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T ..... J t Look';' ' v Ji-., :.. t - iro Lotto ba legate ft 3 Library w.tluut V irmiiaion. '""V wil be liable to prosecution. ASTOMAPOBUGIJBRAM AOCIATI 'if 4 ASTOIUA. OUEGOX, SUNDAY. 3IAY V, 1002. VOL. LIV m. HO. II Is it 1 . Boy's Suits We hava tha reputation for carry ing tha best grades . Ton cm buy cheaper Boya SulU, but If you buy ontfrom vVISB you get your MONET'S WORTH ....... llmt - ' ' mean WATERMAN'S IDEAL, Tha most perfcct practical ami con venient Fountain ren ever made ,, Every ) Pen Gurontced - Money refunded If not satisfactory. Jut t the thing for every day use Nothing more acceptable aa a gift. . GRIFFIN & REED . LAWN MOWERS $2.90 to $5.60 FISHER BROS. HIRT MONARCH ' Wo ar Now Displaying of Shirts in the City. NEW - STYLISH - DRESSY , Handsome, : Durable and Cheap, j i Yes, and HATS, too. You are not dressed unlosa you have a ...... "Mascot", 'Queen" or "Princess" Hat. They are the QUEEN P. A. STOKES. The Clothier. Ouf Pen's Suits $10 to $27.50 are O.K. my are mad by tha bast Clothing Factories; properly llnedj sewed with ilk; padded to bold tha shape and fit well. Tour money back If TOU SAT BO. (1 " Jminanllmt ' . S, IM tftttMit ' T, I J 'Ji . V 'till J 11 1 ilMifrit.fcinlifiHSf SHIRTS the Nobbiest Line They are rage. PRINCESS TO THROTTLE GREAT OCTOPUS U. S. Attorney-General Files Suit Against the Meat Combination. IT IS A GREAT CONSPIRACY Han Complete Control of Meat food Product and Price " Jtafaed Beyond Reach , of the Poor. J ... j ., .- . ... 'T v-. i, , r CHICAGO, May 1.0-Dlstrlct Atlor ney Bertea thil evening filed with the clerk of tha federal circuit court a bill for Injunction, sweeping to Its clur acter, and designed to destroy the al leged giant conspiracy to illegally con. tro! the .meat trade of tne' United State. District Attorney Bertea also served notice that on May 2, he will appear before federal Judge Orossup and ask for a temporary injunction against the packers and their repre. sentatlves under the Sherman ' anti trust law, .. ; v .-. The petition charges conspiracy, n lawful combination, black Jlitlng, U legal cartage charge, illegal credit agreement, creaUng falie market pric e, Illegally depressing the market and accepting railway rebates. All of the principal packing companlee organised udr the law of New Jersey, Mlchl gan, New York and Illinois, are made parties to the defense and all are reel denta of Illinois, save Sulsherger Noyes, of New Tork, and Swift of Boa. ton. ; . .. ; : THE CXJMPLA1NT. , WASHINGTON. May W.-The bill of complaint acainat U so-called beef trust, which has been prepared under the direction of Attorney-Genera Knox, waa flled today tn the Circuit Court of ihe ,1'nlted Slates at Chicago. Following is the petition: ! , ' "In the Circuit Court of the Cnlted States for the Northern District of II linols. Northern Division: : "The United States of America ver aus Swift & Co. and others Petitioner, the United States of America, by C, H. Berhea, Its attorney for the North ern Dlatrlct of Jlllnola, aciing by and under the direction of Philander C. Knoi, its Attorney-General, brings this, Its bill of complaint, against Swift A Co.,, the Cudahy Packing Co. the Hamond Packing Company, and Armour A Co. (the petition naming aJl other Arms and persona In the com. bine.) ' "First That said corporations, part nerships and persona for many years last past have been and are now en. gaged in the business of buying live stock, to-wit: cattle, sheep and hogs, at divers points throughout the saJd United States where stock yards and such like and open competition mar kets for the sale of livestock exist (Here the places of business of all of the Institutions are set forth.) "Second Defendants for many years have been and are engaged in the busi ness of selling suA meats at the places where they are so prepared to dealers and consumers n divers statea and territories of the said United Statea otner than those wherein the said meats are so prepared and sold and in the District of Columbia and in foreign countries, and shipping the same, when so sold, from the said pla ces of ther preparation over the sev eral lines of transportation of the sev eral railroad companies aervlng as common carriers, to such dealers and consumers, pursuant to such .sales; and In so dong have been and are en gaged In trade and commerce In the territory aforesaid. "Thlrd-Defendanta for many years have been and are now engaged la the business of shipping such fresh meats from the said several points where the same are so prepared for consumption over the several lines aforesaid, serv ing the same as commoa carriers, to their respective agents located at and near the principal marKets tor sucn meats In other states and territories than those wherein the said . fresh meats are so prepared for consumption as aforesaid to dealers and consum ers; and nave been ana are tnrougn those agents selling the same in those markets and In so doing have been and are engaged in trade and commerce among the several states and terri tories of the United States and the District of Columbia and with foreign n anions. "Fourth That of the total volume of trade and commerce In fresh meats the safd defendants together control about W per cent, having during the year 1901 purchased and slaughtered and sold and rfh'pped In the form of fresh meats four million cattle, five million sheep and lx million bog. ; "FifthThat a to such trade and commerce In . the territory named in fresh meats the defendants should, and but for the act hereinafter complain ed of would, be in free competition with each other. v . ''Sixth-Thai the said defendant, la violation of the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, An -Act to pro. tect trade and commerce against un lawful restraints and monopolies,' and in order to restrsin competition among themselves (which would otherwise exist) aa to the purchase of livestock necessary to the' production of the meats produced by them, have engaged In and intend to continue an unlawful combination and conspiracy for direct ing and retiring their respective pur chasing agents at- the several stock yards and open and competitive mar ket where' they customarily purchase such livestock aforesaid, produced and owned principally In other states and territories and stripped by the owners to such stock yards and open markets for' competitive sale to those encaaed In producing . and ' dealing in fresh meat; to restrain from bidding against each other except I perfunctorily and without good faith, when making pur chases on behalf of the aald defend ants, and by this reeana Inducing and compelling such owners of livestock to part with the same at such stock yard and open markets at prices less than they would there receive If such b!dlng were really competitive; and they have caused and are causing their agents to refrain from bidding accord ingly, and are inducing ecab other, and will, unles restrained, continue to In duce each other to refrain from bid ding; which combination and conspir acy is one in restaalnt of trade and Commerce. J Sevenrti That defendants, in fur ther violation of the provisions of the sald act of oCngress, and to further re- strain competition which would other- wise exist.' and to obtain for them- selves other undue advantage In the I , " , " owners and shipper wid in buying ttimokl, nd lowln cmn Jush.ln same at the places named, Intend to continue an unlawful combination and conspiracy among themselves for bid- ding up the prices of livestock for a few days at a time, so that the market reports will show prices much Wgher than the state of the trade will war- rant, and thereby inducing owners of suoh livestock In other places to aim- ultaneoufly make large shipments of livestock form other points to such stockyards and open markets Instead of shipping to more natural and ad- vantsgeous markets and at more nat- llrfll ftnil ltrK.antauti (tm.. . .1 i I ..BVU. auu, ur '"" wi nw irg onenngnpoDtain- ' Ins livestock at nriP. murh i. in the regular way of trade: and have been and are now fraudulently biddinr up the prices of stock, and will, unless restrained, continue to do so: which la In restraint of trade and commerce. "Eighth-Defendants, in violation of the said act of Congress, and In order to restrain and destroy competition among themselves and monopolise trade, have engaged In an unlawful combination and conspiracy to arbttra- j eruption. The ateamer which return rlly, from time to time, raise, lower . d from there last night reports that and fix prices and to maintain uniform n,lMi. ft. kJ.k .V... J .. . price at which nirjr win sea sucn fresh meata to dealers and consumers: and that In this method, in pursuance of the said combination and conspiracy is Deing effected through the action of divers agents and attorneys to peM. tioner unknown, hi secretly holdlne periodical meetings at some place or places to petitioner unknown and there greeing upon the prices to be adopted by them until they may change the same, by collualvely restricting and curtailing rti quantities of, meat I snfpeea; ,oy lasposlng against each other penalties for deviations from prises flxjd; by a uniform rule of glv- (Contlnued on Page Four.) UfllOIl PDE FOOTWEAR No Better in Town . Every Tair Perfect Boston Jobber Boots Buy your shoca and boots of a Practical Shoemaker S. A. Gloire. Opposite Rots. WkIbi Cr ST PIERRE IS BARRED BY FIRE A Stream of Lava 4400 Feet Long Ran Down the Mountain Side. WATER OF SEA ' RECEDED Many Stores of the Most Awful and Most Exciting Scene t Ever Itecorded In IlUtorr. CASTRIES, St. Luda, British West Indies, May 10. Mount Pelee, on May t began to throw out dense clouds of smoke. May 4, hot ashes covered St. Pierre an Inch thick and made Mont Pels invisible. . At. noon May S a stream of burning lava rushed 41 hun dred feet down the moultaln side fol lowing tne dry bed of a torrent and reaching the sea Ave mi!e from the mountain In three, minute. In its rush the flrey flood swept from Us path the plantations, buildings, fac tories, cattle and human beings over a breadth of about half a mile. Aa tile lava rushed Into the sea the Jsea receded J00 feet along west coast The terror stricken Inhabitants rushed for the bills screaming shouting and walling mad with terror. Thirty-five women and children ar rived here on the Ith and furnished the above details. rQn the 8th the British steamer Rod- ,aB r,el lowly to Castries har- j r. Captain Wbatter reported that having Just cast anchor oft St Pir ".. . n. h. . . j"n wmno ; rapidity over the town and port .completely, and In an Instant 'enveloDlnsT the formoi- intA i .w ' , . . .... . v I ' UB vu UWMU' Dr ,"uprnumatt effort the cable was .'tipped and the steamer, nine hours later, reached Castries, Tbe maii steamer Esk, which called ' ,.. . . , , , , . f0" MarUn,u ' ocl JlM .reported that the whole sea tront was i biasing for miles. The Esk sent a boat ashore but it could not lanfl on n .k. ....in. . i"vlnK oul apearea unore alter tne . 1)041 684 waited for two hours. 1 In the afternoon the French coast- i ,n 'earner arrived here from Fort de ' France seeking assistance. The steam- lr as loaded with food and sent back t0 Martinique. I A11 attempts to get to St. Pierre are barred by Are. Th volcano of the Island of St. Vin- cent has burst out "In sympathetic I n northern third of the Island Is In ' .... . . a . .... i tui on irom asistance oy continuous streams of burning lava. Kingston, the capital of St. Vincent, Is saft. but the people are very anx ious as to the fate of the rest of that Island. SOUNDED LTKE ARTTkLERT. POINT-A-PIETRE, Quadelope, May 10. On the morning of May 5th Quade lope learned that the Mount Pe!ee vol cano In Martinique had been In a state of eruption since May J, throwing out ashes. The same Bay violent thunder storms began here. Tuesday, a very heavy storm occurred and loud detona tions were heard. Then came a rumor that lava was flowing from Mount Pe lee and that S0O0 Uvea had been lost at St. Pierre. All that day were heard noises lltte the. discharge of heavy artillery far off. , i. In the afternoon the cable connec tions with Martinique all disappeared. The earth waa trembling and violent rumblings were heard. News of the disaster In Martinique reached here Friday morning. Nearly every one here has relatives In Martinique and Intense, sorrow prevails. CHOKED WITH DEAD BODIES. FORT DB FRANCE, Martinique. May 10. It Is estimated that $0,000 persons perished at St Pierre. Roads leading out of the city are choked with dead bodies, according to reports that have reached here. The second relief expedition brought back some of the Inhabitants of Cor- bett. They were erased with terror and dying from hunger. The expedi tion succeeded In reaching St. Pierre which Is- entirely destroyed. . Houses seem to have disappeared as though' swallowed up In a great pile. Im mense iron columns were found twist- In direction of the FIRE CONTINUKS. .. rARis, May 10. The minister of marine baa received the following from Fort De France, Martinique, under date of May 10, at 4 p. m.: . 'We arrived at Fort de France with provision, passing dose to St. Pierre, The lire continues and the volcano 1 still emitting ashes, but with less den sity. SL'CHET." NATIONAL LEAGUE. At Chicago Chicago-New Tork game postponed, rain. At St. Louis St. Louis, J; Philadel phia, . At Pittsburg Pittsbarr, t: Brook lyn, a. At Cincinnati Cincinnati, $ Boston. AMERICAN LEACLT3. At Cleveland Cleveland-St. Louts game postponed, rain. . v At Boston Boston, I; Washington, t At Philadelphia Philadelphia, 13; Baltimore, 4. NORTHWEST LEAGUE. At Tacoma Tacoma, I; Helena, 0. At Seattle Seattle, 7; Butte, . At Spokane Spokane, J; Portland, L FAV0DS THE COMBINES A MIXING JOUICXAL MAKES AN ATTEMPT.: .. Says Conditions Among Miners Have Never Been Better Than Under the Pre- v . ent System. NEW TORK, May 10. In reviewing the situation In the anthracite fields In connection with tbe strike of the min ers Just declared the Engineering"" and Mining Journal today says: ' . Without going into the political as pects of tbe controversy between the mtnters and operators although It Is safe to say that the political features are 'those most considered by certain of the persons, Interested,, we can at least point out certain basal facts. - In the first ptace. the "anthracite trade, by reason of the general pros perity of the country and the firm control on production exercised by the so-called community of Interest Is In an exceptionally favorable condition. The history of the trade up to with in a very few years hai een one of over-production and reckless competi tion, varied by occasional visionary at tempts to put the trade on a profita ble basis, whatever may be said aglnst the present control of production and prices, the fact remains that H has brought order out of chaos and profits out of Impending bankruptcy. , The various mining and ' transoortalon companies are In closer alliance than ever, the Individual producers are con stantly becoming fewer as their prop erties are purchased by the large con cerns and the control of the trade is in strong hands. It is safe to say the average condition of the anthra cite mineworkers today Is better than it has been In JO years. They have never suffered much from actual low wages, although their yearly earnings often have been miserably Insufficient. This is because anthracite coaj has been In most demand during but about half the year, while during the other half year the mines were Idle much of the time. It is one of the features of the present community of Interests that by selling coal at certain graded discounts during the spring and early summer, the buying of coal during those months is stimulated, thus dis tributing production more evenly and giving steadier work to the employes. The more experienced among the lead ers of the mineworkers dowbtless rec ognise this fact. , i The Eclipse ed and bent over sea. Planters sod Steiafitters. Steam Boat and Gasoline Boat Work a Specialty. . . Stoves and Tinware 527 BOND STREET THE CINCINNATI --TO MARTINIQUE Secretary Moody Also Orders the Dixie to Prepare for Sea THE CONSUL WILL ALSO GO Congressman Objects to lief Resolution- Until au Official Report 1st Received. WASHINGTON. May W.-The secre tary of the navy has ordered the crui ser Cincinnati from Santo Domingo tm Martinique. , Secretary Moody : also sent the following, telegram, to tha commandant' of the Brooklyn navy- yard: v;!';:' -' " ' '--M,- v iU, ":'. 'V ".: ' "Order the Dixie to prepare for sea aa soon as practicable. Report when she can be made ready." The Dixie Is a ship of considerable carrying capacity and would be better fitted than any of the regular naval ships to hasten to Martinique with re lief supplies which can probably be obtained more readily at New Tork! than at any , of the West Indian Ul an da. .. -' -v And still more measures; the stata department today cabled jlie United Statea Consul Ayme, at Guadeloupe. to proceed on to Martinique, to report upon tbe condition there and Inform the government what help is needed. . 5000 JEFFERSON BIBLES. WASHINGTON,. May 10. The house today transacted some miner business. including tbe passage of a resolution to print 009 copies of the Jefferson Bible and then laid aside public busi ness to pay tribute to memories of the late Representative Rufus K. Holk, of Pennsylvania, and the late Snato I. H. Kyle, of South Dakota. Under wood objected to the consideration of the senate's resolution for. relief o victims of the West Indian disaster; because no oflk-ial report had been, made to congress. , , . ; : THE CORONATION. , WASHINGTON, May 10. A lively debate occurred in the senate today upon amendment to the army appro priation bill, offered by Bailey, pro viding that no part of the approprt ations made by the measure should be used In defraying expense of the siec- ial embassy to tbe coronitlon of King Edward. Bailey contended that the United States should not send a special em bassador to the coronation of Eng land's king or the coronation of any ruler, when the country thus honored did not extend a' 'Ike courtesy to the United States on the 'nauguratlon' of the president After considerable dis cussion the amendment with with drawn and tbe bill passed. U. OF O. WON. EUGENE, Ore.. May lO.-The field meet between the University of Ore gon and the Pacific University result ed In a victory for the U. of O., win ning 83 points out of 104. Th track and weather were unfavorable. Hardware Co. ASTORIA. OREGON