PLANS FOR
NEW HOTEL
PREPARED
W. W. Whipple to Submit Pro
posal for Construction of
Modern Building Which
Will Cost $125,000
Will Be of Brick, Five Stories In
Height and Up-to-date in
Every Particular.
BIG HEATER IN CONNECTION
iiiMtlliiir AMtorlniiH Tell of Heart.
way Tliua Far Mailt to Sup
ply City Greatest
PrcMMit Need.
Th proposal fur a modern hotel has
assumed definite shape, and Mm time
during tht present week the business
men and property owner of Astoria
will be Invited to consider the plan
which hw been outlined by W. W
Whipple. Mr. Whipple succeeded In
arousing the aitwrnlll sentiment and he
la now endeavoring to more thorough
ly arouae the hotel eentlment.
For aome motitha past members of
tht Chamber of Commerce and other
pereona deeply interested In the wel
fare of Ator.la have been considering
the hotel proposition. Mr. Whipple
waa on of theee men, and he decided,
fter conferring with a prominent ar
chltect In Seattle, to secure from him
duplicate plana for a hotel building
which I to be erected tn the sound
city.
"It should be understood," Mr, Whip
ple explained Inst evening, "that I m
not anxious to force these plnns upon
the people of Astortu, but I have se
cured them merely as a starter. They
will form the basis on which we two'
work. Personalty, I believe the plans
re sntlsfuctory. When I toured the
east recently I mitde It a point to In
vestigate nil of the famous hotels of
the country, and It Is my hope that
we may be able to build a hotel here
that will Include the best points of
the really palatini structures of the
east. If we find It neecaary to mnae
ny alterations, the change can be
made without the least difficulty. The
plans are preliminary.''
Hotel and Theater Combined.
The plans call for a hotel and thea
ter combined, the theater to occupy a
wing of the main building. The hotel
structure Is to be bant of
brick Clatsop county bWk, If pos
sibleand will be five stories
in height. This does not Include the
hmompnt. which will be below the
level of the street. The theater build
ing will be three stories In height,
with two galleries and a seating ca
pacity of about 1200.
The hotel building will be 100x100
fA0t at the base. The ground floor
will bo occupied by the lobby, the of
flees, bar, barber shop, three sample
rooms, grill room, kitchen, serving
room, freight and pnssenger elevator
rooms, and there will also be one room
20x feet for store purposes. ,
The second, third and fourth floors
will each contain 17 single rooms
11x17, and four alngl rooms lxl5, as
wall is one suit of two rooms, with
bath. In all, th building will have 61
single room and three suite each of
two room.
The fifth floor will contain a lodge
room 42x68, a well e a room for the
Chamber of Commerce and other com
mercial bodle 42x43, with three offlc
room.
Th Theater Annex.
Th theater annex will b . 68x120
feet on the ground and of three stories.
Provision Is made for a commodious
lobby, and the slse of th stage would
permit th production of practically all
of the play which require consider
able room. If the hotel building
face north, which Is likely, the en
trance to th theater would be either
east or west, depending on the posi
tion of th block, 1
"So far a th theater annex Is
concerned, It can be rented, leased or
operated by the hotel company Im
mediately upon completion of the
building," said Mr. Whlppl. "I have
talked th matter over with the lead
ing theatrical man of th
and a you will by h ... he
Is anxious to secure a lease of the
building. If the stockholders pmfer,
the theater may be conducted by the
hotel company. This matter, of course,
will be decided later.
Must Pay From the 8tsrt.
"The hotel must pay from the start,"
continued tr. Wblpplo. "Jt has been
the rule that most hotels do not pay
for ft number of year, but we mut
arrange thing differently hcie. If I
should be selected to conduct the ho
tel, I would be willing to give a bond
that the hotel will pay the Very first
month, and continue to earn dividends.
There I a Way to do this, and If the
stockholders can be shown the way
the hotel proposition will certainty
carry.
Cost About $123,000.
'I estimate roughly, and rather lib
erally, that the cost of th , building j
would be about I12G.00O. Thl Include
furnishings and th outlay up to thr
day of opening for business, as well,
of course, as th cost of the theater.
The sum may seem rather large, but
when one stops to consider the cost
of other hotels the estimate Is not at
all excessive. The Breakers hotel.
which was recently burned, cost be
tween 160,000 and $65,000, and that ho
tel was located on the bench, where
It was open for only about three or
four months In the year. The Hotel
Havel cost 140,000 or more."
Meeting to Be Called.
The hotel proposition Is not the par
tlculsr scheme of Mr. Whipple, but, as
stated above, It ha been under con
sideration for a long time. At every
meeting of the Chamber of Commerce
th matter has been discussed, and
none know better than members how
much Astoria needs a modern hostelry.
Mr. Whipple ha put the matter In
tangible form, and during the present
week perhaps tonight, but more like
ly tomorrow night a meeting of busi
ness men, property owner and others
will be called to discuss the proposal.
In view of the fact that the three
Astoria banks carry deposit of about
12.000,000, there ought not be any
scarcity of funds, especially In view
of th fact thst some outside capital
will probably be Interested In the ho
tel. ' ' ' . .
DESOLATION IN R085WELL, N. M.
Floods Cause Great Damage Many
Buildings Collapse.
Roawcll, N. M, Oct. 4. Koswull Is
scene of desolation. The flood that
started Thursday night has re
ceded. The damage will be over f 100,-
000. ' For days It was Impossible to
get In telegraphic communication with
outside points. The electric light plant
was flooded and the city was In dark
ness. Water was three ft deep In
the main part of the city and ran In
streams through residence .and busi
ness houses. So far as known no lives
were lost. Th Roswell opera house
and about IS business and residence
houses collapsed. The dyke that was
erected by the city was washed out.
Theer have been no trains either north
or south since Thursday. The rail
road bridges over the Pecos river have
been washed away.
AFTER ' CITIZENSHIP FRAUDS.
Foreigner Acquire Final Papers Too
Quickly.
New York. Oct 4. Prosecution of
mon holding alleged fraudulent citi
zenship paper is to be pushed by th
fedral authorities throughout the East
and all nationalities are to be cov
ered. Bogus citizens have been found
In great numbers among the Italians
and the campaign has now spread to
the Austrian. Th first arrest among
them wa that of a saloon keeper who
had achieved fame by being elected
president of th fish peddler associa
tion and has secured citizenship pa
pers, all, It Is alleged, In the course of
only three year and eight months
residence In America,
WILL DECIDE CHAMPIONSHIP.
American League Chsllenges th Na-
lonal.
New York, Oct. 4. President Gor
don, ' of the New York American
League Baseball Club, ha issued a
formal challenge to John T.' Brush for
a series of seven game between the
American and National league teams
to settle the championship of the base
ball world. Th challenge contain the
proviso that its effectiveness shall de
pend upon the New York American
League . team winning th pennant
ucNERAL ADVANCE OF JAPS
UPON ARMY OF KUROPATKIN
LOOKED FOR WITHIN WEEK
Frequent Skirmishes Taken to Indicate
That Mikado's Soldiers Will Soon
Assault Russians Near Mukden.
Special Messenger Who Has Arrived at St. Petersburg Declares That
Kuropatkin's Force! Are Concentrated at Tie Pass, and
That Russian General Will Not Give Battle at
Mukden Chinese to Assist Japanese.
Frequent fighting between th Jap
anese advance guards and Cossack
on the south front of Kuropatkin's
army reported In the dispatches to
the Russian war office Is regarded a
Indicative of the near approach of a
general 'forward movement of the
forces of Field Marshal Omaya.
It Is estimated that since the battle
of Lino Yang 40,000 guards stationed
In western Russia have been ordered
to the far east. Nothing more has
been received of the condition of af
fairs at Port Arthur.
fit. Petersburg, Oct. 4. Advices from
the far east thl evening describe a
series of skirmishes on the southern
front of Kuropatkln' army, the only
Importance lying In the fact that the
Japanese are showing a disposition to
press forward. .
The activity of the Japanese out
posts Is Intended to screen the move
ments of their army, and therefore
may be regarded a th percursory
symptom of final preparations for ad
vance, which will probably be begun
within a week.
A special messenger has brought to
the emperor Kuropatkln' full report
of the battle of Lino Tang. The mes
senger declares that the main army
Is concentrated at Tie pass and that
It Is not likely Kuropatkln will make
a determined stand at Mukden.
There were current rumors tonight
of the fall of Port Arthur, but they
had no foundation.
Coal for Baltio Fleet.
. London, Oct. 4. The Time states
that several , Hamburg - American
NO FEAR OF UPRISING.
Anti'Fereian Movement In Chinese
Province not Alarming.
rckln, Oct 4 (afternoon). Further
Information regarding the unrest in
the northwestern part of Shantung
province la of a reassuring nature.
The British legation is of the opinion
that there Is no cause for anxiety.
This opinion Is confirmed by Bishop
Favler, of the French Catholic mission,
who Is exceptlonaly well acquainted
with the Chinese.
A dispatch from Shanghai, Septem
ber 27, said that the Sho-Tuun Box
er were openly distributing pros
pectuses couched In the same language
as those circulated before the uprls-
lug of 1900. ,
These prospectuses fixed October 17
as the date for the extermination of
all foreigners.
JAPANESE HEAD ALL NATIONS.
In Prevntion
of
Distai Among Sol-
disrt.
San Francisco, Oct 4. Among the
passenger arriving on the liner Mon
golia from the orient was Major Louis
I. Seaman, surgeon In the United State
engineering branch f th army, who
haa been studying Japanese, methods
of surgery In the campaign or tnai
army against the Russian. In his
opinion Japan 1 far ahead of an
tier aation of the world In th or
ganization of her aanltary branch of
th army, and ha been the first to
anticipate and take measure against
th fact that th greater number of
death in war ar caused, not by bul
let, but by dieaae.
Condition I Worse.
Walmer Castle, Oct. 4, 10: JO a. tn.
Th morning bulletin announcing Lady
Curxon'a condition says:
"Her ladyship passed a disturbed
night and . Is not quit so well today
in consequence." ' -v ,.
steamer ar about to take Welsh coal
at Aden, Zanzibar and Singapore for
coaling th warships of the Russian
Haltlc fleet '
JAPS DONT BELIKVE IT.
Satisfied Vladivostok Cruisers Ar Not
Prepared for- Raid.
Toklo, Oct 4. T navy department
discredits th report that the Russian
cruisers Rossla, Gromobol and Boga
tyr hav been repaired at Vladvoatok
and are about to descend upon another
raid on the Japanese coast The navy
department further expresses the be
lief that the Bogatyr has been com
pletely dsabled.
CHINESE HELP THE JARS.
Bandits Fight With Them on West
Flank of Army,
London, Oct. 4. According to the
Post' correspondent at , Mukden, Chi
nese bandits have organized into regu
lar troops and are fighting daily side
by Bide with the Japanese on the west
flank south of Slnmlntln.
Japs to Take Defensive.
Berlin, Oct 4. Colonel Gaedke, the
Tageblatt' correspondent In the far
east telegraphs from Mukden that the
Japanese are apparently no longer ad
vancing, but are preparing for defen
sive operations.
Report Is Denied.'
London, Oct. 4. The Japanese lega
tion has Issued a denial of the state
ment that 57 Junks carrying ammuni
tion for Hun river were burned by the
Russians.
RATES GO UP.
Big Jump in Insurance on Vessel Car
rying War Material.
New York, Oct. 4. Marine under
writers here are putting up rates on
steamers carrying railroad material
for Japan, The rate recently current
has been three-quarters of one per
cent. This, premlnura has now been
raised , to two and one-half per cent,
for steamers tot go by, way of the
Capo with rails and locomotives on
board. This change in the Insurance
situation Mis caused several of the
China and Japan .lines from this port
to announce that they will omit Japan
altogether or refuse railroad material!
If the steamers make Japan ports.
WILL-! ADOPT GOLD STANDARD.
Commissioner 8ays China Will Make
Reform.
San Francisco, Oct. 4. Prof, jf W.
Jenks, commissioner on International
exchange, who was sent by the presi
dent to China to study the monetary
systems of the orient and suggest the
needed reforms, returned on the
steamer Mongolian. Although disin
clined to talk on the subject of his In
ventilations until he had submitted
his report to the president the profes
tor declared his belief that In a very
short time China would formally adopt
the gold standard and thus place her
self upon a level with the leading na
tlon of the world.
MILLIONS IN TAXES.
In Lin at Four. O'Cloek In
th
Morning.
New York, Oct 4. All records for
the amount of taxes paid to the city
in one day have Just been surpassed.
Those who went to the tax receiver's
uflce In person were so eager that
official applied to the police to hold
them and their money In line. The
city treasury , was nearly J 15.000,000
wealthier when offlc hour were over
than it had been In the" morning.
I thought that Including the piles of
checks and currency which there was
not time to enter, the total receipt
were not far from $20,000,000. The
earliest taxpayer appeared at 4 o'clock
In the morning arid Inside of a few
hours more than 2000 persons were
In line. The largest amounts received
came from the New York City Rail
road Company and from the Vanderbllt
family. These amounted to 1400,000
each. ..- ' " i " J ,
DEMAND FOR WORLD PEACE.
Keynote of th Session of th Inter
, national Congress. '
Boston, Oct 4JOeneral supplication
coupled with demand almost, for the
Institution of peace by the nations of
the world, was the keynote today of
the first deliberative session of the
13th International peace congress. The
leature of the opening session was the
receipt . of an elaborate report from
the International peace bureau for 1904,
dwln D. Meade, chairman of the organ
Izatlon committee of the congress,"' de
llvered the opening address at the
meeting, speaking an earnest word
In favor of reduction of great navies
and general disarmament among the
nations.
BORED BY DIVER.
Belief that Submarine Attack
Mad en Conneeicut ',
Was
New York, Oct. 4. That the latest
attempt to Injure or destroy the bat
tleshlp Connecticut was, acordlng
the Herald, made from the outside,
has been established to the satlsfac
tlon of the officials of the navy yard.
It 1 believed that the hole' which
reseulted In flooding one of the water'
tight compartments of the ship was
bored by a divr.
NEW MEXICAN SHERIFF KILLED.
Was Leader of a Faction in Poll
, tics.
Las Vegas, 'N. ' M., Oct. 4. Sheriff
Mendez, of Mora county, has been
shot and killed as the result. It is said.
of a political quarrel. Sheriff Mendez
was one of the leaders of a dominant
factien In Mora county , politics, and
was widely known. Owing to the fact
that floods have Impaired means of
comunlcatlon, no further particulars
have been obtained. -
BOUGHT THE VOLCANO.
New York Capitalists Will Market Sul
phur From Popocatepetl.
Mexico City, Oct. 4. Popocatapetl,
the volcano with Immense sulphur de
ooslts. haa been transferred to New
York parties; An American company
with a capital of J5.000.000 .will operate
the deposits. The company will con
struct a cog Tailway from the village
of Ammecca Meca, at the base of the
mountain to the summit
Circular Was Unauthorized.
Trinidad, Colo., Oct. 4. John Simp
son, secretary of district 13, United
Mine Workers of America, when Inter
viewed concerning the circular, sent
out by a committee of Italian miners
In the city, In which appeals for help
are made and John Mitchell is attack
ed for withdrawing the support of the
strike in this district, declared the let
ter war entirely without any author
ity o fthe United Mine Workers in the
district.
Bryan Has Busy Day.
Hartlngton. Ncb Oct. 4. William
J. Bryan closed a busy day with I
speech at Hartlngton tonight. Dur
lng the day Bryan traveled In north
eastern Nebraska, making a number of
speeches. The speeches generally
were delivered on state . issues, al
though he jrelterated his position on
national Issues.
. Signed Without Authority.
London, Oct 4. D'patches from the
L'Hassa expedition state that the Chi
nese Am ban signed the Anglo-Thlbe
tan treaty without having received the
necessary permission from the Chinese
government The expedition, these ad
vices say, is undergoing great hard
ship tn Its march towards India.
Senator Hoar's Suooessor.
Worcester, Mass., Oct 4. The Tele-
gram tomorrow will say: Governor
Bates will, tn all probability, at the
next meeting of the governor' council
appoint Attorney-General William H.
Moody, of Haverhill, to ucceed Sena
tor Hoar. Before his death Hoar com
municated to the governor hi wish
that th attorney should succeed htm.
NEW YORK IS
: CLAIMED BY
DEMOCRATS
National Committeeman Say
, Empire State Will Give 75,000 ,!
to 100,000 for State' and '
Presidential Tickets.
Polls Have Been Completed by
Unferrified in Doubtful States,
but Result Is Withheld. :
FAIRBANKS ON HIS WAY CAST
With Senator Fulton, Il Speaks
. at Several California Towns, '
Coneladhigr Last Night
at Sacramento.
New Tork, Oct 4.-Norman E. ISae
keef- member from New Tork of the
national democratic committee today
claimed that the democrats would
ry New Tork. He said: .
"New Tork state will return a
Jorlty of 75,000 to 100,000 for both the
national and state democratic tick
ets." Polls have been completed by Ujb
national democratic committee In aU
the doubtful states and the resuSta
have been reported to Judge Psrkec
Three polls have been made In Indi
ana and it is announced that It to
now possible to take an accurate poll
In one day. '.; '-; ';-..--....:.
Further than the statement that the
polls show a condition most saiisfac-
tory, nothing could ; be obtained at .
Judge Parker's headquarter concern
ing the results.
NOMINEES ARE NOTIFIED. -
Higgin and Assooiates on Ticket Ar
' Formally Apprised.-
Olean, . N. T Oct 4. Lieutenant
Govefhor Frank W. Higglns, the re
publican nominee for governor, and
associates on the ticket were today -notified
'of their nomination. The
ceremonies took place at the home of
Lieutenant-Governor Higglns this af
ternoon.' It bad been previously ar
ranged to have this part of the pro
gram carried out at noon, but Che
wreck of a train on the Erie railroad
delayed part of the committee and
number of prominent republican tram
the eastern part of the state, so the
notification was postponed until Jthejy
arrived.
Other Important events .of -the day
were a reception ana luncheon at te
Higglns home and a mass meeting at
the publio park in the afternoon and
parade and ratification meeting In
the evening. Among the speakers at
the mass meeting were Senator De-
pew and ex-Lieutenant-Uovernar
Woodruff. , . I
FAIRBANKS STARTS HOME.
With Senator . Fulton, He Makes Sev
eral California Speeches,
Sacramento, Oct 4. Senator Fair
banks started today .to return from the
Pacific coast but, although a consid
erable distance was covered, he did not
get far on the way. Stops for speeches ,
were made ; at Palo Alto, Sanr J&e
and Stockton. Senators Fairbanks and
Fulton made speeches at all .these
points, as they did also here last night
ATTACKS PANAMA POLICY.
'''' : ,
David ' B. Hill 'Scores president ' Jia
Speech at Albany.
Albany, N. Y Oct 4. David B.
HUI made the first speech for the
democratic campaign here tonigbtW-
fore the Albany Constituency Club aft
general attendance of Albany 'demo
crats. The speech was .devoted to M
attack upon the course pursued by
President Roosevelt in connection lrjti
the Panama canal treaty and the rev
olution which resulted on the secessios
of Panama, ' . ' VI
Lathers in Convention.
East St ""Louts, 111., Oct 4. The In
ternational Union wood, . wlr and
metal lathers are In session her and
Will continue during the week." Mayor
Cook delivered an address of, welcome
which was responded to by Lyke ,lc-
Klnney, of Trenton, JI. -J.