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' a: ( : ,, ' ,- 1,1 .'. ;. ' A i r,. VOL L ASTORIA. OREGON, 81 MAY. DECKJlBKR 24, 1899 NO.J77 he Il0fiiw Now is the Time . . . . ft i' I i 1 It) I .J ! I, i- I j) I i i y i y SOOII. Better I my jO Y THE ECLIPSE CHRISTMAS A liir.'n unit BOOKS ! hunllng. IAjIIUIUIU UVVUd. I Leather Goods! '.' Medallion Albums, Frames, a tcautfful asscrlrr.cr.t. Games, Blocks. Etc. I () 1 (J ,1 I GRIPPIIN Christmas (GiftsS Wo luivc owr din' lunnlrctl dilli ivnt .t vI- nf Fumy Km ki rn in Mahogany, (!nMi n Oak ami I'.iiilsc vo Maplf which arc exi t I It lit Viilm til i 1 choice gumR Wc have a I'raiitilul line of 1'it tun s artitii-ally fraitiitl. I.:ii'H Writing IVmah, 1'nrlor Tal'lts Ta!"iiin lti", .lanliiiit rrt- Stand. Riis! A hugf h-h,,i I'm lit t'l Siiiuiui", A x tn i ii--tiis unl Wiltniis. ArtlHtlc Picture FrnttiltiK Charles Heilborn 8 Son. .'..--. . . ,--.-.1 : ti.,,.Vy - A(i.(fv - - - ft - v) - t; i Leave lour wruers now ff ,1 FOR II Turkeys, Geese, Chickens,? n Or Call and Inspect Our Stock, yvhlcn We Guara tee the Finest. I Choice Apples, SI a Box AND UPWARDS. Oranges, Bananas, Nuts, Candy, Plum Pudding, Etc. i: i m m largest and Best Equipped Offices In the Northwest PORTLAND DENTAL PARLORS Crown nml DrioVn Work, $1.50 per toolli, guarnntcetl. Ht-Bt net Tocth. 85.00 fit Ktinrautfotl. IW'Ht FIllinuH, 50o up, gimrnntouil. All Work Positively fliiiimntccd toulvc Perfect Satisfaction UII .NO PAY. WiisliliiKttm Ittilltllntr, Corner 4th nml WiiHhingtou Sts. Fi.'th Flour, Rooing 17, 4S, f 0, 61, 62. 'Plion Oregon, llfowii 40J. I Hi weather will lc filing colder your STOVES now at HARDWARE CO. GOODS! varied iitlincht jn nr iiinl limly () S..U.I'I..,.. ..Munic..,.' N il., 111.' (j, tM'nit I i f ti I nrliiiriit. j' I II uiiil I'im-Iii t ( 'm Cii , rVi liini ('ium-c, I Itc. 45c REED, j K3 K - XMAS v maa kr Columbia sflo J Top n (j rinor M V Wn.tilngtnl' ( llulltl- v U" I J ALL IS WELL AT LADYSMITH Reports Up to Friday Show No Change In the Situation. UNEASINESS FOR KIMBEHLY Ikllmd Thrt It Will lie IW.I to Sui cmnti IJikts Sultl to Seek Mctllutlun t.v MiKinltv. InNlitN. !... ;. 4 4. a in 'll'l llw HCll' tll'H'. ill it If I.KH'ill iiiiw .iki- ft'Hii li!nmytl' i imrtw' "nil i i!l ! I'll l.i' ;ifl 1 1 ' I'll, II li Hi' , f K ! ' 1 1 1 U i i I"' iuIhi rklnnlnhiV J iiUltllil) li'i u n li.li In. -ii in'' lii'l: ffnin Hi" tiihI u uiir JunnK tin- i lrfti'.' Fi nn i 'iiiiin.i-.il .i I Imii'li f tin-. 1 liiwt-'i, rmirn 'In- llKI'lllili rti -ii- r . 't. ii .i IIi.ih'i .inny fnn lniH i'Im-iii-: 1 4i It" I it: I. ii-i.", M ti'ii'X .tli't I" iiiiiiIHHK lm.illi Tl nilft it:il (l'i:i- iK-i l.t 'N I ii . I V. 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WiihI ir. in i j.l.ii.ii (i tlk- int'.il liniwr l'-ii'i Ul M.ilnl.iy Tli- trriM JulHt. w h-l j .il l. w i'l if irtiKlinl wvli (! I'ltitlj .t.i'l liii" iil in i tfi' t ii in xtm l li il Il -l.i'lirll an. I. with tl limit h..t. iili l Kuln.i .", tuwl.-u Hi ii.li.fiiiiiK j lir tnitj f!y n ul IjIumj.I mi t'lirlM-j ni.it May ." Tlim iii..uiil uiUKiiiiii'. unlit In tin' i. 'tut en ul. ir. i;li tin- hplnt nl r. v.il pi .': !ir '.tlli"il in rvity hn--, I hhui'iIk lik. i u liull irt mk'y nl llto .ii.' .unl Mi.i lii.x nf itti'li w tilt h I Ii.im' lui ii-l tlit- . .iK.ni it ivJ.Ui Ins j Int.. uii" "f in mil. Inn , III. I in wit fi'.i.n Uii' ti'," wrili- nil., h H li ly .nillim uy. "Ii.i.s inailo ' l..iinl..:i llm Ir.-.iil ft i-lty in tin1 tvntl.lj .l iIi.m ni'iiK.'ii ttli 'ii tl utiulit t t:n' in.'.n nnv." I'lintiifli t'llx niity In . i'mii'K' iMtinl ilwr- is nil.iii.ly iiUKli; mull In U. ! Yin- i(in- i will xN-ml t'lirtin.ix at j WIihI.i- Mint M.I nf, f..' )'i'iir. ill t n1 h ! tl-. nMtim ,n Ill f Wltll t.l In1, in in-' r til t ouliln it, .luivtiy mci Ifloliitf i ; .i li.tliii vi'ty il-nr n hm- fm- yi'arit! uim With Iwv wt'.t In- tln IHii'hifn i-f; Allmny anl )nr thllli'ti. Thv Prliuv ( Wal.'it tvtll Mpniil t.'luif.:in.i.- at li.iii.lilnnhani .unl tlm Iniku aii'l 1 I uii'lfHH nf Ymk will nlmi li.' th.i-o j lUn, iii iih.-r M Wli).lM.r, ul Sainli Iiik- liiiin. n vr in thi inll"tti nr liitvislj linin. m lii (iivtil Uii:aJii will iln'i' l"'j iiniili iiK'i-i y-in.ikliiK. fur with i.iHm' ini'ii klllisl. wmiiulisl nr imIskIhk H Smith AfrltM, th-tv -n- tVw fanillli wlilih hivi lint lno'll totli'linl with this ii'iikI in, w hich nnly mi'Vi to iiiiiku tin.' natlnii iiiihv iliitni'inlnfil than ft-r, tuiil whlrh is ,i ttlKni ac t'niiiianltni'nt to nno nf tile lilnct spniv MiiiiiUM nuiliiirw'.i nf ui' riiit.l.tm anl univi'mil J -kIiv tt rink thf llf iul Klve up jnvTty limit oyi'r marktI th.' lilHlory nf any i-nunuy. i iVok mm a iv iu hoit unxUiim to i se rvo thnlr country tn thf Imtlh fl'Mil Ithiin ilukt'a noun nr tlwii ih Juki themselve. The Duke of MiU'lbor oiiifh s offer to equip KiO men of his yenmnnry ivginiom fin- swvlce tn Eolith Afriti Is merely ivm' anunig huiiilreds of such offer from hts class. Peers with vast business, property nml political liiLu'tt'jt aro exhibiting the wmttt eiigernem In their desire to have th lr namea enrollexl among the viiliinteora who are- going to en deavor to retrvdve live ivvTHee to thf Prltlsh arms. Tha day of wild, war onthusinsm and over-oonflileino h" pos"d nml th-ve ivlgiw In Ha stel n grim detormliiatltm to atono for ... mistakes of tho piwt by individual effort, rcgvirtllHS of cttiisetiutnco. An liis-tniiro of tho spirit which por vnilis tho country Is that In the Cttm- I bi'i'lniid and Ww.inaivln.ml yeomanry of which the Eurl of Lonsdale is colo nel, every nlllcer and ocarly every limn In Hie regiment Ims volunUvivd und Is using every ' Intlueiice to gtH ac cepted. Among ihe oIllecHtt Is Captain Him'h Jefferson, well known In Ameri can, formerly nianngvr of tho Sand Creek Cattle, company, of Wyoming. The Duke of Marlborough will pivbti bly receive an appointment on Lord Chealiam'a staff, tn the northrn counU-ies there la kii-n rivitlry mm l hi tlcill do tli i'i.iH fur liiit (viinury In ttw bour of n- 't. N n'ltiuiiiljurlului, hwU liy Km I iln y. Iniy duhx-t lli'M lure- hUiiim tu "i'ili iki iikiIi. uxl Hi'- I f I'ur h.ini rulli mi Hi.- mn nf hU country in. I I., in- ..uul.ri.' liy Hi" Nnri liuiiilm rlUM. unil hiii'lit I'"' lint with u null- nUiiitlul ul' 'i-iil"ii. I"i-U Htotil'-y Kii'l WnlM'iln-i rfo ua yvnwiiiry tronii nt thiiiiKh lliv- ."rni'r, t imi- tiifi'-, .u mi 'illl'-r in (In- KUtrl. uml (Ii': lilll' I Ih mi ii'liiitrui' 'lll. T' ii' lih pa i.f li' ll' l.ll l.nl'l I'.hIh-IIpi, l-. (X- in.ij'im nf i In- i.g jl.ir army, Imvi- v l-uiiK-i '-'1 ! K" In any c.il''U,Hv in the yi-niiiitii: y. Tlw- Ki"l of Kmn-x no a in.il'ti In llw ll-rif'p!'lhlr' y. niinn r, lit rnmux'il -pi Hk- t-'alllifiU of liln cnumrv. In .In. II. tlii- H.CBfl iiwuiil.il nn-n who Ii.im- i-...inJu'l lu tin tu 1 1 for ycinuii- ' Mill till.' till- Iiim.Iii. oIomI, llUU' m l iliin -'l- iM ' of llio f. nil. ill" Ami" C.i ul. lln.'Kh l:iikr l:y lln- i"Jlli Uii. w-ok, of th" l"n r I of 'I ink' rt ll -, lr l li'tnuuit, tin mm i ..f Al. l.'.'iio'A Van ll.irtoi, vt TU- rnll.il, (UK'Hl'ltll to thr t I'- Tin- II' riu I l a w-ll-kiK.n - nK-lint. He in. I hi tv!f at il iwlV.il :inj"Ung ut I n i.iii.i. In Jj. The Ulo .-ail th- l lmt iiiwnl.-r nf eli' Ii"ti'.' of l.nil- lln. tnr-v i ii n k -1 by il lln . i .- Illl'ilTj. lt. Tin tin-anvil .trs f'Hlinu tin- . ff..t "f ih - k t--"i pliii of tint wur. Th iiii.nl i" jiui.ir uf.i'i.lluii an- Miff 'ring I.' mi .it tho Sh.ift-.-t'U.y. uliin- "Thf I i !li- if Ni-W Vi'U' Ilt'l tnlln- t b! I. k.imI.-I iut .i l 'itnair nl iiulHUU"ii. iinlii't ri" up '.lint On- (-niuny r--lui'ii- i . Nun- Ymk furiliwllh. Thf iu1 I' n I'll ItuwnJ of thin ..ru.tloii, I. w. .-i. la ilu-, ,iitrlly. to u riitv ! In., li 'In- i-iitiiiny llnl til" Ml.li ill?''!'. t"i ,i piny tthl h -m ultnnat'-!;.' to u.-cii'l ' Th.- Il'-lli- nf .N'.mv Yoik." 'Tin- .Mark Tulip'' han failed at tin- h. iy:n.ii l.i-l, ami Haiv U-'H n-' r. ii'ly i. i-t I'iiik innly, a.t a Htiip rfap for tin; M-.I...H an n. oi.ii'tly -i Ic- pmliKti-Iili.-il- la liili.i't ri-iurm to tin- niaKv In lb-' irn.g, tipi-tiiii at MaiM-lit-Mt-M. Afii'i n linn ir n'lnclal tour Mhe will .il'p.ir in Imlnn. I.KYP- ACTiVK. Th" Ti'.fini.ttl Alf-ill liit-.'VnMi IliR the I'nw-ri. M.W YurtK. I.v. ;'3.-A Jl-ipatch i.i '.In Ti.'iuiw frin Imin:i nay' Tlu- r.ii-isi i'oi.rwpn.1 i,it uf tht Mall ioi thai Ir. I-yJs vullel on M D-I n.Mi unil ,i."k -I hit S'TVIo-s In thf .-.ins. i.f p.i.i . Tlu- Fri'iioh niinHur, Il I.i ti vt i :-v,l. b.iv in isiuivix-al rt .ly. an kins, in fttt. fur lime f.r eon. i I. r.i l-in. V f:irl whiih may l .if -ly infi-n-'l fi.iii tin- a.Irnirilty riKrts nf tin' in iv.-iiii'iiin nf tr.ittiportit In tlvtt this la inlinn nf th- Kif h iii vi.-l.in as th''y airivi- In S njth Africa are ilivbtod bi'-iw-s'ti N.it.il an. I th viiuni bordfr. miv K'Hiiu to liurlM.il aii'l other to 1- An This ftvnn a clc.ir InJicatlon tlnil ili-iinr'il M.-'.h-uiii will hoM Ills Kv.iui.,1 al M.tiliijr rlvi'r nn.l no re-tri-al to firanif.- .-iv r, as ma.iy tim-r-nus mlMti.iiy wrl't-rs for thi press hftv lii'-n rl.un.iriiipt to huvt him di. Iriv lux Klmbtrly to Its faio. Tli. nn ril t-ffii-t nf siii'h a rxitrvut ivmilil hi nxfi-liiiifly bail. sino It w-mlil !' a intif jssi hi of falUirv of jno nf tin' f-rsi 1J v'j of liullt'r' cam paiitn with tho army corps. Military men assert now that If Civil tal M.ihui-ii'si iv'.ir'.'mont ahtl b?n niit ni hit. si. .ill tin- r.'tnfniwninnt.s a i-t lv iiik til t'a.i-' T-'tva w otiM haw In mi huri.sl fiii-.vu'il in Natal to com pli li- tho work 'f i-i'litvliiK l.a.ly.smith, since l ! w.nil l 'in! haw lfs-n li'Vi)il al 1. Alt' nl- H'IiiimiI. I'll, y iils.t vi-niuiv 10 .iHstimo that .! nl.li r l iver will lv mail.' a sveond biiMi' fcr iiltiin.Uo ois-ratlii'is across the cmiiitiy to Ulo-'infoiitoin when tht .iiilll,iiy transp i.'t's w-llh muU trains n. I cans Iihvl' b-:! org uilzet.!. AT M LLKK'S OLD CAMP. C1IIVKL15Y iSunil:iy).-The BriUsh army Is iK'eup1ng Its original camp, hig ground. The naval brigade flred a few shells at the Borr pos-ltiona The reeult is not known, but the fir ing Is taken to show- Unit the naval guns a iv able to command the Tugela bridge. GKItM N OPINION CHANGING. Bi:ULIN, ec. 23,-The change In public opinloai In favor of Gnt Brit ain continue. Even the Hamburger Naclirlchte.il, which has Hthero been Intensely Anglophobe, in-inta a com munication tixlay f 1 0111 a Hamburg men-hunt pmt.is.tlng against "blind Anglophobia." A DCKE DKAD. LUN PON. Deo. 23.-Tha Duke of Westminster, who died of pneumonia last night, showM a koon Irtoroat in public affairs during ills Illness, and was saddened hy the dlmstors to the army in South Africa. GOMEZ WILL CO-OPERATE. HAVANA, Dec. 23.-Genowl Maximo rtomej has assured Geneml Wood that he will co-op.n-i.ta with him In obtain ing a successful administration and In preparing Cuba for Independence. AGUINALDO'S WIFE IS DEAD Expires In a Villa ee While Her Hus tanl Continces His Flight. NEWSOFCAPTIVE AMERICANS The I'urMiers Only One Day lichlnl Captors uf Gilmorc and Other Prisoner. MANILA, :. 2!.-'n.in.-l WILU-r t.-'.-sruplis lo VlKJf. fpm Ii,iy ml hk ih. it Aisnlri.ilil'i li.in in.-.! th- moun tains tn-.tr i!.i-itiilf.K. (f 'I' K 'uth wurl. K.s iji. .J In a viILik- in thai vit inlly. AITI.I. ASIi;i:lt'AN I'ltl.-M.NIJKrf. :i!y mi.- I.i', I'.-iiiii'l ('Hp'O.f . ttw- Insurs'.-nt WA.-lMN JTuN. :3.-Tlu- war' il.'Miiiii.-nt I'slay ri-ivl llm f IIow-i Iiik lipi.t:"h fnin r-tnil Our: ' "M.i::lln O'-ti'-ral Young r .rts un-i il-r tlate of tlu- :ist inst., fr.iu Vlgun, th.l l'"Wm'ls Hare and Howssj wen?! Iiord from ! i-mbor 17. still tn pur-j suit thp.UKh thn m-iuntalns, of tlw In-' urgents' column liavi.'iK otir prusonrs. f which four hve been uapturvd, '.'itptiln Gllmore ntinalning a. prii.n.r. Tlw InnurifiiLi are urm day In ad vance, and Ih.- pursuit l continu-u. ri . . .... a. .... V. . v ..r I'lHPUliii u..J-T imr .i.v u- t-r.-l gn-nt hardshli. but will pmha- l.:y strike Aparrl. iwo nun.irtM aim on.- r-paniMn pn.- i:i.-rs rrom Aiwrrl war- rc-o.-lv.-fl tins ,.,.,.,,.y wlll SUcL.unib. An uincer tf iii'.niltiB. Th.-rv are :"0 more In tluit lt,ititU in South Africa ic'-la the Aso-s.-ctiun. moslly friars, awaiting trans-1 ciaHj rrcsj thjt j. tnal y pjrtatlon to Jfailla. The entire Six-j ltt;n t.apture Cwci Khod.,5 they te.-nth infantry leav.ts fr Ajurrl lo- nn.rrotv r r ataimns irom mat point a far soulft .ls liayomuong. uatcn- Md.-rs baaaln.li nf lile Twc-nty-founh "I,w on me mwer i.io uranoe m g.xsi cfiiJitinn o return to tne htn Jose country. "The Forty-fourth Infantry is being sent to Hughe at Ho Ilo. who ports Psnay, Negros and the adjaoot Islands nil qui-st. The arrirmg trx.ps .-in, I sunn'ilcs ure be In if uliljaded through the service of the Manila and i 'h.e most person knew the Duke rjPiJ1y nearing completion, and all of Dagupan railway with iwc trains dai-, uf w.-stniinsfr was one of th richest lhi lih,'r ordnance wilt be In port ly. All parts of northern Luzon will , .. in i.,nei.lUi no Lo:1d.m i ewsua tion tn the early part of January. Thia lie upon January 1. STOHY i.K THE COLl'SA. The Ttirilil tain Experience of the Oap rikI the Crew. VICTORIA. B. C. Dec. 23.-Captaln Ewirt, of the loft bark Colusa, who arrived with his wife and thirteen nun of the sill p. on the steamer Cnttnge City, from Aliiska. this afternoon,' tells the following story of their ex perience: , "The Colusa left Kahului, October 21, for Esiiuimalt, to U rt-paind. She was off Cape Flattery November 14. while a heavy southeast gale was rag- ing. w hu h cominu.Hl until the 22nd. j She labored heavily and by nason cf the bulk of water in her bilge the fcal lasi was turned to mud. The piimps w.-rv k.-pt going coiULni'ous ly. I "I'.y De eniln t l' she Im.l Ivm di iv-' en tcwardf the entraiuv of Sitka bay and an effort was made to work her into the bay. On the 12th the wind fivt-'hcned and she was driven to sea again. The crew then den undid that; w-.i abandon the ship while near land. "Seems no further hope of siiving j tlie veiseJ, the bouts wee put over j and the ship left to her fate. Half an hour later we lost sight of her and ' believe, tluit sin' foundered or cap siseil. Sitka was reached after four terrible days In the boat, during which time seven men wetv froren, but there were no cwsualtles." Captain E'.vart and crew continual tonight on their Journey to San Fran cisco. ARMSTRONG FREE. ! M'ashlngton Supremo Court Giants j Chicago Fugitive Liberty. OLYMPIA, Dec. 23. The supreme i court ha.id . d down a decision today j in the case of William G. Armstrong, I npiHilant ag.iinst the sheriff of King' county. 1 The deciaioai ivvMfus the lower court b:hI gives Arms-trorg hl- liberty on the ground that the crime for which Armstrong wtu sought to be extra dited by tha Illllnoda authorities was not stated In the ccmplalnt. Armstrong wits formerly a bartend er In the employ of Dan Coughlin at Chicago. Last summer Coughllu be come involved In an alleged attempt to bribe the jury In behalf of a rich railway corporation. Armstrong step ped In for the purpose of assisting his employer to escape arrest and, It Is alleged, attempted to. buy off the prosecuting witness. Both men were arrested and bound over to the grand Jury, which later Indicted them, Coughlln for lh alUssml bribery and Arumtrong Vtt lUUnriptinK to iirevwit f.uMic justifo. IVndlng the InilclrnH)' both Jump-sl thiHr tjondi. Annsironsf was arnti..l at lof'. An.'U, this HCatr-. VISION OK A FHKSCU MA ID. htil' Sflip; -n-ral Ijnl'n Opin ion That Kinitp-rl..y Will Hu.y.-urnb. U NLp.N, lc. -Not for man) ynits i-al hum Great Rrtialn faew? su'h itua.liin tut confrrmts hr this f.' tirfiria.ii. Yot, to rn". ituk lh-t huit aHs"-n -a nf liriuUn, which by IU virility ami plur.k -xtoits adr.iira tlon rvt n from her Wit-r-8t contln'-n-tal critic. Hinc-i bontlnif lkM dt-appeired fnm th llrltisii prmw. cornm-vl ol forolirri pap-irs. at hHt such .ir pi1r.t.I h.-rv an- u..h-l in f'rrns far ni'pre fair axl frV-ndly than hin !i u aa t).-li:vwl a spnJy victory wa aw-a time (j.i.A.-ril liulljr. At ri-j-itiUy awir.sl, thr- I n. IlKi-lih'xsl of Kuri-an Ini.-rfiifs-, ! W. T. Sl-vd In th Chrijtiicl.- ulay h ts a very alarrnlnn column, In u-Mcb hr has vlslomt of a sut.-iior Jamlef.-w rai t "by 6'i,'sj rrmchmi-n on London, In iht ab.-n of the channel llwt." St.nd points out how- c-irtlly, in hi' pinion, this n.ighl v acconipL.ihpd. j Thouifh Ur-at Ilntalng plight ir. Houth Alricx n.-inii t-tnp.tanly criti- j tal. thr A "foci itivj Ptes t-arn that ! thi? li-HT are rtiraaning tnery nrv to sncuri; the media.ti m of Piideru Mi Kiiilry tow-ari favorable pracv. i Th Asx-lat--d I'fs U Informed from xci-ll-nt sourtt that nc offt-r of me. dlailon would I acc-pleil by Iyrd rialkibury in any shaixs or form. Ks!iniaUn of duiuiion of hosnl.tijn xury frnm lhnw m,jlllhi lo a ytar. , j.h tf qkWS js b 0. ,.., takt.n tt j-atance of thei j adaKe regarding no news. A verv .H.ri jmprion prevails that Kim- snwt him- It is U-arned by the A,HJCiated Pre. that Rrickl flnantia! housus in Lon. d,)n hive eomt,ni j-j furni.ihed suf. : nt-it-nt nn..-Hy to Intture r.o large f.U'.- uufl on ,.,Uni. dv rxember ?s , thnuch the small fry may suffer. Thai I cla, pr..c lutiou has to some ex i-slori conad.ince. but the mar-, k,.t ;g st,u panicky, many UU.ving' ,nal tne mjat wrU8 nas Ti(H i. ,..,..l -l j H.r na, uken tn; trouble to procure : an esLimate of his wealth. owr:ed sem-al thousand parcels of London realitv, which, according to the Duke's own statement, made six hunJred n. ..w u.. u, ii.r.0 .hnr.n.i acres in the country and an annual , Income of li.'iO.Oot). His nsilty valu-.e in London were worth 30.lXH'.tX). Sir Tlmmas Liptou's plans f.ir 1?01 1 are progr.-asing. He is contUk-tu his next boat will be much faster than j the Shamrock. He said to a repre. sentative of the Associated Pimps: "I feel I will have a better chance j next time, as t win rvue tne anam- nirK as a irLiinoi-se. ' giii, two at his wife, missing them V pair of shoes a size too small may lie then placed the muzitle of the re fit a wom.in, but t th-y aw a -ize tixi! volver In his mouth and flred. The large, she his a ftc. I stret was crowded at th time. Suggesting Christmas Gifts si FOR This great store large, airy and elegant abounds with Holiday Novelties in Boys' and Young Men's Clothes There is not a style in any article of Man's wear that is not shown here in miniature for Boys. Suits Underwear Neckwear Reefers Hosiery Gloves Overcoats Shirts Leggins Hats and Caps Sweaters Fancy Vests (Si?r SUITS, OVERCOATS OR REEFERS. A B STEINBACH 8 C0 LARGEST CLOTHIERS IN THE NORTHWEST Mall Orders Solicited. Corner Fourth and Morrison Sts., PORTLAND, OREGON. I BANK PRESIDENT UNDER ARREST Accuse J of Misap propria tin g Front tfae Globe National $900,000. DISCOVERED IN CALIFORNIA Says He Has Done Nothing Criminal and Kill Make No Attempt to Evade Arrest. f.OH ANtjKLK.-t, Cal. )e. 2.1. t'harle H. Cole, f.rriKrly prewMeiit of the 'ilobe National Bank, of Boston, is un.Ur f-iVnil aurvciliarce ml hot-l In tni city. Cole le charged In a com-I-Iajnt mal!cl today by Boston u th..rii. with the niisappropriaCun anJ wr.l2zl.-nv?rt of $900,000 on futir counts. Y-f-.riay Cnltesi ta.U JXmrlct At-li-rr.i-y Flint reo-ivorf -a. leiux from th t.'nlteil Statxi diKtrict attorney of P jetton, asking that Cole b taken Into cjst ly upon the chars of m'sap propnatiiOT of funds of the Olohe Na tional Hank, no a- in the hands of the r;tfivtr. Cola wm found at Redondii and Infirni'tl that the Be ton author-Ic.'-j had reriUjHted hU detention. Cole agreed to return to Lo Angt;-- and diaclalmed any Intention, or diii re to ecape. He matd that hia family visited California for Live bene fit of Mrs. Cole's houltlt. Ho ajwurtl the oflic-rs that he would mak do fiiJeavor to avoid atrvlce of the war rant, Later Colt mated that during his Ions tncubency as president cf the Gljbe National bank thsjre Mad been ovjr-loans, but tbase he had made g.sjO from his persona! pnperlf. He intended to return In Justice to him self to answer all charges and d. prove c explain them. .SAN FRANCISCO PROTECTED. Golden Gate Fortificatlona Completed. Nearly SAN FKANCISCO, Dec. 23. Th fortif cations at Ft ft Point, on the southern snleof the Goldem Gate, are , harbor will then became one of strongly protected ports In the the country. 1 Tn,? sniallpox which has existed for ! wveral w-eeks at the Presidio will be broken up tomorrow, as the men Wave all been pronounced well and able to go about their duties. BROADWAY TRAGEDY. NEW YORK, Dec. 23. Willie Clark, 42 years of age, variety actor, tried j to kill his wife and litUe child and ! committed suicide cn Broadwuy In of the Flfth AwflM h(te, todalr He fired four shuts. oie at his little 11 BOYS. Hi 9 y .-