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THE MOANING ASTOIUAN. ASTOIUA, OREGON.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1907.
CHRISTMAS
IN CHINA
Is being celebrated here famously. The whole
store is replete with pretty things that show
the art of
Crockery Making
To perfection. There are gifts galore. Fancy
Haviland and Hand Painted China.
Bric-o-Broc, Art Goods, Steins,
Table, Gloss Wore, Lornps, Btc.
c . .k.-, a m nTiwnsiv. but more are well within reach of the
. Rut hiffh or lownriced thev re all pretty and service-
We. To see them is to admire, as youwill admjt when you make us a call.
Xmas stocks ore now at their best
A. V
Brvch Uniontown
Phore Main 71
H. S. Fry's Celebrated Cut Glass.
Phones
Main 7". Mnin 37
SPIRIT WIFE WARNS
I m
Dead Woman Appears and Tells,
Husband of Danger. j
RESCUE
CONTINUES
Honangah Mines Yield up f its
Blackened Victims.
CARNEGIE HELPS RELIEF FUND
any Sensational Rumors Afloat Con
cerning Conditions at the Scene of the
Disaster, All of Which Are Without
Even Frail Foundation.
FAIRMONT, W. Va., Dec. ll.-Re-jorts
to the officers of the Fairmont
Coal Company here from mines No. 6
and 8 at Monongah, the scene of last
Friday's death-dealing explosion, this
anorning, state that the rescue work
eontimied all night and without special
feature or incident. A number of bodies
were brought to the surface and others
were located in the mine. The exact
umber recovered during the night has
ot been reported to the officers here.
The change in the weather with an
accompanying mud and snow has made
conditions about the mines so bad that
eatly those who could not possibly get
may remained dining the night. Officers
f the company who had been almost
nnstantly on duty alo retired for much
ceded rest.
Andrew Carnegie telegraphed today,
adding $2000 to one of the local funds
lor Monongah's relief.
Many sensational reports are being
circulated in connection with the
catastrophe. Prominent among these are
rumors that the National Guard has
fuietly taken charge of Monongalrf that
additional explosions have further
wrecked the mines, and that the bodies
f the dead miners are being robbed of
rail valuables. All these reports are with
out even frail foundations.
FORESTS OF HARD WOOD.
MINES WILL RESUME.
BUTTE; Mont., T-: 11. A special
from Helena to the Miner states that the
Ea.-.t Helena plant of the American
Surelting and Refining Company has an
nounced that it will resume the buying
f all custom ores. This will mean the
resumption of many mines in Montana
which have been closed as the result of
the recent action of the smelter in re
fusing to accept any ore but that from
ODtract shippers.
Special Reduction
ON
Japanese Goods
AT
Yokohama
Bazar
in kinds of Japanese goods, including
China wares, baskets, silk handkerchiefs,
bass wares, fans, toys, bamboo furni
tures, etc., etc. Some goods at half price.
626 Commercial Street
Philippine Islands Rich in Growth of
Fine Lumber.
NEW YORK. Dec. 11,-Maj. Ahem,
head of the forestry service of the Philip
pine Islands is in New York for the pur
pose of interesting lumberman in the for
ests of the Philippine. Few Americans
realize the possibilities of the forests of
our possessions in the East "he said."
fu the less populated islands of the Phi
lippines there are immense forests of
hard timber that could be substituted
for the valuable woods that have be
come scarce in Europe and America.
We have there the wood of the Xarra,
similar to the mahogany we know here;
the Yaoal wood is more beautiful than
black walnut and is used extensively for
the same purposes. Malava is a light
yellow used for general building pur
poses, while tanguile and launa, soft
wood, are excellent substitutes for pine.
"The forests of Yaoal and Malava are
extensive enough to produce mnllionj of
railroad ties, to which use their woods
are adapted.
'"The government is selling no timber
lands, but is disposing of the standing
timber as fast as possible under restric
tions against cutting small trees, and
thus providing against denuding the'
land. Half of the profits from the tim
ber sold have thus far gone to the bureau
of forestry.'
HUGHES BOOM LAUNCHED.
Young Rockefeller's Bible Class Scene of
Demonstration.
XEW YORK, Dec. ll.-The president
ial boom of Governor Charles K. Hughes
was launched in Xew York City laat
nighc, this time at the Annual dinner of
the Bible class presided over by John D.
Rockefeller, Jr. In his nddre-g at the
dinner, Mr. Rockefeller called attention
to the fact that Governor Hughes was
once a member of the class and referrc-l
to him as a possible occupant of the
White House. This brought forth great
applause from the members ot the class.
The principal speaker at the dinner was
Frank A. Vanderlip, vice- president of
the National City Bank, who spoke on
the recent financial flurry. The dinner
was more elaborate than the one held
last year, each member of the class pay
ing $1.50 for his meal, whereas la?t year
the price was only $1.
BILLS TO SETTLE CLAIMS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. ll.-r'ulton to
day introduced the following bills: To
settle claims of the Cathiamet-Chinook
Indians by payment of $7000; of the
lower bank Chinook Indians by payment
of i&20,000; of the Welappa Indians by
payment of $7000; of the Xiiequee In
dians, $1500; Clatsop, $15,000; Tilla-
mooks, $10,500, all with interest from
August, 1851.
POWER MEN QUIT.
GOLDFIELD, Dec. 11. Tonight the
men employed in this city by the Ne
vada-California Power Company walked
out on the notification of a cut in wages
from $7 to $5 a da.y The strike does
not affect the bringing of power from
Bishop, Cal., unless a break occurs in
the line. .It is expected that the line
atrollers, who repair the breaks, may
go out, in which case the situation
would be serious.
v TEA
We couldn't moneyback
tea, if our tea weren't-better
than tea as you know it.
Your grocer returns your money if you don't
like Schilling'! Best; we par aim
DEATH TRAP WAS ALL READY
Stopped in Road by Voice of Dead Wife
Charles Durland Goes to His Home
After Several Hours and Finds Con-'
trivance Set to Take Kfs Life. !
XEW YORK, Dec. ll.-That his life
was saved by a warning from the spirit
world in the belief of Charles Henry Dur-'
land, a fanner living uear Caldwell, N. J.
According to his story Durland 'va driv- j
ing home about midnight Monday night '
when suddenly his horse stopped atill :
and refused to move. Suddenly he says, j
1 there appeared to him a spirit who'.
form and voice he recognized as those,
of hia wile, recently dead, and who in a
U'llistiert U'imit.t liim llitt rnlm-ll In litd f
I
home until morning n there was danger j
there. After the spirit disappeared. Dur-j
land says he was several hours caring
for his horse, which had broken out into'
a cold sweat. When he finally reached j
home at daylight he found a window j
open and muddy tracks on the floor. On '
reaching his room on the second floor he
discovered a fine string across the door
way a couple of feet from the floor.
With an umbrella he broke the string.
There was a report in tho room and a
bullet buried itself in the wall opposite !
the door. On the bureau in the room, he
found a pistol fastened, the rtring at
tached to the trigger. Had he struck the
string with his foot, Durland says, he
would certainly have been killed. He
say he suspects an old enemy from the
west of attempting to kill him. Durland
is not a spiritualist, but he is convinced
that a message from his dead -wife is all
that saved his life.
SIGNATURES FORGED.
Autographs of Milton and His Wife Not
Genuine.
XEW YORK. Dec; 11. That the sign
atures of John Milton and his third wife,
Elizabeth Milton on the fly leaf of what
has come to be known as the "John Mil
ton family Bible," a book which was sold
in New York the other day for $1225
are forgeries is now asserted by George
H. Richmond, a dealer in old books and
autographs, who was the purchaser of
the sale of the library of Wm. II. Buckler
of Baltimore, secretary of the American
legation at Madrid, Spain. The hook has
been known to collector for many year
and has been passed upon by a numlier
of Bibliophiles including Dr. W. Aldis
Wright, vice master of Trinity College.
Cambridge, perhaps, the world' greatest
authority on Milton and the eNisting re
lics of the great poet. Soon after choos
ing the Wk Mr. Richmond became sus
picious of the genuineness of the signa
tures anil submitted them to experts in
handwriting, including David X. Car
valho. Mr. Carvalho states positively
that the signature arc forgeries, a state
ment with which Mr. Richmond, agrees.
While the. date following the alleged Mil
ton signature is 1054, the experts. slate
that the ink in which it is written is of
modern make. The fly haf on which the
signatures are written has been insert
ed in the book, it is said, and the paper
is of a much more 1110 lern sort than that
which composes the ivst of the book.
Elisabeth Milton's signature, the experts
say, shows plain evidence of having been
traced. The lxok itself is a copy of the
edition known as the "Breeches Bible
so called liccause in the description of
the life of Adam and Eve in the Garden
of Eden they arc said to have sewed fig
leaves together . to make themselves
"breeches" Instead of "aprons," as the
word is translated in other editions.
One of the Important Duties of Physicians and
the Well-informed of the World
is to -learn ns to the relative standing nnd reliability of tho loiulitiff mnnufiictur.
crs of medicinal nnonts, ns tlio most eminent physicians nre the most ctin-ful ns to
tho uniform quality and ixrfoct purity of remedies prfscrilu-d by them, and it is well
known to physicians nu;d tho Well-In formed generally that the California Fig Syrup
Co., by reason of its correct methods and erfect ettuipnwnt and tlie ethical character of
its product has attained to the high standing in scientific and commercial circles which
is accorded to successful and reliable houses only, and, therefore, that tWe ttamo of tho
Company has bocomo a guarantee of tho excellence of its remedy.
TRUTH AND QUALITY
appeal to the Well-Informed in every walk of life find nro essential to permanent uc
cess and creditable standing, therefore we wish to call the attention of nil who would
enjoy good health, with its blessings, to the fact that it involves the question of right
living with nil tho term implies. With proper knowledge of what is Ixmt each hour
of recreation, of enjoyment, of contemplation and of effort may bo made to contribute
to that end and the use of medicines dispensed with generally to great advantage, but
as in many instances a simple, wholesome remedy may Ik) invaluable if taken atithe
proper time, the California Fig Syrup Co. feels that it is alike important to present
truthfully the subject and to supply the one perfect laxative remedy which has won
the nppoval of physicians and the world-wide acceptance of the Well-informed because
of tho excellence of the combination, known to nil, and the original method of manufac
ture, which is known tp tho California Fig Syrup Co. only.
' This valuable remedy has Iwn long and favorably known under the rmmo of
Syrup of Figs and has attained to world-wide acceptance ns the most excellent of
family laxatives, and ns its pure laxative principles, obtained from Senna, nre well
known to physicians nnd the Well-Informed of the world to Iks the Inst of natural
laxatives, wo have adopted the more elaborate name of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of
Senna as more fully descriptive of the remedy, but doubtless it will always l
called for by tho shorter name of Syrup of Figsand to get its liem-ficinl effects always
note, when purchasing, the full name of the Company California Fig Syrup Co.
plainly printed on the front of every package, whether you simply call for Syrup df
Figs or by the full name Syrup of Figs nnd Elixir of Senna as Syrup of Figs nnd
Elixir of Senna is the one laxative remedy manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. nnd the same heretofore known by the name Syrup of Figs which has given
satisfaction to millions. The genuine is for sale by nil leading druggists throughout
the United States in original packages of one size only, the regular price of which
is fifty cents per bottle.
Every bottle is sold under the general guarantee of the Company, filed with the
Secretary of Agriculture, at Washington, D. C, that the remedy is not adulterated or
misbranded within the meaning of the Food nnd Drugs Act, Juno 30th, 1006.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
Louisville, Ky.
San Francisco, Cal.
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London, England.
New York, N. Y.
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WIFE VERY ILL.
Captain Murdock of Battleship Rhode Is
land Summoned to New Yojk.
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OLD 101 NT COMFORT, Va., Dec. 11.
Captain Mirjitloek, .commanding the
hnttleship Rhode iHland, one of the fleet
of sixteen vessel to leave for the Pacific
on Monday, wan summoned to New York
yesterday hy the illness of his wife who
yf suiil to he in a very serious condition.
She is suffering from pneumonia. The
officers aboard the Rhode Island are
afraid it 'will tie necessary for Captain
Murdock to seek relief and that ft new
commander for the vessel will have to be
appointed at Me eleventh hour.
The battleship Minnesota, which is an
chored oft the ooast, will arrive tomor
row1 morning and the fleet will then be
complete.
The Morning Astorian delivered at
your door, 60 cents per month.
Nos. 26 and 28 run from Astoria to Clatsop Beach via Ft Stevens. No. It
runs from Portland to Atorl and Clatsop Beach direct. No. 24 runs from
Portland to Astoria only. No. 30 runs from AitorU to Clatsop Beach direct.
Nos. 21, 23 and 20 run via Ft. Stevens. No. 23 runt from Clatsop Beach to
Astoria and Portland direct. Additions train will be run from Astoria, to Ft
Stevens and return on Sundays, leaving Astoria 11:30 a, m., arrive Ft SU?tai
12:25 p. m. Returning leave Ft. Stevens 2:00 p. m., arrives Astoria 1:48 p. m,
Train mnrked run rlailv; f Telegraph stations.
CONNECTIONS At Portland, witfi all trans continental lines. At Gobi,
with Northern pacific Railway Co. At Astoria with steamers for San Francisco
and Tillamook and Ilwaco Railway ft Navigation Co.' boat and railway.
Through tickets sold to and from all points in the East and Europe. For
'urther particulars apply to. It. H. JENKINS,
Gen. Ft. 4 Passngr. Agt.
Astoria, 0.
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a. B. PARKER,
Proprietor.
E. P. PARSER,
Manager.
PARKER HOUSE
EUROPEAN PLAN.
First Class in Every Respect
Free Coach to tha House.
Bar and Billiard Room
'ood Sample Rooms on Ground Floor
for Commercial Men
Astoria Onfon
Star Theatre
PROGRAM
FOR WEEK OF DECEMBER 9, 1907.
Programme Subject to Change.
Overture Ida Durling
McGEE AND COLLINS
Eccentric Singing, Talking and Dancing
Illustrated Song by
DICK HUTCHINS
Singing: "Some One Thinks of Some
.One". Change Thursday: "When the
Harvest Moon is Showing on the
River."
THE M0RRELLS
Black Face Comedy : "Wanted, a Nurse'
JOT McGEE
The Funny Man, Ringing and Dancing
THE STAR0SC0PE
Will present "The Piper's Dream"
(Change Thursday)
Something Interesting.
One act farce written by Goo. Morroll
entitled
"HATS"
AH righta reserved v
Change Thursday: "Black Statute"
by Joe McGee. '
ADMISSION
MATINEES
o tod ao cents
10 cents
77 Ninth St , near Hond
"Fresh and Salted Fish.
Game aud Pouliry,
Groceries, Produce and Fruit
Imported and Domestic
Goods.
P. Bakotitch A Feo, Proprs.
Phone Kcd u6t
Do Not Read This
Without Making up your mind to be
come one of my pleased customers. Good
work always pleases.
Carl E. Franseen, v
The Astoria Tailor,
179 nth St. Phone Main 3711.
Suits mai!e to order. Hundreds of
patterns to select from. Every one up
to date.
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