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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1904)
THE MORNING ASTOIilAN, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 100. STRIKE OF CAR MEN AVERTED Mayor Schmitz Acts as Mediator Between Company and Union With Good Results. TERMS READILY ACCEPTED Chief Magistrate Appears He fore KmployerftOrguulciUloii on Kve of Htrlko and lre -nerves Harmony, Ban Francisco, May 4.The threat fried street car strike on the United Railroad llnee In this city, has been averted by the acceptance early thli morning by the Car Men' union of the terms of the company, submitted through Mayor SchmlU. Th's action followed some weeks of negotiations between the company and the union. The main point at issue was the de mand of the company that all em ploye! of the company should In (0 days after entering the service be come members of the union. Last Sunday morning when the car men were on the point of declaring a strike. Mayor Schmlts appeared at their meet ing and secured a delay of three days, offering to act as mediator In the controversy, The terms he securea from the company were presented to the men at an early hour this morn ing and they were almost unanimous ly accepted. The following is the bit In of settlement: The company agrees to recognise 5M 4...,, CLOTHES FOR MEN I'll I I 30Lt DUTRI6UTOW ri C J f ":.;?.; 'jj If 1 - 1 y M Boundary Oitpute Endi. New York. May 4. 1 convention ha been signed by the minister of foreign affairs and the Chilean minister, cables the union and promises not to dIacrlmJfj'ne Herald's Buenos Ayres, Argentina, Inate against the union and It is satis factory to the company If Its employes Join the union. The company also agrees tholln the event of the- dis charge of any employe to notify the The Clothes That Make WISE Famous, Sole Distributor For Astoria. MERMAN WISE president of the union, except when the dismissal Is for failure to register fares. correspondent to arbitrate the ques tion of the ' delimitation of the Puna de Atacuma district. This puts an end to the boundary dispute. r DO BT NOW! DECORA? ma your rooms! Sco our Burlaps, Lonthen, Lincrusta, Wood Imitations, Crown Moulding, Plate and Picture Rails, Etc. B. F. ALLEN 8 SON, 3C5-367 Commercial Street SERIOUS CHARGES MADE AGAINST FEDERAL OFFICIALS Attorney for Defense Creates Sensation , at Hearing of John A. Benson, Charged With Land Frauds, New York, May 4. At the prelimi nary hearing of John A. Benson, the wealthy California land owner, before United . States Commissioner Shields, Attorney Plait for the defendant has made serious charges against federal officials. Mr. Benson and Frederick A. Hyde of Sun Francisco are Jointly Indicted on two charges, that of brib ing federal officials ln( Washington, and also for conspiracy In fraudulently ob taining title to government lands In California and Oregon. It Is alleged that Benson paid money to Woodford A. Marian, a federal employe, to ob tain government Information. . At a previous hearing before Commissioner Shields, Harlan swore that he wrote ja letter to uenson in marcn, in which he (Harlan) offered for $1000 In NEW ZEALAND FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Of NEW ZEALAND. W. P. Thomas, Manager, 8sn Francisco. UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS, lias been Underwriting on the Pacific Coast twenty-five yean. S. EU10KE G CO., Resident Agents, Asterla. Or. flTWWQ TIDETi NEVER RESTED WV AS. W U' M To b tired out from hard work or bodily exercise is natural and rest is the remedy, but there is aa exhaustion without physical exer tion and a tired, neyer-rested feeling a weari ness without work that is unnatural and shows some serious disorder is threatening the health. that "Al wars-tired, serer-rcsted condition" is impure blood and bad circa lation. Unless the body is nourished with rich, pure blood there is lack of nervous force, the mus cles become weak, the di gestion ' impaired, and general disorder occurs iroughout the system. Debility, insomnia, ner vousness, indigestion, dyspepsia, loss of appetite, strength and enerry, and the hundreds of little aumenia we onen nave are one aiiccuy 10 naa con dition of the blood and circulation, and the quickest way to get rid of them is by purifying and building up the blood, and for this purpose no remedy equals S. S. 8., which contains the best iarredients for cleansing theblood and toning tip the system. It is a vegetable blood purifies and tonic combined, that enriches the blood, and through it the entire system is nourished and refreshing sleep comes to the tired, never -nested, body. TUS StiffFTCPCCinO CO., atiahta, ca. cash to show Mr. Benson the result of the lund agent's Investigation or for 500 to read him the shorthand notes of the Inquiry. When the hearing was resumed on the bribery Indictment, At torney Piatt, representing the defend ant, asked for an adjournment T want time to bring this man Har lan here," said the lawyer, "to show that at the time he swore be wrote that letter to Benson offering to make disclosures for $1000 as he testified, I want to show thai at that very time the federal officials conducting the in vestigation had a photographic copy of that letter and knew that it contained no statement or promise of that char acter and that when Harlan so testi fied, they knew It was perjury." Commissioner Shields granted Mr. Piatt an adjournment until today. DECISION ON TREATY CLAUSE. British Goods Not Benefitted by Reci prooity Agreements. New York. May 4. A decision Just handed down by the board of United States general appraisers holds that the "favored nation clause," In the treaty of July 1, 1815. with Great Brit ain does not carry with It the benefits for British goods of the reciprocity agreements with other countries. In this decision the board overrules a protest filed against the assessment of the full duty of $2.25 a gallon on spirituous liquors produced in Great Britain. The Importers asserted that under the "favored nation" clause of the treaty these liquors should be duti able at $1.75 a gallon,, the rate Im posed under the reciprocal agreement with France. Italy. Germany and Portugal. , One of the chief causes el For ever f oar years X suffsrsd wtth gsseml dsbUlty, siuing thorough bracking dowa s4 tortratts. My oousin, who had be a bofit4 by t. B. ., told sm about it. I triad it ted it iu4 MS. I fcoMtily rr mmn(t S. B. 0. ts mil whs sbstJmI the of a thoroughly good blood tonto. Tours truly, " M as. 70SXB Jl. BJiitTAIir. 44 T. Klnth BU, Columbia, Ton. Fresh and Bright and full of news from far and near are the pages of Til E MORN ING ASTORI AN. Its num ber of readers is rapidly increasing, and it is acknowledged to be the best newspaper Astoria has ever had. Do you ADVERTISE ia it ? A Botanical Freak. Professor Charles Joseph Chamber lain of the department of botany of the University of Chicago believes that the plant called dloon, which belongs to the Cycad group, corresponds In plant life to the "missing link" 4n the Darwinian theory of evolution. Dr. Chamberlain has Just returned from Jalapa, Mexico, where he was sent by the Botanical Society of Amer ica to secure specimens of the rare dloon. Dr. Chamberlain brought back two of the flowers of the dloon. By the embrayology of the seeds of the dloon Dr. Chamberlain hopes to prove that the dloon was on the earth as far back as the paleozoic age, and that some plants of the species have been growing continually ever since. "The dloon Is a rare and wonderful plant," said Dr. Chamberlain. "Every thing about It points to the" fact that Terrible plagues, those Itching, pest ering diseases of the skin. Put an end to misery. Doan's Ointment ears At any drug store. It is what we have termed the "miss ing link.' The dloon can be found In no place In the world except In a nar- rok strip of terrrltory In the state of Vera Cms, Mexico, near Jalapa. The flower la the heaviest In the plant kingdom. Those which I have brought back average fourteen pounds apiece. It blossoms once In four years," New York Bun. ASK FOR INQUIRY. Resolution Passed Thst Tobsoco Com pany Is Illegal. Atlantic City. N. J., May 4.A reso lution has been adopted In the annual convention here of the National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association, asking con gress to Investigate the leading tobac co companies of the United States, charging that It Is being conducted In violation of the Sherman anti-trust act. Officers were elected as follows: President, J. A. Friedman, Chicago; vice president. M. Krohn, Cincinnati; treasurer, B. E. Eckerson, Philadel phia; secretary, Jonas Brown, Chicago. endured insufferable agonies from Asthma, h,ut your New Discovery gave me Immediate relief and soon there after effected a complete cure." Similar cures of Consumption, Pneumonia, Bronchitis and Grip are numerous. It's the peerless remedy for all throat and lung troubles. Price 50c, and $1.00. Guaranteed by Charles Rogers, Drug gist Trial bottles free. Notice. To the citizens of Astoria. The Grand Lodge of I. O. O.' F. for Ore gon will meet In Astoria on May 17. There will be about 600 persons to accommodate. Anyone having a spare bed or beds will please notify Jas. W. Welch, 654 Commercial street, with name, number of house, beds and street JAS. W. WELCH. OLOF ANDERSON. JOHN HAHN. THEY TIRE OF ROCKING BABY Husbands Organize in Effort to Cut Out the Progressive Euchre Habit WIVES STAY OUT TOO LATE Habit Is Growing and It Is Feared Besides That Meeting Will Soon Be Held on Sunday,.: . New Tork, May 4. Twenty-one hua bands who reside In Bayoone, N. J have met and organised the married men's antl-euchre party. They declare It Is time their wives and other men's wives were cured- of the progressive euchre habit and propose to use all their effort to establish, such a cure. Several letters from other towns and cities were read Indorsing the move ment - A gentleman of the' n&me of Xlciss, In accepting the presidency of the new society, said: , "If is high time we asserted our manhood and made a determined effort to down this habit, which threatens to wreck our homes. Many a night I have had to walk the floor with the baby until 2 and 3 o'clock, waiting until my wife returned from a euchre party. It has got so that the clube meet every afternoon and evening and are now talking of playing on Sun day." Other men spoke In a similar vein and resolved to curb the popularity of euchre by every means In their power. C. R. F. P. Union Notice. The regular monthly meeting of the Columbia River Fishermen's Protect ive Union wiU be held at Fishermen's hall on Astoria street, Saturday May 7. 1904, at 7:00 o'clock p. m. Shall this union affiliate with the Fishermen's Protective Union of the Pacific Coast and. Alaska, and other Important questions will come up. Members in good standing are re quested to be present and have their book or receipt along. H. M. LORNTSEN, Secretary. Bad blood and Indigestion are deadly enemies to good health. Burdock Blood Bitters destroys them. BALL BEARING -,&wi Mowers At the Right Prices at GILBERT IN EXTRAVAGANZA. Eager Crowd Attends Reappearanoe of Great Actor In Drama. London, May 4. The eagerly await ed reappearanec of William S. Gilbert in the dramatic field at the Garrlck theater last night, conducted his audi ence through a world of greater ex travagance than any Into which he has play Is entitled "The Fairy's Dilemma," further described as "An Original Domestic Pantomime." The plot turns on the tyranny of parental Interference In matrimonial matters. A GREAT SENSATION. There was a big sensation in Lees- vllle, Ind., when W. H. Brown of that place, who was expected to die, had his life saved by Dr. King's New Dls- csnrery for Consumption. Be writes: 1 FOflilB 4STBHES CO. IM MIH FAVOR. Boda water, as asade out ec jrare fruit falces, delightful f avert, pure carbonated water, sallk and Ice creass wbea desired, and served as we serre It is ia great demand. 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