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VOLUME LV1I,
ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1903.
NUMBER 10.
QfMA frrt ,ike clothes in tho very helghth of
WUmt faBhion. SOME DON'T. That'g
bectuia tastes differ so. One man wants the moit extreme cut,
CiiliM. my Cmm tnt-ifm,
Vikt. K. YL
Is a good way of getting whst you want, whether it's some
thing very ultra or just plain everyday stylishness.
P.A.ST0
FISHER BROTHERS
Agents for the Famous Atkins Saws, Sharpie's
Cream Separators, Hardware Dealers and Ship
CHANDLERS .
Cor. Bond and 12th Sk ; Astoria, Oregon
LATEST SHEET MUSIC
Received as soon as pub
lished. Large Stock on
Hand. ? & j& j& j&??j&&
J. N. GRIFFIN
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Fall
Shirtwaists
Fleeced Back Oxfofds r ; f
TOe Oxfords ; : : :
French Flannel
Alpaca Shirt Waists
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LADIES SWEATERS
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Fancy Sleeve Blouse Sweaters - ... . f 2.75
, Fancy Weaves, white and colored, $2.75, 3.75, 4.00
THE BEE HIVE
WHERE V0U CAN ALWAYS BB SATISFIED.
S. A. GIMRE
Opp. Fishor Bros. Store
on Bond St., Astoria
Bella at Cloe Figaro
while another wants it thorough; conserva
tive. Nothing Old-Fashlontd, mind you;
just up-to-aate in every way,
though rather subdued in style.
We cater to both. One kind of
m t . a
taste ooesn i make a
business, you know,
so that's why we
keep in stock
enough variety
to satisfy
the dress
desires of a
good-sized
your
leaning may
be, you can
always find
it where the
garments
bear tire
label of
Crouse &
Brandegee,
Utica, New
York. Ask
ing for that
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 pipo is sound and -every
joint perfect. Tinning
and gas fitting.
W.J. SCULLEY
470-471 Commercial. Phon Black I2U
CARRIES A FINE
STOCK OF
EES
Boota and Shoes
FACTIONAL
FIGHT IS TO
CONTINUE
McLaughlin's Followers and Tarn-
many Will Be Unable to
Oet Together for
Election.
Struggle for "Supremacy Will En
sue at Forthcoming Com
mittee Meeting.
TAMMANY HOLDS BIG RALLY
Senator Towne Inject Some In-
trrextlnsr ArgruiuentM Into
Cnmpttlfru Durlugr
ah Address.
New Vork, Oct. H. All other fea
turpi uf i he political campaign wer
oveifli1oed in Interest todajr by th
almoin ponltlve assurance that the fac
tional donvjcrailc fight In Brooklyn
would bu continued, and that probable
Id-arit between the McLaughlin faction
and Tammany hall la a far distant aa
t'ver. VcCtellat declined an Invitation
to attend the Brooktyn ratification meet
Ing unit- the full democratic ticket
was endwed, and Senator McCarren
culled at Tnmmany headquarter to ex
free his approval of McClcllan'
course.
X bitter struggle for auprcmacy la
predicted nt the apprcechlng .meeting
of the Urooklyn county committee call
ed at the Instance of McCarren.
Tammany hall held an enthusiastic
ratification meeting tonight.; at which
the Urooklyn dlefatea wer not pres
ent. ' .'" " -
Appeals for campaign fundi were
mnt out tKlay by the cttlsena union
and republican organisations.
TAMMANY'S BIO MEETINO. ,
"vw York: Oct . 14. Tammany ball
was thronged tonight at the first great
jnnss meeting of Che campaign, held to
ratify th democratic platform and
nomination. Ex-t'nlted Statea Senator
Ohm Its A. Towne waa the ft rat apenker.
Towne argued that the non-part Urn
Itovernmont waa a failure. Whatever
might be said of It In theory, he could
not recall an instance where It had au
ceeded In fact,
William McAdee, formerly nselsta-it
eecivtary of the navy, aald:
"We are tonight fighting a battle for
tl.e restoration of a democratic govern-
Mc-nt In the United State."
He ani l that Mr. Chamberlain wou'd
succeed In converting theBrttlah empire
to protection, and It waa only by hav
ing the democratic party returned to
power at Washington that the British
pnvri nment could be thwarted In Ita
effort to Injure American trade.
DEMOCRATS ENDORSED.
Kevv York. Oct. 14. The committee
of 40 from the New Tork democracy In
riursed the democratic candidates on
the city, borough and county tlcketa to
day.
BOOKER T. ON NtGRO AND DAIRY.
New York, October 14. Booker
T. Washington, who la Just back
from ft short vacation .in Europe, has
been welcomed home by a meeting of
3000 negroes here. In responding to
numerous addresses, he said the oppor
tunities for education and labor for the
naro here are much better than the
poorer classes get on the other side.
"The poorer classes there," he aald,
'save more money than the colored peo
pie here, although they earn leas. On
the other hand, In point of general
morality, I think that our people com
pare favorably with the lower claases
of Europe." While abroad, Washington
took up the studies of dairies and dairy
products In Normandy. He believes
the conditions there can bo adapted to
T'iskegee with afroat success.
SOLD WHISKY TO INDIANS.
Butte, Mont., Oct. 14. (Speclal)-A
special to the Miner from Browning,
Mont, sayss " .
The authorities on the Blackfoot res
ervation believe they have located the
man who sold the whiskey to the In
dians ihat led to the terrible murders
of Bunday morning, and Jake William
son, of Cut Bank, has been arrested on
a charge of having violated- the law In
this respect. He was brought to Brown
Ing by Deputy United States Marshal
Wall. . V "
A preliminary examination was held
by the United State, commissioner.
Williamson waived examination and
waa bound over to the United States
grand Jury In th sum of $1000 which he
succeeding in securing, Nothing mat
erially - has been further learned re
k'.ii'dlng the suspected, murderers,
HARVESTER COMPANY CHANGES.
Chicago, Oct. 14. The tribune today
says: Radical changes In the offices Of
the International Harvester Company,
by which the offices of the constituent
companies will be consolidated, are be-
Ing put Into effect by the directing of
ficial of the big combine. It to stated
that the plan will be In force by Jan.
uary 1, though thui far It haa been kept
a clly guarded secret, .
By this consul idatton slip, which will
extend '.hroug'nout the country, to all
cities and towns where the McCormlck
peering and other companies have
offices, It Is expected to save the sal
arles of several thousand employes, the
total saving to the combine amounting
to hundreds of thousands of dollars an
unally.. It" will be th policy of the
company to- keep th best employes In
all th office.
For th Cincinnati district, W. D
Adams, the present general agent of
th Champion branch, will be the gen
eral manager under th new system,
and S. C. Klttr, th general agent of
the Peering company, will be made the
new general agent' Th saving there
Is estimated at tSOO.OM a year.
DIAMOND LUXURIES 00 UP.
' New Tork. Oct. 14,-teadlng diamond
merchants In thla city hav received
advices from their brokers In London,
Amsterdam and Antwerp, that the dla-
mond selling syndicate of the De Beer
Company of South Africa, has advanc
ed the price of all "rough" goods 5 per
cent and th price of the larger rough
diamonds 10 per cent. The syndicate
handlM the output of the De Beers
Company which produces. It Is said,
about '95 per cenf of the total output of
the world.
The advance Is the third since Febru
ary, and diamond were men tenwn
higher than at any. time since the con
solidation of the South African mince
In Ui Mvmtles. Accompanlng the ca
bles came advices from the diamond
market center of. Europe, Indicating
that conditions there ar unprecemi-a
for yeirs. vjerman Buyers nave in
vaded Antwerp and Amsterdam, me
principal cutting centers of the conti
nent, and purchased all the cut and
polished goods In sight. Another fea
ture of th new market conditions la
that European dealers have refused to
sell goods n time. The reasons given
for th advance are manifold, but the
ceneial opinion wseras la De tnat tne
output of the Klmberly Ml Is decreas
ing. Dtunond Importntiona to tins
country show a decline recently.
ESCAPED HURDF'ER TAKEN
One of the Utan Prisoners Cap-
tnriMl Sea Salt Lake.
.Salt Lake,-Oct. 14.-Jamea Lynlh, the
condemned prisoner, who, with Nick
Hawprth, escaped from the state pris
on her last Friday night, was captured
this afternoon at Woods Crossing, li
miles north of this city. The capture
was mada by Fred Wilson, a telegraph
operator, and two residents of the
town.
Lynch offered no resistance. He was
in a deplorable ?ondltion from lack of
food and loss of blood from a wound In
his right arm which he had received
during the battle with the prlwn
6uards at the time of the outbreak.
At an Investigation today of the re
cent outbreak at the penitentiary it
was learned that guna were secured
bv the prisoners from outside parties,
who threw the weapons over the walls.
NOT SO FIERCE AS PAINTED.
New yrk, Oct, 14. Under the head
ing "The Lion Not as Fierce as Paint
ed," local newspapers have published
un article referring to President Roose
velt's policy regarding canal matters,
t ables the Herald's Panama correspond
ent.
Evidently Nicaragua Is merely a
scarecrow," says one paper. "Colum
bia muat continue to maintain herself
with dignity." The foregoing Is but a
sample of many similar articles. The
approaching .elections, which Shown
tiih place within six weeks, will be a
test ot the peace of the republic. An
outbreak s feared, however, before the
end of the month, aa the situation Is
rnpldly approaching a critical stage.
According to lat mall advices from
Bouota. cenal matter are now com
pletely ignored In the capital and pres
idential aspiration ana xne varwun
phase of the political struggle are the
all-aborblng topic. : -
FEAR ATTACK BY, INDIANS
People of Cut Bank, Mont In
Dread or violence.
Butte. Oct. 14,-A special to theMiner
from Harve says:
Tha neonle of Cut Bank have oeen
living In fear of an attack from Black
foot Indians from th reservation since
the tragedy enacted near Browning
Sunday morning, when seven ot me
tribe were killed In a drunken row.
nirectlr after the killing the Indians
were thrown Into a panic and it Is fear
ed that they may yet do violence to
Wake Williamson, who is charged wim
having sold the Indians liquor. The
Indian threatened to burn the town oi
Cut Bank. Threat were aisu
against Major Monteath, the Indian
agent at Browning.
ROBERT B0DER SUCIDE.
San Francisco, Oct. 14-The man who
committed suicide In a King street
lumber yard on last Saturday ha been
Identified as Robert Bader, late of Chi
cago. He wrote to irienus in uiu --'w
before he shot himself, stating that he
Intended to take his own llfe'
MISS WOOD
SAYS IT IS
ALL TRASH
Young Woman Never Had the Re
motest Idea of Suing Sen
ator Piatt for Breach
of Promise. "
Emphatically Denounces the Per
sons Who Started the
Silly Yarn. :
SENATOR MILDLY INDIGNANT
(Jays He Has Known Mine Wood
for a Long Time, but Tbat
(lie Lawsuit Talk
Is Kubblsb.
New York, Oct. 14. Miss Mae Wood,
to whom has been attributed the pur
pose of instituting suit for breach of
promise of marriage against Senator T.
Piatt on the eve of bis marriage
nilh Lillian T. Janeway of Washing-
Ion, arrived this afternoon from On
tario county, N. Y., where she has been
at th be lslde of a sick relative. Miss
Wood expressed herself In terms of In
dignation concerning the published
rumors, and said she was not Interest
ed In any person's matrimonial affairs
"The only persons who are apt to get
Into trouble," she added, "are those
who are at the bottom of these silly
rumor.
'I have known Senator Piatt for
several years. He has ' always been
friendly to me and I esteem him highly.
regret the publication of these redlc-
ulous stories as very unfortunate and
distressing."
To a reporter Senator Piatt said: '
"I have seen the statement about
Miss Wood In newspapers and regret
that anything should have been pub
lished to her discredit. Of courser all
suggestions In regard to lawsuits are
absurd. I have known Miss Wood for
long time sjid regard her as a lady
of line attainments." r
MICHAEL DONNELLY BETTER,
Chicago, Oct. 14. Michael Donnelly,'
International president of the Amalga
mated meat cutters and Butcher
Workmen, lies at home recovering from
a vicious assault that Is alleged to have
been Instigated by labor leader who
are opposing his attempts to purify
the Chicago Federation of Labor, says
the Chicago Tribune.
Donnelly waa attacked on the night,
of September 23 while returning from
a meeting of the Packers" Trades Coun-
11. the central trades union body of
the stock yards. For 10 days the doc-
THE A. DUNBAR CO,
T
That good reasons xntsst exist for the popular
ity of our store . and the large growth of our
business. What are they?
I
I5c Fast black hose
Lonsdale cambric
2 Spools of cotton thread
Apron ginham -8c
Towels
THE A.
THE A. DUNBAR CO, Fq THE A.
tors exposed IHtle hope for hi recovery-
and gave out a report that he wa
suffering from a physical break down
by over-work. - ,
, Private detective were set at wcrk
and they hav Just announced that th
guilty men are known and they wlil
be arrested assoon as the Instigators
of the assault are discovered,
' When Donnelly, on July I, charged
the secretary of a targe employers as
sociation for "fighting" labor leaders,
he waa told to "keep bis bands off." He
continued the fight, and as a result
charge were mad against several of
the most prominent officials of trade
unions In the city. ' Then came the
threats of personal violence, but these
Donnely Ignored, declaring that be
would clear op the case at any cost.
Th attack came on Donnelly Just at
the opening of a series of conferences
between the Amalgamated Meat Cut
ters and Butcher Workmen and the
packing ntei Is of the rojntry. Don
nelly waa to hav acted as spokesman
for the men and all knew that his ab
sence from the meeting would mean de
moralisation. His close advisers and
the union realized thla and gave out the
report tbat he waa ' temporarily ill.
Vlce-Prealdent C. B. Scmldt of the
union, took bis place at the head of the
committee which dealt with the pack
ers and the men were pacified with the
Information that he waa wftrkm? un
der Donnslly'a orders. -. -.-
F1TZ FAILS TO DO THE TRICK
Joe
Grim Stands Before Cor
uighm Six Jtonndff.
I hlladelphla. Oct. 1 14. Bob Fit-
Blmmons tonight faueo to anoca oui
Joe Grim in the scheduled six rounds.
The plucy Italian, who has met many
good fighters and ha never been knock
ed out, waa given severe punishment
and though knocked down probably a
dozen times, was on his feet at the end
of the bout. ,
- FOUGHT A DRAW.
Detroit, Oct. , 14. Harry Forbes, of
Chicago, and Tommy Feitz, or St.
Louis, fought a 10-round draw at 11
pounds tonight before the Metropolitan
Athletic Club.
TORPEDO T1N0EY TESTED.
Baltimore, Oct. 14.-rAfter successful
ly undergoing a test for. speed and en
durance under a trial board of officers
ot the navy, the torpedo boat Tingey
has returned to the DuilderB yams
her& ' '"'. :'
The boat was run over the Barren
Island course under severe conditions
.as to wind and sea, owmg to the recent
storm. In the speed test she made 25
knots, being one knot in excess of con
tract reauirements. In the endurance
test she maintained steam pressure at
240 pounds throughout the run. The
trial was conducted by a board compos
Hi of Captain Charles L. Train, Ob
tain I,. C. Logan, Commander W. C,
Cowles,' Lieutenant-Commander W. S.
Smith and Naval Constructcr J. B.
Woodward. - . " ' '''''
THE A.
A '' SURE-THING
We know what smart Imyera want.
We purchase the right goods at the right time.
"We sell the best "goods at uniform low prices.
We observe absolute fairness with all.
LARGE BARGAINS IN SMALL
10c Pear's $oap,2 cakes ,
10c Hooks and Eyes per card
5c Hairpins, per paper
6c . 75c corsets
5q 35c Towels 25c .
DUNBAR COMPANY.
Commercial Street
BIG TRUST
IS RUINED
BY SCHWAB
Steel Magnate Charged With Un
doing of Defunct United
States Shipbuilding
Company.
Profits of Bethlehem Company
Were Withheld and the
Crash Followed. ' .
CHARGES MADE BY DRESSER
Schawb ltefinted to See Mm
When He Called to Offer
Plans for Itehabitnl
atlon of Combine. '
New Tork, Oct. 14. Inquiry before a ,
referee Into the affairs of tbe stranded
United States Shipbuilding Company
at th. Instance of the Bondholders
Protective Association was resumed to
day and waa productive of fresh de
velopments that 'Aill claim th atten
tion of the financial world.
It developed that yesterday D. Leroy
Dresser, bite president of the 1 rust
Company of The Republic, who last
week divulged much of the inner his .
tory of the formation of the combina-.
tion, made an effort to communicate,
with Charles M. Schwab with a view
to obtaining some consesslona as to tbe
Bethlehem steel works that would ren
der easier the scheme for- rehabilitating
the partly wrecked concern. Schwab
declined to see Dresser.
W. D. Guthrie, counsel tor flebwab,
tried to show that Dresser had threat-.
ened to make certain disclosures, when
ret ailed to the stand, that would re-.
fleet upon Schwab. Dresser denied that -he
had gone to plead with Schwab or1
to threaten him. ; -
Dresser asserted that the shipbuild
ing company had been wrecked because
Schwab had withheld the profits of the
Bethlehem company. There was offer-
Ted trrtdence s memorandum which
shows an allowance for "expense" of
$100,000 as the cost of $300,000 in bonds,
WflO.OOO In preferred stock and $300,000
in common stocK. . - c
HAUNTED BY BAD DREAMS.
New Tork. Oct. 14.-Pursued by a
grewsome dream, Mrs. Rose Roberta,
wldo of a detective once employed by
ex-President Cleveland, has committed
suicide at her home In Brooklyn.
Tho woman had declared she saw her
self. In the dream, hanging dead In a
dark room. The dream haunted her
night and day, and finally she destroy-,
ed herself. ,.
DUNBAR CO.
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