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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1904)
PAGE TWO. THE MORNING ASTORIAN, SUNDAY,, FEBRUARY, 7, jl, Horning Established 1873. an DAILY EXCEPT MONDAY. RATES. iy mail, per year .'. $6 00 By mail, per month '. 50 By carriers, per month 60 THE SEMI-WEEKLY ASTOltlAN. , By n ail, jer year, in advance $1 00 ASTORIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY. HOW SHOULD A BURGLAR BE KILLED ? Here is a question that ought to be settled. As an abstract proposition perhaps it doesn't make much difference, but up in Portland, where the iinlooked for is always bobing up, the best means of terminat ing the career of the burglar is a matter of no small eoncern. ' Portland has been trying to reform its burglars. Its seeds are disseminated, but (hey do not know how to make them innocuous, nor how to control the mis chief they cause once they have begun their deadly work. Dr. Bcvnn has now proposed that a fund be or tablished to promote special research for a remedy for this disease. 'Such a fund was established not long ago to provide for the study of scarlet fever, Not only -thousands, but hnudreds of thousands are expended annually, in this eouutry and in Europe in search for the cause and cure of cancer. Dr Bevan thinks $400,000 or $300,000 should be raised for the stud' of pneumonia and its treatment With such a fund, separate wards might be estab lished in various hospitals for the reception of pneu monia eases. The medical colleges might give . it special attention.' Particularly competent nurses might be engaged,' whose assistance to the doctors who would be enabled to devote themselves wholly to this particular study would be invaluable. , The suggestion seems to be an excellent one. It is likely to commend itself ont only to the profession, but to men of means who can provide the necessary fund. . I "WATTERSON ON HEARST. Mr. Henry Watterson thinks it "anomalous to the point of absurdity" that "a man wholly untried in political affairs, untrained in office, personally un known to any constituency and in any public arena shoald aspire as candidate for presndent of the United States," yet he believes Mr. Hearst to be Its newspapers have preached to them, urging them. Jn Hig asp5ratious are '0 fa piwe INFLUENCES A THAT AFFECT Wild Cotton Market and Rumors of War Shovss Disposition to Fight Shy, WAGE DISPUTES ARE FELT of a market,' the wage dlpute between oft t'Oul operators and miners and the nrg total of failures for Jiuutiiry have lipi-n contributory factors to the dull ness uuj depreiHlon. . , The evident approach of the turn In th currency movement from Nw York onrt the call for payment of 0 per cent of government depoets In flunks have affected tht? money market. Conditions, llotli Domestic antl Foreign, VnlUi to jtitrb Money Market us 'ot Iced In Chief Outers New York, Feb. The threatened war has) hud u eubtiUling Intluem-e on xtoik operation uud the wild cottn market has emphuaUed the IiuIIhpohI tlou to trade In stocks. Honda have Hhurud the heitvlneaa uiul dullncaa of stock. Unfavorable returns of rallrond earnings, both groea und net, negotiat ion for a I50.000.0UO loan by the Pen- naylvanla lines west of Plttaburg, u fall In the price of cot ton, the nbaence of re vival In the Iron and uteel trade, cur tailment of unthrnelte output for lack To Curt a Cold In On Day. Take Laiative Bromo Quinine TaB leti. All druggists refund the money If It fall to cure. K, W. Orove's tlg nature la on each box. Mo. Every Woman U llllHfl Unl nnil MH.MIIII llinw ' ftluut thi- wuuiturf ill MARVfl Whirling Spray V OTV - MiKrt Cmivntiil. Ml 1.1 tm Ifimlri l H. It ho I'N'tttui iipily llie MAIll kl.. .v.i K lillut- hilt Mtllt iMllll, tut full llMllUMlUlKIIIUl (ItlMiilXH lit. illr ! Imllm HtKHlia, 4 1 rum Haw. mmm writ. wr oo to coujkms- TV LCAKN IHNJKKt tr NO WlltN t WIU MAKt A or Tor at irnin huok i at for ir ii y i i MSf MnNKY t Kmrniirr tiHirit. In.il IMaiMl Tllltlth. M ItM iHtJ"P raw pi.r. iwf I CMim'WIIAIf! f I ft IIIIX. WHITM. w. II. t.tMlltWI.H, tlMrl rinliiHi, Hmi t. Kit llrnilwv. fl. V. TO SrlirV' to follow the narrow path. This advice fell on deaf ears. Then the Journal undertook to demonstrate that the business of robbing people was not profit able, and figured out that the monthly pittance per burglar was only about $18.69 to say nothing of bargain day reductions. But the burglars kept right en burglarizing. . They evidently are not looking for spiritual advice; plainly, they are after the money. Chief of Police Hunt has at last been appealed to ne says every man should own a shotgun, which he should keep well filled with bird shot. Then, if he hears an unusual noise around his house at night, he should rise, grab the shotgun, make absolute sure the nocturnal visitor is a burglar, and then let him with those of George Francis Train, some years ago, or with those of Victoria Woodhull, and yet the power of money is not to be gainsaid. How far its unstinted possession and application may be made to go upon the field of national politics and in the interests of a rich, ambititious aspirant for president is a question, but, handled judiciously and unspar ingly, a great way. Nay, in the hands of a really able and fit man, it might prove decisive." In Mr. . Watterson 's opinion Mr. Hearst's news papers will do him more harm tlnp good in his cam paign, and if he had any real chance either for nom ination or election, they would probably destroy it, So far, he says, "the Hearst boom embodies too littl have one or both barrels as the exigencies of the j of Mr Hearst) and too much of the almighty dollar filled with fine shot and rendered hors de combat the indignant resident ought to telephone to police ' headquarters and have a squad come out to the house to arresf the man. ' ' ' ' "Just shoot 'em and well do the rest," about summarizes the chief's advice. This advice may appeal with much force to the people of Portland. Indeed it should, for isn't Chief Hunt the defender of the faith and protector ot the of the community! But it wouldn't go in Seattle, Over there people first kill burglars and. afterwards eonduct inquiries as to their identity. In other com munities Chief Hunt's system has been ob served and many burglars have not been killed Then, again, it isn't every one who can afford a shot gun. If the shotgun system were carried out in accordance with the ideas of the Portland chief, the bird shot manufacturers would form a trust and make matters tougher for the common people. Apart from all this, the burglar is ont the only individual who requires the vigorous attention of the casual citizen. He must also look after the festive footpad. The devil ought to be fought with his own fire, and if a man should find it expedient to shoot a robber with his pistol or batter out his brains with a bludgeon we feel he should not be blamed, not withstanding Chief Hunt's advice. Killing the burg lar with a shotgun is merely a fad. It is just possi ble it may be found practicable in the Oregon me tropolis, but it will not become popular elsewhere. There is too much formality attached to it. Under Mr. Bryan's inspiration and guidance, with Mr. Bryan to speak for it and deploy its forces, the boom will not lack for vociferous agitation and energetic, development. Even under Mr. Bryan's silence, or quasi-silence, yet having his patronage it takes on an air of importance." Considering al this Mr. Watterson thinks it will not do to "whistle the Hearst boom down the wind." We read in his tory," he says, "how once upon a time a cocked hat and unifonn perched on a wire frame was proclaimed king. Whv may not a figure of speech be elected president T" , DR. BEVAN AND PNEUMONIA. The declaration of Dr. Arthur D. Bevan, of Chi cago, some days ago, that there is no known remedy for pneumonia, and that drugs can be of little service in its treatment, has called forth no small amount of comment from physicians in all parts of the jcoun- try. borne agree and some oppose, but all substan tially admit that science has done less to provide a rare treatment to relieve or cure this disease than almost any other. ;It is scarcely more than a hundred years since Jenner discovered how to mitigate the horrors of smallpox by vaccination, and since then others have discovered how to control it by quarantine, and how to almost surely prevent it by proper hygenic con ditions, says the Tacoma Ledger. The ravages of fellow fever "and cholera, in the presence of which the profession stood practically helpless 50 years ago, are now almost' surely and safely prevented. Spe cifics have been found for diphtheria, the typhoid germ has been discovered and described, and doc tors know how to detect its presence before it begins to do harm and how to deal with it after its deadly work has been begun. Surgery has made even more wonderful progress, but neither surgeons nor phy sicians yet know how to deal with pneumonia. They inow it is an infectious disease; they know how - The United States is ever progressing. It is in teresting to note the following statistics taken from the Scientific American: In area, for example, the total in 1903 was 3,023,COO square miles, against 2,980,959 square miles in 1350, and 827,844 square miles in 1800.' These figures do not include Alaska or the islands belonging to the United States. The population in 1903 was stated at 80,372,000, against 23,191,876 in 1850 and 5,308,483 in 1800. The wealth of the country was stated at $94,000,000,000 in 1900, and presumably $100,000,000,000 would not be an unreasonable estimate for 1903, while for 1850 the wealth of the country stood at $7,000,000,000, no estimate being given for any year earlier than 1850 The per capita wealth is set down at $1235 in 1900 and $307 in 1850, having thus more than quadrupled meantime. The interest bearing debt in 1903 was $914,000,000, against $1,724,000,000 in 1880 and $2,046,000,000 in 1870. The per capita indebtedness of the country in 1903 was $11.51, against $60.46 in 1870, and the interest per capita 32 cents in 1903, as against $3.08 in 1870. St. Louis World's Fair News PROM HEADQUARTERS A Great Combination Offer Wo will furniHh the Twire-a. Week lasuooftho St. Louis Globe-Democrat WITH TIIK Twice-a-Week 1 -"" Astorian oa Both Papers SBn5 lClEAR THE ST, LOUIS ULOBK-DKMOCRAT Is lwued Semi-Weekly, eltfbt pnges or more, ewy Tuwdny sod Friday. 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