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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1903)
The Associated Press News Service Fresh From the Wires. ' VOLUME LVI1. ASTORIA, OREGON, TUIISDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1903. NUMBER S. QrirriA fon Ilke clothes In tho very heighth of vJUniC i71CJl faihion SOME DON'T, That's became taste differ so. One man wanti the moat extreme cut, while another i' tlve. Mnthlna GervIgH Cm 6 trt.dun Wk. fin Vmk, V 1, gr is a good way of getting what you want, whether it's some thing very ultra or Just plain every-day stylishness. P.A.STOKES FISHER BROTHERS Agents for the 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? ????J& J. N. GRIFFIN fall Shirt Waists Fleeced Back Oxfords White Oxfords French Flannel Alpaca Shirt Waists LAuJ$ SWEATERS Fancy Sioeve Blouse Sweaters r Fancy Weaves, white and colored, $2.75, I THE BEE HIVE I. WHERE YOU CAN ALWAYS BE SATISFIED. S. A. GIMRE Opp. Fisher Bros. Store BoOtQ a lid Sh6eS on Bond St., Astoria Bells lit 'Close want! it thoroughly conaerva OldtFaihlonmd. mind vou: Jusf up-to-date in every way, though rather subdued in style. We cater to both. One kind of taate doesn't make a business, you know, so that's why we teep in stock mough variety to satisfy the d r e s s desires of a good-sized town.What ever your leaning may be, you can always find it where the garments bear the label of Crouse ft Brandegee, Utica, New York. Ask. ing for that Astoria, Oregon 4 Bad Plumbing will catch the mnn who put ' it in. Our Plumbing is hon est and wo watch the details . of each job and seo that every piece of pipe is sound and every joint perfect. Tinning and gas fitting. W.J.SCULLEY 470-472 Commercial. Phone Black I2 $175 o IK 4.00 CARRIES A FINE STOCK OF Figure ALL DANGER FROM FLOOD HAS PASSED Paterson, Passaic and Other Cities In Stricken District Now Regarded as Safe ;f for Future. Water Is Receding Rapidly and Big Dams Have With . stood Torrent. ' ' HUNDREDS STILL HOMELESS Many Persons Compelled to 8c? k Food uitl Nheltir at I'uter on, but Condition Are Ili'tter. Now York, Oct. 12 With report of mcJIng flood received today from all quiii tern, Pateryii, Pannalo and other water wtt town of New Jeraey aw relieved of further peril. In Palenwn nlooe the damage in estimated at 12,- uuc.ooo, without taking Into account the Iom )n Tonight the water 1 reported to have fallen four feet at Fateraon. The dil uent continue to be great and tonight fully WW pertona were atlll compelled to ek fool and ahtlter In the armory. In Paaialc the damage ( eatlmated to be equal to that In Poteraon. The Kamapo river la alowly aubaldlng and the Tuxedo dam. which, It waa feared, could' not wlthatand the flood, la con sidered aafe. So far aa known, only two Uvea were loat. Tha vlllajre of Hamapo waa nearly obliterated by the overflow. Cottng dweller fled to the hill and have been looked after by thou whoao home were on higher ground. SEVEBAL VESSELS LOST. Norfolk. Ya.. Oct. 12. Two veasel are known to have been loat on the Carolina coaet and three achoonera are mliwlnic. Two whnoner and a barse. In addition to thoae reported up to Sunday, were lout during Thuraday and Friday. Tha crewa of the whooners were rescued, but the barge went down with all on board. DEATH RATE GROWING LESS Attributed to Better Cftre on Part of Mothers. . Chicago, Oct. 12.-Tne death rate of Chicago infanta leaa than one year of age haa decreased 60.1 per cent alnce ISM. The death rate of persona of all age ha decreased 3.S per cent In the mime 13 year. These statement are made In the weekly bulletin of the health depart ment. Speaking of the cause favor able to iieventlon of Infant mortality, the bulletin myv "An improved milk supply, the anti toxin treatment of diphtheria and other cause often cited to account for the decrease of infant mortality are equal ly Inadaquate and the department i disposed to attach more Importance to the education of mother In the hygiene of the young. The effort of, woman's club and similar organisation in thl education have been steadily growing during all thl period of decreased In fant mortality, and it is believed thl I the principal factor In giving the baby a better chance for life." In Wl there vere 8208 death of In fant less than -one year old. In 1891 there were 5144 infant defeth. ThU change, the department how. Is brought about largely by the de crease of mortality In the summer. Care is the great llfe-eaver. . NEW DANCING CLASS. Last nhrht Profsor Dennle held the first session of a private dancing class at Hanthom hall, the Intention be ing In tha future to devote Monday nights exclusively to thl clasa. In order to balance the proportion of each sex, limited number of gentlemen may yet be accommodated. Applications should be addressed to Prof. Dennle, t aro of thl paper. LADRONES WILL BE HANGED Eight Meii SeiUeitCed to Death in Philippines. Manlla.Oct. 12.-Eight Lodrones have just been sentenced here to be hanged and two to 25 year' Imprisonment by Judge Sweeny. These men were capr lured In Bulucan and other provinces of Luzon adjacent to Manila. A second body of Ladrone Is In the iBland of Panay, where It ha attacked the town of Ibajay and killed 13 of ths Inhabitants. There 1 only a small police force there. ; Lieutenant Velasyuex, with SO men of the constublary, was attacked recently ly by live hundred head hunters of Nuevn Vlscay'i and lost two men, after killing 63 and wounding a large num ber of the- head hunters. The enemy were, armed with rifles and boloe. The constabulary under command of Vulnsques are reported to be suffering from dlea similar to cholera. Whit last ' heard of, Herman and Johnson, the fugutlve defaulter from tho constabulary service, were on their way to the island yt t'agayance. They had abandoned their sail boat at Asia, a small port In Negro, and had gone to Guimbal. on the northeast coast of Hollo, where they secured a large res set for their trip to Cagayanes. One of the native constabulary waa stilt with them, .he other having left at dif ferent place en route. The shortage In cash of the commissary department money taken from the safe amounts, upon Investigation, to f 10,000, A a result of the Investigation of attorns Collector Bhuster, Governor Taft baa made a requisition upon the Chinese authorities at Shanghai for the extradition of W. D. Dallantlno, in pector of custom, arrested there yes Uvday for alleged complicity In the conspiracy for the Issuance of what are suspected to be fraudulent Chinese cer tiorate. An officer will leave for Phanghal tomorrow to bring the prl tinrr back here. The custom authorities have Just dis covered large quantities of anise seed nil. which wa billed as tar. Many cases of the oil put up la this shape have boon seised. ' BURKE COCHRAN ON DIVORCE Says It In the One Blot on Civilization. New York, Oct. 12.-W an addres before the Knight of Columbu gather ed In Carnegie hall to celebrate the an niversary of America discovery, Mr. Dourke Cochran reviewed the march of civilisation and declared that the only blot to be seen the present day I the divorce practice. The great private for tune he considered to be of value to the nation, while the labor problem, he said, I only a top In the march of pro gress. ' ! " ' "There ha been growth," he said, "since the beginning of the world. Pro gress t vhe law of the universe and the nation that came before thl one, the men who lived and accomplished things before Columbus, wire lrnply link in a chain which were not yet completed. When we know that this work Is all for mankind then we can understand his mission of commerce and religion, and that hW mission marked the dawn of Justice. The present condition of society here is full of promise. We have the great est fortune of the earth greater than Home ev !r dared dream of-nd,though philosopher say that where wealth ac cumulate men decay, I ee no cause for despair. When a large fortune I not gained by robbery, by fraud or by the manipulation of the laws, then it can be but a boon to our naUon. My neighbor" prosperity increases my own and that of the earth. "Nor do modern fortune tend to the Increase of luxury. On. the contrary, men become more self denying. I see no ulirn of decay In the human rfcee here. The labor question Is In pro cess of solution and every row la a step toward thl. A laborer can not get m..r nav than the value of his pro duct, for then the product cease to be made. Nor can he get much less, be cause of the element of competition. The laborer of today i not a servant, but a pnrtner of his employer, and their good -esta In a mutual unaer gtandlng. ' "But tho blot I see upon our civil isation is the Increasing number of divorces. In the ancient state the sup reme importance of life was to Increase the importance of the state. Today the entf of life is the Individual gooa. uui the Individual good He in theprosperity of the family and It 1 at thl that the divorce strike. If not checked it will destroy the family "The remedy to this, a I see it, is to realise that matrimony I a state, not a contract, and divorce must be stopped. DlvDroe strikes at the virtue of our woaion. and thl virtue la what preserves the state. Divorce Is the one fout growth upon our soil, and upon it riddance depend the fate of our futura. . I "If we are to chose between divorce and polygamy, give u polygamy," FABULOUS DISCOVERY MADE Gold Strike at Hamilton, Mont., Creates a Hush, Wte. Oct. 12.-A spectal W the Miner from Ha nllton say: This city Is wild with excitement over a great gold discovery maild on Owl creek, a few miles from here. A regular stam pede is on. If half of what I said be true, It is the biggest strike made In Montana In many years. Mr. Cross, representing a New York syndicate, made the discovery on August 23 last. He returned to Hamilton and wired to tho New York people what he had found. His syndicate sent an expert at once. Thlrty-elght claim were located for tlw New York concern. They say the ledge Is fully 1200 feet wide and that there Is enough ore In slsht to keep a S0-Btamp mill running for 10 years without doing any under ground mining. . Assays run from $107 to $1000 In gold to the ton. The expert claims all of the ore will run at least $2S to tha ton. From one phenomenally rick streak of the ore. 18 pounds gave from $300 to $500 to gold. - - . - WAR SCARE IS STILL ON IN FAR EAST Postponement of Czar's Visit to Rome Interpreted to Mean That the Situation -. , Is Grave. Japanese-Minister at London Not So Confident That Peace , WillConilme, EFFORT TO DISPEL ALARM However, Ituialg Still Increas ing Her. Military Forces at New Ch wangr and Corea. London, Oct. 12. The peculiar official explanation of the postponement of the czar's visit to Rome, "owing to cir cumstance over which he ha no con trol," Is interpreted In some quarter to mean that the threatened outlook In Far Eastern affair call for the em peror's presence In Russia. There Is no confirmation of the alarm 1st rumor. At the Japanese legation last night no new had been received of the reported ultimatum. , Great attention la paid to the changed tone of Baron Hayashl, the Japanese minister In London, who Is much less confident that peace will be preserved than he wa a week ago, A dispatch to the Daily Mall from Kobe,, dated October 12, report that the situation Is somewhat easier, but that the tone of the pre 1 dltlnctly bellcose. . DISPELS ALARM. . Pari, Oct. 13. Figaro thl morning publishes an Interview with M. Kurlno, Japanese minister here, on the dispatch to the effjet that the Japanese have occupied Masanpho. M. Kurino said Shanghai was notoriously the originat ing point of bogus news. He personal ly had not received any confirmation of the report. He continued: "Moreover, my government' last communication were wholly pacific, and no tension existed between the two governments, whatever certain foreign newspaper may ay." INCREASING HER FORCES. Yokohama, Oct. 12. Dlspatche from Chefoo report that a Russian warship and transport, with 500 troops, left Port Arthur October 4 for Corea. Sixty Japanese civilian left Port Arthur for Nagasaki October 10. The Russian forces at New Chwang are reported to have been increased. The premier and minister for war, THE Ar DUNBAR CO. If l A SK IM That good reasons must exist for the popular ity of our store and the large growth of our business. What are they? We We LARGE 15c Fast black hose 10c Pear's soap,2 cakes 25c Lonsdale cambric - 10c Hooks and Eyes per card " Ic 2 Spools of cotton thread .-5c Hairpins, per paper - Ic Apron ginham 6c 75c corsets 49c 8c Towels " 5c 35c Towels 25c ; 25c THE A. 1 1 THE A. DUNBAR CO. navy ind foreign affair had an aud ience with the emperor today. Baton Von R"en, Russian minister, and Baron Kontura, Japanese foreign min ister, have not yet had a conference. J " AN OPTIMISTIC VIEW. Washington, Oct. 12. The Russian embassy la not tlarmed over the situa tion In the Far Ea. The view held I neither Russia nor Japan desires war, and that there' 1 really no question at Issue which cannot be settled without recourse to arm. REMARKABLE SELf SACRIFICE. , New York, Oci. 12. The Bellevue ho piitil doctor, accostomed to ad cenen, have been startled by the Mf -sacrifice shown by John Conroy, a laborer, whose back wa broken by a fa! received while at hi work. Conroy wa taken to the hospital, and upon being asked for bin addre and that of hi nearei f i tend, told the doctor hi mother w is terlously 111 and that should she learn of his accident he undoubtedly would die. Finally 'le gave an address, but It proved to he llctitJuus. , Hi sister and the dying mother were much alarmed' at his non-appearance. Old finally 'he former began the n unds of the hospitals. At Bellevue the search was rewarded, but she had arrived too late. Her- brother had passed away only a few minute before he arrived. , UNOIN MEN ACT AS DEPUTIES Armed Pressmen Prepared to (Resist Expected Attack. Chicago Oct, 12. Armed with re volver and sworn in aa deputy mar shala, JO union pressmen employed In the prhitlnr plant of the R. R. Don nelly II BonsCompany are guarding the building against attack from striking member of Franklin Union of Pre Feeders. ; The armed deputies are regular em ploye of the company, all of them members of local No; X of the Inter national Printing Pressmen' Union. Though no ertous trouble ha occurred the precaution has been taken because of threat made by the Franklin Union member. " GETTING READY FOR A TRIP Dowie'sRestoration Host Review : ed at Chicago. Chicago. Oct r12.-The "restoration host," 1000 strong, marched In review before John Alexander Dowle, at Zion City, on Sunday. -In addressing 6000 person In the tabernacle, he declared that those members' of Zion who failed to go Jo New York would wither away and that their prosperity would cease. BASEBALL SCORES. PACIFIC COAST. At Portland Portland 11; Sacramen toO. AM ERICAN-NATIONAL. At Chicago Americana 4; Nationals 2. THE A. We know what smart buyers want. purchase the right goods at the right time. sell the best goods at uniform low prices. We observe absolute fairness with all. BARGAINS IN SHALL ITEMS DUNBAR COMPANY. Commercial Street THE A. SEEK LAND NEAR HERE FOR STOCK Eastern Oregon Cattle Men Con template Locating Herds on Lower Columbia for Winter Season Hay Crop Is Very I Short and New Pasturage MustJJeJ Found Immediately m4. . COLONEL JUDSON AT WORK Trying to Arrange for Special Rate Over Local Road From Cattle Country to slow er River Counties. Portland, Oct 12. (Special to The A-torlan)-Colonel R. C'. Judson, who look after farming and it allied inter- efts in an official capacity for the O. ' ..... r a. VU , . K. Si, company, too ay iu w " Atorlan correspondent that the scarci ty and high price of hay on the eve of winter haa rendered the utilization of the pasture land of the Lower Colum bia river country a necessity. ' With the great loss of hay In South ern Oregon by fire.and the scarcity of bay In Eastern Oregon and the pros pect for a hard winter, cattle men aee great loss ahead. Colonel Judson say, unless some plan for relieving the sit uation la devlsjd. Colonel Judson la acquainted with the country around" As toria and above und with climatic con ditions, and the project of shipping cat tle from Eastern Oregon Into Clatsop and Columbia counties for wintering he considered feasible. In fact, he tftk" Ing an active interest in setting the movement on foot. Today he wrote to the official of the Astoria ft Columbia , River Railroad Company suggest ir-g a special livestock freight rate and asking the co-operation of the A. ft C. in the matter. , An Eastern Oregon cattle man who recently made a trip down the Colum bia and observed the unused pasture lard assured Mr. Judson that he will put a thousand cattle In the vicinity of Astoria this fall If he can lease the parture land. If Mr. Judson' plan - Avtvtvbv with tiln herd will nviu - " - - ho transferred from the plain of East ern Oregon to the hill and valleys of the Lower Columbia thl fall. NAMED BY PRESIDENT. WfMr.gtoii, Oct. 12. The president today appointed John N. Watson regis ter of the land office at Lakevlew. Or., and Charles U. Snyder" receiver of publto moneys. DUNBAR . i: I II i ; It DUNBAR '