The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-04-25

i'ost--A white Splits dog. nance
Snowfall" Deliver at THE Wal
dorf." and get So reward.
Cleared at the custom house yester
day, the barkentine eleanor, with e3J,.
900 feet Of lumber for San Francisco.
Marine Editor Wright. OF the Ore
gonlan, Is In the city and another In.
siallment Of local marine history ma,
be expected In the next few days.
The pIsac building at the corner
OF Twelfth and Commercial streets. 1,
TO be remodeied under the nupervla
lon Of Contractor Joseph suprenant
The roads leading out OF the city are
all drying rapidly and with d few days
Of good weather. such az the first Of
the week, they will be in fine condl.
tlon.
Judge Gray has made several trlpi
10 the country this week In the inter.
est OF county roads He reports tina,
farmers have been taking advantage
Of the good weather and have all been
kept busy
The Joint committee from the Push
Club and Chamber OF Commerce on he
entertainment of the commercial men
who are 10 visit this city socn met las,
night and agreed upon a report 10 be
referred back TO their respective bod.
les
The consolidation OF the Atlantic
steamship lines haa excited general
alarm IN Europe. The news In the
United States has on the contrary
been received quietly from the fact
that we have nothing 10 lose by the
combination. whether We profit or not.
President Roosevelt. II seems, Ia de-
iermined 10 exercise the functions Of
his high Office In preserving the na.
tional dignity. The calling down oi
General Funston is a recent example
OF the exercise OF the presidential pre-
rogatlva
Senator BeverIdge. OF Indiana, In his
great speech yesterday before the Re-
publican state convention, voiced the
sentiment OF the majority OF the Amer
lean people when he stated that ex.
psnslon must follow the nag Al
honor to such patriots as Rcveridge.
The editor OF the Post t-IntelllgtnseT
IL evidently trying to be funny as evil
denced In the issue Of Wednesday las,
~ the following, "rhe shah Of Persia
In about TO pay vislt TO Berlin. When
he ana the emperor meet, can Il prop
only be called a linking encounter7''
Mre Hansen, whose house Ia quar-
antined. was reported to be dying ear.
ly this morning. She has been very
low for several days and her death
has been exepcted daily The young
Indy who has the smallpox at the
Hansen place is reported to be doing
well,
The annual cleanup at Dawson Is
almost due and Seattle Ia rejoicing In
the hope OF the result being poured in
to her Golfers. at least to- the exten,
Of large proportion Of the millions
that win come down from the frozen
North and flow into the Legitimate
channels OF trade.
II would yeem that inmates or poor
form would not have spunk enough
left to get up fight, Yet that Is what
two aged inmates at McMinville did
the other day, In which one OF them
was severely stabbed, A man who
manifests as much enterprise as thl:
should be well qualified to make iIv-
Ulk WI HiS uNH'
Coroner Pohl received a telegram
from G. A, Tewksbury, of Boston, yes
terday. inqulring the cost OF a decent
burial for his brother, P, Q. Tewks.
bury, who died In this city night be.
fore last also making inquiry Of prob
able cost Of shipping the body to Bos.
ton The coroner wired an estimate
but up to a late hour last night had
received no reply,
The Joint committee on the regatta
has not begun active operations yet
but win do SO in a,few days " Is the
purpose TO first meet and organize O
plan Of operation. The work is an lrk-
some one and will require great deal
OF walking and talking, In fact, there
Is so much to do that II is difficult tc
get men to agree TO take the matter
up and stay with II to the end, Fol
this reason the plan of employing some
one to make It a business matter and
devote his entire attention ls growing
more popular every day
There are various reports out about
the smallpox conditions, II was re-
ported yesterday that the case at Han
sens had been taken to the pesthouse
and 1t was also claimed that the pa
tient already there was being neglect,
ed, An inquiry into the conditions
brought out the fact that the case Il
still at Hansen's and under quaran'
tine, and that the patient at the pest
house Is well cared for in every way
has ali the comforts OF life and com
petent nurse to look after his wants
In the meantime, work Is progressing