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ASlOSIi f tiBIiG UEIMI iSSHMi:j 4 VOLUME LVI. ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1903. NUMBER 79. " i nmi a ggBBBSCB-aS 111. ii ii I I III aaBrgBBgan-i-i ii j i. ni ii m YOU WANT Well-fitting clothes, cer tainly. There are two sure wars to tfet them. One Is, pay the best custom tailor in town $75 or $100 for a suit or overcoat I noth ing makes clothee fit like paying $75 or $100 for 'em. U)0 other way. Is to buy clothes with H. Si (XX M. in themt pay $18 to $30i If they don't fit you get your money back. You Know the place. P. A. STOKES The Clothier tnd Furnisher FINE MEMS FANCY COT FEES and PURE S P I CES FMHER BROTHERS i a.? ij.. i Muslin Underwear We give a, brief description of a few numbera taken at random from our large stock of Muslin Underwear. Thla underwear haa been se lected from three factories. These garments are liberally made and In the best styles. , : jVss ' Plain Corset Corers, Joo. F rench Corset Covers, two groups of six tucks each, embroidery on the neck, Wo. Fitted Corset Covers, five rows hemstitched ruffles, 40c French Corset Covers, four groups of four rows of H, 8. Ruffles, too. y-Shaped Night Gown, four tows of Insertion, 7Do Square Neck Down, five rows of tucks on each side, em broidery edging, 85c. Square Neck Gown, lace Insertion and ruffle with lace edging, $1. V- Neck Gown, two rows of blind insertion and eight rows of tucks between, 1.!0. - J. !( ; White Skirts, deep ruffle, One row Insertion, lace and dust ruffle, 75c Bklrt, two large flounces, two rows val. Insertion and lace, dust, ruffle, 11.48. White Cambrlo Bklrt, lawn flounce, six tucks embroidered Insertion, six tucks above flounce, ust ruffle, $1.10.' ; i ' , We have a large assortment In Children's Underwear, drawers and Skirts, and outslies In Gowns and Drawers. All choice styles and at unusually low prices, u ,. (y,t , I THE EljE HIVE ; ft Perfect in touch, speed, dura bility: and appearance, $35. VISIBLE WRITING J. N. GRIFFIN A CONSPICUOUS MAN IS THE PLUMBER. 'When you want Mm you are are always In a hurry. We are always glad to respond to your hurry calls and relieva ths difficulty. We have much experience In repairing and new work and will fix the bad . plumbing and supply the good on short notice. W.J.SCULLEY Phone Black 2185 70-471 Commercial atreet. ' e Away: for President Roosevelt ton Amid the Huzzas of the . Multitude. IS GREATLY ENTHUSED Western Tour Begun Under Con ditions That Bespeak Fine Trip. Washington, . April I. President Roosevelt at t:05 this morning started pn his western .trip under the most fav orable ausplw. -As Ute special train pulld out of the Pennsylvania station the president stood on the platform of his car tipping his bat and smiling in response to the enthusiastic cheers of hundreds of admirers. The Journey as planned will occupy nine weeks and three days and the party wiii travel a little mora 4han 1400 miles. t f At f arjy a f g'cloek a rrowd began to gather at the White Hou to It ness the president's departure. As he entered the carriage' to drive to the satlon the men made the historic grounds evho with cheers white women waved their ttandkenhiifs .and many of them their liatrf. Th Frinaylvanla station the nGn made "the historic wlh people anxious to extend to the president their good wish for a safe, successful JourrjM Notiible pn-enu-ttoita yere laken'to insure' the solely of the president. The police arrange mentr aero' under "the versorint super vision of Cb'mmfiisloncr WoHt aiid Chief SyHesterT Vplfoi med officers, deUv tlveir, plain clothes men nd secret serv lo" operfctlvetTsurrcumled the president and covered every olnt. v As President Roosevelt alighted from his eiurluge he was Joined by Sec retary Hitchcock and they walked down (he plat from arm' In arm, the president stopping now and then to greet friends. , Ho was ; attired In a black cutaway coat, dark striped trous ers and wore a soft felt hat. lie was In the best of spirits and chatted en thusiastically about the trip. ' 1 President Rides with Engineer. Pittsburg, April l. President Roose velt viewed .the scenery around the famous Horseshoe mrve this afternoon from a teat In the cab of the locomo tive attached to his special train, and after a ride of about M miles express ed himself as delighted with his ex perience. , When the speclul reached Altoona at 4:30 p, m. the president iillghted from his car and wulked rapidly to the front of the train. Two engines were coup led to It, ready to pull the heavy cars over the Allegheny -mountains, and the president shook ' hands with the crews of each. He then climbed into the oab of the rear engine. As he took his seat the president remarked that, being a member of the Brotherhood of LocomoSlvo Firemen, he thought he ought to take his turn feeding the furnace, but he did not do so. When the Galltsen crest of the mountain was reached' the president climbed down trow his dutsy seat and after shak ing bands with the engineers and lire men went bock to his private car, rath er dusty and grimy, but enthusiastic over his novel ride. Outside of his rldo on the engine the pftsldont passed un uneventful day. Smugglers and Officers Fight Fifteen Tars Atttempt to Smuggle i Pocket Full of Sumatra Tobacco. Jersey City, N. J., April 1. While Ri-venue Inspector Prlscoll was on watch at the end of Manhansett pier last night IS sailors started down the plank from the Phoenix line steamhlp Leaves Washing rtt. Nicholas, marching shoulder to shoulder, with a quantity of Sumatra tobeco concealed in their pockets. . Prlscoll, who suspected their Inten tion, failed upon them to halt Instead, the 15 men set upon the revenue of ficer and throwing him to the ground began kicking him. The noise of the scuffle brought two other government agents to the scene and the smugglers at one broke for the atreet. U Then ensued a desperate struggle be tween the revenue men and the smug glers. The former, seeing that they were greatly outnumbered, drew- their revolvers and poured after the smug glers a rain of shots, which awakened the neighborhood and drew a big orowd to the scene,. ; v''"v . .' On a dead run the sailors made for the end of the pier with the officer in full pursuit. Most of the smugglers carried knives, which they drew men aclngly as they neared the crowd which had gathered to Intercept them. They dashed , through the crowd as it gave way, all but three, of them escaping. The prisoners were at once taken back to the em's of the pier, wKere a search revealed IS pounds of tobacco, valued at about 160. in their pockets. ; Pray for An Injunction Nashville, Tenn., April' 1. The cane Of Talbot, Taylor A Co., against the Southern Pacific and Union Pacific Railroad companies, came up before United Stutes Judge Lurtbn this morn In, Judges Wlthnon and Burton sitting with Judge Lurton by Invitation. Affl davits In support of a bill of Injunc tlon, as Well as the Union Pacific's an swer, were, together 'with affidavits, filed during the day. - ' Harrininn's affidavit was read when the hearing -began and upon Its con clusion, LAuterbach, ' representing the Kecne Interests, presented his argu ment. He was followed by Judge Humphrey for the Harrlman Interests. Adjournment was tuken until tomor row. . . ' ;; ; " ... v. The hearing is based on the applica tion of the minority stockholders to re strain thV Union Pacific from voting shares owned - and controlled by It In the annunl election by the atockhold ers of the Southern Pacific ort April g. The restraining order la asked for on the grounds that the .Union Pacific Is using Its stock to control the South ern Pacific. . . ' ' . ' Bids for the Bruisers' Bout San Francisco, April 1. Bids for the JelTi les-Corbett fight were opned this afternoon at Harry Corbetfs. The first bid opened was that of the Tosemlte club of this city," offering a purse of $20.0fl0 or 70 percent of the gross re oelpts. - The second bid waa from the San Francisco cluh offering T M per cent of the gross receipts. .The third and last offer cam from "Paddy' Carroll of Chicago, who offeied $30,000 for the fight in Havana In December. or $25,000 In Atlanta In June. No de clslon was reached. NEW LABOR COMMISSIONER. . .Rochester,. N. -X.t AprU lj-WtUlam S. Wandby la prominently mentioned for commissioner of labor to succeed Carroll D. Wright. He Is a printer by trade and Is popular with organized labor. He haa been special agent of the department of labor, since 18S5 and Is an authority on labor statistics.; ; BY ARBITRATION. j San Francisco, April 1. The Street Car Men's union at a meeting tonight, accepted the report of the executive commltttee pn the trouble with the United railroads. The report recom mends that the matters in dispute shall h settled by arbitration In New York. FOLLOWS THE SEATTLE LEAD Tacoma Car Trainmen Strike Has Now Been Officially De clared Off. EVERYTHING IS QUITE LOVELY All Strikers Who May Desire Will Return to Work-All Employes Treated Alike. Tacoma, April 1. The strike of car trainmen against the Tacoma Railway ft Power company was officially de clared oft by the Street Railway Em ployes' union at a meeting held in Un ion ball lust before 2 o'clock this aft ernoon, All is lovely and the dove of peace hovels In a clear sky over the heads of the strikers and the com pany. The strikers are to be taken back at the same wage which they had been receiving before the strike, and as rap Idly as places may be found for them In the service of the company. This means that a Urge number of the strikers will go back at once, provided they so desire. There' is to be no dis crimination against either union or non-union labor. The question of sen iority Is settled satisfactorily to both sides. The matter of wages is now under consideration by the company, and when the operation of the system has again assumed normal conditions and all lines are running smoothly this question Is to be taken up for final ad justment, . "fj .-. '"j The action of the Trainmen's union in declaring the strike off removes the ban of union labor placed upon the company, and in one fell sroop dis rupts the walking clubs that have been so popular In Tacoma for the post 10 days. The men will go back to work as soon att the detail of assigning them places can be takv'n upj Hny of them will be back to work tonight. Others wtllWput on tomorrow morning. Be ginning - tonight, - 4he full complete nightly service wjll be restored, and all the early momlng ears that -were reg ular features of the various lines will be put on tomorrow morning. Much Credit for the happy solution of the strike is due State Labor Com missioner W illiam Blackman, Presi dent Rammelsberg of the Tacoma Trades council and S. A. Perkins, who have acted as a committee between the company and strikers. Shamrock III Record Breaker Gouroek, April l.-The Shamrock 1 and the new challenger, Shamrock III, went out for a trial spin. All the way down the channel the yachts had a bard racing trial in a strong wind. It was in point of sailing in which the Shamrock I had hitherto excelled, but she showed herself quite unable to hold the new ihallengsr. The latter gained on every mile, and over the dis tance of seven miles, which was cover ed In 35 minutes, she gained halt a mile. She carried her sails handsomely and went fast and clean through the water The Shamrock III demonstrated that go!og close hauled she Is easily faster than the old boat. REBELLION COMMENCED Situation Assuming a Serious As pect and General Up rising Feared. Vienna. April l.-Tbe rebellion In Macedonia Is considered here to have already begun' and the situation Is ex pected to become worse. The Albanian movement Is regarded as specially dan gerous, because the Bultan will hardly dure to suppress It, being surrounded by Albanian guards at Yildls Kolsk. It Is therefore thought that the reform plan will remain a dead letter in old Servla. The Rusian consul at Mllrovltsa was shot by an Albanian soldier. It la estimated that 20,000 Albanians are under arms, and a general upris ing would be extremely serious. , Base Ball Scores. At Los Angeles No game on account of rain. At Sacramento Sacramento. 5; San Francisco, 7. At San Francisco San Francisco, 11; Oakland, S. ' looses Out Injunction Dissolved and Unions Are Now Privileged to Continue the Strike. BIG VICTORY FOR LABOR Strikers Were Not Coerced, But Went Out at Their Own Sweet Will. . St Louts, April .i. In the Wabash injunction case the court finds that the statements of the bill of complaint to the effect that the employe were saisSed with their wages and condi tions of service are not supported; that the proposed strike, . instead of being officially ordered by defendant, was a result of the ote of the employes act ing, without coercion and directly au thorising the same: that the charge of a conspiracy to interfere With the In terstate commerce of the United 6tates uvnot sustained, . - St Louis, April L In the United States court today Judge Elmer E. Adams handed down a decision dissolv ing the Injunction granted March 3, restraining officials of the Brother hoods of Locomotive Firemen and Railroad trainmen and other labor leaders from Interfering In any way or ordering the men employed on the Wabash system to strike. The temporary injunction had been GOLD and SILVER Siiirts FOR MEN and BOYS. New Spring' Styles Just in at C. H, COOPER ECLIPSE 1 ARDWAH C. IP ai 525-527 BOND STPJET granted by Judge Allen on allegations made by officials of the Wabash sys tem that the defendants were conspir ing to interfere with Interstate traffic and the transmission of United States malls. The decision dissolving the In junction was rendered at 10:05 a. m. today. .i''-',. Mr. F. N. Judson of St. Louis, spe cial counsel for the brotherhoods, stat ed to the Associated Press that he and Wells H. Blodgett, general solicitor of tire Wabash' Railroad company, were making efforts to bring all the parties in Interest together, and that In hi opinion an amicable agreement would be arrived at and that there would be no strike. W. G. Lee, vice grand master of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, is the only official of the two brother hoods here. He said to the Asociated Press: " : - "The decision was certainly sweeping. ' It completly removes the Injunction. We blleve now, as we always have, that our requests are Just and reason able, and another attempt will be made to bring about a peaceful set tlement by the grievance committee and the Wabash officials." General Counsel Blodgett of the Wa bash said to the Associated Press: "After the decision was rendered, counsel for the grievance committees and I conferred together briefly, but ' no conclusions were reached, t want some time to go over the situation and cannot make any expression today." (Continued on Page I.) 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