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I'viricnyaid o nqv oq M j ) '' n.i Ai "J DUO RSTOWJl PUBLIC IIBMRY ASSOCIATION. VUl. Llll ASTOHIA. OKBGOX, SUNDAY. MARCH 17, 1901. SO. ft 4 .fflBL TO BE WITHOUT FAULT Por Sale In Astoria Only by the ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. AHTOIIIV, OHI2CJON Book Bargains :l() Clutli Hound It.M.kM, (!omI TilK'H, l!iiilin' and Author. . . . Just the Kind for These Kivo-Vtilumo Sots of Kipling, Uusscll, HolnuH, lIti)ty,M ale uixl other good imtlioiK .... GRIFFIN PIPE Union., Globe Valves and Fittings. . . At Spccinl Foard 8 Stokes Co. 431 BOND STREET, Detwtca Math and Tenth Streets Fancy and Staple Groceries FLOUR, FEED, PROVISIONS, TOBACCO AND CIGARS Supplies of all kinds at lowest rates, for fishermen, Funners and Loggers. A V ALLEN, Tenth and Commercial Streets We Rent New fr, -. ?rH '" IMIllf 4 C. J. TRENCH ARD, Commission. Brokerage, Insurance and Shipping. The Superior Ranges ARE ACKNOWLEDGED BY ALL WHO HAYE USED THEM 5 for Si l.onjj Winter Evenings . $1.75 Per Set & REED Prices WHITE SEWING MACHINES Reduced In Price See Us NAPOLEON Was thiWoild's Leading General WE ARE Astoria's Leading House FOR ..Stoves and Ranges... W. J. Scully, Typewriters. Many now improvements added. Sco our latost No. 2 Smith Premier Typewriter Now Art Catalogue Free . ., ' L- M. ALEXANDER & CO- Kmltinive Pacific Coast Dealers 210 Stark St., Portland, Ore, F W. M'KF.fllKIE. 1 orsl ABcnt. Custom Houae Broker. ASTORIA, ORE Agent W. f. A Co and Pacific- Kxpreti Co.. GENERAL MINERS' STRIKE ORDERED Contingent Upon Refusal of Op erators to Confer With Miners. OPERATORS SURE TO REFUSE PreildtBl. ol Coil-Carrylof Roadi Paid N Allealloa le Demaade of lolled Ml.c orkeri' Coavcailoa for Their Prcicoce. WAZIKiON. I'.,, March l.-l!y a iinufilinmiH vote of live I-N-Katin to th'! United Mine worker' convention, which hn I ii in Ki-Kliid In this city for ii'-urly it wi-ik. It wis decided today to suspend work nt all tin- anthracite nine. Ulll-HH tin niet the miners' unfi r-'iin' iK-f'ir run Iii'-viiubli'. (je-rator mcrci to exullv board In April I. A strike The ojx-rutur have rtMlfuil) refuse,) recognize the miners i a liody ji nI there U not the i -m.,l i-nt In.lii iiili n that th'-y will ny . ny iiti"ii to Mi- demands male by Pr.-nM nt Mltr h-ll a nl the otli.-r n'"m I.' it nf thi t-x.-, u'lvv hn.'iiil that they m.M-i tt- ttiltii'in n J n! c.rifrf tiro to a Ijusl v i i' vaiinn. I'I'.wi KKiM.Vis V CONVENTION. ll.l.l'.ToN, M ., March II.-TIk- fnl. MliM-u irk''in n lurn'l shortly be fore ir 1:1 The c.nv- nilon, after an all u). ii urn,; i "iifi 1' iu Instructed the na tional jfniitlvr t. ar-1 to negotiate f'.r - m t ti Joint oiif.T.ii-, with th oHr lit "i n. fiilltiif to ili c luri a K''ii''i"iil Htnk' In the Hiithui.'ltt'ral fl-M. The Mrltf. If no i "iifr-m e will li" lieM, will hf orJ -iril to (fo Into rffivt April 1, altlviuKh thi tlm' n ay tic chanK'l by It buirl If It iln'iiiB fir The report of Uk a! c'innilttio wa l-f.-nt tit'" I thin nvrnlnif, but has ni't y, t ti- i'ti nial' public. l'r-'Hl (rut Mltcli.'ll nwt iiu-nibi ri i.f tho llit'rlrt ,X'-(utlvi- iMuml.i this aft--rm.on. It ban not y t l' n iIcl-Tinlnd wlu'th it thi' nitlniial board, whm called to : lat-1 f 'r ano'lii-r confi-ri-nce, will tin-it at lluzl'-t iii or t'lsewher1. ritnld' iit Mitciu ll this arioriioon gave i ut thin Ktati'ment: 'Thi" fi llowltiK ffulullon was unau 'nouiy 'dp p'eii at mo r 'r-nim nf&iinn of th-' convi ulloii: iVIiiTi'im. We h:.v on nevoral nc casl.nm llivlli'd and lmplor,( ttu- oper ators ti- no-i't w ith uh In Joint confiM eiuv t mutually nuriv upon and rKtabllsli a cc.ilc of waRfU ar.d conditions of em ploymcnt for the term of one year; anfl " Wberciift, They have repeatedly l(f- nor. d our lnvltatlonn mvl tret ted u with coiiti'iii.:u-uis ull-tice, dcornliiK mir Invltatloim and demands alike; and. " 'whereae, We billeve tlmt we are entitled to much rnorv coiulderatlon than we ivivlvo. and are fully entitled to meet with thone who employ us. and me our equals u a er the law and con ftltutlon of (ur country, and with them illscuss :inl decide matters of mutual interest; therefore, be it "'K-noived, That we authorize our intioinl president, naltonal executive io:ird and ol'lcers irf dint riots one, Rev en and nine to neKotlate If possible for a Join .'"rf 'ivnce if miners and oper att rs hi twi'.'ii this date and the fliot div of April lWl. In the event of their failure '.o cuiv a Joint confer etii'f tin y may, by ft majority vote, de fide the Pelley of uir inovemeiit even If It be neeess.iry to resort to a sus pension of work to force the Justice due n :ip producer, of wealth fully iual with our employers.' " A motion was then made and unan imously nsreed to, that all anthracite miners would respond to a call for a sii.spenMon of work should the execu tive olllci is fall to arranite a Joint con ference with .he operutors. It was ncivod that if the operators Ignored the overtures of their employes and forced tlw minors to viiRago In a strike the ollidals of the organization were em powered 1 request all men employed In or nbot.t the mines, shippings and col lieries to cease work, I'KKSIOKNTS PID NOT APPBAlt. HA34L.KTON, Ta., March. 16. Not one of the presidents of the nine coal-car-rvliii? ralli'oads came to Hazleton today SUPPLED Cl'llTAINS. Igi In t"ipinm to Tn-ld'nt Mliche!!'. fie Itram. sent out last tilicht, d'-niundliiR their pre'nc it a Joint conference h-r todiy. M7MANM ON UHCItATOHH. JIAZIJIOTON, J'a., March 1.-Thf miners' convention ycsl'-rday aft'-rnoon discussed the failure of operators to tiiii t the miner In Joint conference. Thir c)ei-Kles were unanimous In is profn'liiK tlojr dlnappolntnient and re-ifr-t that all their friendly oveitur-s had been Ignored. After a discussion f s'-vi'ial hours a resolution was adop ted Instructing the officers of the con vention to "nJ the following t-'gram to the presidents of the nine coal-ear- rylng roads. 'Hlx hundr-il ibdigites In convention assembled, representing all anthracite mine workers, Instruct us to notify your unpany that a resolution was unani mously adopted demanding that the an thracite operators meet the deb-gate In Joint conference" Saturday morning for the purpose of discussing the wag" scale for (h- year ending April I, 1902." The telegram was snt as directed. It bore th" signatures of J"hn Mitch ell, chairman, and John I', onliagh er, s'-cretary. CALIFuItNIV HACKS. Mayor I'lii Ian Has VetiK'd Ordinance Permitting He. opening f Ingle side Track, SAN PitAN'OIiJCO. Mrh lS.-lt was aniiounceii tonight mat Mayor l f.eian has veio. l the ordinance passed by the b'ird of superviDora erinlttlng the re- ijsTiIng of tlw; Ingl -slde courso. The veto hag caus"d a sensation In i nclng circles. The San Francisco J' k ev Club lias announced that the racing villi be resumed at Tunforan Monday. Alout sewn thousand I pie were prew-iit at the opening at Ingb-slde to day. The California derby mile and a Itiarter, the feature or the program. was toaten by Joe Frvy. the favorite, ridden by Tod Sloan; Urutal. second; I'iimero, third, tlm- 2:07 1-54. The event was wirth 16373. The feature at the Oakland track to lay was the Thornton stak-s. valued hi Moon; four miles. .It was won ty LoC'Yhee; lime-7:2 i'v M MOCHATIC HKAPQCAHTERS. Nailonai Committee Will Hi-tain Its Chicago OinYe. ST. LOl'IS, March 16 Chairman J. K. Jon-s. of the DenvK-ratic mtlonal committee; J. F. Johnson, of Kansas, and ex-tlovernor W. J. Stone, of Mis souri, iivt this afternoon and decid-d to retain the headnuarters of the na tional committee In Chicago. KINO HESl'MKS CYCLING. Finds Exervlse Hest Antidote to Ofts-t Increase of Sedentary Work. LONDON, March 16.-Klng Edward. who after an Injury to his knee was obliged to stop cycling, has resumed that ptstlme and has taken up fenc ing as being the best of antidotes to the Increase of sedentary work necessltat ed by his new state duties. RESIDENCE Bl'HOLARIZED. Pendleton Family Iost Twelve Hundred Dollars in Certificates of Deposit. PENDLETON. March 16-The resi dence of L. A. Eddings was burglarized last right during the absence of the family. The '.hleves took certificate, of deposit for twelve hundred dollars; also a quantity of wearing apparel. NEW ORLEANS HACKS. NEW ORLEANS, March 16. The iiiHH) Crescent City derby mile and one clghth was a horse race from the start to the finish and was won by an out sider, Henry Clay Rye; time 1:53. WHEAT MARKET, PORTLAND, March 16. Wheat, Wal la Walla, 5614. SAN FRANCItHX"). March 16. Wheat Mav. 12 'i: cash, 100. CHICAGO, March 16 Wheat, May, opening, 7614614 ; closing, 7714. LIVERPOOL, March 16. Wheat. Ju ly, 6s. d. PRICE OF SILVER. NEW YORK, March 16. Silver, 60,. Just fleeeived. . , 100 Talrs Boblnet Ruffled Curtains. The Swell Window Display, on which we are making a SPECIAL, SALE. Also a new line of Ladles' Writing Desks In Flemish Golden Oak and Birds' Eye Maple EDITOR OF FIGARO SHOT IN THIGH Count Boni de Castellane Escaped From Duel Unhurt. PARTICIPANTS SHOOK HANDS Time aid Place Were Kept Secret So Were But Few Speclalori- I'lmotl Cor rettieii tad Coartciy t. Beta Side. PA HI 3, March 16. In the duel fought toduy betw.jcn Count lion! de Castellane and M. de Hodays. the latter was wounded In the thigh. La Libert gays M. de Rodays was hit In the- right thigh at the first dis charg.; of shots. Count de Castellane was nH Injured. The duel was then popped. Th; meeting occurred at Z o'clock this afternoon !n the Pare d'-s Princes-, where many cylln? ev-nts occurred last suir.rrur. The Count de Dion di rected toe dud. M. de Rod-iys, whos wound was in the lower fleshy part of the thigh, bill abundmrty, but Is not seriously wounded. The du'-l was carried out wkh the utmost eorreemess and coiirt' .y on both sides which If anything enhanced its dramatic effect The secret r girding the nlac? and hour of the encounter was so well kept that only th prii. i pa!s, their seconds, Mirquls de Castel lane and Counts Jean and Stanislaus (le Castellane. were apparently within the Pare Princes, though a few strang ers witnessed the meeting from an out side pali.'ad?. No time waa lost In preliminaries. Count de Dion was seen by the specta tors ta separate from the group, fix a stick In the .vn'.-r of the grass, tak- 25 reeular paces and plant another stick. A few moments of deep silence fol lowed. Then. "Are you ready?" asked Count Dion, "les." came the re ply from both. Another brief silence and then the word "Fire." rang out sharply. M. de Rodays clasped his right hand to his rlebt thigh and exclaimed, "I am wounded." At the same moment th spectators cried ' He Is hit," and hurried to the side of M. de Rodays. who tot tered and then leaned heavily on his left lee. He waa carried to the side of the trak where surgeons probed and dressod his wounds. Count Honl approached the wounded man ami axked. "M. de Rodays. are you in pain?" "Not too much," replied M. de Rod ays. Count Bonl then stretched out his hand. whUh M. de Rodays accepted. THOUSANDS TOOK LAST LOOK. Body of Ex-President Harrison Lay State for Nine Hours Yesterday. In INDIANAPOLIS, Marcli 16. Beneath a canopy of black placed under th. roof of the capltol building, the casket covered with the silken golds of th stars and stripes and thousands of blos soms, while over all swung the great Hag that ftew from the warship In diana during the naval battle at San tiago, the body of ex-President Harri son Jay In state for nine hours today. During that time fully 50.000 persons passed by the coffin to take a last look at the distinguished dead and when at 10 o'clock tonight the capitoi devrs were finally closed and the people told that no more could enter, there were several thousand more waiting patient ly In line. The body was taken back to Harri son's home tonight, where it will re main until the funeral tomorrow. In marked contrast to the military and niner display oi coaay oy which the state jf Indiana paid Its last tribute of honor to Geenral Harrison will be the funeral service tcmorrow afternoon at the First Presbyterian church. The rites will be simple, dignified and unos tentatious. Owing to the limited capacity of the church, which would seat only about 1000, and because of the great demand for seats, the committee on arrange ments found It necessary to announce that entrance would be given to the friends of the family by cards. The ser vices tomorrow are Intended only for the friends and relatives of General Harrison. CROWDS GATHERED. Brilliant Stvne Attended Departure of Duke and Duchess of Cornwall for Australia.. rORTSMOUTII. England., March 16. In spite of the cold and wet weather, large crowds Journeyed to this place to day fro:n the surrounding towns to view the ceremonies connected with the de parture, on board the steamer Ophlr, of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York on their tour of the world. The harbor waa gay with bunting and ail. the ships were dressed. Before no n the duk and duchess left the- Oph Ir and Jolnd King Kdward and Queen Alexandir on board th royal yacht, Victoria and Albert, where their maj esties pass-d tn night. The royal party soon afterward landed at the Jetty. vner Klig Edard conferred the Vic torian medal on the- blue Jacket of II. M. H. Fxcell-nt, wh- dragged the fun eral gun carriage trf Queen Victoria af ter the hor became unmanageable at Windsor railroad autlon. The nernb.-rs of the royal party had un-h;-on ,n the Ophlr. TWO VOYAOB3 CONTRASTED. NEW YORK, March 1. ContraMlng th galjty nnd splendor of the depart ure of the Duke of Cornwall and York for Australia and Canada with the last voyage it the dead queen across the .Sol'iit. a dispatch to the Tribune from Londw says: When the Ophlr relghs anchor for her long voyage the Albrta. will pilot her down the harbor, with the king and queen, princess Victoria and Princess Charles on deck, and with a fleet of torpedo-boat destroyers astern and when the royal yacht finally turns w ithin sight of Osborne the sime swarm of blick wasps which headed th? fun eral flotilla acrofls . the Solent to the accompaniment of booming guns and the requiems of naval bands vilf es cort tin king to Portsmouth. The Joyous Imperial function will be a reminiscence of the majestic tribute of fca power to Queen Victoria. These details hav been deliberately planned, for the Ophir and two royal yachts, with tht king's family, lust night were near the anchorage where the queen's bier remained under guard of a mighty lb et. The mission of the Duke of Corn wall to the colonies was one of Qu.en Vicnrid's last imp-rial projects and the royal family were united In car rying it out. The Windsor naval guard, which save the situation when the horses at tached to the gun carriage became un manageable, will be at Portsmouth to day at Queen Alexandras request to receive Victorian decoration for their last service to the beloved queen. While the work of empire building goes on. Victoria is not forgotten. IMPORTANT SURRENDER. Only Lieutenant-General of Filipino Army Gives Himself Up With His Command. WASHINGTON. March 16 The war department has received the following cablegram fro.n General MacArthur at Manila, announcing the surrender of Lieutenant-General Trias: "Adjutant-General. Washington Ma- anon Trias, the only lieutenant-general of the insurgent army, surrendered on March 15, at San Francisco de Malabon, with nine officers and 109 well-armed men Trias Immediately took the oath of allegiance in the presence of several natives. It is a most auspicious event, and Indie tes the final stage of armed insurrection. The prestige of Trias in southern Luzon is equal to that of Aguinaldo. General Bate and Colonel Frank D. Baldwin are entitled to great credit for persistent work In bringing this about." N. P. SELLING OUT. Will Dispose of AH Its Land West of the Missouri River. CHICAGO. March 16. A special to the Tiircs-Herald from St. Paul says President Mellen, of the Northern Pa tiflc. left St. Paul last night for New York on one of the most Important missions In recent years, said to involve the sale of all land owned by the Nor'hern Pacific west of the Missouri river. The purchase price is given at $40, 000.000 and it is understood that this sum will be used to retire the preferred stock. Th? purchasers of this land are said to be Eastern capitalists who have perfected a syndicate and who will un UrtaKe to encourage the settlemen and cultivation of the land by Eastern farmers, such as are now heading wet ward In the homeseeker movemen each week. JAPANESE ARRESTED. Immigrants From British Columbia Reshipped From Seattle. SEATTLE, March 16. United States Immigration Inspector Lavln today ar rested fourteen Japanese who came from Victoria, B. C, by steamer, and lodged them in Jail. The men were healthy and had the funds required by law. but were taken before lv board of Inquiry on the ground that they are liable to become paupers and should be excluded. The board upheld this view and the Japanese will be a ence reshipped to British Columbia. STEAMER WILLAMETTE ASHORE Captain Expects to Get Her Off at High Tide Today. VICTORIA. B. C, March 16. Th stear.-.er Willamette, of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, went ashore last night on Denman island during a fog and is still fast. The capta'n refused assistance from tugs which went to the rescue. He expects to get her off at high tide In the morning. AR BURNED WITH FOURilPASSENGERS Serious Disaster to the Ed. Davis " Uncle Tom's Cabin Co." MISSOURI FACTORY FIRE Several Girls Believed to Have Lost Their Uvea - Properly Low Heavy Alio Fire la St. Petcr'a Hospital al Helena, Moataaa. MISSOULA. Mont., March 16.-AI Ol ive Station. 45 mites west of Missoula. this morning, a special car containing the Ed. Davis "Uncle Tom's Cabin" Co. was burned, four members of thB com pany losing their lives. The car aa ttached to the regular eastbound trail clui to arrive at Missoula at 9:30 a. m Shortly after leaing Plains the car waa discovered to be on fire In the eeplng apartments and before an alarm could be given the whole car was In (lames. Most of the company scapjj without injury and these stood guard at the do .rs of the car and selitd the unfortunates whose night clothes' were burning as they ran from their births and rolled them In blankets. One man, crazed with pain, enveloped la flanv-s, broke through the cordon at the loor and Jumped Into the river, front which he was with difficulty rescued. When the fire was discovered the train was stepped and by hard vork the dogs and donkeys and paraphernal! of the company were saved. The baod instruments and all iwrsonal effects of the company were lost. The car waa burned to the track. The dead are: . MINNIE HERST COOK, aged 28, Of Mitchell, Indiana. DERTHA REED, musician, age '22. of Columbus. Kas. RENE LUCASSE, musician, aged 24, of Kalaniaxo:., Mich. JOHN BOLLMEN3. .niualclan. age 4. of Parkersburg, la. The origin of th? fire Is unknown. FACTORY GIRLS BURNED. ST. JOSEPH, Mo.. March 16. The Noyes-Norman shoe factory anl Rich ardson, Roberts and Byrpa'a overall and shirt factory. Third and Farson streeta. were destroy ;d by fire this afternoon, causing the death, probably, of several persons. Ail me victims are Bins wu were employed In the shirt factory. Miss Louise Blondau, aged 20, Is known to be dead. X loreice lerry and Miss Mamie Berry leaped from the third story of the Noyes-N 'rman build ing and were caught by the firemen la a net. They are badly Durneo, Many p-icple saw several girls at the fourth story of the shirt factory Juax before the walls collapsed and It la feared that nona escaped. The aggregate loss Is $100,000. T FIRE IX HOSPITAL. HELENA. March 16. This afternoon about 4:30 Are was discovered in the roof of St. Peter's hospital in this city and for a time there was great alarm. The patients were ail removed from the threatened portion of the building; with no gr.'at Inconvenience. The prop erty loss will be about $6000. The nurses lost ull of their wearing apparel. CALIFORNIA DERBY. Chief Attraction of San Francisco Jockey Club Will Be Run Over Ingleside Course. SAN FRANCISCO, March 16. The Ciilfornia derby at one mile and a quarter, the hief attraction of the San Francisco Jo. k-y Club, will be run over the Ingleside course instead of at Tan foran, according to an announcement mad" early yesterday morning. The star event at the Oakland track will be the Thornton stake at four miles. . Thi board of stewards of the Sao. Francisco Jockey Club has granted li censes to Jockeys Tom Butler and Joe Piggott. The former has been signed to ride by Charles Boots, while PIj gott is to ride East for Green B. Mor ris. LOTTERY TO AID BOER3. THE HAGUE, March 16. Henry Rpchefort is organizing a big lottery throughout Europe In aid of the Boerg. NURSE SUPERINTENDED E.- , WASHINGTON, March 16. Secretary Hoot has appointed Mrs. Dlta Hopkins Kinney, of New York, superintendent of the female nure carps under the army re-orgaalzation act. LIBRARY FOR JACKSON. - JACKSON, Mich., March 16. Andrew Carnegie has offered $70,000 for a library if a site is furnished arid the city pro vides $7000 annually for its maintenance.