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ASTORIA. OREGON. SUN DA Y, DECEMBER 2fif '1902.
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To My Customers
Owing to th rush Incident to Xmas
buMa, 1 have aot th tiro to send
cmra ta all of my customers asking
them to all for Jtoi calendar.
I tlessfcr Ukt this method of Invlt
tag nl Wh have so liberally patronised
m UfUf lha year Just closing lo
plsa taO and gt on of my col.n-
Aa there will ba a ruah of ettoppsr
tM tan fart of the week, I respect
fully aak that you get the calendars
trnsssgtately after Xma.
Vary tlneerely,
JmMartlli&t
Hove You Read
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Tho true atory of Lewis and
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THE BEEHIVE.
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NljuEd I
OPERATOR'S ERROR
CREATES HAVOC
Passenger tud Freight Collide
and Twenty Five People
are Killed
HEADS AND LIMBS SEVERED
Engine ltear und Boll Into Ditch
All but thPallnMnaar
Dmaahedlnto
Klndllnff. ;
LONDON. Ont., Dee. IT -A frltlitful
rollliilm occuml a ah.trt dlatanc from
the tittle aUMon of Wamattad, Ont..
of the HanrU branrli of the Grand
Trjnk rallwuy, taat night. The trains
In vollUlon were the Pacific expre
and a frolght. The eipreaa waa run
ntn nearly two hour late and waa
making fat time. .. The freight was
endavorlng to mnke a siding to get
clear of the exprvea, but failed by a
minute or two.
There was a dreadful rrarh, the loco,
motives tarel up and fell over In the
ditch, the bnggtt car of the express
lelrscoped the smoker and In an mutant
the shrieks And cries of the wounded
and dying filled the air.
The low of .Ife is IS. The Injured
number many more and many of those
may die.
Beveral of lbs dead were horribly
mutilated. Heads were cut off, )rs
w.tre wrenched from their U-UU's and
a level stretch of anow became crimson
with the Ih1 of the victims.
Responsibility for the ncrident has
not been definitely fixed, but It Is be
lieved to have been due to a telegraph
operator's t-rror. t The otierator at one
of the stations where the two trains
stopped gave the order to the freight
to paaa No. I. Pacific exprera, at Wan-
stead. Ia the system of the Grand
Trunk this ordr should have bee n dup
licated, a copy being given to tha con
ductor and engineer of the express. In
stead of this the conductor of the ex
press rxlve4 a clearance order, tel
ling htm that, he might run through.
The fri lght train In the meantime hod
stopped at WanVtead to sidetrack and
was telescoped by tha express.
A blinding storm which was raging
rendor.d otjects InvlriblV at a dlftanee'
of several feet. The operator ' at
Wanstead waa going out of tha door
when he heard tha telegraph Inetru
ment click and Immediately call repeat
edly the mesiiga "Stop No. t. stop No.
I." Stlxlng a lantern , the operator
dashed for the door and as he closed
it Khlnd him he heard the crash of the
collision up tha track. Fortunately
the two Pullman cars on the train did
not sustain any damage. They were
warm and comfortable, and were con
verted Into a temporary hospital. The
Injured wer alaced in berths and ev
erything possible done to ease their suf
fering. rHE DEAD:
ALEX STEWART and MRS. STEW
ART. Petrolla. Ont.
A. RICKETS. Samla Tunnel.
A. GILLIE3, Simla Tunnel.
MRi TROTTER, Petrolla.
N. LAWRENCt, Watforn, Ont. .
P. S. FREEMAN, OH Springs.
NICIIOLA9 JF1FFRET, London.
GLEN ROLEY, Port Huron.
GUY DePENOER, La Crowe. Wis.
DR. AND MR3 PEN N W A RDEN,
Hot Sprlags. Mich.
J. H. BROCK, Brucevllle.
O. RURWEI.L, Port Huron, Ont.
WILSON MORTO, Chicago.
MRS I NELLIE. GEDDES, Sarnlo,
Ont.
ALE B. CAMERON. Petrolla. Ont.
EDWARD BOTCE; died In London
hospital.
-SMITH, trainman.
MtSS LOTTIE-1. YNCH. Tort Huron,
ED DcBAUS. Woodstock, Ont.
MRS. J. B. BARNES, Woodstock,
Ont.
H. B. LAWRENCE. Watfor. Ont.
ARCHIE DOUGLAS, Alvlnston, Ont.
. MRS. ROB LEY, Port Huron, Mich.
PORTOCOL NOT YET '
READY FOR SIGNATURE
Venexuelan Affair Still Hangs Fire
Germany Wants Money Down
Castro Is Stubborn.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 27-The weight
of official opinion here this afternoon
was that several days at least must
elapse before anything In the nature of
a preliminary protocol In the Vcnexul
an affair can be made ready for signa
ture. Germany Ir.flsts upon the pre
payment of 10 percent of their full
claims before submitting her case to
arbitration and perhaps President Cas
tro's resistance to meeting what the al
lies claim as obligations of honor, are
believed to be now sticking points. It
Is hoped that some arrangement will be
made litJ"tli"'ircllmlniry'pVot(icol'!foT
the riilxlng of the blockade, though It
Is Intimated that the allied ships will
be ki'pt ready to renew it In chss of any
default on part of Venezuela In her ob
ligations. ., i. ..
Washington having been . the pivot
about which all negotiations have
turned up to this point, It ia surmised
that It may also be the scene of tha
final act In the shape of the signature
of the protocol. , '
SEVEN MEN FROZEN TO DEATH.
Cold Weather In Pennsylvania. Causes
4 Fatalitlefl. L
NEW YORK, Dee. JT. een men
frosea to death , la ' Pennsylvania's
record for H hours, say A dispatch
from Philadelphia, to lkeM4. .
Tha victims are; . .
Matthew Zelaett, a rear aid: Sharp
burg; found near his boue
James H. Ooatea, If years ! 4; Pitt
burg; fou id in the snow. .
PhOlp Sohn, M years oid Rermaa
vllle: found In the snow.
Richard McCsnn, 46 year old; Sygsit
Station. '
Lucius Faller,' M years id; AUen
town; found In the let in Little Lehigh
rlvsr, He had lost, his Way ia. the
darkness and fWl Into the river. '
James H. Hannlgan, York; lost In
the snow. - . " -V . '-.. .' ; '
Thomas Monoghan, 5 years old;
Lancaster; fell In snow bank, and waa
too feeble to rise.
NOTED SURGEON HONORED.
Doctor Lorenx, Who Heals Without
Cutting, to be Feted by New York.
NEW YORK, Dec. 7. The freedom
of the city will be extended to Dr.
A lolph Lorens by the boafk of alder
man Tuesdoy. when that body meets.
A magnificent document, engrossed
on parchment and enclosed. In a sliver
box, will bear the expression of the
city's cordial welcome. It will bear
the aeol of the .ity and will recite that
It Is granted in consideration of the
famoua visitor's services to science and
his charitable work among .the poor of
New York.
The orisintatlon will be, made In the
governor's room at, the clljr hall, in
th presence of the mayor, heads ef the
city departments and about 100 Invited
guests.
USED MAIL FOR FUEL.
Proof of Need foe Educational Test for
Immigrants.
CHICAGO, Deo. T.-Two Poles who
eaa scarcely speak English, were lock'
ed up In tha county Jail last nfght by
a United States deputy marshal on a
charge, of rifling a mailaac. says a
dispatch to the Inter-Ocean from
Bprlngfleld, III. The men admit the
crime but fnstst, through interpreters,
that they were not aware they were
breaking the law. A mall, sack was
found by them on the depot platform
at Ospur, a atatlon near Decatur. They
cut the leather open and used the pa
pers, letters and other contenta to
build a fire by which they kept warm
during a cold night.
WANT LOW RATES.
Jealous of !S Rate Privileges of North
western States,
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. I7.-The
presidents of the various bodies of
business men In this city have sent a
communication to the Southern Pacific
and Santa Fe Railroad companies ask
ing that Immediate eteps be taken to
insure the transportation of Industri
ous people to this state at aa low a rate
as that allowed for transportation to
the states of the northwest. They
state that through the press, they have
learned of the railroads' offer to give a
special rate of S from Chicago and
Mlsrourl river points to the northwest
and that the privilege has not been
granted to the people wanting to come
to this state.
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH.
Affection for Consumptive Leads to
- Unnecessary Death of Nurse. .
NEW YORK. Deo. 27. Faithfulness
to her fiancee, Professor Beck, a former
Instructor In Lehigh university, who
died a year ago from consumption, has
cost Miss Mable Mitchell of Platnsfleld,
N. J., her life.
When Professor Beck was taken 111,
Miss Mitchell, then a school teacher,
nursed him in his borne nt Newburg,
N. Y and after his death the young
woman was stricken by Professor
Peck's disease. She resigned her po
sition as an Instructor in the Wash
ington school and died Thursday night.
FIRE IN SAN PEDRO.
SAN PEDRO, Calif., Deo. 27. An
entire business block In the center of
the city was wiped out by fire early
this morning. ' The loss will be about
$75,000 which is about one-half covered
by insurance. 1
CHAOS rules;
- "CHINESE EMPIRE
VVar, . Earthquake, Fire and
Flood Work Fearful
tevastatioo.
IMPERIAL TROOPS MASSACRE
Aa Accident on Yanrtae Kisng
' Itlyer Destroy irway LItm
MdUDUuMtrU0to ,' .
, - Shipping. ' '
VICTOPU. B! C. rc. tl-The
recrudescence of the rebellion in
Kwang Si is causing a lamentable state
ef affairs (a that province, according to
mail advices received from China.
"Lung Chow, a prr mlnent walled elty
of Kwang Si... was being besieged by
the rebels when the last advices were
dispatched. Nan King, on the West
river, was also surrounded by rebels,
who sent messengers to tbe governor
calling him to fight thera. . These reb
els looted a steamer 'sent to Nan Nlng
with provisions and money for the gov
ernor of that city.
The province is not only suffering by
reason of tne depreikticns or tne reoeis.
but also of the imperial troops, who,
when they have dispersed tbe insur
gents, ravage the countryside. The
"braves," eager for loot and the oppor
tunity to .llsplay the heads of rebels
aialn in battle, make no distinction be
tween rebels and peaceful Inhabitants.
Crops are destroy- d, accompanied by
indiscriminate pillaging and acta of
savage vandalism. As a result. Instead
of contracting, the sphere of tbe rebel
lion la growing more widespread than
ever, white gjunt famine stalks
through the land."
EARTHQUAKE KILLS S00 CHINESE.
Brief reports are given in Tlen-Tsln
papers of aa earthquake at Helnchlang.
China, as a result of which 600 lives
were lost. No particulars were given.
SEVENTEEN CR IN Plf FIRE.
. Details are now to hand of the disas
ter at the Tans Shan . Pit,. . hitherto
briefly re ported. The disaster was due
to pit fire, and la hl efforts to dam the
Are and aave the Chinese' miners, Mr.
Baxter, a. 'Scotchman. lost his life.
Sixteen Chinese, were also, burned to
deafn. -j1'-' .'. '
LOSS OF LIFB IN RIVER DISASTER
' One of thoai.- dreadful river disasters
which have occurred several tiir.es on
Chinese rivers took place on November
18 on the Yangtse Klang. A strong
tide caused a serious disaster among
the Junks oft the Chinese bund. A
small rice boat broke away, carrying
some six other small Junks above them
and In a trice half a mile of Junks were
adrift in a seething mass, some on
their beam ends, some capsised, until
actually hundreds of Junks were drift
ing up the river In batchca. The North
China Daily News says there waa a ter
rible lose of life as well as property,
but no estimate has beeu made.
MURDER OR SUICIDE?
Theory of Accidental Death of Mr.
and Mrs. Singer Exploded.
DENVER, Dec. 17. It is now com
pletely demonstrated that John and
Caroline Singer did not die Christmas
day from the effects of oxalic acid but
from a dose of strychnine. Crystals
found in their stomachs indisputably
establish this fact.
The theory of accidental poisoning by
oxalic acid has been abandoned by
Coroner Koran and since that time he
has been conducting his Investigations
along the line of murder or suicide.
On petition of Julius Eckert. brother-in-law
of Mrs. Singer, a letter of ad
ministration on the estates of Mr. and
Mrs. Singer have been granted him by
Judge Lindsey. Mrs. Jeanette Eckert
and Mrs. Sophia Laun, sisters, of the
deceased woman, stated to the court
that they desired Mr. Eckert oppolnt
ed. The bond was 14000, and was ap
proved by the court.
An Inquest will be held today.
STOCK MARKET IN NEW YORK
Money Close and Business Dull During
s Holldnys.
NEW YORK. Dec. 27. -The stock
market has been dull and narrow ow
ing to the Interruption of the Christmas
holiday anl a disposition on the part
of the operators to await the solution
of the year end money market prob
lem. The tightness of the money mar
ket has reflected the difficulties of that
problem. But Wall Street has been
inclined to confidence that money
would work easier after tha turn of
the year and that there was no danger
of serious trouble in ' the meantime
owing to the provision of the fu9,0QO,O0O
pool against emergencies.
i Specltil points of rtrength have help
ed to maintain the undertone of firm
ness In the stock market.
PELEK IN ERUPTION,
Passing Vessel Report Volcano Is
Pouring Out Dust.
ST. THOMAS, V. W. I., Dec. 27.
Cable ship Newtngton which arrived
at St. Lucia, B. W. I., yesterday re
ported having passed Mont Ptlee, at
10:86 Thursday morning. Volcano
was then In violent eruption. Dense
clouds ef gray amok and dust were
pouring oat of the crater and ascend
ing to an enormous height. Other ad
rices say com waa lu miaous during
the night.
CIGAR DEALERS TO COMBIXB
Will Make War on Trust by Alliance
, With Union
CJHCAGO, Dec. 27. Independent
cigar dealer from all over the country
will hold a oonvjntlon here January 11
to ('lacuss ways and means of fighting
the so-called tobacco trust. The plan
Is to form a national association, with
h-.-adquarters in Chicago. -
The convention Is expected to make
a close combination with the trades
unions in particular the clganoakers
and lrbace workers' unions.
EVANS SENT HIM HOME.
Fighting Bob Would Not Put Up With
Disobedient Naval Officer.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-Commander
John B. Roller, formerly com
mander of the old gunboat Monocacy,
has reached this country from the Asi
atic station, bavlnir been ordered home
by Rear Admiral Evans for persistent
infraction of the rules which prohibit
the commander ot a vessel from per
mitting his wife to mske her home on
board.
MRS. FREMONT IS DEAD. .
Wife of Famous Soldier and Presldent-'-4
ial Candidate Passes Away
; ?r-InxW Angeles. -rv":
LOS ANGELES, Dec. CT. Mrs. Jes
sie Kenton Fremont, widow of General
Fremont, died tonight at her home here
of pneumonia. . '
Oregon City
BLANKET
NONE BETTER
We have them in White and all Colors'
Per Pair $30 to $12.00
C. H. COOPER
TALK HAPPINE&S
The World Is Sad Enough
Without Your Woes."
MAKE YOURSELF HAPPY
By CooKing your Xmas TurKey in a
SUPERIOR RANGE
ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO.
EIGHT MINERS
SUDDENLY KILLED
Awful work of Snowslide fa
Mining. Camp c!
the North
NO WARNING WAS GIVETI
Bank if ohm Dcnottsbctt la eartr
Uorolnf Hoar, Ifnlle) . .
Inmate were 8aa4
- VANCOUVER, B. C, Dee.
special from Nelson today give dtR
of a aaowsltd which occurred Christ-'
maa night carrying away the fcw
house of Molly Gibson, a, mine atten
tion In Blocan. 10 mile from Kootcnajr
lake. Eight men were killed and sev
eral others maimed, while 10 either
escaped or were slightly injured.
A survivor say the slide cam at t
o'clock in the morning without tb
slightest warning. " The house . wag
shattered and the entire outfit was car
ried down an Incline.
Tbe names of the men In the bunk
house were: .
J. CAMPBELL, dead body found.
T. ROUSE. .
L. COLLINS.
W. G. MURPHY.
L. BILOITLLE.
PIETRO. Italian.
-r PIRO, Italian. , v- '
M. E. HALLi assayer, -
CHINESE COOK., ...
All are burled In the " snow sine
Christmas night.
. CASTRO WILL CONFISCATE.
Blockade May Result In Stern Mea
. ii res By Veaesueiaas.
RERUN, Dec. 17. Lokal Aaselgera
Caracas cor respondent says:
President Castro Intends confiscating
property of British, German and Ital
ian subjecta whenever the blockade x-
Woolen Hills
win iii sun Mi a '.inniiii '