TUESDAY, DECEM8ER 12, 1905.
TIIE MORNING ASTORIAN. -ASTOBIA. OREGON.
DANGER OF FIRE
New York City's Fire Protection
Is Inadequate,
SO SAYS FIRE UNDERWRITERS
Fire Alarm System It UnrtlUble tb
Water Supply Is Insufficient and DU-
' tribution Poor Fit Engines Too Few
and Tha In Um Inefficient.
New Yoik, Dec. II. TIm Journal of
totumeroe today ayi "Tli City of
Ktf York from a fire protecting aland-j-iint,
U in a my aeriotia condition a
i -lumn by the jut completed report
of committee of twenty of the Na
tiottai Hoard of Fir I'nder writer.
There art several vital defect a in tlie
varloua branches of the fire department
and water upp1y which at any time by
(uuUimtion may form a very grave
iiient-e to the greater part of the city.
"WKh it vaM. congestion of valuee
and " narrow and obtructed atreeta in
th. tmlnet aertion, taken in conec
tion with a dangcrouly unreliable fire
alarm ayetem, Insufficient water eup
ply and poor diUlluton, causing ex
trembly low preuie In wmi locali
ti', aWne of a sufficient number of
engine and inefficiency of aoinoof thoe
In u-e, there la derided opportunity for
a eeping conflagration in thia city.
The ixiiiimittee'a experte have complet
ed a very careful examination of the
eiiliie city and the reeult of their flnd
ing U confirmed by Captain John 8.
Bewell, of the eorpa of engineer, U. 8.
A . who waa detailed by I'roaident
ltooMiVtlt, to aUt in the work of the
committee. Captain Bcwcll tay in
part:
"The type and occupancy of building
prevailing In th worst aectiona, their
mutual expoure4 the narrowrte of
atn-t-ta, inadequacy of water aupply and
dtntributlofl, together awith the enor
mous value involved, combine to make
of the situation ia Manhattan by far
the niot aeriou Art and conflagration
hazard it baa ever seen The ronrlu
tinn ia Inevllable that tha magnificent
per-amnel of the ftre department haa
tirrn the only thing that ha prevented
aaerplng eonqagrationa in the peat.
"In view of tha enormou interet
Involved and the almost international
(Waiter of the eaUlripli which
would U represented by sweeping
omlUtcralion in Manhattan, no time
almuld U lot in putting into effect all
the proposed Improvement ami all the
recommendation in thia ivoil or their
tlnir full equivalent.
"IV report 1 iaaued under the au
plcea of the committea of twenty of
the board of underwriter and waa ap
pointed ahortly , after tha Baltimore
conflagration with a view to inveUgat
ing Um lira protection of tha variou
eitlee of tba country."
In Mad Chase.
MilUona ruah in mad chaaa after
health, from one extreme of faddlMit to
another, when, if they would only eat
good food, ami keep their bowel regu
lar with I)r. Klng'a New Ufa IMIU,
their trouble would all paw and quick
cure for liver and Umah trouble 2ftc
t Uhnrlee Roger, drug store; guaran
teed.
STRIKE POSTPONED.
New York, IVo. 11. Difference be
tween, ""i""" nav eauwd the pot
ponement of the Mrlke of tunnel work
er which wan to huva gone int effect
thia morning." Th strike, would have
affected all th lunnela under the North
and Kut river.
A Fearful Fata.
It ia a, fearful fata to have to endure
tha terrible torture of Nlaa. "I can
truthfully aav." writea Harry Colon, of
IMaonvll!e, Ia, "that for Blind; Bleed-
ln'e ' Arnlcft Salve, la th beat euro
made," Alo beat for cuU, bum and
Injuria. 25o at Charles Rogers, drug-
JAPANESE COLONY.
Seattle, Dec, 11. Rev. Frank OU-
fzakl, pator of the Japanese Baptlut
antBMon in Sauie, , aupporwa oy mr
leading Chiitiftn Jflpaneae reaidenl, ia
ilanning ft colony for Immigrant from
liia eountry.' It ia planned to eatblih
h colony noniewhere on rugct Round.
Ikaxakl denirea to eata-blWi tha colony
n order that 1 may better epread
hriitun teaching among hi people.
SALMON PACKZBS ORGAMZE.
Pan FranHnco, Doc. 11. The Alaska
Snlmon packer, enIting entirety of
Porto Itlmn, Mexicans, and peraona
from Chile, tU 1'hllipplnea and other
cotintrie where Fnlh la afMiken, rmt
yenterdy and perfected their organiza
tion. The majority of tha men forming
the oruanlxatiou ram from Porto Rico.
They wero originally Induced to leave
their home on promioa that they would
obtain work on Hawaiian plantation at
good wagea ami tindnr favorable eondl
1 ion. They ultimately became (trend
ed In thia city. They were then hired
by Chine contractor to cure and pack
rfalmon In Alanka. Again they werA
ubjeet to great bardiliiNi and their
earning were not ufllrlcnt to procure
uitlkj fiMtd. Through organisation
they Low to lietter their condition.
MOVING TO CANADA
ManuftduringlntembGoinjFrom
United SUtes.
TARIFF RESTRICTIONS CAUSE
Loit to Thia Country FinancUily, Thus
Fa Ia Ijopo-CUcago la tUt
Chef Sufferer irBoia Mannfactsr
en Art Much Alarmed at Conditiona.
(Iiicago, Dec 11. 8on alarming con
dition are rapidly driving large manu
facturing intcreata from the United
State to Canada are to be connidcred
within a few day by the Illtnol Manu
facturer AMUocktion.
KeporU jut gathered how that 132
of tha leading concern of the country
have been obliged, chiefly on account of
tariff nmtrictiona, to etablih branch
plant In Canada Fifteen of theae in
dutrie have Leadquartar in Chicago.
The rrulting loaa financially la esti
mated at upward of 90WO,0(X dS
which amount Chicago la represented In
tha atatUtica to hav tuffered ft large
proportion.
The agitation which tha Illinois
manufacturer are about to etart i ex
pected to aume the form ahortly of
a national appeal to) Congreea. Tha
remedy niot in favor locally and
throughout tty com nary prpvidee fort
reciprocity 1egllatioa, which will per
mit of the freer exchange of American
and Canadian manufactured productaj
It I likely that Congrcn will b ak-
ad durinf the preaeat aewdoa to take
wtne tcp in thia direction.
AMOUNTS TO NOTHING.
New York. Dec. 1 1. Fpveking of the
protect mad againt Iter play during
her Canadian tour, Barak Eemlrdt,
who arrived here yeterday, aatdr "It
ajuounted to nothing. It wa all ft mbv
undcrtanding. . There In ft theatre In
Quebec which haa been producing ft eer
ie of dcgeneraW pla,v. Tlie ArehbH-
op ftke4 that a aenrion be pretclted
against the pluy. This wa don and
oine folih H-iijie thought he meant
my ptay." 8U declared the were out
Ride th theatre waa not a eriou de-
monnlration, 8he looked on It rather
a the prank of aome college youth.'
MASS 0F. SORES
Awful Suffering of Littla Boj
from en Itching Homotur
CURED BYCUTICURA
Not 0ns Square Inch of Skin on
His Whole Body Unaffected
My little eon, a boy of five, broke
Ottt with an itching raeh. Three doc
ton prescribed for him, but be kept
getting worae until we could notdrea
him any more. They finally advised
toe to try ft certain medical college,
but it treatment did no good. At the
time Z waa induced to try Cnticnra
be waa ao bad that I bad to cut bia
bair off and put the Cnticura Oint
ment on bim on bandagea, aa it waa
Impossible to touch bim with the bare
band. There waa not one aquare inch
of akin on bia whole body that waa
not affected. Hewaaonemaaaof aorea.
The bandagea used to stick to hi akin
nd in removing them it used to take
the akin off with them, and the scream
from the poor child were heart-break,
ing. I began to think that he would
never get well, but after the aecond
application of Cuticurn Ointment I
began to ace eigne of improvement,
ana with the third and fourth appli
cation the aorea commenced to dry
up. Ilia akin peeled off twenty time,
but it finally yielded to the treatment.
Now 1 can aay that be ia entirely
cured, and ft atronger and healthier
boy yon never aaw than be la to-day."
ROBERT WATTAM, 49" Center
Ave., Chicago, III., Djx. jp, 1897.
SIX YEARS LATER
fir. Wattam writes
"Your letter of the tut In regard to
the caae of my little boy at band. I
am truly thankful to aay that the cure
effected by the Cuticura Remediea haa
been moat thorough and aucccaiful
cure to date." Chicago, Feb. J, 1903.
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