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v- 4 j . VOL 1.1 If ASTOKIA. OKEGOX. WEDNESDAY, JL'NE 19, 1901. NO. 143 I ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. Plumbers and Steamfitters HOLR AC1I2NTM I'Olt B27 BOND Diamond IN GREAT VARIETY Bats, Balls, Masks, Pads, Gloyes Aiul fvcrvtliiiijj (!( in that line to make the Ws Itaj.jiy. If yen do not j.luy lull we t un hhow yua aiu Kant lino of FISHING LINES. FLIES, REELS. BASKETS, ETC. GRIFFIN Granite Preserving Kettles AND ALL GRANITE WARE... Foard 8 Stokes Co. Fancy and Staple Groceries FLOUR, FEED, PROVISIONS. TOBACCO AND CIGARS Supplies of all kinds at lowest rates, for fishermen, Farmers and Itigers. A." V. ALLEN, Tenth and Commercial Streets Tjy Jn L -'i'1" t'ti "1r JuTtorat We Rent New C. J. TRBNCHARD, Ccaslsslcn, Brokers, Cu,,om Brou.r. M ... , ASTORIA, ORE Insurance and Snipping. Atwt W. F. A Co. and PaotDo Kxpreu Oe i. SUPERIOR STEEL RANGES STREET Outfits AND AT ALL PRICES & REED KIND OF Something New SIX-HOLE CHARTER OAK STEEL RANGE $20.00 HIGH SHELF ALUMINUM FINISH W. J. SCULLY, 431 Bond St., Between Ninth and Tenth. Typewriters. Many now improvements added. See our latest No. 2 Smith Premier Typewriter New Art Catalogue Free . . . L- fll. ALEXANDER & CO- Kxolusive l'aoitlo OoaMt Dealers 245 Stark St., Portland, Ore. F W. M'KECHNIE. local Agent. RUSSIA TOOK THE INITIATIVE Russia's Discrimination Against United States Resented. COMPLIED ONLY WITH LAW Mas- Rgtila Nt Tikes lalilitlvf Aialatt Aatrltti Article Pttrolcasj WosM Be A4nltKd Fret-Herts Olktr Asurkas lulvitrici. SKW Y n I ! K . Jon.- IH -According V ii Waliii.K(.iii ilispath io tin- J 'urnul if ('oinin-r.e 1 1 1 . recent a t'"n ii the Itun an g v i n ii'Ht In rasing tin- luiy m lii. y. .- whi t) .iiiihii : I from th.. t "iili.-I Si.i In .ikely l.i b- :h,. nnb- ) I "f fil.iiliy r- prin iilall'Xi l.y Hi I' partim-n: .-f si.r.e. The l-iy th fecial 1 11 1 S.-.MIK n If .1 r- nf 111 I' I' "f e l ili ::.iii adopted l.y Hi lluwiiin h 1 v rii ii i ' ii t Im'uuw of 'hi- il". r!n! ill i.f :!i- treasury d-lMitnicnt Ilia! a i' -ii'i t -t a II ng !u!y Mini 1-Vl. 1 ll.ilir til" 1 1 1 . K ' la 11(1111 Ituniuin mik.ii Tli. u ' ii. iiiii"H In regard t blrycV. li..M-r, .1., nt. -.i t.i the fart ilia: ltus;a'i p. ii-.. I -'.mi i subj.i't I i duty Mi i-niry ln! III - United St it--. Ttii- r.nlit -.f tlii Itulin lfV"riim-:u to !tih.--i' Din ni.ixliruni f.u ff In n It U im;. -.1 Um'i import, from i-n i n other --mn: rt - will probably n u l.e tl , n : -1 liy tin Hal.' department lull If tii- duty .in iil.y.lin l.. aimed at the I'nit-J St' u. .n- It . (.nilkilily !,. Ilu- iilij - t ff tvire-ni.itl in liy S.-c-ri-liuy liny uki'ii! It rmitlnutn. e. Kt"HSIA S ACTION ItfyENTlZD. Ir...i:iin ,.f Duty Ma.lf Mundiitory by llif Illl(li'y Art. WASMIXi'.ToX. June IS.-At thi- tr.iiKiiiy il.-,i.irtiin'iit it I Maud :hut tin- lmt.i.t'.ii of iltity on N-irilfUm w n t 4 ni.itn-r wlihln the lnT:l.in of the fi i.-t.iry -f thf trf-wury. but nm.lf mini lu..ry by thf pinuley tar Iff . t. bl. !i iliri-ct the rre:ry In f if any f.rflcn imin'ry lniri'K .luty .m -tr il. iim !nimrtf.l fruni '.hi' j t'nil-il S'nt'-i t.i mki- eorriiiniUng ac. 1 tun. Tbl irnvnuvH. !n -nniilan-i- with thf lw. ln( iit'- l 4 lu-y on Ku'e un ! 'tr.il-uin. In no m-tine. It I :tf, can 1hl .Inly bf r.-ir.irl'it n on tin lint Imrrlni'iiiit ni nir.ilnut Itunnlan Irolriim, n that runtrv t..k the In il iitlvi- auilii't the Amerlinn artlrb', ll.i l Husm n-x t ik.-n thl m. i h.-r n'trili-uiii w.mlil huve l.rn iulni;ttf.l tj til! country fp'e nf duty, un.li-r the (mi 'f -h" tariff not. In hi reply tn Caunt Ca.-mln' not-'. whli'h a transmitted to the :rei ury leftrtment. SecreUry finite pro- t..t uitalni: ;lf Imvllol eontentlun th.it tbl KMvernnient't artlnn a mere A a rrlmlnatl.m AKint Ituwla. It I alJ thii! American traile In bicycle ami ralln mpeclally are quite large n ntili, . that the lncivue( dutle will hear h-avlly ui.m these branch.- nf Amerii-an tra.le. CLAIM! UK WAS HOPHED. Wealthy Callf.irnlan rK-tHin.-d a Insane at Uiramle. Wyo. LARAMIR. Wyo.. June lS-Marcu. Vnegell, nf Sacrament.!, California, en route to Kumpe, la In the county j;ll here evidently Insane. Voeirell eame In on the limited today ami It took four atrong men to hold him. After being turned over to the local officers he broke away, but was recopturej a few hours Inter. He hud $36 In cash In hi pocket and San Francisco let. ter of credit for J'.'lOO more. He claim he was robbed of $100 'n gold between Ogd.n and Iaramle by three men and two women nnl that In what made him violent. Conductor Kerrigan of the limited yg Voegeir tory la without foundation and that the altitude I alone responsible- for his condition. Voegell will bp held for or der from hi friend or until he is able to resume his Journey. MINItfTPU FKT.L FROM OUACE Adam Say He Wax Drunk When He Shot HI Friend. SAN FRANOISO"), June lS.-Rov. Charles O, Adam, who shot ami prob ably fatally wounded his friend. Dr. J. O. Jessup, when the latter nmon-striit-d with ihe former clergyman for abusing hi daughter, la well known throughout the east. He wag born about 50 yean ago In Delaware coun ty. New York. He wag ordain ?d n'g a deacon In the Kplseopal church n 1S72 ai Gambia. Knox county, Ohli, and as a priest In 1875 at Catsklll, 'Greene county. New York. He held the pastorate of St. Mark's chapel In New York City, alao nf the Church of the Incarnation In the same city. He alao filled the pul pits In Fremont and Cincinnati, Ohio.. Hli last charge waa St. Andrew In mkl.inl, Cal., frmi which . -hutch he wa llmiilmi.-l un account of habllual Inleinp -rtine. In. J.-khuji and Adam liiti-nipi-runre, fr. J-U and Ad-irnn had lung bi-i-n friend. A lam ray li wii drunk h-n he did th h'Wt illtloti is ciiMld -red liu-i-i.. CUI.ONIAI. OU It HANQCKT. H:r It.-dvi-r Hull-.-r Iji'precm Kx' two it Jlng'i Fedlng. XKW YoltK, Jan., M.-HIr fleilvvra Huiler and Uird Sirathcona were the lirlnclpat speaker at he annual ban uuet of th CiJ.nlil Club In lindon liit night, ay the Ixind-in c'rreion. dent f the Tribune. It'-plylng to Ihe tOHt of "The Im mtU Force," General llulli-r said In hi blunt way that the wort thing that coul 1 happen ti any country nu what knmn a the Jingo feeling. Kipendlture on ihe trce -t the rru:i should n it be for. conquest or "iireliii. Iird KtratlK-oi.ii. who pre idfij ovr th" ba:iU"t. r-f-rr.ij In th- f-illo.v l:ig term to the ait.ii-bini ni of th- jieople In the coin, country. Th-- roluii ' knew, h- said. Ilia: in tlght'iig i i help KnglaiiJ, thfy -n- tlgtiiinK f-.r th-lr "n li.-xt Intcr i:. The I'liiKi-lian high foiiimU!iln i r uae loudly i h-.-r-l "n r.-uin;ng hi at. i;i:i:at xuutiikiix stkd. Hi- ili.giet Watr to Iti-cov-r Over a Mil lion and a Half. ST. I'At l.. Juru- 1V-A cane Involv !hk more than a million and a half do. lira f tne (o trill today In the dstrlt cour:. lierb.-rt W. peam.ni. plaintiff. In a ge ilog.et employed by the Gr-at Northern road to locate coal field for the company In Montana and Wash ington. In hi complaint Pearson gay lie wa employe,! ;h the understanding 'hat lil compensation wan to be dejw-nd-nt upen the result obttined. In Mon tnna h-- I.K-ai-d a coal field, said to rontiln forty iuare miles and In aj ilitlon found another In Washlng;on. eighteen square rrlle In eitent. The rallr.ul company then bought up the land, rears-n vlue the lra4-ts held by th road at $H.0T800. His .er. vice he estlmat- at $t..V.oOO, and Con eiU'ntly sue for lt.100.fl'.. HK.VVV IiS.- BY FIRE. T'l. istr'iu Conll igrition Visited the W'lt-rfront In the City of Buffalo. HCFFAIA X. Y.. June 1.-F;re ear ly th! morning vtpt out of exist ence all the buildings on Squaw Island fruiting on th-' Niagara river from the foot of F.rry street to a point three-quarter of a mile north. The hen Is .n the neighborhood of 500.000. The principal building destroyed were the Frontier Mdl. owned by the Scoel-k-ipf estate, valued t $.V1.00; the Ry an Klevator. the proerty of Stephen M. Ryan, $;R.(iiM: the Queen City mill, $100,000; Fort Krle Ferry Comiany's ticket office and waiting room and a part of their d.n k. $M00. A roien nap. I ha nil steam launches, canal boats and houseboat anchored In the harbor and valu-sl at tboui $15,000, were des troyed. The dock Itself, wwth $25,000. and score of shanties and boat houses, occupied by gqu.itter. stretching along the shore of the river for nearly a mile, added fuel to the flames. CHIXF.SK REQl'ESTS PEXIED. Native Tmojs Not Allowed In Pek'.n t'ntll Allies Leave. PEKIN, June lS.-The foreign min isters have declined to assent to -he request to allow 3000 Chinese soldiers to come to Pekln now. They consider that It w-ould be Inadvisable to per mit such a step to be taken before the latter part of August by which time the international troops, with the ex ecptlon of the l-ga'.lon guards, will have left the city. The ministers also declined to per mit international troops to guard the forbidden city until the Chinese sol illers shall arrive. BUYING BANKS. Two Large Concerns in Kansas City to Change Hands. KANSAS CITY. June 18. The City National bank, of New York, controll ed by John D. Rockefeller and the Slandard Oil Interests, is said to be ne irotlatltig for the purchase of the Na tional Bank of Commerce and the First National Hank of Kansas City. These two concerns have combined deposits of nearly fifty millions. It Is stated that the New York bank Is endeavoring to buy up banks In other Western cities. KILLED NATIVE CONVERTS. YOKOHAMA, June 18. The Japanese consul at Mok-Pho, Corea, reports that the recent mission troubles at the Isl and of Quetpetart were caused by na tive converts. These persona so exas perated the other natives that the rat ter surrounded 'them and killed 500 of them. Foreign cruisers are still at Quetpetart. FIRST OF NOME FLEET ARRIVES Hard Time of Nome City in Northern Waters. TROUBLE WITH BROKEN IcE Siuacr Mtl Will Mack Dlfflciltr Ii Octlli( It tb Oeta Sta-PUtly el Prevlf let Little SkkitM at !. PORT TOWNHKND. Wash., June IS. The ateim-T Nome City, the flrat of the Nome lle-t, nrrivjd thl evening dlr-ci from Cap-? No-ne, having sailed for Pug -t s-iuni on June 10. The Nome City monag-d-to all to the -pen chan nel in Ice a cons derible dls ance w-st nf th.- usual coure tak-ti by e.-s.-ls nailing for that pli.f and suic Jed in r-iching within a f-w miles of N me. f-li- discharge I her cargo on ice and aim land." her poKO-nger... and Just as everything safely tak-n to the mainland the Ice lirke and the steam er till a harl time In working her way ba-k to the "ien '-a. Before the Ice br k-. however, ten passengers, fix women and four men succeeded In Icardlng her. The st-ain Skh'em-r Jeanie was the first v sis-l to reach Nome th g year. She had landed her freight and pas sengers bef jre the Nome City arrived and start ;d on her return voyag three day ahead of the Nome City, but has not yet irrlved. The captain of the Nome City says It was a streak of good luck that his vessel and the Jeanie got In when they did, and expresses the opinion thai no oth-r vessel will reach Nome before the latter part of this month, as the Ice had broken n many places and was rapidly ;b1ng In on the open channel and he bad harder work getting out than he had getting in, and his ves sel bears evidences of this fact as her sMes are scraped and slivered from cntact with the Ice. The passengers report thit Nome during the winter was well provided wi:h provisions, there wa but little sickness and the weather was to-! with the exception of one or two severe storms. The Golden Gate Hotel, the leading hotel of Nome, was burned and many guest lost everything they p.isessd The b.tal loss is placed at $l-;6.0i. H. S. PIXCREE DEAD. The Ex-Governor Passes Away Peace fully In London. LONDON. June 18. Ex-Governor Haten S. Pingree, of Michigan, died here tonight at 11:35. His son was the only one present at the time. The at tending doctor left Mr. Plngree's bed side at about 11:15, promising to re turn shortly. H. S. Pingree. Jr.. who had been watching at his father' bedside for four days and who has not removed his clothes during the time, noticed a sud den change In his father's condition. He had hardly reached the bedside when his father died peacefully with out warning and without speaking a word. DETROIT, June IS. Huen Sen;or Pingree was born at Denmark, Maine. In 1S40. In 1S62 he enlisted in the First Massachusetts heavy artillery and serv ed until the end of the war, when he located In Detroit, embarking In the manufacture of shoes. In 1SS9 he was elected mayor of Detroit and was re elected In 1S91, 1893 and 1S95. In 1S96 he was elected governor of Michigan, and wag re-elected governor in 1898. Last March he started on a trip to South Africa, which resulted in his death in London. CHrCAGO LABOR TROUBLES. Feedratlon of Labor Charter of That City to Be Revoked. CHCIAGO, June 18. The Chronicle says: Thomas I. Kldd, one of the members of the American Federation of Labor committee investigating the local as. sembly, last night sent to President Gompers, at Washington, a report rec ommending the revocation of the Chi cago Federation's charter. If the recommendation Is accepted drastic action will probably be taken by the eexcutive board at a meeting to bs held In Toronto early next month. A formidable rival to the Chicago federa tion would, It is said, be the Inevita ble sequel to the act of the revocation and forthwith a factional war would ensue between 'the rival labor assem blies. Although for aome time it has been realised In local labor circles that the relations between the Chicago federa tion and the parent bodies were being strained almost to the snapping point yet It had been supposed that the cri sis bad been tided over during the ss slons of the national officers at the Hrlgg House some two week ago. It had been charged that the Chicago federation was guilty of Insubordina tion to the notional body and of violat ing the national rules of the organi sation. Among labor men of promi nence the announcement as to the ac tion of Mr. Kldl who Is a Chicago man ind national secretary of the Amalgamated Wood Worker Union wa decidedly sensational new. In speaking about the matter Mr. Kldd said: "The specific charges on which I ban ny recommendation for th cancellation of the Chicago labor body's diarter Is thit this particular labor assembly has violated the rule adopted at the Louisville convention decreeing the denial of membership to fh boiler .naker. bridge men, piano makers anl other local union that hare refund to Join their International or ganit ulon. INDIANS ARE SILENT. Would Divulge No Information In the Shooting Affray. PENDLETON. Ore.. June 18. To night Ag-nt Wilkin was unable to prevail litem the Indian to tell wheth er the second Indian repined shoi was sho; by officers Saturday night or later by the pursuing party. Fp-m one of the -policemen is learned w h"n Black Horn and Something roj- away from the Indian officer they turned In the saddle and fired a num ber of shots and that a running b ti tle was kept up until the retiring In dians hid themselves in the mountains. Th? latest report from the agency is that Black Horn ig almost certain to die. STEADfLY IMPROVING. Mrs. McKinley Now Able to Sit Up Dally. WASHINGTON. June IS. Dr. Rixey. fter hia evening visit, on leaving the White House at 11:39 tonight, said: "Mrs. McKinley Is getting along very nicely. She continues to Improve. She Is sitting up daily. She sat up today about ti hours. She saw several friends today." STOCKMEN DENY FRICTION. CHEYENNE. Wyo.. June lS.-Chey-enne men owning ranches In U'.ntah county are authority for the statement that there is absolutely no truth In any of the frequent reports which have been sent out from that section to the effect that serious trouble is imminent bet wen sheep raisers and cattle own ers. There have been no clashes and there is no prospect of any. WILL VISIT EXPOSITION. CHICAGO. June IS. T. TJard Schw arx, 'mper'al high director of marine, and Professor E. Von Halle, mechani cal exp?rt. both of the German navy, who have been In ihls city the past few days Inspecting for the government the shipyards, agricultural implement fac tories and various other plants, left last evening for Buffalo where they will tnsoeet the tool display at the expo sition. MAX WILEY DEFEATED. PORTLAND, June 18. Edward John son, the middleweight wrestler of the Multnomah Athletic Club, tonight de feated Mu Wiley, the lightweight amateur champion of the United States. There was no decision in the first bout according to the agreement, no fall having been secured within thirty min utes. In the second bout the referee decided Johnson threw Wiley in two mlnutJ Wiley claimed there was no fall. ANOTHER CRISIS EXPECTED. SEATTLE. June IS. Tomorrow a crisis is expected again In the famous Nordstrom murder case through the action of Prosecuting Attorney Ful ton, who will ask the court to name a new date for the execution. Equally as important may be the action of the defense in an attempt to defeat the new 'aw. CYCLONE IN OHIO. DELAWARE. O.. June IS. A cyclone swept over a large area of this coun ty last night. Damage to the extent of $".0,006 was done. Houses and barns were uproffed, trees uprooted and fen ces torn down. The cyclone covered a track of 1800 feet wide and about six miles long. BETTING WAS PROHIBITED. CHICAGO, June IS. The trouble be tween pool-room men had the effect of closing betting at Harlem today, and when spectator reached the track they saw the following notices posted every where: "No selling of pools, betting or gamb ling on these premlses." MUSICAL COMPOSED DEAD. BERLIN, June 18. Cornel G. Guoultt. musical composer, is dead. WILL ORGANIZE A THIRD PARTY Political Leaders Hold Conference at Kansas City. W. J. BRYAN IS CONSULTED Hints' That He Will Bt tk Ntw Party's. Cssslsatc lor Presuscal la 19U ' Psklk Atarcss to B Is sm4. KAN3AS CITY, Mo., June 18. The first definite step toward organization of a new "ThlrJ party," which is pro posed to embrace Missouri and to form the- nucleus for national growth, was taken today in Kinsa city at a conference of members of the Populists state committee and a few free sliver Republicans. The movement ' said to have ex pressed sympathy for William J. Bryan, who, It is further hinted, I to be the new party's candidate for president in 1004. Lee Merrlwether, of St. Louis, and twenty-two other leaders In public ownership of ihe party, of St. Louis, arrived In Kansas City this morning after having spent the whole day yes terday In consultation with Mr. Bryan at Lincoln. The conference was secret. It will be continued tomorrow and end with a publla meeting when the re sult of the gather-Lag will be embodied in gn address to the people of Missouri. TO REPORT LATER. Session of Committee of Presbyterian General Assembly. PITTSBURG, Pa June 18. The committee of revision of the Presby terian general assembly remained In session until ( a. after which Rev. W. H. Roberts made the following statement: "The committee Jlvid-sd itself lni three sections, assigning to each a por tion of the work and resolved to meet and report in Saratoga Springs, N. Y-. August 2V' . . IX FAVOR OF HEINZE. BUTTE. Mont, June lS.-Judge Har ney in the district court today ren dered a decision in a suit brought by Miles Flnlen aginst F. Augustus Heinze and the Johnstown Mining Co., to recover possession of the Minnie Healey mine, valued at $1,000,000 and It was in favor of Heinze and the com pany. INDICTED FOR MURDER. KANSAS CITY, June 18. The grand jury today Indicted C. W. Prince. Will Prince and Bert Prince, father and brothers of Lulu Prince-Kennedy, as accessories to the murder of Philip H. Kennedy for which Mrs. Kennedy was found guilty last Saturday and given a ten-years' penitentiary sentence. CAMPBELL'S BODY FOUND. OURAT. Col.. June lS.-The body of John Campbell, the Camp Bird miner who was carried away In the snow slide last January, was found today and brought to this city. The body is la a perfect state of preservation. REPRIEVE GRANTED. BOISE, Ida., June 18. Governor Hunt today granted a reprieve to "Diamond Field Jack" Davis until July 3, the date of the next meeting of the board of pardons. WANTS OUR MAKE. WASHINGTON, June 18.-The em peror of Germany has ordered a schoon er yacht to be designed and built in the United States. BICYCLE RECORD BROKEN. NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 18 Floyd MacFarland, of San Jose, Cal., broke the world's bicycle record for one mile In a competition handicap to-f night, covering the distance In 1:55 3-5., BRYAN SEEKING PLEASURE. LINCOLN. Neb., June IS. Wm. J. Bryan left tonight for an extended tour and pleasure seeking trip. He will go to Buffalo, Philadelphia and points In New York and Virginia. DUTY ON BEET SUGAR. WASHINGTON, June lS.-The secre. tary of the treasury has Issued to cus toms officers a circular imposing coun tervailing duty on beet sugar Import ed from or the product of Italy. SILVER MARKET. NEW YORK. June l.-STr, M.