The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-04-22


punished by the prison authorities
The "non-partisan citizens insist
that they have plenty Of worthy men
who are willing o-be led az lamb
10 slaughter on their ticket They
say they will never have TO 20 out
Of the Caucasian race 10 lind ma
teriai TO fili their ticket.
Two eloquent sermons were delivered
by Archbishop Christie at ST. Mary's
church Sunday. The archbishop was
much gratifled ut the result OF the
general work in the parish and COM
plimcnteh the members OF 81 Mary"s
Literary Society very highly therefor.
Thanks were also returned for the
generous collection of the seminary on
Easter Sunday.
| A disaster. unparalleled \, In mod Arn
times. on account OF the proximity to
safety. has occurred on the MiSsissip-
pl River, In which fro mis- 10 100 pas
sengers lost their HIVES and property TO
the amount Of many thousand dollars
was destroyed. The IRE occurred In
the forward hatchway and the infer
enee Is that proper precautions would
have averaed the great loss Of life.
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Al the last meeting Of the Eagles
eolnmIttee on resolutions. appointed for
the purpose OF drawing up resolutions
eongratulating member Jens II. Han
sen on the birth Of daughter pre-
scented the following. which caused a
great deal OF merriment: Resolved. by
Astoria Aerie No. II r. o. e.
That Brother Jens. his babe and wife.
BE happy. prosperous. all through life,
And that the sweet girl they adore
he followed, by two. or three. or four.
As an illustration Of common good
hard sense. the business men OF SYRIA
cuse New York, bear on the confec-
,ionery. AZ a recent meeting In that
city OF the leading mercantile firms a
comparison ~ notes, az 10 the results
of advertising by various methods. a
unanimous conclusion was arrived NJ
/ that the newspaper was head and
front above them ALL In view Of this.
conclusion was arrived AZ that In
! the future the newspaper should he the
cnly medium through which to adver-
! iisc thelF wares.
The registration of voters IN 10 the
time 'of closing last evening numbered
1906 The total registration last year
was 260O. The present number regis
tered Ia less than half Of the voters
of the county at present and less than
month Is left in which 10 complete
the registration as May l5 closes the
books. II Is earnestly urged by all
persons. irrespective OF politics. that
the voters do not lose their votes by
neglecting TO register The matter
should be attended TO at once. The
clerks office Is open every Thursday
evening for the especial purpose OF
registering voters.
AZ a meeting Of the county central
committee OF the ''nonpartisan clti.
zens" last evening an organization was
effected by the election Of the follow
ing officers: w. J. Cook, chairman;
p. b, sovey, secretary: Fl. W. Dean,
treasurer. II was decided to maintain
headquarters In the Kinney building.
The question OF supplying the vacan-
cies on the ticket, caused by decllna-
tlons. OF county Judge and assessor.
was left in allegiance until this even
ing. Captain J, Il. Campbell was elect
ed 10 a place on the ticket In place OF
Colonel IL. c, Hughes, who leaves the
city in few days,
Dr. ]. A. Fulton, OF this city, who
has been studying the smallpox prob
lem this year says that 24157 cases
have been reported in the United
States; that 7o7 cases, about per cent
have proved fatal, He says in the
State OF Oregon so far as can be as
ecrtaIned the death rate is much less
not more than one per cent OF the cas-
es reported having proved fatal. Out
OF 257 cases at Marshheld, there was
only one death and out of over 100
cases In Portland there has BEEN no
death, While the smallpox Is unus-
ually mild. the vaccinations have prov
ed very severe. The hansen case
Is very mild and the case OF Moore.
the logger from olsen's logging camp
who was sent to the pest house Sun
day morning is a very mild one. A
majority OF physicians and persons
favor vaccination and majority Of
persons throughout the country have
been vacclnated. Two years ago Voc
olnatlon did not take In this city, but
there has been no complaint this year.
The committee appointed by the
Push Club to confer with last years
regatta committee win meet ct the
rooms Of the Chamber Of Commerce
at 7:SO o'clock tonight the general
opinion, seems to be in favor OF hold
ing regatta this year. Some believe
that IL the regatta was passed this
year the business people would notice
the difference in their receipts and put
up more iiberaily next year; but on
the other hand 1t is feared that II the
regatta Is once dropped Il would be
very hard to revive the same interest
and harder to advertise the event. The
main difficulty Of course Is in finding
suitable men to manage the affair