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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
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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,
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