THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON,
SATURDAY, AUOUHT 1!
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SIMPLY A HUGE BLUFF.
We are inclined to believe that the
decision of the transcontinental rail
way lines to refuse the export and
import hauls from the two great
coasts, is simply a huge bluff to com
pel the Interstate Commerce Com
' mision to relinquish its position and
modify its orders in the matter of the
"through" rate now covering such
shipments and to force the dual rate
to cover sea and land hauls separate
ly and independently. The through
rate, for instance, from Hong Kong
to New York is to be broken, and
distinct rates established from Hong
Kong to the Pacific seaboard, and
thence to NeW York, exceeding the
through tariff handsomely in the ag
gregate, are to be applied if the rail
ways can do it, with the help of the
sicamsnip lines wnicn iney aiso own,
and are tentatively championing in
the fight.
Just what the Interstate Commis
sion intends doing in the threatening
premise remains to be seen, but the
country at large is hoping it will
stand pat and fight the issue to the
end. The traffic companies seem to
be hunting eternally for a predicate
upon which to defeat and oust the
Commission, which they cordially and
honestly hate as no government in
stitution was ever hated before; a
condition, by the way, that effectually
asserts and proves the extraordinary
value of the Interstate Commerce
Commission as an element of control
and adjudication.
The railway corporations seem to
forget the fact that they have achiev
ed the very limit of popular detesta
tion by their own deliberate courses
of extortir n and brutal exploitation
through the years, and that'they may.
not expect the public to grant them
antyhing that can be denied, on the
mere pr-.und of fear, suspicion of
jobbery, and the assurance of per
petual and arrogant ingratitude no
matter what is conceded by public
generosity.
The tendency of the age is toward
absolute governmental restriction and
every additional step in this direction
is hailed with deep concern by the
people everywhere; hence, the doc
trine of popular ownership is not
dead.
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DOING THINGS BY DEGREES.
There are many good things in
' store for Astoria and many good men
at work expediting these advantages;
we are devising' many of them here
at home, and we have the right to
believe that other and outside inter
ests are gradually working out other
schemes of uplift, of which we have
no special information at this time.
We are on the map, still in business,
and have a future of our own.
There are several things that we
aspire to and which must be ours in
time, such as a seawall, port auton
omy, .lie. common-point rate on grain
shipping terminals and facilities, and
a host of essential and admirable,
though lesser, equipments for com
mercial and municipal use and ad
vantage. These gerater elements of improve
ment are all heavily involved with
the question of money, and the bond
ing for money, to ensure their cor
rect and successful application, and
the sum of it all is likely to astonish,
if it does not frighten, the general
run of citizens.
To obviate the necessity of assum
ing these burdens in a wholesale and
exhaustive way, we. must, while vot
ing them into existance, incorporate
in the laws we frame for, them the
utter limit of authority for their en
tire fnlfilmpnt in due time, but so
execute these huge projects as to
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graduate and minimize for the time,
the expenditures necessary; in other
words, we must do the bigger things
BY DEGREES of time and outlay,
and not attempt to do the whole
thing at once. Charging ourselves
with the full measure of power and
authority in each of these important
relations, we may' work out the de
signs as we see fit and at such ratios
of outlay a s conditions warrant and
thus better adapt our purse to the
demands of the hour.
NOW IS THE TIME.
This is the peculiar and exact time
for all Astoria to arise and make an
unequivocal stand upon the important
matter of putting its telephone and
telegraph wires beneath the street
levels and doing away with the dis
figurement and menace of the over
head systems now in vogue. Every
city in the land that is brought to this
crisis has insisted upon this change
and with universal satisfaction. We
will not have a chance to make this
change for years to come if it is not
done right now while the city and the
company or companies are thrashing
out their agreements and disagree
ments; it is the crucial moment and
should not be lost. The people will
rise up and call the powers that be
"blessed" or any other good old
thing, if they shall take advantage
of the propititous moment and en
force the order.
There may come a day when the
curse of a wire mesh prostrate across
a score of streets will cause incalcu
lable loss of life and property, and
this warning be remembered with bit
terness; and no one wants to meet
such a predicament. It is easy of en
forcement at this time, when the new
and the old systems are about to be
revamped and installed and will cost
the companies less and be of immense
service and value to them in the
future.
We will regret it if we fail to use
this advantageous hour for effecting
this sorely needed and modern im
provement. The old company has its
lines already cabled, always a prepa
rative rule for putting them out of
sight; and if a new concern is to come
in here, they can make the provision
before they start to work on their
plant. It has been done in scores of
towns and cities on the coast and
Astoria is entitled to the advantage,
ind will get it if she stands out for it.
The Tcpict cf an Irishman.
MIcIkh'I iieyci'K Slioetnaker ivrot;'
"Wanderin;."' in Irflnnd." An oM
Irislimmi iv::'! a frugiiieiit t;f lr tlnl
related to t'.:e reader's neihborhced
lie fiskt'd ili- name cf the n inker.
"Mr. S!ioe':::-,!:-T. is it:" l:e comment
ed. "A like leiii:i:i, I'll tf; Imii
.'Tis a fine country lie chose to travel
in too. ..lay the heavens be bis be.!
fer choosing it. and may every titiir 1 1
Ills honor's head be a mold cant!le j
light his soul to glory!"
Logical Conclusion.
First Burglar-liar!;! 1 hoar Ko:r."
one talking. Second Burglar Wh::'.';
ho saying? First Burglar Tu:it '
never will bet on another lions .,
;iig a3 be lives. Sacond Burg!..,
Lot's get o;:t of this. No money li ' i.
I.)'s lost every eent.-London T'--B::
, At Lst.
"Ab. ha," exclaimed the gieiw ex
plorer Joyfully, "at last I have found
the missing link!"
And, crawling from under Lis bed,
be proceeded to put the small gold af
fair In his clean cuff. New York Jour
nal. Subscribe to the Morning Astorian,
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The goodness of every
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DEATH IN HIS PATH
Frenzied Husband Kills Two and
Wounds Two
THEN HE KILLS HIMSELF
Jesse Fifer Runs Amuck at Seattle
and Tries to Slay His Wife and
Everyone Else That Crossed His
Murderous Pathway.
SEATTLE, Wash., July 31.-Mrs.
Louis I. Niehul, aged 23, and little
Hazel Fifer, aged 12, were killed, and
Mrs. Jesse Fifer, mother of Hazel,
aged 30, and Mrs. Ethel Warren, 27,
were seriously wounded, the former
probably fatally, by Jesse Fifer, the
husband and father, who then killed
himself at 10:30 o'clock last night.
Mrs. Fifer had sued for divorce, and
last night Fifer went to the private
hospital at 1433 Twelfth Ave., conduc
ed hv his wife, bent on kilhnii her.
From the moment he entered the door
he shot every one who crossed his
path, and none of his victims other
than his wife and daughter, were
more than slightly .acquainted with
him. Mrs. Xiehul and Mrs. Warren
were patients at the hospital. After
working all day as a gripman on the
Madison Street cable line, Fifer went
to the hospital, which his wife has
conducted as part owner since last
December.
Fifer, armed with two revolvers,
broke into the basement of the house,
which was formerly a private resi
dence, and crept in his stocking feet
to where he supposed his wife and two
children were sleeping.
Mrs. Margaret McClain, one of the
prorpietors of the institution was sit
ting with Mrs. Fifer and the little girl
in the parlor, .miss .MCiain ncaru a
r I I -
stealthy step, and called out to ascer
tain who was walking aDout tne
house. At that instant the door was
pushed open and Fifer, 'holding a
match so that its light fell upon his
rage-distorted features, appeared in
the doorway. "My God, its Jesse,
shrieked Mrs. Fifer and the two wo
men srang up in wild fright.
Two shots were rired as the match
burned out and the women ran to
ward the front (ft the house.
Mrs. L. F. Xiehul, asleep in anoth-
- .1. I. - A
er room, upon nearing me snu
sprang out of bed. Lighting another
match, Fifer fired twice in the direc
tion from whence the shrieks came.
Mrs. Niehul fell backward upon a
couch with a bullet through her breast
and died.
Mrs. Fifer and her daughter suc
ceeded in escaping through the front
door. Miss McClain ran to a room
where a Japanese man patient was
sleeping and succeeded in getting out
of the house through a window.
Entering a side room, Fifer saw
Mrs. Ethel Warren, whose husband
. . . . . . i i i .
is in uawson anu wnose nine mice
weeks' old baby lay in her arms. "You
protected her Mrs. Warren" cried the
maniac, waving his revolver, "You'
've got to die for that." Standing in
the doorway, not more than ten feet
distant, Fifer shot twice at Mrs. War
ren and she pitched forward to the
floor.
Quickly running to the front of the
house, Fifer saw his wife and little
daughter on the side walk. The neigh
borhood had been aroused by the
sound of gun fire, and when the fren:
zied amn rushed out upon the side
walk more than a score of persons
watched the fearful scene from nearby
windows and from door steps.
Almost at the first shot the little
daughter fell to the walk dead. Grab
bing his wife by the wrist, the mur
derer fired three shots into her body.
Turning again toward the house, af
ter glancing at his victim for a mo
ment, Fifer walked back over the
trail of blood to the basement, where
he died alone in the dark with a re
volver bullet through his brain.
Miss Margaret McClain, who was
with Mrs. Fifer when the first shot
was fired, said that she had forbidden
Fifer to enter the house. He had ut
tered threats against his wife and she
did not wisji to see him again.
The wounded were taken to hospit
als and operated upon.
Mrs. Fifer's recovery is doubtful as
she is injured in the abdomen. Mrs.
Warren, with a wound through her
left shoulder, is conscious, but she
has had several hemorrhages, and the
doctors fear a lung is perforated.
Fifer came here a month ago from
Spokane, where he had been employed
as a railroad -engineer. He had had
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domestic difficulty and the woman
had sued him for divorce.
Xiehul came from Hoquiam with
his wife a few weckj ago. The -husband
on hearing of her death immed
iately armed himself and prepared to
kill the man who had shot down his
wife, not having learned the murder
er had already blown out his own
brains. He had earlier in the evening
decided to take his wife away from
the hospital, but changed his mind,
believing she would be benefitted by
staying another day.
Mrs. Warren whose husband is in
Dawson, Is a maternity patient with a
three week's old baby.'
FINED A FRANC.
What That Meant to an American Who
Wh Living In Paris.
When you ere lined a franc In Tarls
It means that you pay 12 fro tics T.'l
(outlines, or Just over half a sovereign
This is the outy conclusion to which
one can come after reading the curi
ous experience of nn American cltlr.cn
who Is staying lu Paris to complete
the education of his sons. Ik lives In
an apartment uear the Arc de Til
omphe, and the other morning one of
bis servants committed the Impru
dence of shaking a carpet out of the
window after 9 o'clock. A lyux eyo.l
constable naw her and Immediately
climbed the stulrs, rang the bell, eu
tered the apartment and drew up a
summons against the tenant. The
American was called and gave his
mime.
"1 did not know It was a breach of
the law." ho said. "But as I have
broken It I must pay. How much Is
It?"
"You will be (lued 1 franc," replied
the policeman.
"There you are," answered the
American, and ho held out the coin.
But the "agent" refused to ta!;e It.
"Later on." he remarked as he with
drew, "you will le summoned before
the Justice of the peace."
gome days later the delinquent
Invited to appear before the "Juge le
palx" and obeyed the numinous. He
was obliged to wait three bourn la nu
antechamber. Then ho was ndmiited.
"Do you admit." asked the magis
trate, "having broken the law?"
"I do," was the reply.
"Good. You are lined 1 franc."
"There you are. then." And the
American again held out the franc.
But the magistrate would have none
of It.
"You will pay the sum later. You
will be advised when. You may with
draw." The American took his departure,
cow.klerab'y tsurprlKcJ at no many for
malities l:i connection with a frnnc
Sue. A few days Inter lie received a
stamped paper Inviting him to pay.
first of nil. 1 franc,' the amount of hU
fine, plus 25 cent lines, the amount of
the declines;. p!;is 11 fn-.ncs AS cen
times, the iir.n;.-.!::t of the costs, milking
In till a total of 12 f nines ".'1 centime.
The Aiwi'-an pal.l, but an he left the
police court he rctv.iirUed:
"In America ir law which forced n
citizen to pay $V2 when he had only
been fined $1 would be c:n:.!dere.l n
hypocritical mid dirfbouest law. Au.l
we would not tolerate It 'long, j'O'.i
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If you will make inquiry it will be
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The Helpmate, Sinclair
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The Red Skull, Fergus Hume
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My Stra.igcst Case, Guy Boohby
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Azalim, a Romance of Old Judeat
The Slaves of Success, E. Flower
The Spoilsmen, E. Flower
Castel Del Monte, Gallizier -Love
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Steady Nerves
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depends on stomach strength.
Keep the digestion sound and
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Scores of Astoria Citizens Have
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If you suffer from backache,
There is only one way to cure it.
The perfect way is to cure the kid
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Neglect it, urinary troubles follow.
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back and through the region of the
kidneys, this trouble having resulted
from a severe cold. I was gradually
growing worse when Doan's Kidney
Pills were brought to my attention
and being impressed with the good
reports concerning them, I procured
a supply. As stated above they com
pletely disposed of my trouble after
a short use."
Flcnty more proof like this from
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CONDENSED STATEMENT OF
Scandinavian - Ameri
can Savings Bank
July 15, 1908 as called by the Bank
Examiner:
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts...... $ 84,357.45
Warrants 13,513.99
Overdrafts . .............. 31.65
Furniture and fixtures 4,405.41
Due from banks.. $8,787.17
Cash on hand 9,611.52
18,398.69
$120,707.19
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock $ 50,000.00
Deposits 68,169.42
Undivided profits . '. 2,537.77
$120,707.19
J.M. ANDERSON,
Cashier.
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My stock of men's and boy's
shoes is unsurpassed for qua-
hty. Close buying and low
expenses enable me to sell the.
best qualities at lowest prices.
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543 Bond Street
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Thtg,KMLln
PASSENOERS
FREIGHT
Steamer - lurline
Night Boat for Portland and
Way Landings.
Laavtt Astoria dally aicept Sunday
at 7 p. m.
Leaves Portland Daily except Sanoiy
at 7 n.
Quirk Servict Excellent Mesia
Good Berths
Landing Astoria Plavtl Wharf.
Landing Portland Foot Taylor It
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Phone Main 27CL
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Rooms for rent by the day, week, or
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