Y THE MOIiNI.N'0 ASTOHIAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY. 25, 1004., PAOE FIVE. Potato es Higher But '. o still have a few hundred sack to ' ell ftt 4125 per unred pounds 1 Thcne are good quality, f The Want More Kind." ROSS, HIGGINtS CO. Gt0 (100DS OUIt 8PKCIALTY. Iccal Brevities, "Wanted, tt once,' two good cnvM mn, Call at Attorlut offloa. For Rent Nlcelf furnlihtd over A. V, Allen'e "tore. room Aitorl Typofraphlcan UnJoi-next .Sunday, I p. m. Aatorlan otflce. Apprentice wanted to learn the mil . "Hnr trade at the parlor of lire. Barah IIom, ISt Eleventh atrret. The achooni-rj W. F. Garma, which had been In the offlng for more than wek, reached port at S:S0 laat even ing. Bha weathered the gale la aafetr. Tour attention la railed to the purity and excellence of Olympic pancake flour, the Olympic caka and paatry flour and the Olympic wheat heart aa muah. ' . , - ' , Deputy Hherlffa Hinder and Ander son have thua far lueued 1000 tax re ceipt! and have collected fully 125,000 on the 190S roll. Taxpayer are taking advantage of the I per cent rebut al lows! until March IS, and the ahowlng thu far mud la a gratifying on. Will Clinton leave thla morning for Valdea, Alaaka, whert he expecU to remain for more than a year, lie mart today on til third trip to the land of the midnight tun. Last even Ing be wa tendered a farewell recfp tlon by a hot of friend. ' , The regular montlng of the Long Rhoremen'a Union will be held thla evening In Cornahan' halL The e lon will convene promptly At ' 8 o'clock, and it la urged by the offlcer that there be a full attendance-a Im portant buelnee will be tranaacted. The cam of the tat agalnat Dr. C. C. C. Roaentwsrf, charged with prac ticing medicine without llcenae, oc cupied the time o the circuit court yesterday. Dr. Roaenberg appeared without an attorney, but later engaged Meaara. Smith and Noland to defend him. The etate prcumted Ha caae to the Jury during the afternoon, and the trial will be reaumed at 1:30 thla morning! '. y . f . ' Build the wall do It new. C. W. Carnahan returned last even ing from hi west tide ranch, where hi daughter, Mia Florence, ha been quite ill. Th young lady I Buffering from a mild attack of pneumonia, and, while her temperature ha bem high, it I believed ahe la not alarmingly 111.', She wa taken lck Saturday night. The A. ft C. ha filed an answer to the complaint In the $40,000 damage ult of Jame Flynn. The anawer 1 a general 6nlat of the allegation, par ticularly stipulating that the place at which the accident occurred wa private way, and that the company wafiot responsible for, the injuries ufftfred by th plaintiff. Encourage th sea wall committee. Henry Binder, a member of the crew of the steamship Pleladei, which wa bottled up In Port Arthur at the time of the naval fight between the Jap anese and Russian fleet, Is reported o be HI with yellow fever In a Toko ham hospital. New of hi Illness Has Just been received by his mother, Mr. Louis Klrchhoff. For a time the young man wa quite ill, but at the date of the writing of the letter re celved by Mr. Klrchhoff he wa be lieved to be out of danger. i Gmct 'Clothes ArMvV ') I- : .,' li Over- CoatsRy's AT REDUCED Priceshys President Welch, of the Chamber of Commerce,' yesterday received a letter tmm Senator Mltcnoil. in wnicn me senator Inclosed a letter from the act ing surgeon-general. The last-named official state that th plan ubmitted by the chamber for Improvement of the Columbia river quarantine station have been turned over to hi office, and that they will be given prompt consldera tlon. An appropriation for the pur pose will not be secured until the next session of congress, a Senator Fulton stated In hi letter to the chamber. ' - ? Encourage the sea wall committee, Tomorrow morning at o'clock the hn ihMt for "Slave In the Mine" open at Griffin' book store. The com pnny will appear at Fishers' Saturday night and there 1 ho doubt but there will be a full house. The members of the company are all capable actors, and have been selected to fit the char nrtor. They are such well known people as C. T. Onrlgnn. Loul Zen obla, Jos. R. Kettler. Louis Lyons and othera of like renown. The play has all the delicate humor, brilliant dia logue and natural character drawing that charucterlxes "The Parish Priest." s,-nri vour seat early ' tomorrow morning. .email Wise' The Reliable Clothier and Hatter Few attractions before the public contain more pretty and stylish girls than does the Olympla Opera Com pany that will appear at Fishers' opera house next Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. In making a special effort to secure beauties for the chorus, the management. Messrs. Seamans and Watchette, had In mind the ever in creasing desire of the -public to , see charming women in the choruses, wo men who snn sing, act and dance with an understanding of what those arts mean. The principals that make up the cast in support of Miss Lottie Kendall, the- charming little star, are well known comlo opera people of more or less national reputation. Seat sale opens Monday morning next at Griffin's book store. ' Build the sea wall do it now. r Beautify Your Home We have just received , , A a nice now line of Box Couches, Wardrobe Couches and Oak Framed Couches with Yclonr Covering .Make the home bright and comfortable ; From 05 and up CHARLES HEILB0RN & SON ASTORIA'S LEADING HOUSEKUUNISHKIIS , A large yellow smallpox sign adorned the door of the county court room yes terday. "Smallpox," It read; "no one allowed to enter these premises with out the consent of the attending physi cian, under penalty of arrest or im prisonment." It appears that C. J. Curtis came up from Seaside to attend to his duties as secretary of the repub lican county committee, and that the meeting of the committee was held In the county court room. Curtis posted the notice, which was the first Intima tion any of hin friends had that he was afflicted with the disease. When he left the court house he forgot to take down the sign, and during the entire day it stared visitors in the face. Doubtless Mr. Curtis will be quaran tined, although residence at Seaside Is regarded as practically the same thing. things will select 10 delegate to. rep resent Clatsop county at the state con vention and an equal number of repre sent the county at the congressional convention. ' The Astoria, member of the county committee wOl assemble again March 22 for the purpose of e lectlng a list of delegate to th county convention from the three city ward Thl list will be published Immediately, so that all voter may know Just what ha been done. Thla will be an inno vation on the part of the committee At yesterday's meeting the county com mittee declared Itself for the renomlna- tlon of F. A. Moore for supreme judge, Thomas A. McBrlde for circuit Judge and Harrison Allen for district attor ney, and it Is probable the congression al and state delegation will .be In vtructed for those gentlemen. Astoria must hsv a sea wall. The committee of ten ha organised by electing R. li. Dyer chairman and R. E. Carruther secretary, The com mlttee la now formulating plana for carrying on Its work and expects to start at once. Every property owner In the dstrlct wilt be interviewed and an expression obtained from biro.. At a later meeting of taxpayer the opin ion thus secured will be submitted and upon the report of tpe committee will depend what action will be taken towards building the sea wall. It Is not generally understood that. In & cer tain sense, the sea wall will really cost property owners nothing. The propos al Informally aubmltted by Mr. Semplo wa that the company should be se cured for Us work with mortgages on the land reclaimed. This land will be made of great value by filling, and the property owner will have the additional benefit of 10 years' time in which to make payment. The increase in the value of the property will be much greater than the cost of the improve ment. James W. Welch said yester day he- believed the tide land should be filled from the hills, instead of from the channel, as the government will make provision for river improvement, but not for Improvement of any city property. k There 1 much sentiment tot the improvement, and the belief is ex pressed that the present undertaking will be carried out. Property owner, build the sea wall. The republican county committee yesterday - met and fixed Saturday, April '9. as the day for holding the county convention, at whicn wm nominated a full county and legislative ticket. The committee also appor tioned delegates, oj whom 44 will rep resent the three city wards and 88 the outside precincts. The convention will be made up of 112 delegates. , The ap portionment appear more complete In the call which appears In another col umn. The convention among l other County Judge Trenchard yesterday shipped to Architect Lazarus a sample of the native stone which is to be used In the construction of the new court house. Judge Trenchard said yester day the architect was now working on the plana decided upon at the recent conference, and he expressed the be lief work on the new structure would be commenced In May, if all goes well. Mr. Lazarus seems to think the court house can be completed in a year, al though, of course, the length of time required for the work Is problemati cal. However, no time is to be lost by the county court either in getting the work under way or In pushing It once the start lis made. It has been fovmA Impracticable to get along with a single vault, and two vaults will be installed. Each vault will be accessible from two offices. The building te to be of 120 feet frontage and 100 feet depth and the arrangement will be the same as wa recently stated in The Astorlan. The county clerk's office Is to be in the northeast corner of the court house and the sheriff's office in the southeast cor ner. The county court room and coun ty Judge's office are . to occupy the northwest corner, and the assessor's and treasurer's offices the southwest cor- . The circuit court room, circuit judge's office, district attorney omce, school superintendent's office, jury rooms, etc., are to be located on the reoond oor. There will be a main en trance on Commerclul street and a Bide entrance on Seventh street. The sec ond floor will be 12 feet above the level of the street and 17 steps wiH l"ad from the pavement to the main en trance. The distance from the ground to the base of the dome wilt be 60 feet terday in Philadelphia to two year Imprisonment and to pay a fine of $500 for attempting to swindle the Rapid Transit Company of that city, out of 15000. ' .,, The fraud for which Seymour was convicted has, on several occasions, been practiced on the Brooklyn transit companies. Aided by colleagues, whose headquarter were , the old , Parker house, at 1418 Broadway, Manhattan, and who Included a woman, once an actress, and a negro medical student In one of th Brooklyn hospitals, Sey mour, hearing of trolley and "V acci dents in the city, it is alleged, would collect damages from the companies for alleged injuriea to hi "wife" or other member of his family, Some times, it is alleged, he would go out of commission himself, and lay up for re pairs until his "Injuriea" were settled for by the company he chose to nego tiate with. The victimized companies would usually settle In lieu of threat ened damage suits, . Seymour wa apprehended in Phila delphia through an Investigation into a damage complaint after a recent car collision in that city. Reading of the accident he went from New York to enmssam Philadelphia, after seeing to It that th woman assumed her usual appciirance of being an accident victim, and thera attempted to collect money for his wife; claiming 5000 damages. ' Detective It O. EiJcox investigated the case and found the gang, and testified against Seymour. Silcox' testimony showed that phy sicians are essential to the scheme, and thre-j . f ihe-n and several nurse in this city are Implicated, and may be arrested. One of the physicians wa treating the woman in the case for al leged injuries received In three differ ent accidents at one time, and wa carrying on i - correspondence with three different companies that were be ing defrauded. Trolley companion, and boat companies In Brooklyn, Manhat tan, Newark and Paterson are said to have been victimized. J. Is It a burn? Use Dr. Thomas' Eiec trl Oil A cut? Us Dr. Thomas Elec tric Oil 'At your druggist's, . United States Health and Accideat Insurance Co, Saginaw, Mich. For $1.00 pec month Insure against accident or sickness, P. A. Trulllrvger, Agent. A Hose Sale 'of Merit If there ever was a time when you ; should buy hose, it te now. We are selling .'. - Ladies' Fast BlacK Hose Regular 15c quality, sizes from 8 to 10, for 10 cents per pair The A, Dunbar Co. Astoria's Popular Lace House Our big remnant sale is still going on. Encourage the sea wall eommitte. ; PERSONAL MENTION. T. Woods, representing the Portland Flouring Mills , Company, la selling Olympic flour in Astoria today , Madamt Dlllard has arrived In the city from New Tork. to take charge of the millinery department of the Bee Hive. . V.- ' ,W. J. Lloyd, wife and two-children, of Portland, are in the city. Mr. Lloyd is soliciting on R. L. Polk & Co.'s new Astoria directory. MAN OF MANY ALIASES. Curb Broker Kept Up Swindling Oper ations For Too Long. New Tork. Feb. 24. J. Frederick Seymour, alias Charles Irwin, alias Frank Harte, etc., etc., sometimes curb broker on Broad street, but better known in Brooklyn for his financial ne gotiations and transactions with the railroad companies, was sentenced yes- New Gallery Opened Having completed a new building especially for photo graphic purposes, 1 am now ready to make PHOTOGRAPHS to please all. I guarantee satisfaction iu all work. Prices the most reasonable. Give me a call. Studio on Bond street between 11th aud 12th. Henry Wedekin Astoria Grocery Corner Eleventh and Bond. V Succenort V- H. Coffey CHEAPEST PLACE IN ASTORIA TO BUY . GROCERIES FRESH GOODS , QUICK DELIVERY , SATISFACTION GUARANTEES We are closing out a fine stock of Shoes and Dry Goods at cost. Ii. A. and li. F. Johnson, Proprietors. 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