THE MORNING ASTORIAN. ASTORIA. OREGON.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY loo.
Crockery Dept. of A. V. Allen's Store
OFFERS FOR TODAY
14 Quart Dish Pans for 15c
p ttor eon early to g.t one t th' P: l'Py limit!. and WJ
.lav w tlr .11 kiud of tinware and grsmieware at prices lower than ever
mid in thi .it v. Don't take our word for it i come and see. Bargain seeker,
watch the window daily of crovlery department, whe.e bargains ei always
displayed.
NARROW ESCAPES
Brooklyn Apartment House Fire
Endangers Inmates.
ESCAPt IS ALMOST CUT OFF
Tin Spreait TareogB Boildiag Saattiag
OS For Families from Escape Fire-
wi Piaally Beam T Wits lad
4eraWar Only Xigat Clot.
TEACHERS' EXAMINATIONS.
Notic is hereby givea that th
count superinteBdeot of CJataop ooub-
ty, will kold the regular etamiaatioa of
applicant for atat and county paper
at th Court Hous follow:
For Statt Papon.
CommeBcinr WedBetday, February 14,
it o'clock a. at., and coatiauiag aa-
til Saturday, February 17, at 4 Uocl:,
Wednesday PrBBMBtltip, history,
spelling, algebra, reading, school law.
nurtday Writtem aritaawUe, theory
of teaching, nanuBBA bookkeepiB;.
phytic. eiTtl jovrnmet,
Friday Physiology, geography, -
tal arithmetic, eompoaiUoa, physical
geoometry.
Saturudiy Botany, pUoe geometry,
general hUtory,' English literature.
psychology.
For CooBty Papers.
Commencing Wednesday, February 14.
half dressstl and rat off the escape of!
four families. The were rescued by
NEW YORK. Feb. 8.-Fir swept
through the large apactunut house at
v.. xui tnM iitnt. in the fashion-
. ..." d i i... ..rtr tod. v! at o'clock a. m, nd continuing until
BUM MCIKH1 VI " v I , . , ...... t
. . .k ...t. FrtdBT, February 1, at 4 o'clock, p. m.
drove ww of tenants to the street - . . v . , J.
imt, aecona aoa bub wum veu-ncttes.
Wednesday Penmanship, hUtory, or
thography, reeding.
Thursday Writtea arithmetic, theory
of teaching, grammar, physiology.
Friday Geography, mental arithme
tic, tchool law, civil government.
Primary Certificate!.
Wednesday Peommhip, arithmetic.
orthography, reading
Bremen and taken down on Udder from
tha third and fourth Boor. All escaped
injury except from expoure.
Tha flame were seen in the third
floor by a policeman, just before two
'dock and after he had ent ia aa
alarm be roused tome of ten tenant
while other were pouring out of the
home.
Cut off by flame which spread rapid
ty, were C. H. Haford, an instructor in
Pratt institute, Mr. E. D. Hadley, and
her sob John II J ley. and J. R, Story,
and hi daughter Mary, on the fourth
floor, and E. B. Robinson, bi wife and
their aoa Edward on the third floor.
The building a a mat of flame ob
ne aide wbea the Are apparatus arriv
i and Udder were run up at once to
the window of the apartment where
he penned-in one stood shouting fur
help. There were eleven taken out rapid
ly but in sleeping attire only and they
luffered severely.
' Itching Pile.
If too are acquainted with anyone
who la troubled with this ditre-in(r
ailment you can do him no irreater
favor than to tell him to try Chamber
lain' Salve. It give ir.tant relief.
Price 25 cent per box. Md By Funk
Hart and leading druggist. ,
MOKE COMFORT THAN EVES.
of teaching, physiology.
EMMA C WARREX,
Supt. of CUteop Co.
SOWPE IS GENEROUS.
Hat Givea Kaataa City Fiat Park and
Raw Donate Art Gallery.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Feb. d.-Colonel
Thoma H. Swope. who a few year jy
gave to Kansas City !. acres of Und
whii-b now, is the most beautiful part
of the park and boulevard system of the
city, known a Hwope park, will, dur
ing the present year, give to the city a
magnificent gallery of art, to be known
a the Swnpe Gallery of Art, liich will
co-t aj.jO.OiiO. Colonel Si will also
give an annuity of 2nM0 to the city for
the support of the art 'gallery. Th"
tructure. which is to be modi-led aftef
the Corcoran galh-ry of art at Washing
ton, P. C will 1 bsTited on the Swojw
l'ark riilv near the entrance to
QUESTION LEGALITY
Effect of Railroad Merging
Bonds Discussed
on
OWNED BY BREWERIES.
BY NEW YORK LEGISLATORS
Bill t be Introduced Anticipating Mr
ger of Two Railroad, Relative to the
Availability of Companiea Bond
Savings Bank Investments.
ALBANY, X. Y, Feb. S.-TI elTe. of
the merging of the railruad rr)Hnitions
upon the availability, under the banking
Uw, of their bonds, a investment for
mivinss hauls and trust fund was di-
KStssed brforo the banks coin mil tee of
lb Senata and Assembly yesterday at
th hearing ob the identical lulls oi
Senator Steven and AsM-mbtymaa
Wainwriisht, chairms of thoee commit-
Ltee stnenJing the Uw reUtive to the
securities In which such funds may be
invested. Th bill provide that if any
railroad corporation who mortgage
boad are at th time legal investments
shall be merged la or consolidated with
another railroad corporation, th legality
aa saving bank investment of the
bonds of the corporation so merged or
consolidated shall not be affected so long
a said corporation in which it has been
so made or consolidated shall regularly
pay into it dividends upon the securities
issued upon the stock of the corporation
so merged to an amount at lejst equal
to four per rent per annum upon the
entire capital stock.
Suiierintendent Kilburn of the State
banking department was at first iiiclinrj
to oppose tlie measui but an amend
ment inggested met with his npprov.il
and the bill so amended will be rcMrt
favorably. ,
The amendment provide that . the
metjjingcinpany shall assume I he. obliga
tion of the company to be merged.
It was said that the bill antkipates
th merger of the Chicago A Alton Kail
L j.t a .i.....
..e.r.V) B. ijoau ininpany wim me viihujj .vi.w
Tbursoay-Art oi quesuooing, weory 1.1, Company)?) which ia the hold-
tnc companv. The bonds of the foi.ier
Amounting to aU.ut JJ,"tx.Oiil), about
3,00O,M)O of whM-h are held by savings
twnk of this State, will still be legal if
'the bill liewmes a Uw. There appeared
question whether the proposed merger
would llhgalixe the bonds of the merger
already sold by savings banks.
Build
Suope 1'mk. The building will 1 of
On Sunday, December nth,' the Den-white nurl.le and will I- 2 f-et lonjr.
ter A Rio Grande railroad will inaugur- -"' f,t wi.l. two -tories hih. with a
Bbt a daily line of standard sod tour- lia.nin-ied la- roof and -itunted in a
fet sleeping car between Driver and j "' Kri"L
los Angele in connection with th new 1 "
Clark road. Both cr will leave Den- . WANT HIGHER TARIFF,
ver daily t 9:30 a. m., and arrive at'
Salt Lake City at 1:35 p. m, the next 'Canadian Manufacturer Petition For
a., ti.i. noint the cars will te Increase In Tariff Rate.
. .... ....M t i:v. .v.,,. IT V A. nut.. Feb. . -The taiilf
new over un.u uiiuhh.,
itig through pasen(.-er th privilege of omuii-sion t -iday ree.-ive. a r--
top.ovr of ten hours and a half in 'l ' " '' '"-
cu t.l - f.t. r.Vmmil tti,u run I'MliV L.r a illllv .f !) 1 '! l-r eMt duty
will leave Lot Argele. at 8 p. in., and "" """i-" '1 "'" 1 r,,M"'r
arrive t Salt Uke Citv at 6:30 a. m., man'ifa.-tu.er. -ke,l for a bih.- ty
K-cond morning where fy will remain t..M.-r 2.1.. The
.-. ... ... . . N iit i a Kruit oo.v.s' a-ked for nn
over unin o:ov p. ra., veuw i-u.- (
, .,. . . . 9n inon-a-e in the ilii'ie. t,ii Aineiiuin fruit
lowing afternoon. This top over at
Salt Lake City r,f th tegular line of .
sleeping cars proinUes to be an at- j
tractive feature for t ajisom.tintntal
travekr.
Chicaco Restaurant Moa Will
Own lot PUnt
tmrxan v.i. in ntu-inatL of
hortage in the supply of Ut next stream are vilhl In te pro.i of
summer, and a sharp ri In price, the eom-entraiMin, anoroing ine iw-eswr,
rtt Ira i KtnmW Un't Association, water with whhh to eoneentrale the
which include, a number of hotel, will ores, hem to eoiiil the rlosing of the
lgin shfirtly tlie er-ction of an arti . coms-ntrators ami smelters win mean
..!! l,- ..la,,t t cost lim.niiO. The the shut down of the Ilutte Mine and
..lnnt .ill h.v. eumeiiv of UN) tons the consequent practk-al deiiopiilation of
i - 1 ' I.. . . . ... ... ....
utte anil Anacoliua. rigiires are aio
iiliinitlnl showing the millions of dol
lars invested by the dilTerent companies
in smelting Improvement with a vlew
o rendering the water of the streams
as pute a is possible.
The time consumed in hearing the
Mngone ease bieak nil records in this
State, more Ibjtll tune months lwing
consumed In the taking of testimony,
expert and otlierwi-e. The lrait-ri't
eiiibrais's alsMit 7,0"i.(iiiI) wolds.
a day, and the product will ) sold toH
itiemhers of the association at as near
-out pik-e as practicable,
id the isillin' mills put In n pie fur
nie pfiitiriinn.
WANTS SETTLEMENT.
A FACT PROVEN.
1 Heir of Fair Estate Arises to Claim Hi
Share.
NEW YORK. Feb. A special to
the Tribune, from New Hiiiu-wi'k, N
; U.. -ays:
i K. P. Smith, of Top-ka, Kas., lias ar
tf there Is th slightest doubt In tli j rived to a fii.'lit against the set
mint cf Stiy tnai Kanurun rrrra. w no.
tkswld Csaslsie Kes lb Meat Ike
Ileal of II Trath.
exist, their belief It compelled bv the
eQft .haf a. rutihlt Innurulated with the
germs became bald In six week" time.
It muit be apprent to any person
herfore that tha onljr prevention of
baldness Is the destruction of the rerm
whlrh act I succewfullr accomplished
Jn or hundred per cent, of cases
the application ef Newbro'a Herplelde.
Psndrutf Is caused by the same frm
which causee baldness and can bs pre
vented with the same remedy Newbro's
Ilerptclde.
Accept no substitute Destroy th
eaus jrou rcmnve the ff-ct."
fold br Jeadinr drure'st fend 10c In
ftamp foe sampl to Th Herplcld Co..
Petrolt, Mich.
Eagle Drug Store, 351-313 Bond SL,
Owl Drug Store, 649 Com. 8t T. F.
leur!i. Prop. "Special Agent."
tleinent of the Charles Fair estate, H
was n-ceiitlv in an automobile accident,
in which lie had three lili broken. At
the time the others beirs made a set-
tl-meiit it was thought thi heir was
dead, lie has placed bi rase in the
hands of New Yolk attorneys.
LIBEL SUIT.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. H.f;eorge R.
Ilcadle filed a libel yesterday in the
District Court against the steamer Rob
ert Dollar to recover 3000 damage
caused by the sinking of lilvlanti' bark
in a collision on July 13, 1WJ.
ANTICIPATE SHORTAGE.
WAS ONCE BOOKKEEPER.
Chicago Brewer; Owa 7s Per Cent of
City Saloon.
CHU'AOO, Feb. S.-Forty two luew
erics, iiH-luiluig the Itrgw one of nearby
cities taken out 71 l'r cut of the sa
Usui litviise issued In Chiiago, Scold
ing to figure prtslucetl by men who
lake the saloon foes tit tha city collec
tions office.
Thnuigh th cily clcik's otllc it was
astvitaiiicd that i'e ti wr wut.of the
iH.nds issmM to s,cr lUviises for llllA
the si(inlnre of the brewery of
riiiaU. The amount of e-h Is.nd was
t.Mi, makiiist total liiibility fol the
fmly two bieweih1 of more l'in 21.-
issl.issl on the (USUI saloon, for which
they sijnie,!.
DEFENDANTS LOSE
Noted Cat of Ranchers Against
Smelters Decide d.
HEARING TAKES 9 NONTHS
oUpate Wai Over Alleged Point ioa of
Streams by Smelting PUata Reading
Water Useless to Raachero Federal
Judge WiU Pat oa Cat.
Hl'TTK, Mont., Feb ft. - Finding of
Master In t'hancery Oliver T. Crane In
the nol.nl case of Hugh Magoiie against
th iliffi-reut snullitig and milling cotn-
muic of Unite and Anaconda have
licen returned fliuling practically lop the
ilcfen.Unl tsiiiuinie on the (troiind that
the ilnnmp-s accruing from the pollu
tion of tlie streams into wmch the tall-
ins from the smelting and mining
plants had been dumped In turn being
ib-posited on farming la ml in tlie IVer
joiit Yalley was more than offset by
th genersl good resulting from the
operaioa 01 toe eiiwiicr-i, uw ...s-
tion of Magon sought to close.
Master Crane'a finding will be sub
mitted to Federal Judge W. It Hunt,
who in turn will pas upon th Master's
decisions, regarding whether or not an
injunction order against tlie smelting
coiiiissnies shall be Issued.
Magone represented a Urge number
.f ranchers in the Deer Lodge Valley
which section of th country I Irri-
Kated by the Deer lanlge river whkh
river is fed by polluted creek from
Hut te and Anaconda. It I absolutely im-
wisaible to dispense with concent rating.
svs Master trams, and making met
mine of Butte pay, and in turn the
Russell Rhea, Found Shot in Hotel, is
Identified.
ITITSltl 1!:, K.b. S. -Rus-ell !:!:.
who is Uipo-ed to have been the ii.hu
found shot to dentil in a St. lami hotel,
.inn- to Pittsburg from Indian county
thi. state. Hlsiut seien years ago. He
was emploted as lxikkc"p-r for s hard
ware firm until little over a year ago.
sine then his wh -readouts iias l-"ii
uiikiionti. No li latiies or lliends could
I Imiit.Nl la-t niaht.
Herman Wise
ASTORIA'S RELIABLE CLOTIIIKR
r
Art Yon Restlesa at Night.
And harras.ed by a bd enngh? Us
Ballard' llorehound Syrup. It will se
cure you sound sleep and elf. ct a
prompt and radic-al cure. Sold by Haifa
Drug Store.
Valentines
This year our stock U larger and more varied than ever before
both comic and sentimental, ranging la price from to each to 14.00. The
w have tome noveltt-- in t) ty of fancy folding Valentine which
bate never b-en shown befor. Also a new series in both rondo and
sentimental in postil card. Rth show windows have been given up to
Valentine Display fur one week. Walk by and take a look.
J. N. GRIFFIN
11 II I CM U a Beer.
lit- n. llli.111 luw i-vrv cin-iis wliirh
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the piinted program, or which mislcails
the public by means of pictures, is liable
o a heavy line for each oln-iis.-.
Common Colds are the Cause of Many
Serious Disease.
Physician who have gained a national
reputation at analyst of the cause of
various diseases, claim that if catching
cold could be avoided a long list of dan
gerous ailment would never be heard
of. Every one know that pneumonia
and consumption originate from a cold,
and chronic catarrh, bronchitis, and all
throat tnd lung trouble are aggravated
and rendered more seriou br each fresh
attack. Do not risk your life or take
chance when you have a cold. Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy will euro it
before these disease develop. This
remedy contain no opium, morphine,
or other harmful drug and hat thirty
year of reputation back of it, gained
by il cure under every condition. For
sale by David Ingram,
ale by Frank Hart and leading drag
gist. Old mtidi would be scarce and hard to
find,
Could they be made to see,
How grar and beauty I oombineud
By using Rocky Mountain Tea.
Frank Hart, druggist.'
SEE THAT BOY ?
Hit clothes are worn out but look at
his shoe. They are still good, because
they are
ii
Billy Buster
Shoes"
They btvt a sole that won't wear out.
S. A. GIMRE,
AGENT f OR Trie DOUGLAS SHOE
543 Baal Street Opp. Rosa Biggins Co
Study the Map
Thirteen tatei and territoriei of the Middle
West are traversed by Rock Island lines. There
are more cities of 25,000 population and upwards
on the Rock Island System than on any other
Wtittm roadt From Minnesota to Texas, from
the Rocky Mountains to the Great Lakes, it is
Rock Island country. The Rock Island System
occupies a strategic position in the western
railway world.
Going somewhere ? Get a Rock Island folder
and study the map ten to one your destination
is on the Rock Island or reached by way of it.
Note our several offices- maintained in the
Northwest:
Portland, Seattle, Spokane,
Butte and Salt Lake City.
The Rock Island is reaching out for busl
'ness and solicits yours.
. a, h. Mcdonald,
Ocntral Agent, Rock lilsnd Systsm,
140 Third 8titt, Portland, Or.
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