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THE MORNING ASTOKIAN. ASTORIA. OREGON. TUESDAY, MAY i, loofl. CITY HALL UNSAFE Chicago's Municipal Building in Danger of Collapsing. WALLS ARE BADLY CRACKED Eicavations Made for the County Buil ding Adjoining Have Caused City Hall to Settle to Marked Degree. CHICAGO, April 30. Chicago's city hall has nettled to such an extent since the completion of the excavation for ths adjoining new county building that it was found necessary yesterday to close the entrance to prevent pedestrians from being killed by the falling atone coping and cornice. At the south end of the building on Washington street, the foundation have unk several inches, while the en tire building has assumed a list in the direction of the hole which the new buil ding will cover. The city hall and the county building were of the same massive const met ion. and as it was necessary to use giant powder to wreck parts of the latter, there has been much apprehesion of th of the eity administrative building col lapsing. However, though its founda tion walls are many inches thick, they do not rest on the rock which underlies the subsoil but merely on the clay sub soiL Yesterday omnious shivers ran through the building and with many snaps and groans cracks appeared within and with out Hillocks appeared in the board floors and the desks assumed angles, the floor tilted and dirt emerged from crevices where it had lain undisturbed fop years. Skylights doubled up and plaster fell from the walls and ceilings. During the day several pieces of stone fell tand two employes narrowly escaped being killed as they were entering the building. i WIRELESS EARTHQUAKE WARNING Mechanism it Galveston Station Affect ed Hours Before Calamity. GALVESTON, Texas. April 20.The wireless telegraph a a seismograph wag formerly demonstrated at the station her during the past three day, and Operator K. M. Thnrton had a thrilling e'iifmv with the sir current ward ing the vibration in the tuning wire ten houi in advance of the tir-t earth iiake at fvin Francisco. Tuesday night the sputtering and sparks, of electricity in the station aroused the operator. who lielieving some ship at set or land station of the wireless ytcm was calling the Galveston station answered the summons. He signalled through the air currents reputedly, but failed to get an intelligent response. The sputter ing and sparks continued nt interval, and the wires acted like they were possessed. He examined the station and every piece of mechanism, but, failing to solve the mystery, remained on duty throughout the night, lie signaled Den ver and East St. Louis, WW miles away, but tliev had not called, and shortly CHINA AWAKENING Educational Movement Grows Stronger Amoug Oriental. MANY SCHOOLS ESTABLISHED Preaident of Chines? Reform Associa tion States China Will Soon Be Great Power to Be Reckoned With. XKW YORK. April .Kl.-Kang Yu Wan, the president of the Chinese Reform Association, who is pasing through Xew York on his way to Mexi co to Kurope. addressed a meeting of the association last night, biter he wa in terview el bv a Mnrninir mrv-r which after midnight the instruments became! . .. ' ... " (liiotes him us follows: .i . i i so charged that Thurston had to alwin don using the keys. Wednesday morning he heard of the .earthquake, and knew the unheaval had affected the air currents and charged the wireless station. With thi knowledge he remained on duty, and recorded the .subsequent quakes on the Californium coast even to the lat reported trem ble felt at Los Angele. Thursday. By comparison the records at the station with the reports of the several quakes, it showed that the sensitive instruments anticipated the quakes by several hours. Scientists are now studying the dis covery with a view of putting it to prac tical ue. The experience of Operator Thruston .Tuesday night was one of terror with the mysteries of nature, and he was well nigh a nervous wreck before he discovered the caue of the instruments' wild action on that fateful night. A .report in detail is now being prepared for the benefit of science St. Louis Globe Democrat. After seeing Xew York from the up per deck of a horseless tally-ho, Max im Gorky will wreak a terrible re venge by writing a book about America. Suggestions From Our Depto "China is no longer in the dark age. She has already reached the point where Japan was only twenty years ago. after year and year of endeavor. This is not because the .lapanesf were slow in learning but rather because they were pituieer. They cooked, we ate. We have now, for example, more trin 20,010 Chinese students pursuing advanced modern courses of study. A to common schools, some SWX) have been started in the one province of Canton. There are now four million Chinese who can speak English. Our courts are being remodeled after the English system and the num- t i i. . .... i . , . . i oer oi uooks we nave translated -- fr some time past. liunjesaj text book's, JeHiijeal work and treatises mostly indicate how ex 00000000000000 0000 0 FLOTSAM AND JETSAM. 0 000000000000000000 The big se raft lately framed up at the Hammond Rafting Company's plant at Stella, Washington, and which start ed down from there on Saturday lat under the towage of the line Imr tug Walluhi, Captain Read, ha had the misfortune to hang up on the shallow on the Oregon side of the river at a point about mid way between Water ford and West port. The Harvest Queeii went down at once to aid the Wnllul.i in getting the monster off, but the com bined work uf the two steamer wa inadequate to the task and the Okla liaina was sent down late yesterday, and it i hoped that the three may start the huge concern afloat in time to bring it down on the morning's ebb. The Francis Leggvtt is due in momentarily from San Francisco after the raft that has been moored for months in the lower har The steamer K. A. Kilhurn leave down fmm Portland. San Francisco bound, sometime today, and will leave out tomorrow morning. Clothes Are built with Wain and judg ment a well a with shem and nee dle mail of the -tn good material a are other clothe. But it the way they've been put together that nke thwii "different" that show individuality and rsp. Our spring showing it full of good things. SEE THEN. The steamship Harm con t a i due down from Portland thi morning on her re turn voyage to the Californian metro polis. The steamship Costa Mica is due in from San Francisco at any hour; in fact anv old hour. The handsome light house tender Heather will shortly place a mooring buoy off the government quarrantine station jut wet of Knappton on the north shore. It has ls?en needed there P. A. Stokes The HOME OF FASHION V 1 Copvri(tht I9 7 Hart Schafl'ner W Matt INSPECTS COURSE. For Economical Buyers LOG CABIN FAMILY FLOUR, SOLD ON ITS MERITS, EVERY SACK GUARANTEED, $no ack, $4.65 bbL RAISINS, FANCY SEEDED, 1 lb PACKAGE, . 10c SODA CRACKERS, t8, BOXES 55c CANNED SHAD 1 lb. TIN scents TIN. socents Doz. VIENNA SAUSAGE, FOR YOUR LUNCHES, lb TIN 10c per doz, $1.10 THE FOARD ft STOKES CO. ASTORIA'S GREATEST STORE. tensively the progressive movement i spreading. We have thus appropriate.) to our use over ten thousand American, Knglish and European works." The Boxer troubles, he said wehe over forever. They aroe from anti foreign fe.ling among the ignortint, and ignor ance was rapidly decreasing in China and being replaced by a more enlighten ed sentiment of progress through all classes of the population. "China is no longer asleep." he said. "She is wide awake and full able to care for her interests. A deep sentiment has been aroused among my countrymen by your exclu sion laws. Wi- ee immigrants pouring into your land from all countries by the thousands every week. Xot only are the law-abiding, industrious China men desirious of making a living un able to come in with these others, but our mot refined and intelligent men cannot get the mere passport fop trav el that they can readily get in any oth er country. Disregarding what is simp ly fairnes to us today nieiiis to alien ate the sentiments, of ft nation able to think and act fur it-elf. "China is now awake at lat. She knows her resource and ln-r right. There will Ik- no more invasion of China for -he is iihle to defend herself with cannon and with sword if necessary." The steamer l.nrliiic went away to Portland at :'M) o'clock last evening with the following people on her regis ter: F. M. Pomeroy, Capt. .1 . W. Bah bidge, Charles Wright, A. W. Jones. A. X. Frederickon, and M. ll.inthorn. EXPLORERS HEARD FROM. NEW YORK. April 30.-A -pechl to a morning paper from QueW nays Dil lon Wallace the companion of teonidas Hubbard upon his fatal trip into the interior of Labrador reported here by the steamer King Edward from the last stage of another journey into the sajmei wilds which has ucciipie.l, 1'm during the entire winter. With Mr. Wallace are Clifton R. Kasfan, student of forestry, of the Vanderbilt estate. The party went in lat summer by way of the Northwest river to I.'n gava bay, arriving there on the ICtt of October. OFFICERS TRANSFERER FORT RILEY, Kas., April 30,-Cnlonel 8. W. Taylor, commanding the artil lery sub-post at Fort Riley for the past two years has been ordered to Fort Worden, Wash., to take command of the artillery district ot I'ugi t Sound at once. Human Blood Marki. A tale of horror wag told by marka of human blood in the home of J. W. Wil liams, a well known merchant of Bae, Ky., He writes: "Twenty years ago I had severe hemorrhages of the lungs and was near death when I heron tak ing Dr. King's New Discovery. It com pletely cured me and I have remained well ever since." It cures Hemorrhages Chronic Coughs, Settled Colds and Bron chitis, and is the only known cure for Weak Lungs. Every bottle guaranteed by Chas. Rogers, Druggist. 60c and $1.00 Trial bottle free. CAPTAIN SIMPSONS' LOSS. Old Veteran Takes Things Cheerfully and Bravely, At the time The Pilot went to press last week it was believed that CapL A. M. Simpson was escaping luckily at it was believed that a slight injury to hi residence by earthquake, and the rive buildings burned were the extent of his loss but. since that time it has developed that his residence alone is left. l.iimlsr yards, box factory, fur niture factory, two large office build ings, the main business office on Spear street and I lie one at the lumber yards, all gone up in (lame ami smoke. Captain Simp-on did not attempt to estimate his lo.s except as to his Ituiilicr yards which lie declared contained eleven mil lion feet of lumber worth, nt a conser vative estimate .ll! per thousand feet, or a total of i-l7ii.(MMi. Through it all the captain was cheerful and took hi- great o-ses philo-ophiealy, thankful that the lives of his family were spared. The last telegram he received, bcl'oiv leaving here, was from a business as sociate in Sacramento who wired: "Ev erything, and everybody in connection with the company, burned out." His head salesman at the lumber yards wrote the captain this laconic note: "Saved family and all personal belonging in good shape. House I lived in was burned but it didn't liclong to me and ought to have been burned anyway." All were not so lucky however as Harry l'ennell, one of the head men in the of fice had his elegant residence burned to the ground. While lie supposed his lumber yards intact. Captain Simpson telegraphed his manager in San Francisco to deliver, wherever needed, .VWMMt feet of lumber to be converted into shelter for the homeless. The next day he learned that he hud no lumber to give. A nuiulier of people in this city and Raymond had relatives in San Francis co and were greatly worried over their fate. Willapa Harbor Pilot, International Yacht Race Is being Ar ranged For. Vt U" MHtK Kuril .'Ml. - A special to the Times, from Ihwton. -ay: Aftc naVaturing wiflji the Kajt.pni Yacht Club all the detail of the inter national yacht race between German and American loat, Commander Heb biiighun of the imperial (iceman navy representing the Kaiser, yesterday In spected the coure off Marblchcad, over which the Oerman-Ainerican races will 1h sailed in Septemler. He also visit ed Marblchcad and Manchester and saw several of the boat building for the elimination trial. After returning to Bo-ton, command er Hebbinghau said that the Ameri can d-igner bad gone to the limit allowed by the Oerman Sondcrklae rule, under which the Wt for the match are designed "The boats I have seen," he aid. " (ire big for he rule. The designer have taken all they ecu get." Fourteen Isiats have been mdered for the trial. Commander Hebbinghau said that nine Imats were being built in Oenn.my for the trial to Is' held in .Inly ot Kiel, one of which wa fur the crown j Plillce. Three of these would In' sent I to thi country to contest in th-- match! which will Is- held in Sptemlr. j Within the la-t year an extraordinary number of Missouri school districts hawi voted fur m-w buildings ami equipment! The Bourbons are -till li-diing. I Fancy Oregon Rhubarb Direct from the grower, nice aud fresh. Its Fancy Naval Oranges Sweet and Juicy, from 'J' to per dozen. ASTORIAGROCERY Phone Main m 6t3 Commercial Hi MTEEIr. MADE We care not bow you siiir-red, nor what failed tjo cure you. Ilolli-ter's Rocky Mountain Tea makes the puniest, weakest specimen of mini or womanhood strong and healthy, cents, Tea or Tab let. Sold bv Frank Hart. SQFT WOMEN'S WOES. WITH E25EB 2 Of course you pay money, Hut you get your money's worth, For what does money mean to you When Rocky Mountain Tea's on Earth. Sold by Frank Hart. KENTUCKY FEUD BREAKS OUT. JACKSON', Ky., April :)0.-The Brent- hit county feud broke out again last night when "Red Tom," Cockrell, Jake Noble and Tom Burnett besieged Reach ITargis, a relative of Former County Judge Havgis and shot out nil the glass in the front of the house, Hargis was wounded. BULL FIGHT BENEFIT. EL PASO, Texas, April 30. Vice-pres. ident Ramon Corral of Mexico who came here to meet his children returning from San Francisco, attended a bull fight, in Ciudad Jure., Mexico, yesterday given for the benefit of the San Francisco suf ferers, General F. D. Baldwin of the United States Army, Mayor C. Davis, of El Paso, and other American citi zens occupied a box. Astoria Women Are Finding Relief at j Last. j It does seem that women have more j than 11 fair share of the aches ami pains that nlHic-t humanity; they must "keep: up," must attend to dlutic in spite of I constantly m-hing Imcks, or headaches, 1 dizzy spells, bearing down pains; they must snoop over, when to stoop nieatis torture. 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