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fl si PAGE TWO. THE MORNING ASTORIAN, SUNDAY MARCH 20, 1901. Morning Astorian Established 1873. x i -r DAILY EXCEPT MONDAY. ; : ": .;; i RATES. if mail, per year . , , Bj mail, per month Bjr carriers, per month f5 00 50 CO TUB SEMl-YEEKLY ASTOUIAX. fry u ail, tr year, iu adrance fl 00 ASTORIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY. - k A CANADA MERGER. It is announced that the managers of the North' era Securities ? Company applied for and obtained a Canadian charter immediately after Governor Van Sant began the Minnesota suit against the merger in 1902, says the Call. It is stated that this Cana dian charter covers operations in Canada and the United States. - , , The supreme court, in passing upon the consti tutionality of the inter-state commerce law, decided thatcongress had the power to control interstate commerce by such a law. The constitution says "The congress shall have power to regulate commerce with foreign nations between the states and with the Indian tribes." "When the interstate commerce law was before con--gress it was objected to as an improper and excessive exercise of this power, inasmuch as it proposed that congress should provide for the fixing or regulation of rates for transportation. Senator Bayard made a very able argument against the bill on that ground, .claiming that regulation did not mean interference with rates. He used the impossibility of regulating international rates of transportation as proof that such power did not reside in congress, because the regulation must relate to the same things in all the particulars of interstate, international and tribunal commerce. " It was believed that his argument was a correct statement of constitutional principles, but the su preme court swept it away by including transporta tion among the incidents of commerce, and the most important of them all, and by challenging the oppon ents of the law to file a bill of the particulars in which congress could act in regulate commerce if transportation were left out. ) With no power over transportation commerce is left at the mercy of corporations engaged in that business. They could so arrange rates so as to en tirely prohibit any feature of interstate commerce. It would be at once admitted that the government would have power to interfere in such a case, and its inference must be directed to removal of the ob struction. As thisv obstruction would be found in the rate of transportation its removal, of necessity, , must be in the form of regulating rates. So the sen ator's view of the law evaporated in the application of the power of congress to protect and regulate commerce between the states. These principles are applied by the court in the merger decision. This application need not wait for an overt act, but jis aimed at the power to commit such an act. The existence of such a power is an inchoate offense, which the courts will prevent by de stroying the power to commit it. The court having invalidated the American char ter, because it implies power to do something in vio lation of the law, will now be presented with a very interesting phase of the question if an attempt be made to use the prohibited power under a foreign charter. The Canadian incorporation has been se cured seemingly with the idea' that operation under it can not be reached by an American court In our view this is a vain theory. The municipal law of the United States has exclusive jurisdiction here. Any act that it forbids is legally preventable. To assume that an act when forbidden by law when done under an American charter can not be forbid den when sheltered by a foreign charter is to assume that the constitution itself can be set aside by such charter. This is equivalent to saying that our whole system of government is destructible by such process. If foreign municipal law takes precedence over our our own on our own soil our government is without vigor or authority. - 1 How the issue may arise can not be forseen. It may have to wait for an overt act referring to the foreign charter as its authority, or the roads merged by such charter may be denied the right of joint op eration under it, and by the proper writ be compelled to replace their stock in the, possession of individual stockholders who can be forbidden to exchange them for the certificates of the foreign corporation, which may be outlawed as evidences of the ownership of the property. But however the issue may appear, it is plain that American municipal law will remain the supreme law of the land and incapable of substitution by any extraterritorial authority whatever. Of course Messrs. Hill and Morgan dislike to sur render a power which they grasped at such great cost. , It is not ."forgot ten that the Northern Pacific and the Burlington stocks were secured by them 4 at enormous prices, which they hud to pay to secure majority control of the two roads necessary to make the merger and to make it effective. They were ad vised by the ablest lowers' in the country that an attaek would only come from the state courts, anml when Governor Van Sant ordered the attorney-general of the state of Minnesota to begin an action in the courts of that state they saw an easy victory, and it came. But when President Roosevelt ordered an action in the federal courts they faced a more difficult proposition. The people may bo assured now that the resources of federal la ware not exhausted and will be found quite equal to any difficulty that is preseuted by the Canadian charter. OUR NATIONAL IMPORTANCE. We hazard nothing in saying tha not only the most important events of the past two hundred years but one of the most important events of all time was the advent of the United States of America into the family of nations, says John Basset Moore in the March Harper's. Its profound significance was not' then unfelt, but in the nature'of things its far-reaching effects could not be forseen. Even now, as we survey the momentous changes of the last few years, we seem to stand only on the threshold of American history, as if its domain were in the future rather than in the past But the splendor of the hour, while it illuminates the presentdarkens by its light what lies beyond the immediate range of vision. The power which we hold today is no sudden and isolated possession. Its foundations were laid in tho ork of the orig inal builders; and if we could understand tho great ness of the present we must recur to what has gone before. Many nations have come and gone and have left little impress upon the life of humanity. The decla ration of American independence, however, bore up on its face the marks" of distinction, and presaged the development of a theory .and a policy which must be worked out in opposition to the Ideas that then dominated the civilized world,. Of this theory and Dolicv the kevnote was freedom: freedom nf the in. dividual, in order that h4 might work out his destiny in his own way; freedom in goverment, in order that the human faculties might have free course: free dom in commerce, in order that the resources of the earth, might be developed and rendered fruitful in the increase of human wealth, contentment, and hap piness. - ' A bank is alxnit to lie organizen in this city to be known as the McKinley National Bank, says the New York Commercial. It is a curious fact that out of the several dozen national banks in New Yark only two have, hitherto been named after former presi dents of the country the Lincoln and the Garfield. We have one national bank after Gallatin and one after Chase, and we have a state bank after Hamil ton and three after former secretaries of the treas ury; but we have none of either kind after Wash ington, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Van Buren a thorough New Yorker Grant, or any other former president. There is a state bank named after Jef ferson and a savings bank and a trust company named after Washington, but with the exceptions noted, most of the men who loom large in the history of the republic and, for that matter, in the history of the state and of the city have been ignored in the christening of our banking institutions. It is interesting to note that the three presidents after whom local national banks have been named were as sassinated while jn office. The fishermen of the Columbia river ought to congratulate themselves at having so efficient a man ager as Mr. H. M. Lorntsen, secretary of their union. For many years Mr. Lorntsen has looked after their interests with rare zeal, and more than any other individual, perhaps, has advanced the cause of the fishermen's association. He is a labor leader who is not only true blue to his organization, but as well one who enjoys the confidence of employers. Such men are seldom found at the head of labor organi zations, and the fishermen of this city are indeed fortunate. Having been assured of $700,000 for the Lewis and Clark fair, it is now up to the exceptionally moral people of Portland to drive the gamblers into the creek which trickles past the Oregon metropolis. ', We'll be glad when the civil war is over. Welcome at Sunshine after a Ion storm ii a feeling of relief when an obstinate, pitiless cold bat been driven away by Allen's Lung Balsam. Only people who have been . cured of throat-ache and sore lungs by this remedy can quite realize what the feelings. There Is no opium In the Balsam; its good effect is rallcal and lasting. Take a bottle home today. v Car Shops Burn, i ' Albuquerque, K. M, March The car department of the Bantu Fe rail road ahci's here has been destroyed by (W, The bus cannot lie estimated at this time. One hundred nun are thrown out of employment as a con. sequence of the fire, - V ' ; y Fever Closes Sohools. Chicago. March 19. Owing to an epidemic of Svarlet fever now prevail. ng at IVlaven. Wis,, the local health authorttl'S have closed the city schools. The howling of church ser vices, Sunday schools, or any public gatherings are prohibited until the epidemic subsides. ALL WRONG. The Mistake Is Made Cltiiens. by Astoria Don't mlxtake- the caue of back ache. To be cured ydu must know tie cause. . It Is wrong to imagine relief is cure. Itnckache Is kidney ache. You must cure the kidneys. A Portland woman tells you how this can be done. Nrs. J. d. Kennedy, who resides at bo dorhett utrcet, Portland, eay; MI have len mulcted with kidney trouble for thirty years and for the past twenty years I have never been entirely free from It In eome form or other. I suf fered terribly from backache and could hardly stoop over and get up again. Trouble from the kidney secretions ex isted. At times I was greatly bloated, my feet swelled to twice their natural else and I was seldom without a plas. ter on my buck to ease the pain. I doctored a great deal and used mors medicines than any one peron could t arry, I had read to much about Doen's Kidney I'llls that I concluded to give them a trial. I was a good subject with a case of such long standing and I thought If they helped me I could safe ly recommend them to others. I ued them faithfully and the results wsre satisfactory In every way. Doan's Kid ney Tills are a wonder. They did me more good than any other remedy 1 ever used." Monty more proof like this from As toria people. Call at the drug store of Churles Hurts aiul ask what hh cus tomers rejrt. dealers. Price 80 Foator-Mllbunv Co,, Buffalo, N. sole agents for the United Htates. For salo by ell cents. y Rememtier the name ponns and take no suliHtltuU. BLACKSMITH I NGs CARRIAGE AND WAGON BUII.UIN'tl. 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ASTORIA AND COLUMBIA RIVER RAILROAD LEAVE I POnTLAND 1:00 a ml Portland Union be- T. 00 p ml pot for Astoria and i Way Points S V k a ,ei ASTORIA 7:45 am 8:10 pm For Portland and Way Points BSABIDM DIVISION -J I 11:10 sr-J 10:10 Dai m 1:11 a ml 11:14 am 1:10 pmj Aitoria for Waren-I ton, Flavel fort Stevens, Hammond and Seaside T:a 4:00 am 10:44 a re : 0:15 a ml 1:10 am 2:10 pm Seaside for War-! renton, Flavel, Hammond, fort Stevene A Astoria U:l0pm! 7:20 pe i 1;a 'Sunday only All trains make close connections at Ooble with all Northern Paoiflo trains to and from the East and Sound polnta J. c. Mayo, General Freight and Peas. Agent H will Oregon Short line and Union Pacific 70 hours from Portland to Chicago. No change of cars. llMKltKlin,IU Depart Kn.m Arrive .JWlUANI) Chlwuo PorlUitJ Hnl Uki,, lienvrr, tf hh)Ih Wuriii, oumlm, Kn- ftApm :IAm.iii Hti'iiy.Htluls, via 11 lint- t'tiicuiiu slid kat lii!l.m Albiiillo Reliance Electrical Works H. W, CYRU8, Manager We are thoroughly prepared for making estimates and executing orders for all kinds of electrical installing and repairing. Hupplles in stock. We ell the Celebrated SHELBY LAMP. Call np Phone 1101. 428 BOND STREET ! Dr. T. L. CALL n DENTIST 624 Commercial street, Astoria Ore, Dr. VAUGIIAK, , DlNTIST, , I, Pythian Building, Astoria, Oregon. Dr. W. C. LOGAN 4 , DENTIST 578 Commercial St, Sbanahan Building O. W. BARR, DENTIST Manaell Building 673 Commercial Street, Astoria, Ore I TELEPHONE BED 2061. JAY TUTTLE, M. D, PHYSICIAN AND BURGEON I Acting AsnlHtwnt Burgeon U.S. Murine Hoapltal Hervlce. Office hours: 10 to 12 a.m. 1 to 4:30 p.m. 477 Commercial Street, 2nd Floor. Dr. RIIODA C. II ICRS OSTBOPATIIY Mapsell BIdg. 672 Commercial 8t PHONE BLACK 20tl C. J. TRENCIIARD i Insurance, Commission and Shipping. CUSTOMS HOUSE BROKER. f Agent Wells-Fargo and Nortnrn Paciflo Express Companies. ' Cor., ELEVENTH and BOND STS. ult Uk, lwnvnr yd ' n unit, uitmim. k in. , i ii Mill- Mil iiy, ni Ulllll, liiKluti it'liltgoamt Uii-fct H . in 'fctut M. t aul ru-l Mall 7 4p. in. ksna ; Walla Walla, (.) Um. Himknuo. Minn. hi, mi p.ul, HulutlJ and feu l I ;00p m OCEAN AND 1UVER SCHEDULE From Astoria All sailing dates subject to change. Far Ban Francisco every five days, Dally si epi Hun day strain ('olumlila IllYKrto i iiriiami slid wy jMlUtll(l 4am Daily e(it Moo 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. O. W. ROBEItTS, Agent, Astoria, Ore. NORTHERN PACIFIC Time Cnl ul Trains t, PORTLAND Leaves Anlvet Puget Bound Llmlted.7: a m 1:41 pm Kansas Ctty-SC Lout Special 11:10 an l:tt pa North Coast limited l:M O m 7:00 a n Tacoma and Seattle Night Express U;46 pro 1:06 pa Take Puget Bound Limited or North Coast Limited for Gray's Barbor points Take Puget Bound Limited for Olyn n!a direct I Take Puget Bound Limited or lCaa as Clty-SU Louis Special for polata on South Bend branch. Double dally train scrvloe on Orae Harbor branch. Four trains dally between Portland, Tacoma and Seattle. A DIRECT LINE to Chicago and all polnta east; Louis ville, Memphis. New Orleans, and all points south. See that your ticket reads v'.a the Illinois Central R. R. Thoroughly mod em trains connect with all transconti nental lines at St. Paul and Omaha. If your friends are coming west let us know and we will quote them direct the ipecUlly low rats now In effect from all eastern points.: I Any Information as to rates, routes. etc., cheerfully given on application. B. H. TRUMBULL, Commercial Agent, 142 Third street, Portland, Or. J. C. LINDSET, T. F. ft P. A., 141 Third street, Portland, Or.' P. B. THOMPSON, F. 4. P. A.. 0