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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1907)
THE MORNING ASTOItl AN. ASTORIA, OREGON. SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1007. LENT.... A FEW SUGGESTIONS Broiled Mackeral 25c' per tin. Kippered Herring 25c per tin. know White Halibut 25c per tin. Fancy Prepared Codfish 20c box. Fancy English Bloaters 5c each. EXTRA SPECIAL Salted Salmon Tips 20c per lb. Salt Herring, Mackerel. Salt Salmon. Just Received A fresh shipment of Bakers Barrington Hall Steel Cut Coffee. A. V. ALLEN, THOUSANDS MOVE, (Continued from page 1) president of a life Insurance company at the very least, the career of Klkl Petera has been cruelly nipped in the bud. KIki is 13 years old, which un fortunate number may? account for his bad luck, until last Wednesday, when Justice Wyatt of the Children's Court sentenced him to two years in the New Tork Juvenile Asylum's exclusive resort for young men of tender years, Klkl was leader of the famous Whyo gang of youUiful high waymen who haunt the East Sixty fourth street fastnesses. Like a true disciple of Dick Turpin. he always led his trusty band to prey upon ths wealthy. Once and again he led them hi daring and successful raids upon the' gilded scions of the rich who go to school In the aristocratic neigh borhood of West End Avenue, whence they returned bearing much' spoil in the way of skates, hockey sticks and red sleds, and leaving the enemy dis solved In such tears as flood Wall Street the morning after Mr. Harriman has acquired control of a few rail roads. But the third time stem-vis-ged fate, la tot gnlae of fat cop, 'lay In wait for the daring ban J, and a treacherous bit of ice precipitated the plunder-laden Klkl Into the hands of pursuer. Klkl steadfastly refused to tell the names of the lads who were with him, and announced that even if he got a life sentence he wouldn't' aqueaL When he heard his sentence he remarked: "Well, dis is easy. I sure tlnks I gits de Pet, but I ain't got no kick comin." Judging by the records of other East Side despera does who have been sent to the Juve nile Asylum, the chances are good that Klkl will be turned to a more useful If less spectacular career than that of highwayman. The official report of the police pen sion fund for the year ended December 31, 1906, which has Just left the hands of the printer, shows that several of the higher-class pensioners, who re tired with the reputation of possess, lug large fortunes, are still drawing huge sums from the fund. In the yong list of pensioners, which include a great number of widows, a score of children, und 305 retired members of the forte, there are few names which were once a power In the city's affairs, not only as to police matters but in other directions as well. There is, for example, former Inspector and ex Chief Tlnas Byrnes, who- retired from the force when Theodore Roose velt was a commissioner, and who is credited with a large fortune accu mulated in Wall Street under the tu telage of Jay Gould and other mag nates of the Street In days gone by, but still draws a pension of $3,000 a year. Another old-timer, long since forgotten by the public, is William Murray, who is said to be far beyond the reach of the gaunt and hungry wolf. John McCullagh, who la now In business in the city, Is the third mem ber of the trio who are drawing the highest pensions on the' list. Former Chief of Police Devery, after retiring, openly invested $395,000 In real es tate, and among the present Inspec tors of the Force. McCluskey, Cross, Flood and Titus live in a style far be yond the salary of a police inspector. So no one wonders at the opposition to the bill, now before the state legls lature, which Is designed to give the Commissioner such control over the over the force as to seriously menace, If not entirely destroy, the opportun ity for while serving as guardians of the city's peace and wealth. The Antl-Sulclde Bureau of the Sal vation Army which has Just been opened In New Tork Is expected to throw considerable light on the dark er side of Hamlet's grim philosophy. From statistics collected by the Army, it seems that suicides in New York number 22.7 per 100,000. In cities like GET THEM AT. Jaloffs New Store ISO Eleventh St., Between Commercial and IJourt ARTISTIC t MILLINERY Ladies' Suits, Coats, Skirts Waists and Furnishings Out garments have a distinctive style, high class materials, best of workmanship, and when it comes from ALOFF'S 9 you won't see any more like it in this market. La dies that wish millinery and clothes that others won't have can always depend on this establish ment for exclusive styles. Our prices are the most moderate in the city. We have direct New York advantage on prices that no other store in this city enjoys. Just Arrived: A new line of Millinery, and a few samples the famous KNICKERBOCKER SUITS direct from New York Gty. Big', A FARMER can't raise crops by knocking upon the ground. Mother Earth don't answer knocks; but let him dig, scatter good seed and behold! the earth yields abundantly. HENCE, WE DIG1 We are digging into our splendid stock, sowing the low price seed and as a result our clerks are kept on the jump 1 J -2 off on winter Overcoats J -5 off on Rain Goats and Suits J -5 off on Hats and Underwear 1-5 off on Trunks, Umbrellas etc. 42 long pant Boys Suits, Your choice $4.35 Sizes 124 19. 56- 3 piece boys suits, your choice $2.90 Sizes 7 & 15. RMAN WISE Astoria's Reliable Clothier and Hatter. BEHIND EACH ARTICLE SOLD IN HIS STORE J Hoboken and St. Louis the propor tion is 29.2, and the average of fifty cities throughout the country Is 17.19, while San Francisco has the high av erage of 49.6. The opening day of the bureau was marked by tha appear ance of four men and one woman, all conspicuously well dressed. The first was a tall, old Hebrew who stated that he had lost the savings of a lifetime, some $400,000, In Wall street and could see nothing ahead more attractive than death. Next came a woman of 40 with a French accent, who stated that she had beenswindled In a bus iness partnership and left alone In New York without friends or money. Then came a waiter and bartender who had three times attempted suicide by va rious means, and, driven to despera tion by losses In race-track gambling, had tried to shoot a friend. Another man confessed to being a criminal who had been indicted forty times for larceny and was harassed by the fear of a life sentence. The last was a youth of 20, a victim of drugs, who stated that he had run through $60, 0000 within a month, had forged his father's name to checks, and was, ready to die unless the Army could think of something better. According to Captain French, who is in charge of the work here, a similar bureau in London, which was opened early In January, received 300 intending sui cides during the first eleven days, in cluding all classes and conditions of society, from gentlemen In silk hats to Billingsgate crossing sweepers. Out of 000 applications, 300 had gone broke, about 50 were lonely, 150 couldn not get a Job, and the balance wanted to commit suicide because of Illness,1 More than $43,000,000 worth of prec-i loui stones entered the country , through the port of New York lat year, the greatest in the history of the business, and this city Is now re garded not only as the principal Jla-! mond market of the world, but also, the chief depot for cutting the rough' gems. A recent news dispatch fromj London states that workmen from the I diamond factories of Antwerp are cm-1 (grating to the United States In large numbers, attracted by the high wa ges offered in New York and Massa chusetts, and that local opinion Is! alarmed for the future of Antwerp's j ancient industry. Since the first geml was exported from the Cape of Good' Hope In 186$, the United States has' paid about $326,000,000 for diamonds, or one-half of the amount of cash' which South Africa has obtained for its entire supply of precious stones i sold to all parts of the world. These figures, however, represent only what the Importers have paid, and author ities in the trails say that the public pays at least as twice as much. Ta king Into account the fact that the value at diamonds hns been going up cent in the last eight years, somo deal ers nre of the opinion that tho gems brought into this country from South Afrlcu in these 38 years must now be wort)) more- than a billion dollars. 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