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ASTORIA.. OR LGON. VTIIUR.SDAY. MAY 22.1902.
NO.
ALL AND
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SUPPE
WATERMAN'S IDEAL
The mod irfsct, practical and con
venient Pountnin Pfn ever made
Every Peri Guronteed
Money refunded If not satisfactory. Jut the thing (or
every da us. Nothing mora arecpuble as a gilt.
. GRIFFIN 6b REED .
LAWN MOWERS
$2.90 to $5.60
FISHER BROS.
TAILOR MADE
, "' ,'- - -
U PANTS
. 1
LATBST STYLES
NOBBIEST PATTERNS
EVERY PAIR PERFECT
8e Our Window Display for
Samplos of Elegant goods at
LOW PRICES
SWEATERS
We II a v o Them in Every Va
riety, Style, Kind and Color
At the Leading Clothing House of i
P. A. STOKES
asasaasa for eeeeeeee
HERAUN WISE'S
CUSTOMERS
AUOUST0
Kwp Your Sliw of Punlnwij
mode at ray store and when you
liave enough to cover Twenty
Dollar, worth of (Joods Exchange
your nlipn for a Knh Ticket
The Daoce Will Be All Right.
The Supper Will Be All Right. -OorCfotbes
and Prices are AH Right
MOUNT PELEE'S
SECOND ERUPTION
Vomited Thick Clouds of Black
Smoke and Threw Mud
and Stone.
FLEEING FROM DESTRUCTION
People liHIrvr gland In Doomed
aud Leaving, an" Fast m
Possible. Refugees' '
IMtableiMtKht.
TORT PE FRANCE,, May 21.-T-
i
tsrdav'a eruption from Mount Pelse
waa violent In ths sxtrenx.. Colossi I
sotumns ef voleante main- were efect
4 from Ih volcano, which raftied
huge, red hot boulder, many feet la
diameter on the ruins of St Pletra
and (h counfry near It. (ran an nor-
mout Hrvatlon and with fearful velo
city. Tb volcaolo cloud adVaaecd
until ihy rMtchtrd PVrt d rranct.
Th (xpMali. wu appallln and be
yond1 deacnpi.ton. .
roRT vvt nuNca May a.-aov-
nor L'Huvrrere It on board the French
orulir Suchttt. t Tbt comparative quiet
in rtord UMruglt every one I try
tu leave the uiand wblcb th inaiiM
tanta bll-ve to be doomed.
Mould the volcano acalD enime o
tvttv ecus' of panic and itorror will
turely occur. ' '
Under the frightful train crowd
are loalng their arv and evea for-'
elgners oa rell4 and other outy . are
loud detonation front the outhrat
are reported, - Another i-eport which
kaa reached here frnm the nHtlub la
land of Domlnltsa l to the effect that
lf pal 4 o'clock Tuesday morning,
a rurloue, aw-lnilrlng flery cloud,
aurmounted by a flcy white cap, re
emWIna; highly pollehed allver, waa
aeen from floteau, (on the Went
Coaat of Domnlco) in the aoutheant
ThJ ph-nonvnon cauaed alarm In Do
minica, eapeclally a lightning follow
ed In lt wake.
fa ik mbtatb mrrusD.
BAH PltANasOO, May ,-The
children of Jmm O, Fair are at lat
In nowaeion of Ma eatate. The ftnaj
tranafer waa mad to their reprenetlta-
Uvea by the executor under the de-
Otee of dlelrlbutlon which waa ilgned
by Judge Trout t. The property hand
ed over waa valued at about 17,000,000:
the whoje etau waa worth about
$11,000,000. The larger part of it was
given to the child r , when the 8u
pr me. Court ScUlr that the excutore
could not hold the realty under the
truat claune n Far't will., Bik
final decree the property remaining In
the hand of the ececutora waa given
to Chariea L. Ilair, Mra. Thereaa Oe!
rkha and Mra. Vtrglnla Vanderbilt.
BATTLE Of FLOWERS
H PAN! HI I VI.TK MILDKR
Til AO HIM f IKHTIKU
A Moving; Howr iimival nd a
-- j ...
Hoyal rtMe.lm Cwni-
blned.
MADRID, Mayjlj-The battle of
flower la the Buel Retire Oardena
WtM wlw aarAaaaa m la - vlarllg
" r 2 .ywterday evening wk a britHant uc
day and night, Mevertbeleaa no for-1 . . ,
, M. , ' underatandlng the change
th'r relief neema needed. ,,JPople .do L .
. . . rrom th aunny weather of the paat
not rulre tonl.i Thnrxwant to -
.1 ' A 'WW!
,biWsM. The flrlfiff ftf cannon at
CLATSOP COUNTY
SCHOOLTEACHERS
Have Taken Astoria By Storm
and Holding Interesting
Institute.
PROMINENT EDUCATORS HERE
lOtNT ATIETRIE, 'Inland op Quid- quarter pant o'clock, announced
aloupe. May Sl.-Theteamer Hcrten.'jthe opening of the battle and the can
wlOt 200 refuge from Fort de France ,non" Wfr flrwl ln at its conclusion
Martinique, and the French, ateamer,1 luarter paat seven. The broad
Salvador having on board 1000 people. jlral avenue of the garden waa re
ft bo were unable o remain at Fcrt de J""ed for the function and along the
Franc arrived here today. ' Refufcee .center and on either Bide of thin avenue
report that everybody, who can do' ao , reserved for the aecomoda
. ...... c . ' tlon of the mwHin.tor. All th uaii
mnonirgngwn., , , oMi ,
on the platform were filled with an v.rv. nnP
Many Able Addreaaes and Den
oaairatlona Yenterdajr of
. the lift Methods of :
' School Work.
Th teacher of Clatsop County Con
vened yesterday morning at I o'clock
In the High School building, 'County
Superintendent Lyman presiding. Toe
attendance for ' the opening dor waa
very large, and the Institute promises
to be one o the best ever held In Clt-
sop County. State Superintendent of
Public Instruction J. H. Ackerman,
and County Superintendent Robinson,
of Multnomah County, are In attend
ance as instructors and aside from
the social feature of the meetings, the
presence of these two prominent edu
cators wilt insure profitable returns to
the teachers in attendance la the na
ture 01 many timely suggestions of.
general Interest In the work of the
teacher.
The morning .session opened with a
ttw general remarks from County Su
perintendent H. & Lyman, after which
the pupils af Miss MeCann, t' the 11c-
Clure school, sang a song. The elec
tion of offtaers of the institute followed.
resulting m the selection of Prof. W O.
Sims, of Kew Astora as the
secreury. and Mlas niy Lemon, of
Astoria, assistant aecretary. The morn
ing. ssnMneift- wa as ollowa: X
The following teachers were present
and were enrolled as memhers of the
institute: Sopffle Anderson, Melville;
Emma Ausmui, Adair school; T. M.
Bowman. 'Clifton; Mrs. Jennie Buse'y;
SMvely school; Dora Badollet, High
School; Ethel Bllnn, MoClure school;
Mrs. R. A.' Blevlns, Hammond: Maud
Bay lee, Adair school; A. A. Cleveland.
The rrfU4(ees who have reached .her
the., ships are In a pitiable condl-l"tly attired crowd, among whom
lion. They report .hat on May M ) weMI wprentatlve of nearly all the
Mount IVlee vomUted thick clWids bf ;no,1' an'' lt',nitlc families of
black smoke and. threw1 mud and sVo'n'e. , Sp,n- Down the br"a' vnue passed
over the greater part of the Wand. It . mn OI wv'rB1 nunarea protuse-
was rr'ported kt Fort de France that -flofred carriages and floats.
soma people have been kUled at Car- .nong me latter were seen quite a
bet on the west uoast Wtlle -JBasse mr ' original and artistic de-
. j signs. They included a targe alliga-
. tor. a butterfly, a gondola, an ancient
Folnt on the northeast roast is sa
to have been oampletely destroyed.
fan and
vase, a tea-cup, a Jananes-
OAHTRIBP, Ht. .liuolav MayJ1.R- arms of Spain, all constructed of
ports received 'here today'dnflrm" the' the brightest flowers and filled with
panjj Klrls dressed in colors hannnnlxlng
with the floral decorations,
The royal stand had been
end of the central
dispatches announcing that "a
prevailed at Fort de France, Martini
que, yesterday. Tht town .wss Cflved i!
with ashes, atones were foiling and a u-
one
erected
platform
tidal wave 'added to the terror of the
population, which was fleeing to the ,
hi Us. Thro hundred refugees hava ,
Just arrived here and thouaanda have ,j accompanied by the foreign
around which the floral procession de
filed. King Alphonso, the Queen
mother and all the royal family, who
embarked t
inlwrlng Islands.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, May 19.
The further outbreak tf the f.ouftrt-
er volcano on the Island 'cf St Vin
cent yesterday Is now apparently 'mod
ifying. While It tasted . there .were
heavy explosions and dsohargea of
electric lire at night V
NEW YORK. May .--Captaln Mad
ras, of the French sloop Iscellina, from
St. Bartholomew, reports, says a Her
ald dispatch from St. . Kltts, W. I..
that when passing Mount Per rat, 'a
small volcanic island lying northwest
of Guadeloupe, he heard an explosion
and saw flames burst from the Mda
of the mountains-
princes, witnessed and participated In
the fete. King Alphonso wore the un-1
dress uniform of a Captain General.
Dr. J. L. Curry, the American repres
entative and his party occupied seats
In the front row of the tribune reserv- I
ed for the foreign envoys.
STILL HEARING REPORTS. '
ST. THOMAS, D. W. I., May 21. It
has been reported .here from St Kit-
tain the Leeward islands that on Mon
day night andTueeday morning noises
similar to those heard May t, were
again audible but louder and : with
greater dlstnlctness. Some ' of ' The
houses there were slightly shaken by
the concussion, , '. ' - '
From the British Island cf Antigua
and the French Island of Cluada.oube,
UjllOil JilflDE
FOOT WEAR '
No Bettor in Town . .
Evt'ry Tair roifect
Boston Rubber Boots
Buy your shoos and boots of a
Practical Shoemaker
S. AiGioire.
Opposite Rots, ni(i Ce-
pa; Helen W. Dickinson. Adair; Har
r!et I. Dunning. Clatsop city; Mary
Dealey Shlvely school; A. L; Clark,
Uifh School: Helen J. Rwing. Seaside;
Mattle Earhart. Seaside; Mary Fos
sett, SMvely's school; Mrs. A L. Ful
trtn,' MoClure school; Maj-sle Foster,
Knappa; Nellie H. Gerdlng, district
No. IS; Mary Garner. Shlvely sihool;
M. E. V. Hess, Sklpanon; Mrs. Belle
Huden .Astorls: Mrs. Carrie Kraser,
McClure. school; Anna IjtwIs Chadwell:
Llllle Lewis. Alderbrook; MRry F.
I-nwrence, Olney: Mrs. M. E. Lemon,
Adnlr school: Amy O. Lemon, Adair
school; J. T. Lee, Wrrenton: May
Morgan. Olney; Edna Morrison, pupil,
Sklpanon: Mrs'. J. O. McCormlck, Mc
Clure school; Elisabeth MeCann. Mc
Clure school: Grace A. Moeck. West
port: Anna S. Olsen, McClure school;
Kate E. Osgood. Jewell; Annie C.
O'Neill Alderbrook; Neal Stupp, Aider
brook; W.'O. Slm.; New 'Astoria:
Kathryn M. Shlvely. ., Olney school;
Knte Slnnott, Shlvely school
j Stockton, Olney school; Florence S.
Turner, Youngs River; May M. Vt
sinjrer. MoClure school; R. H. Worse
Icy, Sven.nen: .George A- Warfleld. High
School: Emma C. Warren, Hiah
School; Caroline Jefters, Astora: Ma
bel Jeffer. Astrola; J. C. McCue.
After the enrollment Sunerntendent
Lyman Introduced Superltnendent Rob
inson, of Multnomah County, who prer
sented the subject of arithmetic. His
remarks were in . the main Introduc
tory to the subject, which will be dis
cussed In general at the session this
morning. He emphasized the value of
teaching number work In the primary
grades and In especially the first grade
as it should be taught. He pictured
the child coming to school with the ar,
voice, hand and eye all to some ex
tent developed, and the extent to which
each Is developed decreasing In the or
der named. The purpose of the school
waa to make him a rounded product
as it were, to make him use each of
the four. He stated, that number one
must be associated with the use of
objects and should not be taught oth
erwise. His remarks were: triteresting
and replete with' many useful sugges
tions. .,
A recess of, 10 minutes was taken
after which an address entitled: " Are
we following the masters?" was; given
by Prof . W. O. Sims, of New Astoria,
which proved of. interest to, all pres
ent. The morning session closed with
a talk on language by Superintendent
Ackerman, In which he outlined the
main features of the work at outlined
In the revised course of study ss" planed
for the lower grades. His rt-marka
were of general Interest, and were In
the most part Introductory to subject
proper, which will be presented this
morning.
The sfternoon session was called to-
order at 1:30, and opened with an In
strumentsl duet by the Mlsoes God
dard, after which Superintendent Ly
man made remarks of general inter
est concerning the afternoon program.
Tfce teachers present, at the request
of Superintendent Robinson, joined In
singing "TbWteti on the Tthfne,"
ner wnion tne suoject of reading was
presented by Superintendent Robin
son, who said in port: the msin value
of reading; lies jir the child's abtlfty
to Interpret symbols. In the 1th cen
tury the Instruction on the part f
the teach-r was prrseeted. In lectin e
form, and the student obtained Infor
mation by ear. In the university of
today reading, oa pan of students has
Stwt place,, and research on his part
(Continued on Pag Four.)
STRIKE ON IN PORTLAND
PORVLAXD'H M W SKKIOl S
I,ABOK CIUSIM.
The Union la Firm' and Nothing
But , a ,1 MneHour Dh.t
"" Wrjf;ile Accepted.
PORTLAND, May 21. The T-.-itgram
this evening says of the strike situa
tion: . ., tlr V
Upwards of 240 3ulldJng Trades
Cnkm men ssenc on a ttrike m 'Port
land this morning. In an effort to force
proprietor of planing mills to grant
the demand of their Employes for
nine-hour day. As a result building
operations tnroughout the city are at a
standstill. Thirteen anlns are out o
a man. They -th electricians, car
penters, painters, plumbers, bricklay
ers, lathers, sheet metal workers. ghln
tiers, bridge and structural iron work
er, hod carriers, sand "andfueT2H?
era, glaslers an plasterers. President
Harry Gurr, of the Federated Trades,
lias announced officially that if the de
mand Of the planlng-ralll men Is not
granted by next Friday, other unions
will be called out and- an aggresslvs
fight Inaugurated. Nothing but a nine
hour day will be accepted by the un'on.
and no proposition, on any other basis
w ill even be considered. The planlng
mlll proprietors announce with sreat
posltlveness that they will not yield to
the strikers' demand. It Is generally
agreed that tWs is the most serious
labor crisis Portland has seen, and Its
effects. If It continues long, will be
widespread and disastrous. Business
and commercial men generally are anx
ious that the trouble be arbitrated, but
this suggestion Is spurned both by the
strikers and their employers..
" The lock-out up to a late hour to
day appears to be complete. The men
on, the sympathetic strike appear to
gain confidence as time goes on. Wher
ever a man in any way affiliated with
the building trades, was seen at work
today he was promptly called oft and
at noon today It'. was stated at the
headquarters of the various unions that
not a true union man under the strike
order was to be found working.
The situation Is fully as grave as
was anticipated. Not a wheel Is turn
ing, nor a -hammer Is - being- swttnar.
Even telephone linemen stopped work
this morning at places where they
were putting in telephone or fixing up
Wires. There Is k quiet determined air
Maud ,)U, tb "Pathetic" workers In the
.ruse.. o trouble recorded anywhere "
THE NATIONAL '
LEGISLATURE
Senate Passes Resolutions Con
patulatinj Free
Cuba."
WELLINGTON GETS WRATH Y
Staid Onr Artlon in Philippines
Indefensible a Attacks
or Hordes of Hell
" VponOd. ' ''
WASHINGTON, May n.-Before fhj
nate resumed consideration of t a
Philippine bill today it adopted a reso.
lutlon congratulating the Republic of
Cuba on Its entry Into the family oC
nations and the secretary of stats was
directed to transmit the resolution t
ths president of the new republic. Tas
senate also ordered h luv.tt
Press to give an account of the cer
montes of transfer of the United States
to Cuban authorities printed In tha
Congressional Record as a public doc
ument. .-- -.'
Wellington opposed the pending Phil
ippine measure and said the action of
the United States In the Island was a
Indefensable as the attack of hordssj
of hell upon God.
The omnibus l public building W
passed the. senate; It carries appronrisA
Hon of $2L!JS,15. i
The house began the consideration of .
the Immigration bill today. The prin
cipal speech wss" made by Spattuok,
of Ohio, chairman of the committee on.
mimlgrttlon." He' wa "especially ss-
vere-tn hhr condemnation of tha man
ner In which' Immigrants . are Intra-,
l4JMseA.tliroagh Canada, and by Caaa-
dlan rarfways and steanrmlp
les. rnderwood, otAlabama, gave as-
ttce Sf th,e' amendment to provide far
the educational test
Ths house agreed to the resoluttsn
of seating Charles R. ThomaS. front
the TMrd North Carolina district; sis
seating of Tompkins, from the Twelfth
Ohio district, whose mi i contested
by John X 'Lents;, also confirming the
right of Rhea .of the Ninth Virgin'
district ' 1
The senate finance committed today
favorably reported Senator MltcmUa
bill for an assay office at Portland. Ths
hcuse passed Senator Mitchell's b II al
low ing the Washington & Oregon Rail
road Company to construct a brldg
across the Columbia at Vancouver.
WASHINGTON. May M. President
Roosevelt today unvelfed the memorial
shaft erected at Arlington by the Na
tional Society Colonial Dames In mem
ory of the soldiers who fell In ths
struggle between Spairt and th United,
States.' ,V ''
The president today nominated -Al
fred S. Moore, of Pennsylvania, to be
Judge of the Second district of Alaska."
WASHINGTON. May SI. Post master
General Payne announced today . that
the portrait of'Martha Washington be
er. dieted upon as the first of American
women to adorn the ., United Stales
postage stamp. The portrait will-
placed on eight-cent stamps.
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