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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1905)
1 VluAlOUNlNG AS ST01tIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. 8UNOAY, JANUARY 22, 1905. lO REWARD WILL SAVE JOBBERS ONAGE PUBLIC PATM We shall give $10.00 in gold as a first prize, and $5.00 as a second prize, to tbe boy or girl under eighteen years of age writing the best poem of two or more verses, using the MONARCH RANGE as subject of the poem. All poems to be handed in before 6 P. M. on February 16, 1905 CHARLES HEIkBORN U SON Complete House Furnishers. 590-592 Commercial St. Dry Goods Firms Protect the Middlemen. v IS PUBLIC APPROVAL. WILL NQT SELL DIRECTLY Fi T Oil DEFALCATION Jesup North Faclfle expedition watch made a study of the earliest peoples in Northwestern America, and Eastern Asia. LEGISLATIVE CRANKS. Fortune Missing from the Ogden Estate. The Gentleman From Josephine Pos sesses Natural Characteristics. To a person not acquainted with leg islation in Oregon, a visitor would form the opinion, were he to visit Salem, that Oregon had been added to the state of Kansas, prolific for reformation legislation. Every member of the leg- -' Islature seems to be Imbued with the idea that all social reforms have been Ons of the Trustees Was Shot by I entrusted to his care and keeping. , Neora Who Took Him for John R. iThere have been about 300 bills Intro- ESTATE HISTORY TRAGIC ONE Piatt, the Wealthy Lover of Hannah Elias. New York. Jan. 21. Executors and trustees of the large estates left by William B. Ogden, Mariana Ogden and Andrew H. Green are reported to have found themselves unable to lay hands on records of transactions in connec tion with the properties during the last two years. Funds amounting to something less than $200,000 are said to be unaccounted for by the books and papers on hand. Efforts to find the private secretary and. confidential man of Mr. Green have been under way for a month, but without success. No changes have been made against any person but the trustee executors are stated to have issued a large num ber of subpoenas for clerks and others In the hope of securing some lfgbt on the matter. Assistant District Attorney Apple ton, at whose rooms appearM dome of those served with subpoenas refused to say why the witnesses had been summoned or what it was hoped to gain from them. He would ne'ther affirm nor deny that there had been a defalcation in the Green or Ogden estates or both. Andrew H. Green (whose Vts was ended in 1903 by a negro, who nad mistaken him for John R. Plaa). was trustee for the William B. Odgen estate, which owns great tracts of reil esate in the upper section of the city. h '.-state was vm of the: U-wca" in the city and A! v. Groen watch, d ii with the closest care. lr. Grei'n was a ' ery cautious man abort paying out money. He held that it was easier to pay out slowly than to pay out fast and Make vain efforts to recover. William B. Ogden was the president of the Chicago & Northwestern rail way and later of the Chi.-ago, Milwuu kee & St. Paul railway. He was one of the earliest mayors of Chicago. In his late years he resided here. Mra Ogden died last September. The Greene and Ogden properties were closely allied and a great mass of correspondence, books, etc., acrumu lated in Mr. Green's office. Thesj were under the closest care of the expert bookkeeper for whom the t:'Jstee3 are now searching. Soon after Mr. Green's death the building where he had offices was disturbed by remodel.'pg and it became necessary to remove all the documents. They were sejxrated by the representatives of the two estates and only recently it Became apparent that there was going to be difficulty In winding up the affairs. Both sets of books and papers were searched, bui none was found which would give any clue to the transactions of the last two years. Unless the books and papers are found, millious of dollars worth of property may be thrown into almost inextricable confusion and litigation The missing man, who was f.irniliar with all the books and papers, Is a!so treasurer of a large store and v are house company In Harlem. It could not be learned that he had visited the offices of that concern since early in December last, while the only address the employes coul dgive was a down town hotel where the secretary had not lived for a year or more. j duced in teh legislature, and not to ex ceed 20 of these are entitled to de liberate consideration. There has never been a session of the Oregon legisla ture where more fool bills have been Introduced than at the present session. The bills are not aimed so much at cor recting existing evils or amending the code, but represent the particular hob ies of the members. Smith of Josephine is the leading crank of the legislative assembly. His imaginative brain has produced more bills in the line of reforming society and politics than all the other members commnea. tie is me laugning nw ui the legislature and consumes more time in oratorical demagogism than any other member. One of his latest freaks is the introduction of the following bill: j It is taken from the Kansas law. and makes It unlawful for any candidate or campaign manager to employ cigars or drinks In inducing electors to vote for him.or to provide carriages or othei I means of transoortation to Induce vot ers to go to the polls, or employ mean I Practice of Retailers in Pooling Or ders and Buying Direct From the Manufacturers Is Condemned Without a Good eRason. New York, Jan. 21, At the second closing session of the Wholesale Dry Goods Association's annual meeting there has been protracted discussion of the custom of the direct sales to retailers by manufacturers and com mission merchants. Twenty prominent New York commission merchants and representatives of mills took part In the discussion which lasted several hours. Jlanufacturing representatives iu well as commission merchants prom ised to co-operate with the association in any effort to save the Jobbers Before the jobbing question came up the association considered the report a committee appointed to go Into the subject of the extension of the panel post system of doing business. Much opposition was expressed toward any extension of the parcel post and It was decided that mutineers of the tiHsoelu tion should lay the views of the whole. salers before their local representa Uvea. Discussion of tne middlemen was then taken up. Papers were read by representatives of those Interest de daring that many large manufactur ers, including those represented through the large commission houses, who are absolutely dependent upon the jobbers for the great share of their business as It Is conducted at present have so little regard for those that are their bes customers that they are selling many retails the natural cus tomers of those same Jobbers, at prat Itically the same prices. Widespread formation of syndicates to keep them away. A statement in : in the smaller cities whereby the local reauired to be made of all campaign I merchants pool their orders nnd deal expenditures. This is in line with nearly all the bills introduced by the gentleman Josephine. He Introduced a bill re quiring all candidates to file an itlmized list of their expenses in political cam paigns. This was very promptly rele- FARRAND'S NEW FIELD. directly with the manufacturer also was condemned. When the talk wa. from over no rules were promised but the meeting indorsed suggestions made In various papers that the practice of the manufacturers would be less pre valent hereafter. It was decided to hold the next coi. York. STABBED A WOMAN. gated to the waste basket by the house. But this last bill bears the ear marks of ference In New a demagogue politician, and if passed I would be another addition to the laws of Oregon that are never enforced as rnntrarv tn nubile nolicv. esnoused by a political crank and renegade poll- jJwIouty the Motive for a Double Crime tician. The statute books of Oregon I ch,cs9 are burdened with just such laws tnat I Chicago, Jan. 21. Attacked by a are neither useful or ornamental nor man as she stepped out of the doorway conducive to public morals. Thelegis-'of a saloon early tcday, Mrs. Mary lature of Oregon has also been bur- i Scanlon, 30 years old. was stabbed In dened with political freaks from whom! the throat. Michael O' Barrett, who is emlnate all foolish laws. Smith ought; said by the police to have attacked the to be made a trusty in the Insane asy lum, where he would be given full scope to unload his oratorical effusions on a class of people who are confined in this Instittuion by reason of insanity. the woman, then cut his own throat with a razor, and was captured ufter a struggle. Neither he nor the woman can recover. Jealousy is said to have caused the deed. THE MIGHTY POWER OF TRUTH AND RIGHT. The most extensive and successful sacrifice sale of Tine Clothing, Hats, Shoes and Furnishings, within the memory of Mortal Man, is now going on at a furious rate. Before Beginning Building Alterations Astoria's Greatest Clothiers, 483 and 490 Commercial Street, are sacrificing $15,000.00 worth of fine Men's and Boy's Suits, Overcoats, Hats, Shoes and Furnishings at a True Blue, Bona-Fide Reduction Sale of 25 to 50 per cent off regular prices. Giving the public a money saving opportunity with out parallel from the Cascades to the Pacific Ocean. READ - THE - PRICES and come while the great sale is at the very height of all its glory. MEN'S SUITS. There are hundreds upon hundreds of fine Suits that are so low in price that you cannot afford to miss this sale. $6.65 for all kinds of $10 and $12 Suits. $9.65 for all kinds of $13, $15 and $16.50 Suits. $13.65 for choice of hundreds of finest $18, $20, $22 and $25 Suits. OVERCOATS AND CRAVENETTES. Our entire line of fine garments are on Sacrifice Sale at the lowest prices known. $6.85 for our great $10 and $12 Overcoats. $8.85 for all kinds of $15 and $16.50 Overcoats. $11.85 for all kinds of $18 and $20 Over coats. $16.85 for choice of all our fine $22, $25 and $30 Overcoats. FURNISHING GOODS. Our fine new fresh stock must be sold. Let the loss be what it may. Now, men, boys and women, your time has come. 5c for choice of white and colored 10c Handkerchiefs. 5c for 15c Celluloid Collars, all styles. 5c for 10c Good Quality Cotton Sox. 8c for 15c Extra Quality Cotton Sox. 10c for ladies' 20c fine Dal. Hose. 12uC for Wool Marino 20c Sox. 17c, 3 pair for 50c, best quality 25c Wool Sox. 35c for host quality Heavy German Knit 50c Sox. 15c for all 25c and 35c Suspenders. 35c for all 50c, G5c and 75c Suspenders. At the Star, beginning to morrow afternoon, will be given the best purely vaude ville show ever produced in Astoria, and the bill insures crowded houses at every per formance. Frye and Allen, two clever comedians, will give their comedy singing sketch, "A Simple Lesson," which has made such a hit elsewhere, and the strongest man on the stage, "HerakHdes," will per form feats of strength and weight lifting that are as tonishing. Zanfretta and Mansfield are down tor a typical comedy act entitled "The Crazy Messenger." This act has created aH much fun as any in the northwest. Carrie Belle Miller Is a Versatile Vaudevillain," and, as such provides the best en tertainment In her line. Bob Kenyon will sing "Open Your Mouth and Shut Your Eyes" In h Is usual pleasing style, and theiv Is long series of excrutiatingly funny t:i jectoscope pictures. All seats 10 cents. It : . Mir- i : w I - ..- - -j- -.. - P. "... .. ' . . . ( 1, , ' 1 7 - "HERAKLIDES." HATS. $1.35 for $2 and $2.50 Soft and Stiff Hats. $2.35 for $3 and $3.50 Hats. $3 for Hawes nat. As we are under con tract not to cut prices on this hat wc will give each customer buying a Ilawes Hat the choice of any necktie or susnenders in the house. MEN'S PANTS. More than a thousand pairs the best kinds. $1.45 for $2 and $2.50 Pants. $1.95 for $3 Pants. $2.65 for $4 Pants. $3.65 for $5 and $6 Pants. Mackintosh Coats Just Half Price. YOUNG MEN'S SUITS. $4.90 for $7.50 Suits. $7.90 for $10 and $12 Suits. $9.90 for $13.50, $15 and $18 Suits. TO BE IT of Anthropologist Will Study Phases Pulmonary Disease. New York, Jan. 21. Dr. Livingston Farrand, professor of anthropology at Columbia university, has been named as head of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuber culosis. The association was organized less than a year ago at a meeting of the National Medical Association. The new president Is a specialist on Amer ican Indians. An assistant curator of the American museum of natural his tory. New York, he was associated with Franc Boas In 1897 In organizing the One needs a great many things that can be found at our phar macy. Every lady needs sxquisits per fumes, face powder and fins toi let soap. We have a fine assort ment of the best qualities of these things. Particular gentlemen who ap precltate the extra good quality of our shaving brushes, shav ing soap, tooth powder, etc., can procure tbem at moderate prices HART'S DRUG STORE. Corner 14th and Commercial Sts., opposite Foard & Stokes. SHOES. Our entire stock of Fine Shoes at sac rifice. $1.35 for odd lot $2 and $2.50 Shoes. $1.75 for choice of all $2.50 Shoes. $2.75 for choice of all $3.50 and $4 Shoes. $2.25 for choice of $3.50 logger's Shoes. $3.50 for choice of $4.50 and $5 Fine Log ging Shoes. BOY'S OVERCOATS. 13 to 20 Sizes. $3.45 for $6 and $7.50 Overcoats. $6.95 for $10 Overcoat. $9.95 for $15 and $18 Overcoats. KNEE PANTS SUITS. Hundreds to Select from. The best and latest styles. $1.65 for $2.50 Suits. $2.35 for $3.50 Suits. $3.35 for $4.50 Suits. $3.95 for $5, $6 and $7 Suits. ODD KNJEE PANTS. 35c for 50c all wool. 55c for 57c extra good. 5c for 10c stockings. SHIRTS. Largest stock of nobby and fresh styles in Astoria at less than wholesale cost. 35c for Golf soft bosom or Nobby stiff bosom, also Black Sateen, etc., worth 50c and 65c. 45c for Black Sateen, soft or stiff bosom, with or 'without cuffs. Worth 75c. 85c for Monarch and other brands worth $1.25. $1.15 for all kinds of $1.50 Shirts. UNDERWEAR. 35c for Broken Lots Derby Rib, heavy, worth 50c and 65c. 45c for fancy French Bal. Rib, worth 75c. 85c for Ex. Quality Wool, $1.25 value. $1.15 for Select Quality, $1.50 and $1.75 value. $1.45 for $2 and $2.50 Best Imported Stock. CHILDREN'S OVERCOATS. 2 to 12 Sizes. $1,65 for $2.50 and $3 Overcoats. $2.85 for $4 Overcoats. $3.85 for $5, $6 and $7 Overcoats.