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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1902)
. o 'i i . : Books, Pu-ccJils, iVU4-:n;::i. IXc t 1q I!ctl3 u?. Tcc:i r:;:;. Tiia Library wi'.ui Any ouo L..r,.i :..ty of '.-':: ofrcnse, will bo liable to prosecution. XSIBSU rOBUfiUABART 1SS0GUII0K 4 ONLY PAPER PUB LISHED IN ASTORIA WITH ASSOCIATED PKESI BF.RVICB . , . LARGEST CIRCULA- i HON IN CLATSOP AND THE ADJOINING COUNTIES', . . ... VOL. LV ASTORIA, V - , "Sit '- i 0 F ViitAivx, nusimit xujVfcfflKKK i 1902. - 1- NO. 120 w . f m t rv a r m - " 1,1 - in ,, i i i i I, The ALDERSHOT A Semi-Military style and most pleasing sack suit ever shown. It is made in that high class individual merchant tailored style so characteris tic of every C. K. & B. garment The materials are of the latest colorings and weave, making it extremely popular with young men who know a thing or two about snappy up-to-date styles. Just the thing for early fall wear. Now on sale at Ht tltltBIt a 1 """ in 1 1 i. in DOES NOT WANT TO BE SPEAKER Congressman Babcock Declines Support of Delegation For The Post. IS IN FAVOR OF CANNON zmzxzxmzzzzzzzxziuzxzzzzzxzzzzzxzzxzzzzzzxzzzxz The Finest Restaurant in the City Regular Meal, 25 cento, f6 1 6CC Sunday Dinner a Ppecinlty. Everything the market aflurtk PalaceCaterlnsCompany Coamerclal St. jxsxxnxxoxx nxxaxxnxxaxittxx x xuxznxxnxx axinxxcxxaxxax A New Blend of Coffee We have on Eantern Blend of Coffee that wo are putting ou the market at 25 cento er pound. A bargain never before ottered. Fisher Bros., 540-550 Bend sr. DclleveM That An a Candidate a False lvadcrNhlp Might lie Attributed To Illm. MILWAUKEE. Nov. 15.Th Wl consln rfpubllca.11 congressional dele- satlon loduy offered it fupport to Congressman llubcock for speaker of the Fifty-ninth congress, liubeock, however, declines to be candidate and favor Cannon of Illinois. In an nddrts to the delegation, Bub' cock sold; "I have concluded not to enter the Hut of candidate for the eukeinhlp. Among the conidderatkms which have iiiilunced me thre la one which I may mention. A chulrman of the con Ifrvjwl.nnj committee I have been r nursed with .he leadership In the con leal to maintain a republican amend etny In the house of tepresentatlves. I have never allowed myself to forget that all political power and Influence Incident to this position were placed In my hunds for the benefit of the party, not to be ucA In furtherlngmy per sonul ambition, Remembering thl I huve ln.cn reluctant, notwithstanding the Halt "ring offer of upport for the sprakThlp, to allow myself to be num berl imong the candidate for that off In- lest mine might attribute my upport to political leadership which I have not held. In oonsldwreJ greater than that in the JxlunI of Matttnliue by the eruption of Mount t'Iee, All of lha estate in the neighborhood of the volcano lire burled under vol uinl'! ashes, which reach to the top of the houses. The richest coffee estates are onipl;ttly ruined. The principal losers are the large coffee planters, rrioxtly United Htates citlxens and Or nmn. whose protiertle are ruined. Two or thre new crater have been formed on the aid? of the volcano. There waa no eruption from the um mil, Pumle and aahe were carried chiefly in th southern and wetern direction. The ea ha a coating of volcanic material extending for many mile. Th'i Iom of th coffee crop, which l Guatemala' principal export ha com pletely demrullcd commerce and gov ernment finance generally. The na tional papr currency, which In the only circulating medium, ha fallen to aeven cent gold for one dollar paper. Price for all tieceltle have riaen to a prohibitive figure ror many per on. The authorllle are trying to force, the deaJUr 'o sell the good at the uual prkt. but the condition of afflr t u?h that builneit u entirely paruly4. Violently worded hand bill and .-lout's r are elng circulated. TREfllDENT MERBILT CHASES ' THE FLEETING BEARS A Yet No New Skin Decorate Camp, But Indication Are There Will Be. the SMEDES, Ml., Nov. 15.-No frerti bear akin had been hung up today at the camp of Little Sunflower up to 4:30 thl afternoon. At that hour the presi dent, Mr. Mcllehenny and Hoke Col lier were atlll In pureult of a bear start ed early In the morning, but the re mainder of the party had abandoned the chaae and 20 out of the 28 dogs had atraggled back to camp, completely tuckered out Th prldirnt had hard luck today. Twice he narrowly mliwed a chance for TRIED TO KILL KING LEOPOLD Anarchistic Italian Made Unsuc cessful Attempt On Life Of Belgiam Ruler. BULLET DID NOT REACH MARK The Itojal Carriage Paused Too Quickly and I) a II Struck Equlpimgeor Marshal C ra zing H In Face. BRUSSELS, Nov. 15.-Thr shot were fired at the king of Belgium this morning a he wa proceeding to the cathedrlal toattenda tedium in memory of the late (Jucen Marie Henrietta No one was hurt. The man who fired the shot I an Italian. He stood in front of the Bank of Brussels on the Ru. Royale. The other chambers in his re voivr proved to be Wank, and it Is presumed those fired were equally harmless. The man was arrested Im mediately, ;md th police had some dif ficulty In rescuing him from the hands of the crowd, lie gave the name of Rubino.. When examined by the police Rubino confessed that he Intended to shoot Kink Leopold, and said he held anarchistic lellefa. uuoino is a booKkeeper. lie was born at Blnardlno near Naples in 1S59 and has lived lately In Brussels. A fuller investigation satisfied the police that Rubino really fired a ball cartrllge ,the bullet of which smashed th window of Comte d'Outermont' carriage and grazed the grand mar. shai'a face. When removed from the mob Rublm was placed in a cab and Infuriated crowds of people immediate ly surrounded the vehicle with knives from London, The local prewt Is publishing article for the establish ment of cotton factories In Liverpool and for the release of the port from de pendente upon the manufacturing centers. RACERS SHIPPED TO ENGLAND Getting Horse In Readiness for Next Year" Derby. f NEW YORK, Nor. 15. The speedy two-year-old racer Acefull, belonging to Harry Payne Whitney and H. B. Duryea,- and the three-year-old Slip thrift belonging to W, C. Whitney will be shipped to England today, where Aceful will have special preparation for next year' derby. MITCHELL IS CROSS EXAMINED tUcA Imputation would be unjust It I enough to know that it might, to ! many, seem Just" Castings W are prepared to nutka thesa oa short nolle and of th best material. Let us glv you MtlinatM oa any klnA of eaatlngt or pattern work. Low' price for flrat-olaM work. TELEPHONE NO. 2461. IRON, STEEL, BRASS and BRONZE Scow Bay IrcnG Brass Works Our. 1Mb ud riaaklio a not. xne paca spin ""v - "It Is enough for me to knowthMl.uiadUW--al:ta Aa)vtag th--ii'&Tfrirtri'lvji. IKe DoTadgreat dif' Hok Collier, with half of the nounus, nouity jn forcing a way to the police followed the trail of one bear down the river and nothing had been heard of him at four o'clock The otlur bear went In the other dl rectlon and gave the president and other member of the party and the other half of the pack of dogs a merry chase. He wa cut off several times and threshed up and down the brush over an ar; of about four square mile 8ANT.V FK OFFICIALS TALK Do not Anticipate Any Trouble Their Employe. With School Ami all kiml of Hdiool Snpplif. We bare thorn a asaal. A, kiu of Tabltdi just received. TIIICES LOWEST. GRIFFIN 6t REED oooeco9ooooooo oooocooooooo ' CO0OOCk)CKXOCK)OOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOO BAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15-Prei d'-nt Ripley nnd Vice-President Morton of the Santa Fe railroad have arrived here on their tour of Inspection. Prest dent Ripley said in an interview that an advanca of rate waa not unlikely. Ho antlclpat-id no serious trouble with the comiuiny'a employe. Vice-President Morton sold thatthe Santa Fe ha no plan for new con structlon work In California and will probably not undertake to build any brunches or feeder or enlarge it mile age In California for some time to come on account of .he enormous expend! turei which It has been compelled to make nnd is now making for the Im provement of it terminal. Your Confidence HartSchiflnci V Marx Ihnd Tailored 9 V VWr 6 J If M" 1 , O ST "v ' 1 J) a Ik 8 !,;,:.,. f. Will bo more thnn over justified when you exnniino our splendid otTerings in lmnd-niiido winter garments. SEEKS ITALIAN ALLIANCE Nothlim Will be Done To Create Fric tion With Great Britain NEW YOitK, - Nov. 15-Wlth refer- eiic to leports that the Mullah of Somaltlund, vho hu risen against the English arnn, has made more than one proposal for aHlnnce with Italy, Time dlspa'.cn from Rome by way of i London says there Is reason to believe I thnt these proposals have been treated In a manner consonant with the straightforward understanding between Italy and Grsat Britain. EFFICIENT SERVICE OF EMPLOYES RECOGNIZED Increase of Wages Add a Million Dol lar to the Payroll of the Company. NEW YORK. Nov. 15. It became public today that the New York Cen tral railroad recently ha Increased the wage of 15.000 men In It employ from 8 to IS percent This Increase adds nearly $1,000,000 a year to the payroll of this company. Three reason are given for the pol icy of the road: Increased cost of living; wish of the management to equalise wages on all parts of the sys tem and the company' desire to reo ogniie faithful and efficient service. The very latest style.made in the dst perfect manner of the tailoring art, and from materials of gonuino value. MANIAC STILL AT LARGE After Stabbing Family He Effectually Escape, NEW YORK, Nov. 15. Mystery still surrounds the stabbing of three per sons at the Gardner house in Bath Beach on Thursday nlfc'ht, by an un known man who rushed through the house from the rear and attacked the Gardner family who were sitting on Ihe veranda. John McMahon, who waa thought to b fatally wounded, la still alive. -The man who did the stabbing escap- ed on various street cars to Brooklyn, w here all trace waa lost WASHINGTON MASON DIES Major Hayden for 20 Year Held High est Office In Order. SEATTLE, Nov. 15.-In the death this morning .Major Jas. R. Hay den. the Masonic order loses it highest officer In Washington. Major Hay den wa nearly 20 years soverign grand Inspector general for the supreme coun cil, Scottish .-ites, for this state and i Alaska. HI death was. due to pneu monia- station through the crowd, which shouted alternately, "Kill him," and "Long live the king." The cab waa badly hacked with knives. The news of the outrage spread rap. idly throughout the city, and the great est excitement prevailed. The peo. Die thronged the'streets eagerly His- cussing the attempt on the life of the king, and large crowds gathered In front of the various bulletin boards. The newspapers Issued frequent edi tions .and these were eagerly bought General abhorrence wa expressed by the people. King Leopold appeared to be quite unmoved. After luncheon at the pal ace, his majesty entered a motor car and procedod to the railroad station. where be boxrd.'d a train for Geroen- endael. . That Rnblno, the arrested man, In tended to aAiasnin.ite Kink Leopold is fully established this evening by the prisoner's confession to the police. The latter at first denied that the revolver contained bull .cartridges, but finally confessed Uiat he intended to shoot the kin;, and that he had anarchistic be liefs. He maintained perfect calm during his Intevroi'.lon by the police. He In formed the police that he came from London. Ttvro he bought the revol ver ind cartridges and came to Brus sels. Failing to find work, Rubino said he "datermlned to act," and went to the cathedral with the Intention of shooting the king, but did not fire for fear of hitting Intervening soldiers. Then Rubino proceeded to the Rue Royale, where he awaited the cortege. The royal carriage containing the king passed before Kublno was able to draw his revolver, hence the snots only hit the carriage following. CZAROWITCH WILL DIE Condition of Emperor' Brother Pro nounced to Be Hopeless, PARIS, Nov, 15. The Kappel pub lishes dispatch from St. Petersburg which seys the Grand Duke Michael, the czarowitch, t in a very weak con dition. He has had to give up the course of physical exercise which he ha been pursuing under the guidance of the American athlete, T. J. Phelan. Hi Russian physicians pronounce the grand duke's condition to be hopeless unless the climate of the Crimea should work a miracle. . MEMOIRS OF MR. KRUGER Holds Down Witness Stand For HoursEscapes Without A Scar. HUNDREDS OF QUESTIONS PUT Is Asked if lie Wihea To Be Re sponsible For Klse In Living? Expenses For The Mass of People. HIS THREAT TO RESIGN PRESI DENCY PREVENTED MAS SACP.E AT JOHANNES-t BURG. LONDON, Nov. 15. The Time pub lishes this morning another page of ex tract from the members of Mr. Kruger dealing with the history of the Transvaal and hi own successive terms of office as president Mr. Kru aer enters at great length upon the cir cumstances of the Jameson raid and declares that It was only l influence and bis threat to resign the presi dency which prevented the burgher from attacking and shooting down all the foreign Inhabitants of Johannes burg. The former president explatns that particulars of the course of the war with the British and of its vicissitudes would not come within the scope of the memoirs, as he took no personal part in the fight He describes the haras sing life he led at this period, direct ing and advising the Boer leaders. lis sleep was broken many times every night to attend to dispatches, etc. He arives minute details of the removal of the Boer government from Pretoria and says it was a sad blow to him, es pecially as his wife was then so old and weak that he could not think of taking her with him. The extracts published also Include description of Mr. Kruger's journey to Europe and the writer declares In the matter of the peace negotiations he left everything to the discretion of (he general ONE SON LEFT You get your money's worth here and no Prizes I P. A. Stokes 80OOOOO OOCXX) 0000 xoc MINING MAN PERISHES Fire at Everett Destroys Hotel Loss Amounts to 12500. E ERETT, Wash., Nov. 15.-Early this morning a fire destroyed Hoback's hotel at Index. James Kelly, a well- known mining man perished In the nanus. Loss is estimated at 12500. PROMINENT WOMAN PIES NEW YORK,. Nov. 15-Mis. Harriet Bartlett, widow of Prof. W. H. G. Bftrtldtt. tt'hfl U'flft An - (n,(,.4A. t . m... . t ..Wtll4 -.r-.. r. I . . ....... WOKbU I HAN mUWl FtLtt West 1'olnt for nearly 40 years. Is dead in Yonkar, at the age of 90. She was reluted to miny prominent families In military affairs. ERUPTION OF SANTA MARIA EF FECTUALLY DEMORALIZES BUSINESS. NEW YORK, Nov. 15 Astounding revelation of treat toss of life and pro. ertv by the eruption of Sant Marts voleanj aro being made dally, says a cablegram to the Herald from Guate mala CV.y. Eruptions continue. Many hundreds f human beings per ished and the destruction of property BELIEVED WORLD WAS COMING TO AN END Thenomlnalal Clouds of Red Dust Terrorizes Inhabitants Bulld Insrs Are Fired. LONDON, Nov. 15. According to a special to the Pally Mail from Sydney, N. S. W., nn extraordinary dust storm has been experienced in V Ictona and New South Wales. Darkness enshroud ed the city ot Melbourne at noon yes terday, and balls of fire fell and set fire to several buildings; The people wtre thrown Into a state of panic as they thought the woria w as coming to an end. A similar cloud of red dust hung like a pall over the city of Sydney and many inland towns yesterday. Three Brothers Out of Four Met Acci dental Death. BOISE, Idaho, Nov. 15. William Morrison, engineer at dredge No. 1 at Idaho City, was killed this morning by an explosion, a steam pipe leading from the boiler to the engine being blown out Morrison Is the third of a family of four sons to meet accidental death. SCRANTON, Nov. 15. President Mitchell of the United Mineworkers oc cupied the witness stand throughout the session of the coal strike commis sion today. For four hours and a half he took the cross fire of two bril liant attorneys of the coal companies and ended the day with few scars as a, result of the battle. David WUcox and Wayne McVeagh were th princi pal questioners and they put hundreds of questions to Mitchell. r The best of harmony prevailed between the law yers and witness Members of the commission frequently interrupted with questions that they might get a better understanding of what was being said. " ? McVeagh's cross-examination wad very keen and while he assured Mlteh ell he was not radically opposed to him he did not miss the opportunity to place Mitchell's reasons for better con ditions In the anthracite coal fields In a bad light before the commission. He questioned Mitchell on the de mand for the Increase in wages and ' pressed the national president hard when he asked hint If he cared to carry the responsibility of Increasing the liv ing expenses of a great mass of people over which they had no control. Mc- mately have to carry the burdens of the miners If higher wages were grant ed. Mitchell's reply in substance was that the miners could not assume the responsibility, as It was a situation over .vhich "hey had no control. Mc eagh made the most of the opportunity to picture a griat burden that would fall upon the people If the demands of the miners were granted. MESSAGE SENT OUT BY LABOR FEDERATION Unfaltering Treaty Is Declared To La bor Movement Of the Country. " " NEW ORLEANS, Nov. -"Resolved, that we declare unfaltering fealty to the trade labor movement of the country, devoting our best efforts to the uplifting of wage-earners, giving; them hope and encouragement and ap pealing to ihem to unite with organized workers, so that the fraternity of man may be achieved at the earliest pos sible date." This is the message sent out by the American Federation of Labor on the 21st anniversary of Its Urth to the la boring men throughout the world. NEW SCALE FOR SWITCHMEN OMAHA. Nov. lS.-Flve huundred Union Pacific switchmen were today rranted an Increase of 12 percent The new scale extends to switchmen of the entire system and Is effective at once. I? Sit lolTttt fi'"''" 8 Tun? I ivTr irr 1 m ai itc inn mc I13IUC mNLI GENERAL SEEKS RETIREMENT LIVERPOOL IS DISTURBED - SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15-General Henry McCUl of the British army Is here from the Orient, enroute to Eng land, after 30 years of service In. India. He Is 5T years, of age and expects up on hi arrival In London the War De partment wil I retire him with the rank of brigadier general. Schjme for Direct Importation of Cot ton Creates Flurry. NEW YORK, Nov. 15. Liverpool Is evidently disturbed by the American scheme for the direct Importation of cotton from the southern plantations to Manchester, says a Tribune dispatch . I fiV-'.r TViA The perlection in economical stove construction "SUPERIOR" HOT BUST For sale in Astoria only by the I ECLIPSE HARDWARE COMPANY Plumbers and Steamfitters On Sale September 20th.