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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1903)
VOLUME LVI. ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, Jl'LY 21, 1903. ; ' NUMBER 173. Just Received Nobbiest Suits In Astoria Largest, Newest and Best Se lected StocK Full Value With Every Pur chase Lowest Price Consistent With Honest Values P. A. STOKES SNOWFALL The Best On Earth & SEE & FISHER BROTHERS NEW HAMMOCKS Large assortment of unusually hand some goods just received. 75 cents N . G IT GOODS. BOOTS . Best lines in the city for the money ' GROCERIES Prompt delivery of Freshest Fruits, Vegetables, Prepared Foods Cured Meats, Flour, Feed, etc. ' Cor Eleventh and Bond V H rARtJCV ave f u Our Embroidery Window? Grand values at 10c mi 12c a yard Tomorrow and all next week wp will have with us the representative of one of the largest manu facturers of hair goods. . Beautiful switches and pompadours will be shown in great variety. Yon will be equally welcome to the dcanon stration whether you buy or come only to see them THE B EE fi I VE to $5.00. R I F F I N. The Old Way WAS GOOD BN'OUUH. as long as there was no better, but now it's possible to have modern things --the sort of conveniences which In crease enjoyment and personal comfort Let us tit up your bathroom properly. You'll Ilka the way wt do the work. W.J.SCULLEY 470-472 Commercial. Phone Black 2243 J ill VV1 HE i PO PI f After Lingering Near Death's Door for Two Weeks Pontiff Sommoned To His Final Rest End Was Calm, Serene, Grand, stowed Upon Devoted Churchmen Who Knelt By the Bed of Death Iv, Father J. Water, piutnwif AMorlu, ha penned the following tribute to the dead pontiff. Father Wat tern states thut upon receipt of officllul notification of the dewtb of Pop 1 .(), special jira yen and service will be Mild in the AHtorla church: Leo XIII Ik no more!.' After q quarter century reign-the longest In the list f kj'?h after a most remarkable struggl with the grim destroyer, the lra nl "Id Man of the Vatican ha succumbed. On the morning of Febnuiry .'0, ltCs, when Joachim, t'nrdlnal Pecc I had received more than the two ihlrd vote reyulred and waa proclaimed pope. Cardinal Ferrieri. who had 'op iw. the nomination of Leo, exclaimed: "This is not an election but a di ivne li)K.rutlon." When we glance tittle through that long, marvelous reign and weigh the momentous topics dealt with and the undeniable result iichlcv-vl. we find it difficult to call 'ui.lliihl Ferrler's declaration. Dark intend to the throne of Peter, owing ttut with a skill unsurpassed In a tatesmanshlp, he surmounted every ilmlucle and directed the church onwa-d to the great success which she has "ttninel during the past ' years. The lire of Leo XHI has been an insptra lon to mankind. Ills charity, meekness, candor, tenderness, sollicttude for h'ininnkind touched a responsive chord throughout the world. lie was u iiinu burn for preeminence; his Intellectual, executive, and spiritual qual ftVatluna were of the first order; his far-reaching encyclicals, on the great Imt-nlng questions of the age, social, "f his gnlus. """ s I cannot close without calling attention to Leo's great love, admiration and Interest In this country and her In truth, all the world nyiy rise up and hi soul. Ktutic, July 20. Pope Leo XIII is dead. The last flicker of li expired at four imputes past 4 o'clock this afternoon and the ponti now lies at rest. The period of in the shadow of death was no splendid battle against the disease was watched the world over with sympathetic admiration and ended after tremendous efforts to conquer the weakness ol' his aged frame Plenro pneumonia, with which scarcely as responsible for his which ensues upon 03 years of life. so often before human ills, was bound to break at last. Tonight the emaciated and lifeless frame lies on a bed,in the Vati can. A red daiuak coverlet rests let capo is about the shoulders, while on his head has been placed the pnpal hood of velvet bordered with Dounu about -ins ciun ana in tne thousands has been placed the crucifix. So the pope will remain, nit til tomorrow, watched by uniformed rough clad Franciscan penitents, who will keep a ceaseless vigi until the, burial ceremonies. Tomorrow the Sacred college of cardi nals will assemble for the official duty of pronouncing the pope dead After this sad function has been performed the. body will be taken to the small throne room adjoining the embalmed. llio mnerai ceremonies win extend over nine days, the remains being removed to St. Peters, where mate resting place of tho dead pontiff ica of the St. John Lateran. His was no easy death. 1 he hour Lapponi and his devoted valet, Bio " l lie pain i suiier is inoBt lernuie. not of tho physical anguish he suffered, but were whispered benedic tiona npon the cardinals and his nephews, who' knelt at the bedside. and tho last iook oi ins almost sigiitless eyes was toward the trreat ivory crucifix standing m tne cieatn dinals now in Homo, knoeling at the bedside, watched the passage of his soul. E-ii'lier in tho day, Cardinal Lerafin Van Nntelli. had . im pressively pronounced absolution in liove him, Dr. Mazzoui suggested Lapponi did not agree, fearing the supreme moment, Dr. Lapponi gives minute description. lie said: "Death occurred through exhaustion, although iii the last two hours l ope Leo made a supreme effort to gather together all his energies. He succeeded in recognizing those about him by the sound of their voices, as his eight mado a marvelous display of his grand. It was resigned, calm, and candle to ins moutn mree times, according to traditional ceremony, nnrl aftm-wai'd declared the 'DOTH) to be no nmro. T tlifin wont-, tn n. form Cardinal Urcgalia, dean or the assumed lull power. Meantime events or momentous dom were occurring. Ihe death preme power into tho hands of the SacVed College of cardinals as its temporary custodian -during the interregnum. - Perfect administrative machinery of the church provided against the slightest interruption of government authority. ' As sonor member of the Sacred Collego, Car dinal Oreglia, to whom tho pope today solemnly confided the interests of the church, has now become exponent of tho cardinals until Pope Leo's successor has been elected. This has brought forth Cardinal Oreglia as the striking personality of the hour!, ... t i i " " " IS NO MORE His Last Words Being Blessings Be Ht. Mary's Roman Catholic Church In In question the literal correctness of and trying was the outlook when Leo to the attitude of European power religious, and political, are monument! solutions. In this Instance Jn very say, "This was a man." May God rest . . over two weeks that Pope Leo passed less wonderful Jtlian kirlife. II by the marvelous power of his mind his holiness had been suffering, was death as the inevitable decay of tissue The tested steel which had bent over the body. A cardinal's scar ermine. A silk handkerchief lianas that nave oiessea so many officers of the Noble Guard and death chamber, where it will be , . ' they will lie in 6tate. The ulti will be in the magnificent basi v before he died, turning to Dr. Qentrarhe murinered: ". letins parting words were chamber. lYactically all the car articulo mortis. Wishing to re morphine be administered, bat Dr, end niieht be Quickened, Of this was almost entirely lost. Still, he energy and ven death was really serene. I approached alighted bacred College who immediately importance to Catholio Christen of the pope meant passing of sup- XTTTTir JJL JLL jLL Pool Room Not In Great Favor Council Votes Down Ordinance to Repeal License on Tables Routine Business The city council last night, dealt a My blow to ihe ordinance to repeal the license fee on pool tables. Bums, Hansen lui ru. .Wi voting in favor of its passage,- and Lelnenweber, Mor ton, Nordstrom and Wright lining up against It. In the discussion thet pre ceded the walloping Chief of Police Hallix-k was prodded for not using more dicretlon and less partiality in the performance of his duty. Burns euld that the license fee on pool tables Is an Imposition on the owners inas much as there are not enough devot ees of the game in the city to make he tables pay, and he Inferred that only a few of the operators are compelled to contribute to ;he coffers of the city for the privlledge of running the tables In connection with their business. He h1o hinted that It Is possible to get something that they make In the moun tains of Kentucky "not very far from here" and he said that he had never heard of that Institution paying for the privilege. The same Institution also owned pool tables, too, he said. Hansen said that if the councilman knew of places where pool tables are running and not paying license It was his duty to see that such licenses are collected. . "If the chief of police won' collect them I suggest that we take steps to have them collected, and necessary, to cut his salary oft until he does collect them." This waa the sub stance of the remarks of the gentle man from the First ward and Leinen weber backed him up with an emphat Ic approval. Then they nailed the or dinance. Property owners on Franklin avenue between Eighth and Ninth streets pe titioned the council to improve that thoroughfare with macadam instead of nlankuiir. and Mrs. Matilda A. Beren- tics also petitioned for the privilege of putting in a cement sidewalk and curb on Ninth street, and to be exempt from payng for that porton of the Improve' ment. Dr. J. A. Fulton and A. V. Allen also petitioned for a similar prlvllige In front of their property on Frank lin avenue between 11th and 12th streets. The petitions were referred to the proper committee. City Surveyor Alfred S. Tee report ing on the mst practical gmde for the improvement of Ninth street between Fimnklin and Irving recommended that the grade of Ninth street be es tablished with the certain avenues tne grades of which are already .establish ed. He also lecommended that Nlntn avenue be not Included In any contem plated Improvement owing to the steep grade, but that the blocK between Jrvlng and 'Jerome be Includ ed for the utilising of the excess of ex cavations from tne portion or tne street between Harrison and Irving av enues. Reporting on the resolution to ascer tain the most practical manner of Im proving Franklin avenue. City Survey or Tee in a communication stated tmit the ordinance passed in June 1891 is signed by Is iac Bergman, president of the council and is an Illegally estab lished grade, which would have to De re-established prior to any Improve ment on the street. The ordinance providing for the con veyance to Cushing Post, No. 14. G.A. of lots in Ocean View cemetery was passed on a suspension of the rules. An ordinance waa passed providing for the payment of U.OOO for i,000 feet of hose recently purchased for the fire department. New ordinances were Introduced as follows: Accepting improvement of th street from Bond to Astor; Bond street from Ninth to 14th; commer cial froml'th o 20th streets. Estab lishing grades on Exchange street from 14th to 17th street. ' Confirming the assessment rolls for Fourth street, from Bond to Astor; Eleventh street drain; Seventh street, Bond to Duane;? Uth street from Je nnm tj Jfutgva avenue. Iti-solutlons" wer Introduced as fol lows: To establish the grade of Ntnth rtrert from Franklin to Jerome; . to equalize the assessment rolls of the fol lowing districts: Fifth street, from Commercial to Astor; 14th street, Com mercial to Bond, and (1st street east. The board of equalization will meet on August 1. at I o'clock, to pass on these matters.. " . .--'," . ' : I Owing to the hcAvy amount of street work on hand, the council- adjourned to meet again next Monday night. ROUTINE BUSINESS. The following claims were ordered paid:,, ' ' . ,. Olaf Peterson, $M; Mrs. H. H. Shea board of county prisoners, $19.4; Cutta Percha and Rubber Manutactur Ing Co., $1000; , Andreir Asp, $12.10; Prael & Cook Transfer Co., 50c; Schol- fleld It Hunke, $8.20; Uppertown Trans fer Co., $7.25; Eagle Drug Store, $4.35; John H. Clay, J34.55; W, Fredrkkson, $S; Astoria Electric Co- $8; Fisher Bros., $10.50; A. G. ling, $3fi; J. Han son, $4.R; Holmes ft Slebert $18.75; Reliance Electric works, $3.80; B. F. Allen, $4.60, Clatsop Mill Co., $6.70; Prael & Cook Transfer Co., $35.01; J. C Clinton, $22. CO; Sherman ' Transfer Co., $5; Uppertown Transfer Co., $2; board of assessors, $40; Foard ft Stokes Co., $6.40; board of street assessors, $20; J, C. Clinton. $4.58; board of St. assessors, $20; J. C. Clinton, $2.50; Ast. Box Co., $23.76; .airev Asp, $5.25; Holmes & Slbert. $11.50. Liquor licenses were granted to R. L Jeffry. Bond street; John Harry. Eagle saloon; John Stephenson. Horseshoe. Ten Years For Smith and Lane Judge McBride Imposes Maximum Penalty on PerjurersMotion for New Trial Overruled , Ten yars Imprisonment In the state penitentiary, themaximum penalty un der the statute for the crime of per jury, was Imposed on Josiah S. Smith and Charles B. Lane by Judge McBride yesterday afternoon. Attorneys VT. J. Donovan and George Noland filed a motion for a lew trial and arrest of judgment In behalf of Smith, which were overruled. The court aUowed them 90 days In wjiich to prepare and present a bill of exceptions. In passing sentence'judge McBride characterUed the offense of the defend' ants as the highest degree of perjury and said that he could not find a single exienuaiing curcumstance that sug gested any reason why tie should not impose the severest penalty permls slble under the law;. ' Attorney W. J. Donovan made an elo quent plea to the court On behalf of Smith. He reviewed the previous good character borne by his client for a period of 50 years In Contra Costa county. Cat, and said that the superior Judge and sheriff of that county had ex pressed a willingness to subscribe their names to depositions testifying to Ms good reputation In the community. He told of misfortunes that ' Smith had borne duriug the past few years, which included that loss of his farm and Im provements through some technical Haw in the land laws of the United 01 Camp Furniture Cots, Stools, Stoves, Cheap RIatresses and Every thini for .the Seaside... See Our New line Of ioomSuites led Elegant Iron Beds Handsome Tables and Chairs Prices guaranteed the lowest Robinson's Furniture Store CONTRACTOR : DROPS DEAD N. S. Johnson of Portland Dies Suddenly on the Street at Seaside. HIS FAMILY IN THIS CITY Defeated Waa at Coast for Pur pose of Building Cottage- Coroner Summoned. v A telephone message from Seaside last evening announced the sudden death on the -rtreet of N. S. Johnson, a Portland contractor, who had gone to the coast for the purpose of bulldlnf a cottage. Mr. Johnson had not been well for the past few days, but yester day morning was feeling better and the members of his family, who cams down from Portland with him, left Sea side for the purpose of going to Long beach, after wMch they Intended to re turn to their home in Portland. Mrs. Johnson and bet son and daughter stopped at the Parker house and were making preparations to leave for the north shore when the sad news reaclw ed them. They returned to Seaside on " the evening train. ' The death- of Mr. Johnson occurred ft on the street in front of the Johansen More. He was seen to fall, his face striking- heavily on the sidewalk. When assistance arrived he was found ' to be dead, i Coroner Pohl was notified. He went down In the evening and is expected to return today with the body, which, will be taken to Portland for burial. States. This farm represented the toil of 30 years, at the end of w hlch he was dragged Into an endless chain of . litigation tnvolvne the title of the olace and which waa not settled until the highest cour In the United States had passed upon it Then his wife became sick, and Is today suffering from the effects of a fatal disease. Mr. Donovan pleaded for a lighter sentence than was Imposed on Lane. ' The court stated that he could not differentiate between the two crimes. Smith, he pointed out, was not an ig-. norant man. He knew the law and un- : derstood the seriousness of his crime. Despite this, however, he came to As toria to fabricate the cast for the pur pose of obtaining money by such fabrication, and he did the same thing in other cities. Continuing, the court said: . "My mind Instinctively goes back to ' the transaction With Mrs. Hinton, In which these men forced her to give them a note for $300. This was a poor woman, yet Bock told her a story, as crocodile tears ran down his face, of , having received painful Injuries by fal ling on the sidewalk In front of her pioperty. There is nothing In the case that appeals to my sympathies for the men, and I must Impose a sentence of . 10 years in the penitentiary on Joslab S. Smith.'; The motion for a hew trial was based on the following grounds: 1. Insufficiency of the evidence to justify the verdict, and the said ver dict is against the law. 2. Error In law occurlng at the trial (Continued on fourth page.)