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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1903)
-r - NOTIOU! Books, Period icnl 3, Magazines, &a, "roflGttDb3Tn!orr:::iTho . I On?.ry without p:N-ml;sioii. Any Cuj (ww.nd guilty of such offense, AST02IA P03UC UBRMY ASS0CIAT10K. Wiij bo liable to prosecution. VOLUME LVI. ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1903. NUMBER 42. M 1873 1903 s y r BUSINESS CLOTHES ..... " When you buy business clothes you wont them business like in price t 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 tlto fitinouB Crotitte & Ilramlogco units hero fur you; and with that statement we answer every question you can think to auk about looks, stylo, tail oring, lit and business-like prices. You can prove the truth of all we say in five min utes; wu'ro waiting for yon ,, to come and see. P. A. STORES CLOSING OUT AT COST! For the Purpose of Going Out of Business CLOTHING, BOOT AND SHOES, FURNISHING GOODS Everything GoesProfits are Yours Come in and See : : : : : : : Chas. Larson wtlch Block 452 ComiMitUl Street. MULTNOMAH MAKES BLUFF Gives Geer Nine Votes, but in the Fullness of Time Will Take Them Back. PAULSEN TRIED TO MAKE HIT f" si tol A Full Line o MECHANICS' TOOLS FISHER BROTHERS 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. AtwLtfBN Tcnta and Commercial Streets GROCERIES 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. HOTEL. PORTLAND The Finest Hotel In the Northwest PORTLAND, - - OREQON All HcalleTliiit Klrctlon of Hen ator lit Near nt Jfuntl niul Candldatea Oct Heady fertile Fight. flulem, Feb. 17. Today was sensation dayfor the legislature when' the Joint ballot for United Btutes senator was taken. T. T. Oeer, sometime gover nor of the itut of Oregon, and at pre end seeking to represent said itate an senator at Washington, received 25 votes for Hint high office creeping up within a noslblo of C. W; Fulton, who till reluln the lend, The Increase was occasioned by nine Multnomah men and one I'aulscn go Ing over to the ex-governor. The vote now stand n f'lIl.iA'n: Full on 33 Oct 15 W,xk1 .'...,.....15 William Hctttcrli'g Faired 5 Snlcin, Ore.. Feb. IT.-The Fulton i leaders refus- to be dismayed nt to- day's developments. If Over should get all the Multnomnh vote he would not be elected, they eay, and, beside, he could not begin to get all of them. The Fulton force held a meeting ye. tcrduy afternoon, the chief result of which I wild to have been a determin ation to stand together and vote for Fulton to the end. The Multnomah delegation also held a meeting last night. It lusted Into the wee, small boura of the morning, A to the course decided upon, nothing has been announced, but this much Is certain: Multnomah' organisation I perfect, und whatever shull be done by uny member thereof will be dune by concerted plan and with the consent of the entire delegation. The illiiux of the senatorial contest Is at hand. The final result may be delayed until the final day of the session, but develop ment of Interest may be looked for dully from this tlmo forth. All I doubt and expectation In politi cal circle at the capltol tonight. Vp to 8 o'clock tonight no change In the situation have occurred to indicate what the vole will be tomorrow. The change today came a a surprise to many, yet It was known by leader In the fight that some Multnomah men would change to Goer. The Multnomah delegation ha agreed to stand ultimately for Multno mah man If practicable, the vote for Oeer tol;iy being taken as a step In the consolidating of the anti-Fulton forc es. The change of Paulsen from Fulton to Oeer Is perhaps of more consequence than the change of the nine Multno mnh men, for Multnomah vote are not bellevwl to be for Oeer except a means to an end. The opposition p Fulton la seeking for u man upon whom they can agree and who can be ex pected to draw strength from Fulton. The senate this afternoon passed the Mulkey bill to permit Indian war vet ran to bring suit ngalnst the state to recover their claims for service un der the territorial government. Harris' corporation tax bill was de feated In the house. The house this evening passed Kay's Hut salary bill to take effect January 1, 1906, fixing Hat salaries as follows: Governor, J00OO; secretary of state, $5, 000; stato treasurer, 15000; attorney-gen eral, $3000; chief Justice of the supreme court, $4000; associate justice, $4000. NO EXECUTIVE MANSION t saienu Feb. IT. There will be no executive mansion for the governor of the atate of Oregon. The house de cided that matter thl morning by a vote of "S6 to 24 when, on motion of Gault the appropriation of 4,W0 for the purchase of the E. N. Cooke resi dence was stricken from the appro priation bill. Thl action was taken more largely on the statement of Gover nor Chamberlain that he would not ae cupy the residence than for any other reason. It wag the general sentiment that it would be bad policy for the state to spend thl money, especially If the house would be vacant. TO MEET IN CALIFORNIA. Mctholdlst . Book Committee Has De cided on Plan of Conference, New York, Feb. 17,-The Methodist Eook committee has decided that the next meeting place of tho next quad- n nnlul conference of that body shall In. held at U" Angeles In May, 'M. Mthodlt In all countries, numbering over 3,000,000. will be represented in the conference by 750 delegate, A member of th committee said that until Just lforc u decision was reached all be lieved that the conference would meet In the east, but a bonus of 110,000 was often"! by the California city, and that decided the committee. The total cost of holding the conference, It Is said, will be nearly $100,000. PRISONERS OF, WAR. American Schooner Searched by Hon duras Marine and Capital ists Held. X Chicago, Feb. 17. Charles Kutller of Dubuque, la., has arrived here from Puerto Cortes, Honduras, with the new that he and a party of 10 business men of Cleveland, ,Q and other cities hud been held, temporarily, as pris oners of the government of Honduras, sayx a dispatch to the Tribune from New Orleans. Tl part ywas on an American schooner, bound for the mouth of the Patusa river to took after timber and fruit land Investments. Off the north coast a Honduras iron clad gunboat stopped the schooner, put a number of sailors - on board and searched the ship for rontrahrand goods. "While a band of soldier-sailors were going through our clothes and others confined themselves to searching the choonr, a platoon of the crew of the gunbnnt stood on the deck of the boat with rifles leveled at us," Mr. Kutler sa'd. "We had to throw up our hands and when the searching was over we were taken to Puerto Cortes as pris oner? of war. We were (inully released after experiencing many hardships." The commander of the gunboat at tempted to smooth the ' matter over by Inviting Kuttler and his party to a luncheon at his plantation across the bay from Puerto Cortex. He also en tertalned them on board the warship. REPUBLICANS HOLD CAUCUS Decide That PanamaCanal Treaty Be Considered Until It Is Disposed of. STATEHOOD BILL SAME PLACE OFFICERS MAKE RAID Questionable Concerns Iff'St. Louis Are Rooted Out and Officials Are Arrested. St. Louis. Feb. 17. Raids were made today upon the officers of the National SecurltWB company and International Investment company. Perry Smith re cently secretary and Charles H. Brooks supposed to be manager of the National Securities company, were placed under arrest and later were released on bonds. At the International Investment com pany's one Anderson was found in charge. He was Bupboenaed as a wit ness before the grand Jury, but during the inspection of the books and papers of the concern, Anderson escaped from the officers. Thousands of dollars, supposed to be In letters which have come from Arn old & Co., since last Thursday will be returned to the persons who sent them although they will probably go through the dead letter office first. DONATED BY MISS ANTHONY. Rochester, N. Y Feb. 17. Susan B. Anthony has Just sent to the congres sional library at Washington a large number of valuable books, autograph letters and scrap books. Thl lltera ture was all valuable matter to Miss Ida Hnusped Harper and Miss An thony In writing the life of Susan B. Anthony and the history of woman suffrage. It will be needed no more by them, and so Miss Anthony has sent It to the congressional library, where an alcove has been made ready for it which will be know nns the Su san B. Anthony alcove. (Senator Arrive at an Agreement Whereby Different Meaw- , urea ItcforcBody Will Not Conflict. Washington, Feb. 17 Republican senators held a caucus today and de cided to have the senate continue the consideration of the Panama canal treaty tomorrow and In future until the treaty shull be disposed of. This re sult was reached after an hour and a half discussion or the legislative situ ation in the senate. The conclusion reached Is that the statehood bill does not lose its advan tageous position in the order of busi ness when the senate Is In executive session. Republican supporters of the state hood bill agree not to antagonize a mo tion for an executive session to con sider the canal treaty, nor to make any objection to prolongation of such ses sions to any extent necessary to secure ratification. REPRESENTATIVES CLASH Washington, Feb. 17. The house to day began its consideration of the nav al appropriation bill under the opera tion of a special rule. The general de bate on the bill was without special feature. Littleiield and Sulcer had an Interesting clash before the naval bill waa taken up, the former charging the latter with having a perverted record. " TELLER FEELS INSULTED Washington, Feb. 17. The senate to day agreed to the conference of the army bill, a discussion of the statehood bill was resumed and Depew continued his remarks In opposition to it. To ward the end of the session Teller de clared himself and his country had been Insulted by some of Depew'a ref erences to the unequal representation in the senate. senger trains and a number of freight train are snowbound on Sherman hill. From Cheyenne the east Union Pacific and Burlington are experienc ing great difficulties. A high wind Is sweeping the ranges of snow so the stock will be able to get feed. MCNITIO.V8 FOR GOVERNMENT. Venezuela Gunboat Leaves Caracas for Unknown Point. Caracas, Feb. 17. The Venezuelan gunboat Miranda, which the German warships tried to capture In the lake of Maracalbo and which was the cause of the shelling of the fort San Carlos by tho German vessels, has sailed from here with 1200 men and 2,000,000 rounds of cartridges on board for a destination which was not announced, but Is be lieved to be Tuccala, where the troop will be landed to assist the govern ment in crushing the revolution. The revolutionists near Tuccals re ceded during the night of February 12, 360 boxes of ammunition, which were landed on the coast by the schooners Auguita and Prfnzessen from the Isl anl of Curacao. OLD BANK GOES OUT. ! Phlladelnhla. Feh 17 Tho XWhun. Its' National bank, one of the oldest financial institutions in Philadelphia, has Just gone out of existence. About 15 of the few remaining stockholders met and ratified the action of the direc tor in transferring the business to the Glrard National. Most or the banks' stock was sold last month and 4229 hare were represented at the meet ing. The Mechanics' National bank waa organized in 1810 and was in oper ation until the beginning of the present year. BILL TAXING COAL. Cheyenne. Wyo Feb. 17. The lower house of the Wyoming legislature has passed a bill taxing the gross output of coal mines, despfte strenuous oppo sition. The vote was 40 to 5. A similar measure had been twice defeated In the house. It la freely predicted that the bill will meet its death in the senate. CONFEDERATE VETERAN DIES. a New York, Feb. 17. The Reverend Thomas Vernon' Robinson is dead In the Paullst house in this city, aged 63 years. . He belonged to a well known southern family. In the Civil war he was in a battery of artillery in General Lee's army. After the war Father Rob inson became a convert to Catholoclsm. PLAYER REINSTATED. Cleveland, Feb. 17.-J. F. Kllfoyle, president of the Cleveland Bull club, la authority for the statement that Na poleon Lajole will play with the Clove land team in Philadelphia the coming season. Heretofore Lajoie, Bernlmd and Flick have been barred because of a decision of the Pennsylvania courts. SPEAKER ISSUES CHALLENGE Legislator at Olympla Did Not Like Ruling and Pretty Near Got Swatted. Olympia, Feb. 17. During alt of today the lower branch of the legislature fought over the railway commission Ml, and the result was the taking of the bill out of he committee of whole and voting down the recommendation of that committee to indefinitely post pone The bill is now at the foot of the house calendar for second read ing, and commission men who have i majority of the house intend the pas- suge of the bill shall take place re gardless of the fact that a duplicate has already been killed in the senate At the noon adjournment the tension in the contest over the bill was the most pronounced. Lewis of King county took exception to the ruling by Speaker Hare and as the house adjourned marie way to the desk and pronounced the ruling as crooked work. Speaker Hare sprang from his chair with evident intention of striking Lewis, but waa dissuaded by his friend:), although he continued to challenge Lewis to come outside and settle the difficulty. Lewis declined the challenge and the trouble subsided. PREPARE FOR BLIZZARD. Rawlins, Wyo., Feb. 17. Another storm has set in and the indications are that it will be as bad as the storm of last week. Sheep men are having huge sleighs built with which to haul hay to the range with which to feed, as the feed on the desert is nearly burled under deep snow. BERKELEY MAN PROMOTED: Berkeley, Cal., Feb. 1. Joseph B. Davy, instructor In botany at the Uni versity of California, has been appoint ed chief agriculturist and botanist of the Transvaal government at an ini tial salary of $5000 a year and expenses. EDWARD VII DOES STUNT Parliament Was Opened Yesterday gj-in London bya'SpeecrYp; C It . ! rrom ine rung. ARMED YEOMEN ACT FOOUSH Ancleut Customs, Plumed Lords and Itobed Royalty Make -Gala Scene for the Cti- ' ' rlous Populace. London, Feb. 17. King Edward, ao companled by Queen Alexandra, and surrounded by the court and all the of- fleers of state, opened parliament this afternoon. . -: Early in the morning the vault of the house were searched for Imaginary conspirators, a usual, by the yeomen ., of the guard, carrying ancient lanterns' , and useless halberds. . s " . The king and queen reached the Vic- " torla tower through the Mall, the bor 1 Guards and Whitehall. All the great officers of state, In varied uniforms, : were assembled at the royal entrance , of the house of the peers to receive the king. The procession, which was id entical with that of the previous simil ar ceremony, formed and headed by tha pursuivants and heralds, inarched to the roblng-room, their majesties be ing immediately preceded by the sword of state, carried by the MarqUIs of Londonderry. After the robing the "procession re- formed and with a blast of trumpets, advanced to the peers' chamber, the Duke of Devonshire, lord president pf the council, preceding their" majesties with the imperial crown, which he car ried on a cushion. The king then seat ed himself on the throne with the lords bearing the tap of the maintenance and the sword of state standing on his right! " and left.'" The tueen sat in the left of the king and the prince of Wale on . hi right. The members ofthe house of commons were then summoned, and on their ar- (Continued on Page 4.) SEVENTEEN DROWNED Tornado Strikes Passenger Steamer and Sends Her to the Bottom of the River. Norfolk, Va., Feb. 17. A tornado struck the passenger steamer .Olive which plies between Franklin, Va and Edenton, N. C, at 9:30 last night and sent her to the bottom of the Chowan river off Voodley's pier. Seventeen persons are known to have been drown ed, and others w ho were rescued are In a serious condition. WYOMING WEATHER. ' High Wind Blow Range Free of Snow Relieving Starving Stock Cheyenne, Feb. 17. The worst bliz zard of the winter was In force today on the roads entering Cheyenne A strong wind filled all the cuts and trains were unable to move Seven pas- 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, 0 0 j& C. H. COOPER ClIPSE HARDWARE CQ. Plumbers and aSteamf itters 525-527 BOND STREET