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I-. VOLUME LVI. ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, SJCPTE31 HEB " 21), 1903. NUMBER :)'y rOJT mt ut about this ttar'i ovtrcoat to tot If It li law, art lorry bow thty didn't Spend a NlcKol for moth ball, tad t ftw hapten oqh may bar tufftrtd from prosperity and fiod theraMlvti a iht or two Mf gw (baa thty bargained for. Howtvtr that may b, tba fact remain '9 Vn.4, . .rt. It IS pleated, ha it WELL pleated, and that'a good advertUement for the oat that tlcklat) hit Fancy. Of course, the abort ttylet art Juat few auggtttloaa. Thara art othtn hart aaxloua to ba looked at. P.A.ST0KE FISHER BROTHERS Agents for the Famous Atkins Saws, Sharpie's Cream Separators, Hardware Dealers and Ship CHANDLERS Cor. Bond and 12th Sts. ' Astoria, Oregon LATEST SHEET MUSIC Received as soon as pub lished. Large Stock on Hand. s& & & J. N. GRIFFIN THE BEE HIVE WHERE YOU CAN ALWAYS BE SATISFIED. , Children's Fall and Winter Dresses Four Excellent Numbers 1 Navy Blue and Garnet serge sailor suits, braid trimmed ....$4.00 2 Navy Blue and Garnet serge Russian' dress trimmed with stiching, Dresden buttons. .". .... . .'. 2.85 3 Greon, Navy, Red and Royal Prussian style, collar trimmed with metallic velveteen.. ............... 2.75 4 All colors Cashmere tucked yoke, trimmed with soutache braid.., .M..;.........;.V.....i. ...... 2.00 EXPERT General Blacksmithing, Boat and Cannery Work. See ns for High Class "Work. Shop Corner of Fif teenth and Duane Streets, near St. Mary's Hospital. HOLMES & S EI BERT . . . phone 2501. :- ' - Urn ar hunting tip our latt fit .for taotbtr Mttoa. Somt, doubt- that thara will ba quit a aumbtr of man naadlng ortr eoata Juitnow.and pottibly you art, yourself, among tham. If to, wa iovlta you to girt ui a call andlookortr thott faawoa Winter , Comfort! mada by Crouit it Brandtgta, Utica,.lftw York. You can turn thtmovtrai much at you I want to until you get tba thing you want. Wa like to tea particular man, any bows when Nothing Pleases to well aa nicely laundered linen. We have the neateet and mott tanltary laundry In tbt tttta and do the bett work. ALL WHITE HELP. Corner Tenth and tune atrteta. 'Phone 1991. The Troy Laundry s WAR CLOUD IN BALKANS IS LIFTING Porte's Recent Assurances Have Tended to Lessen Tension Heretofore Prevail ing at Sofia. However, Committee That Calls on Premier Petroff Fails to Get Satisfaction. SOFIA PAPER IS PESSIMISTIC Dnevnik Ha j a QtilcttifM la Not a True Barometer, but That It Precede Coin iatfc Election. Son. Sept. 28 The situation here l niu-li brighter today and the war rlotfle apwar to have lifted. The portn'e nturanc that the S3 battatlont recently ordered to proceed from Mon astir to Atrlnnople will not be moved ha lesiwied the apprehensions of the IlulKsrlan government. The comroltt'-e appointed for the pur lo, at the time -t yesterdny't demon ttratlon of 15,000 Macedonian! In thle city, wt.4td on Premier Petroff today nnt uked Mm If the government In tended doing anything to help the Mac edonlan. M. Petroff replied that the mlnletry wa noting In what It conceived to be the bcj Intereit of Bulgaria, and would continue the tame potior. The committee told the premier hla roply would not ue satisfactory to the people, and the committee thereupon withdrew. The Dnevnik. commenting on the alt uatlon, ray: "Although the Bulgwlant r.-nn In quiet, It Is not a true Indication of national fe.lln. but le owing to the approaching electloni," WILL SHOOT PRISONERS. . London, Sept. 18. The Time learnt from a :rut worthy source that the pal' nee committee at Tlldla Kiosk has rec ommended that all IiuIkuvIiiiis captur ed. In future shall he shot. It la stated that the sultan hoida the eame view Hinl.thiit the nec;!ary order have bn iKiuif-d THREE DIVORCES GRANTED Judge M'Hrld SepArntea Mia muted Couples. At yeeUrday't eefisUm of the circuit court Judge McBilde handed down decreet of divorce In three cane. De fault wan tutored In the' case of W. J. John v. I.ududa M. John. The couple wre mnrrl.1 nt Lyon, Kan., In M3, and In the complaint It t charged that th dofeiidiiiit deserted the plain tiff In 'ISM. Andrew Hanen wa granted a di vorce from Mary Hansen, The parties were married at Tillamook, In Decem ber, 187$. From 1S93 to 1901, according to th'j complaint, defendant treated plaintiff In a cruel and Inhuman man ner. She Is said to be a fault-finder of ungovernable temper, which eventually culminated In Insanity, the wonuin having been committed to the 1nane aaylum in February, 1901, Sadie CUmmlngt wa granted a di vorce from H. C. Cummlng. The couple were married here in April, 1894. It la charge! that Cummlnge deserted hla wife In 1S9R. and that she has since been compelled to provide for her two children by working as cook In a log ging camp. The .nan works for the 4. ft C. and plaintiff asked for 125 monthly alimony. The children are Lloyd, aged , and May, aged 7. ; ! CONTESTANTS TO BE OUSTED Denver lJejmblioniis May Not Get Into Convention. Denver, Sept. IS. The republican state convention to select a member of the supreme oourt to siieceed Presiding Justice John Campbell, whose term tx plr.. will meet hero tomorrow. Today two conventions of the re publicans of the city end county of Denver were held and the contesting delegation will ask for recognition by the state convention. There t suld to he a stronsf likelihood that neither will be tsated and that Denver will be un represented. It wns predicted that the split would result In two conventions. PORTO RICAN SCHOOLS OPENED. San Juan, Sept. 2S. -Twelve hundred schools In Porto Ulco were opened to day and )(0"fl pupils wre received. Three times that number of children were enrolled and the struggle for pref erence, waa great. SIR UPTON STILL CAME. Chicago, Sept. 28.-"If T could find a designer whom I was certain couldbeat Herreshoff, I would build Shamrock IV and challenge for the cup tomorrow. I am retaining Hliamrock III to you can s that I arri In hopa ot finding nih a designer, I Intend to k'ep af ter the cup until I get It." These were the vutementa mada by Sir Thormi Llpton at hi apartmentt at tlio Auditorium Annex lost night In the ilrt Intrvtw ho baa given tine coming to Chicago, two weeka ago. "f want to repal," ho tald, "that I have no fault to find with anyont (or my defeat. ' I have tecn-a auggettkm that tha only way to revive British In terest in cup racing would be to dangle lb cup In front of their eye by walv Ing the rulm and let tha challenged American yacht race In Engllah water. I want to tay that, while I appreciate the klndne of tha auggettkm, w want to win the cup and win It fairly according to tba present ruIe 1 hvlleve that If wo did win It, It would nut stay on our aide mora than a year.! Sir Thomat wat able to recelva vl Itor last night, lie ihowed no effect of tb recent lllneat, HI cheek were red, hi step Arm and his bearing en thusiastic, It 1 probable that Sir Thoma will leavo Chicago about the middle of the week. Prctldent Underwood of the Erie railroad hat placed hit private car for the disposal of the yachtsman for tha trip to Now York, DAY'S RECORD OF SUICIDES Han Franelaco Loe Four by the tik'lde Route. Ban Francisco, gept. 28. (Special) - The coroner onVe wat busy today. Three suicides were reported. Em bittered by socialistic teachings and despondent over family troubles. Hen ry Jamea Masaon, a stenographer 22 year old, shot himself In Golden Gate Park and died at tha emergency hos pital. Mathew ET. Oherke, a German brew er, .drowned blmself by jumping off Land End Into the ocean. He bad just returned from Germany, where be bad received a legacy. He claimed to have been buncoed sine his return out of $3300, He left an account of $1700 in a local bank. William Chamber, a hop-grower of AstL shot and killed himself after an Interview with hla wife, who refused to live longer with htm. Chamber was a son of a wealthy hop-grower of Kent Sussex, England' 3 A German baker whose name was not reported to the police or the life saving crews, waa drowned while swimming In the ocean two mile be low the Cliff House. WOOD EXHIBIT IS PURCHASED JoIinHoit Collection Goes to the St. Luuls Fair. Edmund C. GUtner, secretary of the state board of Lewis and Clark fair commissioners, waa in the city yester day and closed a deal with Judge F. J. Taylor, administrator, for the purchase of the A. J. Johnson wood exhibit The price paid by the board waa 1700. Edmund Sheldon accompanied Secre tary GUtner and will remain here to superintend the boxing and shipping of the exhibit..' The collection con tains 1400 or 1500 specimens of Oregon woods, and will make about a car load. Aftor re-varnlshlng and comple ting the labeling, the collection will be shipped to St. Louis aa an Oregon ex hibit at the Loulsana Purchase Ex position, Sfter which it will be return ed to Portland and used aa the nu clous of a collection for the Lewis and Clark exposition In 1905. NEW TRAMP REACHES PORT Steamship Vermont Comes to Load for Cape Town. The; British steamship Vermont ar rived in port yesterday from San Fran Cisco. She comes In ballast and is un der charter to take a general cargo for Cape Town, South Africa. The Vermont la a new vessel, having been built In 1901. at Glasgow. She registers 2722 ton and her master is Caftain Haynes. This is her first' trip to this port. , : - "'"',,' MARINE NOTES. Tho British bark St. Raphdon arriv ed In port last night from Victoria and went in to quarantine. It is under stood she la to load grain. The' steamer Elmore arrived yester day from Tillamook, bringing a quan tity of farm produce and bark and 41 tierces of pickled salmon. The steamer Robert Dollar arrived yesterday from San Francisco, She will load lumber at Rainier. - The schooner Novelty arrived . yes terday from San Francisco. She will load lumber at Knappton. TARGET SHOOT AT COLUMBIA. Fort Columbia, Sept. 28. (Special) A trial shoot at target practice here this afternoon blew the target out of the water. Owing to early darkness there waa not time to run out another target. The four record shots will be fired to morrow. The target practice is under tho direction of Lieutenant Bpurr The distance Is 7G00 yards, 8-inch gun being used, The score is mada up of five rounds, one trial and four record Tag ha lea cream at IS cent a pint; sweet cream, 10 oent a pint. MARKET IN UNSETTLED CONDITION Unending Stream of Liquidation in Wall Street Tending to Puzzle Those Who ' Buy Stock. Speculators Probably Preparing to Taw Over Securities at ; Present Prices. PANICKY FEELING IN LONDON Heavy Liquidation Attributed ta Need ot Americana and Many Failures Are , Looked For. New York, sept. 28,-Wall street FjUI a gloomy day. which was devoted mostly to trying to puzzle out where the unending stream of liquidation came from and what caused it. In for motion on the subject or authoritative opinions were extremely bard to get It was pointed out that the great bank ert and capitalist were not. heard In wjvrmng last year during the high range of price, while th?y were seek ing a profitable market for their bond ing at this level. From this it wa In ferred that buyer of the class which decide tha market movement would not be beard Inciting others to buy If they were themselves seeking securities on cheap terms In the present market. EFFECT IN LONDON. London. Sept. 28. Renewed heavy realizations, chiefly in the list of invest ment securities, caused a demonstra tion on the stock market today, almost amounting to a panic. Consols once touched 87 1-2. being a full point be ncath the . lowest reached during the Franco-German war. The heavy liquidation la said to be due to the need of American finan cier and apeculator.' - - Apprehension is felt regarding the position in Wail Street and anxiety Is entertained concerning the stock ex- ilmnga settlement here '-Wednesday. There are rumors of probable failures. ANSWER CONTEMPT CHARGE Singular Chinese Cae Is On at ' an Francisco. San Francisco, Sept. 28. Resplen dent in gorgeous robes of gold and green the presidents of the Chinese six companies app?ared In the police court today to answer to alleged con tempt of court. Nearly the whole tt the upper set of the Chinese quarter of the eity was present. The alleged contempt is based i)In the utterance of a circular and. the contention of the legal representatives of a Chinaman charged with robbery. The six companies had placarded the dead walls of Chlnntown, threatening any man, Chinese or white, who raised hand or voice sn defense of the recused Chlnesa. CORNUCOPIA MINE IS SOLD Purchased by Sew Jersy Peop'e for $600,000. Baker City, Sept. 2S. The Cornucopia mines, formerly owned by John E. Soarlea, of Chicago, have been sold to a $5,000,000 New Jersey corporation. The consideration was $600,000. This la the largest mining deal ever consummated in Oregon. Bernard McDonald, for many years with the Lerol mine at Rossland. left Buker City this morning with about 80 miners to take charge of the property for the new company. SPRIN0WATER ROAD COMPLETED. Portland. Sept. 28. The Springwater branch of the Oregon Water & Rail way Company was completed today. This road la S3 miles long and is the longest electrical railroad. on the Pa cific coast. It opens ft rich farming country, and passes through 20 towns. BASEBALL SCORES. " AMERICAN. At Washington-First game Wash lnirton5; Chicago t. At Washington Second game Wash tnutcn 8: Chicago 10. At Philadelphia Philadelphia 4; Cleveland 8. At New York New York 7; Detroit ,. At Boston First game Boston 8; St. Louis 7. At Boston Second game Boston 6; St. Louie 0, PACIFIC NATIONAL. At Salt Lake-Salt Lake 4; Butte 3. WOULD ABOLISH WAR. Paris. RM,t. 28. The feature of the closing session of the. International Peace Conference was a speech by M Troulllot, minister of commerce, who declared that France was proud to be at the head of the peace movement. He expressed the hopo that tha -time was coming when tho huge sums de voted to keeping up arm!" would be utilized for the benefit ot humanity. Tht minister spoke in th tamo (train at banqu?t given last night in the honor of th congr. PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION Kew York, Sept. 28. A Colombian senator who seems to have reliable In formation says, according to a Herald dispatch from Bogota, that tho com mission appointed to draft a new prop osition for a Panama canal will report the same to bo nseleai. The senate will examine, tho legality of the canal company' extension of time on the contract of Manclnl Cal dron before taking any new action on the canal proposition again. " WARM TIME AT CONVENTION Brooklyn Republicans Employ Pronounced 8treniioltjv New York, Sept. 28. After one of the most riotous scene ever enacted in Brooklyn, the republican county slate was smashed tonight and Henry Bel den Ket :hum was nominated for dis trict attorney of Kings county. Wblle thn convention waa In on uproar Ketch urn attempted to withdraw his name and had his clothing literally torn from his body by his partisans, who attempt ed to drag him from the room.' In the street Ketchum fainted. The noise of the Hot drew the police to the hall and they charged down the center aisle, clubbing right and left, forcing the delegate into their seats and separating the fighter. . ' ARE AWARDED BIG SALVAGE Nelson Case I Settled I y Judge Stanford at Sent tie. buttle, Sept. 2S. Fedfial Judge Ht-o ford today awarded th-s Pacific "Coast Steamship Company and the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company $15, 00 Eii l $2500, respectively, for the fcer vlccs of the steamer Wallt' Walla and tugs T?itoo3h and Wallula in rescuing the British ship Nelson, , which , was wiveked at the mouth cf the Columbia ia Kovimber.!.,,.. . CHARGES ARE FILED. , Portland, Sept. 28. Charges were flW with the Oregon Sae Bar Associa tion tcday against State Attorney-General A. M. Crawford, alleging perjury., by Judge William R. Willis, hit former law imrtiUT and one of the bent known lawyers in the state. General Crawford says the charges are for political effect. He adds they were tried out In court three times and that he won every time. Scow Boy Iron & Brass Vcrhs Manufacturers cf Iron, Steel, Brass and Bronze Castings. General Foundrymen and Patternmakers!. Absolutely firstclass work. Prices lowest 1 Phone 2451. P. A. TRULLINGER CIGARS AND TOBACCO V Two Stores We have them, None Better. MaRe the Housewives Happy. W. C. LAWS a,.co. 527 BOND SITUATION INTHESOO IS SERIOUS Employes of Defunct Consolii- Lake Superior Company Ter rorize the Community With Rioting. Two Thousand Idle Men Are Be ' yond Control and Nunv 1 . ber Increases. SOLDIER? SENT TO THE SCENE Special Police ArniedJWth lie volvers and Instructed to . Use Theni in Driv ing Back Mob. Saiult Ste. Marie, Mich.. Sept. 28. Tonight" the' situation In tho Canadlai Soo,' which ha been the teen of riot ing by the discharged employ es of tha Consolidated Lako Superior Company ali day, la very grave, No reinforce menta f militia hava arrived from tho outside and tho only defense against the mob, which grow hourly, ia tho more or less demoralized police depart ment and a smalt company of mUltanr- men. -. . "' : ' -. ; : f-- , The assault upon the office bultdUi; by the mob this afternoon, before the arrival of the troop, waa uccesaful and the mass of frlenried rioter se cured possession of the ground floor of the building, destroying everything movable that came m their path.- The. office staff., with drawn revolver, pre vented their gaining access to the upper floors of the building, - Every window and door in the building waa smash ed In. ." ' ' It ia estimated there are 2009 men in theSoo tonight and these are reinforced by the idle rabble In town, A train carrying 400 woodsmen 1 expected to arrive on the Alsomai central tonight. Tbe local police force is being strength ened by all the deputies who can bo found, each man being given a badge and revolver and ordered to use the lat ter whenever necesary.: ",- n;1 ' . A battalion of regulars from Toronto, the King's Grenadier, sire eptpected to arrive in the morning and their com ing 1 awaited with feverish Impatience, Another company of militia from Sud bury ia txpected by midnight. Bad Plumbing will catch the man who put it in. Oar 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. W.J.SCULLEY 470-472 Commercial. Phone Black 224S Corner E!htee2thi:r.3 Tn:.V: Commercial St. STREET