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NOTIORI Dooko, Periodicals, Marines, iro Ret f 3 to Taken Trc.-n Tfco Library .w?;!frut vwizlon. Any ono L..ud jjuu'y of ouch offense, Will bo liable to prosecution. ! : 1873 i;903 volume LVI. ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, lfM)3. NUMBER, 3f. r BUSINESS CLOTHES When you buy business clothes you want them business like in price t but It isn't food business to have clothes that are not stylish, nor to pay too much or too little for them. We've got tlio famous Ooiimo & linindcgfo miita here fur you; ami with thut biatt'tiiPiit we mmwvr every (jtiehtion you ran think to link hIhmiI look, Mylti, tail oring, fit and huxiiH'HO-liku price. You ran prove the truth (f all Me ny in tivo mm- lite; we're waiting for you to pome and w-o. P. A. STORES NOT UPHELD BY SENATE Effort to Declare Associated Press Common Carrier Ends in Flat Failure. ONLY SIX VOTED FOR BILL CLOSING OUT AT COST I For the Purpose of Going Out of Business CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, FURNISHING GOODS Everything GoesProfits are Yours Come in and See :::::: : Chas. Larson Wtlch Blxk (52 CommmUl StrcL B h'-w "Wl A Full Line o MECHANICS' TOOLS FISHER BROTHERS VALENTINES Wholesale and Retail J. N. OtglFFIN Fancy and Staple Groceries FLOUR. FEED, PROVISIONS, TOBACCO AND CIGARS- Supplies of all kinds at lowest ratea, for fishermen, Farmer and Loggers. A V AIwlwBN Tenth and Commerchil Streets WIIIIiiiiim Ik Now Second In Knee -Hume Will Cast III Vle nt the Last to Whom ever Need It. Salem, Feb. I.-The frantic efforts of Pierce of Umatilla and the newspa per publisher who him dictated his course, tr) make the legislature believe th Associated Press wan a monopoly, a corpurntlnn, and a monster which ought to be given a knockout blow, were not taken seriously by tlic Oregon senate, as was evidenced thin morning by the defeat of a motion to adopt the minority report on the Mil, by n vole of 51 'to t. and Die Indefinite postpone ment of the bill Iwclf. Mnttnomah county swung 17 votes In to tin for George II. William In the Joint ballot for senator today. That and Representative Hume's statement of his willingness to cast hln vote for iitiy candidate who might nml one vole to elect were the sole features of the balloting, which whs otherwise the same routine affair of other day. Fill- : ton's total vole In decreased by the ab sence of Representative Minn, who was excused on account of slcknc ss In his family, white O-.t was placed back In the 16 column by the reappearance of Hnyden of Benton county. !ly the vote that Multnomah county gave Geortre H. Wllllama thut gentle man In In second place o fur an vote go, and Indicates thut the "getting to gether" process of the delegation is succeeding to a large extent.' Tlila may . have been the result of the caucus of the delegation that wan held hint night after the Morrison street bridge affair was neltled, but at any rate the mem ber from .that county seemed to under stand each other quite thoroughly. Mr. Hume's remarks were ua follows: "I think the time baa come for me to define my position. H I not self-con-celt or self-ambition that has prompted my action, but that Oregon might be well represented In the legislative hulls of the nation. Madip In Oregon nnd of Oregon have been the young men whose nninea I have mentioned nnd voted for. We hnve been seat here by Oregon na her representatives, nnd I believe a candidate should be selected from among those others, I will say thut 1 am here to do my duty, and that when ever a majority shall determine upon a candidate, and It requires my vote to elect, that person will receive my vote, T cast my ballot for Pan J. Malnrtfey." The vote now stands: Fulton S3 Ocer It Wood 18 Williams 1? Scattering 3 Absent 5 ground, drawing plMol and return ing the fire. tjurlng the exchange of shots a couple of speettor were seen to drop, but Jt was found later thut only one of them had been lilt. Then a central office detective took a hand In the en counter and with the aid of other of ficers druged the combatant lo the po lice ttation. Bluck was shot In the left arm and hla Injuries were dressed by a hospital doctor. The spectator who wu bit wo Wright Kershaw, a postal clerk. He wa shot In the foot. Both Forniel and Illack were held for further examination. GROCERIE 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. SALVATIONISTS ,IN SENATE General Booth, Hwul of the Army. Opened the Session With Frnyer. Washington, Feb. 11. An Immense crowd was attracted to the senate to day to lieai the Invocation of Oenerul William Hoot h, founder and command- erin-cnier or the Salvation army. Among the occupants of the gallery W3T9 rtooth Tucker, the general's chief assistant and son-in-law, and a large number of Salvationists. When the statehood bill came up Ie pew resumed hla remarks. He attack ed the Mormon church becuuse, he said ne oenevucl its members still cling to the practice of polygamy. Rawlins re plied, Buying that If Mormons were not Interfered with they would work out their own destiny. COUNTER PROPOSITION. Regular of Pelaware Are Willing to Assist In Electing Senator Ko He lie Not Addlcka, Dover. Did., Feb. IS. At a confer ence today of the republican members of the general assembly there was sub mitted the following counter proposi tion to the Addick republican mem-lK-rs, replying to their signed offer of last Thursday to go Into Joint caucus wllh all republicans members, Addlcks to be eliminated. ( "To the Union republican members of tee UglHluture of the state of Dela ware; "Own lcir.cn: Recognising the duty devolving upon us to give to our state a full and honorable representation In the United States senate and giving a careful consideration to your proposal of the fifth Instant and having a desire to dlschurge our duty to our country, our state and ourselves and to all oth ers, we aro disposed to meet you In fair ways and adjust the difference ex isting between our factions In o man ner creditable and with honor to both sides. We hereby tender to you the following proposition based on a reas onable and equitable plan to give and take. We will agree to join with you In the election of two I'nlted Slates sen atom, one of whom shall be elected by us and the other to be selected by you, provided, of course, your selection Is not John Edward Addlcks. A hi rung pressure will t brought to bi-ar upon the Addlcks assemblymen between now and Monday to accept the proposition made to them today by the regular. An elemjnt Is at work to have the unions end the quarrel of two years by nominating Secretary of State Layton (an Addlcks adherent) for the Ions? term and accepting Colonel Hen ry A. Dupont for the short term, va cancy. Colonel Dupont would be senior sen ator and Doctor Layton, who Is several years his Junior, would, it is contended, have every opportunity of bringing about whut he Is now prophesying "a sweep of the state for Addlcks next year." The rcgularSiinder their signed man ifesto of today, will be bound to sup port him. Tills Is considered by Some of the leaders to be the only solution of the wrangle. BLOCKADE IS TO BE ENDED Herbert Bowen and Representa tives of the Allies Signed Protocols Last Night. VENEZUELA CAINS POINTS HOTEL PORTLAND The Finest Hotel In the Northwest PORTLAND, . . OREGON riSTOI, FIGHT ON BROADWAY. Nine Shots Exchanged Innocent Vy slander and One Combatant Hurt. New York. Feb. ,-There was a bat- tie between two men In the Urondvvny theater district last night. The affulr too kplace in front of the Sturtevant nouse. Mne shots were fired and one of the principals and it bystander were wounded. Neither wound la serious. The fight, which caused Intense ex citement along Broadway, was started by Philip Black, a Harlem poolroom proprietor, who opined lire on Julian Funnel, a retired saloon kceier, as the latter walked out of the Sturtevant house. There had been trouble between the men nnd apparently Black was look ing for a victim. Forme! Blood his THREE MEN KILLED Freight Train Strikes a Huge Bowl der on the Truck nnd Is Wrecked. Washington, Pa., Feb. 13. In wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio rail road 14 miles west of this place today three men were killed, the train which they belonged was piled, In confused mass on the tracks which were torn up several hundred yards and all truffle enst and west is blocked on the road. An eastbound freight train struck a large bowlder lying on the truck In a cut Just west of Vienna station. THE DEAD. George Cowan, engineer. H. A. Hell, llreman. James Wright, brakeman. REPORTS CONFLICTING One Says That Urlbe Tribe Committed Suicide, the Other Says He Committed Murder. . Panama, Feb. 13. The I'rovenier, newspaper published In Cartegena says that after a heated political discus sion, General Vrlbe Urlbe shot and kil led General Juan Vnlilorrnma, com- mnnder-ln-chlef of the Colombian for ces. The foregoing dispute!) Is In conflict with a report brought to Kingston, Ja maica, February 8, by the steamer Para from Colon, according to which General Urlbc Urlbe committed suicide on Jan uary SO. LOCATING TUB ROBBERS Butte, Mont., Feb. 13. The officer believe without dobut they have locat ed the rubber tire rig used by the rob bers of the Burlincton train. Trade Will Be 1imiiiih1 at Once and All Captured Vetweln, Merchant and War, W ill He Returned. Washington, Feb. U-Herbert W. Bowen, the Venezuelan representative In peace negotlatlonsat Waah'ngton, tonight signed with each of the allies' representatives a protocol providing for an immediate raising of the block ade and a referring of the question of preferential treatment of the claims of the allies to The Hague arbitra tion tribunal. Final formalities occurred at the British embassy. Mr. Bowen signed the protocols In duplicate for Venezue la, Sir Michael for Great Britain, Slgnor Mayor Dee Planches for Italy and Baron Speck von Sternberg for Ger many. Immediately on the signing of the last protocol cables were dispatched to London, Berlin and Rome, announc ing the fact that the commanders of the blockading fleet within the next 24 hours will receive their orders to withdraw their vessels at once. By the provision of these prelimi nary protocols, which have required more than three weeks of constant ne gotiations, Venezuela makes two dis tinct gain, the immediate raising of the blockade from which she has been suffering for some weeks, and the re turn of all her vessels, both war and merchant, which have been captured by the allied fleet. ENGLAND DISSATISFIED Relations Between Saxon Countries Have Been Strained Noth- Ing Gained. New York, Feb. 13. The newspapers here, says the Tribune correspondent in London, are very much dissatisfied because Germany is to receive $340,000 from Venezuela and England only $2T, 5W. Germany, It Is admitted, has ev ery reason to chuckle. The Dally Mail says the net result of the alliance is that the relations of England and the United States havej been seriously embarrassed at a time when the mutual sentiment is unusual ly friendly and when American opinion was beginning to favor the Idea of a British alliance: that to the continent this country has been exhibited as still In German leading strings to the Injury of Brtish interests outside of America; that at great expense President Castro has been shown that it is IS times as serious a matter in injure Germany as to Injure England, iind that the Brit ish foreign office has been made the laughing stock of the world. UNITED STATES CRITICIZED commission, was appointed grand viz ier about a month ago. The sultan's action in uppoltiting him was regarded as an answer to the pressure put upon the porte by the Russian and Austrian governments with regard to the Mace donian .-eforms. 1 ELKINS BILL PASSED. Lawmakers Engage In Warm Debate and the Lie Is tassed by Democrat Washington, Feb. 13. Under the op eration of a special order which cut off an opportunity to offer amendments the house, after a debate of an hour today, by a vote of 241 to 5, passed the Elkins bill to prohibit rebates to shippers. Six ' members . who voted against the bill were democrats. Littlefield did not vote on either the rule or the bill. The democrats pro tested against the rigorous terms of the rule. It had been their purpose, they said, to offer provisions of (he Littlefield bill as an amendment to the bill. Dalzel! (Penn.) and Hepburn (la.) announced that with the passage of the Elkins bill anti-trust legislation fof this session of congress would be complete. During the debate Cochran (demo crat. Mo.) branded one of Hepburn's statements as a "deliberate lie." Con trary to the usual cusom, this strong language had no sequel. The remainder of the se&sicii v. a de voted to the sundry civil appropriation bill, which was practically completed. No effeors was made to pass It, as there was no quorum present. BAER, OFFER IS REJECTED Coal Strike Commission Concluded All Onrn Hariri tft With Speech for Miners. DARROW ROASTSOPERATORS Great Crowd Aswnililett to Hear Address by Counsel for St rikt. erg ApplauHe Wag Not Suppressed. HOOPER YOUNG MAY DIE. Murderer of Mrs, Pulitzer Has Col " lapsed Completely. New York. Feb. 13,-WUHam Hooper Young, the murderer of Anna Pulitzer, collapsed completely at the Tombs yes terday. The nerve which characterized his actions and utterances of Wed nesday had left him, and he was so miserable he lay on his couch all aft ernoon. His condition grew so serious that a physician was forced to administer strychnine to accelerate the action of the heart. Young yielded to the treat ment, but his condition at last reports was so serious that it was thought he might not be removed to Sing Sing. Philadelphia, Feb. 13. The anthra cite coal strike commission, after belns; In continuous session for more than" three months, closed its open hearings. today with an all day argument by C. 8. Darrow In behalf of the miners. The commission will meet in secret in Wash ington next Thursday and begin the consideration of award. It is known that by the end of this month, the arbitrators will be ready to make their announcement. If" an increase In wages is determined upon, the inciease Is to date from the first of last November, the commission having decided upon that date on October 31. During the session today the commis sion held a short conference with the lawyers on the several sides and asked them to hold themselves In readiness In case they are called upon by the com--mission. The crowd that heard Darrow speak today was fully as great as that which listened to Baer and Darrow yesterday. Hi took up the entire time of both ses sions, five and one-half hours. He touched upon almost every phase of the strike and when he closed he was greet ed with long applause, which Chairman Gray did not attempt to suppress. - "No human being could have done more than the organization of the min ers," he said, "to prevent the civil strife that was thrust upon the people of the country. The operators spurned all our requests witn contempt. . we win not treat with you, but will post notices on our works, which shall be your eon-v, (Continued on Page 4.) London Press Expresses Note of Dlscon tent nt Monroe Doctrine. New York, Feb. 13. The Daily Tele graph argues this morning that the United States has established a quasi suzeranlty over the republics of South America, according to a London dis patch to the Tribune. The Telegraph says: "The Monroe doctrine Involves that as things are, a distinct premium is of fered to adventurers and Irresponsible persons who can boast of ephemeral authority In these republics to play fast nnd loose with their external obliga tions. Some day or other citizens of the United States might be the victims and then the government at Washing ton would find Itself confronted by an invidious dilemma. Either It would have to put up with a defiance or be compelled to adopt measures, the em ployment of which it denied to other powers similarly situated. Such a po sition would comport neither with the dignity nor the interests of the United States. . At any rate, when the Venezuelan dlf ficulty Is out of the way, we trust that American statesmen will take the prob lem with n.11 its complications and tem-i barrassing corellarles In most serious consideration." 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. iSee them. They are Nobby, j& ? C. H. COOPER GRAND VIZIER RESIGNS. Sultan Will Not Accept Resignation of Appointee Made Through Pressure. Constantinople, Feb. 13. A palace rumor Is current that the new vizier. Ferid Pasha, has resigned and that the sultan has declined to accept his resignation. Ferid Pasha, who was president of the Macedonian reform ECLIPSE HARDWARE m uiiiftjui a ana Steamfitters 525-527 BOND STREET I