THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 88, 1W4. 2 Epitome of Happenings t the National Capital CHRYSANTHEMUMS AS SALAD United State Senator Cockrell of Mi' euri Will Accept Portion Tendered by President Roosevelt. In the annual report of the secretary of war, William H. Taft. Just made public. It la urged that all products of the Philippines except sugar and to bacco be admitted to the United States free of duty, and that upon these two products a material reduction in duty be made. The report shows a standing army of 5S.181 men. and that a great Improvement has been made In sani tary conditions, reducing the death rate. The building of a new executive department Is also urged. President Roosevelt has issued an order amending the civil service rules so as to Include within the classifi cation services the positions of deputy collectors of customs and the chief col lector at each ub-port Future ap pointments, therefore, must be based upon competitive examinations. The order affects about 400 positions. And now it Is chrysanthemum salad. It Isn't so very good, but if you want to be In fashion you must have it once In the season, anyhow. And you must remark, when your guests say, "Oh. how very unique," "Oh, we have It often since the prince taught us how to make it" That gives you a kind of standing, don't you know. The "prince' la Prince Fushuml, who was perfectly amazed when the chrysanthemum ex hibit which waa "on" In the govern ment hothouses when he was here. He said that never in his life had ha seen anyting aa fine as an article of food. The method of preparing the flower for the table, the prince said, waa as follows: First Immerse the blooms In boiling water for from five to six min ute. Then take them out of the hot water and plunge them in cold. After being thoroughly chilled the petal are pulled off, and are seasoned to taste with oil, vliegar, pepper and salt This the prince said, was a favorite aalid in his country with all classes. Not only are the fresh flowers used that way, the prince went on to say, but they are also dried for winter use. Before dry ing the petals are plucked and when the housewife wishes to use them they are soaked In water until they expand to their original size. Then they are treated with the boiling and cold water baths, as the fresh flowers. The prince said that as a general thing only the white and yellow chrysanthe-' mums are used in the preparation of salada in Japan. Colonel Bromwell, the engineer offi cer in charge of public buildings and grounds, reports to the war department the practical completion of two new green bouses for the white house, lo cated In the monument grounds, and the commencement of a third house In the same locality for use In storing the bay trees from the white bouse during the winter. The new building will be 170 feet long, 20 feet wide and 15 feet high. One by one the powers are accepting President Roosevelt's suggestion that another session of The Hague tribunal be convened to complete the work out lined by the first peace congress. Sec retary Hay has Just received cordial responses from Sweden and Mexico The Swedish government expresses It gratitude to the president for calling the matter to the attention of the powers, accepts the invitation and ex presses the opinion that one of the most Important subjects which the court should consider is the effect of war on the rights of neutrals and a deflinttion f contraband of war. Mexico' ac ceptance la equally cordial. Senator Cockrell of Missouri das been offered bis choice of two positions by the president. He can go on the Isthmian canal commission, or ha can take the vacancy on the Interstate com mere commission. In either case his salary will be about $7000, which will he aa increase of at least t!S00 over what he receives as United States sen star, so It will have paid Senator Cock' rell pretty well to have Missouri go republican. Senator Cockrell Is per fectly willing to accept anything the president has to give him, but, of course, his term in the United States senate does not expire until March 4, l0g. LACROSS ENTHUSIASTS. Bi Association Formed to Forward th Gam. New Tork, Dec. 24. If the plans of the Inter University La Crosse Asso ciation aa proposed at the annual meet ing of the organization Just held here are successful, there will be no division of authority as at present and the game may become ono of the most popular of college sports. Te amalgamation of the Interuni- veralty and Intercollegiate Associations haa been talked of for some time, but the matter has now been placed In such shape as to give encouragement to the promoter that the two organl utlona will ork together. The object of the coalition la to have uniform playing' rule among the col lege of the east. The Interunlveralty Association la composed of Columbia, Harvard, Cornell and Pennsylvania The Intercollegiate la made up of Le high. Swarthmore, Stevena and John Hopkins. BRAZILIAN TROUBLES. Government I Having Good Tim With Enemies, Xew Tori Deo. 14. The chief of po lice ha handed to the government the result of his Investigation of the re cent disturbances, cables the Rio Ja neiro, Brasll, correspondent of the Her aid. He say the object waa to over throw the republic. It waa proposed. accordlug -to the report, that Senator Laura Sod re should be Dictator until the re-establishment of the monarchy The revolution waa to , have begun October 17. but failed in consequence of the vigilance of the police. This report la considered strange continue the correspondent, as all the heada of the. 'movement are known as good republicans. The senate, acceding to the request of the government, haa authorised the trial of Sodre by a council of war. The supreme court has denied the habeas corpus presented In favor Of Sodre and the Deputies Varela, Bar bosa and Lima. ESTATE SETTLED. Million Dollar Property Settled by Judge Wallace, Visnlla, Cat. Dec. 24. Judge Wallace of the superior court of Tulare county has handed down his decision in re gard to who Is entitled to letters of administration In the estate of Jane Davis who died In New York and left Jan estate In California valued at over a million dollar . since wuiinm uor don French, an alleged heir of San Francisco, had assigned his Interest in the estate to his attorneys and that although his Interests were reassigned to him the court held that he was not entitled to any portion of the estate as an heir at law, but merely as an as signee. That being the case Judge Wallace issued letters to the public adminis trator of Tulare county, who filed the first petition In the case as he con sidered that he had the better right to letters. MYSTERY DEEPENS. End of Paul Syveton Likely to Lead to Other' Fat. Paris, Dec. 24. The mystery of the death of Paul Syveton Is developing Into a plot and a counter plot rivalling the most fervid of the dramas of Paul Hervius. The evidence of assassination Is Increasing, and it is expected it will lead to sensational arrests. Mme. Syveton has begun action against the newspapers for publishing stories leading to her husband's death. AT THE STAR r WILL CHARM At the Star on Monday will appear a bill of exceptional merit. The Zat Zems, sensational knife throwers, will do their "turn;" one that la hair-raising and thrills any audience, 'Herbert, the Frog Man," la a con- tortlonlst with something out of the usual line, and his act has elicited ap- JOY AT THE FORT Soldiers Will Uve High For To- Day Anyway. MENU DOES THE MESS CREDIT Feet ball Game With-Chemawa Indian Had t B Postponed a Day or Two on Account of a Chang In ' Dates Dance to B Given. 1 At Ft Steven today the aoldlera of the Ninety-third company, coast ar tillery, will hold high carnival. Under the gracious patronage of Captain Harry L. Steele, and by the kind pro Idence that loaned Q. M. Sergeant Sid ney O. Logan, to the "mess," the boys of the artillery will live high. Non-believers are required to cast their eyes over the following menus and to observe that the aoldlera do not make any discrimination in the matter of dinner, but demand three meats, and good ones: Christmas Menu. Breakfast Fruit. T-bon ateak. French tried potatoes, breakfast rolls bread and butter; chocolate. Dinner Oyster stew, roast goose bread dressing, cranberry sauce, roast suckling pig, apple sauce, mashed po tatoes, baked sweet potatoes, aweet corn, green peas, celery, olive, plum duff. Vanilla sauce, oranges, bananas grapes, apples, nuts, assorted candles coffee, beer, cigars. Supper Cold roast goose, cold roast pig, cranberry sauce, catsup, Swiss cheese, mince pie. cukes, nuts, assorted fruit tea, bread, butter, cigar. Approved: H. L. Steele Captain Ar tillery corps, Commanding Company. There are endless stories of midnight connivance connected with the soldiers' celebration, but It would be dishonor able to divulge all the secrets of the corps, and It Is only necessary to men tion that Sergeant Logan compelled the murder of part of the company pigs for the feast. Henry Cauley, first-class gunner escaped, but that waa only be cause Ernest McQowan. also a first- class gunner, felt that it would be cannibalism to feed on Henry's brisket, A game with the Chemawa Indians waa scheduled for tomorrow, but on account of the connection of datea II waa found necessary to postpone the game, which will probably be held on Tuesday, though the exact time, and the schedule will be announced In the Astorian as soon as it is decided. In addition to the other festivities it has been decided by the soldiers to hold a dance on some date during January, and It is expected this func tion will be on a scale that will sur pass any yet attempted at the fort. NEXT WEEK. OBSERVER3. plause from crowded houses over two circuits. Weaver and Jones, impersonators, are promised as a "card" Whelna and Holmes, the acrobatic "Chinks," are a 'source of delight to comedy lovers. A new illustrated song, in the favorite singer'a best voice, la promised, as well as a new act of moving pictures. ' - . 1 ,t i r Pears' Soap, like books, should be chosen with discretion. Both are capable of infinite harmJ l n The selection , p Pears', is a perfect choice and a safe guard , against soap evils. ... . , i. , Matrhlr lor the complexion. THIRTY-FOURTH EATS. Faast I th Limit of th Art of th Prmir Chf. Th Thirty-fourth coast artillery at Fort Steven will have a dinner today that ha peculiar feature, though the plecea-de-reslstanre seem to mean all that la Intended, and the aoldlera of th company will be far from starv ing. Roast pork served on a short truck should be an Impressive part of the dinner. When the heroes of Ant-hill see the viands corning their way, the betting la even that they will stay to eat It. The chef knows what he Is doing. The menu follows: Menu. Oyster Soup (Served In Oil Measures) Celery Ptcklea Crackers Roast Turkey (On Loading Trays) Cranberry Sauce dlblet Oravy Cosmic Dressing Roast Pork (Served on Short Trucka) Apple Sauce Sweet Potatoes Mashed Potatoes Sweet Corn Oreen Teas Bread Butter Pumpkin Pie Apple Pie Mine Pie Orange Bananas Chocolate Cigar Coffee (Fused If called for) Master of Ceremonies Q. M. Sergt Thomaa N. Hulse. Cooks Theodore Ileitis and Earl V. Wilson, assisted by BenJ. F. Perin. Decorations by company artist. SETTLEMENT REACHED. Arbitration la th Mean to Effect th End. Chicago, Dec. K Arbitration has been employed successfully to settle wage scale difference between office building manager and 200 stationary firemen employed in U0 downtown of fice blocks. The arbitration tribunal has been In session for two weeks. 1. BLANK BOOK MAKERS LITHOGRAPHERS PRINTERS LINOTYPERS is t Complete Printing Plant in Ore No Contract to Large. No Job too Small Book and Magazine Binding a Specialty CANDIES PAR EXCELLENCE Largest Factory in Oregon Is in City of Astoria. Polysarpua andlt oannot bo told ohaao a com, but th best prod' wot of th oandymaker' art ar pro duood in tho ImmsnM factory of th Eastern Candy Company, on Duano stroV and th oboloo sweet that you need to grooo your Chrlstma beard, and to (III th llttl ono'a lockings with, r tko oheapoat. beoauM they aro th beet, at th tor on Commer cial street. You wouldn't glvo your children polsenf Then don't glvo thorn Infer ior oandio. You wouldn't try to mak a bad Im pression en your wthartf Than giv hr soma wt that aro at good in Intrinsic worth a they ar attract ive In appernee, and, at th ama time, patronlio a horn Industry that la gratr than you may roatlio. Wo havo on our oounUr EIGHT TONS OF THE BEST CHRISTMAS CANDIES over offered In the state of Oregon, and our factory I the largest In th state.. Thla eould not bo so If our good wore not THE BEST. THE EASTERN CANDY CO 504-50I Commercial St, Astorl. Where THE EXPENDITURE OP A SMALL AMOUNT OP MONEY SHOULD NOT PREVENT THE BATH ROOM FROM BEING THOROUGHLY MODERN AND SANITARY. THERE IS NOT ANY PART OP THE HOUSE WHICH EXERTS MORE INFLUENCE ON THE HEALTH OF THE FAMILY THAN THE BATH ROOM, THEREFORE THE NECESSITY OF ITS BEING EQUIPPED WITH fi rr... w mm kite 1 yr nfci&&tt m i if Ther ar still in dally um many of the "ted-In" tin bath tuba and "inclosed" marbl wath-etand, whleh wro considered good year ago, but ar now ebtolet and unsanitary. If the fixtures were removed and "Standard" Bath and One . Piece Lavatorie Initalled In their places, H would not only Improve th sanitary condition of th house, but Ineroa ita selling value aa w.ll. W Invite all person lntrtd In Modern Bath Room to visit our chow room and examine th ssmpls of "Standard" war w havo on display. JOHN A. MONTGOMERY AHTOKIA. 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