A'TOaiA PUBLIC LI3SAXY ASGCIATIOH.
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Will DO HEI! 10
1873
VOLUME LVI.
ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, 3IAY 21, 190.3.
NUMBER 118.
NOTIOFU
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(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.
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, 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
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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.
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Absconding rainier., and Companion
v , Wanted In Denmark.
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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. " -
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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.
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