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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-12

HuIIHhn ana wafer BhlIU WlckIHhH,
were called up IN the justice court yes
terdny and by request were con tlnued
until May END.
Governor and Mrs. r. T. Gcer have
left for California 10 visit the gov
ernor's mother and 10 witness the
lnunchng Of the blttlerhlp Ohio. which
will take place in San Francisco during
President McKinley's visit.
The foreign exports " canned salmon
By water The past two weeks we're In
rasea ~ follows Penang. 100. SlnRa-
pore. ~. Tahiti 80 and II barrels.
South America plg. China iO5. Manila.
800; Calcutta, 20. Mexico, $50 barrels,
Fish Warden Van Dusen was unln-
tcntionally mladu0tcd yesterday In Stat
Ing that ne intends collecting Individual
licenses from boat -pullers. All such
who assist IN any way In handling the
gear Will be compelled 70 take out
LICENSE,
Yesterdays run Of fish was light and
hut few fishermen are working. In O
local boarding house are twenty hsh-
ermen and NJ many boat men ana the
high boat has Il record Of five salmon
One man was out eight days without
making catch.
A broken trolley wire near Booths
cannery resulted IN the stoppage of the
street cars last night shortly after 10
o'clock. The trouble" men ~ m" AZ
toria Street Railway Company were
called 0ui and the damage repaired
abou' two hours later.
Terry Mexican will leave tomorrow
morning for San Francisco 10 Join the
Frank Cooley Repertoire Company Mr.
Mexican viii play me juvenile roles and
his decided tendencies towards high
comedy ensure his success, The com
pnny is booked TO appear here In April
" next year.
\ dispatch from Seattle tells OF the
phenomenal run ~ hhlibut encountered
this season The schooner Jessie IN
which w W whipp.e and other A..
tnrians are interested Is making rec
0ri Tor banner catches Tn" market
ls Arm and the fsh are IN steady de-
mand in New York Al me vessels en-
gagged IN lhe trade wir make good mon
~ this season.
The Oregon Pioneer Historical Socie-
ty, At ~ ogpllr meeting yesterday,
elected the following officers for the
ensuing year President Y 8 Mac
Evan. yic".prts,dcnt + J. Taylor:
corresponding secretary. T. G. Holden:
secretary. r. y CRmahan. treasurer,
g. 8 Wright 4 considerable amount
II routine budnass was also transacted
~ The meeting.
Tn" san FranclsHb Trade Jcurral
says. The run ~ salmon on the Sacra-
mcnto river continues free The mar
ketmen are stili packing the FISH In fee
for shipment 10 the Columbia river. |
where they are sent in cold storage 20
Eastern points Rs Columbia river CHI |
NOOK Some Of the fish has been canned |
at the cnnneries on the Sacramento |
river. bu; the lsh used were not de |
sirahle sizes for shipping East In cold |
storage
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-12

Fish Warden Van Dusen was unin-
tcntionally mlsduo,cd yesterday In stat
ing that he intends collecting individual
licenses from boat-pullers. All such
who assist IN any way In handling the
gear Will be compelled 10 take out
LICENSE,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-12
c. W. BARR. dentist
Successor to Or. Ball.
S7S Commercial st.. ASTORIA, OR.
TELEPHONE. RED 2osr.
THE LOUVRE

The headlines OF the program at the
Louvre this week. are the clever and
amusing Irish comedians, McSorley and
Whitney. who come to Astoria well rec
commended. after successful engage
ments in the larger cities on the coast
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-12

Mm, Dr. J, a. Fulton received yester.
day afternoon nt the last Of n series Of
teas which she has given.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-12

Joseph Grlblcr left yesterday TO at
tend the grand aere Of Eagles, which In
20 meet In San FranclAcO.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-12

Pupils Wishing 10 take private lessons,
10 make up grade work, apply 10 Miss
Fossett, 273 Ninth street,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-12

STATE OF OREGON. County Of
Clatsop, IS: I. S. s. Gordon. cashier Of
the above-named bank, do solemnly
swear that the above statement is true
to the best of my knowledge and be-
lief. S. S. GORDON, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 9TH day of May, 1901.
c. r. THOMSON.
Notary Public.
Correct-Attest:-
G. c. Flavel,
W. NJ. Ladd,
W. f. McGregor,
Directors.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-12

The lighthouse tender ManEanIta re-
turned last night from trip 90 0rays
harb0r ami BhOalwn,er bay.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-12
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK

OF ASTORIA.
At Astoria, in the State OF Oregon, at
the close of business, April "a, 1901.
DECnTTDNEC
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-12

Yesterdays run of FISH was light and
but few fishermen are working. In O
local boarding house are twenty fish-
ermen and NJ many boat men and the
high boat has a record Of 1ve salmon.
one man was out eight days without
making catch.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-12

Dr r. l.. Hall has returned from
California and can be found at his old
stand In the Manscil building
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-12

Aleck He'll, Miss Maud Bell ana Miss
Cannon. Of Portland. were In the city
yesterday on route 10 Seaside,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-12

The twenty.ninth annual reunion of
the Oregon Pioneer Association viii b"
held In the exposition building in Port
land Friday. June r. The annual adj
dress will be- delivered hv Judge Raj
eigh Stott and Charles V. Galloway.
NJ MrMlnnyillc. win also speak Re-
duccd rates have been granted by the
railroads and large crowd r. ex-
pcctci.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-23
A Good peed of the Ants.

In speaking of the havoc some ants
make, let us also remember some good
service rendered. In the West Indies
there is a red cockroach which is four
times as large as the common one. 1t
smells horribly, scents everything that
it touches, is far more destructive than
the ant and eats everything with
which it comes in contact.
Now, although one cockroach in bulk
outweighs 200 ants, the latter little
creatures kill and devour innumerable
cockroaches.
Whenever one ant comes upon a cock
roach that is at rest, eating or in its
hole. suddenly myriads of others APP
pear, swarm round the roach as if by
magic, surround il completely and
then, with one consent, rush all over it.
As it is dragged away only mass of
ants can be seen moving along. All
the time the ants carry their prey they
are busily eating it until only the shell
is left
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-23

Mr.. Fltchie interprets a high proper
tion of female to male immigrants as a
sign Of intention to- stay here. Irish and
Bohemians bring in the most women.
the Hebrews, Germans and Scandina-
vians following in that order
In 19O0-190l the money brought in by
immigrants amounted To $j,49O,OS0, or
$14.12 n head, against S4,610,649, or
S13.49 4 head. in the preceding fiscal
year. The British had S32.G4 apiece, the
Germans S31.l4, tile French S39.3I, the
Spanish S30.23, the north Italians
SOB. 30. the south Italians SS.6T and the
Hebrews SS.5S
There was more illiteracy than usual
among last years immigrants. The
number of illiterates over fourteen
years old was 1OT, BOB. or 2T.60 per cent.
In 1S99-19O0 the proportion was 23.4I
per cent and the number of illiterates
T0,9SS.
Among those deported were 1884 per-
sons likely 10 become public charges
and $50 contract labOrers.
Ellis Island derived S463, 71J from the
head tax in 19OO-19Ol. S46,G72.60 from
hospital collections. $1,000 from rental
of privileges and $500 from fines. Sal
aries consumed S125,41S.92 of this $500,
501.60 and other disbursements S125.-
41S.22, leaving balance of S2T5.610.4J.
Attention is called to the lack of any
adequate provision OF law To prevent
anarchists from landing in the United
States. The commissioner says that all
the various suggestions that have been
made to this end are either inadequate
or impracticable. The method which
has the most to recommend ii, Mr..
Fitchie believes. is to station immigra-
ton officers abroad whose duty shall be
TO confer with the foreign police au-
thorities, but even this method would
not cover the case. he believes, on ac-
count of the want of definite informa-
ton about anarchists in certain coun-
tries, notably Great Britain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-23
Swimming.

mo man can ever hope to be strong
swimmer unless he cultivates the pow
er of endurance in the water" says a
professional. 1t costs me no more
exertion to swim for an hour than it
does to walk for the same period of
time.
I'm swimming a man should time his
stroke with his breathing. He should
take but one stroke to each breath. In
this way the muscles of the body work
in conjunction with the lungs, and no
energy is wasted. In salt water, which,
of course. is more buoyant than fresh
water, a man who has trained himself
in this way should have no difficulty in
keeping afioat. say he were shipwreck-
ed, until sheer weakness from hunger
and thirst would force him TO sue
cumb. Record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-23
Initiative Tots at Play.

Wordsworth lines of Il child at play.
''as if his whole vocation were endless
imitation" were recently recalled by a
conversation overheard in the chill
dren's ward ut a provincial hospital.
\ little girl whose role was that of
nurse rang an imaginary telephone on
the wall to talk to her companion at
the farther end of the room, who play
ed the part of doctor.
Hello said the nurse. rs that the
DOCTOR
Yes" answered her companion in a
deep voice; this is the DOCTOR
This lady is very ILL.," he was in
formed
well, what seems to be the matter:"
she has swallowed a whole bottle Of
ink said T. nurse.
The doctor, not 1urred, inquired
what had been done for the patient;
but the nurse, too. was ready in emer-
gencies.
She answered, Il gave her two pads
of plotting paper" Tit-Bits.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-23
Days Impecuniou. Employee,

The late Augustin DAILY had in his
employment n man who always adj
dressed him a note periodically asking
for an advance of money. This note
was invariably answered by most
abusive letter. In almost insulting terms
and threatening instant discharge il
the offense was ever repeated-and in
closing a check for the money!
At regular intervals of about three
months the man invariably made the
same request, with the same results,
always, however, getting a check in
closed. And thus it continued until
Mr.. Days death.-New York Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-23
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
Immigrants Who Ents ed by
the New York Gatew. v.
COMMISSIONER F1TCH1E's R1e. 81

Statistics For Last Fiscal Year, Ju
Made Public, Show There Was an
Increase In Immigration OF Twenty
Per Cent over the Preceding Year.
NationnIItIes of the Newcomers.
Immigration Commissioner Thomas
Fltchie of New York has made public
the statistics OF his bureau for the last
fiscal year. which show that nearly 20
per cent more immigrants landed ut
that port than in the fiscal year ending
in 1900 In the steerage of the trans
atlantic fleet there were 33,ST9 citi-
zens. Most of them We're naturaliZed
and were returning from visits to their
native places. In the cabins of all the
ships were $3.50 aliens, nearly all be-
ing sOjourners. The rest of the cabin
passengers, 90, III, were returning citi-
zens. OF the 42T, 495 steerage passen-
gers 3SS,931 were immigrants. The
report draws attention to the marked
increase of immigration from southern
Italy; also from Ruthenia, Armenia.
Syria, Croatia and Dalmatia. About
third of the total immigration is
now from Italy.
There has been a decided decrease
compared with last year of Finnish,
Irish and north Italian immigration.
These are the statistics by nationali-
ties:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-23
THE WIDOW TAX.
I'm MIndanaO a wife's Death Costs
the widower One Hundred Plates.

I'm SIIndanaO n Wife's Death Costs
the widower One Hundred Plates.
Becoming a widow or n widower0is a
much more serious business than get
ting married among some of the tribes
in the Philippines. In Mindanao mar
ryinC in haste" often leads TO a pro-
Ionged .repenting at leisure" for they
have an institution there known as the
"widow tax''-"chabal the natives
call IT. Upon the death of the wife the
widower must pay certain sum of
money or it's equivalent in goods TO his
father-in-law before he can so a-court-
ing again. AS money is scarce article
among these natives. the tax generally
is paid I'm plates of common ''stone chi
ma" which are much used by the ma
tives as a medium of exchange. 1t Is
considered the proper thing for the be-
reaved one to pay 100 of these plates to
his father-in-law for permission 10 look
about him for 4 successor TO the de-
ceased helpmate.
II the husband dies, the widow at
once becomes the property of her par
ents-in-law and so remains for life I'M
less some relative comes forward and
produces the necessary number of din
ner plates. The natural result of this
is that married people are all extreme
ly solicitous for the health of each 9TH
er. In sickness the invalid is sedulous-
ly attended by the partner of his or
her joys and sorrows, the well person
perhaps being moved more by the
thought of those hundred plates than
by real affection.
Divorce is unknown among these peO-
pie. but a man may have as many
wives as he pleases. 1t will be seen
that in case of an epidemic which
would sweep away his wives 4 married
man would be in dire extremity. In
the case of death of Il much married
man his parents come into small for
tune, for they either have enough
slaves to render future work on their
part unnecessary or they receive enough
plates from the families of the widows
to set up a crockery store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-23
A Confederate Patient.

81 have a patient who is wonderfully
considerable" says a physician quoted
by the Philadelphia Ledger. "A few
weeks ago he had malaria, and / pre-
scribed qu!nine for him, giving him
four grain capsules, so that he might
take the drug without discomfort. He
came out of his attack and n few days
later called TO see me at my Office.
Judge of my surprise when lie exhibit
ed the empty capsules and said. Doc
tor, / thought you might like the little
bottles, so L saved them and brought
them back He had emptied each four
grain dose of the bitter powder and
then essayed the rather hopeless task
of washing it down with water.
couldn't do otherwise than take the
little bottles from him without a word,
and next time I'll give him quinine in
another form"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-23
DWARFING AN OAK TREE.
The Japanese Trick by which II Is
Accomplished.


The Chabo Hiba. a dwarf japanese
pine tree. was recently sold for $1,000.
1t is six feet high and alleged TO be $50
years old. 1t has long been supposed
that the process by which Japanese
gardeners succeeded in dwarfing forest
trees was a long and costly one. 1t is
now said that it is Il simple process and
that any one can do the trick. The fol-
lowing directions are given for produc-
ing miniature oak tree:
Take an orange and scoop out the
pulp. Fill the interior with rich mold
and plant an acorn in the center OF it,
leaving the hole in the rind for it to
sprout through. Put it in a sunny place
and water 1t frequently Soon after
the first shoots have appeared the roots
begin to break through the orange skin.
Take Il sharp knife and shave these of
carefully and keep them shaved. The
tree will grow about five or six inches
high and then stop In a year it will
be perfect miniature oak. When the
roots cease to grow, the orange skin
should be vanished over and imbed
ded in a fiowerpot.
The japanese dwarf all kinds of trees
and make them live to n great age.
Some of these dwarfs, like the ChabO
Hiba. are well known, and their own
ers have documentary evidence attest
ing their great age The older they
are the more valuable of course, they
are. In Japan certain families follow
the calling, trade, art, or what you will,
of growing dwarf trees from genera
ton TO generation, and you can buy a
miniature oak 500 years old from de-
scendant of the man who first planted
the acorn. Not only forest trees. but
fruit trees and Towering shrubs, are
dwarfed by these clever gardeners.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-23

Henry NJ. Davenport of New York
city writes that while spending month
at Cooperstown. n. Y. on Otsego lake,
he went fishing one day. After wait
ing some time for a bite he felt pull
on his line and, drawing it in, found
that fish had bitten the hook of.
Fastening another hook on the line, he
threw il into the water and in n mo-
ment. to his surprise, caught the very
fish that hadrstolen his hook. the bro
ken hook beiag found imbedded in its
throat ..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-23
PaR-American
Exposition and
Niagara Falls.

Effective October 5, round trip
tickets to Buffalo and return will be
sold every Tuesday. Thursday and
Saturday in October at the above ex-
tremely low rate. good for continu-
Gus passage going and returning, and
to be good in coaches only. Return
Limits on tickets sold on Tuesday,
leaving Buffalo up to midnight of
Sunday following date of sale; on
tickets sold on Thursday, up to mid
night of Tuesday following date of
sale; on tickets sold on Saturday, up
to midnight of Thursday following
date of sale.
Call on or write Agents big Four"
for full information, time of trains,
circulars of the exposition, etc.
WARREN J. LYNCH, W. DEPPE,
Gen. Pass. s. Tiki. Agt Asst. G. P. & T. A.
Cincinnati. o.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-23

A simple remedy for warts is dram
of salicylic acid with an ounce of col
lodium in a bottle which has a tiny
brush run through the cork. Apply
this mixture TO the warts twice day,
and in few days they will dry up and
fall off.-Ladies' Home Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-23
t9EoRLITTLE9 ~
SSoLKs OH Il |
A LITTLE BOY FLOWER.
The Pretty Notion of the Baby's PO-
etic Little Uncle.

The Pretty Notion of the Baby's PO-
etic Little Uncle.
This is the story OF little California
boy who thought he would like TO be a
fiower-at least that is what his six
year-old uncle thinks he thought. The
two little boys. the little uncle and the
baby, had been playing together all
morning. y California garden is a
beautiful place To play in, so it is no
wonder that they felt very happy. And
presently the little uncle climbed up OH
top of one of the big porous water jars
which are used for cooling water To
drink Then the little uncle was called
into the loose suddenly. and Baby
Ward must have decided that he want
eel to get up into that great jar, quite
Il bit taller than he was himself.
So when the little uncle came out OF
the house again he found his baby
nephew trying and trying to climb up
to the top of the jar. The little uncle
caught up the baby and held him on
top of the jar. but that didn't satisfy
King Baby in the least. BY and by the
little uncle realized that the baby
wanted to get inside the JAR and he
lifted the child and placed him in posi-
ton. Then, as the baby's head was
some distance beneath the top of the
jar. and the baby voice cried to be
lifted. the little uncle found big stone
for the baby to stand on.
"Why "a you suppose the child want
ed to get in the jar" puzzled the
baby's mother and grandmother when
the little uncle had summoned them
from the house to see how sweet his
dear little nephew looked in the
strange new position.
Il think" answered the little uncle.
watching the baby reach toward the
big, lovely bush of marguerites or
white golden hearted daisies which
stood near. that he loves flowers so
much that he wanted to be nice lit
tile flower boy himself, and he thought
il L put him in water, as I'VE do the
flowers, maybe he'd grow to be one
And as the baby said nothing the lit
tie uncle was probably right.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-23
.Doom, Printed on Her Arm.

Mrs. A. f. Painter of Middleburg. o.,
while washing her hands discovered
The letters doom" plainly traced on her
left arm. All efforts to wash them on
were unavailing. Later the letters be-
gan fading and are now almost invisi-
bile. Mrs. Painter and her husband are
much alarmed over the matter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-23
Art,.tic shower of Rice.

Grace Cooke and Wallace Ormiston
were married in a church in Gouver-
neur, n. y. Friends fixed up a long
tube from the church door along the
passageway to the entrance. 1t was
filled with rice. When the bridal cou-
pie went out, string was pulled. and
they were in the midst of the downfall,
from which they could not escape.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-23
Recreant.

81 trust, Brudder Eph'm." said the
pastor. you is still walkin' in de
straight an nsrrer PATH"
'I'ze sorry to say. pahsun," replied
Uncle Eph'm. deeply penitent. ''lze
baekslode a good deal lately."-Chicago
Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-23

sSz l-Ts-s=7=sf:7Fi BURLINGTON ROUTE - q,
ss!yiiff,i1yIi,1i LIB. & Q. RA1LWAY-Depci
Hllaill3k3islii Second Avenue and TWen-
sf.SifiltlIs$ll Nj. YOUNG,
sEIelttrzteSt1zi Agent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-23
TRAINS.

Peoria, Spi ingfield, st. l.,
indianapolis. Cincinnati g.
Peoria. Springfield. Indian
Epolis, Cincinnati, Bloom
fngtOn. ST. Louis .......
PeOTia Express -..........
Peoria. Indianapolis, Gin
cinEAtL Bloomington.
Cable Accommodation go.
SherI ard Accommodation &.
Cable & Sherrlrd Accom-.
Cable & Sherrard Accom-.
Trains marked are daily
excel Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-23

Scrofula is but a modified form of Blood
Poison and Consumption. The parent
who is tainted by either will see In the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-23
rEAIUs.

IS L Springfield, Peoris,
Quincy via G2lesourg
and Sterling. ............
Peoria, BeArustown, Bur
lingtor, Denver sno
W eSL..... .s..ss -. 49,.
St. l., KaS. City, Denver
and Pacific Coast vic
G2leSDurg .-.........
Sterling and poiRts Inter
nediate..s....-... $1,000
East Moline, Suburban
st. l., Denver and west
C'fT'cr and Dubuque.
= wort and Clinton
C. "a. Dubuque, La
Crosse, ST Paul, Mimi
& West ard ~. W..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-23

Telephone llS0
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-23

s7:l5 am $3.50 AM
+2:4o pm tII:il pm
s7:25 pm s7:I5 pm
+7:25 pm t7:I5 pm
1915 am
: $3.50 an
1880 am $3.50 Am
$3.50 an
'7:l5 pm S7:lo an
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-23

makes new and pure
blood to nourish and
strengthen the body,
and is a positive and
safe cure for ScrofI11a-