FINE OREGON
Turkeys
Give us your order early.
Los Angeles Celery. Jersey Cranberaies.
LGE SWEET OLIVES
Plum Pudding. Nuts, Raisins
CANDY
Open in the evenings
A. V ALLEN
pH0NSS Branch Uniontown
Main 711, Mnin 3871 Phone Main 73
Sole agent for H. C Fry's Celebrated Cut Glass.
VIOLENT IS DEATH
Dismembered and Disfigured
Bodies Brought to Surface.
MAKES THE NIGHT HIDEOUS
loreign Miners Who Escaped the Dis
aster Followed Their Holiday Custom
f Drinking to Excess Rescuers Re
port Mine Badly Damaged. :
JACOBS CREEK, Pa., Dec. 20. Of
the 200 or more miners who were made
prisoner in he Dan mine of the Pitts
fcurg Coal Company by a terrific explo
sion at noon yesterday, the bodies of 30
this morning lie in the main entry where
they were tenderly laid during the night
by the brare rescuers, until they can be
brought to the surface. Some of the
fcodies are dismembered and all are dis
torted by the agony of violent death and
v iisfigured and begrimmed by the con
cussion and the smoke and dust of the
explosion.
) Faint though it is, hope is cherished
By rescuers and grieving friends and
relatives that some of the men may
have survived the explosion and are
awaiting release far back in the mine.
Tor this reason the rescuers did not take
time to bring out the bodies as they
wet found, but continually pressed for
ward, their only aim being as soon as
possible, open a passage to and explore
every section of the mine.
! Beginning this morning, the bodies
located during the night will be brought
!eut as rapidly as possible, while the
'amrfh continues. The foreign miners
who escaped the disaster made the night j
aideous in the little village. They had
. auspended work because of the holiday ;
and most of them followed their usual j
holiday custom of drinking to excess. J
,Vnv mm intoxicated before the i
catastrophe and afterward they got
themselves in worse conJition, some
r drinking on the celebration of their
"escape and others drinking to drown
grief over the death of relatives or
friends. All night long there was ca
rousing and disorder, at times bordering
etosely upon rioting.
The Pittsburg Coal Company has ar
ranged to provide a Christian burial for
all of the victims aud will bear all ex
penses connected with the funerals.
It is believed that a majority of the
victims are Americana.
The rescuers report the interior of the
mine badly damaged. As they advance
they are compelled to rebuild much of
the bracing that waa blown out and a
great deal of bratticing is necessary to
make possible the ventilation of the re
mote sections. There is a shortage of
many of the supplies needed for repairs
and the work of rescue will of necessity
progress slowly. The distance from the
mouth of the mine to the most remote
sections is said to be about three miles,
and it is thought many of the bodies will
be found near the end of the working.
Nothing definite as to the number of
men in the mine has yet been learned.
W. R. Woodford, vice-president of
the company, said early today that he
did not believe there were over 175 men
entombed.' He said he and his fellow
officers felt that there was scarcely a
possibility of any of the men still being
alive, but on the remote chance that
some may have survived the greatest
possible volume of air is being forced
into the mine and the openings made as
fast as possible. Mr. Woodford believes
the explosion waa due to gas.
JACOBS CREEK, Cola, Dec. 20.-Only
six bodies have been brought to the
surface of the Darr mines, where yes
terday between 180 and 190 miners were
imprisoned by a terrific explosion and
probably killed. Others have been locat
ed and Jifi 'in the entry waiting removal
to the temporary morgue. Most are still
hemmed in by -heavy falls of slate a
mile and a half from where the rescuers
have penetrated. The rescue work has
been stopped until necessary work of
bratticing can be done and ventilation
supplied. To provide these safeguards
'will require many hours of time and it
is not believed the great mass of bodies
will be reached until tomorrow after
noon. Conrad South, crazed with grief,
by the death of a son and other rela
tives, ended his own life by drowning in
the Tiver near the mine. President Mit
chell of the United Mineworkers, has
telegraphed authorizing the district of
ficial to draw on the national treasury
for 1000 for the relief of families of
the victims.
SQUIRES KNOCKED OUT.
BAKERSFIELD, CaL, Dec. 20. Wil
liam Squires, of Australia, was knocked
out by James Fly mi, of Colorado, to
night in the' sixth round by right up
per cut to the Jaw, Squires landed a
heavy bUi on Flyim's Jaw in the fourth
and had he possessed sulttelenl speed to
follow up the advantage the fight might
have ended there.
TAFT ARRIVES.
Secretary Enjoyed Trip But Refuses to
Discuss Politics,
NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-Secretary Taft
returned today from the trip around the
world bringing renewed assurances of
Japanese friendliness toward the United
Stales but declining to say anything re
garding the political situation lu this
country. He said he had been too long
out of toueh with affairs In this country
to discuss them in any way. Regarding
the Paciflo fleet, Taft said the sight
when they sailed must havo been mag
nificent. He said the Paciflo belonged
to this country, as much as any one, and
could not see why twe should not send
our ships there on a practice cruise. 1 ne
Japanese are too high-minded and intel
ligent, said Taft, to misconstrue the
meaning. He said his visit to Japan
was only incidental to his illusion
to the Philippines and it was only cour
tesy for him to pay his respects to the
Emperor. The trip through Siberia and
Russia was made partly to save time,
and partly because he haa made the trip
across the Pacific six times, and wanted
to see the territory. He predicts West
em Siberia will some day le the center
of population of the Russian . Empire.
He was much struck with the person
ality of the Russian Emperor and with
his familiarity with American politics.
At Moscow the secretary had a novel
experience, dining one day with an of
ficial who trie next day was the target
for a bomb. This was General Guer-schelmann.
"OURvSHQES"
McmiH STANDARD OP MERIT.
Out Service and Our Methods of
BuslncBB ore of HIGHEST BX
CELLENCF oh well as oil Our
FOOTWEAR.
IT IS THE MOST DELIGHTFUL SHOE STORE TO SHOP lit, AS OUR
CUSTOMERS ARE CARED FOR AT ONCE WITHOUT DELAY, AND IT IS
ALSO THE MOST DELIGHTFUL BECAUSE ALL OUR FOOTWEAR IS THE
VERY BEST AND ALL OUR PRICES ARE THE VERY LEAST.
k FREE TURKEY"
TO EACIf PERSON MAKING A PURCHASE BETWEEN NOW AN
CHRISTMAS WE WILL GIVE A TICKET. ON CHRISTMAS EVE WE WILL
GIVE AWAY SIX FINE TURKEYS. Y OU MIGHT GET ONE FOR YOUR
CHRISTMAS DINNER.
AND WHAT MORE APPROPRIATE GIFT CAN BE GIVEN THAN A NICE
PAIR Or SHOES OR SLIPPERS.
Shoes and Slippers, SOc to &7.00
CHAS. V. BROWN
s The Family Shoe Man j
. A DANGEROUS DEADLOCK,
hat sometimes terminates fatally,! the
stoppage of liver and bowel functions.
To quickly end thia condition without
disagreeable sensations, Dr. King's New
Life Pills should always be your rem
edy. Guaranteed absolutely satisfactory
in every case or money back, at Chas.
Rogers drug store, 25c
IS NOT DEAD.
NEW YORK, Dec 20. All doubt as to
the identity ofthe young woman buried
at Rochester last October aa Jessie M.
ituike, seems to be cleared up by thr
receipt by her mother of a letter from
Jssie who is in New Orleans. Before she
died, the young woman buried at Roches
ter said her name was Ella May Burke,
known oil the stage as Miguon Worth.
Mrs. Burke, however, identified the body
us that of her daughter Jessie, who haJ
ruu away from home several years ago
to go on the stage. So complete was
the identkatioa that the Metrooplitan
Life Insurance Company paid a small
policy on the girl's life. Ella May Burke,
the dead girl, is said to have come from
Chicago. She and Jessie were no rela-
lion, yet so much alike did they look and
so near alike were several birthmarks
they bore, that even the mother's eyc
were ilecived.
How little it isl How
little it adds to the weight
of the cupl It has cover
ed the sea with ships for a
hundred years.
Your (rocer return! your money U jo Sont
fcl Schilling's But; we par him
GMFCougheaidn
The season for cougha ami colds is
now at hand and too much care cannot
be ued to protect the children. A child
is much more likely to contract diph
theria or scarlet fever when he has a
cold. The quicker you cure his cold the
less the risk. Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy Is the sole reliance of many
mothers, and few of those who have
tried It are willing to use any other.
Mrs. F. F. Starcher, of Ripley. W. Va,
says: "I have never used anything other
than Chamberlain'! Cough Remedy for
my children and it haa always given
good satisfaction.'' This remedy contains
no opium or other narcotic and may be
given as confidently to a child as to aa
adult. For sale by Frank Hart and lead
ing druggists.
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For In&nts and Children.
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A few suggestions as to -what to buy for a Xmss present)
( MANICURE SETS, SMOKING SETS, COMB AND BRUSH
SETS, MILITARY BRUSHES, WATERMAN'S FOUNTAIN
PEN, BOOKS, GAMES, MUSIC ROLLS.
B.-A. HIGGIINS CO.,
MUSIC UOOKH HTATIONIUtY
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PRACTICAL TRADE SCHOOL.
CHICAGO, Dec. 20. -An innovation In
the way of a practical trade school for
building' trades apprentices, will be in
augurated here at the beginning of the
new yeur. Members of the classes will
1h enrolled among the builders classes
and journeymen expert lecturers In the
persons of sevens) prominent architects,
iron molders, carpenters and contractors
will make up the teaching corps and a
technical library will be established.
TRANSPORTATION.
CANADIAN PACIFIC
TeMPRES8" Lino of the Atlantlo
Join one of our Christmas excursions
to Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, Den
mark and Germany, leaving Portland
weekly.
Excellent service and exceptionally
low rates by the Canadian Pacific "Em
press," the finest, fastest and largest
steamers between St. Lawrence parts
and Europe. Write for rates and book
lets. James Finlayson, agent, Astoria,
I Morning Astonan, ov ceui. per uivmu
delivered by carrier.
$58
.00
...TO...
New York
via O. R. N.
And connecting lines, the Oregon Short line and Union Pacific,
through Omaha or Kansas City and Chicago,
Commencing December 1907.
AND CONTINUING DAILY 30 DAYS.
This rate will entitle passengers to
only, Berth in tourist sleeper from
Chicago
tourist accommodations
..?.$7.oo
THROUGH TOURIST SLEEPERS
Leave Portland dally for Chicago without change via the Oregon
Short Line, Union Pacini and Chicago and Northwestern. Accom
modations tqual to the best. The shortest and quickest route be
tween Portland and the East. Through tickets to and from all
points In Europe., 0. W. ROBERTS, Agent,
O. Kk. Dock.
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Christmas Shopping Made Easy!
Let your tokens be those that are really needed.
Buy things that are made for Christmas.
SPECIALTIES
Picture Framing, Kodak developing, printing and
enlarging.
SUGGESTIONS
Leather Goods, Purses, Bags, Etc., Souvenirs, Dishes, Spoons,
Trays, Fancy Stationery, Decorated Steins, Christmas and New
Year Cards, Fancy Callendars, with scenes in and about Astoria.
Decorated Chinaware, Hand Painted Vases.Fancy Jardiniers, Fine
Art Pottery, Fancy Pictures, Wall Motto's, Wall Plates.
f WBMPHMII I IB 1 1 J I W J ' 1 " W" W
A Glittering display of
HOLIDAY NOVELTIES
SUGGESTIONS ,
Photographic Views, Photo Supplies, Cameras and Kodaks,
Pyrogrophis Supplies, Burnt Wood Work. Fancy '-Toilet Boxes,
Brass Vases, Fancy Hall Lights, Indian Baskets. Novelties in
great abundance, ranging in price from $2.58 to $5.00 ,
HOLIDAY SPECIALS
Salad Bowls and Cake Platee. Regular $2.50 and $3.00 values at
$1.75
Knowing Your Wants We Are Now Ready to Serve You,
Art goods are worth while, No better place to buy than at this Glorious Holiday Store, where your most ardent wishes can be satisfied. Come and let us help you
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