NOTIOKJ Rooks, Periodical, M.-.; i'ic del to ho Tin !". v (,,l ti'l I'.mlly of '...k.Ii Ojiij JfcMft viii bu liable to prosecution: NO. 142 VOL. t ill ASTOKIA, OKKGOX. SATIKDAY, JIXK 15, 1901. ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. Plumbers aQd Steamfitters 527 BOND Diamond IN GREAT VARIETY Bats, Balls, Masks, Pads, Gloves And everything el.te in that lino to rimke the lxvs happy. If you do nut piny ball we nut Miow yoa an elegant lino of FISHING LINES, FLIES. REELS. BASKETS, ETC. GRIFFIN Granite Preserving Kettles AND ALL GRANITE WARE... Foard 8 Stokes Fancy and Staple Groceries FLOUR, FEED. PROVISIONS, TOBACCO AND CIGARS Supplies of all kinds at lowest rates, for fishermen, Fanners and Loggers. A. V. ALLEN Tenth and Commercial Streets -PS)- Ijfi, afflT rrrr?lJa,-J TIT' We Rent New F W. M'KF.CIINIF.. 1 oral Apent. C. J. TRENCH APD, Commission. Brokerage, Insurance and Sklrolae. SUPERIOR STEEL RANGES STREET Outfits AND AT ALL PRICES & REED HIND OF Co. SomethiDg New SIX-HOLE CHARTER OAK STEEL RANGE $20.00 HIGH SHELF ALUMINUM FINISH W. J. SCULLY, 431 Bond St., Between Ninth anil Tenth. Typewriters. Many new improvements added. See our latest No. 2 Smith Premier Typewriter New Art Catalogue Free . . . L. M. ALEXANDER A CO. Kieluoive l'aoillo Coast Dealers 215 Stark St., Portland, Ore, Custom Houiie Broker. ASTORIA. ORE lent W. t. A Oc and Pacific Kims Co . MANY BELIEVED TO HAVE PERISHED New York Ferry Boat Sunk With One Thousand Passengers. ACCOUNTS OF LOST DIFFER Eji-Wltnc It III Collulos AimiI Ike Dluiltr Wti Not m Scrlei-Ovtr MnBdre PtiKifcrt Pleats li jr Tigi. NEW YORK. June 14 The ferry boat Norihfti-M rammed tonight hy tlm atprl hulM profiler Muu h Chunk, uwd a f-rry bout by the central Railroad of New Jer-y. Tbi colllal'in i um-l off t h Statin Inland f-rry ll. and In hit than t'r. ly mlnu:i-K afti'nuard thr Northtldd nank. Thr Mauch Chunk, whl h waj badly damaK'-d. Iandl two da.'n fa- (wnara whu wi-rp atard of hr. (Kr (M panu-nK'-ra of thr NorthfMd T dr(-d out of till- water by P.-rpl jl..ia-"hor- and the ir'wi of th ll-t of rlvr tux. Home of the Northtleld'a pamx'iwra were hurt, and the polli twIil'Ve follle liven were lo,t. I'aptatn I'aribd flully. of the iuk Wt Mutual, niiya that twtnty flve or thirty imenifr leaimi Into the water and many pertuhed. t'attln (Sully alixi d rlared that over l"0 f the Nurtlifleld'a pameiiKert uvp- drownej. The rap taltia of other tug bola ar Inclln.-d to think that the dlaaater waa nt erloua n-Kird lora of life. Thus far lu del bll4 have Ix-n rwoverd The tux Mutual mtved about aevrn- ty-flve pem.i from thr Norrhfleld and th Iuk t'nlty and Arrow anved 1J H-rina. Two policemen claim to have rim'iie.J nearly thirty eplr. Wile the S'orthflild waa well (Up JI.mJ with l:f jireKenem, not more than two d in n of thr paeri(fer were. able I rfrt life belta on. The wlft runnlnu HihI tide iuvI thr qui-atlon of whlrh boat had the rlnht of way waa the rauar of the dli.Jter. The North, fteld'a load of ajwnKer la varlnualy entlmat 1 at frmn SOO to l.W. KIVi: KI-'HtIS imnKKX. Splendidly 'inleiited (Iaiikw on Stadium Trjuk Mid Field. W'FFAtJU. June M Fiv new Amer linii rei-orln for Junior nttilettT. were eatuhllah M on the Sta Hum trai k and (lid today In a en. of vlendrlly conlinted iriim. arranifd by the Ama teur Athletl.' I'nl in. The nuiv ful men were .ia follow: (iurm M. IJeble. Ivtmli. ran W yard In 10 1-5 iivinlx, cutting 1-5 of a itecond off the vcord. Howard M. Hay., ivtroit. run 440 yard In 'A !-5 nevo.id.i, beating the r.vord of 52 1-5 neoomR F. It. Moullon. Yale, went 120 yar.lfi In 22 1-5. beating the nvrd of 23 1-5 aeconda. J. J. NewKon. fiirolt, ran 220 yanla hurdlea In 2 2-5 urconda. 2-5 of a iiecond better than the rr-inird. Iloth Ie C. iv-mmlng. with 21 feet i'i ln.h.n, and W. J. Feldkamh. New ork, with 21 feet 2H inchea. beat the running broad Jump record of 20 feet 10 Inchea. FOSTKUS Fl'NBIlAI.. Negro' Victim Hurled Suspected N grora Succefully ltemoVd. SHRKVKItltT. IjU. June 14 -The funeral of John Gray Foater. the young planter who waa kllllod by Prince Ed wards, a ni gro, on Wednesday, last, occurred this afternoon. A rn-ore of nenro'H under arreat charged with complicity !n the mur der of Foster have been m-cea-fully removed to Parla Jail at Benton, and there 1 no further four of mob Vlo Icttce. PIONBBIW KLFJt'T OFFTCERS. IMRTIjANO. June H.-The Oregon Pioneer Assivlatlon elected the follow ing otlU-ers this evening: President. Judge J. II. P. Cirny, of Clatsop county; vlcvprwld'at, J. ('. Moreland, Multno. mah county: secretary, fleorge II. Illnifa; corr.'sp.tn ling aecretary, Silas It. Smith, Clatsop county; treasurer. Onus. R Uuld; dlnvtors, Heo. T. My ers, Win. Oallovviiy, W. Carey Johnson. WILMNrt TO Sl'RUBNPKU. Callles, the Insurgent leader Has Become- More Humble. MANILA, June 14. Callles. the In surgent leader In Uigumv province, hiu becoma more humble, and now Inti mates hla willingness to surrender 100 guna to Ocneral Sumner tomorrow at 8uUa Crui, and to give up the re mainder In three dayg, Colonel Bolanoa with five officers and forty-one rifles haa surrendered at Llpa, Batangaa province, The rrcent battle with the Insurgents at Lips. !n which Ll'uti-nant H;rlng-r v.um kill''' and CalHiilfi Wilhelm am) Lieute.i.iiit I- wt- mortally wounded, wiut h-ifjT by the AmTli:atin. The dl irnMril"niitf number of uhV-r hit In ild to li chargeubl" to tho f.ui that thiT were m-V'-Tiil deserter from the Aruerl.an with the ib-ji. The Inland of Panay ! being ravaged by rlii't Tiwif, and grwit havoc ha bee:i cu-J by the disease, CONHIPKItlNO NEW PltOIHAW, t'menaln Whether They Will Ite Ar. cepted for Payment of Indemnity. rAIlIH". Juno H I:patrhe from I'ekln today ay that thr foMirn mln. lateni are ronalderlria" freah propmala frm liK'kh!l affeln the Chines conceiiliin looking to the payment of th Indemnity. The pnpoaltlona coruem minor mat. Cera and may or may not be accepted, but until they are d:apoel of. the mln. latcra will not pronounce a d-clalon a to the manner In which China la to pay the powrra. thoutrh It la evidently e'tled that the Ilrltlnh propoaal will be accepted, all hoje f acceptance of the I'nlteJ H:at uif(t-iitiin to ub mlt the matter to arbitration at The Harue eemlna to have dinappeared VOTING HOOfS OJVl'OSS. Newupjp-r Kmploye In Ilutte Charged With Forgery. HITTK. June U The queatlon a to whe'her It la forf-'ry to repruduc rou P'na from a nwi'i'r Involving a contut will protily b- decided in a caiu lb it haa arl-n here. The Uut'.e lnt-r-Muntaln haa ben carrying on a voting ,imtest. Today l. K. Walt n, at employe of the Pro. plea Publlahlng Cnmiany. waa arrested charged with forcing '-oupona and aell- Ing them. The O anagcra of the pub. llihlng company ay there la no for. gery In reproducing auch a thing from a new spaper. Thoua.ndfl of bogua cou- pon hav been voted. NHWSPAPHlt MEN ADJOCBN. Newspapers Oivlng Premiums to Excludxl Fnm the Malls. Be BI. FFAIA June 14. In the Nation- al Editorial AaaMatlm today, the law committee pr.vlplta.Vd a warm debate hy submitting a report In favor of ex eluding from .he nails all newspaper that give pr.'mluma. John A. Plelcher, of New York, led the ippositlon to the report, which was finally ad ple l. AlbTt Toi-r, of Portland, Oregon, was e..ted president. The next con. ventlon will ne held at Hot Springs, Arkansas. OFFICERS OF EASTERN STAR. TACOMA. June 14 The grand chap ter of the Order of Eastern Star elect ed lh following officers: Oranl n-atron, Llxxle Everett. Ta- coma; grand patron. O. II. Manley, To. coma; ass.clated grand matron. Belle Wlthershoon, Spokane; associate grand patron, S. J. Chadwlck. Colfax; grand secretary. Ltbble J. Donierest. Taco- ma; grand traurer. Alice Taylor. Se attle; grand conductress, LllUn Blay lock, Walla Walla; associate grand conductress, Mrs. Belle Marcey, Monte sano. PROPOSITION VOTED DOWK. ST. PAPU June 14 At the Wood men's convention today, an attempt was male to amend the law against permitting membership of those engag ed In extra- hax.irdinis occupations, by allowing such persons to Join by the payment of an Increased rate, but the pronation 'a voted down. The con test of thj Uniformed teams continues during the morning and part of the af ternoon and Is likely to continue all day tomorrow. OROOPEP IN SECTIONS. BOSTON. June 14. Today's sessions of the International Y. M. C. A. were grouped In sections In order that the departmental wvrk might be discussed by leaders. STOCK BROKERS ARRESTED. SAN FRANCISCO. June 14. The po. lice today anvst'd Charles Gordon, H. C. Crosby and H. A. Barton charged with being mombrs of a comblnat'on operating with worthless mining stock shares. The combination Is said to have operated In New York, Denver and Portland, JURY DISAGREED. SALEM, June 14. The jury In the A. T. Zumwalt criminal assault ca?, af ter being out seventeen hours and no agreement reached, wera dismissed. It Is stated that the jury stood six to six. FEMALES IN THE MAJORITY. LONDON, June 14. The preliminary census volume wives the number of males in England and Wales, 15.721.72S; females, 16,804,347; mm serving abroad In the army and nary and the mer chant marine are excluded. INOALLS SINKS IN ERIE BASIN Transport Slipped From Her Blocks and Capsized. THIRTY MEN IN THE HOLD Om Mai Kllka Ottrlgal aa the Fttc ef tat Olbcrs li L'aurtalf-Ma ay Ret. tattJ Bailr lajarea ar Hall Drac4. NF.W YORK. June 14 While the I'nlted States transirt Ingall was In the dry dock at F.rie basin, this after noon, ahe slipped trm her blocks and raplzd. One man Is known to have been killed and many Injured. There were about 240 carpenters, ma chinist and others at work on the ves sel and dock at the t'me. Besides the machlnhvs and other workmen who crowd'-d the vessel and dock, about JO Italian laborers are suppose to have been In the hold. While the workman were trying to eacape the dock Itself, overbalanced by the weight of the ship, turned on the side and rank In fifty feet of water. Martin Anderson, a painter, was kill ed outright. The others were dragged out of the water badly Injured or half drow ned. Added to the horrors of tonight was the uncertainty of the fate of the men in the vessel's hold. Some rr.anagid to leap Into the water as the vessel w& sinking, but It Is feared the majjrity were less fortunate. NOTED ASTRONOMER DEAD. Truman Henry Safford Pasrd Away Irl Wllliamstown, Mass. NEW YORK, june 14. - President Truman Henry Siffird, :he mathema tician and astronomer, whose death has jut been annouif -vil b burled In the college burying" ground at Wlll iamstown. Mass. Since he first suffered an attack of paralysis In 1S4. Prof. SafTord his b-en conducting sveral el ective coursej at Williams Co'.k ge. A widow, four sons, a daugh:er, Mr. F. E. Dewey, of Milwaukee. Wis., survive him. He was born a: Royalton, Vt S3 years agi. At an ear'y ag? he at tracted attention by his powers of cal culaion. He could mentally extract the square and cube root of numbers of nine and 10 plae of figure and could multiply four figures by four fig ures as rapidly as It could be done up on paper. In 143. when he was nine years old and nine years before he was graduated from Harvard College, he prepared an almanao and at the age of 14 he calculated the elliptic elements of the first comet of 1S49. By a method of his own he abridged by one-fourh the labor of calculating the rising and setting if the moon. Af ter long and difficult problems had been read to him one. he could give their results without effort. Prof. Benjamin Pierce said of him In 1846 that this knowledge "Is accompanied with pow ers of abstraction and concentration rarely possessed at any age, except by minds of the highest order." He spent several days at the Harvard Observatory after Us graduation and between 1S50 and 1S52 he computed the orbits of maiy pla-nets and comets. In 1S65 he was appointed professor of as tronomy In e University of Chicago and director of the Dearborn Observa tory, In which he discovered many new neublae. FYom 1S69 to 1ST1 he was en gaged upon the great catalogue of stars then In course of preparation by the co-operation of European and Ameri can astronomers. Interrupted In this work by the Chicago fire of 1S71 fi was employed in latltule and longitude work In the territories by the United States Corps of Engineer for who he also prepared a ?atalogu? of s'arS which was published by the war de partment. He was ailed to the chair of astronomy at Williams College in 1ST8. FIVE NEGROES EXECUTED. SYLVANIA. Ga June 14.-Arnold Augustus. Andrew Davis, Richard San ders, William Hudson and Samuel Baldwin, all negroes, were executed in rhe county Jail today. The negroes were convicted of several murders com mitted under an alleged conspiracy by an organized band known as the "Knights of Archer." SHOT THROUGH ABDOMEN. Sheriff Fired On By Escaped Prisoner at Fort Morgan. FORT MORGAN. Colo.. June 14. Three men. named Slmmington, Stacey and Givens held In the county Jail on a crage of burglary with the aid of con federates on the outside, sawed their way out about midnight. Slmmington had secured a revolver and ammunl- tlon. As they w'r leaving the Jai. they wrre discovered by Sheriff Cal vert, who tried to up thTn and wa shot through the abdomen by 5'(m mlngton. He will probably die. IV'pu ty Nelson raised a and 'on re captured Stater, and Oivena, but 81m-, mlngton eljded, hln puriuers. The au ,h"r.'itita have "nt to Pueblo for blood hound. Lynching la threatened If tht man Is caught. CLEVELAND AT TYBINOHAM, Farmers Invite tH E-PresJdnt to Flah in Their Trout Stream. NEW YORK. June H-A special to th) Journal and Adver.lser from Wln ated. Conn., say: Ex-President Grover Cleveland and his family ar now dmlciie4 In their summer residence at Tyringham. in the Berkshire hills. Mr. an 1 Mr. Ch-r-land have Just arriveJ at Riverside. Th-lr eh Mren. Esther recently recov ered from an attack of diphtheria. Kuth, Marlon and Richard, accompani ed by a nurse, are also here. Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland will occupy the room which was octupkd by George Waahrlngton after the battle of Sara toga. The chamber is locally known as Washington's room. The farmer lre will extend an Invltattlon to the cx presldent to fish In their trout t'ams r- hether posted or not. IN EXCESS OF LONDON. Report of Exchanges In the New York Clearing House. NEW YORK. June 14 The Chamber of Commerce has made public Its forty third annual report. Much attention was given to the question cf state and municipal taxation. The report shows the transactions of the New York clear ing house during the last few months and says: "For the last three years the ex changea of the New York clearing house were very much In excess Of those of. the London, r,!artns house. The exchanges at the London house fof 1900 were $43,548,OO.OM; at th N York house they were I5:.34,20l.sf7. TO STUDY" POLICE SYSTEM. German Officer Arrives in New York for That Purpose. NEW YORK. June 14-To make a study of the police of this country and their methods !n catching criminals. Arthur Carl, chief of Police of Bre men. Germany, has come here on the Lahn. He will visit Chief Devery to. day and talk with him about police discipline. Speaking about the police he com manded, he raid ;hey were all gradu ates of the German army and none but the best men were transferred from the army to the police force. TRIED TO KILL THE RECTOR. NEW YORK, June 14. Prosecutor James S. Erwin, of Hudson county. N. J., has completed a long consultatUn with the Rev. John Keller of Arlington. N. J., In regard to the trial of Thomas G. Barker, who Is under indictmt-nt for assault and battery with intent to kill the rector. February 8 last. Mr. Er. win also saw sever.,? n-.h-r important witnesses for the slate. There will be about 40 witnesses tor thj prosecution. The trial will begin next Monday. STEAMER A TOTAL WRECK. ST. JOHNS. N. F., June 14.-The Leyland steamer Assyrian, ashore off Cape Raoe, went to pieces during the nisrht and this morn'ng Is a total wreck. The after part of the vessel Is iinder water and the hull is broken asunder. A heavy sea is raging and the cargo is being partly washed ashore and partly carried seaward. Owing to the fury of the gale and the Temendous sea, little of the cargo has thus far been salvaged. AGED GERMAN SUICIDES. NEW YORK. June 14.-Wllllam Her ford, an aged German of Williamsburg, is dead by his own hand, having shot himself by the side of a work bench in his carpenter shop after realixlng that a: the end of 30 years' struggle to find the secret of perpetual motion he was as far as ever from the goal he sought. He was found with a bullet through Ns brain, his pipe clenched between his set teeth and his head resting upon a piece of planking. CARTRIDGE FACTORY EXPLOSION PARIS, June 14. An explosion in a cartridge factory, situated In the sub urb of Lea Moulineaux, has resulted in the loss of fifteen lives and the in- luring of about twenty persons. The victims were horribly mutilated. A majority of those injured were women. BASEBALL LEAGUE MEETS. TACOMA. June 14. A meeting of the Pacific Northwest Baseball League was held this afternoon at which affairs of the league in general were discussed and suggestions for improvement made. The May report of the treasurer was presented, showing the league tn good financial condition. GUESTS HAD A NARROW ESCAPE Many Lives Were Imperiled la Mineral Springs Hotel Fire. NO FATALITIES RECORDED Baltslaf Tstally Deslrsyea Willi Leu at IU4V Mist Istsraac ! J1I.M Cletbhtf ui Dlaaoss Lett Valaea at iSMM. WEST BADEN. Ind., Jane 14.-Ner-Iv 300 lives were Imperiled by fire which destroyed the Mineral Springs hotel early today. The alarm came at 1 o'clock In the morning. The electric light plant of the hotel failed a few minutes after the alarm waa given, and the guests who did not face the flames were left to grope their way out of the four-story wooden structure. Though there were many narrow es capes, it Is believed not a life was lost. The loss on the building is $250.00. with Insurance of $110,000. Most of the guests lost all their clothing and many of tbem lost diamond and Jewelry. The aggregate of these losses is fully $31,000. REDUCTION CAUSED SURPRISE. London Broksrs Believed Pace Nego tiations Were Being Discussed. NEW YORK, June li A dispatch to the Tribune from London say: The reduction of the bank rate to thre per cent was a surprise to the street and Induced many brokers to believe, the officials had secret informa tion resorting peace negotiations which h.ad been withheld from ?h jruV lie. This explanation waa hot requlr4? for Justification of the action of the bank directors and as a matter of fact Mr. Balfour stated In a letter to the house of commois that there wa no foundation for runwrs that peace ne. gotiatlons had again been entered Into. . The bank's return disclosed mater ial Improvement in reserves and the conditions of ''be money market ren dered a reduction in the rate natural and necessary. The reduction in the rate is the sequel to stagnant markets and general depression of enterprise. Business Interests are waiting for the rl'we of the war and the period of In dustrial development which must fol low in South Africa and elsewhere. ILLINOIS' REMARKABLE RUN. NEWPORT NEW3, Jun 14. The battleship Illinois arrived this evening after a remarkable run down the coast during which she n.ade an average speed of sixteen knot under natural draught. COLORED MAN WON. DENVER, Col., June 14.-Buddy King, colored, of Denver, was given a decision over Spider Kelly, of San Francisco, at the end of the sixth round tonight. The contest was to have been ten rounds. WEEK'S FAILURES. NEW YORK, June 14. Dun's Review of Trade tomorrow will say: Failures for the week numbered 179 In the Unit, ed States against 162 last year, and 23 in Canada against 21 last year. OVERDUE SHIP ARRIVES. SAN FRANCISCO, June 14. The American ship Henry B. Hyde, laden with coal, which had almost been giv en up as lost, has arrived here, 153 days from Baltimore. ABRAMS OUT ON BONDS. SAN FRANCISCO, June 14. Lipmaa Abrams, who was arrested for buying and selling United States army sup piles, was released on $5000 bonds to day. Baking Powder Makes the bread more healthful. Safeguards the food against alum. AJum biiinf powxfen art tin jrreatttt mexuern to kxahn oi th pment day. (toe, i