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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1905)
UN DAY, JANUARY 11 1905. 2 THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. $10 REWARD We shall give $10.00 in gold as a first prize, and $5.00 as a second prize, to the boy or girl under eighteen years of age writing the best poem of two or more verses, using the MONARCH RANGE as subject of the poem. All poems to be handed in before 6 P. M. on February 16, 1905 CHARLES HEILBORN SL SOS Complete House Farnishers. 590-50,2 Commercial St. FITZ1MIF OUGHT Details of Row Over Mythical Treasure, GUNBOAT IS SENT TOCOCOS Two Expeditions Reached tho Placo at Onco and tho Englishman's Fores Was Boston Off Costa Rica Takes a Hand in It New York. Jan. 14. From Costa Rica comes the news of an encounter be tween rival bands of treasure hunters on Cocoa Island, where a traditionary pirates' hoard is said to be burled, cables the Herald's Panama corre spondent. The expedition under Lord Fitiwil llam was. the dispatch continues, de feated by the men under command of Harold W. S. Gray. Lord Fitxwilllam and his party reached the island on the yacht Ver onlque to find it bad been preceded by the Gray expedition. The latter party claimed to have a Costa Rican conces sion to search for the treasure and ob jected to the presenec of the Fitswll liam force. A fight is said to have fol lowed and Fluwllliam and his com pany were beaten off. The Costa, Rican government has sent the gunboat Turrialbla to estab lish and preserve order on the Island. "formation that Lord FttswUlitun's party had met with an accident In which several men were hurt, but that the leader of the expedition was safe and had sailed for England by steamer, having given up the search. His yacht, the Verontque, was In Panama harbor two days ago. Failure of tho Fltswilllam venture ends another of the numerous expedl tiona to the romantic Isle where Is sup posed to lie buried bullion, plate, anj jewels, estimated to be worth from $30,000,900 to 11,000,000.000. For nearly a century individuals. corporations and even a government have made periodical visits to the Is land, striving by every means to un earth the hidden treasure, which since 1S20 is supposed to have laid undis turbed. While the history of the treas ure is regarded as more or less of u myth, many men have sunk fortunes in a vain endeavor to penetrate the mystery which has surrounJed the isle of the reputed story, that following a revolution in Peru, the citizens of Cal- lao removed to the island of Cocoa. 600 miles southwest of Panama, burying their plate, bullion, and valuables, and returning to perish during a period when governments were changing. Hard headed business men have In vested thousands of dollars with a view to clearing the mystery and en riching themselves and expeditions have one after another pursued a fruit less search for the treasure. Numebrous pirate bands are said to have made their headquarters on Cocos island and it was a well known hiding place for buccaneers after the war of 1813. The above' dispatch Is the first InU mation of an encounter between rival gold seekers on the island of. Cocoa. A "dispatch last week, brought the In- MUROERER CONVICTED. Widow of Doad Man Waits Trial on Same Charge. Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 14. Frank Hottman. arrested at Walla Walla for complicity In the killing of Charles Meyers, was found guilty of murder In the first degree. I Vleyers" widow is In JaU waiting trial on the same charge. UNFAIR ASSESSMENT The A. 0. U. Endeavoring to Bultd Up (he Order. REDUCE THE DEATH BENEFITS Now Mombors Must Belong for Four Years Before They Can Receive the Full Amount of Their Bono fioiary Cortifieate. The over-burdened, over-assessed members of the A. O. U. W. are devis ing ways and means to relieve the members from unequal assessments and build up the order. If Father Up- church waa to vlalt Oregon today h would never recognise the order he founded. The following plan has been adopted by one of the Portland lodges and will be sent to the various lodges throughout the state: Portland lodge No. !7, A. O. U. W. has adopted a new plan of assessments distinct from the one adopted by the supreme lodge, and is now circulating a statement among the other subordi nate lodges of this state, asking for their Indorsement and adoption, with a view to having the plan adopted by the Oregon grand lodge. The plan pre sented by Portland lodge provides that persons may become members between the ages of IS and 40 years, and shnll pay Into the treasury of the lodges for 12000 beneficiary certificates the fol lowing monthly rates: Ages 1$ to 23, 12.10; 23 to SS, 12.50; 28 to S3, $2.70; S3 to 38. $2.90: 38 to 43. 13.10; 43 to 48, 33.30: 48 to 63. 13.50; S3 to 68. $3.70; 5S to 63, $3.90: and 63 to 68, 14. It Is provided that in addition to the lodge dues each member shall pay SO cents a month for a reserve fund for four years. The plan also scales down the certificate in case death happens soon after becoming a member as follows: If death occurs Inside of one year the certificate will be cut one-fourth, $500 of the $2000 being paid; in two years one-half the certificate will be paid; in three years, three fourths will be paid; In four years the full amount. The following statement accompanies the plan: "We, the undersigned mem bers of lodge. No. , A. O. U. W., of Oregon jurisdiction, pro test against the supreme lodge plan for Oregon Jurisdiction, and we de mand a Dion consistent with conditions 'and ages of our members, that assess ments may bo more equally divided to meet all obligations." The above system will meet with considerable opposition. When a per son Joins tho Woodmen, Maccabees, Artisans or other similar organisa tions, at their death they receive tht full amount of the death benefit. To compel a man to belong to a beneficiary order for four years before his family can receive the full amount of the beneficiary certificate will not meet with the approval of the common mem bers of the organisation, although U may meet with the approval of all tho members who have belonged over the four year limit. It shows a spirit of selfishness that will not redound to the benefit of the order or any other order that adopts such a plan. When a man Joins a beneficiary order he does so for the benefit of his family, not for the benefit of the order. When he ha paid In exorbitant assessments that In crease with age he expects his family to receive the full amount promised. These ' are th opinions voluntarily made by members of the local lodge of Astoria. BEACH COMBINGS. DIAMONO CUT DIAMOND. Stock Qsmbling Is Now Confined to Professional Sharpers, New Tork. Jan. 14.-Operatlona In stocks have been on a a mall scale this week and the movement In prices has been unimportant. Great confidence Is felt In the general situation of business and Industry as reflected in largo de mand for Iron and steel and other prod ucts and In the heavy offerings of traffic to railroads all over the court- try. The discussion of the legislative pro gram at Washington pointing to regu lation of, railroad rats and to titriff revision has a repressive effect Oil ac tivity In stocks. So has the prospect of Indefinite con tinuance of the outflow of gold, al though money remains easy and abundant. There is good absorption of bonds, but operations in stocks are confined almost wholly to professional hands. FOR TUSKOGEE. Immense Msmorial Fund for Booker Washington's School. New York. Jan. 14. Business asso ciates of Wllllab E. Baldwin, Ja.. late president of the Long Island Rail road Company, are reported to be con sidering the Inauguration of a move ment to raise a $500,000 fund as a memorial In his honor for the endow ment of Tuskogee Institute, of which Booker T. Washington la prealJent. Mr. Baldwin was deeply Interested In the education of the negro and did much to help Washington In carrying on his school. Sheriff IJnvllle says thot "crasles" come In cycles of three In Astoria. It waa believed that Mr. Kruttscbnttt of the Southern Pacific had, In regard to wrecks, established the only "cyclo" of accidents, but the sheriff has his books to. back htm up. They coma Just about as he saya Looking back through the record of the office It Is found that when one comes there Is nearly always three within a day or two of em h other, and the sheriff doesn't know whether the germs of Insanity are hatched three at a time or not. However, when he gets the fourth one nowadays ho promptly provides places for two more and then watches Jack Johnston and Watson ninder closely for symptoms. If you haven't subscribed to the new hotel fund, or have noticed anything else queer about your deportment notify IJnvllle In advance so he can have the wagon pick you up at the same time he gets the other two. An Englishman the other day was assailed on Commercial street by a friend with a statement that drew out, "you're a Hah." but there waa no venom In It, and the Astorlan native came back with: "What! an un-na-turallsed outcast call an American a llarr "Quite right. Ton see, I'm much bettah than you. I ami here from choice, while you couldn't, ah help It, y'know." The Astoria man, through this col umn, offers 40 years' subscription to the Budget, the flkamoknwu Eagle and the Police Gasettt for a suitable reply to that Englishman. The Associated Tress hurls "Iron Trade Reviews" at the Astoria public week by week to prove that the condi tion of tho metnl trado and the prices In the east were never bettor for the consumer, but what the Astoria con tractors want to know is when the Lord is going to put some compassion Into the hearts of the railway traffic managers so that the lot and building may not have to be mortgaged to pay for enough structural steel to provide a resting place for an exhausted mo squito. There's a little band of devoted songsters who warble more or leas tuneful compositions directed Heaven ward across from the Astorlan office on Commercial street, but the storms have driven them Indoor to the great discomfiture of the Astorlan force. For some time between 7 and 8 p. m. the city force has been beating Its type writers to the tune of "Onward Chris tian Soldiers," etc., and now, between those hours they can't work, the mills are idle, and the owner Is "losing money on the goods." If the ladles with the belodlan will return they may save serious embarrassment, Only a few months ago the rnaga sines of the country were Indignantly printing pictures of the SflO.OOO casea of vodka that were plied on a dock at Port Arthur when the wlge opened, with the prediction that the fort would fall In a month. Judging from the defense that was made, however, It seems the wor bureuu hereufter must add this gentle stimulant to the com missary of each fort. Vodka Is only 90 per rent nlcohol with 10 per cent dnllr turn tremens. WKART WILLI K. STUDENT MISSING. Probably Hoped With a Waitress HI Mother Prostrated. Ithaca. N. Y., Jim. 14. A mass meet lug of students has been held to ar range a systematic search for David W. Nevlns of New York, a freshman who has been mysteriously missing several days. Mrs. Nevlua, th young man's moth or, who came to Ithaca on Wednesday to prosecute the search, became pros trated by anxiety and was taken back to New York. , Th Oceldant tonsorlal parlors and bath facilities ar equalled by none. Everything modern and up to date. See Pstorson. Next Time You need a pair of Men's, Women 'a or Children's SHOES Honest, Durable Shccs For less mouejr than yon have been paying trj S. A. GIHRE 543-545 Bond St mininiimuniu PACTS are a STONEWALL ARGUMENT. U)o ED BJ 7L Or EL IR GO. 488 and 49 O Commercial vStreet. Are eointr to tear this building from Stem to Stern, work will commence early in February or just as soon as this stock is reduced in size so as to allow theworkmen s 6 room to begin alterations. OOO worth of as good and fine CLOTHING, HATS, SHOES AND FURNISHINGS as there is in the state is on $15,UUU worm 01 K the CLOCK OF SACRIFICE at 25 TO SO PER CENT OFF REGULAR PRICES ! ...- 1 nnl,r inct nntrVi Iwter rlnt riino- t han flnv other store in Astoria handles, ft. Danritrpr ft Pa alwovc A rt entire coast. ' MEN'S SUITs! MEN'S PANTS. FURNISHING GOODS. SHIRTS. There are hundreds upon hundreds of More than a thousand pairs -the best Our fine new fresh stock must be sold. fine Suits thatTelo low I price that you kinds. Let the oss be what it may. Now, men, .J stock of nobby and fresh cannot aCd to miss this sale. $1.45 for $2 and $2.50 Pants. boys and women, your time has come. styles m Astoria at less than wholesale $6.65 for all kinds of $10 and $12 Suits. $1.95 for $3 Pants. 5c for choice of white and colored 10c $ . n . . . XT LL $9.65 for all kinds of $13, $15 and $16.50 $2.65 for $4 Pants. Handkerchiefs. 35f for Go f f 0S1 or N?by stiff 9'65 Suits. . . finest &2& naif Price Moid Collars, all style, $lZMmm 11' MaCkmt3h CatS Half P"Ce' J ? Cotton fox. 45cor Black Sateen, soft or stiff bosom, $18, $20, $22 and $2 S OVERCOATS AND CRAVENETTES. for 12c for Wool Marin0 20c Sox. $1.25 Our entire line of fine garments are jM f op and $12 Suits 17c, 3 pair for 50c, best quality 25c Wool $1.15 for all kinds of $1.50 Shirts on Sacrifice Sale at the lowest prices $9.90 for $13.50, $15 and $18 Suits. BSX-t x TT known. rt . 35c for best quahty Heavy German Knit UNDERWEAR $6.85 for our great $10 and $12 Overcoats. . 50c Sox. uuJbWBAB. $8 85 for all kinds of $15 and $16.50 onux.o. 15c for all 25c and 35c Suspenders. okc fftr -nlcon i tw, tvu t. ? Overcoats Our entire stock of Fine Shoes at sac- 35c for all 50c, 65c and 75c Suspenders. woiK?d $11.85 for all kinds of $18 and $20 Over- rifice. KNEE PANTS SUITS 45(5 for h chBal Rib, worth 75c. coats- . oo o $1.35 for odd lot $2 and $2.50 Shoes. JvNLE rANTS SUITS. 85c for Ex Oualitv Wool ft!1 9 vXI $16.85 for choice of all our fine $22, $25 $U5 for cMce of all $250 ghoes. mM m Thft begt $ tn and $30 Overcoats. $2.75 for choice of all $3.50 and $4 Shoes. and latest styles. value. H 7' !?rcMceo!loS.SHe8, $1.65 for $2.50 Suits. $1.45 for $2 and $2.50 Best Imported HATS. $3.50 for choice of $4.50 and $5 Fine Log- $2.35 for $3.50 Suits. Stock. V j o cna n nA TTaa 88 Shoes. $3.35 for $4.50 Suits. - , lfgSIZI . BO,SOVEBCOAI8. 0HIUBE,SOVEBCOAT8. 2tori 13 to 20 Sizes. ODD KNEE PANTS. . 2 to 12 Sizes. Sill rive each customer buying a $3.45 for $6 and $7.50 Oyetcoats. - . 35c for 50c all wool $1.65 for $2.50 and $3 Overcoats. Stw.irt the choice of any necktie or $6.95 for $10 Overcoat. 55c for 57c extra good. $2.85 for $4 Overcoats. juspendera in the house. $9.95 for $15 and $18 Overcoats. . 5c for JOc stockings. $3.85 for $5, $6 and $7 Overcoats.