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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1904)
THURSDAY, DECEMBER , 1904, THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORfA, OREGON. 3 5- NEW RAIN MAKER low.: On a vessel of the Pobleda type. : . MEATS - FISH - GAME - POULTRY IHtMIMMIlMMMIMWIIWIWMItMIMMIIIIWIIIIIIIIIIMIHimillllMHIIIWIIIIIII Everthing seasonable is in our Market. We sell only Ircsli, pure andclean foods. Prompt delivery. Lverycustomer satisfied. 14; on the battleship Retvlzan or the cruiser Pallado, 84; on the turret ship FISHER BROTHERS COMPANY Agent! The Linen Thread Co. SALMON TWINE, COTTON TWINE, ROPE Fishermen and Cannery Supplies Poltava, 11. Besides then, (0 other bell "truck, 'from which explosion followed. "On December 6 seven sheila struck the battleship Pobleda and about 1:30 Hatfield of California Goes Into the Rain Business p. m. a big explosion was 'observed aouth of Palyu mountain, resulting from the effects of our ahelta evidently on a powder magazine. "Th auvamtfitl Mm), iu. v. I Astoria Fish, Game and Poultry Market, f 1 Nil AD DDAI T---J.. .... .!. I. r . a Z PRODUCED BY CHEMICALS bardment on December S, la inspiring our men to atlll greater effort," I i i X For Stylish Men SuiU with the Snap, Stylo and Finish. vBe correctly dressed. It costs no moro if you soo ' . ANDREW LAKE 4H'J Commercial Street, Can Make It Rain . Without Prayer, or Weather Bureau, - Aid Scon Bay Iron 0 Brass Works , fcafacturers cf Iron, Steel, Brass and Bronze Castings. General Foundryrnen and Patternmakers. Absolutely firstclaaa work. Prices lowest Phenc 2451 . . Comer Eighteenth end Franklin. Pasadena, Deo. 7. California produced many wonderful things why Lf prlnt foods nut. a rfupusr riuviue in in. nesnT Why not a mere mortal with tb. Olym pian power to pull the heavenly puck ering string, that let tb. raindrop. dropT Charles Hatfield, whoa, family la on. of th. well-to-do In southern California, and whoa, father own. one of th. largest ranches in San Diego county. Mem. to-be th. answer. H. say. he's it; that he caused the storm in face of weather bureau pre diction, to th. contrary, and .topped It, contrary prediction, notwithstand ing. Jupiter Pluvlu. couldn't do better than that In hla naltnv Aava ' I According to Hatfield, he has ault business for a time and that, although th. government metrologlsts say there will be more rain, clear weather la on hla card. Cotton Comes Down. New Tork. TUUi 7Buruanln Mrf... I - ' ' . -uv- m tlons In domestic cotton goods, largely necessitated by th. decline in the raw product ar. reported to have been mad. her. by the agents of several great New England mills. Tb. tut. ar. likely to afford many grade., It Is said but th. most noteworthy ma tar mala ar In n"j bleached sheetings an-i certain graies B.yan Aground. Toklo, Dec. 7 (Noon..). The Japan ese troops occupied Akasaka bill, front ing on Port Arthur, yesterday, De cember i. Th. Russian armored cruis er Bayan Is reported to be aground. W.. Fair Game. Berlin, Dec. 7. A dispatch from Toklo to the Lokal Anzleger reports that the prize court at Sasebo declared th. German ship Veteran, captured near Port Arthur, a lawful prize. PiUEL 0 C00H TRANSFER CO. V' . Telephone J2L Draying and Expressing , All go(xUlilpeJtoourcar. will recelreipeolal attention. 709-713 Commercial Street. N. Mora Supplies. Berlin, Dec. 7. According to dis patches to the Lokal Anzleger from Ha h.a hiti. nr. Toklo, the placing of heavy cannon on chemicals and called In his affinities f0J-Metw ' will enable the Japanese and tomorrow will take down his w m JunK" anQ olner crart top ma carrying 01 supplies into the HUIIiniIIIIIIIIIflflllIIlIIlttltllllll...t.rnrTTf Staple and Fancy Groceries FLOUR, FEED, PBOVI8ION8, TOBACCO AND CIQMUS. Bupptie. of alt kind, tt lowest prioei for Fishermen, Farmers and Loggers Branch Uniontown, Phones, 711, Untontown, 713 A. V. ALLEN, Tenth and Coniinoroial Streets. ASTORIA. OREGON. I plant and send It to Los Angeles Mon day to follow himself the next day. Discussing the recent storm, Hat- Held said this evening: The last storm which I have de veloped In the last five days is over. You need not expect any more rain in Pasadena or Los Angeles today. This Is my twentieth experiment sine. I went Into bualnesa on a scientific basis three year, ago next April. Nineteen of the, tests have been entirely sue essful. Th. only faltur. was in Ban Diego county two years ago last July, when I succeeded In developing the fortress by blockade runners. One man voted 100 times in Denver, and he was not much of a citizen at that. . AN ASTORIA PRODUCT Pale Bohemian Beer Best In The Northwest North Pacific Brewing Co. WeinharcTs Lo r Beer. MWMMUMMUUUMRH B II 8 S S II S 8 B 8 8 ) I Our Drugs Are Pure We compound prescriptions with great care from a complete stock of fresh and pure drugs. We also sell all the standard home remedies and all kinds of Proprietary Articles, Combs, Brushes, Razors, Soaps, all kinds of Toilet Articles, Etc. We Charge no Fancy Prices. Corner of Fourteenth anfcomWddStrfet HflTt'S DfUg StQTB 888888888888 That Throbbing Headache. Would quickly" leave you. If ou used Dr. King's New Ufa Pills. Thousands of sufferers have proved their matchless merit for Sick and Nervous Headaches. They make pur. blood and build up your health. Only 25 cents, money back If not cured. storm clouds and causing considerable I Sold by Chaa. Rogers Druggist. rain In th. mountains, but 1 classed tha, experiment as a failure for the reason that I did not succeed In making It rain where I most desired it Living at an out of th. way place, "My log book shows that In th. test remot from civilization, a family Is Just closed the condition, were most I often driven to desperation In case of unfavorable for rain when I started the I accident, resulting In Burns, Cuts, chemical affinity action Monday even- Wounds Ulcers, etc Lay in a supply Inf. Ther had not been rain .for of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, It's the forty-nine days, and th. weather bu-best on earth. 25c, at Chas. Rogera reau predicted continued fair weather. I drug store. Driven to Despsr.tion. YOU CAN DO BETTER HERE WE BUY FOR CASH AND SELL FOR CASH ONLY Heating Stoves, Cook Stove., Ranges. Iron Beds, Spring, and Mattresses are oar specialties. -. . 54 BOND STREET, Next Door to Wells-Far. Ex. C L. H. HENNINGSEN ft CO. CENTRAL MEAT MARKET G. W. Morton and John Fnhrman, Proprietors, CHOICEST FRESH AND SALT MEATS. PROMPT DELIVERY 54a Commercial St. Phone Alain 321. 0$0000000000000000000 s jWbolesal e I CIGARS, PIPES. TOBACCO. ETC. WILL MADISON o e o 01 c O BOO OMMPIICIAL 8T. i-t 114 ELEVENTH 8T. 000000000OX 09000000OSOftQ0000000000) I PLUMBING and TINNING ffl ITEAM HE ATI NO, OAS FITTING, ROTflNQ AND REPAIRING. RATI AJB8, SINKS, CU08ET8 AND OTHER FIXTURES IN O STOCK. ONLY THE BIS T. CALL AND GET OUR PRICES Tueaday morning w. had a heavy fog, Just as we always hav. had the second I day of all my experiments. Wednes-1 day th. aky became overcast, wlthl cirrus clouds Just as It always has I been the third day, Thursday th. sky was overcast with storm clouds, as al ways has been the case on the fourth day, the first fall of rain being re-1 corded between the hours of 4 and S o'clock In the evening. Friday morn ing, between I and t o'clock, we had a light drtsxle, and In the afternoon at 4 o'clock we had our first heavy down pour, continuing, quite heavily until I 5: SO In th. evening. Today I notice the government forecast is for cloudy, I unsettled conditions, with probable showers, but the storm is over, and we I can expect clear weather for a time," ' Hatfield aay. hla next experiments will be made either in San Diego orl San Bernardino county, so far as he knows at this time. "Many persons want to know who is backing me In these experiments,' said Hatfield. "And I wish you to say that I am receiving no financial aid. I have a grand thing in this rain-produc- a ing secret, ana i can wen areora to pay for my experiments until such time as Oil can effectually demonstrate the value! of my discovery. Til show them event- This will help you to FUR. RE WHERE TO BUY NITU No store in Astoria is so well prepared to show you just what ' ' " you want in either plain or ornamental House Furnishings. s i We Sell the Best Values for the Least Moxiey. J. A. Montgomery 428 Bond Street Ph.n. 1031 oooooooooooeooopoooo w ually. S1 JAPS GAINING MZEMFII liMCE COHPM : f ; Of Now Zealand W. P. THOMAS; Mgr., San Francisco. (Continued from Page 1.) Inch, 20 S-pounder and alx 1-pound- er guna of Russian Krupp pattern. Her apeed was IS knots an hour. REPORT CONFIRMED. , UNLIMITED LIABILITY Of SHAREHOLDERS Has been Underwriting on the Pacific Coast for twenty-five years. Meter hia ahows that the turret ship ' " ''' Poltava la sunk and that the battleship Jap Commander Gave D.tail of Raeent Bombardment at . Port Arthur.' tokio, iec. T (Noon.). The com mander of th. Japaneae naval guna In front of Port Arthur, telegraphing on December 6, says: An observation taken from 203- Carpets, Rags, Matting, Iron Beds, Folding Beds, Lounges, RocKers, BooR Cases, Dressers, Stoves and Ranges. - ELMORE 8 CO., Sole Agents Astoria, Oregon, HOTEL PORTLAND The Finest Hotel In the Northwest PORTLAND. OREGON. battleship Retvlsan Is listing heavily to port Observations taken December 61 covered the results of the bombard ment of December 5 are now taking ob servations from a hill near Snutshly-Ing. Since December 2 we have dully I bombarded the enemy's fleet lying south of Pal Yu mountain. From that point only the masts and funnel tops of the battleships Pobleda, Retvisnn or the cruiser Pallnda could be seen. but it was Impossible to count the number of our shells taking effect "On other ships explosions, result ing from our shells could be seen, but owing to their positions behind hills I it was difficult exactly to Identify them. 'The total of our .hell, taking ef Handsome Music Cabinets I Luxurious Morris Chairs From, $7.50 Up. $6.50 to $25. Price our goods and you will not buy elsewhere. We Sell on Easy Payments. Ycur Credit Is Gccd. H. H. Zapf & Co. 630-634 Commercial St. The Leading House Furnishers. a tt tt tt a tt tt a fect on th. enemy', ships were as fol- I