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THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. SUNDAY, OCTOBER it, lgn, ! COLLAPSING WALLS The Foard & Stokes Hardware Go, Inc 3 SWEET APPLE CIDER Successors to Foard k Stokes C ' HEADQUARTERS FOB Beautiful Temple In Portland Consecrated Yesterday. Five Men Die Beneath Them In San Francisco. Ranges, Stoves, Tinware, Crockery. Granite ware, Glassware, Iron and Steel Tools and Ship Chandttry. Headquarters (or Hardware; 35c Sfle Gallon MASONS OF ALL DEGREES CALLED BUT FAILED TO HEED 8 NEW MASONIC HOME A. V. ALLEN, WHERE ALL PEOPLE GO FOR BARGAINS Sole Agents for Barrington Hall Steel Cut Coffee. OMR OF AMERICA'S FASTEST KTHAMaRS ,,, , iiwi.i f CcMnmoctnf Hominy, May 14 STEAMER TELEGRAPH W'lrj Make Round Trips Pail; Except tiunday. Between. Portland, Astoria and Way Ports 9. T-1V ."TV fT . . . -A TIME CARD Steamer Telegraph from Portland to Ailorla. Leave Portland TOO a- m- Arrive Astoria. IjOQ p. m. B twiner Telegraph from Aitorla to Portland - Inti Astoria. p m Arrive Portland JW p. m MEALS SARVED A LA CARTS 8tamer Telegraph will (top at war land, tags boio down .and op river when having passengers to land or by being signalled- Portland Landing - Alder St Dock Astoria Landing - CallenJer Dock E. B. SCOTT, Agent, Portland Callender Navijation Co., agent Aatoria. PHONE 2211 MAIN. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFT. WANTED SMALL FURNISHED cottage; or two or three rooms, suit able for housekeeping. Addresg "H," Astorian. office. 10-21-tf Morning Astorian, 60 cents per month, delivered by carrier. FALL AND WINTER HATS The Finest Assortment-' and THE Lowest Prices MR5. R. INGLETON Welch Block Another big shipment of the San Francisco earthquake books have just arrived at the Astorian office and are ready for subscribers. Come early and avoid the rush. FUGITIVE CORNERED. (Continued from page 1) S. A. G1MRE Connected with the fact of hi arrest is a roma.no. It seems that Thompson fell violently in love with a beautiful girl living at San Antonio, Texas, and last Thursday went there to see her. He was recognized on the street to San Antonio by Healy, who is a friend of Winters, and the authorities were called on to arrest him. Healy at once wired Winters of the arrest, i and the latter saw Mr. Man ning. The San, Antonio police wired Chief Gritzmacher, asking about the man and asserting that he had been arrested on the strength of Healys ac cusation, though they sent the name as "Hells." "A mistake has evidently been made." said Chief Gritzmacher this morning, "because I have inquired of District At torney Manning and be tells me that nobody has ever asked for the arrest 01 a man named Thompson for being concerned ?n the larceny of diamonds in tms city A PROMISING ACTOR. Young Member of Stock Company Who Possesses Ability. Among the actors with the Swain Company now appearing at the Star Theater, none possess greater promise than Mr. James Miller. whoe work in the romantic leading role of Captain Daniel dflring the past few nights' presentation of "Felicia" has proven him possessed of hitherto unsuspected abilities. Of pleasing presence and at- i tractive personality and with prom ising ability in dialect t-haracter roles as was shown by his admirable Inter pretation of the old Scotch elder Thammaa Wnam-nond" In "The little Minister." Mr. Millers future is assured in the profession he so signallv adorns. and in which he has so many admirers. Corner Stone Laid Under the Splendid Some Were Workmen, and Impressive 'Ritual Leaders Who Were In Evidence Inter esting Data of Event. PORTLAND. Oct. 20.-The hosts of Oregon . Masonry, some 8,000 strong, fro inth faltering novitiate to tho nobles who have trod the burning des ert suntU' of Shrineland, were repre sented either in body 0r spirit, in the solemn ritualistic ceremonies attending the laying of the corner stone of the magnificent new $130,000 Masonic tent ta. . ii utners weret Salvaging Brass from the Debris of Ruined Building All Proved Fatal, V Vn WY'tsiOY (Vt 90 Viva mini were killed and tv, were injured under M collapsing walls toppled over by tm high wind tliU morning. Three unknown; men were crushed to death under a wall j at the southeast corner of Commercial j and Montgomery and another Uully oriNtlieil, Two wvi killed and one probably fatally Injured under the ruins company on Mission street, near mini avenue The names of the dead are IVtor Johns and G. Durand, a tlreek. Roth accidents occurred at almost the same time. John Riordnn, foreman of the Mission-street work, noticed the wall swsylag ominously Just a few minutes More it fell. He called to the men to come out, sml all obeyed but Johns, Pu in ud and Charles (Connor. When it was too kite, John and Duruml rushed franctirally for the trtreet. OVonnor backed up against the other watt. The wall came down with a crash. The other accident of the morning happened at the southeast corner Of Montgomery and Commercial streets. Three men-all of them Italian laborer who- names are not known wore pin ioned beneath a falling wall and lost their live. A fourth man. Ginuni Co mease, was badly injured, and now lies between life nd death at the hathor j hospital. These four victims were encaged In salvaging brass ill the ruins of the brick building formerly occupied by Paul P. Bernard A Company, maiiu'rtVtiirera. BLOOD POISONING. results from chronle constipation, which is ouicklv cured bv Dr. King's New Life Pills. They remove all poisonous germs from the system and infuse new life and vigor; cures sour stomach, nausin, headache, dizziness and colic, without gripping or discomfort. 25c. Guaran teed by Chag. Roger' drug store. WATER RECORDS LOWERED. Speed Records Lowered, But Not Endur ance Tests. Twenty years 'ago no man living could swim one hundred yards under 651 seconds; last year the record was brought as low as 59 seconds. Durins the same period 1 minute 501 seconds has been knocked off the 500- rant time, nearlv three minute off the half-mile and the mile record has been reduced from 28 minutes 10f seconds to 24 minutes 42 3-5 seconds, while nronortionate reductions have been made at intermediate and greater dis tances. But although our swimmers have gained speed, says London Tit-Bits, it is doubtful whether they are a whit superior in stamina , to their predeces sors of a score or more years ago; in deed many of the feats of the 70s and '80s could scarcely be eclipsed to day. Thirty-one years have gone by since Captain $Vtfb startled the world by breasting bis way across the Eng lish channel, covering 30J miles in 21 J hours , feat which such doughty swimmers as Holbein, Burgess, Holmes, Heaton and others have tried in vain to rival, Among other remarkable feats of m years or more ago, in April, 1886, J. Finney stayed under water in a tank it t.h rWerbiirv Theater of Varie- fie. for four minutes and 29 seconds, a font whieli has.nnlv once been beaten. Finney also warn 113 yards 1 foot in costume under water and with his hands tied behind his back, picked up 75 coins niHi hta mouth from t&e bottom oi n tank. In 1886 F. Burns dived from the pier at Runcorn (a height of 85 t ,,. y Tivernoo!. walked to I ' X I. f o n .1 1 J 1 w '--'-I London, and crowned this curious com bination by diving from London bridge CASTOR I A lor Infants and Children. The Kind Yea Have Always Bought pie at West Park and Yamhill streets, f the wall of the John lloey furniture at 2 o'clock this afternoon by Grand Master Dr. W. T. Williamson," The service was expressive of the first mnteruil evidence that thcl dream of years, home befitting the dignity and strength of the great fraternal organ ization tq which they belonged, ia to be realized with the passing of a tew mora months. , Not only were the rites impressive to the initiate in the mysteries of Mason ry, but they compelled the closest at tention and interest of the thousand of spectators who witnessed their perform ance. . The big assemblage which gathered at the present time at Third and Al der streets half an hour before the ser vices began was a vast concourse of Masons of high and low degree, repre senting well nigh the full membership strength of tbe blue lodges, the chap ters of Roynl Arch Masons, the knight eomroanderfe of Portland. And with tliem were joined hundreds of out-of-town brethren who came to the city to lie present at t-e ceremonies. The order of the services was as fol lows: Prayer, by grand cnaplain, J. R. X. Bell, of Baker City; ceremony of fay ing the cornerstone, by Most Worship ful Grand Master Dr. W. T. William son; music; adjnes. by Most Worship ful Past Grand Master Judge J. B. C'leland; remarks by Most Excuent Grand High Prit Ixt L. Pearce, of Sa lem. Past Eminent Grand Commander George n. Burnett, Mrs. Robert LutEe, past grand matron Eastern Star; music; benediction; return to Masonic Temple, Third and Alder. A -soon as tbe parade disbanded. Grand Chaplain Bell delivered the open ing prayer, followed by the traditional Masonic ritualism attending the placing of the little- copper box in tlie stone receptacle made for it under the cor nerstone propers In the copper box 8x8x10 inches, which was placed under the cornerstone be fore it was scaled, were the following articles; " Copy of the proceedings of the Grand Lodge, 1006. Copy of the proceedings of the Grand Chapter, K. A. M., Iflfl.'.. Copy of the proceedings-of the Grand Commandery, K. T., 1006. Copy of the programme of A. & A. S. Rite, January, 1905, and June, 1006. One day's wages of the Faithful Craftmen of Portland Chapter No: 3. One dny's wages of the Faithful Craftsmen of Washington Chapter No. 18. Copy of the Masonic lirectory of Port bind, 1906. Copv of the Morning Oregonfan Oct. 20, 1906; of Evening Telegram, Oct. 19, 1900, and of Oregon Journal, Oct.. 19, 1906.. Specimens of postal cards- and post age stamps of the I'ni'ed States, Impression- of the seal of the Ma sonic Building Association, with a brM history of the same, Several United States coins of differ ent values. The signal was then given by the Grand Master for the swinging of the cornemtone into position by the work men, and with trowel laden with mor- ' tar $n hand and with a few deft swfn-s the block was sealed in its permanent resting plai with the full exemplifica tion of all the solemn rites of Grand lxlge Masonry connected with such a ceremony, ) The address of the day, delivered by Past Grand Master Judge J. B. Cle land, followed. The splendid new Masonic Temple, when completed, will be one of the fin cut and liest appointed fraternal edifices in the country, and will be used, save for the ground floor, exclusively for Masonic purposes. It will be 100x100 feet, the main part four stories, the rest five stories high. The total height of the building will be 90 feet. The material used will be concrete, brick. stone and wood. 543 Bond Street, Opposite Fischer Bros. Boarsl tho Slgnaturo cf READ ALL THE ADVERTISEMENT ABOUT PAINTS AND PAINTIN0, THEN COME TO US WE HAVE A REPUTATION GAINED BY TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF GOOD WORK; WE CANT AFFORD TO DO A SIN. CLE UNSATISFACTORY JOB. WE USE MATERIALS THAT OUR EXPERIENCE HAS TAUGHT US ARE THE MOST SAT ISFACTORY AND WE STAND BACK1 OF OUR WORK. WE ARE RIGHT HERE IN ASTORIA, WHERE YOU CAN GET AT US IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG. B. F. ALIEN 8 SON NEW STORE COB. nth AND BOND STREETS. !Ms to You 11 $135.00 Flat Profit 1 1 1 I have a New $31500 Piano that is yours on the spot for $180.00. Address Astorian. A BADLY BURNED CTRL or boy, man or woman, Is quickly out of pain if Bucklen's Arnica Salve is ap plied promptly. O. J. Welch, of Te konsha,. Mich., says: "1 use- it In my family for cuts, sores and all skin in juries, and find it perfect." Quickest Pile cure known. Best healing salve made, 25c at Chas. Rogers' drug store. LATEST MUSIC 1. CENTS PER COPY lO COPIES FOR $1.00 Any copy in the window or on our sale counter. Latest and best issues. Sale lasts until Saturday Oct, 26, 'Oft GROWING LIST OF ACCIDENTS Five Serious Mishaps to Warships in a Few Months y New Ships are Always Safe from Sinking. WASHINGTON, October 20. Strong measures will be taken by the Navy Department to prevent the recurrence of warship accidents sucii as have oc curred altogether too often in recent months. In January two of the battle ships starting for the manouvres off Cuba collided and were laid up for re pairs. Norfolk wasthen next the scene of a collision between two torpedo boats, in which one barely escaped sinking. Then the Rhode Island got in to trouble again, and her captain has been suspended from duty for six months for grounding his veel off the Virginia coast last May. The collision between the Alabama and the Illinois off- Newport was even a more serious affair. Two of trie officers of the Ala bama have been recommended for court martial. Lastly, the grounding of the b Bnton off the coast of Washingrise oruiser Boston off the coast of Wash ington have still added further to the list of accidents already too long. These mishaps have centered atten tion on the means of safety- with which all new United States battle ships are provided in the form of elec trically operated power doors. Aa ex- naval officer, who is thoroughly famil iar with this subject says: "It is prac tically impossible to carry out the 'col lision quarters' drill In a really effect ive manner and close all watertight doors and hatches within a "afc period by hand. With "long Arm' electrcal powep doors the means and method of avriding a catastlntpha are entirely different. When the ship enters a dif ferent locality the officer of the deck closes all the doors from the bridge by means, of the emergency station, con nected with motors on each door by electrical conductors. He knows that the doors have responded by the glow ing of the indicator lamps at the sta tion. "The whole operation means that the ship is made safe in time; that 'the bulkhead doors vital to her sftfctyVan always be closed and the ship rendered unsinkable. The Victoria Campcrdown disaster could not be duplicated with any of our new ships, for the reason that their commanders always have at hand a means of closing the bulkhead doors, without regard to what the crew may do,' J. Books aasmaaBaaaMBMsaa i jgaas: N. GRIFFIN Music Stationery 5 The Art of Fine Plumbing progressed with, the development of the science of VCii'V imitation and we have kept pace with the Improvements. Hare irou t Or it your bathroom one of the old fkiUoocd, unhealthy kind i If you are still uilng the "closed In" fixtures of ten years igo, k would be well to remove them end Install in their stead, snowy white twhiRwr Porcelain Enam eled Wire, of which we have ssmplci displayed in our showroom. 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