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ASKUUt.,:;.u no llro::OtloL3-r .;.-!. Any .iliio'prosccution. win --O i 'fks ,4 I ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1903. VOLUME LVI. NUMBER m. ML 1873 1,903 lyiim A ft v Hut Sduffocr V Mini HuulTulorcd 6T TWENTY-FIVE CENTS OFF For Every Dollar's Worth Bought Men's and .Boys Clothing, Shoes and Furnishing Goods. This offer lasts to March 10, 1903. CHARLES LARSON W.U h Block FINE FANCY COFFEES and PURE SPICES FISHER BROTHERS ff0 The Chicago 'ajrSivNl n touch, speed, dura iQSiLf hility and appearance $35. "'.Jgg "H VISIBLE WRITING Vjj? 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. As Vt ALLBN Tents sad Cummcrchil Streets s i . 1 it, I ' . . EVERY piwo'of cloth w-o iiho in our gooU-dothcs- tnukittg ii, shrunk More it' cut up until it won't flirink any moro; an importnut fac tor for you to know; one of the tiling tlmt mako our clothes tit, wear and keep tliupe well. If jou'vo worn ordinary ready-made ' cheap" custom make, you know by contract what right shrinking means. P. A. STOKES Clothier and Furnisher (52 Commercial Strut. TEA A BATH la a double luxury If token In one of our handsome alnc, enameled, or ' Porcelain Tubs We put them In anywheie. All plumbing and fitting the beat. You can afford the prices. W.J.SCULLEY Fhone Uluck 218S . 470-473 Commercial street. Situation'' Is-v Smms Attain Fresh Breaks In Levees Causes Great Scope of Territory to Become Inundated Memphis Mayor Appeals for Aid Secretary Root Will Supply Needy With Shelter and Neces sary Food. Memphis, March 10. The feeling of hop that wss produced laiil night by ih Mississippi river coming to a stand at I .mint was dfsiielled today by 111 occurrence of two'adclltlonul break n the Wt. Frances levecs north of the device ut Tilces landing and grave re porta that are being received from Mia Isslppl iolnta as well aa by the riae her, Tht breaks today will probably in crease slUhMy the water In the' ter ritory of Arkansas which wax flooded by the br'.ik Trice Landing, and, In addttlim. they are flooding a vital nope of territory which ha thus far been free from an large amount of water. The sltuailm therefore in Arkansas la mora gtav tiw.ii at any time dur- Ihk the (UhhI. Relief measures have lo-en mil must be, for several days. Inadequate - Th'i long line of levees thtU guard Mississippi from the river and pt.ilect the Vdt and fertile delta region of that Mate and which have thua far wtood llrm. are reported to be In a pra tlcnl condition. Watr la aweeplng tlvough the cmb-mkim-nls, Hooding vli'nges ami plautatkina, and at other laces the enilmiiknient ia overtopped by the (loud, and enormous quantities of vater aie being discharged into the country. Thi moft encouinging fenlure tf to night Is that the river hua rem tlned stationary nil day, nnd '.hat a fulling t;(ge la reported from St. I,oulb, 'uiro and other points. Refugees continie to arrive In great numbers, and facilities are too llinlled to care for them. In response to a telegram asking for aid from Mayor Williams of this city Sec-, rotary of War Root haa answered that he will aupply all needed tenta as well n 'provisions for the flooded au(f rers. Also Murdered Nora Fuller Another Man la Anxious to lie Consid ered the Much Advertised ' Criminal. Lincoln,' Neb.. March 20. A apodal to the Star front Frsmont, Neb., says: A man who gives the name of John Bonnett nnd who asserts that he la thi murdsrer pf Nora Fuller, a glri who was killed In San BVanclsco over a y?ar ngo, has surendered to fllierllt llaumnn her eand benlg held.. l"he man appeareo. ai tne jail aoor last night and begged the sheriff to tmpils. on hint, saying that tha face of the dead girl haunted him. The prisoner la about 40 yeaia of nge and well dioss ed. To the sheriff to whom he con' fesaed the crime, Bennett said that ho formerly was 'a lawyer, but that he hud done nothing ulnce the murder. He- would not tell why he commit ted th3 rline, but said after It was dona he left the city hastily. He was placed In a cell and during the night raved Uke a wild man. At one time he addressed a fancied Jury, This morning the prisoner was much. more quiet. He will be held for investiga tion. , . . ALL ON ACCOUNT OF A. MATCH. Grand Rapids, Mich., March 20. By the earless throwing down of a lighted match fire was started tonight which practoally destroyed the Clarend ho tel entailing a loss estimated at $100, 000 and tauslngvthe death of W. O. Huwklns of Bay XJity, Mich, and the sorlous Injury of several other persons. Flying Engine Catches Fire Train Swept Into Tarda With Crew Huddlud on Steps of Car. New Vork. N. T., March 50. Wlth cab and tender ablate and ten glneer and fireman huddled on the platform of the car behind, with the flames sweeping towards them, tht Waahlng'ott exprena over the Penn' sylvanla raced towards Jersey City last for 30 minutes with the engine throttle wide opea. The express ar rived at New Brunswick 10 minutes late and Conductor J. M. Mooney ordered the engineer to make up the time. fireman Pearle's side of the cab caught Are from Ihe back draught of the flrebox after leaving Meluchen In response to his shouts Engineer Lyons went to bis aid, but before the engineer could regain hold of the lever lo shut off the power, the) cab wna a roaring furnace. The men fled lo .he tender, but were pursued by the flie In the coal box They theja-returned, to ihe platform of the first car. Lyon fought his way back to the engine, which was running at terrllflc speed and managed to start th4 whittle cord. The biasing ermine vas then rushed to the Rnhway yards. The shrieking of the engine alarm ."d the pafwengers. One of them Sherman Lewis of New Brunswick grabbed the "miergency brakerone and stopped the train. With a rush they made for the doors to get to the rear. but wer-j stopped by prompt work of the crew. ' The woodwork of the cab was de stroyed Another engine was hooked on and the train reached Jersey City an hour la I j. Will Live As Soldiers Do President Itooaevelt Will Be Happy Among Bears and Things. Fort Yellowstone, National Park, March 20. According to Major Pitcher moat of President Roosevelt's , two weeks of rest and recreation in Yellow stone National park will be spent in the little cabins of. the soldiers. In fact, the preallent will Jive on the simple fare of the soldiers. The localities where thd president will rest are wild In the extreme. Elk, deer and bear can be seen within a mile walk from the mlltary cabins. ,. Snow haa barely commenced to melt in April und the greater part of the trip of the president to various points of interest will have to be made on snow shoes, MID-LENT. IN PARIS. Police Made Nine Hundred and Sixty - Eight Arrests o( Unruly Celebrants. Paris, Mareh i0.-after midnight the unruly elements In the crowd attend Ing the mid-Lent festivities began making trouble for the police by start Ing dsturtmnces In various parts of the boulevards and on adjacent streets. Some S00 disorderly persons were ar rested, .but most pf them were dls charged after being detained for an hour or two at the police stations. ' It was said t the prefecture of po lice that 968 arrests had been made during the- whole day. ' COSTLT SMOKE. The Smoker Was Blown Up and Seven Others Were Injured. Rutland, Vt., March 20. The care lessness of Alex Kemperty In smoking a pipe near a can of powder at a quarry In West Rutland cost htm his life and Injured seven others. FOG CAUSES COLLISION Freighter Crashes Into Passenger In the Haze on Long Island Sound. MEN ARE DROWNED IN BUNKS The Plymouth Reached Port In Sadly Crippled Con dition. Near Loud in, Conn., March 10. In the fo,r which descended upon the wat ers of Long Island sound last night the big Fall River Possenger steamer Plymouth, from New York for Fall river with M0 paswngers and a crew of 210 men, was run down white pass Ing through the race by the steamer City of Tauntori, of the same line, bound for New York. ,A full 100 fe?t of the starboard side of the vessel was smashed nn, as if it had been paper, the staterooms of the second cabin were entlrily cut away, while down in the hold modt of the crew who were asleep in the steerage were drowned hy the torrent that poured through the great gap male by the bow of .the freighter. Although greatly terrified, the people aboard the stricken ship showed great self-control and there was r.o panic. Th was no way of telling immedi ately how many perished. Six are dead certainly, and in the mass of de bris from th wrecked cabin and state. rooms there may be several more bcoV tes, while in the steerage it is thought there are bodies of others drowned be. .Ides those report ?L The Plymouth was Immediately head ed for this "ity. It was thought at one time that the ship's company would have to take to the boats, but the closing of the collision bulkheads pre vented the water from gaining and the vessel made the harbor and wharf v.n assisted. As she was being made fast to the wharf there was seen to be a hole 10 feet square In her hull on the starboard side about 35 feet from her bow, whilefor 100 feet her Joiner work had be-n carred away, Including the entire -!econd cabin and seven stale, rooms on the saloon deck. Was Tortured to Death SensatlnnCharges Made by Mother "of Dead Soldier. Itoston, March 20. At the meeting of the citixen8 at Feneull hull last nlRht to protest -'aganst the supprts- sion of truth about the Philipplnus and praying for further official inquiry Int., .vtn.lllnua thore the C&S of MrS. Kll-n Richter of Syracuse, N. Y., whose son, an enlisted man. recently died In the Philippines, and whose death Is said to have been theresult of tor ture. was referred to Herbert Welch of Philadelphia. Mr. Welch said that Mrs. Richter m.irt. everv effort tc secure the records nf the courtmartlal which tried WH liam Sinclair of the Eighteenth Infant v. who was charged with being re sponsible for her son s death. She was nit off by many excusse and General Davis laughed In her face. "Is that not so" asked Mr. Welch of Mrs. Richter, who was sitting on the plat form. Yes, General Davis was the man, n Id Mr. Richter. rising. Mr. Welch claimed that Lleutenat Sinclair ordered Richter brought out f th, iruard house, bound and gagged, and that lee water be poured siowiy on his face by the dipperiui. me tor ture lasted, accordng to many witness es. Mr. Welch said, for two hours and a half, and was not desisted until life was extinct. Lieutenant Sinclair was tried bv a general courtmartlal for causing Fvichter's death and was ac quitted. tr W-lch said that Rlcmer naa, in his possessisn information detrimental to the officers of his company ana ne had threatened to "squeal" on them. Turning lo Mrs. Richter again, Mr. Welch asked: Did you not appeal to President RooseveltT"' Yes." said Mrs. Richter, "but he showed no sympathy at all, and treat ed me with even less consideration than the army officers." i COURT FINED BEEF TRUST Testimony Was All Against Pack ersSuit Against Big Combin ation Ends By Fine of $3000 Being Imposed. Jefferson City, Mo., March 20. The Armour. Cudahy, Swift, Hammond and the Scb'wartzacbild and Sulzberger Packing companies, the five defendants in the ouster proceedings brought by the attorney general of Missouri against the alleged beef combine last summer, were fined S5000 each in the Missouri supreme court today and or dered to pay the costs of the case, which amount to $5000. Unless the fines and costs are paid within 30 days the defendants will be ousted from the state, so the court orders. The de cision of the supreme court, which was announced by Judge Marshall, was un animous.' The opinion says: . "The testimony introduced by the state was abundant to show that the respondents were members of a combi nation or pool to fix and maintain pric es." .'. Wabash Suit Nearim Close St. Louis, March 20. Arguments in thi Wabash injunction suit were closed at 3 o'clock this afternoon and Ihe case was taken under advisement hy Judge Adams. He gave no Intima tion of how much time he mignt re quire to prepare an opinion, but tte at torneys declared tfter the adjournment of court that they would look for a de cision In about a week or 10 days. UNSAFE IN MOROCCO , Tangier. Morocco,! March 20. Owing to the spread of the rebellion the gov ernment declines to be responsible for the safety of Europeans traveling In the interior of the country. - j& j& NEW j& j& WAIOTING We are showing the' latest and nobbiest waistings in Astoria just arrived from New York. Your inspection invited. C. H. COOPER ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. STMairraiiko iTlUlllUGi iJ and Steamfitters 525-527 BOND STREET NOT IF YOU KEEP GOOD United States Will Not Object to. Collection of Debts If They ; Are Genuine. MONROE DOCTRfNE DEFINED Hay Quotes President to the Ef fect That Only Acquisition Will Be Opposed. Washington, March 20. In the re sponse of Secretary Hay to Argen tina not proposng the com bn led ac tion of the American states to. resist the collection of debts by naval force, today, the secretary soys: "The po sition of the United States is Indicated! In the recent message of the presl- ; dent "The president declared in his mes sage to congress last December that by the Monroe doctrine, we do not guarantee any state against punish ment If It misconducts itself, provided that the punishment does not take the form of acquisition of territory by any non-American power. "In another message the president says it behooves each one to maintain ordw, within Its own borders, and to discharge ts Just obligations to for eigners. .When this Is done It caa be rest assured that, be they weak or strong, they have nothing to dread from outsi le Interference." , DROUTH IN AUSTRALIA Wheat Crop In Victoria Is Almost a Total Failure. Melbourne, March 20. Official re turns show, that lb Victorian wheat harvest this season will average only one-quarter bushel per acre, owing to the drouth. This is the lowest' av erage In 28 years.