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ASTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 1 u, L-iiii;., , . KY A 1 W VOL. LI 1 1 ASTOKIA, OKEGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1901. SO. 132 If I ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. Plumbers Steamfitters HOLR AC2BNTM I'OW &27 BONO Diamond IN GREAT VARIETY Bats, Balls, Masks, fads, Gloves I'Vt'rythinjj in Unit lim to make the boys liujjy. If you do net j.luy bull we inu rlioxv yo.i an elegant line of FISHING LINES. FLIES. REELS. BASKETS, ETC. GRIFFIN FRUIT, STRAWBERRIES, FRUIT JARS . . . FOARD 0 STOKES CO. Fancy and Staple Groceries FLOUR. FEED. PROVISIONS. TOBACCO AND CIGARS Supplies of all kinds at lowest rates, for fishermen, Fanners and Loggers. A. V. ALLEN, Tenth snd Commercial Streets .fill ir if) We Rent New - -' C. J. TRENCHARD, Commission, Brokerage, Insurance and Shipping. and SUPERIOR STEEL RANGES STRRBT Outfits AND AT ALL PRICES & REED Something New SIX-HOLE CHARTER OAK STEEL RANGE $20.00 HIGH SHELF ALUMINUM FINISH W. J. SCULLY, 431 Bond Bt Between Ninth and Tenth. Typewriters. Many new improvements added. Sec. our latest No. 2 Smith Premier Typewriter Now Art Ciitiiloituo Free .. . L. M. ALEXANDER & CO. Kzolniive Pacific. Coast Dealers 245 Btark St., Portland, Ore. F W. M'KKCIINIF, 1 oral Affent. Custom Houito Broker. ASTORIA, ORE Aunt W. F. A Oo- and Paclflo KzpreM Co t. SEATTLE'S EX-CHIEF OF POLICE KILLED W. L. Meredith Shot Down by John W. Considine. MET IN A DRUG STORE Boll Met Wirt Arat U Tkrtt Billet Pierce" Mcrrdllb' By-Were Mortal Eiealci lor Aboil Tire Vein CaiudlM Arreitc. HEATT1.K. June 2V-At i::5 o'cl k this uft.-rri'ioii. John XV. Considine, one of Hi- proprietors of u.c Kturi.liird .miiil:i; poll- ami tlir Peopl, theater, in llila iiy. .Inn ant kill.. I x - " 1 1 1 f i.f I .It- - XV. I.. M.-i IHti. T.I- shoot IniC h i ui itI In (itiy'i" diu,t Bt n- m: tlir rorti-r "f .-. .n. .ivi-ntj.- mil VeO-r Way, In tic h'-art ..f ihf city. 'oti- sellil- m ill". i Wound-M ulightly In tin- h.-.i ! ly . ball 'nun J ! t I ) I i it--I l nil": gun I" M' l ' Hill's hands, j The lnr.n i.f the nli'i.llHK nr.. c ii. Hiding n ii. It i-iniun yet lie n il I who ji the uggreor t Tin iii,-i tiu I tlir.-Atvti. l !! ll"i.t III' llll illlIT oil niiiMi, mi I '-if l.ith iriMtrrt f r trmi lit... Tl'v iliiig tip; (it tlir timv of ;tic li.xilliil .n . r.iw livl nllh !'il'!i' ftn.I iii. ly'!inl.T u iN uli .1 ihpiiiKh ' th-. arm liy a iriy lullt. Mrr-ilHh una kllll wtul,. ulruKgllna Willi J.i'in t'uiml lliii' and Turn inl. itlnr nil) lia idin.. to hln hrul lirr'a at.! Tim- lull(n from m!dlne' rt Vdlvr rir-.l at ahurt range irfsl Mfmlllh's bo.))'. ue In I hi- h-d, an oihir In th ch-t and anothi-r In ih atxl'imrn. ''iinaldlnp mm at v armiie.1 by HhrrilT ('U'llhi- anl tro pollc ofnVera. h wr In the dm tor wh the f.UI ahnta -tt fir.M. He n taken to pllcf headiurter and from there traimfern- l to :he county jail In a dot ed rarrlaK to vert lynrhlna. of whlrh tlx-re Haa aom taljt In the grvat crowd which gwher.'J about the mene of rhe hooiinr Coiililn. and M.-r-dlth had bn-n mortal eneml.n f. about three yvar. allh'iunh !h.-y were prior to that time warm firrnon.il friend and amix-latej initeihi'r n the thetrk-al ImlneMi In Himkane. Mi-reillth. who renlgned hi iifTlfe lav.t PattirJiv on account of prewure hroiiicht to bar axn him by May.ir llum, sn cliy detective brfore being made chief. While In the mhord!niite pimltiiin he ajid Oonsldlne m-ver anoko. but avoided an op-n battle. After M-r"diih made chief, how ever, he aervej notice on Conildlne that the ln.tt.-r could not remain In the city and do buln an I follow st up the threat by making; several p.v. Ilre order w-olch affivted C. nl'Mne'ii hualneaa. In re'allatlin t'onel.llne pub licly made charge of corruption In of fice agalnat Meredith and reiterated them until the law and order Irague took the mitter up and called for a council of Invntlirrttlon of the police department. The council committee Investigated and latt Friday ilirht made a report to Mayor Hume, advising the removal of Meredith and one of hk. detective. C. W. Wappnteln. Mayor Humes. tbenrre. rejuted Meredith' resigna tion. PArtTICTLArW OP KIU4NO. Pefperate Struggle Between the Com batant IWore Memlltli Fell. SFiATTLR. June I5.-No event of re cent years haa cn"ateil more excitement la Seattle thin the killing of ex-Chief of Police MiTedlth. For hours after the shooting, the tree In the neigh berhood of ihe drug store where the tragedy occurred were filled with thou sand of men, woman and children J(t l!ng one another for an opportunity to Inspect th? premises and excitedly dis easing the bKiody affray. Although a short time after the shooting sime street tiilk of lynching was heard, but this soon subsided. Meredith had lent the afternoon In wandering about the streets armed, with a "sawed off" double barreled shot, gun, loaded with buck-shot, In search of his num. In order to avert sus picion he had wrapped the weap.in In a sheet of butcher paper and tied It with a cord so that It bore Utile reS'iiibliiice to an Instrument of death. Ho found Const line In front of the drug store shaking hands with Police man A. H, Mefford. Thrusting the bar rel of the gun over Mefford' shoulder, he discharged the weapon full in CVnsl dlne's face. The paper wrapping Pre vented him from 'aklng accurate aim and the charge went wild. Considine ran Into the store and Meredith followed firing the lecond bar rel Just as he entered the door. Then Meredith dropped the gun, and, draw ing his heavy revolver, continued the pursuit. Considine found himself cornered on reaching the rear of the store, and. turning, grappled with his enemy. Tom i "oiinlili lie, the ifaiibb-r'a brother, who haI bei-n ataidlng with hbn In front of ill store, had followed Meredith, anl lie alio grappled 'vltti him,. Mefford ulo atlemptnil to disinn Meredith. Then Conaldlne and M"redlth rigug ed In d"Seratv struggle for the re volver. Tom Considine finally wren.!, td It from Meredith' grasp an 1 re pejtd!y beat the latter ever th head with It. Hherlff fudlhee. Police Infec tive A. O. tane and aevr.il oihT po lice ofllcert rU4hJ Intu Ihe drug store and attempted to epari (he combat ants, fihi-rtff Cudlhe flung Tom aside and obtained powesalon of the re. volver. Ijtne caught John and held htm fas'. Meredith, half stunnod by the blows, re.'l ngal ist the show case and md feeble attempt to draw an other smaller pistol from his pot ket. At thU Juncture John tor blm.-lf away from Iane, and, drawing his own revolver, fired three jhot In quick uc cr.in at Ills antagonist at a distance of eight feet. Mer-dfll p'll'd Und fell deid, hi b"Mly pierce .1 by thr.-e bul lets, f'onsl lli lly bivid-1 iU smok- 1 1 1 kf wea n to Sheriff Cudih -e an. I gave himself up. The sheriff an I Ijine als) ..rr.-eied Tom i'o:isldln and ln.;h pr.s oii ts were hurrli- t away to ih c 'Un :y J-alt III the dead man's' . Llh Ilg were found a small r. voi.-. r a i I a sm.iti -uik i kmfe. The-si-coiid slut which Meredi;h Mr-d at CiiiiHidine was 'lie .lily one whl. h took effri-t, the rliaig- t re t'onsidlne'i hut to sliiedn and cue nf ihe liu k b t lodged In ih bs- of hi,, skull. Cons) dlne's tie. k and b-i 1 were alr bajly io..f bur'ie'l, li s witutil, are not serious. Meredith wa the ..n if William M. Mer-dlih. thief '. the d' !ar:mnf of ergravluii a fi print ng. 'lhl.llg:on. V. HANCOCK SAILS FOR MANILA . Distinguished Party on Board Sanger' Telegram to Shafter. SAN FRANCISCO, June 2S The transport Hancock Railed for Manila today with a distinguished party on board. The party waa composed of General Henry C. Corbln, adjutant gen eral of the Vnlted States army; Gen eral Oeo. M. Sternberg, surgeon gen eral of the army; General Chamber F. McKlbben. who will Join General Chaf fee's staff In the Philippines; General John F. Weston. Col. W. P. Hall, who J to succeed General Barry a adjut-nt general In the Philippines; Senator C. If. .Dletrlih. of Nebneka, and Con gressman Julius Kalin, of California. The Hancock also carried a number of school teachers and fourteen officers and 4'W men composing the Second bat talion, engineer corps. TO AVIOD THE PLAGl'E. WASHINGTON, June 25.-In view of a dispatch received at the 'ar depart ment today from General Shafter, at San Francisco, reporting four deaths from bubonic plague at Honolulu, be tween May 29 and June 9, Assistant Secretary Sanger ha telegraphed Gen eral Shafter to confer with General Corbln and. if It Is deemed desirable, to coal the Hancock so as to sail di rect through to Manila. TRANSPORT LOGAN ARRIVES. SAN FRANCISCO. June 25.-The transport Logan arrived today from Manila with the Forty-fourth regiment, IT. S. V., and six companies of the Thirty-eighth regiment. Among the passengers wa Mr. Funeton, wife of General Funeton. BRYAN NOT A CANDIDATE. Explains His Reasons In Statement In Buffalo Time. BUFFALO. June 25.-The following over the signature if William J. Bry an appears In the Times, Norman Kmiu-ks' paper, ihi afternoon: "I am not only not a candidate for any office but I have no candidate in my mind for any office. My Interest centers In principles and men are Im portant only a they aid in carrying out their principle." PL'BLrCLY SJAMBOKED. Treatment Accorded Botha for Voting for Treason Bill. CAPE TOWN, June 25. Jacobus Bo tha, member of the Cape assembly for Allwal North, has been captured by the Boers and publicly sjimboked. in addition his house was burned. The reason assigned for this treat ment Is that Botha voted In favor of the treason bill. BRYAN AT SYRACUSE. SYRACUSE. N. Y.. June 2o.-Vllliam J. Bryan arrived 'here today and left at once for Watertown. Local Demo crats had expected him on the late train and none were at the station to meet him. COST OF BOER WAR. LONDON, June 25. The South Afri can war waa again the subject of In numerable question In the house of common today. The Information waa elicited that the war continued to cost 1,425.000 weekly. EUROPEAN NATIONS WOULD COMBINE Gigantic Commercial War Against America Looked for. AUSTRIA TAKES THE LEAD Btlaf, L'rfri n iy Mlalittrt f tkc Oil" WrM liclitflif Tkal el Esr.liai' OitUiibl Cai Be Mel Will CoilMeicc. XKXV YORK. 'June 2j. A. Vanb-rlip. ex-ansis'. uit se-ctv:ary of the tr.-a.-ury who has Just return to 'a.hing:oi from a long trip abroad. Is iuoid by the Tribune', correp.nd-nt as faying: "I think it not only p..s,hle bu: hlK'i ly probable that Kur.i;.e cm and will aar.-e to binding t-rms of '.rid- com i blnatloi: aait'ist us within the mxi ft-w van and tha.1 :he r-.-tult ;ll be thi- most gigantic ati I stubborn commer cial war In the history of the world. As most of ,ur conim-rc.al treaties ex pire In 11. I look for the continental nation to r-n -w thus - convent! ws "At the pr..-s-nt moment Au-trta, which never did like us. is letding In Ihe ni'.vm:nt agilnst the United States and I found Golouchowskl, head of the ministry of that country, our bitterest an 1 most outspoken foe. Obviously the other minister of the old world, Includ ing ven that of England, are artfully encouraging Oolouchow-ski In his course of opposition with a vie o' drawing our fire before they openly declare themselves. For the immediate future our trade proapoct were fiever brighter In Eu rope. There haa been almost a total crop failure In Germany. The agricult uraj tnrlook ia only a little brighter In Frin?e than in Germany and even In England the crop yield is not very promising. But as soon as the contln ent recovers from its present agricult ural depr?sion I confidently believe the tocln of war will be sounded. In Russia there are loud professions of friendship for the United States and one bear many expressions of admiration of our commercial development 4nd method. The Russli.is are molding their tariff system after our and in a fev years will try to apply It with vigor and severity against all nations alike, but particularly against the Unit ed States. "We can meet Europe's onslaught with courage and confidence. We ou strip her low In every material source. In lab.ir saving machinery, and in the rapidity with which our surplus capital la accumulating. Add to these advant ages a patriotic cltixenshlp and an in telllgvnt working class anl who caji doubt for an Insunt that we will win the battle? When It is over then the problem will be to keep the distracted hordes of Europe from over running this country and to prevent the desper ate mmarchles of the old world from acts of territorial aggression In South America upon which they are already looking with covetous eyes." SHOOTS HER BETRAYER. Married Woman in Klondike Kills the Man Who Wronged Her. SEATTLE. June 25. The following story la from the Dawson City News, of June 7: Dick Beales was shot to death by Mrs. Thoam Herndon near this city w-hlle the woman' husband stood by and prayed that her hand would not fall at the trigger. Harndon had been searching for his wife for the last three years. A chance clew led him to the Klondike region last winter, and near Dawson Herndon found his wife. deserted and suffering. She had been persuaded by Dick Beaie that Hern don was dead and had married Beales. After confessing his duplicity to the woman he had wronged, Beales, fired with whisky, went to the cabin of his iwxrtner, Jeff Alexander, and demanded his share of the clean-up. Alexander tried to argue with the liquor-craxed man and refused to give him anything until he w-as sober. Beales drew his revolver and shot his partner. Alexan der fell to the floor and the would-be murderer seized the gold dust in the cabin and started for town. Beales took possession of a dog team loaded with provisions and started off, followed by several parties of men who had discovered Alexander wounded In his cabin. The first of the parties. headed by a man named Andrews, wtt overtaken at Anvil by Herndon and his wife, who, too, were in pursuit. An drews had broken his leg and the out fit was stopped. Leaving Andrews at Anvil the remainder of his party, with Mr. and Mr. Herndon, started on the trail again. After a long chase the party over tooK ttoales near McKeons cawn on Anvil. Beales stood at bay and whip ped -ut his revolver. Herndon also drew hi gun and the two men ex changed shots. Bealea was bit In the ing but continued firing. Herndon had Iropped bl. r""lver after the flr.t shot. Mrs. Herndon grabbed the still smoking weapon and fired three shots at liealea. who fell dead. The body was left In the trail and the party re turned to AnvlJ. from which place Mr. and Mr. Herndon took the route to St. Michael. None cartd to atop them. Thre was no need of other than min ers' law In that country. CHINESE! FILE CLAIM, Demand 400,000 Taels for Alleged Loot ing by American SoUder. PKKIN, June 2S.-The Cbin.-se Mer. chants' Company, owner of the pit ni ls In Tien Tain at 1rt occup.'d by the marine and aft.-warl by Colon.; Llacum' command as barracks, have completed their claim against ihe Unit ed State government for valuables. w hich they aver were carried off by the marines. The list : imprise many val uable furs, rugs and Jewels, Including liamonds. The total of the rlaim Is '0,000 taels. The company says that the premises Iieing a part of the f irelgn ionceslon. were willingly lent for Tiilltary neces sities, but tbat they were not subject to looting, as they would have been if tht-y had been In the Chinese city. CAUSED FALSE RUMORS. R'port That Seventh National Bank Was Hampered Creates a Flurry. NEW YORK, June 25 It became known today that there wa debit bal ance at the clearing bouse again: the Seventh National oank Amounting to 33.0u0. This gave rise to rumor that the bank was In difficulties and caused other rumcr that other banks were also hampered. All these were cleared away when Uaniger William Sherer. of the clearing house, gave out the statement to tbe effect that all the bank In the aasKlatlon had met their obligation. The director and stockholders of the bank provided ample mean for an business purpose. A statement by the bank official say tbe flurry was prob ably started for stock jobbing purposes, and ihe rumor to weighed on the mind of President Kimball of the bank, that he tendered hi resignation, and E. R. Thomas wa elected In bi place. The statement avers tbat the bank Is In tbe most excellent condition. THREE HUNDRED MASSACRED Frightful Slaughter of French Converts at Quelpart, Corea. VICTORIA B. C. June 25,-The steam ?r Kamakura Mam arrived to night. She bring the news of the mas sacre of over 300 French convert at Quelpart, Corea. When a meeting of the natives was being held two French missionaries ap peared with 300 convert armed with rifles and they opened Are upon the na tives, wounding one and carrying off six. They then invaded Saiahlfu and carried off flags and ammunition. The n Jives, when their force was larser, eturned and the convert be ing outnumbered fled. Fifty converts were killed and a day or two faterwarde 250 convjrts, who were found hiding In the different villages, were massa cred. French and Japanese warships, to gether with Corean troops, were sent to put down the rising. FINDLEY WAS EXPELLED. Republished an Article From the Irish People Attacking King Edward. MELBOURNE. June 25. Amid scenes of excltenent, th federal assembly to day by a vote of 64 to 17 expelled Mr. Findley, editor of the local labor or ga,n for r-publtshlng In his paper an article frm the Irish People, of Dub lin, dated May 10, xiolently attacking King Edward which caused the seizure of the last menioned weekly periodical by the police of Dublin. BIG MIXING SUIT. BUTTE, June 25. James Murray, a millionaire mine owner and banker, to di.y brought suit against the estate of the late Patrick A. Largey to recover J:'.00.000, value of lh ore alleged to have be.n extracted from the Tlcon and Adirondack claims through the lower workings of the Speculator mine. ENGLISHMAN DEFEATED. NEW CASTLE, June 25. In a 20 round contest tonight for 3S00 and heavyweight championship of England between John O'Brien,- of Philadelphia, and Harry Xewmler, of London, the American defeat ;d the Englishman, POOL ROOMS CLOSED. BUTTE, Mont., June 25. All the pool room In Butte closed down today. Mayor Lavey having ordered their li censes revoked. BASEBALL SCORES. NEW HAVEN, June 25.-Harvard, S; Tae, 0. NASH NOMINATED FOR GOVERNOR Ohio Republican Convention Names Full State Ticket. F0RAKER ALSO ENDORSED Ctreitlf Break Ike Oil Rccr by C- letlif It Wrk I Tbrtt Mors SfeedK Cil Start b; Caair a Hint. COLUMBUS, O., Juni 25. The fol lowing ticket wa nominated In the Re. publican convention toda?: For governor. io. K. Nash. Lieutenant-governor, Carl t Nlppert. Supreme Ju.lg . J. L. Price. Attorney-general, John M. Sheets. Clerk of the supreme court, Liwrm Emerson. State treaiurer. l-uac B. Cameron. Member of tbe board of public works, W. G. Johnson. Th; It-publican ta:e convention here . today broke the Ohio recorJ by com peting Its work In thr.-e hours. Tbe Intense he: was prostrating and Chair man Hinna 10: only cut short hi cwn speech, but aJso those of others and then dispatched busin;as with the ut- tuost spd, . In those three lours, the conventloiv nomlnated a full state ticket, adopted it declaration of principles, endorsed J. B. Foraker a the Republican candi date for re-election a United State senator, completed Tarty organisation for the campaign and transacted other business. FIRE IN ST. LOUIS. One Killed and Several Serioxuiy In jured. ST. LOUI3. June 25. Fire broke cut at 2:30 '.hi morning In the oolldlng At 802 Morgan street, occupied on tha ground floor by the J. Edward Paint ing Company, and quickly spread to adjoining buildings, tbe upper portions of which were used as tenements. A panic seized upon the occupant when tbe fire broke out, and ft number of them Jumped from upper window. Mrs. Anna ZoU received Injuries from which she died within half an hour. Her daughter C&mllle' hip wa dlgl cated, and she sustained ft fracture of the skull; her son Edward waa ser iously injured by jumping. Tbe loss to tha buildings waa nominal. READING STRIKE SITUATION.. READING, Pa.. June 25. Not ft do eu of the 1000 striking shopment of the Pbiladelphia ft Reading shopmen re turned to work today as they had been urged to do by President Baer In hi letter of Saturday. On the other tand there were some accessions to the ranks of the strikers. The situation la be coming grave and ft general strike over the greater portion of the company system is predicted. LEIPZIGER BANK'S LIABILITY. BERLIN, Jun 25. Tbe Lokal Anxei ger estimate the liabilities of the Lelp siger bank, whose suspension wa an. nounced today, at 85,000,000 to 90,000,0) marks, against assets amounting to 48, 000.000 marks. Immediately after the Lepseig failure became know.i there was almost a pan ic in banking stocks. SUFFERING FROM HEAT. CHICAGO, June 25. This, th third: day of sweltering heat, resulted In two deaths and eighteen prostrations. The thermometer reached 94. The indica tions are for several more days of hot weather. DELIVER3 TWO LECTURES. WATERTOWN, N. Y June 2a W. J. Fryan delivered two lecture here to day, one on the subject of "Civiliza tion," and another on "The Conquering Nation." Admission fees were charged. TWO YEARS' SERVICE. PARIS. June 25. The National army committee today decided In fa vor of two years' compulsory military service Instead of three. CROKER'S FILLY WON. LONDON, June 25. RicharJ Crok er's black filly Sweet Dixie (L. ReilT) wo.i the Gatwick selling handi cap of 500 today. NATIONAL BANK CLOSED. SPRINGFISLD. Mas.. June 25. The Pynchon National bank did not open for business today. SILVER MARKET. NEW YORK, June 25.-Silver. 59.