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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-04
PLANS FOR LARGE BRIDGE.
Win Take Ten Years to Construct
and Win Be Largest in the World

NEW YORK, April with four
gigantic bridges over the East River
representing total cost OF o0,OOO,OOO
numbered among his possessions,
Father Knickerboeker will shortl5
undertake the construction of another
bridge of the suspension type, which
when il is finished about ten years
from now viii be the biggest Of its
kind on earth. All the plans are com
pleted and approved and all that re-
mains to be done before work on the
structure which will span the Hudson
River begins is the formal ratification
BY the Legislatures Of the two states
which it will connect-New York ana
New Jersey-of the $2lM0,0O0 ap-
preparation necessary for its construc-
ton. The length of this new mon
ster will be $4,000 feet. or nearly
mile and one.half This will make il
more than 400 feet longer than the
famous Williamsburg Bridge over the
East River, which is now the longest
suspension bridge ever built. In ad-
dition to being the worlds largest sus-
pension structure it will also be the
most expensive. The famous Brook.
lyn Bridge, which is COLO feet in
length, cost $2OOOO,OOO but that was
before the real days of steel. Hal
the new bridge been constructed then
it would have cost, it is estimated, at
least S50OO0,000. The total cost Of
the Williamsburg Bridge was $1,000
900 and its length is TITS feet. The
Manhattan Bridge on which work was
begun in 1901, and which is not yet
completed, will have a total length Of
1854 feet and will cost Sl6000,0O0
while the new Queensborough, Or
BlackwelrsIsland bridge, which has
just been completed, cost Sl2,0O0,0O0
and is 7449 feet long. 1t is of the
cantilever type and the second larg-
est Of its kind in the world, only the
Forth Bridge in Scotland being larger
though of much smaller carrying ca
pacity The capacity Of the citys
largest bridge at present is 100000
persons every twenty-four hours, but
the new monster which will connect
Manhattan with New Jersey will
serve just twice this number, or 60O,-
600 passengers every day to say
nothing of 10000 vehicles.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-04

WOMAN
CURED
ByLydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Gardiner, Maine. I'll have been a
great sufferer from organic troubles
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-04
WHY WOOD DECAYS.
Wood Constantly Submerged in the
Water Never Rots-

PORTLAND. April 3-Piles driven
by the hut dwellers OF the Baltic cen
turies ago are as sound today as
when first placed. The wooden cof-
fms in which the Egyptians buried
their dead are still preserved in per
feet condition after thousands OF years
OF service.
The longevity OF timber under these
two extremes OF climate and moisture
conditions has naturally made people
ask, What causes wood decay The
answer is, fungi and bacteria, low
forms OF plant life which live in the
wood and draw their nourishmer;
from it. The little organisms are 50
little that a microscope is required -
see them, yet their work results in
the destruction OF billions OF feet II
timber each year and the railroad cor
poration with its cross tie bill run
ming up into seven figures and the
farmer who spends hundred or 90
dollars a year for fence posts ar:
alike drawing upon the knowledge Of
experts in all parts OF the world in
efforts to learn the most economical
and most satisfactory method Of pre-
serving wood against the inroads If
decay. In studying the means Of
preventing decay wood-preserving ex-
perts have learned many things about
the obnoxious fungi which sap the life
of timber
The small organisms can grow
either in light or in total darkness;
but all Of them require requisite
amount Of air, food, moisture and
heat. If one or more of these essen.
tial requirements is lacking, they can
not live, and the decay of timber will
not take place. Wood constantly
submerged in water never rots, sim
ply because there is an insufficient
supply of air. This condition accounts
for the soundness Of the old Baltic |
piles. On the other hand, If wood |
can be kept airdry it will not decay
because there will then be too little |
moisture. The timber used by the
Egyptians will last indefinitely 20
long as it is bone-dry.
There are a great many cases, how
ever, where it is impossible TO keep
wood submerged in water, or in an
absolutely air.dry condition. In fact,
a large percentage Of the timber
which is used is exposed to the
weather, and is subjected to decay
simply because it contains enough air
and enough water for the decompos-
ing organisms to get foothold. De-
cay is most serious where the atmos
0here is warm and damp because
these conditions are most favorable
'or its development. In the coal
mines of Pennsylvania timber decays
n two or three years. because the
is warm and canstant and
he air is damp. And in the South,
he warm, humid atmosphere often
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-04
SHOW GIRLS AND BEWITcH-
ING cHoRISTERS

Scenery, Costumes and Electrical
Effects Of the Utmost Splendor
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-04

Morning Astorian, 90 cents per
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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-04

ice, and he brought in an assortmenn
from every country Of the world tina,
produces the berry The samples are
displayed in elegantly made boxes
Mr. Cole, OF Ohio, made speech
on wool He brought on 10 the floor
Of the House unwashed wool of the
back OF a sheep.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-04
A MULTITUDE OF EMPHATIC
SONG HITS

Whistled and Hummed Everywhere.
Did You Ever Hear: John Doe"
Marie" Beautiful Land Of Bon
Bon" Moon, Moon Moon" Queen
Of my Dreams etc.a They viii Lin
ger in Your Memory.
A MEDLEY OF MIRTH, MELODY
AND MAGNIFIcENcE
Prices: 7sc, Soc, Tsc, $50.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-04

The latest compilation of criminal
statistics Of this city have shed some
rather surprising light on the nativ-
ity of criminals, particularly in the
case Of persons who have believed
that the great majority are foreign
born. According to these figures, out
of total of l0347 convictions for
high crimes" obtained durin g the
four years from 1904 to 1908, $500 or
81 per cent were obtained against
criminals born in this country and
1857 or 80 per cent against foreign
born criminals. The following table
shows the proportion which each for
eign country contributed to this to.
tai of 1857 criminals.
Italians 873, "a per cent.
Russians 729, IA per cent.
Germans 500, S. per cent.
irish 399, SO per cent.
Austrians 286, 81 per cent.
English 217, 20 per cent.
RoumanianS o. S per cent.
All others 5l7, so per cent.
The illitcracy among the foreign
born whites in New York is 1876 per
cent of the total foreign-born popu-
lation. One of the most surprising
features in this connection is found
in the fact that there is no difference
in the percentage of illiteracy between
native born Of foreign parcntage and
native born Of native parents. In
other words only single generation
is required to put the foreigner on an
equal footing with the American in
this respect.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-04

ASTORIA THEATRE.
Saturday, ay,April1O
Merrist Of All Musical Fantasies
THE
Gingerbread
MAN
Yum, Yum, It's Great
Music by A. Baldwin Sloane
Book by Frederick Ranken
Music by A. Baldwin Sloane
Book BY Frederick Ranken


Including such well-known artists
Is Ross Snow, Fred ], Nice, Maurice
Holden, Garrick Major, Lutte Vroh'
man. May Bouton, Adele Archer,
Rose Murray, Eleanor Waring and
others. with a vast eoncourse of
beautiful.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-04

anda severe female
weakness. T h e
doctor saidI would
have to go to the
hospital for an
operation, but l
could not bear to
think of 1t. / de.
cided to try Lydia
E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound
and dSanatiVe w ash
and was entirely
c1lrpd after three
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-23
HOTTEST PLACE
IN The WORLD
YUMA, ARIZONA, AND NEEDLES
CALIFORNIA, ARE ON 4 PARITY
BUT 1T CAN'T BE HOTTER.
New York Press.

New York Press.
With the advent of hot weather the
old controversy between Yuma and
Needles, the first in Altoona, and the
other in California, as to which is
the hottest place in the United Staes
has been revived. Neither is clamor-
ing for the distinction-oh, no. each
is striving to thrust it upon the other!
AS a matter of fact, the difference is
so slight that it isn't worth quarrel.
ing about
From now on until late in Septem-
Der the mercury will climb up in the
tube until it reaches the 12O mark
nearly every day in both places, and
there are weeks at a stretch when I,
never falls below leo even at night
One can cook eggs hard by simply
burying them in the hot sand.
The Mojave Indians of the lower
valley of the Colorado river always &C
barefoot, and the hot sands and stones
have calloused their feet until they
are as hard and as insensible to pain
as the hoofs of horse; they can walk
through fire and trample red hot Goals
without flinching.
The extreme heat is due to the low
altitude, combined with the proximity
of the Colorado and Mojave deserts
For a thousand miles on the east, and
five hundred on the north and west
stretches a waste of sand and cacti.
With every mile traversed bW the
winds they gather heat, so that a cool
ing breeze from any, direction is an
impossibility. The man that traverses
the desert doesn't wonder that Yuma
and Needles are hot. The only won
der is that they are not white hot.
Persons that can stand the eXces-
siye heat find Needles and Yuma
health resorts admirably adapted to
the cure of consumption, bronchitis
and rheumatism. However most PEG.
pie would consider the disease more
tolerable than the cure. 1t is all
right in winter timN but in the sum-
mer months New York's tenement dis,
tricts are cool and delightful in COM
parison. If any one feels uncomfort.
able on Manhattan Island let him
think of Needles or Yuma, and give
thanks that things are no worse.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-23
METHODIST Church
ALMOST COMPLETE

Work on the new Main Street Meth
odist church goes steadily on and the
sixty thousand dollar edifice will be
ready for occupancy by the fifteenth
Of September. The interior finishing
is almost completed and when the
scaffolding is torndown the quarter
ed oak wainscoating will present a
magnificent appearance. The window
frames are now being fitted by a
Philadelphia concern and will be put
in place in a few weeks, and the last
contract, that for the seats, provides
that they be in place by September
Is.
When completed it will be one of
the finest churches in the state in
both capacity and equipment and it
is very gratifying to the Methodists
of the city that after many delays
the work is now nearly completed
The Sunday school is raising a win
dow fund and other funds are also
being raised so that the officials feel
confident that by September all in
debtedness can be provided for.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-23
|. c. REFUSES
TO PAY TAXES

JACKSON, Miss, July 23.-The H.
linois Central and YaZOo and Missis-
sippi Valley railroad companies will
institute legal proceedings to re-
strain the collection OF axes on their
by he railroad commission and made
final at yesterday session of that body
being an increase of $1,000 per mile
on each road over the figure OF last
year for the main trackage. The IL
to $4,000 per mile or $1,000 higher
than any other road in the state and
the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley is
raised from $4,000 to $4,000 per mile
The total increase on the two systess
amounts to nearly two million dollars
in valuation, or more than half the
total increase which will be shown by
the final totals.
These increases were tentatively
made by the commission after hearing
lengthy arguments from Tax Commits.
sioner w. L. Tarbott, who at the same
time submitted a large volume of
documentary arguments in support OF
his position that the commission
should take the average ratio of as,
sessed valuations as a basis for fig-
uring. and after his second and third
visits during which he submitted
still further arguments, in which he
pointed out that in the last annual
period there was a decrease in the
net earnings of the Illinois Central Of
81 per cent, and in the Yazoo and
Mississippi alley of II per cent; the
former figures were permanently
fixed. And Chairman Lee says the
rate of valuation is not yet high
enough. The commission voted unan-
imously in favor of the figures settled
upon.
1 ne LOUSY lie anu NdSuNlllc, WuOSe
main line has been raised from SIS 0O0
to $4,000 per mile, may Join in the
fight against the raise. Its4 increase
will amount to about $150,000.
There will be no protest from the
Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph
company, whose assessment was in
creased $1993.OOO, most of which was
for increased properties, although the
figures include a raise of about 20 per
cent on the old property.
Reductions were made from the cen
tative figures OF the last meeting on
two of the Mobile and Ohio branches,
so that now all our of those branches
are uniformly valued at $500 per
made on two or three small tela-
phone lines. No other changes were
made in railroad property.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-23
I 900 HORSE POWER GAS ENGINES

It is difficult to say when a gas en-
CINE becomes a large gas engine. A
few years ago 900 horsepower was con.
sidered the starting point, then 500
horsepower, and now in a recent arti.
Gle published in German paper
1000 horsepower seems TO be taken
as the minimum. The list gives tho
name of twenty-eight makers, says
Casters Magazine. nineteen on the
continent, four in England and five in
the United States. Altogether it adds
up a total of 628 engines, giving a com.
bined output Of 1035,709, or more
than 100000 horsepower in large
units.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-23
EXPERIMENT ON CATTLE.
Herd Vaccinated to Make Them I'M.
mune From Tuberculosis.

READING, Pa, July 23.-At the
Willow Glen farm, near Stouchburg,
ara 90 head of cattle, thoroughbred
Jerseys, which have been vaccinated
culosis. The herd was. vaccinated
under the direction of DR.. Leonard
Pearson, of the University of Penn.
sylvania. All the cattle were exam
ined and tested by Dr. l. B. Powell, of
Philadelphia.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-23
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby eiyen that all tho
weeds and grass mu& be cut off t1a
sidewalks as Drescrit 81 in Ordinance
No. 294 within the ext ten days at
which time the ordit bnce will be rig.
idly enforced Sand d parties guilty
will be subjectto al Pine of So or ten
days in Jail or bath. Owners are held
liable for the weeds nd grass growing
on the sidewalks bfvacant lots.
Given under M u hand this July
18th, 1908.
]. F. WILLIAMS, Marshal.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-23
RAMSEY G. CO.
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The Washington herald., 1909-04-16
SHOOT TO COMPANY D.
Mckinley Manual Boys Win Team
Match in Tournament.

Mckinley Manual Boys Win Team
Match in Tournament
Company D. Of the Mckinley Manual
Training School. carried OF first honors
after an exciting contest in the company
team match OF the school boys rife
tournament. az the Winter Armory. last
night, with score Of $50 out OF a possible
600
Competing teams and their scores were:
Company ?. Mckinley School-A- L.
Gersdorf. 3; W. J. Ahearn. 20: c. L.
Kraft. 81; 2. T. Chamberlain, Sc; total
ss5.
Company z. Business SchOol-R. s.
Nash, 50: J. d. Keahe, 20: J. z. Gordon,
S.; J. c. Dulin. 81: total, SIS
Company I. Central School-R- Hos
pital. 81: l. II. Leonard. 50; H s Nor
rison. 80: F. F. Mckinney. -: total. SIS.
Company H. Western School-P. Rich
mond, 90; T. NJ. Rector. 81; T. NJ Robie.
s.; "A. F. Garner. s.. total. 81
Company L. Mckinley Schooi-W. ".
Hutterly. s.: A. J. Hutterly, g: E II. Ger
Der, IS; P. V. Rogers. S3: total. S4s
Company c. McKinley-T. c. Rathbene.
SO; A. N. Brown. IS: R Bloom. IS: ".
Grigsby, y; total. S3s.
Company "A. Central-I A. Pelzman. s.:
c. E. Dix. 81: r. B. Rawson. 50: Il. H
Shinnick, 90; total, SO
Company G, Central-E. c. Furbershaw.
s.; A. F. Stemein. "a; W E Johnson,
s.; ". 3. Brock, g; total. 3S1.
Prizes for this match are: First, a
silver cup presented by Capt Sheridan
Ferree. 70 be shot for annually. 10 be-
come the permanent property Of the COM
pany winning II three times. and a medal
20 eaeh member Of the winning team.
Second a medal 10 each member Of the
team making second highest score. As
sistant Superintendent OF Schools Percy
NJ. Hughes, who was at the contest. an
nounced that the prizes would be pub
liely presented ar the Central High
School some day next week
Special souvenir prizes Of gold pins
presented BY the Hopkins and Allen Arms
Company, for perfect individual scores
were won by G. l. Kraft. ]. T. Hutchin-
son, A. J. Hutterly, and E G. Graham.
Mckinley School: II. L. Morrison and
r. 3. Ransom. Central High School:
Paul Richmond and ". P. Herbst. West
ern High; J. c. Dulin and J. J. Keane.
Of Business.
Tonight battalion teams Of Eve will
compete for a silver cup.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16
JUDGESHIP FIGHT ENDED.
President Appoints Justice Bean t,
New Oregon District.

FreSAoeht Appoints Justice bean 10
New Oregon District
Robert : Bean. justice OF the supreme
Court OF Oregon. was yesterday appointed
Federal judge OF the Oregon district, Gre
ated by recent act Of Congress
The appointment was decided upon BY
the President after considering more
than a dozen other applicants. Al several
times IL was thought former Senator
Fulton would be the nominee. but a
storm Of protests came from Western
States against his selection. and then Il
was announced the President would make
another selection
Mr.. Bean has long been connected with
the bench in oregon, and his appoint
ment was approved by several hundred
citizens VINO signed petitions 10 the Presi-
dent.
Thomas r Lyons. OF Alaska. whose
nomination 10 be United States judge OF
the First judicial district OF taat Terri
tory was sent 70 the Senate week before
last. and then withdrawn pending an in
vestigation Of charges against him. was
renominsted yesterday. The Department
Of Justice issued a statement that the ac-
cusations against Judge Lyons were
grOundless.
The President also nominated Daniel a
Sutherland TO be United States marshal
OF the district over which JUdge Lyons
win preside.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16
Nominations OF Candidates in This Contest
Not Closed; Room for Your Name.
THE CANDIDATES IN THE COUNTRY
Few Candidates in Some Districts Winners VIII
Find 1t Easy Here.

II your favorite has not been nominated.
and his or her name is not in the list
published. do not take offense al The
Washington Herald. as We try 10 see ev-
cry nominee before publishing his or her
name. In a few cases we have been IN
able TO catch the candidates al home; in
other cases those nominated have con-
cluded that they were not popular enough
to be named with the winners al the ter
minatlon OF the contest. and have re-
ouested that their names be withheld SO
the nominators win please put the blame
where il rightfully belongs.
II Is the wish OF The Washington Her
aid 20 have those in the contest who
are interested enough 10 make an effort
to win one OF the valuable awards Of
fered, as we not only want this contest
to be a credit to the paper. but 20 ali
those who have been candidates in Il.
Our wish Is that. when the contest is
over. every contestant will be able 70
point with pride 10 the record be made
during fits life, and we Jrust that this
record will be such that IL viii stand
forth as a permanent monument 10 his
ambition. efficiency, and wise endeavOrs.
The best way to accomplish this Is
after you have been nominated, 10 get
after the subscriptions that are available
I'm the territory covered by this contest.
See to this to-day. as you may never
again be given an opportunity 10 profit
so handsomely by a little effort
You must not think that the nomina-
tions are closed. Indeed, no. There IS
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16

plenty OF room in the list for your name
or that Of your favorite. and you must
not become discouraged because some one
else has few more votes than yourself.
You viii never know how popular you are
until you have gone among your friends
IN the interests OF your candidacy for
one of The Washington Herald prizes.
Every subscription received viii encour-
age you all the more. and before long
you viii find yourself among the leaders.
The list OF candidates and the number
OF votes accorded each VIII appear in The
Washington Herald twice a week. on
THURSDAYS and Sundays The polls will
be closed at on Tuesdays and Fridays.
so IN order 10 have your votes appear In
Thursdays list they must be received BY
p m. Tuesday. and Sundays list viii be
made up OF those ballots coming in before
p. m Friday. Votes arriving late. how
ever. viii not be Cancelled but viii ap-
pear in the next list publish cd. II you do
not see your votes IN Thursdays list look
for them on the following Sunday.
There is a splendid opportunity here for
candidates IN the outlying districts Not
only may they compete for either Of the
five grand capital prizes. but there are
four prizes 20 each district. These viii
be won by the contestants receiving the
first. second, third. and fourth largest
number OF votes IN his district In many
OF these districts there are but few con-
testants. and these prizes viii be won
with very little effort II you are not al
ready In the race you can do no better
than 20 send in your nomination at once.
as every day counts.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-16

Announcement IS made that c. Bowie
Chipman. representative in Washington
OF the New York house OF z F. Hutton
& Co. viii sever his connection with
that firm about May l. and take a SINH
lar position as the representative Of z.
II. Hartman & Co. OF New York
The Offices Of tho latter firm in the
Colorado Building are being prepared for
occupancy and viii be ready for open
Ing on the date mentioned.
Mr.. Chipman said last night that ar
rangements for the transfer OF his ser
vices from one firm to the other had been
under consideration for some time. and
that he had decided TO take the step be-
cause he thought connection with the
Hartman house would afford him better
facilities for a first-class brokerage busi-
ness in Washington.
VIII Retain office Force.
Mr.. Chlpman viii take with him the
old Office force. and Il win practically be
transfer OF the old business conducted
AZ Thirteenth and F streets 10 the new
quarters IN the Colorado Building
II Is understood that Hutton & Co.
win continue their Washington ONCE IN
der q new manager yet 70 be chosen.
The personnel OF the Hartman firm in
New York consists OF F. II. Harriman's
nephews. Oliver J. ". and J. Borden Har-
riman, and John II. Mccullough. The
business vas started by f. II. Hartman.
who for many years was associated with
/ his brother I'm the Wall Street house.
a few years ago Mr.. Hartman with
drew from active participation in the az
/ fairs Of the concern. and at present has
no connection with the firm unless IL be
that OF general adviser.
Active Factor in wall street.
The Hartman house IS & very active
factor IN the affairs OF Wall street and
( is supposed 10 stand sponsor Tor the Har-
riuan interests on the New York Stock
Exchange
/ G. Bowie Chipman, who vil represent
the business here. has had a long and
successful experience as head Of the busi-
ness which has been familiarly known
as "Chipmans" at Thirteenth and F
| streets northwest. For several years Mr..
/ Chipman represented z. r. Chapman &
/ Co, until the house decided 70 with
draw fits Washington connections. He
was then for time the representative oi
4. o Brown & Co. Fer about q year
past he has been connected with E F.
Hutton & Co
( Mr. Chipmans office has always been
one OF the popular meeting places OF 10
! cal spectators, and has always CON-
mGnded a large business. Mr. Chipman
/ is a washingtonian and well known IN
/ financial circles