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THE WEATHER
J Oregon and Washington Fair and
warmer, except along the coast.
- THE COAST PAYING FOR IT.
It is very evident, from the course
steadily pursued by the fire insurance
people, '; that the enormous losses
ratified hv the San Francisco fire
fire are to be made good by the busi
masses of the - whole Pacific
Slope. There is no longer any doubt
as to this policy, which is confirmed
from every direction and from all
sources of importance west of the
Rocky Mountains. And what is more,
the specific town or city or newspa
per that rebels will be made to carry
its own rod of punishment;
It is high time, the people should
merge in self-defence and take such
steps as will demonstrate to the huge
trust their unwillingness to longer
stand as the catspaw in the issue.
Portland was threatened with her
share of the new exaction, but she
put up an instant and indomitable
fight against the outrage and spared
herself the recouping imposition;
every city and town in the State is
now contending against the incursion
of new robber-tariffs, Astoria includ
ed, but are making indifferent head
way for the reason that they are too
small, acting singly, to resist success
fully. The hour for coalition is at
hand, and what may not be done in a
segregated way, must be done by the
Oregon Legislature this winter to
mitigate the plundering practices that
are now the vogue in this bysiness.
One of the readiest roads to relief,
instant, and thorough, is' the repeal of
the law requiring the primary deposit
of $50,000 from the companies enter
ing the State; the free admission of
every concern that wants to write in
surance, board, and non-board, and
the imperative legal enactment of a
maximum rate sheet There is no
more necessity for the $50,000 deposit
in the case of an insurance company
than there is for such a demand from
a dry goods house or an ice factory
desiring to do business in Oregon;
and it only serves as a pretext for
an advance in rates because of the
withdrawal of that sum from the ac
tivities of the business charged with
it.
Competition is what is needed to re
duce the scales that are paralyzing the
premium-paying masses of Uregon,
the entry of non-board companies and
the free play of underwriting that
shall have no hampering strings to it;
the vast sums on deposit in the Ore
gon treasury in this behalf, are of no
avail to the State; the companies are,
-
generally speaking, sound enough to
meet their last engagement, and they
draw down the interest accumulating
upon the bonds and other securities
so deposited; hence the practice now
.prevailing, aside from a good stiff
license, may be safely dispensed with,
and the field broadened to a pass
where the people may choose the
company and rate that suits them
best. '''
We pretend to despise and dread
the trusts, yet we are nursing one of
the rankest, most arbitrary, closest
knit and piratical combines known to
man, when we suffer the exactions of
the Pacific Coast Board of Fire Under
writers; and if ever the people needed
an inspiration to employ their su
preme franchises, known asMie Initia
tive and Referendum, they have it in
this case, and it should be done forth
with, compelling the Legislature to
intervene.
THEY HAVE OBJECTIONS.
There are about 1000 men in this
city who eke out an arduous liveli
hood by salvaging timbers from the
river and bay and sawing them into
saleable conditions, or into home
equipment, thus making practical and
important use of the product, to
whom the barrier of an impenetrable
S. DELLINGER CO.
....$7.00
... .60
ASTORIAN.
July 30, 1906, a
. ..$1.50
the postoffice at As
seawall will not appeal with any par
ticular allurement; and while this may
not figure as an admissable plea
against the great improvement, it will
certainly operate to the negativing of
the proposition so long as it will be
effective. And again there are other
thousands of men who nse the open
trestling as a highway to boat-berths
and net racks who will disparage the
idea of the barrier so long as they
may do so decently. They are talk
ing it freely, and he who doubts it
has but to go to Alderbrook or Union-
town for quick and specific proof of
the sentiment prevailing.
We admit that there is nothing logi
cal in snch an idea as weighed against
the splendid accomplishment of the
seawall, but that it exists in definite
shape, is of importance enough to
warrant its recognition, especially by
those who would force the measure
during this year of unpreparedness
and with a bill that does not even
give, consideration to the imperative
and elemental pre-requisites of ad-
anced street grades and new and
adequate sewer provisions.
BIG FELLOWS AT IT.
Roosevelt and Bryan are at it!.
They are scrappers worth watching,
even from such an interminable dis-
ance as little old Astoria.
Of course, we are betting on Theo
dore, and he carries all the odds we
can stand for. Mr. Bryan has made a
mistake, just as Hitchcock made a
blunder; Haskell is not one whit bet
ter than Foraker. And as Mr. Taft
promptly dealt with an ugly situa
tion, so the Nebraskan will have to
deal with his mess. Theodore Roose
velt never yet went after a public man
without reason and justification, and
Mr. Bryan cannot afford to be less
clean and emphatic in his dealings
with questionable people.
It is an interesting phase of an
otherwise desultory campaign; desul
tory because of the foregoness of
Bryan's defeat.
A SURPRISED MINISTER.
Hyomei Cured Bronchial Catarrh Af
ter he Had Given up in Despair.
"For many years I have been a suf
ferer from bronchial catarrh, and had
J despaired of anything like a cure.
Judge of my pleasant surprise when l
first use(j Hyomei, which brought
complete relief. Hyomei has been a
veritable godsend." Rev. Charles
Hartley, Sardinia, Ohio.
There are many readers of the As
torian who are suffering from catarrhj
either nasal or bronchial. Many of
these desnair of ever being cured.
in 1 3v uvpon V V. o -
fhey nave goaded their stomachs with
nostrums until they are disgusted with
all medicines, and are now traveling
their miserable way, allowing the
devilish germs of catarrh to sap them
of their health, energy and vitality.
But let us reason together. T. F.
Laurin, the druggist, has a guaranteed
remedy for catarrh, and all inflamma
tory diseases of the nose, throat and
bronchial tubes. The name of this
remarkable remedy is Hyomei, and if
it doesn't cure T. F. Laurin will give
you your money back.
Hyomei (pronounced High-o-me)
is medicated air; you just brethe it
through the inhaler over the inflamed
and eerm ridden membrane, and its
soothing antiseptic properties will
allav the inflammation, destroy the
germs, and restore the entire respi
ratory tract to its normal conditions.
A complete Hyomei outfit, includ
ing a hard rubber inhaler, costs, but
$1.00, and an extra bottle of Hyomei,
if afterwards needed, costs but 50
cents. See T. F. Laurin about it to
day. i
Don't be afraid to give Chamber
Iain's Cough Remedy to your chil
dren. It contains no opium or other
harmful drutr. It alwavs cures. For
sale by Frank Hart and leading drug
gists.
THE M011MNO AJTOIUAN, ASTORIA. OREGON.
FORM SOCIETY TO WIPE
OUT BLACK HAND
CHCAGO TAKES DETERMINED
STEPS TO BLOCK
TACTICS.
KNOWN AS THE WHITE HANDS
kidnapping Cases in the Illinois
Town Grow to Such a Large Ex.
tent That the Polict Are Unable to
Handle Them Successfully.
CHICAGO Sept. 24.-The cam
paign of the White Hand Society
against the blackmailing and kidnap
ing of persons of the "black hand"
was renewed yesterday at a meeting
of the organization at the Italian con
sulate in the Masonic Temple.
Stirred by the recent kidnapping of
Guiseppe Giunta, whose father An
tonio Giunta, received several threat
ening letters demanding $500, the
White Hand Society adopted resolu
tions demanding increased police pro
tection for Italian residents of Chi
ngo. The resolutions allege that the ordi
nary policeman is powerless to cope
with Black Hand criminals and the
peculiar crimes they commit because
of a lack of knowledge of the talian
language and customs.
That the campaign for the suppres
ion fo the Black Hand bids fair to
become an international question was
revealed by an announcement made by
Attorney Malata, who returned re-
ently from a visit to Italy, that the
question had been taken up by Tho
mas Tittoni, Italian minister of for
eign affairs. Foreign Minister Tittoni
has given his official approval of the
Chicago White Hand Society and
promised active cooperation in its
work.
The problem of suppressing Black
Hand crimes will be taken up inter
nationally at a congress of delegates
from all Italian colonies in the world,
to be held in Rome beginning Octo
ber 8. The object of the congress is
to discuss and devise ways and means
for the welfare of Italian emigrants
in all parts of the world.
ALABAMA REPUBLICANS.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 23. At
the meeting yesterday of the execu
tive committe of the Davidson, or an
ti-administration wing of the repub
lican party in Alabama it was decid
ed to withdraw all candidates from
the field for state offices. Followers
of this faction of the party were urged
to support the nominees of the
Thopmson or regular wing in the com
ing election. This apparently re
moves all strife within the party in
the state, although the organization
will be maintained with an advisory
committee of which W. P. Alclrich is
chairman.
NEW LAND AGENT.
Repre tenting the Entire Associated
Southern Pacific Interests.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24.-Fol-
lowing a meeting of the Board of Di
rectors of the Southern Pacific, the
Central Pacific and the Oregon and
California Railroads yesterday, it was
announced that B. A. McAllister has
been elected land agent of the three
corporations. "His appointment be
came effective last Monday. This is
the first time that the three railways
have been represented by a single land
agent. The Southern Pacific lias had
no permament land agent for several
years, the office having ben temporar
ily filled during that time. The Cen
tral Pacific has been similarly situated
since the death of W. H. Mills. McAI-
laster was until recently land commis
sioner of the Union Pacific with head
quarters in Omaha, and with his ap
pointment it is expected there will be
considerable activity in land held by
the three companies.
CURTAIN CATCHES FIRE.
One Dead And Two Injured In San
Francisco Blaze.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. .24.-A
lace curtain caught by a draft from
in open window and blown onto a
gas jet, caused a fire in a Gough-strcet
lodging house, which resulted in the
death of Frederick Kirk, a carpenter,
and the injury of J. H. Spinetti and
II. Butt, both firemen, and three oth
or persons, one of them A young wo'
man whose identity has not been learn
ed. Kirk was evidently asleep on the
second floor of the building and did
not wake when two coroners deputies
who saw the flumes, rushed through
the houe and knocked at the doors.
Later Kirk was found lying on the
floor dead, evidently overcome by
the smoke or heart fuilure.
Suini'tti and Butt were standing
on a ladder directing the stream of a
hose when the ladder broke, throwing
them to the ground,' Both were bad
ly bruised and cut and it is feared
Sinctti may have received internal in
juries 'of a serious nature., , ' 'V?
The damage' to the building amoun
ted to about three thousand dollars.
THE AMERICAN IRISH.
BOSTON, Sept. 24,-Thc National
Convention of the Irish League of
America, brought its biennial session
to a close in Faneuil Hall yesterday
with the elction of officers and pas
sing of resolutions approving the work
of the League's representatives in the
British House of Commons.' Officers
were elected as follows: National
President, Michael J. Ryan of Phila
delphia.' National treasurer. L. B.
Fitzpatrick, Boston. National Sec
retary, John O'Callaghan, Boston.
Chairman National Executive Com
mittee, W. Bourke Cokran, New York.
OFFICER WOULD RETIRE.,
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24.-A
hot water dam which was evidently
all that its name implied, may cost the
army one of its officers, n an appli
cation for retirement Capt. Edwin G.
Davis, commanding the 61st Coast
Artillery, declares that he has been
disabled bv the application of hot
water bags' to an ankle that was se
verely bruised in the Philippines. The
scalding heat, it is said injured the
tissues of his foot. His case has been
submitted and will probably soon be
decided.
BANQUET IS GIVEN.
Chicago Suburanites Celebrate The
Completion Of Big Conduit
C1IICAO, Sept. 24.-A banquet laid
in a sewer in Franklin Park, a Chi
cago suburb on the west bank of the
Desplaincs River, yesterday was the
unique means of the enterprising wo
men of that town to celebrate the op
ening of the new concrete .sewage
conduit, the completion of which ends
a legal fight of 16 years.
The women only could be induced
to enter when Mrs. Dora F. Combes,
chosen by lot, dared to descend
through the manhole.
Mrs. Combes had no trouble in de
scending. When she viewed the scene
below she sent up a cry of enthusias
tic encouragement to her sister above
for in either direction for several hun
dred feet was a long line of coffee
cups, grap juice glasses filled to the
brim, sandwiches, and other edibles
with the candles alight along the tun
nelway. . '
Harry L. Emerson, the engincr who
designed the big sewer, led the way
for the" rest of the women down the
ladder to the briliantly lighted funnel.
It was a tight squeeze for some to
get through the manhold, but all the
women said they had a good time.
'COINS FOR FILIPINOS.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24-Af-
ter several weeks of preparation for
first coooer work ever undertaken at
the local mint," the coining of copper
centavo pieces for the Philippines has
begun. Within 30 days the circula-
fW medium of the islands will have
been increased by four million of the
Filinino oennies the output ranging
between 100,000 and 150,000 daily. It
is anticipated that orders from Wash
ington will soon be received, direct
ing the coinage of ten ana twenty
centavo piecs, fractional silver cur
rency. : . . "'
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VORY'S THE MAN.
Judge Tift Discover Identity OI
. Letter's Recipient.
CI11CAO, Sept. 24,-Thc Identity of
the man t to whom 'was addressed
judge Taft'l letter protesting against
the endorsemnt of himself and Sena
tor Foraker lit the same resolution,
uiven out by President Roosevelt
Monday evening, was disclosed last
night
Judge Tuft suid he had written the
letter to Arthur I. Vory's, chairman of
the Republican state committee of i
Ohio..,,, . ,
, President s Roosevelt refused to t
make the name public and Tuesday,,
in Cincinnati. Mr." Toft refused either,
to discuss the letter or to give the
name of the man to whom he wrote j
it. ';,;'; . 4 . 1 By buying alleged bargains in unre-
At his roomi In the Auditorium An-' Jiub!e stores. To claim to give great
nex last night just before he went to valiei i casy( nl)( a very common
Orchestra Hall, Secretary Taft wm practice, but to actually give them is
asked to give the name. Mr, Tift rarei We have a reputation for keep
made it plain that he would prefer our promises and more. We do
not to discuss the letter and at first more than we claim, hence the steady
refused to say. n natural growth of our business.
"If President Roosevelt did not Ycm will find that by steadily dealing
want to give out the name I do not
see why I should," he said. Then he
added: "Arthur I. Voryj is the man.
I wrote that letter to him.'
FALLS SHORT.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24.-R-
gistration lor the November election
closed at midnight with total of
74,612 names on the rolls. This regis-
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School children need wholsome appe
tizing and sustaining food, especially
for luncheon when their time is limited
Have always on hand a liberal supply of
Columbia
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Always ready, easily prepared and
delightfully appetizing these wholesome
Oregon products funiish the substantial
portion of an ideal luncheon. Their
' goodness is guaranteed.
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Astoria, Ore. Pioneer Packers of the Pacific, r
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Electrical Contractors
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daily trains. Steamship tickets via all Ocean Lines at Lowest Rates.
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Q. B. JOHNSON, Qen'I Agent
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Sherman Trailer Co. :
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Hicks, Carriages Biggage Checked and Transferred Tracks ind Furitr
Wagons Pianos Moved, Boxed md Shipped. '
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Iron and Brass Founders, 'Land and Marine Engineers.
Up-to-Pate Sawmill Machinery
18th and Franklin Ave.
FlUDAY, SKIT. 23
trution falls nbort of the number qunl
iiicd to vote In November 1904 by
nearly seven thousand nnmcs. Near
ly 4.5(H) voters registered ytcnlny. .
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