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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1903)
A'TOaiA PUBLIC LI3SAXY ASGCIATIOH. or.oU.r.d ity of well 9ffen8gTA4 Will DO HEI! 10 1873 VOLUME LVI. ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, 3IAY 21, 190.3. NUMBER 118. NOTIOFU Books. Periodicals, Margin?-. ' fro!Ct!3b3T::qr;:HT!ii I -il. . I ...I . . . . , ' ' r ir ,i AflV 'MY . . ; ; tm On O '. ' I I You'll be In This which , erew wir prew That will make yoir selection different than tl jthr follow, P. A. STOKES FISHER BROTHERS THAT'S ALL (sporting goods Fishing Rods. Lines, Flies, Complete outfits. All best grade goods. Prices Lowest. J. N. GRIFFIN. FINE TOOLS , Every mechanic needs good tools. You need' a few tools around the house to repair with. Let the boys Loarn to use them. ' We Have The Right Kind At the right price All kinds of cuttlory, hardware, . tinwaro, plumbers' goods, and stores. Phons Black 8 Iir 470-4TI Commercial stmt. If FOR THE jfWe have; just purchased a , drummer's fine sample line o Ladies' Suits. . y ;G6se are the latest, , , 1 " , AH very select styles, and . Will be given to our customers At very low prices. v -" , J Call early before they ! ' . ' Are picked over. at Ease Bhisac flu pcfectly without clinging too close to the man. Thf nun it to uneiy uuorea mat ir made by an ordinary tailor would appear tlouchy. Thla garment fitt because it it mad of the best material and designed ind tailored by experts. This Just Meet ths , Taste of the man who likes a not toe close fitting garment, possessing that "made by the best tailor air about It, and costing less be cause the manufacturers by their large purchases end extensive tailor shops in their factory, an 5lve the best where i small pro ucer is at t disadvantage. Thus in alt garments made by Gtousi & Branofgke, Manufac tiring Tailors, Utica, N. t.. the true spirit of ttonvmy it apparint 1$ tkt fur chat rr. This NUSAC is made In a Base Ball Mits, Gloves, Pads, MasKs, Bats, Balls. I CriTf I PV J. Jls VisLfE I , LADIES HEAD OF THE ; SPEEDING THROUGH OREGON Yesterday Was President's Last Day In California And In The Evening Six Thousand People Greeted Him At Ashland. Next Stop Will Be At Salem And Special Train Will Leave There At Noon For Rortland Where Everything Is In Readiness ,.. t For A Monster Celebration. -!- JUiilanl Or.. My 20.-I'reldPnt Itouwvvlt today rumili-lrd hit tour of Ciillf'jmU nj. entt-rril mon the lunt Iur ot hi long trim which If to end at Wnnhlntflim June i. HI Journny today ha bn tlirauKh iht muuntulnoiu rrslun artmnd Mount Bhimta, hT towrni arc ffw and fur bt'.'nJ and conmriuently be h been railed upon lo do but lime uptch muk Int. Where hU truln did (top, how tver. he wan met by large and vnthua Idrnt Mid he wa vrry aorry to part California, who haa bwn with the prea I'J.'iit almoat contlnuuuMy alnc he en tered that tto, bade him goodbye at Hombrook. and In a ahort addreaa the prldnt made at that place the pre. Idfiit .aid he wa ver ynyrry to irt with him. The president made hla long eat apef -h of the day at Punanilr. Cal. rreaident Roonevelt w'aa greeted by ttoO people aa bit train pulled Into Ah Innd this evening at a quarter of 7 o'clock, and he made hla flret atop within the tonfinca of Oregon. Banda wei-e playing, flag wera waving and rannrini wei booming and thouannda were cheering a Hooeelt Replied out iijot the rr platform of the car for 1SI"S.IA HAS sflEa OUT. Fully J000 of Them In This Country Looking for Trouble. New York. May 10. According to prominent Hebrew of thl city there are fully &000 paid spies of the Runslun government In the United State. It I said that everything having the least Interest to the Itusnlan govern ment that I said or done In the United States is transmitted na rapidly as possible by this army of sple. They are especially anxious to get letter written by persecuted Russians to rel ative and friend In thJs country In or der that they may send back to the central government utterance which may be used a Justification for furth er percutlon. Knowledeg of this fact, It I said, I what make Hebrews on this aide so careful not to give ex tract from any, foreign letters In re lation to the massacre of Klahlnet and elsewhore.. i ' i,'".- Slnse Friday last no ' money , has been Wnl to Klshlner from thla city. The relief fund Is J 63, 000. of which J50, 000 hiu been contributed by the east side Jew. ' DESCENDANTS OF MAYFLOWER. Mr. Russell Sage Delivered Short Ad dre to Sailor and Officers. ' Larchmont, N. Y., May 20. Follow ing a meeting and reception to the So ciety of Mayflower descendant at the Larchmont Yacht dub, the 25 May flower descendant went to President Roosevelt' yacht, the Mayflower, 'an chored off the club house, and Mr. Russell Sage made a short speech to the sailor and peity officer. Lean lng on the shining barrel ot a rapld flre gioVMr, Sage anidj ; :' . ' "I applaud you and all the members the navy. You are honored by being on this beautiful yacht which I under stand I the private dispatch boat of the president of the United States. My ancestor came over In the May- NATION OS a 13-mlnuie apeech, which be introduc ed by expre swing the peculiar pleasure he felt at entering the state of Oregon for the flint lime. , People gathered here from all section, of southern Ore gon to attend the celebration of, hi visit and to see and hear the president of the nation. ' Tha president will spend tonight trav eling, no stops of an$ length being scheduled af ter be leave Ashhtnfl. II will arrive In Salem tomorrow morning at t o'clock and remain there, until noon, when he will go to Portland. Portland, May 2fl.-Following 1- the muln parade of the reception to Pres ident Itoosevelt to-lay: ; 1:30 Union depot to Gilsan. Ollsan to Third. Third to Alder. Alder 'to Sixth.;,: j J. X J, tixth to Salmon. . A , Salmon to Park. Pack to Hall. Hull to West Park. , West Pan to Salmon; reviewing stand Exercise In City park about 4.S0. llower, among them Captain Miles StnntlUh. Our amcstors hiled to miike this country what It Is and helped to make you the good brave men that you should be.. Again I con gratttlute you. May you always enjoy success and happiness." KIDNAPED BY A WHALE,,, Flsh'ermaa Towed Many Mil Out to Flaherman Towed Many Mile to Sea Boston May 20. Captain Horace Hlllman, an Edgartown flsherman, has been towed by a maddened whale many mile out to sea. - Captain Hlllman and a Portuguese sailor were in a boat off No Man's Xand," south of Martha's Vineyard. Suddenly a whale leaped out of the water within 15 feet of the boat and brought down his tail with a fearful swing. Then the whale started but to sea, fouling the lines which attached the nuts :o the boat and towing It sea ward. Captain Hlllman estimates thut the whtle towed the boat a( a sieed of 30 miles an hour. After being towed for four hours the boat waa freed. The captain wa, two days getting buck to port. '4' '. FIRE IN STOCKTON. A Stockton, Cal., May 20. A Are In the business section ha destroyed Ruhl's Hardware store and Kedlick's Flour store adjoining.. Loss $75,000.' THE DEADLY AUTO. Two Boston Drivers Fatally Hurt by a Horsless Carriage. Uoston, May 20.-Whlle Daniel Crow ley and Michael Freeley, city employes, were on Columbus avenue, an automo bile rushed by, the chafteur Sounding the horn'. nThe horse bolted, the wagon was smashed and Crowley had several rib broken.- Freeley'a left arm wa In jured and he received severe scalp wound concussion of the brain and a sever shock. The hospital doctors think that both are fatally hurt. "" FROST, FLOOD AND STORMS Northern Montana More Desolate Than At Any Time In Its History. FRUIT IS ENTIRELY RUINED Missouri River Rising And The Ranchers Are Leaving In Fear Of Great Flood. Butte, May 20. Ten feet of snow Is reported from Coutts, Mont, near the International bounday today and the thermometer is ranging from four to ntx degree below zero. Traffic on the Great Northern Is seriously Interfered with.Vv'"V7 '' .'' "T""; Conservative estimate tonight place the loss of stock at about $2,000,000. and the number ot bead of stock lost Is figured at about 90,000, This loss will be swellej by the ruination of a fruit crop throughout northern Montana, which. It b) understood. Is a total fail ure. The storm was followed by ffbst of the most . damaging kind and all garden stuffs have felt It effect. The Missouri river Is rising rapidly and the rancher are leaving the lowlands .In anticipation of the disastrous floods. Frost,' flood and blizzard nave dealt this section counties of Cascade, Te ton, ChoUau and Lewis and Clark the heaviest blow in history. , i NO BREAD, EAT CAKE. 1 New -Haven, Conn., May 20. New Haven will be practically without bread again today' because of the determina tion ot the master baker not to bake any more bread until the strike of the Journeyman Is settled. As there are only a few bakers., who. Jiava, signed lite, Agreeiifrntj the'oUy wfil agatnTsaf for for the want of bake shop products. TRACKED ACROSS CONTINENT. MM :r i " Absconding rainier., and Companion v , Wanted In Denmark. I ' Oakland, May 20. After being track ed across the continent, Julius, A. Jorg ensen, absconding cashier of the Copen hagen Bank of savings of Denmark, and his companion. Miss Johanne Moel- ler, whq was bookkeeper .In the same Institution. Have been arrested here on a warrant charging them with embez- sling $80,000 from the Copenhagen bank some time last month. The man is also accused of having deserted his wife and eloping with the woman In whose company he was when taken in custody. . : . ( ; EDUCATOR FOR OREGON. University of California,, May 20. A? Mi Urmnback. -who took the degree of mastar of arts at the recent com mencement exercises of the university has been elected president of the Mo Mlnville college of Oregon. - , OCEANIC LINES COMPETE. ' Trans-Paclflo Freight Rates Will Go Down Rapidly, ' a; v , San Francisco, May 20. When the big liner Siberia of the Pacific Mall Steamship company J sail 'f rom this port for the orient on her next trip slhe will carry freight at a cheaper rate than ever before. , '; , The appearance of a new competing trans-oceank) line Is the cause of this most recent move by the Pacific Mall people It-is evidently their purpose to-begin discouraging" the competing line before It gets fairly started. . The agent ot ths Pacific Mall company has announced unofficially that rate would be so out that a ton of fre!gh could be shipped, to the orient; for' $4.) B carrying freight at this rate it Is hoped that the new rival company, the China Commercial Steamship' company, will be unable to compete. The new com? pany wll have three steamers of 5000 tons each built expressly for them in England. The company Is financed en tirely by -Chinese. - YEAR OF PROSPERITY . FOR CUBAN REPUBLIC Secretary Of War Root Sends Congrat ulatory Message To President Palma On The Anniversary Of The , Birth Of The Nation. People Of The Nation Are Grateful To Government Of The United States For Its jhare In The Acquired Independence And Their Chief Executive Expresses His Warm Ap preciation For The Favors Shown. Washington May 20.J-Secretcry . of War Root today sent a mesage to Pres ident Palma of Cuba congratulating him on the first anniversary of the Cu ban republic. Secretary Root receiv ed the following reply from President Palma: ; !:.'. . The government and the people of the United States are entitled to the everlasting gratitude of the people of Cuba, who amidst the happiness they enjoy today do not forget how much they are sbliged to the American peo ple for the share they took fat helping to gain Independence and freedom, and send to them through me their sincere wishes for uninterrupted prosperity of the great republic and the personal wel fare of President Roosevelt and the - PETITIONS COMING IN. ' v Indications" Are That Fair Bill Will Be Safe. Salem May 20. Tomorrow Is the last day for the filing of the referendum petitions on bills passed at the last leg islature. Several petitions were filed late this afternon on the Lewis and Clark fair bill, but not near enough signers have yet been secured.- In the matters of the portage railway, the Eddy bill and exjnfptlon tax petitions are not yet filed, though It is under stood almost enough signers have been secured. ' . . PORTLAND CAR HELD UP.. Portland, May 20. A ctow ded e lectric car on the Vancouver line of the Port land railway was held up tonight by three masked men near Woodlawn. The robbers did not display any wea pons but went through .the car and secured about $175 in cash and consid erable amount of jewelry. The sum of $25 in iah and a watch was taken from the conductor. The robbers es caped through the underbrush. TWO MEN KILLED. Engine Wrecked and the Cause Will '" Remain a Mystery. " - . ; ' 1 j Chestnut, Mont. May 20. Engineer Tracey and Fireman Guy Hod son were AMERICA'S BEST Doth Soft and Stiff , THE KNOX HAT None Better . New Blocks XShQ above Hats in the members of his cabinet." Senor Quesad:, minister from Cuba. Is very enthusiastlv over what has bee accomplished by ths Independent gov ernment. - ' "In the year that Cuba bas been na iler a government of her own," said the minister, "there has been no disorders, no scandals; only the prosperity which shows honest, capable and efficient as minlstratton. It shows that Cuba has been able to do what she promised aa take her place among the nations at the earth. When the United" Stato turned the Island over one year agst there was about a half million dolbuw in the treasury now there are $3,M0,MI surplus, with ail. debts and expenses ' paid." i . . . killed in a wreck ot a Northern Facifle light engine tonight near the Miliar tunnel. The engine was found diiclieA by the track at the mouth of the tun nel. Both of the crew being dead, n one can say how the accident happened. Base Ball Scores. PACIFIC NATIONAL. At Spokane Spokane. 6: Seattle, S. At San Francisco San Francisco, J; Portland, J. I At Los Angeles Los Angeles, 2; Ta- . coma, I.. , , '" PACIFIC COAST. At Los Anjeles Los -Angeles, S Saa Francisco, S'- - At Seattle-Seattle, 17; Oakland,! AMERICAN. , At St. Louis-St. LouIb, 4; Boston,?.! At Cleveland Cleveland, 6; Washing ton. 4. ; . '. '.: ' ' ' -At Chicago New York, 5; ChtagaJL At Detroit-Detroit, 3; PUIadsliftila,i. -1 NATIONAL. At Boston Boston, 0; Chicago, 3. At Philadelphia-Philadelphia, 4; SU Louis, 1. -'At Brooklyn Brooklyn, M; Cincla nati, I. :, ; . : ,. . At New Tork-New York,; 1; Pitts burg, 0. At Spokane Ipokane, 5; Seattle, 3. new summer styles 1 1