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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (May 17, 1904)
PAGE FOUR THE MORNING ASTORUN, TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1004. THE MORNING ASTORIA N. Established 1873. RATES. ij mail, per year By mail, per month.... By carriers, per month $6 00 50 CO THE SEMI-WEEKLY ASTOKIAX. By mail, per year, in advance $1 00 AST0RIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY. DANGERS OF STREET SWEEPING. Beeent disclosures of the rapid and extensive spread of tuberculosis and other diseases among the street-sweepers of New York eitr not only confirm suspicions long entertained by physicians and others, tut show the ravages of the noxious germs to be far more serious than any one had previously supposed, says the Brooklyn Standard Union. As related in that journal a few days ago, one of the city's medical examiners make the astonishing statement that a third of Commissioner Woodbury's entire force are afflicted with consumption, about three cases a day on an average coming to light -which amount to about 1800 cases a year. This is wrtainly a very alarming condition, calling for heroic remedies, for it must he remembered the "white wings" were mostly healthy men when originally appointed, all of them being compelled to pass a thorough physical examination, and as the majority of them have served less than six years, it is plain the deadly tuberculosis germs must have been inhaled while sweeping the streets. Dr. "Woodbury, though he himself professes to believe the case is not so bad as reported, has ordered a thor ough investigation and a physical examination of all the 50,000. street-sweepers and drivers, which will take at least 15 days, and he is also searching for a disinfectant to be used in street sprinkling which shall be neither too expensive nor poisonous nor eor rosive in itself. But the dangers of street-sweeping are not eon fined to the "white wings." They threaten every passer-by and in a lesser degree all inhabitants of the city, for the germ-laden dust ascends and enters the nostrils of pedestrains and passes through every open window in the immediate neighborhood, as the housewife who daily dusts her furniture can eon ineingly testify. Every preventive or remedy that can be devised should be utilized, for the sake of the public as well as the street-sweepers. In the ease f the latter would not the danger of infection be considerably reduced by the use of some suitable form of respirator J If the wearing of a screen of gauze or fine wire over the mouth and nostrils would really prevent or minimize the inhaling of disease-breeding f eras, the question of cost should not be considered, except so far as to avoid overcharging or cheating, for the saving of health and life cannot be measured in dollars. The fact that many pedestrians instinct ively eover their mouths with a pocket handkerchief while passing a cloud of dust is" presumptive proof of the value of such a precaution, and it would be wise for Dr. Woodbury to seriously consider it The health department, Dr. Darlington says, is working hard to find a chlorine or other disinfectant which shall be effective and yet cheap enough to be used in the enormous quantities required, and it would seem that another safeguard would be the use of closed re ceptacles to gather the dust, instead of scattering a large part of it to the winds. In fact, the streets should always be sprinkled before sweeping, if only with salt water, which in itself would be a potent purifier. Frequent and systematic examination of the street sweepers should also be insisted upon, so that the contraction of disease may be discovered in its early and curable stages. New York can not and must not expose its servants and citizens to deadly peril which can be avoided by the resources of civili zation and modern science, no matter what the cost. 000,000 in United State notes that were isued to pay for silver purchased under the Sherman act of ISM. The total amount of money in circulation has in creased since m a round $1,(K,000,(KX). It is worth pointing out, however, that in the mat ter of gold currency, we are still behind outher lead ing countries that have adopted the gold standard. The latest available statistics, on this subject are those compiled by the director of the mint under date of January 1, 1903. At that date the gold currency of this country per capita amounted to $ 15.64 against a total per capita circulation of 129.78, while the figures under these respective heads for other gold standard countries were as fallows: Great Britain. $13.1S and $1S.S1; France, $2136 and $39.22; Ger many, $13.54 and $20.4$; Austria-Hungary, $6.01 and $$.72; Russia, 5.70 and $6.50; Japan, $1.S1 and $3.24. - Our showing in the matter of gold currency re-1 lativc to total circulation is not so good as the show ing of most of the countries because we had, and still have, a vastly larger volume of both uncovered" paper money and silver money. No country on the globe has as large a volume of uncovered paper money as our own, and with the single exception of China. none has as large a volume of silver money. Our monetary system undoubtedly rests now on a solid basis, but the foregoing statistics show that so far as the supply of gold money to total circula tion is concerned, we have still considerable ground to travel before we are abreast with the greater gold standard countries, says the New York Commercial The fact is timely in demonstrating that there should be no yielding to demands of the cheap money clement Republican Ticllet. For CongrewMnan, J. N. WILLIAMSON, Of Cmok County. STATE. For Justlo of the Supreme Court, FRANK A. MOORE, Of Columbia County. For rmiry and rood Commissioner. i, W. BAILEY, Of Multnomah. County. DISTRICT. For Circuit Judpe, THOMAS A. M'BRIDE. Of Columbia County. For Dimrk-t Attorney, HARRISON ALLEN, Of C1aJkp County. Six Mormon witnesses w anted in the Smoot hear ing haTe disappeared. It will be drtermined later whether they received a revelation or just a plain tip to skip out until the trouble blows oTer. - Russia now proposes to collect 500,000 troops be fore going into the next fight and Japan will le ac cused of violating the international code if she bufts in again before Russia is ready. In our humple opinion, there is less danger in admitting foreigners who compete with American labor than in admitting foreigners who compete with Americans who refuse to labor. COUNTY. Fir KeprwrnlatlvM, C. F, LESTER, C. G. PALMBERG. Far County Commissioner, WILLIAM LARSON- J. C CLINTON. For Ork. For Shwiff, THOMAS LINVILLE. For Treasurer, CHARLES A. HEILBORN. For Asawwor. T. S. CORNELIUS. For Sihal SuiK-riweiidt-ot. H. S. LYMAN. For &urvfj-to, R. C F. ASTBURY. Fur Coroner, W. C A. POHL. Dr. YAUGIIAK, Dentist. P)tlio Building, Astoria, Oregon. Dr. T. L. JIAI.L DENTIST I4 Commercial itmt, Astoria Ort, Dr. W. C. LOGAN DENTIST &T8 CVimmercial St., Sbanklma Building C. J. TKEXCIIAKI) Insurant. CommlMloc and Shipping CUSTOMS HOUSE BROKER. Agent WelU-Farfo and North trn Faclfto Express Companies, Cor. ELEVENTH and BOND ST8. A1 IV H Lilt, iU, U. PHYSICIAN AND SUltQKON Artlnf AiiMmit Sut,)o t'.H. Mario lloapltal ttorvlnt, Olttc hours: 10 to 11 a.m. 1 to 4:10 p.m. 477 Comnttrclal Btrvat, Ind Floor. Dr. KIIODA 0. HICKS OSTEOPATH Manwll Bid. 671 Commercial 8t I'tlONI UI.ACK M, C. W. HARK, DENTIST Mnoat'tl Building A74 Commercial Kirwt, Astoria, Ore TELKPIIONK KED 'Ml. I (mm VW o o couaai w t PlbU huiu bi.i.i.....l V H-nnWAn-n I rind ju' or toff ! nn h. Swrhe n KPTI'MM unr ri riimmT rMirioaJ iiMii i mm. nil in. r. mi mart o 111 1 V ttiw.iiii MHITK. 1. II. IMHIDWIN trill.1, VtNITK. I, II. IMMihv i rieiait. loom lata mm IM. HHH-rt . a. V. MATTRESSES Wool, Curled Hair, Mohair, Spring. All kinds of Mattreasos inade to order. Prices the Iowot, L. H. HENNINGSEN $ CO. !4 BONO STREET. ASTORIA. OREGON. PM0NE, RED JJ05 PRECINCT. For Justice of the Tenet, P. J. GOODMAN. Scow Bay Iron 8 Brass Works Manufacturers of Iron, Steel, Urass aiil Bronze Castings. General Koundrynien and Patternmakers. Absolutely firstck work. Trices lowwit Phcne 2451 . Comer Eighteenth and Franklin. Democratic TicKeL For Ccngrii"nian, J. E. SIMMONS. Cf Multnomah County. I Corrected reports show that -in addition to losing 400 men in her recent encounter with the British, Tibet also put herself in the "way of losing about 9S j per eent of her territory. Prof. Langler is quoted as having said that irhh $50,000 he could Sy to Canada. That feat has al ready been performed hy defaulting cashiers for a much smaller sum. The savage Filipinos at St Louis look upon the bright, new $10 bills as ornaments. The savages are not alone in the possession of that kind of artistic taste. The Japanese are a courteous and considerate na tion. But this fact does not now prevent them from hoping for a few accidents on the Siberian railway. STATE For Supreme Court Jurtice. THOMAS O'DAY. Of Multnomah County. State Xairy aofl Food CotnmiMlorMr, S. M. DOUGLAS. Of Lane County. COOPER SHOP Tkrvi, Barrels ami Kit for Tucking Fish, Butter, Ktc, Made to Order ftt Lowtt Trices by M. 0. Stanovich, cor, n a Duane sts. AM-l'Ollta.. (MIROO.t Colonel Younghusband reports that he will have no difficulty in teaching the Tibetans the beauties of civilization if his ammunition holds out. A man has been sent to the penitentiary in Min nesota for stealing a locomotive, while in New York men steal whole railroads with impunity. OUR MONETARY SYSTEM. The amount of money now in circulation in this country, both aggregate and per capita, is at high water mark. On May 1 the aggregate amount in cir culation was $2,530,000,000 which, on the assumption that the population of the republic is now 82,000,000, means a per capita circulation of $31. By far the largest proportion of this circulation consists of gold or of certificates. Issued against deposits of gold in the federal treasury. Even the most rampant Bryanite can not com plain now that there is a deficiency in the money sup ply. Since 1896, when free-silver orators and news papers declared that the nation was suffering from monetary starvation, our per capita circulation has increased practically 50 per cent; while since 1873, when silver was "assassinated," it has almost doubled although we long ago ceased to coin silver as stand ard money and have retired virtually all of the $156,- G rover Cleveland mast feel that the present situ ation of the democratic party is enough to ternpt any man to quit work and go fishing. Those who are criticising congress should remem ber that there is one thing to the credit of that body. It always adjourns. Japan knows where to get quick results for her money, having ordered 15 steel bridges from an American firm. COUNTY. For Representative. J. V. BURNS. J. N. LAWS. For County Cotnmlaaiotitr, B. f. ALLEN. For Sheriff, GEORGE W. MORTON. For Trt-a.urtT, ISAAC BERGMAN. For School Superintendent, H. S. LYMAN. . For Coroner. W. C. A. POHL. ASTORIA PRECINCT. For Justice of the Peace, A. R. CYRUS. For Countable, C. C. UTZINGER. 433 Commercial Street Phone Main 121 Sherman Transfer Co. HENRY 811 Kit MAN', Manager Hacks, Carriages Baggage Chocked and Transferred Trucks and Furniture WagonsPianos Moved, Boxed and Shipped. Edward to VUit William. Berlin, May It. King Edward haa definitely announced h! Intention to vlnit Emperor William during regatta week at Kiel, which beglna June 22. If the law of supply and demand holds good in war times, Russia will not lose many more battle ships. Senator Aldrich is said to be the best golf player in congress, the polker championship is still in dis pute. Russian would be more impressive if she were to shoot more Japs and talk less of killing correspond' ents. The Russians are praying for spring, while the Japs are hoping for fall in the Port Arthur district. The political crop is one that is never blighted by unfavorable seasons. The Japanese are again bombarding Port Arthur. How refreshing! ' - Ran Third at St Cloud. Paris, May 16. W. K. yanderbilfa Calico came In third today In the race for the rix Clochettes at the St. Cloud meeting;. A 8ur Thing. It la said that nothing la sure except death and taxes, but that is not alto gether true. Dr. King's New Discov ery for Consumption Is a sure curt for all lung and throat troubles. Thou sands can testify to that. Mrs. C. B. VanMetre of Shepherdtown, W. Va. says: "I had a severe case of Bron chus and for a year tried everything I heard of, but got no lellef. One bot tle of Dr. King's New Discovery then, cured me absolutely." It's Infallible for Croup, Whooping Cough, Grip, Pneumonia and Consumption. Try It It's guaranteed by Charles Rogers. Druggist. Trial bottles free. Regular sizes 60c, 11.00. "Neglected colds make fat grave yards." Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup helps men and women to a happy, vigorous old age. ANDREW ASP, BLACKSMITH. listing InslalW Ktibbtr Tiring Machine of tha ktret pattern I am prepared to do all kinds of work in that line at reasonable prices. Telrphono 291. CORNER TWELFTH AND DUANE STREETS. ROOF TROUBLES CURED TO STAY ltVteitt sorry. The prk-e will please yon, the good will pUmse yon more, and the RUr. snU we give von will please you mot of all. 'e are wot amateurs at the btisl n is. ve ?e bad over twelve yesrg experience. The Elaterite Roofing Co. R,RWTSTE5RS rxxrxxriiitriixxxxrrixrrxxxxrxrxixxxrzxxx 0 FRESH AND CURED MEATS Wholesale Rnd Retail Ships, Logging Camps and Mills supplied on short notice LIVE STOCK UOUGIIT AND SOLI) WASHINGTON MARKET - CHRISTENSON & CO. 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J!?" 5 U , . ,. . aiae or my kanda that itched and burnad. i mei, especially at i t much diaoomfort. Aa tUna wa! night or when oyer- heated. The cause of Ecze ma is a too acid and general unhealthy con dition of the blood. The terrifying- itching and burning is pro duced by the overflow through the glands and i .."'V Htookman'a i. Utloa A, Kanaaa City, Xo. pores of the skin of the fiery poisons with which the blood-current is over loaded. While external applications, such as washes, soaps, salves and powders aresoot bin j and cooling they do not enter into the blood itself or touch the real cause of the disease, but S. 8. 8, does, and tmrifieS. enrirhea. and atmnirthMta tha thin acid blood and cleanses and builds un the rnml avatar when tha akin clears off and Eczema with all its terrifying symptoms disappears. fi : i j i ucc "w on we CJitin ana us diseases. , No charge for SMdical advice, 17,T SWIFT SPCCIFtQ CO ATUNTJU CJb