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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1906)
MONDAY, MAY at, 190S, THE MORNING ASTOHIAN. ASTORIA, OREGON. - 1 " PICTURE SCANDAL Committe Tells About Purchase of Rokeby Velasquez. ENORMOUS PRICE IS PAID Ho Transaction Connected With the 'Arts Has Had so Much Scandal Attached as Purchase of the Picture. JUNTOS', May 20.-A full explana tion of the purchase of the Rokeby Viaquet for $225,000 is given in the animal report of the national art col lectons fund just published. Edmund Gosse declared last month that '"no transaction connected with this arts has for many years been wrap ped in such a tissue of scandal and tittle UUle m this buying of thej "Venus" of Yelasquei. The committee has but to be explicit, and this fabric of: malevolence falls to dust." Mr. Gosse added. "The picture." the committee controll ing the fund say in giving a full ac count of the transaction, sol,i 19(1)5 by H. E. Morritt for $1(50.000 and pissed into the hands of Thomas Ag new and sons, with whom as sole own ers, the committee ha conducted all negotiatims from the beginning. :MThe Agnews exhibited the 'Venus and Cupid' in London in the autumn of the same year. A special meeting of the executive committee was summoned forthwith, and having unanimously agreed as to the importance of the pic ture approached the owners with a Tiew to securing it for the nation. ""On the understanding that the pic ture should go to the national gallery, Messrs. Agnew offered it for $225,000, at which sum they undertook to repur chase it at any time during the next two years. "Messrs. Agnew voluntarily furnished information of a confidential nature as to the total cost of the picture to them selves, including commissions, interest and other expenses. With the particu lars thus placed at its disposal, the com mittee agreed that the price asked was justified. It had reason to Telieve, moreover, that the amount asked was substantially smaller than any intend ing purchasers were prepared to pay." SHE TOLD HIM! An Astoria dude with narrow striped clothes saddle colored shoes, a loud necktie, hair parted over his nose, and smoking a cigarette, addressed his best girl thus: "If you was me and I was you, what yould you do?" The As torianne hesitatingly said with a smite: "I would take off that hideous tie, put that cigarette in the stove, part my hair on one side; and pray to God for brains." Sciatica Cured After Twenty Years of Torture. For more than twenty years Mr. J. B. Massey, of 3322 Clinton St., Minne apolis, Minn., was tortured by sciatica. The pain and suffering which he endur ed during this time is beyond compre hension. Nothing gave him any perma nent relief until he used Chamberlain's Pain Balm. One application of that liniment relieved the -pain and made sleep and rest possible, and less than one bottle has effected a permanent cure. If troubled with 'sciatica or rheu matism why not try a 5-cent bottle of Pain Balm and see for yourself how quiaidy it relieves the pain. For sale by Frank Hart, and leading druggists. Five Reasons Why RUBEROID ROOFING To MaKe a New Roof or Repair Yonr Old One 1. Same cost of Insurance as Iron. 2. Most Durable Roofing Made. 3. Easy to put on 4. Is Guaranteed to Give Satisfaction, 5. Has Stood All Tests of Heat and Cold; wet and dry weather. E FOARD 8 STOKES CO. ASTORIA AGENTS. WARNING! To Clean Up Premises. Mayor Yise announces that on June Tth will expire the time of grace allowed by the city to property owners, in which to clean up their premises. The city authorities are determined to see to it that the streets and yards, back and front, are re lieved of all rubbish and filthy debris, and if owners of property do not obey the order and ordi nance in this regard, there will be something doing for them in the way of contributing a liberal fine toward the city's running expenses. The fine is not less than $50, so that cleaning up is easier on the pocketbook, than allowing the property owned by you to remain in its present condition. The chief of police ha been instructed to arrest any person after June 7th who has not complied with the city's mandate. This order is no bluff. Get Wise! Clean Up! REPUBLICAN ENGAGEMENTS. Campaign to Open in Good Shape Dur ing the Present Week at Astoria. The abnormal apathy of the Clatsop campaign is to be broken sharply this week, and the republicans are to line up and "take notice," and "give notice." of the things that inspire their presence in the field. There will be a rousing ' republican rally, at Gilbert's Hall, in Seaside, on tomorrow. Tuesday night, when ex-Gov ernor T. T. Geer, one of the clearest and most forceful speakers in the state. will head the list of orators, and he will be followed by all the county candidates. A large number of Ator- Lin are going over to the gathering and this i the exactly correct thing to do; the meeting should be a rouser for the initial break of the campaign, and there is no such thing as too many peo ple nor too lively a spirit. On Wednesday night, following. Gov ernor Geer will be the guest and ora tor of the party in this city, the hosts gathering at the Star theatre in thi city, when there will be a big and en thusiastic crowd to meet him and the Clatsop candidates, and hear the best of the best arguments from the best men it the local field. On Saturday night when the full staff of republican candidates for Clatsop county, will assemble with an other host at Svensen, to expedite the cause of republicanism as represented in this county; and here, again, there should be a swinging crowd of Astor ians to fill the "bleachers" and lend eclat to the occasion. On Thursday niht, May 11, the Gov ernor-to-be, James Withycornbe, is ta head a brilliant list of speakers, at a meeting in Logan's' Hall, in this city, when the cap-sheaf will be put on the campaign, with all the snap that repub lican Astoria, possesses. It will be the closing engagement of the campaign, and Mill be a very pronounced and suc cessful affair. And in the interim, it behooves all good republicans to keep these assemblies in mind and permit no one else to forget them, but to con cur in making each and every meeting a ringing success, predicatory of the final and supreme success of June 4th. Sore Nipples. A cure may b effected by applying Chamberlain's Salve as soon as the child is done nursing. Wipe it off with a soft cloth before allowing the child to nurse. Many trained nurses use this salve with the best results. Price 25 cents per box. Sold by Frank Hart and leading druggists. You Should Use 3 Sermons of Yesterday Ucv. Kydquist of the Kiel Lutheran church spoke last evening on the subject of "Prayer a it Communion With God." A very huge audience was present. He said in part : "It is well that we remiu'l ourselves the import of prayer especially in this mateiiali-tic age, when tile demon of worldliness eeios to receive so much worship and homage. As Christians, we must not bow our knee to this modem Baal, we must not worship at his shrine. We acknowledge with sorrow that the influences to do so are very strong. It is undoubtedly the spirit of the age to be so involved in biiMne and affairs of this world that little time is given to prayer and commun ion with God. But that docs not dis courage us a Christians. There are yet seen thousand in Israel who have not bowed their knees to llaal. Let us fervently pray that we may be found among that number. The voice of God shall also be heard above the din and voice of business life even in this age. Fellow Christians, let u he the mouth pieces of this voice, l.et us sound it abroad. I.et us pray the Cod of salva tion to give us strength and courage to stem this tide of worldines if it lie but a ripple thereof. i-I wish iu this connection alo to call vour attention to an other fea ture in our modern life which does much to discourage prayer. I would call it the Ghost of Deism; ami it is much more dangerous than Hamlet's ghot of old because it is more real. 1 will briefly explain to you what I mean by the ghost of Deism. Deism establishes the existence of God on reason entirely and disregards revelation. The Bible is not the word of God. The progress and development of the human race and God's handy work in nature are only the expressions of certain laws govern ing the universe. God the supreme ruler and architect of the universe, etc.. ha removed from the scene of his creative activity. His abode is some where in the infinite beyond. He gov erns by the laws only which he once for all his established, and according to these, law the great wheel of the universe runs on and on until yea until it runs down, and then! There is where the longing soul leaves the teachings of Deism, there is where that same soul places a question mark reaching up to heaven, and in the search for an answer he (Ices to God, to his revelation. Deism does not only establish the ex istence of God. according to rea-on but tells us that we must Iwlieve. in a su preme leiiig in order to be saved. Of course who mid what this supreme lie jng is. and where he is, Deism wiys we cannot know. Thus far the old heathen philosophers Plato and Socrates came in their reasoning. There is therefore certainly no advancement in philosophy much less in religion by the teachings of Deism. Though men may not pro fess Deism its spirit is prevalent to day. It permeates society as a poison. It is a crudle devised by the ingenuity of the arch-enemy of man in which he lulls the conscience of men to sleep, and in which he rocks the disquieted soul to rest. "The spirit of Deism discourages prayer as a communion with God, be cause it removes God so far from us, his whereabouts is unknown, and he does not deal directly concerning himself with affairs of men. How can men pray to such a God, and if they pray their prayer is certainly not a communion with God. Secondly, it discourages prayer as a communion with God be-v cause it is sufficient to belief in a supreme being, in order to be saved. Men will acknowledge that they believe in a supreme being. But they ruin their own lives by intemperence and vice and the lives of others by their sensuality and greed. Yet in death the spirit of Deism opens wide the door to eternal blessedness and heaven. There is the poison in a nut shll. (I do not longer wonder why men stay away from church, why interest in the Christian re ligion is slack, why public worship and prayer is ignored, why the sweet in cense of prayer does not ascend from the sacred altar of the home). Friends and fellow Christians, let us opcu our eyes to these truths, and let us open our hearts to the spirit of prayer. "Prayer, according to Luther, is the soul's communion with God. This estab lishes the blessed nearness of God and that he is directly interested in our welfare. For otherwise we could not commune with him, and prayer would have no meaning at all. He has promised that he is very near unto them that are of a humble and broken spirit, and in clineth to their prayers. Blessed prom ise and assurance. Christ also promises in our gospel text that 'Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, be will give it to yon,' Such promises ouuht to encourage us to pray, "God spcako to us iu his wold, the soul answers in waver. And thus true praver Income a conversation with God, lie reveals himself not only In hi word, but in all things visible. Ho speak to U not onlv in Iiis woid. but ill til things audible. Ho tills all nights and depths with hl presence. He beset us 011 all sides bv his council, mid there is no soul open to his intluenoo in which he does not breathe hi spirit, Oh. it is your privilege to commune with such a Got! would that you could see it and to live in the consciousness of such 11 communion." HIGHER LUMBER PRICES. ' Some complaint is coming from var ious sections of the I'acillc Northwest relative to the advance In lumber and the increased cost of construction. The history of all the great producing ee tioits of the country, however, indi cates that the development i not one to invasion surprise. Higher price for our lumber product are inevitable, anil a comparison of stumpage value in Washington and Minnesota, or other states which were supposed to possess an inexhaustible supply of timber a few veais ago, indicates that enhancement while gmdual. is likely to become a iH-riiiauent feature of the situation. With the widening of the markets reached by the railways centering in the Pacific Northwest there is certain to follow higher price, based upon the law of siipplv and demand, and Washington can certainly view with equanimity the upward movement. Based upon an eti mate of gOO.OtKMNMI.OO" feet of standing timber, an advance of a dollar in stump age would represent an increase in the wealthy of the Ute of fcWu.000,000, while upon a yearly cut of 3,000,000 feet the returns for Industrial opera tions provides an anual increase of ftl.IMMI.000 for disbursements among the manufacturers, timber land holder and laborers of the state. West Coast Trade. BAR AND BAY NOTES. The five-masted schooner Louia got away to sea in the forenoon tide ye1 terdny bound for San Francisco. The steamer Grace Dollar went to sea at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, bound for the Earthquake City. The ste;imhip Barracoota came down from Portland at 1 p. m. yesterday and left out foi San Francisco on the night flood. The steamer Alliums' left Portland last evening anil will be at the Callcn- der pier this morning, en route to Coos Bay and F.ureka. The steamer F. A. Kilburn is due here from Portland early this morning. on her wav to Coos Bav, Kuicka, San Francisco, and San Pedro. The steamer Bedondo is also due down from the metropolis this morning on her voyage to San Francisco. The steamship Bifakwater should be down this evening or in the morning, from Portland, en route to San Fran cisco. It la Saneerous to Reelect a Cold. TTaw often do we hear it remarked: " It's only a cold," and a few days later learn that the man is on his bacK witn pneumonia. This is of such common occurrence thst a cold, however slight, should not be disregarded. Chamber lain's Cough Remedy counteracts any tendency of a cold to result in pneu monia, and has Drained its creat popu larity and extensive sale by its prompt cures of tnis most common aumeni. 11 InrfcT mres and is pleasant to take. For sale by Frank Hart and leading druggists. Herbine Will overcome indigestion and dvs- pepsia; regulate the bowels and curt liver and kidney complaints, it is the best blood enricher and In- vtimra.tnr In the world. It is Pur el V vegetable, perfect harmless, and should you be a sufferer from disease, you win use it if you aw wise. R V. Andrews, editor and manager Cocoa and Rockledge News, Cocoa, Fla., writes: "I have used your Herbine In my family, and find it a most excellent medicine. Its effects upon, myself have been a marked benefit. Sold by Frank Hart's drug store. For County Judge c. J. Regular Nominee Democratic Party. MOTTO: Continuation of Good Road Work; Completion of Court House; and Upbuilding of Clatsop County. TIHGHABD BURIED YESTERDAY. The funeral of the late (War Nord strom took phut' yesterday afternoon from the home of the deceased broth el in law. Waller Howard, at the corner or Fourth ami Hond t reels, Ucv. Ityd iilst olllcliiting. The remain were In- ttrred In Greenwood cemetery, I. R. & N. STOCKHOLDERS. Meet and Elect Officers for the Ensuing Year. The adjourned meeting of the stock holder of the I, It. A N. Co. was held 011 Mondav last. ,1. P. O'IMcii. tie. lieldeiil mid general manager of the I It. & N. Co., O. It. A N. Co.. and the Southern Pucitle In Oregon, and lames 0. Wilson, representing the legal de partment of the O. It. A N, Co., were in attciidam' including other stuck- holder. The following olllccr were elected for the ensuing year: K. II. Hariiman, president. New York ; ,1. P. O'ltrien, vice-president, Portland t K. R. Build, secretary. Ilwaco; Alexan der Millar. ai-lant secretary, New York 1 Frederic V, S. Crosley, treasurer. New York: .1. N, New kirk. ltattt treasurer. Portland; F.rastu Young, general auditor, Omaha; H. I Sterling, auditor, Portland. Trustee: K. H. Ilurilimm, ,1, P. O'ltrien, K. It. Budd, .lame G. Wilson and C. H. McKinney. N0RTHSH0RE FISH NOTES. The en teh of salmon iu Baker's Hay in the trap ha Is-en light this week. A few more trapa-r have put out gear. The water i still muddy, and a it is rising the prosiiect for gl catch i nImii. There i no change In price. The inn of lUli still continues very slack and while it is rumored in some imrt of the river that the demand l great that the price ha Wen advanced at certain station yet. this cannot re ceive anv verillcation. The salmon are wanted but no raise In the price pro duces any more. The "wise" fWhennen and canneri have aunouncd that this i to be another late season for the big runs and also thst the run will lie "big" when it does come. The little trap and jtelne gear has been placed in the water Is simply an epcne a little or nothing is done with It. South Bend Journal. A Word Warning Don't buy substitutes for MEN- t NEN'S UORATKD TALCUM POWDER. "Just as good" la only a deceit by which a dealer tries to make money out of tho superiority and success of MEN KEN'S POWDER. There's nothing just as good as MENNEN'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 Mauncn's Violet Powder fragrant with tho odor of fresh plucked Parma Violets. For sale everywhere for 5 cents, or mailed post paid on receipt of price, by GERHARD MENNEN CO.. Newark. N.J Sherman Transter Co. HEN BY 811 ERMAN, Manager Hacks, Carriages Bsggsge Checked Wagons Pianos Moved, 433 Commercial Street jjjW A IN TED !li il Saw Mill Men, $2.25 per day. jjj Yard Men, $2.00 per day. Ten Boys, Over 16 Years Old to Work i I In Box Factory. EEsT;'"''' ; . r'-y,Tnn jij TONGUE POINT LUMBER CO ASTORIA, ORB. 'einhard's EUr. A shipment of Fancy Cooliies and Crachers Received Today. We have some very fmiey Dill tour and sweet pickle. All kinds of fresh fruits tml vegetables. Cards for Birds Bye inntclus redeem, ed by ASTORIAGROCERY Phone Main Ml 823 Commercial 81 A CURE FOR ECZEMA AT LAST. Remarkable Cures How Being Reported A Sample Bottle Free. Eciems and kindred diseases have often been dec) red Incurable, but the reports now bring received regarding1 D. D. P. prescription Indicate that a remedy has at lat been found which really will end doee remove this curie from thousands of sufferers, letters from every part of the coun try indicate that people sre being cured of ecsrniatous disease by the simple external application of P. D. D. liquid. A few drop applied give Instant relief. Then gradually the skin I cleansed and finally not a vestige of the dimse remains. The cures app- sr to be per manent, at any rate no cases of re currence of the dissaie have been re ported. We sre advised thst until further notice the proprietors of the remedy will send a Urge site sample bottle of D. P. P. prescription free to any skin sufferer who hss never ued the remedy and want to test this marvelous quick relief from an Itch thst no other rem edy will allay. For the free eemple bottle sddrese D. P, P. Company. 112 Michigan street, Chicago, IU. and Transferred Trucks and Furniture Boxed end Shipped. Phone Main 121