FRIDAY, APRIL ij, too0
WATERFRONT ITEMS
ARE ADIMITTEO FREE
IS
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No homo is Complcto'wlthou
Ships That Pass in' the Day and
the NiRht,
Foods From U. S. Admitted Into
Hon. John A. Aitkin, His Claim Gill Netters H( Id Meeting In
Ecuador Free of Duty.
on the People. Suoml Hall.
THE MORNING ASTOHlAN. ASTORIA, OREGON.
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ALASKA VESSELS ALL READY
EFFECTIVE THREE MONTHS
CHARACTER IS UNASSAILABLE URGED TO JOIN THE UNION
KUburn and Elmore Due In Today
Hassalo Swift but Behind Time
Roanoke Sails for Bay City
Marine Notes.
Duties Have Been Remitted To Per
mit Those Who Took Part in the
Revolution to Recoup Their
LosstJ.
The steamer F. A. Kilburn is due to
arrive in this port from San Francisco
this morning. She left Coos Bay at noon
yesterday.
The steamer Sue 11. Elmore left Til
lamook Buy yesterday noon, for this
port and should be in this monring.
The revenue cutter Perry is on anoth
er cruise to the south and may go down
th Californton coasts She) '
out about a week or ten days.
The French Bark Jules Gommei,
bound for the United Kingdom, with
food stuffs, left out over the bar yes
terday afternoon, on her long voyage.
The steamship Roanoke will arrive
down from Portland this mormnj; and
will get away for Sim Francisco, Eu
eki and I.os Angles, at 1 o'clock this
afternoon.
The fine 0. E. A N. steamer Hassalo
lost three hours in handling freight and
people here on Tuesday last, and she
las been too busy to make it up Binee
then. She left here for Portland at
11 o'clock yesterday morning.
Fifty Japanese arrived down from
Portland on the noon train yesterday
for the ship Drummond and were
taken directly to the docks on the cars
and went aboard in charge of the ship's
officers.
the French ship Crillon Captain Eol
lier. arrived down from Portland yes
terday afternoon, and trent to an an
chorage here, waiting defepatjch out
ward. The steamship Columbia was the first
vessel out of this port yesterday morn
ing having reached here at 3 o'clock from
Portland, and taken on what stuff was
billed for her, and a few passengers,
iijelung Judgei fTaylor, Mr T. B.
Finch, Richard and Effiie. Guise, she left
down and crossed out at 5:45.
- The ship James Drummond, with her
cargo all on board, and her hatches bat
tened down, and with 250 people aboard,
bound for Alaskan ports, in the inter
eest of the Alaska Fishermens' Packers'
Association, was hauled into the city
channel at 3 o'clock yesterday after
noon, and will leave out on the first
available tide.
The ship Berlin, is due down from
Portland under towage of the Harvest
Queen, and wil take the first opportuni
ty to cross the Columnfa bar for Alaska
In the service of the Alaska-Portland
Packers' Association, with whose stores
and people she is loaded.
The ship St. Nicholas, manned, equip
ped and loaded with the property and
employees of the Columbia River Pack
ers' Association was hauled from the
Elmore piers yesterday afternoon and
went to the lower harbor, from whence
Bhe will take quickest despatch for Al
askan waterg.
SAX FRANCISCO, April 12 The
Call today says:
News has Wn received that the gov
ernment of Ecuador ha made - foods
from the I'nited States into Ecuador
duty free for a period of three months
the period beginning about the first of
the present month.
M. Aristiiiibel. acting coiimi! for
Ecuador is quoted in regard to the mat
ter. to the effort, that he had heard the
duties referred to had been suspended).'
and that he believed it to be true, thst
lie could not make the statement of
ficially. He was in doubt as to whether
in fact he was consul for Ecuador, ow
ing to the recent change In the admin
istration as a result of the revolution
which took place lat January. He had
since then sent in hi resignation, but
had not yet been notified whether it
had been accepted. The supposition is
that the duties have been remitted to
permit those who took part in the
revolution to recoup their losses.
Endorsed by Huntington City Council Setre!ry Lorotsrin of the! Columbia
u iin nevoid is une io ura- j iver fisnermen t Union Urge
mend Him to People at Com I All Fishermen to Join the
in Election. Union.
NEW FROM WARRENTON.
Watch the horso that you thing of
buying while he is walking. If ha
walks -steadily and tanea bis jpacei
long and evenly, other "things being equal
he is a good horse for farm work .
Brief Resume of Late Happenings Down
There.
P. C. Warren spent the day in Astoria.
Capt. C. H. Dean is home for a few
L D. Bull ha resigned his position as I
bookkeeper in the Kelly mill.
Mrs. B. M. Rogers and children ar
med early in the week and are domi
ciled in the old P. C. Warren home.
The familv of Walter Barnhart ar
rived today and they will live in the
Elmore house.
Mrs. F. A. Book and family who have
been at the Seaside foi the last week
have returned and are located in tha
Harvey house.
Mis IJaude Dawson was a guest of
the fis5es Townsend on Tuesday.
Among the passengers to Astoria on
the afternoon train wene Miss Maude
Den vie, Mrs. I. Wirtb, Mrs. L D. Steph
enson and Mrs. C. W. White.
Mrs. E. A .Eetts is seriously ill at her
home
Harry Harrison left for Portland Wed
nesday morning.
A daughter was born to the wife of
0. C. Hensell on Tuesday.
The new mill company will be known
as "The Old Oregon Mill Co."
The Kelly mess house is serving be
tween fifty and sixty regular boarders,
besides giving meals to transients It is
gaining a reputation of plenty to eat
and well cooked.
Some in Warrenton are complaining
because a few Japs are being employed
at the new mill, but white labor can
not be had and the miH is trying to cut
lumber.
Mrs. E. S. Mc-Hroy and Miss Munson
visits the city (Astoria) on Tues
day. Mrs. G. W. Warren and wife are ex
pected home soon .
The frame of a new house is up
Mr. C. R. Higgins is the first to take
the step in this direction, eight more
will be built.
Mr. F. W. Preston is also contemplat
ing building.
Aside from the fani that the tate
treasuryship is due, in the logical ae
uences of tlnugs political to bo to Eas
tern Oregon, it is conceded on all sides
thwt it mild not go into better
hand than those of H,m. John A. Ait
kin, ex-mayor of Huntington.
Mr, AitKin is no novice in public af
fairs, nor a stranger to public trusts,
having been a servant of the. Hunting
ton public for ten years out of the
eighteen year he ha lived in that city.
He is a trained husina-w man, with a
f - -
character for rigid honesty that has
never been broached by so much as a
faint slur, and his daptability for the
office of its great responsibility is a
matter of no doubt in the mind of aBy
man who knows him. And the names
of those who know him and re-peet him
is legion.
He was treasurer of Huntington for
five consecutive term aud it$ nwyor
.for two years more, and he lately re
ceived the unique lionor of the solid
endorsement of the common coiiuvil of
that city, which, by explicit resolution
declared his genuine and urged his
claim for the high honor he seeks at
the hfind of the Republican voteiVt
of the state of Oregon.
There i absolutely nothing that can
be urged against his candidacy and the
voter who nominates and elects him
to the treasury-hip of the state, may
N.umi Hall was well tilled k-t night
with gill net fishermen, belonging to the
Columbia River Fisherman's Union, and
with thoe who re not members but
who were there for the purpo of learn
ing more about the. work of the union.
The object of the meeting which was
called by Secretary tamtam wa pri
marily to urge upon fishermen who r
not yet member of the union to join,
and speeches were made both in English
ami Finnish to this end.
The meeting was very enthusiastic
and to help out in the enthusiasm, the
l'ni..iilowi, ,d tl(rf ; f(irw un(
rendered everar I ctions.
Seeieliiry I-otSitsen ,oke Nt length
upon the benehYiu results which the
Columbia Ifcver FisfuiH-n lijive at
tained mi,, t),P organustion of the
union, and showed how much luonev had
l-en aved to fishermen by the orga
nition. He stated that in WM the
fishermen on the river only received
13 cent, a ,,itiv for tMr ald nt
soon a th union was formed the
price which the eannrymcn paid. I.e.
came hixhee. Mr. Urn t sen gave figures
and facts to substantiate all hi statc-im-iiK
and at the conclusion of hi ad
drcs, a numlH-r of fishermen joined the
union.
During th course of his renmrks 'Mr
r.ornt,en ,tatJ that there wa ow a
movement on foot to fore., a bill through
trie tte legislature which would nl
Ion any per-on who desired, whether he
was a citizen, or had declared hi, in
tention, or if he was an licit. t (i-l,
for talnnm on the river, lie said that
powerful influence' were at work to get
this measure through, and that if they
were micccsmuI, it would ie.ult In
covering the river- with Japanese fl-h-
ermcn. and white fishermen would be
driven off the rives altogether. The
spuker said that the union was work
ing in opjMcition to this movement, and
that the more members which it had,
the better fhey could fight all move
ment which were harmful to the Co
lumbia river fi.lii.ii. uV interest.
B. F. Allen Son,?- boT;
' and Eleventh St.
spelling board that certain shorter forms
of words already nulliorlised by good
usage be ued. aud to rejiort to the
board of education whether In Us Judg
ment it would be advisable to permit
teachers mid luipil to ue all or ome
of such aut hoiked horter forms speci
fied in the simplified spelling hoard
announcement of March 21, 1901.
nik.rl. Ih' CI wa
This salve is intended especially for
ore nipples, burns, front bites, chapped !
hand itching piles, chronic sore ye j
gran fated eye lids, old chronic sorea and
for diseases of the skin, such as tetter
Salt rheum rim.' ivnnn. urald fii-nif
heries, barWrs' itch, scabies or Itch ami
ecitenia. It has met with unpsralleled
ueec in the treatment of these dl-,
esses, rrice 25 cent per box. Try It.'
For sale by Frank Hart and leading
Druggists. '
RF. ORT OF THE CONDITION Or I UK
April Showers
Bring Slay
Flowers
and quality of tlx trod you sow d
pends upon the Dloom.
, Kvrry on who has used our seeds
know they r d-pendabl.
We Can furnish
You All Kinds Of
Seeds.
FirSl Midi B 3Dl( I astoria grocery
HE IS THE MAN.
oiitider his elective dutv thorouehlv
-11 don and will never have to befend his
action under any circumstances,
reuation for their thoughtful kindness,
Sherman Bulkley, Mr Lehl L'ttcp, and
Fred Copley.
APPOINTMENT CONFIRMED.
WASHINGTON, April 12.-The sen
ate today confirmed the appointment
of S. K. Farrar, as postmaster at
Nalem, Oregon.
A Word
of
Warning
Slit
Par-timile of Box
Don't buy substitutes for MEN
NEN'S BORATED TALCUM
POWDER. "Just as good" is
only a deceit by which a dealer
tries to make money out of the
superiority and success i,f MRM.
NEK'S POWDER. There's nothing
just as good as MENKEN'S and
users of substitutes and imitations
risk skin, complexion and comfort in
doing so.
As a protection to health use Mennen's
Powder and only Mennen's.
Have you tried MENNEN'S VIO
LET BORATED TALCUM TOILET
POWDER ? Ladies partial to violet
perfume will find Mannen's Violet
Powder fraeraot with the odc.r f
fresh plucked Parma Violets.
For sale everywhere for 25 cents, or
mailed post paid on receipt of price, by
GERHARD MENNEN CO.. Newark. N. J.
Fc-imileofBoi
SECTARIAN MOVEMENT.
Catholics And Secretariat have Bloody
Clash at Wipaaw.
WARSAW, April 12. The sectar
ian omvement started by a number of
Catholic clergymen calling themselves
Marivists, i rapidly increasing in the
country, especially among the peasants.
The sectarians attack Catholic church
es and drive out the priests, resulting
in sanguinary enjcounteFi. The sec
tarians have already captured church
es in several towns and villages and yes
terday siezed a church at Blonic, War
saw, but it was recaptured by two thouq
and catholics. During th! figljt two men
were killed and twenty injured. Great
er disturbances are expected.
CHANGES ANNOUNCED.
WASHINGTON, April 11. The Sec-
retary of the treasury has announced
the following changes at the bureau of
engfliving and planting:' Th resig
nation of Captain William Meredith.
director is accepted to take effect on
June 30.
Assistant Director T, J. Sullivan is
to succeed Mr. Meredith as director, .
Joseph E. Ralph, now custodian of
dies is to succeed Mr. Sullivon nt as
sistant director.
Health Is Youth.
Disease and Sickness Bring Old .Age.
Herbine. taken every morn in r Wr.ro
breakfast, will keep you in robust health,
fit VOU to ward off dispute. Tf nnnE
stipntion, biliousness, dyspepsia, fever
skin, liver and kidney complaints. It
purifies the blood and clears t.lie
plexion.
Mrs. D. W. Smith. Whitnev. Toy
Writes Anril 3. 1002; "I have noe,1 TT,.r.
bine and find it the best medicine for
constipation andjiver troubles. It does
all you claim for it.
I can hiarhlv recommend it. fifto Snlil
by Hart's Drug Store.
On entering the contest for the re
publican nomination for governor. Dr.
Withycouihc undoubtedly had the laig
st personal acquaintance of any man
in Oregon. Practically every Bequain.
tance was a friend who recognized in
Mr. Withycomhe a man who possessed
in a very large degree all of the stor
ing qualities needful to fit him for the
evhalted poailinn to which he npires.
A great many of the politicians said
he wouldn't do, that he didn't know how
to play the "game" and .that no man
was eligible to the position of gover-er-nor
who wa not a practical difi-cian.
From the first, however, his campaign
met with favor in the rural communi
ties. Gradually his strength increa-ed
until he bagan capturing the towns
and cities. ITe now has active workers
in every community in the state and
the reports from each county concerning
his candidacy are most flattering. That
he 1 will he nominated aeems certain,
Few men possess such a pleasing x'r
soimlity, such an accommodating tenia!
disposition and with all so much tmniutv
sincerity and strength of character. To
their possession may lie accredited much
of his success in the present contest.
Ilia neighbors and friends in Benton
county regardless of politics are taking
a deep interest in his campaign. He will
receive practically every republican vote
in the county nt the primaries and el c
tion day will be a sort of Withycomhe
jubilee. It is doubtful if any man in
Oregon ever sought a nomination who
possessed the good will, confidence and
esteem of his fellow citizens in so mark
ed a degree as , does Dr. Withycomhe.
His local standing as a man and as a
citizen should commend him to the
favorable consideration of every republi
can voter in Oregon. Corvallis Gazet
te. ' .
At Astoria, in the Stat of Oregon, at
the cloe of bu-mess, April Clh, lHi.
RESOUKCfS.
Iians and Dikcoiint t.V.S lot mi!
Overdraft, secured am. un
secured 4.M7.TI
U. S. Bonds to secure circula.
tiou 1200 00
Molids, securities, etc TiflW.UU
Other real estate owned 3,0tKMH)
Due from National banks
(lint rtiMfrv Atftmfftl l.1o.tJit
Due from State Banks and
Hanker 70 ! .n
Due from approved reserve
aircnts 170.012 fM
Checks and other cash item 710.41
riotea of other National
Honks 2i mi
Nirklefl aud cent
LawM money reterv it bafk
via:
Speeio 111,000.00
l.cifil tender notes :o.o ll.n-ju.4Mi
Redemption fund with U. 8.
Treasurer (5 per cent circu
lation 1,230.01)
Phone Main m
6Z3 Cormnnrcial St
Total
s2.in.V2.s;
LIABH-1TIES.
Capital atock paid In ....1 60,000 00
"'"""s ' I i , OO.fSKMKI
Undivided profits, less ex Den
se and tame paid Hi;j00:t:)i
.sauonai tanK notes out
Standing 12,500 00
Individual depoaita aubject
fo check $.42.01fl,35
Demand certiflcatea of de
losit 13a.2tll.I0
Certified cheek .. 75.00 0Hl,2,V..'i4
NOW FOR A NICE DAINTY
LITTLE PIECE Of
CHINA
4 CHINA TEA POT, CHOCO
LATE POT, CUP AND SAUCES
OR EVEN A NICE LITTLE TEA
SET, MAY BE JUST THE THING
YOB ARB WANTXNO-IF SO
JtHE PLACE TO CO IS THE
Yokohama Bazaar 1
Commercial girMt.'juuiria
Total
S2:I,032.!7
State of Oregon, County of Clataop,ss!
I, 8. S. Gordon cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement la frilA in th Vu.4
my knowledge and belief.
. 8. S. GORDON,
t. , Caahler.
' Subscribed and iworn to before me
this Oth day of April, IflOfl.
V. I50ELLIKO,
Notary Public.
Correct Attest)
0. C. FLAVEL,
w, f. McGregor,
J. WESLEY LADD
Director!.
Suffered for a Long Time Without
Relief Had Three Doctors and
Derived No Benefit One Doctor
Was Afraid to Touch Them
Soreness Disappeared and Hands
Now Smooth After Application of
CUTICURA SOAP AND
.CUTICURA OINTMENT
SPELLING REFORM.
NEW YORK, April 12-The board of
education yesterday adopted the fol
lowing resolution without summent:
"Resolved that the board of supplies,
be nd hereby i requested to investi
gate the suggestion of the simplified
'PaleBoftemfan
Laser Beer"
THE
BEER
FOR
THE
HEALTHY
WEALTHY
AND
WISE
on draught and in bottbjs
Brewed rnrter sanitary conditions and
propy aged right here in Astoria.
North Pacific
Brewing Co.
ASTORIA, OREGON.
"For a long time I aulTored with
Borc on the linnda which were itching, '
painful, and disagreeable. I had three '
doctors -and derived no benefit from 5
any ofthcin. One doctor said ho was
afraid to touch my hands, so you
must know how bad they were; an
other said I never could bo cured; and ' '
the third said the sores were caused
by tho dipping of my hand in water ,
jn the dye-house where I work. I
aw in the pujxtrs about the wonderful '
cures of tho Cuticura Remedies and '
procured aoine of tho Cuticura ftoap ,'
and Cuticura , Ointment. In three
days after the application of the
Cuticura Ointment my hand began
to peel and were better. Tho sore- -ncss
disappeared, and they are now
BiiKHiui mm cican, anu i am atui '
working in tliodye-houKO. " ';
"1 Htroricly recommend Cuticura
Soap, and Cuticura Ointment to any
one with sore hands, and 1 how thnt ,'
this letter will bo tho means of lioiw r
Ing other sufferers. Very truly yours, ,'
Mrs. A. E. Muurcr,, 2310 State St.,,
Chicago, 111., July 1, 1003." '.,
MOTHERS! MOTHERS t ;
To know thai, a warm buth'with
Cuticura Hoap and a mude nnnintiiiff
with Cuticura, the great Bkin Cure, and ;
purowt and sweetest of emollients, will ,
afford instant relief nnd refreshing Icpj
w MKiu-iorturcu nauics, ana resi ior i
tired and worn-out inol hers. I
Sold throiiilmut llio worlrf. Culicum np, ito.iOlrt- , I
mi-iii, wii'., lp(ilvi.nt,Wo, (In furin il !liumiit C(.iwl ' ,
l'llln, Sfc'.e. tier vll o 00). Poltorl)rujC!iiiiii.C'urp.,tlul , : V
I'rin... Ihi.tim. Mm... p , - T
jr MiIM V'i, I low to Cora Ho.wii" nail " All About .
tlit Skin, tlp, Iliir, nd H.ncU."