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Books, :-'f.ocJiculs, M-,u';,"( rati tzYJzn Kite n . . . . I l ' A) A4.J VOL. LIV ASTORIA. OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22. 1902." KO. 43 11 I '-r TS UI WM OUR GREAT Price Smashing Sale Ends la a FEW days. If you don't buy NOW T You'll be sorry later. It'll be a long time before Suits, Overcoats, Pants Hats and Furnishings are Sold so Low Rl IV TH,S E3IJ I WEEK YOU WILL FIND .'. .'. ON OUU SHELVES All the latest book by prominent authors. Every popular tnftitsxine on the market. All the loenl and the (rent Eastern papers. Your every went tn writiutt end artists' materials. A Urge line of up-to-date standard eportinjf goode 10 ,000 Other Thing Griffin & Reed ' arm nnnnnnAnnnnnAnuvAnnnutnnninnnnruuinnnnnnnAnnAnni 1 THE Finest Restaurant in the City PALACE Kogulnr Meals 25 conta Sunday pinner a Specialty cmucusT BByM W. W. Whipple uvuunnnnnrtnriuvuwuiru uvruwvuui Aunt Ebby's Rolled Oats In bulk at FISHER BROS. 1 . : Special Sale 01 Framed Pictures. We intend to devote this weok solely to closing out our line of framed pictures at prices which you can not re fuse to take advantage of. The line includes water colors and oil paintings artistically framod; platinum prints in boautiful Flemish Oak frames. New Stock of Picture Moulding lust Received Chas. Heilborn & 5on,,A 590-59 COMMERCIAL ST. ..rA ASTORIA, OREGON TO RECEIVE THE NATION'S GUEST All Arrangements (or Prince Henry's Visit Completed at New York. XPECTED TO ARRIVE TODAY 'resident's Delegate To Greet Prince In Name of United State Government. British Comment. th vletim li about suffocated, the ap plication le released end he In given e chance to talk on recovery or take an. Oliver dee of It. The operation le bru tal beyond a doubt, but hardly fatal. "The charge ' which I have Just re- futed at the request of the war de partment wae most vague. It wa made by "a soldier" and to the effect that he had 'helped admlnUter the water cure to sixteen natives. That l the kind of rot a oldlr le apt to write home when business 1 dull and he haa three or four beers under hla Jacket to help hie Imagination. Noth ing of the kind ever occurred with the knowledge of the officer or even occurred at all. for that matter." ENGLISH ELECTION EXPENSES. MOW YORK, Feb. 2L A blue book containing particular of the expendi tures of parliamentary candidates at the last election shows that a total of $2,9)16,000 was expended. - POPULISTS WILL NOT AFFILIATE The Party in Kansas Decides to Run Its Affairs Alone. DEMOCRATS TURNED DOWN buttons extending to the waist A fine piece of black braid 'runs from the buttoae to the edge of the coal which Is without lapeds and has a clerical collar, Whit stock encircles the neck and at the front of the throat is a white satin bow,; Under the coat is a white buttontess waistcoat, the bottom coming well down ove (the waistband of the black plush breeches of full cut, gathered In at the knee wit a band which tops a pair of white stockings. Patent leather pumps, with" buckles complete the costume. The whole outfit Is a com plete reproduction of the livery usid in ' England a century ago, bpt of much finer texture. ,-.' INSANITY EXPERT DEAD. , NEW YORK, Feb. 21-Rlchard Mau- rice Bucke, superintendent of the Lpn Ont., asylum, well-known as an In sanity expert and a the life long frknd and literary executor of Walter Whitman, , the. poet. Is dead, says a Tlmvs ; special.; from - London, . Onu Death was caused by concussion of the brain brought on by a fall on the Ice. .; '. ' NEW YORK SUFFERS IN TliK METROPOLIS. 1 N0W YORK. Feb. 21. All prepara tions have been made for ihe reception nd entertainment of Prince Henry of 'ruiwla, who is expected to arrive to morrow. The imperial yacht, Honen sollern, lies at her pier nt the foot of West "Thirty-fourth stn-et, awaiting the prince's arrival ' The Marconanl apparatus oh the Moheniollern ha been tested. Tonight the operator on board will begin to send mewnagoi In the effort to locate the prince ' ship. ' Admiral Evans, General Corbln and DISAGREEABLE WEAT1IER Assistant Secretary of State Mill, the president's delegates, will board the Kronprlns Wllhelm, probably at the quarantine station, and will greet Prince Henry In the name of the t'ntt- ed Bleu government. All arrange ments have been completed for the dinner to be given by the American press In honor of Prince Henry on Tuesday night next The special opera performance to be given for the prlnoe. it Is believed will be the most brilliant performance In the history of the Metr ipolfan op era house. On Sunday Prince Henry will vlsle the tomb of General Grant The pier at the foot of West Thir ty-fourth street, where the prince wfll land, has been made social su'o-polke precincts, with two captains eight ser geant ten roundsmen 50 mounted po lice and 100 patrolmen. The postal telegraph office, with di rect wire connection with the German cable, ha been established on the dock. i Heavy Full !' The Beautiful During Hi? Day aul Fur Into The Night. Plan or Ex-Congressman Ridge ley For Surrender Defeated Party Makes No Plana For Future. c TOPEKA, Kas:, Feb. It -The Popu lists of Kansas, in session here today, decided late tonight that there would be no affiliation between the Populist and Democratic forces la Kansas this year. A stronir faction, led by ex- Congressman Rldgeley, favored abso lute surrender to the Democrat, .but there was enough of the old-time Pop ulists to defeat this plan. ' r ' The meeting ' wa ,,; a lively fight throughout No plans or the future conduct of the party were made, other that the party would run Its own af fairs without the assistance Democrats. the BATES OPPOSES THE MEASURE Tcnnesseean Delivers Speech Against the Philippine Tariff Bill. SPOONER'S STRONG DEFENSE THE MTLELLAN'S PASSENGERS. KBW YORK, Feb. 2t The trans port McClellan Which sails for Ma nila on Paturday will carry 120 mea and M women teachers who go out to establish schools in the v Philip pines, i , . ApiH-aJs To Congress to Stand iiy Policlet of McKlnlcy and ItoaevIt Indian ' Bill Paswd.' WASHINGTON, Feb. a.For more than six hours today the senate had the Philippine tariff Wll under discus sion. Bates, of Tennessee, delivered a carefully prepared speech In oppo sition to the pending measure. He was followed by Bpooner In a brilliant defense of the Republican attitude to ward the Philippine islands. ' He be came involved frequently In heated colloquies with members of the minor ity. He concluded with an appeal to congress to stand by the policies of BANK PRESIDEXTSERIOl'S- McKfnIejr and jt. LEVY GtTLTY OF MURDER. BOISE. Ida., Feb. 21.-A verdict, of murder In the first degree was return ed a't t ociock this 'morning by the Jury .' In the case of George Levy, Frenchman, charged with the murder of Davis Levy in this city on October I last RESULT OF PISTOL DUEL LY WOUXDED. nniTisii rR3 comment. What London Papers Have to 8ay on Prince's Visit LONDON. Feb. 21.-The Weekly Re view makes the Impending arrival of Prince Henry at New York the occas Ion of another chapter on the Span ish-American war controversy. The Spectator dleclalms any inten tion of attempting to mar the recep tion to be tendered Prince Hnery, but declares that both Englishmen and Americana "see through Germany's game," and refuse to be misled by "attempts t undermine their mutual friendship and understanding." The Outlook treats the matter light ly. It says that Etnjj'V Wllllum now, a In China, "uses Prince Hen ry ai a bait for the German hook." . . . ... : ., ., NEW YORK. Feb. 21. Snow, follow ed by rain and sleet, today created In this city and vicinity the most dls agreeable weather conditions known in many years. During -the early hours of the day a heavy wet snow felt Shortly after noon the snow turned Into a steady drtaata of rain that con tinued with intermittent periods of sleet far Into the night. Much of the now left from the recent bllxxard was converted Into slush and tonight the streets are several inches deep. SNOW STORM AT WASHINGTON. National Capitol Cut Off From Com munication. WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. A severe snow storm struck Washington today and the national capltol Is absolute ly cut off from telephonic or tele-' graphic communication north of Bal timore, and Is compelled to depend on uncertain wires to Richmond and Atlanta for reaching the country at large. Aside from some damag to the wires the storm did no Injury. Made sprRiors coin. Two Counterfeiter Arrested by San Francisco Authorities. . COUNT REINDICTED. Name of First Wife Not Mentioned In the Tiai. EL PASO, Tex.. Feb. 21. Count de Lucenay, It is said., will get a new trial on the charge of bigamy. . for which the Jury gave him four years last Saturday.. ,: .. . .. The Indictment on which be was tried was defective, aocordingto the lawyers, because It failed to mention the name of his first wife. The count has been re-Indicted by the grand Jury l ' SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21.- Bert Gray and James Meyers, In whose Neither Prince Henry nor his astute 1 room was follnd a)1 the paraphernalia brother, the emperor, will ever suoceed In wrecking the substantial grounds upon which the Anglo-American oper ation now rests." FOR CURB OF CANCBU. Thorough Investigation to Be Made by Prominent British fcurgeons. NHW YORK, Feb. 21. The official heads of the medical profession of Great Britain are determined to unite for a systematic Investigation into lng state's evidence against his pan tile causes, the prevention and the tiers. necessary for making spurious coin, have been arrested In this city and turned over to the federal authorltiea Gray, who is also known by the name of Wood, is well known to the police. About five years ago with two others he lay in wait on Golden Gate avenue for aged Isidore Goulette They fell him with a heavy piece of iron and robbed him. Goulette died on the sidewalk. The assassins of Goulette were arrested shortly after ward but Gray was released for turn DELAY NOT EXPLAINED. ! Money for Mine Stone's Hansom Was Paid Over Long Ago. WASHINGTON, Feb. TtC li Is esU- mated at the state deparUnrnt that 15 days have now, elapsed since the money for Miss Stone's ransom was paid over to the agents of the brig ands. At least five days have elapsed be yond the time fixed In the stipulation to place her in the hands of her friends. There is no explanation of the delay. . HONORS AN OLD VETERAN. FUND DU LAC, (Wis., Fefc. 21. General E. S. Bragg, the sole remain lng commender of the old iron brigade has Just passed his "5th birthday. Telegrams of congratulation were re ceived from Colonel W. H. S. Burgo yne tn behalf of the survivors of the aimy of Northern Virginia who met th- Iron brigade at Gettysburg, from the Wisconsin delegation In congress; from old comrades In Washington and many, others. The Fond du Lac Asso ciation marched In a body to the gen eral's residence to render their felicitations. AN ELABORATE AFFAIR Affair Wa Result of Bad Feel ing Between Two Promi nent Keiittioklann. CHICAGO, Feb. 2L As the result of a pistol auei at lawrenceourg, y., Alf Wltherspoon. president of the First National bank of that city lies seriously wounded at his home and Judge Porter Welker is under official survillance, awaiting a change In the wounded man's condition. "The- trouble,-says- the Inter-Ocean's Lawrenceburg special, was begun last fall, when Wltherspoon came under the hands of the law by recklessly firing hisc revolver Tillman began a characteristic ar- I ralgnment of the administration In the Philippine, but had not concluded when the senate adjourned. INDIAN BILL PASSED. WASHINGTON, Teh. 21.-The house today passed the Indian appropriation bill. No amendments of Importance were attached to it today. The latter part of the session was devoted to the consideration of private claims bills, a number of which were passed. i AMERICAN KILLED AT PORT LOT. Victim of Unprovoked ' Natives. Assault by SAN FRANCISCO.' Feb. 21.-News has been received of the murder of Rudolph Hanson, ., an American c'tl xen at Port Lot on the Island of and shooting Ponapl in ne Caroline group. He had spent the evening of Janu ary 10 on board the brig John D. Sprockets, which was to sail the next day and went ashore late at night Soon after he was found dying, hav ing evidently been struck on the head with some blunt Instrument It was learned that the assault was pro voked by an argument he had with several natives but the slayer had not been apprehended when the Sprecketo sailed." ' through some windows. He was ar rested and Welker as Judge of the po lice court fined him 1200. Since that time, it is said, had feeling has exist. ed between the men. Welker had oc casion to go to Hawkins' grocery store and found Wltherspoon there. After he had eaten his luncheon. Wel ker returned to the store and find lng Wltherspoon still there, asxed him to retract his recent language. Wltherspoon realised that trouble was coming, retreated to the door, where he turned and attempted to draw his revolver, he weapon had caught In his pocket and he was compelled to SAN FRANCOSCO, Feb. 2L The j turn sldewise while using both hands list of overdue vessels posted at the to release It. Metntlme weiKer seeing Merchant s Excnange is steaauy grow- Wltherspoon reach for his gun drew lng. The Red Rock. 85 days out from his own and fired ' point blank at I Fraser river, for London, with salmon. Wltherspoon. The latter ducked and Is quoted at 1$ per cent reinsurance. the bullet Hipped his ear. Welker then The British sMp Inchape Rock U out LIST OF' OVERDUE. PRINCE HENRY'S LUNCH EON IN NEW YORK. treatment of cancer, according to the London correspondent of the Herald. The king has given countenance to the movement, and it is likely Inter esting developments will follow short ly. The councils of the Royal College of Surgeons, and the Royal College of Physicians have adopted a Joint reso lution empowering delegates to draw a detailed scheme of work. Sir William Church, Sir William Broadbent and other equally known men met on the committee. THE WATER CURE. Funston Describe Mode ot Torture Practiced on Filipinos. KANSAS CITY, Feb. 21.-General Frederick Funston, In dleouaslnc the "water cure," a form of , torture charged against the soldiers In the Philippines, said he had never seen the water cure applied, but he had heard It described. "The victim Is bound and a canteen forced Into his mouth," said the gen-' eral. "His head 1 , thrown upward and back and his nose grasped by the Angers ot the torturer. Strangulation follows as a matter of course, .When RIOTERS CALMING DOWN. MADRID, Feb. It-Official dispatch- es received hers assert that 'calm has been restored at Barcelona, Saragoesa and Valencia but newspaper telegrams report the situation stilt serious. In one case at Barcelona the troops es corting the convery were obliged to fire on the rioters, several of whom were killed or wounded. IRISHMEN TO ORGANIZE. BUTTER Mont., Feb. 21. A special to the Miner from Helena says that in obedience to a call from President J. H. Flnnerty, of Chicago, of the United Irish League of America, prominent Irish-Americans of Montana will take steps to organise a branch of the league in this state. Much enthusiasm Js expressed and a strong adherence to the movement is predicted. MURDERER TELLS OF HIS CRIME. OASPEIt, Wwo., Feb. 21. Charles Woodard, murdertr of Sheriff Ricker, who was captured near Billings, Mont., confessed on the witness tand today and told of. the crime In all Us de tails. . . Royal Visitor Will Be Given Idea or Possibilities l Ameri can Gastronomy. NEW YORK. Feb. 21. Of all the en tertainment organised (a honor of Prince Henry .there will be none more elaborate than the luncheon to be glv en for him at Sherrys on Wednesday next by the represetatlves of Ameri can finance, trade and industry. The moving spirit In the affair is J. Pier pont Morgan. In the way of giving the royal visitor an Idea, of the possi bilities ot American gastronomy, It Is projected to surpass anything ot the kind that has ever, taken place here before. The cost ot the luncheon will be great, and among the items of ex pense will be the highly ornate liveries now being made for 'the entire staff of waiters employed in connection with the entertainment The prince and his entertainers will be' surround ed by servitors, who will look as if they had stepped , out ot a canvas painted In the days of the Georges of England. Each ofth ese servitors, smooth-shaven and if impassive coun tenence, will wear, instead of the con ventional swallow tall, a black cloth coat, with seven black cloth covered fired again and this time grazed the shoulder . of his antagonist . Before Wltherspoon could bring his revolver Into play, the Judge had fired a third shot, which struck Wltherspoon in the back below and slightly to the elft of the right shoulder. Wltherspoon fell to the floor and was removed to his home, where his life is despaired of. Welker gave himself up to the authorities and was released upon his own recognisance. Wltherspoon comes of a weat'thy family and Is a leading business man. His brother, Horace, after killing two men was himself killed by a man named Portwood. 35 days from Port Los Angeles for Portland, an stands at 15 pere cent; and the Earl Cadogan, 34 days out between the same ports.is at the same figure. The French bark Les Adel phes, 129 days out from Madagascar, for Portland, is at 20 per cent, and I the French bark Erenst Legoure, 105 days out from Hobart, Tasmania, for Portland, Is quoted at 20 per cent The same figure obtains on the French bark Oliver De Clisson. 165 days out from Cayenne for this port, and there is a rate of 15 per cent quoted on the Yo'emlte, ' 78 days out from Xacoma Ifor Callao. ' St. Louis, Feb. ist, 1902. EciipFHairdware 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 application. r BRIDGE AND BEACH MFG. CO. We Have a few Left at the old prices. You can Save by Buying Soon. iclipse Hardware Co. i 1