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ASIOBUL PUBLIC 1IBRARY A, a The . onn f- .., -i0u Umios on.' A,. - '33iOn,' Anv ASTORIA, ''ORE(.6N,' WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1903. VOLUME LVI. NUMBER fi. ... m Dili li I 1873 1903; '.I 'i iTZi ' l . I S v; . :f;IV;Yy:,:-!S ' '"H' 'fir msm n v ? CrJ-SfV fy llmi Sthfitr Mm, CUnf FULL DRESS Wo nru ogcnta for tlio colibratod II ART, 8CHArTSKU;A MARX good. the kind thut gives Mtisfactiun. All limit! tailored nnd perfect in fit, finifli nnd tyk When you boo a well dressed ninu on the Ntreet nsk him where ho buys hw clothing; then follow liU exrtndo nnd oomo to the emporium of Men's nnd Boy's Furnishings. P. A. STOKES The: Palace Palace Cafe WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY J. II. COLKMAN, PrenliUMit, Salem, Ore. 'v. College of Liberal Arts, Law, Art, Medicine Music, Oratory, Theology and Business 1 repnrntnry Department open 10 student completing eighth grade de triment lower grade In preparatory department. Beside affording profelona training, the Unlverilty seek to give n practical education to all who Hre aware f the value of a trained brain. Tho Normul department offer a thorough course In tho theory and prac tice of teaching. Meeta all r(ul rementa of itute and achool law. Its turner are In constant demand. ITCatuUigue upon application. BLANK BOOKS Dairies. Calendar Pads . OFFICE SUPPLIES And all other Kinds of Stationery and Books J. N. GRIFFIN I THE BEE HIVE Now la your opportunity to get ths moat for your money AN ESTABLISHED FACT v Wt aeU reliable gooda at the loweat prlcea Unbleached muslin ...4c Lonsdale muaMn 80 Gingham i-to Park colored prlat lo HxH bleached turklsh towel,. lOo Bargain In odd lota of women's and Chlldren'a Underwear. Lace 1 n1 1 1"1 cne 1 Lace 3 and S inches wide .. lo j,ucei t Inchea wide 60 Jackets, Suits and Skirts Must Be Closed Out, and Our Pricas Will Do It. ml Ntm Ym The Best Restaurant Rtfulir Meils. 25 Centi Sunday DlflRcrs apcctalty Exerythlnf the Matket Affords Catering Company Children'! hate 25a Ladles' walking hata 25, 6O0, TSo Man'a ahoea 11.25 and 11.60 Momen'a ahoca $1 Men'a Jeraey ahlrta 60 Men'a colored dreta ahlrta ..c (Reduced from ID I cord beat thread per epool ..So Dark outing flannele ....6 for 25o NOTED DAY IN SENATE Great Speech on How to Regulate Trusts Delivered by Sen ator Hoar. SOCIALISM IS NO REMEDY Faiuoim Hen it I or Dock Mot Ita Here In Ciiwrpmiieiit 0it rmhlp, but Proper LeirlNliitloii. WASHINGTON, Juii. 8. -The dy In the 'tmte wua eventful Ix-iaune of h notunt peeh by Henutor H'wr on hi bill regulating the tium. and un at tack by Senator Vent on ime of the rulta of the Dlngley bill. Keiuttor lloar'a utluTRnea were listened to with narked attention. Senator Veat ued an n text for hi rernaika hla reaulutlon liitrtxluced yea terdity Inatrurtlng the totmnlttee on finance to prepare nnd reiort a bill re moving the duty on coal. Feeble In the extreme and aupportliig hittmelf on hi ih-k. he railed attention to the con dltlon of the dltie which had nrlen a a reult of the ehortnge In the eoul uply. There a breuthleaa alienee In th-j chamber h he nk. Ho alc the (Uetlon w no lotiKer a partlKiin one, but one of humanity; thut we are not on the verjre of n rrll. but actuii! ly In It. and that women nnd children have 1een frojsen to death. He chair ed republican enutor with being Ki le lit and dumb to Ihla lae of nffalr. having only In mind the patty cry. "Stand pat," Aldrich timk exception to omc of Vet'a atatement and the revolution went over until tomorrow w hen Aldrich Vill make reply. The ieh that followed by Senator Hoar w devoted entirely to tho queetlon of trudt and partly to an explanation ut hla recently Introduced bill. HVVjrun hit addrena wtlh the aumptlon thot all thoughtful men are nsreed n' to th neeeselty of IckIhIh tTo'h7TitinTThliTrot)tiirWThr'6rt of tiuxt. He "li that a yet there ha i been only appr?hnl.n and a large but not t-rlM Injury, execept In the caie of the recent coal Blrlkc, on he count of truxj. (n the contrary, the pioRr'-'Hi of our proerlty had been greitter In th paat few year than ever befor had be,-n known nnd our workmen vre Ixytter off. Still, there I. he ald, .ictu il peril, and It la none the least real beciume It Involve only th1? future und not the prvaent. The aiuitor then took up the dlaeua lon of the effect at the control of vast wealth by Individual, saying that In ueh a ayatem there was muHi to threaten republican lllwrty. Mont of the vaat fortune of 'the present day had been accumulated wl;thln 30 days. "la there anything to render ll un likely," he nked. "that If one of these vnet fortune has grown from a hun dred thousand to a hundred million oi a thousand million In 30 year that In the hand of the next potweor in another 30 or 50 year, the hundred mil Hon may become a hundred thouaand trillion or the thousand million a thou sand thouaand million? It there any thing to atop the accumulation of these snowball. Can the mine power and bualne, ability and capital that eon trol all the petroleum in the country by and by control nil tho coal? Can It control the railroad and ocean carry ing trade? Can It not buy up and hold In one maaa grap the agricultural and grazing landa of new and great Mates? and the coal mines and the sliver mine and copper mine?" But great aa were the poaaiblllties of the accumu lation of great wealth by Individuals, he did not find In such accumulation th eaine peril that la found In corpor ate control of such wealth. Mr. Hoar then took up the question of trust aa they now exist, pointing out what he concelvel to be their chances, aa follow: 1 Destruction of competition. 2. The management of local Indus trie by absentee In the Interest of ab. aentee capital. 3. Destruction of local public spirit. 4. Fraudulent capltsllxatlon. 5. Secrecy. , Agreement for the private benefit of the officials. 7. The power to corrupt election and In some case to corrupt the court. 8. The want of personal reponlbll Ity to public entlment. 9. The absence of personal liability for contract or wrong doing. 10. The holding of vast properties In mortmain In the dead hand, If we may use the ancient phrase of the English language. But it has life enough to serve the will that wield It. It I dead only to the influence of any nerve which cornea from the brain or heart of the poplo. Mr. Hour eaid that many a were the evil fit great combination of capi tal, torn of them would fce counter balanced by corresponding advantage, and added: - ' "1 tonfett I like to see I'ljrimt Mor. Ban buying up great llrjf of wean te:itiitili. I like to hoaif of foreign potentate and prlm lpttll'.lea and pow er bowing down when ha vlult the continent of Euroo. Wefneed great strength. We need greuti Individual power If we ar to rival jforclgtr na tion In the great matter which they also control by Individual "power. We muat. If we can, look out -In protect ing ourselves, not to Jetror them, nor to cramp them. We can 1ve them a law which will not Impair their strength and not thefk their natural nnd rightful growth, and tlat, I hope, I all w mean to do, "But great wealth vhould hp controlled M the servant of man ani of govern ment, and hould not be glvj-n the rein of control. We must keep eontrol over fttreni l which can make "title grow r wither.'' ' ' ' - Mr. Hoar 'mid that he dlfi not agree with thoe who think thyliid nn ftde quute remedy for the evllf the trust In the removal of the tariff from all trust-male article. He oppoiw-d the government owneahlp of ;J!reat labor employing Industrie. Iiwiidinii cral mine and railroad. Hoointfmn, he wild, furnlHhed no remedy? but would be quite a bad a the truUrtlheniHelve. Hpeaklng of corporation; Mr. Hoar wild no power If than thai of the em pire nation I capable of failing with them. The question was lie most Im portant that had come ui for a long time, 'for," he wild, "we We to deal not only with foreign commerce, but with that compared with wilih the fpr elgn comment of the world I but a drop In the bucket the dojnestlc com merce df the United State. Thl com merce," he continued, "I the hand of the great corporations aal It I prop erly In their hand. Thelrjwork might be beneflcient a well a oftierw lne and for thl reason, :ongre should go slowly and carefully In dev?nlng a iem cly for the Ills lest It should brlug on other which might btvore." iJistusHlng the accomplishments un der th Sherman nntl-triit law, Mr. Hour aa.il that :he attorney-general had gone fur under It already to break up a monopoly which affectid the whole freight Hnd passenger, trfcfflc of the northwest, another affecting the. cot ton trade of Jhe .tjgjjth and another the "pile "of beef, lie believed that con gress had power to go further on the Hue lndlcatd by Atta-ny-Oeneral Knox In hi Pittsburg speech and the enactment of a law on the general line of his bill, he thought, would be only another step In the direction of the nml-'.ru"!. His bill, he onuij M-"d ten tative nnd 1 xperiinental. But it was mfo anl could be modified. We should procecil safely, step by step. He th?n presented the folowmg out lines of the restrictions Imposed by his bill on corporations: Firt Publicity in the conduct of their business und the constitution of their organisation; second, the power to stop their business altogether If they violate the laws enacted by congress; third, strict penalties on them und their officer for such violation; fourth, per sonal liability for all debts, obligations anil wrong-doliiK of the directors, of ficers and agent unless the law be fully complied with. This liability I secured by requiring the personal con-sent-of the provisions. of this bill and ncceptaaee of all Its obligation by such officers, director and pgents be fore they enter upon office. A to the effect of the measure In cuse II become a law, he said: "If this bill shnll become a law und prove effective no corporation engag ing In the commerce which I within the jurisdiction of congress can keep Its condition a secret. No such cor poration can do business on a fictl tious capital or watered stock. No cor' poratlon can oppress any rival, wheth er corporate or Individual, by ar.y un lawful practices. If It doe it will be on the condition that every one of Its managers become personally liable for It debts or Its torts, and will be liable also to heavy criminal liability. This bill depends for Its validity on the con stitutional power of congress to Kgu late International and Interstate com merce." - ABMY STAFF CHEATED-. New Military Body Proposed In Bill Passed by House. WASHINGTON, Jan. .-The house, today passed a bill for the creation of a general staff for the army by a vote of 153 to 52. By.4he term of the bill It become the duty of the general staff to prepare plans tor national de fense In time of war, tq Investigate all questions affecting the efficiency of the service to render professional aid to the secretary of war, to the general oflc er and other superior commander. The general staff will consist of a chief and two general officer, all to be de tailed by the president from officer of the army at large not below the grade of brigadier generials, four colonels, six lieutenant-colonels, 13 major and 80 captain. ALLIES ARE NOT SO BAD Story of Bombardment Given Out Officially by Command x in$ Officer. N0NEKILLED, NONE WOUNDED Two Tiilgli ItoiiCH Were Broken In Dexpcrate Attempt to It 11 11 Away ami That Wan All. I.A GIT.YYKA. Dec. 23. (Correspon dence of the Associated Pre.) The British Commodore Montgomerle, who directed the Anglo-German bombard ment of the fortification at Puerto Ca bello on December 14. give the follow ing amount of the operations. After declaring that not a snlgle person was killed or wounded in the-bombardment, the commodore says: .. "Considerable misapprehension ex ists as to the action of the Ctiarybdl. of the royal navy, and the Vlnlta of th Imperila German navy, at Puerto Cabtllo. A British merchant ship, the Topaz, which was peacefully lying at an.-hor In the harbor, was boarded at night by Vemxuelans and the crew In the ir night shirts, were hurried ashore, marched through the street and east Into a filthy prison, where they remain ed without food or water. Under a strong guard they were marched back to their ship the next day and compell ed to lower the colors flying at her stern. "When they arrived at Puerto Ca bellol at once demanded an apology and assurance that the act would not be re peated and that British subject and their Interest would not be maltreat ed or Injured. In case the demands were not complied with, I announced that I would bombard the fort, a thick walled structure within easy range of our gun, and another battery mount ing a few Krupp guns, some distance away. In reply I was informed that a, juob was responsible, for the .outrage and that the matter would have to be referred to higher authority. I replied that If a dog I owned bit another man I would certainly be morally obligated to give satisfaction. Through the American consul I arranged to receive the reply to my communication, which had been telegraphed to. Caracas. If he hoisted the American ensi&.i I should know the demand had been compiled with. When the hour of the ultimatum expired I saw the ensign hoisted, but it was hauled down again. I w;ied seven minutes and then open ed fire on the battery nnd fort Be fore opeing fire I gave ample notice to the military authorities to remove the political prisoners, and insured the In habitants of the town that no Injury would be done them. There was a feeble response to our fire from the battery, bu,t none from the fort, the soldiers In which fled like rats. They left behind a general. 12 officers and 20 soldiers and a number of criminal prisoners. After bombarding 19 minute and mak ing very good practice, we ceased fir ing and a guard was landed and took possession of the fort, receiving the surrender of the general and his men. The occupation lasted but a short time and the party returned to the ship. Tho Vineia participated in the bom bardment. Instead of a number vf par son being killed, only two men were Injured, and they broke their thigh bonea in attemptnlg to escape from the fort." ( CASTRO ELATED. Hla Troops Capture Amunltlon Destln od for the Enemy. CARACAS, Jan. 6. President Castro 1 elated today over the capture by his troops of all amunltlon destined for the Matoa revolutionist which, It ! alleged the allied power permitted to reach the. Venezuelan const at Coro. The allies have declared that the blockade of Coro will betrin tomorrow. A a result of the government's victory over the --evolutionists at Guatio last Sunday, General Fernandei, one of the revolutionary leaders, has offered to Jreat with President Castro. ' ENGLISH COAL IN DEMAND. Expected Wage Decline Prevented by American Trade. NEW YORK, Jan. . The year ha opened with excellent prospects for the north of England coal trade, says the Tribune' London correspondent The conditions which applied at the close of 1903 still obtain, and ai even ac centuated, as it I abundantly evident thut the American demand 1 destined to continue for ome time yet. The West Indies are now under the necessity of obtaining coal from this country and ponltlve orders are In the mirket for Havana and Gicnfuegos, in addition to thoe for New York, Bos ton and Providence, for which tfam er4 are being regularly fixed to loud in thff Tyne. The American demand for English coal ha had an unlocked for effect In preventing the expected decline In the Northumberland miner' wage, the average selling price dur ing the last three month having been so well maintained that a conciliation board ha agreed that wage shall re main unttanged for the succeeding th'ee month. COMMISSION RESUMES SESSION Arbitrator Are At It Again Holiday Reces. ' After PHILADELPHIA. Jan. .-Twenty-two men, all but one of whom were employed in and about the coal mines, api-eared before the anthracite coal strike commission at its session In this city today, and recited oft told tale of persecution suffered during the late coal strike because they chose to work rather than "join the strikers'. The single exception was Charle S. Schadt of Scranton, sheriff of Lackawanna county. , In answer to the questions of John Mitch?ll, the sheriff said be had em ployed 40 or 50 deputy sheriffs and ad mitted that they were paid by the coal companies. He admitted that the sec ond contingent of troop sent into hi county was ordered there without hi request. This appeared to satisfy President Mitchell. GAS KILLS ENTIRE FAMILY. Four Lives Lost as the Result of a , Broken Jet. CHICAGO, Jan. 6. An entire family was wined out by asphyxiation last night and the bodies were found thl afternoon. The victims are Albert FInkelstein, his wife, daughter and grandson. The top of the gas jet was found on the Poor and the gas was turned orr. WILL COMPROMISE MATTERS. Demand of Trainmen Met Half Way By Company. ST. PAUL, Jan. 6.-The Northern Pacific today' returned an answer to the demands of Its trainmen for a 20 percent increase In' wages. The com pany sent an offer of 10 percent. Our Annual Sale Commences on Friday Morning, January 2 Every Article in the House Reduced C. H. COOPER HAPPY NEW YEAR We? wish allloJour customers, prosperityfor the coming year. In order to insure that, patro- -nixe the & & & . J? ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO, V Plumbers: end Steamf liters "THE LIGHT' . THAT FAILED" Captain of a Bark Lost His Bear ings and Sailed Into the Breakers. ONLY TWO MEN WERE SAVED The Priuce Arthur Enroute for BritiNh Columbia U Total Wreck ou the Wash ington Coast. SEATTLE, Jan. .-A special to the Pot-Intel!lgeneer from Port Townsend says: ' -t . News of the wreck of the Norwegian bark Prince Arthur on the Washington coast and the drowning of 18 of her crew was received today. The Prince Arthur was bound from Valparaiso for British Columbia, to load lumber.' . January 2 the vessel got Into the breaker and was soon fast on the rocky shore. The scene of the disas ter Is about two mile south of Oxette on the Washington coast, and 15 miles from Cape Flattery. This Is practical ly the position in which the German bark Flotbeck was rescued by tug Ja the winter of 1900. Aa .the Umatilla, light vessel lies about three miles off shore from Ozette It Is believed that the master mistook the lightship tor Tatoosh Island and sailed eastward, believing he was entering the strait In stead of running blindly to her fate. Out of the 20 members of the Prince Arthur's crew only two were saved and they were nearly exhausted when washed ashore. Bodies of the drowned seamen are being buried by ranchers and Indians living near the scene of the dsaater as they come ashore. , Although Ozette Is but 13 miles from Neah bay news of the wreck was re ceived by way of East Callam, bavins; been brought out by a mall carrier over a 25 mile trail. Owing to the Inac cessible location of Oxette only meager details are obtainable. , - ' SILVER MARKET. ' NEW YORK, Jan. e.-SUver, 48. I SsBsEBSSSHEBS