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NOTIOK! Books, r.Tiodic."!r,, Magazines,' &c.( Are rot 13 T:.:a Fr:n Tho Library willii 'r -.T.i ;:bn. Any tmo luumi t.;ti.;: ii V-i offense. ASTOfiJA PUBLIC ,SHART ASSOCHTIOIi. will be liable to prosecution. i i rkSJ fnwm -';rV-r far VOLUME LVI. ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1903. NUMBER 31. f in i ii 1873 1903 f BUSINESS CLOTHES When you buy business clothes you want them business like in prices but it isn't good business to have clothes that are not stylish nor to pay too much or too little for them. WVvo got the famous Crouse A Drundi'gee tiiU' here for yon; mid with that statement we RiiBwer every question you can think to 8k about look, style, tail, oring, fit and budnm-lile prices. Vou can prove the truth of all we my in five tnin uteij we're waiting for you to come and ace. " (u',JH.mttmW". P. A. STORES ANTITRUST LEGISLATION Standard Oil Company Attempts to Corrupt Congress and So Far Is Foiled. URGENT MESSAGES ARE SENT The Best Restaurant 1 The Palace Cafe X Kef utar Atcils, 25 Cents Sunday Dinners a Specialty Everything the Maiket Afroi4s Palace Catering Company CLOSING OUT AT COST! For the Purpose of Going Out of Business CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, FURNISHING GOODS Everything Goes Profits are Yours . Come in and See : : : : : : : Chas. Larson Wkh Block. 652 Commercial Street. .3 EH" FISHER BROTHERS ASTORIA, - - - OREGON Authoritatively Stutcil Tlmt I n. lea Favorable Action In Tukcu l'jUn Hi'mhIoii Will He Called. . Washington, Feb. 7.-It tan be i slated on authority that unlcs anti-trust legislation In at leant i rcuwonably satisfactory to the i administration, a enacted by 4 th present confer, President Roosevelt will, on the fifth of i March, call an extraordinary 4 pinion of th S8th session. The president himself bus told irn;m- i bers of congre of his desires mid hi rteterml nation in thin re gurd. It 1m understood thut the i announcement wu direct and unqualified. i It Is further staled tlmt the d-termm atlon of the president was reached on ly after a careful consideration of the strenuous efforts being made to defeat any anti-trust legislation "by congress. These effort have covered a wide range, They were rhuracU-rlxed toduy by one prominent republican lender, to quote him directly and the "moot re- workable which 1 have ever pertonnlly known durlnc my, public lite." These effortii culminated during the pant It hours. It in now declared, and contained Indirect appear from the Btardurd Oil company through It pre Iclont, John P. Rockefeller, to members of the senate not to euuet any anti trust legislation at thl time. Six United Stute enator have re ceived telegrams slirned, "John D. Ro ckefeller." urging that no anti-trust legislation be enacted. It ha been impossible to obtain a copy of these dispatches, which it can be said, are practically Identical. Substantially they read a follow-; : We are opposed to antl- ! : timet legislation. Our conn- : ; el, Mr. , will see you, : : It must be stopped. i VALENTINES Wholesale and Retail J. N. GRIFFIN Fancy and Staple Groceries FLOUR. FEED, PROVISIONS, TOBACCO AND CIGARS Supplies of all kinds at lowest rates, for fishermen, Farmers and Loggers. A V ALtlwsSN Tenth and Commercial Streets . . The Boston Restaurant KM COMMERCIAL STREET Best and Neatest Eating House In Astoria Try Our 2 5-Cent Dinners Prompt Attention High Class Chef MARINOVICH & BOSCOVICH a A stated these telegram' (and It must be clear that only the substance and not the exact wording ts here gtv en) were signed, "John D. Rockefel ler." Yesterday morning one of the counsel for the Standard Oil company arrived here and called Immediately on mem bers of the somite. 'Scarcely had he made known hi business when he was Informed, curtly, that his presence was undesirable and he left with the Inti mation that he Mould return to New York. During the afternoon, Informa tion concerning the receipt of a mes sage leake out and became the subject of some quick cloak room discussion at the senate. The new also reached the house. Then it ben mo known that this was not the first time the Staudard Oil com- pany had endeavored to finance legls latlon In congress at this session. At' torneys for the company had opposed vigorously an enactment of the meas ure submitted by Attorney-General Knftx to a sub-committee of the house Judleiory committee. Subsequently, when what la known a the Llttlefleld bill waa reported to the house, It can be stated on the best of authority that the Standard Oil com pany's counsel began to debate the proposition particularly on the Nelson amendment to section alx of the de partment of commerce bill. The amendment which "ontolns practically a publicity of the feature of the Knox anti-trust bill, they did not wont Incorporated In the measure and It 1 stated used their effort tt prevent its favorable consideration. They were unsuccessful, ab the bill with that amendment was agreed upon unani mously today by the conferees of the two branches of congress. The aotlon of the conferees was re ceived with satisfaction, It Is under stood by the officials of the adminis tration, a It Is regarded as a long and essential step toward the kind of anil-trust legislation that both the president and the attomey-generul now believe will be effective. Tonight the efforts being made to de feat or emasculate pending anti-trust letsLtilon formed tho subject of some anlmuted fonfMwnrn-n. Indocd, the sub ject I likely to lie developed In soirii: detail In congre. On of the recipi ent of telegram signed by John P. Iio kefcller said: I f "N su'h formidable weapon ha evr bert put into the hand of one man by another In an executive contest as was put into my hand by the m-nfar tit that telegram. If necessary, I will rlso In my place in the senate and read It. Then we will ee whether any vote are to be recorded against legis lation at which these efforts are being directed." "i ANTI-TIIUST BILL PA8HED. Measure Ilecelved Unanimous Vote In Lo er House of Congress. Washington, Feb, 7. By unanimous vote, 245 to 0, tho house today paused the antl-trut bill. For three hours tho democrat offered a scrte of am endrnent designed to place "teeth In the bill" but they were either ruled out of order or voted down by a strict party vote. ... TOBACCO HOUSE IS ABSORBED BY BRITISH AMERICAN CO. Mathews k Son Do an Immense Bus iness In Rehandllng and Sold Out for 12.000,000. Loufavlll?, Feb. 7. The Courier Journal thl morning says: . The enormous plant of W. S. Sluth ew & Son of this city, the largest re-handling tobacco establishment In the woriJ, has been absorbed .by the Brltifh-Amerlcan Tobacco company, the English adjunct of the American To bacco comjiany, John V. Mathews, the head of the Muthews plant, wftl leave today for New York to complete the final details of the deal, which is the blggjst of the kind for onje time. All the main terms have been agreed upon, the purchase price being in the neighborhood of 12,000,000. For many years Mathews & Sons have done the bulk of re-handling, their business extending through many countries. Negotiations haw een in progress for over a year between the firm here and the tobacco compjany which controls the British-American company.' It was - only a fetweeks ago, however, that the negotiations w hlch led directly to the present deal were begun. Tho New Orlans re-hnndllng plant the largest under the control of the American Tobacco company at the present time, will be transferred here and will be merged with the Mathews' plant. Other business of a similar na ture ilso will be transferred to Louis ville. The new owners of the plant will in corporate, the capital stock being plae cd at about 12,000,000. ALLIANCE IS DISCOVERED It Has Just Leaked Out That Ger many and Italy Have Secret Understanding. WAS TO ACCORD IMPARTIALITY Foreign EmbaHKie at Waalim?- ton Have Received Protocols Which A! viae Going to The Hague. - Washington, Feb. 7. DIsclos- ures of the secret alliance be- tween Germany and Italy con- stltutej the most Important de- vdopment in the Venezuelan sit uation tonight. The fact has been made known to the British ambassador and It will put alft the negotiators more closely on their guard in the drafting of a protocol vrtikh they hope to sub mit to Minister Bowen during the next few days. ' hospital in this city from the effects of an operation. Mr Shaw was a sifter of the late Mrs. W. A. Clark, Jr., who died at Butte recently. Among the relatives who watched at the bed side of Mrs. Shaw during her illness was W. A. Clark, jr., the son of St-nator W. A. CJark of Montana, , The remains win be taken to Butte on Sunday next WILL STOP SMCOOUNO. Collector of Custom In Washington Conferlng with Treasury Offlclals. Washington, Feb. 7. Senator Foster today presented to the president, Clar ence Ide, collector of customs of the Puget sound district. Ide Is in Wash ing In conference with treasury officials regarding the smuggling of opium and Illegal entry into the United States of Chinese. It has been determined, as a result of the conferences, that radical measures shall be taken to put a stop to both practices, which are particular ly flagrant In Ide's district. GREAT ARMY IS PROPOSED Sultan of Turkey Will Make Dem onstration of Quarter of Million Men. INTENTION IS TO OVERAWE SHERIFF WITHERS DIES. Criminal Horse Thief Still at Large His Wife Arraigned. Engene, Ore., Feb. 7. Sheriff With ers died at Hale today at 11: 2 a. m. The body waa brought io Eugene. Klllot Lyons, the horse thief, who shot Withers to effect his escape is still at large. Lyons? wife was brought In, arraigned and Jailed. Deputy Fred Flsk has been sworn In as sheriff. . Washington Feb. 7. The German- Italian alliance was old news to Bowen the fact having leaked out in Caracas before he left. Generally speaking, the alliance is in;ended to secure to Italy the same treatment In allies' set tlement with Venezuela as that receiv ed by Great Britain and Germany. Bowen has made it plain both to the British ambassador and to the German minister that he cannot affix his s'gna ture to any protocols they may present him which are not substantially of the same character as thatio be submitted by the Italian ambassador. All three of the first set of protocols! to be signed which wilt contain con ditions precedent to the raising of the REFUSES PRINCESS' REQUEST. Asks to See Her Sick Child, But is Not Allowed to Do So. Geneva, Feb. 7. The lawyer of the former crown princess of Saxony today received a telegram from Dresden defi nitely refusing the prjncess request to be allowed to see her sick child under any circumstances. ; ' SPRINTER EIJECTED TRAINER. Chicago,, Feb. 7. By an unanimous vote of the "athlettc council of the Iowa State college, B. J. Jeffers, once the blockade and provision for referring world's champion sprinter, has been the question of preferential treatment elected as track team trainer for the t The Haaue for a decision, have been coming season. Wefers is now in Baltl- received at the Italian, British and Ger-i more and will take charge of the work man embassies. Their contents are I here Mearch 1 not known to Bowen nor have the al lies' reprsentatlves been acquainted a yet with the details of each others' conversation. Several important con ferences have occurred throughout the day at the British embassy In an effort to reach an agreement upon a proto col Russia and Austria Will Present a Firm Note to the Porte Array of Troops 'Will Cause Massacres. , Paris, Feb. 7. Official advices have, been received here confirming the re port that the sultan of Turkey ha or-' dered. the immediate mobilization of 240,000 troops for a military demonstra-. tion in Macedonia. The steps taken are regarded with apprehension by the French officials as being likely to in volve complication between Turkey and Russia- and Austria. ... It is said that the Russian and A us-, trian governments have agreed on a firm note to the sultan, which will be Dreseated within th nl faar Am In-- lstlng On ' administrative and official reforms tn Macedonia. Although. France will not be a party to the note,, she will approve It. - It Is cvonsiJered that the sultan's mo bilization of such an army Is clearly an ' effort to forestall the presentation f :; this note. The mobilization - of : so many troops Is regarded here as un wise and dangerous, especially ax It is said that the soldiers who are to bo brought to Macedonia from Asiatic ' Turkey tre semi-barbarous levies, and ; are hostile to Christians, which will . tend to inaugurate another series of ; massacres. It ts understood the powers are. ex changing views as to the course to be pursued toward the mobilization of Turkish troops. DANGER 13 OVER. . Reading, Fa., Feb. 1. Officials of the Reading railroad announce tonight that all danger of a fuel famine this win ter Is over. ; HISTORIC ROUTE WILL BE RETRACED BY LOUBET. President of France Will Land at New Orleans and Travel Up the Mississippi River, Chicago, Feb, ".According to the Chronicle's New Orleans correspon dent, the French colony there has re ceived word that President Loubet of France will come to that city about June 15, 1904, on board a French man of war, enroute to the St.' Louis fair. The idea is to retrace the steps of the historic French discoverers and to as cend the Mississippi river as they did In years gone by. It Is planned that after visiting the world's fair, M. Loubet will cross the continent on a special train, where he will be received at New York. There he will board a United States cruiser and be taken back to France. 'TIS A PITY. PIED OF HEART DISEASE. Admiral Wildes Expected Death and Arranged All His Business. San Francisco, Feb. 7 Rear Admiral Frank Wildes of the United States navy died suddenly on board the steamer 'China yesterday morning. He was en- route home from China on sick leave. On the voyage the admiral had told his fellow officers that he soon expected death and a day or two before the end came he arranged with Lieutenant Andrews to take charge of all his ef fects and care for his remains. He had besn a sufferer from heart disease for a long time and he felt the attack com ing on. He waa dressing Friday morn Ing when he was suddenly seized and died In Ave minutes. English Press Deplores Differences Be tween the Two Countries. New York. Feb. 7. Referring to the arbitration of the Venezuelan difficul ty the Westminster Gazette says, ac cording to the Tribune's London cor respondent, it Is a pity a serious quar rel between the two great English speaking powers cannot be amicably settled, and then remarks: 'If, as seems likely, the United States extends the scope of her diplomacy. the ministers will find themselvs In creasingly hampered by the power which the constitution gives the sen ate." The Daily Telesraph says: ''If the question of preferential claims Is referred to The Hague tribunal and a decision is given In favor of equality of treatment, England will accept the Judgment with subdued delight, but the principle must definitely and au thoratlvely Included among the recog nized rules of International law where in at present It has no place known to Jurists." THE GORDON HAT THE BEST $3 HAT ON EARTH In all the late shapes, both soft and stiff. Also, the new NO RFO LR GAP For Youth or Man. See them. They are Nobby, & C. H. COOPER '. TRAIN SIGNALS WORKED. Special Trains Go Over Same Ground Where Wreck Occurred. riainfleld, N. J., Feb, 7. A practical Illustration of the workings of the slg nals on the division of the Central railroad' of New Jersey on which the wreck occurred near Westfield recently was given last night when two special trains were run over the line. The first represented the wrecked local train, and the second, in which were the jury and offlclals of the Inquiry, rep resenting the Philadelphia express. Signals were displayed and torpedoes Saginaw Bay Is Again Covered With exploded In reproduction of the precau-i Substantial lee. tions taken on the night of the disaster. The workings of the signals were per- Chlcaso, Feb. 7. Two nights of cold sonally explained to the jury by Vice- weather has put the ice on Saginaw President Besler of the central rail- bay in good condition, and many of road of New Jersey. the shanty fishermen who were driven EGLIPSE HARDWARE C& RETURN TO THEIR SHACKS. In all directions by the recent terrible storm are returning to their shacks, says a dispatch to the Record-Herald from Bay City, Mich. Tho leader of a searching party says that If any of the men died In the Btorm the fact will not be known until the Ice goes out. SISTER OF MRS. CLARK. Mrs. Frank E. Shaw of Butte, Mont., Is Dead. Denver, Feb. 7. Mrs. Frank E. Shaw of Butte, Mont., Is dead at St. Luke's I I Pill 6f$ and Steamfitter 3 . 525-527 BOND STREEi