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I PAGE FOUR. THE MOPPING ASTORIAN, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1904 f V I ? 4 i if i i SlllSSSSSnSlSl.l ,. i in.. .ii.-i. .11. -h.i. -, - " 1 ' 1 1 ' I I - - J I Cbe ltlorniiis JWorian ESTABLISHED 1873 PUBLISHED BY ASTORIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY, J. n. CARTER, GENERAL MANAGER. RATES. By mail, per year , . $6 00 By mail, per month 50 By carriers, per month 60 THE SEMI-WEEKLY ASTOKIAX. By mail, per year, in advance $1 00 THE PASSING OF MR. BRYAN. f William J. Bryan is, if developments at St Louis can be taken for it, no longer the important factor in democratic circles that he formerly was. It is to he presumed that the delegates to the national con. rention are representative men, and it is not un reasonable to suppose that their sentiment is the sentiment of the great mass of democratic voters. These delegates are largely opposed to any recogni tion of the famous Nebraskan, and at the opening session declined to acord even decent greeting to the standard-bearer of two campaigns. Mr. Bryan has not been discreet He has all along attributed his defeats for, president to the action of the conservative wing of the party in supporting the lamented McKmley, and in this he is correct at least so far as the campaign of 1896 is concerned. He has ever derided those democrats who refused to follow his leadership, and for the past four years has continually belabored them through the columns of 'his Commoner and from the platform. He has advised the rank and file against the reorgamzers and done everything else within his power to widen the breach in his party, with the evident purpose of retaining for himself a leadership which resulted in defeat ; The conservatives, now apparently in. full con trol of the party, are paying back the Nebraskan in his own medium of exchange. Bryan's suggestions are not kindly received, nor is there any marked determination to permit him to figure in the affairs of the party. He is being "turned down" in man ner most forcible, and before the convention ad journs will be made, no doubt, to keenly realize his isolation. I Democrats have evidently come to the conclusion that eight years of Bryanism is sufficient. Under Bis leadership they have twice gone down to inglor ious defeat, and if they are ever to win again they must select some other guiding head. Indeed, they must eliminate him from their affairs. ; That the disposition to force him to the background is due to this feeling seems quite evident, and there is every reason to believe that the adjournment of the convention will mark the passing of the brilliant but obnoxious Nebraska statesman. - CHILDREN AS PROMOTERS. San Francisco Call: The Commercial Club of Portland, in an attempt to give a great advertise ment to Oregon, has devised a scheme of cash prizes and medals to be awarded for the best article or story written by any resident of Oregon, to be pub lished in any newspaper outside of Oregon prior to October 1, 1904. "While this competition is open to all persons the school children have been notified that they are eligible to win prizes under the con ditions provided. In other words, the children may be utilized as promoters for the benefit of their na tive state. There is enough of novelty in this idea to attract attention. It has a chance to work out well. There are in every community precocious young people who have some knack or other in a degree that is potent to surprise their elders. Children as competitive boomers of Oregon will be assisted by all their com petent relatives to give good account of themselves. Every one remembers the wonderful boy, Thomas Chatterton, as a literary landmark and more than nine days' wonder. Mendelssohn wrote fine music when he was a mere lad; so did Mozart; and at a tender age Zerah Colburn, mathematically inclined, performed wonderful mental feats. History is full of mention of youngsters whose fame has Outlived that of the grave and accomplished adults of their time. Possibly Oregon may possess a boy or girl whose capacity to write something attractive about the state approaches a true genius. In any event the outcome will be watched with curiosity outside as well as within Oregon. There is this to be said in favor of the boys and girls of any state. Under the present school system, facts that are dimmed in the minds of adults by lapse of years and altered somewhat by intervening con ditions are familiar topics in class rooms. ' The school pupils know or have the facilities to find out directly from copious encyclopedias or elsewhere much about their topic. In addition to this there are youth, enthusiasm and the spirit of emulation keen within them. These are the factors to be count ed on in any line of mental endeavor that does not call for the exercise of technical knowledge requiring years to garner. v ' Viewed from another point the idea of having school children interested in helping their own state is good. Their researches will compel them to learn. They will read and discuss and will bo the better citizens for what they so gain. How the articles that are written by the Oregon ians are to obtain publication in papers outside of the state is not told. Possibly the Commercial Club has not figured that out. Announcement is made that the success of any competitor will not depend upon the class of publication in which it shall ap pear. It is intimated that the competitors should write for some eastern paper, the selection to be in towns in which present Oregonians formerly re sided. There are numerous small papers in the United States that might use the matter so con tributed, in lieu of miscellany, when a semi-local trend is supplied by the announcement that the writer is the son or daughter of a former resident Probably the best communications will be pub lished in the local papers in Oregon and subse quently given circulation in the east in some shape. Next year the Lewis and Clark Exposition will take place at Portland. It is to the interest of Oregon to have its name and fame extended as much as possible not later than October of the present year. CANADIAN POLICIES. MARKETS ARE MORE ACTIVE Improved Crop Prospects Have Beneficial Effect on General Trade Conditions. MONETARY SITUATION GOOD In view of the current discussion of trade reciproc ity with Canada or "closer ana more intimate commercial relations," as some publicists elect to call it, between the Dominion and the United States two recent incidents "over the border" are not wholly lacking in business and political interest just at this time, says the New York Commercial It is announced from Ottawa that in the matter of guaranty bonds the Dominion government will hereafter accept only the bonds of British or Can adian companies. It so happens that several Amer ican guaranty companies have branch offices or tne average, agencies in Canada, and in some instances the bonds of officials holding office under the Dominion govern ment have American sureties behind them. It will be recalled that not long ago congress passed a law providing that all United States officials who are re quired to give bonds shall be guaranteed by Ameri- liank Iteserveit Ar up to High ent Point In Year a and the Fi nancial LeAdera Are Now More Sanguine. By Henry Clews, New York, July Holiday Inertia overhangs the atock market. With three days' cessation of business In prospect there was a natural IndlsDO1 Bltlon to take ud new commitments until the regular routine is resumea. Important events, It must be remem bered, are likely to shortly occur at the seat of war In the east, which would exercise a far-reaching effect on the European bourses. Again, only three years ago business was resumed after the holidays to find the corn croo blasted by heat and drouth. This Is not likely to happen again at the same date, but such remembrances Induce- caution. The SU Louis convention Is taking place and the opposition candidate being chosen. This event is not likely to go off so smoothly as Its predecessor at Chicago, and the probability of more or less exciting discussion acts as a check upon stock market activity. Still another element, and the most import ant element of all. is the crop situa tion. Bo far crop prospects are quite satisfactory, the promise being above This development is, of course, imparting a much more hope ful feeling in business circles, which has already been reflected in the stock market In fact, it is a question whether or not this advantage has not been sufficiently discounted for the present Unfavorable developments, Isn't it reae ona'jle to sup. pose that wheo the Miters hat cured thou saods of esses J CElilAATtQ HM 'jeM that it will care Sitters ff you toot It is worth trying anyhow. Indigestion, Canstip atlon. 1'oorAppetlte, snepsla, iutulency ad Bilious pees, MINERS RUN OUT OF VICTOR Mob Threatens Them With Death If They Hver lteturu. CANTON CITT, July ;7.-8ix miners and union sympathisers were run out of Victor today by tS masked men and ordered never to return to Teller county. They arrived at Canyon City and one boarded the train for Denver, where he will lodge formal complaint with Governor Peabody. Deputies were escorting the men from Victor to Cripple Creek when they were Intercepted by a masked mob and forced to surrender the prisoners. The capture of the prisoners caused ninny wild rumors to be circulated in the Cripple Crek district, one being that the men were hanged. All of the men previously deported by the mill tin hnve been warned not to return to the district. Two of the men had passes from General Sherman M. Hell, permitting them to return to Cripple Creek. They aver they were horsewhipped by the mob and told that, if they ever came back they would be hanged. Ne Pity Shown. ''For years fate was after me con tlouously," writes F, A. Oulledge, Ver bena, Ala. "I had a terrible ease of Files, causing 24 tumors. When all failed Ducklen's Arnica Salve cured me." Equally good for Durns and all ches and pains. Only 25c, at Chas. Rogers drug stors. " "" imixxxxxmxxxxxxxxinx xxiixxixiiiittititxtitiii. Staple and Fancy Groceries flour feed provision, tobacco anp cioars. , Supplies of All Kinds at Lot Prices for Fishermen, Farmers and Loggers. Branch Uniontown, . Phones, 711, Unlontown, 713 A. V.ALLEN, Tsnth and Commercial Streets. ASTORIA, ORIQ0N. N.mnininiinmmiiiH!iniiiniiimms Db. vaugiian, Dentist , Pythian Building, Astoria, Oregon. Dr. T. L. BALL Dr. F. I. Friedrich, DENTISTS Commercial street. Astoria Ore. can companies only. The action of the Dominion from which escape cannot yet be as- government may therefore be regarded as purely retaliatory, designed to punish the United States for the passage of its bonding law and aimed directly at those American bonding' companies which are now doing business in Canada. Hereafter they can furnish bonds only for persons or firms or com panies outside the government service. Except as it discloses the spirit in which the Dominion officials approach all such questions, this incident does not call for criticism. Sir "William Mulock, the Dominion minister of abor, next draws our attention. He isn't a bit pleased over the fact that many skilled American en gineers have been given positions by the railroad companies m Canada, lhe present statutes are measurably strict in the matter of the employment of alien labor, and since the government's recent entry into extensive railway construction and oper ation Sir William has been "putting the law" onto these Yankees right and left. He has already had the commissioner of alien labor deport 15 American engineers on warrants issued by the Dominion de partment of justice, and he announces in a manner more or less dramatic that he will ask parliament to pass a bill providing for the appointment of spe cial officers to deport aliens who are unlawfully in the country. The employment of aliens on govern ment works or works aided by the government will be prohibited, except under special conditions, he says; and the existing provisions aimed at the im portation of contract labor will be strengthened. These incidents betray no sign of the "reciproc- ty" spirit in and around Ottawa. Nor are they cal culated to promote such a spirit on this side of the ine. They fall, in fact, on top of a preferential tariff on British goods that operates against imports rom the United States to the extent of 33 per cent on an average. iiut, as we have increased our ex ports to Canada in recent' years to a vastly greater degree than the mother country has, even with this preferential against us, we can well afford perhaps to view such matters with pardonable equanimity. At any rate, our policy will no doubt be as it gen erally has been to hold our own home markets against all comers as often as the reciprocity propo sition comprehends no distinct advantage to ua in opening them. Professor Loeb, in Berlin, is experimenting with rattlesnake venom as a cure for leprosy, and he thinks he has hit upon the specific for one of the most loathsome diseases that human flesh is heir to. Should he succeed in demonstrating that the snake poison wil cure this plague, rattlesnakes would at once become commercially valuable. The market value of the poison is about $15 a dram. Professor Loeb gets his rattlesnake venom from a man in Col orado, who keeps snakes as pets. sured, are quite possible, and it lei unlikely that the season will go on without some setbacks, the chief ad vantage now being that wheat, corn, cotton and other crops have reached a state of maturity where they are bet ter able to withstand injury. Crop prospects are certainly encouraging, yet there is danger In being too opti mistic. The monetary situation Is conspic uously favorable to stocks, since the latter yield much better returns than money and are relatively In smaller supply. Bank reserves ure now at the highest point In many years, and the crop demands which will soon begin are likely to drain this center less than usual, because Interior centers are also well supplied with funds. The largest demands are likely to come from the south, where funds are less abundant than at the west; but cotton is much cheaper than a year ago, and In con sequence the movement to market may be slower than last year's, suggesting a less active and somewhat backward flow of currency with the south, com pared with lust year. Corn, the most Important of all crops, appears to be doing fairly well and recovering early backwardness. In the business world a more hopeful feeling prevails; clearing-house returns show smaller de creases, and the declines In railroad earnings are less marked than a few weeks ago. The single exception, per haps, is the iron trade, which has not yet recovered from the reaction of 1903. Prices of raw Iron and steel declined considerably, but finished products have not fallen correspondingly and buyers naturally bold off for lower fig ures. A good many iron and steel products are subject to pool control and it is the hold-up policy of the lat ter that is largely responsible for dull ness in the Iron trade, although de mand, especially for building and rail road material, has greatly shrunken. Among financial leaders a confident undertone prevails. The first sign of real improvement is a good demand for securities from Investors. This is still in evidence In regard to bonds, and as soon as doubts regarding the elections, the crops and the war are cleared up the stock market is likely to exhibit increasing activity and strength. Gen erally speaking, the summer Is a period of quiet, owing to the absence of many operators on vacations, etc.; but the cable and the telegraph bring all in easy communication when conditions warrant If circumstances favor July and August may witness a widening stock market though New York is hardly likely to finance a vigorous bull campaign unless warranted by good crops. Dr. W. O. LOGAN DENTIST 578 Commercial St., SbanthaB Building C. J. TRENCH A RD Insurance, Commission and Shipping. CUSTOMS HOUSE BROKER. Agent Wells-Fargo and Northern Paclflo Express Companies. Cor. ELEVENTH and BOND BT8. JAY TUTTLE, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND 8UHOEON Aetlng AntoUnt Burftoa V, 8. Mariae Hospital tiervlee. Office hours: 19 to 13 a.m, 1 to 4:19 p.m. 477 Commercial Street, tnd Floor. Dr. RIIODA O. II IOCS OSTEOPATH 1ST Mansell Bldg. 171 Commercial St PHONE BUCK SMS, O. W. BARR, DENTIST Mansell Building 673 Commercial Street, Astoria, Ore TELEPHONE RED 2ML "Neglected colds make fat grave yards." Dr. Wood". Norway Pine Syrup helps men and women to a happy, vigorous old age. The TROY Laundry Is the only White Labor Laundry in the City. Does the Dest of Work at very reasonable Prices, and is in every way worthy of your patronage. Cor. 10th and DUANE STS. Phono 1991 PRAEL 6 COOK TRANSFER CO. Telephone 221. Draying and Expressing All goods shipped to our care will receive special attention. 709-715 Commercial Street. Reliance Electrical Works H.W.CYUCJ8, Manager We are thoroughly prepared for making estimate, and executing; order, for all kind, of electrical installing and repairing. Supplies in stock. We Mil the Celebrated SHELBY LAMP, Call up Phone 1161. 428 BOND STREET ipixximiuiiinirimxrTrLixLtiiiittiiiiiiiieT FRESH AND CURED MEATS Wholesale and Retail Ships, Logging Camps and Mills supplied on short notice. LIVE STOCK DOUGM AND SOLD WASHINGTON MARKET . CHRISTENS0N ft CO. miiiiixixiiixiyixiiiimxTTTTTTTTTTiii...B,,MTTIIg ANDREW ASP, BLACKSMITH. Haying installed a Rubber Tiring Machine of the latest pattern I am prepared to do all kinds of work in that line at reasonable prioes. Telephone 291. CORNER TWELFTH AND DUANE STREETS.