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VOLUME LVI.
ASTORIA, OREGON', SATURDAY, Jl'LY 4, 1903.
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WE SELL THE GOODS
But not the buyers of them.
Wcdothe the men indboyi
: and they are satisfied
' because well
dressed
Enormous selling enables
os to carry a large Var
iety and maintain
ZZ'i low' prices.'.'; '
Just now let us direct your
attention jo a fine display
of seasonable underwear, .
Just what you want for
this weather. "I
P. A.
TURKISH
AT 539 COMMERCIAL ST. ;
Open from il I. M. to : A. M. dully, except Kiin.luj n.
Uii Munrta.v from g I'. M. to U A. SI. I'lrntxIuNs hlroM
list in ttlUmtUiu. T. Jt. DAY IKK, Proprietor... ,
HAY TOOL-5
. Of every deocriptidn nt
FISHER BROTHERS
Every thing from a gruB$ hook to ft mowing timciiine.
FIRE WORKS
WHOLESALE AND , RETAIL
- - All Kinds - -
J.N. GRI FF IN.
lis American la
. AMONO A THOUSAND OOOD THINGS FOR THE LADIES, WE
SELL THE AMERICAN LADY COnSKT. .? s
Qlrdie Corset In White or famoy. colors .... .. ...... ... ........ .8
Tape Girdle pink, blue and whits.,,. ,.83o
The Straight Front low bust, long hip corset, white, colors and black II
Cambrto Corset Covers, four rows Insertion .... .. .. ... .. .. .. ....25c
Cambric Corset Covers, four, rows Insertion back and front ,.B0o
White Skirts, ruffle of braid embroidery .... .. .... .. ;.80o
White Skirts, same, wltti two rows Insertion and lace dust ruffles.,.. 11
Lace Trimmed Drawers .. .. !5o Wash silk .... 36o
MANY BAIIGAIN9 LEFT IN WHITE
of s.11 kinds at Baxgaln -prices.
THE BEE HIVE
HmSduSm
V Man
Hud Tailored
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a
STOKES
BATHS Russian
The Old Way
WAS GOOD ENOt'OH.
a long; u there wa no better, but
now It'a possible to have modern thing
the sort of conveniences which ' In
crease enjoyment and personal comfort
Let us tit up your bathroom properly,
Tos'll like the way w do the work.
W.J. SCULLEY
470-47S Commercial, Phone Black 224S
GOODS AND LAWNS.
Laces
f .' t-f; ''
SIGNS OF
THE TIMES
Address To Country Made By
' Negroes At Their '
Convention. ,
NEGRO IS BEING HELD UP
InHiieiu'4-N At Work To Urntroy
FrU-ndly VvMng I'revalllnir
litweeu Better Vlnw.
L)uUvlll, Ky., July I. The clrmlni
day of the f!on of tbo Afrt-Am-tfi'k'on
council wa marki-d by n a4
trr to th country on tho race prob
Inn. T1 ad)rf la In part an fol-
"W rcnrnJ with pleasure the frl
endly relation between the beet people
of the white race and our own, but no
one who not carefully the alien of
the time can fall to dlacover influence
at, work In nearly every part of the
hind to. deatroy It. Who can fat) to
we Ihut the n'-Rio 1 belnif held up a
the nvm objctlicble cltlxen that
trdd the American aolIT"
t dlaavowe all nympalhy with the
negro- who lommlt namcleea crimes
aaulnitt th women. fiuklnif of
jut"? which huve dlafranchteed the ne.
,roe It nay: ,
In uih itate taxation without rep-,
reenti4km prevail a when England
hi-ld '.onrol over the American colon.
It . We make no objection to the die-franchltK-ment
of the Ignorunt negro,
provide J the name chuia of other races
wre almit.irly d;alt with."
IJKTRAYED BY A RAT.
Postal Thieve Had Secreted Register
ed Mall In A I tat Hole. .
Philadelphia. July J. Bertram and
Albert Laycock, brfrtlK-ra, and Charles
Fournter, empU'yee cf the Pneumatic
Transit company, are under arrest '"ere
charged w'ln conspiracy to embeis-
le and upen'and destroy. letters In the
Tnlt'd (States mail. Bertram Laycoik.
who was stationed at the Broad street
station, the end of the pneumatic ser
vie, was first arrested and after i
hearing before a United States commis
sioner, he was held In 11,000 bail. At
the hearing be confessed and Implicat
ed his brother Albert and Fournler,
who were stationed In the central post
office,. They wl'l be given a hearing
today. Postal Inspectors say the men
confessed to having taken special de
livery letters from the carriers of the
pneumutlc tubes, among t'hem being
letters to A. J. Caaset, president of the
Pennsylvania railroad company, John
Yioanuker and the Trust Company
of North America.
The' arrests were the outcome of a
chase after a rat at 17th and Filbert
streets. , The rat ran across Filbert
street towards the arches of the eleval-M
ed trucks of the Pennsylvania rail
road. T. J. McCarthy, a telephone line
foreman, gave chase. Seeing a lurge
hUe, he thrust in a stick. No rat ap
peared, but when the stick was pulled
out It brought with It two letters. He
saw that they were registered and ad
dressed to A. J. Casset and WHIlnm J.
Thompson. Again Inserting the stick,
the man brought .forth three' more let
ters, ail registered., McCarthy noti
fied the chief postal Inspectors and the
arrests followed. .
WIRELESS FOR ALASKA. ,
Government Will Provide For Tele
graph Stations At Once.
Taeoma, July J. Without depending
on contractors the United States Sig
nal corps will Itself proceed to erect
a d equip a series of wireless stations
In Alaska. The first station will be
constructed at Fort Davis, Nome, com
prising one mast and quarter tor three
telegraphers. The next station will be
at Safety Harbor. SO miles south of
Nome, where two masts and quarters
for four men will be Installed. An
other wireless post will be placed atSt.
Michael. Wireless stations to be es
tablished In Ontario will ,r comprise
masts and buildings at Fort G bson
and Bates Rapids connecting a land
line from St. Michael with Fort Egbert
and also with a line through Copper
elver vulley to ,Valdes, were a sub
marine cable-will connect the Alaska
system with Puget Sound.
LITTLE AHEAD OF TIME.
Leadvllle, Colo., July S Snow storms
which usually reach LeadvUle July 4,
arrived today. There Is an Inch of snow
on the ground. The thermometer
jiand at freeslng point.
KHC'APBD Ut'SHIA'S WRATH.
.WiierU-anlssed Finn Tslla Of The Peace
Cwir" Wicked Scheme In Finland.
San Francleco, July I. A. A. Kar-
juiiairien, native of junk, county
of about. t,M) population, In the cen
tral part of Finland, Is In this city.
He hd to fly from his borne to avoid
exile to Siberia by the Russian govern
ment, who took exceptions to soma ad
vice he extended' to his countrymen not
to volunteer for army examinations at
the recruiting ; stations of the Czar
K.irjailulnorj wa in America some
years- ago and tok out full citlsenshlp
puiwrs. He returned to Finland some
months ago, Intending to take up Ms
residence there permanently. By the
aid of his American passport he man-
4cd u effsct his escape In time to pre
vent hi arrest by Russian officials.
He tells of trouble his nation, has with
the' l:ul-in who are trying to break
the Finnish religion by forcing the
yaung men Into the army of the Em-1 ? her! ."? W.W .Pb.
41. ,aAW be found1.'- -
plre.
den by the Csur, who Js determined to
break up the Finnish Individually and
abolish the last trace of home ru'e,
even the languge having been forbid
den to be tauglit In theV-hoots.
WILL, CONTEST FOR MILLIONS.
Victim Of Alcohol Left His Family
Without A Dollar.
Seattle, July J. Edna WaJlacV Hop
per nrrlved here Uist night witli her
attorney, Judge E P. Coyne, of JNew
fork. They are on their way to Vic
toria. B. C, where Miss Hopper's suit
against James Dunsmulr, ex-premier
of British Columbia, Is to be heard next
Tuesday. She is bringing action to
have the will of her stepfather, Alex
ander Dunsmulr,, set aside . on the
grounds of undue Influence and Incom
petency, He left a fortune of $3,000,000 j
to his brother, James Dunsmulr and
died shortly aft erwwrds of alcoholic
dementia. The will cut oft Mrs. Duns
mulr, Miss Hopper's mother, without a
dollar. .-
WARNING FOR NOISE FIENDS.
Lockjaw In Children From Use Of
. Blank Cartridges.
New York, July J. The bacteriolo
gist of the Newark, N. J.. Board of
Health, has Announced the discovery
of tetanus germs in blank qartr dges.
Heretofore It was generally believed
that the many cases of lockjaw follow
ing fourth of July accidents was dtje to
dirt on the hands of the victims at the
time they received their wounds. It
was not suspected that fatal germs
were In the cartrldaea. Several differ
ent nvakes were used In the tests. Ef
forts will be made to clwck the sales of
blank cartridges today and tomorrow
in the hopes of lessen ng the usual num
ber of deaths anion: children from
lockjaw.
SIX MONTHS FOR ASSAULT.'
Onlnlon of Judge Blair on the Rights
of Laborers.
New York. July S. William J.
Sweeney, a striker who assaulted a non
union workman .recently In the Hud
son river tunnel, "has been sentenced to
six months In the penitentiary. Re
garding labor unions, Judge Blair said.
In pasHlng sentence: "If you stood
alone In this matter the court might be
Inclined to leniency, but you represent
a body of men w ho consider themselves
abovg the lnw. Every man has a right
to sell his labor for what he pleases and j
should not be interfered with In so do
ing. The question of wages Is one be
tween the employer and employed and
cannot be dictated by any body of men.
The right to labor must be secured as
guaranteed by law.""
HOT IN CHICAGO.
MfTny Prostrated A A Result,
The Death List Growing.
And I
Chicago July 3. Heat claimed many
Victims yesterday and while the death
list was not so large as on Wednesday,
the prostrations Increased, and lnjwo
cases temporary mental derangement
was the direct result. Two deaths and
nine nrostratlons were reported. The
temperature reached 0 degrees.
SAN FRANCISCO MAN VICTORIOUS
Vancouver. B. C. July S. Louis
Long, of San Francisco, put out Caesar
Attell. of the Bame place, In the 12th
round of what was to have b&n a 20-
round go, lust evening. The fight was
fast and furious, but from the seventh
round Long beat his man down.
CONDITION
DESPERATE
Mine Disaster Leaves Many In
Destitute And Helpless
Condition.
SOME HAVE LOST THEIR ALL
Families With Bread Winner
Gone AIiiNt Itely Upon Pub.
; He Assistance. .
nanna, wro., jury -1. tm gangs
working In the slope of wrecked mine
No. 1 made good progress today, and
cars are running to the 12th level. At
the present rate of progress "cars will
be running to the bottom of the level.
6200 feet In, by tomorrow night. Be
yona the 5200-foot dip, a long incline
The wal!ing-fn of the fire in the 17th
entry Is proceeding rapidly, and bo
more trouble from that source Is antic
ipate. No one not actively engaged In
the mine Is permitted to approach with
in 200 yards of the siope.
Great destitution prevails among the
families of the 235 men ho lost their
lives in the dire mine disaster Tuesday
Those wlio lost their sola support num
ber hundreds. The charitable people
of Wyoming, Colorado, and other west
esn states are urged to send liberal
assistance to the mayor of Hanna, with
out delay. '"" '' .. ,r'v
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INGENIOUS MOSQUITO EXTERMI-
. NATORS. '
Scientists Will Now Charm Them With
I Music.
'Boston July J.rThe Brooklyn' board
of health, which Is systematically ex
terminating mosquitoes by means of
kerosene oil. Is now about to take up
a suggestion calling attention to a new
process of lessening evlj by means of
musical sounds. ", The discoverer of the
new process says: -It has been found,
that practical application has been ef- j
fected by raising to a great number of j
vibrations per second the i particular
note to which the mosquito is most sen
sitively attuned. This intensified note
produced by sudden electrical Impulse
upon a musical Instrument causes
every motqulto near to plunge head
ing to the Instrument and die.
TEXAS FLOOD SITUATION.
Water Still Rising And Much Damage
" . Anticipated ' ''
Gainsville, Texas, July S. At J:30,
A. M., the flood situation is growing
desperate. The water Is rising 'very
rapidly and the report Is received that
a still greater flood is coming down
from the direction of St. Joseph. The
cries of terror stricken people are heard
In every direction. All around the de
pot and along the main street of the
town the water is so deep that even
horses are compiled to swim. It is re
ported that a Santa Fe passenger
train has been ditched three miles out
on account of washed out tracks and
it Is feared that many lives have been j
lost. A relief train has been sent out. j
BIG BRIBES OFFERED GOVERNOR
Bat Propositions To Sell Out Were Re-
, Fused By Stephens.
St. Louis, Mo., July 3. Evidence
gathered by Circuit Attorney Folk dis
closed today that while governor, Lon
V.Stephens was offered $100,000 wxrth
of stock if he signed a bill legalizing
the consideration of St. Louis street
railways, and 120,000 more if he would
appoint James J. But tier excise com
missioner of St. Louis. The former
governor declared that both propo
sitions were refused.
LET QUT FOR LAX METHODS.
Auditor Petty Removed And Offered
Smaller Position.
Washington, July S. The board of
commissioners of the District of Colum
bia, today notified James T. Petty, aud
itor, that he can no longer serve In that
office, as a result of the negligent
methods which made possible a defal
cation of $73,000 by Jas. M. A. Watson
one of his'trusted clerks. The commi
sioners have ofered Petty a place, on
the board of personal tax appraisers
long to fhe Instrument and die." ,
SNOW AND COLD RAIN.
Cheyenne. July, 3. Snow fell here to
day tor several minutes and vegeta
tion has been given a backset.. Cold
rain has been falling tor 24 hours.
FROM DALLAS,
Dallas, Texas," July S. 2:39, A. M.
A telephone message from Gainsville
says that fhe engeneer, fireman and ex
press messenger on the wrecked Santa
Fe train are reported missing. & fur
no deaths are reported ht Gainsville.
THE EPPINGER3 RETICENT.
Failed After ; Borrowing Money
Grain Which Did Not Exist.
On
Sun Francisco, July Jacog and Her
man Epirfnger and Bernard Ettllnger
obeyed the summons of the grand jury
to appear before It today, making their
first appearance In public since the fail
tire of the firm of Epplnger A Co.. of
which they were members. They prov
ed bad witnesses on the stand and la
variaply refused to answer questions
on the grounds of defective memory or
that it would tend to Incriminate them.
Nothing in the way of throwing any
light upon the operations of the defunct
firm was obtained from, either on or
another of them.. The proofs were pre
sented during the session that the firm
hAd borrowed money from the Inter
national Banking company on grain al
leged to be In warehouses, whlc1, as a
matter of fact, was not there... The
grand jury will take up the Investiga
tion again on Wednesday next. .
FOUR MONTHS ALONE.
After Watching On Stranded Courtney
, Ford For Four Months, Wm.
Ode Dies.
San Francisco, July 3. The fate Of
William Ode, a sailor who was left be
hind as watchman on the wreck of the
schooner Courtney Ford, which ran
a3hore on tzenbeck Island, Alaska on
September C 1502, Is told with dramatic
realism in the log 'kept by the unfor
tunate man. which has just " reached
here. It was found beside his dead
body by revenue cutter officers and
covered a period of four months. from
October 4. 1S02, down to the following
February When ii pencil faintly traced
opposite the entries of February i and
i are the-words: "Deatte at last. Four
months alone, y
He has set down the happenings of
that 'quarter-: year, giving a complete
ralendar of events, all leading to the
end the extinguishing of William Ode,
sailor. when the Courtney Ford was
wrecked the captain and surviving
members of the crew were picked ui
and landed at Seattle, leaving Ode be
hind until relief was sent to him. . This
only happened a few days ago when the
schooner Carrie and Annie, with wreck,
ing apparatus on board, left for Izien-
fcek, too late, however, to be of sen-Ice
to the sailor who had watched hi vain
for her; . ... ..
PLAGUE IN IQUIQUE.
Burbonlc Plague And Smallpox Caus
ing Much Alarm
New York, July S. The governor of
I quique declared Wednesday that dur
Ing thelast 24 fcours there had been
eight new cases of bubonic plague,
three of which have been fatal, says
a .-Herald dispatch, from Valparaiso.
Owing, perhaps to the mild character
of the disease, the inhabitants doubt Its
existanee. The spread of smallpox In
Anofagasra Is causing alarm. School
teachers
have requested authority to
closethe schools to prevent further con
tagion, The sanatary board of Val
paraiso have decided rhut there Is no
reason whatever for believing that the
plague Is In this part. ..
Your Money Slipping' Away.
Better Invest It
In Our ,
Fine Furniture
We can save
Money For You
Call and seejonr new
Bed Room Sets,
Mattresses Couches,
Carpets, Linolitims,
And Everything For The House.
ROBINSON'S FURNITURE
CZAR ALONE
AUST DECIDE
Foreign Office Hopes He Wj!J Not
Accept Petition From The
United States. .
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ALEXANDER SET PRECEDENT
Hope Ia Expressed That ThU
V Government Will Not Invito
f 8lllit From linssla,
St. Petersburg July J, President
Roosevelt's dicislon to forward to th
Russian government the petition In be
half of the Russian Jews Is not publish
ed here.-1 The foreign Office has mads
the following statements ; ,W i
"The cxar alone can decide whether
the petition will be received, but Alex
ander III would never have received
such a petition; Te petition from the
Guild Hall meeting, called by Lord
Mayor in London in 18S9, was returned
through the forelfB office as being In
convenient. .The foreign office hope
the Americans wilt not invite such a
slight. They would resent an antl
lynhin'g petition. The foreign office
has no special interest In the question
extept they desire that International re
lations remain undisturbed, since the
matter belongs to another ministerial
department."
St. ' Petersburg, July I. In an 'arti
cle which in official clrcjes Is declared
to be inspired, the Novoe Vremya com
bats the claim of the United States -government
that Russia should "grant
American Jews free access to Russian
territory." The Novoe Vremya declar
es that if all American citizens were ad
mltted to Russia, "it would not be long
before thousands of Jews who' have
left Russia for various reasons would
refluck to Russia in the guise of Am
erican eitisens, just as they are doing
in Roumania, Bulgaria and Turkey. If
Russia acceded to the United States'
Sah. she could not refuse ' to grant
something to the other countries, and
w.uld'soon undergo a perfect invasion
of foreign Jews."
CRAZED BY ELECTRIC SHOCK.
Conductor Stepped On Third Rail And
Became Instantly Insane.
New York, July 3. Shock from the
third rail of a Brooklyn elevated line
has deprived Conductor Satchel of his
reason'. When he stepped on the rail
be was thrown into the air. Half ft
dozen fellow workers rushed to the res
cue. Satchel sprang to his feet and at
tacked them. , He was restrained with
some difficulty and It was found neces
sary to give him ether before he could
be taken to the hospital. vThe surgeon
could not find a single burn or mark on
Satchel's body, although he received
the full power from the rall (They
think he will recovet his reason in a
few days. , " , .
CONGRATULATES ROOSEVELT .
American Rabbis Are Pleased That
Their Petition Is Forarded.
Detroit, July 3. The conference of
American Rabbis today ordered a tele
gram sent to President Roosevelt con
gratulating him on his decision to for- '
ward the resolutions of the Society of
B'nai B'rith to the czar and thanking
him for it. ' -.