THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22.
THE THREE MEET AGAIN.
FOREST FIRE VICTIMS.
"aLPRNA, Mich,, Oct. 2l.-The
bodies of 1 three unidentified men
were found, terribly burned yesterday
near Crawford's stone quarry, south
of Rogers City. No trace lias been
found of Martin Lnpeii'ki, a farmer
who with his wife and three children
lied In a small boat when the fire de
stroyed their home near Pocn last
week. It Is feared they were drown
ed in Lake Huron, ;n I
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THE WEATHER
Oregon Fair by increasing cloud
iness with rain near coast
" Washington Fair followed by in
creasing cloudiness; rain in Extreme
west portion.
THE MAYORALTY.
Mayor Herman Wise is self-eliminated
from coming municipal cam
paign. This leaves a situation that de
mands the best and instant thought of
the voters of this city. No man of
lesser ability or sturdier principles
and motives,,can, for a moment be,
considered in ; this relation. And no
man' who will lend himself to the doc
trine of re-opening this city to the
vicious swing of ..immorality will be
tolerated; or if he be, it will be but
,to move the decent people to such
.. methods, later, as will lay this ques-
tion for all time to come in Astoria.
The day of saloon domination is rap
idly passing; and while the clean and
respectable houses in this line should
be spared the weight of reprisal, they
will find it difficult to avoid the
course of reaction that is certain to
set in and . they should see to it,
along with all interested .citizens, that
. there is a mayor at the helm who will
.have the influence and courage to ad
here to policies and plans in mitiga
tion of such an onslaught.
As its mayor is, so will the city
be!. .. ,: .
We know of many excellent men
who would fit admirably in this place
and give the city just the administra
, tion she needs at this critical junc
ture; we are naming none, for obvi
. ous reasons; but we yentur the. boast
that no live, capable, well-intentioned
candidate, be he whom he may, will
receive more cordial and , sanguine
backing than the Morning Astorian
will give him. , '
No man older than Mn Wise should j
be chosen; in fact, the younger of the
best equipped business men of the
city should furnish forth the right
man; some man of energy, in the
flush of eager manhood, with all his
principles fresh and strong and ap
plicable to an exacting situation. But
it is "up to the people, and we await
with friendly patience,, the outcome.
When . it shall be known, we shall
know what to do, and do it. ,..
- A WORD TO PETITIONERS.
For the sake of expediency ana the
correctness always desireable in the
documentary work in which the (pub
lic is interested, it may be yfell to
, caution "all 'political" petitioners, that
, the manner and form of their petiti
ons are clearly prescribed by law,
and that these instructions should be
' 'religiojusly adhered to t In order to
avoid hampering and confusion and
defeat, later, when some oversight
has been found that discredits and
practically annuls the petition.
Conformity with the law in this,
and all other matters,' is one of the
howling essentials and ; the' ' most
broadly and stupidly neglected of all
requirements with which the ordina
ry mortal deals. We are passing this
word of caution in the best of faith,
to all concerned, and trust it' will be
heeded, to the exclusion of discomfi
ture in the very near future.
. JOHN MITCHELL.
John Mitchell, the great labor lea
der, has been compelled to come, out
with a peremptory denial 'of his, ex
pressed authorization for the use of
his picture and alleged interviews, in
' connection wth the present political
stuation, and what John Mitchell
says, goes. He is one of the men at
the head of industrial affairs in this
country, whose word is taken with,
and for, its utterance, not alone with
the federations that he stands for,
but with all men, great and small, al
lied with" labor and una Hied. He holds
the most enviable place in the collec-
AS TORI AN.
.u. ........ .$1.50
July 30, 1905, a the poatoffice at As
Morning Astorian to either residence
by postal .card or : through telephone.
be immediately reported to the office
tive concept of the people of any
man who has ever represented labor
and so far as we are concerned, w
hope to; see him rightfully honorei
some day, for the manfulness that
has brought him to this admirable at
titude.
BUTTERWORTH TRAGEDY.
All Oregon is shocked at the
dreadful news from Portland telling
of the horrible murder of II. T. But-
terworth on the threshold of his home
in St' John's.' The fearful rapidity
and "consectttiveness of these mur
ders is appaling, and call for the most
extraordinary expansion of the po
lice and judicial powers of the State,
Something must be done to reduce
the hideous record that is making.
I Portland must be harboring a fright
ful nest of thugs and had better make
a clean-up of her crime warrens. She
has to bear the onus of the history
that is being compiled to the shame
of the State, and owes it to all men
io take ' the initiative in a campaign
of elimination and inquisition that
shall mean something to the gentry
addicted to work of ths sort
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS.
Mr., Taft has always been as jeal
ous of the repute and integrity . of
the bar as he has of his own. Thus
animated, when still a young man, he
led a battle to disbar from practice
a gang of shyster lawyers who, by
their knavery, intrigues and subter
ranean tactics, had made it almost
impossible to obtain the conviction
of a criminal who could command
any influence in Cincinnati. Some of
the most sensational incidents of the
city's history including the burning of
the court house by a mob, cluster
about this crusade. The ringleader of
the declassed lawyers, Campbell by
name, successfully withstood prose
cution and disbarment. But he was
not proof against Taft. In the disbar
ment proceedings Mr. Taft spoke so
forcibly, so indignantly, so truthful,
ly, with, Campbell's iniquities for a
text, that he aroused the citizens to
such a pitch of righteous rage that
Campbell was forced to leave town.
It was just after this that Mr. Taft
was prevailed upon to accept his first
federal iob. not beacuse he wanted it
or because it was to his liking, but
to serve the" party. Mr. Taft stands
fnr nartv reinilaritv. He deorecates
factional fights because they tend to
weaken and disrupt the solidarity of
organization which he knows is need-
,ful if the party is to be kept suffi
ciently vitalized to be useful. But he
has never allowed party interest to
glaze' over corruption inside the par;
ty,fl and- he is instant to denounce
wrong doing by his own partymen as
he is in those of others. A factional
fight among the Republicans of Ham
ilton county confronted President
Arthur with a complication out of
which hf was glad to find a way by
suggesting that Mr. Taft be named
as incumbent of the contested, post,
the internal revenue collectorship of
the first district of Ohio.
The emoluments were highly lucra
tive, but the duties were distasteful
to." him. The causes which rendered
his appointment a measure of party
expediency having ceased, he resign
ed after a year and settled down to
the practice of law.
The friends of organized labor can
not forget that Bryan is tbe man who
proposed to cut wages in two with
the fifty cent dollar.
COFFEE
Insist on the roaster's
name ; never mind the
country it grew or is said
to have grown in.
Your groci return rour money U re l0't
l&f SclultiUii hoi. w pair tilts
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Judge Taft'a Work For ChrUtlnlty.
Judge Taft's address at the dedica
tion of a new Y. M. C A. building in
St Paul Sept 27, In which be modest
ly referred to bis efforts in behalf 6f
Christian lustituUons In the rhllipplne
Islands, serves as a remtnder that the
whole record of his public career con
tains no chapter more creditable to
himself, or more honorable to the Amer
ican government than that devoted to
his treatment of church and religious
Interests in the orient It is an In
spiring story of achieved results which
have . Immensely Increased Christian
Influences and promoted Christian civ
ilization la remote territory, where
their progress had formerly been In
secure. ' '
The withdrawal o Spanish aathori-
tty from the Philippine Immediately
confronted the United' States with
problem which It bad never faced be
fore. In other words,' It wa called
npon to devise a form of territorial, ad
ministration In which there should be
an absolute separation of church and
state, with effective safeguards for the
Interests of both. Under Spanish au
thority the civil and the clerical au
thorities were united, and to separate
them, define their rights and functions
and yet enlist their cordial support for
a new administrative system wblcb
should be entirely nonsecular in char
acter was the task immediately con
fronting the American government
This difficult undertaking was In
trusted to Judge Taft, and the success
with which he discharged It discloses
at their best his tact his Integrity,
his high sense of justice and bis un
erring skill in constructive statesman
ship. It would have been one thing to
declare by a mere executive order that
there should be an absolute. separation
of the civil from the religious authori
ty In the insular government but It
was quite another thing to make tbe
separation effective and establish It
upon conditions accepted and cordial
ly supported by all the divergent In
terests Involved. But that to precisely
what Judge Taft accomplished, and In
doing It he had to deal with questions
of property rights, taxation, sectarian
Interests and civil administration
which no other American executive
ever had to determine.
The result of Judge Taft's construc
tive enterprise Is that the Philippines
now enjoy a government which fully
complies with the constitutional re
quirement that the church and the
state should be separate., All Interests.
civil and religious alike, earnestly sup
port the new order of things. . Civil
and religious liberty prevails through
out the archipelago. All religious de
nominations are working harmonious
ly for tbe promotion of Christian civ
ilization, education is , advancing In
every province, and the moral, mental
and material condition of the islands
Is more flourishing than ever before.
History will describe William How
ard Taft as the greatest missionary of
American influence and Christian Im
stltutlons In the far east. Ills exam
ple, his methods and the plain record
of his beneficent achievements distin
guish him as the Interpreter and build
er of civil and religious liberty In the
orient.
Wanted to Hear Old Hryan Speeches,
An enthusiastic supporter of Brynn
owns a phonograph. Recently he or
dered some records (ontalnlrig : late
speeches of tb( peerless leader.' and
when they arrived he -invited in n Re
publican neighbor to listen to them.
However.-, whal the Bryan supporter
H'it V
Intended to be , fun at the Republic
an's expense turned out the reverse,
for the Republican at once began' to
call for .free silver speeches and ree
trade speeches and government own
ership speeches and nil kinds of Bryan
speeches of a few years ago which are
no longer "canned," being considered
not fit for use this year. The Bryan
man Anally became exasperated bnd
set the machine away. .; ; 1
The Wilson-Gorman tariff act, which
Mr. Bryan helped to prepare and carry
through congress and which President
Cleveland denounced as "a creature of
perfidy and dishonor," closed Amer
ican factories, lowered American wages,
brought the people to hunger and
want and caused a deficit In the, treas
ury, v Mr. Bryan Is today urging fur
ther tariff legislation of the aame char
acter. , If the people prefer paralysis
to prosperity; be is their man. 4 -
- " - "
Mr. Bryan declares that "the United
States senate lis a place where ever'
predatory corporation hail found a bul
wark." Mr. Bryan has not liked the
senate very well since he failed to get
there In 1004 by the uuo of tbe 120.000
donated by Thomas Fortune Ryan to
carry the Nebraska legislature for
Bryan.-..-. j .i
Mr. Bryan was also going to "drive
from the party" In tbe same manner
as be threatens Haskell one Roger Sul
livan of Illinois. At last accounts Mr.
Sullivan, was still in tbe party and
seemingly on excellent terms with the
candidate, . ' ... i .
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.('Fearless In . relentlessly warring
asalnst erll wherever It may be found"
Is a description that makes Mr. Taft
the ideal champion of nprlghtness in
American politics.
Mr. Bryan having been conclusively
proved to be a dreamer, It behooves
every voter to see that he is prevented
from Indulging In any nightmares at
the expense of tbe country.
"My views are well known!" shouts
Mr. Bryan. Will the gentleman kindly
give the vIntage-1890, 1900 or 1008?
"The event has proved what a colos
sal failure Bryan would have been."
There are the argument and proof of
me past as a warning In the present
against intrusting the health of , the
future to Bryan nostrums. .
The wage earning voters of the coun
try have twice enjoined Bryan from
the presidency. This year tbey will
make the Injunction permanent
"Wisdom and moral courage are the
two qualities which make a great pres-i
Ident" declares Sir. , Roosevelt He
has proved that he possesses both
Judge Toft exhibited both when on
the bench and when secretary of war,
and he will carry both Into the White
House, - - -" : :
Not ' confiscation, but regulation, is
the Taft remedy for railway abuses.
Judge Taft Is the candidate not of
a class, but of a great party, and he
will be president of an entire people
No lawlessness, no Injustice that Is
the clear and strong attitude of Judge
Tuft toward capital and toward labor,
The Roosevelt heritage has only in
creased in value since the living testa
tor denied the pretensions of Claimant
Bryan. .
Mr. Bryan says the stars In their
courses are fighting for him. Mr, Bry
an always wins his elections up in. the
air. .:,..-
M-'.hvm
Thorndike in Baltimore American.
THE WORLD INVITED.
To Valie'jo 'California! To Witness
"Launching 0( 'Prometheus,
, .1 .. . 4 -
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2i.An
event that "wilt signalize a new era
in ship building.on the Pacific Coast
is scheduled for December 5 at Mare
Island navy' yard when the giant
collier Pometheut wil be launched
from the ways and chri
tened by the little daughter of
had 'charge of the work of building
the vessel. Under the auspice of the
Chamber of Commerce and i mer
chants association of Vallcjo, the
people of that city, will make the oc
casion one long to be remembered for
these two organizations are making
preparations for one of the largest
celebrations ever undertaken outside
the large cities. Invitations will be
sent to all commercial organizations
of the seven Pacific States and a (pec
iai rate on railroads will insure largo
numbers being present from the en
tire Pacific slope. This launching will
be of importance in that it will show
the magnitude of the navy yard and
of the work that is being accom
plished there.
The Prometheus is one of the lar
gest of the auxiliary naval vessels
ever constructed in this country, and
is longer than any vessel ever built
on the Pacific Coast,
Its length over all is 465 feet 9 in
ches, extreme breadth 60 feet 2 1-2
inches, displacement at mean ' Jow
draft 12,500 tons; dead weight ca
pacity 6500 tons; ' bunker capacity
1,575 tons, engines twin screw, ver
tical triple expansion; complement 19
officers, 214 men.
STEAMER, IS BURNED.
NEW BURGH, N. 4 W, Oct. 21.
Four members of the crew of the
steamer New York, of the Hudson
River Ba line, are believed to have
lost their lives in a fire that destroy
ed the large passenger vessel as she
was moonMo a pier, for repairs in
the: shipyards here. , ' '
The fire started early today while
the crew of 73 meiV Jncluding Cap
tain A. H. Harqual, commander of
the steamer, were asleep. Someone
ran through the sleeping quarters
giving the alarm and the ! crew
scarmbled ashore. ':' ? ;"'"
Soon after it Vis discovered that
four colored waiters were missing.
The fire was confined to the steamer,
TYPHOID EPIDEMIC.
CHICAGO,' Oct. 21.--The village
of Maywood is suffering ' from an
epidemic of typhoid fever. ; Twenty
five cases have een reported in the
last 10 day,s with 'one 'death'. ; Several
are said td: be in a critical condition
at the present time. ' ' ; '!
It is the belief ' of ' the suburban
board of health that the infection has
been caused by house ' flies carrying
the disease germs from the Des
Plaines river, which "' at present is
stagnant and . low; also from the
mouths of sewers opening into the
stream.' The milk furnished to the
villagers and watir from the munici
pal plant have been analyzed and
found to be free from germs.
MILLINERY : SALE !
f Special Sale of
PATTERN
HATS
At the , ,if
. La Mode
G82 Commercial St,
, AMUSEMENTS. ; t
' I M t AoJ l J V r',
..Astoria Theatre..
' 1 ' One Niglit Only ' '
Thurs., Oct, 22
LEE WILL ARD
Supported by
A large Company in
Edward k. Kidder's drama
"A Poor
Relation"
PRICES
25, 50, 75 and $1.00
Astoria Theatre
ONS NIGHT
SUNDAY
Oct. 25
WILLIE DUNLAY
INV',:"!'': 1J"
GEORGE M. COHAN'S
Brilliant Comedy Hit With Music
"The
Itancymoaners"
Elaborate Production
;- -r-.c su k I''-.--.- -. "'
Cohan' Songs, Cohan Boys, Cohan
. . Girls, Cohan Noise. .
Tho Cohan Songs Hits "I'm a
V(U,BI ...HI,,, .. . WUk VI f
Noise," "Kid Days? In a "One-
Nicht Stand." "Nothincr New '
neath the Sun," "The Mysterious
Maid," '"Don't Go In . the Water,
Daughter," "San ; Francisco Is My
Home," "An Old Fashioned Walk."
The' Incomparable Company, and
the Bisque Baby Ballet.
Prices Evenings, 25c to $1.50. Ma-
. tlnees, 25c to $1.00. -1
1 j ( Mail orders filled How. . 5 T
THE GRAND
THEATRE
Commercial and Ninth Street
TONIGHT
, FOR HIS SISTER'S SAKE
HALLO, HALLOO GRINDER
ILL-REWARDED HONESTY
TOM REMOVES
: SONG
"Too Late (Rosey)
" VIEWS OF
s TRIP .THROUGH HAWAII
This Theatre is equipped with
the latest and most improved electri
cal Machines. Don't fail to see these
pictures, .,''
ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAM
MONDAY, THURSDAY AND
SATURDAY '
ADMISSION, 10c
Children, 5c.