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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-01

Health kidneys filter the impurities
from the blood, and unless they do
this good health is impossible. Foley's
Kidney Cure makes sound kidneys
and will positively cure all forms Of
kidney and bladder disease. 1t
strengthens the whole system, T. F.
Laurin, Owl Drug Store.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-01

One Of the worst features Of kidney
trouble is that it is an insidious dis,
ease and before the victim realizes his
danger he may have a fatal malady,
Take Foley's Kidney Cure at the FIRST
sign Of trouble as it corrects irregu-
larities and prevents Bright's Disease
and diabetes, I. F Laurin, Owl Drug
Store,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-01
The New Pure Food and Drug Law

We are pleased to announce that
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs
colds and lung troubles is not affect
ed by the National Pure Food and
Drug law as it contains no opiates OF
other harmful drugs, and we recon-
mend it as a safe remedy for children
and adults. r. F. Laurin, Owl Drug
Store,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-01
TO CHANGE
THE TARIFF RATES
COMMITTEES ARE ALREADY
ARRANGING FOR STUDY
OF QUESTION
TO STUDY FOREIGN PRICES

Already Eastern Manufacturers Are
Making Known Their Demands For
Free Raw Material, While Western
Produces Are Ask Some Protection
The Glenwood post., 1908-06-13
Great Confederate Reunion.

Birmingham, Ala.-Amid great en-
thusiasm, and before 1000 people in
the Birmingham hippodrome audto-
rum the eighth annual reunion of Con-
federate veterans was called to order
Tuesday by Major Gen. George P.
Harrison, commanding the Alabama
division of the Confederate veterans.
After the invocation the children's
chorus followed, 200 children, accom-
panied by the reunion band, render
ing southern airs.
The days program included an ad-
dress of welcome on behalf of the
Confederate veterans of Alabama by
Brig Gen. W. Bush; on behalf of the
Sons of Veterans by Gen. Rufus N.
Rhodes; on behalf of Alabama
Daughters of the Confederacy by Mrs
Charles G. Brown; and reading of the
address of Gen. Stephen d. Lee, de-
ceased.
The Glenwood post., 1908-06-13
Denver Man Dies in Honduras.

Denver-Just as the Honduras ba-
mana plantation he had toiled over
for three years was about to com
mence producing, DR.. A. A. Clough,
formerly health commissioner of Den
yer, was overtaken by death, accord
ing to cablegram received in Denver
Saturday by Dr. R. W. Arndt. The
message contained no details beyond
the fact that the doctor died May 30th,
but from a letter written from Hon
duras May 23rd, in which it was
stated that Dr. Clough was about TO
start on a trip to the interior, it is
thought that he must have met with
an accident. Mrs. Clough and DR..
Clough's father were with him in Hon
duras, and presumably accompanied
him on his trip.
The Glenwood post., 1908-06-13
WESTERN NEWS.

Because of washouts on the rail
roads the Montana Democratic state
convention has been postponed until
July 1st.
William E. Quinby, former United
States minister to the Netherlands
and for many years editor of the De-
troit Free Press, died at Detroit Sun
day after long illness.
At O'Clock Sunday afternoon tor
nado struck Charles City, Iowa, demol-
ishing about 200 residences and
barns. One man, w. R. Beck, is known
to have been killed, and four children
are reported missing.
tornado struck the farm of John
Dalton, well-to-do farmer living
about four miles south of Mauston,
Wisconsin, Sunday, destroying his fine
farmhouse and barns and killing Mr..
Dalton and his twelve-year-old son.
A tornado passed over southern Ne
braska Friday evening. At least
twenty-one persons are known to be
dead, five fatally injured and score
of others more or less seriously hurt,
some of them dangerously. Geneva,
Fairfield and Pryor suffered heavy
losses.
Negro politicians of the Republican
party have been circulating petitions
among the members of their race in
Chicago protesting against the de-
cision of the national Republican com
mittee. by which negro claimants from
several southern states were denied
seats in the national convention.
The naval transport Buffalo left
San Francisco Sunday for Panama
with 700 men of the Atlantic and Pa
cific fleets whose time has expired or
is about to expire. These men will be
taken to Panama and sent across the
isthmus to Colon. when another naval
transport will convey them to the At
lantic coast
A four-year-old babe lost for four
days was found in the woods near
Calumet, Michigan, Monday morning,
by searchers. The little one was found
asleep beneath a tree. Her lips,
cheeks and brow were swollen from
the bites of insects, but otherwise she
was unharmed. She had subsisted for
four days on berries.
Luther Edward Jones, twenty-seven
years old, balloonist. attempted an
ascension at Springfield, Illinois, Sun
day. AS the balloon arose the para
chute swung Jones through the air, his
head striking on a sharp limb of
tree, crushing his skull and killing
him instantly. He left a wife in Hot
Springs, Arkansas, who is an aero
naut
The Glenwood post., 1908-06-13
GENERAL NEWS.

The Republican national convention
meets in Chicago June 10th.
The Twenty-second infantry will
sail from San Francisco for Alaska
June goth.
Arkansas Socialists, in convention at
Little Rock, declared for statewide
prohibition and condemned lynching
and anarchy.
King Edward, on board the royal
yacht Victoria and Albert. and accom-
panied by Queen Alexandra, Princess
Victoria and a large suite, met with
great reception at Kiel, Germany, Sun
day.
Gifts to the cause of higher educa-
tion in the United States within the
last twelve months total $23,127, 1862.
This information has been obtained
by the general education board of New
York City.
The executive committee of the
Union Pacific Railway Company has
ratified an issue of $500000O0 in
bonds. This is part of the issue OF
S1O0,OOO,O0O already authorized by the
stockholders.
Mrs. Russell Sage has presented to
Central park, New York, a collection
of Rhododendrons. sufficient to form
plantation a mile long, at cost of
$4,000. The plants are nearly all set
out and many of them are now in
bloom.
Two large tornadoes passed just
east of Franklin, Nebraska, on the 9TH
inst about one hour apart, causing
one death and doing great damage to
property. Henry Madison was caught
in the center of the storm and in
stantly killed.
Professor Alfred ]. Henry of the
United States weather bureau at
Washington has printed forms for use
by persons experimenting in aeronaut-
les. 1t is requested by Professor
Henry that aero clubs throughout the
country obtain these forms.
Wilbur Wright, the American aero
pianist. has chosen the plain OF Mes
pras, in the department of the Lower
Loire. in France, for his experiments
with his aeroplane. The aeroplane
arrived in sections and is being put
together preparatory to an early flight
Jack London, the author, who
started on a seven-year voyage around
the world in the Shark. is somewhere
between Samoa and New Guinea. He
was at Samoa May 18th.
The schooner yacht Dervish. owned
by Commodore Henry Morss of the
Corinthian Yacht club, has won the
ocean race from Marblehead to Hamil
ton, Bermuda in class B.
Sixteen of the largest manufactur
ers of butter in the United States will
open their fight against the proposed
advance of freight rates on cream and
milk before the interstate commerce
commission next week.
The Glenwood post., 1908-06-13
Accident to Midland Engineer.

Colorado Springs. Wal.
dron of Colorado City, Colorado MidN
land engineer, was found unconscious
and apparently lifeless, hanging haO
way out of the window of his cab, by
Fireman Baker at o'clock Saturday
morning, just as the eastbound train
started into tunnel No. Z, few miles
west OF Manitou. Surgeons here oper
ated on Waldron, finding a piece of
rock pushing the bone of the skull
against the brain. The crushed bone
and stone were extracted and hopes
are entertained for his recovery. 1t
is thought that Waldron stuck his head
out of the cab while passing through
tunnel and was struck by project
ing rock.
The Glenwood post., 1908-06-13
Candidates For Vice President.

Chicago.-The opening of headquar-
ters for John Hays Hammond of
Massachusetts Tuesday brought the
vice presidential situation to the front
He was the first to show his candidacy
in definite form, but coincident with
his action came the movement in be-
half of Gov. Curtis Guild of Massachu
setts, who will be strongly urged when
the full force of the delegation from
his state arrives late in the week.
The New York candidates, tenta
tive and otherwise, are numerous
They are George B. Cortelyou. secre-
tary of the treasury, and Representa-
tives James S. Sherman and ]. Sloat
Fassett.- The East also has brought
forward another possibility in the per-
son of Franklin Murphy, former gov
ernor of New Jersey and national COM
mitteeman of that state.
From the West j. p. Dolliver of
Iowa, United States senator from that
state. was the most prominently men
toned Senator j. c. Burrows Of
Michigan, who is to be temporary
chairman of the convention. and Lieut..
Gov. Sherman of Illinois, also found
supporters among the politicians.
The Glenwood post., 1908-06-13

Over 10000 deaths have resulted
from the severe famine prevailing in
the Usoga province, Uganda. East
Africa. The government is feeding 50,-
900 of the natives. Crops are com
plete failure.
At the Brooklands track near Lon
don on the Sth inst. Felic Nazzare, the
Italian driver, made worlds automo-
bile record over distance of two and
three-quarter miles, travelling at the
rate of 120 miles an hour.
After protracted negotiations it has
been decided that there are too many
difficulties in the way of an athletic
meeting for track and field events be-
tween British and American teams to
follow the Olympic games in London
this summer and the matter has been
dropped.
The new scout cruiser Salem was
given her shaking down trial on the
measured mile course off Province
town, Mass, Sunday and made 259
knots ip her best mile, the mean of
several high speed runs being 1913
knots. The contract calls for "a
knots.
A thousand homes were shaken as
though by an earthquake. 500 windows
were shattered and a fireworks plant
and two dwelling houses were wrecked
at Newcastle, Pa. Sunday night when
two tons of powder and enough fire.
works for half dozen celebrations ex-
ploded.
The steamer Corwin from Seattle
for the ninth consecutive year has
been the first vessel to reach Nome.
The Corwin arrived at the mining
city June 3rd, making the trip from
Seattle in twenty-three days, eighteen
hours. For the last week the Corwin
was working throuh the ice.
All sorts and sizes of magicians, to
the number of $50, attended the fourth
annual banquet of the Society of
American Magicians. held in the Hotel
Marlborough, New York City. 1t took
the form of farewell banquet to
Harry Kellar, dean of the profession,
who has retired from the stage.
Word reached the City of Mexico
Saturday that bandits attacked a pay
train on the way to the Les Grandes
mines, near Belsas, in the state of Gu
errero. OF the escort of four men
three were killed and one wounded.
Four thousand dollars was stolen.
Rurales are in pursuit of the highway
men. The mine belongs to an Amer
lean company.
No persons over fifty years OF age
will be admitted hereafter to teaching
positions in the Chicago public schools
The board of education made this rul
ing by vote of 12 to 4. incidentally
the trustees gave their official con
firmation to the statement OF the SUI
perintendent's office that this age
limit appears to be the point at which
the mental and physical vigor of those
who come to us has begun to decline
The Glenwood post., 1908-06-13
CONSERVATION
COMMISSION
APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT
AT SUGGESTION OF Gov
ERNoRS' CONFERENCE.
TWO COLORADO men
OF MEN PROM.
NENT IN ALL LINES OF IN.
pUsTRIAL ACTIVITY.

Washington.-In accordance with
the suggestion made by the governors
at their conference at the White House
in May, the President has appointed
national conservation commission to
consider and advise him on questions
relating to the conservation of the
natural resources of the country and
to cooperate with similar bodies which
may be designated by the several
states.
The personnel of the commission is:
Water-Theodore E. Burton, Ohio,
chairman; Senators William B. Alli-
son, Iowa; Francis G. Newlands, Ne
vada; William Warner, Missouri, and
John H. Bankhead, Alabama; w. j. Nc
Gee, bureau of soils, secretary; F. II.
Newell, reclamation service; Clifford
Pinchot, forest service; Herbert Knox
Smith, bureau of corporations; Repre-
sentatives Joseph E. Ransdell, Louisi-
ana; Prof. George F. Swain, Institute
of Technology, Massachusetts,; the
chief of engineers, United States army.
Forests-Senators Reed Smoot,
Utah. chairman; Albert ]. Beveridge,
Indiana, and Charles A. Culberson,
Texas; Representatives Charles F.
Scott, Kansas, and Champ Clark, Mis-
souri,; j. B. White, Missouri; Prof.
Henry S. Graves, Yale forest school,
Connecticut; William Irvine, Wiscon-
sin; ex-Gov. Newton C. Blanchard,
Louisiana; Charles L. Pack, Gustav
Schwab, national chamber of COM
merce, New York; Overton w. Price,
forest service secretary.
Lands-Senators Knute Nelson, Min
nesota, chairman, and Francis E, War
rem Wyoming; Representatives John
Sharp Williams, Mississippi; Swager
Sherley, Kentucky, and Herbert Par
sons, New York; ex-Gov. George c.
Pardee, California; ex-Gov. N. B. Bro
ward, Florida; James J. Hill, Mime
sofa; Charles Mcdonald, American So
ciety of Civil Engineers, New York;
Murdo Mckenzie, Colorado; Frank
c. Goudy, Colorado; George w. Wood
ruff, Interior Department, secretary.
ls-Representative John S.
Dalton, PENNSYLVANIA, chairman; Sena-
tors Joseph NJ. Dixon, Montana; Frank
P. Flint, California, and Lee S. Over
man, North Carolina; Representatives
Philo Hall, South Dakota; James l..
Slayden, Texas; Andrew Carnegie,
New York; Prof Charles R. Van Hise,
Wisconsin; John Mitchell. Illinois;
John Hays Hammond. Massachusetts,
Dr. Irving Fisher, Yale University
Connecticut; James A. Holmes, Geo
logical Survey, secretary.
Executive Committee-Gifford Pin
chot, chairman; Representative Theo'
dore E. Burton; Senators Reed Smoot
and Knute Nelson; John Dalzell, w.
]. McGee; Overton w. Price, G. w.
Woodruff, James A Holmes.
The Glenwood post., 1908-06-13
AN ITINERARY OF LECTURES
PLANNED FOR FlFTY-THREE
TOWNS.
ALL OVER COLORADO
PRACTICAL DISCUSSION OF PROB.
LENS MET BY FARMERS OF
THE STATE.

Fort Collins, Colo.-Monday marked
the departure from Fort Collins Of
sixteen members of the Agricultural
college faculty upon the June Farm
ers Institute lectures. Prof. IL. NJ
Cottrell, director of Farmers lpsti-
tutes has arranged total of\9ty-
three institutes for June, covering ev-
cry section of the state.
The programs at the various farm.
ers' meetings will include lectures on
live stock selection, feeding and judg-
ing, selection of seeds for different
conditions and attitudes, measuring
water and proper amounts to put on
the land, domestic science, diseases or
live stock and remedies therefor, ap-
plication of manures and fertilizers to
various soils and various crops and
handling of insect pests.
The list of speakers is as follows:
Prof. H. NJ Cottrell, director of inst-
tutes, Feeding" Prof c. P. Gillette
Injurious Insects" DR.. l. E. New
some. Live Stock Diseases" Prof. II.
NJ. Baines, Road Making" Dr.
George H. Glover, Live Stock Dis
eases" Prof E. B. House, "Irriga
ton" Miss Rebecca Boswell, "Domes-
tic Science" Prof E. R. Bennett. "Po
tato Specialist" Prof Fritz Know
Seed Selection" Prof. Fred Afford,
Soils" Dr. H. b. Kingman, 'Veterin-
ary;" Prof Mary F. Rausch. "Domes-
tic Science;" Prof. George E. Morton,
Live Stock Selection" E. ]. lddlngs.
Horticulture; Dean w. l.. Carlyle,
Live Stock"
These lecturers are divided into
four squads that will travel to the end
of the month.
The dates are as follows:
June S-Antonito, Masonville, Ell
bert.
June 9-Elizabeth.
June 1O-Arboles, Saporte, Kiowa.
June 11-Allison, Parker.
June 12-Lowel school house, Wei
ington.
June l3-Ignacio, Westcliffe, Ber-
thoud.
June 15-Oxford, Sivermon, Buena
Vista.
June 16-Florida Mesa, ST. CloHi,
Timnath, Salida. -
June 17-Durango, Virginiadale.
June 1S-Trimble Springs, Glen Ely
re, Windsor, Cedar Edge.
June 19-Kline, Austin.
June 20-La Plata, Walden, stove
Prairie, Crawford.
June 22-Dix.
June 23-Fort Lupton, Black Hoi-
low, Plateau City.
June 24-Weldon.
June 25-Brush.
June 26-Akron.
June 27-Yuma
June 29-Sedgwck.
The Glenwood post., 1908-06-13
Driven Out BY Flood.

Topeka. Kan-About 1000 people
have been driven from their homes in
North Topeka by the flood in the Kaw
river The major portion found shell
ter in Topeka proper. where the au-
ditorium, school buildings and private
homes have been opened to them. No
loss of life has been reported, but
there has been much property loss by
moving and muddy water in eAe
houses. The crest of the flood reached
Topeka at O'Clock Tuesday morning,
when the government river gauge
showed a registration Of 27.3 feet
The Glenwood post., 1908-06-13
Denver Post Endurance Race,

Denver.-The judges in the Denver
Post endurance race have announced
their decision as follows:
Our decision as the three Judges
Of the Denver Post endurance race is
as follows:
First and second prizes shall be
divided absolutely equal between
Workman of Cody, Wyoming, and Wy
kert of Severance, Colorado, the riders
Of Teddy and Sam.
"The third prize shall be awarded
to Edwards of Diamondville, Wyom-
ing, who rode Sorrel Clipper
Fourth prize shall be awarded to
Kern of Colorado City. who rode Dex.
Fifth prize shall be awarded to
Casio, who rode Blue Bell.
THE sixth prize is not awarded, for
the reason that the sixth horse has
not finished at the time of this meet
ing of the judges. 9.20 p. m. Saturday.
"The decision regarding the prizes
for condition has been reserved until
the judges can get the opinion of the
official veterinarians, Whitehouse,
Prien and Lamb.
"The judges have further decided
that all bets on this race shall be de-
clared off.
Signed, E. H. Grubb, Frank A. Had
sell. ]. M. Kuykendall."
The race was from Evanston, Wy
oming, to Denver, distance of $50
miles, and the leaders finished it in
six days and eight hours, an average
OF nearly ninety miles dcy.
The Glenwood post., 1908-06-13
DolNGs AT WASHINGTON.

The secretary of the interior has ap-
proved the indemnity school land se-
lection made by the state of Wyoming
in the Lander district, aggregating
2,43S acres.
Miss Anna Wilson, employed In the
government printing office, has been
elected by the International Typo
graphical Union one of the trustees of
the Union Printers Home at Colorado
Springs.
Within short time the convention
of 1902, to which the United States
and nearly every European power
We're signatories, aimed against the
white slave trade, will be proclaimed
by President Roosevelt.
Land Commissioner bennett is ar.
ranging to employ a large additional
force of special agents to examine and
close up some 1000 suspended land
entries, an appropriation of S250.000
having been made for this purpose by
the recent Congress.
Postmaster General Meyer an
nounces that an agreement has been
reached with the British government
providing for letter postage of two
cents an ounce between the United
States and Great Britain and Ireland
to become operative October 1st. =.
Practically complete returns from
the primary election held Tuesday in
Iowa show that United States Senator
William b. Allison has been nomi
mated to succeed himself. defeating
Governor A. B. Cummings by ma
jority in the neighborhood of 10000
Beginning June 10th payments for
bullion deposited at the mints and as
say offices of the United states will
be made in coin or bars or by cheok
of the local sub-treasury or United
States depository bank in the city in
which the mint or assay office is To-
Gated, as may be desired by the de-
positor.
A construction of the words nation.
al holidays" used in connection with
the issue of dressed chicken or turkey
in army garrison rations, has been
made by the War Department. They
are New Years. Washingtons Birth
day, Memorial Day, Independence Day,
Labor Day. Thanksgiving Day and
Christmas.
Carrying out his declaration to the
conference of governors that should
Congress fail to provide for the continu
ance of the Inland Waterways Commits
sion he should continue it by executive
act, and Congress having failed to
take action on the SUBJECT, President
Roosevelt has reappointed the members
of that commission.
An examination has been announced
to be held July Sth and 9th by the
United States Civil Service Commits
sion, for the position of clerk examiner
in the office of the commission at
Washington. Applicants should write
to Werner w. Campbell, secretary of
the United Civil Service Commission,
Federal building, Denver, for applica-
tion blank.
Land Commissioner bennett has an
nounced the adoption of a plan of re-
organization Of the general land office
work by which 1t will be divided into
three divisions or bureaus. One OF
these, which pertains to the general
routine of land office work. will be
placed in charge of Frank Bond, for
mer editor of the Cheyenne. Wyoming
Tribune. Work incident to the field
service will be placed in charge of H.
II. Schwartz, now chief of the special
service division of the office The lie.
gal or administration branch will be
placed In charge Of c. S. Ukes.
The Glenwood post., 1908-06-13

Atlantic City, N. J.-That President
RooseTelt had issued directions to the
heads OF all departments making non
payment OF bills by government en-
ployes sufficient cause for dis
charge. was made public here by Sec
retory John A. Green of the National
Retail Grocers' Association while dis
cussing before the National Wholesale
Grocers' Association the need of en-
forcing collections.
The Glenwood post., 1908-06-13
Shortage of Seed Potatoes.

Denver.-A Greeley dispatch says
Fort Morgan has been endeavoring
to purchase seed potatoes in the Gree
ley district with which to replant
some of it's beet fields, devastated by
the recent storm. The seed potatoes
cannot be obtained, as there are not
not enough to meet the demands here.
Over ten per cent more acreage has
been planted in potatoes this year than
heretofore and if seed could be OBJ
tanned 1000 acres more would be put
in.
The Glenwood post., 1908-06-13

Among the successful candidates for
the bachelor of arts degree at Dart
mouth college are Warren Currier,
Greeley, Colorado, John Baldwin
Glaze and Mason Avery Lewis. both
of Denver. Glaze is captain of the
baseball team and captained the foot
ball team last fall.
Charles l.. Tut, the millionaire mill
owner of Colorado Springs, is soop to
start on three-months' cruise of the
Pacific in his yacht "Anemone" Ac-
compsnied b. Mrs. Tut and their son,
Charles l.. rutt. Jr, he left for San
Diego. California Tuesday, and will
start on the cruise from that point.
Blue-grass blade., 1908-10-18

ground for dssoving it upon the plea that many other
societies of similar character at work in the same
locality for the societies of the character of the Lib
era Club boast the better and stronger becomes the
advocacy for mental liberty Had all church denomna-
tons acted upon the hypothesis their organization
would not be what it is today
BY all means keep the Club going. Keep it high
plane. Every Freethinker in and around New York
should rally to its support We i'll afford to lose such
organization the Liberal Club Its loss would be
reflection upon the of Freethought in America
There hundreds nay thousands of liberal and
women in and around Greater New York who might be
brought into cooperation with the Club by proper effort
The Blade has large number of subscribers in
that city, but it has some and if its services be of any
avail its columns open for that purpose.