THE MORNING ASTORIAN. AbTORlA, OREGN .
WEDNESDAY, JUNE ai, 1903.
THE MORNING ASTORIAN
Established 1873.
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Entered at the postofflce at Astoria,
Oregon aa second-class natter.
(Orders for the delvtvrinf of Tai Mosxixa
Astoria to eilhif rm1eoc or pUce of tumim-m
mutf be made by portal card or through t)
(hone. Any Irregularity in deliwy should b
immeaiaMiy reported to ine omee or publication.
Telephone Main 661.
MORAL CLEANLINESS.
Sheriff Linville has declared himself.
So have the din keepers. The oue aver
that he will rid the city of the dance
hall evil, the other that the dance, hall
shall not only continue in their present
character, but that they shall flourish.
and this, with the sanction of the laws
of the State of Oregon.
Last night a writ of mandamus wax
nerved on the sheriff forcing him to is
sue licenses to these men, licenses permit
ting the maintenance of dens of vice,
bedlams, baudy houses, brothels, or any
other name we are pleased to dub them,
where the boys of our city are allowed to
enter and come in contact with women
who have long since bid "adieu" to an
appreciation of modesty, of honor or of
feelf respect, where the unwary are wont
to mingle with these gaudily garbed
denii-modes only to leave minus money
and awakened to realize that the esthet
ic virtues of Astoria's dance halls are
difficult to perceive.
This topic is no milk for infants. The
city is facing a crisis. The fact that
those brothels are permitted to exist is
not an argument in behalf of our maral
standard; rather it bodes ill, and will
only result in retarding the progress of
this community. Persons with the in
terests of the city at heart will not cry
out against an advocacy to rid these
places of their lewd occupants. Xo self
respecting chief -of -police woul ddepend
upon a county officer, realizing, as he
hold, that his duty is to drive the wo
men from the Astor street dives.
Unfortunately we have no executive at
the head of our police department. The
hearts of the rank and file are with the
hearts of those who fight for the cleans
ing of the city, but they are mere men
ials, nonetities. They are void of an
thority. One move on their part without
the heavy hand of a chief behind them
would result in their walking the carpet.
WHAT THE CITY NEEDS IS A CHIEF
OF-POLJCE. THE ASTORIAN KNOWS
IT. THE POLICE COMMISSION
KNOW IT; THE PEOPLE KNOW IT.
Even the chief-of-police knows it, but he
cannot understand it. '
So in order to protect the virtue of ou
women, the minds of our children, we
must ask a county officer to do the work
of a city official. The county officer ac
comodates us, and well, but the laws of
the state are such, he must suffer the
humiliation of practical arrest and at
the request of the pusillanimous carrion
who, apparently, are running the city
the state, and, the tenderloin. It is high I
time the law permitting such high
handed action was repealed.
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is the fact that the choice of Washing
ton was made by the powers on tholi
own initiative and not at the seeking
or even suggestion of this country.
About a year ago the world was plung
ed into profound sorrow on learning of
the awful holocaust that had overtaken
a gathering of German Lutheran Sun
day school picnickers who sought di
version aboard a New York steamer, the
General Slocum. All will recall the heart
rending tales accompanying that dis
aster and the discovery following of
preservers containing bars of iron. Com
menting on the lugubrious anniversary
of the Slocum horror, the New York
Commercial, in its issue of June 10, mti
One year ago yesterday a thousand
and thirty-one people lost their lives
by the burning and the beaching of the
excursion steamer (ieneralSloeum in the
Et river; two hundred and sixty six
other passenger, were injured, more or
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O. R. 4 X. extension. That the railroad
"may bend, to build," is a reasonable assumption.
A five-column cut in the Oregonlan
carries the caption, "crowds entering the
art building at which an opening recrp
tion was held yesterday." The '"crowd"
is composed of eleven people. How fear
ful a Portland crowd must be?
A boy was mangled in a Portland mill j
This editor's shirt was mangled presum
ably in a Portland mangle and he will
mangle the proprietor of that laundry
if the opportunity affords.
"A short time ago, a drunken brute In
human form." reads a communication to
the Orcgouian. Really. But monkeys
imbibe occasionally.
"It was inadvertently stated," com
ments the Oregonian editorially in an
less; and bereavement was thus Drought apologetic strain. The recall expluna-
to nearly seven hundred families, most tion which have frequently graced the
of them identilied with one church or columns of Portland's great daily, im-
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ganization. ' pels the comment, "as usual."
It is one of the most extraordinary
facts in the history of criminal prose-1 "Where, oh where is that universal
cutions that of the seven men Indicted peace which our mild-mannered dream
by the Federal grand jury for direct era have been predicting for the last half
responsibility of these deaths through century!" fervently questions an ed;
neglect of duty, only one was brought torial in the Oregonian. "Nerveless ef-
to trial; that he has been tried three forts" are really more to the xiiut.
times; and that the jury at each trial
failed to agree on a verdict. Quite as " Whiskey saved the life of a Wciser.
remarkable is it that no surviving suf- Idaho, carpenter. In way of umirecia-
fer from this absolutely inexcusable tion he will probably give the liquor a
disaster has been able to collect damages good opportunity to kill him.
from the company owning and operating
the boat And preposterous as the propo
sition may seem, the government Is
about to abandon all its cases, its
sworn prosecutors being apparently of
the opinion that the great expense in- I Bobby A(am.
volved does not warrant taking the Father Why didn't you go to school
chance of other mis-trials. And thus today, young man
the backs of a score or more of men Bobboy 5ee, I'm getting absent mind
whose criminal negligence has caused so el- I clean forgot it.
much death and suffering, and has prac-
,IN LIGHTER VEIN.
ically destroyed the once-profitable
Summer-excursion business in New York
waters, are to go unlashed!
A most humiliating confession by the
government of the United States is that
wherever its general system of adminis
tration is criminally lax individuals un
der it can always rely on escape from
Didn't Hart Any.
(!uet See here, waiter, your sleeve
1 just dipped into my soup.
Waiter Oh! that don't make any dif
ference, sir. This is an old coat
Naturally.
Wiggs I went to a memory
school
the meshes of the law! A disheartening st n'ght
commentary on the efficacy of trial by
jury.
Still, the crime brings with it one com
pensation: Human life in New York
waters is now better safeguarded aboard'
ship than it has been before in a third
of a century. The laws are more string
ent, and the men charged with enforcing
them do their duty more closely up to
the line. But the more wholesome de
terrent against law-breaking that might
have come from a half-dozen convictions
for homicide or manslaughter has been
absolutely lost.
Must another thousand lives be siml
lariy saennced some day as vicarious
atonement for the sins of another set of
government officials and steamboat men?
It would not be surprising. We so soon
forget!
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COMMENT
CHOICE OF WASHINGTON.
Tl v . .
me selection of Washington as the
place of meeting for the Russo-Japanese
peace penitentiaries is of considerably
more significance than most person real
ize. Jn fact, it is a most important inci
dent in the history of the country, and
01 me world. It is of especial signifi
cance for never before has the American
capital been sought for the place for such
a meeting. The impetus it affords to
ward attaining the characterization of a
"world power" is greater than that fol
lowing the Spanih-Am-rican war which
resulted in the reeogntion of the country
as one of the most influential nations
in the world. Aside from this, the selec
tion of Washington is convincing that
both belligerents believe the United
States to I so neutral, so disinterested
and so absolutely impartial that Its cap
ital is the most desirable plaw for the
meeting of their plenipotentiaries. Thin
manifestation of confidence and the alac
rity with which President Roosevelt's
overtures for the consummation of a
peace conference have been accepted by
iwt heountnes should sufficiently estab
lish the status of this country in rela
tion to the war and to the powres that
are waging it a status than which, none
could be more honorable and benovelent.
Probably the most gratifying phase of
the culmination of negotiations for the
appointment of peace plenipotentiaries
-&eauie, says a "r.-l. bead, "may
have a purchasing agency." Following
the deck reads, "Panama Canal supplies
to be obtained here says Chief of Insula!
Bureau." Two sides to the story, ap
parently.
Two deaf mutes were arrested in Se-
aiue ior disturbing the peace. hat a
lively place the northern city must be?
A moving picture machine operator
in Brooklyn, N. Y., was blown through
a wall by the explosion of his apparatus.
The audience was further entertained.
naturally, with an impromptu "moving
man" exhibition.
Waggs You don't say so! What was
the name of it?
Wiggs I can't rememoer.
Gave Herself Away.
Said he, "Little miss,
Grant me just a kiss.
Tie for one only one I sue,
As she lifted her eyes
She exclaimed in surprise,
"Why the other men always
Want two."
Revised Quotation.
Orator Man's inhumanity to man
makes countless mill mill
Auditor Millionaires!
Penalties of Plutocracy.
"They say he lives like a millionaire.'
"It's true. He can't eat a blamed
thing he likes." Chicago Tribune.
Wanted to Know.
Bronson Too bad about Smith,
was blown up last week.
Henpeck Wife or gasoline?
Of Coarse.
Edith I told Papa that you wanted
to see him the next time you called.
Edward What did he say ?
Edith He said all right he wasn't
afraid of you.
Appreciation.
Mr. Bore. Ah! that's a lovely song
It always carries me away.
Miss Cutting R. E. Marks I'm sorry
I didn't sing it for you eariler.
Great Scheme.
"Jack's new book is in the third ed
ition."
"That's great!"
"Yes; he inherited a fortune and
ine -zotn century Limited' now
makes the run between Chicago and
New York in 14 hours. Ultimately it bought out two editions himself."
win create anotner world s record; it win
furnish the newspapers with a story of
the most disastrous wreck in the annals
of railroad history.
A universal peace seems assured. The
Kusso-Japanepe plenipotentarie will j,1(,tie 0f the oeace
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uieei m august; ine Chicago teamsters
contemplate ending their strike and the
State Commission and officials of the
Lewis and Clark exposition, we under
stand, have shaken hands.
A Difference.
Clergyman Remember, my friend.
"whom God has joined together, let no
man put asunder."
fteeKer alter tiivorce Kr it was a
Some Iowa farmers are under water
as the result of a Mississippi overflow.
The opening of the Triickee-Carson irri-
gation canal places Nevada formers un
der similar, but more gratifying con
ditions.
No Secret About It.
It is no secret that for cuts, burns.
etc., nothing is so effective as Bucklin's
Arnica Salve. "It did not take long to
cure a bad sore I had. and it is all 0.
K. for sore eyes, writes D. L. Gregory,!
of Hope, Texas. 25 cents at Charles
Rogers drug store.
A Bad Scare.
Some day you will get a bad scare
when you feel a pain, in your bowels
and fear unnpmliiif ia fiafotv 1ia n
for a chief of mil ice to succeed a ,l,.,ilr. t. t .
. I Ul . L-llt.ll 111 1 1) 1 rfnr 1 .1 T a I'l i I B ra
, a I
cure for all bowel and stomach die
eases. Such as headache, hillniiMieaa vm
May Build to Bend," quotes a head tiveness. etc. Gu.r.nWJ .1 rt,.,!-
u lu vregonian, revive w a proposed Rogers' drug store, only 25c. Try them.
Portland people are on a live "hunt"
"Hunt."
Oat price to all Goods marked in
plain figures.
Men's Suits
good ones for
5.2.50
This particular collection of suits
at twelve dollars and a half is a
revelation of good tailoring and
good style. We show them in all
popular mixed as well as plain
color.
Ws guarantee every suit at
$1250
Boy's Summer
Suits
at ipecltl low prices
BENTON'S NEW VALVELESS
GASOLINE MARINE ENGINE.
Simple and Reliable. Ltteit Cut.
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lt Parts la Ct 0t
f Order,
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Maes with Us
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Quiet Exhaust.
Any Speed from KX
to mo revolution
per minute.
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Sir. 1 to 10 II. , Niirl C'lllmier.
Micm 8 to 40 II. II., Double) CyllniU-r.
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UVERY STABLE
All goodsshlppedtoourcare will receive spools) sltention.
709-715 Commercial Street.
Sherman Transfer Co.
HENRY SHERMAN, Manager
Hacks, Camages-.Baggap Checked and Transferred Tmck tod
Furniture Wagons- tfanoa Moved, Boxed and Shipped.
433 Commercial Street
Phoat Mala 121
Little Boys' suits in the new
Jap Blouse style, in serge at I3.00
Hunter Brown suits, of plain serge
es and fancy tweeds.
Prices, I4.00 to 16.00
Norfolk Suiti for boys, double
breasted style, Knickerbocker
pants; all sizes up to 16
At I3, 14, lj, W
SPECIAL
jo Doc President Suspenders.
Never sold for less than 50c.
Special for this week only ,
35c
ASTORIA IRON WORKS
F L BISHOP. 8rLry ASTORIA HA VINOS BANK.Trea
Designers aad Maaufactnrers of
THE LATEST IMPROVED
Canning Machinery, Marine Engine$and Boilers.
Complete Cannery Outfits Furnished.
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. Ft ,,f b,.
wwet I W4
The
Astoria
Restaurant.
If you want a good, clean meal or if you
arc in a nurry you should
go to the t
Astoria Restaurant
This fine restaurant is thoroughly up-to-date
in every detail.
EXCELLENT MEALS.
EXCELLENT SERVICE
Wear
Sole agents for this
Celebrated
$3.00 Hat
The most critical man can cer
tainly be pleased in this line, as
it includes every fashionable
shape becoming every face. Every
wearer will tell you that no bet
ter value was ever given at $3.00
JH'C
Astoria's Greatest Clothiers
490-500 Commercial St
AN ASTORIA PRODUCT
Tale Bohemian Hecr
Best In Hie Northwest
North Pacific Brewing Co.
The Best Restaurant,
Regular Meals 25c.
Everything the Market Affords.
Sunday Dinners a Specialty.
Palace Catering Co.
First National Bank of Astoria, Ore.
i:STAULlSlli:i) 1880.
Capital and Surplus $100,000
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