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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 26, 1899)
TUK MORNING ASHMAN, ili)A, NOVEMBER tt, 1899 - f M,MM-M-M-MMMWMwwMWwswMswMMMSWiiMSBWwwBsMMMW . . .. . rr. . i hi E F InUF pi bin Jl y I L3 MUM Contemplating making an entire change in our Children's Clotl.ln& department, and in order to close out our stock at once, we will for the next 15 DAYS GIVE A REDUCTION OP ru n i NEW YORIi LATEST STILES, BEST VALUES AT INHEARDOF LOW PRICES, : I J. 4 I I t We Quote a few Bargains: Lot 9955. Child's Vested Suits, 8 io 7 years, Lot 17 482, Children's Suits, 2 paiis oi pants, 7 to Lot 17,480, Children's Suits, 2 pairs of pants, 7 to Lot 17,474, Children's Suits, 2 pairs of pants, 7 to Lot 3969, Children's Overcoats, 3 to 14 years', Lot 4002, Children's Overccate, 4 to 14yea-is, regular price 14 jeaic, regularprice 14 years, regular price 14 yeais, regular price regular price regular price $4 50. 25 per cent off, 3.75. 25 per cent off, 5 CO, 25 per cent off, 5.50, 25 per cent off. 2.75,25 percent off. 4.50, 25 per cent off. new $3.35 now 280 now 375 now 4.15 now 205 now 3.35 t it) I i A Clear Saving of $1.00 to SI.50 on every Suit or Overcoat- Remember ive do as we advertise. S. DANZIGER, San Francisco Store. 5 -Grt-SH!HS-!- PACIFIC TRADE'S Trans-Siberian Road Will Make a Great Market In Kusia. AMEKICA IS THE .NEAREST American needs no passports there. In order to get Into confidential relations with the solic' people of the nation. irrnr nnrvivn " ma' urprise Americans v know AT (It r that little HeUjium has bilM-ns .,f .Jul- ' not milllora". They are centered chiefly In Southern Russia, or Kitirini.sl.ivye. : ami to my certain know l-lir.. the P.el- ; flans are making from I't p. per ! cm on their Investments In st--el man. ufac-turin plants there. j I The W eating-houses have wablished a plant In St. Petersburg in chartr i.f; ' Chart- K. Crane, of fhlc-aipi. Th'-lrj first or'ler amiunN to tl'.'Wuo anil , they have Just receive.! a second "tie, j for I?.5oa.'xi0. I am afraid the W-wt- j Inghouscs will have their heud tumuli I by the nice things the Russians are saying about them. I wish I could i something to impress my countryman! her at home with the fact that Huh- j u n .. ,. . . , 'fia is the country of the future, and Plany lapitalists and .Manufacturers! that investments there are absoiuu-iy I safe. There is perfect freedom there I for everyone If he leaves politics alone, i Another thing I'd like to speak of Is I the money of Russia. There Is no pa I per money In circulation anionK the people. It Is all gold. There is an er fort on foot at the j.r--nt time to (ft the government to bwue paper mom-. but it sticks to the yellow metal. Thej finances of the country ar In an ex cellent condition. The empire Is raising! its own funds for the building of the) ?ree,i Trans-Siberian railway. The la-1 bor is largely done by Chlrifim'-n and i from the United States are Al read Interested. '"Nine-tenths of the stories cabled from Europe about probable wars be tween Russia or other Asiatic dates are absolutely without foundation." said Thomas Smith, consul general of ! pHs-iners. ty,th of whom are paid. Thl the United States at Moscow, to a N'-w l.ib'.r er.ables the government to build Tork Tribune reporter at the Watdoif. I th- r"a'1 rh-aply. and the contractors Astoria rt-cently. Mr. Smith has been I art? eni:oura(f-l to economy by a sys- i tt.m d.-vls'l '.i h.-n thi work was first living In Moscow f.,r thirty-five year, started. A government coMUactor i and President McKinlev appointed hirn ! lakes a certain amount of gnulln and' consul g-neral noon after he was lr.. .x' 'a',lr"? , '''U.-t. Say that i , i'.iKi it)i) in allowl him for the work augurated. Mr. Smith is a man about by tn,. K,,v -rnrnei.t. It is th-n under-1 fifty years old, and, although he ban H'ood that If. by pra'ticing i-conomies. I had little to do with Americans since j be can save l?i.fii or $V.0 ami still i going to Russia, exe- pt by orrespomi- j 1'u,1'11 a . r"f,,J , '''' , "'"'M , , , , . I he Is allnwnl to do it. This lib-nil ence, he still retains the mamvr and ; t r-i-.trn-rit on the part of the g'.veni-: epeech of a Yankee. He w-Tit to Ru.--; ment k'-eps the crt of the nod down sia w!th the Winanses, of Baltimore. to a minimum, iu the contractors i !iract!r.i ;ne stricti-wt economy. ; I The eov-rrnii' nt has some trains on i l this i -reft road a elegantly appoint'4 turc of his dally work, however, that American men anfl wom'n will be In terested In. He and hi Pyal mate are almc: always t..-tht-r. The I'xar Ina will sit uo with him with h-T knit ting or sewlnif while he Is'buny w:h his papers. Muth of thi business th. czar transacts with his mlnlnters Is dor, in the prem-n.-e of his wife. Th. y are greatly deVJt.il to one, another She w more KugUi-h than anything else, an.l it is a noteworthy fact tkat the hnglUh Uuig-l ute Is ntpldly dis placing the Ftvnch In court clrcb-s In f;ict. nearly every mi at the court now Is able to sp-ak Kosrllsh. and this is almost wholly due to the czarina. I should think It w.wiUI be a wise thing f..r our colleges to Include the Rus siar language in th- necessary stu.ll-s of their cours-s. From the stride she Is making at present there Is no doubt whatever that itu.U is going to be a greater power In the n-xt century than she .s In this, and a knowledge of the Russian langjvg" on the part of our young men would b of Immense val ue to them. The government Is giving a great deal f attention to education. Mucatlon is rompuliry now. arvl he children are eginnlng to read the newspapers. Thousands of new schoo s are being built, and a handsome col lees has just been opened at Irkutsk, far away on the frontier, three or four thousand miles awvy from Moscow. CV.iu.ul Owral Smith learne,l civil and mechanical engineering with the Rogers Lfjcomotlve- Works In Patter son. He and his father helped to build the famous straight line road marked nut by the Russian emperor between SI. Petersburg and Moscow. knee I had at Annapolis. On- of the . (( ifNTKSS i K A VR S" PAIMHTKlt as a civil and mechanical engin.-er. when the railroad was built between Moscow ami St. Petersburg, and he j has amassed wealth there In railroad : possible to ride building and furnishing railroad sup plies. Mr. Smith, commenting on tlw re ported strained relations lx-twe.-n Rus-; sia and J.ipan, said: l as ran be found in the world. It Is for eight and a half das and have all ih- comfort" of, I home wftnout leaving 'he tmln. When i built the road will reduce the time: ;HM-it H trtv-ling 'n.tn Moscow to' N iza-iik.. Japan, fr,,m two or three I mo.ith). to eighteen days. That m-aosi Tirrifl i u ! K.,.linl.n (n .1.. As a matter of fact Russia having ,,v.n Kroi,n afl( r.;u.i!lc ... obtained a tirm foothold in 'fallen- an ! ,,ir... Th(. r.1(1 ,H ,,, a ,at yni. ;mess nr.w. but. rnihlne to what Ir will and Port Arthur for hr east-m t'-rrn- innl of he Trans-S.lK-rian railway, is . u, Kh,.u th(. Uw. , , h h not looking for trouble with Japan or Ta!n-W.m. It ban te-e d-lded now .my crth-r country Ahy should she? tn th, ,,nA ha, h . She has rant territory now than she knows what to do with, and more is coming to her all the time. I mean by that that thos wild tribes U-tween Southern Siberia and Northern India are one by one asking the "White Km- vi 'Slock only a branch. The main line will be the hup which HlrHch-H throiiKh Titlbn-Wan to port Arthur. There is little doubt ab 'Jt Russia holding Port Arthur Indefinite v. When I lft perrr to take them under his wing. They keep coming without any urging. I The rulers of the trll-s notk,; that' oscow I umiersto.d there were i ight Ru.ssian admirals at Port Arthur, and esch admiral has his souadron. P-fore ' Kussia uoes no, i, m-ne.-e h,i ui ;,,, has spent aloiit l200.Vt0.0ao on ' religion or tax them or conscript : Us railway up to ,at(? ar)d ,t , their young men for the army and ,n , that makes them want the protection of Lrivat(? contractors It would have c-.s th Rusjlan government. Russia does ; ,Vj0 (Klf) 0K) not want India, and the periodical sen- sa-tions about Russian aggressions "What about the stories of the Czar's' there are amusing to the well Informed bMr, people of Russia. i l Mow IS ine iitne ior jiuei iuo.iib .u ; iou mean an tnnt rot atoout al-, take advantage of the unexampled np- leged brain trouble? Well, that's all portunltles offered in Russia for the j nonsense. The Czar's health Is first-: Investment of capital. American pres-jrau;. The only fault he's got is his tig there Is unquaetloned. Our ma- liability to overwork. He works like chinery is bought in preference tn that a slave harder, in fact, than any of mad by any other country, ami an his clerks. There is one charming fea- F.NGMSH FRIENDLY TO A MAN. How Their Sea Captains Gave D.-w.-y Information at Manila. Just now-, when the friendly feeling oetv..-en England and the United State. Is a matter of worldwide mo ment, th-re in special interest In Borne remarks male privaiely by an officer of tlie Olympl a -thort time ago. 'From the very Vanning of the trouble at Manila," he said, "ihe way the Kngllshmen treated us was a sur prise. Th ;re had been lota of 'taffy' by our ambassad rs U dlntx-rs and that w.rt of thing, but the real f-ling of the nation came out then In a way there wa no mistaking. Why, every Hnglish captain In those waters kept his eyes and ears os-n when ashore and came to us with all the Informa tion h" rould get, Just as straight as If he w-ri paid" for it. There was no diplomatic. court-My about that, you know. It was man to man, brother to brother, and tlu fellows who were In the scrap at Manila well never forget it." The same ofHe.r'B opinion "of the Fil ipinos is Inter-istlnj?, too. "There would have been no trouble If the Fil ipinos had been let alone by som of the foreign element In Manila. They are right decent fellows, on the whole; straight as a die to their friends; treacherous an the devil to their ene mies. There were men there who did not want a quiet settlement, an1 the situation remlndsd me of an exper-. amusements of the fellows was to make a lot cf 'water bulls' puier 'HikM In j v.ai.i. you know to throw at one all ot her. They were pntty hard ami hint a bit when they stnuk. Well. S'.lhc of the 1 llllel Went to ilp.wn ll'lil toll him I li.id mule a l.t of water bulls to pepper him the llrt chant I got. Then they came to me and toM in.' that Prow 11 had It In for inc. we both laid in a lot of ammunition, and Hi" next time we m.-t each look it I f.r v-int-M that '.heoth.r w,i. giiiik' fir him. and we lth l.t M y and halj a battli royal. In point f fact n.-,th.T had had any tuition of attacking th- l other, and the scrap We got Into was. all the fault of the other fellows. That was the Filipino situation. If 'L'n.le C-.-orse' haJ ls-n let alone the Islands would 'lave b.-m unlet by this time. e knew wh.it they wai.t'd and what they could do, :unl th-y lo-ll.-ve.) In lil in every minute He Is n born diplomat and ca-i manage men like monkeys on a string. He storms at trifle, sim-tlmes, but In a real emer gency he is calm and solid as a nick Tr.ele George' Is all right; he' a 'coffee cool.-r!' " Which enigmatical slatement evidently was Intended for high pialse. I.oii'lin 1 hniol'l". At .1 d ia.-.- Ill '.tie '"Ullliy ll glided youth from to.wi n coinpl, ilolng Unit tle(. w.ljl 'it to daii'' with "SI'all I lntn.lii e ),.u t,i that youiiii lady ov t !h i".k-. III. h'xttin She Is 1 lw dain;lit.-r of the c,.iint.-ii of Ayr.'' I Might, d. th- y..utig in mi its viit.'.l, mil ;i('.t valuing with th. fair "" inn it 1 loble hoii.- eiitur.Nl to is'i aft t Ii.T mo'lier. th- Countess of Ayr ' M. f. it her .011 111 an," said th- girl "N.i, no, no," mild the ttllilend youth, I m asking ufte ymir rnoih r. (Iu. Countess of Ayr." ' V. s, ' was the reply, "but Unit's my filh'T." I'tterly nl a loss, the young man rushed off In scan h of hli hnsteiM. and said th" g'rl she hud mad" him ilun.v with was "unite mad, told him the Countess of Ayr was Imt fulher." Ho he Is," answer I the indy nf the Imiise, ".-t me Inti-odu .. you to him. Mr. So-and so, Mr. Smith, the county surveyor!" The story, we confess, s"i'tiw not wholly unfamiliar, but It will probably Is- new to many of our P ll'lel s. LONG RII'i: ON A COWCATCHER.) Detroit Journal. The laws of Michigan Impose soni; pretty severe duties on the commis si mer of railroads. This fa jt was pretty well dcmoruttr.it"! on th.- night of September 6, wh'-n Michigan's com mis.Hioner, C'harl'n S. Osborn, usually as well groomed as an up to date Kngllsh mar, alighted from a train and board ed a hack fur hln office, looking like the front end of a "brakle" on a through freight. He was Just In from a fifteen hundred mile Inspection of th Detroit, Grand Rapids and W-rtern and Chicago awl West Michigan sys tems, which the law provides must be "a pf rsonal Inspeotlon by the com missioner," and It extends to ev.-ry railroad that op-rates In the slate. It Is a duty that cannot Ik; delegated to any subordinate, and at times Ih not j th" pleasant'ftit kind of a task. i "Nearly every mile of this trip was made on the cowcatcher of an engine," said Mr. Osborn, sjcaklng of hlH ex perience, "and wl'.h the steam monster rushing over the track at. the rate sometimes cf seventy miles an hour, for the purpose of .'Indlntr defective s;s;ts. This roal, though, has Ihe fin est device for inspection I have yet en countered, and the trip, under all thn circumstances, Isn't as bad as It might be. The company has built a regular vestlbuled lookout on the pilot of one of Its engines for purely Inspection purpow-R. It Is incl.1 In glass, the front and sld rs being ojs?n to view, and Is really very clever." LaGrlppc. with Its after tfTecti, an nually utroy lhjusan.lt of pvoplf. tt may b qulesly cured by On Min ute Cough C'ur. ih otiljr rmly' that produces Itnmrdlat rrtultt In couglii, colds, croup, bronchitis, pnu m it in and thront and lun( troublri. It wl! prevent consumption. For Mis by ( IIAHI-E8 IIOOKP.8. 1 shiiiii.. s'ldom comes to 11 1111111 unless he Invllift it. J. D. Hrldivs, Editor "Dmocrl." Ijincaster, N. J!., sayt; "On MlnuU Cough Cur Is th Iwst romcdy for croup I tvrr uod." Imirwdlally rv llevr ami ourr oougha, o'lils. cmup, natliniA. iniouinoiila, bronchitis, rlpp ml all throat nl lung troubles. It pruvrnts consumption. ' Fur Mlo by t 1 1 A It I.K.H ItOOKItH. You never know what fonn of blood piilson will follow constipation. Keep the liver clean by using DeWltt's Lit tle Early Riser and you will avoid trouble. They are famous little plllaj fir constipation and liver and bowel 1 troubles. For sale by CHARLES rtOO-j Ivltfi. I A man's cr-dit Is getting pretty bad when he can't even borrow tr iuble. it "111 not on a surpiiss to any who are at nil familiar with I hit food quail tie of Chamberlain's Cough lUmtdy to kno thai pcopla vrrywh-r tak pli'iisiirf In relating thrlr cxpcrleno In the ue of thai splendid inedlclns and In telling of Ihe benefit they hav ra-ceiv.-d from II. of bad cold It has cured, of threatnd attacks of piwu. monla It has awrted and of the children It has tnved from attack! of croup and whtaiplng cough. It la a grand, good metllclne. For sale by Chas. Rogra. one little hint Is ofim worth mor than a ton of advice. PBED DT nniTIBH HOLDIER8 IN AFRICA. Copt. C. O. Dennlwm Is well known all over Africa as the commander of the forces that capturod the famous rebel Gallshe. Under date of Nov. i. HUT, fiotn Vryburg, Ilechuanaland. h wrltf: "Ilefore starting on the last campaign I bought a quantity of Cham, berialn's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, which I used myself when troubled with bowwl complaint, and had given to my men, and In every case It pnved most ben-tflclal." For sale by Chan, nogern. The loul in.iy Hot Illlike ihe lltAT but lltttnUlU Illlike .lllol'll.ys Geo. Noland, Rockland, 0 saya "My wlf had piles forty years. DeWltt's Witch Hazel Halve cured her. It ! the best salve In America." It heala everything and cures all skin disease. For Hale by CHARLES ROGERS. It's a lucky child that pnemblos ll richest relatives. Dr. H. II. Haden, Bummlt, Ala., aayi, "I think Kodol Dyspepsia Cure la a splendid medicine. I prescribe It, and my confidence In It grow with contin ued use." It digest what you eat and nnlckly cures dyspepsia and Indlgentlon. For sale by CHARLES ROGERS. Plenty of buslnc-ts driven the, bill poster to the wall. "I wouldn't be without DeWltf Witch Hazel Halve for any considera tion," write Thos. IJ. Rhodes, Center field, O, Infallible ror pile, cuta, burn and skin diseases. Beware of counterfeit. For sale by CHARLES ROGERS. . The dollar you pay buck looks three time as large as the one you borrowed. It take two to make a bargain but only one of th.-m gets It. Dr. W. Wlxon, Italy Hill, N. Y.,ayr. "I heartily reeomroond One Mlnut Cough Cure. It gave my wife Immedi ate relief In suffocating- asthma." Pleasant to take. Nevor fall to quick ly cure all cough, cold, throat and lung trouble. A man deceives himself oftcner than he does th other fellow. "I had dyipepsia nrty-even year and never found permanent relief until I used Kodol dyspepsia Cure. Now I am well and feel like a new man," wrltfi 8. J. Fleming, Murray, Neb. It U the beat dlgestant known. Cure all form of Indlgxtlon. Physician every where prescribe It. For sale by C1IAB ROGERS. 'II AMIIKIH.AIN'H PAIN HALM 1 TRIOS OTII'CH.M. Wilt NOT YOU? My wife has lii using Chamber lain's I '11 1 11 Halm Halm, with good re mills, for a lamo shoulder thai haa pniiii'd hrr eoiitliiusly for nine years. Wn have tried nil kinds of medicine lid doctor without receiving any ben rflt from liny of them, tine iluy we aw an advertisement of this m-'dlrlne and) thought of trying It, which w did, with thn best of satlafsotlon. Hlie has uaedj only one bottle and her shoulder t al moat will. Adolph L. .llllett, Man chester, N. II. For sale by Cha. Roger. It's better to lie good than great -iiiul ynu'll have l.-.i opsslilon. I)I'"AFN1"BS CANNOT RE CURED Hy local nppllrmtlon, is I hey cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There I only one way to cur deafness, and lhat Is by constitutional rrmcdlrs. Deafness I caused by an Inflamed con dition of the mucous lining of I he Eus tachian Tube. When this tube I In flamed you have a rumbling aound or iiiipoifcet hearing, and when It la en tirely closed, .teafnr I the result, and unless the Inflammation can be taken nut and thl tube restored to It nor mal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine case out of ten are caused by catarrh, which I nothing but an Inflamed condition of the mucou iui faces. We will give One Hundred Dollar for any case of Deafness (caused by ca tarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Bind for circular; free, F. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo, O. Bold by druggist, !Bo. Hnll' Family Tills ar th beat. . RAILROAD FARE FREE PORTLAND AND RETURN. Jones, He Pays the Freight! Jones, He Pays the Fare! If you don't want to 001110 lo I'nrtlunfl, mail your order and get 60 cfnt allowance for fare. Orders must amount to 20 or over. No freight paid on Hour, (nul or potatoes. Freight paid to all station on railroad be tween Portland and 8cido. Also all river point readied by Portland bout. Hiuid for tlio "UiiyerH' (inide," 24 pages of low price. JONES' CASH STORE, I0 and 1 10 Front Street, Portland, Oregon. 7 v