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o NOTIOB! Books Periodicals, Marines. &, Are Nofto be Taken The Library without permission. Any wWh-rtl.eU,"y ' such Offense, will be liable to prosecution. ' v. VISfOMA PUBLIC UBRART ASSO. CM1M ft.) ONLY PAPER I'UB LISHPD IN ASTORIA WITH ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE . . . LARGEST C1RCULA- j TION IN CLAT50P ! AND THE ADJOIMWI I COUNTIES . VOL. LV ASTOK1A. OREGON, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER . 29, 1902. no. vn Ii0 Refined P ttWilfhlnl I Ml. idh. Insured Clothing' Full Dress Suits Tuxedo Suits for Evening Wear Business Suits Priestly Cravenette Rain Coats HERMAN WISE, The Reliable Clothier and Hatter C0H00O0000000000O00O0HOOO School Books And all kinds o( Brbool Supplies. We litre tliom M usual. A lou of Tablets just received. HUCES LOWEST. GRIFFIN 6t REED oooooooooooo yiXHxxnxxttxiMiinxxuiiMxixiBiiniXBiiniiaiiaiiniiaxj A New Blend of Coffee Wo have nn Knstcrn Blond of Collco that we are nutting on tlio market at 25 ccnU per pound. A bargain never beforo ottered. g Fisher Bro5M mwmffltmtmrntmmmtfflnmmmwmtminmitttnmmnmtmtuiutttW; HulSchiflner J V Ivhr Hind Tailored V I 'f-.'.'r- 'A I r 1 I few A P. A. STOKES, Commercial St., - Astoria, Ore. Eleg'ance IIU-H AKT.1' Art oooooooeeooooo; 540-550 Bond st. m HAVE Every desirable fea ture in late styles and materials. We can please you and guarantee you sat isfaction. YOU HAVE No risk to run, for our clothing is not excelledinthe state or our prices beat en. You know wb at you're getting here. NEW STEAMERS FOR THIS PORT Harrirnan System Lets Contracts (or Four Mammoth Trans Pacific Vessels. AFTER TRADE OF THE ORIENT Liner Will He um Large an Thow of lllll Mii-h ami Will Vont i2,O0O,XX and $:, 000.04M) Each. CHICAGO. Oct 2S-Tie Record-Her-aid tomorrow will My: "The management of the Harriman line la preparing a vigorous campaign for Increased Oriental traffic through Portland. Orders will be given for the cont'ruc'.Um of four mammoth sels to ply between Portland and As latlc porta. The coat of the steamers will be be. twecn 12.000.000 and 13.000,000 each. their ton.iage will probably be aa large a thoae building for the Mill llnea. IMPORTANT VICTOUT. Only . Small Force of Revolutionist Are Now In the Field. PANAMA, Oct. 2.-The revolution ary general, Uribe-Uribe, with 10 can non. 2t00 rifles and tO.OOO rounds of ammunition. hus surrendered to General Marinrree at Rio Frio, near Santa MartA. General Marjnrrea, with 1.000 men proceeded against the rebels and sue ceedtd In forcing them to surrender The news of this attack was received by General Perdomo and General Sal aaar this monilng. The details of the engagements are lacking, but heav causalities on both aides are reported The surrender of Urlbe-Urlbe Is said to be a complete pacification of the department of Magdalena and Bolivar The revolutionists now occupy the isth mu only. ARB RELIGIOUS FANATICS. Daukohabora Release Their Animals and Drag Their Carts. OTTAWA, Ont., Oct. 28-The Inquiry In regard to the Doukohabors ellcts the information that a number of them are affected with religions mania. The Doukohabors believe It Is a sin to hold domestic animals In restraint and they have turned their cattle and horses loose. The men and women have been yoking themselves to the plow and wugon. A large number of horses and cattle have been seised by the gov ernment and sold. The amount real lied, about $20,000, will be used to take care of the families when the winter closes In. EXCITEMKNT SUBSIDING. Country Shaken By Earthquakes Force of Eruption Was Terrific. MEXICO C1TV, Oct. -M.-The latest news from the southern part of the re public Is that t!ie people are less alarm ed. There were on Saturday 45 shocks of earthquake at Sun Cristobal. Pal enqua advices are that no change can bo observed In the shape of the San Juun mountain, but loud prolonged explosions are frequent. Scientific men in Tabasco suy the force required to precipitate suvh im mense quantities of ashes over so ex tensive a territory must have been ter rific. SHOOTING GALLERY MAN USED AS TARGET Escaped to the Street, with Mob at His Heels Family Troubles the Cause. NEW YORK, Oct. 28. Two men, shot throujh the legs are In Itellevue hospital and one man Is locked up aa the result of a fusllude of bullets flred In a shooting gallery tn a basement at Ninety-eighth street and Third avenue. Ths prisoner sought the protection of a policeman after he had been chased up Third avenue and through Four teenth street by a crowd who were shouttng; "Tracy, the outlaw! Kill him." Wl h a rifle over his shoulder, his face cut and bloody, his collar ripped off and his ahlrt torn, the man, when captured said he was David Wemmer, proprietor of the shooting gallery and declared he had shot no one. One of the Injured men, William Saunders, was passing the gallery when bullet begun to fly Into the atrei-t. Louis Rassler, the second wounded man, Wemmer declared, was the cause of the trouble. The shooting gallery man explained to the police that he had iuarreled with his wife recently and that she had left home. In bis search for her, he inquired at the home of one of his ac quaintances The latter with several friends came to the gallery, he said. and started a fight. The rifle lying about were caught up and a fusiladc ronowea. He tied into the street, rifle In hand but did not shoot. The crowd took up the chase and In a few momenta SO persona were -howling at Wemmer"s heels. The police had great difficulty In making the station with their prisoner. ANTHRACITE MINERS WLL CELEBRATE MITCHELL DAY Operators Will Try to Work the Mines, Put the Mca Will Observe the Anniversary. SCRANTON. Oct. 2-OfflcIal figures from the Ave big companies) show that 9 Oper cent of the collieries, are in op eration ana mat tne outpct is now more than three-quarters of what it Is normally. ? Much complaint Is heard concerning the Idlenes that will ensue, tomorrow by reaaon of ;he observation of Mitch ell day. , F-a-h company has Instructed Its stierlntindcnts to blow the whistles as usual and work the mines If possible. It Is almost a certainty that the whlstlee will bring no response, as every mining center In the valley ha arranged for the Mitchell day celebra tion. MEN WILL NOT WORK. WU.KESBARRE, Oct. 28.-In order that Mitchell day may be properly ob serve! tomorrow ta-jre will be a gen eral suspension of mining. ' The op erators would rather the men would work. but under the circumstances they are helpless In the matter. Mitohell day Is thi anniversary of the close of the last strike, October 29, 1900, when the mlnework?rs returned to work af ter being jut six weeks. REBELLION ABOUT ENDED Surrnd-ir of Uribe-l'rtbe Has Broken Backbone of War WASHINGTON. Oct. 28. The of- fli lals of theColomblan legation here de clare that with the surrender of Gen ernl ITrlbe Urlbe the life of the rebel lion In the Interior of Colombia has re. celved a death blow. He was, they say, acknowledged the leader of the movement against the government and by his energy and presence In raising ar-d equinpln? troops and securing as sistance from the outside has kept the revolution going so many years. Gen eral Castillo, who surrendered with General Urlbe-Urlbe, waa formerly a guerilla who gave the government a great deal of trouble. SAMOA CLAIMS DECISION. Personal Illfeellng Is Supposed to Have Influenced King Oscar. WASHINGTON. Oct. 28. The of ficials here find ample examination of the adverse decision of King Oscar In the matter of the Samoan claims In a statement from Stockholm that King Oscar's derision was Influenced by three Jurists, one of whom was M. Cederkrnns, at one time chief Justice of Samoa. While filling that post Cederkrnns came Into frequent colli sion with Judge Chambers, the Ameri- an land commissioner, who after wards succeeded Cederkran as chief Justice, and It Is believed the personal Illfeellng that followed undoubtedly In fluenced the character of advice given to King Oscar, HEAVY POLITICAL DEBATE. Tom Johnson and Prominent Repub lican riscuss Issues. CLEVELAND, Oct. 2S. Mayor Tom Johnson and W. R Hopkins, the latter ex-chatrman of the republican county committee, debated for three hours to night before an audience of four thousand people, on the issues which are prominent In the pending cam palgn. . SMUGGLED GOODS SIEZED. SEATTLE, Oct. 2S. Eighty pounds of opium, which the Chinese steward on the coast survey steamer Gedney will ba charged with attempting to smugglt from Victoria to Seattle, was seized aboard the cutter today. AGED INDIAN CHIEF DIES. SALT LAKE, Oct. 28. A special to the Herald from Price, Utah, says that Tabbey, chief of the Utah Utes for aa far bi-k as the memory of the old est inhabitant, died last week, aged 104 years. NATURE OF NOTE NOT GIVEN OUT Reply of Colombian Government to Our Communication Still Withheld From Public. QUICK SETTLEMENT DESIRED Colombians Feel Offended Be cause Our Officers Have Pre vented Prompt Move ment of Troop. wAsmmu'iUN, uct. 28. it was earnea too ay mat a prompt answer baa been received by the state depart' ment to the latest Colombian note re specting the Panama canal treaty which was transmitted to the depart ment Monday. Its nature was not di vtilged, but the presumption Is that it deal almost entirely with Colombia's representations regarding the sover- Ignlty of the Isthmus, which the Co lombians feel has been seriously Invad ed by the acts of Commander McLean and Admiral Casey in preventing the prompt movement of troops aero the railroad. The sate department Is anxious that a speedy settlement be reached In or der to facilitate the completion of the Panama canal treaty. Mr. Concha, the Colombian minister received am ple and specific instructions empower ing blm to proceed In the matter, which has been retarded only by the controversy which has arisen regard ing the transit of the Isthmus. ACTIVITY IN WHEAT MARKET. Better Prices Prevailing Haa Made Matters Lively on Coast SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21 The up- ward movement In the price of wheat is causing considerable excitement in local commercial circles and the mark et is showing more activity than for several months. The fact haa develop ed that early estimates of the crop of this state were far from the actual facts. The reports at first Indicated a yield of about 900.000 tons. Now that the harvest Is over, the crop Is believed to be only 6000,000 tons, or a trill" over. The extent of the wheat shortage Is shown by the statement that there will be between 25,000,000 and 30,000,000 grain bags carried over this year, against from 10,000,000 to 15,000,000 In ordinary seasons. The great drouth tn Australia is turning a large quantity of wheat In that direction which would otherwise be shipped to Europe from this port. though the steamer Saloma has brought news that the drouth was breaking and that better conditions prevailed In the south sea continent The British ships Claverdon, Trafal gar, Glenolova, Blythwood and Vtmera have all been chartered to load here for Australia and their cargoes may be engaged before the end of the week. Freights have gone down and ships are now easily secured at 17 shillings 6 pence per ton, with the disengaged j tonnage In port on the Increase. RANCHES IS MURDERED. Found Dead At His Home His Mother Receives Fatal Injuries. BUTTE. Mont., Oct. 28. A Miner special from Beormouth says James Conn, a wealthy ranchman on the Wil low creek, was found shot to death in his home today. His mother lay up on the llor with her skull crushed and cannot live. The murderer Is believed to be the lone bandit who held up the North Coast limited Friday morning. The discovery of the crime was made this afternoon and the officers u-e now at the scene. A demented woman, who had lived with the Conn family for some time and who killed her hus band about 20 years ago, was on the premises and It is suggested that per haps she committed the tragedy. CHAMBERLAIN'S COMING VISIT. Trip to Transvaal Sole Topic of Con versation In England. NEW YORK, Oct. 28. So unsuccess ful have the liberals been In muster ing their full strength against the ed ucational bill that they reluctantly de cided to reinforce the Irish members, cables the London , correspondent of the Tribune. The unionists are now forecasting a rigorous application of the closure and a shortening of the session. Com menting in the lobbies tn Colonial Sec retary Chamberlain's Journey td South Africa Is that It indicates Premier Balfour's confidence In the passage of the measure long before Christmas, owing to the weakness of the opposl-'j lion, other wie he would not have i soared his chief lieutenant. Mrs. Chamberlain, twins Intensely Interest ed in'her husband's work, will accom- I pany him. The announcement of the : colonial secretary's propsed visit. to South Africa has aroused extra- ordinary Interest In Cape Town and Is tne sole toplce of conversation. It Is halk-d with enthusiasm aa marking an entirely new departure in the relation oeiwien Ureal Britain and her col on leu. COLLISION NEAR TACOMA. Steamer With Twenty People On Board Is Sunk. TACOMA, Oct. 28. The stern wheel steamer Capital City and a small Can adian freighter and trader which was enroute to Vacoma collided this even ing off Dash point, near Tacoma. The Z-'.:A Cl'y rji aunlt. The trader wai not seriously Injured. No one was badly hurt, although the Capital City had about 20 passengers aboard. SUSPECT IS RELEASED. Unable to Identify Prisoner as the Train Robber. BUTTE, Mont., Oct. 28. A special to the Miner from Missoula, Montana, says that Van Haaendoct, who Is held on suspicion of being the bandit who held up the North Coast limited at Beaimouth last Friday morning has been released. The trainmen who con fronted the prisoner today were unable to identify him as the robber. ARRIVE SINGING HYMNS. Destitute Nihilists Reach Assinibola Carrying Sick on Stretchers. ST. PAUL, Oct. 28.-A dispatch to the Pioneer Press from Yankton, As sinibola, says that 1600 Doukhabors, men, women and children, have ar rived there. They entered the town singing hymns and carrying their sick and Infants on stretchers. They are In want A food. TURKISH TROOPS SUFFER LOSSES Insurgents Use Dynamite to the Con fusion of Their Foes. SOFIA, Oct. 28. Leading Macedon- lans'here assert that the Insurgents in flicted severe losses on the Turkish troops during the recent fighting in Kresna pass by the use of dynamite mines. The fighting at the pass Is still going on. BR YAN RIDES IN REFRIGERATOR His Special Collides With a Freight In Colorado. CRIPPLE CREEK. Colo., Oct. 28. The Bryan special crashed into the ca boose of a freight, train 15 miles above Lead .'Me and three were injured. Bryan and party were put into an empty refrigjrator car and taken to Leadvllle. CHANGE IN FORTIFICATIONS. NEW YORK, Oct 28 A scheme for setting back the northern and east ern portions of the fortifications of aiis, at a cost of $10,000,000, has been accepted by the parliamentary credits committee, says a Paris dispatch to the Times, by way of London. The sites of the present fortifications will, It Is estimated, produce $20,000,000. SMHt.nMHWMHHtM ................8....i.Mi.M..H..iil. IM.M ...i..y THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE j Tie perfection in economical stove construction "SUPERIOR" HOT BLAST For sale in Astoria only by the ECLIPSE HARDWARE ! On Sale September 2 Oth. ! ASYLUM PATIENT CAINS LIBERTY I ' ' . . . , rBySlCiail 01 Institution Attempts to Recapture Former In mate and Fails. COUSIN OF SENATOR TELLER The Yonngr Lady Flics Suit for $.0,0)0 AgaltiMt Her Broth er for Her Experience at Jacksonville, III. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. tt.-A special to the Sentinel from Valparaiso Indiana, says an exciting race, with the liberty of a young woman aa tha stake, set this city wild this afternoon. Mlsa Stella Josephine Teller, a cousin of United States Senator Teller of Col orado, was placed a half year ago In a private asylum at JackaonvtlleIU., She escaped and has since resided here. Recently she prepared to file suit for J50.000 against one of her bro step revealed her whereabouts and Dr. thers for her asylum experience. , hla Sharpe, of the Jacksonville Institution came here, placed her In a hack and started for the railroad station. Her attorneys hurried to the station with, a blanket habeas corpus writ. The writ ' was signed. Circuit Judge McMahoa hastened to grant the necessary order and the Jacksonville physician waa compelled to release his former patient UNION'S NEW MANAGER. William A. Deul Slated to Succeed E. Dickinson at Denver. DENVER, Oct 28. The Republican today says: William A. Deul, super intendent of the Colorado division of the Union Pacific railway, with head quarters in Denver, is said to be slat-' ed for the position of general manager of the Union Pacific to succeed E. " Dickinson, the present general man ager,' who, on November 1, will as sume similar duties with the Stllweil road In Mexico. Private advices received in Omaha from Denver state that Mr. Deuhl'a ap pointment has been practically decid ed upon. NEGRO WAS A CAD ONE. , Stirred Up a Fight tn Which Fourteen Persons Were Shot ' NEW YORiC, Oct. 28.-Jeremlah Hunter, the negro who held, a score of police and volunteers at bay In his home on Strong's lane. North Beach, on Labor day and succeeded tn stirring up a battle In which 1 person were shot, has been placed on trial In Loug . Island City on a charge of assault In. the second degree upon William Thorp, who was the first man ehot In the fight. Hunter declares' Thorp v.aa trespassing on his land. " CLOSER UNION ADVOCATED. LONDON. Oct. 28. In a speech at the West Bromwich, Staffordshire, Vice -Admiral Lord Charles Berresford advocated a closer union between Great Britain and the United States. COMPANY Plumbers and Stearafittfr