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To My Customers
Owing to th ruh Incident to Xma
business, I have not th time to send
card to all of my customer asking
them to call for IMS calendar.
I therefor tak this method of Invit
ing nil who have so liberally patronised
m during lit 'tar just cloving to
pleaae call and get one of my colon
dart. At there will be ruih of shopper
the fore part of th week, I respect
fully iak that vou get tb calendars
Immediately after Xma.
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JUDGE NELSON
DIED LAST NIGH
Complication of Diseases Proves
Fatal to City's Popular
Official.
DEATH EXPECTED FOR WEEK
Ha ButTered for More Titan n
Year, but Never Gave Up
' IIIm Work Till Literally
Taken Down.
II nry E. Nation, auditor and police
lul of th city of Astoria, died at
ft, Mry' hospital'" last evening of
pulmonary tuberculosis, Ilrlght's din-
ran', Momtfh complaint and a com bin
a (Ion of kindred ailment. Ill death
had bMi hourly exepected for fully a
tvek. At the bedside when the end
tame were Mr. Nelson, her eldest win
nml several friend.
Judge Nelson wa a native of 8we
den, but came to America with bin pit'
renla when a very iinuill child, crowing
the western ocean. Hla parent set
tied In Lane county, where hla father
now reside. Kurly In life Judas Nel
aon took up with telegraphy, and wus
aUlloned at Tillamook for ome tlmo
Ijitrr he became an accountant, and
wit engaged In this capacity when hi
political career began.
K. Oel'ura held the office of auditor
andpollco Judge, having been elected
by th demoornts.when. In 1890, Mr.Nel
aon waa nam d to run ugalnat him. The
campaign waa a memorable one. Judge
Nelaon being elected after a hard light
Since that time he had never encoun
tered oppoaltlon for the office, being
tlected four tlmea auceeaalvely.
About a year ago Judge Netaon'i
lunga commenced to bother him, and
he waa told by hla physician that hla
condition might become very aertoua
Ht wmalned at hla ofllce, however, and
few month ago hla condition be
came alarming. II would not give up
hi work, and friend wore compiled to
tane him from the offlc to the hospital
Thrs he aank rapidly, occaalonally
rallying, but yesterday fell Into
stupor from which he did not awaken
The end came painlessly.
Judge Nelaon waa a noted Joker, und
six month ago a prediction that he
would die early would have been acout
ed as absurd. No matter what the oc
caslon. Judge Nelson always bad a
oleasant word for acquaintance. He
has caused many a laugh at the council
meeting, and hla cheerful voice will
he missed around the city hall. He
waa 48 yesr of age, belonged to Sev
ern! secret societies, and carried more
than 15000 In life Insuranc.
Arrangcmenta for the funeral will be
made today.
CASTRO MYSTERIOUSLY ILL.
President of Veneaulea Announced to
Be Attack d With Malady.
NEW YORK. Dec. 2i President
Castro according to a dispatch from
Caracas to the American, haa been
seised by a sudden and mysterious 111
nesa. His secretary win aivuige no
particular and the friends of the pre
ldent nro much sgltated. The new
waa given out at the yellow house as a
bare announcement.
LORENZ HEEDS REQUEST.
Last Operation of Surgeon Reveals a
, Touching Story.
NEW YORK. Dec, it Dr. Loreni
hna performed hla last public operation
in this city for congenital dislocation
of the hip. Alvln Louis Black, six
years, waa the patient. He I the boy
who sent a dollar to LolIU Armour,
daughter of J. Ogden Armour of Chi
cago, to operate on whom Dr. Loreni
came to this country. Mr. Armour was
appealed to by the parent of the fcoy
and wrote a personal letter to Dr. Lo
reni. ask In a him to operate on the
nhtld who had remembered hla little
girl, and the operation of Sunday.
which was pronounced successful, wa
the outcome of thla request.
Dr. Lorena will leave today tor Bos
ton, where he will operate an hour aft
er hla arrival,
VREIOHT CHAUOE INfllEAHKR
Advance Not on Hates but by llecluss
Ing flood.
NEW YORK, 1V M,-Th Jou.nul
uf ('ommrrr today saysi
For om time past report have bfen
vurrent that bculnnliig alih lh nml
of th year rallioad fMaht rst will
k Inervasrd uw gnnral inrvhiidl
slilpmeii', Id ad vurit not ! I' made
In th via I !. hmU'. but by
shifting various good from a low to
a higher class rating, which will prac
tical y result In Inrreaeed rates on
merchandise. It may now be slated
definitely, however, that there will be
no general Increase In rate on the first
of the year on good shipped at olas
rate.
BIO TOBACCO FIGHT ON.
Denier Will Use Stern Measure to
Down the Combine.
aaassaaaasaas) is
NEW YORK. Dec. 21-The Retail
Cigar and Tobacco Dealer aavoclatioa
of Greater New York ha decided to
begin il active campaign against the
American Tobacco company on several
line. By a unanimous resolution the
member of th association pledged
themaelve not to purchase ny new
brand of tobacco from the company aft
er January L 103, By onothei reso
lution, also paaed unanimously, the
member will, on January I, 1903, re
move from their ahow window and
stores all advertising matter of the
combine and will as far a possible,
remove It good from their shelve
and keep them out of light They will
only keep those brand of It tobacco
whl-h are standard and for which there
I an active demand.
It was decided that a committee of
10 should visit all labor organisation
of tho city and request them to at
stain from the purchase of the Ameri
can company' good and akl them oth
erwlse In making the fight It Is order
ed that every membr of the association
sh-ill place In hla window a placard
which shall show that he I on the side
of the Independent. t
PHILIPPINES MUST BE
GRANTED INDEPENDENCE.
President Schurman Is Cheered When
He Speakea of Islands as
Free Government. 1
NEW YORK, Dec I4.-Preldent
Jacob G. Schurman of Cornell unlver
aity. In an address on the problem of
the Philippine to a large udlence of
the People' institute, Cooper Union
waa heartily applauded whe he stated
hi belief that the United States must
ultimately give the Philippines their
Independence. A' vote of tile audience
on the question of endorsing President
Schurman' view waa. given almost
unanimously In their favor.
President Schurman said that In hi
talk with President McKlnley at the
time of his appointment to the Philip
pine commission, he learned that the
president bad acted with an Idea of
giving emancipation to the Filipino
aa well a to th Cubans.
Asked by a member of the audience
If the Monroe dootrlne had been weak
ened by the acquisition of the Philip
pines, President Schurman remarked
that "Theodore Roosevelt Is at this
very moment asserting the doctrine
and asserting it hard."
AMERICANS WORK HARDER
THAN DO ENGLISHMEN,
Alferd Mosely Well Satisfied With the
Result of His Investigating
Commission.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 22,-Alfred Most
ly, who haa Just made a tour of the
United State with a number of repre-
entatlve of British labor for the pur
pose of studying American Industrial
conditions, haa arrived here cn the
Cunard steamer Umbrla from New
York,
Mr. Moseiy express.! his ratistactton
with the commission' tour. He (aid
he hoped the report would he publish
ed within a few week and that as a
result change could be made In the
method at present employed in sev
era! English trades. He said be could
not anticipate the reports, but that he
waa greatly lmpresd with the supe
rlorlty of American workmen. The
Americans worked harder end were
better trained and educated thn the
Englishmen. Mr. Moely aild b in
tended to take another commission to
the United States In the a-itumn to in
vestlgate educational conditions.
BANDITS LOOT SALOON.
Proprietor Ha Pleasure of Looking On
1400 Taken.
BUTTE. Deo J J. A report to the
Miner from Red Lodge, Mont., says:
J. P. Prlmms' saloon In Cody, Wyo.,
aa lootel by bandits about J SO o'clock
Inst night. Te ptoprlelor ws obliged to
w alk from behind the bar at the point of
revolver and remain a pecttor of
the proceeding by whtoh he was made
VW poirer.
PURCHASES MINE
Kteel Corporation Exinda 12,000,000
for Property.
CHAMPION, MU'h,, Dec, J J. -The
I'iiIIihI Hloln Mlut'l corporation has
purchased Hi flutinpion min at this
pla and Hi I in tract adjoining
Iron or land fur cotisldi-rallon ld
U tw 13,000,0(4,
ROOSEVELT WILL
NOT ARBITRATE
No Official Request Has Yet
Been Made, and None Per
haps Will Be.
HE INSISTS ON THE HAGUE
HI View as Expressed to the
Powers Will Doubtless Be ,
Adhered toNo Keaaon
for Opposition. 1
WASHINGTON, Dei. 22.-PrJldent
Rooeevelt haa not accepted the position
a arbitrator of the Venezuelan ,-ontro-veroy.
' In fact, when the official day
closed he bad not received formally or
officially any request from the Euro
pean power that he waa wanted to
act aa arbitrator of the dispute. These
statements are mide on the highest au
thorlty.
Only In an Informal manner haa the
president been notified that the Euro
pean powers, intimately concerned In
the present South American difficulty
desire that be should undertake the re
sponsibility of acting aa arbitrator of
the points at Issue between them and
Venezuela. Thus far they merely
have hen taking "soundings' with a
view, probably of ascertaining how he
would receive a formal proffer to act as
arbitrator.
The president, as soon as he re
ceived '.he first Intimation that he waa
desired to be arbitrator of the Vene-
suelaa controversy expressed emphat
Ically his Judgment that the matters to
be arbitrated should be referred to The
Hague tribunal. His views of the sug
gestlona made have been conveyed to
theEunpean powrs together with a
strong presentation of hi reason for
the view he holds. No response of a
format nature to these representation
ha been received".'"' " .'I '' ' ""
The president and Secretary Hay had
a long conference today. It is under
stood that nothing haa transpired In
the past 4 hours to warrant the presi
dent In changing his opinion a to the
undeslrablllty of hi acceptance of the
position of arbitrator. No specific
reasons have been advanced by the
European powers for Objecting to a ref
erence of the Venezuelan question to
the arbitration of The Hague tribunal
ROOSEVELT TRIUMPHED WHERE
THE GOVERNMENT FAILED.
'Golden Rule" Jones of Toledo Has
No Use for War and Says So
"" In Plain Language.
CHICAGO, Dec. 21 "Theodore
Roosevelt as a man, Is greater than
the government he represents. While
the government of the United States
waa unable to restore peace in the an
thracite region. Roosevelt not aa pres
ident, but as a man, suggested a ra
tional way to settle the trouble. The
man triumphed and the problem was
solved."
Thus spoke Samuel M. (Golden
Rult) Jones, Mayor of Tolado, O., be
fore the Chicago Peace society. He
sought to show the.t force of arms was
futile, and that war was Inexcusable
and that killing In battle was murder
Mayor Jones declared, however, that
he was an optimist and in spite of re
cent wars he aaid that the world wa
better off than It waa 100 years ago
and waa cotlnually Improving.
Mayor Jones criticised Major-General
Young, who, at a banquet In Cleve
land, on Saturday night, spoke of tbe
necessity of force to maintain the su
premacy of the nation's commerce.
"No one will accuse me of being un
patriotic," said Mr. Joens, "but I would
not recommand a boy to go Into the
army or navy to support commerce of
this kind."
FAULTY CONSTRUCTION.
Statehouse of New Jersey Ready to
Collapse.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-Faulty con-
structlon haa been discovered In the
tatehousj In tlm) to avert disaster
aaya the Time correspondent at Tren
ton, N. J. Owing to the fact that a
new wing la to be built to the state-
house and work Is now In progrtsa.
the senate must Ihl year meet In the
room used by th chancery court of
trial.
On several occasion recently parts
of th celling In th apartment Mow
this room have broken loose and fiJ-
n, It haa been replaced several (lines,
but when It ciiilspsed gln, Arrhltiti
Pitule wa dlivctmi to insk cm lnvws.it-
gallon, II df lulrd III plaster '
biukell by th floor agirlig.
An InveatlMttllon lioMd thai I h li-
"is supporting lb floor to be oi
wood Instead of Iron and to be badly
Joined. ' V r
It I asserted that had the chancery
courtrooms ever been crowded the floor
would doubtless have fallen. Mr.
Poole wilt at once have amatructtd In
the corridor a series of supporting
columns and braces.
SHIPWRECKED MARINERS
FOUND IN OPEN BOAT
Collision of Schooners Causes Terrible
Suffering and Loss of Life
, Both Vessel Go Down.
BOSTON, Dec. 22. Almost erased
from their sufferings, frostbitten and
helpless, 10 men In boat were picked
up by the schooner Manbasseu yecter
da 46 miles off Highland light. Then
for the first time It was learned that
the schooner Frank A. Palmer and
Louise B. Crary had been in a eollis-
sljn and they bad - been sunk oft
Tnatcners lslano, Wednesday even
ing., Tbe sur Ivors were landed here
today.
Of the 21 men who made up the two
crews six were carried down when the
vessels sank, four died during the ter
rible three day drift In Massachusetts
bay and another became Insane and
Jumped overboard. "
The dead of the crew of the Louise
B. Crary are:
J. F. SMITH, mate, Portland.
W. H. HOWLAND, engineer.
HANS BLANK German seaman.
DAVID SHANAHAN, New Found
land. AUGUST JOHNSON. Swede.
OLAF BORQ, Norwegian.
PETER LACHE, South American.
UNKNOWN SEAMAN.
Of the crew of the Palmer:
FRANZ B. BANT A, FInUnd.
EDWARD W. JORGENSON, Nor
way." ALBERT S PEARLING Philadelphia.
UNCONSCIOUS FOR A MONTH.
NEW YORK. Dec 21 For a month
Miss Anna Peck has ben unconscious,
a World dispatch from Tielps, N. T.,
says, and her physicians .think that
if she ever regains consciousness her
mind will be a blank.
' Miss Peck an dher sister, Mrs. Van
Huyser, were struck by a New York
Central train at Oak Corners last
month, and the girl's condition Is the
result of the Injury she received. Mrs.
Van Huyser 1 also In a dangerous con
dition. ' .
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SUPERIOR RANG
ECLIPSE HARDWARE Cf
DEATH LIST
IS INCREASED
Collision oa Southern Pacific
Results in Over Score
Killed.
BLAME. NOT, YET ATTACHED
Very Evident That Stockton
Flyer Observed 'Signal, bat
, nppooed It Wag Given '
.Too Late.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. The lat
est revised list of 'he victim of th
ralroad collision of-the Southern Pa
cific railroad near Byron station show
that the following 21 are dead: ',
ROBERT RENWICCC .
WILLIAM L. TM?LB.
LEONARD S. IRWIN.
TUMG TAI OUNG, Chinese woman.
AH QUOY. Chinese girt
RICHARD POST. "
YUKIO MI AGO W 4.
HADRC MIAGOWA.
MRS. ELIZABETH SMITH.
CLARENCE D. OLOFS.
MISS MABEL VEZEY-
MIS3 BIRDIE ELLIOTT. ' "
CHARLES A. CESSIONS..
CHARLES OWNES. ' .
MISS EMILY MAYER.
F. S. EASTMAN.
FONG DICK, Chinese woman.
CARL MAYER.
UNIDENTIFIED WHITE WOMAN.
TWO UNIDENTIFIED CHINESE.
There are still 21 injured survivor
of the accident hut the condition of
four of these I extremely critical, and
additional names may yet have to be .
added to the death list.
An official Investigation . Into the
cause of th disaster has been begun by
Coroner Curry of Contra Costa, county,
Who. proposed to thoroughly sift the'
evidence In order to tlx the responsi
bility. There appear to be no doubt
that the Stockton flyer which ran Into
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