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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-14

was smashed early In the fight and she
had to depend entirely on her engines
to stear. Seeing 1t was impossible to
make the eastward passage the variag's
commander headed for the west and
came around In course which brought
the varlag very much nearer the Jap
anese. Then the deadly work was done
on her. Ten Of her IL gun captains
were shot away. A shell struck her
forecastle. passed between the body
and arm OF gunner who had his hand
on his hip and bursting. killed every
other man on the forcastle. Both
bridges were destroyed by bursting
shells and Captain Rubniff was SER
iously wounded.
A lieutenant who was on the coming
tower peering through the observation
slit, had his face beaten clean in and
his head reduced to pulp by the ter
rife impact of shell which struck the
slit just opposite his face and ex-
ploded The scenes on the fore and aft
decks were sickening. The Variag's
surgeon went violently insane shortly
after the engagement so that the
wounded men had to wait until after
the boats with medical assistance arr
rived from the. neutral ships.
The explosion of the Korietz was so
violent that the neutral commanders
asked that the variag be not blown up.
She was accordingly set on fire and
sunk. The variag's dead were placed
in one ef the cabins and burned and
went down with their ship.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-14
DEAD HERO HoNoREp.
Fragment Of Japanese Captain Laid
Away In Tomb.

Fragment Of Japanese Captain Laid
Away In Tomb.
Toxic. April IA fragment OF the
body OF Commander Hirose, who was
killed on March 27 In the second at
tempt TO bottle up Port Arthur, was
Inferred today. The remains were borne
through the streets on a gun carriage
with battallons Of marines preceding
and following the eortege as an escort
from the Navy Club TO the Aoyama
cemetery. A throng OF people filled the
streets and reverently uncovered when
the little casket passed. The medals
granted the deceased for valorous con-
duct were carried In the procession
on silken pillows and the entire navy
staff walked behind the casket Be
sides full military honors paid the dead
officer white robed priests performed
the shlnto burial ceremonial.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-14
BOILs FOR OVER is YEARS.

Gentlemen :-For over fifteen years have suffer.
ed more or less from Impure Blood. About year
ago had a boil appear on my leg below the knee,
which was followed by three more on my neck.
Isaw s. s. s. advertised and tryit. After
taking three bottles all Boils disappeared, andI
have not been troubled any since. I feel deeply
indebted to 8. s. 8. for the excellent health am
enjoying, as I have not felt 30 wen in twenty
years. You have certainly placed me under many
obligations, and I must say that will always
have great faith in s. g.. 8.
GEO. G. FERTIG.
ia W. Jefferson st., louisville, KY.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-14

To the generosity Of the late W. C.
Ralston is credited story of how he
helped young man to start in life
by advancing him 500. The benefi-
ciary himself, who is at the present
prosperous hardware merchant in
this city, tells how he made for him.
self business which lifted him from
poverty to independence.
Blank was strapped, as he tells the
story, and on hearing of Ralston's lib
erallty, he stepped into the California
Bank one morning and asked II he
could speak to Mr.. Ralston. The boy
at the private door inquired his busi-
ness, remarking at the time that the
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-14
Copy Trust Deed Filed.

Colorado Springs, Colo, April 49,
A copy of the deed OF trust given by
the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Railway Company to the Central
Trust Company of New York, has
been placed on file here with the coun-
ty clerk. The deed is a first mort
gage given TO secure gold bonds
amounting to s1SS.OOO, 900 bearing four
years. The trust deed contains 10000
words.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-14
MAKES 4 CLEAN SWEEP.

There's nothing like doing thing
thoroughly. OF all the Salves you ever
heard of. Bucklen's Adnica Salve Is the
best. 1t sweeps away and cures Burns.
Sores, Bruises, Cuts. Boils. Ulcers,
Skin Eruptions and Piles. 1t is only
25c, and guaranteed to give satisfac-
ton by Charles Rogers. druggist.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-14
PYRAMIDS OF PAIN
Most Plentiful and Troublesome
During Spring and Summer.

1t takes weather to bring out the hidden impurities
huors and posons i'll the system and the sluggish
blood and this is why boils in Spring and
Summer They sometimes come singly, but oftener in
pairs and tpets and in punches and clusters and
generally upon the tenderest part the body They are
the most painful of all skin eruptons and the blood in
turmoil, and the system in feverish commoton from
the time these volcanoes of misery begin form until they
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-14
WILL FIGHT
DIVORCE EVIL
Agreement Reached Between
Representatives OF Leading
Churches on Subject.
THEY MAY NOT REMARRY
Ministers Will Not Perform
Ceremony When Act is yi0-
iating Rules Of ANY
Other Church.
THEY MAY NOT REMARRY

New York, April 13,--A tentative
agreement has been reached between
rel tresentatlves OF the principal Pro-
iestant church denominations In secret
conference by which 1t is hoped to
prevent the marriage OF a divorced
person by a minister Of another
church, II the marriage is forbidden by
the rules OF the church TO which the
person seeking remarrIage belongs.
Present AT the conference were Bishop
Doane. Bishop Mcvickar. Bishop CO.
adjutor Greer the Rev. Dr. John Full
the Presbyterian. Methodist. Reformed
Lutheran. Baptist, Congregational and
Reformed Presbyterian denominations.
A committee was appointed by Bishop
Doane to appeal to the public on the
Bfhfe AhHhGtS VI tAlshlhB ih&ity fAA
the frequency OF divorces" The reso-
luton adopted was as follows:
THAT, in recognition of the comfy
which should exist between Christian
churches II Is desirable. and would
tend to increase the spirit Of Chris
tianity for each church represented in
the conference to advise and II eccles-
iastical authority viii allow, to enjoin
Its ministers to refuse to unite In mar
riage any person or persons whose
marriage the ministers have good reas-
ons to believe is forbidden by the law
seeking TO be married holds"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-14
Prince weds Circus Rider.

New York, April 1S.-Prince Hugo
Hohenlohe has married Nine. Helga,
a beautiful circus rider according to
an American dispatch from Berlin.
Nine. Helga's first husband was cir
Gus performer. The princes marriage
violates the family laws which provide
for the forfeiture Of rank in the event
OF such an alliance. Henceforth he will
be known as Count Won Hermesberg.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-14

Accidents come with distressing fire.
quency on the farm. Cuts, bruises,
stings, sprains. DR.. Thomas Eclectic
oil relieves the pain instantly Never
safe without IL.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-14
NORTHERN PACIFIC
Tims Gard OF Trains

Tlms Gard OF Trains
PORTLAND
Leaves Arrive
uget Sound Limited,7;sS q m So p m
.ansas City-St Lsuis
Special ...........11:1o . m s;@ pm
orth Coast Limited S:Ss o m 7:N > N
acoma ana Seattle Night
Express :. .,...,..li:R pm 300 , n
Take Puget Sound Limited or Nsrth
asst Limited for Grays Harbsr p'aats
Ike Puget Sound Limited for olySn-
A direct.
|Teke Puget Sound Limited or llaa'
IL City-st Louis Special for poiA@
South Bead branch.
Double daily train service OF aras's
Rrbor branca.
-Four trains daily between Portland.
coma ana Seattle
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14

Marriage is thing not of legal
bonds and agreements, but of the
heart. II the heart is not wholly given
to it, all the mumbled ceremonies and
perjured promises make but rope Of
sand. the man and woman who swear
before God and men to live together
as husband and wife until death do
them part, yet reserve in their hearts
an Intention to get divorce the in
slant things do not go satisfactorily,
may marry In form, but never In fact.
The difference between free love and
legal marriage, as it is loosely put on
and easily thrown off in this country,
today, is difference in form and
name only. In either condition the
couple lives together so Icing as mu-
tually agreeable and no longer. There;
is as much real moral and legal pro-
lection to offspring and to society at
large In one case as ia the other.-St-
Paul Daily News.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14

Recent figures from the census bu.
reau say that there are now more than
niae millions Of people Of the colored
race ia the United States. General
Peter q. Hams, who has had extensive
experience in public works on a large
scale and has been a member of the
Nicaragua Canal commission and later
of the Isthmian canal commission, is
earnestly in favor of the employment
of thousands of the black men of the
southern states in digging the water
way at Panama.
He believes they can endure the
climate and will be exceedingly useful
in that enterprise, and he holds that
more Of the money paid for toll on
that channel between the Atlantic
and the Pacific will come back to the
advantage OF this country in one way
and another If they are employed
than if gangs of coolies or West Indian
laborers were sent to the isthmus..
His arguments will find macy friends
and supporters.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14

The opening of the Rosebud reserva-
ton in South Dakota to homesleaders,
which began last Tuesday, like for
mer openings of reservations, illus
trates the traditional land hunger of
our race.
Drawing the lands by lot has pre-
vented the picturesque racing for
land which made the Oklahoma OPEN
ing memorable, but in other respects
the latter is characterized as a tame
affair compared to the rush that is
now going on at the places of registra-
ton. The greater value of the land
and its increasing scarcity have had
much to do with making this record
breaker SO far as intense public inter-
set is concerned. The excitement is
also increased by the gambling ele-
ment which is always attracted by
drawing.
In this reservation there are 1900,
quarter sections to be allotted, and OF
these it is estimated that 1900 are
valuable. For the first number in
the drawing there Is a standing offer
of $40, 900, while the first 100 numbers
are estimated TO have .aclsh value Of
Ak mn
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14
Indiana iieaIth Statistics.

A summary of the statistics gath
cred by the state board OF health for
May shows better conditions than in
the month previous, though worse
than those of May Of last year. There
were 2,971 deaths, rate of 49,. In
the corresponding month OF 1908 there
were 2,42l deaths, Ais being caused
by tuberculosis. The ravages OF
this disease made 302 orphans during
the month. Tonsilitis was the most
prevalent disease. Pneumonia. fourth
in prevalence in April, was seventh in
May. Typhoid fever caused forty
nine deaths, pneumonia 31s, dipther.
la twenty. scarlet fever fourteen, d.
arrhoeal diseases thirty-one, cancer
nineay-five, violence 1876, and smallpox
six. W
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14
A Rich Man.

One of Thoreau's quaint sayings
was: "a man Is rich in proportion to
the number of things he can afford to
let alone. - On this basis there sure.
~ never were such opportunities for
wealth as at the present time, when
we are surrounded by beautiful, at
tractiye and tempting objects which
are freely bought and used by our
neighbors and acquaintance. To be
able to resist. temptations to buy
things which we are just as well off
without, and to indulge in amuse-
ments and recreations which are not
for our physical or moral well being,
to be able to limit ourselves In regard
to creditable NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. are
evidences of a strong character. One
of the first and most important les
sons which the mother of to-day must
teach her child is to let things alone.
When the baby has learned to admire
the pretty flowers without picking
them, to see candy, fruit. or other
things which he knows "taste good"
without putting them 10 his mouth;
when the child has learned not to do
things simply because "the other boys
and girls" do them-then he can be
trusted to 60 out into the world alone,
or he can resist temptation. When
such boy grows to manhood his
wants will be so few, his desires will
be SO well under control. that he will
be indeed what Thoreau would call "a
very rich man. THE Con yregation.
a1iSt
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14
Ezra Barnhill Surprised.

On July 9Th. 1841, Ezra K. Barn.
hill was born In Marion county. west
of Indianapolis. Some of his church
folks and friends learning that he
would be So years old on July 6, 1904,
arranged to call on him ia the evening
and surprise him. The plans worked
well. Mr.. Barnhill was very proper
ly and completely surprised as be was
In the act or retiring for the night
and was persuaded to come down
stairs for time and meet with about
so guests. After social conversation
fitting the occasion the ladies served
all with Ice cream and cake, and at a
reasonable hour the company left Mr..
Barnhill with kind membranes and
wishes that notwithstanding he has
been confined to the house for much
of the time the last two years, that
be will live to enjoy many more ami
verSarieS Of his natal day.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14
One Sensible Democrat.

A democratic delegate from Hawaii
stumbled into caucus of some sort ov-
er in St. Louis, and in the course Of
an informal discussion as to the merits
of various candidates rUSe to offer a
suggestion. He admitted that he was
not very well posted on party politics
but from what be had been reading
previous to his departure from home
he was led to believe that it might
be we'll for the democrats to unite Oh
Mr.. Roosevelt. The innocent native IS
life was saved only because some ir-
reverent person broke the spell of hor-
ror at the nick Of time with a laugh.
1t is just as we'll. on the whole, that
our territories, especially the far-off
ones, are not given much power In
national conventions.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14
Ten Years Behind.

In his lifetime, the late Governor
Morton made the remark that the
democratic party reminded one of a
man who always rode backwards in a
passenger car, and consequently he
never saw anything until after it had
passed. In the same interview he al.
SO remarked that the democratic party
was always ten years behind the
times. and it took about that long for
them to get in touch with ideas and
principles advanced and adopted by
the republican party, democracy
adopting them after republicans had
made them completely successful
How aptly the comments Of the ''Old
War Governor" apply to the adoption
of the republican gold standard prin-
ciple in money matters by the present
democratic national convention at St.
Louis. In this instance democracy
has gained two years on the late Gov
errors pfediction-it being eight
years since the first race was made for
the unlimited coinage of silver" at
the ratio OF Is to l. Slowly but very
regularly the democratic party endors-
es course pursued by republicans in
mapping out the way, but never orr
ginating an idea or a principle of any
kind whatever, Observation-Disclosures
Times.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14

Disease and old age are two main
factors in the prosperity of southern
California, strange as it may seem.
The great white plague drives its VIC
TINS to seek a temporary relief under
It's Italian skies and amid its peren.
NAL sunshine, while the thin blood
and stiffened joints Of the aged make
a most delightful. exchange Of north
ern cold for midwinter summer time
Of the coast country. Thus it comes
that these California climatic condi-
lions have q distinct market value
which is bound to increase as the
years 60 by. The aged or imbecile
tourist is the best crop which that
country affords, just as it is in 10th
Italy and Switzerland.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14
Democrats and the Money Question.

Thursday night the democracy rose
up in its might and took the life of
Bryan, dug grave for him, planted
him, heaped flowers upon the mound,
erected headstone and wrote upon it
a touching epitaph, but Friday
morning 10, and behold, we 60 to the
place and find the tomb is empty. the
corpse is not there, and that the cad.
aver over which we shed our tears is
walking about with smile bespeaking
something akin to triumph lowering
upon his face. Moreover, it is we'll
understood that Bryan not only will
not bolt, but that he is to support
both ticket and platform and employ
the witchery Of his voice aud the
magic of his rhetoric in behalf of Par.
ker on the hastings.
Thursday night the subcommittee
of the committee on resolutions placed
In the platform plank which declared
the money question was no longer an
issue in American politics. This was
only an implied declaration in favor Of
the gold standard, only roundabout
and timld way of arriving at conclu-
sion. "There is no financial question,
what is shall be. and therefore the
country may trust US not to disturb
anything" Mild as was this method
of dropping free silverism and edging
the democracy back to its ancient
hitching post Of gold, it did not stand.
1t was knocked out in the full COM
'mittee by vote of 35 to Is. After
two days of scratching and scrapping
the contending factions agreed to dis
card everything that caused trouble
between them.
Bryan dropped his demand for re.
affirmation Of his platforms, also his
income tax plank, and the Parkerites
consented to ignore the money ques-
tiun. u
1.-The money question:" replied a
member of the committee when be
was asked what they had done with
It. ''The money question? 1 beg
your pardon, l have never heard Of
such q thing. siss
1t is an open secret that the man.
ayers for Judge Parker did net dare
make fight for pledge to maintain
the existing standard. The democ-
racy is only half cured OF Organism.
Hill struggled for two days and nights
In the committee, but was outvoted
largely by the mountain states Of the
West and the territories and minor
political divisions. .
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14

The surprise Of the convention was
the surrender of the Parker or conser-
vative forces to the radical wing re-
presented by William Jennings Bryan.
They went TO St. Louis vowing they
would never compromise with Bryan,
but they did compromise. They had
declared there was no chance for the
democracy to win the election next
November save by bidding for New
York, New Jersey, Connecticut and
Illinois through financial plank that
should convince the country theywould
never permit the existing monetary
standard to be disturbed, but in the
platform adopted there is no financial
plank. The disagreeable subject is
wholly ignored.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14
When the St. Louis convention con .

When the st. Louis convention con.
veled David B. Hill soon saw that the
Parker tide would give him the NOM
ihation on the first ballot. Seeing this
Hill arranged to put lot Of Bryan
Hearst men on committees where they
could do no harm. He then, to use
the language Of Senator Tillman of
South Carolina, soon became very
chummy with Bryan, and Bryan was
SO fixed by Hill, Belmont and the
Standard Oil Company, that he agreed
that Judge Parker should not only be
be the candidate for president, but
also be the money plank of the demo-
cratic party and he, Bryan, would find
paramount" planks in the platform
to suit him and in Parker discover the
kind of candidate just to his liking.
Politics ever has, does now and ever
will make strange bed-fellews.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14
Not a Place for Small Men.

Discussing the presidency and
Mr.. Fairbanks nomination, the Bal
timore America looking forward eyi.
IDENTIFY to 1908, has this to say: ut
argues little that only three men
Adams, Jefferson, and VanBuren-
have ever been nominated and elected
to the presidency after serving full
term as vice-president. Parties are
even more inclined to select men Of
highest type and not for mere expedI-
ency for the ice.presidentiai nomina.
ton, and Fairbanks is of that type
History repeats itself, and with him
the older days of Adams, Jefferson
and VanBuren may come again. 1t
may happen, though it is not proba-
ole, that during his term the casting
vote may be his upon questions al
most as important as that of the tar
if of 1916, which BECAME law by
the ''aye" OF Vlce-PreSldent Dallas;
CT he may possibly, not probably, hold
the balance of power upon party ques-
lions as did Vice. President Arthur
during his short occupancy Of the sem
aces chief chair; but aside from this
Senator Fairbanks, who Is but enter
e.
ing the prime of middle life, will be
gaining in priceless experience, which.
with such as he, is great asset. 1t
is not place for small men -
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14
Wagon Made Long Journey.

Mr.. and Mrs. David Boyce. who re-
side on farm two and a half miles
southeast of Argos, Ind, drove to this
city Saturday In a wagon which had
conveyed them through Kansas, Okla
homa, Indian Territory, Missouri and
INTO Texas. The wagon was drawn
by two mules which took them on
their 1000 mile drive.
The wagon is practically the same
as when it came from the Studebaker
Bros. Manufacturing company, of this
city, some years ago, no repairs what.
ever having been made to it. Their
daughter, Mrs. Harry Duck, of 734 1-2
South Michigan street, this city, who
has been their guest, returned to
South Bend with them. Mr.. and Mrs.
Boyce returned to their.farm on Tues
day.-South Bend Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-14

s Figures received from the state
prison at Michigan City and the Indi-
ana reformitory at Jacksonville,
showing what has been accomplished
in seven years under the indeterminate
sentence and parole law, prove the
value of that law as reform measure.
From April 1, 1897, to April l, 1904.
2, $50 men were released under its
provisions, and 7s per cent. OF these
have lived up to the terms OF their
parole, leaving but % per cent. who
proved unsatisfactory. Students of
criminology know that in former
years. under the definite sentence
form of commitment. a much greater
number Of men released from prison
returned to criminal ways.