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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-01
Nature Lends

Every one knows that Royal Baking
Powder is absolutely pure. Hence the
housewife uses 1t with implicit confidence
and without question, and she is justified
IN 50 doing.
But how few realize that Royal Baking
Powder m its chief ingredient is direct prod
uct Of the healthful and delicious grape! This
constituent Of the grape. cystallized and ground
to an impalpable powder. is the cream Of tar
tar which forms the active principle Of every
pound Of Royal Baking Powder.
Fruit properties are indispensable to the
healthfuhess Of the body, and those Of the
grape as used in the Royal" are the most
valuable and healthful Of all.
Hence it is that Royal Baking Powder
produces food superlative both in flavor
and wholesomeness.
Co.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-01

file In the Office OF the county clerk OF
said county, and as prepared by u. M.
Lazarus( architect. Each bid must
be accompanied by certified check In
the sum of 10 per cent of the amount
Of the bid, that the bidder will enter
Into q contract II his bid is accepted
and the right to reject any and all bids
is hereby reserved.
Dated at Astoria. Oregon, May 2s
1904 BY order of the county court.
]. C. CLINTON,
County Clerk.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-01
APPEARING OLD
Acts ~ 4 Bar 70 PEsatabIs HzasIey-
meat.

Acts NJ q Bar to PEsatabIs KasIey-
ment.
You cannot afford TO grow old.
In these days Of strenuous competition
Il is necessary to maintain, a. long as
possible ones youthful appearance.
1t IL impossible to do this without re-
tanning luxurious growth OF hair.
The presence OF Dandruff indicates the
presence of burrowing germ which
lives and thrives on the roots Of the
hair until It causes total badness.
Newbro's Herpicide Is the only known
destroyer of this pest, and It IL as efrec-
tive as It is delightful to use
Herpicide makes an elegant hair dress
ing as well as Dandruff cure.
Accept no substituts-thers IL none.
Sold by leading druggists. Send Zoe. in
stamps for sample - The Hsrpssids Co..
Defroit, Mica.
Eagle Drug Store Owl Drug Store
351-363 Bond St. $40 Com. st.
Astoria, Oregon.
T. 3. LAURIN. Proprietor.
Special Agent.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-01
Notice 10 Contractors.

Notice is hereby given that the
county court of clatsop county, Oregon,
win on or before the I'd day Of June
1904, receive sealed bids for the con-
struction Of the foundation of the clat-
sop county court house to be erected
on the block between Seventh and
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-01
Illinois Convention.

Springfield, Ill, May 31.-The Illinois
state convention reconvened today, but
no important action was taken. A
break in the deadlock is expected to-
morrow.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-01

have for lease q tor ~ ~ baat
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-01
Notice to Stockholders.

There will be meeting Of the
stockholders Of the Lewis g. Clark
Telephone Line Saturday, June 4th
1904, at Peterson & Browns Shoe
store. BY w. J. INGALLS,,
Chairman.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-01

that he was always the object OF pur-
suit, and as surely believe that he
told the truth In saying he was Tas-
colt, It's my opinion that his partners
knew Il. too"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-01
IroouOis viii Rebuild.

Chicago. May 31.--Judge Dunno to-
day issued writ Of mandamus or
dering the city to issue a building per-
nit for the rebuilding of the Gre
stricken Iroquois theater.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-01

The beer that made Milwaukee FAM
ous-Schlitz-is always on draught at
The Grotto. Otto Mikkelson, proprie-
tor
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-01

The Grotto handles nothing but
straight liquors; no blended goods In
the house.
The evening world., 1904-03-08

died four days later. She had made a
lot OF money in real estate speculation.
and for ten years Judge hanson had
ben her counsel. The ex-Surrogate II
made executor OF the will and sole
trustee.
II don't think there 10 more than
enough in the estate" ex-JudEe RAN
son said to-day. than will pay the
debss."
Mrs. schlessinger's boy IL three years
old and il now living with friends OF
the family In New Jersey. His father
IN Elias p. schlessinger and lives at
No. 90 West Ninetieth street. He N mo-
mentioned In his wife's will that was
made four days before death. and = Is
not unlikely that there will be a con-
test.
Surrogate Fitzgerald his afternoon
appointed Warren Leslie, a lawyer, to
accept citations in behalf Of the schles'
singer hoy. Mr.. Leslie will act for ths
hoy, as he 10 under fourteen years.
In these papers 1t is set forth that
the value Of the real property is 5000
md personel $500. 70 that deductins
500 tina. is left 20 Woodla wn Cemetery
and 81. o FOR young Ranso there will
he only $500 for the Schlessinger boy
The petition also mentions Mrs. Schles'
singer's husband.
Tile will and petition we're Med by
Jesse Grant Roe. OF Judge Ransom
Office. - - =
The evening world., 1904-03-08
and you'll see a transforma-

coreets. and you'll see q transforma-
ton"
That corsets are an eye-opener was
shown by Miss White. though h took
a different view from the man behind
the post in referring to their effect upon
the wearer.
1T not only gives you a smart look IN
the stomach asserted Miss White, siv-
ing the large models abdomen q punch
but II starts the blood 10 circulating
and gives Intelligence"
This was the first time In the history
Of the corset In was credited with IN
tellectuai powers, but the fat LADY from
Harlem. who had supplanted the, coy
little 40 poundsr from Brooklyn, looked
as though she could feel culture rush
Ing into her pores from the sides of her
blu%e-ribboued corssts.
"oh. MY" shrieked q woman In the
second row When the corsets were
placed on the fat model and Miss White
began to pull In the huge abdomen.
They'll hurt her" Blu the fat lady
| was pushed and pfodded. She was told
20 stand on the balls Of her feet. put
one hand at a time In her corsets and
pull up the superiuous flesh from the
abdomen and look beautiful
When the formerly ill-fgured fat lady
was transformed Into an ''out-and-
OF Tonderment from the dressmskers.
This model. contented. tripped OF gayiy.
her no pounds admirably concealed be-
meath the carefully laced corsets and
The evening world., 1904-03-08
Tells Magistrate She Will Kill
Herself Unless Major Green
Is Sent Away-Charued with
DisorderIy Conduct.
SENT UP FOR SIX MONTHS.
IT, Veteran Of crImean War, but
Since No Came to This Country
Has Associated with plssIpated
Characters.

when Major Robert Green. aged sew
'enty. tall and OF q military bearing.
with a gray goatee was arraimed In
Harlem Police Court to-day q young
girl, who said she was Jane Finley. a
niece Of the prisoner. stepped up TO the
bar and said:
Honor. I will commit suicide. He In my
uncle ard he used to be a major OF the
Ninety-ffth Foot Regiment in England.
He Is a veteran OF the Crimean wal
and he has seen service In India. Re-
Gently he has got so that my mother
and 1 are in constant fear of him. II
you lot him come home again l will XIII
myself"
Major Green stood this arraignmen'
without a tremor. He was charg "a
with disorderly conduct by Mrs. GeorEie
Hastings, who occupies apartments .r
the same house with the Major and his
sister, Mrs. Annie Finley. at No. 2bsI
Seventh avenue.
According to the complainant thu
MAJOR yesterday threatened and abused
her so roundly hat she called ir
Mounted Policeman Lyons. who ar
rested the Major.
Mrs. Hastings thought her charge
. was going to be unsupported by wit
nesses until Jane Finley came forward
After Magistrate Baker had heard tht
woman and girl he turned to tbs
MAJOR.
"Nvhat have you to say for yourseif?
he asked.
The Major became all dignity at once
IT cannot refute the statement o.
women" he said with digniisd gal
fantry. p,.-. ..s
THAT being the case replied tn:
Court, "I will place you under $500 pai
to keep the peace for six months"
The Major bowed his politest me
was led away to begin his term on thu
Island, for no n could be ound WHIT
would risk $500 that the old soldie,
wound be good for that length OF time.
The Major has been in this country
Tor some years. or since ne retired from
the English army. Having nothing tr
do, II IL said that he cultivated com
panions who nave not had a good iniu'
nee over him.
TITS all this dissipation n meets
q reporter for The Evening. World
'Dissipation has caused my people &c
. turn against me:,
The evening world., 1904-03-08
SmilingIy Stands Criticisms OF
400 D~ressmakers, but Balks
When Lecturer Declares She
Is Without a Particle Of Chic.
ONE LONE MAN PRESENT
Had a Good View Of the Fat Model
and the Lean Model, and Now
Knows How to Make the upIto.
Date Figure.

Everything went smoothly at the
corset demonstration Of he Dress
makers Protective Association In Ma
ron,c Temple last night until n OF tina
living models grew rebellious at being
called ''dovdy."
The fat lady with the blue bows and
the elderly lady with the pink bows
were punched and pulled into the latest
approved style. their figures were critl-
cised In scathlng terms. but not . word
Of rebellion was heard until the little
woman in pure white was called q
"dowdy." and then II took q good ten
minutes for Miss Elizabeth A. c. White
and her coterts OF assistants 10 ~convtncs
the living model that II was only In the
play"
Mere man. was in attendance ut the
corset demonstration. but the sympathy
of the audience instead OF being directed
to the models wal melted out to the lone
male figure sitting discreetly behind 4
post. where the cautious press agent con-
ccaled him from the view Of the living
models.
The lone man had n hard time OF 1t.
" ho was luS Sohhto ~ ~
pairs OF eyes.
He s keeping his eyes on the ioor.'
whispered a modiste from Kalamazoo.
Mich. He surely ought to. the shame
less thing"
He ought to be run out, same as be.
fore.'' suggested a bustling body from
the Land OF Carrie Nation; but. being
only a man, and there for duty. the
marked individual sat there like q mar
tyr and witnessed the entire vaude-
Vile performances OF fitting corsets on
living models. even from the 2O pound
fat lady unto the slender little kan
CARGO girl in the latest approved spring
lingerie.
The all-importsnt question i the
| form OF our women" said the president
AZ a torlorn nondesertpt collection OF
odd figured females ambled out on the
platform. Now. Just look at this model.
Isn't sine a sight? Think how she grew
I'D. She's worn the wrong kind OF cor
ssts-that accounts for her diaphragm
being pressed in and her abdomen pro-
trudinE.
THE next thing she did was to ioss
her back. Now. you wait till she gets
on an abdomen support as / call
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,s four pairs OF rarters hitched down

the four pairs OF garters hitohed down
over the short embroidery p~etticoat.
THAT woman's length OF. front meas
ured eleven Inches before I put on this
proper corset. said Miss White. NOW
Il 10 t~wenty-nine inches.
Now. heres a woman who is posi.
lively dowdy," rashly announced Miss
White. not noting the baleful CLEAN In
The living models eye. =,
'she Is totally without a bit OF chic
she announced. turning the d~isconsolats
'dowdv". party around to the audience
satisfa elton. Watch me hx her UP.
Now she has the regular Grec4an bend
Tho elderly woman with the pink
bows was almost as wonderful a trans.
formation as the Harlem fat lady.
The pretty little model who showed
what a Greclan bend u. without EFFORT,
displayed such a lot OF ravtshing under.
weAr tina the good sisters from Kan.
kakee and Jefferson City took out their
note books n got busy.
Miss White save o long n instruc.
tive talk on the making OF =, hxure. hi,
the exhibition Of living models who rub
United TO the system NJ corset harness
was the star feature Of the evening.
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IN HALLWAY
WITH 4 CHILDREN
Woman, Evicted from Home and
Declaring that Her Husband
Had Deserted Her, Asks
Magistrate for Aid,

with four little children. their clothes
wet and ragged. clinging to her skirts.
Mrs. Bridget HannigaD appeared in
Harlem Court to-day TO ask FOR food
and shelter for herself and little ones.
My husband Is John Hannigan.' she
told Magistrate Baker. II am only
tw~enty-nine years old and he is nearly
sixty. Two weeks ago we were happy
IN our home, at No. 1z55 Second avenue.
Then one night he failed to come
home. When he did not show up after
several days l made Inquiries and found
he had left me.
"Ons week ago we were svicted. I
secured temporary shelter at the homs
of q relative at No. 2oss Third ave1ne.
but yesterday my relative told me she
could no longer provide for us: that b
had her own family TO feed n shelter.
SO we were turned into the street. and
yesterday my babies and I wandered
through the rain all day. We were cold
and hungry last night and could only
hnd q place TO sleep in a hallway At
Second avenue and One Hundred and
Fourteenth street. We were nearly
starved to-day. n then 1 went to the
East One Hundred and Fourth street
police station. Capt. Herlihy n his
men gave US food. Z
II o v my children n II will kin
me To be separated from them. but this
separation Is better than h they
should starve in the streets"
Magistrate Baker and the court at
tendcnts became interested in the sad
story OF the woman The children were
sent temporarily to the Children's soci-
ely rooms and efforts are being made
to secure the mother employment. The
police are also on the Lookout for the
husband and father. who IL said TO have
-, tbn- a. sfarya II
The evening world., 1904-03-08
TRAINED NURSES
DEATH A MYSTERY
Taken III in Apartment Of Sis
ter, and Doctors Say She Was
Victim Of Choral and Nor
phine Poisoning.

What the doctors say Is a case Of
poisoning by choral nd morphine 10
causing the police to-day to inquire into
the circumstances which Immediately
precedad the death OF Annie NJ. Strahan.
a trained nurse. who became Ill and
suddenly unconscious In the apartment
Of her sister Jennie. at No. 2o1 West
Forty-third street. She died within nvs
minutes after reaching Roosevelt Hos
pital.
Detectives are trying to md a young
woman who accompanied Miss strahan
70 her sisters home yesterday evening
at 8 O'Clock. They think that she may
be able to throw considerable light on
whether Miss strahan had taken any
drug or anything else before going to
the West Forty-third street apartment.
ana II while she was there she took anv
medicine for indigestion.
According 10 the stories told the polic.
Miss Strahan had been nurslng .omc
children In n private house In Eleventh
street n went to her ~sister's last even
ing 70 take q rest. When she entered
the htters residence. the Greystons
apartments. another tenant of the
house. Mrs. Watson, says that the
young woman wa 30 Ill that che could
hardly walk. and had TO be assisted.
IL was about two hours later when O
messenger boy was called by Miss Jen.
ME Strahan and sent to summon DR..
Ernest Walker. OF No. a4 West Forty
eighth street. He found the nurse UNI
conscious and called an ambulance from
Roosevelt Hospital. DR.. zinser respond
ed. and with DR.. Walker tried for nearly
two hours to resuscitate the nurse, but
failing. they rushed her OF to the hos.
pttal.
In Miss Jennie strahan's apartment,
DIR. Walker found a box that. he says.
had contained morphine tablets. and
learned. It Is said. that the young WON.
an had been accustomed to taking not
only morphine. but chloral.
The police have n statement from Otto
Hauerbach. who lives In the G~reystone,
and who claims TO have known Annie
strahan for a long time. to the efec,
that she was not addicted to the use oil
drugs of any kind.
Miss Jennie Strahan. II is said. also
declares that her sister was not ad'
| dicted TO morphine. but that she hac
been q great sufferer from indigestion
and had been taking a patent medicine
which some doctor had prescribed. The
phial which contained 1t II in the hand
Of the police and they say they have
been told thai its contents had beer
opium and morphine, A few drops o
the liquid remains, and the statement
the police assert. Is based on an anaiy
SAs ofathat quantity.
The evening world., 1904-03-08
WOMAN LEAVES
CURIOUS WILL
Mrs. Ella S. Schessinger Be-
queaths $1,000 to Ex-Sur-
rogate Ransom's Son and
$4,000 to Her Own Boy.

BY the III OF Mrs. Ella B. schles-
stngcr. formerly OF the Cadillas Hotel.
nled to-day $4,000 is given to the son
III her CORNER counsel. ex~-surrogate
Rastus q. Ransom, and 81, 1000 to her
own son if'he lives until he Is twenty
five year, old. Until Mrs. Schlessin-
gers boy is twenty-one he s to receive
the income from the $4,000. and ~ he
dies before he Is ~tent"snve the money
Is to 60 to young Ransom.
Mrs. s~chiesstneer was ffty-four years
old. She made. her viii on Feb. 5 and
The evening world., 1904-03-08
DREssMAKER GOES TO JAIL.
OWN. TO Imported Laces She Il
Held I'm $500 Bail.

Nine. anna McNay. who conducts =
dressmaking establishment at No. e
West Thirty-nfth street and numbers
among her patrons many OF the drs-
matte profession. arrived In New York
from a flying trip to Europe on the
French line steamer La Lorraine OF
March 5 last. With her there came =
bundle OF lace.a and embroidery. because
of which Mime. McNay to-day changed
her domicile to Ludlow Street jail.
Several OF her friends are scourtnx
the city for some one who win provide
real estate. bail OF $500 as seeuritv
that Nine. McNay will appear before
United States Commissioned shields o.
Friday next for examination. {
The evening world., 1904-03-08
SICK MAN SHOT HIMSELF.
Sew York Drummer q Suicide in q
Aiasneepolis hospital.

MINSEAPpLIs, MINI. March s.-w.
II. Roman. a New York travelling man,
fever, committed suicide in ST. > Bar
nnbas's Hospital by shooting himself IN
the head. He was admitted to the hos
pital six days ago suffering. from an at
tack Of pneumonia.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-12
A WEALTH OF SNOW.

IT HE DRY FARMERS in the SAT-
Lake valley have every right TO
look forward 20 bountiful crops this
year. An expert says there is enough
moisture in the ground now to make
the wheat crop. This was before the
storm of yesterday. That storm ought
TO make assurance doubly sure. The
records of the local weather bureau
show that since the LIST day of Novem-
Der last and up 70 IL o'clock yesterday
morning "a. g inches OF. snow has fallen
in the Salt Lake valley.
Il will be surprising if the total does
not reach at least an even five feet
within the next few days We have had
ver- much more than the normal guam
tity of snow this winter. Indeed we
have had more in this one winter than
we sometimes have in two or three
winters combined. Perhaps the season
of dry years has passed and we are 70
have a cycle of wet years. II we do,
the lake may climb back to its old
level. the water problem will cease
from troubling and everybody will be
happy
Unless the spring OF 1904 should be
exceedingly hot and early there viii be
water in abundance for all purposes in
salt Lake this year. In the mountains
all around the city the snow is packed
TO a depth of many feet. An old rule
has it that for every inch Of snow in
the valley there is five or six inches in
the hills. Five feet here means twenty
I'VE feet there and twenty-five feet
there means all the water we can pos
sibly use.
Wouldn't it be great if we could go
through one summer without being re-
stricted in the use of water on our
lawns? wouldn't it be satisfactory if
the formal notices that you can have
only a few minutes at stated time
each day for sprinkling could be omit
ted2 But we fear that happy day viii
be a ions, time deferred salt Lake peo-
pIe are too extravagant in their use Of
water. anyway. They give their lawns
more than the lawns actually require
and they waste lots of water through
their kitchen and bathroom faucets.
And all this leads naturally up to the
meter system. i'm which you pay for
what YOU get and no more. 1t is being
installed in a great many other cities
Sooner or later salt Lake must fan
into line
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-12
VAsTNEss OF SIBERIA.

THE VAST EXTENT of Siberia, the
| land Of mystery that will be less Of
a mystery when the Russo-Japanese
vva- is over, is not generally under
stood. Next 70 Canada and Mexico ST.
IBERIA is this country's nearest neighbor.
A modern batleship. stationed in the
center of the narrowest point IN the
Rering straits. could. by firing double
broadsides drOp shells into American
and Russian territory at the same time
Thousands of miles away the extreme
southern border of Siberia menaces
Great Britain's Indian empire.
We are accustomed 90 look upon our
country as the greatest under the sun,
viewed from the standpoint Of wealth,
extent OF territory and in every other
respect. The territory embraced in the
United States proper could be lost in
Siberia. From IL could be taken an area
as great as that of the United States
and more than 100000 square miles of
gold-producing ground viii be left. The
grain-yielding plateaus on the steppes
win constitute an agricultural empire
greater than the corn belts Of the Mis-
Eissippi valley and the wheat lands
throughout this country.
Siberia. according 10 a competent au-
thority. has forests of sufficient extent
10 supply lumber for a populous nation;
its gold mines are the richest in the
world; its frozen desert that produces
the rarest furs is vaster in extent than
the Sahara. Siberia today produces
food for population Of 5000, GOO. and it
can be made to support many times
shat number. It is believed that the ex-
portation of grain from Siberia will
some day become one OF the greatest
Industries in the world; that Siberia
may some day become the granary of
Europe.
This from a country that up to a
Few years ago was regarded as only a
bleak. forbidding place. where polit-
zeal and other prisoners We're quar-
tered. Is one of the most astonishing
developments OF modern progress. Nc
matter what the outcome of the wal
may be. the development OF Siberia viii
continue. The Trans-Siberian railway
IS and always viii be the main factor in
the opening OF the country, but il tho
land possessed no merit ali the rail
ways I'm the world could not make il
habitable.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-12
cLEveLAnD's FOOL FRIEND.

A DISPATCH from Richmond, Va, TO
a the Philadelphia North American
says that a bill has been introduced IN
the Virginia legislature, largely for the
benefit Of ex-President Cleveland, 10
repeal all laws which interfere with
the shooting Of wild ducks in that state.
Mr.. Cleveland, as all Of us know, is
mighty hunter. He IS particularly fond
Of the shooting on the Back Bay dis
trict in one of the Virginia counties
and his friends thought the legislature
would be paying a delicate compliment
TO the rex-president by passing bill
that would give him the privilege. of
shooting ducks all the year round
To our notion this is a slap at Mr..
Cleveland, rather than a compliment
1t takes him out Of the category Of
sportsmen and puts him in the list OF
pot and market hunters. No true
sportsman wants to shoot ducks from
one end of the year to the other, and
we don't believe Mr.. Cleveland does.
He knows that during the summer sea-
son the birds are nesting and that a
reasonable time should be allowed them
in which to hatch and raise their young.
Besides. if Mr.. Cleveland is permitted
TO shoot, how viii it be possible to keen
1.-THE common herd from shooting? And
! then, in about five years there viii be
no ducks on the Back Bay waters for
anybody TO shoot.
Unless AR. Cleveland is willing to in
cur the eniuity Of a large majority OF
| his fellow hunters he viii write at once
TO his fool friend to Withdraw that bill