ASTORIA, OHKGON, WDMDAY. AUGUKT 19.1903.
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The Office
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' 110 Klovaulb Street
Ci W. B&rrDcntist
Mansell Building.
171 Commercial street, Astoria, Or.
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th roomy retiring room tcoy com
partment and th many llttl con
venfence spclally arranged fat thlr
comfort on tha
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Northwestern Limited
TH8 TRAIN FOR COMFORT'
tvry night between Minnsapolla, St.
Paul and Chicago via
Defor starting on a trip no matter
wherewrit for Interesting Informa
tion about comforUUla traveling.
H. L. 8I8LER, General Agent,
Ill Third Street, . Portland. Ore.
.0 W. TBA8DALE, Oen. Pas. Agt,
8t Paul, Mln.
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Th, "Korthwtatern United" train,
eleotrlo lighted tbrooghou', both inaldt
nd out, and ateam heated, are with
out oseeptlon, tbe finest train la ibe
world. They ambtdy tbe latest, rewat
and beet Idea for comfort, convent mo
and luxury aver offered to travelling
Dubllo, and altogether are th moet
oomptet and aplendld pwduotloo cf tht
ar builder ait.
The eplndld Train
Connect With
The Grtit Northeri
Tbe Northers Piciric ioi
Tie Caaidlai Pacific
AT BT. PAUL l"08
CHICAGO tod tbe BAST.
No eitra charge for tbeae aupertot
acommodatlona and all flan of Boa?
eta are available for passtg U
train on tbl line are protected b the
Interlocking Blook Byatam.
CONGRESS
AT SEATTLE
First Session Marked By Reading
Of Paper That Calls Forth
" Discussion
NOTABLES WELCOME GUESTS
KIRBY'l ADDRE1S, READ BY NEW ORLEANS
MAN, IS RECEIVED WITH MARKED
ENTHUSIASM ;
Hcattle, Wash., Aug. IS. The four
lectith annual congress of the Trans
Mississippi Congress opened today un
der tha most favorable circumstances.
Messlons are held In the big pavilion at
Lfechi park overlooking Lake Wsshing
Ion. Tim session today waa 'occupied
largely with th reading of paper and
discussion which they called forth. Pel
egutee wr wtlromd to th etat .and
city by Oovernor McHrlde, by Muyor
Hume, of Heattle. and by Judge Thoa.
Durk, In behalf (f th manufacturing
and commercial Interest. In the ah
sent of Mr. Klrby, prealdent of the
congreaa, Ma address wa read by Thoa,
Richardson, head of th New Orlean
progressive League, anl wa received
with enthualaam.
Th text of th speech follow:
Th Tr.MIslsslpp Commercial
Congress waa conceived In the fact
that th ata'e on the Atlantic wa
board were receiving a greater ahare
of beneaction from the general gov
ernment than thoa contributory to the
Gulf and .h Pacific, and that an un
official boly, representing In concrete
form th hope and ambltlona of a
mighty people, populating an area that
embraced two thlrda of the then terri
tory of th I'nlted State and producing
approximately seventy per cent of Its
export, could be mad a potential fac
tor In directing the American congress
to an Impartial attribution of the fa
vor of government. Then the Trans
it Isslsslppl Commercial Congrea waa
aectlonat. But It la not o now.
Tbe roar of Dewy' guna at Manila
waa th strident vole of evolution.
Deatlny directed that voice, and when
It apok It directed anew th doctrine
of the aurvlval of th fitiet and blazed
the way for American supremacy over
th world. Since that portentou hour,
with the economies for th promo
tion of which it wa organised disposed
of In a large measure, the mission of
the Traiis-Mlssisslppi Commercial Con
gress is become to Insist on opening up
th routes to the market of th Orient
and to the Pacific coast states of Latin
America that the surplus product of
the country may And profitable sale,
for by no other policy Is it possible to
Insure and to mulntaln the prosperity
and th commt rclal supremacy of the
I'nlted H Kites. f
Already the rapid commercial growth
of the United Htates has aroused a
Jealousy and apprehension on the part
of Huropoan wwe'r which they In all
heir Infinite diplomacy cannot conceal.
Tlila I gratifying to American pride,
but likewise a challenge to Ameri
can genius. Whatever diplomatists
may tell you we stand alone without an
ally In this Titanic struggle for suprem
acy smong the giant nation of the
world, if we 1n we will win upon
American Initiative and sustained In
dustry. If we fell we will fall through
the decadence of American statesman
ship. That la not possible. ; . ,
Behold how ouccommerc haa grown
and multiplied by leap and bounds.
The excess of our export over Imports
I greater than that of all other coun
tries combined. And It 1 the trade
balance that determine commercial prt
macy. The total exports of th United
States for the year 1902 amounted to the
dixxy aggregate of $i,S&6,000,000 A re
cently a 1870 the total exports were but
JT.iO,000 or $60,000,000 les than the
aagregate Import for that year, and
yet. as gratifying a la tbe vast bal
ance between export and Imports It
la but small when compared to that
which will obtain when we ahali take
from Germ my and Great Brltlan the
Import trade of the Pacific coast states
of Latin America, our geographical
heritage, and crowd upon the Asiatic
the producta of our flour and cotton
mills and looms and foundries and ma
chine shop
The International commerce of th
world In manufactures amounted last
year to R00O.0O0.0O0 and the United
Btate furnished more than ten per
cent of this grand total
It has ben aald that the population
of the United States doubles every
thirty years If so, where thirty years
from today will we care for an added
75,000,000 of people? Thla suggest no
new problem It is aa old aa the Colonial
Policy of Great Britain and Continen
tal Europe. It Indeed runs back ilk
an Ill-omened shadow through the his
tory of nallojis that wer older when
they fell than uny that now stand forth
In the vast struggle for primal place
among th great power. What will th
Republic of America do with this stren
uous brood growing up about our knees
with the heritage of freedom In their
blood and th Instinct of conquest In
their thought put there by the mea of
Valley Forge and Trenton and by those
matchless pioneer who surveyed th
course of empire to the west over moun
tain ranges and through primeval for
ests You say we will put them In th
mighty west and your answer has in
It the Inspiring suggestion of a splen
did prophecy rushing on to fulfillment.
And why not? It Is estimated that the
government can reclaim 100,000,000 acres
of land from the arid and desert waste
of the wost while in Texas alone, If it
wer as densely populated as Massachu
setts, we could take care of 80.000,000
of the arth'a population." "
, Let me say to you that Irrigation
Is a old as the pyramids and that
wherever Intensive agriculture Is prac
ticed today you find the wealthiest . and
most contented people In the world.
But after th!, then what? When the
west Is devolved to the limit of it pro
ductive capacity and the ability of th
country to conume domestic product
I over-reached, then what? Thla Is a
question for statesmenn to deal with
not for those puny creature who tax
their energle to meet the mere require
ments and exlgencle of partisan pol
itics, but for men of affairs who hold
In their bands th destinies of the great
est nation that ever rose and the for
tunes of 'th most commandng race of
men and women th history of this
world ha ever known.
Time wa when the Mississippi river
marked the stopping place of the
American republic nor did It go beyond
erlcan republic nor did it go deyond
Into the wilderness of the west until a
president of th United State confes
sedly without the warrant of the const!
tutlon consumated the Louisiana pur
chase. . That spirit of adventure and de
mand for elbow room that haa charac
terised every progressive people since
the Phoenlciana looked out upon the
sea and dominated tbe commerce of the
world awept Americans on to the pos
session of the Trans-Mississippi region.
It was that same energy and foresight
that bor American on to the embrac
ment of Florida, Texas and California
Into th territory and union of the Unit
ed States.- '.- i
I Obeying still the same nptrlt and
yielding to the same great law the Am
erican ha begun the commercial In
vasion of the Orient In anticipation of
that hastening day when th surplus
food stuffs and manufactures of our de
veloping country must find a purchaser
not alone in the Asiatic, hut in the
spheres of colonial and commercial In
fluence now occupied by Great Britain
and Continent! Europe. And In this
thought I am reminded that from this
audacious city of Seattle waa shipped
under the directing genius of the great
est American railroader In the west,
th first oajgo of American cotton that
ever cleared out of an American port
for the Orient ""
GREAT CURE
DISCOVERED
Chicago Physician Has Remedy
For Lockjaw and Blood
Poisoning .
IS SUCCESSFULLY APPLIED
TREATMENT OP PATIENT AT CHICAGO
UNIVERSITY WILL REVOLUTIONIZE THE
PROFESSION
Chicago, August IS. A cure for lock
jaw has been discovered by Dr. S. A
Mathews of the University of Chicago
and has been successfully used in treat
ing George Newman, Soutn Chicago.
Dr. Mathews' method of treatment i
the Injection of a solution of calcium
and potassium salts. This injection
was given Newnan a week ago while
he was suffering from extremely severe
teanus spasms, and he is now declared
to be well on the way to health.
The new cure Is a djuretlc. The prob
lem which Dr. Mathews has worked out
Is- to get 'he proper combination of
salts to bring about the effect desired.
Now that It has been found, tbe doc
tor say that the same principle can be
applied to the cure of snake bltes.blood
; poisoning and other diseases caused by
toxins In tbe body.
No Dessert
More Attractive
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Why ns gelatin and
spend noun soaking, J
sweetening, flavoring!
ana eoiortDg whan
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produce better lesnlte la two minute
Everything In the packag. 8unplyaddhot
water and set to eooL It's perfection. Asor
priaetothe housewife. Ho trouble, less ex
pense. Try it to-day. In Four Fruit Fla
vor! : Lemon, Orange, Strawberry, Rasp,
berry. At grocers. 10c,
NEW TIMES
FOpBERIA
Discovery of Diamonds on Island
Brightens up the Conditions i
There
COLD COMPANY INTERESTED
NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH
A drunken man, whose name could
not be learned, had a narrow escape
from death yesterday afternoon. He
was on a street car r on Commercial
street and in attempting to alight
while the car wa in motion fell heavily
Owing to the man' condition it wa dif
ficult to determine to what extent be
had been Injured. Complaint la made
that teamster are unusually careless.
Fast driving on crowded street is apt
to cause many accidents, especially dur
ing the regatta season, when the streets
are crowded with children. Ope fatal
ity has already occurred and teamsters
are urged to be careful.
IMPROVEMENTS UNDER WAY
The street improvement that were
proposed and now under way are Ex
change and Sixteenth streets and
Franklin avenue. Sixteenth street will
be improved from Commercial to Ir
ving, Exchange from Fourteenth to Sev
enteenth and Franklin from Ninth to
Twelfth. On Sixteenth the work of
clearing a right of way ha already
commenced. In all the proposed Im
provements, but 125 feet will not be ma
cadamized and only that because of the
trestle work on Sixteenth. . This of
course will necessitate resorting to the
old-fashioned planking. On all 'other
portions macadam will be used, which
is highly favorable to the public. In
the future this modern style of pave
ment will be utilised whenever possi
ble, which is recognized as cheaper in,
the long run and more durable in every
sense of the word. ...
AMERICANS HAVE INTEREST IN PROPOSES
DEVELOPMENT OF NEwJ'NDUSTRY
IN THE REPUBLIC
New Tork, August 18. The republic
of Liberia which, a an experiment on
behalf of the negro has not been much
to boast of, may have better time In
store as a new field for white enter
prise, says a Herald dispatch from
London. It Is officially stated by Mr.
Hayman, consul general of the republlo
in London, that diamonds have been
discovered In th country and following
this it is now announced that a proa
pert ing party, tent out by the West Af
rican Gold Concessions company (limit
ed) ha returned with fine spec! men a
of corundum In th form of both ruble
and sapphire.-' -
This news Is of Interest In America
and in France, where a fair proportion
of the stock of the company that own
the mining right in th republic is held.
' Don't you want to get a really good
piano? If so, now's the time. See th
beauty we are now offering for $298.
It's high grade and beautifully hand
carved. Genuine mottled walnut case.
Pay S2S down and $10 a month if you
tike. Such an instrument is worth 425
In the regular retail way. Now its on
ly 1295. We are winding op our sale
this week. See us today without fail.
Eilers Piano House, F. N. Smith, man
ager, corner Ninth and Commercial
streets, Masonic building.
Dr. Nellie -Smith Vernon
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
- Office phone Main 2441.
- Residence phon Main 1443., ,
Office Over Griffin' Book ' Store.
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