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NOTIOIU Books, Periodicals, Mnrinv.. &c.f re Kg! la bTtf;::; iVn Tha Library wiihjut p'.'rriiiVion. Any ono fo.jfij !-i!:!iy of r,:idi offence. TnrHTU ONLY PAPER PUB LISHED IN ASTORIA WITH ASSOCIATED LAROEST CIRCULA TION IN CLATSOP AND THE ADJOINING! COUNTIES . ..... in 1 1 1 1 1 PRESS SKRVICB,. ,, VOL. LV ASTORIA. OREGON. SUNDAY, DECEJiBEK 21, 1902. NO. 150 . IP 1 To My Customers Owlnf to the runh Incident lo Xmas business, I havs not th tlm lo wind card to oil of my customer asking them to call for a 1901 cahmdar. 1 therefor Uk this method of Invit ing fell who hitve so liberally patronised m during the year Just closing to plraae call and ft on of my calen dan. A thers will be a rush of shoppers the for part of the week,! respect fully Mil that vou get the calendars immediately after Xnma, Very ilnccrely, Immanlllkt CHRISTMAS GOODS Come and sco what we lmvo to show you. Our slock is complete. Books in all stylos of bind inga, Lcrthor Goods, Toilet Cases, Albums, Pic tures, Gold Tens, Fountain Tens, Christmas Cards and Culendars. Other articles too numer ous to mention. Our prices are right. J. N. GRIFFIN 8UCCK8SOK TO GRIFFIN & 11KKD THE BEE HIVE O . , , , T ,r . T I. QML ' i:BlMk an1 Cl0Md Wl Tm 8polal tale of Ladiea' India Bilk Wgjgtg 94 qq White and Light Colored Waist at ....,.'. fa-BO wwwwwwwwwrfwwv MNsMWMMMWWWWWWWWww Now la tfae opportunity to get a Cloak at a big reduction. ' Bargain la Ladiea' and Misse' Cloaks long quaitera and 271 ' In. lengths. SEB DISPLAY IN WINDOWS . Children' Dresses in latest ityles ! , , , , ' . . i-Dainty affairs in Neckwear at astonishingly low prices, .. .. ... . , , ' Handkerchief and MnfHora, See Is for Holiday Goods THE BEE HIVE f ROOSEVELT ASKED TO ARBITRATE President Requests That The Hague Tribunal Settle the Pending Dispute. COUNTER PROPOSAL IS MADE Germany Otliclally Disclaims Any Intention of Acquiring Territory lie longing to Venezuela. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.- 0 President Roosevelt haa propos- ed to the allied powers that the V.i"UJlan dispute be submit- ted to the arbitration of The Hague tribunal. The power have replied with a counter- 4 proposal lhat Pr-lttent Roose- velt himself arbitrate the l- su.s. WASH I NCI TON, IXC. 20.-Stalute of negotiation at the close ot"the of ficial day a disclosed at the state de partment w-oe that the powers were waiting for an anitwer from the presi dent to their proposal that he nlmaelf undertake to arbitrate the difficulty. The piM.;iU' answer can only be guessed at for officials decline to ex preea any opinion of their own. How ever. It la believed to be a aafe pre diction that he will renew hla sugges- Hon that the ce be aubmltted to The Hague tribunal, adding to the argu. ment he haa already produced the fact that the United States having claim of Ita own aarainat Veneauela to the amount it $100,000 la a party In Interest and It would be unfair to put the presl dent In a poaltlon of having to arbi trate hla own claims. Tor their,-oart, the power bring agslnat The Hague proposition the argument that President Caatro would feel lightly bound by any decision by that tribunal but would heed Judgment rendered by President Roosevelt. It la laid at the atate department, that, no matter how thee two proposition are Blsposed of, there will be no back- step In the agreement and that the ame kind which will bring about a peaceable settlement of the Veneuela trouble will reault from the present ne rotlatlon. If President Roosevelt should accent the charge, he would only do so as last resort. At the German embassy tonight a denial emphatic and authoratlve was given to various reports In circulation that Germany la anxious to acquire Margarita Island. Germany, it Is said, has never for an Instant had designs on Margarita Island or any other Ven- esuelan territory. BL03X IDE CAUSES PANIC VenewUvw Were Not Prepared for the Announcement. CARACAS, Dec, 20,-Notlflcatlon that the blockade of Venesuelan ports by the allies would be made effective today wits transmitted to the Veneiu elan government this morning by Brit Ish consul at La Guayra. The an nounoiment was not expected and caused a commercial panic. The ,ate of exchange Jumped Ave points. People here are still ignorant of the answr of the allied governments to the proposal to arbitrate Venesuel an differences. The government has knowledge of the answer through the United States legation, but It Is pussled by Its word ing and moreover, cannot understand why, If Germany and Great Britain have accepted the arbitration propos al, the blockade should have been ef fective the same day that their an nouncement la made. WILL OVERTHROW CASTttO Revolutionary Movement ' Assuming Unconquerable Proportions. PANAMA, Deo. 20. -News received here from the Venesuelan frontier Is to the effect that the revolutionary move ment against President Castro la now more powerful than ' ever. General Natos Is said to be at the head of a strong army and to be on good terms with the representative of the foreign power. It Is believed among the Venesuelan revolutionists that the present move ment against Castro will be successful. MILITARY JUDGE DEAD BAN FRANCISCO. Deo, lO.-Lleu-tenant J. N. Morrison, Judge advocate of the military department of Cali fornia, Is dead at the Presidio General hospital a the result of an attack of peritonei. The deceased s If leer was appointed to the Judge advocate' de partment from civil life In im. AN UNCOUPLED FREIGHT TRAIN CAUSES DISASTER In Attempting to ('roes a Track Trolley Car I Wrecked and Many Wo men Are Seriously Injured. NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-Thre wonv.a were perhaps fatally Injured and U other pascnger were bruised and badly shaken up in a trolley car accident at Weehawxn last night The victim, mostly women, were cut and bruised, but not seriously injured. 1 The accident occurred at a point where the trolley company tracks cross those of the Erie rttllroad. When the trolley car rtnebed the tracks the motorman stopped his car to allow a freight train to s. Tha train con sisted of r.lne car and was moving along rapidly, i The lost three ears of the freight train broke loos some dis tance east of the troli.g and were not noticed by the train crew. After the six car had puss-vl by the motorman thought It was th last of the freight train and darted to cross the track a When be got hi enr in the middle of the crossing the three freight car which had broken loose from the tram came rolling along and before he couta get hi car over the crossing It was struck with terrlf e force by the freight cars. The trolley car was completely turned over and the passengers thrown through the windows, up against the doois and on top of one another. They were struck In the face with brokvn timbers, gUss. and everything else movable. Ambulances and physician were summoned and a crowd, which had collected about the scene, started to extricate those who were caught in the wreck. The three most seriously Injured were taken out unconscious and the ibyslclana directed their ef fort toward reviving them. mem ber of each of the injured women's ram- Hies arrived and refused to allow them to be tak n to the hospital, nd they were removed in the ambulance to their homes, ' j What caused the train to betom un coupled is not known. The trolley car waa completely wrecked and tsafflc was blockaded both on the railroadlhd trol ley lines for nearly two hours. ' BIG STRIKE THRKATENED. 1 Boilermakers and Machinists of Har- rlman Lines May Go Out NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-Horace Burl, president of the Union Pacific railroad. haa notified President McNeill of the Boilermakers' union that he wished an extension of time before answering the ultimatum of the machinists and boll' ermakera, threatening to caU out the men they co.ttrol throughout the Har rtman lines. Mr. 3tirt, who ha been In New York since Monday, In confer ence with Mr. Harrlraan, staled that he would return to Omaha early next week to consider the matter with his employes. Mr. McNeill replied that he would not call a general strike until he had con suited with Mr. Burt. He asserted that the striking machinist of the Union Paoiflc would not return to work until all their demands had been granted and nonunion men now employed by the Union Paclflo hai been discharged Neither Mr. Burt nor Mr. Harriman will make public what reply wll be made to the ulUmathm brought -ast by Mr. Burt. TRIED TO WRECK TRAIN. Four Men Discovered Placing Ob struction on Track. MEMPHIS, Dec. 20. An attempt was made to wreck the "Frisco fast passen ger train from Birmingham last night three miles east of this city. Just be fore the train arrived before a high trestle, three miles south, a farmer dls covered four men laying ties acrossJ the track. He advanced towards them and they fled. A short distance fur ther on it n-ns discovered that severa spikes had been drawn and laid on the rails. The train wtas flagged and stopped within a few yards of the ob struction. BILL FROM WASHINGTON Proposed That 1,600,000 Acres Be Opened for Settlement. WASHINGTON. D. C, Dec. 20. Representative Jones, of Washington, introduced a bill In the house today to open to settlement the remaining portion of Colvllle Indian reservation in the state of Washington, containing about 1.500,000 acres. THANK OFFERING FUND ROCHESTER, N. Y Dec. 20. Rev. E. M. Mills corresponding secretary of tha Methodist Episcopal Thanks Offer ing fund, says every dollar of the $20,- 000,000 to be called for In three years has been rallied In cash and pledges. TEN PEOPLE ARE KILLED Los Angeles Owl and Stockton Flyer Have Fearful Rear End Collision. DID NOT HEED WARNING Can Are Completely Telescoped and Fasttengers Are Crushed and Scalded With Clouds of Steam. BTRON. Calif., Dec. 20.-Ten per son were killed and 27 Injured in a col lision tonight between the southbound Los Angeles "Owl" train and a Stock ton flyer. , It was a rear end collision, the engine ot the local plowing ita way through tha last couch of the owl which waa filled with Fresno people. Passengers who escaped Instant death were hurled to the lower part of the coach and crushed In betwween a mass of debris, their sufferings and danger Intensified a hundred fold "by clouds of scalding steam that poured ont on them from the shattered boiler of the Stockton engine. On the way to this point it waa not ed that there waa a leak in the flue of the owl engine. This increased to such an extent that it was deemed ad visable to stop here and take up a freight engine for relief. The Stock ton local waa following half an hour be hind and a flagman was sent back down the track to give warning of the presence of the owl. It Is said that the Stockton train. In charge of Engineer MaGutre and Fireman Joyce, got a warning signal in due time and gave the usual response with whlsUe blast. Why the incoming train was not check ed, however, haa not been thus far ex plained, men who could give facta be ing numbered among the badly Injured. The train came on with apparency scarcely any ammunition ot speed and the. Fresno coach was completely tele scoped. So forcibly did the local meet the rear of the owl that the end of the second car, tha diner, was smash ed in and nil three cooks were serious ly hurt. None ot the passengers of the Stockton train was Injured and all of the crew of the owl escaped unhurt Ot the' 10 killed it was possible to Identify but one person. Up to a late hour nothing waa found on their per sons to furnish a clue to their names or residence. Identified was Clarence Oluff of Fresno. DAMAGING TESTIMONY AGAINST MRS. TINGLEY Alleged Martyr Reported To Have Conducted a Degrading Institution. SAN DIEGO, Calif.. Dec. 20.-What purports to be a remarkable revelation of the Inner workings of the theosoph Ical Institution at Point Loma was brought out at today's session' of the trial of libel suit of Mrs. Katherine Ttngley, head of the universal brother hood against the Tlmes-Mlrror com pany of Los Angelea. The evidence la In the form of a deposition made by Louis S. Fitch of Hartford, Conn. According to the deponent, who says he was employed as a bookkeeper by the universal brotherhood of which he became a member, a dog belonging to Mrs. Tlngley waa supposed to have Inherited the spirit of a former teader of the thesophlst movement; that Mrs. Tlngley waa regarded as a prophet In line of succession, Including Buddah, Christ and Mahomet, and that she had told the deponent that marrlaga rela-j tlona as known to the world In her be lief were wholly false and prevented and that people who lived a life at Point Loma would evo've so as to reach a stage where manlcge would not be necessary. He said the pledge of the Esortc So ciety ot Thesophy waa very binding, all members taking on oath to obey the leader in all things, the leader being Katherine Tlngley. Mrs. Tlngley had absolute control over everything and everybody and she exercised this in mi nutest detaU. She regulated where every member should lodge, what they should eat and where they should eat It, and whom they should walk and talk with. All eating was done In absolute silence, no member being allowed to speak to another. ORIENTAL DELEGATES ARRIVE Representatives of Japan and China Investigate Fair Proposition. . ST. LOUIS, Deo. 20, Kee Owegang, representative of the Imperial Chinese court to the World's Fair, and Waichi Arakl, Commissioner to the fair from Japan, have arrived In St. Louis with credentials from their respective gov ernments. Mr. Kee comes aa a representative of hi government through the Chinese legation at Washington. He 1 au thorized to select the cite for the Imper ial pavilion and arrange for space for the Chinese exhibit In the various de parting tH of the exposition. Mr. Walchl will report the condition and situation at the world' fair sit to his government which will be consider ed as regards Japan's exhibit. FUGITIVE CAPTURED. Desperate Robber Placed in Custody by Deputy Sheriff. LAS ANIMAS, Col., Dec 20.-"Che-rokee Bill" Smith, for whom posses have scour! the southwestern part of Colorado in an effort to effect his cap ture, ha beea captured by three Bent county deputy sheriff In the neighbor hood of Big Cedar, a wild, unsettled district near the southeast boundary of the stare. Five shots were fired at Smith before he surrendered. ' Smith was being pursued on the charge of having robbed the postofflce at Carlton several weeks ago in com pany with two others. The latter, it is believed, suceeded in reaching the In lian Territory. Smith is a half-breed Indian. MAY LOSE ITS BOWERY. Talk of Changing Coney Island Into a ..... Park. ..... NEW YORK, Dei. 20. The first Im portant step in tha acquirement for park purposes of 132 acres at Coney island, thereby wiping out the island's bowi-iy and converting the island into a national seaside retort haa been tak en. At meeting attended by many prominent residents of Brooklyn and officials the plan was unanimously ap proved. Tha assessed value of the land purposed to be acquired by the city amounts to $1,$34,79. It waa stated at the meeting that the land desired waa all that portion of the Island lying between Seaside park and Seagate and south of Surf avenue. WILL COMMAND CUTTERS. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 20. First Lieutenant J. C! Cantwell Of the United States revenue service haa been as signed to the command of the cutters Golden anl Hartley, succeeding Cap tain W. H. Cushinjr. HOLIDAY Umbrellas NEW AND NOBBY HANDLES For Ladies and Gentlemen. A very useful Xmas gift. C. H. COOPER'S THE LEADING HOUSE OF ASTOU1A TALK HAPPINESS "The World Is Sad Enough Without Your Woes'i? MAKE YOURSELF HAPPY By CooKing your SUPERIOR RANGE ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. DECISION WON OVER Citizen of Butte Within of Putting Cbampiofl of Business. aa Ace Out.. JACK MUNROE IS HIS NAME Amatenr Boxer Had Famous Prizefighter on Ills ' Knee ' and Was In Shape to Continue Fight. BUTTE, Dee. 20. Champion James J. Jeffries tonight lost the decision In a four round contest with Jack Mun roe after four rounds of the fiercest fighting Butte has seen for soma years. At one time the champion was to his knee an 4a knockout looked possible. Jeffries' manager had posted a for felt of $2-i0 for any one to stand against Jeffries for four rounds and Munroe accepted the cballegns. At the end of the fourth round Munroe , was still ready to fight. Munroe Is . amateur champion of the Pacific coast- Fitzsimmons has posted a forfeit of $500 to put Munroe out in four rounds. At the close ot the contest the house presented a scene of the wildest ex citement, everyone present seeming to, wish to crowd Into the presence of the man who all but knocked out Jeffries. It is expected that this match will bring Monroe to the front and It Is be lng rumored that he will make a try for the professional championship. THIS WILL HELP SOME. BROCKTON. Maast. Dec. 20. A Jury In the superior court - has awarded , Frank J. Cast In of Springfield $37,000 In his sui. against the New York. New ' Haven aV Hartford Railroad company ' for injuries received as a passenger ia the Avon railroad accident in U0L He : bought suit for $75,000. Testimony . wait offered to the effect that tha plain- ' tilt receive? Injuries from which lis haa grown worse Instead of better. 1 IN Xmas TarKey In a , w a " If