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TUtSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1904. THE MORNING ASTORIAN. ASTORIA, OREGON. THE MORNING ASTORIAN Established 1873. Pu.lUaea tally (Exe.pt Mondsy) by THE 4. S. DELllNGER COMPANY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Br Pr yf .".............$ By soail, per month W By carrier, per month (0 THE ' SEMI-WEEKLY ASTORIAN. By nail, per year. In advance Y.U 00 tV-Onkn for the driiwin of Tt Vunjiiw inwuii to etthor iwtdww. or place of businnw ay be made by postal cmnl r thronrh tele pans. Aay trrvutrT In (WItwt hould be louaediaMy it ported to the office of pabltcalkm Telephone Main 661. Today Weather. Portland, Dec. 28. Western Oregon and Western Washington Tuesday oc casional light rain or snow. RELIC OF DARK AGES. An Investigation Into the recent at tempted hazing of Kingdon Goulj has resulted In the expelling from the col lege several members engaged In It Pugilism la tolerated In some sections of this country on the theory that It Is . scientific boxing and a necessary ad junct to athletics. Bull fights In Spain and Mexico are relics of the dark ages, but even with all the horrors and bru tality attending a Spanish bull fight it is merely "blind man's buff" com pared with college hazing. , The bru tal nature of young men comes to the fore In the barbaric practice of hating. If it was done as Innocent sport, with out the usual indignities attending it there might be no objection to it When the states in which college are located and where hazing is allowed to exist would make It a crime punish- ' able with death, not only would the barbaric practice stop, but many of the participants absence from this vale of tear would be conducive to a better reputation for colleges .than they now possess. - Toung men differ in temperament and refinement and they do not ap prove of personal indignities, simply because it Is a college fad, when It should be a crime. They attend col lege to acquire an education, not to become brutes, and although haxlng Is a relic of the dark ages, they believe In elightenment and culture. Their moral sensibilities do not approve of the custom so closely allied to the In qulsltlon and Inhuman tortures In flirted In the earlier times, and which are now in vogue In Russia. Gould was compelled to defend himself with a gun, a right which he has, and If the contents of the gun had been judicious ly distributed In the anatomy of the gang of toughs Implicated In the haz ing. It would have been justified and society benefited thereby. o UNCOMMON OCCURRENCE. Seattle merchants and railroad men are raising a "slush fund" for the pur pose of electing a Seattle man to the United States senate from Washing ton. The Tacoma Ledger, a newspaper published In a suburb of Seattle, says: "These business and railroad inter ests at Seattle that demand the senat orship for Mr. Piles have undertaken to raise a large fund with which to elect their candidate for the senate There is no possibility of expending $100,000 or $50,000 legitimately for such a purpose. The fund which la being raised In Seattle Is a corruption fund pure and simple. The purpose is to bribe, members of the legislature to vote for Mr. Piles. As an avowed can didate for the Seattle senatorship, the purchase of votes for Mr. Piles would Involve not only the odium of being bought, but also the betrayal of the rights of the constituencies represent ed by members of the legislature who do not hall from Seattle. It Is an in sult to the members of the legislature to assume, as the business men of Se attle shamelessly do assume by their contributions to this huge corruption fund, that they are to be purchased like so many chattels." Everyone ought to indorse the posi tion taken by the Tacoma Ledger. It is . so seldom that money is used to influence legislators in the selection of a United States senator that such methods as proposed by Seattle would cast an odium on the otherwise pure political methods of the state of Wash ington It Is a disgrace that a state so free from political jobbery and chic anery as the honest politicians of our sister state, should be compelled to dwell under a corrupt administration. Come to Oregon, brethren, where only land frauds disturb the slumbers of honest politicians. While It la not usual for Juries to adjust their different opinions by the fall of a coin, many Juries arrive at verdicts by method quite as unjust and Irrational. The law contemplates that a juror shall make up his mind by reflection upon the evidence adduced Instead of being polled In the box Im mediately after the trial, and required to pronounce a verdict then and there, the IS good men and true are permitted to retire and consult. . Their secret session. Is supposed to be deliberate. In case of a disagreement they are expected to review the evi dence. Uik It ever and reason with one another. It Is the theory of the law that reason. Impartially applied, should be their guide. But It Is well known that tli meth oda of argumentation in the Jury room are not always rational. Desire, to b relleased and restored to their family and their business Impels many jurors to concur In a verdict to which their reason does not give assent Ft- compromise verdicts for which com mon sense can find no excuse. A man Is on trial for murder. On the first ballot six Jurors vote tor guilty In the first degree, and six for acquittal. The difference between them Is an hoivst difference. The six for acquittal do not think that the accused has been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubht; the other are convinced Then some one suggests a compromise. Why not convict him of manslaughter? The murder, whoever committed It. was done In cold blood: logically, the verdict ought to be guilty In the first degree or acquittal: but the Jurors, to save themselves delay and discomfort find the accused guilty of manslaugh ter. The six who believe that the man's guilt has not been proved beyond a reasonable doubt sign away his lib erty for years to save themselves a few hours. In cases of this sort the Jurors who agree on a compromise verdict are pre sumably convinced that the accused did commit the crime, although they deem the evidence not quite strong enough to prove it Men would hardly sign a verdict of guilty If they believed the accused absolutely ii.nocent The compromise verdict, nevertheless, is unreasonable. It Inflicts a wrong upon the accused, who had a legal right to b acquitted If the evidence d'd not prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt ' O " - THE SALMON MARKET Unprecedented Demand for Pink Salmon from the Orient. WORKING CAPITAL CALLED Reported That the Alaska Pack Is Still in First Hands and Little of This Season's Paok Has Been Dis posed of as Yst. MERELY A SUPPOSITION. The Oregon Dairymen's convention, recently held In Portland, consumed considerable time in the discus sion of the effect of water on milk. In Astoria we are not so much Inter ested in the question of water on milk as the water in milk. From our meager knowledge of the dairying Industry we are Inclined to the belief that 314 per cent of butter fat is better than 3 per cent, that Is, if it has any effect In raising the standard and dispelling the odor of the stuff we use to grease flap jacks with at 65 per. Milk and water are so closely allied and blended to gether as aqua fermentl, and aqua pura, as scarcely to be dlscernable In some of the milk purchased at some of the milk stands. But the state of Oregon pays about $5000 a year for this information, and the public has a right to expect the Information to be more reliable, even If it doesn't have the strength of some of the butter sold TRIAL BY JURY. Impatient of confinement and not being able to agree, a Jury In a felony case In New York city tossed up a coin to decide the question; and on the coin falling tails up they returned a verdict of guilty. Naturally, the ac cused, who faces a long term In pris on because the jurors were in a hurry to be dismissed, complains asd asks that the verdict be set aside. The commission of Internal revenue reports a decrease of 11.061.72S gallons In the production of whisky and mis cellaneous alcoholic drinks in the past year. Wouldn't have sworn off If we had thought It was going to cause such a slump as that In the manufacturing business. o A lot of the financiers taken in by Mrs. Chadwick are said to be ashamed to acknowledge the corn and will not appear against the great female wizard of finance. Even a "come-on" from the back districts Is loth to admit he was gold-bricked. o American society women are the best dressed in the world," said Mm. Rejane, and the cynical proof readers made it "least dressed." That's where the row started. ' If it Is true that Mrs. Chadwick hyp. ontfzed the men from whom she se cured large sums of money, many of them will be sorry that they have coma out of the trance. o The men concerned In the .recent Jail-break here are being held until December JO, when the district attor ney will have informations against them completed. o An Indiana man has made a strlk Ing success In the Invention of wire. less telegraphy. There Is also room for the Invention of wireless politics in that state. The Japs are using dogs to locate the Russian outposts. The Japs navt apparently placed a literal translation on their reading about the "dogs of war." o Andrew Carnegie predicts that great fortunes will be made In rubber. There will be plenty of the raw ma terial at the Chadwick trial. o It Is said Senator Depew has the sympathy of President Roosevelt in his fight for re-election to the senate. Sym- fpathy Is always In place at a funeral. The admitted fuel that Alaskan sat mon at dute occutdca a strong stutis ttcal position on the wnrM'a markets resultant on a heavy deficit In pack, and the entire elimination of competl Hon In other grade fish. Is no argument whatsoever to combat the statement thnt the Internal consumption of siime the past year In states territory has notably declined. Very much In re verse, it is proouDiy true mat jobbers stocks throughout the lountry pre light resultant on holdings having passed Into the hands of th rWuilir but we fall to note any disposition manifested to replenish same. It Is alleged again that brokers are ubdtt tuting on orders this season which. If true, would not account for the large volume of warehouse stock that puck ers are carrying over Into the new year. The truth of the manor Is that were it not for the extraordinarily well sustained export murket and the un precedented demand from tho orient for pink salmon which has been the backbone of the trade the past season, certain large Interests on the Pacific coust would not be viewing with such complacency the sale of a $25,000,000 cannery plant for the best offering ob tainable. As It is every salmon inter est on the coast without exception has called In the entire working capital to withstand the strain of future pea tlons, and the likelihood of a combine with new Interests in the field begins to assume palpable shape. Whatever transpires It Is certain that modern methods need to be applied to the sal mon business. The industry needs ths tonic of a brisk advertising campaign and other Incidentals calculated to en' nance the very real merit of the pro duct with consuming Interests. A meeting of shareholders In the British Columbia Packers' Association is scheduled for the 19th Inst at the offices of the Corporation 'Trust Co., IS Exchange Place, Jersey City, N. J. The object of the meeting Is to authorise the Issue of stock. An exhaustive state ment of the purposes of the company has been furnished stockholders. The United States navy contract for the supply of 100,000 pounds Red Alas knn salmon will probably be awarded to R. C. Williams A Co. of New York city, on - a tender equivalent to $1.17 per dozen. There were nine tenders in all, the highest being $1.2'tt. The market continues dull as usual at this season of the year, says the San Francisco Trade Journal of the 10th Inst. Large eastern buyers of Alaska reds who had purchases held to draw from, will withdraw all by the last of the current month. In for mer years these buyers took their pur chases as fast as the packer could ship after the salmon was received at this port. This shows the changed condi tlon of the market and confirms the Trade Journal's position that the trade operates conservatively and only takes as required, which works a hardship on canners. The stock of Aluska rej held by independent canners has been prac tlcally cleaned up. The Alaska Pack ers' association holdings here and else where are said to be nearly equal to one season's pack. This, in connection with that held by others, Is not consld ered large, considering that before any of the Alaska red 1906 puck comes ,to this city, fully eight months will have passed by. It Is conceded that the pack of shums has gone Into distribut ors' hands, as also of sockeyes, and that the holdings of pinks and cohoes are comparatively small. The former will probably be taken by Japan before the spring season of 1905. Predictions are freely made that pinks will sell at 80 to 85 cents f. o. b, coast before the 1905 season opens. 0osooooooiooooooaoK s o o s o o s o s o o o o cs o o ) o o o s o o o s o 3 1 3 0 3 9 P. A. STOKES "Swell Totfs for Men.". rt n nn,nrtnrr-,ri,1i-'m nss MERRY YULE-TIDE o o eo o o o o And our store Jammed full ! of verthlng that goes, to 0 make the man or boy happy. We will be pleased to help you In your selections. Store open every evening till eight o'clocK rrs " " M 1 3FOR WINTER LEISURE thtro'i world of iatlifaetlo Smoking Jackets House Co&ts Lounging Robes "a Not HUV Priced Good, for GUI Purposes Only, but Popular Noveloas, in Popular rabrict, at Popular Price. to supply the wsjits of ths very-davy man who a-pprecUte. Houm Comfort Let us show you ths line. you'll be willies; to py mora tho womb. Oa I la the I Store open every evening till eight o'clock 6 TEMEMBER everything guaranteed to give satisfaction or money remnaea. P. A. STOKES 44 .Swell Togs for Men. 0(SO00000000000000000OatOI0.70(aO FROM OUTSIDE TOWNS. Interesting News Items Concerning ths Doings of Our Neighbors. From Wsrrtnton. H. H. Parker spent a few days with relatives lust week. Mr. and Mrs. C. Doyle of Deep River visited In Warrenton Friday, Miss Fay Hill is home from Cnrval 11s. where she Is a student In the Agri cultural college. She will return after the holidays. Mrs. D. Relman and daughters of Portland are spending the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Wirt. Dr. Owens Adair Is at Hunuymead for a few duys. She will return to Yakima the middle of the week. Miss Itexsle Ority Is home for the holidays and will return to Portland, where she Is attending school. That employe of the Rothschilds who succeeded In embezzling $5,000,000 will probably agree with Secretary Shaw that "money is plentiful and cheap,' o The senate is apparently almost as anxious to take up tariff revision as It has been to pass a statehood bill for Oklahoma and New Mexico, Spain has accepted tie president's Invitation to a peace conference and probably regrets It was not called prior to 189S. o The St Loafs boarding house keeper may now Uke a vnactlun and a Euro pean trln. If sex Is not a bar, Mrs. Chadwick Is certainly eligible to membership In tie Napoleons of Finance Club, 8kamokawa News. Mark Kelly one of Skamokawa's most prosperous ranchers, was burned out at 10:30 Saturday morning. The fire when discovered was too far ad vanced for the family to save anything but the contents of the lower floor. Everything above was destroyed with the house, which was one of the best farmhouses In Skamokawa. The fire I caught from a terra cotta Hue, As fur as Is known the houes was Insured. The loss will be close to 11500. Come and See what we Have to Show You in HOLIDAY GOODS Our Stock is complete anil better than ever before. J. N. GRIFFIN Fisher's pera Dtoe Li E. SELIG - - Lessee and Manager for Marina Intelligence. The Alliance left out Sunday Eureka and coast points. The Kllburn left out Sunduy for Coos bay. Eureka and San Francisco, The Joseph Russ, a three-masted schooner, arrived In yesterday and will load lumber at Rainier. The Virginia, which has been ex pec-ted for the past ten days, arrived In yesterday and will leave for Port land today. The Luzon arrived In Sunday and will leave for Portland this morning to load. Notice Is hereby given that on Pe cember 20, 1904, the six single-pile beacons, marked Mad River channel Humboldt Bay, California, were per manently discontinued as no longer of use as aids to navigation. RED MEN'8 CHRISTMAS. Pour Hundred Gsth.r at Logan Hall Last Night The Red Men gathered at Logan hall last night for their annual Christmas observance. In all, about 400 people were present. Besides the Christmas tee, and the refreshments and presents provided, a most entertaining program wis pie pared and rendered. Everyone was given a present. The program, in brief was as fol lows: Instrumental duet, Misses Irene Parker and Kearney; vocal duet, Mrs Cearns and Miss Lee; solo, Frank De- veney; addresses by A. M. Smith and Judge Anderson; Instrumental duet Miss Cearns and Miss Kearney, Herman Wise presided at the exer cises as chairman of the evening, and all the participants In the program were applauded. Week Commencing Monday. December 26th KEITH STOCK COMPANY A company of accopllshed players, appearing In a powerful repertoire of plays replete with special scenic embellishment. Opening performance camber it. Monday, Ds- "Slaves of Russia" Folio wad on oth.r night by "Brother Against Brother," "Capt Prtah, U. 8. A," "Senator's Dsught.r," "Pow.r of Truth" and "Light Hous Robbery." Reserved Seats, 35c-; Children in Gallery 15c, Adults 25c. ens Saturday morning at 9 o'clock at Fisher Uros. Office. PRICES: Scat sale opens UP IN THE AIR. Powdsr Works Blows Up Creating Muoh Havoo. Halifax, N. 8., Dec. 21. A portion works at Waverly ,a.aj.a.atoFbrUr of the Arcadia Powder Company's works at Waverly blew u ptoduy and the concussion shook the country and broke windows for 20 miles. Fortun ately no one was killed or seriously In Jured, although 10 employes, who had Just left the powder works, were thrown violently to the ground and stunned. Every window In Waverly was brok en and many people on the streets were cut by the shower of broken glass. JUST ARRIVED! large shipment of live Turkeys, Geese sad 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's trade. Tou can save money by buying your poultry from us. Phono 2183 R. vttmtmunuif. Next Time You need a pair ( Men's, Women's r Children's SHOES Honest, Durab le Shots For less money than you have been paying try s. ftffitttt iiirHVViv)1 A. Gir.IRE 543-545 Bond St