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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 24, 1903)
nOTIOH! ire Noi to to Token From The . Lihnuv wilttuut P-t wiisw. Any J.SI8SU PEfBtlC UBMIT ASSOGillOH, nn fnd iiuiltv oJtA ense, fan tit hie to DrO?FllOi wtm ASTORIA, OREGON,' TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1903. VOLUME LVI. NUMBER 71. i 1873 1,903 rhitSdulFaer V Mine HifldTidoui 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 Wtkh Block FINE FAN CYC and P U RE FISHER BROTHERS C21 The Chicago 44 ti Perfect In touch, speed, dora Xl hillty and appearance, $35. H VISIBLE .WRITING J Ne GRIFFIN Fancy and Staple Groceries FLOUR, FEED; PROVISIONS, TOBACCO AND CIGARS....... x Supplies of all kinds at lowest rates, for fishermen, Fanners and Loggers. A V ALLBN Tents and Commcrchsl Streets W , t t t ill !'L;,' :. 1 w - .- !s. m f. a EVEUV piece of clotli we : lino in our good-clotho-tnuking ii shrunk before it's cut up until it won't shrink anjr more; an important fac tor for yon to know; one of the , tiling that make our clothes tit, wear and keep liape well. If jou'ye worn ordinary readj-made cheap" custoyi niako, you know ty contrast what right shrinking meant. P. A. STOKES Clothier and Furnisher 652 CommtrcUf$lrf." TEAS - OF F EE S S P I C ES A BATH I a double luxury If taken In one of our handsome sine, enameled, or Porcelain Tubs . We put them In anywhere. All plumbing and fitting the best. Tou can afford the prices, '(.'' W.J.SCULLEY Phone Black 2185 , ; 470-47J Commercial street. After Mim Two Aimed and Desperate Men Are On the Trade of General Bragg, Ex-Consul-General. Police Keep Eye On Them Made, Angry at Slighting Speech Islanders Are Bent Upon Revenge. .. Chicago, Martb 23.-A dljutch to the Inter Ocean from Fonl du Lac. Wl says: - ... ,:: Two Cubans registered at a '0' hotel yesterday as L. Alvnre and B. Rndrlguex,' and announced that they bi com from Cuba to find General K. P. Braftf. ho formerly Consul General a: Havana and who was re moved and sent to Hong Kong because of alleged remarks expressing doubt as lo the Intellisync of the Cuban. Thi-y did not appear to b bent on peaceful motive, and'the police offldul were no lined. . .. It nncrod to have t neaped the UO' tic of the Cubans thut 0ncral Bragg had already departed for the orient. While the Cuban went to And flener al JirasB residence with the police on thtlr track, a detective watched their room. He found copies of newspapers which contained references to General 'Rragg's. ultttneiaid three-oid revdt- vera were hidden under 'he mallirrs A heavy dniorr was lying on the dres ser. Both men ware well dressed. The two men. while the room was twin searched, went lathe home of neutral Bruit and hewn trying the door end windows, bat noon found that the rent denee was unoocunled. Ttw k1I'. ordered th men to It-eve Ir.H ii unieaa th.-r voui alvo a reitur ntite oxcuee (or thi" vtslilnit' l'mid Cu The Men a "ncc left the elty Mrs. Burdick On the Stand District Attorney Examines Widow of Murd-.'rct Man at 'he Inquest. , Buffalo. N. Y-. March ii,' -Hrs. .ie Burdl'-k, widow of Edwin l. Burdick, underwent a merciless examination by District Attorney Contaworth this af ternoon, at the resumption of the In- nuesl of the murdered man. Mrs. Bur dick wns on the stand whn court Ad journed until 10 oclonk tomorrow. She then 111 be recalled to complete her testimony. With a package ot letters In his hands, some ot which were written to Mrs. Burdick by Arthur R. Rellell, co-respondent In the divorce case ln stituted by Burdick, arid other commun Icatlons between Burdick and his wife, Coalsworth forced Mrs. Burdick to tell the story of her relations with Fennel! from the time he first made love to her In New Haven In 1898 until 1901 when these relations were renewed at ter Burdick had forgiven his wife, and had tak$n her back to his home for the sake of their children. " Mrs. Burdick waa deathly pale while on the. witness stand, She answered the questions In a low, faltering tone, evading a direct answer whenever pos slble and reluctantly admitting facta, when the district attorney pitilessly read extracts of love letters written her by Pennell. . : . Not since the Inquest Into the mur der began has there been such Intense Interest In the proceedings. Most of the spectators who crowded the court room were women. LOST IN BLIZZARD. Wore After Mormon Bheepherders When Overtaken. ,, Rongts. Wyo., March 28. While drlv lug Mormon sheep herders across their dead line, Ave cattle men are supposed to have perished In the recent blizzard In the Sweetwater country, A posse Is scouring the surrounding country In search of them, It Is no longer hoped to And any of them alive. They started In pursuit of four outfits of Mornun aheep herder the morning of March 17. Flfty-alx other cowboy ccoinpanlfd them, At the algn of ap proaching billiard the ret gave up 'the queat, returning In time, although tarly in the atorm'a fury they were eparat- ed Into wrsr.tl parties. Abe Lincoln and Jeff Davis Strange and Symbolic Union of North era and rtouthern Relic. New Tork. March 2J.-By an odd Incident the cabin in which Abraham Lincoln was born and another cabin of logs which was associated with the llf of Jefferson Davis, have become mixed up and timbers of both struc tures now make up a single building. Th revelation of this fact came about through the effoits of the Rev. Pr. Hillls, pastor ot Plymouth church, to add to the Beecher memorial fund. Dr. Wills and others associated with him In the, Becaee inemorlal movement made arrangements for a "Lincoln cv enlng," In Plymouth church, tomorrow night, and Benjamin Chapln, the stu dent and Impersonator of Lincoln, was engagcil.to tell tbi Ktpryot Lincoln's life from the platform. ; ' In order that there might be an ad ded touch.of realism to the entertain ment It waa decided to obtain for the evening the little log cabin In which Lincoln was born and have It set up In the church parlor. The cabin Is ihj one which was on exhibition at the Pan-American -exposition at Buftilo The owners or the cabin declared they would be glad to lend It, but said that as a matter ot fact, the structure which Is at present In demand Is a comblna tlon ot the hut In which the great emancipator was born and the Davis cabin. . . . v The original Lincoln cabin, said one of the. owners, had been purchased by a restaurant man from a colored preacher named Bingham at Nolln Creek, Laru county, Ky. He loaned It for exhibition purposes to the man agers of the Nashville exposition mid afterward stored It In the-cellar of a small restaurant, on the Bowery. In the same cellar he stored a log cab In connected with some historical In cldent In the life ot Jefferson Davis, the president of the confederacy. When thsy were brought out the mov era mix id the timbers. It is hoped to straighten them out. Hot Nest of Anarchists New Jersey Italians Boycott Non-An- arohist Neighbor. Faterson, N. J., March 28. Because he would not become an anarchist, Se- citnao Casanova says he is under a boycott and cannot get groceries or milk from the only dealer In those nec essarlea In Ashley heights, a small set tlement ot Italians on the .outskirts of this city! Casanova has sworn out complaints agVnit 25 ot his neighbors, charging them with conspiracy. ' Ashley heights Is settled exclusively by Italians, and Casanova says they are all anarchists. The repeatedly tried to get htm to join their group but he refused, and then a long course of persecution started. Casanovo own ed his home in Ashley heights und could not move away, so he stood the persectulon for a long time. TJjere Is only one grocery In the little colony and one milkman, neither of whom is an Italian. 1 These dealers were presented with a paper signed by 25 residents, threatening that if they continued to serve Casanova the sign- ers would withdraw their trade. The grocer and milkman explained the sit uation to Casanova and showed him the paper. This was the evidence he wanted and he at once made the charges ot conspiracy, ARE WITHOUT FOUNDATION Secretary of War Root Answer Charges Preferred Against General Wood. IS PROMPT TO DEFEND HIM Acceptance by General of Gift, Over Which So Much Fa rore Is Made, Is En- , tireljr Proper. Washington, March 23. Secretary Root today took official action on the charges made by Estes G. Rathbone agulnst Brigadier-General Leonard Wood. He made an Indorsement on the papers saying that no answer to the charges was required - from General Wood, and no action will be U.ken thereon; that It was known to the sec retary ot war that the charges In every respect were without foundation. The secretary refer to the part token by the Military governor In the postofflce cases In which Rathbone was a defend ant, saying that Genera! Wood at ev ery step. had the approval ot the secre tary of war, and exercised only such control as was necessary as military governor. He refers to the game of Jal Alai, and declares that the gift accepted by General Wood had po relation t hatev er to any official action of his, but was part of th expression of gratitude of the Cuban people toward the represen tatlte of the United States ,and to have refused the gift would have been uncourteous and unjustifiable. The action of the customs officials In ref erence to the gift, the secretary says, was strictly In accordance with the law and official propriety. The Indorse ment closes as follows: . "Th-ire Is no foundation . for the charges." Warship Seized ; For Piracy British Cruiser Arrests Vertesuelan Warship on Grave Charge. . New York, March 23,-The British cruiser Pallas has seized the Y'enexue. Ian warship Restuarador on the ground that she Is a pirate, cables the Herald's representative at Port of Spain, Trln- Idid. The case against the Restuarador cites that soon after Bhe was handed ovar to the Venexuelan authorities by the German commodore, she began acts of piracy and robbery on the high seas. It Is charged that she seis ed the cargoes ot vessels and dlsmantl ed and abandoned the craft. A Port of Spain newspaper says ed' Itortally of the Restuarodor's case: "Such piratical acts' prove the unwls dom of generosity of the allied pow ers." The paper expresses the hope that retributive justice will be swifter and more effective than on the last oc caslon. The Restuarador was formerly the American yacht Atalanta. ; She was built for Jay Gould. Fleet Sails for the Far North Alaska Packers' Association Fleet on the Move for Fishing Trade. San Francisco. March JS. The Alas- ka Paskers association's steamer All tak has sailed for Chlgnlk bay to pre Dare for -work at the canneries the coming season. The schooner Premier has sailed for the canneries by way of Port Townsend. where the vessel Is to take aboard a large number of piles to be used In the construction of sal mon traps at the northern fisheries. The bark Carondolet has cleared for Prince William sound and will prob ably get away today. Aan and Wife Dead Together Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stokes or Fort- land Meet Mysterious Death In Cabin. Uklah, Calif.. March 23. Robert Stokes and his wife were found dead. on the floor of their cabin a few miles from BoonVUle this morning by a bro- tbef of Stoke, who live some distance from their cabin. : He heard two shots and commenced an Investigation which res-jlt?d in the finding of the bodies of hie brother and sister-in-law with bul lets through their bodies. It ia. thought Impossible the couple committed suicide a they were appar ently happy. The case Is shrouded In mystery. iV.:;: " The dead couple came from Portland Oreg., a few days ago to spend some time on their claim. WEST SIDE NOTES Mrs. C. A. McGuIre spent Friday in Skipanon. - Miss E. V. Hess made a trip to As toria on Saturday. . The school at Seaside Is closed tn account of diphtheria. . Miss Nelly Abbott is rlsiting her sis ter Mrs. Dow at Melville. y Miss Maude Kindred Is home again after several weeks spent In Astoria. Road Master Jehn Fry inspected roads on the west aide on Thursday, ,F. W. Preston and A." J. Hill have returned from a trip to the Metropolis Geo. W. Warren is rusticating in California. He will be gone a month Miss Edna Morrison has accepted a position as teacher In district No. 12, at Push." " . '':, o-. :;: Frank Sweeney spent Saturday and Sunday, in Warrenton the guest of A. Densmore. - . .' When Miss Hess closes her school in district No. 2 she will go to Prospect Park tojeach. It is reported that the Warrenton mill will start up on Wednesday. It has been Idle several months. , Mr. and Mrs. HambUn data gone to Rainier, Wash, to visit their daughter Mrs. Luther Campbell. Doctor Fulton was called to Warren ton on Wednesday to prescribe for Mrs Townsend. She Is now improving. ' Q. T. Moore is home for a few days, but soon returns to Grays Harbor where he and Albion GUe will Mart a clam cannery, , ' , . David Atrth of Astoria ha saccepted the position of sawyer in the Warren. ton mill. He has moved his family over and occupies Will Dean's house SILVER MARKET. Silver. 1-4. GOLD and SILVER Negligee Shirts FOR MEN New Spring C. H, COOPER ECLIPSE HARDWARE . Plumbers and Steamf itters 525-527 BOND STRE FEW CHANGES ARE MADE n the Main Schedule for the Trip Will Remain as at first Arranged. IS BESIEGED WITH REQUESTS Daring the President's Absence His Family Will Visit at Oyster liar, Where He . . WUIJoIn Them, Washington, March 21. People of the states through which the president Is) to travel on hi trip, have been besleg ' lng him through their representatives and senators for changes In the s'hed ule so as to take in points at which no slops have been arranged. As a rule . It is impossible to con-ply with such re quests without upsetting the cnttr schedule . but, where a sligat changfe can be made by rearranging the time wlthiu th state, they are being made Today at the request of Senator Fos- ter and Representatives Cushman and Humphreys of Washington, the Wash Igton schedule was altered so ss to extend the time of the president's slay at Seattle and Shoshone. Under the new arrangement the president will Ieae Tacoma at a. m., Saturday, May 23. for Bremerton, leaving there . at 11 o'clock. Seattle will be reached at 1 p. m. The party will go to Ev eret by boat at 1:30 p. m. At 7 p. a return trip to Seattle will be made and the original schedules will be re sumed." " , It is understood that Mrs. Roosevelt and children will spend the time dur ing the president's trip by a visit at Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, and on his! return he will join his family and spend the summer there, as he did last year. -s . a MARK TWAIN ILL. New Tork, March 23. Mark Twain is ill at his Rlversdale home with bron chial trouble. The physician on leaving last night said his patient would bo able to resume his work soon.. and BOYS. Styles Just in at If 1 a MM