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THE DIELl ... ' ' . - l '-V AND ASTORIA DAILY NEWS ASTORIA N, NO. 66, VOL. LVIJ. ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY DECE3IBER 19, 1903. NEWS, XIV, NO. 137 a tt tt tt it tt tt tt tt tt tt tt a tt , tt tt tt tt tt tt tt.- tt tt tt tt tt tt THE BELT OVERCOAT ! m mJ:: Will Quite the most' dis tinguished looking of the many good over- ' coats we are showing is this , ... Hart, Schaffner $ Marx "belt overcoat." The belt is the back only -doesn't go, all the ( way 'round. The coat, however, is art "all-round" sty- . le garment; has all the characteristics of the Hart,, Schaffner & Marx product style fine tailoring, best quality. Copftlfbl It by Hart fetMJfow Mm P. 'A STO RES, i GREAT PEAK . DISFIGURED Rock and Land Slide at Summit of Mt. Tacoma Alters Aspect of City of Destiny's Pride. HEIGHT HAS BEEN REDUCED H O TEL PORTLAND The Finest Hotel in the Northwest PORTLAND. OREGON. WHAT SHALL IT BE? ; That's the query, and as GEIFFIN"S has been the Xmas Store iu the past, so it is this year, with a J, larger and better assortment ; of ' Books in cheap and ' -j fine binding. - ICll'.J3ooki.- and. the usual fancy .,, articles and regular line brightened by the late ideas from the East and New York City. But it's no use tellin' but accept our invitation and :Come and See.: J. NT. GRIFFIN YouNeedaBat AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK You might as well baths In the river as in an old wooden tub, but there ia no occasion (or doing either so long as up-to-date bath tubs-tan be had reasonably. Talk with us about the matter. W. J. SCULLEY 470-472 Commercial. ' Phone Black' 2243 Stockman Who Brings Report of Slide to Olynipia Says Hun- , tlreriti of Acre of Hock : Are Carried Away. Tacoma,' Dec. 19. An Olympia spec ial says that a well known stockman living near the base of Mount Tacoma reports that an immense rock and land slide occurred on the mountain early this week. He claims that the slide lias changed the shape of the mountain to a perceptible degree and reduced its height. Tho first slide occurred Tuesday and was followed by others of lesser mag nitude, until Wednesday night the roar and rumble of the successive falls of rock were plainly audible. He says the altered configuration of the peak shows that hundred of acres of rock must have fallen. ' . It is not generally believed in Olym pia that the slide is as great in extent as appeared to the man bringing the information. Those who are familiar with the peak from having climbed to the summit maintain that a slide of that portion of the mountain would be impossible. HEINZE ON THE STANQ. Johnstown Company Not Subsidiary ' to United Copper Company. : Butte. Mont.. Dec. 19, F. August Heinle swore on the , witness stand in the contempt hearing in the United States court yesterday, before Judge Beatty, that the Johnstown , Mining Company, one of the companies al leged to be in contempt, was not a subsidiary company to the United Copper Company. Neither did he own stock, he said in the Johnstown Company. Helnze said among other things, he had no interest in the com pany operating the Minnie Healy. He said he owned a majority of the stock in the United Copper Company, and the latter owned 95 per cent of the Montana Ore Purchasing Com pany. The Rarus was transferred to the Johnstown Company for . the sum of $1,000,000. sented to him at a. dinner a,t the Hyde Park hot;l last night. The dinner was attended by several members of the house of commons, and members of the Iondon presentation committee,. Con-sui-General Evans presided and in pre senting Mie service said it was unpre cedented for such an honor to be paid a foreigner by the people of the United States, but said Thomas , Upton had won the golden opinions of those from whom he tried to wrest the America's cup. Sir Thomas, in replying, thanked the Americans cordially, and concluded by saying he had sent a letter to the New York Yacht Club dealing with 'another possible challenge for the cup. He ad ded he was quite willing to have one last try, provided he has a reasonable chance of success, especially as the next Shamrock will be the lucky four' leafed one. UNCLE SAM'S COMPETITOR American Bankers' 'Association Proposes to Adopt New Money Order System. PLAN HAS BEEN DECIDED ON First Arrest in Land Frauds Wealthy San Francisco Operator Said to Have Unlawfully Se cured 100,000 Acres.' Up to the Holidays we, shall sell at 20 per cent, reduction from reg ular price the following goods: ' i ' - Benedicts Quadruple Silver Plated Knives Forks and tSpbons, Berry , Spoons, Fruit Spoons, Sugar Spoons, Butter Knives, etc. Also Silver Plated Table Ware for Children, Such as Knives, ForKs, Spoons and Mug's. FOARD STOKES COMP'NY J tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt tt ttt 'tt 8 8 8 Brave Fireman Loses His Life. New York, Dec. 19. In a fire which destroyed a Iiioklyn tenement house today Lieutenant John Freel,1 of the Cre department was fatally Injured by falling three stories from a Are escape. With his comrades he had just curried 25 women and children from the building. Many of then: undoubtedly would h:ive been suffo cated but for '.he bravery'of the rescuers, LOOKS BAD FOR GRAVELLE. Incriminating Evidence Against The Montana Train Robber, Helena, Mon Dec. 19. In the Gra vele case yesterday the efforts of the state weer devoted to approving at tempts to wreck and destroy rails. A number of railway engineers and section men testified One of the engineers who testified gave a vivid description of how the explosion broke every window in his cab and put out all the lights. M. E. Sheridan, a rancherman, identified Gravelle as the man who had lost, at Sheridan's ranch, a spur which wlt nes afterward found. When Gravelle was arrested he had only one spur. and the one found by Sheridan matches it, , ' f ' r r Robert Collins, another ranchman, testified to finding, hidden in th,e hay tthe Sheridan ranch, a few days afler Gravelle' visit, a large Quan tity of dynamite In a sack.' Washington, Dec. 19.-John A. Ben son, a wealthy Ban urancisco real es- tate operator, charged by the interior department with being the head of the alleged land frauds extending over a dozen western states and territories has been arrested here. The charge on which the arrest was made was bribery, it being alleged in the affidavit that Benson had paid $500 to Woodford D. Harlan, formerly chief of the special service division of the general land office, and now clerk in that office, on March 16. Benson gave $5,000 bail for his appearance De cember SO. The statement was made by an officer of the government last night that the information obtained regarding the al leged conspiracy implicates a number of persons at present employed in the interior department at Washington and elsewhere. Numerous arrests are ex pected to follow in short order,' and some of the employes who may not be arrested will be dismissed from the service. , - The government attorneys, Arthur B. Pus and Oliver Pagin, stated, in ask ing for a large bail bond for Benson, that he had been guilty of bribery dur ing his present visit to Washington since last Monday, and in the interior department itself, notwithstanding that that he was fully aware that his con nection with ,the alleged frauds was fully knc wi by the department The stuenient was made later that Seeretarj Hitchcock was so incensed at the flagrancy of this alleged offense that he told the officers ,0 have Benson arrested' at once, although it had not been planned to apprehend him at pres ent. Benson is a member of the firm of Benson & Hyde, of San Francisco, and, it Is assertee, has defrauded the govern ment out of at least 100,000 acres of land by various schemes since the passage of the forest reserve act in 1897. ; It is alleged that Benson obtained in formation ns to the land that would be wanted for forest reserves, ana uy means of fraudulent entries, or by pur chase, immense tracts of such lands were obtained and afterward ex changed for 'valuable public lands in Washington, Oregon, California, Mon tana, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Arizona and New Mexico. - , Will Come Into Direct Competi tion With PoNtofflce Depart ment and Cut Into Keve ' lines of Government.1 , After a three session here, the bank money LIPTON WILL CHALLENGE. May Thinka Th Feurtlt Shamrock Lift Tha Coveted America' Cup For Him. 1 - -' it::- . tf . London, Dec. 19. Sir Thomas Llpton nnounced his readiness, to again chal lenge for the America's cup, when the Urer erric tubacribad for by the people of the United States, was pre- Woman Plan Smoot's Undoing. Philadelphia, Dec. 19,-The executive board of the National Union of Wo men's Organizations, which Is carrying on a campaign for the expulsion of Sen- Ofo. smnnt nf Utah, held its second meeting in this city today. A resolu tion was unanimously adopted calling upon all patriotic women to petition the senate for the expulsion of Hen ator. Smoot. , ' J ; v ', s".j 'H Accident On Tha Rail. Boise, Idaho, Dec. 19. The south bound limited expres on the short line ran into the rear of a freight on Mebury hill." 15 miles west of Glenn's ferry at 7 .o'clock this morning and the folowing were Injured: 4 , '. i Engineer Kiser. of j the pausenger. baldy'cut and bruised. Fireman' Potter, 'of the passenger, badly braised,, ).""..: ! t New York, Dec. 19. days' order committee of the American Bankers' Association, representing 70,000 banks, has agreed upon a plan fir a money order system whereby sums not to exceed $100 can be sent by mail and the orders cashed by any bank belonging to the association. The scheme will, of course, come into direct competition with the mon ey order division of the post office de partment, and, it is expected, cut largsly . Into the government'- revenues 7Uo proposed system, is .said la to operated peroisely ns, exchange . ir. now sold, and the orders are ti lie sold by a guarantee company. The committee report will be sub mitted to the executive 'council of the national body at Its regular mvetlns next April. . goes south with a battalion of mar ines. It is said at the navy department in view of the growing complications over the Panama situation, that It was advisable t no longer an nounce the plans of the department with the freedom shown during the last few weeks, and for that reason a cablegram received today from Rear Admiral Coghlan was not made public GUILTY AS CHARGED. . Findings of tha Court-Martial in the Caae Of Britiih Naval Officers. Victoria, B. C, Dec. 19. The court martial at Esquimau of Captain C. J. Baker, commander.and Lieutenant H. F. Grant navigator, of H .M. & Flora, for stranding that vessel on December S. has been concluded. The court found that the charge wa proven and the officers were sevrly reprimanded and warned to exercise more care In the future. ,' Mrs. Fannie Myntl died at her home, 130 Lincoln street,, this morning. Mrs. Mynti had been a sufferer with con sumption for a long time, so her dealb. I came not unexpectedly. She is . sur vived by her husband and an infant child. ' Arrangements for the funeral have not yet been made. Home For The Holidays. ' Washington, Dec. 19. Theodore Jr., and Kermit Roosevelt arrived here yesterday from their school at Gorton Mass . They will spend their vacation at the White House, j Miss Roosevetl, who is visiting in New York will return for Christmas. WILL SAIL FOR COLON. General Elliott Will Probably Go to . . Panama on the Dixie. , Washington, Dec. 19. After a con ference yesterday between Secretary Moody,-- Rear-Admiral . Taylor,: chief of the bureau of navigation, and Brlgader General George Elliott, com mandant of the marine corps, It was edclded that if the present conditions on the isthmus continue, General El liott will gall for Colon on the Dixie M. Susman today paid the fine of $25 imposed Wednesday by Justice Good man. Susman falledjto perfect appeal, and because of his delinquencies was in imminent danger of going to JaiL In fact, he was taken almost to the Jan door before he relented in his determin ation not to respond to the demands of the court. At the last moment, how ever, he made good. He is now a frea man and doubtless ready for more trou ble. --','- ' ..-.' William Shock, a county patient, died at the hospital today; He was about 4 years of age and had lived in this clly for a number of years, following the barberlng business.' The immediate cause of tils death was heart failure, superinduced by excessive drinking. He had a family somewhere in the world, but their whereabouts are unknown te the public The Interment will be on the west side in the county's burying ground,, W, II. Barker returned today nooa from a trip to Seattle. Tudor Smith waB over from Warren ton today. '' Mrs. S. Harrison, of Warrenton, did from Philadelphia,, when that- vessel Christmas shopping in the city today. If you want anything good go to Dunbar's the cheapest store in Astoria for fine goods Grand Opening Display OF Christmas Novelties THIS WEEK The A. Dunbar Co. (.wMw i.r.itun, neaicai jutRe, wash.