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&SI0HIA PUBUC UBRARY ASSOCiATIOX 'AW ' - ' wubcihr such .fe rr?f Where the Oregon 6Y Read Our Ads Ee fore Buying - stops Rolling ( VOLUME JLV1I. ASTORIA, OR EGO!Sy Tit I DAY, DECEMBER V 1903. NUMBER 32. V- III I 1 1 1 ! ii fix THE BELT MMtSduffM, V Mm HudTitlontd P. Ar- STORES Choice Cutlery AT FISHER BROTHERS Cor. Bond and 12th Sis. r CHRISTMAS MAGAZINES 1 1 The Xmns number of SCRIDNERS, LADIES HOME JOURNAL, HARPERS, ANSMKS, McCLURES nd numerous others arc out, bigger and better in cvcrytway, full of timely topics and stories, profuse with illustration and color work and are certainly marvels of fine printing. COMB HAVE A LOOK. J. N. GRIFFIN. New Norwegian Stock Fish The Finest we have over received. Eastern Sugar Cured PICNIC HAMS very fine ctt 12 12 ct, a pound Old Fashion Home Made MINCE MEAT; ; two pounds for 25 cts. 1 FOARD STOKES COMP'NY ihtmttmttmmttntwttmuttmtatffluntrnmtmmmmtt DELSANTO, SAKCHEZ IIAYA, LA YERDAD, EL CABINET Popular Brands of CIGARS si roMWKitcui, tr. aad , lUkLKvaNiu tr. At R. J. OWENS, Proprietor. Thong ji THE WIGWAM (lug Jlruwka. Fine Bar and tbe Best of Liquors and Cigars F.lhtb mil Astor Streets, .... Astoria, Oregon. Subscribe for The OVERCOAT Quite the most dis tinguished looking of the many good over coats we are showing is this . Hart, Schaffner a 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 the Harti Schaffner & Marx product style fine tailoring, best quality. and Carvers Astoria, Oregon , m m You Need a Bath AT LEAST ONCE A WEtK Ton might m well bath in the river a In an old wooden tub, but tlier ta no occaalon for doing llher so long a up-to-date bath tubs can bt bad reasonably. Talk with ua about ths matter. W.J.SCULLEY 40-471 Commercial. Phons Black lUt WILL MADISON'S Jrtnuajrrr, Morning Astorfan. WAR VESSEL GOES ASHORE IN THE NORTH British Cruiser Flora Piles Up on the Rocks in the Gulf of Georgia While Running ; ; at High Speedy Hole Is Stove in Her Bow and at Hih Tide She Is Parti- h ! ally Submerged. DOUBTLESS BE TOTAL LOSS v Nvlratiiir Ofllcer Mistaken IJouy for Itcneoii and On- Iser Strikes on Iteef " at Jeiimaii. li Victoria. Dec, J. The IlrlUxh cruiser Flora, which stranded thla morning at Village point, Denman Island, Gulf o( Oworgls, was partially submerged when the tide flooded this afternoon, this prt btlng 10 feel below the surface. When she struck she was going :it a high rate of speed and her bow drove up on a sh.-lf of look with a heavy crush, which shook the seamen from their feet and shivered the cruiser from stem to stern. The after scuppers had been left open and '.hs vessel filled. The sva runhed In quickly thouh the open jcupper and "on the after part was below the water. The orlUrer were driven from their quarters, which are ift, and were able to save only what few things '.hey could carry In their hands. Much damage has been done at the bow, and the vessel, which is worth a million and a half of dollars. Is believed to be a total loss. It Is believed the wreck was due to th navigating officer mistaking a red spar buoy for a beacon on ths opposite side of the rhanuol, four miles south. He turned to port, thinking he wss avoiding this, Instead of going to star bin i J, t he should have done. Before he discovered, the mistake the cruiser was plied high on the rocks, ' 11. M. 8. Egerl left Esquimau to night. H. M. 8, Grafton will nut be able to leave for the wreck until tomorrow-morning. The Flora is a twin-screw, steel ves sel, SM feel loifo drawing over 19 feet, with displacement of 4360 Ions, She was launched It years ago and carries "13 men. Her speed was over 19 knots. DEPRESSION IN IRON TRADE Southern Sellers Do the Ousi lies -General Hod net Ions. Cleveland, Dec. S. The Iron Trade lievlew In Us current litsue says: The tone of reports from scl'.tmg cen ters Is rather more cheerful this week, but the movement of ms trial Is not such ns to be sfgnlnYant. December Is not an active month, and the wage reduction! currently announced and the more general ones to come at the end of ths year ire not calculated to create optimism. Yet there is a gen eral refusal throughout the trade to osaume that deep or long drawn depres sion Is abroad. Mills and ' furnaces shut down, but other mills and furnac es start up, and the volume of ship ments Indicate average consumption, that only seems small by contrast with a business that could not be handled. Southern pig Iron producers, whose op erations have been the gauge of ths market for so long a time, are evi dently making a stand, though not con certedly, at 19 25 'Birmingham for No, ) foundry Iron. Buyers who have of fered to place business at 9 have been unable to do so, and but fOf the Iricrea lifg numUsi1 Of sates on alysls prevent ing' accurate following of grade prices, It might be salt that $9.25 for No. 1 Iron Is the minimum. A report of ths week, whose Importunes will be de termined by events. Is that a syndicate, composed chiefly of directors of a large Southern furnace' company, has bought and takon off the market 75,000 tons, comprising nearly all the company's accumulated stock, Consumers have mads further considerable purchases of Southern Iron. Western buying being In some cases for round lots and pips works axe negotiating for additional tonnage. Northern furnaces contlnus to let Southern sellers take business slid will not meet their prlces.though In the PltUburg district and at certain pnlnta n Ohio lorthern prices come closer to ths southern bssls than was the cast a few' weeks ago. Ths re adjustment of costs Is the problem with ths northern furnaces, Some wags re ductions havs been mads and on Jan uary 1, wsstern Pennsylvania and east sin Ohio furnaces will make general re ductions. There remains much higher priced ors to use up, however and Central Western furnaces, under their drastic curtailment programme will not need next yew's ore before August, Coke has aldy had a considerable fall, but efforts to securs agreement among producer gtvs no grest p minis of grpst promiss of suirsss, . JAM WtU DOtTILt COI A TIME. London, Us, ,-Th Tokl ewres. udnt t4 ths Pally Ms II sss 11 II s ported on creditabls authority that at the. Tuesday cabinet meeting' If was actually proposed to send an ultimatum to RumIa, but that this grave step was eventually abandoned 1n favor of s milder course, which was ultimately ad opted,- Ths correspondent says the ten sion is scute and It Is generally felt that a few days will see Important de velopments, y; . . GOVERNOR WILL TAKE HAND Purpose That Conditions at Cripple Creek Shall Cease. Denver, Dee t. Governor Peabody declare h will take steps to nullify ths action of the court of Cripple Creek should It liberate any of the "Bull Pen" prlxonsrs, ; ':;'''- 'Ths reign of the law-breaking ele ment In ths Western Federation ofMlne wrker has got to end in this state," said the governor. , v Attorney-General Miller advised -ths governor to re-arrest and hold at Canip Oold field any of the prisoners charged with crimes who may be set tee by the civil authorities at Cripple Creek. Teller county Is in a stst of an archy," ald Miller. 'There no attempt Is belntf made to sustain law and or ded. Ths civil officers are aiding and (.betting the lawless element. No man nn get a fair trial in the county and no trial should be held until matters become more normal." BELIEVES REPORT H TRUE. Washington, Dec. I, gpeaklng of the report emlnafing fromParls that Japan and Russia are on the verge of a set tlement, Mr. Takahlra,' the ' Japanese minister, said he believed this gratify ing new to be true, although he had not been officially advised of the pro gresa of .hs negotiations. ANTI-CHRISTIAN UPRISING. London, Deo. J. A dispatch from St Petersburg says a report is current in PotrArtiiur.orlgtnatlng In Chinese quar ters, of an anti-Christian rising in the province of Szechuan. BRITAIN BOUGHT WARSHIPS. London, Deo. I. It was officially ad mitted at the admiralty tonight that Oreat Britain purchased ths two bat tleship Llbertad and ' Constitution, built on the Clyde for Chile, the price being 9,37&,00a, inclusive- of all expen ses. Situ Franc-loco, Dec. J.-The paint shops and car shops of the Southern Pacific Company were burned tonight. The loss is 160,000. Tonight the registration books will be closed, so thoM who have not gone through the formality will have to hui ry. There are now 1199 registrations. ARE CLAD TREATY IS SIGNED 1'auaiuaiin Congregate and Fit tingly Celebrate Eveut. Panama. Dec. t. The demonstration following the signing of the canal treaty was most enthusiastic. About J.000 persons took part In It; which for Panama was a large crowd. - There were cheers for the United States and for President Roosevelt. " From the palace the crowd went to the residence of United States consul dudger and also to the headquarters of Admi ral Walker, where . there was more cheering and playing of national ilrs by a band of muMc. The treaty will be turned over to Mr. Qudger, who will Immediately advise Washington thereof. It will be envel oped in the Panaman and Amer':an lias. Mr. fludger will keep the docu ment until December 8, when he will send It to the United States. If Admi ral Walker leaves for Ne wTork Decern ber 8 he may take the treaty with Mm, TO PREPARE CITIES' CENSIS Municipal Wcaltb and Stumllng Will Be Systematized. " New York, Dec. J. A conference was recently called In Washington by Di rector pf Census North to discuss aad prepare forms for schedules of Muni cipal Wealth, Debt and Taxation and ths essentials of a system of uniform classification for municipal accounts and reports,, : The -following special committee of expert to take up the technical ques tions relating to definition of terms, revenue and expense and balance sheets has been appointed: Harvey 8. Chase, of Boston; Elijah W. Sella, of New Tork; F. A. Cleve lend, professor of finance at the Uni versity of Pennsylvania; Richard Chapman and 8. B. Duncan Mclnnes of the Department of Finance of New York City and Frederick D. Carard of the Merchant's Association of New York. The intention Is to so exhibit ths busi neis affaire of cities by mesns of ac curals and uniform classification of Items as to permit the outlays of any city to be exactly compared with those of all other cities and by such com parison ta disclose all abnormal out lays or wastes, rails, Dec. I The so-called Baron Da Adelsward and Count Ds Warren asr today found guilty of exciting minor to debauchery. Each waa sen teiasd to sis month imprisonment and deprived of trlvfy right for a prlc4 of flv years. URGES MEN TO KEEP UP THE STRIKE President Mitchell Reaches Trini dad and Addresses an Enor mous Crowd of Striking Mine Workers. Says Stni&Ie May Be Hard One, but That Union Can Not : Be Defeated. THE LAW MUST BE OBSERVED Famous Leader Say Coortill ns Are Unchanged, VVl!h no Chance for limned late Settlement. Trinidad, CoH, Dec. i.With the tern perature at freezing point. President Mitchell addressed a crowd estimated at 40,000 in the open air this afternoon. He said In part: - "I cannot tell you when or how tbe strike will end, whether in a day, a month or a year; that depends upon yourselves. You can not hope to win without making lacrlflces.: i have been in many strike and seen starvation and evictions. Strikes are serious things, not a pleasure, and men must strike' bravely. An organization that has met victory In the great Pennsyl vania strikes can not be driven from Colorado. "Our organization is 380,000 strong too strong to be beaten In this state. You should all obey the law. This good union men wilt do. You must light peaceably. If you feel as I do, you will mine no more coal until you receive better pay, better hours and better conditions until the com panies obey the law as they ask you to do. Be peaceable and lawablding, and Mi Ike and strike and strike until you win." " Loud and long cheers creeled the speaker's last words and the crowd swarmed around to shake hands with Mr. Mitchell, . . " 'The conditions of the strike are un changed, I see no Immediate chance for a settlement," said President Milch ell to a representative of the Associated Press tonight. Mr. Mitchell leaves to morrow for Walsenhurg to address the miners and will arrive at Denver Fri day night. State Labor Commissioner Montgomery has arranged a confer ence with Mr. Mltchi: and Governor Peabody at the state capitol for Sat urday morning This afternoon President Mitchell re ceived word from Hastings that the Victor FuclCompany was tearing down the houses of the men there. These houses are owned by the men, but are built on ground owned by the fuel eom pany, and the miners pay for use of the ground. The houses are being If you want anything good go to Dunbar's Ik AJmtar torn do n over the heads of ths rami- ' lie. .Sfp will be taken at once to start criminal and civil proceedings Against the company it the roort proves true, ',.?;'.; FARMERS ARE UNIONIZED Texas Tf Her of the Poll Form Strong Unions, Fort Worth, Tex.', Dec. I.Tbs form er of Texas are being unionized at a rapid rate. There are today WOO unions in Texa, with a total membership of 40,009 or more, and the organisation ts spreading like wildfire. . : li begun at Emory, Raines county, about ten month ago under the name of the Farmer' Educational and Co operative Union of America and Is now established in nearly every populous county in Texa. About ths middle of February next m meeting will be held for completing a stats organization and it la believed the movement will spread to oth.;r stales a the Farmer's Alliance which organized in Kansa did a few years ago. The purpose of the union ts to buy and sell, in bulk, to educate along ag ricultural lines and to eschew politics but to nevertheless discuss political economy. : , WOMEN ARE AFTER SENATOR Union Formed to Carry on Fight : Against Sinoot. Washington," Dec. ,--A union of women's clubs, with headquarters st Washington, was formed here today to fight for the expolalon of Senator Reed Sinoot, of Utah, from the United States senate. The formation of the union was the result of a conference called by Mrs. .Frederick Schoff, of Phila delphia, president of the National Con Kress of Mothers. Half a dozen other national organization were represent ed at the meeting. . A call will be sent out to raise $3,000 for the purpose of employing an at torney to assist In the fight, and a pamphlet will be issued. A committee from the meeting called on the pres ident. The presence of the private sec retary to Senator 8 moot and the secre tary's wife at the meeting caused some comment. They left before the meet ing had concluded.. MANY PAINTINGS ARE MISSING Omaha Collection for St. Louis Fair Probably 8toIen. Omv.a, Dec. S. Paintings valued at $200,000 several of which were to have been exhibited at the St Louis expo sition, have been lost. They were painted by Charles -R. Hail and his brother, both of Omaha. Mr. Hall left the paintings, 800 in number.in a studio In Seattle. He ordered tham shipped to Omaha ind received what purported to be a bill of lading. Two months have elapsed since their alleged ship ment and no trace of them has been found. Mr. Hall believes they have been stoleh. ' ; '. OF AND THIS WEEK GREAT -vS ALE Black Dress Goods " - - . . . Ladies' iSu its DOWIE-WILL-BE 'QUIZZED UNDER OATH Judge Kohlsaat Orders That De funct Zionist Shall Be Exam ined as to City's Finan cial Status. Closing of Town's Industries Jrn possible, Because of Depend t ence of Zionists MR, REDIESKI IS SKEPTICAL Hay Dowle May Have a Million or Two Up If b Sl eve, but " That There Is Xo ' Evidence of It. ' ' : Chicago, Decf 1. -John r Alexander Dowle will be pot on the witness eland Before f'.eferee Sydney C. Eautmjin and under oath be required to answer all question regarding the financial affairs of Zton City. While the data for the inquiry has not yet been set, Judge Kohlsaat this afternoon entered an order which requires the overseer of the.. Christian Catholic church to auuuui to uie ejLamirmuwii, It is not likely that any of the indus tries of Zlon City will be closed, as iu such event thousands of people would be deprived of the means of livelihood. This is said to be one of the main rea sons why Dowle will be retained a manager of the business 'under the di rection of the .-eceivers. The receiver realize Dowle's strong hold on his fol lowers and wish to present any turn of events which might turn Zlon City into a deserted village, That Zlon City'a two chief industries, the lace works and the candy factory are not making ex penses was disclosed today in examin ation of the plants by Chief Custodian Redleski. Mr. Redteskl is skeptical regarding Dowle's ability to vacate the receiver ship...' .; I;. '. T""''.--;:': ,. ' "Dowle may have a million or two u bis sleeve for all I know." he Stud, "but I havs been unable to see any evidence of financial trengtli in ZJon City,". ' 1 11 1 ' i ROBBERS KIU BAR TENDER. Seattle. Dec. ..-Emll D. Schmidt was shot and killed by highwaymen about 11 o'clock this evening In the Maple saloon at Van Asselt a few miles -south of Seattle. The holdups, two in number, entered the saloon and or dered the 12 men in it at the time to bold up their hands. De Schmidt and another man started for the robber with chairs. ' De Schmidt was shot through the brain. The chair was knocked . from the other man's hand and the highwaymen then made their escape without securing any booty.' The cheapest store in Astoria for fine goods moany