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NOTIOK1 ' to Hot to be T:tei ! -n ,f;r. -jrary vv.il lout , ' . ASTORIA POBLIC. LIBRARY ASSOfflTH. wni ue uauits w wvw ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. Clumbers (i Steamfitters HOLG ACiRNTH POII S27 BOND Diamond IN GREAT VARIETY Bats, Bails, Masks, Pads, Gloves Ami evrrything cl- in tluU ,'c h mnk0 tlio Lop ,,,,,. If you .lo not Ull c ran ho- joa on i-lrgont line of FISHING LINES, FLIES, REELS, BASKETS. ETC. GRIFFIN Granite Preserving Kettles AND ALL KIND OF GRANITE WARE... Foard 8 Stokes Co. Fancy and Staple Groceries FLOUR, FEED, PROVISIONS, TOBACCO AND CICARS Supplies of nil kinds at lowest rates, for fishermen, Farmers and Ixiggers. A. V. ALLEN, Tenth and Commercial Streets I,, F? , ,, J" Q 1, iS MmJ') We Rent New Many new improvements added. bee our latest C. JT. TRENCHARD, Coamlssloa. Brokersge, cai.tom hou Drok.r. . . - ASTORIA, ORE. inssriuce im sniEirz. jtw. .. .adrio.'.. SUPERIOR STEEL RANGES STREET Outfits AND AT All PRICES 6t REED REPUTATION REPRESENTS PUBLIC OPINION Reputation represents publlo opinion. How to Ret In your favor. Make a first-class, ti llable article like the Char ter Oak Stove and Range, Every Charter Oak It guar anteed. Fur tale In Astoria only by W. J. SCULLY. 431 Bond St., Between Ninth and Tenth. Typewrite No. 2 Smith Premier TyceK r New Art Catalogue Free ... , ' L M. ALEXANDER 4 CO. Exclusive Pacific Coast Dealers 245 Stark St, Portland, Ore. r W.M'KECHNIE. I-ronl Apent. CAME TOGETHER WITH A CRASH Six Men Killed in Train Collision on the Lackawanna. TRAINS BLOWN TO ATOMS Tare Mea Fatally Injured but the Rcmalader el Ibt Crew Escaped With Brilsci -The Shock Fell for Thirty Mllci. IIINOIIAMTON. N. Y-. June 8-Whlle the freight train on tin- Iickiwanru wan 'iiklnir water at V-mal. i-n rnlles, wert of ber tonight, it wh run Into from behind by a double neadcr Wildcat train. In the second Mir from the ea. Imhkw of the stationary train wa a large ouiintliv f dynaml'c which wa. c-xi lo li-( jy th impact, six m-n wer killed and three finally njur.-d. The did are: J. M. KELLER, of Klinlr. TIIKOPMRK IttUIKMI'H. .if Klmlra. KIltKMA N W KTI I ERH KK. BNO I N irOH M A TTK E. Htt'li. MBDKICK, Trainman. KDWARI) I-oLHKMUH. Trainman. Th Injured ur: George Mittlce, tralnmun; Engineer I-nrgm:iii. f jhe Wildcat train, and an unknown man. Iluth trajnit wire bl-n tn atumd. bui Ihe ri-niHln l.T of their rrrw cii,-ap,.i with itllicht Injurlm. Muih dum.K wax d,in by the ron ruovlon. moiit of the window In Veatal nd I'nlon acrfwii ;h river from Vtal beln nhattrr-'d. IllnKhamton'a plate ! front dl l not rcpe. and many if ire larvt kUw ln the elty were broken. Th" nhook u felt at a dlt- nnre of thirty mllp. lhV FKMHTFrr. DEATH. tVnf Muf Burn 'd In Alcohol Bath by Attendant' Careleiuine. HKIIKKU:V. i'al.. June S.-Vlrt Al len. a 9-y-ar-old deaf mute, wn burned to death tod.iv at the utate Institute for th" d-af. .Ium' and blind. Th !xiy wan being Imthed In an al cohol hath by i5rrf, Ib'ffman, an at tendant. Moffman llghnil a rtgnrette and threw the m.ict.h Into the alcohol. which Imniedlaiely took (Ire. The boy att"m;ited to Jump from the tub Kcveral time. Imt f,U t)a"k Into the burning Miii!d. Hoffman lout his prctici' of Tilnd and rendered no a ixtnm-e to .he burning bny, who fin ally, after a ut!re ne ,-ffort. flung hlm- elf fnioi the tub and run shrieking in to the hall, wh -re he wa caught by at tendant. He wa o badly burned thai the flesh drpid from hi bonea. His death ensu'' 1 In a few hours. Hoffman hi been plaetM under arr-st on a charge of criminal carelessness. DISHONEST OltE SAMPLER. Stole tTOOO Worth of Ore by Means of Salting. EVERETT. Wash.. June 8 Jospeh Rice, of this cltv, employed ns ore samp ler by the Puget Sound Reduction Com pany, which has headquarters In New York. I under arrest on a charge of collusion with a Montana mine owner In stealing tTOOO from two car loads of ore. The ore wa sampled by Rice and paid for by the reduction company on the basis of hi estimate. The scheme work ed was by salting the low grade ore to more than ten times Itn worth. Rice declares his Innocence, ttiough has been relensed on $1000 ball. The Montana mine owner has not yet been apprehended. OERMANY'S CHINESE FORCES. Order Announcing the Strength of the Expedition Corps. BERLIN, June 8.-The Military Ex tra contained an order announcing the nams of the officers and strength of the derninn Ch!nse occupation brigade as follows: "Commander Major General Von Rohrsoheldt, with mlltary suite num bering eight persons, ieirly all of '.hem belna officers who belonged to the ex pedition corps." The occupation brigade will be com posed of three Infantry regiments of three battalion, the latter having three companies each. One eouadron of mounted chasseurs, three field battal ions of artllbry and other troops. TRADE OF CORBA. American Exports Have Almost Dou bled Within a Tear. WASHINGTON, June S.-No reports uoon the trade of Oorea have been published for the last seven years, ac cording to Consul General Allen at Seoul, In a communication to the state department. Mr. Allen, therefore, sub- mil a i-,ort fornpllcd by blmmlf which del forth thr prlnclpt,! fa,:!, r;. biting tot 'urea' c'oinrniTe with the rent of the world and ctlinare of the value of America irade with that empire. The total trade of t'orea for l!t00. In cludlnir nallve lrnporla and k'hiIh re exported. I net down at $13,690,213. The n-t Importation wa valu'-d at t?.5.V), Vl'. The chief Item of American m. port wa keronene which wan valued lut year at tSM.01'. Next n order In thl connection came milling nupplles, of which at leant tl'0.0of worth wa Imported from the foiled Btat,. Iat year. American Import Into Corea. the con hiiI aenifral utate. have more than doubled In the pant year and the trade Ii growing- t'orett' exportation of 15K0 amounted to tl.7Ol,0.'4. Aincrlcanii are hown to lie promi nent In the trale and development of forea. epeclally In regard to the rail road and mining eiit'rprjv. IHatlve to the curnmcy of the empire. Mr. Al-l-n nay: "t'orea I, gr-atly in need f money, yet no cncour.iK-ment 1 given to the people to develop tlv-lr excellent natur al reourcen." MAY NOT UK TIlt'E. Belief That It Kurvcybig of Mount Ba W -r "Jln.rl. t I Not (.'ompleted. NE'.V YORK. Jun S. A special to the Tl nes from Ottawa, Ont., says: The authorities at Ottawa are doubt nil rcjtarjing the truth of the report sent out from Whatcom, Washington that the I'nlted States and Canadian commission now resurvcylng the Inter national line on the western mountain have completed their work throughout the Mount Baker mining district and. that the line turns rhrte-flf;hg of a mile further south than the fnlted States commUslonerg are willing to ad mit. It Is not thought the work hag yet been completed. Surveyor MeArthur, In charge of one of the Canadian parties, left here about the middle of May and on the 31st he had reached Chllllwack, B. C, the last point of civilisation on the mountain alone. From there to the Mount Ba ker mining district the survey would have to proceed, very slowly owing to the dense brush. It U thought that If the work In that particular district had been completed, MeArthur would have so Informed the department at Ottawa. BIO TIME FOR INDIANS. Over Six Thousand Will Be Present at Elks' Carnival In Tacoma. TACOMA, June 8. The largest and tii'isi representa'ive gathering of In dians ever held In the Northwest will be a feature of the Elks' Carnival to le hel I In Tacoma in August. Repre sentatives from thirty Indian tribes, scattered over the territory between Alaska and California and west of the Dakotas. are to be here. Practically all of the famous Indian chiefs who par ticipated In the bloody fights of the earlier days will attend and they are to bring their famous warriors. Effort are now being made to secure the Indians who are rendering the Pas sion Play in British Columbia. An In dian village will be constructed and Inhabited by 6000 of the red men. Buildings for the ghoet, sun and other dancea are being built or will be trans ported. In pieces, from their old sites. The Indians w ill be given a big potlach during the carnival. TOO ILL TO TESTIFT. Rice's Valet Visited by Representatives of Four Law Firms. NEW YORK. June 8. Representa tives of four law Arms Interested in the Rico will contest have again visited the house on West FVrty-fourth etreet. where Jones Is to give his testimony under an order of- the surrogate court. He was too ill to testify. roar has arisen mat the very meas- urjs adopted to prevent Jones from his taking his own life may result in a fatal attack of nervous prostration. complicated with other ailments. His removal several weeks ago from the house of detention to his prvsni lo- ation did not result ln the hoped for Improvement In his health and he de clared tlmt the constant presence of de tectives is responsible for his condition. He says he cannot sleep with a man watching at his bedside. HURLS BACK DEFIANCE. International Machinists and Metal Trades As-joolatlons at War. TORONTO, Ont.. June 8.-The Inter national Machinists Association todav passed a eso!u'.lon to the effect "that after due consideration we accept the challenge or the National Metal Trades Association, and after aceptlng this declaration of war we cheerfully picked up the gauntlet and hurl back defiance. We never will accept a modification of our demands and resume labor until the cause for which we struggle is triumph ant and a shorter ork day Is an ac complished fact" SILVER MARKET. NEW TORK, June S.-Sl!ver. 6S. MEET DEATH IN THE STORM'S PATH Several People Killed and Injured in Oklahoma. EDDY TOWN BLOWN AWAY Klajllihcr City Suffered Severely tad Prop erty Lou It Larje la Maay Coai Ilea -The Slorai at Black wcIL ENID. O. T., June 8 The worst dtorm In years swept over the territory last right. It wa particularly re vere In Noble and Kay counties. At Billings, Noble county, much dam age was dooe. Seven people were kill ed and -nany severely Injured. A cloud-buru occurred near Hennes ey. Kingfisher county, and Kingfisher City suffered severely. THE STORM AT BLACK WELL. Three Persons Killed anl Eddy Town Blo-vn Away. BLACKWELL. O. T.. June 8. A de nructlve rain and hall atorm visited here last night, killing three persons and doing much damage to property. J. H, Crawford, a prominent contractor, was killed by lightening. Eddy Town, twelve miles southwest of hre. was blow n away. At that place two persona were killed and several oth er Injured. USED BY GEORGE WASHINGTON. Historical State Coach Presented to La dles Association of the Union. NEW TORK. June 8. George Wash ington's state coach ha teen presented to Augustus FYey to the Ladles As sociation of the Union, the New York vice rerent of the association being Mrs. Townsend. The coach, according to the hlsiory given by Mr. Prey, was used 'by Gen eral and Mrs. Washington on a Journey which they made from Mount Vernon to Savannah and return. It was pur chased at the Philadelphia centennial tn 1S76 by Benjamin Richardson, a broth el of the Richardson who won noto riety by building his "spite house" In Lexington avenue, this city. RlcharJson drove In the coach through the streets of Philadelphia. At his death it became the property of relatives and la:er passed Into the possession of Mr. Frye. The upholstery of the vehicle is the worse for time, but otherwise It Is in fairly gd condition. It will be shipped to Mt. Vernon on Monday. IN OPERATION JULY 1. Civil Government for Philippines to Be Ready on That Date. WASHINGTON. June 8. When Judge i Taft. of the Philippine commission, be comes head of the civil government In the Philippine islands, he will have the title of governor. While it is expected tnat he will become governor of the Philippines about the first of July, there may be some delay as tthe civil tfovernmental machinery may not be ready by that date. Both Judge Taft and General MacArthur have informed the secretary of war that July was as earlv as the proposed civil government could be put In operation, and as neither has made any modification of his views. It Is presumed that they still are of that opinion. EXPRESSIVE OF GOOD WILL. WASHINGTON, June 8.-A number of officers or the Brazilian navy in full uniform, accompanied by the Brazilian minister, Mr. Assis Brasil, called at the White House and had a pleasant ex change with the president. Later they called on Secretary Long at the navy department and on the cabinet officers. Thev also visited the navy yard and went to Mount Vernon, where :hey de posited a beautiful wreath on the tomb of Washington. The visits were expressive of the good will existing between Brasil and the United States nd were In return for the courtesy shown by the United Spates when President Campos Salles was lnaugurtted. in having the Iowa and Oregon In Brazilian waters. THEIR RELATIVE MERITS. Information Regarding Working Cost of Locomotives Withheld by Mid land Railway. NEW YORK. June 8. The Times quotes A. B. Johnson, of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, as saying In reply to the recent charges of Samuel W. Johnson, locomotive su perintendent of the Midland Railway of England that the extra working cost of American loooraotivea over the Brit lab under the tame conditions is from W to 2."i per cent In fuel, JO per cent In oil and 60 per cent In repairs. "It Is Impossible for me to supply any data, either In corroboration or denial of Mr. Johnson's statement. "Efforts have repeatedly been mad to obtain from the Midland Railway Infor mation respecting the relative perform ance of English and American locomo tives working under similar conditions, but up to this time all such Informa tion has been withheld. Had auch in formation been given and had It been found unfavorable to the American lo comotives measures would have been Immediately taken to ascertain the rea son and provide the proper remedy. "It ! obvious that In locomotives of the same weight, general dimensions, heating, surface, and power and con structed from similar material through out there cannot be ao wide a varia tion In operation economy a Mr. John son's flrureo Indicate, unless one of the locomotives under consideration la in condition unfit for comparison. If therefore. It la true that the American locomotives are showing the unfavDr able results Indicated, It Is abundant reason for the locomotive department of the Midland Railway to Investigate and correct the trouble." FEELING MORE HOPEFUL. Belief That Mrs. McKinley Will Pull Through Her Illness. WASHINGTON. June 8.-Dr. Rixey left the White House at 11:20 tonight after a vist that extended over two hours. Dr. Rixey said: "Mrs. McKinley is about the same as In the mornlng'g bulletin. She has rested comfortably today. There has been no material change ;bougb there has been barely any perceptible im provjment. She la now sleeping sound ly." The feeling at the White House to night was a little more hopeful as to the outcome. Th? fact that Mrs. Mc Kinley has been resting much better than usuil ln the past few days has been an Important factor in flghUna: the disease. Dr. Rixey stayed half an hour longer than usual tonight, spending consider able time with the president in a dis cussion and explanation of the case. INCORPORATED TOWNS. Increase of Nearly One-Third Than Last Year. More WASHINGTON. June S. The census bureau today issued a bulletin giving the population of incorporated places In the country. The bulletin shows that there are 10,602 such place as compared with 7578 in 1S90. The bulletin shows thirty-eight rlties containing more than 100,000 people each. The incorporated places contain ln the agr.'g-ue 33.S49.S16 inhabitants as compared with a total of 26.079.S2S per sons living In Ircorpcratel places in 1S90. A combination of the population of lneornorat?d towns snd cities consti tutes forty-seven per cent of the popu lation of the entire country, against forty-one per cent In towns in 1S90. SEVEN PERSONS INJURED. We-e Escaping From a Fire ln a Chi cago Hotel. CHICAGO. June 8. Seven persons were hurt early today escaping from fire ln the Golden West Hotel on West Malison street. The fire started on the second floor and though It did little property damage the frightened guests Jumped from windows of the second and third floors. The ln.1ur?d are: Nicholas Godsen. proprietor of the hotel; Jacob Wlrth. Rose McKnna. John MeKenna, Albert Watson, Mrs. Albert Wat-on, Wililam McCarberg. Oak Glen, 111. All will re cover. PASSION PLAY POSTPONED. Hjavy Railfall Interrupts Its Presenta tionLarge Delegation of Indians, VANCOUVER. B. C. June 8. The presentation of the Passion play, post poned on account of a heavy rain fall, was begun on the Indian reservation this afternoon at Chilliwack. Five hundred Eiwash Indians, repre senting thirteen tribes and speaking seven different dialects, were engaged In presenting the play. The Indians include 20,000 aborigines from all parts of the coast, all wearing brilliantly colored costumes. FIRE AT DALLAS. TEXAS. DALLAS. Tex., June 8. Fire here to day destroyed property worth nearly $30,000. The fire started ln the oil department of the Hamilton Paint & Glass Com pany by an employe stepping on a match on the floor and igniting It. RELIEF OF FAMINE STRICKEN. WASHINGTON, June 8-Mlnister Wu haa received the acknowledgement from Ii Hung Chang of a contribu tion of t2t,000 for . the relief of the famine-stricken people of the Shan Si province. BOLD ATTEMPT AT TRAIN ROBBERY Canadian Pacific Brought to a Standstill at Summit, B. C. THE THREE BANDITS FOILED Seeiag a Urje Crew on (at Rear Platform (h loteodlof Rohoeri Became Alarmed aad Decamped-First Attempt at Hold l'p. VANCOUVER. B. C, June 8.-A apec lal from Eholt. B. C. tells of a bold at tempt at a hold up. Three men atopped the Caandian Pacific mixed train On an up grade near Summit camp. Aa the train swept round a curve on, the approach to the camp, three men auddenly appeared and signalled. The train came to a standstill, where, upon the would-be robbers flourished re volvers, but luckily there was a large crew In the rear car and on their ap proach the intending robbers decamped. Thla la the first act of the sort In the history of the country. DAY FOR FUNERAL SET. Burial of Rev. Maltble D. Babcock Will Take Place Next Tuesday. NEW YORK, June 8.-The funeral of the Rev. Dr. Maltble D. Bahcock will take place from the Brick Presbyterian church on Wednesday next. The fun eral sermon will be preached by the Rev. Henry Van Dyke, Dr. Babcock'a predecessor In the Brick church pasto rate. The body Is on the North Ger man Llovd steamship Trave, which Is due in New York next Tuesday. The Rev. Dr. T. W. Stryker, president of Hamilton college, will occupy the Brick church pulpit during the sum mer. The session has asked Dr. Van Dyke to supply the pulpit of the church next fall. Dr. Van Dyke has not yet answered whether his duties as a pro fessor at Princeton will allow this or not NOT ALLOWED TO LAND. Leader of Chinese Revolutionary Party Arrested In San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. June 8.-Su Shis Chin, a Chinese reform leader, against w hose landing Minister Wu and Consul General Ho Yow had filed a protest on the ground that Su had obtained a pass port and other credentials upon which he was allowed to land, has been ar rested on an order from Washington. Consul Ho Yo.v said today that Su was landed as an accredited official of the Chinese empire, when in fact he was one of the leaders of a revolutionary party which asserts that Its purpose Is to replace Empenr Kwang Su upon the throne. BRITISH PACIFIC CABLE. Surveying Party Locates Landing Site One Hundred Miles From Victoria, WASHINGTON. June 8--The state department is tn receipt of Information concerning the work on the British Pa cfle telegraph cable, which is to con nect the Dominion of Canada with the Australian confederation. The new cable is to be 5934 miles in length, the longest ever constructed. The surveying party haa located the landing site of the Canadian end of the cable about seven miles from the en trance to Barclay sound and something over 100 miles from Victoria. THE RUSH TO NOME. Transport Warren Goes North With One Hundred Soldiers. SEATTLE. June 8. Three Nome sail ings, two merchantmen and one United States transport, the Warren, were made from Seattle today. They carried an aggregate of 600 pesangera and 6000 tons of freight. The merchantmen are the St. Paul and South Portland. The Warren goes to St. Michael and Nome. She took about 100 soldiers. DUTY ON BICYCLES RAISED. ST. PTTERSBURO, June 8.-The minister of finance has raised the duty on American bicycles 30 per cent. PRINCETON DEFEATS YALE. PRINCETON, N. J., June g.-By heavy stick work today, Princeton de feated Yale by a score of 13 to 6. BASEBALL SCORES. SEATTLE, June 1 Spokane, 13; Se attle. 7. PORTLAND, Tacoma. L June t Portland, i;