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CHICANE THE KEY-NOTE.
The people of this city have been
treated to another exhibition of dirty
chicanery! ; inspired, ' wrought and
adroitly applied by the master-hand
of a citizen who aspires to the high
est gift at the hands of the people
he has bamboozled. The "Citizens'"
convention of Monday night, instead
of being carried out upon the free
and open predicate of an unbiased,
unprogrammed public congress of
citizens, in which all men might have
voice and part, was what it has al
ways been in this city, a well-pre
pared, secretly-organized, pre-arranged
Democrat . gerrymander of
the popular interests, turned to
Democcratic account and made the
vehicle for an ambitious boss, who,
to throw up enough, and impervious
dust, stooped to curry the interest
and good will of the Republicans by
posing as a candidate for the police
comraissionership, while he was in
iduous!y contriving his own nomin
ation for the mayoralty, knowing he
would have to cut the political throat
of a respected colleague to get it
and who did not hesitate to do the
unpardonable trick of personally
nominating the man he bad con
spired to sacrifice; his own nomina
tion being left to the hands of A
stranger in the city because he did
not have quite the nerve to invite a
home-Democrat to do the shabby
' thing. ;. " , ;
Mr. Bergman was openly slaugh
tered on the floor of the convention
by his friend ' and colleague in a
course of well-devised, tricks that rob
the nomination of "Sea-wall Tony"
of its last vestige of lustre and honer,
and leave him the victim of his own
over-reached ambition, and the ir
radicable taint of sheer and undeni
able bad faith. For 24 hours before
that convention opened A. M. Smith
was an avowed candidate for the
nomination to the police-commission;
when its doors opened, " he . was
known to be in the race for the
movnraltw "' Whv? Because he felt
that Isaac Bergman was not strong
enough to go up against Mr. Elmore,
the candid and open choice of the
Republicans of Astoria, and thinking
that he alone could save the political
bacon of himself and his friends;
therefore he ' stooped to the mean
travesty of nominating his old friend
in a speech glowing with , friendly
ajid? grateful terms , of, abounding
good-will for the man at whose
knees he had played as a child, know
ing that before the hour passed, he
would have shorn the last atom and
chance of public honor from the old
man. The very city is ringing with
the shabbiness of the whole affair,
and Mr. Smith has not heard the last
Of it by any means.
. It was easy to do, once he got his
own consent to do it; his utter mas
tery of the situation made it plain
honor of the mayoralty; he knew the
vcry existence of the police-commis
sion as it exists today is imperilled
by the growing desire for its aboli
tion, and its reversion to the control
of the Mayor and Council; this, too,
moved him to change his course and
steer for the place that should cinch
him in the power he has always cov
eted (and practically held), the mas
tery of the police situation in As
toria. Let no man misunderstand
the care and exactness with which he
surrounded himself with trusted
aides in this behalf; it is hardly sus
ceptible of misconception' in the light
of the happenings on Monday night;
and being understood it must not be
forgotten by those to whom the fu
ture of Astoria means anything.
The : failure of this crowd to en
dorse ; Mr. Elmore, : was expected,
perfectly natural, in an assemblage
charged by preconcert, and positive
direction as this meeting was; but
happily that exclusion has redounded
to the credit of the Republican nom
inee in that it is free from the taint
of nasty politics plainly conspicuous
and shamelessly wrought there. And
if this is to be the quality and sub
stance of the campaign before us,
the good citizens of this city, must
gag a bit, catch their breadth and
wade into the wallow of it, however
much we had hoped for a clean and
manly engagement I. . ,
We are now sure that Mr. Berg
man intends to run. It is to be hoped
he will stay in the field and give the
man who sold him out a taste of his
own medicine, just for the sake of
honest reprisal in a case that has no
parallel in Astoria for callous ingrat
itude and broken faith. It is said
that Isaac Bergman will win in a
triangular, fight of the kind now
pending; but if he does, the people
of Astoria may be infinitely better
able to trust this honest man, than
the man who prefaced his campaign
by so glaring a maneuvre as to
awaken public doubt of his right to
be trusted.
ON K NIGHT
my, mm i,
LINCOLN J. CARTER
presents the picturesque
western play
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WANTED!
AMUSELIENTS
JEFFERSON BROS.
Mr. Taft may not be confidently
looking for electoral votes in hi
Southerrn tour, but he is a man who
would value a friendly feeling and
clear-headed politics in any part of
Uncle Sam's domain. '
Canada is rapidly pushing the sur
vey fof a railroad to Hudson Bay.
This year Montreal passed New
York in grain shipments abroad. The
Dominion is a long way ahead in
important transportation enterprises.
Nowadays, as theatrical managers
are looking high and low for sensa
tional dramatic materialwhen the
book of the day is quickly scissored
and pasted into a play, and the lat
est tragic police news is manufac
tured into a melodrama Tosenh and
William W, Jefferson continue on
their popular and successful way
with "The Rivals," in which the hu
man heart is delicious! involved and
laughs are the jolly companions hat
WILLIAM - W. JEFFERSON
nation without giving the shadow cf
offense to the purest minded per
son. The comedy is mounted in ele
gant fashion and the supporting
company will be one of the best
that has ever visited this city. This
classical offering comes to the As
toria Theatre Thursday, October 29.
"THE FLAMING ARROW."
The Astoria Theatre
South Londonderry, Vt.
Jlyotnei (pronounced Iligh-o-me)
is the quickest acting and mose sen
sibte remedy ever discovered, for. all
diseases . of the , nose, throat, and
lungs. It is guaranteed by T. F.
Laurin to cure catarrh, coughs, colds,
asthma, bronchitis and croup, or
money back. A complete outfit, in
eluding a' neat hard rubber pocket
will present r " ' cxu"
next Sunday Lincoln J. Carter's sen- tt,e of "y0 if """wards n
ed, cost but 50 cents.
A big, advance iri thei price of
Thanksgiving turkeys' is already an
nounced. No protest has yet been
made, as it is the evident desire of
the ''campaign orators to keep our
national holidays free from politics.
i It -is said that the organization of
which' Mr. Gbmpers Is the official
head contains, by count, 700,000
voters, but the claim' that it votes
automatically when Mr. Gompers
touches the button is not credited by
the American people.
"If I am elected governor of New
York," says Mr. Chanler, "I shall
advise with leaders of approved ex
perience and inegrity." Mr, Chanler
will frnfr witU Tommin.. inA
sailing; he had a line of conventional1 ... . . . .
6 jers, or they will put him in a corner
lieutenants, chairman,. , secretary, Lt Albanv and foraet him.
have
committeemen; (who may
-thought they were severally" chosen
in the open, but who were not) and
they were entirely responsive to his
every wish from first to last. Of
course he had other motives than
mere ambition for ' the
An improved waterway carries
freight at a tenth of the cost hy rail,
in much greater quantities, and in
half the average time of freight' tran
sit on railroads. The '.more water
ways are studied the more their ad-
particular vantages grow upon the investigator.
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COFFEE
The gfoddncss of every
thing: else at breakfast de
pends on the coffee.
Tww tnew retunw ra mettn 1 ya iamt
M fcMMoc't Bctlj mhiUa ,
sational drama, "The. Flaming Ar
row." As the title would indicate,
the play deals with the event!, that
occur on the western plains and. lic
Rocky Mountains. It is, not as blooil-
thirsty as the title would indicate,
but is full of pathos, deep heart in
terest, adventure , and side-splitting
bupts of laughter which relieves the j
more serious plot of the story. Thej
play is typically a border drama and
exploits, Indians, cowboys, but is
withal, said lo be one of the most
rational and interesting plays of the
kind ever produced. It is claimed
that the scenery employed in this
production is of surprising richness
and fidelity to the locale of the play.
In the second act in which an Indian
Council is held there is a remarkable
realistic reproduction of a Council j
fire, with flames leaping upward ap
parently in the most natural manner.
The weird Indian music and chants;
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whoops; the fantastic movements ofjuu" vuuiuiciv-iii pi,
the ghost dancers and a total eclipse j i " . f '
of the moon, all tend to make this!
act one of interest and novelty. I
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The Attack on Ft. Reno.
The Council Fire,
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TONIGHT
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PROPHECY OF THE RING
WHERE'S THAT QUARTER
FUN ON THE FARM
"TRUE HEARTS"
TRIP THROUGH CHINA
This Theatre is equipped with
the latest and most improved electri
cal Machines. Don't fail to see these
picturej. .
At the
La Mode
ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAM
MONDAY, THURSDAY AND
; SATURDAY
ADMISSION, 10c
Children, 5c
CROUP QUICKLY CURED.
In "The Rivals," Astoria Theatre,
Thursday Evening, October 29.
lead us from scene to scene to the
very last act. Nothing meretricious
nothing purient nothing "advanc
ed"- figures in this delightful play;, ic
is clean, happy and wholesome. Local
theatre-goers will have, an opportun
ity to witness the magnifience , and
multi-phased beauties' of the acting
of these histrionic artists and will
understand and appreciate it and
have, the rare satisfaction of know
ing that the . Jeffersons have added
to the gladness and gaiety of the
Don't Let the Child Choke to Death
While Waiting for the Doctor.
Croup should fjave prompt treat
ment. The life of many a dear one
has been sacrified because the right
remedy was not at hand."
Pay close attention to the child
who is feverish, thirsty, and occasion
ally "coughs dryly and shrilly,' This
is the first stage , of croup, and in-
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stani treatment snouia oe given-.
Hyomei, the miraculous,' antiseptic
dry a!r treatment, will cure croup in I
either the first or second stages.
Easily , inhaled, even when the
breathing is irregular, it reaches
more promptly inflamed membrane
of the windpipe. Its soothing bal
sams act immediately, the inflamma
tion is allayed, and the swelling re
duced. ' ; ' . . ,f .,i " j f :.
"Not long ago our little boy, Wal
ter, awoke in the night with a bad
attack of croup, so that he experi
enced great difficulty in breathing.
We allowed him to inhale , Hyomei,
and he immediately began to breathe
easier, and 'in half an hour was fast
asieep. Our children, being subject
to croup, we feel safe with Hyomei
in the house, and I am glad to speak
a good word for a remedy that will
rob croup of its terrors." Rev.' Geo,
Sisson, . Pastor of M. E. , Church,
ASTORIA THEATRE
r F. M. HAN LIN, Lessee and Manager.
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andlan exceptionally talented company
in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's
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PRICES: 50ci 75c, $1.00, $1.50