Till: MORXl'XG ASTORIAX. ASTORIA, OKKGON.
MONDAY, FEBRTMBY it. io.
Crockery Dept. of A. V. Allen's Store
OFFERS FOR TODAY
in in m in i
Rtter cou,e early to got one .t tbi price; urPly i -muted, "m
day we offer all. kind of tinware and gr.niteware at price lower than ever
eold in this city. IWt take our word for it; come and Barineek,r
watch the window daily of crockery department, he bargain, .re alway.
THREATENS PEOPLE
An Anonymous Writer Make
Dangerous Assertions.
WOULD SET FIRE TO HOUSES
I.t eveniua Retr.1 RvduiiM, ivn-tor
"'lie a, the extent, of mot of themU the Lutheran church spoke on
' .. .. .. ..... In.. ...I.U-t. Hhrisl a the Unlit of til
Xytterieas Pertea Serf. Threatemnf
Letter, to Charley WiaeJIri. Craat
aJ Otbere-Chief Hallock WiU Atk
, for Xj.Ttetic.tiM of Charge.
By resorting to ecurriloue end
threatening communication eome per
son at present unknown to the authori
ties. hor to bring a change in the
conduct of municipal affair. At least j
thi is what l deduced iron, me con- ,
tent of the letter received by vari-j
us people throughout the city.
For the part few week number of j
periods have been receiving threaten
ing communication, in which not only
the recipient was insulted, but the lang
.age employed positively indecent,
bowing that whoever the author n,
he wa in need of radical reform, hint
elf. The letter and petition receiv
ed by the police commission signed
with the name of prominent people
in town, have been found to be all
forgeries, and not written by the per
eena whose name were affixed to them.
Yesterday a number of people in the
city received anonymous letter, mak
ing dire threat of vengoam unlcs
they ceased doing certain things, which
the writer d.eraed contrary to hi prin
tipcb erf ethic. When seen y-terday
tfVrrsooa in regard to the subject
Chief Hallock dated that people all
over tb city -were receiving letter of
this Satire, .uiong the number being
one sent through the mails to Charley
Wise, warning him that hi mode of liv
t and cfrtain siiecified act, were nut
(leioing to the anonymous w rit -r and
that be could expect to see bis build
ing go up in flame if he did not con
form his habit and business, to meet
the wihe of the author. Another let
ter was received yesterday by Jlr.
fcrant proprietor of a morning hoii-e on
Commercial street, threatening her pee
on and" property unle-s she discharged
. roomer, which wis obnoxious to the
iu not onlv anarchist in sentiment
but obscene in wording. Mierirt un
ville i looking into the matter also.
In referring to the charge filed
against the police force with the com
mission, and the request made by the
commission for hi resignation. Chief
of Polk Hallock said that all of the
complaint were forgeries, and untrue
also.. "I intend to demand an investi
gation of these charges," said he. "and
be vindicated from them. Any public
officer i constantly subject to criti
cism for some dissatisfied Individuals.
and it I especially so with a poly
officer. In all my service a tuiei 01
Police of Astoria I have tried to do
what I deemed mv duty, and I do not
intend to ubmit to any charge, unless
theT are full? substantiated. If it is
shown in an investigation that I have
been at fault and negligent in my du
ties, then it will be tune for me to
resign, and not until that time.
a)
Sermons of
Yesterday
Mr. Gilbert preached at the First
Presbyterian church Suuday morning on
the subject, "An Antidote for Di
couragement." ' He took for hi text,
the answer Christ gave to the messea
gee from John the Baptist in prison,
asking if he were the Christ or whether
they should look for another, "Go tell
John the Thing Which Ye Hear and
.See." He said in part:
"John had been an unusually active
man and had preached the coming of
the Messiah till the whole land was
stirred. Xow circumstance had rhang
pass. Ann in ni uuuuv ami i . .
Lplexitv, he wonder! whether J. Uor.bl is not he who k1
was the Messiah or not. The answer 01 .o..u.
Jeiu sent wa remarkable j it wa not
an arbitrary answer of ye or no; dog
. . .. I. . M..4.i:..iiiri' niir iiiii lie 01 oie
. C. ...... ..I tha rw.lu-e ,)'"' '
'""""" -"'; " : ' ..i from the Seriiitures: i,.r .lid he send
M . . 1 ..I.,.. Ilia f ll'lllfIlL III
threatening coiiiiniiiiiration.
t ironi me isi'iiHiiirs, iiw
,1 k an an-wer of reproof that John revealing a greuter glory th.in that or
1 . .... I , m K liars of the
i. .. .. . ... . . I L I.:
.. ...ii. iiiii il ii low ilouiii 10 iroiinie mm.
From the ineiture eviilem-e MiiMinaoie i
rroui lie -rave the only answer that eould
the authorit . believe that one and the ! - .
... .. , , he n Ju in to a n'lit ismeeption of the
same person ,. t... nut ... . ; ; ,hw
soiiiplauits ina'le to ine ih.u.t-
Mi .lolin. no ilmilit
1 , 111 . - ..i
mission, and of the cev.-iiil ic'ten in .. . . ' ... . ,,,
. ' . , ,. ,,iir(.r ' luiiiiif -station in hrl-t4 work. I.ut
eilij-ns A voiuiuit :i i i.l tle ii)!ier- .
eui.n .i 1 . the word was sick of nil tin-. Men
eot articles, show that t-.ey w ie nil," j
. hml l-M Imrdeiied with armies and
written on iiaix-r ol the ame iiiiilil . ; ,,. ., ,,
11 . ' 'timie. n ml oi.i.re..ioii-. The worl
r,...ui. Tin wiitintr i lion' itiM-lly iti
TO EXTEND DOCKS
een steadv stensj ni n h prou with
every contamination of evi are cleans
ed. Thi wrk of ministration to every
human need i done lie'tue our eyes
nd in our own live as we revive the
ministry of Christ, What kind of Mes
siah, other than this, would we want!
Siirly we shall look fo no other.
ln tiin-s of depression and discour
agement and dungeon epeiien we
may sometime wonder if Christ shall
triumph or not in our woild. The sure
antidote for any such dieoiiia,scment I'
to recount the thin" we hear and see,
tosl's gie.it work (!e on. I ileum
stance mav not always W to our own
choosing but we need not look (ur W-
vond our own narrow limitations to
s that tiod rules in hi heaven and
all' right with the world."
the subject. "Christ a the Light of the
WorM."
! "Light is a mo-t wonderful pheno
menon. It I Ine glory anu crown
tlie visible world. It i the fountain of
life, the medium which the wisdom of
God ha chosen by which he transforms
'and sustains life. It I also the symbol
of truth. Where the eternal truth of
fiod is not known there i darkness.
Th heathen world ia la darknes be-
eause the light of this truth ha not
yet reached it. When it. ray nu
have Penetrated that darkness men
shall the beauty of the Lord appear
then also. Unbelief is a darkness in
which the asMil ia voluntarily eiuhroild
ed. Dena ir is a dark prison into which
the enemy of man plunge the soul.
Why Cbrit is called the ngnt ot ine
world i readily seen. Hut let us con
sider for our mutual edifleatinn tins
evening a few reason why he i so
called.
'Christ W the li)ht of the world for
he is the sum of life. From him a
fifim a fountain all life flow. He ay
concerning himself I am the lijht of
life, and St. John say: "IhroiiKh Mm
are all things made, that are wade'. A
our sun awaken ltiinbcring million
in rising on it silent course across
ths flrmaiient no when the beaming face
of the almighty creator appeared in
time a flaminif universe aroe out of
the immeasurable abyss of ap.ee, and
hr the broodinir of bi animating spirit
begun to tlirob with life. All the in
numerable suns that have ever tremwea
on th innumerable horuons of count-
Jess witrld have proceeded from that
same source and In tneir orunani
Liverpool Is Planning two New
River Entrances. fc
TO ACCOMMODATE TRAFFIC
Look. Forward to the Time When V-
aria Wdl Be One Thousand Feet Long
Scheme ia Considered Ftauble by
the Projector.
LIYKKPtlOL, Feb, ll.-The Mersey
disks and harbor board, not sati.lled
with the vast improvement ear tied
into effect during the past few year.
ha planned a laige and daring scheme
for dock extension w lii.h w ill be carried
tutu execution during the coming
i..n of parliament. The first step will
be to make two entrances Into the river,
.each IM feet in width. There will be
a vestibule dock out ot which two oth
er will onen to accommodate steamer.
of IWO feet and possibly MO feet. These
entrance will alo serve for a still
larger extension at some future period
further north, again going on opposite
Sea forth. Thi extension ha la-en ren
dered necessary by the great imreas.
in the trade of the port and partletilarly
in the site of the latter day steamer
and their great great draft of water. It
ia understood that the dtaft ot the new
Cunard liner now being built will W
:i or feet and report indicate that
the authorities connected with the msn
aBciiicnt of the port of New York are
seriously worried over the outlook in
this particular direction. Certain it Is
that the chief item of co-t in connec
tion with the making of d.s-k is the
making of provi-ion tor uch depth.
With reference to the iw of the dif
ferent steamboat the member of the
hoaixl are ot the opinion that they must
look forward to the time when steamers
are at least lK feet in length, but
expert, bat .tated In this connection
that no matter what tb .voluUun may
I along the line of passenger carrying
steamer, there Is no probability that
tame source ana in ineir utniwiii i ... . v.
cr they .re senenely guided by the ro steamer, will .....n any ...ch
career mrv ic j , u-.),. fr manv. manv vears to
eome.
same light. Ihl. lime pianei m
which has become our tempoiul abode
me into existance by the same al
mighty fiat. Let there be. hvety
mountain and valley, every forest and
plain, every element in thi great and
stirred. .ow circumstance naa man- r - - VrUJ
ed; John wa. in prison, soon to perish complex josmos a. well m tta myrUd
there .nd he ben to be troub.ed in " "1 ' M
mind a. to the thing that had eome to '
" . .. ,.. -ni that snurre be. How
lllll.V JIIM- - "
'I am the
SITUSNS TO ASTORIA.
llfr..l Verlsnd. messrtieer ImiV for
llhe Western I'nkm office in thi city',
returned lat night from Tacoma, atler
a month' absence.
Christ U the light of the world be
cause he' i the source of happiness.
an aiouiuij naw, w. ... " - - i i i . . ,
matisni don't go; men want more than Wy uieaii. of tm light the beautiful of
. . I . i :. UI us. 1 falls
ciration is revealed to Ufc It fall
mong the cloud, and they are silver
anybody' say so to the great line
A . -M It...:, n.ri.l At n.l titliuld
Hi lilt-ir jw-i i v iiiiiiu". it - -
1.ri.t did not remind John of the lined. The setting sun shed it rays
enealo"ie of the circumstance, of hi on the disUnt mountain top and tney
" - ... I ... ; L.. ..I It fulls
birth, or of hi power of miracle, or are envciopm m a n- . H
.... I . .1.. .n.l .t-nr il
if the sis-nes at the tune of In ijaptfin
all of which John knew. Xor did he re
turn as answer any logical reasou to
It fall
II,. rain and dew UIOII alio
aiiionK
the rainlsiw with it varied hue i the
result. It fall, on hill and dale on field
f 1...1 r;i.. I.I..
and meadow, revealing i.,e-.
vision. It falls on foliage .nd flower,
capital letteis. and t!ie -tvle. ami
lancu.ie n-ed b. li.iy a striking "imi
la iM y.
An iiiv-t!-,Ii .ii i- I-ii'. m ule i i
the h" of iliv.iverin ihe sr-'in ic--H.n-i1.l-
f.r th tliri.iler.iri' letter,
and suspicions aie iiire -t.-d invmi'l
eiTtain indiridiial lioe aeticiis seem
Vi xiint out tiiiit he has ,niet',iii-.i to
4o with t!ie mallet. The ci-iniiini.icA-tm
sent to dilfeielit cili ii. hive nit
he-n turwil over to the ...-t,il iinthoii-
THE REAL TEST
Mi i.i!i vvoiiM In- one who should have
sympathy for men wiio should hear
th'-ir "fiii fs niiil eiirrN- th ir sorrow and
take nay tliir luird'-ns; one who
should ln! m ii in body, in mind, and
in soul: one who should come, not to
I ministered unto, but to inini-ter and
'ie hi li e for mankind. Christ at
thi "rk is tie- woild' redeemer and
Savior. So the answer he .till send
h.i-k to any ti.iulild, iliseoiiraved.
di.iil.tiii'' -oul i thi. The blind revive
their sii,t. ihi- lame walk, the eper
ine clealiseil, the deaf hear, the d-ad
uie raised, and the poor have the go-pel
iiieaeheil to l hem; and bless -d is he
who shall find no occasion of stumbling
in ine!
"Christ iaiiitv' vindication) tslay i
not -o inie h in rlntrary creed nor so
f BrM I tll It Tker.
Mh TrlaL
There hi onlf one tut by which tc
)udce of the mcienr of any artlcl
and that to by It ability w w "i , -
which It la Intended to do. Many hair much in hm nor philosophy a II i
lrors may Umk nic and smell nice, ; , ir;njf iciiiiplished. Hy
hut the point is-slo they eradicate lan- . .
- ..j . ..iu- i..irt .its flints we know It. worth, in.t
1TVH anu aiui, - . i
Ko, they do not. but Herplclde does. ( ,rjst help men, elevate character
L a a. a. aws,aOat a t Ka aWVil ....
TT..." J .w" . . .. briims freedom of thmijrht, and life.
ana sois ins i ...s
spills from wbtnc the balr gtl It. - hrinjt into life the unselfish spirit of
scninaihv nnl love, tiurifle moral-, re
Letter from prominent people every- 1 . , ' ....
where are dally proving- that Newbre'. Morale o.riini unities, put man right in
Htrpiade atanda th "test of use." , B j, rcltionhiiM, make me b'oth-
It Is 0 Khtrui oressinr. ear, pnr ... t - s .v.:
and free rrom ell or irrews. . er, foster, the home, give hope in this
Fold by leading drugrifts. Bend Me. In life anl in the life to come, none will
M1 " Tb I,Wple'4 gainsay. Thi. wo.k is going on; we e-
hle iflug Store, 351 333 Bond SL, it everywhere. .Men blind to the light
rwt it.,. store. 49 Com. St- T. F. I receive sii'ht: hien lame la (M theii
Xurin. Prop. "Special, Agent,"
wslk stand upright, and walk with
l,in. it nenelrate the bar of the
- I- .
I i . ; tr. .....I
prison cell to tne unnnppr oiuiai--, .....
be greet it s a inesseng r of huie ami
cheer from heaven. Light i not only
heerful in it-clf. but it reveals to u
the beauty of creation and the wonder
ful work of C,od for our enjoyment and
in enjoying it we should lie happy. o
see why Chri-t called himself the light
f the world. Xow we cannot be h ippy
uit iont Christ. Without Christ you
cannot have that ble-sed ai-siminc that
vour sin are forgiven. What make
in n most miserable in this life i the
cons, ioiisness of ln. The so: row and
u.s-s of man are eatiel by sin. When
( hrist annear a 'the Umli of Cisl who
taketh .way the sin of tne worm men
lir.t will the soul lie capable of true
happiness. Without Christ there can
l mi honi o' eternal life. Without tin
hope man cannot Is- happy nor content.
Despair i. the condition of the oul in
death who ha lived without Christ.
And etertiil darkness is the condition
after death. ' Hut the roul whose light
is Christ happy here and forever
Thu the, infinite and eternal Ood i
among n a our light. It I hi pur
pose al'o that we should become par
taker ol hi nature, and that we should
become heir to the infinite riche and
glorl- of hi kingdom. He would lie
with us during our sojourn here during
one journey and p'bi image through
.ife". desert, .nd 1 our guide In the
valley and the. shadow of death. When
our mortal Ml are laid wy in the
grave and bernm di-t amin. then he
will give us a body a "ternal a the
liht which shall not be weighed down
by gros matter, hot .hall be light
in it. wing at tb r of the morning
un."
Itch Ungtrerm.
v r t.ims Wlnirn. Kt. write. April
as inoi. ! in ti 19 soar I had been
. V-'. I . . . " - J
afflicted with a malady known a the
Itch The itcninj wa. bto unisiiii
t v.. I -i r.. ain In And relief. h.T-
s IUS ss .w. j - - .
Ing tried all remedie. I eould hear of,
hMiile a number of doctor. I wish to
state that one single application of Bal
lard tjnow l.inimem nam i ss..,.
w.i and narmanentlr. Since then
I have used the limiment on two aepa-
rat occasions tor ring wuno mu
cured completely. 2.Vs. ae and $1.00.
Sold by Hart' Drug Store.
Old niaiil. would be .carce and h.rd te
find,
Could they lie made lo see, '
How grace and beauty i. combineud
By ulng Rocky Mountain Tea.
Frank Hart, druggi-t.
Ara You Beatles. t Night.
In.l harraiiavt liv a bad cooirhT Use
Hallsrd' llorehotind Syrup. It wl.I se
... vn, aniinit sieen sua eir.ci
prompt and ra-liwl cure. Sdd by Hart's
Drug More.
T
Merman
ASTORIA'S RELIABLE CLOTHIER
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Valentines
Thi year our stock it lar and mor varied than ever befote
both eeeaie and sentimental, ranging in price from le each to 14 00, Then
we lute some noreltle. in the way of fancy folding Valentine which
have never been shown before, AUo a new series in both comic and
sentimental in poUl card. Ibth .how window, htv been given up lo
Valentin Display for on week. Walk by and lake a look.
J. N. GRIFFIN
Weinhard's Log,
V
Beer.
ft
"Billy Buster
Shoes"
They hv a .ole that won't wear out
S. A. GIMRE,
' AGENT rOR THE DOUGLAS SHOE
$43 Bond Street 0pp. Bee HiggiM k C
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1
Thirteen states and territories of the Middle
West are traversed by Rock Island lines. There
are more cities of 15,000 population and upwards
on the Rock Island System than on any other
Wtittrnroad! 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. 1
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 busi
nessand solicits yours.
a. k. Mcdonald,
General Agent, Rock Island System,
140 Third Sweet, Portland, Or.
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