THE MORNING ASTOIUAN, ASTORIA. OREGON.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, go.
Booth's Crefcent Broiled Mackerel
in souse, mustard or tomato sauce.
Broiled in pure California Olive Oil.
Large English BLOATERS. HERRING.
Sole agent for Baker's Barrington Hall Steel Cut Coffee
A. V. ALJLJBN
Phones Brnch Uniontown
Main 71 f, Mnin 3871 Phone Main 713
Sole agent for H. C. Fry's Celebrated Cut Glass.
YODNG ASTORIAN IN
TROUBLE
SAB NEWS OF TURDS C. NORDSTROM
RECEIVED HERS YESTERDAY
COMMUNITY FINDS IT DIFFICULT
TO CREDIT THE STORY.
The family and friends of Tune C
Kordstrom, of this city, were smitten
with astonishment and sorrow yesterday
morning, when the information was giv
en out, from unimpeachable sources, that
he had deliberately committed a gross
frogery in Chicago, the sum of the bad
deal being put at $15,000.
The story nraa so unusual that none
who beard were able to credit it, and
in the hope that it might be susceptible
of denial or explanation or at least, of
. qualification, oaAstorian reporter was
sent at once to interview Cashier S. S.
Gordon, of the First National Bank, as
well as to Assistant Cashier John Nord
strom, of the Scandinavian-American
Bank, the f ather of the young man. The
interviews resulted in unqualified con
firmation of the news, but neither gen
tleman had any possible suggestion to
offer as to the reason that actuated the
offense.
Mr. Gordon said, among other things,
that young Nordstrom had sought a few
days' leave from the bank on the day
before Thanksgiving, but owing to busi
ness pressure at the bank it was not
granted; and a day or two later he re
ceived a letter from the draft-clerk, then
in Pendleton, saying he had had to go
-without permission and would be
back in a few days. Since then
nothing has been heard of Nordstrom at
the bank until yesterday morning, when
the bank opened its morning mail, the
discovery was made of a forged draft,
in favor of one C. A. Cole, that had been
paid on December 3rX by the First
National Bank, of Chicago. The draft
was, upon its face, a glaring forgery,
and Cashier Gordon at once apprised the
Chicago bouse of the fact, and then be
gan a search of the books for anything
that might throw light upon the situa
tion. It was ascertained that on the
16th of Xoevmber, young Nordstrom had
purchased and paid for a draft, in the
sum of $3, on the First National Bank
of Chicago and payable to C. A. Cole, or,
at least that was what the stub here
indicated; ' the presumption being that
he had filled in the face of the draft af
terward including Mr. Bennett's signa
ture, and presented it, 17 days later, at
the Chicago bank. The signature of
Assistant Cashier J. B. A. Bennett, of
the First National Bank of this city
had been carefully exploited in the mat
ter. This was further supplemented by
the use of Mr. Bennett's signature,
which is alleged to have been attached
to a letter of introduction, or credit,
which Nordstiwn presented, in further
ance of his plans, at the Chicago house.
Simultaneously with the receipt of the
cancelled draft for $15,000, the bank
here received a letter from the Chicago
bank advising it that "referring to your
'letter of introduction of November 16,
onr Loudon coirespondent desires more
explicit information concerning C. A.
Cole," etc., etc. This would indicate
that Nordstrom had presented the draft
at the foreign-exchange window of the
Chicago institution, had taken letters of
credit abroad for the face of it, and had
gone directly to England and cashed it
there, for its exchange value.
To date this is all the information
possessed by the local bank, with the
conjectures inseparable from the known
facts. Mr. Gordon said further that he
knew of nothing to urge the young
uian to such a course; that he was quiet,
orderly, and correct in all his work
about the bank, and -was counted a fair
ly valuable subordinate and that up to
TEA
We couldn't moneyback
tea, if our tea weren't bet
ter than tea as you know it.
Tour grocer returns your money if you doa'l
Iks Schilling's Best; ws par Ua
this sad occurrence he was considered
straight and reliable in all things. The
home bank loses nothing by the tran
saetion. ,
The father of the misguided youth,
Mr. JohnNordstrom, was seen at the
Scandinavian-American Bauk during the
afternoon, and had but little to offer in
the way of explanation. He was pro
foundry disturbed by the terrible news
of the day, and could not account for
the impulse that had led to his son's
downfall. He said that so far as he
knew his son's married life was happy
and his home pleasantly and carefully
maintained, and that none of the family
could devise an excuse or reason for the
miserable climax to what was eemed to
be, a fairly successful, and altogether
promising, home-like, and business
career.
Mr. Nordstrom said further, that his
son had left the city to go to Fortland,
being urged thereto by 'a telegram ad
vising him of a chance to sell some oil
stock be possessed, for the sum of $2000,
and it was in obedience to this summons
that he bade his young wife and two-
year-old baby goodbye on the eve of
Thanksgiving and departed. The next
heard from him was a letter to his wifs
from Fendleton saying that he would
have to go on to Chicago to conclude
the oil deal, but that it was worth the
time and expense, that the $2000 would
stand them in good stead in the fitting
of their new home, etc, etc., and this
was the last that was heard from him
by the family until a letter arrived from
Chicago, addressed to his wife and en
closing the sum of $200, with few
meagTe business details.
At about the same time, Mr. Nord
strom had received intelligence by tele
phone, from the Astoria National Bank,
advising him that they had just re
ceived a letter,from Turk?, at Chicago,
enclosing $100, in full payment of a
note they, held against him, with the
endorsement of Mr. K. Osburoe thereon
Almost at the same time he was op
prised by the late Captain Campbell,
that he had also heard from the son, his
letter al?o containing $100, in settlement
of an obligation which had been stand'
ing for some time. Aside from these
communications, no other word has been
received from the boy and there is deep
and poignant grief in his, and his
father's home, over the almost unbeliev
able details that have been unfolded so
far, with the bitter anxiety for that
which is yet to come. '
Plain as the facts seem to be, the mat
ter is inexplicable here, as Nordstrom
was highly respected throughout the
city and had friends by the score, none
of whom had the remotest suspicion of
such a thing in connection with him. He
belongs to one of the best families in
the city and so far as is known, had no
bad habits nor association, but, on the
contrary, was peculiarly happy in all
his relations about town. He not only
enjoyed the confidence of the bank he
served, but of other employers about
the city, including the management of
the Morning Astorian, where he worked
for two years; all have a kindly word
for the man and are utterly at saa over
the crisis that has arisen in his life.
The work he did at Chicago falls, fully,
U to the loss, upon the bank at Chicago,
and it is not known what steps
they have taken to apprehend young
Nordstrom. The circumstance has filled
this city with sorrow, not only for the
victim of this wretched impulse, but for
his honored father and family, and his
own wife and child, bereft of his care
and sustenance.
Tnrie enjoyed the prestige that at
taches to the long and honorable career
of his father, John Nordstrom, in this
city, where that gentleman has held
place after place of honor and trust, and
has ever discharged them with a fidelity
and rigid adherence to the highest prin
ciples of business habit that bave
wrought for him the distinguishing
soubriquet of "Honest John Nordstrom,"
and for whom the entire community feels
only the sorrow insperable from such an
untoward circumstance as this.
A NEST, HARD TO FIND.
Remarkable and Artlstle Home of the
Humming Bird.
The home of tho humming bird ii
ono ot tho most remnrknble ami artistic
creations of all bird architecture. It Is
a tiny, delicate cup, made of tho soft
est plant dowu, saddled upon some
rather slender' branch so deftly that It
seems a part thereof. The saliva of
tho birds Is used to compact and aecura
tlio nmtorlal and llkolao to coat tho
exterior with the gray green lichens
so generally found upon trees. This
mnkes it so assimilate with tho sur
roundings that It Is a very difficult ob
ject to discover. And thereby hangs a
tale. A gentleman had told ma that
If I would call upon him he would
show me an occupied nest of a hum
ming bird in his orchard. When I
came, ha was out of town, but 1
thought I would sos tf I could not find
the nest myself. So I made Inspection
from tree to tree, and presently the fe
male hummer began to fly about me
anxiously. Ws played a game of hot
and cold until It became evident that
the nest must be In a certain low apple
tree which had many dead, lichen cov
ered branches. Some of these came
down nearly to the ground, and for
quite awhile I stood by the tree, run
ning my eyes along esch branch In or
der, trying to make out the nest, while
the female kept darting frantically at
my bead. It must have been nearly a
quarter ot an hour before I discovered
that I was standing almost touching
the nest with my hands, having been
looking right over It all the time. It
contained two fresh eggs, this being In
the early part of June. The branch
upon which It was built was complete
ly overgrown with lichens, and the
nest, being covered with them, too, was
wonderfully disguised, though there
were no leaves to hide it.-From "Ex
periences With Humming Birds," by
H. K. Job, in Outing Magaslne.
THE SMALLEST SCREWS.
CASTOR I A
Tot Infants and Children.
The Kind You Havs Always Bought
Bears the
Signature
To the Naked Eye They Look Like
Specks of Oust
The smallest screws In the world are
those made In watch factories. They
are cut from steel wire by a machine.
but as the chips fall from the knife It
looks as If the operator was simply
cutting up the wire for bis own di
version. One thing is certain no
screws csn be seen, and yet a screw
is made by every third operation.
The fourth Jewel wheel screw Is
next to Invisible, to the naked eye re
sembling a speck of dust With a
glass, however, It can be made out
quite distinctly. It has 200 threads to
sn inch. These little screws are four
one-thousandth of an Inch In diam
eter, and the heads are double In size.
It has been estimated that an ordinary
thimble would hold 100,000 of them. -
About 1,000,000 of them are manu
factured in the course of a month,
but no attempt Is ever made to count
them. In determining the number 100
of them are placed on a very delicate
balance and the number of the whole
quantity calculated, from the weight
of these. AH the small parts of the
watch are counted In this way, prob
ably 00 out of the 120.
When they have been cut the screws
are hardened and put Into frames,
about 100 to the frame, heads up. This
Is done very rapidly, but entirely by
the sense of touch Instead of by sight,
so that a blind man with a llttlo ex
perience could perform tbe task.
The next step In the process Is to
polish the heads in an automatic ma
chine, 10.000 at a time. The plate on
which this Is done Is covered with oil
and a grinding compound, and on this
the machine moves tbem very rapidly
by a reversing motion until they are
In perfect condition. Chicago Record
Herald.
The Drama of London's Fog.
There Is a wbole world of drama
bound up In the chronicles of London'?
fog. This misty and mysterious vis
itant, far older than Gog or Magog,
which used to visit tbe watches of tbe
night when the metropolis barely lifted
itself out of tbe surrounding marshes,
has a fund of comedy as well as trag
edy. Countless murders have been
committed under Its sheltering clonk,
men and women have been waylaid,
children have been torn from their
mothers and wives from their bus
bands, but on the other band there are
a few Incidents of a less harrowing
character. Strand Magazine.
Curved Spokes,
There is no doubt that an Iron wheel
with curved spokes Is much more at
tractive to the eye than the ordinary
variety, but It Is not on account of Its
appearance that It Is constructed In
this manner. Wheels that are cast In
variably contract a little In the process
of cooling, and those made with
straight spokes are always liable to
crack. The curved variety, by allow
ing a certain give and take In tbe
metal, avoid this danger.
Notice to Mariners.
The following affects the List of
Lights, Buoys and Daymarks, Pacific
Coast, 1907s '
Clatsop Spit Buoy, 10, a first-class
nun, reported missing January 0, will
be replaced as soon as practicable.
Washington.
Puget Sound, page 84, Point Piner
Shoal Buoy, 2, a third-class nun re
ported missing January 6, will be re
placed as soon as practicable.
By order of the Lighthouse Board, P.
Werlich, Commander, U. S. N In
spector.
TRY THIS FOR YOUR COUGH,
Mix half ounce of Concent rat-
ed oil of pine with two ounces
of glycerine and a half pint ot
good whlskoyj shuke well each
lime and u In doses of a tea-
spoon to a tablespootiful every
four hours.
This is the formula prescribed
by the renowned throat and
lung specialist who enlubllnhcd
the camp for consumptives in
the t'ino wood of Miilni' and
whose remarkable euiV attract-
d widespread attention among
the medical fraternity. He vie-
clares that it will heal the lungs
and cure uny cough that is cur-
able and will break up an sculo
cold In twenty-four hours. The
inirredlcuts can be secured from
any prescription druggist at a
small cot aud is easily moxed
at home.
lie sure not to buy tbe ordl-
nary bulk oil of pine nor patent
medklne Imitations frequently
put up In wooden boxes, they will
produce nausea on account of the
Impurities they contain and fre-
quently do permanent injury to ffl
the kidneys.
The real "Concentrated" otl of
pine U put up for medical use
in half ounce vinls inclosed In
small tin serewtop cast's which
protect it front heat and light.
It Is alo said to be an excel-
lent remedy for lumbago and all
forms of uric ecid rheumatism.
For this purpose it Is taken
raw; a few drops on su-ar night
v and morning.
ONE IN DEATH.
IPROVlDKSCK. R. I, Jan. 13.-Af,tr
having passed the greater part of their
lives quietly and uneventfully In sn old
farm house here, Jonathan King and
his wife, Abby, died last night together.
The wife passed way at 8:40 o'clock and
few minutes Inter the husband died.
In both eases death was due to age. King
was 84 years old and his wife 88.
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JUST RECEIVED
a fiesh shipment of
Lowney's Candies
Pound Boxes 60c "
and up.
Boxes 15c to $2.50
Tag'g's Parlors
483 Commercial ft
. Fisher Brothers Company
SOLE AGENTS
Barbour and Flnlayson Salmon Twins and Netting
MoCormick Harvesting Machines
Oliver Chilled Ploughs
Maltbold Roofing
Tborples Cream Separators
lUscolUh Flooring Stonett'i Tools
Hardware, Groceries,ifShip
Chandlery
Tan Bark, Blue Stone, Muriatlo Acid, Welch Coal, Tar,
Ash Oars, Oak Lumber, rips and Fittings, Brass
Goods, Taints, Oils sod Clsss
Fishermen's Pure Manilla Sops, Cotton Twins and Stint Wb
WolWontVour Trade
FISHER BROS.
Bond Street.
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une 01 tne important unties 01 rnysicians ana
the Well-informed of the World
is to learn as to tho relative standing and reliability of the leading manufactur
ers of medicinal agents, s the most eminent physicians are the most careful as to
the uniform quality and perfect purity of remedies prescribed by them, and it is well
known to physicians and the Well-Informed generally that the California Fig Syrup
Co., by reason of its correct methods and perfect equipment and the 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 tke name of the
Company has become a guarantee of the excellence of its remedy.
TRUTH AND QUALITY
appeal to the Well-Informed in every walk of life and are essential to permanent suc
cess and creditable standing, therefore we wish to call tho attention of all who would
enjoy good health, with its blessings, to the fact that it involres the question of right
living with all the term implies. With proper knowledge of what is best each hour
of recreation, of enjoyment, of contemplation and of effort may be 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 be invaluable if taken at the
proper time, the California Fig Syrup Co. feels that it is alike important toprescnt
truthfully the subject and to supply the one perfect laxative remedy which has won
the appoval of physicians and the world-wide acceptance of the Well-Informed because
of the excellence of the combination, known to all, and the original method of manufac- I
ture, which is known to the California Fig Syrup Co. only.
This valuable remedy has been long and favorably known under the name of--Syrup
of Figs and has attained to world-wide acceptance as the most excellent of
family laxatives, and as its pure laxative principles, obtained from Senna, are well
known to physicians and the Well-Informed of the world to be the best of natural
laxatives, we 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 be
called for by the shorter name of Syrup of Figs and to get its beneficial 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 of
Figs or by the full name Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of Senna is the one laxative remedy manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. and the same heretofore known by the name Syrup of Figs which has given
satisfaction to millions. The genuine is for sale by all leading druggists throughout
the United States in original packages of one size only, the regular price of which
is ny cents per DOttre. , , ,
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 and Drugs Act, June 30th, xoorj.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
Louisville, Ky.
San Francisco, Cal.
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