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THE MORNING ASTOKIAN. -'ASTORIA, OllEGON. TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1909. 2 Established 187 Ihtblithed Doily Except Monday by THE J. & DE1XINGER CO. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By noil, per year 8y eanrtw, per month WEEKLY By aaaO, per year, in advance Xatercd u second-clssa matter July 30, 1906, at the poatoflice at Astoria, Oregon, under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Order for the delivering of The Morning Astoriau to either residence mm he mid. br oostal card or through telephone. Aay Irregularity in delivery should A enblieatktt. TELEPHONE (THE WEATHER Oregon and Washington Occa sional rain; colder in the east por tions. THE BOY SAVAGE. Oregon and her State University are deeply disgraced by the fearful result of the basing of Ralph Bris tol this winter, and his hopeless in sanity must stand, through the years, a withering reproach to the savagery of the boys who wrought it and the wretched discipline that made it pos aible. The ansinine plea that he was cra ty, insane, simple-minded, foolish, before the blasting trick was played upon him, bot deepens the character of the offense and intensifies the re sponsibility of his tormentors; it leaves them utterly without excuse for the perpetration of so deadly a game; if he was weak, physically, or mentally, that weakness should have appealed to the manhood of his fel lows and spared him the rigor of their indulgence. It is simply another ex pression of the innate savagery in the boy when he is stealing his li cense to do that which is forbidden; and it leave the young men impli cated in the deed in a light that will become ghastly to them in the days of their manhood, when matured re flection reveals the real scope and horror of it ail Not a single one of them shonld be permitted to remain at the Universi ty. There should be no hesitancy in dismissing them in plain and merited disgrace. That is the least the au thorities at Eugene can do to placate the state-wide disapprobation that ex ists over this affair. If it is not done the pniversity is likely to suffer heavily in the future, for parents are not going to risk their sons and daughters in an institution that lays down in such a case- We have every proper feeling for youngsters and would stretch every sense of good-will and palliation in their behalf upon a less gross and less pitiful emergency; but this matter presents an issue that evokes a range of danger and turpitude that out classes and forbids the play of for bearance and for the good name of the State, we insist that the rugged course of reprisal, sharp and prompt, take its way!. EXIT CHAMBERLAIN. Good Morning, Governor Benson! Oregon has paid dearly to get back to a Republican gubernatorial basis; but that she is there, may give her the necessary "hunch" to stay there and avoid the traps and tangles whereby she has been despoiled and denied her logical status during the past six years!. Mr. Chamberlain is likely to find that Republican majorities in Con- gress are less pliable than the home- majority and coldly immune to his tuuwg cnarm, invuinerame io me last of his adroit wiles as a politician; fqr the time being he is the last and least ef the great body to which he Tias been sent, and while he may rise to notable place in the minority, he is to realize that that minority is pe-jin taking strict notice of the graver culiar, genuine, a minority that means transgressions of the moral law with "exactly what the term stands for. !?n her boundaries, but she is becom- "Charm he never so wisely" he. is at ; the tail end at last, gracious as is the 'the reckless manner in which h';r dignity that has fallen to him. I officers are prosecuting their duties The reversion to Our proper status of scrutiny and apprehension of the at the capitol is one of the happy is-' evil-doers. There will be an awaken sues from the play of this man's am- ing up there some of these 'fine morn LET US TELL YOU ABOUT lungsten Electric Lamp Greatest advance in lighting methods since the invention of incandescent lamps. EXAMPLE . 32 C. P. Ordinary electric lamp consumes 110 watts per hour 32 C. P. "Tungsten" electric lamp con-Times 40 watts per hour Saving .,, 70 watts per boor By using "Tungsten" lamps you can get 275 per cent increase in light for the same cost or in other words can have the same quantity of illumination for 3S per cent of the cost of lighting with ordinary electric lamps. The Astoria Blectric Co . & ASTORIAN. .$1.50 be immediately reported to the office MAIN Ml. I II p bition; It gives us one more chance to get in line and amalgamate for the good of the State, and of the party at home and throughout the country Oregon has played the fool long enough; she has been on the odd list 'until she is a laughing stock of the Union; it is time to lay a predicate for the resumption of our honest place in the Republican sphere and councils, and no better plane has af- fered itself since 1902. If we cannot build to the rightful level, with this man out of the way, (in that larger sense that he was in the way as Gov ernor of Oregon) we had best cut loose from the party of Lincoln and McKinley and Roosevelt and take the negative and helpless attitude of a State with a swinging maiorty of Republican votes that are too coward ly to assert themselves. It is time we saved ourselves, and there are none to do it save ourselves. THE MAN TAFT. The new President of the United States, to be. William Howard Taft, has matriculated from the Roosevel tian school of high politics and cour ageous administrative reform, and the country is wondering to what measure of application those policies will be carried into the new regime and whether the "big stick" will be wielded with the same old prompt ness and vigor and effect! ' We believe the whole system will pass, unchanged, undiminished, quali fied only by the man and manner of its destinies. Mr. Taft will be just as severe upon all phases of derelic tion in high places, but he may soft en the method of hitting the derelict humans; may use a wad of velvet to ease, not tbe blow, but the noise it makes; he may go even farther than Mr. Roosevelt in his search and dis covery of fraud and wrong and un cover boldly while he punishes quietly. Mr. Taft, to our thinking, is no less impregnable than his predecessor when it comes to dealing with the scoundrel in, and out, of office; but he is not so much given to "open-air-methods" and will be a bit partial to "cabinet" corrections and reprisals. In all other ways he is a counter-part of his friend and has trained with him religiously in all the details of gov ernmental and administrative finesse and flourish, until we have come to think of the men as partners in thought and action, for the most part, and co-idealists in aspiration and the concept of their exalted, functions, altogether; but we are willing to con cede the coming President to be rath er the gentler and quieter exponent of the swift and silent rule of doing the "unpleasant" things required at the hands of the Chief Executive. Underlying the twinkles and smiles and laughs wherewith the personality bf Mr. Taft is generally tinctured ,is the man-strain that will carry him .through all the turbulence and traps 0f the Presidency. Don't let that j j0Jly front blind you to the steely back - plates of character that main tain and guide him in all things! WING SHOTS. Portland is perhaps fully justified ing something more than a joke by j ings, when the aggravating insult of such an invasion is revenged by a gun in the hand of the insultee. or the city itself is heavily mluctcd in dam ages on the score named. Black and white testimony always goes farther than curbstone rumor. There has not been even $1000 with' drawn from the Astoria National Bank by the saloonkeepers of this city because of the grand jury indictments nor on any other cround. So much for gratuitous "hot-air." Upon the river bank, directly south of the Hanthorn Cannery, on the line of the A. E. car line, in this city, there is a row of decaying, and tumb ling buildings that are a patent dis grace to the city, to the owner, and to every sense of civic nicety. They should be burned to the ground; they are not worth any effort to save them and stand there a sheer monu ment of what plain neglect produces The owner will be doing a good citi zen's duty in dismantling them by the quickest possible method. To Messrs. Olsen & Mahoney and to C R. McCormick, the best wishes of the people of the Columbia Val ley, and especially this end of it, go out, for the prime and lasting suc cess of the new line of eight freight and passenger vessels they propose to put on between the Columbia and San Francisco. It is a business proposition and should be met as such. The reformer who always has his little joke, and joker, with him, must expect to have his efforts at refor mation discounted a bit The people are shy, yon know! STRUCK IN "HELL-GATE." Pathnder Belies Her Name In The Dangerous New York Channel. XEVV YORK. March 1 The steamer Pathfinder, from Boston, a 2.200 ton vessel of the Xew York & Porto Rico Steamship Company, struck a rock in Hell Gate yesterday afternoon and almost sank before she could be got into a drydock in Eric Basin, according to the Herald, this morning. A hole was smashed in her hull four feet below the water line, but her steel bulkhead saved her. The Pathnder blew for assistance but as 'no immediate aid was forthcoming. Captain Hughes rushed his vessel full steam ahead- Off Wall Street the harbor tug President steamed along side and set two wrecking pumps at ork and the stricken ship was final ly worked. into the dock, although there was 12 feet of water in the hold. The accident to the Pathfinder oc curred when she swung in shore to avoid a collision with a tug and was caught in the strong flood tide . and thrown against a jagged rock- She ar rived here from Boston, whither she had carried a cargo of sugar from Poto Rico, and was to load out again on her regular run. There were no passengers on board. LINCOLN'S TENDER HEART. From a child Abraham Lincoln was ever the champion of the help less. His first "composition" in school was against cruelty to animals. Many stories are told of his defending the defenseless. One day, on finding some boys using a shingle in putting live coals on a trraphin's back, angry tears came into his eyes, and he snatched the shingle from the ringleader's hands. With it he dashed the hot coals from the turtle's back and 'preached against such cruelty, claim ing that an ant's life is as sweet to it as ours is to us." Late one cold night Abe and some companions found a man they knew ying drunk in a freezing mud puddle beside the road. The others said: "He had made his bed, now let him He in t." But to Abe this seemed mon strous. The man was large and heavy, yet the youth carried the apparently feless body eight rods to a deserted cabin, where he made a fire and warmed and nursed the man back to himself. (Washington Star.) A Religious Author's Statement Rev. Joseph H. Fesnerman, Salis bury, N". C, who is the author of several books, writes: "For several years I was afflicted with kidney trouble and last winter I was sud denly stricken with a severe pain in my kidneys and was confined to bed eight days, unable to get up without assistance. My urine contained a thick sediment and 1 passed same fre quently day and night. I commenc ed taking Foley's Kidney Remedy, and the pain gradually abated and finally ceased and my urine became normal. I cheerfully recommend Foley's Kidney Remedy." T. F. Lau rin, Owl Drug Store. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children, Xti Kind You Hare Always Bcogll Bosks tbe Signature vi UU'S DEFENSES NB STEADILY UNCLE SAM TAKING CARE OF HIS "EVENING ISLES" FORTIFICATIONS VAST. HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 1. Two great coast defense guns for the fortifications at Pearl Harbor arrived here last week, and are now being unloaded from the baik Mohican in which they were towed from San Francisco. The huge weapons are the latest design of 12-inch disappearing rifles, each 35 feet long, and weigh ing 57 tons. Specially constructed ap paratus is being used for lifting! them from the vessel to the specially built railway cars, by which they will be transported to the fortifications at Diamond Head, just east of the city, which are now nearly finished and have mounted eight great 12-inch mortars. At Waikiki Beach work has already begun on fortification works which will be euipped with two 14-inch ri fles of the most powerful type. When all these guns are in place the city of Honolulu will be jvcll equipped to withstand a sea attack, and with the troops to be stationed on the island will be able to well guard the rear. At the present time there are some 1.J00 men in cavalry, infantry, and marines, while quarters for at lesat twice that number arc now being prepared. These troops will include several batteries of field artillery. Back of Honolulu and separating the city from the northern coast of the island, is a backbone of exceed ingly rugged mountains, which are virtually impassable except at two or three easily guarded passes. At the present time a company of engi neers is engaged in surveying and mapping the island' in careful detail. and planning defensive works which will make a landing on any part of the inland exceedingly difficult, and will guard Honolulu and Pearl Har bor effectivicly even though a land ing should be effected . The island of Oahu lends itself na turally to the purposes of a strong hold. Its coast-line of only about one hundred miles, has only a few places where landings may be made safely even in the calmest weather. A large part of the coast is belted with barrier of coral on which a heavy surf break constantly, while at other pla ccs the solid bassalt sliffs drop down into deep water in ragged outline and tear the heavy rollers of the Pacific into spray. These rock bound sections of coast arc practically safe from any landings, inasmuch as they are most langerous to approach by small boat Thus the problem of landing troops in any number, against any opposi lion from land forces, will be a serious one for the nation attempting it when once Uncle Sam gets through his work here. Military men here de clare that even now, with the guns mounted and the forces already Vere. a very good resistance could be of fered to an invading army. HAWAII MAY GO TO SEATTLE. HON'LULU, Hawaii, March 1.- The racing yacht 'Hawaii, built last year by the people of this Territory to compete in the trans-Pacific race front San Pedro to the islands, will probably carry a party of Hawaiian yachtsmen to Seattle next summer during the time of the Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition. Although the Ha waii lost the race for which she was built, many of the local sportsmen have not lost faith in her, and if she goes to Seattle will be prepared ifl take part in 'any racing events which may be arranged there. The schooner is nw controlled by the Hawaii Yacht Club, stock 'in the club having been given in exchange to the large num ber of contributors to her building. INSTANT RELIEF FROM ITCH. The Itch Gone, the Skin Soothed and Refreshed Immediately. Instant relief from that itch. A few drops of a soothing liquid Ami the itch is gone as if by magic. Just a drop or two on the skin and no more of that torturing, and end less nerve racking itcli . Can you imagine how it will feel that itching agony swept away in a moment.'' , You can know there is relief if you just try the simple remedy simplest of external liquid remedies oil of wintergreen as compounded in D. D, D. Prescription. We positively know . that it alle- vatcs the itch immediately we vouch for this and guarantee it for we have seen it used in too many cases, and the cures that follow, as far as we know, seem to be permanent. Charles Rogers & Son, druggists. BIG STICK THREAENS. WASHINGTON', Mar. l.-Uteral ly there is a "big stick" hanging over the Senate and it will remain there even after the fourth of March . It has been there in fact, during the entire administration of President Roosevelt and it was there through out many preceding administration. Its presence was not, however, de tected until last Saturday. To Repre sentative Shirley of Kentucky is due flic credit of its discovery. When Mr, Shirley,' who was sitting in the cham ber chanced to look up found the stick as he puts it, as big at life suspended immediately over the head of Senator Tillman, The instrument is a part of one of the paintings on glass which ornaments the ceiling of the Senate chamber and it is so prom inent that many Senators to whom it was pointed out commented upon their failure to observe it before.1 RECOMMENDS A SIMPLE NOTED AUTHORITY GIVES . SIMPLE REMEDY FOR KID NEY AND BLADDER TROUBLE WHICH IS SAID TO BE SPLENDID. This is a simple home recipe now being made known in all the larger cities through the newspapers. It is intended to check the many cases of Rheumatism, kidney and bladder trouble which have made so many cripples and invalids and weaklings of some of our brightest and strong est people. The druggists here have been no tified to supply themselves with the ngredients, and the sufferer will have no trouble to obtain them. The pre scription is as follows: Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half ounce; Com pound Kargon, one ounce, and Com pound Syrup of Sarsaparilla. three ounces. Mix. by shaking well in a bottle. The dose is one teaspoonful after each meal and at bedtime. Recent experiments prove this simple mixture effective in Rheuma tism, because of its positive action upon the eliminntive tissues of the kidneys. It compels these moit vital organs to filler from the blood and system of the waste impurities and uric acid which are the cause of rheuma tism. It cleans the kidneys, strength ens them and removes quickly such symptoms as backache, blood disor ders, bladder weakness, frequent urination, painful Scalding and dis colored urine. It acts as a powerful stimulant to the entire kidney and bladder structure. Those who suffer and are accus tomed to purchase a bottle of medi cine should not let a little inconven ience interfere with making this up. BEYOND HIS FAITH. Senator Bcven'dge, discussing a political movement that in its sudden overwhelming success had rather em barrassed him, said: " I felt tike a good old Ohio pastor. As he came down from the pulpit one Sunday morning, the sexton said: " 'Your prayer for rain was soon answered." ' 'Dear me, I hope not,' muttered the pastor. 'I came away this morn ing without an umbrella-' " Ex. OF THROAT AND MM HMMMM'tttH nn AMERICAN IMPORTING CO. i Importers and Wholesale Liquor Dealers ; Sherman IIINRY IHIKMAK, lfaMr. t Hacks, Curriatt--Bff(af Checked Wtfont rta US CommetxluJ f trott. Waront Pianos Moved. Boxed and Shipped. THE TRENTON First-Class Liquors and Cigars t tOi Commercial Itmt, t Cent CwnnwcUl in Utk ' . ASTORIA, ORZQQN 'MMHHMMtMMtMM SCO! BAY BRASS 1 11 IBP AMTOHIA, OltlXJON Iron and Bras Founders, Land and Marine Engineers. Up-to-Da'tt Sawmill Machinery Prompt attention given to til repair 11 and Franklin Ave, work. TaL Main SMi FINANCIAL First national Bank of Astoria DIRECTORS JacobKamm W.F. McGregor G. C. Flavei J. VV. Ladd S. S. Gordon t Capital :.. $100,000 Surplus 25,000 Stockholders' Liability .100,000 KSTAHLISHKD XHmi, J. Q. A. BOWLBY, President . VV. GARNER. Assistant Cashier O. I. PETERSON, Vice-President FRANK PATTON, Cashier ASTORIA SAVINGS BANK CAPITAL AND SURPLUS S232.CG0 Transacts General Banking Business InUrsst Paid on Tuna Depos Four Per Cent. Per Annum Eleventh and Dnant Sta. SCANDINAVIAN-AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK ASTORIA, OREGON OUR MOTTO ! "Safety Supercedes All Other Cotuidsf atkm." r n n3T F0R COUGHS AHD GOLDS GURESTElflOATLUrJO DISEASES SAVED HER SON'S LIFE My son Rex wai taken down a year ago with lung trouble. We doctored some months without Improvement. Then I began giving Dr. King' New Dlacovery, and I soon noticed change for the better. I kept this treatment up for a few weeks and now my ion is perfectly well and works every day. ; MR3 gAMPi RTppEf Uq - SOLO AND GUARANTEED BY CHARLES ROGERS & SON, DRUGGISTS. Direct from Norway another shipment of CHRISTIAN Bodl Beer I $2.00 per doz. : Transier Co. nd Transferred--Track aad Faraitin Mala itmm vn MMHMIWttl - Astoria, Ortgon a n 600 AND $1.00 C FT3 i I jr v