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ASIOKIA PUBLIC llBiiARUSS Hooks, Periodicals. H-. ' "" " 0 fro I'd 13 t:T:Lrr::.iV.:3 1 ..ay n.'J.jut u ''ii.ii'.o. Any . . , . ' y I f V-K.ll oKciiiC, Wul In linhlrt In nrnstfiCUtion. i VOL. LIV ASTORIA. OREGON, SDN DAY, MAY 18. 1902. : HO. 115. v jr , t i k " ' i "' " . j GALL Al um r HERMAN WISPS ;, CUSTOMER S Keep ' Your Blip of IVrVhwwr .made at my "tore nd when you have enough to cover Twcuty Dollar, worth of Goods Exchange your 1i8 fur A Fr.e Ticket v The Dance Will Be All Right, i ; The Sapper Will Be All Right. OurCiothes and Prices are All Right. Miuanlltik. H MtMMt -tttF WATERMAN'S . IDEAL. Tho most perfect, practical nd con venient Fountain Pen ever made Every,. Pen Gttmnteect i , , Money refunded Knot aatblactory.' Juxttbt thing fut" ., . every ny ut. Nothing more sceopUble m gift. . GRIFFIN tS REED . TAILOR MADE a 1 LATEST STYLES NOBBIEST PATTERNS EVERY PAIR PERFECT Sea Our Window Display for Samples of Elegant goods at , LOW PRICES ' V ;, v " '. ' '"' . SWEATERS Wo Have Them in Every Y. riety,i- Sty 1 Kind and Color .'ai th Leading Clothing Honw ol P. A. . STOKES LAWN MOWERS $2.90 to $5.60 FISHER BROS. CRANK DISTURBS ROYAL PROCESSION Instead of Desiring lo Kill the Kins Wanted to Marry ' His Sister. A PAGEANT Of SPLENDOR Oreat Crowd PreMcnt at Crowa lug at King Tbroiifh Ctt rloltj.Uut Little ' Knthuwliuin. not en reooiraliaM. In tlM dwllln bmiite of tho qn- t(r of n of Uio eUte M eorp wre found In olmJUr condition uvd othor tlckentng dlnoovfrki hv bn mad. ,: I SUICIDE AT BAKER C1TT. BAKKH CITT, May H.-J. r. Jack- on, of Jackaon Dro., At South Bokr, attempted to commit aulclde by taklnr morphine. At ft lata hour tbe doctor reported that th young man would recover. No reaaon la rWn, for the raah aot. Officers Try to Arrest Negros and Eight Persons Are Killed.- ' MADRID, May ,17.-p!Ddia " monh In eonneatton with attaining of hla majority by Xing' Alphunao today wvr attended by an'Incldent, which, while Inalgnlflcant In IMalf , (or . tha moment, oreattd . much exoiument among thoac who witnaaaed It and In the chamber of deputlea, In a tnor aenaatlonal form than facta warrant ed. It appeara that Juit a the royal coaoh emerged from the Plata de Ar maa Into the aquare In front of tbe palace, a young man auddenly puahad' through the rank of aotdiara and po lice and ruehed toward the door of the chariot, with hat In one hand and holding oulatretched In the othr", paper. Before be reached the door the att taeeya Overpower him', though not before the dlaturber had tecelved a aevere mauling. : The prlaoner wa taken to the guard room of the palace, where ha wag In lerrogated. The letter ' In hla hand proved to be addreated to tbe . king, atatlng that the Infanta Marie Teraa had promlaed him her hand and beg ging the king to accede to the tnar rlag. The prisoner waa carefully eearched and It waa found that he carried no weapon. Hla remarka re garding Infanta Marie Tere left no doubt M to hla mental condition. When King Alphonao, Queen Regent and Prince and Prlrwew of Aaturiaa .withdraw from the chamber of depu ties, the proceaalon waa reformed and proceeded to 8an fYanclteo ; church, where Te Duem waa chanted. The reception met with by the pro cession waa, on the whole, lukewarm on the part of tbe Immense crowds, composed chiefly of people who had gathered from everywhere to witness the ceremonies. There waa ' aome cheering from tbe people In the streets and hats were waved, but many men did not even uncover their heads. - MADRID, May 17. King Alphonao attained ba majority today and be came king In fact aa well aa tn navme, having reached the age It, prescribed by the constltathm. ' The royal proceewlon waa formed on the Plata d Armas In front of the palace shortly before t o'clock, and proceeded to the chamber of deputies. The proceaalon was a spectacle of me dieval magnificence. - 8TRIKB SlTtTATIOM. HAZtETOK, Pa., May 17-llellable infomatlon saythaMbe alike may be ottled, but that the striker are welt organised. The strike 5rder la being earrled out to -tbe Mter, 44; SAVAOQ ACQUITTED.' POKTIiAND, May 17.Chr! Sav. age waa acquitted today of the cnarge of larceny of. 119,0 worth of diamonds tn the IotJ Portland In November UuL BLESSING -IN DISGlilSE i 4 ., '' 1 t ': t ' '.' I Li) OP Colon IEfi i WAS FIRE BRANDS AND Bl'LLEIS i MAKING OK8PAIX. N0RTHWB9T LEAOUB. At Portland Portland, I; Helena, 1. At Spokane epokaae, 10; Seattle, I. At Tacoma Butte, 1; Taooma, 2, NATIONAL LEAGUE. At Chicago Chicago, 1; Boston, J. ' At Pittsburg Pittsburg, ; Philadel phia, I. ., At Cincinnati-Cincinnati, I; New Tork, 1. At St. Louie 6 to Louis, 4; Brook- 8uln Improved' And Madrid is : fhnuged Proni I'arfi'd City ' ! to llrilliaut Cnpitai. " NWV YOKK. May IJ.-Cpaln'a COB' diUon cannot be accurately Judred from' the pleasurable excitement of a 'popular festival, wfcen the streets of ! the capital are' thronged with vHtora 'and there is af Mjllant "display jk !equluacs in the parks, cables the Madrid correspondent of the Tribune. Without wfereace Moi advantageous 1.1 In the aneclkl Mraniinv wlth.Ha J Spanish vivacity e!nj Jiolldat humor. .the facta Justify the conclusion that j the country. Is in a greatly Improved state and that the war involving the jlora of the colonies has proved to be 'a blessing in dlsgulae.- ' t- The. terrible dratatatpon- the wsoarece of th kingdom from military expend! ,tures ha ceased and the pressure, of .taxation has been relaxed. The la1' adopted a year ago requiring the pay ment of Import duties in (fold baa ( operated well and Is ' enabling the .treasury to 'create ; a gold reserve available for resumption purposes j While nothing definite has yet been .accomppsnea ne airecuon or a Cf-n-I traclon of the currency, there has been I a material Increase in the purchasing pewer ot me aepreciawa medium or exchange and there has been alao great gain -in the buoyancy of the public confidence. Banker and merchants are convinc ed that a better era haa opened for Spanish Industry. New linen and oth er textile factories have been bu'lt in Northern Spain and considerable In vestments have been made In mining properties In the south. The business community has awakened to the fact that Spain's virtually undeveloped country Is possessed of great resources and that so long as the colonies re matned a heavy weight upon the tax payer on the peninsula there wm no , chance of Industrial prjress at home, The. war with America, baa brought about a deliverance from economic ruin and has left the Spanish people free to concentrate their attention up on (heir home resources. Employment has increased in the manufacturing sections; new enterprises nre multply Ing. There are fewer beggars In the streets and more signs of wealth and comfort in all large towns. Madrid Itself has been transformed from A fad ed and forlorn city Into a gay and bril liant capital, with a new movement of traffic in the streets and hopefulness in the sJr. De- AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Cleveland Cleveland, 14; troll, . - At Boaton Boston, ; Philadelphia. 7. At Baltimore Baltimore, T Wash ington, i. At Chicago Chicago, I; St. Louis, 1. SETTLED DOWN. KINGSTON. St. Vincent, May 7.-rIn the absence of any symptoms of fur Uer eruption of Souffrlere, the Inhab itants of Bt. Vincent are gradually be ocmlng settled. The most horrifying details of the condition of Carlo country where thou sands of cattle nd human corpses lay In a state of decomposition for several days are revealed.. In a small shop opened three day after the eruption MM pDE footwear" No Better in Town Erery Pair Terfcct ' Boston Sabber Boots Buy your shoes and boots of a Practical Shoemaker S. VGimre.' Opposite toss. Waist t Cv' ... BLOODY RIOT ;. AT ATLANTA i. Several Thousand Peopte n tlw Cronnd-gtate' Mllftary " Ordered Out In , the -Jiick of Time. , Atlanta, ow May n.-order has been restored In Atlanta race riot and Governor' Chandler declares that no unoffending negro shall be molested. The total number killed w eight and Will Qregg (white) has been added to the list, r. . , ' ., : ' ; ' ' f THE RIOT. ATLANTA, May 17.-Four white men and three negroes dead; five white men and one negro wounded, and an en tire block of buildings burned Is the result of a conflict that began here early today between tbe police and blacks. Will Richardson, who ls be lieved to have been bait Indian and halt negro, the owner of a store In McDaniels street, In the suburb of Pittsburg, and four other negroes brought on the trouble by resisting a re and 'defying .the officers' of Ful ton county and Atlanta. The fight between the officers and the negroes occurred In Pittsburg, a negro settlement directly south el the city limits en MeDaiilel street.' The officers attempted to arrest five negroes, sus pected, of having beaten former Police man Kerlln nearly to death yssterday afternoon, 'i The negroes resisted arrest by, entrenching themselves In a house, and the light resulted. As soon as tn fcrmatlon of the flghbetween the ne groes 'and the officer reached the city; wagon loads of policemen heavily arm ed were byrrled to the scene, and Gov ernor Chandler ordered out a detach ment of the state militia. The shooting was followed by a speech from Sheriff Nelms, of Fulton county, advising calmness oa the part the house. The door was throwiTopen and Will King, a negro, ran out and surrendered." Inside the house Rich ardson had an unobstructed view la three direction. One block away Po liceman Tom' Grant, who was among those summoned to the scene, stepped from tils shelter to flre Into the house. A shot rang out from the besieged house and Grant fell dead. The attacking party hastily ' pent word to police headquarters and chief of Police Ball dispatched the reserves to the scene in several patrol wagons. The officers determined to make um of King, tbe negro who bad surren dered, and at' the point of a Wliwhev ten tbey forced him to walk- ap to the-rear of the house and fire it As soon as the flames were discovered the officers, eager to get the inmates of the house, steped out of their shel ter In every direction. Antn there AT BUCBIN0IIAI1 FAMOUS PALACE Ladies Bow to King and Queea in Dresses Similar to Ball Gowns. ' ONLY FEW - COURT TRAINS was a shot from the bouse and this t'me It was. Officer Edward Crabtree who met death. e ,; An Instant later there was third shot and County Policeman Robert Os borne felt dead . , The shooting had by this time at tracted hundreds of people, and nearly every man who came to the scene car ried a rifle. The shooting into the bouse became general, cltlsens and of ficers firing together. . Desperado Richardson had been lost sight of. The bouse burned rapidly, negroes running to the store and wood shed and barn. Orders were given to fire every building Into which negroes had been driven" , and In a few mo ments the buildings were burning. A sewer was utilised by two of the ne groes as a means of escape , but to ho avail. The 'crowd had Increased until about 2000 ' people" almost all armed. surounded the burning area.' Soon a negro was sene to emerge.'' A shout went up and the fleeing negro, who struck out over an- adjacent lot, wa pursued. Shot after shot rang out and; he fell dead. His body was filled with lead. Another negro made a run for life, and managed to get Into a neigh boring yard when surrounded by the crowd and shot to pieces. " ' The fir tbat was started burned the entire block, being mostly negro houses. BODY Of PRENTISS CLAIMED TO nEPOl'XH AXI -1 IKXTIM KIT,'-" , ,. . Decomposed Rodie.4 of - Hun an Beings pud .Cattle Found v - Side by Side. - e j.'f.'t FORT DE FRANCE. May 17.-TJntt- d States Consul Avme. fnmmantler of the crowd, and the efforts of the 'McLean, Lieutenant Commander Gil- officers thereafter were directed to ward controlling the temper of the white men who were walking the streets of the suburb armed heavily. Yesterday afternoon while returning to his home on the MoPheraon road, former Policeman 8. A. Kerlln was waylaid by five negroes with whom he had had trouble while a member of the force, and but tor the timely ar rival ot a trolley car which, frightened his assailants away. Kerlin would have been killed. Tbe sergeant stationed at Fort McPhearson found Kerlln uncon scious. At midnight County Golden heard that Kerlln's five assailants were located in a house on MoDanlel street, and hastened to the cHy and secured a warrant for their arrest. . Police man Golden was Joined by " Officers Cheshire Dunbar, and accompanied by eluding Owen Heard, the party started a number of Kerlln's neighbors. In- fur the hiding place of the negroes, arriving at 1:30 o'clock this morning. The officers approached the house, and the Inmates. opened flre, and Owen Heard fell to the ground. He was borne out of the range of his as sailants. The house was surround ed by the posse and daylight was awaited for another attack, the officers having determined to make the arrests unaided. The house in which one of the negroes named Richardson was lo cated, belonging to Annie Wilbur, also colored. Richardson owned the store adjoining the house. Here he kept ammunition and guns, and was there fore well prepared for a fight. - At o'clock this morning the little group ot officers who had watched tbe house all night, approached the place and called upon those within to sur render. In reply to this they received a volley ot shots,-on of which killed County Officer Batele. The attacking party- retreated some distance, and from beh'nd tree and telegraph and trolley pole commenoed.. firing into more and other Officers of the United States cruiser Cincinnati ,wtth a guide. searched the St. Pierre ruins yester day for the body ot United Statea Con sul Tbomaa Prentls. The guide posi tively Identified the consulate. The larty found a large quantity ot table silver bearing Initial "MU." Tons will have to be removed .before the search can be made. : Searchers- found one body, the sex of which it was im possible to determine. Tbe French cruiser Suchet returned to Fort De France last evening after having made a circuit ot the island. She landed some- supplies at .various villages and took off some refugees. Quantities of supplies, such as are be ing prepared In the United States are not needed In the Island. Mount Pelee is continually throwing out smoke and heavy dust and vesterday, prior to landing of a searching party, the erup tion waa quite violent. Americans Were TUere.-Mra Maki ; Wore Satin Gown With Velvet Trnin nnd Diamond Chain., LONDON, May 17.-At the third court of the king and queen of Eng Inad held at Buckingham Patace, o- ' ing to the, recent order concerning tbe dresses to be worn at court, 'only tha ladles presented" and those- who pre sented them "wore court trains. The unique spectacle was witnessed ot many ladles' making their bow t their majesties in dresses only -a shade more georgeous than ball gowns . . The, questiou as to whether or not , iialns should be worn at court bas) caused great , excitement in society here, and tbe restoration of trains a all future courts, whlcn has been or dered la a great -triumph for the fash' ionable dessraskers' of : London, whs? brought such pressure to bear at, tha court through ' influential customers) that his majesty yielded Jn'thejMit ter and countermanded hi first oritf abolishing trains. But he permitted those ladies who had not had time t procure train; for last night's func tion to attend in gowns- -without this feature. ' .,.;-: -;-, :j A large number f . Americans, -la addition! to those presented by Mr Choate' were President Roosevelt" sis ter Mrs Douglas.Robinson. and Km John R. Carter, ywlfe-. . the second secretary- af ,Ue JTnUed States emban y.' In the general circle Mrs. Choutsj presented Mrs. Foxhal I Keene, Miss Loutee Chandler, of New-York; Mrs. Frank Avery, of Chicago; Mr Blow, of Denver, and Mrs. Newhouse ,of New Tork. Among the Americans who steaded court and who had previously been preesnted were Mrs. John Hays Ham mond and Mrs. J. W. Mackay. Mrs. Mackay wore a white satin gown Wth. a velvet train, covered with a net worst of diamonds and edged with ostrich tips caught with diamond bows. She, wots ropes of diamonds" across her cor sage and her wonderful Jewels Includ ed the famous set of sapphires. Mr Hammond wore a dress of apple greeaT satin beautifully embroidered with large pearls and emeralds. Mrs. Blow wore a yellow satin dress; with a train of white brocaded moire, lined with cloth of gold. Upon kesl hed was a diamond tiara and he necklace was also of diamonds. " sfrsv Blow wore the order of St. Jobs mi Jerusalem, which she received for1 he services in connection with the hospi tal ship Maine.; : . . ' Mrs.. Langtry was among the. pre sentees. She was clad In a white satin gown, trimmed with guelder rosea. The Eclipse Hardware Co. Piumters 2nd Steamfitters.. Steam Eoat and Gasoline Boat Work a Specialty. . . Stoves and Tinware 527 BOND STREET ASTORIA. OREGON