A N D ASTO R I A DA I LY N EWS
; ASTORIAN; NO. 67, V0L.LVI1.
ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1903.
NEWS, XIV, NO. 138
r
THE BELT OVERCOAT
Sim
HinSehaffner j jP
J Had Tailored fcaj
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. ' V
The coat, however, ,
is an Vall-round" sty
le garment; has all the
characteristics of the
Hart, Schaffner &
Marx product style
fine tailoring, b e s t
quality.
Uwri(M 1INI b, San IMua.af t Mux
P. A. STOKES
TWO BODIES
ARE MERGED
Ancient Order of Hiberians Settles
Old Difficulty Within Its Organization.
MANY THOUSANDS AFFECTED
HOT E Lr P ORTLA ND
i The Finest Hotel in the Northwest
PORTLAND.
OREGON.
ARE YOU PERPLEXED?
Some odo to remember and what shall I give? Let us
help yon. Our clerks are all experienced in Xmas
trade.and will willingly give yon every attention and
while bur Xmas stock is rapidly diminishing we are
carrying the largest in this part of the state. We shall
be able to supply something appropriate until Sant
'arrives, 1 ., , '
J. N.: GRIFF IN
Tou might as well batha in the
river as In an old wooden tub, but
there Is no occasion for doing
, either so long as up-to-date bath
tubs can be had reasonably. Talk
with us about the matter.
J W. J SCULLEY
470-472 Commercial. , Phone Black 2243
Trouble Arose Over Question of Ad
- mittinj Children of Irish Per- '.'
sons Who Married With
. Other Nationalities.
New York, Dec. 22. After 20 years
of dissension, the two bodies of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians, the
board of America and the board of
Erin, have malgamated in New York
county. It Is estimated that 100,
000 men and 180,000 women will be
affected by the reunion, which was
brought , about by the county presi
dent of the board of America, P. .
McNulty, and the national president
of the board of Erin, James Dough-
rety. Daniel V. Clancy, county cor
responding secretary of the board of
America, made the announcement
'The settlement of this dispute Is
the mosti Jrhportant move we have
made in our history," he said. "Now
that thedifferences are patched up I
feel sure that thousands of Irishmen
in this country will desert the smaller
of our order. ' ;
"The discussion arose at out na
155i, over the question of admitting
the children of members who had in
termarried with other nationalities.
Nearly all of . the members voted In
favor o fadmision, . but the balance,
who hid that only full-blooded Irish
men should belong to the organiza
tion and that the head power should
be on the other, side, remained stead
fast and remained th board of Erin.
"The national officers of the two
bodies got together In 1897 and decid
ed upon arbitration., This resulted In
favor of the board of America, but
5 per cent of the members would -not
join and i maintained the board of
Erin.
"Three months ago the question was
again brought up by McNulty and
Dougherty. It has been under dis
cussion ever since and we have just
reached a settlement."
The first result of the reunion will
be the erection, at Fifth avenue and
One Hundred and Sixteenth street, of
club house and offices, which will
be thrown open to all Irish societies.
house, manager of the Boston Steam
ship Company, Seattle, In his recent
testimony before the interstate com
merce commission, that his company
has a contract with the Northern Pa
clilc railway which prohibits that
company from receiving any freight
brought In by tramp steamers. They
assert that while the company has no
exclusive contract and no agreement
beyond the division of rates on bus!
ness from the orient, the general prac
tlce of railway companies in the trans
action of their business is to make
concessions to established and per
manent lines with fixed and regular
schedule of sailings and arrivals and
with advertised route with dockage,
etc., over transient tramp ship steam
ers, mostly foreign, which have hap
pened to pick up a cargo and have no
regular business.
Sevan Boilers Explode
. St. Louis, Dec." 22. A battery
seven boilers In the power house
the, St. Louis Transit Company, at
Jefferson and Geyser avenues, ex
ploded last night, killing three em
ployes, injuring six and wrecking the
building.
STRIKERS WARNED BY POLICE.
Differences of Union Must be
tied Away From Mourners.
Set
COLOMBIANS WILL FIGHT ALONE
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Up to the Holidays
we shall sell at 20 per ceiii. reduction from reg
ular price the following goods:
Benedicts Quadruple Silver Plated
Knives, Forks and Spoons, Berry
Spoons, Fruit Spoons, Sugar
! ' Spoons, Butter Knives, etc.
v .... .
Also Silver Plated Table Ware for Children, Such
v " as Knives, ForKs, Spoons and Mugs.
FOARD a STOKES COMP'NY
No Help or Sympathy Will Be Ao-
corded Her By Europe.
Washington, Dec. 22. Diplomatic
pressure will be brought to bear upon
Colombia by several Europeean pow
ers to prevent war between that coun
try and the United States. The first
move in this direction has already
been taken by severa oembassadors
here, who have informed - General
Heyes of the futility of any attempt
-i Colombia to retake Panama. If
-ais is 'not' luiScivat, representatives
of these countries at Bogota will b,e
instructed to inform President Mar
roquin that Colombia can expect no
sympathy from the European powers
in any movement she may make on
Panama. Members of the diplomatic
corps have been Informed by General
Reyes himself that he fears he can
with difficulty cheek his people much
longer.
Diplomats, whom General Reyes has
approached on the subject says that
what he most fears is the result of
the announcement at Bagota of the
failure of his mission. He himself
realizes that the most he can hope
from the government of the United
States is that it will use its moral in
fluence and suasion to prevail upon
Panama to assume her portion of the
Colombian debt.
Several ambassadors have advised
GeneralReyes to impress upon his peo
pie the fact that Europe wants an
Isthmian canal. It has been further
pointed out that the proffered sym
pathy of seevral South American re
publics can avail Colombia nothing
in the event of war. It is hoped the
receipt of this news in Bogoto will do
much to calm the feeling there and
hold the Colombians back.
Chicago, Dec. 22. Picketing houses
from which funerals are to start,
whether peaceful or violent, by union
livery drivers, is to be prevented by
the police under direct orders issued
tonight by Chief of Police O'Neil. J.
R. Wadsworth, secretary, and Chas,
Stevens, business agent of the livery-
mens' union, were summoned before
the chief tonight and told in decided
ly plain language that any dlfferen
ces the union might have would have
to .be settled away from houses In
mourning. !
The chief last night Issued a. gen
eral order to all Inspectors of police.
He instructed the commanding off!
cers to accompany funerals in car
riages, if circumstances seemed to re
quire It, to see that the last rites f
the dead were in no way interferred
with, ,
On top of the , chief's order order
came an announcement last night that
peace plans looking to a settlement
of the strike had been launched
through the efforts of the board of
arbitration.
The basis of the arbitration diffi
culty was agreed on last light, and a
vote of the men on both sides today
It is said the result will probably be
an" agreement to settle everything by
arbitration.
Investigate Strike Violence.
Chicago, Dec. 22, The grand Jury
has commenced an investigation into
the acts of violence committed dur-
nig the recent Chicago City Railway
Company's strike. A number of wit
nesses were questioned as to their
personal knowledge of the so-called
"wrecking crews," and "educational
committees." The investigation will
continue today, when, witnesses will
be questioned In an effort to ascer
tain if money was paid to the "wreck
era.'' ' .
Nine Passengers Killed.
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 22. The
'meteor'" fast train on the St .Louis
& San Francisco railway which . left
Fort Worth Sunday afternoon for
Kansas City, was wrecked 15 miles
south of Fort Scott, early Monday
morning. Nine persons were killed
and 32 others injured. Of the injured
five probably will die, and fourteen
were seriously hurt. The crew of the
fiieght train that had proceeded the
'meteor" left a switch open and the
passenger train Jumped the track and
rolled down a slight embankment.
TO ADJOURN
WEDNESDAY
Special Legislative Session Will
Not Extend Its Work Be-
yond That Time.
OLD FEE LAWJS CORRECTED
l Hard To Seleot Jury,
Gorgetown, Col., Dec. 22. Twenty
four talesmen were examined in an
effort to secure a Jury in the Idaho
Springs dynamiting cases yesterday.
Of these, eight were dismissed for
cause, and 16 were peremptorily chal
lenged. One hundred and fifty ven
iremen have now been examined and
not a Jurorhas ben secured.
Traffic Lines Work Together.
Washington, Dec. 22. Officials of
the Northern Pacific railway deny the
statement attributed to Frank Water-
KlHhineft, Bessarana, Dec. 22. Two
Russians named Gnetschin and Maro
sjelk, who have been on trial charged
with murder as authors 'of the mas
acre of the Jews here last spring,
were sentenced to seven and five
years penal servitude, respectively.
; Twenty-two other persons charged
with being involved In the massacre
were sentenced to periods ranging
from one to two years each. One per
son was sentenced to six months Im
prisonment and 12 were acquitted.
Bill, to Repeal Portage Act Fails
While One Ro-enaoting Old
' Tax Law is Made Speo
ial This Afternoon.
Salem, Dee. 22. (Special) Both the
senate and the house voted today to
stand by the agreement of yesterday's
caucus, at which a resolution was
adopted by a vote of 18 to 16 in the
senate and unanimously in the house
providing for final adjournment at 12
o'clock on Wednesday night.
With the opening of both houses for
fire , oolt bdco- , aS eryt.. x2m
visited by a fire of incendiary origin
early this morning and almost an en
tire business block' was consumed.
The fire started lu a room occupied
by Goes & Rogoway, who were clos
ing out a bankrupt stock of merchan
dise. The. citizens became suspicious of
Oscar Rogoway, one of .the partners,
and fastened a rope around his neck.
Rogoway was led to a telephone pole,
protesting his Innocence, but when
the rope commenced to tighten he
confessed to the crime, but alleged
his brotr.sr-ln-law, Goss, had com
pelled him to commit felony. He was
taken to jail.
Goss was given a preliminary hear-
over to the grand Jury.
business this morning there wasva
flood of bills, 16 being Introduced in
the senate and all but two passed, and
36 in the house.
A bill was introduced In the house
to repeal the portage railway act, but
failed to pass to second reading. Five
bills were introduced in the house pro
viding for remedying the defect in the
Phelps tax law, one of them, having
for Its' effect the repeal of the new law
and re-enactment of the old law, being
made a special order for this after
noon. ; i,' - , " ,.. , -.
A bill offered in the house providing
for purchase of the right of way for
the government canal on the Columbia
river passed to third reading and went
to the Judiciary committee.
A bill passed both houses correcting
the defect in the recorders' tee law,
and legalizing all fees collected since
1895, the year In which the lawi'was
inadvertently repealed, y ,
In the house a resolution was adopt
ed calling for a statement of the sal
ary of the governor, secretary of state
and- treasurer, A bill was Introduced
to place them on a flat salary-. '
. No Truth In Report.
Panama, Dec. 22. There is no truth
in the report that the Americans have
been given 24 hours to leave the Dar-
len district. There are less than a
score of Americans In the entire dis
trict, and practically all of them are
located at Cana, Where they are en
gaged in mining. Cana Is about three
days' Journey from Yovize.
FIRE BUG OWNS UP.
rate .Citizens of, Albany Tie Rope
About Man's Neck.
Albany ,Or., Dec. 22. Lebanon was
SHOOTS TWO;. KILLS HIMSELF.
San Francisco. Man. Commits Rash
' Act Through Jealousy. ,
San Francisco, - Dec. 22. Daniel
O'Hara last night shot Mrs. Ethel Pen
ney, a variety actress, also shot New
nion Subfer, a clerk, In the spine, and
then killed himself at the entrance to
a theatre on Dupotit street. O'Hara
and Mrs. Penney had been living to
gether. She said last night that she
was the wife of Major Penney, a re
tired army officer, and that she had
told O'Hara she had made up her mind
to leave him and return to her hus
band k Last night she asked Subfer
and another friend to escort her, home
from the theater, and when she step
ped Outside the door O'Harra, who was
lying in wait, shother and Subfer, He
then turned the weapon upon himself,
with fatal effect. Both Mrs. Penney
and Subfer are expected to recover,
Case to Be Revised.
Paris, Dec. ?2. It. has been learned
by the Associated Press that , at a
meeting of the Dreyfus commission
next Wednesday, Victor Mercier, re-'
porter for the commission, and one
of the directors of the ministry ot
Justice, will submit a report recom
mending a revision of the case of
Captain Dreyfus.
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
. ' ,
?, f - '" t ..' ' ' ' . .a' ' ,
The A. Dunbar Co.
;": " ;' A-'"
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 88 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 81