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ASTORIA. OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13.1902.
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At FISHER BROTHERS
Special Sale
Of Framed Pictures. Wo intend to devote ,
this weok solely to closing out our line of '
framed pictures at prices which you can not re
fuse to tako advantago of.
The line includes water colors and oil
paintings artistically . framod; platinum prints
in beautiful Flemish Oak frames.
New Stock of Picture Moulding lust Received
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FILIPINOS ASK
FOR STATEHOOD
Federal Party Demands Repre
sentation in the House of
Representatives.
WOULD SEND DELEGATES
Petition Hay That Colonization
Would Hand the Inland
Over to Anarchy mid
l'n(ruHlon.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-A memor
ial of the federal party of the Philip
pine was transmitted lo the wMte
th la evening by the secretary of war.
together with a Uttter of , transmittal,
by Owernor ; Tf t, in whw charge
III document M given. The me
morial wan adopted at an extraordln
ary session of the federal ary held
In Man I In in November. It acta forth"
thiit out of the sixty provinces and
district war exist In only' twoRa
in ukus and Kumar. It aiso aiwerts
that It Iw a demonstrated fact that
the Pueblo or town anxiously de
sire "a definite civil rule.''
The memorial then makes presen
tation of the deduction of the federal
party that congress should proceed to
carry Into effect it dirtermlnatlon of
defining- the future course of the Phil
ippine In their election to the Unit
ed States, and assert that there la
no reason for not replacing the mili
tary regiment by a civil rule of
popular character.
The memorial then proreeda: 'To
make of the Philippine a colony of
the United States Or to grant Indepen
dence to the PhUlppme would be to
hand the Island over to disorder and
to anarchy, to destruction and to
chao
"Federation or annexation would
settle all then dlfflrullle by the con
centration of Interest of the Filipino
iwople uinm education and labor."
The memorialist then pray for dec
lantilon by tht eongre. of the Tpit
ed State' t the effect that the Phil
ippine lliimls are nn Integral part of
the United State with the rlghta and
prlv!KMi which the constitution of
the United Stale eranti to other ter
ritories "such as that of becoming a
state of the Union."
A preliminary form of government
similar to (hat of the territories of the
United Stutes outlined as suitable
for the Philippine.
The mcmorln ak.s tb.it the Island
tie represented in the United State
houne of representatives by two dle
gate.
COMMITTER HEARINGS.
Clash Helwen Lodtrw and Patterson
Over Admitting Reporter.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-Wlth the
exception of a Mhurp uluah between
IawIkl- and Pat term Ti over the matter
of adnilKxIon of repreHentatlvea of the
preaa to hcarlntr on the Philippine
tariff bill, the aetwlcn of the Hcnat to
day was quiet.
The Colorado eenaUir cud that all
neWBpapermcn ihould be admlttei) to
committee hearing, declaring that as
now vomiducted they were too much
of the star chamtr character. Ho
said his recollection was that Lodgo
had suggested that die heej-higs bo
secret. Thbi drew th ttre of the
Maxsaschusetts senator, who Indig
nantly denied that he bad suggested
anything of the kind. He Insisted
that the report made of hearings by
the pre association were accurate
and fair to both sides of the contro
versy.
A communication from the secretary
of war transmitting a memorial of
the federal party of the Philippine
islands in support of American rule In
the Islands, called from Patterson
the statement that the federal party
had succeeded in controlling the Phil
ippines by promising the Filipinos that
they would be admitted ultimately to
statehood in the United States.
ern clrlco and H was calculated that
tlxr run would take at least one day
more than It did.
' In passing, the craft gave her en
thusiastic welcome with their whis
tles. Admiral Von Baudlssln was for
mally welcomed to New .York by a
civic committee, a representative of
Mayor txrw and an officer of the
United Htates navy.
FIHK AT HAKMCiyWIIXB.
PITTSMJKO. Fb. U.-The Dequ
en Distributing Company's building
at Harmorsville was destroyed by fire
early this morning. IjOss $76,000.
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IN MBMOar OF WNOOLN.
OHAND RAPIDS, Mloh.. Feb. 12.
The Lrfncoln Club, of StM city, cele
brated rhe birthday of Wnooln tonight
wtth a bangwt The principal guest
was Minister Wu, the (Chinese minis
ter, t
OIVI3N FIVE YEARS. .
Rawball Player Convicted of Stealing
J15.0W Worth of jewelry.
BUTTK. Mont.. Feb. J2.-A Olendire
speclat to the Butte Miner says Jerry
Moiarty, a basetolt player, was
yesterday given five years In the penl
WnMary for the theft of nearly 115,000
worth of diamonds from the; trunk of
C. ft. ClBUsscn, a traveling salennmn
for a Minneapolis JewehT house. Mac
Carty eonfwed the crime and led the
officer to the oaf he where be had sc
ented the plunder. The trunks were
rilled- as they lay in the express
room of the lepot. The robbery was
particularly bold. i
TO EDUCATE TIIElSOUni
of
, BERLIN'S UNEMPLOYED.
BEIRIJN, Feb. 12.-T1W census
unemployed In Berlin shows there are
75,000 persons totally without employ
ment and about 40,000 partially un
employed. '
GIVEN ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME!
Arrival of Imperial Yacht Hohenxel-
' lern at New York.
NEIW YORK, Feb. 12.-The imperial
German yacht Hoheniellern, sent here
for the use of Prince Henry of Prus
sia during his forthcoming visit, ar
rived today from Kiel. She' was not
expected, for she came by the South-
NTAKTINO OF (JjtEAT EDU-
C.VTIXAL OKUANI ZATIOX
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Mox-nifut Met Favor of Itotk
rft-llor mid Ncvotal Mlllon
Are Already pldrd.
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NBW IORK. ,Feb.t.ll-TA . move
ment to organise educational work In
the X'nlted States. , especially in the
South, on a scale larger than has ever
been attempted heretofore has been
gaining strength rapidly in this city
w ithin a few weeks, says the Tribune.
It has attracted the favor of a dosen
or more men of great wealth among
them John D. Rockefeller and his son.
who are said have determined to give
needed financial support. Several mil
lion of dollars are ready to be pledged
to the great undertaking and abund
ant means will be available as soon as
the plans for organisation are com
pleted. While there have been frequent con
ferences of late regarding the educa
tional organisation to be formed. It
may be several weeks before the men
who are busy w ith Its plans are ready
to apply for charters. So far as there
has been substantial agreement, how
ever, th plans Indicate the formation
of a strong central educational board
which will direct in a general wiay
the edncationnl work to be performed
In various states by branch organisa
tions. For a time the efforts of the
organlxathm. will be directed to edu
cational works In the South, but later
on. when southern educational sys
tem" and facilities have been brouKht
up to a Wgh standard, the organisa
tion probably will direct some of Its
energies to educational work In north
ern and western states. She organ
isation is to be farmed on such a sub
stantial basis that 1t will be self-per-pottmtlng,
and will be expected to con
tinue to Increase In power and Influ
ence long after the men who gave it
Its start are dead.
When the central board has been
formed under the charter to he ob
tained. It Is expected that William H.
RaMwIn. jr., will be placed nt Its
head. Mr. Baldwin has been active
In municipal reform work while he
has been president of the Long Island
Railroad. He ha been devoting much
thought and study to the question of
educational work In the South' and has
been a prominent member of the exec
utlve board of the Southern Educa
tional conference of which Robert C.
Ovden Is the chairman.
The great educational organisation
will be In some measure a result of
the Investigations made by the South
ern Educational conference. For sev
eral year men of means have been
Induced to Join in the conference over
plans of Improving educational facili
ties In the South. It haa been made
plain at such conferences that the
South was too poor to provide for Its
people, both white and black, as good
schools as were needed. Several of
the men concerned In the Southern
Educational conference have been In
terested In work done under the eu
pervlslon of boards f , trustees con.
trolling the funds for education In the
South provided bv 'he late Oeorgb
Peabody and the late John Fox Pea
body. ... .. i ' Mi '.
SURRENDERED TO
THE LIBERTADOR
Naval Battle Between Insurgent
Vessel and Venezuelan
Steamer Crespo.
FIGHT LASTED HALF HOUR
Crespo Itcndered Useless and
Abundoued at B'uC'onimaii
der and Crew Taken on
Libertador.
WILLEMSTADT. Island of Curacao,
Feb. 12. The report of the naval en
gagement between the Insurgent ves
sel Llbertador and the Venezuelan
steamer Crospo, sent by General Man
ual Matos, leader of the Venezuelan
revolution and commander of the
Llbertador, says:
At 2 o'clock m 'the afternoon wo
met the steamer Crespo before Cura
aredbo and she immediately prepared
for fight To our summons to sur
render, which was accompanied by a
blank cannon shot, the Crespo replied
by firing on us, to which the Llber
tador answered by directing the fire
of her heavy guns and 'rapid nre
guns on the Crespo. The latter kept
up firing for a time, but her shells
did not strike us, while our shells fci-
flloted serious damage on her.
"After half an hour's fighting, the
Crespo twisted the white flag and
surrendered unconditionally. The com
mander of the Crespo, General Pedro
Rlvere Sulto. and aU her crew were
then transferred on board the Llber
tador. and the Crespo, rendered com
pletely useless, was abandoned on the
coast, after all her war material had
been removed",""'"" '. '
WILL LOSE HEAVILY.
Insurance Companies Loos by Pater
son Fire Exceeded $4,000,000.
NEW YORK, Feb. 12. A preliminary
meeting of insurance company repre
sentatives has been held to arrange
settlements of the losses in the great
Paterson fire. Instead of fifty or sixty
companies being concerned, H was
found that there are over 100. Edwin
Quackenbush, secretary of the Under
writers Association, of Paterson. after
many conferences with Insurance ad
juster, the owners of burned property
and an examination of Insurance maps
said the loss to insurance company
would aggregate about 14,000.000.
The Insurance men found that the
burned district was more heavily
covered by Are than they at first
thought. They estimate the loss to
be $8,000,000 and the insurance a shade
70 per cent of the total. The estimate
of 16,000,000 is from 2,000,000 to $4,
000.000 less than the figures fixed upon
by officials and leading business men
of Paterson.
TO ESTAL1SH STOCKYARD.
Eastern House to Put in Extensive
Plant In Portland.
PORTLAND, Feb. 12.-Harriman
Lions has decided to establish exten
sive stockyards in the peninsula be
tween the CoiUmbla and Willamette
river, about four miles from this city.
One hundred acres of land wsjb bond
ed today, and the O. R. A N. Co. has
a spur almost completed to the pro
posed site of the yards. Both the O.
It. & N. Co. and the Southern Pa
cific will use the yards, and It Is stat
ed that one erf the largest packing
house of Chicago will establish an
extensive plant there. '
The establishment of stock y arris
and packing houses wiH make this city
the market for several hundred thou
sand head of livestock In the North
west, which is now shipped to East
ern points.
LINCOLN DAY IN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK. Feb. 12. There was a
general suspension of business In the
financial district of the city today In
honor of the ninety-third anniversary
of the birth of Lincoln. Many mer
cantile houses also closed and flags
were generally displayed. There were
several banquets tolnght.
has sent a telegram to Collector lvey
at Sitka. Alaska, Mating that the de
partment la unofficially advised that
he has Issued Instructions suspending
the collection of tonnage tax and vir
tually clowing Unalaska porta to ves
sels alleged to be engaged In Pelaglo
scaling, and informing nlm that such
action Is unauthorized by law. Cop
ies of such instructions are directed
to be forwarded at once to the department.
LYNCHING IN GRANT COUNTY.
Cattle Thief In Sheriff's Custody Re
ported Lynched at L'klah.
PEN DLETON, Feb. 12.ContaMe
Hunwucker, having In custody Tim
Tomoon, charged with horse stealing
in Grant county, left here Monday
morning with his prisoner notwith
standing that threats were, repored
that Grant county peoole would lynch
him if be attempted to pass through
Ukiah. Report were received this
morning that the plan was carried
out. although It Is Impossible to
verify It '
The feeling among prominent stock
men, to bitter toward those who have
lately stolen their property, and an
organized effort Is being made to bring
the offender to justice.
LUMBER MEN ORGANIZE
SPOKANE, Feb. 12.-The Eastern
Washington and Idaho Lumbermen's
Asosciation was organized here today.
E. F, Cartlor Van Dissel), of Spoakne,
wa elected president Thirty lumber
men were present
WANT MONEY REFUNDED
WHITK PASS AXD YICOX
KAILWAY SUED.
Lawyer) Want Freight and I'uk
teiiger jtateti Paid by
Clients Returned.- f ,
VICTORIA," BT C.T Feb. Il-When It
was first nnounced that Messrs. Hlg
gins and Ellott barrister of this city,
had entered an action against the
White Pass and Yukjn Pjiilway for
damages and the return of frelgot and
passenger rate paid oy thslr illenta
as the tariff of the company bad not
been approved by the Dominion gov
ernment, as required by the railway
act, and further because the tariff
were unjust and extortionate, there
were those who looked upon the ac
tion as a bluff. Now that Justice Mar
tin of the supreme court, has decided
that the plaintiffs have right of ac
tion against the company under the
railway act .the feeling is gaining
ground that the suits are very serious
and should they decide against the
company there Is no telling where the
matter wlU ' end.
Already the three writs have been
Issued on behalf of the upper Yukon
Consolidated Company, Joseph Cleart
hue and J. St. Clair Bleckett & Com
pany. The latter writ was isued yes
terday and in It the claim is for $40.
000, making the amount so far sued
for $300,000. Other writs are to be
Issued, one for $100,000 by the Victoria
Yukon Trading & Transportation
Company. The aggregate claims In
writs to be taken out in Victoria will
total three-quarters of a million
dollars.
It is expected that the cases will
come to trial at the assizes to be held
during March.
OLEO BILL IS
PASSED BY HOUSE
Measure Somewhat Modified
But Goes Through With
34 Majority.
PRINCIPAL FEATURES OF BILL
IniMes Tax of Ten Cents Per
Pound on Oleomargarine
Any Shade of Yellow
AVar Claims Allowed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. -The house
today paused the oleomargarine MB.
There was no division in the final pa-1
sage, the real' test of strength hav
ing been made on the motion to re
commit the bill, which was defeated
by a majority of 24. 1 The proviso to
require the Inspection and branding
of renovated butter, which was adopt
ed In committee of the whole, wu
retained today on aye and nay vote.'
As finally passed the bill is ome-'
what modified from the form in which
it was reported from the committee
on agriculture. Tt make oleomarga
rine or imitation butter transported
into any state or territory for nee,
sale or consumption therein subject
w iuv laws vi luon sisies or tem .
torie, notwithstanding that It may be
Imported In original '' packages, and
Impose a tax of l cent per pound
on oleomargarine made In imitation
of "butter of ny shade of yellow."
When not made In uoa imitation, the
tax la reduced to one-fourth of one
cent per pound. The penaltiea for
violation of ttie act arc fin at not
less than $30 nor more than $500 and
imprisonment for not leas than 30 days
nor more xnaa six montna, r--"-
War claim occupied the attention,
of the house after the passage of the
oleomargarine bill, and the day was
made notable by the passage of the
first bill for payment of the claims
of United States citizens arising from
the Spanish war. It carried some
thing over $55,000 for the payment of
202 claim for property taken within,
the United States for use of the army.
The omnibus bill, carrying claim ag
gregating $21,532 for store and sup
plies taken from loyal citizens during
the civil war. was passed.
" MILLERS TO ORGANIZE.
CHICAGO. Feb. 12. Millers from aU
over the United States gathered here
today to organize a national body.
WILL TEND TOWARDS PEACE.
PARIS, Feb. 12. The view taken
In diplomatic circles here 1 that the
Angio-Japanese alliance, nemg purely
defensive, is in nowise a disquieting
element in xne eastern situation.
The alliance Is taken to Indicate that
the result will certainly make for the
peace of the world. '
LIQUOR HIS DOWNFALL.
OMAHA, Feb. 12.-The drink habit
acquired during life in the army is
given as the cause of his downfall by
George Leonard, a member of a good
family of Wisconsin who served as'
second lieutenant In the Porto Rican
campaign. Leonard was arrested while
groping about the cellar of a sporting
goods house, pleaded guilty to bur
glary and was remanded to await
sentence. ,
MEMORIAL EXERCISES.
CHICAGO, Feb. 18. Memorial exer
cise in honor of Abraham Lincoln
were held here today on' a scale sur
passing that of any. previous .local
celebration of the anniversary, of his
birth. ,
COLLECTOR DAY'S INSTRUCTIONS
WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. Aeslstant
Secretary of the Treasury SpauWlng
St. Louis, Feb. ist, 1902.
Eclipee Hardware Co., Astoria, On
Owing to advances in material and
increased cost of production we withdraw
all previous quotations on Superior
Stoves and Rarges.'
Prices will be quoted on application.
BRIDGE AND BEACH MFC. CO.
We Have a few Left at the old prices.
You can Save. by BuyingSoon. .
EcliDse Hardware Co.