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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1902)
HOTIOB! Rooks, Pr.riorfifn!?, MnzlnfS, &C, ASIORii PUBUC LBMjiY .iSplU NUT1U .! iks. Periodicals. Mar: -zinos, Cc., ASTORIA POBUC ASSOWATIOli ' . . r T ;rary Without rrr-mittion. j . ivi fruity of .-J'-Ii orTc J bo liable to prosecution. VOL. LIV ASTORIA. OREGON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16. 1902. NO. 41 IIIS OUR GREAT Price i Smashing Sale Ends lo a FEW days. If you don't buy NOW You'll be sorry later. It'll be a long time before Suits, Overcoats, Pants Hats and Furnishings are Sold so Low D THIS DU I WEEK "Ar ' .- m UlAMll i : ' YOU WILL ON Ollt All tli lalesl book by prominent authors. Every popular m(alpa on lbs market. All th local aod the great Eastern papers. Your every want in writing and artiiw' materiali. A large lias of op-to-Uat standard sporting gooda 10,000 Other ThlriK I THE Finest Restaurant in the City PALACE COMMERCIAL ST ggJ iwnivnnnnnnnnvwwwvuvw Uneeda Biscuit Almond Bon-Bon .... (ktriiiM Twlobaok Menagerie Lu Lu Ginger Bnapa Uneeda Milk Biscuit Uneeda Graham Wafers Uneeda Jlngsr Wafers 8ootoit CoffM .. ......a At FISHER Special Sale V, Of Framed Pictures. We intend to dtvoU this woek solely to closing out our line of framed picture at pricos which you can not re fuse to take advantage of. , , The line includes water colors and oil paintings artistically framed; platinum prints in beautiful Flemish Oak frames. New Stock of Picture RleuldlnS lust Received Chas, Heilborn & Son, 89o-89 COMMERCIAL ST. - - ASTORIA, OREGON WAT ml HitAHf FIND S1IEI.YKS Griffin & Reed Regular Meals 25 cents Sunday Dinner a Specialty W. W. WlMfc jpo , JJ0 2 ,. p t o o " BROTHERS PUBLIC LIBRARY IS PROSPEROUS Past Year Has Been an Unusual ly Succeessful One for the Institution. SHOWING OF ANNUAL REPORT More Than $1000 Wan Keeelvcd Durlnir Year-Over 12,000 Visitors to Head ing Jtoonm. The annual report of Che Astoria Public Library Association for Ibe year nllntE February 1, 1902, was made public yesterday afternoon. It rhows that the pant year baa been one of the moat successful In the his tory of the deserving inatUutlon, and reflects much credit on the nard-work- Ing ladles of the a:llun. The re port in mt follows; "The year Just ended baa. In many rextttcto, been a most remarkable one. At the beginning of ;he year we were very much dlscourug-d una felt that the board waa xtrufgllng alone -and unaided, but In this we found our selves mistaken, as waa demonstrated on the event of our ninth anniversary May. 19pl. One of our never-tlrtnj member Uxk it upon herself to pre sent our case to the public, and met wKh such success that the eum of 1319.72 waa soon added to our almost exhausted treasury. A few months later we received $500 from the vot ing conteM, which ,irovd the Interest manifested by the general public, as we could not have booed to gain this gem-rout, sum without Its untiring ef forts. "As the result of the Iberallly of the public we have been able to pur chase more new books than for sev eral years past. One hundred and fifty books have, at a cost of $303.33, been added to the shelves, Bringing the total number of books In the li brary to Zili. The. number of maga lines, papers ami periodicals regularly subscribed for Is 40, at a cost of $64.15. Number of new books takeB out by subscribers 1.727 Number of visitors to reading room 12,187 Number of books donated during the year S3 Number yearly subscriptions to niagnxlnea and papers t "The number of maguslnes donated was as follows: tit. Nicholas, for tight years complete; (he Century, for seven years complete; McClure's, for two years complete; the Strand, for two years complete. "The receipts for the year were aa follows: City warrants $ 300 00 Voting contest 600 00 Birthday donation 319 72 Entertainments 68 25 itunimiige sale 510 00 Total 167 97 "The expenditures for the year were as follows: Hent I 180 00 Librarian 333 00 Oas 71 00 Fuel 1 22 25 Janltress SO W Maguxlm-s, periodicals and pa pers 84 35 Books . 203 ti Furniture and fixtures 20 25 Insurance 26 25 Stationery and stamps 17 06 Sundries 34 S3 Total $1033 Jl "We are pleased to announce that we have made a special rate of H for the school year .to high school pupils, and we hope to see a large number take advantage of this reduc tion. "We desire to extend our moat hearty thanks to the city- fathers for continuing the appropriation of $26 per month; also to the merchants and general public for their liberal sup port. We feel sure that the publlo- aplrlted clttiens of our city -will never suffer this library to close Its door for want of financial aid.. "We hope that the coming year may bo marked by a large Increase of subscribers to the circulating library and readers to the free reading room, and that, as the years go by, tbla association will be more and more rec ognised as one of the Indlspenslble InaUtutlons of the city. , "MRS H. F. PRABL. Pres. "MRS. N. TROTBR, Sec." CAUSED PANIC IN THEATER, Man Fell From Balcony and Landed on Head of Woman. NEW YORK. Fel), 15.-WJllle the audience at the Victoria theolter vm setting in darkness looking at a scene representing a cotton field 'In moon light, a man fell from the first bal cony and landed on the head of a woman Wlu) waa sitting In the orches- i '' '' i : V "i : tra. The fair was fully twenty feet. The woman was not seriously hurt. Home one cried "fight." Persons In the audience mistook It for "firs," and scores of people quickly got on their fee. prompt action of the at tendants, hofover, soon quieted the crowd and the cause of the dlwturb anee was carried away by the police. To the latter he said he was Ceorge 8. Bullock, a salesman formerly of Chicago, THIS MAN WAS HEAVY. Twelve Men Itequlred to Conwy Ills NBW YORK, Feb. 15-It required the utmost strength of twelve men to carry to the grave the easket con taining the remains of Dennis Leahy, wtiose funeral has Just been held. The dead man weighed 700 nounds. Leahy's enormous weight had been ac quired within the past ten years. When he turned the V-pound mark two years aog a physician pronounced his Increase of slse due to fatty de generation of the heart and told Mr. Leahy his d.lh was only a question of time. Appreciating the (rouble bis Inter mnt 'mlffht cause his friend. Leahy hun tcil up a place of residence close to a cemetery and It was necessary to carry the casket only a short dleianre. ' " ' INDICTED FOR BRIBERY. ST. LOUIS.' Feb. 15.-Robert M. Snyder, of New York, has been Indict ed for bribery by the grand Jury which Is Investigating municipal fran chise IrregularlUes, and a bench war rant was Issued for his arrest. Sny der Is the promoter who pushed the Central Traotlon bill through the mu nicipal assembly. - CAUSED MM WRECKS ACCIDENTS ATTHIBITED TO UNFINISHED ENGINES. I'lit'onuectrd Drivers Have I)e , stroyed HmIIm NiiIkkuo ' in 1 Abated. '"" CHICAGO, Feb. 16. A new cause for railroad wrecks baa been discovered In the monster locomotives that are now being used so extensively by all railroads. While being hauled from the places of building to the roads for which they are intended It has been ascer tained that the giant engines have been playing havoc with the tracks of the lines over which they have passed. Reports have been received showing where the unconnected drives of the monsters have pounded rails so hard thaA the latter have been broken and others have been so badly injured that they have snapped under pressure jf following trains. Superintendent, roadmasters and others who have reported on the mat ter are of the opinion Jhat not a few of the recent -wrecks that have been attributed to defective track may now be traced to broken or Injured rails resulting from ,the transportation of these engines In- an unfinished state. The trouble has become so serious that an order was Issued by the Rock Island road today requiring all "dead" locomotives received for transportation to be equipped with sdde rods In po sition and coupled. NBW EDITORS OF YALE NEWS. NEW HAVEN. Conn., Feb. 15.-The Yale news board has elected editors as follows from the two lower classes: V. H. Van Rypen, 1904. Washington. D. C; Bowman, Eeher. 1905, Chicago: Dwlght Farnam. 1904, Blnghamton, N. Y.; D. C. Noyes, 1905. St. Taul, Minn.; A. H. Kerr, 1904. Pittsburg, Pa. PROPOSED QUARRY COMBINE. NEW YORK. Feb. 15. A meeting of quarry officers and marble dealers In ihls city has juat been held with a view. It la stated, of combining Inter ests. Whether or not the meeting had any relation to that held in Omaha Friday Is. unknown. Only preliminary plana were discussed. PROTECTS PRISONER FROM MOB. GUTHRIE, 0. T., Feb. 15.-A heavy guard was thrown around the coun ty jail of Blaine county tonight to protect Adolphus Trumley from a mob. At Geary, Trumley shot W. H. Patrick, killing him Instantly. Trum ley alleges that Patrick was Intimate with his wife. ' : ' INSANE MAN JUMPS INTO BAY. SEATTLE, Feb. 15. D. T. Winning, an insane man who was being taken to the asylum at Stellacoom, eluded the guards on the steamer Utpola this morning and plunged Into the bay. He was rescued. , CREDIT WILL BE EVENLY DIVIDED President's Views on Schley fflB Case Have Become Known. FAVORS ALL THE CAPTAINS Credit For Victory at Santiago Not Given Exclusively to Schley Against Ex clusion BHi. WASHINGTON. Feb. 15. The Post tomorrow wlU say; 1 ; v ' "The president's views regarding the Schley ease became generally known last night It Is tald be will not un dertake to discuss In his review any of the events whioh occurred prior to the battle of Santiago on the ground that If Schley's conduct was repre hensible, It was condoned by the navy department and by President McKin ley when Schley's promotion was rec tmrniftijil. , " "As for the battle of Santiago, the president Is Inclined to the opinion that the victory was won by an the captains, and that credit cannot there fore be given exclusively to Schleyt although the latter acted courageous ly and, with the Oregon, succeeded In preventing the escape of the Colon." CHINESE EX"' V3ION BILL. Ex-Senator Speak.) Against Measure Before Sentte Committee. . WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-Ex-Sena-tor Thurston, of Nebraska, 'made an argument before the senate committee on Immigration today against the proposed Chinese exclusion bill. He said the regulation of Chinese Immigration should be left to diplo matic negotiations. .. He contended that the Chinese government would be willing to co-operate with the United States In meeting our desires, and said that It is tar preferable to approach a solution of the problem In that way. In view of the fact that we are now asking of China more than ever before, while we are , in a position to give less. , , , HERE'S A PECULIAR SUIT. Man Who I eft - W'fe at Instance of Friends Asks $250,000 Dam ages of Them. H CHICAGO, Feb. 15. Mrs, Helen E. Nolan, formerly Miss Koch, wife of James Nolan, sa!d to be a wealthy mine owi:er of Pasadena, California, has brought suit in the circuit tcurt for $250,000 damages against John V. Farwell and Mlchel P. Monohan, the latter a saloon keeper at 86 Custom House Court.. Nolan's sudden disappearance a few days after his marriage and bis fail ure to return, which are alleged to have been caused by inrluence exer cised over him by the defendant), are given as the basis of the u!t. Alle gations will also be made, it (is said, tending to show that' representations wt-re made that caused a mistake in marrying. DEMOCRATS HONOR TILDEN. Dinner Given at New York at Which Notable Speakers Were Present NEW YORK, Feb. 15. Democrats prominent in this and other sections of the country met at a dinner to night by Invitation of the Brooklyn Democratic Club to do honor to the memory of Samuel J. Tllden. Among the guests were ex-Governor Robert E. Paulson, of Pennsylvania; W. Bourke Cockran, Representative De Armond," of Missouri; Edward M. Shepard, John Redmond, Louis Nixon, Justice Gaynor and ex-Controller Col er. A number of letters ot regret were received and read. INHABITANTS TERROR STBJCKEN Volcanic Smoke Discovered Issuing From Summit of Mexican Mountain. CHILPANCINGO, Mex., Feb. 15. Great alarm prevails here as well as In Chllapa and Tlxtta, at the dis covery of volcanic smoke Issuing from openings in the summit of Temala catlalco. . Residents of the towns named threa ten to migrate to distant parts, so alarmed are they at this now indica tion ot a subterranean disturbance. THE REPORT DENIED. OMAHA, Feb. 15. General Manager Holdrdge. of the Burlington road, stated today that there was no truth In the Walla Walla, ; Wash., report that his road contemplated building a line from Billings across the Blue Mountains to Milton, Oregon. AFFECTING SCENE ENACTED. Mrs. Jefferson Davis Appears Before Mtssieslppi Legislature. JACKSON, Miss., Feb. 15. Mrs. Jef ferson Davis appeared before the leg islature of Mississippi today and her presence caused a very affecting scene. She was Introduced io the Jojnt ses sion by Senator Cayce, who eulogised Jefferson Davis. Mrs, Davis burst in to tears when she attempted to. reply- "Gentlemen," she said, "I shall al ways tenderly love the people of Mis sissippi, who clung to 'the cause of a defeated man. I can say no more." ' ANDREWS ARRAIGNED. Charged With Misapplying Funds of - Wrecked City Savings Bank. DETROIT, Mich., Feb. 15.-Frank C Andrews, ex-chlef police commis sioner, was arraigned today on a war rant charging him , with misapplying funds of the wrecked City Savings bank, to the amount of 1200,000 and upward. The bond was' fixed at 113, 000. . - :.'. ; - : This Is tbe second warren t sworn out for Andrews. He was arraigned on the first warrant Modday night and released onder a $1000 bond. - THEIR ACTION ENDORSED, LITTLE RPCK, ArkV Feb. 15.--Lit-tle RocW memorial chapter.: Daugh teia of the Confederacy, has adopted a resolution endorsing the action tak en by the chapter at Lexington, Ky., In opposition to the play, "Uncle Tom's Cabin." RESCUED DEAD BODIES G It EV .SOME. JOKE OX FIRE MEN AT CHICAGO. , - . - ." . . ... i. Heroically St nitrified to Ilcoter Corpses from Disaeot ' ' " in? Table. ' CHICAGO, Feb. IS J-Uremen who groped their way through fire and smoke the dragged six dead bodies Into the street form Bennett hospital, at Ada and FuRon streets, late last night carried on their heroic labor in the belief that they were rescuing the persons who had been asphyxi ated, and not until the flames had been subdued did they learn that they had been in the dissecting room of Bennett Medical college, and that the rescued bodies are from the dissect ing tables of the school. t One cadaver was Icinerated. The dissecting room and laboratory of the college were destroyed, entailing a loss of $5W0. A score of patients in the hospital were badly frightened but none was injured. OAKLAND RACES. 9AN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15. Eonlc, carrying colors of Cesar Young and Ridden by Lee Jackson, won the $10, 000 Burn; handicap at Oakland today in the presence of over 7000 people. Nones was second ,and Corrigan third. Time. 2:10. WOMAN SERIOUSLY BURNED. SEATTLE. Feb. 15.-Mrs. P. J. Mc Donald was frightfully burned today whiles trying to kindle the fire with the aid of gasoline. The oil exploded and she was severely burned. ' St. Louis, Feb. ist, 1902. Eclipe Hardware Co., Astoria. Ors Owlrtg. 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 Have a few Left at the old prices. You can Save by Buying! Soon. - Eclipse! NOT CAPABLE OF SELF GOVERNMENT Handing; of Government Over to Filipinos Would Result in Anarchy. PROPOSAL OF DEMOCRATS Governor Taft Iteplles to Ques tions BaMd on Substitute Measure for Philippine -Tariff Bill. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15Befors the senate committee on Philippines today Governor Taft, In reply to questions by t Senator McComas, based upon tbe Democrat! substitute for the Philip pine tariff bill, said that to turn the government of tbe arwWpelago over to the Filipinos as therein proposed would. In his opinion, result in an archy and In the disturbance of vest ed rights to such an extent as to render it necessary : for the United States to resume Its' control with all the work to do over again that had been done in the last two years. Ho had doubt, however, that the Filipi nos could form a government, as they had done under Aguinaldo. NEW LINE TO MANILA-' Steamer Will Call Once a Month at the Philippine City SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15. Direct communication between this city and Manila bas been , established by the Joint acthm of the Occidental & Ori ental, Pacific Mall and Toyo Kaisen Kaisha lines, , and a' series of sailing dates has been announced. They are so arranged that one of the nine -steamers belonging jp, the. .three conn panies will call , at ManlH once a month, jihn Peru, of, the Pacific Mail,1 being scheduled to make the Initial trip on March 5 next " The Chronicle says that these steam ship companies have doubtless been assured of government aid, which, in this Instance, probably means no more than governmenj patronage. ENTOMBED" IN SNOWSLIDE. Three Men Loose Their Lives Near Weiser, Idaho. LEWISTON. Feb. 15. A special to the Tribune from Grangevllle, Idaho, ' says a miner arrived today from War rens, bringing , news of the death of three men who were caught in a snow slide near the head of Smith gulch While en route to Thunder mountain. The victims are Bert Tules, J. R. Campbell and B. M. Skyler, of Weiser. Idaho. The men were traveling over . the soft snow, a foot In depth, when the slide from the mountain entomb ed them. : . - . ' s : . - . - "From Buffalo Hump, comes the news that Ben Hamilton lost his life In a snow-slide there last Wednesday. Ham ilton was caught in an avalanche of snow half a mile wide. LEAVES FOR THE NORTH. SEATTLE, Feb. 15. Over 100 passen gers sailed tonight on the steamer Nome City for Valdes and Ulamna. Many of the passengers are en route to Nome City. Among them are mem bers of the geological expedition that will operate on Copper river and White river. ardware Co,