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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1905)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, W$ THE MOKNINO'ASTOWAN "ASTORIA ORE GRIEF BROKE HEAET strain and ld I fore V, ' could reach the detention. I s husband HOUSE OF THE FUTURE. Mrs, Scltie Weinstock Expires on Ellis Island. IS DETAINED BY OFFICIALS Concrete Blocks Gradually Becoming Popular Will Stand for Ages: Portland. Aug. HI. It is only within the lat five year that concrete ha been ned a hou-e building material. A number of large firm in the Vnitcd !utes are now manufacturing concrete block for use in place of brick or cut Ltone. Another fonn of this eompara I j tivcly new building material i armored ' concrete, for tint, buihlii-; of huge. After Years of Toil Husband Sends forjudges or other large solid structures. ' Wife Detained by Officials on Ac- n this work, the structure 1 "armored"' count of Heart Disease Children Al-1 with steel rods and the soft concrete i lowed to Land. 1 poured into moulds around the rods and j allowed to harden. Notable instance of t - - , i recent annoKd concrete construction ar 1 the great railroad bridge aero the Mis sissippi river, at Thebes. 111., opened to New York, Aug. 1(5. Mrs. Sellie Wein stock, wife of a plumber living in this city, died a prisoner on Ellis island Mon day uifcht. The doctors say heart dis ease was the cause, but her husband and friends are making a stormy protest over her detention by the immigration officials, and declare that the woman died from a broken heart. Weinstock came to this country from Russia four years ago. He left his wife and their three children with bis father. Engaging in business on the east side be gradually accumulated money enough to bring them over, and also took out citizenship papers reeeutly. - Mrs... Weinstock--arriwd . at - K1IU island July 2. Her youngest child had contracted measles during the voyage and wis immediately sent to a hospital ashore. The other children also were allowed to land, but the mother was held on a report of the examiners that she had heart disease. The husband went to Ellis island daily and tried to comfort Mrs. Weinstock. Meanwhile, lawyers were busy and made strong ef forts to secure permission for her to land. The matter was finally placed before the bureau in Washington, but no action had been taken when the woman suddenly gave way under the traffic only a few months ago, and the new McKinley High School building, in St. Uuis. The Thebes bridge is one of the wonder of modern construction. Building houses with concrete block is a simpler method. The blocks are moulded by machinery made for the purpose, in whatever si and pattern may be desired. They are then laid like stone or brick and cemented with mor tar. The common black sand, so abundant in the Western country, is used in con nection with cement, and the block harden so that they are as solid a natural stone. It is held by some scien ti,ts that the great pyramids of Egypt, whk-h have withstood the wear and tear of centuries, are built of concrete in stead of stone. The house built of concrete block certainly looks very durable. Any sort of ornamentation desired may be had, by making the .mould of the proper pat tern. Another is smooth, taking paint readily. Manufacturers of this kind of building material claim that it is much cheaper than cut stone, and they de clare that it is to be the popular ma terial of the future, and that the cement or concrete houe 25 years rom now will 1 as common a sight as is the con crete sidewalk of tmlay. TO WITNESS HANGING Rev. MeuryContends There is Con siousness After Neck Is Broken. TOO MANY DUMMIES. SIGNALS AFTER DROP FALLS As.isscrs to Strike Fraudulent Names from Voting List. Vhiladelphia, Aug. Id. According to u statement made by the director of the department of public Mt'ety, based .n a canvas nuule ny Hie pom, ne-re are tal.tKI name on the voting lit of the city which, under the law, have no right to l thereon. The assessor in all the voting db-trict of the city will be ak-d to strike the alleged fraitdu lent name from the list. Will See Negro Wife Murderer Eiecut ed and If Victim Shows Signs of Con sciousness Will Seek to Abolish Capi tal Punishment, New York, Aug. 1. To strengthen his argument against capital punish ment, the Rev. Emil A. Meury, pastor of the Second Reformed church, Jersey City, will witness the execution of Ed ward Tapely, a negro wife murderer, in the Hudson county jail on Friday. Mr. Meury contend there is consciousness after the laxly of a condemned man leaves the platform. He declare that a man who wa hanged in Jersey City four years ago gave a signal after the drop fell, showing consciousness, al though hi neck wa broken. If Tapely give similar sign after the moment of hanging, Mr. Meury will appear lefore the legislature next win ter and ask for the abolition of capital punishment. TODAY'S WEATHER. Portland. Aug. 10. Western Oregon Thursday, partly cloudy, with probably showers in northern portion, western Washington! Tartly cloudy, with prol ablv shower. Eastern Oregoiu tet crally fair. Eastern Washington: Cloudy with probably showers lit. northern por tion. Special BERLIN BANKER FEARS FINANCIAL DEPRESSION atarday August 19 One hundred dozen ladies' fine linen handkerchiefs, beautiful designs, sold nowhere for less than 25c to 50c. For one day only we place the entire lot on sale--at, your choice. Each, only 15 cemte Thee remarkable handkerchief bargains to be appreciated need but to be seen. If you're awake to your own interest you'll supply yourself fur future needs. You'll never have another opportunity that equals this. You've just one week more in which to get one of those beautiful life size cray on pictnres Free. Coupon free with one dollar purchase. Grave Monetary Crisis Faces China in Near Future. 1 " San Francisco, Aug. 10 Caarl Beck- man, a Berlin banker, a recent arrival here, who has been traveling extensive ly in China, sav that a grave monetary crisis is liable to occur in China before long. "That country," be goes on to say, "seems to be manipulating its coinage in such a manner as to have a less val nable coin circulating side by side with vulusble and. nworduiif to a well-known economic law-, the les val liable medium. i likely to drive out the more valuable one and cause a financial depression. -Heretofore, the Vah.' a copper coin 1 in value equal to about one twentieth of the American cent, has lieen the chief wiiii of Chinese circulation. But re eently there ha Wn an extensive mint age of a coin called the 'cent.' It is equal to about ten 'cash. f the lat year, while the mintage of the 'cash lias not lieen increased. Now, while the value of the 'cent' is normally about ten times that of the 'ca-li.' its intrinsic value is not nearly so much larger, and I fear that the less valuable intrinsical ly, of the two coins, will drive out the other. I doubt if the industrial strength of China is such as to make it prepared to submit a unit of money as the 'cent' for the much le valuable unit, in which all transaction have been based in the W have decided not to tarry over a single two-piers suit and In order to clr the tables of this class of metch andiss we gtyt you a aiwouni 01 PATRIOT'S MEMORY HONORED. Charles W. Fairbanks Dedicates Mo ument to Memory of Ethan Allan. UitrlinL'ton. Yt.. Ann. HI A massive battlemeiited tower of Vermont granite erected to the memory of Vermont' rev olutionary patriot, Ethan Allen, on the farm where lie spent much of hi life ilc.licatisl in this citv today. The orator of the day wa Charles W. Fair tmnU. vi..ireidelit of the I'nlted States, MISS ALICE ROOSEVELT . WILL VISIT PEKIN Will Leave Secretary of War and Party on Return to Manila. San Francisco, Aug. R Advice re wived bv the liner Mongolia and or roboraled by the Pacific Mail Stemhi company, state that Mi Alice Ko" velt will not return here with Secretary of War Taft and hi party, scla-diiled to return on the Korea alsmt tVtols-r 1. Miss RiMmevelt, it is said, ha Wn invited to vl-it the family of Mr. V", W. U.iekhill at IVkin and will leave the Taft party upon her return to Japan from Manila. Accompanied by her companion, Mis McMillan and Mis Itoardmnn, she will nr.vw.1 in IVkin. Inter retnrninif to Japan or Shanghai, where lie will tiourd the steamer Mongolia, arriving here on November 3. NEW MOON FOR JUPITER. in Cali PRESIDENT OF DEFUNCT BANK TO PAY CLAIMS. Hunt, of Pan-American, Acting pendent of Receiver. Inde- Seen from Lick's Observatory fornia. ' Ronton, Aug. Id. Harvard olccrva inri; (illlcials received a televram lrtt night from the I.ick oWrvntory in Cal ifornla that a seventh sateliie of Jupi ter had Wn observed. REPORTED SEXI0USi.1T ILL. iStmM' $a Per Cent on the Two Suits Piece Thia comprises all tht best that st tailors can put In garment SIZES, 34 TO 40. HOMESPUNS, WORSTEDS, SERGES, IN NEAT, SNAPPY PATTERNS. P. A. STOKES "THE DRESSY SHOP FOR DRESSY MEN." Comfort the heart, strengthens the mind. I good ill of 'eH- Make the face bright a the summer room. That's what UollUter's Rocky Mountain lea will do, Cures when all el fails. 35 cents at Frank Hart's drug store. DAYS OF DIZZINESS. Rumor Not Confirmed Head of Canal . Commi&sion.. New York, Aug. Irt.-It was retried in this city late lat night, ay the American, that Tlrodore P. Shout, president of the Panama canal commis sion, is seriously HI in Greenwich, Conn. No confirmation could ! obtained and none of Ir. Hhonts friends here had heard of his lieing sick. he Foard 8 Stolies (Co. ASTORIA'S GREATEST STORE. Chicago, Aug. 16. About 100 men, women and children, depositor and holders of Ravings account books in the defunct Pan-American Bank company, it is expected will apear at the Sher man house today and receive in full the amount of their deposits. The first decisive announcement that depositors were to receive their money was' imide yesterday by Attorney Held man, counsel for some of Banker Will iam Hliunt's creditors. ' Creditors of the banking company holding claims of $10 or less will be ac commodated tliis morning and receive their money from Hunt personally. Hunt-, the former president of the bank, is acting entirely Independent of the receiver of the bank. GUSTAVSEN-HAVLAND NUPTIALS. Miss Evelyn fJutavsen find Osmund Uavland were married last evening at the, residence of Y Krickson, 55 Ex change street, the Rev. William Sey mour Short officiating. A few immedi ate friends were present, and a dainty repast was served following the cere mony. The contracting parties are both of this city and will make their home here. Fiendish Suffering, if often caused by sore, ulcers and can cers, that eat away your skin. Wm. Be dell, of Flat Rock.fich., says: "I have used Bucklcn's Arnica Salve, for ulcers, sores and cancers. It is the beet healing dressing I ever found." Soothes and heals cut burns and scalds. 25 c at Charles OCTOBER SECOND, LAST DAY TO PAY TAXES. Delinquent List Will Be Made Up Imme diately Following. Monday, October 2, it was announced at the sheriff's oflhe yesterday, will la the last day upon which taxe may la- paid. This will give taxper 47 days in which to pay their assessments. lhe delinquent tax list will be made up im mediately following October 2. The list will then be published for five weeks, and the sale of property for the collection of delinquent assessments will occur the last Monday in DecemU-r. Second-half payments are already com ing in and 5,376 receipt have been Is sued. The amount collected to date is 183,3.18. The 1W4 roll was the largest in the history of the comity, be ing over f200,000. Deputy Sheriff Hind er is of the opinion that the delinquent list will be less than tha of any previous year. Coma to Hundreds of Astoria People. There ar day of iliriuc-, Spell of heaiV'lM", sidcuche, back ache, . Sometime rheumatic pain, Often urinary disorder. All tell you plainly the kidneys are dck. l.an' Kidney Pills cure all kidney ill. J. Carson, employed at the Portland Lumber company, foot of Lincoln street, who reside at 3W First street, Port land, Ore., says; "I was feeling mis- erabl with a dcpreiiig lameness around the smalt of my laok all lat summer. At first 1 did not pay much attention to it, but it continued to grow worse and finally became so had that 1 though I would have to lay off work. To Is-ml or move quickly caused severe twinges. I was often attacked with diwy spells, speck appeared before iny eye and I had no ambition or energy. In the morning I ro- a tired a when 1 went to bed.. In fact, I had all the symptoms of a very severe case of kid ney trouble. Win n I wa. suffering the s 1 read about Poan's "Kidney Pills and procured a box. I soon noticed an Improvement in my condition, "and the i mi ii and aching across my back soon 1 diapieared. Alsmt six weeks ago I was laid up with a siege of the gup for two weeks. Symptom of kidney com plaint made their appearance again and I resorted to lJ.wn' Kidney Pills a second time. They just a thoroughly freed me of the trouble a in the former case, I cannot express wnni a cnange they have made in me. I simply feel like a different person." Plenty more proof like this from As toria jieople. Gill at Cha. Roger' drug store and ask what hi customer re port. . For sale by all dealers. Price Wl cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y olo agent for the United State. Itemeoilier 'the name JJonii' and take no other. MILL HAND HURT. . Jacob Searndt. an employe of the Tongue Point Lumber company, wa se verely crushed yesterday by being caught between two car of lumU-r in the dryhouso. Dr. Henderson was called, but as the patient is resting easily" at present it is not believed he is serious ly hurt. ! j i I....J1 m ij : Furniture For Sale. , The book case, papers, racks ni other library furniture of the Astoria Library for sale at very rwasonabJe prices. Call at library room immediate- STATEMENT OF Astoria Savings Bank At the close of business August 10, 11)05. R ESOUKC KS, Loan and dis- counts $5G7,KOO 70 County warrant 1S,1.10 40 City warrant .. Real estate Due from bank Cash on hand .... 43,449 82 ?02fl,3s6 I)2 14,500 01,016 71 55,036 00 147,852 73 Total 701,742 63 LIABILITIES.. Capital paid In $100,000 00 Suiplu 35,000 00 Undivided profit 14.027 21 Dividend unpaid 120 00 Subject to eheck$3K0.704 31 Time certificates. 237,130 12 Demand cert iff- " cates .......... 14,801 01 641,005 44 'O SPICES. O COFFEEJEA, BAKING POWDER, FU.V0niri0EXTWI.CTSj lkalurt taffy. Rrvisr FlAVor. Ortatca$rmth,letmUkfrictsJ CLOSSET&DEYERS , FORTLANDs ORECON. ' J$ 15hc fiu J 1 BEEtsSHIVE I law- y lliuv in Upt"ir 1 (Mil ti I lie I bits are M i! hm i v Is mi I incut Ladies' Trimmed and Straw Hats 15c, 25c and 43c They are un exceptional lmrgiiin mi l just tlic thing tn fill nut the sum mcr season with. j UNTRIMMED HATS ioc Ladies' Linen Wash Shirts 50c Little Children's Wash Dresses, sizes 0 to 14 year. All Wash Dresses Reduced ARE ' NOW SHOWING AD VANCE STYLES IN WE Ladies" Coats. Rain Coats and Suits Rogers' drug store. Total ,781,742 65