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THE MORNING ASTORIAN, AS'i'OJllA, OIIKGON. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1907. THE MORNING ASTORIAN EstabUtfaei UTS Published Dally Except Monday by Tlk J. & DELLIHGKH COMPAHY, SBBSCEIPTI05 SATIS. By mail, per year By carrier, per month. .17.00 WEEKLY ASTORIA. 8, mail, per year, in adranoa.. 11.00 tntarad aa aaooad-alaas matter JolT , 1KO. at the poitofflea at Astoria. On won, aader tke act of Con-ra ol March a, f or (ha iMwui of T Mo an urauroauirtoeiUMr naidanos or plan ot huetMMi y be rod by postal card or tferouxb taW bana. Any trwtrularity Id da linn thould be imdUtatr reported to the oAo( publication. TELEPfOHK MAM Mi. ifaa at of Astoria. Official paper of CluUop county and try is all right We are forgetting J much, nwrly all, the heroic lessons and standards anJ men, that mndo us, t really and honorably great Commor- I dally, we are jthe greatest on this wide earth, but at what catalyptto sacrifice are we achieving even that! That Is the supreme question that will never down until its answer Is re corded in the very fundament of na tional bitterness. Wealth, great wealth, public nor private, never con served the virtues of a nation; rather, it sots up the sins of recklesness, In difference, arrogance class-alms and the Insolence that defies social law and the canona of human Intercourse, until only the dread reprisal of broad cast feud and hatred merged into the flame ol Intercenlne war shall bring us to our senses and strike anew the bal ances among men and brethren. We know this doctrine Is scorned in lofty places and contemned of the comfortable, pleasure seeking crowd but it Is brooding, silently, deeply, bit terly and upon levels higher yet than were ever known before; and the warn Ing Is writ plainly, daily, so that all may read, upon the public prints of the nation. If you doubt it take up your pet paper some morning or eve nly, and soberly analyse Its each news Hem for cause, effect, relation and bearing, to human conditions, using your own best standards of the vlr tues, moral and civic, as an honest guage!. CONFLICTING TALES McDonald-Guerrin Tragedy at Chicago. MURDERESS WAS A POETESS MaJly In Lava With Htr Victim 8ine His Boyhood and Despair At His Ap proaching Marriage Given as Cause i Wf.i large sums of money, thus prao- Trenchery, itaath ami undying love are uiuoug (lie subjects touched upon In the verse, Mrs. MclHuinld's explanation to the police as to the motive or her crime seemed exploded by the statements of her husband. Mrs, McDonald declared that Otior rln had been levying blackmail! on her and that repeatedly he hud obtained sums from her on threats of exposure, Site declared he hud followed her to California after she had tied to escape his attentions and renewed hi de limml. This explanation however, was con. tradlcfed by the words of Mr MePon. aid. He said he had never given his For Shooting. WEA1HSS. EDITORIAL SALAD. 'Oregon, Washington, Idaho, j Rain. Lots of war talk la emanating from CentralAmerica. The wet season Is over. NO TIME TO LOSE. Tomorrow night the Astoria Cham ber of Commerce Is going on record as a newly equipped, strong-handed, resourceful organization, with plenty of men, definite methods and excel lent motives, and with money in sight to make all effective. This Is a splendid basis and the city Is to be heartily congratulated upon It The day Is at band for the doing of things, new things, large whole some compensating things and tempo rizing, waiting, balancing, compromis ing will be cut out, and the county and the city sent to the front for consider ation, patronage, and a fair division of the blessings of progress. Let there be no lingering no du biouaness. about going before the people on the Port of Columbia out rage. The declaration of the Cham ber must be unequivocal, emphatic, straightforward in Its rejection of that Imposition, in order that its path shall not be hampered by any ambiguities whatever, when that subject Is forced upon us for final action. The County court of Clatsop Is already In the lead In this relation, and It is up to every organic body, including the city and town councils, in Clatsop County, to get In line for the deliberate fight that is ahead of them on this score. There Is no time to lose. The soon er the people of the State know of our Just Indignation and our purpose of righteous resistance, the easier the course of that contention will be. The Chamber of Commerce can do nothing so conspicuously appropriate, and altogether popular, as this one thing. Poultney Blgelow's voice, after such long silence, has a sort of sepul chral sound. "The backbone of winter has been broken." "Ah, then, I suppose It will take two or three months for the poor crippled thing to crawl away." o Being too young at the time to re member distinctly, Mrs. Thaw could not testify as to the esyt date of her birth. VALE! LEGISLATORS!! The Oregon legislature has adjourn ed; the people of the State breathe freely once again, and, casting critical eye on the sum of the work of ninety men in forty days, dev outly thank God that affairs are no worse. The acquisition of a railway com mission endowed with fairly liberal authority to correct many, and abate some, of the transportation evils, ls the one thing of value out of the Inter minable mass and mess. There has been some pretence made to minify the appropriations with the illogical result that the sum of them exceeds anything In her history. The session is notorious for the worst organization ever known, and the procedure, gen erally, the most complicated and In effective In long years of assembly record. Neither house hag been ably controlled, and if any credit is awarda ble, it should go to Haines of the sen ate, and In restricted doses at that. There has not been an atom of statesmanship evinced in any direc tion; politics of the rankest sort have prevailed always, save when that cult gave place to sectional 'domination; and one of the most conspicuous re sults will come with the new election, when republican prestige in Oregon Will be found to' have suffered Irre trleveajbly from the blunders and worse than blunders, of the past forty days. "LEST WE FORGET." Ex-President Grover Cleveland to the contrary withstanding, this coun- What Is the difference between fin ished and completed? The Thaw Jury Is likely to finished before It Is completed. proud, when a government Inquiry or a salacious murder case Is likely to come along and drag his name into tie limelight In case of the government owner ship of railroads will the distribution of free passes equal the postal frank ing privileges? o Bob Taylor's pleasant ways will be a 'boon to the senate, but It has less need at present of a first violin than of a new end man. o It isn't very flattering to the auto mobile that the horse Is now com manding a higher price on market than ever before. CHICAGO, Feb. 2i. With her mind almost completely wrecked, Mrs. Flora McDonald, who yesterday shot and Killed Webster . Uuerrln, was re moved last night to the annex of the Harrison Street Police Station, where her husband, Michael C. McDonald. spent most of the night with her. After her removal her condition be came gradually worse, and she could neither recognise McDonald nor others who had questioned her earlier In the day. When quieted by her husband and attending physicians she would declare that she was suffering from pains and aches all through her body. At other times her hallucination was that she was on a voyage across the ocean In the midst of a storm. At another time she Imagined that the annx was crowded with children. McDonald was deeply affected by hjs wife's condition and frequently sobbed. For a time she linaglnod she was on the summit of Pike's Peak praying, and In her prayers she ap pealed to God to tell eer what the trouble was sho had dragged her hus band Into. All the while McDonald sat near her, striving to hold back his tears, as he stroked her hands. From the time of the tragedy until a late hour last night, Mrs. McDonald talked In a rambling disconnected way and little was obtained from her con cerning the motive of the crime. From other sources and lso from pieces of crudely composed verso that were found In her handbag It was learned that Mrs. McDonald had been possessed of an absorbing passion a love for some one. The object of her affection was not disclosed in the verse, but develop ments after the tragedy led to the, be- bellef that It was Guerrln. The verses were written on sheets of white paper In an uneven hand and the writing Is believed to be that of Mrs. MuDonal.l. tleiilly having only sufficient for hut.o hold expenses, The reports from tluerln's relatives seem to place n, far different light on the tragedy. They declare that since Ouerln had been a boy In school Mrs. McDonald had been enamored of him and that she had continued her atten tions even after he had used every In fluence to break his relations with bur. It was said last night that Guerln recently became engaged to a West Side young woman. This situation was considered as significant Inasmuch It may have meant that he had served notice on Mrs. McDonald that her re lations with him must cease. A STITCH IN TIME will save nine. So will a twttla of Ballard's Horehound Syrup always kept on hand savt many a spell of sickness, A sure cure for Coughs, CoIJa, nronchltls, and Whooping Cough. Mrs. 8, Hot Springs. Ark. writes: "I keeo a bottle of Ballard' Horehound Syrup In my medicine chest ami thank my forethought many time. It hat prevented many severe spells of sickness." Sold by Hart's drug store. POPE WILL NEGOTIATE. ROME. Feb. 23. In Vatican circles it Is stated that communication has been sent to Cardinal Rlcaard, arch bishop of Paris, that he must conduct negotiations with the French govern ment according to tho Instructions of tho Pope. What To Do When Bilious. The right thing to do when you feet bilious is to take a dose of Chamber lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They wilt cleanse the stomach and regulate the liver and bowela Try It. Price, 25 cents. Samples free at Frank Hart's and leading druggists. Morning Astorian, 60 cents a month. Delivered by carrier. m; t After Congress has adjourned, those senators can get out and further grat ify their speech making tendencies among their constituents. . o It's a safe bet that the man who Introduced a bill In the Wisconsin leg islature forbidding chorus girls to wear tights. Isn't bald headed. The actress who failed to be Inter viewed In the Thaw case must have a very unenterprising news agent. Why should the spirit of mortal be IT'S UP TO YOU to save One-Half J on your Tinware. Graniteware, Crockery, J I Glassware, Stationery, Notions, Etc. You can get it at the TEN CENT STORE REED BUILDING. Between Commercial and Duane on Eleventh Street. London womansuffragists like to march about in muddy streets, yeti doubtless they would resent It if anyi one Insinuated politics." they practice "dirty The latest ocean liners include flats for passengers who want more room. Even a fiat, It seems, can be made to convey the Idea of luxurious spacious ness. 0 M I- Bills to the number of 33,000 havej been offered in the present congress. ; There is no chance to get them into j an omnibus it will take a steamship this time. BIG REDUCTIONS ON all Paper 30 PER CENT OFF On account of the large new spring stock coming and to make room in our store we offer 30 per cent off for the next few days. Buy your wall paper now while it is cheap. Eastern Painting & Decorating Company. Commercial 8tret, near Eighth. Mr.Rockefeller doesn't insist that any of the money be used in "educa ting" the the people to the uses of eled- icity and wood alcohol fOr lighting and heating purposes. . o "JCow," says the lawyer to the wit- i ness, "will you tell the court if you noticed anything peculiar about the people In the flat next to yours. "Why no. They had a piano they kept going most of the time, and when the piano wasn't going their phono graph was." The Old vStove Man Has been hunting around for year or more to find a lino of STOVES as good or better than the kind he sold hers twenty years ago (some of these sra beginning to wear out). Hs thinks he has found the line. Hs will show them to you if you will oall at the store of W. G. LAWS & CO. Plumbers and Steam Fitters. THE CORRECT CLOTHES SHOP Something' Special in Suit Bargains This week we expect to sell a fcreat many suits at the special reduction offered. Splendid $20 Suits for $15. Take your leisure, shop I We've Included nothing; around, make sure you've ! but our own regular stock- seen the best bargains In of handsome, fashionable men's suits In the town be foreyou come here. This reduction Is unique, most store keepers would call such suits as these in this peat convention we offer choice of at $15 00 big values at $25, but here they arc normal at. $zu. f ASmart$20 (Mr Ark Suit for tpiUtVUj suits no spectal lots to help out. ' You want to be quick if you're thinking of buying- as a matter of factyou can't afford to postpone or delay. For a big quick closing outthe price this week is $16.00 AMAZING OFFERING OF MEN'S HOSIERY We've just one case of the finest, richest, softest but splendid wearing light wool, half hose "sox" if you please fast black.drcssy and the biggest bargain this town ever saw at their regular price of 25c the pair. Just to make things lively 'round the hosiery counter this week we shall offer 'cm long as they last, at. 2 PAIRS FOR 25 CENTS Send your wife, sister, i sweetheart or mother for ! what you need if you cannot come yourself. S. Danziger Co. THE STORE THAT NEVER DISAPPOINTS Astoria's Foremost Clothing House STEEL (& EWART ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS In Business forBusiness and Your Satisfaction. We make it otir aim to do first class work at reasonable prices, 222 Twelfth Street. Next to the Astoria Theatre. H. B. PARKER, Proprietor. 1 E. P. PARKER, Manager. PARKER HOUSE EUROPEAN PLAN. First Class In Evsry Rtsptot. Free Coach to the House. Bar and Billiard Room. Good Chack Restaurant. v. 'A .v , r ., ii.i t ' Ml V 1 'ill ! Astoria, Oood Sample Rooms on Ground Floor Oragon for Commercial Msn. THE GEM C. F. WISE, Prop. Choice Wlnss, Liquors Merchants Lunch From and Cigars 11:30 a. m. to 1:30 p jn. Hot Luncb at all Hours as Cents Corner Eleventh and Commercial ASTORIA OREGON Sherman Transter "Co. HENHY 8HERMAN, Mana8i Hacks, Carriages Baggage Checked and, Transferred Trucks ard Furnltur Wagons Pianos Moved, Boxed and Shipped. 433 Commercial Street' Main Phone 121