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PAGE FOUR. THE MORNING ASTORIAN, FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1904. Oe morning Jistorian ESTABLISHED 1873 PUBLISHED BY ASTORIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY. ; J. II. CARTER, GENERAL MANAGER, RATES. By mail, per year ...... $6 00 By mail, permonth, 50 Bv carriers, per month 60 w THE SEMI-WEEKLY ASTOHIAX. By mail, per year, in advance $1 00 THE LESSONS OF THE ELECTION. There is no other state in the entire union more , ,,. . .. , ii on iv destruction of life by slower processes, attended, per The normal republican majority here is fully 20,000 . ' COUNTING THE COST. The Japanese loss in killtnl and wounded in the swift engagements which resulted in the capture of Ivin Chow ami Nan Shan is reckoned at 3500. That estimate comes from Japanese sources, and mnv be too small, though there is no reason to mispeet a 11' A . 1. - .. . - ueuveraie purpose xo ucceive the world in regard to the number of casualties. The Japanese authorities have not tried heretofore to make light of such di asters as have befallen them or to belittle the cost of their successes. On the contrary, they have chosen. so far as we are able to judge, to let the truth appear as awn as it has been ascertained. Nevertheless, it would not be surprising if their lass, especially in the nine assaults on the fortified heights of Nan Shan, exceeded 3300, or if the proportion of death was extraordinarily large. The fact that the Rus sians held their ground with admirable tenacity justifies the supposition that they made a thrifty as well as a resolute use of their defensive resources. In consideration of what it cost the Japanese to achieve their object, some distant critics are disposed to condemn. the operation. Nor is that unnatural. The human mind is so constituted that the thought of a deluge of blood poured out in a few hours is more distressing than the contemplation of an equal JUST FOR INSTANCE. now, out of a total vote of about 102,000, and every county in the late election gave the state republican candidates majorities. In presidential elections some haps, by prolonged suffering. If the Japanese had captured Kin Chow and Nan Shan after two or three weeks of intermittent fighting, at an even greater I fflCT fhACA TA u-hnm I net wnnlr'ti ch"tt thKi JL of the counties have given the democratic candidate T. " .p . , A A. . . , cisive actions seem cnuMiy wastetui would very like- majorities, but this year every county lines up for , . , . ', it iit , . f . . ,7- 0' not merely that the result was mvaluab e, but t, .. , t tnat 14 nfld been economically obtained. Censure o . i . . i j the course pursued by the Japanese after a va id cul ... . , , . . eulation of what was possible to such valor and per- mg to support the nominees for whom the strongest . , . fight is made. In Multnomah county Daniel Man- Yr" l j f r m U ning is elected district attorney over his republican is not logical. If they had failed, then indeed it In-All 14 hni-A K.wvn 1.1,. 4.. 1 aV...U tk. 1 opponent by 3500 and Tom Word is elected sheriff " r'c, " iuu un enters by 2200 over Stott, republican. These results were achieved by the democrats, notwithstanding that Judge Thomas O'Day, prominent resident of Port land, received about 8000 votes less in his home coun ty than were cast for Frank A. Moore, republican candidate for justice of the supreme court. The victory of Manning was clean-cut; Word was sue cessful because other aspirants split up the repub lican vote. which involved a useless slaughter. But they suc ceeded, they saved much precious time and they pre sumptively created an impression on the minds of the enemy from which they may fairly hope to de rive advantage hereafter. General Grant justified the bloodshed of his I Wilderness campaign by the practical results which it produced, and deemed it irrational to describe as "butchery" operations which, in his opinion, were HAS DISAPPEARED. Here in Clatsop county the republican ticket for U1 """1UK au uwirucuve 01 mm- state officers receives something like 650 plurality tary resources eluding human life, than a long over the democratic ticket The socialist vote which might have accomplished the same amounts to about 225, and practically all of this UItimate result would have 11,8 Judgment has vote would, were there no socialist candidates, go ot rf universal,y approved by military critics, but it has not been overthrown. Indeed, the anru- maintains the normal republican majority.' The city mcnt for whlch his Putation and his achievements j FerrUh. wenntehe mining mn. wu. chiHl In PendliHon nvxt nr. W trust he will not nroum th Eyre of the puplli! The Jitrot have ntinipetl rutting c peia lonf enouKh to out a cnble! Jupttu ami ItuHHln Imve eh ejtpfiiil eJ wverwl inllllonn In wnr exeniie And In the flrot place the ncrap ftart- eJ over a little utrlu of lanil worth about $750,000. Mfe Is a lottery and the only thing that keep It Interentlnff l the hope that tomorrow we will draw the (rand prUe! Extra! Extra) Port Arthur. June 9. Your eorre- apondent, U IJ Khel, nu-t one of Ad miral Totro'a ahella head-on thla aft ernoon and ua a reult will not be able to do hla duty for amne time When the accident hapiened LI LI Khel waa btiHlly enitatred atteinptlnit to discover the number of inUrnlica alaln In the Admlrul a recent bombard ment of the outer worka. GENERAL LI EH K I. In the weather handicap yeaterday (regon Mlat won by a iwkt And to think that the laat county to be heard from la Puah county. Evi dently they don't! Another district under mrmlal law! Wouldn't that make you Join the mili tia? Cray Z. Mann No; every man who mnna achoonera aa they aail acroaa the bar la not a aallor! Juat because the CJilnook Ix try In; to tear out the Columbia river bar. It doean't mean that her captain la In favor of local option! a There la one ataln on the Stara and Strlpea. It la over that atar which repreaenta Colorado! McCULLET. Dr. VAUG1IAN, Dkntist PytbUn Ilulldlnu, Aatoria, Oregon. J)r. T. I. AM Dr. F, I. Friedrich, D1WTIHTH 3 Commerctal ilreet, Aatorla Ora. JAY TUTTLE, M. D. l'lIVSICIAN AND 8UH0E0N Aetlng AMUtaat lurieon C.S. alarlat HooplUI Kervlea. Offlc houns 19 to 11 a.m, i to :to pm. ill Commarclal Strtat, Ind flaw. Dr. W. 0. LOGAN 1ENTIST 578 Ckimmercial Ht , Kbanaliao DuIMIng C. J. TKENCHARD Jnaurance, Committor, and Shipping. CUSTOMS HOUSE BROKER. Agent Wtlla-Earto and Northern Pacific Expreaa Companla. Cor. ELEVENTH and IlOND 8T& Dr, 11 HOD A 0. HICKS 08TEOPAT1II8T MattMll Uldg. 171 Commercial It, riiONisucictxa, 0. W. BAIin, DENTIST . . Mauacil DuJMinf 673 CotamervhU Html, ' Aatorla, Ort TELEPHONE RED 20iiL ' fKg1tt4 eolda tnak ut grat. yarda." Dr. Wocd'a Norway r-ini Syrup help man and woman to a hPPy. vlgoroua old . The TROY Laundry Is the only White Labor foundry in tho City. Doet ttio IWt of Work at very reasonable Trices, and in in every way worthy of your patronage. Cor. 10th and DUAXE 8TS. Phono 1991 Frienda Think a Man Who Carried Money Waa Murdered. Spokane. June . A week ago Frank PRAEL O COOK TRANSFER CO. Telephone 221. Draying and Expressing All good alilppej toourcaro will reoelya ipclal attenllon. 709-715 Commercial Street. Reliance Electrical Works H.W.CYJf, Maua.er Wo are thoroughly prepared for making eatiutate. and tgocotiog order, for II klml.of electricaJ loitalllog and repairing. HupDliea in atock. Wa ell thCr!ebratJ SHELBY LAMP. Call opPhonalloi. 428 BOND STREET tQtlfl't..no nnj 4l - 1 u'"""i we luifit-t useu was a prepared out of millboard, against which hrc from revolvers, rifles, carbines and machine guns was directed. The paste board, which was three inches thick, resisted com pletely the bullets fired from the small arms, but was perforated by the projectiles from the machine guns. The experiments may be said to have given very interesting results. Bullets from the carbines used are able to penetrate wooden planks five inches in thickness, but they could not penetrate the paste board, which was only three inches thick f Aatoriii east 802 votes for Williamson, for mn I commanded at least a respectful hearing appears to gressman, and 452 for Simmons, the plurality being us 10 na" ainwl a ,aW niwisure of wptance 350. The socialist candidate received 141 votes, the since hls day At aH events- the considerations republican majority being 209. "IU-n "e 8UW? " Persuasively advanced as : Despite this republican lead in the city the demo- Pften 88 8 heavy Sf,erifiw is rded by an in.por- iQfc Aomv it fnv nil nf tViPir fftiintv panAulate py. I lCtOPJ rent one. Burns, for reDresentative. received 789 vntPH anrl T.aws fnr renresentative. fi7S votes, while x w " m '""'resxms; nring trials recently was ' Lester received but 526 and Palmberg but 586. Bums undrtaken , bX Swedish government. The pur- carries the citv by 201 and Laws by 90. Morton I,ose 01 those experiments was to examine the effect defeated Linville n the dtv bv 92 votes, and Allen "h.iiK hkbihm pasieooaru. ine trials were led Larson, his republican opponent for commission- condnct'd n th wharVf's of the Swedish navy in ,er, by 65. Heilborn, for treasurer, receiving a plu rality in the county of over 400, leads Bergman in the city but 131. i The voters here are evidently not bitterly parti san. This applies to the democrats as well as to the republicans, as those who were present at the various i precincts during the progress of the count well know. Voters who cast their ballots -for the state democratic candidates voted against the county democratic candidates, and enough such ballots were counted to bring about the election of Thomas Lin ville. , On the other hand, many republicans who voted the state republican ticket voted also for Mr, Morton, Mr. Linville's opponent. The independent element controls elections. WThen George E. Chamberlain ran for governor on the democratic ticket this element reduced a majority of more than 700 for T. T. (Jeer to only 100 for W, J. Furnish, thereby defeating the republican candi date, who was beaten by 273 votes in the entire Btate. It is further evident from the vote in Clatsop county that the popularity of candidates has much to do with the outcome of the election, and that per sonal friendship destroys party lines in most cases. The outcome of the vote in Clatsop upon the di rect primary law is another interesting showing. The Astorian fought this law with all the force it could command. The secretary of the league which fath ered the bill discussed the matter with this paper through its columns, and every argument which he advanced in its favor was shown to be of no ad vantage. Yet the proposal carried by 300 majority. The only conclusion that could reasonably be reached is that the bill would have received about 450 more votes had it not been for The Astorian 's fight.' Still, where a newspaper makes a stand against a measure of the kind in a 6mall county like Clatsop, and there is absolutely no defense of the bill, it seems singular that the amendment should have been so generously supported, especially in view of the fact that the fight against it was absolutely without political sig nificance, as the term "political" is generally under stood. It is to be presumed, no doubt, that the voters expected to get closer to the conduct of polit ical affairs by supporting this measure. mmmtmuii mm i unxiiraixraiiuxLixixxm Until a year or two ago the emperor of Japan was an enthusiastic wrestler. lie threw, our chal lenge after challenge to the members of the court and his counsel and adviser and defeated fairly and completely every one who tried conclusions with him until he met Count Tetsu, who proved one too many for him. Since that encounter, although he encourages the sport in every possible way, he has kept out of the arena. "Count Tetsu is now cham pion," he would say; "I have failed V throw him. Some one else must try." Professor Palmer of Harvard my that the mas culine habit of rigid, logical rt-tonUe in contracted very early, and in illustration )ut k-lla the following story: "A litle boy and girl of my acquaintance were tucked up snug in bed when their mother heard them talking. 'I wonder what we're here for' asked the little boy. The girl remcmlered the les sons that had been taught her and replied sweetly, 'We are here to help others.' The little boy sniffed 'Then, what are the others here forf ' he asked.' " The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune of June 4 discussing the approach of Oregon election, says: bingularly enough, for a presidential year, the con test in Oregon is not attracting the attention that might have been expected." Evidently our Cin cinnati contemporary does not exchange with the esteemed Oregonian. "Our boys need someone to keep thera in check " says Russell Sage. Notice, he says check instead of checks. laat Been In Spokane, anil at that time he had on hla peraon a roll of bllla H amounting to about t000. Where he!H la now and what haa become of him l tj a complete myatery. Ilia wife and hlajijj frienda have eouftht In vain to Imnte him, nnd the police have fulled to find a clue. Hla frienda are afraid he hna met with foul play Ferriah and hla wife came to Spokane In order to make a deal In mining prop. erty In Montann. After he arrived In the city he besran drinking heavily. When he went to their apurtmenta at the hotel Intoxicated he waa reproved by hla wife, who left the room after he hnd retired. Then Mr. Ferriah dreaaed . . . . uiiu wem uown town, ana that wna the laat hla' wife aaw of him. Bhe aearched for him for aome time and then reported the matter to the po lice. He had left but little money with hla wife, but frienda aupplled her with funds to, return home. Eatabliah Reform Million. Aa a reault of a conference held be tween Mayor Boyd and niahop Edward O'Dea, the eatabllahiflent of a new In- atltutlon In thla city, whoae mlaalon will db io reiorm gina wno nave gone astray or are in danger of doing ao, may be expected In the near future. Mayor Boyd saya: "This la a mat ter which I have hnd under conaldera tlon for aeveral montha. The problem of taking care of young glrla between the agea of 16 and 18 years haa been one of the most aerloua questions with wnicn we have been confronted. Glrla over 16 years are not eligible to the reform school, and when given Jail sen tences usually come out worse than when they went in, as they become hardened by prison life and lose what little self-respect they might have had before." The Home of the Good Shepherd Is an Institution conducted by the Catho lics, but la non-sectarian In Its work. its ODjeci, aDove everything else, Is the reformation of young glrla, but It makes no restriction as to age, taking In all who are in need of such a home. They are aurrounded by good Influences and given such employment as will tend to keep their minds in the right channel. FUTURE BOOKS AMERICAN DERBY World, Fair and Suburban handicaps. Write for quotation. Commission! handled on all races. JAMES OIEARY 4183 8. Ilalstead Street. Chicago. 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