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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-06-11

for Grays River, Knapp:on and wa,
landings. ably as follows:
| JUNE.
Wednesday :. /.
Thursday 5, 1880.
Friday 3. 2.
Saturday 10, ..
Monday u. $50.
Tuesday i3 $50.
Wednesday IL. 7:30.
Thursday l5. $50.
Friday, 10, $50.
Saturday, Il, 1000.
Monday, 10, 1880.
Tuesday, 90 Il.
Wednesday, 81, loo.
Thursday, %, l;3O.
Friday, %, 200.
Saturday, "a, 23O.
Monday, 2G, 500.
Tuesday, 81, 600.
Wednesday, 2s, 100
Thursday, 30, 500.
Friday, 30, $50.
Agents S. S. RoaEsGe for Coos SAY.
Eureka, San Francisco and San Pedro
Gray s. S. Co, Steamers TO Coos
Bay, Eureka and San Francisco. Str,
Toledo to Grays Earbor, Tuesday and
Saturday.
c. H. CALENDER, Manager.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-25

James Graham GnelpS OGohcS, CiA0
millionaire and East Side settle
ment-house worker, and Rose Har-
riet Pastor. former employe IN
cigar factory, we're married at the
country home of the groom>s family.
President Roosevelt is wrought up
over the cotton leak, and says the
man guilty of it is greater scoun-
drel than if he had stolen money
from the government; he orders At
torney General Moody to probe the
matter to the bottom.
The rainy season in Manchurla IS
expected to put the roads IN sucn
condition that active operations Will
be next to impossible, so that even
though an armistice is not agreed
upon, no extensive operations are
likely in the near future.
John F. Stevens, recently appoint
ed chief engineer of the Panama Ca
nal. and Chairman Shonts, of the
Canal Commission, sailed for the
Isthmus last week. Shonts declares
that a sea-level canal can be con-
structed in - years, and Stevens
saws Chinese labor will probably be
employed to dig it.
One of the most frightful disasters
in peace history of the American
navy occurred in San Diego Bay Fri,
day when one of the main boilers OF
the gunboat Bennington exploded
Twenty-seven seamen were killed
some sixty or seventy are in the hos
pitfalls, many of whom will die, and
number of others missing.
New York dispatch: The Roose
velt, in which Capt. Robert +. Fear1
hopes to reach the north pole, start
ed on her long voyage to-day. Cap
tain Peary and a party OF guests
were on board at the start, and re
mained with the ship on her tril
down the bay, but they left her at thu
Narrows, returning to the city on
naval tug. Captain Peary started
by rail tonight for Sydney, Cap
Breton, where he will join the ship
Exchange: The government ap
pears to be making an earnest effor
to forestall the proposed Chimes
boycott of American goods. Will
it is not so stated, it is probable tina
immigration officials will be instruct
to modify the harsh features OF tn
Chinese exclusion act whenever thi
can be done without violating tt
law; and the Department of Com
merce and Labor is to send two me
to China to inquire into the propose
boycott, the reasons for it. etc.
The coroner's jury in the case o
R. Keith Dargan, the former pres
dent of the Independent Cotton O.
Company of Darlington. who CON
mitted suicide Monday, returned
verdict that the deceased came to hi
death by taking carbolic acid. ]
was developed at the inquest that M
Pegram Dargan, the brother of th
dead man, was in the room with th
suicide when he took the poison, an
stayed with him until he died. Th
brother was placed on the stand, br
declined to make a statement, sayin
that the note left by Dargan woul
explain all. This note was read, an
in it the dead man said that a
though he had mismanaged he We
not coward.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-25
GENERAL NEWS
The Lesser Events of Last Week.

widespread activity in the demand
for cotton goods.
A Russian regiment near Tifis has
murdered all the officers and joined
the revolutionists.
Unsuccessful attempts weer made
by bomb throwers to assassinate two
high Russian officials.
The General Assembly of New |
York has refused to remove Justice |
Hooker under grave charges.
Secretary of State Root was sworn
in Yesterday, and his first duty was
to look into the Venezuela case.
John w. Price, gallant Confed-
crate soldier and one high in polltl-
cal affairs, died at Newport News.
The japanese are advancing with
energy from Korea and the Russians
believe that Vladivostock is about to
be invested.
The peace ENJOYS, are now en- route
to Washington. 1t has been settled
that they will hold their sessions at
Portsmouth, N. H.
The Federal and State authorities
in Alabama are contendlng over
possession of two negro witnesses in
some peonage cases.
The City National Bank, of Kan
sas City, is the second bank to fail
on account of the failure of Q. j.
Devlin, of Topeka.
The Russian government has again
revived the press censorship and will
let little news of the internal condi-
tion be given to the world.
Secretary Cheatham, of the South
ern Cotton Growers Association, is
to remain in Washington to aid in
securing evidence in the cotton leak
case.
The Chinese boycott against Amer
lean goods commenced, but it Is be-
lieved it will not be successful except
Ia the cities of Canton and Shang-
hal.
China has notified Japan and Rus
sia that Manchuria is still hers and
that she will recognize no disposition
they may make of that province in
the peace convention.
The Japanese express distrust of
Russia's sincerity for peace, because
General Linevitch has been promised
more troops and army supplies now
being raised by the government.
Secretary Hester, of New Orleans,
and President Harvie Jordan. of the
Southern Cotton Association. are in
. Washington to aid in securing evi-
dence in the cotton leak investiga-
ton.
The National Wholesale Lumber
Dealers Association has filed com
plant with the Interstate Com
merce Commission that the railroads
discriminate against the lumber in,
terests.
In the British House of Commons
Thursday night, the government was
defeated, the House refusing to
adopt Premier Balfour's proposition
to reduce the membership of the
Irish land commission.
The cotton manufacturers ask the
Secretary of Agriculture to hear
their committee before ordering any
revision of the cotton acreage re-
port, indicating that they would like
to let well enough alone.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15

amount of red tape in the transaction
reference of bureaucrats. It is said
that he proposes to make systematic
and thorough investigation to ascer-
tain what remedies can be applied to
the present system and what legisla-
ton, If any, is needed to better the
service.
The first knowledge Secretary Bona
parte had of the death of young Co.
hen on board the Yankee, which re-
suited from participation in a boxing
bout came through the public press
This angered the new secretary who
is Of the opinion that such important
events should be Immediately COM
municated to him and that he should
be the judge as to whether all its
horrors and uncertainty as to it's re-
sponsibility. A court-martial is to be
held which may develop where the
responsibility lies for vessels getting
into the condition Of the Bennington.
It is said that quiet investigation
has revealed a very unsatisfactory
condition of engines and boilers in a
number of other vessels of the navy.
The death of the blue jacket on the
Yankee has been somewhat of a blow
to naval, athletics. Secretary Bona
parte is satisfied that the death was
due to ah accident and might have &C.
CURED in any other sort of contest
such as a mile run or a. high jump.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15

style of Frederick the Great, repro.
ducing perhaps in general outline the
famous "Sans Seuci" castle, or the
new castle at Potsdam. The plans and
all the details have not yet been com.
pleted, nor has it been decided Just
how much money is to be expended on
the new house and grounds. Baron
Speck Won Sternberg, the German
ambassador, has discussed with the
authorities in Berlin the plans of the
embassy and decision will be reach
ed as to the arrangement of the house
and its cost. It is probable that soon
after his return construction work
will begin. =.
The present home of the embassy
on Massachusetts avenue has been
found entirely inadequate to meet the
needs of the ambassador. The dining
room is so small that it will not &C.
commodate more than 20. which
proves severe tax upon the
hospitality of the embassy, as it
makes necessary a constant series Of
small dinners. When Emperor Will.
liam's brother, Prince Henry, was
here some three years ago he was en-.
tertafned in the house and saw for
himgen how small the quarters wera.
It ib understood that he reported to
the emperor the condition Of affairs
and the latter has taken q keen In
terest in the subject Of . new en-
bassy. - 80 ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15

the employment Of women Il % i
great extent q matter of sentiment
and not one Of good business prin.
ciples. A large number Of women ap.
pointed to cffico here have secured
their places through influence with
politicians who favor them for the
purpose Of providing a livelihood for
some needy but necessary constitu.
ents. The chief of bureau employ
ing perhaps the largest number Of
women in the service has this to say
regarding them: =
III the work of the government was
done by men alone there would be-
better results at perhaps one-third the
cost. l am not now dealing in guess
work, but from actual experience COW
ering many years. know I should be
called all sorts of names and subject
ed to all kinds Of criticism if should
say so over my own signature, but
there can be no question that the
presence OF so many women in the de-
partments here exercises a I wholly
demoralizing effect that is2reflected in
tao ee"n""to Will WHICH tne QuDAc
has been edited of late years.
Il say fatty that woman is out of
her sphere in industrial and official
life. / do not mean to contend that
there are not some admirable women
earning their bread both in private
concerns and in the government, but
we are talking of generalities.| !:
have myself in my bureau two women
who perform efficient service and
more than earn their salaries, al
though they receive $1,000 per annum
There are others getting $1,000 veal
who would not be receiving more thar
six dollars a week at the outside al
| any department store in the city an(
they are not worth penny more tt
the government
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15

The new Isham shell, which, the in
ventor says, will sink the largest bat
tle-ship in three minutes, is being test
ed at the Sandy Hook proving grounds.
The she'll is constructed of 900 pounds
of cast steel and carries and explodes
a charge of 12O pounds Of dynamite and
nitro-glycerine. It is the most power
full ever made. A Pinch gun is used
to fire it. The obstruction at which
the explosive is aimed for the test is
a piece of Harveyized steel, IL inches
thick, backed by heavy oaken timbers
and a mound of sand.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15

Mountain lions have increased so
rapidly in Yellowstone park of late
that they threaten the extinction Of
deer, elk and other wild animals that
live in this great government game
preserve. So numerous have the
cougars become that the government,
through President Roosevelt's recon-
mendation, has given John and Homer
Golf, celebrated guides and hunters at
Meeker, COL, a contract to clear the
lions out of Yellowstone park. John
Golf is the guide who won fame taking
President Roosevelt on his successful
cougar-hunting trip in Colorado.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15

The smallest full-grown dog in the
world. weighing only % ounces, was
owned by Deputy Sheriff Hamilton
Rayner, Of Ell Paso, Tex. This little
animal stood with all four feet in the
palm Of its proud owners hand with
ease. Sheriff Rayner's dog was Of the
chihuahua breed, deriving its name
from the fact of it being asnative Of
chihuahua, the Mexican state which
borders Texas. It was descended from
a species of wild dog, now domesti-
Gated, which once scurried over the
plains Of Northern Mexico in The days
Of the Axtecs.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15

unfortunate. Princess Rospigliosi finds
herself in the awkward position of a
princess who is not a princess and
wife who is not a wife.
Miss Mary Reid married according to
the Catholic rites COL E. H. Parkhurst,
of Bangor, Me. Afterward she secured
a divorce from the colonel. Still later
she married the prince, who is of the
''black' Or papal party. Of course, she
did not claim that her civil divorce was
valid in the eyes of the church; to legal
.ize the second marriage she claimed
the first was economically irregular, mas
much as the proper dispensation was
lacking; that consequently, while it was
,civilly marriage, it was none in relig-
ion. Examination of the records showed
that the proper dispensation had been
issued for Miss Reid's marriage to a
mon Catholic; hence her marriage to the
prince was invalid instead, and she is
economically Mrs. Parkhurst, while civil
@ly divorced from him.
& What with clashes between the civil
and religious services, and the sights
put upon American girls in German in
stermarriages because they are not t.high-;
swell-born," and the financial consider
gations everywhere expected from the
baser partner for he-theoretically-
snobler, the path of an American girl In
search of a title is beset with troubles.
3 OWEN LANGDON.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15
Meerschaum is mined like Goa

Meerschaum is mined like coal.
1t is a soft, soaplike stone, and in
Asia Minor it's mining is an important
industry. The crude meerschaum is
called hamtash. 1t is yellowish white
in color, and red clay coat or skin
to 5000 a carload. They are soft enough
to cut with a knife. These blocks in
summer are dried by exposure to the
sun. In winter heated room is nee
essary. Finally, the meerschaum
blocks are sorted into II grades,
wrapped in cotton and packed in cases
with the greatest care.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15

oFCAAOOh 0AS1I
dan circle which is on the outer edge
of the Understandable northwest sec.
ton of the city. The location of these
two embassies in that section will at
tract society there and in few years
that will be the fashionable center of
the city. The history of the location
of the British embassy will doubtless
be repeated in the building of those
of France and Germany. >.
Some 20 years ago Great Britain
purchased a large lot of ground on
Connecticut avenue in a section which
at that time was anything but at.
tractive. Nearby were negro settle.
ments and just beyond were marshes
and swamps. The property, however,
seemed to be adapted to the wants Of
Great Britain, she obtained a title to
it and erected a substantial building
which is now one of the interesting
sights of Washington. The boom
which the location of the British EN-.
bassy gave to real estate is we'll re.
membered. Consul General Wynne
of London. then a newspaper man in
Washington, desired to make a small
investment in that section of the
town and attended an auction sale of
some vacant property near the EN-.
bassy. He did not buy and in relating
his experience said to his wife:
Mary, the fools are not all dead
yet. Just think that property we were
looking at sold to-day for 40 cents a
square foot simply because it is near
the British embassy. 1t is funny how
people will pay to get under the
shadow of royalty"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15
GEOGRAPHICAL JoTTINGs.

The Malay states produce about seven
tenths Of the worlds supply of tin.
Bengal is the most populors and pro-
ductive province in all British india.
Barley grows wild in the manntains
Of Himalaya, where it is apparently in
digenous.
Near the Panama canal exists gold
mines abandoned by Spain centuries
ago. They will soon be reopened.
Alden is the only fortified point b.
tween Egypt and Bombay, and Is re-
garded as an outpost Of the Indian en-
pire.
The principality Of Lichtenstein, sit
uated between Austria and Switzerland,
is the only country in Europe without
IN army.
:: Sea turtles are caught In very large
numbeTA on EAscensI0nT IsIand. Tney
each weigh between 500 and 800 pounds,
and 50 shillings is their average price.
The soil Of Siberia at the close Of tho
summer is found still frozen for Sc
inches beneath the surface, and the dead
that have lain in their collins for $50
years have been taken up unchanged
in the least. !
: Gheel, in Belgium, is town Of fools.
1mbeciles are sent there to an asylum,
but, instead OF being shut up and de-
prived Of the pleasures Of liberty, they
are allowed to enjoy themselves like rea-
sonable beings.
Roumania appears to be the most H.
iterate country in Europe. The last
census shows that in a population of
about 100000 nearly 1900, 900 can nei-
Their read nor write, and that only lit ,
tie over 1,000,000 have any education at
all.
The British museum took its start
from a bequest of Sir Hans Slocum,
who had collected large number Of
works Of art. specimens of natural his
tory, curiosities, books and manu-
scripts, at cost of about $4,000.
The collection was given to the Brit
ish government in 1853. =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15

During the months Of June and July
of this year, 1905, more men have per-
ished between the Colorado river and
the southern end of the Sierre Ne
vada than were lost in that dreadful
land during the preceding half century.
The desert has swarmed with pros
pectors ever since the opening Of the
Salt Lake railroad in May, all OF
them hoping to strike leads as rich
AS those uncovered in Goldfields and
Bullfrog, and too eager in their hunt
for gold to wait until the winter rains
shall have restored the flow of infre-
quent springs, filled the dried water
holes, and banished the Internal heat.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15
500
INVENTIVE 1NGENU1I

AsPittsburg man has invented & ma
chine that will make and bake 10
pies q minute.
Among the latest Inventions patent
ed Is q continuance which, fitted to an
ordinary sewing machine, will fan and
massage the operator while she Is
working. s
An Italian engineer has invented q
successful elevator for raising sunken
vessels. It consists OF compressed air
chambers Of canvas and wire, each
equal to a lifting capacity of 60 tons,
and it is possible to attach as many Of
these as may be necessary. r.
Silicon, the most abundant metal IN
the world, but hitherto little known
because of the difficulty of separating
1t from oxygen; has now been made
obtainable in quantities to meet any
demand by the electric furnace. It
gives to steel valuable electrical prop
critics, and is expected to assume i'm
portance in iron alloys. -.
Greater contrast in photographs IL
claimed for new. single lens,>- which
causes the picture to stand out In re-
lief as under the two lenses OF a stereo-
scope. The lense Is convex-concave,
so that the axes of the rays from dif-
ferent parts. of the picture meet In
the eye, and the focal length should
equal that Of the camera taking the
photograph.
A novel method Of getting rid Of
black smoke and at the same time
turning it to use is adopted in some
Belgian factories. The smoke Is
driven by fans into a porous recepta-
Gle, over which flows a stream Of Pc
troleum or similar liquid. The smoke
is thus caught and turned into gas
that gives great heat, and can be used
fer running gas engines.
A poor laboring man in Denmark
has made new invention in life-sav-
ing. He impregnates clothes with a
substance which will keep q ship
wrecked person afloat for several days
without losing it's property. A coat, a
vest, travelling rug-in fact, any
piece of wearing apparel impregnated
with the stuff is enough to keep any
one above water. The invention has
been successfully demonstrated.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15

"A popular misconception of the an
tiseptic theory is resulting in a new
affliction-carbolic gangrene," said a
physician. 1T is caused by excessive
use Of carbolic acid on common cuts
and bruises, and sometimes the It's
sues actually begin to rot before the
case comes to the physician. The
carbolic acid is in every case applied
at home, where some member of the
family has grasped the fact that the
acid is an antiseptic, but does not
know the other fact that it can do
great damage if it is used to excess"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15

With the blood of noble Hindoo lin
cage coursing through his veins and
aspirations to become a great teacher
Of his low-caste countrymen, K. Mo-
zumdar, prince of India, is a humble
dish-washer in a Portland IN. W no.
tel. Only few weeks ago the prince
was lionized in Bellingham (Mass.) So
ciety. He was a prominent figure III
the lecture-room of the state normal
school and seemed to have a smooth
cath before him.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-15

bers of the family have gone through
the paddock gate into the exclusive
horsey set. George Ehret, the owner of
the great Hell Gate Brewery" is an
other man of this type; short, stout,
quiet, unassuming, model husband and
father, charitable. Mr.. Ehret's brew
cry is not so big as the famous ones of
Milwaukee and st. Louis, but as he owns
more corner stores in New York than
even the Astors-and corner stores cost
money-he is not a candidate for the
poverty class. Most of his choice prop-
critics Mr.. Ehret acquired through
brewers mortgage system, which 50
naturally accompanies high license.
The great sugar refining families, orig
1nally German, are of earlier American
antecedents. Most of the Havemevers
Elders, Mollenhauers, Dicks are in thu
third or fourth generation in this coun-
try. Akin to them are the cordage mill
honalres - with the appropriately
named Cord S. Meyer, the most conspicu-
Gus IN politics, and Berry Wall. social.
~ the most famous as the once reieninp
King OF the Dudes" The Waterburvs
are English by descent, but most Of tho
local ropemakers come from east of tho
North sea.
More than half the great piano indus-
try is in German hands and it also hos
enriched group of new Americans
William steinway, William Sohmer. the
elder Weber (now dead) were men of
this class. Mr.. Steinway has often heen
desired as candidate for mayor of Nov
York, as the stout old German chemist
Martin Kalbfreisch, became an earlv re
form mayor of Brooklyn.