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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-10-12
Is TROUBLED INTERNALLY.


Colombia WIN Probably Not Again A.
tack the Nenezuelans.
wILLEMSrAD. Curacao oct. IL
\ eiyl engineer who has jus, arrived
here On bis WAY 20 Caracas from Bo.
r,,tl. which pll,e De lef, September Z,
asserts thl. up 90 the time NJ hts ie.
aartura .herr was very little talk Ia
Bog,;l o, wa- with Venezuela rh,
members o. th. clo.ne, and high ot.
a,ials ,ber. I.d not seem 20 consider
war imminent They appeared 20 De
more deeply concerned With the revo.
lu.lo1 and Ni.h their efforts 20 put u
lowu one ~ the members ot the
cabinet admitted ,o the engineer tAa,
The Tlclirl Invasion and the engage
ment 20 July under General Rangyl
Garoi1s v'-p mistakes ON the par, of
Colombia and reg.ettable.
In ,ha opinion of the engineer the
Liberal movement was strong through.
out .hs entire country only needing
ammunition 90 succeed He described
the influence ~ he priests in Colom-
bia a. extreme and detrimental 20 the
country. According 10 bis statement.
* halge and national bank notes
wsra risIag rapidly when as LEFT In
mis- ju lgm,n,. Colombia will never de-
clare war nor viii she again attack
Venezuela, having TOO many home
troubles 90 ba able 90 AFFORD 30 10
So.
4 fair estimate os ths Colombian
forces woul ba. Do" thinks, 3ooO on be
Sa~ lnl-r frontier. 100 lt I.ahachl, 300
lt santa Martha and 500 a Barln-
gu..la.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-10-12
MEXICAN CONCESSION ACQUIRED

NEW YORK. Oet 1.-THE journal
Of Commerce says:
a New York syndicate " capitalists
has acquired th" c01cess 10 which
was granted SOM years ago 10 william
Mackenzie. formerly traffic manager OF
the Mexican Gulf r Monterey Rhlrya I,
for the purpose Of bringing o new
water supply to tn City of Mexico.
Warren II. Loss, Of his city, nag been
awarded the contract for carrying ~.
the Undertaking which. it is estimated,
viii EMAIL an expenditure of nearly
Sc GO0GOOO American currency and VII
mean the purchase. II IS said, Of no
less than $4,000 tons of material in the
Unit-i states.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-10-12
roLOMRLAs NEw ATTORNEY.

NEW YORK. oct LILLIAN Her
b-r, Andrews. lawyer of This city,
has been appointed attorney for the
RegubGr " Colombia. succeeding cal
larJn Clr..-. who del a shor, time
ago. Mr Andrews mas FOR years been
associated with the late David Dudley
Field
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-10-12

Total ........................ 5GIO,3J6 10
STATE OF OREGON. County OF
ClatsOp, ~: /, $. s. Gordon. cashier Of
the abDye-named bank. do soemnly
swear that the above statement Is
true TO the best Of my knowledge and
belief 5. s. GORDON. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn 10 before me
this 7th day Of October, 1901
g. Il. THOMSON
Notary Public.
CDrrect-Attest:
George Flayel,
W. f. McGregor,
VIM W. Ladd,
Directors
Imperial press., 1901-09-14
SEPTEMBER JOURNAL

Miss Alcott's Letters 10 Her I.aur- ie.'" now printed for the frs; time, and edited by Laurie" himself. form sne of the strongest features of the Ladies Home Journal for September. With Seion-Thompson in ihe Woods" shows the great nimal-siOTy teller in his element. and Some College Scrapes we Got Into" as told by "A Graduate" give good cause for laugh ter. There are also interesting articles about "Cats That Draw Salaries" !" Famous People as We Do Not Know Them. and How Village Changed lie Name" Mir. BOk's editorial on ''The School Question Again" is a strong arTaignment of American par ~nis for not taking the proper part in the education of their children. Tn ad- dition to many other literary and pie toriai features, twice the usual amount of space is devoted tO the coming styles, for this is the Special Autumn Fashion Number" of the Journal. The new dresses, hats and wraps are all shown. There is also double page of photographs of "The Handsomest Lace in America" and a stIiking cover design by Miss Ellen Bernard Thompson. By the Curtis Publishing Company. Philadelphia. One dollar a year; ten cents copy.
Imperial press., 1901-09-14

TRK executive committee of the Sa Ii Diego. Ea stern railroad project has is- sued call io the subscribers on the s.S0. .ooo preliminary fnnd for = per cent uf the amount now subscribed. with which 10 begin active work on inc enterprise. l, is though; the en- gineering and surveying corps will be gin work on The line from tide water 10 Yuma about ti,e middle of this month.
Imperial press., 1901-09-14
Saturday, Sept. iA. iooi.

THEEg has long been loud com plaint ;o the cffec, ,ha; all tho profcs- >ions and callings were unoomfor;a- bly ovcrcrowdcd. The Philippine Islands seem io be furnishing partial answer io tho problem of disposing of the alleged surplus There Is hope for the pcdagogues. Already. twenty three Harsard men have accepted posi- tions as instructors in the archipelago. Education is ,hc greatest eiviliEcr and something of paci fer as we'll.
Imperial press., 1901-09-14

TUESDAY morning Presiden; Me kiuley was reported 10 be on the road to recovery. While he had no; yet passed all danger. his physicians ex- press much hope, which is pleasing to every true American. regardless of race and political convictions. May he ye; live and reign over the cowardIy d sSz ssins-
Imperial press., 1901-09-14

THE fight between the labor trust and the steel trust is mixed and it re- quires the erudiiic of a crossroads politician io tell where capital ends and labor be- gins.
Imperial press., 1901-09-14

IF the court of inquiry will help to enphasize ihe truth ;ha' the men, guns and ships had something ;o do with the naval victory, u will do much to yindicate its creation.
Imperial press., 1901-09-14
Ftw ntMS FROM 4 WASHINGTON
 CORRT SPONDtNI
General Woods Report Ireatine on General Conditions in the
 Cubaa Districts

l. rom thC ulouotouos AWahkthk uA tn' single string of naval controvcrs, has been provided here. Two sub iccis of thc frs, importance have been revived through reports that cannot fail to attract national attention. One is GoVcrnor-Gcncral Woods eomprc hcnsivc review of progruss in Cuba the other Captain Chorles n. Sigsbcc' annual notes on the advancement oi the worlds navics, the increase in ton mage, etc.
 There is no topic more interesting to Americans at the present time thar that of Cuban development. The cost tn blood and treasure for the cmanci patton of the infan, nation so near to our shores. along with the hope of the United States that the islanders will prove themselves worthy of the sacri. fee, has caused the people to follow the trend of Cuban affairs almost as closely as they do the progress of an American state.
 General Wood report is vouminous, but the questions presented demand thorough treatment. IL is convincing and earnest. IL is an intelligent sum mary of the efforts made for the puri. tcation and bettermcni of the popula- ton. In brief, General Woods docu- men; recommends fuller reciprocity with the United States, without which. he says, the thorough development of the island will be impossible. He ex- plains that the American authorities, with native assistance, have abolished many petty offices. These increased the "a \ burden unnecessarily and mil itated against a proper centralization of power and responsibility. The ob- jections to curtailment in this direc- ton me; with protests, inspired more by personal losses than regard for the common veal.
 A gratifying feature of the situation is that fewer police are required in the towns The progress of the island's agriculture, the root of its prosperity, Is ma rked. The first large sugar crop since the war will be harvested next spring. and the products already sold, or nearly ready for the market, seem to furnish a guarantee that Cuban mu nicipalities will soon be able to assume obligations connected with new public works. Under American protection and encouragement, prison abuses have been largely eliminated. The hospital system has become practical. Rules and regulations to govern mu- nicipal elections have been drawn up, princi pally for the purpose of prevent ing the control of government machi- nery by extremists, who in the past have proved incapable of dealing with the predicameutso of their own creation.
 One of the conspicious reforms has been the inauguration of d modern system of law and jurisprudence. The Cubans, through bitter experience. learned that. under the Spanish re- gime, there was one code for the rich and another for the poor. The Amer jeans have endeayored to establish equality of justice. Natives of all classes are beginning to realize that ancient and iniquitous practices have passed out. that Americans are the champions of fair play. and that under their plan of civilization, no
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-01-17
TALES OF CITIES.

The police department in Berlin has I'M
dertaken thorough revision of the bake
shops, much to the astonishment of the
master bakers association there, which
had begun to ridicule the bakcshop law.
Contemplated so called international ex-
positions are becoming so numerous that
they dispute as to dates. Just now Kan
sas and Seattle are debating, thus far in
courteous manner, which of them will
have an exposition in 1904.
Dickens avenue" is suggested as the
name for the new broad street that is
being cut between Holborn and the
Strand in London. 1t runs through n
part of the town in which Dickens placed
episodes of many Of his stories.
New York city has a growing number
of tropical plantations well within the
limits Of the city. In both Central and
Riverside parks there have been culti-
waited during the summer a large number
of cotton, tobacco and coffee plants.
For some time the corporation of Glas-
gov has taken comparatively small sums
Of money on deposit, and the experiment
has worked well. Emboldened by this
success, the progressive clement of the
city council proposed that banking should
be added to the municipal undertakings.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-01-17

they invite that man to good dinner,
a coy family affair. After dinner
there is coffee in the library under the
glow of soft lamps. Perhaps the girl
takes out bit of embroidery and does
the domesticated act, as friend OF
mine puts it. Result. deep thought on
the mans part, followed some little
time after BY an announcement of the
engagement"
sBut doesn't he ever regret?
"Oh, dear, yes. any number of times.
Some night he may have the Mandalay
mood, for instance. and then the EN-.
broidery act would be about the most
irritating thing which could happen
But am speaking of marrying. moi
holding the man. which is quite diff.
ferent matter"
"Well, but that's what want te
know
"My dear girl, it's very prosaic and
resolves itself into this: Man is pre-
eminently selfish. The attractive CIR
in his eyes is the girl who can fit his
present mood. If she doesn't do that
though she might be second Venus
and Circe combined, she wouldn't sui
him. And the all around attractive
girl, who, by the way, is rare. is simply
human chameleon
The debutante sighed. Men are
queer things" she said.
The chaperon shrugged her shoulders
Dear me, who said they weren't?" she
markpd
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-01-17
THE BEE AND THE GRAPE.
bee May Not Take First Bite, but
"Gets There Just the Same.

Bee May Not Take First Bite, but
"Gets There" Just the Same.
When the bees were destroying my
grapes this year, l had it in mind to
write you in regard to it, but thought
perhaps it was not worth while. Pro
fessor Slingerland's article, however,
has called it to mind, as well as some
older memories. Some time early in
the eighties, l do not recall the exact
year, bees destroyed nearly all my
grapes, somewhere from 10 to 20 bush
els. When they were at work on the
grapes by the thousands, l wrote my
old friend and classmate, Professor A.
J. Cook, the well known bee expert, in
regard to it, and he answered in effect
that l must be mistaken. Bees were
not built that way and could not make
an opening through the skin of q grape.
was reminded Of the old story of the
lawyer who went into the prisoners
cell and told him that he could not be
impressed on such charge. "But," "
said the prisoner, 81 am here" In spite
of the impossibility OF the bees doing
such thing l saw thousands Of them
destroying my grapes and knew that
they ruined nearly my whole crop that
year. | cannot say that they made
the first puncture in the grape. and it
makes no difference whether they did
or not. If something else did it, they
were on hand to take advantage of it.
and finished up the work of destruc-
ton, doing practically the whole of it.
That year the first step in the work
was a small round puncture through
the skin, not larger than pin prick.
The jui Ne was sucked out and the hole
gradually enlarged, until several bees
worlIeu in it at once. The skin was
finally split from end to end of the
grape and every last bit of the juice
extracted, leaving nothing but the dry
skin and seeds and the hard matter of
the pulp. That was my first expert
ence of the kind and the last until this
year. These two are the only years in
the past 40 that bees have injured
grapes on my place.
This year they did not begin CT the
grapes so soon after ripening and did
not destroy over half the crop. The
destruction began in a different way
this year from what it did before. Then
it began with round puncture like the
prick Of a pin. This year it began
with very small V shaped incision,
such as might have been made with
three cornered needle. This was
gradually enlarged, the cut or tear be-
ing extended and the point of skin
rolled back until the grape was split
from end to end and sucked dry.
/ have seen this work being done by
swarms Of bees and have seel it in all
stages except that | cannot positively
state that ever saw the first minute
puncture made, and I know that the
bees did the work of destruction. For
ty million instances where bees did
nothing of the kind do not have a
particle of weight with me against
these instances where knew they did
it. This year and nearly every year
they work on my Abundance plums
AS soon as the plums turn a little red
the birds pick into them, and then the
bees step in and complete the work of
destruction.
Thus writes Michigan man to Ru-
raj New Yorker.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-01-17
!. MEN OF NOTE.

James Walsh, member of the Stock Ex-
change of Cripple Creek, is 4S years old,
was grandfather three years ago and
smokes at least 40 cigars every day.
q. Montet, the city editor of La Presse,
of Montreal, has been appointed manager
of the Independent Order of Foresters in
France and will hereafter reside in that
country.
Abner Robbins, the leading capitalist
of eastern Oregon, is one of the most &C.
centric of American millionaiees. He
lives alone in a lonely hut, prefers hum
BILE fare and will not accept pass on his
own railroad.
M. Coaz, the chief forester of Switzer-
land, still living, made the first ascent of
Piz Bernipa 80 years ago. In those days,
when there were no huts, guides or maps,
such an ascent meant a great deal more
than it does now.
Captain Martin Conrad, the new pres
ident of the Illinois state board of agri-
culture, is said to be one of the best for
estry experts in the country. He had
charge Of the Illinois exhibit Of forestry
at the Worlds fair.
Sir Henry Campbell is said
to be able to sleep in q standing posture
as well as he can lying down. The Duke
Of Devonshire once said to him, "You
are like q policeman, Bannerman; you
can always sleep standing up"
DR.. Johannes Bresler in Freiburg, Sile-
STA, is about to open museum of a novel
kind. 1t will be devoted to the study of
psychiatry and VIII contain models of va
| rious lunatic asylums and samples of ev-
cry appliance muse in such institutions.
John p. Irish, once a well known west
ern journalist and now naval officer of
the port of San Francisco, has one peculi-
arity-he will not wear q necktie. He
once had throat trouble and concluded it
| came from TOO much wrapping up of his
neck.
Louis r. Hastings, who died in Texas
| recently, was one Of the pioneers of the
| live stock business in Chicago and the
| last of those pioneers to survive. He
drove cattle over the mountains in 1851
| and in 1857 drove the first cattle into the
Chicago stockyards.
James D. Reid, organizer of the Old
! Time Telegraphers' association, superin-
| tended the construction between Wash
ington and Baltimore of the worlds orig
inal telegraph line. He taught Andrew
| Carnegie to be an operator and is now
manager Of the steel mans Scotch es-
| tates.
Isaiah T.. Montgomery, who was in his
youth a slave of Jefferson Davis and his
elder brother, Joseph Davis, founded a
colony of negroes in the Yazoo rover val
ley, in Mississippi, after the war, and he
is now "mayor" of the village of Mount
Bayou, the center of the colony. The ne
groes own $1,000 acres there.
| After IS years of exile Arab Pasha
has lost all desire to return to the land of
his birth. For some time after he land
ed in Colombo Arab found the climate of
his new home making dangerous inroads
upon his health, but in those days the
fallen leader of the rebellion in the Nile
delta had a strong wish to get back to
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-01-17
THE WRITERS.

DR.. Conan Doyle has nearly completed
his history of the war in South Africa. 1t
may be expected to appear shortly after
the formal conclusion of peace.
Count Tolstoi explains that the Greek
church will not formally excommunicate
him. 1t has given orders that he shall
not have an orthodox funeral at his
death, which Tolstoi says entirely meets
his wishes.
The gold cross of the Order of Dame
brog has been conferred by King Chris
tian of Denmark on Jacob A. Riis,
the author. Mr.. Riis' father N. e.
Riis, a well known Latin schoolmaster
Of Ribe, Denmark, was similarly deco
rated some years ago in recognition of his
services to his country.
Bjoernstjerne Bjoernson, the well
known writer, has just passed through
an extraordinary experience, having slept
continuously for IS hours. At Lillehamer
the writer was taken suddenly i'll with
much prostration, and in the evening he
fell into deep sleep. from which he did
not awake for two days.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-01-17
THE STYLISH WINTER GIRL


Her Fancy Runs to Chfnchiila. and
Her Waists Are Numberlcss.
If there was anything on the earth or
in the ocean or air that would tend to
make femininity more attractive than
it is now, it would somehow be discov-
cred, and in a little while it would be
seen wherever women congregate. In
summer we look at the dear creatures
In their flmy garments and think they
could not be half so pretty in any other
dress, and yet when winter comes we
are accustomed to think that the win.
ter girl is far lovelier. The rosy faces
snuggle down into the soft furs with
the most charming effect. Chinchilla
has been the favorte fur for nearly all
sorts of trimmings. and one secs it so
often that though so pretty a fur it be-
gins to grow wearisome. Still it is
very becoming and has its natural
place as revers and short capes and
muffs. The small cape in the illustra-
ton is all that one could desire. The
dainty muff to match is small and has
lace ornamentation at one end. This is
but one style of muff, but there are
many prettier ones and many much
larger. A few are made to remind us
of the olden mOnstrosities in vogue
some three or four generations ago.
They are large and tlabby and are ex-
pected to hang down to the knees.
They have no ornamentation save the
quality of the fur of which they are
made. Some of the handsome muffs
are made with a double ruffie at the
ends, and on the back of the muff a
portemonnaie is fastened. while in the
front there is a vicious looking little
animals head, with place in which to
tuck dainty. handkerchief This is a
gcne'seei utility muff. and yet it is the
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-01-17

FRUITING BRANCH OF RUSSIAN OLIVE.
he is propagating it as fast as possible.
There are seine fine specimens in Gene
va, Neb., and one of considerable size
in New York. a farmer. passing by
and seeing it for the first time, stopped
his team and was lost in admiration.
"That is the finest tree l ever saw in
my life" said he.
When | had charge of an experiment
station in western Nebraska some -
years ago. planted some of the native
box elder. ash and maple. In growth
the olives beat them all. | have been
reported as saying that they would
outgrow the cottonwood. | never SAID
so. They will live and grow, however.
through years of consecutive drought,
while the cottonwoods will die out.
This tree heads the list recommend
ed by the Nebraska Horticultural s3ci-
ETY. for forest planting in western Ne
braska. For roads and avenues it is
simply without rival. | have seen 4
road thus lined. The yellow flowers,
mingling with the silver foliage. fill all
the air with delicious fragrance, SO
that drive is like n road through
fairyland. There is no tree or shrub
which so loads all the air unless il be
the Berberis repens of the Rockies
1t has thorns like Il plum tree. The
berry is about half the size of the
picked olive, but is not edible. 1t is Of
FURNISHED silver in color and hangs on
half the winter. The tree has four
standings or tints in beautiful contrast
with the surrounding green. 1t is
among decduous trees what the silver
pungens fir is TO eyergreens. There is
one shade on the upper and another on
the lower side of the leaf. which in
shape and color is something like that
of sage. The young twigs and fruit
have other tints, and when gentle
breeze mingles them all together the
effect is charming. writes a Nebraska
correspondent to American Gardening.
in which also occurs the accompanying
cut OF frufTfng Dfrr.Ircht of tire SO cai!ll
Rt1ccion 0Iiva
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-01-17

handsomest of the lot One can have
any kind of muff ono wants this season
and be right in the swim.
In the illustration may he seen one
of the newest of the hats for right cold
weather This is of velvet III the Eng
Iisl walking shape. with II crushed how
in front aud rich metal buckle.
Around the brim is Il band of fur to
match that in the cape. ana al The left
side is il large nanache of gray shaded
ostrich pIllInes. The velvet IN The hat
should always match the color of the
dress and iacket or blouse. whichever
is worn. In this special instance the
costume is n light BLUSH gray cloth,
and the bodice is a tailor waist. with a
sash belt and some braiding TO match
that on the skirt.
HExp4ETTE Roi-sSFAr-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-01-17
Ee,rs and Notes.

A special investigator claims it as
altogether probable that the chicory
industry in America is ION its feet.
During the past three years chicory
factories have been established By
manufacturers who have found that
American grown chicory can be man
ufactured more profitably than the i'm.
ported root upon which duty must be
paid Imports of chicory have fallen
from $246,393 in 1897 to $13.414 in 1899
Peanut butter. as ii is called. is mar.
keted to considerable extent.
Authorities upon broom corn pro.
duction estimate the worlds consump-
ton of brush to be about 10000 tons,
grown on $4,000 acres. about $4,000
tons being produced in Illinois.
Commercial estimates of the 1900
wheat crop of Siberia place it at 3d.
100000 bushels.