Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1903)
I . Books, P,rod CV; . 17" 1 VOLUME LV1J. ASTORIA, ORLGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1900. 1873 H!t!i . V . ThU la short ttory over ell about the propriety of tbe itylei, and the fit, and the luperlority, and the variety of alrei.and the material, and to on, and come right down," or rather up, to a little Should I Wl adorn. All gar. Omenta madabvCroute i- & Brandegee.Manufac turlng Tailore, Utica, New York, 'are made with ContiTt , ghouldors and cloie-fittlng collar. -The result of this la very apparent. T.heaa overcoats how it at glance. When you get before the mirror yoo will notice it even more. It doesn't look pad ded. Some shout ders look aa though made by the uphol- terer.but there la none of that in ours. It looks clean-cut, well-built and givesthe ahoulders an added breadth, but withal attractive. The aecret In the making.' The aame, too, care that's put in the shoulders the genuine goodness. FISHER BROTHERS Agents for (he Famous Atkins Saws, Sharpie's " Cream Separators, Hardware Dealers and Ship CHANDLERS Cor. Bond and 12th Sts. LATEST SHEET MUSIC . Received as soon as pub lished. Large Stock on Hand. & & X? 7 J. N. GRIFFIN THE BEE HIVE ... WHERE YOU CAN ALWAYS BE SATISFIED. - Mens' All Wool Suits Latest Styles At Manufacturers' Prices Ladies Sults-Beforc purchasing see our line The greatest variety of styles to select fromThis is to bea suit season Buying of us you will get the very latest styles at the lowest prices. . EXPERT H!lEStiEING General lackfsmithing, Boat and Cannery Work. See us for High Class Work. Shop Corner of Fif teenth and Duane Streets, near St. Mary's Hospital. H O L M E S & S E I B E RT -' -1 ' 'Phone 2501.' on overcoat detail. We'll pail f X .Zrr Ilea l. VUu. tin 1m. with the entire garment. The it put la all ever," and thus " Astoria, Oregon Bad Plumbing' will catch the man, who put it in. Our Plumbing ia hon est and we watch tho details of each job and so that every piece of pipe is sound and every joint perfect. Tinning 'and gas fitting. W. J. SCULLEY 70-7 Commercial. Pbon Black S24S dfJjX T I Pi r- r L U-SS IWf IB V J anil 110 crisis is : IMMINENT IN ORIENT Russia Has Refused to Evacuate Manchuria Unless China Com . plies with Her Latest . Demands. smvV t mtmlm .." ' . :' i Chinese Government Has Appeal ed to the Japanese Minis v.'",. ter for .Assistance. THE SITUATION IS CRITICAL ItiiMNlnn IteprcHuiifatlve Import ed to Have 1i-okmmI to Ja pan HcIkmii) for I'ltrtt Hon or l'ora. Tokuhin)ft, Oct. 7. According to In formation received here the Ituaatan mlnlater In Pekin, M. Leaaar, haa In formed the Chinese foreign office that Rumala will nevir evrunte Manchuria unless her latest .demand are granted. China, It 1 added, has appealed to the Jipanwso minister, M. Uchlda, for J.iimneee assistance. The presa which reported the fortifi cation by Kusaia of Tongainpho on Cor- ean bank ot Yalu river consider thl action aa it possible casus belli, aa be ing an Infringement of Corean Integ rity. A rumor current tonight say that ddftntte Russian demand concerning ManchurhKani Core have betn i re- sentd to JaptOKby Baron Von Rouen, Ruslan minister to Jian.'. WASHINOTON NOT BURPRI Washington, Oct . 7. SUta depart mcnt officials aay that they are fully prepared to believe the newa thai Rus sia haa served notice on China that she will not evacuate Manchuria until her Intent demands are granted. Exactly what these demands are no official of the state department 1 prepared to say, but the belief Is that they are the very demauds which Count Cnsslni. the Russian embasador, told Secretary Hay were merely presented as a basis of ne gotiations. ' NATURE OF DEMAND. Lonlon. Oct. 7.The correspondent of the Dally Moll at Kobe, Japan, tel egraphs that Baron Von Rosen, on O tober 4, presented a note to the Jap n ese government contending that Jfll'iin had no right to Interfere In the ques tion of the evacuation of Manchura, which solely . concerned Russia and China. The note further proposed the partition of Corea and suggested that Japan should take the southern half and Russia the northern provinces. The government sent a reply to rtaron Von Rosen rejecting the Russian proposal, A crisis Is possible at any moment. : ;" - WITHOUT MILITARY ESCORT Sincere, Thorough Patriots Are llnrmlcMM Enough. New York, Oct.' 7. Eduardo Yere. Cuban secretary of government In the cabinet -of Presidency Falma, who has com here to undergo an operation for throat affection, accompanied the pres ident on hla recent tour of the Island and saya the party was enthuslaslcally received everywhere. , "To prove,'' he aaldj "how groundless were the stories of opposition to the gov eminent by the veterans of the revolu tion, the president rode about In the most deserted part of the country with out military escort. We were assured by the former revolutionists that neit her the failure to pay their wage nor any other cause could Induce them ever to make n attempt at insurrection. They are Mncere thorough patriots and wld never take any action which will endanger the, mstltutions which they created by suffering and sacrifice." KILLED BY AN ACTCR S JOKE. New York, Oct 7. A Joke perpetrat ed by performer on the Btage of an Eighth avenue theater la alleged to have caused the death of Joseph Jennl son. He laughed so much that heart failure set In and he died In the lobby of the theater where he had been car ried by the jahers. . . HONEYCOMBED BY RODENTS Dam at Lake Union (Jives Away With Little Damage. Seattle, Oct. 7. Tbe dam at the head of the government canal, extending from Lake Union to the water of the ound, went out thl morning and all day and tonight a river 76 to 100 feet wide and 10 or 12 feet deep ha been racing through the ditch. The water first began to seep through, past the south wing of the dam, thl morning about 7 o'clock. What was first a small crevice grew to be a large crevice. A ditch I cut through the sand and loose dirt and tho rushing water rapidly cat Itt way Into thl. Great sections of the bank from ttm to tiiim rail Into tbe waUr nd art carried away. Whllj the catustrophe m rpectocu 1 r In tb extrf m tbe damage U imall. A temporary dam will be thrown aero tb canal tomorrow and the wing of the dnm will be rebuilt. The damage, Including the coat of r building the wing of the dam and temporary dam will amount to 1cm than :, Rat which honeycombed the dam with their hole, are thought to be re ponalble for the waahlng out of tbe dam, and not the high water. CHAMBERLAIN ON TARIFF. London. Oct. T.-Con.tlnulng hi na tal campaign Joteph Chamberlain to night addrecaed a meeting of 4,000 per on in the town hall of Greenock. us port on tbe Clyde, 22 mllea from Otaagow. ' He dlt particularly with queatlona of retaliation and reciprocity, The; late colonial secretary aaid that he wai a free trader and wanted to live htrmonlouily with bla neighbor, but he deptred free exchange with all na.- Uona. If they would not exchange be was not a free trader at any price. Chamberlain asked why all protec tive nntlone propered more than un protected onea. If Cobdenltea would afUlafwctorlly anawer that question, he would aalc to be allowed to hide hla dl minlabi'd head; hla occupation would be gone. - PITTSBURG EASY FO! BOSTON Second ChaiupionHliip Game tit Won by Score of 1 1 to 2. Pittsburg, Oct. 7 The Boston Amerl can league team beat the Pituburg Natlorals today in tbe second game of the championship series. Score, Boston II. Pittsburg 2. PACIFIC COAST. Portland-Oakland 8; Portland J. San Francisco Los Angeles 12; San Francisco 1. . Seattle-Seattle 4; Secramento S. WHEEL GOES TO ST. LOUIS. Chicago. Oct. 7--Tbe Inter-Ocean to day as: . That the famous Ferris wt.es! haa Iwn tmh-'UpA from thJunk nile and will be taken to the St. Louis Exposition 1 now believed to be an as sured fact. Men are at work on the North Side dlanfantellng the wheel for a local wrecking company. It la aaid that the company will be allowed to retain the first $100,000 of the receipt!) at the fair grounds. The cost of removal and setting up the wheel ia estimated approximately at $100,000. After the amount named In the conces sion litis been received, It is said, one third of the profits will go to the owners of the wheel and the remaining two thirds to the treasury of the exposi tion. .' ' The value of . the wheel aa Junk is estimated at $30,000, but because of the wnw attached to Ha removal, the mesenfowners are said to have obtain ed the wheel for ?,1W). The history of the wheel abounds with legal tompll cation. Time and again there have ben report of sale and of projects for Its removal After the World Fair the wheel was taken to tta present sit uation on the north side. The patron age there was too amall to make the running of the wheel prolltnble. BROKE PLATE DAMAGED KEEL. . New York. Oct. 7. It haa been found at the New York navy yard that the I battleship Maasachusetta, which ran in' to the rocks near Bar Harbor, while on her way to Oyster Bay for the recent ! naval maneuvers, not only broke some of the plates In her forward compart ments, but seriously damaged the aft r end of her keel. - v The ship's "heel," a large steel cast Ins, was broken and a new one will have to be cast. The work I likely to require several month PAPER PRODUCTS COMPANY. New York. Oct. 7. Aa a result of a final conference of the committee from the Independent mill and .the United Box Board and Paper Company, It has been decided to call the new selling com pany the "Paper Products Company." The $200,000 capitalisation of the new conj-firn will le apportioned among the Independent companies and the uniteo Box Board and Paper Company accord ing to the output of each mill. PREDICTED DEATH AND DIED. New York, Oct 7,-John Loughran, agod 83, president of the Manufactur- or b. and one Ui me west imwn i. '- borough. Is dead from pneumonia. When Mr. Loughran felt death ap proaching three days ago, he called his servants to his bedside, predicted with in a few hour the time of his death, and calmly bade them farewell. TEN YEARS FOR FIFTEEN CENTS. Missoula, Mont., Oct, 7. John San tiago, a Spaniard, was held up here at midnight Saturday. Sunday morning Charles Wilson, a colored porter, lately from Spokane, was arrested for the crime. Today he pleaded guilty and wa given 10 year in the penitentiary. He got IS cent from bis victim. - MISERABLE COLLAPSE OF AIRSHIP Flying Machine Representing Years of Exhaustive Study Proves, Yesterday to Be VU ter Failure. After 100 Yards of Flight it Falls Into the Potomac Riven THE INVENTOR IS HOPEFUL ProtesHor Langley Aagertft Cou fidence in tbe Ultimate Sue ce of III Experimen tal Invention. Wtdewater, Va., Oct. 7. A 0-foot steel-built flying machine, the climax of yea's of exhaustive study in tha ef fort of Prof. Samuel F. Langley, secretary of the Smithsonian Institute, to solve, the problem of mechanical flight In midair, was launched today. and the experiment, carefully planned and delayed for month, proved a com plete failure. The immense airship sped rapidly along its 70-foot track and was carried by It own Momentum for 100 yards and then fell gradually into the Potomac river, whence it emerged a total wreck. Profesor Charles M . Manley, who has been Profesor Langley' chief assistant In the work preliminary to the attempt. rt flight, made the asront t the aero drome and escaped with a ducking. At no time was there nnv semblance of flight or Initial momentum, the light nes of the machine and tbe sustain. lug surface of the wings funitfthing conditions which account for the 100 yard traiuit of the air bird from Its 60 foot elevation to the water. An official statement made after the ktMt admitted that tho experiment wa unsuccessful, nui usenea nmnaeure ui the uUliiiatojniccess of the Invention. J. 0. KEENE NOT JAMES R. KEENE. New York, Oct. 7. It has been learn ed that J. O. Keene, the American trainer now in Russia and not James R. Keene. ha secured control, for a term of years, of the great English bred stallion Oaltee More. The horse Is the property of the Russian govern ment, which paid the English owners $200,000 for him after he had won the three great classics of the British turf-derby, St. Leger and two thousand guinea stake. ' . KILLED A POLICE OFFICER Drunken Doctor Terrorizes Peo ple of Pueblo, Cal. Pueblo, Col., Oct. 7. While craied from tho Influence of liquor, Dr. C. O. P.lce, one of the most prominent physi cians In the city, tonight shot and al most Instantly killed Polios Officer Martt while the latter was trying to irrest him In a drugstore. The tren- ytert physician drove every one out of the store by flourishing his revolver and threatening to kill any one who came within range. Police umcer sia- ter shortly afterwards accidentally shot himself while attemptinj to er feot an entrance Into the store. Slater will probably die. The doctor held an enormous crowa at bay in front of the drugstore for an hour. Finally entrance w ine rear i the store was gained and the doctor overpowered. He was taken to ine county lall by a circuitous route ior fear of violence. ; "CONSCIENCE FUND" MONEY. New York,, Oct. 7. Collector of the Port Str,anahan has Just received what s ald to be the largest single contri bution to the "conscience tuna on re cord at this port. It amountea to nmuu and came from Boston. The letter ac companying the check was written by an attorney acting for the contrtnuior. RESIGNED AS COMMODORE. New York, Oct. 7. Frederick T. Ad ams", banker ana ui-URcr im i""6"" as commodore of the Larehtnont Yacht Club, one of the leading dubs on Long Island sound. He haa occupied the or? tlce since 1901, and has given many val uable prises for club race during bis term of office. NEW YORKERS WON'T BEHAVE. New York, Oct. 7. In order to quell a small riot in 39th street near Broad way, started by stage hands employed nearby theaters, the police were obliged to use their clubs and a pistol shot wa fired. No one was seriously hurt. Four arrests were made. Men and women in evening dress were hurrying away from jhe Princess theater and ran Into the fighting aone I before they were aware of what was happening. Score of them wore swept off their feet by the combatants, who wnng "Wu jacks and club. 7 One woman almost had her drew torn from her back. The fight originated In a quarrel between two men m the same theater. One of them called uj. on friend working in another hus and the outcome wu a gathering of shifters from half a dozen theaters to engage In a pitched battle after the flntit curtain bad rang down along Broadway, Some of the would-be par ticipant forced matter and the row started quarter of an hour before the time let, so tbat It wa Just becom ing seriou when the police took a hand and broke up the gathering. CANNOT MEET McCMESNEY. , New Tort-. Oct. 7. Water - Boy, eastern champion ammg race horses of the season, will not race again this sea son and It I said to be considered doubtful whether he will ever face the barrier again. The horse was being prepared for the Brighton cup contest and was being worked slowly over the SheepshestdBay track when upon near- ing tha end of hi trial be faltered In hi stride. Hla exercise lad pulled him up and It was found that one of the fore leg wa Injured at the pastern joint . ;; The retirement of Water Boy at thl time effectually disposes of any !oealbte meeting with McCbesney. CYCLONE IN KANSAS. Empora, Kan., Oct. 7. Thre persons were killed outright, two fatally injured and fourteen others more or les ser- bm&ly hurt, beside enormous property damage, as a result of tornadoes that prevailed near Hamilton. Greenwood county, uul at Alllcevllle, in Coffey county, Kan., last night. The town of Ailcevllle, vhlch, had two hundred In habitant, wa practically demolished. The list of caiualitle may yet be In complete. ' At Ailcevllle every one Of the fifty houses In town waa either totally wrecked or torn from It found ation. tyTSSEl SAOE YET SOLVENT. New York, Oct. 7 Reports from Sickletown, N. Y., that a farm owned by P.UMiel Sage has been sold there for unpaid taxes, is denied by member of the financier' family. air .Sage explained the matter to the effect that, although tbe property stands in her husband's name, it actu ally belongs to E. C. M. Rand, who for 20 year wa In Mr. Sage' employ. WILL CONCLUDE THIS WEEK. London, Oct. 7. By Thursday even ing the Alaska "boundary tribunal will probably have finished all its labors ex cept pronouncement of - its decision. The commissioner tire not expected to lake long before anncuncing their de cision or their disagreement. The Amor lean today expressed a more honeful view than they have hitherto held. VOLCANO IN ERUPTION Honolulu, Oct. 7. The volcano JIuu- nam Lcn on the island of Hawaii, is acrain in a state if activity. The erup tion I"gan yesterday at non. , Scow Boy Ircn 8 Brass Vcrfc R!ansfac!crcfs cf Iron, Steel, Brass and Bronze Castings. Geiier.il Foundrynien and Patternmakers. Absolutely firstclass work. Prices lowest. . Ph:ns 24" 1. P. A. TRULLING CIGARS AND TOBACCO Two Stores Nbthin Pleases so well as nicoly laundered linen, We havo tho neat and most sanitary laundry in the state and do ' the lest work. All White held. .' , Cor. Tenth and Daune St. ThoDe 11)91 The Saves Half f.i Steves W. C. LAWS 527 BOND GROUT Ai FORNES C OFF Ti : Citizens' Union ar.i P, . Convention Ouit Ccr '. Named at the C.L . ' na! Convention, Substiute In Their ikzi Fr:J.!v ' W. Heinricks and E. i, " McGuire. DEMOCRATS BADLY SPLIT V? Murphy Condeinmei! in I5rok lya Grout ;mi(l F rises Will Kot He Snpportert There. - . New York, Oct. 7.AH uncertainty regarding the action of the citizens' union and republican crgnr.lMtkm on' tne question of ousting Grout "l Fom from the fusion ticket wa re moved tonight when both conventions convened and voted unanimously to re scind tbe nomination for controller and aldermanic president made at Um original convention, and to nominate instead Frederick - W. nelnrlch. of Brooklyn, and E. J. MeGtiire. of Mw hattan. Helnricha waa the candidate for lieutenant-governor on the gold democratic ticket in 1896L and Mixiutre Is assistant corporation counsel. The chaotic condition of the demo cratic organisation In' Brookljii waa made evident tonight when MnrMn V. Lytleton, democratic Candida to f-r borough president, made hi first cam paign speech at the Seymour Club. Wr. Lytleton launched Into speech con- ... demnlng the course of Leader Murphy and the delegates from Tammany II all at the convention, and made it plain that the Brooklyn leaders would not. support either Grout or Forna. WINDSTORM AT OMAHA. Omaha Oct. 7. A windstorm which. struck the eastern portion of Omaha. this afternoon, blew down a brick wall at the north end of the new Union Pa cific shops, burying four workmen, on of whom, A. T. Ratllffe, of Lawrence, Kan., was killed, and three others wero Bf-rlouHly injured besides several that iT'but slightly Injured. VT.LL1AA T. BAKER B DEAD, Chicago, Oct. 7. William T. Baker, a prominent member of the board of trade, and one of the h-ading capital ists of this city, died suddenly ssrly to day. Mr. Baker was well known in the grain trade throughout the we.st. Corner Eighteenth end Frn:! Commercial Ct. Troy Launt?; the Fuel STR