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MORNING ASTORIAN
EsUbUtfart 1873.
Published Doily Except Monday by
111 J. S. BELLINGER COMPANY.
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Eastern and Western Wash
lngton and Idaho Rain.
PORTLAND AND SALEM MURDERS
The killings heralded out of the
metropolis and the capital during the
past 100 hours are dreadful to con
template from every point of view.
The D'Anna-Gholson murder at Sa
lem was without the Kaintest ves
tige of cause or excuse and was a
direct and pitiable result of whiskey;
the Murray-Whitney killing at Port
land had a real basis of Justification
and engages popular sympathy.
Whiskey-Insanity is sponsor for far
too many such fearful episodes and
Invites the specific intervention of
society, in the larger sense, upon the
sheer footing of public safety. The
first sign of intoxication should be
come the signal for instant incarcer
ation and confinement for such cause
should end only with the attainment
of normal mental conditions. Some
such expedient as this will have to
be employed in the Interest of com
mon defense against the madness of
the liquor fiend. The reported ground
of the killing of young Whitney by
the brother of the girl he had ruined,
furnishes ample pretext for the deed,
and, while we are averse to such rad
leal measures as a rule, we cannot
help measuring the method to the
scope of the cause and finding palli
ation for the deed. Recourse to this
means of vengeance has a tendency
to check the deliberate and far too
common sin against young girlhood,
and is not to be deprecated hurriedly
Either case supplies broad ground for
commiserating thought and inspires"
resort to healthier laws for the pro
tection of society.
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OREGONI AN -JOURNAL.
the 12th of December. Hy ami hy It
will be In order to howl and kick and
protest against ctvic Injustices and
deplore the things that might have
been prevented. We have no patience
with the dormant, helpless, reaction
ary tactics of the "sleepera:' no sym
pathy for the losers by lethargy. If
these lines of action are to be fol
lowed on the 12th of the coming month,
the present coterie will have erected a
wall around this Republican city that
cannot be broken down by any nor
mal means and the power will have
been wrested from the dominant par
ty In Astoria. The lenders of the op
position are not to be blamed for tak
ing these easy and uncontested ad
vantages: they are rather to be com
mended for the celerity and timeli
ness of their operations, and the un
Republlcan Republicans may, with
what cheer they can summon, charge
the whole thing up to themselves.
THE SEATTLE SPIRIT.
Seattleans take a notion that they
want a fair in 1909, In which that city
shall figure as the center of a broad
Northwest cycle. In a commercial
sense: they believe It will be a good
thing for the city: they get together,
endorse the Idea, lay out a plan, and
back It, Instantly, by putting up
$700,000. That's the Seattle spirit.
That's the tone and tang of business
that makes for growth and faith and
success. That's the stuff thnt would
do Astoria a world of good If It were
cultivated and applied: We need a dash
of such optimism and the sooner we
become Innoculated the better for the
Clty-by-the-Sea. Snap and confidence
and practical home-endorsement, those
are the essentials.
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0 EDITORAL SALAD. O
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An editor paying his fare on the
railroads will raise the standard of
the profession. Sweet are the uses
of adversity.
There are no indications thnt the
name of the United States will be
changed to Mr. Gompers' Cabbage
Patch.
Mr. Bryan's native state of Illinois,
as well as his adopted state, Nebras
ka, appear to occupy a still more ad
vanced place In the enemy's country-
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Ex-Bandit Ralsoull has been ap
pointed to command one division of
the police force of Morocco. His name
has for some time filled the law-abid
ing citizens with awe, and will now
even up the score by striking terror
to the hearts of the evil-doers.
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Japan Is accused of cultivating a
Jingo spirit. When the Japs calmly
examine the huge national debt they
have contracted during the last three
years they will feel inclined to talk
over in a friendly spirit any differ
ences that may arise with a stronger
power than Russia.
The long-drawn andi bitter feud
between the Morning Oregonian and
the Evening Journal, of Portland, has
reached the stage of reprisals, and the
great morning daily is to be hailed
ir,t onnrt nn n charee of libel. The
whole situation has a predicate entire
ly foreign to the newspaper sphere,
and is an outgrowth of personal an
imositles In which the respective
Journals have figured simply asweap
ens. That the Oregonian has been
the heaviest and most aggressive
goes without saying; It is of the Cult
of that paper to pulverize wnen u,
cannot placate or dominate, but it
Invariably has excellent ground for
its initial attacks, however extreme
it may become with the expansion of
Its quarrels. The trial of the case
will be watched with eager interest
by every paper on the coast, and by
many with a not unreasonable lean
ing toward the les?er sheet, on ac
count of the ultra-dominate propen
sities of the Oregonian, brilliant and
able as it is. That the Journal has
invited all it got, does not, perhaps,
lustify the quality of all that was
handed out to it, but of that the law
W1U take cognizance, and rule, we trust,
With inviolable fairness between them.
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MONDAY'S PRIMARIES.
Monday's primaries in Astoria were
a howling farce as a concrete pomn.
expression. There are, normnly. flf
. vrpd voters in this city. Sev
en hundred of these registered for the
and four hundred of them
Sdn Monday, while eleven hun
1 . silent. Thus one-fourth
a " " nonulatlon swayed the
Crests T and destinies of the city for
interests and a
the next wc year. P q(
Cincinnati was not so ungallant as
to defeat Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Long-
worth. That city retains an excellent
congressman and compliments an ad
mirable lady.
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There Is one fine thing about a de
feated party In the United States. It
accepts the situation manfully' and
picks Us flint for anothefr trial if
the cause Is worth It.
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la. Follette has abdicated the dicta
torship of Wisconsin, but he stumped
the state for the Republican ticket,
and he can claim a little of the credit
for the Republican victory.
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Vice President Fairbanks' state gave
a majority which would have pleased
War Governor Morton if he were
alive. The only doubt about Indiana
nowadays is as to the extent of Its
Republican majority.
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Accordlng to Bradstreet's, it is the
ear famine that is hampering busl
ness and not the tariff. There are some
thines connected with trade and com
merce that cannot be blamed on tnis
old scapegoat.
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Mr. Hearst says that if he cannot
lean the army he is willing to be a
a In tha ranks Wltn a
private, n. ijwu v..-
wniild be in an embarrassing
nosition. Has Mr. Hearst duly consid
ered the sutlershlp?
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True Education of Children
By th Lord Bishop of Rlpon j
C1IK social tendencies of the time nro developing more and .
more the social conscience. j
It U felt that a wise and understanding people should ;
make the, lest possible provision for tlw upbringing of the I
uext generation. '
The children of today will be the strength and in a great degree tho j
directing force of the nation tomorrow.
Lot us sco to it that they are tilted for the high duties which will !
fall in their hands. Tho education problem needs intelligence and care 1
in every direction.
WE NEED TO C0N8IDER THE RELATI0N8 OF BODILY HEALTH
AND CONDITION TO STUDY AND WHOLESOME DEVELOPMENT.
"We need to consider how far general rules and regulations intended
to foster effective education may in tho end CIlllTLE AND HAM
PER IT.
Wo recognize that some code is probably necessary. Tenchors nra
human and are not all equally gifted, and for the least capable, intelli
gent and original teachers tho existence of certain regulations may U
desirable and even needful.
But there aro other teachers, and they aro moro numerous than
the brains tight bound with red tapo would suppose, whoso real offoo
tivo force is weakened and crippled by tho tyrannous monotony of the
timo table.
Vhen a general is in tho field you will, if you aro wise, give hira
asfreo a hand as possible i. e., if "you" are possessed of avcrago com
mon sense.
A teacher is in a senso a eeneral in tho field. Ho liaa to deal with
conditions which can hardly bo anticipated by thoso who draw up
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CODES AND REGULATIONS. Wo know only too painiuuy now
often the well meant rules by which he is bound are inflicting definite
and lifelong injury on the children, yet he has no option. Ho must
fulfill tho prescribed routine, WHETHKll APPROPRIATE OR
NOT. Any attempt at originality or at a wise variation in methods is
looked upon with suspicion. Tho theory in vogue is sometimes hostile
to health v freedom of method.
IS THE BEST TEACHER THE MAN WHO MOST SEDULOUSLY
AND MOST PUNCTUALLY FULFILLS THE TIME TABLE OR THE
MAN WHO TURNS OUT CHILDREN ABLE TO EXERCISE THEIR
WILLS UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF SWEET REASONABLENESS AND
POSSESSED OF SOME WORTHY IDEALS OF LIFE AND DUTY!
Roosevelt's Race Suicide
Theory Is Far From Right
r Mn. SARAH PLATT DECKER. President National federation of
Women's Clubt
RESIDENT ROOSEVELT says thnt race niicido f the
greatest drawback in America, that the country is not huli
populated and that one child or NONE AT ALL in a
family financially capable of raising a half dozen is a com
mon circumstance.
Too many degenerates have already been born into the world.
None of the morally depraved should ever unite, as the oiTspriug ir.r.st
necessarily bo corrupt, and union in all classes should exist only
WHEN LOVE HAS CONQUERED tho Munition.
Girli should not marry until there is absolutely no other way out
cf it. That is to say, they should be so TKK.UKNDOUM.Y IN
LOVE that they cannot live apart from their beloved.
THE MUTUAL AGREEMENT MARRIAGES AND THE MAitRIACES
BECAUSE SINGLE LIFE IS CONSIDERED A DISGRACE HAVE CON
INTO ANCIENT HISTORY.
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The Art of Fine Plumbing
hu progressed with the development of the science of
sanimioq ami w n
u. u,!,k ilm Itntiriivrtiif nil.
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live you f Or u your bathroom one i-f
the old fiuhkned, unhealthy ind t
If yi ire Q nilng the clod i;."
fiituro of ten years igo, It wauU 1 wc!
to remove them and lnt!l In their : -i 1.
snowy white ",Stamfaf IWe.a.n
eled Wore, of which we hvc nui'!t
tliiplsyed In our showroom. It ui quote
you prices, lllustxited catalogue tree.
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K. P. PARKER,
Maoagar
Good Sample Roonu on the Ground Floor
for Commercial Men
PARKER HOUSE
EUROPEAN PLAN
FIKST CIJVSS IS EVERV RESPECT
Fr Coach to the Route
Bar end Billiard Room
Good Cluck SaeUurint
ASTORIA, OREGON
IK THE CITY THEATERS.
No, more interfstlnsr story has ever
been written than the life of the great
character of Sherlock Holmes as de
pleted In the stories of Sir Conan
Doyle. The mantle of Mr. Gillette haa
fallen on the shoulders of a younK ac
tor, who seems to be uesunea 10
achieve the success of his famous pre
decessor. Mr. Theodore Lorch will
present at the character of Sherlock
Holmes in "The Sign of the Four," In
the Astoria theater tomorrow, Thurs
day evening. Every mechanical and
scenic detail of the famous play will
be faithfully reproduced.
WILL ACCEPT CHALLENGE.
BUYING EQUIPMENT.
Rock Island Road will Expend Five
Million Dollars.
CHICAGO, Nov. 13. The manage
ment of the Rock Island Railroad has
Issued orders for new equipment to
cost $5,000,000. This Is In addition
to orders previously given this year,
aggregating $3,000,000 Iclu'led In the
new equipment are two thousand for
ty ton box cars, 250 stock cars 1000
ballast cars, 660 coal cars, 300 flat
cars, 2,540 hopper cars and nearly 100
r...au..r.cf ririHt;i and hnggriKe cars.
New York Yacht Club Will Race With;
Thomas Lipton. j
NEW YORK, Nov. 13. The H-'rald '
today says:
According to the latest development
announced last night on the best of
authority, the New York Yacht club
Is willing to accept a challenge for a
race In 1908, under tho new rules of
measurement. This announcement
shows that Sir Thomas Lipton, far
from having failed In tho object of
his visit here, has been successful. He
came here to arrive .'it an understand
ing for another race, and he has ac
complished the object of his visit.
From the same source of Informa
tion It has been ascertained that Sir
Thomas arid the next challenger will be
a cutter, designed by William Fyfo, tho
designer of Shamrock I and Sham
rock II.
ASTORIA
JOHN. FOX, I'rin.
F L IlIHHOl. HwreUr)
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Henry Clay Evans made a good fight A)1 thft nftW paj,H,.nger equipment are
hut he lose, iiic i""
mentum of a third of a century of
Bourbonlsm in that state was against
him. Evanfi can stand this defeat
better than Tennessee can.
. ALWAYS WAS SICK.
When a man says he Is always sick,
troubled with a cough that lasted all
wlnter-what would you think If he
should say-he never was sick since
using Ballard's Horehound Syrup.
Such a man exists: Mr. J. C. Clark,
Denver, Colorado, writes: "For years
I was troubled with a severe cough
that would last all winter. Tnis coug
left me in a miserable condition. I
tried Ballard's Horehound Syrup and
. otcir flnv since, 'mat s
iiuve nut tn "
he next iwu nf hav not had a
-nflment extending I. . ,t , mo wart's Drug Store
ier . .. be aaoptea on wni, u u.u
the present officers shall he au
to have steel underframe construction
and the new mall cars are to be a
steel.
EXPOSITION SITE.
Oregon Selecta Location for Building
at Seattle.
SEATTLE, Nov. 13. The first piece
of ground on the site of the Alaska-Yukon-Paolfle
Exposition to be laid
aside for the use of a definite build
in a was reserved yesterday for the
Oregon State building, and from now
on the allotment of ground space Tor
tv,a varinuH states will proceed.
The Oregon provisional commission
Is to come to Seattle November !1
to approve of the choice of Mr. Reed.
When you're broke the girls are shy
They turn and (ly as you come nigh;
Brace up, old man, show some pluck,!
Take Rocky Mountain Tea; twill
change your luck.
For sale by Frank Hart.
PROHIBITION VICTORY.
Large Br'ewing Plant Destroyed by
Fire in New Jersey.
NEW YORK, Nov.13. Tho plant of
the Columbia Brewing Company, re
cently purchased by Lenbeck & lietz,
and located on the Newark Hay at the
foot of Wlnfleld and Rartholdl Ave-! 4
nnes, Jersey City, comprising seven!
IRON WORKS
INYIwm Trovu, Vicc-IVi. and Hopt.
AHTOKIA HAV1NOH J)ANK,Trn
Designers and Manufacturers of
THE LATKriT IMI'UOVKD
Canning Machinery, Marine Engines and Boilers
Complete Cannery Outfits Furnished.
CORRESPONDENCE 'SOliCITED. Foot of Fourth htrwt.
APPEARA
bullrings, was bui'ncd' eiarly todnyl
The loss will be about ' $150,000.
Hugo Shuler, the engineer, was se
riously burned in an attempt to save
properly.
Pneumonia Follows Cold,
but never follows the use of Foley's
Honey ana Tar. It stops the cough,
heals and strengthens the lungs and
affords perfect security from an at
tack of pneumonia, Refuse substi
tutes. T. F. Lauren, Owl Drug Store.
Often a person is sized up by his appear
ance; by the tone that surrounds him. And
more often a business house is sized up by
the stationary it uses. A cheap letter
head or a poor bill head gives a mighty
poor first impression and makes business
harder to transact. Good printing costs no
more than poor printing. The first im
pression is half the battle in business.
You wouldn't employ a "sloppy" sales
man; why put up with "sloppy" station
ery, that gives a wrong impression of the
importance of your business. Let us do
your printing and help you to make that
ten strike.
The J. S. DellingerCo.
ASTORIA, OREGON