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a ASTORIA PUBLIC UBUKY ASSOClftTIOM. 4 ilPfWIt (2 01" UV n ASTORIA. OKIX.ON, Wi:i)M SPA V. AlXil'ST 21, NO. 44 ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO, Plumbers and Sfeamfitters HOL.I2 ACJKNTM I'OI B27 BOND FISHING TACKLE Tennis, Croquet. Hasclwll, Golf, and all Kimls of .Skirting Good GRIFFIN & REED Fancy and Staple Groceries FLOUR, FEED. PROVISIONS. TOBACCO AND CIGARS Supj.liee of all kiml ut lowest ruU, for fishermen, Farmers and Igere. As V ALLEN, Tenth and Commercial Streets WI QrillUf Js OCUIlVf Pacific Navigation Company fttmncra "Sua n. Flinore" ttiiJ "W. K. Harrison" Only llnc-AatorU tf Tillamook, Gitrihwldl wW Ray City, Hohsouvllle Correcting At Astoria with tie Or gna RallrMas. A Navigation Can pany sad also the Astoria 6 Colum bis. ftivsr fcflrrs far Bui Fra rlase, Portland aa4 all points Bt. For fgtit a sa eager rates apply to Samual Elmora A Co., 0nral Afnta, ASTOKIA. Ollt 0. R. N. R. . O, FortUna. A. C. R R, Cos, rnrtkutd, R. C. LAMB, TUSunoe. Oregon. AOENTS We Rent New KOPP'S BEST ADelicious and Palatable Urink Absolutely Pure The Nortk Pacific Brewery, of whl ob Mi. MM Kop ia proprttlor, makes beer for stansstlo and ex port Lrm4a., Bottle beer (or family use or keg bear aasjBJM at anny time. Delivery In the oKy free. ftorth Pacific Brewerg C. J. TRENCH ARD, Cofflmlssfbn. Brokerise, Insurance and Shirring:. SUPERIOR STEEL RANGES STRBI3T WE ARE SELLINO AGENTS . FOR. . . Moore's Steel Cooks C1RL0II JUST RECEIVE! 431 BSO STREET. Between Ninth Teth Typewriters. Many new improv)inita added. Seo our latest No. 2 Smith Premier Typewriter New Art Cataloguo Free . . . L. M. ALEXANDER A CO. Kxoinesv Paoitlc Comt lValera 248 Stark St., Portland, Or. F W.M,KKCIINE,LlABiit. Cuatom Mouflie Broker. ASTORIA, ORE. Agent W. P. a. tad faolflo Kxpreaa Co . UNDER ARREST FOR ROBBERY Nephew of Ex-Scnator McBride in Trouble. ARRESTLD IN BAKER CITY Charred Will Complicity la Peaiolllc Rob. bery la Sill Uks City Lail Juse Prcvlosaly limbciilr Poll oilier f nodi, HA K Kit ITY, ir.-.. Aug 20. -Frank M.-llrl.' who ! Bill t' be a ti ,.f rX-Ju.li!.- M. Hrl c of Hit- aupr.-itiv court .f l't.ih an I a nephew nf in-fuln il HMt. States H'-mit .r M. Hrid'-, of fir---!. Was arreKUd here to-liy, charg.d l:h complicity In the ponoifll. v robberies at Salt Iik "It y In July lam. Hi- denied all allegations. i;m iu:zzi.iii i'o.'jtokkic'e funds. Mcl'.rldc Wii Sentenced t K ur V-ar While Aletrii pnMmasirr, SALT LAKE. Aunt Ju A il-m r:p:l .in if Krmk Jl. Hr..l. who Is un li-r ur vllutue at ll.ik r .'l:y. tall!.', with that of the nun tii n Hie rear of the iMit.oilir,. in t!ii i lly on thf nigh: uf the roliliiry lam tnon:h. Vi'lirlJ", while .!l;int Kinw:er uf Salt luike iionlotfli-e, wit 'rre;eJ 1 :v I iT. charged t ith ih enilx-iilement rf ti.ietoillie funJii. Il irntoncetl lo four year In the ue r'nlttrntlwy. .He Hat rrlea-J on bond pending action on a m ;ion for a ne trliU. and im imrtonrd by the .rmldent In lX-cerot-r lit At the time of hl pardon. M Hrul tliiu-kerrr at the Hunker Hill and Sullivan mine In Ma ho. THK iiUXNUA DISASTKU. IVath IJm Nunibem Seven!a and May H'-a. h Tfiity-Tv. I'ADri'All, Ky. Aug ?.-The hor for of the i'lty of U ilc . ndu d!j"t.T at (iiI:oiim'ikI b.ir. four tulle, alwve I'l- liii-.th. U: nlfcli:. I. Ju-t tiHinnlng to be fully comprehend.- u body after body lit brought Into the oily. The tniafa regMer h not b-n nvoveml but It is certain that tho death lift will number mventit-n and perhae twenty-two. A revUM lint of the dead lit as fol Iowa: MISS FLKMINO. Hlrdvll!e. MISS OltAHAM, Onihammllle. MISS IIAK.VBTT. Smlthland. MISS (".HIM KS. OrihantiU'llle. MItS. IUX1AN and thr.v children, Ta ducah. MItS. ADAMS. Smtthltnd WATTS PAVIS. Uvlngatnn county. IIjARKNCE PLAYPEN. Ltla, Ky. WAU4ACK PEN'S' KIT, Tolu. Ky.. and flv colored men. Sin THOMAS COM ISO. HxiiecttM to Arrive In New York Today 8par for Slmmroi-k. NEW TOHK. Aug. 20.-8 1 r Thomaa Upton la expixliM to arrlvo here on Weilneitdii.v. In the meantime Sham rock II. will be got Into trim for trial. The Llptnn fleet, five vensela ftronir. attracti a great deal of attention from all pn.nl ng craft, and from those on nhore. The eteam yacht Erin lit the flaarnhlp, 'and he U anchored furthent to the aouth. Next to her comes the lender Puerto Illco, ;hen the tug Jame A Lawrence, and then the racing yacht. The latest addition la a forty-foot launch named the Dulterln. with which errand to the shore are to bo made. The moorings for the yachts Inside the Horse Shoe have been laid, and the Meet will probably go down there tomorrow. The Spalding-S:. Lawrence Company, of Ogdensburg, has shipped to the Shamrock several hollow spruce spars. There are four club topsail spir. rang ing In length from 45 to 68 feet, onl a spinnaker pole 79 feet long. This Is the largest hollow spruce spar ever made. THOUGHT ISLANDER WOULD FLOAT SEVERAL HOURS Reasons Why Captain Fool Did Not Reach the Vessel No Additional Names. STaTTLK. Aug. 20.-J. T. Snyder, a resident of Juneau, arrived on the steamer Ftrallon today. At an Inquest held at Juneau, which Snyder attend ed, evidence developed which may tend to excuse the captain of the Islander for not beaching her at once. Snyder aid: t "At the Inquest the testimony show ed that there was a stowaway In the forward water-tight compartment and when the vessel struck the water rush ed In on him and he ret up a big howl. The sailors thoughtlessly rushed down and opened the compartment, which al lowed the sea to come rolling' Into the hull. This don without t her cap laln'a kn'iwledg-, and I think txcuwl t'liri for thinking the ve- would fl'tt everal hours. " ADDITIONAL NAMES LACKING. Survlvon Unable v Throw Kurth'-r Light on IHia:er. VICTORIA. i. C. Auir. M.-Intr- vl-ws with the aurvlvms of th stumer Inlond.T who have ra-h! her? failed i) throw any further light on the dl- atr and no'ie were able to give any j.l lltiuiiiil names. The iiuirtermaitters. who were at the wheel at the time, corrotxrate the state. mi nt uf l'ilot I-blanc is to lc having be.-n en. and they relti-rate the state ment, eo often made of the coolnfj of the otllcer and Tew and of the ef forts to save the iaj:igers at the risk if their uwn lives. KIUGEK WAS RKfO';NIZED. t'air It;rllnel to Tak Notice of C.reat Ilrltain's t'rotest. U)NriN. Aug. 20. It Is OKiertel In Itoer circles In Ilrun--ls that Emperor Nicholas S.i-dlly nlt.;d Mr. Krugr to ih-nd a lepreiteiitailve ti attend the nveni wedding of his youngest sister, lirand DuchtKs Olga. to Duke f'er of Old-nburg. According tt Iht Iikal Anx'g-r, of Hi-rlln. It was the presence of this rep-re.-ntatlve, M. Van iVr H ieven. that prevente-l any meniber of the Urillsh smbiny In 8:. Teteraburg attending, the cxar hSNlng Ignore-I the British am ljaador's prote.t against the presence if Mr Van der II oevn. rnrvnnwun an niwwwi nruj COMPELLED TO MARRY. 5 Whites Made to Wed Squaw. l:t 5 Alaska. SEATTLE. Aug. 20. Accord ing to sdvlcea from Sitka, the United States cutter Rush arriv ed In that port August 8th. A general round-up was made of all white men who were living with squaws and they were tak en before the court and cn- Lpelled to marry. p SCHLEY'S FAMOUS LOOP. Man Who Was at Brooklyn's Wheel Says It Was a Mistake. NEW YORK, Aug. 20. Walter R. Adams, of Glouces.er, Mass.. a seiman who claims to have been stationed at the wheel of the Hrtoklyn In the battle of Santiago, . quote! as giving a r-cw explanation of the loop made by Admlr al Schley's tlatrshlp, according to a spec. lal from Itell.ws Falls, Vt. Adams says that when the Vlxciya waa pointing her course with 'he evident Intention of ramming the Brooklyn, Commander Hodicklns, the navigating officer. Issued the order to put the wheel hard down. This would have thrown the Brooklyn directly toward the Vlicaya, Adams says he understood the order, but Involuntarily threw the helm hard up, causing the Brooklyn to awing away from the Spanish ship. Noticing his mistake, Instantly he eased the wheel down, and In getting the ship back to her course, the loop was formed which. Mr. Adams Mys, waa not over half a mile In length. STONED TO DEATH. Four Boys Heartlessly Kill a Compan ion. KOKOMO. Ind.. Aug. 20. Four boys, Roy and Lester McVeta and Ray and Fred Marvin, all In knlckerbockera. ranging In age from 6 to 10 years, have oe-n arrested for stoning another boy, Eddie McKee, to deith. Only one of the children was old enough to write his name to the bond. The children were playing on the rail road, when the McKee boy. who was older, came along, and a fight followed, which resulted In his death. MILL TO SHIT DOWN. Rumored That Purpose Is to Trace Al leged Shortage In Ore Accounts. KANSAS CITY, Aug. :0.-The Argen tine smelter of the American Smelting and Refining Company, which employes S00 men, will be closed down September 15th. Assistant Superintndent McDon ald says the shut down Is to give the plant a thorough cleaning and denies the rumor that the purpose Is to trace oji alleged shortage of $100,000 In ore accounts. GERMANS ARE STAYERS. They Refuse to Vacate Tien Tsln Uni versity. TIEN TSIN. Aus. 20.-The American minister, Mr. Conger, is urging1 Wash ington's attention to the persistent oc cupation of Tien Tsln University by the Germans, who refuse to vacate the building or pay rent, thereby prevent ing Dr. Tenney from continuing his educational work, which the Chinese de sire him to resume. QUIET DAY IN BIG STEEL STRIKE Contending Forces Settling Into Determined Struggle. ARBITRATORS TURNED DOWN Oble Maa's Suutalloat Repsduded by Botk Sides Ulc Mill at Clark Plaot Starter -Cblux Worker Are Ex pectea to Walk Oat. riTTSni'iVJ, Aug. 20 - Following the rapid movs of yejwrday on itl.-r of the great :.-el strike. th-re wis a lull lodiy, and neither side look de cisive action. The contest appears 'o be settling down Into a Je'erml'iel struggt.. In which neither side will ac knowledge defeat while there Is hope lef:. Joseph Bishop, the Ohio arbitrator, app-ir-d here toliy but both sld-s promptly repudiate! the suggestion tla: another move for peace was b?lng con sidered. The steel managers succeeded In start .ni the last Idle nili at 'he Clark plant and are evil .-oily planning a "fries of exienslons at every point where there is a cham of ;u"ce.s. The ttrikers claim tfcat Chicago will. In the end, come out. and :ht th?re Is no danger of the Jolle: mn going back to work. THE CHICAGO MILLS. No Conference Held Between the Men and Vice-President Davis. CHICAGO, Aug. 20.-There waa no conference tonight between the steel workers employed in the Ill.niia f.eel works at South i.'hi.'aga. and Vice President Davis, of the Amalgamated Association. There Is lit:!. - - -hi situation, although an unu.-'.'.a' number of men have asked to be ex Ui?l from work, rllegtng sickness. VENGEANCE WREAKED ON THREE NEGROES Supposed Murderers of Miss W1U Lynched at the Hands of Mis souri Mob. SPRINGFIELD, Ma., Aug. 20. After 1I the conflicting stories from Pierce City have ben sifted. It developed that three negroes losi their Uves there as .he result of an outrage upon C&sella Wild. The dead are: WILLIAM GODLET, hanged from the porch of the Lawrence Hotel, and the b,vly rlddLd wl'.h bullets. FRENCH GODLET, grandfather of William Godley, shot In his house.. TETE HAMPTON, burned in bia house, but probably shot before the fire. Eugene Barrett, In a confession while a rope was iround his neck, accused Joe Lark, a Pulman porter, of being Implicated In the crime, and Lark was arrested In this city. The mob was composed of a thousand or more and no masks were used. Thirty negro families were driven from their houses. It Is row believjd that Will Godley, who was lynch ;d, was not the real cul prit. The cause of all the bloodshed was the killing of Miss Casella Wild Sunday Afternxn, as she was returning home, after attending church. About a mile from the town her brother found her with her throat cut, lying lifeless near a culvert under which her assail ant had attempted to drag her. Monday bloodhounds were taken to the scene and the girl s bloody hand kerchief was laid before them. They immediately caught the trail and ran with full speed to the home of Joe Lark. CHARGED WITH BRIBEHY. Information to Be Filed Against Pro prietors of Evening Post. DENVER. Aug. 20 -Judge Mulllns this evening instructed the district at torney to tile Information against H. M. Tammen and F. G. Ronflls, Pro prietors of the Evening Poet: W. J. Thonias. police magistrate, and Daniel Padlier. fire warden, on charges of at tempting to bribe Jurors In the case of W. W. Anderson, recently tried on a charge of shooting Tammen and Ron flls MYSTERY ' "CD UP. Two Men Arrested for Wrecking Chi cago Stone Yards. CHICAGO, Aug. 20. Details of an al leged plot by which two Chicago atone yards were wrecked by dynamite on Au gust 12, in order to deprive 200 members of an Independent stonecutters' union-of employment, are believed by the police to b cleared up In the arrest and con fession of Frank Hardy, formerly an employe of the Chicago Athletic Asso ciation. Involved with Hardy in the confession and alleg d plot and also un 1'r arr-n are Micha-I Fitzgerald, a .eamner, and J? Hayes. Thi two stone yards which were wi'yk-d -m.'i'.o-d stonecutter. who broke away fr.m the oil Bull ling Trades Cuncl durlrg the strike of las: year. Tn"s s:oncu(t-rs raking to an indep-ndent umm. and are pl:tel In trade nval.y against seventy-five o.r.r stonecutters who st.ll belong to 'he okl irlon. This rivalry has led to frequent asuaults upiti m.r.bera of the Indepen dent union, according -o the police. MILLION IN BAD MONEY. Lsrgj Amount of N .t a of Defunct New Brunswick Bank. SAN FRANriSOO. Aug. 20.-Secre: service afflc-rs have arrested In this el'y three men ccud of passing bank notes purporting to be Issued by the State B-ink of Ne Brunaick, N. J., an lns:i:ut:on long defunct. The plates he 1 never been destroyed and In the hands of some criminals have furnl.'hed over l.WiOOOO no;j in denominations fmm tl tto 120. which have been dis tributed all ovrr the United S ates. On informatl m furnished by Frank J. Perry, who was captured a week ago, thr.v hive Just taken Into custody Wil liam Hogan and E. W. Smith. The lat t'T w ho, according to Perry, ts the lead er of the gang, has been for eight years chief clerk of the federal lite saving aervlce In this city. He has been re leaed on bal, but the other two men are In Jail. Othir arreats are expected :t follow today. TrwnrtrutrtjTanjiip NORDSTROM IS DOOMED. 5 Stiy of Proceedings Denied Hi Counsel. SEATTLE. Aug. 2. Charles W. Nordstom will, in all prob ability, be hanged Friday for the murder of Willie Mason, nearly ten years ago. The counsel for the prisoner failed to secure a, tay of pro ceedings in the superior court to day, and the question Is not ap- c peilable. ifunnnjfujnnn WHALER KITE RESCUED. Taken From an Ice Pack Off the Coaat of Labrador. NEW YORK. Aug. 20. -President C. A. Moore, of the Moattauk Club, of Brooklyn, has Just received a letter from his son, Chaa. A. Mjore, Jr., who, with several friends, is on a scientific expedition In Arctic waters. They sailed some weeks age. on the steamship Alger ine, commanded by Capt. William Bart le:t. Mr. Moore says the Algerln res cued the whaler Kit and her crew from a perilous position In an ice pack off .he coast of Laoradr. The Kite was the vessel formerly used by Lieutenant Peary. The Algerlne towed the Kite to Turn avlk. Moore says he -vas told there were 150 men on the Kite. They are be lieved to be sealers and fishermen who were on their way to northern stations. TO TEACH CHINESE. Hundred Thousand Dollars Givea to Chair in Columbia College. NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-That General Horace W Carpentier, of thi9 city, is the hitherto unknown donor of 1100,000 for the endowment of a chair of Chi nese in Columbia University, is stated as a fact by the World. President Seth Low, in announcing the donation at the commencement exercises in June, did not reveal the name, and there has been much curiosity on that score. General Carpentier was at one time president of the Bank of California and mayor of Oakland. He is reputed to be a millionaire, and made much of his money in trading with China. AMBUSHED AND MURDERED. Body of Swan Knudson Found on Sal mon River Trail. LEWISTON, Ida., Aug. 20. A special to the Tribune from Grangeville gives an account of the finding of the dead body of Swan Knudson on the Salmon river trail, near the state bridge, in Idaho county. Th? man had been am bushed 8-nd murdered. There is no clue to the perpetrators. DAMAGED BY FIRE. BUTTE, Mont., Aug. 20. The ware house of the Kennedy Furniture Com pany caught fire tonight and was dam aged to the extent of $40,000. TELEGRAPH LINE COMPLETED. VALDES. Alaska. Aug. 13. via Seat tle. Au. 20. The telegraph line from this place to Eagle City has been com pleted to Copper Center BASEBALL SCORES. TACOMA, Aug. 20. Tacoma, 13; Se- attle, 0. PORTLAND. Aug. 20.-Portland, 4, 5 5 c Spokane, 1 SAY REPORTS ARE EXAGGERATED Trouble Between Columbia and Venezuela Is Magnified. RAILROAD NOT MOLESTED PuKSfert ea Sftiaitlpt Fron flit Sosta PJdkule Reaoru at Battle at tke IstkaiKS Martial Law la Tkrcr State. NEW YORK. Aug. 20.-Offlcers and passengers of the steamship Orizaba, which arrived from Colon today, said that reports of the trouble between Ven ezuela a.id Colombia are greatly exag gerated. Captain Smith said: "The government had put a few sol diers on the trains running across the Isthmus, but this was often done." Colonel Shaler, general superintendent of the Panama railroad, who wis a pas senger on the Orfiaba, ridiculed the re ports of battles and incursions at the Isthmus, and said there had been no In terference with the road. Henry Wlllard Ream, consul for on of the asphalt companies, arrived tody on the steamer Maracaibo. from Vene zuela He said: "Caracas Is quiet. Guarantees of the constitution have, however, been sus pended on account of Invasion of the Venezuela soil. MartiaUlaw exists in three states, Marlda, TrubJUlo and Tacrira. COLOMBIA WANTS AMERICANS. Engaging Seamen as Officers In Its Navy. NEW TORK. Aug. 20. The Times says the government of Colombia Is en gaging American seamen 'as officers in Its navy. Jos. A. Merritt and John Grundel have been engaged as first and econd officers respectively. They will be as signed to duty on the gunboat General Pinion, formerly James Gordon Ben nett's steam yacht Namouna, recently purchased in England. WAR WILL SOON END. England Again Feels Hopeful Regard-'' lng South African Situation. - NEW TORK, Aug. 20.-There Is a re-; newed feeling of hopefulness that the4 war in South Africa will soon be at ' an end, says a London dispatch to the ' Tribune. The position is different from ' that obtaining at any time since the outbreak of hostilities in October, 1899. Natal la clear; Cape Colony is rid of Kritsinger; In the Orange River Colony there Is practically little opposition, while in the Transvaal there are not many symptoms of Boer activity. Ru mors of important developments are freely curre.it. It la stated that the funds of Boer leaders in Europe are now absolutely exhausted, and it Is certain that the rig ors of winter have told on the burghers In the field. DOES NOT WANT FREE TRADE. Cuban Asserts That His People Desire Tariff Redactions Only. NEW YORK, Aug. 20. L. V. De Abad, commissioner for the Economic Association of Cuba, who is it present in this city, says that he does not be lieve the commercial elements of Cuba are desirous of establishing free trade tariff relations with the United States. He said: "Those who state that Cuba wants free trade with the United States have either been deceived or are trying to deceive the Ajneriean people. What Cu ba reilly does want Is to harmonize her interests with th.ise of the United States. This could be done by removing from 35 to 10 per cent of the Import duties upon certain products." NEGRO MURDERER BURNED. DALLAS, Tex., Aug. 20. A dispatch from Whltesboro, Texas, says the ne gro, Alf Wilder, charged with the mur der of Mrs. Caldwell, Saturday last, was captured by a mob and burned at Nel son's ranch tonight. AN EXPENSIVE FIRE. PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 20. The fire which began yesterday a: the works of the Atlantic Refining Company at Point Breeze is tlll burning fiercely ind Is eating up oil at the rate of 1100.- 000 a day. REPUBLICANS TO MEET. ROANOKE. Va., Aug. 20.-The Re publicans of Virginia will meet in State convention tomorrow. For the first time In many years the Republican atate con vention will seat only a few negroes.