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V PAGK TWO. THE MORNING ASTORIaN, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1901. Morning' Astorian Established IS73. IATBS. iy mail, per year ...... By mail, per month . . . . . , By carriers, per month $6 00 . 50 CO THE SEMI-WEEKLY ASTOKIAN. By nail, per year, ia advance $1 00 ASTORIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY. THE ELDER STATESMEN. "The five wise men of Japan" is the title of an interesting article in the Examiner by Helen A. Gardner, who is in Tokio for the San Francisco paper: "We Americans hear much ' about the elder statesmen, as they are called, but have only a vague idea of their functions. The Examiner's writer says of them: It may be as well to explain what is meant by the elder statesmen, who must be con stantly referred to in all affairs-connected with the policy and control of Japan. They are not members of the cabinet. They hold ho fixed office, but they are in a sense above both the cabinet and the official staff. There are five of them at the present time They are the ex-prime ministers who have served Japan with wisdom and loyalty in the past in office. Upon 'their retirement from office it is felt that the country has need of their ac cumulated wisdom, and she retains them as advisers to the emperor; himself a very able man, deeply revered and beloved by his subjects who believe him to be the ablest and most incorrupaible ruler on the earth. . It is as if our ex-secretaries of state, war and finance, who had served with marked distinction and ability, irrespective of party could be called at any time as advis ers to and with the president in his recom mendations to the cabinet and to congress. The system is designed to hold for the na tion its ripest wisdom and enlist in her be half, to the end of their lives, the loyal ad vice and help of her strongest and best equipped men. At the present time they are Marquis Ito, Marquis Yamagata, Count Matsukata, Mar quis Oyama and Count Inouye. So hesitant have the emperor, these elder statesmen and the cabinet been to resort to arms in their contest with Russia that many of the stronger young men have blamed them bitterly and felt that their course would subject Japan totthe contempt of the nation, who would get the idea that she was weak, vacilliating or afraid. r Out of the situation grew the extraordi nary replv, by the newly elected president of the diet, to the emperor at the convening of that body a few weeks ago the first time that such a thing ever happened in Japan. Some of the radical men wanted to make sure that the emperor was not misled by the counsel of a too conservative body of ad visers so that he did not realize the existing sentiment of the people. They took that method of calling his personal attention to what they believed to be the demands of the country. As all the world knows the result was the instant dissolution of the diet before all of its members had been even sworn in, some having delayed en route from their homes This drastic action of the emperor has undoubtedly enabled tjie cabinet to conduct its diplomatic work on the lines felt by the emperor and the elder statesmen to be wis est and most hopeful in the interest of a peaceful conclusion of the negotiations ; or. if war mnst be the result, to prove to the world that Japan had done all in her power to avert it. ' Meantime one often hears the anxious and sincere question from the younger men "What does vour country, what do the strong foreign countries, really think o Japan's delay? She has waited two years for Russiaifco keep her solemn pledge. Does not your country think that is weak?" But then it is not upon them that weighs the great, the terrible responsibility of strik ing the blow that may easily involve the world. , A CHECK TO SOCIALISM. President Mellon, of the New York, New Haven and Hartford apparently agrees with those who a year or so ago were saying that Messrs. Hill and Morgan were the chief missionaries of socialism in this coun try. He is quoted as , saying that if the Northern Securities merger had been up- held and had resulted in a combination of the railroads of the country through the de vice of a holding company, government control and ownership would have ensued, and such could not fail to bo deplorable, politically and financially." That the establishment of the merger, le gality would have been followed by at least a gradual consolidation of the railroads scarcely admits of a doubt, says the New York Tribune. The tendency for years has been in that direction wherever the law al lows ; and the lawyers' invention of the hold ing companv to get together indirectly railroads which were directly forbidden to combine was exactly the instrument suited to the consolidation of all railroads in spite of anti-trust laws. It was especially a hap py device, since it enabled those who started out in momentary command of a railroad situation to extend their control indefinitely without permanent ownership. A bare ma jority of a holding company would for all time control two railroads onlv a bare ma jority of whose stock was owned bv the company. That fraction might still further be' reduced by merely owning control of a NO MORE TROUBLE. At All ths Bad Negroee Art Dead ' ' Quiet Hal Been Restored. " ? Dewirt.' Ark., March J6. Two more m-groea have been put to uVtith near St. Charles, making 11 negro In all that have been killed the rnult of rioting which begun hint Momluy. AH la quiet tonight at St. Churl, is It la believed that most of the objection. able negroes have been aluln and ho further trouble In looked for. , tkif ta Hint Cuaria for In.nianU. with Vbtck I aava baaa aMIcliul furo.tr twaaiy jr.ara, ml 1 a a, taat l uniiH kava (Ivaa. tutitf raliaf taaa an uikar m1 r tti, I shall aarulnlf rMOBiinl thnt a mtf friaatll M U m ""-S.l mm, iijib, ia. Btstfbr mj Th Bowel ,4 - aCS. CAM O CATHARTIC Flaaaaat. Palatable, Fntant, Tut Qo4, tto floeS, HTr glakaa, Waaaaa or Urina, Ma, Sto.Ma. N.t.i anM la kalk. Tha t.nalna Ublat tampad QUO, wwaataad to aara ar ,uar Boat, feaaa. Sterling Rtmady Co., Chicago or N.Y. SW USUAL SALE, TEIKILUQI BOXES Dr. VAUQIIAN, Dkntist. r rytbiao BullJiug, Astoria, Oregon. J)r. T. L ilklL DENTIST 624 Commercial street. Aatorla Ore. Dr. W. 0. LOO AN DENTIST ' 573 Oumnierelal St, Bliaiuhan ItuiKUng C. J. TKENCHARI) Inaurance, Comtnlaaloc and Shipping, CUSTOMS HOUSE BROKER. 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Ever Woman HURVtL vMuriii.g Spray rt...n I .v.. ii, hm-Naf- i"Mit I tmvmlfMU limam .MH. 120 Nth St. nixt door to Griffin Brot. and adolnlnf ih Office Saloon ' " " Mm " ..t.i.e lui A-ttii ti.HLD f. t ..u .atiii-iii.iiHHiilttt. rr ! in lt1 tl I' t Utl' M H I 14 at 4 1 1'urk (h . lr trka "Ni"7 -Ta I holding company which in turn owned a majority of the stock of one or more of the original holding companies. It would he necessary to put in money enough to get control of railroad systems, one by one, to add to those already combined, put the con trol of the property in the hands of a hold ing company, and then let who would own the greater part of the actual property. Obviously there was no legal obstacle to such complete dominion of the transporta tion system of the country by a few men if the Northern Securities Company had leen sustained. Obviously also no such absolute mastery of the business of the country by private individuals would have been toler able. The onlv outcome would have been national control of the railroads. The pri vate holders who could thus triumph over he law forbidding consolidation would pos sess a power rivalling that of. government itself, iso matter how reasonable and con servative the private management might be, the demand for government control would be irresistible. The private capitalists would find that they had simply brought the railroads into a system gigantic enough to point a moral for socialist agitators, and so united as to be convenient for purpose of ondemnation. From tins point of view it is clear that not the leaders of Wall street but those who attacked this newest scheme of railroad fi nancing are the real conservatives. The decision of the supreme court is a great practical barrier to the spread of a social istic movement which would have meant the transformation of our government. No body devoted to the traditions of the Amer ican constitution can contemplate without dismay the idea of the mastery of the rail roads of the whole country being centered m Washington, with their thousands of em ployes, holding all private enterprise in their grip, made a part of the government machine. Either the railroad employes would themselves be the dominant political power, or they would be the tools of the po litical managers for the subjugation of the people. Yet such a system would be mevi table, and perhaps desirable, as an alterna tive to an irresponsible private control of these great highways, with their powers or working good or ill to the whole states. That is what the supreme'eourt has happilv saved us from, and conservative finance is beginning to realize it. The emperor of Corea has sent for an American dentist. Perhaps he wishes to make gas while the Japs and Russians fight over Ins territory. During the presidential war next falHhe bookmakers will find it difficult to induce any one to put money on the democratic dark horse. OREGON Shout Lsne jwoUmqn Pacific 70 hours from Portland to Chicago. No change of cra. ' Chicago Portland HtWClHl fttA: ni. vlu HuntH iDKton AUuntlo rxprww if nit Ijke, Denver Kb p.m. w orili, umaua, hail- VIA HUM-MtKCIiy, t UMIIa, ItiKluu it'liinkgoand the Kant Whenever a Mormon returns home late at night he can give the excuse that he was visiting his other wife. Depart TUKW'UeUUUU! Krm POKTLAND Halt Ijikr). Innvrr, Ft Worth. Uinaliu, Kau- MMt'lty. Hi Lou In, juicaK auu u rji Ht. Paul raxtMull 7 :' p. lit. via Spokane 'Walla Wnllft. lewU. Um, txikauf, Mlmiff h(hiIIh hi I'aul, Imlutli I Milwaukee, L'liU'it, and Kual Arrtta 6r2Spm 9 AO a m H:uop m OCEAN AND IUVEIl SCHEDULE From Aatorla All Hailing dales aubject to change. For San Franclnco every five days. Dally ex cept Hun- ouy atram Columbia lllvpr to Horilanu and Way l4indliii . 4am Daily ex cept Mun Steamer Nahcotta leavea Aatorla on tide daily except Sunday (or Ilwaco, connecting there with trains (or Long Beach, Tioga and North Beach points, Returning arrives at Aatorla sams evening. Through tickets to and (rona all prln clpal European cities. Q. W. ROBERTS, Agent, Astoria, Ore. A DIRECT LINE to Chicago and all points east; Louls- vUie, Memphis, New Orleans, and all points south. See that your ticket reads via the Illinois Central R. R. Thoroughly mod urn trains connect with all tranecontl nental lines at St. Paul and Omaha. Ii your friends are coming west let us know and we will quota them direct the specially low rates, now In effect from all eastern points. (' Any Information as to rates, routes, etc., cheerfully given on application. B. H. TRUMBUuL, Commercial Agent, 142 Third street. Portland, Or, J. C. LINDSET. T. F. ft P. A 142 Third street, Portland, Or. i P. B. THOMPSON, P. ft. P. A. ASTORIA, OREGON Reliance Electrical Works H.W.CYRCH, Malinger We are tlmrouulily jw parvj (or making . estimatos and eimHiUng orders (or all klixUof oleoiriral installing ami repairing. Hupplls in stork. Wo Mill tl.eUleoratwl H1IKI.BY LAMP. Call op l'tione 1101. 428 BOND STREET BLACKSM1THIISO, CARIUAGE AND WAGON BUIMMNU. FIHST.CL.VS8 HOUSE BUOEl.NW. Lotzslns Cnmp Work. All kinds o( wagon mnUrials in stock (or aale. We goarantce Uie beat wrk done lu the oity. I'rimMi right. ANDREW ASP. Corner Twelfth and Duane Streets. Thons 291, HCrEJL PORTLAND The Fineit flotel in the Northwest PORTLAND. OREGON. rximtnin mmm rxnmnnnnmi FRESH AND CURED MEATS Wholesale and Retail Ships, Lodging Cuinjis and Wills supplied on short notice. LIVE STOCK 'NOUGHT AND SOLI) WASHINGTON MARKET CHRISTENSON CO. tZZZZXZ CtXtlTXlirrTTrrrrrri h TTTT Something New Ranges, Stoves, Iron Beds and Furniture of all kinds. Also a good assortment of Second Hand Goods at Lowest Prices. L. H. HENNING5EN CO. M4 BOND STREf T. ASTORIA, OREGON. PHONE. RtO m BOOK INEWS Following 91 60 books (or few days: " AUDREY,' by Mary Johoitose, $1.08 , - VULTURES," by H. Setos Merrlmas, UM PRO PATRIA," by Max Psaibcrtes, $1.88 "GENTLEMEN IN WAITING," by Sswril, $1.08 HERALDS OF EMPIRE," by A. C. Last, $1.08 SVENSON'S Booh- Store, 12th and Commercial ASTORIA AND COLUMBIA RIVER RAILROAD LEAVE I PORTLAND I ARRIVE 8:00 am 7:00 p m Portland Union De- 11:10 a m pot for Aatorla andj 0:40 m Way Points ASTORIA It T UXURIOUS . lflRVEL 7:46 a m For Portland and 6:10 p m Way Points 11:80 am 10:80 p m SEASIDE DIVISION 8:15 a m Astoria for Waren 11:35 amj ton, Flavel Fort 6:60 pm Stevens, Hammond land Seaside . 7:40 am 4:00pm 10:45 am 6:15 a m 9:80 am 2:80 pm; Seaside for War renton, Flavel, Hammond, Fortl Stevens Astoria! 12:60 pm 7:20 pm 9:25 am Sunday only All trains make close connections at Ooble with all Northern Pacific trains to and from the East and Bound points. J C. Mayo, General Freight and Pass. A rent. Th "Northwestern LlmltJd" traina, eleotrio lighted throughout, both inalda and out, and steam heated, are with out exception, the finest trains la the world. They embedy the latest, rawest and but ldas for comfort, convenience and luiury ever offered th. travelling oubllc. and alroether art tbs most complete and splendid arosluctlon r f th car builders' ru - , These splendid Trains Connect With The Great Northern 4 The Northero Pacific and The Canadian Pacific AT 8T. PAUL FOR CHICAGO and the EAST. No extra charge for these superior accommodations and all classes of tick ets are available for passtga cr, the trains on fhls line are Protected hs the Interlocking Elook System. 'A' V