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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1903)
iMU TlU'i!' ' ,l- ' ul I.J t o I ,, , , ,..! I llj ' jut '..iioii. Aru "'-5 ... ..fi i,u:ty it oi'ferii.. Will ha liable tu prosecution. KB 1873 1903 VOLUME LVI. ASTORIA, OREGON, WKDNlDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1903. NUMBER 36. 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. ttimti mt utm P. A. STORES The Palace i Cafe 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 Witch Blmk :S B FLSHER BROTHERS ASTORIA. - 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, Vo ALLEN ' Tenth and Commercial Mrocta The Boston Restaurant KJO COMMKUCIAIf STBUET Best and Neatest Eating House In Astoria Try Our 2 5-Cent Dinners Prompt Attention MARINOVICH & We've got tlio fainou Croimo & ttrnndegco suits lierc fur you ; mid with that lUtetiiunt we answer every qut'Htion yon run think to auk about looks, style, tail oring, (it hikI liiiHincoc-liko prices. You can prove the truth of nil we ty in fivo min ute; we're waiting for yon to route and Bee. The Best Restaurant Regular Meals, 25 Cent Sunday Dinners Specialty Everything tbe Mikct Affords Palace Catering Company 452 Commercial Strut. E: OREGON High Class Chef BOSCOVICH IMPORTANT BILL PASSED Portage Railway MeasureSuccessful in the House by a Large Majority: IS NOW UP TO THE SENATE Ballot for Henutor Fcaturcle an Ever George of Portland Gvt h Few Bouquet From Friend. Sulerrt. FvU. 10 -The Johniton portage rl)wy bill pa Met the house tit 11:30 o'clock thin morning. after an ex tended debute, by a vote of it to S. An attempt wh made by this Marlon county diili-tf ut dm to hold up the hill until a trade could be made with eawtern Oregon representative, where. by the latter would accept the repeal of the scalp bounty law. It I declared by Marlon that the deal wm coniium muted, hut nom of the eastern Ore gon men deny thin. At any rate Kay' motion to inuke the bill a npeclal or der for tutu afternoon at i:W o'clock tlff'-nli'd and the Johnson portage railway bill was pased by the house. Those Mho voted no are Con trail, Cornell. Cault. Huntley, Olwelt, Paulsen, t'urdy, Webater. Burgess' bill for the protection of owner of entile and Block by requlr Inf owner of stockyrnl to keep u pulilli' r-ionl of trumls and marks on borae, nnd utile passed the house to. day with comparatively little opposl tinn. Mr. Burgess explained that there li ,c, much lioi'M ami cattle stealing In hi part of the state that some pro. tecUon of till nature lit deemed niw emuty. llttntbrouijh voted no, und In explanation uld thut such a law would require an luioiutiblllly of the stockyard nien. Davey also ehangetl hi vote to no, Mating that he bad been hi-It the Impreaalon the bill re fcrred almply to tnitern treKon. 'The bill mak" it compulxoi-y for uch a record to be kept open to public In peilon during bnaine hour and a penal'y la provided for vlolutlon. Kay'a bill to provide for u matron at the penltiiitlary to care for any of the feniiUe co.ivlct or do other work that might le required waa one of the Im portant men"urpa panned by the house during th. forenoon aeaalon. The bill was Introduced at the rwiueat of a number of ladla of the.atate, and lt nevvMlly ha been admitted by all. IKfore leaving for Eugene thli morn ing Speaker Hnrrl appointed the fol lowing memlH-ra from the house on the Joint committee on the aubjwt of aal itrle of ttute olYlceiiH, and to paas on a bill to beet meet the needs of the cae: Kay of Marlon, 1 linen of Waah Ington, Emmltt of Crook. Klamath Lake and Wnaeo, Flfher of Multnomah, Testa of Harney nnd Malheur. Salem, Feb. 10. Today's Joint ballot for United States aenalor furnished a little added justification for the claims of the candidates that their respec tive follow lutes are adamant, for no changes were recorded. And yet, with this added evlcknee the sum total Is not sufficient to convince everybody and predictions of early breaks In the ranks are being freely made. The ma jority of the Multnomah delegation to day changed from A. h. Milla to M. C Oeorge, and In the process lost one vote, that of Jones, who voted for P. L. Willis. Qnult of Washington voted for W. D. Tenton, but quickly corrected himself and' vote,d for Fulton. These were the only Incidents worthy of note on the day's Joint ballot. The vote la as follows:. Fulton ' Si Geer 15 Wood u Oeorge ,n Scattering 9 Absent nnd paired S IN THE SEN ATE v. Bill to Create New County Meets With Defeat. Salem, Feb. lO.-The senate defeated the bill removing 15000 limit to the amount of damages that may be re covered for death caused by an act of neglect or omission of another. The senate also defeated the Burgess bill for the creation of Stockman county. Tha senate passed Teat'a bill aenro- prlatlng money for a fish hatchery at Ontario. The house passed the bill repealing the coyote scalp bounty law. nilSSIA GETTING READY. Anticipated Trouble In the Balkans Causes Action In Military Circles. - London, Feb. 10. It Is announced In a dlspati.lt from thu News Agency from St. letersburg that fiie'offlcer of the Itiiralun army reserves have ber. noti fied to hold themselves In rndln- to reMn th"lr regiments in 24 hours, in the event of moblll&atlort ordersbelng Issued. The measure. It Is said, npnfir ito lie connected wllh feans of trouble In Balkans. BILL, UX 1IANNA KOU EX-SLAVES WAS NOT INTENDED FOU PASSAGE Cannon Will Introduce Measure to Carry Out Original Plan of Beautifying the Capitol Building.; Washington, Fb. 10. The house bill today adopted a conference report on tho department of commerce Mil by a vote of 215 to 10. The remainder of the day was de. voted to sundry civil appropriation bills Cannon, chairman of the appropriation committee, gave notice that at the pro. per time he would move two amend mi nts, one to provide for the purchase of a site and erection of a three-story 400 room office building for member (Hid others at an appropriation of $2,- MQ.0OO to carry out the original plans for beautifying and enlarging the main wing of the Capitol. A notable feature of the general de bute on the bill was a sptech by De almond on the Hanna bill to pension ex slave. He ioke In a sarcastic vein but the subject assumed a serious phase vh'-n Klchardson, (Tenn.) said that the adventurers In the south were using a bill to impose or ignorant and credulous negroes, and billed on Can lion to give assurance that the passage of such a measure was not contem plated. This ajMurnnce Cannon gave, TRL'ST BILLS KEPT BACK. Senator Morgan Says They Are Pur posely Withheld from Discussion. Washington Feb. 10. Morgan spoke on the state food bill again today. In the. course of his remarks he referred to bill regarding trusts, which he said have been kept back and will be kept buck until it Is too late for discussion regarding them. Hanna presented the conference jeport on theK-partment of commerce bill the final vote on It be ing deferred until tomorrow In order that It might be printed. The confer ence report on the general staff bill was agreed to. HOW WOW SAID THE COUN SEL FOlt NONUNIONISTS Attorney Lenaban Claimed That the Miners' Union Is a Breeder of Anarchy, Revolt and Carnage. Philadelphia, Feb, lO.-The United Mlneworkers of America as an organi zation was severely Scored today by the counsel before the anthracite coal commission. Nonunion men, through their attorney, John T. Lcnahan. pre sented their side of the controversy and demanded consideration at the hands of tho commission, claiming a legal right to earn a living aa they might elect without the consent or dictation of the union, During hfei presentation of the case Lenahan denounced the union as a fomenter of crime nnd anarchy; The main feature of his argument was to claim that the union had no legal or moral right to coerce miners Into membership or to arrogate to It self authority to fix the wages of mine workers. James H. Torrey, counsel for the Delaware and Hudson company claim ed that the question of recognition of the union was not nn. ipsue before the commission. CENTRAL AMK1UCAN MIXUP. Several Oeneral Ex-Presidents and Presldents-to-be Oct Out and Act Childish. Panama, Feb. 10. It Is reported thut Guatemala ha 9000 men on the froutler The Nlcaraguan government has sent forces from various points to help the retiring president of Honduras, General Sierra. President Zcelaya of Nicaragua and President Regolado of Salvador are con vlnced that General Sierra will not al low a meeting of the Honduras con gress. Senor Alvorado Guerrero, one of Sler ra'a ministers, has left him to Join Presldent-el?ct Bonilla, who has or ganized his government at Aniapala Is land. The origin of the present conflict Is the lppositlon of President Zebera of Guatemala to an Intervention of Sal vador and Nicaragua In favor of Gen eral Sierra. "REPUBLIC" SELECTED. New York. Feb. 10-Frank R. Tucker a nephew of John B. Herreschoff, Is authority for the statement that the new cup defender has been named "Re public," according to a World dispatch from Bristol, R. I. Mr.Tucker announ ces that the selection of a name has been made within the past few days. More than 100 names wer under coualderatlon. ANTI-TRUST LEGISLATION Nelson, Littlcfield and Elkins Meas- ures Are Discussed at the White House. PRESIDENT URGES ACTION IMIIh Now Being Considered I y Congress Are Expected to lie Speedily Enacted Into Live Lawn. Washington, Feb. 10. Discussion of antitrust legislation was continued at the white house today. President Roosevelt had several conferences with senators and representatives concern ing the pending measures, the discussion revolving about the Nelson publicity amendment to the department of com merce bill, which was pased by the house Saturday. Early in the day the president had a conference with Mr. Llttlefield. The latter Is urging strongly that his meas ure be taken up and passed by the senate. He maintains that while the Nelson amendment provides for public ity as to some of the operations of cor porations, it does not go so far as his measure and not as far as congress ought to go In the matter. Later Senator Spooner and Aldrich hud extended talk with the president about antitrust legislation. With oth er callers '.he president discussed the subject, urging up)n all, It Is under stood, the desirability that congress should enact the Nelson amendment and the Elkins reb-ite measure. It Is the concensus of opinion among mem bers of congress that both of those measures will lie enacted Into law and that It Is scarcely likely that congress will go further wi'.h antitrust legisla tion at the present session. Washington, Feb. 10. In order that the administration's antitrust program ot legislation may be rendere entirely symmetrical It I known that President Roosevelt desires that what to called as the Eikins rebate biH shall be en acted Into law. That measure was passed by the senate lust week and Is now pending before the Interstate and foreign commerce committee of the house, of which Representative Hepburn of Iowa Is chairman. During several days the president has been conferring as opportunity af forded with prominent members of the house about the rebate bill and the subject was considered last night at a conference at the white house be tween President Roosevelt and several leaders of the house. The president also had a conference with Speaker Henderson concerning the bill. It is understood that while the speaker Is not wholly In sympathy with the meas ure, It can be stated on excellent au thority that the speaker and committee on rules, of which he I ex-officlo head will authorize if necessary a special rule providing for the consideration of tho bill after It has been reported by Hepburn's committee. Such action, it Is asserted, practically would mean the passage ot the measure by the house and Its enactment Into tew. PREPARE FOR MORGAN. Preference Will Be Given to Canal Treaty to Get It Out of Way. Washington. Feb. 10 Senator Cullom chairman of the senate committee on foreign relations, said today that he had decided to give the Panama canal treaty preference when an executive session long enough to consider any of the pending treaties can be secured for the reason that an option of the United Statcfi in franchises and other canal property of the French Panama canal coexpires on March 4 and because ofi the announced determination of Sen-j ator Morgan to talk at length on the treaty. WAR ! WAR ! WAR I Countries of Southern Europe Will Be come Involved In Carnage. New York. Feb. 10. There la enough dry tinder on the slopes of the Balkan for a great blaze If a match be thrown on the around, according to the Tri bune's London correspondent. This Is the conclusion reached by Fleet street, where the Macedonian question is re garded a serious menace to the peace of Europe. An outbreak of hostilities between the Macedonian Insurgents and the Turkish garrisons is expected early In March and a massacre of Christians will be followed by a declar ation of war from Bulgaria under Rus sian Instigation. A remarkable feature ot the situation Is the openness with which the Pan Clavlst agitation are planning a mill- tary and diplomatic campaign for ex pelling the Turks front the Balkans. It I assured at centers of Slav feeling that Count Lamsd'irf has obtained guarantees of Austrian neutrality and that Russia Is ready to stand behind Bulgaria and Servla. Nobody In Fleet street nor In the Balkan seems to know whether or not the German em peror I prepared to defend the sultan and Incur the lasting enmity of Russia. ROOSEVELT A STRONG MAN. But His Attitude Regarding Trusts Al ienate Machine Politician. New York, Feb. 10. The London Times In an editorial on United States politic this morning says, according to a dispatch from London to the Times that President Roosevelt is a strong man, but that be has a difficult task confronting him. He ha Inevitably placed himself In opposition to some of the politicians controlling the machine who bitterly resent his attitude toward the trusts. President Roosevelt' position in de manding from congress powers to make regulation and publicity Impera tive by law, will. In the opinion of the Times, be greatly strengthened by any proceedings such as are alleged to have been taken in trying to stop trust pro ceeding. There is some reason to fe&r, the edi torial fears, that the folly thu shown by the party Identified with the truata may alienate not a few of those who would like to hold the balance even In a controversy where there is a good deal to be said on both side. TRANSPORT CARRIES COIN. Beside tf. "00.000 the Praisie Will Han ' die Munition of War. New York, Feb. 10. When the trans port Prairie sails from the Brooklyn navy yard on Thursday, she will carry $3,000,000 of Uncle Sam's currency, which is to pay the officers and crews of the ships of the North Atlantic squadron, now on the West Indian sta tion. The Prairie wDl also take ammu nition for the battleships Kearsage, Il linois, Masachuett and Indiana, which are now lying at Galveston. REPORT 13 UNTRUE. Nyon, Switzerland, Feb. 10. The re port that the former crown princes of Saxony has attempted to commit sui cide is untrue. THE GORDON HAT THE BEST $3 HAT ON EARTH In all the late shapes, both soft and stiff. Also, the new NORFOLK CAP For Youth or Man. See them. They are Nobby, j& & & j& C. H. COOPER ECLIPSE HARDWARE C, Plumbers and 525-527 Mm STREET FILES HIS ACEEPTANCE Representative Bowen Calls on British Ambassador and Accepts Protocol. GERMANY AND ITALY NEXT Their Conditions Mut De Slight ly Altered, bat Defects Will Be Cleared Away at an " Early Date. Washington,' Feb. 10,-Creat Britain's protocol ha been for- ' mally accepted by Mr. Bowen 4 ' for Venezuela. ' The German and Italian convention are still undergoing revision but as surance are given in authorative quar ter that they eventually will be made to conform in all essential respects to that of the British ambassador. Owing to the illness of the British ambassador, Mr. Bowen called at the embassy today and personally signl fled to the ambassador hi approval of the agreement. He then presented his format note of acceptance and it ' has been cabled to the London foreign office. It appears that the Insertion In the German protocol of a provision for the advance payment on the original $340, 000 demanded of President Castro In the German ultimatum was the result ot a misunderstanding on the part of the German foreign office of certain ' step here. Through the activity of the German minister, Baron von Stern burg, thia point la teing cleared up. WOMAN SUFFRAGE BILL KILLED Butte, Mont., Feb. 10. A Helena special says the house today killed the woman suffrage bill by a vote of 41 to 24. ". ' . teamfltter si f II ft