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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 9, 1904)
THE MORNING ASTORI1N, SATURDAY, JULY 0, 1901 PAGE THREE $1.25 Novels Now 25cts 1IIUHT OF IIOS1K, Crawford C ALU MKT K, Webkttr KNKMY TO KINO, . . . Stephen 1IU1M5 LOIUNO, . f . . . Kali CONOUJSHOK. . . O. Atharton fltlSlS, . . . . . Churchill Published for first time In paper 25cts a copy See our Show Windows. J. N G R I FT IN Tho New Wall Tint All the colors of the rainbow FISHER BROS. Co. NEW ZEALAND FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Of NEW ZEALAND. . ' ' ' W. P. Thorn w, Manager, Ban Franclaoo. UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS. Has been Underwriting on tb Pacific Coast twsnty.flve yean. Si ELMORE 0 CO., Resident Agents, Astoria, Cr. If It is worth while to do business at all, it is worth while to do alotofit ( And this means always a proportionate amount of news paper space. Scow Bay Iron 8 Brass Works mm m a -1-B Iron, Steel, .Brass and Bronze Castings. General Foundrymen and Fattcrainakers. Absolutely firstclass work. Prices lowest Phr.s2431. 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LACE CURTAINS This department l crowded to Its utmost with new Curtain creatlont IMPORTED BRUSSELS NET CURTAINS In neat, dainty pat terns, at, per pair 18.00, $8.00 and S10.00 IRISH POINT CURTAINS Theae are very detlrable Curtains; In neat designs, at, per pair.......... .....4.00 and $5.00 COTTAGE CURTAINS In blue and white, green and white and pink and white; these ars the latest creations tor bedroom, alt ting-room or dining-room, at a pair... $1.25, $1.80, $1.75, $2.50, $3.00 ORIENTAL TAPESTRY CURTAINS In new rich patterns and cdoringa, at, per pair.........,.;....... $2-00, $2.50, $3.00 and $3.50 ALL STREET CARS TAKE YOU TO ZAPF a CO., WHERE YOUR CREpIT IS GOOD. H O TB L PORT1 L, A N D The, Finest Hotel In the Northwest : PORTLAND. OREGON. NATIVE-BORN POPULATION IS STEADILY INCREASING Veitihar Beer, Hsi Risen TwentyTwe Psr Cent In Past Ten Years, as Compared With Foreign Increase of 12 Per Cent. Notubly Interesting and significant are some of the figures presented In an abstract of the tenth census, just published by the department of com merce. Few realise that the native born population In 10 years rose 22 per cent and the foreign born less than 12 per cent It Is apparent "hard times" were tho chief cause of the compara tive decrease In the foreign popula tion. , As a matter of fact the actual num ber of English, Irish, German and French residents decreased In these -10 years, while Poles, Hungarians, Rus sians and Italians Increased by a large percentage. Not entirely disconnected . with the decline In Immigration Is the pleasing demonstration by figures that Illiter acy' In the United States Is decreas ing. Even with the Increase In pop ulation of more than 20 per cent from 1890 to 1,00, the number of Illiterates fell nearly 150,000 In the decade. Tet, even in 1900, there were 6,180,000 per sons 10 years old or more In the Unit ed States unable to read or write. Many llliterste Whites. While the negroes In the south are largely responsible for this huge total, there are still 3,200,000 whites In the Illiterate class. Of foreign born Miter ates New York state has 258,000, or al most 20 per cent of the total In the country. But the Empire state has In addition 47,000 natives who cannot read or write. In view of the Immense throng of Immigrants that settle in New Tork state, It Is one of the sur prising facts that the percentage of Increase of native born In 10 years slightly exceeded the percentage of In crease of foreign born. The showing Is contrary to that of nearly every other populous eastern state. What might be called family s tat Is tics present some novel phases. An ex hibit pleasing to the social reformer Is a demonstration that the average num ber of persons to a dwelling Is falling. Thus, In 1900 It was 6.3 persons, while In 1890 It was 5.5. New York Homes Crowded. New Tork state has the unpleasant but natural pre-eminence of having more persona to a dwelling (seven) than any other state In the union. This, of course, Is due to the tenement houses of the metropolis. Not so agreeable as a national show ing Is the fact that the number of fam ilies owning their houses Is decreas ing. It Is worthy of note that the per centage of homes owned rises gener ally with the Increase of the farming population and falls with the grow ing preponderance of the Industrial classes. The average number of persons to a fumlly In the United States Is 4.7. In 1900 the per centage of married among all persona 15 years or over was 65.5; of single 36; of widowed, al most S per cent, and of divorced, four tenths of 1 per cent Coast Women Marry. Judging from the figures, the Pa cific coast states are the best for mar riageable women, 60 per cent being wives, against 69 per cent in the cen tral west and 54 per cent In the east. Contrariwise, the Pacific coast shows the smallest percentage of married men 45 per cent, against a general average of 55 per cent In the east and middle west The mortality statlHtics show that the Increase in pneumonia deaths from 1890 to 1900 was 5 per cent; of heart disease, 12 per cent; of kidney dis ease, 44 per cent, of apoplexy, 17 per cent; of cancer, 12 per cent On the other hand, the figures show a decrease in deaths from consumption of nearly 65 per cent. HANGS. HERSELF TO BEDPOST. Family Troubles Thought to Hsvs Un balanced Her Mind. Davenport, July 7. When Godfrey Wagner carried his aged mother's breakfast to her room yesterday morn ing he found her lifeless form huddled In a heap at the foot of the bed. Where she had slowly strangled herself to death. Two heavy sack strings had been sewed together and a loop made at one end of the Improvised rope. The woman tied the other end to the foot of the bed, then deliberately lunged forward and strangled herself. The discovery of the suicide was not made until after the woman had been dead 24 hours. Her son attended the celebration at Reardan and returning home did not attempt to awaken his mother, who slept In an adjoining room. , Family troubles are said to be the cause of the tragedy. At the last term of court the mother sued another son, Fred Wagner, for money alleged to be due her. The case was lost and later the mother filed another suit for 39,600 damages, claiming her son threw her down a flight of steps, Injuring her In ternally. - "Death by strangulation" was the verdict of the coroner's Jury. Some of her neighbors say .the woman acted strangely for some time, and they be lieve her mind was affected by her troubles. Mrs. Theresa Wagner was 74 years old. RUSSIAN FORCE PREPARED TO MEET JAPS' ADVANCE. Heavy Firing Reported From Direction of Ksi Chou Serious Fighting Hss Probably Occurred. CARS COME TOGETHER. Odd Accident Occurs With But Little Dsmage. Tacoma, July 8. At 9:05 o'clock Wednesday evening car 616, on the In- terurban line, ran Into car 62 on the Old Town line a few feet south of Ninth street and shattered the glass on the front of the Old Town car and broke the fender, but no one was In jured. The accident was a peculiar one, A switching crew was making up a train In the yards of the Interurban depot and car 615 had been cut off. When the car was cut off It seems that the air controlling the brakes had all es caped from the reservoir. Accidentally the coach was given a light "kick" from the motor car engaged In making up the train, and It started down the slight grade toward Ninth street. A yardman made an effort to stop the car by turning on the air, but as there was no air In the reservoir it was Im possible for him to do anything, and the car slowly swung around on to the Pacific avenue track at Ninth street ' The motorman of the Old Town car was not looking for obstruction at that point but he saw the Interurban car In time to check his car, so that when the two cars came together the jar was so light that some of the passengers on the Old Town car did not realize for a moment that an accident had oc curred. : , .'('; . Nlu Chwang, July 7 (Delayed.) The Russian forces are everywhere preparing actively to meet the next Japanese advance. Heavy firing was heard again last night from the direc tion of Kai Chou, and It Is reported serious fighting has occurred. Heavy Firing Heard. Chefoo, July 8. Junks which passed through the gulf of Pe-Chl-Lt Thurs day, July 7, report having heard heavy firing at sea all afternoon. Is Blockade Effective? Tientsin, July 8. Three Frenchmen who arrived at Taku yesterday from Port Arthur on a Chinese junk report that the Russian torpedo-boat de stroyer Lieutenant Burukoff has made in all four trips from Port Arthur to Nlu Chwang. Professor Boyer Accepts Chair. . galem, July 8. Professor C O. Boyer, vice president of the University of Puget Sound, has accepted the chair of physics In the Willamette university. The position was tendered to Profes sor Boyer at a meeting of the board of trustees on Monday. When it be came known that Professor Boyer had declined to become a candidate for the presidency of the University of Puget Sound, a special meeting of the trustees of the Oregon Institution, in which his ability Is well known, was called and he was unanimously elected on Monday. His acceptance has been sent in and he will assume his new du ties at the opening of the next term In September. The Tacoma Ledger says of him: "Professor Boyer's friends think that would have accepted the presidency of the university with which he has been connected for the past eight years if it had been tendered to him at the June meeting of the board, but sjiye the board took the election un der advisement he declined to become a candidate. r8 professor Is a graduate of Puget Sound university and was connected with It for seven years until he be came vice president of the new Insti tution, the University of Puget Sound. During the lust year of the existence of the Puget Sound university he was acting president When the election of a president to succeed Dr. E. M. Randall was under consideration in June, a petition signed by all the students of the university, and another signed by 150 business men, were presented to the board ask ing for Professor Boyer's promotion. but there seemed no possibility of his being unanimously elected, and for that reason, it is believed, he with drew from the contest." ' Brutally Tortured. A case came to light that for per sistent and unmerciful torture has per haps never been equaled. Joe Goio blck, of Colusa, Calif, writes: "For 15 years I endured insufferable pain from rheumatism and nothing reliev ed me though I tried everything known I came across Electric Bitters and It's the greatest medicine on earth for that trouble. A few bottles of It complete ly relieved and cured me." Just as good for liver and kidney troubles and general debility. Only 60c Satisfac tion guaranteed by Cbas. Robers, drug gist Correct Clothes for Men OME . mm v they can't fit fitted In ready to-wear clothes. 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The order-loving people of our town have been waiting patiently for several weeks for the fulfillment of promises that we should have a policeman and a house of detention. Brawllngs and drunken street fights are getting alto gether too frequent, and there is no sense In remaining any longer in a helpless condition, at the raercy of rowd'es who see fit to drop In and run the town. Shall we wait till we are disgraced by murder? Enumclaw Courier. . - No Dessert More Attractive Why use gelatine and spend noun soaking, j sweetening, flavoring I ana ooionng wnen produces better results in two minutes? Everything in the package. Simply add hot water and set to cool. It's perfect ion. A sur prise to uie nousewue, xv'o trouble, less ex pense. Try it to-day. In Four Fruit Flw vorsi Lemon, Orange, Stwwberry, Hasp, berry. At grocera. 10c Tobacco a In All Brands and Sizes We have them in stock. The Trade supplied at absolutely bottom prices. We have added a Pipe Repairing Department. 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