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TUESDAY, DECEMBER ig, 1905,
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WEATHER REPORT.
Portland, Dec; 18. Western
Oregon and Western Washing-
ton. Rain.
Eastern Oregon and Eastern
Washington: Rain with snow in
tbe mountains.
MAYOR HERMAN WISE.
The Astorian is phased with the ap
pointment of Mr. Herman Wise as May
or of Astoria for the coming year, as
made last night by the Common Council
Aside from politics, theelecUoa is an
admirable one and ensures 4o the city
a man of excellent business judgment
and executive ability in a position
where those qualities will be most ap
preciated, and are, indeed mott neces
sary. It is not afraid to trust the
management of municipal affairs to the
skilled hands of Mr. Wise, and it will
in every way possible uphold tbe dig
nity and honor of the place as it shall
be exemplified by him. Political differ
ences will not be permitted to center
into its consideration and treatment of
his official administration, because it
believe in his fairness nd acumen,
and has faith in his capacity for un
biased good work for the whole people.
Success to him.
SPEAKING OF RINGS.
One patent result of tlie rwvt elec
tion in this city is the firm and un
questioned establishment of the Demo
cratic dominance of tbe once known
' "Citizens'" movement This is no long
er denied nor doubted. The once favor
ed movement has gone over, "lock, stock
and barrel," to the sway of the local
Democracy and has put itself in line
and touch, men and measures with tfiat
faction, and the minority faction at
that let whoso deny this that will,
- the public knows it and it is certain
to have its ultimate effect in directing
popular feeling and judgment.
There has been a good deal said in
some quarters, during the progress of
the late campaign, about the "Republi
can Ring" and it .has received its full
measure of abusei and vituperation, and
the bitter criticism end public arraign
ment accorded it, 1ia far exceeded the
animadversions set up hr way of reply,
in this paper. But, be that as it may,
the people of this city are here end
now warned, that there is. in process
01 perfect formation and equipment, a
political ring, of Democratic origin and
Democmfic control that will soon make
iUelf felt inj tl conduct of pulJIic
affairs, to the utter discomfiture of the
Jocal political status and tiie certain re
vuldon of the best standards of muni
cipal government. We expect a quick
and voluminous disclaimer of this; it is
the first rule of the ringter to cry
down all wich sLatementH, and there
are many who are not politiciiins enough
to waive the contradiction and treat it
. with the contempt it deserves, and who,
for a while, will discountenance the
charge, but we are willing this should
tie done, in order that when conviction
1ots overtake the doubter, it will le
Incontrovertible and final.
It has its leader, to whom ia given
rttoeratle swft.y over the personnel and
activities of the Democratic coterie now
In power, and it has its agents and sub
agents, and a program in course of
pnpaiation that will be plain enough to
tlior-e who are watching for it, as soon
as it develops. The ring business i no
monopoly In Astor and the first and
clearest proof of its cxitnnce and ac
tivity, is the complete aWrption of the
Citizens' movement bv tho DKMO
CRATIC TARTY, a piece of politic
executive work tht renVU infinite
en-Jit upon the manager it w
tlici. first, mwwitimw work in gaining
control of the local field.
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THEY MUST LEARN.
Cadet Meriwether ha Wn condemn
ed to punishment for his part in the
fight that resulted in tlw death of Ca
det Branch. A public reprimand by the
secretary of the navy and a year con
finement to the Xaval Academy consti
tute" the sentence. Meriwether, in
sense, is the victim of a system that
can hardly be entirely destroyed while
vouth are trained to war. At another
school fighting might be absolutely pro
hibited. At a militury school it appeals
to the students as one of the primary
elements of their education. They are
not being trained for the ministry; they
never expect to feel tbe slap of an en
emy and then turn the otcVr cheek
However, the sentence of the court mar
tial bears out the expression of semti
ment that there should be a severe re
straint placed uion the game of fisti
cuffs, as it is played at Annapolis.
"Honor" is sometimes confused with an
ger, malice and revenge among very
young men. As an unfortunate parti
eiuant in a fatal affray Meriwether is
made to suffer what will doubtless ap
peal to him as a bard sentence, but it
is right that a penalty should be in
dieted. It remains to tone down the
code that involves the young men in
fights through jersonal spite and nag
ging.
COTTON THE WORLD OVER.
The British cotton growing associa
tion reports a prospective crop, in Brit'
Lh possessions, of 25,000 bales. France,
Germany, Portugal and Spain are try
tog to raise cotton, and some of their
growers receive government suimiuie
but with comparatively small results so
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far. The president of the French cot
ton association estimates Uiat the de
mand for cotton increases at the rate
of 40,000 bales a year.
WONDERFUL EXPANSION.
It i only three years since tbe irri
gation law was phased, and atready the
government has constructed 77 miles of
main canal, 64 miles of distributing sys
tem, 186 mile of ditches, including
dam; 3 12 miles of tunnels, 120 miles
of wagon roads, 147 bridges, a cement
mill with a capacity of 300 barrels a
day, and many buildings incidental to
the work. In no other case in history
have internal improvements on a large
scale been pushed with equal prompt
ness.
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.
At the end of forty years Col. John
R. Hurd of Colorado has just learned
that he was brevetted brigadier general
by Present Lincoln. Thai honor is
discovered late, but time has added to
the reasons for it appreciation. Col,
Hurd was one of the first to apply the
tunnel method of escaping from a mill
tary prison. He hau tne goou lonune
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to get out of Libby by digging an un
derground route, and to reach the Poto
mac safely after a week of night
marches without food.
STILL EFFECTIVE.
A contemporary declares that the
Dingley tariff drive manufacturing
w
plant to Canada. Yet our commerce
with the Dominion last year reached
$166,000,000, the large- amount on rec
ord, and far aliead of Canada's business
with any other country. In every case
where actual figures are given the Ding
ley, tariff maintains its identification
ith the period of the greatest foreign
commerce of the United States.
Admiral Togo proposes to take a Jap
anese licet to Great Britain and the
United SUite and to permit himself to
be admired by the only two powers he
can't whip.
To the men who are drawing the big
Paikiina canal salaries twenty years'
time will seem like a summer's after
noon.
Berlin lias passed the 2,000,000 mark
in population It reached 1,000.000 in
1876 and 1.300,000 in 1M0. The town
on the Spree grows as if made in Aincri-
PreMdvnt Roosevelt seems to realize
that the go vera ment can not land a
blow on any of the little trusts without
d imaging the wind of the Standard Oil
monopoly.
The only excuse that Count Witt
can make is to frankly admit that he
was owrvapitalited.
Sooner or later Crar Nicholas will
have to surrender to his own peok
just as he did to the Japanese. The
handwriting his aWdy appeared upon
the wall in letters aa big a a circus
poster. '
AH the fact in tbe annual govern
ment report agree as to the continued
hitfU prosperity of the country. If there
is anywhere a portent of the other kind
it t not discoverable in the exhibits of
the different departments.
Ia an interview after the egg throw
ug episode at QueW, Sarah Bernhardt
remarked that she admired Canada
sericulture. Sarah mnat refer to the
number of eggs, for sha could hardly
mean their quality. , -1
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Pension expenditures now include $10,
000.000 a year on account of the war
with Spain. As pension appropriations
lwe not increased, the decline in the
amount paid soldiers of the civil war is
apparent " ,
NO REASON FOR IT
When Astoria Citiient Show the Way,
There can be no just reason why any
iwler of this will contiue to suffer the
tortitre of a aching back, the annoy
ance of urinary disorders, the dangers
of diabetes or any kidney ills when re
lief i so near at hand and the most
positive proof given tliat they can I
cured. Rrtid what an Astoria citucn
says.
Mrs. X. Jacobson, living at 127 Suomi
srivet. My: "In our experience Doan's
Kidney Pills informed all that was
claimed for tVm. Their action was
speedy and the result satislnct-iry.
procured a box of them at Charles Rog'
ers' drug store, 459 Commercial street
for my grandmotlter, Mrs. M. Beck, and
she used them. From the satisfactory
results obtained we value Doan's Kidney
Pills exceedingly."
For sale by all dealers. Price W cts.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. 'so!e
agents for the United States.
Remember the name Doan's and
take no other.
Cure for Sort Ntpplea,
As soon as the child ia done nnrting
apply Chamberlain's aalve. Wipe it off
with a soft cloth before allowing the
child to nurse. Many trained nurses
use this with the best results. Price
25 cents per box. For sale by Frank
Hart and leading druggists.
JOE WHEELER SPEAKS
Make Interettinf Talk to the Pleiades
Club.
Xew York, Dec. 18. Ceneral Joseph
Wheeler wa the guest of the Tleiades
club last evening and in a brief speech
said among other things:
"It has been said that the recent war
cemented the North and the SJuth
This, it seems to me, is not so. It only
served to emphasize the feeling which
had existed between the North and the
South for 30 years.
"There is one respect in the recent
war that was remarkable. If you will
examine the record of the battles under
the great generals you will find that in
the greatest of them only ten per cent
of the army was killed. In our cam
paign in Cuba fully 'forty per cent of
the men engaged died."
The Pleiades sung "Dixie," recited
piece' about the bravery of General
Wheeler and yelled theemslves hoarse.
Furiosi Fighting.
"For seven yeara," write Ceo. W.
Hoffman, of narper, Wash., "I had a
bitter battle, with chronio stomach and
liver trouble, but at last I won, and
cured my diseases, by the use of Eleo-
trie Bitters. I unhesitatingly reoom
mend them to all, and don't intend in
the future to be without then in tho
house. They are certainly a wonderful
medicine, to have cured such a bad case
a mine." Bold under, guarantee to 00
the same for you, by Charles Rogers,
druggist, at 50o a bottle. Try them to
day.
Hofliter' Rocky Mountain) Te is
simDlv liuuid electricity. It eoes to
every part of jour body, bringing new
blood, strength and new vigor. It makes
m 0 w "
you well and keeps you welL 35 cents,
Sold by Fiank Hart,
King of AD Cough Medicine.
Mr. E. 0. Case, a mail carrier of Can
ton Center, Conn., who has been In the
U. S. service for about sixteen years,
say. "We have tried many cough
medicine for croup, but Chamberlain'
rough remedy I king of all and one to
he relied upon every time. We also
find it ths best remedy for coughs and
oold giving orrtain results and leav
ing no bad fter effect." For rale ly
Frank Hart and leading dmgjista.
Alreholtc Drlak Fvob Rice.
The alcoholic drink used In the prov
Ince 01 Clicklang. lu China, la inmle
from fermented ric. Fermentation Is
luduced by the addition of rake nimle
of wheat meal. An exatulnattou of
these cakes shows that the particle of
wheat are penetrated through and
through by the mycella of various
fuugt Rome seveu or more different
speclea were found. Those fungi gruw
on the moistened rice, fermentation
follows, and a yellow liquid with an
agreeable odor la produced.
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A Teaaal For Life.
"Hare you boarded bug at thla
honsef Inquired the new boocder of
tbe sour, dejected mnn sitting next to
him.
"About ten yeera"
"I don't see how you ran stand It
Why haven't you left long ngor .
"No other place to go," said " tbe
other dismally. "The landlady's tuy
wife."
' " PSBBBBSBSBBBBBSSBMr
Ttioaa who slip on banaua pee!
never fall to toe a penny lying on the
sidewalk In time to keep from falling
over lt-rhlladeUbia Telegrapa.
, la Mad Chat.
Million rush in mad chase after
health, from one extreme of faddism to
another, when, if they would only cat
good food, and keep their bowel regu
lar with Dr. King's New Lift PilU,
their troubles would all pts and quirk
cur for liver and stomach trouble l!W
at Charles Rers, drug itors; guaran
teed.
CIHGISTnUS
SLIPPERS
A FULL LINE.
Best Make of
Shoes on the Mar
ket.
S. A. GIMRE,
$43 Bond Street 0pp. Ross Hlggina 1 Ca
CHINA WARE
CUPS AND SAUCERS.
CHOCOLATE SETS.
SALAD SETS.
TEA SETS.
. FANCY TEA POTS.
ALL APPROPRIATE
CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
Yokohama Bazar
CM Oommerolaj-Strset, AstoM
PALE BOHEMIAN
LAGER BEER
Brewed sod skm! under ssnitery
condition) .
The Health-Building quali
ties of PALE BOHEMIAN
LABER BEER ar unexcel
led. Thus it becomes at
one a satbfactory tabl
drink and a valuable tonic
in ths sick room.
Easily kept, whea pur
chased IN BOTTLES from
sur agants.
0a draught at ths leading
Cafes.
NORTE PACIFIC
BREWING CO,
ASTORIA, OREGON.
Accordion, Snnburst
and Knife Pleatinff
To Order
STEAM PROCESS.
No Hot Irons. No Burning of Gooda
Miss O. Gould
Eighth Floor, Marqoam Buildiag.
PORTLAND.
Prompt and Careful Atttatloa Givta
to all Out-f-Towi Orders.
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Capital and Surplus $100,000
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QENKY 8HEKMAN. Msnajrer
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