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UIOBU PBBUfiUMiH iSSOCttTMBL ill! VOL. LV ASTORIA. OREGON, SATX'RDAY, JULY 12, 1002. NO. II ITS UP When you arc about to buy clothing, ASK YOUKSKLK first Who carries llio o! Clothing, IluU Io you prefer hat) one price T Third h not WIS K in Antorin? Well, if all tlicfo everybody knows WHY Should you not when you wish ml tfiUMt J BUY A DOZEN Of our IlandHoine and Artistic Hounted and Matted Pictures and dncorato your home or your beach cottage. Hoc tho Window Display GRIFFIN 6b REED SOMETHING NEW FOR BREAKFAST Atlnn Kiln Dried Rolled White Oats FISHER BROS., Clothes to be seen in WHEREVER you go this summer: for pleasure or lor business : Lon don coronation, Paris boulevaids, St. Jo, Mich., State Street Chicago or Broadway New York: you'll be satis fled with your appearance if you are in Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes. Nobody will wear better looking clothes, nor get the same good-looks without paying a lot more money for 'em. In fit, style, excellence of tailor ing, Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes are superior ; not a slovenly stitch in them. For every occasion full dress, afternoon dross, bumnoss, outings; a multitude of choice fabrics, well mado, ready-to-wear. Tho beet clothiers sell them you know you're safe if you soo tho label, II S it M, in tho coat; a small thing to look for, a big thing to find. Hart, Schaffner & Marx, Good Clothes Makors. , at P. A. STOKES TO YOU biwtaml lurgcnt utwortiiicnt ami Furnishings-? lo trade with WINE, who tho uiovt u-to lttt Clothier thing) am true, and that they arc, go to WINK'S WO STORE to buy CLOTH ICS? mi muni J .ASTORIA, ORE. ESCAPES AFTER FIERCE BATTLE Tracy Disappears in the Darkness After Hard Fighting- Near Covington. POSSE COMPLETELY BAPFLED ltcllf )CMtcrati I Wounded rnrnner Han Narrow Km-h Country Surrounded by Well Armed I'onkc, HBATTLK, July ll.-The blood hound and worm of deputy sheriffs were imalnV to stir the outlaw Tracy from Ms concealment In the brushes near Covington today. The hoo'ds were started on the trail early thin morning and were worked In every di rection throughout the day wllhiut uccean. Darkness Ml wltTi less en couragement for the hunters than were th1 conditions at Wednesday evening, every kind of minor was re ceived from th1 scene at the search to day. At on time a report wan start ed that a battle had been fought. re nulling In th dcuth it seven depu ties and wounding of Convict Tracy. A dlllg.-nt wn-h for the source of this rumor met with failure, ft Is be lieved to be absolutely groundless, yet It cannot be branded so until every part of the pursuing crowd h been heard from. HEI TKVED TO BE WOUNDED. At dawn thin morning nherlff and their deputies of several countlm slart e1 for th country Immediately adjoin In th place where Tray waa flred upon by th- four guards last r If tit. Every part of the district fir several Invito nrniiml vu. eamfullv vim. over by the men who expected at any mo ment to hear the rear of the, con vict's Winchester. The wily fugitive, however, wan not to be found I or waa there a trace of him. ":"he description of last night's battle given today hag brought nut a belief that Tracy waa poanibly wounded In the affray. It appear that the convict wan within a few feet when he waa ctnllrnged by the auanlM. He Jumped into the brush at the Hound of voice, but could not have gone but a i-ery hhort dtHtanc-e before t shots were flred from the rifle. All the deputies .'iignged In the encounter are good miirksnn-n, nnd It la thought thit an n.itlilte Idea of the convkt'n location could be gained ft I thought (hat at leant one of the rllle bnlU mom have found its mark. If It does develop that the fugitive waa wounded, hi wll add largely !to tho chnnrea of his e.irly capture. EXCHANGE SHOTS WITH TRACT. SEATTLE. July 11. A special to the Port-lntelllgencer from Auburn. Wash, aaya: Sheriff fudlhee him just received the startling Intelligence that members of the posse exchanged shots with Tra cv a few inllca wiNt of t'ovlnaton at 11:40 o'clock. The dispatch, aent ly J. A. Dunce. tatea that the convict waa chawed fntn the brush at a point between Covington and a mile went of (here. An urgent request Is made that the hounds be sent to the Rpot at once, WOltKINO TOWAUD COVINGTON. This shows that Tracy, baffled tn his attempt to board the freight train, is working towards Covington, probably with the Intention of trying to board the nest train at a point where the grade is sleeper. It la regarded a likely that finding his pathway bar ricaded he may try to bnck-track to ward Auburn or Kent. Former Chief of Police Woolery and Deputy Sheriff Itrewer. of Everett, have ben added to the force cover ing the region between here and the Green River bridge. The bloodhounds will be aent toward Covington before daybreak in order that as little time as possible may be lost in placing them on the out law's trnll. The opinion prevails that Tracy haa now placed himself In a death trap, from which nothing but his wonderful luck can release him. SUPS TH ROUGH THE GUARDS, TACOMA, July 11. A opecial to the Ledger from Covington, Washington, early thla morning saya: Tracy has performed the marvelous again and has slipped like a phantom through the cordon of guards at the mouth of Sulce Creek, fought a bat tle uvUh deputies a mile west of here and escaped Into the timber. In the lighting no one was hurt, though when the outlaw flred twice at T. E, Crowe, he waa so close that the dep- uty could feel the burning lmder ai It wum blown from the gun. When datkiif fell Tracy wa thou(flrt to be 'securely pennd on tho point of the wMtern bluff where he had lain concealed all afternoon. Though tho guurd were atatloned thickly, one being pouted every 50 fwt ,hi wiccedHfully eluded them and travelled up the road bed for tlx? Pal mer cut-off toward Covington, five nrllea dlotaiit. ARRIVES AT 8AWM.I,t At 11:15 laat night Tracy arrived at the nawmlll plant of the Covington Lumber Company, a mile from thl place. Deputy Khertffx J. A. Dunce, Fred C. Itunce, Calvin and Crowe had been m-nt to guard thla point. X'l-pu-tli Crowe and the liuncea, father and tan, had poted themnelvea on W rail road near the aawmlll at the entrance of a trig cut through a rliw of ground, the IJuncea leing on the outer guard line. They were hardly nettk-d when they heard footntep approaching from the Auburn aide, but remained quiet un til the unknown had almoM come abreuKt of them when the challenge to halt waa given. " Hello," reitponded the atranger. " What' your name " demanded J. A. Hume. " ly name In Anderson."' Aa he gave thla reply Tracy, for it waa he, started to run. The deputies again called upon him to halt, but he kept on going, and they opened Are, ahoot Ing four time each. Tracy ran up the track and a few yard further en countered Deputy Sheriff Crowe. " Who goea there?" challenged the ofllcer. " A deputy," coolly ree ponded the outlaw. Crowe, thinking H waa the elder Buuce, larted to approach, when Tra cy opened fire at clone ronge, firing two hota. The bullet whiatled harmlessly by, but Crowe auffered allghtly from the burning powder aa It aped from the muzzle of the rllle. After shooting, Tracy turned and entered the brush along the aide of the track, where he waa lost in the blackness of the nlfflrt a few feet away. The deputies made a hurried circle through tha wood to Covington to head Tracy off, but on their arrival found that he had not pamed the station. A dispatch dated S a. m.. adds that jilnce his escape from the north of Pub-e Creek, Tracy haa attempted to ! board one of the East-bound freight trains. The grade Is heavy at this point, but the train waa running light and at such speed that Tracy waa unable to board it. Another train passed and the conductor reports that while run ning near the sawmill some one called for him to stop. As there are no dep uties there ai present It la thought Tracy la the man who called and the opinion Is advanced that he may have been wounded In the battle Juxt before midnight. A man thought to be Merrill appear ed yeaterduy at the home of a farm er a fMV miles, east of Ravenadule, near here, and wanted food. He re mained In the vicinity all day. . TO HE OltOWNrn AUGl'ST 9. Indications Are Tin; l-Mtvarl Viil Be Klrong KnDU'jr' i-v '.'hat Vlmo. IX1NPON. July 11. It is practically certain that King Edward wll be cor onated Saturday August 9. Fixing nf early date for the coronation If re garded a- additional guarantee of ccn- yau-iana nave in l"1 rdpid recuperation. It Is officially announced that there wfll be no royal program as originally planned, day after the coronation, and there vlll be no procession apart from that in which their mnlestlfs will proceed from Buckingham Palace to Weatmlns'er Abbey and return. QUESTION AS TO WITHDRAWAL. Depends Altogether on President Roosevelt. ROME, July 11. It Is understood that the question of the withdraw n! of friars from the Philippines could j be settled immediately If Washington j would accept an oral assurance of tho I Vatican that they will be withdrawn ly President Roosevelt can decide whether such promise shall be accept ed or not. SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS. MANILA. July 11. General Maxllin, who has been convicted of treason at Cebu," Island of Cebu, has been sen tenced to ! years' Imprisonment and to pay a fine of General Novt- so, who was jointly charged with Maxilln, was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment and to pay a fine. MUCH IMPROVED. LONDON, July 11. A Buckingham Palace bulletin, poste dat 10 o'clock this morning, says: "The king continues to sleep well and to Improve In every respect " TREVES, LAKINO, BARLOW." PORTLAND MAN'S TERRIBLE CRIME Kills Three Persons and Wounds Another So Badly That He Can't Recover. THE MOTIVE WAS REVENGE Tli Head Are Hi Wife, Mother- iii-Law anil a ltoomer .Murderer MurreaderH to I'oli. e. PORTLAND, July ll.-In the mad denire for revenge, real or supposed, wrong. A. L. Beldlng, a bartender. tonight shot and killed his wife, his mother-in-law, Mrs. L. McCroskey, and Frank Woodard, an inmate of the Mc Cronkey house , and fatally wounded his father-in-law, L. McCroskey. The shouting occurred at the McCroskey home at Fifth and Flanders streets. Beldlng had not lived wRh his wife for some time. This evening he went to the home of her parents, where she; was living, and 'demanded that she produce their son. a boy of 7 years. Mrs. Beldlng informed him that the boy was In bed, but Beldlng insisted on seeing him. and entered the bed room where the child lay. He remain ed there for a time and then kissing the child started to leave. On reach ing the hallway he met Woodward, whom Beldlng suspected of Intimacy with his wife: whipping two revolvers from his pockets, one in each hand, he said to Woodward: " You. firirt," and firing the tame In stant. , Woodward fell dead. Mrs. Beldlng. who bad ruebed forward, waa - next shot, dying almost instantly. Her parents came upon the scene and Reldlncr shot them both, Mrs. Mc Croskey being killed and McCroskey so badly wounded that he cannot re cover. After the bloody work was finished Belding wtlked across tfre street to a saloon and eooty invited a man to drink. He then went out to And a policeman and gave himself up. When questioned at the police sta tion, all he would say was: " I am sorry I did not kill them all. They are a bad lot and have treated me badly for years." FAILS TO SECURE THE GRANT. SAN FRANCISCO, July 11. Major Devol, general superintendent of the army transport service, has opened bids for the purchase of the Grant. He states that all the offers were much below the value of the st-sim-ship and that It is likely that the war deparment will refuse to dispose of her at present. The highest bid was MOOO. The government paid 56W,000 for the transport. She has been in the ser vice since 1S9S. A considerable amount of money has been paid out In re pairs and now a full set of new boil era is needed. It was considered tlat it would be more economical to sell her than to make such extensive re pairs. SEALS FROM PEKIN'S TEMPLE. SAN FRANCISCO. July U. Chinese Consul General Ho Yow, after Inspect ing the seals and tablets recently selied by the customs Inspectors from the baggage of Lieutenant John Schoeffel on June 20, has pronounced genuine and deciphered the inscrip tions on each of them. He stated that the seals came from the ances tral temple in lVkin and Delonged to ex-ruleis of the Celestial Empire. All the seals and jade tablets are of great value. They are heirlooms which the , , ,,,,.,. . cost CONVICTED OF TRAFFICKING. MINNEAPOLIS, luly U.-Pu);ce Captain John Fltchette was ontlcted tonight of trafficking in posit.'ons on the police force. The speoiflo charge was that he accepted S200 from J;hn Long for procuring an appointment of the latter as policeman. While the offense does not call 'or penitentiary sentence It Is of impo-tauje in the municipal office, because of the liv u cation of other officials. APPOINTED TO U. 3. COUR1. OYSTER BAY,' V. JUy 1J Sen ator McLaurin, of SJU'.h C?.:t,lna. aft er spending nearly two hours with the president, left this Kfternoon for New York While he declined to dls ouss his appolntmnet to the bench of the ITnited ?iates court of tlnuno, It is understood that such ha been agreed upon. Prol)A!.iily li tnat ial thotigh MeLeurin's ttnn in ibe en ate .will expire on the th of. next March, he will lot omotete the U,rm, but will resign to rtCcpt the offered Judicial position. NATIVES BECOME TROUBLESOME Have Killed Several People Growlrg Rebellious. VANCOUVER. B. C. July 11,-News by the Moana tra n Brisbane, Austra lia, states that Information has been received by the labor vessel Rio Logs of several ca of nvufdr In the Solo mon Islands. . The report of the government agent says: I regret to say that the natives on the east aide of Malayta from Fonna oow up to Tak Taka-Taka have been very troublesome lately. The recruiter of the laIor vaJ, Roderick Dmie. waa murdered at Uru, and the native missionary's wife w min-Hered at Qui; also her husband shortly after ward. More murders are feared, as the natives are enraged over a report that thev are soon to be stopped from suing to Queensland. The Moana also brings the news of the death of the queen of Tonga. KANSAS STILL UNDER WATER. One Boldier Is Drown-d River Reach es Danger Point. TOPSKA, Ka.. July U.-A special froTi Manhattan says: ' "Water is 13 feet high on the Un ion Pacific tracks there. The railroad bridge of the Blue River Is covered to the depth of five feet, and the wat er is rapidly rising. William R. Rick ey, a aoldisr In the Eighth v-avalry from Fort Riley, waa drowned there this evening. All trains are blockad ed. The Kansas River here has been steadily rising and haa reached the highest point. The guage shows that it la OT.f 15 feet higher than the low water mark. A number of families have be-n obliged to leave their homes. COMMITS HENIOUS CRIME. Sentenced to JS Years la the Peniten tiary. SALT LAKE. July 11. -A ipetial lo the Tribune from Cheyerne Wyo., says: This morning the poll-is arrested Art Funk, 39 years of .ige, for inminaMy assauiting two little-girhi, aged 4 and 10 years. This afternoon Funk was arraigned, pleaded guil'y t.i 1-nili charges , and tfas seu.-i.iced to 14 years In the penitjiniiry on each charge, making 2S years in ail. KING ABLE TO BE MOVED. LONDON. July ll.-King Edward has made eucb excellent progress that his medical advisors believe that his majesty is now strong enough to be moved from London. It is hoped that his majesty will be able to leave Buckingham Palace Tuesday for the royal yacht, which is at Portsmouth. SETTLEMENT NEAR AT HAND. CHICAGO, July 11. Mutual conces sions by the freight handlsrs and the railroads have paved the way for con ferences between the managers and the employes which, it is hoovd. will lead to a settlement of the freight hand lers strike. These conferences v.iU be held tomorrow morning. WILL BE ACQUITTED. MANILA. July ll.-Oourt martial of Captain J. A. Ryan, of the Fifteenth cavalry, on the charge of unnecessary severity to the natives, was conclud ed today. It is believed he will be ac quitted. The Eclipse Plumbers and Steamfilters Steatn Boat and Gasoline Boat Work a Specialty. . . Stoves and Tinware 527 BONDuSTREET HEROIC WORK IS DONE BY RESCUERS Eighty-Seven Dead and Fourteen Live Men Are Taken From the Mine. ESTIMATE ABOUT ISO KILLED ICcMC'iicr Have Difllttilt Work to Urliiff Injured Men to Opening-Many Are fCavliijr -MhiiIhc. JOHNSTOWN, Pa., July ll.-The Impression prevails among outsiders and certain employees of the Cambria Company that 150 Is the lowest esti mate of the death list of the rolling mfll, mine 87 dead bodies and 14 live men were brought from the mine to day. The officials will make no esti mate of the dead. Heroic work has been done by the rescue party of 404today. It Is diffi cult to picture with any degree ap proaching its full worth the work of the rescue. How the brave men went into the jaws of death in Its most horrible form, encountered with their fellows transformed into raving man iacs by hours of waiting in pitch dark less of the earth's interior, lifted them moanlnir from their beds of -fallen rock and then, bending and crawling on 'all fours, carrying them a quarter of a mile underground to where tha cars could be reached to take them i outside. MINE 19 ON FIRE. One cf the volunteer rescuers who came out with a dead man stated that a Are was raging in a part of the mine. Most of thoe who wen brought out alive had saved themselves by crawling into a chamber and turning on a valve of the compressed air line which runa along the entry. JOHNSTOWN Pa. July 11. Eighty seven bodies have heen recovered up to S o'clock this morning while the heroic work of rescue has not pene trated near to the seat of the disaster. Bodies now lie piled In confusion aboard cars ready to be brought mto the city. A temporary morgue has been improvised in the Johnstown armory of company H, Fifth regtment, N. G-. P, where all will be brought as soon as they are taken from the mine. The work of preparation was started at the armory durfng the night and all is now In readiness for the reception of the bodies. Rough boards are stretched on chairs and benches. A' score of men dressed In blu jumper' are waiting to prepare the horribly mutilated remains of the victims. All the Johnstown undertakers "have been pressed into service. The explosion visited horribly on the poor wretches. Heads are missing from many of the bodies, while all are burned and black ened almost beyond recognition. Grief stricken crowds linger about the mine entrances. Sleep has visited none of tfoem. No attempt at Identification was made at the mine. That will be left untfi the bodies are put In pre sentable shape In the morgue here. SUMNER IN COMMAND. MANILA, July 11. General Davis has turned over the command of the American troops in Mindanao Island to General Sumner. Hardware Co. ASTORIA, OREGON