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AS'Sk tiiBLIC UBR4B.T ASSOCIHIOtT. Book?, Fioiiicula, May,,, &a. (reKotfot2T'T r:;n Tho Lfbrury without permission. Any v ono fnd guilty, of, yuch offense. Will fif linh n fJ7A I A. y ..... - iviir xiinn n 1 1 1 1 1 1 i i VOLUME LVI. ASTOKIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1903. NUMBER 5. M 1873 1903 ! IfSkl (HmSAOmA .'I f ii M I ww xmm&A. Ami 1 W1' I sm f r v1 f CITY PLUNGED IN DARKNESS i Flood Situation in Putfet Sound Country Continues in Same Condition. TWO MEN WERE DROWNED CyrU Hum H Sifr a Umn, CHt i r FULL. DRESS Wo arc iiiils for tlic eek'lmttwl HART, Ht.'HAFr'NKUfc MAltX gootln tho kiml that gives siitiHfiiclion. All litirul tn ili ril ami jtcrfct t ill lit, finish and nt lt. When you hou a well (lresstnl nmn on tho Htreet ask him where ho buys Iuh clothing; then follow hit oxam jlo and como to tho emporium of Men's niul IJoy'u Furnishings. P. A. STOKES .. The; Palace Cafe The Best Restaurant Regular Meats. 25 Cents Sunday Dinners a Specialty Everything the Market Attends Palace Catering Company WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY J. II. COI.ICMAN, I'r.xMont, Nuteni, Ore. i College of Liberal Arts, Law, Art, Medicine Music, Oratory, Theology and Business Preparatory Department open to students completing eighth grado de imitnicnt lower grade In preparatory department. Besides affording professional training, the University seek to give a practical education to nil who are aware of the value of a trained brain. Tho Normal Department offers a thorough course In the llii-ory and prac tice of teaching. Meet! all requirement of state mid school law. Its teacher are In constant demand, I 'Catalogue upm application. BLANK BOOKS Dairies, Calendar Pads OFFICE SUPPLIES And all other Kinds of Stationery and Books J. N. GRIFFIN Train Kervlee IHMi'oiitlnued Into Olj ntplti nml ICIeet He Light mid Power House In Flooded. SEATTLE, Jan. 5.--The llor.il sllmt- lion south of Hea l tie dor nut seem to be greatly Improved thlM morning, on ly the most meager particulars from th various oIii!h have been received. The first casualties dm a result of the riding of the water ate reported from U'Krien, on the Northern I'uclflc be. tween Seattle and Thcoiiui. There the wnter In tlx or eight feet high, anil last night It was mfhlng punt the hoiiMK with the swiftness of a moon, tain current. Two men, Martin Cum mlwt toil F. HIiiiUKl.neBHy. were In a Imihi reulng wpl from second Ktury windows, and on one of the trips the boat capsized and Cummlngs and tthBitrltn(jsy were both drowned. From Orllls cornea the new that the water hit receded about six Inches, but that half of the town la still indoor or compelle I to go about In boats. Many head of cittle tire ImprliMined In barn Htnndlng In two and three feet of water, No train are ruining through the tl.MxI-d dlHtrict, the Northern J'acinc thl morning making no effort to re aume operations between thla city and T.ctima . A spec-la! lo the Times fiom (Jlympla says: The trsUn service to this city yester day was entirely discontinued until o'clock In the evening, when a loca train from Tacoma made the round trip, bringing the mall. The wagon nul railroad bridge across N'eaqually river wenj In a dangerous condition but It. Is thought they will be saved as the t1ot.ii) Is subsiding. No train has reached here from I'ortland since Frl day. Deschutes river Is raging and the hlglu-Mt volume of water Is injuring over th falls known In years. The city was In total darkness Saturday and Sunday nlKhts, owing to the Hooding of the electric llgiil and power house at Turn water. At 11 o'clock last night the lights were again burning In part of the town, but the streetcars are not yet running. The gieatcst loss by the Hood hns been the bottling works belonging to the brewing company, wrecked Friday night and damaged to tho extent of 2n,000. Flitt) weather today will prob ably avert any further calamities. susoend the 12 miles an hour Jlmlt a regards certain roads during ', certain hour of a specific day, but this ttei will not be taken until a sparsley In habited and otherwise suitable country has been found, on which the race could be run with the hearty concur. ren e of the authorities and Inhabit u:Hi The event Is exciting great Interest In thi automobile world and challenges have been received from America, I'ranc and Germany. THE BEE HIVE Now is your opportunity to ret the most for your money AN ESTABLISHED FACT W sell reliable goods at the lowest prlcee Unbleached muslin 4c Imsdahi musMn 8o Gingham 4 l-lo park colored print v..2o lx3( bleached turklsh towels.. lOo bargains In odd lots of women's and Children's Underwear. , Lace 1 and i 1-2 Inches wide ,.lo Xrcs I and S Inches wide .. Jo Ibices J Inches wide So Children's hats ....A. iic Ladles' walking- hats tBo, 60c, 75 Men's shoes $1.26 and S1.B0 Momen's shoes $1 Men's' Jersey shirts 60s Men's colored dress shirts ,.36c (Reduced from $1) 6 cord best thread per spool ..2o Dark outing flannels ....( for 26a Jackets. Suits and Skirts Must Be Closed Out, and Our Prices Will Do It. FLOtD 13 RECKDINQ. Trains are Gradually lionumlng Regu "lar Runs. SEATTLE. Jan. 5,-Tho flood is re ceding In the valley near Seattle, Floods have shut off the milk supply of the city necessitating the "use of can net! milk. The Great Northern line, which has only been open two hours since the week ending last Thursday, Is clear and the first overland trains left tonight for the enat. The North ern Pacllo, whose trnns-contlnental tracks are hopelessly blockaded be tween Tacoma and Kllensburg will use the Great Northern tracks until its own are opened. Al! wast lines cleared In a tempor aty way and traffic was resumed to. day. BIRD 8. COLER IN CHICAOO, He and Others Propose Texas, to Invest In ; CHICAaO, Jan. J.-Blrd S. Coler, for mer controller of New Tork City and candidate for governor at the last election, arrived In Chicago last night with R. W. Jones, vice-president of the Seventh National bank of New Tork. They came to meet M. P. Hllllard. cashier of the Mechanics National hank of 8t. Louis, and Isaac H. Kemp ner pf Galveston, Tex., who Is also a banker, to discuss proposed lnestments in Texas. Mr. Coler will leave for New York tonight. FlKltt'B UATTIE REPORTED. -Revolutionists Said to Be Advancing on Venezuela's Capital. NKW YORK, Jan. B. According to tho Herald's -correspondent In Wlllem stud, the revolutionists are advancing In three columns on General Castro's nriny. A desperate fight occurred Haturday night within '-Ight miles of the city of Caracas, resulting favorably to the revolutionists. They are cutting all the telegraph wires, tearing . up the railroad tracks and ure hourly expected In the Immediate vicinity of the city A condition of extreme panic preva lit among those who hav hitherto beilev. ed that Castro wan lnvlnvlble. A committee of the most prominent citizens has gone to President Castro imd made representations of how hope IcshIv untenable Is his position. But he Insist on holding on until .his farce are defeated In a decisive battle. It seems that this cannot be far distant Pi-'-sldent Castro is already planning what he shall do when the Inevitable comes, hut he will make a derpnrate fight before quitting, as he has no chance to escupe. The only alternative Is Imprisonment. The corresiiond'-nt adds that no at tempt is now being made by the allies to conceit the fact that they are af fording assistance to the revolutionists. LATER A dispatch from Caracas has been received saying there Is no truth in the report that the govern ment forces have been defeated by revolutionists. COMPLAIN OF BLOCKADERS. Stoanjer Alleged to Be Entitled a Land Ing Stopped By Powers. NEW YORK, Jim. 5. -A protest has been sent to Secretary Hay complain- nig of the treatment accorded the Red I). Line steamer Caracas by the block ndlng powers at La Guayra. The Caracas arrived here today and ttv; owners of the cargo which was not discharged at La Guuyia declared they w ould seek Indemnity through the United States government. The con tention of the steamship line Is that the Caracas had cleared from this port before the blockade had been declared and should have been allowed to land her cargo at La Guayra. ; FINANCIAL PANIC ARRESTED. Agreement Reached Between Traders That Eases Matters. CARACAS, Jan. 5.-The financial panic here has been momentarily ar rested by an agreement between the leading traders of Caracas, La Guayra, Valencia and Puerto Cabello and the the bank of Venezuela. The traders have agreed to accept bank notes in payment of all accounts. The run on the bank has ceased. Fourteen hundred -revolutionists at tacked 800 government troops Sunday morning near Guatire. After four houts fighting the revolutionists aban doned the field and" the town of Guatire. They had 57 killed and many wounded One of their guns was captured. About 1500 revolutionists are reported march ing on Curacas. OFFICE MAY BE OPENED So Says Senator McLaurin, but Postmaster-General Payne. Makes Proviso. MUST REINSTATE MRS. COX Southerner Will Xot Tolerate Colored Pout mint rex Un fortunate Woman May Meet Violence. WILL PETITION PARLIAMENT To Remove Regulations That Govern Automoblling. Now NEW YORK. Jan. 6. Repi-esentatlv- es of the British Automobile club are Inspecting the roads In Ireland with a view to a race for the James Gordon Bennett cup, cables the Tribune's Lon don correspondent. Parliament may be asked to pass an act which shall MARVELOUS ESCAPE FROM DEATH BY EIGHT MEN, Machine Exploded and Huge Frasr ments Were Scattered About None Were Injured. NEW YORK, Jan. S.-An electric ma- chine which has Just been put tn place at the Tale and Towne works here burst while being tested yesterday. says, a dispatch to the Tribune. The dynamo waa making- 3000 revolutions a minute at the time. It had been run. nlng at top speed for 10 minutes when the accident occurred. There were six or eight nyn In the room and huge fragments of the ma chine, some of them weighing from 200 to 800 pounds, were scattered among them, but save for a rent tn the trous ers of one they were untouched. The windows and woodwork of the room were badly damaged. The machine was to supply the works with power, and untl it Is replaced, operations will be practically at a standstill. The accident means a loss of mnay thousands of dollars. JEFFRIES-CORBETT. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. " S.-Hayes Valley Athletlo club tonight announced that It would offer $20,000 for a 20 round contest between Corbett and Jeffries. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-Senator Me Luurln of Mississippi today conferred with Postinaster-Geueral Payne on the situation at Indianola, Miss., where the postofflce has been closed as a result of antagonism to the negro postmaster. Senator McLaurin stated that he be lieved the office would be reopened this week. Mr. Payne said that the office will be reopened If there Is no Intlmidatlon'of tho postmaster. INDIANOLA. Miss., Jan. 5.- There can be no mistaking the fact that large portion of the community Is con siderably wrought up over the action of the government In closing the post office here. The partial paralysis to business Is being felt more and more Today a private office was established for the distribution of mail collected by on Independent messenger service from Heathmann and Greenville. Both of these postofflces are being congest, ed with mail as the result of the clos Ing of this office. The independent office here will be maintained at the expense of the citizens. No serious trouble Is anticipated by the more conservative people, but pre cautions have been taken by both the city and county officials to deputize sufficient complement of men should the occasion demand. Postoffice inspec. tors are here checking up the accounts of the abandoned office. A large num. ber of people yubllcly aver that they w ill not accept the negro woman as postmaster under and circumstances, despite the Inconvenience which is be ing suffered. An authorized state, ment from the nayor eays that con. ditlons are such that he would not ad. viae Mrs. Cox to open the postoffice Ttis mayor further stated that If the situation at any time showed that the woman's life, liberty or property were In Jeoiuirdy he would swear In suffic lent number of men to afford her am. pie protection. The undercurrent of excitement ex tends to surrounding towns. A large number of strangers are here, and more are arriving on every train. SPA 3AM IN LOUISIANA. White Citizens Threaten Colored Mall Carrier With Death. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6-Postmaster General Payne received Information to day that a posse of white citizens at Bouef River, La., last night ordered Chas. Jackson, a negro mall carrier not to return with mail on his route and threatened him with death In case he did not heed the Injunction. The rea son given by the posse was the color of the carrier. Postmaster Inspector Peters has been detached to make a thorough tnvestl gatton. heavily handicapped by the fact that th Iron making centers are far from th sacoant, and a much closer alliance between the shipbuilders and iron mak ing Industries will have to be effected before she can hope to compete serious ly with Great Britain. The German shipbuilding yards were very active during 1W2, but the tendency to Immen sely Increase the pdoductlve capacity of establshmenls, which characterized other Industries, was not noticeable to any extent This probably accounted for the absence in the trade of the stagnation so gefltral in Germany at the present time. COAL TARIFF . IS DISCUSSED Senators 'Reassemble and Make Fuel Question Theme of , the Session. PREMIER SAOASTA IS DEAD. Man Who Steered Spain Through Many Troubles Died Sud denly Yesterday. MADRID, Spain, Jan. 5. Premier Sagasta, who retired from office a few weeks ago, died suddenly today. QUIETLY MARRIED. Portland Lady and 'Frisco Man Sur prise Their Friends. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5.-James C. Dttnphy of this city and Mrs. Edith Sllverstone of Portland, Ore., have gl.en their friends and families a sur prise by announcing that they had been quietly married on Friday evening. Mr. Dunphy Is the son of the late William Dunphy, the cattle king. Mrs. Sllverstone was formerly the wife of Judge J. Sllverstone of Port land, and is the mother of the late Daniel W. Folsom, a well-known resi dent of Pluma county. GERMANY IN SHIPBUILDING. Progressing Much Better Than in For mer Tears. NEW YORK, Jan. 6. Germany, ac cording to the Tribune's correspondent In London, Is steadily making progress as a shipbuilding nation. In ceasing to take British materials the German builders for a time lost money, but the tremendous Impetus which the ship building Industry has received since 1895, largely owing to the Influence of the empsror, ias made these tempo rary losses good and both the Iron anJ shipbuilding trades are equal to more than has yet been done In the country. At present, however, Germany is BIG FIGHT WILL COME OFF. NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-Dal Hawkins,, the California pugilist, will sail for England on Wednesday to prepare for his battle with Jabez White, one of the best featherweight pugilists of Great Britain. In White the American will meet one of the cleverest boxers ever developed In England. White haSTnet all the best men In his class and fought them all NEWSPAPER AT SEA. LONDON, Jan. 5. According to the Daily Telegraph contracts have been completed to start a dally paper, to be supplied with news by Marconi sys tem of wireless telegraphy, on board British liners running between Liver pool and New York. FACTORIES WILL BE CLOSED NO USE FOR TOY PISTOLS. RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 5.-Two bills were introduced In the state legislature today to prevent the sale of toy pis tols. . . LA FOLLETTE INAUGURATED. - MADISON, WIS.. Jan. 5.--Governor La Follette was Inaugurated for his second term today. Senator Jones Makes Statement Which Canoe Itexentinent Among Mr. Knox' Adherents. WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-When the senate reconvened today after the holi day recess few of the senators were absent. Almost immediately a discus sion began regarding the coal situation. . Lodge pronounced, his introduction of the bill suspending for So days the duty on coal with the statement that in New England there was much distress owing to the scarcity of coal, and that unless relief was afforded at once a number of factories would have to shut down. Culberson followed with a res olution providing for the removal of the duty on anthracite coal, and asked its Immediate consideration. Piatt of Connecticut objected, stating that it was the understanding that there was no duty on anthracite clal. Vest took exception to this statement and said that the board of general appraisers and President Roosevelt had decided . that such a duty Is Imposed. Vest al so Introduced a resolution on the sub ject v Another resolution bearing on the subject of coal was Introduced by: Jones of Arkansas regarding the charges of W. R. Hearst that there waa Illegal combination among certain railroads to control shipments of anthracite coal and called on the attorney-general for evidence, which it was alleged had been secured by hirm It caused a lively de bate, in which several republican sen ators vigorously resented what they thought was a reflection on the attorney-general.'-" The resolution went over, being displaced by the omnibus state hood bilL Our Annual Sale Commences on Friday Morning, January 2 Every Article in the House Reduced C. H. COOPER HAPPY .NEW YEAR We? wish all oJour customers prosperity for the coming year. In order to insure that, patro nize the ECLIPSE HARDWARE Plumbers and Steamfltters CO.