MONDAY, MAY at, 190S,
THE MORNING ASTOHIAN. ASTORIA, OREGON.
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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
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reports now bring received regarding1
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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