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VOLUME LVI. ASTOKIA, PRECOX, IK1DAY, -SEPTEMBER 18, 1903. i NUMBER 100.
I m m """" - 'l ' - . " : . - i "' ' i it ' 'ii ir in. .1 i
JpM r. thru itylM that wUI hit th. Untj of thoM who know any.
iu buuui a t ibion TOCGERYi Tbs Top Coat
to th. ttry limit of "proownen" (if ,0u wlU .How ui to cola a new word).
. man wo wui nana u tama txproulon. Is tht laoguaga of th.
connoisseur, th
ara ALL RIGHT
Tha Top Coat may
ba worn by tha
ahort, tall or mtdi-
em man, but tha
othar atylai ara
nada specially to
aat off tha charma
of maa who ara
goodly alzad and
who know how
to carry "awatl
clothca." A ihort
man In an EngUab
walking frock
would not ba vary
adlfying, although
hlf quit welcome
to call hera and try
It on. At uiual
kwlth all garmanta
mada by Crouaa m
Brandegea, Utlca,
Raw York, tbeaa
coat are provides!
with tha COKCAVB SHOULDER and CLOSE-FITTIItO COLLAR, which ham
KSch to do with tha amart, well-built appearance of thli famoua brand.
CtrrriH mt. Ctmm a u4M. V.
HAVE LEFT
THE CABINET
Chamberlain and Two Others Re
sign Their Places in ihe ...
Ministry.
TEXT OF CORRESPONDENCE
IJnlfoiir KxnreKa Itctrrer nml
Hand the Iteilrlng Pre
mier m ltar Coill-plilllPHt.
P.A.STOKES
Pure Prepared Paint
Sold Only By
Fisher Bros
NEW HAMMOCKS
Large assortment of unusually hand
some goods just received.
75 cents to $5.00.
J.N. GRIFFIN.
Nothing Pleases
io well aa nicely laundered linen. We
have tha neatest and moat sanitary
laundry in tha state and do tha best
work.
ALL WHITE HELP.
Corner Tenth and Duane atreeta.
Phone 1991.
The Troy Laundry
NEW FALL SUITS
We have a swell line of Fall Salts
ranging in price from $12 to $50.
NEWEST STYLES
The Corset Coat and
Louis Fourteenth
THE BEE, HIVE
WHERE YOU CAN ALWAYS BE SATISFIED.
London. Sept. l7.-Offlclul announce.
mem of the resignation of Ch umber-
lain and two other members of the cab-
met wm minis tonight at Downlne-
pi reel in me following communication:
The. following minister have tend
ered their resignation, which have been
accepted by the king: Right Hon.
Joseph Chamberlain, secretary for the
ulonlvs; Rt. Hon. T. Ritchie, chan-
cellor of the exchequer, and Lord
Oeorge Hamilton, aerreta'ry for India.
The nccompunylng correspondence
between the premier, Rt. lion. 4-
J. llulfour, and Chamberlain" Then
followa Chamti' rluln's letter, dated
IllritiliiKhurn, Hepiemher 9, commencing
My IVar UaJfour," In which he net
forth hi renpona for renlgnutlon.
The firm porton of ililn letter refera
to ChanVjerkiln'a flmt apeech on the
aubject at IllrnUnghcm und It four';
reply to the corn deputation. Chamoer
lain ay neither of them waa tntnd
d to prsvoke purely puny eontroveray.
He Kilnt out the unyielding oppoMltion
of the liberal parly, which acouted the
Idea thftt the ayptem generally accepted
In IS 13 could poiwIMy require mcxlldoa
tlon In 18S)3. Mettnwhlle, the advocate
of reconnl leratlon were at great dlad
vantage, owing to the admitted differ
ence of opinion Inside the party. The
political organliatlcn of the pttrty waa
paralysed. Chamberlain declare that
unacruplou ue ha been made of
th old cry of "dear loaf and that r
loua prejulic ha been created. In hie
letter he aoe briefly over the aame
ground regarding protection aa did Kal
our In hi recent tatement.
Balfour In hi rwent letter to Cham
berlain, dated September 1. rtaln
that he did not reply eooner beoauae he
knew ha would oon have an opportun
ity of talking ver the imirtant Ipkucb
with which the letter deaia.
"Therefore, thl reply." he aaya,
"rather embodle the resulta of our con
verantlona than adda anything new to
them:'
Palfour continue: "Agreeing, a" I
do with you. that the time haa cme
when a change ahould bo made In the
fliK-al canon by which we bound o'.ir
nclve In our commercial dealings with
other government. It eem parad"X
leal. Indeed, that you leave the cabinet
at the anme time othera of my ol
lengu' are leaving It who disagree on
every point with u both,. Yrt I cjw-ot
but admit there I ome force In ymr
araumenta In aunport of that cou.- e,
bned n they are upon your speiial
and personal relation with that pr
tlon of the controversy which dt V
with colonial preference. You have
done more than any man living or dead
to bring home to rltltena of the empire
consciousness of the Imperial obligation
and Interdependence between the var
lou fragment Into which the empire
Is geographically divided. I feel.how-
ever. deeply concerned that you ahould
regard thl conclusion, however well
founded, as on making It difficult In
vour verv sneclal cli-cumatancea for
you to remain a member of the govern
ment. Yet I do not venture In a mat
ter o strictly personal to raise any
objection If you think it beat to serve
the Interest of Imperial unity, for
which you have done so much by ex
pressing your view on colonial prefer
ence with a freedom which I possible
In an IndeDendent position, but hardly
compatible with office.
How can I cr tlclse your aeiermiwi
tlon? The losa to he government is
great Indeed, but the gain to khe cause
yon have at heart may oe tnw.
still. If ao. what can I do but ac
therefore producer ara conitli;g act
Ively for current ulneii. The moal
-Important development of the week haa
been the r-enewed effort put forth by
the southern pig iron producer to se
cure a larger share of the trade of Eaat
ern foundrymen. A apeclui price haa
been namtd to Eastern buyer in the
hope that thl might Induce them to
make lanrer purchaata of southern Iroa
A a far a can be learned, It haa not led
to any conxlderable business. A fact
which militates agalnat tha placing of
i much Eaatern builness with Southern
producer I the urgency with which
buyer desire their iron delivered.
A large block of Canadian billeta baa
Just been sold for delivery at a New
England point at shade under f 2t,
and some of the domestic billet maker
who are not member of the pool, ara
assuming price which are under the
schedule. It hardly seem likely that
theaa mature will be completely over'
looked at Thursday's meeting of the
pool. Inquiries for billets are reported
to b Increasing and much larger vol
ume of bull ne is in prospect.
A branch of -rade In which the out
look la decidedly promising for heavy
business is tht structural line. Con
trail are pending which will probably
he placed before the close of the month
for about 100.000 tons,
The wire trad It enjoying a much
more ctlve demand, wire nails and fenc
Ing being In particularly good request
The general qultenesa of trade In some
branchea of finished steel glvis rise to
the belief that more determined efforts
will tie made In the near future to se
cure a larger share of foreign business.
LAND LAWS
MUST STAND
Opposition Develops to any Plan
Calculated to Repeal Exist
ing Regulations,
POWER HOUSE 3l'RNED.
10
of
at
A BITTER FIGHT 1$ STARTED
IpvifratiAn sTi.. w r a m
wugreu I'tviuea on
several Proposal Doubt
Aa To Sext V nr' '
Meeting I'laci .
Ogden. Sept. 17. There will be a de
termined fight against any action by
the National Irrigation Congress favor
ing a repeal or modification of the en
isling land laws was mae evident to
day. The committee on resolution
after practically an all day session,
found itself hopelessly divided on two
questions, the desert land act and the
commutation clause of the timber and
stone act, and tomorrow majority and
minority repcrta will be presented. The
vote on these two questions waa 12 for
and 9 agalnat. Sentiment in favor of
the repeal of the timber and stone act.
under which the opinion waa expressed.
great frauda were being perpetrated
against the government, waa almost
unanl'mocs. Nevertheless, on this as
well aa other recommendations a aharp
fight will be waged, with the outcome
The Idaho delegation held a
caucus this afternoon and Instructed
power from street railway lines In Se-i -M.n., rAruai , lh. ...,, l...
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Seattle, Sept. IT. (Special) At
o'tUxk tonight the transfer bouse
the Snoqualmie Power Company
Snoquaimia took fire and was destroyed j n jo-jt
i ne amaus couio noi oe learnea nere. i
Th disaster shuts off Snoqua!mle '
an hour when the rudder failed and the
steamer floundered at the mercy of the
huge seas which swept over her.
The panic stricken passengers fled to
the upper deck, where they sought ref
uge in the cabins, and the women be
came hysterical. The pilot was still
trying to turn about when a audden
i'tist of wind tore off the entire roof of
the upp?r deck, leaving only tha pilot
house.
When the roof went off the boat was
lifted half out of the water. The atrain
was so great that It tore off the rudder
and when the boat settled down again
In the trough of the sea, she waa per
fectly helpless
Realising that they were at the mercy
of the storm, the sailors as a last re
sort made a determined effort to get an
anchor down to hold the steamer's
head to the wind. No sooner had they
done s than the chain snapped. The
Weamer waa fast being- driven toward
shelving rock, one of the most danger
ous shoals on the Connecticut shore
The passengers were ordered to put on
"e preservers and be ree'.y to board
the life raft. A scene of sr'1 eenfusion
followed. The crew Punched the larg.
ct life raft and th? passenger with
lire preserves stood ready to get upon
it, when the raft suddenly struck the
hull of the boat and. waa pounded to
pieces. A tecond life raft put over by
the crew aIo was destroyed. X
This left only one small boat of any
deecription on the steamer and it was
so smashed that Captain McDonald
was afraid to put It over. He tried to
put up distress signals, but the wind
snapped off the flagstaff.
The steamer drifted along the shore
(in hour until she hit the rocks off the
point at Benedict's end stove In her
bow. A soon as she touched, a colored
cook dropped 15 feet to the rock. The
water was bver his head and he tossed
until he wm badly bruised, but ha kept
rn swimming; and waa Anally tossed on
the beach. The servants ashore grasped
lines from the ship and In a few min
utes all hands hed Snen safely landed,
BIO TOWN
. WIPED OUT
Turks Destroy Kastoria and Mas
sacre the Entire Population -of
That Place.
10,000 PERSONS ARE KILLED
Iteport or the Slaughter lias
Aroused Bulgarians, Who
Want Mobollzatiou
., ' f the Army.
Tncoma Inter-Urban and the Seattle
and Renton Railway. It also cuta c.T
the lights from Renton and Tacoma.
Shortly after 11 o'clock fire broke out In
the big tower house of the Seattle Elec
tric Company In this city. The flames
were confined to the top story and were
extinguished after doing $2004 damage,
There was no Interruption In operating
the machinery . which waa all called
Into requisition to make up for the loas
of Snoqualmie power.
It will be two weeks before the dam
age at Snoqualmle can be repaired.
Meanwhile It may be possible to trans
mit a little power of which Tacoma will
receive the first benefit. ; - , ,
Tacoma, Sept. 17. (Special) The
street railway system and the Tacoma
and Seattle Inter-urban line will not be
affected by the destruction of the
Snooualmle power plant aa they are
both supplied with electrical power gen
erated at Tacoma by the local atreet
railway plant.
BOGUS COIN FOUND.
I .os Angeles, Cat., Sept. 17. (Special)
-Graders on the Sunset boulevard. Just
outside the city limits, have turned up
n pec k of spurious coin, burled by coun
terfeiters. All the spurious coins were
live and 10 dollar pieces and although
corroded from contact with the damp
earth, worn good Imitations of the real
article. About 11 years ago the house
situated on the land where the bogus
money waa turned up was rented to a
puity of Italians. They occupied the
place ahout a year and subsequent
events Idontlflrd them as a band of
counterfeiters, known in pallce circles
aa the Trlgannl gang. The men were
stopped by the police and the entire
bruiJ of tour captured, tried and sen
tenced to eight years each in the state
prison. They served the sentence and
wt-re liberated.
gallon;' are also preparing to oppose to
the last anf such action.
The light for the honor of entertain
Ing the National Irrigation Congress In
1904 haa been quite bitter. Tonight the
situation seems to El Pa so against afield
of unknown strength. The frends of
the Texas city confidently claim vie.
tory, asserting that over 200 delegates
have pledged their support. Late this
afternoon, however, a plan waa started
by the members of the Oregon delega
tion to"bring .he congress to the North
west. A caucus will probably be held
tonight by the delegates from the West
ern and Northwestern states to agree
upon a plan of action for. tomorrow
The general Idea, aa expressed tonight.
a to enaeivor to decide upon some
Northwestern city. If this be not pos
sible, then the entire strength Is to be
thrown to St. Louis. ,
RAVAGES OF THE BIG STORM
Immense Damage Done to Prop
erty in New York.
WANT DEATH PENALTY INFLICTED.
qulescer
RETURN OF A PRODIGAL
New York. Sept. 17.-After being
mourned aa dead for 13 years, Walter
Fraxe, a former resident oi acoicn
Plalna. N. J., has returned to that vil
lage. His aged mother was overcome
with Joy and swooned. When Fraxe
disappeared, the woods and ponda were
scoured In vain and he was given up as
dead. He says he was inspired to run
v .1 hna
away by stone ot auvemure u -traveled
all over the globe.
Albany, N. Y., Sept. 18. Unique In
the criminal history of the state, waa
the hearing just held before -Governor
Odell on the application for commuta
tion of the death sentence of the three
brothers Van Worman, awaiting execu
tion for murdering their uncle. Peter
Hallenbeck, two years ago. The men
are all under 30 years of age.
Five jurors, representing 11 of the
men who convicted the Van Wormans,
appeared In opposition to the appeal
and a minister argued for the Infliction
of the death penalty. A petition algned
by 263 residents of Columbia county
urged that the governor show no
clemency. The petition was taken un
der consideration.
SENATOR SCOTT VERY ILL
DEMAND NOT UP TO OUTPUT
ron
Producers are Competing
for Current Business.
New York, Sept. M.-Whlle it Is un
derstood bv Droducera that more pig
Iron is being purchased at present than
nt any othr time since eany in
spring, the demand, according to the
ron Age, is not sufficient to taae up me
Mack completely . consumption is
large, but production Is larger, wnne
theconsumpUon may be at the rate oi
19.000.000 tons ner annum, the produc
tion Is running larger than thla and
Oenver, Sept. 17, United States Sen
ator Scot.t, of West Virginia, who has
been 111 at the Brown for the last three
days, has taken an alarming change for
the" worse, and Is now In a most serious
condition.
Dr. Clemens, of Canton, O., who haa
been attending him, aaya that there
has been a noticeable decline and that
the senator's, condition la very grave.
Mrs. Elizabeth N. Scott, wife of Sen
ator Scott, has arrived In Denver and
Is at the senator's bedside.
. SENATOR. PROCTOR FINED.
Newport, N. H.. Sept. 17. Fish and
Oame Commissioners Wentworth and
Clark have caused the arrest of Sena
tor Redtleld Proctor ' of Vermont for
shooting raccoon out of season. The sen
ator pleaded guilty, by reason of Igno
rance of the law, and was fined 117.50.
New York. Sept. 17. Theodore
Grimes, whose skuil waa fractured I?
a section of roof blown bv th wini
from the stables at Aqueduct race
track in yesterday's storm, Is dead at
a hospital.
While a freight train on the Long is
land Railroad was passing between
Miheola and Hyde park, the roof of a
box car waa carried away by the f lie,
with Walter Lewis and George Snyder,
two brakemen clinging to it. The roof
was carried almost 100 yards from the
tmck. where It collapsed by striking
tree, tfotn men were fatally Injured
In Jamaica Bay. L. I scores of
yachts were wrecked. Moat of them
were torn from their anchorage and
pounded to peicee on shore, but a good
many were caught while sailing In the
bay and those aboard had narrow es
capes. The entire fleet of the Jamaica
Bay Yacht Club, comprising more than
30 boats, valued at suma ud to 11000.
waa destroyed.'
The cup defender Reliance Is reported
to have been somewhat injured through
being rammed by a pl'e driver which
broke loose from its moorings and drift
ed on the Reliance's stern. The racer
waa being prepared for winter quarters
and had been drawn partly upon the
ways. Several plates were loosened but
the damage was not serious. A tug
caught the pile driver and towed It
away. . .
To prevent the old defender Columbia
from being rammed by the schooner
yacht Hlldegarde. which waa dragging
her anchor, hte Hlldegarde was scut
tled when within a few feee of the Co
lumbia. Her crew of seven men jumped
overboard and were saved.
A barge loaded with 500 pounds of
dynamite broke loose from Us moorings
and drifted toward the Larchmont
Yacht Club house. Many yachts of
wealthy New Yorkers have been an
chored In thla harbor since the races
and tt was feared that the barge would
drift among them. Careening about
the dynamite barge Anally grounded
on the mud flats without doing any
damage. Rough estimates of the finan
cial loss due to the storm are $2,000,000,
on and around Manhatean Isfeind alone.
So far 18 lives are known to have
been lost In the storm and it Is believed
this number will be doubled when all
reports are In. .
One of the most thrilling atorles of
the disaster is thpt of the excursion and
freight steamer S. E. Spring, which
was driven ashore near the new. man
sion of E. C. Benedict, near Greenwich,
Conn. Captain McDonald, his crew of
Bfsven men and 11 passengers, were res
cued largely through the aid of the
Benedict servants. The Spring was try
ing to put 'back to Stamford and the
sale had reached a velocity of 80 mlies
MUCH-MARRIED MAN.
Boston, Sept. 1". Dr. Clarence Cot
grove Perry has been arrested at Cam
bridge on the charge of bigamy. It is
asserted that the prisoner waa married
to Hannah Louise Pratt of No. 18 Du
pont street, San Francisco; to Issa
belle Jane Wood In New York, 1883; to
Adelln C. Colgrove of Boston, 1893, and
to Annie Marie 'Brett, in Cambridge,
1903. Two of the women confronted
Perry when he waa arrested.
EDWIN FRENCH DEAD.
New York Septr 17. Edwin French,
widely known as a minstrel, is dead at
Saranac Lake, N. Y, from a complica
tion of diseases. French began his
stage career In the early days of min
strel shows, and for years was promi
nently identified with leading troupea
Bola, Sept. 17, The foreign office h
received information that the Tuika
have destroyed Kaetorla. 36 rniiea
south of Monastlr, and have maa rel
the population. The report come fu.m
source admitting of little doubt.
though details are lacking. It waa re- -ceived
with the gravest concern by the
officials. The population of Kaatori
numbers 10,000 persons, and the mass
acre of such a number in one place ex
ceeds anything which has yet occurred
In Macedonia. . :-. -,;. V
At the present critical moment, when
popular feeling la intense, the effect of
the report of such stupendous slaughter
may be most serious. , The press is as
suming a bellcose tone. The Dnevlk
urges mobilization of the whole Bul
garian army, pointing out that the ex
perience of other nations is that it la
always necessary to display strength
when dealing with Turkey.
CANNOT EXPECT HELP.
Sofia, Sept, 17. The German repre
sentative here has addressed a note to
the Bulgarian government In accord
ance with the declaration of Rusai
and Austria, saying Bulgaria cannot
expect assistance from any power In
the event of war with Turkey, and that
the Austro-Hungarlan reform plan will
be applied.
GETS A FORTUNE.
San Francisco, Sept. 17. Mrs. Grace
Clark Strohn, of Chicago, wife of R. N.
Strohn of the Lagrange Gas Company,
and heir to the million dollar estate ot
her sister, Issabella D. Clark, who com
mitted suicide in this city a. week ago,
has arrived here from the East. By
the terras of the will left by Miss Clark,
practically her entire estate is left to
Mrs. Strohn. She has come here to
look after her Interests in the estate
and in the contest, should there be one.
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Bad Plumbing'
will catch the man who put
it in. Our Plumbing is hon
est and we watch the details
of each job and see that every
piece of pipe is sound and
every joint perfect Tinning
and gas fitting.
V.J.SCULLEY
470-472 Commercial. Phone Black 1243
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Scow Bay Iron 8 Brass Vcrhs
Manufacturers cf
Iron, Steel, Brass and Bronze Castings. '
General Foundrymen and Patternmakers. '
Absolutely firstclass work. Prices lowest
Phone 2451.
Corner Elfifcteesth end fnz
P. A. TRULLINGER
CIGARS AND
TOBACCO
Two Stores
Commercial St.
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