FAGS FOUH
ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13.
CIK morning flstorian
ESTABLISHED 1873 '
PUBLISHED BY
AST0R1AN PUBLISHING COMPANY.
. RATES.
By mail, per year ' $6 00
By mail, per month 50
. By owners, per month 60
THE SEMI-WEEKLY ASTOKIAX.
By mail, per year, in advance $1 00
LYNCHING STATISTICS.
In the current issue of the Independent appears
an interesting article by George P. Upton, associate
editor of the Chicago Tribune, on the subject of
Jynchings. Mr. Upton is the recognized authority
on this matter in America, and for 20 years he has
fapt a record of all lynchings reported in the news
papers of the nation. .
Mr. Upfon's figures show that there have been
2S75 lynchings in the United States since 1SS5, the
nly states in which lynchings have not occurred
eing Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Rhode Island and Utah. In the south 2499 lynchings
took place; in the west, 302 j on the Pacific coast, 63,
and in the east, 11. The most prevalent cause of
fynching is shown to be murder, and Mr. Upton adds
that, startling as it may seem, murder is the na
tional crime. His tables assign 73 different reasons
for the commission of the 2875 lynchings. Of the to
tal number lynched, 1099 paid the penalty for mur
der, while 564 were subjected to mob violence on ac
count of rape. The other 1212 lynchings were com
mitted for minor offenses, not one of which "offered
the slightest justification," Mr. Upton says.
The lynching record is certainly an appalliing
ene. That 2875 persons should hava Vilfoj W
mobs in 19 years seems almost incredible in this in
telligent land, and in a measure the condition is a
Hot on our national reputation. Bishop Chandler.
f Georgia, avers that "lynching is due to race
hatred, and not to any horror over any particular
trime," hut this conclusion seems scarcely logical.
T Iff TTlTinK V.1n il A. iV-
ching record denotes a determination on the part
f lynchers to curtail the criminal tendency by mob
methods than a disposition on the part of the lynch
ers to shed human blood. Bishop Chandler's asser
tion is that of a man whose antipathy for mob
violence has made him unreasonable.
Everyone will agree that the law should be al
lowed to take its course in all matters, and lynchings
are therefore to be deplored." However, we of the
aorth have little idea of the feeling of southerners.
In the south the crimes which result in lynchings are
committed. Negro criminals, knowing that death
will speedily overtake them, persist in the most fiend
ish atrocities, in many instances their victims being
women and children. Drastic measures are neces
sary, and' if the, law is ignored by outraged com
munities it is only because its operation is inadequate
to the occasion.
The statistics are so arranged as to make the most
mfavorable showing for the south, and at the first
fiance the ordinary student of national conditions
will form an erroneous conclusion. He will put it
flown that southerners are inclined to murder,
through the medium of lynchings, when, as a matter
ef fact, lynchings occur with greater frequency in
the south than elsewhere because the crimes which
might possibly justify mob violence are most fre
quent in that section of the country. The lynch
ing spirit is not the spirit of any particuar section,
and the people of Massachusetts, New Hampshire;
Vermont, Rhode Island and Utah would be quite
as prompt as the southerners to take the law in their
own hands if rapists and murderers were as numer
ous in their states. Not infrequently some rapist is
fynched by a northern mob, and, indeed, it is the
exception when a avisher is turned over to the
law. .
The experience of the nation with colored crim
inals Vill not justify the declaration that legal pro
eednre will stamp out rape. With crime of this
tort no' punishment is too severe. -And as to the
attitude of the south toward the negro, we believe the
people of that section thoroughly understand the
conditions. Certainly, they ought to, for the negro
is theirurden. In point of humanity and intelli
gence, southerners will average very well with the
lest of us, and there is not the slightest foundation
lor the oft-repeated statement that they are indus
triously seeking the lives of colored residents.
Lynching is terrible, and greatly to be deplored;
hut rape is a thousand times worse. ,
over expenditures. This is in striking contrast with
the showing for August, when expenditures exceed
ed receipts by $6,400,000. The total deficit for the
curent fiscal year," beginning with July 1 amounts
to $17,865,000, whereas on September. 1. it amounted
to $2,790,000. .
During July and August the government's ex
penditures are always extremely heavy. This is be
cause federal appropriations for the new fiscal year
become available on July 1, and for several weeks
thereafter there is an enormous drain on the federal
treasury.. This drain is now practically at an end,
and for some time to come unless there should be
a marked falling otf in customs receipts and internal
tax revenues the government's receipts should con
tinue to show an excess over expenditures. Should
this expectation hold good, Secretary Shaw's fore
cast last winter of a deficit of only $23,000,000 for
the fiscal year ending June 30 next may not prove
to he far out of the way. There is a possibility
given improved trade conditions which now seem
probable, that by that date there will be no deficit
whatever. " ,
With September's excess of receipts over ex
penditures the situation of the federal treasury has
materially improved. The available cash balance
now to the credit of the government is substantially
$151,500,000, over 33,000,000 of which consists o
actual cash in the treasury, the remainder being on
deposit in national banks. This is an encouraging
gain over a month ago, when the available cash in the
treasury had dwindled to almost $25,000,000.
Had it not been, of course, for the $50,000,000
that was paid out last spring on account of the
Panama canal project, the government's cash bal
ance would now be in the neighborhood of $200,'
000,000. .There is no likelihood, however, that the
present slender treasury balance will cause any un
easiness, lne banss are amply supplied witn money
for crop moving purposes and there is no probability
that the treasury will be asked to come to the aid of
the money market.
;p. : A. STOKES :"
I "The Store That Does Things." S
X ' ,. '-.''-.-,, , o
V
TO A I1MIMIIII , - . . . . W
0
0
o
I
)
0
)
o
o
If you want
() to know what
smartly dressed
. ' . THE TREASURY SITUATION.
The government's receipts for fhe month of Sep
tember show an excess of practically $5,900,000
BUSINESS AND EDUCATION.
When the colleges, law schools and universities
clasp hands with the banks and insurance companies
in the matter of fitting men for the special work de
manded by the latter, we may well congratulate
everybody immediately concerned, says the New York
Commercial
In 1903 Harvard university conferred an honor
ary degree on one of the most expert and distin
guished among the well-known insurance men and
actuaries of the world. Now comes news from New
Haven that Yale, at the next meeting of the corpo
ration, will appoint Charles Earl Johnston, of the
Phoenix Mutual, as head instructor of the new Yale
insurance course, which opens this fall.
At the meeting two weeks ago of the American
Bankers' Association a report was presented from
the committee on education that is of especial inter
est to every progressive business man. This com
mittee, under the title of the American Institute of
Bank Clerks, has for some time promoted the study,
among young men aspiring to the higher banking
positions, of books on practical banking, commerial
law and political economy. Now, as a culmination of
these studies and of work done in lecture courses cov.
ering these fields of study, the committee thanks to
the efficient work of its New York secretary, George
E. Allen, of the Title Guarantee & Trust Company-
is able to report the establishment of a system of
official examinations, conducted by men identified
with American universities and familiar with their
high standards.
In commercial law the examiner is Professor Eu
gene Wambaugh, of the Harvard law school ; in po
litical economy, Professor J. C. Schwab, of Yale
university, and in practical banking, William B.
Ridgley, comptroller of the currency, and Joseph
French Johnson, dean of the New York university
school of commerce, accounts and finance.
Already about 200 application for preliminary
examinations in the courses are reported, and before
the next annual meeting of the bankers' association
it is hoped that final examinations for certificates
will have been inaugurated.
All this means insurance and banking on higher
planes of intelligence and the clothing of business
callings with the robes of professional dignity.
The current notion that perjury is one' of the
crimes that are on the increase is not borne out by
the figures just issued relating to the German em
pire. In 1882 the number of persons convicted in
that country "of perjury was 1607; in 1902 it was
only 1292, the decrease having been steady from year
to year. Allowing for the great growth of the popu
lation, this means a decrease of nearly 30 per cent
in two decades.
The rate charged by the United States postoffice
on merchandise is 6000 per cent more than that
charged by Germany. The British government will
take a package at Edinburg and deliver it to the
receiver at Shanghai for three-fourths what the
American government charges to carry it from New
York to Philadelphia. What's the matter with this
land of the free, anyway t " , ,
people will
wear this soa
sou ask
STOKES
Over
coats $7.50
-t
$30.00
When y o'u
boo a man that
0 looks as though
q he must patron-
Q izotho swelleit
Sj of t a i 1 o r 8,
9 chances are he
buys his clothes
of STOKES.
r ... jz : :
i
b I
Hot Muff
V Man
Hud Tutored
want f
what
1 ii you
to know
smartly dressed
pooplo will wear 0
thissoason ask o
O
Bunt t luw m mn
STOKES
Suits
$10.00
to,
$30.00
Our custom
ers have that
" different ap
pearance from
tthcT'inon" that
that appeals to
men of good
taste. All al
terations mado
cheerfully and
n o questions
naked. Twill
pay you to see-
o
o
o
furnisher
i
mum
Clothier
000000000000000000000
H Li ir tmsmmimimma
For Wet
Weather
. i
t
Purchase your footwear
from a practical shoemaker.
We sell better goods and
at lower prices than any
other store in the city.
Shoes for men,
and children. .
women
The Pacific Logging
Shoe is the BEST in
the world.
s. a. mm
543-545 Bond St
mtffltnittiiinniiiiiniiimimmtttttaa
4
b ml
, .If,
"l-3
FREE! FREE!
Our new illustrated catalogue
giving full information about
the PACIFIC LUTHERAN s
ACADEMY AND J3USI
NESS COLLEGE will ' be
sent free to any address on
application, u :: ::
DEPARTMENT B,
PACIFIC LUTHERAN ACADEMY.
. Parkland, Wach.
AN ASTORIA PRODUCT
7
Pale Bohemian Beer
Best In The Northwest
North Pacific Brewing Co.
H iHHmitHTmTiinitiiiiiiininnr4
Staple and Fancy Groceries
FLOUR, FEED, PROVISIONS, TOBACCO AND CIGARS.
Supplies of All Kinds at Lev.tt Prto.t for Ftih.rmn, Farm.ra
nd Loggtrt. "
BraocbjUnionlowD, ' Phones, 711, Uniontown, 713
A. V. ALLEN,
T.nth and Commercial ttrooto. ' ASTORIA, OREGON.
TTxxinxiiniinixmiTxt rmiimniiimniixixxo
C3000000000000000000
PLUMBING and TINNING
02
STEAM HEATING, OAS FITTING, ROOFING AND REPAIRING
BATH TUBS, SINKS, CLOSETS AND OTHER FIXTURES IN
STOCK. ONLY THE BES T. CALL AND GET OUR PRICES
428 Bond Stroot
Phono 1031
J. A. Montgomery
o
o
o
o
0000000p000000000000
OCTOBER 8UNSET MAGAZINE.
Givoa Fin. Pictures of California Llf.
Finely llluitratad.
Gen. MacArthur and other army of-
flcera describe the recent military ma
neuvers In California, eacn arucie
being profusely Illustrated with half
tones, and colored drawings by Ed
ward CucueL Interesting articles on
California and Oregon, How Olive Oil
Is Made, How Almonds An Grown,
and flue descriptions or Plumas and
Sutter, two great California counties.
224 pages of articles, western stories,
sketches tad verses. 10 cents a copy.
Ton can buy Sunset Magaslns at all
news stands. . ,
Now Discharging
From British ship Oweonee, a cargo of finest
Pelaw-Main Australian
LLstE
C OA
The best and cheapest fuel for all
purposes.
Free Delivery. Phone orders to No. 1961.
S. ELMORE & CO.