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Books p3TIO'f ianBucuHUTisssainai bo liabu ' y 0 suc.h off' 6' -'." VOLUME LV17 ASTORIA, OREGON. THURSDAY,.. J I'LY 30, 1903. NUMBER 181. More Than Price MORE THAN SCORE PEOPLE CRUSHED BY . PRAY FOR REST OF POPE AND MONARCH ' . BLOWN TO ETERNITY Ay 1903 EARTH SLIDE Ran When Warned But are Caught f I, a IfVMWMMf We make it our business to attend to these features for you. You get correct clothes and pay'only an honest price P. A. STOKES WHIPS ' AT FISHER BROTHERS NEW HAMMOCKS Large assortment of unusually hand some goods just received. 75 cents to $500. J.N. G R I F F I N. ji :fBk,'ii: in m rz;m urn K it -vW.J. DRY GOODS, BOOTS ANU SHOES Beet lines in the city for the money GROCERIES Prompt delivery of Freshest Fruits, Vegetables, Prepared Foods Cared Meats, Flour, Feed, etc. , Cor. Eleventh and Bond y f, COFFEY The demonstrators of the Fin de Steele Comb will be here the rest of this week. We have a Big Line of Men's and Boys' Sweaters Boys' Cotton Sweaters . . . , ,, 35c Wool Sweaters . . .... 95c and $1.00 Men's Sweaters, plain and fancy 95c to $3.00 Fall lines of Ladies' and Children's Shoes now coming in. Have you seen our Fancy Hosiery Window? THE' BEE ''HI VE'.- Insilectirg clothing the style, quality, design and tailoring are of more im portance than the price, for if they are cot correct . ..... you don't want the gar ment at any price. Plumbing Troubles Imperfect plumbing makes real trouble It you have an imperfect job, better fix it. We'll Miiil-n If pinlit fur vnn s repair or new work we respond promptly, ao it wen ana get your approval with our pay. ' SCULLEY 470471 Commercial Phons Black 2243 Powder Magazines of Cartridge Company Explodes, Dealing Death and Destruction For Miles Works Situated In Midst of Humble Awful Devastation Results Thunder of Shod Heard Fifty Miles Away Lowell, Mom., July W. Two small powder magazlni belonging to the United Plate Cartridge Company, sit uated In th very midst of bumble res I1 nee of ISO mill operative, exploded today ith frightful concussion and the resultant wave of death cut off the Uvea, of more than a acore of human being and Injured nearly 60 others.'---' Half a dozen men loading keg of powder were blown to pieces;, four boys, too yards away.were killed and 14 frame houses within a radius of 400 yard were demolished. Seven of these houses Immedlatly caught lire, probab ly from kitchen atoves, and were con sumed, ' At least three persons were caught In the ruins and were burned to death, while seven or eight others who were rescued died of their Injur PRESIDENT PARDONS FILIPINO Washington, July 29. President Roosevelt ha pardoned Emllllo Valta nier, a prominent Filipino who In De cember, 1900, was sentenced to be hang ed for murder. The sentence was af terwards commuted to ten years Im CREW'S CLOSE CALL . UNUSUAL EXPLOSION ON BOARD SHIP SENDS MEN SCRAMBLING FOR DOCK3. New York, July St. Twenty men composing the crew of the tramp schoonerEstry, have had a narrow' es cape from death. Rushing from a burst of flumes caused by an explos ion of sulphuric acid In the hold of the ship which was moored to the Erie ba U, the men made their way up black, smoke ' filled hatchways, and half smothered plunged Into the- water. It Is asserted that the explosion disclots edthe fact that for a week Utters had been burning within the harbor a mine of flame that constituted a source of the utmosx danger to much property ashore and afloat In New York Bay. The generation of Inflammable gas which started hundreds of miles out at sea two weeks ago and with wflrfch the captain and his crew bad fought in vain, was permitted to go on, It is alleged, because there was not suffici ent pumping power on the craft to quench its formation. Peep down in the bold, which was stored with Iron' pyrites, a mineral which generates gas under sufficient heat, wus a miniature volcano. Early today there, was a sudden- roar on board the ship and a cloud of smoke and dust poured from the hold. The crew scrambled to the decks and plung ed overboard. They reached the docks safely and a fire tug that was hastily summoned, (owed the vessel Into the stream where she was thoroughly sat urated with water. The loss Is not known. CAR WHEEL COMPANIES MERGE. New York, July 29, The proposed merger of the car wheel companies Is nesting completion, according to a despatch from Rochester, where ap praisement committees are at work. Ten companies will be taken Into the consolidation including plants In Buf falo, Wilmington, Baltimore, Boston and several Western cities. Saving In freight charges, through the division of territory is said to be one of the chief objects vo be attained. INTERRED BY CHARITY New York, July 29. The body of fiertha Qultner, one of the victims of the Morton House tragedy, has been Interred by the Hebrew Charity Organ isation Society. The husband of the dead woman said he had no funds to pay for ths Interment of his wife, ., : Homes of Employes and There Urn. Seventy separate pieces of prop erty were destroyed. The force of the explosion wrecked window Ave or sis miles around and its thunder could be heard distinctly more than SO miles away.. A number of men went to the mags sine to fix the floor and it was discov ered that a can of nitroglycerine In the magazine was leaking. Goodwin pick ed up what he thought was a Jug of water and began pouring It onto the nitroglyberine wltb the idea of diluting It and washing it up. As soon as the fluid from the jug struck the floor, he found that it was nitric acid. The floor begun to smoke and when the men 8t v It they rushed from the building but had not gone 10 feet when the ex plosion occurred. . " prisonment. Vallamer was a mem ber of the Insurgent band . which cap tured Marcelo Gadung, a native cor pftral of police who acted as spy for the American navy and shot him. The par don was granted on the grounds that Valllmer's offense was political. NONUNION MINE WRECKED, OFFICERS FIRE UPON TWO MEN WHO ARE SEEN TO RUN FROM SCENE. Idaho Springs, Colo., July 29. An ex plosion at the Sun and Moon mine, lo cated three miles from this city, wreck ed the transformer jbouf.., e -t fire to the oil In the transformers, and threat ened the destruction of the main shaft, house. The latest Information from the scrne Is that the fire His been placed under control. . From the meager details of the af fair at hand, tt Is learned that the watchman at the mine, aroused by the explosion, rushed out In time to observe two men running away from the trans former building. He fired at them sev eral time and later a man was fond ly lng nearby. He was taken in charge and the company physician sent for. Under-Sherlff Charles Peck of George town and a posse have ' gone to the scene to make an investigation and pro tect the Sun and Moon property, if it la found necessary. The Sun and Moon was the first mine affected by the strike which was declared last Febru ary, After four months of Idleness the mine1 resumed operations In June with ncn- union men. Manager Sims of the Sun and Moon declares that no explo sive of any kind was ever kept in or near the transformer building. As near ns can be learned the building was wrecked by a heavy charge of dyna mite. GARMENTS JUMP IN PRICE Chicago, July 29. The price of over. al$ Jumpers and other cotton garments for working' will be advanced sharply all over the United States, according to a statement made by T. A. White of Scranton, Pa., secretary of the Union Made Garment Makers associ ation, in convention here. The associ ation Includes nearly all the makes us ing the union label. "The advance will be noted and must be considered duo to the Increase In the price o fab rics," said Mr, White. "The union men buy most of our goods and will ob tain them even if the cost is greater." MILLIONS FROM KLONDIKE. , Ottawa, Ont., July 29 The managers of the Canadian Bank of Commerce und the Bank of British North Ameri ca report that up to the present date 0 banks have received from the Klondike since the opening of naviga tion $2i530000. They expect at least tt 000000 will bs taken out of the Klon dike before navigation closes. Beneath Weight That Leaves Them Dead THREE LOSE THEIR LIVES Bodies Are Taken Out Minute Later Hut All 8ign of Lire Eon ml to lie Extinct Seattle, July 29. Three men were in stantly killed tonight by a glide of earth In the southern end of the Great Northern tunnel.whlch is under con struction beneath the city of Seattle. As Frank Smith, American laborer, Joe Cailo and Francheakl. Vorgeske, two Italians, started to run at the warning of foreman Wm. Savage, a quantity of earth three yards in measurement,- fell, and they were crushed beneath It. Their bodies were taken out within a moment or two but the head of ea h had been crushed by the heavy . weight. TRIUMPH OF LAW AND ORDER PRESIDENT ROMAN A FELICITA TE8 ON CONDITIONS PREVAIL ING IN HIS COUNTRY New York, July 23. In his message to congress, which body has Just con vened, President Romana declares, ca bles the Lima, Peru, correspondent of the Herald, that the state of peace now prevalent, proclaims the : definite triumph of law and order In Peru, after a wave of political feeling which was never more threatening. 'In "view "of the decl irations recently made by Chile In Santiago, and Buenos Ayres, Peru is disposed, says the message, to re. new the negotiations for a settlement of the long standing boundary dispute. In reference to the financial affairs of the country the president declares both the income and expenditures were lets during the year than has been provid ed for in the budget and there Is a fav orable balance of more than J1000000. COLLEGE FOR WOMEI Ueneva, N. Y.t July v 29 William Smith, a millionaire nurseryman will, it is announced, found and endow a college for women to be known as the William Smith College for Women. The Institution will be on a site of 80 acres In one-of the most beautiful sec tions In the outskirts of the city. The plans call for one building to cost $150, 000. Mr, Smith has made large dona tions to public institutions and also maintains the Smith Observatory. CATHOLIC WrRITER DEAD. New York, July ;9. John A. Mooney LL. !., one of the best known and prominent literary men in the United States, is dead at Hurricane, inthe Ad Irondacks, where he was spending the summer. He was 63 years old and had been a constant contributor to the Cath ollc press and periodicals and to sever al foreign publications, as he wrote and spoke German, Italian and French fluently. Hla last work was a biog raphy of Archbishop Corrlgan. VESUVIUS LESS ACTIVE New York. July 29. The activity of Vesuvius, which recently became quite marked. Is now , diminishing, says a Herald dispatch from Naples. Explos ions are less frequent and the quantity of lava emitted is almost nil. ORTHODOX PILGRIMAGE. , St Petersburg, July 29, The cxar and csarlna left last night to join the great orthodox pilgrimage ti Tsarhoff, the province of Tamboff, where an ortho dox church Is to celebrate the canon ization of Hermit Prokhor Moshnln un der the name of Saint Seraphln. Some 200 bishops and clergy will participate in thai ceremonies." , WINDING SHEET AND UNIONS Trenton, N. J., July 29. Negotia tions between local unions lasting sev eral months have resulted in an official decision by the Central Labor union that the jurisdiction of barbers over their patrons continues even after death The question was raised by a complaint of the Barber's union that local under takers were allowing their employes to officiate as barbers.- "' " While Solemn Requiem Mass Is Sung for Repose of Leo's Soul Another Is i Celebrated for Humbert Anniversary of Death of Late Ruler Is Regularly Observed-Victor " Emmanuel and Margaret Place Wreaths Upon ' 1 Tomb of Assassinated King Rome, July 29. Rome this morning was ths scene of one of those dramat ic contrasts which are now so charac teristic of the Eternal City- While at the Vatican, in the Slstlne chapel, a solemn requiem mass was being Inton ed with all the solemnity of the Cath olic church for the repose of the soul of Pope Leo XIII, the spiritual monarch who claimed Rome as his capital, an other and no less solemn requiem mass was being celebrated in the magnifi cent Pantheon for the repose of the soul of the late King Humbert, the tern por&l monarch, the capital of whose kingdom was Rcme. King Victor Emmanuel III and hit mother. Dowager Queen Margaret, came here on purpose to attend the an nual mass which la celebrated on the anniversary of th assassination of King Humbert, which occurred three years ago, The King drove to the Pantheon, the well known red liveries of his coachmen and footmen arous ing mu.'h interest, and arrived there in time to .'neet Queen Margaret, who was dressed in deepest black, i After a ten-der-sembrace, mother and son entered the Pantheon, heard the mass and placed wreaths on the. tombs of King 5 R THOMAS RANKSAS ADMIRAL Atlantic Highlands, N. J., July 29.- On his way up New York harbor to day Sir Thomas Lipton was for the first time officially recognized as of equfil rank to an admiral. 'When the Erin WAKES FROM LONG SLEEP New York, July 29. After having been asleep for 14 days In a Long Branch, N. J., hospital, except for a slight Interval, C. K. Endicott Allen, a Harvard student, 1s showing signs of Improvement. Aiten'8 strange Sleep is supposed to have been in the nature of hysteria caused by overwork. The doctors believe he is now, on the road to recovery. WILL USE MOTOR CAR. Dublin, July 29. The royal yacht Victor and Albert, with King Edward and Queen Alexandria aboard, arrived at Killala bay today. - Tomorrow their majesties will travel by. motor car through the Connemauh country. Queen Alexandria has given the Earl of Dudley $2500 for the poor of Dublin. LAWLESS PERSONS ARRESTED. Danville, 111.", , July 29. Eleven ar rests were made- tonight for, partici pation in five lawless outbreaks Satur day night In an effort to lynch J. Wil son, a negro; The ' grand jury has been ordered to indict the leaders of the mob. . f Cots, StcsISp Elatrcsses and (Cam ...the Seaside. See Our New Line Of QUI IWIII Elegant Iron Beds Handsome Tables and Chairs Prices guaranteed the fewest toblnson'slFurniture Store - ...... Humbert and King Victor Emmannel II. The entrance and exit of their maj esties were witnessed by a large crowd ., At 11 o'clock the members of the rmm niclpallty of Rome, witto an exception of a few of their number, who a few days ago went to the Vatican to con dole wltb theCamerlingo on Pops Leo's death (as representatives of thecJerk aJ party of the city government), visited the I"antheon in a body and placed wreaths on the tombs of the two kings. .The second requiem mass in the Sis tine chapel was termed the foreign mass. Cardinal Kopp, bishop of Brest celebrated mass assisted by the foreign cardinals, GoOtens, Gruscha, and Per raud, and one Italian cardinal, DiPie tro. The beautiful chapel overflowed as it did yesterday with the faithful. The Vatican as a rule provide a carriage and horses for all the cardi nals, attd all the horses are alike, black and long tails, but the authorities were not prepared for so many cardinals and were obliged to jrlve the last ar rivals bay horses. ' From the estimates made the cot la the Holy See of the various ceremonies Vnrsk ika Aa,nU s1kA lk. 1... tiori of his successor, if "if takes place within a few days, will be $400,000. passed the New York City police boat patrol the latter ran the Shamrock. Strt Thomas' private flag, to ber forepeak and saluted Sir Thomas with 13 guns; the admiral's salute. NEGRESS IS BANK PRESIDENT COLORED WOMAN HAS CONFI DENCE OF PEOPLE IN STATE OF VIRGINIA ' ; Chicago. July 29. A dispatch to ttis Tribune from Richmond, Va.i says: , Maggie L. Walker, colored, enjoys ths distinction of being the first woman, white or colored, evsr elected president of a bank in this section,' She has' been chosen to bead the St, Luke's Penny Savings Bank,-which Is con ducted under the austlces of the order of St. Luke. The institution will open for business September 1, with J75,00b deposits. President Walker has been a teacher in the public schools here and enjoys the respect and confidence of both races, r OUT OF YELLOWSTONE. Butte, July 29. Governor Odell, of New York, and party returned from Velio vvstoiie park tqday. . IFurnitore Stoves. Cheap Everything fcr ...