THE
MORNING ASTORIAN
taUbliabea ilJJ.
published Daily Except Monosy by
TIL J. & DKLUHGER COMPAHT.
SUBSCRIPTION BATES.
Br BID. P J1 7 M
By artier, per month.. .
WIEKLY ASTORIA.
msil, per year, ta adta. Jl.W
entered, w leoood-elaas jluly
, int. l in portoffle l Ao?
JSn, uM Uit KofCntrMl March t,
IS
oiloitlpybttoMtak
TUEPBOHI MAUI Mi.
Official paper oT CMsop eoonty m
tbeCUyof AitorU.
WEATHER. "
Western Oregon and Yfaahing
4 ton Fair; wanner except near
4) coast.
ORCHARD'S STORY.
The tale that Harry Orchard is un
'folding at Boise i one, which, true or
false, will make a tremendous inipree-
sios on the country, since it come from
the lips of a man who is without hope
of reward; who know that death is his
only portion; that life holds absolutely
rothing for iiim after the telling of the
story; who know that the wide earth
is not big enough to hide him from the
vengeance of man nor the gnawing of a
deathless conscience; who, but guilty of
one-hundredth part of the crime with
which he charges himself, is too guilty
U lift his head among his fellows, ever
again, in freedom.
These conditions must contribute
largely to the credit that will be given
the wretched hWory he is unfolding,
and fhis will be eked out by the deep
conviction dwelling in the public mind,
cl the truth, in part, at least, of what
he shall allege against the Western
Federation of Miners, of which the
country has heard enough to damn it
forever, during its career Cjf the past 15
years. Xo one knows what grim and
desperate motives are actuating this
famous, and infamous, witness; what of
reprisal, hatred, fury, hopelessness, or
lope, may color the text, and accents,
wherewith he shall utter by way of
damning prologue of fate for hi asso
ciates in crime. It goes without saying
that he will tell what he has to, with
such adherence to fact, and sequence of
fact, as will invest the tale with enough
truth to invoke the farthest limit of
the law and leave his colleagues in a
very pit of torture, from whence they
will not emerge until hearts and lives
are broken in the awful experience.
There is no particular reason why
Orchard should not tell the truth, and
there is some reason for his not telling
it all. The record may be even too vast
for the tongue and conscience of any
one man; too awful for sustained re
cited and too great a demand upon his
powers of endurance under the condi-1
tions confronting him. He may qualify
some parts of it as a sop to his own
dreadful burden, and the greater that
burden becomes, the more he may gloss,
disguise and hide. The strain will be
iijcakulable on his nerve and be may
take refuge in silence at a critical stage
of the proceedings. But if he goes to
the fearful end of his contribution, it
will constitute a record without parallel
ii the annals of crime and stamp bim
ae the arch type of his kind.
While he is at it, it is hoped he will
make the story so complete, so sus
teptible of proof at bar, as shall wind
tip forever the existence and influence of
the Federation behind him, and give a
tone to the future of organized labor in
this country, as shall make it safe from
similar history for all time to come.
VICTORY BEGRUDGED.
Tie Englishman, the world over, is
known as a game sportsman and is
reckoned, under all circumstances, as
"square." But he cannot stomach the
succe.sg of Richard Croker in the Derby
That sporty American put up a horse
that notbing in the "tight little isle1
could get away with, and the racing
gentry over there are sore. Even the
press begrudges him the victory he has
won in all fairness, and Mr. Crokerna
turally resents the whole thing. '
There will be little or no sympathy on
this side of the water for tbe Angli
cized American. He had no business to
desert his cduntry and take 'his fortune
and hig horses over there. There, are
racing events as great on this side and
; plenty of money to win, well. The
snob ha been snubbed aul we are in
no hit sorry (or it j but w are a bit
surprised t the unfair tone taken by
the '"frutemity" and the press tn Eur
, land, w the rean that they are of the
jjamiest, game, always, and this de-
aiiiiw s nnita mmivotin table twon any
flUUiQ "W .-- " .
decent hypot nesi. We ean only aasuuie
that Mr. CroWer aide beta were.enor
jnous and far-reaching, and the grow)
j emanate from a panicky erowd that
jhas been "done brown by the porty ex-
i Hon of Tammany.
THE GATHERING CLOUDS,
We confess to no amazement nor sor
row at tbe finding of 180 indictments
airainst the sfurmtur trust of Oregon
On the contrary, we are infinitely glad
the cloud is gathering, for when it shall
haw cleared the people will be free of
one burden, at least W know we hv
been robbed, deeply and long, by this
and other combinations, and that the day
is at hand when the whole business must
be shown up and relief granted. Values
of all sorts nave been far above we
normal for tears and humanity has paid
the exaction about a long a patience
and sense permit.
If this combine is opened up and ex
posed to the last vestige of it rapacity
and recklessness, the whole state win oe
the better for it, and it may compel the
voluntary amendment of other concerns
just as ruthless, and o bring thing
back to a level of decency and equity.
The people are not humbugged now;
they know just about where they stand
in relation to all lines of business, and
there is a growing determination, every
where, to pull down the thieving agen
cies that have fattened off the masses
for so long. The campaign has opened
and will not be closed until there Das
been general and complete overhauling
of all elements of trade.
FIREPROOF HOKE IN A WINTER-
LESS CITY.
A dwelling house fliat is unique in
America has just been completed by
Edwin Bergestrun, en architect of Los
Angeles, California. It is designed for
a winterles climate; in it construc
tion othe exigencies of cold weather have
:it been considered, because cold weath
er is not known there. The house is
one of the architectural achievement in
Southern California.
Mr. Bergestrum, while making a tour
of Spain, came across an old, low-lying,
airy building, the striking character!.
tic of which was coolness. Wide, roomy
halls led to rooms that were nearly
si) windows. There was an abundance
of space, and the brerzea blew through
unchecked. The architect decided to
make a reproduction of his "find'' and
that is what be has done. At Los Angeles
the climate is as balmy as at Saragowta
and coolness just a much to be desired.
The house all of it, is contructed
of hollow tile and plaster. Floors and
walls inside and out, are all of this con
struction. The floors are supported by
a network of reinforcing steel, and on
this steel the hollow tile blocks are
laid. Besides giving a firmness that
will stand any weight, this construc
tion makes an absolutely lire-proof
building.
It is predicted that this "old Spanish
ioiiie" will be just as good a hundred
j ears from now as it is today. It costs
$20,000. It stands on a knoll between
Vermont and Temple Avenue in Los
Angeles, and around it are grounds
nearly two acres in area. If any breeze
it stirring it cannot miss the house on
the knoll. From the balconies there are
beautiful views in every direction.
Nothing is lacking which can make the
place an ideal borne in a region where
every month i May "where fall not
rain nor hail nor any snow, and never a
wind blew loudly."
Ancient Bom
i now merely a memory ot the past.
Ballard' Snow Liniment it the family
liniment of the twentieth century. A
positive cure for Rheumatism, Bum,
Cut, Sprain, Neuralgia, etc. Mr. C.
H. Runyon, Stanberry, Mo., writes i "I
have used Snow Liniment for Rheum
tism and all pain, I can't say enough
in it praise. Sold by Hart's Drug
Store.
JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION RATES.
June 6th, 7th and 8th will be next
dates of sale for the Jamestown Exposi
tion tickets. Take advantage of the
extremely low rates in effect via all
routes in connection with the Astoria A
Columbia River Railroad. Tickets on
sale and sleeping car reservation made
at City Ticket Office, Page building.
Don't . think you can buy cheaper in
Portland rate are the same from both
Portland and Astoria and if you buy In
Portland you will simply be out the
amount of your local fare from Astoria.
6-l-8t.
t7 Morning Astorlan, 60 cents per
month, delivered by carrier.
SUCKER STATE PLOT
Certain Clique Seeks to'.Kill Can
non Boom.
'UNCLE JOE" ONLY SAID FUDGE
Senator Bourne ot Oregon Is a Busy
Man Trying To Make the Southern
Facific Disgorge Battleship Kansas
Will Be Presented With Silver Service
WASllfXGTOX, June 4.-Although
'Tncle Joe" Cannon's friends may be
uneasy over the unearthing of a plot In
the Sucker State to prevent the SpenK
jr. from controlling the delegation from
that state in the next convention, the
ravorite Son of Illinois doesnt show it.
The report, which came from Chicago,
i creating deep interest here. It Is to
the effect that a clique headed by Oov
tmor Deneea (and including such veter
ans a Rov O. Wet, chairman of the
Republican State Committee, and thar-i
le E. Dawes, former comptroller of the
emrency and now president of a Chica-
: . . . . .... i il.'
ipi bank) is at worn w unaronine
Illinois euuiu!Hui iui ci vm
.1. ;.. X ....1'.. Haniuut'
for President. It i said the delegation
will lie so organised that It will be eh
to.utely in the hand of the conspira
tors, and that on the first few ballot
the Speaker will be given a complimen
tary vote, after which the solid vote of
the State will be cast for rairbank.
Mr. Dawes is said to be In con.Unt com
munication with the Vice President.
with which he i on most intimate
terms. If all this is true, it mean the
practical elimination of Speaker Camion
.i? a Presidential candukite, and with a
;nilar fliiht ratting in Ohio, the only
Presidential possibilities left are Vice
President Fairbanks and Senator Knox.
When the matter was brought to the
'(leaker's attention this week on his
return from North Carolina, he chewed
the end of his cigar viciously for a mo-
ient and asid, emphatically and dis
gustedly, "Fudge I"
Senator Lona called at the Kavy De
partment this week with an appeal from
committee coming from his state to
i-rerent to. the new battleship Kansas
a handsome silver service. The Kan-
sans were very anxious to make a abort
cruise on the big fighting craft and de-
xired tbe promise of Secretary Metcall
U make a voyage on the vessel from
Philadelphia to w York. The Secre-
tcry was forced to refue his permission
1-erause, in the first plate, it is contra-
ry to naval regulation, and then there
ere no accomodations aboard the battle
ship for civilians. The Kansans are
emiiing East this month to make the
indentation at Philudt-lphia, and there
was much disappointment whn Secre
tary Metcalfe' decision was niaue
kvown.
There was a wail from the State of
Vsslilnffton this week when Frank V
trbouse, a prominent steamship man
of Seattle reached town. Mr. Water-
louse declare that his city is so short
o." labor: that nearly all Industrie are in
a crippled condition. He declares that
the people of Washington have no syui
pithy with the Califomian agitation
that ha barred out the Japanese. The
state, he says, will welcome gladly the
coming of Japanese immigrants, because
they are hard worker and can be util
ized in all kinds of employment. A a
result of the San Francisco agitation
the little brown men are flocking into
Canada, where they are being welcomed
by the Dominion gSvernment. The lack
of labor) has practically caused a shut'
down in the Washington mines. Be
cause of this state of affair coal is be
ing imported from Wales, Australia and
Japan and Mr. Waterhouse declare that
unless something is done the labor sit
uation there will grow worse.
Senator Bourne of Oregon, is hot on
the trail of E. H. Harriman. With the
exception of tbe ubiquitous Mr. Bever.
idge, of Indiana, Senator Bourne Is prob.
ablv the most persistent visitor at tbe
White House these days, but with the
exception that he actually ha buxiness
there. The Oregon statesman is seeking
to have the Administration begin pro
ceedings in the United State Courts
to compel the Southern Pacific road to
open to settlement about three millions
of acres of land in Oregon. This land,
Senator Bourne says, was granted , to
the railroad by the government many
years ego, as a bonus, and it Was given
under the railroad's solemn pledge that
the land was to be opened for settle
ment at $3 per acre. The original grant
was for six millions acres, and tle road
deposed of half of it, although it is
said to. have vlojated its agreement by
wiling ft in parcels at $15 per acre and
v.lihholding from settlement the best
part of the property. It is undoubtedly
(wing held a a matter of speculation.
i nd mm of It now is worth 100 an
acre. The matter will be thoroughly In
stigated. Member of the Inland Waterways
Commission and other Interested ill
waterway development are regarding
with antlxfactlon the plans Mug com
rleted for an extended ayntem of canals
irom Indiana Harbor to point between
(iary ami Xtiililgaft tlty, These canals
are held iieeesNtry to the development
of the ateel and Iron tmltitrle lying
just south of Chicago, and to amuiimo.
d'lte which the V. S. Steel Cohim at Imi
undertook the building of a town. The
UrM aurvey provide for waterway fif
ty milea in length, to cost 110,003,000.
and engineer are already at work In
the interest of New York, Pittsburg,
Chirago and Imllamipoli capitalist,
ho will finance the plan. According to
the advice received here the main chan
nel is to be 2X0 feet wide, with lateral
canal 200 fet In width, A uniform
etith erf 84 feet I to be had. and turn
ing basins 800 feet In diameter will be
constructed at Interval of two nilWe,
The work la a mammoth one, and It Is
estimated that It will require ten years
to complete It. Thi gigantic under
taking merely goes to show the faith of
American capitalist and American bus
iness men in the question of waterway
developments, and the great Importance
in thi form of Internal Improveeinnil
hear to the future prosperitt of the
country. This sentiment I due in a larg
measure to the missionary work of the
National Rivers and Harbor Congress,
Thi organisation of bualnea men and
shippers, hailing from svery staU and
territory in the I'nlon. finally ha sue-
ceded in awakening tbe American peo
ple, and through them h Congress of
the United State, to the crying nece
it v existlns for added means of trans
portation to handle the country's grow-
ine commerce aud to supplement the
overcrowded railroad lines. To keep up
nis inter?!, ana strengthen m organ
ization and board appointed by the
rre.id.-t. the National River and Har
bors Congees i making renewed efforts
to increase it already large maintain
rare. Captain J. T. Ellison, it secre
tary is railing to the attention of such
individual and shipper as are Inter
ested in the problem, but who are not
ret Interested in the problem, but who
are not vet member, the fact that the
ncmbershlp fees are very low, and ur
ging them to Join and lend their moral
support to the work.
Do Not Neglect ths Children.
At this season of the year the first
unnatural looseness of a child's bowel
hould have Immediate attention. The
best thing that can be given is Cham
berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
remedy followed by castor oil as direct
ed with each bottle of the remedy. For
ale by Frank Hart and Leading Drug
gists.
STRIKEBREAKERS LEAVE.
Say the Frisco Car Strike It The Qui
etest Ever.
HAS KKAXUISCO, .lime 5.-Flfty
strike breakers whoe contracts had ex
pired with the United Railroads, left to-
L'ight for the Fjist. One hundred and
fifty men who had been imported to
lake the places of the itrikng carmen
left last night. The men stated that
it was the quietest car strike they had
ever participated In. There was no
change in the stink. Very little troub
le attends the operation of car. So at
tempt has been made to run car to
night. Tonight
If you would enjoy tomorrow take
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab
let tonight, clear tbe head and eleante
the stomach. Price, 25 cents. Samples
free at Frank Hart and Leading Drug
gists. fin
416 B02TD fT
ASTORIA, ' 0RZG0X
Carries the Finest Lin of
Wines,
Liquors
and
Cigars
CALL AND SEE US
mtmmmmmMfW&i(h
30 days' treatment for $1.00.
guaranteed or money
w. claws a CO.
HEATING ANDPLUMSING ENGINEERS
Plans rtnd estimates furnished on application.
All work done by First-Class Mechanics.
Shect-Irori, Copper and Tin Work done in ' a first
ciass manner, as we ao.no
Paint ! Paint ! Paint !
This is Painting Time
We carry Everything
none but the best.
Even rich men cannot
The Foard & Stokes Hardware Co. Inc.
Sncesssora U
... - . . r. . .
STEEL m
ELECTRICAL
CONTRACTORS
In Easiness for Business and Your Satisfaction.
Ve make it our aim to do . first class work at
reasonable prices.
222 Twelfth Street. Next to the Astoria Theatre.
HtMMIHMMIIUHMHIIMMIMMHMMIIIIMIIMM
Eastern Painting & DecoratlngCo 1
Experts In all the
Paper-Hanging
Satisfaction Guaranteed. All work done
Promptly. Prices reasonable. New Goods
arriving Every Day. We solicit business
Frcm Outside Towns.
C-ommerolal Strt, nae Eighth.
I Astoria,
tMMIM
sSww '"1
i V")1 y ; w
1 m7.
?VSyvv ' , -t Pstton's
toP&yf. V-'-:V tm prlnolple ot
V Ta w'iSSJfH!
11th rBond Sts.,
SCOW BAY IRON
ASTORIA, OKEGON
IRON (AND, BRASS FOUNDERS LAND AND MARINE ENGINEERS
UV-to-Date Baw Mill Machinery Prompt attention given to al. repair work
-. 18th and Franklin Av.
Mjr
case before
Satisfaction
refunded.
. FRANK HART, DRUGGIST.
other work in onr snop.
in the Paint line and
afford to buy poor paint
ruut k Stakes 0t
i
EWART
Branches of Painting,
and Decorating.
Oregon
'
i
. V7i r a sua II
when paint peels off A
and looks dead its &
cose of Sllll stroke.
Pattern's
uMofPaint
was never known fo
1 1 . a
Sim-Proof Paint represent the onlr true
solentMo Mlnt-msktns, combining the
iWrwa nf but with the arestrnt oorsrlna
eapaoitr and durability. It doe not lose It lustre.
it aoe not peei, ones or onaut 00.
Send for book (nd eolor csrd (free) to Pstto
FllxT 00., Lake Street, Milwaukee, Wis.
Allen Wall Paper & Paint Company
; Sole Agents
- Astoria, Oregon
- & BRASS WORKS
Tel. Main 8481-
1.11V. U1UJI OV V Wi 4
mornintf.
BACKftCH
v