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NOTIOBI Books, Periodicals, MaRazlnM. &a, he Not to to Tcten r::nTho L.brury .w.lhout '.. r..Loion. Any isiosttfijBiiciiBwyAssociinsj; . will bo liable to pn! VOL. LIV ASTORIA. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16. 1902. NO. $8. Talking About CLOTHING Do you know that there is a vaat difference in the mako up, lining, sowing and general finibh of clothing. There is the "made to noil" kind, pretty, patterns, gaudy linings, but there's no natifac tion in the wear, it is mado in a hurry by underpaid labor; just "made to sell." Then there's the "mado to wear" kind, pro porly shrunk, plain hut strong linings, the "vitals," or inmdo paddings, properly adjusted' sewed with silk, made by skilled labor and sold on honor. The "made to wear" kind conts a little more than tin "mado to 8'H" kind, but, dnir me, it is ever ho much better. Wo sell the made to wear kind. SOME MORE NEW BOOKS. IN TUB POO Rlchsrd Harding Davis AUDHETT t Mary Johnston THI3 FIFTH 8TOIN0 Sousa TUB SIGN OF TUB PROPHBT Naylor LAZARUS Mu? HartweD Catherwood 8TLVIA Evalyn Emerson " 11 Z They are U loader fits. - . GRIFFIN & REED . ABOUT COFFEE The J Jest Jlmnd of (toffee is "WHITE HOUSE" Mocha and Java j Fur Sale only by FISHER B ROS. Of course I soil Hats. My Stock is absolutely new and complete. The very, latest shapes and shades are now at your service. They are not sold at cost, but you cannot duplicate them in Astoria or Tort, land for the same money. . . . MASCOT It costs you no more to dress in stylo if you buy of the -leading clothier P. A. STOKES. PRINCESS THE CHINESE EXCLUSION BILL Two Independent Amendments Offered By Fairbanks Were Agreed to POLITICS AS A FACTOR All Danger of the Cuban Itecip . rovlty Hill Ik-luff Loaded Down With Amend mnt Passed. WASHINGTON, April 18-The de bate on the Chines exclusion bill wu practically concluded today and voting on the bill and amendments will begin tomorrow morning. By general eon Mnt, n vote a taken today on two Imporant amendment offered by Fair banks striking out the definition aa to Chinese students and teacher, and they were agreed to without division. These Chung- were mad with a view to reconciling om of the opposition to the measure. The debate wm participated In by HeltMd. Penrose and Turner, la favor of the bill, and Prltchard and Spooncr in oppoltion to it Turner made the statement that pol itics hud crept Into the discussion and thtit most of the senator of the ma jority were oppn! to the bill. , ThU brought out a ehnrp rejoinder from Bpooner, who maintained that politic had not figured ,ln the dlw-u salon and that the opposition to the present bill wan due entirely to Ita conflict with th.-tnity. and not beoauae of any op position to Chinese exclusion, which wa the rotubllahed doctrine of the government. RECIPROCITY. WASHINGTON. April 15. With the clone of he Cuban reciprocity debate In the houe today, leaders announced that all danger of ' the ' bill being weighted down with undesirable amendment was over, and they felt awmred th bill would pass 'n tn hap.' In whl.'h It came from the com mil tee. The only cause of anxiety heretofore has been the possibility that enoiiKh Republicans would Join with the Democrat to overrule the chair and tack onto the bill an amendment to abolish the differential duty on re fined auxraf- Thls evening It waa announced that the Republican "delegates from Mlchl gnn and California, who would con Mltute the head and front of the op. position. hd agreed not to vote to override the ruling of the chair. An unsueceasful attempt waa made today by Payne to secure an agreement to limit the general debate. When the house adjourned ther malned 85 members Who wished to speak. The debate today waa without (articular Interest CRUELTY TO FILIPINOS. WASHINGTON. April IS. As a re sult of the consideration by the cab inet today of the charges of cruel treatment of Filipinos by United Statea soldiers Secretary Root has. made pub llo a copy of his cabled orders to Gen eral Chaffee at Manila. Orders call for rigorous Investigation of charges In regard to administration of "water cure" and other maltreatment of na tives by United States officers and sol dier. In concluding instruction to General Chaffee, Secretary Root saya: It la believed that the violation of law and humanity will prove to be few and ocosailonal and not to character lie the conduct of the army generally In th Philippines, The president de sires to know In the fullest and most circumstantial manner of the foots, nothing being concealed and no man being for any reason favored or shield ed. For the very reason that the pres ident Intends to back up the army In the heartiest fashion In every lawful and legitimate method of doing lis work , he also intends to see that the most rigorous car 1 exercised to de tect and prevent any oruelty or bru tality and that men who are guilty thereof are punished, v . A LONO DIVE. Rests the Famous Portlandirrs Record.''..' BPR1NOF1BLD, III., April IS. In the local T. M. C. A. Indoor athletic meet Frank Zumbrook made a new na tional record fw a running long dive covering IS feet 7lnches. The record has been held by 6. Beck, of Portland, Oregon, with 11 feet i inches. The local annotation is affiliated with the National organization and Zum brook's record wtl si and as official MORGAN'S TACHT. ' NEW YORK. April ltj.-Commodore J. Plerpont Morgan's steam yacht, Corsair, has sailed for Gibraltar where Commodore Morgan wlB go aboard for an extended cruise. . MARRIAGH OF 8INOBR. NKW YORK, April 16 Miss Isabel Jay. the - singer, will marry today at 8t. Margaret's, Westminster, Harry Kteppard Hart Cavendish, the well known explorer, say a Herald dis patch from londoh. POWER 10 CONSTRUCT TIIK LA KG KMT Tl'XXEL IX TIIK VOKlJ. A Ntibwa jr. Under St. Lawrence Itiver lU'tweeu Month Sltur and C"ilj. NEW YORK, April IS.-An applica tion by the Vanderbllt interests for power to construct, maintain and oper ate a subway under the St. Lawrence between th south) shore and tha city will come before the railway commit tee of the privy council this week, says a Montreal dispatch to the Times. The plans, which are now at Ottawa, Indicate that the tunnel will be the largest In the world. It will "begin at the south shore near Uongeutl, poxs under St. Iijen's Isl and, thence into the city to a central point of the East End, where the cen tral station will be erected. The tun nel not only will be a medium for the Qucbeo Southern .trains and for elec tric streetcars .but tor the inter changing f all business traffic and communication between the south shore, St Helen's Island and Montreal. The sub-way will have two tubes, each 17 feet wide and 21 feet high. That for cars, pasengers and freight wll be double tracked. Tho second will be for teams and pedestrians, having drive sand foot ways. The cost Is estimated at t4.000.000 to 11000,00. A bill recently Introduced for the same purpose for pennlslon to con struct a bridge over the St. Lawrence did not get through and this has caus ed a change of plans to the sub-way scheme. GRAIN MAN DIES. NEW YORK. Ai.rtl 15. William H. Wallace, a prominent member of th Produce Exchange and known among grain men all over the United States, Is dead. He was a nephew" of James Wallace,, one of the first physicians of Now York. OLD SHOES And old boots are made almost aa good as new in my shop at small expense. I can also sell you NEW SHOES and new Loots of the best quality, warranted as rep resented, nt lower prices than you can buy for elsewhere S. A. Glmre. Opposite RossHlnas Co- FORESTRY REPORT OF HAWAII Vast Damage By Cattle to the Timber Interests. As sistance to Lepers RECORD OF RAIN FALL The Port Declared Free From all Contagious Diseases and no Kertriction Placed on Vessel. HONOLULU, April I, via San Fran Cisco, April 14. BL M. Griffith forester of agricultural department at Wash ington who stopped here and made an Investigation of conditions on his way to th Philippines, has sent to Gov ernor Pole a report of this finding as to Hawaii. Griffith declares that cat tle have done vast damage to the forests, killing the undergrowth so that the, trees have died "vith the result that the rainfall and water wpplles have bjen much affected.. He recom mends that the high forest areas be fenced and cattle kept out of them Cnless this Is done, he says that there wiil be a serious diminution of the water supply, as from bare laqd the rain all runs Into the sea; he predicts also that the rail fall will decrease, A forest inspector and a force of rang ers are needed, says Griffith. - Marie Leurquln. of Brussels, wrote to Mies Alice Roosevelt on February 5, .taking assistance in securing per mission to come here and take up work of helping lepers on Molokis, The letter was forwarded to Governor Dole by the Interior Department at Wash ington and the matter has been placed in the hands of the board of health. The sisters at the settlement and Bish op Gulstan are being communicated with. Miss l-urquin says that she wants to devote her services for the rest of her life to the unfortunates in the settlement. . ' Professor Lyons of the government observatory took some remarkable rec ords of rainfall during the recent heavy storm. At Kukaiau, ISM fe elevation .there were (2 inches of rain during the first four days of March. At Nahlku, Maul, 1900 feet above the sea .the rainfall for the month was 101 inches. Dr. I E. Coffer, quarantine officer. has ceased all fumigation of vessels or restrictions upon them here, de claring the port free from any dan gerous diseases in a satisfactory, health condition. i -' ARMY PROMOTIONS. ... y WASHINGTON, April 15,-Brigadler Generals Isaac De Russy, Andrew S. Burt and Michael V. Sheridan, recent ly appointed were placed on the re tired list today on their own appli cations, after 40 years service. One of the vacancies in the list of Brigadier Generals thus created has been fNled by the promotion of Colonel Mott Hoo ten. Twenty-eighth Infantry, who will be regularly retired for age tomorrow. It Is expected that three more colo nels who served during the civil war also will be promoted to the grade of brigadier general! in a few days anS similarly retired on their own applica tions , CAUSE OP GRANDT'S DEATH. 'WASHINGTON. April 15 -The War Department has been Informed by cable that the cause of Major Grandy's death at Llpa, Philippine Islands, last week -was apoplexy. SPOILS UNDERTAKER'S JOB. Man Breaks Open Coffin and Frightens Pall-Bearers. ' NEW YORK, April Ik-Tour assist ants to an undertaker suddenly drop ped a coffin they were carrying out of the Paterson. N. 3., Jail door, when the supposed corpse broke open the lid and sat up and in vociferous Italian said he -was not dead. He was Alex ander Ccaseletta, -who bad been Im prisoned for some slight offense. . : He had been called In the morning by th keeper, but did not respond ing cell was opened and the man could not be aroused. The Jail officials were Informed and they sent for a physi cian telling him that a prisoner had died In the night. The doctor made a casual elimination and pronounced the man dead and the undertaker was fient for. His employes were carry ing the . suppoMd corpse out to the wagon when flcaseletta opened hi eyes and sat up in bis coffin. For two days he talked Incessantly In jail, but on Saturday he apparent ly lost the power of speech, only to re cover it in ,the coffin when h abused the undertaker assistants. Tb Jail physician ordered his release. ... FLOUR ADVANCES. LONDON, April lS.-The Northwest ern Association of Millers at Liverpool decided to advance the price of flour by a shilling a sack and to add new duty of five pence per hundredweight on all flour which s tumid have been de llvered before today. Other miller as sociations throughout the country rais ed the price of llour a shilling a sack. Grain dealers of Devonshire advanced the price of grain one shilling per quarter. EXPRESS THAIN JUMPS TRACK NEAR SPOKANE. Six Cars Thrown From Track and Four Men Injured. Passengers Safe. SPOKANE, April 15--3reat North ern East-bound express was wrecked 20 miles east of here this morning. Six cars were, thrown, from, the track, seriously Injuring fourmenv 3- T: Dy son, baggageman; A. B. Leonard, bag gageman; H. W, BlanchardI and A. E. Johnson, mall clerks. All the in jured men will recover. The accident is a mystery. Train was running over a level stretch of open sandy country. . Glancing back, the engineer saw a great cloud of dust rlslug from j the train. He threw on the brakes just' as the cra3h came which hurled "six cars from the track. The passengers escaped with a severe shaking up. MAY INSPECT MINES. WASHINGTON. April 15. In the United States Supreme Court, Justice, Brown announced a declson In the case of the Consolidated Coal Company vs. the people of Illinois upholding the constitutionality of the Ilinois statute providing for the Inspection of mines HAWKINS KNOCKED OUT. SEATTLE,; April 15. Dal Hawkins was knocked out by Perry Queenan In the fourteenth round of a SWround con test, after one of the prettiest fights ever pulled oft In Seattle. It was a clean ' fight and the . best man won. Queenan rushed matter from the start and played for the body from the first tap of the rang. SOMETHING NEW! The Firefly Gas Lighter No Titers..:"-:".' No Matches Needed. r Press the Button and the Machine Does the Rest Saves Time. Saves Matches. Saves Your Patience- roil SALE ONLY ltV ' The Eclipse Hardware Co. 527 BOND STREET - ASTORIA, OREGON WALL STREET WENT WILD Movement in Railway Stock Un paralled in History of Exchange. MORGAN INFLUENCE IN IT Rumor That Gates and 111 Aim Koniaten Wrested Control of the Properties from ' Belmont Party. NEW YORK, April 15.-Wall street passed through a sensational period today. The Louisville t Nashville tit uatioo which had; hung, menacingly over the district for a week or more was cleared by a statement that John W. Gates and associates had wrested the control of the property from the Belmont , party. Accompanying this statement was one that the Gates fac tion had selected J. P. Morgan ft Com pany to settle the differences between the contending Interests. While these events were happening, ' a movement without parallel in the history of th stock exchange was on in Southern railway. Operations were on an enor mous scale. The demand was extra ordinary almost from the outset Much of early buying was attributed to the Morgan influence, but It soon became clear that the Gates dlque, as well as room traders generally were taking a hand in the game. ' In the first half hour 300,000 shares of the Southern" railway, common chang ed hands.- By"' the end :"of the flr6 hour transactions in tirrta- Stock atona reached a total of over 350,000 shares. By noon more than half a nilllioa shares had changed hands. Dealings . fell off after that to some extent, but records for number of shares of single stock sold in one hour, in two hour and In one day's trading were aU shattered as a result of the South ern railway's performance today. Tonight George W. Perkins gave out the following statement: . - i "At the request of Harris Gates ft Company, who have made large pur chases of Louisville & Nashville rail road stock, 3. P. Morgan ft Company, as hankers, have consented to take control of stock so purchased. "They so" consented solely to relleva the general financial condition and not for the benefit of any railway com pany. y v i i - '"The Southern railway company has no interest in this stock." LOSS FROM N. P. WRECK. ' MILES CITY. Mont , April 15 About $13,000 belonging to the First National Bank of this, city ; was destroyed In the burned mail of the East-bound Northern Pacific train, which was wrecked last night east of this place. Burning of the bridge caused the dis aster.