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H. they are made by the best Clothing Faolorlesi properly ' lined;' 'Mwed with Ilk; padded to hold the Imp And nt well. Tour money back If YOU BAT 80. . . I ' Jf - mf Hum, They are unless "you have a or "Princess" rage. i t PRINCESS HAS JOINED THE MAJORITY Admiral Sampson Has Made His Last Cruise. Across (be Jordan. DUG TO BRAIN HEMORRHAGE Nearly all 1 1 In Kelatlvea l'rcucnt tit Bed Ship. No Arrange ment Yet Made for . tbe Funeral. WASHINGTON. May t Rear-Ad- mlral William T. Sampson, retired, died at I o'clock th'a afternoon. The Immediate cauee of death wa cerebral hemorrhage. He bad been In semi conscious condition for several day. At tfce bedside, when the admiral breathed hie lest, were Mrs, Sampson, Mrs. Lieutenant Cluverlua, the admlr- al'a married daughter; the admiral'! two young eone, Ralph and Harold, Dr. Dixon and the nurses and attend ant,. Wlille no definite arrangements have been made concerning Su funeral ceremonies, tt I probable they will take place Thureday at the Churoh of the Covenant In 'thl city. The re main, will be Uken to the admiral's old borne at Palmyra, N. T., for Inter ment. ' A number of telegrams and mee egee of condolence have already been received at the house, among them one from Secretary Moody. The death of Admiral Sampeon occurring late In the afternoon, there hae been no opportun ity yet for action by the navy depart ment for participating In the funeral services. William Thomas Samps n was Icrn at Palmyra, X. T., February f, 1840. He graduated from " the !I. 3, nAval acadrmy at Annapolis In I'M. During the first cruiee he was promoted to master and on July 1(, 1SS2, was rem mliHlonod lieutenant. He was on the practice ship John Adam the follow ing year and at the naval academy In 1864. In is while executive oflloer on the Ironclad Palapaoi of the South Atlantic blockading squadron, be waa ordered by ' the admiral to enter Charleston harbor and deetroy the sub marine" ml net, and torpedo placed there. .The Patapsoo waa destroyed In the attempt.- ' He waa aaelgned' to the Colorado flagship of the European squadron in l?65-tT, being commissioned lieutenant commander July 25, ISM, and was at the naval academy until 1871, and the following year he waa ordered to spec ial duty on the tjbnaeaa. He commanded t'he Alert during 1871 and 1ST5 having received the commis sion a commander Auguet 9, 1874. He then returned to the naval academy for two years and was In command of the Smatara and the Aslatlo station from 187 to 1883. Then, after serving the naval observatory department for three year he was put In charg of defense In 18S5 and the next year was made superintendent of the naval aca demy, where he remained until 1890. He was promoted to captain, March 23, 1S8. In 1800 he was put in com mand at San Franolsco and 1893 be came chief of the 'bureau of ordnance, which position he held until 1897, when he was ordered to the command of the lawo. He was president of the board of Inquiry regarding the cause of the destruction of the Maine In Havana harbor, February 5, 1898. At the out break of the war with Spain he was made acting rer-dnira1 In command of the North Atlantic squadron and ordered to blockade the Cuban ports. He was commissioned commodore July 9, 1898, and rear-admiral August 10, 1898. -. REGARDED A3 SERIOUS. lueen Wllhelmlna'a Condition Again Gives Cause for Alarm. THE HAGUE, May 7. Advloes from Castle Loo, dated 1 o'clock this morn ing, declare that Queen Wllhelmlna'a condition again excites grave anxiety'. Another consultation of the queen's doctors" was held t 11 o'clock last night. The result of consultation Is not known. Extreme secrecy Is main tained as to the contents of telegrams dispatched from Loo Palace. This and other measures are believed to Indicate that the condition of her majesty Is much graver than appears from the regular bulletins. It is said the queen Is so weak that sbs has been unable to take nourishment since last Satur day. FELI. FROM A TRAIN. Victim of & Railroad Accident Charg- ... . ed With Insanity. BAKER CITY, May iA man was examined here this morning on a ebarge of Insanity whose name the county oinolftl declined to divulge. He felt from a west-bound train near Huntington, but wasj not Injured by the .tell He was ; picked up and brought here for examination. ' He had a ticket from Denver to. Walla Walla, but was out of money. KIDKAPPWa. CINCINNATI." May .Kidnapping of Margaret Taylor bos agitated this locality for almost four years and there was unusual excitement today when it was announced that an 1-year old girt and her auct. Miss Clara Tay lor, bad been found ; at Bordlgbera, Italy, and that Governor Nash and Prosecutor HoffheInr, In connection wltb the state department at Wash ington, were taking uch action as would secure speedy extradition. FILLIPIKOS PROMOTED P1CE8IOKNT PAKDOX8 SEX TKNTi:i MIKOItS. .... - i ; v." Too Mucli For Fees In U'ii- mitnt, and .Squandering CaiiiHHl IXMharge WASHINGTON. May Ueutenant Alphonso Strebler, of the Philippine scouts, who commanded the delegation who captured Lukban, Filipino Insur gent leader, is to be apprMnted Second lieutenant lit the regulas ermy . PRBSIDBNT S PARDONS. WASHINGTON. May t-Preetdent Roosevelt today granted pardons In the case of William H. Weber. John Had dow, Tom Braley, Cass Uraley and David Clarkson, Cnited States Judge McDowell, of the Western District of Virginia, and sentenced them to Im prisonment from one to six months. Weber and Haddow were organisers of United Mine Workers. The charge was contempt of court. . ' GRANT DISMISSED. WASHINGTON. May . The presi dent today sumnurily dismissed John Grant. U. S. marshAl for Eastern Dis trict of Texas. Attorney-'OnereJ Grant was charged wltb receiving a fee of $2000 for service in securing for Beau mont, Texas, National Bank designa tion as a United States goverom-iirt de pository. Grant Is said to have ad mitted that he received 82000, but stated that it was not as a fee, but was in payment of legitimate expenses of himself and friends In that connec tion . .. HOTEL SAFE RIFLED . UUTTEv May $. A special ; to the Miner from Boulder rays: The safe of the Boulder Hot Spring Hotel was rifled last night and over 11000 In mon ey and jewels taken. A clerk named Raymond Is missing. - Ipll PDE FOOTWEAR ' No Better in Town Erery Fair Perfect Boston Rubber Boots Buy your shoes and boots of a Praetieal Shoemaker S. A. Gimre. 5 Opposite Ross, Hlfglns Co- THE DISCUSSION WAS HEATED Philippine Question Debate Rag es in Senate for Four Hours. MR. TURNER'S CRITICISM lie Denounces General Smith as a MooNter in Unman Form.-IIoar igltatb er Tame. WASHINGTON. May i-For almost four hours today a fierce discussion on the Philippine question raged In the senate- It was started by Bever- Idge, who made some sharp strTctures of members of the opposition, because, as he said, they persisted fa telling In their speeches only one side of tbe story. Cormack and Rawlins warmly resented any Imputation of unfairness. Rawlins declared that no partisan mo tives had actuated the opponents ot the present Philippine policy, but that they were moved only by patriotism and love of country. Turner delivered a swathing criticism of the methods practiced by the mili tary authorities in the Philippines, dwelling particularly on the alleged order of Genera Smith, whom he de nounced as a monster In human form. Hoar briefly defended tbe action of the Philippine committee, saying that al ready it had furnished much valuable Information. AFRAID TO RAISE THE WRECK. Charged That the United States Dare .,;,... Not r Saitw. tbeJKaine. INDIANAPOLIS, May (.-Mrs. D. M. Parry, wife of President Parry, of 'he National Manufacturers Association, who recently returned from Cuba. In a paper read here before a local society yesterday, stated that the Impression prevails at Havana that the United States government will not allow the wreck of the Maine to be raised for fear the claims of the Spanish .that the explosion was from the Inside, of the. vessel will be verified. She said: "The Spaniards always claimed that the magaituc of the vessel exploded from some accidental cause and that the Iron structure of the vessel would be found to be twisted outwaod, caus ed by the Inside exDlodinr force. W ! never permitted the Spaniards to parti cipate tn this investigation .though they begged to be allowed to join in the Investigation that the honor of their nation might b shown to be guiltless of such an atrocious crime, this privilege was denied them. "It Is said that the government has quite .a knowledge of these facts and rather than be placed In the humiliat ing position before the world of hav ing begun a war without cause, the Maine will be permitted to remain at the bottom of Havana" harbor. PRISONER ELECTROCUTED. He Died Brave With Prayers on His Lips. BOSTON, May I John V. Cassels was electrocuted In the state t.rison In Charleston, Mass., early this morn ing for the murder of Mrs. I. Lane, of Long Meadow, Mass., In February last. He was absolutely fearless in his last moments and his last words were a plea for divine help to those of his family who are left. Cassels" Infat uation for Mrs. Lane led to the mur der. He urged Mrs. Lane t elope wltb him and when she refusid, fired four shots at her two of the bullets taking effect. She died two weeks la ter' Cassels swallowed carbolic acid but medical assistance saved Ws life. Cas sels was a sewing machine agent and was well educated le was a Scotch man and Ms wife la alive in England. Cassels wrote to his wifi and asked her to come to him In his trouble. KILLED A BOER. (Correspondence of AssoclatJd Frets.) HAMILTON. Bermuda, Vay 1F. Hendrkk Boesch, a Boer prisoner of war in the prison on . Tucker's lsl- and. a fine looking you'h f about 19, was detected by a sentry In the set of breaking through the wire entan glement on Saturday night last. The soldier fired at the escaping prisoner and the latter ran Into the bruh,vood, but the second shot which, prssed through- his body, brought him down. The wounded Boer received evpry care and attention, but his wound prcved fatal and he died on Sandiy morning. Boesch had made three prevbus ct tempts to escape but was recaptured each time. - . GREAT LUMBER DEAL. , . MILWAUKEE, May (.-One of the greatest lumber deals In the history of Milwaukee has Just been made be tween the Jobs Schroeder Lumber Co. and E. R. Simpson, of Milwaukee. Mr. Simpson represents the Interstate Land & Lumber Company, a Wisconsin-corporation, which has sold 200,000,000 feet of fir In the vicinity of Portland, Ore., and the purchasers ' have secured enough In addition to that amount' to give a total of about 300.009,000 feet THUNDER MOUNTAIN. BOISE. Ida, May I. The Boise- Thunder Mountain road committee to day decided on the route of the road and Issued call for bids for construo-- tton. The route will be by way of Plaeefvllle, Garden Valley, Pen Basin and Trappers Flat. The distance from Boise to Thunder Mountain will be J35 miles..,' '- ."; tf. AGUINALDO TO RESCUE TH E A DM I N ISTR ATIOX 18ES COKItESPOXDEXCE Ret ween the Rebel and His Of ficers to .Show What He Intended to lo. WASHINGTON, May -.-Ther''ar department has made public. :he tele graphic correspondence that took place between Auginaldo and bis ir-surgent generals on January IS, 1899, to sup port tbe administration's contention that Aguinaldo at that date rontem- plaed an attack on the United States troops at Manila General Moriel and Colonel CaiUes telegraphed to Aguin aldo saying: ; "We desire to know the result of ultimatum which - you . mentioned In your telegram and we also desire to know:, what reward our government Is preparing for the forces who win first be able to enter Manila." , In JVguInaldo's handwriting the re ply is: . "As to the contents of your tele gram, those who prove themselves he roes will have as rewards large sums of money, lands, extraordinary promo tions, crosses of Biach-na-Bato, Mar quis of Malate Ermito and Court of Manila, etc., besides the congratula tions of our idolising country on ac count of their patriotism and more if they capture the regiments with their generals and If possible the chief of them all, who represents our enemies in Manila, which (lot) fails to you, or better said to General Model and Col onel Caillos. 'The ultimatum has not .been sent, but will be within a few days," ; The Eclipse Plumbers snd Steamfittcrs. Steam Boat and Gasoline Boat Work a Specialty. . . Stoves and Tinware 527 BOND STREET IT IS AGAINST THE DEPARTMENT Postmaster-General Payne Not Sustained by the Su preme Court. THIRD VS. SECOND CLASS Decision That Official Haa Ex ceeded His Authority. Detail of tlieCa.se to Date. WASHINGTON, May . Justice Bradley, In the supreme court of the District of Columbia, today rendered his decision In the injunction cases brought by the counsel of a New Tort publishing company against Postmaa- ter-Genenil Payne.- Tbe decision waa rendered on the bill for an injunction to prevent the postmaster-general frost charging ' third-class rate Instead second-class) rate on the publication known as the Pocket-List of Railroad Officials. The purport of Justice Brad ley's decision is that the rerulstleets promulgated by the post master-general goes beyond tbe law and Is practic ally an amendment of the law, whleh tbe postmaster generad has no power to make. . IMPROVED MAIL 6BRVI. Important Decision of the Oaaadiaa Postmaster-Genera. VANCOUVER. B. C, May f-A dis patch from Ottawa cays' the poiftmas-ter-general will tomorrow notify aH postofflces In Canada that mail matter will, be - accepted for Dawson and places along' the route of the White Pass railway at once. Mall matter will be forwarded to that road the same as to other rail way There will be a dally mail serv ice to White Horse all the year. AMERICAN SAILORS. LONDON. May S A dispatch from Rome to the Daily Chronicle says; t Sailors from the United States crui ser Chicago, have Indulged In disor derly behavior at Trieste. A dispatch' from Rome to the Daily Express re ports that one man was wounded as a result of disorderly conduct at Trleeta of fonr sailors of the cruiser Chicago. The men were handed over to Captala Taylor of the Chicago, ivho paid all claims for damages against the Amer ican sailors. . ' 1 r i ' , FUNNT PEACE MOVEMENTS . PRETORIA, May V The peacft sit uation Is developing .encouragingly. According : to reliable". Information, which has reached here, several of the nearer commandos have received th burgher delegates in amicable spirit' It Is understood that Com mandant Beyers has announced ajyni Insmess to abide by the decision reach ed by the Transvaal government. Much opposition to the peace move ment, however, la developing among irreconcilables of General Delarey'a forces. Hardware Co. ASTORIA, OREGON