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Boob p OTIORI, mtnim mm. VOL. MV ASTORIA. OHIX.ON, SATURDAY. AUCiUST 17, 1001. NO. 41 ECLIPSE HARPWARECO. Plumbers ad Steamfitters HOI. I- ACJISINT I'OII S27 BONO RStUNG TACKLE Tennis, Croiiir-t, llascball, Golf, and all Kimls of SjMirtinj; (iuods GRIFFIN 6c REED Fancy and Staple Groceries FLOUR. FEED. PROVISIONS. TOBACCO AND CIGARS SiipIio3 of nil kials at lowwi niton, for lishennen, Furiiirrs and IjjK'r. A. V. ALLEN, TcMh and Comincrdnl Streets WI Cry Aim, , U, CUIlYf Pacific Navigation Company Stcunici-H "Sue H. Chiturc" miiJ "V. II. lUrrl.soii" Only llue-AHtorU to I llHiiioik, (iurlhuldl nJ Buy City, llohvinvlllc Comiotliiir'at AtoTla with tho Oro iron lUllmtMt t NaWratlon Com pany and also th Aatorta Coluni bla Klrtr Kallnd for Han FYn cioon. i'ortland aad all point Kaat. Vur trtifhi and paaornfer rates apply to Mnrmiel Elmore A ( 0. II. A N. H. U. Cn., Portland, AdENTa Ia. i C. H. II. Co.. Itkind. ( . C. LAMP, TUkMiMiok. Orogon, We Rent New F V. M'KKt'UNIK, Looal Aifont. KOPP'S ADelicioLis and Palatable Drink Absolutely Pure The North r&oltto Drewry, of whl ch Mi. beer for domantlo anj export trada.. Bottled benr (or family ua or keg boor In the) oKjr free. Horth Pacific Brewerg C. tJ. TRENCH ARD, Commtsslon, Brokerage, Insurance and Shipping. SUPERIOR STEEL RANGES STHI3I3T WE ARE 5ELLIN0 AGENTS i ok. . . Aloore's Steel Cooks CARLOAD JUST RECEIVED i BOND STREET. Between Ninth od Tenth Co., Oviifral Agnntii, ASTOUIA. Ollt Typewriters. Many now inijiroveniits nildcd. Sio our ltitost No. 2 Smith Premier Typewriter New Art CiituloKiin Fnm . . , L- M. ALEXANDER I CO. , Kxolruiivo l'ltuilld Count iValorti 215 Hlnrk SL, rurtliiml, 0 BEST Kopp Ii proprietor, makea at anny time. Delivery CuatoM Houae Broker ASTORIA, ORE. Acrat W. r. Mi. and Paclflo Kxpreoi Oo'l. CHEERING NEWS FROM THE WEST Jolict Joins the Ranks of the Strikers. OTHER PLACES MAY FOLLOW Milwaukee Will Volt on Subject Too? Ckkio May lie Woe 0tr flperi tort Soy Tin I Striker Kite Scathed Their Unit. iTrrmiritM. auk. i-Tr c..ni.-r -r lnl-r ( lii tin- iinki- today shlft- 1 i i hi Wo.t, wh-ie Jnii.-t finally nuii!f Into mi,, mid the strikers nisi Milwaukee ilnfl tomorrow ,vt the line for a final vote .hi tin- milij.-. t. The ll"W that oatne .nit f the Went heer-d the str.kTs throughout -.he dts- tl li'! Ill .his l. llllty , n. . other ilc- ..pm -ntn win. h ;),,. tiltur war was de lated. In tli.-lr tiii'ij'i iiii they utit n fsv .r.i '! . 'I n ,i: Milwaukee ; uiorr.iw . nn. I. arryniK : -lr ho;-, still foith.r, I )i-y ray .( w.ll y. i win In I'liUiii!, Th.-v u .m.h tn-v d -. l.ir- i.th .ippat -tit .mil tti.tki.- ! masters f ::n- l:u.i;l m and win h- strike. Th,. si .ijn-rii' ! , mi : ? . .t ti.-r hind. my tin- !Hk'-r ar- nearly u: ihv II f their oil.-.- , iin. I that when tli'" li!i o-.m-s, It rami i Ik- stopped. They 1 i (Mi (in to ! lis ur'ied l.y recent v lit. and v 1 1 1 1 o mil li-Kv iiiiil to that f tli- striker, th-y talk l.!i oentalnty f .li'. n.- mj'f-iwi They m-rt that l tml.ir .ontlin-nt has nov. r b'. n be hind th- striker, and that th n:.Tf: MliU li j itn',, dr-MMoil by :lii i-nntont In unlckly wniilnif Th-y sy tlvy ore ni'r. than 1 .ll -ik thir own In tht n ii-mil in tlan: that worv unaflftvicj r h.iv I. on t.ir!-l ulniv III.- Hrlk1" li-nn. ml ar- p.-rf-vtlnK !an f r a ro.i;i n ni of n-v -nil ilant nmv Ml?, T.'ioy nli .iy that miay if thoir tnn. Iiit!.-u!.ir'.y at MoKovirt, VhillnB aiul ll'Ualr'-. wto f.iri'oJ mi!, an.l will m tia.k .. H.I.K1 r tho oxilioiii'iit lio mi:. Tho talk of M'ao h. boon Ir !! I f ir thf tinn- iM-inif an It bi Kr.-M Mia: In l: irox-n: HH.f, tt tlK lua. I hi in l:oa! a .'r.il.oiK 'il mi.) .tut- THIIITY TlliifSANP il"T. ThU Niinili r AiKw-rsl t'ull -S-ven:y- Tli'ifiind Out. I'lTrSlil'ltiJ. At.B 1.-The r.Vnt iti.lnn it J. .Ilct wljt hrlnit the t t il iHi n hor uf men nrotuht out by the third an.l final ca'l of Treile'it Shaffer M ah ui 30.mm and pr. the itrin l t.:al o (.iine'.hlio; .iwr 7'i.ono pion. ITi'f lilent ShafT-r .ini'onno ! to.lny that aflor S ptonili-r 1. the Mle Amal- itaniated men would receive gtrlke b-Me-ftt of 4 a week apiece. t'NAHLE TO HIMNO AltOl'T A SETTIjEMENT Efforts to End the Strike In San Fran- i-lseo Provog Futile Fifteen Thousand I'nemployed. SAN FRANCISCO. Au. 16.-Efforts of conservative persons to hrl.ur about a settlement of the strike apiwar to be Ineffective, and n the situation now stands the prospects of a settlement are no nearer than they were a fortnight airo. Iloth factions seem to realise this and are preparing to carry on the strug gle In.l-fltiltoly. It Is asserted that there are 15.000 un. mployed In .his city on account of the strike. The Employers Association Is making arr ingt'iiienta to obtain mon to till the Il ices of the strikers. NOUPSTUOM VASE APPEALED, Sheriff Cullli'e Notified That Hanging Prlsiner Friday Would He Murder. SEATTIX, Aug. l.-Counsel for t'liarlcj, W. Nordstrom, the co'iidemned nun .lor T, this morning served on Sher iff Cudiliee notice warning hint tluit If Noi'dHtroin is lufigod next Friday It will he murder, Nordstrom having appeiled to the supri'ino court of t lie United Spates from ihe federal courts' refusal oi giant a wrl: of haheas corpus. Nor.lstrom'j lawyer also applied to Ihe superior court for nn order requir ing the .sheriff to show cause why he should not be restrained from hanging NoriMtrom. CP.OP CONDITIONS. Outlook for Pacltlo Northwest Most Cheerful, NEW YORK, Aug. 16.-Bradstreet's tomoirow will say: Improved alike in tone an.l In demand Is noted In trade circles this week, and fall trada may be said to have opened actively. AVhlle moot of the reports come from the Northwest, several large markets In the corn belt send more cheerful rojmrtu, bunnl partially up'm a mill furih'-r ;iinvctri'iit In imp con 'lliliino bu: Ilki-wUf thi" riult of the itrowtli i.f fo,-lii .hut tin; ylcl'U of rmxil ripo w ill hi miiillor than taut yiar. The pium I'Mlil f ir :i name will be lilgU'T mil tin- pur h'liK pitwvr of the agr. cuiural community an a whole will Lk Hill- Imjialr"'!. Adi-ic-e 1 n wheat, "'irn, nu: .ml h- K .r.'l ioj u'Hirt ;hl view. tloj cmi !n ;h Paoifl'? North l ar! aim -.eiiort nl, and Ihe outlook fur tho fall tral III that rilan li a iioorful oni'. llu'iiomt falli-'O m '.he I'tiltl 8:a!i nufiilx-r ITS a. attal.iH: K In lhl wok u yar aj. Kor ('anli, falluroo fur 'ho wi-ck I uinlor Zi a uk lift It In thii we.k i your ng. (.'I i.N'HTITt.TiON WI.V.S FItOM Ci'U'MBfA o.V A FU'KE '.r.-T. Krjm Thuiol.ru;. inn T.k Il-r WIm to '.Vin.l Was O -.l While i.'.i'uinlila W.m l!o. linn-1. NICW ViiUK, Arif. 1.-Th C'oriHtl !u:iiii drift-1 uor .h,. flmh lino U'.o :h! PV-n'.iiK. a wlnir r over the Cilutn li s tiy thlr:y-on,. :nlnut.- an 1 tweiity-thr- K.-cmdi. T!iU illflor-noo In time, however, d n it r-lr -nt .ho llffer-n-o In I (iiotwe-n the iw.) va.'i:ii. Kr a very larqv pirt "f .he hit; inirt;:n wan o itlre ; ilu- : i a lluke in litcht ulr. a tir.-oze f." iii a mull ihun lor ntorm currying Hi- t'.niMtitui m out n:o the S mrnl, w !i r. the win I a K-e'd. while th '"luiulila wa ira tic i'.Iv Ifcilinel. ThU ;t!.'l the ra.o th.'r-.ifti-r It the fo lunitila w.w nut of I:. In every lo the n luat K iln -il an I ma!n:aliiod her r-puinti'in u a wonlorfjlly fat yich: In if ; a.r. Til ICY WEHK IN A Hl'H.tT. Thirty T-i.h-r on Trirmp.rt Thoma Xl.irrl-1 'n Hon ilulu. I'Ar.r.iixnAi.i:. auu. i Ae.-oriintr !! a letter toc-ived tnlay, of .he merl. cart to ichem h sailed on ihe trans port Thom n fro.-n San Franclaoo to Manila, ixty of them on reaching Honolulu w.-re niarrie-l. The tea-hers lud been choen from nany of th normal universities if the coutitry anl all were strawrers to each other. Th-ir aciu in:an-ehlp anl courtship ex en l -,1 over a perlxl of leys th in te.i day. ip:a'n Th mia. r.fu-.l to ermlt their wellliiKs ivhlle enr-nite, and the thirty p.MiR -s upon the arrival of the trin-ipor; at lion Hllu seeked out a clernyman ml were all nurriel. lUUTISIf PAHTY SrUHENPKUETX Kre vh's Scouts Meet a Superior Force ! nf TtoeM. IXD' N, Aug. JC The war office has received the 'ollowing dispatch from I.jrd Kitchener, dated Pretoria, wVtigust IS: "While a party of fifty of Freno'i's scouts were proceeding to Join a column rear Il'thes-la they were surroundej In the hills by a superior force under Thre oii and surrendered. One wag killed and threj wound d, Uethelheim ('rnger ouslv. EXTENSION OF SEYEX DEVILS. Twenty Miles of Road Will Be in Oper ation Before Winter. BOISE. Ma., Aug. IS. General Man ager SIHby, of the Paclflo Idaho North ern, makes the announcement that he has been Instructed by President Hall to go ahead with the Seven Devils ex tension of the road. The contract has b.vn signed and grading will begin Monday. It la ex pected that about twenty miles will be finished and put In operation before winter. FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE. German Forcer and Embezzler Caught by Chicago Pinkertons. CHICAGO, Aug. 16. Garhart Terlin- den, of Dulsburg. Germany, accused of forgery a id embezzlement by the Gcr ntan government, was captured in Mil wauk'e by Chicago Plnkertons and Lrought to (his city f.-.r safe keeping. The prisoner Is wanted by the Ger man authcrltlrs for having forged find bvnoihecated 1,500.000 marks worth of ch.iriter and securities, the property of the Garhart TerlinJen Company of IHils'ourg. of which lie was manager. SUMMARILY DISMISSED. WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. Edward V. ShepSrd. of Massachusetts, chief clerk of the patent office, was summarily dis missed today. This action was In con nection with the disappearance of cer tain moneys con -lined In unclaimed reg istered letters returned to the office. KITCHENER MOVING ON BOTHA. DURBAN. Aug. 16. Lord Kitchener, with a strong force, Is moving on Honi wenl, cm the bordsr of Zululand, where General Botha Is reported to have con centrated 4000 Boers. An Important en gagement Is expected to ensue. LOSS BY STORM NOT YET KNOWN Reports of Drowning in Bay Are Numerous. PLEASURE PARTY MISSING Yacht Ariel Goci to Pieces Ihe Wharf it Baltics News el Ibc File el UUsd er Aailouily Awaited it Mobile. MOBILS, Ala., Aug. 1.-The tropical storm whioh cim up out of the no-jth W- Jii'-stay and lner-.is-d In force dur ing the day foil wlng, is believe I to have b.-en severest In the vicinity of M !!!-. Th,. wlnl bl-w a: the rite tf seventy miles an hour for some time. Vurtous rep r:s of lhe drow ning of men In 'he '.a..- have reaehel here but i; ! Iiiipo-s.ble t confirm them ovvl.tg to the comjt-'.e demolition of commu nication. The yacht Ariel, bound for Fiah river, w.th a party vn boar I. Is rejrted to have pounl-d to pieces on the wharf at Rattles, on the eist .-rn side of the shre. Nothing has been heard of the crew. The nl -aure yacht Mayflower, of this city, with a party of prominent penpl- m barl, reported as lost this morning, has be-n heard from. All cn board foni.d r-fu.g- on Cat Island but the boa; was wre"keJ. No communication can be had with iny of the stands in Mlsslulppl sound. Just outsllj the bay forty miles below her. All the news concerning t'.ie fate of the Handera must cotne by boat and this is anxlJusly awaited. STEAMSHIP EVELYN ASHORE. Going to Plet-es South of Pensicola Wild Storm on the Coast. PENSACOLA. Fla.. Aug. 16 The Frnrh steamship Cyrano, which arriv ed this morning, reports tha; the Amer ican steamship Evelyn, ten days from New York for this port, -went aground yesterday about eight miles from Pensa cola. Siie is listed and 1 fast going to plecs. The storm las: nigh: -was one of the wildest ever known here. The wind rea. hel a vel vity of seventy miles an hour w ith spurts of ninety miles. There was great damage to shipping in the bay and to water-front property. THE STORM AT NEW ORLEANS. Six Fatalities Occurred Near the River's Mouth. NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 16. The storm has passed and seems to have Jone no great damage anywhere along the river below the city. Six fatalities occurred near the river's mouth. Rice and orange farms on the lower river were severely Injured. The Inhab itants there believe that they were struck by a tidal wave combined with a cyclone. LCRSTi2R3 FROM ANTICOSTT. French Choeolite Millionaire Getting Small Returns From Large Investments. NEW YORK. Aug. 16. Mr. Me-rder, who has left for Antlcostl, reports that the agricultural exhibit of the Island was much admired at 3uffalo. The chocolate manufacturer will soon reap some returns for the vast sums of mon ey he has expended on Antlcostl, says the Montreal correspondent of the Times. On the steamboit Savery there has just been brought to Quebec from the island a consignment of canned lobs ters, the product of his fishery from May 1 to July 31. It Is valued at $40,000. and will be shipped to the French mar ket on the steamship Wassau or the Fianco-Cana Han line. COST OF JUSTICE. Bill for Printing Testimony In Mallneux Poisoning Cue Is J7S29. NEW YOR'v, Aug. 16. Edward R. Carroll, clerk of the court of general sessions, has sent to Controller Color a bill for STS.'D for printing a volume of tes imeny aken at the trill of Roland 11. Mollneux for the killing of Mrs. Kate J. Adams. The bills for stenographic work and other expanses connected with the trial far exceed .he expense of mere printing of the records of the case. KITCHENER'S PROCLAMATION. Chamberlain Justifies Banishment Be fore the English House of Commons. NEW YORK, Aug. 16. Concerning the effect of the discussion In the house of commons of the latest South African situation, the London correspondent of the Tribune cables. Mr. Chamberlain carried the house of '.ornmon with .lis defense of Lorl Klt henor's banishment pwlamatloa. It -nn clear that the Britlh government to determined that September l shall mark thi beginning of the resumption if .mo:hlng 'Ike civil authority In Siuth Africa. 8r Wll'lam Vern -n Harcour: endeav ored to cmtend that the terms of the pi iclamatlon .nvolved the d-itru ttlon of the b'lligerrnt rlichu of the Boers In the fl-l I, but Mr. Chamberlain pointed out that those rlgi'S will be wlthlrawn inly If the pre-ieit loer operations -de-g-nerati to mere plund-r and murdor. SAN FRANCISCO STREET RAILWAYS Eastern Capitalists Seek to C.itro All the Lines In Tha; City. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16.-I: la re jortoj that negitiallons are In progress for the sale of a controlling latere: in the Market Strjet Railway Company to an Eastern nyndi.ate. The par value if the ompiny'o s-ock Is 19,61T,fiO0. H. K. Hurrlng'.on, presiltf.it of the road, Is now In New Y'ork and Is said to be confe-ring with the capitalists who de fire t.j purchase the Property. Th- Biitlmore capitalists who recent ly bought -he San Francisco and Sin Mateo electric line anl secured options on the Sutter-stree: and Sutro electric car Lies in thi city are reported to be Int-r-stil in the proposed deal. Sh uld they succeed In getting control of the Market-ctreet system and also close the options on the other lines namel, th-y will have a virtual mon opoly of the street-car traffic in San Francisco. CHINA BLUE BOOK. Lord Linsdowne's Diplomatic Triumphs Believed to Have Averted Crisis. NEW YORK, Aug. It-Concerning the sections of the Blue book devoted to the Chinese crisis, the London cor respondent of the Tribune cables: The Blue book dealing with the Chl- nte negotiations just issued. Is an 1m pertain record of Lord Lansdowne's di plomatic activity. The Impression pre vails that ihe foreign secretary has completely mastered 'he Intricate prob lem presented. To his pertinacity, his clearness of vision .uid, above all, the adroitness with which he has played his cards a attributed the ultimate withdrawal of the Manchurian agreement by Rus sia. CALIFORNIA FRUIT CROP. ' Estimates on Returns of Crops About to Be Harvested. SAN JOSE, Cal., Aug. 16. A special agent of the California Cured Fruit As sociation have just made returns on the estimate of the crops about to be har vested and given the yield of prunes for tho entire state for the season at about 53.0i)0,0OO pounds. The total crop last year was about 170,000,000 pounds. The total amount of prunes now In the hands of the association 1 3S.000.000 pounds, so that there is In eight an available state supply of 93,000,000 pounds. DOMINION CENSUS RETURNS. Population Given at 5,437.835, an crease of 505.644 Over 1S91- In- OTTAWA. Canada.. Aug. 16. The first official bulletin of the census was issued today. The population of Ihe Do minion is given at 5.437,833, an increase of 505.644 over that of 1891. The popu lation of the principal cities is as fol lows: Montreal. 2i!6,S26; Toronto, 207,981; Quebec. 6S.834; Ottawa, 582; Hamilton, 52.550; Winnipeg. 42.336; Halifax, 40,- 7S7; St. Johns. 40.711; London, 37.9S3; Victoria, 20.821; Vancouver, 26,196. CYCLE CHAMPIONS' MEETING. Leaders Will Race In New York for the National Championship. NEW YORK. An?. It!. The National Circuit meet has been added to the pro gram of the bicycle rices at Madison Square next Monday. By this arrange ment MaJ r Taylor, Frank Kramer, Iver I.awson. Tom Cower, W. S. Fenn, Fisher. Freeman an.l other crack pro fessional and amateurs will compete. The main even: will be :he motor paced race for fifteen miles between Jimmy Michael ar.d Floyd MeFarland. F. B. BETTS DEAD. Prominent Manufacturer Who Lost a Large Amount of Money During the Civil War. NEW YORK. Aug. 16. Frederick Baldwin Betts who In the first half of the last century was head of one of the largest sadllery firms in the United States, is dead at Morrlstown, N. J. During the war he lost a large amount uf motiey In the South and In 1879 con gress awarded him J30.000 on a claim of 1200,000. YOUNG CORBETT WON. DENVER, Aug. 16. Young Corbett got the decision over George Dixon, at the end of the 10th round tonight. THE IOWA WILL GO TO PANAMA Department Has Telegram Pre pared Ordering Departure. IS NOW AT SAN FRANCISCO GerBuoy Will Order Several Wnaklps-Us- oVi Pipers Thlsk Aaerlcsi later lereace Will Hive Orirnt Result. WASHINGTON. Aug. 16. A telegram has been prepared at the navy depart ment to go forward to the Iowa at Saa Francisco, ordering her to prepare at once to go to sea. When she advises the department that he Is ready, the order will follow for her to proceed to Panama. The lifle cruiser Ranger, which ts at San Diego, waa ord-Ted to sail today. She Is very slow and It would require a!mo3t flf een days for her to reach her destination. The department threfore decide! to Jispatacb 'he Iowa, GERMANY TO SEND SHIPS. BERLIN. Aug. IS. The American dif ficulty Is attracting much attention here. Several German warships will probably be ordered to Panama. GRAVE RESULTS PREDICTED. LONDON, Aug. 16. The weekly pa pers discuss the quarrel between Vene zuela and Colombia. The Spectator .hinks that "American Interference will have grave results." and that It la not Impossible that the United States will occupy Panama, OUTRAGEOU3 MONROE DOCTRINE. The Saturday Review, which take usually a strong anti-American tone, says: "The ''me will exome when the outrageous Monro doctrine will pro duce a deadlock between European and American governments." QUIET ON THE ISTHMUS. Trains Crossing Without Escorts Sta tions Garrisoned With Troops. COLON. Colombia, Aug. 16.-The situ ation yesterday was quiet everywhere. Since yesterday, trains have been cross ing the isthmus without military escort. Several stations along the line have been garrisoned with small detachments of troops. THE IOWA ARRIVES. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. lS.-The bat tleship Iowa arrived from Puget sound this afternoon. PERUVIAN CABINETA CRISIS. Opposition Severely Condemned for Vot ing to Censure the Ministers. NEW YORK, Aug. 16.-Commontlng upon the Peruvian cabinet crisis, the Lima correspondent of the Herald says: Public opinion sustains the fction of President Rotnana In declining to ac cept the resignations of the members of the cabinet as a result of the vote of censure by the chamber of deputies. The opposition Is severely condemned because all of Its speakers declared that they were convinced of the honesty of the president and his cabinet. BRITISH WARSHIPS SAIL. Three Vessels Bound for the Brazilian Coast to Watch Developments. MONTEVIDEO. Uruguay, Aug. 1. The British cruiser Cambrian tind the gunboats Nymph and Basilisk 1 ave sailed for the Brazilian coast. It Is be lieved that the departure of the war ves sels has a connection with :he troubles feared In Rio Grande do Sul. MEMORIAL SERVICE HELD. LIMA. Peru. Aug. 16. A funeral ser vice has Just been held by the German and British Colonies In memory of the late empress of Germany. Baking Powder Makes the bread more healthful. Safeguards the food against alum. Aiom b&iusg powdesi art tWgrosAest HMoacm to health of tW pities day.