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ASTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCll'l
VOL Llll
ASTOKIA, OKCGQX. I'KIDAY, JL'XC 21, 1901.
NO. 148
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F W.M'KFCHNIE.looi.1 Aeei.t.
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THREE KILLED AND
SEVERAL INJURED
Severe Electric Storm Sweeps
Over Indiana.
MUCH DAMAGE WAS DONE
Um tl Qrttsloi Will Probably Rcack Ftrtr
Tkeua4 Dollar Sli lives Lol
m For li Parts!! el Mtc
kaa Budlli.
INIUANAI'OI.IH, June 20-Thre,.
persons rr killed a it.t several inJurvU
y liirtiirtlnir during severe electric
storm which pan. el over !nt una lam
night. The )mI an-:
HKItT HATHAWAY. Idavllle, Ind.
OltAi'K I.AHKIN, 1 year .,lrl. flu-
try. Ind.
1HA HMITII, Y miig.t.mn. I:d.
Thr Injured urr: Mm Jano-s ltng.
tl'in. K ik'iniii. paralysed by lightning.
Jamra l'nr m ttut son, Kokomo. Injur
ed by lightning. Henry (loodlov. Ma-
Vlllf. (UtlllM.
Kl lirem.iwn ttif I mii will probab
ly reich rt,in). Th Monllcello Lam
of ll'TI lUthitMiiy was struck ly light
nin an I lUiliwy. who ImJ 'ak'u
rrfuuii in the building, Instantly
kill.nl.
SIX KILLED ANI SIX WOUNDED
Serious Condition .f Affair in Soutr.
fTtl TfXiU.
HAN ANTiNH, Trx.. June 20.
Hliie (he prravnt serious condition of
affair in Southern Texas between ban
illta ami Ihf authorities txgan, six men
have be-n k'llr.l thrvo American offl
rrr 4iid ihrre Mexican six wounded.
II Meiitana. one bring mm, n,
nine turel.
KttUflNO A MATIH.
J. (Tii- Mum I'iglii Kulil n or Give L'P
lh.- Climilonhii.
Ni:V VtKK. Jimu M.-Hllly MaJ.
I.'ti. maimger nf l!u Uuhlin, dtvUrrJ
Itmt he Ii4 4lii'tl l ing t-ti.ugh on J' f.
frle ah .1 if tin Calif rnlun (o nl
agree t.i a nmuh at a very early Jute
he lll i UHii (he w.irl l a ctiam fLirutlit t
for the Akro:i Dlunt. .. will Uu-n. he
euy, arratiKe A fight with the next
lx-nt man .m l will let J. fTrl. B g,i,
Mu.lleti My that he han done every
thing piUfltilc . git u ileflnlte iinner
from the rli iipl.ni to li Lea numerous
lr iMKillona. Imt he haa been prvll. al
ly Ignor.M.
More than a year ha fUiV4rU alnc
Jeffrl.-t il.-feti:.'.! Corliett, nj Mii.lli'n
thiiika It about time he entered the
ring agi:n.
nLI.MOUK WILL ItKTIItK.
J. M. Herbert Likely to IVivim Man
ager of the Southern Padlle.
HAN KKANVISCO. June 20 -While
the operating ohVlaU of the Southern
TaeHle aay they hav no official know
ledge, of the iv)iuii! npiHilnimentd of
K. H. FltthuKh ami J. M. Herbert, it
la generally umlerstoiHl among the em.
ployea that J. A. Fillmore, manager of
the Southern Paeltle aynttm, will retire
and that hla place will bo tilled by J.
M. Herbert.
Mr. Fllliiior.'. however, stated todiy
that he haa not been olllclally nolllled
of any contemplated chunge In his de
partment. There Is .lo a general ex
prewlon that K. H. Fltihugh will be
ultimately made awlHUint to Fresldent
Haya.
FOR NMNK Honi PAY.
Peniind Made by Tmdea Council on
Lumber Manufacturer.
SRATTLR, June 20. A denmnd haa
been made by the Seattle Ilulldlng
Tradi Council upon lumber manufac
turers and woiv! working nw of Se
attle for a reilucthm of the hours of
labor to nine hour a day without de.
oreme of pay.
This demand grew out of the action
of the Seattle Lumber Kxchanga In
declaring a boycott on members of the
Trades Council a.i a means of retaliat
ing for the action of the council In
boycotting lumber manufactured by
the Moran.
KUrCiKU WTLL COME.
The Ex-rresldont Will Visit This Coun
try In the Autumn.
NRW YORK. June 20,-Awordlng- to
a Times special from Washington, the
rtoer sympathizers In the United States
are making preparations for a vlalt by
Mr. Kruger to th't country In , the au
tumn, which was announced some time
ago by Montagu White, the Transvaal
reprerentatlve In Washington. C. W.
Van der Hoogt, an active Boer sym
pathiser of Washington, who has re.
turned there from New York, says a
conference of leading pro-Doers was
held Saturday, Sunday and Monday,
and that th chairman of III recep
tion c.mirnllte waa clown, Hit w.ll b
the guest of Consul General fierce, of
the Oran'g" Free Slate, whose offlne Is
In Nw York.
Mr. Van d-T Hoogt aaya the Hoera
agents in (his country are In p(--alon
of omiplettf Information both by
telegraph and mall about the prirress
of the war and that their cnhle ad
vices ahow that Mrs. Ihitrm's visit to
Mr. Kruger Is !n ni way connettrt
wlib pace nig tla.t ions. Mrs. frith
to.ik with her to Kurop detailed In.
formation f rxn her husband and from
Oeneral Bchalkberger. the acting presi
dent. Mr. Van ler II.Migt said that Oen
eral Itotha was permitted to commu
nicate by cable with Mr. Krug-r on
condition that he would try to get Mr.
Kruger to agree t.j ci-ruln peace terms
favorable to Or.at licit aln and that the
Ilrltlxti authorities should see the dis-patch.-s.
Ilothi csrrle.l out tb agr..
ment sn. Mr. Kruger's reply waa that
Independence was the first baa.s of any
t-rms of p"c.
HANKRIW IN HKSSION.
Sixth Annual Meeting of the Assim Ih.
tlon at Spokane.
SIoKANF:, Wa.ih., June 20.-Flf-ly
ba:ik'ri from all parts of
Washington, with a pprlrkllng
from n-lg'ild.Kng states, were In
of the sixth annual meeting of the State
Hankers' Association.
In the absence of Prtslilent Jacob
Furth, of Seattle. Vice-President Dyer,
of Spokane, prcIJ J. Tht address of
welcome by Nfftjr.ir rtyrne was restx.nd
e. to by Miles C. Mre. of Walla
Walla.
The open'nf address. "Early ranking
snJ Huslness Me:h xls," was written by
M. M. Cowley, of Pkune. but owing
to Mr. Cowl-y's lln-. the paper wis
rraj by Ievl Ankeny, of Walla Walla.
Other papers were:
"Oriental Kxports Relating to Hank,
era." by P. C. Kauffman, of Tacoma;
"Nesed Stale Ieglsl itlon," ty E. T.
Coman. of Colfax.
The folowlng resilutlon was ad"pt
eil relative to "Burdensome federal tax
upon banks":
"Resolvi'd. That 3ur rnitors an I
congressmen be requested to make ev
ery effort to secure the repeal of this
burlena ime Ux at the coining ses on
of congress."
TO RBCLAIM ARID L-ND3.
Tlie Subject Il--cus.ed at Mating n
Cheyenne.
CHRYKNNK, Wyo., June 22 State
engineers a:i! representative and sena
tors frim Western slates met In Chcy.
enne toJiy to disvu Irrigation and
the best methods f re.Ma.imlng arid
lands.
At a Joint meeting of the engineers
and congresm.n tonight an exhaus
tive bill was dr.tf.ed covering ail the
points Involved In the Irrigation qu-.-tlon
In its relation to congress.
A committee, consisting of Senator
Warren and Hon. E. Hurk.tt. was ap
pointed to call a me.ting in Washing
ton Just prior to the meeting of cort.
gross.
SHOT RY A COWBOY.
Tom Hums Killed by Man Named Wal
lace at Tucson, Arlx.
Tl'CSON. Aril.. June 20. Tom Burns
was shot and killed by a cowboy nam
ed Wa'l.ice at Mammoth. Burns and
Wallace had been riding together on
the range and had trouble. Burns, who
is known all over the southwest as a
gun fighter, was slow; In pulling his six
shooter and was shot off his horse.
He was employed as guarj for the
WellfwFargo for 'iiany year and was a
member of the posse that ruptured Son.
tag and Kvans who held up a Southern
Pacific train at Fresno, Cal seven
years ago.
I XJ T NOTION' PRN'IED.
Indian Ivim!. In Oklahoma Will B
Opened to Settlement, .
WASHIXiVroX. June 20.-Juu!ce
Bradley, the equity court today, de
nied the application of Dr. lame Wolf
and ith'r Indians for an Injunction
against the secretary of the Interior to
restrain him from opening Kiowa Oom
nwncho and Apache lands In Oklaha
imi to settlement.
Without going Into the facts of the
caso the court held that the question
was purely a political one with which
the court had no power to deal.
SAFE BROKEN OPEN.
TOLEDO, O., June 20. A large Iron
sife, belonging to the Pacific Express
Company, was found on the river bank
today, broken open and empty with the
money bags Inside. It was probably
taken from the Wabash and St. Louis
train.
SHOT BY A NBORO.
ATLANTA, Ga. June SO. Patrolman
E. H. Debray was shot and Instantly
killed by a negro, wto haa not been
captured. It Is believed Debray was de
coyed to hla death.
FATAL CONFLICT
BETWEEN MINERS
Two Union Men Killed at Matte
wan, West Virginia.
ATTEMPTED TO ENTER MINE
Naa-lslos Mta BUxk4 tk Way tU Fired
a Ssst-rlstcsdtsl'. Orscr-MlMrs
Oatfccrltf asf Srlai Treahk
Is Eipectef.
, MATBWAN. W. Vs., June -The
strain' 1 relations between union and
non-unl.n miners here has resumed In
bloodshed. Today severul hundred
union miner weri marched !n a body
against ihe Mirai me min-s. of :hl
olac. where non-union mm weie at
work. Th.-y tried to effect an entrance
but th oix-rators, with tAcnty guards
armej with Winchesters, blocked the
entrance. The non-union miners w,-re
heade I by Kuixrintendmi Lumb.T!, and
when the union men persisted in the.r
attempt he gave the emmand to flrr.
Folly fifty shot were fired.
Hovd Martin and Riley Johnson wer
faulty shot and Sam Artrlp was dan
gerously wounded. The union men d i
not return the fire but disperS'-d.
All the union miners throughout Min
go are colIvlng and serious trouble
Is exrvcljd tomorrow.
ATTEMPT AT ASSASSINATION.
Former American Has a Narrow Es
cape in Mexico.
NEW YORK. June 20 A speca! to
the Times from El Paso. Tex., says:
Word has been received from Chi
huahua that an attempt has been made
to assassinate A. R. Shepard, who did
so much t build up the City of Wash
Ington during the administration of
President Grant.
8hepard after leaving the District of
Columbia, many years ago. went to a
small settlement In the republic of
Mexico, where he since has been en
gaged In the mining business.
On Saturday, while Mr. Shepard was
away quite a disrince from his mne
at Batopllas, he was shot at by a Mcx.
lean In ambush, the bullet graxing his
heal. Shepard beat a lusty retreat In
the direction of the settlement, the
wiuld-be as.sa.ssin fallowing and keep'ng
up a running fire. Luckily none of
thi bullets went true to the mark and
the Intend -d victim finally reached the
door of his hut.
Shepard has great Influence among
the Mexlcms and is almost a king In
the little town. As sKn ns the news
of the assault became known, the set
tlement became greatly excited. The
neighborhood ws searched f.r a mile
around and the following morning the
assailant vs captured.
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HARMONY PREVAILED.
Republican County Convention Held at
Cleveland.
CLEVELAND. O.. June 20 -Contrary
to general expectation, harmony pre
vailed at the Republican county con
ventlon today. Senator Hanna occu
pled a seat on the platform and made
a strong sp.ech In favor of peace be
rweon the two factions of the party
The nominations subsequently mad,
were prM'.y evenly divided between the
two factions.
PORTIA KNIGHT'S CASE.
Legal Preliminaries to the Breach of
Promise Suit Completed.
LONDON, June 20.-The Exchange
Telegraph Company says that the legal
preliminaries In the suit of Portia
Knight, an American actress, against
the Duke of Manchester for breach
promise, have been completed and the
case has been set for hearing.
Colonel Knight Is here to support his
daughter's Interests.
ITALIAN CONSl'L WARNED.
New York Anarchist Sends Him
Threatening Letter.
NEW YORK, June 20.-The Italian
consul, Giovanni Bronchi, has received
the folljwing letter from a commit
tee of English-speaking anarchists who
hel.l a meeting here this week:
"To the lull in Consul. Knowing the
temper of the Pateraon comrujVs, we
the English speaking anarchists of
New York and vicinity would earnes
ly request yoa to desist from employ
ing spies any further. We fear that
If persisted In this may lead to blood
shed, which we deplore.
"THE COMMITTEE.
"New York, June 19, 1901."
The meeting Was attended by leading
members of the anarchist group In
Philadelphia, Providence and Boston
Four of the nine men at the meeting
are physicians. The meeting was call
ed because of threats made at a meet
ing of Pater'! anarchists held M r.
day night. ' It was decided to send a
letter tl the. consul general. The Eng
lish speiklng anan-b!U had made an
arrangement with the anarchists In
Pa:enon by which the latter were to
commit nr act of violence for seven
days. When that period ha elapsed It
will be known whether the Italian con
sul ha decided to abandon rhe spy sys-
t"n which. It Is avUd, has been In oper
ation s nee Mres i assassinated King
Humbert.
When the Italian consul was seen at
his office, he sal:
"It Is an anonymous letter." He de.
cllnd to give any Interview and wb;n
ask-d If he feared any violence, he
liughed snd aald nothing.
SPECIMENS FOR MUSEUM.
Young Mr. Frick Wil Secure Mounted
Animals for Pittsburg.
NEW YORK, June 20. Henry 8.
Frick hai b-.-com Interested in scientific
proje-ts through hia son, and whin he
sallej on the Oceanic, with his family
it was for a scientific project. In his
new rle he Vcrnes a patrin of the
Carnegie Museum, In P-ttsburg.
The plain which he la backing Is to
be carried out by his son. Childs Frick.
H years of ag, and Fr?d-ri?k 8.
W-bter, ha 1 of Ihe iepartment of tax
idermy of :hc Carnegie Museum, who
also sailed on the Oceanic. Young
Frick and Mr. Webster will remain
abroad three ninths. During the firs
two months they will visit noted mu
seums In Europ, paying special fttter,
tlon to rbe British Museum In Lon
don and the Imperial Museum at Ber
lin, t) secure new Ideas to be put in
to practice at the Carnegie institution.
The third mnth Childs Fnck and Mr.
Webster wll spjnj In looking for game
In Scotland. In the Interests ot the
Carnegie Museum, H. C. Frick has e
cured hunting privileges In teveril of
the best reserves In that country. There
such specimens will be procured as can.
not be founl In the Pittsburg .Museum.
DEATH OF GEN. NUGENT.
Succumb to Bullet Wound Received
at Battle of Fredericksburg.
NEW YORK. June 20. General Rob.
ert Nugent died at his home In Brook
lyn tonight as the result of a bullet
wound in the stomach, received at the
battle of Fredericksburg.
General Nugent wag assistant pre
vost marshal of New York during the
entire draft riots.
KILLED IN A PRIZEFIGHT.
NEW ORLEANS. June' 20.-WaIter
Selph, a young drummer, son of Colonel
Dudley Selph, state inspector of r'.fte
practice and ex-rifie champion, was
killed ton-ght in a Prizefight at Audo-
bon park. He and a young man name J
L. L. Bailey had quarreled at a mill
tary bill and agreed to fight it ou
with bare fists. They had n6 seconds
and pounded each other until Selph fell
from a blow which broke his neck
Ealley was arrested.
WILL RIDE BONNIBERT.
NEW YORK. June M.-The Herald
says:
It Is now definitely settled that Nash
Turner will ride Bonnlbert In the
American Derby at Washington Park
on Saturday. The Parader will leave
today for Chicago and will be ridden
in the big race by Figgott. The colt
worked a mile and a half with Piggott
up at Sheepshead Bay Wednesday
morning in 2:334. If OutlaaoVr goes.
Spencer will ride him, otherwise he
will be on Beau Gallant.
CONTINUES TO IMPROVE.
WASHINGTON, June 20.-Though
very slowly, the Improvement in Mrs.
McKinley's condition continues stead.
ily and each day she Is a little strong
er than the preceding one. Dr. Rixey,
as he left the White House, said while
there was nothing new In her case she
continued to improve and waa able to
sit In her rolling chair and see a few
friends.
9AXTA FE COLONIZATION PLAN.
CHICAGO, June 20. The Record to
morrow will say:
The minagement of the Santa Fe
railway has begun to carry out a vast
colonization plan which will result In
bringing many thousands of Italians to
this country and In locating them on
land In Southern California, New Mex
ico, Oklihama and Tears.
TO EDUCATE FILIPINOS.
MANILA, June 20. Washington has
been asked for an appropriation of
J10.000 to defray the expenses of fifty
Filipino teachers who are to study for
a year In the normal schools of Amer
ica, these schools having offered them
free tuition.
ELECTED TO THE VACANCY.
PROVIDENCEL R. I.. June 20. At a
meeting of the Brown University cor
poration in annual session today former
President Benjamin Andrews, now of
the Nebraska state university, was elec.
ted to fill the vacancy In the board of
trustees.
THEIR RANKS ARE
GROWING THINNER
Forty Filipinos Killed or Wounded
in Late Engagements.
CHARGES OF THEFT MADE
Wltieitts li tkt Casaajliurjr Case lit Of.
leaders Presl-Otiral Dark Sikahs
Mag lor the Maaklpel (Jews
al tt Maalla.
V
MANILA, June 20,-It Is estimated
that forty Insurgents were killed or
wounded during the rec;nt engage
ments which occurred In Sorsogon and
Albay provia.es. Many insurgent are
returning to their homes.
Charge of theft and sale of public
property are made against a number
of wltneas in the commissary cases.
Provost-General Davis has submitted
a plan for the municipal government of
Manila. The United States Philippine
commission Is modifying It,
CAPT. MANNEY'8 DARING FEAT.
I
Takes Battleship Massachusetts Suc
cessfully Through Hell Gate
Narows. r T
NEW YORK, June 20.-Without the
assistance of a pilot and to demon
strate that a flrst-chss battleship could
be navigated through Hell Gate tue
cessfully. Captain Henry M. Manney
took the big battleship Massachusetts
through the narrows today.
It was the first time In the history
of the navy that any commander of
a war vessel of this class ever dared
attempt the feat. The passing of the
mammoth fighting nachlne through the
dangerous waters of Hell Gate suc
cessfully proves that In case of hostil
ities with a foreign power battleships
of the .same draught as the Massa
chusetts. If she passed the fortificatltnos
of Willet's Point and Fort Schuyler,
could repeat the performance of the
Massachusetts.
Secretary Long has taken official new
tice of Captain Manney's dangerous feat
and Issued orders .hat no naval ves
sel the sixe of the Massachusetts shall
use H.?U Gate narrows except in cases
of great emergency.
FAVORS STATE CONTROL.
RICHMOND, Va., June 20. The first
resolutton on the suffrige question,
with reference to the proposed new
constitution, was offered In the consti.
tutional convention today by Delegate
Harrison, of Fredericks county. It
sayst
"This convention ought to Inaugurate,
through proper channels, steps for the
repeal of the fifteenth amendment so
that each state may control its suffrage
as Its best interests demand.
NO DATE FIXED.
NEW YORK. June 20.-One of the
firm of J. P. Morgan 4 Company of
whom inquiry was made recently saldt
"Mr. Morgan win be here In about
three weeks. No definite sailing date
has been decided upon as yet, how
ever." WOMEN ARE BARRED.
MEMPHIS. Tenn.. June 20. The
state supreme court, sitting at Jackson
to.tay, decided that women cannot prac
tice Uw In Tennessee.
TRANSPORT OHIO ARRIVES.
SAN FRANCISCO. June i).-Tha
transport Ohio has arrived from Mani
ni!a with twenty-nine officers and "30
men of the Forty-second infantry".
BASEBALL SCORES.
PORTLAND, June 20. Spokane, ;
Portland, 4.
TACOMA. June 20. Tacoma, 5; Se
attle. 3.
CAMBRIDGE, June 20. Harvard, 7;
Yale, 3.
Baking Powder
Makes the bread
more healthful.
Safeguards the food
against alum.
Alum biking powdef are the greatest
mexueen to health of the present day.
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