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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-14
BUY THE GOVERNMENT.
J. Pierpont Morgan 10 DESTROYS Of Pur.
chasing an Art Gallery.

SHasiha eH AFt 1aiiefJs
Florence. May is.--when J. Pier
pont Morgas was here last April the
rumor was circulated that he was me-
gotiating for the purchase OF an art
gallery belonging to an old family.
This report Is now revived with cer-
tain Celebrations. the gallery being
that OF Martelli. one OF the richest in
art treasures in Florence. comprising
famous silver works attributed TO
Cellina and Famous Bas Reliefs by
Donatello and verocchio. 1t Is alleged
that Mr.. Morgan offered 100000 for
the collection and that owner asked
31.00o.00O The government. learning
that negotiations were in progress. or
dered the police to keep a careful
watch over the Martelli place. as the
art treasures contained in the gallery
cannot be exported.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-14
THIRD CLASS CRUISER.
Japanese Cruiser Expected at San
francisco for Supplies.

Japanese Cruiser Expected at San
Eranslsoo for Supplies.
San Franciaco May lS.--A third
class cruiser of the Japanese navy is
reported to be on the way to this port
To undergo repairs and q general over
hauling. The naem VI the vessel Is
not known but from al accounts the
warship lately left the Aslatic coast,
under orders to come to this port to
be repaired. and II Is likely that she
Wilt upon arrival be detained here. as
was the Russian cruiser Lena. until
the end of the war
The Japanese cruiser is daily ex-
pected to arrive. 1t Is presumed that
she has been scouting in the Paclne,
and having become short OF fuel, was
ordered to put in here, both for advice
and TO receive an overhauling in case
repairs should be necessary.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-14
HORDE or curwoRMs.
Are Destroying the Orange Orchards
Of Southern California.

San Barnardlno, Cal, May 15,--The
horde of cutworms which have been
increasing by millions In this valley
during the last few weeks, have be-
gun an attack on orange orchards.
Growers are alarmed and have called
on the county commissioners to take
action at once to have, the crop. The
worms are not eating the foliage, but
have attacked the. green fruit and
buds. boaring through the rind OF
the fruit and devouring the interior,
Some trees are already cleaned of
fruit. The horticultural commissioner
Immediately ordered powder sprayers
for paris green. Thousands OF or
chards in Southern California are
threatened. gtA
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-14
VIOLATED POSTAL LAWS.

snlds Jswelry Firm Selling Paste
Diamonds Forced Out of Business.
Chicago. May 1S.-"Hamilton Bros,
Co" iewelry Arm at 2ss5 Dearborn
street. has been forced out OF exist
ence by the postal authorities,
"The correspondence of this COM
pany was excluded from the mails" I"
said Postal Inspector Germer, be-
cause of the manner in which 1t sold
Its goods. The plan was to send let
ters that brought replies. Then the
firm would follow up the letters and
try to make sale Of an initiation dia-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-14
JACK MATHEWS REMOVED.
Charles ]. Reed Appointed United
Statea Marshal for oreaon.

Washington, ID. c., May 1S.-Presl-
dent Roosevelt announced this morn
Ing that he had removed from office
w. F. Matthews, United States mar
shall for the Oregon district, and to fill
the vacancy had named Charles j.
Reed of Portland.
Following closely on the heels of the
announcement that the president had
removed Mr.. Matthews came the
statement from Attorney General
Moody that Marshal Matthews had
been removed at the request Of Dis
trict Attorney Heney. Heney did not
prefer charges of a specific character,
SO 1t Is said. further than to notify
the attorney general that he thought
Matthews was out Of harmony with
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-14
pALLEs.cELILo ROAD.
Major Lansfitt Receives Orders from
Washington for Work.

Portland, May 1s,-Major Langftt,
United States engineers, this morning
received official approval from the war
department Of the project for the ex-
petition of the fund available for The
Dalles-Celilo canal. Plans and speci-
fications viii be forwarded at once by
Major. Langfltt to the war department
and it is probable that bids win be ade
vertised for within month. The
contract win be let in time 70 COM
mence work after the June freshet. Il
satisfactory bids are received. About
81, 10000 win be expended on the
canal, and progress Of the work VIII
depend upon how the money is APP
proprlated. 1t is estimated the canal
could be built in about four and half
years. were the whole amount avail
able at once. 1,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-14

Mayetia. Kan. May is.-The school-
house and 10 farmhouscS were totally
demolished by tornado that struck
this city and vicinity this afternoon.
An the telephone lines are broken
down by the wind and no particulars
can DO obtained as 20 the damage done
north Of here. The tornado lifted a
mile north OF this city and went north
east tearing on the tops Of trees.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-14
Hotel Is Closed.

St. Louis. May 1s.-The register OF
the Lindell hotel was formally closed
today and the patrons who now have
Accommodations there win be forced
70 move next Tuesday. when the build
ing viii be torn down to make way for
"a department store. The Lindell has
been in existence for 80 years, and
was very popular with travelling men.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-14
new DISTRICT JUDGE.
Probable That Judge DeHaven Will
Be Assigned to Portland.

San Francisco, May 1s.-Judge Gil
bert, presiding Judge Of the United
States circuit court of appeals, an
nounced his intention OF detailing
United States District Judge DeHaven
to the United States district court at
Portland to take the place temporari-
ly of the late Judge Bellinger,
Judge DeHaven is requested to open
court on June 10, the date set for the
trial OF the land fraud cases and to
proceed with the trial of the cases.
Should a successor to Judge Bel
linger be appointed to the new APP
polntee may preside over the district
court in this city during Judge De-
Haven's absence.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-14
FOREIGN POLICY or ITALY.
Impossible to coneede the Annexation
Of Crete to Greece.

Of Crete to Greece.
Rome. May 1s.--In the course Of the
discussion Of the foreign budget in
the chamber Of deputies Forengn Min
lister Tittoni has made statement re-
Earding the general foreign policy Of
Italy. one Of the chief points Of which
was that 1t was impossible to conceds
the annexation Of Crete 70 Greece be-
caues OF the effect It would have in
the. Balkans.
The minister said that the triple
alliance represents a pledge Of peace.
while his meeting with Count Coli
uchowski (fhe foreign minister Of
Austria Hungary at Venice af-
fords fresh proof Of complete accord
with Austria which has manifested
itself. especially in Macedonia. where
reforms are progressing.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-14
Severe Wind Storm In Many Kan.
sas Towns With Loss Of
Life.
MANY PEOPLE HOMELESS
Churches, Business Houses and Dwell.
IInos Destroyed and Some Towns
Almost Entirely Wiped Out by cy'
clones in Kansas Yesterday.

Topeka, May IA tornado this
afternoon at Alta Vista unroofed a
large number OF houses and did eon-
siderable other damage. The storm
crossed the Chicago & Rock Island
track only a few hundred feet ahead
OF the Gold State limited express
which was going a, full speed. =,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-14
GAMBLING EXCHANGE.
New York Gambling Concerns Report
to Change In Business.

New York, May 1S.--Relieved from
the pressure OF Necessltous liquida-
tion, there has been some recovery in
prices on the stock exchange this
week. New demand was not large.
however, and speculation was re-
pressed by uncertainties in the outlook.
Principal of these were the fear Of a
turn In the tide of the steel trade ow-
ing to production outstripping con-
sumption. revival Of the campaign for
railroad rate contracts, the coming
naval conflict In the far east and the
evidence of lack of absorptive demand
for investment In the small subscrip-
tions to the Pennsylvania convertible
bond issue. The government crop re-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-14
FlcHTlno IN MANcHuRIA.
Japansss pursuin pths Same Tactics
20 Before Mukdsn.

- SNtNfN VssN%Ns"
oadgayadna, Manchuria, May Ia
AZ before the battle Of Mukden, the
japanese are apparently endeavoring
to roll back the Russian left, which,
as then. is being pushed Ear TO the
|southward. The Russians are advanc-
Ing In three columns and driving the
Japanese back. and have reached and
held Dangu Pass. but since May
they have been subjected TO constant-
ly increasing pressure and fierce night
attacks. The Japanese In the center
have withdrawn n little 20 the line at
Manchnntze and Madiapu, three miles
south of changtu station.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-14
QUIET AT zHlToMIR.
Jews Accused of Invsislins Russis
Into War With Japan.

Jews Accused Of Inveisling Russia
Into War With Japan.
st. Petersburg. May 1S.-Reports
from Zhitomir indicate that yesterday
was passed quietly in that city and
vicinity. According to the official ac-
count the mob was responsible for all
the casualties during the recent riot
ing in Zhltomir. The soldiers did not
fire. VII
Reports Of contemplated Jew bait
ing on May IL (the Russian May day)
In various portions Of the empire are
arriving here. Proclamations are be-
ing systematically scattered in all
quarters, one. Of the accusations of
which is that Jews invelgled Russia
into the war with Japan,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-14
DIVISION 10 DIVIDED.
The Russian Fleet 10 Divided lnte
Three Separate squadrons.

Three Separate squadrons.
Sc Petersburg. May i3.-Sincs the
arrival on the Chinese sea Of Rear
Admiral Nebogatoff, who liz the junior
admiral In the faf east. his command
Ia believed 70 have ceased 10 exist as
a separate division. The meet ID now
divided into three squadrons. Vice Ad-
mIral yoelkarsnm. who II second In
rank TO Vice Admiral RojeatvenAky
being In command of the heavy eruis-
er squadron, Nebogatoff has been
placed In charge of an information
squadron OF scouts and converted mer-
chantmen.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-14

Valley Falls. Kan, May IA tor
nado this afternoon did much damage
20 property. Nobody was seriously In
jured. ona church. Ave dwelling
houses and many farm buildings were
completely demolished.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-14

Sallna. Kan, May IA small tor
nndo struck this city this afternoon.
wrecking two residences and numer-
GUS barns and outbuildings. Two
young women were injured, but will
recover.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-14
ASTORIA, OREGON. SUNDAY, MAY II. 1905.

mond The men concerned said they
did not know they were violating any
postal rule and that they considered
their business legi innate"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-14

Snyder, o. r.. May iS.--All the re-
covered bodies Of the victims Of las,
Wednesday nights tornado have been
buried, shipped away or shipment
provided for. The homeless persons
found shelter and the wounded are be-
ing carefully attended TO. olustree.
20 miles west OF Snyder. was struck
this morning by n tornado and the
entire city wiped out. No deaths are
reported but several persons were
painfully bruised. Houses were de-
molished rnd many OF the inhabitants
in the little village are homeless and
without shelter The clouds moved in
a northeasterly direction and It Is be-
lIeved that much damage has been
done In the country.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-14

Mcpherson Kan, May ls,--A small
tornado struck the residence part OF
Mcpherson this afternoon, demolIah.
ing several small buildings. att ths
same time another tornado was sseen
northwest Of the city. II damaged a
number Of farmhouses. on account OF
the rural telephone lines being down
the full extent OF the damage could
mot be learned.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-14
Twenty.Three Killed.

Harrisburg, May is,--The number of
deaths as the result Of the Pennsylva-
MIA collision is now totaled at 2S.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-14
R.spso. d Judo. BslIlnusr.

San Francisco, May ls,--The federal
courts adjourned this morning out Of
respect to the memory Of Judge Chas,
B. Bellinger
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-14

port on winter wheat helped In tha
light revival OF demand late In the
week, -
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-14
LAND OFFICE ABOLISHED.
While Killing Bears ths President
Waa Attending 70 Business.

Washington. May l3--1he president
has issued an order abolIshing the land
ONCE at Akron Col The business Of
the district Will be transferred to the
Office at sterling. Col.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-04
EDUCATIONAL.

"She married in haste and repented at leisure, didn't she?"
 "She hasn't repented any that know of"
 "But she is divoreed?"
 "Yes. But she gets $2OO a month ali- Inony."-Houston Post. .....
 Mrs. Casey--nTis a shame, Mrs. Cas- sidy,. for yer husband to come home drunk the way he does. It hurts me to see it. tt
 Mrs. Cassidy--I don't doubt it, Mrs. Casey. Ye always wuz av an invious disposition. Philadelphia Press.
 "one-haif of the worlds happiness is solved when a person learns to mind his own business. v ..->r.. ..t
 Yes; but it's the other half that causes the most trouble!''
 Whats that?" @ .- ..
 Getting other people to mind theirs!" Detroit Free Press.
 Gaymatl- Old fellow, I feel like buy ing drink for somebody. Will you come along2 s. ..........
 Digman-Don't you suppose I know that your impulse to buy a drink for somebody is only incidental and sec ondary to your inclination to take a drink yourself? Yes, I'll go, old man. Chicago Tribune.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-04
No Color Line in .Christinn Science.
H. T. B.

TO Editor of the Journal and Courier:
 The despatches from Stamford relat- ing to the football team of the Manor school, upon which you comment in your issue of the 20th of October might made it appear that the color line was drawn in Christian science. This is very misleading and far from the actual state of affairs in the Christian Science denomination, where all men, Of every race and of every creed, are free to worship, if they will.
 There is really no connection what ever, as you remark. between the foot ball team of the Manor school and Christian Science, but as to the actual facts in the case, learn that the can cellation of the game was the anauthof-
 ized act of one of the boys of the Manor school and did not have the sanction of the team or the school authorities. The
 Manor school team has on former oc-
 casions played with other teams con- taining colored boys and will probably | Go so again.
 Quite apart from this little tempest 1 in a teapot, it seems to me gratuitous to mention Christian Science. It is no
 doubt true that some of the faculty of
 the Manor school and many Of the boys
 are interested in Christian Science. but
 the school is not "con1ucted under
 Christian Science auspices" if by that
 is meant that it has any official charac-
 ter or status. It IS no more logical to
 call this private enterprise Christian Science school than to say that the
 grocery store owned by man who happened to be a Methodist was a
 Methodist grocery. There is only one
 college in the Christian Science denonl-
 ination, where divine metaphysics is l taught, and that is the Massachusetts
 Metaphysical college in Boston
 Willard S. Mattox.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-04
NOT 4 GAY FRENCHMAN.

M. de Lanessan, the former French
 minister of marine, doesn't feel very comfortable concerning the condition of the defensive Actresses upon Frances
 eastern frontier. Practically, he says, these supposed impregnable strong
 holds are of very little use. The Gen.
 eral Staff at Berlin, he declares, has or-
 ganized 8 so-called field artillery capas ble of transportation and sufficiently powerful to destroy the Notifications erected at such great expense. Ger
 many, he adds, possesses more than one hundred and fifty powerful guns which she could transport under the walls of these forts at the very moment of a diplomatic rupture. The howitzer pro-
 jectiles weigh forty kilogrammes, and those of the mortars 145 kilogrammes. Filled with powerful explosives, the shells discharged by these two types of guns could, according to thee German artillerymen, quickly demolish any
 French forts they might attack. The opinion of all weil-informed French of- ] ticers, says M. de Lanessan, is that at
 the present moment the German guns are more powerful than the resistance of the French fortresses. Relying upon ! this fact, he asserts, the German war party a few months ago urged that the French should be attacked without de- lay, They argued that, owing to the
 weak protection of the frontier. Ger 1 man troops could be brought under the walls of Paris in a week, before French l armies could be formed. Without at- 1 taching much importance to this brag- ging, says M. de Lanessan, it must be admitted that the French fortresses are
 not capable of offering adequate resist ! ance to the new German artillery; that | the French are entirely lacking in artil- lery of this description; and, finally, 1 that the frontier is no longer sufficient ! ly well defended. either by the fortifi- | cations erected there or by the troops ! who ought to cooperate with them,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-04
FUTILE F.4THER.

MT. H. Duden has found out how much he amounts to. He happens to be the father of a boy who has the distinguished honor of being a football player on the Columbia eleven. MT, Duden doesn't seem to appreciate that honor, and he wants it removed from his son, but he finds that he can't get 1t removed. He has written to the dis tinguished dean as follows: MT. Morley called at ny house last year when l had forbidden my son to play any more football and told me that if would let Fred play the few terminal games he would not ask him to play any more. I certainly did not send my boy to the university to learn to play football. and find that it ruins his constitution besides the bodily harm he risks every day. I have now told him that he must either quit football or leave the univer- sity, and still he is forced to play by Morley, Who seems to have h1m under control. After having spent so much money on the education of my son do not like to take him from his last years study. He has played football now five years; understand that four years is the limit. appeal to you to find some way and means to get him off the foot ball team.
 And did the distinguished dean give the distressed and appealing father any comfort? An no. He calmly told him that young Dudens scholarship is up to the mark, and that while this continues the faculty cannot interfere. Of course not. Perhaps if it did it would get about what the Czar is getting now, Football must and shall be preserved.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-04

More Beauties of the Australian Ballot To Editor of the Journal and Courier:
 The Republican party in New York city nominated Mir. Hammer as their candidate for district attorney Some two weeks before election MT. Hammer declined and the Republicans then nominated MT. Jerome in his place. The Supreme court on appeal from two low CT tribunals has just, decided that Je- rome's name cannot be printed as the Republican candidate on the official ballot and that Hammers name must stand on their ticket although he is not a candidate of that party nor of any other. Tn this dilemma the supporters of Jerome are bending all their efforts to instruct voters how to mark their ballots so as to vote for Jerome and not. for Hammer without making the ballots void for everybody on the ticket.
 The Tribune devotes an editorial to explaining the proper method which. it says, lis only a trifle for intelligent citizens" 'The voter must put his CLUBS aS usual ullAtE LIlG IlSpuUl1Cttli emblem, and then put a cross in the voting space at the les:: of MT. Je- rome's name which appears all by itself in a separate column under the emblem of the Black Square. He should not put mark in the circle under the Je- rome emblem, for that would invalidate his ballot but put in it the square be- side the name, the process is perfectly easy.''
 The Women's Municipal league, how ever, do not consider the process so easy that it is not liable to be blunder- ed over by thousands of voters. The Tribune says in it's news columns:
 ''The women have been concentrating all their energies on the task of teach ing the public how to split ticket for Jerome, and on Monday night they will enlist the aid of stereopticon. One auto" will carry a stereopticon and another will go before it with a sheet on which Jerome pictures and the split ticket will be thrown" A circular has been issued by the women with a card showing how to vote the split ticket, printed in four different languages; the two are now being scattered broadcast by newsboys, and others, all over the city,
 What convenient and simple meth cd of voting is supplied by the Austral- ian system as compared with the abominable Connecticut ballot law and what pity it is that this state is not enjoying it's advantages!
 Will the Hartford Courant kindly copy?
 H T R.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-04
'EDEATH'' AND EtDAUNTLESS,"

Last spring, when I proposed taking four timber wolf puppies, and rearing them by hand at my own home, well~ known naturalist shook his head and did his best to dissuade me You'll soon find them great burden,' he said, land they'll not only kill your neighbors' sheep and cattle, but if the neighbors happen to have children What are you laughing at? You won t find the subject nearly so funny, when you see a mob of farmers at your front door armed with scytlrss and pitch forks and ready to settle scores for the damage your wolves have done" And he left me, feeling rather hurt that I did not take his advice and leave the wolves alone.
 The reader may remember that I got the cubs home safe and that they were soon thriving on milk and raw beef. Very quickly, however, they dropped milk from their bill-of-fare entirely. and showed me that raw meat was the food they preferred. And I gave it to them, too, in spite of warnings that it would make them awfully savage" If have a wolf, want him to be 8 Wolf-not a tame rabbit-and I would not care to make him less vigorous by feeding him on mush. So the babies got meat, and plenty of it, and they