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-JL Bookt. Periodicals. r..- h ASTORIA PUEUC LIBRARY iSSOCimCX. L -Td'iu.iw of wuchutfenso. will bo HaDiawH'- , 4 Where the Oregon Stops Rolling . Read Ocr Ads be fore Baying VOLUME LVII. ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, DLCK3IBEB 1903. NUMBER 51. 'n y THE BELT. isVJ 1 L I 4 Mvi P. A. STOKES Choice Cutlery AT FISHER BROTHERS Cor. Bond and 12th Sts. Astoria, Oregon CHRISTMAS MAGAZINES 1 1 The Xmw niwbm of SCR1BNERS, LADIES HOME , JOURNAL, HARPERS, ANSLIES, McCLURES and numerous, other arc out, bigger and better in every way, full of timely topic and atorics, profuse ih illustration ml color work and are certainly morvebj of fine printing. COM B HAVE A LOOK. J. tttlUUB ttittimiiittiu New Norwegian Stoclf Fish The Finest we have '. ever received. Eastern Sugar Cured PICNIC HAMS ver fine at 12 12 ct a pound Old .Fashion Homemade MINCE MEAT two pounds for 25cts. FOARD STOKES COMFNY ihmmwtw DELSANTO, 5ANCHEZ HAYA, Popular Brands of - CIGARS tH OOMMKRdlAT. ST. and U KLUVKNtH IT. At R. J. OWENS, Proprietor. '. 'Phone 831 THE WIGWAM Ous Brooks, fllftunger, ; . Fine Bar and the Best jof Liquors and Cigars Eighth and Agtor Streets, . . Astoria, Oregon. Subscribe for.The OVER CO AT Quite the most (lis tinguished looking of the many good over coats we are showing is this Hart, Schafiher Marx ''belt overcoat" The belt is the back only doesn't go all the way 'round. The coat, however, is an "all-round" sty le garment; has all the characteristics of tho Hart, Schaffner & Marx productstyle fine tailoring, best quality. and Carvers 1 GRIPFI You Need a Bath AT LEAST ONCB A WEEK Yon -might a well bath In the river In an old wooden tub, but thor la no occasion for doing ' either to long up-to-dat bath tubs can bo had reasonably Talk wit u about the matter. W.J. SCULLEY 470-471 Commercial, Phono Black 1241 'J tat LA VERDAD.Et CABINET WILL MADISON'S Morning Astorian.Jj1 APPEALS TO FOLLOWERS FOR MONEY Dowie Calls Great Meeting at Zion to Start Million Dollar fund to Wipe Out His Indebtedness. Pub In Most of His Time Abusing Reporters, Who Are Denouc ed is Parasites. WILL BE ABLE TO PAY DEBT Jieeelver Thinks Famous Fakir Will Succeed In Hutlnfylufr Creditor Witblu Five Wet-kM. Chicafn, Dec. t.A (reat gathering of rowleltUw was held In lb taber ttiK lo at Zlon City tonight for tb pur turn or starting a rund ot -41,000,000 with which to pay off all the indebu ednr that hang over Zlon City and tltn Wf-siyl-d Elijah, The outpouring of hid folio were wa not one to bring theer to the heart of the general Over terr tit Zlon. The tabernacle seat I.OoO ptople, bat tonight the hall was not over half filled and the gallery was nut as nihsluiUc aa mnjhl have been dmirvd by the man woe was In Im mediate need of fund. Dowie gave to his Mlowr a statement of bis fl- nancs and told tbm his assets were arni'l, the only trouble beln( that he was mot able to realise upon them at ihh. All be needed was ready money to ldo over the 1 even v crisis; this dona ZU would Nw greater" than ever. , "The flesh xita are the causes of ewr otimlnK h tonlghC be said. Th? r a Joke to me. for the hour dogs liavt thought they led me. Cut btAeved we are going to kkk them out far alt eternity. "Ueleived. I would like to tab you fciio sy eonlldetK. A leer inbitMei uf 1 reoblvcd a conuaunkatk)n that has causvd the cSwds to ft. They am beginning to part. "I call upon yon to !j we to crush thim. My people, ( foute you 5 Or help. I know that you will not be faund wanting. Are yua of Zlon or not?" There waa a teeble yea" -om t few entbustasts. "Those devil rrllp the .' ro orters, came to today, Thy want ed to know hat I would say to you to night.: I'ld tlier lewa from me"." Cries of "no." 1 ? ' "I toll you I -will run them out Ht Zi.in . I knew they were coming be fore they attempted an pollute Zlon.! t knew by the rteneh that came aheaB of them " ' Xt I declarod by the receivers that alT'ilri ore In worse situation than was nt flirt suppoMd. Kecel-er Currr siild tonight: - , "I believe that Dowie will be able to pay all his oblfrations In time. Dowie thinks he wilt be able te settle all claims against htm in the course f Ave oeks," ONE KILLED; MANY INJURED:! Milk Train and Freight Train la Itcnr-curi Collision. NcwTork,Dec.2.-One man has been trilled while six received serious Injur ies in a rear-eh'1 collision on the New ark branch of the Erie railroad atWest Nutley, N. J., 'seven miles from New ark. A heavily loaded milk train crashed Into a freight on the West Nutley siding, wrecking both trains and tearing up the track tor a distance of 100 yards. The milk train was run ning 40 miles an hour. The engineer of the milk train was torn to piece and every man In the crew of the two trains was hurt. Fifteen minute before th milk train had arrived the freight pulled Into the yard and Was switch ing cars. The locomotive and three freight cars had just passed onto the sldfaig when th milk train rushed down 'Upon them. .'. . , fORTUNE DEEDED TO 0IRU New Tork, Deo.' J. Lawyers repre senting th heirs of Mrs, Mary J. Oli ver, the Harlem miser, wno was rouna dead In her home several weeks ago have reported that they found that th old woman had deeded all her property to Mary Alderdice, the young daughter of Mrs, Oliver' agent. The latter was found unconscious and died from ap oplexy a few hours after-Mr. Oliver passed away. The real etate deeded the girl Is val ued at $125,000. Large sums of money supposed to be on deposit to the credit of the miser have not yet been located and the bank books aro missing. Coun sol for the Oliver heir are preparing to sue for th setting aside of the trans fers. Meantime lawyers representing Miss Alderdice have demanded ttl.OOO worth of bonds found In Miss, Aider dice' room, which they claim belonged to the deceased agent. PEAR MARKET CORNERED. Chicago, Deo. S. A millllon and a quarter of pears, said to be practically the world's present supply of the fruit, stord in a warehouse In. Chicago, A firm of South Water street fruit mer chants are the owners of the pears and aro supposed to hae a corner on the peat market, New fork still baa a few car luais of pears but thy wilt be exhausted Inside of JO days and then the world must call upon Chicago or do without pears.' Already New York dealers are sending to Chicago and for several days orders have- been shipped to Bos ton. Philadelphia. 8t. Louis, New Or leans, Ban Francisco and even Liver pool. The price of winter pear is steady at S3 and W W a bo. Ban Xrant lsro, Dec. , Referring to a dispatch from Chicago which states that a corner In pears is being formed there, the Bulletin says the price of dried pears la now from S to S cents higher than It has been for, year. It Is Impossible to buy pears for less than from sis to ten eenta a pound. The prke of winter penrs Is steady at Itta.t a box. The condition of the green pear market would indicate the price of the freshly picked article is to be at a lurgr figure than it baa been In several year, pmbubly mot than ever before. .V . Canal Trcatv . Now in Effect With Amendments Document Was Approved by Panama Gov ernment Yesterday. ' Panama. Dec. J. In the grand salon Of the government palace the treaty between the United States and the government of Panama was signed at M:ii this morning by the rnember of the Junta and by all the. ministers of the republic.' Senator Arango, presi dent of tiie eenar. was th first to sign. The ceremony waa performed In public a number of ciMaens of Panama crowd ing (ho door of the salon. The gold pea with watch the treaty was sighed wan presented to Orneral Gudger, with a tetter expressing the pleasure the rjnta felt In making the gift. , Thetv ras general Jollification in Tanama this evnng over the signing of the treaty. ,; Bands paraded the streets and flrewsrkj "wew exploded HAT IS ADVISED. Washington, Dec. I. Secretary Hay has received a cablegram from Con sul43neral Gudger Saying that the canal treaty kas ben unanimously approved by the government and cab- hurt. ' v Two telegrams, on from the Junta aad the other from the minister of for- peign affairs eg the republic of Panama, announcing the approval of the canal treaty, were receive! by MinlsterBuna- Varllla today. The minister will om- muiilcHte the news to Secretary Hay. The treaty will be promptly returned to Minister Bunau-Varilla at Washing ton. To insure Its transmiBxion with out Interference 'toy officials anywhere, the treaty wilt be entrusted to Consul Qeneral (lodger, who will forward it to Washington la the diplomatic mall pouch. St. Petersburg, Deo. J. The Russian cruiser Rayan and the battleship Tsar evich arrived at Port Arthur today. PRESIDENT ASKED TO ACT ' Miners' Union ' "Wnntn III ni to Prevent Outrages. ' Denver. cDec. S. The executive Umard of the Western Federation of Mlnets hai sent the following telegram to President Roosevelt: "At the present time officers of the state of Colorado -under the guise and imqtext of enforcing law have ordered a lark number of repayable and self sustaining cltlsens, aad residents to leave Trinidad, Cold., under penalty of behtg imprisoned or otherwise dealt with. These cltisens and residents are not guilty of any .crime against the law of the state or the United States. The constitution laid laws of the Unit ed' State pertaining to civil rights are being Tugrantly violated and we call upo you under the civil rights statutes nd under section 19S8 of the Revised Statutes of the United State to Inves tigate conditions prevailing there) and Tlve to those persons who have been so outraged th protection guaranteed to them by the law of the land.' BIG CHARITABLE UNDERTAKING. Philadelphia, Deo. J. The trustees cf th estate of J. Edgar Thompson, president of the Pennsylvania railroad, who died In 1874, have .decided to erect nt some point near this city, a home for the daughter of men killed in the ser vice of railroads. The erection and maintenance of the home will be pro vided for out of a fund of 12,000,000 or ,ooo.ooo. . v . : GHASTLY DISTINCTION. . New York. Dec. 3. Albert T. Pat rick, an Inmate ot Sing Sing prison, where ho has been for some time under sentence of death for the murder of William " Rice, ' has .been re-elected Mayor" of the death house. He has already served nearly a year In that Important office. Patrick has nine companion but one refused to vote. All questions of Im portance are referred to htm and he passe upon them Just aa the city mag istrate would do under other circum stance. OPPOSED TO REVISION OF FAMOUS CASE Nationalists Meet . at Paris and Bitterly Protest Against Gov eminent Reopening the Dreyfus Matter. Enemies of Persecuted Captain Continue to Be Active in , Hostile Campaign. ' - CASE BEFORE COMMISSION Genera! Mercier Annouuce That He Will Be Unable to Make ltport for Ten Dttjs. Paris, Dec. J. A meeting of promi nent nationalist today demonstrated that they are bitterly antagonistic to action being taken by the government In reopening the Dreyfus case. Former War Minister Cavignao accused the government of disturbing the peace of we country, uenerai aiercier, iorm er war minister, the chief accuser of Dreyfus. tas Issued from comparative retirement and has affirmed that ev erything he bad read in government newspapers regarding Dreyfus was un true. , Gen. Mercier has ceased to exercise Influence in the war administration and never speaks in the senate. General De BolsdeSrs former chief cf the French start, has practically been re tired. Colonel Du Paly De Clara has retired, but continues to be an active figure. Count Eaterhasy hue become a pitiful personage and lives in Lon don. Most of the officers favorable to Dreyfus have been disgraced, in one way or another. Colonel Plcquart has become a Par isian newspaper man. Joseph Reinarh, leader of th campaign- for a revision of th Dreyfus trial Is no longer a member of the chamber of deputies but continues to conduct a literary cam prjgu for Dreyfus' full restoration to the army. M. 'Brlssona, who first de manded a revision. Is now a member of the chamb?r. M. Loew, president of the criminal chamber of the court of cassation, has retired from the Judic iary and directs the affairs of the lecion of honor. Only incidental mention was made of the Dreyfus cace at the weekly sitting nf the revnlon commission today, when 0nernt Mercier, the senior member, stated that he aroald make his report as soon as possible, but he did not be lieve he owuld do s before the lapse of It days. CITY GREETS MITCHELL Trinidad. Dec. 1. John Mitchell, pre If you want anything good go to Dunbar's m 8 Ac ident of the United Mine Workers nt America, arrived In Trinidad late this afternoon and was given an enthusi astic welcome by 1,90 men, women and children who had gathered the de pot, :-''.. v' Miners belkne Mitchell will aettle the strike before leaving here. OTTICEIQ CHARGED WITH MURDER, tVTVple Creek, Col., Dee. . J.-Infor-mationa sworn to by T, i. Campbell, manager of the Vindicator mine, were filed today against C. O. Kennlwn, president of the Local Miners' Union, No. 46: Sherman Parker, president of district No. L and W. F. Davis, pres ident of Local Union, No. 19. charging them with conspiracy to murder, and also with the murder oMJuperintendent MrCormack and Shift Boss Beck, of the Vindicator. PRINCE AND PRINCESS AARW. London, Dec." S. The wedding of Prince Alexander, of Teck, and Prin ces Alice, of Albany, bas been set for th first week. In February at St. George Chapel," Wlnsdor castle. WILL PRINT UNIQUE PAPER WllHam T. Staa' Sew Sheet to . Be a Remarkable One. New York, Dec. t. William T. Stead announces that he will begin publishing a unique newspaper January t says a HothH dHoatch from London. It will probably be known as "The Dally Pa per," and be almost entirely sociolo gical in character. Girls will dellvtr the sheet at borne after the husband has gone to his business.,. The messen gers will collect orders on tradesmen in be telephoned at the expense of the publisher from depots established for that purpose and tbe goods desired will be dellverc-d collect by the storekeep ers a fe hours later. Several other Innovation are proposed along this line. The news columns will be de voted almost exclusively to new for home circles, no sporting or market item being published. Four editions are planned, elch suited to the various dlvlsnons ot the city. Mr, Btead says that the editorial views will be Intense ly political, but not partisan. major wood promoted. Wn Francisco; Dec'.TI.-'MaJOr Wi Ham T. Wood has been appointed in spector general for the department of California. Colonel George Andrew, adjutant-general was officially noti fied of the appointment and Issued In structions for him to be detached from his regimbent, the Twentieth Infantry. WAGES ARE CUT DOWN. Jollet, Dec. 2. A reduction from S to 10 percent in wages was ordered to day in all wire mills of the United States Steel Company, affecting 1000 men. MORE OIL FOR STANDARD. Buchurea, Roumanla,- Dec. S. The Standard Oil Company has decided to develop the oil lands of Roumanla. Its representatives here today registered the Tn nany in the local court. GREAT vSAIX OF Black Dress Goods AND THIS WEEK Ladies' vSuits PiEn&ar Cqiuks CHINA LINE PREPARING FOR FIGHT Taking Steps to Make Matters In teresting for Pacific Mai! in Trans-Pacific Freight Competition. Three Vessels Chartered to Ta Cargoes From Columbia . River and Puget Sound. LOCAL EFFECT BENEFICIAL Xo More Wheat or Flonr Will Be Diverted Beeautte of Lack of Facililiea for ixiKHtiug. Portland, Dec. 2. -The QTnil ; morrow will say: "The China Commercial Steam ship Company is further preparing to Invade the trais-PaclSe freight busi ness in competition with the Paciflo Mali. Thro steamers have been char tered to take cargoes from here and Puget sound. ' - "One good effect of the -war, as tar a Portland Is concerned, ! the assur ance that no more wheat or flour will be" diverted from Portland territory on account of lb. lack, of steamship facilities.". , The cut rates have already saved shippers $300,000 In freight charge. TO FIGHT CHINA COMPANY. -San Francisco, , Dec. t. Th latest development in the trans-Pacific steam er trade of this city, says the Post, i the chartering at Yokohama, by the Occidental & Oriental Steamship Com pany, the British tramp steamer Oanfa. It is believed that this Is the first of a number of steamer to be used In fight ing the China Commercial Steamship Company.' DENY OANFA IS CHARTERED. lacoma, Dec. J. Dodwell ft Com pany, Pacific coast .igenta of the Alf.'-i Holt fleet, of which the steamship Oanfa is one, say she has not been char tered by any company. They state th Oanfa Is regitarly employed in tbe Llverpool-Tacoma line. The Occident al line .chartered 4,000 tons space t carry a cargo to San Francisco. After that she will oome to Tacom as us ual. - JOSHU WARD DEAD. Newburgh, N. Dec. t Joshua Ward, the old-time champion oarsman, died today at his home in Cornwall-on-the-Hudson of pneumonia. In 13iS Ward won the sculling championship at Staten Island. He held the cham pionship until 1S64." " " '-, xni.'ii i j-.a ' 3 The cheapest store i Astoria for tine goods V. j. ,-