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wo. in ' ' Mfc M I 1 aixixtiiixxxiiKxiijaixiixiiirixrxriTTXxnirrjLXxxxixi The Finest Palace Palace Commercial St. Fancy and Staple Groceries FLOUR. FEED. PROVISIONS. TOBACCO AND CIGARS Supplies of all kinds at lowest rates, for fishermen, Farmers and Loggers. At V. ALLEtN Tenth and Commercial Streets ioooococmooooo chool And nil kindi of School Huppliet. Tablets jam received. GRIFFIN tfxxxxxtaxaxxxx3xxHxxnMXjroxxira A New Blend of Coffee We littve an Knstcru Blond of Coffee that we are putting on tine market at 25 cents per pound. A bargain never beforo oifered. Fisher Bros., 540-550 oesd sr. znzzttzznxznzznxznxztaznnixmuxxttxxnzznxzt mmmuttttntrtnt!tnmmmttmmtm!tttnnmti iHanSduiTacr j V Mint VCM HiodTulored J vk-m A P. A. STOKES, j Commercial St., - Astoria, Ore. . THE HIGHEST IDEAL of the master tailor's art Every style, no matter how extreme, may be found in the famous C. K. & 13. custom tailored clothing. Individual ideas pervade the entire line, giving each suit that madc-to-order appearance desir ed by every lover of good dress. Our assortment of these goods is very lare and embraces every style that may be desired by the motit fastidious dresser, and best of all the prices are so reasonable that every man may be well dressed for a very small outlay of money. Sola by MwianlM 7 mi mutt i Restaurant in the City Regular MciiIh, 25 fonts, Sunday Dinners a Hjiecialty. Everything tin- rnnrkct allbrJs. CaterlngCompany ooooooooooqoo Books We Live them m util A tou or PRICES LOWEST. 6b REED itmmma 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 excelled In the state or our prices beat en. You know what you're getting here. BAD MUDDLE IN WEST VIRGINIA Republican lo Contest Election of Democrat in Ninth Con gressional District. TWO PRECINCTS THROWN OUT Official Count Give Kliea Dare Majority of Twenty Demo crat Allege Fraud in ' Oklahoma. WrTHKVIlAE ,W Va.. Nov. 8. Colonel Blemp, the republican candi date for congress in (he Ninth district, will auk the supreme court In Rich rnord for a mandamus compelling the county to receive and canvess the re turns from Paulson and Austlnville v reel net In that county. , which have been rejected by them on account of Irregularities. A semi-official count Rnve the county to Hlttnp by SO, but the official gives It to Rhea (democrat) by 20 majority. JUST TUB OPPOSITE Democrat Will Try and Have Repub lican Declared Out. GUTHRIE. O. T., Nov. 8.-OITIclal returns up to 11 o'clock tonight show the majority of MeGuIre, republican, for delegate to congress, to be 894 over Cross, democratic, A statement wis issued tonight by Cross of the determination to contest the election by making charges that although elected, he Had been counted out by the republican!. Ijitt returns show the legislature to bo republican by one on Joint bal lot. DEMOCRAT WILL CONTEST Claim That Ballots Were Alleged De- frc live In Ord.'r to Defeat Him TOPL'KA. Kan.. Nov. S.-C. M. Cole the defeated democratic candidate for rongniminiHl In the Sixth district will contest the election of W. A. Reeder, republican. Cols charges that supposed defective ballots were thrown out to deprive him of election. DEMOCRAT IS ELECTED PHOENIX. Arls., Nov. 8.The elec tion of Wilson, democrat, for congress, is conceded. RAILROAD MAN LOST IN STORM All Efforts to Discover Missing Super Intendent Alive Is Abandoned. BUTTE, Mont.. Nov. 8. A special to the Miner from Kllspell says a se vere snow storm Is raging In the nor. them part of Montana and the Great Northern railroad lsompclled to use rotary plows to keep the track clear. All hope of finding Superintendent Eg an of the Great Northern, who la lost In the mountains .has been abandoned and the company hiis offered $500 for the recovery of hie body. RICH STRIKE OF SILVER Great Excitement prevails People Ev erywhere are Staking Claims. Pl'EBLO, Colo., Nov. 8. For 20 yenrs people have been trying to find the source of the Oreatus silver (Sin and at last It hn turned up only hulf mile from town. The strike seems to be the most Important in southern Colorado. For several years ore has been found Just below the surface on the government land. There Is great excitement In the region and every thing has been staked for miles. HOW AN ELEPHANT 13 KILLED Two-Inch Hawser and Two Engines U.'d to Strangle Him. NEW YORK, Nov. 8.-Mandarln, the too olephant, was executed by etntngu latlon tonight. A two-Inch hawser was placed around his nock and each end of the liawner fastened to the drum of a "winch" engine. The engines were startel t the same time and the haw ser quickly tightened. The elephant had recently become unmanageable, rendering his destruction necessary. DISCOVERS A GREAT RIVER Exploring Party Returns From porta nt Canadian Tour. Im- NEW YORK, Nov. 8-W. J. Wilson, an explorer ot the Canadian geolog ical survey, has returned with his party from a tour through the unex plored country to the southwest of James bay, says a Times dispatch from Ottawa. Mr.' Wilson reports the dls- cowry of n large river, hitherto un surveyed and running bewtecn th Albany rlv.-r on the south and the Ot tutva Picket river on hte north; It has a course of over 300 miles and near James bay llvlde Into two branches, emptying Into Hudson bay. Several new bikes were also discovered. GKNE.'tAL LOHEH REASON Remembrances of Surrender of Kantl ago Cause Insanity. NEW YORK. Nov. . General Toral who commanded the Spanish army at Santiago de Cuba at the time of the town's surrender, lost his reason In this way, cables the Madrid corres pondent of the Herald A few day ago while at Albama, In the southwest of Murcle, he received Instructions from the Spanish govern ment to draw up a full account ot the surrender of Santiago. From that time he showed great signs of agitation and wm frequently heard repeating the words, "surrender, surrender." Th news has created a sensation In Madrid. INSTITLTION FOR POOR Rrlilj of Bishop Potter Shows Herself to Be True Philanthropist. NEW YORK. Nov. 8. Architects are at work on plans for a great pl.llun throplo Institution on fhe lower East Side modelled after the Hull House In England, according to the American The Institution will be erected by the btlde of Bishop Potter, who was Mr. Alfred Corning Clark. According lo the paper mentioned Mrs. Potter will expend IKO.000 on the building, the Bite of which will co.t IIW.OOO more. There will be a kinder garten .a splendid library, music and reading rooms, a lecture hall and other departments suited to the moral and nhvaieal neds of all clujwes ot the teemln East Side population. MYSTERY WILL BE ' SOLVED Boston Police Have Been Given Name of Jack tlie SIopW'' POSTON. Nov. 8.The strange case Involving the murder of Agnes McFee and Clara Morton. rA murderous as sault upon many others, was a step nearer solution today, for the police were given custody ot a young negro who pawned watches which were tak en-by the so-called "Jack-Uhe-Slug- ger" from the bodies ot his victims. The negro confessed that he secured the watches from a man In Cambridge. He hat given the name of the man to the police, but the latter refuse to elate whether he gave the name of Alan G Mason .the prominent business man who is under detention on a charge of having murdered Mies Morton. STOCK MARKET NOT RELIEVED Election Has Not The Effect on Prices That Was Anticipated. NEW YORK, Nov. 8. In the stock market, the week was broken by the Interval of election day. Expectation that the passing of the elections would relieve the market from a repressive influence proved wholly deceptive and he dull and irregular movement of prices continued. The immediate pros pert was less favorable for gold ex ports, but the market continued to be Influenced by the prospect that gold may go out later and that the supply of credits may remain restricted over the year-end. The rising course of wages and the declining course ot rail road net earnings were contributory causes to the dullness and hesitation in COLA MA Id VIOLENT Mexican Volcano Will Doubtless Soon Be In Eruption. ATLANTA, Nov. 8.-A special to the Constitution from Guadalajara, Mexl co, says: A violent eruption of Comma is threatened and Ae people are fleeing; dense volume ot smoke has been pouring front the crater for several days nnd during the Inst 48 hours n deep rumbling and sharp reports have come from the Interior of the volcano. the cpeculution. SHOWMAN IN TROVRLE BOSTON, Nov. 8. The Financial troubles existing for sometime between the Mascas.il Opera company and its managers reached a climax tonight, he.t Moscugnl, the composer-leader, was zrrested upon a civil suit for al- ged failure to fulfill a contract, brought by Mlttcnhall Bros. Marcagnt was released on ball. ANOTHER TRY FOR THE POLE CHRISTIANA, Nov. 8. Dr. Nansen. the Arctic explorer, announces that a Polar expedition will start in 1903 for the east coaft of Greenland and will proceed thence for Bchring straits. HUGHES REPLY . TO SLANDERERS Points Out Misiafcmenfs Con tained in Pamphlet Issued by the Antis. ATTACK ON SECRETARY ROOT PurpoHe Js to Make It Appear That Unnecessary Severity Was Practiced in Conduct in Philippine War. wahiu'hw, Nov. s. The war department made public today the statement of General R. P. Hughes in reply to the charges embraced in pam phiets signed by Charles Frances Ad anis, Carl Schurz, Edwin Barrett Smith and Herbet Welch, committee, under the title of "Marked Severities of Sec. retary Root in Philippine Warfare.' Hughes quotes the following extract from the pamphlet: "The Eighteenth regiment marched frum Ililo to Capiz tnder orders to burn every tow n from which they were attacked. The result was they left a strip ot land 0 miles wide, from one end of the island to the other over which the traditional crow could not have flown without provision." Hughes, who commanded Ypanani at the time, says the burning of Illlo was shown by the official records of the Insurgent counsel to have been the work of insurgents. Hughes further says: "The Eighteenth regulars had no order to burn -ill towns from which they were attacked and they left the country uninjured; the towns and vil lages intao:; roods improved; bridges rebuilt and the 500,000 natives of the section sovered "vere left in full en Joyment of their property and rights." PHILIPPINE XMA3 PACKAGES No Special Arrangement Has yet Been Made for Their Handling. WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. While no special provision has been made for the handling of Christmas packages Intend ed for the soldiers serving in the far east, all such packages properly ad dressed will be forwarded to the vari ous points to which they may be as signed so as to be delivered during the holidays. IMPORTANT DECISION Express Company Held Responsible for Full Value of Goods. NEW YORK. Nov. 8. The supreme court handed down Us decision today that the express company may not lim it Its liability for the property lost thrnuirh its neirlleence because of a statement on Its printed receipts that it will not be liable for any sum ex ceeding $10. Jacob S. Simon sued the Dunlaps express company for J250 ,the value Df a pair of lace curtains, and secured judgment. SPANIARD NOT GUILTY On Trial for Having Sent congratula tions to Roosevelt. MADRID. Nov. 8. The jury in the trial of Sabine Arara, leader of the autonomist party in the Basque prov inces .charged with having sen to Pren!dcnt Roosevelt last spring a con gratulatory dispatch on the granting of Cuban independence, returned a ver dict of not guilty. PREDICTS INCREASE OF GAME "WASHINGTON. Nov. 8 The annual report of the acting superintendent of the Yellowstone National park predicts there will be large Increases In every species of large game there throughout the season. HERO DIES OF INJURIES Jler .hant Saved His Sister's Life Sacrifice of His Own. NEW YOilK, Nov. S-Run down by a brougham attacnea 10 u ,iui horse In this city last January when he risked his life to save his sister, Louise, Theodore W. Hewitt, a promi nent dry-goods merchant, Is dead. His Injuries had resulted In paralysis which caused tils death. He was 5a years old and for a long time was adviser to A. T. Stewart. With his ttrter, Mr. Hewitt was crossing the street when a horse which had taken fright at an automobile, dashed down lower Fifth avenue. Quickly seising his sister, Mr. Hewitt t I I thrust her away from the approaching runaway. She escaped Injury, but he was struck by the pole of the wagon and knocked to the ground sustaining tht injuries which eventually caused his death. COLP SNAP ALARMS EASTERNERS Coal Dealers Unable to Supply Orders of Consumers. NEW YORK, Nov. 8.-Although coal company and railroad officials say every effort Is being made to supply this city vllh anthracite it is stated that only enough Is t reaching here to supply the demand that Is NewYork Is receiving, five per cent, of the output against theoretical requirements of 10 per cent Coal dealers who announced the scale of $150 a ton recently, were flooied wwith orders, as bins had been scraped clean everywhere and are now forced to admit their Inability to sup ply the coal promised. A decided drop in the temperature during the past 24 hours has caused the shortage to be emphasised and pre dictions of a cold wave are adding to the fears ot the consumers. SILVERSMITH'S STRIKE SPREADS Demand Shorter Hours Over 1,000 Men Quit Work. NEW YORK, Nov. 8-An extension of the strike in Che silverware factories of this city bos been decided upon by the finishers, who, to the number of 250, will quit at noon today. They de mand a work day of nine hours. Near ly 1000 workmen are now out. NOW AN EXCLUSIVE NEW YORK, Nov. S.-Joseph H. Choate, American Ambassador, has been elected a member of the Exclusive New club, cables the London corres pondent ot the Times. - ART SHOW A FROST Young Artists Try On New Lines With Indifferent Success. NEW YORK. Nov. s.-The English Art club's autumn show is less charac teristic than Usual, bays a Tribune dis patch from I.ondon. The young artists either have been over-sesleus in imi tating- French impressionist methods or have become infatuated with the idea of painting homely and uninterest ing women In ill-furnished rooms. SWINDLERS WERE SMOOTH Best Lite Insurance Companies In Unique Manner. EL PASO, Texas, Nov. 8. T. C. Richardson and W. Mason, charged with one of ihe biggest Insurance swin dles of recent years, are on trial here. The general plan of whoever perpetrw ed the swindles was to secure the as sistance of a healthy man who Imper sonated a coiinuinptive. the subiect of the name on the application, for the policy, a strong man being made the beneficiary. Tn two instances. Involv ing policies of $10,000 and 15,000, the parties insured mysteriously disappear ed. The examining physician at Dal- l las today Identified Mason as the man I who represented himself as one Evans for a policy of $10,000. Another ap plication for $10,000 Is claimed to have been fraudulent. The bodies of the people who died at Chihuahua will be exhumed for Che Tiurpose of determin ing whether or not policies had been Issued to them. THE INSIDE it . . 1 : . 1 ! i .:ij'v "'V j ..:j-?;!...i,:Si.!,ll:;t The perfection in economical stove construction I "SUPERIOR" HOT BLAST j For sale in Astoria only by the I ECLIPSE HARDWARE COIilPAHY j Plumbers and Stearcflttfrr On Sale September PILGRIMS ARE SHIPPED HOME Donkbobers Become Unruly and Are Forcibly Placed Ofl Board Trains. TRY TO ESCAPE FROM CARS On Tliclr Arrival at Yorktaa Tbey Will Be Driven to Their Villages by the Mounted Police, i WINNIPEG, Man.. Nov. S.-TIw Doukhobors tire being held at Minne dosa. They will be forced to return to Yorkton. Despite the persuasion of the dominion government authorities; the Doukhobors are inclined to behave badly and it Is feared that If police reinforcement do not arrive serious trouble may result. , ". The local authorities doubt . their ablliry to prevent the continuation of the march toward Winnipeg. A mounted police detachment stationed at Portage La Prairie has derailed for Mlnnedosa. If necessary, force will be used to entrain the Doukhobors for Yorkton. . " ' HAVS BEEN ENTRAINED Police Have Trouble lo Keeping Douk hobors In Cars. . 'i MINNEDOSA, Man., Nov. 8. The Doukhobors have been forcibly en trained and are guarded by mounted police ,who are kept busy preventing the Russians from throwing themselves from the car windows. : A special train will leave (here tonight and un load at Yorkton tomorrow, when the police will drive the Doukhobors to their northern villages, ending the most remarkable pilgriniage in Can adian history. WRONGED HVSBAND KILLS ' SALT LAKE. V tab,' 'Nov.. 8. A, , 3. Watson, an undertaker, was shot and fatally wounded tonight by Chas. H. Ellison, a streetcar conductor. Elll- j son charged Watson with having been Intimate with Mrs. Ellison. MURDERED MAN IDENTIFIED Papers Found Seem to Indicate His Nativity. ' NEW YORK. Nov. 8. Papers found) on the body of a man who apparently had been murdered and thrown Into the Hudson river at Newburgh, N. Y, have led the coroner to believe that the victim's name is Bernard Murphy. The papers Indicated that he hod been a member of the army and had resided formerly at Greenwich, S. C. CZAR HAS THE BLUES Melancholy Condition Creates Anxiety In Court Circles. ; His COPENHAGEN. Nov. 8.Accord!ng to Information received at the Danish court, Emperor Nicholas of Russia is greatly depressed In mind and Is mel ancholy. His condition has created great anxiety. AND OUTSIDE w I ti!lil"!'l'l