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' Sre ASTORIA fOSUC IKBAM ISMIM.
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1873
VOLUME LVI..
ASTORIA, OREGON, MVHIWHtSDAY. El'TEM BER UL iK)X.
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1903
JJERB ar thr.t itjle. that wUl hit tb. fancy of thoM who know any
tblni at all about STYLISH TOGGERY. Th. Top Coat
U tha nry limit of "proparaeai" (if you will allow ui to cola a ntw word),
nd Mia other two will iLnd tha aama tipreulon. Ia the language of tha
connoisseur, thej
are ALL RIGHT
The Top Coat may
be worn by t h a
short, tall or medi
um man, but the
other iiylet are
made specially to
tat off the charai
of men who are
goodly U(d and
who know how
to carry "a wall
elotlitt." A abort
man In an English
walking frock
would not be very
edifying, although
he ia quite welcome
to call here and try
It on. Aa utual
.with all garmenta
made by Crouaa &
.Braodegee, Utica,
Hew York," theea
coatiare provided
with the CONCAVE SHOULDER and CLOSE-FITTUtO COLLAR, which hava
mch to do with the amart, well-buUt appeaxanca of thii famoua brand.
P. A, STOK E S
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... ""jy
POLICYOF
RUSSIANS
Hope to Cobble Up Bulgaria by
Assuming an Attitude
of Indifference.
PRISONERS AWFUL TORTURE
SitlJM.tMl to FrluhtfHl AirnliM
by Turks.ul Wnltlng
lor iftiiMi' from
I'tmrra.
Crou. Cm a icn4ma van. .
Pure Prepared Paint
-Sold Only By
POS
NEW HAMMOCKS
Large assortment of unusually hand
some goods just received.
75 cents to $5.00.
N . GRIFFI
N.
London. Sept. 15. -The Ht. Peters
burg correspondent of the Dtniv Tel
egraph claim to have the highest
authority for saying that RumIi'i Bat.
kun policy le to laotate Uulgarla by re
fusing to atop the Macedonian masa-
cr and Inducing the power to remain
Inactive. Then, when Turkey has de
feated Bulgaria, Russia will Insist on
sk-pping m and occupying Bulgaria
under the pretext of protecting her,
Thus, Bulgaria, vould become Russia's
VftKAnl.
The correspondent of the Dully Mull
Mt Mona'allr my that the underground
cells In the prison thr ore, used for
political prisoners. They are no low
thut tht prisoners cannot e von sit. they
must ll down.
Water ia poured inio the cell at
nlKht by the soldiers, who probe the
prlwitwra with their bayonet to pre
vent them from sleeping.
Food 1 withheld for three days to.
(tetner, ant the air passage are stop
and other torture indicted In order
to force the prliMncrs Into confessions
of complicity with the revolution!!.
Many have died under this treatment,
BULGARIA lis WAITING.
Sofia, Sept 15. No Imixirtant step la
likely to be Utken at the present criti
cal juncture, pending the return to the
capital of Prince Ferdinand and a re
ply with the power or some Intima
tion front' them In response to Bulga
rln'e not.
In official quarter It la dated that
the only etep actually decided upon ia
the summoning to colors of the flint
three divisions, which will be chiefly
employed In strengthening the troops
along the frontier. It Is expected a
week will aufflce to enable the ministry
to Judge the extent to which the final
nppeul to the power is likely to prove
successful.
eiilcrprlM lire V. C. and M. K. Iette,
of, t hkiiKo, nd Cleorge Ttundy,
Urand HuplilH, Mich,
It In claimed tba combination will in
elude mor than ?5 per cent of tb prom
meot tmio wholiKKle firme. rile ,,r0.
motera uy tttfty win amn meet wllh th
I tut hinii whole;ik grocer. whe tok
htm 1hii optioned, and merge from 16 to
groc ery companU . Illinol will then
b cntt r.fd and later New York. Kvent
ualiy It 1m planned that the bit; compa
Tile in Ohio, Indiana, llllnow, Iowa,
&li hlt,'an and Canada. h,tll lie merged.
1 he office of the comtiany v. Ill be in
Toledo, where m'wt of the food pur
chHwd will be Hblp(ed for dlnlribution
Hinontt the Mor.
Anions the fiblo coinpnnlea nald to
have dareed uihjii entering the new
company are:
Whelir-Htpvcri Company. II. n,
Hrtrtier, Zanenvllle; Doel & i ell Com
piny, -Toledo; Feuroae 4 jriimparxi.
nnrmvi; weavrr ft son, circievuie
Johnaon & Company, I3etlefoifjUin;. J
H. Urelthtllna; Company, .ttrttnilton
roklnger Company, Plqua; liw Reader
A Co.. Akron;. Graham, J Warren;
t'ower & Woodward, 8andukV; Naeh
& lvere; New Philadelphia; f Alliance
Comp'iny, Alliance; Mezge & Com
pany, Marlon; V. T., HHla Company,
tieiaware.
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THE ORDER OF CARNATION
Second Annual Meeting . ield in
New York City.
New York. Bept. 15. The nf -ond an
nual meeting of the Order off the Car
nation haa been held In thla ty,. The
orKiinlstution waa formed on the first
anniversary of the death of president
McKlnley and waa named In .honor of
the president' favorite flowerf It alma
to encourage young men to take active
part in political affaire In th Interest
of clean and efficient government.
It waa decided to extend h order
to a national organisation and to ten
der the presidency to ex-LIutenant-Governor
Timothy L. - Wot4niff. of
New York. It was also unanimously
resolved to offer the honorary ofBca of
Chaplain to Archbishop Ireland of St.
Paul. . - ..,. -
The other officer elected were:
Chancellor, Edward R. Flnclt of New
York; vk-e-president for New York.
Colonel Reuben L. Fox; vice-president
for Masaaaaachusctta, F. F.klnner;
secretary, William S. RKH,ofew
York; assistant ecretaryfind jrtgts'
trar, A. V. Gallogly, New York; treas
urer, H. If. Hatchell; hJato'rlan, R. L.
Burns, New York; and chairman of
finance committee, L.. Rosenberg. New
York.
FATAL ENDING OP CARD GAME.
t
Nothing Pleases
eo well aa nicely laundered linen. We
have tha neatest and moat ' sanitary
laundry In th atate and do the beat
work.
.. ALL WHITE HELP.
Corner Tenth and Duan atreeta.
Phon 1991. '
The Troy Laundry
A SCH O O I W EAR!
i AsR for Our
"Good Shoes for BadJBoys"
One Trial Will Vin You.
We have tho best line of Missos' School Shoesia Calf and
Dongoltt at $1.25 tj 1.76 Boys School Suits and Oil Coats
Misses' and Ladies' Waterproof Mackintoshes Misses' Tarns f
and Felt Hats General line of school supplies, Slates, Tablets, -!
Lcrur Pencils. - : i : ? ; . .
ilEPORTS CONFIRMKD.
Vienna, Sept. 15. A Constantinople
dispatch received here asserts that Col.
Mass), commissioned by the British
embassy to Inspx-t the action of the
Turkish roopa in the Adrlanople dis
trict, bns returned' to Constantinople,
having been forbidden to continue his
Journey, U !s tated that, us far as his
observation went, they confirmed the
report of extermination of the Mace
donian population by the Turks.
SheHdan, Wyo., Sept. 15. Henry
Schro1.'r, a saloonkeeper at Dayton, a
town west of here, waa shot and killed
and his bartender, Edward Sims, ser
iously injured by Jack Hnnley as a re
mit of a llspute concerning money lost
at cardi. At the point of a gun Han-
ley compelled the employe of a livery
stuble to saddle a horse for him and
he rode away. A posse of cltizena over
took Hanley, who refused to surrender.
Hanley waa captured after hla horse
had been shot from under him and hi
leit broken by bullet fired by the posse.
He waa brought to thla city and placed
in Jail. Great Indignation prevails at
Dayton, but It la not believed any at
tempt will be made to lynch Hanley.
CONGRESS IS
BIG SUCCESS
Record Breaking Attendance
Session Now Being Held at
'Ogden, Utah.
ALL SECTIONS REPRESENTED
OlKiiiiijr Day Watt Jcvo(ed
Wf Icmiiiiiff S-H-i- he and
ICrHi-oiiMrx "(.'olo-ifztt-tion"
Tomorrow.
to
ugaen, sept. 15. Twenty-lx states
and territories were represented at the
irrigation, congress In the Ogden taber
nacle today, thla being the largest
number ever represented. Aa showing
bow the movement haa taken On a na
tional scope, delegates wre persent
even from New York. Pennsvlvania.
Vtrglnla and Vermont, while from the
West representatives came by the hun
dred. The seating capacity of the Tab
ernacle J totally Inadequate. ... ;
International aspect was lent to the
proceedings by the presence of repre
sentatives from France and Mexico!
while the government at Washington
waa represent? 1 by Secretary of Agri
culture Wilson. At both sessions the
building waa packed. The day was de
voted to welcoming speeches and re
sponses. Introducing resolution and in
getting down to a working basis.
Resolutions outlining a distinct plan
of forest preservation are expected to
be adopted before the session closes.
Tomorrow the subject "Colonization"
will be taken up and discussed by men
prominent In the work.
A brisk fight for next year" conven
tion ia already under way.. Up to thla
trnoon El Paso waa regarded aa the
leading candidate, but the Idaho dele
gatkm, the largest at the convetlon,
has unanimously decided to support
Boise.' ';.
RIOTS FOLLOW ELECTIONS.
Athens. Sept. 15. A demonstration
In connection with the municipal elec
tion here was followed last nleht bv
hand-to-hand street fights.
fourteen person were killed . or
wounded. -
lllT' thal " WPoa In!
" " n.-roouce- a bill at the
of the fifteenth amendment, thus dis-franor-
sing the nejpo. tlmvy to
UP a dweuaaion. whkb will contribute
to a solution of the rHr. problem To
HervtU Carmack'a mind th surest
pbin of solving the utgro question as It
affects the white race, toth ialir and
polltlcftlly, lies i the negro elimina
tion from politic. Shojld the flftten
in amendmnt be rft.aiiwi ha
"i ciini wun tne
lft to the states.
Another vi?'
Carmatk Is
negro would be
JUDGEKELLY
PASSES AWAY
Former United States Senator
for Oregon Dead at Wash
ington City.
entertained bv Senator i
for thn seoiiration nf h. .
races, uut how to proceed, or how
long it will take, be d. not attempt
to say. He believes, however, that the
races would be betf r conditioned if
aeparated. H thltiks the black race is
a failtir. that it owf what little it has
achieved to Us aasoc fc.tion with the
white race.
As to the enfranchisement of the ne
gro Immediately after the war between
the states, the senator regards that as
the mtxtake for which the renenl nf th.
fifteenth amendment would be onjy par-
SNOW FALLING HEAVILY.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Sept. 15. fSoeclat
A heavy snowstorm has been In pro
gress here since Sunday and shows no
indication of abating. : A great deal of
snow has fallen, but it melt almost as
oori as It strikes the ground.
From Laramie comes report of a fall
of 18 inches of snow during the past 24
nours. Telephone and electric wire
were broken by the weight of the snow
and last night the city was in darkness.
Keports from the country state that
the grain cjop In Albany county has
been ruined.
CROSSED THE PLAINS IN 49
Served Long Term on fiupreisie
Ileiu li of tlifH 8tnteVa
Larfreljr Interested
la Aatoria.
WEST SIDE NOTES,
is vislt-
Washington, Sept. 15. Jamea Kerr
Kelly, formerly United State senator
from Oregm, died at his'residence here
today, aged 84 years. He' was a native
of Pennsylvania.
Judge Kelly waa a 4er, having gone
to California on the discovery of gold.
In 1851 Judge Kelly removed to Oregon.
In I860 he waa elected to the UullecJ
State senate where be served one term
and on hla retirement waa appointed
chief Justice of the supreme court of
Oregon, which position he held until
1SS2. Since 1888 tie had raided In Wash
ington. "
WELL KNOWN IN ASTOJUA.
Judge Kelly waa well known In As
torla, where he had extensive property
Interests. He waa largely interested
In Tongue Point IVrOOertV And ni-nfct
Lester Graham, 0f Portland.
msf In Warrenton.
Mrs, A Dmsrnore and Miss AmHlmnnhni .h.w! ... ,.
apent part of the wtek in Portland. 1Ia " " "m"'
Miss Nellie Dawson will nn ih '"'" -"' cuy several year
n imer in Asiorta ana attend the high (
COULD NOT ENDURE DISGRACE.
Sun Francisco. Sept. 15, Tom King
Yung, a high official in court circles at
Pckln, military attache of the Chinese
legation at Washington and secretary
to Jung Bow He.thei actlng-consul-gen-eral
at San Francisco, has committed,
suicide by aspyxtatlon at the Chinese
consulate. Yung' was arrested on a
i hiii'irf. nt misdemeanor On Friday morn
Chicago. Sept. 15.-The protenctnt lng inst an(t this disgrace led him to
minister of Chicago, meeting at the! take his life. He left a letter for the
Young Men's Christian Association ! act'"K consul-general containing a
i statement to tnia enect. xne aeceaseu
came here about four montha ago from
WILL AID MACEDONIANS.
THE:E3EE hive
WHERE YOU CAN ALWAYS BE SATISFIED. -
building, have agreed to aid the Mace-
donlan relief fund, and approved the
work of the Macedonian committee.
The delegation from the clergy was
composed of representatives of the
Methodist Episcopal, Baptist, Presby
terian and Congregational churches.
The clergymen will describe tho Mac
edonian situation In the churches, but
will contribute nothing to the fund for
the Macedonian army.
Meanwhile natives of Macedonia are
enlisting In the regiment being organ
ised by the Borla Stanislas Tsvetjeff.
The recruit number 70. G, M. Tsllka,
husband of the missionary held In cap
tivity with Ellen Stone, has offered his
aervlces. .,
The Macedonian committee has Issu
ed an appeal for financial aid.
China with the Chinese minister.
GOT BULLET INTENDED FOR BAD BOYS.
MAMMOTH , GROCERY TRUST
Dealers of Eastern . States Form
$11,000,000 Concern.
New York, Sept. 15. What. I regard
ed aa one of the final eteps in the direc
tion of merging the prominent grocery
houses in Ohio ha been taken, accord
ing to the Journal - of Commerce,
through the incorporation In New Jer
ey of the Ohio Grocery Company, with
a capital of 111.250,000, of which $5,000,000
I S per 'cent cumulative preferred
stock. The Incorporators are Lewis
B, Daly, Joseph B. Mitchell and B.B.
Lewi. The principal promoters of the
New York, Sept. 15. While passing
Sunset Park, South Brooklyn, on her
way to school with her young sisters,
Laura West, nine years old. has been
fatally wounded by a bullet through
the lungs, alleged to have been fired by
Philip Ryan, a watchman, who was
chasing some mischievous boys from
the park. The child's father, John S
West, la a clerk In the office of the ad.
jutant-general, department of the east.
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SENATOR SCOTT IMPROVED.
Denver Sept. 15. (Special) Senator-
Nathan B. Scott, of West Virginia, who
Is ill at the Brown Palace hotel in this'
city. Is reported a alightly Improved.
Dr. F. S, Clemens, of Canton, O., who
attended the senator on the train when
he was taken sick, Is still with him, and
says that if the senator continues on
the mend he will be able to resume hla
journey to Colorado Springs in a few
days. .- '. :'..., i;' " ..?"V; :':"
UNIVERSAL WILL CHANGE HANDS.
POPULATION IS INCREASING
Many Industries at Warrenton
Bring on Good Times.
That a substantial boom is on at
Warrenton is apparent to all who have
visited the town during the past few
weeks. At present every dw.ellmg
house is occupied and newcomers are
resorting to tents, one being already
pitched while others are in contempla
tion. These temoorarv shelters m-m k
- --v.. . I fcns
abandoned as soon aa some sort of
houses can be erected. The marked in
f u : of residents Is caused bj 4he build- j
lug of the new mill, the constant oper-
anon or -tne old plant and the employ
ment of a creditable force of men at
the A. & C. R, R. Nearby logging
camps are alsojn full blast which oper
ates to the good of Warrenton, being
tributary to its Interests. i
When enough material is cut for the
mill structure now in course of erec
tion the old mill will be shut down, but
such action will be only to make a thor
ough overhaulng of the plant so that it
can render more efficient service in co
operating with the large new mill. The
two mills will have a Joint output of
90.000 feet daily. The erection of a box
factory ia contemplated as soon as the
two mills begin to operate. . ,, :
school
Mrs. Earl, of Astoria, spent Thurs
day In Warrenton, a guest of Mr.
Wood.
The Skipanon school will begin on
September 1 with Miss E." V. Hess aa
teacher.
Mrs. John Bowers and family spent
last week- virtttrtrr relatives in rmt
Warrenton
Frank Warren has moved hla camp
to Lewis and Clark where he has a
logs in camp.
Rev Mr. Shepheard, of Vancouver.
held morning service in St. Thomas'
rhael on Sunday.
Dr Cordiner waa called to Warrenton
I to attend Mr. Haitmen's little child
who was suffering with the croup.
Mr. W. H. Wood and wife, of Chi
cago, who have visited G. H. Wood for
several weeks. left on their homeward
Journey on Monday.
The frame of the new mill la being
raised, and It is expected the mill will
be in operation by the first of the year.
: The clam cannery, h-ts closed for the
season. The pack was fairly good.
H. C. Thompson, of Portland, was In
Warrenton Sunday. Mrs. Thompson
and son Harold, who have been spend
ing the summer nere, returned wlti Mr.
Thompson.
ago.
SUSPECTS EXONERATED.
8eattle, Sept, 15. (Special) Patrick
J. Murphy, convicted of highway
robbery, told the court that John Kelly,
convicted last Thursday for tb same
offense, Is an innocent man.and.jhat
Jamea Kelly, on trial yesterday for the
same charge, 1 also Innocent. The
three men were arrested for robbing t
John Anderson, a logger, of $29 on the
night of June 1. John Kelley and
Murphy were convicted and the case
against Jamea Kelly was on trial yes
terday. Murphy was on the Witness
stand when he made the assertion that
he was guilty himself, but that the two
Kellys were Innocent. He declared
that Harry Thomas, now In Vancouver,
B. C, and Jim Henderson, now in
Whatcom, were the two men with, him
the night Anderson was held up and
robbed. The Jury now has the case of
James Kelly under advisement.
REHEARSAL HOUR CHANGED.
The hour for today's rehearsal for
"King of the Hand of Nod" has been
changed until 2:30 o'clock. All those to
toke part and -vfgM to be in attend
ance. .
The Universal Sash and Door Com
pany's factory at Smith Point has been
leased to a new company, with an- op
tion for its purchase. ; Among those In
tersted In the new firm are Bernard
Dougherty, of San Jose; J. W. Cook, of
Portland, and A. Gangloff, an Eastern
man.
Los Angeles, Sept. 15. Sam McVey
knocked out Denver Ed Martin tonight
In the first round. . - ,
. WEST SIDE COUPLE WED.
i MIsa Amelia' Larson, former! v ' nf
Hammond but for aome month a resi
dent of Portland, will be united In
marriage today to Mr. A. Slfert. The
wedding will be held In Portland. . Mr.
Slfert Is a well-known resident of the
West Side, having resided both at War
renton and at Hammond. He is now
engaged as engineer at the Jetty works.
The couple will live at Hamod.
WARRENTON SCHOOL OPENS.
II; III
' ;A , j fill
Bad Plumbing'
, will catch the man who put
it in. Our Plumbing is hon
est and we match the'details
of each job and see that every
piece of pipe is sound and
every joint perfect. Tinning
aud gas fitting. . -
W.J. SCULLEY
470-472 Commercial. Phone Black SS4S
fT
"Warrenton. Sept. 15. (Special) The
fall term of the Warrenton public
school opened yesterday with an attend
ance of 61 pupils. Prof. J. H. Bond is
principal and Mies Cora Johnson assist
ant.' - . .-..'
P. A. TRULI;INGER;
CIGARS AND
TOBACCO
Two Stores
Commercial .Stf'"J
We will have our StocK of
NEW CITIZEN.
. First paper of citizenship were grant
ed in the county court to Surlel Ax, a
native of Finland. ,
CARMACK ON RACE PROBLEM
Why He Proposes Repealing Fif-
teenth Amendment.
Chicago, Sept 15. A dispatch to the
Tribune from Memphis. Tenn., says:
United States Senator Carmack ex-
On about September 1st
It will pay you to wait
W. C. : LAWS '&'. C
Plumbers and Steanf;:t;;;
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