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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1904)
)N THE MORNING ABTORIAK, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1904. wr. f Or : r PAGE TIIREK. PETERSON f& BROWN For the BEST DECORATOR Beat Stock of Wall Decorations and tho Moat Prompt Service Goto 5) 4 1 - I ' 1 I . - . v" -- C 7TTT If Ul I 1 GENTLEMEN'S SHOES Al Popular Price $3:20 $32 $4igo W hire an espoolally cellenr itook of medium priced thorn to select front tub m the celebrated W. L. DOUGLAS WALK-OVER Good enough for Anybody I TRAGEDIES AT BUSY CORNER Messenger Boy Drinks Carbolic Acid at Thirty.fourth Strut and Broadway. MAN FALLS THREE STORIES i I Rubber Mtanm Manufattiirtr Die In the Name Drug- Store Where Despondent Lad Breathes Ilia Last. is only about half the force required here to turn out the same amount of ore. Mr. McDonald Is doing every. tning by machinery. AS S - I m jinmner reatur I noticed at the Tread!! mine la that there is prac- ucaiiy no timber ueed. The largest tunnels are not timbered, the ground wing or auch a character that It need. no fiupport. The company ha expended half a minion dollara to eupply the plant with "r na constructed 28 miles ot ditch. ; The ore tm Inw on an average of $2.10 per ton. The expense of mining and milling Is $i.n per ion The Alaska-Juno mine, owned h the aame people, la on the mainland. Vna" mill has been construct.,! -t this mine, but everything is practically irozen up, CONDITION OF IRON TRADE .. . Market Price of Lake Superior Ore to Be Less a Factor in Industry Than Ever. BIO PURCHASE OF BESSEMER Steel Corporation Take Large uiocicat 913.35, Which Hag lieen the Feature ofthe Week In the Market. B. F. ALLEN 8 SON THE LEADERS in me interest of his company. He reports a growing Inclination on the part of eastern capital to Invest in I tar a at f mIhI For nearly half n h.. f,. "MKK na Properties. , ... .v. ..... ....... . To tn P" b ald This is particularly true where it can be shown that the mine is well I Dllvb HAIrnJ I . "'"" "i aeveieopment. It Is a postponed to April 12. The develop- menu of the past month have not been such as to promise any change in the attitude of the merchant ore firms and it is estimated by large producing- consuming Interests that if there is no association this year none need be ex pected in following years. Meantime further long time ore contracts are under negotiations which will make Confectionery for Everybody, Pot nn in the moot attractive form suitable for oilering, and of the most elect candies, bon buns, etc., is now ready for the choosing at the EASTERN CANDY STORE 506-508 Commsroial 8L, Next Griffin's B.vk Store. Their wide-spread reputation for furnishing the most bralthfnl, pure and delicious confectionery is a full yiiaranlee of the Llgb quality of their goods. A i; '3 Red Cross Savon Use Red Cross Savon you will not make a mis take. Sold hy FOARD a STOKES COMPANY, Astoria New York. Anrll 7 T wh.-h . . - Cimland. April 7.Tbe Iron Trade hour o eh . r.: E..Ur.r. aJZZL, .... ' A'""' eondltlons . wivnnoi SJIIIU I vvtwu an HI HU Of I In ls t Thi,....-.u . . . ' - . vur.cm ,ue says: ' '" cuea mucn ex-1 woasi. i m,. ,.. ... citement amon, MM. .J Charles H. .k Th Uncmalnty concerning the ex- , -v,, act outcome of the present neeotia night scenes on the most frequented Mount Helens Con.iHn, I,,..- v... ... g the sidewalk before the abandoned . . J , . . . Droadway Ubernacle a weeping youth T !!"Wn .,r,p' .where h ha Z" '"TJTr was noticed pacing back and forth. Curious crowds stopped to gaze at the young man, who, however, spoke to none walked In front of the old church, and then, In pluln view of hundreds, sud denly drew a vial of carbolic acid from hi. pocket, drank the content, and mZiZ . In convulsions. lie was carried into a ZT 7.T . . 106 pe0pla M , niea oi lnaustnalii with their l bvuimiuiw u ii.li wm mase lUgH H CU d r b "'k-1 r aS5 Z K "t Price Lake gupse ore was Identined as a messenger who had .... .T: a ' ana rmm , . .... ... . m , t.- oi securities is raDldlv belno' ""'" ar i a iacior in been thrown out of work and apparent- ..,, , r8p,Uy Deln th. ron !n.r - ... ... t. jt ... ... , , . rma uy Biiu menionous mininsr ln-l rig, nun ly had eaten nothing In two days. . ... u",n,n B ..... A t Excitement over the suicide had iu,t "" lne'r p,Me' wnere . ... i; " T. " . ..... ll" "'vwr, wnen tie does receive I " """ wl ijr resumpnon begun to subside when a portly man Llv,,on,. ' . " of the activ. ww f vr.h t fell from the third floor window of a ZZL ln'"K W0"ny 01 h . ' "V " ... i c ujiiuuih invesieo. building close by. He struck the Broad- Th. ... u . . u, .1,. .,v v.. .... There are chant be taken in . u" investments, but the minimum of " ..the;ttme drU hU 1. today to be found in Jle- no uieu in a lew minutes. . . , . , . gltimate mining venture, and this fact The unfortunate man was a rubber u becoming r.f.nl, I stamp manufacturer, who lived in the -ore and more bu.ld.ng from which he fell. After re- n reIatlon t0 h umlng from the street, where he aided lrlct. Portlanrs neaW)t ad the Hying messenger, he had deter- mlnlncr floM h. ..k.. ... .... mined to clean the windows, and lost t0 learn of .h . ni Duiunce. ill wire, in another room, chide learned of the accident through the wild with transportation problem, solved. Vl pri wnicn. nang.ng ny as It is evident, will soon be done by the window, saw its master fall to his the extension of the Tacoma Eastern death. - - - - iqiim ... ... , wv,.i0 wum (vnui u me center of thin mnnAn ua MINES PARTIALLY CLOSED. shipment of ore. cn r,m , " .v... I .., . u.. a i . j . I v.uuiuiiya mine ana L.ck of W.ter P.ralyss. Industry in LrobabIy Beveral ntw. , . ,d,h0- time. ur,, ,uano. April .-owing to lack A Iarire nflrtv - All I ea.n say," said the western hustler. "1S to tell you a story which accurately describes how 1 feel about It. When 1 was In Saratoga two years ago I heard of an English chap who went driving one morning In aa open carriage. He had on his light whits togs and looked very swell. When ho got out in the country several miles It started to rain. The Engllsman did ot know whether to go on or turn back. He saw a countryman plodding along In the distance, so he drove us io him. Now my man," said the Britisher. can you tell me If It Is likely to stop ralnlngr The countryman paused a moment, surveyed the outfit In silence. and replied: "Wa-al, It always has.' ; "Now," said Mr. Gates, "that Is what Til say to you." PRICES TO BE REAFFIRMED. Leading Producers of 8tet Billets Win Raise the Rsts. New York April T. At the meeting of the leading producers of steel bil lets and sheet bars held in Jersey City it has been decided to reaffirm official princes. Previous to the meeting It was expected that the price of billets I would be marked up $1 a ton in con ( sequence of the premium which soma ( buyers are wflllng to pay in order to . secure prompt delivery. It is believed . that sellers will continue to accept of water the mills of the famous Tread Ln 'Z ;tSa:S. I , .l"P,ia" .l" tw... " v me . . ... . . . " . M . I root t Mount St. Helens this summer, -1-ier oi meir lull land h BnlM.t olnul . . capacity. In speaking of this Ou. E. they wi . h. .hi m, T Ehrenberg. manager for the Frisco 0L! 1, Tk ? , . . copper district of the west, almost at mine at Gem. who ha. Just returned Portlnnd.8 back from Douglas Island, said: WhIla .. There ha. been neither rain l-ZJJZ snow on Douglas Island for three Poa anA " . months. Because of this lack of water fVP ZL T,n . . . Jnh m,twm ... f0r them that " certainly astonish " inn Bi.iuui.iK aay Treadwell, the Ready Bullion and the Seven Hundred mines, Is able to op erate the mills only at one-fourth their capacity. The mining men say that nothing of this kind was ever exeprlenced be. fore, and they are waiting anxiously every day for rain, which will help to melt the snow on the mountains. There Is considerable snow to be seen on the mountain tops, but I was in formed that many peak, that were showing above the snow could not be seen other years at this time. "The mills when running at full ca pacity handle 80,000 ton. of ore per month, and employ 1,000 men, which cornea." Handsome samples of copper-bear, Ing ore were being exhibited at Dr, ICoe's office yesterday, being brought down from a new strike in one of their properties, by aunrinmin Olsen, of the Consolidated Company. TRAVEL IS GENUINE PLEASURE ON Baltimore 6t Ohio R. R. ROYAL BLUE TRAINS BETWEEN Chicago and New York via WASHINGTON, I). C. FincKt mid Fiifclpftt writs, nf (rnms in iliA nnrl.l T'olud'ol - " - - " - . ..... - - ... - " ' V. . 1 1 II I i U I VVVI1I h, I'ullmnn livllH Turlor and Drawing Room Cars. The Finest Dinlnjc Car Service In the World. Ja' operated hy tlio Rnltiinoro & Ohio Railroad. B.F!, AISTIN, G(n(relpss.4t - ihlutc, HI, FOUGHT DUEL TO THE DEATH. Wast Virginia Politicians Shoot and Both Ars Killsd. Chicago, April 7. A dispatch to the Tribune from Huntington, W. Va., says: I John McFarland, chief of police of Northfork. and X A. Balllard, a lum ber merchant and capitalist, are dead as a result of a pistol duel which fol. I lowed the republican district conven Hon at Northfork. The contest be tween William O. Dawson and CoL Charles E. Teter for the gubernatorial nomination caused the duel. McFar land was an ardent supporter of Daw son and Ballard of Teter. They met on leaving the convention hall. The lie was passed and the shooting followed. each being killed. bessemer a purchase of 10,000 tons by the steel corporation at $13.35, dellv ered at Cleveland and Lorain is the feature. This transaction in connec tlon with the heavy output of all cor poration steel works Is thought to point to the taking of the 45,000 tons of Iron for May, Jell very covered by the corporations' option expiring April 10. Steel making pig Iron like foundry iron, Is still being consumed in excess ot current make. Basis has shown some activity as has also low phos pborus bessemer, particularly In the enst. Foundry iron markets are quiet and as most buyers are supplied for much if not all of the first half and furnaces have orders taking their pro duct for that period, an interval of comparative quiet is ahead with little expectation of an Immediate change In prices. Figures given in the CIn cinatti market report shows that about 60 percent of the capacity of southern coke furnaces Is active, also that of foundry buyers in the central west. 75 per cent of those answering a recent circular letter have iron enough now to carry tbem until July 1. The re mainder expect to buy a little. Few of the idle southern furnaces, it is es timated can go in blast on less than )1 a ton advance over the present prices on iron. The situation is re garded likely, therefore, to remain at a stand for several weeks so fax as prices' are concerned. Three furnaces in the Pittsburg district started this week with four additional ones to start before July 1. This means an increase of one million tons a year Tho effect of the possible turning of some merchant furnaces to foundry iron is to be considered in this con nection this premium which within a recent period has amounted to 11 or $2 a ton on forging and axle billets. When the price ot $25 was establish ed for steel billets, bessemer pig was selling at $12 to $12.50. Now it la selling at $13 to $13.50 and ' heavy steel melting scraps also have ad vanced about $1 a ton. The companies Included In the mem bership of the so-called billet pool are the United States Steel Corporation, the Jones and Laughlin Steel Com pany, the Republic Iron and Steel Company, the Claxton Steel Company, the Wheeling Iron and Steel Company, tho Cambria Steel ComDany. th Lackawanna Steel Company and the Maryland Steel Company. Other important meetings of steel manufacturers will be held today in cluding the Structural, Shape and Plate Association, but the general Im pression Is that nothing will be done beyond a reaffirmation of prices. A meeting of the lake Superior Interests which was scheduled for today has been postponed until next Tuesday. Revolution Brewing in Hayti. New York, April 7. Discovery has been made, according to a dispatch received here from Kingston, Jamacia, that a plot is under way for a revolu tion In Hayti to overthrow General Alexis, the president of that republic. It appears that there are two factions engaged, each headed by a general. HEAD SOLID SOEE ifol Suffering cf My tzi Sapless hsps cf Oota Economy Brand Evaporated Cream ' roes farfhmt i because it is most concentrated; is most nourishing, because richest In cream; most perfect, because most skillful! Drenararf. Its purity Is guaranteed unaer lorioii ot J5.000 to anyone able to prove any adulteration in our product. Royalty License Ruling. New York, April 7. A decision has been rendered by the board of general appraisers In the matter of duty on a royalty license. The ruling sustains a protest made by a Kansas City (Mo.) firm which Imported parts of a pat ented medicine from France and were assessed by the Kansas City surveyor for the added value of the royalty. The surveyor's decision was overruled by the board. Big Fire at Memphis. Memphis, April 7. Fire of unknown origin, at tho plant of the Cole Manu facturing Company In the southern portion of the city caused a loss esti mated at $(J,000 today. A large stor- age warehouse, heavily slocked with flnl'hel prolucts and six loaded freight cars were dostroyed. The loss Is partluly covered by insurance. Famous Chinese Her. San Francisco, April 7. Dr. Sun Yat Sen. a famous leader of the Hlng Chung Wook, or Chinese progressive society, has arrived here en route to New York. He expects to sail thence for China by way of the Sues Canal to take further steps toward the libera tion of his countrymen from the Tartar yoke. Sun Yat Sen came Into great notoriety in 1896 as a result of being kidnaped by the Chinese legation in London on a charge of conspiracy to kill the viceroy of Canton. The meth. ods of the legation brought down the wrath of the British government and a peremptory demand of Lord Sails bury for Sun Tat Sen's release secured his freedom, after a confinement of 10 or U days. , Dr. Sun Yat Sen used to practice medicine in Hongkong. He Is a gradu ate of Harvard. CURED BY CUTICUH SSua Fair as a Lify with no Sssr toKecallralSors Writes Mr. Vic President Will Rule. New York. April 7. Vloe President Calderon has obtained the consent of the members of the cabinet to remain In office during the illness of the presi dent, say. a Herald cablegram from Lima, Peru. This, it Is believed. In sures the tranquility and progress of the republic. How Gates Viewed it. When Wall Street was excited re- ently over the reported settlement of th Pennsylvania-Could warfar. a nmrtrr asked John W. GuUs whether jh believed a sifttleim-nt wss llkly. " I herewith writ out la fall th ba ginning and end of that terrible disease, ecxema, waich caused my babe untold suffering and myself many sleeDlesa nights. My bbe was born seeminelv a fair. healthy child, bat when sh was threa week old a swell! og appeared on the Dscir. or her head, and In course of time broke. It did sot heal bat grew worse, and th sore spread from the six of a dim to that of a dollar. I ttsed all kinds of remedies that I could think of, but nothing seemed to help; in fact. It grew worse. Her hair fell out where th son was, and I feared it would never grow again. It continued until my aged lather cam oa a Tlsit, and when be aw th baby he told me to get Cuti cura Soap and Ointment right away. M To pleas hua I did to, and to my surprise by their as the sor began to heal over, th hair grew over it, and tc-day she has a nice head of hair, her kin is as fair as a illy, and she has no car left to recall that awful tore, and It is over eight month, and no sign of its returning." Mrs. Wm. Etxr, Elk River, Minn. ' Cure wrnuinnt " fin aHi.. r- Eyer, Feb. 85, 1903, six years later i our wuer or the ma lost, received, asking in regard to the care of mhs some six year. ago. Well, the tilnea never returned to her bead which st that time was a solid sore nn tm an.4 down ths back. Once or t !(- mnea then a pitch has com on hrr band near in wrint. but It finally UiMppesmt aVr proper treatment with CuUcira," - - - w ". Vn iiia tef i nB,iiM tutkd r -a. pm fimitis t l.at.,, ii , fap iv. ( m. i Ijw. & t few-tags. fJ - i I It tf i.9 I l;im i;g ft I i . wlMM. - n m