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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-05
HOLY Innocents Chanel

Evening service, 7:3o p. IN. Rev
VIM. Seymour Short. pastor.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-05
New Grocery gtors.

Try our own mixture OF coffee the
]. P. B. Fresh fruit and vegetables.
Badollet & Co.. groeers. Phone Main
1881.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-05

The very best board to be obtained
in the city Is at "The Occident
Hotel" Rates very reasonable.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-05
Calvary Chapel, Seaside.

Morning and evening service, ii
a. m. and 7:30 p, m John Warren
missionary.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-05

At this time she was GA miles off De-
struction Island, and reported that
she was bound for Cape Nome, with
a cargo Of fuel oil from San Fran
cisco, and "All's Well"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-05

The steamer R. D, Inman cleared
here yesterday, for San Francisco,
with $4,000 feet Of lumber and 700
tons OF wheat, loaded at Portland
Linton, Prescott, Astoria and Knapp,
ton.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-05

The Kamm liner Lurline was dowr
in good passenger list and all the
freight she could carry and plenty
awaiting her on both banks.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-05

The well known coasting liner, the
gasoline motor schooner Della, flag
ship Of the pup" fleet Of freighters,
Captain Robert Jones, commanding,
entered port yesterday evening, from
the Nestucca, with her customary load
OF cheese and supplies, and docked
at the 0. R. & N. piers. While pass
ing the Tillamook Rock light, the
Della was hailed by the lightkeeper,
and informed that that station was
out Of coal Captain Jones passed the
word to the authorities at this port
as soon as he got ashore. She made
the round voyage in 48 hours, "a Of
these being spent in the harbor at
Nestucca.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-05

The Harvest Queen will be down
today after the barkentine Puako and
the German ship Aster, which she
will shove up stream to be loaded in
"harbor" at Portland
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-05

The annual convention Of Astoria
Tom Codders is gathering along the
dock line for the 1908 season The
host will increase day by day for the
next Is or 20 days. and the tom-cod
records will swell and swell and
swell, at all points where the truthful
fishermen can congregate by himself
with no one to scan his catch.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-05

Edward M. Cherry, acting Britisl
vice consul at this port yesterday re
ceiyed a dispatch, under date OF yes
terday from a friend at Hoquiam
Wash. in regard to the British
steamship Mathilda, her position, ane
condition, in Gray's Harbor:
"Mathilda is ashore about sis
miles inside of harbor, on what i.
known as Whitcombe Spit. Tue
Printer pulled on her yesterday, and
the tugs Daring and Printer will pull
on her this afternoon. Vessel !:
broadside on, and the swell is very
hard on her"
Mr.. Cherry expects another tele-
gram momentarily, telling of the hau
on the ship yesterday afternoon; that
she is loaded with 100000 feet oi
lumber, for Melbourne, Australia
via Comax, B. c., and that if she was
aground on Sand Island in this har-
Dor, her position would be, relatively
what it is in Gray's Harbor.
Word was received by the way oi
the United States Wireless station or
Telegraph Hill that the steamel
Mathilda, which was beached al
Whitcombe Spit was successfully
fioated about 7:30 last night. The
report says that the damage to the
vessel if any, was very slight.
A bill of sale was filed at the AS
toria Custom House yesterday cover
ing the sale of of one-third interest
in the gasoline launch violet" from
Peter Ducich to Martin Stanovich
and Joseph Morgan, for the sum OF
$167. The three owned the vessel in
equal shares, and the two partners
will continue to run her for all there
is in her.
The steamship Geo. w. Elder ar
rived down from the metropolis early
yesterday morning and went to sea.
with good business, after a short tie
up at the Calender dock. She was
followed little later by the steamer
Eureka, bound for Eureka, Cal; and
these were the only two vessels to
cross the Columbia bar yesterday.
The weather was thick and heavy all
Of yesterday and the reports from
North Head were rather barren of
facts and interest as to ships.
The steamer Chas. R. Spencer was
doing her customary passenger stunt
yesterday, bringing down "a people
for this city, and going up with GO
among whom were Mr. and Mrs. E.
C. Holden and their daughter, Mrs
Chas. H. Calender, Miss Dora Badol
let, and Mrs. Perry Trullinger. Cap
tain Geo. Wood, of the bar pilot ser.
vice was also passenger, en- route
to Eugene, when he will attend tho
annual convention Of the Oregon
Shriners.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-05

The steamship State Of California
will be down from Portland at 8 p. m
today, en- route to San Francisco
From this port she will take out as
passengers S. Danziger and Joseph
Kline, Joseph Ash, Mr.. and Mrs. j,
B. Shea; Mr.. and Mrs. E. ]. Came
ron and Miss Young. The vessel will
leave the o. R. & N. pier at 4 o'clock
this afternoon.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-05

At midnight last night the steamer
w. S. Porter was located and com
municated by the United States
Wireless station, on Telegraph Hill
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-05

1t is claimed, on all sides, that this
has been notably poor season for
steamboats, and beach resorts; and
this is particularly true of the Wash,
ington coast resorts. The steamer
T. ]. Potter will make her last trip
for the season today, returning up to
Portland tomorrow evening, cessa-
ton that rarely occurs before this
10th of September.
The Washington times., 1908-02-23

the towr had been built and the rnor,vs
had been expended: thus was the
dream OF the promoter punctured Ike
a soap bubble. The people who had
been brought there to work in the
factory and make their homes there
soon sought other cllnes and shortly
there was not a soul in the village.
SoTrowfuIly the owners and invest
ors dlsnantled the big manufacturing
plant. and the machinery WIS sold At
a sacrifice. But before this was done
the plant had been bonded FOR $500. 900.
and the mortgage given TO the Union
Trust Company OF Detroit, and the
principal and accrued interest have
never been paid. Finally the trust
company was forced to foreclose. and
the Michigan Trust Company Of Grand
Rapids was appointed receiver for this
little town that had died in it's in
fancy.
Experts had declared that the plant
could be made to pay by nanufae-
turing cement from lime rock. There
is plenty OF clay IN the vicinity. but
the lime rock necessary would have
10 be brought in from a distance. and
this meant the considerable outlay OF
new capital for the building of q
branch railroad. This the receiver
company proceeded TO do by raising
SIS. U0o on their receivers certificates
II failed to show any profits and the
sum was increased TO $4,000 This.
too, was useless. and the Michigan
Trust Company finally gave up.
The Washington times., 1908-02-23
Mrs. Halle Err
mimic RiveS Wheeler

Mrs. Wheeler can talk for hours
upon the peculiar customs OF the Jap
anese which she has studied closely
since going TO Tokyo. To her. she
says. the japanese are the most inter
esting people on earth. Even IN their
everyday acts there is a distinctive
ness that compels attention and in
terest She has marveled both AZ the
ancient backwardness OF the nation
and its progressiveness during the
years since the awakening. There
is story. she asserts. any
where you turn-a story that would
require pages for the telling. Epitom-
tied. she regards the following as some
Of the most striking peculiarities OF
the Land Of the Rising Sun.
''Tuey are a eleanly race. There are
public bathing pools IN japan where
baths may DO had for ] cent. Hun
dreds OF coolies may be seen each day
ia these pools together The bathing
places are not exactly open, but they
are none too well protected, and II
you don't care TO watch the naked
japanese eplashing about and soap
ing their bodies before the plunge
well, you needn't look.
The Washington times., 1908-02-23
Determined to Be Man.

so. sick az heart over the thought
that would be an outcast OF the fem
mime sex. I conceived the idea OF join
ing the ranks OF the other six. I put
on mems clothing. ard have not dis
carded them since, though now I am
almost tweuty-four years old viii
never go back 10 the conventional
style OF dress; that would make my
life so un5earable that I could not
stand it. Better anything than that
The earl, years OF Nell Pickereu's
life were spent IN a small village
near Seattle Her father was an old
soldier ard then a circus ''spieler
travelling ever the country as the
picket barker IN front OF A side show
Her mother has always been her clos-
est friend, and Il Is sho who comes
to the front for the man-daughtet'
when difrculty arises In the family
is a brother. who suffered severe
injury in a street car accident some
The Washington times., 1908-02-23
No False Modesty There.

Again. one may so along the high
ways and see dozens OF japanese
worknen at labor in the lumber camps
adorned with nothing save very scant
clothing over a portion Of the lower
part OF the body. Their naked figures
CLEAN Ike so many bronze statues in
the hot sunshine.
There is no false modesty in Japan.
Her people are more liberal IN mat
tiers OF dress and IN many other ways
than we are here. But their inside
life. all things considered, is more
circumspect than our own. The Jap
anese stand not upon the technicalities
when IL comes 10 morals and modesty,
but their real laws Of sex and society.
closely scrutinized. stand the light
better than our own.
There IS little scandal, for the Jap
anese are a matter OF fact race in
matters Of this kind. They look upon
divorce. when Il is best for all con-
cerned, as a matter of course and
there are no hard feelings. A divorce
may be obtained whenever one OF the
parties is a victim Of III health, for
instance. and the divorced wife re-
CARDS i as entirely proper
The Washington times., 1908-02-23

scholar in every respect and resem-
Dies very much Lord Byron.
Mrs. Wheeler was asked i ii were
not true that the japanese are pro-
gressive so far as the drama Is con
cerned, and why they had not fol
lowed the modern West in this re-
spect-
Prom the everyday American
viewpoint. perhaps the japanese
drama may be considered behind the
times" she replied. smiiingiy. but
1 should dislike to so designate ISy
adopted counJrymen. The japanese
are fully as well satisfied with their
theaters as We are with our own.
Their idea OF drama differs just As
their customs differ from thOse IN
vogue in America
No there are no soubrettes. The
dainty chorus girl is a thing IN
known upon the the Japanese stage.
Men take practically all Of the
parts. The nearest approach to the
American product called the soubrette
are the geisha girls. who dance at
private parties and theatrieaIs. These
geishas DO wonderful dance called
the spider dance somewhat similar
70 the Dance of the Seven Wells
which stirred this country, but the
geishas are but seldom seen in
pubIfc
The Washington times., 1908-02-23
Lie BIood and DeriIs.

The japanese play deals a great
deal with the devil and with gore.
CHASTITY sights are pictured with
great hielity and applauded TO the
echo. The villain makes a hit II be
appears upon the stage bedecked in
supposed bloody garments. His sa-
tanic majesty is often portrayed. one
Of the most amusing things from
the Japanese viewpoint was a play
wherein the comedian was supposed
TO have eaten persin.mons only TO be
punished moment later By the devil
who ordered that he should whistle.
The comedians puckered mouth con
vuised Inc japanese present.
Once a year there is produced what
IS known as the 'No-Dance. why
called do not know. This comprises
The production OF the ancient Japanese
classics. similar 10 those OF ancieut
Greece, which are well acted.
The star Japanese actor is the one
who can talk the farthest down his
throat aud make the longest speech
IN this unnatural, and 10 me, tortuous
manner.
There are no musical comedies as
we know them here. They make
beautiful music In their own way and
In Tokyo We have several orchestras
and bands who can learn any Of our
airs overnight and are second TO none
IN this country. As a general thing,
however, Japanese music would crate
upon American ears. made as it is
The Washington times., 1908-02-23

5akes par5. Ills Majesty Won an
honorable mention" last year. but
none OF the prizes
There is no such thing as an
Epic known in japanese: their poetry
IS ali lyric, petite, impressionistic,
the language Of the soul. in the
shadowy sphere. I might say. between
day-dreaming and sleep. The shadow
of a pine against a snow-drift the
cry Of an OWl in the moonlight, a
dragon fly darling across q lstus
pond-these, TO a japanese. arc in
SEPARATION enough for a poem as deli
cate in texture rs the white wings
or a miller or the veining OF a deep
sea shell; as perfect in construction
as a maiden's hair fern. But with
all their instructive poetry. they are
not a somnolent people. They are
fiercely awake; their poetry is the
souls dreaming in the hours OF
leisure and rest
The Washington times., 1908-02-23
Are q StoicaI PeonIe.

But they are stole people also.
The same spirit that moves their
heart to soag makes them the most
fe0rless nation on earth They are
thout emotion when It comes to the
chings that cannot be helped. Each
one OF them would willingly lay down
his life II he thought that 1t would
benefit IL the slightest his country or
please his Emperor. They have abso-
luteIy no regard for tn cir own life.
Suicide. death. holds no sting for the
native OF Japan. II is this spirit that
conquered Russia. 1t VIII make its
influence felt again before the world is
much older. as before stated. / have
seen but one japanese shed tears This
means something in itself. Death
means nothing and the chief mourner
at a funeral often wears the widest
smile. What good does il do to weep?'
is the thought thaE consoles them and
is sufficient.
yes. it's the dream country of the
world Never haze / seen a country
OF a people ike j.. It defies ones de-
scriptive powers All L can say IS
wait-and watch Japan.
The Washington times., 1908-02-23
Women Lose Hearts to Her.

The giIi gets genuine pleasure in
gathering TO herself the affections OF
trusting girls. who see in her an OBJ
Jet Of passionate admiration. She
stands tall and straight. dresses with
care. has features that might be called
handsome IN a man, though not pretty
in woman. and one might pass her
again and again upon the street
without suspecting her true sex and
the nature Of the havoc she has
played among women.
The first Of her victims to end her
disappointed life declared her infatuz-
ton knew no bounds. She was madly,
raptuously in love with the attractive
Harry" Livingstone. The girl In
mans gsrb played with the misguided
member OF her own sex as an angler
With big speckled trout until at
last the secret was whispered in her
ear. Her life seemed worth nothing
when she learned the truth.
II love you. Harry, even though
you have been to me living lie.'' she
cried, and shot herself to death.
The second victim within a short
space OF a few weeks, hurled herself
upon the rocks OF destruction to the
siren song of this woman who plays
with life and death. Like a wrecker
upon the beach, she placed false lights
The Washington times., 1908-02-23
May Be Home Of COLONY.


In the course Of the various specu-
lations OF interested spectators to this
strange little drama that is about to
be enacted. it has often been wondered
IL some sect, religious or otherwise.
would not endeavor 10 purchase the
town and there establish a colony
similar to that of Zion City.
This town Of Marlborough presents
a most desolate picture to the casual
visitor. The windows and doors Of the
new little cottages have been boarded
up. r. yards are full Of overgrown
weeds. and the streets now resemble
parcels CT field rather than a city's
highway. At the little railroad sta
ton, which vas the terminus OF the
branch line. an engine and train Of
cars have been left TO go 20 rack and
ruin. The tracks out Of the town have
been almost eaten away by rust. and
viii scarcely bear the weight OF a
fat car much less a large passenger
coach.
The big plant, which was to have
been alive with hundreds of workmen,
manufacturing cement. stands like a
gloomy, haunted building. No smoke
issues from its tail stacks, and the
hinges or the doors have become rusty
from disuse
The Washington times., 1908-02-23
Interest Widespread

Throughout the breadth and length
Of the land more than a passing M
terest has been aroused in this IN
lucky village and countless thousands
win eagerly peruse the morning pa
pers Of March in the hope Of learn
ing what viii b the fate OF the mu-
nieipality that IS the wreekage Of at
ieast one mans blasted hope.
VIII its buildings be RACED TO the
ground and the timber chopped into
kindlinss2 the thousands OF acres con
verted back into the pasture that It
was and the town Of Marlborough be
come only a memory? Or wiz It De
bought BY some philanthropist and
be perpetnated for all time as the
home o. 2 sect?
Time alone can telli
The Washington times., 1908-02-23

The japanese are the most poetic
OF all modern nations" exclaimed
Mrs. Wheeler as she began 10 talh
OF the quaint customs that have made
Japan a nation peculiar unto itself
for centuries. Poetry is in the very
air they breathe. Their casual every
day tongue-with ali its "honorifcs"
is STEPPED in it. They think it-not
10 speak OF writing it-noble, poet.
writer and coole. There IS an I'M
perial Poetic Competition held an
nually in Tokyo. with a given sub
iect that is publicly proclaimed. and
liz this event the Emperor himself
The Washington times., 1908-02-23

self out Of the plains more quickly
than did Afarll orough IN The spring
and summer OF 1892. The promoters
had built Ii y 18th the view OF making
it the home OF D.O09 people within
i've years. II was FIRST. last. and all
the time a boom town. IL was a gam
bic with rate in which the promoters
invested 100000. which had fate ia
vored them. would have made them
many TIMES mfilionaires.
This in biicf is the tale of 3 village.
which spring uD like a mushroom
and died ike a flower IN the hot sum
mer's sun. and il explains why on
March 2 en- auetioneer from Grand
Rapids VIII mount a block In the csn-
ter OF this town that might have been,
and with eayeI appraised viii thunder
forth requests for bids from the u
turned Tea Of faces that viii have
been drawn there by curiosity.
The Washington times., 1908-02-23

1t was after the second suicide that
Nell Pickerell was so severely scored
by the coroner. II was not possible
to prosecute her for q crime. yet IN
the eyes of the moral Asw could any
crime be worse than hers7 The warn
ing that she was given over the bods
Of this second victim was q lessor
that Nell Pickerell has never forgot
ten.
Perhaps she is right IN saying shs
has loved but one man and that was
in her early youth: 1t may be that his
falsity made life what It since b.
came. but those familiar with the cir
cumstances declare this girl was ID
love with George Baker, who was shoe
down as a safe-craoker q few years.
ago. The two were often seen to1
gether. and were called pals.
Many times has the girl been arrest
ed for freQuenting the streets and rel
sorts Of Seattle. and having no api
parent means Of livelihood. She wax
arrested in Colfax, some time agol
accused of theft, but was not con5
victed. Her last appearances in cours
was recently when the old charge
against her was made, and she wa7
allotted sixty days in the county tail
but her mother. with the security o
the small home arranged for he'd
daughters release, giving q peac@
bond for three months.
II is a pitifui story that Mel
ereil tells:
II have been prosecuted and D
ed by the police until / an a
mad" she declares. and 50 plat
is her tale that the sympathy
hardest listener Is quickly vol
want to reform. but no one CIV
q chance. Il Is the cid story
dog who IL down"
The Washington times., 1908-02-23

baby strapped TO its back and iheru it
remains for a greater part of the time
until the infant is able to walk Hun
creds of these little mothers are
seen everywhere
Mrs Wheeler says that even in their
love affairs the japanese are mett-3d-
i.al. One of the most historic places
in Japan is the sacred mountain. Fu-
iiama. where the Goddess of Love IS
supposed 10 dwell IN a cave. Yet the
Japanese youth and maiden are not al
lowed 10 visit the goddess in one an
others company before marriage
They must 60 alone. After marriage
they may visit the cavern and pray
to the image presumed TO be respons-
ible for their happy state. This noun
tain and its valleys. Mrs. Wheeler de-
The Washington times., 1908-02-23

and the erection OF a gOod-siZed viii
lage without due consideration as TO
the cost Of production. IT is held that
they should have experimental on =
small scale until the success Of the
venture had been proved beyond all
doubt
This they did not do. and thar is
why whole town is 20 be sold al auc-
ton. Around in the nelghboring towns
this unusual dilemma Is the subject OF
much Interested gossip. When the
sale takes place people are expected
10 come from miles arCdnd 10 witness
the strange proceeding. They have
wondered. and rightly so. who will
buy this town, which is modern and
up to date IN every respect. and what
the new owner or owners viii dc with
II after the purchase.
No one less than a millionaire could
The Washington times., 1908-02-23

Several Tokyo newspapers print edi-
mons in English, Mrs. Wheeler saws.
which have equally as large a cir
culation as those in japanese. Mrs.
Wheeler's arrival is thus announced in
one Of them:
bright morning-star OF the literary
world In he West Is now visit living in
Tokyo. OF a wealthy and iuustrious
sword bearing family in America. and one
OF the most celebrated novel-composinK
persons, she has left her country for stay
doing in Japan. where she lives and is
happy in the japanese style Dressed IN
white silk she loves 10 impart from her
fancy Ike the poets. her thoughts Of
this eou-itry. TO tell Of her ia single
page Is like attempting 10 describe q
beautiful woman by drawing her bones.
The Washington times., 1908-02-23

scribed as ore OF the most beautiful
places imaginable. with its thousands
Of cameha trees. in bloom, its lakes
and moonlit streams and it's lovers
here and there among the cherry trees.
which grow everywhere in Japan.
All, but they are a wonderful PEI
pie" said Mrs. Wheeler again. ''The
world doesn't realize what the future
holds for Il csc Orientals. with their
poetry and song. their ability to inti-
tate and improve and their consuming
desire to master il all.
The Washington times., 1908-02-23

upon the shore 70 lure upon the
treacherous sands the ships that SAT-
the angry seas. Hazel Walters felt
the lure OF this girls false PERSONAL
ity, and in her delir1Im OF madness
drank a liquid that enCed forever tbs
disappointment that dlled her life.
The Washington times., 1908-02-23

years ago. Mrs. Pickerell now lives
IN a comfortable home she owns.
Even with All her varied expe
riences-more remarkable in their way
than those OF any other girl IN the
CouDtTy-Nell Pickerell looks upon life
as more or less OF a joke. Again and
The Washington times., 1908-02-23
Explanations Of Failure.

Many reasons have been given for
the failure and desertion OF the vii
lage The officials Of the promoting
company maintain that it was due to
the inability 10 manufacture cement
from the so-called wet process, and
The Washington times., 1908-02-23
Cement Manuiaeture FaIIs.

These thousands Of acres promised
an unlimited supply of mari. the basic
nlateria, used in the manufacture OF
cement but IL was soon found. when
IL was too late. that this ingredient
was not OF the same quality as that
In other localities. and the manufac-
ture Of cement in Marlborough was a
failure. This discovery was made after