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PAGE EIGHT. THE MORNING ASTOKIAN, SUNDAY, MAY B, 1904.' BOOKS CLOSE ON SATURDAY Attorney-General Rules Th a There Can Be No Registration After the 15th Inst. BIG WEEK AHEAD FOR CLERK Will Have to Hegister More Than One Hundred '.Voters Daily if Those Entitled to Votes Do Their Duty., If the total vote of Clatsnp coun ty is to be registered, voters mnsr observe the formality of registering at the rate of about 125 a day dur ing the six days of theresent week during which the books will be open. It has all along been sup posed that the books would be kept open next Monday night, the 16th, because of the fact that the 15th, the day fixed by law on which the books shall close, falls on Sunday, but the attorney general of the state has ruledNhat the books must close on the night of the 14th, and it is probable County Clerk Clinton will be guided by the opinion rend ered by the attorney general. Mr. Crawford's ruling seem consistent. He cites that the law requires the clerk to close the bookr on the night of May 15, which ; leads to the logical conclusion that; the books can not legally be kept open after that time. As Sunday is a non-judicial day, and the book? can not be held open on Sunday the attorney general holds that they must be closed on the night of May 14. A legislative act would be necessary before the time for ' holding them open could be ex tended. At the close of business at the county clerk's office last night the number of registrations was slight ly in excess of the number reg istered two years ago at the same date. The city precincts show ar increase of 72 over the registrations of 1902, but the country precinct" this year are much behind. Sevei teen hundred and fifty voters had registered up to May 7, while this year the total number is 1753 or was a few minutes before the office closed for the night. Perhaps 1780 ovters in all had registered, The Astorian's list of registrations hav ing been taken about 4 :45. With the exception of city pre cincts No. 2 and No. 4, all the poll ing places in Astoria are ahead of the, .registrations of two years ago No. 2 shows a shortage of six, while No. 4 is 15 behind. The following comparative stateemnt shows the registrations in the city precinct this year and on the same date tw years ago: Precinct open every day thy week ftntil ,5 o'clock and on Wednesday night from 7 to 9. Thase who have no4' registered are urged to do so at their earliest convenience. Andrw McNally It Dead. Chicago. May 7. A dispatch' to the Chronicle'-from- Los Angeles announces the death at Passadena, Cal., of And ml McXally, head of the publishing house of Rand, Mc Nally & Co. Death was due to heart disease. - Sues to Stop Sale of Whisky NEARLY DEAD WHEN FOUND Japs Who Escaped From Indra samha Are Picked Up by , Local Fishermen. TROUBLES OF- DEPARTMENT Kentucky Firm Alleges That As toria Man Is Disposing of Spurious'Article. Immigration OfUclnls Expert nce Difficulty in Deporting Orientals Who Are De uied Landing. . The now department of com merce and labor is having consid ernbte trouble in its administra tion of the affairs of the inuni era t ion branch of the covernment. J 7 and scarcely an oriental liner de- parts that some of the Japanese No. No. No. No. No. No. No. 1904. .... 138 .. 178 .. 199 .. 193 . . 210 .. 127 .. 101 1902. 108 184 178 208 196 110 90 Totals ........ 1146 . 1074 The registrations in the various country precincts are as follows, as compared with a total of 676 two years ago: , John Day ...... 23 Svensen 42 Walluskl ... 19 New Astoria .'..'..' 75 Warrenton 10 Clatsop ,...,....'..,. 22 Seaside .174 Melville 22 Chadwell ................. 37 Youngs River 27 Olney 35 .Knappa 30 Clifton 18 Westport 13 Vesper 9 Jewell 1 Mishawaka 13 Elsie 15 Push ". ...It 1 Suit for an injunction restrain ing L. K. Hyman, a local liquor man, from selling Harper whisky was filed in the circuit coutr yes terday by Fulton Bros., attorneys for the Bernheim Distillery Com pany of Kentucky. The action is the only one of its kind which has ever been instituted in this county, and the outcome will be awaited with interest by liquor dealers. According to the complaint filed esterday, the distilling company is the sole manufacturer of a grade of liquor known as Harper whisky, which is represented to be of fine quality. The company has made this whisky for 20 years and has been entitled to exclusive use of the name: and the value of the trade mark is said to be more than $10, 000. The complaint then makes th following allegation : "That the said defendant haf instituted an unfair and fraudu lent competition with the plaintiff in that said defendant, at the city of Astoria, wrongfully and unlaw fully, and without the consent of plaintiff, has been and is now sell ing and offering for sale a certain inferior and spurious compound of whisky, which the said defendant fraudulently and wrongfully claims and represents to be the whisky produced by this plaint iff." It is further alleged that the article offered for sale by Hyman is not narper whisky, as represent ed by the defendant, who has no authority to sell that brand of whisky a circumstance calculated: to injure the business of the plaint iff and damage the reputation of its whisky. The company asks the court fo- a preliminary injunction en joinT ing Hyman from selling the liquor which he calls Harper; that, upon the final hearing of the case, the, injunction be made perpetual, and that the plaintiff be allowed cost of the action and such other re lief as the court may deem equit able. Total ..,...,.607 The office of the clerk will be PERSONAL MENTION. " B. Bartlet is in the city from Bay City, Mich. F. II. Haradon was down from Portland yesterday. T. G. Coleman, a Portland traveling man, is in the city. . Lambert Hayman of San Fran cisco was in the city yesterday. Senator and Mrs. Fulton are ex pected home this week from Wash, ington. Max Pracht, a well-known com- mercial traveler, was in the city yesterday. W. B. Young returned to Fort Stevens yesterday, after a short yisit in the city. . Byron F. Stone' of the J. K. Armsby Company, San Francisco was in the city yesterday. - Judge John T. Lighter was down from Portland yesterday. He re turned home on the night train. Lambert Bf . Larson has returned home from, Portland after gradu ating at the Portland business col lege. - -: : ' pass' era do not get away. Re ceni several men managed to m heir escape 'while the ves sel re going up the river, and at least two men were lost from the oriental liner Indrasamha, which departed Friday afternoon. The men were picked up by a fisher man, almost exhausted,' brought to his city, and probably hidden from view by friendly countrymen. The Indrasamha arrived dowi the river Thursday afternoon and went to anchorage in the lower horbor. She remained there unti Friday afternoon, just about 2 hours, and it is supposed the tw Japs escaped some time during Thursday night. The men were picked up by P. A. Anderson, a fisherman common ly known as "Policeman Fete." The man was drifting near Sam island Thursday night when he heard sounds which seemed to bin like the muffled roaring of a sea lion. Investigation disclosed that the groans came from two men whom he hauled into his boat. Th men were Japs and both were en cased in life preservers. Andersot- brought them to the city, and sinct that tune neither has been seen However, no search has been made for them. . When the fisherman picked the two men they were almost dead Evidently they had been in tlu water several hours and one wai just about unconscious, having be come thoroughly chilled in the icj waters. His companion was like wise in bad shape, and the fisher man feared they would perish be fore he could reach the city with them. He mentioned the matter ir an incidental way, and the story o.. the escape leaked out. iu coiuieuiion wun me escap of the men it is related that th j Indrasamha was in the lower har bor for some hours without an in spector aboard. Inspector Steven J son came down with the ship, bir1 after she reached lower harbor anchorage he came back to Astoria, it is said, and returned to Portland on the night train. The Japs who escaped were to' have been de ported, and they took advantage of the absence of the inspector to make their escape from the vessel, thus avoiding certain jail sentences upon their return to their native land. The department officials thus far haev not been very suc cessful in keepiug aboard th ori ental liners those nnni who have been denied admission Into the United States, and the customs offi cials, who formerly had charge of this branch of the work, have en joyed many a quet laugh at the ex pens of the commerce and labor attaches. That the Indrasamha should have laid at anchor for 16 or IS hours without an inspector aboard is considered somewhat re markable, and it is not unlikely an investigation will follow the escape of the two Japs. Merry Time at May Day Festival Children Crown Their Queen, Hold Parade and Produce Can (ata in the Evening. storians had the opportunity yesterday of enjoying for the first time in the history of the city n May day celebration carried out solely by children. From the cere mony of the crowning of the queen during the forenoon to the con clusion of the performance of the cantata, "Fairy Queen," in the evening the young people had a gay, good time, and one that was enjoyed not a little by their elders, who were interested spectators of the parade and sports and who crowded the hall during the night's performance. Owing to the uncer tainty of the weather it was de cided Friday evening, after many postponements, to conduct the juvenile carnival next Saturday, but as yesterday dawned auspic iously it was hastily concluded that it would not be wise to further de lay matters, so the program in it entirety was curried out. The crowning of the queen, lit- tie Miss Mildren Stevenxen, opened the day's exercises. Master Eddie Laurin, the gallant young prime minister, placed the crown of flow ers on the young lady's head, the act being accompanied by an ap propriate speech. Then the gra cious little souvereign and her courtiers formed a procession and marched about the streets. The queen was seated in a flower-!!- decked cart, drawn by a number of gaily garbed pages. The herald of the occasion was Master Noble Rannells, who, astride a prancing steed, led the way through the city, heralding the approach of the cav alcade by inspiring strains blown from a b flat cornet. The presence of Sheriff Thomas Linville lent dignity to the parade feature of the program, the genial official be ing singled out in the procession for many good-natured cheers After the parade the sports in the customs house square were carried out, much to the entertainment of the hundreds that lined the side walks. Two performances of jthe cantata were given in the evening in the A. O. U. W. hall. Both per formances were well attended, and thoroughly enjoyed. Iff 9 Ft ' : Clothing iljlf We are headquarters for the finest lines of ilon'a and Young Men's Clothing brought to this city. The pat terns and materials are strictly up-to-date and of the very best.. ; " . .1 The workmanship is unexcelled, particular attention being paid to every detail in cutting, designing and putting garments together, Our suits are " Equal to custom made." Several lines of Outing Suits are shown at price ranging from, Ml AA ti MR AA aw iv ipiuivui Boys' Clothing. 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