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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-02
MAGNETIZED
THE VESSEL
British Ships Mohican Encounters
Strange Phenomenon at Del.
eware Breakwater.
SAILORS PRAYED IN FEAR
Fiery Cloud Enveloped Ship and
Everything on Deck Was
Rendered Absolutely
ImmOvable.

Philadelphia, Aug. 1.-The BRUSH
shin Mohican, while making for the
Delaware breakwater, has encountered
i strange phenomenon. A cloud OF
nhosnhoric appearance enveloped the
vessel. magnetizing everything on
board. Captain Urquhart says the YES
sci and crew had a fiery coating.
swhen the sailors saw it. said the
captain, they rushed along the deck In
CONSERVATION. I looked at the needle
and it was flying around like an elec-
tric fan. | ordered several of the crew
10 move some iron chains that were
living on the deck, thinking TO distract
their attention. The sailors could not
bulge the chains, although they did
not weigh more than 75 pounds each.
Everything was magnetized. and
chains. bolts, spikes and screws were
as tight on the deck as if they had
been riveted there. The cloud was so
dense that it was impossible for the
vessel to proceed. 1 could not see be-
yond the decks. 1t appeared as If the
whole world was mass Of glowing
fire. The sailors fell on the decks and
prayed. Suddenly the cloud began to
lift. The phosphorescent glow on the
ship and the crew began to fade. In
a few minutes the cloud passed over
the vessel and we saw it moving over
the sea-"
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NO FLAWS IN 1T.

A New York silverware drummer just
back from a far western trip brings
home this tale Of the road" Half
a dozen travelling men, he says, were
waiting in an Indiana town station the
other evening for a train for Chicago.
A fierce storm was raging.
This is a sorry night to be on the
road" remarked the shoe drummer.
''Yes," said the cigar man, land it
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Ohice c. Q. NJ, Vancouver Barracks,
WASH, July 5, 1SO4.--sealed proposals,
in triplicate, viii be received here un-
til II o'clock, a. m, August 4, 1904, for
furnishing forage and bedding at posts
in this department, for year ending
June 80, 1906. Information furnished
here or by quartermasters at posts.
U. s. reserves the right to reject or
accept any or all proposals or any part
thereof. Envelopes containing propo-
sails should be marked: Proposals for
Forage and Bedding at -" addressed
F. @. Hodgson, G. Q. M.
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ereat DAY a. coney island.

New York. Aug. l.-Sunday was the
biggest day in Coney Islands history
according to expert counters. II Is es-
tlmated that fully 100000 persons went
to the resort by trolley cars. trains and
boats. The crowd was well handled,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-02

Always have some definite fact In
your advertisement. Don't get tired
Of writing copy. People judge your
store by your advertisements. II you
haven't anything that will interest pec.
pie your ads are not likely to bring
people to your store.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-02
NOTICE FOR BIDS.

Notice is hereby given, that up to
the hour Of 10 o'clock a. m. on Monday,
the Sth day of August, 1904, the COM
mittee on Public Property Of the COM
mon council of the City Of Astoria, at
the Office of the Auditor and Police
Judge therein, will receive sealed bids
for the construction of City Hall
for the city Of Astoria according to
the plans and specifications therefor on
file in the office of the Auditor and
Police Judge, and ordinance number
1856 of said city providing for the
time and manner Of constructing said
City Hall. The bids must be accom-
panied with a certified check Of the
bidder payable to the Auditor and Po-
lice Judge or order, in five per cent
of the amount bid, to be forfeited to
the City Of Astoria in case the bid
shall be accepted and the bidder shall
fail to enter into contract within three
days from notice OF said acceptance.
The right is reserved to reject any
and all bids.
J. H. HANSEN,
GEO. KABoTH,
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J. H. HANSEN,
GEO. KABOTH,
L. LEBECK,

on Public Property Of the
Common Council of the City Of AS
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STOP OVER. AT CHICAGO

on your way to st. Louis fair. Low
rates and best service via North West
ern line. For full information, write
H. l.. Sisler, general agent. No. 1872
Third street, Portland. Ore.
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little fellow was hurried TO the hos
pital, where his injuries We're found
to be so severe that he viii be lamed
In all probability for life.
Evening journal., 1904-10-01
FREE PASSES.

WE DOUBT whether members Of
W Council are as badly 'jarred"
over the refusal OF the railroads to
grant them free passes to st. Louis as
is made to appear There is no spe-
cial reason for granting such courtes-
les. The free pass nuisance has been
so abused that the railroads are max
ing strenuous efforts to limit it. A pass
may be given as a matter OF courtesy
and accepted as such, but the recipient
is expected to remember the favor and
10 reciprocate in some manner when
he has a chance to do so.
In some States there are laws pro-
hibitlng the taking of passes by public
ofiicials. and everything that may be
said must favor the prohibition. When
all State ofiicials, the legislative. coun-
ty and municipal officers. put them
selves under obligations Of any nature.
how are they to deal with these corpor-
ations without showing bias?
It Is fact that the bribes Of many
railroad consist chiefly In passes. But
in the end the people who are so un-
fortunate as not to secure them pay
the freight" They pay additional taxes
oftentimes because railroads have their
taxes reduced, ana they pay for freight
and passenger trafic enough to cover
the complimentary tickets that are
given to the favored ones.
1t is said that the members Of the
Legislature have been given transpor-
9tion to st. Louis, although the terms
OF nearly all the members are practi-
cslly ended. But the fact is that per-
cons ask for these courtesiss on the
Evening journal., 1904-10-01
ENTHUSIASTS At THE
SPRING HAVEN EXHIBIT
Delaware County Country
Club Gives Its First
Horse Show

Before an assemblage Of more than a
thousand Delaware county, Pa, enthus-
lasts, the first horse show ever given
by the Spring Haven Country Club was
held yesterday and this afternoon on
the clubs green, near Wallingford.
Many fashionable folks from Phila-
delphia, Chester and suburban towns
were at the exhibition, and owners of
prize-winning horses for miles around
assembled to compete for the awards.
Nothing occurred to mar the success
of the show, save when Edward Cro-
zer's heavyweight hunter Unita refused
to take hurdle and threw Alfred l..
Harkins, of Media, without injury to
him.
Many Of the exhibitors have shown
their horses at Bryn Mawr, and the
majority of events were Of superior
character Yesterday the heavyweight
hunters and harness horses single and
i'm teams, were shown. Today's per-
formance win conclude women's saddle
horses, high jumpers and tandem teams
exhibitions.
Evening journal., 1904-10-01
THE EVENING JOURNAL SATURDAY, OCTOBER /, 1904

It is only necessary to go into the
ordinary home to prove this. In the
parlor is a piano. whether there is a
graia Of musical taste in the family or
not. That instrument Is there as an
ornament, and the owners probably de-
lude themselves for quarter Of CEN
tury that they really enjoy the occa-
sional banging OF novice at its keys.
There are Libraries that are never read.
and which their owners did not intend
to read when they were purchased The
motto Of many household might be
written. SHOW FIRST comfort after
wards"
Then we come to dress. Carlyle un-
derstood that subject, but unfortunately
his grim philosophy was too subtle for
the average man. Many table is
reduced to an unappetising fare to buy
some hideous wrap for "Maye" or
"Corolyne." Mlnlners are kept busy
Evening journal., 1904-10-01
EDITORIAL OPINION

Cheap Cars in Railroad Wrecks.
From the New York Press.
Train dispatchers will get orders
mixed. rails will spread. embankments
will fall on the track suddenly, bridges
win give away, load will slip from
passing freight train into the track Of
the passenger express. Many things
viii happen which cannot always be
provided for II may never be pos
s.be to prevent all wrecks.
But it IS possible to prevent whole
sale slaughter when a wreck DOES oc-
cur. The two accidents I'm Tennessee
and New York prove that. In the wreck
on the Southern railroad the heavily
built Pullman coaches did not leave the
track. No one In them was even badly
hurt. The Pullmans, however. drove
the day coaches against the locomo-
tive and into the tank, folded them up
like pasteboard boxes. and crushed the
lives out of most OF the occupants. ALL
the sixty-s.x victims of the Tennes-
see wreck were killed in day coaches
on the other hand, what happened
In the New York wreck? A fast ex-
press ran off the track, and as It left
the rails a fast freight train on an ad-
Joining track ripped into the passenger
cars. II they had been day coaches as
on the Southern railway, probably no.
body would have escaped alive. II
happened that they were all sleeping
cars, heavily built to Withstand seri-
Gus damage in wrecks. Only ONE per-
son in them was killed.
Railroads run day coaches built Of
light materials for two reasons. one
is that II costs less 10 build them, and
the other is that extra fares can be
charged for riding in the more COM
Portable (sometmes) and safer (al-
ways) sleeping or chair cars.
Evening journal., 1904-10-01
The SIMPLE LIFE.

THE apostle OF the simple life"
4 who has landed in America has
met with am enthusiastic reception:
possibly because his teachings are the
sensation OF the hour; possibly because
they strike responsive chord in the
bosoms Of many who have fed on the
husks OF gaiety and extravaganza.
This is not the first time the mes
sage has been given TO earth. II has
been the doctrine OF every great rellg-
ious teacher and Of every sage and
philosopher. Yet all men. even i'm
democracies, are seeking patents Of no
bility to give them some artificial dis
tinction. And, strangely enough. the
doctrine of the simple life finds its
greatest need to be preached in Amer
democratic America-with its
theory that all men are created equal
and which recognizes no distinctions OF
birth.
We may drop out all Of our newly
rich who build monstrous palaces and
buy canvases with a lack Of discrlm-
ination that shocks Artistic Europe
and look into the lives OF the toilers
II is said that the average person goes
through life just one week ahead OF
starvation. II he becomes incapaci-
tated. he must fall back on credit; be-
yond that all he has to look to is char
ity. And yet perhaps the average man
spends one-third OF his income on
things which are not necessary for his
physical. intellectual or ethical COM
fort. ostentation is the goddess at
whose shrine most people worship.
Evening journal., 1904-10-01
rHE aoARp oE CANVASS.

THE Republican county committee.
\ sitting as a board OF canvass, will
today compile the returns from the
primaries OF last Saturday. There is
at least one contest to be heard. and
must be heard in view Of the fact that
there is prima facie evidence Of fraud.
our primary elections are as important
as our general elections, and. eonse-
quentIy the county committee has a
grave duty to perform.
The question Of befriending favorites
should not enter into H. Every mem
Der Of the county committee in this in
stance should regard his duties Of the
nature Of those Of a judge. Sentiment
and personal feeling are out OF place,
unless It be the sentiment Of preserving
the equities Of all candidates.
We have heard the opinion expressed
that the best way to get rid Of an un-
pleasant subject is to bury 1t as quick
ly as possible. From this we dissent.
Without a thorough Investigation aud
an honest conclusion we shall have a
solution which win continue to plague
the party throughout the campaign
and which will be remembered for
years to come
The primary election law was passed
in order that under the sanction Of the
held by the whole people our
primaries may be conducted. II is the
duty Of each party to observe the lett
ter and spirit OF this law. and II this
be not done, whether the vlolators be
Republicans or Democrats, the courts
shuold take hand.
Evening journal., 1904-10-01
Jap. On the Paeifie sIope.

From the Portland Oregonian.
A Japanese syndicate Is reported to
be securing options on number Of
Puget Sound shingle mills. Japanese
labor has for years been employed in
the manufacture OF shingles and lum-
Der in British Columbia, but thus far
the little brown men have not secured
much of a foothold IN this line of work
on the American side Of the line The
prowess OF Japan as q fighting power
on sea and shore cannot do otherwise
than increase her commercial and in
dustrial prestige at home and abroad.
Her overcrowded islands have long ago
ceased to offer much room for indus
trial exploitation or to supply employ
ment for her subjects As a result they
have overrun the Hawaiian Islands and
have been coming into British Column
bia and the United States In great
numbers. Right in our midst, they are
conducting restaurants, stores, barber
shops and other similar enterprises.
Judging their future movements
by the past il is but natural to sup
pose that they will branch out and
crowd into any avenue Of employment
that Is open. The japanese as class
are today drunk with the wine Of vic
tory and in their exhilarated condition
are ready and willing to go to almost
any length that their finances win per-
NIT I'm either territorial or Industrial
conquest The absorption OF Manchu-
ria will offer an outlet for many mil
lions OF the Mikado's subjects, and in
the development of that vast land
Japan will quickly recover from the
tremendous financial loss Of the war.
But the Yankees OF the Far East" are
born traders, and they will branch out
and overrun the world In their quest
for business. The Pacific coast offers a
fine opportunity for them, for the rea-
son that Japan is much in need Of
many Of our products.
Evening journal., 1904-10-01
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

Bills-Why did that doctor refuse your
invitation to go home and dine with your
Wills-He suddenly remembered that
he mad put me on a regular dieting pro-
cess.
Caroline l.. O. Ransome, OF Washington
is the first woman from whom the United
states Government purchased a painting
Tor the walls of the Capitol
A picture painted by his Majesty tho
King OF Portugal, Charles I. is exhibited
I'm the Portuguese section OF the Art Pal
ace at the Worlds Fair. 1t Is "A large
picture, done in pastel. and represents a
rural scene Cattle Drinking" On each
side OF the painting are smaller ones ex-
ecuted by her Royal Majesty, Amelia the
Queen of Portugal.
1t Is the wise man who looks at the label
before he Tits the bottle ana the fool
who takes the chance and goes to the
Morgue.
The prayers Of the girl in the rear new
can be heard just as well as the prayers
OF the girls in the front pew. but her hat
will not show to such a good advantage.
Bang-What makes that man Smith
think he is so great?
Wang-He is always listening TO his own
talk
Evening journal., 1904-10-01

THE MILFORD CHRONICLE is
4 getting very much concerned ove-
the registration Of Union Republican
voters. 1t intimates that there are
many men Of means so stngy that they
viii not spend dollar OF their own
money to qualify as electors. We do
not recall that our contemporary has
taken occasion for many years 10 make
this plea; and we infer that it Is made
under the pressure OF urgent necessity.
But the citizen who has not register
ed because he does not care to invest
dollar OF own is teaching aElesson In
his way. He is proclaiming by his act
that the election OF Addlcks and the re-
tention Of c. II. Layton in Office are not
worth dollar to him. And as that and
few other things of like nature are all
that the Union Republican party has
stood for the voter who refuses to pay
a dollar OF his own is to that extent
wise.
There isantoehrreaaon y cmfwyshrdlu
There is another reason why many
Of these voters have refused TO pay
their own dollars for registration; they
haven't had to do It for some years. The
dollar has been given them. with the
assurance that at the election many
more would be dropped into the pocket
along with it. Now this citizen prob
ably argues that IL there is no money
to pay his registration fee. there win
be none at election.
Truly the Union Republican voter OF
Sussex finds his lines laid in hard
places. Heretofore there was money in
plenty to register every voter: this year
Sussex county has been raked over and
only $500 was gotten together as re-
suit. This leaves many voters unreg-
istered; hence the plea Of the Chronicle.
Not a dollar has come from the. out
side, and not one is expected. But the
man who has once been given a dollar
on which to register win never spend
one Of his own for that purpose. Ad-
dicksism is a disease with certain
symptoms and only those who are i'm
mune fail to show these symptoms.
Evening journal., 1904-10-01
UensraI Markets.

New York. Sept 30.
FEED-Irresular; spring bran, $3.50;
middlinss. s2O.5o; city. f22s27
HAY-Dull; shipping, 6'lsc.; good to
choice, s21fc
HOPs-Firm: state. common to choice,
1904 2sa37c. 1903. 2sas6c; olds. 14a1Sc.:
Pacific coast. 1904 2saS3c; 1903. 27a32o.;
olds, 14alsc.
wooL-steady; domestic fleece. s2a%c
PORK-Steady; family. $3.50; short
clear sita16; mess. Sisal350
POTATOES-Steady; Long Island. $3.50
alS; Jersey southern, sLaOai.65; Jersey
sweets Sis2.
BUTTER-Creamery. extras. per pound.
20&aNc.; hrsts, lska20ikc. seconds i5a
lsc.; thirds, 1Sal4he.; held, extras. 1sika
2oc.. state dairy. tubs. extras. isa1sihc.;
nrsts, 16alsc.; seconds. l4aibc.
CHEESE-State. full cream, small. coll
ored, fancy, l0c.: small. white. fancy.
1Oc.; good to prime, sikassc. poor TO fair
Ikashc; large. colored. fancy, SIC; good
to prime. 9itasizc.; white fancy. shc.;
good TO prime. 9Ka9Hc.; poor TO fair. TIA
&c.
EGGs-state. Pennsylvania and nearby,
selected, white. extra fancy. &aS0c:
choice. 25a27c.; mixed. extra. 23a24c.; frsts.
2ia22ihc.; western. fancy, selected and
country candied. 2iisa23c; average best,
2oa2lo.; fair TO good. isaisi4c.
LIVE POULTRY - Chickens nearby.
louIluf l-Nsf fOorNtiof oioi pcf DounQt
Sc. turkeys, per pound. l2c.; pigeons, per
pair. 15c.
DRESSED PoULTRY-Turkeys. spring.
dry picked. plump breasted hens, 3 to (
pounds each, per pound. 20a25c.; toms s
to pounds. lsa20c; average best run. i5a
Ice spring chickens. Philadelphia, 10 s
pounds 10 pair. per pound. 2ia22c.; mixed
sizes, i7ai9c.
APPLES-Alexander hand picked Der
double head barrel. S1.75a275; Wealthy,
si.50a225; Gravensten. Duchess OF Olden-
burg and King, I.50a2; Detroit red. 81 500
LIS; Jonathan and Snow, siai75; Ben Da-
Wis. S.25a1.75; Baldwin. 81. l.25ai50: Twenty
Ounce. si.25ai5o: Maiden Blush. 81. 25ai rs;
ST. Lawence. Si.25al.50; Blush Pippin, 81 25s
u.5o; Ribstone Pippin. 90c.asl.12
DRESSED MEATS-Beef in moderate
request. but full steady: native sides sold
at 6isaslzc. per pound city dressed veais
sold at 7al3c. per pound; country dressed
at 6a1lhc.; grassers at 4a5c.; mutton dull
at 5aSiac. per pound: lambs slow at Saiic.
per pound; country dressed hogs steady
at Sha9hc. per pound for medium to light
weights
Evening journal., 1904-10-01
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE

work the whole committee and party is
responsible for.
We are Informed that IL the whole OF
the Addicks or Union Republican com
mittee had acted instead of by a sub
committee a different result would have
been obtained.
The rank and file OF the Union Re-
publican party wants one ticket. The
leaders do not unless It is their wav.
Neither Republicans nor Union Republi-
cans are satisfied with the ticket made
out at Georgetown on Tuesday last.
The Democrats are united and arc max
ing an old-time canvass and even
though the two parties were together
the Republican majority I'm Sussex will
DC greatly reduced from what II was
Two years ago. With united party
IN sussex they cannot possibly elect
more than eight members Of the Leg
islature.
Observer
Evening journal., 1904-10-01

manufacturing monstrosities in head
gear to take the place OF other mon-
strosities, simply because these per
feet dreams" are demanded by FASH
ion. though comfort and commonsense
dictate something very different. We
are Inclined to say let those who have
money to spend spend it, but these un-
necessary luxuries Of the masses come
only by rigid economy in more vital
things. self-denial in essentials. to
crafty a whim.
In religion Christians in great
churches with ornate furnishings.
splendid paintings and statuary rich
alter cloths and golden plate. worship.
'One who had no place to lay his head,
and claim fellowship with another who
was fed by the ravens. Truly the
apostle of the simple life has not come
too soon.
Evening journal., 1904-10-01
n GHRIsTIANITY is growing in India
~ faster than the population.

- HRlSIiANII1 is growing IN india
~ faster than the population.
Cheap talk Bargain gossip.
The penalty of thirst is the price Of a
drink.
If dudes would spend as much time bad
ancing their heads as they speR6 balane-
ing their hair. they would stumble less
along the walk OF life.
A school for statesmen has been opened
recently in Chicago.
Nine. Zola has presented her husband s
manuscripts to the National Library OF
France.
The city OF Manchester, which owns the
street cars. sells oeiluloid tokens at the
rate Of a penny each. They are for the
use OF employers who want to give their
employees carfare and do not want IL
spent otherwise.
The Japanese Alpine Club which is the
oldest In the world Is also religious So
ciety, and the ascents accomplished by
its members are preluded by a prayer
which runs; MAY our hearts be pure, and
may the weather on the honorable peak
be fine"
Evening journal., 1904-10-01
Officer and His Deputy.

An amusing scene was enacted in the
office of certain county official few
days after the primary election of Satur-
day last. The official i'm question was a
candidate for office on the Republican
ticket and his superior was a candidate
for the same office on the same ticket
and although both were defeated the
deputy ran ahead Of his opponent. While
the former was discussing the situation
with a friend the telephone in his office
rang and the deputy answered 1t. The fol-
lowing conversation is said to have en-
sued:
rs that you -?'
yep"
You beat me out didn't you. Ha. Ha.
You beat me, well you just sit out. Git
out, do you hear? discharge you. Bah.
l discharge YOU" and the voice ceased
with a blurring sound.
well that's nice. l declare" said the
astonished official, Il must inquire about
that and adjusting his coat and hat he
rushed out to seek his superior. 1t was a
joke.
Evening journal., 1904-10-01
Hiding Place Saved Money.

People, particularly those in the cOun-
try. have queer hiding places for their
money. Usually what seem to them to
be a secure place is easy for the thieves
to discover The case OF Mrs. Harry Jones
OF Elsmere is an exception TO the rule.
on Wednesday II occurred TO Mrs. Jones
that burglars might get into the house
that night. Accordingly she went to the
desk where she had placed the money she
received from the sale Of butter and eggs
and placing It I'm a glass Jar placed It
under the kitchen stove. In the evening
thieves did break into the house. They
ransacked the desk but did not get cent
but never thought Of looking under the
stove. When Mrs. Jones came down stairs
she found the house ransacked but her
money was safe.
Evening journal., 1904-10-01
Test Was No Hard One.

You don't know" said a prominent
German the other day. 'what hard
times desc fellers have to get natural
lied up dere IN Camden. 1 hadt a
friendt wot went before the man wot
asks questions about everytings the
odder day and he was throwd down.
He vent again and vos throwd down
a gain. De last time he vent he got
but he vas so tam mad dat
he vent home and raised h mid his
wife because he had so much trouble
bout gettin' through. He said dey ask
ed him funny questions dat nobody
could answer, not even himself"