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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 27, 1904)
fltUB "ESQ A5T0EU, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27. ASTORIA SAVINGS BANK Capital l'aid io tlOO.OOO. Surplus and Undivided Profit fiS.OOO Transact a general banking bnaineea, Iuterest pM oo debits. J Q. A. BOWLBY. O. I. rETERSON. FRAXK PAlW. J- W. GARNER, President. View President Cashier. Asst. UiSuier 18 TENTH STREET. ASTORIA, ORE. First National Bank of Astoria ESTABLISHED 1886 Capital and Surplus $100,000 . H. George, Proicknt, JL t tliSina. Caahicr, (ns. W. Want Vlca-Prukknt, CICrllJglM, Asst. Catkitr. The Astoria National Bank ASTORIA, OREGON. -Directors- GEO. H. GEORGE, GEO. W. WARKEN, W. H. BARKER, AUG. SCHEKXECOAU. L. MAN3UB. PRINCIPAL CORRESPONDENTS.' First National Bank. PorMsnd. Oregon. Continental National Bank. Chicago. Bunk of New York. N. R. A . New York Crocker- a oolwortU Nat. Bank. 8. P. THE LOUVRE A First Class Concert Hall Finest Resort InThe City ADMISSION FREE ATTRACTIVE PROGRAM Seventh and Astor Streets CHANGE WEEKLY CHARLES W1RKKALA. Prop. I Steamer "SUE H. ELMORF' The Largest; Staunchest, Steadiest and most Seaworthy vessel ever ou this route. Best of Table and State Room Accommo dations. Will make round trip every five days between A S TO R I A tun TILLAMOOK Connecting at Astoria with the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co. and Astoria & Columbia River It. R. for Portland, San Francisco and all points East. For freight and passenger ' rates apply to Sgznsel Etasre 0 Co., Gen'l Agts., Astoria, ere. OR TO A. & C. R. R. Portland, Oregon Pacific Navagatlon Company, Tillamook, Oregoa O. It. & X. Company, Portland, Oregon PRINCELY SALARIES Captains of Industry Are Best Paid Life Insurance Is Uncertain. InAKm flit Tilriinoi Uln' oa the plain, . 4ba' xhr oawaia' creation an' the sinkin' o' the Maine, 4uf innpia inCTtiona,hke the Chineea an' tbe Torka, An'tbiMfnn France and Borneoa-carnfllTtbeirdirka. Tacaiaeicitriul o aide ahova there the kim lkkcj 1 atdua rt ntuatea when I trarei sown the Pike. J" A Ballad of the Pike," bjr Wallace Irwin. Copy, xtshtolhf tliicr'l Weckl. Publiahcrl bjr Kraiauon, To SL Louis and Return Jane rt,t7, rtj July . , U i 9, " September , 6,7( Oci.be 1,4, 5. t, ataatr aajra. Tkt Itwlc Island System offen two routes to the World, Fair City via St. Paul-. 1'mBCtpolia, tnd through Scenic Colorado He duage of cart, Ogden to St. Louil and St, T-iJi to St. Louit. 'IfJll' M Full Information 00 reqiKSt, Call or write A. H. McDokald. General Ajr't, 140 3rd Street, cor. AMer Street, Portland, Or. IMPORTANT Bock Islanil Frisco Systems have arranged for sale of round trip ticktgts to Chicago and St Louis October 27, 28 and 29 Tlese are the last days on which special rate tickets may be surchasei account World's Fair. einhard's amer. W SALARY OF $250,000 A YEAR Lawyers Have Received Fee of One and Two MWIoiih-KhIN road and Rank Ireldnts Are Well Pald It 1 estimated that there are fully one thousand persona In this country who draw larger unlades than the president of the Vnlted States. Thin does not Include the Incomes of mil lionaire from Investments or the earnings of those In business for them selves, but only those persons who are working on regular stipulated salaries. Neither does the list In clude the Income of lawyers, although there are a unmber (like Francis Lynde Stetson, for Instance) who re ceive regular annual retainers of J50, 000. Mr. Stetson receives a retainer of $50,000 a year from J. P. Morgan & Co. simply for the privilege of call ing on him first In any legal matters In which the firm may be Interested. This sum does not, of course, repre sent anything like the entire annual income of Mr, Stetson. The Income of corporation lawyers varies a great deal from year to year, The largest single fee ever paid lawyer for conducting a single case Is believed to have been received by William Nelson Cromwell for his work In connection with the Panama Canal, ye la said to have been paid a fee of $2,000,000 for his work In that connection. James B. Dill Is said to have received a fee of $1,000,000 for settling the suit betwen Andrew Car negle and H. C. Krlck. W. D. Guthrie Is also understood to have received fee of J 1,000,000 for breaking the will of the late Henry Bradley Plant. T.iese are believed to be the largest single fees ever paid lawyers In this coun try. The largest salary paid any bank president In this country Is understood to be $50,000. The presidents of sev eral of the large Wall Street banks and trust companies are known to re celve this -salary. There re also one bank president In Chicago who re celvea a salary of $50,000 a year. As a rule, however, the presidents of the large Wall Street banks are very wealthy, and their salaries form only a small part of their annual Income. The largest salary paid any rail road president In the United States Is $75,000. There are at least three, presidents who are understood to draw this salary A. J. Cassatt of the Pen nsylvania, James J. Hill of the Great Northern, and L. F. Loree of the Rock Island. There are quite a number of other railroad presidents who draw annual salaries of $50,000. Samuel Spencer of the Southern railway, William H. Truesdule of the Tjickawanna. E. P. Rlnley of the Atchison, Marvin Hughltt of the Chi caeo and Northwestern, and William iO . . Record LrOlteeS BreaKln JValuai 35 & 40c Coffees Our Top Qjality are so good that you will want more. Fresh Coffees 15,20, 25, 30 cts. We are giving Free Double Premiums Come early just to look. treat Aavicai Importing TefCa, Honey Saving Stora. jS Commercial 5 treat, HIPS, sriOFU "When a child I had a very severe at tack of Diohtheria. which came near Drov ing fatal. Upon recovery the glands of the neck were very much enlarged, and aftet the free use of iodine, tbe right one wai reduced to its normal size, but the left one continued to grow rery slowly at first, until It was about the ait of a goose egg, which began to press on the wind pipe, causing difficult breathing, and be came vary painful, Aa Incision w4 mad and a large quantity of pas discharged. The jgiaaa was moored, or as much at could with safety be taken out. For ten yean I wore a little piece of cloth about aa inch long in my neck to keep Use place open. Daring this time I had to bar it cut open by the doctor every time I took cold or tbe opening clogged. In the Spring or early Summer of 18&4 1 waa persuaded br sit wife to use 8. S. &.. which I did. strictly in accordance with directions, j took tweaty-eix large bottles, and waa en tirely eared, for I have not atnterad sine that tine. B. 8. ftAGtUKlv ! Royal Bag Mfg. Co., OwrleatM. 8. C Only a constitutional retried v can react an hereditary disease like Scrofula. When the blood is restored to a normal condition and the scrofulous deposit are carried off there la a gradual return to health. 8.5.S. is well known as a blood pnriiUr and tonic. It is the n 1 y guaranteed, strictly vegetable remedy sold. Ifyon have any eigaa of Scrofula, writ us and our physicians will advise you free The Swift Specific Company, Atlanta, Ga. H. Newman of the New York Central are among (he rullroad presidents who ure understood to draw salaries of 50, 000 a year. Joseph Ramsey, Jr., of the Wabash Is credited with drawing a salary of $40,000 a year. There are a large number of other railroad presl dents who draw salaries ranking be tween $25,000 and $35,000 a year. 8. 0. T. Uoild, the general solicitor of the Standard OH company, prolia uly receives as large u salary as any other person In the country. He Is said to draw a salary of $250,000 11 year. nen C harles M. Schwab was president of the. United States Steel Corporation he drew an annual salary of $100,000. When Mr. Schwab re signed the salary of the president of the Steel Corporation wns reduced to $75,000 a year. In addition to his salary of $75,000, William K. Corey makes a commission on the volume of the business of the comiuiny. In this way his Income probably averages over $100,000 a year. The late 8. R. Callaway, who was the president of the American Locomotive Company was said to have drawn a salary of $100,000 a year. Henry O. Havemeyer, president of the American Sugar Refining Com puny, Is understood to draw a salary of $100,000 a year. C. A. Coffin of the General Electric Company is un aerstood to draw a salary of $75, 000 a year. The head officials of the more lin poriani lire-insurance companies re ceive very large . salaries. President McCall of the New York Life Insur ance sXompany la said to draw a sal ary of $150,000 a year. There are said to be at least Ave other officials of the company who make as much as $50, 000 a year. The other prominent life- insurance companies pay equally as llberul salaries, the head officials of all of the large companies receiving as much as $100,000 a year. Some of the largest salaries In the world are made by the Junior members of the prominent International banking houses. In Wall street It Is generally understood that Sir. Clinton Dawklns. the head of the London branch of J. P. Morgan & Co., draws a salary of $250,000 a year. The system that pre vails In the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co., as well as among the other large banking firms, Is to give euch Junior member a percentage of the year's profits. In the case of J. P. Morgan & Co., the percentages nre Axed by Mr. Morgan. As the annual profits of J. P. Morgan & Co. are un derstood to have been not less than $4,000,000 In. any year during the last decade, while the profits are said to have ranged as high as 10,000,000 or $12,000,000 a year during the "boom" years, It Is clear that the annual In come of the Junior members of such Arms must be very large. Confessions of a Priest Rev. Jno. 8. Cox of Wake, Ark writes, "For 1 years I Buffered from yellow jaundice. I consulted a num ber of physicians and tried all aorta of medicines, but got no relief. Then I began the use of Electric Bitters and feel that I am now cured of a disease that had ma In Its grasp for 12 years." If you want a reliable medicine for liver and kidney trouble, trtomaah (Unorder or general debility, get Electric Bit- tere. Ifa guaranteed by Chaa. Rogers. Only JOc. YOUR LAST CHANCE for reduced rate Chlcago-St. Louis round trip tickets. Sale dates, Octo ber 27th, 28th and 29th only. Any route going and the some or any other route returning. Call on or address B. H. Trumbull Commercial Agent Illinois Central Railroad Co. Portland, Ore. MILLINERY lira R. ItK'Mon hiiaonfd a One lino of Ladies' and Children's Fall ami Winter llsla. Cull and e tliem. CLOSING OUT SALE Of Ladles' and Children's furnishing goods, amn rare bar. gains being iiiailetliirlng tliia sale. AIo llir Hwltcnoa and Pompadours. ::!!!: MRS. R. INQLETON, - - Welch Block. CENTRAL MEAT MARKET G. W. Marion and John Fohro,an, Proprfctort. 0U0I0E9T FRESH AND SALT MKATH. - riWMPI DEMVKRI 54a Commercial St. Phone Main 321. j. j 1 .1 .... 1 ANDREW ASP, BLACKSMITH; Having Installed a Rubber Tiring Machine of tha lateat pattern I am prepared to do all kinds of work in that Una at reasonable prices. Telephone 301. CORNER TWELFTH AND DUANE STREETS. nzzxxxzxirrxtxzzxzrzzzjtzxzrxzzzxtzi FRESH AND CURED MEATS Wholesale and Retail Ships, Logging C'ninps and Mills supplied on uliort notice. LIVE STOCK UOUGilT AND SOLD WASH1NOTON MARKET . CHRISTENS0N ft CO. uxxxxzxxxxxxu If iL lFI HI ECOMI Of New Zealand W. P. THOMAS, Mgr., San Francisco. UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS Has boon Underwriting on the Pacific Const for twenty-five yours. ELMORE a CO., Sole Agents Astoria, Oregon. Famous Trains ..... , - - The Southwest, Limited Kansas City lo Chicago, The Overland Limited to Chicago . tia Omaha, The .Pioneer Limited 6t. Paul to Chscngo, run via ' Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Each route offers numerous attractions. The principal thing to insure a quick, comfortable trip east is to see 4hat your tickets read via the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. H. S ROWC General Aftnt 134 Third Street, Portland f When you have a good thing ' Advertise It. We do good commercial printing. Bring your printing to the ASTORIAN Office.