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iKMfr J VOL. LIV ASTORIA, OREGqV. TtTESDAY, FEBRUARY it 1902. NO. 133 ifi ii i Air 1 mm Last Day February 28th Last Day C People T M E I Down G T Is 0 D Trade 0 W A N T P R I C E S Are D 0 W N At llmt warn JwHtanUltit Valentines Pretty, Ugly, Cheap, Dear. See Them. If you ottoiid the Hall You will need a Mask We have them. Griffin & Reed. BANK OFFICIAL UNDER ARREST OUR RIGHT TO THE PHILIPPINES Vice President of Detroit Bank Secures Overdrafts Exceed ing $1,000,000. STOOD IN WITH THE CASHIER 1 THE Finest Restaurant in the City D A I 1 r E Regular Meals 25 cents I ALAlL Sunday Dinner a Specialty EVERYTHING THE W W IVU " MARKET AFFORDS ! ITt TfUlVVlb b juvuvnnuvwvnuvnninnuuvuwin Uneeda Biscuit ............ So Almond Bon-Bon too Oermen Twloback ,. 15o MnMrl ., joo Lu Lu Ginger Snap 60 Uneeda Milk Biscuit to Uneeda Oraham Wafsrs 15o tTjiri Jinger W(f iso Scotch Coffee 2S0 At FISHER BROTHERS Office Furniture New line now in, including Roll and Flat Top Dosk, Bookkeepers' Standing Desk, Office Chairs of all kinds. . . Special Sale of framed pictures for this week only. We offor our entire line of framed pic tures at greatly reducod prices. CALL AND GET PRICES Chas. Heilborn & Son, S9o-89i COMMERCIAL ST. IJunk In the Hand of State Hanking Commissioner Andrew Released on . 10,000 UttU. DETROIT, Feb. 10 Vice-Presld-nt Frank C. Andrews, of the City av Inn Hank which ton Nn , In the hands of Slitt Bunking (Vnimxliner George L. Malts sine, thin morning, was arrested thin afternoon and ar rnlgned tonight on ft arfe of "wil fully, fraudulently and knowingly" se- :urmg from th bunk without leeurtty and without the knwlf;l of the other director a mm exceeding II, 00,000. He i'U rvl-aid on f 10,000 ball. Cashier Henry C, Andrews, through whom P .C, Andrews sold 10 have secured tht money by means of over draft! and entitled rtwk. la seriously III with nervoua prostration. In ad dition to the total IndeMedness to the City Saving Bank of 11.158.0.(0. to se cur which Andrew ha signed over all hla real estate holdmgs and stocks, bonda and other securities, which It la estimated total about !l.ono,00. four local banks and th trut company lold hla checks, certlflcste to by Cashier Andrews to the amount of !MZ,W4. A considerable number of these checks are protected by securities deposited with them by Andrews. Vmmlrtoner - Malta . found that Cashier Andrewa had permitted F. C. Andrew to oveddraw - acnount I9H.000. Other liaWWHea brougit P. C. Andrewa' total Indebtedness to the bank up to fl.1U.000. At a meeting of the clearing house aumioUUoit thla afternoon the follow ing atatement on the auspenalon was 'aut-d: "The disaster wWch has befallen th aty Saving Bank la the result of criminal Irregularltle confined en tirely to that inmltutkm and caused by the rash speculation of Its -1ve. president, who controlled the manage ment and betrayed hla truat The management haa been expelled from the association." fellow ' men I muat reply that If 1 must turernder my liberty, It 1 not my liberty Tour oonsolotie la (or yourself but your ootwolenoe la not for your nemi. Tour conscience la law for your action, tut not law for my action, ? x 1. 'The rural population of thla state ought not to ImpoM their conscience upon the people of the cHy of New York. It makes no difference If the rural conscience la right and the New York conscience la wrong. Btlll th right conscience haa no right to Im pose Its will upon the wrong con done. . . "Local option wlU enable us to find out what the people of New York rtty want" ' JAMES BOTS I.N MISSOURI. Presentation of Plar Enjoined in Kan- aaa City. KANSAS C1TT. Feb. lO.-Prank James, who at one time was mem ber of the famous James boys' gang, secured tf mporarr Injunction In the drctfit court here today restraining a theatrical company now playing at a local theater from presenting the play The James , Boys In Missouri." In which members of the James family are made to renreeant train robbere. bank looters and outlaws of the worst character. , . . James says hla main objection to the play Is that It glorified outlawry and makes heroes of them, and It la in jurious to the youth of the country. OAQE'S NEW JOB. NEW YORK. Feb. 10. It la report ed with authority In financial circle today that the presidency of the TTnlt. d Trust Company, of thla dty. had been offered to Lyman J. Gage, former secretary of the treasury, and that he would accept. , FOR AN IMPERIAL ARM V ' MINES CLOSE DOV - SALT LAKE. Feb. 10,-The suapen alon of the aty Saving Bank, of De troit, has resulted In the closing own of two prominent Utah mlns the Ophlr at he state Hne and the Tie waukee at Bingham. P. C. Andrewa waa heavily lnteree-l in theae prop ertlet. The close down will be tern porary. NATIONAL TROTTINfl CONGRESS N'KW YORK. Feb. 10,-The bien nial congreaa of the National Trottln Association will be held at Murray mil Hotel next Wednesday, for the purpose of electing- officers and smemt. ng the rules which will govern har neaa racing on Eastern tracks for two yeara. The chief complaint of the grand circuit managers as that under the proxy system the moat Important tracks In the country virtually have no voice in roam nir the rules nr fhowelng the officers, three or four men usually holding the proxies of hundreds of minor fair assoclatlea and Controlling the action of the congress. ine committee appointed by the Grand Ciroul Stewards will ask to hereafter only those members present at the congress be permKted li. vote. FAVORS LOCAL OPTION.1 Dr. Abbott 8peaka on Saloon Question at Big Meeting in New York. NEW YORK. Feb. 10.-.Farberanee and local option were advocated by Dr. Lyman Abbott tin hla address at Carnegie hall on the "Saloon Ques tion In New York," and the problems it Involves. General Stewart nrealdefl and the big auditorium waa packed. Dr. Abbott was heartily annlauded foe his home rule sentiments, and also when he laid atrees on the rights of the Individual. In concluding his re marks,. Dr. Abbott said: ' ' 'Uf I Snt told I must surrender mv personal liberty for the' benefit of my .-.I . THE MUTISM GO VERXMEXT MAY FORM ONE. War Ofllce Considering Subject i liut Find Blany ObNtmleM In the Way. NEW YORK, Feb. lO.-The govern ment Is understood to be contemplat ing the desirability of raising an Im perial army of considerable dimen sions, says a dispatch to the Trib une from London. The .Idea Is not a novel one, but it always hitherto has been regarded by mlfltary people here as impracticable. The war office oommhtee Is now, however, said to be seriously consid ering a system for the consideration of an Imperial army by colonial aid instead of leaving the young. nations of the empire to support only suffl- oient Irregular soldiers for local de fense. , There undoubtedly are a great many difficulties In the way, but If It were possible to carry out such a project the ties which bind the mother coun try and the colonies would be drawn tighter, indeed. Turner Holds that United States Has No Claim io the Islands. TARIFF MEASURE DISCUSSED TelliT Begins ftpewh on the Bill -Debate on Oleomargar ine I II Clowes In the ' ; llouae. - WASHINGTON, Feb. lO.-Through- oirt nearly the entire session of the senate today the Philippine tariff bill was nnder discussion. Mr. Turner, of Washington, concluded his speech be gun last Friday on" the legal and con stitutional phase of ,tbe Philippine question.. He held that, as the Fili pinos had established an Independent government In the Islands prior to the fall of Manila, the United States, un der the principles of internal! nal law. bad no right In the Inlands. Mr. Teller took the floor to deliver a speech on the pending measure, but had scarcely Introduced his argument before he requested that he be allowed to continue his address tomorrow. AMENDMENT TO OLBO BILL. WASHINGTON. Feb. lO.-The gen era! debate on the oleomargarine bill In the house was closed today. The friends of the bill have decided to of fer an amendment to make the 10-cent tax apply to oleomargarine imitation of butter "of any shade of yellow. The amendment la designed to meet the charge of the opponents of the bill that without this language the bill might be construed to absiHuteiy pro hibit the sale of oleomargarine. converted; but he suggests that the committee take means to erect, by British subscriptions snd on Brltton soil a statue or other atatr mmw. la! to George Washington, as a "na tion recognition of ths'luatic nf rtw. cause in which he foueht. and a sign of our amity with the American people. - "We owe It to ourselves by sll the means open to a brave and hononht race to repair and atone for the folly wi ur ancestors. BARREN LANDS. TREATY WITH BOLIVIA. ('hl)e to Frame Ampler Measure With That Country. NEW YORK. Feb. 10. It is report ed that Chile Intends to reopen ne goUatlons with Peru to settle the Tarna-Arica questoln and to revise the treaty of A neon, which was slim ed 1n 1883 by both governments to end the war, according to a dispatch from Valparaiso to the Herald. Tt Is also said the arovernment will endeavor to arrange a treaty with Bo Ubla on an ampler and steadier ba sis than the present one. Neither Pru nor Bolivia haa diploma tlo rep resentatives In Chile. Chile has ordered the construction of only one battleship, not two, as re ported. The vessel will be built In England. SWITHMEN GO ON STRIKE. MrsSOULA. Mont.. Feb. 10,-Flfteen Northern Paclflo switchmen today went on strike here, and the trouble threatens to become egeneral. The men refused to use the road engine for switch enalnes. It is reoorted that non-union men are coming from Hel ena to take the nlac.es of the strik ers and there Is considerable excite ment. CATTLE DYING BY THOUSANDS. DRNTVF.lt. Fh. 10. Humane Arent Kerr has left hers to investla-ate re ports about starving cattle In Baca county, thousands of catUe on the range are said to be dying from star vation and exDosure. The cause of the mortality is due to the scarcity of grass and the freeslng of water holes. - REFORESTING 4 General -Alger Advocates Applying German System in Michigan. DETROIT. Feb. 10.-Gneral R. A. Alger, who has nearly recovered from his recent lllenss, while speaking of the necessity of re-foresting the bar ren lands of Michigan and other states said that Germany's system In main taining the black forces should be carried out In the pine barrens of the United States. eaDeclallv in Michigan He announces that he would be one of a commission to go to Germany at his own expense to thoroughly inves tigate the system In the black forest and apply it to Michigan. General Alger said that if it were successful in Michigan there was no reason why all the northern timber bearing states should not adoDt 1L He also advocated the plan of bring' ina; experienced foresters to this coun try from Germany to superintend the work. MONTEREY GAILY DECORATED Members of Pan-American Congress Guests of the City. MONTEREY. Mex.. Feb. lO.-The members of the Pan-American con areas still remaining in Mexico, to gerher with their secretaries and the members of their families, are the sniests of this cltv.' Thev arrived in a special train from Guadalajara and will remain here ' until Wednesday, Monterey will expend 160.000 in enter tatnlns them. The city is gaily decorated In their honor and nags of their various coun tries' rem-esented in the conjrresa are flying with Mexican colors about the DFinciDai . Diasas. rne entertainment opened with a banquet at the Jaures 'theater, at which 409 covers were laid It was followed by a concert at ifta theater an an Informal dance at the Casino,' the fashionable club house here. , MEMORIAL TO WASHINGTON. David Christie Murray Favors Erec tion of One m London. LONDON. Feb. 10,-Davld Christie Murray, the novelist and playwright, has written a letter to the Dally Chronicle with reference to the Anglo-American committee which was inaugurated under the presidency of the Duke of Sutherland at Stafford House a couple of yeara ago, to pro- motean entente cordiale, but which has since remained dormant and Is now sending circulars to tts members asking them to assist in a platform propaganda. Mr. Murray thflnks this la unneces sary as It is needless to convert the PATIENT RESTING EASILT. Condition of Young Roosevelt at 3:30 This Morning. OROTON. Mass.. Feh i w j The condition of Theodora Rooseeett, jr., at tnts hour Is amsuwnm serious for lights can i i Infirmary and the nurses and doctors are moving around. i 3.30 The excitement in th in ary has subsided and it a iin.t. the petlent is restlna- nv i. i w UVUI so ne complained of difficulty In breatWng and the dellrum. At this hour It hi stated the pauent is no worse than earlier in the night ; HAS DOUBLE PNEUMONIA. GROTON. Mass... Pel. Roosevelt. Jr., has double pneumonia. Otherwise his condition is unchanged. "'" n Ooy is serVni.l -i,.v but It is too ear1 tn, , -"j are rne cnances for his recovery. This was- the ataitomsn iotku UJ George B. Cortelvou. president, tonight after a careful ex amination by Dr. Alexander Lambert, the iamlly thv)-fan r r - - " taiuciit RooseveR, who arrived here from New iorx tonight FELL fROM PRECIPICE AWFUL DEATH OP MOTHER AXD CHILD. Latter Attempt to Have the Daughter and Meetg Same Fate. NEW YORK, Feb. 10Mra." Hwood P. Flchenon. of Morrlston. N. took her 14-year-old daughter Mabel and Alberta CoHins, a neighbor's cWld, to Green Pond to see the forest Urea of Copperas Mountain. They climbed a steep hill to get to better view and stood near the edge of a cliff with a sheer drop of 309 feet The wind was blowing a gale, and Mabel walked toward the edge of the cliff. The child's aklrtw won. M,,h. "t.sw ,Uia. by a violent gust of wind and she was carried along, despite all her efforts to atop. Mrs. Flchenon saw her daughters peril and ran after her. " Mabel was blown over the edge of the precipice Just as her mother grasped at her skirts. Mrs. Flchenon could not er her balance and both fell to the rocks below. " The Collins girl ran for helo and men hurried to the foot of the cliff. The mother's neck was broken and death must have been Instantaneous. Mabel's arms were broken and th was otherwise badly hurt, but she may nve. TO COMPETE IN HENLEY RACES. NEWHAVEN. Oonn., Feb. lO.-If Is rumored among Yale students and graduates that Yale is considering a proposition to send an eight oared crew to compete in the Henlev races in England. UNKNOWN VESSEL BURNED AT SEA Crews of Three Life Saving Sta Hons Go to Rescue of the Sailors. DISASTER OFF CAPE MAY Rescuers Unable to Reaeb the Sehooner on Account of Floating: Ice-Crew In Small Boats. CAPE MAT, N. jl Feb. 10.-A three masted schooner, the name of which haw not been learned, was burned at sea tonight. Saturday night the ves sel was caught In the ice fields Boat ing oat of Delaware bay. As soon as the crews of the life-sav ing stations at Cape May Point Cold Springs and Turtle inlet raw the Ore they manned their boats and attempt ed, to go to the rescue of the sailors on the schooner. The lee prevented the crews from reaching the schooner but ft is believed from what is seen through glasses that the men are la mall boat floating around In the ice, waiting for assKance. AN AGED INSTRUMENT, Abstract of Title Endorsed by Rufus Choate and Daniel Webster.' PAXTON, III, Feb- i0.-TTenr 1W of Crtman. riL. has in bis possession sn abstract of title that is dated Jose is, 1793. An attorney, to whom h abstract was shown, foood it had been endorsed as legal .by Rufus Choate and Daniel Webster 'and he told Mr. Post that it was r.u,i guaranty of title to the land describ ed therein. .,: Mr. Post obtained the ihtart through having purchased eighty acres of land In Stone county. Mo. The land was part of a tract ; of tan am acres granted by the Spanish govern ment to Dr. Jose ValHere, captain of the Eighth regiment of Louisiana, in an early Cuban war. ' Valllerie died In New Orleans In 1799. His heirs Joined tosrether and secured the services of Mr. Choate and Mr. Webster to examine and report an opinion upon the validity f the ab stract giving title to the big tract. CAUSES NO ALARM. ? NEW YORK, Feb. lO.-The forma tion of the Great Britain Railways Development Company at Trenton does not cause much alarm here, ca bles the London correspondent of the Tribune. It recognises that the elec tric railway business in this country cannot suffer much from any new competition, as ail of R that can be bought has already been Secured by American capitalists. They find, how ever, that it Is very difficult to ob tain parliamentary sanction for new schemes. ' MURDERER REFUSES FOOD. BUTTE. Feb. 11 Andrew Billant charged with the murder of Dave Da vidson at Bridger last Thanksgiving night Is making an effort to cheat Justice by starving himself to death. He has refused food for eight days. The authorities will. Inject food into htm by force. St. Louis, Feb. ist, 1902. Ecllp;e Hardware Co., Astoria, On Ovylnj: to advances In material and Increased cost of production we withdraw all previous quotations on Superior Stoves and Ranges. Prices will be quoted on application. BRIDGE AND BEACH MFG. CO. We Havea few Left at the old prices. You'can Save by Buying Soon. iclfa Hardware Co, S