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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-06
THE ONLY SELF-M4DF MN.

Michael Murray the defeated candidate for
the Republican nomination for Mayor of Ros-
ton, is known one Of the most eloquent pub
lie speakers in Massachusetts,. and he has the
faculty Of getting his audiences attention at
once by some happy remark. At public meet
ing held recently the chairman introduced Mr..
Murray as "a self-made man." In beginning
his address Mr.. Murray said he felt called upon
to criticise the introduction of the chairman
For am not sef-made man." said MIR. Muir
ray The only self-mads man know Ia Dr.
Mary Walker
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-06

Continued on thirteenth page.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-12-28

notes. The question most often ask
ed at these gatherings was: Does the
president fear that race suicide has
hold on the army and navy?" In
the army and navy homes not blessed
by any offspring there was resent
ment at the query. Everyone in Wash
ington was talking about the matter,
and the correspondents of those news
papers which are devoting a consid-
cradle share of their space to attacks
upon the president were full Of hope
that another opportunity was to be
presented upon which they could base
something to the injury of Mr.. Roose-
welt
1t would have been a cause of gos-
sip for some time, but, unfortunately
an officer had the good sense to in,
quire at headquarters for an elucid-
alton of the mystery, which was
rather simple and not entirely unsat-
isfactory. Mrs. Roosevelt had de-
termined to give a children's party
on December 26, to which all the
youngsters in diplomatic administra-
ton and army and navy circles were
to be invited. To make sure that
none of the youngsters would be ad-
mitted, an inquiry was addressed to
the army and navy departments, and
from there it was sent to the parents
Of the children. A small sensation
was thus nipped in the bud. Mrs.
Roosevelt carried out her part of the
program in fine style and entertained
about 500 little ones at Christmas din
ner.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-12-28

The postotliee department has issued
new 2-cent stamp that will replace
the ridicule1 issue now in use. The
most noticeable new feature is the abb
andonment of the oval frame inclosing
the head of Washington and the ad-
option OF a general shield design for
tho background. In the upper por-
tion Of the shield all but four Of the
stars are hidden by the inscription,
"IInited states of America, Series
1a0G,' and by the upper portion of the
framed engraving If Washington,
which also covers the greater portion
of the thirteen vertical stripes. The
figure 80" which has been placed at
each lower corner of the frame, is en-
circled by an oval laurel wreath. The
three-uuarter engraving of Washing
ton, which was so severely criticised,
has been replaced by an engraving Of
the stuart head. Beneath this is a
ribbon bearing the INSCRIPTION, ''17S2--
washintoa -17ss.' The new issue is
more neatly executed than the old, and
has a darker tint.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-12-28
A SENSATION SPOILED.

Some days since there was mild
excitement in army and navy circles
In Washington. Each resident army
officer who is married and some, by
the way who are not received brief
note from the adjutant generals
office, containing the following query;
eHow many children have You be-
twen the ages of 6 and 1862"
The same inquiry II develops, was
sent out through the navy department
to the officers of the navy.
As may be supposed, this query,
with no explanation attached to it,
caused considerable commotion. There
was a gathering and comparing of
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-12-28
UNCLE SAM A "sTAND. .PATTER."

A British correspondent of one of
the New YORK newspapers declares
that many persons in London are very
much surprised that the American peo-
pie are not throwing fits over the
strides that Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain
tariff project is making with the Brit
ish people, and he adds with all the
solemn gravity of a judge that, "if
Americans really knew how strong the
tide was running in Great Britain to-
ward protection, they would be inquir-
ing If, through making some tariff con-
cessisns to tha tcountry, it would be
possible to hold the market open for
American products on reasonable
terms"
| Aside from the fact that feeling ex-
| lists on this side of the Atlantic that it
| is always a wise plan to catch your
hare before attempting to cook it, the
correspondent in question seems to la
bor under the impression that Ameri-
cans are not accustomed to fighting
protective tariffs in the efforts to Sc
cure foreign trade, says the New York
Commercial. Germany, France Rus
STA, Austria Hungary and every i'm
pJrtant country on the globe now
maintain q tariff of this kind and all
the headway that American products
have made in these markets has been
made in spite of this barrier. The
United States, however, has never ut
tered any special complaint about the
matter. 1t has relied upon it's own re-
sources, its own push, ingenuity and
enterprise, to overcome this disadvant-
age. The chalice that it has commend
ed to other countries it has taken to
its own lips.
1t is to be borne in mind, also, that
one Of the effects Of Mr., Chamberlain's
scheme, should it be adopted, would
be a general enhancement Of prices
to British and coloaial consumers,
Unless this result followed, it would be
no more profitable for Great Britain
and her dependencies to engage in the
class Of industries that it is proposed
to protect than it is at the present
time; and should such result ensue,
the ability Of the United States to COM
pete in those markets is not likely to be
less than it is now. On the
contrary it is pretty certain to serve
as a sharper incentive to American
effort and skill
If any Britishers are disposed to
doubt this fact, they are respectfully
referred 10 Germany,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-12-28

The United States is spending $685.
100000 year upon its postal service
but the receipts are within eight mil.
lions of dollars of the expenditures
Great Britain and some of the coun-
tries upon the European continent in
Guide the telegraph and telephone
systems under the management OF
the national administrations and al
so have parcel deliveries which are
formidable competitors against ex-
press companies. Taking all these
things into account, the United
States postotfice department has been
expanded to dimensions far beyond
rivalry
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-12-28

educational act. 1t has erected SOC
new public buildings, covering a
square mile of valuable land, distrib-
uting them in every one of London's
5S ELECTORAL divisions, four to every
square mile of the city's surface. The
outlay was about $7O,OOO,OO0. and they
are by far the most important of the
municipal assets. The work has been
going on for 80 years, with constantly
improving educational conditions, and
seems now to be pretty thoroughly
equal to the service required of it.
1t gives more than elementary in
struetion; pupils find classes open
to them in literature science, art, tee
hnology and the like, with lecturers
and teachers who are expert in their
respective branches. At six of the
polytechnics the highest classes have
been included in the reorganized Lon
don university with its 600 profess
sors and it's 25 constituent colleges,
constituting center of academic
teaching and research not unworthy
of the great city which it serves by
its inspection of schools and it's new
school leaving matriculation examina-
tion it stretches down it's roots to the
secondary schools, from which it is
attracting steadily increasing num-
ber of undergraduates"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-12-28

The Christmas number of the Chin
ook Observer IS certainly a credit tc
the publishers, Messrs. Hilbert and
Payne. The cover is printed on a fine
quality OF book paper and contains
handsome advertisements of Astoria
and Chinook merchants, as well as
views of the progressive little town
just across the river. In one corner
appear an illustration showing the ed
itorial room of the Observer. Just
ahove the head of Mr.. Payne may be
seen a formidable-lo looking gun, but It
is doubtful if any particular signfi-
canoe attaches to this circumstance
At that, however, line Of prevention
is worth a column of cure.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-12-28

Sixty per cent of the infant mortal
ity is caused by intestinal catarrh, and
in 80 per cent of all cases this ca
tarrh is caused, as the eminent German
baeteriologist DR.. Behring, has pointed
out by the feeding of babies with cows
milk, which also, in his opinion, lays
the latent basis for most cases of con-
sumption that develop in later life.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-12-28

Former Lieutenant Governor Edward
F. Jones of New York-he of Zones
he pays-the- freight" fame-now rs
years old, and blind at that, has just
completed his first novel, entitled
Richard Grafton" The story deals
with rural life some generations ago.
When all the circumstances under
which 1t was written are considered,
it is said to be an exceedingly clever
production, especially as Mr.. Jones
has been a business man nearly all of
his life. 1t is this same Edward F.
Jones who, 4O-odd years ago, led the
Sixty Massachusetts volunteers
through Baltimore when it was fired
upon by the mob, and the first blood
was shed in the Civil war.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-12-28
STOP OVERS ALLOWED
On All Glasses of Tickets.
NORTHERN PACIFIC
Time Card OF Trains
PORTLAND.

PORTLAND.
Leaves Arrives
Puget Sound Limited.7:25 m s:45 p m
Kansas City-St. Louis
Special ...........11:10 a m 6:45 pn
North Coast Limited $3.50 m 700 . m
Tacoma and Seattle Night
Express .........11:45 pm sos , m
Take Puget Sound Limited or North
Coast Limited for Gray's Harbor points
Take Puget Sound Limited for 0lym-
pia direct.
Teke Puget Sound Limited or Kan
sas City-St Louis Special for points
on South Bend branch.
Double daily train service on Gray's
Harbor branch.
-Four trains daily between Portland.
Tacoma and Seattle
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-12-28
AsToRiAN PUBLISHING co.
WEALTH or OUR FINANclERs.

The P.-I. considers it remarkable
that the public should have been so
poorly informed as to the fortune Oh
the lamented Coils P. Huntington
whose wealth was estimated by news
papers from $1OO,0O0,000 upward, and
by Wall street at about $50,0OO,000,
when, as a matter of fact, the value
of his estate, as recently appraised,
was $37,390S11. The Seattle paper
likewise points out that there was
widespread misinformation as to the
extent of Mr.. Huntington's holdings
In various corporations, While he was
generally believed to own a very con-
siderable portion of the stock of the
Southern Pacific, his actual holdings
were but $13,O000O0 (par valued The
total capitalization of the company is
5000 900, 900. He was credited with
having control of the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company, but in reality
owned only half million of it's bonds.
In the Oriental & Occidental Steam
ship Company, he had only 100000
interest, although the impression was
general that the property was in his
control
There is nothing so very remark
able about this misbelief which has all
along prevailed, for Mr. Huntington
was one of the nations greatest finan-
ciers, Concerns in which he was in
terested profited by his advice, and
consequently were successful. Owing
to his reputation, statements of his
control of different companies were
not denied for obvious reasons, and
the people quite naturally gained the
idea that he was even more largely
interested than he, really happened to
be-
That Mr.. Huntington's fortune was
only $370OO,O00 was, it must be con-
fessed surprising, in view of the gen.
eral belief that he was worth be-
tween $50,O00,OOO and $1OO,00O,00O;
but appraisement of the estates of
several of our present day capitalists
would doubtless disclose similar mis-
information. The man with $5,0O0,000
Oti $10,OO0,000 is very wealthy, and the
public makes little distinction be-
tween him and the man worth five
times that much, They are both
financially capable of any undertake
ing, and as a rule will be found oper-
ating together Perhaps, If the truth
were known, only one American is
really possessed Of the vast wealth |
with which he is credited. John d. |
Rockefeller is fabulously rich. His |
dividends from Standard Oil in five
years have aggregated $9O,OOO,O00, ac-
"
and It is believed he must surely be
worth $5OO,OOOOOO. j. P. Morgan's
wealth is probably er-estimated,
because of the fact that
he Is financial agent.
Many men worth only $250,0O0 find
/ very difficult at times to estimate
their own wealth, and the probabili-
lies are that Mr. Huntington little
Knew whether he was worth the $780,
100000 estimate made by many or
he $S1oOoOoO valuation which APP
'raisment of his estate showed. SO
an us this life is concerned, 1t mat
ers little which of the two amounts
vas correctly believed to represent
What Mr. Huntington was worth ,
There is mighty small difference be-
ween SSL0OO,o00 and 100000 900.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-12-28

Senator Brownell is right; it doesn't
make bit of difference that the gamb-
ling bill was lost. The loss merely
signifies that It was quashed earlier
than usual.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-12-28

Tom lge passing through the st.
Mary's canals at the outlet of Lake
Superior this year will be under 35,-
100000 tons. Last years total was
35,961,146 tons, and that of 1901 was
2S,4oS,o65 tons.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-12-28
Notice of Dissolution.

Notice is hereby given that the part
nership heretofore existing under the
name of the Franklin Printing Com
pany is this day dissolved by mutual
consent. The business of publishing
The Astorian will be conducted in fu-
ture by the Astorian Publishing Com
pany, to whom all accounts due said
firm are payable.
OTIS PATTERSON,
EDGAR w. STAHL,
ROBERT GIBSON.
Astoria, Oregon, Dec. a. 1908.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-12-28

The Masonic lodge, in observance of
ST. Johns day, attended Grace church
In a body last evening. Rector Short
preached a sermon appropriate to the
occasion.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-12-28

London sends 100000 children to
school, her ability to do so resulting
from the efforts of her schol board
proceeding under the recently adopted
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-12-28
To cure a cold N one Dav.

Take Laxative Bromo ouinine Tab
lets, All druggists refund the money
IL 1t fails to cure. e. w. Groves ag-
nature is on each box. 2sc. If
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-05-07

the movement of the republicans in the
middle west, regarding tariff revision,
we are forced to the belief that demo-
cratic victory in 1904 is an assured
thing. The democratic party has
stood for and is now demanding tariff
revision as remedy for the trust evil.
The republicans of Iowa and the agri-
culture states are demanding the same
thing. Those republicans who formerly
found a high protective tariff when
most of our industries we're "infant in
dustries," have found that this same
high tariff has built up the trust sys
tenn and it is now fostering that sys-
tenn to the injury of every one else in
the United States.
While the tariff revision movement
IN Wisconsin,, Iowa and other middle
states, by the republicans may not be
strong enough to overcome the large re-
publican majorities of those states, it
is almost certain that New York will
be in the democratic ranks two years
hence, and New York will again be
the pivotal state which means demo-
cratic victory.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-05-07
LeWiStOwn Democrat: Certain

Lewistown Democrat: Certain re-
publican newspapers in this state are
advocating the nomination of Thomas
II. Carter as vice-president on the
ticket next year with Roosevelt. The
newspaper writer who suggests such
combination must be striving for
reputation as humorst, for nothing
could appear more ridiculous than the
mere mention of Tom Carter for a place
on the national ticket.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-05-07
Lewistown Democrat: The

Lewistown Democrat: The repub-
lican nominee for governor next year
will be the Hon. William Lindsay of
Glendive. Mr.. Lindsay is long on
sheep but mighty short on statesman
ship. OF course no republican can be
elected governor of Montana, and so
long as sacrifice is needed it might
just as we'll be Lindsay as anyone
else,
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-05-07
ONE OF TOMS FLIMFLAM GAMES

Carter played one of his characteris-
tic tricks i'll the spring Of 1900 He
had come from Washington, where he
helped unseat w. A. Clark after hay
ing promised to aid him. Here he
drew up an agreement by which w.
A. Clark got control and possession of
the Helena Herald, the only republi
can paper in the city. AT that time
Carter was a paid attorney of the
Butte q Boston company, part of the
Amalgamated. Soon after having
helped Clark get the Herald, Carter
got from Mr.. Hanna SO, 900 to be given
to the Herald to encourage it to do bet
ter work for the Republican party.
The Herald did't get that money.
Carter drew that agreement for
Clark when he knew that Clark was
fighting the Amalgamated and when
Garter himself was paid attorney of
one of the Amalgamated corporations.
Having helped Clark get possession of
the Herald, Carter then pursuaded G.
M. Hyams, the Amalgamated mana
ger for the Boston & Montana, that
it was absolutely necessary to estab-
lish morning Amalgamated Republi-
can paper in Helena and the Record
was established. In the first 100 DAYS
OF its existence it cost the Amalgamat-
ed about three times what the Herald
could have been bought for. True, it
made no hole in Tom Carter's pocket,
so what did he care?-Helena Press.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-05-07
BACK TO HIS FIRST LOVE.
"All my life have been a repub-
lican. HencefOrth l am a democrat
because believe in the principles of
the democratic party" Thus spoke

because | believe in the principles of
the democratic party" Thus spoke
F. Augustus Henze in Helena on the
evening of July 4, 1902, and he was
taken seriously by large majority of
democrats. If the last issue of the
Butte Reveille voices the sentiments of
F. Augustus Heinze it would appear.
after wandering about for the last nine
months with the democrats and labor
ties, he was trying to land with both
feet back in. the republican party
again. Why this sudden change :?
Does the old light burn brighter, or is
it a fact, DIS has been stated by the
Amalgalrated papers, that there never
was any change of principles, only the
principle of working the democratic
party for private ends. With F. Au-
gustus back in the republican party
the man with the footprints of time
will have to look to his laurels. as f.
Augustus is a man of brains and we
venture the assertion he will not plav
second fiddle to the man of Cape Nome
fame. We may look for a battle royal
"a ~ !, ,Nf 4
party Of this state.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-05-07
DEMOCRATIC SUCCESS IN 1904

That the democratic party will be
united in 1904. and that it will meet
with over whelming success is a fore
gone conclusion. AS Senator Morgan
said, we have had our wranples. dis
putes and differences, and these dis
putes and differences in the democratic
party have been largely due to repub-
lican manipulation. Democratic lead
ers all over the country admit that it
has been the factional fight in the
party which has kept it down, but now
each side is willing to make conces-
sions and the year 1904 will see a re-
united democracy. And while the
democrats are joining hands and pre-
pairing to battle the party of the trusts,
the republicans are quarreling among
themselves.
In the state of New York, bitter
fight is raging between Thomas c.
Plat, hitherto boss of the republican
and Governor. Odell for re-
publican relationship. Each has
his following, and this split in the
republican party is causing the re-
puolicans no little anxiety. If this re-
publican row in the Empire state con-
tlnues as it is likely to. it is very prob
able that that state will again come
into the democratic fold.
"hen we consider the republican
troubles in New York together with
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-05-07

ules. When the true principle of pro-
lection prevails the country will be
prosperous. This has been demon
strated over and over again. The ev;,
OF over protection, however, must be
recognized as an evil, and should be
corrected"
Mr.. Babcock is one of the best in
formed men in our national legislature
and his warning, coming as it does,
when the president is opposing tariff
revision, is very apropos. Let demo-
Gratis as we'll as republicans, remember
the words of Mr.. Babcock, and see if
Mr.. Roosevelt, the alleged enemy to
the trusts, adopts the views of one of
the leading republicans in the courtry.
Mr.. Babcock is one of the sbrewdest
politicians in the republican party
and as chairman of the republican
congressional campaign committee he
has done invaluable work for his party.
He has studied the tariff and trust
questions as carefully as has the pres
ident, and it is his firm belief that the
trust evil can be eradicated in on1v
one way, and that is by tariff revision.
The Springfield Republican, in
commenting on Mr.. Babcock's views.
says: 'Mr. Babcock undoubtedly
voices the feeling of great majority
in his party in it's great strongholds in
the central west, and unless a down.
ward revision comes very soon from
the party in power, the western repub-
licans will be found voting in some
numbers with the opposition party, as
was the case in 1890 and 1892 Presi-
dent Roosevelt will learn in time, as he
evidently has not yet learned, that the
republican party cannot afford to re-
main tied hand and foot to TIE special
interests which, through trust monop-
oily sheltered behind excessive tariff
protection, are now plundering the
people for dividends ON their watered
capital
In his speech in Milwaukee, the
president treated the tariff and trust
questions, and was very emphatic in
making it known that he was against
tariff reuision, first, last and all the
time. Roosevelt has been heralded as
the one man to solve the trust evil.
Still he hasn't the moral courage to
adopt and apply the remedies at hand.
When he says he favors over-protection,
and he has said it, then he saws that
he tavors the trusts. If Roosevelt dis
agrees on the trust question with such
men OF his own party as Congressman
Babcock, then it remains for the demo-
cratic party to relieve the people of the
rust burdens by e1ecting president
and revising the tariff.