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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 1902)
NOTIORl' Books, Periodicals, Maran'nfi3. &c. re f.'ot to be Tcto fan Ths: . Library w.uut p.; mission. Any 0r L-nd fe-uiity of fcuch offense w?l be liable to prosecution. ASTORJA PUBLIC USRARY ASSOCIATION. VOL. LV ASTOHIA, OttLGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST ;), 1902. NO. PANTS $3.40 pants $2.50 $4.50 pants $3.60 $5 00 pants $4.00 all other s& PANTS 0 10 per cent off EACH LEG 5eats Free All the good things off the fall tree are dropping into our store. You drop in to see them. 0 J& & j& BUY A DOZEN Of our HamlMoniti unJ Artistic Hounted and i una ucconuo your nome or your wnun coungp. Spo tlio Window Pinpluy GRIFFIN 6t REED f00OCKlC0COOOO0OOOC4C40O0CO4OOO I FOR jj FALL AND WINTER SUPPLIES S 8 Of (iioccripM, Provisions, Ktc, rail on u, wp can g sit vo you inoiipy g Fisher BrosM tinnnitnsazzzzxtaznzzzzRzznzz::zznzxnzxttzztsrztz jmnmtttt!!tfti!jnajuttmtta:atttta:mtt:M:tn:m:a:nmam:ta BOYS MAKE MEN If tlio right stuff is in them. Give the Roys a Chance A hoy feels mid looks more manly if Io is well uwl comfortably drosscd. If his plbows are out or his shops don't fit he is handicapped. Bring 1 the Boys Wo sell every articlo a well-dressed boy needs at lowest prices and THE RIGHT STUFF IS IN THEM It costs no more in the long run to dress the boys well if you use good judg mont in buying. P. A. STOKES SALE) Iwl E AVE Just receiv ed a large assortment ofTrunks and Dress ing Cases 'a he first squad of Fall Suits and Overcoats for the boyshave arrived NewMetVsSuits and late blocks in Hats have just come in. Matted Pictures .1 i 546-550 Bond su gCENTURYy J TROOPS WILL USE BAYONETS IFNEEDED Soldiers Ordered lo Shoot Any One Who Resists Au- thorify. MAY ENFORCE MARTIAL LAW I'lintlicr ( rr k Vullcy In lliuul r Mub Troop No Lunger to Tolerate Miotic or Vile I.iunfiinjfr. PHILADELPHIA, Aug, 2.-Havlng exhausted every other means for pre serving peace and In protecting non union men from violence on the way to sri't from the mines, Brigadier-General Corbln, In command of the troop In the coal fields tonight Issued an or der that soldiers shall hoot any per sons detected In throwing stones or other missiles and thnt If any mob re lt the Authority of troops Uy shall fr-ey us their bayonet. Panther Creek Vulley has been In almost a continual turmoil this week and the troops have had difficulty In protecting the Uvea of workmen. To night the situation in the valley hits Improved greatly and It Is hoped by the military authorities that the law less and abusive Inngunge directed toward soldiers will now cease. Other sections of the coal regions are com paratively uulet. The general strike situation remains unchanged. Some coal. Is being shipped but the Quantity Is so small, compared with the normal shipment that It has little or no effect on the market. REFUSES TO WITHDRAW TROOPS CHARLESTON, W. Va., Aug. 29, Uovernor Whit tonight received a pe tition from the cltlsens of Thurmond declaring there had been no necessity for sending the militia there and ask- Ine that the troops be withdrawn at once. The Cioveroor declared he would not rmove the troops until satisfied that all necessity for their presence was past. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IN HUNTER'S GARMENTS, 8ueceed In Killing Mr. Bear-Enjoyed It Better Than Speech Making. NEWPORT. N. H., Aug. 2.-Presl dent Roosevelt was today entertained In a manner to his liking. Instead of making numerous addresses meeting committee and Indulging In hand shaking he plunged Into the forest of the Croydon Mountain region, and hunted big game, and Just, before dark succeeded In shooting a bear. He had disclaimed any Intention to go hunt ing, but .Senator Proctor, who like the president, is a good shot. Induced him to niter his determination. The president was given an hour's start ahead of the parly In order that he might visit the club house and don his himtln? costume. Darkness was coming on when the party returned here and soon after the arrival Secretary Cortelyou tele phoned that the president had shot a bear . Upon their return from the woods, the party will spend the nlsht at the club 'house and It Is not Im probable that the president will again try for large game early In the morn Ins:. APPEAL TO PRESIDENT. They Ask Is Morgan Greater Than the People? He Refuses to Use His Influence. WILKE8BARRE, Pa Aug. S.-The Public Alliance of this city has sent an anneal to President Roosevelt It says In part: "Since ths Inception of the barbar ous and senseless struggle In the an thracite coal region, the non-combatants have suffered the Inevitable fate of such unfortunates. We have en dured it patently. We had hoped for much upon J, P, Morgan's return. Morgan has met with his henchmen and the edict has gone forth! there will be no settlement, no arbitration, no conciliation, no mediation, no con cessions. Morgan has placed a ban up on us which means universal ruin, destitution, riot and bloodshed. Is J. P. Morgan greater than the people t Is he mightier than the government? We appeal to you to use your Influence to stay this Juggerernaul which crush es us. We appeal from ths King of Trusts to the President of the People," SCHWAB STILL THE PRESIDENT. Works Hard While in Europe, but Says He Is Touring for His Health. LONDON, Aug. 29. In a dispatch from Havre, ths correspondent of the Dally Express declares on the evl- j denee of fellow passengers of Chnrteg M. Schwab, president of the Unittd Stutes Steel Corporation, who sailed from New York August 21 on the La Loralne, that Mr. Schwab, worked ex tremely hard during the trip over, and never gave himself live minutes leisure. In an Interview," proceeds the cor respondent, "Mr. Schwab maintained that he Imd come abroad for a rest and holiday, his physician having ad vised him to do so but he emphatic ally denied anx Intention to resign the presidency of the steel corpora tion or to negotiate a new combine In Europe. He Insisted that the ut most harmony prevailed In the man agement of the steel t,rut. Mr. Schwab said he had no plans beyond Indefinite stays at the various conti nental health resorts and an Intention to leave business strictly alone. He Is going first to Alx-Ies-Baln for a month." DAN PATCH GOES MILE IN 1:03. Only a Quarter of a Second Behind World's Record, Made by Star Pointer. PROVIDENCE, R. I. Au. 29,-The grand circuit meeting was brought to a close this afternoon. Dan Patch, the unbeaten son of Joe Patohen, paced an exhibition m'le In l:59',4. reducing his record fror" f " The mile was within a quarter of a second of the world's reeurd, made by Star Pointer. This is the fastest mile in harness in half a decade and Dun Patch Is second horse to beat 2 minutes. No other horse except Star Pointer even went su fait and he did It only twice. Myron Mcllenry drove the famous brown stallion. .An immense throng saw the exhibition, rne iracic was lightning fast. The fastest quarter was the second. In 29 seconds flat. The flrst half was In 59 seconds, and the last In one minute. The middle half was In C9 seconds. Dan Patch was paced by a runner. STRINGENT RULES FOR CRATER LAKE PAR1C Must Not Sell or Use Jtntoxlcating Li quors on Government I ands of Park. WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-The In terior department has Issued rules and regulations for the Crater Lake Park. Oregon. The regulations forbid any Injury or destruction of national curiosities or wonders within the park. Disturbing mineral deposits In the res ervation Is prohibited except under certain conditions. It Is forbidden to cut or Injure any timber growing within the park except for use In the construction of places of entertainment and In connection with the work of locating mining claims. IIunMng and Ashing are pt-r.hlhlk-d. Sale or use of intoxicating liquor on jcovernnvnt l.inds In the park Is forbidden. IDAHO TIM HER BRINGS VERY GOOD pit'rm 52,300 Acres Sold to Case Humbtrd Lumber Company. SPOKANE, Aug 29.-The Case Hum bird Lumber Company of Sand Point, Idaho, controlled by the Weyerhaeuer Interest, has acqulicd 52,300 acres of timber lrnd south and east of Priest River, Northern Idaho. The land was purehncd from the Northern Pacific Railway Company. The price !s said to be $118,000. CAPTAIN HENRY MARMADUKE ARRIVES. Survivor of the Famous Battle of Mon itor and Merrlmac. S13VTTLK. Aug. 20 -Captain Henry Marmaduko, ex-officer of the Confed erate states navy ond survivor of the memorable battle between the Moni tor and Merrlmac, has arrived to take command of the Banning, the ship be ing outfitted here as a vessel of war for tho Colombian government. ARRESTED FOR DOUBLE MURDER Negro Charged With Knowledge of Man and Woman's Death. BRIDGEPORT, N. J., Aug. 29.-Job M. Williams, colored, was arrested on the susplcton of having been connect ed with the death of John S. Holmes and Miss Katherlne Shutte, whose bodies were found In the ruins of the Holme's barn, has confessed to setting Are to the building. CAN SPARE A REGIMENT. Genera' Chaffee Ordered to Snd Them Home. WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. General Chaffee has cabled, the war depart ment that onother regiment of cav alry can naw be spared from duty in the Philippines. The necessary orders have been forwarded to him to send home one regiment, SILVER MARKET. NEW YORK, Aug. 29.-311vcr, 12ft. ENGLAND HAY HAVE HARD TASK Willi Not Be Able (o Handle South i Africa as Easily as She Planned. NEGRO PROBLEM A MENACE Kecretary Cliumberlalu Anxious to Have Country Pay Cost or War, but It Im IiiipoverlKhed. LONDON, Aug. 2. A dispatch from Pretoria to the Times, in which the correspondent voices the popular pro test against the attempt to Increase the lax on mines with a view of making the new colonies contribute to the cost of the war, says well founded renorts credit Joseph Chamberlain, British colonial secretary, with the Idea of getting from $25,000,000 to $500, 000,000 from the colonies for this pur pose. "It is well to face the facts," says the Times correspondent, "and the facts are that for many years to come there will be no prospect of the Trans vaal having any surplus above what is necessary for the proper develop ment of the country. It Is obvious that any attempt to exact even $250, 000,000 would permanently hamper the resources for what at best will for years remain a poor country, depend ant upon a single Industry." ANOTHER MENACE. Negro Problem Not an Easy One to Solve. LONDON, Aug. 29. Apparently In spired by the native problem which Is looming up In South AfrrcaTthe Dally Teelgraph this morning publishes a significant editorial on the negro ques tion, which It Insists is for the Anglo Saxon race a more serious and urgent problem than the yellow danger. The paper confesses that the ideals under laid the emancipation movement have been proved of realization; that It has been proved throughout the world that the negro Is quite Incapable of work ing out his own salvation, and that the theory of electoral equality is a delu sion mischievous to both negroes and whites. Negro franchise In the , Southern . States of America .says the paper, is already a farce, and its suppression In ' all but exceptional cases cannot in all ! probability be permanently deferred, i In conclusion the article asks: "what i kA ik. tilHmnta ilaaHnW of this vast and multiplying black population In South Africa, that Is the problem which looks behind every other." TRACY DESCIPLE3 AT WORK. Washington Has an Increase' of Rob beries and Murders. j SPOKANE, Aug. 29. A special from I Pasco to the Spokesman Review says: An Increase of holdups, burglaries and murdei-s In the inland empire is traced directly to the pernicious example set by the late Bandit Harry Tracy. The condition of affairs at Pasco, Wallula and Umatilla, where people change cars at railroad Junctions are said by the officers to be deplorable. It Is not safe for the passengers to leave the Pasco depot at night, as thugs lie In wait outside to relieve them of their loose change. No organized band ex ists but hobos operating singly or In pairs. Men seeking or returning from 1. 1 . . , 1. . 1. .. . M.i 1 . I wurn in lilt; iintvesi uejuif ans usually 1 the victims, as they get into the box cars and are easily Intimidated. Out rages of this sort are of almost night ly occurrenie. FOREST FIRE NOT QUENCHED. Men Can Gain No Victory Over the Fearful Fires. BUTTE. Aug. 29. Reports from Sheridan, Wyo., says that the great forest fires In Fremont county are still raging. A special land agent, Camp II n. who took a force of 15 men out to fight the flrst, has returned. He de clares the flames are of gigantic pro portions and his men could do little toward checking their progress. The fire has already burned over a terri tory covering 40 miles. PALMA HAS NO NEWSPAPER SUPPORT. Owing to' Granting Castaneda Conces sion of Establishing Light -Plant. HAVANA, Aug. 29. President Pal ma finds himself today without the support of a single newspaper con trolled by Cubans. The editorials pub lished In the Cuban press are consid- ered collectively, reniarkuble tur their bitterness and outspoken oppfisitlon vt the chief executive. The only paier which supports the president Is the Maro de la Marina, formerly the or gan of ths Spanish government and at present representing the Spanish colony In Cuba. O.K- o." Lhe principal causes for the c..o;iS'j.i to P; oxident palma seem to arise from the fact that he grant ed the Castuneda concession for the establishment of an electric light plant at Havana. This concession has been a subject of bitter discussion In the house of representatives and some members are demanding S nor Palira's Impeachment unless the concession Is rescinded. The Impeachment matter has been uion the table for the past week. Both houses of congress have becsme badly disorganized over this question and the result has b-en a strong antl-Palma feeling. FIEND AUTO KILLS CHAUFFEUR Falls Into Rapid Transit Subway Drops Thirty Feet. NEW TORK, Aug. 29. -A heavy public automobile fell into the rapid transit subway In Broadway between 43rd and 44ih streets, fallng 30 feet and flinging the chaufTeur, Edward Morris, Into the trench. MorrU was Internally injured and will die. In the presence of nearly 3W0 people the chaffeur was lifted out of the subway on a hoisting machine and then taken In an ambulance to a hos pital, Some witnesses f aid that a Broadway car crashed into the auto mobile and Jammed it Into the sub way. Morris was driving along Broad way when he saw the car bound north ward. He tried to swing out of the way but as the machine crossed the track the rear wheels slid on the rails. Morris was now alongside the sub way, and the machine careened, then tilted and went over with a crash Into the darkness below. Hundreds of peo ple from the theaters and diners In several restaurants gathered about the trench. Workingmen in the tunnel at 42nd street ran up the sub'way'and found the wrecked automobile first and then saw Morris In agony 20 feet away." Four workmen carried him to" 42nd street and he was hoisted to the street level. By this time nearly $000 people, men and women, had gothered about the trench. They leaned against the railing with such force that the timbers cracked. The women screamed with fear and with their escorts fled for safety, but nothing serious oc curred. KANSAS MINERS REFUSE TO STRIKE. Accept Terms Offered to Committee by Operators, PITTSBURG, Kas., Aug. 29. There will be no strike among the miners of Kansas this fall. There Is a dis position on the part of all miners to accept the terms made by their com mittees with the operators. HA Si: IS A 1. 1. NORTHWEST LEAGUE. At Spokane Tacoma, 10; Spokane, 9. AMERICAN LEAGUE. At St. Louis St. Louis, 7; Balti more, 2; second game, St. Louis, 4; Baltimore, 2. At Chicago Chicago, t; Philadel phia, 10. At Detroit-Boston, 6; TtroIt, 1. At Cleveland Cleveland, 4; Wash ington, 2. NATIONAL LEAGJK At Boston Boston, 4; JlrooUIy,!, 0. At Philadelphia-Philadelphia, 6; New York, 2. At Cincinnati Cincinnati, 10; St, Louis, 1. At Pittsburg Chicago, 9; Pittsburg, i E PLURIBUS UNUVl ' Hm: MMi "W hi 1 J 1 THE ECLIPSE HARDWARE C0A1PAHY I Plumbers and Steamfitters, j 527 BOND STREET ASTORIA, OREGON . WILL DEMAND AN EXPLANATION Colombia Believes Nicaragua h Giving Assistance lo Co lombian Rebels. ; IS READY TO BACK. THREAT Must Explain or War 1 Immi nentMay Prove to lie the Most Sertoli Trouble l'et, ' WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-Colombla will formally demand of Nicaragua an explanation in regard to the latter country's alleged participation in ths revolution against the Colombian gov ernment and back up her demand with the most formidable land and naval force she can muster, as soon as tha present rebel activity on the isthmus has been crushed. Information to this effect was received from an authorita tive source In Washington today. WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. The above intelligence caused considerable sur prise In diplomatic circles, for but a few weeks ago it was announced that Mr. Concha, the Colombian minister, and Mr. Corea, the NIcaraguan min ister, had established an entente cor dlale between their respective govern- " ments. ' .' " '.v.'' Shortly after Minister Corea's arrt- -val in Nicaragua, where he went aome weeks ago on a leave of absence, the ' Colombian minister here, It is stated, received information to the effect that arms and ammunition for the Colom bian rebels on the Isthmus were be- lnr" mer'frotlrxtmnro7Thr-Tp., lomblan legation, here had been receiv ing reports of this character contin ually, and In view of tha arrange ment effected with the NIcaraguan minister before he left Washington, Senor Concha lost no time In calling Mr. Corea's attention to the matter. The latter official replied that Presi dent Zelaya would Immediately insti tute an investigation to ascertain' if the reports were well founded. " A short time ago, however, more re ports were received in Washington to the effect that Nicaragua still con tinued her material support of the rev olutionists on the Isthmus, and Colom bia now, it is stated, finds her pa tience exhausted, and decided to pre sent a formal demand for an explana tion. Meanwhile, it is understood tha entente cordlale has only a nominal existence. It Is not antlcpated that the affair will lead to an actual war with Nicaragua, but nevertheless, Co lombia Is making preparations to back up her representations with a rein forced army and navy. It develops that the purchase of the well-armed war vessel at Seattle, as well as sev eral prospective purchases of warships for the Colombian navy, have Nicara gua rather than the present troubles on the Isthmus In view. AGED CONGRESSMAN EXPIRES. MOUNT VERNON, O., Aug. 29. W. O. Cooper, congressman from 1S84 to 1894, and for many years prominent In Ohio politics, died tonight, aged 7L FAILURES FOR THE WEEK NEW YORK, Aug. 29. Dun's Review says: failures for the week were 17S against 202 last year.