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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1905)
THURSDAY, JANUARY 84, 1908. tO REWARD HEAD SIGNS BILL it-. We shall give $io.co in gold us a first me, and $5.1 '- . . ' .... , .. S" Y- ' . . ' oo Washington Exhibits at the Port THE MORNING ASTQRfASTORlA, OREGON. PUBLIC: . J' as a second prize to the boy or girl un4er 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 i HE! LB ORN Ql SON Complete House .Furnishers, . . , 590-592 Commercial St. land Fair. s; a;'., IS PUBLIC APPROVAL. FISH COMMITTEES TO MEET i ! i I ! t -! i i H ! s J I BAD FOR WARDEN James b Accused of Embezzling j 'i , Funds... CHARGEOF SALEM ATTORNEY Claimed That Jama Appropriated $2000 and Divarted Other Fund Belong. I ing to the State Senate to In ,, veetigate the Matter. unable to support them properly' and after due consideration thoe present came out strongly in support of "Bace( suicide." - The discussion was started by the reading' of the weekly municipal re port It developed that the society de- Saturday Is the Date Set for the Con fsb Vote for Senatorshlp Shows Only a Few Minor Changes Foster in Lead. Salem, Jan. 25. An investigation of a startling nature may follow In the wake of a document containing a series of charges, which Is at present being privately circulated In the senate chamber, and which Is signed and vouched for by L. H. McMahon, a local attorney of Salem, with reference to what he terms the misconduct of affairs at the state penitentiary. ' Whjle the matter has not yet come publicly to th attention of the state senate, this much la known. -.., One of the republican senators de clared he will Introduce a resolution calling for the appointment of a com mittee with power to subpoena wit nesses and take testimony under oath, as to what they know of affairs at the penitentiary. This same senator wilt also urge that the resolutions be ad opted and acted upon. , McMahon's specific charge is that Superintendent James applied 1200 from the repair fund to bis personal benefit and to the benefit of the warden, and a list of articles alleged to have been purchased with money from the fund for the su perintendent and the warden Is speci fied. It Is also alleged that groceries and other articles used by the families of the superintendent and warden were charged to and paid for by the state. Receiving presents from convicts, who were later given "snaps" about the In stitution, is another allegation. sires to secure t anti-pauperism laws that shall restrict the propagation of the human species. The speakers ex pressed the belief that such laws would furnish the solution of the child la bor question, of overcrowded schools and all ,: other comoialnts that Jhatig upon he rapid Increase of children. "We are wasting sympathy" declared one speaker, "upon people who sur round themselves with large numbers of little ones when they cannot possibly feed them. Let the parents starve If they bring paupers into the world." WOMAN'S ESCAPE. SAD DEATH. Children Keep Lonely Vigil Betide . .... Their Mother's Corpse. s Salt Ste Marie, Mich., Jan. 25. John G. Johnson, an Indian, who has been hunting in the wilds of Algoma, be yond the end of the Algoma Central railroad, returned to his house this week and found his wyfe dead. The couple's three small children were keeping a tearful vigil in the stricken borne beside the silent woman who could no longer respond to their cries. Taken sick suddenly in the lonely house, 100 miles from the nearest town and with the children too small to rea lize their parent's distress or prove of any assistance, the helpless woman died without anything being done to alleviate her sufferings. The husband brought his three title ones to Sault Ste Marie and alone started back on his long tramp to bury his wife in the woods near the home in which she died. The children have been Bent to the Shlnwauk home for Indian chil dren. Nobody accompanied the hun ter on his homeward Journey and he alone will be present at the burial. ALPHONSE SPILLED. King and Hit Mamma in Automobile Accident New York, Jan. 25. Queen Christina, while riding with her aon, King Al fonso, In an automobile, on the Prado has, cables the Madrid correspondent of the Herald, met with an acclJent. She fell to the ground,' receiving slight injuries. King Alfonso was uninjured. Others with the party fell out and re turned to the palace covered with muj. There was great alarm at the delay of the party In returning. The king went out at 3 o'clock and was expected back early, but did not arrive until nearly 8 o'clock. In the meantime the rest of the royal family remained on the balcony of ths palace looking out for the missing ones, and finally tele phoned to the police for information. Severed Her Windpipe But Will Re cover Her Health. Chicago, Jan. 25. The remarkable recovery of Mrs. John Lelendecker, who after severing her windpipe over a month ago Is almost completely re stored to health. Is causing astonish merit, not only among her friends, but among medical men. A peculiarity ot the case is the apparent removal of the disease which had inspired the woman to take her own life. For many months Mrs. Lelendecker, who is the widow of the late John Lelendecker, for many years promi nent in democratic party councils, had been HI with a chronic stomach trouble which caused her much suffering. Seeing no prospect of relief and erased with pain, she secured a sharp knife during the absence of the nurse on December 21 and completely severed her windpipe. Within a few seconds after the incident the nurse returned to the room and found the woman ly ing on the floor In a condition warrant ing small hope of recovery. An Instant call brought a physician who stitched the wound with great care, with the aid of the nurse. The patient has steadily Improved until she Is able to be up. WOMAN CONVICTED. Shot a Japanese While She Was in In toxicated Condition. San Francisco, Jan. 25. Mrs. F. D. Forsythe has been convicted of man slaughter for the killing of W. Noda, proprietor of a shooting gallery. Oc tober 18 last The woman went Into the place on the morning of the murder in a semi-Intoxicated condition and de manded a rifle of the proprietor that she might try her skill at the target. Noda complied, and, while she was wildly flourishing the weapon In the air it was discharged and fatally wounded the Japanese. Olympla, Jan. 15. The 10th and 11th Joint ballots for the election of a Unit ed States senator were taken today without any particular result The 10th ballot resulted: Foster 48, Piles SO, Sweeney 28, Wilson 18, Jones 1 Hogan (Dem.) f. In the second ballot taken the only change was an additional vote for Fos ter and one less for Hogan. Governor Mead today signed the Lewis and Clark fair bill appropriat ing $75,000 for a Washington exhibit at Portland. He subsequently named the following as fair commlssnoners Geo. M. Miller, T. B. Sumner, J. J. Smith, C. L. Stewart, Huber Rusher, T. H. Hare and E. A. Blackmore, all members of the legislature. Both houses of the legislature hav adopted the resolution for a Joint con ference of the legislative fishing com mittee for Oregon and Washington, the Washington committeemen were today named as follows: Welsh and Watson from the senate, and Steven son and Williams from the house. This committee of four will meet and con fer with the Oregon committee on fish. erles relative to proposed legislation at Tacoma on Saturday. n it Merry Del Val Dead. New York, Jan. 25. Roeffele Merry Del Val, father of the present secretary of state of the holy see, Is dead at his home in Rome, according to a Herald dispatch from that city. In the fall of 1895 Lcontracted thst fear ful disease, Blood Poison. It gained such headway that I was forced to resign my ponuoD ana beck rcnci mi 1101 epnng. After spending all the means I bad I went to Memphis. In less than three weeks I was in a hospital, and after nine weeks of uttering I was discharged as cared. In less than a month every bone in my body teemed to be affected and felt at If they would break at the least exertion. Again I was compelled to resign, and I returned to the hospital for a seven weeks stay. When I came out I was advised to try fanning. When I first went on the farm I prevailed on the only hrm who handled drugs to get me one dozen bottletof S. S. S. At that time both of my bands were broken out with blisters and I wss covered with boils and sores. In the meantime my druggist bad gotten two dozen bottles of S. 0. S. lor me and I ttegan its use, and after taking the thirteenth bottle not sore or boil was visible. R. B. Powmuu East 9th St., Little Rock, Ark. Of all human diseases, Contagion! Blood Poison is the most hideous snd hateful. The victim is tortured with eating ulcers, ores and abscesses, unsightly blotches, eruptions and other symptoms of the mis erable disease. S. S. S. has been used successfully for nearly fifty years foi l U1BUJ1, . V V U tains no mercury, potash or other mineral. Our home treatment book gives all the symp tom of this dis ease. Medical ad vice free. Tba Swift Speciflo Compaiy, Atlanta, 6 n in in mitnmimtfTiiMtHHmiTttntittTHTt4 n . m OLD MAIDS DRIVVEL. Race Suicids and Starvation Are Ad voeated. New York, Jan. 25. The Women's Society for Political Study has dis cussed the injustice done to children in large families, where the parents are Announcement Extraordinary. Monday Morning, January 23, 1905 . AT 10 O'CLOCK. Lobby Marquam Grand Theater. Advance sale of seats will open for M E LEA EWORLD'S GREATEST SOPRANO Assisted by ELLISON VAN H003E, Tenor. SIGNORINA SAS30LI, Harpist. M. CH. GILIBERT, Bsritone. . CHAS K NORTH, Flutist MI8S DA VIES, Pianist CONCERT AT THE ARMORY MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30, AT 8:30 O'CLOCK. Prices Balcony, $4.00, $3.00, $2.00. Lower Floor, $4.00, $3.00, $2,00. Out of town orders must be accompanied by Money Order and an Ad dressed Stamped Enzelope. Send orders to Calvin Heillg, Marquam Grand Theater. N. B. The Building Will Be Thoroughly Warmed. ttimiHmTm:iimtiintmitttiin THE MIGHTY POWER OF TRUTH AND RIGHT; v.-5.. The most extensive and successful sacrifice sale of Fine Clothing, Hats, Shoes and Furnishings, within the memory , ;r i, , of Mortal Mad; is now going on at a furious rate. f ' ' . Before Beginning Building Alterations Astoria's Greatest Clothiers, 488 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 - PRICE 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 CEAVENETTES. 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 bo 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 Bal. Hose. 12ij0 for Wool Marino 20c Sox. 17c, 3 pair for 50c, best quality 25c Wool Sox. 35c for best quality neavy German Knit 50c Sox. 15c for all 25c and 35c Suspenders. 35c for all 50c, 65c and 75c Suspenders. HATS. $1.35 for $2 and $2.50 Soft and Stiff Hats. $2.35 for $3 and $3.50 Hats. $3 for Hawes Hat. As we are under con tract not to cut prices on this hat wc will give each customer buying a Hawes nat the choice of any necktie or suspenders 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. 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 KNEE 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 C5c. 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.