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SATURDAY, AUGUST 8 ... WARRANTED PURE.... Bernett's Extradt We have ju& put in a complete line-all flavors Health how many Returned Traveler Brings Home Some Interesting Side Lights would give fortunes to enjoy the greatest of nature's gifts and to be THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTOlllA, OREGON. Yankees in EUROPE A. V. ALLEN Sole Agent for the Celebrated H. C Fry Cut Glass. PHONE 711 PHONE 3871 UNIONTOWN BRANCH PHONE 713 EVEN SPAIN IS FRIENDLY PERSONAL MENTION Hiss Anita Trenchard, daughter of Judge Trenchard, and a friend, Miss Horse, of 'Portland, will come down from the metropolis today, and - spend a week's vacation at Elk Creek. Judge Trenchard will accom pany them to Elk Creek and will re turn Sunday and Monday he will go to Portland to attend the Good Heads Convention Martin Foard and Conrad Leblanc of this city were business visitors to Hwaco and Long Beach yesterday. William Larsen went over to Chi nook yesterday and spent the day there on business. Mrs. Harry Germaine, of Oakland, California, came up on the State of California on Monday last, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. E. H. Budd, at Long Beach, and will spend a full month there. Engineer J. G. Kelly, accompanied by his wife, has returned from Port land. His eye still troubles him and requires constant attendance, but is teadily improving. George Clark, the expert account ant, was a passenger for South Bend n the Nahcotta yesterday morning. Captain Stuart of the Cape Disap potntment life savers, was in the city yesterday. G. F. Harges, the well known .drummer, was doing business in As toria yesterday. Dr. and Mrs. Linton were in the city from their Warrenton home yes terday. They are en route to Seattle where they will attend the Grand, Lodge of the Eagles. Miss Mary Anderich has returned from a pleasant visit with friends at Aberdeen and Hoquiam. day school following. In the even ing the Epworth League at 7:00, and church at 8:00 o'clock. Topics select ed. All are cordially invited to at tend all these sen-ices. Rev. C C. Rarick, pastor. New York Life Insurance Company's President Finds Little Hostility To wards Americans and Many Look Upon America as Land of Proroisj Norwegian-Danish M E. NEW YORK, Aug. .-Strongly op- timistic views of general business con ditions tn Europe and the outlook for American enterprises there were ex- Morning worship at 11 a. m. and Pressed today by Darwin P. Kingsley. evening at 8 o'clock: Sunday school President of the .New York Life Insur- at 10 a. m. The choir will sing at ance Company, who has just returned the evening service. O. T. Field, ,rom a ,our month trip through all pastor. ,,,c vrmcipai countries ot turope, in cluding European Russia. Mr. Kings- .... i Christian Science. Iiey sald ,hat ,n ,hc course of his stay Services in I. O. O. F. building, cor- atroaa he met men of every class and ner Tenth and Commercial streets, ""crviewcd e bankers and govern- rooms 5 and 6 at 10 a. m.. subiect of mcnt ministers in substantially all the the lesson sermon. -Soirif All are -P1"" 11 wope. l tound practically no hostility to nmericans and American instituti ons, he said. "On the contrary the ' able to give A Smile All the While Ailing tots cause pity fretful young people cause wonderment irritable men and women cause surprise. To enjoy perfect health the body must be built up ' and the mind invigorated by perfect food. iiiraraelli s Cocoa invited. Sunday school at 11 o'clock. he first Wednesday evening in the month at 8 o'clock. Reading room same address, hours from 2 to 5 daily except Sunday. products of American enterprises are today more largely in evidence than ever before. In every considerable city there are handsome plants offer ing successfully American shoes, type writers, plows, reapers and all kinds Holy Innocents Chapel. Eighth Sunday after Trinity. Morn inir and evening service at 10 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Celebration of Holy P1 agrtural implements of Ameri Communion at morning service. Jean make. Governmental regulations are strict but friendly. I found the Grace. norcign insurance departments very Celebration of the Holv Commun- ,nenflIv ,n their attitude toward Amer- ion at 8 a. m.: mornine oraver and ui me euro sermon at, 11:00; evening prayer, at pcan countriei has adopted any laws 7;3q uui.iui.uit luwam American com panies and they show no disposition First Lutheran. to do so- In most of the countries Sunday school at 9:30, Misi Esther of continental Europe American life Larson, superintendent; morning ser- nsurance companies are cordially wel- vice in Swedish at 10:45; evening ser- come on account of their strength and vice at 8 o'clock. Rev. Connell will tne success with which they have pas- have charge of both services. All cor- P0'1 through the recent drastic inquir is the perfect food drink its use will bring quiet to breaking nerves strength to ' the weak and contentment to the strong besides it is . delicious and appetizing. 30 cups of a delicious drink 25c If Water Commission At the meeting of the water com nission last night the clerk's report for the month of July showed that tbere was a total business for the month of $4456.15, and the cash col lections for July were $4180.95. The treasurer's statement showed a bal ance on hand in the general fund on July 31 the sum of $37,767.75. Those jresent were Commissioners Wright. Bowlby, Trenchard, Van Dusen and Brix, with Commissioners Elmore and Fisher absent. The minutes of the previous regular meeting and of tie special meetings were read and approved. The regular pay roll for July was $388.25. Bills aggregating $410.95 were ordered paid. The peti tion of Jacob Edison and others for a-connection with the main on Com- mercial'street between First and Third was referred to the assistant superin tendent for Teport. The city engineer, Mr. Tee, reported the sum of $750 due to Contractor Chris Larsen for work during July on his contract on the little reservoir. This was order ed paid. It was also ordered that a sum not to exceed $250 be expended . in improving the pipe line road be tween Worseley's and Carlson's, and the assistant superintendent was or dered to brush out the pipe line road between Little Bear Creek and town. The cferk was instructed to advertise for bids to furnish and fill not less than 5000 cubic yards of earth on James street on the north side of the big reservoir. It was further ordered that when the high service reservoir be built that its capacity be 20,000,. 000 gallons. The meeting adjourned to meet Monday night, August 17, to eonsider the advisability of commenc ing work this fall on the proposed high service reservoir. dially invited. les in New York Americans, as they call us, are cor- dially welcome in Spain, notwithstand ing the late unpleasantness and in Russia the word "Americans" is still one to conjure tl e sympathy wh seJ to nr.' with Tao ,; -n their re cent trovble. There i g- recog nition all :tr he counvy f ti e in portance of r( Unite 1 Dates and in the minds ; tie mass.? -f ilio pc pie the United States is still the land Democrats Worried About Funds to of PPortunity and they maintain to- Memorial Lutheran.. Sunday school at 10 a. m., Mrs. A. Young has returned from the east and will be in charge of the school as usual. Morning service at 11 a. m., theme "A Wonderful Harvest" Evening service at 8 o'clock. All wel come. THEY'REBAB LOSERS Returning Olympic Athletes Still Complain of the English with notwithstanding all TELL THE SAME STORY ich Ai-n:, was sun I ive per ont were killed, yesterday returned a verdict of death by accidental cause, the verdict mating that defective brakes caused the accident. MUST HAVE MONEY. Visitors Were Treated Well Socially, But as Athletes it Seemed as if Nothing Was Done Fairly or Even Decently, They All Say. Conduct Their Campaign. FAIRVIEW, Aug. 7. withal with which to democratic campaign The where- conduct the was the NEW YORK, Aug. 7,-Criticism of mo- ward it the romantic interest which necessarily attaches to that frame of mind. They expect great things from the people'of the United States. They Criticize US. hut thv An if in l-,,w1l., I ftia -.,.1..... . .l n. , j ... j . ,v wuuuci ui mc wiympic games in ' v" ...3,o,m rji-i London fr,.i. ;,... ..!.. u.. tnentftnQ nnpctinn tinrtpr rticrHccinn of Inmnlp hn-ar if ia flinf nfta t.A r I ft J J rairview toaay. it nas Deen tuily a " " -""6's uu nui immediately realized that properly conducted cam- . 7 . pruiJer rcmea,al measure, ihey paigns requires adequate funds to pay Cnt;C'Ze that But they are disPosei1 the legitimate expenses, but the ques- , iU,K'vc "s a, gooa ueai aml tne Po tion, who is to put up the money? is P e T 3 Wclcome us and ,ur the one subject more or less under " "J,' pan,y JCCa"SC "ley f,"d US pr0" discussion since the Denver conven- .fi ab,e' but also beeattse they really iiKe us. SUNDAY AT THE CHURCHES First Norw. Ev. Lutheran. Morning service, 10:45; evening service, o p. m.; bunday school meets at: 9:30 a. m. Theo. P. Neste, pastor. tion. While' it is admitted from a number of sources contributions of considerable size will be made, the decision has been reached that the bulk of the fund is expected to come from the masses. The sums of not less than $500,000 is regarded neces sary 'to meet the expenses of the campaign, ihe matter was talked over at great length today by Bryan, Senator Pettigrew of the' finance committee and Governor Haskell, treasurer of the Democratic National Committee. The decision was reach ed that the finance committee would meet in Chicago next Monday and at once enter the work of perfecting the plates for raising the necessary funds, IT LETS TAFT OUT. t'-wry, the New York Ath lete Club's broad jumper and C. M. Daniels, the swimmer, both of whom iirrived from Liverpool on the steam er Adriatic yesterday after having participated in the games. "The Englishment treated us fine so cially" declared Daniels, the winner of the world's champion swimminar printer. "As athletes we were treat ed 'rotten'; rotten does not even ex- ..ly kick would have only added one 'last Monday, when fi in re to the many of our boy and I refrained. They were the poorest conducted games 1 ever attended." Ewry said: "Our treatment by oth er nation's representative wa friend ly and fair. We can hardly say that n't rntjwimi. niter i ne openm; in u w our nag in tne stauium we could not feel very kindly toward the Englishmen. The tug of war inci dent wa only the beginniili; of a long line of affront which culminated in the attempt to rob Hayei of the Mara thon. "A constant attempt on their part to 'do u' was evident. The pul ling of the Italian oyer the line in the Marathon was an outragcou piece of work. That it was done was shown plainly in the kalicdescope pic tures of the race now on exhibition." Roosevelt Issued Order Discharging the "entiments of the Americans Battalion of Negroes at LABOR SCARCE; WAGES HIGH First Presbyterian The Rev. Lv M. Boozer will preach in the morning at 11 o'clock; Sunday school at 12:15,' Young Peoples' So ciety at 7 p. m. No evening service. PRI NEVILLE, Or., Aug. 7-Labor of all kinds is very scarce here this summer, and any man seeking a job has only to migrate here' and say. so. t F A ttf wages run irom $i to $J a day, in many cases with board. Almost ev ery able-bodied man is at work in the hayfields along Crooked River, up the Ochoco and to the east of this city. Men are also badly wanted for odd jobs and for firclighting purposes in the woods. First Methodist. Morning service at 11 o'clock; Sun- Twenty-Five Cents is the Price of Peace. The terrible itching and smarting, incident to certain skin diseases, is almost instantly allayed by applying Chamberlain's Salve. Price, 25 'enK For sale by Frank Hart and leading druggists. Brownsville. OYSTER BAY, Aug. 7.-President Roosevelt in a statement late tonight made it clear that the entire respon sibility was his for the issuance of the original order discharging the battalion of negroes at Brownsville, Texas, and the refusal to permit the suspension of that order. The presi dent was late tonight shown an in terview with General Corbin, in which the. general made the statement that no credit or blame in the matter rests i ou over here can t ha f- annrpr af the difficulties we, encountered. That Marathon was the worst athletic of fense possible. The Italian was drag ged to his feet and almost carried ov er the line. "Of course the defeats in the endurance runs were a sore thing to the English, but their conduct was inexcusable. We had much better treatment in Athens. The British showed their lousy at all times, f I . r sianu wnen tne Marathon runners were coming, and the women on all sides were exclaiming " I hope it isn't ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAIN. BUTTE, Aug. 7. An attempt was made Wednesday night to wreck the North Coast Limited train on the Northern Pacific, near Blue Bird, a few hundred yards west of the spot at which the Burlington passenger train was dynamited last Spring and three persons killed. Only the acci dental discovery of two huge boul ders, which were wedged between the rails, prevented a cat strophe. There is now clew to the perpetrators. The report did not become public until today, RECALLS MRS. O'LEARY'S COW. CHICAGO. Aug, 7. -When Mrs. 6'Leary't cow kicked over the lamp that started the Chicago fire in 1871, the entire O'I.eary cabbage patch, on the west side, was worth probably les than the tax reduction made on the property yesterday when Miss May O'Leary, daughter of the owner of the traditional cow, appeared be fore the board of review. Mist O'Leary pleaded for and obtained a reduction in taxes. The old home stead, 210 DcKovcn street, where the great conflagration is aid to have started, had been assessed at SISOf) nn the land and $.100 on the improve ment. The tax on the building, which is a story and a half cottage, was re duced to $100. BOYCOTT REALLY HURTS. !1 V OnlAA ' 'Anilifi I,.. T 1 - I ,:tt, t.,- TV At. j- .. . " "" u a lanKee. ,UU6v ...i, rvnci reauing me wf wr- tuio .... r. aeeisfunf aprrMorxr mn ,u. -i... I ' . , . . .-e--- a ii'ku manual u, I J1CV pronouncing Corbin's state- -,- onnA w i sonally I had a 'kick.' hut COuld be the lisp nf matins T U.. "ill. M-IICII X UCill my man. In every contest a prepara tory signal is given. A trained ath- PAPER FELL DOWN. AGEN, France, Aug. 7. The As sizes court here yesterday condemned the Matin to pay a fine of $100 and $10,000 damages and to publish 200 times the court's judgment in the libel suit brought by M. Chaumie, for- mer minister of justice against the paper. The Matin, it was charged repeatedly accused M. Chaumie of providing sinecures for relatives and friends at the public expenses. The SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 7, Ac- writer of the article complained of cording to George Lammert, a mer-i who was a joint defendant with the chant of Hong Kong, who arrived on,papr was acquitted. the China from the Orient yesterday,' The case was a memorable one on the Chinese boycott against Japanese account of its length and the leiral goods as a result of the Tatsu Maru 'questions in involved. The Matin disappointment and jea-' a.na'r " 'niur'nfl? Japan's trade con- raised the question of the competency imes. 1 was in the grand I il:rably. He says that many Jap- f the Agen court to deal with the anese steamers have been forced to case and after repeated appeals, the abandon the Chinese runs as a resul! supreme court decided against the of the boycott, which he characterizes newspaper which then withdrew all as the most effective thing in trade charges of alleged grafting against ' he has ever seen. the minister and presented no de- fense. , ment ment absolutely correct. No definite infprmation obtained regarding the conferences which the president had today. Neither parties to the conference between him and Colonel Scott of the military academy at West Point re garding the discharge of eight cadets for hazing, nor the conference be tween him and Chairman Hitchcock of the Republican National Commit tee, would make any statement as to what had ben said or discussed. Subcribe to the Morning Astorian, 60 cents per month, delivered by carrier. lete learns to know the words 'jet readv as a soldier does, 1 was stand ing on the platform just before my big race when I heard an official sud denly shout "Go." I was taken off my feet almost. "I saw Huley, the Hun garian crack, hit the water and disap pear. I was only taking off my swea ter. I looked at the officinl-s. They TO EXONERATE RYAN. BRIDGE DYNAMITED. SAN FRANCISQO, Aug. 7.-Priv- ate Ryan, of the Tenth Company,' CHICAGO, Aug, 7.Te new Illi Coast Artillery, will be tried before a nois Central railway bridge over the general court-martial on a man- Calumet river at 133rd stret was dam slaughter charge for shooting W. D, aged yesterday by a supposed bomb, English, the prisoner who . tried to The bridge is being built by the escape from the Prisidio guardhouse American Bridge Company, and more last Wednesday and was halted by a than 50 non-union men have been em bullet 'from the sentry's rifle. The ployed in the construction work, trial is necessary in order to clear The police believe the exolosion is a Ryan In the eyes of the law. DEFECTIVE BRAKES CAUSE were smiling. There was no time to argu". and 1 plunged into the watcrl SAN MATEO, Cal., Aug. 7. The after Huley. "It was a hard tussle verdict of the Coroner's jury sitting but I overtook him and won the race, in' the case of the automobile disaster i. result oi iaDor troubles, who were seen loitering bridge are being sought. The south end of the bridge damaged about $200. Three men about the was Subscribe to The Morning Astorian.