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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1903)
t wwilr :j g wno iw..n. . mii. Any 5uchofrensp U A wr"yi rill ASTORIA; OREGON, WJ-UNESDAY, MAY 13, 1903. NUMBER 11. VOLUME LVI. if 1903 i R a . s Ems tuc . n You civ Appear to the. lest Advantage Of the man who knows what custom tailored clothes are likeat their best. Made by Ctousi & BiAhDfcCfci, Manufacturing Tailors, Utica, N. Y., it Js metropolitan In style, and bring cloe fitting it appeals particularly to the man of slim build and those wishing a snug fitting garment Made in a variety of fancy worsteds and cheviots. The J netful curve-in. at the waist and the concave shoulders that cling to is form will please every cartful diuscr. P. A. STOKES FISHER BROTHERS THAT'S ALL STOP THE LEAK bdaasssassassasssnaassaMSBBatassssasi Phone Black 2185 470472 Commercial street. for the Ladies We have just purchased a drummer's fine sample line of Ladle' Suits. CTtase are the latest. All very selecl styles, and Will be given to our customers At very low prices. Call early before they Are picked oyer. THE BEE HIVE on promenade or during business In the Arvon Four-Button Suck Suit. In design and shapeliness this is the dresser's idea, of snappy apparel that gives a man an individual appearance. Men with an appreciative eye for high-class tailored clothes will discern these game qualities In the ARVON. In other words It Meets the The Chicago Perfect In touch, speed, dura- Villty and appearance, $35. VISIBLE WRITING J. N. GRIFFIN The right way U to have the beet In the tart. W furnish the best mater ial and conscientious workmen. Our stock of Plumber' Goods, Hard ware, Stoves, Tinware, eto., cannot be beaten. We can supply your wants to your entire, satisfaction. W.J. SCULLEY HEARTIEST OF WELCOMES Miles of Humanity Banked the Streets to See the President : Pass By. INTRODUCED BY THE MAYOR Said In Speech That Next Session of Congress Would Provide for Elastic Currency. Baa Francisco. Calif. May 1!. A heartier ( reetlng was never given a pre iMent of the United States than that offered toduy br San Francisco to Theo dore Roosevelt. Through miles of den sely packed, cheering humanity, the nation's chief pa-d, bowing acknow ledgements from hla carriage. Tha presidential train arrived at 11:15 . i . a M I p, m. A large garnering- 01 inrora.. slaM and cly official, army and navy officers, foreign consuls and distinguish J clttarns was in waiting to welcome the chief magistrate. Mayor Schmlti stepped aboard the rear of the car and formally greeted Mr. Roosevelt, the president making a brief response. M. H. DeYoung, president of the cltlaens' reception committee, then shook hand with the distinguished visitor and ex tended a harty welcome to the city. Roosevelt expressed his thanks In a few words .tnd was then Introduced to Admiral Bickerford of the British Pad Ac squadron who conveyed the good wishes of King Edward, and said that the arrival of the flagship of the squad ron to assist In the greeting was an other instance of the cordial relations existing beten the two nations. Fraldsnt Roosevelt said he appreciat ed this evidence of friendship and beg ged that hla good wishes ba given to hi mal?sty. Before entering nia car rlage Mr. Rooacvelt stopped up to the englna and warmly shook hands witn Engineer MoGrall and Fireman Everly who had safely piloted him from the south. After reviewing ih parade the presi dent was driven to the T. M. C. A. hulldlna where a throng had assent- hiMi to DarUiloate In the burning of mortgage representing an Indebtedness of $115,280. The president by request innrhed a. liahted paper to the docu ments and as the flames licked up the papers he Joined with the assemblage In singing "Praia God From W hom aii m.itnirj Flow." The oresldent waa banqueted tonight at the Palace hotel by the cltlsens' com mittee. The dining room waa a marvel of beautiful decoration with thousands of roses, and among the president's guests In attendance were Governor Pardee. Secretary Moody. British Ad miral Bickerford. and General Mac Ar thur. In his speech at the banquet tonight. Presilent Roosevelt declared that he be lleves that the congress which is to as semble next fall will take up and dis pose, of pressing questions relating to banking and currency In order to pro vide for greater elasticity. YACHTS WILL CROSS OVER. Shamrock XH Completes Trial Trips Yesterday In 8ome Fine Spins. Gourock, May 12. Sir Thomas Llpton and Designer Fife have decided that It Is not necessary to devote further time to trials between the Shamrocks on this side of tha Atlantic. Consequent ly Saturday's race will be,, the lust. The two yachta will be sent to the Greenock yard Monday in order to don their ocean rigs. Racing, however, ha been arranged for every day this week ' The boat started at 10:80 tht morn ing over a course from Gourock to Ro thesay and Ballock bay and return, miles. A light wind waa blowing and line weather, and canvaa was set on both yachta. Shamrock I had tha ad vantage in being 200 yards dead to wind ward whan the yachta started . After a couple of miles of short tacking the challenger had done so well that aho wa able to cross the bows of her op ponent and take the lead. On turning the Rothesay mark at the finish of a 10-mlle beat the times were: Shamrock IIL 1:03:15.. Shamrock I, 1:11:41. A BOON TO NAVIGATORS. Invention of Stellar Aslmuth Greatest Since Magnetic Needle. -San Francisco, May 13. The Stellar Ailmuth machine, lnvtnted and pat anted by Captain Lawless of the Ocean lo Steamship company, ha been given tha teat of practical use and has prov ed a moat valuable addition to mar iners' aid In navigation. One of these machines was used on board the Rag ship .Ntv York during the cruise Just ended of tb Pacific squadron, and the trial not only proved Us value, but dem onstritfd 'he wonderful possibilities of the Invention. - According to the narl- (tilting olfli'jr of the New York, the Stellar Alm'ith machine ia an advanc ed step In the direction of a mechanical navigator which will solve the problems of positions and course with absolute accuracy, the factor of mental mis calculation being entirety eliminated. It Is to this end that navigators have been working ever since they discover ed the art of laying out track ways over th ocean. , If Captain Lawless has solved this problem he has given to the science of navigation the greatest help, since the discovery of tha magnetic needle's, pro clivity to point to the north. ... Reur-Admlral Glass speaks very high ly of the machine and the one that went with the squadron will be sent to the navy departmental Washington to be tested in conjunction with the navi gating officer's report. INJUNCTION SERVED ON . i CANNERY COMPANIES, j Astoria Man's Invention, by Action of Court, VUl Not Be Infringed. Seattle, Slay 12. Judge Han- ford of the United Btates clr- e cult court has hwued an order enjoining the 'receivers of the Pacific Packing and Navlga- tlon company and the Pacific American Fisheries company front further use of the patent covering method of putting top on the cans filled with salmon, letters patent of which were Is- sued to Mathiaa Jensen and are e owned by the Alaska Packers' association, who- petitioned for the temporary injunction. WILL CUT OCT SQUABBLERS. President Roosevelt Will Travel on Government Vessel While on the Puget Sound. SealUe May 12. The revenue cutter McCulloth haa ben ordered to report for servke at Tacoma for the use of President Roosevelt on the occasion of his tour on Puget sound. It Is un derstood that -the orders havt been Is- sued as. eault if the controversy betwn the Seattle and Tacoma, com mitttees, as to which city shall enter tain the president on his -tour of the sound.' In case the committees fall to reach a satisfactory -understanding, It to understood that! the; president will decline the hospitality of both cities on McCulloth. the "trip" by using ' the FIRST UNDER 8HBRMAN LAW Salt Company Convicted of Maintain- , . , Ing a Monopoly, t Pan Francisco, May 12. Before Judge DcHaven in the United States district court today the Federal Salt company of which D. E. Skinner is .president, was convicted of maintaining a monop oly contrary to the Sherman anti-trust law. When the case was opened this morning Attorney R. B. Wright for the corporation withdrew tha original plea of not guilty and pleaded guilty to the first count of Indictment. Judge De- Haven will pronounce sentence on Thur sduy. Tha maximum fine is $3000. This case makes the first conviction under the Sherman law which went Into ef fect In 1S92. WILL OPPOSE DEMANDS. Iron Employers Take an Aggressive Stand Against Unions. New York, May 12. The moat Import ant development In the strike situation today was the expressed Intention of the building trades concerns, composed of the prominent firms in the building business in Manhattan and Bronx, and the Iron league which Includes most of the emnlover of iron workers In this vicinity, to unite tor a united and aggressive action against the demands of labor organisations. More than 100,000 will be affected by the action of the employer, RURAL FREE DELIVERY. No More Service Will Be Established Until July 1. Washington May 12. Postmaster General Payne today announced that there would be no more establishments of rural free delivery aervlce until July 1. This is one result of the investiga tion of postoffice affairs and the dis covery that at the present rate of In crease of routes there will be a deficit of $20,000 In the rural free delivery serv ice by the end of the fiscal year. ; YOUNG GIBBS QUIT, Salt Lake, May 12. Houng Glbbs, the colored welterweight, quit at the end of the tenth round of a scheduled 20-round contest with Jerry McCarthy tonight. The fight was an exceedingly bloody one and was in McCarthy's fa vor from the start. WILL SETTLE : IN MEXICO Boer Families Will Seek Freedom On the American Con tinent HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF AFRICA Fifty Families Will Settle At Once In New Homes and 1000 More Will Follow. New York, May 12. General Benja min Vlljoen former assistant command er-seneral of the Burgher forces In the Boer war and member for Johannes burg fn the Transvall Volksraad, and General W. D. Snyman, after complet ing arrangements with the Mexican government by which $$,000 acres of the beat land of that country has been secured for a home tot Immigrants from South Africa. General Snyman will await the ar rival here of his family and General Vlljoen will mil for South. Africa on May 17 to conduct the first expedition to the new country. "I expect," said General Vllojen, "to bring 50 families Immediately and that other will follow soon. Fully 1000 families will Join the movement to seek freedom on tha American continent. The land secured by us is a beautiful fertile strip known as Santa Rosalia, In the state of Chihuahua and near Ortlx station on the Mexican Central railway. Already men are at work there sowing corn. The newcomers wll be landed at Vera Crux. We would have llk?d to bring them to the United States, but the Immigration laws are too strict to allow that! "We Boers are now practically a peo ple witbouta home, but we hope to And one In the new country. Our success In jpetting this tract of land was In great part due to the assistance Of President Dias and Mr. Llmantour, the minister of Finance." WERE DOWN ON NEGROES Missouri Students Break Up Circus Performance and Try to Lynch '' - '"' " . Coon. Chicago. May 12. A dispatch to the Chronicle from Columbia, Mo., says: A neyro imploye of a circus here was obliged to flee from the tent at the per formance list night to escape lynching by a mob Of Missouri university stu dents. During a rush for seats the negro struck Stanley Slsson of Toledo, O., a student, a blow on the head with a tent pole, :ausing a dangerous but not fatal wound. The students, on see ing the blood low rushed over the ropes and one of the football team caoght the negro with hla fist on the point of the chin. The negro rolledunder the tent and escaped in the darkness. The stu dents assaulted a number of the em ployes and then demanded that the negro be given up that they might string him to the center pole, but he could not be found. The clrcua was al lowed lo proceed, but when a negro singer appeared In the concert the per formance was broken up in an uproSr of groans and hisses. - GENERAL CATTLE QUARANTINE. Prevalence of Mange Induces Gover nors to Take Action. , Denver, May 12. What will be the most extensive quarantine of cattle in the west for many years will be In ef fect within a few days as the result of the general prevalence of the mange Governor Peabody will today Issue hla proclamation. Other states and terri tories to the number of six or eight will come under the same rule before the end of the week. Cattle from the Mexican border to Canada will come under these regulations. Official of all states and territories Included within these bounds are act ing together In the movement to stamp out the disease and protect herds Practically all of the territory from the Rocky mountains to the Missouri riv er will be Included In this quarantine. FATAL BASEBALL. Skull Fractured by Pfays In Collision . - in Ohio. Chicago! May 12. A dispatch to the Chronicle from Springfield, O., says: In a baseball game between Cedar vllle college and Wllberforce unlversl t at Wllberforce grounds, Charles Glenn, cenler-flelder for the Cedarvllle team, bas been fatally Injured. A short fly was struck and the center-fielder and shortstop both made a run to get It and collided, both belnk knocked on- consclous.' Glenn's skull waa fractured while Claude Phillips, the shortstop, bas an ug'y gash over the eye. HIS MIND A BLANK. Rusiness Manager of Engineers' Asso ciation Turns Up in San Francisco. Ban Francisco, May 12. George A. Kolb.buttlness manager of the Marine Engineers' association, who so mys teriously disappeared from New York a week ago, was located today in San Francisco. Kolb reached here In the morning, having come from the east by way of El Paso.- , Tha first person be called upon was Coroner Leland, who has known him for some time. He said he remembered nothing from the time he left New York until he reached El Paso. Then he came to himself and began to realize where be ws. - Kolb telegraphed his wife in New York of his safety and he will return to his home today. WANTS DAMAGES FROM MOB. Victim of Vigilante Committee Sues for Redress. Freehold., N. J., May 12. Ex-State Senator Henry F. Terhune Is the de fendant In an action, begun by Charles Herbert of MaUwatt for $25,000 dam age sustained, be alleges, at the bands of a vigilance committee led by Mr. Terhune. A series of supposed incen diary flrss of which Herbert was sus pected of being the author occurred in Matawan two years ago. He testified that on the night of February 24, 1901. Terhune roused him from his bed and took him to a cow shed, where, after being urjed to wmfess be was twice strung up to .he rafters, with a pair of plow lines and badly beaten. SMALLPOX IN CONNECTICUT. Hartford, Conn. May 12. The health authorities have discovered five new cases of smallpox In a family living on Health street. The victims are' all children who have been attending school either at the Parkville public school or at St. Anne's school. Both these Institutions will beciosed temporarily and a house to house can vass wll be made by physicians to malce sure that none of the other children attending the schools have caught the diseas-. ASK PRESIDENT TO INTERFERE. Hebrew . Veterns Want Roosevelt toSe- , cure. Prosecution for Russian Outrages.' New York. May 12. About 500 mem bers of the Hebrew Veterans' associa tion of the war with Spain, at a meet ing In the Young Men's Hebrew asso ciation rooms,, adopted resolutions ask ing President Roosevelt to prosecute the perpetrators of the attack on the Jews in Kishineff, - A benefit performance for the relief of the Kishineff sufferers has been given. " OLDEST ENGINEER DEAD. Pioneer Locomotive Engineer Dies In ' ' ' - Alms House. - Chicago, May 12. Rynere Van Sickle, said to be the oldest thing railway en glneer, ia dead, at the alms house of Winnebago count. 111., at the age of years. He was a graduate of Prince ton nntvehslty and after leaving school had an engine on the old Bordentown & Trenton railway. He had lived In Rockford since 1874. &fe Gordon ; A,MERI,CA'S BEST $3 HAT. Both Soft and Stiff THE IKNOX HA None Better New Blocks VfQ above Hats in the new summer styles 0. H. AMOR WAS AFTER-HIM Deputy Sheriff, By His Coolness, Saved the Prisoner From Being Lynched. t PERSUADED THEM TO LEAVE Then the Official Took the Mur derer By Round-about Way. Everett, May 12. Coolness difptayed by Deputy Sheriff Stangar last night saved A. J. McFhalp. the murderer of Fred Alderson, from lynching. A mob of 400 men were ready to take the pris- oner and hang him, but.Stangard urged them to permit the law to take It course, which they dld., , , ... Stangard and his men then made an escape from town and the mob re considered Its action and decided to lynch McPhalp." ; , The mob boarded an engine and car and attempted to overtake Deputy Stangard and the prisoner, but Stan gard had considered such action prob able and escaped through the woods in a buggy going by a circuitous route. BUSINESS MEN ENJOINED. Given a Dose of Their Own Med' icine In Omaha. Cannot Conspire to Interfere in Any Way With Affairs of Unions Omaha, May 2. Judge Dickinson, In the district court tonight, filed the ap plication of J, O. Yeiser, the attorney representing the labor unions whose members are on strike. He Issued an Injunction against the business men -and proprlteors, even more sweeping than that issued by the feredal court' against the unions " last week. ' Th order restrains business men from re fusing to sell goods to dealers who em-" ploy union labor; prevents them from boycotting union labor; requires busi ness men's associations to cease holding meetings or conspiring against unions or in any way. interfering with unions in the management of their affairs. Base Ball Scores. PACIFIC NATIONAL. At Spokaae Spokane T; Helena 11. At Seattle-Butte 4; Seattle 5, PACIFIC COAST. At Portland Oakland 14; Portland 7. ' NATIONAL. .; At Detroit-Detroit. 8; New York 4. -At St. Louis St. Louis 13; Washing. ton ...-''--.'. '-i. ' At Chicago Chicago $; Philadelphia; 2. :; " .-. :-.;; At Cleveland-Boston 10; Cleveland S. NATIONAL. At Philadelphia Pittsburg 8; Phila delphia S. - ..' At Boston St. .Louis 7; Boston . At Brooklyn Chicago Brooklyn $. At New York Cincinnati 4; New York 1. . ;"- " '-'V.' -v Qoope vjiSBfesvseiMUtf 'Sssva, isv- mm m Z.