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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-01
Latest From Roanoke.

San Francisco, Nov. S0-The Mer.
chants Exchange has received report
from Point Arena, Mendocino County,
stating that ut 3 O'Clock this morning a
steamer with another steamer in tow
passed that place, bound south, The YES
sci in tow Is supposed TO be the steamer
Roanoke whic hlost her rIdder off En'
reka on Tuesday morning.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-01
FEVER AT THEP0.

Panama. Nov 30.-The sanitary dc.
partmcnt has extended it- work to Che.
po, 10 mile. away, where recently a
few eases Of fever occurred among the
foreigners employed in building the
government road The town has been
thoroughly fumigated.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-01
TO SURVEY THE HAMILTON.

Ottawa, Ont. Nov. 30 The Dominion
government has joined the QucI~c 90,
ernment in sending party 10 survey
the lIamilpm rivr on the I,abnahor
coast Tlis IL done for the purpose Of
as@rtaining il timber has been cut on
Canadian territory lcl.c Of New Found.
land.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-01

The steamship Columbia jccksSl at the
10. r. { n. piers here yesterday at noon,
thereby making good her record of
never eating holiday dinner ON the
high seas. Her people eat dinner be-
tween this city and Tongue Point. She
lcft up for Portland almost immedi.
ately.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-01

The Tongue Point Milling Company is
advertising for bids for the construction
OF another large dock at the mills,
covering the late access of adjourning
property and involving 25O.OO0 square
feet of dock floor. The business i,
growing at Il pace that fully warrants
the new aud important acquisition.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-01

Nearly all the vessels in Portland har,
bor were gsyly decorated "Wednesday in
honor of Peter ker, senior member OF
Kerr, Clifford & CO., exporters, whose
marriage with Mis Laura King occur.
red Yesterday. ----------
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-01

II. 4. Bonhain of the federal immi.
grafton service at Portland was a visi.
tor in the city yesterday returning to
the metropolis on the 6;lo expires last
evening.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-01

Rheumatism, gout, backache, acid poi.
son, are results Of kidney trouble. Hol-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea goes direct.
ly to the seat Of the disease and cures
when all else fails. 3j cents. Sold by
Frank Hart.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-01

The well.known steamer Elleric has
been chartered by J. j. Moore & Co.,
OF San Francisco, TO load lumber at Port
land for Australia. The cargo will
measure about 100000 feet, and will
be furnished by the North Pacific Lum.
Der Company. The Elleric took two ear.
goes Of cereals to the Orient this year,
and she may possibly get there in time
to make the next visit the third within
twelve months.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-01

The steamship Francis II. Leggatt got
down from Portland Yesterday and went
to sea without so much as looking at the
big Sea raft in ioung's Bay, She was
headed for Eureka aml San Francis,
GO.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-01

Captain +, W. Spencer win lay his
steamer Chss, r, Spencer or the Port.
land Dallcs run for the winter, and in
the meantime she viii be given thor.
ough overhauling,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-01

All government work on the upper
Willamette has been discontinued for
the season The steamer Grey Eagle has
arrived in Portland at the Government
boneyard in Portland with the pile.
driver and tools from the scene Of the
public works in that section.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-01

Portland run last night in gocd time
anil with good business above and be.
low stairs.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-01
MRS. TODD AGAIN
Revival In Activity Of Criminal
and Civil Suits.
LAWYER WORKING ON CASE

Satisfactory Progress Made, He Says,
But Does Not Feel Justified In d.
vulging Facts or Making Any Init.
nation OF Them.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-01

The Portland. Asiatic liner Numantia
cleared for Hongkong and way ports
yesterday afternoon and sailed from
Portland this morning at daylight.
Her cargo is valued at S252, ,692.75 and
consists of 59,O5s barrels Of -four,
about 100000 bushels Of wheat and mix.
ed freight, including baled cotton, ma
chinery, fresh and preserved fruit, pa.
per and Japanese exhibits from the
Lewis and Clark Fair.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-01
PARLIAMENT TO ASSEMBLE.

Victoria, b. C., Nov. 3O.-The British
Columbia parliament will be assembled
on January II.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-01
With THE Mariners
Holiday Record Of the Astoria
Water Front
CUTTER PERRY ARRIVES IN

British Steamship Croydon Due Here
from San Francisco-Numantia Leaves
Portland Today for 0nent-Leggett
Leaves for Bay City.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-01
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Major $. W. RoeSsler Is now at Fort
Stevens. making the quarterly inspee.
tion there.
The British steamship Croydon is due
here from San Franeico at any hour
Portland pilot is here awaiting her.
The old whaling bark Alice Knowles
has left Sah Francisco bound for New
Bedford. Mass. to engage in whaling
on the South Atlantic next season.
The steamer Lurline got away on her
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-01
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Roy Twombly went TO Oregon city
Thursday 10 pend few days.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-01
THE SOLDIERS QUIT.
Football Game Ends In a Dispute
Over Rules.
NO SCORE IN FIRST HALF

At Beginning Of Second Half Ball Goes
Over Side Line and They Want TO
Kick il 0ver-Umpire Decides Against
Them and Stevens Refuses TO Play.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-01

The steamer Lurline got away on her
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-23
WOMEN MUST KNEEL TO MEN.
Is Law Among Many Tribes of East
 Central Africa.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Men in Africa and especially in East Central Africa, believe that their women are their interiors, and many centuries ago they made a law that has worn itself into a custom that women must ac- knowledge this by always kneeling when they meet a man.
 Duff Macdonald, who spent many years as "a missionary in this country, says that African women hold d most degraded po- sition, and are looked upon pretty gen erally as beasts of burden capable of do- ing all the hard work When woman meets any man. be it her husband 0t a stranger at home or or the road, she Is expected to 'taidiwala'-th is, to kneel and clap her hands to the lord of crea- ton as he passes. Although woman may have slaves of her own, she ob- serves this custom whenever she meets them on the highway
 Macdonald adds: Whenever we saw woman go out of her way with the inten- ton of kneelng before us, though she carried d hundredweight on her head, knowing that she would have to get up with it, we shouted, You are losing your way, this is the path and she took it, glad that she might dispense with this custom
 Certain 1t is that if the African woman kneels before stranger or slave she postrates herself most humbly before her husband-her lord and master. He is her father and she is his child; he commands and she obeys: he may inflict punishment and she accepts it.
 The title of Father is given to all old people, man of go win say: "1 am only a child; ask the old man"
 The woman must submit of course. She Is her husbands chattel he has bought her for two skins of a buck, and this is a fair price for one wife. He often gets them in payment for debts.
 If girl is not first wife she counts for little, as these Africans usually have one Gchief wife and three four minor wives. A man who Is married few years is expected to have junior wives. The chief wife has the superintendence of the others and looks after the house- hold. The punishment she inhicts for laziness is to banish the junior wife from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-23
Parsifaj This Week,

"Parsifal,' as given by the Conried Metropoltan-Op company from the Metropolitan Opera house, and to be heard in Birmingham next Thursday evening, is mine of wonders, vocally, fundamentally and particularly scenic- ally.
 To give this production on it's present magnificent scale has been the ambition and aim of Heinrich Conried for fully seventeen years.
 The story has often been told, yet 1t never loses interest. Mir Conried some seventeen years ago sat. an interested listener at Beyreuth, at the performance of "Parsifal" With the others present he was spell-bound by the glorious music of this last work of Richard Wagner, and carried away with its scenic gor- geousness, barring the magic garden scene In which the chorus of flower maid ems attempt to entice "Parsifal" This he found so unsatisfactory that he de- cided as soon as opportunity presented itself to give 'Parsifal" in the United States upon such a scale of splendor as he believed would meet the views and in- tentons of the great composer himself. For seventeen years he adhered to this determination and plan, and when, on February 1S, 1903, he was elected pres- dent and managing director of the Con rled MotfOpOHtan opera company, he realized that his time had come and his fist move was to work out a production of "Parsifal" on his own lines The re- suit is well known. Obstacles without number were thrown into his pathway, yet he triumphed over them all, gave "Parsifal" it's first production outside of Bayreuth in the Metropolitan opera house. New York on the evening of De- cember 2i 1903, and was rewarded with the most flattering criticisms that could be written, both in this country and in Europe, and to his extreme satisfaction, MT Conried declares that in the first sea son in New York "Parsifal'' was heard, enjoyed and appreciated by more people than in the whole twenty-two years that it has been given in Bayreuth.
 "ParsifaP is in three acts and seven scenes.
 of the Holy Grail. reciting the story of knights. has received througn the seduc- tion of Kundry.
 Suddenly Parsifal is brought into the scene. which is a very beautiful one, through the falling of a white swan. which he in his ignorance mas pierced with his arrow Parsifal Is the innocent fool, who knows not whence he comes. knows not the name of his father or mother, and is believed by Gurnemanz to be the very one who shall redeem Amforts.
 Now the whole scene shifts panoramic ally. The scenery moves gracefully across the stage and one almost believes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-23

weak magician, who has kundry in his power. Gazing into a mirror, he sees Parsifal approaching, and fearing his power he summons Kundry to seduce him, but Kundry refuses since for the moment the good in her nature triumphs over the evil Now this gloom Is re- placed with scene of indescribable magic beauty and the eye beholds gar den of flowers, in whi,h bewitching maidens seek to entrap Farsifal Kun dry next appears vision of loveliness as she reclines upon her floral couch. She. too. would aid in the enchantment of Parsifal, but he refuseslto yield, and in terrible rage she calls I<lingsor to her aid. He appears with a sacred spear which long ago he had taken from Am forts, and hurls it at Parsifal. but Farsi fal fears 1t not, and laying Mold of it lifts it high describes cross and calls upon the God above to wreak his vengeance. Terrible thunder is heard. Hardness fol- lows upon the scene, and wien once more the light appears the magie garden has been transformed into a weary waste of despair. Parsifal has conqusred, has tri- umphed. Klingsor and Kundry have been overcome.
 Act III is one of rare beauty and inl- pressveness since 1t present. Kundry in and the imagination will finger long over that wondrous closing scene, in which. seated at the feet of the white-robed Parsfal, she laves them with her hands and drys them with her lons flowing hair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-23
THE DANGER SIGN. Intended as Warning, 1t Often Acts Like an Invitation Instead.

From the New York Sun.
 "Oh, the perversity of human nature! exclaimed a builder on the scene of his work in The Bronx. Do you see that sign over there, with it's glaring, red 1ettered warning DANGER? Appar- ently that sign should serve it's purpose of warning passers-by, inasmuch as it is conspicuously placed and nearly every one can read.
 But it's effect Is quite the opposite, 1 assure you, for it's almost impossible to protect fools from their folly. Perhaps New Workers are used to third raiS flashes, auto accidents, hold-ups and other accessories of the rapid life, and are not happy until they get within the scope of danger.
 At. any rate, half of the pedestrians who come scurrying along the street as if their lives depended on haste will stop at the sight of that danger sign, look around to see if the watchman is look ing. and then deliberately go on the forbidden ground. No man is apparently too busy to hop over a fence in order to get in the thrilling vicinity of that danger sign.
 ''It cannot be curiosity alone, for other portions of this building are quite as at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-23
Running for Office"

George NJ. Cohans standing as mu- sieal comedy builder was assured by ms first musical show. The Governor Son. which is remembered by the people of Birmingham; and his second produc- tion. Running for Office" which will be the next attraction at the Bijou, open ing to morrow, it is claimed, has server to emphasize the young actor-authors ability.
 MT. Conan and his partner, Sam H. Harris, have spared no expense this sea- son to put before the public one of the best attractions appearing at the popu- lar priced playhouses. The cast which will present Running for Office here ineluoes among other William Keough' Michael Sullivan, Alec Cameron, Hugh Mack, Thomas J. Grady, Emil Heusel, BobDy Harrington Miss Hazel Lowry Mss Florence Little, Miss Lida Dexter and Linnett Fiske, surrounded by cho- rus said to embrace some of the most at tractive show girls in the business, in cluding pony ballet who will render ensemble number entitled Kid Days.' The entire production is said to be filled with tunetul, catchy music, for which young Conan seems to have an especial talent. Among the most catchy songs, Sweet Popularity and ''Ill Be There in the Public Square will be the ones that are sure to be whistled and hummed and sung after each performance.
 The story of the play is said to be clever and well developed satire on the strenuous methods of modern politician The action is located in the mythical vil- lage of Tigersville, Nt., and the princi- pal character is politician, John Tiger, from whom the town gets it's name. This gentleman, in addition to being engaged in a hot political fight finds time to woo and win a youthful looking widow. Fear ing her disapprobaton of enacting the role of stepmother, he conceals from her the fact that he has a grown-up daugh- ter The willy widow, likewise anticipat- ing the effect of an announcement that she possesses a stalwart son, also fails to mention to her husband this interest ing fact
 By some strange fate the children have been attending the same school and have fallen in lave and become engaged;. they, too have been kept in ignorance of their parents marriage. They both start for their home which they do not know is one and the same place. and the girl arrives there first When the father Is caught by his bride embracing his daugh- ter and the bride is found by Tiger kiss ing and caressng her son, and when both of them in turn catch the son and daugh- ter in each others arms, the trouble be- gins and the action of the piece works so rapidly that the audience is kept in a state of continued laughter.
 The engag cement of this mirth-proyoking musical comedy. Running for Office" Is for the entire week, with a special Easter Monday matinee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-23
Rose Pastors Rules.

From the Chicago Review.
 Don't let day pass without adding at least one stone to the building of your character.
 Don't fail to see the happiness in the lives of toilers with whom you come in contact.
 Don't fail to make new resolutions when old ones form themselves into bad han- it's.
 Don't forget that wealth of charactep is far above all riches.
 Don't depend upon others to make you happy but try to make others happy. Don't be vulgar with anyone, but fa- mliar with all.
 Don't drink intoXicants.
 Don't speak untruthfully.
 Don't get angry
 Don't frown.
 Don't withhold the kind word.
 Don't fear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-23

her meals until hunger brings her to her senses. If a junior wife is obstreperous she is put in slave stock.
 The authority of d chief wife is not a matter to jest with. If a junior wife gets unruly the whipping post is made use Of. This does not annoy her lord, for African men have little sentiment for their wives and feel none for their junior wives. They are his chattels, having the same value as his cattle-perhaps less. When a man is pressed for money he usually sells his wife and not his cattle. He eN- poets them 10 cultivate the soil and cut down the trees, and when he finds time or has the inclination be helps them.
 Mrs Macdonald says that she amused herself by taking the loads of wood cut down by the women and placing them next to those of the men, explaining that civilized, men try to relieve women of hardships, but they shook their heads and answered that their lords would never submit to this humility.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-23

that Gurnemanz and Parsifal are travel ing through the woods. Finally they reach the temple of the Holy Grail, which is revealed first in dim outlines and then by means of wonderful lighung effects, stands out in it's full and wondrous beau- ty. The knights gather for their love feast, the Holy Grail is carried in and Amforts. the wounded King, is ordered to uncover it. He does so, though at the cost of excruciating agony which is pictured in the orchestra as never before pain or sorrow have been voiced Farsi fal witnesses this impressive, awe-inspir- ing scene, but is still unmoved. He is still the innocent fool, and knows not what transpires before him. Angrily Gurnemanz ejects him from the place and the curtain descends.
 Act II abounds in the most startling of contrasts. As the curtain rises we see the dark gloomy abode of Klingsor, the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-23
Not an Adonis
om Harner,s Weekly.

From Harpers Weekly.
 Miss Maude Adams was asked recently to assist in arranging for an evening of amateur theatricals which some ladies of a home missionary society were plan- ming to give. A very pretty little girl who lived in the neighborhood was de- scribed to Miss Adams as peculiarly fit . ted for certain tableau Miss Adams
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-23
The Times We Live In.

From the Louisville Courer-Journal.
 My boy,'' cautioned the father, 'al- ways be honest and you'll get along in the world"
 "Oh. but pa" protested the modern son. that's such commonplace advice wish to be considered unusual, if not ecentric."
 well you be honest" retorted the wise parent, ."and you'll be considered unusual, if not eccentric all right, all right
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-23

Again the scenery shifts panoramically and once more we are in the temple of the Holy Grail In the presence of the knights Amforts refuses to uncover the sacred challiee since 1t present to him only excruciating agony The knights grow angrily insstent, but still the wounded King refuses, when suddenly Parsifal appears with. the sacred spear, touches the wound, heals Amforts and then advances to the altar. He himself is now King of the knights, and as he holds aloft .the Holy Grail, which glows blood red, the dove of peace descends and blessings are given to the assembled throng.
 It remains for each one to deduce his own lessons from this awe-inspiring se- ries of pictures. No one, it is said, ever leaves a performance of "Parsifal' with out the experience of new and deeper emotions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-23

trac active and more accessible, but the ab- sence of the warning sign leaves them neglected.
 T witnessed the limit early this morn- ing, and immediately told off a workman to stand by as watchman. young mother had her little boy on the spot, and was slowly spelling the word DAN GER again and again to him, in order to test his acquaintance with the alpha bet"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-23

called upon the mother of the child, and in explaining her mission said
 ''I hope you can let your daughter take part Everybody says she is a remark ably pretty child''
 "Oh, yes," replied the woman, much pleased, but evidently feeling that dis play of modesty was in order; "yes 1 must say myself that Emily is rathes good looking, but, Miss Adams, after all. she is not an Adonis''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-23
No Birch Rods Now.

From the Philadelphia Press.
 '.The road to knowledge, nowadays" said the first old schoolmaster lis too swift and too easy. It's a regular rail- road.''
 Yes" agreed the other old pedagogue. ''and it's railroad with fewer switches than are necessary"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-23
ADJUSTMENTS
AT THE JEFFERSON.

Thursday evening, beginning at -
 5:3O o'clock. with intermission for < dinner lasting from 6:45 to S;l5 .- o'cloclS-"Parsifal," presented by -
 the Conried Metropolitan Opera - company
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-23
AT THE RlJou.

All the week, with matinees Mon
 day, Tuesday, Thursday and Sat ! urday-.sRunning for Office"
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-18
GRAND JURORS LOOKING
INTO SCHOOL CONDITIONS
Need of More Room and of Play
Grounds Emphatically Brought
to Their Attention.

The educational authorities of San
Francisco agree with Jacob Riis that
"the right of the boy to play ball
OF habeas corpus" and they are now
seeking the influence of the Grand
Jury toward providing play grounds at
the school buildings. Yesterday sew
eral of the members of the inquisitor-
ial body, accompanied by the Board
of Education and superintendent
Langdon, visited the Franklin School
on Eighth street, near Harrison.
Il allow the boys of this vicinity to
play in this yard every afternoon till
4:30 O'clock" explained Mrs. Wood,
the principal, pointing to the meager
space in the rear of the school build
ing. You can see that the boys have
to use the walls and windows against
which to play handball."
Then the jurors proceeded to see the
''ragtags of society,"" the boys in the
Parental School. 1t is likely that sub
stantial financial liberality for this
sc hool by the municipality will be
recommended. The little fellows,
whose home conditions for the most
part drive them to run away, to sleep
in dry goods boxes, boxcars, ware
houses and lumber yards and to live
on money they earn principally by
selling newspapers, were the objects of
much interest on the part of the grand
Jurors superintendent Langdon wants
{. have a dormitory provided for so
that the entire care can be taken of
the little fellows that parents neglect.