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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-04-26
CALAMITY HONLERS
ENGLISH PRESS HARPING
ON COMBINE.
Afraid of Great Britian Losing
Her Supremacy ON the
High Seas.

LONDON. April 25.-Fffty persons
were injured this morning in an acci-
dent on the Great Eastern railroad.
near the Hackney Downs station. AZ
"a train from Walthamstown. called
the three penny train. was crossing
a bridge an axle Of the car nearest
the locomotive broke and the coach
jumped the rails, dashed into the side
Of the bridge and lodged across both
tracks. The train was flied with
worlkmen on their way to work. The
two coaches following the stranded
car crushed into it. completing the
wreck and dealing awful havoc among
the passengers caught therein. The sec
ond car also was wrecked and a num-
Der Of It's inmates were badly hurt
The injured were taken to the Dals-
ton hospital
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OMAHA CATCHES IT.

OMAHA. Neb.. April 25-An unusu-
ally heavy windstorm which struck
this city this evening, killed one per-
son, injured a number Of others and
unroofed number of buildings.
There was a heavy downpour Of rain
Street cars were stopped for hours,
wires and signs were blown down in
all directions,
Robert Maxwell. aged 10, struck by
flying sidewalk. win probably die.
Ex-Mayor George P. Bemis. wa.
struck by flying sign and sustained q
broken leg and otherwise seriously in.
jured.
Lawrence Taggar., aged 20. serious
ly injured.
Large plate glass windows In down
town business house were blown in
and dozen roofs carried away.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-04-26
THE EGG MARKET.

CHICAGO. April 25,-The struggle
for the control Of the eggs OF the coun-
try has become the nercest in the
whole range OF farm products, says
the Record d-Herald. Every corner Of
the Western states Is being searched
for eggs by agents for Swift & Coz Ar
mour A Co. and few smaller deal
ers who have capital enough to en-
able them to compete with these lead
ers Of the provision world
AS result OF this competition prices
paid to farmers are rapidly advanc-
ing and every indication points to un-
precedented high prices for cold stor-
age eggs next winter.
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TO PREVENT COLLISIONS,
A Device That Would Revolutionlze
signal Service and Decrease
Accidents,

CHICAGO, April 25.-The Chicago,
Milwaukee q st. Paul railway officials
are testing new automatic block
signal service which will. It Is claimed.
prevent collisions which are due to en-
gineer's ignoring or mistaking signals.
The mechanism Is so arranged that
whenever an engineer passes into a
section that is blocked against him, an
automatic device sets the air brakes
and stops the train. The device Is
operated By battery of springs
which are wound UP BY the vibratory
motions of the rails as the engine and
cars pass over them. Accordingly
there is no dependence on electricity
which is treacherous in bad weather.
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The Ending Of d Romance That
Began q Year Ago On
a Railroad.
SECRET CHURCH MARRIAGE
Father Of the Bride Gives . Ps-
ternal Blessing and the
Bride and Groom are
Happy

CHICAGO. April IA romancs
which began . year age on the over
land limited express in California
ended last evening in secret mar
riage in the First Presbyterian church.
The father Of the bride who was al
i the Auditorium Annex, knew nothing
Of the affair until II was all over
James p. Darden. Or Chicago. one os
the vice-presidents Of the American
Can Company was the hero cf this
love story. and Miss Marie Elsie Ross.
Iof Brooklyn, the bride. Miss Ross II
the daughter OF J. NJ. Ross. member
of the firm Of Ross and Snyder mill
lionaire lumber dealers, who have
large interests in timber lands all
over the country
Mr.. Darden is IS years old and his
bride %. A year ago Mr. Darden was
in California and while on his way to
Chicago he met 1fiss Ross, who was
q passenger on the same train. The
day after Miss Ross reached her home,
near Prospect PARK. brooklyn. she re-
ceived q letter from her traveIing COM
panlon, A correspondence followed.
but suddenly Miss Ross letters stop
ped. For several months Mr.. Darden
did not hear from her until yesterday
morning. when he learned that Miss
Ross and her father had arrived at
the Auditorium on their way East
from California. Mr.. Darien called.
proposed and was accepted, though Mr..
Ross was left out Of the secret A IL
cense was procured and together with
two friends the party proceeded to the
church where the mar
riage ceremony was performed BY the
Rev DR. william Chichester. Later
the bride and groom left on South
ern trip to spend their honeymoon. aft
er Mr.. Ross had given them his bless
ing and left for the East.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-04-26

In recent test train ran fun
speed past block which was set 1t
danger. AZ soon as the engine entered
the prohibited station there was q
grinding Of q shoe against the wheels
and the train came to a stop before its
length was scarcely within the block
station. Those who witnessed the test
declared that ths service would reyo-
lutionize signal service and decrease
accidents at least 70 per cent.
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OFF FOR GoLp FIELDS.

SEATTLE, April s5-The Pacific
Clipper Lines steamer Nome CITY i
again headed for tine Nome gold fields.
She sailed this morning. One hundred
and nifty people took passage on the
vessel whose departure marks the for
NAL opening Of the Nome season. She
is the drst craft to leave any port for
Nome since the close Of Behring Sea
navigation. November |. Captain Dan
ieis hopes to reach his destination BY
May 20.
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a CONFESSED MURDERER.
He Killed Hugh Duffey in Sacramento
While Burglarizlng House.

SALT LAKE, April 25,-Just before
leaving last night for California, Frank
wardrip. alias Wade confessed to the
officers that he is the man who, while
burglarizing a house in Sacramento,
murdered Hugh Duffey,
wardrip confessed that he and an
other person. boy, had been attempt-
ing to burglarize house in Sacra-
mentO, wardrip stated that while he
was "a the house Duffey attempted to
catch ihe boy. who was watching OUT
side A scuffle ensued during which
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-04-26

WASHINGTON. April 2s.-- Two
speeches occupied the entire attention
OF the senate today. Mccumber dis
cussed his bill TO prevent mIsbranding
and Misrepresentation of food products
which enter into interstate commerce.
carmaek. one Of the minority mtm-
bers Of the Philippine committee, spoke
in opposition to Philippines govern
ment bill now pending.
He sharply criticised the president
not only for the policy he 10 pufsu-
Ing In The Philippines bat Tor utter
ances which the senator declared tend
cd 10 fan the flame OF insurrecsion.
He also denounced General Funston
whom he characterized as ''jayhaw-
ker brlgadier from the windswept
plains--thc mightiest Sampson that
ever welded the jawbone OF an ass
as weapon Of war"
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Large Number Of Private Pension
Bills Passed. Debate
yarlors Questions
HOT TALK IN THE SENATE
General Funston Denounced as
Jayhawker BrigadIer from
the Wind swept Plains
Of Kansas.

WASHINGTON. April 25.--The house
today passed i1 private pension bills.
including bills 10 pension the widow
Of the tate General william Ludlow at
$50 month and the widow Of the late
"parson" Browniow. OF Tessessee. at
$50 month The remainder Of the
day was devoted TO general debate on
the agricultural appropriation bill.
Lester. Of New York. discussed the me-
eessity for new postofiice at New
York. Cochran (Dem.). Of Missouri.
the trust question. ana II G. Smith
(Rep) ,of Michigan good roads.
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Wardrip says, he picked up a revol-
yer from 4 dresser nearby and shot
through the window at Duffey, kill
ing him.
Wardrip gave the officers the names
q his father and sister--David and Mis-.
Nellie Wardrip who live IN Nedloe,
Mead county. Kentucky.
Az soon AZ wardrip made his con-
fesslon he was placed In irons and Is
now on his way 10 Sacramento in cus-
tody Of officers from California
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-04-26
AN ACTORS WILL

NEW YORK. April aS.--The will Of
DIR. Joseph Adrain Booth. a brother Of
Junius Brutus, John wilkes and Ed
win Booth and of Asia Booth Clarke.
the widow of the English tragedian,
has been filed Tor probate. The estate
In New York amounts to ssS.OOO The
value Of property which DIR. Booth
owned in New Jersey Is not stated.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-04-26
IN CHARGE OF MATE.

VICTORIA. b. G., April 2s.--The
whaling schooner vora arrived here
today in charge of the mate. Captain
Copeland and two hunters left the
schooner OF the Oregon coast, taking
with them two boats belonging 10 the
schooner. II Is not known whether
they Intentionally deserted or got lost.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-04-26
CUT HIS THROAT.

WAITsBURG, Wash. April 2s.-,
Fred wilkeson. aged 70, veteran of
the Philippine war. attempted suicide
this afternoon by cutting his throat
No cause Is assigned. Physicians
think he win die.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-04-26
pARKNEss IN sIoux cIrY.

SIOUX CITY, Ia, April 2s-sioux
City was in darkness after 1880 this
afternoon dense greenish clouds shut
ting out the sun. For time the wind
blew 72 miles an hour and consider
able damage was done.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-04-26
TOPEKA IN TT.

TOPEKA, Kas.. April 25.-A fierce
north wind, carrying clouds OF dust,
has been blowing in Kansas since noon
today There is no Indication of rain
and the best fields are drying up.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-04-26

WASHINGTON, April s5.--Represea-
tative Mercer OF Nebraska win intro
duce In the house tomorrow an omri-
bus public building bill agreed On by
his committee and on next Monday q
special rule viii be presented to the
house for consideration Of the bin on
Tuesday.
The rule will provide for three hours
debate and vote without opportunity
for amendment The bill viii carry
the authorization for public buildings
In every state Of the Union except
Delaware and Idaho. for which states
no bills were introduced In all there
are i73 authorizations In the till, ng-
gregatlng si5,soooOo No new postofiice
is provided for New York city but
the bin authorizes commission con-
sistlng OF the seceesSsv OF the treas
ury, postmaster general and attorney
to select a site in Borough CT Mon
haitian.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-04-26
LINCOLN HAS A TASTE.

LINCOLN Neb., April 2s.-Terrihc
straightaway wind reaching at times
a velocity Of 60 miles an hour, prevail
ed in Lincoln throughout the after
noon.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-04-26
NEBFOOTERS AT CHARLESTON
To-Day IS Oregon Day at the South
ern Exposition.

CHARLESTON, s. G, April 25special to Daily Astorian
The Oregon delegation has been royalty received BY Charleston
citizens The WebfoOe ,noyng their stay here Oregon
day tomorrow. (Sgnedl ALBERT TOZIER
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-04-26
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Az Washington Boston, 4; Washing
ton, rs.
Az 81. Louis--cieyIand, 10: 81.
Louis. o.
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Destructive Storm Ragged Over
Missouri, Kansas ard
Nebraska.
MANY PERSONS ARE KILLED
The Velocity of the Wind was
Something FfightfuI and
Much Property was
Destroyed.

JOPLIN. Mo-. April 1.--Joplin was
visited this evening by the most de-
structive storm in its history, during
which two persons were killed out
right, six fatally Injured, d score Or
more seriousl.' tu-' and ssOoo 90 worth
OF property destroyed. It is estimated
that 50 buildings were destroyed.
ESTER HUNTER killed by falling
timbers.
MARTHA CAPE. colored, died from
fright.
The fatally injured:
Bldwell Hunter.
Mrs. Anna Hunter.
Mrs Marian Hicks
William Jones,
Boy. named Kruger, at villa Heights,
three miles west of Joplin
F B. Kelley. at Googoo mines. three
miles east Of here
The worst fury OF the storm was felt
in the suburbs west OF Joplin.
The wind was straight gale OF ter
rihle velocity. whipping down scores
OF houses in the southern part of the
city and wrecking 100000 worth Of the
finest mining plants In the district
The worst havoc In Joplin city was in
territory four blocks wide. within
this narrow belt there is scarcely d
building which is not damaged.
The courier., 1902-03-22
TIL E RE r

most famous OF this woman's pupils,
although you can find their photo
graphs with their arms about her and
with inscriptions of that gushing sort
that pupils give their singing teachers.
privately declare that her teachings
are vocally and morally iniquitous and
that they count themselves lucky, not
so much to have graduated from her
teaching as to have lived through 1t.
1t Is also recommended by the advo-
Gates Of restricting teachers of the
voice to individuals who have passed
a good examination in the subjects ad-
verted to, that the bachelor OF singing
be required to pass an apprenticeship
of two years in the studio Of a licensed
teacher. before being allowed to prac-
tice on his own account.
The courier., 1902-03-22
The Woman Behind the Counte

Habitually patient and pleasant. the
woman behind the counter is occasion
ally cross. When she is. the shoppers
are indignant, and sometimes COM
plain to the or-manager or others In
authority. The woman behind the
counter has no privileges. She can
not, or does not plead i'll health, the
weather. or the bad temper and super
fasti6iOusness Of her customers. After
d year or two of service behind the
counter she knows the requirements of
the position and when she fails to
meet them she is her own most severe
judge. A few days ago in a Chicago
ten cent store before a counter filled
with ten cent Easter rabbits and other
Juvenile recognitions of the day, a
large belligerent woman bullied a meek
symbols every day for forty days. The
customer had selected a rabbit with an
eye gone from his papier mache head.
She did not notice the loss until she
Then she saw it. and the spirit which
years of crowding in to bargain coun-
ters had developed, was aroused.
Here! you can not get that of on to
me- she said. The clerk looked at
her steadily and the woman returned
the glance until the meaning of the
steady eyes penetrated. Then she
The courier., 1902-03-22

flushed and said to the young woman:
either" The clerk still silently select
ed a perfect rabbit and handed II to
her and the customer walked OF with
conscious pride. The clerk said: 81
never pay any attention to those peo-
pie. IL Is not worth while"
The courier., 1902-03-22


Makers of headache powders. SPAWN
cures and rheumatism panaceas are In
the habit Of distributing free sample
packages of their remedies In the
yards and doorways of the unprotected
and unwilling citizens. Ii Is an In
fants habit to put everything he
thinks Is made to eat into his mouth.
In the first creeping. crawling stages
of infancy he does not discriminate
between articles Of diet and of hard
ware, and consequently many neglect
ed "creepers' die of a needle or a pin
or a tack. At a later period when
walk they are fascinated by small
packages done Up In wrapping paper
that may be united or torn open.
Many children have died from the ef-
packages thrown into the yard or
doorway by mistaken druggists who
think this a better way of advertising
than in the newspapers. The evil ef-
There are plenty Of men and women
who think 1t is a bargain to get head
ache medicine in this way and well
come the first headache for the oppor-
tunity 1t affords them to try the medi-
cine. Last week a young woman
named Brown of Miller City In Iowa
was driving through the streets. A
man distributing headache medicine
threw a package into her carriage.
She took the powder a few days later
and died with all the symptoms of
strychnine poisoning. The stuff was
compounded in Savannah, New York.
and the sheriff of Miller City has gone
there to procure another sample of the
headache cure in order to have 1t
analysed. All medicine Is more or
less poisonous and the distribution of
The courier., 1902-03-22

Jacob
coin at his address
school until fifteen
a
May 1885, discharged with
assumed active
death Of Mr. North September
with the united efforts of his brothers,
Miss
Of
Pyhas Masonic
Modern
Protection Although
Trinity
other fellow is entitled to consideration
The courier., 1902-03-22

the theory Of voice training In every
detail; (5) the history and literature
of voice training and of voice use; 90
the theory of music and of sight read
ing (vocaD; O instruction in the
practice Of voice use; (O the pedagogy
lish, Italian. German, French; Q0) mu-
sical Interpretation in opera, oratorio,
lied, ballad; QD piano playing.
There would be fewer singers and
enforced. But great singing masters
would have larger conservatory class
es. They would be better paid and
there would be fewer agonizing disap-
pOintments.
There are so many girls who can not
sing and SO many teachers who can
not teach. Both have been able to
make a successful bluff and any re-
pressive measure would be boon to
middle-class families (middle-class as
to fortune). / -I!a
In spite Of the law, and in Nebraska
it is not severe enough, prohibiting
quacks from practicing, there are per-
haps two dozen men and women in
this small town who get their living
by practicing on the credulity Of the
citizens. But il it were not for the
law the town would be overrun with
quacks and the way of the regular
practitioner who has had the con-
science and the will to obtain an edu-
cation would be rough. If there were
no law or no penalty for it's infraction
or evasion the public would not be
able to discriminate between the quail
flied physician and his imitator.
The girl with and without a voice
who goes to a city with the combined
resources of her family imperfectly
concealed in a little cotton bag around
her neck is not protected from the
wiles of impecunious, ignorant and un-
scrupulous singing teachers who tell
her that she has a phenomenal voice
but that she will have to begin all
over again and unlearn what she has
already learned at the cost of much
effort and expense.
The girl who has no temperament
and no voice is not likely to learn the
truth as long as her money lasts.
Wnen that is gone she is bundled
home to an impoverished family and
to scOrnful village audiences who knew
she could not sing before she left
home. There are dozens of such cases
in everyOne's experience of village life.
In cities it is different. The people
are more sophisticated. The whole
family hears good playing and singing
at one time or another and family idol
airy occasionally collides with common
sense. But the isolated village family,
convinced that the Oldest daughter Is
a genius, is the pathetic prey Of the
foolkiller. The daughters succession
of failures means nothing to the fam
lily but the prejudice of an ignorant,
envious public. The daughter herself
finally learns the truth but she is too
proud and too conscious of the blow to
father to tell him.
A brutal, truthful vocal teacher
might have told her and the family in
time, but pupils are scarce, quacks
are many and the family of the good
needs clothes and food. When
the girl really can sing and goes to a
city to learn how, it is only by good
luck il she finds a teacher who can
teach her to sing without running her
vocal instrument. The size of the rep
utation has not much to do with the
ability to teach. A strenuous exam
The courier., 1902-03-22
Youth and Ffiendship

fully mature in mind and body do not
amount to much emotionally. That Is
we can see them come and go and
come again with equinimity. 1t Is a
question If the mind ever stops grow
ing, but it is certain that at the mo-
ment Of physical maturity the emo
tions, except in the case of silent
poets, ebb; not to flow again except
under a strong influence. To be sure,
old fellows fall in love and spinsters
are occasionally bewitched, but 1t is of
friendship speak.
The boys and girls in the university
are making friendships that will last
them through life. When they get to
be men and women and are harnessed
to their respective loads, they will
make friends for less romantic and
more utilitarian motives. And then
they will not grip their friends to them
with hoops of steel. Not that there Is
no policy in college friendships. Oh
no! The fraternity system is founded
on a commercial basis. The man who
can pay his bills and something over
to the advantage of his fraternity is
rushed by all the Greek letters in the
first semester of his freshman year.
The little boys who have trouble to
pay the rent and furnish the rooms or
the chapter house are naturally anx-
ious to secure the help of the students,
otherwise not disqualified, who are
best able to help them. Yet with these
restrictions, it is still true that In col
lege generous impulses influence the
choice of the undergraduate. After
wards, the face ceases to flush except
when the man it masks is detected in
a crime or a fOOlishness. Friends are
selected because they are useful and
the impulse to deny ones-self for an
other is unusual. Before the harden
ing processes of business or society ef-
feet the change the young man and
woman make their friends, their real
friends, for life. Yet there is no one to
tell them while they are weighing va
grant impulses towards this one and
that one, that it is choice for life and
that they will not have a second chance.
that presently the something that Sc
lects a friend will be dead and that
every other man has made his choice
for better or worse, and that after
wards to them men and women are
human beings more or less interesting
but incapable of making the heart beat
faster. And If one stood by the youth
and told him that it was May and ex-
patiated upon the Importance of his
choice, the youth would think his ma
ture friend an interfering, impertinent
old duffer who is getting very tire
some.
Each little polywog must learn to
swim and to keep out of the way Of
fishes that eat polywogs and to shed
his own skin. The frogs who have
been through it all and realize that If
they had been wiser as polywogs they
would not be handicapped as frogs, are
obliged to watch millions of little poly
wogs tying themselves into knots that
can never be Strengthened out. They
croak, but the polywogs know it is
croaking and pay no attention to it.
4 4 4
Singing
Singers are interested in the pro-
posed law to restrict the teaching of
singing to those who can pass an ex-
on ~ the anatomy and
physiology of the throat and all parts
The courier., 1902-03-22
Singing

Singers are interested in the pro-
posed law to restrict the teaching of
singing to those who can pass an ex
animation on ~ the anatomy and
physiology of the throat and all parts
of the system used in singing; (2) the
pathology Of these parts. particularly
the ear. nose and throat; (S) the theory
Of sound Gas physical air waves), and
The courier., 1902-03-22

turn Of the little black and tan mother,
the story would be lacking in point
and finish. The son would not have
the opportunity to prove his real dis
tinction, heroism and devotion to his
mother. 1t is this filial devotion of a
prize winner, the great "Wyndham
Kid" who has taken all the blue rib
bons and about whom all the other
dogs are talking, that attracts atten-
tion and makes the Kid a hero of ro-
nance. The mother interest Is un-
failing, but it is questionable. If in the
case Of Quadrupeds, 1t is justifiable
from a realistic point of view.