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VOL. LV
ASTORIA, ORIXOX, SUNDAY. Al'C.l'ST 21, 1902.
THE HEIRS OF T1RS
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PRESIDENT VISITS
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FAIR WILL NOT FIGHT
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Hume started the salmon industry
and Astoria grew from a village to a
city. The Hume mind sees the possi
bilities of the lumber industry and
Astoria will grow from a city to a
metropolis.
Astoria Will Boom
In about six months there'll be a
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put on your best smile and decent
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P. A. STOKE
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EASTERN RELATIVES OF DEAD
WOMAN HAVE ARRIVED
IN SAN FRANCISCO.
Mother of Deceased Says She
Wants Her Children to Oct
What They Are
Entitled to.
HAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23.-Mr.
Hannah N'limn, mother of the late
Mr Charles L, Fulr ha arrived here
from her home In Newmarket, N. J.
Hh I accompanied by her son, A. O.
Nelson, who conducts a general mer
chandise, business at I'lulnfelrt, N. J.
Ffp Fowler, a nephew of Mm. Fulr
by marriage, and his wife are also
here. Mr. Nelson I ft woman of 79
year and she was greatly fatigued
by her journey across the continent.
Joseph Harvey, the llfedong frlnd of
Charles Fair, and Charles ft .NYnl.
nuiniiKer of the Fair estate, went to
Ileim to meet Mr. Nelson and her
son. Harvey and Neal also met Chn.
Nelson, a brother of' the lute Mrs.
Fair, at' Reno, who has come to Oil
city from Boulder Crtek. Colo.
Mrs. Nelson declined to talk for
publication , but to Mr. Harvey she
said:
" I don't care much what becomes
ji injr nm ui rsimr, mil l warn
to see my children get all they are
entitled to."
A. O. Nelson said: "There will be
I no contest between my mother and
Mr. Smith. He Is my half brother. Of
course, my mother will go Into court,
but th legal matter rests with her
counsel altogether. She will ask for
.letters of administration on the ea-
itute, and for that reason we intend
.to take up our residence In San Fran-
cIsco,
J " My mother," he conttnoed, "we re
g.ird as the ml heir, fo there will be
no contest (ts far as w are con
cerned" j "There will be no content nt all,"
,remarked Joseph Harvey, who was
present. "The whole matter will be
nothing definite has yet been decided
on."
The Call this morning says
" It Is nm generally known that the
I Fairs will authorize Herman Oelrlcha
.to Inform the relatives of Mrs. Fair
I thai they can take possession of certain
properties of her estate. To this es
j tn to w 111 a!.o probably be added a sum
jOf money, Whnt the amount will be
hna not yet been settled upon. Tl'.e de
tails have not yet been dts-ussed."
iFNOL.VXn ASKS FOR PROTECTION
Of Colombia for Rrltlsh Vessels Wh;. h
Are In Pnng.r of Destrucllon.
PANAMA, Aug. 23.-.impHr-ntlons
caused by the refusal of the Pacific
is,0'" N'nvigntion company t.t uw
pooi io iranspon tne troops n mi Hue
na Ventura to the isthmus tn the
steamer Ecuador has not yet -nded.
J General Pnlanar has received com
imunlcntlona from Acting Rrltlsh Contul
Hudpon. saying his mnsty govern
ment nks whnt protection Colombia
icould givo the Rrltlsh veids from
destruction by the Insurgent forces In
j the event of their trunspDrilng Ihe
I troops of the Colombian government.
(General Sabiitar replied that the Til
cine team Navigation Company was
obliged to transport the government
I troops by terms of contract made !n
l&.y between the company and his
government; that this contract should
be fulfilled by the company without
the necessity of the government giving
a previous guarantee of protection.
MASKED MEN FLAY ROLD GAME.
After Robbing Two Men of 1300 They
Appear and Fire on Tvo Others.
BAKER CITY Aug. 23.-Two mask
ed men held up and rob'Jid Cherles
Keller this afternoon on the road be
tween Cornucopia and Carson In the
northern part of this county, fecuilng
between $200 and 300. Shortly after
Keller was robbed. Jonn Moose and a
man named Moffat were drlylng on
the same road, when the robbers made
their appearance again and fired rev-
oral shots at Moore and Moffat, but
did not rob them.
CONSTRUCTING ELECTRIC TRAIN.
Will Make 10 Miles an Hour Location
of Track Not (llvn.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2t-An electrical
company at. Lyin, Mass.. Is building
a tra'n which Is soon to be used in
Illinois, says r special dispatch from
Lynn, and which the engineers esti
mate will make 90 to ".to miles an
hour. It It added that the track lor
the (rain In Illinois Is atmo-l com
I Intel; Hint the line is about l.'.O mile
lor.g alid Is remarkable for solidity
and strength. As far 11 s rofslble
(trades have bei-n ellmlnted. Elcetric
ity will be the motive power, and rhc
third rail system will be uks.),
A train of three cars has been built
for the flint trials. The tialn will be
'quipped with 12 motors ,f UO horse
power eitcb. Instead of the IiIkIi speed
Increasing the danger, It Is claimed.
that the train will be safer and run
less risk of leaving the rulls than an
ordinary street ear.
The theory held by electricians Is that
the train Is practically el", trlrally
welded to the track and cannot ,-ave
It while the poavr is on. The loca
tion of the track Is not given.
IRELAND FOR carplw.l.
His SpUnd:d Work Regarding Philip
pines May Re Rewarded by ?uch.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2J. the statement
is cabled to the Trl'tune from Rome
that the rcomniend,ukn under so
lliltatlona io the Vall'lan to have
Archbishop Ireland nominated as a
cardinal have now issumel lmp.Hing
proportions, as st-ttln forth that the
red hat should be a du? reward for
the success of the papacy obtained
throuith him by-the T.ift mission com
ing to Rome. The statement Is furth
er made thit some of Ar. h')inhon Ire
land',! friends filervli are to Influen
tial that the Vat Ira 1 would like to
satisfy notwithstanding the rdu lance
to httvu Anirlca have more tlian or.e
cardinal. This f'lati of having Arch
bishop Ireland a arJln.il ut the Cm la
resldlnc at Rum.! is option .-d by lb
other cardinal of the Curia, who And
him too cluvyr, too progressive and too
Amerl'-an.
A project that l '.vhijipereJ, cntinui s
the correspondent, is that Uishop ijuig-
Icy, of RulTaK having lefuscJ the
!archblidioprJ..'i;f. Chl.is;o, Arcbblthup
.v.,, Plxiiiin in. n- u u ut
feld for his acil-itl-u, and belli crea-
led a cardinal, he would have the West
undr his Jurisdiction, while Cardinal
dlbbol.s o.,'J ouve the K.it.
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SCHWAB NOT FORMING COMPINSS
Will Not Cjinbln.' Hritisn Steel Works
Into Morgnii Trust.
NEW YORK. Auu. 23. -Speaking cf
reports cabl..l from American that
Mr. Schwab contemplates the amalga
mation of the American, Rr!Hsh and
Relglum Rteel and Iron Industries, the
iTrll.une's London icpio.wntatlve says
the report excites amusement among
the leaders of th'it Industry here.
jStrenuoiH effort have been made to
'form a i'.iilii-h collusion during the
laM eight mouths, but without suc
cess. There Is no practical method of
securing the valuation of either plant
or good will when the nr.. ftln' ry Is
behind the limes, yet it Is appraised
by th? owiurs high above U dividend
earning capacity. There Is no longer
any talk of combining the ,reat Rrlt
lsh lion and steel works into nn anti
Morgan trust.
TWO MINERS KILLED.
After Lighting Blast In Seeking Safety
Fall In Shaft and Are Frowned. "
ROSSI.AND. R. C, Aug. it-Two
minus named Hopkins lost their lives
their lives at the Joslo mine today.
The men lighted a blast and turned
to seek a plice of safety. They fled
toward on unused shaft mid plunged
headlong. The shaft was filed with
water, and Lobb and Hoski-is rere
dead when taken out.
FIRST DISEASE OF ITS KNIO.
NEW YORW, Aug . 2t-Rudolph
Fltcdner, of New Brunswick, N. J
Is dead after a lingering illness of n
rare dlsearc of the skin, known to sci
entists as pon'phlgus vulgar us. No
other case of tho disease has ver
been known In the United States, It Is
asserted. Flledner's skin became as if
scalded, and his nurses had to swath
his entire body In cotto.i.
Mr. FUedner wns first taken 111 In
May. Specialists were colled who
studied the case with great interest,
but could do nothing to relieve him,
and ho died of exhaustion. He was
Kk years old, and starting as a factory
laborer he had built up a big busi
ness. GRAND DUKE SERIOUSLY ILL.
CHICAGO Aug. 23. Grand Duke Bo
ris has postponed his departure from
Chicago indoilnitaly, owing' to the ill
ness cf Chevalier do Schaalc, personal
attache to the duke. 'Che patiei-.t l:as
soma--symptoms of typhod fever and
a rdi; Jlcl-tu in tu constant attendance
on him at his hotel.
Him by Grand Army
Veterans.
WILL ATTEND CHRISTENING
His UciiitM -ra tic Way Comtautl?
I'mUcd-Newport Thronget!
With Loyal ICooxeveK
Admirer.
NEWPORT, R. I., Aug. 21-Presldent
I , .us vuiiu uay s juur-
ney through New England tonight at
Newport, where he Is the guest of
Wliithrop Chanter. While here hi will
jattend the christening cf the Chanter
jbaby. The president's democratic
jways are constantly referred to ana In
(hls speeches he seems to reach the
.people at once. At Willlamantlc his
remarks were referred to by several
in" a heart-to-heart talk.
Peihaps the most enthusiastic recep
tion accorded him at the r-maller
laes was at River Point, R. t. The
Pastime park was thronged wlih peo
ple, among them hundreds of Grand
-Army men.
I The demonstration at Providence fas
(a cllmai to the eventful day. The
( multitude In front of the city hall gave
,vent to their feelings time and again
( throughout the course of his addretm,
and at the conclusion he was over-
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"iii-iiuiii nun congratulations.
LI Ht'NO CHANG'S PHYSICIAN
ARRIVK3 IN CHICAGO.
Says
the Late
Greatest
Statesman Was
Man of China.
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CHICAGO, Aug. 23.-Dr. Robert Colt
man, of Pekin, China, ex-physician t&
LI Hung Chang, and now secretary to
. a Chinese general. Is In Chicago. His
.family lives In Washington an he Is
,m ma way wnn a nine months leave
of absence to visit them,
" LI Hung Chang was the greatest
man I ever knew," be said last night,
("He killed himself with overwork and
il was with him when he died. He had
a wonJ'r'ul mind and China may
iieer nave so great a man again. He
jknew everything, even to the smallest
.details, that went on In his own house.
hould and In the great empire. What
ever he once took up he mastered
completely before he once finished H."
China, Dr. Coitinan thinks, Is now
assured of a lasting peace and is
making steady progress.
FASTEST BATTLESHIP
IN AMERICAN NAVY.
New Battleship Maine Makes Success
ful Trip Around Ca;e Speed
Eighteen Knots.
BOSTON, Aug. ,'3.-The new battle
ship Maine raced around the cape on
her trial course today. Her contract
calls for a speed of IS knots an hour
for four continuous hours of .'team
ing. The mean speed developed with
out Allowances was given tut as 1S.3.
She Is the fastest battleship in the
American navy.
SENATOR MITCHELL
LEAVES FOR HAWAII.
Chairman of Committee to InvestigUe.
Condition of Islands. -PORTLAND,
Aug. 23. -United States
Senator Mitchell left today for Hawaii.
Ho is chalrmhn of the sub-committee
of the senate conmmlttee on the raclfio
Islands and Porto Rico. The sub-committee
goes to Hawaii to Investigate
conditions there.
WOMAN ARRESTED FOR BEGGING
Has Done Such in New York for Many
Tears Supports Large Family,
NEW YORK, Aug. 2S.-The police
(have arrested a woman representing
'herself to be Mrs. Harris Hunter the
widow of a or.e-tlme member of the
.Chlcagj Board of Trade, on the tech
nical charge of vagrincy, and a mag
istrate has h.dd the woman tn $500 bail
.for eximlnatlon. She is 60 years of
age, slight of build, with gray hair,
and was dressed in mourning. She
jwas arrostad in front of Kuhn, Loeb &
vuioutiuv a uaimiug voice ujr ttii Bgem
of the charity organisation and de
tectives from the central office.
Mrs. Hunter had tried to obtain fi
nancial aid by saying she had an In
valid brother, for who:n she -vlshed
to buy an Invalid's chair. She was
told to como back at a certain hour.
As soon as she had left a clerk tele
phoned the charities organisation and
Informed them that for tho past five
yeacs a wo-nan answering her descrip
tion had bejn going the rounds ol
tho prominent brokers' offices collect
ing money upon one pretext or an
other. She would Invariably repre-
sent hr?df as the widow of a former
president of .he Chicago Hoard r,f
Trade, It was said, and as having
lost her money through several failuies.
When sh came back to the bark she
was arrestM. It Is alleged that dirr
tiaveltd frjm San Franemv to New
,York, collecting money all the time un
til It Is sid she has amassed at I: .i
$50,000.
Mrs. Hunter says of herself;
" I come from Sheridan, Wis., where
I have left a father 81 ysars old. a
son down with consumntlon ami o
daughter 14 years old. I have ben
living In Brooklyn. The folks out West
have no means of support, so I m
about securing aid for them. In re.
eelvlr.g money from people In this el y i
I have done no wrong."
LAST SURVIVOR OF li!2 WAR.
Is Slowly Dying at Dunbrook,
da County, New York.
Onei-
NEW YORK, Aug. 23,-Word rch.
ed this city from Dunbrcok, OneMa
county, this state, that Hiram Cron
the only soldier of the war of 1812 up-
lon the government nensinn mil. i
dying at his home here. Cron is In
his 103-4 year and has had the
tinctlon of having lived in Ihree ren-
turies.
About three months ago his he;,ith
began to fail and for some time he
has been confined to his bed and Is
growing weak. He STvml-i much of
the time sleeping. Last' week he Blfpt
for three days and two nlfch's.
LntU about two years aao the irnv.
ernment allowed him is. a nonth hnt
Congressman Sherman secured the pas
sage of a special act incraslntr the
pension to $25.
DISTINGUISHED WEDDING..
Granddaughter of General Crant and
Cousin of PresUent Roosevelt.
COBUP.O.Ont., A-cir li Th. ttmrs
rlasre of Vivian May Sartorls and Fred
erick Roosevelt Scovel wat solemniz
ed hero today in the presence of a dis
tinguished aremblage. The bride is a
granddaughter of the late Gene-al U.
S. Grant and tho
C ' ' .V . VVUBlll
of President Roosevelt.
( SUSPECT FOUL FLAY.
Jury Decides That Pete Pouchene Was
Murdered by Persons Unknown.
PORTLAN, Aug. 23.-The verdict of
the coroners Jury In the we of Pete
Bouchene, who was found dead on
Jefferson 'street late last .light, was
that he came to his death by persons
to the jury unknown. An autopsy to
day revealed the fact thatR.Juchiier's
:8kull had been fractured by a blow
from a blunt instrument.
IIGHWAYMEN CI EN FIVE YEARS
Men Who Beat Swede Laborer and
Whom Posse Captured.
WALLA WALLA, Aus?. 2J.-Jack
Ryan and George McDo iMld, who beat
a Swede laborer nearly to death at
jTouchet Station and who were chased
by bloodhounds until can'ur.'d, near
Athena, Ore., were arraigned today on
a charge of highway robbery. They
pleadel guilty and were sentenced to
five years each ia the penitentiary.
DUCHESS HAS APPENDICITIS.
NEW YORK. Amr. 2t-C-tblin from
Vienna, the Herald correspondent says
that the Duchess Marguerite Sophie of
Wurtemberg, has just been operated
on for appendicitis, nt Gumnden, by
Professors Grau and
Chlari. Fears
are entertained for tne
atlont's life.
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E PLURIBUS UNUM
THE ECLIPSE HARDWARE COMPANY
Plumbers and Steamfitters,
Sit DUnu 01 ACCI
ROBBERS ATTACK HIM NEAR
MAISON BLANCHE HE IS
STRANGLED.
'Boasted to Friends That
He
Never Carried a Weapon
in the Wilds of
America.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2t-Uuotlnir tbV
Francals, the evening edition of tha
Vfntln rftA Ta-I a . - .
I vvi ivnjKinueni oi ul
World cables the following story:
I "vtor Evandale, an American, about
'-10 vrars .1,1 ,wi.,-.,,i . ......
jthat he had lived for 10 years la the
wutiost regions of western Unite.!
States and never carried a weapon and
never was afraid. Several Frenchmen
who were present, told him that Paris
was more dangerous.
" They asserted thae he could not go'
from Grenelle to Montroug. for ex
ample, after 10 o'clock at night with
out being killed unless he wore labor
er's clothes.
"Evandale left the cafe after a time
without reverting to the conversation
about dangerous localities.
" Next morning his comoanlons of thi
night before were horror stricken to
read of the discovery of i3vandale
body In the Glacis of the fortiflcationa"
near the Slalson Blanche. It is sun-'
posed he must have actually attempted.
to walk from Grenelle to Montrouga
immediately after leaving his friends..
Evidently he was attacked from be
hind. Tight around his neck waa
found a thin leather throng which had
been used to strangle him. His pock--ets
were rifled,, his shoes and coat re---
moved.
PFJCDLETOV HAS ANOTHER FIRE."
Third Fire in Two Weeks Loss r-
tlmated at $30,103.
PENDLETON, Aug. 2t-A $30,000
fire occurred today in the O. R. & N.
yards. Kerr Giffords warehouse waa
burned. The warehouse was nearTv
empty. Six thousand cedar posts, five
jboT ears, a pile driver, the supply
jhouse and its contents valued at $8000,
.belonging to the railway ' company,
wore destroyed. The oil tanks barely
escaped. Eight hundred thoroughbred
heeo were saved that would have been
( suffocated by five minutes delay. This
(lsr Pendletons third big Are in the lo
cality of the O. R. & N. station in
two weeks.
BASEBALL
NORTHWEST LEAG-TB.
At Butte Butte, 1: Portland, J.,
At Helena Helena, 6; Seattle, 4.
At Tacomn Taeoma, S; Spokane, S.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At St. Louii St Louis, 3; New
York, 4.
I tA Pittsburg Pittsburg, 8: Brook
lyn. 9.
At Cincinnati Cincinnati, 7; Phl'a-
delthi, 9.
At Chi' ago Chicago, 14; Boston, f.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
At Boston Boton.l; St. Louis, .0.
At Washington Washington; 6; De
troit 2.
I t Phiuv
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, ,..
leiphia-Philadelphla, 12;
At
Baltimore Baltimore,
J 4; Chl-
cago,
S.
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