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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1905)
MONDAY, DICEKBEB it, 1903. THE MORNING ASTORIAN. ASTORIA, OREGON. a LOST DY GAMBLING Ccrman Cx-Naval Offlc r Loses His Fortune. JAILED FOR INTOXICATION HI. . . Aiici efmuun, ma Money ai OKI . ... . . -I -, . nu.lan an ItaMltf li kIiumI ammil IRa. mM in. fhi unniin. . . v iv I r a lease Hin-Coati la Raw York- CMi HI WIU KCIOna. a.u. ft- Miaa M w lork, Drc, 1T-An ex-lieutenant la Uie German navy, wealthy In hUj feeling gtad that it la not a habit of own right, and tha bubend of a promt lour to tell people to their aea what ril young woman of Berlin, (Vr Hagar, 30 yeara oh, wtio rful to a Vhie la lived aieept that ha about lb taka ahlp for the Orieivi, m before MagMraJe Tlghe In tha Duller Mrwtlwho only knew him by repute that ha fourt today on a charge of Intoxlm - Uon. ; ' The man, who haa a fine military fig ure and ft dltlnguihed bearing, whhh tote out tte btory ha told tie mag' SatratA looked to be almost on tka forge of servoua eollapo from drink. When aekad ty Magtatrete Tig he whether or not ha waa guilty of Uie of' fern a charged, tha prUonor ' quietly ftjuwend that ha wia. He further tU tha iruigietrat tbel It would break tbe laai bit of apirit in him If he were tatt to Jail. Ha then told the court ft re- ntarkabla aUiry. lie ald that hU right name wt not! JTaga, but that of ft prominent Berlin family. Ke aald that hi father had died two yrara ago and left him a fortune, and that h waa a' thai time a lieu- tenant In tha Herman navy. Obtaining leave of alienee, be ntarrled a prominent young Berlin aorlety girl, but on their J wedding trip he lot almoet hi entire J fortune at Monto Carlo. Following thl I lie aald that ha Indulged to auch inx- tent in the ua of liquor that hia wife I left him and be"wa dWmiwd from thai German eervice. I Since then ha haa led the lire 01 a wanderer, throughout tha United Rtate and Europe, but ha been unable to re- form. Ho told MaglatraJU Tlghe that I ho had never been guilty of any offenc in thU count rr and aked to ba allowed to go free. Team of gratitude rolled down hi cheek when MagWtrato Tighe told him aentrnca would be upended. Tm euirur to India to beirin over again," Haga told tl court, "and when I have regained my health end reputa tion I nhall return to my wife." "I ih you goid fortiane," aM Mug' Utr.te Tlghe. WILL REPRXSENT PEOPLE. Chicago, Dec. 17. Jmlge tJrHciip yterJy appointed John Maynard liar lan e one of tha ctmnel for tho I'nlon Traction Cmnpanr. Aowwdinir to tlx a a " nUteiuegt niale by the Judge, Mr. Har lan, U to rrprment the people of (lii- cwgo in pending dincunnloti over fni luhine ordinance. Tlte amount of eoniienatlon Mr. liar- Ion i to rer va for hi aenh-e wa not announceil. GAS EXPLOSION. Hyannla, Ma., Dec. 17.-The Nhk- ron C Work, which furnUhe Jight for thi town, were destroyed laM night Jiy an exphwlon, which Wiled (htUirne C'rowell, who wa in c'.iarge of the plant, and damaged aeveral build- liil?. It I aiimxyed tlwt tVowell'ef hi litem ignited eecaping ga. The eg floaion (bmaigctl many buildingo m-aiby. 11,e flnnm-uil hi-a I 110,000. WAGES RAISED. New York, Dee. 17. After negotia tions laoting over two month, the Brotherhood of Cnrnenter made an agr.ment wiUi tJ.e Maetrv Carpentera AwK-iatioii yefnrday atTectbig 12,0li0 men, by which wage will be Increaned from H.M to H.0 n day on July 1. The w brotherhood demanded an increaiw of 50 cent a day on July I. Tortsrt of a Pmchr. Tha atory of th torture of Rer. 0. D. Moore, paator of tha Baptiet church ofsllarperavllle, N. Y will Intareat you. IIo aayai "I auffered agoniea, Vecanaa of I a noriUtent coiixrh. reeultini from tha grip. I had to akep aitting up in bed. I tried many remeliea, without relief, until I took Dr. King'a New Discovery for Cbiptimplfcini Cougha anil Cold, wAlch entirely cured my cough, and good food, and keep their bowel rcgu aaved ma from conumptlon."A irrand lar with Dr. King New Ufa TilU, cure for dieacd .condltiona of Throat and Lnnmi. At Cha. Roirera dnieawtl price 60c and $1.00, guaranteed. Trial bottle free. MADt TOO MAIfY 8PEECHU. Hongkong, Dk, 27. Mr. Bryan, to Vhm Urn ago, fthm he opjKwM'd the UU Mr. Mi Klulcy fur the prlilm-y of the I'nltfHl &IU, w a ron of aoma n(m, tut aim U now ratUrrisb numwr. use in loklo for eome 'ly, end ba been making a tcrribU numlwr of afaV-hf, mj m Knglkh man wrllJng to Uie China Hail from TuLlo. Ill fame at an orator had pre ceded him, and ha haa tan under tht painful neomlty of Uving tip to it. Tlicra aa tut few Americana who hat not Hie ahllltv at aavln nnihlnir I ' -- ltt .. ,Iinll.nt Rt 11, Sr. I - I -" i ... ilt hl adulation of 1.1. Uu. hn..h I ' " iwl-ti .Irum rtam.iH ritei La. r.lk r too renilniareut of tha tlandUlimenU of tha bagmen. We IrlUlie are, mar be, too cold Moodcd, tut erinlly I rannot help I mveluljr rlever, inmmparatly gal lent and unapproachably excellent Imll vklual they are. lr. Bryan, on tha oUr liand, baa demonstrated to thoae U a man of great attainment and it ia a pleasure to lixten to him when be drop Uie role of butterer in chief. UPLOKXS tlALA MASKIID I Culmination af Ronunea That Begat Eight Ytart Ago. XaobvllJe, Tean, Pee, , IT. LnUiony Flak, Arctic explorer, of Brooklyn, N, Y, wa married to MU Clalra Pur year here on DecemW 14. MiM Puryear emnee from one of tha oldeat familie if TenneHMe and ia a lienai deaeendant lof Commodora MaUiew Maury, uya the New York Run. Mr. Flat met MUi Puryear in Nahh ville eight yeara ago. He fell in love I Hit Iter th-n and aked her to beornna hie wife. Mle Puryear refused until the time eama for Flala to take eharira of Uia Ztegler expaditinn to find tha North l"ola awl elart for tha Arctic, Thn aba eoiwentod. It waa In 1003 that he aail 1 for tha far North, and It wm not ""til AujrueC II of thia year that .ha bad a chance to greet her agaia-by cable from Kortltern Norway After It wa thought tliat tha expedition waa kt and Fiala had perUhed. Miea luryear i k'le daughter of An drew Puryear, of Naahviile. She cornea from a well known family and to c!om jly related to lieut. Comander Maury, of I the navy, a hydrmrraphio oAldal at Washington and one of the fore mo t government eclcntUU of the but half century the man that kid out the "ocean hiir" for Uie Atlantic ateara er. HANDS DOWN DECISION. New Yi, Dee. 17. Tha appellate divUion of the Supreme Court handed ilown a dei-Uion yeaterday holding that a man cannot be deprived of hi vote even though eomeona eUe haa already vote fraudulently in hU name. 8AIE IT ARRANGED, New York. Dee. 17. The aate of the Commercial IJghterage ompany'a fleet of 29 barge, lighter and tug to the Southern Pacifle Steamhip IUiind Company ha been arranged, it waa data ofllHally jeterday. By the term Uie fleet will be turned over to th Southern Paciflo at pier ii on De cemW 2 . OBTAINS WRIT. New York, Dee. 17.-DUtrl.t Attor ney Jerome we infornieil hy tlie warden of Slutr Siiijr priwinj yj-citerilhy fhajfc "Colonel Bob" Ammer, who wa nent to prim for larceny in connection with the 520 per cent FrKiiklin Syndicate eclicme had obtnimd another writ of habeaa eomna. 1ie writ l returnanie u-iore .Judge Howard at Troy, today. Furloui Fighting. "For aeven year," writea Oeo. W, I Hoffman, of Harper, Wah., "I had a Wtf clron,e lomflch nd Uw trouble, but at laat I won, and ur mJ una of Eleo- trio Bittera. I unhealUUngly rojom- m . a a . 1 a a mend them to all, and don't intend In the future, to be without tbent In tha hou. They are certainly a wonderful medicine, to hava cured auch ft bad cawe mine." Sol 4 under guarantee to do tha aama for you, by Charlca Rogera, ggat, at 60c ft bottle. Try them to- 7 In M4 Milliona ruh In mad chaea after health, from one extreme of faddism to another, when, tf tliey would only eat their trouble would all pana and quick cure for liver and etomech trouble 2Se at ("Wle' Bogere, drug atorej gtiaran teed. AN"bLD TIME OgTiNO. Oaa With WkleVtaeaaal Feara Waa Terr Maah rieeeed. Bamuel repyi fleam boa a aareo- teentb cent jry Sunday outing, and tha talt hai a very modern nog to it "Lord'a day," ha writea, "up, tod my wife, a HtUa tefora 4, to make ua ready." Aid here be record hia an noy oca tiut "be waa ao long (bout It" I'efya tbo goea on: MSU ready and taking aoaja bottlas of wloe and tear and cM fowl wltb ua." Coacb and four trae from London to Ep- aom, wherw tbey arrived at 8 o'clock, drank tha water, ordered dinner, ate It "A good dinner and wart marry." After dlnn, "the day being wonderful hot, to aleey." Then followed coacb to "take tbe ayre," a ftVpberd with little boy reading the Bible "with the forced ton that children do naually read that wu mighty prttty." Tba abepberd "aid bleea Ood" for that boy. Ia Epaoui town a "poor woman with bar milk pall" and "did drink oar boilyfulls of milk." Tbra to the coach. It being about T at nlgbt 80 plaaaad waa Tepya with bla day'i reaultfl that be recorde bla reaoluUeo, "Never to keep a country bouse, but to keep a coacb and with my wife 00 a Saturday to go aonetlmea for a day to this place aad then quit to. aootner place, and there la more variety aad aa iJttle charge and do trouble aa tbero la In a country hooaa." FLAP ETIQUETTE. Kales Tfcei Oeveee the IMeeUr el th tteael UMk The govtrnmeut regnlatloea provide that on tha death of a preeident In of fico ha ttg ahall be dlaplayed at half maat only one day. Ia menwry of tbe aoldlera who loat their Uvea during the civil war, on May 80, Memorial day, each year tbe United SUtee dlaplaya Ita flag at half taS at all army poeta, atatlone aad utlontl eemeteriea from auurlae ontil midday. Immediately before noon a dirge la ylayed by the band or field mualc, and tbe national aalute of twen ty-one guua la fired. At tbe concroakm of thia rteruorial tribute at noon tbe Bag la boiated to tba top of the ataff aad remalna there nntll aoaaet- Tba Idea la that the national eoalgn la too acred ar object to be long to mourn ing for euy man er Bomber of men, bo matter bw exalted their rank. Tbe flag reveraed, with the union down, Indicate dlatreaa. Tbe flag 00 anything but a fort actually bealeged abould ntrvor be dlaplayed between lun aet and auniiae. When tbe flag la to be dlaplayed at half maat It la lowered to that position from tha top of the ataff. It la hoisted to the top before It la Anally hwerad- waablngton Poet , THE FIRST CIGARS. Haveae Were aaeke4 la Parle aa La Am aa ltiaV When were cigar flrat amokadT ke- cording to a French authority, the weed In thia ahape waa not introduced Into Franca till tbe return of the French army from Spain la 1828. Thia fact to on the authority of Ulppolyte Anger, the dramatic author, who writea thua In bla memo! re: "Our return from Parte waa by way of Orleana. On the route wa met quite frequently officer returning from Spain. They bad generally clgan hi their moutha a new habit, aisce be come general From thia point of view tbe campaign of 1323 bad the good financial reeult of eatabllahtng new branch of Import trade." Another document, however, carrtee back the use of the cigar to a slightly earlier period. Tbe "Hermit of tba Chaaaee d'Antln," 1818, going to act his nephew, a young officer at Parts, finds blm at bla hotel In mornrng cos tume and amoklag a Havana cigar. Tbe taste for cigars seems at this time to bare been sufficiently extended to make them a common article In the stock of every grocer who waa careful to cater to tbe wants of his cuitomcra. A Deelde OpIaUa. I was In a railroad accident once," aald a blahop, and I was helping an elderly Indy from our wrecked car. Be hind ua came a noble looking Eogllsh lady with ber husband by her aide. "Sue waa scolding him well for start ing ou their Journey on Friday. 'I told you, James,' she aald, 'something would happen If wa should atart on Friday.' "'Mndam,' aald I, 'do you know that Columbus act aall to discover America on Friday T "She looked at me with indignation and sold, 'Sir, . In my opinion It to a great pity America waa ever discovered at ail.' " Drawa la. Hanson How did you come to mar ry tbe widow Boncoeur instead of ber daughter? I thought It waa the daugh ter you were after. Janson Well, ao was. to tell the truth, but when I asked Marie to marry me one day aha aid, "Ask mamma, and when I start ed to do It I ataiumered so with nenr ottsucfi that mamma aald "Tea" be fore t had the question out. The Doctor Preaerlbea. Jluiaon Doctor, I'm getting too stout for comfort and I want your advice. Doctor Nothing reduces flesh like Worry. Spend two hours a day think ing ot the unpaid bill you owe me. . Still Worae, no I know lota of women who bavrn't any nense of bnuior. She Well, what of it T I know lota oi men who haven't any eense at all! Detroit IX I ftlaVMI aV etta Wa lUaUa I Too habit many people hare of tor- faring themeelves because of their In ability to remember whether or not they bare done certain things la di agnosed aa a disease by a French physician and called folio de doute. The rtcrJma are slaves of their owa doubts. Ttuj suffer torture from their Inability to remember whether tbey addressed a letter correctly, whether they turned off th gas prop erly before they got Into bed, whether (he Are hare been property safeguard ed for the night etc The busine-a man cannot remember whether ha eloeed bla desk when be left his office and perhaps get off hi train at the first station and take th next one hack to town only to find that every thing la an right Th housekeeper Ilea awake for hours worrying about the kitchen window and finally creep downstair to find it securely closed. Tha learned ph7tdaa who diagnosed tola distressing complaint haa aot, n kappUy, aggested a rased, . V rr ai -ooiitr." - i Of the queer notion sometimes en-' tertalned hy th twelve "good net and true" Is the Jury bos th following amuetng atory, recently told on tbe an thoriry of th counsel who defended in a case of larceny, la, let o hope, nnlqo example. Recognising fit one of the Jurymen tbe nephew of the priaoev ar, counsel thought "the old man" waa safe to secure a verdict of acquittal, more particularly aa th prosecution were only able to present aa extremely weak case against blm. The Judge summed up In the prieon- era favor, hot the Jury aald "Guilty." Meeting tbe nephew In tbe street next morning, tbe lawyer rallied him upon giving a verdict against his uncle, es pecially aefrom tbe evidence It did not appear that he waa guilty. "Wen, no. sir; we didn't think as be was guilty, but we thought aa 'ow a little tmprla- enment wouldn't do th old man a arml London Standard. Contentment glvee a crown where fortune bath denied It Ford. CUilEO COUCllO end COL08 oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooocooooooooooooooo JUST A ABOUT Best Wc take your Old Magazines that you have piled away on your, shelves and make ' Handsome Books of them fit to grace any ; library.. . . ...: ' ' ' . 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