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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1902)
busier "' ill VOL. LV ASTORIA. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEI'TEMHEK IT, 1902. NO. m YOU CANNOT LOSE! Tht Hull Umbrella ClVtt jQilifoctlon It hat No sSuptrhr These Splendid Umbrellas Cost No More Than the Old Kind & & 0 & cr & 4? j& "HIGH ART" CLOTHING SO NICE SEE WISE ?0OOK400OKOOOOOC000K)HOKCKCKC BUY A DOZEN Of our Ilanilsonio and Artistic riounted and Matted Pictures hihI detoi'iilo your homo or your bench cottage. Sco tho Window Display GRIFFIN 6b REED inrx::xiuxx:!xxuixniiKixaixrxaxxxxt:ixaiXMxinii::xx:5Tj - FOR . 1 FALL AND WINTER SUPPLIES a Of Grocer km, I'roviMons, nave you money I Fisher Bros., xtsxxaxxttxxxxtsxxKxxxxtixxxxuxxKXx::xiixKxxnxxnxxKxi2 mmtmm!tt:t:!::::u:tu:inmmtmmnmmmnmst;utmtmnnntnttmtttnnu SEPT. 23 SCHOOL BEGINS Of course tho children will need new books but THE BOYS NEED SUITS SHOES HATS . . . And Everything Else For the BEST GOODS at LOWEST PRICES Soud llim to P. A, STOKES KmJtaaatKm$tm:mma:njJttjmtiwwtmjm5Wjm5n:jmm5mut Umbrella With Detachable Handle. When you go to church or to the theater de tach the handle and put it in your pocket. When the cover is torn or the ribs break, we'll sell you a new top and save you buying a new handle. Or when you travel, take off the handle and the Umbrella will go into any trunk. SOLE AGENT FOR ASTORIA Etc., call on us, wc can 546-550 Bond st. S T A 1 f 1 1 I 11 s Wt!TlETHi CENTURY 1 BRUTAL ASSAULT ON NEW YORK BANKCtt .Man Make FiiHoiikiiimI t'owanV l.v Attack m Well Known Financier. NEW VORK. Sept. 16.-A man giving the name of Thomas Sharkey was ar rested early thli morning charged with ussuultlng Banker Nicholas Ftgh, who died shortly before 8 o'clock this morning. Mr. Fish's Injurl-.'S, which were at first supposed' to hnve been caused by a full, developed under In vestigation by city detectives to have been the result of a most brutal as sault. The banker left his Office In the Na tional Turk building in the afternoon. He null to Thirty-fourth street and entered a German restaurant near Kigutu avenue, lie was seated at a table where he spent about two hours. Thrv women occupied seats nearby. Suddenly a heavy set man strode Into the room and was seen to speak to Mr. Fish. What was said could not be heard, but the banker started to rlHe from his chair and received a ter rible blow In the face. He sank buck and again attempted to rise. His as sailant rained blow after blow on his head, but the banker managed to reach the sidewalk, where he was again struck down. His assailant ran to Eighth avenue, where he boarded a car and got away. From the accurate description furnished by those in the restaurant the police set to work and about the time Mr. Fish was br.ath ing his last at the Roosevelt 'hospital, the arrest of the man known as Shar key," was made. Banker Fish, who was hi yea s of age, was the descendant of one of the oldest and most distinguished of Amer ican families. Hit grandfather. Colon-1 el Nicholas Fish, Cought with dlsUnc-l tlon In the battle of Harlem Heights, Saratoga and Torktown, and his fath er, Hamilton Fish,, was the first sec- retary of state under President Grant. yiuri ecvrini ycuiam uipilHU&lJC Service he entered the banking business in this city In 18S7. Of his brothers, Hamil ton Is the former Republican speaker of the New York Assembly, and Stuy vesant Is president of. the Illinois Cen tral Railroad Company, SENATOR BARD IMPROVES. LOS ANOELES, Sept. 16 The con dition of United States Senator Thom as E. Bard, who. Is dangerously 111 of pneumonia, Is more favorable tonight. ' NO WONDER MEAT 19 HIGH. KANSAS CITY, Sept. 16.-Seventeen head of native steers were sold here at 18.75 per 100, the highest price for beef that ever was received on this niitrket. . ... REPORTS STILL COME OF BLACKENED HOMES AND HORRIBLE DEATHS Other States Have Got Their Burning Timber -Colorado and Wyoming Follow the ; Western Lead. Three Hundred Miles of Fine Timber in Ashes-Government Emtloyes Fighting the .Flames -Enormous Damage But Loss of Life is Small. KALAMA, Wash., Sept. 16.-.U Mur- rays, seven ml es above Woodland, the bodies of IS victims of the Lewis river fire were burled today. They were: O. Reed. Mrs. Kva Reed, and three children. Mrs. John Polly, chid, and brother. Mrs. Graves, C. A. MiKecn. Mrs. Agnes McKeen.ad child. Geo. W. Smith, wife and child. The body of W. B. Newbouse, who was previously lost, has been found. It was reported, but not confirmed, that 17 bodies have been found on the Clark county side of the river, the; names unknown, v The Are has practically died out Ind the relief parties are. taking In fcod and clothing with pack horses. Most of the sufferers have congregated at Murrays, where the supplies are be Ing distributed, POOR CLACKAMAS COUNTY. OREGON CITY, Sept 16.-Danger In the shape of fires is still hovering over Clackamas county. Just above Viola the flames are slowly creeping, through the timber and only ano only another gust of wind Is needed to fan them Into a fury. It Is probable that the timber loss in Clackamas county will not fall short of half a million dol lars. The farmers will ose an addl tional two hundred thousand. EXTENSIVE BLAZES IN WYOMING AND COI.ORADO. Fire Is Ruging on Boundary Line- Both Governors Are Active. CHEYENE. Wyo. Sept. 16. -Govern or Richards has been Informed by tel ephone from Grand Encampment that for many miles along the Wyoming Colorado line north of Pear, Colo, furious forest fire Is raging, devastat ing everything In its path. Kvtry ef' rori to subdue the names has been made without effect. Governor Rich ards Immediately communicated with Governor Orman, of Colorado, and r ranged for both to send a telegram to the secretary of the Interior, asking for aid. According to the latest reports, there are at least 18 serious forest fires burn lng in Wyoming, to say floating of smaller ones and brush fires. There are three fires In Southern Albany county that are destroying great swath of fine pine timber In the Medicine Bow range and are threatening mln ins ounuings. Tne government sent a force of fire fighters under a supervis or to look after these biases last week, but the men quit, claiming they were under-paid, and the efforts to check the flumes are now confined to Indi viduals. Although 100 miles away fro n Cheyenne, the smoke from these fire obscures the sky here and the odor of burning wood Is noticeable. The three fires In Southern Carbon county which the Kovernment has been fighting for two weeks, still burn fiercely. A government agent with a large force of men Is on the ground, but is reported to be making but lit tle progress. Five or more fires are burning In Fre mont county and more than 800 miles of magnificent timber land Is already In ashes. The largest of the fires is terrific and nothing that the settlers can do has any effect on its sweep. In Central Uintah county a fire, small In comparison to the others, is burning, and In the Jackson Hole country, two big blazes are eating the timber In the game country. Further east, In the Shoshone reservation, a fire, the magnitude of which Is not known, has been burning lor weeks. In Natrona county a good-sized has been destroying timber for Are the Int 10 days. One big fire threatens the timber of the Big Horn mountains, and there is no report of any effort having been made to check its progress. The fire' on the Grey Hull was furious for sev enij days, but it Is believed to have spent Its fury. DENVER FIRE REPORTS. DENVER Sept. 1. But little prog - ress toward checking the forest fires steamer, th eruption had wrought In different sections of this state is a complete transformation of the isl belng mad.?. At the head of Chlcag' and and that all the Inhabitants and creek the fire Is again beyond control, all animals-had disappeared and no In A vast scope of territory has beeu dicatlon was left as to what had be- burned over and it is feared the towns along Clear Cr;ek will experience a shortage of water In consequence due to the fact that the fire has destroyed j the protection to the snow beds which were the source of the water supply for Clear Creek. United States Forest Supervisor Henry Mlchelson who is conducting the fight against the fire in the neigh- borhood of Caaelo, at the lead of Piatt Canon, called upon the mining com- panles in that vicinity for assistance in lighting the flames, and men were dispatched with complete equipment to aid the government in fighting the flames. This fire has been burning for several weeks and has destroyed much valuable timber. Several fur - mer residences are In danger. The Estes Park fires are burning slowly, but stubbornly resist all efforts of the settlers to quench them. Great clouds of smoke hang like a pall over , eral has now eleven companies of in the mountain and are plainly vis ble j fantry, two troops of cavalry and two miles away. The tires in the neighborhood of El- dorudo have destroyed an Immense qua-.itltly of rich timber. But little damace to property from any of The fires In this sta'e and as yet no loss of life has been reported. BIO STEEL COMBIXE. Nearly Three Billions of English Cap ital Will Control English Market. LONDON. Sept. 16. The Daily Mail j declares this morning that after many i months of secret negotiation, there has been formed an association of the lead ing British steel manufacturers for the purpose of controlling prices and the regulation of the output. The firms al leged to have entered the associi'thn j include the Burrow Hematile Steel j Company, Ltd: Blockow. Vaughn & ! Co.. Ltd.; Guest, Keen & Co., of Dow- lais and Cardiff; Crawshay Bios., if Merthyr-Tydvil; the Mossbay Hema tile Iron and Steel Co.. Ltd.; Charles Cammel & Co., Ltd: the Northwest ern Steel Company, Ltd.; and the Ry meny Iron Co., with an agsgr.-gate of capital roughly estlmred at ftWOfO, 0W, not counting lnrg. debenture !s sues. PERHAPS EARLY ELECTION. NEW YORK,. Sept. 16. Lord Lon donderry has caused a flutter In the political dove-cotes by reference to the possibility of an early general elec tion, cables the London corresp indent of the Tribttne. Lord Londondeiry is not a man of much activity Iri the political world, but as a cabinet mem ber he should know something ab.mt Premier Balfour's Intention. The au tumn session of parliament is certain to be a lively one and Mr. Balfour will have to plaee confidence In the disci pline and devotion of his supporters. IMPORTANT CONFERENCE. OYSTER BAY. N. Y., Sept. 16 -Sen ators Hanna, Spooner, Allison, Aid rich and Lodge and Postmaster Gen eral Paine spent several hours with President Roosevelt and discussed the entire political situation, having spec ial reference to conditions of the Western states, which the president Is to visit. The parties to the confer ence were very reticent, but it can be stated that it was decided to make no attempt to revise the tariff at the coming session of congres. That the president la to maintain his position as to trusts and that he Is to insist on his demand for reciprocity ' with Cuba. .... DELAWARE DEMOCRATS. DOVER, Del., Sept 11-The Den crtlc state convention nominated the following ticket; Congress Henry A. Houston. State Treasurer Joseph H. Ho slnger. " . ... Auditor J. T. Lowe. , The contest hinged on the nomina tion to congress, Houston defeating Ex-Congressman Handy b two votes. Because of the split In the Repub lican ranks, the Democratic leaders claim to be able to elect their congres sional candidate in November, and consequently there was a scarmble for the nomination. BAD MEAT WAS PLENTIFUL. ST. LOUIS, Sept' 1.-The partly de cayed meat which had been treated chemically to hide its con Ji tlon, saus ages containing potato flour, unhealthy kidneys ground up, and other adulter ations were sold in St Louis and other large cities of the country ty the pack ers' trust, according to th' testimony given by Thomas L. O'SullIvan iod.y, the meat and livestock Impector in St. Louis, in the beef trust investiga tion. AI.LL LIFE DESTROYED. VICTORIA, B. C, Sept 16.-The steamer Higo Mam, which was sent by the Japanese government to the scene of the recent eruption at Tori shama. has returned to Yokohama. 1 According to the new-brought by the come of them, I ' WOOL GROWERS IN SESSIO i. ' PENDLETON, Sept. 18. The Eastern , Oregon Tv oolgrowers Association met j in annua! session this morning. The chife s-.m--" "m-wlm w.-ra the scalp bounty. law and the 'proposed j Blue Mountain reserve. All counties represented in the meeting .were, in fa ; vor of both. Congressman Williamson ' gave an able address,' placlag himself strongly on record in the bounty law defense, ' READY FOR BATTLE. 1 ' ' ' MANILA. Sept. 16. A column of I troops, comanded by Brigadier-Gen J eral Samuel Sumner has been delay ed by rain storms, which have render- ed the trails very heavy. Then gen battalions of artillery at Camp Vick are. It Is believed that he will not move on Mactn for a few days. I TACOMA DEMOCRATS, ! TACOMA, Sept 16. The Democrat tate convention tonight completed its business and adjourned. The fol lowing ticket was nominated b accla : mation: Congress George F. Cottrell, of King county; Stephen E. Barren, of Oka nogan, and O. L. Hoicomb. Judge of Supreme Court James E. Beavis, of Yakima. United States Senator George Turn- er was endorsed for re-election. TO TEST ANTI-FUSION LAW. TOPEKA, Kas., Sept. 16,-Sult was today brought in "Mo supreme court to compel the secretary of state and all the county clerks in Kansas to pluce the name of W. H. Craddock. the fusion nominee for governor, cn both, the Democratic ana Peoples party ticket This is to be a test suit to determine the validity of the anti fusion law. ftttttttttTCKtli E PLURIBUS UNUM THE ECLIPSE HARDWARE COMPANY , Plumbers and Steamfltters, 527 BOND STREET - ASTORIA, OREGON SPEAKER HENDERSON DECLINES NOMINATION Finds That He Is Not in Accord With the Republican , Party on Tariff. Write Letter to Chairman Saying That After Twenty'-' Years Work Finds He U Not In Touch. DUBUQUE, la.. Sept 16. Speaker Henderson gave out an address this evening which starts on the trust ques tion and says that because of the fat that his views are not in accord with the state platform and with the opin ions of the prominent members of the party he declines to accept the nom ination. He says being a Republican, he is a protectionist, and if he tver entertained any doubt as to the win. dom of the protection policy, compari son between the present and past would blot oat such doubt DUBUQUE, la., Sept. .16 Speaker Henderson, finding that his views in respect to the treatment of the trusts by reducing tariff in whole or in part, are not in accord with the views of many of his party In Iowa, has declin ed to acept the. nomination for Con tnss and has withdrawn from the" race. Speaker Henderson has address ed a letter to C E Allbrook, chairman, notifying the committees, which says In part: ...... "I believe there Is a little sentiment and a growing one among the Repub licans that I do .'not truly' represent their views on the tariff question. Be lieving this condition to exist and knowing that I do not agree with many . of my people that the truat to' which I nro and have been opposed can be curbed, or the people benefited by free trade in whole or In part, I must de cline to accept tha nomination. I have devoted 30 of the best years of my life to the service of my people and my country, and I have fought for what I believed to be the test for the farmer, the laborer, and. the business Interests of this district and the state. I am grateful for the devotion that has ever been accorded me and to the hour of my death T will hold in grate ful heart the memory of that devo tion." - f i'J. ' WASNHINGTON, Sejt. 16. A dis patch announcing that Speaker Hen derson had declined to acrapt the con gressional nomination caused a sen sation In Washington. ' Very few public min are In Wash ington at this time, but All tha tare here experes sa regret that Speaker Henderson had determined on that course. The reasons leading to his ac tion were, perhaps, as much a matter of comment as his refusal to stand for re-election. Public men ' acknowledge that there Is a demand In sections of the West and Northyest for revision of the tariff alonge certain lines, no'ably In the case of articles whose manufac ture is controlled by trusts. Their opinion Is that Henderson's decision will make this more acute and ft is suggested that the president is confer ring at this time with the leading senators from the East and West, pre sumably on that very question which has forved Henderson out of line, with his party In Iowa. lililtt.titiMM'itl'i'un.MinUi.ti