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IJO- ! . t' j Dock's, '.- ;,'!. . r ; ; . M1 ;..M(I ;i,.lly of ,, ... viii be liable to pigwcutica. ASTOKIA PUBLIC LEX? ASSOCIATION. Mm mtnm wlvm I VOL. MV he L' anmil, UKMiU, IUIDA1. AllilM Hi, I'M II. NO. 40 A L' k 1 1 A Silk W t & ....' m -MM V. ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. Plumbers Steamfitters HOUR AdHNTH POH B27 BOND FISHjNG TACKLE Tninis, Croquet, Haseball, Golf, and all Kind of Sjxrtiiig Good GRIFFIN 6c REED Fancy and Staple Groceries FLOUR. FEED. PROVISIONS, TOBACCO AND CIGARS Supplies of nil kinds ut lowest rates, for fmlieriiien, Fanners nd Ippers. A. V. ALLEN, Tenth ind Commercial Street WI QrillKr J OLUI1Y Pacific Navigation Company Klcamcr "Stic II. .'.linoix" riiJ "V. H. Harrison" Only Hne-Antoria to Tillamook, (JHrlhul.ll nod Buy City, Hohsonvlllc Connecting at Astoria with lh Or run Ttallroawd Navigation Com pany and also tha Astoria Coium bla Rlw Hall road for Ban Fiuji clueo. Portland tad ail polnta Bast. For frrttf and passenger rates apply to Bamuel Elmore 6t Co., Ovnoral Agonts, ASTOKIA, (0. R, AN. R. H. C. Portland, A0ENT3 1 A. ft C. R. K. Co.. Ittknd, ( . C. LAMB, Tillamook, Oregon. We Rent New Typewriters. yjjw Many now improvements added. -A ""- Vs teo our latest ''' K- ' 1 W. M-KWIINIK. Looal Agent. KOPP'S BEST ADelicious and Palatable Drink Absolutely Pure Tha North Pacific Brewery, of whl oh beer for domaitlo and export trade.. Bottled beer for family line or ke i In tlia oKy free. North Pacific Brewery C. J. TRENCHARD, Cofflmlssloa. .Brokerage, cMto hou.. nrokr. ,' . ASTORIA, ORE. Insurance tsl Shining. Aimi W. V. area, and Faolflo Ezpreat Co I. SIPERIOR STEEL RANGES STRI3BT WE ARE SELLING AGENTS I OR. . . Moore's Steel . Cooks CARLOAD JUST RECEIVED ' 4 Ji BOND STREET. Between Ninth tad Tenth ORE Nw Art Catalogue Fit . . . L. At. ALEXANDER & CO. ExolnRive l'noitlo Coast IValers 245 Stark St., Portland. Ore. Mr. bwv Kopp la proprietor, make at anny time. Delivery TERRIFIC STORM ON GULF COAST City of Mobile Completely Isolated From Outside World. SEVERAL LIVES ARE LOST Crci ol Tubol tad To BarM isi f atnlly ol Mot Oroaacd al New Or-lcioi-(incl lean lor Shipping. ATLANTA, fji.. Ar l.'i Tiu- tr .j.J -ml M ini h hi ii )( 'H'-ti iaMiK l .ti i!i- itj:r i-jk. r.ir ,iy. i.mKh: .111;.: i.-i v '...i! -. :hv . i! - ,,f M .l.lle, AIhImhiii. fr...n .,u::l,- w.uM. f. l CninTi In: mil h .lun.n;,' ,, !,..,. I 'll.- .il .ii.- :i wjt.-i fr uit l.i Mill.:.-. Im: wh' .I.t .li.'i.- h,m l,..- any I -.i .if llf'' .r hi l :n,. v '-.m) mi.-; ur- ,ViI!i UiK li.i It-ti i.-i-. fr.,m i In- cmiiiry .'ii!li ,,f M.il,:.- -jj, to tli, ;.m. :),,. ,(; Ii I . M !, f4il. .1 A! half ji i ( ,( rrn , , I. ni I'n! n 111.,. M . t . 1 ... u .m .tin .. I. nl. the ,!;: ihj: : : n . t-.n thiv in jj-ut tin r un. T'l,- Ax hi Pr , ;T.it 'r :h.-re 'n: thin in-'Vjic "Am ..ii -i;, ..f ,t l:. :i I, ir. hi r. with th,. liM inui. Th-' w.itfr U nv,-r ' 'in''- f.-t m h: r.inii ,iii,l n:;; n;iiK Th- lnl ih.wl-K at thv ra:; t Mfy nil un i,u,r n I ..k t-T 'r;. th:tu :..nlh!. Ttin l.us.m ,tl:il.-t i li-i-r: ,)- II -iv -.he wlr- '.ili !. MANV UVKS L.T. iru.' Re;.; Awjy an,) Kumlly Inclu l IliU Nln.. Oilllr;n 'Jr,nl NKW nitMCANS, Auir i:..-The " ni h: h n bn-n nwi-.-plnn rh- Oulf I'.iu.t f!,ini prnnui ila anj nwvl v ei. virl . lurinK ih- pat tw,i ilin h.u pr-iirris I ti-l-taph and t-.Mh..n.-wlr.- I u h un extent thai nttn fnun th,' ,niMl!is- t.v'.iiin In h.ir.l . K"'t. Oru f.Mt have tieen . n Ti r : al n.-.l f r the if..;y ,f !!i,- people )iv.nu lit 1 .rl Kiln, whli-h l tie mouth f !h- M:. inlppl riv.r .and for th,- uhlpn that sr!.d f,ir ,-. Jat hef.ire the ;,irm Tin- Ii hiii. ,.f a nun tain..,) rKI.-n. half a mile aluve th iiunr.inihie ..! !lin, - (iwpt aw.iy nnd all nn-m-Iwrn of the family. ln lii.llim- nine rhil !r'n. wer,. ilr.iwned. Thf hi tow tm it fhamliiTlaoi w.is driven hluh and dry on the m.ir!i. The a.iveinment ln.it 0,iit.i Hen Is lu llevi'd to have been ,.8t. The nuajn hoat Ilui'BK waa driven n?hoTe ne.ir the llirhthrtiwe. Her erew were naM to havtf hecn mviI. The luirlot Vela.ieo and two barges are believed to hue ptie down and their crews ,if twenty or more pepl,. dnw ned. Th-re I nerio.m ajuir-henflon ,mii ernln the Chnlere ramlade mid Grand rle section on the r.mth UuiIk Innn coast, wet ,if the Mississippi riv er, where :00rt lives were lost in ISM by a tldtl wnve. In flu. cltv of New vlrlenns and sub urbs there has been considerable d.m i"'. At the Mlla.Miurv lake resort, the railroad pier held, running out Into the Iftke f,,r lmiO ynrtls. has be,'ii destniyed e.nd all lltcht bullillnga demolished. Tile steamer Neptune, tied to the pier h-'a.l, pounded hers-lf to plives and sank. At the est end '.he lake rushed over ltevetin -n: an 1 destroyed nearly all the buildings there, six coal barx with an afrs-reftate capacity of fiiHKI tons if coal sank. The towb,t Henry Marx pounded a hole in her bottom at tlretna aril sank. ON AMKrttx'AN LINKS. Shamrock II. Very Near Model of Co lunibl.i A Dangerous Opponent. NUW YORK. Aug. 15.-Shu.mrock II. went Into dry dock t,Muy and Ameri can experts hud their first chance to study the line of '.he craft. The cup challenger resembles the Columbia very much, so f.ir as h r under body and tin lire concerned. That Shamrock II. Is n dangerous opponent was conceded by exn-rts who saw her today'. That she has lnirinslc merit and will loubtlcss be hard to beat was admitted, but everything about her bull that Is meritorious has been fathered from American sources. PROPOSED G. A. R. AMENDMENTS. The Change Will En he Thousands cf Loyal Confederates to Join. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 15. At the Thlr'y Of th annual encampment of the CI. A. It., to he held next month In Cleveland. a number of Important amendments to the constitution will be nresentcd, for adoption. Among them la one amend ing the last clause of article four by Inserting the word "voluntarily" and making It Tead "No person ahall be eligible to membership who haa at any Ilinn Vilurit4rily birnn arm agiltiHt the Inli.- H This amen Iment , pr ip .! t i inililf t hiiUH mhId i if m-n 1-iy J ;u :h '..'.linn, n'lin iMTf cnii"l-I l tik" urtiiii aKii!n: tlir Nurth, liut wli-n 'Pp'r;u nliy i (tcr. 1. i-n. ap nj nl n!!ii.'l In the Nnlii'Tn army. M t) jiii.- n-tiit. m of Hk- 'jrttii'l Army. VIIKJIXIA IK.MifKAT.-( MKKT IN ( o.NVKNTI'iN ILrfrm Kn lor i National Iii-.no, r l il Ic Party From Ji-lfirson to llry an OppoiiiljT to Trust. NoitFitLK, Vu., Auk IJ.-The ro. luteins c immlttce of th- Iwram ratlc stite convntloT if i. r l-liitc out f ,rty. e.ht hours, pre-n!d lis ri p ,r: tonight, The pla'form (b-.ils larn-ly with stute 1hiu'-. Tlie firm plank reads: "The I-morra:s of Vlnt nla r-ilhtm 'h'.r all' anv m l unf.ilt rli.a dev tei t.i the nallonil I-mx ratlc party a ,d iee.ir llielr a Im.ra l n f r Its -a 1 .r from J-ff -rs ,n l Ilry.in. The ti ll"; plank Is as f ilovs: We d, i l.i re un.iltiralile ,;;i .siti.fi to rrlmlnil tnis and ti .-very Ulejf.-il i nil t,t ri 1 1 ! ri of c ipl:a'.. Nu P.Kri'KKNi-: Th Iil'.VAN. l'-iiiHylviriii liemoeri lr platfirm i' n fliied to State Aff.iirs. HAKItlSlU'lta. Pj., Auif. I.Y The I' in r itle s:;tie conv -r.ll i t w 1 ., y ri.mi lnatl JudKe Harmon Vtrk'-s. ,f ! littown, f.,r the supremv t-ourt Ju!fe an 1 Ilepte.-ntatlv Andrew palm, of Meadville, f r s:a - treasurer. Th? platforni nink no r-fer,nee to W. J. llryan or the tiati.mal jff.iirs, le I K roiiflned fxelusiViIy 1.1 iti;e affairs. Ii the dosing monun'.s of the en ventl ni re,ilutlon were ad 'P'el whl. h mav l-ave the effee: of bhvking any eff ir: tha: may be contemplai-il !.Mik:tig to the withdrawal of the candidate for state tre.uur-r and the uiis:l:u:l"n of ai anil-Uuay Kepubl.can on the fusion ticket. Content between rival Pblladel phi 1 factions f.ir recoanltion by the con venMon resulted In a harmonious atfre" ment between the rec-nrnlxed leaders of ihe two el-'ineits. rl ruvruvruvon nn rvn rvaruwruvn j tnp MINISTKUS SION Pi:rTO' L. 3 PKKIN'. Aui. 16 Ministers of th,. p.niiTs h ive sipl l a j-re-liininary Jta.'t of the prot k'o! in order ! bird the r c vrTiitiii-n:s and : prevent fur:her ex- s 2 cha:i:fs. They expee; to s:gn 5 wlih the t'hlnee plenijKitentl.ir- LI s next Tiles. lay. 5 surunirujfL'sunrinnnnrurtt AMOTIONS To THE NAVY. Thr.-e T irpedo H.i.u lVstr oyers launch ed at rtaltlmore. HAI.TI.MOKi:. Aug. 15-Three r.ddl (Ions to the t'nlted States navy were christened and launched a: ;he khlp yards of the Manl.ind Steel Company herlt this aftern.xm. They are torpedo boat destroyers and will be known here after ns the Whipple. Truxton and AVor dVn. The boats are the largest of 'heir type In 'he Vnlted Slates navy ,-nd they are aKi amorg the largest in any navy In the world. Wooil Is totally absent from the construction and fitting if the vessels. ALLIED THIRD PARTY. Chairman Cook Issues Call for Mass Meeting for National Conference. OARTIUGE. Mo.. Aug. 13.-J. W. Cook, chairman of the Allied Third Par ty, and also ohalrm in of rhe Fuslon Popullst state committee of Missouri, has Issued a call for a mass meeting for a national conference to meet in Kansas City, September IS and 19. All reform force of the United States are i'lvk-d to participate for the purpose of launching and naming the national third party polltk-nl organic itlon on the lnes with the principles enunciated at the Kansas City conference Ju:'e IS nnd 19, ll'Ol. MUST EXPLAIN HIMSELF. London Editor Summoned to Appear Itefore Har of House of Com mons. LONDON. Aug. 15. The house of commons today, on the motion of John Redmond, Irish Nationalist leader, or dered the editor and publisher of the Globe, an evening paper of London (Coi'servutlv), to appear a; the bar of the house of commons tomorrow for 1 gross breach of privileges ot the house n accusl.ig the Nationalist mem bers of corruption In connection with the private bill legislation. TOSTMASTER SENTENCED. WASHINGTON. Aug. 15.- Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow has received a cablegram from Inspec tor General Posts In Cuba stating that the trial of E. P. Thompson, formerly psotmaster at Havana, has been con cluded anj Thompson convicted. He waa sentenced to pay a fine of $400 or serve bIx months In prison. I I I CRESCEUS KING OF TROTTERS Beats The Abbott by Half a Length in 2:03 1-4. WORLD'S RECORD BROKEN Tbt Abbott Breaks la Stcond Hcit-fiace WitfltiMd by Larjcft Cro4 Ever Seta oa New Vark Trot Hot Track. NKW TOItK. Aug. IS. :receu (2.UV.) and The Abbott 12:02') met t' dhy aril Cr-reeus w in. dictating The A 1I1 it: in the M'c.md h.-at. The trilling ln:eres;s ot the Empire ;: have riot r.wived such a ox,m in a ou irt'T of 1 renlury 33 was developed tol'.y. A lirg-r i.'"vi was pre'-.: M;an wis ever 'j 1 ire j't-n 011 the New 1 Y Tk :rj:t!iig ;ra -k. Tne weather was j Imply p.-rf e; l-r a g:-a; tiul and the :ra k was Ik- v:v.-t. though proibly a "c md 1 w. , The driver if ''r'.-.ejs. f.-.urcd the pole, a derided a (vantage when two h us.j i i:eeii. e,.-, r. ji-.i.i t -f re,. i rl ar? c. nsidered. Af'er an ven star:, Crvscru ruhrj to th. ."nn; and had the lead ot a leiipih, vhl-h he nell to ;h- uuarter. m.ikl; g tiia- mark In 30 3-3. This !-,id The Abb. tt j'.lshtly rejucd at the la,f. whlrh wu reacaed in 1:01V. u. d he was a very close .vJ i't :he thri-i'iiuartir p ,le In 1:32'. Coming lown th streteh ;t was 1 ba; royal, w!:h Tae Abbott very flose up. bat Cresceui, With his bull-dog grit, kep; on ail Just mJncgel to beat 1.1s o; p m-n: by half a length In 2:03V,, the, worl l' trotting record In a race. A little over half on hour had ex pired when the two grand horses came out for the secind trial. They were snt away beautifully but The Abbott had not traveled a hundred yarls be 1 fore he mad a disastrous break and lof.ir; he could recovtr hU gait Cres .eti. was In fr mt. Cresoeus passrd the Hiarvr in 31V half in 1:024; three iUrters !n 1 . 3.1. and came rushl ig home nSk rg the las: nuarier In 31V. anl d -ir? !ht mile I - M'i. v::h The Abbot; back of the tlaj. A the mc; was the best thre In five. Ketcham onsntPl thu Creceus go I another het. This he did. accompan ied by a runner for the first half, where h-' wis Join-'d by another runner and he did rhe mile in 2:03. I KOYUKUK GOLD DIGGINGS. Excellent Prospects for Good Results But Preeuu:! ins Should Be Taken. . SEATTLE. Aug. 15.-The first detailed news received since las: winter from the Koyukuk diggings -.re to the eftec: that the camp Is turning out well with 300 men In camp. Half a doien creeks are turning out well, or.e property paying S1K0 a day. The camp is not a new Klondike, but as an attraction to men who are cast ing about for a new placer field It Is the strongest offered this season. No one should go there, however, without an outfit calculated to laat a year, as food is scarce and transportation difficult. Except by private enterprise ft Is too late to get Into the camp this season. The distance from Dawson by the all river route is 1500 miles. AUSTRALIAN FIGHTER DEAD. Otto Crlbb, Weil-Known on the Coast Succumbs In Sydney. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 15. News of the death of Otto Crlbb, the Australian pugilist, has Just been received. On the night of July 22 Crlbb fought "Mickey" Dunn in Sydney before the Gayety Athletic Club. The fight ltuned nine rounds and ended In a knock out, Dunn being the victor. The next morning Crlbb was found dead In bead. Cribb was well-known on this Ciiasi. having fought several battles her.'. His real name was A. O. Simpson, ENCKE'S PERIODIC COMET. Astronomers at Mount Lowe, Cal., Se cure an Excellent View . MOUNT LOWE OBSERVATORY, Cal., Aug. 15. Encke's periodic comet was well seen Wednesday morning at 3 hours -13 minutes. Its position was right ascension 6 hours 5S minutes, north declensl in 30 Jejrjes 3S minutets. The ovit Is large but faint. It Is not visible without a telescope. Its motion is rapid and towards the southeast. ALASKAN CABLE LINE. Work of Laying Between Skagway and and Juneau Will Shortly Begin. SEATTLE, Aug. 15. The party which la to lay the government cable between Jun au and Skagway will leave for the North. The cable arrived last w k on nine flat cars from the a: and i f re -if men has ten at work spllt mg he diffHrer.t l-mgihs together. Ab ut fifteen miles were loaded on each car, hut It was necessary to connect the whole In one piece before It was loaded on the steamer. The Lakme, which was chartered to carry the cable to Ita deatlnatlon. and from which It will be lowered Into the water, arrived during the early par: of the week and after the necessary changes In h-r hold had been compUtel, the wrk of loading was b-gun. The last of the cable wis placed on board last evening. The work of splicing and loading has been conduced by a party of University electrical engineering stu dents unl-r the direc'.lon of experts from the east. TO PREVENT CONSOLIDATION OF CARLOAD SHIPMENTS Carload Ra--s M'.ll No; Be Given on I Small C insicnm nta to Txa Points. NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-Th Journal of Cjmmer.-e says: It has twen learn el from offl ! il sour.-es that lailiutds ir. ;he Siuthwestern Freight Associa tion and th'-ir connecting meamer lines brtween northern and southern ports are enleavonng to prevent the consoli dating of small shipments ; T?xas po.nt less than carload into carload !its for the ,iur:oe of obtaining the lower freight rate given en cao-ioad con signments. The poin; was made tha: the practice has assumed quite extensive proportions and has caused a losa in revenue to the carriers concerned. Some doubt, how ever, is entertained among merc'oanu her? as to the outcome. In point of in creased revenue, of effort to stop the practice. The Millory line has already given notice to shippers to the effect that fmall consignments from different ship pers cannot be bulked together on the dork in order to get the lower carload rating. The Morgan line. It is under stood, has issued, or is about to issue a similar notice. The Mallory line states in substance that in order to get the carload raring shipments must be made by one shipper from one point of origin and to one consignee; that carload rates will no: be given on small conslgnmtnts of roods from different quarters and shippers and consolidated on the dock. QUEER WILL CONTEST. Unless the Document Is Voidel )25,WiO In Good Money Will Be Burned. ; CHICAGO. Aug. Ii. Twenty-five j thousand dollars la bills will be publlc 1 !y burned by order of the probate court J unUss a clause in the will of Paul ' Scott which w as filed with Judge Hutter j is knocked out by the courts, says the j Faribault. Minn., correspondent of the I Recvrd-Hera'.d. Scott, who was S2 years oil, ! ft an eatate of 150,000. half of which Is in bank notes and United States currency. The object of the will is supposed to be to Jeprlve his legal heirs thiee in number of any share In thia money. The hairs have protested on the ground that the administrator has not more right to lestr y the :noneyby fire than he would have to destroy buildings. They will make a bitter fight in the courts against the carrying out of the terms of the will. NEWSPAPER MAN DEAD. W. J. Chamberlain, of New York, For mer Chinese Correspondent, XEW YORK. Aug. 16. Wllber J. Chamberlain, a well-known New York newspaper man and recently corre spondjit In China, died yesterday at Carlsbad. He was a native of Pennsyl vania and was 35 years of age. SOLDIERS FOR THE NORTH. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 16.-The Transport R oseerans is scheduled to sail at 10 o'clock this morning with several detachments of troops for the North. Lieut-man; Gunster, from Vancouver Barracks, will have charge of the de tachment to go to Fort Liscum and will remain there all winter. PAUL CORCORAN PARDONED. BOISE. Ma.. Aug. 15.-The state board of pardons today p.irdonol Paul Corcoran who belonged to the Coeur d'Alene miners' itnlon, and who was convicted of murder as the outgrowth of the 1S99 rlo:s. DESTRUCTIVE CLOUDBURST. BAKERSFIELD, Cal., Aug. 15. A terrific cloudburst occurred this after noon at Tehachapl, doing an immense amount of damage. All connection by wire is revered and it Is Impossible to obtiin parttcula rs. PRUNE PRICES BETTER. BAN JOSE Cal., Aug. 15. Prices for fresh prunes are ruling better In this valley than for several seasons. Fairly good prunes are selling for from $26 to 30 a ton and sails of choice crops are reported as high as $32 a ton. TO BRING ABOUT AN AGREEMENT Efforts on Foot to Settle the Steel Strike. STRIKE LEADERS BROACHED rorsjer Mil Owaer Hai Ca-aferrtJ WUk Taen-Moriaa'a Great Labor tales Plaa to Unite Capital aid Labor. PITTSBURG. Aug. 15.-Onr more efforts are afoot to settle the strike being waged against the United States Steel Corporation by the Amalgamated Ass-iclition of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, but their success Is problemat ical. Neither side win admit that there ha be.n a single step toward bringlnsr about reproachment or that there I. anv prospect of exchange of peace propos als. B. M. Caldwell, formerly a mill owner of Mingo Junction, is known to have conferred with the strike leaders wi'h a view to sketching a basis of set tlement which he plans to place before the officials of the steel corporation. President Shaffer, In , a sigaiflcent statement made today, said that person ally he was for peace, and that he was ngnung only because he was on the de fensive and forced to fight. Meantime he contest between the two rreat Inter ests la being waged with vigor and illghtly varying fortunes. MORGAN'S LABOR UNION. 1 1 Would Present Steel Employes With Several Million Dollars Worth of Stock. NEW YORK, Aug. la.-Tbe Press to morrow wiu say: J. Pkroont Morgan has -planned the greatest labor union of the age, a un ion of labor and capital. According to his plans, the stock of the United States Steel Corporation, valued at several mil lion dollars, at par, has been se: aside for purchase at Irslde figures by 18,500 men employed by :he companies that make up the great steel trust. The plan was concerted before the strike was though of and then It was expected that it might be put in operation in two years. OBEYS THE STRUCE ORDER. JOLIET. Id., Aug. 15.-The four lodg es of the Amalgamated Association em ployes of the Illinois Steel Company at Joliet by a unanimous vote decided to night to obey the strike order of Presi dent Shifter. SETTLEMENT APPEARS REMOTE. Employers Association Refuse Tender of Mediation by Municipal Leag-je. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 15. The Employers Association today refused to consider the tender of the Munblpal League to mediate the local labor trou bles and announced that they would consider no further propositions In that direction. Their determination to treat only with Individual employes Is fixed. This action makes the possibility of a settlement very remote. CROKER'S NEW AMUSEMENT. Finds Greatest Pleasure In Misleading Newspaper Interviewers. NEW TORK, Aug. 15. A disn-iteh to the Tribune from London gays: Mr. Croker's closest associates ad here to the statement that he will sail for New York a week from Saturday or Wednesday of the following week. Me is n.:t bookjd for thfl American liner of August 24, unless passige bas been taken under another name, and it is f reliable that he will all for the Cu- iiardcr reaching America on August 31. This wll be a week or fortnight earlier than he assured various politicians that he would assume active direction of the Democratic campaign. Mr. Croker Is now fairly hunted down by interviewers and finds delight In mis leading them and throwing them off the right scent. , GRAIN COMPANY BANKRUPT. CHICAGO. Aug. 15. Under proceed- ings In voluntary bankruptcy the Chi cago Title and Trust Company was to night appointed receiver for the George H. Phillips Grain Company. PRESS ASSOCIATION ADJOURNS. TACOMA. Aug. 15. The Washington State Press Association elected officers today and adjourned to meet In Walla Walla next year. Frank B. Cole, of Tacoma, was elected president. BASEBALL SCORES. PORTLAND, Aug. 15. Portland, J; Seattle, 0. TACOMA, Aug. 15. Spokane, 7; Ta coma, S.