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. N Oi l OK 1 5? VOL. LV ASTOKIA, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1902. KO. U I 1 kiU II B I "V mm JiMfcr- JttsH' EXAMINING PLUNDER Stolen From Uio Johnson Itouw near Ronton Look Out: that i Reliable, DON'T YOU KNOW Who Is the Reliable plnthipr ssr Up-to-Date UUIMCI OP ASTORIA Jftitnanllmt BUY A DOZEN Of our Iluiulrtomo and Artistic noun ted and Matted Pictures and docoruto your homo or your bench coitnge. See the Window Display GRIFFIN & REED 'SOMETHING NEW FOR BREAKFAST Atlas 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 & 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 ocenmon ; full dress, afternoon dress, business, outings; a multitude of " ' choice fabrics, well made, rendy-to-wear. The best clothiers sell them ; you know you're safe if you see tho label, II S A M,in the coat; a small thing to look for, a big thing to find. ' , Hart, Schaffner & Marx, Good Clothes Makers. , at P. A. STOKES T D A P Y 1 u rt 1 AND MERRILL you aro not hM up and made .i : i n fin. - pay more man your nwgiiuor. iue fo thine to lo in to trade with a One-Price Clothier 7tii mam tut HtuUt .ASTORIA. ORE. BODY IDENTIFIED TO BE MERRILL Warden Jayncs Will Not Swear That It Is Convict-Description Agrees. THE FACE IS UNRECOGNIZABLE Tnu y IMnt nt runner Garner' on Htinduy Compel Boy to Mhavff Mm KteaU a I'ulr orTroMwrr. CHEHALIS, Wah July M.-Depu-ly Coraner It. L. Mead Impaneled a. Jury at noon and went to the scene of th Merrill tragedy a mile south of Chehali. After viewing the surround ings, the body waa brought to Che hall, whet It rest trt an undertak Ing tablthment. Th jury then examined the bxly and adjourned unit liomorrow. The face wan unrecognisable and the body waa In a bad mute, but comparisons of the doat-rlptlon of war on Mm-rUI' hand, foot afld knee and the color of hla bair,, thwrked with those on the body. Warden Jayne. of Salem penitentiary, would not swear that the body wa that of Merrill, but expressed bin opin ion that It wa. TRACY ENJOYS SUNDAY DINNER. SEATTLE. July 15.-A special to the PoMntelIlg?ncer from Enumelaw, Wash., ay: Word reached here this evening that Tracy had dinner Sunday afternoon wfth Mnrrle Garner, hre and one half mile southeast of Enumelaw. Garner's tory has, up to the pres ent Jlme, been kept quiet by him through rhe outlaw, wbo tie aays threaiten.d him. Garner eay that Sunday afternoon a man entered hi 'house without knocking, and announc ed hlinlf a Tracy, saying "Gentle men. I am Tracy, and I want no thing lo oat." Oarnr' falher and three on had Jut finished their dinner, o they told him to sit down and help himself, which he proceeded to do. first order ing the two eldest eon to the cor ner of the room, In front of him, where he could keep them covered with hi rifle. At the time of hi en trance the youngest boy wa ahav Ing. DESIRES TO BE SHAVED. Aftr eating Me dinner, Tracy wild: " Young man. come hre and shave me." Upon the young man demurring Tra cy eatd: "That' all right: I am not particu lar, (ind If I don't kirk you need not," whereupon the young Gardner lathered hi fiice and proceeded to remove hi beard. After being ehaved, he helped hlm lf to a pair of trousers hanging on the wa'l and then went out. Thla evening some emnke was aeen ascend ing from a email gully In the foot hill 1ttt ea'R of here, and U Is be lieved by many citizen that he U In that vicinity. FINDING OP THE BODY. CHEHAU8. Wash., July ir..Mr. Mary Wagoner and her 12-year-old ?on. have found the dead 'body of David Merrill, who wltih Harry Tracy escaped last month from the Oregon penftenM- ary. hihlnd a log on an unfrequented road four mllea southeast of this place. The ghastly discovery was mad shortly before dark Ijust evn Ing, while Mrs. Wagoner and her son were searching for blackberries. The body wa sllghOy decomposed, but easily recognisable as that .f Merrill. There waa a bullet hole In 'the back and another In he left wr'rt. The body was dressed In dark bUie trous ers, a dnrk coat, a Mack hnt and hnavy hoes. It had been dumped over the log head first, and lay wfth the face concealed. Mrs. W,wir's nn fame hlere this morning . and notified the coroner of the find, and tho body Is now being brought In. A settler named Vertm, who Mves a few hundred yards south of the place where the lody waa found, haa Identified It as that of one of th two men who went vast his place June ,28, the day Tracy said he killed Merrill.' Both men. Verba says, wore heavily armed, wnd he thought at the time that they were Tracy and Merrill. THE STORY CONFIRMED. TACOMA. July 15. A Ohehalla spec ial to the Evening News lays; Superintendent Westendorf, of the state reform school, and Dan W. Bush have returned here, and confirm the atory of the finding of the body of the escaped convict, Pave Merrill, who waa killed by hU pal, Harry Tracy. The body la undoubtedly that of Merrill, and he wa klllid at t o'clock (Satur day morning, June 2S. The body wa found by Mr. May Wagoner wd hnr 12-year-old son, of Napftvlne, yester day aflern'on, who will claim the reward of Whll pli,kng ber ried tbey discovered the corpse thrown over a log and Jammed between two trve timip, a few feet off of the train road. A bullet hole Is plainly aeon in the bark, and alto one in the wrist. Another is tielleved to be In the neck, Three M-30 Winchester hell. were found, ona behind a cedar tree at the roadldekand two about 10 feet from ttoe corpse. The Indications are that Tracy fired the first shot from behind the tree ,and then completed the as s&fttlnatlon of ins dying pal and brother-in-law. Tracy first told the story that he had killed Merrill the day he rode In a captured launch to Seattle, July t. FOt'K DEAD; MANY 'INJURED. Disastrous Explosion of Dynamite In Another Mine In Pennsylvania. JOHNSTOWN Pa., July IS. A Wart of dynamite caused an explosion In No. 4 mine of the Berwlnd-Whlte Company, at Whynber, Pa., at noon today, kilting four men and Injuring many other. No. 4 1s about seven mile from the Mill Creek entrance of the Rolling Mill mine, whwe the ter rible explosion occurred Thursday last. Reports of the Urns of life at the Whynber mine are conflicting. The of ficials are reticent, and, while ad mitting thu an explosion had occur red, refuse to say anything as to the dwne to life and property. Physi cians and t""l''have gone to the scene and are minixtering to the In jured In the mine. PRICE OF CORN GOBS DOWN. Bulls, Falling to (Corner July Options, Abandon the PlSh. CHK'AGO, July li.-ll.ills in the corn pit, trying to form a freer In the July options, al)i3)ii-d I'ut.r po sitions today, and cereal, left to Itself, fell from Its lofty price and floundered 20 cents under yeeterday's best figures. Two causes were attributed to the action of the market the Immense r rivals of corn, tempted to the, market by fmcy price.' and "settlement with many of the July shorts by Gates' New York bull clique of cornerars. Whether the corner haa been broken or whether Ute action of the Mill party Is tlmply bait for the unwary, the trade Is at loss to understand. Com mon rumor has It that the July deal Is over and all that remains t tm done Is for the bull crowd to get ri3 of the cafh corn that haa been deliv ered to it. ENDORSE PHILADELPHIA PLAT FORM. JOPI IN. Mo.. July 15. Republican state judicial convenlon to complete the ticket named at Jefferson City. made the following nomination: Justices of supreme court Moees AVhybark, of Bllllnger County; Henry Lamb, of Pettis County; Edward Klg- bee, of Schuyler County. Judge of St. Louis court of appeals Edward C. Elliott, of St. Louis. The resolutions simply emlorxe the Philadelphia and Jeffwsan City platform , QUARREL RESULTS IN DEATH, The Strangers Hall From the State of Indiana. SALT LAKE, July lo.-Danlel Allen this afternoon shot and Instantly kill ed R. H. Brown. The men, who are strangers In this city, quarrelled In the olflre of an employmest bureau. The men are Sitld to have come from In diana. ' . ONLY CHANCE FOR 8POONER. MADISON. Wis.. July 15. The Re publican state convention will meet tomorrow. Followers of Governor La Follette, who are In control, are deter mined that the only condition on which United States Senator Spooner on which endorses! for re-eleotlon la for him to recall his letter of withdrawal from being a candidate for re-election and stand upon the principle to be adopt ed by the committee on resolution atidJ support candidate to be nomlanted by the convention. REPORT OF ASSAY DEPARTMENT. BOISE, Ida., July 13.-The state ment of the United States army office ihows the production of gold, lead and silver In Idaho during the calen dar year 1001 was $18,481,916. For 1900 the amount was $18,236,849. Decrease was attributed to curtaillmg of pro duction of lead and riltver mines of the Coeur d'Alenes.' " " POPE 13 -GRIEVED. - ROME, July 15.-Cardlnal Rampolia, the papal secretary of state, only this morning Informed the Pope of the death of Archbishop Feehan, of Chi cago. The pontiff was much grieved and retired to pray for the repose of the late archbishop's soul. ' DEADLOCK IS NOW BROKEN Majority of the Striking Freight handlers Will Return to Their Work. TEAMSTERS TO MEET TODAY Aome of the More Radical Union ist May ItafiiHe to Accept . Ternia Which Hftre Keen Offered. CHICAGO. July IS. With agree ments reached between th four rail roads and their operators, the great strike of the freight handlers riid the teamsters that haa paralyzed the In dustries of Chicago for a week, la ap parently broken. - A majority X the strikers are expected to return to work tomorrow. Some of the radical unionists iray refune to accept Uie terms accepted by the representative committees, but apparently they will be able to wield but little Influence with the majority of atrickers.'' """ -""V ' A meeting of the freighthandlers has been called for tomorrow and upon the action taken at this meeting will depend the attitude of the striking teamsters, BIO ROW STARTED IN HELENA. Water Company Shuts Water Off From the City Prosecution Is Threatened.' HELENA, Mont. July 15. The He! ena Waterworks Company notified the city today that its bill for June not having been paid. It would shut off water for fire and sewerage purposes at . noon, July 24. . The city , served the company with notice that should It attempt to shut off the water, It would be prosoeu- nr contempt un der the order of the late Judge Horace R. Buck, made In )S5, and that steps would be taken to forfeit Its fraa ohiae. KING NOT FATIGUED. Stood Trip From, Palace to ' Yacht ' Well, and Id Pleased Witfi the Change. COWES, Isle of Wight, July U The royal yacht, having on board King Bdkard, Queen Alexandria and the Princess anchored In Cowea Roads to day at 4:20 p. m,,' after a short cruise eastward. It was officially given out thla even ing that the king was not fatigued by the journey, nor in the least distressed by th transfers, and that his majesty expressed great pleaure at the change. BURIAL OF PAUNCEPOTE. Remains of Late British Ambassador Laid to Rest" LONDON, July 15. Memorial ser vices for Lord Pauncefote, the late ambassador of Great Britain at Wash ington, were held at noon today In the Chapel Royal, St. James Palace, All the members of the American em bassy and many members of ttoe roy alty and the goveirnment were pres ent : Simultaneously with the services here the remains of Lord Pauncefote were intsrred in the churchyard of East Stoke near Newark-on-Trent. TICKET SALE COMMENCES. SAN FRANCISCO, July 15.-The sale for tickets for the big fight opened this morning and before noon some large orders had been received. Fltz- slmmons declares that If Jeffries re mains the favorite in 'the betting, Uhore will be a shake-up among the plungers when the. light has run its length-. Odds are remarkably strong thus far In favor of the chmaplon, and still there seems to be plenty of ntxsimmons money in sight. HIGH WATER GOING DOWN. TOPEKA, Kas July 15.-The high water In the Kansas and, Blue Rivers has subsided. The damage done to crops by the floods will reach many thousands of dollars. MUST WITHDRAW FROM MAN CHURIA. VICTORIA B. C, July 15.- Major- General Dorward, who was In com mand of the allied troops at Tien Tsln arrived by the steamer Empress of India today. In an Interview he said that unless Russia withdrew from Mahncurla according to the terms' of 'the agreement with China, there would be war 1n the far Eairt a Ja pan was prepared to fl?ht to gt Rus lla out of that territory. Although the Russian. had not yet made any move toward evacuation he had no doubt that they would do so when they found that Japan wa In earnest. STEEL TRl'ST ANSWERS SL'IT. Prerfdent Schwab Asserts the Trust's Property Is Worth More Than $l,4OO,Ort,0OO. NEWARK, N. J.. July 15,-Tbe ana wer of the United States Steel Cor poration to the suit designed to pre vent the $200,900,004 bond conversion plan, brought by J. Asplnwall Hodge, William H. Curtis and Bernard Smith, f!I?d today. The suit Is based on tho contention that the corporation's asset do not equal the amount ot Its preferred stock, and that therefore it cannot proceed as Intended under the act of 1902. The answer, which Is upported by an affidavit of Charles Schwtib, states' that the assets will amount to the entire stock, bonds. common and preferred, or more than $1,400,000,000. Mr Schwab In his affidavit maintains that his position Is such as to give him knowledge of the actual worth of the properties and lists Ills estimate of their value. He says among other thing that the earnings ot the cor poration In the 15 months of Its exist ence have been in excess of 10 per cent of the entire capita! stock. SEVEREST ,WINDSTORM IN YEARS SPOKANE, July 15.-A dispatch from all sections of Eastern Washing ton and Northern Idaho show that last night's windstorm was the worst In the history of this section. A num ber of building were blown down, the roofs were lifted aad trees were op rooted and twisted oft Much damage was wrought in orchards and the grain fields. In the timber region the loads are blocked by fallen trees. Campers on the shores of the mountain lakes passed a night of terror. The waves ran so high that they dared not seek refuge on, the water from the fallen trees around the camps. WINDSTORM AT PENDLETON. PENDLETON, July 15. A windstorm las evening, -lasting Aw an hoar, was one of the most severe that haa ever visited this city within the memory of the oldest inhabitants. It Is feared considerable damage has been done to wheat, particularly In the Cox -he&t which is ripe, and Is now in condition to shatter. THE WIND AT EUGENE. BITGENB, July 15. An unusual windstorm prevailed here this after noon and dut was blown In clouds everywhere. Several trees were blown down, breaking telephone and light wires, but no more serious damage Is reported. . " THE GALE AT DALLAS. ' DALLAS. Ore., July 15. One of the severest windstorms! ever known ' In this valley at this time of the year oc curred here yesterday. Many trees were Wowa down and haying was stopped. The wind Mew a perfect gale all afternoon. ' WIND DOES MUCH DAMAGE. WALLA WALLA, Julv 15. Renorts from the surrounding country say that a high wind Monday evening destroy ed from 25 to 50 per cent of the glow ing grain in the north and west part of Umatilla County, Oregon. Many warehouses were blown down in the Eureka Flat country. - - THIRTY PEOPLE DROWNED. ST. PETERSBURG, July 15. Thirty persons were drowned today by the sinking of a small passenger steamer on the Luge river near Probroa-Schen-skaln. The disaster was caused by over-crowding. Only those who were on the upper deck were saved. The Eclipse Plumbers snd Steamfilters. Steam Boat and Gasoline Boat Work a Specialty. . . Stoves and Tinware 527 BONDuSTREET ATTEMPT TO BREi JAIL FRUSTRATED One of the Plotters Gives Story . , Away in Time to Pre- 1 vent Murder. A GANG OF NOTED THIEVES Intended to Kilt Jailer if He 11 fused to Open the Doors Twelve Haw Found In the Cells. . r : WHATCOM, Wn., July IS. Throng the squealing of one of the plotters, tihe sheriff has Just been enabled to prevent a desperate JaUbreak whtok was to be led by H. St. John, a for mer president of the ScandlsavleJ bank, of this city, and who is notr awaiting sentence for -wrecking It, and Bud Cox, a noted desperado and ex- convlot. The skory was told to the sheriff by Charles West The fourth man was to be John Harrington, who was co" V vfcrted of asslrtlsg Cox In the Fair haven hold-up. According to the Anrf told by West twelve saws -were smug gled Into the Jail by friends of St John. , He alo says the plan Includ ed th grabbing by Cox of Sheriff Brts- bln and his murder In case he refused to open the Jail doors. CHINESE CRUISSR BLOWN UP, Estimate Loss of Life Is Placed at On Hundred and Forty. VICTORIA. B. ?.. July 15. Details are given in the Chinese papers re ceived today.of the blowing up of the Chinese cruiser Kaichl, which was ly ing at Hstakuan and used as a train ing ship. The flret report placed th loss of life at 150 but more reliable papers say It will not exceed 140. The general belief Is that a light was carried Into the mngaxtne when the men went to get shells to fire th telute. ! " . :S CHEMIST LACHMAN RESIGNS, His Position at Oregon University to . Accept Governmest Position. BERKELEY, Cal.. July 15. Profes sor Arthur Lachman, : head of the department of chemistry at the Ore gon University, has resigned his r tlon to accept a place as government investigator of natural products ot the Philippines. . , , BASEBALL ', NORTHWEST LEAGUE. At Seattle Helena, S; Seattle, 8, At Spokane Spokane, T; Portland, 1 At Tacoma Butte, 6; Tacoma, NATIONAL LEAGUE. At Pittsburg Pittsburg. 5; Boston, i. At St. Louis St. Louis. S; Philadel phia. 4. At Cincinnati Cincinnati, 10; New York, 2. At Chicago Chicago, 4; Brooklyn, L AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Boston Boston, 0; Cleveland. 2. At Baltimore Baltimore, t; St Louis, 13. At Washington Washington, 5; De troit, 4. At Philadelphia-Philadelphia, 9; Chi cago, S. Hardware Co. ASTORIA, OREGON