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ASTORIA, OKBCON, TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1901.
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F W.M'IECHKlE.LacalAgeBt.
HER CONDITION
IS EXCELLENT
Mrs. Mckinley Passed Good Day
and Is Fast Improviug.
PRESIDENT MOST CHEERFUL
Arraoicmcati Bclif Mate le Oo Direct to
Wtiblfl(too. but No Datt It Set -Will
Attend Public Gather
iBfl.
PAN FRANCISCO, May 'JO. -3 p. n.
HccriUry Cortelyuu give out the f!
lowing statement:
"Doctors Hlnk'hfUlT and (UMx-n
met lr. Itx-y at :30 p. m. They and
thit Mr. M-Klnly' Improvement ha
i'iKitliiuil throughout the 'lay and that
her condition tonight In excellent. I
tor HlrmhMder, Gibbon and Cuihlng
are to men lr. Rlx-y at 11:30 a. rn.
tomorrow.
PRESIDENT MOST CHEERFUL.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 10 -Mm. Mc
Klnley .afM'il a very good afternoon
and the preild--nt In v.Ty cheerful over
her Improved condition.
The above announcement wa made at
the Scott residence tonlifht. While Mr.
McKlnley (ld not leave her bed today
ahe pnitMed a considerable time rpped
up and rented well. While no definite
data ha ben set for the prealdetil'a
departure the arrangements ane to go
direct to Wathlngtxi and not to Can
ton, a ha been unofficially at tied. Dur
lnjt the rem Under of hi stay In this
city the pruldcrrt will participate In a
many puiillc gatherings aa the condi
tion of Mra. McKlnley will warrant,
but only In an Impromptu and Informal
way.
WILL REMAIN TEN DAYS.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 20Although
Mr. MeKlnl ' rondl'.lon ha greatly
Improved h-r phylclans have named a
week or ten day aa 'he shortest fowl
Me time In which she can gather
strength to make ;he trip atTi the
continent. The tminedlitto members of
the presidential party will therefore re
main here for ihai lenffth of time
thouRh It la probable ihat the othera
will leave for the enut durlnK the preaeut
week. The Prenldent Will go direct
from San Fraiulm-o to iMnton. At Mra.
McKlnley' old home, eurrounded by
familiar face and with every comfort
It I expected that her recueration
will be more rapid than If ahe went to
WaahlnfrUH). President McKlnley ePenda
much of e.ich summer at Canton and
the arrival there will be not far from
the date of ha r.-Kiilar annual vlnlt. He
will probably proceed Immediately to
Washington aftr leaving Mm. McKln
ley, returning to Canton aa aoon aa the
more pressing public business haa been
disposed of. Mia Mary Barber, Mrs.
McKlnley' niece will go with Mrs. Mc
Klnley to Cantan.
President and Mm. McKlnley will oc
cupy a different car from that which
brought them tu this coaat. The new
car, however, la of the same pattern
and fully a luxurious. The train will
be about aa large aa the one that came
west, having accommodation for the
president and cabinet and their ladle.
Secretary and Mrs. Cortelyon. Dr. and
Mra. nixey, Mr. and Mrs. Moore, Assist
ant Secretary Barnea and the White
House staff and 11 member of the
press and photographers.
The Ogden route will be ta.ken. Gov
ernor Gage haa been Informed by the
president that no stops of any length
would be made at Sacramento or else
where In route. The president will not
leave the train, though he may speck
briefly from the rear platform at one or
two Important cities.
The president expressed the hope yes
terday ihat nothing would prevent him
from viewing the school children of San
Francisco today. 1 Secretary and Mrs.
liny expect to leave Immediately for
Washington where Important matters of
state await the attention of the secre
tary. Pont master-General Smith and Secre
tary Hitchcock ami Secret try Wilson
will remain with the president, even
though the day of departure Is delayed.
Secretary Long who loft yesterday for
Colorado Springs will proceed to Wash
ington as soon aa possible.
At an early hour this morning no
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Every Polblo Desire In Linings
SHANAHAN'S
change had been reported In the condl
tlon of Mr. McKlnley.
NOTED LAWYER DEAD.
Wj Well-Known Newspaper Publisher
of Hew York.
v NEW YORK. May 20.-MaJor Rob
ert Phillip Nouh, Who ha been a
practicing lawyer In thin city for many
year, died at hU home In thin city
last night, aged tt year.
Major Noah wt a an of Major M.
M. Noih, a htiff f New York coun
ty 75 yearn ago, The on early entered
politics and at the oubreak of the civil
war waa Unltl States storekeeper at
Illo Janeiro. Iiraxll. The UnlU-d State
consul In that city luring a Southern
aympathlxer, hauled down the American
flag whereupon MaJ. Noah took powtea
ilon of the comnilat and turned th c-on-sul
out. He waa complimented for this
bv the federal government.
Major N-mh served In the Crimean
war, for he wwnt t" England at the out
break ot hostllltl.'s and securing a c 'm-
mlmlon fought throughout the cam
paign, Previous to that, while yet a
boy," ha served In th Mexican c'"-
Ialgn,
Major Noah' father foundl the
Tim and Messenger more tha two
generatl m ago and gave the elder Ben
nett hi Inn Job In a printing office,
that of ;irln:r' "devil." It I said that
he and .nine other men contributed $100
euch with whloh to stirt the New York
Herald.
Major Noah continue the T'mes and
Messenger until about 20 years ag
w hen h eead to publish It. The office
of -.he Tlmea and M'pseniter waa the
blrthplwe of many other newspapers,
among others the present New York
World.
AURKST CAUSED SENSATION.
Prominent Idaho If urines Man Accused
Of Murder tt Hla Partner.
LEWISTON, Ida.. May 20 A sensa
tion wa caused tWa evening by the ar
rest of John N. King. Charged with the
murder of Charles E, Thatcher. The
latter, who was a partner of King, waa
murdered In the firm'a atore at Lipwal.
twelve miles from Iewlston, the night
of July 15, 1898. Klnr statement at
the coroner's Inquests waa to the effect
that two masked men entered the store
and shot Thatcher. .
Two bullets of different calibre were
found In the body. Thatcher was
prominent cltlxen and the tragedy at
tracted much attention, a reward of
being offer?d.
The s:ate will attempt to prove that
King and Thatcher quarreled and King
shot Thatcher. King la manager of a
targe flour milling plant here and con
ducts a store at Lapwai.
STOCK TO RE WITHDRAWN.
NEW YORK. May 20.-The "A'orld
says:
Quotations in Chicago, Burlington 4
Ouln-v Railroad stock will disappear
from the tape today, this being the last
day upon which the stock can be de
posited under the plan for a Joint con
trol of the Burlington by the Northern
Pacific and thi Great Northern. Ia
the past Burllngtop etock has been one
cf the most active In the market.
Ninety per cent of the holdings has
been entered In the deal and with the
close of business today 95 per cent will
have be.'n deposited. J. P. Morgan &
Comoanv have announced the ptan of
lolnt control haa been assured by the
amount of stock turned Into the two
trust companies designated as deposi
tories. CARNEGIE'S BIG DONATION.
LONDON. May 20. Andrew Carnegie
has given 2.000.000 to establish free
education In four universities, Edlnburg.
Glasgow, Aberdeen and St. Andrews.
He stipulates that the beneficiaries be
his "Scottish fellow oountrymen " on
ly, no English, Irish, colonials or for
eigners. The fund will apply to medi
cal as well as to commorecial educa
tion. AGAINST LIQUOR, BUSINESS.
COLITMRUS, O.. May 20. The sover
eign camp. Woodmen of the World to
day, decided that In future If members
engage In the liquor business they shall
be expelled, and the camps refusing to
take this action shall have their charters
revoked.
TO AUSTRALIA IN A CANOE.
VICTORIA. B. C. May 20. J. C. Voss
and Norman Luxton will leave here In
an Indian war canoe tomorrow for Aus-traJla.
FIFTY THOUSAND
MACHINISTS OUT
Rough Estimate of the Number
Who Struck Yesterday.
ALLIED TRADES NOT IN IT
Except la Few Casta Pret Ideaj O'Caaull, l
tat Nalleoal AiMclatfei el Macblf
liti, litats Sutentot of
Dtaiids.
WASHINGTON, May 20.-Approxi-mately
:0,000 machinists throughout the
country struck today for a nine-hour-day
wale of was equal to the pres
ent ten-hour rer Jay scale and other
demands. Thla la a rough estimate of
President O Connll, of the National As
sociation ot Machinists, baed on tele
graphic advice that have reached him
today frm machinists' headquarters In
various cltta.
The strike thus far haa not extended
to :h? allied trad- nave In one or two
Instances, as at Scranton. Pa. No ma-
chlnlts engaged In government work
are afTe.v.ed. This la due to the fact
that or uch 'vrk an eijrht-hour-dav
schedule prevails. Railroad machinists,
a a rule, are not Involved In the
strike.
The situation this afternojn waa sum
marized jy President O'Connell in the
following stitmt to .he Aawiated
Press:
"We are demanding a nine-hour day
universally throughout the trade, with
increase of wag sufficient to overcome
the loss of time, the regulation of the
apprenticeship aygtem and the number
that shall be employed in accordance
with the number of Journeymen ma-
with the number of Journeymen machln
1st employed, agreement as to arbitra
tion of disputes that may arise In future.
the right of machinists to be represent
ed by a committee and agreements that
there shall be absolutely no dlscrsmi
nation against machinists because of
their membership In the union. The
number of flrm9 signing indicates that
In localities where agreements are be
ing made the strike cannot last over a
few days. In other localities .where a
laraer number of men are being Invol
ved, I look forward to an adjustment
being reached within the present week.'
AT SAN FRANCISCO.
SAN' FRANCISCO. May 20. Sixty
Ave hundred union machinists and other
Iron trade workmen affiliated with them
quit work '.n this city today. It la ex
D?cted that about one thousand more
men will Join the strike as soon as they
are ordered to do so by their respective
national directors. Among the latter
are the Iron moulders and core makers.
The other crafta affected Include al
most every branch of the Iron ehlpbulld
Ing and the boiler-making trades.
EMPLOYERS STUBBORN.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 20. The lo
cal branch of the International Asso
elation of Machinists haa Instructed its
members to report for work at the
foundries and machine shoos In which
they are employed this morning as us
ual but to go to work only In case all
the terms asked by the union were
granted. In caae the employers refuse
to grant all the terms, Including uncon
ditional recognition of the union, the
men are to leave the shops. The local
branch of the union has about 1800
members. If they go out on a strike
they will be Joined by the pattern mak
ers and other trades connected with
shipbuilding and machine works num
berlng In all about 5000 men.
The employers say their shops will
be open for the men to go to work at
the ordinary rates, that any terms con
cerning the wages or working hours the
men ask will be only considered but
they will not arbitrate on the question
of union recognition.
THE CHICACO MACHINISTS.
CHICAGO, May 20. According to W.
F. Mellan, president of the Dlsrl?'
Lodtre No. 8 of Machinists, says there
will be no strike toJay.
Business agents, shop committees and
other officials will ascertain the exact
status of the employers during the day
and report at a meeting of the exe
cutive committee of the lodge tonight.
Strikes will be ordered In shops which
refuse any satisfaction regarding either
hours or wages.
WILL NOT PARTICIPATE.
Reasons Why Peru Will Not Be Rep
resented at Pan-American
Congress.
NEW YORK, May 20. Peru has of
ficially notified the United States, says
a Herald dispatch from Washington,
that she will decline to participate In
the Pan-American congress to be held
in the City of Mexico If arbitration, one
of the subjects to be discussed, be lim
ited to "future questions."
Argentine and Bolivia which are in
sympathy with the Ptruvtan policy with
r-spect to the Provinces of Tacna and
Arlca, in dispute with Chile, were ap
proached by Peru, It Is understood, be
fore she communicated her decision to
thl government. The withdrawal of
the two countries, a well as that ot
Peru, is a strong probability and the
failure of the congress Is growing more
likely.
The decision arrived at by the Peru
vian government wi communicated to
the state department by Mr. Dudley,
the American minister to Lima,
Further conferences will be held this
week between acting Secretary Hill and
the Pan-American diplomat, Chile de
clines to agre? to any proposition which
will nermlt arbitration of any but "fu
ture qustlons," and Inuniuch as the
attitude of Peru. Bolivia and Argentine
I unalterably In .favor of the arbitra
tion of present a well as of future
question. It Is evident that a deadlock
haa been reached.
CONFESSED TirE MURDER,
Woman Who Killed Ayres Was Defend
ing Her Honor.
WASHINGTON, May 20. The mys
tery attending the killing of James s
Ayres, census office clerk In Kenmore
hotel, Wednesday morning, was solved
today by a voluntary confession from
Mrs. Lulu I. Bonlne. a married woman
and guest at the house, that the three
shots which ended Ayres' life had been
fired In a struggle between herself and
Ayres.
Mrs. Bonlne said that when she went
Into Ayres' room he quickly closed the
door and Informed her that he had en
ticed her to the room for bis own pur
poses and said if she did not submit
to his wishes he would kill her. A strug
gle ensued In which Ayres was shot.
INDIANS ARE DEFIANT.
Bloodshed Feared on Shoshone Indian
Reservation.
SALT LAKE; May 20.-A special to
the Tribune fron Lander, says:
Conditions on the Shoshone Indian
reservation are beginning to assume
alarming aspects. Six hundred Arapa
hoe braves are said to be defying the
authority of Agnt Wckereon. who haa
asked for authority from Washington
to use troops to suppress the rebellious
Indians. A dash is likely to occur at
any moment.
The trouble is said to be the result
of dlscont?nt among the Indians at a
change In the method of issuing rations.
PROPOSITION FROM PORTLAND.
Three Great Roads Are Asked to Con
struct Tillamook Road Conjointly.
PORTLAND. May 20. The Portland.
Nehalem & Tillamook Railroad Com
pany has made a formal proposal to the
Northern Pacific arid Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific Interests for the build
ing of a joint line, of which Portland
shall be the terminus, to the Nehalem
and Tillamook regions. If these in
tereets should refuse to Join la a sin
gle line, Portland will make every ef
fort to build an independent Ime.
BIG JOB FOR "PETTIGRHW.
Report That exxSenator Will Be Made
Head of Great Northern,
CHICAGO. May !0. A special to the
Record-Herald from St. Paul says:
Railroad men who have knowledge
of the plans of J. J. Hill are positive
In the assertion that ex-Senator Pettl
grew will be made the executive head
of the Great Northern system.
SHAMROCK II. WINS.
Over Course of Seven Miles New Boat
Won by Forty-five Seconds.
RYDE. Isle of Wight, May 20. The
two Shamrocks raced today over an
open eea course and Shamrock II. won.
The wind was steady from the east and
was blowing a clubtopsall breeie. Over
a trlangukr course of seven miles
Shamrock HI won by 45 seconds.
ARRESTED IN SEATTLE.
SEATTLE, May 20. The police hive
In custody a man giving the name of
Ben Drummond. who. It is thought. Is
W. Abbot Lead a Spokane lawyer who
Is wanted in that city for alleged em
bezzlement of $1800 from a client.
OREGON TEAM WON.
EUGENE. May 20. The field meet
between the Oregon and Washington
universities, which was stopped by rain
Saturday, was finished this afternoon
and the final score s:ands. Oregon C6i:
Washington, 55.
FAMOUS HUMORIST DEAD.
NEW YORK, May 20. Alexander
Edwin Sweet, founder of "Texas Slft
ings" and a humorist of national repu
tation under the pen names of "Colonel
BUI Snort" and "Rev. Whangdoodle."
died today.
PRICE- OF SILVER.
NEW YORK, May 20.-Silver, 59.
NEW LINE FROM
ASIA TO ATLANTIC
Manzanillo, Mexico, to Be Made
Greatest Pacific Coast Port.
MEXICAN CENTRAL SECURED
It It Aitcrttd That This Routt Will Bt Filly
Out Tseaustf Tws Hasans Miles
Sharler Thai lb Ost Proa
Sai Fraiclaca.
NEW YORK, May 20.-The Tnbune
says:
The plans of a syndicate headed by
H. Clay Pierce, of St. Louis, tt Is be
Iteved. aims at securing the bulk of
transportation of that vast Import and
export trade between America and Asia
which Is as yet only In Its Infancy. The
corner-stone of Mr. Pierce's scheme, a
announced, Is believed to be the estab
lishment of a new Pacific coast port
for deep sea vessels at Manzanillo, on
the southwest coast of Mexico; and one
of the chief links in the chain waa
forged the other day when Mr. Pierce's
syndicate secured control of the Mex
ican Central Railroad. Mr. Pierce's
party already had control of the- St.
Louis A San Francisco, of the Fort
Scott syttetm and of the Fort Worth
road.
The western terminus of the Mexi
can Central Is Colima, which to only 83
miles from Manzanillo. and which la
described aa a natural land-locked har
bor, suitable for sea-going vessels of
the heaviest draft. Large sum of mon
ey will be expended, It la said, to make
this one of the finest ports on the Paci
fic coast, and the extension of the Mex
ican Central lines from Coilma to Man
zanillo will be at once undertaken and
be pushed rapidly to completion. After
that two connecting links remain to be
created between the St. Louis at San
Francisco system and the Mexican Cen
tral in order to complete the chain be
tween Manzanillo and St Louis. The
Mexican International Railroad will be
one of these, It connects with the
Mexican Central at Torreon.
A new Ime must be built to connect
the Mexican International with the St.
Louis & San Francisco. This new line
will ext-md from 8hermaa. Tex., to
Eagle Paas, on the Rio Grande. When
It Is built through freight can be carT
ried from Manzanillo without trans
shipment to St Louis and also to Bir
mingham. Ala., from which point direct
connectbn may be made with Savan
nah. Ga. over the Southern railroad.
It is assrt;d that this route from
Manzanillo to St. Louis and thence to
New York, will be fully 1200 miles shor
ter than from Saa Francisco to this
city.
It Is said that the Sellgmana, of this
city, are financing the deal. Isaac N.
Seligman. said:
"I cannot talk to yen now about this,
I mav have something to say to you
later."
But even that was more than hla
partners would vouchsafe. J. Stewart
Mackie, vice-president of the Mexican
International railway, said It was too
early yet to discuss the part which his
road might or might not play in the
enterprise.
PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION.
Almost Every Country Represented n
the Dedication Parade.
BUFFALO, N. Y., May 20. In. the
presence of a vast concourse of people
with ceremonial both conventional and
novel, the Pan-American exposition was
dedicated formally today. The day be
gan with a parade la which there were
men from nearly every country in the
wcrld and ended with an aerial bom
bardment from flying bombs and a bril
liant electric illumination. Between the
two were the formal exercise of dedi
cation with oratory. Instrumental mu
sic, ong and poetry. The record of
attendance for today was fully up to
expectations.
The total admissions today were 101,
6S7 people.
Vice-President Roosevelt was the
guest of honor.
PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY.
PHILADELPHIA. May 20. Routine
matters occupied the attention of the
commissioners of the Presbyterian gen
eral assembly during the greater por
tion of today's beselon. It is expected
that the desk will be clear for discussion
of the revision committee's report,
which 19 the special order for Thurs
day. HOME3EEKERS" EXCURSION.
TACOMA, May 20. The Great North
ern, Northern Pacific and Canadian Pa
cific today announced that until October
homeseekers' excursions will be run
from the East to all parts of trie
Northwest on the first end third Tues
day of each month.