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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-02
FRAGMENTARY RETURNS
CONTINUED from page y
the oergonian, may not exceed 1000,

PORTLAND, June 2 z A. Nj
Chamberlain's vote in Multnomah has
been cut down materially since mid
night. OF the 5000 votes counted he
is in the lead by only 200. Late re-
turns from Marin show Cake making
gains there. AT o'clock, Baker City
reports that Cake is ahead in that
county. The last report from Wasco
estimates Chamberlain majority to
be $50, with the rest of the Republi-
can ticket elected 1t is estimated that
Chamberlain has carried Jackson by
200. Little attention is being paid to
railroad commissioner, but from the
meagre returns it is conceded Aitchi
son has been reelected by sub
stantial majority. Only one complete
precinct Portland counted, number
seventy-three and a half, Rose City
Park addition gave Chamberlain six,
and Cake four. Returns slow, will file
bulletins tomorrow giving reliable
figures from counties as get returns.
PORTLAND, June 2 1:50 A. NJ
I'm the city of Sellwood two to one
against prohibition which makes the
Oakes wet. Hawley retains his seat
in Congress, constantly increasing by
big majority. The entire Republican
legislative ticket appears to have
swept the state. At midnight Nc
Minnville, Cake was 81 to Chamber
lain's 81. Cake carries Yamhill by
200. Statement No. stand of in
Yamhill. Ontario two to one for pro-
hibition. University and Armory bills
carries, suffrage and single tax defeat
ed in the state.
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ties of Indoor occupations. Noatness and orderllness In work arc constantly inculeated and 1t inctes to original thinking and deXterIty of hand As practical training for the growing boy the book is admirable. The frontis- piece. full page exhibits a comely lad buslly engaged in wood- working. The success of liarper's Outdoor Book for Boys ought to be duplicated in this work Good books and good games have their value always, but there is always a large place for the joy of actual accomplishment and as Is plainly to be seen, when achievement Is coupled with recreation a book of this character will be heartily welcom- ed. Expensive tools and apparatus are not called for. The explanations in these pages can be followed at very little expense. Taught bg this book tho boy can make many things which will be useful and ornamental in the house, Moreover all the in- structIons are put in simple, practical form. The host of illustrations that it in with the instructions make 1t additionally easy for the learner.
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author makes sympathetic study of conditions of a large proportion of the various people existing in want and misery. To find 30 many starving In land of plenty eXctes the travel CTS curiosity until he discovers that the bountles of nature have been mon- opolzed by the privileged few, and the common people have been dsin- herited. The writer's style is unpre- tentious, and charming in its slmplic- ity; without any attempt at fine writ ing, the diction is,p to tho best stand- ards Added chapters on Socialism and Twentieth Century Topics are full of interest, and nt well In tho general scheme of the work. The author rec jects Socialism as hot adapted to meet tho wants of humanity. and he looks at every feature of civilization or the lack of it from the viewpoint If Chris- tianity. No book yet published GOV. CTS the ground taken in this. Al- most every chapter Is worthy of re- view or criticism. and the full scope of the work cannot be outlined in one brief paragraph.
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THE PosTCRGPT By Eleanor Stuart
 published by tho Mcclure Co,, New
 York tl, at Judd's.
 wtory that charms and holds fast the readers attention a story of a lovely young American lady, Esther da Trofo, who welded an Italian count, Sandro do Trofo, who was the soul of honor a man to reverence for his purity of character, and whose early death had left her to deeply mourn and had left her the memory of spotless soul. Everywhere about | her beautiful Italian villa were me- mentoes and spots inexpressibly dear | to her from associations which were imprinted ineffaceably upon her mem- ory because they reminded her of the refined, gentle graceful and gifted sman she mourncd The story opens with beautiful descriptive touches on to the landscapes peculiar to Italy, and proceeding. the author tells of the rescue from drowning of Sandro, n little orphan boy from the orphanage, nearby, whom she installs in her home, and from the first loves with 1 the love of a mother. The memory of her husband held so sacred by | thc Contessa, becomes shadowed by the entrance into her eden of al For esti who false and treaaherous friend of the late count seeks by slow and guarded approaches to undarmind Esthers ideal of the late count by hints that the rescued orphan Sandro is Count Sandro's illegitimatc son, whose mother Esther had seen on visit with the boy to the city when tho boy had recognized his mother who
 from a position of comfort had been reduced by illness and neglect to take a menial position, Esther's idol, now off it's pedestal and fallen, is yet cher ishcd in her heart for she hugEed to her bosom the thought that 9he alone had possessed the true love of the count, but her ideal was shattered nevertheless. Tho truth is revealed at last and the aspersions upon the counts fair name arc cleared away
 but not until a terrible tragedy occurs and it's threatened result Is narrowly averted. There is an etherial, dream like indefinable dclicacy of touch tc this story which Is quite enthralling.
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Tbcatcr Magazine for April.

The cover of The Theater magazine for April is splendid example of the llthographer's art. It presents a strik- ing portrait in ten colors of Maude Adams as Chicot in The testers" No finer specimen of modern lithography has yet been Issued in the magazine- world.
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THE HEART oF THE RED FRS !

THE HEART OF THE RED FRS Fly
 Ada Woodruff Anderson Illustrated by Ch Grunwald published by Little,
 Brown & Co, Boston; Si.50
 This is g powerful story of the Pa ci1c northwest, of well sustained in- terest throughout---a story of lovers and full of thrilling situations and vivid pictures of the mountains and forests and of convulsons of nature in which tempests wrought their fury and melting avalanches of snow and earth nearly swept away 10 death in their track of ruin the hero of the tale and brought terrible end to another of the leading figures of the story In a romance of the Puget sound country Seattle Olympia and a settlement in the neghborhood of Mount Ralnler--in the seventies, aft CT the completion of the Northern Pa cihc railroad It is not historical, but chronicles conditions of that epoch now drawn to a close The author Is q native of the Pacific west, and one of the best known literary women of Seattle Wash, where she resides. Her short stories dealing with the vigorous life of the west, have appear ed since 1900, in all the leading mag
 azines--Century Harpers, Munscy's, Alnslee's, etc. This is hor first book, and n good starter surely. Half breeds, outlaws, cougars, forest fires, mountain climbing, outlaws, snug gling, music, yachting, prospecting etc. and brave men figure in the story. Several of the characters are based on types indigenous 10 this region in its wild and sparsely settled state and which the author studied evidently tO good advantage and she has very clcverly depleted them Intimate knowledge is displayed of the Puget sound country and conditions, and among the striking scenes are q par tial ascent of Mount Rainier, the rals- ing of Alce's cabin, and her fight with the forest fire, the night chase of the "Phantom, engaged in opium smuggling, Stratton's wanderings In the wilderness. Allces narrow escape from an attack by a cougar and her Irescue of Forrest and the discovery of his lost claim, near the Nisqually riV- or But the crowning achievement of the author Is her portrayal of the charming heroine, the modern Amerl- can woman in new country, strong in executive ability cloar-headed, en- dowed with foresight and memory | but still distinctly feminine and al- ways charming Alice Is a school teacher 1.-the and strong, who knows how to ride well a spirited horse whc endears herself to old and young She lnherits the tastes and the abilities of generations of pioneers, loves the
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THE RELIGION OF A DEMOCRAT. By
 Charles Hueblln Published by B. w.
 lIuebsch, New York $ net.
 This is frank and courageous dis cuselon of the demands made upon ocracy The author points out that every man must have his own relig- ion with the stamp of his personality upon it and that. although religion ls universal, it Is only vital when 1t Is a conscious, personal possession liv- any special faith
 The church, he asserts, Is made qunte for tho expression of democratic religion because 1t depends upon dead formulao, fears to trust the instincts of the people and is separated from industry and politics. Only through the democratic state can democratic religion he attained. democratic state Is ono in which no man is in economic physical, political, aesthetic, intellectual or moral subiection.
 The state should synthesize and ''lll'ilh hllHH hil l'ulldn NdllNi Wlltll involves the interrelaton of religion and all other human interests. The church may be cooperative agent, subject, however 10 tho state; and democratic religion will be organized through the parish and the nunici- pality, by democratising art, educa- tion and morality, in the public gal leries, libraries, school-houses town halls and churches, The dawn of democratic religion will he seen when the wants of the people arc harmoniz- ed and yocaizcd and all good human work is aspiration
 No one ia better fitted to express the sentiments of the radical social roformers than Professor 2uebin and in this book he iustilies all expecta- ] tions by a luminous review of the | subject which we have outlined above
 The manner in which he has divid. ed his study Is indicated by the chap | ter titles, Temperament and Person ality; The Constraint of Orthodoxy: | The Decay of Authority; Religion and the Church; Religion and the State; i lmpersonal Immortality
 Professor zueblin was educated in
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mountains, the clouds, tho wild for ests, the rushing torrents, She files homestead claims and timber rights and fulfils all the consequent obliga- tions of building and residence with genuine enjoyment She fights a cougar, and a brush fro and thief with equal courage, and caps the cli- max by cXtricating her lover from a landslide, which had nearly buried hlm and taking him into safety in spite of fractured bones and a dlslo- cation which she herself reduces, The story Is wonderfully realistic The H. lustrations by Grunwald arc excellent, ASTRONOMY WITH THE NAKED
 EYE" \ new geography of the heav-
 ems, with descriptions and charts of
 constellations stars and planets. By
 Garrett r, Servlss author of "Astro-
 nomy With an opera Glass" New
 York and London; Harper x Brothers,
 Slb0i at Judd's,
 This now book by MT. servlss will meet a popular want and will no doubt receive a hearty welcome from all interested In the what the heav- ems are telling" from all interested In the charming study of "the liter ature of the stars The book Is par ticularly for those casual observers of the night skies who wish to appre- ciate the scheme of the constella- tions without the burden of technical knowledge One feature is the inclu- sion of the myths and crceds with which the heavenly bodies have been identified in times past, thus enjoying the knowledge. to be gained through a knowledge Of the part they have played in legend and literature. The book begins with the discussion of the consultations visible in the meridian in January, their characteristic ap- pearanee, and some of the history and mythology that attach to them, After this comes similar treatment of each coustelaton's brightest stars ! There is also list, for the conven- fence of those who wish to use the tel eScope, of telesCoplc bodies, double stars, nebulae, etc, giving their rela- tive positions Al the end Is a group of charts showing stars visible to tho | naked eye and the outlines of the con. stellation figures. such as the Rclt of orion, etc. The Intimate touch con vcyed in addition to this by the story of the stars Is unique and satisfying and should hll a deep need that the average man sometimes confcsses tC when he looks up at the stars and wonders what lt Is all about In 1t. self or as companion work to As. tronomy Through the Opera Glass this book will prove of immense ser vice and pleasure to all who wish tC l know the stars
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certainly Is they feel that they have got their moneys worth This story
 harks back to the year l3i3 with An dreas of Hungary on his way with q
 body of his rctainers to Naples to join
 his fife, whom he has never seen, Gio-
 vanni granddaughter of the king, who
 Is dying. The dying king had unjust
 ly named as his successor, Giovanni,
 child of the young branch of his fam
 fly and at the last moment he seeks
 to repair the wrong by arranging that
 Andrcas and Giovanni shall reign to-
 gether over Naples. But in this in-
 tent he had rcckoncd without the
 cruel, ambitious and schemlng Gio- yanni, woman of great beauty but
 capable of the fouest treaehery as the brave, gallant, handsome and yet boyish Andrcas was soon to discover, Giovanni was determined to become
 the sole ruler and had powerful tool aand helper in Contc Raymond who,
 on the death of the old king, proclaim cd her queen in her own right An dreas had while en-route, received
 warnings not to proceed to Naples
 warnings that great peril and dire plotting against him awaited him, but hot-blooded and confident in his star and being man of great personal lproWess, but lacking prudence. he blindly rejects the counsel given and
 rushcs on to his fate. Very ominous in his lack of welcome on his arrival
 no glad acclaim for the new king Is heard The meeting of Andrcas and 1 Giovanni. tho rejection of his claims
 as the sole sovereign the tournament | in which Andreas brave. courageous and powerful in body, bears down the champion in the public contest. tho subsequent fighting for his crown and 1 the scenes leading up to the crisis when the ChiValrous Andreis is foully murdered in the monastery with his wife at his side, the inspirer of the
 murder, are very vivid and very dra.
 matte The dreadful deed was dons 1 just when Andrras had seemingly won | his cause. Then comes Andrcas'
 brother, Ludoyico with an army to avenge his brothers death and how ! he is bcguilcd by the false and allur- 1 ing Giovanni into believing her lnno-
 cent of his brothers murder, now he
 attracted by her beauty permits him
 self dallance with her and her win some maid Sancia, to the neglect of 1 his mission and how at last the plague
 sets in all are told with rare ski T
 hly this girlish writer. who wins as
 e story teller surely.
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THE DIsINHERITED. By George Wal lace. J. S. Ogilyie Publishing Co.,, New York l2mo., cloth. 2l5 pages. Price, sl.
 Mir, Wallace was for many years ed- itot of the South Side Observer.
 This is not novel, but in some re- spects it is more engrossing. In ser ies of observations on Travel" the
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THINGS WORTH WHILE By Thomas
 Wentworth Higginson. In inc Art oi
 life Series; Edward Howard GriggS
 editor. Published by E IL Huebsch
 New York. 5or. net
 If lt could be said that any one man links the literature of the nine tccnth century to that of the twcnt eth, the distinction would belong to Colonel lligsinson After rich and full life as m author, soldier and man of affairs, at elghty-four he gives us a volume which. though small in size, Is full of reminigcencc, wise counsel criticism of llfc and manners, and homrly philosophy
 one will enjoy reading this book but one will enjoy oven more reading it a second time. Colonel Hlgginson writes in such q quotnblc style that the reader will find himself making constant reference to the book be- cause fl touches hclpfully on so many many of the perpleXitics and joys in life And patriotism of refined kind marks tho volume throughout
 There is nothing old or old fash. toned about it except in the virtues that it possesses It ia like an echo of the best days in the New England school of literature and the style ear rics the reader back to thoughts oi Emerson, Lowell and LonEfcllow In this day of "bcst sellers, largest IcIrculations" and machine made liter. ature f. will prove mental :nfresh. mont to spend an hour under l shady tree with Things Worth While
 ThIs K q worthy third to the books which have already appeared n Tho Art of Life Series: namely, "Thc Use of the Margin" by Edward How ard Griggs, and Where Knowledge ! Fails, by Earl Barnes.
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HAMPERS INDOOR BOOK FOR BOYS

HAMPERS INDOOR BOOK FOR BOYS.
 By Joseph H. Adams, auihof of liar.
 perss Outdoor Book for Boys, Mar
 per's Electricity Book for Boys" ctc, '
 Profusely Illustrated Sl,io at Judd'5
 Published by Harper X Brothers New
 York,
 A practical and comprehensive book of 3G5 pages, which shows how boys leisure time indoors can be spent, both pleasantly and proftably. It takes up carpentry and wood cary ing, metal work and wire work, relief etching and clay modelling, book binding and printing and other varie-
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-08-01
Four Costly Years.

A satistician who is doing service for the New
York World produces figures that demonstrate that
the last four years of Roosevetsm cost the United
States $339OO,OOO more than the four years of the
civil The appropriations by congress during
these four Roosevelt years exhibit the enormous
total of 3d. 42s 100000 nearly billions for each
congress-
The New York paper, commenting the extrava-
gance of the governing party, says:
In article prepared for the anniversary number
of the World Senator Allison the venerable republi
chairman of the senate committee on appropria-
tons, showed that since 1883 there had come an an
nua increase of $51OOO00O in expenditures for the
army annual increase of $84 100000 for the navy
and annual increase of $3OOOO,OOO for pensions.
These three items alone represent total of $751;,
100000 in the appropriations authorized at the
cent session of congress
This is annual tax of more than $3.50 on every
man, woman and child in the United States for
army, navy and pensions alone 1t represents
average Of $22.50 per family, than half the
average months earnings of the American laborer
in the period of highest prosperity.
Mr. Roosevelt has been president of the United
States tor nearly seven years Who recall
single bill that he ever vetoed on the ground of
travagance? Who can remember a single instance
in which he firmly protested against the unnecessary
expenditures of public money? Who recall
single message in which he took strong, unconl-
promising position in support of public economy?
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-08-01
A Voice from the North.

Standpoint Idaho, July %. To the Idaho
Scimitar I admire the stand you are taking
against the Mormon church; not because it is
the Mormon church, but because that church is
seeking to wed church and state in Idaho Any other
church seeking the ends would be as dangerous
the Mormon hierarchy and it is the stand you are
making for true Americanism which particularly at
tracts my attention toward your efforts. 1t is true
that | am good democrat, but profess allegiance
to that party because has always stood for the pre-
servation of the institutions and the original spirit of
our country [ have grievance against the Nor
mon church a church they have right to fol-
low their religious convicitons-but l am Bit
terly opposed to anything which smacks of church
and state, the very thing which the republican party
and the Mormon church in Idaho are working for.
The true American spirit at least in the north part
of Idaho, will not vote the republican ticket at the
coming election, which is going to make good clean
sweep for the democracy here
| am glad have one newspaper man in Idaho
like Senator Dubois, who has got the nerve the right
eousness of purpose and the force of character to
fight of the rotenest political and religious de-
baucheries ever fastened upon the Idaho and Amer-
can people Tell Dubois that he has the warmest
esteem of all the north Idaho democrats.
North Idaho
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-08-01
THE IDAHO SCIMITAR.

shows how far away the republican management is
in its calculations. Before the campaign is we'll adj
vanced the expectation of carrying democratic states
in the west will be abandoned and the committee will
find that all its fighting capacity will need to be
employed to republican states
The unanimous demand of the republican COM
mtteemen of the west for money notification the
voters of the west that they to be left alone
with their personal opinions They are to be annoyed
by the machine
Utahs representatives at Colorado Springs made
a strong demand for money, asserting that ''the Nor
mon question has split republican ranks in twain
and only money can supply the balsam needed to
heal the wound
AT the close of the conference, Mr. Hitchcock said
"There is little to be said The conference is sue
cess in the that have been enabled to secure
line on what is necessary to carry the west for
Taft We not Understanding the strength of our
opponents, but believe we can defeat them In
order to do that, however, every republican must
put his shoulder to the wheel"
Thus ended the first consultation of the leaders of
the republican party the situation in the west
where the battle is to be fought Although most of
the states of the west have been strongly republican,
they are now suspected of tendency in the other
direction, and money is the demand of the hour
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-08-01
Republicans in Council.

There was an experience meeting at Colorado
Springs last week, composed of the republican
m1tteemen of the western states and the national
chairman of the republican party, Mr.. Hitchcock.
Seventeen states were represented and in all of
these states Mr.. Hitchcock was told that Bryan was
strong Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado and the Pa
cc states told of serious detection and in the other
states the leaning Bryanward
With one voice the western states said, "give us
money and the chairman was convinced that it
would be necessary to pour the wealth Of the east
into the states of the west to the day. and then
perhaps fail
Texas and Oklahoma considerably discussed
but hope that they could be made republican not
buoyant and the suggestion that they might be