ASICidjuuLiiOUMAlil ASSuCtlhlN. N0Ll1" ASTOKIA. OKEGOX. fKIDAY, JULY 19. 1901. ,Q4 7Q ECLjPSE HARDWARE CO. Plumbers and Steamfitters HOLI- AOIJINTH I'Oll S27 BOND FlgmNGJTACKLE Tennis, Croquet, H.iscl;ill, Ciolf, and all Kind- of SjM.rtin (ioodx GRIFFIN 6c REED Fancy and Staple Groceries FLOUR. FEED. PROVISIONS. TOBACCO AND CIGARS Supiplict of nil kind nt lowest rutrs, for iinlicrtiuii, Funner tuxl Iaikltvpi. A. V ALLB1N Tenth wad Commercial Streets u . ?MlSfJ;lltePi W. J. Scully, We Rent New Krfl11 SELLINQ Or fjr F W. M KKtilMK, Iocs! Aawnt. Of New Zealand W. p. THOMAS, Mgr., 5an Francisco. UNLIMITED LIABILITY Subscribed Capital, Paid-up Capital, Assets, .... AssoU in United States, Surplus to Policy Holders, Mas been Underwriting on tho Pacific Coast ovei twenty-two yearn SAMUEL ELMORE & CO. Resident Agents, Astoria, Or. c. R Commission. Brokerage, Insurance and Shipping SUPERIOR STEEL RANGES STREET WE ARE s AGENTS ior. Moore's Steel Cooks CARLOAD JUST RECEIVED AS BOND STRUCT. Between Ninth and Tenth Typewriters. Many new iinnrovetiii'iita added. Se our latest No. 2 Smith Premier Typewriter Now Art Catalogue Kne . . . L. M. ALEXANDER A CO. r.ichuive Pacific CoHt LWlera UI5 Htark St., Portland, Ore. OF SHAREHOLDERS $5,000,000 1,000,000 2,545,114 300,000 1,718,792 Custom Homh Broki, ASTORIA, ORE1 Atnl W. r. AOo. and PacUe Express Oo'l. HOSTS GATHERED IN CONVENTION Meeting of Hpworth Leaguers in San Francisco. MESSAGE FROM M'KIN'LEY PruMtil ni kt Pruldiat StU Heart? Orelloi-Otr Tilj-fln Tim. 4 Dltf,ilea It AlltifcKt -lb Prvfria. HAN KIUN'l'i, July lvThe gnul Kpw-.rth 1,-u(ii.- iiivm!kn mei It:: flrrnxn :i Miliaiilu pavilion. "iii-ia Hn-n-tary J,. K. lt-rty rid a iiiliiilwr nf i-..iiKr;ulit.iry message fr-im prom ik-iii mm, iv'tud.-nt M. Kin ley mud. "I have mm-It pleasure in sending to Ihe IiiHTiMllDti il Epw.irln Ungue con-v.-ii 1 1. .ii my li.Mi-ty congratulation u;-i I In- K't work llu- gnat y ,,f i'hri. Man linn an .1 w-iiiifn nlcm It repn'iH-lil. ha , itiivllMi-M in tin; lMt. tiii.l my -'nnt l)i U Ilia: even greater u. -cvm will crow ii hi- ruhir.- flirt of the league." Vice-President Him --Ht w inli-J till lllellg. II full own 'Il.-wn-wi gre"Uiig, nn-l may g-I luck atlen, id,. Kpworth league In ll effort f.r social iinJ chic righti-ous- A1X WAS READY. lJlaborule Preparations Wore Made to Ro.'lve tit Visitors. HAN FIlA.Nt'lH'H July lS.-The Bp worth Loague cioivnition of was form illy opened at .MivhunU- I'ftvllkn Mliiy. K.ir the (nit work the 'Me f tiavt-l liim tje.-ii tuwiirj ttt KrtncUco uiii;l ill.- K)wurth Ii .(, JS.'JW aini.it, hiut Wn i ,uia t;, i , ...y ri.ijy f. r the ik' ling a.-rvn -a, Arrivaia imiliiiu -U ,i: ull Imuri of 'vJi nlKlit aii.l in ihc tarly h ur i.f i!.li iioitiilig bul the lu.H l.-l.i -! train urn In oil.l the Uiitt tlrej iimv l-r ll.nl tven irHo-.l n ttiiim weli-iiiii- by .he rm-ji-il.p.i iT.iiiiiinht,-,- tie.' ir; nim iium-l-r mi l-.l.iv r.tiiii it it nil, J. Tin- tiinu r w.i.1 ri'hi j eml nil ly. Thv I .i.,i l. V li.nl :.iv:i ilr.M-n iiiM the liml bit y. .-.ili.r li.it Ii in ,uKU-.l III k.h illlli. Tlir .it ,iu M ii -u in. ttl.h w,iii f.ir H.tKi mill a M.ti in i fj.-iluu-. f,.r a ii-ii u.t iif I'O Hi wli'cli Hiil uive Cl-M.il i-niK i-r.n. .r.- ir. si a . -.m i,; silit. Tht. nUre nu-lll flii,it ,v 14 i.i'inii.l by Aiii'tKmii iIiii;ji. while ai-'uihl tlie piil Iriy riilli:i.,n r.il .in, lute bunting- was ili.i,v inu-efui:-, i!h .r. .mi t!ii re HtiirlJs of Anieib-a ;utj -ina! liiliain lit tli-'lr rmiiiH-il llait-i i-njed alu vt thnn. The utage vii hung with g !il -nlore.l bunilng the iate' j i-ir. The lhrmig bcir-t I niblinj early f.ir-tlte .)n'tilng i-ereiii,inle whlolt lx1 giin a: 2:30 p. nt., every one eiithu-'l.iMK-anil tmniy. Krum :1k' ,i-rl teniixrj Hire of the Kaal to lite , iii : .-.'c.v.-t nf ihe iMeihv anJ u !'-ntleralur of 60 naa a iveU-.itne uit-l exhlllratlng ilmnge to the iillgrim., If their look a ml aotlona of today may be tak-'it i evldenrf. At 11 o'eln-k thlji morning three tK bratloiia of the Iml'ii Sutvr were held In the Flrot Ire9b.vti-rlan. IVntrol M. I-:, and the Howard Street Method!,! i-hiin-lies. Thee ttteeilnga were jntrely di-votlixial In i-lt.irao-.er, inn were at (endei by crow da that taxed Ihe ca-nui-lty of Ihe buildings. At 1:30 p. in., "a inl.nl mary confer-eih-e waa held at l:ie ' e.i biuarters on Ijtrkln street. At the jtunie time a huslnon iinetliiK of elders mid league ortk-lnla anenible!! at the pavilion In r der to pn-lMre for the day'g m-tlvltlea. When Clmlnnan Fllkln imeonded ihe pUitfnrni and mnsl for onl-r :ii 2:3o very a.-al In the bulliloing had an occupant, w hile many other aotight alandlnit room. Tho iast audience greet, ed 'the chairman with the Chataqua aalule and then listened to the onenlng song service. This evening three meetings will he held, t the main pavilion, at the Al bainbrn theater and At Metropolitan TiMttple. Tlie prlncial Lhemf of all these meetings will be "The Young Peo ple's Movement In the Twentieth Cen tury," discussed by Hov. Charles 13ay ard Mktchell of Minneapolis; Rev. Alon to Monk, of Niurttvvllle. and Rev. C. W. Wlllard of Yonkers, N ,Y., respectively. LIEUT. BBHTHOLF REPORTS. In No Danger of Stan'atlon and Can Sjoure Reindeer In Numbers. WASHINGTON. July lS.-The Interi or department has received a long let ter rrom Lleutenint a P. Bertbolf, the revenue cutter officer detaled to go to Siberia to purahase reindeer for Alaska. The letter Is dated Okhotsk, Siberia, April 21, and Lieutenant Bertholt tells of his Journey though snow-bound re gions to that place. There ha been some talk of the possi bility of Lieutenant Bertholf being des- (Hule and Um letter from him u a r 11, f to ullkixl .-iiUi.l. The lieuteiiam a), thai lila llan at tho llm was to buy what mnJi-.f be could and (o lu VUllviMUck, litre bo would ttiarl'T i au-jiii'-r to tuk him to 1'ort Gareiive. on .he Alaaka cujuiI. Ttii.ro U Is (rv uinea the int.Tlor Jkiarunuii( will ad viae tiliu wtim t 1 'IU 'he n-lndi-er. Tlut Derilnilf wriU- lliat a ltualn w.tb whom be talked U wllllii(f tv OMko ivntract Ij furniah this fc-oVvrnment W) or I'm i cln deer ui b dvllvrcd f rum x point in BilKrU In mi. Mr iii-rtliolf tlilnk this wuuld b. Ui Ut way to BMcurt any large number of animal. When Lieutenant Bifih'( left hero the uudersuodltts; witfl blm was the revenue cutter litar Would meet him at a point on Ut MibvriaA coast If iaialblo and If the vcH did not reach there. Lieutenant Uertholf wa to fin I the way out the lx-t way pos sible. The IWr left Beattlt only a few daya ago for Uehrlng seav and will i.ji ! able, owing to the late atirt, to go to the Siberian coast at all. I'ltuVlNCIAL OOVKHNMKNT HAS I'HOVKU A FAILURE. I'Mvln, t-, In tha Philippine , Tur.'i.-d Over to the Military Aulhorllles. MANILA. July IS -The I'nltci Slates civil c.mimlHKlon bMay announced lhat after three m-niha' trttU of the nvln c.'al form of gvernmnt In the Island of IVbu mid Hfliol, and the provlni-e Katanga. Luion. the runlnd of those districts, owing to their Incomplete pa rllb -atloii has be-.ii returned to the mil itary authorities. It having been Prwed thai ihe eominu:il:lc are Ha. kwar 1 and undeserving of civil admlnbtrutlon. Itcsldenls of the Island of Cebu have protested, but with-ut uccifi, against the return of military control. Several towns In Cebu are still besieged by the Insurgents. The Insurrection on the island of Bohot 1ms been renewed and the Insurgent sentiment In the province of Hatangis la strong. General Chaffee has ordered a halat ion of the Thirtieth Infantry o beg'.n the ivcupttion of the Island of Mlndoro. The province of Itatangtva will be ov- cuplej by the entire Twentieth Infan try. VIOLATKD NKl'TRALITY. Itraii!' Minister of War .enure,l for IVj-Hht t'tterances. NEW YORK. July h-A dia,.atch to! the ll-raKI from Ki.i Janeiro says: The cha.nber of d -iuties has d.stn.si"- j -d the i-hiirges .r-.f.rr-"d by A-ln.ir.tl M.-II.i ngainst Pi:es.l.-ni Caini'os-S.illcs I The adntu-al nccused the presi l-:it of hav.ng ciii.ii" I D.s hit st with, nit r-a-; s i:; and of cruel treatment. He was' i arrested In connection wtth the alleg -d 1 monarchical plot. In the chamber of d-put,-s. Si-nh r de Hii.-no critlciied Uraiil's miniver of war for cxpnwlim of opinions on the Siith African war. Tlie deputy ol J vte l to part of tin othVlal report made bv the nilnwter as being hoBtile to Ureal Hilt.un and as a violation of the neu trality which ltnixil should obsene. VICTIMS tp K.ILROAD WRECK. Euworth leaguers Will Re Askej to Furnish Cut Me for Grafting. KANSAS CITY. July IS. Epvortn Leaguer over the country will be ap pealed to to furnish enough cuticle for grafting over the burns of two victims of the recent Chicago and Alton wreck. Mis Julia M. Hayslip, of Ctieno.t. 111., and Miss Zola Harry, of Hoopston, III., were on their way to the Hp-worth Leagje conv.Httlon and were badly ivitliled. Thflr burns do not yiSd to treatment. An oiwratlon of grafting must be performed witl.ln a week, and It has been divided to appeal to the Leaguers vho will return home through Kansits City rrom the Pacific coast about that time to furnlJh the required cuticle. CONSERVATIVES 1KXVTED. Recent Orange Demonstrations Idlcate a Lack of Sympathy. NEW YORK, July .-Conservative officials In London admit, says a dis patch to the Tribune from London, that the Orange demonstrations this year revealed little sympathy for the govern ment at Liverpool. The names of Sa lisbury and Balfour were hooted, and on another occasion at the same place It was declared, amid loud cheers, that the conservative government had for feited the confidence of the Orangemen. CRESCEUS A FAST TROTT12R. DETROIT, July 18.-Cresceus, th chestnut stallion owned and driven by George H. Kelacham, of Toledo, Ohio, win the free for all trot this afternoon and Incldintally trotted a faster heat and won the fastest race record ever mad.?. Charlie Herr was the only ajr ponent. Cresceua won the first heat In 2:06, breaking he record for this year on any track. The second heat he won In 2:05 flat, breaking the world's rac ing record. SILVER MARKET. NEW YORK, July W.-SUver, 6814. TERRIBLE FLOOD IN FISH RIVER Council City Utterly Demolished Causing Great Loss. BATTLING WITH ICE FLOES Sitaaw KoaaoU Mm Hmw Euipt Ii Nsrtkcra Witen ll Drllilsf With let FltU-lc Bil Ii Norti Bt;. SKATTLE. July 18.-The steamer Roan-ike rrlvel t.lay with sixty pa-ai-r.if -.n an I over Jl.O00.Wi0 In gold duit. Th- majority of the j-asa-.-ng-rs tame fr.-m Nvme. Tli- ltrjn He brought full pariicutar of the terilble flol on Fish river, which oi curro.J June 15. lauding a loss of over f.'d.OiiO. Tile tl.jod swept down F.h r1v.r. lemollshlng bull lings, and sw.-.-p iig -away stores and houses, and currying g-ri.-ral devasuiilon in Its wak- Th- damiges -re aim; en tirely cdtln-i ft Council City and wl'i i. thi- Ruanolfn d-part;d fr tm Nome that pla-.- w.ia said to be la ruins. On ly o :, house !n the whole town was left standing. On June 17, at mlin'ght, :he k- br-.ke anJ the s-ame evening the river ,.v-rll i.v--1 at Cou.tcil City, and u:terly demolished and destroyed every bull ling but one the Dauniless Hotel. All the Afterno.t and evening of June 11 the vc.-e did battle with float ing ice. aid at 10:30 p. m., a hole wjs stove in the port bo. Fortunately tlie leak was slight and temporary repairs were spe-dlly made, the vessel proceed ing on her way. June i: was spent in drifting wfch Ice fields and seldom did the spjed t tpin two knots an hour. Nome w-as reached June 16 and from that date un til July 3 the steamer was Icebound in Njrt.m hay. r-KSiONS FOR BATTLESHIP. Majority Report Mal- of Naval Public. Board Is WASHINGTON. July l.-S?or.':ary I.onu has given out the majority report I of :!i- n.tval b-arl on construction on the l-sign of the sea-going battlesitip ' of which plans are to 1 submitted to: I t-.ngr ::ext t'tei.-1-mier. i The b 'ail ha.s leen unable to reach a ! ' i i u i : ail i in 'lis agreement concernlna the . anna-iu-it nnj its di-;o.ition and it I n nv i-'-'.l- :n ik -a the preliminary report 'n i :ha; prog-ivss may be maJe u;x'n s -ii- definite d-sij-nes. The plan of the ! bat ties 11,1 as submitted follows: Length. -CO feet; beam, T6 feet; main draft, ill feet, six Inches; d'.simcemeni, lj. .v..' ton. This displacement will give a sh.p considerably larger than any. thing i:i the present navy. The Lull alone will weigh about TiWO tons, while the protective armor will be obout 370U totis. The coal capacity will be about 2'.K tons; total load displacement, 16, iH: deep load drart at 26 feet, 4 inches: l knots speed and an indicated horse Power of 20,000. The battery recommended by the ma jority is to consist of four 12-Inch guns. l wo 10-inch armored turrets, twenty inch guns In armorej casements and 20 three-inch guns. Eight of the 7-Inch guns are inclosed In individual armor, four on the upper deck and four on the gun deck, firing afceal and astern, The remaining twelve guns are heated on the gun deck in a central casement battery. . The michmery is protected by a 10- inch armor belt, tapering to four insbea fore and aft beyond the machinery space and the other protection consists of armor seven and six inched thick except on the 12-Inch turrets, where it is te:t inces thick. FINNS PROTEST IN VAIN. Ciar Issues 1'k.ise Holding Them for Foreign Military Service, lir.LSI.NGFORD. Finland, July 13. The appeal of the Finlanders against tho new military law abolishing the dis tinctive Finnish military force h9 teen only partially successful. The cur has IssuevJ an ukase to the effA-t .hat the Finnish guards and a batalllon of dragoon regiment shall be niain-ralned In Finland while eight ba tallons of Finnish sharpshooters are to be disbanded when the new law becomes effective 1n 1903. Both the Finnish regiments to be maintained are liable to service outside of Finland in times of peace as well as In war timo. The ukase of the cxar has cauajd great excitement here, ALASKAN GOLD IMPORTS. Canadian Bank Official Says Total Will Be 115,000,000. NEW YORK, July IsThe Journal of Commerce says: While It Is impossible to estimate ac curately the extent of the Alaskan gold Imports this year. It is bl!evd that they will exceed those of last year an ! thu th-y will hive a material Influence tjrx lo..-al tar.k reserves. William Gray, wi of the ag-nts hre for th Canadian Bank of Commerce, w hich has a brinch In Dawson said yes. terday that lam year his bank received WJM.W frvn Alaska. A conservative estimate of last yeirs total receipts would be JI2.M0.0OQ. This year the receipts ought to be 115.000,000 and perhaps more. "The whole AJasks. production will come to New York," said he. Thus far we have received 11,240,069 In sub-treasury drafts agalist deposits of gold In 8-Ht:ie and Stan Francisco. We have advices of 1SO0.000 more In transit and I personally knoir of over 11,000.000 more which will soon come to us. The other Canadian banks reprerent-id here will also brink in Alaskan gold." RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL, IN MISSOURI. Several Sections of Diugrh-8!r:rkn District Yet Untouched Deaths From Sunstroke In London. KANSAS CITY. July lS.-Futber good rams following those of yesterday fell after midnight last night and dur Ir.g today In many points In the south west. 8;l!l more ig predicted for torlgbt The area coveted was principally In Southwestern Missouri. Central and Southern Kansas and the central part of Indian and Oklahoma territories. In th-se countries rains have Increased the prospects of half a corn cnp. GREAT HEAT IN LONDON. repie Dismayed at Prospect of An other Roasting Day. LONDON. July It-Great Britain has had no such weather as this before in eleven years. The number of deaths and sunstrokes has not been reckoned up, but those and attempts a: suicide consequenceof the beat ar described as "numerous." There are no signs of a change and Londoners are dtssaayed at the pros pect of another roasting day. VERY NEAR THE RECORD. feALT LAKE. July IS. The weather bureau thermometer register?.! 101 de grees th.s afternoon. This is within cce degree of the highest record for twenty- five years. BROKE THE RECORD. Adolph Strecker Makes Score Never Equaled in Unlt.M Sut.-s. f"AN FR.VNCrsco. July R-Adolph Streckr. a baroer of this city, at lo day shooting at the third rational Uundesfest, AtmpletAl a score which ha? nev?r been ioualled In the Uritel States on thi King targe; and which will dcubtwj ,xive Stre.-ker the King Miie. Ou; of 200 shots he ha3 made the record score of 5S3 points, breaking the high-s: n-ore jf "King" H.tye made three years agu, by 22 points. CHINESE DECREASING. WASHINGTON. July 1S.-A bulle tin Issued by the census office today shows there has been a decrease of the Chinese population in rhe United States since 1S90 of 17.6w, the .-.umber now be ing S9.600 in the UnltM States. The Japan ses increased during tlie pas; ten years from 203 to 24,300. HAS BUSY SESSION. CRIPPLE CREEK. Col. July IS. The Trana-nississlppi Commercial Con gress todiy adopted .-esolution3 cover ing a multitude of subjects of inU-trest to the great West and selecting the Twla Cities. St. Paul and Minneapolis, as the next place of meeting. SHOT BRITISH WOUNDr'D, JOHANNESBURG, July 13.-I.1 the course of inquiry conducted under oath here today various non-comiissioned officers and men of the British urmy confirm d the statement that the B.iers shot the British wounded at Vlakfo.n tein. MILITARY COMPANIES ASSIGNED. WASHINGTON, July IS. Orders 1s- ssued by the war department assigns) the Thirty-second and Thirty-third companies of artillery to the department of the Columbia. Those troops have Just arrived at S-an Francisco from the Philippines. STEAMER DESTROYED BY FIRE. NEW YORK, July IS. The steam ship Thallen, with a cargo of coal for Hong Kong, took fire today off Sandy Hook. Late tonight she sank in seven fathoms of water. LIVE BIRD SHOOT. NEW YORK. July 18. Eugene C. Griffiths, of Pasooag, R, I., today won the grand American hanvdlcap at live birds, breaking 95 out of 100 targets. , COUNT TOLSTOI IMPROVING. ST. PETERSBURG, July 1S.-U '.s now said that Count Tolstoi is beyond immediate danger. ANOTHER PLANT TO CLOSE DOWN Steel Workers at Duncansvilk Ready to Go Out. iMEN WILL BE ORGANIZED VIcc-Preslfett Plert Sat Fsr Tlat PirssM -Urjt Reams Fill I Fljlt tfes Slriker-TrBl Asms Strlklif Flrtsvi. PITTSBURG. July 18. The most Im portant of all news regarding the steel workers' mr;ke today was the acti.m of the men employed in the Duncanivllle p!nt of the American Steel Hoop Com pany. A telegram was received by President SharTer fr-rn the men this morn'ng ask ing if they should strike. The message was a surprise for the Amalgamated P-Jop'e, as they were cot looking for this news so soon. President Shaffer answ ered telling the men not to come out unless they were organiied. If organ iied they should strike, for they are needed. In the afternoon a telegram w-as received from Dune. eville asking that the organlier be sent to them at once. In compliance w-ith this request Vice-President John Pierce started for Duncansville this evening to complete organiiation. The Duncansville plant is -the last of the Hoop plants to remain at work and Amalgamated officials say If they are successf'U in closing this plant they will be masters of the situation as far as the Steel Hoop Company is con cerned, at least. At Wiilsvllle. President Shaffer ad dressing a large number of men said: "Just before the lat conference we had with the employers In Pittsburg we were plainly told that we did not understand the magnitude of tb wcrk we were about to undertake. We were told tbe United States Steel corporation had in reserve a fighting fund of 1200,- I Oi.'i...i, or! as it was put to use to bolster up the stocks of that corporation should there be trouble with the workers. "This was no idle boast, it now seems, for at least a week the stocks of the ste-l corporation went down and now they have been shot up again showing the wor! 1 that at leas; a part of the j;... ij.i:0 has been put la circulation to upho'd the stock." OPPOSITE VIEWS TAKEN. United Minew-orksr3 Advise Sinking Firemen to Return to Work. WILKESBARRE. Pa.. July lS.-The coal operator and striking stationary firemer. take opposite views (f t tie ac tion of, the Ugislative committee of the United Mine Workers, which met in Scranton today. The committee de-' elded that all firemen who are members of the United Mine-workers' organiia tion must return to work. The operators think this is a severe blow- to the men on strike and one from which they cannot tecover. The strikers claim that it will not affect :hem much as only comparatively few firemen belong to the United Mine Workers. COAL FAMINE THREATENED. . Strike Caught Dealers With a. Short. Fortnight's Supply. NEW YORK, July IS. Should the strike of the mine firemen continue It is feared that a coal famine In this city will result. The strike has found the railroads and the dealers unprepared, with scant provision against the future and Drices are expected to mount with in a week if no settlement Is reached before that time. Inquiry in the coal trade shows that railroads and dealers are carrying not more than twj weeks' supply of coal. - THROWN INTO BANKRUPTCY. Order of Judge Bellinger in the Case of Gilbert Brothers. PORTLAND, July 13. Judge Bellin ger made an order of adjuddolation In, . the case of Gilbert Bros., bankers ot' SiU'in, which will result In throwing the-m into involuntary bankruptcy. By this order of Judge Bellinger, It U likely that the receiver will be removed and the property turned over to a trus tee to be appointed by the court, Which, will give all theeredltors an equil snare of the money remaining. BOTTLE MAKERS' TRUST. CHICAGO, July 18. The tetest com bination to be formed is of the Flint Glass Boitle Makers. The capitalization is 130,000,000. . BASEBALL BCORES. SEATTLE, July 18.-Seattle, 5; Spo kane. 4. PORTLAND, July 18. Portland, 4; Tacoma, 2.