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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-18
Hill, Hartman, Rockefeller, Mex.
TwOmbIy and Rae.
MORGAN MAKES SELECTION
Suggests That They Assume Their Duties
Al 0nes - Every Important Interest
Represented - Harmony Among
Different Lines.

NEW YORK, July H.-An official an
nouncemsnt was made today by ]. Pier
pOut Morgan that he selected James ].
Hill. E. H. Hartman, William Rookie
feller. II. Mex. TwOmbly and Samuel
Rea TO fill the vacancy to be created
in the directorate Of the Northern Pa
cifc.
This announcement was made by Mr..
Morgan in a formal letter addressed to
]. p. Morgan & Co., Kuhn Loeb & Co..
Z. H. Harrimen and ]. ]. Hill, in which
he says he has selected FIVE directors to
be elected at the next annual meeting
Of the company. in acordance with the
memorandum signed May 81, by which
the composition Of the new BOARD was
to be left in his hands. No statement
was made public and the reference IN
the letter 10 William X. Vanderbilt was
not explained. At the office Of Kuhn.
Loeb & Co. and ]. P. Morgan & Co. 1t
was said that the arrangement indicated
IN LHt ltklcI HdS AhubuaAAg S0t4SAo~NN'y'
Morgan's letter says:
Il would suggest that the attention Of
the board Of directors be called to the
advisabillty OF arranging for those gen
tlemen to assume their duties as direc-
tors Of the company as soon as possible
without waiting for the annual elec-
ton"
1T is my opinion that the board thus
constituted will contain within Itself ele-
ments best adapted for the formulation
/ Of the plan referred to in the said men,
orandum, in connection with William X.
vanderbilt named therein as referee.
Every important interest will have
its representative, who will be brought
into close touch with the situation as
a whole and there should be no diff
ficully in reaching the conclusion that
it will be fair and just to all concerned
and tend TO the establishment Of per-
| mansnt harmony among the different
lines. To this end shall be glad Ic
cooperate in such a manner as vii
| seem desirable
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-18
MGoVERN COMING WEST.
VIII Take Up options Held by the Sal
mon Syndicate.

NEW YORK, July 1.-THE Tribune
says:
The salmon combination which has
been food for rumor and counter rumors
for several weeks, is now an assured
fact and today 1t will be Incorporated
under the laws Of New Jersey. 1t will
be called the Pacific Packing & NaN-
CATION Company and Its definite capital
stock Is SS2,OOO.OOO, half of which will
remain In the treasury for the purchase
OF additional plants and the erection Of
new ones.
The salmon organization was not an
easy one to form and Delafeld, Nc
Govern & Company who have managed
the New York end Of the combination
are greatly pleased at the successful
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-18
woRKMEN ELECT OFFICERS.

PORTLAND, July 1.-THE grand
lodge Of the Ancient order Of United
Workmsn today elected the following
officers Grand Master Workman, c.
c. Hogue. Albany; grani foreman, Will
liam Smith, Baker City; grand over
seer. +. D. Winton. Astoria; grand re-
corder. Newton Clark, Portland; grand
receiver. r. L. Durham. Portland:
grand guard. c. ]. Wheeler, Portland;
grarA inside watchman, W. ]. Clark,
Gervais; grand outside watchman,
Philip Guvurtz. Portland; supreme rep
resentatlves. Ralph Feeney, J. E. Wer-
lein. Portland: D. c. Herrin. Ashland.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-18
To COMMAND THE CONCORD.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE navy
department, has detached commander F.
II. Delano from command Of the train
ing ship Topeka a~ ordered him 10
command the gunb1lt Concord and take
her back to Unalaska, whence she un-
expec,eily arrived a, Seattle yesterday
Commander Harry Knox has been de-
tached from the command Of the Con-
cord and authorized 10 receive hospital
treatment The department is now
awaiting the mall report OF the circum-
stances which brough; the Concord back
from her post
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-18
PHILIPS WAS NoN-sUITED.

PORTLAND, July l1-H. L. Phillips,
appeared in the federal court this morn
ing before Judge Bellemer as plaintiff in
his suit agains; Albert GeIser and 9TH
ers. a. former owner Of the Bonanza
mine in eastern oregon to secur S45,-
O00 claimed as commission for the sale
II the property to Eastern parties.
Judge Bellinger granted a non-suit In
the case.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-18
AFFAIRS IN HAWAII.


Correspondence of Associated Press9
HONOLULU, July lO-The senate
and house passed their appropriation
bills and are now in joint conference
over differences between their respective
appropriations,
There has been six cases of plague
Honolulu during the past two months
Politics in Hawaii Just now centers In
the proposition to annex the territory
to California.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-18
FOR THE NORTH POLE.
Baldwin-Zeigler Arctic Expedition
Leaves Tromsoe. Norway.

TRoMSoE, Norway, July 17.-Shortly
before midnight last night the ships OF
the Baldwin-Zelgler Arctic expedition
weighed anchor with stars and stripes
and Norwegian flags on their masts
steamed OF to the north. Eveln b.
Baldwin, chief of the expedition, said he
had little doubt Of reaching the north
pole.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-18
COUNTESS DE TRAPANI.

NEW YORK. July 1.-THE Countess
de Trapan!, who, according to a dis
patch 10 the Herald from Lucerne. died
Of apoplexy, ws a member Of the Tuscan
branch Of the Austrian Imperial family.
The Count Of Caserta who married her
eldest daughter Is the titular king OF
the two Sicilies and head of the Italian
ROurbOns
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-18

with the revival OF the old antl-slavery
feei;ng and the transformation Of trusts
into sate organizations by the politi-
cal power Of horles Of wOrkmsn.
FgnancIers watch the quotations from
Wall street and are unmoyed by social
ls;ic trades. Combinations are felt U
be on trial in America and X they sur
ylve the great conflict with organized
labor concentration Of capital will be
promoted In England.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-18
JUDGE BRADY's CHILDREN.
Efforts OF an Uncle to Prevent Them
From Being Raised Catholics.

SALT LAKE, July lin an effort to
prevent two orphans from being raised
in the Catholic church, says a Spokane
Wash. special to the Tribune from Pine
OF Keswick, the uncle OF the children
today fled with them from their home
in Rathdrum,, Idaho. He was arrested
at Sand Point, Idaho, later and brought
back.
The orphans, a boy and girl, aged tve
and seven years respectively, are chill
dren OF Judge Brady, of Rathdrum, who
was murdered last week by an insane
man. Judge Bady's dying wish, 1t Is
said, was that the children be baptized
in the Catholic faith.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-18
LAwLEssNEss IN PEKIN.

PEKIN. July l7.-Dsorder aad law
lessness have greatly increased in Pekln
since the policing Of the city was re-
stored to the authorities, There are
nightly burglaries by large bands Of
iesperados while Cinnamon in employ
Of Europeans are frequently robbed and
beaten.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-18
THIRTY THOUSAND DELEGATES.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 1.-THE last
Epworth League special train arrived
tonight. and when the fifth interna-
rional convention opens tomorrow 10000
delegates will be in attendance, $4,000 Of
these coming from points east Of the
Rockies.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-18
SHARP BATTLE OCCURRED.

LONDON, July 1.-THE African cas-
ualty list issued tonight indicates that
sharp fighting occurred on July II near
Zunrflakte, twenty-four miles from AL
iwal north. The British lost seven
killed and two officers and seventeen
men wounded.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-18
ARGENTINA WILL COME.
President Roca. However, Opposed to
United STATES Policies.

NEW YORK, July IA dispatch 10
the Herald frorm Buenos Ayres says;
I'll Tribuna President Roca's organ
saws in regard to the Pan-American
congress:
The congress will interest not only
American nations but also those in Eu-
rope, because the questions to be dis
cussed are Of interest TO all.
I'VE therefore coincide with the opln-
ion of the London Times, which says
that participation in the Pan-American
congr ess will not amount to the support
of the United States policies by other
American nations"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-18
FOR HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHT.

BUTTE, July l5.-Billy Madden, man.
ager Of Gus Rubin, the heavyweight
pugnist, who is now in Butte, stated
tonight that he had been offered 4 purse
Of $4,000 for a meeting between Rubin
and Jeffries by the olympic Club, of
Butte.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-18
MRS. BoTKINs CASE.
Started on Iis Way TO the supreme
Court

SAN FRANCISCO. July 1.-THE case
~ Mrs. Cordclia Boikn, charged with
murder. was started ON It's way 10 the
supreme court Of the United States TO-
day. Superior Judge Cook ordered a
writ of error issued,
The writ ot error depends upon the al
legation that the case is a federal mat
ter. the crime having originated In Cal
Iforn!a and conSummated In Dover. Del
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-18
RAINEp IN NICK OF TINE.

KANSAS. CITY, July l1.-Gensral
rains fell this afternoon over the great
er part Of the corn belt Of the south
west. They came just in the nick OF
time. The good that will result 10 late
corn and to pastures cannot De ssu-
matetd. but will undoubtedly prove i'm
mense.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-18
TOBACCO GROWING TESTS.
Connecticut Farmers Raise the Weed
Under Canvass.

NEW YORK. July 17.-Secretary OF
Agriculture Wilson and EX-SecretarE
Of the Navy W c. Whitney haye paid
a visit to the fields of Connecticut where
the tobacco farmers have made extern
sive experiments in growing Of tobacco
under canvas.
The statement Is made that Mr. WHIT
ney believes the new scheme will reNo-
lutionlze the tobacco industry and that
he is contemplating the purchase OF
large interests in Connecticut. Mr..
Wilson is going over the tobacco coun-
try for the department,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-18
ENGLISH ARE WAITING
Steel Strike Regarded as Trial OF
Great Combinations.

NEW YORK. July 1.-THE steel
strike in America Is attracting much
attention in England generally, and
while long articles are being printed in
the newspapers on the subject no COM
ment is made in the editoril columns.
according to the London corr espondent
Of the Tribune.
John Burns has been less reticent for
he forecasts an American armagedon
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-18
CLARKs MISSION TO RUSSIA.

ST. PETERSBURG, July lit is
rumored in Moscow that w. A. Clark,
OF Montana, during his recent trip to
Europe came 20 ST Petersburg and
Moscow incognito and with a certain
unnamed count, and invested ten mil
Hon roubles in the Ural copper mines.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-18
To INSPECT UPPER RIVER


PORTLAND. July l7-On their re-
turn from Alaska July %, the rivers
and harbors committee Of the house will
leave Seattle and go dlrec, 90 Lewiston,
Idaho They wlu be the guests of thfe'ty
until the si,h. when they leave by the
boa, for walluln. Al wanula they Will
take the train for The palles where
the river VIII h. Inspected. on the 25'h
the committee VIII come TO Portland.
Nine representative business men oi
Portland will accompany the commit
tee from Lewiston 20 Portland. Three
" the Portland committee have already
been selected. 4. l.. Mohler. II W.
Scott and 7. r, Wilcox,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-18
RELIGIOUS RIOTS IN SPAIN.

SARAGOSSA. spain, July 17.-Senor
Cavero. a Carlist. was killed and nearly
fifty other persons wounded in encoun-
ters today between Catholics and Free
Thinkers in Saragossa.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-18
WILL PLEAD GUILTY.
Belief Th;a Russelrs Only Defense VIII
Be Extenuation.

NEW YORK, July LIT is stated on
high legal authority in London that
Earl Russell will plead guilty 10 the
charge Of bigamy when his case comes
up before the house Of lords.
The London correspondent Of the
World saws the earl has ueen advised
TO take this step and that if ne follows
the advice the proceedings win be brief,
consisting simply Of a statement for the
prosecution nd a plea in extenuation
by the defense.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-18
BASEBALL SCORES.

SEATTLE July lI.-Seattle, 5; spo-
kane 2.
PORTLAND, July H.-Portland, q;
Tacoma, 4.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-18
ANOTHER LIBRARY OFFER.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 17.-An-
drew Carnegie has offered to give Kan
sas City, Kas., $4,000 for free library.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-07-18
SILVER MARKET.

NEW YORK, July l7.-snver oS14.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-17

scribers. Advertisements are taken IN
by the Printer hereof. or by Mr.. Louis
Timothee. Language Master, who
translates them"
In undertaking this new enterprise
Franklin expected to secure a liberal
support from the German population
of the province. for whom he had been
doing considerable printing. but in TINS
he was disappointed, and the publlca-
ton of the Zeitung was discontinued
after few numbers had been issued.
The Zeitung was small sheet OF
four pages, 61a by . inches. the text
printed in double columns with Roman
type, and at the bottom Of the fourth
page bore the imprint, Philadelphia:
Gedruckt hey h. Francklin IN der
Marck-strasse, wo desc Zetungen vor
5 Shillings DIES Jahrs III zekommen, una
Advertisements I'll bestellen sind. The
first number was issued June 10. 1132,
and the second, "Sonnabend den "a
Jun, 1882" The publication OF the
Zeitung. therefore. antedates by seven
years the Hoch-Deutsch Pennsylva-
nische Geschicht- Schneider, published
by Christopher Saur.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-17
An Old Christmas Game.

Mumming Is style of merriment
with many forms, and though still fair.
~ we'll known to some classes, there
are many people who have never seen
it in any shape. Perhaps the common
est form, and almost the only surviving
one, used by the girls is that of putting
OH some strange articles of dress, a
mask, and a mans hat or cap; then
two or three making up party-tak-
ing busters, blackening brushes, and
the like, and invading a neighbor's
house and generally 'tidying 1t up" to
their satisfaction. No matter what
the family and the guests are doing
at the moment, the "Mummers" pro.
coed with their self-allotted task, and
rarely indeed are they interfered with.
During the work not word is said
by them, and If one of them yields to
the verbal temptations of a person of
the house to make her speak, the 9th.
ers instantly rush out in order to keep
their secret. Among the young men
mumming is done mostly as disguised
MINISTRIES. But sometimes half-a dozen
or so of the youths and girls of a SINH.
lar age will band together mask them.
selves, and go to the houses of their
friends. acting some dumb-show pre-.
viously arranged on. And
Who lists may in their mumming see
Traces of ancient mystery
But, o! what masquers. richly digit,
Can boast of bosoms half so light!
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-17
GhEEEsRI. S1a2IlF s

The average weight of the brain OF
the despised Chinaman is larger thar
that of any other race on the globe ex
cept the Scotch.
In bread-making on an expensive
scale less than u third Of the time is
now taken. One thousand pounds OF
dough for biscuits is rolled, cut and pre-
pared for baking in three hours and
lifty-fo minutes, as against tifty-fout
hours by hand.
Our senses do not fall asleep stimuli
taneously. The eyelids are first affect
ed, and shut out sight, next follows the
sense Of taste, then smelling. hearing
and touch, the last named being the
lightest sleeper and the most easily
aroused.
At gathering of old folks in the
town of Claremont, Mass, the other
day, the chairman called upon all pres
ent who were over seventy years of
age to arise, and seventy-twO respond
ed. He then asked all those who were
over eighty to stand up, and there We're
twelve who had passed that limit A
similar call for all over the age OF
ninety brought four members Of the
gathering to their feet.
The father of all trees, so far as age
goes, is said to be found on the island
Of Cos, belonging to Asia Minor. A
German savant, whose knowledge runs
along that line, declares the tree Is not
less than $500 years old, certainly a
respectable age in these degenerate
times. The tree is of the oak family,
and Is eighty feet in circumference. 1t
Is rumored that Hippocrates. who was
born GAO b. c., used to teach school un-
der this tree during the dog days.
Truly there were giants in Colonial
days. One Daniel Leake of Salisbury,
N. H., made during his lifetime and
was paid for million shingles. Dur.
ing the years he was accomplishing
this colossal work he cleared three hun
bred acres Of land, tapped for twenty
years Mt least six hundred maple trees,
making sometimes four thousand
pounds of sugar year. He could NOW
six acres day, giving nine tons of hay,
his strong, long arms cut swath
twelve feet wide. In his spare time he
worked as a cooper, and he was a ia
nous drum maker.
A German physicist, G. Tammann
has recently discovered some hitherto
unnoted facts concerning ice and the
freezing point Of water. He finds that
not only does the freezing point vary
with the pressure, but that three dit.
ferent kinds of Ice can be produced
each possessing its own crystalline
structure. Thus water may be said to
have Ave known forms. namely, water
vapor. water as liquid, namely, water
called by Tammann ice L., ice in its sec
ond form. or ice H.. and ice in its third
form, denominatcd as ice Ill.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-17
UNCLE SANS GARDEN.

Some of the Experiments with new
Seels There.
Any one that saw Uncle Sans gar
den on the Potomac Flats near WASH
ington might think that gentleman had
nothing else to do than to run his truck
patch of twenty-five acres. wars ana
rumOrs of wars, and elections anu taxes
and bonds and volume Of trade. are
never heard of in the quiet spot where
the Agricultural Department eXperi-
ments on new seeds.
This year the corps of expert garden
ers are testing what they call pot herbs,
which are intended to give flavor to
foods. Sage. marjoram, flag. parsley,
celery, nasturtium seed and onions are
all that are commonly grown In this
country. Now the East Indian "basel-
la" vine is being experimental with,
new varieties Of spinach and okra.
without which Southern gumbo soup
would be soup with the "gumbo' left
out. The chufa is a European plant
with root that tastes like a cocoanut
Everybody remembers the word 'sesa-
me-" which Ali Bahia was unable to
recall when he wanted to get out of the
robbers cave, but very few people
know that sesame is Il plant. and that
sesame seeds are as good on cookies as
caraway. Uncle Sam is looking out for
the children.
He is also growing large artichokes
and shooting cucumbers. Now, shoot
ing cucumber is long, heshy, br.gh.
yellow pod with surface like crool
neck squash. 1t grows on a vine, ant
when it is ripe it bursts along three
lines from top to bottom and shoots Its
bright scarlet seeds far and wide
Grandmothers on farms and in villages,
who have tied up cut fingers and
stubbed toes, know the virtues of these
seeds in making a liniment with whis.
ky. They call it balsam. The true
balsam of the flower beds they call
touch.me-nots, but why they do so no.
body knows.
Uncle Sam is also growing the chick
pea. which has the distinction of giving
its Italian name Cicer to an ancestor
Of the great orator Cicero, who had a
wart on his nose that resemb.ed the
vegetable. The chick pea is five times
the size of garden pea. and very odd
ly shaped, so the first Cicero must have
been annoyed by the cause of a name
that afterwards became so famous.
Then there are gourds and ''luffa," or
vegetable sponges, and husk tomatoes
no larger than horse chestnut, and
giant peppers from Peru, and COW peas
with pods foot long. and Egyptian
peanuts and lot of other curious
plants. Some of these things are use
full some ornamental and some merely
curiOus.-The Little Chronicle.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-17
Scores Another Victory
A Terrible Disease Conquered by Dr.
williams Pink Pills-DOctOr's Eff
forts Had Proved UnavMiliug

A Terrible Disease Conquered by Dr.
williams Pink Piils-Doctor's Eff
forts Had Proved Unavaiii"g
and Cure was Despaired Of.
From the journal, " uat Pie ,sant, Iord.
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heard Of DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-17
Change Of AGENTS at Salem.

W W. Skinner. who for nearly 80
years has been the S. P. agent at
Salem, Oregon, is about to leave that
position. The vacancy there will
most probably cause quite readjust.
ment of the agents in the state through
the system of selection and promotion
in vogue.