TUESDAY, JULY 3. 97.
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Offlelal wr of Clatsop county and
WEATHER.
Oregon, Washington, Idaho
Fairand continued warm.
OUR FIRST DRY SUNDAY.
Astoria has passed her first "diy
Sunday, and from all appearance, is
none the worse for the experience. Busi
ness is humming along just the same; the
people are all in their accustomed places
looking cheerful and doing their stunts
in office, shop, factory, mill and other
lines of service and interest; there is no
growling about the new rule; all band
seem to take it as a matter of course,
and no threats are heard of breaking,
testing, or defying the regulation. It's
alright, apparently, an! if it is not, the
protest 1ms not yet developed.
It's a new fort of feeling down here,
but it seems to lie taken by way of re
laxation .and change and is eceepted
because of the freedom it gives from
associations and engagements that were
getting bit tiresome, Anyway. There
was but little effort, if any, made to
circumvent the deprivations of the hour,
and the day passed pleasantly enough
wish all, even those who had to forge
their usual occupations and indulgences.
In fact, everybody seems better for the
adoption of the law, and the situation
promises a steady and ready compliance
right along.
Of course there are quite a number
ou whom the embargo fell with distinct
and troublous emphasis and their con
test with an ever-vivid thirst was a
bit strenuous and waa made manifest
fcv a virtuous and prolonged yap against
h. inrion of their '-constitutional"
riiihts. but this was expected and laugh
ed down, and the concensus of public
opinion is that "it's aU right and won't
h nnvhnnv and had best be con
tinued!"
AN AMENDMENT NEEDED.
The laws of the several states need
revision so that jurors may have some
thing to report beside straight verdicts
of "guilty' and ''not guilty," when they
have huge ambiguity to cover and
neither of the standard finding will
answer their purpose. The old Scotch
conclusion of "Not Proven" should be
made available for just such issues as
were presented in the Haywood case,
and it would have filled the bill a whole
lot better than the verdict sent to the
records.
Tbe jury in the Haywood case has
undoubtedly done iU whole fluty, and
whether it has op not tie matter is
ended and accepted so far m they are
concerned, being beyond all dispute pub
licly or privately in so far as amending
it is concerned. But those several gen
tlemen will be busy for the next few
years explaining the basis of their con
clusion, as rendered, to those who had
looked for a verdict of "guilty;" and
the story will get old and trite and tire
some, and will never be taken at it's
real value by the disappointed ones who
are invariably insistent and contentious.
The general belief throughout the coun
try, aa far as we can trace it, is that
there was truth in Orchard's statement
that the "inner circle" of the Western
Federation of Miners had criminal in
terest and knowledgable concern in the
death of Governor Steunenberg; and
while the jury did right in not convict
ing upon the testimony offered by Or
chard unconfirmed as it was by colla
teral testimony of weight and value,
they, believing there was tacit guilt and
direct relation, it being unproven to
their satisfaction, they were compelled
to return the verdict that did not meet
their real conviction and was the only
one legally employable. Had they been
permitted to use such a verdict us "Not
Proven" they would, unquestionably.
Believe a Roosevelt Stunt Responsible
fot Belief in Move to Send Fleet
i Around Horn Ship to be Sent on a
Cnitsi in FalL
WASHIXGTOX, July 29 Is the send
inir of the Atlantic fleet of Pacific wat
r merely a huga' Rooseveltlan bluff?
Developments here indicate that such
is the ease, and corroboration has come
from Oyster Bay. The proprietor of a
New York newspaper cabled to Vis
count Hiashi, minister of foreign affairs
at Tokio, asking him the views of the
Japanese gorernaient on the proposed
transfer lof America s naval power from
the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean. As
might be expected, the diplomatic Jap
anese official replied in most concilia
tory language. His message had scarce
ly come ticking off the cable before
what was reported to be an ' official
statement was obtained by tbe same
newspaper from President Roosevelt,
The President is reported to have said
that no order has been given to ' the
Navy Department to send the battle
ship fleet to the Pacific, and that he
t:nows of no order to that effect having
beer, isued by the general board. 1'.
Wis announced that the present phm of
he department is to have the batth-
ships leave on a cruise early in the
Fall, but the destination has not yet
been determined and they may not go
to the Pacific The statement credited
to the President insists that the matter
a nothing whateved to do with tlie
Japanese, question and closes with tV
declaration that absolutely no inter-
ational significance cun be attached to
The armored cruiser M. Louis.
however, is on its way to Pacific waters
and is due to reach San Francisco about
September 1st. The Navy Department
has t'.en infomied that the cruiser has
left Montevedio and will next touch at
Punta Arenoes in the Straits of Magel
lan.
Government circles are noting with in
terest the tendency of the various
Stul.' universities to draw upon tV.
capital for special lectures for their
summer schools. Mr. C. J. A. Veditz,
acting ('rt of the,College of the Poli
tcal Sciences of the George Washing
ton lflivirsity, left this week for th"
University of Illinois, where he will d?
iver a course of lectures during rhe
summer. This excursion of Dr.. VediU
is of tsfecial interest, for the reason
tin', he is at the head of a branch of
the George Washington University that
is turning out skilled help for the con
sular service of the United States, and
which has been recognised as the lead
ing institution of its kind in this coun
try, taking rank with the schools of
have used it, to their credit, the safety
of the defendant, and tbe understanding
of the whole reading world. Even a
jury is entitled to some refuge against
its unsupported convictions in a case
like this.
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COWARDICE AT CRISIS.
A terrific crisis will bring out all the
latent bravery, or cowardice, in the souls
of those involved in its passage. It is a
season for the development of the best
and worst in human nature, and the
expressions culled from such a juncture
may be taken as indicative of the man,
or woman, exemplifying them, pure and
simple. No excuses are in order for
failure to come up to standards of faith,
grit, and daring during the hour of peril;
they will avail nothing to the pleader
when justification is sought for the
lashes of the hour of stress. The world
denies probation under the circum
stance, and one is praised or damned as
he or she shall have won out of the
strain. Shipwreck Is one of the incidents
that reveals the stuff people are made
of and the Tecord is, generaly, to the
good, for it affords unusual opportunities
for demonstration of the nobler quali
ties and time for their exercise. But
even in disaster at sea. the coward is
made conspicuous s in all desperate
situations and he is promptly condemned
and never forgotten.
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in linen and duck and the jackets are made plain or pony. The skirts ars made plain or plaeted style and were
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A complete line ol the latest models, mod
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ALL SUMMER SUITS, SKIRTS AND COATS REDUCED
the political science of France and
England. This policy of semltng pro
fessors of this University to the var-
j us schools throughout the country 1
aspiring to fill this niche, and ita aspir-
tuns have been endorsed by the presi
dent, the presiding members of both
ouses of Congrc-s, and practically ev
ery member of trie rresuieni's omciai
amiiy, together with a large number ol
other men prominent in public lite. The
intention is to achieve this anil without
resorting to the use of .public moneys,
and patriotic Americans are beginning
to subscribe liberally to an endowment
(unit.
Long Lire the King
is the popular cry throughout European
countries; while in America, the cry of
the present day is "Long live Dr. King's
New Discovery, King of Throat and
Log Remedies 1" of which Mrs. Julia
Ryder Paine, Truro, Mass., says. "It
never fails to give immediate relief and
to quickly cure a cough or cold." Mrs.
Paine's opinion is shared by a majority
of the inhabitants of this country. New
Discovery cures weak lungs and sore
throats after all other remedies nave
failed; and for coughs and colds it's the
proven remedy. Guaranteed by Charles
Rocers. drucreist. 60c and $1. Trial
bottle free.
Senator Hopkins' announcement, af-
tei a conference at nyter Bay, mat
nere will lie no tariff revisun ut the
coining l uuug esj au uoi iur-
lle the country, and certainly caused no
surprise here m N asiungton. .no one
who is at all familiar with the politi
cal situation haa believed that revision
will be attempted until after the next
election. The "standpatters" are well
entrenched, and it is 'likely "that no
hanges in the schedules will be made
until 1010, during the first session of
the Sixty-fir-t Congress. It is cer
tain that the Republican party will en
deavor to leave out of its phitform en-
irely next year the question of revis
ion, and although President Kosevelt is
reported to have declared mauy times
in the course of private conversations
that he believed some changes should
be made, he has refrained from recom
mending such course in his messages
because he realizes fully the futility of
hoping to accomplish anything now. So
if Mr. Hopkins hoped to create a sen
sation by his statement, he made a
poor guess.
Rumors are insistent to the effect
that Representative Burton of Ohio will
resign his chairmanship of the House
Rivers & Harbors Committee in the
next Congress. It is said this course
will be taken so that he may devote
greater time to tbe work of the Inland
Waterways Commission, of which he
also is chairman. President Roosevelt
is reported as being favorable to this
plan, for the Commission was created
by li'iu just after the close of l!ie last
Congress and be is much interested in
the entire program of waterway devel
opment. This interest is of long stand
ing and ba been expi-f'fcod many times,
never more clearly than in his addres
ses to the convention of the National
Rivers & Harbor Congress, the last
two of which were held here. On both
occasions Mr. Roosevelt applauded the
organization for its work in arousing
the -American people and Congress to
the necessity (or a vigorous national
program along such lines of better
ments. The National Rivers & Har
bors Congress is still maintaining its
work in this convention and John A.
Fox, its special director, Is now visit
ing the cities of the upper Mississippi
Valley, to enlist the moral and finan
cial support of the people of that rich
territory on behalf of the organization
and its work. A number of important
betterment schemes will bo up for con
sideration before the Congress that will
convene in December, and the National
Rivers 4, Harbors Congress is endeavor
ing to increase its membership so that
it may be thoroughly representative of
the solid shipping anTl business inter-
iests of the whole country.
VICTIMS
Twenty People Are Lost In Death
trap.
MAYBE BLACK HAND OUTRAGE
Bodies of Dead Scarcely Recogniied
Cripplo Rescued Only to Die Police
and Firemen Risk Lives to Save Those
in Buying Building.
NKW YORK, July 2!. After an all
night search of the mini of the six
tory tenement at 2-i Christie Street
hortly after midnight the police an
nounced that there were twenty victim
of the lire. The bodies of the dead
were found in all sorts uf unexpected
places, where they had fled. Almost all
the bodies were burned to such an ex
tent that it was impos-iblc to distin
guish the ,ex. The majority of the vict
ims, the police believe were women and
children. Only live of the victims had
lieen identified at an early hour today.
They were Murlite de Dolie, bis wife
Amelia and their two infant children
and Frank Fields, a bedridden cripplie
who was carried out alive by the fire
men, but who had succumbed to his in
juries after his rescue.
The burned building was one of those
oldfashioned tenements of the east side
with' a store on the ground floor and the
apartments up starirs crowded with
tenants, mainly Italians. The fire start
ed in the rear and swept through the
building with a rush. The people were
severely burned or otherwise injured.
One man was found wandering defjri
ous in the street, suffering intense
agony from burns which extended, from
head to foot. His clothes had lieen burn
ed from his body only here and there, a
shred remained attached to the blister
ed flesh,
Brave work by the police and fiiemen
saved many lives, the firemen alone res
cuing five persons. It Is thought that
the fire was caused by an explosion, a
citizen reporting that he heard a loud
report and saw tbe stor window crack
and fall to pieces.
If this is true, it is possible Hint the
great) loss of life -is due to "black
hand" outrage.
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