.' THE
HORNING ASTORIAN
Establishol itjy
Published De EP MoBd
IRE J. S. DKUIKGSR COMPAHY.
SUBSCRIPTION SATIS.
By 0MTi, per month..
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WEEKLY ASTORIA.
By mfi. p b 41
1838
nM for the doMwin(t ol TBI Mor
ofllceof publktioo-
TKlXPHONi. KAIH Ml
Official perr of Clatsop County and
the city oi itoro.
THE
SCANDINAVIAN-AMERICAN
SAVINGS BANK
Astoria, Oregon
Conduct! a safe and careful business.
Receives money subject to check, and
pays interest on time deposits. Money
to loan on good security.
J. M. Anderson, Cashier.
WEATHER.
Western Oregon and Wash-
ington Fair and cold.
Eastern Oregon Fair.
Eastern Washington, Idaho
Fair and continued cold.
A PLAIN STATEMENT.
The Morning Astorian again desires
to make the plain and timely state
ment to all concerned.that prior to
the April primaries, it proposes to
keep its editorial hands off every
man's interests and aspirations, politi
cally, and not until the people have
spoken will it take any sides on men
or issues: In the meantime all men
are looked upon as our friends and
there will be no deviation from this
rule in any man's behalf, and it will
not be looked for. .
Once the choices are made at the
primaries we shall fall into line and
do our whole duty by the Republican
party of city, county and state, and do
it loyally as ever. We desire to know
clearly the manifest wishes of the
tieoDle before committing ourselves
in any direction, since it is easier to
campaign on an open and popular
predicate than to blunder hopelessly
in an effort to urge an eieciori
airainst its will
This leaves us free to take our place
in what of contest shall ensue, un
hamnered bv previous declarations
that may be disquailified by the voice
of the majority of the partisans in
whose power the whole situation lies.
And we want to be fair, as well as
free.
09
EDITORIAL SALAD. BBffl
One Austin in New York had an in
junction prventing the Panama Canal
bond awards, but the court proceed
ings showed that the allotments an
tedated the suit. Cortelyou was work
ing pretty fast these days.
"It takes Cortelyou longer to re
port on a bond issue man to issue
the bonds," says Tillman. It's worth
a job on the Senate finance commit
tee to study out the South Carolinan's
epigrams.
The Sullivans from the New York
Bowcrv cannot abide the idea of
women smoking in public. The moral
element is to be congratulated that
that city has such fastidious alder-
manic leaders.
"WHAT'S IN A NAME?"
Rv sunolementary articles of in
corporation the directorate of the
Portland & Seattle Railway Company,
has changed the style and title of the
concern to the "Spokane, Portland &
Seattle Railway Company , and tixed
the capitalization at $25,000,000. Some
such change as this has been expect
ed for some time, as tne original uue
was deemed a bit ambiguous and not
at all indicative of the route or busi
ness of the company.
It had been hoped that this city,
or at least the mouth of the Colum
bia would have figured m the change
upon the warranty inherent in the
upon the warranty inherent in the pur
chase of the Astoria & Columbia River
railroad made last spring and which is
presumed to be part and parcel of
the "North Bank" system. The
change is a disappointment to all men
at this end of the river, and few can
see that the ambiguity has been mat
erially remedied.
But "whafs in a name," anyway?
The system that controls the
"North Bank" road has the straight
away down-grade, water-level haul
from Spokane to Astoria and the sea;
and that is enough for us for the time
being. We are full of hope for the
future, for the Spokane, Portland &
Seattle Railway line and for Astoria,
and we can sense the time, and rea
son, for the fulfillment of that destiny
that shall make this port and city a
conspicious feature of the transporta
tion problems the "North Bank" was
built to solve.
makes light of grafting confesses hts
own moral weakness and impugns the
strength of character of the man he
is talking to; there is something vici
ous in the mind that tolerates, and
declares, the apathetic view of this
wide spread national sin. It is the
patriotic duty of all men to emphati
cally and invariably discountenance
it wherever it is found.
STORY DENIED.
NEW YORK, Jan. 30.-On the
morning of January 30 there was
transmitted through the A. P. service
a special despatch to the Chicago
Tribune from Jackson, Miss,, saying
that two expert safe burglars had
made a strange confession to the
president of the National Bank of
Hatticsburg, Miss., to the effect that
the president in question was somna
bulist and while walking in his
sleep had unconsciously communi
cated to them the combination of his
bank safe. It now transpires that the
whole story was an invention of some
disreputable newspaper correspondent
and the bank in question is fairly en
titled to a correction.
For Consumptive!.
A specialist of a notod Kuntorn cllnln
give the following formal the best
known formula for consumption i
Mix two ounce of glycerin with
eight ounce of good whiskey and add
line-half ounee of Oonoentmted oil of
i ... , . a A
pine. TftK a teftspoomuL or a wwe
apoonful every four hour.
Care should be taken to get the real
Concentrated oil of pine, which comes
ily in one-half ounce vials waled. In
round air-tight screw-top ease. The in
gredients can be procured at any drug
store. Die above formula will also our
bad cough and colds very quickly.
JUST RECEIVED
a fresh shipment of
Lowney's Candies
Pound Boxes 50c
and up.
Boxes 15c to $2.50
Normal industrial conditions are
surely returning and workers are
busy: Two Kansas counties report
finding the green bug actively at
work in the wheat fields.
The coal miners seem anxious to
strike for the good and sufficient rea
son that they have a full treasury.
What better union argument could
you ask?
Even in Texas the railroad commis
sion is beginning to see that "it is not
wise to pass laws which prevent com
mon carriers from paying expenses."
It is expected that Cuba will be
ready for self-government by April,
1909. But we will need Magoon to
succeed Taft before that time.
ARMY BUYS BLOODHOUNDS.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Jan. 30.-
The first of a number of blood hounds
to be used in tracking criminals in the
Panama Canal zone were purchased
here yesterday by Lieutenant Stephen
Tones. The dogs brought $600 each.
Thus far the government has found
no suitable dogs in San Antonio, tx
haustive tests have been made here
with the dogs. A nnmber of soldiers
trailing for miles out from Fort Sam
Houstin, crossing streams and going
through herds of cattle, endeavored
to lose the trail of the dogs.
OVERCOME BY GAS.
NEW YORK. Jan. 30,-Suffering
from gas poisoning. Count George
Szaky of the Anstro-Hungarian con
sulate in this city , was taken to the
Presbyterian Hospital and is reported
at that institution as in a critical con
dition. He was found overcome in
his room at his home oil East 96th
street and removed to the hospital
where an operation for the transfu
sion of blood was decided upon in an
attempt to save his life. Physicians
last night were doubtful if this would
be successful. The count is a mem
ber of an old Magyar family of noble
line and is about 38 years oid.
CHANCE IN PRESS CONTROL.
PITTSBURG, Jan. 30,-The an
nouncement is made here that Calvin
S. Wills, of Tittsburg, has relin
quished control of the Philadelphia
Press to his son, Benjamin G. Wills,
who has been secretary and treasurer
of the company and John B. Town-
send, the retiring owner s son-in-law,
who has been business manager of
the paper for some time. Calvin Wills
was president of the Press Company
for many years. He is president of
the Pittsburg Forge & Iron Company
and interested in various other enter
prises in this city.
ATTORNEY RECOVERING.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30. -J. W.
Crawford, an attorney of Olympia,
Wash., who was stricken with
paralysis here on Sunday and who
was expected to die, is recovering
Indications first pointed to attempted
suicide by inhaling illuminating gas,
but this proved a mistake.
THEATRICAL BUSINESS GOOD,
GRAFT.
There is something startling in the
frequency and fervency with which
reputable men in all communities pra
ctically sponsor the grafting propensi
ties of the day, by making light of the
evil and laughing it aside and down.
It is a dangerous sign and accentua
tes the crime. It has become so com
mon a practice that conservative men
dislike to discuss it because of the
necessity of having to argue its foul
ness with men unsuspected of har
boring the idea of palliation.
The day will come when normal
honesty will be worth nothing as a
principle, and the shrewdness to filch
and steal and despoil will be the
measure of fitness for public and pri
vate emnlov. if this indiference is not
abated. Every man who deliberately
SAVED THEIR CHAPEL.
NEW YORK, Jan. 30. Acting
quickly in an emergency the nuns of
the Academy of the Sacred Heart on
Acqueduct avenue Bronx, saved their
new chapel from being destroyed by
fire last night Workmen left some
oiled rags in a corner of the chapel
now under construction along the side
of the main building of the chapel.
When these caught lire in some way
an alarm was turned in but the nuns,
not waiting for the firemen,' quickly
formed a bucket brigade and had the
fire out with but slight damage be
fore the apparatus arrived,
STEEL MILLS TO OPEN.
CHICAGO, Jan. 30 Officials of the
Illinois Steel Company announced
last night that plate mills Nos. 1 and
2 will resume work next Monday and
furnish employment for 1500 men.
The mills were closed two weeks ago
for repairs.
ANTELOPE BORN IN ZOO.
NEW YORK, Jan. 30. Found by
keepers in the small deer house at
the Bronx Zoo yesterday, a little
black antelope scarcely larger than a
rabbit is being cared for in one of
the Zoo's incubators. It bears the
distinction of being the first of its
species born in captivity.
COFFEE
Our name on the pack
age gives us the credit,
and puts on us the money
back burden it isn't a
burden!
Tour grocer returns roar nvnrr U ran don't
Ilk. Schilllnj't Bett: we dj bl
NEW YORK, Jan. 30.-That the
theatrical business is not in such bad
a way as some people have thought
is the opinion of Al Hayman of the
Frohman forces, expressed on the
eve of his departure for Europe.
"I have never seen things in better
shape theatrically," said Mr. Hayman
"The financial flurry did hurt
theatrical business a little but not
for long."
Mr. Hayman scouted the frequent
ly heard assertion that there are
something like a thousand actors in
New York and Chicago out of em
ployment. On the contrary there is
plenty of work for capable actors, he
asserted, adding:
"It is a fact that we have three
plays .we want to put on and cannot
find casts for them."
Tagg's Parlors
atj CommireUl ft
Nothing Makes
Life So Sweet
As easy, comfortable shoes. Nothing
makes life as unbearable as poorly
fitting shoes. Come to me and get
absolute satisfaction.
S. A. GIMRE
543 BOND STREET.
Opposite Fisher Bros.
Best kinds of logging shoes, banc
made, always on hand.
All kinds of SHOE REPAIRING
neatly and quickly done.
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THE TRENTON
First-Class Liquors and; Cigars
0o Commercial Stmt
Corner Commercial and tatb. ASTORIA, 0BIQ0X
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LONG VOYAGE.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30.-Two
hundred and thirty two days from
Geestemnnde, Prussia, the German
ship Louise, Captain Wilms, came to
port yesterday morning with a cargo
of coke. The ship came by way of
the Cape of Good Hope after severe
storms in the Atlantic which made the
rounding of the Horn impracticable.
On the way into the Pacific board
ing seas spoiled the water in the
tanks and Captain Wilms put into
Hobart, Tasmania, for a fresh supply
and to have slight repairs made, the
result of a gale that carried away the
main top sail yard and several sails.
Fifteen members of the crew of the
Louise are detained on board because
of trachoma. The entire crew will be
paid off here. The ship is to be tak
en to Seattle to be converted into a
coal hulk.
DISCOURAGING EMIGRATION
ROME, Jan. 30. -The government
through the emigration office has
sued another notice with the object
of discouraging emigration o the U.
S. . The notice states that the Italian
consul in New York has telegraph
ed here urging Italians to remain at
home while the present industrial de
pression and scarcity of work con'
tinues in the United States.
SPRING GOODS
ARE HERE
Order your spring suit
now while my line . is com
plete. Some beautiful effects
in tans, slates and London
smokes. A perfect fit guar
anteed and prices within
reach of all,
Carl E. Fransecn,
ASTORIA'S LEADING TAILOR,
179 Eleventh Street. Phone Main 3711
"If it's from Franseen it's right"
Special Reduction
ON
Japanese Goods
AT
Yokohama
Bazar
All Unas of Japanese goods, including
China wares, baskets, silk handkerchiefs,
brass wares, fans, toys, bamboo fund,
tares, etc., etc. Some goods at naif price.
628 Commercial Street
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HON AND BRASS FOUNDERS LAND AND MARINE ENGINEERS
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Tel. Main 1
Maraschino Cherries
DELICIOUS.
Try'cm 75c and $100
a bottle at the
AMERICAN IMPORTING CO.
589 Commercial Street
THE GEM
C.F.WISE, Prop.
Choice Wines, Liquors Merchants Lunch From
and Cigars 11:30 a. m. to 1:30 p. m.
Hot Loach at All Honrs. as Cents
Comer Eleventh and Commercial.
ASTORIA
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The Louvre Concert Hall
FIRST CLASS LIQUORS
AND CIGARS
SEVENTH AICD AST0R STRUTS.
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Rooms Connection. Vic Lindbeck, Prop.
I A. BOWLBY, President.
' PETERSON. Vice- President
eUANK PATTON, Oasatar.
J. W. GARNER, AwJeUnt QuUef,
.Astoria Savings Bank
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TnniMti Gram) Banking BotlneH, Inlerwt raid on Ttm. bepo.lt.
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Eleventh and Doane streets.
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First National Bank of Astoria, Ore.
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Capital $100,000
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