TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1908.
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Diamond Salesman With $2,000
A Ton of Chinese Hair Arrives
at New York
in Stones Missing
, CTT3
UHtl!) y IB
LETTERS DEMAND $10,000
FROM HEADS OF BANDITS
j I Gigantic Slaughter Sale
Enoueh to Provide Thousands of
ClrU With the Necessary "Filling'
Is Collected In Chinese Ceme
teries by Americans.
Begining
THE MORNING ASTOR1AN, ASTORIA. OREGON.
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SATURDAY
June 27th
Ladies, Don't Do a Thing until you
Read Our AD in
i Friday's
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Oregon People Exchange Visits
of State Wide Interest
BANKERS MEET AT SALEM
On June 24 Portland Business Men
Will go to Eugene and Later the
Admen Will go to Albany Other
: Visits.
Portland, Ore. June 22. The Ore
gon Bankers' Association will hold
their next convention in Salem on
Friday and Saturday, the 26th" and
27th. The program will be one of the
most interesting ever presented and
the business men of Salem are plan
ning an entertainment in honor of the
Association. . ,
On June 24th the business men of
Portland will make an excursion to
Eugene for the double purpose of
participating in. the commencement
exercises at the University and wit
nessing the opening of the splendid
new depot. Then at a little later date
the Portland Ad Club will go to Al
bany as the guests of the Albany
Commercial Club, the manager of
which organization was a former pres
Went of the Ad Men's Chb.
Klamath Falls has been especially
well represented at Portland during
the past two or three weeks. An in
teresting feature was a meeting of the
Klamath Falls Chamber of Commerce
in the rooms of the Portland Com
mercial Club,, with luncheon follow
ing. 1358 is the actual membership today
of the Portland Commercial Club, and
. there are 22 applications to be con
sidered at the regular meeting of the
Board of Governors tomorrow. 1400
: is a figure of early realization. In-
' quiries have come from all over the
state relative to the membership of
this organization, the interest pro-
: bably being awakened by the recent
housewarming held in the new eight
story steel home of the Club. '
There is a hearty and healthy rival
rv between members of the Portland
Commercial Club in furnishing flow-
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GATHERINGS
ers for its decoration. Each day a dif-.day the . plaf e . was offered for sale
ferent member is the donor, and flow- Buricky never again entered any busi
ers are promised more than ten days ness.
We Are Headquarters
r Mason Fruit Jars
Pint jars, doz $ .75
Quart jars, doz - .. 85
One-half gallon jars, doz M0
Jar caps, doz
Very best jar rings, 3 doz. .25
A. V. ALLKN
Sole Agent for the Celebrated H. C. Fry Cut Glass.
PHONE 711 PHONE 3871
UNIONTOWN BRANCH PHONE 713 g tt-i'jt.'t
Astorian ;j
in advance. The ladies, too, have be
come enthusiastic and have added
much to the effect through their
taste in floral arrangement.
1908 will register the greatest crop
of berries and cherries that Oregon
has ever produced. Quality is mag
nificent, quantity almost unlimited,
and while humanity is enjoying this
fruit the maturing hay crop insures
a big increase in the dairy output,
which has been greatly benefitted by
as good Spring pastures as were ever
known in this section. Residents of
the Northwest should take pains to
see that their Eastern country friends
are made familiar with the nnesualled
conditions which make dairying so
profitable here.
The Sixth National Conclave of the
Phi Delta Kappa will meet in Port
land from the 6th to the 11th of July,
and the local chapter is arranging an
elaborate series of festivities.
The Oregon Society of Mutual In
surance was organized last week in
the Convention Hall of the Portland
Commercial Club, and will affiliate
with the National Association at once,
W. C. Hagerty, of McMinnville, is
President, B. J. Barry, of Dayton,
Secretary of the Oregon body.
MADE A MILLION
Pioneer Restaurant Keeper Of Chic
ago Dies After Keeping Word.
CHICAGO, June 22.-Christian
Buricky, one of the pioneer restaurant
keepers of Chicago, died yesterday at
his residence. He attained something
more than the local fame as "the man
who quit when his pile was made".
Previous to the big fire of 1871 he
and "Ed" Milan opened a lunch room
in an old box car in Madison Street.
Buricky did the cooking and Milan
waited on the customers. Their enter
prise was regarded as something of a
joke at the start, but both young men
were serious and worked with unflag
ging zeal. "We wont quit until we get
a million" was their motto.
Within a couple of years they ac
cumulated sufficient money to furnish
a basement in Madison Street. After
the fire they moved to 154 and 156
Clark Street and opened what is said
to have ben the "Original first class
restaurant of Chicago". During the
latter part of 1888 they began taking
stock and counting cash. They dis-
covered that their joint riches totalled
a little over $1,000,000 and the next
Martin Newman of Chicago Disap
pears Under Strange Conditions
Wife Greatly Alarmed and is on
Verge of Nervous Breakdown.
NEW' YORK, June 22.-Martin
Newman, diamond salesman, left his
home last Tuesday morning with $2,-
000 worth of diamonds and he has not
returned home since. His wife, who
is on the verge of a nervous break
down, says she believes her husband
is being held for ransom and that he
will be killed if $10,000 is not paid to
his captors. Two anonymous letters
in which demands for $10,000 have
been made upon the diamond firm of
Stern Bros, and Company have been
received by that firm and were turned
over to the police, who are investigat
ing the strange disappearance of
Newsman. A telephone message
which Newman received the night be
fore he went away figures in the case.
After talking to some persons over
the telephone for several minutes, he
told his wife that two men from the
west had asked him to carry diamond
to them for inspection early the next
morning. Newman also said some
thing about a boat but Mrs. Newman
does not remember exactly what this
statement about the boat was.
On Tuesday morning Newman who
had kept in his house some of the dia
monds he had for sale placed $2,000
worth of the gems in a pocket book
and left the house. When he did not
return to his home for dinner Tues
day night his wife became alarmed
and sent word to Newman's relatives'
that her husband was missing. They
instituted a search of the morgue and
the hospitals but could get no trace
of the missing salesman.
RESTAURANT TIPS.
The Much Vxd Question From the
Waiter's Point of Viow.
"I know by the way you nod your
head you thick It's pretty hard on the
public. Suppose every waiter here got
a regular salary, with no chance for
extras. Do you suppose he'd be jump-
Ine hurdles for a lot of fussy people,
all kicking about better things thau
they get at home? Do you think he U
nresent the clad smile to those he'd
like to'choke, break his neck making
everybody comfortable and then listen
to their hard luck stories or more pain
ful Jokes? No, sir; he'd serve the stuff
Just as he got It from the kitchen. He
wouldn't go back and fight for tidbits
and extra hot food. He'd be in no
hurry to serve any one and pile up
work for himself. The customer would
wait because the waiter wouldn't, and
probably he'd never come back, and
that's where the owner would lose.
"It must take great Ingenuity to
make the system pay," I mused.
"It does," said Joseph. "Tne stupiu
waiter starves. Do you know that lu
order to bold good waiters the cheap
hash slinclnir Joints have to pay nicn-
er wages than the swell restaurants?
There's not the opportunity for tips
In the cheap places, and the waiter
must follow opportunity like a bird of
nrnv. He slmnl.v has to be clever
enough to get tips, and he has no social
standing to make him bashful, unere
are two methods-one Is to get them
spontaneously, the other to force them
out Most people tip only because
they're ashamed not to. I make out
better with the first method, especially
In a place like this, where most of our
patrons are regulars. It Isn't the reg.
ular who does the complaining. Ila
knows and saves the exertion.
"With strangers it's a gamble. It
may be a little party, and the things
they order gladden your heart with an
ticipation. You try to be a gentleman
with the service, and then at the finish
you get nothing or maybe a ' dime.
You can't complain; you'd be discharg
ed. But there are ways. You can't
blame a waiter who Is bunkoed if be
administers a rebuke in a dignified
way. such as, 'Ah, sir, you've forgot
ten a dime of your change or he can
call his helper and without a word
point to the coin for him to rernove."
Robert Slosa In Harper's Weekly.
The Accurate Boy.
The small boy stood In the doorway,
with bis battered hat In bis hand.
"If you please, thir, do you want to
hire a boy?" '
The great merchant looked around at
bis caller.
"Did you wipe your feet on the out
side?" he harshly demanded.
The small boy shook his head,
"No. thir," he replied; "I wiped my
shoes on the outside."
There was a moment's silence. ,
"Hang up your hat," said the mer
chant. "You're , engaged." Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
NEW YORK, June 22.-A ton of
Chinese hair for the "rats" of Ameri
can woman formed part of the cargo
of the big freighter Wray Castle
which has just arrived from the orient
The hair came from the heads of
Chinese bandits who had been be
headtd and is valued at more than
$5,00. .
Enough of this hair is on board the
Wray to provide thousands of Ameri
can girls with the necessary '"filling"
and great care was taken on the
freighter to keep it from exposure of
any sore that might spoil it for
market m the United States.
Hardly had the consignment of the
Chinese hair been brought to the
American docks on Staten Island be
fore the British S. S. Seneca arrived
at Quarantine with twenty two cases
of Chinese pigtails, which according
to Capt Grimes, were collected in
Chinese cemeteries by a grafty Ameri
can who collected the gruesome sou
venirs for profit In three months
plunder of Chinese burial grounds.
"The gathering of hair in China",
said Captain Grimes, "is quite an in
dustry, as when a Chinaman is buried
he is placed in a hole in the ground
in an upright position, with the head
sticking out of the ground. The head
is closely shaved for the pigtail. The
Chinese believe that their big joss
comes around in the night and takes
the soul of the buried one by the pig
tail. After the first visitation of the
Americans with their shears the
brothers and sisters of the buried
Chinaman reported that the joss had
been busy with their relatives, and
were content in the belief that the joss
had lifted the souls to heaven by the
missing pigtails."
NEVA WINS CUP
SAN FRANCISCO, June 22:-The
sloop Neva of the San Francisco yacht
Club fleet won the cup yesterday in
the race around the San Francisco
Lightship given under the auspices of
the San Francisco Yacht Club. The
little sloop Ruby of the. Corinthian
Yacht Club was second, just forty
three seconds, corcctcd time, behind
the Neva, These two yachts were the
smallest in the race and consequently
they were given the limit time allow
ances. The Neva had one hour eight
minutes and 20 .seconds allowance
and the Ruby had one hour seventeen
minutes and nineteen seconds.
LEAVE FOR WASHINGTON
SAN FRANCISCO, June 22.-Ma-damc
Wu, wife of the Chinese minis
ter at Washington, found it impos
sible to await the entertainments pre
pared for her by the local Chinese,
having to arrive in Washington in
time to be present at the celebration
of her husband's birthday. According
ly she left on the eastbound train
yesterday accompanied by her son,
Wu Chao Chu, his ife, and the rest
of her party.
Would you give twenty-live cents f
stop your cough? Then get a bottle
of Kemp's Balsam Jd you will havs
enough for the whole family. It costi
druggists 25c.
DIARRHOEi
There la no need of. anyone suffer
ing long with this disease, for to
effect a quick cure it is only neces
sary to take a few doses of
Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy
. In fact, in most cases one dose la
sufficient It never fails and can be
relied upon in the most severe and
dangerous cases. It is equally val
uable for children and is the means
of saving the lives of many children
each year.
In the world's history no medicine
has ever met with greater success.
PRICE 25c. LARGE SIZE EOc.
A Trade
Sale
One of the advantages which this
many weeks during which the goods will be seasonable.
The sale starts this morning. Bright a'nd early, wide-awake men and
women will come to get a share of the greatest values Astoria has ever
been offered.
We are making bargain history in Astoria which will be memorable
in year to come. '
A sensational sale sensational not only because the prices are ab
normally low, but because it comes right during the season when you have
need of goods.
The entire stock just teems with wonderful bargains bargains which
have not been equalled in the history of Clatsop county.
When you walk through this store, you see splendid merchandise
being sacrificed. If you have the merchant's instinct, when you ice goods
marked down to prices that were never dreamed of, you will wonder why
we do it.- It's so that next season you will not have to look at these
same goods. We are not grudging you your good fortune in the money
saving chance we are giving you; we are glad to dispose of the surplus
of our season's business at even less than cost, to make room for new
goods.
This is not a clearing sale it's just a trade-stirring sale. Just an
effort to shake things up a little and turn merchandise into much needed
money. This sale, is a clothing sale. F.xtraordinary actual t values given
which outstrip any sale ever held in Astoria.
Your wisdom teeth are all grown take advantage of this sale to get
for your money double thevalue. ' ' .
.Sale prices are not always advantageous to you; unless you know the
goods are reliable.
The goods we are offering arc the same qualities we have sold all
season at from 10 to 30 per cent higher than we are now asking.
We have made our profits on our season's business we can afford to
dispose of the surplus of our stock at what it cost us, without losing
money. '-
When this sale is over, clothing prices in Astoria will go back to their
normal condition you should take advantage of this opportunity when it
is offered to you. Sharply reduced prices which will bring enthusiastic
buyers.
Th-s nrices look aood to vou.
better. Everything reduced from 10
The Worifingmeii's Store
Chas. Larson, PJop.
Stir ring'
sale offers is that there are still
but on the ttoods themselves they look
to 30 per cent.
518 BOND ST.