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THE MORNING ASTORIAN ASTORIA, OREGON. WIONMDAY, DICEMBIN M, 1M4. ' ' THE MORNING ASTORIAN Established 187S. PabUekad Daily (Bxarpt Mooter) y THE Jk S. DELLINGER COMPANY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By mail, pr year ........ 0 By mail, per month SO By carrier. per month .......... CO THE SEMI-WEEKLY ASTORIAN. By mall, per year, In advance 00 tVOnkn for tha doll win of T MoaxtM l.rai K iUir pmkImc or place of buniiww ay be made by watal oanl nr through Wfr rhoae. Aaj iretuWiiy ia Mirny ahouM be InuMdiatalr reported to tha oKce of pubUcatioa. Telephone Main Ml. JN1CN t,iSEL Today 'a Weather. Portland, Dec. 27. Western Oregon and Western Washington Rain; prob ably part snow; warmer; high south east winds. Eastern Oregon and Eastern Wash ington Snow; slightly warmer. V' MORE LAND FRACDS. From the bi-annual report of State Land Agent Oswald West it la evident that apparent land frauds no not ex ist alone in the government domain, but there is something akin to crook vdness in the state land department While no evidence was adduced Im plicating anyone in complicity In land frauds under Governor Geer's adminis tration, yet the public was convinced that there was either something mys terious or crooked. Of course the state land office Is investigated by the legislature at every session. An ex pert is employed at 110 a day; two or three stenographers are employed at J5 a day, and some clerks at $J & day. As a rule neither the expert, the sten ographers or the clerks know anything about land business, and this is one reason why they are selected. It re quires about 40, days, the length of a legislative session, to make an exami nation of the books and business of the department The actual time con-: sumed Is probably three days. The report is uBually written out by the same person that furnishes an oyster supper for the committee. It Is re ported to the legislature and usually reads as follows: "Mr. Speaker: After a thorough and exaustless research and a careful in vestigation of the affairs of the state' land department, we And the books properly kept; the money accounted for, and desire to commend the officers In charge upon their perfect system of bookkeeping. Our bill for making the Investigation is 1543.25." The report is filed, the legislature adjournes, the members draw their $3 a day and mileage and have performed their duty to the state. Jet, notwith standing this "careful Investigation,1 every report of the state land agent suggests crookedness; lieu lands have not been properly selected; the state has been compelled to repay large sums, and foreclose a number of mort gages. This report is submitted to the legislature, a committee is appointed. and well, the same old story. If the land frauds are one-third as great a farce as the legislative Investigation they must be the most collosaJ on earth. But the state land department is not the only one that is Investigated by legislative committees, and the result is always the same. Neither the leg islature nor the committees ap asylum, the penitentiary, deaf mute school, reform school and other numer ous attachments, of the state govern ment The object of making the In vestigation is not for the purpose of ascertaining the facts, but to give an army of grafters a 40-day Job at the expense of the state. There are 90 members of the legislature, and 327 clerks and stenographers. Inasmuch have been known where clerks have been sworn in on the seventh or eighth day and never showed up again until the last day to draw their salaries. Ef forts to check the evil and abuse have been tried at each session of the legis lature and it Is always postponed until the next session. It Is estimated that each law enacted by the legislature costs the tax payers $12,500, which is considered a high price for some of the laws. the land, and also of the state of Utah, that reform being made by statute at least, aa a condition of the territory becoming a state. The evidence shows that It Is flagrantly violated, continu ally. But that is only one count In the Indictment against the followers of Joseph Smith and Rrlghnm Toung, The most dangerous tenet of their faith and prlctlce Is the ceremony of "taking the endowment." or passing through the endowment house, a feature introduced since Joseph Smith was killed by a mob at Carthage. III. This Include an oath to avenge the blood of Smith or the nation," which was not responsl ble for the act and obligates a candl date to hold the laws of the Mormon church and the Instructions of the so- called priesthood above the laws of the United States or the authority of its propertly constituted executive, elected to carry out the will of the people. There Is the strongest evidence other than his own admission, that Mr, Smoot. although not a practical polyga I mist, Is an offender in the other re spect Should he take the oath re quired of a federal official on assuming office he would be foresworn, since he has already, under agreement to suffer the direct penalties, sworn to betray the government. In a country like ours, while the ut most freedom of conscience is allowed, the state must be superior in temporal authority. There can be no divided allegiance. A man may think what he likes, theorise as he likes, but In his acts he must respect the government or there Is an end of government, and anarchy and factional strife will pre vail Smoot Is unworthy to sit In the great lawmaking body of the whole people for he cannot be true to Its principles o , SAME OLD STORT. The Tacoma Ledger is of the opin ion that Nan Patterson, the alleged murderess, is not entitled to the sym pathy that has been accorded her. It is somewhat curious that "Nan" Pat terson should arouse so much senti mental Interest The evidence In the case shows beyond any question that she was the mistress of a married man. She led a fast life and squan dered tens of thousands of dollars which be lavished upon ber. She en couraged his atentions with absolute disregard of another woman's happi ness. The private life of this chorus girl was not such as to command ad miration on the part of any one whe has regard for decency and respecta bility. The mad career of Caesar Toung ended In a tragedy. If he com mitted suicide because "Nan" would not promise to follow him to Paris though she was ready to go with him, as she admit, she certainly should not be convicted of his murder. , But If she planned to kill him and executed her design because his family and friends were determined to get htm away from a woman who In a few months had re ceived and spent $50,000 or 160,000 of his money and had broken up his home, and he would not yield to her importunities to take her along, there is no reason for palliating her culml nating crime. The wholeatory of her relations with Toung is disgusting. She Is not a hero Ine nor a martyr. The world Is better for the lives of good, pure women who are to be exalted. The world Is made worse by women who are neither pure nor true to themselves nor anyone else. The general public takes an Interest In such a sensational, salacious case as the trial of Nan Patterson, but the only service she can render by her present notoriety is as a horrible example. Girls, shun such a career as brought Nan Patterson into the murderers' dock! . o HAD STORMY TRIP General Whittirr Cotlides With Her Tow. DAMAGE WAS HEAVY TO BARK Fulterton Has Rail and Sides Stove In on account of Hawser Parting Off the Columbia Bar A Sailor Is Shot Propeller Lost San Francisco, Dec. II The bark General Fullerton, which arrived to day from the Columbia river. In tow of the steamer Whlttler, was run Into by the Whlttler on December 13 and dam aged to the extent of about $1000. The vessels were about eight mller south of the Columbia river, bucking tiff southeaster. The hawser part ed and when she tried to put another line aboard the Fulterton, the Whit tier's none poked Itself deep Into tha barkentlne' side. The Fullerton' guard planks were stove In and the woodwork In her cabin was much dam aged. Lost Propeller. San Francisco, Dec. 37. While enter ing the bay this morning, after com pleting a voyage from Gray Harbor, the steam schooner Chehalls lost her propeller. She had on board a cargo of lumber for San Pedro to which port she has proceeded In tow of the steam schooner Norwood. Sailor Shot San Francisco, Dec. 37. The man who was shot and killed on Pacific street on Christmas night by Elvo Terchettl has been Identified as Wil liam Drake, a sailor. He at one time was a seaman In the revenue service. MORMON SMOOT. The case of the protestants against seating Reed Smoot, the Mormon apos tie, as senator from the state of Utah, Is closed, and Mr. Smoot has promised to be ready with his answer on Janu ary 10, proximo. In view of the testl mony already given, including admis slons made by men firm in the Mor mon faith, and more particularly the polygamlsts among them, It is a mat ter of curious speculation as to what the caliber of that answer can pos albly be. It should be remembered there are many Mormons who do not accept the doctrine, or practice, of a plurality of wives, and yet In some Instances they are In good standing. Mr. Smoot 1 In this category, polygamy Is bad enough and I in contravention of the law of A FEW WOULDN'T HURT SALEM. The Salem Statesman, commenting on an article recently appearing In the Congregational Church Buletln, says: Rev. Luther D. Mahone, pastor of the Congregational church at Astoria while under the inspirational influence of a streak of progresslveness recently declared that he "would happily of ficiate at a good many first class fun erals in Astoria without exacting any toll for the service." It is not easy to decide whether this is a special rap at some of our old pioneers who persist In assuming that they have as much right here as some of the more recent Interlopers, or a direct stab at toe Portland preacher who not long since bad some difficulty in collecting his five-dollar fee for of delating at a funeral. But while we are greatly in need of a new spirit of progresslveness In the state generally, let us exhibit no special hurry to see the departure of the pio neers. The last of them will be gone soon enough, and, after ail, It Is not certain that we have discharged the debt we owe them for the performance of many brave undertakings from whose forbidding aspects we might have comfortably and permanently shrank. By the way Rev, Malone's text as to the desirability of a few first class funerals is almost as old as the history of the state and the expression of loy alty to It has long ago ceased to be any proof that its promulgator Is notice ably given to actual progresslveness save in verbs and adjectives. o It Is very evident to a man up a tree, that there is something crooked with the city printing ordinance. When the matter la exposed there I very apt to be an accounting demanded by an indignant populace. I Marin New. The steam schooner Northlund from San Francisco arrived In last evening. The French bark Jule Gomme. with a cargo of grain for Europe, arrived down the river yesterday. The steam schooner Redondo arrived In yesterday morning from California to load lumber. The steam schooner Aurella arrived In yesterday afternoon with freight for the local merchant and will load lumber for California. The steamer W. H. Harrison arrived in yesterday morning from down the coast after having been bar bound for nearly a month. The El Roscoe arrived In yesterday from Sluslaw with a cargo of salmon consigned to E. L. Kurd. Captain W. S. Gordon has received a telegram from Senator Fulton stat ing that the quartermaster general had issued an order that he should be re stored to command of the quartermas ter's steamer, Major Guy Howard. Captain McLeod of the British steamship Ellerlc, will be formally re leased from the quarantine station to morrow after having fully recovered .from an attack' of smallpox, but his face looks like a boiled lobster. He will not rejoin his vessel but will leave for home In England by the way of New Tork on a leave of absence. Word was received by Hon. W. L Robb, collector of customs, that th appeal of the steamer Agnes from a fine Imposed by Mr. Robb last July for carrying passengers without a II cense, had been referred to United States District Attorney John Hall to investigate. The fine imposed was 3500. The Agnes brought 18 seiners from the grounds to Astoria, and hav ing no license to carry passengers, " the fine was Imposed. From the action of the department It is evident that' At torney Hall will be Instructed to en force the fine. 00$OSO$0SOSOOtiO0BO$000$OfO0 ' I P A. STOKES 1 O At as m m aa O "oweu lofji ior none" MERRY YULE-TIDE o 9 O And our store jammed full of everthlng that goes to g maKe the man or box happy. We will be pleased to help you in your selections. Store open every evening till eight o'clocK If ivr tiriMTt?n t tffCITDt? V 2 g Ji f in i wi www w w thar1 world I ihltllo U Smoking Jackets House Co&ts Lounging Robes Not HltfhJMoad Good, for Gill Purpose Only, but Popular Novelties, In Popular Fabric, at Popular Ptct to supply tha ws.nt of the vary-dagr na.n who .pprciat Houte Comfort. Let ua show you tha Unas you'll be wUttaf to py mora thAfl wtaak. i y A Store open every evening tUl eight o'dodf o o 8 REMEMBER everything guaranteed to give satisfaction or money refunded. P. A. STOKES it "Swell Togs for Men. 0300000000 09090 0000&0t000!0$00 ooooocq2 MEETING WAS QUIET. The New Tork Tribune is responsible for the following: The European papers tell of a curi ous custom among traveling women It appear that the women when stay ing at hotels or the like do not care to exhibit to the passers along the cor ridor the exact size of their feet' so they carefully carry with them a couple of pair of tiny, delicate shoes, which instead of the ones they are wearing, they place outside their doors for th servants to take down and clean. AH the big boot shops in Paris now make a specialty of this tiny footgear, and a pair or two form a portion of the trousseau of " every up-to-date bride. Madrid women are said to have the smallest feet; Peruvian women como next and the American girls are a good third." The Tribune also remarks that wo men's shoe from Astoria and Chicago represent a wholesale leather store more than they do a pair of shoes. o There Is no complaint about bnalnes at the Star saloon. Good goods and courteous treatment will draw trade to any first-class saloon. That' what make business good at the Star, The best I none too good for our customer. City Council Gets Through With a Lit tle Routine Business. The city council met last evening at the city hall for the purpose of clean ing up a little routine business before the first of the year. All the member were present except Nordstrom and Belland. A communication was received from City Attorney A. M. Smith relative to the provisions of the new prohibition measure that will rule a certain district over tide water In which John Hand rlckson and John Harry are Interested as proprietors. The proposition has been made that It may not be neces sary to close these place and refund the unexpired portion of the amount pniJ for license on account of the pe culiarity of the locations. The city attorney. In his communication, made no recommendation, except thnt the matter be referred to the district at torney for his opinion. The matter elicited some discussion, some of the councilmen being of the opinion that the matter Justly belonged to Mr. Smith for decision for the council, but, as the city attorney was not present, It was referred to the district attorney as recommended. , An ordinance Was passed accepting the Ninth street Improvement, between Franklin and Jerome, also one to 'pay the contractor for the work. Two applications for building per mils for minor dwellings were report' ed favorably on and passed. Final action was given the appro priation for the completed Improve ments on Franklin avenue, between Thirty-sixth and Forty-third street. The matter of removing the slide that Is obstructing traffic on the Smith point road got a word or two from nearly every member present. The city engineer stated that the allfje whs about 10,000 cubic yards, and that truf fle cannot move by It. The recom mendutlon made that a city fire engine be sent to sluice It out did not find favor, and the discussion ended by submitting the matter to the street committee. The matter of advertising for bids for city printing was put over until an other meeting. Resolutions for some Improvements on Duane street and Twentieth street were read. The one for a sidewalk feet wide on Duane between First and Third streets was read and accepted but the one to establish grade on Twentieth street was allowed to go over to enable the committee to ascer tain the views of the property owners Interested. The council then adjourned until the next meeting, when another adjourn ment will be taken because of a holl day. owl Come and See what we Have to Show You in HOLIDAY GOODS Our Stock ii complete and better thin ever before, J. N. GRIFFIN teller's pera Hou I. E. SELIG, lessee and Manager 8 Week Commencing Monday. December 26th KEITH STOCK COMPANY A company of accoplished player, appearing In a powerful repertoire of plays replete with special scenic em-belllshments. KEITH AT FI8HER8'. Company Makes Hit With Its First Production, The Keith stock company opened their week's engagement at Fishers' last evening, presenting the great Rus sian drama, "Slaves of Russia." The play is a powerful one with a rich vein of comedy that kept the large audience In a roar of laughter. The company Is a strong one, each Opening performance eemb.r 26, Monday, D- "Slaves oflRtissia" 7 Followed en other night by ("Brother Against Brother," "Cspt. Frsh, U. 8. A," "Senator' Daughter," "Power of Truth" and "Light Hout Robbery," PRICES: Reserved Seats, 35c; Children in Gallery 15c., Adults 15c. Seat sale opens Saturday morning at 9 o'clock at Fisher Bros. Office. member an artist. Mr. Delf Lawrence In the part of Ivun Korvlch, won the sympathy of his hearers by his clever rendition of his character, A. T. Layne, In the character of Gray, the Ameri can artist, kept the audience In a good humor by perfect rendition. Miss Col- loma, the leading Indy of the company made a fine Impression with her audi ence. Taking all in till, the Keith com pany Is one of the best that ha ap peared her this season. Tonight the company will play Nat C. Goodwin's greut success, "Brother Against Brother," one of the most popular plays of the Ooodwln reper toire. The play Is full of comedy and scenic environment. Clever special ties are Introduced between acts, mak ing a continuous performance. JUST ARRIVED! large shipment of llv Turkeys, Geese aid Chicken, 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' trad. Tou can save money by buying your poultry from us, Phon 2111 R. , limmt turn Next Time You need a pair Men's, Women's r Children SHOES Honest, Durable Shots For, less monej than you hate been paying try s. A. GlfdRE 543-545 Bond SL