THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA. OREGON.
SATURDAY, ATRIL J, 1909.
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Eateroe" aa lecosd-clata matter July 30, 1906, at the poitofrke at Astoria,
Oregon, under the act ol Congrts of Marck 3, 1879.
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iTHE WEATHER
Oregon Showers in west followed
by clearing weather; ahowera in east
portion; probable frost in early morn
ing in exposed places in west portion.
THE USEABLE STREET
We trust the present ye'
ness no such contretemps in street
Improvement as the Irving Avenue
episode of last year; and while we are
at it, it may as well be said now that
public opinion in Asforia is sharply
in favor of dealing only with streets
that are useable and that street im
provements generally shall be re
stricted to those that are to be of im
mediate and distinct service; the rest
can wait
Astoria is growing; but not so
swiftly that she is climbing over her
unimproved thoroughfares, and the
tax-payers have quite enough to do
this year without talcing up the unes
sential burden of visionary street
buildings. There are some things very
necessary in this line, but the range
of those necessities is not wide nor
costly, and 1909 should be a banner
economic year in comparison with the
years that have gone. When the hour
strikes for big and universal improve
ment there will be plenty of lines and
material to work upon; none of it will
get. a way in the meantime, and the
husbanding of the tax-payers rs
sources now may redound to the
wider and more needful scale of entc
prise then.
PERFECTION OF DETAIL
Including the post office at Astorria,
Uncle Sams vast mail business, con
sidering its almost incalculable detail,
is the perfection of business admin
istration, and the fact that once in a
great while something goes away is
accentuated as the exception rather
than the rule. When one thinks out
the infinite and elaborate system that
the first horrid suggestion that pre
sents itself and plunges through the
mortal agony that reflection and a
little more time might have spared i
Suicide, of itself, is one of the awful
manifestations of human woe and al
ways leaves its taint of added sorrow
in the lives of others in touch with the
deed; and while to a great extent it
is the outcome of mentad derange
ment it is far too often the sane and
simple expedient of those who have
weighed life in the scales of exper
ience, and with the chilled reasoning
of changeless defeat and misconcep
tion, and refuse longer to submit; an J
we who have never been brought to
the mark, or have had ways of cir
cumventing and relieving the crises,
have but tittle right to judge the poor
souls who have resorted to it. We can
not measure the misery they bore;
and to judge them from any other
plane than that on which they stood at
the last hour, is unfair and gratuitous.
In the flush of our happiness and suc
cess and buoyant hope, we are ill pre
pared to say anything of the heart
breaking motives that prompted the
deed in others. The least we can do
is to pity them and try to make things
brighter and easier and simpler for
the others.
daily, each as important as the other
to the Government and lands them
in particular hands with unfailing pre
cision and invariable good order,
within the quickest possible time, the
marvel looms more and more prodig
ious as the thought follows its ascer
tainment to one climax after the other
It is conceded the world over that
the United States mail and its handling
constitute the nest expression of in
telligent and effective operation in
human affairs, and the
controls the direct movement of hun
dreds of millions of small objects surance , c,umsy
NEW ERA OF SMUGGLING
Now that the civilized world has
practically united to crush out the
dreadful curse of opium eating and
smoking, it is to be expected that the
old-time craft of opium smuggling
will be revived and the preventive en
ergies of the nations re-awakened to
meet it But we opine that it will be
of a very different character, both as
to the deed and the systems of de
tection and reprisal. The old semi
romantic courses will not figure in the
new regime; there will be no slow and
dubious methods used on either side;
there will be plenty of snap, plenty cf
"fine art" plenty of cleaverness. to
mark the resumption of the traffic; for
in this day and age, with all the agen
cies for silence, expedition and as
Nicaragua s president say
shocked by Uncle Sam's
but promises to give it attention. The
Central American mischief breeders
are quick to notice when the situa
tion means trouble for them instead
of their victims.
British pessimists insist that the
Cape to-Cairo Railroad will never be
completed, though half of it is now
built. It seems that all big national
enterprises stir up mosquitoes of the
yellow-legged sort.
e IDQKMS BIT HANG
no
NOW UNDER SENTENCE FOR
MURDER BUT THEY MAY
APPEAL.
Louisiana Democrat are pleased
with the protective duties proposed
on sugar and rice. Yet Louisiana
voted for Bryan's free trade last NV
vemoer ty m.x to 5WS. Hut it is
true also that the state cheerfully ex
pected Bryan's defeat.
A herd of yaks, a domestic animal
well known in Asia and Northern Eu'
rope, is to be imported by the Cana'
dian Department of Agriculture- The
yak is a good producer of steaks, milk
and rugs. Billy Possum may find
Yawcob Yak a formidable rival.
American friendship for Cuba can
be detected in the new tariff bill. Un
cle Sam believes in helping a country
that is just taking its first steps in in
dependent government.
uncie sam invested 50.UUU.UUU in
the second provisional government in
Cuba. He has gallantly paid the
freight so far, but would draw the
line at another repetition.
For use in his African hunting ex
pedition ex-President Roosevelt has
ordered a three-barrel gun. This
must be intended for the ruminant
dromedary that carries more than two
humps.
EL PASO. Texas. April .'.-Upon
the decision of the Federal Supreme
Court of Mexico depends the fate of
Ole E. Finstad and' "Shorty- Cough
ener, Americans held in nic Jail at
Chihuahua, awaiting final action on
their appeal from the conviction
charge of murdering Robert Ruther
ford, of Philadelphia, and Charles
McMurray, another American. Th
latter is a brother-in-law of Finstad-
Finstad and Coughciier, both resi
dents of Los Angeles, appealed their
case to the Federal District Court at
Juarez, and the decision just render
ed is favorable to them. The matter
must now be passed upon by the Su
preme Court. Rutherford and Mc
Murray were killed at Finstad's ranch
two years ago, and Coughcncr was
wounded. Finstcd claimed that the
crime was committed by Mexican
robbers, but in spite of this claim, he
and Cotighener were placed on trial
at Chihuahua on the charge of mur
der and found guilty. They were each
scr'enced to 121 years' imprisonment,
but appealed to the Federal District
Court.
, . .
jermany s cannon makers keep
pace with the development of flying
machines. Emperor William, though
accused of talking too much, has been
from the first one of the rulers who
does things.
A man experienced in chasing a
collar button is less amazed when he
hears that the 500 buttons on the new
feminine dress are not detachable.
NO BURYING ON SUNDAY.
CHICAGO, April 2 -Sunday funer
als have been placed under the ban
of the Carriase & Cab Drivers' Union
which has adopted resolutions saying
that the drivers need "Intellectual in
struction and time to worship with
their families." The Chicago Federa
tion of Labor will take up the matter.
Sherlock Holmes would have con
sidered a kidnaping case easy, but
out of fiction the detectives seem to
be at their poorest in dealing with
crime.
EAT FATTY MEATS
OR ANY OTHER SO-CALLED IN-
DIGESTABLE FOODS.
FOR DIPLOMATIC POST
CHICAGO. April 2Tha Tribune
today in a special dispatch from
Washington says;
"It it understood that President
Taft shortly will announce the ap
pointment of Colonel Fred Smith of
Peoria, to a diplomatic post in South
America. It is understood Colonel
Smith will be asked to become min
ister to Chile although he may per
haps be given a choice between that
post and that of Persia or Siiun.
SERIOUS FOOLING
CHICAGO, April 2 After hiding
in a barrel and tormenting Peter Pat
terson, a carpenter by pelting him in
the back with small stones, Herbert
McHugh, IS years old, laughingly
lifted himself from the hiding place,
and cried "April Fool." His welcome
was a large brick which struck him on
the head. Patterson is under arrest
charged with assault and McHugh is
under the care of a physician.
CATARRH DESTROYED
MY APPETITE.
SPREADS HIS BENEFITS
CHICAGO. April 2.-The will of
Nelson P. Holden, Pioneer shoe mer
chant, who died ten days ago, be
queaths the bulk of a $300,000 estate
to a daughter, but 100 beneficiaries
are named besides, and gifts to these
range frormr $500. and $10,000 each,
A provision of the will states that ail
employes whose names have not been
specially mentioned shall receive $1V)
each. Bequests are also made to re
latives, friends and charitable institutions.
.. YOUNO FAD CHASERS
NEW YORK, April 2. -Ten young
women students from Cornell Univer
sity commonly known as co-eds, are
due to arrive here tomorrow to spend
their Easter vacation studying condi
tions on the East side. They will be
in charge of Professor Frank Fetter
and will be accompanied in addition
by ten male students. The girls
comprise half of the class in philan
throphy. They will visit Randalls.
Blackwells, and Ellis Island, the vari
ous penal institutions, insane asylums.
several hospital and other charitable
institutions.
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P KHUN A rarely fall to rwlort the
appt'ilto, linuiKdlaluty upon tgln
nlilK thn una of I'uruim psllnuli begla
tutndiliKvl, Thin U the unlvereal
WMlmony , enmlng from all parti of the
olvlllmul world,
Oalarrli I very frHiini cette of
(a of appetite and dtnlurtwit dlgentlon,
Tim U'lii'ilDlal !olluni, of l'eruue on
oatarrh omiiplelvly rilri th pp
Ute In tiih cm.
to prod Ilia dilutive organ with
niedloiiiu thai r merely tlnmliu I
a poor way to rainedy uch cm.
L "lam nm tund and (Ktr
W in $f into, all tkruk ik
aratf of I'truaa, tvhuk ka$
amUmttltlfallv ami mtortd
M) ajftlitt,
'M only rtsrtt it that I did
net ust rtrurni iMr and I
mmulJ kuvi axmdtdallm itt-
jtftJssixaM
Removed Catarrh, Restored Appetite.
Mr.Moeeph II, Oonlan, iff'to Ave, Brooklyn, N. Y., triMl
"I suitor! from oatarrh which completely deetroyed my ftpptttt and
weakened my eutlr yttotn.
"I am now eured and cheerful In spirit, all through th noy of Frn
na, which ha cured me anVelually and rMtnrod my appvtltx,
"My only regm! I thai I did not now I'eruna oonr and I would hav
avoided all my pruvlnu u (faring and mUery."
A hundred miles more of travel
would have taken the latest exploring
expedition to the south pole. There
is still a chance for Peary to win the
polar pennant.
CURE THE STOMACH TROUBLE
will have to be abandoned and plans
made and followed to match the ex
igencies of up-to-date alertness. It
will be an interesting study for those
next to the business, especially in gov
ernmental circles the world over, and
there can be no doubt that steps have
already been taken by all powers to
meet and mitigate the great evil.
lapse may be safely
things infinitesmal.
A large red persimmon is the only
infrequent fruit that many Chinamen ever get
relegated io
THE TRACK ROUTE
That man is indeed desperate who,
seeking the oblivion of death, takes
the track route, as did the poor devil
in Portland on Thursday last, lying
down by a railway, placing his neck
over the harsh iron and waiting the
end as it was to be found beneath the
wheels of a flying train. There are
so many milder, easier, more refined,
ways of doing this act that one 's
compelled to wonder at a choice so
brutal and harsh and unusual.
There is something very pitiful in
the misery of a mind so blinded by
despair and grief that it takes no
thought of the "way out", but siezes I
The possum is unknown to them, and
the substitution of the house rodent
to go with the 'simmons strikes West
ern taste unfavorably.
In all the advice received by Col.
Roosevelt in regard to his African
trip, no one has thought to warn him
of the danger of sleeping sickness.
The natural impression is that some
persons are immune by temperament
The gulf states are full of yellow
pine Democrats. Their chief party
doctrine is that they want their share
of protection.
Gov. Hughes is backing a new state
primary bill, and the country is wait
ing to see if he has produced one wa
ranted to work in all respects.
'THIS DATE IN HISTORY"
1698The Earl of Bellemont at
New York to succeed Fletcher as go
ernor.
1743 Thomas Jefferson, third Pres
ident of the United States., born at
Shadwell, Va. Died at Monticello.
Va., July 4, 1826.
1814 Erastus B. Bigelow, inventor
of the power loom, born in We.it
Boylston, Mass. Died in Boston,
Dec. 6, 1879.
1823 John E. Owens, famous com
edian, born. Died Dec. 7, 1886.
1825 First Roman Catholic paper,
"The Truth Teller," appeared in New
York City.
1830 Survey made for laying the
city of Chicago.
1847 Alvarado, Mexico, surrender
ed to the Americans.
1865 Attack on Mobile commenc
ed.
1868 John W. Beckwith. second
Protestant Episcopal bishop of Geor
gia. consecrated in havannah.
1872 S. F. B. Morse, perfector of
the telegraph, died in New York.
Born April 27, 1791.
1886 Gen. Miles succeeded Gen.
Crook in command of the Department
of Arizona.
1895 The Iowa Supreme Cou-t
There Will be no Indigestion or Mis
erable Stomach Disorders if You
Will Take a Little Diapepsin Hun
dreds of Men and Women Are Suf
fering Unnecessarily.
Nothing will remain undigested or
sour on your stomach if you will take
Diapepsin after your meal. This pow
erful digestive and antacid, though as
harmless and pleasant as candy, will
digestive and prepare for assimilation
into the blood all the food you can
eat.
Eat what your stomach craves,
without the slightest fear of Indiges
tion or that you will be bothered with
sour risings, Belching, Gas on Stom
ach, Heartburn, Headaches from
stomach, Nausea, Bad Breath, Water
Brash or a feeling like you had swal
lowed a lump of lead, or other disa
greeable miseries.
I fyou will get from your pharma
cist a 50-cent case of Pape's Diapep
sin you could always go to the table
with a hearty appetite, and your
meals would taste good, because you
would know there would be no Indi
gestion or Sleepless nights or Head
ache or Stomach misery all the next
day; and, besides, you would not need
DUE TO BE SHOT
NEW YORK, April 2Scrgeant
Cortes, and hit son who were involv
ed in the recent armed revolt in Cubi.
have been sentenced to death, accord
ing to the Herald"s special corres
pondent in Havana, who cables that
he "Has very reliable information."
concerning the findings of the court
martial which may he given out offici
ally today. The dispatch adds that
President Gomez is not inclined to
pardon the rebels. If the sentence is
carried out as predicted Cortes and
his son will be shot.
sustained the constitutionality of the rxa,ives or liver Pi,Is to keeP y"r
mulct law of 1894.
1908 The Czar dissolved the Fin
nish diet for expressed sympathy with
the Terrorists.
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"THIS IS MY 59th BIRTHDAY"
Baking Powder
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Where the finest biscuit, cake, hot-breads, crusts or
puddings are required Royal is indispensable.
Royal is equally valuable in the preparation of plain,
substantial, every-day foods, for all occasions.
Royal is the only Baking Powder
made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar
made from grapes
Prof. James Laurence Laughlin, one
of the highest authorities on finance
in the United States, was born at
Decrficld, Ohio, April 2, 1850 and re
ceived his education at Harvard Uni
versity. He became assistant profes
sor of political economy at Harvard
in 1883, remaining there four vears.
when he resigned to become president
of an insurance company in Philadel
phia. From 1890 to 1892 he was prof
essor of political economy in Cornell
University, and since 1892 he has oc
cupied a similarr position at the Univ
ersity of Chicago. Prof. Laughlin was
a lending promoter of the Monetary
Conference held at Indianapolis in
1897 and was a member of the Mone
tary Commission created by that con
ference. In 1894 he prepared for the
stomach and bowels clean and fresh.
Pape's Diapepsin can be obtained
from your druggist, and contains
more than enough triangules to thor
oughly cure the worst dyspeptic.
There is nothing better for Gas on
the Stomach or sour odors from the
stomach or to cure a Stomach Head
ache.
You couldn't keep a handier or
more useful article in the house.
a a . rxfifi' bv ond".n..L oil .. h
government of San Domingo a
scheme of monetary reform, which
was afterwarrd adopted. He is a
member of t he international Institute
of Statistics rind has written exten
sively on the subject of finance and
monetary reform.
CxpoHiiro to Wet,
dampness and cold, rults in a sudden chill,
Ttikf) a teruiiooiiful ,f IVrry Lhu i.':' Tain.
Kiuer, in unit a i.lnr..i fittrort.-.iii;.
Th whole dysttirt rill lie lni,'! n: l the
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Cheap
Passenger
Rates
From the East
During March and April
reduced rates will be in ef
fect from
Eastern Points to As
toria.
via the
O. R. & N.
AND CONNECTIONS
Money can be deposit
ed here and we will
wire our eastern repre
sentatives to deliver
tickets to passengers
at any point in the east
Cash can also be trans
mitted to passengers by
wire without extra cost
For further information call on
or address
Wm, McMURRAY
General Passenger Agent
PORTLAND, ORE.
Q. W. ROBERTS, Agent
O. R. N. DOCK
ASTORIA,
OREQON
Torpid Liver, Stomach Trouble.
Mr, Jm O'ltyrno, fl'Jrt Madlmm tit.,
Topeka, Km., conductor Ban in To 1UI1
way and mtmbn Onler ot Hallway Con
ductor, writes t
"1 tuffwred with a torpid liver and
tomaeh trouble, which mli my com
plcxlon very sallow, and t telt Uilnera
ble and tired all the time. '
"An aunt wrote m tht she wm tak
ing i'sront. with mieh good renulu thai
the advtaed me to try It, aud I Anally
bought a boUlo, although I.dUtllked to
take patoot meriNm-i.
''However, 1 found IVninavtry agrno
ble to Uke, and eftvetive, M I felt bet
ter In week. I lok only Ave bolUee
1b all and I (ootid that u til I needed.
"I am nioet grateful to yon for what
your medicine !) due (or mo."
Dysentery entirely Relieved.
Mr. W. V. Caney, Leatnlnglon, III.,
rlt t
"la two wiwki aftar beginning ynar
treatment I wm well, I uecd nine bol
Uee of rerun. My eu wm buwol
trouble or dywnlery,
"I ! Irlmi IVruna for a cough,
cording tHllreetin, and II eicmd any
cough eyriip I evtir umhJ.
"I wlih every one rtlloWd would give
I'vrune a trll.
Pe-f u na at a Tenlo.
Oapt. R. U. Km I ih, Greonehoro, G,
write i
"After Ming ntTl botile ol Ptrtf
na I een reconuiifiid It m one of the beat
rttarrb medicine on the market. A
tonlolt bMDoiml.
HIeranf la all thai In elmlmed far It"
Catarrh ot Stomach.
Mr. Henry Needy, yiret Lleuteneat,
Co. "F, Mlh Uoglaioat, O. V. I., Bog
ess, Trenlon, Mo., wrileet "1 lulrVrod
(or year with eatnrrh of the atoinano.
Seeing an adverllximent of 1'erona, I
bought a bottlvaiid every doee made mo
(-t bettor. Beveu buttle eompUuly
eured me."
Join Fob, Pre. P. L. Blah op, Sec Aatorit Saving la, Treaa
Naleoo Troyer, Vice Pre, and Sapt
ASTORIA IRON . WORKS
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COMPLETE CANNERY OUTFIT! FURNISHED.
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Up-to-Dt Sawmill Machinery Prompt attention (Wen to all repair
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FINANCIAL.
First National Dankof Astoria
DIRECTORS
Jacob Kamm W.F. McGregor G. CFFlavbl
J. W. Ladd S. S. Gordon
Capital $100,000
Surplus 25 000
Stockholders' Liability ..100,000
KHTAIiLIMiiKI) 1MN(.
J. W. GARNER, Aaeiatant Cathiar
FRANK PATTON, Caihler
J. 0. A. BOWLBY, President
O. I. PETERSON, Vice-PreIdent
ASTORIA SAVINGS BANK
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS - $232,003
Transact a Oeneral Banking Buslnei Intareit Paid on Tim Dapon
Four Per Cent. Per Annum
Eleventh and Duana Sta. Aitoria, Ortgon
SCANDINAVIAN-A A E R f C A N
SAVINGS BANK
ASTORIA, OREGON
OUR MOTTO: "Safely Supercede All Other Conaldaratioa."
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