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VOLUME LVI.
ASTORIA, OREGON, -THURSDAY, Jl'LY 2, 1903.
NUMBER t57.
1873
(1903
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WE SELL THE GOODS
But not the buyer of them.
Weclothe the men and boys
and they are satisfied
because well -dressed
Enormous selling enables
as to carry a large var
iety and maintain
low prices.
Jolt now let us direct your
attention to a fine display
of seasonable underwear,
Just what you want for
this weather.
P. A. STOKE
TURKISH BATHS I RUSSIAN
AT 539 COMMERCIAL ST.
Ojmmi from .'1 1. M. to .'I A. M. dully, xct'it KiiimIii.vn.
Ou KmutajM from H 1 M. to .'I A. HI. Flrst-clm t'lilropo
IUt in HtUtndtttic. T. K. DAY I ICS, Proprietor.
HAY TOOLS
Of every description t
FISHER BROTHERS
Every tiling from r grass book to a mowing machine.
FIRE WORKS
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
All Rinds
J . N . G R I FFIN.
(i :
W
s 470
FOR MEN AND BOYS
f v ' 1 .Waare 'tho agents f?r the
IDEAL SHIRTS
v Cheap ami mcdinm grades, tho beet lines on the market
X5h? Brown Shoe - . - - at $2.00
&q Queen Bee Shoe ' - - at $2.50
Our niBtiy etibtotnera boar witness to tho' merits of these shoes.
The Banner Brand
f For boys and yonths cannot be
THE BEE HIVE
HMtScklffMT
V '
is
i The Old Wav
WAS OOOD ENOUGH.
was no better, but
a have modern things
,'cnltncc which In
and personal comfort
r bathroom properly.
You'll like the way we do the work.
I CriTI 1 17 V
- 47J Commercial. Phone Black 224S
Clothing
excelled in quality and price
APPALLING
DISCOVERY
Lower Workings Of Destroyed
Mine Seething Mass Of
FUmes.
ALL BODIES WILL BE BURNED
Iti-wiiem Aru Deterrwl In Their
Work ly Fear Of Anotlit-r
Explonloii.
DtnvvT, July 1. A np-lal to yi
puUtlckn from H&nna, Wyo., ay:
Th utartllnB lnformatln vtma mail
tonight from an experienced miner anl
Are fighter who penetrated the mine to
Ch mxteetith level, that the working"
below the eoventifentb level ure miiwt
of flame, and where a few hour ngo
It waa believed the reacimra would
re'h the bodlee of the entotnlwd mln
era, not later than tomorrow noon, It
now a.piear tbt name H aiW hor
ror to the alreitdy terrible cal.tnilty,
ttnd trmt the vkitlma will be burned.
The etforti of thoae working Mow
the eurftce are now confined to the
wotk f t'UtUna- up Are pi oof barrU-re
hlh will prevent the flamm from
reaihtnc the v.nt'vrith and other lev
el ubove. .
Adtcd to the Ixirrort of the tire which
will doubtleaa deetroy the undcrrwund
worklnif. la the danger of another ex
plonkm which may occur at any time
The liu illon la decidedly grave und
t'itUen are Iwonilng alarmed for the
sufrty of tho" who are working below
the aurfuce. vine hundred and alxly
eeven ur. known to be killd.
WANTS T PAY IN MLVKH.
i'hlneae OtTli'lulH Claim NiiHnnal Tov
erty, but Fall w C'one t
Abuxea In Flnnncee.
London, July 1. -The Pekln forre
xidfnt of the Time telegraph that
Hi nee the arrival of Chang Chi Tung
director of commerce, and one of the
moet pnnciewive of the TaucVf vti-e-roya.
who waa recently aummoned to
Pekln by the empreac downger. he has
vlalted all the foreign hernia of IcRu
tlona to wlwm he declarea that Chlnu
I eeriouaty flnanclully einbttrruaaed, In
conequnce of which the . powera
ahould ttc-ept pnyment of the Indemn
Ity In ailver.
Chang Chi Tung aaya the viceroys
and other officials were led to believe
that the indemnity waa only 450,000.000
taela In ellver, without any reference
to fluctuating valuta of ailver. None
of the mlnlalera except the American
representative would agree to the pay
ment In ailver. France and Kuaala
were read to pay dutlea on a gold
hauls and the Icgallcna of theae two
powera w nrned Chang Chi Tung that
the powers would Inalat on the payment
of the Indemnity In gold and would
take strong measures to. enforce the
terma of the protocol. They said In tlhe
event of noncnmllance the powera con
templ&ted actzing the salt gabelle, or re
occupying the native city of Tientsin
The .-oncenaua of opinion, aaya the
correapondnt, la that China does not
deserve ?h.rltiible treatment, the gov
eminent has not made any attempt at
.flnnnciil reform, and tlwit the corrup
tion Is n great aa ever. The money
aauandered by the court of Pekln
would pay double the amount of the in
demnlty. ' . '
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Times says the provincial authorities
ot Klangsi are negotiating with a local
American bank to raise o lonn of a mh
Jion tnels for ordinary administrative
purposes secured on the opium revenue
of th province.
TKAN9POUT SAILS FOR. MANILA.
Sn Francisco, June l-The transport
Sherman sailed today for Manila with
112 salon passengers, one squad of the
Twelfth cavalry and one of the Seven
teenth Infantry. Newly coined Filipino
pesos .in this city, worth 11,500,000 and
$80,000 in gold were also token on the
transport. t r
vons
PERFECT
mm. - m ' v
9
Tooth Powdor
Used by people of refinemenf
for over a quarter of a century
.. PRgPAHEO BY
f-li'j:..., ,",'. ,"
FINANCIAL OI'EIlATIdNl
FOH THE FI:AL TEAK
Mme Than Half Increase of Itecelpts
: I'ue To tfttlet of Public Lund
. Increase iS,0O0.OAO.
WoftMugtim, July 't. Aaslstant Hciv
reUtry of the Treasury Keep has made
a surnniiti'lsceil statement of the princi
pal (lrmn lal operation of th govern-
iii-tit for the liwal year closed June
30th.
The revenues ' of the government
from all source for the year ending
June 3ft. 1803, are shown to have been
:.r.s,'js7.S2. ' ' i
Thi sources of revenue were as fol
low.. (
Customs: :k3.WI,719; Internal reve
nues :'i,115,2M; niicellanejus sources
tU.VAl. i , 'j. ..
Th .exptmditures for the year were
l'M,V.M, as follows:
Civil and miscellaneous 1Z5,01$,312;
war (Including rivers and harbors) 1118
i'.SS3; navy ptim.m, Indiana fl2.
9310:,; (e.isUinN tmsS.HX; Intt-rest :
The surplus for the year is $52,710,-
938. "
In comparison with the flxcat year
end.-d June 30, 1902, the revenues show
it decreane of I3.S00.70" and extendi
turtu an Incrrase of 'H.Ki."3,
The surplus shows a decrease ot $38,
J76.439. The reveniK-s from custonis Increawd
$29,44 T.010.
The Internal revenue receipts de
creased $41,764, HW, due wholly to the
operation of the war revenue repeal
a't. i
The miscellaneous receipts Increased
$S.727.1IH. More than half of this In
cretiso in due to Itirger sales of public
lands. The surplus for 103 is $9,710,936
greutr than was estimated. These fig
.m's do not include the revenues and
expenditures of the postal' service.
The available castr In the treasury
on June 30, 1903, was I231.!4t),012. an in
crease of $l9.r.7,(!Sl over the cash in the
treasury ;it the corresimnding date In
Wit.
The total amount of gold in the treas
ury ou June 30 1903. waa $631.649.98. anj
Increase -if $71,43. over 1W2.
lender the provisions of the secre
tary" offer of March 26, 19u3, the
amount of bonds refunded, to June 30,
1903. was $74. 203. MO. In effecting this
chnnpe the government ha paid out
2.I2t.n2 In cash t for adjustment of
premiums and accrued Interest and the
annual interest charge on the Interest
bearing debt of the I'nited State has
been reduced $1,329.1)02. Jkmus to the
amount of $16,629,400 hove been pur
chased during the year for the sinking
fund, reducing the annual Interest char
ge by $661.(37.
Tho total circulation of national
banks on June SO. 1903. was $612,670,650.
The Increase for the yeHr was $55,998,
559. MtSI'SED TUB MAILS.
Decatur Labor Union Sent Threatening
Postal Cards to Adver-
' ' tlsers. .
Springfield. HI., July 1 Kugene Llnx
weller. editor of the Labor World and
secretary of the Trades nnd Labor as
sembly of Decatur, IU.. has bet'n ar
rested on a bench warrant, brought to
Springfield and taken . before Judge
Humphrey of the Federal court where
he gave $300 bond to await trial on the
charge of sending threatening postal
curds through the mulls. Llnxweller
hud sent printed poftnl curds to Ben
jamin F. Butler of Boston, Mass., and
other advertisers, requesting them to
cease advertising In the Los Angeles,
Cnl., Times and threatening a boycott.
of their goods by organized labor of
Decatur If they refused to obey the re
quest. Last Decemoer tne iwaiur
Trades and Labor assembly voted to
mall tho postal cards In question to ad
vertisers of the TUneSi ,
- IRISH LAND BILL.
Measure for Relief of Irish Tenants Be
ing IRushed Through.
London, July 1. The house of com
mons Is making rapid progress with
the consideration of the Irish land bill
both sides evidently being anxious to
usih the measure through. Clauses 10
to '20 were adopted last night, the only
amendment of interest being that of
T. W. Russell to clause 17, which vwas
accepted by Mr. Wyndham. The am
endment provides that where three fo
urths of the tenants agree to tho pur
chase of an estate remaining tenants
shall be deemed to have accepted the
offers made to Wvem and the land pur
chase act shall apply accordingly, !
CONTRACT
TO HERMAN
Lowest of Fourteen Bidders Is
Awarded Contrect Of Print
ing Money Order Blanks.
OPPOSED FROM ALL SIDES
VoHtnittnter (jeneral t'k?ue ltxle
' Over Them AH And Kesiilt
.. Will Be IMk Waving.
Washington, July 1 Postmaster-Gen
eralPayne today awarded the contract
for printing money order blank of the
government to Paul Herman of Ruther
ford, N. J. Herman wo the lowest of
14 blddt-rs and the award of the con
tract, which Involves a payment of be
tween $30u,000 and $350,000 during the
next fiscal year, will effect a saving of
nearly $45,000 In the four years' con
tract. Herman' bid wa opposed by
Itw present contractors, the Wynkoop,
Hallentie'k & Crawford company of
New York, and by the United Typothe
trie of ArfTlca.
Superintendent Metcalf of the money
order bureau was dismissed some days
ago on the charge of indiscretion in
seeking the withdrawal cf Herman as
a bidder In favor of the present con-
trat tors. Hernian . testified that the
Crawford firm, In whose employ he had
been for 10 years, offered to reemploy
him after bids had been opened, at an
Increased salary, provided he with
draw his bid, which offer he rejected.
WILL SIGN TREATY.
"ommerclal Agreement Between China
and the United Stated
' Likely to be Made.
Pekln. July 1. Prince CMng, presi
dent of the foreign office, bos returned
from' the summer palace in order to
hold a conference with Minister Conger
In regard to the commercial treaty be
tween China and the United States. It
is understood that the Russian opposi
tinn, which the Chinese foreign office
Insists prevent It signature, ! on
bunged, though friends ot the Ameri
can treaty profess to expect that the
t-omlna conference between - General
Iviiropatkin. the Russian war minister
and M. Lessar, the Russian minister to
China, at Port Arthur, will result in Die
removal ot the Russian opposition.
' An offlii il telesram ha been sent to
the new viceroy of Canton, directing
him to .rder the troops In the field to
iYtermlnate :he? remaining - rebels In
Kwnnsl province, where, it I under
stood the suffering from the famine
eclipse tosses caused by the rebellion
, CAUGHT HIS MAN.
Texas Tough Captured Near Whltcom,
Wash., And Starts For Home.
Seattle, July l.J-Sheriff W. S. Russel
of Grayson county, Texas, passei
through here yesterday with hi prison
er. T. R. Stegall, who I claimed to
nave attempted, .-In company with an
other young fellow, to brutally mur
der a farmer of Sherman, Tsxas., for
having reproved them for disturbing
church services. The Sheriff chased
Pennell all over the southeastern states
and finally captured hirn and then,
learning that Stegall was Working In
a lumber camp near Whatcom, had him
arrested by the local sheriff and came
north to get him.
4 BASE BALL SCORES
4)
PACIFIC NATIONAL. 1
At Seattle Seattle S; Los Angeles 4.'
At. Tacoma San Francisco 6; Ta
coma S.'
At Helena Butte V. Helena 1.
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PACIFIC COAST.
At Loa Angeles Sacramento 3; Los
i
Angeles 1. ...
At San Francisco-Oakland 4; San
Francisco !.
At Portland Rain, ,
AMERICAN.
At 'St. Louis St. Louis 3; New
York 7.
At Chicago Chicago 6; Boston 1. j
At Detroit Detroit 1; Washington 4.
At Cleveland Philadelphia 9;' Cleve
land 8.
NATIONAL.
"At Philadelphia Philadelphia 12;
Chicago 4. '.' v ' : ' ; i '
At Brooklyn Brooklyn 5: Pittsburg 4
At New York New York 5; St. Lou
si 2.
Subscribe for the Semi-Weekly As
tofian, $1.00 yean:
JOHN BARRETT, DIPLOMAT.
Famous Portlander Will Succeed W, P
Lord In Argentina. :
' Washington. July i. John. Bur
rett, of Portland, Or., commission-
er general of the St. Louis expost-
lion to .Asia and Australasia, has
been appointed United Slates mln
later to Argentina, vlcerex-Oover-
nor W. P. Lord, of Oregon, ',.
SQUADRON TREATED WELL. '
I-,, y r - r: .. 1 " 1 1 !' . . . .... '., 3
Hear Admiral Cott-jn Well , PIeaeil
With Vlrfil at KM.,
v Kalundborg, July X. Rear Admiral
Cotton, in giving hi personal opinion
of the Walt of the United States squad
ron to Kiel said: . I
'The happy intercourse between offl
er of high rank and att surface Indica
tion appear to show that the object of
the visit wa , accomplished. Every
thing possible wa done by Emperor
William, Prince Henry and other to
make our stay pleasant, which waa re
ciprocatsd." ,
CARTELTOU IN CHARGE.
Ellis Island Now Under Department of
Commerce And Labor.
New York, Jnly 1. When the flag
was raised at sunrise today on EUS
Island, the Federal JurisdU-tlon over the
island jiasiwd from the Treasury de
partment to that of the new depart
ment' of Commerce and Labor, witv
Secretary Cartelyou at it head.
Caw- now pending will In all prob
ability be reported to the treasury de
partment as part of the business of
the fiscal year Just ended but all cases
coming before the special Inquiry board
today, no mutter how long the Im
migrant bag been on the island wiil
come under the new deiartment.
LOW RATES WEST. :
Great Northern ' Sets Pace for Low
Passenger Rate to Seattle.
Chicago, July I.' For the trans-Mls-slsulppt
congress which will be held at
Seattle August 18 to 21 the Great Nor
thern railway announces a round trip,
first class excursion rate to Seattle.
Tacoma and oPrtland of $50, from Chi
cago and $45 from St. Paul and Duluth.
Eleven dollar additional will be 'chat g
ed to return through San Francisco and
Los Angeles. The rate will be effect
ive August t to 14 Inclusive, and tick
ets will be limited to 60 day, with the
final return limit of October 15.
LARNED STILL CHAMPION.
. . , S ..... . ;' -',
Philadelphia, July 1. The Round
Robin tennis tournament, in which W.
A.. Lamed, national i-h&mpiou; Beuls
C. Wright of Massachusetts and W. J.
Clothier, of Pennsylvania, entered,
closed today and Larned won first prize
Clothier won second. .
TO CELISCRATE GREAT BATTLE.
Gettysburg, July 1. The Fortieth an
niversary celebration of the battle of
Gettysburg began here today and will
continue until Friday.: During the
celebration more than 500 G. A. R.
posts will participate in the exercises.
POSTOFFICE EMPLOYES LET OUT.
. Washington, July 1. Three employes
of the Mobile, Ala, post office have been
dismissed for collecting money from
other employes for political purposes.
Your Money Slipping' Away.
Better Invest It
In Our
Fine Furaiturel
We can save
Honey Fof You
Call and see onr nevy
Bed Room Sets.
Mattresses, Couches.
Carpets, Linoliums,
And Everything For The House
ROBINSON'S FUKNITUEE STGHE
DELICATE
SITUATION
United States Must Act Towards
Russia In Accordance With
' Strict Propriety.
IS TO BE NO HESITATION
High Official In State Depart
ment Are Little Critical Of
lCuwtia Attitude.
Washington July 1. The slate de
partment tonight authorized the fol
lowing statement:
At the stats departmment It was
stated by a high official In the absence
ot Secretary Hay, that delay in for
warding the petition of the American
Itlxeos of Jewish faith as , to the PI
treatment of their co-rcliglonists jit
Russia, waa solely due to delay in fur
nishing the tceessary addresses to the
state department by the petitioners.
The state department has been espec
ially careful to art only in accordance
with all requirements of official propri
ety, but within the limits thns laid
down It will most certainly no hesitate
to give expression to the deep sympa
thy flt not only by the administration
but by all the American people for the
unfortunate Jews who have been vic
tims in the recent appalling masstiere
and outrages. In this connection it was
pointed out by another official, that ft
seemed somewhat strange, to say the
least, that the , Russian government
should choose this particular method
of making a statement to the American
people, at the very time, when, by
method which are certainly the re
verse of friendiy to the United State,
it sought to induce China ' to break
plighted faith of all die power as to
the open door jn Manchuria, and has
endeavored to bar our people from ac
cess to Manchuriun trade.
The above statement was shown to
Count Caisinl, the Russian ambassa
dor, tonight, but he declined to make
any statement. Any reply to this state
ment must be made under direct in
structions from St. Petersburg,
It is realized, botth at the state de
partment and the Russian embassy,
that the situation is extremely deli
cate. . ,
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Washington,' July 1. The position of
the administration regarding r the pro
posed transmission of the petition of
the Jewish citizens of the United State
to the Russian government was niade
clear and positive by the statement Is
sued by the state department tonight.
This statement was inspired, by news.
papr publications reflecting the atti
tude of the Russian government la the
event of the presentation of such pe
tition. . ,
CAMPAIGN AGAINST JOINTS. ,
Injunction Being Resorted to to Close
All Illict Saloons
Kansas City,' July 1. Injunction pro
ceedings were resorted to . in Kansas
City. Kan., today to close six Joints, or
illicit saloons, at Armourdale. The pro
reedlngs are the first taken under the
new law and it is believed It is a fore
runner of a general campaign against
JOUU9 Mie fllAi?, ,
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