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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-01-10
STATE LEGISLATURE.

The legislature of the state of Ore
gon convened at Salem yesterday. All
organization was not effected and an ad-
journment taken until today when the
governors message will be read. The
message will deal with a financial
statement of the state; opposes any
change in the corporation or inhert-
tance laws: favors adjustment of two
of the normal schools and uniform
system Of education. doing away with
the primary grades. the schools TO be
used for preparing teachers exclusive
". The message also recommends the
establishment of whipping posts fol-
wife beaters; making desertion of wife
and children a crime. and extraditable
Bills have been prepared for intro
duction on most of the recommends
tions of the governor. One that will
be introduced will be to establish the
whipping post for wife beaters. While
this punishment is severe, yet 1t is the
only means that can be devised to in
fiict adequate punishment upon this
class of brutes. Another good law will
be making desertion of wife and chill
iren by a husband crime punishable
by Imprisonment in the penitentiary.
In order to make the law effective, II
win provide that man indicted can
be extradited. This is just law and
il enforced will put a check on men
becoming infatuated with another
mans wife and leaving his own and
children to be supported by the county.
Another law which will be intro
duced is to make gambling a felony
which viii include all kinds of games,
whether played in saloons or cigar
stores, also including nickle-in-t -the-slot
machines. There is no doubt but this
law will pass. as no man would care TO
60 on record as voting against the
measure. There is a strong feeling
throughout the state against gambling
brought about by the efforts to close
gambling in Portland and the determi-
nation of the gamblers to violate the
laws. That gambling will be carried
on in private clubs and in secret places
admits of no doubt, but the effect Of
the law will be to remove the games
from public places where young boys
are permitted to play
If the legislature will pass these few
laws, draw the munificent salary paid
them by an obsolete constitution, and
adjourn, they will accomplish all that is
requisite and necessary for the govern
ment of the state. No other reform
measures are needed. The statute
books are filled with reform laws tnat
are never enforced. because public
opinion is against them.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-01-10
MARINE NOTES.
Chinook Will Go to Frisco for Re.

Chinook Will Go to Frisco for Re
pairs.
The schooner Mable Gale, with lum'
Der, left out Sunday for San Francisco
Columbia river light ship No so Il
tied up here for repairs to aer boilers
1t Is understood that no contracts hav,
been made for the work, which viii
only be temporary. Repairs will prob.
ably be made in Portland.
The steamer Sue H. Elmore arrived
in Sunday with freight and passeng.
ers on her regular trip from Tillamook
A French bark. the Eugene Fautrel
Invent up the river In tow yesterday tc
discharge. She has no outbound cargo
yet
The KiIburn left out Sunday on heI
regular trip.
The schooner Jos. Russ arrived down
the river with a cargo Of lumber for
San Francisco, and left out yesterday
The power schooner Gerald C. be-
longing to Fisher Bros. arrived In yes
terday from Nehalem whene she mas
been barbound for five weeks.
The steamer Redondo left Sar Fran
cisco for Astoria and Portland Satur-
day.
Work on the Shamrock at Leathers
is progressing rapidly and the vessel
will soon be in commission.
The hull OF the Sea Foam, watch
was built by Captain Stream, viii go
up the river in tow to have machinery
installed at Portland.
The steamer w II. Harrison arrived
in yesterday with a cargo Of salmon
for Elmore.
The American steamer Olympia ar
rived in Sunday from Puget sound. She
is after a cargo but it Is not known
where or what it Is and this gave rise
to report that it is contraband for
the orient.
The steamer Laqua left San Fran
cisco for Portland Saturday.
The steamer Aurelia left San Fran
clso for this port Saturday on her regu-
lar trip.
It is rumored that the Roanoke, one
of the Alaska fleet, will be brought
here to compete on the Columbia with
the San Francisco boats of the o. r.
& N. fleet.
The steamer George w. Elder ar
rived in yesterday with freight and
passengers for San Francisco. -.
The schooner Ethel Lane arrived In
yesterday.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-01-10
PRoPRoGATING CRANKS.

The work of propogating cranks goe:
on apace in grasshopper Kansas. Al
the freaks, cranks, imbeciles and luna
tics are to the manor born in Kansas
Among the prominent cranks Matched
out. and who have attained national
prominence are PETER, with nis flowing
alfalfas; Soekless Jerry Simpson. who
always had TO hang up bushell bas-
ket near the chimney on Christmas eve,
having an antipathy for foot gear made
of cotton or wool; Carrie Nation and
her little hatchet. leader of the water
wagon brigade of bleeding Kansas;
joan p. ST. John, whose efforts built
lup large number of drug stores;
Governor Luelling and his legislature
who are responsible for Aesops Fables
enacted into statuatory laws: Mary Ell
| len Lease who invented populism with
all its kindred heresies. And now
comes member of the legislature. who
has introduced a bill for the reforma-
! tion of the social conditions. legalizing
the propaganda of ten-year marriage.
The bill provides that all marriage con-
tracts shall terminate at the expira-
tion of ten years, and also makes a
l -, hoe ha hA
tended ten years longer by consent OF
both parties. This is in line with the
municipal regulations continuing the
privilege Of running saloons or allow
ing dog to run loose; then would the
family tie be ideal according to his
reckonings and the state utopian.
We are accustomed to almost any,
thing coming out of Kansas-populism
Carrie Nation, giant pumpkins and cy-
clones-the list Of curiosities is var.
led and interminable This new freak
Of social philosophy is. then, probably
but a sport of the hard winter or a
manifestation of the effects of spots
on the sun. In the light of former ex-
periences with the Kansas product of
thought We can afford to be iniulgent.
joint caucus of men and women
called to consider the worth of this ten
year marriage law would certainly be
instructive If it did not contribute to
the gayety of the nations.
Predicating an opinion upon the
home products of this embryo state we
are inclined to the belief that ten years
is too long to compel men and women
to live together as man and wife. The
propagation of the species in Kansas
is not conducive to the moral ethics Of
society or good government, and law
prhibiting it in Kansas would rebound
to the general welfare of the country
and reduce the supply of imbeciles and
cranks which have become so prolific
in that state.
A close study of astronomy will dis
close the fact that the moon is full in
Kansas a greater portion of the time,
and the influence of the moon, it is
claimed by science, is the cause of So
large a grist of men and women who
are considered freaks, being absolutely
devoid of brain or any cells in their
human anatomy for a brain storage
battery. We have a large contingent
of Kansas people in Astoria, who If
they were under oath would admit
that they hailed from that state, but
they seem to be endowed with ordinary
and must have migrated
from the country before the crank in
dustry superseded all other branches.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-01-10
Greatly In Demand.

Nothing is more In demand than n
medicine which meets modern require
ments for blood and system cleanser.
such as DR.. Kings New Life pills. They
are just what you need to cure stomach
and liver troubles Try them. At
chas. Rigers' drug store. 26c. guaran-
teed.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-01-10
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

THE sEMl.WEEkLY AsToRlAN
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-01-10
Cooking Apples. 90 cents at Astoria
Grocery.

Our annual sale In the talk OF the
town-patrons have been waiting for
it--dont miss It; come early. C. II.
Cooper. the leading house Of Astoria.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-01-10

The occident tonsoriai pariors and
bath facilities are equailed by none.
Everything modern and up TO date.
See Peterson.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-01-10

The Palace Turkish baths are a
source of delight to the patrons who
frequent the establishment-courteoua
treatment and your comfort guarded.
Lady attendants furnished for lady
patrons by appointment. These batns
are especially recommended by the
leading physicians Of the city and re-
spectfully solicit your patronage. Turk
ish baths and bed $1.OO. Russian bath
20 cents.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-01-10
PRISONERS KILLED.
Attempt to Break Jail Costs Man,
Lives,

Lives.
San Francisco, Jan. 9.-News from
Manila, received today, tells of an at
tempt by 500 convicts at Bilibid prison
to break jail. The attempt occurred
December 7, and resulted In the killing
Of 16 prisoners and the wounding Of
40 others. Six of the wounded are not
expected to live and 20 others are in a
critical condition.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-01-10
TodaY's Weather.

Portland, Jan. s.-Oregon and Wash
ington-T Tuesday generally fair.
Evening journal., 1905-04-12
EXPOSING BEEF
TRUST SECRETS
Contents Of Eight Trunks
Examined by the Grand
Jury
MANY HEN WITNESSES WANTED

Chicago, April 12.--An investigation
by the federal grand jury, which is in
quiring into the working methods Of
the alleged beef trust of a much deep
er nature and a wider scope. it is as
serted, is to result from the exami-
nation of the contents of the eight
trunks taken from the safety vaults
in the First National Bank building.
When these trunks we're opened, it is
said. the entire secret transactions Of
the Aetna Trading company, a corpor-
alton through which the alleged sec
ret business Of the big packers was
transacted, was revealed to the urors.
and as a consequence many new wit
nesses will be subpoenaed. The trunks
and contents have been impounded on
an order by Judge Sanborn so that no
one by legal process can obtain pos
session of them.
Among the names of the new wit
nesses subpoenaed are said to be those
of G. H. Godfrey, alleged secretary and
treasu ier of the Aetna Trading com
pany, and R. H. Cowan, another Of
fetal of the company. The initials
"R. II. c." appear on each of the eight
trunks taken from the depository
vaults and it is believed they belong
to Cowan. Godfrey and Cowan, it is
asserted. left Chicago the day the in
vestigation by the jury began. They
recently were in Toronto, Canada,
xyhpro n ic said all troca of fhor, ,,roe
lost.
Delavan Frazee, Manager for the
National Packing company, was one
of the most important witnesses be-
fore the jury. He was IN the stand
for nearly two hours, buy refused to
say what information he had given to
the jurors. Another witness who tes-
titled was J. A. Howard, connected
with a New York packing firm.
Evening journal., 1905-04-12
wnpNnspAr. ArnlL Y. lq0s.
MEAN iNslNuATloNs.

THE Every Evening doesn't like
Il President Roosevelt. Possibly
IS dislike is not uncomplimentary to
fae President. but we win let that pass
ON Sunday one Of the Mormon apos-
ties took occasion to pay tribute to
the President and in commenting on
it our contemporary winds up with
this sneer: "why is President Roose-
welt SO attractive to the polygamists2"
Who said anything about polygamy?
Is Apostle Hyram Mack a polygamist?
The Every Evening doesn't know and
doesn't care; but It Is not above an
evil insinuation that reflects on the
President thing that nobody else
has ventured 70 DO.
The Every Evening thinks there is
something sinister in the great vote
Utah gave to Roosevelt. Then there
is something sinister in the vote al
most every state in the Union gave
him.
We remember that our contemporary
never used TO let a day pass without
some mean and insulting gibe az Pres
ident Mckinley. and when he died our
neishhor was shocked beyond measure
at the assassination Of a man so noble
pure and great Get outl
Evening journal., 1905-04-12
BIC MEN IN lie PuLPIr.

THE attorneys for the Standard oil
y have been bitter in their criti-
oism recently Of the ministers who
have dared to question the financial
methods OF the head Of that organiza-
ton. They intimate that the clergy
should attend to their spiritual duties
and leave politicians and hnanciers to
conduct affairs in their own
Sphere in their own way. H..
IN. Rodgers says that ministers are
queer things" and is ready with ad-
vice for them to be more guarded in
their utterances.
All of which viii not have the slight
est effect on the ministers who have
brains and capacity. The big. broad
minded man, whether he be in the pull
pit or behind a counter, VIII have his
say about things; and when the spirit
moves him he viii say it with all the
force Of his nature.
We have the circumspect clergy
man who never says any but pleasant
things, but nobody wants particularly
to hear him. OF course when the
Evening journal., 1905-04-12
READABLE RHYMES

The Sentiments Of Mike MeGee.
The gallery was crowded with a jostllng
Bowery gang.
Some shrieked and whlstled madly, and
others merely sang.
Three acts upon the programme had
put them dn "A rage
And three dlsmayed performers had
been driven from the stage.
Then came the charming Lilly Nane I'm
illustrated songs,
And several rOwdies whispered. "Wait
AND see IL she belongs"
Depending on their leader-for a critic
true was he
They kept their optics fastened on the
burly Mike McGee.
No ancient Roman despot near the
grim arenas brink
Fer worked more havoc with has thumb
than Mike could with a wink.
No stuudy Thrcian swordsmau ever
feared the kings decree
More than these struggling Thespians
feared the will of Mike McGee.
For we'll they know his prowess and the
way he ruied the roost-
And we'll they knew the panic that his
slightest nod produced.
Therefore the queenly Lily looked to
him for her applause,
And sang three 'gray-haired mother
songs without a single pause.
The hoodlums sat enchanted as they
watched their rulers face
And saw each grime-choked teardrop
leave it's telltale, winding trace.
And mhen the songs were over though
the parquet folks were bored,
Twas made quite plain by Mlchael's
gang that Lily Nane had scored.
And Michael FASTENED h0meward like a
summer zephyr llts
And beat his gray-haired mother tin
she gave her son 1.-TWO bits"
'rO-morrow I want six bits more-don't
trow me downl" said he;
Tis sweet 10 find such sentiment I'm
men like Mike McGee.
Prom the AIilwuaelSe Sentinel
Evening journal., 1905-04-12
Cures For witcbery.

Rev. Joseph Doderidge in his "Notes
Of the Settlement and Indian Wars In
Pennsylvania and Virginia." in that
portion Of the work treating Of witch
craft says: "The diseases Of children
supposed to be inflicted by witchcraft
were those Of dropsy Of the brain and
the rickets. These were diseases which
could neither be accounted for nor
cured, consequently they were ascribed
to some supernatural agency. For the
cure Of diseases inflicted by witches
the picture Of the supposed witch was
drawn on a stump or piece of board
and shot at with a bullet containing
a little bit OF silver This silver bullet
transferred a painful and sometimes
mortal spell on that part of the witch
corresponding with the part of the pic
ture struck by the bullet"
Evening journal., 1905-04-12
PARTY MISTAKES.

II HE Philadelphia Press in its
L leader yesterday calls the or
ganization down for its attempt to
push the ripper bills through the state
Legislature.
II shows plainly what a serious mis-
take political organization can make
even when 1t is able to jam through
a subservient Legislature extraordi-
nary legislation OF the ripper bin sort
The Press says;
1T should have been plain enough in
advance that Philadelphia would not
submit TO such a complete prostitu-
tion of its whole governmental sys-
tenn without a protest No man who
respects himself could acQuiesce. The
threatened legislation was not only in
defensible but dangerous. To pro-
pose that the mayor should be strip
ped Of the control of the police was no
more reasonable than to propose that
the President should be stripped OF
the command Of the army. The pub
lie sentiment OF the city was sure to
rise against a measure so repugnant
Nobody who was not mere hench-
man could accept Il. The Press is a
Republican paper. II believes in party
organization as the essential instru-
ment of free government. II gladly
commends the organization where Il
is right. But the Press believes al
the same time that the party is made
for the people and not the people for
the party Il stands for the pure
homes Of the community II stands for
the protection and security OF the
city II could not for an instant
sanction a scheme which is perIous
70 the public safety"
All Of which shows that even when
a political party has the power to
prostitute the charter OF a municipal
ity such as Philadelphia. it does not
pay IN the long run to do 1t.
The national Republican party aims
to deserve and therefore receives the
support not only OF majority Of the
people. but OF the great newspapers OF
the country, but the Republican lead
ers Of Pennsylvania ignore both party
morah and the support Of strong
party papers IN their efforts to keer
Phlladeiphia under the control of tbs
organization.
Evening journal., 1905-04-12
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

The speed Of a wild duck is about
ninety miles an hour.
1t was 300 years ago. in Florence. that
the first grand opera was produced.
About $4,000 tons OF dust and refuse
is taken away in barges from London
every year.
a cows hide produces thirty-hve
pounds of leather and that of a horse
about eighteen pounds.
At Sclhoenbrunn, the Austrian EN-
peror's palace. us the finest collection
OF orchids in the world, numbering
$4,000 plants.
All OF the food served to a guest at
a Japanese banquet and not consumed
ihy him at the time is taken to his
home by the servants of his host.
The battleship King Edward VII is
the most powerful warship afoat.
When she was undergoing anmamenn
trials the recon of the guns bucl1led
up the steel deck plates.
Japanese chopsticks are delivered to
the guest i'm decorated envelope. The
two sticks, already shaped. form one
tongue-shaped piece OF wood and are
broken apart by the guest
Evening journal., 1905-04-12
THAT SAND FILTRATION SUIT.

II HE suit Of the sand Filtration
Il Company against the city Of
Wilmington we understand is soon to
be brought to trial. and this phase Of
our water agitation we trust will be
disposed of.
At the present time we do not deem
ia proper to discuss the merits Of the
case, as an impartial court win soon
pass upon it. II this company has
suffered any damage. then the city
should pay it without quibbling. II
not, then we shall have some new light
on the merits OF that contract.
We doubt not that we have gained
i'm experience all that this suit will
cost in damages. for there seems to
be no disposition on the part Of the
new commission to fail into the pit
holes Of the old.
Evening journal., 1905-04-12
lr1nh Pics IN EnsInna.

In medieval England fish pies were
a very favorite dish at Christmas time,
and lamprey pies We're regarded as
special luxury. The cost Of such deli
cacies was very great. In 1914 the
sheriff of Gloucester provided forty
four for the royal table at a cost of
f12 5s. sd. sum nearly equivalent to
f10O at the present day. Those taken
from the Severn were especially noted.
and it became an annual custom for
the city Of Gloucester to send a lam
prey pie to the king. There is a rec
ord of such complimentary presents
being sent to Cromwell and to Len
thall, the speaker of the long parlia-
ment. Owing to the municipal corpora
ton act Gloucester's annual custom
ceased in 1896, but in 1893 the mayor
revived it and sent a pie to Queen Vic
toria at his own expense. His sue
cessors have followed his example,
London Mail.
Evening journal., 1905-04-12
The N1rsterr of HenIth.

Whenever any one is released from
Jail or penitentiary after a long sen
tence we read that while he was In
poor or downright bad health when he
entered he comes out as hearty as a
brick. Yet almost without exception
jalls and penitentlaries are insanitary,
sunless places, with no facilities for
precautions usually taken by those who
wish to get or keep healthy. The mys-
terry lies in two wOrds-regularity and
diet The first is perhaps the more
important Clocklike regularity; ev-
erything done on the second and on
the same second every day; a recogni-
tiOn of the fact that the body is
machine Then, as a supplement to
this. a simple diet-plain, not too varied
enough to eat, but not too much
Saturday Evening Post.
Evening journal., 1905-04-12
pon,t coadIe RuI,ber PIants.

OF all the freak remedies that are
sometimes proposed for sick house
plants those which are recommended
for rubber plants are the worst. They
run all the way from applying beef
steak and castor oil to the roots to coat
ing the leaves with milk. Give your
plants a properly pre- fed soil and
sufficient light and Keep the leaves free
from dust and scale. and you viii find
no necessity for such nostrums as
these. Make it practice to go over the
plants daily with a soft cloth and re-
move any indication Of dust. sc-le or
nsects.-Country lHe In America.
Evening journal., 1905-04-12
EDITORIAL OPINION

We May Have to Free Cuba Again.
From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Cuba last year aoated a loan Of Sa5.OOO-
900 to pay of the "army Of liberation"
which did not liberate her.
Now Cuba is to borrow S26,OOOOOO more
for the same purpose. The interest
change will be s2,s5Oooo annually. TO this
must be added in 1910 the sum Of $1,000
900 year for sinking fund Of the first
loan. No provision has been made for
repaying the second loan.
Cuba's revenues including a new stamp
tax which is most burdensome. are now
$4,000 a year short of the amount re-
quired for the interest and the sinking
fund Of her public debt now existing or
TO be contracted.
An incident of this frenzied nnancier-
ing is the recent purchase for 100000 Of
a Havana theatre which its owners found
Improbable. but had sufficient political
influence to unload on the government
We intervened in Cuba to avenge the
Maine. That was the immediate cause.
But what brought about the Maine out
rage was Spanish mlsgovernment-span
ish over-taXation and plumber of Cuba.
We stopped that We spent hundreds Of
lives and millions of money to cut Cuba
loose from Spain. And then we commit
ted the crowning folly Of cutting Cuba
adrift from us.
WIKI what result? With that shown by
the figures given above. with the result
that Cuban independence" has become
merely "a free lunch Of the mercenaries
With the result that the Cubans are do
ing now to themselves what Spain for
merly did to them.