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ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1903.
VOLUME LVI.
NUMBER m.
ML
1873
1,903
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HuulTulorcd
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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.