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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 20, 1907)
tl"iP-SSfflr!sll,.t..J- .... . -7 ' ' I . : ,-;.: ' TIJE MORNING ASTOUIAN, ASTOMA. OltEGON. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER to, 1907. Now is th e Time I To Make Your Mince Meat and Plum Pudding. We hare received our season's supply of Fresh Nuts, Raisins, Cider, Citron, Lemon and Oronge Peel A. V. ALUEIN PuQjfgs Branch Union-town Main 711, Main 387', Phone Main 713 Sole agents for Baker's BarringtonHall Steel Cut Coffee CONGO FREE STATE Terrible Atrocities Practiced by i Soldiers of Leopold. CREATING SENTIMENT HERE Missionary Shews Views of Children Who Havo no Banna ai Result of -T Crneltiet Practiced by Black Soldiers wWant United SUtes to Interfere. CHICAGO. Not 19. Bland ,, insinua tions that Professor Starr of the' Uni vwsity of Chicago was misinformed or lacking in observation when he rtported that there were no atrocities in the Congo Free State, were made Sunday might by, the Rev. Joseph Clark, SO years a missionary in these regions in a talk on "The Troth About the Congo." at Hull House. Professor Starr said that he had ever been in some of the regions in which he proclaimed that there were no atrocities, and pointedly told me that he- did not wait to be shown any evi dence when he was at my mission be cause he did not want to get into the ecntroversy, said the missionary." ' the Rev. Mr. Clark showed stereopti on pictures of the arm stumps of little native children whose hands had' been chopped off by the black soldiers of King Leopold. To save bullets the soldiers some times cut the hand from the liv ing victim and then to told them to go and die. " "' ' - "Some of them did not die," said the speaker. "There are 10 of them living is' my district, which is no larger than Chicago." The missionary told of many instances f the inhuman atrocities. At the last lit threw a slide of King Leopold on the screen and it was hissed by the andience who had listened to him. j Together with the Rev. Herbert S.j Johnson, of Boston, the Rev. Mr. Clark , W making a pilgrimage of "Let each of you write a letter to Mr. Root, secretary of state, asking him to intercede for these poor natives," he urged. PLAN FOR STATE CONVENTION. Eugene Endeavorers to Welcome Stat Union, EUGENE Or, Nov. 19. Temporary organisation was affected last awning of a general committee to have charge of the state convention of the Oregon Christian Endeavor Union, which is to meet in Eugene the latter part of Feb ruary, or early in March of next year. The meeting was called by a local mem ber of the state executive committee, but since, through some error, one of the churches had not been notified, perma nent organisation was not made. F. A. Tripp waa elected temporary chairman, and Misa Mary Wetherbee, temporary secretary. After - discussing the question of the date to be recom mended for the convention, the commit tee adjourned until next Saturday even ing, when permanent organisation will be completed. irtn HE WAS A. NEGK0. BHOTINGHAM, Nov. 19-In connec tion with last night's story from Port land police reports show that a man giv ing the name of B. M. Jones waa ar rested for walking the streets with a negro woman. AVhile on the way to headquarters, It is alleged, he attempted to bribe the arresting officers. He was placed in a cell in the section of the jail used for white prisoners, after a razor had been taken from his pocket In court next morning he declared that he was a negro and the charge of walk ing the streets with negroes was with drawn. He was fined for carrying con cealed weapons and attempted bribery of an officer. He paid both fines and was released. WALSH USED MILLIONS. Ik SPECIAL! I THIS WEEK ONLY At the Brownsville Woolen Mills Store n .50 MADE IN MKW Mttl I Buys a fine Suit or Overcoat worth from $16.00 to $22.50 j This exceptional price is made simply because we are overstocked on the suits We ask you to come in and look at these Suits, or see them in our windows, and you will be surprised to sec the fine values wc offer for only eleven doilass and four bits. CHICAGO, Nov. 19. Approximately two million dollars which it is charged by federal prosecutors have been trans ferred by John R. Walsh from the vaults of the Chicago National Bank into the coffers of his several enterprises have been traced bv means of entries in education ! books of the institute when the National tnrouhout the United States to arouse a popular sentiment against the admin istration of affairs in the Congo in the hope that the pressure may be brought to bear on the government of the United States to urge a reform in the exploitation of the natives. Bank Examiner, Moxey, stepped down from the witness stand at the adjourn ment of the Walsh trial today. Moxey identified 18 entries which it is claimed by the prosecution are proof positive of the misappropration of the funds as charged. The aggregate amounts testi- Boys' Knee OurWooien Goods (GfaVGDlGttG Pants, rsaieisstiii L5ahlGat Overcoats 'J u W a 9A Pcf flff Underwear, Sox, The Rain is here, aud You , ' V cent. VII Blankets' at should not be without ' a Raincoat tage of this sale to rig 15 to 30 percent Off W0 Fine Coats the boys up. at this great reduction Irorinsile Woolen JUDD BROS., Props. Will 557 Commercial Street. Store. fled to today was $1,000,000. A mmilar amount was traced in a like manner yesterday. y Cures Coughs, Colds, Croup, La Grippe, Asthma, Throat and Lung Troubles. Prevents Pneumonia arid Consumption THE ORIGINAL LAXATIVE HONEY and TAR .1 in the 1 YELLOW PACKAQB WITHOUT PREMIUM. I11AJ, J J t J. H. PETERSEN A. E. PETERSEN I Open For Business , MODERN u IHflf Astoria's Most Up-to-Date Barter Shop Wc offer you good service, and courteous treatment. We : : make a specialty of children's haircutting, and handle the :: best line of barber supplies and cutlery. Give us a call. J. H. PETERSEN & SON, Props 572 Commercial St. 0pp. Heilborn's. Guggenheim Smelter. Assisting Govern' ment to Relieve Stringency. NEW YORK, Nov. 19 Daniel Ouggen heira; president of the American Smelt Ing 4 Refining Company, in a statement Uucil acre said that his company is co operating with the government to meet the nsiial demands for currency. He said that the plants of the company were being operated day and nil't to expedite the refining of gold and sil ver. Regarding the general attitude of the smelting company toward the money market, Mr. Guggenheim said: "The value of the gold and silver pro duced by the American Refining A Smelting Company has been running In excess of $100,000,000 for a year. For some time the refineries of the com pany have been running night and Jay to increase this production of uold an silver for the benefit of the government and the business of the country, . J he smelting company regularly de posits Us gold product With the govern ment daily and has not sought to ob tain any premium on this product. In thin matter we have pursued the same policy that we did in 1803. Then, too there was a premium on currency, but we turned our government checks over to the banks and allowed them to col lect the casli without trying to profit ourselves by the premium.. It is right to ho net, and the banks appreciate it," name the style of the third bout and choose catch as catch can. The last bout was won by Burnt with a cross lix-k and half Nelon in eight minute flat. WILL OBSESVE ECLIPSE. FARMER BURNS WINS. DENVER, Nov. 19.-Farmcr Burns won at wrestling from Michael Dwycr at the Denver Athletic Club laBt night, the best two out of three falls, By winning the second all, Cornmb style, in quicker time than Dwyer had won Scientists from Lick Observatory Journey to South Pacific HAS FItANCIiiCO, Nov. 19. An expe dition of scientists headed by Director . W. Campbell of Lick Obncrvatory, will leave here Friday on the liner Mariposa for Flint Island, where they hope to observe the eclipse of the sun, January 3.' The expedition In which there will be 12 astronomers and, other learned men, will travel on the Mariposa a far an Tahiti, where they will be met by the United States gunboat Ann apolis, which will carry them to Flint inarm. i - f i Commander Moore, who is governor general of Pago l'ago, will coommunJ the Annapolis. The Campbell party will be left at Flint Island and the Annapolis will fall for them in time to land thsm at Papeete in time to take the Mariposa for home, January 13. The Campbell expedition will Include Director Campbell, Astronomer It. S. Aitken, C. 8. Abbott and C. D. Perrlne and Professors E P, Lewis and Sebastian Albrecht. , " 'v a TEA Is there a better way to keep the family longer at table, 4o keep it together? Your grocer returns your monr U rou doa't Uk. Schilling', Bent; w par him School Shoes FOR : BOYS The Billy Buster Steel Bot tom Shoes The Shoe with a Solo that Don't Wear Out S. A. GMRE 543 Bond St, oppoilt Fuher Bros.