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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-08-02

/ for nc to congratulate her, and she has
my best wishes for brilliant reign.
u wish, also. 10 thank those who cast
q large popular vote for me. can as
sure you that have never dreamed OF
such handsome Endorsement, and it
is a pleasure 70 know that had so
many friends
All was excitement at the residence
OF Mrs. w. o. Wilkinson. where Miss
Thomas held an informal reception un-
III quite a 'ate hour last night. She
was very much elated over her success,
tut accepted the honor with reserve
truly royal Miss Thomas is daugh-
ter of Oregon. She received her early
education at st. Helen's hall Portland.
after which she went TO Europe. where
she spent two years, returning home
last fall. she IL faycrite with the
younger fashionable aet In the city. but
numbers her friends among all .clases
OF people with whom she has come in
contact. The novelty Of being inter-
viewed caused her some trepliatioh.
but upon being assured by the reporter
that she would be quoted "just right"
she said:
Need I say that am the happiest
AS well as the most excited girl in AS
toria tonight? l really did not expect
to be elected. and told Mrs. Ridchalgh
that l felt that she would have made
better queen than |. put as we both
could not be queen, l feel that have
been greatly honored and am going
to do everything in my power to make
my reign most attractive, because do
sincerely appreciate what my friends
have done for me. hope to be able
tc announce my court by Monday, but
shall be very busy qaeen-elect from
now until the day of ny coronation"
ROYAL CROWN Is ORDERED.
Just as soon as the committee IN tor-
onation had been formally notified Of
the election of Miss Thoras. the COM
mittee met at her home and discussed
the coronation ceremonies. The crown
that she Is to wear was ordered by tele
graph last night and will be made TO
order by a famous jewelgy firm of New
York City.
The regatta committee will turn
over to Miss Thomas $500 to be usetNby
her in defraying part Of the expenses
of her robes. The queen-elect will bear
the remaining portion of the expense
herself.
Miss Thomas win meet the commit
tee on coronation day and again to-
morrow to liseuss the gowns and robes |
and Mrs, Wilkinson. her aunt. win go |
to Portland tomorrow night to confer
with the creator of royal modes. The
OF maids of honor ladies'
in-waiting and prime minister and
other court dignitaries will be announc |
ed tomorrow
BARGE FOR THE QUEEN.
The regatta committee announced |
last night that special barge willsbe
for the use Of the queen
and the court. This will be handsome
ly decorated, and win be used by her
during the acquatic sports,
The actual work of the regatta COM
mlttee begins today. Everything must
be arranged for the coronation, and or
der must be evolved out of the chaos
Of correspondence and other details
that have accumulated.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-08-02
TRUST CRAZE ABATING

New York, August 1.-Papers filed
for new corporations with capital of
A,OOO.QOO each or more in July repre-
sented the unusual small total of $685.
100000 or the low water mark of the
current year. For the seven months of
1909 the total was sl,25i .sOi. 900 COM
pared with si.T24eoO.ooo last year IN the
like period and s2.7l2TOO.OO0 in 1901.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-08-02

San Francisco, August L-James H.
chaffce ono II the heroes IT Rtt
Harte's story Tenn sss.es Pardn"i 7
in dead in Oakland at the age of 70
years. For a yca's he and hls od
partner. Chamberlain. lived and mined
and srustel each otiisr no si.s'i, "
ever clouding their fricnisI;I, and I
was the ..hivalrous affection which ex-
lsted between these two men which
Bret Harte painted in his Incompatible
manner.
The partners lived for years at Sec
ond Garrottee, 40 miles distant from
Yosemite Valley and thousands OF Am
orleans and people from all parts OF the
world Who have visited the valley have
met the old pioneers. chaffee was born
at Worcester. Mass.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-08-02
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

At Philadelphia-Fir game -PhiIa-
delphia, IA; Brooklyn, a.
AT Philadelphia Second game-Phil-
adelphia, I; Brooklyn. 8.
At cincinaati-ctncinnati 1s; Chi
eago, 4.
At Boston-Flrst game Boston, i;
New York, 4.
At Boston-second Boston, q;
New York, 5.
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EVANS ORDER REVOKED

Washington. August 1.-The secre-
tary of the interior has issued an order
revoklng the order issued at the IN
stance of Commissioners Evans on May
2e. 1909. saspending the adjudication OF
the claims Of mlnor children OF de-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-08-02

AMERICAN LEAGUE.
At Detroit-First game-Detroit 2;
st, Louis, 5.
At Detroit second game Detroit. 4;
st. Louis 4.
At Washington-F First game-wash-
ington, q; Boston. o.
At washington--Second game--wash
ington, 1; Boston. 5.
AT Chicago Chicago, 5; cleveland, D
At New York New York. 3: Phila-
delphia. ..
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CUBAN BALANCE INCREASES

CUBAN BALANCE INCREASES
New York, August 1.--After the pay
ment of government employees on FRI
day, say Tribune dispatch from Ha-
yana. the Cuban treasury contained
ss5oo,O00. This is an increase of $780,
600 over the balance June 80.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-08-02
WELL KNOWN MINISTER DEAD

New York. August REV. Charles
McCharg, uncle of the late Mrs. Porter
wife Of the American ambassador to
France and one Of the bests}rnown Pres
hyterian ministers in the state, is dead
At his home in Cooperstown. He was
50 years of age. His brother, William,
resides at Pueblo. Colo.
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) BASE BALL SCORES .

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
AT Portland-Portland. 8; San Fran
Cisco, IL.
At seattle-seattle, 10; Sacramento.
.
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PACIFIC NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At Seattle Seattle. IA; Salt Lake, /.
At Butte-Butte, I; San Francisco,
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BRET HARTE HERO DEAD

CHARACTER ~ '.TENSEssEEs
PARTNER, DIES Ar ADVANCED
AGE
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.

At Tacoma-Tacoma, :; Helena, ..
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-12
Seeking the Ark.
From the London Express.


Will the ancient Hill of Tara yield up
the 1ong-lost Ark of the Covenant?
1 AS the Express announced on We'd
nesday, eXcavators are at work on the
historic spot in County Meath, In the
hope of finding some trace of the sa-
cred Jewish object, and a correspond
ent now offers a possible explanation
of how the ark may have reached Irish
soil.
The Bible relates that when Nebuch-
adnezzar carried off to Babylon the
better classes of the people of Judah,
he gave orders that the prophet Jere-
miah should have full liberty to do as
he liked.
After the instruction in which Geda-
liah, who had been made Governor by
Nebuchadnezzar, was slain, the chief
men decided that it was dangerous to
remain in Judah and face the anger of
the King of Babylon. Therefore, they
left for Egypt, carrying with them the
kings daughters and jeremiah.
1t is considered almost certain that
jeremiah, belonging as he did to the
priestly order, would take with him
such Israelitish objects as Nebuchad-
nezzar, had left in judah as being of no
value. These would include the stone
on which Jacob laid his head at Bethel,
the pot of mamma, Aaron's rod, and the
two tables of stone upon which the
commandments were engraved, which
were stored in the ark
During their stay in Egypt these ref
ugees fell into idolatry, causing great
pain and annoyance to Jeremiah So
much, indeed. was this the case that it
is believed he quilted the country with
Baruch and others to seek final ref
uge in one of the colonies of the Israel
itish tribe of Dan (Denmark).
This theory is supported by the last
verse of the forty-fifth chapter of Jere-
miah.
jeremiah would still doubtless carry
with him the religious relics, and Irish
tradition has it that among his COM
panions was one at least of the King
of Judah's daughters.
The vessel carrying the refugees was
wrecked on the coast of Ireland and
the youthful king of that part fell in
love with the kings daughter, who
was given him in marriage by Jere-
miah upon his promising to establish
a college at Tara and promote learning
and religion.
This the king promised to do, and
his wife he raised a noble cairn (the ia
nous Hill of Tara) over her remains.
and buried in it the ark and some of
the relics.
Jacobs stone later on passed to Ar
gyllshire, and thence to Scone, whence
it was brought by Edward 1. of Eng
land to Westminster Abbey. and now
rests in the coronation chair.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-12

eys to England and elsewhere in Eu-
rope has commenced, there will be left
10 this country nearly twoscore of first
class riders. In the exodus abroad
there are nearly a dozen of Yankee
riders.
The two highest salaried Jockeys in
the world are Arthur Redfern and
Danny Maher. The former expects to
earn $4,000 and the latter $4,000 this
season. The former is entering on his
seventeenth year and the later his
twentieth. In order TO secure Redfern,
w. c. Whitney paid $4,000 for his re-
lease to James e. Pepper and gave
him contract calling for a salary of
$4,000, subject to renewal. Frank
Hitchcock pays him $1,000 for second
call.
The stars of the track and their SAL
aries are: Danny Maher, s25. 900; Ar
thur Redfern, $4,000; ]. Burns. $40 900:
]. Bullman, $12, 900: Winnie" O'Con-
nor, $4,000: ]. Reiff, 5000; George
Odom, $4,000; Lucien Lyme. 10000:
W. Shaw. $4,000; Fred Taral, $4,000.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-12
CLOCK sT0Ps PLAY.
As 'StilIy- Night" Is Sung Alarm
Rings in Jerseyites' VaIise.

Rings in Jerseyites' VaIise.
From the New York Tribune.
The performance of Mr.. Pickwick"
at the Herald Square Theater last
night was suddenly and Unexpectedly
converted into a farce comedy called
The Unstin Alarm'-and the per-
Torrance went like clockwork, too.
They came from Jersey yesterday,
man and his wife, and they planned
TO spend the night at hotel in this
city, that they might enjoy the thea
ter like any real city couple. So they
brought some necessary but not to be
named garments and toilet articles in
a small bag. They would have to rise
early this morning, so they-or, per-
haps, she--suggested that an alarm
clock be purchased. In Sixth avenue
they found one, a beautiful specimen
of satanic ingenuity, which could peal,
when once wound up. for twenty min
utes, and only the maker could tell
how to stop ii, and he could only tell.
1t was wound up when they bought
it. They put it in their bag, and e1-
tered the Herald Square Theater. Not
wishing to leave the bag in the cloak
room they put it under their seats.
which were we'll down in front, on the
aisle, and began to enjoy the perform
ance of Mr. Pickwick."
All went we'll till the prima donna
OF the company came out and began
to sing a song about the silent night.
The clock couldn't stand for that.
Silly night, indeed! What was it's mis-
sion in life, anyway, it would like to
know? 1t began to peal out, huskily,
to be sure, because smothered in cot
ton and resting on a rubber comb, but
still with spirit.
The audience started. The couple
grabbed for the bag, humping their
heads together. The man got it. In
his haste to get the thing out and stop
its noise he pulled out all the contents
of the satchel, which fell in shameless
exposure into the aisle. Then he drop
ped the clock, which bounded with a
glad gurgle of freedom and a peal that
might well have been the original
glad, metallic ha, ha," down toward
the orchestra. The audience burst into
laughter. Those in the rear and in the
gallery stood up. The poor prima dom
ia, realizing that she had an uncon-
querabIe rival, stopped singing. And
the clock pealed on.
Ar usher seized the offending thing
and marched up the aisle with it, still
pealing, while the woman followed.
sobbing Historically, and the man
brought UP the rear, with a comb and
two toothbrushes in his hand, and over
his arm the garments that are not
seen by day.
q In the lobby the clock got tired, or
realized that it's mission was fulfilled
anyway, it stopped. The man and the
woman called a cab.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-12

man OF telling on him, and when he
gave the latter the lie the head man
walloped him good. Subsequently, he
made his aunt angry and she busted his
jacket. That afternoon he rode three
winners. Since then I have often won
dered If he would have swept the card
II ne mad been whipped six times!"
VINO is the best jockey to-day?"
believe Arthur Redfern is the best
rider, but L think in another season my
boy Crealner will be his equal. Creamer
mas al the earmarks of a successful
Jockey-he is fearless. alert and a good
Judge of pace. 1 have been offered
So'oOO for his release by several men.
but believe he is worth $4,000. He is
worth that amount to me. for his pa
pers have three years to run.
Jockeys as a rule have got to have
1rlsn blood in them to be successful.
II they have that. a good instructor
plenty OF nerve and a tinge of the devil
in them they reach the top rung of
their profession"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-12
ACHIEVEMENTS OF
BLIND STUDENT.
Now Coaching Columbia BOYS in
Higher Methematics-A Tourist.

NOW Coaching Columbia Bows in
Higher Methematics-A Tourist.
From the Baltimore American.
Stricken blind at years of age, DR..
Newell Perry is a marvel at 20. Sight
less, he has gone through three colleges
and two schools. attained two degrees
for eminent scholarship, toured Europe
without guide or even the use of a
walking stick, and is now, coaching half
hundred Columbia students in the In
trlcacles of higher mathematics
Dr. Perry returned from abroad a
week ago, after three years sojourn.
He went through a course at the Uni
Versity of Munich, where he was grad
uated with the degree of doctor of phi
losophy. Before his departure from Mu-
men his treatise on higher mathematics
In German was officially adopted as a
text book by the university.
Il expect eventually to become the
most eminent mathematician in Amer
tca.' said DR.. Perry.
You must feel terribly handicapped
without your eyesight," ventured the
reporter.
Handicapped? No, of course not.
To be blind from childhood is no handt-
cap. 1t is a powerful stimulus to a
mans ambition. I doubt if my amh,-
ton would have become as strong as
1t is had retained my eyesight"
Without the aid of a guide or even u
walking stick he toured Italy, France,
Germany and Switzerland.
of course, many people thought I
was rude in brushing against them, but
| refrained from explanations so as not
to embarrass them with apologies" ne
said.
My faculty hearing is so acutely de-
veloped that 1 can tell when a person
approaches, however, light his tread,
and know when am passing an object
that is motionless. The echo of my
own footstep is reflected back from a
wall or tree, or person, with a diff
ferent degree of force.
Another thing 1 have learned, which
other persons never think of, is to know
persons character by his voice.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-12
NOSES SCARCE IN NOME.
Half the Citizens Have Lost Parts
of Body by Freezing.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Half the citizens of Nome, Teller
City and other far Northern Alaskan
gold towns and camps are minus fin
gers, noses, ears, toes, feet and legs.
This statement has been brought back
from the goldseekers' country by Hen
ry j. Dieter, who was one of the first
to enter Alaska. The gold seekers
have paid a high price for the metal
they have secured, he says. They have
been so frozen and frostbitten that
their heads and trunks are about the
only portions of their bodies which
have not been injured.
This prospector is of the opinion
that there is hardly one entirely able
bodied man in the entire far Northern
country. After hearing of his own ex-
periences one does not wonder that the
country is filled with cripples. The dis
asters of the winter of 1900 killed all
his companions who were located with
him north of Teller City. Many were
lost in the billiards. some died of hun
ger and many others succumbed to the
severity of the cold.
During these days Dieter recorded
the temperature readings. The aver
age is forty degrees below zero. He
devised unique metnOQ OF Qetermln-
ing the extreme temperature. Mer-
curry froze at 80 below zero, at 50 de-
grees below his can of kerosene would
burst, at ~ degrees below his bottle
of pain killer, which every Alaskan
prospetor cherishes, would go pop"
and when the whisky turned solid he
knew that the temperature had reach
ed the limit of termination-that it
was so degrees below zero.
Dieter tells one pitiful story of the
killing of. one of his companions and
the injuring of another. The two set
out on a three-quarter mile journey
across the ice. They had scarcely
started when a blizzard swooped down
on them. They lost their way, being
unable to see a foot ahead of them
selves. For five weeks they wander
ed about in the ice and snow. At night
they buried themselves in the snow
for protection. They ate the roots and
buds of reindeer moss. At last they
fell faint from hunger and exposure.
The older of the two men died. The
younger lost his reason. The dead
body and the crazy man were found
by a relief expedition, but the sur
vivor never has regained his senses.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-12

sConnects at Standby with parcel car for city
connects at Sandhy with parcel car for Isle
OF Hope.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-12
BY Alderman. watson

BY Alderman. Watson
An ordinance to provide sidewalks
on Prendergast street between Sims
and Little Jones streets.
Section. l. Be II ordained by
the Mayor and aldermen of the
city of Savannah in Council as
sembled. that the sidewalks shall
be laid on both sides of Prender-
CAST street in the city of Savannah
between Sims and Little Jones
street which shall be seven "a feet in
width, and shall be paved with brick
or other hard material, subject to the
approval of the Committee on Streets
and Lanes of the city of Savannah.
The said sidewalks shall be enclosed
with all necessary curbing.
Section 2. BE 1t further ordained
that the said sidewalks shall be laid
within thirty days from the passage
of this ordinance; that all existing or
dinances with reference to paving be-
ing required by property owners, or be-
being done at their expense, and the
remedies by the city of Savannah in
the event of the failure or refusal of
the property owners, shall apply to the
pavements or sidewalks herein re-
quired.
Section g. Be it further ordained
that all ordinances and parts of ordi-
nances in conflict with this ordinance
are hereby repealed.
Ordinance read in Council for the
first time March 4, 1903, and published
for information.
w. P. BAILEY,
Clerk of Council.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-12
JOCkIEs EARN MONEY.

Big Salaries Paid First-cIass Men.
Top-notchers and Money They
Make.
From the Baltimore American.
New York, Feb. 22.-Sixty American
lads will earn nearly $4,000 Othis sea-
son. Time was when the emoluments
of a race-track rider scarcely prevent
ed his soul from saying good-by to his
body; but that was in the days of long
ago, when the English Derby, nearly
two centuries old, was in it's struggle
for existence. All of the former finan-
cial hardships are now thing of the
past. The new era of the turf means
great wealth to the boy who can ride
q race horse we'll enough to earn the
distinction of being called first-class
jockey.
Although the migration of the jock
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-12
FREIGHT AND PARCFL CAR

Leaves east side Of City Market for Thunder
bolt. Cattle Park. Sandf1y. Isle OF Hope and all
intermediate points-9:I5 a. m, 1915 p. m. 5:is
D. m.
Leaves Isle OF Hope for Sandny. Cattle Park.
Thunderbolt and all intermediate points-6:01
a. m, II 100 a. m. 300 p. m.
Freight car leaves Montgomery at $50 a N.
and 2:55 p. m. connecting at Sandhy with reg
ular parcel car for city.
Parcel car from the city carries freight 70
Montgomery on each trip.
Regular parcel car carries ira Ter on each
trip Tor accommodation OF passeng srs.
ANY further information regaid.ny passen-
ger schedule or freight service can be had By
applying 10 Q. Is. KIDDER. Manager.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-12

BY Alderman Colding-
To amend an ordinance to assess and
levy taxes and raise revenue for the
city OF Savannah.
/. Be IL ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen OF the city Of Savannah,
that the above entitled ordinance is
hereby amended by adding after the
words. every owner Of a wagon or
other vehicle used as moving advar-
tisements. one hundred dollars. the
following. the provisions OF this nrdi-
nance shall not apply n street wag-
on hired for the purpose of advertis-
ing any theatrical performance. base
ball game, football game or athletic
contest.
2. Be II further ordained that all
ordinances and parts OF ordinances
are hereby repealed 80 far as they APP
ply 20 this special case.
Ordinance read IN Council for the
irst time March 4. 1903, and referred
70 Committee on Finance.
W, i. BAILEY,
Clerk Of Council.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-12
JOHN 6. BUTLER.

SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, HARDWARE,
PAINTS. OILS, GLASS. LIME. cE-
mEsTs and PLASTER.
20 CONGRESS STREET. WEST.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-12

LIQUOR LICENSES.

City of Savannah, Office Clerk of
Council. Savannah, Ga, March 8, 1908.
The following applications to retail
liquor during the year 1908 were read
at meeting of Council March 4, 1908,
and referred to the Committee of the
Whole. w. P. BAILEY,
Clerk of Council.
B. f. Millikan, West Broad and Ma
pie streets.
II. B. Mitchell, Bull and Best streets.
Robert Remler, 416 Liberty street,
west
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-12
COLLINsvILLE LINE,

(Falr Grounds and Dale Avenue)
BEGINNING at 500 a. M, cars leave Bolton
and OFT streets every Is minutes: retaining
cars leave Estll avenue and Waters road AZ
6:07 a. m. and every 10 minutes thereafter, con-
Meeting with cars on Thunderboit line, until
49, o'clock midnight.
Through cars are operated between Market
and Thundercolt VIA Collnsyille and Dale
avenue as follows:
Leave Market. Leave Thunderbol
645 A. M 80 A. M
645 p M. 7 80 p. M,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-12
WEST END LINE nincoln PnrkN

Car leaves west side Of City Market for Lin
coin Park 500 a. m and every 40 minutes
thereafter until II 80 p. M
Carleaves Lincoln Park for Market $40 q. m.
and every 30 minutes thereafter until ~ clock
midnight
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-12
THUNDERBOLT LINE Especially

City Market TO Casino via Bolton Street
FUNSTON.
Beginning at 5:45 a. M. cars leave City Mar.
ket for Casino at Thunderbolt every Is minutes
until 1850 p. m
Cars leave Bolton Street Junction IS minutes
after leaving time at City Market
Beginning at o :63 o, M, cars leave Casino at
Thunderbolt every Is minutes until 1908 mid
night.