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THE MORNlkO ASTOIUAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. TMVJWDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1906. DOINGS 1F4 NEW YORK Six Hundred New Teachcri Need d id Gotham. MARRIAGE MANIA RAGING Manhattan and the Windy City Rivals In Many Ways and Quit Can did In Their Taaleuaiaa . Odd Not, 1 ,i NKW TOIIK. Deo. . 8i hundred teachers art wanted to participate In the $17,000,000 paid annually, to the rhnttm'ani. of New Ynrtc (Hty," and wanted" "flttffi.. Applicants should 1 old maids of vinegary and forbidding jpect, for tha havoe wrought laat summer by tha curly headed tod In tha co'iunia advocated by Mark Twain and armed with n bow an arrows, was ao tTt that school officials de spair of maintaining an efficient oorps ' having even passably good looke. Jurt why the alae;hter among school teach era should ba ao great la hold by phil osophers and snges to bo an lnipHf abl psychological phenomena, but or dinary human euspect tha Manhattan mala population of shrewdly caleula tlng that tha young lady who hit spent a year or two teaching tha young Idea how to ehopt, ha stored up a valuable eaperlonee against the future and Ilka 1y to b hnndy around tha house. Ev ery summer, as aoon a tha aprlng emp of school la over, there la a, larga prop of resignations many of them for tha avowed purpose of entering Ihe mat rimonial harness, whtrh la held to do bar them from positions aa learners. Thla year tha number of remilte has been considerably lessoned by reason of tha severity of lha eiamtnallon and tha fact that lha preparatory eouree In tha Normal College baa been eon aldernbty lengthened. Meantime the Increase In tha enrollment of puplla haa been 13,000 over last year. Tha In crease haa bn greatest In tha Bo rough of the Bronx, where teachers are scarcest, and Queena, Richmond, Brooklyn and Manhattan, rank next In order. ?At present there are 5C4 achoolhulldlnga In tha city and 7S mora are undar construction, Tha ahortaga of teachers la ao great that In many eases tha older puplla nr acting In that rapacity to their younger com rades. flnthamltea hava never regarded Chicago ao bnckward In claiming any thing; thnt seemed to her doKirittile, especially If It roulj bo obtained irt tha expense of New Tork; but tha la tout demand from the City ty tha Lake haa been something of a facer for all thai. It a nothing less than the claim of Mia. Laura K Hkwla to tho Man hattan waterfront of tha Jlarleln Itlver, which, through a reputable Arm of Wall street attorneys, alio asserts la . here by vlrtua of a royal grant made to hr ancestors In 1066. At that time .tho chief producta of tho region were scalps, warwhoops and wildcats; now they are high renta. Tha property In cluded In tha claim, which emend Clear sec roes Manhattan Inland at Ita widest part, has become enormously valuable within comparatively recent years, (or tha Harlem River la now a tenr Important link la tha cltyg aye tern of waterways, and la lined on elthor aide with Valuable dock and manufacturing el tea. If Mrs. Bkeel aucoaeda In proving her claim, and II la now receiving tha aerloua consider attun of the Corporation Counsel, ahe will beoome the wealthiest landhold er In the country, which haa long been a position enjoyed by the Aator estate. vv .,;. r- e,r a, '.::,"fv';.:n;; The four-maated achoonor, William Nottingham, out of Port Townannd, Wah on June it, with the blggeat cargo of lumber that ever came around the Horn, put Into New York Harbor one duy lt week with a chAptor of acotdemte to her credit that would be a genuine Inaplratlon to W, Clark llua II or any other chronicler of the aea Whlle the1irriwlwaj loading At Tort Townaend, one Of the crow atabbed tha contain four tlmea In, the back, But the "old. man" la only twenty-nln yfeara old and apeedlly recovered. After 700 big atlcka of Oregon pine. eome of them more than 100 feet Jong and I feet In diameter, had boon load ed, the veaiel put to aea, and atxty duya afterward eprung a leak off the coaat of Boutb America. Tor a time the donkey engine aerved to keep her fr from water, but on September 14, ahe ran Into an Iceberg ten mllea long, luKt br foreyard In the colllaton and wag nearly aubmerged by the weight of Ire that came aboard,. After that ahe leaked worae than aver., and It reuulrad the beat effort of her crew of lx men at the hand pumpe to keep afloat For three daya tha veaiel tiu'ked about tfi Falltlnnd TnliuvH playing tag with the lcebrg, and then niaile, her way alowly up the Atlnntlo Coaat, leaking more and more with every gale ahe encountered. At thla port ahe gave up the fight with the wind and wavea and coneented to be towed to her domination by the changing bar cargo In Boeton, ahe will return to New York and load with oil for Sydney. Her flrat mate think he wfll make that voyage, but aaya that next time he learn a that ahe la to go around the Horn with a cargo of lum ber, he Intenda to look for another berth. NO OPIUM IN COUGH CHAMBERLAIN'S REMEDY. There la not the leaet danger In giving Chamborlaln'e Cough Remedy to email children, aa it oontalna no opium or other harmful drug. It haa an egtabllabed reputation of more than thirty ye re, aa the moat, auo cemful medicine In use for colda, croup and, whooping cough. It al waya curea and la pleaaant to take Frank, Hart and Leading Drugglata, RAILS FOR OREGON. NEW YORK, Dec. 2.-The Bethle hem Btvel Company haa contracted to uVllvcr, i!,J0O tone of eteol mil to the Oregon and Waahlngton rallroada of the HnrrlniHn ayatem aftor the mid dle of the year. Dade'e tittle Llvec PI lie thorough ly clean tha ayatam, mnj fnr "7 Ur era, makes clear eompiextona, bright eyoa and happy thought. Bold by Frank Haifa Drug Store. , WW No More Cold Rooms If you only knew bow much comfort can be derived from a PERFECTION Oil Heater how aimple anil economical He operation, you would not be without it another day. 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Every lamp warranted, Write to nearest agency if not at your dealer'a. v , STANDARD Olt COMPANY ' ' PROCLAMATION. Whereaa at the general eloctlon held In the CKy of Aatorla on Wedneady the 12th day of December, 10, A, D the following deacrlbcd fifteen eover al different amendmentg, to the Charter of the City of Aa torla were aubmltted to the legal volera of the City of Astoria for adoption or rejection by Initiative petition,, and whereaa the vote on each mehaure haa been counted, canluased and returned, ani the canvaaa haa been completed, and the following la the total vote cast In the City of Aa torla for and against each meaaure, to-wlt; , ( t.;'.. ' "An amendment to flections 4, I, t, 1, 11, If, W and 111, of the Charter of the City of Aatorla, creating four warda ' and defining the boundaries thereof, and providing for two Coun cilman, from each ward and one Coun cilman at large, fixing the time of elec tion bl-annually ' on the aecond Wednesday In Tieeomber, In the even yetira, and providing that the term of Councilman shall be four, yearn, and all officials of the City of Astoria, In office when thla Act takea effect, shall hold until the"firt Monday In January, 1909, and extending the term of office of each Police "CommUMoner one yar,' and providing that commencing with the election of IWI, one Police Com mlaatoner ahatl be elected every two year, and a person appointed to fill a vacancy shall hold the remainder of the unexpired term." , The total number of, votes coat upon said amendment waa 698, and 197 votes were at 'or the amendment, and 201 votes again the same. "An amendment to Bectlon 75, of the Charter of the C'ty of Astoria, providing for the manner of making assessments to defray coste and ex penaee of Improving atreeta, and 'pro y'dlng that aaaeaamenta may be levied without regard to the assessed valua tion of Ihe property." - The total number of votea cant upon aald amendment waa (SI, and MS votea were caat for the amendment, and 191 votea against the aame. "An amendment to Sections 17 and tt of the Charter of the City of Asto ria,' relating to vacancies In office, and providing for filling vacancies by ap pointment by a majority of the 're maining membora of the Common Council, to continue for the remainder of the unexpired term,", The total number of votes cast upon said amendment waa 559, and 410 votea were caat for the amendment, and 14S votea against the aame. "An amendment to Section 51, of the Charter of the City of Astoria, de fining the dutiea of the Superintend ent of Street and making It his duty to Inspect the construction of street Improvemcnta and sewers, and, with tho City Surveyor, and Committee on Strceta and Public Wave, certify In writing of the completion of the aame, and to perform other work." Thm total number of votea cast up on aald amendment waa 672, and 459 votea were at for the amendment, 113 votea against the aame. "An amendment to Section 1J2, of the Charter of the Cty of Astoria, fixing tho limit of Indebtedhesa at 230,000.00 and 'defining the assets and liabilities to be taken Into considera tion in fixing auch limit." Tho totn number of votea caat up on aald amendment waa S45, and 363 votea were caat for tta amendment and 182 votea npalnat the aame. "An amendment to 8ectlon 129 of the Charter of the City of Astoria, exempting the City from liability from damages for accidents or injuries up o,n any street, unless the claim la filed w'th the Auditor and Police Judge within thtrty days from the time of the .'accident,. 'exempting' Counrtlmen from liability for words uttered In debate and fixing their salary at $100.00 per yer." : , The total number of votes cast upon aald amendment was 854, and 375 votes wore cast for the amendment, and 179 votes against the aame. ' "An amendment to Section 91, of the Charter of the City of Aatorla, providing for establishing and re-es tablishing the grades of the streets of the City of Astoria, and that no grade shall bo changed 011 nn Improved sfveot or portion thereof, except upon a written petition of tho owners of at least throe-flftha of the property nbutjtlng upon said street or that part thoreof upon which' the change of grade la pronnJ." ' j The total number of votes cast upon said amendment was B36, and 403 Votes were caat for the amendment, and 133 votes against the same. ; "All amendment to Section 38, of the Charter of the City of Astoria, de fining the powers of the Council and providing for licensing, taxing, regu lating, restraining, restricting and pro hibiting bar-rooms and drinking shops and places where llquora are sold; prohibiting gambling and providing for contracting Indebtedness and prohibiting any officer from being In tonated In any contract, and restrict ing the granting of franchises for stuet rall-waya for a longer period thaj thirty yeara, and regulating the manner of issuing franchisee." The total number of votea caat upon aald amendment waa 575, and 341 Votes were caat for , the amendment, and 207 votea against the aame. "An amendment to Section 47, of the Charter of the City of Aatorla, defin ing the powera and dutiea of the Prea Ident of the Council," .' , , The total number of votea caat upon aald amendment waa til , and 375 votes were cast for the amendment, and 136 votes against the same. 4) "An amendment to Section 103, of the Charter of the City of Aatorla, pro viding the method of aasesalng dam ages and benefit In laying out widen ing and opening atreeta and alteya, and providing the method of collect ing assessments levied for that pur pose." ' L The total number of votes caat upon aald amendment was 523, and 394 votes were cast: for the amendment and 132 votes against the aame. , . "An amendment to Section 16, of the Charter of the City of Aatorla, defining the qualifications of electors, fixing six months residence aa a qualifica tion to the right to vote and providing for registration of electors." I , The total number of votea caat upon aald amendment waa 567, and ; 453 were cast for aald amendment and, 114 votea against the aame. "An amendment to the Charter of the City of Astoria, fixing eight houra aa a standard for a daya work, and 12.50 aa the minimum wages of em ployees of the City, and that Citizens or those who have declared their In tention to become such shall be employ ed by the City, and providing that contractors shall be required to give bond conditional for the payment of all persona performing labor or fur nishing material In executing the con tract" .; ;"'. - " -;" r: The total number of votes cast upon aald amendment waa 603, and 41 votea were cast for the amendment, and 187, vote! against .the aame. "An amendment to Section 40, of the Charter of the City of Astoria, de fining the duties of the Mayor, and providing that he shall aee that the lawa and ordinances are enforced, and giving Ihe Mayor the power to aua pend from service any officer or em ploye of the Police Force, Fire De partment Street Department and Sur veyor's Department, who shall refuse to enforce the laws and ordinances of the City."''".' ' v The total number of votes caat upon said amendment . was (01, and 840 votea were cast for the amendmont, and 261 votes against the aame. "An amendment to Section 143, of the Charter of the City of Astoria, making the Water Commission elec tive and fixing the term of office at eight yeara, Increasing the number of Commlsionera to nine members and providing the method of filling vacan cies In the Board." 3 : , The total number of votes tjast upon said amendment waa 583,' and 307 votea were cast for the amendment and 276 votes against the same. "An amendment to Section 2, of the Charter of the City of the City of Aato. rla, giving the City power to build, purchase lease and operate Street car lines, Telephone, Telegraph and Light ing Plants, and to control, leaae, sell or dispose of the aame for the benefit of the City."' The total number of votes cast upon suld amendment was 572. and 423 votes were cast for the amendment and 149 votes against tho same. , 4 And each of said measures above mentioned having received an affirm ative majority vote and having-been approved by a majority of those vo ting thereon as ' above specified THEREFORE: By virtue of Ordinance No. 3315 of the City , of Astoria, and the law In the premises, I, Herman Wise, Mayor of the City of Astoria, do hereby pro claim and deelnre each of said amend ments to the Charter of the City of Astoria, to be In full for.ee and effect on the first Monday In January, 1907, a.d. ::;-'.-; Witness my hand and the seal of the City of Astoria hereto affixed this 14th day of December, 1906, A. D. . HERMAN WISE. .Mayor of the City of Astoria. . NEW CURE FOR EPILEPSY. J. -,B. Waterman, of Watertown, O., Rural - free delivery, writes; "My daughter, afflicted for years with epi lepsy, was cured by Dr. King's New Life Pills. 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