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Last weeK we spoke of our ex
clusive makes of Smoking Jackets
We now wish to refer to suit
cases, Umbrellas and Hats,
either may be selected now be
fore the rush and exchanged aft
er Xmas if necessary. We take
pleasure in pleasing customers.
Then there are such sultables
for Xmas presents as Dress or
. Everyday Shirts, of which we
have a splendid variety.
fciwrnUrs, Nitkwwir, Glove, Mimicry iul Silk
' und Linen Handkerchief, l'l iit iulcJ. Warm
Underwear ia always occejitiiWe, and bo arc llntx.
Of course, Suite and Overt-oat ftro nt Wife's ft
nowhere eto of the choicest dcttigns and ninkcs, en-
pecially Slrou Bros. "High Art" gentlemen's gnr
mente and tlie 0. K. 4 II. lino clothes. .
Want Homdhing j.k-asing? Wiso has it.
THE RELIABLE
OUR CHRISTMAS GOODS
Are arriving and will be ready for Inspection In a few day.
Wo will, uk usual, havo the In r gust and newest (ock of Holl
duy goods In the city.
Musical Instruments and Pictures
BOOKS AND STATIONERY
Our Prices Cannot Be Beaten, Quality Considered
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BEE HIVE STORE NEWS i!
Special Prices This Week en
- Ladles' and Children's Furs
! filrlsMVhite Aprons
la Eight Dlllrst
Dalaty Styles
2Sc to $l.40
They rthPrsitstslAprai
WcHavsSMs
lidles' Wltlta Muslin
tjnJerwei.
IM Corset Covers -
I BOc to $I.SO
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Our $1 Kid Gloves!
For the Molldty Trad
Ar Guaranteed
The Very Beat 4
Our Customers All ludorw
Tbli Stall meal
Ladies' and Men's Slippers X
. Ia High Novelties
- Ladles' and Children' Colts
Cheaper Thai Elsewhert .
ASTORIA.
AGED CONGRESSMAN
ADDRESSES HOUSE
Speech of Venerable Rcpresenta
tive Listened to With
Rapt Attention.
THEME CAPITAL AND LABOR
Untie ItefiiiHled on MerclmiKliHC
From Porto KIco-IJIII In
' Passed to Itrlleve Ten
Importers.
WASHINGTON. Dee. lO.-The tea
tuns of the hou-w proceedings today
was a thoughtful sieeh by the vener
able Mr. Grow of Pennsylvania on re
lations between liitxjr und rulUal. At
the in1 of tht prt-in'iit aiiltm he rc
tlrva ut tho Hire of 79, sifter a career
In ubll ilfu extending over hulf a cen
tury. HI fliot rnx-ivh In the houi
n on "Mmi'a Ittat.t to 6gll." Me
vtn author of the fi'? hompsttiid art.
Ill (HM'f'h todHy wjh rog.irdi'd tut bia
valwllilory to iulille life und v. lln
Und to with iIom attention ty hl
rollrguM. Ul ioiuliml'm km that
bomt rt of tuuprrttlnn between W
Ixir und cupltiil wua lhi only nolntum
of the ImpemliniC problem.
A bill puwd dfliiel to relieve tea
importer from the effect of the ret
ileUttloit of the circuit eourt tn New
York Imponlmt a 10 cent war duty on
tea Imported In bond prior to the lime
when te,t la restored to the free llt.
Jumwry I, 1W3.
Anothr bill to refund dutte collect
ed on merchandise from Porto KUo
and the Ptillipplnea during tho period
iK'tueen th; ratlfltatlon of the treaty
of Pari and' the coiutreMlonal revenue
aria for thiwa falanla wa also pu
ed. rXtl'S NOT WANT STATEHfWD
Henatora Argi'w" Why "Vndealrahle to
Admit Torrltorlea.
W Ati HI NGTON. Dec. 10.-8entttor
Mrveiidge. chairman of the aenatc com
mlttee on tenitorlea today presented
& report of the majority of the com
mittee ngnlnut the omnibus bill for the
ttdmUwion of Oklithoma, Arlaona and
New Mexico aa atatea, and In aupport
nt tho MubHtltute bill for ndmlasion of
of one atate to embrace Oklahoma
and Indian Territory.
The admlwilon of New Mexico and
Arlaona la opposed on the ground that
lh population of both terrltorlea is
rutrce and Insufficient In numbers.
that the vunt majority of the people
of New Mexico are of Spanish, decent
and a.rf-ak the Spanish language only;
that many people of both terltorleg
do not understand American Institu
tions. The assertion Is made that
many of the people do not want state
hood. Senator Quay presented an Individ
ual report In favor of the omnibus
matehood bill. He says the rcpub-
tienn niLilnnal convention In l'.HH)
adopted a resolution favorlnu the eaily
admission to statehood of New Mexi
co, Arltoiw and Oklahoma.
rONFEUKNt'TS A DJOC HNS
Senator Mark Hanna In Keelected
President of the Org.inlantion.
NEW yortK, Dec. ,10. The annual
conference of the Industrial depart
ment of th'i National Clvlo federation
which has been In session for three
days, was brousrht to a close today.
The final subject of discussion was
"Industrial nirreemcnts."
The folio wing officers were elected:
Senator M. A. Hanna, chairman: Os
car 8. Strays, first vice-president;
Samuel Gompers, second vice-president:
Cornelius N. Hllss, treasurer;
Ralph M. Easily, general secretary.1
It was also decided that the confer
ence will hold semi-annual meetlnirs
hereafter, and local orgnnlxatlona shall
be established In all larger cities for
the purpose of tarrying on tho edu
cational work of the conference.
FAVOKS CHINESE LADOH
Manila Merchant Speaks on Philippine
Conditions.
SAN FHANC1SCO, Dec. num'
ter of repreaeritatlves of labor organ
laatlona nnd several city officials gath
ered at a meeting In the mayoi'a of
fice to meet Brewster Cameron, a mer
chant of Manila a'ld commercial dele
gate to the United States congress,
who arrived on the Doric last week.
Cumeron represents the allied cham.
bers of commerce of the Philippine Is
lands and presented evidence of the
Iminmedluta necessity for Philippine
legislation on labor, currency, tariff,
land lawrf and railroads.
He addressed his hearera on the need
OREGON, THURSDAY. DECEMBER U, 1902.
of skilled labor (hat tan live In the
tropica and aald that t such labor la a
clwlee between the fiilMae and the
Japanese. The Japanese would re
main and forever compete with tlw
Filipino ind the Chinese would agr
to retun, to China, which should oper
ate In favor of selecting Chinese for
the work. Mle aald:
"There la an unwritten atatute ex
cluding Chinese from engaging In Phil
ippine agriculture and therefore tht
Chinese akllled labor, which It la desir
ed to Import, will never enter into com
petition with the farmera and produc
er of the ITnlted 8Ule."
LABOR SERVES INJUNCTION
ON ORGANIZED CAPITAL
Case of Vital Interest to Two Chief
Phase of American Life Will
be Settled In the Courts
ofNewJeiaey.
NEW TOR1C. Deci 10. The Mlne
ola glasa strike, after many months
has resulted, a dispatch to the Tribune
frofh Vlneland, N. J.J iys. In an un
precedented application by labor for
an Injunction against corporation,
the hearing of argument on which, be
fore the Vlce-Chanceltor Grey at Cam
den, will because of ui vital and gen
eral Importance to capital and labor,
attract the attention of every large
employer and labor organisation In the
country.
For the first time In the history of
Jurisprudence the great question
whether or not organised labor ha the
iiiitu legal standing with organised
rupttat has been brought before the
courts by the granting of an order by
Vlce-Criancallor Grey requiring the
Jonas Glass company of MIneola to
sho cauae why an Injunction should
not be Issued restraining It from Inter
fering with the legitimate business of
the striker.
For the first time (In the history of
litigation affecting ctipital and labor,
a trades union has set up In the courts
"the right to combine" to assist strik
ers and asks the coiirt for protection
i gainst the Jonas Glasa company,
which It alleges, not only Interferes
wit Its legal rightUo persuade, but
by force of arms, intimidation, shoots,
beats and attempts Jo drive the offic
ers and members othe Glass union
from Mlrie'ota." ' '
TOUR MAY BE ABANDONED
Troubles of Pletro Mascagnl Have
About Become Intolerable.
NEW YORK. Dec. 10. Pletro Maa-
cagni has reacnecj anotner tnwn ucc,
suys a dispatch to the Times from
Syracuse, N. Y. At the end or the
performance at the Wletlng Onera
hmise the musicians demanded their
salaries, and threatened to return to
New York unless paid.
Mascaenl said If he paid them he
would have but $89 left which would
not carry the company to Toronto.
The entire party is staying" here, hop
ing some money may be obtained from
Musi aval's partner at Scranton. .
If this Is not done, the tur may be
abandoned again.
COLORED FEDERAL APPOINTEE.
Thomas Fortune of New York En
route for Island Possessions.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10. Thomas
Fortune, the distinguished colored
man who has beena leader In meas
ures which have tended in the ad
vancement of thi negro race, is tn
this city enroute to the Island pos
sessions of this government, commis
sioned by President Roosevelt for a
term of six months. Just what For
tune Is to do on this errand Is con
fidential, but it IS generally understood
that he goes to study race and la
Ix.r problems.
HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN.
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Institution to Be Headed by the As
sistant of Prof. Lorens.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 10. Doctor
Frederick Mueller, assistant to Pro
r....r. iH.tiKh T.nrem. the famous Aus
trian surgeon who is visiting this city
today confirmed the reports rrom v.w
cago that an orthopedic hospital is to
be established tn this country and, that
he (Mueller) would be at the head of
the institution.
Professor Lorens was "asked If the
hospital was to be endowed by Sir.
Armour of Chicago, who brought tht
eminent surgeon here to treat his
daughter. In reply. Professor Lorena
said: "If we make thelttle ones walk
their parents will see that our hospital
does not suffer fro support." ,
ART TREASURES BURNED
NEW YORK. Dec, 10. William Le
grendre's art and llteiary collection
were burned In the fire that destroyed
his house a Mount Klsco. The art ob
jects were to have been a legacy" to
the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Mr. Legrendre Inherited them from
his father., General Charles Lcgeodre.
the United States consul to Amoy;
TRAMP MURDERS
FOUR PEOPLE
Accepts Shelter and Turns on
Benefactors With Hatchet
and Gun.
CRIME UNDETECTED FOR DAYS
After Committing the Brutal A
aults II obo Murderer Itofoa
the House or $11 and
Disappears
8ALINA3, Cat, Dee, lO.-Slmon
Graves, a prominent farmer, and his
wife, together with George Allen, a
H-yjnr-oid toy, and George H. Al
bright, a farmhand, were brutally as
saulted by a tram? last Monday night
Ueorge Allen and Albright will die.
Physicians say that there is little hope
fvr the recovery of Mrs. Graves and
that tb9 jondltion of Mr. Graves Is
serious.
Monday evening's, tramp apptared
at Mi Grave" door and asked for
food and eprmuwlon to atop In the
burn. Graves sent young Allen with
hint to the barn, the boy carrying a
light When outside the tramp grasp
ed his arm. took the, light from him
and threw him down, after which he
bound and gagged Uin with ropes.
Arming himself with a hatchet the
tramp went to the barn and attacked
Albright . fracturing his skulL The
tramp then returned to the boy he had
bound and Inflicted wounds with the
hatchet
Returning to the house the tramp at
tacked Graves, who was armed with a
revolver. He fired twice at the tramp,
missing him both times. The tramp
wrenched the pistol from Graves and
fired one shot into his breast When
Graves fell the tramp bound Wm and
struck him two heavy blows on the
head with the' hatchet rendering him
unconscious. Mr. Graves came to the
rescue of her husband and the, tramp
felled her with a blow from the hatchet
and beat her into unconsciousness.
Th murderer ransacked the house,
securing I1, and fled. The injured
people were not found until today.
HAS FOOTBALL DELIRIUM.
Remarkable Mania Developed by Unl-
versity Playsr in the East
NEW YORK. Dec. 10.-G. B. Wesch
ler, who during the past season played
left lialf back on the University of
Pennsylvania football team, la in the
university hospital in a state of de
lirium, says a World dispatch from
Philadelphia. Weschler was not hurt
while 'playing football in any way
whkh would account for his condition.
T vo football players are constantly
siltlne a his bedside to soothe his
mind when he becomes excited and i
to hold him lown when he tries to
get up and fight When delirious he
broods over football until he rises up
and tries to play "he game on the hos
pital floor. The doctors diagnose his
case as acute mania, but are much
pusxled to account for It His temper
ature is .normal.
SPINE CURVATURE REMEDIED.
A Remarkable Operation Uundergone
That Seems to Be Successful.
NEW YORK. iDec. lO.-In order to
reroedy a growing curvature of the
spine, seth Williams or urooiciyn re
cently submitted to a rare and dan
gerous operation at the Polyclinic
hospital In Manhattan. The vertebrae
were fractured and forced together
by a system of weights. When they
had been ! properly straightened the
young man was placed In a four-inch
plaster cast. This was taken off sev.
eral days .go '.nd a thinner one sub.
stttuted. Mr. Williams Is now recov
ering at Summit, N. J.
,TWO DAYS OF GRACE.
Forty-Eight Hours Allowed Venezuela
to Accede,
CARACAS. Deo. 10. It Is said on
good authority that the captain of the
British cruiser Retribution sent a
special courier from La Guayra to Ca
racas with an ultimatum for compli
ance with the note deposited yesterday
by the Brltsh and German ministers
at the home of the foreign minister
before their departure for Caracas.
It Is said the ultimatum gives a maxi
mum of 48 hou.-s In which Venezuela
Is to accede. The note, it Is said, re
quests the Immediate cash payment
of $34,000 each to Great Britain and
Germany for the settlement of claims
arising from past revolutions by a
mixed tribunal, the same aa the last
agreement made with France. - -It
Is also said that the British mlu-
later at the last moment failed to pre
sent claims, except for 140,000, but 'hfr
claim I not duly supported by letfai
documents and facts and Is considered
absurd. It Is understood here that th
United States minister, Mr. Bowen.
ha assumed charge of British nnd
Oman Interests. : ' '-. " '
COMBINED FLEETS REMOVE
WARSHIPS FROM HARBOR.
When Action of the Power Become
Generally Know Great Excite--menl
Is Looked for.
CARACAS, Dec. 10,-At 4 o'clock
this afternoon the combined German
and Brithh fleets seized and towed
outside the harbor of La Guayra all
the vessels which were then there.
These were the warship General
Crespo, Tolumo, Ossum and Margarita.
The ships were manned by 890 men.
The news of th capture ef the war
ships 1 not yet generally known In
the capital. Great excitement will un
doubtedly prevail when It Is an
nounced. CLIFORNIA'S GOVERNOR-ELECT
AND PORTLAND EXPOSITION
Legislature Will Be Called Upon to
Appropriate for Benefit of Dis-.
play of State Products.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 10-John F.
Knapp, special commissioner for the
Lewis and Clark centennial exposition,
which is to be held In Portland, Or.,
from May 1 to October i. 190S. Is here
and has had a long interview with
Governor-elect Pardee, who expressed
rr uch interest In the project It is hop
ed that the legislature may be Induced
to make an ippVoprlatlon- for a display
of California products at the expo
sition. WITHDRAW FROM LEAGUE
Portland and Seattle Will Join Pacific
Coast Teams.
PORTLAND, Dec. 10. The Port
land and Seattle baseball clubs hav
withdrawn from the Northwest leagut
and will Join the Pacific Coast league
with San Francisco, Oakland, Sacra
mento and Los Angeles.
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VIOLENT ACTION
BY TWO POWERS
Seize All Venezuelan War Ves
sels Without a Shot Be
' ing Fired.
SHIPS ARE SUNK IN THE SEA
Dramatic Itelcae of Two Eng
lishmen From Barricaded
House by British
Soldiery.
LA.GUARA, Venezuela, Dec, 14.
Ten German and four British cutters
captured the Venezuelan fleet yester
day. They went alongside the Vene
zuelan vessels and ordered them to
surrender and without a shot hems'
fired the British and German forces
seised the vessel In the name of th
German emperor end the king of Eng
land. Two of the five vessel which
were undergoing repair were broken
up. The German cruiser Panther
steamed into the harbor during these
proceedings with her decks cleared for
action. . '
The Venrsuelan veseels..wr uken
outside the harbor and at 2 o'clock th!a
morning the General Crespo, Tutmo
and Margarita wert sunk. The Ossun
was the only vessel spared, In view of
the protest made by the French charge
d'affairs who notified the commodor
of the allied fleet that the Ossun is the
property of a Frenchman..
At 10:S0 last night 130 German sail
ors were tanded ; and proceeded to
Cardonel, a suburb of La Guayra In
which Is situated the .residence of the
German consul Lent," who, with hi ,
family were escorted to La Guayra
and placed on board the warship Via- '
eta. On their way back to this port
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