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NOT! OKI M'D I cttn fee Total I'm The Library vV.ihout p";-mixion. Any Ci Hi i. n'l of i;uch ofienso, Vv ill be Libit; to prosecution. ASTORIA. OREGON, SI.'NDAY. JULY 13. 1902. NO. 12 VOL. I.V ray EXAMINING PLUNDER Stolen From tlio Johnson Iioumo near Ronton r j that you art- not held un and made I A A If 1 1I1T topay more than your neighbur. The LVUll VU l- safe thing to do in to trade with a Reliable, One-Price Clothier DON'T YOU KNOW Who Is the Reliable ffttjiir Up-to-Date usual " OF ASTORIA BUY A DOZEN Of our Handsome and Artistic flounted and Matted Pictures and decorate your home or your heaih cottage. See the Window Display GRIFFIN t REED SOMETHING NEW FOR BREAKFAST Atlae Kiln Dried Rolled White Oats FISHER BROS., Clothes to be seen in WHEREVER you go this summer: for pleasure or for business : Lon don coronation, Paris boulevards, St. Jo, Mich.,. State Street Chicago or Broadway New York : you'll be satis fied with your appearance if you are in Hart Schaffner & Marz 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, business, outings; a multitude of clioico fabrics, well mado, ready-to-wear. The best clothiers sell thorn ; you know you're safe if you eeo the label, II S fe M, in the coat ; a small tbing to look for, a big thing to find. Hart, Schaffner & Marx, Good Clothes Makers. at P. A. TRACY AND MERRILL astoria. ORE- STOKES TRACY HAS NOT BEEN HEARD FROM Is Known to 15c About Nine Miles fiast of AuburnSeriously Wounded. HAS TRAVELED NINE MILES Wiin l.uM Seen on Thursday Night Near (Iri't-n Itlvi-r-Ciwinot Secure Any itnllrouU TraiisHirtitl Ion. RAVKNSIMLE, Wash., July 12. Hurry Tr-y, the hunted outlaw, In undoubtedly in the country lying be. twecn Covingum, Franklin and Rav- ensdnle. At )P-nl the guard are out um fur oa Frmklln on the east and along the North' rn Pacific tracks. A strong posse I leading rrom Auburn. He U thought to be wounded. Wicriff tudlhwe,ays there Is no idea tion but that Tracy In about used up. The sheriff tM-tJfv.-B that the ehase I muring the eml. He yi H will bo impossible fr the outlaw to et out of King county on tiny railroad train, consequently he mum walk, and the road are watch-d and every farm house I o well covered that hi visit would be n ported within a very few il.our Tracy s last wen on the I.. .. U. ...n.h. t of Uliuk-Diumond ht n'ght by Prank Pautot, a ranrhtr. The cn vlet inihwiI In front of I'autot'a hoa'W, rnd a Hhort dla'anc beyond It h took to th bruh. Twenty of the thirty fuard, with bloodhound. h;vo run.d for Tau UK'a houmr. IS SKIUOrKLY WOUNDED. SICXTTUE July 12 Ite advices from Auburn mate that Trat y U known to bv iOmiuI nine mlln eaat of Auburn 1K In ha.lly wounded and the sheriff, who la at Auburn, says there la no doubt that the convict's race l about ended and that while he may not be : taken f.w a day or two, he cannot gvt av,ty and 1 sure Jo be killed or cap- tun-d. THAVEt.S NINB MILE. TACOMA. July 12 A apei-lal to the Ledifcr from Knnaxkat, Washington, on I'almer cut-off ,ay; " Tracy l near here. He lum trav eled nine mile today aJid la trylnf to reach the other side of the mountain. A ponte under ex-Sheriff Woolery, with bliHidhoundu, arrived here this evenlnic anil U Is not thought the out law h.'H yet iiassed this point. NKW HATT1.ESH1P MAINE. Will Leave for Her Builders' Test Off Delaware Capes. NKW YORK, July 12. The battle thlp Maine, which has been under con struction in Cramps' shipyards, since the spring of 1S99, will leave for her builders' test off the Delaware Capes on Tuesday afternoon, says a Phila delphia despatch to the Herald The trial will take place on Thurs day, and It ! exp'etej the Maine will lie again moored at the shipyard on Friday lOasily the most powerful bat tleship that the Cramp yard haa turn ed out for the United 8tates navy, t'he Maine also Is planned to be the fastest. She must attain 18 knots speed, the same requirement as for the Russian battleship Retvlxan re cently completed at the yard. In moat respect the Maine and the Retxlsan are alike. The keel of the new Maine wks laid on February 18, the anniversary of the destruction of the old Maine In Havana harbor. There -was a delay In her suggestion, resulting In the con troversy over Uw question of armor plate. 8he was launched on July 28, 1901, Mlsa Mary Preble Anderson, of Portland, Ma-lne, a descendant of Com modore Prebb, being her sponsor. The Main.; Is 3SS feet long on the load water line. Her beam extreme Is 72 foot !!4 inches, her draught 23 feet i Inohes, and Iter displacement 12, 5C0 tons. QUESTION UNDIVIDED PROFITS. Test Case of Leathers Manufacturers' National Bank. CHICAGO. July 12. Persistent de mands from some collector of Inter nal revenua that banks pay taxes for last yer on their undivided profits has called forth a protest from tne Institutions affeo'ed. The head of heao bank insist that they have on agreement with the revenue depart ment to the effaot that no attempt will be made to collect such taxes until the supreme court lias passed on the question whether undivided prof it are to be inoluded In the surplus whl; h wan taxable under the ww rv- oriuii act, 5 Th test jbi' of the leather Manu fAoturrrs Notional Dank of N-w York aiflnt the revemio co!k:t"r of that ijllii.'t InvolecfJ ,ju-stlon an-1 was recently decided' In 1 he federal court In Nw York adverse to the banks. Tills wits Immediately fo!loMed by the d'-mamls of certain collectors that bark In tlmlr districts pay tnX'-s for lust year on their undivided prof- us. Dlsciisslnif this master, President J. H. FcrKen, of the First KaUonal Bank, who w.in ohtiirman of the bankers L'ommlUee, that waited upon the com missioner of Internal revenue In repard to this matter said: " Such demands on tiie part of col lector of Internal revenue are not In accordance with the agreement enter ed Into between the conimtesloner at Washlnirton and the committee of the American Bankers' Aaaoclatlon, wWch was that payment of the tax was not to be cnforcd pending- the conslruc lon of the staUl by the courts. The decision of the dlstrlclOurt in New York was aot unexpected, as Is evi denced by the fact that when the case was reached the government attorney ssk.-d th court to ;nter a proD.nial order Miwtaiiiliifx hi construction ot the statute. In connection with this he announced that one rlda would apal no mutter vhk-h trjty tho case was decldtd. The banker bnvc decided tft appeal from that decision and we nave an undiTstundiie vUU 'r i'omtiifs- rlonei- of Internal revenue ' liat the collection win be liel.1 In flbeyan-e, peiidlixr final settlement. A.SK FOR MARGINED PUK'K. Petition That l)lre:tors Fix a Fair Price if Corn. OIIIfAOO, July 12.A petition a hnnd -.l to Hecreta'.-y Stone of the Hoard of Trade toiiy asking tha; a " margin. 1 prl.te" be tlx.-d en July corn. ldoh had be-n corned by (he party headed by John W. GVes. The maninK of the petition ! that the di rectors proceed to fix a fair prioe of corn, based on the selling price of ceres I In the markets where the sup ply U not manipulated. Fuch a step. It U caJd, has not been taken In 2 year. Maiiaser Bamuel Scotten, of Harris, fiates & Co, said: " It s a nice idea; if tlt?y win, all right; if tiw-y lose they act baby. Vat we have done with the corn hurts no ne who had made lcgltmete trad.-s. Tlie people who have sold us com can pet the mnoey when they deliver the (roods. If a lot of fellows have sold wind, let them take the consequences." STRIKE EFFIXT9 MARKET. NKW YORK, July 12. There has ben quite an active but spotty spec ulation In a limited number of promi nent stooks this week. Interrupted by occasional profit taking. The large ma jority of stooks were neglected Hid ther were weak spoi amonjrwt the Industrials. The promising outlook for a lartr-? corn crop and an activity and prosperity in all lines of business in duce a detJrmlnetl holding of 3tocks by owners. The deadlock In the an thracite miners' sliik is a weight on the market. The heavy nnd unexpected demand for currency from the interior has averted exports of gold, but lias caused uneasiness ly the Inroads threatened upon New York bank re serves. PROMINENT NEW YORKER DEAD. NKAV YORK, July 12. William Health I-yon, who, for many years, was a leading merchant of this city, is dead at his home In Brookyn. Mr. Lyon served as a member of the board of commissioners, purchas ing supples under elgrht administra tions. He Is said to have been the first American merchant to enter Paris after the rebellion of 184$. Mr. T.yon Is said to have been the first New York merchant in his line of business to vist Europe for the purpose of procuring a better assortment of fan cy goods and small wares than could be obtained from New York Import er. 813.Y 9KRPENT APPEARS. NEW YORK, July 12. Again, the sea serpeat has been sighted. Ac cording to a World dispatch from Hal ifax, It measures 200 feet In length and was observed by pilots of Cran berry Head. It is alleged to have come near the entrance of the harbor and tlwn passed on to the north. The American steam yacht Wacouta, with J. J. Hill. pVesldent of the Great Northern railway, and his party, was coming into the harbor at the time, and, It la said, was obliged to haul out of the serpent' way. BISHOP POTTER WIUL WED. NEW YORK. July 12. The engage ment la announced of the Right Rev. Henry C. Potter, D. D., bishop of New York, to Mrs. Alfred Corning Clark, of this city. Mrs. Clark Is a well known philanthropist. FOOD FAMINE THREATENS CHICAGO Because of the Freight Handlers' Strike and the Sympathy of Those Idle. TONS OF FOOD IS PERISHING Strikem Will Aea! to KwilHi iih'ii to tVfisu HaudifiiK Car I'ai'keri by Men not Bc longing to Union. CHICAGO, July 12.-.'onference be tween the striking frelghthandler and the members of the railroads did not prxluce any definite reMilt today. Numerous meetings of the teamst-rs w:ll be belt! tomorrow for the purpose of calling a stiik.), In nymiftlny A 1th the freight handlers, but the officials of the Vganlaation declare that no strike will be called as long a they can prevent 1t. The freight handlers announced to night that they will make an efTort to call out tho railroad swit-jHtn-m l.y appealing to them not to handle cars of fr-?lgh. loaded by non-union men. A f'iod famine thr?tens Chicago be cause of the freight handlers' ' strike, and thoae who are idle In sympathy with the freight handlers. South Wator street will be unable to supply the demands for food products on Monday unless the sirlxe shall be brought to a close. Tons of perish able material lie rotting on the rail road tracks and in '.he freight houses. The freight handler Will not touch It, th? teamsters -vill not haul It and ihe ic delivery drivers will not bring ice to save it from destruction. GREAT NORTHERN STRIKE ENDS. Strikers Receive Advance of 21 Cents P Cay. ST PACU July 12. The ""four hun dred boilermakers and helpers on the Great Northern Railway system, who went on a strike six weeks ago, will return to work Monday morning. Un der the new schedule men will receive an advance of 25 cents per day. The company agrees to reinstate all die striker in Sheir ld positions. IIINKRS TO CONVINCE THURSDAY WALKESBARRE, Ps. July 12 President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers, left for Chicago today. On Tuesday he will go to Indianapolis, where he will arrange for a national convention of miners which is to con vene In that city on Thursday., 4S1 MILES IN 460 MINUTES. CHICAGO, July 12. Relaying of 4S1 miles in 460 minutes " Twentieth Cen tury" limited .on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern roa.d 'oday smash ed the records for fast running on that system and the assertion was made by officials that the 16-hour scnedule could if necessary be maintained be tween Chicago and New York. The speed at times reached 90 miles an hour. PROTEST AMERICAN INTERESTS. PANAMA. July 12. United States battleship Ranger sailed today for Chlriqul to protect the American In terests. It is rumored that General Herrerra, the revolutionary command er, has decided that all produce is the property of his government whether belonging to natives or foreigners. United States Consul Gudger goes to Chiriqui on board the Ranger to make all necessary inquiries there. MEET ON IMPORTANT MATTER. OYSTER BAY. N. J.. July .--Sec retary Root arrived tonight. The pres ident and Secretary Root will go over several matters of importance. Among them are the Smith and Waller court martial cases Mid the Philip. i.ne Friars questions. The negotiations respecting the Fri ars arc in an acute stage and they de mand delicate handling. GOES TO COMMONWEALTH. BUTTE, uly 12. The Jury in the Corbett will case this morning return ed a verdict awarding the wealth of Charles Colbert o t3ie Btate, finding the Woolbeater to be a forgery. The commonwealth claimed the estate on the rrounda that Colbert died without any known heirs and without making a Will. The estate is valued at $50,000. GUNBOATS OUT OF COMMISSION. WASHINGTON.' July 12.-Seoretary Uloody today cabled Rear-Admiral Wlide, ranking renr-admlral In .the "hllil'plne waiers, lntruftinit htm to plat, the gunboat Arayat. Hasco, Ca lamlsnes, t(i-" "-'ri, Panaya and f'aratrtia out of crmmlsfon. This will furnish n conlrcnHle number of of ficers and men to reinforce the pres ent quota on the station, which I not tat all somenurat with the duties to be performed. Orders have also ven forwarded fo- -ithdrjiw4 of the supply ship Areih'ja, She will ceroe to New York p- rd. It Is prob able that the gunboit Princeton also will be withdrawn from the Atlantic station. TELESCOPE MIRRORS ARRIVE. To Be t,l by Mill" Expedition In Chile. BAN JOSE, Cal., July 12.-The re flecting telescope mirrors ror use with the p. O. Mill' expedition from the lick Observatory to Chile, recently completed by the Rrishear Company, of Allegheny, Pa., have reacbed Mount Hamilton In perfect condition. The glass was cast In Paris and sent to Allegheny o be polUh-i. The telescope mounting to hold the mirror has been set up In the hear of th observatory. After the adjustment and testa of the assemhld sppar&tu have been :mpleied all will bo packed for ship ment about August 2 to the vicinity of Valparaiso, Chile. A modern el dome to cover the telescope ha been constructed in -levc.'and, Ohio, and will oon reach Fan Francisco for shipment. The purpxe of tins expedition is io observe spectroscopic!!? the brighter stars In the routhern hemisphere. which cannot be observed from Mount Hamilton, the observation In both hemispheres to be used by Director Cam ub ill an J Assistant Astronomer Wright In determining the motion of the solar system through space. The expedition plans to remain In Chile about three yearn. WIRELESS TELEPHONE. BERLIN, July 12. Ernest Vumher has invented a system of wireless tele phony. His experiments have been successful over a distance of three miles. The Invention acts on the prin ciple of transformation of light waves to sound wave by using searchlight ami miscropone, . ,... COFFEE JOHN GET3 90 DAYS. MINNEAPOLIS. July lJ.-Judge Simpson today gave Captain John Fitchett (Coffee John), of ba police force, 90 days at the work house, the maximum sentence possible under the law for his sale of police appointments to Patrolman John Long. KING'S BULLETIN. LONDON, July 12. At Buckingham Palace the following bulletin was posted at 10 a. m. today. " King Edward Is making excellent progress. On account of his majes ty's satisfactory condition, bulletins will be issued on alternate days only. " TREVES, LA KING, BARLOW." INSTRUCTOR INJURED. WEST POINT, N. Y July 12 -Cap-tain Edwin S. Greble, Instructor in artillery taoiics and three cadets, were injured today in an accident in the urtillery drill. Captain Greble accom panied by six cadets were taking a gun along a high embankment west of the Highland where the horse Caixain Greble was riding became un m.ineagable and leaped over the em bankment, drawing the gun carriage with It. The carriage fell upon Gre ble, breaking bdth legs. The cadets were not seriously hurt. PRICE OF SILVER. NEW YORK. July 12.-Silver, 53H. The Eclipse Plumbers snd Steamfilters Steam Boat and Gasoline Boat Work Specialty. Stoves and Tinware 527 BONDuSTREET THE DEATH LIST HAS REACHED 187 Almost All the Men at Work in Mines on Thursday Ac counted for. WILL CONTINUE THE SEARCH Further Exploration of tb Mine May Add a Few More Vic tim, But It Can't Be Many. JOHNSTOWN. Pa., July 12.-The ex tent of the catastrophe of the Cambria mine can naw be ascertained. It bow that 187 bodies ' 1s the exact number of men killed. The further explora tion of the mine corridors may add a few but It cannot be many. Al most all of the employe who could have been In the' mine at the time of the explosion of Thursday are ac counted for. " WILL TOUR THE WEST. WASHINGTON, July 12. Chairman Griggs, of the Democratic congression al committee, has decided to make a tour of the West during the coming campaign, and be expects to go as far as the Pacific coast ELECT THEIR SECRETARY. MINNEAPOLIS, July 12.-The board of trustees of the National Education al. Association today re-elected Irwin Shepard, of Winona, the permanent secretary, for a term of four years at a salary of J 4000 per year. CLAIMS ROYAL ANCESTORS. NEW. YORK, July 12.-Locked up la the Tombs, charged with burglary, 1 a young man who claims to be Karl Von Blsmark, a grand nephew of the German chancellor. LIPTON WILL TRY AGAIN. LONDON. July l!.-8ir Thoma Llpton announced at Southampton to day his determination to again com pete for America's cup. ARCHBISHOP FEEHAN DEAD. CHICAGO, July 12. The Moat Rev. Patrick A. Feetoan, , arch-bishop of Chicago, died here this afternoon. BASEBALL ; NORTHWEST LEAGUE . At Taoma Ticoma, T; Portland, 2. At Seattle Butte, 2; Seattle, 1. At Spokane Helera. 15: Spokane, I. NATIONAL LEAGUE. At St. Louis -St. Louis, S; Brook lyn, 0. At CMcagj-OWcago, I; Philadel phia, J. " ' At Pittsburg Pittsburg, 4; New York, 0. At Cincinnati Boston, ; Cincinna ti, S. AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Washington Washington, 4; Bal timore, 1. At Chicago Chicago, 7; St. Louis, 4. At Philadelphia Boston, 2; Philadel phia, Z. At Cleveland Cleveland, ; De troit, S. Hardware Co. ASTORIA, OREGON