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ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1903. Ill !,:! Pi ' I . . Ik I I I-., i The Daily Astorian AND .' :. Astoria Daily News . Established 1873 FKANKL1N PKIXTINO" I'libliwliei-K. CO. " RATE81 nent by mail, per yew . '. ..16 00 Bent by mail, per month........... & Served by carrier, per month .. .... ' 60 thuoiosm into a campaign may have a rxneficial effect because of the indiffer ence to the public . welfare bo . often manifest by the male politician. SEMI-WEEKLY, Bent by mail, per year, In advance $1 00 The Astorian guarantees to its ad rertisers the largest circulation of any newspaper published on the Columbia River.. WOMAN SUFFRAGE A FAILURE, One of the enfranchised women citi in of tho state af Colorado says that rto hns carefully observed the work ings of woman suffrage in that state during the last few years and now re- moves all doubt as to her conclusions by boldly declaring that woman suf frage is a failure. She says she start. eu wnn the conviction that woman suffrage would be a panacea for jail of the wrongs from which women suffer rid that she has carefully studied the, workings of the law in Colorado as bearing upon her ideal. Her conclusions are given In an ex hnustive magazine article, In which Fhe sums up the results of her "eafele eyed" observations and the wearisome bows of study in this declaration: " However suffrage may' be regarded :is an abstract problem, it has brought grave disaster upon the women of Colo ratio. This broad statement is given aa though it were a fact incapable of con tradiction, but a more careful reading of it discloses thftt the expression only the opinion of the writer, says the Seattle Times. Then follows another emphatic eon elusion: "The possession of the bal- lot and the employment of tha.t pos session has hurt the woman of Colora do as woman can least afford to be hurt Her ideals have been lowered, the dell :aey of her perception of right and wrong has been dulled." If this conclunion be correct, it be comes a serious Indictment against wo man' suffrage, but It Is hardly safe for the careful student to accept the con clusion without previously knowing the gist, of the evidence, that must neces sarily precede. The writer shows that she was exacting too much from wo man suffrage at the inauguration of the exporlniment. Undoubtedly she has , been disappointed; 'most , people are when they have their ideals set too ti'ib- '.' ' ' " ' . ,': ..' Woman's work In almost any field of ' activity is beneficial alblet she comes a long way short of creating perfect conditions. When she starts out with the assumption that the ballot in wo man's hands will enable her to Inaug tmrate the "millennium," the phlegma tln world will attach very little dis appointment that must follow. In shifting the testimony of the Colo rado woman who Is sorry that she ever voted, tbere is little that will justify even an amateur logician in accepting hor conclusion, unless he starts out under the incubus of the "wish being father to the thought." If that be the conclusion he desires to reach, rather than a just one, of course he must not oe too critical as to methods. it Is said that the women of Colorado ure Inclined to be "hysterical" In politics thnt "the simplest discussion tjliif most Wlnl matter Is marked iiy a bieutliiess tenseness out of all con ceivabU- proportion to the occasion." The result of this psychologic peculiar ity of the sex is that "women regarded ris leaders devoted themselves to creat ing excitement, In the belief that by so doing they are benelittlng the state." This Is Interesting testimony, but ac cepting it to be n true statement of the Colorado situation, and reasoning by induction that It would be the same In other states, it is not sufficient proof to draw . tha general conclusion that suffrage whM ha "brought grave Jls osler upon the women of Colorado" has also brought disaster in general. If the testimony here given be true, It only demonstrate that when women go Into imlltlcs they throw that same earnestness Into the situation that they do In whatever else they undertake. Women may be more earnest than is necessary, possibly waste a good deal of nervous energy over trivial maUeiu,and ( the fact that they do throw a little en- MORE RAILROAD ACCIDENTS. Comparison with the flgues of the present year with those of the year be fore show that there has been an in crease of railroad accidents. As an ex ample, thsre have been more than a thousand more collisions, and nearly a thousand more employes killed. The number of passengers killed has been about the same. There lhas been occa sioned in money a gross loss of twenty millions of dollars during 1903. .' 1 The authority that tabulates thesta tislics, ' says the Ledger, makes no at tempt to analyze them. In the state of perfection reached by railroads In relation to signals,, it thinks, collisions ought to have been abolished. It can not be regarded as ha.ving excuse. There is not the slightest occasion, of putting to test the matter of the ability of two trains to pass each other pn the same track. They can't do it.; The de sire for speed has resulted in cutting down the schedule, but it should have increased caution. Roadbeds are betted than they once were, and rolling stock Is in every way superior. Yet the acci dents continue, and often the public reads with concern of some dire calam ity. ' Human judgment will fail. Orders will be wrongly written or wrongly read. It is wise that the control of trains should be as largely as possible mechanical. The block system is more reliable than the red lantern of the station agent. The men who look after trains are as a rule men to be trusted. They must have clear intelligence and a full realization of the responsibility that rests jpon them. One of the largest railroads in the country has is- siu-d instructions that Its train men must be total abstainers, They are not allowed to drink when off duty, but they must let intoxicating liquors alone. In this circumstance there will be more of an influence for the pro motion of temperance than in all the tracts ever printed or lectures delivered It would be unfair to say that the acci dents that have occurred have been due to inebriation, and yet the possible dan ger has been recognized. By such prac tical reforms, temperance Is coming in to fashion. Men cannot be drunk and attend to the serious business of run ning trains, nor can they be in this condition and attend properly to'busi- ness of any sort. Flanges will break, rails spread, con necting rods break loose, axles sudden- y snap;there are many accidents that cannot be prevented. But there can be the exercise of 'greater care. The nilroads of this country could better devote the lost twenty millions to bet- ormenta. , . . , . .. . safest way, since the legislative mach inery will be in motion, anyhow, Will be to bodily, and in so many word re enact the old law and be done with it. Or some other, though it Is the opin ion hereabouts that the old law, itself a new one, was good enough and had given greater satisfaction than any other tax law the state had ever had. nut the legislature had better actu ally and affirmatively enact something and not invite, the risk of another special session, called, perhaps, just in time to interfere with the proper cele bration of Washington's birthday. House Moving . . AND ' . General Contracting 4 House . Moving a Specialty First Class Work " ""' Guaranteed at ( Reasonable Rates BIRCH & M0B80N, . JIST0KU ORE. WPP'S BEER fliilili : Astor Street ,"'.' and Billiard Parlo Astoria's Most Popular Resort. . . Kopp's Celebrated Beer Always on uiaugui. imported uooas; or , eign and Domestic Cigars AL. SEAFELDT Switzerland is a country in which very jlule drunkenness is to be, ob served, for the good and sufficient. oason that the .police ., arrest, on tha; pot every person who shows the least sign of Intoxication. There Is, never- heless; a "large amount of secret drink; ing, and especially in French Switzer land absinthe has of late Increased in use till its ravages are very noticeable, The government recognizes the diink problem as a most serious one, and is oing all it can to find means for its ontrol. One of its recent investiga ons concerns the death rate from ltohcillsm. Statistics of this nature re usually Inaccurate, for the reason that it is often impossible to find out just to what extent a deceased person ns been given to the use of liquors. he facts thus collected show that among males over 20 years of age the death from delirium tremens average half of one per cwit. This is ten times the rate "officially,, recorded in France by the old and Imperfect statistical methods. For males over TO years of g alcohol Is given as the principal or concomitant cause of death In 10 per cent of thi cases. , The general death rate directly, referable to acute chroiilu' alcoholism, without in cluding hepatic cirrhosis or other sub sidiary conditions, is 3 per cent. This showing must admittedly be regarded as an alarming one, and us sufficient justification of the most strenuous ef forts in the cause of temperance. Depot Exchange STEINER & SNOW, Props. The Finest and Best Liquors in the City Kopp's Celebrated Beer Always on Tap, ...Your Patronage Solicited... ASTORIA AND COLUMBIA RIVER RALR0AD LEAVE PORTLAND ARRIVE f.w a m i-ortiand Union De- 11:10 a m 7:00 p m pot for Astoria and 9:40 p m I way Joints ASTORIA 7:45 a m 6:10 pm For Portland and 11:30 a ni Way Points j 10:80 p m SEASIDE DIVISION -b:id a m Astoria for Waren- 7:40 a m 11:35 am ton, Flavel Fort 4:00 pm o:oupm Stevens, Hammond'10:45 a m land Seaside TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab lets. All druggists refund the money If it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's sig nature is on each box. 25c. tt The Salem Statesman regards It as ruiher a risky proposition to repeal the present tax law and rely on the mere act of repeal to reinstate the old one. This might technically follow, it says, and then "It nioiightn't," It Is rather a fine point to make and may be cor rect, but there are so many quirks and quips In the sinuous rond . the av erage legislative enactment Is obliged to trave.1 the moment Upstarts on Its journey through the courts that the 6:15 a ml 9:30 a ml 2:30 pm Seaside for War- 12:60 p m renton, Flavel, 7:20 pm Hammond, Fort 9:25am Stevens & Astorial Sunday only v All trains make close connections at Goble with all Northern Paoiflo trains to and from the East and Sound points. J. C. Mayo, General Freight and Pass. Agent Fulton Bros. ATTORNEYS And Couiuelors-at-Law Offices, Odd Fellows Bid., Tenth (and Com : ;, merclal sts Astoria, ore When you are out for ' good ; time don't overlook THE "O. K." DICK DOHEKTY and GUS PETERSON ' . Proprietors ASTOU ST. ASTORIA. OR v- r Jul ml i CHRISTMAS IvS DRAWING NEAR , Don't let off buying until the eleventh hour, when you can get neither proper attention nor selections. . i ! Grand Display Pillow TopsNewest novelties. J904 Novelty Calendars. Indian and Chinese Stamped Linens. Colored and Stamped Scarfs and Table Covers. & j& V Great assortment of Christmas Hand kerchiefs, Novelties and Fancy Aprons. Beauties in Ladies' Furs. A big line of Children's Fur Sets at Remarkably Low Figures. ? j& We have received some high novelties in the Cloak Department in three-quarter lengths blacks and tans. Now is the time to secure one of these choice coats at a bargain. j& j& TOYS, TOYS, TOYS, OF ALL KINDS AND DESCRIPTIONS. Come in the rush. j& j& & mornings to avoid the J.W.SUPRENANT Carpenter and Builder Special attention given to the oonstrnction ol one ouBuieu. ana remueuue uuiiuiurh. Onaimerelal ftre Astoria. Ore PRAEL & COOK TRANSFER COMPANY. Telephone J2L DRAYING AND EXPRESSING All goods shipped to our oars Will receive special attention. No 53? Duane St. . W. J. COOK, Mgr. C. J. Trenchard Insurance, Commission and ShlDnine. A&ent Wells, Fargo and Pacific Express Companies. . Customs House Broker. C.R. THOMPSON ATTORNKY-AT-LA W. 48 Commercial Street. Dr. Oswald H. Becfiman PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Kinney Buildiug. phone No. 2481, Office hours. 10 A. M. to;i2 M., 2 to 4 P M 5r.M.,to8P. M. Huudaj loiar M 1 llllalf f sets tiny Cipiulei ant superior to Datum 01 lopaiDt vuuu3 or injections inainMi CURE IN 48 HOURSlXZf the ume diseases with. put fnconvtnienc. John Puhrman, G. W. Morton. Central Meat Market 642 COMMERCIAL ST. ' Your orders for meats, both : FRESH A'tiD SALT Will be promptly and satisfactorily attended to Telephone No. 321. THE LOUVRE CHAS. WIRKKALA, Proprietor JAMES GARDNER, Manager , LUCY CUNNINGHAM, Pianiit Program Week Commencing December 7 A Cure for the Blues, MADELINE EARLE. Overture, Beer is 5c, The Waiter. A return Engagement of the Sparkling 30UDrette, . lAKMCLIIA MEEK. Overture, "Mistress Nell Waltzes" LV.GUSTIN. Now we have the sensational hit of the season, JOHN J. LORD, and MEEK CARMELITA, in a novelty act of their own. ' Overture, "Bamboo Queen" HARRY VON TILOER. The peer of Song lllurtrators, LUCY CUNNINGHAM, presenting Howley Haviland and Dresser's Latest Suc cesses, "Down in the Meadow where the Oreen Grass Grows." Overture, Wait for the Moving Pictures, Edison. The somewhat different commedian, ;, " JOHN J. LORD, will hold your at tention. Overture, "The Lion Hunter" CLYDE L. CRAIG In more of the Latest Eastern Successes, MADELINE EARLE. Overture, "Ben Hur Waltzes" , CHAS. HOFFMAN. The Magnetic Star, CARMELITA MEEK will please you. Overture, "The Varsity Girl" ' FRED T. ASHTON. The Eccentric Comedian, JOHN J. LORD, will pass out a few knock-out drops. Overture, Don't forget the pictures. Once more with the same old smile,.' MADELINE EARLE. Overture, "Marita," Flotow. Edison's Latest invention, The Proecto , scope, in different subject) snd : scenes ' ,-, '. .; ;,, Program is subject to change without notice. i Astoria iron Works Foot of Fourth Street RELIANCE Electrical Works 428 BOND ST. We are thoroughly prepared (or maklnj estimates and executlnc orders for all kinds of electrical Installing and Repairing Supplies In stock. We sell the celebrated BHELBT LAMP. Call up Phone lltL H. W. CYRUS. - Mgr OSTE O PATHY DR. RHODA C HICKS Mansell Bldff. Fhone Black !06 ST) Commercial St Astoria Ore. Machinists Boiler Makers Und snd Marine Engines, Boiler work costings of all descriptions msde to order on ihort notice. Steamboat and cannery work John Fox President and Superintendent rU I?x - Vice President r. 1. msnop, anuria savings Bank oc President wcretary Treasurer Abercrombie & Wilson ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW PagBulld!nC . . ... Astoria TH FREDERICKSEN, PIANO TUNEB, : it ' 71 Bond Street, -Astoria, Oregon Perfection of Fit and style can always be depend upon when you get a Suit of clothes from...... A. Lake . . V Astoria's Leading Tailor. Ma terials and workmanship are the , best that can be procured and prloes within reach of all. Don't forget the number, 22 COUEEQAL SWEET COWING & COWING, ATTOKNEYS AT LAW. Boom 4,Land Office B'i'g, Oregon City ' Land Offioe Business a Specialty