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ER ITEMS OF INTEREST
A',EW YORK, Jan.20. That death
?r. danger lurk at every turn of
t street traffic on this congested island
is beine impressed on all New York
ers to-day in the form of official ac
cident reports for the old yearwhich
nave just been made public. With
some five hundred victims killed
outright among the fifty-five thous
and casualties set down to street and
railroad cars alone in Greater New
York for this one year, the careless
erowd of Gotham is being confronted
in a practical way with its most press
ing problem of the new year. When
each day brings more than one death
and broken limb, each two days a
fractured skull and each week a leg
r arm amputated in the whirl about
the tracks of this town, the added
hazards of breakneck driving, rush
lour riots and theatre jams are mak
ing the general list of the city's slain
and maimed . up into the hundreds
each day. One man in twenty is due
to fall before the highway juggernaut
in the new year, the figures show,
nnlcss speedy steps are taken to suc
cor the helpless wayfarers at the
crossings.
1 TAX TRICKS.
Though hundreds of the wealthiest
men of the town have just been
shown to be conspicuous through
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Specials For January j
30 per-cent Off
on Cut' Glass and Hand Painted China
20 per-cent Off
on Decorated Harviland China
lO per-cent Off
on all other goods in the Crockery Department
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their absence on the published tax
rolls, crowds of beleaguered million
aires are to-day thronging the city
offices in their annual attempt to be
little the value of the trifling tracts
of real estate which they have been
discovered to own. Last year over
a billion dollars in personal tax as
sessments were vigorously sworn off
in one month by these thrifty citi
zens and this year their anffliety for
tax immunity on tangible holdings
is even greater. As a moral measure
of the citizenship of Xew York this
annual tax list shrinkage is of much
more value than as any real index to
property possession. Though the in
dications to-day point to a dwarfed
increase over last year in taxable
property, observers are counting the
process more of a moral than a physi
cal valuation. The pitch to which a
lean year may work up the wealthy
to swear off taxes is well known in
this town where the spectacle is one
of the most shameful of the year.
LOBBY LOUNGERS.
In the height of the cold wave from
the west a pitiless crusade against
"chair warmers" has been undertaken
to-day by the management of one of
the older hotels here. By placard,
suggestion and even by force whole
detachments of the professional lob
by loungers are being sent into the
cold outer world for no other reason
than that they cumber the places in
tended for the paying guests of the
establichment. While this movement
is being viewed with f alarm by the
army of genteel indigents, whose
( principal daily function is to protect
lobby settees from the cold, the gen
eral traveling and paying public is
hailing it with joy.
BULL'S BRAVERY,
That a wrangle of doctors should
have obscured the splendid spectacle
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of Dr. Bull's fight for life even for a
day is being sadly regretted among
the family and friends of the heroic
surgeon to-day. Now that the red
tape of professional etiquette has
been adjusted, however, the public
continues to watch with unflagging
interest this most remarkable exhibi
tion of personal and professional
pluck. Months ago the newspaper!
set a "death watch" over the distin
guished patient whom the very sci
ence he excelled in had given up.
Each night reporters have waited
hour after hour for the lest news
from the sick room and the Bull
"obit," ready set, has stood at hand
to be slid into the presses at a sec
ond's notice. Each day New York
ers have scanned their papers for the
unwelcome news and each day a
few lines of type have recorded only
a daily bulletin of unchanged condi
tion. After such a brave struggle
the final news will strike the public
all the harder, if it comes at all.
TAXICAB TRICKS.
With two ordinances introduced
before the aldermen to-day calling
for a square deal from the treacher
ous taxicab, the people of Gotham
have at last tackled one of the worst
pests that has descended upon Man
hattan Island in years. To risk life
and limb in these noisy, malodorous
conveyances New Yorkers have long
objected to paying the face value of
their erratic clock dials. Slippery
asphalt utilized by equally slippery
chauffeurs has been found to accom
plish marvels in miles of recorded
but untraveled distance. Other tricks
of the taxi trade are to be searched
out for the victims of their remark
able revolutions, if nine-tenths of the
population can have their will upon
this unpopular system of rapid tran
sit. A Religious Author's; Statement
For several years I was afflicted
!with kidney trouble and last winter
I was suddenly stricken with a severe
pain in my kidneys and was confined
to bed eight days, unable to get up
without assistance. My urine con
tained a thick white sediment and
passed same frequently day and
night. I commenced taking Foley's
Kidney Remedy, and the pain grad
ually abated and finally ceased and
my urine became normal. I cheer
fully recommend Foley's Kidney
Redemy. Owl Drug Store, T, F.
Laurin, Prop.
Subscribe to the Morning Astorian,
60 cents per month.
NORTH SIDE NEWb
Mitt I. M. Wltllamaoa. ol Ilwaco, to lta KcrolitcO rcprMnUUn at Thi ArtorUa al will
lakt care of all Itcau of acwa, ordcra for aubacrlpliona and all kinds ol prlollof .
ILWACO
i Mrs. W. N. Simmons, and her son,
Nelson Simmons, who have been
'spending the past few months in
Davenport Wn., with relatives re
turned home the latter part of last
week.
Geo. L. Mosher, of the Nasel, was
a visitor to Ilwaco, the first of the
week.
Mrs. C. E. Kerlee, returned home
Monday from a sereval days visit to
Olympia, Wn. and to Portland, Ore.
Mrs. Wilson Graham, left the
first of the week, for Treadwell, Al
aska, to visit with her sister, Mrs.J.
F. Tompkins, of this place.
James Vaughn, returned to his
work, on the Nasel, Monday morn
ing, after spending several days with
his wife.
Miss Buelah Slingerland, returning
to her home in Oysterville, Saturday,
after spending a few days with Isac
Wheeldow, and family.
Geo. L. Col well, of Astoria, was
in the city the first of the week on
business.
Mrs. Ed. Hawkins, and Mrs. Ross
Williamson, accompanied Mrs. W.
Graham, to Nahcotta, Monday, re
turning the same day.
J. A. Howerton, and J. A. Hybar
ger were visitors to Fort Columbia
Monday, where Mr. Homerton made
some repairs on his telephone line.
Marion Smart returned to his work
in South Bend, the latter part of last
week. His father and family are con
templating moving soon to South
Bend where there is more work to be
had.
Vm, Samnlcs. Fred limes, and
Joe Markham, who were forced to
come home, during the recent cold
W. returned the first of tnis
week to the Nasel.where they are en
gaged in logging.
Mrs. J. L. Vaughn and her daugh
ter, Miss Mabel Hughes, are mak
ing preparations, to leave next week
for Portland, to visit for a few weeks
with relatives.
Joseph Smith, of Fairbanks, Alaska
arrived the first of the week, for a
visit with his aged father, at Long
Beach.
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Mr. and Mrs. A. A Scaborg, enter
mined, at whist, - Monday - evening,
the following guests: Mr. and Mrs.
W. B. Hawkins, Misses, Edith Whit
comb, Mabel Hughes, Cora Hawkins,
Myrtle Williamson "and Edith
Vaughan; Messrs. E. Porter, Ar
thur Hawkins, and D. Markham. The
prizes for the best players, lady and
gentleman, were awarded to Mr. Ar
thur Hawkins, a box of cigars, and
to Miss Cora Hawkins, a pair of em
broidery scissors. The booby prize
which was a lemon was awarded to
Mr. Markham.
Mr. Case was a visitor to Ocean
Park Monday to view the wrecked
ship, "Alice" He returned the same
day.
Owing to a wash out on the Ilwaco
Railroad, Tuesday morning, the stea
mer Nahcotta, landed 'at the I. R.&'
Co's dock in Ilwaco with her pass
is due to the recent large tides.
L. E. Loomis, was a business visit
or to Ilwaco, Tuesday. ,
Vnn would not defav takimr Foley's
KlAnev Remeriv at the first sien of
kidney or bladder trouble if you real
ized that negiect might result in
Bright's disease or diabetes. Foley's
Kidney Remedy corrects Irregulari
ties and cures all kidney and bladder
disorders. Owl Drug Store, T. F.
L lunn, Prop.
DIED AT 106 YEARS.
YUMA, Az., Jan. 20.-Mrs. Rose
Silas, the oldest inhabitant of Yuma
died yesterday at the age of 106 years.
she waj the first T.oman to settle in
Yoma nut the first house in the his
tory rf the city was built by her upon
permission of the military authorities.
ft still stands on a hill near Territori
al Prison, its walls intact.
Manv little lives have been saved
by Foley's Honey and Tar, for
coughs, colds, croup and whooping
cough. It is the only safe remedy
tor infants ana ennaren as 11 con
tains no opiates or other narcotic
drugs, and children like Foley's Hon
ey and Tar. Careful mothers keep a
bottle in the house. Refuse substi
tutes. Owl Drug Store, T. F. Laurin,
Prop,
Commercial
Fisher Brothers Company
SOLE AGENTS
Marbour and Finlsyson Salmon Twiuea and Netting
McCormick Harvesting Machines
Oliver Chilled Plough
Sharpies Cream Separator
Raccolitb Flooring Starrett't Tool
Hardware, Groceries,;, Ship
Chandlery
Tan Bark, Blue Stone, Muriatic Acid, Welch Coal, Tar,
Ash Oars, Oak Lumber, Pip and Fitting, Bras Good, '
Paints, Oils and Glas
Fishermen's Pur Manilla Rope, Cotton Twin and Seta- Wb
We Want Your Trade
FISHER BROS.
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Fast Freight .Service
Daily Service Via
THE A. a;c. R. R. CO.
Through merchandise Cars from Portland to Astoria
leave Portland at 6 p. in. Every Day exceptSun
day. All less than carload shipments delivered at
Freight House before 4 p. m. will arrive in Astoria at
9:5o p. m. For further information call on
0. B.;J0HN50N, Oen'I Agent A. & C. R. R.
12th St, near Commercial St ASTORIA, OREGON.
If You Are a Trifle Sensltiv
About the size of your shoes, it'
some satisfaction to known that many
people can wear shoes a size smaller
by sprinkling Allen's Foot-E into
them. Just the thing for Dancing
Parties, Patent Leather Shoes, and for
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. , ASTORIA, OREGON ;
breaking In New Shoes. When rub
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and your shoe pinch, Allen' Foot
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where, 25c. Sample FREE. Address.
Allen S. Olmstead, Le Roy, N, Y,
Don't accept any lubstitute.