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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1902)
NOTIOP f Aic Koi la bo ToS-n r -im An One L ...nci orfens if be liable UprUNjkS ONLY PAPER I'lll). USIIH) IN ASTORIA WITH ASSOCI VFI2I) PKIvSS SI.RVICO . , . LAROEST CIRCULA TION IN CLATSOP AND THE ADJOIMNO COUNTIES. . . ... VOL. LV ASTORIA, OREGON, Tl KSDAY. DECEMBER 2, 1902. NO. 133 Smoking Jackets o NE DOES NOT HAVE TO smoke to feel comfortable in a Smoking Jacket. When yon are invited out -f y i a it t- i r j Vest is the proper caper. But when you have supper at home, put on a Smoking Jacket and your Slippers i chances are that you'll feel so comfortable you won't go but. WE HAVE THEM AT S5 to SIO Of course, there are lots of cheap ones made, but we sell only "good ones." They are the cheapest in the end. WtttOfh WE RELIABLE. J 01R CHRISTMAS GOODS Arc arriving und wll be ready for inspection In a (ow days. We will, nit usual, have the largest nml newest slock of Holi day goods in Ihti fit y. Rluslcal Instruments and Pictures : ROOliS AND STATIONERY Our Prices Cannot Be Beafcn, Quality Considered J. N. GRIFFIN NiiccKsMOit to i it if fin & kei:i BEE HIVE STORE NEWS I! Special Prices This Week on Ladies' and Children's Furs Girls' White Aprons la Eight Different Dtlply Styles 25c to S11.40 They ire the Prettiest Aprons ' We Have Seen j Ladles' White Muslin Uniirwear Lice Cor set Covers SOc to $1.60 ... , . . , . -. , T Our SI Kid Gloves For the Holiday Trade Are (luarantccd The Very Best I Our Customers All Indorse Tlili Statement Ladies' and Men's Slippers lo High Novelties Ladles' and Chlldrens' Coats Cheaper Than Glaewhere FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS OPENS Sessions of Both House and Sen- ate of Short Duration Bus Iness Purely Formal. RECEPTION TO HENDERSON (iullerlix Were Crowded Willi VUltora ami I'lower Decora IIoiik .Moat I'rOl'lINt! In ll.Nturyol'('aiitol. WASHNKiToN. lice. l.-The sen- II I. WliK In sevslon 12 llllllUlfB loiliiy. the first diy of lln session, adjourn m 'lit being tu ken out of respect to the int'imiry of Senator McMillan. It.intly his the historic i number pre sented KU" h nil iippcunint e us U did to il.iy. Tin- custom of placing flowei mi tin' desk of senators on I li'' oM'iiinit iay of tli" ikhmIou Iwin long been fol lowed, Inn tn illf j.lny today was ad mit lidly th" n mi. i iiuignlfli 'IH of any yet. Til" gull vli-s ei? pai ked to Sllffoi'IltiOll It, III lllllllllVltM Stood OUlKllll' III" corridor uiixlotiM to gain .'i'l m . If -bIiiii Among Uu' Interested spectators was Seiior Qu 'iki'lit. the. Cuban minister. The nbwii'-f of Itcv. Ir. Mlll.urn, the blind hupl lin. was pnt'tli ul.uly nolle, fil. No business was transuded be oinl ,i 1 "Inn cus'.o.tmry resolutions. T!i' opining of the f.7iti congress In lh lions- wnt i h' tai ulur rvfiit. Yli" v.illorli-a of th" fifuhly iIih oralfil Itall vr" ,iu kil lo ttn iloor with h-o pit- In Hxt"ty ami miIIiIi al tlrrk'D. Siu'iilcr lli'ivU'rH'iii p'lTlvcil a or ll.it r-i "lit Ion an h" uctiiiul the biiv.-i The proiei JIiiBii were puri-Iy ixTfune torv. I r.iy t, istllliu "f it)", "wi-iirlnt? In of iiwinh-rH i.'l",'U"l lo till vui'iinrlrii, nml III" adoption of cUHtomiiry rrnolu tlonn ininitinrljs.'H wh.it wan tlont1. Tlu-n the d-iitl of lat'! Ufpiin:itnllve Hus i'll of iNiim-'i lU ul win 'innouurtfil. anil tlm iiHiml ri'H.iUili.jsi of rt'iftvt wn iiiloptril mill th" hmiso a-ljourni'.!. 1 he wt Hil'iii liiN'i'd U sm I ha n nn hour. KKADV Ftm MKSSACK I'riMlili'iit Itnixu'Vt'lt Will t'omiiiunl (Hto With t'oiiirit'i'K Toiluy WA.IIINCTON. :.c. J.-Tho Joint rominltti'i' of the two tirnnchoii of con- Kri!! appoinltHl to notify the piwlilfnt that Conirn-KH wim ivady to rerelvc uny inonwiBi" he inlKht hnvp to dvllvor wuh Informoil Ihut ht1 woulil foimnunU'itte with ttinttrt'H i tomorrow. Klllt IU I1HC HOAl8. 111!) t'Hroitiii'et to Crnitu Now Uurenu In AgilctiHut'iil Pfparinifiit. WAlKNtJTON, LVf. 1. ltopr'wnt- atlv? Miownlow lHroduct'd Jilll to 1y lo cmito In tlio di'iwrtmt'nt of iiK' rlculturo bureau of public roml.i to Hi'i'tiri- uniformity In ronrt totiHtructlon mi l n unlfoim Hyslcin of taxiitlon foi I'llllll pill'liOHPH. iti:ci:ii"r.-s ami ExrKNfios WASHINilTdN', Nov. 1-Thc month ly NllllOlll llt Of OVlMMItlll'tlt 'rfCI'lplH anil .'Xi'i'iidltiiivH diowi that lor No ViMiilvr the total ivcclptM woro H"..W, (X'l tni'l Iho dlMhui'MviiU'lit was $13,040,- I)lt. MliaiUUN l.S Mil. Aged Illlnd MlnlHtcr Unable To f'on- tlnuo As Chaplain. SANTA 11AKHAUA. Calif.. Hoc. 1. Ill health aloiK- was the roiiKon Riven for hlH rcxlgtiatlon hm chaplain of the United Stat. cemite by liev. William Henry Mlllmrn, "Hllnir Man Kloquent " rr. Mllburii Is nearly SO year of bk? and hIiows 'Vldjncti of physical decline, iilthoiiKii tuentally he In clear and Htnmif . He Inl.'.uls to remain In San ta llarbara until next suiimiei' when he will ii'lum to WahlnBton If his physical condition pei'mltH. Ht.IND CIUIM.AIN UKSIONrf WASHINOTUN, Dec. t. ltov. W. If. Milburn, the lillnd chaplain of the H.Miate, has forwarded Ills reslKnatlon to President Pro Tern Fryc. iiinouut with Illt'Ti'Ht which now iiin ill'Hil to 'JVcr l,m.(Xif). TRAVELING IN RUSSIA. CA.N IiK aiSK WITH AHOUT THE HAMK COMKuilT AS IN THIS t'NITKI) .STATHH NKW YMJiK, lw. 1. ?lmrlemnrnt lower, tne m-wiy upikiiiiiku uniiMKiiuuor to (jermiitiy, who In In Purls, la quoted In a dlnpuUh from that city to the lierulil an HaylnR: "Hlorlca one hir about the difficul ty and danger of truvciintf In HumIii are, like most sensatlonul things writ ten jtnt! sjoken about thut country, absolutely Invention It Is true that one rciulrea a piiMiport. but If It Is proierly used It la never looked at after one pauses the border. 'Travellnv In Russia In the n,ol comfrotable of all countries in Kurope, and Is attended with a'moit as rreat a degree of comfort aa In the United States Indeed, on some long distance trains th-y even have bath rooms. In a short time the service of the Russian railway trains will be as good at our own. ' t'lltue Khtlkoff. minister of the ways and communications., had prac tical experience the railroad shops at Altoonn. Pa., and ha thoroughly si ailled Aiperban methods. The tram service of Itusslii Is modelled ilosejy on Amerlciin lines an l whatever Is hist In ours Is being adopted there. "It Is ar.av.lng even to the Russians themselves to behold the development of Siberia. Since the building of the trans-Siberian railway It Is becoming a irreat irr.izlnir contry. Dairies are springing UP almost Innmcrable, and of butter, such vast quantities are be ing made that sh'ps have to be char tered to transport It to other countries. Kefrlgerator cars are In the service built on the Amerlciin plan ,and Prince Khllkoff told me the other day thut shipments of meat and poultry would soon lie bejun. Kven now they send In eirgs by the carload to St Peters burg, mid thence io Iteval and Riga to be shipped abroad." CHANCES BETTER FOR CANAL TREATY Colombian Minister at Washing ton to Be Relieved Because of Unfriendly Policy. ACTED AS STUMBLING BLOCK SM(KTS CANDIDACY NOT auvocatkd nv curncii Apostle Simply Has Same Prlvlllgta As other Citizens Practice of Polygamy Prohibited. SALT I.AKK, Pec I. In nn Inter view 1'ienUk'iit Joseph Smith of the Mormon church, with respect to polyg amy and tl.e position of Apostle Keed Smoot, whose candidacy for the Unit- ed Stales senate hns resulted In an active campaign against him by the ministerial alliance, said; "The church does r.ot perform or au thorlze marriage In any form that Is contrary to the laws of the land. When prohibition of polygamy was pro claimed by the president of the Mor mon church, there were many persons who had contracted plural marriages, and that re itlon has been continued tn many Instances, because men In that position determined not to abandon their families. This Is erroneously con st rued us practicing 'polygamy.' It Is not true hat Smoot has been put for ward ly the church us a candidate for public oiric but he has the same right that any oth r American citizen enjoys to accept any olYice to which his fel low cltlnens may elect him," New HeprPwiitatlve Will Be Clothed With Full Power to Hasten the Final Agreement. WASHINGTON, Dec. l.-8enor Con cha baa been relieved aa minister for Colombia by orders from Bogota, and it is believed that Dr. Thomas Herran, the present secretary of legation here, will be accredited ns minister to suc ceed Senor Concha In the course of a few days. Meanwhll; Dr. Herran has been clothed by his government with full authority to prosecute the negoti ations loking to a anal treaty, with considerably enlarged powers. Milliliter Concha having stood fast against strong representations from his ow n government favoring a treaty, the latter deeid'.-d to pluce the further ne gotiations In the hands of Dr. Herran. It ia, of course, assumed from this change that the chancea of the treaty have been bettered. On hundred and thirty-five motormen and conductors are out. General Man ag'T Payne caked for two week time in which to consult his principals but this was denied on the ground thai he had ample opportunity. The streets are In awful shape after a rainy spell and the tars were the only means of transportation THB UNPRINCIPLED TURK Massacres in Macedonia Continue Without Abatement. NEW YORK, tee. 1. -Private tele grams received In Geneva at the head quarters of the Armenian refugees In Europe confirm the report of a massa cre In Macedonia. Most of the lead ers In th recent Insurrection nave bten killed undir various pretexts Turkish troops formed cordons around villages, tutting off their communiea tlons. It Is feared a majority of the villagers havs perished. BANNOCKBURN GIVEN UP Tug Makes Diligent Search, Finds No Trace of Steamer. But STKAMKR AND CREW LOST IN STORM Keat'i'tl Ih.it Consort Sschooner Mot Sa na Fa'.e Tugs Are Dispatch ed In Search of Vessel. SAClT STB MARIE, Mich., Dec. I, In a terrible gale on Lake Superior Saturday night the steamer Charles Hct'tird was driven on the rocky shore at Point Miuiialnso and- dashed to pieces. Her crew of 13 men and a woman cook, have not been heard from and it ia feared all have perished. The schooner Aloha, one of the con sorts which the Hebard had in tow, broke from the steamer and has not been heard of since. Little hope is entertained for her safety. The school 's Wariningtoii and Franconib. olhor vessels of the low after breaking awuy from the steamer succeeded In reaching anchorage at Copper Mine point. The tugs General and Philadelphia were dispatched to bring the two schooners here und to search for the Aloha. DESTITUTE WOMAN MAKES . APPEAL FOR SHELTER Rereft of Children Ry Flood and Hus band By Murder, She Seeks Her Old Home In Kentucky LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 1. After seeing the lives of eight of her child ren swept out by the great Galveston tidal wave of September, 1901, and her husband. Wizard Choate, foully mur dered, Mrs, Betty Choate, after two yetrs of mental darkness is on her way to her old home at Ludlow, Ky. With the two children remaining to her, she travelled overland in a small wagon from Galveston to Louisville, making the Journey In 10 weeks. On arriving here yesterday afternoon, the horse that has brought them the entire distance gave out and they were com pelled to apply to the police for as sistance. The horse and wngon were sheltered at the central atation patrol stable. The penniless woman and her two children were given food and lodg ing. Today Mrs. Choate will be taken be' fore Mayor Granger and an effort will be made to procure transportation for the family and outfit to Ludlow. SAULT STE MARIE. Mich, Dec. 1. There Is no longer hope for the safety of the steamer Bannockburn and its crew of 2 men. "" The death knell to the hopes of her owners and relatives of tne crew was sounded today when a dispatch was received from the cap tain of the tug Boynton stating that he had traversed the entire shore where the steamer was believed to have stranded and that no t,race of the boat was discovered. REPORTER GETS FORTUNE BUTTE, Dec. 1. Through the death of his mother at Placerville, Calif., Chas, Deiselman, a -eportor on the Hutte Murir, has fallen heir to a for tune estimated at J4Q.000. "ANTI-3.VLOON-' DEFEATED " ALBANY, Ore., Dec. 1. The city election was an overwhelming defeat for the anti-saloon league. s CHANGE OF FRONT ! IN VENEZUELA Vigorous Measures Proposed by Foreign Powere to Collect ( Claims Are Averted., TROUBLE NOT ANTICIPAAED President Castro Yielded Be cause of Belief United States ' Would Xot Intercede In Ills Behalf. BERLIN, Dec. l.-Perlsdent Castro. of Venezuela, handed, probably on Thursday last, to the German minister at Caracas, a written acceptance of artf of Germany's claims, sufficiently comprehensive to delay the presenta tion of a Joint ultimatum by Germany and Givat Britain, If not rendering It aHogether unnecessary. It Is also on-' lerstood that Great Britain's demaud will be satisfied. Foreign Secretary Von Kichsthofea and the British Foreign Secretary Lord Lansdowne, are now In correspondent over Venezuela's change of front. This government considers that a peaceful settlement of the question in dispute is quite probable, and attributes Presi dent Castro's yielding to the fact that he has become aware that the united States would not Interpose any ' ob-' stacle to the collection of the claims of Germany and Great Britain. CAPTAIN DROPS DEAD Well Known Skipper of Asiatic Lines Dies in Seattle. SEATTLE, Dec. 1. Captain Frank Ox Parker of the ship Oriental, now at San Francisco, dropped dead of 'heart disease in his daughter's home yester day. He -was well known In tall coast ALLEGED POISONER CONVICTED After Third Trial Edward Simmons Is Adjudged Guilty as Charged. BAKER CITY, Ore.. Dec. 1-Charles Edward Simmons has been convicted the second time on the charge of at tempting to poison Lena Howell and Nora Wallace. Simmons it Is alleged was once a lover of Lena Howell, but the young lady discarded him. On the 11th of June. 1300. Simmons sent powders to Miss Howell and Nora Wallace. The girls look the powders and became vio lently 111. A doctor pronounced it arsenical. After suffering from a long and severe Illness bo Eh girls recovered. The first trial resulted In a hung Jury, but the second trial resulted in convic tion and a sentence of three years to the iionltentiary. The case was appealed to the su preme court where the verdict of the tower court was' reversed. The trial lust concluded is the third time the case lias been tried. REFUTES CHARGiS OF FRAUD Judgment Secured By Ownrs of Bonds Issued To Build Rullroid. KANSAS CITY, Dee. l.-John B. Henderson of Washington, represent ing owners of the famous St. C)alr county bonds valued at $334,000 IsMied in 1870 to build the Lebo und Neosho railroad, npp-jarsd In the United States district court, today and refuted the charge that the bond Issue was se cured by fraud. Although bonds 'vere sold ,the railroad was never oullt, and Henderson secured Judgment for full SCANDAL IN PERU Minister of Interior and Police Com mittee Involved In Dispute. NEW YORK, Dec. l.-A dispute has arisen between the .ninister of the in terlor and the police committee of the chamber of deputies, cables the Lima. Peru, correspondent of the Herald. The minister has demanded the de livery of the records of, the national electoral board. The police commit tee has, refused to do this except up on the ordr of congress. The police Invaded the building, causing a public scandal. BREWERS COMPOSE TRUST Missouri Court Renders Decision As to Legality of Combination. KANSAS CITY, Dec. l.-The Kan sas City court of appeals today decided that a combination of brewers which exists in this city is a trust and as such It Is expressly forbidden by the statutes of Missouri and ia unlawful and that any man who owes one of these brewers In the combination need not pay his bill. 4 JUST 2N i Burnt Leather Goods Pillow Taps, Card Cases Tobacco Pouches Opera Bags, Table Covers Shopping Bas C. H. COOPER'S THE LEADING HOUSE OF ASTORIA THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE CITIZENS MUST WALK Street Car Men Denied Concessions, Go On Strike. HOUSTON, Tex.. Dec. 1-At a meet ing of th streetcar workmen this morning It, waa resolved to go on strike at once as the result of the refusal or the Houston Electrio company to grant an Increase in the wages from 19 to 24 cents an hour and recognition of the union. No cars are running this morning, i H i .xm9 , t .... ... to' . - - -w . V '(-("'I f ..: : 1 JTiT'.'JW Iks .'"I If, 1 3 The perfection in economical stove construction "SUPERIOR" HOT BLAST For sale in Astoria only by the i 1 ECLIPSE HARDWARE COMPANY f! Plumbers and Steamflttersli