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-V,.;. V 4, VOL. LV ASTORIA, OREGON; 1 HATCH DAY, JULY 19, 1902. NO. 17 1 Mb 11.1 i EXAMINING PLUNDER .Stolon From the Johnson liouwo near Renton Look Out? (hut i Reliable, DON'T YOU KNOW Who Is the Reliable nftthipr 5sr Up-to-Date UUU1IC1 OP ASTORIA JWuanlllkt tmanlli&t wf ttttuut J nt "hum BUY A DOZEN Of tur Handsome and Artistic Hounted and Matted Pictures and decorate your home or your bench cottage. See tlio Window Display GRIFFIN REED SOMETHING NEW FOR BREAKFAST Atlas Kiln Dried Rolled White Oota 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 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 ovory ocoafiion ; full dress, afternoon dress, business, outings; a niultitudo of choico fabrics, well made, reiidy-to-wear. The best clothiers sell them ; you know you're safe if you see the label, H S AM, in the coat ; a small thing to look for, a big thing to find. Hart, Schaffner & Marx, Good Clothes Makers, at P. A. STOKES Y AND MERRILL you are not held up and made " ii .... .V.i.i 'pi.. T RAG pay invro man vuur iieiguuvr. i no fo tiling to do is to trade with a One-Price Clothier ASTORIA, ORE. TRACY CANNOT BE LOCATED Must Wait lor Further Developments-Has Left Green River Valley. MORE LIBERAL THAN STATE Merrill' Brother Offered Literal Jtcward for Hrotlier'N Body I:xmHm Oov. Oeer - to Intercede. HBATTLE, July 18.-A special to the Pot-lnielllgcer from Auburn says. Tracy h completely disappeared from thin vicinity. Excitement of the past week hu died down and unless the resourceful dejwrado again start In pilgrimage through some section of Kin County, hit name will be for gotten. Sine the lull failure near Covington, the people are beginning to believe that Tracy has bid farewell to Green Itiver Valley ami has decided to give Pierce County officials oppor tunlty to chase him. HTOOL PIGEON A NOVEL READER WHATCOM. July U.-A man who supposedly-acted a a " stool pigeon" for Sheriff Cudihr and piloted him to the lonely cabin on the hank- of Lake Sawyer, assuring him that ft waa Tracy's hiding plaice, went from thla ulty, and hla name la Loula Ward. When hla .relative here learned of what he had done they telegraphed Sheriff Cudlhee not to pay any atten tion to the man aa he la thoroughly unreliable. They aay tie ha gained idea of man hunting from reading Are-cent novela. ,"'... , He formJ a plan of rapturing the convict by Ingratiating himself Into hla ronfldeace and then betraying him. Ilia relative here say that he wan wounded In the arm, and that the bloody rag found In the cabin were taken from It and placed there by Ward. offehed mow: than state. PORTLAND, July lS.-Though only a worklngman on amall wages, Ben H. Merrill offered more money for hla brother' b.xly t.bun the big state of Oregon, " He said he would pay me what ever I asked," said Mrs. Mary Wag oner, who discovered the remains, " If I would help him to keep the matter quiet and let him bury the body. He Intended to pay It out of hi wages I In Installments." Mrs, Wagoner, In company with Sheriff Edward Delggler, passed through Portland agadn today on her return home, a much wiser woman In the ways of the law since turning the body over to the penitentiary authori ties, but Mill hopeful 4181 she will he rewarded .when Oovernor Oeer re turned home. Although a quiet wom an her eye flashed when she revert ed to her Interview with Superintend ent J. D. Lee. of the Salem peniten tiary, from which Convict MerrlB es caped, and It waa evident Khe Inter view thoroughly aroused her latent nurture and caused her to fay same very cutting things about the matter. Ok. ...1l a m atetitvWA She has not consulted an attorney, and does not Intend to do so. Her friends wanted her to put the case In the hands of an attorney, and several lawyers offered their services, but she saild she would wait until Governor Oeer returned, bellevltnr that he would set the matter right. "I believe the people of the state would cheerfully pay the reward," saM she. " rather Khan have It said Oregon would not keep faith, I do not desire to go to law about the mat ter. Right is right, and If I am not entitled to any portion of the reward I do not want 1t. I am a poor woman, but I wouldn't touch anything that wasn't mine by right. , ' How do we know," she quotes Mr. Lee as saying, " but that after we pay you the reward some other per son will And a body and claim It Is Merrill's?" She retorted rather sharply In a way that showed native wUt that It was very funny that they would receive the body and offer to pay the expenses If they felt any doubt about the re mains being tiioee of Merrill. "Why don't you say plainly," she said, " that you are simply making excuses to keep from paying any portion of the re ward?" The superintendent tried to excuse his action further, she says, by claim ing that iter owa state of WasMng- ton had refused to pay a. reward for a noled criminal several year ago. "Even supposing that la true," she continued, " la It any reason why Oregotj ahould not carry out It promises? But 1 don't believe Wash ington would bo ao cheap. If It didn't pay the reward there waa a good rea- " To think," aald he at the dpot. " tlmt Washington ha had moat of the expert of the hunt and the thane, and becauM Merrfll'f txxly waa found there or for torn other reanon Oregon want to shirk the responsibility of Ita pledge. When ; I preaented my claim At Lee Ignored It, but eald he would settle liberally. He aaked me what the expenaes were and ' fig ured them out. They amounted to $215. He Uten said he waa authorised to pay me from I1S0 to 1250, but would take It upon Mm self to see that I got (340, which would, leave me 100. That made me angry and I told Mm what I thought. He aid that that cum was all that the governor would authorise him to pay and he could not do any better; in fact, that he had no right even to take It upon hlmaelf to Increase It another t50." Sheriff Dleggler at this point asked Mr. Lee if a peraon had asked him It the reward would be paid In case that person would bring the body of Merrill, without saying anything about the capture, what would have been his reply. " He In qutited as saying that undoubt edly be would have offered to pay the reward for the body. Mr. Delggler wanted know f the two cases were not parallel. It la said that Mr. Lee did not reply. The only difference la," said Mr. Delggler, " that Merrill was In Ore gon when the reward was offered and public opinion waa heated, whereas the body waa found In Washington and the excitement that prompted the offering "of the reward had cooled." It Is certain from the tone of tfheir conversation that both the sheriff and Mrs. Wagoner , let - the authorities know what they thought about the matter. , -A good many expresiAons were heard from oiUsena l.iy who think Mrs. Wagoner had cause for bWng aroused and that the atate did not nhow a very liberal spirit. HEAVr . TUJN3 '. RCIN FARMERS. Floods Prosperous Farming Country Loss Expected Will Be Over , $2,500,000. KEOKUK. Ia.. July 18. Heavy rains In central Iowa are sending the floods down upon the prosperous Missouri farmers which wm ruin many of tHec and cause losses, probably aggregat ing two and one half m&Hlon dollars. There seems to be no Jiope tonight for the country between Keokuk and Hannibal, 1300 square miles, mostly planted In corn with some thousands of acres of wheat tn shocks. , This afternoon an observer of the weather bureau setn telegraphic warning to all points south to prepare for the danger. Reports tonight show that a tre mendous rain along the Dea Moines river and Its tributaries. Rains all over this eectlon continue with Inches as general minimum rainfall, any many plaoes reporting five Inches. These rains will reach the lower river and flooded districts by Sunday. Both the Dee Moines and Mississip pi rivers are rising faster aa the night progrese. Late reports show that half he country for a distance of 30 miles between La Grange and Hannibal are already under water," long before the crest of the flood arrive. TWO CHILDREN CREMATED. Are Left Alone to Play In Hay Which They Set Afire. WALLA WALLA, Juy 18. Pennrd Inside a burning bam, two little chil- Mren zero Smith, aged 5, and John ' ..... smltn, agM Z. were cremated todav The babies were playing with matches In the straw and a Are resulted. At the time of the Are the father was at his place of business in the city, 'and the mother was visiting at WalUburg. The little ones were In charge of a nurse. ATTEMPTED HOLD UP FAILS. FORT WORTH, Tex., July 1S.-T vo men attempted to hold up a south bound .Rock Island passenger train last night between Saginaw tind New ark, south of this cltj'. They placed a huge pile of telegraph poles across the track. The engine struck them and came to a atop. Two masked men at tempted to. climb up Into tho engine but Engineer Knight and Fireman Mosler opened Are on them, driving them back. The robbers" escaped Into the underbrush, and the train came cn to Fort Worth four , hours late. Posses are scouring the" timber near the scene, LORD KITCHENER RESTING. NEIW TORK. July 18,-Lord Kitch ener will spnud .this week at Wilton Park, Beaoonsfleld. BucWInghamshlre, the residence of Henry White, cables the London - correspondent of ' the Tribune. - j . ABUSED WOMAN KILLS TWO HEN Men Returns Home Intoxicated and Abuses Wile Who Defends Herself. THE WOMAN IS EXONERATED After Husband Is eiliot Brother ifi-Law Srike Woman and Iterelves Remaining , Iltilletn. CA.KBONDA.LB, III., July lS.-Jaa bert brothers, who operate a small coal mine near Oravllle, were shot to death at their home by the wife of one of the men, . They had returned intoxicated and her husband had attacked her. Mrs. Jaubert fired three shots Into his body, one passing through the heart. The brother then attempted to strike the woman, whereupon Mrs Jaubert emp tied the two remaining chambers of the revolver Into his body. He died shortly afterwards. Coroner Knaue Impaneled a Jury who exonerated the wife. " , y-: THREATEN TO STRIKE. Unless Old Men Are Reinstated Freight Handlers WIS Quit Work. CHICAGO. July IS. Another strike of the freight handlers may be called Sunday next. President Curran of the Freight Handlers Union, has Issued a call for a mass meeting to be held at that time, to take action on the .re fusal of four of the railroads to re instate all the old men. Curran said tonight that when the settlement was made . U. waa jrreed with Frederick W. Job, chairman of the state board of arbitration that the old men were all to be taken back. This, he says, the Santa Fe, pan Handle, Northwesters , and Illinois Central railroads' have not done and that unless they shall do so before the mass meeting Sunday night, another walkout will be ordered. MITCHELL'S RECOMMENDATIONS, No Doubt That They Will Be Adopted by the Convention. lauiAAATOLIS, July 18. At the conclusion of the secret session, which lasted through the aftersoon, the rec ommendations of President Mitchell f ur management of the Anthracite strike were referred to a special com mittee which Is to reported to the con vention tomorrow morning. Vhere is ittle doubt that the committee will urge the adoption of the reoommenda tions fixing the rate of assessment 10 assessment 10 per cenlt or higher. Tomorrow morning the convention will! be Informed by the Colorado dele gation that miners of that state av voted to give $50,000 to the cause of the striking miners. It will be available at once. DENIES ENGAGEMENT. President Roosevelt's Daughter Nnt Acquainted With Lieut. Clark. OYSTER BAT, N. T.. July lS.-Ar- rangement9 were completed partially last evening for ex-Senator Hill, who came to Oyster Bay to spend the night with William Sheehan to meet the president, but It waa found Impossi ble to Ax upon a time hat would be convenient to both. Senator Hill re turned to New Tork without meeting - President Roosevelt. the repotted engagement of Miss Alice Roosevelt to Lieutenant Robert Sterling Clark, of New Tork. is em phatically denied by authority of Presi dent Roosevelt, who has not even a personal acquaintance with Lieuten- lant Clark. MACHINISTS RETURN TO WORK. Receive Raise of 15 Cents a Day Strike "in Progress for K Two Months. GREAT FALLS, Mont., July 18. All the striking machinists of the Mon tana Central shops returning to york this morning. . They get an advance in wages of 15 cents per day. The strike has been In progress for nearly two montns. EDNA WALLACE HOPPER'S SUIT. VICTORIA. B. C, July 18. Edna Wallace Hopper Is here with her at torney, Judge Coyne, of New Tork, to begin her action against Hon. Jas. Dunsmulr,' premier of Zritlcb Colum bia, for her mother's share of the Dunsmulr estate, he mother having married Alexander Dunsmulr, the younger brother of James. At the time of Mrs. Durmmulr's death, James Dumimuir made" a settlement with her, allowing her an annuity. . , Miss Hopper claims that at the time this agreement was made, her mother was not in her right mind and wishes to have the agreement set aside and have Alaxwider Dururmulr's share of the estate awarded to her. Mm. Duni mutr, mother of Jamas arid Alexander, la also suing James for Alexandre share of the estate m .he ground that it in here, Alexander having simply held It In trust for her. WASHINGTON REPUBLICANS. Spokane County Convention Endorses Railroad Policy of Oovernor. SPOKANE, July 18. The Spokane county Republican convention this aft ernoon nominated John L. Wilson for U. S. senator, and pledged the Rc- DUbllcan rSrtv of this Mimhr tn Mm. est support of his candidacy. The resolution was paMed declarinr the Republicans of Spokane In faor of the creation of the state railway com mission of three members, not more than two of whom shall be from one party. The Wilson forces " controlled the convention at every point, and once only did the majority break away from them when the convention endorsed the railroad policy of Oovernor Mc Bride. SHOOTS SISTERS OF CHARITT. Enters New Tork Foundling Asylum and Deliberately ?e.ns Fire on Two Sisters Believed Insane. NEW YORK, July 18. Henry F. King, 30 years of age, entered the of fice of the New Tork Foundling Asy lum tonight and shot two Sisters of Charity, neither fatally. The injured sisters are Sister Angelo, 45 years of age, shot in the right arm. and Sis ter Cecilia, 30 years of age .shot In the left arm and side. King is be lieved to be demented. He waa a foundling picked up In New York October 28, 1871, when one day old. After attaining manhood he made much trouble for the asylum authorities declaring that Joey wane concealing from him the Identity of his parents. , "' .;' VENETIAN AUTHORITY TO BLAME Had Been Warned That Tower Would Fall Unless- Strengthened. k LONDON. July 18. According to the Venice correspondent of the Times, evidence hi accumulating that the Venetian authorities have only them selves to blame for the fall of the Campanile. . . Twenty years ago, says the corre spondent, an American engineer warn ed them that the tower wou!d fall, and a decade ago, Vendrasco. an old builder with a life of experience In Vienna, who was employed In making repairs on the tower, declared tt would collapse unles3 It were strengthened. ATTEMPTS MURDER AND SUICIDE COLUMBUS. O.. July 18.-John Smith, of Washington, Pa., Is dead, and Maggie Canan, of the same place. Is seriously lit n this city from the effects of strchnlne placed In Ice cream with murderous and suicidal intent' Smith was 19 aad bis com panion is about the came age. Ac cording to the girl's story they ran away from home to get married. FREEMAN'S SENSATIONAL FINISH ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. July IS. After 20 miles of seesawing, Howard Freeman, holder of the world's 20 mile bicycle record, defeated Gua Law son by a halt lap in a most sensational finish. He went the distance In 31.11. tint stiii "Verbum Sapientia Sufficit " ' We have sold stoves and ranges In Astoria for seventeen years. We And that second grade stoves do not pay us or our enf- tomera. We have tried it. The experiment has proved a fail ure. Life is getting too short for us to excuse the short com- lngs of manufacturers. Hereafter we will carry nothing In our stock but goods that are Arst-class in every respect. We have a few stoves of Inferior make that we will dispose of at cost or less. After that you will And nothing in our stock but the - Superior Stoves and Ranees I jr you are not seeaing nrsi-ciass good a save time ana aoni come to us. We And that the best Is none too good for Astoria people. It will pay you to watch the smoke of LAWS, the Stove man. THE ECLIPSE HARDWARE COMPANY ' . 527 BOND STREET ASTORIA. ORtGON IGNORANT OF . TRAFFIC LAWS Officials Believe His Intentions Were to Defraud the Government. ADVISED TO MAKE TEST CASE flrltiali Waslifng Compound Man ufacturer Gets Himself Into Trouble With a Mixture Containing Borax. . ' NEW YORK, July W.-Emest L. , Fleming, an English manufacturer of washing crystals, who recently came to this country to Inquire Into the tariff on his products baa been ar rested, charged with endeavoring to enter into this country imported mer chandise by means of fraudulent and false invoices. Mr. Fleming was In the Federal building at the time. With a lawyer he bad gone there to consult with U. 3. District Attorney Burnett about the law. But as a previous investi gation had been made by John Cur tis, a special agent of the treasury department a complaint against Mr. Fleming had been drawn up. This was in the bands of United States Deputy Henle. who on learning thai Mr Fleming was in the building, served the warrant. He was taken before Commissioner Alexander and was helJ in $2000 bail, which was furnished at once.' . ' , v- ,:V. . In the complaint, be is charged with having shipped to this country from Liverpool by the Cev-tc -on May H, 50 bags which purported to contain washing crystals, not concentrated. It Is alleged, however, that thirty of these bags contained three tons of borax Instead of washing crystals. While sat soda or washing crystal pays a duty or one-nrtn or a cent a pound, borax pays a duty of Ave cents a pound. , " I am alt at sea on the law," said Mr. Fleming. ' I applied to the United States consul at London early in the year for definiet (information as to the import tax on wax from which washing crystals are made. He could not give any definite data on the sub- Ject and he advised me to make a te9t case with a small consignment. I did this and the shipment was miMed on the duty of one-Afth of a cent a pound. As this was satisfac tory to me, I sent another large con signment. Imagine my surprise when a duty of Ave cents a pound was lev- led on this and' this Is what I con sider a prohibitive rate. I bad no In- ' tentlon, whatever, of defrauding the government I came to get accurate informatioa from the treasury depart ment." BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Baltimore Baltimore, 5; St. Louis, 4. At Philadelphia Chicago, (; Phila delphia, 7. At Boston Cleveland, 14; Boston, 4. NATIONAL LEAGUE. At Brooklyn Brooklyn, 2; Boston, !. At Pittst-urg Pittsburg, 0; Chica go, t. Miifiiint.iis.nttt.tr