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NEW YORK, Aug. 12. Never in
ill history has this city seen more pre
liminary presidential stir than that
which is to-day setting the heads of
very politician awhirl. Early Au
gust has usually found Gotham dead
and dry of politics even in the years
f hardest national campaigning .Yet
to-day the tall Metropolitan tower is
trammed with a hustling headquarters
rew of Republicans and every square
foot of the Hoffman House hums
with the activities of the Democratic
managers. Even in the palmy days
when. Mark Hanna and the Bryan
leaders lined up their forces across
Madison Square for a finish fight, no
such early action took place as New
Yorkers are seeing today. Every
day "Marse Henry" is flinging out a
telling broadside of words from the
Democratic stronghold while big guns
re being trained for return fire down
at Uyster cay. ii mis opening
srish in the metropolis is any indica
tion, the nation is entering one of
the liveliest campaigns that veteran
politicians can remember.
CHAOS OF CARS.
With thousands of dollars worth of
transfers being refused and its whole
atreet car system cropping out with
wtw names and colors, the New York
public is to-day just facing its most
aggravating traction situation in re
cent years. As a last straw the sev
ering of the 59th street cross-town
Bne from every main artery of travel
en the island is to-day bearing down
to the breaking point the camel's
ack of the people's patience. To
lundreds of thousands of New Yor
kers the extra daily nickels wrung
ent by this process make real home
iardship, while to everyone else the
change is proving a constant source
of annoyance. As if to increase the
confusion the trolley kings have de
creed tha srange signs and colors
cover the cars of the hashed-up sys
tem and new routes be essayed on
many familiar lines. In any other
town in the land such changes would
not be tolerated a week. In Gotham,
iowever, the crowd is too intent on
seaching the places of gain and pleas
ure to care how it is trampled as it
goes.
AQUATIC ACTION.
Now that bold bands of swimmers
lave raced through the deadly rapids
of Hell Gate and pushed from Brook
lyn Bridge clean down to sea, miles
cue beyond Coney Island,, the sport
is attracting new thousands at each
succeeding match. Next Saturday and
Sunday a score of dangerous routes
are scheduled to be compassed by
lundreds of the fleetest and staunch
cst swimmers about this island.
'These human fish are bred by the
thousands on the wharves and piers
af all the waterfront, where the youth
of the tenements plunge long and
hard in the rivers almost from the
time they can walk. Many a future
champion at long distance and whirl
pool swimming is to-day known only
to the wharf gangs that match their
ieroes in constant heart-breaking
contests. The new interest that the
swimmer has aroused here in town
bids fair to bring out an even har
dier crew of men turbines.
PIONEER PASSING. f
Preparations to lay low ' the first
steel-frame skyscraper that ever rose
en Manhattan are being rapidly
pushed today. Almost everyone
remembers the day when the "Tower
Building" reared aloft above every
roof and flagpole on the lower island.
To-day it is hard to pick out the
doomed pioneer in sky building, for
its once-comanding shaft is complete
ly engulfed on every side by buildings
Imndreds of feet above its crest. On
the site of the original skyscraper a
mammoth structure thirty-eight sto
ries aloft will be run up almost be
fore the deep 6nows come. No su
rer sign that a new day has dawned
in the metropolitan building can be
held forth than this passing of New
York's first sample of the upward
drift.
of Cheese
MURDER AND MERCURY.
That murder rose almost to record
height in the annals of the police
force during the last month is not de
nied by the busy sleuths of this city
to-day. While half a doien sensati
onal mysteries held the attention of
the reading public during the deadly
hot days of July, scores of killings
throughout the town required all
their attention, the bluecoats declare.
Though the man-slaying mania seems
to have abated somewhat in every
precinct, the detectives are still on
the trail of many an unwritten mur
der case. No one can assign the real
cause of this curious spasm of deadly
crime, though the general belief is
:hat the hot weather played its part
Cooler days and better times are look
ed to by the authorities for an easing
in the temper of the murderously in
clined. ESTATE OF 26 CENTS.
New York Suicide's Affairs Go Into
Litigation.
NEW YORK, Anug. 12. Twenty
six cents, representing the total es
tate of Simon Siegenthaler, who com
mitted suicide in October of last year
is in litigation, and B. G. Hammond,
the dead man's son-in-law, has applied
to Surrogate Noble of Queen s coun
ty for letters of administration on his
father-in-law's estate. When the body
jof the suicide was picked up 24 cents,
a penknife, a bag of tobacco and a
purse were the only articles found in
the clothing. These articles passed
through the hands of the coroner's
office into those of Public Adminis
trator John T. Robinson of Newton,
and then into the hands of City Cham
berlain Marin, who sold the purse and
knife, realizing two cents which in
creased the original amount to 26
cents, which was duly turned over to
the city chamberlain's fund, and the
records of the transaction properly
set forth in the archives of the city.
It was at this stage that Mr. Ham
mond who is a native'of South Caro
lina appeared and demanded his fa
ther-in-law's effects. He declined to
believe that, all his father-in-law left
was 26 cents, so in order to compel an
accounting and division of the estate
he has applied to Surrogate Noble.
Siegenthaler left three children, so
that if the estate of 26 cents is divided
among them they will each receive
2-3 cents.
WEARY SEARCH FOR WORK.
But There Must Be Something The
Matter With Porter.
CHICAGO, Aug. 12.-A dispatch to
the Record-Herald from Pontiac, 111,
says:
H there is any virtue in experience,
John Henry Porter of Red Bank, Pa.,
is (iiialilied to hold the office of grand
master of the army of the unemploy
ed. Lured onward and onward in never
dying hope, John Henry, accompan
ied by his wife, a ten year old son and
a baby fifteen months old, has trudg
ed every inch of the weary way from
Red Bank to this place, a distance of
over 100O miles, on the trail of the
Hitting job, but ever it has eluded him
and he is still on the trail. The baby
rides in the little buggy which had
been purchased in more pros
perous times and all the earthly be
longings of the family are carried in
a toy express wagon, which the fa
ther and his young son alternately
haul along the dusty roads.
SOLDIERS WILL SHOOT.
Competition Will Open At Fort-Sheridan
On Friday.
CHICAGO, Aug. 12 Soldiers rep
resenting the six divisions of the Uni
ted States army will compete in the
competition which will open at Fort
Sheridan on Friday, when prelimi
nary practice will be disposed of.
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Southern Pacific Machine Wins
in California Primaries
A MAJORITY OF DELEGATES
United States Senator Perkins Will
Probably be Returned to Wash
ington, and Congressmen Kahn'. and
Hayes Also Likely to be Re-elected
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12.-Out
of 629 delegates to the state conven
tion, the indications from present ad
vices are that the regular Republican
forces will control 400 as a result of
the primary elections held yesterday.
In this city thirteen of the eighteen
assembly districts went to the regu
lars while in Alameda county where
opposition was strongest four out of
the seven districts were captured by
the regulars. Oakland and Berkeley
were taken by the opposition but Ala
meda went to the regulars. The reg
ular ticket carried San Diego and
San Joaquin county, Santa Clara
County, Sonoma County and Contra
Costa county. In Fresno there was
no contest and in Humboldt county
the opposition will name the senator
while the congressmen will be regu
lars. The regulars made great gains
in Sacramento. .
The result of the primaries is taken
as an indication that in the event of
a Republican victory at the polls
Senator George Perkins will be re
turned to Washington and also prac
tically determines the re-nomination
of Congressmen Kahn and Hayes.
The shoot will last two days and
74 men and .officers will take part.
The 12 men holding the highest
scores wiil be chosen as a team to rep
resent the army at the national shoot
which will be held in a short time.
Twelve medals, four of them gold,
and eight silver, will be presented to
the men who shoot well enough to
qualify for the team. The list of
crack shots includes 43 enlisted men
and IS officers and five officers and
eleven enlisted men are to compete
as distinguished pistol shots. Many
of the officers are to shoot for med
als offered, but will not take part in
the time competition.
ROOSEVELT FAVORS HUGHES.
Says Raines, But Adds That Presi
dent is Taking no Part
OYSTER BAY, Aug. 12. State
Senator Raines, John Mitchell and
Ralph M. Fasley were among the
guests at Sagamore Hill today. Raines
came on private matters but later he
expressed an entirely personal opin
ion, that the president looked with
favor upon the political status of Gov
ernor Hughes. Raines was quick to
add, however, that the president is
taking no part in the republican gub
ernatorial nomination in New York.
Mitchell said he and Fasley came to
invite the president to address the
National Civic Federation in New
York on December 14. The presi
dent, he said, did not accept, because
he is in doubt whether he will be
able to keep the engagement if made.
Mitchell declared that politics were
not mentioned.
TAFT REMAINS MUM.
Has Nothing to Say After All-Day
Conference With Leaders.
HOT SPRINGS, Aug. 12.-Every
thing is harmonious and no one was
laid across my knee and spanked,"
remarked Taft tonight, oncluding the
detailed account of his all-day confer
ence with Hitchcock, the republican
national chairman and Arthur I.
Vorhys, his chief of staff. .Hitchcock
announced today that Taft could
make no speeches outside of the city
of Cincinnati during the campaign.
It is also announced that Taft will
continue his policy of not mixing
local contentions in any state or tak
ing part to behold for any candidate
for state office.
Announcement is intended to an
swer the demand that Taft decide the
merits of contestants in the West
Virginia split, and also that he ex
press a preference for or against
Hughes in New York in the state
gubernatorial situation.
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NORTH SIDE NEWS
Mlu I. M. WltlUtuwn, ol llwco, i tat accredited rtprmenuttos or The AnlorUn end will
take cure of ell item of new, ordere tor sulwrripUim end ell kind ol priming.
ILWACO
George L. Colwell, of Astorin, wa
in town Tuesday, looking after hie
many interests here.
A. G. Kennedy, assistant engineer
of the llwaco Railroad Co., spent
Tuesday in llwaco.
Mr. ami Mrs. W. A. Graham went
to Astoria Tuesday wheer they will
spend a day or two,
Mrs. J. B. Nye, who has been re
siding at Long Beach for some time
returned Tuesday to llwaco
David Hood, traveling salesman for
Mason, Ehrman & Co., of Portland,
was in town Monday, soliciting or
ders among the llwaco merchants.
WALKED 1100 MILLS
Endurance Competition to Test
Dietic Theories
TWENTY-FOUR MEN COMPETE
Robert Harriman, Yale Student, in
the Lead Some Are on Vegetarian
Diet, Some on Meat, and Others on
a Combination Diet.
CHICAGO, Aug. 12.-Leading 23
companions by over 100 miles, Robert
Harriman, a Yale student, whose
home is in New York City, finished
a long walk of 1,100 miles from Mon
treal, Canada, last night, at the cen
tral Y. M. C. ., Chicago. Harriman,
according to the story credited by the
Y. M. C. A, of this city, left Montreal
on July 16, on a walk of 2500 "miles to
prove the malities of certain diets
and their effects on an athlete in an
endurance test The 24 men were di
vided into sections, of eight each, the
first to go through the entire trip on
a vegetarian diet, the second on a
meat diet, and the third given to a
combination diet. Harriman was one
of the third division.
The officials of McGill University
at Montreal are working in co-operation
with several American Universi
ties on the plan.
The trip was from Montreal to Chi
cago and thence to New York.
GUN EXPLOSION KILLS SIX.
Eighteen Other Recruits Are Injured
While Receiving Instructions.
TOULON, Aug. 12. -Six were
killed and 18 were injured by a gun
explosion aboard the gunnery school
ship Coronnct today. The accident
occurred while a number of the re
cruits were receiving instructions m
handling a 164 milimetre gun, the
breech of which blew out. Three of
the wounded arc in a desperate con
dition.
WILL GET WARM WELCOME.
MELBOURNE, Aug. 12.-Both
houses in the Victorian parliament to
day voted unanimously resolutions
cordially welcoming the American
battleship fleet in Australian waters.
MACK DENIES REPORT.
OMAHA, Aug. 12 Chairman Mack
of the-democratic national committee
authorized a denial of the report that
the democratic national commiee re
ceived he fund of $300,000 left over
from the last democratic national
campaign. The report is without
foundation, Mack said.
Hia Corporations.
Weary Yi'n!ker-Wot do youse t'lnlt
uv me corporations, Tatters? Tired
Tatters Wot corporations? Weary
Walker Me shoes. 1 call tbem cor
porations because dey ain't got no
soles.-Pathfindcr.
Hope Still.
"I can safely say that no man ever
attempted to bribe me, gentlemen."
Voice In the Crowd-Don't be down
hearted, old chap; your luck may
mange. London Telegraph.
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1
joe Edwards, of the North Bench
Life -Saving Station, was in town
Monday.
Mrs. William Gregory Im been
confined to her bed . for sonic time
with rheumatism, but is slowly re
covering. Mr. Wirt, of Oysterville, returned
home Monday after a pleasant visit!
of n day or two with hi daughter,
Mrs. W. A. Graham and family.
John Williamson relumed to ll
waco Wednesday from Mother's log
ging camp on Bear river, where he
has been working for the past few
month.
H. W. Null, the jeweler, made a
-hort business trip to Chinook Wed
nesday! returning the same day.
Laos Mads Prom Hair.
The immt curious lace la called potnt
trtmse. It la very rare and waa made
of human hair. French collector say
that It eilata In the present day only
In their ca&lnets. It was confined to
the early part of the sixteenth century.
Margaret, countess of Lennot, the
mother of tho wretched Darnley, aent
from the tower, where she was Inv
primmed when her son, I.ord Charles
Lennox, married the daughtw of Bess
of Ilardwleke, a hit of this kind of
laeo to Mary, queen of Rcota. This Is
a vory strong proof of her belief In the
queen's Innocence of the guilt that had
bwn Imputed to her. The little square
of polut trcHse was worked by the old
counteiw' own bands from her own
gray hair. It was, In fact, hair mixed
with One flat.-Loudon Express. .
Knew He Was Dead.
Some time after the occupation of
Manila by the American forces one of
the army officers was shown through
the old Spanish prison In that city. lie
noticed a small opening through a
brick wall. Upon asking Its use he
waa told that prisoners were placed In
a cell behind It and walled up alive.
"You see. sonor," said the guide, "as
long as the prisoner lived bis food was
banded In on a plate, and be banded
the empty plate back, but when be
banded the plate back with the food
on It untouched, then the Jailer knew
be was dead and didn't five- him any
more."
Not Lletenin'fl.
She was a very little girl, but not so
small that she did not recognize swear
lug as something very wrong or that If
other people used bad language It waa
bcr place to close her ears to It She
was on the atreet with her mother, and
aa they passed a group of men talking
In loud tones Die passuraby beard the
small girl exclaim In shocked tones,
"Oh, Isn't that awful?" And then, aa
If suddenly remembering, "But I'm not
listening." New York Times.
Unterrlfied.
The traveler was hurrying along the
unfamiliar trait that led In the gen
era! direction of bis destination, when
suddenly a large abyss yawned before
him,
He was not in the least perturbed.
ne was a lecturer, between travels,
and was accustomed to have things
yawn before blm.-Cblcago News.
Cares Redoubled.
"My time." said Mr. Dustln Stax, "Is
very valuable."
"That's what makes me doubt the
benefit of vast wealth," replied the
easy going acquaintance. "It's bad
enough to be bothered by the wasting
of a few dollars without being worried
sick every time you lose five minutes."
COMING
THE BEST SHOW OF THE
SEASON
The
Claman Players
A COMPANY OF i8 PEOPLE
WITH
Band and Orchestra
Presenting the Big Scenic Revival of
"On the Frontier"
OPERA HOUSE
SUNDAY, Aug. 16
Special scenery, mechanical devices
and electrical effects. High class
vaudeville specialties between each
act. Not a dull moment from start
to finish.
FREE DAILY BAND CONCERT,
FRONT OF THEATRE,
7:15 TO 8:15 P. M.
Prices 25c, 35c, 75c
Seats on Sale Saturday, August 15th.
NOTES
Automatic Telephone
ic and Otherwise
The Value of a Tele
phone
The vitluc of a telephone depend
entirely upon the number of tubicrib
ers to be reached. In Portland tha
Pacific Telephone Kf Telegraph Com-
pany has over 21.000 telephones with
400 additional shortly to be installed.
The Automatic Home Company Is
said to have about one-quarter of this
number. Therefore, a party In As
toria calling for a party In Portland
over nn Automatic Home Telephone
in ASTORIA would stand less than
one chance in four of getting his
party. So there are other considera
tion! beside purely local conditions
to think of.
We Do Not Favor Two Telephone
The Citicn' National Bank of I,os
Angeles. Paid up capital, $200.
000, Lo Angeles, Cat., July 2J,
1906,
tir, I. u. Milium, iiumiviui
meda Argu. Alameda, Cal. Dear
Sir: Answering your inquiry ai to
our opinion of the value of a compet
ing telephone system:
Our experience ii that one tele
phone company covering the field
completely i much more desirable,
both in the matter of cost and opera
tion than two. No man can talk over
two telephones nt the same time, but
in order to reach subscriber of both
systems he must not only intll and
pay for both service, but provide
-uffioii'iu help to answer two tele
phones in place of one.
We. do ntt favor competition in the
telephone business. Yours truly,
A. J. WATERS. Cashier.
Not Equal to the Manual System in
Any Way.
Win Wright (The Wright Grocery
Co.), 3717 Westley, Los Angeles.
We do not like the Automatic sys
tem in any way and it gives us twice
the trouble, being out of order con
stantly. How Opposition Telephone Com
panies Have Generally Been
Promoted.
The favorite plan of independent
or opposition telephone promoters,
after securing a franchise in a city is
to incorporate with a very large capi
tol and authorize the issuance of
slock and bonds for the full amount.
Contract are then made in each in
stance with a construction company
(of the same promoter) for a sum
far in excess of the value of the
plant, By the offer of large bonuses
for the sale of bonds, some banks
have heretofore been induced to han
dle their securities, and generally,
with the sale of each bond, three
quarters or one-half of the value of
the same in stock has been given to
the purchaser without cost. After
fter
een
th
all of the stocks and bonds have been
sold to the public and
plant constructed, the promoter, aft
having disposed of his bonds, steps
out, and leaves the handling of the
plant to the local purchasers. Through
out California, or the East there is
scarcely an instance where the prom
ises of the promoters have been ful
fdled, and in almost every case the
exchanges have ultimately found
themselves up against the real
thing.
In My Opinion An Operator Is More
Satisfactory.
Hermany W. Banker, Meats, 3S12
McClintoclc, Los Angeles.
I would be glad to change from
the Automatic to the Manual system,
if possible to get the latter put in.
In thepast nine month my Automa
tic has been out of order frequently
and I am not pleased with it. In my
opinion an operator is more satisfac
tory.' i ,
Automatic Perfect Nuisance.
Roscdale Livery and Feed Stable, ,
1870 Washington, Los Angeles.
I consider the Home Automatic a
perfect nuisance. It is too compli
cated, gets out of order easily, and I
much prefer asking an operator" for a
number to the' tiresome job of count
ing up five numbers on a dial, know
ing that if I make the slightest mis
take I, will get a wrong connection.
I had my residence Automatic taken
our and would take this out if it were
not for a few customers who have the
Home service,