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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1901)
no r -1011 Hooks, P.' riodi'.aiu M-ys. ' f.ib r:i ;o to T-fcn ASTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION i w- - - i . 14 I rl 1 1 1 gflie prong pflfmtt UTi.m mifinv mil IM)AY. DKCI'MIIKK 21. 1001. NO. 131 Lest You Forget! IIKKM AN WISE ivi ticket with tvorv Man and Hoys' Suit or Overcoat. Out of every ton SuiU r Over coat one customer ill pet u Suit or Ovurcout free. Prtiwing for the free SuiU ami Overvouli take liu' Janunry Wo Imvo sold over 10 M.n'.t Suits iiml Ovi rcout.-t mid nearly ;;o It.ivx' Suits ami (vriimt tluriiij! lite lii-t ft-w days. IioJm- Mill will !' "lie df the lllt'k V olH'S. Jiwtattivt SUITABLE CHRISTMAS GIFTS Drop Head Seeing Machines FISHER BROS. $17.50 ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. Plumbers and Steamfitters BOL.E2 AOENTB FOR SUPERIOR STEEL RANGES B27 BOND STREET Boolm We Imvo a ti'll selected stock In nil styles of binding, pretty nnd Inexpensive. Wo nlno Imvo all the Into and poptilnr fiction of the day. - CnlctidnrH A nlco assortment, nil shape ami sixes, neat pntl pretty. PlcturcH mid iMcclnlllonH A largo assortment neatly framed, at reasonable prices. AlbiimH Tho best lino In tho city. Wo Imvo other goods too numerous to mention, Including, Toilet Caca, Work-boxes, Manlcuro Beta, Sterling Silver Novelties, Leather Goods, etc. We nek you to cull and look um over. GRIFFIN & REED, i: OKE. LYNCII1NGS IN UNITED STATES Kalian Senate Considers Question ol Securing Justice From United States. WILL CONTINUE TO PROTEST fulled Males Admitted Italian ('btlPM.Wrrff Well Founds muI Promise Careful (oiiltf nttlon. HOME, Dec. jo -In lh acnat today llaron Java, formerly Italian ambas a.hir at Washington, reined the ques tion of lynching In the United Males In which there hud been a repetition of grave events, he said, and where guilty persona hn1 nut hwn llcovered. H. pl) In l'i Hurtm Kuva. Slg nir l'rlni'tll, mlrilmiT of fun If n uf fulm. il.ilnnJ Unit iHtlKr the Iial luii K'lMTniin lit ii' t Italian ill.liimti tti'ir guilty uf ' in-Kll-' ni r In tl.i-lr i n.irlii to m ui it lrltim.h uf Jun'.lro, I. lit IIIIK In I III- rilli'llii. "f HllllPHK-a II liu. I Ik-..i iiti r-i.ltIv tv lijitulfy Ihr illiril unl tin- Cfalll Jjiy haJ J . luri . I, ui oii lliiK to 111" null 1 1 f'Tinulu, Ihut th- IJii'hlUK In iii ml . it ha t ik--nini-t hy ' Thi' will i.f i.i. " Thin BiKiiiiiriil frmn HIkii'H' 1 'rl rx-t 1 1 raunrd a K.ii kii I !'). i 'ulillnuliiK, ill'- f.ip'lKH inlnlnirr mill t hit I Hit Italian ,'.i-rn-mini wouM cml I nil" to uotrnt In the lii' uf iibtiiliiliiK mitlKfui thin uKalnut liitiiiiatliiiial limlW. Tho nuwrn unlit Iiml ri'irrai-iitvl what a m-rluua thiiiK It . aulil Sun.ir l'rltx-lti. that ihr K'lM'' nmi nt of thi t'nlti'd ftali'i h. ml. 1 il.-.ian- Itm-lf uiiahlf tu fuimt Its f nRatfi in. nm In uniformity with iiiii'iiwitiimitl tn-allfii To thl rrpro mMilatluii ihi Ainrrlrun K.ivcrninrnt hail nut rifllij In rltlnif hut It hud itiliiilltnl that ItaJInn claim re well fnuml'-.l ami hail .nniilin-l tarvfully ( rimmdiT Ihr qumtlon l ho Hint I and rolimlt. Ixth P-mark mi til nhrwurlty of tho Information vnui'haaM by tho AmnlKamatO'l Coi- mt i'orii.any. but conllr tho prwuil (lutlook to be mora favorablo to con aumrr than produror of metal. The Pally Telr-araph derlarea thai bWore ronftdr-nro ran t reatnred tho Amal- amatr-d Company muat Uauo a plain atatrmont of l(a atorka on hand and of Ita proaont monthly output. If It (a true that the Amalgamated Company haa reduced Ita production to tho tent of throwing tan men In Montana out of amDloymont, T that po-per, a rery unpleaaaot alt union la dlacUmi and om which la likely ta aeealotita leglaUtlon compolllnc American trtuu to gtva ralf pubHtitr to ttaalr af. fair. BOOK VtSLiKt. Argentine WU Prolong Irritating Bit uatlon With CbUo. NEW TORK. tV. to.-tha pldlo la gaining ground In Valparalao, aay a dlapatrh from that city to tho Lon don Time and New York Time, that the Argentine republic will prolong the Irritating altuatlun by declining to ronre.le entlnfactory aaaurance In re gard to the Instruction of Argentine jmllre In :he illi.utel terrltcry. Chile ileiiln- a thnruuKh lnvctlga- :il"ti of her claim to the dlatrkt arTect 'ed by the rontroverny and woulj wil- i niiie fJn-at Drltaln a good otflcr-a to 'iMiile th- mutter ami to reatrain all fiirilur ralnlnif of boun lary aKltutlun. j , NHW MAIL ItOfVB jlirliliih Authnritltl.. Have Ix-cliitil I.! I'im- Aim-rli-an Rouio to Auitralla. ! NHW ynUK. IV. ID-There lit. It ' nrKam, .iine truth In the Morlca tthli h have been current uf lute that the Ilrltli.h pimtal authorllle had dt- cliliil to change the mall route to Au stralia, rnhle the Iindon reirerwnta . live of the Tribune. An Influential of i tidal of the gvneral otofflc la au- thnrlty for the Matement that the I itii.tlon of trying the American route ; ha been undoubtedly undt-r conalder iOtlon by the authorltle. Nothing how-i.vi-r will te done fh the matter, for ithr--e year, the -xltlng eontracta hav ing thut jktIikI to run. CIUITI.K MUAT INDl'PTHV. llcontlnuance uf Inei-tliin Would Kniull Ii of J.'n.onrt.wO. WASIIl.NflToN. Iec. M. -Secretary Wllnm today atated that the illncoii lliiuntni of the airoprlatlon for ln rped Ion nf meat K'nt abroad would man the entire Biinpt'iialnn of export and the Inn to the t'nlted Stiite of f'.n.uno.oiio worth of meat annually old In liermany. Ijnrk of fund, he ex plained, n due to the Increased work of the pan year and two week' leave of ahaence granted each employe of the bureau outitlde of thl tlty, which neceailtated the employment of addi tional men. Secretary Wllpon aald ho ha aked rongreu to make part of tho appropriation for the coming year Immediately available. HikH) Hi U.TDA Y TRAHE. I All Section of the Country Report Ex- ccptlonal Dlalrlbutlon. NKAV Y.iItK. ivc. ;. Dun & i'o ' Weekly Rvvlew of Trade tomor n w will ny: llolldav trade reuched It niailinnni thl week, neurly all ectlon of the fiuntry reiHirtlng exivptlonal dlatrlb utlon. Fallur.' for the week number ed ;65 In the I'nlted Plate, n agalnt Iat year, and 19 In Canada, aa attultiKt li lnt year. OARDKRU HKAT3 CARTER. In a Content for Middleweight Cham pion of tho World. SAN FRANOrflOOi Dee. t.-Oeorr Gardner, of Lowell, Vaaa.. and "Kid" farter, of Brooklyn, N. T.. met to night at Mechanlra Pavilion In what waa announced aa a cemtrot for the middleweight championship of tho world. Oardner clearly etrwhllnhed hi tiaht to tho title by knocking out Carter In the eighth round. The men hhd met twice before under lmllar condition and on each occasion tho Imwell lnd wntt returned tho winner. ! ciirNrxn Amnrv Vlll Ho Trained by OmVem Fronk Jap j anew Army. I ' i'KKIN. IVc; !0.-Yuan Phi Knl. new viceroy of Chi 1,1, ha en,rBffed 'Japa- n' ofllcer to train the Chlnee army." Tlie government of Jnpnn has offered til detail a Jupnniuit' Bnral to ro- irK'anlxe the Chlnoso army. Accord- ln to advice from fhnnghnl dated liri'i nitier Id, Yiiuii Shi Knl Injeiul in finjilny HiIiIhIi nnd Anicrviin otllcei to riwitsiiiilie the chlneac navy. VUTIMS OF WRECK, Piath Ut of Wreck on Southern Pa cific Now Number Six, AA.N FKANCIStCO, Dec. M.-The death Hat of the wreck on the coast division of tho Southern Paclfle at I'planda haa reached six. All the In jured are expected to recover. Two Italian. John Cordona and Francisco .tavanla died today ' at tho Southern Pacific hospital. Two charred bodies were dlaentombed from the wreckage at Vpland. It Is supposed they are th bodies of tramps who were riding on th brakebeama ORGANIZER OF VICTORY KlTCHKMtU'S 81 TKSS KX- ((U KAc.i:s niiiTisii. OlUIKlllfll TO PAWMt, I'nlted Stale CriilMer rhlliuLdphlu Po- pnil oil Shqrt 'Notice. SAM FRANCISCO, Poc. C'l.-I'rdcr liiitriii-llnn from the nnvy depurtment In make all Hiieed fur Fnniinm the I'nlted Stale crultier Phlbiilelphln Klemncrt out of the hnrbor this nfter-nnnn. Has, CoHoa'UmI . Svttltrl Kuw Material in South .Virion iiVSi1'ii(lj Army. ' NEW YORK, IX'c. 20. -Satisfaction with the prvRress of events In South Africa In now general nnd there Is a niiiikcil rivlval of puMlc opinion In ' support of IaiiM Kitchener ns ronimun- der In cheif, nays the Ti Id juc s London eoirespondi'iit. Only a few weeks ago the mllll.iry cxpreased much adverse criticism of Kitchen r s generalship. Now, however, he is called the organ izer of victory and the people talk of his abilities with unw.iveiinjr energy. Full credit I given him for collecting all the scattered raw material In South Africa and the re-enforcements dally arriving fivm all parts of the Urttlsh Empire Into n fighting machine. EFFECT An ROAD. rosltlon of American Copper Greatly Exercises English Market. IlNDON, Dec. SO.-The position of American copper greatly exercises the Flrlilsh market. The financial weekliea, col. mnton Pi-VD. LtXlxN, Pee. 20. Colonel Josiali Illnton, well known ns a co-worker with John Brown, who served In the I'nlon nrmy In 1S60-65 and later edit ed various newspapers In Washington, New York and Snn Franolsco, died In London today. He was born In London In 1830. FREIGHT TRAINS COME TOGETHER Two Engines and Ten Cars Com pletely Demolished on the Northern Pacific. ONE ENGINEER IS MISSINQ Both Traloa Were Extra and Cm of the Wreck Is Xot Yet Ieter-mined. feeling herself compelled to guard her- elf against threatened trouble between the South American countries. ENGINEER FORGETS tflTOH. OUR PRESENCE IN THE PHILIPPINES TACOMA. Dec. .-Extra Ko. 154. a west-bound freight train on tbe Northern Pacific collided with extra No. 131, ent-bound .about one mile west of Wciton about 5:30 p. m. Both engine were damaged .ten cars tferalS ed and the trask will be blocked sev eral hour. Wrcikmg 'utflta from Taioma and Ulenahurg Arere sent to i b-ur the trai k. The ram ilnmiigrd w-t- moittly load ed with coal. Conductor C. A. Flk on the i-xtra eaat-boun I was slightly Injured. Knicln-er Kelly, of the extra, west bound, haji not yet been fouiid and there Is a possibility he may be under the wreck. STATEMENT r.NTOl'NOED. Roobeiy's Arcupatlons Aalnst Bocri Denied by Leyls. NEW YORK, Ic. 20-Ir Leyda In an Interview, gays the Bruel corre spondent of the London Times and New York Times call the accusation made airalnst the Boer by Lord Rose bcry In his ieech at Chesterfield "al ir.ost nilnlMerial reckl-ssn vs."' Lord Rosebery's statemi-nt that a peace emissary was flogged and mur dered I declared by Or Leyds to be "wholly unwarranted." He says every authorized pence en voy sent by the Btltlsh has heen kind ly treated. Dr. Iyils declares that Morgendaal, who was flogged, court martialed and shot, wa not a peace envoy but en tered a Boer rnmp In order to Induce the men to desert. Assumes Blame for Disastrous Wreck on Southern Pacific. 8 AN TRANACIflCO, Dee. JO.-John Coffey, the engineer of the north bound Southern Pacific train, whose failure to stop at the Uplands switch yesterday morning caused the collis ion In which two men were killed and more than to persons were Injured, la sutTerlng from a shock of his pine sus tained when he Jnmp.-d from his ei glne. He has not denied his responsibility for the disaster. In an Interview be aid: "I admit that I had received my or. ders. I knew I was to itop at the s-tteh to let No. 10, eouth-!ionnd, bike. the gldjn. No. the Arut wer, D0i misunderstood. Both I and the fire man read them. After leaving San Ardo we compared watches. It was a dark night. At the awltch there are no house, no landmarks of any kind, only the awltch light in a plowed field. I did not notice It until we were abreast of It. I had been great ly wor ried over the action of the engine. It Is a new one and very powerful. The machine did not behave properly. I can't be more explicit about the trou ble with the engine; that Is between me and the railway officials. Hut the I fireman and I were both buy Inside j and we forgot the switch. I have no l excuse, only that I forgot. I saw the switch light race by. Th-n the conduc tor fulled the mj-e which operates the, little signal whistle In the cab. In stantly I reversed. With almost the same moment I put on the emergency air brakes. We were rounding a sharp curve. I could not see any light ahead but I knew that No. to va due. I had a heavy train. We were pounding along nearly JO miles an hour. I Jumped down to the cab steps and looked out. There was the light of No. 10 swing ing around the curve ahead. I knew it waa all up. I don't know writ be came of the fireman. I wilted until we were past the si ling. To have Jump ed there would mean datn. I jumped. A car length beyond the engines crash ed together." Although only two mon are. positive ly known to have been kll' ii. tlif ood Its of two others are said to lie under the wreckage. Will Have a Potential Effect on Asia Is Stepping Stone to Commanding Position. NECESSARY TO EXPANSION And Base From Whleh Amer ican Interests Can Et er be Protected, sajr Gen. AfthMf J-Arthur, UNEXPECTED ORDERS. I'. S Gunboat Marietta Is Ordered to Nombre de Dlos. tVUjON. rvc. 20 The I'nlted States gunboat Marietta received unexpected order today to proceed to Nombre de Dlos, doubtless to protect the property of the Manganese Mining Company, an American concern. The Columbian gunboat General Plnxon will sail for Savanllla thl afternoon. She will take a few troops to Nombre de Dlos. KANSAS CITT. Mo., Dec. 20. Mlnia- tor Wo Ting Fang responding to th , toast, "Trade Relation with China," at the annual John Jay banquet given hy the Kansas City Commercial Club , In thi city last night argnd against ' the Cl.lnese Exclusion Law which he . said deprives the United States of the proportion of commercial benefits from China which the resource of this country should Insure and he asserted that our trade relations with China ' will never be bettered much while Chinese merchants and the better class of Chinese shall be excluded from ', America. I General Arthur MacArthur respond H to the toast "The United States Army. Referring to the Philippine Islands, he said: j ' The power that holds the Philippine archipelago will have a potential ef fect on Asia. It Is a stepping stone 'to a commanding posi'lon rnd a btse , from where American Interests can ' ever be protected. Their possefslon Is ! necessary to natural expansion." New EMBEZZLER ARRESTED. Tork Official Charged With Theft of 30.000. NEW YORK. Dec. 20.-Charles P. Chlpp. formerly a book president In the MY6TERY E3CPLAJNBD. PARSONS. Kaa.. Dec. W.-The mys tery surrounding the death of Colonel John B, Bull and wife, whose dead bodies were found In their home last night was cleared today at the coro ner's Inquest, evidence being given to show that the couple had been asphyx iated by natural gas. VISITED GOV. TATf. Members of Federal Party In Manila Pay Him Farewell Call. MANILA. Dec. 20. Over 4'X0 mem bers of the federal party called on Gov. Taft today to bid him farewell and to wish him a safe return. The governor, reclining on a lounge, ad dressed 150 of the most prominent of his visitors, saying that he was touch ed and honored by their presence. That organixatlon. he added, had done so much toward bringing about peace and giving the country a stable party that it argued more for the success of Amer ican labors than anything else during the recent critical times. Reports circulated In the United States, founded on Incidents connected with the war In Batangas province and Island of Samar, the governor, said, tend to convey a wrong Impression of the situation, which is really hope ful. Governor Taft said ho would return here. : office of the Collector of Assessments ' and Arrears, a branch of the control ler s office, has been arrested, charged j with larceny of 1271.75. This Is the ! specific charge but alleged peculations i by Chlpp aggregate W.ViO, It is said, ' and possibly much more. The arrest j was made at the instance of the dls ' trict attorney's office. "DEATH TO CHILEANS" T1IK CKY OS STKEKTS OF 1 . lU'KXOS AYKKS. ThntiMiimW of IVtiplc Slumtln, , ."Let us II me War Sooner Tlian Tliat !" HUEXOS AT RES. Dec. 20. In order to commemornteJhe formation of a league of patriots here, tens of thou sands of young men paraded the streets last evening, cheering for Argentine, the Argentine nrmy. President Roca and er-Presldent Mitre, now president of the committee to settle the fron tier dispute with Chile. Thousand of manlfestants. estimated to have nnnr bered ns ninny as 6'.000 persons, stop ped and cheered before the offices of the various newspapers where fiery ad dresses were made. The crowds en gaged In the patriotle demonstration marched past the president's residence shouting "No more diplomatic notes." 1-et us have war sooner than that." There were also some cries oi "death to the Chileans." It 'is reported that Rraxil contem plates appropriating 5,O00.0O to 10, 000,000 for the purchase of new war ships, showing. It Is said, that Braxll. which up to the present has succeeded in confining herself to a state of arm ed peace, Is flnaly getting mixed up In the diplomatic complications and Is CAN NOT LAND. Alien Afflicted With Consumption Can Not Enter United States. SAN FRANCTSCO, Dee. . In ans wer to a hypothetical question pro pounded by the Oceanic Steamship Co. whether or not an alien afflicted with consumption, traveling flrst-closs and of ample means, might be allowed to land In this country, Commissioner of Immigration North has decided that such Immigrant Is not to be allowed admission' Into this' country. SUFFERING IN OKLAHOMA. GUTHRIE. O. T., Dec. 20. Every road leading Into the new country la still lined with prospective settlers. Without food and generally without money and In a country sparsely set tled, they have starved and froxen. In many cases, death resulting among the children. TO CATCH SEALS. VICTORIA, B. C, Dec. 20. The an nual meeting of the Victoria Sealing Company was held today. It was de cided that about 30 schooners would be sent out, seven for the Japanese coast and the others on the California and British Columbia coast COLONISTS RATES YTXETX CHICAGO, Deo. S0.-iAt a meeting to day of the general passenger agentu of the roads west of Chicago, colonist rates for the rest of the winter were agreed to. They wrll be 3 from Chi cago to California one way, and $30 to Montana points, '' WHEAT WARKFT. CHICAGO. Dec. . 50. Wheat, May, opening, 79Sff;' closing. M. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. W. Wheat, cash, 1024. TACOMA. Dec. 30. Wheat, bluestem, 60; club, 69. , . , PORTLAND, Dec. 20,-Wheat, Walla Walla. 5'Hfr0: Valley. 60: bluestem. ' Leading Chefs k Pastry Cooks use Royal Baking Powder Absolutely Pate Makes the finest flavored, most delicious food ROYAL BAKINQ POWDI. CO., 100 WILLIAM ST., NE YORK. L. M