I VOLUME LVI.
ASTORIA, OKEGON, THURSDAY, tyARCU 19, 1003.
NUMBER' 07.
Ly nch Is :
MEMPHIS IS
FLOODED
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EVEItV plcco of cloth wo
iiho iii our good-clothe,
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shape well,
If you've worn ordinary
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mitktf, you know y contrast
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Men's and Boys' Clothing, Shoes
and Furnishing Goods. This offer
lasts to March lO, 1903.
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Farmers and Loggers,
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NEW ARRIVALS
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Come In and boo. What, yon buy htro is good and .
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and Eleventh Streets.
V. H. COPPEY
Another Charge to Be Preferred Against
the Man Who Kidnaped Young
Charles Gardner.
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PORTLAND, - - OREGON
Thw Urk doings of the shunghiilers
continue to (tuna to the light of day.
Tim guml tut t made In arresting the
lead-r til'lH fair to remit In the com
plet inearthing of thslr nefarious bus
Iiickh and the preventing of further
crime. Sheriff Llnvllle In workng Ilka
a beaver on the cases and yestcrdny
arretted Joseph Alt new, commonly
tmown a motty, rnargeu win ine
crime of kidnaping. Agnew hns made
a full o'lft'oalon to the sheriff and
other, not only admitting hit own
guilt, hut again Incriminating the arch
fiend. Paddy Lym-h, who, Agnew says,
procured hi assistance In shanghai
ing a man under the name of A. Antler
nun tin the ship Musselcrjig on March
8. Agnew was rrquestcd to go to (he
office of British Vice-Consul Cherry
ami sign the name John Rcntt to the
snipping articles, and furnished him
with ft sailor's allotment or advance
note signed with that nn mo by Lynch
himself. Thla Agnew refused to do
but hs did go and sign the name A,
Anderson being furnished with anothtr
advance note bearing that name by
Lynch. He says Lynch gave aa a
rmri for thla procedure that ha had
n old man at 111 a boarding hnua
whom he wanted to ahli, and he was
afraid tha captain might object to him
on account of hi ogp. Who the man
wiih. who was by this villlanoua nieunn
I'luced on board the ship; whether he
wna drugfred, clubbed or merely Intox
Icnted, an.l how he fared on chip
board may never It known here.
Agnew la In Jail awaiting a hearing,
which he will have tomorrow,
Lynch's Bail Raised.
The Indignation which was so freely
x pressed when Paddy Lynch waa per
milted to go at large on tils own rec
OKnlsoncit again found expreaslnn yea
turduy, with the result that Juatlce
Goodman deckled to raise the twill to
rooo.
Sheriff Llnvillo wan dli'ected to pro
duce him In court for that purpose,
but Lynch was found to bu Confined to
hla home on liond street with a severe
abceiw In tils left ear. X'lion receiving
a written certlficule from Doctor Hen
derson to the effect that Lynch wan not
In a condition to be moved, the sheriff
left him In ehargo of . Deputy Fred
Iillnn, lie will remain In custody ui
til new bonds are executed to the sal
Infliction of the court, A new charge
will probably be entered against him
on account of the Agnew affair,
The state of fueling !n the city aguln-
at Lynch Is Indicated by ,un acton
taken yesterday evening at a meeting
of many of the leading ladles of the
city, representing the Woman's club
and the Rending club. The ladles re
solved that the ball under which
Lynch wns permitted to go at large
was insufficient, and declared lit favor
of prosecuting him and other offenders
to the full extent of tha law. On be
Ing Informed by the sheriff of the ac-
tlo.i of Justice Good man In raising the
amount of the ball the lades comlpll-
mentsd his discretion,
With one of his vlctlma'and two of
his henchmen now in the sheriff's
charge, one of the latter making a clean
breast of the crime In which he par
ticipated, and other direct evidence
sgalnut him. it begins to look as
though the crimes which have been per
petrated by Lynch and hs gang will
receive a degree of vengeance,
In some sttites tho penuHyfor kid
naping is death, In Oregon It is from
one to 10 years lit the penitentiary,
SEN. MSWLAND'S FIHST SPEECH.
Washington, March 18. Senator NtiV
laulls of Nevada In his maiden speech
In the senate today appeared as an
open advoeato of the annexation of
Cuba to the United tUaies. He offer
ed an amendment to the treaty, invit
ing Cuba to become one of he state
of the union. I
All Tracks Leading From the West
Into the City Cut Off
By the Flood.
TWO TRAINS ARE SURROUNDED
First Time
In History
Four Judges Bit Together In the Fa
mou Merger Suit Now Begun.
St. Louis, March 11-For the first
time In the history of the Unitedl
Kiatc an1 by authority of a special
art of congress passed last February,
four United States circuit judge are
sitting together to hear arguments In
a ens?, the CAuae being the fight of
Uie government against the Northern
Beourltis company of New Jersey I
the celebrated merger suit.
Under this special act the Vol ted
States circuit court for the district of
Mlnneso'a Is holding Hs session in St
Louts In the apellate court room, and
by this arrangement '.he case can go
Immediately from this court to toe su
preme court of the United State
wherein, as a general court procedure
It would areanrlly go through the
court of appeal an da delay of from
two to three years would probably en
SU. "
Most of today's session was take
up with a presentation of the argu
rents for the government by Assist'
ant Attorney General Beck. After he
hart concluded late In the afternoon
the argument for the Northern Becurl
ties company was begun by George
Young. Before Toung finished the
court adjourned until tomorrow, when
he will ontlnuo his argument.
Burned Ship
Is Located
Vessel Carried Treasure Cargo Which
Will Be Saved by Those Who
Found It.
San Frunclsco, March 18. Among
the passengers on the steamer Newport
w hloh arrived front, South and Central
American ports today, waa Captain E.
V. Johnston and a party of treasure
hunters, which left here last Novenv
her In the hope of locating the wreck
of tlni sUlu-wheeler Golden Gate, which
was burned to the water's edge off the
Mexican "uoast In 8r,a. The ' Golden
data carried m'uch treasure.
Captain Johnston reports that the ves
sel, submerged In eight feet of water,
was located und some of the treasure
found. He returns to this city for ap
pliances for recovering the remainder
of the gold. i
ARRESTED AT HONOLULU
Honolulu, March 18. (By Pacific
cable,)-Captaln J. T. Smith, master
of the new Pacific Mall steamship SI
berla, which vessel Is now on her maid
en trip from San Francises to oriental
ports, waa arrested yesterday by the
federal authorities on a warrant charg
Ing that last January, whe nhe was
captain of the City of Peking, he re
fused to take back three Japanese that
had been ordered deported.
Bonds were Immediately give nand
Captain Smith was not detained. Late
last night the Siberia proceeded on her
way to the orient.
BUFFALO BILL PLEASES KING
London, March 18. King Edward has
sent Colonel Cody, "Buffalo Bill," a
hnndnome scarf pin with tha royal
cipher in diamonds surmounted by a
crown, as a souvenler of his visit to the
Wild west show here lost Saturday,
PuftKcngent Compelled to Ktay
On Hoard Cars and Their
ItniiH-rilate Itvllof In
Very Doubtful.
Memphis, March lS.The flood situa
tion tonight shows a number of new
and serious' developments, and there
Is scarcely a ray of hope for improved
conditions except in the fact that the
tributaries f the Mississippi to the
north of Memphis are reported to be
fitJIInrf.
One of the must serious developments
of the last 24 hours is the washing out
of all lines of railroads entering the
city from the west and a complete ty
ing up of rullrotd tracks through the
Memphis gateway to that section.
Bo suddenly did the rise come In the
section of Arkansas across the river
from Memphis after the St. Francis le
vee brok at Trices Landing that two
passenger trains were caught between
the washed out points and are now
surround .-d y water. On each train
re about 75 passengtrs and crews, and
tonight over 100 of thesejwlll remain
on the trains with no prospect of be
ing taken off until tomorrow or later.
lty taking risks several handcars sue
ceeded In reaching the water bound
trains today and about SO passengers
were brought to this city. The re
moJnder refused to attempt to return.
Claims lie
Is Innocent
Charged With Poisoning. Colored Doc
tor Protests From His Cell.
Phlladeluhla. March 18.-From his
cell In the central police station George
Hossey, who is accused of conspiring
ir. nnlnnn Will Dans, has given out a
declaration of Innocence. He says:
"What has come out about my kill
ing or poisoning people is untrue In cv
ery respect, and I want to contradict
It. I understand they are trying to
get evidence ngainst me.but they can
not do It, becaust I did not do It
Elev druggists have been examined
In h district attorney's offiee. The
declaration by Frederick Slioyer, as
tKinnr district attorney, that detec
tives have found where Mr. and Mrs.
Williams obtained arsenic is thought
to have some relation to the Hossey
cbm. It is now Known mm u m
for evidence In the Williams child mur
der ense unearthed Hossey.
Some of the authorities spparently
see sonu significance In the connection
of a couple of spiritualists with bom
Mr. and Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Dans.
Report With
Roosevelt
Washington, March 18. Judge Gray
and Carroll IX Wright, president ana
records!' respectively of the anthracite
strike rnmttilsslon. today handed to
President Roosevelt the report of that
commission. It is said the report wm
be made public Saturday.
ENTERTAINS COMMISSIONERS
Woshlngton, March 18. President
Roosevelt entertained the members of
the anthracite coal strike commission
at dinner tonight. The report ot the
commission, which wns delivered to
the president today, was unanimous.
It will be made public Saturday.
Died In San Francisco.
San Francisco, March 18. Rudolph
Goetx, formerly a grocer at 1200 Jirst
avenue, South Seattle, was found dead
In his room on Third street last night.
He arrived, here on March 4 and was
last seen alive on Monday night.
RUGBY TRIUMPHANT.
San Francisco, March 19. The final
and deciding game of the polo tourna
ment between the Rugby (English)
and Burllngame (California) teams
as won by the Englishmen, the score
being seven to three.
Presidleinif
Mississippi Senator Directs Hot Shot At
Roosevelt In Speech On the
Negro Question.
CUBAN TREATY
WILLBEV0TED
Every Effort Will Be Made Today
to Save Measure Which
Is Threatened.
Washington, March 18. Before ad
journing at 7 o'clock tonight the sen
ate entered Into an unanimous agree
ment to vote on the Cuban reciprocity
treaty at S o'clock tomorrow. The ex
ecutive session covered six hours and
blow to the growth of the beet sugar
clams of the treaty.'
McEnery, of Louisiana, said that
the admission of Cuban sugar at re
duced rates would prove as severe a
blow to the growth of the btefsugar
Industry as it would to the cane sugar
production of Louisiana and Texas
He said practically the entire popu
lation of Louisiana would )e affected
by an approval of the treaty.
The race question was again discuss
ed in the stnate today. Money, of Mis
sissippi, spoke for two hours, his re
marks having a direct reference to
the action of the president ia closing
the Indianola poetofflce.
He delivertd himself of some severe
strictures on the president, stating In
the coune of his remarks that Mr.
lioawvelt was lot president of AiiierU,
ca. but president of the black btit.
At tlm? he was closely interrogated
by Foraker and Spooner. ' '
He. declared that of all the a;rotnt
mJts evr made In Mississippi, none
had ever given such general disgust
as those made by thla' administration..
There bad been raised the question of
the social equality ot the negro, but
thira never could possibly be any so
cial equality bttween the two races.
"There is race prejudice In the south",
he said, "and thank God there is."
"Would you disfranchise the .legro
as to voting," asked Foraker, "and If
so, should that not be taken. Into ac
count In fixing representation In con-;
gressr
"That Is another question," said
Money. "It to the feeling in the south
that no colored man, no matter what
his qualifications may be, shall hold
a. federal office." .,
It is said at the state department
that the sharpest kind of work will
be required to save the treaty from to
tal failure, if It Is ratified by the sen
ate with amendments aa proposed. Tht
slightest amendments will require the
convention again to be ratified by the
Cuban congress and the time allowed
for an txebange of ratifications expires
on the 31st Inst. If there is any failure
on this point a new treaty will have
to be drawn. ' .
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