PAGE FOUR. THE MORNING ASTORIAN, TUESlMr, FEBRUARY 23, 1904. CRANK WANTS PRESIDENT TO CHANGE NAME SYSTEM He Claims People Present Method Has Caused a Wide Fly Waiy of Naming World - Convention Date Flx.d. Helena, Feb, 23. The republican state committee, at & meetlnir today, tlxed April 13 aa the hate fur holding the state convention to elect delegate to the national republican convention. The convention will meet at Helena. Washington, Feb. S3. Edward Rel irar, who gave his address aa Chicago, was arrested at the White House to day and locked up, pending an inquiry Into his mental condition. 1 Relgar evl dently Is of unbalanced mind. He has written many letters to the president, ' suggesting that people be named in ! accordance with their occupations. Thus he maintains that a dealer In wood should be named Wood, a carpen ter should be named Carpenter, and so on throughout the list. He says that the present" scheme of naming people has caused a war among the flies which may be ended only by the adop tion of his suggestion. For many weeks the secret service of ficers have been on the lookout for him, and when he appeared Unlay he was promptly placed in custody. Rel gar 'desired to see the president to as certain why his letters had not been answered. When he was searched a loaded revolver and uhx of cartridges were found In his pockets. The officers had no difficulty in getting him away from the White House. He was then taken to police heudnuarters, where he was turned over to the authorities, Rel gar says he Is a miner and railroad man. He arrived here Saturday night. An examination of his effects dis closed copies of several letters he had written to the president and some doc uments Indicating that he was inter ested in patent devices. . Chinese Brigands Operate N St.. Petersburg, Feb. 4 M. Heavy snows and bllaxards over the Siberian railway, especially east of ltnlkal, arc largely Increasing the difficulties f transporting troops, beside better en abling the Chinese brigands to onr ate. Japanese agents , are reported north of Vladlvostock, Inciting the brt ganda to action. Fla.no lessons by experienced German I teacher. Trof. , Karl II. , Mandortr room 10, Main Street House. FlveJchttlrs at the Occident barber shir. You do not have to wait, Only first class barbers. Hatha. , The annual loss from the burning of buildings lit the United States Is about 13MU0.0OO, not Including cost of In- suronce and the appliance for Are pro tection. ' . til... III! II l I jIM ... J , .1 ,., lip II llijf, RADIUM CONVENNTION IS POSTPONED. Democrats Put Off Tikel Unti After Republican Primaries.. Portland, Feb. IS .At a meeting of the democratic state central committee this afternoon, it was decided not to put any ticket in the field until after the republicans had held their prim aries and to that end decided not to hold the state convention until April In Memory of Washington. Chicago, Feb. S2. The anniversary of the birth of Washington was ob served here today by the Unon League Club with two meetings at the audi tortum theater, one in the morning and the othr 'n the afternoon, and a ban ipiet tonight to the members of the club. The principal service was held In the afternoon'when Elihu Root, for mer secretary of war, delivered an ad dress on the "Ethics of the Panama Question. " ' FUNSTON COMING TODAY. General Funston and Others Will Visit . . t'he Dredge Chinook. "Portland, Ore., Feb. 22. A dlstin . gulahed party of United States army ' officers and government , officials will leave here tomorrow morning for the "mouth of the, Columbia river, to watch the operations of the dredge Chinook. was the principal sneaker at the large monthly meeting tonight of the Amer lean academy of political and social science at the new century drawing room. The large audience warmly greeted the baron. After the ambas sador had concluded his address, he was tendered a reception by the mem bers of the academy, ' PERSONAL MENTION. ? Mrs. H. E. Judge is In the city from Portland visiting with Mrs. E. W. Tallant Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Pendleton have returned home from Portland. Mr. Pendleton Is very much Improved in health, s , , . ; Mrs. Campbell, who has been 111 In one of Portland's hospitals for some weeks, is home again, greatly Improved In health. Miss Grace Wright, who has been visiting with her uncle's family, Rev. Mr. Larson, . left yesterday for her home In Oakland, Cat. Charles Isaacson, who has been In the city for the past few days In con nection with the settling up of his father's estate, is now en route for the east, having obtained a satisfactory settlement. - , - .- r.. :; t '- : ' - ' Rev. Oscar Ostrom returned yester day from Chinook, where he spent last Sunday. He expects to . leave this evening for Tacoma to attend the an- Help wanted Reliable energetic workers to distribute circulars. Good pay. No canvassing. Co-operutlve Advertising Co., New York. ADIOS RADIOS RADIOS "The food of the Chinese consists principally of rlcev and fish." That statement has appeared In nearly every school geography or history that has beeu published since the flood. "It's all foldcrol and flapdoodle," says a conces sionaire from the interior of the great empire. "The. streams were fished out ages ago, and you seldom find fish in the interior. On the coast yes. Much fish Is eaten. But the main food of the Chinese Is pork and chickens. Mutton and beef are rare. 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GLASER, 'Proprietress. for w o r.i e r J ; M That Every Weiikn Desires to Know About Sanative Antisep tic Cleansing And about the Care cf the Skin, Scalp, Hair and Hands The party consists of General Fun-j nual meeting of the Columbia confer Bton, Colonel Tucker, Majors Evans, i ence of Lutheran churches. Eees. ; Bethel and Langfitt, Colonel David M, Dunne collector of internal revenue, and Collector of Customs Pat terson. It is stated the trip is purely unoffi cial and has no connection with the recent trouble which occurred on board the dredge. , ' Private lessons tn telegraphy. Room 10, Main Street House. Chile con carnie, prepared by experts at the Imperial' Cafe, be pleased. Try It; you'U Engine Blows Up. Johnstown, Pa., Keb. 22. The blow ing up of the Pannsylvania railroad lo comotive Ehrenafeld, 10 miles east of this city, tonight caused the death of three men and probably fatally In jured iwo others. All were employes. Better than Gold. 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Mrs. Sara Ross has returned from a visit In San Francisco. H. C. Wortman, son and daughter, of Portland, spent Sunday n the city, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dun bar. ! , B. C. Kindred is seriously ill and fears are entertained that he may not re cover. His illness has lasted for .some time and there Is no Improvement in his condition. a , Manager Humphries, of the Postal, spent Sunday In Oregon City. Too much strew ctnaot be placed on the great value of Cutlcara Soap, Oint ment and Resolvent In the antiseptic cleansing of the mucous surfaces, and of toe blood and circulating fluids, thus affording pare, sweet and economical local and constitutional treatment for weakening ulcerations, Inflammations, ltcbings, Irritations, relaxations, dis placements, pains and Irregularities pe culiar to females. 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Ht Paul, Dulutli HIIWUUKee. lllr-llir,. and EiM A :'!' p ra stona and Tillamook Fare $350 Connecting at Astoria with the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co. and Astoria & Columbia River R. R. for Portland, San Francisco and all points East. For freight and passenger rates apply td ' SAMUEL ELMORE & Co. General Agents, Astoria, Oregon 9 :00 a in 8:00 p in OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULE From Astoria 7am All Railing daUa ku!- jora (o ('limine KorHnri Kranulauo every Ave days Dally ei eept Hun- day Columbia Illvorto roruana ana Way l4indlugR 4am ' Daily ex cept Mou Steamer Nahcotta leaves Astoria on tide dally except Sunday for Ilwaco, connecting there with trains for Long Beach, Tioga and North Beach points. Returning arrives at Astoria same evening. Through tickets to and from all prln clpal European cities. Q. W. ROBERTS, Agent, . Asterla, Ore. OR A. a C. R. R. Co., B. C.LAMB, O. R. (EL N. Co., ' TO Portland, Ore. TlllamooK, Ore Portland, Ore. 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