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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-10-04
DETAILS OF HOLDUP
Stories Differ as to Number Of
Bandits Engaged.
LOCAL SAFE UNTOUCHED

Torpedo on Track Followed by Red
Light Attracted Engineers Atten-
ton Who Fearing the Condition Of
Road Stopped Train.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-03
MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1905.
ON THE WRONG TACK.

The Kansas City Star talks some great trusts which now have the coun- try by the throat. It depicts the dangers ahead and the duty of the people to provide against them by putting the trusts out of business.
 The Star can but know that the Re- publican Party Is the father, mother and wet nurse of the trusts. It is a regular and inevitable sequence, as all must know. The party begat the tariff and the tariff begat the trusts and nourishes them and encourages them. We do not say that there would be no such thing as a trust in the land if there were no protective tariff, but we do say the tariff fosters and pro- tects them. They can be put down, but there is but one way and that way lies through the Democratic Party Let that party get into full control of the government and 1t would so modify the tariff that no honest industry would suffer, while the people would rejoice Then the over grown trusts which are fattening on the people would find their opportunities for plunder so limited and circui..scribed that they would go out of business
 The Star should know by this time that the talk among Republicans about suppressing the trusts, is plain bluff. because that party intends to do noth- ing towards suppressing these vam- pires. It knows that they and the Republican Party are engaged in a game of reciprocity for mutual benefit. The money of the trusts put the party in power and they expect to be pro- tected by it. If The Star is really sincere in its denunciatIon of trust methods let 1t turn from the error of its ways and use its powers and in- nuence in the commendable work of putting the country into the hands of the Democrats. When that Is done it will be the first and indispensable step towards the abatement of great evil.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-03
The Chattanooga News says:

When Foraker delivered his tirade against the proposition to return these flags he was playing politics. A Demo- crat made the proposition. and fellows like Foraker, were not broad enough to stand the jar. Mckinley and Roose- welt have taken practically the same position on this matter that President Cleveland took, sentiment has changed and Foraker is still playing politics He will allow the flags to be returned
 Yes. he will allow the flags to be re- turned" but we suspect it is because he can't help himself. We doubt if he has really changed at heart, and if he could feel assured that the sentiment of the country is with him he would say hold on to the flags while there is a thread of them left. He finds that the sentiment of the North has changed and of course it is good politics in him to change with it. Then. too, the return of our flags comes through a Republican administration and a man of Foraker's sort couldn't afford to buck against the ie-dlstribu- tor of his party That's the sort of man-Jack Foraker is.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-03
GREAT MEN.
London Spectator Declares There Is ar
 Alarming Scarcity.


 London Spectator Declares There Is an
 Alarming Scarcity.
 The Spectator.
 What of the men who should be great to deal with this crushing multi tude of world events? There is not one among them who belongs past all Ques- tion to that small number of mankind who in history have really guided events, or who may be expected by patient observers to found as we'll as to contend. Two among them, no doubt are big men in their way; but both William II of Germany and Presi- dent Roosevelt are hampered by dis parity between their objects and their means which as yet appears incur able.
 For the rest. can any one name man of the absolute first grade. Napoleon, a Bismarck, a Cavour. or even a Garibaldi, the single man of our age the stamps of whose foot produced armies from the ground? Even the new state in the far East though 1t has produced men adequate to their great task-Generals who can win bat ties with hundreds of thousands4 en- gagged, and statesmen who can finance a first class war--has not produced a man of genius, or one who can like
  suits.
 The huge empire of Russia, seeth- ing with political and military activi- ty, does not evolve one man who Is competent either to shatter the existing system or to reconsolidate the ancient order. Russia has no Napoleon, no Mirabeau. scarcely even Sieyes; only witte for O Colbert. only a Count Lamsdorf for Richelieu- In Germany no one Is alive but the Emperor. and in Austria the only great statesman. Count Tisza, has neither success nor popularity. and though in the Emperor adroitness rises to the mark of genius, he, like every other diplomatist except Cavour, fails to found. In those two great military empires one can not even name the man who in a great war would be chosen generalissimo.
 In Italy a new generation of politi- cans is rising to the top, and as yet has | included no one who can solve the social problem or settle the eternal quarrel with the church. In France so | little are politicians great that 1t is l admitted by all who record events that the fall of the greatest among them makes no difference. and that the war with the church will go just as well and just as badly though the protagon- lSt or the antl-clericai slQe uds oISap- peared.
 In our own country Conservatives frankly despise the leader for whom they vote, the opposition are almost paralyzed by the absence of any man even approaching greatness, while more than half the community deny the capacity of the one man who stands outside and offers himself as ruling mind.
 In America no politician except the President. and perhaps Mir. Hay, Is visible above the surface. and the lat ter is forbidden by the Constitution to be a distinctive figure. That con sensus of national admiration which is so rarely wrong attaches itself to no one, except in the case of America and MT. Roosevelt, and the nations are left to the guidance of men about whom even their flatterers can hardly say with grave faces that they are more than able.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-03
MT. T. P. shontz.

MODile Register.
 The Washington Post announces that among the latest names under consid- eration by President Roosevelt for the presidency of the Panama Canal Com mission is that of MT. T. P. Shontz, with chances in favor of his selection MT. Shonts is well and favorably known in this city and locality. He has a beautiful summer home north of Daphne on the Eastern Shore. and a steam yacht, and nas spent much time on the Eastern Shore during the summer since acquiring home there. The Washington Post says of him: MT. Shontz is not as well known In the East as many other railroad men. but is said to have great energy in di- recting large operations. He married a daughter of ex-Governor Drake Of Iowa and although a native of Craw- ford County, Pennsylvania, he has passed most of his mature life in the West MT. Shontz was graduated from Monmouth College in 1878. and received the degree of M. A. from that institution in 1879. He entered upon his railroad career in July, 1891, and until May, 1882. was superintendent of the Iowa Construction Company. and then for four years general superin- tendent of the Clover Leaf road; ofii- cially known as the Indiana. Illinois and Iowa Railroad. In 1SS6 he became its general manager, and Juno 16, 1Sss' its President"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-03

According to one George Bernard Shaw "men's clothes are absurd" They are. George, for a fact When we look at the styles of century ago we find ourselves indulging in a snicker over their absurdity. but are some of our modern styles any better? There are articles of dress worn by men now that takes from us all desire to criti- else those of our grandfathers.
 But what are we to do about it. George? The law of the land, as well as of society. forbid us going back to Adams original style. Even his fig leaf substitute would hardly pass in fashionable society now, and we doubt if the police would allow them on the street. The law and the fashions have decreed that man must be clothed when out of the bath-tub, and we've got to put up with the absurdities with what grace we can muster.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-03
pre.Ident RnoneveIt,a rrin.

Arrangements have been completed by the management of the Pennsyl- vania lines east and west of Pittsburg for handling the special train of Pres ident Roosevelt from Washington, D. C., to Cincinnati on his trip to the Southwest The train will arrive at Cincinnati early Tuesday morning over the Cincinnati division of the Panhan- dle. The train will consist of a compo- site car and the Pullman private cars Forest and Rocket. and will he deliv- cred to the Louisville and Nashville Road immediately on arrival at Cin- cinnati. Precautions will be taken for the Presidents safety on his trips. It is not tho intention to make re- markedly fast time. but to move the train safely and to make the trip as pleasant as possible for the President.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-03
RAILWAY EARNINGS.
No Heavier Earnings Ever Before Made by the First Spring Month.

Railway earnings for the month which closed Friday will doubtless ex- ceed those of any March in the history of the leading roads in this country. The exhibit would be even more fa- vorable had the companies had suffi cient cars to move the traffic offered. It is constantly accommodating in such quantities that officers of the roads have been at their wits end to find the equipment necessary for the move ment of a portion of the freight of fered. The movement of merchandise and manufactured goods was fully 25 per cent. in excess of that of year ago, and all classes of industries are furnishing an immense tonnage. Had not the roads during the winter got their power and cars in good condi- tion they would have been in deplor- able shape As 1t Is there was a short age of 6O,0O0 to S0,O00 cars in spite of the fact that new rolling stock Is being received almost every day by the diff ferent roads. All things considered the month has been a record breaker in tonnage and Tn time made moving 1t. The conditions have been such during the entire month as to admit railroads hauling their full tonnage.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-03
Two Ways Only.

New York Sun. March 3l.
 Such a national enterprise as is pro- posed with respect to Santo Domingo can be inaugurated constitutionally in two ways, and in two ways only:
 First-The ratification by the United States Senate of treaty. the provi- sions of the treaty thus becoming the supreme law of the land. and conse- auently imposing lawful duties and functions upon the executive;1
 SecOnd-The adoption by both houses of CUugisSs of joint resolution en- acting the policy into law. and like wise imposing lawful duties and func- tions upon the President.
 No legerdema n with phrases can add to the fores oing snort list third method of accon plishing what Presi- dent Roosevelt believes ought to be done in Santo Domingo for the peace and welfare Of thr United States.
 If the Senate has made a mistake in adjourning without action on the treaty. 1t Is within the power Of the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-03
Preten.e of Virtue After Crime

Philadelphia Record.
 Having elected to the Senate the only public man who has frankly jus tiled the buying of votes, the Connec ticut Legislature is now listening to arguments in favor of measures that will discourage political corruption. The Judiciary Committee asked Prin- cipal George L. Fox of the University School, to draw a bill embodying the views he expressed before 1t, which were mainly an exposition of the Eng fish Corrupt Practices act. In 1880, be- fore this law was enacted. the cost of Parliamentary elections was estimated at $S,500,000 the last election cost $3,- 500, ,O00 If a candidate name an agent he can spend no money himself. The amount he may spend Is regulated by law In proportion to the number of voters in the constituency, and in 1900 the amount spent was a million dol lars less than the law allowed. The objects for which money may be spent are carefully prescribed, and carrying voters to the polls and hiring bands are among the unlawful ways of us- ing money
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-03
SOMETHING MORE ABOUT TT.

Referring once again to the vexed question of Rockefeller and his money a little somewhat ancient history may be of interest. Fifty years ago as we all know, the abolition feeling was high and bitter at the North. Then some of the Church Boards went through storm similar to that now disturbing a modern Board. and the arguments were based on similar grounds. It was held by the extremists that the church would be entering Into "a league with hell and covenant with death" if it accepted for any pur- pose money from slaveowners or from Southern churches which upheld or en- dorsed slavery. The organization most immediately interested fought the ques- tion out, and in the words of a late writer 1t established the position that as a board of trust its functions are prescribed by its charter. It Is not court of equity or a court of morals still less a court of law. Such functions which the community very properly re- duires to have exercised for 1t are ex- ercised by suitable tribunals, to whose decisions the people look and by which they in the long run are wisely guided.
 That was a sensible conclusion. just as it will be & sensible conclusion for the coneregational Board to accept the gift of Mir. Rockefeller and put 1t to a good use. And there is another point in this business that needs to be clear ed up. The Secretary of the Board James l.. Barton. has stated. in effect, that no one asked MT. Rockefeller, either directly or indirectly. to give or offer the money. He states that In his l belief "the gift was spontaneous and | made from his own impulse" but then comes Rev. A. H. Bradford and makes this definite and positive statement: This was not a case of MT. Rocke- l felfer's seeking a means of self-Justih- cation, but it was that of a noble enter prise in its extreme need making US appeal to him. To that appeal he yielded, not in any way making the | board his partner, and not asking 1t to give him any approval. He simply responded to an earnest request.
 Here is a very important difference of opinion or understanding, and we do not pretend to say which Is correct
 but if Dr. Bradford is right the Board places itself in a peculiar position by refusing what 1t had asked for. This would be a very unpleasant dilemma | for the Board or it's members to place themselves in. That body has already l brought too much notoriety on itself by the action taken. and would do well to take a rational view of the matter and settle it. In the words of Rev
 Henry A. Stinson, there Is always 8 temparation in times of wide agita- tion. particularly over social and eco homie questions, for conscientious and eager people to set up individual tribunals for judging other people, for
 getting that morality does not attact
 to money in itself, that the possessol
 or getter of it must give account ot
 his morals ultimately to God, and that
 in recognition of the great mixture oi
 motives, good and bad. under which we
 all act, it is our duty and privilege tc
 offer all the help we may to any mar
 who in any individual case Is moved
 to try to do some good"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-03

Again has that eminent chemist, Dr.. Wiley, put us up against it good and hard. We all know how he discouraged the lovers of something strong by his assertion that there is hardly any pure liquor to be obtained. Now he Is making assertions about water which are calculated. it seems to us, to upset all the theories and dicta of the medi- cal profession. He declares that really pure water is not fit drink for ordi- nary human beings. Distilled water, he says, should never be taken except in cases where the condition of the stomach is entirely abnormal, and goes on to assure us that ''the presence of the ordinary dissolved minerals such as the compounds of lime. iron, soda. magnesium, traces of organic matter and of nitrous and nitric acid of sulphuric and hydrochloric acid. and the presence of ordinary bacteria, and those which are not pathogenic in character, must be regarded as improving the character of the water for drinking purposes" If this theory is a correct one what becomes of all the worry and caution about impure water? The theory practically means that the worse the water the safer 1t Is to drink 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-03
Roy Had H,s Wish.

Pittsburg. Pa. April 1.-Because he wanted to see a real train wreck" ," Royal Grimm, twelve years old. son of a well known resident of Groveton, a suburb of the city. deraIled the "Cleve- land flyer" by plcaing iorn bars and coupling pins on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad tracks near his home. The train, bearing scores of pas sengers, jumped the rails and after travelling about a hundred yards over the railroad ties came to a sudden stop. Railroad detectives soon located young Grimm and secured his confession.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-03

President to summon 1t back to Wash ington to complete its work.
 If there Is no prospect of securing a two-thirds vote in the Senate for a measure which the President deems necessary as a safeguard against na- tional embodiment, 1t Is in his power to convene Congress at once and to ask for the adoption by majority vote in the Senate and a majority vote in the House of Representatives of a joint resolution which, quite as effec- lively as a treaty, will give to his Sam to Domingo policy the indispensable authority of law.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-03
Wera All GmIlfx

Birmingham Ledger.
 It was all right to send Mrs. Chad wick to the penitentiary for ten years for swindling. She was guilty. Jus tice will not be satisfied if the matter stops there. In almost every instance the bank officials were more guilty than the woman. They got part of the spells and they turned other peoples money over to her. They were more guilty than she and they ought to be sent to the penitentiary for at least as long a term.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-03
The Lowest Mountain.

There has always been more or less dispute about which is the highest mountain in the world, but the lowest mountain does not appear to have in- terested the geographers to a great ex- tent. Yet there is a lowest mountain. at least in the United States. and 1t is Mount Cornelia. This little mountain. only sixty-three feet high. is located in Fort George Island. at the mouth of the St. Johns river. Fla. and is the highest point of land on the coast be- tween Cape Hatteras and Key West. A light was established on it at one time. but at last accounts 1t had been discontinued.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-03

The Washington Star, which has not heretofore printed paper on Sun day, made a new departure last Sun day by getting out hfty-s:& psSe edi- ton. which may very properly be call ed a hummer. Under the editor lal leadership of MT. Crosby s. Moves The Star has been a strong. bright and fearless newspaper, and the addition of . Sunday issue will add much to its power and usefulness. If this first one ls . fair sample of what may be ex- pecfod in the future its contemporaries Hgil1 have to spread themselves to keep an with #. for 1t is fairly bulSing MFaEb good Esa6in&
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-03
Wants to Know.

Moulton Advertiser.
 We would like to know what IS the likely he Is off somewhere fishing or fooling away his valuable time and do- ing no good. We need him in Ala in herds, all over Alabama, and none of them have brains enough to get away.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-03
Is a Mistake.

B1rmIngham Age-FtTa1u.
 It Is a mistake to say that a State in earnest cannot control and handle in its own way any monopoly within its bounds. Kansas can and will fight down and probably out the giant oil octopus, and the contest will be- much-needed lesson to all the other States.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-03
Has Doubts.

Hartford JOurnaI.
 A feather-legged President of South American republic proposes to go to war with Uncle Sam, and as a preliminary to capture New Orleans with 3O,000 men. Maybe Uncle Sam would leave a greasy spot but we have our doubts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-03

Bro. Rockefeller is not Populist and al! these Rail Road Regulators are go- ing to make 1t hot for him. He had better 20 into the market and buy him up a few more U. S. Senators-Unless he has already been provident. The good people who refuse his money for the heather will hardly question the purity of his meney in the purchase of law makers, because these good people may be members of some political party.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-03

Now they are claiming, or charging that a certain department clerk writes speeches for Congressman. but if it Is true, what of it? The probability is that in many cases the speeches will be all the better.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-03
They Are Victims

A number of Chicago school boys have turned out to be highwaymen. These boys are victims of their envi- ronment; or, it may be said, their the dollar getting spirit. The mighty dollar Is all supreme in Chicago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-03
Wbat State Papers
 lire Saying
4 Large Field

Centerville Press.
 We believe that one-half the male population should have a license to practice law. It would then give the people a large field of political aspi- rants to select from.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-03
WATCH IT GRowi

D. g. Noble. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn says: The foregoing statement of The Ad- vertiser's circulation for the month of Feo- ruary, 1905, is true and correct and com piled after all returns from news boys news agents and leftover copies have been de- ducted. F. s. NOBLE,
 Circulation Manager.
 The Advertiser Company. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th day of March. 1905.
 F. w JACKSON, (Seai) Notary Public,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-03

In our opinion what the Czar now wants and needs worst is somebody to help him turn loose.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-03

I'm nightly bothered about Mis- sionary Board declining a gift from Bro. Rockefeller. can't understand il. There must be something wrong about that Board. It isn't Baptist Board and I feel delicacy in express ing myself outside my own Commun- ion but 1t looks like an effort to dis credit a Baptist.
 l reckon Bro. Rockefeller and have given about as much as any two Bap- lists you can name, but no Baptist Board has ever stopped to Inquire if we got the money by honest farming. crap shooting, church supper or any other lawful and approved way of raising money for the Lord" No sir. we've never been discredited in thls way before and I don't like it now. Why, every newspaper is full of Bro. Rockefeller and his tainted money" till it's a shame. I used to dislike Bro Rockefeller because when he 'come down" with a million or so for some church purpose the preacher and Heather Agents threw it In my face and expected me to ante" too. He may learn this valuable lesson-to place his money with Baptists and save refusals and unpleasant talk about the kind of money he uses. This religious suspicion of money may cause Carne- gie 10 conclude to die rich man and that will he too bad. But, Carnegie is not a Baptist and I'm under no ohliga- ton to defend him. I just want to keep cur skirts clean" I'm af<atd
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-03

Csty subscriptions should be paid to the GosloWtnx authorized collectors only: J. F Map>a City (irculator: E. w. Mccain, A- A. Mccain. '. B Cogburn, .. c. Robinsea.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-03
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