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. wuvimssy unEn ansod vmusf Li Kt;i !-riTho. '5J i ii! I; VOLUME -LVI. -ASTORIA,' OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY B, 1903. NUMBER NX). nv mZT-fJ A A . .. .. . . A . WE SELL THE .GOpps But not th buyers of them. Weclothe the men and boys and they are satisfied because well dressed ' Enormous selling enables us to carry a Urge Tar lety and maintain low prices. Just now let us direct your attention to a fine display of seasonable underwear, ? .... ('' Just what you want for ' this weather. P. A. S TURKISH BATHS j" RUSSIAN . AT 539 COMMERCIAL ST. . Open from .'1 1. M. to .'I A. Mi dull)-, rxrrpt Nuuditys. On HiiiittityN front 8 1. M. to 3 A. M. I'lrtttiluM Htjropo dint in attt'iitltiiMM. ' T. It OAYIKS,' Proprietor. ' HAY TOOLS Of every description at FISHER BROTHERS Kvery tiling from ft grsng NEW HAMMOCKS Large assortment of unusually hand some goods just received. 75 cents to $500. J . N . GRIFFIN. I Ait I .s: me. m v m. mm t. ; . r . t lff ' 1 one Amern m AMONO A THOUSAND GOOD THINGS TOK THE LADIES, WE SELL THE AMKRICAN LADT COU8ET, " ,'l ' ' . 1 ' , Girdle Cortet In white or fancy colors .... .'m 8o Tape Girdle pink, blue and whit,..... ... ... 5 -83o Th Straight Front low bust, long hip corset, white, colors and black $1 Cambric Corset Covers, four row sj. insertion .... .. .. .. .. .. 25o Cambrlo Corset Covers,1 Jour rows Insertion back nn'd front ........ 50 White Skirts, ruffle of braid embroidery 1 , .... .. .. ...... ;.V...80o Whit Bklrts, same, w1t two rows tnsertlo'n and lacs dust ruffles,... W Lace Trimmed Drawers ,',5.'' Wash silk ! ...!S5o -V? : MANY BARGAINS LEFT IN WHITE GOODS AND LAWNS. Laces of all kinds at Bargain prices.-1 , , ', J - t Li THE BEE HIVE rUrtSduffor S V Mux Ir ? i IV 01' . r TO K E hook to a mowing machine. The Old Way WAS GOOD ENOUGH, as long as there was no better, but now it's possible to have modern things . . . ... tne sort or conveniences wnicn m- create enjoyment and personul comfort Let us tit up your bathroom properly, You'll like the way w do tht work. Vf . J. OtVJLLLI 470-4TS Commercial. Phone Black 224$ sly KILLED IN , PISTOL DUEL Parmer's Son Resisted Arrest And As AReult Four May Die. WANTED FOR INSULTING LADY Father of lYouiiff Mhh TnUvn Kl(lc With Him And l Shot lad. JUlvlIle, Mo., July 4.-On' d'md and three perhaps futwJ'y Injured Is ih result of a duel with revolver which took place br this afternoon be tween Sheriff Taff of Crawford county, hi J:.i.y, Perry lve. Lvputy Mar shal John Wood and Robert Stark, a furmer, and hl son Hlrcbl. ' Dead! Robert Burks. ' Faulty. Injured: Sheriff Tuff, Hlrs thel Stark, Perry Jveii, deputy sheriff. The trouble originated In the refusal of yun Stark to submit to arrest, lie was tfh u-ged, with having offended the daughter of HnJ, Ogle, a wealthy far iner who fll-d a complaint against him. When Sharlrt Taff attempted to'Uke hlui In custody th shooting ensued. UNTrU'AL D1ATH8 IN HTOUM. Live Wire Charif-d Pool Of Water In Public Street. Plimliurtr, Pa., July 4. During Hie proareM of A teiTlfflt; rain atorm today four iXTMiiM were killed In an accident of the mutt ununual character. A large flag became aonked with rain, and a high wind blew it ag?ilnt a live flei trlcj light wlie, arrylng 2,W)0 volt. The wire tmipped under the premure, fulling Into the Htreet. one end lodging in a ihmI of witter and charging it. A man walked liito t pool and waa thocked to death. A aurry full of peo ple drove into the pool reauHIng In the dtth of the fure and three occupants. CFLKHRATED IN LONDON. AnuTlomt Feimt In Honor Of Nation's Natal Day. London. July 4. The American so ciety celebrated Independence day as usual tualght by a dinner at which about VW people were present. Among the guetts were Ambaatador Choate. Hi-nutor t'hnuncey M. Depew and the Duke of Newcastle. MARTYR TO PATRIOTISM. Hoy Produced the Noise, but Won't Do It Any More. New York, July 4. August Kdgeley, lfi yeurs old, of Jereey City, who was known as the "Midget" scored as the rtrst victim of the Fourth of July here about. 'Bdgeley blew off the top of Ms head with a home-made cannon. He modo it from a piece of gna pipe. Sev eral persons warned him that he could not shoot it with safety, but he said he would 'take his chances. He loaded the pipe with a quarter of a pound of gunpowder and touched it oft with th lighted end of his cigar ette. There was a terrific explosion and the pleceof Iron, flying upward, carried away the top of Ws head. HOTEL SITE SOLD. . Vanderbilts Dispose of Valuable Prop- erty In San Francisco. . Snn Francisco. July. 4. A deed has been filed In the recorder's office here from William K. Vsnderbllt and Ms wife, Virglnlm Vanderbllt. conveglng to Herman Olerlchs their one-half in terest In the Falrmount hotel property In this city. The deed filed Was exe cuted In Prla on June 12. 1903, and was signed before J. Allison Powell, deputy consul general of the United States. The property transferred covers an en tire block. It la understood that Mr. 0lrlehs and Ms wife will continue 'the construction of the hotel for which this property Is tW chosen site. l. j 'J i ' t'm i ii CHINESE OFFICIALS EVASIVE Our Representatives Insist on Reply to ' Demand tor Opening Manchuria. - Shanghai, July 4. The conclusion of the. Amriu commercial treaty ia on ly awaiting a definite reply from the Chinese to the American demand for opening of the ports of Manchuria. ; The Chinese delegates are evading this reply, while the Americans lnslut upon its definite reference to the gov ernment at Pekin. fiKT Itf'H QViCK HCHF.MK. ' - i -r1 - Would-be niters Kitten, and Hharper In tl'it Tolls,, New Yfrk. July 4. Jumes O'Mrlen and A. H. till" have been arrested on a ctvirge of grand lurceny. Oum l litliit was mide by Frank O. Itamlnll of Richmond, Va., who says that the m-n-swindled Irfni out of 1"T by a scheme new to the police. Several oth er perxwns are said to have complained on the ini-n. Stories of the affair differ It Is said a scheme for producing fine loPt'" from the cheaper grades by use of cii'-tnU aln was proposed and. that siimplcs of fine coffee were used In the first Instance. When an order was pro cured, however, the coffee bags sent nut are alleged to have been partly fll ..d with trash. Advertising columns of the newspa pers are wild to have been freely used In promoting the business. i'Hrln submitted quietly when the polke cullel lit his handsome apart ment In t. Nicholas avenue, but they were comilled to climb a, Are wape and break a window before they cap tund lilies. i . i KILLED BY ItOBKKR. HtatWm Agent Shot ' After Making Plucky Fight. r Chi' ago, July 4. O. Mr. Lulhrop, agent for the Chicago and Northwest ern railroad at Clyburn Junction, a suburban station about four mile out. was shot und fatally wounded last night by a nuin who whs attempting to rob the office. Latbrop was alone In the office when the robber entered ann dt-manded what money there was In the place. Latbrop at once seized the man and a desperate strugle ensued, the men fighting all around the room. Finally the robber drew a revolver and fired four times. ; One of the bullets struck lAthrop In the breast. Inflicting a mortal wound. HANDSOME GIFT. Dr. Pearson Gives Pomona College ' Fifty Thousand Dollars. Pomona. Cal., July 4,-Dr. O. K. IVarsons, of Chicago, bus given SjO.000 to Pomona college which Is the largest i ash gift ever mde to a Southern Cal ifornia college. This makes Ws gifts to this college IW.000 In cash. LIGHTNING STRUCK TROLLEY Senator McComan and Others Receive Severe Shock. Hagerstown Md.. July 4.-United States Senator Louis E. McComua, and a number of other passengers on an open electric car going to Wllliamsport have had a trying experience during a storm. A bolt of lightning struck the fed wire and was transmitted to the car. The senator, sitting aooui mo middle of the car. was knocked from his seat and momentarily stunned. The other passengers received shocks and one woman fainted. Several buildings ut Smlthsburg were damaged by light nlng and dosena of persons stunned. ; BASE BALL SCORE8 PACIFIC NATIONAL. At Seattle Seattle 2; Los Angeles 4. At Spokane Morning Spokane 2; Salt Lake U. Afternoon-Spokane 6; Salt Lake 2. At Tacoma Morning Tacoma 2;San Francisco S. Afternoon Tacoma 2; San Francisco S. Afternoon-Tacoma i San Francisco 7. . At Butte Morning Butte 1; Helena S, Afternoon Butte 14 Helena 2. PACIFIC COAST. At rorlland Portland. 5; Seattle 1. At Los Angoles Morning Los Angel Sacramanto 2. Afternoon-Los Angeles H; Sacramento 1. " 'VV NATIONAL. ;;V;;", ' ; At Clnclnnatl-JClnclnnatl 8; Brook lyn !. ' ." At Pltsburg Morning Pittsburg 7; Philadelphia 0. . Afternoon-Pltsburg 7: Philadelphia 1 At St. Louis Morning St. Louis 1; Boston, 6. Afternoon St. Louis 8; Bos ton5. ' .' '... , , ; ' AMERICAN. - At i Boston Morning-Boston 5; St. Iuls I. ' Afternoon Boston 2; St. Lou is 0. , ' . , V At New York-Morning New York 8; Chicago 3. Afternoon New York 5; Chlcaco 3. At Philadelphia Morning Philadel phia 4; Detroit 4. Afternoon-Philudel-phla 0; Detroit 5. CONDITION IS ALARMING Pope Very III And His Physician Has Fears As To The Proba ' ble Outcome. ASKS FOR A CONSULTATION Poiitlir HasSerrre Cold And It Is.Tlioiijtht That Ills Klght " Liint Im AfTt-Hed. Iiroe, luly 4.--It appear that the condition of the pope became suddenly worn after yesterday's drive In the Vatican gardens, when, notwithstand ing the fJtirt that the telnperature was M degrees, be caught cold which set' tied In bis chest and head, producing shortly afterward diffuse bronchltal catarrh. Up to the present no fever has developed, nottven Increased heat. and thtre has been no acceleration of the pulse, hkh is rather weak. Feeling his responsibility,' Dr. Lap twiil would have liked to have had con sultation with the best physicians In Rome, but the pope absolutely refused to agife to this. The only other per son he would allow to be called was Dr Mazzonl, who operated on the pontiff in The condition of the pope showed some Improvement during the day, but became worse this evening, making H necessary for Dr. Lapponl to remain again at the Vatican throughout the night. According to the latest diag nosis, the pope seems to have an af fection of the right lung. AUTO PASSENGER SERVICE. Plans of St. Louis Fair Board for Con '.' venlence' of Visitors. ' ' St.' Louis, July 4. An automobile er vice, carrying visitors to the world's fair grounds along the fine residence streets and' the parks and dlsctmrging them at. points of vantage within the grounds, will add "to the transportation facilities of the Louisiana Purchase ex position. The automobile service will also be supplied within the fair grounds at prescribed speed and over prescrib ed routes.' .. .' ' Big machines with a capacity of 40 persons will collect passengers at the hotels. Union station and other stated points In the down town districts. to ri te in the automobile while the tick et itself will admit the passenger to the world's fair grounds. " Contractors on the fair grounds are pursuing unusual methods . to obtain the delivery of railroad freight. They are sending representatives east on pas senger trains to ride Into St. Louis on freight car containing building ma terial. The function of these agents is to shorten as much as possible the time consumed In transferring between con nectlng lines. The emissary ia Instruc ted that as soon as the car reaches the terminus of one road to Importune the proper officials of tte connecting line to obtain the speedy handling of the car.' In all erases these cars contain material the lack of which prevents the use of large quantities of other ma te vials. NEW YACHT IN LIGHT WINDS ' Sharmock III Is a Vanlsher, As It Were. V New York July 4. Shamrock III to day proved herself a veritable ghost In light winds, by defeating Shamrock I more than 31 minutes in a 11 mile beat to windward. It was a drifting mate, averaging not 'letter rhdn three or four miles an hour.' It Shamrock I, as re jjorted, is 10 minutes taster than ever on a iO-mlle course, today's perform-! anca of the new cup challenger was lit tie short of marvelous. Shamrock III won by 31 minutes, 10 seconds. Timet 4:11:10.. avV. . THREE PERSONS DROWNED. Rowboat Capstsos Near Sacramento and Occupants Terlsh. Sacramento, July 4. Three person were drowned in , the river ner this city this evening.' They were Lulu J. Howard, Hattle West and John L Kerr The rowboat In which they were riding Btruck some plies and the occupants were thrown Into the water. .;. EX-DEPUTY IS ACQUITTED. Baker City, July 4. The Jury in the case of the state vs. G. H. Whitney, ex deputy sheriff of this county, who was charged with embewllng $10,000, came in with a verdict of acquital this morn ing after being out 18 hours. ; ' , USED HIS RAZOR. Unruly Negro Makes Trouble on Brook i yn Elevated. Nw Yorfl July 4 Armed citizens and puliceim-n began a search early today lor an unidentified negro who. after cutting a conductor and guard on a Itrooklyn elevated train Jumped from a rut'ld'y moving train at Twenty-fifth avenue, Bath and Beach, and disap peared in the Meadows. The nearo on boarding the train offered the conduc tor a drink of whiskey. Later e re fused to pa his fare and abused the conductor roundly. When the latter called the guard to his aid, the negro drew a razor and attacked both- men. He slashed them furiously Neither was faulty rurt. however. Threatening with the rajsor" the pas senger who attempted to Interfere the npro ran toward .the door of the car and Jumped to the ground. Policemen ef the Bath Beach station were summoned to aid In the hunt for the negro and they were Joined by four residents of Bath Beach and passeng er on the train who uttered threats ef lynching as they began to search,- OLD TREASURE FOUND. . Long Hidden Valuable Discovered by ' Y. M. C A. Boy. ' ' New Haven, Conn., July 4. Ao inter ex ting discovery has been made at the Y.'M. C. A, boys' camp on Madison bdund formerly known as Treasure Is land. One of the boy at the tamp, James Wilson, of this city, was climb ing some rocks when he dislodged one of them. Beneath- where the rock bad rested w as A Cavity and In this he dis covered a sealed wooden box. When the box had been opened a smaller one, sealed In the same manner was found Inside. This was opened and it con tained a valuable unset diamond and a beautiful diamond bracelet. There was also In the box some newspaper clip pings concerning th assassination of President Uncoln. and pniier, which announced that 'if the aireetions written thereon were followed more valuables conld-be found. Under the box in the, cavity In the rocks were scattered a number of American coins. The search was postponed. SMELTER MEN WrALK OUT. Denver Furnaces Left Full Of Metal By The Strikers. Denver. July 4. Shortly after mid night304 members of the Denver Smelt er's Union went to the Omaha and Grant smelter of the American Smelt ing & Refining Co., and Induced tht men there employed, about 300 in num ber, to stop work. The men walked out leaving the furnaces full .of melted metal which will result In heavy dam ages to the plant. The men left the plant and went to the Globe smelter, another property of the American Re fining ft Smelting Co.. where they suc ceeded In Inducing the employee, about 500 In number, to come out. The action was taken on acount of the re fusal of Manager Franklin Gulteman tp grant an eight hour day. . THE FOURTH IN WASHINGTON. Washington, July 1. The Fourth- of July celebration today -was official i:t character and was participated in by representatives of the district and nat ional government and by M. Jusserand French ambassador, who was a special Invited guest. Tonight there was a dls play of fireworks. Your Money Better Invest It - In Our Fine Furniture We can save Money For You. , Call and see onr new Bed Room Sets, Mattresses, Couches, Carpets, Linoliums, And Everything For The House. ROBINSON'S FURNITURE ST0E MAKES READY FOR CONFLICT Czar Instructs That Coast Defenses Be Inspected By War Minister. GOES TO SCENE SUDDENLY ItiiMsin Wrought I'pl' Over Vrm pect Of War With ;rat Britain and Japan. Berlin, July 4. -The Cologne Gasette'a St. Petersburg correspondent tele-, graphs that, according to reports from Valdivostok, the Russian war minister. General Kuropatkln, on Instruction from the czar, ha altered Ms Itinerary and has left Vladivostok suddenly, go 'ng to Nlkolavvk, in Asiatic Russia, oa the north bank of the Amur, supposed ly for the purpose of the Inspection ef fortifications, which would be especi ally important In case of a conflict with Japan and Great Britain. The Russian minister at Seoul Is re ported to have complained to the Kor ean government of land purchaaea made by Americans, Germans, British and Japanese, and of their construc tion of houses outside their respective concessions, which the Russians are not permitted to do. ' Washington, July 4. Nothing baa yet lx-en heard in official quarters of the ultimatum delivered by China t Japan and England, according to th Odessa dispatches printed today. It is certain that the United States baa not recently been approached, in thla direction by either of the government named a parti Ao the agreement, a that It ha had no opportunity to indi cate whether or not U would lend tu , moral support to an effort on the part of England and Japan to protect their Interests in Manchuria. OFFICIALS KNOW NOTHING. London", July 4 OltlclaJs of ' tis United States embassy here know noth ing of the ultimatum, which, according to advices from Japan to the Svet of St. Petersburg, was 'presented recently by British and Japanese ministers at Pekia to the Chinese government oa the subject of Manchuria. GANS STILL LEADS. . , Lightweight Champion Wins in Flva Rounds In Butte. Butte, July 4. Joe Gans retained hi hold upon the colored lightweight chains pionshlp of the world here this after noon by defeating Buddy King of Den ver In' 6 rounds. King wa never la It after the first roud. . KILLED BY LIVE WIRE. Lightning Caused Six Deaths In Tltta burg By Striking Trolley Wire. Pittsburg. Pa., July 4. During a heavy rainstorm this afternoon light ning struck a trolley wire In this city and it fell Into a wagon containing tea persons, killing three men and three women. OXFORD WINS CRICKET MATCH. London, July 4. Oxford today won the annual cricket match with Cant bridge. ' - , Slipping Away. ...W