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VOL. LIV ASTORIA. OREGON, WEDNKSDAY. FEBRUARY 19,1902. NO. 42 i j ID'S IMS WAY OUR GREAT Price Smashing Sale Ends In a FEW days. If you dwi'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 UY WEEK 33S& 3 I t -Mimanlltft YOU WILL FIND OX Ot"U SHELVES All tliH ltot book by prominent author, Every popular magaxtDe on the market. All tb local ami the great Eastern papers. Your evory want in writing and artist' materials. A largo line of np-to tluto standard iportlng gooils 10,000 Other Thing Griffin & Reed THREE CONCERNS NOW ARE MERGED rruvwvuvmrtnvnnwvnuw I THE Finest Restaurant in tbe City .. Regular Meals 25 cenU lALALt Sunday Dinner a Specialty EVERYTHING THE U Uf UliltA!. vunimnuAi.ai MARKET AFFORDS Ma Tf ffUIIV P iinuunnnnAfiruitnnnrutAruw Aunt Ebby's Rolled Oats in bulk at FISHER BROS. Street Car Company Absorbs Electric and Gaslight Com panies of This City. SERVICES TO BE IMPROVED Special Sale Of Framed Pictures. We intend to dvcte i Uiis week solely to closing out our line of framed pictures at prices which you can, not re- fuse to take advantage of. M The line includes water colors and oil ' paintings, artistically framed;' platinum prints in beautiful Flemish Oak frames. New Stock of Picture Moulding lust Received Chas. Heilborn & Son, 590-5 9a COMMERCIAL ST. - ASTORIA, OREGON Extension of Cur Line to Be Uudertuke n tit Once C. A. CoolMjre to Be. Retained mm Mitiiujf er. The Astorlan l enabled to announce authoritatively today the merging of thre of the largest concern in the city the Astoria Elertric Cm)pany, controlling th strcet-i-sr system; the Aatoriii Gaslight :ompny. enjoying & monopoly In its line, and the Wct Khon Mill Company, which haa also been a practical monopoly. The pre liminary paper have been prepared, find Just aa soon a posmble the mer ger will be finally cIihhh). Thl latter ifp la exixwu.-d to be taken within a few day a. Tli( merging of thvae three oompan ln la on of the most Important deal vt r consummated In Astoria. It in volves betterment of the atreet-ear. power and lighting service of the city, and mean that the reiddeno aeetlona of the Kant and Weat End will be built up. The capitalists behind the Investment have Implicit vf alt tr In As torla' future, and It I learned Trom a reliable source that a very large sum- of money will be expended la Improving; the three service. The merger will have the effect of placing; the atreet-car ayatem on a paying bnlt."Poreverai years past, or; ill tire Superintendent Coolidge a- umel control of the car line, oprat Ing expense have been paid, but a heavy Interem account made profit Impossible. The Astoria Electric Com pany, which la really representing the General Klectrlc Company, haa recent ly been granted a 7S-year blanket fratn-hHe. which will make it poa slble to refund the debt at a very low rate of Interest. Under the term of the franchise, the company waa re quired to extend the line one-half a mile In each direction before the ex piration of a year. This feature of the franchise will be complied with, and step toward that end will be taken thin morning. It is stated the extensions can be made within a month or to days, once work ! com menced. The. extension will give resi dents of tbe'-Bast and Weat Rnda an excellent car service and doubtless will have the effect of building up those most desirable ' residence sec tions. Several new car, which recently were rclved from the East, will be utilised at once. It Is the purpose to make the service modern In every re spect, and to keep the system In first- class condition. It 1 also stated that the lighting sen-Ice will be materially Improved upon. Of late this service has not been up to standard, owing to the fact that the merger waa pending. Both the electric and gaslight faculties will be rendered efficient In every respect. An effort was made last night to learn the amount of money Involved in the transaction, but Informatalon on thin subject wa declined, the gentle men seen merely confirming the report that the merger had been effected. It Is understood that Charles A. OooHdge will be retained as general superintendent of the big consolida tion. Mr. Coolidge Is a thorough elec trical engleer, and likewise possesses technical business education. He has greatly Improved the street-car service during his residence In Astoria, and the statement that he Is to be retain ed will be reassuring to the U'ople of the city, , ' It Is believed the company will not content Itself with the extensions re quired by the grant given by the city. but that ere long the car tine will be extended to the extremity of East As toria and also to Smith Point riven tint admiral and staff wilt tocrd her near her quarantine. Vh n l he llnw passes Evans' sfiuaitrin .ns ves sel will man the military topr tur rets and rails. A salute of 11 yuns will he fired by each ship. When the Hohengollern hoists ih Imperial standard a salute of 'A gun will lie tired by each hli '. the wiuiolron, ' r i VHOVH OUT' OF KJHT. Myntcrlous Disappearance of an Indi ana 8 hoe Dealer. HAMMOND. Imi., Feb. 18.-August Matje, who owns a shoe store in this place, has disappeared as wholly as if th earth had swollowed him up. He left for ChUago last week, hav ing In his possession a larg sum of money to purchase stock. If expect ed to lie buck on the evening of the same day, but In spite of the vigilant search that ha tieea made for him, no trace of his whereabouts has been obtained and hi wife fears he has met with foul play. Matje has alway borne an exeetlent reputation and the police of Hammond and Chicago are Investigating hi case. EVANS ISSUES ORDERS. Duties of the Fleet for th Reception of Prince Henry. NEW YORK, Feb. 18.-Rear-Admlrel Evans 'today tssued orders to the cap tains of the fleet concerning their du ties on the day Prince Henry ar rives. At 8 a- m. the vessels iwlll "full dress" ship and remain so dressed un til sunset. At the conclusion a na tional salute will be fired. When the Kronprln Wilielm r- KlOTtNrt RJEJSL'MED IN .SPATS.' Troops ' Fire ' on Strikers,' Three of Whom Are Killed. BAUCKLO.VA. Feb. 18,-Itlotlng was renewed here this evening, crowds of strikers doing extensive damage. The troops charged them repeatedly but only succeeded In dispersing thvm on the opening fire, At Kan Martin, a village in the sub urbs, the troops fired on the mob, kllT Ing three and wounding six. At Bad etpena the mob attacked the gendar mes and one person was killed and three wounded. At Sabadell the strik ers burned Octroi tax office and con vent.. ; DAWSONITES tXCITED fi;()I'LK TIIHKAT KX TO DE NKKT THE 1'AiMP Itlchi-it 1'orliovi! of Klondike V- - Hvrn OvH" to- Syndicate. CHICAGO, Feb. 18. Advice ' from Dawson, via Skagvtay, according to a Seattle special to -the Chronicle, states that an order which arrived from Ottawa recently gives to the Tread gold water and mining system pos sesion of all vacant ground and all ground to become vacant In the richest portion of the Klondike. Cana dians have joined Americans In ex pressions of Indignation and will leave for other gold fields. Business men of Dawson see ruin staring them In the face. It is fald that unless action is taken at Ottawa Immediately a few weeks will see Dawson a deserted camp. A monster man moetlng was !n" progress when the mi'Miftge was senv. The order give A. N. C. Treadgold, Sir Thomas Tacred and other mem bers of the syndicate title in fee to all lapsed or vacant placer claims on Hunker, Bear and Bonania creeks and all their tributaries. This Includes El Dorado creek, the richest In the world. This leaves of the pitying creeks only Dominion, Ooldrun and Sulphur and Indian river that will remain open. TIirNDRR MOUNTAIN MINE. noiSR,- Ida.. Feb. 18 Ben Caswell, head of the family of Caswell broth ers, by whom Thunder mountain was discovered, returned this evening from an Kastern trip. He states he received several offers in Pittsburg of 8100.000 cash for the Sunnyslde property. which he and his brothers own in the district. The offers were refused, he said, because the present owner In tended to retain, the property. INDIAN BOY BURIED ALIVE. SEATTLE. Feb. 18. On the steamer Dolphin, from Alaska today, came the news hat because a dosen native had died from consumption, an Indian boy who. had become converted " to the Christian faith, was buried alive. For hour he lay in the grave until un earthed by a missionary. When res urrected he was alive,' and at last accounts was recovering. DEWET'S FORCES DISPERSED. HEILBRON, Orange River Colony, Feb. 18. -The British columns have again come in contact with DeWet' forces near Reltia, Orange River Col ony, The tatter were apllt up and dispersed. I ' LIBERAL DONATION. NEW YORK, Fob. 18.-James P. Keene today gave $10,000 for the relief of the poor who sufferd In the 'bill iard yesterday. WILL SOON BE DISPOSED OF Final Vote on Tariff Bill Will Be Taken Next 1 Monday. LAST DAYS OF THE DEBATE Kpm-lK-M Limited to Flltrrn MiuHtvsStrwart aud Wel lington MHitk For and A k I ust Measure WASHINGTON, Feb. , IS. It tt agreed by the senate today that the final vote on the Philippine tariff bill and the pending amendment should be taken "next Monday afternoon. ' The only stipulation made by the minority was that the Uurt day' de bate should be devoted to speeches not exceeding IS minutes.' Senator Wel lington spoke today In opposition to the bill, and Senator Stewart, of Ne vado, in support of the. measure. Wellington' address covered the Philippine question generally. He ret forth Ms well known view forcefully. He always had been a Republican, he said, a believer In the system of pro tection and a supporter of tbe gold standard of currency, but be had com to the parting ways wltih his party in 1SS8. -when it developed "It Imper ialistic tendencies,1. -Stewart made a brief legal and con stitutional argument . , . . OPTION TO BE CLOSED. " UttHlme Syndicate Will Buy San Fran ' Cisco Street Railway Lines. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. I8.r-The Examiner say that it has informa MooLtq. the. effect, jlhsit . jhe. Baltimore, syndicate which has been negotiating for the Market Street, Sutro and Sut ter Street Railways will close Its option on February 27. The paper say that for the Market Street Railway approximately f 14.300.000 will be paid and for the Sutro and Sutter line 12.000.000. The syndicate already haa the San Mateo , Electric Line, which cost Sl,300.Mt. The opUon of the east ern people on the Market Street Rail way expires on February 28. They paid $250,000 for the option. ' Arrange ments have been perfected to take over three-quarters of the 186,000 share of stock. The syndicate put up $75,000 for an options on the Sutter and Sutro lines. It is to take all the stock - of : both road. It Is the Intention of the syndicate, says the Examiner, to organise a new company and merge the Market, Sut ter, Sutro and San Mateo lines. New York bankers will finance the bonds of the new company. SAFETY OF PRINCE HENRY. Extraordinary Measures to Be Adopt ed by Wamlngton Police Department. WASHINGTON. Feb. 18.-The DOllce department has taken extraordinary measures to insure tihe bodily eafetv of Prince Henry and his staff on the occasion of their visit to the capital. These contemplate such measures as will cause the detention or expul sion from the city of all suspicious and questionable characters, beginning now and carrying these measures for ward until the prince has left Washington. STOLE HUGE SUM. Matteson's Defalcation Now Known to Be $178,000. , HELENA. Mont, Feb, 18. A special to the Independent from Great Fall. says that H. H. Matteson. who on January 5 confessed to embeKlIng $75,000 from the First National bank while acting as cashier. Is now known to have taken $178,000, hi operations extending over three years. The facts were made known at a meeting of the bank directors today. AMERICA'S GROWING TRADE. Interesting Report Made Publlo Bureau of Foreign Commerce by WASHINGTON. Feb. 18. A docu ment showing the pace at which this country ran during the )ast calender year in the great race for supremacy In . trade in the world markets, has been made, public by the bureau of foreign commerce of the state depart ment. Although the figure compiled by the treasury department . show a consider- able, falling off In the total value of manufactured goods sent abroad, it Is said there neems to be a steady and uninterrupted spread in popularity for what may be twined American ''nov-, cities" all over Europe. By the word novelties" are mean, not only 'ahor saving implements and machinery but a great variety of articles of mer chandise. In other words, while the aggregate of our export of manufac tured good ha shrunk, the variety of our sales In Europe Is belnfc extend ed and the territory upon which hey are encroaching is being constantly enlarged. i: MISS STONB SAID TO BE SAFE. Missionary Handed Over to Amerl-an i Legation Rev. Tsllka Ar .. . , '.. ; rested.. PARfS, Feb. 1$.-The Temp publishes a dispatch from Constantinople which announces that Miss Stone has been released by the brigand and had been handed over to the dragoman of the American legation- The dispatch adds that "Reverend Tsllka" ha been ar rested on a charge of complicity In the kidnapping of Miss Stone. KBV. TSILKA ARRESTED. Charged With ' Complicity .In Kidnap ing of American Missionary. LONDON. Feb. Ik Rev. Tsllka, who according to the Constantinople cor respondent of the Temps, ha been ar rested on the charge of complicity In the kidnaping of the missionary, is a the husband of Mme. Tsitka, Miss Stone's companion. It wa announced recently that the Turkish authorities suspected Rev. Tsllka of complicity in the abduction of Miss Stone. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS REPUBLICANS IX PHILA DELPHIA' WIN THE IAV. Deiiiw-ratM Make Better Show ine In Other 'Cities of i . . , . . . n i . the State. . . , 1 PHILADELPHIA, Feb. IS. Elec tions were held throughout Pennsylva nia for municipal and borough officers. In most sections a heavy vote wa polled, especially in the larger cities. Local issues predominated, general politics not entering as a rule Into the settlement of the fights. Philadelphia candidates, supported by the Republican -city, and state leaders, swept everything. On the other hand, Pittsburg was carried by those opposing the state' and city ad ministrations, Independent Republicans having formed a coalition with the Democrats and the head of the Citi zens' party. Scranton elected a Dem ocratic mayor. Wllkesbarre elected a Republican mayor. Reading elected a Democrat for mayor. At Harris- burg, Vance McOormlck, Democrat, for mayor, is elected. At Lancaster, Chester Cummlngs, the Quay Repub lican candidates for mayor. Is elected. BIG DIVIDEND DISTRIBUTED. NEW YORK. Feb. 18.-J. P. Morgan & Company distributed a dividend of $10,000,008 today to members of the syndicate, formed to underwrite the United States Steel Corporation. TOLSTOI'S SUFFERS RELAPSEL LONDON. Feb. 18.-The ? Moscow correspondent of the Dally Mall, says Count Tolstoi has suffered a relapse; thajt a fever has returned and his heart is weak. . WHEELER STANDS BY HIS SPEECH Reiterates Utterances Assailing Secretary Hay and Lord Pauncefote. 1 OTHERS DEPLORE OCCURENCE Intemperate Lttiigriiuge Coiiidd ered Affront to Foreign Country Indian Bill Wa Forgotten. . i WASHINGTON. Feb. I8.-The speech of Wheeler, of Kentucky, In the house last Friday, when he bitterly assailed Secretary Hay and Lord Pauncefote and criticised the official preparation for the reception of Prince Henry, had a sequel In the house today during the ' debate on the Indian appropriation bill. - - Gfllet, of MjsRachusetts. declared that the intemperance of Wheeler' language carried its own condemna tion. Nevertheless he (Gilleo griev ously deplored such an affront to a foreign country. During the course of the speech two Democrats .Robinson, of Indiana, and Thayer, of Massachu setts, " disclaimed any sympathy with ' wheeler utterances. These disclaim er drew from Talbert, of South Car olina. , the statement that he . desired to share in the responsibility of the speech, every word of which he en. dorsed. Wheeler, himself, subsequent ly replied to Gillet, reaffirming what he had .said, and declaring .that he would abide by his words, whether they were discreet or not. Earlier In the session, Hill, of Con necticut, and Sbafroth, of Colorado. discussed the former's bill to redeem silver with gold. . . , . The Indian bill . itself wa not touched .on n the speech making- LIABLE TO INJUNCTION. PORTLAND, Feb. 18,-In the state circuit court .today Judges George and Cleland held that the maintenance of a banner in front of a restaurant de clared "unfair" by a labor organisa tion, is nuisance which a court of equity may. enjoin. The case decided was that of A. J. Hall against the waiters' alliance. " FIRST ANNUAL DEBATE. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal., Feb. 18. The first annual debate be tween Stanford University and the University of Washington will take place . In Assembly haU, on the Stan ford campus, on the 2d of May. After months of negotiation the contest has become a certainty and the date ten tatively fixei. STEWART RECOMMENDS GAGE. NEW YORK, Feb. 18. At a apecial meeting today of the trustee of the United States Trust Company. John A.-Stetwart tendered this resignation of the office of president and , recom mended that Lyman J. Gage, ex-secretary of the treasury, be chosen tats suc cessor, it was understood that Gage : will accept. v WHEAT MARKET. . SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. IS. Wheat, cash, 111. , PORTLAND, Feb. 18.-Wheat, Walla Walla. 65H66; bluestem, 6S; Valley, 5. , St. Louis, Feb. ist, 1902. : Eclipse Hardware Co., Astoria, On Owing . to advances in material and Increased cost of production we withdraw all previous quotations on Superior Stoves and Ranges. Prices will be quoted on applicatior. , BRIDGE AND BEACH MFC CO. We Have a few Left at the old prices. You can Save by Buying Soon. -',... EcliDseSHardwareXo. 1