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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1903)
.NOTIOIM Cooks, Ponodicc.la, fasinM.'&C.. to Kcito tie Jn r;;.i'Th3. Library '.without r-ui::u Any c 10 i.: ..v.it'X;sV-t-:f. offense, 'ill by liabiq to pruicutlon. ; ASTOWA PUSUC UBRAKY ASS0OATI02L VOLUME LVI. ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1903. NUMBER 118. . 1873 WE SELL THE GOODS But not the buyers of them. We clothe the men and boys , and they are satisfied because well dressed , Enormous selling enables as to carry lare var iety and maintain low prices. Just now let us direct your attention to a fine display of seasonable underwear, Just what you want for this weather. P. A. S TURKISH , AT 539 COMMERCIAL ST. 5 ' 0hu from ;i 1 HI. tu J A. M. dully, txeent HiiuIu.vn. Oh KuiKlajit from H 1. 31. to 1 A. 91. Flrst-eliis lilroiM rtlNt Hi Mtleiiiliiiice. . T. it. 1A VI KK, Proprietor. RUBBER HOSE FISHER BROTHERS Ve Guarantee every foot of our hose Office j AND Home J . N.fc THE BEE HIVE LAWNS BEAUTIFUL LAWNS Yard 10c KjrtSduffort f Mtrx HadTW T O K E S I I) n' ) V - y AT BATHS I "SSSh Famous (Uobc-Wernicke Sectional Filing Devices BooK Cases Ilantlsonicst and most convenient furniture made. Sold in sections for all uses, sixes and shapes. Call and see Samples. R I F F I N . Our Strong Featured Is the Work We Do Borne plumbers make feature of the ! bills thy send that's not our style. W send a good man; he does good work and we charge a right price. (f its New Work Or Repairs Ws want to handle It and will handle It to your satisfaction. W. J. SCULLEY aV7A.i?ft rnnimAivlil Plinn TUnnlr 5?4S Lawn remnants in 8 and 0 yard lengths, choice patterns, suitable lor dresses and Keioiiu8,i at a bargain. J Beautiful, two-toned, mercerized Lawns, . Reduced from 50c to 85o. All kinds of trimmings, medallions, Appliques and imitation Cluiny. ; A great bargain in white embroidorod Valenciennes band at 5c yard. TRAINS RUN IN HEPPNER 0. R. & N. Co., Alter An Interrup tion Of Six Days, Resumes Regular Service. BODIES BADLY DECOMPOSED Afctoria' Iionatlon Of $1,07 Iteeclved At Klrhkeit Town ' Ytwtxrrititjr Oilier l-ftrj? Amount Heeehed. Heppner. Juna 20. The O. It. k N. company .today resumed regular serv Ice to Hppnr after an intcrruirtlon of six days. . i Eight bodies were mflffd ut the morgue Joday, making a total of 1ST re covered. The situation at the morgue I, becoming very trying a the bodied are In ft bad state of decomposition. , Money and supplies are being sent in from all over the atate and from neigh boring states, up to thla time J-3.25S having tn received. Mnny large do nations cam In today. ' among them, Atoila's,lfltf7. and Pendleton's Fourth of July fund, 11500. LARGE SUM FROM LA GRANDE La Grande, June SO. The citizens of thla town have already raised I'-'SOO for the relief of Hi-ppnor. and more la In sight. ROLL OF THE HEAD. ' Hri.iner. June 20. The dead retov- jered today arc. Mrs. 8. Leffler, Mrs. pan Ptaker, Mrs. J. Hodgls, Tlelen Boy J. Eunice tfilggs, J. Jenkins. Clara Andrew Blanche Redtlcld and a Ut lie girl net Identified. 4 PICKET WINS AMEKICAN, DKKBV Largest Crowd In History ', of Ilace .Turned Out at Chicago, Yesterday ; '.Chicago, June 20. The Picket won'T.lhe Ameiicnn Derby, Claude "second, 'Bemaj'S,; thiol; tin:", 2:33. This breaks' the rec ord. The odds were: The ' Pk ket. 10 to 1; Claude 7 to 1: Bernays. 8 to 1. ' The crowd that saw the Amer lean Derby run today was the largest In the history of the race. It numbered between 60.000 and 6A.00 people. It was Chicago's greatest (fathering of any year, and carried with it an unusual display of fashion. DREAMED ABOUT Bl'RCILARS And Died From Injuries Caused Springing From Bed. by New York, June 20 John Edelsteln, a wealthy manufacturer and politician of Jersey, Is dead from a pecullnr ac cident About three weeks ago he dreamed that burglars find entered his home and that one waanttucklng him with a knife. Me sprang out of bed and struck his head on a projection. The shock caused a clot of blood to settle on his brain, resulting In meningitis. which caused hs death. HI9 CHILDREN AWARDED HIM But Their Parts Mother Hud Skipped fjnknown With Them. to "New York, June 20. General Emll Schaefer of New York has been award ed the custody of his two children In Jersey City by Vice Chancellor Pitney, The fight over the girls has been on ever since last full, when Mrs. Sohafer took them from their father's home nt Mount Morris park. Mrs. Behafer and the children were not In court and her counsel and relatives said they did not know where shs was. 1 ' 11 WAS WITH BOOTH AND BARHETT New York, June 20. Jottn B. Walsh, an actor, who began h's stage career tn 1857, with Thomas Hnmblln and lat ter i played with Charlotte Cushman, John McCullough, Edwin Booth- and Lawrence Barrett, Is dead at the Ac tors' Fund home on Staten Island. He had been HI about 10 years. - : - INVESTIGATION TO GO ON, ... ! Washington, June 20. Investigation will be made of the money order bu reau and dead letter office. Both bu reaus handle considerable money. The Investigation Is to be made as a pie-caution. UCXlT STIRlJ UP CANADIANS. Secretary's Proposal to Build Fort at Oswego Meets? Disfavor. .-, Oswego, K. Y., June 20.-The recent visit of Secretary of War Root to this city., and the subsequent announcement of plans for rebuilding of historic Fort Ontario and Ita cm version Into a bat talion post,' have been the subject of unfavorable comment by the Canadian "The American -tfovernment has de- elded to spend I2W.OO0 on the prellmln sry eonstructlon of a fort at Oswego." says an Ottawa iwnor.' "That fort can (itly have one tbjt the protection of the harbor In ease of war wltb Canada and the providing of a stronghold, from which vessels of war tan' issue to prey uiKn Canadian Jake commerce, . and eltlet.'' , f'-r-V 4 SO.M OF HW FATHKR Pl!AK8 fuggested Tliat L'.'H. Grant Itun is ... tiflce-Preslde'nt. ; Bun Diego, Cal., June 20. V. 8, Grant, when usk?d whether It" Is to be consid ered that he Is a candidate for the vice-presidency on a ticket with,, if r. Jtoosevelt said: j;, "I have not announced myself as a candidate for toe vlce-preeldentlal niiinlniitkin, but I have known that some of my friends 'have entertained the feeling that the position ought to come to this coast and that I was prob ably as a vallitble candidate for U as any other cltlsen of the section. Mr, Itoosevelt ran carry the great west without the assistance of a western name and f tMnVftie will favor some eastern man." f ELECTS AN OBSERVATORY. Mount Wilson May Be Chosen as As- tromonlcal station. j, Los Angeles, Cel. June 20. Prof. W. J. Husey of tick observatory, who has been experimenting to determine the suitability of several high altitudes tn snthern CHfpj ajwrmanent a tromonlral station, Is said to have de cided In favor of Mount Wilson, situat ed Just east of Mount Iowa. Prof. Hus sey will mount a nine-Inch telescope on Mount Wilson at one for further ex periments An , nstromonlcal station was maintained on Mount Wilson sev eral years ago by Harvard university. The atmospheric conditions there are suld to be about almost perfect for as tromonlcal observations. - PACIFIC. CABLE COMPLETED. f. S. to Have Direct Communication With Manila. Ban Francisco, June 20. Within a week the last link of the Commercial Pacific, cable will be laid between San Francisco and Manila and the United Stutcs will have direct cable commun ication with, its Philippine possessions. The cable ship Colontu reached Mid way Island yesterday, completing the link between Guam and Midway and Immediately on Its arrival the Anglla reparted for Honolulu to close the lost gap in tne trans-pacino cable, a dis tance of 1160 miles. Superintendent - Hurrlngton of the Commercial Pacific Cable company stated today that he believed the An glla will accomplish the voyage In six days, spinning out wire rope en route. ' .''';'';:'. SINKING TO SEA LEVEL Boston, June !0. According to a for mer member of the Metropolitan Water board Boston and the surrounding ter ritory are slowly sinking down to the sea level. The statement is made In a report on the Charles river nam. The subsistence is estimated to be at the rate of about one foot In 100 yer.-s The present plans used as a busp by Boston engineers has sunk to .89 feet below themean low water and throws out all; survey circulars for the state. Various landmarks itloag Massachu setts bay hive sur.k from one foot to two feet in W years. ! " wear oAif . So do uui it laitoa a. your merchnTit. HERMAN WISE, SoleAjjent for Astoria. TUMULT IS THREATENED Military Companies Ready To Con trol Unruly Elements In Du ; buque Strike. PEACE MUST BE PRESERVED At The SlijchU'Ht Outbreak Gov ernor Cummins. Will It Troops To The Kt cne Of ' Disorder. Des Moines, la. June 20. Governor Cummins, upon receipt of ad vires that a crisis was approaching In Sm street railway strike at Dubuque, Issued or der today mobilising three adltlonat companies of mUKIa at that pont Gov ernor Cummins' action was based tip on numerous messages from the mayor, sleriff and leading ;cltlsens ! of" Du buque, expressing a grave feur that an outbreak on the part of the street-rail- way strikers and their sympathizers would take place 'that might culminate In setting fire to some of the leading places of business. , 1 Tht Waterloo. Independence and Mai quokeketa companies, which with the Dubuque cotpany constitute the First lattalion of the Flft-ilirrd regiment, L N. O.. will patrol fhe streets of Pu Buque under the command 'of Major Allen, of Dubuque, who will later be superseded by Adjutant-General Byeri of this citjr. The strike was instituted May T. since which time all efforts to operate street cars In Dubojue have precipi tated rioting. Early tMs week a de termlned effort to resume operations caused the most serious outbreak, re sulting in the destruction - of much property and serious injury to a num ber bf persons. . Since ten repeated urgent appeals have been made to the governor to. send additional troops, the sheriff ; and mayor declarlna- the lo. cat police and sheriffs forces, even w hen sumplemented by the local com pany of mllltta. was helpless in the face of the mob of strike sympathis ers.. , " , r: The governor refused to do more than hold the First battalion In readi ress to rush to Dubuiiue upon demands of a fresh outbreak. Today, however, alarming advices concerning a secret ly planned outbreak impelled him to act. He telegraphed to the Dubuoue authorities that the troops are not there for the purpose of assisting the fight against the strikers in any way other than to preserve peace at all hazards. .WILL TRAVEL INCOGNITO. Prince Hnry of Prussia to Visit St. Louis Fair. New York June 20. Today's crfurt clr- cular will say, cables the Loudon cos respondent of the Times, that Prince Henry of Prussia, when he visits the United States next year for the World's fair at SL Louis will not go in an of- j lclal Mpat.ltv, but w, travel , cog- nlto. Tha prince will tour the United States including the Pacific const. . The crown prince of Germany also will be a visitor to the world's fair and may be accompanied by one of bis brothers. TRAINER ALMOST KILLED. Daring Woman Leaped Upon by Leo- : parti and Badly Lacerated. j. New York, June 20. Madame Morel- lo, trainer of wild animals, has been nearly killed by a six-year-old leopard vhich she was training,' In one of the capes of an animal show at Coney Isl and. The animal leaped on her back from above and before tt could be driv. en oft had torn and scratched the wo man almost fatally. Madame Morello was finally rescued by men who fought the beast off 'with a pitchfork. RELIANCE WINS YACHT RACE New York, June 20,-The UelUvnce won today's race in Long Island sound in the first 20 milntes of sailing. She beat the Constitution fur minutes and 18 seconds and the Columbia seven minutes and SI seconds. The bourse was twice around a triangle, 234 miles In all. ROYALTY WILL BE THERE. . j i Berlin, June 20. An American ban quet la to be given on board the bat tleship Kearsarge at Kiel and will be attended by Emperor WlUiam and the empress. ' TRAGEDY IN Ml'8JC HALL Coiicert Singer Fatally Knot Because She P.efused Her Hsnd. New York, June 20. Made despt-rate by the repeated refusals of Olive Fos ter, a concert ball sing", to irarry trim, Edward Teets, 21 years old, of this city, has shot and probably fatatly wounded the girl as she sat In th crowded balcony of a music hall in Coney Island. Teets fired two shots at the girl, and then turned the weapon upon himself, but ft missed fire and he was disarmed before he could pull the trigger again.';'. ; ,' ".' A performance was going on at the time the tragedy took place and the panic stricken crowd stampeded, mak a rush for the doors and fighting madly to get out of range of the bullets. When Teets approached the girt as she set In the balcony, he drew with his left hand a box of eacdy. When the girl reached for it be shot her. ' She screamed and sank to the floor. Teets Bred a second shot but missed.' The Uproar which arose Instantly seemed to terrify Mm and he placed the pistol agnlnst his own head. It missed fire, and a policeman seized him. He was Identified by the victim at the hospital, but refused to make any statement re garding the affair. The bullet lodged near the girl's heart and the dortorj said will cause death undoubtedly. FOUGHT OVER GRAZING PERMITS Cattlemen Use Six-shooters With Fatal Results. Holbronk, . Arix., June 30. News reached here of a desperate battle be tween cattletnea on theApacbe Indian reservation. 10 miles south' of Holbreok, In which Henry Barrett was killed and Phi me Coleman was probably fatally Injured.: ;, "" .;:.'. "fv ;," Both are prominent cattlemen and have lived in Apache county for many years, pnly meager reports areob Ulnable, but it appears that the men became involved in a dispute over their respective grazing permits on the reaer- Tt(diCtt1l!trb are. pnly Issued at cer tain times of the year, and are of eon siderable value, only a limited number of cattle being allowed on the reserva tion. A duel with six-shooters fallow ed, in which Barrett received ' three wounds in the abdomen from which he died within a few. minutes after the shooting. Coleman was shot through both thlgtis and was also badlv bruised about the head by blows from Barrett's six-shooter. Coleman was still alive at last repart, but there Is very little hope for his recovery. AS TO KANSAS AND WHISKY. Outside Liquor Dealers Trying to Work Up an Express Business Topeka, Kas, June 20. Attorney General Coleman has been asked an opinion as to the practice of outside liquor dealers In shipping liquor Into Kansas. The shippers are now trying to work up an express business, where by they can sell liquor In any quantity through an gent It is claimed that by this method there will be no vio lation of the prohibitory law. The courts will soon be called on to settle that question. tr 27.100 HARVEST HANDS : Topoka, Kas., June 20. R. B. Grow, director of the state free employment bureau, has received final estimates as to the number of outside horvest hands it be neeilel this year. The total num ber foot up to ,27,100. j 'T FORCIBL ROBINSON ; SELLS FURNITURE Sells Good, Stylish Fur- : nishings At Low Prices. ' , Carpets, Mattings, Lino-' liums, Rugsi Fancy Rock ers," Stoves, Tables, J5ed T Room . and; Parlor Sets. Everythirig for the House ROBINSON'S FURNITURE ' ' S88 Comtnerclo! Street RAILROAD FOR ALASKA Business There Will Be . Greatly Increased By Early Building ; Of Important Line. RICH VALLEY TO BE INVADED Prominent Men Itaek Of Propo sition And Its Construe- ti'n Will CoiiHiienee By MWhlleof.ini. . Chicago, June 20. The gold output Of Alaska, now $."50,000,(KiO per year, wl't be greatly Increased by the building of a railroad from the southern coast of Resurrection bay northward, through the Cook inlet country and upft!ru shltna valley to Tan nana river, 150 miles above its Junction with the Yu kon. Construction must start before July IS, and be pushed with speed. ' The railway is projected by promi nent men of the Pacific roast. The president is Geo. W. Dickinson, formerly general manager of the Northern Pacific F. A. Heinze i heavily Interested and is one of the di rectors. The route of the railway is through a valley heavily timbered and opens a vast country rich In gold and copper. The northern terminus Is In the midst of the new Tannana. gold fields. Projector say the building of the road will increase the annual gold production of Alaska from the present output of ISMKXMKW to J200.000.000. ' VENEZUELA PAYS UP. Caracas, June 20. Venezuela has paid Germany the $60,000 due this month as stlpusvted In 'the protocol as partial liquidation of the German claims. : t LI BELLA NTS GET BIG' DAMAGES Passengers of Steamship Oregon Are ' Awarded 140,000. Seattle, June 2r. Judge Han- ford of the Feti;rj.l rourt today awarded 140,000 dumnges to the libellants of the steamship Or- egon, who were on the trip from Nome In September, l'JOl. The court found the owners guilty of negligence. In the North American Fisher- ies company case he authorized the receivers to issue certifi- rates of Indebtedness for $iJ0,- 000, and with money so obtained to carry on tne business. BASE BALL. SCARES - : : PACIFIC NATIONAL At Butte Butte, 2: Portland, 1. At Seattle Seattle, 11: Los Angeles, At San Francisco San Francisco, 12; Spokane, 8. PACIFIC COAST. ' ' At. Sacramento Sacramento, 10; Oak land, 0 i ; -. . At Los Angeles Los Angeles, 6; Portland. 4. '. At Seatle Seattle, 1: San Francisco, S. ' NATIONAL. -'.-; At Boston Baston, i: Pittsburg. 8. AMERICAN. , At Chicago Chicago, 1; Philadelphia t v ... At- St. Louis-St. Louis,7; Washing ten, f. ' ' At Cleveland Cleveland, 4; Boston, , . , E F ACT S