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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-05

wiil agree 10 The expenditure Of $1,000
on the present structure, which must
be practically rebuilt. Mayor supfe.
nant estimates It's value 10 the city
asandlng on the site, al about 5000
As viii be seen from perusal OF the
mayors message, much Improvement
win be necessary. It is understood
another offer VIII soon be submitted
for purchase of the site, although the
names Of the gentlemen who desire to
buy II are withheld. II is regarded a.
unlikely that the Improvement a. the
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-05

A we'll dressed young man fell over.
board at the foot Of Fourteenth street
Sunday night and was recued. after
some difficulty. by some deck hands.
He was under the influence OF strong
drink when the mishap occurred. but
was sober before his rescuers had fin
ished their work. His name was not
learned.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-05

Hiram, Lsinenwsbsr 10 the posssssor
OF a shining new cutter. just arrived
from the east. Nov alI Mr.. Lienen-
weber wants 10 snow, and for this he
IN devoutely hoping. The sleigh in an
elegant one and win add much TO the
gaiety OF It's owners life this winter
providing that II SHOWS.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-05

The council yesterday approved the
bond Of Auditor Anderson. The bond
was In the sum Of sssso and the sure
Ties were Herman Wise and Otto u.
Carlson.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-05

They don't come out Whstf Why,
the bristiea In the tooth brushes at
Frank Hart's Drug Store. He has n
big ssppiy at all prices. Call and see.
attend school. Or. Kinney stated last
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-05

The school board has Issued call
for q meeting OF the taxpayers Of AS
toria school district for the purpose
Of levyinK tax for the year. The
meeting will be held at 7;ao. January
II. At the shively school.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-05

The work Of getting out rock for the
jetty win be conducted mostly AZ May
ger hereafter by the Northwest Con-
strnetion Company. The company has
contracted for the rock on the McI.ane
place, and win begin operations there
M soon as the proper dericks. etc, are
In shape.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-05

Now that tho council has arranged
for the purchase of the Il, A. Taylor
property at SiNteenth Exchange and
Duane streets he question arises as to
what action WIN be taken, Purchase
Of the site Is generally talScn to mean
that the council means 10 provide for
a new Gay halL but there is nothing
certain abou, this as NE, eral of the
member have EXPRESSED Themselves as
IN fav"r OF the purchase IS an invest
ment Those members we're anxious
70 aeosHe the site IT The figure SO that
a city hail might 10 built there in the
futurc 4 II aoi iiSel, that the council|
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-05

Mr.. and Mrs. William oerlsn are the
proud parents Of baby siri which
arrived at their home In uppertown
last evening.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-05

= TIE ladies Of o. Msry's church will
bio Q card party at tho church hall.
- avenue. near Fifteenth street.
W. ps#day evening.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-05

IN steamer Elmors 10 now equip.
with new propeller, and will pro-
4 cut tomorrow for Tiliamook. The
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-05
Local BrevItleS.

irl wanted, Apply at residence.
,orner Eleventh street and Grand
tgenue. n
Iik esrk, . natiss Of Finland. yss.
a " declared hiH intention OF becom.
a eitizcn. ,it.4
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-05

forts and commended the unseIfsh
spirit in which he had sought to ad-
vance its interests and the interests Of
lts members. The presentation was a
complete surprise to its president. who
was deeply affected with the evidences
Of esteem. His reply necessarily was
q lame one. but fully conveyed to the
members the gratitude Of the recipient
Mr.. Wise regards she charm as the
most valuable article In his possession
and proudly cherishes II as priceless
gift.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-05

,unsy Clerk Clinton yesterday grant
marriage license to Gust sayola
4 Ann Smith. both OF clataop county.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-05

rS Shelby Hamilton died Sunday
b an attack Of peri.onitls. Mrs.
smtlton lived formerly In Denver and
- b,'dy wili be taken there for burial,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-05

Captain R. Fulton, master Of the
British ship Ancaios. died at Good sa-
maritan hospital. Portland, at midnight
from injuries received last Thursday
afternoon. He was admitted to the
hospital about o'clock Thursday after
noon. and the examining physicians
found that he was suffering from In
ternai injuries Being 70 years Of
age the doctors had no hope Of his re-
covery. While boarding his vessel
Captain Fulton. fell from the gang
plank. striking on the ballast log be-
tween the hull Of the vessel and the
dock. He was picked up unconscious
and removed TO the hospital. No ar
rangements for the funeral have yet
been made AZ 9 o'clock Sunday chas.
Johnson, sailor on the British ship
East African. died at the Good samar-
itan hospital. Thres days ago John
son In reaching Tor a rope lost his ball
ance and fell into the water. Like
Captain Fulton. he struck on a bal
last log and his skull yas fractured.
Captain Fulton was born at Great W.
lage. Novia Scotia, IS years ago, ana
since young manhood hSd been follow
Ing the sea. For more than 40 years
ne had been master Of a sailing vessel,
visiting oniyarious occasions every inn
portant port in the world. He had
ben in command Of the Ancaios from
the day she was launched at Glasgow.
10 years ago.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-05
PERSONAL MENTION.

III. T. Findlay is down from Port
land.
Charles Palmberg returned last night
from 4 Portland visit.
Miss Lottie Bennett with return to
her home in Portland today. she las
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-05

new wheel Is designed to Increase the
steamers speed.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-01-05

An accident a the Hume mill yssssr.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-04-09

on the Patapsco River, an arm of Ches
apeake Bay. Twenty-Five years after
its founding it contained only twenty
this on its growth was more rapid. In
December, 1910, the Continental Con-
gress transferred its sittings from Phil
adelphia to Baltimore, where it met for
two months. The population of the city
during the next 100 years rose to
100000
Baltimore was the theater of stirring
events in Revolutionary days. In its
history are recorded the bombardment
of Fort McHenry by the British and
the battle of North Point, where the
citizens of Baltimore repealed the adj
vance of the British in the war of 1912.
During the Civil War the city was
torn by different ENTHUSIASTICALLY
to the North and sympathy for the
South. The Sixth Massachusetts Regi-
ment was attacked by a mob in its
streets and blood was shed. The citi-
zens of Baltimore atoned for the treat
ment of this command during the
Spanish war, when the Sixth
Massachusetts was going south. by ten
dering the soldiers a magnificent dem
onstration.
Great in Mauuf, curing.
No city in the United States has q
foreign trade aggregates 500, 0OO,O0t
a year 1t has immense foundries ant
machine shops, while in the clothing
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-04-09

streets are broad and level, the main
thoroughfares being magnificent ave
nues. They are mostly laid out at right
angles to one another and generally
have width of sixty feet. The resi-
dental sections are extremely hand
some, while the business district, now
scene of utter ruin, showed proud
and artistic architecture. AS an i'm
portant art and scientific center the
city holds high rank. In the matter of
population Baltimore is the sixth city
in the United States, $4,000 souls find
ing habitation within it's corporate
limits.
Founded by Lord Baltimore.
The city was laid out in 1870. Cecil
Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore,
after whom the town is named, was
given a grant of land by King Charles
L. of England, comprising the territory
now included in the States of Delaware
and Maryland. Cecil never visited the
territory himself but governed it by
deputies and with manifest fairness.
Baltimore was laid out in half-acre lots
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-04-09

Russia and Italy in 1884, in France in
1886; with Austria Hungary in 1892
She has no Well-eStabliShed postal ia
cilities or means of transportation and
communication. She has only one short
railroad, while others are projected,
and only a few miles of telegraph
lines, and these mostly controlled by
foreigners The means of transporta-
ton of men and goods is man back,
pony back, cow back, by means of Sc
dan chairs and by two-wheeled. clumsy
bull carts. She manufactures feebly
an insufficient supply of textile fab
RIGS, of pottery and of metal wares.
She exports rice, ginseng and fish.
Korea has never recovered from the
blighting ravages of the Japanese con-
quest of three centuries ago. At no
time since then has she had an army
worthy the name. She has no military
class, no military aspirations, no mill
tary aptitude, no military instruction.
Her present army, nominally of 1000
men, is deservedly a laughing stock
and an object of proper ridicule when
it is not an object of dread. Her sol
diers, poorly equipped and badly paid,
instead of being a body for protection,
become a band of desperadoes of
which the Emperor, the court and the
people are desperately afraid The
Koreans are not towards, but they are
spirit-broken. resembling in this re-
spect the fellaheen of Egypt Corrup-
ton and intrigue have dwarfed even
such tardy growth as has come to since
the Western powers opened way into
her ports and interior. Her salvation
for the future depends upon the insti-
tuition of wise government at home and
the neutralizing of ambitious projects
of other nations abroad. She is de-
signed by nature to be a buffer state.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-04-09
KOREA AND ITS PEOPLE
Country Has Never Recovered from
Invasion of the Japanese

Country Has Never Recovered from
Invasion of the Japanese
The people of Korea are not Japan
csc, and they are not Chinese, says J.
Sloats Fassett, in the Review of Re
views. They are Monaghan. and have
a polysyllabic language with phonet-
ic alphabet. They have a recorded his
tory, of disputed authenticity, which
claims for them continuous existence
as a Korean people of about 5000
years, the earlier part of which of
course is shrouded in the mists of ira
dition and fable. AS early as three
centuries ago, the Koreans had made
great progress in the arts. They built
ships 200 feet long and covered them
with plates of iron, the iron being
hammered into small plates and fas-
tened by small spikes driven into the
wood. They made woven fabrics and
were very skillful in metal work, in
the fashioning of jewels and in the
manufacture of pottery. They were
far in advance of their Japanese
neighbors, to whom they have taught
the arts of metal working, pottery
making and silk weaving. Three cen
turtles ago, Japan overran the country
and devastated it, transferred whole
colonies of artisans to Japan, and
broke down forever the military power
of Korea. Korea has produced but
little litera ture. Korean students have
been largely devoted to Chinese au-
thors. The native literature consists
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-04-09

merce had reared its splendid temples,
is burned over. Eighty city blocks are
in ruins and $500 buildings are de-
stroyed. Where Wealth and its work
shops, where Industry found reward,
where Thrift brought it's savings and
Plenty reared its structures of stone,
brick and steel, where the great en-
gines of Finance maintained an ac-
tivity which sent life and power
through the commercial arteries of the
town-there is q scene that the man
of sober mind breads to look upon.
Only once before has there been pre-
scented on the American continent a
scene so expressive of the horror, the
consuming power of flame; that was
when Chicago fell under the fiery blast
In 1871. Then there were no relics of
the disaster like those which Balti-
more contains. Building had not yet
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-04-09

and tobacco industries thousands of its
inhabitants find employment. 1t leads
the world in the oyster trade and also |
in the fruit-canning industry. There
are over forty establishments in the |
city for packing oysters and fruit, at
which 10000 hands are employed. Up
ward of sixty carloads of oysters are
shipped daily to the city from Chesa-
peake Bay while the season is on.
The total number of manufactures in
the city before the fire was $500, and
$4,000 persons found employment in
them. In grain export it ranks second
only to New York. From it's harbor
more than a dozen steamship lines IA
date to important foreign and domes-
tic ports. There are 800 miles of paved
streets and 300 miles of cable and cleo
trio railway traverse the city and con-
meet with suburbs within a range of
twenty-five miles.
AS an Educational Center.
Baltimore's places of learning are
among the foremost in the land. The
Johns Hopkins University is known
throughout the universe. In it's differ
ent appointments it equals any insti-
tuition of it's character in the country.
The Peabody Institute, which was the
recipient of over $1,O0O,0O0 from the
late George Peabody, who was in bust
ness for several years in Baltimore,
also ranks high as an educational in
stitution. The Loyola College, which
is under the supervision of the Jesuits,
and the Seminary of st. Sulpice. are
fiourishing Catholic institutions, while
\
conspicuous position in educational
ranks. In 1878 Enoch Pratt, a success
full merchant of Baltimore, established
free circulating library which now
comprises a handsome central building
and four branches scattered through
the town. Several other valuable IL
braries are to be found in the city. The
Catholic cathedral and the residence of
Cardinal Gibbons are objects of inter
est to the visitor. Among its superb
public buildings is the City Hall, which
is built of white marble at a cost of
SO, 100000 1t occupies an entire square.
The white marble, brick and gran
lite used in the construction of a large
number of the buildings come from
quarries and clay beds adjacent to the
city. The water supply of Baltimore
was first taken from Jones' Falls,
about seven miles above the city, but
in 1881 a further supply was brought
seven miles through a twelve-foot tun-
mel from Gunpowder River, entailine
an expense of 100000. The aque-
ducts leading from the storage reser-
, voirs have a capacity for delivering
100000 gallons daily. Baltimore is q
great railroad center and has great
, freight and passenger stations. Many
public squares and parks dot the city
one of them, the Druid Hill, containing
704 acres.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-04-09

kindly and generous. They have no
national religion and never have had.
Confucinianism, so far as regards the
worship of ancestors, the reverence for
parents and the dignity of family, has
a stronger hold than any other form
of religion. Buddhism has always had
a languishing existence among them.
There is widespread belief among the
people in witches, in spirits and in
devils. There are relics of fetichism,
The costumes of the men and the
women do not differ widely from those
in use thousands of years ago. The
universal costume is cotton cloth,
bleached and unbleached. In winter
this is padded with short staple cotton
which grows in Korea and is carded
into pads for the purpose Of quilting
the clothing of the people. Their head
gear is remarkably varied in form.
They have a different form or a differ
ent kind of hat for almost every sta
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-04-09

become an art in the metropolis of the
West and the structures which the
flames attacked were burned to the
ground Here it Is different. All
through the burned district the mas
sive skeletons of architectural giants
remain. Hundreds of ugly-looking
frames of steel, with blackened bricks
clinging to them, make a forbidding
sight After the progress of the fire
had been checked these looked like
great coke ovens. with tongues of
fame leaping from them. The walls
had the color of coke. For days there
after clouds of smoke hung over them.
At the same time tangled masses Of
wire crossed and recrossed the streets.
These the wind blew hither and
thither, just as it did the sheets of tin
and huge timbers while the flames
were sweeping the town. Crumbling
walls still swayed in the breeze, en-
dangering the lives of those who ven
tured too near. BY day the scene was
one of chaos. At night it was weird.
Courageous and Hopeful.
Baltimore has cause to shudder. The
loss approximates $15O,0OO,OOO, OF
which 80 per cent is covered by insur-
ance. The loss sustained by the ces-
sation of business will add much more.
There are $4,000 persons out of work.
1t is a blow such as none but Ameri-
can fortitude could endure.
Yet Baltimore courageously fronts
the future. She foresees a new era.
She is planning for new city to be
built on the ruins of the old, and it is
to be better one There will be wider
streets, better sanitary conditions and
improved fire protection. Out of the
ashes of the old will come forth a new
Baltimore, more splendid than that
whose sufferings aroused the worlds
sympathy.
The Stricken City.
The stricken city is one of the most
picturesque municipalities in the Uni
ted States. II has many claims for dis
tinction other than its vast commercial
interests, whose various ramification'
extend all over the world. 1t is ia
nous for its ornamental streets, mag
nificent buildings, noted institutions Of
learning, handsome monuments, and al
, the seat of the Catholic hierarchy in til,
western hemisphere. 1t is known az
the Monumental City, from the state
ly shafts that grace several of its pub
lie streets and squares. The most nota
BILE of these are the Washington mon
ument and the Battle monument. 1t
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-04-09

as many concubines as he may have
the ability or the disposition TO sup
port.
The position of Korea is unique. She
is the youngest of the nations to come
into diplomatic relations with the
Western world Her treaties with the
United States and England were made
in 1882; with Germany In 1888; with
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-04-09
Meat Eating Causes Appendicitis

Meat Eating Causes Appendicitis.
In a recent discussion at the Acad-
envy of Medicine, Paris, Lucas Cham
pionere said that every day more con-
firmation was forthcoming of the idea
that it was the abuse of meat diet
which was the principal cause of ap-
pendicitis. In those countries where
the natives eat very little meat, as iii
Brittany, appendicitis is very rare. In
England and the United States, where
a great deal of meat is eaten, appen-
iicitis is four times more common than
IN Paris.
Chestnuts are an important article
of food in Italy.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-04-09

ton In life. All the unmarried men in
Korea are called boys and wear their
hair in braids down their backs. Mar
rage may take place at any age from
IL upward and when a boy is married
he is a man. The women of Korea
have no legal status. man may have
one wife and her children are his le-
Ultimate heirs, but Korean may have
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-04-09
Nationality of Patti.

Somebody calls attention to The fact
that Patti was born in Spain. her faith
err n Sicilian, her mother Italian; that
she was educated by an American
stepfather in the United States and
has had two French husbands and
Swedish one, and that her home is in
Wales.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-04-09
THE SCOURGED CITY.
BALTIMORE a MODERN AMERl-
CAN MUNICIPALITY.
Famous as chipping, Railroad and
Misunderstanding Center-Fine Streets,
Noted Buildings and Institutions
CouraReousIy Faces the Future.

IRE h a s n o t
C I II S h e d Balti-
more. o u t o +
chaos and debris
t h e NJ a ryland
metropolis | i f t S
II D h er head
C o u + a & eously.
She does not fear
to look about.
Desolation con-
fronts her wher-
ever her gaze is
directed. A C + e
after acre in the
very heart of the
city, where Com
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-04-09

largely of descriptions of scenery and
folklore.
The people of Korea may be de
scribed generally as robust, amiahle,
Industrious pleasure-loving and given
rather to the arts of peace than the
ardors of war. They are agricultural
rather than commercial They are
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-04-09

We have noticed that when man
wears an unusually big diamond stud.
his wife wears no jewelry at all.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-07-28
King Edwards Spring Fancies.

Americans back from England have
much to say Of King Edwards new
frock coats, says the New York Press.
Those he wore at the Ascot meet were
Of dark blue broadcloth. Before that
only black, gray and "oxfords" had
been used, but two days after the roy
al leader of fashion wore the blue coat
twenty peers were CARRIED similarly.
1t will be interesting to see what New
Yorker is first to obey the kings de-
cree. On several occasions recently
Edward wore lavender satin ties,
whereupon Lady Mar and Kellie, one
Of the favorites of the court, appeared
In pale lavender muslin frock. This
beautiful woman is running Mrs.
George Keppel close race for the roy
al smiles. She is many years younger
than Mrs. Keppel, and the queen re-
cetveS her with far better grace.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-07-28

= PASSENGER TRAINS:
SOUTH NORTH
S:So a. NJ daily 1926 a. m. daily
l1:5 a m. exSunday $40 IN. exSundav
tS:V pm daily 4:30 = IN. exSunday
7o:oo p.m daily 5:l5 phi. Sunday only
9;43 p.u daily
connect at Ashland Junction with south
oound trains. = connects at Ashland juno
t1on for ST. Paul or Chicago. tConnect at
Chicago.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-07-28
A Weman.s Complexion.

It is rank foolishness to attempt
to remove sallowness or greksines
of the skin by the use of cosmetics,
or 'local" treatment, as advocated
by the beauty doctors. The only
safe and sure way that woman can
improve her complexion is by purify
ing and enriching the blood, which
can only be accomplished by keeping
the liver healthy and active. The
liver is the seat of disease and blood
pollution Green's August Flow er
acts directly on the liver, cleanses
and enriches the blosd, purif1es the
complexion. It also cures consti-
patton, biliousness, nervousness, and
induces refreshing sleep. A sinSie
bottle of August Flower has been
known to cure the most pronounced
and distressing case of dyspepsia
and digestion. New trial size bottle
rs cents; regular size IS cents. At
Frost & Spies.