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.;..r-!'";un. ASTOKIA, OKEGOX, WEDNESDAY, MAY '22, 1901. x0 21 i The Cheapest Yet A SIX HOLE TEEL RANGE FOR S3 ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. Plumbers and Steamfltters Diamond IN GREAT VARIETY Bats, Balis, Masks, Pads, Gloves And everything ok in thut line to make the boys happy. If you !o not ilay ball we ran how yoj on elegant line of FISHING LINES, FLIES, REELS, BASKETS, ETC. GRIFFIN I 4l W 111 Fancy and Staple Groceries FLOUR, FEED, PROVISIONS. TOBACCO AND CIGARS Supplies of all kinds at lowest rates, for fishermen, Farmers and Loggers. Ae V. ALLEN, Tenth and Commercial Streets We Rent New Typewriters. tTfy Many new improvements added. Seo our latest fiferf ) No. 2 Smith Premier Typewriter i - . w V Now Art Catalogue Free .. . F S L n. ALEXANDER I CO. I -J::?' I F W.M,KECIIKIE,Lcl Agent. o.oo Outfits AND AT ALL PRICES & REED Are You Going to Build a Home? Buy Your Locks and Hardware at the Foard & Stokes Co ncniiTiTiAw REPRESENTS PUBLIC OPINION Reputation represents publlo opinion. How to get n your favor. Make a first-claas, re liable article ilk the Char terOak Stove and Range. Every Charter Oak la guar an teed. For aale In Aatorla only by W. J. SCULLY, 431 Bond St., Between Ninth and Tenth. Exolnsive Pacific Coast Dealers 245 Stark St., Portland, Ore, THE NEW BOAT AGAIN A LOSER Beaten Over Five-Mile Course More Than Pive Minutes. COURSE WAS TO WINDWARD The New Boat Lett ei Every Tack-EiperU Aiiert That She Could Have Wea Had I be Ciflala So Deilrt4. HYDE, ll- of Wight, Miy 21 The trial of Hhttnirm k II. and Hha,mrok I. today was in mnny rixti) the must MfMliiir that hurt yet taken place. In stead nt HiDwiiur additional light up (iii thf abilities of th' .-hall -nger. !"duy' n.- ni'ik-M It .ii.-i llfllfuli than ever to rxtlm.it'- liir Hjx-iil. n tin- ntn-tcli from Cowe to Hliklker tli.-v tin. I mi Interesting mruKKlc under full racing cii.ivjk. The official riu-liiK hit not roiniiii ni--l. hut the nklicri were apparently having a trial b"twei-n thcmaelve nnit nil it hlng every ad vantage. Shamrock II. wu a good half mile tin !'. ml wh'-n lli-y tart-d, hut In tli" live iiiII.-h between thf an chorage titul Hliklker she rlnm-J up th whole of this big Riii. Thi ix'' viu'hi l.iHi on -vcry tuck. IT cXiliiniilion Klven iy iti'mc on lioanl U (lint th- lbtiy wi-akcned and Wfakftnd the hfj'lmilU an I f'r.-nul. Wh'-n thi-y IIiiIhIi.M ut Nub lRhtMhi th tlnnn wi'rc: HhamrK'k I. Two h'mrit. mx minute nnrt tvt'plv i--in(. Hhiimrock II. Two houm. elvtm mln utfn unci nlnct"i-n -cmln. Thi- opinion of rwwt f the expert who M'itn-iHH th nu waa that had It bfn denlrl thut Shamrock II. nhould w in eh oouUI t-aa'.ly haw dinw i. i;in AltI WILL I1B JMtlOSKNT. ltVIi:. IhI- of Wlirht, May 2I.-Kln IMnanl will wltm-iw lomorrow'g race bvtwi-cn the tw Hhanirtx'ki. Ttll'KKA WILL HE DHT. Uw KtiforiH-nvnt (.'andlluti D'lnred I)uly KIih-:M Miyoi. TOI'KKA. Kj.. May 21. The au prcnn' court today r'v'rHl thf dflnlon of the diatrlrt court In the Topcku may oralty ciniU unit liixtHlled J. W. Huch'K. llcpublli'itn and law enforce mnt cundldati". In the mayor chuJr. He ha be-n hol.ling: oilkv nine the election on the certificate iu'd by the old council. ToH-ka In now entirely under the con trol of the "dry" element, and opr4- tlona asalnut Joint are expected to lie (tin at once. AMENDS CHl'RCH DISCIPLINE. Mlnlsiera Forbidden the Cue of Tobacco "Heir MixUfll to "Hadca." FREDERICK. Md.. May 2l.-The general quadrennial conference of the United Brethren Church of Ohrunlan today adopted the anvmlment to the church discipline to the cffvt that here after no minister of the church ahall be allowed to use tobacco In any form and those who are now addicted to 1U use must quit It. In the apontlea creed the word "Hell" w&a modified and wjU In future be rends?red "Hadea." REACHED A COMPROMISE. COLUMBUS. O.. May 21.-A compro miae waa reached today by the Wood men of the World on the question of eliminating suicide claims from policies, the convention declaring that no lows than one-half of even' claim should be nald regardless of cauw of death. ACKNOWLEDGED HIS IDENTITY. SEATTLE, May 21. After undergoing several Interviews and denying as many times that he was W. Abbott Lewis, of Spokane, the prisoner arrested as Ben. Drummond today acknowledged th.it he was tho Spokane embeazler. CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT. Private at Manila In Trouble Insur gonta Attack Village of Nacarlan. MANILA, May 21. E. C. Lawrence. formerly a private In the Thirty-third DRESS GOODS Worth your while to call and bee our new ones. 40-Inch all-wool ALBA TROSS, In new light shades, suitable for waists and costumes, worth 75c per yard, and a bargain at 60c. All the best aha.les in VENETIAN CLOTH at 50 o ner vard. not to h had elsewhere at this figure. Every PoMnlblo SHANAHAN'S volunteer Infarnry and afterward em ployed a civilian clerk In the adjutant-general' office, at Manila, hn been accused of forging the nljrnuture of Captain Klavenx, the tncular d ln bumlnjr otneor, to certain che k pur Iirtliig to Iw payable to General Mac Arthur. On thi) baka of th check were forged endorw-mcnta of Om-ral Mac-Arthur to (Jeneral Hhafier and to K. C. Iwren(,'. Two of thee chweka of 200 each have been caahed at Ban FranclH,?!), but arMth-r negotiated at Ht, Iu!a haa been returned to Ma nila and pnnounce apurlou by Cap tain Hlaven. . Iawnnce la atv u-d of other fol'geriea. The lnurKvnt today made an uniuc cejmful attack upon the village of N'ac arlan In Iaguna irovlnce, A private In rhe Klghth Infantry wua k'lled In the engagement. LODOK OFFICBIW KIAX.TKT. Odd Fellow and lti-bckaha In Conven tion at Haker City. IIAKKK CITV. May 21.-The grand encampment of O ld FHlow and aranl convention of U'-h-kah of Oregon, convened In thla city thin morning. The t'Kril ant of the encampment amounta to lis.oa. The otticcr dectM f'r the ensuing eir are Tho. F. Kyan. Oregon City, grand patriarch: P. W. Rtewart. Port land, grind nigh trl't: T. F. Howard, PendM'in, grand warden: E. K. Sharon. Portland, grand acribe; Byron K. Mil ler. Portland, grand trt-soiurer; Wm. 'Jn-en. Kugene, grand Junior warden; A. W. Ttowera, Albiny, grand repre nentatlve; Claud fJatch. Balmn. grand marshal; M. S. Kaife, Sllvertn. grand sen:ln-'l: W. It. Cunningham. Canyon City, grand outside aentlm-l. WANT HATES It EDITED. Chicaau Phlptr Tr-1ng to Secure Lower Rate to Pacific Coaat. WASHINGTON'. Mjy 21.-The case of the Bu'lnea Mena Lfiuru. of St. Lou's against the Southern Pacific and other transcnntlnen'al line Involving Issuea of sreat Importance to ahlpper to Pa clflc coast points, waa beard by the In terstate fommeive commlaeton today. St. Loula and Chicago ahlppers are to' Ina to aecure lower ratea to the Paclfl. coast fnm ;he Mid lie West and to have the roals reduce t difference between carload rate and lea ihan carload ratea In the Pacific coat bual neas. The conmlaslon fixed Oretober 22, In this city, for hearing arguments In the ca. FAST REGAINING STRENGTH. Mr. McKlnley Shows Marked Improve mentPresident Reviews 50.000 School Children. SAN FRANCISCO. May 21.-The con-valenr-e of Mrs. McKlnley la very rapid and she Is fast regaining her normal strength. She w'aa able to alt up to day and read the papers. So marked Is her Improvement that It Is very prob able the presidential party will start fr Washington next Saturday. SCHOOL CHILDREN REVIEWED. SAN FRANCISCO. May 21. Presl dent McKlnley today reviewed nearly fifty thouaand school children In this city. DISTINGUISH EID VISITORS. Ohio Congressmen In Portland and Will Arrive Here Tomorrow. PORTLAND, May 21. The Ohio con greasmen, who are traveling In the West, arrived here today from San Franclaco. They were taken on a spec lal train to The Dalles, Inspecting the Caacade locks en route. They expressed oolnlons favorable to liberal appropria tion for the Columbus river. Congressman Dick eald: "Since we are opening up our commerce with the Orient we oughtto open the great Columbia river to commerce." The delegation will go to the mouth of the Columbia tomorrow. CROWLEY GETS FOUR TEARS. SAN JUAN. Porto Rico, May 21. The trial of Harold Crowley, of Lock nort. N. Y., a son of ex-Congressman Crowley and former employe of the pos tal department, on a charge of misap propriating postal funds, was concluded at Ponce Saturday night. He '.vas sen tenced to four years at hard labor. PRICE OF SILVER. NEW YORK, May 21. Silver. 69. Desire In Linings EARLY SETTLEMENT NOW IN SIGHT Over 120 Firms Grant Machinists a Nine-Hour Day. WAR DEPARTMENT ANXIOUS Feari EalcrUlactf Tbat Strike Mir Stop Work Aray TraaisorH-Twt Vessels Oraerei' la the Soaatf lor Sepiire. WASHINGTON. May 21.-Pres:dent OConnell said tonight that advices re celved up to 6 o'clock at headquarters here lndlc!d that an early settlrment of the trouble between machinists and employes will be effeerH. Infortnaiicn at hand sh'wed that durintr the dav over 120 fliriM hvl aettlf. ly granting a nine-hour day. JOINT CONFERENCE REFUSED. NEW YORK. May 21. Her.ey Devena. agent of the Metal Traie Association today went to the headquarters of the strikers Im.ncdlaMy after a meeting at the Astor house had adjourned. Hla mission was to pave the way for a iolnt conference In which strikers could x- nlain their position and their deminds so that the empl lyera could find out what the men wanted. Devens said he rot little satisfaction. When the diatrlrt executive hoard of rhe International Association of Ma chinists adjourned tonight the member were much elated as they said that there were fair prospects that the dif ferences with the employer would be settled and ae-.tled In favor of the men before many hours had passed. WAR DEPARTMENT ANXIOUS. WASHINGTON. May 21.-Both the navy and war departments are a owe henslve aa to the effect of the ma chinists' strike on the government work now In progress. The war depart ment was Informed that the strike waa likely to atop work on the two raval transports, Egbert and Rosecrans, new repairing on tne pacific coast. Acting Secretary Hackett. of the navy, ordered that the two army trans ports be taken to the navy yard at Bremerton, on Puiret sound, for the completion of their repaira. None of the government yards can be affected by the strike, as eight hours a day pre vail In all the government works. WorJ has reached the department that the government employes are contributing funds In support of the strike move ment. but no attention will be paid to the matter. SURROUNDED BY MYSTERY. Strange Disappearance of Blcimington, III.. Girl i Body From Morgue. CHICAGO. May 2.-The Chronicle says: Mvsterv surrounds the disappearance from the county morgue of the body of Minnie Pehlgrlm. a 19-year-old girl of Bloomlngton. BL. who died at the county hospital a few daya ago. Wll liam Sulske. of Bloomlngton. the dead girl'a uncle, arrived In Chicago yester day in response to a telegram announc ing the death, but Ms search of the morgue for the body of his niece was In vain. He was told on his arrival at the morgue that Miss Pehlgrinn'a tody l ad been taken awy In an undertaker's wagon. Who the undertaker Is Or whose wagon carried the body away Sulske could not learn and after spend Ing the entire day seirching and in quiring he appealed to the police last night for assistance. VOLUNTEERS LEAVE FOR HOME WASHINGTON, May 21. A cable- gram from Manila announces that the Hancock, Buford and Altec sailed Sat urday with volunteers. The Logan Kllpatrlck and Ohio wil sail not later thn the 30th and the Grant and Thomas will return as soon as they ar rive in Manila and can be loaded. The cable announcing the departure of the troops Is as follows: "Transport Hancock. 31 officers, 1042 enlisted men; Thirty-first volunteer in fantry; transport Aztec, two officers, 62 enlisted men; Company H. Forty-second volunteer Infantry; transport Buford. 1 officers, 910 enlisted men. Forty-first volunteer Infantry, 223 remains. Sailed May IS. via Nagaslka." WORKING POTTERS' GRIEVANCE. Demand Made for Stricter Enforcement of the Tariff Laws. TRENTON, N. J.. May 21. The United Staitee Industrial commission's sub-committee on manufacturers and business had four persons before them at their season In this city. Thee men represented the working potters of Trenton. The main speaker waa "Wil liam . Clayton, who read a statement which had been previously prepared and ' which set forth men's views on differ ent subjects. The paper advocated a atrlcter en forcement of the preesnt tariff laws re lating to pottery ware and charged that the pre'-it duty waa In many Instances escaped In part at least by lump In voices and by failure of the custom authwMes to thoroughly examine ail package. It waa suggested that more Inspector be employed and that men be chosen with a knowledge of the pottery bus!n?ss. Fault waa found with trans portation rates and It was asserted that good could be shipped from Liverpool to St. Louis ch'iper than they could be sent from Trenton to St. Louis. Labor unions were advocated aa benefi cial. Tht paper stated that the rela tions between the manufacturers and the men were very harmonious. Some statement were also made by ex-President John A. O'Neill, of the Pot ters' National Union, w1)o said the ies tinkering there waa with the tariff the better It would be for the trade. The commission will meet In Xew York today. REMOVAL OF GENERAL OFFICES. St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad to Be Operated Hereafter From St. Loula KANSAS CITY, May 21-President B. F. Yoakum, of the St. Lou's & San Francisco railroad, baa announced that the general offices of the Memphis route In Kansas City will be closed and that line will be operated from the general office of the Frisco in St. Louis. He sild that the Frisco would build a line from Sherman, to Fort Worth, Tex., to connect with the Fort Worth and Rio Grande, recently acquired by the Fris co and from the terminus of the latter line, would build to the Mexican bor der at Soofford, about 40 miles from Eagle Pass, where a connection would be made with the Mexican Interna tional. "What about Frisco control of the Mexican International or the Mexican Central?" "We do not own the Mexican Inter national nor do we own aay other Mex ican roads." MUST PAY ALIMONY. Sunrsme Court Renders Decision On RetlrJd Aray Captain's Di vorce Case. WASHINGTON.' May 2L-Justice Gray has announced the opinion of the United States supreme court in the case of Robert W. Shufold. a retired ceptaln !n the army. The case Involves the question of exemption of his sal ary as' aa officer of the army from an order of the court to pay alimony to a divorced wife. The courts of the Dis trict of Columbia held the salary to be exempt on the ground that it Is gratuity from the government and could not be so attached. The opinion reversed these decisions holding salary under such circumstances to be sub Ject to an attainment. TO SUCCEED MR. CALLAWAY. NEW YORK. May 21. The Tribune says: It is the drift of opinion that Edgar Van Euan, general superintendent of the New York Central. Is to succeed Mr. Callaway as president of that road. No offlctal Information as to this could be obtained since the subject has not yet been discussed by W. K, Vanderbllt and his associates In control of the Central. Although many other names have been mentioned. Mr. Van Ettan to regarded at present as most likely to be elected to the office. AGAINST PORTO RICAN TOBACCO. NEW YORK, May 21. The tobacco workers In Pinar del Rio Province. says a Tribune dispatch from Havana. are deluging Queeada and other mem bers of the Cuban constitutional con vention with protests again s the report ed Intention of the war department to admit Porto RIcan tobacco into Cuba. Protests will be forwarded to Washing ton and also laid before the Havana commission which of all the provinces and Its delegates support the Piatt amendment. PROFESSOR LATHROP RESIGNS. STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Calif.. May 21. The resignation of Prof. B. B. Lathrop, professor if rhetoric and.for- ensics at Stanford, is announced today. Prof. Lathrop will have nothing to say at present as to his reasons further than that they are associated with the Ross-Howard affair. Prof. Lathrop has accepted a position as associate professor of English at the University of Wisconsin. PASSENGER ENGINE WRECKED. PUEBLO, Colo., May 21. Passenger train No. 115 on the Rio Grande Rail road ran Into a washout near San Car los, ten miles south of here last night and was wrecked. The engine rolled over into the St. Charles creek, but the rest of the triin remained on the bank. It was thought at 'Irst xhere would be a loss of life and the hospital train was sent from here, but beyond a shak ing up no injury waa done the passen gers. FIVE CADETS TO x BE DISMISSED Superintendent of Military Acad emy Will Read Order Today. SIX IN FOR SUSPENSION Larje Naaibcr Wkoa Will Bo liftlctcf Mloor PailibBtili Matliy lid Bread of DlKlpllae the due. WASHINGTON, May 21.-Colonel A. L. Miles, superintendent of the mili tary academy, left Washington today after a conference with the secretary of war. In order to be present at West Point tomorrow when the order will b read dismissing Ave cadets from the academy and suspending six more on charges of mutiny and breach, of dls clollne. There la a large number of other cadets upon whom will be Inflict ed minor punishments, such as extra duty, confinement to quarters, depriva tion of holidays and reduction in class rank. The trouble grew out of attempts to suppress hazing. Although poinlses of the suppresfc'on of haling has been made, "bracing" still has been carried on against the or ders yt rhe officials. The class officers have failed to report the cases of bracing. Thae class officers were re-' ducel and some minor punlahxnenta in flicted. The mutiny or insubordina tion grw out of the resentment of the second -diss men who have been at the academy three years at the punishments inflicted by the academy officials. This resulted in the trials and sentences to dismissal, approved by the secretary of war today. GOVERNOR ALLEN'S REPORT. WASHINGTON. May 2L-3overnor Charles H. Allen, of Porto Rico, has presented to the president bis annual report" The governor expresses the opinion that the scheme of the colonial admuw istration such as la found In the Dan ish. French and English West Indies, might be safely instituted with varia tions dependent upon the future policy of the home government. CONSTITUTION'S FIRST SPIN. BRISTOL. R. I.. May 21. Up and down the Narragansett bay today tho cup defender. Constitution, was put through her first paces and! acquitted herself, as Mr. Duncan, her nanager, said, most satisfactory. It was the builders' trial and confined to six or seven miles. PETTIGREW MAKES DENIAL. ! SIOUX FALLS, S. D., May 21.-In an Interview In the Sioux Falls Press, which will appear tomorrow morning, ex-Senator Pettlgrew denies taht he has been offered the presidency of the Northern Pacific or any other railroad and aaya he would not acept the offer if It was made. WHITMAN TEAM WON. SEATTLE. May 21,-The baaefcall game this afternoon between the state university and Whitman college teams resulted to a victory for the Utter, the score being 3 to L By winning- the came the Whitman team also win the Intercollegiate championship of Wash ington and Idaho. HIGH PRICED TROTTERS. i i i ' CLEVELAND, May 21.-Chartes A. Wlnshlp, of Los Angeles, Cal., yester day gold to J. C. Mcklnney, of Terraco farm. Tttusvllle, Pa, three-year and five-year-old trotting mares Zephyr . and Velvet Rose for 110.000, Zephyr bringing the larger part of this sum, It being the largest amount paid for a three-year-old filly In years. CHICAGO SELECTED. PARIS, May 21. The committee hav ing In charge the quadrennial Olympian games at the Automobile Club today selected Chicago as the place for hold ing the contests in 1904. TRANSPORTS TO BE SOLD. WASHINGTON, May 21.-A board of survey has been ordered to report upon the value of the transports McCleiian, Sedgwick and Crok belonging to the West Indian transport service, which is to be abandoned July 1. After the re- Dort of the board the transports will be offered for sale. MIDDLEWEIGHT MATCHED. CHICAGO. May 21.-Jack Moffat, the Chicago middleweight, has been match ed to box twenty rounds with George Gardner of Boston at San FrancJeco on July 4. Moffat will leave for San Francisco about June t.