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VOLUME LV1.
ASTOKIA, -OKiasoy, Til U 1S1) AY, FKKKUARY 5, 1903.
NUMBER 31.
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1873
1903
BUSINESS CLOTHES
When you buy business clothes
you want them business like in'pricet
but it isn't good business to have
clothes that are not stylish, nor to pay
too much or too little for them.
We've got the famous
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licio for you; and with that
statement we answer every
question you can think to
mhIc about looks, style, tail
oring, fit and btisinoBS-like
prices.
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P. A. STORES
The Best Restaurant 1
Rcfulir Mtals. 2S Cents
Sunday Dinners c Specialty
Eerytnlni the Maiket Affotds
The
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Cafe
Palace Catering Company
CLOSING OUT AT COST!
For the Purpose of
Going Out of Business
CLOTHING, BOOTS AND $HOES,
FURNISHING GOODS
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VALENTINES
Wholesale and Retail
J. N. GRIFFIN
THE BEE HIVE
THE BEE HIVE REDUCTION NEWS
noys' Cap, former prices (0 and 25c, all Mo
Boys' Winter Weight Suits, $1.B0 and 1.75. for
11.75 for $1.25 12 75 fir 1200
13.00 for ....$2.25 ,
Indies' Flanelette Wrappers, $1.35 and $1.28, for. Mo
ladles' Flanalette Wrappers, $1.00, fro 3o
A few more three-quarter length Indies' Skirts, prices cut In two.
Bale still lontluoa on Bklrta. We have aold a great many walking skirts.
TUB GhEATBST BARGAIN A pleated, all-wool skirt, worth $3.75 at
12.25. Comes 'In blue and gray.
Every one woneders at the Children's Shoe bargalnsi We keep digging
them up. ,
HUME VOTES
FOR HARRIS
Fulton Does Not Get Support of
Representative as It Was
Believed He Would.
OTHERWISE ALL THESAME
Number of Minor Hill I'hnmmI
by Nciinte-CiovernurCliaui-borlaitt
KIkiin Hill Imor-ornlliir('oulllc.
Salem. Feb. 4. --(Special) Represent
ative Hum whh present at today' c.
slon and cmt hi Initial vote fur Unit
ed State senator. Hut h did not cunt
It for C. W. Fulton. a It whh generally
expected he would. L. T. Harris,
speaker of the lunio. and one of the
very strong Fulton supporter wa the
recipient of the honor. Seaker Kar
ri hit not yet begun to make arrange
ment to move to Washington and prof)
ably will not.
There W8 no other development In
thi! contest and the vote stand the
same, whlrh I a follow:
Fulton St
(Jeer 16
Wood 17
Mill 12
Scattering 9
A turrit i
Hill were called up end aMd a
follow:
Hy Crolsnh A lorul measure to ivru
late mutual Insurance rnmpnnlr-8.
Hy Sweek To regulate Sunday clos
ing. tlnyden's Home MM. to authorize the
building of It nine on public road und
hlijhway. also was passed, a was also
Hanks' bill .fluting to the execution
of deed. j
HUM were introduced by Muys. byi
request, to require county clerk to
muke cntrle of payment on Judg
ment. Hy Mny To require Judge to ren
der decision In ease within 90 day.
Hy Mulkey To regulate the sale of
liquor In Incorporated title.
Hy Pierce To amend the code rela
tive to assessment and taxation.
Hy Smith of Multnomah To prohibit
the .Ie of exploitive to children.
Salem. Fob. 4. The hnune was cal
led to order at 10 o'clock by Speaker
Harrla. The first business of the ses
sion wn the swcariiiK Into office by
Secretary of State Dunbar of Represent
ntlve Ilmnea of Coo and Curry coun
tle, who ntade hi appearance for the
first time this morning.
Senate hill wore given flrt and sec
ond reading and referred to commit
tee. Committee report were then read,
recommending the passage of certain
bill. The Multnomah delegation, a a
special committee, reported favorably
on house bill provide for the pur
chase of county supplies In rase of an
emergency, relating to the port of Port
land, regarding the salary of county t
superintendent In Multnomah county,
and to '.H-ovldo for the appropriation of
all claims by the county auditor.
A message was received from the
governor Mating that he had signed
the bill to Incorporate Couullle.
The committee on labor and Industry
reported on ;hc bureau of Information
hill, At the same time suggesting that It
be referred to the committee of the
whole and made a special order ui bus
iness, arguing that it was not right, to
sidetrack other measures for something
not requiring an emergency and the
house decided not to give It the right
of way.
tlm swale, but killed in the hiu
on the thuory that the .republican In
corner" ar lM-it-r able to Judge the
anviKaWllty of the passuge an than
mi legminture.
FI'NHTON WILL T)MM.M)
I'ElWilTMKNT OF COLl'MHIA
Order Issued at the War Department
testerdly Makes a Number of
Important Mlllltary Assignments.
Washington, Feb, 4 A general order
dated January 27. making a number
of highly Important military assign
ment Wits Issued at the war depart
ment today. I'nder thi order the fol
lowing change will occur: '
aiajur ueneral Arthur Mi-Arthur I
assigned to command the department
of California, to relieve Major Oeneral
Robert Hughes, who will be retired
April II.
Major General John C. Hate will re-
llev Major Oeneral MacArthur of the
command of (he department of the
lake April 11.
l-ri(ra(lr;r iciier.il Janx F. Wade
will relieve Major (Jeneral Davis of the
command if th division of the PhiHr
pine on or before June 2. On being
relieved MmJoi- Oeneral Davis will re
tire.
ttrlxadler Oeneral Leonard Wood will
procceu to Manila for assignment to
command the department of Mindanao.
HrlKa.ller Jeneral Geo Randall will
be relieved of the command of the de
partment of the Columbia April 1 and
report to the commanding general of
the division of the Philippines.
Iirlgadler General Funston w ill be as
signed to the command of the depart
ment of the Columbia. Brigadier Gen
eral Frank Haldwln will succeed Gt-tier-al
Funston. ' ' t
Hrigudlcr General Sumner-will be re
lieved In the Philippine and proceed
to Omaha to command th department
of the Missouri. 4
Itrlgn iler Jenerul William H. Caster
will report Jo the commanding general
of the division of the Philippines to re
lieve ttrlgadler General Wade who will
lie pro;n-t d to major general on retire
ment of Major General Hulse In April
next. He will relieve General Davis
of ihe commund of the division of the
Philippine In July. It I understood
ho III exlrclse command of the forces
In the Philippine for a few months
only and that he will then be succeeded
by General Leonard Wood.
FL'MES OF NITRIC ACID
WORKED DEATH TO FIREMEN.
Concluded Their Work nt the Fire and
the Next Day Baleful Effects
Kilted Them.
Milwaukee, Feb. 4. Four firemen ure
d -ad and nine others are said to be
seriously III from the effects of Inhaling
fnmn of nitric acid while righting fire
at the plant of the Schwnb Stamp and
Seal company last night Victims of
the disaster were not overcome for
many hours after the fire, when one
by one they succumbed.
The dead: James Foley, chief: An
drew White, Captain; Edward Hogan,
pipeman; Thomas Droney, ptpeman.
Assistant Chief Clancy's condition Is
critical.
Captain Peter Iincaster Is dying and
Truckman William Meloy. William
Kennedy and Daniel McArthur are se
riously 111. The mm became 111 today
and rapidly grew worse.
SHY ABOUT
THE HAGUE
Every Effort Will Be Made to Set
tle Venezuelan Question in
Washington City. (
Caravans of camel are bringing arrr
and ammunition and store of food
and grain to the rebel headquarter,
snd ftom all urce It I learned that
trouble Is expected.
PRESIDENT ENCOURAGES PLAN
Preferential Treatment Will Ik;
Accorded Allies for Three
Months So They Will
lie Honored.
Washington, Feb. 4. Every effort Is
being made by the representative of
the allies to secure a settlement of the
Venezuelan dispute without sending It
to The Hague. In this effort the Ital
ian and Rritlsh ambassadors ana the
German minister. Baron von Sternberg,
are receiving the endorsement of Min
ister IJowen and the cordial approval
of the government of the United States.
It I understood that the president,
w hile In no way concerned with the ne
gotiations 1 personally In Tuvor of an
agreement being reached at Washing
ton. This fact it Is believed wlli have
a prompt bearing on the decision of the
British and German foreign 'officials.
The British ambassador and the Ger
man minister have cabled to their gov.
eminent the fact that Mr. Bowen hae
expressed his willingness to give. the
allies preferential treatment for three
months, that they may emerge from
the controversy without Injuries to
thir honor. The allies have not yet
replied to the last representatives of
their envoys here, urging acceptance of
this plan.
Advices reached here from Berlin this
afternoon of an Important nature, but
assurances are given that they were
sent prior to the submission of the last
proposition and affected only a detail
of the controversy. The renort mi
not discouraging.
It may be some days yet before a
final answer Is received at Washington.
but all negotiators are hopeful of a
successful outcome.
PREPARE TO MAKE AJT
ATTACK ON CARACAS.
STORM IN THE SOUTH.
Louisville Visited by Severe Rain and
High Wind That Blork Traf
fic and Stop Communication.
Louisville, Feb. 4. A heavy rain
which net in over Louisville last even
ing continued Intermlttingly during
the night, accompanied by wind which
at one time reached a velocity of 4
miles an hour. The wire of the Lou
isville Railroad company, the Citizens'
General Electric company and the Pos
tal Telegraph company became crossed
during the night, burning out the dyna
mo plant of the telegraph company and
working damage to the power plants.
Falling trolley wires caused a tempo
rary suspension of street-railway traf
fic on the two lines.
CH.irlit rnrrr a
3INUW SIUKW
IN CHICAGO
Most Awful Blizzard in Years Vis-
:i. I L it .i i nt l
u uinc metropolis diock
ing Ail Business.
SHUT OUT FROM THE WORLD
NO TROUBLE AFTER ALL.
Stormy Weather and Alert Police For-- i
Kept Down Disturbance. j
Waterhury, Conn., Feb. 4. Stormy
weather and an extra precaution on the
part of the authorities carried Water
bury through the dangerous hour ol
night without serious trouble from the
streetcar strlk that was confidently ex
streetcar strike that was confidently ex
night.
WAS FRENCH BARK.
Vessel Enroute for San Francisco Is
Wrecked and AH On Board
Are Drowned.
London, Feb. f The large vessel
wrecked off Durabog reef yesterday
was the French bark Van Stabel, Cap
tain Quimper, which sailed from Glas
gow January 17 for San Francisco.
All persons on board are thought to
have been drowned.
MORE BLOODY BATTLES.
Armies Crowd Things to the Gates of
Fes and Capture Leuder.
467 Commercial Street,' - Astoria
TO ASSIST KX-SLAVKS.
Senator Hnnna Introduce Bill to Pen
sion "Ole Cullud Folks." ,
Washington, Feb. 4. Senator Hanna
today Introduced a bill granting pen
sions and bounties to all ex-slaves who
were freed by the proclamation of Pre
Went Lincoln during the war of the re
bellien. It provides that persons over
50 ycars,and less than 60, male or fe
male, shall receive a cash bounty of
$100 and monthly pensions of $S per
month: person bet-ween 0 and 70 year
of age, bounty of $300 and a pension
of $13 er month, and person over 70
years of age a bounty of $500 and
a pension of tU per month.
London, Feb. 4. According to a dis
patch published In the Morning Leader
from Tangier, the Spanish embassy has
received news of still more bloody bat
tles than that which took plnce Janu
ary 29. "
The Sulton's troops, numbering 12,000,
attacked the pretender's new encamp
ment, treachery and bribery again giv
ing the ahemtlnn army the advantage.
A terrible fight took place around Du
Ilamaras' person and according to the
latest account continued right up to
th gate of Fex, where after losing
2500 slain, Du Hamarns was finally
raptured.
WILL LEAVE IT TO CONGRESS.
Washington Legislature Not Willing to
Memorialise Representatives.
Olympla, Feb. 4.-The house today In
definitely postponed the senate Joint
memorial -Instructing representatives
In congress from thla state to work,
for the passage of the omnibus state
hood bill. The memorial had passed
QUARRELED OVER RELIGION.
One Negro Convict Brutally Murders
Another While Asleep,
Philadelphia, Feb. . James Pratt, a
negro aged 37 years, who was serving
a sentence of 20 years for burglary was
murdered In the Eastern penitentiary
hei-e today by Cornelius Bush, 21 years
old, also colored, sentenced to 2 years
imprisonment for assault and battery.
The men quarreled over religion and
when Pratt went to sleep Bush crushed
his skull and then cut his head off and
put It on a table.
ANACONDA GETTING GOOD.
Gambling Houses In the Montana City
Are All Closed.
Anaconda, Feb. 4. All the gambling
houses in Anaconda were closed today
by order of the new attorney.
Government Does Not Despair and Ex.
pects to Break Up the Revolution
by Decisive Action.
New Tork, Feb. 4. An army of rev.
olutionlsts Is now almost at the gates
of Caracas, says the Herald' Caracas
correspondent, and everywhere In the
city preparations are being made to
repel the attack. Trenches are being
dug and citizens are being drafted Into
the military ranks Animals are being
seized for the government service.
President Castro Is as cool as the
proverbial cucumber, and is displaying
a tireless energy. He Is on horseback
day and night, directing the defensive
operations.
Despite the dark outlook, many per
sons believe that the government will
triumph over the divided revolutionary
leadership and the unsoldierly crowds
of the insurrection. The Matos revo
lution has at last reached a point
where some decisive action must take
place within a very few days.
Bulletins of victory and defeat are
now being circulated in Caracas as a
result of the fighting Just south of the
capital. These bulletins are not trust
worthy The significant feature Is that
defensive measures are being pushed.
The blockaders have notified the La
Guayra authorities that ' if they see
Venezuelan soldiers In town they will
shell the fort. This notice Is Inexpllc.
able to the La Guayra authorities as
Venezuelan soldiers occasionally pess
In the streets on their way to fight
thi- revolutionists. La Guayra look up
on the notification as a new- tack of
the Germans to assist the Matos revo
lution and are asking: "Where la the
peaceful blockade?"
QUARANTINE ENDED
Manila Declared Free From Cholera By
Health Officers.
Manila, Feb. 4. United States quar
amine officials have declared Manila
free from cholera, thus ending the quar
antine, which has lasted nearly a year.
All Traffic WasStopped-No Quo
tation Received From Kew '
York I7nt.il Vnnn Tiva :
Lives Were Lost.
Chicago, Feb. 4. Today and last
nlgnt Chicago was the scene of the
worst blizzard in years. Wire are
down in every direction and all tele
graphic lines except those of the Chicago-Milwaukee
roads were unwork
able, a were the Tong-distance tele
phone wire, except one line to Omaha.
For hour this morning Chicago wa
cut off from new of the outside. ' No
quotation have been, received from
New Tork up to 11:30. Nearly a foot
of snow fell yesterday and last night
a rain and sleet storm, accompanied by
a gale of wind, completed the havoc.
Street-car traffic Is demoralized and
all ineondng trains are reported late.
The storm continued today, hampering
the work of the repair crews sent out
in every direction by telegraph com
panies. Two Uvea were lost and num
erous accidents have occurred.
OVER A CENTURY OLD.
Stratford, Ont, Feb. 4. Mary Ann
Mills, the oldest woman in Canada, is
dead at her home in Woodham. She
was in her 115th year, having been born
in the county of Fermanaugh, Ireland,
on October 18, 1788. With her husband
she came to Canada irtlS57.
MARCONI SYSTEM FOR STEAMERS.
New . York, Feb. 4. In a statement
issued by the Marconi Wireless Tele
graph company. It is suggested that
all of the fast steamers of the Inter
national Mercantile Marine company
will be supplied Immediately with wire
less telegraph plants. x
REBELS IN CHINA .
PREPARE TO MASSACRE.
Large Army I Getting Ready to Ex
terminate Every Foreigner In the
Section Empress Alarmed.
Victoria. B. C , Feb. 4.-Chlnese pap
ers received by the empress of China
have further new regarding the crisis
in northwest China.
Th writers say that the situation
Is most serious, for. in Kansu, a large
army Is being organized to proceed
against the foreigners and only the ex-
lK'Sure of this movement and the aid
It is recelvlnng at Pekln will open the
eyes of the statesmen of Britain, Amer
ica and Germany to the danger which
threatens foreigner In China.
C. J. Anderson. China Inland mission
ary In Alnnan, says in a leuer jvas-r
Is full of the rebel troops, who all want
to fight and say there will not be one
fooilgn devil left All travelers are
being searched and letters opened
SaleEsten
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