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Alt ...... ' Wl t::. ;r;: : v, 1 ) i ,,i, . , , ,. , r- Where At Oregon Stops Rolling Read Our Ada S?: fore Eayir. The Associated Press News Service Fresh From the Wires. VOLUME LVU. Ay A5IUKIA, UKfcUlM, 1ULMJAV UlTUliER 20, 1903. ' . NUMDCR II Nobody wean Mackintosh nowadays That is to nobody who Is anybody. say, The Rubber Coat Is Dead. 1 . Jl O 11 hM outgrown its r -k ... vr N t u,efu,n" d giv. f rrr JETM en way to lo ma. thing bettor. Waterproof cloth la the proper material now, and a good thing, too. It looks better and ia juat as good to keep the OUR RAIN COATS HAVE STYLE, thanks to tha makers, Crouse & Brandegee, Manu facturing Tailors, Utlca, New York, and, thanks also to crrrtjM, cnm k tn, k y. ne game source, they are moderately priced. Furthermore, they corns in all sites. Nobody, therefore, need atay out in tha wet. P.A.STOIE it., f iratoi. n FISHER BROTHERS Agents for the Famous Atkins Saws, Sharpie's Cream Separators, Hardware Dealers and Ship CHANDLERS Cor. Bond and 12th Sts. '.Prv-A Astoria, Oregon BAKER CITY MUST HANG ARMSTRONG The State Supreme Court At firms Judgment of Lower Court In Noted Case of Murderer. execution Will Be Under the Old Law and Carried Out the 'Old Way. ' ' SMSSBSSSSSSSSS '" THE SHERRIF MUST EXECUTE llniifrlng .Must lie In the County Where Crimo XV m CoiniiiUed History of Murder of MInk Kiiitiulnger. , Salem, Oct. 19. The supreme court today affirmed the decision of the lower court In convicting plea Armstrong of the murder of Minnie Ensmlnger at North Puwdrr Init Christmas. Armstrong waylaid Ml Ensminger at a country dunce 12 mllf from Biker City last Christmas. 111m Ensminger m a schoolteacher of good repute In f.DFAT NOPTHFRN INVOLVED puyln attention to her a year or more and it was because hii ault was not a Dynamiters Are Trying to Levy Colombian government li now prepared to conclude the pending treaty, he said, in th payment of $25,000,000 by the Unlwd State for the advantage w.tulcl receive and an agreement to let the territory remain ai a part of Colombia. ; V "There art juat aa strong advocatea of tha construction of the canal In my country a In the United State," he Mid. In fact, everybody understand that It would be of acme material ben efit to ua and that the relation Into which it would bring us with ucb great country u the United Btatee would be of great us to a.amall coun try, uch a our. The people want It, have wanted It for a long time and know that they will get It come day. 'However, there la a pretty general feeling that the United State will gain a great deal more out or tni canai than w not only In, the long run, but from the very start eo It 1 argued that whil w should not exactly drive a sharp bargain we snouia iook oui for our own interest. Tou cannot Mam anybody for doing that "Should th United States refuse to accept our terms, w shall simply wait until the get ready. We should gain h waiting, since h 1 at .the present time willing 10 pay ine rrencn torn' pany something Ilk 140.000,000 for their franchl'. That expires In six years, and revrta. of course, to us. But in waiting we should not consider the of fers of any other country to build the canal, since we feel that the United fltfltes is about the only one which would stick to Its treaty after It made one." POPULAR BOOKS AH the Latest Popular Books Now in Stock See Window Display-? X?" j& & J. N. GRIFFIN Bad Plumbing will catch tho man who put it in. Our Plumbing is hon est and we watch the details of each job and see that every )ieco of pipe is sound and every joint perfect. Tinning and gas fitting. W.J.SCULLEY 470-47 Commercial. Phone Black 1248 successful as he liked that he decided to slay hrr. He had played the violin for the dnnce on the fatal evening. Quitting hi violin, he repaired to the front gate and lay In wait tor his vic tim. When she appeared be arose from the darknwis and shot her down- There was strong talk of lynching hint. Armstrong will not be hanged In the penitentiary under the new law, a hi trlnl and conviction took place before the prenent law wa In effect. He, will have to be executed In tha old way at the county jail yard at Daker CUy. Blackmail JigalUHt It. MITCHELL IN COLORADO. t'uftblo.Oct.lt. President John Mitch' ell. of the United Mine Worker of America, Is expected to reach Colorado today to make a personal Investigation of coaMnlnsrs In district No. 15, em bracing Colorado UUh. Wyoming and New MexlJO. On his"recommendatlon nsts the decision of whethefor not thr will be a strike throughout the district. Prominent officials of the minework- r In the district etnte that they have no Intimation of what President Mitch ell will advise. It Is expected that he will vlll all of the principal mining camps In the district before holding a final confronco with the leading offlel- nls of the various unions, nature Helena, Oct. According to well authenticated reports, the Northern pa- clfic Ralway Company Is not alone In Its troubles with the dynamiters though It has so far been the only sufferer. For several days there has been a number of Great Northern secret service men at Helena and vicinity and It has develop ed that their mission Is to try and lo cate the person who has sent the com pany a letter levying blackmail. Just when th letter wa received by the Great Northwn no one In authority will say or who it was addressed to, but it Is known that sush a letter has been re ceived.. The letter wis mailed at cas cade and it demanded the payment of llt.000. The railroad company wa commanded to fly a signal if It acceded to th demand, and was given until Tuesday evening, October 10, to com ply. It it did not then the amount of the blackmail would be raised to 130,000 and to show that business was meant, dvnamlte would be used on the rails. Instead of displaying the signals the railway company has sent Its detectives to Montana to try and ferret out the writer of the letter. BANKS ARE FORCED TO THE WALL Mexico Gty Institution Fails and b Branches Through This j Country Also Close Their Doors. financial Panic Now In Baffi. more, Where Two Concerns Have Failed. , LIABILITES ARE VERY GREAT Said to l'xceed 10.000.000 JT allures Due to Poor In vestment in Itall. way Stocks. wew Torn, Oct. W. Assistant Dis trict Attorney Miner today began an Investigation into the affairs of the Iiy lemeuunai jjana: Trust company. concern Incorporated under the laws of Delaware, with a capitalization of 112,- 000,000. Thus far $180,000 In stock had been issued. The Company did business principally in Mexico, where it ha seven branches. WANT RECEIVER NAMED. Dover, Oct, 19.-An effort is being made by the stock-holders of the Inter national Bank t Trust Company of America opposed to the selection of Don Jacinto Patteras by the Mexican court as receiver to And Chancellor Nicholson who Is on a pleasure trip off Delaware Breakwater, and have him appoint a receiver to go Mexico to take charge of the company's assets. SEATTLE BRANCH CLOSED, Seattle. Oct. H.-On account of the failure In Mexico City of the Interna tional Bank as Tract Company of Amer lea, the Seattle branch of that bank closed Its doors today and Is In charge of a receiver. The nssets of the local hank are given at 187.000 and the liabil ities at I9S.O0O. FRISCO BANK ALSO CLOSES. San Francisco, Oct. 19. As a result of the failure In Mexico of the Inter national 'Biink & Trust Company of America, '.he branch of that bank In this city did not open for business to day.. The local branch was opened last August. : sky. The suspension of the Union Trust Company, which happened at a late hour in th day, mlgh have created panic had it occurred earlier. Allan McLane, third vice-president 'of the Maryland Trust Company, was appoint ed receiver of that company. Miles While., Jr., first vice-president of th Union Trust Company, was appointed receiver of that Institution. Mr. Mc Lane gave a bond In the turn of 12,000, 000 and Mr. Whit In the sum of fl.000,. 000. Th total liabilities of th two com panies exceed 110,000,000. The cause of th Maryland Trust. Company's failure wa due to the Investment of th assets of the company in the Vera Crux ft Pa cific, which could not tie marketed. Th Union Trust Company failed because of a run on its banking department, but the real troubles of the company had their origin in th organisation of the South It, Western railroad in Virginia, with contemplated capitalisation of about $11,000,000. The Vera Crux Pacific railway runs across the Isthmus 'if Tehanntepec and establishes a new , transcontinental rout connecting the Atlantic and Pa cific sides. The building of tne roafl was slow work on Account of the diffi culties found In the construction t railroads through ropical country. The plans of the railway cms pany contem plated employment of its line as part of transcontinental route from Nortn Atlantic seaboard tort to San Francis co. It IS announced .nai uie jaiwmcro government has guaranteed to estab lish a subsidized line of steamers from Salina Crux to Japan. USED FUNDS OF TOE BANK Speculating Cashier's Action Re. ' suits In Arrest. SHORTAGE IS HEAVY ONE INCENDIARY FIRE. Don't You Feel Cold These Chilly Mornings? It's Simply a Reminder that we have a Large Assortment of HEATING iSTOVES Jast in. Call and see them FOARD STOKES CO. ASTORIA, OREGON I.ognnport,Oct.l9. Fire supposed to lie of Incendiary origin this morning de stroyed five business bocks and the rail mnd station, besides damaging several othar bulldlnirs at Galveston, Ind. The loss Is estimated at 175,000. Th tele graph operator at the station reported the lire and asked for help while the station was burning. He wa driven away by the flames and the wire were burned, cutting -iff all communication, The nre deprtment here and at Koko- mo loaded apparatus on relllef trains and sent It to Galveston, which Is town of 12.000 people, 13 mles from here. At 3 o'clock the Are was under control. NAME-WILL BE CHANGED. New York. Oct 19 In tha course of a sermon delivered In Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church, - the Bight Rev. Cameron Mann, Protestant Episcopal Missionary of North Dakota, ha de clared that while ther are divers op inions in the church regarding change of its name, "ther are few who do not wixh her to become American in the truest meaning of th word." ' Bishop Mann Is In the east to raise 310,000 to carry on his work In North Dakota this winter, and Incidentally to secure 20 more . young clergymen for his missionary fields. . . COSSACKS CHASE CHUNCHUS. First Class in Every Respect Bar and Billiard Room American and European Flan ' Free Coach to the House PARKER HOUSE E B. PARKER, Proprietor e p, PARKER, Manager. Good SamplelRoom on Ground Floor for Commercial Men ASTORIA - - - . OREGON CARRIES A FINE STOCK OF S. A. GIMRE Boots and Shoes Orp. Fisher Bros. Store en Bond St., Astoria St. Petersburg, 19. A telegram from Port Arthur ay that the town of Bodone, on the Sungachl river has been surprised by Chunchus and that a de tachment of Cossacks hns been sent to occupy It. ' . COLOMBIA'S MODEST DEMAND Would Hold Va Up for $25,000, OOO lor Canal. New York, Oct. 19 Ismeal Enrique Arolnlegas of the Colombian diplo matic service ha arrived in this city on his way to Washington with special dispatches containing Instructions for Dr. Thomas Horfan. the Colombian minister, concerning the Panama Canal treaty. Ht also Is the bearer of the text of the amendments to the treaty made by the senato of Colombia and president Marroquln. The only condition on which the New York. Oct. 19-nev. John P. Peters of, SI. Mlcheals Protestant EP' lscopal church, has announced that the defalcation of church funds by Henry T. Edson, treasurer of the parish, who killed Mrs. Fannie Pullen and commit ed suicide several months ago amounted to $3,000. Of this amount 310,000, the rector stated, had been re turned to the church by the wife of of Mr. Kdaon In making over to the church two life insurance policies. A nart of the remainder will full upon a bank through Its liability in connection with the forgeries. . CRISIS IN BALTIMORE. Baltimore, Oct. 19. This has been a day of marked excitement and subdued anxiety in the financial circles of Balti- more . "..- The day began with the announce ment of the failure of the Maryland Trust Company, and except to a few the news came as a bolt out of a clear Chicago, Oct, 19 A. dispatch to the Tribune from Princeton, Wis., says: J.E. Llemer, cashier of the Princeton Stat .Bank, has been arrested today and taken to Dartford by Sheriff Ogll vie, where he Is now In Jail. State Bank Examiner Marcus G. Bergh last night stated that Llemer had confessed that forgeries to the amount of 369.000 existed. ' - Th Princeton State Bank .is closed and tho Montello State Bank, of which Liemer is vice-president, has been order ed by the state officials not to open Its doors for business today. Speculation in grain, Liemer says, was the cause. J. ts. Jjemer came here as cashier of the Princton bank" eight years ago and the examiners believe that the forgeries have covered a period of fix years. It Is said by persons who are fami liar with the affairs of the Princeton banks that the depositors will be prac tically paid oft in full with the money now on hand. State Senator E. D. Morse is presi dent of the Princeton bank. CANADIANS WOULD NOT SIGN PAPER Wax Wrath When Majority cf Boundary Tribunal Reaches Decision in the Alaskan Matter. Leave the Room Before Other Signatures Had Been At tached to the Treaty. ' BAD IMPRESSION CREATED No Hope That Angry Commis : sioners Will Keconslder . - Their Action and -' . . , Join Majority, - MAY EMIGRATE TO AMERICA. Sofia, Oct. 19. One class of Bul garian 'reservists! the number of 5. 000 men, is to be disbanded. It is re ported here that a lively agitation ia on fnot to induce the Macedonian refugees to emigrate to the United States. London, Oct. 19.-The draft of th decision --eached by the Alaskan bound ary commission was signed by a major ity of the commissioners thl evening. Mwwr. Alesworth and Jette, the Can adian commissioners refusing- to sign. The signatories were Lord Chief Jus tice Alverstone, Senator Lodge, Senator Turner and Secretary Root, th Amer ican commissioner. They const Itutefl a majority and ensured finality. Messrs. Alesworth and Jette carried : their outspoken disapproval of th d- cision to the point of refusing to sign even that section of the decision giving Portland canal to Canada, and they em phasized their atltude by walking out . of the room before the signature of the others had been affixed. 'The only thing now remaining to be . done at this session is that a majority of the tribunal complete and lgn the v map which minutely determine th course of the boundary. . The refusal of Messrs. Alesworth and . Jette to coincide jn Lord Alverstone' view was known to only few persons here tonight, but at. the foreign ofOc ' and in high government circles it has created a painful impression. There is no hope expressed that the Canadian., commissioners will reconsider their at titude and sign the engrossed copy of the decision which will stand as the in ternationai record of the tribunal' find- . lng-.-: : , : ::'-V; COMMISSION'S WORK DONE. New York, Oct. 19. The Alfred Mo- ley Commlslon of Inquiry from Great Britain to investigate the educational methods of the United State haa fin ished its labors In New York, and the members have separated to nWt in Washington Tuesday. President Roose velt will receive the members at a spec ial function Wednesday. I jlTHEA. DUNBAR CO. SPANISH CLAIMS SETTLED. Caracas, Oct. 19 The mixed commis sion which Is hearing the Spanish olalmsi against Venesuela has closed Its session. Of the total amount of claims presented before the commission, 3394,- Mi were awarded, $205, SS5 were with drawn and 331.004. wer refused. Con sidering th Spanish population of Ven ezuela, amounting co 40,000 persons, the total of claims presented to this com mission Is considered to have been small. , COAST BOrS STRANGE ACTION. New York, Oct 19. Harry Clayton, IS years old, and claiming San Francis co as hi home, has fallen Into th hands of th police here. He is charged with having annoyed women patrons of j the Holland house and Waldorf-Astoria by singing and calling to them through the open wlndws of the dining room. Clayton refuses td explain his conduct. Th hotel detectives assert he has been going through similar performances! nlong Fifth avenue for several days. REPORT IS DENIED. Now York, Oct. 19-IIilma Pasha tlegraphs, says a Herald dispatch from Salonlca, that the leader of the Insurrectionary band killed in a recent engugement near Fortna, was Steyhen Petroff, not CBoria Sarafolt, Petroff was the soul of the insurrec tion. REFUSE TO PAY TAXES, New York, Oct. 19-Attempts to col lect taxes Irt the south have resulted, says a Times dispatch from Tangier, tn several tribes driving out the gover. nnrs and destroying and burning the official residences. Th army remains Our Suit and Cloak Department Is Now Complete With the largest and most stylish assortment of ready-to-v ear dress suits and cloaks ever dis played in Astoria. & & & & & & This stock is not of the shoddy stripe, but new, modish, cut right, and of the kind every lady who dresses well loves to wear. 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