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books, Periodicals, Magazines, &c. Ire Jiotto 6or TaSci Trm The Ubrary without DrmiasiW Am, public iauM issocuna ASTORIA fir'l L'"ay of 2uch Offense, J$ pr0Secut?0n" VOL. LIV ASTORIA, OREGON; WEDNESDAY, JUNE Jl. VW2. NO. l3fl II 1 1 jfv n. 11 PRICE COUNTS QUALITY DECIDES Frico without Quality uouiih for untight, ijunlity hIiouM govern your tlerUion WHEN BUYING CLOTHING Of courw) we quote tho lowest price coimil cut with honoHt woikinunnhip,oml have but ONE - PRICE Hut it'ti tlio (iuility of our rloihi'H that we pay the mtwt ntttntioii to. You tire Hid' when yon triulo with JlimanlU&z Jfbmai WATERMAN'S IDEAL The moat jierfwt, practical eml con venient Fountain Pen over uiiule Bvcry Pen Gurotitccd Money refunded if not satisfactory. Juxt (lie thins for evury day a. Nothing more iceepUible ft gift. . GRIFFIN & REED . TAILOR MADE PANTS LATEST STYLES NOBBIEST PATTERNS EVERY PAIR PERFECT See Our Window Display for Samples of Elegant goods "at LOW PRICES SWEATERS W e II u v o T hem in Every V a -r i o t y, Style, Kind and Color At the Leading Clothing House of P. A. STOKES UPTON TEA and WHITE HOUSE COFFEE FISHER BROS. NO MS AOKNTM. BLOOD HOUNDS NOW ON TRAIL Tracey and Merrill Secure Cili sens' Clothing and Horses. 4 THEY ARE ABOUT CORNERED Truwj ti Noted Desperado Is Wanted for -Many Crime Will Make a Had Fight. SALEM, Ore., June 10.-Tracey imd Merrill, IV convict who killed the guards at the penitentiary and escap ed, ore Mill at Utxge. They were seen early this morning at Gervai, 14 mil'- north tf her. Uun night the fugi tives pad through the very center of Salmi, hHd up J. W. Robert near hi home, and tiHk hia clothing away frm him. Under penalty of death, IMirtn wu chnrgrd to nay aothlng of hi adventure until morning. He obey h .i 4 They then stole a inlr of overalls ami on overcoat from a sliel. tih-n rntnred Fe)lx Laliln'he's stolil.n and took two horse. They were nt-n rilling out A town with Kim on ih'lr shoulder about mid night, bat no effort won made to pur sue th'-m. Arriving at Gerval early I his mi-nlng they compelled a farm er to give them thWr Invakfust. There thy abwdoned their honse anl started for the wood, about twelve hour ahead of the officers. Sheriff Imrbln, of Marlon county, will, blood houn Is frvrm Walla Walla, and poase, arrival at Gerval at S trie afternoon and took :be trail. Tracey la a moet desper'. character and a battle is almoit ortiUn to oocur before, he la tak.i. TRAfKY'S RECORD. D13NVHR, June W.-Harry Tracey, who. with Ii.ve Merrill, killed three guards an J then escaped from the Oremm penitentiary, la wanted In Col orado to answer charge of murder, robbery md hire-etallng. II '.vi a.hout to be tried for ttw murder f Valentine Iloye. a wealthy rattlcniin of Itoutt county, when he bourn! uvd froKed tlie herln at As pen, (lor.vto, obtained his liberty and left for Oregon. Tracey was a leader In the onee notorious " Hole-In-Ihe-wrUI" or Power Springs gang of outlaws that Infilled the northwest ern iww of lUMttt county, near tliv Utah an I Wyoming llnea. The mur der of Willi un Btnng, a boy caused the clllfna of Western Colorado to demand the extermination of the gang. A posse f Kherlffs waa formed and war deelard on Hh desperadoes. When tlw ponse tvnvounlered the out laws ,a de.'pt'mte battle-was fought. Several were w iunded on eaclr side. Hoye. a momtter of the posse, was killed. FVur vt the outlaws were aft erwards raptured by Uie posse, Tra cey was convicted at Aspen but sub sequently escaped. IN THE LAST DITCHES. SALiEM. June 10. Sheriff Purbln Ave young ni'ii of Japan, has arrived her from Toklo and will remain for K'Vfiul days, sdljume Hi's) wiys he Hum ient four monfh in Japan pro moting a rtiovement for changing ttw ("lilta- charartera of the Japanene language to tlie Knlli alphabet. "I use Uie i? Homan h'ttem,' tie na4d, "In printing my paper and find they are applicable to our language. I hope ultimately that the movement will result In the universal use of the iCngllxh language throughout Japan. The government has appointed a coni rnlsHlon of 12 men to take the matter up." EARLY MORNING NhViS BY WIRE RIVAL FOR CWNEHAL KLI3CTRIC. W. ('. Whllnev and Other Capltall ists Interested NKW TORK, June lO.-The ec qulwnents of a large Interest In the Stanley Electric Manufacturing Com pany by men who control the traction companies of New York and Philadel phia and the building up of an enor mous electrical buslnets In competi tlon wllh tfcat of " rneral B'eerlc Ciwnpnny, and the Westinghouse Ktec trk? and Manufacturing Compiiny will l'oli!i(l i t ;es Assemble in Ark i end Penn 'vania. BABTPAINVWCK IN GEORGIA Myntlv 1 1 el. ! Tke San Fran inn Toriia! I'ortion of mi. LITTLE ROCK. Ark., June 19 Fea ture of the DemocraUc state conven tion was an ovation to fcrmer Gov ernor Jai. P. CTark, who was declar ed by the convention to be the Demo- attract the attention of (he financial cratlc nominee for U. S. senator, to tt'nf 11 (Ha Tp4ltnn1 ma vnt An A ' . , . ' .succeed Senitor Jones. Friends of it in unoorniooa mat coniroi oi me i Stanley Company ha been taken over l8pnalor JonM ?ppoed Uie resolution, ai.d it was stated that Senator Jones by W. (' Whitney, Thorns F. Ryan. Thomas Do!an and A. P. 'vpldener. and ttial the company's plant at Pitts field Mass., Is to be Increased to about rlx times its presf nt lii within a few month. The Stanley Company's eaplta' stock Is J.ftM.ooo. Mr. Whitnef and the ratl la lists avclatel with him were demurred to the action of the conven tlon. Resolution waa adopted by i vote of 470 to 72, and formal declara tlon was thvn given on the basis of the vote In Democratic primaries of March 29, last, making Clark the nominee for senator. led to acouire an fntrewt In the mm. pany, according to the tribune, be- Govern Jefferson Davis waa unan cause of the dlfllculty In oblaJntng jimously renominated. Governor Da prompt delivery of electrical supplies vis, in addrasslng he convention and for their traction companies In Phila delphia and New Jersey.; A. O. U. W.; MM it I Supreme Todge Now In j Portland. Session In PORTLAND. June 10. Supreme Lodge ,A. O. U. W, forj the United State and Canada, convened here today. The snnual report of the supreme recorder shows the total1' umb;r of kx!gs on January 1, 1902, was 5462, an increase In four years of 162. .To tal mmberh!p Is 427.42S. Member admitted during year, 53,238; members supended and withdrawn, 51.T2S; died, 5071; net Increase for year, '.tS06. Amount oold on dath losses, $9,173, 27. Ralance on hand, I235.S97. ANTI-CONS1TMPTION 60CTETY. KANSAS' CITY. Mo., June lO.-The Missouri State Society for the Pre ventlon of Consumption, an organiKV tton that Is to Include the entire state, has been lu"'hil in tMs city by a number of local iJiyslclnns and others who desire to prevent the spread of consumption. Officers have been elected and committees to out line the plan wf work have been ap pointed. A meeting will be held In li'ois my June a tuivr wint-u uie w- ganizatlon will go actively to work. WRECK NEAR ST. JOSEPH. MO. ST. JOSEPH. Mo., June 10. The Chicnsr. & Gr.at Western passenger train w wrecked seven miles north of this city this aftermmn, and sev eral coich'fs pilad in the ditch. The train was running about 40 miles an hour whei the rails spread, and the cofthes left the track. Train was and po"1 with bloodhounds picked up jioa.iea wr.n paaengers. ana ..e rv- the trail of Uie escaped convicts at eral were inutri, no one kh.. Gnais thtfl afternoon and pres'ed them so dose that at i o'clock fhe fellows ran Into town, tieM up Dr. C. S. White and Ed. Dupuls, two busi ness men of Oervala, took the doctor's horse and bugg? and drove away. Sheriff posse wltih bloodhounds were only a quarter of a mile behind. The convicts ran Into a road which' was fenced up and abandoning the team took to the woods through a large field half a ille west of Gcrvnls. The posse la dose on their trail. Fugitives are almxt -xhaustied and capture Is but a question of time. HAD RHOORD IN UTAH. SALT LAKE, June 10. Harry Tra cey, who, with uavia Merrill, snot and killed three men while escaping from the state prison at Salem, Ore gon, Monday, has served time In the INnh penitentiary, but escaped from custody with four other desperate criminals, none of whom have ever ben recaptured. Tivioey drew a revolver from Ills convict Jacket and covered the guard with the weapon, commanding the o-uard to remove his clothing, and, taking hi gun, Tracey donned the Uni form of the guard and, with three other prlsonem walked boldly away. ENGLISH FOR THE JAPANESE. CHICAGO, June lO.HadlJame Host, editor of tflie Japaneae-Amerloan Weekly New York, accompanied by The oo:ioV"i were totally wrecked and piled toother In a mass. It is miraculous that no one was killed. GEYSERS IN NEW MEXICO. SANTE FE, N. M , June lO.-The United Sttes geological survey has been notified by Captain J. P. Conner of this city thait the Sulphur Spring In Bernalillo county arae showing un usual activity. There are some 2S geysers among the springs pulsating every 30 seconds. The largest geyser wih'loh has been quiet as far as the memory of man extends,, Is reported to be sending up a stream five feet high. OLDEST PHYSICIAN DEAD. NEW YORK, June lO.-Otls Free man who is believed to have been the oldest practicing physician In Ameri ca Is dead at rreenom in. j. vr. Freeman was born In New Hampshire December 30, 1S09. He contlued prac ticing to within five years of his death. DIED HEELED. NEW YORK. June 10. In preparing for the burial of the body of Jame Stage, a circus man who died Sunday at New Brunswick, N. J. the under taker found $1250 In one of the dead man's stockings. Stage was a native of Conneautvflle Pa. accepting the nomination, announced himself a cmdlJate for United States senator to succeed Senator James H Berry, whose term expires In 1905. The platform says: We recognize the Kansas City platform as the declaration of the na tional Democratic tarty on national questions until supplanted by the ac tion of the uoeedlng national con vention, and a such we hereby de clare our general endorsement of the am." tIN PENNSYLVANIA. HARUISRtTRO, Pa., June lO.Judge Samuel W. Pennypacker, or Philadel phia, will Hkily be Uie nominee for governor if the Republican state con vention tomorrow. Ex-Senator W. M Brown, of New Castle, will be nom 'nated for lleutenant-coveroor. Sen ator Quay expects to succeed General Frank Reeder, of Easton, as chairman of the Republican state committee and to conduct the campaign this fall. MYSTIC SHRINHRS. SAN FRANCISCO, June 10. Nobles of the Myr.lo Shrine closed their fes tivities of rh? day with a parade both srotesqu and picturesque. There were rashl miouKS, jomooys, Indians, ox teams.. Arabia patrol In rich Turk!. .ostumes and floats representing var ious scenes. The ineonongruos proces slnn marchel down market street un- W canopy of light made by thous ands of Incandescent lamp suspended across the street. It Is estimated that 10.000 mn were In line. At the ex eculive session of the Imperial coun- cd, Sanatojra Springs, N. Y., waa chosen as the place for holding the next annual meeting on the second Wednesday in July. 1903. A TWISTER. DES MOINES. June 10. A tornado struck the Northwestern railway line one mile east of Jordan, 40 miles nor'he.nt -f Des Moines, Over a mile of tel?r.iph wire was blown down. Storm Is said to have been terrific but no de'alls ar-j obtainable as to th? loss of life. TRAIN WRECK. MACON, Ga.;- June 10. South-hound passeager train on Southern railway, which left Atlanta at noon for Macon, collided with tho north-bonud freight near Julltee, 23 miles north from Ma con this afternoon. Engineer and fireman of passenger train were In stantly killed and 19 passengers more or less severely Injured. THIRD TRIAL. EL DORADO, Kas., June 10. The third trial of Jessie Morrison, who killed Mrs. Olln Castle at the latter' home here in June, 1900, by cutting her throat with a raxor, was begun here today. FORTY-SEVEN YEARS A SCRIBE. Charles S. Osborn Resigns After Long Service. ST. LOUIS, June 10. Charles S. Cteborn, who has been correspondent of the Associated Press In St. Louis since 1855, representing a term of 47 years of continuous service, will re tire from active service about July 1. Mcjor Osborn began hi newspaper career on the Cincinnati Herald in 1847, of which Stanley Mot thews, af terward supreme court justice, was the editor, and Salmon P. Chase, after wards chief justice of the United Statf-s supreme court, was one of the "rincipo! contributors. In 184 he went to Pittsburg at the Instance of Ms former playmnite and srthvolfellow, Anton Stager,, who was then manag- r of the Pittsburg Telegraph office and who afterwards became gene-ra? manager of the Western Union Tele graph Company, He worked under "Vnera! Stsger at Pittsburg and Cin cinnati and finally at St Louts, where In 155 he took up his duties as agent of the New York Associated Press. At'that rime the overland mail and later the pony expresH was the only mean of communication across the plain to Vlsalla, a point in Califor- 240 miles south of San Francs co, to whWi the tetecraph wire had been ex tended. Major Osborn has therefore witnessed the development of the tele- grpah ervkse of America and the mar- el Imis advances which have been made In the new distribution during 'he last ha!f century. During Ms stay at Plttsbum Andrew Carnegie was me of Hie tnewenger boy. For more han 20 year he ha been dean of the Associated Press service, widely known, mom highly respected and Personally known to the great body of Associated Press workers all over the world. His retirement from the arduous dally responsibility a cor respondent at St. Louis has been ac cepted. He remains In touch with the St. Louis taff and In active sym- rathy with the work. As he has done for 47 year he will continue to be member of the general force of the Associated Press. REGULAR GRIND IN CONGRESS BASF. BALL NORTHWEST LEAGUE. At Tacoma Spoakne, ; Tacoma, 8; game lasted 15 inning. AMERICAN LEAGUE. At St. Louis Boston 5; St. Louts, 4. At Chicago Chicago, 4; Washing ton, 2. At Detroit Detroit. 8; Philadel phia, 4. At Cleveland Cleveland, 10; Balti more, 7. NATIONAL LEAGUE. , At Philadelphia Cincinnati 10, Phil adelphia, 1. At St. Louis-St. Louis, S; New York, 2. At Brooklyn Brooklyn, 5; Pitta- burg, 4. DISTINGUISHED SURGEON DEAD. SAN FRANCISCO. June 10. Dr. Georre W. Woods, a retired medical directors of the United State navy, well known tn army and navy circles, is dead in this city. He was born in New Bedford, Mass., In 1838. Short ly after his graduation from Uie naval academy at Annapolis during the civil war he went to Mare island and for many years was identified with that station. After an eventful life he re turned to San Francisco, partly on account of his falling health, about a year ago and was retired from ac tive service. Dr. Woods, as medical director of the navy, had reached the highest rank that a doctor could at tain in the service. The Bill for Game and Fish Re serves Killed in the House. ISTHMIAN CANAL QUESTION BRIDGE BUILDERS STRIKE. NEW YORK, June 10. Six hundred employes of the Empire Bridge Com pany, Williamsburg, have struck for recognition of, their union. It is said tneir action win delay work on manv bridge in the West. PRICE OF SILVER. NEW YORK. June 10.-ilver, 51. Uorernment Supply Bill Pagaea Senate House ltefiifte to Sustain Senate Mil Itarjr Bill. WASHINGTON, June 10. The house today defeated the bill to transfer certain forasrt reserve to the agricul tural department and to authorise the presdlent to establish game and fish reserves. Its death was accom plished by striking out the enacting clause. Cannon claimed the bill wool 1 greatly Increase the cost of ad ministering forest reserve und claim ing that the estimated receipts, of the fiscal year, were already exceeded by the appropriation to the present time by over $51,000,000. House then adop ted & special order for the constder atioa and for the remainder of the afternoon listened to the author of the measure arguing In favor of Uie pas- sag. GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES. WASHINGTON. June lO.-Anotlier of the big supply hills of the gov ernment was disposed of by the sen ate today, the naval hill, carrying more than $78,000,000, being passed. It Include a provision for two first- class battleships, two first-ctas ar mored cruiser and two gunboats, but strikes out of the house provision that one of each shall be built at govern ment yards. When consideration wa resumed on the Isthmian canal ques tion. Turner delivered an extended argument In suport of the Nicaragua t route. - MILITARY AFFAIRS. WASHINGTON. June W. House committee on military affairs today voted against making a favorable re port on the bill which recently passed the senate authorlzong the advance ment of Senior Major General of Uie Army. General Brooke to the rank of Lieutenant General, and hta retire ment with that rank. The vote which was seven to three, was not on party lines. Members of Uie committee said that the adverse action was due to the course taken by. the house against the bill advancing Surgeon General Stornberg, and also because of the op position within the committee to the retirement at advanced grades. OFF FOR WEST POINT. WASHINGTON, June 10. President Roosevelt left for West Point tonight. REVENUE DISTRICT DIVIDED. WASHINGTON, June 10. President Roosevelt today Issued an ord de taching the State of Washington from the Internal revenue district of Ore gon, and creating a new internal reve nue distriot for the former tafte, with headquarters at Tacoma. B. D. Crocker, of Walla Walla, is appointed collector in the new district. The Eclipse Hardware Co. Plumbers and Steamfilters. Steam toat and Gasoline Boat Work a Sptcialty. . . Stoves and Tinware 527 B(WD STREET ASTORIA, OREGON