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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-26

waiian islands or a route taking IL
ports in Japan and China and touching
at Manila would be figured out fol
them, They are too big for the Nome
run. and 1t can be stated positively
that they win run foreign out OF the
sound port,
Mr.. Wilkinson came into Seattle
quietly and has been looking into
shipping matters in the two days he
has been there. The whole question OF
finding a run for the two new boats
has been left in his hands. and he viii
leave for New York the last of the
week with an answer for the directors
OF the company. Mr. Wilkinson says
of the contemplated new line:
"our new boats are the same size as
those operated by the California Ha-
waiian line. and in the sugar carrying
trade we will have to buck against
large sugar interests steamship and
railroad people who have centered
their efforts on San Francisco. We
are now trying to make satisfactory
railroad rates from Seattle east. and II
we can get what we want we wili\be
able to meet the southern roads and
stay with them in the fight.
'The fact that there is war now in
the orient may cut some figure in our
calculations OF starting a line from
Seattle to Japan and China, so would
not like to state positively that the
new ships will make those ports, at !
least not at present.
I'VE had the Tampico on the Homo
lulu run for time, but as she is only
5000 tons, we found her too small to
make the run a paying one. lone Of
these new ships would fit in nicely
here. but we could not use two on the j
run.
Freight rates have been badly de-
moralized on the Atlantic coast, and
they have been off here for some time,
The outlook is better now than for
some time past, however, so we feel
ike branching out. Our crowd have
about s7OOO.OOO invested in Seattle.
md we are told in Syracuse, our home
own, that our interests in Seattle are
arger than at home"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-26
Another Lumber CARGO.

The schooner Henry Wilson cleared
yesterday for San Francisco with $780,
900 feet of lumber. During the after
noon she got to sea. This is the tnly
lumber cargo cleared during the pres
ent week. Several vessels are load
ing at different points along the liver,
but the lumber exporting business has
been very quiet during the month. The
tie-up of the coasting steamers has
contributed materially to this
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-26
BIDS FOR WOOD.

Bids for fir bark slab wood Of best
quality. in quantities. and 10 be do
livered as hereinafter stated. WIN be
received by 10. Y. Ferguson. Clerk. no
iith street. until noon. April let. 1904:
100 or more cords delivered Mcclure
school; 30 or more cords delivered
shively school; 30 or more cords de-
llvered Adair school: 20 or more cords
delivered Aiderbrook school: 20 or more
cords delivered olney school. 10 or
more cords delivered Taylor school;
delivery of all wood to be completed
by August l. 1904. Right reserved 10
reject any and all bids.
by order OF the Board.
Il. z. FERGUSON.
Clerk School District No. l.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-26

u. s. Custom House, Astoria, Ore
gon, March 10, 1904. Sealed propos-
ais will be received at this building
until o'clock p m. Wednesday,
March 80, 1904, for furnishing fuel,
lights, water miscellaneous supplies
washing towels, hauling ashes, and
sprinkllng streets for this building
during the fiscal year ending June 80.
1906. or such portion Of the year as
may be deemed advisable. The right
to reject any and all bids Is reserved
by the Treasury Department.
w. L. RoBB. Custodian.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-26
The Worlds Fair Route.

Those anticipating an eastern trip
or visit to the Louisiana Purchase
exposition at st. Louis. cannot afford
to overlook the advantages offered by
the Missuri Pacific Railway. which. on
account OF its various routes and gate
ways has been appropriately named
"The Worlds Fair Route"
Passengers from the northwest take
the Missouri Pacific trains from Dem
yer or Pueblo. with the choice Of either
going direct through Kansas City. or
via Wichita. Fort Scott and Pleasant
Hill.
Two trains daily from Denver and
Pueblo to ST. Louis without change.
carrying all classes of modern equip
ment, including electric lighted obser-
walton parlor cafe dining cars. Ten
daily traina between Kansas City ana
St. Louis.
Write or call on w. c. Mcbride. gen.
eral agent, l2i Third street. Portland.
for detailed information and illustrate
ed literature.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-26
A Desirable Hand Book on the Worlds
Fair, issued BY The Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad.

Perhaps the best treatise on the
tlons OF the great fair in most ad-
Worlds fair at st. Louis Is that pub
lished by the Baltimore g. Ohio Rail-
road in an illuminated folder of eighty
four pages, setting forth the attrac-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-26

Proposals for Beef and Mutton: Of
fee Chief COMFY Vancouver Barracks.
Wash. March Is. 1904 Sealed pro-
posals for furnishing and delivering
fresh Reef and Mutton for six months
beginning July !. 1904. will be received
here and at Offices Of commissaries at
Fort Stevens. oregoni Boise Barracks.
Idaho: Forts Casey. Columbia, Flag
Ter. walla walla. Ward. Wright, wor-
den, Lawton. and Vancouver Barracks
Wash. until 10 a. m. April IL. 1904. In
formation furnished on application.
Envelopes containing proposals should
be endorsed Proposals for fresh Beef
George d. Davis. Chief com'sy
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-26
To Cure a Cold in One Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
let's. All druggists refund the money
If 1t fails to cure. e. w. Groves sig
nature is on each box. 25c. If
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-26
WOOD. WOOD. WOOD.
Cord wood, mill wood, box wood, any
kind Of wood at lowest prices. Kelly,
the transfer man. 'Phone 22tf Black,
Barn on Twelfth, opposite opera
house..
WOOD.
WORKING OVERTIME.

Eight hour laws are ignored by those
tlreless little workers-Dr. Kings New
Life Pills. Millions are always at work.
night and day. curing Indigestion, Bill
BUSINESS, Constipation. Sick Headache
and all Stomach, Liver and Bowel
troubles Easy. pleasant, safe, sure.
Only 25c at Chas. Rogers drug store.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-26

A. kiljunen, the importing tailor, has
moved his establishment to 469 Bond
street, in the occident hotel building,
where he will continue to serve his
many patrons.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-26

United States Health and Accident In.
suranoe Company Saginaw, Mich.
For one dollar per month insure
against accident or sickness. p. A.
'Trullinser, Agent
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-26
NEW VESSELS OUT OF SEATTLE.

Globe Navigation Company Will Mix
Matters in Island Trade.
The Globe Navigation Company has
acquired two SOOO-ton steel ships, that
are now being operated on the Atlantic
coast, and H. s. wilkinson, secretary
and treasurer of the company, is now
in Seattle figuring out run for the big
vessels.
Mr.. Wilkinson says that the big
ships would be run either to the Ha-
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The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-31
ALWAYS TRADE AT ECKSTEIN'S

thorpe, and this time got possession
of Melbourne House, holding Israel
Temple" against siege for nearly q
month. Indeed. he was only elected
ultimately by the treachery of his gar
rison. Repeated prosecution served
but to increase Millions efforts. Prob
ably no civilian in the country wrote
more letters to the Home Office than
Judge Milton, as his numerous prac-
tical attempts to obtain possession of
the mansion resulted in his imprison-
ment on no fewer than a dozen occa-
sions.
He never obtained possession of Mel
bourne House, though he never relaxed
his efforts to gain an entrance. His
last effort was made as late as Mon
day. He used to carry a stepladder to
the wall to see what he called his
Mecca"
Deserted by all his relatives, he lived
alone In his cottage in a state of semi
starvation. There were no blinds or
curtains to the window of the stone
aoored living room-only newspaper
pinned across to keep out the draught,
and to obstruct the view of the many
folk who out of curiosity. assembled
in the vicinity. On one side of the
apartment stood an ancient Caxtonlike
hand printing press, with cases of
type close by. On the trestle table,
and strewn about the floor. were piles
of me-printed pamphlets, containing
reports of legal proceedings in which
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-31
AN Immortal" WHO DIED.
American Proclaimed in England
That He Was the "shiIoh."

From the st. James Gazette.
Believing he would never die, there
died recently in a poor two-roomed cot
tage in the village of Wrenthorpe, near
Wakefield England, Daniel Milton,
who called himself Judge Milton. sixth
overseer of the Church of Christian
Israelites." The old mamie was 81
was found lying at the bottom of the
stairs with a wound on his head. He
had evidently fallen down the stairs.
Very strange was the history of this
forlorn, pathetic figure. Born in Amer
lea. he was a ships carpenter in New
York when prophet" Wroe, head of
the sect of which jeanne Southcott was
one of the founders, visited that city.
Wroe had a handsome Doric building
known as Melbourne House, erected at
Wrenthorpe, and this building, 1t was
understood was to be the worldly habi-
tation of the "Shiloh,' or second
Christ, whose coming had been pre-
dicted by jeanne Southcott. Milton be-
came acquainted with Wroe, Joined the
community and convinced himself that
he was to be his successor.
In 1857 Milton made the announce
ment that he was the long expected
Shiloh. His wife and three daughters
iGIL MN, Out Illio III Alp W0S ACooNhAIN
his enthusiasm. In FEBRUARY, 1860, with
out a farthing i'm his purse, he arrived
at the door Of "Israels Temple" other
wise Melbourne House, and informed
John Wroe that he was Shiloh and had
come to enter upon his inheritance.
Take him away, take him away!"
exclaimed the octOgenarian Wroe; my
bowels yearn within me-" After a pro-
longed duel with Wroe, with the police
man in the background, Milton return
ed to America temporarily baffied. He
came again, however. the following
year, and made repeated attempts TO
take possession of the mansion, endeav-
oring meantime to awaken public sym
pathy with his claim by addressing
series of open-air meetings. But his at
tempts proved futile, and again he re-
turned to America.
Wroe died in 1863, and the next year
Milton once more appeared at Wren
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-31
UNCLE MINGO ON
LEAP YEAR PRIVILEGES
BY w. T. WILLIAMS.

widders, had perfec' right to deman'
cen marriage de han OBJ anybody OBJ
de udder seek dey take a fancy to-
Now, cose dat was all right, but de
Mayor he gone furder, an say dat nc
gentleman couldn't refuse no SIGH a
reques' from no lady onless he had a
good an sufficient excuse, wich no SIGH
excuse would be good an sufficient on
less it was to de effec' dat de gentle
man was already married, or else en-
gagged to be, very soon.
Now, dere is some bashfuI young
fellers wot would be perfectly willin
to hab de gal do de proposin' cen lean
year, perwided it be de right gall but
dis iron-clad rule was anudder bust
ness altogedder.
$50 de single men had secret meet
ms all ober de town to consider medg-
ers for self-pertection, an pass reso-
! lutions sayin', 'Wereas, we views wild
alarm, an SO fort
| But cen a few days dey was fo'ce
| to view wild still mo- alarm.
News come dat two train loads oh
ole maids an widders had already
| start from Boston wild troo tickets:
one from New York; one from Wer-
| mont; one from dis point, and one from
| dat. Also dat one was schedule to
start from Philadelphy cen tree weeks,
| witch show de alarmin amount OBJ
| anxiousness an hurry on de part OBJ
| de ole maids an widders OBJ dat city.
'Cose news like dat was 'nough
to demoralize anybody, an hence de
rush. Ebblebody make de bes ar
| engagements he kin; but git away, dat
| was de question.
DE repote come one day dat a train
load of cullud sisters had jis start
from Tuskeegee, Ala; an de way de
BARRIERS, walters, hack drivers an so
on git sudden call to de cotton fiePs
OBJ Texas was surprisin' to behoP."
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-31

"Talkin' bout movin'," said the res
taurant proprietor, II wish I could
move dis place O. mine out to St Louis
dis spring, jis for de summer. Dere is
goin' to be lot O. trabble dat way, an
it's de trabblin' business wat makes de
restaurant pay"
"Feller was here dis mornin' tall1in'
to me-" said the waiter, "wot had jis
come from dat part OBJ de country, an
he say dere is already mos oncom-
mon boom cen de trabblin' which has
sprung up all OBJ sudden, cen dat sec
ton. But de strange part about it, he
says, was de fac dat de trabble was
trains comm from de West was pack
full O. men, vile dem wat was comm
to de Wes' was damned mostly wild
women folks. He lowed de st. Louis
fair had sumpin' to do. with it,"
Oats all a mistake said Uncle
Mingo; de fair amt got a ting to do
wild dat business, nor neider st. Louis.
1t is anudder ting altogether, an has a
anudder reflective pint. I understands
de mobement has already reach alarm
in disproportions, an grade fears rs
felt for de net result if it keeps CROWN
much mo-.
TT seems dat dere is a town cen de
state of Kansas were de mems has all
OBJ a sudden been took wild a craze to
wacate de ranch. De railroads has been
oberwelm wild reques' from de clerks
to be transferred to some udder pint
chen if de pay was a little mo smaller.
Lots o. young mems who nebber so
much a seen a gun cen dere life an
who gifts sick edible time dey smell pow
der, has enlis an jine de army. Lots
mo- is packin' DER grips an leabin' by
de fus' train dunno Were dey is goin'
but dey is goin'.
"On de udder ham, an wot add to
de general confugion an de terror o.
dem wot remain, edible eencomin' train
is swarmin' wild de representation OBJ
de fair seek, mostly from tirty to forty
fibe year old, OBJ de freckle-face red
head variety, an as a rule elder wer-
ry lanlky or else Very fat. An from
de looks o. dem it Is very easy to
see dey means business"
well, l declared" exclaimed the pro-
prietor, "wot kin be de explana ton OBJ
SIGH a very remarkable state oh af-
fairs?"
20, it's easy" said Uncle Mingo.
you see, on New Year Day de Mayor
OBJ de town issue his proclamation dat,
dis bein' leap year. all de single la
dies, wedder dey was ole maids or
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-31
GENERAL" H. C. Prick.

for more than six weeks Mr.. H. C.
Flick has ben in actual command of
Ihe United States Steel Corporation.
lie mas spent most of his time in the
empire building, where the steel trust
occupies two or three floors for its Of
noes. His word is law in every oper-
awe department of the great corpor-
atlon. While he has not been given
omclaI authority to dictate it is, never
tneless, thoroughly understood by the
oIncers of the corporation that he is
ulStlhctly it and that his say is par
amount The recent working reor-
sahlzatlon of the company was more
me work of Mr.. Prick than that of any
oIher man. The general plan was left
largely TO him and the credit of saving
from $l5,000,000 to 10000, 900 a year in
t me expenses of the company is chiefly
ms rms is not new to insiders, but
70 the general public it will come
something in the nature of a slrnrise
M FrlcA was Mr.. Morgan's first
choice for the presidency of the steel
trust when the combination was form
ca almost three years ago. The Sc
!ectlon at that time was entirely sat
lsIactory to the Standard Oil party
anu ana practically every other important
interest except Mr.. Carnegie. The
mule iron master" insisted upon hav-
IHs Mr.. Schwab at the head of the cor
PoIdllon and Mr.. Morgan was obliged
20 yield. Now that Mr.. Frick has taken
virtual control the move is spoken of
II! many quarters as a Rockefeller
victory over Morgan. Nothing could
nave given the latter greater satisfac-
.ioh IMAM the placing of Mr.. Frick in
charge. Cnquestionably it would have
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-31

A new mining exchange is on the
tapis, this time backed by substantial
people who are really desirous of haV-
ing market for their kind of prop
erty in New York-a place where peo-
pie with real money may be brought
into contact with properties having
real value. Previous mining exchanges
organized in New York have been MAIN
ly attempts to promote gambling in
wildcat mining schemes. AS the case
now stands owners of mines are very
much restricted in finding a market
for their properties, while on the other
hand those who are DESTROYS of in
vesting in that field have no organized
agency or exchange through which to
transact business. The public is at
the mercy OF the adventurer and mine
owners are compelled either to look
about for scattered capital or take
what the big specialists are willing to
offer them. This condition has been a
serious check to mining development.
A big exchange in New York which
will have the connections and backing
to inspire respect is much needed. The
one now underway is intended to fill
the requirements.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-31

"H0WLERS" COMMITTED BY
ENGLISH SCH0OLBOYS.

Some Examination Gems-A Fund or
HumOr in a Collection of Mistakes.
From the New York Times.
Adults obtain a certain amount of
amusement from the "howlers" which
are committed by schoolboys at their
examinations, and there is a fund of
humor in a collection of mistakes
which has been made by the London
University correspondent as a result
of competition, in which a large num-
Der of teachers took part
Some of the errors in history and
grammar papers deserve a place:
THE act of uniformity provided
that everyone must take an oath of
passive resistance.
king Alfred the Great was a very
good man, and when he died Lord
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-31
NEW STEEL AND IRON COMBINE.

Promoters of speculation in iron and
steel industrials are giving encourage
ment to the gossip that Standard Oil
interests are striving for combination
of Independent companies. the deal TO
embrace Tennessee Coal ana IRON
ScIoss- Sheffield. Colorado Fuel and Iron
and POSSIBLY Lackwanna. All of
these concerns at one time or another
have been candidates for admission to
the big steel trust upon terms which
could not be accepted. The story ear
ries with it the unverified report that
if a combination is made it will be
upon a capitalization basis Of actual
values with a huge cash working cap
ital provided in order to compete on
even terms with the United states
steel Corporation. The project while
attractive to the imagination, seems no
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-31

Intelligent people recog-
nize the value of beaufi-
full teeth and count as well
spent all efforts to beaufi-
fly them. CANDLES Tooth
Powder is doing duty in
thousands of mouths. Ii is
a grifIess powder, made
on an anfisepfic formula,
which heals and hardens
the gums and gives a last
ing fragrance TO til e
breath. Leading drug
gists and toilet counters
sell ii.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-31
THE WEEKS GOSSIP
OF WALL STREET.
Activity in Bond Market-The Street Reconciled
to Apparent Certainty Roosevelt's
Nomination.
BY w. 6. NICHOLAS.

New York, Jan. 3O.-Continued activ-
,tv in the bond market has been the
CONSPICUOUS feature of the last two
weeks in the financial district. Gener-
aus taking of profits caused a reaction
in stocks, but this does not appear to
have interfered to any extent with the
demand for underlying securities. This
tendency must prevail so long as de-
cidedly better returns can. be had on
Investments in that quarter than the
money will bring on loans in the Street.
can money has been obtainable some
DAYS this week as low as per cent. and
six months loans have been made at 4
ner cent. and even a shade under that
figure. With good bonds obtainable on
me basis of to per cent. investors
will continue to take their money out Of
the banks and put it into that class of
property. When reverse conditions ex-
listed one and two years ago the ten
dency was to get out of securities into
cash. Now it is plainly and unmistak-
ably the other way and herein lies the
great legitimate strength of the mar
ketS.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-31
STANDARD OIL AND N. Y. CENTRAL.

The story is again rife in Wall street
that the Standard Oil people are soon
to take practical control of New York
Central. This rumor gets in circula-
ton periodically, sometimes with de-
cided flavor of veracity but each time
it dies out. 1t is extremely probable
that the Standard Oil interests have a
much larger investment in New York
Central than the Vanderbilts and
what is known as the strictly Wander
bilt following, but that is not all there
is to the Vanderbilt administration or
management. People who talk so
glibly of turning out the Vanderbilts
and substituting some other interest
run against the unpleasant fact, when
they come to look into the case, that
the Vanderbilts, while in decided mi
nority in the stock of the railroad
proper hold as a family investment"
many of the underlying properties
which constitute the system. These
holds" include substantially every
thing at the eastern end of the line
south of Yonkers, taking in the tracks
between that city and the Grand Cen
trail Station at Forty-second street.
The family also owns various links
along the road from Yonkers to Buff
falo and have valuable holdings be-
tween Buffalo and Chicago, including
among other things the immensely
profitable Union Stock Yards. These
possessions give to the Vanderbilts
an underhold on the New York Central
system and its immediate connections.
The Vanderbilts may, and probably
will. in time retire from active rail-
road management. but it is hardly In
the cards that they will either be KICK
ed or thrown out, although notorious
ly behind the times in almost every
thing what goes to make up progress
Give ra iIroad management.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-31
Had rs Grent-GrandchiIdren.
From the Topeka Capital.

NI10
Mrs. Elizabeth Mclean is dead at
Scammon at the remarkable age of
person in the state, and was the moth
er of twelve children and the grand
mother of eighty-four grandchildren.
most of whom are living in the COM
munity of Scammon and F'rontenac.
Seventy-five great-grandchildren are
known to be living in this country,
besides those in Ireland, where she
was born.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-31
"wot's de name o dat town." asked

"Wot's de name O. dat town." asked
the waiter.
1T use to be Severance" said Uncle
Mingo. "but l understands dey has a
bill befo' de state Legislature TO
change de name to Alliance.
AN wot is all de womens dom
wen dey gifts dere?" asked the waiter.
II hears" said Uncle Mingo, dat
dew is all camp out roun' de town,
am sayin' dat dey is goin' to stick it
out ontell de men come back, If it
take dem all de summer!"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-31
IN WITH THE RoCKEFELLERs.

Activity in bonds is almost invariably
accompanied by more lively action in
stocks and an upright drift of prices.
Spectators have been first to avail
themselves of this fact and the last two
weeks have witnessed lively manipula-
ton for a rise followed by realizing of
profits in quotations. incidentally
many banks and trust companies which
have been carrying heavy loads of
stocks and bonds, either on their own
account or for clients, have been light
ening cargo. The result has been free
distribution of stocks and the Street at
The present time is well supplied. This
loosening up of the situation is clearly
manifest in every direction. No incon-
venience will follow if conditions con-
tinue favorable and the public is given
time to recover it's nerve without being
forced to swallow more than it can di-
gest comfortably. Every incipient bull
movement is endangered by over anx-
iety on the part of holders to let go of
stocks and bonds they have been carry
ing through seasons of Sweat" The
present situation is not free from this
element of uncertainty.