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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1908)
nPTTT? xmtivmrL ACTHTITAV ASTnUTA. OTIVAJON. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2J, 1908. THE PRESBYTERY OF 1 . "i i When You Buy ... PORTLAND aster CONVENTION OF THE PRESBY TERY INCLUDING THE SIX NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES and' OF OREGON. stop See the Styles at the MERRY WIDOW SAILOR in its merry modes of trimming. LOW PRICES predominate. Old hats remodeled. Plumes dyed, curled and cleaned. I GEORGIA PENNINGTON 483 Bond Street WATERFRONT ITEMS , YESTERDAY STRATHLAY DOWN, READY FOR SHANGHAI -ROANOKE DUE IN TODAY -NUSHAGAK TENDERS LEAVE OUT SIDE BY SIDE NOTES. The Britishing steamship Strathtay came down from the metropolis yes terday afternoon late, and is at an chor awaiting despatch over the bar today. She is bound for Shanghai, China, direct The steamship Roanoke is due from Los Angeles, San Francisco and Eu reka, this evening, two days over her usual schedule, owing to her indul gence in a bit of excursion business out of Port Los Angeles during the movements of the great American Armada in those waters last week. The steamer Sue H. Elmore has arrived in from Tillamook Bay with plenty of people and freight. The steamer Northland arrived down from Portland yesterday and went to sea with 840,000 feet of lum ber, for San Francisco. The spunky little steam tenders North Star and North King cleared from this port yesterday afternoon and sailed for Bristol Bay, where they will do cannery service for the com ing summer. The steamer Yellowstone was among the get-aways yesterday, go ing to San Pedro with 800,000 feet of lumber. The steamer Lurline is doing her old-time stunt on an early schedule here from Portland ;and last evening she went up with plenty of business on both decks. .COFFEE The world is full of anonymous coffee: "Java and Mocha." Who returns your money if you don't like em? Tow gttci returnt ivu Booar H m it Mm ScbflUnc'i felt: w. m him. The Store t FOR Women BEE ...SALE ON... I .Ladies' Stalls.. I The Bee Hive THIS WEEK ONLY ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS After Many Years "7; After an absence from this city and county for over 14 years, Mr. Otto Danial. has again visited the good friends he possessed in old Clatsop, principal among whom was Dr. Owens-Adair, whose guest at Sunny meade he has been for several days past From there he has- radiated out among other welcoming friends and met with cordial receptions every where. Last week he was the guest of honor at a picnic given by Miss Clara Munson, of Warrenton, and shared in by a host of near-by neigh bors. Mr. Danial was at one time Chief engineer of the steamship Ta coma, and was on board at the time she was captured by the Japanese during the Russian war. He is now engaged in mining in Alaska, arfd is owner of extensive properties at Deering, on Kotzebu Sound, 350 miles north of Nome City. Astoria "O. N. G." Item Quietly, but surely, the sentiment is growing in and about Astoria, for the establishment here of a fine company of the Oregon National Guard, and the building and equipping of an armory. The young men are eager for an opportunity to join, and make excellent use of their spare evenings in training for the defence of the country; and especially in the artil lery arm of the service. The Cham ber of Commerce will take up the matter and deal with it in a large way at its meeting on next Monday night, and it is hoped that something very tangible will come from that effort. Those who may desire to join the new company, may best secure recog nition by conferring with Karl Knob loch, Carl Franseen, J. M. S. Haw thorne, Alf. Schroeder and Charles H. Abercrombie, who have petitions ready for signatures in this behalf. Has Disappeared It is learned from official sources, that Dr. D. A. Sanborn, the herbal ist, who has been in this city for the past several months, building up a practice in his profession, has come to the critical point in a career not at all creditable to him, and has fled the city to escape the sharper element of the reprisals already in. store for him. It sems he deserted his wife in Portland, and hied him hither with a lady who acted as his housekeeper, accompanied by the young son of the woman, and the trio have made a common home' in one of the apart ment houses of the city. Inquiry was set on foot by the abandoned wife, and the matter followed up by detec tives sent out from Portland, until Ladies MVE Outfitters Thirty-five Presbyterian ministers from the metropolis and Northwest em counties of Oregon arrived in the city yesterday noon chaperoned by John Maguirc. The session was opened with a sermon by Rev. J. R. Lansborough, D. D., the retiring moderator. Rev, J. A. P. McGaw, D. D., of Portland, was chosen moderator for the ensu ing term. B. A. Thaxter was elected temporary clerk, Rev. J. W. Milligan reporting clerk and Rev. E. M. Sharpe officiated .as stated clerk, Following a business session the visi tors were taken on a "Seeing-Astoria" trip. In the evening an address was delivered by Rev. F. W. Bible, a mis sionary, who has recently returned from China. Mr. Bible has spent nine years in the bhunan district in China and is enthusiastic in the way the Celestial Empire is awakening es pecially in educational, commercial and religious lines, He said that the proclamation of an edict was instant ly obeyed and cited the curtailment of the opium traffic to support his con tention. That the army was being in creased at the rate of 30,000 men a year and in a few years would be a match for any nation in its industrial and other lines. th nnrp trnt r hot with the doctor I Ft - that vMtMflav he left Astoria for parts unknown in a motor boat, rath er than stay and face the graver com plications of the criminal law that were drawing about him. The woman n-itfi whnm hp was livinc declares she never dreamed of his being a married man. Democratic Line-up From the primary election records just formulated and duly counted at the office of County Clerk .Clinton, the Democratic nominations made for Clatsop county in the matter of the leading offices, are as follows: For United States Senator, Geo. E. Cham berlain; Representative in Congress, from the Second District, John A. Jeffrey; Justice of the Supreme Court, R. S. Bean; Dairy & Food Commis sioner, J. V. Bailey; Railroad Com missioners, C. C. Loucks and Jos. Gaston: Representatives in the Ore gon Legislature, A. M. Smith and W. C. Logan (with James W. Welch and C. A. Lcinenweber, holding second choice).' For district attorney, E. B. Tongue; County Commissioner, long term, John Frye; same, short term, G. W. Morton; County Clerk, Olaf Anderson; Sheriff, Charles Gammal; Assessor, K. Osbourne; Surveyor, G. F. Parker. Dr. Hawley Coming Dr. L. F. Hawley, in charge of the wood utilization office of the Agri cultural Department of Washington, has written to the Chamber of Com merce saying that he will be in Port land about May Sth and from that city will write fixing the exact date of his arrival in Astoria. The Cham ber of Commerce desires to have a meeting which will be addressed bjt Dr. Hawley when he comes and at tended by as many delegates as pos sible who are interested in cut-over lands. If possible it is desired to have Governor Chamberlain attend this meeting and deliver an address for the purpose of shaping up campaign on the subject that might be satisfaetory to the legislative au thorities at Salem during' the next session of the legislature. HAWKINS' ZOUAVES REUNION. NEW YORK, April 21.-Half a hundred survivors practically all there are left of the ninth New York Volunteers, more commonly known as Hawkins' Zouaves, held their an nual reunion at the Hotel Astor last night. This remnant was one of the first to respond to Lincoln's call for troops in 1861 and it served through out the war. ' There are only a few of the "red legged devils" left now 14 died during the last year and they are growning and grizzled and deaf. If the Zouaves had not had such a weak ness for fighting with cold steel" com mented a survivor grimly, looking around the room and recalling the fact ttiat 2,4000 men went to the front to serve in a regiment which never number more than 600 at one time, "there'd be considerably more here this evening". i Conside :: Do you know that in ;: HartShaffner & Marx ;; Clothes you get the very best that's made. f RIGHT I GOODS SETTLERS EVICTED. Troops Sent to Plum Island to Dis possess Settlers on Government Land. NEW YORK, April 21.-U. S. troops are camping on Plum Island today having landed on the island yes terday for the purpose of evicting settlers. They erected tents and spent last night in camp prepared to remain as long as necessary. There are 20 men in the party under the command of Lt. E. E. Farnworth and thzy be long at one of the forts which guard the entrance of New York harbor. By nightfall the soldiers had evict ed Capt Archibald Steinhaus, his wife and two children who put to sea in an auxiliary sloop, taking with them their belongings. It was the captain s intention to spend the night at sea. Tire other two families are those of William Chambers, a printer of Man hattan, and the steward of the Mel rose Social Club. The island is government property, having been purchased by the War Department in its plan for the de fense of New York harbor. It lies between Shccpshead Bay and Barren Island. In summer 96 families live there but at present, there are only fiv.e It was leased to W. S. Over ton for five years at $3200 a year. He recently went to Washington and got the aid of the War Department in the eviction. The reason given by him is that the excise law has not been obeyed but his tenants deny this. AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY. Subscriptions Fall off and They Have to Reduce Their Force. NEW YORK, April 21.-Hampered by the lessening of the volume of voluntary contributions upon which it largely relics for support, the Am erican Tract Society has been obliged to reduce its working force. The fal ling off in income is attributed by the Society to the tightening of the money market. Only such curtailment of the society's work as is absolutely necessary under the conditions is be ing made, however, Alonzo Fogal, Jr. manager of the society, states that the organigation has nearly ISO workers in the American field and Is keeping up its work in the foreign field. "We hope to re-erhploy some of those dismissed and fill the places of others when contributions begin to flow in again," he said." At present however, the outlock is for further reductions before our annual meet ing on May 13." HOUSTON Tex., April 21. Ame lia Cox, a negrcss, was shot and kill ed early today by Eugene S. Payne, a well known real estate dealer, who Copyright 1908 by NOBBY CLOTHIER IP YOU WHITS RIVER FLOUR" You are sure of perfect pastry caKes. a xnai you . . . Acme Grocery Co. HIGH GRADE GROCERIES 521 COMMERCIAL STREET PHONE 681 then turned the weapon upon himself and sent two bullets through his own body. lie died a few minutes later. No cause, is known for the shooting. NEW TO-DAY The Commercial One of the coziest and most popular resorts in the city is the Commercial A new billiard room, a pleasant sitting room and handsome fixtures all go to make an agreeable meeting place for gentlemen, there to discuss the topics of the day, play a game of billiards and enjoy the hue refreshments serv ed there. The best of goods are only handled, and this faoi being so well known, a large business is done at, the Commercial, on- Commercial street, near Eleventh. The very best board to be obtained in the city is at "The Occident Hotel Rates very reasonable. Subscribe for The Morning Astorian 60 cents a month. The Palace Restaurant The ever-increasing popularity of the Palace Restaurant is evidence of the good management and the serv ice, at this popular dining room. For a long time the reputation of the house has been of the best and It does not wane as time progresses. The system used, that of furnishing the finest the market affords, and all ean be 'obtained, in season, is a plan that will always win, coupled as it is with the best of 'cooking and prompt service. A common saying nowadays is "Get the Palace habit" ' , Have the Moaning Astorian deliv ered at your home 65c per mo'nth. Hirt Schaffher & Mux RIGHT PRICES jj USB good bread, and dainty win convince The Clean Man, The man who delights in personal cleanliness, and enjoys his shave, shampoo, haircut, and bath, in As toria, always goes to the Occident barber shop for these things and gets them at their best. GOOD WOOD. If you want a good load of fir wood or box wood ring up KELLY the WOOD DEALER, The man who keeps the PRICES DOWN. Phone Main 2191 Barn, Cor. 12th and Duane. New Grocery Store. Try our own mixture ol coffee the J. P. B. Fresh fruit and vegetables. BadoIIet & Co., grocers. Phone Main Just received a new line of umbrell covers. See C. H. Orkwita, 137 Tenth, street s Special Notice. The, Columbia Bottling Company 'have just received a shipment of Weinhard's Bock beer which if bottled in quarts or pints and ready for sale. Phone Main 2821 and your orders will receive prompt attention. " 4-18-7t Hot Tamales. j Mr. Joseph Mobin will have hot chicken Tamales and Chili beans for . sale at the Weinhart, corner of Sev enth and Astor streets. Orders can be phoned. " Main 1171. LADY MANICURIST ENGAGED. "The Modern," A. E. Petersen's beautiful ; tonsorial establishment, is to be further modernized on Tuesday next, by the permanent engagement of a highly trained young lady manicurist, who will also serve the: house as cashier.