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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1904)
J .THE MOUNINO ASTOKIAN ASTORIA, OKKfiON. SATURDAY, DECIMBI 10, 1904. 11 THE MORNING ASTORIAN Established 187S. rbIUhd DIH (Bxwpi Moo(t.v) by THE J. S. DELLINOER COMPANY. sis SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Br mail per year It 40 Br mall, per month 84 Br carrier, per month THE SEMI-WEEKLY ASTORIAN. Br mall. per year, in advance ..$1 00 fVOtrfer. for the (MiTrrltur of Tna Moiwim Ajtobim to either nwHkmcr or place of buainxm My b. auwla by port! card or Utrouith tele afcoae. Any inviriiUrilT In deli wry should b. ifdUMjr reported to tbe office of pubUctUon. Telephone Main 661. Today's Weather, Portland. Dec. i. Oregon and Wash' tagton Saturday, rain. O ' DUTY OF CITIZENS. Christmas la fast approaching. The children are on the tip toe of expect ancy; parent are busy with gifts for children: the stores of Astoria have provided a larger stock of Christmas novelties this year than usual in an ticipation of an Increased trade. There is one important matter (that should be impressed upon the people of Astoria, and that is the necessity of patronising home merchants. They have all pur chased a large stock of goods, equal In variety to any stock In Portland, and the prices are in many instances low er. The position taken by the Astorlan ta urging: people to patronise home merchants has stimulated the mer chants and relying upon the loyalty 'mod good judgment of the public, have purchased an unusually large stock of goods. The stocks embrace everything in the line of Christmas presents. The toy stores are full of new novelties, just sjs many and just as good as can be purchased in Portland. A little child is just as jnucli pleased with a toy bought in Astoria as one bought In 'Portland. Dry goods stores have laid in a stock adapted for holiday gifts, larger and better than ever before. Clothing merchants have vied with" each other in purchasing goods that will .meet with the wants and requirements of the people'. ' All the merchants are better prepared this year to entertain Christmas shoppers' than ever before. ,r They should be encouraged In their ! efforts. If they receive the patronage '.of all the people of Astoria, they will continue to Increase their stocks, both for holiday and ordinary trade. It will not be long before the stocks carried i in Astoria will be equal, if not superior to stocks carried In any store In Ore ' gon. If, however, the people continue to go to Portland to do their trading; if they persist in purchasing their Christmas goods in Portland, the mer chants of. Astoria will not feel Justi ' fled In trying? to cater to their trade. Every dollar left in Astoria is a pro ?. 'portionate increase In the wealth of the s 8lty, By building up our mercantile ; establishments wf five an incentive for ' manufacturers to come here and locate. "No .manufacturing Industry will locate An a city where a large percentage -of Its people go away from home to - trade. It shows that they nave po con era for home Institutions, i , There is not a single person in As ; toria that can offer a legitimate ex cuse for going away from home to trade. There is no reason why we should not build up Astoria instead of lending our efforts to build up Port fend. Every dollar spent In Portland y so much added to the prosperity of IJiat city, and so much taken away Jfrpm Astoria. It cannot be expected fiiat Astoria rflercbants will contribute Bberally to public entertainments and public enterprises, when they are not patronized by the people seeking their assistance. When mercnams are man- In money, they spend money. This is 'true of every avocation, every employ ment, every business. The more pros perous the business of the city, the more substantial Improvements will be made. It is not a question of saving a few cents, but of keeping money at home. That is what builds up a city, makes It prosperous and Its people hap py and contented. fluenre for good has been felt and ap predated. The fault Is not with those organisations, but with the public who have not accorded them the support they are entitled to. In every prosperous city In the east these Chic Improvement leagues rV the most popular organisations. Every one takes an Interest In them. They have beautiful public parks and streets, the beautiful lawns and shrubery. flow ers and evergreens have taken the ols.ee of rocks, paper, tomato cans. rubber boots and other rubbish so fa miliar in many of the yards of Astoria, Had the Civic Improvement League. originally organised, had the support of which It was deserving, a marked Im provement would be noticeable In As toria today. The ladles who organised it are deserving credit for their enter' prise, and it is to be hoped that the Woman's Club, will devote some of Its time to beautifying the city. o PLAYED BOTH ENDS, AND WON. Father John of Cronstadt, the eml- l-nt nit nr th rsronk rhutvh. must be given credit for knowing a thing or two. When father John was first sp proached by his majesty, the csar. and asked for a prediction concerning the sex of the expected addition to the Romanoff household, he communed with himself at length and finally gave forth a prediction that "It" would be a girl. The prelate, who holds high place as prophet in the mind of the ignorant and superstitious Russians. had probably been studying the law of chances with relation to medical sci ence and he put his prediction on what he though to be solid ground. But later there were many manifes tations of Imperial anxiety and Fath er John was called on again. The fate of the dynasty was at stake. If an other girl came, there was great like lihood that some playful grand duke or other would put a bomb under the cxar's bed or add tincture of Rough on Rats to his morning coffee, and St. Petersburg would have another bril liant funeral with Father John's pro tector playing the principal part.' So the prophet went Into seclusion and evolved another prediction. ThU time he did what the sporting frater nity would call playing a long-shot-he declared that the long-expected son and heir to the troubled throne might be soon expected. Now, In recognition of his prophetic ability, the csar Is heaping honors upon him. But Father John was sure to win whichever way It came. ' o , A GOVERNOR'S MISTAKE. . . CHRISTMAS FOR STRIKERS. Maohinitt's Union of Chioago Will be Remembered Christmas. Chicago, Deo. (.Although they have been on a strike since May Ss, M members of the Machinists' union will dine sumptuously this Chrlsmas If they care to do so. Not only will the strikers have all they want to eat on Christmas day, but the chances are that they will also receive a tidy sum of money and will be able to provide dinners for themselves on several ot her days during the holiday season. An assessment levied upon the mem bers of the Machinists' union who are stilt at work wll afford the means of obtaining Christmas cheer for the OHO strikers. District lodge No. ( of the International Association of Machi nists has decided to play the part of Santa Claua to the strikers. Its mem bers will each give one day's pay to es tablish a Christmas day fund. It Is estimated that there are 3500 members of the lodge now at work In the city and the amount that will be collected from them will be In the neighborhood of 17.000 or enough to give 110 to every striker. The money will be paid Into a gen era! fund and will be distributed by the officers of the organisation. They have not decided whether they will purchase supplies and make up a Christmas basket for the strikers or whether they will give them cash and allow them to expend It as they see fit. ELECTRIC LINE DEAL. CIVIC IMPROVEMENT. The Civic Improvement Club Is a necessary adjunct to every enterpris ing city. The i results accomplished by these organizations In eastern cities are wonderful. For some reason, the qlub in Astoria did not receive the en couragement it deserved. It was In the hands of efficient officers, who Worked hard to secure members and make It a success. The objects of the club were not generally understood In Astoria. It was an Inovation that the early settlers were not accustomed to. To keep yards clean and beautiful, the streets free from rubbish and filth, was something new to them, and there not being sufficient number of eastern people here to take hold of the matter, the Civic Improvement league went out of business. They had collected about $25. They offered to 'turn it back to the donors, but they refused, and It was turned over to the Civic Improvement department of the Wor men's Club. This club is composed of prominent women of Astoria, whose tn- Denver will soon wrest the palm as a rotten borough from Manhattan, Balti more, Delaware and other places which have been notorious " for -.ballot -box stuffing and political corruption. ..In one election precinct of Denver it has been established that ten persons cast 5? ballots, the repeaters voting from 2 to 19 ballots each. Of the 57 bal lots cast by these repeaters 52 were democratic and five republican. For mer Congressman Sha froth of Denver, an honorable democrat, resigned his seat in the present congress when he learned of the ballot-box stuffing that his supporters had Indulged In two years ago. It la high time that Denver roused herself to throw off the yoke of political corruption. I Evidently Governor Peabody made a mistake and drove the wrong men out of the state. It should have been the politicians ' deported Instead of the miners. d - PIONEER DIES. Huntington Aequires Some More In terests in Lot Angeles. San Francisco. Dec. 9. The Call says today that Bunker I. W. Hellman has sold his Interests In th Pa.lnv Electric Railroad Company of Los An geles to Henry E. Huntington. The purchase by Huntington Is said to have been made on account of himself and E. H. Harrlman, president of the Southern Pacific Company. The Pacific Electric Railroad of Los Angeles Is the biggest system of Its kind In that city. It controls the In terurban lines, which for a time threat- ened to make war between the South ern Pacific Company and the street railway owners. The price paid for the transfer of the Hellman Interests is not mentioned. H. E. Huntington leaves today for New York to meet Mr. Harrlman. o Swell Togs For Men. P. A. STOKES 000a030$00030$q$05)0$)0$0$0FOS ()3-V , I m. 1 mm A W M 4 I u ' IO Ql Swell, Togs TIME o O O o 9 O s o o o o lpM W SMI M you were seeing us about your Winter Suit or Overcoat If you expect to be In the "running" with the fashionably dressed men around town. These garments are "chock full" of good quality, and style tnat Is only pro duced by a first class City Tailor. To buy your clothes here is to be well dressed, and to be well dressed is half the battle of life. "Anyone IPTA. STOKES 1 Lra" 0303)0 0(30 00000OSO0000&0$S00 O3OOSOX?0O3i)O$O$0 ALL CAN DRINK WIRELESS TELEGRAPH. Will Be Estsbliihtd Bstwsn Seattle and Port Townt.nd. Seattle, Dec. 9. Within the next few days Seattle will be connected with Port Townsend, Fort Casey, Friday Harbor and Victoria, B. C. by wireless telegraph, and messages will In a short time be received for transmission. Apparatus has been established on the top of "Queen Anne" hill In his city, and also on the revenue cutter Grant, so that communication can easl ly be had with the shore while the cut ter Is In these waters. ELIJAH FOR AFRICA. Mrs. Rosetts 8p.llm.yer Pssms Awsy st Age of 81. Mrs. Rosetta Spellmeyer died yester day afternoon in this city, aged 81 years. She was one of the pioneers of the state. For a long time she has had been bedridden, and her end was due to the encroachment of years. The aged woman's husband died a couple of years ago at the extreme old age of 101 years. Burial will be Sunday, but the funeral arrangements are not completed. A number of rela tives of deceased are In the city. The Usual Story. The Portland Journal contained an article yesterday, wherein First Officer Flndlay claims that he was subjected to many Indignities while the Ellerlc was lying in quarantine. Like all of ficers of this class he Is of the opinion that he should be taken to a first-class hotel and treated as some noted digni tary. Arrogance and importance are two of the component parts of petty officials, who demand for themselves what they are not willing to accord to their subordinates. When a ship is In fected with smallpox the quarantine officer knows no distinction or rank, and follows the laws Implicitly. Dr. Earle is always considerate to the un fortunates, but he has certain duties to perform and he propows to perform them without fear or favor. The charges made by Flndlay are unwar ranted by the facts. Ports have to be protected from Infectious diseases as a safeguard to the lives and health of the community and Dr. Earle can be depended upon to see that these Inter ests are protected. Big Increase Made, Chicago, Dec. 8. In reviewing the building operations In 25 of the prin cipal cities of the United States for the month of November, compared with the am month In 1903, the Construction News tomorrow will say there has been a total increase of about 26 per cent British Government Offers Territory to the Zionists. New York. Dec. 9. The commission of inquiry to examine the territory in East Arflca offered by the British gov ernment by the Zionists will, according to a Times dispatch from London sal! for East Africa this month and will probably report early In April. It consists of Major Gibbons, an Af rican explorer; Dr. Wllburch, a civil engineer, and Prof. Kaiser, scientific advisor to the Northwest Cameroons, Company, Colorado Governor. Denver, Dec. 10. The supreme court today heard arguments on a motion which has an Important bearing upon the result of the election of governor and members of the legislature In this state. Attorneys representing the republi can party have asked the supreme eourt. which has assumed original jurisdiction In the local election caBes, to order the Denver election com mission to throw out the entire vote In which It is alleged the court's order re lating to watchers was violated, with out an Investigation to determine the number of legal votes cast nnd without opening the ballot box. Should the court order the vote of this precinct thrown out, the attorneys for the republicans wil demand similar action in respect to about fifty pre cincts in which it Is charged that the court's orders were violated. All these precincts gave majorities for Alva Adams for governor, and by throwing out the returns the republi can managers hope to overcome Adams' majority of about 11,000 In the state, and continue Governor Peabody In office. The control of the state sen ate also appears to hinge upon the de cision on this matter. v Diaz 8tsnds Pst. City of Mexico, Dec. 9. President Diaz has reappointed the entire cabi net, also asking the congressional sanction thereto. $25 Reward. To the parties that circulated the report that there was a number of Senby Gas engines on the Columbia river that would not run and were laid aside for "scrap Iron," I will pay th above reward tor the name of each owner of said engines furnished me through the Astorlan. ' ANDREW HAUGE. (Continued From First Page.) the payment by towns, titles nnd coun ties, to any person who has taken out a license, nnd then by reason of prohi bition being voted In his precinct must quit prior to the termination of his license, of a proportionate share of the license money paid. The state board of agriculture ran Issue license to sell only during the time the fair Is being held and not to exceed 30 days In any one year, und from that fact and the fact that the fair Is conducted by the state through a board of com missioners duly provided for, I am of the opinion that the voters of the stale ' did not have In mind the state board of agriculture when they voted local option, and If so, then In the light of the authorities above cited, the board may Issue license to sell 'liquor, malt, vinous and distilled,' on the fair grounds during the time of holding the fair. However, to remove all doubt In the matter, It could be referred to the coming January session of the legislature." That Throbbing Hsadaehe. Would quickly leave you. If ou used Dr. Klng'a Ntw Life Pllla Thousands of sufferers have proved their matchless merit for Sick and Nervous Headaches. They make pure blood and build up your health. Only 25 cents, money back If not cured. Sold by Chas. Rogers Druggist. For sale At Gaston's feed stable, No. 105 Fourteenth street; one Landle'i harness machine; one Smith-Premier typewriter; one 20 hp motor and belt ing; 1000 good sacks. Hssp Much Gon.. Wichita, Kan., Dec. 9. A special to the Eagle from Coffeyvllle, Kan., says that A. B. Hearst was blown up In the explosion of a magazine of 800 quarts of nltro-glycerlne. Nothing has yet been found of the man, wagon or two horses. For Sale A lot of nice household furniture, as good as new. Inquire of Mrs. It. G. Owens, 171 Exchange St. Net lee to Stockholder. Notice It hereby given that the regu lar annual meeting the stockholders of the Columbia River Packers Associa tion will be held at the offices of the company at Astoria, Oregon, on De cember 12th, 1904, at 11 o'clock, A. M for the purpose of electing Directors, and the transaction of such other business as may properly bp considered. ( Astoria, Or., Nov. 28. 1904. j GEO. H. OEOROE. Seo'r. JUIUUU Best meals In town at the New Stylo Rvstuurant, SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. HOTEL ARRIVAL8. Parker 'House, Chas. Knead, V. Si. A. ' A. L. Bond, Portland. C. ('. Day, Seattle. II. Miinlyre, Portland. Lee Milam, Portland. ThoK. Jones, City. 11. (.'. Htockwell, Los Angeles, Cal. W. Hanson, West port. II. Hanson, Westport, H. n. To the Public Notice is hereby given that polling place for precinct number six In the city of Astoria, for the election to be held on the 14th day of December, 1904, has been moved from the old Adair schoolhouse to the mess house near McGregor's mill. OLOF ANDERSON. Auditor and Police Judge. CHRI8TMA8 PRESENT8. at A Largs and Vsried Assortment Ekstrom's, Here are a few articles which will make suitable and handsome Christ mas presents for anyone. All popular and stylish, cheap In price, but high In quality. Read: Silver novelties In numerous different patterns, handsome cut glass pieces, sterling silverware, ebony goods in brushes, glasses and toilet sets, fancy umbrellas and canes. match boxes, tableware, fine chains. chafing dishes, carving sets, special watches, diamonds, broches and a thou sand other things. It will pay you to consult our prices before going else where. . H. EKSTROM, Astoria, Ore. The Baltimore A Ohio Rsilrosd's New Through Serviee. Effective November 27th, 1904, and thereafter, a new dally train will be Inaugurated,' leaving Grand Central passesger station, Chicago, at 10:30 p. m., for Akron, Cleveland, Youngs- town, Pittsburg and Intermediate points, connecting at Pittsburg with Puquesne Limited" for Philadelphia and New York, and with truin No. 10 for Washington, D. C and Baltimore. This train will be equipped with first-class day coaches, Pullman sleep ers nnd Ulnlng car service. On all through tickets' stop-over will be allowed at Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia, not to exceed 10 days at each place. For further particulars address, Peter Harvey, General Agent, Room 1, Hobart Bldg.. San Francisco, I). B, Martin, Manager Passenger Tradlc Baltimore, Md. B. N. Austin, General Passenger Agent, Chicago. , Next Time You ncod a pair of Men's, Women's or Children's Honest, Durab c Shoes For less money than you have been paying try S. A. GIRE 543-545 Bond St. niMIlHlJIIlIIP4M Fisher's Dora Mouse Li E. SELIG. Lessee end manager Week Commencing Honday, Dec. 5 ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY I JAMES KEANE High And his entire company, presenting a now line of plays, class Vaudeville Specialties between the acts. Popular Prices Reserved Seata, 50c: Gallery. 25c. Seat sale opens Saturday morning at Griffin's Book Store. , V, t I i L