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THE MORNING ASTORIAN ASTORIA, OREGON. FRIDAY, DICEMICR U, 1N4. THE MORNING ASTORIAN Established 1871 rmk)M4 Daily (Kxsept Moaday) T THE J. S. DELLtNGER COMPANY. J- t' ' 1 ' t , SUBSCRIPTION RATES. ' ' T By mail per year I 0 By iaail, per month ............. It By carrier, per month (0 THE SEMI-WEEKLY ASTORIAN. By ail, per year. In advance ..U 00 tVOntora for the deUmln of Tm Hoamm AaraaiAK to Minor wnwiaw or pw oaui br aortal oard r thrones Me- . Amy kninitertty ia Wlwry ahould b amaMdiatatj report! to tba offloa of pnblicaUoa. , Telephone Main 661. would be better to KUl the ;.r.d!gl on. Those who Jam must pa th IM' dler la a truism applicable to the men who haa tout his all In lonnln- the de poalts of hla palrona, made necessary by being caught In the meshea of a notorloua adventureaa whose demand for money could not be resisted for fear of exposure. There la not a bank er In the world who will loan money to a woman upon Intangible securities without Indorsement, unlesa he were under the hypnotic Influence of a wo man. This ia the Inevitable punsh tnent meted out to all who leave the parth of rectitude to bask In the smiles of femininity and enjoy the dunlin beauty and alluring smiles and en chantmenta, of women whose cupidity has been the ruination of many an honest man. This Is the Inevitable re suit of midnight carrousals and de bauchery. The scriptural Injunction of "The way of the transgressor Is hard.' Is applicable to those who are now ap inealln to the courts for a redress of their grievances. Today' Weather. Portland. Dec. SS. Oregon and Washington Friday Rain or snow. THE WAGES OP SIX. Sensations, no matter what the real facts, are read and devoured with avid ity by the reading public in this age and generation. Anything that par takes of a sensational character pub lished in a newspaper Is read with more Interest that the home news. In order to cater to the demands of the sen sation loving public, newspapers vie THE CZAR'S REFORM DREAM, In the exuberanee of his gratitude to Omnipotence on the birth of an heir, Csar Nicholas was moved to de cree many alleged reforms which, on the face of things, appears the Initia tion of a new and radical policy. The salient features of the reform manlfes- to were the abolition of the knout, the remitting of arrears due to the state for land purchased by serfs at the time of their emancipation, amnesty to political prisoners and exiles, the lessening of penalties for common law transgressions and the promulga tion of a policy of mediation toward distressed Finland. Of all these fair-sounding promises, A Rumored Tongue Point Lumber Co. Contemplate Change. WILL OPEN LUMBER YARD Wharf Privileges Said to Have Been Secured for a Cumber Yard in the Business Portion of the City. with each other in securing sensational I it is probable that only one that re stories that satisfy the morbid desire of readers for something out of the ordinary. The Chadwick trial prom ises to fill a long felt want, and every one is on the tiptoe of expectancy for every new development. The Nan Patterson trial and the land, fraud cases have also come In for their share of notoriety, but not to the extent of the Mrs. Chadwick fiasco. Predicating our opinions upon the meager evidence in the case, the state ments of dupes to her wiles and fasci nations, the sorrow of old grey-headed bankers, who have been dupes of her caprices, . superinduced by a bevy of French waiting maids, domiciled at her mansion for the avowed purpose of c&Uhjng the jpnvary in her net, and weaving around them a web from which It is Impossible to escape with out sacrificing a large amount of world ly possessions, Mrs. Chadwick has cer tainly won an enviable reputation. The more charitably Inclined would be apt to designate her palatial man ion as a den of Iniquity, 'but the legal definition would put It in the category f a house of assignation. Where glided palace is fitted up with private apartments tot gentlemen and their friends; where wine flows freely, and French waiting maids dance the eou aee-couchee and can-can for the edi fication and amusement of the patrons It la not conducted upon the business principles usually prevailing at bank ing institutions. Many an old gray headed sinner, whose outward reputa tlons is supposed to be beyond re proach, will go up against Mrs. Chad wick s game and loosen their purse strings, whereas in their business re lations they are considered close and penurious. A short time ago Mrs. Chadwick chaperoned a bevy of 12 beautiful young ladies on a trip to Europe, pay Ing all their expenses. She went for the ostensable purpose of purchasing a diamond, but In reality to create an Impression with the susceptible crown ed heads of Europe with hor galuxy f pretty American ladies, to charm them with their hypnotic influence, for the purpose of inducing them to pnrt w'th a few soverlngs of the realm. In her New York home of ellden splendor, and alluring enchantments, she practised her vocation preferring the wealthy banker .ind capita:Mt to acquaintance of her sex, and she worked the craft for all it was worth. iany men, rearing exposure, pore meir misfortunes and loss of money with seoret fortitude, but when a bank was, wrecked, pretended remorse was tfc only V course open, and it Is being worked to alleviate the shame and dls grace brought about br too frequtnt visits to Urs. Chadwick'j den of in iqulty. That Mrs. Chadwick will escape her Just deserts from the meshes of the law through legal technicalities, no one doubts, and her many victim wl)'. be left to suffer the consequences of overt acts, brought about by the en tangling alliances of cupidity, with their only assets, the memory of many happy evenings spent with Mrs. Chad wick and her French waiting maids, enjoying the wlerd coochee-coochee and can-can gyrations of beautiful srlrls Imported especially for the oc casion. Sympathy is walsted upon '.mi men who In an ungarded moment, seek the society of a notorious charlatan, and they are unworthy the hospitality ac corded to the prodigal son who wasted his substanec In riotlous living. When they return to' their families, after hav ing undergone the exposure and dis grace of their midnight seances, there will be no fatted calf killed and no sumptuous banquet aervel to weko-ne their return to their homes. Instead of killing the fatted calf, It latlng to the knout will benefit the people of Russia to any permanent ex tent The remainder are like the col chlcum which a gouty patient takes In the throes of his paroxyms the pain is deadened for the time, only to re turn with redoubled severity, for the very elemental reason that the malady itself has never been touched. Say that leniency toward political prison ers will result in the freeing of hun dreds and the abbreviating of a thou sand odd sentences. The Institutions against which these men still exist, and the penalties for pro ' test are as rigorous as ever. Open criticism of the policies or regulations of the government is forbidden and agitation for civic reform Is punish able In various degrees of severity, at the discretion of a merclnary Judi ciary. Of what avail, then. Is the tern It was rumored on the streets yester day that the Tongue Point Lumber Company, the Hume mill, will open a lumber yard In the business portion of the city for the purpose of securing a shure of the local business, and that arrangements have been made to se cure a large wharf for handling the products of the mill. Heretofore nearly all the lumber used for local building purposes and street work has been furnished by the other mills, and as the Tongue Point Co. haa added In creased facilities Is is In a position not only to supply their foreign and coast wise trade, but the local trade as well. In this connection. It Is report ed that there will be a material re duction In the price of lumber. Complaint has been made by mem bers of the common council that the city of Astoria has been paying more for street lumber than Is charged any other city on the const, and at least 10 per cent more than Is charged in Port laud. Up river mills have been con sulted and agreed to furnish lumber for nearly one-third less than the price bow charged. Although the matter was brought to the attention of the com mon council on several occasion, no ac tion was taken. Contractors claim they are compelled to pay a high price for lumber, necessitating an tncrease In the prices charged for street work. inveighed' A" the .property owners were com pelled to pay me increasea cnargea, the council evidently thought It was a matter that did not concern It. A prominent gentleman stated to an Astoria n representative yesterday that the prices charged local contractors was considerable less than that charged private Individuals, and that the con o And our store jammed full ' of everthintf that goes to make the man or boy happy. We will be pleased to help you in your selections. :' r& " To h cvtr. lArfTMTTEtrt f 1TICITDF rk f Jt Will 1 EIt IWiyiWW-r that'. worl4 of latlilactloa la Smoking Jackets House Coats Lounging Robes Store open every evening till . eight o'clock Not HlflvPTiced Goods, for GUI Purposes Only, but Popular NovaM, la Popular rabrict. at Popular Price to supply the wtjits of the every .day maoi who fcppredaiM Hous Comfort Lot us show you th fen you'll be wuuo to py thaji woatk, Store open every evening till eight o'clock o o m o 9) O o q R EMEMBER everything guaranteed to give satisfaction or money refunded. P. A. STOKES ''Swell Togs for Men osoooooooooosoooaoo&oneoo CLUE TO TRUNKS. porary liberation of offenders who. ; " "; . I : . f ih.i ber as well as on the contracts He uaif tuc ."""'fl1 ....... ' tlons, will immediately expose them selves anew to the operations of the prohibitive laws? The remission of the land taxes will be of transitory benefit, but how can the vast body of poverty-stricken peas antry be expected to thrive, when crushing taxes are constantly levied to maintain Internal and foreign poli cies, and to fatten the most corrupt system of government In the world? The Finnish amelioration, likewise will amount to little in the end, since .v.- ! .V.I-- k. Vlnn. Ur. mil U1C Ulll tiling j the one thing which Russia will never grant, is absolute independence or St. Petersburg, and the privilege of liv ing an Individual national existence Doubtless, the czar meant kindly in his recent ukase, but unless he intends to make the administration of the an aesthetic only the preliminary to an heroic operation which will cure the disease, the Russian proletariat will have little cause for Jubilation over the wisdom of the stork. The abolition of the knout Is the one notably hopeful phase of the proc lamation. The late Dr. Benjamin How ard .who visited RuBsIa several years ago and who made a thorough study of the use of this terrible Implement of puntshment, gives a detailed de scription of Its operation whlcn Is too repugnant for unexpurgated pub lication. Its use In the hands of the brutal public officials if torture of the most exquisitely cruel nature. At the conclusion of a knoutlng the victim Is a mangled, groaning mass of raw flesh. Death is preferable to its frightful administration and even those sufficiently hardy to survive its use, bear deep scars to the day of their death. This one feature of the current reforms, therefore, will be hailed with Joy, not only by the Russians them selves, but by every humane person who ha followed the trend of events In the Muscovite domain. Carrots for breakfast is the beauty prescription of a French dame who lec tured at the city hall to school teachers the other evening. This old reclpa is not an Inviting one for even a feminine hpantv seeker. Schoolma'ams are beautiful enough, we believe, without the carrot diet, especially here in As toria. o Down in Chicago a poet claims to have discovered how to perfect per petual motion. A good deal of that Chicago poetry sounds as If It was turned out that way. Nan Patterson says if she I acquit ted she Intend becoming an evan gelist. And if she Isn't acquitted sne Isn't likely to get a chance to be any thing but an angel. cited several Instances where this was done He further stated that all street work could be done considerably cheaper than It is now, If the city pur chased the lumber and awarded the contract for doing the work On an Im provement that cost $875 a block the material could be bought and the work done for less than $800 All of this ex tra expense Is assessed against the lots benefited by the Improvement, and thej charges are considered exorbitant In this connection It Is reported that i an effort will be made to have the com mon council ask for bids for sup plying lumber for street work, and that hereafter all street contracts will be based upon the prices charged by the lowest bidder. It I believed tht-t this is the Inducement that actuates the Tongue Point Lumber Company In se curing -wharflng privileges and start ing a lumber yard down town so as to be In a position to compete with other mills. That the property owners are entitled to some consideration In the matter Is apparent from reports made to the common council. If the Tongue Point Lumber Com pany concluded to open up yards In the business portion of the city, It no doubt means a big reduction In the price of lumber, both for building pur poses and street work as the company Is financially uble to meet prices with any mill on the Columbia river. An effort was made yesterday to In terview Mr. Hume, but he was not to be found In order to confirm the rumor Chadwick Will Rsaoh N.w York en Wednesday. Cleveland. Dec, 22. Dr. Chadwick and his wife are Jointly Indicted by the county grand Jury today on charge of having forged the 15.000,000 note alngned Andrew Carnegie. Mr. Chadwick Is now on his way to New Tork from Paris, and I expected to land Wednesday. Mr. Chadwick I In better health today than for some time. Nathan Loesser, the receiver, said today he obtained Information con cerning the whereabouts of Mrs. Chad- wick's missing trunk and satchel, and Expects to recover them. Attsll Win. St. Xouls. Dec. 22. Monte Attell Sun Francisco, knocked out Johnny Regan, New York, In the 17th round of a 20-round fight. Fought Draw. Kalnmaxoo, Dec. 22. Clarence Forbes of Chicago and Hurry Cobb of Detroit fought 10 rounds to it draw tonight. Come and See what we Have to tShow You in HOLIDAY GOODS Our Stock if complete and belter than ever before. J. N. GRIFFIN teller's Opera Mouse l. E. SELIG - - Lessee and Manager 6AILOR GOT DRUNK. Admis ion to Agent of th Rutcians Cause a Stir. London, Dec. 22. Publication in St, Petersburg Is given the statement that the Hull fishermen voluntarily de posed that the foreign torpedoboats were among the Dogger Bank trawlers when the latter were fired upon by the ships of the Russian fleet. This Is probably nothing more than a repeti tion of similar statements emanating from Hull and appearing in the Lon don papers In the last few days. These are circumstantial and It would cer tainly appear to be true that some men of the Gamecock fleet made statements before the Russian consul. The name of only one of these has been revealed. He Is the boatswain of the trawler Ava, and be said today he was Induced to make the statement while intoxicated. He admits he received a certain amount of money, but says now the statement made was untrue. All the published report from Hull say posi tively these statements were secured by two agents of the Russian govern ment, but the Russian embassy In London tonight repeated a denial, Bay ing there Is no truth In the 'state ment ' ' Nelson Is Out San Francisco, Dec. 22. Hattllng Nelson, applied tonight for the arrest of "Ted" Murphy, his malinger, alleg ing that Murphy left the city taking 1)10,000 belonging to Nelson. In Purls uutomobllt-N tire to be used ns garbage carts. They would be much more useful as "dead" wagons. The Russian soldier fights for a cent a day, and up to date he hasn't earned any more than tnut. CHRISTMAS PRE8ENTS. at A Lsrg. and Varisd Assortment Ekitrom's. Here are a few article which will make suitable and handsome Christ ma present for anyone. All popular and stylish, cheap In price, but high In quality. Read: Silver novelties In numerous different pattern, handsome cut glass pieces, sterling silverware, ebony good In brushes, glasses and toilet seta, fancy umbrella and canes match boxes, tableware, fine chains. chafing dishes, carving sets, special watches, diamonds, brochea and a thou sand other things. It will pay you to consult our prices before going elsewhere. H. EKSTROM, Astoria, Ore. Today Zapp A Co. will sell you IS Solid Oak Morris chairs for $5.96. Schlitz's beer made Milwaukee fa mous, and la having the same effect on the Grotto. Nothing better on th market " The Orotto will supply patron with deliclou Tom and Jerry every day. The superior quality of good which haa made th Orotto popular, will be supplied. Week Commencing Monday, December 26th KEITH STOCK COMPANY A company ef necoplished player, appearing In a powerful repertoire of play replete with special scenic embellishments. opening performance o.mb.r 26, Monday, D- "Slaves of Russia" Followed en eth.r night by ("Brother Against Brother," "Cpt. Fresh, U. 8. A" "Senator's Daughter," "Powsr of Truth" and "Light Hous Robbery." Rcserveil Scats, 35c; Children in Gallery 15c, Adults 35c. ens Saturday morning at 9 o'clock at Fisher llros. Office. PRICES: Seat sale opens Worst of AM Exp.rl.no., Can anythlag be worse than to feel that .very mlnut will b your last? Such was th xperlenc of Mr. S. H. Newton, pecatur, Ala. 'Tor three year" h writes, "I endured Insuff- erable pain from Indigestion, stomach and bowel trouble. Death eemed In evitable when doctor and all remedle failed. At length I wo Induced to try Electric Bitter aad th result was marvslou. I I aa proved at one and now I'm completely recovered. For Liver, Kidney, Stomach and Bowel trouble Electrlo Bitter la th only medicine. Only lie. It' guaranteed by Cha. Roger Dragglst iimmmroc Oo to the New Style Restaurant for a square meal. JUST ARRIVED! large shipment of live Turkeys, Gees and Chickens, from Southern Oregon, at the BOND STREET MARKET the largest poultry house In Astoria. We have hired ten' men expressly to dress poultry for the Christmas and New Tear' trade. Tou can save money by buying your poultry from us. Phon 2182 Red. Next Time You iieod a pair of Men's, Women ' or Children's SHOES Honest, Durab le Shccs For less money than you hare boen paying try $. A. GMRE 543-545 Bond St. o f