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ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 11KM THE OLD RELIABLE IB POWDER Absolutely PuroT THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE BUTE ANI GRAY VNITE. Former Enemies to Eulogise Fallen Heroes. New York. Jan. 26. There was a significant event this evening in the Waldorf-Astoria, when the Confeder ate veteran camp of New York held Its thirteenth annual banquet, to which both northerners and southerners have been Invited. Charles Francis Adams. former Union soldier responded to the toast, "General Robert E. Lee." and Colonel Henry Watterson. an old Confederate soldier responded to the toast, "Abraham Lincoln." trtmt l even more significant of the spirit of the occasion, the toast Jef ferson Davis," was responded to in this city by a northern city official. William Hepburn Russell, commission er of accounts. WATTERSON ON LINCOLN. Speech Delivered at Reunion of Union and Confederate Veterans. In response to the tost "To the Mem ory of Abraham Lincoln," Mr. Henry Watterson spoke in substance as fol lows: "If Lincoln had lived there would have been no era of reconstruction, with Its repressive agencies and op pressive legislation. If Lincoln had lived there would have been wanting to the extremism of the time the cue of his taking off to spur the steeds of ven geance. For Lincoln entertained, with respect to the re-habilitalion of the Un ion, the single wish that the southern states to use his homely phraseology 'should come back home and behave themselves' and, if he had lived he would have made this wish effectual as he made everything effectual to which he seriously addressed himself , "His was the genius of common sense Of perfect Intellectual aplomb. He sprung from a southern pedigree and was born in the south. He knew all about the south, Its institutions, its tra ditions and its peculiarities. "From first to last throughout the angry debates preceding the war, amid all the passions of the war itself, not one vindictive proscriptive word fell from his tongue or pen whilst during Its' progress there was scarcely a day when He did not project his great per sonalrty between some southern man or woman and danger. Yet the south does not know,' except as a kind of hearsay, that this big brained, big souled man was a friend, a friend at court, when friends were most In need, having the will and the power to rescue It from the wolves of brutality and rapine, whom history of all wars tells us the lust of victory, the very smell of battle, lures from their hiding to prey upon the helpless, the dying, and the dead." '. SINGULAR CASE. Child Strangled by Electric Light Bulb. New York, Jan. 28. When Edward Lang, a drlvor for a department store returned home Saturday night he laid on the dining room table the small elec tric "amp nd battery which he uses after dark to .ead the names on door bells In delivering goods. About noon Sunday his little daughter, Anna, four vears old. espied the lamp. The child touched the button and the little bulb elowed. Then she put the bulb in her mouth; it was but an fnch long and about half an Inch In clrcumfenee. Somehow the bulb was broken off and Blipped down her throat. Her mother beard the child strangl ing end ran to her assistance and the fnthar hurried for a physician. He was gone half -in hour and found no doctor at home. He then decided to call an ambulance and the child was remov ed to a hospital and tracheotomy per formed. Before the operation was com pleted little Anna was dead. The physi cians finally located the glass bulb in the child's left nostril. It Is supposed the mother had succeeded In clearing the Infant's throat, but that the child was too far gone to recover sufficiently to breathe end really died of strangula tion. LEOPOLD ALLIES ENGLISH. Congo Free State Affairs Supposed to Need Whitewashing, Mew York, Jan. it. The king of the iitlclans has paid a private visit to Iiiidon In furtherance of a new scheme fur the better government of the (Jon- KO Free Stat, ft London itlspittoh to the Trlhune seys. It Is reported to N his Intention to Introduce stronjr Itritlxh etonuM Into the administration" of that colony. KiiiR Looiwld, It is believed, ha taken this .p as a me.vis of weakening the growing demand for an International Inquiry !nto the true Plate of affairs In the Congo Free State. Put It Is not surprising to learn that the wWi to strengthen his administration by a few competent Englishmen has created much Indignation In Brussels. TRIED TO roiSON FAUEXTS. Thirteen-Year-Old Heiress Uses Hat Poison Unsuccesfully. Corning. N. Y.. Jan. I.-Nollie Knise ley, the 13-year-old adopted daughter of .Mr. and Mrs. Isaac B. Kniseley of this city, who was recently rent to thi Susquehanna home nt Ringham ton, has wrllttn home a confession that she had been systematically adminis tering poison to her foster parent, with the hope of killing them, so that she could obtain their property. Mr. and Mrs. Kniseley have betn m:ide verv ill lately after their meals, and Mrs. Kniseley" is now an invalid as the result, it is alleged, of the poison taken Into her system. At one time Mr. and Mrs. Kniseley ate canned meat 'and were poisoned. Physicians attributed the Illness to the canning. About the same time a neighbor in formed the Kniseley family that Nellie had told her daughter that when her foster parents were dead she would have the property and that she had giv en them a dose which would kill them. Mr. and Mrs. Kniseley then recalled that the girl had asked them who would get their property If they both died. After they had become ill again they discovered that a package of rat 1 oison had disappeared. They accused Nellie nf havimr out poison in their food, but she had protested that she was eating the same food that they were. She is next alleged to have told a girl companion that she Intended to give her fester parents a no; her di-?e and run uway to IVnnsylvania. The girl Ivan then sent to the Ssuquehunna Valley home. In her confession Nellie says she feels sorry for what she ha? done. NOW A TRUNK COMBINE. New York Jan. 26. It is announced that a meeting of the trunk manufac turers will be held in this city tomor row with a view of forming a combine. The meeting is the result of a propo sition recently made to western men to form one general association Instead of two. The manufacturers of trunk supplies hase asked to be allowed to coma into the combine, the capitaliza tion of vhlch will be $20.000.u00. EX-SECRETARY LONG ILL Boston, Jan. IMS. Ex-Swretary of the Navy John D. Long has been at. St. Margaret's Infirmary here for ihe past three weeks under observation by a physician for a long standing ailment. Members of his family said last night that no serious complication had been thought o f and that Mr. Long's case would scarcely give rise to any im mediate worry on their part. ITCHING ECZEMA Ad Oir licit Beiii and Instant Relief and Speedy Cure Afforded by CnHcnra Soap, Dintment ani Pills .... fti ill Use Ms. COMPLETE TREATMENT, $1.00. The agonizing ltchlug and burning of the skin, as in eczema; the frightful scaling, as In psoriasis ; the loss of hair end crusting of the scalp, as in scalled head; the facial disfigurement, as in pimples and ringworm ; the awful suf fering of infants and the anxiety of worn-out parents, as in milk crust, tet ter and salt rheum, all demand a rem edy of almost superhuman virtues to successfully cope with them. That Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills are such stands proven beyond all doubt. No statement is made regarding them that is not justified by the strongest evidence. The purity and sweetness, the power to afford immediate relief, the certainty of speedy and permanent cure, the absolute safety and great economy, have made them the standard skin cures and humour remedies of the civilized world. Bathe the effected parts with hot water end Cuticura Soap, to cleanse the surface of crusts end scales and soften the thickened cuticle. Lry, without hard rubbing, end apply Cuticura Oint ment freely, to ellay itching, irritation end inflammation, end soothe end heal, end, lastly, in the severer forms, take Cuticura Resolvent Pills, to cool and cleanse the blood. A single let is of ten sufllclent to cure the most torturing, disfiguring end humiliating skin, scalp end blood humours, With loss of hair, when all else falls. 9 rears Which would you rath er have, if you could have your choice, transparent skin or perfect- features ? v All the world .would choose one way; and you can have it measurably, . If you use Pears' Soap and live wholesomely otherwise, you will have the best complexion Na ture has for you. Sotd ell over the world. BKRCHEU MEMORIAL WINDOWS. Proposed to Reproduce Eighteen Scenes of Great Importance. New York, Jan. 26. Among the sug gestions being considered In connection with the Beecher memorial is one to place In Plymouth church, Brooklyn, a series of IS stained glass windows to typify the struggle for religious and political liberty and commemorate trreat leaders In the movement. Some of the scenes suggested would be Sav onarola preaching religious liberty, Martin Luther posting his detlance of Rome on the doors of his church, In cidents In the life of Cromwell and in the French revolution, Patrick Henry exclaiming, "Give me liberty or give me death"; Webster, replying to Hayne and Llneoln at Gettysburg. Stained gl-iss experts express the opinion that Broad street windows would be ad mirably adopted to pictorial treatment. CLERGYMAN WILL NAVIGATE. Builds Gasoline Boat In Which to Cross the AUantic. New Haven, Conn., Jan. 26. -"Uric the P.r-d" will be, the name of a boat built h 're for a clergyman, who plans to sail h-r acros the Atlantic to his old home In Norway. The owner Is somewhat advanced In years, but was a aiior when young. His name Is withheld for the present by Captain C. W. Foster, who is building the boat The clergyman left Norway about 40 years ago as a sailor, and followed the sea for a number of years, but finally studied theology. He designed the craft himself. She will be yawl rigged, 50 feet long. 11 feet beam and 5Vi feet draught and will have ample accom modations for three or four -people. She will be equipped wltha 50 horse power gasoline engine. VOLCANO DUST IN 'FRISCO. Ashes Which. Are Supposed to Have Come From Guatemala. Chicago, Jan. 28. Small patches of extremely fine white sand were seen on many asphalt paved streets today when the rain of last night had dried, says a dispatch to the Tribune from San Francisco. Scientists say this dust must have fallen with the rain, as any thing like it was lever seen here be fore. It is believed to have come from the volcano of Santa Maria In Ouate mala, which broke out in violent erup tion on October 14, and caused the ruin of a great area of cultivated country. The theory Is that' the dust, being lighter than air, was carried 2000 miles ' from the point of Its ascension. DID NOT KNOW IT WAS LOADED. But the Result Was the Same Old Story. New York. Jan. 26.-iliss Hereon, 20 y ;ars of age, shot and seriously wound- el her cousin, Lester Carroll, 14 years old, last night while she was visiting the family. "I did not know It was loaded," pro tsil Miss Herron, when she was ar rested. Th? girl took Lester up stairs to show him her father's new revolver. She pointed it at him In play. Just then the pistol 'vent off, and the bullet struck the boy In the chest. His chances of recovery are about even. TRUST OFFICIALS IN 'FRISCO. - Will Inspect the Facilities of the Union Iron Works. Han Francisco, Jan. 26. A. C. Gary, treasurer- of the United States Ship building company, has arrived here from the east He says he has come to Join President Lewis Nisom end some of the other officials of the big shipbuilding combine for the purpose of making a thorough Inspection of the Union Iron works and studying Its shipbuilding facilities. Incidentally, They will attend the annual meeting of the Union Iron works, which is to be held this week. GERMANS DESTROY FORT. N.-w York, Jan. 28,-Persons in close touch with the blockudlng forces say, acrordlng to the Herald's Puerto Ca bello, Venezuela, correspondent, that TTV Fort Snn Carlo, which commands the entrance to Lake Maracalbo, ha been captured by the Germans and been blown ui. They also report that the Herman ftmtlioit Panther has been dis abled and la being towed by the Get man. cruiser Falke to Wlllerosud, Cu BLOCKADE IS TO BE RAISED (Continued from page 1) would ba settled "oou and satlnfiic torlly." It Is learned that the Italian govern ment all along has favored an honor able t om;rontlse, and litis lot It allle know of the favor with which It regard ed the Bowen proposition, while expres sing willingness to defer to their view In the matter. It developed today that the proposi tion of custom duties collected at La Guayra and Porto Cabello to be pld to the nllle.s SO percent. These two pert collect a large part of the total custom receipt of the countr. The lifting of the blovkft.fe would not mean the complete withdrawal from American water of the allied fleet. VICTORY WOR REVOLUTIONISTS. Venesuelan Government Troops Routed and Commander Captured. New Tork. Jan. 28. Prealednt Cas tro troops have been defeated by the revolutionists In an Important battle about 40 mile of Puerto Cabello. say a dispatch to the Herald from Wlllem stad. Island of Curacao. Scattered bodies of the defeated government sol diers are arriving In Puerto Cabello. Their commanding general was cap tured by the revolutionist. TREATY SIGNED. New Tork, Jan. 26. -Hardly any at tention hts been paid U the announce- j ment that the Alaskan tvmnda-y treaty ! ha been signed, gays the London cor 1 respondent of the Tribune, i The Pally Telegraph, howevar. says there will be universal satisfaction on both sides of the Atlantic at the pros pect of eliminating the last ground for disagreement between England ana America. The announcement comes at a most opportune moment, for It ought to convince the most stubborn, that as far as these two countries are con cerned, if a certain number of what the German chancellor calls "archlvl," have lost their balance, the "reges," at least, have kept their heads. LIST OF LETTERS Remaining Unclaimed for 30 Day January 2. 1903. Anderson Wm Mrs Anderson Gustaf Blazer J Clprm A B Cotter John J Davidson W Mr Ford A J Mrs. Gengelbeck Olio .Mr Graham W P Hansen I A Mr Hayden J V Hillstrom Edwin Holt n H-ins Mrs Jackson J Mr Johnson J P Johnson J C D Johnson D M Johnson O G luanson Frank Kell-y Clt'O Miss Korstl Hewey Kunstow Ben Larson Josie (.ehniau C B. Lund H R Vt yrnun Thompson P..'7.oHt May Ri lewrour Adam Pin-jdiierg G Mr Spurr J P Svenson E Mr Thompson Theodore Thompson Albert Tharburn J M Foreign: Olset Martha Mrs Poeten Aksel Packages. Bush Annie Mrs FISHERS' OPERA HOUSE L. E. SELIG, Leese and Manager. THURSDAY, JANUARY 29 Mr. J. Saunders Gordon Present In Verdi's Grand Masterpiece "II TROVATORE" With America's Leading Prima Dona ROSE CECILA SHAY And an all star support. Forty peo ple. Brilliant Scenery. New Costumes. Electrical Effects. Prices Reserved seats, $1.60; gallery, 75 cents. Seat sale opens Wednesday morning at Griffin's Book store. (On account of the great expense at tached to this attraction the free list will be entirely suspended.) PrtOMtNKNT QUAKKK DEAD. , Camden. N, J Jan. Stf.-Ctuutes Uhoadoi, one of the best known mitt Inter of the Society of Friend, I dead at hi home In Muddoiitleld of pneu monia. He was year old and until hi wont tllne was In exceptionally vigorous health. HMKIVKS Mlil'M ATTNVIIOX la our school. Instruction la given la wording, eaultallslng, punctuating, para graphing, .to. All our teaching i praotl eal. the education we give I usable. A oours with us pyth sucews of our graduates, aa buaintni men and women, and as bookkeeper and tenographor, prove this. Open all the year: students admitted st any time; catalogue free. PORTLAND BUSINESS COLLEGE t'OHTLANO, OHKtiOM A. P. ARMSTHOSiU, LUB PRINCIt'AL Masquerade Ball THURSDAY EVE, FEB. 19 GIVEN BY THE Sons of Hermann AT FOARD I STOKEi' HALL ADMISSION. Gentleman Maskers ,..$1.00 Lady Maskers W Spectators 50 Children 25 Eight Handsome Prises to He Given. G. ttl, Barr, Dentist Mansell Building. 578 Commercial 8t. Astoria, Or. TELEPHONE RED J0L THE WALDORF C. F. WISE, Propr. Astoria's principal resort. Fine liquors and cigars. ANDREW LAKE Merchant Tailor New Goods, Winter Samples, Per fect Work, Prices Reasonable and Work Done With Dispatch, 4S2 Commercial St, - Astoria. Ore. RELIANCB Electrical Works 421 BOND ST. We are thoroughly prepared for making estimates and executing orders for all kinds of electrical Installing and Repairing Supr-lles In stock. We sell the celebrated SHELBY LAMP. Call up Phone USL H. W. CYRUS. - Mar Central meat Market 642 COMMERCIAL ST. Your order for tncats. both FRESH AND SALT Will lie promptly nd Ollmac'orlly utendtid to 3. W. MORTON, Prop. Telephone No. S41. Andrew Asp, Wipi laker, llackunilk Mt Isrwikstr FIR3T-CLAS8 WORK AT REASONABLE PRICKS. Special Attention Given to Ship m4 Steamboat Repairtng.General Black smithing, First-Clata Horse Shoeing, ate. CORNER TWELFTH AND DUANB Use Pcrria's Pile Specific No case exists where it will not cure. This Internal rem edy cures all diseases of the digestive organs. For sale by all druggists. Dr. Perrln Medical Co., Helena, Mont. Interfiling pamplet mailed free by asking. 1 IN PLAIN FIGURES All our goods are marked so, and now we are offering some unheard of bargains at IO to 15 per cent off on everything. AU our goods are the best eastern madeno shoddy. ' Iron Beds, Bedroom Suites, Folding Beds, Rockers and Mat tings in largest assortments Nothing better. 1 ' 1 " i.'i. I.. !Bmaanws H. H. ZAPF, : The House Furnisher FURNITURE New and Second Hand We have now an elegant lot of upholstered chairs, roo hr and Kitr. which we art selling out at Prices to Suit Purchasers Stovs, Tinware, Qranltewaro, Carpet laying, upholstering, repairing, Adams (&L 410-422 GROCERIES For the Very Best Articles of Food, at Prices That Are Right, Be Sure to See V. H. COFFEY Department Store, Corner Bond and Twelfth. The Boston Best and Neatest Eating; House in Astoria Try Our 25-Cent Dinners Prompt Attention MARINOVICH Fancy and Staple Groceries FLOUR, FEED, PROVISIONS. TOBACCO AND CIG ARS Sujijiliesof all kinds nt lowest niti-n, fur lislnnnt , Fanners and Loggers. .As V ALLBN Tenth anil CumnicrclHl Street KOPP'S FAMOUS BEER Bottled or In Keg Free City Delivery North Pacific Brewing Company, Astoria J KM IL HCHIMI'FF, (U'nentl Minuter. xixiiiiiiiiirixTiiixixixxixxxxxxizrniiniiiiriix7 ...THE CITY OP ASTORIA... In Noted a I'liu-e VVIir Cutbirth's Creosote Shingle Stains The Most lnrsbl, Priwervntlvo, and Handsome Hialns on th Market. Nutlilnu keens nut the weather like sliinele on the witlls. NotLitxr H premirves sin beantlrtes shingles H Cuthirtb also makes the best D "vater craft. A XXXXXXIXJJDaXXXIIXXIXtXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXL4 Henning'sen Bond Street Restaurant oMMi:itt i.w, sTiti:i:r High Class Chef & UOSCOVICIt like Cutbirth's stains, OOPFEH l'AINT for the bottoms ot all