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ASTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. . '.-5 rv ...... '". 'ir: tit 1 1 -j i i. 11 V0L U" ASTOKIA, OKEGOX. WEDNESDAY, .USE 12, 1901. ' ftp, 139 ' 1 " 1 . ' " ' " " ' ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. Plumbers m Steamfitters HOLE AOENT8 FOR B27 BOND Diamond IN GREAT VARIETY Bats, Balls, Masks, Pads, Gloves And everything cli in Unit line to make tho toys lmpiy. If you lo lu.t ),liiy lallwecnti uliow yoa an elegant line of FISHING LINES. FLIES. REELS. BASKETS. ETC. GRIFFIN Granite Preserving Kettles AND ALL HIND OF GRANITE WARE... Foard 8 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. ALLEN, Tenth and Commercial Streets i,, ... F? , ( , 1 fF fcfla j 11., 'win. . una "1 ifl" nWli1iMltT We Rent New C. J. TRENCHAPD, Commission. Brokers loscrance and Snipping. SUPERIOR STEEL RANGES STREET Outfits AND AT AU. PRICES & REED REPUTATION REPRESENTS PUBLIC OPINION reputation represents public opinion. How to get In your favor. Make a first-class, re liable article like the Char ter Oak Stove and Range. Every Charter Oak la guar anteed. For sale In Astoria only by W. J. SCULLY. 431 Bond St., Between Ninth and Tenth. Typewriters. V gaair-j Many now improvements added. See our latest No. 2 Smith Premier Typewriter New Art Catalogue Free ... L. M. ALEXANDER 4 CO. ExoluBive Pacific Coast Dealers 245 Stark St., Portland, Ore, F W.M'KFClllME, I oral Apent. Custom Houae Droktr, ASTORIA, ORE, atrot W. F. A do- and Paolle Kxpreas Oei. DECLINES TO BE A CANDIDATE President Would Refuse Nomina tion for Third Term. MAKES PUBLIC STATEMENT Tblrd Ttra Talk Calculated la Read N- lleaal Policies lb Admliklri tloi U Eidciverloi to Premoli-Wit Started by Frleidi. WASHINGTON, June H.-The t. lowing statement ha b.-n given out at the Wh'te lluuae. 'l regret that the suffKemlrin if a third term 'Im been male. I doubt whether I am railed upirn to give. It notice. Hut there are now question of the gravest Importance lMf r. the administration and the country, and their Jul consideration ahould not e prejudiced In the public mind by rn the auplcli n of the thought of a third term. In view, therefore, of the reit ration of the niggesilon of It f will nay now, once fur all, expressing a long aeitled conviction, that I rut only am not and will not be a candidate for a third tern, but would not accept a nom ination for It If It were tiered me. "My on!y ambition U to serve through my second term to the acceptance of my countrymen. whe generou confi ilence I so deeply appreciate, ind then, with them to do my duty In the ranka f 1 rlvat rltixihJp. WILLIAM M'KINLEY." "RxtwIv Mansion. Washington, June 10. 101." The decision to Issue such a state. ment wu reached laet night When the reedent read to member of the cabi net hla propose.) utatment, at the name llni personally .fljrlnir ta'h to e rrecy until a public luinouncernent wan made. The cabinet, on hewl'iir the reuHona the pr-al.lent ah-ant-ed, name ly, that talk of a. thlnl term would re lict on the national pollclea the idmln lutratlon ! etidiravorlna; to promote co- Itirld.d with the view of their chief that the present wan an Inopportune time for Ita promulfratlon. The pr.ldent' old-time perwmal and Nllt(i frlenda (tilte generally c incd ' that they had onlred auch an an nouncement at this time, thinking that the president would not ao ul,kly take heed of third term Koaalp. Tliey aald, however, that th-y bellev-e-1 the president had iliwn bin quick and excellent political Judgment bv crushing the third term movement In I in very birth. The president ali-ady in tx lng deluged with telegram, commendatory of fcs announcement putting at rent all thirl term rumors. HA SNA EXraTKD IT. Ohio Senator Anticipated President Mc Klnley Rifusal. CLKVKLAND. June 11. 'Tt Is Just what I expected the President would say If he said ar- i'ng at all on the subject." was the comment of Senator Hanna today when he read Prealdent McKlnley'a statement In reap-'ct to a third term. "I have never exchanged one word with the president concerning the mat ter." he continued, "and have consider ed all the talk bearing on the subject as premature. According to my Judg ment. It Is too early to discusn presi dential candidates for the next term." Asked If he was In ftivor of maintain ing the precedent established by Presi dent Washington In reference to the number of years the chief magistrate should hold office, Mr. Manna aid: "I don't think the precedent set by Washington has a RTeat deal to do with the matter. Tlut there Is undoubtedly a strong sentiment amongst the people nKalnst such a proposition." OPPOSES THIRD TERM. Speaker Henderson's Reply to nn In terview. MOW YORK. June 11. Hon. D. B. Henderson, speaker of the house of representatives. Is quoted by the Paris correspondent of the Journal and Ad vertiser on the third presidential term as follows: "Regarding the third term, I will say first that t am opposed to It as a rule. "Secondly, there 'nay arise conditions demanding It and therefore the hands of the country should not be tied. "Thirdly, as to President McKlnley, the time has not arrived for discussing the third term. Continuity In office might dull the minds of the people and prevent them frm perceiving the dif ference between election and life ten ure. "After twelve year In office, even peoid" cursed with ISoertlan dullness, will ask 'Quo Vadla.' The people In variably rectify our tendency to error." f.'IfAHflBf; WITH IJItinKRY, I'umaglrig Testimony Against Army Of fleers In Island of I-yte. MANILA, June 11. At the trials to day itf officers of a regiment on charges of bribery and permitting trade with the closed porta of the southern part of the Island of Ivyte, Hurgeon Dudley Welch eonf'?d, and made damaging statement against Captain i Michael Hh'llman and Lieutenant Alderbert Tt, Jonea. Welch refund! one thousand pesos, ila share of the apolla. The ;reld-nt of Maasln (Ixyte) ha been arret'l charged .vith being Im plicated In the tranMs:t!ora. The agent of Manila firms also appear to have been Implicated. WOODMEN IN CONVENTION. Steady Gain In Member Since Meeting Two Years Ago. HT. PAUL June 11. The twelfth bien nial camp of the national convention of the Modern Woodman of America met today. The report of the Woodmen hed officer ah w a net gain of 211.370 In new members since the meeting two year ago. carrying a total Insurance of VM.'M.WA. In his address Consul North cott sail: 4 We have 030.000 member and 9700 I'tdjfn), Wo ari maintaining imurance on th live GT member today In the Bggrcga'e sum of $1,025,000,000." FATAL It UN A WAT ACCIDENT. Ml Lllla Pratt Killed at St. Anthony, Idaho. SALT LAKE, June 11. A special to the Tribune fron St. Anthony, Idaho, say that Miss Lllla Pratt, of Edmonds. Idaho, was killed and Mlas Lucas, a daughter of Bishop Lucas, was serious ly Injured In a runaway accident last night. While the two young women and Dlshop Lucas were returning from a drive the horse became frightened and ran away. The occupants of the bug gy wre thrown out. TO INCREASE THCIR, FUND. . NEW YORK, Jane U. About 300 rep resentative of the Metal Trades held a conference fnlay at the call of the NJtlonal Metal Tr.id's Assviatlon. The mo: Important -natter brougrht up at the convention was rhe adoptjon of a measure for the Immediate raising of a fund so that the present treasury fund of the asocia!l n might be Increased to r.oo.ooo. DISHONEST POSTOFFICE CLERK CHICAGO. June 11 With several stolen letters In his ixvkets, Samuel S. Goodman, a clerk in the Chloago po9;. office, was arresUM today for robbing the malls. The prisoner has a wife and two children and It Is aald he had been unable to supp.rt them on a salary of J600. NEW CONSTITUTION. MONGOMERY. Ala., June H.-The first part of the new constitution was adopted today In the constitutional convention. The governor cannot be come a candidate for the United States senate until after one year ha elapsed after his term of office has expired. SUCCESSOR OF AGUINALDO. WASHINGTON. June ll.-Emlllo Zurbno, of Tabayas province, has pro claimed himself successor of Agulnaldo and "governor of Tabayas and the Phil ippines." according to a copy of a Manila paper Jum received at the war department. TORNADO AT SIOUX CITY. SIOUX CITT. Ia., June 11. A small tornado In Lyons county demolished a number of hous.g. The 3-year-old son of Jame A. Armstrong was killed. Armstrong and his wife were badly hurt and he will likely die. GREAT OROA'D PRESENT. BOSTON. June 11. A great congre gation greeted President Edwin L. Shu cy. of Dayton, Ohio, as he called to or der the International Jubilee Conven tion of the Y. M. C. A. today. From all over the globe delegates had come. HOT AT CHICAGO. CHICAGO. June 1L This city today experlencel the highest temperature of the year, 89 degrees, and at the same time the humidity was 92. Six prostra tions were reported. JESSIE MORRISON ON TRIAL. ELDORADO, Ka. June 11. The case of Jessie Morrison charged with killing her rival, Clara Wiley Oastle. In June. 1900, was called here today. EDITORS IN SESSION. BUFFAXO, N. Tw June ll.-The Na tional Editorial Association bec&n its sixteenth annual convention today. THE RANDS LAW TO BE REPEALED Washington LegislatureConvened in Extra Session. MUCH WORK ACCOMPLISHED Mtaitirc li Repelled by Ibe Seiale aid Hmk Will Do Likewise Taday, Wbei tbc Goveror'i Sltoitire Will B Affixed. OLYMPIA. Wash., June 11. A spec ial sesal n of the Washington legislature convened In thl city today with twenty-four member of the senate and fifty six member of the house present, ten senator and twenty-four representa tive being absent. When the ena:e aljourned tonight It bad accomplished a considerable portion of the work for which the extra session wag called. The Judiciary committee of each house held a Joint meeting thl morn ing and agreed to recommend the fol lowing course of action: First, that the Rand law, which pro vide for the execution of condemned criminals In the penitentiary, shall be repealed before It goes Into effect on Thursday. Second, the enactment of a lw em bodying the essential principle of the Rands law. but containing a saving clause provlllng for the execution of criminal already condemned under the old system, vlx., In Jail and by th sheriff of the county wherein the crime was committed. At 3 o'clock this afternoon, the two house met In Joint sesion and Gover nor Rogers delivered a special mes sage. Immediately after the delivery of the governor's message, the senate met and passed a bill repealing the Rands law. The repeal contained an emergency clause. It wa the Intention co have the house pas the bill today also, but while the senate was acting, -hat body adjourned until tomorrow. When It meets In the morning It will at once pass the bill, whereupon the governor's signature will be affixed to the measure. The new bill embodying the Rands law and having the clause will then be Introduced. It will pass both houses, and the business for which the extra session was called will have bten con cluded. The gem-ral belief Is that :he legislature will conclude its labors to morrow. IMPROVING SLOWLY. Eveyrthlng Is Now Favorable for Mrs. MeKlnley's Recovery. WASHINGTON. June U. Mr. Mc Klnley' condition continues to improve tonight. Surgeon Gen?ral Sternberg, after his usual visit at 8:30, says: "Mrs. McK'nley Is Improving slow but steady. Everything Is favorable now. She sat up In bed for awhile again to day." OUT OF DANGER. Good News From Physicians at Mrs. McKlnley' Bedside. NEW YORK. June XI. It is hoped that Mrs. McKlnley will be strong enough to be removed to her home at Canton by July 1. eays the Washing ton correspondent of the Tribune. The members of the cabinet, w-ho called to congratulate the president, had learned from the president himself by telephone the gratifying Information that the doctors had declared Mt?. McKlnley out of danger. IMPROVEMENT LESS MARKED. Late Reports Say That Mrs. McKlnley Has Barely Held Her Own. WASHINGTON. June 11. Mrs. Mc Klnley 'g improvement was less marked today than It has been of late, although at a late hour tonight It was stated that, taking the day and nlgrht. she had little more than held her own. The weather here today was very warm and ti this, It Is thought, may be attributed the check In her recovery". Tonight she was asl-ep and resting very easily. SENSATIONAL MINING SUIT. Million Dollar Mining Claim in Coeur d'Alene In Dispute. MOSCOW, Ida., June 11 A sensation al suit, which will startle the mining world of the Pacific Northwest, was filed In- the United States circuit court here today. On one side are pitted Patrick Clark, of Spokane, and associates; on the oth er, Charle Sweeney, of Spokane, and F. R. Culbertson, another well known big corporation mining man In Idaho, and backed financially In New York City. Clark and associates charge Sweeney and Culbertson with swindling them out of two mining claims In the Ooeur d'Alene valued at a million dollar. They sue for recovery of these claims, for the receivership thereof, for an In junction restraining the defendants fr.m extracting ore from the disputed ground and for accounting for ore al ready extracted, which Is valued at about half a million dollars. The sensational allegation la made that the Sweeney Company, of Buffalo. Hump, I practWally Insolvent and that the Empire State, an Idaho company, ha little property of value beyond the disputed ground. The com PI ant charges that the Injured owner of the disput ed ground were Induced to part with property valued at a million dollars for a consideration of 1000. The disputed claims adjoin Timber Poo mi an mine at P-urke, Idaho. SHRINERS OUT IN FORCE. Large Gathering at Twenty-seventh Na tional Metl.ng at Kansas City. KANSAS CITY. Mo., June 11 Not since the Democratic national conven tion have so many visitors from all part of the United States been In Kan sas City as are gathered here to at tend the twenty-seventh national con vention of Nobles of the Mistlc Shrine, and gorgeously apparelled Arab have Illuminated the streets all day. With the morning and night parade, the session of imperial council and sightseeing, the Shrlner have tpent an exceedingly busy day. DRANK LEMON EXTRACT. Two Prohibitionist Aborted 100 Bot tles and DlecJ Ifl Terrible Agony. OTTUMWA, la., June 11. At the Pro hibition convention of Seymour, near hare, Thomas and Lon Wade, brothers, drank 100 bottle of lemon extract last night, and both died within an hour. In terrible agony. WESTERN FREIGHT ASSOCIATION. CHICAGO, June 11. The Chronicle says: J. V. Mahney, commlaloner of trans portation! of the Pan-American exposi tion and ex-chairman of the Sioux City, la., traffic bureau, has been offered the office of chiarman of the Western Freight Association to succeed H. H. Courtlght who has become incapacitated by Illness. It Is the Intention of the member of the Pool to reorganize the association. THE GRANT AGAIN IN SERVICE. SEATTLE. June 11. The revenue cut ter Grant, whbh met disaster two weeks ago while on her voyage to Southeastern Alaska, having to return to Esquimau, B. C, for repairs, arriv ed from Victoria yesterday. Shei at once began taking on supplies, and she will ail again today, stopping at Port Townsend en route, for an inspect! a of the fish canneries of Southeastern Alaska. DEMOLISHED BY A TORNADO. ADRAIN, Minn.. June 11. About 1 o'clock this morning a tornado struck this town and swept clear a strip a half mile wide. A number of houses were badly damaged. No fatalities are re ported. Telephone and electric light wire are scattered over the streets, and hundreds of fine shade trees are pros trate. The damage will aggregate many thousands of dollars. WILL GARISON SHANGHAI. LONDON. June 11. Lord Cranboyrn. under foreign secretary, replying to a question In the house of commons today as to whether Germany meant to main tain a large military force at Shanghai, said the government understood Ger many Intended to continue keeping a garrison there. A SETTLEMENT FAR AHEAD. ST. PETERSBURG. June 11. The impression prevails in official circles here that the mode of paying the Chi nese indemnity will not be settled for a long period, possibly not until the present ministers at Pekln are replaced. It is thought the new men would be readier to settle the differences. PORTLAND'S DRYDOCK. PORTLAND, June 11. President A. L. Mohler, of the O. R. & N. Co., In a letter to the Port of Portland Commis sion regarding the drydock which will be commenced shortly, recommends that the dock have a lifting capacity of 16,000 ton In order to accommodate the largest war vessels. WOMAN INDICTED FOR LARCENY. NORTHAMPTON. Mass., June 11. The grand Jury today returned an in dictment on eleven counts against Miss Mabel Burt for larceny from Smith col lege dormitories. TRAINMEN IN SESSION. SAN FRANCISCO. June 11. The del egates to the fourteenth annual conven tion of the Train Dispatcher Associa tion of America have arrived here and the sessions of the convention will be gin today and continue two days. SEVENTEEN HEN WERE ENTOMBED Four Bodies Recovered From Port Royal Mine. TWELVE WERE RESCUERS All Kaowi far Certainty to Be Deid lid Bodies Miy Net Be Recovered J Year-Inspector Catlabia'i Nirrew Esupe. PORT ROYAL. Pa., June 11. As the result of Monday night's explosion In the Port Royal mine of the Pittsburg Coal Company, sixteen are dead, seven are Injured and thousands of dollar worth of property lias been destroyed. The official list of the dead and Injured tm made public tonight. It follows; The dead, recovered: WILLIAM M'CliNE. superintendent. TAYLOR GUNSAULUS, Sr. FRITZ KRUGER. THOMAS ESTILL. Fntombed In the mine, and known for a certainty to be deadi WILLIAM F. ALLISON, assistant su perintendent. , , DJWNM WAttPVSY. foreman. JOHJf KECK, foreman. MICHAEL ROT, foreman. if. BERNARD BALL. ' ' TAYLOR GUNSAULUS, Jr. ' H JERRT DALY. ... JOHN PEOPLES. DAVID JAMES. ' , V.S JOHN CANTO. SAMUEL HADLEY. ' PETER MARCHANDO. . , . - JOHN SUCKLE. f Twelve of the dead are men who went Into the mine as rescuers. About elev en of the dead men leave famines. What caused the explosion is not known. The situation here today again reach ed a climax when Mln Inspector Cal- j tehan, accompanied by seven men, des cended tbe shaft, and started-upon an Investigation of the mine. About an hour afterward a terrible explosion oc curred. Callahan said the escape of the party was a miracle. Before further progress can be made In recovering the bodies the mine will have to be filled with water and pump ed out, and ft may be a year before this work can be accomplished. NATIONAL METAL TRADE. Statement of Intention by Secretary Devens. NEW YORK. June 11. The proceed ings of the administrative council of the National Trades Association will not be made public until they are passed upon by the convention which begins its re sicns today. Secretary Henry F. Devenj In an interview said: "The members of the Na'lorJl Metal Trade will henceforth emphy men on any system they choose.The best man will receive the best wages." There are now 163 firms In the Metal Trades Association, representing a cap ital of 1150,000,000. They employ about 70.00s machinists and helpers through out the United States. ROYALTY IN NEW ZEALAND. AUCKLAND, N. Z., June H.-The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, who arrived here yesterday from Sydney, N. S. W.. on board the steam er Ophir. landed this morning. They were greeted with salutes by the war ships In' the harbor and a popular dem onstration on land. The town wa crowded, among those gothered to greet the duke and duchess being many Ma rols In native costumes. In honor of the royal visitors, the day was observed as a general holiday. FIRE CAUSED BY NITRATE. SAN FRANCISCO. June 11. The ex plosions which occurred during the progress of last night's fire In the warehouse district were caused by ni trate stored In the warehouse of W. R. Grace & Company, and not by dyna mite In the warehouse of the Whltelaw Wrecking Company, as was Supposed at the time of the fire. The two build ings connect and It was difficult to lo cate the origin of the explosions dur ing the progress of the fire. The dam age caused by the fire wll reach $60,000. ANNUAL REUNION CHANGED. PHOENIX. Arix., June lO.-Major J. H. McCIintock, president of the Rough Riders Association, Issued an Order to day changing the date of the third an nual reunion of Rough Riders at Colo, rado Spring from August 1st to Au gust 3rd. GOVERNOR SAMTORD DEAD. MONTGOMERY. Ala,. June 11-Oov-ernor fiamford, of Alabama, died at Tuscaloosa ionlgnC