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NOTIOH J Bo.oks Periodicals, Magazines, &c.J Are Not to be Men From Tho Library without permission. Any ASTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, "ftr Wk ipsecution 0tt VOL. LIV ASTORIA. ORl'GON. THURSDAY. JUNE 12, 1902. NO. 137 Ok mtr PRICE COUNTS QUALITY o without (futility count fur nnuglit. (Juulity mIhhiIiI govern your hfiin WHEN BUYING CLOTHING Of eourHo we quote the lowct rire conning cut witli Iioiifht voikiniiiiHliit, urnl iiuvt but ONE - Hut H'h tho (Utility of our (-Iodic that we jiay the wont attention to. You uie wife wIhii vou trade with -list Miinan ml Hitmti WATERMAN'S IDEAL Tho in out ported, practical end ion venient Fountain Ten ever inuuV Every Pctt Gwrtuitccd Money refunded If not satisfactory . Jut the tbiiitf fur cvory tiny use Nothing more screptablu as gilt. . GRIFFIN St REED . L1PTON TEA and WHITE HOUSE COFFEE FISHER BROS. HOLE A(l i:ts. TAILOR PANTS m m LATEST STYLES NOBBIEST PATTERNS EVERY PAIR PERFECT Seo Our Window Display for Samples of Elegant goods at LOW PRICES SWEATERS -W o Have Them in Every V a r i u t y, Style, Kind and Color At the Leading Clothing House of P. A. STOKES DECIDES PRICE jSn timan MADE 1 m iJrr tmt OUTLAWS ARE SURROUNDED Militia and Citizens Guarding Tracy and Merrill in Woods. WERE SEEN AT FIVE O'CLOCK Flte Shots Were Fired lit Them fiberiir Expect to Cap hire or Kill Today Nlory of (haae. OWRVAIrt, Or.. June U.-Tracfy and Merrill, the escaped convict, arc tonight surrounded In a thicket by 100 amnl mn one mil ea-rt of her. Gov ernor ileer .inbred two companies of militia u the if'-ne tad.iy. and they and about n citb.-n unik-r irm are now doing guard du'y around the wand where tt ctinvlet ar- hiding, t'hcrllT Durtiln will etid-avor to pre vent the convict from escaping to nliflrt. mi. I (.minnow he expec to iiniurf th"m They Hixiit ;he night In a whrat field )nt outM vhe city limit. nd ihl morning tiK'l; br-atif ist r. tttr a vmid-ehopp.r n.'fti, 1 Kin. with v horn lin y liM i'kfimti.l vesterd ty morning. They mmV no at crept to onc.-al tlulr llenlity ,r.in King but demanded foiiH lhinir to -it, .1 lie f pants, hat md a pocket Knife. They lfi n' once. "a.klng their breakfast wch ttvin. They were een at t a. m, by a nciithborlng farmer' wife. Kit notiiicd "V cmVer. and the trail wna taken by Mixxlhoundn. OwliiB t, lack of men, Hlicrlff Durbin thihl iwm to wait for th arrival of the mlllt la. At J . m.. they weri n rriMMlnit a field tpting north. Thy mi filBhtiml lwck Into the wood anil were not wen amdi) until ft o'clojk when they were ahot at Ave tlmea while Httempiina: ia rom out thrJuh nn old orchard. Th wooda where they nr hlllng; la a Jungle ronipoaed of vine ni'iple ravlnea and mvampa. In the paa. ui two different time, emainit convlctK have been captured In these w.i kIh. There l no queation lhat prlwonera are 'n the wood. The therllf hiw a jierfect nya'ni of plckita covering Hve in I U'M of road .lun-ound-ln the wiMtd, and eaoipe aeema Im piwalblij. The trim taken from Dr. White and Ml. Dupui laat ilrht v ere found hi morniiiK. alau a dlacarled cunt and ammunition poihJi. THK IMYS HlSTtnY. tlBHVATS. June 11,-Tracey and and Merrill were rtbaerved In a wheat field of Kill Young near the Sa4iiuel drown place at 2:45 thl afternoon. The truiiiM are cloalng In. Company tt. of Wixxlhiirn. n't arrlvej. Ttw crlnl In lit had. SAljKM, June 11. (hvernur Geer tuia lanued an order to Company P, Oregon Nation U Ouml. to muster in and proceed to Oervala to join In the chace of the fugitive convfeta. Cap lain Kurts hi gathering up hla men and will likul In a carryall a many aa It will hold, and drive down a fast an possible. The remainder of - the company win go down ty the after noon train. OHRVAIS, June ll.-August King came In this morning from his cabin, one mile east of town, saying that Merrill and Traeey appeared at his place thl morning at 4 o'clock and de manded breakfast. The posse wa About to renew the man hunt, and no time wa loat In getting to the scene where the murderers f.aj been seen. When the convlota appeared thl morning they poked the door open and walked in, each holding a rifla ready for action. " Well, mu know who we .ire now, don't you?" aald the convicta. " Yes," answered King. " And lot me advise you to get out of here, a the officer are after you." "Give u breakfast, a hat, knife and putits," waa the next command. King obeyed. Ha passed over a pocket knife, overalls, oil hot and gave them a looi hread. The con victs alood throughout the Interview and one of them waa somewhat lame. As soon a King considered It safe to leave he went to town and Informed the posse. King refused to return to his cabin, declaring h would take no iriotn. chatice unlll lh innvti lM were CUpll'IPil. Twetily men. armed with illle, trinn hi d to King cabin, when, tlwy had leat over the ground lat even ing. With Ihc acent but an hour and a half n'd It wa believed that the lilooilliound-l. would lie able to pick up the trail and quickly run down the convict. The hount! la-Kan to work rapidly and 'aoon found and followed he track of I heir quarry.' With long, deep bay, they wnt ilovn Hie sfrava- yard road from King' ahack, with the poxne following at a reHpeclful lt wt- ance. The bandit ar! now located In ttie tlmlier In il.e vicinity of King' eabln. The hound have tr&cedthem Info the britah and there I no doubt that the criminal aie aoniewhwre In I tie wood within an area of about 100 acre. Khootiig and deiti are etiwtet! te- fore night i over. Ttitcey and ler rill will not give up and It t expect ed that they will not be caugnt alive. The convk have everything to gain and nothing to kte. They are dtmper ate and will probably take uny kind of chance. WI:hT 8TAY HINOLK. Excellent Precedent for Many Bodie. An ASIIt'ltY PAKK. X. J.. June 11.- The general aynod of the Reformed church In America at Iftat nlghf rck alon dK'UiMml the ((UeMtinn " May student In the neinlnary being edu cated fur the mlnlatry. marry while purauiiig their atudlea ? " Rome member of the iynod ton-ti-nili'il that the call to the Ministry vimc time cornea 4o a rich young man who I able to ui)i"t a wife, and tluwe argued that the prohibi tion or trim Kino wouia aerve .Ha narnnnip on ucn atunent. it nn concluded that the jnior ftudent who wit la-lng eilucaled at the expeine of th.' biiaril waa handicapped 1 o the way of matrimony and nmi-t perforce keep hi connubial IncMnatl m under curb until proeperou dayii. The re lamt of the committee on idu-aUon showed R latuje decreae In the num ber of candlilate ofr the mlnbttry. WHOUCSALK SUACCH r-J-.l. Only Twenty Out of Plv Hundred Baca ie. I.()NIM)X, June H.-The Vienna cw- reMinileiit of the Dully Kxprea ay a report ha reached rt're from nn- (antiiioli; to ih effect that the Arab trilieamen have mawnacred a caravan of allhy merchant In the desert at a pi liit 100 milea tnw Kowelt, In Ah latlt: Turkey. According to the Con- itantinople report only '.'0 ierna out of 3oo who composed the caravan, en- raped. Cl'STKlt CITY OPBXBl). ITKlilX), Cirt.. June 11. Starting of new towna In the Went haa be cinne lnftviuent. A full-grown tuwn with all the triming has ben formally 0ened near the linalck Hector mine elclH mllca eaal of Sliver Cliff and near the IiavKlck mine. Its name ia Custer CUy. The houwa were built here In aecllorm and hlppett by rail to Weat Cliff and then by team up the hill. SiH'echea, muxic and feasting were the princiKil featuii of the opening celebration , the principal speaker being ex-Oovernor Alva Adams. Col. A. A. Pope, of Boston, la a prominent backer of the new town. AUtKRT OF SAXONY IM,. HICK LIN. June ll.-KIng Albert, of """"'.v. who h ben III for a.ime time, has so far Improved that the Saxon cabinet has dissolved Its per manent alitlng. The crown prince and crown prince of Saxony have left Berlin for Dresden. Thl step Is It being well that the heir to the explalne on the ground of expediency. throne should lie at fhe Saxon capital Immediately to take the oath In cae of neistty. King Albert has granted several IMtiMon. The king's ivnfeswir, who has been at hi majestya bedside, de clares the king's condition to be most critical. THK M1NITKT REVIVED. NEW YORK, June 11. Many nev. dancea are being practiced by dele gates to the convention of the Normal School Asoclatlon of Masters of Danc ing of the United State and Canada, now In session here, hey will be of ficially announced tomorrow. Among them 1 mimiot of the seventeen cen tury, Thl, the convention ho decid ed, will foe one of the most fashion able dance of the coming season. Seventeenth century costumes were worn to heighten the effect. OREGON MASONS ELECT. PORTLAND. June U. Grand lodge otllcers were elected by Masons Mils afternoon as follows: M. W. Grand Master W. F. Butcher of Baker Cltyr Deputy Grand Master S. M. Yoran, of Eugene, ILLINOIS IS STORM SWEPT Death and Devastation for 1 wo Hundred Miles Across the State. SEVEREST STORM ON RECORD Kterj Town in McLean County Wiped ii!-reorla Mutter Million Dollar Lo o I'roerty. UIXJOtflNGTON. III., June 11. 8weeilng over a t retch of country one hundred mik- In width, and de vastating a territory fully (200 mile long, etxending from Lhingalon coun ty on the north to McCoupIn county on rhe south, and leaving It mark clear acroas the face of Central Illi nois, a tornado last iright Inflicted a propel ty lo which will aggregate a million dollar and cost many lives. The brunt of the Morm fell UMn Mc Lean and adjoining counties. The 'wind reached a velocity of one bun dre.l mil an hojr, and the visitation wa the worst ever recorded In the history of Central Hlinoia. Not a vil lage or city of McLean county es caped. SBVBrtB AT PROR1A. PEORIA. III., June 11. Peoria waa swept by the worm atorm in yearn at a late hour last night. It struck fhe city, traveling a the rate of SO miles an hour. At least 4en people are dead nd sei'ersj other will die from their injuries. Property dam age will amount to hundred of thou sand of dollar. Every railroad en tering Hj city ia crippled. Factories throughout the city are completely crippled and almost every amoketttack H down. The storm waa the moat destructive at Kingston mines, a small village four miles from Peoria. The record of the Worm there la appalling. An electrical storm swept over the vil lage first, followed by a tornado. Tin p-Wh waa 200 fet wide, and It swept everything before It. Three Uvea were lout and several other will die from injuries received. Sixteen persons were Injured. Sixteen home are completely demolished. HAKE BALL NORTHWEST LEAGUE. At Butte Butte. 18; Portland. . At Helena Helena. 9; Seattle. S. At Tajcomn Tacoma. 7; Spokane. 4. AMERICAN LEAGUE. At t. Louis St. Louis. 6; Washing ton. 3. At Detrit D.itroit, 5; Baltimore, 2. At Chicago- Chicago, ?; Boston, 2. At Cleveland Philadelphia. 4; Cleve land, 3. ' NATIONAL LBAGT'E. At Boston lliHton. 3; Chicago, 2. At Philadelphia-Philadelphia, 3: Clnclnn.t'l. 3. SHAM BATTLE WILL BR HELD. WASHINGTON. June 11. -After sev eral years of almost entirely theo retical work, the general boanl of the navy Is now preparing to demonstrate by practical test Abe soumlno of its theories. Rear-Admiral Philip H. Cooper has, ben placed " In charge of the preparation t r war of the dis trict extending from Chatham light, Cape Cod. to Barnegat light. New Jersey." Rear-Admiral Kempff has been given duty of a similar char ter on the Pacific coast. These two officers will follow the plan of the board by plnrlng th denae of the coast Which come under th control of the nttvy in condition best to with stand a mimic attack of a foreign tleet, simulated by the North Atlant ic fleet on one side and the North Pa cific squadron on the other. FINAL VOTE 4N CANAL BILL. June 19th to Decide Between Nicara gua and Panama. WASHINGTON. June IWust be fore adjournment today the senate agreed to vote finally on the Nicara gua n bill and all pending amend ments on Thursday, June 19, voting to begin at 2 p. m. Before consider ation of the canal question as re sumed today, the motion of Welling ton, of Maryland, to discharge the committee on privileges and elections from further consideration of the res olution providing for the submission of amendments to the constitution for election of senator by the people, was defeated 2! to 25. Falrbank. of Indiana, In arareful'y considered speech, favored the con struct Ion of the Isthmian canal by the Panama route. Originally, h ald, he had favored the Nicaragua riu'e, bm Investigation of the subject, cou plel with the determination of the Isthmian commission, had Induced Mm to change hi mind In favor of tne Panama route. He argued that that route not only would be cheaper In the flrt Instance, but cheaper in operation after the canal wa constructed. He earnestly favored tte construction of the canal and resented the Intimation that those who favored the Panama route were In the leant opposed to the canal. RAISKg WATER LEVEL. Mont Pelee I Not Yet on Retired LUt. ST. THOMAS. D. W. I., June U In .the courne of Ms? eruption of Mont Pelee which occurred on June I. the sea rose about 28 Inches at Fort de France and then fell again. The rl'e of the water did not cause any dam age. ... The French cable repair ship Pou yer Qucrtler wo directly opposite the lower crater of the mountain on June . grappling for a cable ' five miles off shore, when dense black clouds shot down from the volcano lu the direction of the ett. This nh nomen was similar to ,that of May 8, but the clouihi moved in another di rection. The Pouyer Quertier fled from the pot at full speed and the cloud followed the steamer about one mfte astern. The vessel's decks were covered deep with ashes, mud and stones, which rained from a huge cloud that had ftftot up to a great height from ehe top of the crater. Ashes from this cloud fell upon the Island of St. Lucia. A few persons who were In boats between Le Pre cheur and Carbet near (ft. Pierre lost their lives In the eruption on June . THE COMBINE INCORPORATED. NEW YORK, June 11. Article of incorporation of the United States Shipbuilding Company, Just formed with a capital of tiO.OOO.OOO, not in cluding $1,000,000 in bonds, probably wll be filed In Trenton. N. J., tomor row. The president of the corpora tion will probablly be H. T. Scott, of Sail Francisco, wih Lewis Nixon vice-president. These two officers possibly may be Intercnaged, Mr. Nixon being made president. The di rector will include Chart e J. Canda, Lewi Nixon, E. W. Hyde, Henry T. Scott. John S. Hyde. C. R. Hans- comb. Irving M. Scott and H. W. Gause. AN INDIAN TERRITORY GUSHER. OKLAHOMA CITY, O. T.. June 11. An oil gusher has been struck at Red Fork, I. T., which is pronounced by cx lert as being one of the most promis ing discoveries in the Indian Terri tory oil field. OH was struck a a depth of 1500 feft. Experts say the quality is first-class and the supply practically inexhaustible. The Red Fork field has been under develop ment for about a year and this well i bv far the best strike of oil yet made. The people of Red Fork are greatly excited and believe their field will eventually rival Beaumont. Many prospectors are arriving to look at the field. IMMENSE SUBWAY FOR CHICAGO. CHICAGO. June 11. Former Mayor Hempstead Washburn, WitliUm Alex ander and H. S. Gregory will soon ask the council for permission to build a subway extending to all parts of the city and honeycombing the entire downtown district. An expenditure of between $40,000.00 and $50,000,000 Is contemplated by the projectors. The Eclipse Plumbers and Stcamfilters. Steam Boat and Gasoline Boat Work a Specialty. . . Stoves and Tinware 527 BOND STREET BLOODY MASSACRE OF YAQUI INDIANS Neither Women Nor Children Weje Spared by Mexi can Soldiers. - AGED AND ; INFANTS SLAIN After KIIlinsrHO Men TroopN Kx liaiiHt Theniael ve Hluugh- teriiiK Women and Children. T17SCON, Aria., June 11, -Colonel William Christy, president of the Val ley Bank, Phoenix, arrived here today from Prletaa, Senora, with detail of the massacre of Yaqul Indians, men women and children, yesterday In Santa Ro3a canyon. 35 miles from Mlnas Prletas mines, by a detachment of General Torras' troops. Yaqula forces that were operating in that section moved 'further ' Into the """""tains, leaving their women and children In Sama ltaa ranon un der the guard of 89 men. Mexican troops came upon this band, and with out warning opened a terrible Are. sparing neither women nor children. After the first volley the troop charg ed down .upon the panic striken vic tims ord massacred all within their reach. Of the guard of Yaqutas not a single one survived and over a hun dred women and children fell vic tim to Mexican bullets and bayonets. Many of dm? killed were Infant.' The Mexican troops only stopped their fearful work of shooting and bayo net ting their victims wh-m exhausted from their labors. The Yaquls say they are driven to deperitln ly the Mexicans and oa a Iat rej.-t have taken up anna to protect "their rights. Mexican government .ippe.y lent on exterminating the Yaquia people, Mr. Christy says. v -' men and toy falling into their hands are shot. INCENDIARY "OREST FIRES. DENVER, June 11. Consfcdereltk Anxiety is felt by federaJ and state land official over the danger of forest fires in the mountain. At present there are three fires raging in Colo rado and should the dry weather con tinue, it is feared a vast amount of damage will be done. For four day a fierce fire fas been devastating the heavy woods near Red Cliff. In Eagle eountv. Near Rendl, 50 miles weat of Leadvllle. another fire to raging, while a third to reported southwest of Mor rison. It is declared that the fire were all maliciously started. THE SUGAR ISLE. HAVANA. June il. An official re port just published hows that 724,000 tons of sugar were manufactured . m Cubai between January 1 and June 18, Two hundred and thirty-eight thou- 9Wd tons of this sugar waa shipped away from th e Island mi the re mainder Is being held to await the re sult of the movement to receive re ciprocity with 'the United States. DEATH BY CHOLEiRA. WASHINGTON, June ll.-The navy department Is informed by cable of the death of John L. Lynch, a private in the marine corps, at Cavtte, P. I., of cholera. Hardware Co. ASTORIA. OREGON