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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1904)
'1 ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1904. PAGE SEVEN. 1 I, I FATAL FIRE IN BROOKLYN Three Women and a Child Fall From Fourth Story Proba ; bit Child Only Will Live. FIVE FIREMEN ARE INJURED Thirty -Four Others Roeouod Through Bravery of Firemen Orlglneted In Drug Store Celler Prop erty Loo Small. New Turk, Nov. 12. Three women wort futility hurt and five firemen were Injurod severely In a blase thut destroyed two buildings In Brooklyn early today. The fire atartod In tho cellar of a druir store at Kulton and Fellppl. Tho three upper floor were occupied by threo families consisting uf IS person. Tho flames sproud upward so quickly that when tho sleeping tenant were aroused by tho smoke and crackling nainoa they found all escape by the atalrways had boon rut off. Hello Hill, Florence Keabrouk and Ileitis Richard oft. all of whom lived on tho fourth Door made their way down ono story and out Into cornlrs. Mra. Henbrook had her baby In hnr her boaom In such a way Hint when one lit combined weight of tho women and I hey were precipitated to tho ground. Mr. Heabrook clasped tho Infutit to her bosun In uch a way that when alio truck tho aldewulk tho little ono caped Injury. Tho women wero hur riedly carried to a hospital nearby where tholr Injurle wero pronounced probably fatnl. Eight fnmlllea comprising 14 persons escaped or wero roacued form a build ing adjoining tho drug atoro before the houae wa destroyed. The firemen dls played great bravery In tho work of reacue and two of them fell from a awervlng laddor two torlea abov tho street. Threo other wero badly cut by fulling dobrl. Tho flnanclut loss wa ainull. Heavy Paatenger Travel, Poaaenger tramo for Octooer I said Q uaw WWII WIW lirTivn. w '. ,."-.-. In tho hlatory of American rnllror.ds. Sj The fit. Loul fair I only part'olly re ponlbl for thl satisfactory condl tlon. Travel In other line wa great er than ever before. At tho union ru tlon In St. Loul It I ostlmatol I ha' at leikit 4,000,000 passed through the gate In October, which exceed the ootlmato of September bulni by 00,000. WE HAVE A 8WEET TOOTH. Billion of Pound of Sugar Imported Worth 1101,118,717. .. Tho sugar consumption of the United atate In tho current year seem likely to encoed that of any prevloua year, both In quality and per ciipltn. The total quantity of augur brought Into tho United atnte In tho nine months ending with September, 1904, la 4 billion pounda. against t ''billion pound In 1903, the high-record Im portation of augur in tho correspond lug period In earlier year. Practically one-fourth enmo from Hawaii l'orto Rico, and tho Philippine Islands; more than half rnme from Cuba, and tho remainder chiefly from other ls land of the Bust and Weat India. Tho report issued by the bureau Of alatlatlca, covering the Import of the nine month ahow that tho total augur brought Into the United State from vnrlou part of the world waa 4.2S.6. R0,03 pound, ngatnat 1,704,929.681) pound In the corresponding period of 1901" Of thl total S".9! 1.828 pound wa from the Hawaiian lalunil, 200.175.443 pounda from Porto Rico, and 24.201,588 pound from the Philippine Inland. From Culm the total wa 2.527,132,1159 pound. Prom the British Went Indie the total wna 80.394.244 pound: from! other Weat Indie and Bermuda, 107, 008,842 pound: from the Kant Indie other than the Philippine Inland, 259, 774.777 pound, and from South Amer ica. 2.0SO,0f. pound. All of the above I rnne sugar. In addition to thl there waa 225.211,188 pounda of beet (ugiir, which came chiefly from Oermnny, a mall quantity from Aus tria Hungary. Thl total for the nine month 4.266,509,709 pounda exceed by more than 500 million pound the total for any earlier year. The value of tho ugar I $101,116. 717, of which $32,223,075 wa from the Inland terrltorlea of the United State, 123.139.212 being from Hawaii, $9,083. 863 from Porto Rico, and $342,440 from the Philippine Inland. The liberty bell la on Ita way home to Philadelphia from the St, Loul fair. ; 1 When You Are Buying Coal Why not get the best there is? If you want a good steady heat, no clinkers or dirt and but little ash, be sure you get AUSTRALIAN COAL ELMORE TOPICS OF THE TIMES. The bill collector' work muy not bo very pleasant, but It hit to bo dun, It I now proponed to establish train ing schools for chuffeur. It would bo more enlble to tart training school for pedestrluns. o Pointed hoe or coming back Into tyle. Thl will enable tho corn doc tor to quit viewing with alarm and ugnln point with pride. Tho aon of Tolatoy. tho novellnt. nay that Runnla I dentlned to conquer tho world. Of courno It will bo nec eury to conquer Japan flrt. a Mln Tarbell I now devoting her at tention to John D. Rockefeller per sonally. It I unllkHy that he will bo able to get any of hi hair. A Wisconsin court ha decided that parent may hurt hla boy' physique with a paddle, but mut not Injure hi dignity. Mont boy would like to have that decision turned around. The re covery would be sooner. , 00 NInety-flv rich men are going to have a town of their own near Cleve land and permit only millionaire to live In It. They will need some vigor ous watchmen to keep people from throwing stones across the line. InLhansa the Lama ponted a proc lamation on the walls commanding the Inhabitants "not to hurt the British as long as they behave themselves.' The Lama can now claim that he ha established a protectorate over the British, The United Slates bought Alaska from Russia In 1867 for $7,200,000. What would Alaska be worth to Rus sia now, In her fight with Japan, at which her fleets could rendezvous and conl? A it Is, Alaska hua produced us $100,000,000 and has furnished a market for million of our product. TO DEBAR MORMONS. Their Misiionairio in Nw York Are Not Approoiatod. New York. Nov. 22. Through an ordinance which ha just gone Into effect It will be neceaaury hereafter for a missionary, church or religious society wishing to hold religious ser vice In a street or public place In this city to obtain the consent of the alder-" men of the district In which the meet- It is the most economical and convenient fuel and is by far the best coal on the market. Free Delivery. 1; lug I to be held before a license from tho mayor can bo had. Opposition to treet meeting held by Morman mil alonalrle In Harlem I aald to have caused the Introduction of the new or dinance. YALE A MULTIMILLIONAIRE. Many Gift and Logaeie Received During Past Year. New Haven, Conn., Nov. 22. The fifth annual report of Morrl F. Tyler, treasurer of Tale university, show- that during the fiscal year ended July 11, 1904 there were addition to Tale' fund amounting to $445,000 and gifts to Income of $20,033. About $600,000 In legacies have also fallen to Yale during tho year but too late to appear In the treaaurer'a report. The total estate of the university and department Is returned as $7,344, 958. A dispatch to the Frankfurter Zelt ung, from Constantinople, say Turkey Is ordering 100 new batteries of artil lery from German, French and English factories at the cost of $10,000,000. The Krupp company gets the largest con tracts. It Is close to Thanksgiving. Statltlclan find that something like 2,000 vessels of all sort disappear In the sea every year, never to be heard from again, taking with them 12,000 human beings and Involving a money loss of $100,000,000. The United State Improvement and Investment Co., with $25,000,000, ha for It object the removal of the Chi nese quarters to the bay shore of South San Francisco. Nelson's statue at the Royal Naval college, Greenwich, was found the ot her morning with Its nose painted a THANKFUL PEOPLE There are thousands of people through oat tb country thankful for the intro duction of IIoBtotter'i Stomach Bitters, tod atill more thaDkful because they were persuaded to try it. A result tbey now enjoy perfect bealtb. Those not bo fortunate should start todav. The Bitter always cures Indigestion, I)yHeHlti, Constipation, Bill-, loiiHiiess,OeneralIebilit)',ChIll8. Colds and Malaria, Fever and Agu. Uive it a trial. HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS. COMPANY Phone 1961. .F63,rS Pears' Soap is the great alchemist. Women are made fair by its use. Sold eootinuowly .Inc. 1789, bright red. The authorities are mak ing a determined attempt to And the guilty party. Queen LSI to Washington. San Francisco, Nov. 21. Ex-Queen Lflluokatanl of Hawaii and party - In cluding her secretary and attorney are expected la arrive here today en route to Washington for the winter. More strikes are threatened In Chi cago and it Is a bad time of year to be out of a Job. For S&n Francisco every five days. Dally ex Colombia Blver to 4 am Daily ex cept Moo cept Hon romaoa sua way landings day straw Steamer Nahcotfa leaves Astoria ox tho tide DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. FOR ILWACO, connecting there with train for Long Beach, Tioga and North Beach points. Returning ar rive at Astoria same evening. rbrough tickets to and from aO pris cipal European cities. Q. W, ROBERTS, Agent, Astoria, Ora. NORTHERN PACIFIC Time Card ol Trains PORTLAND Loavas Arrives ruget Sound Limited.7: tmlifpo Kansas C!ty-8t. Louis special ii-ia a m l:4t urn North Coast limited : m 7:N a Tacoma and Seattl Night express 11:46 pm l:(f Tak Purst Sound Umltad tm North Coast Limited for Gray's Harbor points Take Puget Sound Llmltad for Oiym Dla direct. Take Puget Bound Llmltad or Kan sas Clty-St Louis 8poclal for points on South Bend branch. Double dally train servtoe oa Graf's Harbor branch. Four trains daily between Portland, Tacoma and Seattle. mm. OREGON SSIORJ LINE axo Union Pacific San Francisco and Portland S. S. Co. 71 hours from Portland to Chicago. No change of cars. TIME 8THEDDLE8 From PORTLAND Depart Arrive Chicago Portland Special fclAa. m. Halt take, Denver, Ft tdfpa MCIt.HtLoall, Chicago and toe East via Hunt-j inglon Atlantic klnnu Bait. I.b. I, J - fc "rin, vmana. Kan. 7:li via H uot-w City, til Loata. Inf too Cblcago and tht East BLPanl Fast Mall VUp. m. via Spo kane (Walla Walla, f ewto- lapolU. Ht Paul, Duluthl laud al ' OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULE From Astoria All sailing dates subject to Changs. IF YOU ARE NOT Particular Dont Travel (W tho llllnoi Central, as Any old road will do you and we dont want your patronage; but If you are particular and want tho best and mean to have it, ask the ticket agent to route you via the ILLINOIS CEN TRAL, the road that runs through solid vestibule trains between St Louis, Memphis and New Orleans. No additional charge is made for a seat in our reclinnlg chair cars which are fitted with lavatories and smoking rooms, and have a porter in attend ance. Rates via. the ILLINOIS CENTRAL are the lowest and we will be glad to quote them In connection with any transcontinental line. : B. H. TRUMBULL Commercial Agent, 142 Third Street, Portland, Ore. J. C. LINDSEY, T. P. A P. A., 142 Third Portland, Ore. Street, PAUL B. THOMPSON, Frt ft Passenger Agent, Colman BIdg. Seattle, Wash. il i H I! 1 It 5 !'