THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, . OREGON.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 1909.
VISITORS SEE CHINESE
I The Store phc UU T
Outfitters
women BEELHIVE
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We are Still at it with our
CLEARANCE SAL!E !
Hurry and get some of the plums today
Silk Waists values up to $7.50 at $2, 0
Silt Waists values up to $5.oo at..................... . M
White Waists, 4ast summers , styles.............,., .49s
Coats. House Dresses L......l..l.;;.....:.:........9is
You' never saw such values-like giving away the Goods
OCEAN, BAR, I
BAY, DOCK
AND RIVER
The fine Portland-Asiatic steamship
Nicoraedia, from Hong Kong, Shang
hai and Kobe, came op to the Colum
bia bar at noon yesterday; after a
tempestuous trip of 32 dfjs across
the Pacific. She failed to find the
pilot schooner, lot an attempt was
made to meet her call for a pilot by
despatching t& bar tug Wallula,
with Captain George Wood on board,
to her service; but the bar, althoogh
reported "smooth," from North Head
was pounding in such fashion that
eren Captain John Reed, of the
Wallula, would not take that staunch
craft through it to the waiting ship.
It is presumed she has picked up the
Pulitzer and will enter port this
morning. She comes in command of
her first officer,, and there is deep in
terest in this port over the sad history
of the 'tragedy whereby her gallant
master, Captain Wagmann lost his
life shortly after leaving the Japanese
coast
The McCabe Stevedoring Company,
of Portland and Astoria, has taken the
contract for loading the French bark
Asineres, now at the Hammond Lum
ber Company's' docks for 1,500,000
feet of Oregon fir, and will put a full
gang of men on the job today under
the direction of Captain Johnston,
The O. R. & N. Company's' side
and sternwheel fleet left out of Port
land yesterday morning with the
Potter in the lead, and the Harvest
Queen following with the French ship
Armea on her hawsers; and the
Ocklahama in her wake with some
other outward-bounds, the names of
which have not been ascertained here.
The Potter and the Lurline had a
friendly set-to for speed and time on
the run and the latter beat the big
liner to a mooring by at least 40
minutes. The other two vessels will
be in port this forenoon sometime.
The Lurline came down on her old
time last evening for the fourth time
in a week and went back at 7 o'clock
with a goodly crowd of passengers
and plenty of freight Among those
going up were F. Vitteta and John
Hooke. It is reported at the Kamm
office that the Lurline will continue
running from now on, unless condi
tions on the river again interfere, the
company being determined to keep
her going if it is within the possibili
ties. f...
It Is the purpose of the Callender
people to try-oiit the new boiler of
the Melville today, to see what the
improvement means in the way of
their Astoria representative. This ts j increased power and speed and other
the culmination of the negotiations 'advantages due from the costly bet
that have been going forward for sev-1 terment. If it meets expectations, the
eral weeks as between the master of
the Asineres and the stevedoring
onions of this city and Portland. She
started to load with her own crew,
but the unconscionable slowness of
the work was so apparent that the
matter was finally turned over to the
experienced men for the sake of
despatch.
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Fighting the Beef Trust and sup
plying good wholesome meats are two
different things. We handle nothing
but the best at prices consistant with
quality. Our meats are approved by
Uncle Sam and when you want meats
that give satisfaction place your order
with us. '.
We Have Plenty of Choice
. Beef y from . 5c to 15c
Pork at from.. .. .... . . . .8c to 15c
Mutton at from.! 8c to 15c
Sausages at from 10c to 12Jc
' i' Hams at- .t..l5c
Bacon at from ..15 to 17Jc
' Picnic Hams at 10c
p Lard, 5-lb. pails.. ..65c
t Lard, 10-lb. pails..'.;.. ;.$Uo!
Butter at 70c-75c
Fresh Eggi 7 40c
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684 COMMERCIAL ST.
company will be greatly pleased.
Captain Aubert, of the wrecked ship
Alice, with his first officer, is in the
city attending to the closing of all
business details of the ship and her
people. He, with his officers and men,
24 all told, will depart for France, via
New York, tomorrow; the French
Consul, M. Labbe, of Portland, hav
ing made all arrangements for their
transportation.
The steamer Wellesley had not got'
ten out to sea late yesterday after
noon, owing to the turmoil on the
bar, but will probably make it out
this morning. And it is said the
Olsen-Mahoney is in the same defer
red list.
lhe British steamship boveric is
due in these waters at any hour now,
from British Columbia, and will go
up stream to load out lumber for the
Australias.
The steamer Argo which went down
to the bar Friday morning, Tillamook
bound, did not make it out as the bar
was uncompromisingly rough. She is
now at her berth at the Callender and
will try to make it out today if pos
sible. ' r. ; .' ;'.
The steamer Homer is due to ar
rive in from the Bay City sometime
today and has a big cargo of local
freight on board. '
The steamer Nome City is due
down from Rainier and should leave
out to'lay if all things are amenable
down at the bar.
ENAMEL WARE SALE Ml THIS WEEK
Come in and select your supply of cooking utensils
all high grade , enamel ware. Stew Pans, Kettles,
Sauce Pans, etc., regular 20c articles all this week
for 10 cents
only two to a customer
This is a rare opportunity to a housewife and it will
be many a day before an offer equal to this will be
' repeated. '
., We handle D. M. C. in all colors
Just received a new shipment of Richardson's Em
, broidery Silk in all colors.
CELEBRATION QUIET THIS
YEAR -THE ULIES AREN'T
YET IN BLOOM.
Quite a number of ladies and gen
tlemen have visited the Chinese quar
ter since the advent of the Celestial
New Year, and last night especially
the visitors were numerous. True to
the announcement made by various
members cf the colony, the celebra
tion this year is of a much quieter
nature than usual, evidently because
of the recent deaths of the emperor
and the empress dowager, and per
haps because of the more or less un
satisfactory political conditions now
existing in China.
Nearly all of the stores in As
toria s Chinatown are adorned in a
queer, Celestial way in observance of
the occasion, and the joss houses are
fitted up in accordance ' with their
customs. As a rule the visitors are
not made very welcome in the joss
houses, though acquaintance with
some of the merchants will easily
lead to an invitation to enter the
holy places.
In many of the stores little alters
are prepared, usually with rugs and
alter cloths, and with great pictures
of grotesque Buddhas or Brahmas in
the back ground grotesque, at least to
the eyes of the people of this country.
On the table, or alters, are placed
baskets of fruit and of nuts, and ev
erywhere are the Chinese lilies, but
yet very few of them are in bloom.
According to a pretty belief among
the Chinese there will be good luck if
the lilies bloom by the time of the
New Year, but this time evidently the
good luck will be wanting for most of
the plants have not yet attained their
height nor have the white blooms yet
appeared. ,
During the day, at certain hours,
passersby may see the Chinese men I
kneeling before the altars in the!
stores. ' Some of them, while kneeling,
touch their foreheads to the floor.
The Chinese New Year is a time of
religious observance, as well as a
time of merrymaking, of debt-settling,
of visiting and of making new busi
ness arrangements. The firecrackers
frighten away evil spirits. The phil
osophical calm, the almost brutal
calm, of the Buddha faces, with their
sphinx-like impenetrability, especial
lv observable in their finer images and
paintings, is even plainly discernable
in the ruder idols and paintings that
embellish the altars ai A joss houses
here.
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These Suits are worth from
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$12.50 to $20.00
Get in Now and Reap Your
Harvest
250 Pair Work Gloves
values S1.00 to $1.50
50c
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BATH ROBES
SMOKING JACKETS
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The Norwegian steamship Elsa
came in yesterday from Port Town
send, Wash., and will load 200,000
feet of lumber at the Hammond Lum
ber Company's docks and then go
on to Portland for the balance of her
big cargo for the Antipodes.
The steamship Geo. W. Elder will
not leave Portland until 12 o'clock to
morrow, and will depart from the
Callender dock here early on Tuesday
morning, by at least 6 o'clock.
The steamer Alliance will not leave
Portland until this, Sunday, night and
this will put her out of this port and
from the Callender pier, at 6 oclock
tomorrow morning.
The steamship Senator arrived
down yesterday morning with a big
cargo and 200 passengers for San
Francisco, and. left out from this- port
at about high noon yesterday.
The steamer Yosemite, lumber lad
en for San Francisco, is due down
the river and will likely get away to
day. ; !
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The, steamer South Bay finished
taking on her "stunt" of lumber at
the Hammond Lumber Company's
docks yesterday and went on up the
river for the balance "of her cargo.
The steamer Sue H. Elmore went
up to Portland at noon yesteTday, and
ill return down tomorrow evening
loaded for Tillamook Bay points.
The steamer Harold Dollar arrived
down last night from the metropolis
lumber laden for the Bay City and
will leave out today.
Notices to Mariners.
Captain H. Tompson of the schoon
er C. S. Holmes reports to the branch
hydrographic office that at 11 a. m.,
January 14, 1909, in Lat. 35 04 min.
N, Long 121 45 min. W., he sighted
a red whistling buoy adrift same
being marked "F. R. No. 0" in Black.
Capt. T. C. Hall of the British S. S.
"Gymeric" reports sighting the same
as above. in Lat, 37 N. Long. 123 43
min. W. on Dec. 20, 1908.
DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23,-By vir
tue of an important decision affect
ing the diamond cutting and polish
ing industry of this country rendered
by the department of commerce and
labor yesterday, eight Belgian dia
mond cutters whom the Diamond
Workers Protective Union of Amer-j
tea succeeded in having detained at
Ellis Island on the charge that they
had been brought to this country in
violation of the contract labor law
.are allowed to enter the United States.
The decision holds that the Diamond
Workers Union of this country is
"Unamerican in character" in that it
is composed almost exclusively of
foreigners and their stringent rules
practically prohibit Americans from
becomine members by limiting the
number of apprentices that can be j
taken into the trade to ten percent I
of their total membership. j '
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NEW TO-DAY
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J. H. Duncan has secured the
agency for the famous Ml Hood
Bottled Beer and asks you to try
same when you order again; we fur
nish a neat tray with the first order
which is ornamental as well as useful. ,
Your trade solicited. Phone 1271
Main. m
Fresh Meat
Sparc ribs, pork tenderloin, and
other meats fresh daily at Braden's
new meat market. See ad, page 4..
WRECK KILLS THREE.
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This Time The Daily Horror Is la
Pennsylvania. ''
ALTOONA, Pa,. Jan. 23.-In an
impenetrable fog the second section
of the St. Louis Express westbound
which left Philadelphia at 4:30 o'clock
yesterday afternoon crashed into the
first section at Summerhill, 25 miles
west of this city, at 12:30 this morn
ing, killing three persons and injur
ing six, one probably fatally, j "
The list of killed and injured fol
lows: i i j j
S. L. Taylor, Brooklyn, employed
by Charles E. Ring, broker of New
York.'
11. J. Kelly, a Pullman car conduct
or, Jersey City.
Charles Coleman, Colored, a Pull
man porter, Philadelphia.
Injured:
W. J. Johnson, Second and McKin-
non btrects, Cincinnati.
Mrs. Adam Rankin, 214 Green
Street, Anderson, Ky.
W. D. Kissell, fireman, Pittsburg.
Four mail clerks, not seriously.
The very best board to be obtained j
in the city is at "The Occident!
Hotel" Rates very reasonable.
Folgers Golden Gate
Baking Powder
. A Strictly Pure Cream of Tartar Powder
. Special 40c the pound
'Acme Grocery Co.
. HIGH GRADE GROCERIES ?
521 COMMERCIAL 8TREET PHONE CSl
NAME MEANS SOMETHING.
When A. E. Petersen
named the "Modern'
meant that it should stand for what
it was called. No patron has missed ,
a single feature of the modern ton- j
sorial parlor rt that house; and every
new device in the way of perfect ,
comtert and service is constantly add- j
ed as it develops. The latest is an
, expert bootblack, the best in the
business; qualification that makes
his employment really modern. 1
Wood and Coat
If you want dry fir cordwood, in-
tuAm fir Karl? alati nr knwnnjl rrrr
up Kelly, the Wood and Coal Dealer,
the man who keeps the prices down.
Coal at $7.00 per ton in your base
ment or $6.00 at yard. Main 2191
Barn, corner 12th and Duane.
ELIW j Gold Weather Specials
Now is the time to lay in your supply
of beverages for the winter ' months
I Vigoral Beef Tea $2.50 per jug
Fluid beef in tubes 50c per dozen, high
! grade Rock and Rye and all other stan
', dard bottle goods at the most reason
' able prices, i !; r .. '
Take Advantage.
We are offering a fine line of ladies',
men s and children s shoes this week,
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inur,c Kiiiuu, as wen as Jvirs, jumi- ,n . . . . . . ,. . .
son ano jvirs. KanKin were an on me
sleeper which was at the end 'of the
first section.
Kissell was the fireman on the sec
ond section. He had two ribs brok
en and was removed to Altoona Hos
pital. Johnson .and Mrs. Rankin were
able, to continue their journey West.
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children, ' '
lb Kind Yoq Have Always EosgJJ
I at cost and in many instances greatly
bclovr cost. Come in today. Chas, V,
, Brown, the family shoe man.
Notice,
' If you want an exceptionally good
brand of carbons and ribbons for your
typewriter, see Lenora Benoit, Pub'
lie Stenographer, 477 Commercial
street.
Bea th
tSgaaturu of
Mt. Hood Beer Try it.
The Clean Man,
The man who delights in persona!
cleanliness, and enjoys his shave
shampoo, haircut, and bath, in At
toria, always goes to the Occident
barber shop for these things and
gets them at their best.
AMERICAN IMPORTING CO.
Phone 1881. 589 Commercial St.
Importers and Wholesale Liquor Dealers
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EXAMPLE- ; :.
32 C. P. Ordinary electric lamp consumes
32 C. P. "Tungsten" electric lamp consumes , ,
110 watts per hour
40 watts per hour
Saying
70 watts per hour
By using "Tungsten" lamps you can get 275 per cent increase in light for
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for 35 per cent of the cost of lighting with ordinary electric lamps.
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