-us""-""- jffiOiilA FUoLIG LB11ARY ASSOCIATION. .': : . A ' ' "V be liable to pfOsccuii 0OW VOL. LIV ASTOKIA. OKKGON; SUNDAY. JUNE 8, 1902. NO. m 1. PRICE COUNTS QUALITY DECIDES Price without Quality count for nought. Quality should" govern your decision WHEN BUYING CLOTHING Of coiu-ho we quote tha lowest price consist rut with Imnewt workmanship, unit have but ONE - Hut it'n the quality of our clothe that we jmy th. moht attention to. You ore safe, when you trade with tmaft WATERMAN'S IDEAL, The most jterfect, practical ul co. venicnt Fountain Pen ever made Bvcry Pen Ournntccd . Monuy refunded If not satisfactory. J net I he thing fur every lny iim. Nothing more serf putle m gift. . GRIFFIN & REED . LIPTON TEA a.d WHITE HOUSE COFFEE FISHER BROS. NOLIi AtJKNT.H. TAILOR PANTS J LATEST STYLES NOBBIEST PATTERNS EVERY PAIR PERFECT Seo Our Window Display for Samples of Elegant goods nt LOW PRICES SWEATERS We II a v o Thorn in Every a -r, i o t y, Style, Kind and Color -At the Leading Clothing House of P. A. STOKES PRICE MADE TRAVELING MEN WERE CAPTURED Several Hundred Knighls of the Grip Visited Astoria Yes ' terday. THEY WERE ENTERTAINED Visited n Cannery, Ate n Mnlnioti Dinner, Went to Ncusldo hiiiI Itetumed to Port land Happy. T. P. A.t Mlmunil Astoria!!! The Ladle!!!!! I( was a beautiful day, e large crowd .nil a rvat muxem. It ngji the best two hour work In the history of Astoria, Her fame tt hospitality and the lry of her nwnirrn will go out all over thv world. The committee In hargw ami the citizens did themselves honor, and the ladles are covered all over with glory. The traveling wen came and m und ffasted, and were onquored. They are .mm. Astoria I the brightest lyi tn the memory of the trip. The rwfptlon and entertainment of I the traveling vfcsltor yesterday was carried out exactly as waa announced In the Astorlan, The excursion train containing about 4'XJ men and women, whocme under the auspices of the T. P. A. arrival at the depot In Astoria at II o'clock In the morning and only M! a sufficient time for the en tertainment fnmmluce to get aboard, after whJ It pullfJ down to Ban- hirn'n fannry. Pull preparaMmw J had Xttrrn mad at th cannery unt 0i I x-lfltora tn-ated to Th wlirhta of ja m-xh-rn mnntry runn1n(r In full blast. They naw the freshly cauifht Minion the (Ireat Itoyal tlilnook of the I'olurnhla luken from the flrfwmien'a brt and then hurried thrrwirh the various proeeiwoa of the cannery until rhey came out In tina tnarkel i-nd la behl and ready for ablpment. ft wa a ultfhl worth wweilng the continent In ai-e. Bverybody haa etten (nnnl wiltnon, but only a few per mmn have n the prmean of cannln? thl great foixl Huh. They vlwi-d he win k of canning In detail and 'vatched with unatxiteil Interest and 'had to be torn away by the repeated rtinounfe inenta of the upokesnwn of the excur rion. " Time Itt up!" II ht to be regretted that lhy i.ld not have the time to view othorn .of our great oannerlea. The Elmore, the Kinney, the Hlh and the KIshernvMi's are all worthy of Inspection, and uiual ly an 1iiteiwtltiB aa th one vlalled. All of the Antoria canneries are Mod ern and up-to-date and of ''UtlU-lont capacity to meet all ine.-eajMj orJois thnt may come from the Baat. The entertalmnent omml,e, .'olucd by pivmlnent rltltena unl led by the Knv -Military Hand e!?"or'."t ihc vl ltora to the tlty alonj tihe line of maii-h announced In ,vi?atsrJ.i.v'a Ahio rlan. When the artJi of triumph, at the Inteinectiort of Oomnwrola.1 mil Tenth, which had ben remodeled In rtiele honor, was reached, their voices rent the air with etheers. A llfe-lie pic ture of President Smith, of the Dra gon and Washington division cf .the National T. P. A., adorned the cnter of the arch. He Is well known t y all of the fraternity and Is very popular, and Mil with the cannon ballfl adorn ing the arch marked " High Balta", and two suspended grips, with the fact that the hand atartfd up the selection " He'a a Jolly Good Fellow," n ade a greait hit with the visitors. Tills good work, together With the other decorations, may be credlled to the good taste of ("Jiarlea V. Brown, and his worthy assttani,s, Mr. llrown having this department In charge. Ttw pii'elon continued up Commercial to Twelfth and then north to Uond and to the old regattta headquarter. The tables were already spread and behind each clmlr stood a handsome hidy, dressed In white. They were the beauty and leaders ot Astoria so ciety. The menu consisted, as stated In yesterday's Astorlan, ot clam ohow- der, cracked crabs, crab salad, baked salmon and coffee. It was dalnJUly prepared and mi)s daintily served, and was pronounced the greatest feast received on a lonn tour from ocean to ocean and on whluh Hw people had vied wHh each otiher In entertaining the travelling men. More than 500 persons were served and there was sufficient left to have served as many more, A handsome souvenir was presented ever)- Ktierl In the form of a small can of imlnion, Th wrapiwr via l.rfut!fuliy imbonMrJ and contained Hanlxni's " . ." brand. One end of the tan coiilainMl the following, beau tifully fciMuiM-lid: "Asuirla, (r.-gon, T, V. A Juow 7, 1I2." The ulher end contiiln-d lh" card of the American fan fompatiy. It was a" unlnue sou venir and will do nm h to advorUse tlie Cidiimbla rlvw Kalinon throughout llo- I'tittcd Plates, a well as the en- terprlsing gentlemen Ro orlgiiiaited the plnn llyan, of Indlara, and Dun h:im. of Ohio, made short addresnes. In wWch they fated thai Astorhi had eclir'd all other ''"'- 'f Its 'hos pitality, and th-y also paid the ladl hlifh ( ompllments; wild twe hiid done too much for them and that ihe vis itors were not worthy of '-h kindness. At 1 o'clock the vfcrttors took their train for Heaslde, accompanle! by th ladles who waltf 'l1e and the committee In rttarge of the nter- lalttment and a number of prominent citizens. A" hntie was spent at flea- side "and this famous summer resort was seen at it bet. The tule was In, the sky wa clear and temorrature was JitKt right. It was a typical, tM-au- tlful day st Seaside. Nothing was done at Seaside except t- view und admire the mlffhty Pa- lflc. after which the train returned to Astoria und as soon as the Ato- rlans had s'lted 'rn th train at the depot three cbeers, long lind loud, and a Hon for As'r?-!fl her c!tlr.ens, the comni!''"- ,v" '' 1!! out on the everlng sir ss 'n r u'hd ou'. A hundred visitors nV-d th irwn- al privilege of expresing throujh the columns of the Astorian their thanks for the successful eivtertalnmemt.. It was a success. There was not a hitch, there was not a word-Kcept of praise , The committee In charge, the ladies, the citizens, everybody Old his part. and Astoria is well patd for h?r trou ble. Sucecu to you, gentlemen of the grip! FOUTt'NE AWAITS CLAIMANT. Dccea'ed Said lie Had; No Living s Uelaittves. IX ANOKLFSt, t'al.. June ". A for tune of IlK.fxKi in csb sl' the heir of an old man v"ho rs?-l tit.i-'fr tlw nsm of Charles HtHsnd who died at rhe (Jood Samiritan hopit:il two we'ks ago. Alout three weeks ago the man. who was between " and M vesrs o'iI. ' , "vsoltal for ai'CommiMlatlons. He was taken la and paid for !- -les rendered. When It was found that he lould not recover he was asked to tell the names of his relatives In order tha they might be notified. He replied that he had not a relative on earth. He died and was duly burled. In ht' clothing was found J00O0 !n currency Further lnve' ' he public admlnMraf v 'n a pri vate box In the t'nlon Hank of!v Ing. The box has .iuit been cpenol and In It were found several large packages of eunvn-.'y, n(rcreg.;tinp Jltn.OOO. The old v- i Ved here seven years I" ,w ot of way at lodging houses and restaurants, bu' had no Intlm.i'As and no one can tv found who know an-thlng of bis an tevde""l THE STItfKK-3. eilARI.KSTO.V, W. Va.. June 7 raiirhty-tlve per cent of the miners In Kanawha coal field loday went on strike In ol.-ed'ence to order Issued by the Huntington convemloo. No vio lenco is reported from any place In the '.he district. AT WHKKl.lN'O. WllKKUNO. V. Va. June 7. Tlie strike ordered be the United Mine workers of Arwrlci to tike effect In W'ttt Vli'Klr.ia tod;iy was much more complete In some distftets than expect ed and l.s effective In ot!i.r. Several thousand more men w.nt out ihnn va anticipated. IN PKNNSYI.VA.NTA. WlI.KKSHARnK. Pa., June 7. There whs absolutely no change today In the anthracite coal nilnei-s Ktrike. ItW MIND A BLANK. Dt'Iit'TH, Minn., June 7. Dr. H. T. Storey, a prominent Dulnth physician wiho mywterlouHly disappearel severtil weeks ago has been heard from In San Fraaielsco. In a letter to (his wife, he says that since leaving Dututh hts mind has been a perfect blank and he doe' not know how he reached the Cali fornia, city. The only thing 'he can re member is Jiat a man by the name o' Watson befriended him in Seattle and he says that If, Waitson can be found much of the mystery would be ex plained. IMPORTED WORKMEN. '9AN BWRARDINO, Cal June 7. AiMther carload of workmen has ar rived to take WHe place of the strikers at the Santa Fe macJhine Shops tn th city. A force of 35 guards are on dutj at the Shops day and night, but so far there 'has been no disturbance. SATURDAY NIGHT'S LAST DISPATCHES Wagon-Load of High School Pu pils Overturns With Fatal Results. ' A RAILROAD FOR COOS BAY Foiirt'eii-V-iir-OI(l-Itoy Drowns in the Willamette River Hrjiin Is Not a Can didate. DENVElt, June 7 -By accldemel overturning of a wagon on which a number of Denver High School stu- dents were riding near MorrUon. this evening, one was Instantly killed, an- oth fatally hurt and 12 others more or less svrlously Injured: The dead: EDITH WITHBUS, neck broken. Injured: Maggie Humphrey, skull fractured; will die. Irene Wheeiock, shoulder dislocated. Malvln Kllff, compound fracture of arm. Harry Ooodheart. scalp wound. Harry Austin, back Injured. Frank Kerr, neck sprained. Six others not seriously Injured. Thlrty-lx members of High School went on a " hay-rack" party In Tur key Creek canyon, when returning the wagon ran off the edge of a bridge. The occupants were thrown Into the bottom of the stream, the hay-rack falling upon them. C0O9 BAY RAILROAD. PORTLAND, June 7. Oregouian to morrow will say: " It la ptltlvely stated that a rail road will be built between Coos Bay and Uoseburg ahd that the construc tion will begin by September 1. Chief Engineer L. D. Klnnet ,of the Great Central railroad is authortty for the statement, and says arrangements have already progressed far enough to make the Coos Day Rosebm-g road a prac tical certainty. BOY DROWNS. PORTLAND, June 7. Homer H. Brewster, 14 years old, son of Mrs. Ella Brewster, of Sell wood, was drowned In the Willamette river while In swim ming. The boy was a good swimmer, and It is supposed he was seized with crampj and disappeared. BRYAN NOT CANDIDATE. LINCOLN. June 7. In a statement given out this afternoon W. J. Bryan says he is not a candidate and under no circumstances will he be a candi date for governor of Nebraska thia fall. The statement Is In answer to an interview with ex-Senator Allen In which the latter declared Bryan should be the fusion nominee. MUST STAY A SEA. NEW ORLEANS, June 7.-The New Orleans Custom House authorities are dealing witili a man without a country. , Wednesday 'the Norwegian steam ship John WlUwn, arrived here from Blucneld. Nlcairagua, Among the Among the cabin passengers was Fong Jung, a Chinaman. He lived in Nic aragua ten years ahdv Vas formerly well to do. According to the Uutted tai.ed Immigration laws he was not allowed 'to land. According to the laws of Nicaragua he was not allowed to land after having once left. Fong Jung Is doomed to sail buck and forlih between Now Orieuns and Bluetlelds until the John Wilson's Captain meets a ship at sea whose Captaan will con sent to take the Chinaman off his hands. TO IMPROVE MARKSMANSHIP. Bill to Appropriate $10,000 Annually Now Before Goiiyi-ess. NEW NORK, June 7. A n.eeting of title directors of the National Rltle Aasocluillon of America will be held in this oily June 12, to consider possible action by a oomm' tee of Che Associa tion under a bill now pending in Con gress to provide fo ra national trophy and medala and other prizes to be contested for annually by military or ganization under regulations prescrib ed by the Secretary ot War. A com mittee of the Association wailed upon Secretary Rwot in January and laid oefore him a plan which was adopted In the bill now before Congress. This plan Include an appropriation an nually of $10,000 for the expenses of the rltle teams engaged In the con test for the trophies, medals nd prizes. Thee committee of the Asso ciation ha asked that an advisory commlttc? of IS be formed, seven mem ber to bo appointed by the President of thi:ri,;ted States and eight to be selected by the Association 4o ma ice recommendation as to targets and mnges fur the annual contests ?nd te prescribe a uniform system for the (jija'tlkatlon of eperts In the use of the rltle. The object of the A.sswla tlon Is declared to be In raise fh standard of marksmanship In this country. KEPT HI8 THREAT. A Doctor Hhot for Returning -to His Former Home. GARDEN GROVE. la- June 7. Be- cause he returned to this village in spite of a threat 'hat his life would be taken If he did so, Dr. W. D. Duff ha been shot and killed by VV. H. Clark, farmer. Dr. Duff had formerly practiced medicine here, but recently moved to Blockton. Ill feeling had existed between the two men and when the doctor departed the farmer proposed to kill him If ihe ever came back. When Clark learned that Dr. Duff had returned he borrowed a shot gun and, locating the doctor In a drug store, be entered and fired two shots at him, both taking eiTeoi near the heart. Clark at once gave himself Into custody, re'marklng that tie had kept his promise. RUSSIA IN CHINA. The Highest Honor Ever Accorded a Foreigner. PEKIN, June 7. The Knsslan Grand Duke Cyril Vladimir, who is travelling in the East, has been "eceived here with the highest honors ever accorded a foreigner. He was received by the emperor of China In the presence of the dowager-empress and the emperor returned the grand duke' call in an other room of the palace. Prince Ching. the president of the foreign of fice, will entertain the Russian visitor at dinner tonight. The visit of the grand duke to Pekin, tt ts believed, will greatJy enhance Russian prestige here. KILLED BY GIANT POWDER. BUTTE. Mont; June-John E. Moeh. a shoveler at tthe Rarus mine was the victim of a frightful accident last night wthlte at work on tne sill of the floor of the 1100 level. He was in stanUy killed by the explosion of a stick of giant -powder which he struck with this pick while loosening a quan tity of rocks before shoveling It into a car. Leslie Hope who waa todlng by Moen at the time cf the accident, was struck on the left side of the face with a quantity of of flying rock and was sent to Saint James Hos pftal. suffering from a number of painful wound. - HASH BALL NORtHWEPT LEAGUE. At Portland Portland, 4: Spokane, L At Tacoma Seattle, 7; Tacoma, 3. At Butte Butte. 11; Helena, 1. AMERICAN LEAGUE. At St. Louis St. Louis, 4; Boston, 3. At Detroit-Detroit. 9; Philadelphia, 1 At Cleveland Cleveland, 7; Balti more, S. NATIONAL LEAGUE. At New Tork Pittsburg, 6; New York, 0. - At Philadelphia Philadelphia, 6; St. Louis, 1. Second game St. Louis, 7; Philadel phia, 0. At Brooklyn Brooklyn, 2; Chicago. 1. Second game Brooklyn, 5; Chicago, 3. COLLEGE GAME. At Princeton Princeton. 8; Yale, 5. The Eclipse Plumbers 2nd Steamfilters. Steam Coat and Gasoline Boat Work a Specialty. . . Stoves and Tinware 527 B0KD STREET MITCHELL ON PANAMA COMPANY Denounces It as Greatest Fraud Since Beginning of the World. WOULD DEFILE GOVERNMENT Adwx-utfM Construction of Canal by the Mcaragnan Route Leave Corruption Alone, WASHINGTON, June 7. After trans acting some routine business and d!s cuwing for some time a bill to reUev ships from London dock charges, tha senate resumed consideration today of ihe Isthmian canal prjwt. v Mitchell, of Oregon, conUnued his pech begun Thursday In opposition to the Panamu, route. After considering the engineer ing difficulties of the route, which he regarded as very serious. He entered upon a denunciation of the methods of the Panama ?anal Company, which he declared was the most corrupt In the history of the world. He warned congress that no surer -ay could be found to defeat the construction cf any canal than to adopt the Spooner amendment, as the United State could have no connection with the Panama route without beco.nlng Involved in in tricacies of French adventurers, from which it would find It Impossible to extricate itself. He declared that ny connection this country might have with the Panama proposition would re sult in definltement -;f the government. Mlicneil nauaiea.wiinv.il &iuvr iim proposition to build the canal by the Panama route, and Incidentally tha Spooner amendment, , 3y admission ot this proposition, he Mfl: . "The United States would be tack ing onto one of the greatest frauds and pieces o? corruption known since the world began." He could not believe, he laid, that the senate proposed to consider ser iously a proposition which r ill Involve the United State in a legal controver sy for hundred years. " I want the senate to know the fact .and to de termine whether we really shall take up this rotten concern across the c."- Mitchell expnwed the opinion that the enactment of the Spooner amend ment would result in a postponemint of the beginning of the canal project, as the president would probably have to make indesicndent investigation ot the subject Wore he could pass upon It. He urged congress to, assunne the responsibility of detiarin? k route an4 not turn that responsibility ever to ihe provident. He Intimated that such action would be cowardly. He suggest ed the possibility that It the United States would construct the canal by the Nicaragua route, the completion of which would be disastrous to the Unit ed States. anti-Anarchy bill WASHINGTON. June T.-The house spent the enttre day voting upon the amendments to the :intl-an.rchy bill. tout all failed, except one prpo.eJ by McCall, 'of Massachusetts, " to strike from anarchist section the word " as sault" where it is coupled with killing in inhibition against conspiring for kilting a chief magistrate of a foreign country. Hardware Co. ASTORIA, OREGON