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i " 1-;;, woTionr IJCCkj, Periodicals, r izlnas. Ac, Are Net t3 bo Toir i Tram Ttt- Library w.thout :, rn r,n. Ona fwnd guii(y , ui oflci.v... will be liable to prosecution, ASTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY MMilRH. 111, AA VOL. LV ASTORIA, OUEGOtf. i SATURDAY. JULY 2i, 1902. NO. 23 1 I ifflrairwni! Ttaijr:attxnit:ixiianij?iJiusiti:ti:rrni:ii::inii:tii:xtsiJJXiiX!ji, WHAT DOBS IN HOC S1GN0 YINCES MB AN? JIM LAW 8 nmy know, but I couldn't tell you whether it re fer to anything animal or Inanimate. I never studied LATIN. Bom German, MWls Bngllah and Mill let Parle Vow, in bout all I know when it com" to langutg. WHAT DO I KNOW? After twenlyflv yearn of strenuous snd-avor In th myate. rle of the clothing business, I can honestly say I know some thing about 01THK8. PR BE TO MY CUSTOMERS alt thn bct thought and labor that I ran git to my clothing business, of some benefit to vry oustowr who enters my tor, Whan ft Rood thing corn Into the market t And it out while some ars aidero and when poor cloth are thrown on the market I know enough to ilw clear. MUTUAL INTERESTS Lota of customers means Iota of business. U of cutomir can only )n Mt by bonornhle treatment. I Know that; you art safe when you trade, with wtatt KXKiaitJxnxnxKXKxaxnmxaxi: BUY A DOZEN Of our Handwoino ami Artistic Hounted and Matted Pictures an decornte your homo or your bench cottage. . Sec tho Window PiMjiluy GRIFFIN & REED xxnxxxxt:xxtJxxaxxaxxjn3axxxxxxuxx:ax5!xxxxxxtuj.i) BRACS, BITS A NEW LINE JUST RECEIVED AT . . . Fisher Bros., 546-550 Bond st. nxnxxuxxaxxrixxiixxaxinixaxx mtmmtnt::n:anmKi5mttttttmttttm:un:ni:asn:JtttmmjJtamjna our suhher goods Are correct and they are not beyond your reach. We can ploase you in Clothes for Outing, Sporting, j. Working, Business or Society wear because we have the goods and the prices are right. - IN FURNISHING GOODS We have everything that is New, Nobby and Nice. P. A. STOKES KinxmuxuxKx;:inxt:xitXKxaxtsx5 AND DRILLS xxnxxxxr.xx::xinxxxx:axt The txprmlon of aet'ne complaxency which Uia niHlcniai la eoneeaJIne txMtiJ th paif. and, which la dimly reflected In the face of the dog, ta the result of wine Investment In aum mer wreArlnf apparel. The gentleman purchased Ma full outfit from hat to tfhoea, M the loading up-to-now house of . P. A. STOKES T dog thoi-jgh warm la happy, (be oauae he la juat aa Ood made Mm. The man la eatiafled and contented beeauae he la comfortably and cor rectly dretawd, JEFFRIES RETAINS THE CHAMPIONSHIP In the Eighth Round the Champion Lands on Fitz'i Jaw and Floors Him. JEFFRIES SEVERELYPUN1SHED Kx-t'iiiuiiploii Forfeit HI Last Claim for the Heavy Weight Championship of the World. KAN FRANCISCO, July 25.-After Afhllng the battle of eight round, fraught with brilliant and courageoua work. Robert Fltafmmona tonight forfeited hit 1at claim ' upon the heavyweight champlonnhlp. He aa knocked to the flr by Jam J. Jtf rie and counted out after he had ro badly punlimvd the h,imphn that it waa a fxgon concluirton among the ltatora that the OrnUhnian muat win. nifedlng from a mjmVr of- gbKhex, ll'reni1y weakntng and ieirly in able to cope alth Flttfflmmon'a auper lor aklll, JefTrlea delivered two lucky putk'hca an Flfaalmmon paused In the fluting to apeak to Mm and turn ed (he felde. Fltfoimmont trlol to rUe from the mat but aank down again in a hvlplvaa condltinn and heard hlm elf counted out. where but a .moment to-fore he had all the better of It. "I will never fight again," aald the hattle-acarrcd veteran of the ring, when he had umYIny recovered io talk. "The fight wae won fairly and to Che bext man belongi the laurels." Vou're Vhe moet dangoroua man nlrve." iwld Ji-ffrlea In return, "and I consider tnyaflf lut-ky to have won what I did." Flttiflmmona had been fighting at a furious gilt, cool and deliberate, and chopping Mie champion to pieces with terrific rlgtits and Wtti that hajre rtiade him famous.' It waa draught home against rncer from tap of the gong. When the men came togetHer Flti- idmmons appeared rather worried but on the opening of the fight round, he RMumcd an air of absolute confident Hnd fought with the diMlneratton of a general that he is. As early as the second round F1tilmmoni had Jrf frtes bleeding profusely from the mouth and nose. Again and again he landed on th nhantplon, getting away In suoh a ;lver manner that It brought down the great house with cheers. It seemed Indeed that Jeffries could scarcely weather out the gale. The eighth round came and after a series of hot exchanges, FltsMmmons paused with his guard dwn and spoke to the champion. The latter's reply con(sted of two terrific blows frhat brought back to him the fleeting cham pionship and forever removed the vet eran Fltistmmona from the fistic are na. Flti took hia defeat with amas Ing good cheer. THE FIGHT BY ROUNDS. Round 1 They came quickly to the center, both feinting rapidly. Jeff fol lowed 1Mb around, feinting with left and looking for an opening. Flti was first to lead, he ent a short right Jab to the face and another one later. Jeff crouched and rushed but FKi aide-stepped. Jeff forced hla man Into a corner but missed a. left awing, Then Fltsimmons tried for the face, landing lightly. "When the gong sound ed Jeff wa on the aggressive. The champion's nose was bleeding allkfhtty. Round 2 Jeffries went after Flti. trying a left for the head and falling sWnrt. FHti broke ground before Jeff, but. finally tried a left for the head, They exchanged lefts, Bdb putting a tiff left on' tha face. Jeff sent Fits Htfalnit the ropes with a left on the body. Flti pu.t two left hooks on the face and. got out of the way. At the close of the round Jeff was somewhat worried but took matters cooly. Roupd I Jeff came up, forcing mat ters. Hla bloody nose annoyed htm a little. Tn a clinch Jeff pushed Fits back. Jeff's cheek waa ope-ed with a back hook and mors blood followed, The champion rushed, swinging left and "right. They were blocked by Flti, but a left caught Bob hard on the stomach. Bob Jabbed his left to the face twice and Jeff looked . worried, Jeff's fac was covered with blood at the end of the round. Sound f-JeSrleg looked haggard, He wa very careful and stayed clear of Fits' left Jabs, Fit put Jeff's hsad back with a left Juto and started the Mood. Jeff received another rtgtit on the had, but came In with two lft hooks, one for the bead and another for the body. Round 6 Jeff snt his lft for the body but missed and got a drop on tba face, Jeff forced Flti to the ropes and put a left on the f"e twice. Thy fought raptdly, Flti cutting Jeff's face with a left Jab, Jeff, waa bleeding freely and was tired. Round -Jeff rushed but the wily red-head 'blocked evsry blow and got out of th way. They exchanged lefta on the head. Fits Wing the most damaging. Fttc sfenred remarkable cleverness in getting away from the rushes. Round 7 Jeff put t'o terrific left swing on the bbdy and one on the head. Fits Jabbed Mm three times on the mouth and forced Mm to the rope. Jeff came back like an enrag ed bud. rushed the smaller man to the ropes, putting a left on The body and a right over the heart. Round -They went at It, Fits put ting a left on the face and took one on the head. They came together and clinched. As Fit tpped back he smllt-d and spoke to Jeff. Before he could out of the reach Jeff quickly hooked Ma left on th Jay and Fits went down and out, ! ..... FOLEY DEFEATS DAVE BETRRY. In the preliminary fight Harry Foley of Ban Francisco, knocked out Dave Berry of dan Francisco in the Jlth round. , ' . . . '" .1 r CORBETT AND SHARKEY. "Jim" Corbett, through Ms brother. Harry, has challenged to fight Jeffries. Sharkey has also said he would light the winner. i- - 1.VCRKA8B OF SALARY ' FOR 7000 MEN. Ten Hour Day and a Possible Hour Off on Saturday. TOPEKA.: Km., July 25. Beginning August I the new agreement concern ing wages between the Atchlaon, To peka & Santa Fe railroad and the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen will go Into effect. Under the terms de cided upon the change wfll be grad- tiat and will not be extended over the entire system until about January 1. Certain cases which are most pressing nil) be given advantage of the rale first. . - . The increase will affect about 7000 men and amounts to an average In crease from 10 to 1214 per cent. The agreement alwo provides for a 10-hour day and a possible hour off on Satur day.' - THE UNION PACIFIC OFFERS INDUCEMENTS To Settlers to A11 California Points A Great Inducement. CHICAGO, July 25. In view of the policy adopted by the Harrlman lines to promote emigration to the far West building up of the dountry and general development of lands fcy Irrigation, the Union Pacific has decided to make unusual inducement to settlers and others and will commence makfng a rate of $33 from Chicago to all Cali fornia points, Corresiiondingly reduced rates will be In effect from other East ern point. KILLED BY HEAVY GALE, Believe Eight or Ten Men Are Drown ed in Storm-Towed Waters. VANCOUVER, B. C, July 25.-A heavy gale which has been blowing for the past 18 hours IW reapoialble for two known deaths and there Is every reason to believe that eight or ten other men have been drowned in the storm-tossed waters. The men known to be drowned are Frits Fabian 'and Fiorian Schmals, fishermen. CLAHdS DESTINY PUSHES AMERICA TO THE FRONT PARIS, July E5.-Baron Coubcrtin, in an article Figaro thla morning on the foreign po.Icy of the United States tried to show that destiny Is pushing the Americans to the first rank of the Anglo-Saxon people. " Their starry banner," saya Baron Coubertln, "win one day be par ex cellence the Anglo-Saxon flag and In defense of that flag the Washington government will be Quick to use can non." . ! ' j SWEDISH EXPLORERS - SURROUNDED BY ICE. NEW YORK, July 25. Minister of marine has received la report from Captain Larsen, commander of the An tarctic of the BwedMh Antarctic ex pedition, cables the Buenos Ayree cor respondent of tha Herbld. Captain J Lairsen, after thanking the Argentine government for help given to the ex pedition, tays that some of the ex plorers, among whom is Lieutenant Sobral of Argentina, are surrounded by Ice In the extreme ttouth, but their vessel U la no actual danger. TERRIBLE WRECK ON EASTERN ROAD Pennsylvania Flyer Collides With Runaway Coal Car; Running 70 Miles anHoDr. MANY IMPRISONED IN WRECK Wrecked Can Caught Fire and Injured Victim are Bnrnert A(v-Niiiber of Vic- "v litim Not Known. rNDIANAPOLIS, July K:-A special to th Sentinel from Trohtns. ft.. says: One of the most appalling wrecks In the history of the Pennsylvania rallrotd occurred here at 10:30 o'clock tost night when the limited from St. Louis to New York, with a heavy train oompo;d of an engine, two maH cars, day coach- and four Pullman sleepers, while running at 70 miles aa hour, cirash ;d Into a wild fiat car loaded with coal coming flown grade toward it at a rate of 25 miles an hour Three dead bodies hare been taken from the wreck. The engineer's body will never be recovered, having been burnt to ashes. Four others are known to be burned to death and sev eral are miartng. The train was totally consumed by fire with the exception of two rear Pullmans. . Bixteenr pery sons were injured. Two postal clerks are dead, two others are badly scald ed and 12 or more persona are more or teas hurt. The era came in" the dYrkriess7 The clouds hid the moon and to add to the horror a gas tank under a coach exploded and the entire wreck was a mass of flames in three minutes after the collision with the runaway coal car. The dead are: CHARLES McOOWAN, Greenfield.. nd., railway postal clerk. M. M. O. Peters, Columbus. O., rail way postal clerk. WiLLfAM CLARK, Columbus. O., engineer WILLIAM DYEU, Columbus, fire man. Tj unkno.vn women burned to oVath in the forward Pullman. One unknown man burned to death n the oecond Pullman. Four persons missing may be burn ed in the wreck. The Injured are: i Ceo. A. Clifford, XndlanAooSs, scald ed about face and hands, may recover. William Forsythe, Indianapolis, badly cut on the head, will recover. John McFatlden. Indianapolis, badly cut on the head, will recover. Fred Carpenter, Indianapolis, cut about heal, will recover. . Twtlve others whofe names could not re loarned. . This little town Is three miles west of Xcni.t. There is a heavy down grade from that city here. TVhfle switching ccal cars there last night a loaded flat car became detached and started down the heavy grade toward thin hamlet. The limited express on the Pennsylvania waa speeding on the same track In ttfte opposite direction at the rate of "n miles an "hour. It was late and Engineer Clark was try ing to make up lost time. ' In the darkness he evidently uld nat see the coal car coming or saw it too late. His train crashed Into the car and an Instant later the entire mass was a hunting pile of wreckage. In it were nearly 60 human beings. Ten minutes later all had been taken out of the burning mass except seven. Pa&pncws escaoed without nlnthino' Went the seven m fihe dsv oh The survivors stood helpless and heard hB nf wrt women ,nfln pinned in the weckage for whom aid was impassible. For three hours the wreck burned. The Xenla and Dayton fire depart mlnts were to the rescue. They could save no livts. William D. Wyer, the fireman, was taken out allvei but Mved only 30 minutes. Four postal clerks were in the mall cars. They were Gif- ford and Forsythe, - ot Indianapolis; Peters, of Columbus, O., and McGow- an, of Greenfield, Ind. The hodlea of Peters and McGowan were recovered. badly s;aldod and mangled. It waa an hour before help arrived from Xenla, The survivors were tak en thare and the Injured tcred for Later In the night a special took the people uninjured to Columbus. Many of them will continue on their Journey. Three wrecking crews arrived and the track is being put in anape. xt is torn up for 200 yards. E. B. Hutch inson, claim agent of the road, is pre paring a list of the injured aa accur ately as the confusion will auow. it will be days before the exact lint In known.. ..' ." ' " SIX DAYS' RAINFALL. Continuous Downpour Jn Texas Ever since Last Sunday. , DALLAS. Tex.. Julv tH. Ther has been almost continuous fall of rain over practically the entire state since last Sunday, the downpour being par ticularly heavy (n Western .Tears. V In Scurry county rain has fallen for seven days and stream are out ot their banks. The town of Snyder has had no mall for three da vs. The town of Big Spring fa under water from tmree to ten feet. -At Peco the Pecos river "la two mites wide, flooding the alfalfa and corn rarma north of the down. Rail ways have declined to receive freight. At Waco the Brazos river rcse from 15 to 28 feet in a short time yesterday, but (s rported tobe falling this morn ing. . :, ..; i' t :; . In and around Dallas rain Is stltl falling. The drenching will mater ially help the cotton, -c i NO PLANS OR MEASURE- . MENTS OF THE CAMPANILE VIENNA. July 25. A remarkable de velopment In connection with the de struction of the Campanile and one which w ill seriously handicap Its res toration Is the fact that the mnufac turers of the conservatism of monu ments has not a single detail of the Plans of the mined buildings, nor has any series of measurements or draw ings been had, though the insecure condition of the collapsed bell tower naa been known for the past 30 rears. The authorities are now attempting to construct a plan from ; photographs and a small, incomplete tracina- of the interior, marking the stones in the ruins or IdenUQcatlon wherever pos sible. ; WILL EXPEL ALL RECRUITS THAT ARE SOCIALISTS. VIENNA, July 35. The governor of Bohemia has addressed to ail Chiefs of poHce In his Jurisdiction a circu lar requesting them to notify the nearest military authorities the names of all recruits known to "be socialists. Similar measures will be adopted throughout Austria. This Is taken to show how greatly alarmed the govern ment is at the spread of socialism In the army. The Socialists demand a reduction of the standing army or its total abolition and the substitution of a system of national militia and they point to the Boers aa an' example of the efficiency of such a system. BALLARD SHINGLE MILL DESTROYED BY FIRE. SEATTLE, July 25. The shingle mmlll of the West Coast Manufactur ing and Investment Company at Bal lard was destroyed by fire this even ing; loss J20.000. . LAST DAY OF CONVENTION. TACOMA. July 25. This was the closing day of the business with oon cventfon of O. Y. P. C. U. It has been one of the most auccssswn! and satisfactory gatherings In the history of the United Presbyterian church. WEEK'S FAILURES NUMBER 209 NHW YORK, July 26.-Dun's Re view says: ' Failures for the week numbered 209 In the United States against 19$ last year. SIXTY-TWO SETTLERS HAVE 10.000 ACRES. OREGON CITY, July 25. Patents for S3 settlers were received todty at the United States land office, covering 10,000 acres of land. IN HOC SIGN0 VINCES THE ECLIPSE HARDWARE COMPANY 527 BOND STREET WORRIED OVER KING'S CONDITION British Cabinet Feats That Ed . ward's Condition Is Serious. HE IS UNABLE TO WALK Fears Made Known at Dinner ".' Given In Honor of J.P.Mor gan Doubtful of the Coronation, LONDON, July 25.-J. Plerpont Mor gan was the guest of honor at a re markable dinner given In the house of commons by Archtbbald White Mac onothle, member for the east division of Aberdeenshire. On one aide of tba host sat Mr. Morgan and on the other Premier' Balfour. -:' 'Vr;.:;v The dinner was given tn the private. dining room within the precinct of the house of commons. With the excep tion of Secretary Wyndham, who waa compelled to return to the bouse ot commons for the Irish debate, a ma jority of the guests chatted until near ly 11 o'clock.''-, ' ;-'.'-Vv-;.. The proceedings were Informal and the conversation was peculiarly frank. The South African war, International yacht races, shipping combine and King Edward's health .were all dis cussed. in turn. Mr. Morgan and Pre mier Balfour were both partScularlr nlmated. :;";.: r' v :-: "''.':& A feeling ot uneasiness pervaded the dinner with regard to King Edward's condition even leading members of the cabinet displaying nervousness lest his majesty should be unable to ful fill Ms duties in the coronation cere monies. This was due to no little ex tent, to the statement of the doctors that the king is not allowed to walk and to the somewhat natural appre hension that the severe strain of a fortnight hence will prove too danger ous an undertaking. There was not the slightest whisper that the Mng is worse than the bulletins Indicate. The only fear was that the doc tort had been possibly too optimistic- la settling the date for the coronation on August 9. 'V '.' Mr. Balfour somewhat allayed the feelings of nervousness by explaining: that the doctors had been instructed that under no consideration whatever must they decide upon the date for the coronation unless ihey were ab solutely positive the king would not disappoint the people again. Mr. Bal four pointed out that as the doctors had shown so far such splendid Judg ment It would be presumptloua to doubt their Judgment now, however different ft might be for a layman to understand how a patient who could not stand up today could be crowned August 9. , There Is no doubt, however, that the cabinet will follow anxiously the king's convalescence during the com ing week. PROMINENT ARCHITECT KILLED BY TRAIN. CHICAGO. July 25.-Word was re ceived last night by Mrs. Glen Mey er that her father, Carol Koehler, a prominent German architect of Seat tle. Wash., had been killed by a train near Eau Claire, Wis. ASTORIA, OREGON