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VOLUME LVI.
ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1903.
NUMBER 93.
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Our sales in Ladiea' Suits this season have
been phenomenal. The reason is We hare an
unusually well selected stock with low prices. '
MILLINERY-
The latest noveltiea coming in daily. We can
please every one. v : ;
THE BEE HIVE
at Ease
Bkisac
tin pefectly without clinging
luo close to the man. This
Miit Is so finely tailored that If
nude y an ordinary tailor
would appear slouchy. Thla
(t.irnie nt fits because it Is mad
of the best material and designee)
and tailored by expert,
This Just Mssts th
Tevsts
of the man who likes i not too
close fitting garment, possessing
that "made by the best tailor"
ir about it, and costing lest be
cause the manufacturers by their
large purchases and extensive
tailor shops in their factory, can
51 ve the best where small pro
ucer is at a disadvantage.
Thus in all garments made by
Citousi & Bsanofcre. Manufac
turing Tailor, Utica,
ti. T., the true spirit of
tummy it tpptrtnt t
tkt puttkastr. Thla
NU5AC is made in a
a - variety oi UDrica
reuowe.
The Chicago
Perfect in touch, speed, dura
bility and appearance, $35.
VISIBLE WRITING
J. N. GRIFFIN
A CONSPICUOUS MAN
IS THE PLUMBER., :
When you want him you are
re always In a hurry. We
are always glad to respond to
your hurry calls and relieve
the difficulty. We have much
experience In repairing and
new work and will (Is the bad
plumbing and supply the good
on short notice.
W.J.SCULLEY
Phone Black 8185
470-47J Commercial street.
SHAMROCK III
DISMANTLED
Sudden Squall Wrecks Sir Thomas
Upton's New Yacht While
On Trial Trip.
THE HULL ESCAPED INJURY
One Man Swept Overboard and
Drowned, and Sir Thomas
Had Narrow Escape.
Wrymuuth. April n.-fllr Thomas Lip
ton's new challegenr 'or the America's
cup was dismasted In a 'Uall today,
shortly after leaving this harbor, pre
paratory to another trlul spin with the
Shamrock I. Her mast, as It fell over
the aid, carried several of the crew,
and all the rear and canvas over
board. One man waa drowned, und
several persons Including Sir Thomas,
who waa knoked down a hatchway,
were bruised or otherwise Injured. The
man who waa drowned waa a brother-in-law
of Captain Wrings. He was
handing a binocular glass to Sir Thorn
aa at th time be waa swept overboard.
One of Sir Thomas' hands was Injured,
but not seriously.
The hull, of the Shamrock lit was
not damaged. The mast, when It went
overboard went solid. There was at
that Mine only one break, which was
About seven feet above the deck. A
the big spar, with IU weight of can
vas, became eheavter, owing to the
water In It, the must again buckled Its
head, going down until It rested on the
bottom.' It la believed It will be coin
paratlvely easy to repair the mast, but
a m hole suit of canvas Is ruined.
. Clearing away the wreckage was
lulle a difficult task, owing to the
nature of the spar and gear. The
Krln !ittssi4" line to the wrecked
yacht and stood by to give all the aid
nMvwmrv. fir Thomas, who was ex
trenieiy '"distressed" by lhc faTullty
und the Injury lo the yacht, said that
the accident was absolutely without
warning aud much quicker than hen
fthamrock II was slitillurly dismantled
til the. Solent.
Sir Thomas had a narrow escape
H ws thrown down the hatchway
with a sailor, and fell with such force
as tn br.'ak the board iloorlng cover
ing tha tank.
LITTON ON THE ACCIDENT.
Weymouth. April 17. In an inter
view with the Associated Press. Plr
Jinmtut Upton said:
"It Is Impossible to sy yet how long
It will take to refit the boat: my tmly
regret 1s the loss of lli man; all the
rest can be made good and no time
will be lost. I still, however, anticipate
being able to fulnill my engagements
off Sandy Hook August ?fl. The yacht's
hull la not Injured. The Injury Is con
fined to .the must, il and toiall
yard."
NEW MST ABOUT READY.
Glasgow, "April 17. Messrs. Denny,
the yacht's builders, say that they have
another steel must for the Shamrock
Til on hanl and that It will be soon
completed.
edward Wires sympathy.
Weymouth. April 17.Duiiiig the
wmk of raisimr tire, mast It buckled
again, owing to the weight of canvas
making thre distinct breaks. The
challencer waa Anally cleared of
wretkase and towed Into the harbor
New of the accident waa telegraphed
to Kins Edward at Taletta Island, oil
Malta, and Blr Thomaa received a mes
sage of sympathy from him.
DOGS FOrt SHARK BAIT.
Plan to Exterminate Sharks In H; ana
Harbor With Dogs and
: , Dynamite.
New Tork, April 17. A Chicago fin
ancier who spent eight weeks In Cuba
investigating the Islands' opportunities
la .according to a Herald dispatch from
Havana the promoter of a scheme for
the killing of sharks In Havana waters
that would result In Immense financial
returns to Its backers.. An ordinance
recently passed by the Mivulclpal
Council provides for the payment of a
bounty of S3 for each female killed and
$2 tor every male of the species slau
ghtered,' The Chicago man was here
when the ordinance was passed and he
at once Interested friends In Chicago
and here In his plans and a syndicate
waa formed. & large quantity of high
explosives was ordered shipped to Ha
vana at once. At the time 50 men were
put to work oapturlng and corralling
all the atray dogs to be found In the
city und country adjacent which were
to be used as bait to draw the sharks
Into the harbor. The syndicate propos
nil first to feed a few dogs to the
shark, tin J after a few days of lb Is
sort of bulling the animals sre to be
set adrift with an explosive cartridge
INI to each of them. ,,The supply of
iJojts In Culm and the supply of sharks
In ths ocean being practically Inex
haustible, the ptcunlary outlook for the
syndicate la considered )romlsing.
MANY" miHONEHS SEEK KELEAKE
Order From War Department Ulvlng
One Man Liberty Will Intro
duce Other Cases.
Topeka, April 17. Twenty habeas cor
pus .-ases which may result in an al
most wholesale delivery of military
prisoners from the Federal peniten
tiary ab Leavenworth have been
brought In the Circuit Court of Appeals
snd will be held before that court at
Its silting In St. Paul in May.,
I'nlted Ptatet Marshal Mackey serv
ed the necessary papers on the peni
tentiary officer today. The prisoners
base hopes of liberation on the release
of Thomas GslTney, who was set free
upon the order of the Wr Department
after several months litigation over
habeas corpus procedliigs. The new
cases resemble Oaffney in mapy par
ticulars and Involve technical points of
military regulations. "
MtlOHTON BEACH DEVASTATED.
Twenty Foot Waves lireak Rulkheads
and Flood City. t
New York April 17.-Tlde battered
and Alnd swept Coney Island presents
a picture of devastation and desolation.
The beach is strewn with driftwood
snd debris and cellars in the low ly
ing parts of the island 'are fitted with
water and the overflow of sewerage.
The 4Hiig8 of laborers are busy repair
ing the damage to the bulkheads In
front of the Brighton Beach Hotel and
the old concourse. , i -
.The high tides burst through the Bri
ghton Beach bulkheads and the Inrush
tng waters flooded the Cellars and de
stroyed the work of the gardeners. . At
Krlk-hton Beach, the waves rose as
high as SO feet.
PASf ENOICK AND FREIGHT MEET.
f Irein-iu. LUft&ftam me, and Was
Instanly Killed. '
Dickenson, April 1". East-bound pas
on(rer train No. 4 on the Northern Pa
cific raa into a freight train 10 miles
west of here today. Geary Gleason,
lireman on the passenger train, Jump
ed, striking his head on a tie and was
almost Instantly killed. C D. Lltch,
the engineer, stayed with the engine
until It struck and was bndly bruised.
The freitrht crew left the switch open,
and being on a curve, could not see
in time to prevent the wreck.
WILL HE CLOSED TOWN.
Harve. Or. April 17. -Sheriff. Buck
ley of Chouteau County, has declared
that he will close up Harve In the
sporting way and that the Herrea
Fredericks fight' scheduled for April 27,
shall not come oft. Sheriff Buckley Is
now at Harve to see that the law con
cerning gambling, etc.. shall be ob
served. , ,
Base Ball Scores.
TACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
At San Francisco Oakland, 4; Port
land, 8. ' ;
At Los Anireles Las Angeles, 3; San
Francisco, 4.
At Sacramento Seattle, 7; Sucramen
to, 1. . : ' .... ;-
PACIFIC NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At Portland SiKikane, 9; Portland, 3.
At Seattle Seattle, 3; Tacoma 1.
At San Francisco San Francisco, 12;
Butte, 9.
Capacity :
for business receives its
speediest reward in the selling
department..
If you think you have the
ability to sell a Five Per Cent
Twenty-Year Gold Bond on
the instalment pjan write me
stating your age, present
occupation, and give me bank
or other good references.
All Mtsrs trastef as strictly ssalileatlil. -QIORQI
T. DEXTER,
(Ssr'atssS'sst t Osaisttls As1m,
Ttis Mutvsl Lift IssnrssM OtMssay sf NswYtrk,
33 Nssmm Itrsst, New , M. V.
IRISH BILL
WILL PASS
National Convention In Dublin
Adjourned After Doing
Good Work.
AMENDMENTS TO BE ADOPTED
Delegates Leave for Their Homes
j jn Happy Frame of Mind
Scathjessand Honored.
Oublln. April 17. The Irish National
Convention concluded this afternoon.
In two days It go through a large
amount of controversal work and
emerged, to quote T. P. O'Connor,
"rtcuthtess and honored from the test
that ' the wide world was watching.
It was not only shaping the destinies
of Ireland, but It held In Its hand the
fate of the powerful British Ministry."
John Redmond, replying to the en
thuslasitc vote of thanks for his chair
manship, declared that the convention
was a credit In every particular to
Ireland. In a statement Redmond
makes the Important announcement
that the amendments adopted by the
convention will be accepted at the Joint
conference at which Lord Dunravea.
Lord Mayo, Captain Shawe-Taylor,
John Itedmon. William O'Brien and T.
W. Russell will meet. This practical
ly insures the passage of the Irish
Land Bkll.
Delegates returning to their homes
tonight are In a happy frame of mind,
echoing John Redmond's parting
words:
"May the God of our fathers once
mor -visit this land with the peace
and plenty that are her due." '
John Redmond made the following
Statement to the Associated Press:
'"The convention was the most" Im
portant as yet held In Ireland lh the
last hundred years. If Its recommen
dations m substantially ran ter out by
the government the land question will
lie settelsd and the whole future of
Ireland A'lll be full of hope. The con
vention's recommendations will be sup
ports by i the members n't the Land
Conference and they will be presented
to the government as the demands of
both landlords and tenants."
ORGANIZED LABOR INTERESTED.
A ITnlon Committee Prefers Charges
Against Division of Poetofflve
, Department.
Washington, April 1". The indica
tions are that organised labor will be
come a party to the affairs of the Post
office Department.
A special committee of the Central
Labor Union of this city, which has
been secretly Investigating the matter,
has formulated charges of favoritism,
Incompetency, etc., against certain of
the mail equipment department of the
division. ' ,
The charges allege that mail bags
that do not conform to specifications
have been accepted by Chief of Divis
ion Colonel Thomas P. Graham. Oth
er charges allege, among other things,
that recommendations for promotions
are not based on merit. '
Reports that the "promotion ring"
existed to control promotions In the
Brooklyn Postofflce, similar to that
which is now being investigated In
New York City, were brought to the
attention of the department.
, SUPPOSED HE IS SAFE.
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No News From the President, but He
Is Doubtless In Geyser Region.
Cinnabar, April 17. No news nas
been received from the President since
he left this morning for Norris to view
the geysers. As the trail has been
made passable In the worst places. 11
is supposed that he reached his des
tlnatlon safely. During the last two or
three days of his stay In the Park , the
President will be Joined by Secretary
Loeb and other members of the party.
The plan for the President to spend
a day in the Black Hills has been
abandoned, owing to the Impossibility
of disarranging the program as already
arranged. An hour will be spent at
Egemont where the President will be
given an old-fashioned cowboy recep
tion.
STOLE A TON OF BRONZE.
Statue of Atlas Weighing over 2000
Pounds Missing From Times
Building. .
Chicago April 17. The big bronze
statue of Atlas, which has stood on the
fourth floor of the Times Building for
more than a third of a century and
which was placed In the structure by
William F. Storey, has been stolen and
the police were notified last night to
make careful search for It. The sta
tue weighed more than a ton, and how
it was carried from the building with
out attracting the attention of the oc
cupants or police. Is a mystery.
The statue came into the possession
of Carter IL Harrison, father of the
Mayor, with the purchase of the Times
Building and newspaper about 12 years
ago. With the death of Mr, Harrison
It went to the estate,
Editor Storey bought the statue In
Europe ,lt is said paying 31500 for It.
EXHIBITED IN ROTAL ACA1EMT.
But Now. a Tramp Begging for Assist
ance In Chicago.
Chicago. April 17. James Shelton
who, according to bis story, is a paint
er of international reputation snd who
in viewed his pictures on the wails
oft he London Royal Academy, applied
to the South Chicago police last night
for lodging. The man says he Is on
a tramp through the country in search
of a suitable scene to transfer to can
rass In the hope that be jnay regain
bis lost fortune. Colorado and Cali
fornia, be says.. Is his objective point,
and when he has made sketches in
thosn locations it Is his Intention to re
turn to England. "
8TOLF. FROM" LETTERS.
Postal Clerk Yields to Temptation Aft
er Ten Yeara" 8f rvlee.
Chicago, April 17. Durton Parker, a
sorter In the Chics o Postoffice. was
arrested last night on the charge of
robbing the malls. He confessed that
h? had been opening letters and 'tak
ing money from them for several weeks
Parker has been In the Government
service' for 16 years. He is supposed
to have have secured about 3800 by his
thefts.
SPOKANE REPUBLICANS.
Skane, April 17. The Republican
convention nominated C. F. Boyd for
Mayor. -
' TfS' iifgffe '
tliz good clothes event of the season
We have arranged with tbe renowned tailoring house of
, Str&ua Broa., Chicago, to display their entire line of
tine woolens in the piece at our store on
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, APRIL 21. 22 AND 23
The display will be made under the supervision of a special
representative from Chicago; 500 newest patterns in tbe line;
low prices. Even if you're not yet ready to order, call and let
us "post" you. We ctn interest you.
C. H. COOPER
ECLIPSE HARDWARE GO.
fclEito end
525-527 BOND STuST
HANGED FOR
HIS CRIME
Murderer Lyons Ended His Carte
On the Gallows Yes-
. terday.
HAD VERY LITTLE TO SAY
Calmly Mounted the Scaffold and"
Thanked Those Who Had '
. Befriended Him.
Eugene, Or., April 17. E.E. Lyons,
mcrderer of Sheriff W. W.' Withers
paid thi penalty of his crime on ths
gallows this morning at 9:30. The ex- ,
ecutlon passed without hesitation on
Interruption, exactly at the appointed'
hour in the presence of the Sheriff's
Jury and- about 100 other spectators. .
Lyons displayed more strength than
had been expected. He was attended
Iri his cell this -norning after eatlngl
a light breakfast, by Revs. H. A
Green and G. B. McDonald, who ad
ministered religious comfort to him.
When the hour came he was brought
to the scaffold In the JaMyard, attend
ed by the clergymen and Sheriff Fiske
and Deputies H. E. Bown and Sheltua
Jenkins. Lyons walked to the scaffold
and when placed upon the trap stood
without assistance. When asked by
the Sheriff If he had anything to say. '
he said, with some emotion: . .
"I am sorry for what I have done.
May God forgive you all for you know
not what you do;" ' . t
Th? Sheriff Fisk adjusted the black
cap and placed the noose about the
murderer's neck, holding It carefully lu
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