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( NUTIUhl Books, Periodicals, MaRazinoa. &c, Arc fictlo bo Tc!:0;i From The HBDCttUft Library without permission. Any '4 offense, ONLY PAitigfr LlSlteO IN ASTORIA WITH ASSOCIATED PKK8S SF.RVICR . ; . ble t' '1 I H LARGEST CIRCULA TION IN CLATSOP AND TUB ADJOlMNO COUNTIES . . , ". . . AAX VOL. LV ASTOKIA. OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1902. m. 105 rK9"H UNKNOWN THUG SHOOTS TO KILL Attempt on the Life of Dr. fates Was Almost Successful List Night. ESCAPE WAS A NARROW ONE Footpad Fired at lllm Ht a 11 taiivtj of Only a Few I'm, hut tho Jlullct Failed 1 to Take KrtVirt. Dr. O. H. Bate cam wm being ft t in) point blank at tht phylclnn atid kilted by an unknown thug shortly be fore 11 o'clock Imi night. Tht footpad Iht bullet whhUled uncomfortably clone to the head of the Intended vlrtlm. but fortunately did no damage. Or. Este had been at tho home of William Olwn on Eighth street, since 2 'nltf'k yetrdy afternoon, In at tendance on Mr. OIn. lJUt night h started fr hi office In company with Mr. Olson, coming down eighth to Franklin avenus and proceeding ulong th avenue toward Eleventh. When on th north ld Of Franklin between Tenth and Eleventh the an known aas-UUnt tired at him, A pile of wood la on tht street In front of the Wlngate residence, and the doctor w on one side of It, while the would-be murderer wai on the other eld?, It waa ao dark that Dr, Ki and Mr. Olavn were unable to we the thug. After the shot wee flred Dr. Estet "bluffed" the fellow by threatening him with lntint dth If he did not desist, nnd no further hoot ing occurred. The Intended victim walk! slowly away from the vicinity nnd tho footpad did not ihow himself, nor offer any further Interference. That the assailant waa not after Dr. Fates In particular la evident, a the doctor hod been on the hill during the entire Afternoon. At the place whore the hoo;lng took place there la no light, and It waa utterly lmpotMlbje to distinguish a person at a distance of IUn Schiffncr V Mam Hud Tutored IL - ini iM'fllftiiiiiiiiiMiii ? -A , -Xs! P. A. STOKES, Commercial St., - Astoria, Ore. imamtnmtmmnmmimtmttmmmttmtmmttmmatmnmttttmat tpmixnxxttxxKzxisiaB A mew atsiend of Uoftee We have an Eastern Blond of Coffee Uiat we are Eutling ou the market at 25 cents per pound. A argain never befor offered. Fisher Bros, bzarraixmctKZiiiixitxxcjigxaiiaroiirnirariariiaraig mors than four or live feet. Presum ably the thug hud watched ttio men a they came down Franklin avenue from F.lghth, there being a light at the cor ner of the latter ttreet. That Dr. Eiilim waa not killed wa almot a mir acle, fur the thug waa not more than two or throe tep from him when he fired. It It Jutt polbl that tht man who did the thooting loat night It the In dividual who hat been ualng firearm in a promiscuous manner for tome week pott. VOLCANO IS IN ERUPTION. Santa Maria Hat Covered Quesalte nango With Layer of Ashe. NEW YORK, Oct. M.-There fcuve been terlout earthquake throughout Guatemala and the volcano of Bantu Mitrla It tllll In serious eruption, ca blet tht correspondent of the Herald at Ouatemala City. There were tremendous detonation Ilk heavy cannonading at 6 o'clock Tuesday morning. The Santa Maria volcano hoe thrown a deep mantle of ashes upon the town of Queaalitnango (which ha been partly rebuilt since the eartfuuke of lost April) and upon the town of Me tantango. The volcano It nir both of the placet. All town, village and plantation near the volcano have beeen abandoned nnd the residents are fleeing to pkwe of safety. Tht entire republic la In a disturbed condition ow ing to the seismic wave. Ouatemala City, although more than 100 mile from Santa Maria, hear thl contlnuou thundering. Detail of the eruption are not ob tainable owing to tht fluatemalan gov emment taking poeteMlon of all tel egraph line in the Interior. TEN PEK CENT INCREASE. Chicago A Alton Employe Olven Ad vance In Wage. CHICAGO. Oct. 39. -Eight thousand hopmen, employe of the Chicago A Alton railroad, the Tribune any, are to get an advance in wacet of t cent an hour .beginning November 1. The Increaae will approximate 110.000 and will affect tht machinist, boilermak- er. repairer and general handy men In all the thopa of the yatetn.. The men (11 "-I a demand for an ad nce a month ago and asked for a flat Increate of 20 per cent. Thl the road wat not willing to grant, but com promltcd on iO per cent. Thl rate give the mnch!nlta 30 cent nr hour. tht bollermakert a little leat nnd tne handymen IS cent. WE 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 excelled inthe state or our prices beat en . You know wbat you're getting here. m mn A . J OX MINERS PRAISE BRAINY LEADER Mitchell Day Cclcbraliou the 0c- cassion for a Demonstra tion in His Honor. MAKES SPEECH TO LKUWU Hay Ho Want Lnloii Mcu to Prove 8urlorlt jr Over Son Union Worker ami Drprr cntet Htrlkea. WILKKoBARItE, Oct. 2-"Mitchell day" wu celebrated In all the prln clpal placet of tht tnthracltt coal re gion today and the mlnea were cloned. The principal demonstration waa held In thl city and Prvaldent Mitchell took part. Tho procetaion atarted thortly after noon and It 1 eatlnmtcd that there were 10.000 men In line. Mitchell wa given an ovation all along the line of march and whenever hi carriage atopped the crowd from the sidewalk preBssd around and In- alited on ahuklng hi hand. After tht parade a big mat meeting wat held at the Y. M. C. A. park. Thoma Haggerty of Reynoldavtlle, Pa., who waa the principal speaker of tht day. eulogised Mitchell for hi great work In behalf of the miner. Several addreates In foreign language then followed. Preeldent Mitchell was the lnt apeak er, He aaid In part: "Language I Inadequate to express the gratitude I fetl for the great re ception I have received at the hands of the anthracite minora, and I feel that the victory I not due to myself, but to the .nen, women and children who made such aacrlflce. I hope that thete will never again be a strike In the coal region of Penniylvanla. I want tho union miner to prove that they are better workmen than the non union men, I dealre the men and the operator to mset; I do not wish to make enemlea of the operator." Mllth-!ll was busy tonight completing the plans for the first meeting of the arbitration board In Bcranton tomor row. Processor Well Is assisting Mit chell In preparing the case for present ation, as Is also Dr. Peter Robert of Mahony City, an authority on tho hard coal Industry. COMMISSIONERS AT SCRANTON. Will Make a Thorough Investigation of Collieries. SCRANTON. Oct. .-The anthra cite commissioner arrived here to- night. Tomorrow will be spent In th hard coal region north of this city. Friday the commission will spend the day visiting the col I tries in and about the city of Bcranton and Saturday they will go to Wllkeebarre. DISASTROUS COLLISION. 1 hree Men Killed nnd Other Injured No Details. CINCINNATI. Oct. 29, -A pussen- ger train on the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railway ran Into a fielrrht train two mile eest of Oxford. Engineer Conn and two unknown men were instantly killed. Mall Clerk John Conner wa hadly hurt. The passenger were shaken up. but It Is believed that none of them were seri ously hurt. Later reports say the mall car and half of the baggage oar nit burned and that the entire train was wrecked. The wires are down and the details of the wreck are not obtainable. CHARGED WITH THEFT. Wealthy New Yorker and HIb Wife Held to Grand Jury. NEW YORK, Oct. 29,-Loui Rich- man, a wealthy manufacturer of New York, and hi wife have been indicted by tht grand Jury of this county, says a Times dispatch from Watertown, N. Y.i on a charge of grand larceny in the first degree In having stolen a dia mond necklace valued at $25,000 and $12J in mOTiej, the property of Mrs. Delabarre, also of New York, at Alex andria bay on July 1. Mr. Rlchman wa arraigned and pickled nut guilty. Ht wan released under bond of $5000 and the trial wa til for the December term. Mr, ltlchman wa recently ndjixie ed inMirie and cominltted to a nnl- tarlum, LAUNCIUNO OF ROMBLON. Initial Plunge of Japunew Ounlmat Wltneawd by ttgnltarl-a. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. .-The Japan Cassette of October H given art H V ,u ml ml !... , I ....... L. 1 the Ilomblun, the first United States runboat evar built in Japan. The launching waa in connection with the officii opening of tht works of the I'ruifa and Islkama Dock companies on October IS. The gunboat Is one of the five ordered for service In the Philip pin Island. The vessel was christen ed by Miss Evan, daughter of Ad miral Robley D. Evant, who broke the usual bottle of champagne. At the tame time a paper cage at the bow was cut open and a number of white doves liberated, the air belnr Ailed with paper blossom which they scat tered In their flight At the boat tlid Jnto the water whittles were blown and the bonda played the "Star-Spangled Banner." Th-s ceremony waa witnessed by about 250 Invited guests, including uch prominent personage as United States Mlnltter Buck, the German minister Count Von Arco-Valley; Bar on Komura, minister for foreign af fairs; Admiral Viscount Ito, Admiral Inouye, Vice-Admiral Viscount Eno moto. Admiral Viscount Arima, Ad miral Rotors, U. 8. N., Captain Mac kenzie of the New York, Admiral Ev ans. General Chaffee, the German, Bel gian nnd Swiss consul and many oth ers. RESIDENTS NOT PLEASED. Rejection of Treaty for Sale of Islands Is Unsatisfactory. NE WTOUK. Oct. 20.-The Santa Cru newspaper, the Avlt, in comment Ing upon the rejection of the treaty for the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States .any, according to a Herald dispatch from St Thomas, D W. I.: "As loyal subject ire accept the gov ernment's decision and will make the beat, of existing conditions, which for Santa Cms, are serious." The newspaper adds that sugar will be shipped as fast as possible and that the outlook for the planters nnd the poor Is gloomy. BRIBERY IN MONTANA. A Judtre Is Arrested Libel. On Charge of BUTTE, Mont., Oct. 2.-Wllllam Clancy, Judge of the second judicial district jf Montana, wa arrested this afternoon on a charge of criminal libel preferred by !". J. Hennessy. The action is the result of an affidavit by Clancy appearing In the newspaper In which It was alleged he had been of fered a brlb'j four year ago by Hen nessy to influence a decision in litiga tion between the late Marcus Dally and Heln interests. CASHIER IS MISSING. And the Funds of His Bank Are Over $3S,000 Short. COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa. Oct. 29. A special to the Nonpareil from Sharpsburg. Iowa, says: H. E. rhristlnnm, president of the Farm ers an 1 Merchants' bank, a private in stitution, has been missing since Sun day. The funds of the bunk are said to be depend from $35,000 to J36.00O. TRAIN GOES THROUGH BRIDGE. DENVER, Oct. 28. A special to the News Jrtim Phoenix, Arix.. says: A combination train of the Murkopa and Phomlx railroad waa wrecked near Phoenix tonight. The engine .tender and two cars fell 65 fet through the span of a bridge. An unknown In dian was killed and Frank Goodrich, the fireman, was fatally Injured. A large number of cattle were killed. ROOSEVELT TO TRAVEL SOUTH. WASHINGTON. Oct. 29. President Roosevelt will muke a trip through a part of the south next month if the official business will permit. MURDERER ARRESTED. VANCOUVER, B. C, Oct. :9-Chas. Wingren, alias Llngate. was arrested today In New Westminster for the mur der of George Lelth near Mount Ver non, Washington, August 80. TWO NEW RECORDS. MEMPHIS, Oct. 29. Direct Hal and Prince Direct .driven as a team, made a mile in 2:05 1-2 today, beating the world' record. Stallion Nervola low ered the world' record for two miles by a stallion, making It in 1:24 1-4. BABES SET FIRE TO THEIR HOME Three Little Children Burned to Death During Absence of Their Mother. HAD BEEN LOCKED IN HOUSE Secured Matchegand Started Fire and Perished Before They Could Be Rescued by Firemen. OKLAHOMA CITY, O. T Oct. M A terrible accident occurred here to day ,and at the result of the careless ness of a mother three little children were burned to death. The victims of the disaster were only 5, 7 and 10 years of age, respectively. The caries mother waa Mr. Samuel Crowder, a negres. who had occasion during the morning to go out for the day. On leaving she locked her babe In the house. Soon after her departure the children found some matches, and succeeded in setting fire to the house. Before they could be released from the burning structure all had perished. THREE NEGRO GIRLS MURDERED Colored Fiend's Terrible Work In a Small Arkansas Town. WYNNE, Ark.. Oct. . Mary, So phie and Minnie Gibson, aged 17, 12 and 10 year, respectively, daughters of Thomas Gibson, a prosperous ne To farmer, were killed and one of them wa the victim of a criminal as sault at their home near here. A poe e composed of whites and negroes Is on the track of the murderer. David Cross, an old negro, ha con fessed that he witnessed the UIng, and declared the deed was committed by a negro named Johnson. Later: Cross confessed to Use trip- pie murder and outrage and was plac ed in jail. Late tonight a mob formed with the avowed purpose of hanging him. The sheriff and his deputies spirited Cross into the wood where they are In hiding. WHALING SCHOONER LOST. Olga Probably Foundered in a Gale In the Arctic Ocean. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 29.-The whaling schooner Altair, which arriv ed here from the Arctic, report hav ing sighted the schooner Olga, Cap tain McKenna In command, in a gale off Heraohall island. The Olga was nowhere In sight when the storm pass ed away, and, as she was a somewhat frail craft, serious fears are entertain ed for her safety. Captain Mogg of the Altair says that during his cruise he landed at Bunks and, which was discovered In 1819 by Explorer Perry. The signs on the beach showed that the Island was thickly covered with reindeer and mos. but he thinks he Is the first white visitor sine the discoverer sail ed away. TUBE RAILWAY SCHEME. .ondon County Council Is Figuring on Its Constructin. NFW YORK. Oct. 29. The speaker and the chairman of the ways and means committee are examnling pre cedents for re-committing the Morgan Tube railway scheme to a practical committee, cables the London corres pondent of the Tribune. There is said to be a feeling of resentment In the house of commons on account of the waste of time Involved In the recent Yerkes-Morgan hearings The London county council has de cided that a Joint committee shall consider the advisability of the coun cil Itself undertaking the construction of tube railways for London. NO ILLFEELING EXISTS. Chamberlain and Mllner Are Not at Outs, as Reported. ' NEW YORK, Oct 29. Rumor mon gers are seeking to stir up strife be tween Colonial Secretary Chamberlain and Lord Milner, high commissioner to South Africa, cable the London correspondent of the Tribune. Many stories are current respecting disa- greernents nnd there are emphatic as sertions that lord Mllner will submit with bod grace to the otHclal vlsrt of the secrctnry of the colonic. All gos sip of this kind is, declare the corres pondent, unrounded and malicious. South Africans here are satisfied that circumlocution and red tap will be dispensed with and the settlement of countless matters of detail will be fa cilitated by the colonial secretary" visit. . PERSONALITY OF PRESIDENT. Roosevelt" Contribution to Magazine Before Hi Nomination. BOSTON, Oct. .-ln an article writ ten for the Youth' Companion, Theo dore Roosevelt give hi Ideas of the resiHjnslbllltie of the president of the United State. Mr. Roosevelt wrote the article previous to his nomination for vice-president. He said In part: "The president of ttie United States occupies a position of peculiar Import ance. In the whole world there la no other rulir, certainly no other ruler under free constitutions, whose power compares with his. Of course, there i the enormous personal factor of the Incumbent himself to be considered en tirely spart from the power of the of fice itself. This Is merely another way of stating that In any office a persona) question is always of vital conse quence." GOULD WINS HIS SLIT. New Verdict Make No Award to Clerk Who Lost an Eye. , NEW YORK, Oct. 19.-A verdict for the defendant, Howard Gould, was given today by the Jury In the second trial of the damage suit brought by Frank D. Mawbray, at one time Mr. Gould's valet. On the first trial $50, 000 was awarded the plaintiff. This verdict was set aside. Mawbray claimed that he lost the sight of one eye while In Gould' employ and that Gould had agreed to give him a posi tion for life. WILL GRANT INCREASE. Brotherhood of Trainmen to Get Ad vance of Twelve Per Cent. CHICAGO, Oct. 29. The demands 'of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen for increases In' wages will be replied to by the railroads entering Chicago before the end of the week. The lo cal committees of the brotherhood an nounced tonight that the rairoads would grant the demands. It Is the general Impression that the increase' granted will be in the neighborhood of 12 per cent. BIG GIFT TO MISSIONS. CHICAGO. Oct. 29. Illinois leads all of the other states In donations to mis sionary work, according to the treasur er of the woman's board of missions. The gifts from the Illinois mission workers during the year amounted to $24,9S1.' THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE jirv A-H'kl r -- ill The perfection in economical stove construction , "SUPERIOR" HOT BLAST . For sale in Astoria only bv the - ECLIPSE HARDWARE C0A1PANY Is; On Sale September 20th. !!8":iU!tt3it!lUl!t83 School And all kinds of School Supplies. We Tablets just received. GRIFFIN FATHER AND SON MUST CO TO JAIL Slayers of Frank Carlson Sen tenced to Penitentiary by Judge George. THE SON SHOWN CLEMENCY Jury Considered Elder Baldwin Mont Culpable and Recom mended the Younger Man to Mercy, PORTLAND, Oct. -William Bald win was sentenced to two years' im prisonment in the state penitentiary by Judge George, and hi son. George Baldwin, received a sentence of on? year today. The elder Baldwia made a statement to the court la which he said he was not more guilty than the other person who bad wit nessed the fight In which the younger Baldwin killed Frank Carlson. Judge George coincided with the father's statement, saying he thought the Carl ton partisans were equally guilty. George Baldwin killed Frank Carlson in a fight In August last. The father aided and abetted the encounter, which was a brutal affair. He urged hi soa on, and at time assisted him. A solar nlezus blow killed Carlson and tffe father and son were charged with manslaughter. The Jury considered the elder Bald win the most culpable of the two, and recommended the son to the mercy of the court. - SOLDIERS ARE STONED. PITTSBURG. Oct. 29. -An outrage ous scene marked the return of the sol diers of the Fourteenth regiment from the anthracite region today. While passing down Fifth avenue theywer assailed with chunks of concrete, blocks of wood and even tools, thrown frommthe 21st floor of a building. The act Was evidently premeditated, for the workmen had collected enough misBles to be able to keep up the as sault while the entire regiment wa . passing. - VOLCANO IN ERUPTION. MEXICO CITY. Oct. 29.-H to gen erally believed that cloud of aahea covering the southern part of the country came from the Snta Marta volcano and that It it In full eruption. The mountain is in Guatemala close t( the Mexican frontier. n Plumbers and Steamfitters . ft Books bave them a nsnal. PRICES LOWEST. . A ton of EE