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i()TU '' -.- . (: tic IV.to t: u ... 1 ., u it L Lra VOL. LIU ASTOKIA, OREGON. I'KIDAY, MAY L'4, 1901. NO. 123 The Cheapest Yet A SIX HOLE TEEL, RANGE FOR CLIPSE HARDWARE CO. Plsmbers and Sieamflllers Diamond IN GREAT VARIETY Bats, Balls, Masks, Pads, Gloves And everything cl in that lino to make tho boys happy. If you do not piny hnll wp enn liow yoa un elegant lino of FISHING LINES. FLIES. REELS, BASKETS, ETC. GRIFFIN BOILJBD HAM Smoked BcIh All Kinds of CIiccho PrcHh Fruits Everything That's Good See what we have before purchasing It will pay you Foard & Stokes Co. Fancy and Staple Groceries FLOUR, FEED, PROVISIONS. TOBACCO AND CIGARS Supplies of all kinds at lowest rates, for fishermen, Farmers and Loggers. A V. ALtLfBNy Tenth aad Commercial Streets ) jj . We Rent New 1P ini ( g,v '' "'n, ra 'it 'nnfrim iftA-' C. J. TRENCHAPD, Commission. Brokerage, Cu,,om Ho" Brok.r. ASTORIA, ORE insurance ana snipping:. L.r, mvt. 0.00 Outfits AND AT ALL PRICES & REED REPUTATION REPRESENTS PUBLIC OPINION Reputation represents public opinion. How to get In your favor. Make a Brat-class, To llable article like the Char terOak Stove and Range. Every Charter Oak It guar anteed. For sale In Astoria only by W. J. SCULl,Y, 431 Bond St.. Between Ninth and Tenth. Typewriters. Many new improvements added. See our latest No. 2 Smith Premier Typewriter New Art Catalogue Free . . . L- M. ALEXANDER & CO. Kxolusive Pacific Coast Dealers 245 Stark St., Portland, Ore, F W. M'KFCTINIE. I.oesl Asr-nt. BUSY DAY WITH THE PRESIDENT Receives Federal Officials and Reviews Returned Soldiers. GENERAL HOSPITAL VISITED McKlslcy Omi Tkrosfk the Warai ( Skk Soldier Jit ( Societies Re ceplloa Tonlfbl by Ike 0. A. R, Potts. HAN FHANCHCO, Muy tt.Vr-p-lent McKlnley nix-lit a fUrly busy day. After lirrkfiiKtlnif at the residence of Irving M. Heoti. he returned to hi temporary hmiic iumI received a d"e. gallon of f.-d..rl officials. Prnlderit Mc Klnley asked the federal official to provide a portion for an old man nm e1 HUtfr who mrvi-d In hi regiment during the civil war. Kitter lout a leg In battle and 1 now a resident of San Iunlro. The jin-Adent remarked thul thl was the first appointment he had asked for, and hMd hlii old rimnalv would be provl'k-d fr. The official promised to do no. The mt liufort.ini event of the day wa the president visit to the PreIJI i. where he review.-! the Korty-flfth end rvrt-ixth wlutitrr Infantry r-gi-menm Jut returned from the Phjllp jilntn. The pr-ld-nt neit vUilted the gnral hcwpltal. itoUik through every ward, howliijc and p-ttklnn words of rh.r Ui every lrk Hold er. In the afternoon ihe president was the gmut of honor at mettlon of the ln. Ion U-njfie club, the Ohio Boclty of California. M xian war veteran, PI". ne-m and NxUve Rons. Tl :ui three natie,! prenetisi him with a iaier weight containing 1350 wnr:h f gold, (in hU way to dinner h nioid At fmon Hjuare and turn el over the flrct shovelful of iukI where the monument to the American navy. In .'oinit.-moniilon of Admiral Dewey's vlm.iy, at Manila l'y. I to be erected. Tonight. '.Vmldent Mi Klnley attended a recpt.in given In hl honor by the 5. A. It. poH'.it of the city. AIU.K TO HB l'p. Mrx. McKlnh'v Waved Farewell to Prenident nit He Ml for Pnidlo. SAN Flt.Ni,I. May 23 Mr. McKlnley w in u; early ttnlay aid was well enough to appear at her window and wave farewell to the President a he deartei for the military review n the Predlo. While the present Int'-n-tton of the prenldintlal party la to start for th. Kai at 10 o'clock Saturday morning, tltl will not be positively de cided upon until ofter a consultation with physicians tomorrow. RANK Kit RASKETT'S MILLIONS. Supposed to Have Hertr Living In Polk County. LONDON. May 23.-H. II. Ollfrey. a legislative clerk of the United State. Is now here endeavoring to trace the estate of W. Rxskett. supposed to have been a London banker and said to have recently died leaving ,00,000. the principal n(Hlr ting tne Rasketts of Polk county, Oregon. The story, purporting to nave origin ated In London and giving details of the death, was printed In a Sakm, Ore gon, paper. Gllfry Is unable to find the stighteit traoe of Banker Baskett and the death of any man answering the description has not been reoorfrd at Somerset House, the office of registration of births, deaths and marrtnges. INEQUALITIES OF TAXATION. Interesting Addres by Professor Sellg man at Buffalo. BUFFALO, N. Y., Muy 23.-A large number of prominent men from all parts of the United States, repre.ent Ing all the conflicting theories of what constitutes proper systems of taxation for the raising of revenue for federal, state and municipal government, met here today. Prof. R. A. Sellgtnan, Instructor of economics of the University of Colum bia, rend a paper on "Inequalities of Taxation." Prof. Sellgman declared that while DRESS GOODS Worth your while to call and f.ee 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 shades in VENETIAN CLOTH at 50 c per yard, not to be had elsewhere at this figure. Every Possible Desire tin L.lnlngs .SHANAHAN'S ecmorny In f(vrnnint Is wcesHry. the taxti'n problem cannot be solved as the cu't'ng don of expenditures. He then went on to show that public exrienw. hav lnrri.'d far more rapid ly than his the population. Hald he: "The population of Uw York City today Is :il)out the same as (hat of the entlr country xt the Ixglnnlntr of the pr'tent government. Yet whereas New York stiendu alxnit $100,900,000 a yar. the expenditures of the United Hiaten began at 4,000,000 and even during the Unit decade of Its existence un ler the present constitution averaged only bout $8,000,000 a year. In the fed'Tal government whereas since 1790 the pop ulatlon ha Increased twerrty fold from 4.0O0.000 to S0.000.000 the expenditure has Increased 160 ftild frwn 4.0(i0,000 dollar to MO.000,000 -lollar. In state and lo cal finances the figures are still more striking. New York state spent in 17M less than $150,000; it spent In 1900 $23,000,000 or 116 times as much. New York City spf)t In IHOO with a popula tion of 10.000. a little over $100,000. v 1900 Its population had Increased slxly times, but tin expenditure had lnTeas ed 1000 times. The burdens are be ginning to be fell. Prof. Sellgman sail the economic transitions of the wast row decades had made neceWitry a revision of tax sys tems. Said he: "The changes are three In number first, the transition from the agricul tural to the Industrial stage; second, the growth of corporate enterprise; third, the broadening of the market and the dlsaptx-arance of the slate lilH-f In businnw activity." He pointed oy. th d fllculty of ap plylMB ts laws to personal proyxTty and suggwted the Inheritance tax as a partial solution of the question. The knottiest problem of all. however, he declared to be the taxation of corpora tion. Bnunvratlnf some of the questions H- volvej. he said: "What Is the franchise of a corpor ation and how shall It be estimated? Shall earning capacity of other cri teria form the test of taxable ability? Shall we seek a method of assessment which even though only roughly ap proximated, shall be certain, or a meth od which while not subtle and deli cate Involves arbitrariness Shall all corporations be treated alike or shall different classes be taxed at different rates? Sh ill pure b'wtnew corpora tlins be assessed In the same way? Shall Interstate corporations be treated according to a uniform law? These are only a few of the points upon which light must be thrown before we cn even approach a satisfactory solution of the problem." TO SIVCEKD BRADY. Appolntnv-nt of a Governor for Alaska Is Probable. Early SEATTLE, May 23 It is quite prob able that there will be a new governor for Alaska as soon as or shortly after President McKlnley returns to the White House, the 'erm of John G. Bra dy having expired with the present month. He has been and is now holding his office undi-r the provision of the law that provljes that until a new gov ernor is appointed he has that right. Governor Brady, as is known. Is a prohibitionist, and for that reason, it Is stld. he ha not been popular with the cltlxens of the northern territory. His Influence has waned, It is said, at Washington, and it Is not probable that he will be reappointed. WILL NOT CONSENT. LONDON, May 23. A dispatch to the Reuter Telegram Company from Pekln says the government of the United States will under no circumstances con sent to any Increase In the Chinese tar iff: unless commerefcu advantages are conceded in return. SUICIDE OF BRESCI. ROME, May 23. At a cabinet coun cil at the Quirlnal today, the king was Informed of the suicide of Bresoi, King Humbert's assassin. His majesty said: "It Is perfups the best thing that could have happened to the unhappy man." EX-GOVERNOR TANNER DEAD. SPRINGFIELD. 111., May 23. Former Governor John R. Tanner died here suddenly this afternoon from rheuma tism of the heart LARGE YIELD PROMISED. NEW YORK. May 23. Dispatches from correspondents of R. G. Dun & Co. throughout the winter wheat belt, promise unusually satisfactory yield. HAS FULL FAITH IN SHAMROCK I Lipton Asks That Races Take Place First Week in October. REPAIRS WILL BE RUSHED N TIbc Win B Left Wkll Wililif Reply Frea the Mew Yerfc Yackl Clsk Is Rtir4 to Pest- OlCflldt. HOl'THAMPTON, May 23 At a con ference of hi constructors and advl er, held this afternoon. Sir Thomas Mpton told the gentlenvm that he was determined to go ahead with Shamrock II. and left It to them to decide how this best could be done. He had a long d!vussinn with Mr. Wa'.sun, the designer of Shamrock II Ratsey, sallmaker; Wand, manager for the Dennys, the builders of the yacht Captain Sycamore, hT skipper, and was agreed to cable the New York Yacht Club asking that the date of the contest be postponed until the flrt week In October In order to allow for neces ary repair. Thl extension will give the Dennys and Ratsey time to do their part of the work. It was decided to lose no time, but to go ahead under full Is sure while awaiting a reply from the New York Yacht Club as to whether the postponement would be granted. STEAMER IS SECURED. Vanguard to Go on Cathlamet-Astoria Run. The steamer Vanguard has been se cured to go on the Cathlamet-Astoria run, by the committee appointed re cently by Preident Kendall of the Push Club. At a conference held yesterday afternoon between the members of the committee and Captain Haslem ar rangements were made whereby, com menclng June 1st. the Vanguard will make dally trips, except Sundays. The steamer will leave Cathlamet ar 7 a. m.. touching at way points and returning will leave Astoria at 3 p. m A "Business Men's Excursion" will be given next Wednesday when local mer errant will take a pleasure trip over the route. NOTED MARE SOLD. CHICAGO, May 23 A special to the Tribune from Lexington. Kentucky, says: Richard Croker has bought of Colo nel W. S. Pames Melbourne stud here the noted thoroughbred brood mare Bonlta Belle. 16 years old by Falsetto dam. Bonlta. by Lexington, and ber yearling colt B?au Imperial, by Jim Gore, which has been largely entered In the English stakes. The price it ks said was $18,000 for the two. $6100 be Ine for the colt. The coH will be shlDned direct to England, while the mare will be kept at Melbourne stud. VOLCANO IN ERUPTION. Great Loss of Life Reported From Ba- uvia, Java BATAVIA, Java, May 23. He vol cano of Keloitls Is In eruption. It was reported that there has been great loss of life, many natives having been over whelmed with Java The population of Btltar Is fleeing. A heavy rain of cln ders continued falling today, cover ing six districts, aggregating one-third of the island. BELMONT STAKE RACES. NEW YORK. May 21 Commando, son of Domino, won the classic Bel mont stake at Moris park today and stamped himself the best 3-year-old of recent years. He was a strong favor He In the betting, and mode all the running and won the galloping by two lengths In 2:21. the track record for t'.ie distance. MAY CONSOLIDATE. LITTLE ROCK, Ark.. May 23. By a vote of 109 to 60, the Southern Presby terian general assembly today adopted a resolution reciting that, while the general assembly may not approve the wisdom of the step, it interposes no bar to the consolidation of the Northern and Southern Presbyterian theological semLnarles In Kentucky. TO STOP BICYCLE RACES. Vailsburg Bicycle Track Will Probably Be Closed. NEW YORK. May 23. Chief Justice Depue, of Newark, N. J., has taken action which will probably result In the closing of the Vailsburg bicycle track on Sunday. He called the attention of the grand Jury to the fact that races where prizes are given are a violation of a statute, and places where such practices are habitually permitted are Indictable as being disorderly. Some week ago the social club of Vailsburg complained to the chief of polk-e of Sunday racing at the track. He refused to interfere and the matter wa taken to Chief Justice Depue, who ordered Sheriff Virtue to visit the track and make a report. The report of the sheriff was to the effect that there was no disorder but the chief Justice aid to the grand Jury on this point that the families living In the neighbor hood of the track were entitled to pro tection If they asked It REVISION OF CREED. Important Conference of Presbyterian Assembly at Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA. May 23. With elo quence born of the solemn Important of the question, the commissioners to the Presbyterian general assembly today began the debate on the revision of the confession of faith. The brilliant lead ers of the church advanced their views in a calm, dispassionate manner and the entire discussion was devoid of acri mony. With a full realization of the great importance: of the subject, the assembly proceeded to consider and In vestigate thoroughly every detail of the propped changes Ip the creed. Calvary church was not large enough to accommodate the throngs who clam ored for admittance. Although frequently requeued to avoid demonstrations, the audience re peatedly applauded the speakers. There are 250 commissioners commit ted to dismissal but they have express ed themselves as open to conviction. HELD TO GRAND JURY, Three Person Held !n Chicago for Criminal Responsibility. CHICAGO, May i3.The eoroner Jury which has for two day's listened to the evidence in the case of Mrs. firfl ma Lucy Judd, wife of one of the of facials of John Alexander Dowle's Z'on, tonight returned a verdict holding Do wie. H. W. Judd, the husband of the woman, and Mrs. Spencer and Mrs. Bratsch to await the action of the grand Jury. The charge against them Is "Criminal responsibility" for the death of Mrs. Judd. The physicians testified that she was allowed to die when the slightest at tempt to save her life would have been tuccessfuL BEGAN THEIR SENTENCES. Three Ex-Government Officials Taken to Bilibld Prison. MANILA, May 23. The gates of B'l ibid prison. Manila, swung open tonight and admitted a mule wagon bearing three ex-United States officers who re luctantly alighted and began to serv sentences In expUtlon of crimes in con nection with the commissary scandals. Captain Frederick J. Barrows, late de pot quartermaster, department of South ern Luzon. Is sentenced to five years' imprisonment; Captain James C. Reed late depot commissary at Manila, to three years' Imprisonment and Lieuten ont Frederick Boyer, late depot com mlssary at Calamba. to one year Un nrlsonment. FOURTEEN LIVES LOST. Great Destruction Wrought by the Tennessee Flood. KNOXVILLE. Tenn.. May 23.-The Tennessee river reached 35.8 feet at this place this afternoon and is slow Iy falling. The loss of life thus far re ported is fourteen. At Knoxville the steamer Onaga. the largest vessel plying the Tennessee above Chattanooga, was wrecked to day and Is a total loss. A special to the Journal and Tribune from EUro bethtown, where the flood was felt with terrible force, says: 'The relief committee tonight report about 250 persons in the town and 1000 in the country homeless because of yes terday's flood." THE CHINESE INDEMNITY. Probable That Compromise Will Be Reached as to the Amount. WASHINGTON, May 23 Mr. Rock hill has confirmed the news from Pe kln to the effect that the foreign min isters have declined to accede to the suwrestlon of the United States that the total Indemnity to be collected from China shall be limited to $200,000,000. It la believed the outcome will be a compromise on the figure between $200,- 000,000 and the maximum of $337,000,000 claimed by the powers. OFFICERS ELECTED. BAKER CITY, May 23. The follow ing officers were elected by the grand lodge of Odd Fellows of Oregon, today: Grand master, J. N. Nelson, McMlnn- vllle; deputy grand master, Robt An drews. Portland; grand warden, Jos. Misley. Roseburg; grand secretary, E. E. Sharon, Portland; grand treasurer, Byron E. Miller, Portland; grand repre sentative, Chas. L. Palmer, Baker City. The next session of the grand lodge will be at Newport. STRIKERS ARE LARGELY GAINERS Summary of the Situation by President 0'Connell. SEVERAL DEMANDS GRANTED Uric flanker of Met Retsrs to Work Macblaltts Akaf tk Seaboard Air Llse Will Strike This Moralaf. WASHINGTON, May 2l-President O Connell. of the Machinists' Associa tion, in sumarizlng the situation to night said: "The situation now shows that we are largely a gainer In the number of settlements made. The adjustments re ported during the day show a gain In New England of 1500 in the number of men returned to work with, their demands granted; of 500 or (00 In Ohio and probably 1009 In Pennsylvania. About 1000 men struck today. O'Connell said a strike of the ma chlnlat on the seaboard air line would occur tomorrow morning. He said the strlkeri would number between 600 and COO. DELEGATES. IN TACQMA, TACOMA. May ll-The members of the Ohio delegation tn congres were the guests of Tacoma this forenoon. Tbey were greeted by members of the Ohio Society including Congressman Cushman and other prominent citizens Mi A given an excursion about the har bor, landing at Point Defiance Park. Luncheon followed at Whltwortb Col lege. President F. B. Oauit being the head of the Ohio Society. Then a ride through other parks and the residence portion of the city concluded the morn ing diversion, the guests leaving at 1 o'clock for Seattle by steamer. AFTER THE BOXERS. BERLIN, May 23.-Count' Von Wal dersee, in a dispatch from Pekln, says that LI Hung Chang, having decided to take energetic action aglnst the Boxers along the southern line of de markation, his generals are now oper ating tn conjunction with General BaU k)tid and Captain Knoerser. The companies of the Third German regiment surprised and dispersed four hundred escaped Boxers, fourteen miles northwest of Pao Ting Fu. Five Ger mans were wounded. THE UNIFORM RULES . PARIS, May 23.-The Olympian games committee met at the Automobile Club this morning to discusse a proposal sub mitted by L. P. Sheldon, of Yale, In behalf of the Athletic Union, of Ameri ca, that the committee draw up inter national rules for athletic contests, to do away with the existing diversity In various countries and associations. The committee decided to take the matter under consideration. ICEBERG OFF NEWFOUNDLAND. ST. JOHNS. N. F.. May 23. Reports' from the Strait of Belle Isle, show that vast body of ice is packed against the Labrador coast, preventing all pros. oect of traversing that region. It Is also reported that Icebergs are sweep ing south along the eastern seaboard of Newfoundland, Belle Isle waiters ar not likely to be navigable by ocean steamers for some weeks to come. PILOT SUSPENDED. KINGSTON. Jamaica, May 23. The marine board has suspended for six months the pilot who was In charge of the German troop steamer Schleswig. Captain Schluter, from Mobile, April 27, for Cuba, which went ashore recently near Port Maria, on the northern ecastf of Jamaica The pilot was found guilty of "reck less and negligent navigation." POPULATION OF SCOTLAND. EDINBURGH, May 23.-The cenu of Scotland, Just completed, shows a total population of 4,471.977, an increase of 446,310 since the last census, tak en ten years ago. For the first time Scotland's population exceeds Ireland'. The oooulatlon of Glasgow Is 760,423 or an Increase of 142,371, and that of Edin burgh 316,479, or an Increase of 51,(85. GERMANY'S CHINA FORCE. BERLIN, May 23. The German force' In China after the withdrawal of the troops will amount to three or four thousand men, exclusive of the guards for the American legation and the de tachment between Pekln and the sea. The purpose of this small corps in to watch the enforcement of the stipula tions between CbJna and the powers.