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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-21
Attempt to Equip Army Of -Four
Hundred Men for Service
in Honduras.
TO GUARD PRIVATE INTERESTS
Men Were to Wear Z. 8. Uniforms
and BE Armed With Rifles
and Rapid Fire Guns Sail
From New Orleans.

New York. Sept. 20.--secret service
employees are reported to nave. been
watching for several days in the ro-
tunda Of the customs house In the har-
Dor among ships clearing for Honduras
and nearby ports for filibustering ex-
pedition which is suspected Of fitting
out here. The state department has
been in communication with Salvador
Cordova. the consul general Of Hon
duras here, over the matter.
About month ago New Orleans
newspapers contained advertisements
that called the attention Of the consuls
Of the Honduras government in New
orleans to the efforts Of a lieutenant
stationed there to raise a company of
some 400 men. The newspapers stated
at that time that the expedition was
being formed by an American firm that
has peeuniary interests in central
America, to go there and protect its
interests. 1t was said that the expe-
dition was to go to point about three
days distance from New Orleans.
Honduras is just that distance from
New Orleans. Detectives were put on
the matter at the request Of the HON.
duras government and 1t is said they
found that about 400 men were to be
given uniforms similar to those worn
by United States soldiers, with guns
and ammunition and that two rapid
fire guns were to be taken along. The
detectives learned that an expedition
was to start also from New York and
another from Pittsburg. The state de-
partment was notified and the prepar-
ations at New Orleans were stopped at
once.
So far as known no preparations
have been made for raising an expedi-
tion here. e
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-21

vast 10 zee ths 200
And The psnyfams, too,
want 10 look sf everything like,
Eve heard o. the Pisissnes
And the Cairo girls tbs, dance
SAY, wonder ftbsy ~ hare 'um on tir Piksi
IA Ballad Of the Pike" by Wallace Trivia. Copy
lighted BY coillsfs Weekly. Published by psfmlsslon
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-21


state of oregon, county of clatsop,
IS:
/. J. E. Higgins, Cashier Of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true to the best
of my knowledge and belief.
]. E. HIGGINS,
Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day of September. 1904.
GEO. C. FULTON,
(Seal) Notary Public.
Correct-Attest:
GEO. w. GEORGE,
WIN. H. BARKER,
A. SCHERNECKAU,
Directors.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-21
SONG TO THE FAIR.


What 20 10 If You Desire Practical
information.
II you contemplate visiting the St
Louis Exposition. to secure reliable In
formation as to railroad service. the
lowest rates and the best routes. Alac
as to the local conditions in st. Louis,
hotels. ETC.. etc.
II you will write the undersigned.
stating what information you desire
the same win be promptly furnished.
II we do not have It on hand. win
secure It for you II possible. and with.
out any expense to you. Address
B, H. TRUMBULLA
Portland. Ore,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-21
HAIL FIVE INCHES DEEP.

Terrific Storm in Iowa Damages Prop
erty.
Des oines. Sept. 20.--A terrific wind.
rain and hail storm has damaged many
thousand dollars worth Of property at
oskaloosa. Toe building occupied by
spencer's wholesale grocery firm was
demolished. the Illinois Central depot
was unroofed and practically all the
business houses were damaged more or
less severely. Reports from other parts
of the state indicate the severity Of the
storm. At Abba the hail was said to
be five inches deep.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-21
NORTHERN PACIFIC

Time Card Of Trains
PORTLAND,
x.eAvee Arrives
Fuget Sound Limited.7:3S q m s:x . m
Kansas City-St. Louis
Special ...........u:10 am e:E D m
North Coast Limited $50 . m 7:ee m
Tacoma and Seattle Night
Express .....,.....u:6 pm 9:06 , n
Take Puget Sound Limited or North
Coast Limited for 0ray's Harbor points
Take Puget Sound Limited for Olyun-
pia direct.
Take Puget Sound Limited or Kan
sas City-St LOUIS Special for points
on South Bend branch.
Double daily train service on 0ray's
Harbor branch.
Four trains daily between Portland.
Tacoma and seastle
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-21
CITY LAD POOR wooDsMAN.
Nearly Lost Life in Adirondacks While
Hunting.

Hunting.
Cranberry Lake, N. Y, Sept. 20.-
Exhausted after two days wanderings
in the swamps and dense forests of the
Adirondacks, George Wilson, 16 years
old, of Chicago. has been found by
guides and hotel guests. The lad start
ed out Saturday to hunt deer. When
found he was exhausted in a swamp
and half famished.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-21
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
THE
Astoria National Bank

At Astoria, in the state Of oregon, at
the close Of business, September 6.
1904.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-23
CONTINUED from page L,

six weeks ago in response to a re-
quest made by me to the Pinkerton
detective agency, Detective Halter
came to Honolulu and commenced his
Investigations on certain matters which
had been reported to me. had
hoped fondly that his Investigations
would be quickly concluded and that
L would then be able to refute these
different statements rs false. The
work, however, tooa tsnger and was
more expensive than expected, but 1T
was certainly complete. 1 know more
about saloons and the way they are
conducted and about the different gam
bling places here than ever expected
to know.
MATTERS came to crisis yesterday
morning shortly after IL o'clock when
the Attorney General came into my
Office with a letter which he had re-
ceived from a citizen charging that Of
hcials were standing in with and pro-
fecting a certain gambling place at the
corner OF Hotel and Fort street. I
knew from information that I had re-
ceived that this particular place was
In existence, and in view of this letter
TO the Attorney General concluded
that the time to act had arrived.
then had an interview with the High
Sheriff and as a result of the difference
In our opinions he resigned and I ac-
eepted his resignation.
1.-The trouble has been brewing for a
long time. I am well aware OF the
political effect that the change Will
have just at this juncture, but I could
not with clear conscience let things
run as they were until the elections.
1srl1 INT inU0lyad and
would properly have been considered
negligent had I allowed the existing
state of affairs to continue. Possibly
Brown is right in his idea as to how
things should be managed, but at all
events We viii take whirl at the other
way and see how it goes.
MY own view of it is that it was
impossible for him to enforce the laws
in these particular matters because
there were many of his own officers
actually interested in them in one way
or another. / do not think 1t at all
proper that a Deputy High Sheriff
should be seen walking into saloons and
gambling openly at any time. Gam
bling is bad enough at any time, but if
done privately at home or in a man s
private club. it is at least less repre-
hensible, and then there is always a
difference in who is doing the gambling.
An officer who is supposed to see that
the laws are obeyed and then deliber-
ately violates them himself loses his
usefulness in my eyes. 1t is unfortun-
ate too that he should have happened
to gamble with the detective I em-
ployed.
As far as Mr.. Chillingworth person.
ally is concerned am very sorry that
the nlhIi0 1nSir<r &c
has been long in that department. is
man Of undoubted courage and he
mas been jealous in his work. regret
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-23
VIM. T. RAWLIrlS APPOINT
ED DEPUTY SHERIFF

that matters have turned out as they
have.
If by grating you mean the reeeiv-
ing of money for police protection I
may say that there is no accusation of
have been examined, the books of the
department are also correct ard ] have
no reason to believe that anything will
be found to show that they were at
any time otherwise. A sort of I. o. U.
system for the advancing of portion
of the mems pay had been adopted by
the High Sheriff but the public's money
was never SO advanced. Clerk Dow
would find out how much money was
wanted in advance and would then
make note for the amount which the
High Sheriff would endorse. 1t would
then be discounted at Bishop & Co.
and the men would be charged the
usual rate of interest. This was sim
ply a matter of convenience to the men.
AS matter of fact. there has been
friction between the police department
and that of the Attorney General for
some time past. We must have har-
mony in order to do the work OF the
Territory and harmony is particularly
required between these two depart
ments. Only the other day Assistant
Attorney General Prosser reported that
he had requested the Deputy High
Sheriff to get him a certain witness
early one afternoon and the Deputy
Sheriff was equally positive that Pros
ser had not. As a result of the non
appearance of the witness the case at
all events failed.
Then again as to the enforcement of
the laws against gambling. Some one
gave Judge Gear list of all the Chi
nese gambling places in the town, all
Chinese be it observed, and Judge Gear
handed this list to Dicky Davis, the
foreman of his Grand Jury The list
was then given by Davis to High
Sheriff Brown, but he said that he
would raid the places and arrest the
offenders if the Grand Jury would find
the witnesses. (The Governor made an
error in the name of the foreman of
the Grand Jury, that officer being d.
D. Tucker. Davis was memher.)
us this to be a closed town? Well.
it is this way, the laws as they stand
are going to be enforced. There is a
feeling in some quarters that an open
town means the circulation of a lot Of
money and consequent prosperity, but
do not believe in that sort of pros
perity. do not think that prosperity
can be purchased at the cost of de-
grading and debauching our laws. If
our laws are obnoxious and impracti-
cal we want to know it. then we will
have them changed.
THE question of handling the liquor
business is difficult one I am not
teetotaller myself and cannot be ac-
cused OF any extreme views in that re-
spect, but what is the sense of having
law that is not universally appliedy
Why should one restaurant or grill
which happened to be prominent and
5ev the patronage of rich people be
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who has had charge of the evidence
ROOM. in which are stored all articles
to be used as evidence in the prosecu-
ton of cases, was at the station dur
ing the forenoon asserting the evidence
for the benefit of the new High Sheriff.
All On, the Chinese detective, handed
in his resignation, which was accepted.
No other changes have yet been
made in the personnel of the force.
the. various watches going on and of
duty as before.
THE OTHER ISLANDS.
The new High Sheriff has control of
the destinies of the Deputy Sheriffs on
this island as well as on Maui, Hawaii,
and Kauai. So far on hint has been
given of changes.
THE wARDENsHIP.
Politicians were hustling around yes
terday trying to secure some backing
for Henry Vida to become jailor, vice
Henry, now High Sheriff
KEEP OUT OF SALOONS.
The first official order issued from
High Sheriff Henry's office yesterday
morning was directed to the members
of the force prohibiting them from en-
tering saloons: The order was as fol-
lows:
Hereafter no police officer of the Ho-
nolulu Police force will be allowed to
go into any saloon to drink, either on
or off duty, or In uniform or in civilian
dress
BY order of the High Sheriff.
PER SR. CAPTAIN PARKER.
Honolulu, October %. 1904
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allowed to supply liquor when another
poor mans place is regulated by the
police? As regards the selling of Ii
quors on Sunday at Waikiki and other
places I am not prepared to speak, but
if it is against the law it will be stop
ped. Personally 1 think that a person
should be permitted to get drink witt
meals in any restaurant, but as lone
as the law is as it is it should be en-
forced and propose to see that it is
enforced without fear or favor"
BROWNS STATEMENT. r.
A statement drawn up in the FORM of
an dnterview with ex-High Sheriff
Brown was published yesterday. The
following is an excerpt:
Were you charged by the Governor
directly or indirectly with allowing
gambling or illicit sale of liquor to go
on under police protection"
mo; I was not. The Governor stat
ed to me positively that he made no
charges whatever against me; had alb
solutely no evidence against me of
any kind, and that he wished me and
the public to so understand it; but
that he was not satisfied with the
loose manner in which the Police De-
partment OF Honolulu was being run"
Did you make any reference to an
investigation, or ask for an enquiry
into the evidence said to have been
collected by this detective from the
nainland?''
II stated to the Governor that
hoped that the evidence that the man
had secured would be shown up and
prosecutions had in any evidence that
he had secured
Did you give any reason for this? ?"
During the conversation 1 stated
to the Governor that my dismissal I'M
der these circumstances was bound to
give me a black eye in the community,
and that I hoped that all the evidence
which this man had collected would
be made use of in prosecuting those
whom it was against"
When you say that you knew gam
bling and Illicit sale of liquor was go
ing on, do you mean that you have
known where you could lay your hands
on the proofs against people who thus
were violating the law?''
No; 1 mean by knowing that liquor
selling and gambling was being car
ried on that reports are continually
made to the Sheriffs Office concerning
these matters. On these reports the
department sets out to get the evil
dence sufficient to secure the convic-
tons and sufficient to justify an ar
rest; sometimes we succeed and some
times do not"
Then do you mean to say that gam
bling and Illicit selling of liquor is al
ways to be found in any city?'
ITO a certain extent. My candid
opinion is. that today there is less il
licit liquor selling and less gambling
than there has been since my connec-
ton with the Police Department.
Since Governor Carter took office.
has there been any other time he has
complained to you of your conduct in
the Department.
NO: he has not
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-23

Gan you tell me-" said the seeker
after knowledge to the Snowman, what
the hump on that camers back is for?''
whats it for ?"
s'Yes, of what value is it
"Well, it's lots of value The camel
would be no good without it
why not?"
why not? You don't suppose people
nd pay sixpence to see a camel without
a hump, do yer?
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-23
VIDA MOI, ACTED UPON.

The endorsement of the executive
committee of the Republican party of
Henry Vida for the Office of Warden
of Oahu Prison. was not considered.
The Governor stated yesterday after
noon, after approving of the choice of
Rawlins, that he had not seen or heard
of the Vida endorsement. He limited
that the endorsement would not meet
with his approval.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-23

A new profession is apparently about
to be opened in England. as witness the
following advertisement in recent issue
of THE London Times:
EXPERT ADVICE on dress given to
clubrnen about town. etc. The latest
styles notified week by week, and also
what to wear for special occasions.
individuality studied. Preliminary
interview absolutely necessary. Ad-
dress -
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-23
JOHNSON FOR WARDEN.

There was runlor about town last
night that Sam Johnson was being adj
vocated for the position of Warden of
Oahu Prison and Henry Vida for Road
Supervisor in succession to Johnson.
The rumoi,s could not be confirmed.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-23
DETECTIVES OUT.

The designations of Detectives Nc
Duffie and Renear were both accepted
On Thursday night. and neither officer
was on duty yesterday. Mr.. Renear,
Holbrook argus., 1904-08-27
Shouting Their Praises.

Friarpoint, Miss, August p (Spec- iaI I)-Cured of bladder and Kidney Trouble after 26 years of suffering, Rev. H. H. Hatch, of this place, is telling the public the good news and shouting the praises of the remedy that cured him--Dodd's Kidney Pills. Rev. Mir. Hatch says:
 "I have been suffering from Bladder and Kidney Trouble for 26 years and have tried everything that people said would do me good. But nothing did me any good except Dodd's Kidney Pills.
 "I haven't felt a pain since I took Dodd's Kidney Pills. They gave me health and feel like new man al- together. Dodd's Kidney Pills are the best I ever had."
 All Urinary and Bladder Trou blas are caused by diseased kidneys. The natural way to cure them is to cure the kidneys. Dodd's Kidney Pills. never fail to cure diseased kidneys in any stage or place. They always cure Backache and they are the only rem edy that ever cured Bright's Disease.
Holbrook argus., 1904-08-27

Miss Rose Hennessy, we'll
 known as a poetess and elocu- tiOnist, of Lexington, Ky., tells how she was cured of uterine inflammation and ovaritis by the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege. table Compound.
 "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM For years I enjoyed the best of health and thought that Iwould always do so. l attended parties and receptions thinly clad, and would be suddenly chilled, but I did not think of the results. l caught bad cold eighteen months ago while menstruating, and this caused infam- nation of the womb and congested ovaries. Isuffered excruciating pains and kept getting worse. My attention was called to your Vegetable Com. pound and the wonderful cures it had performed, and 1 made up my mind to try it for two months and see what it would do for me. Within one month I felt much better, and at the close of the second I was entirely well.
 "I have advised a number of my lady friends to use it, and all express themselves as well satisfied with the results as I was." - Mss ROSE NORA HENNEssY, 40 S. Broadway, Lexing- ton, Ky s5ooo forfeit # original of abOus let tsy pyouing genuineness cannot be produced.
Holbrook argus., 1904-08-27
xERxEs WITH A GRIEVANCE

Somebody Must Sweat for Taking Lib. critics with Great Name. "Mad, sir-mad! I'm mad clear throughw
 It was evident to the lawyer that he was on the verge of securing good slander or personal damage suit, and he invited the stranger to be seated. "Mad" repeated the stranger. "I'm mad enough to eat dirt I'm mad enough to put this case through if 1t costs me all of $2O."
 T infer," said the lawyer, "that some one has wronged you" "Wronged me" roared the stranger. "He's made a monkey of me! I tell you, sir, i.'s made me look like a blooming idiot. He's given the public a wrong impression of my mental strength, and the educational advan- tages of my youth, and want to make him sweat for it.
 Tt all hinges on my middle name. That name is Xerxes Now, I am not prepared to deny that this is moro or less of fool name for anyone to carry around at this period of the worlds history, but I can't see that I'm to blame for it."
 Certainly not" asserted the lawyer
 "Just because my parents were fool. ish enough to give me Gat kind of name is no reason why everyone I meet should think he has license to have fun with me, and am entitled to the protection of the law, as l fig ure it."
 "Most assuredly."
 "Then it's cinch I'll get big dam- ages," said the stranger, with every evidence of satisfaction at the pros- pect. "You see, my full name is Brad ley Xerxes Edgerton, but of course don't use the middle name."
 "Of course not"
 q just write 1t Bradley x. Edger- ton, and that's the way put 1t on big petition that is being circulated"
 "What has that to do with your suit for damages"
 "Why, the big, numbering idiot I want to sue came along and wrote his above K and mark below it, and I'm either going to have him arrested or he's going to have case of assault and battery against me."-New York Sun.
Holbrook argus., 1904-08-27
GONG SAVED THE NIGHT.
Riot Prevented at Lincoln's InauRura. tion by "Star-Spangled Banner"

Riot Prevented at Lincoln's Inaugura.
 tion by "Star-Spangled Banner"
 In his later life Mast remembered much of his Washington experience with that feeling of shuddering horror with which we recall a disordered dream. The atmosphere was charged with foreboding. Even the busy days about the Willard Hotel were strewn with ominous incidents.
 The day of inauguration was one of gloom, and the city drew a great breath of relief when 1t was over, and there had been no outbreak. The men who had sworn that Abraham Lincoln should never take his seat were not gone. Night came down, breeding dan- ger.
 Tt seemed to me-" said Mast, "that the shadow of death was everywhere. had endless visions of black funeral parades, accompanied by mournful mu- sic. It was as if the whole city were mined, and know now that this was literally true. A single yell of de- fiance would have inflamed the mob. A shot would have started conflict. In my room at the Willard Hotel I was trying to work. I picked up my pencils and laid them down as many as dozen times. I got up at last and walked the floor. Presently in the rooms next to mine other men were walking. I could hear them in the silence. My head was beginning to throb, and sat down and pressed my hands to my temples.
 "Then, all at once, in the Ebbitt House, across the way, a window was flung up and man stepped out on the balcony. The footsteps about me ceased. Everybody had heard the man and was waiting breathlessly to see what he would do. Suddenly, in a rich, powerful voice, he began to sing The Star-Spangled Banner
 "The result was extraordinary. Win dows were thrown up. Crowds gath cred on the streets. A multitude of voices joined in the song. When it was over the street rang with cheers The men in the rooms next mine joined me in the corridor. The hotel came to life. Guests wept and flung their arms about one another. Dissension and threat were silenced. It seemed to me, and believe to all of us, that Wash ington had been saved by the inspira- tion of an unknown man with a voice to sing that grand old song of songs" -Pearson's Magazine.
Holbrook argus., 1904-08-27
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
 that Contains Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering 1t through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable phy- sioians, as the damage they will do Is ten fold to the good you ca' possibly derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.,. Toledo, O., contains no mer- cury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
 Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
 Halls Family Pills are the best
Holbrook argus., 1904-08-27
Anything to Please.

The wealthy lady came for the DOT trait of her husband. The artist hand ed over the picture with mysterious bundle attached.
 What is this?" asked the patron
 "A photograph, madam" responded the artist
 "And what is that for?"
 "Well, you said you wanted speak ing likeness That's the best I can dO."
Holbrook argus., 1904-08-27
A Business Move.

Friend-You have moved your ofllcs from the tenth story to the first, see.
 Divorce Lawyer-Had to. Lost too many customers.
 "Women often object to elevators" Ut wasn't that; but the journey up. ward took too long. It gave them time to change their minds"