite Page building. Motitran Pasha is here on a politi cal as well as a sight-seeing trip. For Sale. Twelve shares Northern Oyster companies stock, one hundred and thirty dollars (130) per share. Apply Imperial Restaurant. 8-9-tf. Notice. The gentleman that was seen taking the ladies' silk umbrella from the court house yesterday had better re turn same to the Astorian office and save himself further trouble. CABLE FROM ROOSEVELT. AUCKLAND, N. Z Aug. 12.-The governor of New Zealand, Lord Plun-, kitt has received a cable message from Prsident Roosevelt. The contents of the mesage have not yet been made public,

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 13 THE MORNING ASTOMAN. ASTORIA. OREGON. Good Bread and Paltry Is not a matter of chance, but certaintywhen you use "LOG (JABIN" FLOUR ROSS, HIGG INS CO. LEADINO GROCERS. TERSE HIES Of THE Sold His Farm- It i reported that T. S. Cornelius ha nolil hit 222 acre farm in Wash ington county to a Portland realty man. May Sell Realty Mary P. Thomson, at administra trix of the estate of C. R. Thornton, ha been empowered by the county court to sell-such iart of the realty belonging to the estate at is neces- ry to pay the expenses of the ad ministration and any debts that may exist against the estate. Are Making Wagers As an indication of the Interest tak' en in the coming tug of war contest to come off during the regatta, sev eral wagers have already been made by the admirers of the different teams, Yesterday Henry Jones and Billy Simmons wagered a suit of clothes, Jones backing the Finns against the field. signmeiits will soon arrive In As toria, If here within a reasonable time it it probable the company will parade in uniform during the regatta. Most of the articles come from Be' nicisi, Cal. Teachers' Exams The teachers' examinations which commenced in the office of the county superintendent yesterday morning arc hardly a well attended as had been expected. Six started in on the ex animations for state certificates, and for the county. It had been ex pected that some of the recent grad uates from the Astoria high school would take the county examinations, but none of them made an appear ance. Mist Warren said that at far as yet appears the examintion papers arc apparently quite fair. Preparing To Ship Fish Warden W. C. McAllister i rapidly providing' the hund-eds of b-cs for the packing nd sh:ppinj o' the 10,000 gallons of hMchcry lish food being put up by the canneries at the mouth of the Columbia. Agent John Day, of the Kamm line, has the handling of the output of boxes and has already distributed a large num l.rr of them. Pleasant Rumor Abroad It is authentically reported that a wedding will take place early in Sep tember, at the metropolitan which, one of the happy principals will hail from ABtoria and Seaside, to-wit, Mr. Patrick Lawlor, the capitalist. The bride-to-be is Miss Marguerite O'N'eil, of Portland, a young lady well known socially and potsesting many, personal attractions. Director! Ar Elected At a meeting of the stockholders of the Clatsop Fuel Oil Company in the Chamber of Commerce rooms last night the following board of direc ton was elected: Dr. J. A. Fulton, George W. Sanborn, Dr. W. C. Lo gan, G. C. Fulton, F. J. Dunbar. The company may begin drilling for oil this month and it is thought the out look for some rich strikes is quite brig)). Youngest In Business A bright Astoria lad, Adrian Foard, aged 15 years, is probably, the young est licensed fmhboat captain in this reason's service on the lower Co I'liiibia, His uncle, J. P. McCrea, has given h'm a first-class fishboat, which he is laying for by degrees, and ho has a middle-aged and experienced boatpuller, by the name of Johnson, who is coaching him in all the rcicucc of the calling, and the young ster is making money steadily; be delivers his Huh to Phil McDonough and does his drifting up in the neighborhod of Bear Cliff. A Pleasant Cruise Mrs, Michael Nolan landed here yesterday from the steamer Alliance, on her arrival from Coos Bay, after .1 pleasant cruise as the guest of Cap tain Olscn and of her husband, the H-eond officer of that popular pas senger packet. She left out on Sun day morning last and enjoyed every hour aboard, it being her first trip into these latitudes. Mrs. Nolsan says Marshlicld and. North Bend are bright, lively towns and are contend ing cheerfully for the honor of be ing the center of the commercial i tiiverse, but always ceasing to pay friendly court and courtesy to the visitlng stranger. had been exhausted, and therefore it is hoped that some others who are looking for work will come forward. Any man who is all right and wantJ work is likely to find it a pretty good plan to leave his name and address! with the Chamber of Commerce, for' J tne cans tor men are frequent. -r r www w rrrrrr, r i Scandinavian Sangcifct j A Jolly House Party Mrs, Dr, B, Owens Adair is just now playing hostess to a large house party at her fine farm home over on the west side, and doing it with all the jolly gusto for which she is famous. The' party consists of Captain and Mrs, Olin Hosford and Miss Hosford; Mrs. Lewis R. Fields; Professor and Mrs. C. A. Grout; Mrs. Harkins and Miss Jessie Harkins; Mrs. E. T. Peterson, and Mrs Dr. Abix and son Victor, all of Portland. At last accounts the visitors were making ready to go down into the hayfields and harvest the crop, under the spirited leadership of their hostess. Appointments Announced Announcement was made of the re suits of the recent competitive drill at the meeting of the First Company, Coast Artillery, last night. C. L. Patient Is Better D. J. Abbey, the man who was discSvered to be sick with smalipox about a week ago, is taid by Dr. Clara Rcames, the city physician, to be im proving rapidly. Dr. Reames said last evening that the quarantine on the rooming house where Abbey is confined will probably be raised by Saturday, and then the place will be thoroughly fumigated. Abbey is likely to be more or less scarred by I the disease, as it had taken a bad hold on him before he received any treat tncnt. The pest house has now been iplaced in good shape and an effort j will be made to keep it in readiness in jihe event that other cases of con tagious diseases break out. Soldier Is Fined V. Jackson, a soldier from Fort) Stevens, was arrested on a charge of drunkene! and in police court yes terday afternoon was fined, with the alternative of spending a few days in the city lockup. Jackson was at urea in civilian ciotnes. ue was so drunk that Patrolmen Wilson and Houghten couldn't waken him. He was placed in a wheelbarrow and wheeled to the city jail. The police officers complained to Judge Ander son thai some of the soldiers from Fort Stevens are giving much trouble lately, and it was said that most of the trouble comes from a new lot of them. The older ones behave themselves decently when they come to town. As a rule the officers are quite willing to let the men from the fort enjoy themselves as they will as long as they keep within reasonable bounds. Moneya Paid Out The city treasurer has pai.i out the sum of $12,012.85 during the present Rogers was appointed tourn sergeant, j(1artcr; that is, dttrin,; July and the and A. H. Steele, fifth sergeant, n davs of August, and this sum was Privates Locan, Harbert and Higgins seregatcd as f0nOws. Contracts, appointed corporals; and Privates jBCnera fundi $64 js. street repair Gustafscn and Hanting were appoint- flind $49754. sundries, streets. $4, ed lance corporals. The drill last nigfit was well attended, as usual, and the boys were worked pretty hard in sectional and platoon drills. The in terest in the work keeps up, ana probably will be even greater when all the equipment and uniforms ar rive. They should be here very soon Chocolates the best in the world 50c a Pound, 9t6.66; interest street warrants, $57.22; account general fund. $"W5. .This includes $18.) paid out on account of the improvements on TwT?Vi street, ContmerJal to Dua-ic, whirl: vas a'-ci-pted and oaid for by the city m July 20. The assessment for this im provement was m d due and payable in A"gust 5, and already the whole Darter has been so ie 'i full and the warrants called in and cancelled. All Invoices Received- Captain Abercrombic of the First ast Artilery, yesterday bills of lading for the lier equipment, including bayonets and haversacks. All of the bills of lading have been now receiv ed and it is presumed that the con- Captain Abe Company, Coa received the h rifles and othc We Can Satisfy You Because the groceries we sell are all high grade and the service we give is always of the be&. Scholfield, Mattsotv Co. phone H8i GOOD GOODSpH0NE 931 112 TO 120 TWELFTH STREET On a Business Trip One of Portland's leading mer chants, Mr. H. C. Wortman, of the famous house of Olds, Wortman King, arrived in the city yesterday, to confer with A. Dunbar and others in the matter of the rehabiliation of the business so abruptly checked by Monday's fire. It is hoped the in surance adjusters will meet today and dispose of that element of the affair, which will clear the way for an early resumption of the business under its old and popular direction. Mr. Wort man is much pleased with the com mercial' showing that Astoria makes and had many friendly expression in her behalf. He will be here for sev eral days, as he and his firm are close- y identified with the A. Dunbar Com pany interests. Correction Asked ,and .Made- Some days ago the Astorian had occasion to deal, editorially, with cer tain recent history made here by the Astoria Columbia River Railroad Company and the O. R. N. Com pany, and, in the course of its present ment of the, then, presumed facts, said that ifwas not now possible to go to either office here and buy straight, full transportation to distant, or foreign points at first hand, even over the trans-continental lines represented here by each office, but that one must take an order on the Portland station for such long distance service, etc., etc.; but, since making that sup posedly correct statement, the As torian has been convinced that it erred in that particular; that in so erring it did an injustice to the com panies quoted, and since it does not desire to do any man nor any busi ness injury or injustice, it now and here corrects the misconception, de precates the error, and will seek to avoid them in the future. For a VICTOR OR AN EDISON PHONOGRAPH goto Johnson Phono pa Parlor Second Floor Over Scholfield ft Mattaon Co. pi) Co., Jobs For Five Men J. H. Whyte, manager of the Chamber of Commerce, said last night that he can find places for five laboring men if they will apply to him today, Good work at good wages promised, and apparently there is not the slightest need for any la boring man to go without work in Astoria. The Chamber of Commerce has placed scores of men this sum mer, and yesterday when the request came in for five more men Mr. Whyte found that the list of available men ALEX TAGG Ice Cream 25c qt. jFresh Chocolates Candies,getct Made fresh every day In obi own factory. 843 Commercial Street Here From Hood River County Commissioner R. J. Mc Isaacs, of Hood River, and a promi nent orchardist of that famous dis trict, spent the day in Astoria, yes terday, accompanied by his father, a prominent citizen of Oskaloosa, Iowa, who is summering in Oregon, and both gentlemen were happily pre oossessed with the city; the harbor and the country and people generally and admitting freely, that next to their own live community up under the shadow of noble old Hood. As tona and Clatsop looked best to them. They attended the Good Roads convention at Portland, and ran down here at ;hi instance of number of cordial Astorians they met there, and both are glad they did Commissioner Mclsaacs was un mensety pleised wia the new court hou?e which he inspee'e 1 mi top to to' .cm, and declares it is. beyend all doubt, the finest thing of its kind- on the upper coast. The gentlemen Ieit for their Hood River home on the steamer Spencer yesterday afternoon. During Astoria's Fourteenth Annual REGATTA I AUGUST 29-30, 1908 Saturday Evening Sunday Afternoon t A Great Musical Event I In -which noted artists will appear for the first time in Astoria SOLOISTS DR. EMIL ENNA............ ....Conductor MISS MARY CONYERS..... Mezzo-Soprano MR. MUSGRAVE ROBARTS.. .......................Baritone MISS BESSIE MICKEY... .....PianUt TICKETS can be had at Whitman's Book Store, S, L. Nanthrup's Grocery Store and E. Hauke Co. Reduced Rates Granted on All Rail and Steamboat Lines Need Patrol Wagon- There is hardly a day passes but the need for a patrol wagon in As toria is emphasized. At the present time the police officers on duty at night seem to have a wheelbarrow which thev brinsr into use and thus prisoners who can't or won't walk are wheeled in limp state to the citys bastile. That is hard on the officers and somewhat hard on the prisoners, though perhaps the latter objection doesn't count very heavily. But in the day time the matter assumes an other phase, for then it is that the eyes of visitors and residents, men and women and children, are fre quently assailed with the sight of drunken beasts being carted through the main thoroughfares of the town in express wagons, or in any venicie that happens to be handy. Probably citizens have a right to expect that such sights be not thrown up into their faces. It is. common for cities like Astoria to have a wagon which can be used either as a patrol wagon j or ambulance, and the expense is not great for maintaining such a service. boldly itarted to return to this city j yestvday with the evfdent intention of taking the evening train for Port land. Sheriff Pomeroy learned that Thomas was coming across the river on the Major Guy Howard and went to the dock to meet the steamer, but at first sight there was nothing to be seen of the man. Therefore the sheriff went on board and made a search and found his man hiding in a small room. He was taken to the county jail and locked up. It seems that Thomas did not leave alone, for a woman crossed tne river with him and she was with him again yester day. She had two trun'cs and the check for one of them ws found in Thomas' possession. Just what dis position was made of the stolen goods is not known, but it is alleged that Thomas sold or traded them off while on the other side of the river. He is an ex-soldier and it is under stood that he appeared at Fort Co- umbia and finaCy was ordered from the grounds there. Thomas was a member of the surveying force which is laying the line for the electric railway to Seaside, and the man whom he is accused of robbing was for a time his room-mate. The wom an in the case also procured a war rant for Thomas' arrest, charging him with the theft of one of her trunks. HER MUSICAL FUTURE A BklGHI ONE PLEASANT INTERVIEW WITH DR. EMIL ENNA ON AS TORIA'S MUSICAL ATTITUDE AND PROMISE. The Week in Realty Hans Hanson and wife to F. A. Turner and Webster Holmes, lot 2, block 8, Alderbrook; $500. William Knapp and wife to Cyrus C. Knapp, undivided half interest in west half of the north 80 acres of SW. 1-4 of S. 30, T. 8 N, R 7 W.; $10. i. Theo Kruse Catering Co. to A. Y. Beach, lots 39 and 40, block 3, Kruse's first addition to Gearhart Park; $300. Also lots 18 and 20, block 4, and lots 25 and 26, block 1, Gearhart Park; $500. J. J. Staub and wife to S. C. Pier, strip of land 5 feet wide across west side of lot 9, block 6, Grime's Grove; $10. W. L. Uhlenhart and wife to Aus tin Duffey, lot 22 in Uhlenhart's sub division of block 6, Clatsop's Grove; $40. A. B. McDonald and wife to Glad stone-Oregon Timber Co., SW. 1-4 S. 10, T. 4 N. of R. 10 W; $1000. Thomas Is Arrested Frank Thomas, who is charged with having stolen a suitcase, several suits of clothes and a revolver from a young man by the name of Turpin, was arrested yesterday by Sheriff Pomeroy. Thomas had gone across the river, apparently, and after re maining there for several days had PERSONAL MENTION Harry F. Kress, formerly of Jack son, Mien., and now a resident ot Colorado, is visiting with C. E. Tyler in Astoria. Mr. Tyler and Mrs. Kress were boyhood friends back in Jackson. Superintendent J. A. Foreland, of the Postal Telegraph Company, was business visitor in the city yester day for a few brief hours conferring with Manager Charles Humphrys, of this city. Editor S. G. Williams, of the Skamokawa Eagle, was in the city last evening, on a visit to his daugh ter who is sojourning here with friends. C, B. Baker, representing the Erie Railway was a business visitor in the city yesterday, as was A. C. Oliver, of the O. R. N. traveling force. Mrs. Captain Archie McNeil is in the city on a visit to her brother G. B, Johnson, of Uniontown.1 In conversation with Dr. Em3 Enna, the noted pianist, composer and teacher, yesterday, that gentle man spoke earnestly and kindly of th status of this city in the world of music, and glowingly of her future, her people adhere closely to the stand ards they have already chosen. Among other things, Dr. Enna said: "The notoriety the city of Astoria has received in the musical journal and magazines, the past year, has fix ed its position as a music center, antf the question as to the ability of the city to entertain musical convention is without doubt solved; her location is ideal and the surroundings are: beautiful in all respects and to a high degree idealistic to the visiting musician. "The Norwegian Sangerfest of last season gave us an excellent start; and was followed by the formation of The Astoria Philharmonic Society; and the coming events, such as the Scandinavian Sangerfest during the coming Regatta, and later the con cert of the Philharmonic Society hi November, all Of which will bring notable soloists here; the coming May Festival of 1909 under the auspices of the same society, and the strong probabilities of the visit of the the Chicago Symphony Orchestra during the pendency of that festival; with the formation of the local Elks orchestra which is doing excellent work, and the spirit tha seems to have taken hold of the local bands that have given some very notable con certs during the summer, convince me that the people of the city are admirers of good music, and will, at any time, support good music. I do not believe, in the course of my musi cal career, I have spent a pleasanter season than the last season here, in Astoria; the people here want good music, and i have never missed their presence at my musical undertak ings, l gave about 1U lecture recitala here and appeared in about a dozes concerts besides, and I have never seen the time that the place was not filled with an attentive audience. "It will not be neecssary for stu dents to go away from the home dur ing' the coming season to study mu sic; there is a staff of good teacher here already and I believe Mr. Frank Eichenlaub, the violinist, and Miss Mary Conyers, the voice teacher, in tend to spend certain days here teaching; and the coming of those notable teachers may mean the start of a Conservatory of Music; any way I hope so. The city will n doubt take hold of such an undertak ing should it come under considera tion. I must admit that I hold a very warm spot in my heart for the people of Astoria, as I have always received good words and excellent support for my musical work and interest here' Subscribe to The Morning Astoria, ian, 60 cents per month, delivered by carrier. Contains all the local an the news in the local field.

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THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. rfllURSDAY, AUGUST 13 A REALISTIC PICTURE. It Proved Too Absorbing For Old Unci Juniper. The Mississippi courtroom was pack ed with negroes, and It was fair! evident. Bays a contributor to the Ta.v fcir-Trotwood Magazine, that some thins of unusual Interest was about to transpire. Within the bar on tn prisoner's seat an old negro leaned eagerly forward as his attorney ar gued his plea of not guilty before the Jury. "Who, gentlemen of the Jury, has worn that be saw this man commit this theft?" demanded the attorney "We have broken every link in the weak chain of circumstantial evidence Kith which the state has tried to en tangle him. Why, his neighbor, Tom Jones, swore that he sold him the meat that was found in the defend tnt's house and that he shot the bog tweause It was wild. "It Is true that Colouel Smith swore that one of his hogs disappeared about Dec. 23 and that about fifty yards from a certain stump he found blood and then followed a trail of blood from that spot to this defendant's cabin. But what of that? "This defendant told you-and his wife and brother swore the same that that was the blood of a coon which he had shot and carried home the day be fore Smith lost his hog. Give him Jus tice as you would do If be were a white man. lie cannot help beta Wack. 'The leopard cannot change his spots nor the Ethiopian his skin. For twenty years he has been a leader In the church. Let him remain free to enjoy the bread of life with others of the faithful." As the lawyer sat down the women, who had been "weaving" back and forth for some minutes, commenced to shout: "Bress de Lawd!" "Dar, now!" "We knows yo's innocent, Br"er Juni per." The sheriff had to thu-aten to clear the courtroom before order was restor ed. When at last there was silence the district attorney rose. "Gentlemen of the Jury," he began In closing the case for the state, "I de tire only to bring a picture to your Blinds. Here the prisoner adjusted bis big brass rimne.l spectacles as If to see the picture. :.nd his manner showed that he was iletermined to let no detalJ escape him. "The 23d of last December," contin ued the district attorney, "found Juni per Bradley without meat His son was coming to spend Christmas with Mm. But Jv.niper did not worry, for mfy half a mile away in Marse Smith's woods were "uine fat hogs. "An hour before sunset Juniper was kneeling behind a large stump In these woods, with bis rifle pointing toward a log that "at some distance away was rooting among the leaves." The district attorney paused. Taking a cane to represent a rifle, he knelt be Mnd a chair. After some minutes of moving to right and left, now raising. ow lowering his rifle, he took careful aim and then fired, imitating the noise ef a report very successfully. At the sound Juniper,' who had been smiling, apparently oblivious to every thing save the district attorney's move ments, exclaimed: "las, suh, dat's des de way I done hit, boss!" The laugh that followed brought Ju niper to a realization of what he had done, and he shuffled round In the prisoner's seat, muttering, "Nigger got do show nohow!" The Last Move, Bobby Is the son of a Methodist min feter and has had the experience of "moving" four times in the space of his eight years' life. lie disapproves strongly of the itinerant system which Is the bane of the Methodist clergy. Some time ago an elderly minister was visiting Bobby's father and di rected his attention to the small boy, asking him many questious of a semi theological nature. Finally the course of the conversation turned to heaven, and Bobby ,was asked coucerning the abode of the blest. "Yes," said the youngster, with a sigh of deep weari ness, "I know. It's the last place we're going to move to." Argonaut Out of the Ordinary, "Say," queried the high browed man as he entered the drug emporium, "have you Bighead's balm for bald ness?" "No," replied the druggist, "but" "Oh, yes," interrupted the prospec tive customer, "of course you have something Just as good, but I want what I want. See!" "You are mistaken, my friend," said the pill dispenser. "I haven't anything Just as good, but I have something that Is far better." Chicago News. Soothing the Author. Actor In the first act last night when Roderigo is to shoot me, his gun didn't go off. This sort of thing spoils my play. Manager It doesn't make any difference whether he shoots yon or not. The audience appreciate the situation. They know you are not worth the, powder It would take to shoot you and find it very appropriate that the gun misses fire. Liverpool Mercury. Unkind Deduction. Mrs. Benham I'm going to give n big party on my birthday. Benham -Who will be Invited? Mrs. Benham Jnst my friends. Benham I thought you said that you were going to give a big party. New York Press. SHEFFIELD PLATE. History of This Now Very Rare and Valuable War. Sheffield plate differs from all other plated ware in that the plutlng was done on the sheet metal before the article was shaped. Before and since then plating of various sorts has been opplied only to the finished piece, as In our electroplating process. Moreover, lie plating was done on copper, while modern base metal is usually com posed of an amalgam of copper, nickel and zinc. Furthermore, it Is possible for tho collector to secure examples of early Georgian and so called Queen Anne work In Sheffield plate, whllo J lie rarity and high money value of silver ware of that period make Its acquisi tion extremely difficult. Sheffield plate historically and artistically Is as worthy of a place beside old china and old mahogany as is old silverware. In 1742 one Thomas Bolsover of Sheffield, England, described In the histories as an "Ingenious mechanic," accidentally fused some silver and cop per while repairing a knife. Ho began experimenting, seeking for a method of plating copper with sliver for the man ufacture of small articles. In 1713. to gether with Joseph Wilson, he set up a factory for the manufacture of buc kles, snuffboxes and knife handles. Joseph nancock soon got hold of the secret and. perfecting it, demonstrated that It was possible to Imitate the finest and most richly embossed silver ware. Settling In Sheffield, he started the manufacture of all sorts of domes tic pieces. Beginning modestly with horsepower, he later added water now- er for the rolling process. Other man ufacturers followed his example, and Sheffield plute soon begnn to replace pewter on the tables of the English middle classes. Altogether we know of twenty-three Important manufactur ers of this ware. The Industry flourished until the middle of the nineteenth century, and so few pieces of copper rolled plate were made after that time that tlier need not concern the collector. Electro plating was discovered or Invented by a medical student of Rotherham, near Sheffield, nnd the new process was patented on March 25, 1S40. By 1850 the new ware was on the market ev erywhere, and the Industry had been revolutIonized.-Country Life In Amer- lea. BISMARCK'S ANGER. The Incident That Made Certain the Franco-German War. The Princess Bismarck, so the story goes, changed the political history of France unwittingly, and but for her the Franco-Prussian war might never have been waged. Bismarck was unfriendly to France, but the Empress Eugenie hoped with her beauty to Influence him so that the little trouble with France and Ger many might be smoothed over. She therefore invited the German prince and his wife to visit tbe court of France, and the Prince and Princess Bismarck arrived in great state at the Tuilerles. That evening tbere was a grand re ception, and Eugenie received the guests In a gown which made her so ravishingly lovely that even Prince Bismarck, German, stolid and In love with his wife, stood and gazed upon her with admiration. And Eugenie was not slow to observe the effect of her beauty upon him. She called him to her side, and Bismarck came, with his wife upon his arm. Now, the Princess Bismarck was tall and gaunt, and her feet were gener ous. As she walked she showed a great deal of sole. While Eismarck stood talking with Eugenie s.n audible titter was heard along the line of ladies. Bismarck, who was quick as a flash, followed the glance of their eyes and saw them rest upon the feet of his wife. That settled the matter. The politi cal hlstorj of France was altered from that moment. A year later, when Paris was be sieged, Bismarck himself fired a can non over the ramparts, and those who were hear him heard him shout: "Take that for the feet of the Prin cess Bismarck!" The slight was avenged. The Mayflower. Never did a ship sail with such mo mentous results as the little west coun try clipper schooner the Mayflower, but few people have bothered to ask what was her fate after she had land ed the heroic band of Englishmen on Plymouth rock. As a matter of fact, she drifted into the cotton trade and sank after many years of service for the East India company at MasuIIpa tam, on the coast of India. London Standard. A Third Need. "You need." said the expert to the sufferer, "two pairs of glasses, one for reading and one for long distance." "Can't you make It three pairs?" asked the man who had made a study of his own case. "I'd like some short sighted ones to use on bill collectors." Nashville American. Agreed With Him. Father (calling from head of stairs at 11:30 p. m.) Jennie, donjt you think It's about time to go to bed? Jennie Yes, papa dear. What on earth keeps you up bo late? Pathfinder. Not Unusual. "Sometimes," said .Uncle Eben, "I ketches myse'f lambastln" a mule foh doin' purty much de same as I would do If I was In de mule's place!" -Washlngton Star. More proof that Lydla E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound re stores women to pormal health. Mrs. Mattio Copenhaver, of 815 So. 31st ok, rarsonvians., writes: For two years I suffered from the worst forms of feminine ills, until I was almost driven frantic Nothing but mor phine wouki relieve me. hvaii is. rink ham's Vegetable Compound brought m health and happiness, and mado me a well woman. Every sick woman ahould benefit by my experience." FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN. For thirty years Lydia E. Fink ham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for female Ills, and has posit ively cured thousands of women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, ulcera tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities, griodic naiiw, backache, that bear-g-dovn fivling, flatulency, indiges- iion,uiz7.iiit'ss,ui nervous yivsuauun. Why don't you try it? Don't hesitate to write to Mrs. Pinkhnm if there is anything about you sickness you do not understand, she will treat your letterincoi Ihlom enmlad vise you free. 'o vonmn ever regretted writing he and because of her vast expi- -nee she has helped thousands. Address, Lynn, Mass. Peerages Founded by Trade. Glance through the Peerage and cross out the peerages founded by trade, and how many would be left? The earldom of Essex was founded by a draper, that of Warwick by wool stapler, that of Northumberland. the "proud Percys," by an apothe cary; that of Lansdowne by a peddler who was so poor that he lived three weeks on walnuts. Lord Tenterden, the chief Justice, stopping wltb his son outside Canterbury cathedral. pointed to a shed opposite and said "Charles, In that shed your grandfa ther used to shave for a penny. It Is the proudest reflection of my life." London Ana wen Subscribe to the Morning Astorian. Warning. If you have kidney and bladder trouble and do not use Foley's Kid ney Cure, you will have only your self to blame for results, as it posi tively cures all forms of kidney and bladder diseases. T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store. Ten Years In Bed. "For ten years I was confined to my bed with disease of my kidneys,' writes R. A. Gray, J. P. of Oakville, Ind. "It was so severe that I could not move part of the time. I con sulted the very best medical skill available, but could get no relief un til Foley's Kidney Cure was recom mended to me. "It has been a God send to me." T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store. MISCELLANEOUS. HOT OR GOLD iolden West Tea CJustRight CLOSSET DEVERSj PORTLAND, ORE. Plate Racks, Wall Pockets, Music Racks, Clock Shelves Just in See us Hildebrand Gor Old Bee Hive Bldg. WINES AND LIQUORS. Eagle Concert Hall (320 Astor Street) Rooms for rent by the day, week, or month. Bes rates in town. P. A. PETERSON, Prop. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS SITUATION WANTED. YOUNG JAPANESE WANTS SIT nation as porter in saloon und to help bartender; can speak good Eng lish, Address Kubota, 415 Yamhill, Portland. 8-9-7t FOX SALE. FOR SALE A 100-PIECE SET OF Haviland China, in perfect condi tion, cheap. Inquire at the McCrea Ford studio, 7-15-tf FOR SALE CHEAP, ONE SCHOL- arship in the International Corres pondence School of Scranton. En quire Astorian office. 8-7-tf OLD PAPERS FOR SALE; PER hundred, 25 cents. At Astorian Office FOR LEASE. FOR LEASE, LOT 8, MOCK 17, (75x150) Adair's Astoria, on Frank lin avenue near car line. Terminal Trust Co., 0. Wingate, manager. lJ.Jt HOUSE MOVERS. FREDR1CKSON BROS.-We make a specialty of house moving, car penters, contractors, general jobbing; prompt attention to all orders. Cor ner Tenth and Duane streets. ROOMS FOR RENT. F URN I SHED HOUSEKEKP1N G and single rooms. Apply 677 E' range street. MASSAGE. OLGA KANTONEN, FINNISH masseuse and steam baths, room 6, Pythian Bldg., Commercial St., As torian, Ore. LOST AND FOUND. NET LOST 3-INCH PAPERS Finlayson No. 40-13 ply twine, 9! inch mesh, 44 meshes deep; 1 paper Finlayson 40-12 ply twine, 9-inch mesh, 45 meshes deep. Finder will be suitably rewarded upon returning same to the Columbia River Packers' Association. 8-12-6t LOST-ONE BRASS CAP ABOUT four inches in diameter from auto mobile wheel. Return, to F. A. Fisher and receive reward. 8-11 -6t PASTURAGE. WILL PASTURE YOUR HORSE for $2.50 a month. A. E. Kinney, Lewis and Clark. 8-ll-2t MISCELLANEOUS. MAGAZINE BINDING OF ALL kinds done at the Astorian Office. WANTED A SOUND, YOUNG horse; suitable for lady to ride. Address "T.," care of this office. 7-Ct LOOSE LEAF LEDGERS ALL kinds made by The J. S. Dcllinger Company. WANTED-TO BUY A HORSE; weight about 1250 pounds; not over 8 years old; must be good driver and gentle, also city broke. Address As torian office. 6-9-tf. FARM FOR SALE. WILL SELL MY LEWIS AND Clark farm at a bargain, with or without stock, to suit purchaser. W. J. Ingalls. EMPLOYMENT OFFICE. J.T. NOWLEN Real Estate and Employment Office 473 Commercial St., Phone Have fine list of Astoria and coun try property. All classes of labor furnished. BIDS REQUESTED. FOR FURNISHING AND FILL- ing not less than 5000 cubic yards of earth in James street on the north side of Reservoir No. 2 and placing proper drainage at bottom of fill and also laying the steel culvert from overflow of reservoir as directed by the engineer in charge. Bids to be filed with clerk of commission not later than 5 p. m., August 21st, and to state time of completion; right re served to reject any and all bids. City Water Commission, by G. W. Lounsberry, Clerk. MEN AND WOMEN. Um Big for unnatural iu.i.rffn inflftiiimtttloni la Gnftruut4 utinni or ulceration! Bol to itrlatarff. of tuuooun iiiembranei, l'ninli-M, una not tniiw gent or poinotioui. Said hy DraRfUU, JHEfcVAHSteMIOAlCO. CINCINNATI,! or ttmt in plain wrapper, y ixprei'K, prepaiq, lot I fin ,.r 'A hnttlfl t2.76. 7 J SO P UTI. V ma i S'CINCINMTI,Ol"'nl X,"1K Sit. 4. A 1 i PROFESSIONAL CARD. ATTO RNEVS-AT-LA W CHARLES H. ABERCROMBlE Attorney-at-Law City Attorney Orticea: City Mall JOHN C. McCUE, Attorney-at-Law Page Building, Suite 4 HOWARD M. BROWNELL Attorney-at-Law Deputy District Attorney 4.'0 Commercial Street OSTEOPATHS DR. RHODA C. HICKS Osteopath Office Vansell Bldg, Phone Black 2065 b?3 Commercial St.. Astoria, Ore. DENTISTS DR. VAUGHAN Dentist Pythian Building, Astoria, Oregon DR. W. C. LOGAN Dentist Commercial St. Shanahan Bldg. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. RESTAURANTS. Opposite Ron. Higgini Co. Coilee with Pie or Cake 10 Ctt. FIRST-CLASS MEALS Regular Meals IS Cts. and Up, U. S. RESTAURANT. 434 Bond Street CoSFes with Pis or Cake, 10 Cts, First-Class Meals. IS Cts. MISCELLANEOUS. Smith's Special Delivery EXPRESS AND BAGGAGE Leave Orders at Star Cigar Store. Phone Black 2383 Res. Phone Red 2276. Stand Corner 11th an Commercial. DENTISTS. TEETH Without Plaff h COR. HTH AND COMMERCIAL Office hours 8:30 A. M. to 8: P. M. Sunday10:00 to 12:00. Phone Number Main 3901. Painless Extractions 5oc Corner Commercial and 11th Sts. over Danziger store. FISH HARXXT. 77 Ninth St., Near Bond Fresh and Salted Fish, Game and Poultry, Groceries, Produce and Fruit Imported and Domestic Goods. P. BAKOTITCH FEO, Props. Phone Red 2183 SCHOOLS AND IMS 111 Seatte Fish Marke You want the best money can buy in food, clothing, home comforts, pleasures, etc., why not in education? Portland's Leading Business College offers such to you and at no greater cost than an inferior school Owners practical teachers More Calls than we can fill Teachers actual business men In session the entire year Positions guaranteed graduates Catalogue "A" for the asking I. M. WALKER, Pres. O. A. BOSSERMAN, Secy. UNDtmutsa. J, A. (IIMIAUOII CO., Undertakers and KiiihulmerN. Kiperlenoed l.ndv AnsUttuit W hen I Hired. .hi M in Culls Promptly Attended Day or Night. Tatton Hd;r 1 '2th and Dunne Hts AHTOUIA. OKK.UON Phone 31 at n mil MIDICAL. UnprcfeMt4 8 u f DR. t GEE n TBI GREAT CHIHISI DOCTOl WhO ft MOT 4 ,,thronhoot the United BUWe oo seeouat 4 rkJf wonderful irrt. No poiMma or drugs uc. lit futrsa Urn t cur oaUrrb, thus, lung sad throat trouble, rbumtlm, amounts ttomaea, Urn aad kUntj. tmals com plaint and all ehronlo dittMt. UCCISSrUL H0MI TRIlTKKJrr. If you cannot cat writ for lymptoai blank ind circular, loolotlng 4 etaU t stamps, TBI C. CIE WO MEDICI NX CO. First St., Corner Morrltoa. PORTLAND, OREGON. P1mm Dint!oo th AitorUa. PLUMBERS. A. 1 PLUMBER Betting Contractor, Tinner AND Sheet Iron Worker LL WORK GUARANTEE!? 425 Bond Street Youncc Baker PLUMBERS TINNERS Steam and Gas Fitting All Work Guaranteed. 126 Eighth Street, opp. Post Office. Phone Main 4061. LAUNDRIES. WE WASH Everything but the Baby and return everything but the dirt. TROY LAUNDRY Tenth and Duane Phone Main 1901 CONCRETE WORK DONE ANY PERSON WANTING ANY CONCRETE WORK DONE AT THE CEMETARIES, WILL PLEASE LEAVE ORDERS AT POHL'S UNDERTAKING FICE. OF. E. NYMAN Astoria, Ore. P. O, Bos 603. COLLEGES 111 Linulur aeut on request

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 13 THE MORNING AST01UAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. v J The Daily Market Report PORTLAND, Aug. 12,-Recelpt of peaches from California today were fairly Urge,' but from thin time on Nhimcnt from that tute will be small it nd within a nhort time they will be smntl ami within a short time they will disappear nltoegther, The bulk of the California crop hni been moved, the hot, dry weather there brlniiinu the ncason to an end a little earlier than usual, Oregon are now coining in freely, the early sorts for the most part, but fancy Oregon Crawford are expected next week from hot the Atliland district and The Dalles, lkst pcneheit today sold at 75 cent to 90 cent a box, and at the no price the trade was active. Standard city creamery butter wai advanced to 3U cent a pound today, the result of the usual midsummer decline in production and fairly firm market outside the city. .Butter price on the Sound are now the tame n in Portland, and report from Se attle ami Tacotna indicate that sup plie are none too large for the de mand, The leading brand of country ilreamrry were advanced to a parity with city creamery today, but there in little of that butter now coming to the city. There were no change in cheese price today. Flour. Grain and Feed, Wheat-Track price: Club, 90c; red, Ruian, 88c; bluetem, 94c; Val ley, 90c. Barley-Feed. $23.50; rolled, $26(2 27; brewing, $26. Oats-No. I white, $26.50; gray, $26.00. Flour-Patent, $4 85; atraighta, $4.05 4.55; export, $3.70; Valley $4.45; 1-4 tack graham, $4.40; whole wheat, $465; rye, $5.50. MilUtunV-Bran, $26.00; middling, $30.50; ahort. country, $28.50; ihort, city, $28; chop, $2227.50. Hay Timothy: Willamette Valley, fancy, $14.00; do, ordinary,, $11.00; Eatern Oregon, $16.50; mixed, $13; alfalfa, $11. Butter, Kggs and Poultry. Butter F.xtras, 30c; fancy, 27Jc; choice, 25c; store, 18c. Cheese Full cream twin, 141c; full cream triplet, 141c; Young Amreica, 151c; cream brick, 20c; Swias block, 18c; Limburger, 20c. Poultry Mixed chickens, H12c; fancy hens, 12 cent; rooatert, old, 8 broiler, MftlSc; dressed, lc per lb. higher; duck. 12'gl4c; gese, old, B(n 10c: turkey, alive.' 18ri20c. RKKr-Kxtras, 25c; firsts, 23(5 24c; seconds, 2V$22c, thirds 20c. Fruita and Vegetables. Potatoes New Oregon, $1.00 $1.25; sweet, 5c. Fresh Fruits-Oranges, $3.754.25; lemons, $4.506.50; blackberries, $1(5! $1.25 per crate; cherries, 510c lb.; apricot, $13:1.25 per crate; plums, 40(?K 75c crate; watermelons, lk lb.; loganberries, 90c5$l crate; grapes, $1.001.50 crate. Vegetables Turnip, $125 sack; beeta, $1.75; parsnips, $1.25; cabbage, $1.50(52.00; cauliflower crate; lettuce, 20(525c; cucumbers, 75(S85c; $1.50; celery, 753!80c; artichokes, 60c doz,; beans, 8c; eggplant, 10121c lb.; tomatoes, $1 crate; cantaloupes, $2.50(53.00 per crate; corn, $1.75 not mtxfie Onion California red, $1-25; garlic, 1215c. Apples California new, $1.00 $1.50; Oregon, 7Sc$1.25. Meata and Provisions. Dressed Meats Hogs fancy, 77jc; ordinary, 61c, large 6c; veal, extra StyBk ordinary, 6S)7c; heavy, 5c; mutton, fancy, B9c. Lard-Kettle leaf JOs, 14c; do '5s, 14Jc; do 50-lb. tin, J3ie;' steam ren dered 10c, 123c; do 5, 124c; com pound 10, 9Jc llama 10-12 lb., 17c; 14-16 lb., 161c; 18-20 lbs-, 161c. Bacon Breakfast, 16J23lc; pic nic, 10ic; cottage roll, 12c; regular short clears, smoked, 12k; do un smoked, Ilk; Un. B., 10313c lb.; smoked, 1013c; untmoked, 12c; clear bellies, unsmoked, 13k; smok ed, 14k; shoulders, 12c. JOBBERS' QUOTATIONS. Sugar, Coffee, Etc. D. G $6.25; beet, $6.05; Golden C, $5.65; extra C, 5.75; powdered, $6.35; fruit or berry sugar, $625; boxes, 55c. Sugar (sack oai)-D. G., $625; cwt. advance over sack basis less k If paid for i t 15 days). Coffee-Mocha, 2428c; Java, fancy, 2528c; Java, good, 2024c; Java, ordinary, 1720c; Costa Rica, fancy, 18 20c; Costa Rica, good, 16 (51 18c; Arbuckle, $16.50 cwt.; Lion, $15.75 cwt.; Colombia coffee, 14c lb.; Salvador, rH14lc. Rice Imperial Japan, No. 1, $6.35; Southern Japan, $5.756.00; broken, 4k; head, fancy, $7(5)7.75. Salt-Bales of 7S-2s, bale, $2.25; bale of 60-3, bale, $2.25; bales of 40-4. bate, $2.25; bales of 15-10. bale, $2.25; bags, 50s, Inc, ton, $15; bag, 50c; genuine Liverpool ton, $17; bag, 50. i ground. $13.50; 100. ton, $13; R. S. V., 20 5-tb carton, $2.25; R. S. V. P., 3-tb carton, $175; Liverpool, lump, per ton, $20. Raisins Loose muscatels, 3-crowo, 6 cents; 4 crown, 71 cents; bleached, seedless Sultanas, 91c12c; un bleached seedless Sultanas, 61 cents; London layers, 3-crown, whole boxes of 20 rounds, $2.00; 2-crown, $1.75. Nuts Walnuts, 1517c pound; filbert, 16 Brazils, 16c; pecan, 14 (520c; hickory, 10c; Virginia row pea nut, 8 cents; chestnuts, Ital ian 10c, Ohio 25c; cocoanuts, dozen, 90c(S$l; pine nut, MW12c pound. Dried Fruits Applies, 81c per lb; peache. 1012c; pears, lHft'Mc; Italian prune, 5'36c; California figs, white, in sacks, 71c per pound; black, 6(7c; brick, 75c2.25 per box; Smyrna, 67lc per pound; dates, Persian, 6ftJ7c pound. Hops, Wool, Hides, Etc. Hops 1907 crop, 5 61c pound. Wool Valley, 1414Jc lb; coarse, 1213c; Eastern Oregon, 816c, at to shrinkage. Mohair Choice, 1819c pound. Cascara Sagrada (chittitm bark) 3141c per pound. Oregon Graperoot Per 100 pound $35. Hides Dry hides, No. 1, 14c lb; dry kip, No. 1, 13c lb; dry salted, one third less; dry calf, 15c lb; salted steers, 78c lb; salted cows, 6c lb; stags and bulls, 4c lb; kip, 6c lb; calf, 10llc lb; green stock, lc less; sheepskins; shearlings, 1025c; short wool, 30340c; medium and long wool, according to quality, 5090c; dry horses, 50ciS$1.50; dry colt, 25c; angora, 80c(2$l; goat, common, 10 20c. Oysters, Clams and Fish, Oysters Shoalwater Bay, per gal lon, $2.25; per sack, $4.50; Toke Point, $1.60 per 100; Olympias (120 lbs.), $6; Olympias, per gallon, $2.25. Fish Halibut, 5c lb; black cbd, 8c; black bass, 20c; striped bass, 18c; herring, 51c; flounders, 6c; catfish, 11c; shrimp, 12k; perch, 7c; sturgeon, August Official Tide Tables taaaBBawaasaaaaBBBBBSBaaa) Compiled by the U. S. Government for Astoria and Vicinity. AUGUST, 1908. High Water. Date. Saturday SUNDAY Monday Tuesday Wednenday Thursday Friday Saturday SUNDAY Monday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday SUNDAY Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday SUNDAY Monday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday SUNDAY Monday 10 10 11! 12 1 1 13 14 15 16 17 18 1 .....20 21 22 23 24 24 25 18 17 28 29 80 SI A. M. h.m. 2:50 8:2f 4:15 6:08 6:14 7:84 8:66 10:10 11:10 0:11 1:10 1:58 2:60 8:44 4:40 6:48 7:05 8:26 8:46 10:46 11:85 0:15 0:50 1:24 2:00 2:34 8:14 ft. 7. 7.1 6.8 6.4 6.9 6.7 6.8 8.2 6.8 9.3 9.8 9.1 8.7 8.0 7.6 6.8 6.8 8.2 4 8.7 7.0 1.2 8.1 8.0 7.8 7.6 7.8 P. M. h.m. ft 7.8 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.2 8.5 8.8 7.8 9.1 7.8 8.8 8.6 8.8 8.9 8.8 8.5 8.8 8.1 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.1 7.4 8.2 7.6 7.8 7.9 8.0 8.1 8.1 8.0 AUGUST, 1908. Low Water. Date. Saturday SUNDAY Monday Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday SUNDAY .Monday .Tuesday Wednesday mursuay Friday Saturday SUNDAY Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday SUNDAY Monday Tuesday Wednesday ThursJay Friday Saturday SUNDAY Monday 1 2 8 4 B 5 6 7 8 9! 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 2tf 26 27 28 .....29 80 81 Au M. h.m. 9:16 9:40 10:18J 10:68 0:08 11:451 1:14 2:26 3:35 4:36 6:80 6:22 7:08 7:54 8:37 9:18 10:02 10:60 11:48 0:65 2:05 3:14 4:15 5:06 6:50 6:28 7:02 7:28 7:661 8:18 8:42 9:10 ft. 0.8 1.2 1.8 2.8 1.7 2.8 1.4 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.9 1.3 1.3 1.1 0.8 .l 0 1.6 2.8 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.2 .2 II 0 0.6 0.9 1.3 1.8 LI P. M. h.m. 9:441 10:24 11:15 12:44 2:00 8:15 4:30 5:80 6:32 7:25 8:15 9:06 9:62 10:48 11:46 12:48 1:66 8:10 4:18 6:16 6:05 6:45, 7:20 7:60 8:16 8:40 9:15 9:64 ft 2.T 2.8 2.0 8.2 8.6 8.8 8.7 3.3 2.8 2.8 1.8 1.4 1.2 0.1 1.0 s!o 3.6 8.6 8.6 8.4 8.2 2.9 2.7 2.4 2.1 1.9 1.6 1.4 Habitual Constipation May he pemanny twercome jy proper tf rwnal cjVU witKthe assistance W the cm (ruly bencjicVal Ifuntke te mek Syrup o ri fp em M'uVr bjin., wKich enable ft n to form re Jar habit daily 50 Hwt assistance w na ture may lc gradually (liSpro3eU'Jh remeclic,wKen retired, areto assist nature and not to supjJant the hW ftl function, vh'tcK must depend ulti tttatery upon projcv hourinKment, proper ejfortaywd rifcW femtroll. fogftiU ben ecial tjfeclS, a!way5 buy the genuine Caijfornia Fio Stoup Co. only SOLp ALU LEADING DRUCXM oat sue only, rsguUr pm 50t pr JJot STS tl 12k; sea trout, 15c; torn cod, 10c; sal mon, fresh, 89c; smelt, 7c; shad, 3J(g4c, Canned Salmon Columbia River, 1 pound talis, $2.10; Mb. talis, $3.00; fancy, Mb, flats, $2.25; Mb. flats, $1.40; fancy, Mb. ovals, $275; Alaska talis, pink, f5c; red, $1.40; nominal, 2s, tails, $2.10. Clams Little neck, per box, $2.50; razor clams, $2 per box. Oils, Lead, Etc Benzine V. M. and P. and Union Naphtha, cases, 19k; iron barre's, !2k, Coal Oil Union and pearl and as tral oil, case, 18c per gallon; water white, iron barrels, 10k; eocene and extra star, cases, 21c; headlight oil cases, 19k ;iron barrels, 12k; elaine, cases, 28c. Lead Strictly pure white lead, in ton lots, 7k; 500-lb. lots, 8c less; less than 500c lbs., 8k; red lead and lith arge, lc higher than white. Linseed Oil Raw. 5-barrel lots. SOc; 1-barrel lots, 51c; in case, 57c; boiled, 5-barrel lots, 52c; 1-barrel lots, 53c; in cases, 59c Gasoline Union and Red Crown, bbls., 13k; cases, 22k. Motor, bbls., 15k; cases, 221c 86 degrees, bbls., 30c; cases, 37k. Engine Distillate, bbls., 9c; cases, 16c. Turpentine In cases, 63c; in wood barrels, 61k; in iron barrels, 591c; in 10-case lots, 62c. Too Complicated. Modern household Improvements are arpreclntcd by the Initiated,' but to the unenlightened they sometimes prove dlxoou rutins. Mrs. Gordon was show ing Inn, the uew maid, who had agreed to work for $4 -a week, the conven iences of ber up to date kitchen. "It's n very cany place." explained the lady, "because I have so many contrivances for making the work light. "Now, here's a new patent bread mixer. When you're ready to use It I'll show you how to put It together. And this Is a uplcudid mcut grimier. It saves hours of labor with the chop ping knife. Here Is a flue apple purer that takes the cores out too. And this hardwood slab Is a wonderful potato el leer. "Then," contluued Mrs. Gordon proudly, "I hove n patent dishwasher, a percolating coffeepot and on auto matic ash sifter." "Meesls," suid Ina tlrmly, "eef I Is to spend all mys time learning how to make dose fonny t'lngs go I must hov free dollar a moot' more. She vor too raoch vork." Youth's Companion. The Constitution. The first draft of the constitution contained an enumeration of the states by name qfter the word "people"-as "We, the people of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Virginia" but it be came impossible to retain this form sfter the adoption of the seventh and lust article, which provided that the ratification by nltie states should be suflkieut to establish tho constitution as between them, and for the plain reason that It was impossible to de termine whether all the states would ratify or, If they failed, which they would be; or, If nine should ratl?y, how to designate them. No nlterca tfere was thus left but to omit the numeration and to Insert in Its place United States." New York American. Subscribe to the Morning Astorian, 60 cents per month, delivered by carrier. ,kfMM 60 YEARS' V V EXPERIENCE to, f D I'M 'w st4 Tnane MARKS AnTone ending n keloh and description m AnToneiHWIninfj n Kcicn mm nrarM.i.Hi i oulclilT moortnln our opinion free whet lmr uu neimon la prohnblr nnicntnlilo. Ccmmnnloiv. tlonlrlctlyH.nttdeiitf.il. HANDBOOK on I'atcnw ant Ires. Oldest nitoncy for seciirmc patentn. Fnttmts taken turouuh Mmm A Co. ruoelv yrtnl nollce, wllti.iut clmrao, iu tlia Scictilific Jlartcaa. A nnndsomelr lllimtratod wenklr. I.nreent elr nilatlmi o( any icilenllUo Journa 1 ernn, o (ear s four months, L SoV brail tiewadenlerj. ,iUNl,&Co.36,BrM,lw''NewYorli Vraooa Otto. SUTSU Waahlngton. D. C WHY SEND AWAY FOR Loose Leaf Devices We manufacture them right here in Astoria at Lowest Prices. LOOSE LEAF LEDGERS LEDGER SHEETS TRANSFER BINDERS INDEXES DUPLICATE BILLING SYSTEMS MONTHLY ACCOUNT SHEETS ETC. r' We have all the latest improved machinery for turning out this class of work. Give us your next order. TheJ.S.DellingerCo. Blank Book Makers and Printers I Hill I), AxahJ r'- Y-i I IN ONE OR MANY COLORS tj LARGEST FACILITIES IN THE WEST FOR M THE PRODUCTION OF K HIGH GRADE WORK V I BATIS AS LOW AS USTUI ROIiSZS NEW storia Street Directory Jut issued; enables you to find lo cation of any stoeet number instant ly. Complete guide to the city and public places. PRICE 10c EACH. WHITMAN'S BOOK STORE A few dosss of this remedy will In variably cure sn ordinary attack of diarrhoea. It can always be depended ;pon, even in the more severe attacks of cramp colio and cholera morbus. It is equally successful for summer diarrhoea and cholera infantum in children, and ia the, means of saving the lives of many children each year. When reduced with water and sweetened it is pleasant to take. Every man of a family should keep this remedy in his home. Buy it now. Price, 25o. LarobSizk, 60o. "NOTHING LIKE IT"... Allen's Wall Paper, Paints, Etc. When we do your painting or. decorating, you cannot help being satisfied, for there's nothing like it. Allen Wall Paper and Paint Co. f Cor. 11th and Bond Sts. PHOENIX PURE PAINT We guarantee Phoenix Pure Paint to be composed of Pioneer White Lead, Oxide of Zinc, Linseed Oil, Dryers and Coloring Pigments and to contain no, adul teration. We will repaint free of charge any structurejjup on which Phoenix Pure Paint has been used and not found as herein represented. The FoardJ& Stokes HardwarelCo.

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THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. THURSDAY, AUGUST 13 9 i 1 .JT WffitjWyi I i "T-wrniMt -1J Li. 1 1 II II IV UU 1 I kill Fresh Supply Martin's Eastern Cream Imported Swiss-Roquefort German Breakfast Try Bent's Water Cracker A. V. ALLEN Sole Agent for the Celebrated H. C Fry Cut Glass. PHONE 711 PHONIC 38?t UNIONTOWN BRANCH PHONE 713. New York News Letter NEW YORK, Aug. 12. Never in ill history has this city seen more pre liminary presidential stir than that which is to-day setting the heads of very politician awhirl. Early Au gust has usually found Gotham dead and dry of politics even in the years f hardest national campaigning .Yet to-day the tall Metropolitan tower is trammed with a hustling headquarters rew of Republicans and every square foot of the Hoffman House hums with the activities of the Democratic managers. Even in the palmy days when. Mark Hanna and the Bryan leaders lined up their forces across Madison Square for a finish fight, no such early action took place as New Yorkers are seeing today. Every day "Marse Henry" is flinging out a telling broadside of words from the Democratic stronghold while big guns re being trained for return fire down at Uyster cay. ii mis opening srish in the metropolis is any indica tion, the nation is entering one of the liveliest campaigns that veteran politicians can remember. CHAOS OF CARS. With thousands of dollars worth of transfers being refused and its whole atreet car system cropping out with wtw names and colors, the New York public is to-day just facing its most aggravating traction situation in re cent years. As a last straw the sev ering of the 59th street cross-town Bne from every main artery of travel en the island is to-day bearing down to the breaking point the camel's ack of the people's patience. To lundreds of thousands of New Yor kers the extra daily nickels wrung ent by this process make real home iardship, while to everyone else the change is proving a constant source of annoyance. As if to increase the confusion the trolley kings have de creed tha srange signs and colors cover the cars of the hashed-up sys tem and new routes be essayed on many familiar lines. In any other town in the land such changes would not be tolerated a week. In Gotham, iowever, the crowd is too intent on seaching the places of gain and pleas ure to care how it is trampled as it goes. AQUATIC ACTION. Now that bold bands of swimmers lave raced through the deadly rapids of Hell Gate and pushed from Brook lyn Bridge clean down to sea, miles cue beyond Coney Island,, the sport is attracting new thousands at each succeeding match. Next Saturday and Sunday a score of dangerous routes are scheduled to be compassed by lundreds of the fleetest and staunch cst swimmers about this island. 'These human fish are bred by the thousands on the wharves and piers af all the waterfront, where the youth of the tenements plunge long and hard in the rivers almost from the time they can walk. Many a future champion at long distance and whirl pool swimming is to-day known only to the wharf gangs that match their ieroes in constant heart-breaking contests. The new interest that the swimmer has aroused here in town bids fair to bring out an even har dier crew of men turbines. PIONEER PASSING. f Preparations to lay low the first steel-frame skyscraper that ever rose en Manhattan are being rapidly pushed today. Almost everyone remembers the day when the "Tower Building" reared aloft above every roof and flagpole on the lower island. To-day it is hard to pick out the doomed pioneer in sky building, for its once-comanding shaft is complete ly engulfed on every side by buildings Imndreds of feet above its crest. On the site of the original skyscraper a mammoth structure thirty-eight sto ries aloft will be run up almost be fore the deep 6nows come. No su rer sign that a new day has dawned in the metropolitan building can be held forth than this passing of New York's first sample of the upward drift. of Cheese MURDER AND MERCURY. That murder rose almost to record height in the annals of the police force during the last month is not de nied by the busy sleuths of this city to-day. While half a doien sensati onal mysteries held the attention of the reading public during the deadly hot days of July, scores of killings throughout the town required all their attention, the bluecoats declare. Though the man-slaying mania seems to have abated somewhat in every precinct, the detectives are still on the trail of many an unwritten mur der case. No one can assign the real cause of this curious spasm of deadly crime, though the general belief is :hat the hot weather played its part Cooler days and better times are look ed to by the authorities for an easing in the temper of the murderously in clined. ESTATE OF 26 CENTS. New York Suicide's Affairs Go Into Litigation. NEW YORK, Anug. 12. Twenty six cents, representing the total es tate of Simon Siegenthaler, who com mitted suicide in October of last year is in litigation, and B. G. Hammond, the dead man's son-in-law, has applied to Surrogate Noble of Queen s coun ty for letters of administration on his father-in-law's estate. When the body jof the suicide was picked up 24 cents, a penknife, a bag of tobacco and a purse were the only articles found in the clothing. These articles passed through the hands of the coroner's office into those of Public Adminis trator John T. Robinson of Newton, and then into the hands of City Cham berlain Marin, who sold the purse and knife, realizing two cents which in creased the original amount to 26 cents, which was duly turned over to the city chamberlain's fund, and the records of the transaction properly set forth in the archives of the city. It was at this stage that Mr. Ham mond who is a native'of South Caro lina appeared and demanded his fa ther-in-law's effects. He declined to believe that, all his father-in-law left was 26 cents, so in order to compel an accounting and division of the estate he has applied to Surrogate Noble. Siegenthaler left three children, so that if the estate of 26 cents is divided among them they will each receive 2-3 cents. WEARY SEARCH FOR WORK. But There Must Be Something The Matter With Porter. CHICAGO, Aug. 12.-A dispatch to the Record-Herald from Pontiac, 111, says: H there is any virtue in experience, John Henry Porter of Red Bank, Pa., is (iiialilied to hold the office of grand master of the army of the unemploy ed. Lured onward and onward in never dying hope, John Henry, accompan ied by his wife, a ten year old son and a baby fifteen months old, has trudg ed every inch of the weary way from Red Bank to this place, a distance of over 100O miles, on the trail of the Hitting job, but ever it has eluded him and he is still on the trail. The baby rides in the little buggy which had been purchased in more pros perous times and all the earthly be longings of the family are carried in a toy express wagon, which the fa ther and his young son alternately haul along the dusty roads. SOLDIERS WILL SHOOT. Competition Will Open At Fort-Sheridan On Friday. CHICAGO, Aug. 12 Soldiers rep resenting the six divisions of the Uni ted States army will compete in the competition which will open at Fort Sheridan on Friday, when prelimi nary practice will be disposed of. umm...umm. i in nnirrrii i II i llLlUPl It) ULfULll Southern Pacific Machine Wins in California Primaries A MAJORITY OF DELEGATES United States Senator Perkins Will Probably be Returned to Wash ington, and Congressmen Kahn'. and Hayes Also Likely to be Re-elected SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12.-Out of 629 delegates to the state conven tion, the indications from present ad vices are that the regular Republican forces will control 400 as a result of the primary elections held yesterday. In this city thirteen of the eighteen assembly districts went to the regu lars while in Alameda county where opposition was strongest four out of the seven districts were captured by the regulars. Oakland and Berkeley were taken by the opposition but Ala meda went to the regulars. The reg ular ticket carried San Diego and San Joaquin county, Santa Clara County, Sonoma County and Contra Costa county. In Fresno there was no contest and in Humboldt county the opposition will name the senator while the congressmen will be regu lars. The regulars made great gains in Sacramento. The result of the primaries is taken as an indication that in the event of a Republican victory at the polls Senator George Perkins will be re turned to Washington and also prac tically determines the re-nomination of Congressmen Kahn and Hayes. The shoot will last two days and 74 men and .officers will take part. The 12 men holding the highest scores wiil be chosen as a team to rep resent the army at the national shoot which will be held in a short time. Twelve medals, four of them gold, and eight silver, will be presented to the men who shoot well enough to qualify for the team. The list of crack shots includes 43 enlisted men and IS officers and five officers and eleven enlisted men are to compete as distinguished pistol shots. Many of the officers are to shoot for med als offered, but will not take part in the time competition. ROOSEVELT FAVORS HUGHES. Says Raines, But Adds That Presi dent is Taking no Part OYSTER BAY, Aug. 12. State Senator Raines, John Mitchell and Ralph M. Fasley were among the guests at Sagamore Hill today. Raines came on private matters but later he expressed an entirely personal opin ion, that the president looked with favor upon the political status of Gov ernor Hughes. Raines was quick to add, however, that the president is taking no part in the republican gub ernatorial nomination in New York. Mitchell said he and Fasley came to invite the president to address the National Civic Federation in New York on December 14. The presi dent, he said, did not accept, because he is in doubt whether he will be able to keep the engagement if made. Mitchell declared that politics were not mentioned. TAFT REMAINS MUM. Has Nothing to Say After All-Day Conference With Leaders. HOT SPRINGS, Aug. 12.-Every thing is harmonious and no one was laid across my knee and spanked," remarked Taft tonight, oncluding the detailed account of his all-day confer ence with Hitchcock, the republican national chairman and Arthur I. Vorhys, his chief of staff. .Hitchcock announced today that Taft could make no speeches outside of the city of Cincinnati during the campaign. It is also announced that Taft will continue his policy of not mixing local contentions in any state or tak ing part to behold for any candidate for state office. Announcement is intended to an swer the demand that Taft decide the merits of contestants in the West Virginia split, and also that he ex press a preference for or against Hughes in New York in the state gubernatorial situation. Subscribe to the Morning Astorian. 60 cents per month by carrier. NORTH SIDE NEWS Mlu I. M. WltlUtuwn, ol llwco, i tat accredited rtprmenuttos or The AnlorUn end will take cure of ell item of new, ordere tor sulwrripUim end ell kind ol priming. ILWACO George L. Colwell, of Astorin, wa in town Tuesday, looking after hie many interests here. A. G. Kennedy, assistant engineer of the llwaco Railroad Co., spent Tuesday in llwaco. Mr. ami Mrs. W. A. Graham went to Astoria Tuesday wheer they will spend a day or two, Mrs. J. B. Nye, who has been re siding at Long Beach for some time returned Tuesday to llwaco David Hood, traveling salesman for Mason, Ehrman Co., of Portland, was in town Monday, soliciting or ders among the llwaco merchants. WALKED 1100 MILLS Endurance Competition to Test Dietic Theories TWENTY-FOUR MEN COMPETE Robert Harriman, Yale Student, in the Lead Some Are on Vegetarian Diet, Some on Meat, and Others on a Combination Diet. CHICAGO, Aug. 12.-Leading 23 companions by over 100 miles, Robert Harriman, a Yale student, whose home is in New York City, finished a long walk of 1,100 miles from Mon treal, Canada, last night, at the cen tral Y. M. C. Chicago. Harriman, according to the story credited by the Y. M. C. A, of this city, left Montreal on July 16, on a walk of 2500 "miles to prove the malities of certain diets and their effects on an athlete in an endurance test The 24 men were di vided into sections, of eight each, the first to go through the entire trip on a vegetarian diet, the second on a meat diet, and the third given to a combination diet. Harriman was one of the third division. The officials of McGill University at Montreal are working in co-operation with several American Universi ties on the plan. The trip was from Montreal to Chi cago and thence to New York. GUN EXPLOSION KILLS SIX. Eighteen Other Recruits Are Injured While Receiving Instructions. TOULON, Aug. 12. -Six were killed and 18 were injured by a gun explosion aboard the gunnery school ship Coronnct today. The accident occurred while a number of the re cruits were receiving instructions m handling a 164 milimetre gun, the breech of which blew out. Three of the wounded arc in a desperate con dition. WILL GET WARM WELCOME. MELBOURNE, Aug. 12.-Both houses in the Victorian parliament to day voted unanimously resolutions cordially welcoming the American battleship fleet in Australian waters. MACK DENIES REPORT. OMAHA, Aug. 12 Chairman Mack of the-democratic national committee authorized a denial of the report that the democratic national commiee re ceived he fund of $300,000 left over from the last democratic national campaign. The report is without foundation, Mack said. Hia Corporations. Weary Yi'n!ker-Wot do youse t'lnlt uv me corporations, Tatters? Tired Tatters Wot corporations? Weary Walker Me shoes. 1 call tbem cor porations because dey ain't got no soles.-Pathfindcr. Hope Still. "I can safely say that no man ever attempted to bribe me, gentlemen." Voice In the Crowd-Don't be down hearted, old chap; your luck may mange. London Telegraph. Morning Astorian, 60 cents' per month 1 joe Edwards, of the North Bench Life -Saving Station, was in town Monday. Mrs. William Gregory Im been confined to her bed for sonic time with rheumatism, but is slowly re covering. Mr. Wirt, of Oysterville, returned home Monday after a pleasant visit! of n day or two with hi daughter, Mrs. W. A. Graham and family. John Williamson relumed to ll waco Wednesday from Mother's log ging camp on Bear river, where he has been working for the past few month. H. W. Null, the jeweler, made a -hort business trip to Chinook Wed nesday! returning the same day. Laos Mads Prom Hair. The immt curious lace la called potnt trtmse. It la very rare and waa made of human hair. French collector say that It eilata In the present day only In their ca&lnets. It was confined to the early part of the sixteenth century. Margaret, countess of Lennot, the mother of tho wretched Darnley, aent from the tower, where she was Inv primmed when her son, I.ord Charles Lennox, married the daughtw of Bess of Ilardwleke, a hit of this kind of laeo to Mary, queen of Rcota. This Is a vory strong proof of her belief In the queen's Innocence of the guilt that had bwn Imputed to her. The little square of polut trcHse was worked by the old counteiw' own bands from her own gray hair. It was, In fact, hair mixed with One flat.-Loudon Express. Knew He Was Dead. Some time after the occupation of Manila by the American forces one of the army officers was shown through the old Spanish prison In that city. lie noticed a small opening through a brick wall. Upon asking Its use he waa told that prisoners were placed In a cell behind It and walled up alive. "You see. sonor," said the guide, "as long as the prisoner lived bis food was banded In on a plate, and be banded the empty plate back, but when be banded the plate back with the food on It untouched, then the Jailer knew be was dead and didn't five- him any more." Not Lletenin'fl. She was a very little girl, but not so small that she did not recognize swear lug as something very wrong or that If other people used bad language It waa bcr place to close her ears to It She was on the atreet with her mother, and aa they passed a group of men talking In loud tones Die passuraby beard the small girl exclaim In shocked tones, "Oh, Isn't that awful?" And then, aa If suddenly remembering, "But I'm not listening." New York Times. Unterrlfied. The traveler was hurrying along the unfamiliar trait that led In the gen era! direction of bis destination, when suddenly a large abyss yawned before him, He was not in the least perturbed. ne was a lecturer, between travels, and was accustomed to have things yawn before blm.-Cblcago News. Cares Redoubled. "My time." said Mr. Dustln Stax, "Is very valuable." "That's what makes me doubt the benefit of vast wealth," replied the easy going acquaintance. "It's bad enough to be bothered by the wasting of a few dollars without being worried sick every time you lose five minutes." COMING THE BEST SHOW OF THE SEASON The Claman Players A COMPANY OF i8 PEOPLE WITH Band and Orchestra Presenting the Big Scenic Revival of "On the Frontier" OPERA HOUSE SUNDAY, Aug. 16 Special scenery, mechanical devices and electrical effects. High class vaudeville specialties between each act. Not a dull moment from start to finish. FREE DAILY BAND CONCERT, FRONT OF THEATRE, 7:15 TO 8:15 P. M. Prices 25c, 35c, 75c Seats on Sale Saturday, August 15th. NOTES Automatic Telephone ic and Otherwise The Value of a Tele phone The vitluc of a telephone depend entirely upon the number of tubicrib ers to be reached. In Portland tha Pacific Telephone Kf Telegraph Com- pany has over 21.000 telephones with 400 additional shortly to be installed. The Automatic Home Company Is said to have about one-quarter of this number. Therefore, a party In As toria calling for a party In Portland over nn Automatic Home Telephone in ASTORIA would stand less than one chance in four of getting his party. So there are other considera tion! beside purely local conditions to think of. We Do Not Favor Two Telephone The Citicn' National Bank of I,os Angeles. Paid up capital, $200. 000, Lo Angeles, Cat., July 2J, 1906, tir, I. u. Milium, iiumiviui meda Argu. Alameda, Cal. Dear Sir: Answering your inquiry ai to our opinion of the value of a compet ing telephone system: Our experience ii that one tele phone company covering the field completely i much more desirable, both in the matter of cost and opera tion than two. No man can talk over two telephones nt the same time, but in order to reach subscriber of both systems he must not only intll and pay for both service, but provide -uffioii'iu help to answer two tele phones in place of one. We. do ntt favor competition in the telephone business. Yours truly, A. J. WATERS. Cashier. Not Equal to the Manual System in Any Way. Win Wright (The Wright Grocery Co.), 3717 Westley, Los Angeles. We do not like the Automatic sys tem in any way and it gives us twice the trouble, being out of order con stantly. How Opposition Telephone Com panies Have Generally Been Promoted. The favorite plan of independent or opposition telephone promoters, after securing a franchise in a city is to incorporate with a very large capi tol and authorize the issuance of slock and bonds for the full amount. Contract are then made in each in stance with a construction company (of the same promoter) for a sum far in excess of the value of the plant, By the offer of large bonuses for the sale of bonds, some banks have heretofore been induced to han dle their securities, and generally, with the sale of each bond, three quarters or one-half of the value of the same in stock has been given to the purchaser without cost. After fter een th all of the stocks and bonds have been sold to the public and plant constructed, the promoter, aft having disposed of his bonds, steps out, and leaves the handling of the plant to the local purchasers. Through out California, or the East there is scarcely an instance where the prom ises of the promoters have been ful fdled, and in almost every case the exchanges have ultimately found themselves up against the real thing. In My Opinion An Operator Is More Satisfactory. Hermany W. Banker, Meats, 3S12 McClintoclc, Los Angeles. I would be glad to change from the Automatic to the Manual system, if possible to get the latter put in. In thepast nine month my Automa tic has been out of order frequently and I am not pleased with it. In my opinion an operator is more satisfac tory.' i Automatic Perfect Nuisance. Roscdale Livery and Feed Stable, 1870 Washington, Los Angeles. I consider the Home Automatic a perfect nuisance. It is too compli cated, gets out of order easily, and I much prefer asking an operator" for a number to the' tiresome job of count ing up five numbers on a dial, know ing that if I make the slightest mis take I, will get a wrong connection. I had my residence Automatic taken our and would take this out if it were not for a few customers who have the Home service,