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VOLUME LVI.
ASTOKIA, OKmoX, SATURDAY, JANUARY . lfMW.
1873
1903
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P. A. STORES
CANT FOOL
WITH BOWEN
Our Minister Will Maintain His Po
sition Against Germany, Italy
and Great Britain.
HAS MATTER UNDER CONTROL
Will Call Other Creditor Nation
In .'rotcst mid Titus Throw
Cane to the Tribunal of
The llutrne.
The
Palace
Cafe
The Best Restaurant
Rcfular Meals, 25 Centi
Sunjy Dinners a Specialty
E erytblni the Market Affords
Palace Catering Company
CLOSING OUT AT COST I
For the Purpose of
Colng Out of Business
CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES,
FURNISHING GOODS
. Everything Goes Profits are Yours
Come in and See :::::: :
Chas. Larson
Welch Block
6S2 Commercial Street.
Mini iter liowen, acting for
Venesuela, Ik Aiiminiaterliiif a
severs drubbing to the govern-
menu of Jeriniin, Great imi-
din am) Italy, which mv t
matidcd that tht-y be given pief.
erenc In settlement of the
clulma tialnst lite South Amerl-
run republic. Mr, I!ow...i now
piirpo- to mil together the
seven other creditor nation In
prut cat avftlurt the stand taken
by til') three innier. which will
haw the effect of throwing th'?
wh l mutter to The Hairu.. ti l-
Initial tlf nlilf rutum devoutly
hoped by the United Suit n. M.
Huvi'ft In handling VtneiU'.'la's
i-a In a highly patriotic man- .
ner, and him proved blmMf to
b a diplomat of rare ability.
That ho will bring to time tho
Hires grasping nations tit er-
lain, .mil In so doing he will
maintain the nla'un of our Mmi-
roe doctrine. 4
Kir t 1. a ..
r mo iiiuwii or me tnree power to
admit fqtutlity of t mat merit all around
hul II...... ...in ......
...... .iniB win prouuniy ne a way out
of the difficulty, No ablution of thin
International problem can, however,
remove the deep Impression which was
made when th policy of tho UrltlKli
foivlgn office wa flint rvertled to the
country. The reputation of the gov
einmeni nun Un aerloualy damnged
linn h wiirni time, tonaequcntly, la In
atore for the. inlnlittein when parllument
linela on Kebruiiry 17,
DKSEitVBD nEBCKK.
aracaa, Jan, 30.-The captiiln 1 1 the
oerrnan crulaer Giillllee, which vm an
chored ut I'uerto Cabello on the oc
canlon of the Clermitn emiwror'a birth
day, aent on invitation to the membera
of the German colony to lelcbrale the
dy on board the crulaer. .AM refuaed.
BIG HAUL OF
ORE THIEVES
Sensational Robbery Just Broughi
to Light by Officials at
Baker City.
ORGANIZED GANG OPERATED
HATLItDAY AtMQlWNMftST
HKLD l'NfV)JSTttl'TIONAt
Oregon Senate fo I Idea and Scualona
of Iioth ihmner Will AccoMlng
ly Be Hfld To3ay.
tfn. w. i (i lay a vote on
t nlled SIhu aenator a an follovraj
Fulton 13
Geer ;. ....in
ood l
Blattering , ?
Ahacnt .... , I
ine oueation of Haturlny adjourn
ment waa the aubject of a warm d-.'bate
In the aenule thin inormmr. I'realdfnt
Krownell ruling tlmt auch aljournment
would I unconatltutlonal According.
ty both houa.a of the loKlwUtture will
be In newlon and will ballot on anator
In Joint aeanlon tomorrow.
Tomorrow prooiiHea to b it or day,
aa many member have piokeJ m and
gonj to their homna. The aenntorlul
altutilion remnina unihnnniit.
Had Been SteallnsrSiteciiiieti Ore
for the Pant Three MoiiUik,
and theEMtiinatet) Los
I $100,000.
:9 B E:
FI5HER BROTHERS
ASTORIA, - - - ORBQON
Six Good, Cloth-Bound BooKs for $1
GOOD
WELL
TITLES
BOUND
a. N GRIFFIN
THE BEE HIVE
THE BEE HIVE REDUCTION NEWS
Boya' Cap, former prh BO and 25c, all 10o
Doya' Winter Weight Buita, 11.50 and $1.75, for $1.00
11.75 for ..; $1.26 ?75 fir $2.00
$3.00 for $2.25
ladles FlaneletU Wrappora, 91.35 and $1,25, for 98cs
tadlea' Flanelette Wrappera, $1.00, fro 63o
A few more three-quarter length Ladles' Sklrta, prices cut In two.
Ftalo still contluel bn Bklrts. We have sold a great many walking skirts.
THE GREATEST BARGAIN A pleated, all-wool skirt, worth $3.75 at
$2.25. Comes In blue and gray.
Bvery one woneders at the Children's Shoe bargains. We keep digging
them up. ,
467 Commercial Street, - Astoria
Vhitigton, Jun. 30. The KuruCRn
nllle huve not yet nnawored Mlnlmer
liowen'a propoMltiDtt, nude aeveral daya
ao. thiit there ahull be no preference of
the cl.ilnia of Oepnany, Great Ilrltuln
ai'd Italy uxalimt Veneiuelti over thoae
of the other creditor nations. He still
expect a favorable reply to his rnnten
tlon and bellevea that the u,uctlona
at lue will be aetlled at Washington
between, him If, noting for the irov'
eminent of Vcneiuclii, and the reprea.
entntlvea of the power. It I aup.
' poacd that an answer to Mr. Bowen's
demand has lieen received in Wanning,
ton, but reKrt cannot be continued of
ficially, and the anawer, if received
was not tranamltted.
It bis-ame known today that Mr.
Bowcn haa addreaned to the represunta
Uvea of the allira what in a measure
might be regirded ua an ultimatum, aa
defining his poaltlon. Mr. Itowen do
cllnea nbaolutuly to dlacua the iica
tlon, but It la known that he aald to the
allies tint, tf they peralat In their de
termination to receive preferential
treatment in the matter of settlement
of the ctalma, he would cull together
the other creditor nations having claims
ngalnat Venezuela,' with a view to their
making a formal protest agntmit the
demands of thoHe who participated in
the blockade. The effect of thh would
be that the other seven creditor nations
would be lined up'aBnlnat the three al
lied power, with the result that
settlement of the whole matter, In all
probability, might r.o to The Untrue, If
It la settled at all.
This note la believed to be having lt
effect In staying llnul determination of
tho question by the allied governments.
PIUV ATE CLAIMS DAY.
Korty-flve Bills Were Ai-ted I'pon. De
spite Formidable Opposition.
Wdahington, Jan. JO. This waa prlv
ate claims day in the hou.ie, and the
bill on the culendur carried everything
before thim In committee of the whole.
Forty-live bills In all were acted on
favorably despite the offon of Payne,
the republican floor leader, usshned by
Cannon and other, to defeat some of
them. Many of the claims weie old
on. When the committee of the
whole reported the bills to the house
Payne blocked tlnal passage by -. m ic
ing the point of no quorum. Hut
friends of the claims refused to be
balked. A motion was made to recess
until tomorrow morning at 10:30
o clock. In order to continue the lecla.
lative day of today and the sergeant-
at-arma and deputies were sent out
to bring In ' the absentees. It was
8 o'clock at night before the requisite
quorum was secured to carry the ino'
tlon and let the session go over until
tomorrow morning.
Dakar City. Jan. 30. The arrest to
day of Peter Peterson, a miner. In tht
employ of the Columbia mine near
Humpter, bring to light the, most gi
gantic ore thieving schjme In the min
ing annals of the west. Peterson Is
charged Ith taking 1 A H!inlg of ore
from the Columbia mine, which he sold
In Rumpter for $10 per pound. About
50 pounds- of this ore were recovered
by the officer making the arrest and
nre now in the pcwsesslon of the sheriff
of this county. The value of the ore
la from $W) to 75 per pound.
adoui inree montns ogo the man.
ager pf the Columbia mine became sus
pk-ious of the miners and he employed
a detective, who spent three months
In the mine and discovered that there
waa an organized garig of thieves who
had been at work for the past three
years stealing ore from the Columbia,
North Pole, Ked Boy, Uolconda, Bo
nanza, Psyche and other mines. They
aold ore at -a uniform price of $10 per
pound, regardless of its assay value.
i lie ore laKen is what is known as
specimen ore, that is used by jewelers
for ornamental purposes.
It la estimated that the ore taken
from the Columbia mine alone Is worth
$10,000, and the lowest estimate of the
specimens taken from all the mines Is
$100,000. Specimens were sent all over
the United States. At the present time
there Is 300 pounds known to be In Port
land. There Is also a lot In San Fran
Cisco. Warrants are out for six more
men and the, officers hope to capture
several more within the next 24 hours.
nel wlfl be a lessening of the running
time betyeen Hon Ion and Washington
by nearly three hours. Gains In tran
sit would thu be made between all
points In New England states and the
sooth.
FOn THE NORTH POLK.
Yankess Will Start In June for the
Far North.
Edgartown, Mass., Jan. SO. Cap'.aln
Kdwin Coffin of Edgartown. Martha's
Vineyard, a veteran whaler, says he Is
to command the William Zeigler Arc
tic expedition, which will start from
Tronwoe, Norway, In June, and make
another effort to reach the north pole.
Mr. Zeigler has placed no limit on the
expenses.
One thing I shall insist upon," said
Captain Coffin, "to the selecting of
men. I shall have every man on board
Yankee and I shall pick them from
the most experienced Bailors In this
section." ' '
Captain Coffin proposes to provision
the America for about three . vomit
MAROONED
OFF COAST
Singular Plight of Fifteen Persons
Who Took Passage on the ,
Steamer Crescent City.
TEN t PASSENGERS RESCUED
The Others Could Not Be Got Off
and Are Now Prisoners On
Fifth Rock Off Coast
of Mendocino.
San Francisco. Jan. 20. The steamer
Creseent City ran into Fish rock, off
the Mendo?lno coast, during a gale at
There will be about 200 Arctic dogs to i an early hour this morning. Her pa
draw the sledge party. He will push ! sengers aod crew, numbering in all
directly from Frans Josefs Land and I alut 25, took refuge on the rock.
then work up In the Arctic floes as tor j The steamar 'Scotia was signalled, and.
MINER LOSES POSITION
BECAUSE HK TESTIFIED
Coal Strike Commission Scores Oier-
ator for Thus Prohibiting
Thorough InvestlRatloa
Philadelphia. J:in. SO. -With the ex
ception of the presentation of statisti
cs, the ooal curators closed their case
before the coal strike commission to
day, and It Is expected the striking
miner will begin calling witnesses in
rebuttal on Monday.
It developed during the meeting that
a miner who testified before the com
mission had lost his place because he
was in Scranton, and the commission-
era exacted a promise from tho supei-
liiten. l'.Mit of the company that he would
reinstate him, and expressed the owln-
ion Is that II was not right to deprive
him of ils position for testifying be.
fore the commission.
WILL NOT GRANT DEMANDS.
UnloT Pacific Refuses to Accede to Re
quests of Strikers.
Omaha, Jan. SO. At Union W'lflc
headquarters the following official
statement was made today concerning
the strike situation:
'Piece work has been a successful
system In the shop of our company for
six months past, and the committee
representing the striker was told that
no change In the system could be made
at this time.
"We now have more men In the shops
here than we ever had before and their
character and skill are all that w
could ask. A reduction will soon be
necessary because our busiest season ts
over. The same condition applies to
other points on the Iine.,?
A BRITISH DISCLAIMER.
Re-
Lord Cranbourne Suva England
apacts Our Monroe Doctrine.
London, Jan. 30. Lord Cranbourne,
tnder aecretary of foreign affairs, In
speaking tonight at the banquet of the
Sheffield Chamber of Commerce, said
that the government's policy in Vene-
xula was dictated by a determina
tion to defend the Interests of her fuo
jects, and that there was no Itifring
ment of the Monroe doctrine. This
was also the case, he c'ontlnued, of the
United States, which would be a long
time before making Itself responsible
for the disorderly state of affairs In
Venenucla. -
Lord Cranbourne, concluded by de
clarlng that there "was no German and
British alliance, but that Great Britain
Is ready to cooperate with the powers
not only In South America, but In Rus
sia."
TUB END NOT YET.
But British Diplomats Coming in for
Generous Censure.
New York, Jan SO Tha nation I anx
iously awaiting the end of the Vene
suelan affair, says- a dispatch to the
Tribune from London. A temporary
Impasse seems to have been produced
OVERMAN IS ELECTED.
Succeeds Prltchard us Unite! States
Senator for North Carolina
Tl..t..l.-.
utueign, oan. gu. 'ins general as
sembly of North Carolina today form-
ally elected Leo S. Overman, the nom
Inee of the democratic caucu, ns Unit
ed States senator to succeed Senator
Prltchard.
MAY SELL WARSHIPS.
New York, Jan. 30. La Tarde, the
liberal party newspaper of Santiago, a
acres mat ncgouauons are in progrjse
for the sale of the Chilean warships
now being built In England, says a
Herald dispatch from Valparaiso, Chile.
The paper adds that Chile and Argen
tina are discussing the policy bf fol
lowing a joint International policy.
MASCAGNI COMING WEST.
Chicago, Jun. 30. Fletro Mascagnl,
the Italian composer, left last night
for Kansas City, whence, after giving
two concerts,"he will go to San Fran
cisco for one week. In each city he
will conduct orchestras made up of lo
cal musicians. Committees Of oltlaens
are In charge at either place.
TWO CORONER'S JURIES
MAKING INVESTIGATION
Have Not Yet Finished Taking Testl
mony in Arlwna Wreck Case
Operator Is Missing.
Tucson, Jan. 30. Two coroner's Jur
ies, Dotn claiming jurisdiction, have
been been In session all day, and nelth
er one has finished taking evidence in
an effort to Identify the 14 unidentified
victims and to place responsibility for
Wednesday's disastrous wreck.
The whereabouts of Operator Clougn
Is a mystery. He was In Tucson late
in the afternoon of the day of the wreck
and gave his evidence to Superintend
ent Seroufe. . It Is the opinion of of
ficial that he feared arret or. violence
and lied to Mexico.
'DEEP TUNNEL TRANSIT.
Make Boston to Washington In Three
Hours' Less Time.
New York, Jan. SO. Great gains may
be made In running time by a new pro
ject to construct a tunnel which is to
connect the systems of the New York
Central and Pennsylvania railways.
While this tunnel may not be built
for at least two years, it Is understood
that the two railway companies have
agreed on the plan, although no official
statement haa been Issued. It Is m
tended to construct a tunnel of unus
ual depth from the Central yards of
the Grand Central station at Forty
sixth street to Madison avenue and
down that thoroughfare to Thirty-third
street, where a Junction will be effected
with the tunnel tracks of the Pennsyl
vania railroad.
At one point the tunnel will reach
a depth of 100 feet beneath the, sur
face of the street. One of the great
advantages to be gained from the tun
as the ice conditions will permit.
CAPTAIN TOO COMMON.
Would Call Naval Skippers Commo
dore Instead.
Chicago, Jan. 30. The Illinois com-
mandery of the Naval order of the
United States, at is annual meeting.
has adopted resolutions requesting con
gress to substitute the rank of com
modore for that of captain In the Unit
ed States navy. The change is urged
on the theory that, inasmuch as the
master of any small merchant vessel is
called - captain, the naval officers
should have more distinction.
after beating about for several hours,
managed to launch a boat, which took
10 of th stranded persons off the roc
and transferred them to the Scotia.
The 'If e saving crew from Point Ar
ena could not launch a boat, but at
tempted to shoot llnm over the rocks
from ashore, but waa unsuccessful.
About 15 persons are still on the rock,
but are In no danger except from ex
posure. Tug boats from San Fran
cisco will make attempts to rescue
the marooned persons tomorrow.
NEW GERMAN MINISTER HERE.
New York. Jan. 30 Baron von Stern-
burg, envoy extraordinary and minis
ter plenipotentiary from Germany to
Washington, arrived today on the
steamer August Victoria.
LONG STILL LOW.
Boston, Jan. 30. Although Jrhn D.
Long, former secretary of the ravy,
held his own today, .there was no rra
teriel change In his condition
and he continues to bs a very sick man.
4 FAIR BILL IS SIGNED.
Governor Names Commissioners
vldid for in Appropriation
Measur?.
Pro-
Salem, Jan. a). Governor Chamber
lain tonight signed the Lewis and
Clark fair bill nnd ipioiiited the fol
lowing commissioners, aa provided
thereby:
Professor F. ('... Young of Eugene;
F. A. Spencer of Portland, Jt H. Al
bert of Salem; W. II. Thomas of Port
land; Richard Scott of Mllwaukle; S.
A. Lowell of Pendleton; Dr. David
Raffirty of Portland; J. C. Flanders
of Portland; Jefferson Myers of Salem;
Frank William of Ashland; G. Y.
Harry of Portland.
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Clearance Sale
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