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6hl Mm 1903 VOLUME LVI. ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1903. NUMBER 11. PURE LINEN f H '-i'l wvl -V'. ..V' & Get the Genuine Belfast Mesh HOLD ONLY BY P. A. STORES .. The Palace Cafe The SELLING OUT Entire Stock Hens and Boys Furnishing Goods, Boots and Shoes, must be sold before February 1. Going out of business. EVERYTHING AT COST PRICE. Chas. Larson Welch Block :S B FISHER BROTHERS ASTORIA, - . . WHO WANTS THEM? One Set Encyclopaedia Brittanlca, 31 volumes, complete with Book Cm . , 141.50 One Tempi Edition of Sheak eapeare, to volume ..$2I If you wth to make some addition to your library let u flgur with you. J. N. GRIFFIN BARGAINS AT ' Silk shirt waist, taffeta, peau de IS to J2.M. This la the greatest first customer seta flrat choice. Every woolen waist reduced to co at. gale of aklrta, olaoka and aalta at Th pabllo ahowa Ita appreciation good are being bought. ta and 13 aklrta, leaa than coat at Women'! tact" Hoee , So. 12 and 1, at 50c. M bleached muslin 4 1-So, ChUdren'i er price 11. CO and 12 for $1 THB MOItNINQ IS THE BJH.ST 467 Commercial UNDERWEAR In this age of physi cal culture and advanc ed sanitary ideas linen is universally regarded by authorities as the only perfect material for un derwear, because it is perfectly adapted to the needs of the shin. IT PREVENTS COLDS Best Restaurant I Refultr Meals. 25 Cents Sunday Dinners i Specialty E erythlnf tne Market Af folds Palace Catering Company 6H Commercial Street. B: OREGON THE BEE HIVE BEE HIVE I aolr and Imperial taffeta reduced from burguln we have ever offered. The Ill conttnuea. by the lively way theae cut-prloed 95a Children' Woolen Hoee, lOo High grade beat comet, originally sheeting 19o Unbleached 36 and Mlasja' ahoea, unbroken lota form- TIME) TO TRADE. Street, - Astoria ELOQUENCE' WAS RAMPANT Fulton Up in Arms Against Reso lution Requiring Senators to Employ More Clerks. FIRST ABLE SPEECH MADE Threat AjrnliiNt Proponed Appro priation for rortlmid .Fair Miuto by Member From Untie County. Salem, an. IS. (Special) The fol lowing resolution wa Introduced In the senate today by Mctnmi of Mult nomah: ' "Resolved, by the Semite, that each member of the urnate be and la hereby authorized to employ one clerk In ad dition to those recommended fur em ployment heretofore by the committee of the aeottte." Though, apparently, Innocent of pur pose, the resolution created a great fur ore and eloquence was apllled right and left In (rent profuxlon. No sooner had It been wad thuu Kuykendul of Lane wa on hi feet and In nn impaMdomtl K'mh opposed the meaiiure. - "Thl resolution, Mr. President," he mild, "propose something that we have o right to do. It In provided by law that the wnnle Mhall have a cer tain number of clerk. Them clerk have been provided. We have no rhtht to employ any more or to Nend the tax payer money In the way thia resolu tion contemplate. I mibmlt that this renolutlon I out o'f order." The senator wa utalned In hi con tention by the chair but after vote wa taken, by nn spinal made by Kuyken dal It waa ahown that the chair wua overruled. Till wa followed by an appeal for :li reaolution by McGinn who declared among other thing that the senate wa Inadequately supplied with clerks; that a previous legislature had no right t lay down the law a to the conduct of this one and that thla IrglNlulure should Ik' permitted to be It own Judge In auch matter. "The propor time for economy." he declared, "will come when we get to the appropriation bill. Let u not hamper the business of (hi aeiwlou by refusing to employ the clerka we need. Let u not be enny wine and ound foollvh. We need theae clerk to ex pedlate our bulnea. Wc must have them." "The senator from Multnomah pro poaea to economise on the appropriation bills, doc he?" Inquired Kuykendnll, Jumping to his feet. "Well, be It so. If Multnomah county Insist upon wr- petratlng thla clerkship oluine, that fact will be remembered when the Lew is and Clark fair appropriation bill cornea up." A atrom; speech In opposition to the resolution waa made by Senator Ful ton, who auld In part: "The senator from Multnomuh will surely admit that he I wrong In his contention that the last legislature had no right to prescribe what this lcglla ture should do In this mutter. Why, If his contention were sound a previous legislature could not have prescribed the time for the meeting of the subse fluent one; surely we would not try to disregard the law In this respect, and If not In 'his respect, then why In the matter of employing clerka?" The main 'rontentlon of Fulton was that the enactment of the resolution would bo a violation of the law and urged that If more clerks were really needed then the law should be amended to meet the requirement. HI speech was the first real oratorical effort of the session and was listened to with the closest attention. After other members had expressed their views both pro and con the reso lution waa finally passed, the vote be ing It to 11. Plero of Morrow, Umatilla and Un lun Introduced a concurrent resolution providing for a constitutional amend ment making the terms of county of fice four year Instead of two. President Brownell waa authorised to appoint a committee of 15 senators to attend the funeral of the late Con gressman Tongue. A resolution whs adopted authorising the printing of 700 copies of the mes sages of the outgoing and Incoming governors. . Among the measures presented In the house were one by Cornett of Linn, authorising a free ferry at Albany, one by Kraemer to submit constitutional amendments to vote of the electors; one by Btlyeu, providing compensation for Indian war veterans; one by Gill for preservation and protection of game; one by Burgess to create a new county to be known as Stockton, and a number of new charter bills. The report of the committee on reso lutions was presented and adopted, It provided for the furnishing of members with postage stamps, newspapers, ets The house adjourned at noon to me ii.-xt Monday, at 10 o'clock. OUT OF PATIENCE WITH ! THE CONTINUED BLOCKADE. Believed That Settlement Would Have Been Effected Long Ago Had It Not Been for Germany, , New York. Jan. 15. There are signs of increasing Impatience In England over the delay In raising the blockade of Venezuela, according to a dispatch to the Tribune from London. The mo rat drawn by the provincial prt from the Independent attitude of Italy, In condemning the blockade and advo eating Cajitro'a caue. Is that England might have taken the same attitude If there had not been a hard and fast alliance with Germany. Meanwhile, dispatches are exchanged between Her lln and Ixmdon. and tt seem Imprac ticable to obtain an adjustment of the phase of a simple protocol providing for the adjudication of the 1 claims A settlement would have been reach ed between Washington and London without delay If there had 'been no obligation to refer vry detail to Ber lin. ; " 4g The Balfour government Is not likely to make another agreement with Ger many befoie the general elections In the United Kingdom. SETTLES WITH BELGIUM. Concessions Becelved From Castro That Are Agreeable to Creditor. New York. Jun. 15.-M. F. J. 8. Gof fat, the Belgian vice-consul and charge d'affaires pro tempore, has obtained from President Castro the concession of a settlement of all claims of Belgians Against Venesuela by means of a mix ed commission, says the Herald's Ca racaa, Venesuela. correspondent. One member of the commission will be a Belgian, mother a Venezuelan and the third will be named by these two. Belgium la to receive payment as the most Important nation. ! NO MORE NIGHT WORK, i Little Girls Employed In 811k Mills Put on Day Shift. New York. Jna 15. The employment of small girls at night In the silk mills of Scranton has been atopped, accord Ing to a Press dispatch from that city. The owners of the big mills have post ed notices at the various plants order Ing the small girls who have been working night for day duty. This one of the results of President Roose' velt's strike commission. . ENERGETIC CHURCH WORKERS When Not Preaching or Teaching Sun 'day School, Were Busy Steal ing Cattle. Guthrie, O. T., Jan. 15. James Grady und William Burwell. the first a preacher and the second a Sunday school teacher, have been placed under arrest at Homestead, Okla., charged with stealing cattle. Tt ere is strong evidence against them. ENDORES ROOSEVELT. Livestock Association Upholds Sugges tlon by the President. Kansas City, Mo.. Jan. 15. National Llvestlck" association In annual con vention here this afternoon by rising vote, adopted a resolution endorsing President Roosevelt's suggestion that congress appoint a committee of ex perts to seettle the range problem that for yeara has been the bone of conten tlon between cattle and aheep men. . ENGLISH COAL RISES. Advance Due to tVemand Made for An thracite in America. London, Jan, 15. It haa been an nounced that the price of coal has ad vancedlS cents per ton due partly to the Increased contract orders from America Since Christmas sixty steamers have been chartered to carry coal to the United States. GERMANS GET FOXY. Shot Fired at Venesuelan Fort to Show :'i Authority. Puerto Cabello, Jan. 15. The Oer nuin cruiser Vlneta last night fired a shell at Fort Lavlgla. The shell caused no damage. The German commander stated he fir id the shot because unauthorized persona were seen In the fort. IS THE LINER LOST? . Anxiety Being Felt for the Long Over due Steamer St. Louis. New York, Jan. 15. Upo midnight no news has been received of the over due American liner St. Louis. All day crowds of Inquirers called at the officer of Pie company where agents assured all that there was no need for alarm. TRAGEDY IN THE SOUTH Lieut-Governor Tillman Shoots Down Editor of the Co lumbia State. LITTLE HOPE FOR GONZALES Citizen of ftoutlicru City Horri fied at Tragedy Enacted on the Street at Midday. Columbia, 8. C, Jan! 15. Narclsco Oener Gonxales, editor of the State is at the Columbia hospital In a critical condition from a pistol wound Inflicted by James H. Tillman, lieutenant-governor of South Carolina and nephew of United Slotes Senator Benjamin Till man. The shooting occurred at Main and Gervals streets in full view of the state capltol. It was Just a few moments before 2 o'clock when the cry waa passed along the streets that Jim Tillman had shot N. G. Consul?. Immediately there was a ruh toward the stene of the tragedy. It took but a few moments foe a great throng to assemble In front of the newspaper offices. The excitement and indignation on the streets was Intense. Gonzaleg was taken to the office of the State where physicians pronounced his wound prob ably fatal. Policeman Boland, Immediately af ter the shooting, arrested Tillman and took him to police headquarters where he was relieved of two pistols, one with which he shot Gonxales and a second large revolver of 38-calibre, From the police station he was taken to the coun ty jail, where he Is tonight under pro tection of officers. The only attributed cause of the shoot Ing is that during the recent primary elections Gonxales bitterly opposed Till man In hl race.for governor. During the progress of the campaign Gonxales had editorially called him a debauchee1 and blackguard and had denounced him as the "criminal candidate" and "proved liar." This and other edi torials are supposed to have goaded Tillman to shoot the editor. At 2:34 this afternoon while the wounded man Is still alive, he Is un conscious and slnkln? rapidly. ' It Is now reported that Immediately after the shooting Tillman said? pit your message." It is gathered from this that perhaps the editor him self precipitated the shooting. Open threats have been made to lynch the prisoner, so the guard about him has been strengthened. He con tinues his silence, declining to r.iake any statement whatever. Gonxales waa going home alone to lunch. Lieutenant-Governor Tillman had presided at the senate's session and as he came from the state house he was accompanied by Senator Bair and Sen ator Brown and he was joined on his way up town by Congressman -elect Wyatt Aiken and ex-Deputy Sheriff Domlnlck. Tillman and the editor of the State met at the corner of Main and Gervnls streets. There was no encounter, and Tillman, as far as the evidence discloses, simply drew his re- volver and fired at Gonxales. Most of those who saw the affair say there was nothing 8a Id until after the shot. Gonxales, himself, was very emphatic in saying that he had not sent any message to Tillman. Gonxales tottered to the street car transfer station. Tillman was still pointing hia pistol at him, whereupon Gonxales said: "Shoot again, you cow ard." Tillman lowered his pistol and walked away. There was only one shot fired and it entered the right side between the eighth and ninth ribs and passed through the fore part of the body, com Ing out just above the free border ribs. The bullet waa picked up on the pave ment , Gonxales was unarmed. Tillman waa asked for a statement but he said he had been advised by his counsel to say absolutely nothing. Sur geons performed an operation on Gon xales, but In the Judgment ot physicians the wounded man haa only one chance In five to live. SENATOR TILLMAN ROASTS KNOX AND THE TRUSTS Furuker Urges Admission of Territories Charges That Indlanollans Made Threats Are False. Washington, Jan. 15. In the senate today Tillman continued his arraign ment of trusts and monopolies an? again charged that the attorney-gener al was responsible primarily for the lack of action against the trusts. , The statehood bill was under discus; sion for a short time, Foraker urglnp the right of Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico to be admitted Into the Union. McLaurln (Miss.) called attention to th? churg'-a that the people of Indian ola. M's., had been guilty of threats and Intlml latloa-agalimt the postmis tress there and he declared them to be untrue, remarking that his object In bringing the matter to the attention of the senate va In order hat his denial might go Into the congressional record as an anstvr to those who made the charge. The senate adjourned until Monday. OPPOSE MEW DEPARTMENT. Commerce, Claimed the Democrats, Would be Subordinate to Capitalist. Washington, Jan. 15. The house pas sed today the army appropriation bill and began the consideration of the de partment of commerce bill under a special rule making It the continuing order until disposed of. "Opposition to the measure came entirely from thej democratic side and was based chiefly ; on the ground that the transfer of the bureau of labor to the new department would subordinate that bureau to the department which would represent cap italistic Interests. Friends of the bill denied the as sumption that the head of the new de partment would be hostile to labor. ALL THE MINERS' FAULT. Coal Company Attempts to Prove Where the Union is Faujty. Philadelphia, Jan. 15. Most of the testimony presented to the anthracite coal strike commission today was of a corroborative nature, the Erie company which has not yet concluded Its case, producing numerous witnesses to prove that the miners' union Is responsible for tho alleged restriction of hard coal production. Chairman Gray, who has been ill for several days, was present at today's session. COAL STEAMER ASHORE. The Min"oIa Grounded off British Co lumbia During Fog. Victoria, B. C, Jan. 15. The steam er Mineola is ashore near Comox load ed with coal for San Francisco,, She stranded yesterday during a fog and is sail to be on soft bottom. It is ex pected that she will float when-part of the cargo is removed. KANNDAISAIE Is Now in Full Blast. We Have a Store Filled With BARGAINS Everything in the C. H. COOPER HAPPY NEW YEAR Wei wish all go our customers prosperity for the'eomingfyear. In order to insure that, patro-v nize the ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. Plumbers andiSteamf liters COLOMBIANS SLAUGHTERERS Tales of Horror Come From Civi lized Nation of South America. MURDER PRISONERS AT WILL ThoHe Who Do Not Acquiesce Mare Limb Cut Off and AreOtherwtoe Maimed for Life. . San Francisco, Jan. 15. Among , the passengers on the steamer Newport from Panama and way ports were Lieu-" tenant Arthur Dutton and J. J. Mea- ' ny, and four enlisted men of the Amer- : lean manned Colombian cruiser Bogo- ; ta, which sailed from this port Octo-. . Ir 7. They sp?ak In anythnlg but en thus- ' iastic terms of the experience In Co lombian water. Lieutenant Dutton, ' executive officer of the Bogota, In a . signed statement, sayst "I never heard of a court martial while in Colombia. Punishments were carried out and sen- ' tences inflicted at the sweet will of those In power. The so-called discipline ' of the armies was maintained by the . bullet or the lash. A triflllng offense was at times punished by 100 lashes on the bare back with, a flexible cane. Men were shot for mere nothing. "A tew days after peace was declar- . ed the liberal officers, who had refused to acquiesce in the conditions, but were raptured, were taken to Chtuqui, in Panama itself, and there lashed brutal ly until dead. "Some prisoners who' had been taken after a particularly stubborn resist ance, had their legs and arms cut off or their eyes or ears removed and were then released, to go maimed through life. Some died from loss of blood. "One of the several schooners loaded with refugees, which the Bogota was towing, sprang a leak in deep water at sea. The refugees were all rescued and the captain and five men were about (Continued on Page 4.)- House Reduced j& j& HBffiS3RflBSSBi ' ,1,1