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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-13
Fire Last Night Causes $25O,OOO Damage and IS
Not Controlled at Last Reports
SEVERAL CANNING PLANTS ARE DESTROYED
The Total Loss May Reach Beyond Million Dollars Origin Of
Fire UnknOwnFemen Are Assistedby Hundreds Of vOlun
leeTs-Flames Visible In Belllngham

BELLINGHAM, Wash, Oct. ~.
A special from Blaine says that
flames broke out in H. r. jenkins
Lumber company's plant here ~
1880 o'clock tonight and at midnight
practically consumed tic entire plant
valued Al s2sooOO. The flames fan.
ned by / strong southwest wind ars
being carried toward the Erie Mil
loo fest away and the Morrison mill.
The plants q the Northwest carb
Canning Company he city dock and
the Ainsworth and Dunns Canning
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-13
HEBREWS MERGING.

NEW YORK, Oct. i2-At a meet
ing attended by several hundred per
sons representing all the Jewish or
ganizations in New York City, steps
we're taken to form permanent as.
sociation to advance the interests Of
the Jewish residents Of the city and
protect them in their rights. In the
resolutions it was pointed out that al.
thought New York possessed what
was called "The largest Jewish col
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-13
PROPOSED CONFERENCE.

BERLIN, Oct. i2 News thar
Great Britain Is willing to have I'M
tcrnalional conference meet for re-
arrangement of Near Eastern Aft
fairs" was received in Berlin today
after the foreign Office had closed. II
has been understood for several days
that Germany Is agreeable to the
conference II the other powers are
united IN iayoring Il. No official
communications with reference 10
the conference have been exchanged
between Germany and Russia.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-13
THE CUBS LOSE TO TIGERS
AT CHICAGO By A SCORE
or B TO 3.
VISITORS ONTO PFEIs1ER
Crowd Asks For Retirement Of
Pfeister But Captain Chance Ig-
iiores Request Three Men Are
Passed and ls Hits Made.
(consinaed On page 81

CHICAGO, Oct. iz-Detrolt be-
came real contender for the worlds
baseball championship today when it
defeated Chicago in a decisive fash
ion by a score Of 8to 3. Manager
Jennings achieved this result with a
change in his line up
This shake,up however cannot be
said to have had any material effect
in winning the game for neither
Schaeffer nor coughlin got hit, while
Coughlin bungled one Of his two
chances.
Pfeister's left handed shoots for
the most part failed to puzzle the
Michigan batsmen. Besides passing
three men he was hit safely IS times,
two Of the clusterc being doubles and
six Of them occurring in one inning,
1t was this inning, the sixth. which
gave the game to Detroit. The
crowd which, with exception Of the
minority from Detroit, which enjoy
ed the procession across the plate
immensely pleaded with vociferous
unanmity for the retirement Of.
Pheister'.
Despite the fact that the SUN shone
brightly today and the temperature
was higher than yesterday, less than
l4,500 paid admissions were regis,l
tered,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-13
SCHOOL APPROPRIATION.

SALEM. Or Oct, ri The State
Normal SchooI regents today appro-
priated approximately $550000 for
the Normal Schools. The board adj
hered to the policy Of three schools
for fhe state, though W. B. Ayers Of
Portland win file 4 minority report
objecting to more than three schools.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-13
JUDGE GANTENBE|N DECIDES ON
SUNDAY CLOSING CASES

District Attorney Cameron said this
morning that he has not decided
whether Ne win appeal 10 the Su.
premt Court
IN concluding The Judge said that II
shc next legislature desires 10 pass 4
law for the purpose Of providing a
day d resi- and recreation, they
should give the Idaho Sunday clos
ing statute careful study. He com
ncnded the Idaho law 10 them Dc a
model,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-13

ony III the world numbering 1000,
700 or more persons, yet its position
was SO exposed and 80 weak that il
was almost powerIcss against at.
tack from without ard dissolution
from within" The sentiment was
general FOR the formation Of per-
Inanent central Jewish body, but
without definite action an adjourn
ineflt Of the conference was taken un-
iii tonight.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-13
HIGSEN ALONE
AT PORTLAND
lnClenent Weather and Absence Of Leader Acts IS
Deterant to Many Who Would Attend

PORTLAND, Oct l2Thomas il
Hisgen, candidate Of the Independ-
ence party for President addressed 4
gathering Of about $500 people IN
the Armory III this city today His
gems speech was an arraignment Of
both the old parties and a recital Of
his personal experiences III his fight
with the Standard Oil Company In,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-13

NEW YORK, Oct, ri Chairman
Hitchcock If the National Republit
canrcommittee says he can see no
justification whatever for the hope Of
the democratic success in Ohio. He
said the state as whole will more
than offset any local disaifection and
that Republican success IS assured.
Chairman Mckinley said that he had
heard from every Republican con
gressional committeeman ID Indiana,
and that all had reported to him that
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-13

clement weather and absence of WI.
= Hearst with More letters deter
red many who would have otherwise
bsen present Al tonight's meeting.
There were several attempts to break
Up the meeting but shouting names
ct Taft and Bryan but they were
wholly ignored BY the speaker and
soon desisted from.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-13
WASHINGTON LETTER

WASHINGTON, Oct. IL. Prof.
Irving Fisher, the eminent political
ecofeiiilst of Yale University, who in
one Of his papers before the recent
international Tuberculosis Congress
in Washington declared that con-
sumption costs the people of the Uni
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-13
TAFT AT AKRON.

AKRON, o., Oct H. Seventeen
Ohio towns heard and saw Judge
Taft today. He talked from cincin-
matt to Akron through a portion Of
the state conceded to have been a
Foraker stronghold, with portion
Of the territory democratic. The
candidate was listened to by large
crowds,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-13
is DOUBTFUL THAT
BRYAN CAN WIN
Chairman Hitchcock Can See No Justification for
the Belief That Bryan Can Garry Ohio

Indiana is certainly safe for the Re-
publican national ticket, Mckinley
said that Illinois will not elect every
Republican congressional candidate
but will give a majority for Taft and
Sherman Mckinley said he had
been assured BY Hitchcock that the
next lower house Of congress will be
Republican James H Sherman, Re-
publican yiee-presidential candidate,
brought encouraging reports Of poll
teal conditions il tie middle west,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-13

plant are threatened Firemen ats
being assisted BY hundreds Of volun-
tesrs and desperate efforts are being
made 10 save what Is believed to be
the possible destruction of the whole
of Blaiae's waterfront. II the plants
are All destroyed the total loss will
run beyond 4 miTlioa dollars The
origin Of the fire Il not known, The
flames we're discovered BY the night
.watchman and rose to such a height
US 70 be plainly visible in BeHingham.
jenkins piant is one Fl die largest
plants in the country.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-13
browns IN WINE.

SANTA ROSA, Cal, i2-Mrs.
George Golfer, wife Of rancher, at
Occidental, was drowned yesterday
in vat Of wine.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-13
PROGRESSIVE ITEM.

TOXIC, Oct, IL The Chinese.
japanese convention regarding the
Port Arthur Chefoo cable vas signed
At Toxic today
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-10-13
SUNDAY LID IS LIFTED
,
Billiard and Pool Rooms May
Open But Saloons Must ne.
main Closed
INJUNCTION IS PERMANENT

Judge Declares the Law ID Viola
ton Of Religious Liberty, 10 I'm
Justly Discriminating and Is an
Unjust Ons
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23
UNCLE SANS BUDGET
GOES ABOVE BILLION
Appropriations by Congress Tabu-
lated Officially by Clerks of
the Two Houses.
EMPLOYS 1862 MORE MEN
Navy and Marine Corps Take Most
Money for Ships and Pub
lie Buildings.

Official figures have been prepared by
Thomas 2. Cleaves and James C.
Courts, chief clerk respectively of the
committee on appropriations Of the Sen
ate and that Of the House Of Repre-
sentatives, showing that appropriations
at the last session Of Congress reached
S1,O0S, 397 ,543.56. OF this amount $685.
3S2,247 was appropriated for the army,
S122 ,GG5,SS5 for the navy, $163, 053, 900
for pensions, $500, 97O,892 for the Post
sundry civil expenses.
In addition to specific appropriations
money was provided for continuing con-
tracts to the amount of S49,443, $50.
Among the continuing appropriations
were the amounts to be paid for two
first-class battleships, two Golfers, ten
torpedo boat 1estroyers and eight sub
marine torpedo boats, with the armOr
and armament for the battleships esti-
mated to cost $25,7OOOOO. Appropria-
tions for public buildings aggregated
$20,7S9, $50. Comparison of the contract
liabilities with those of the last session
Of the Fifty-ninth Congress, amounting
to SCI, 934 $40, shows a reduction of
$1S,490,599.
The new offices specifically authorized
are 1854 in number, at an annual cotl-
pensation Of $13, 764,676 and those abol-
ished are 6,142 in number, with an an,
nual compensation of $467S, 389, max
ing a net increase of 10,6S2 in number
and $9,0S6,2S7 in pay. OF the net in
crease in the number of new employees
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23
ARTISTIC TASTE.

In This the French Are First and
the Irish Come Next.
Artistic taste is due to tempera na1t,
and where this exists tie simplest ma
terials lend themselves to artistic COM
binations and beautiful effects.
The French excel in dainty, graceful
designs because of their volatile, mirth
loving temperaments. The Germans
can never reach these heights because
their temperaments are just the re-
verse, while it has been proved in sew
eral workroOms that, next to the
French, the Irish temperament is the
most artistic.
The more artistic the general train
ing of a person the more ready are
they to appreciate and profit by the
fine productions of others hence we
are glad to see and grateful for the
privilege of studying the models
brought from Paris each season by the
enterprising importers.
Twenty-Five years ago in Paris and
London the houses that catered to
America and the colonies put aside for
their trade any designs that were too
extreme or screaming for the fastid-
ious home buyers, says the Millinery
Trade ReYiew. But times have changed,
and the American woman is now con-
sidered the best dressed in the world,
and the leaders of American society
are the women who dictate quite as
much as the elite of France.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23
NOTES OF CURRENT EVENTS.

Papers have been served on Frank J.
Gould in New York in the suit for abso-
lutte divorce brought by his wife, who was
formerly Miss Helen NJ. Kelly.
John w. Riddle, the American ambas.
sador to Russia, who has been threatened
with an attack of pneumonia. is continu.
ing to gain strength, although slowly.
At Lebsig, Mieroslap Sjosynski, a Ru.
thanian student. who shot and killed
Count Andreas Potocki, the governor OF
the Austrian Polish province of Galicia
was condemned to death.
A dispatch from Guayaquila says the
bubonic plague there is decreasing. Dur.
ing the month of June there were four.
teen new cases and eight deaths. Twen,
ty-five cases recovered and there are eigh.
teen in the lazaretto.
The power-greedy hand of Russia is
seen in the latest order of the Shah OF
Persia giving the Cossacks control of the
rapid-fire gun section at Teheran and &C
cess to the Persian artillery barracks. Al
Tabriz the Russian consul has brough!
about peace negotiations between the rev.
olutionists and the government. Many
women are taking part in the revolution.
ary movement in Persia.
The registered mail pouch, containing
$4,000 in money and 100000 worth of
diamonds. which was stolen from a mail
car in Kansas City, No, June 6. was
found in the switchyards in Kansas City,
Kan, but the money had been taken out,
though the jewelry had been left.
The funeral in Honolulu of Prince Da-
vid kawanananakoa, who died recently
in San Francisco, was one of the most
imposing funerals ever held in Hawaii.
The ceremony was in accordance with
ancient Hawaiian usage in the case OF
chiefs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23
A Delicious Cnstnrd.

The recipe for this delicate dessert
has been handed down in my family
for many generations: Into each indi-
vidual custard cup put the yolk of one
egg, add one heaping teaspoonful OF
sugar, two gratings of nutmeg and five
tablesp0onfuls Of sweet milk. Incorpo-
rate thoroughly and set the cups in a
pan of hot water. Bake in a moderate
oven until firm. When cool, cover with
a meringue, using the whites of the
eggs for this purpose, and allow one
tablespoonful of powdered sugar to the
white of each egg. Through the very
tiptop of each snowy mound drop a
teaspoonful of orange marmalade-De-
lineator
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23
InS and Outs.

whats that noise?" asked the Wis
itor in the apartment house.
probably some one in the dentists
apartments on the floor below getting
Il tooth out"
But this seemed to come from the
floor above"
''Ah. then it's probably the Popleys'
baby getting a tooth n."-Philadelphia
Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23
AN INSECT TRAGEDY.
The Nest the Mother Butterfly Builds
for Her Young.

The Nest the Mother Butterfly builds
for Her Young.
There is something really pathetic in
the way mother butterfly builds a
nest for her children. In the first
are deposited represents a great deal
Of sacrifice, for it is lined with several
layers of down plucked from the moth
er's own soft body. The eggs having
been laid carefully upon this luxurious,
pretty couch, are protected by an equal
ly pretty coverlet made of the same
material
These butterfly bedclOthes are often
arranged with an intricacy that is quite
curious and perpleXing. Sometimes a
bed is made so that each separate deli
cate hair stands upright, thus giving
the entire nest the appearance of a lit
tie brush of doWny fur. Then again
the eggs are laid spirally round a tiny
branch, and, as the covering follows
their course, the effect resembles the
bushy tail of a fox, only the nest is
more beautiful than the brush of the
finest fox that ever roamed over coun-
try.
The building of this downy nest IS
the latest earthly labor of the mother
butterfly, for by the time it is com
pleted her own delicate body is denuded
of it's natural covering and there is
nothing left for her to do but die, a
sacrifice which she promptly and hero
ically makes in the interest of the COM
ing butterfly generation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23
BOYS RUN RELAY RACE.
z NJ. C. A. Lads Bear Message from
New York to Chicago.

As pistol shot rang out on the New
York City Hall steps the other day a
little athlete in running tights, carry
ing a message from Mayor Mcclellan
20 Mayor Busse of Chicago darted away
up Broadway on the first relay OF a
thousand-mile journey TO Chicago. Her
bert H. Rapp was the runner.
More than 1900 Y. u. c. A. boys
have taken part in the race, and a
strenuous effort has been made TO break
all records for similar events. Intense
interest in the long sprint has been
taken all over the country, and crowds
met the runners at every point on the
long course to cheer them on their way.
Each runner carried the message half
a mile, when a fresh runner took it on
to the next point of relief. Perhaps the
most spectacular feature of the relay
run was the swimming of Lake Cayuga
by the boys Of the Auburn IN. " de-
partment.
The easiest and straightest route be
tween New York and Chicago was Sc
lected, the course being carefully laid
out from government survey maps. The
route was divided into sections of from
fifteen to ninety miles each, the Y. NJ.
c. A members of that district furnish
ing the runners to bear along the May
or's message.
Not a minute night or day Except
Sunday passed that some lad was not
speeding across the country carrying
this message. The message was en-
cased in a silver tube, which was
passed from one boy to another AT the
end of each relay The message is as
follows:
City of New York, Office of the Mayor
To the City of Chicago: The city Of
New York sends greetings by the fast
runners of the Young Mems Christian
Association.
This message is borne on foot without a
halt from the Atlantic to Lake Michigan,
and the hundreds of boys who carry it
gain no prize except the consciousness OF
having done their best.
GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN, Mayor.
The Hon. Fred A Busse, Mayor, Chicago,
Illinois.
Every boy in this relay race was
chosen because of his good character
and conduct as well as because of good
limb and lungs and muscles. He ran
for a record not only in bodily excel
lence and efficiency, but also for a rec
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23

5000 are seamen for the navy, 800 are
additional officers and enlisted men for
the marine corps and 3,36S are clerks
and other employees of the postal ser
vice.
The total apparent number of sal
aries increased is 129,92S, at an annual
cost of S9,146,575. OF this number A.,
636 are commissioned officers, warrant
officers and enlisted men of the navy
and S907 officers and enlisted men of
the marine corps.
4 comparison of the total appropria-
lions of the last session of the Fifty
ninth Congress - 1920, 79S, 143 = with
those of the first session of the SiXtieth
Congress 81 OSO, 397 ,543-shows an in
crease of SS7, 500, 800. Increases are
shown in all of the general appropria-
ton acts, except those for the District
of Columbia, the Indians and the Mill
tary Academy. the reductions in these
three aggregating $43S,7 100.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23
Pe-ru-na Tor His Patients.
The Marble and the Pencil.

The marble trick is as old as the
days Of Aristotle. Cross the middle
and fore fingers and roll a marble be-
tween them. The marble will feel like
two, because it is being felt in an I'LL
accustomed way. If pencil is drawn
between the crossed fingers the one
pencil will feel like parallel bars. The
same illusion may be worked by placing
the pencil between the lips and then
moving the under lip to one side, caus-
ing the pencil to feel like two. More
curious than any of these is the one
where the forefnger is crossed over
the little finger behind the other two
and then applied to the end of the
nose. Not only can you feel two noses,
but one of them seems to be about an
inch longer than the other. This last
sensation is caused by the fact that
we do not ordinarily feel the edge of
any object with these two fingers at
the same time unless the part felt with
the little finger projects beyond the
part felt by the forefnger.-St Louis
Republic
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23
Must Pension Themselves.

Domestic servants in Germany come
under the law that obliges all persons
below n certain income to provide for
their old age. The postoffice issues
cards and stamps, and one of these
stamps must be dated and affixed to
the card every Monday. Sometimes
the employers bU- the cards and stamps
and show them at the postoffice each
month. Sometimes they expect the ser
want to pay half the money required.
Women who go out by the day get their
stamps at the house they work in on
Mondays. If a girl marries she may
cease to insure and may have a sum
of money toward her outfit. In that
case she will receive no old age pension.
But if she goes on with her insurance
she will have from - to 20 marks (S3
to So a month from the state after
the age of 20.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23

For mending the broken arm of a
boy in humble life, the Aberdeen In
Urinary at Aberdeen, Scotland, has re-
ceived $175,000. The boy patient has
since become Lord Mountstephen, mil
lionaire banker and railroad president,
who emigrated to Canada as a young
man, and there built up his great for
tune.
Lord Mountstephen has never for
gotten the kind treatment he received
at Aberdeen, and has sent the in
Urinary Il check for $4,000, making a
total of $4,000 in donations to this
institution.
The Canadian baron's other big
donations include $2,500,000 to King
Edwards Hospital fund and S1,300.000
for a hospital at Montreal. He has
distributed nearly 100000 among his
relations
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23
DROPPED COFFEE.

Doctor Gains 20 Pounds on Postum.
A physician of Wash, D. c., says of
his coffee experience:
For years l suffered with periodical
headaches which grew more frequent
until they became almost constant. So
severe were they that sometimes 1 was
almost frantic. l was sallow, consti-
pated, irritable, sleepless; my memory
was poor, l trembled and my thoughts
We're often confused.
MY wife, in her wisdom, believed
coffee was responsible for these ills and
urged me to drop it. l tried many
times to do so, but was its slave.
FINALLY Wife bought a package OF
Postum and persuaded me to try it, but
she made 1t same as ordinary coffee
and l was disguised with the taste. q
make this emphatic because l fear
many others have had the same ex-
perience.) She was distressed at her
failure and we carefully read the direc-
tons, made it right, boiled it full 10 min,
utes after boiling commenced. and with
good cream and sugar, l liked tit
invigorated and seemed to nourish me
That was about a year ago. Now |
have no headaches, am not sallow,
sleeplessness and irritability are gone,
my brain clear and my hand steady |
have gained 20 lbs. and feel l am a
new man.
L do not hesitate to give Postum
due credit. OF course dropping coffee
was the main thing, but l had dropped
it before, using chocolate, cocoa and
ether things to no purpose.
Postum not only seemed to act as
an invigorant, but as an article of
nourishment, giving me the needed
phosphates and albumens. This is no
ed by my wife and her sister, who both
changed to Postum and are hearty
women Of about 40. q
Il write this for the information
and encouragement of others, and with
a feeling of gratitude to the inventor
of Postum
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
Greek, Mich. Read 1.-THE Road to Well
ville," in pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and full OF
human interest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23
Our Own Ministries.

Bones-Mistah Johnsing, kin yo' tel
me de dif'unce tween de dipplymatic
inte'co'se O fust class powahs an ninf
cases o measles in a cullud family?
Interlocutor- George; that's the
hardest one l ever heard. What is the
difference between the diplomatic inter
course of first class powers and nine
cases of measles in a colored family?
Bones-De one am de serious affairs Of
state an de uddah am serious state
of affairs.
Interlocutor-Ladies and gentlemen
the premier vocalist of the western hemi
sphere. Mr.. Splitcher Reerdrums, viii
now sing the beautiful ballad entitled
Darling, Take Your Arm Away; Moth
er Is Peeping Through The Keyhole."