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VOL. LV ASTORIA. ORI-GOX, SUNDAY. JULY 20, 1902, NO. 18 TRACY AND MERRILL EXAMINING PLUNDER Stolen From the Johnson Iioiiho near Renton I AAu I 111 I to jmy more than your neighbor. The lwVUlV VU ! safe thing to do into trado with a Reliable, One-Price Clothier. DON'T YOU KNOW Who Is the Reliable flAthiar ................... . IV-A- ..1 .1111 1111,1 f3C- IID-HI'Udie vwr..w Up-to-Date OP ASTORIA FISHERJBROS., .ASTORIA. ORE. 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 Schaffher & 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 dress, business, outings; a multitude of , , choice fabrics, well rondo, ready-to-wear. The best clbthiors sell thorn ; you know you're safo if you soo the labol, II S & 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 MINERS APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE Will Cost One Million Dollars per Month to Continue the Strike. ACCEPT MITCHELL'S PLANS BUY A DOZEN Of our Handsome and Artistic riounted and Matted Pictures 4 and decorate your homo or your beach cottage. . Heotho Window Display GRIFFIN & REED SOMETHING NEW FOR BREAKFAST Atlas Klin Dried Rolled White Oats Are Confident That They Will Win ; ltiii-M( That Work He Found for a Many Men un I'ohnIIiU?. INDIANAPOLIS, July 19.-The con vention of the "Pnlted Mins Worker adjourned thl afternoon after declar ing iglnt gmer.il trlk, provid ing fur the raising of the funl, with which to alii the striking Anthracite miner and Issuing an appeal to the American people for 'upport. Recommendation brought ty a ptc- lul committee, during the executive cMKlnn of yesterday nd practically Identical with those suggrittcd by President Mitchell on the first day of the convention end were unanimously adiH'tcd. It w voted alco ihnt each union In the region -that are at work select a committee which ha!l secure work for ai many of the men on the strike a possible In their locality, where the local union can ailt them, and th:it the lima rviuet be made of local un- kin of American Federation of Labor and aloo that a committee be appoint ed by the local union to canvas the busine men and other citizen of their localise for subscription. An add real to the people was adopt ed by the convention, after aclting forth at length the causes of the strike from the standpoint of the miner as follow: "We appeal to the people at large to bring all polble prewure on the officer and stockholder of the Anthra cite coal carrying railroads and other Anthracite coal Interest to treat con sistently the appeal ot their employe for arbitration. " Care of 150.000 men and their fam ilies in the struggle. uoh a this, will require the expenditure of a large sum of money In the. purchase of food. Our own resources are limited.. We have made a large ement on those mem ber who are at work. We need mote money for that purpose and we appeal to the trade union and trades union ist and to every lover of fair play, to assist u In raising a million dol lars per month from outside resource u long aithe strike may last. - " We believe thut with this amount of money, together with the amount received from our own members, we can continue the struggle until Justice ha bn secured for the Anthracite miner." CHINAMAN WANTS TO GO HOME. Una Difficulty In Proving That He I a Oltlxen. SAN FRANCISCO, July 19.-Lo Lin Jow, a Chinese who has been refused a parport by the Chinese bureau in thl city 1 in a peculiar position. He Is desirous of taking a trip to China, hut ha no certificate of registration a he claims he I native torn. The bureau refused to admit that he la a native, though it ha not detained him for deportation. In order to have a chance to show In court that he I a cltlien, Jow had himself arrested and charged with illegal residence in this country. He wa brought before IT. 8. Commissioner ' Heacock declared that if he granted a hearing on such a charge to Jow that thousand of oth er Chinese would follow their coun tryman' example and try to prove rlvelr citizenship. A hearing before him wa not the proper mod of pro cedure, As to how Jow wa to extri cate .himself from hi anofalous posi tion the commissioner did not say. MISSISSIPPI RIVER . BREAKS LEVEE Millions of Dollars Worth of Crops Are Ruinerby the Floods. ILLINOIS FARMS IN DANGER Itlver ( out Iiiiicm to Kie-1 1 ,0O0 ArrcM of C'rouN Are tinier Water tattle Ij Injf , From I)leac. KEOKUK, la.. July W.-Coiidltlon were much worse today ani the Mls- ilaflppl river 1 from two to ten mile wide for S mile below Keokuk and I rising ralrly. The flood 1 reach ing the for ouUylng farm and the farnwert in the lowlands on the Mis souri side have lost every thin? but citadel ,on the high knoll and a few Held behjnd the high levies. The Lima and Hunt levees, opposite Cantori, Missouri, which protect many tuiu&ro mile of corn In Illinois, are being constantly patrolled, and some hoi are entertained that they may geld behind the high lovees. ' The greatest damage i on the .Mis souri side of ,the Mississippi river be tween Keokuk and Hannibal, a terri tory covering 360 quare mile and on which the corn was esirhated at SO bu.'lhels to an acre a few day ago. Reports today are that the territory indicated loss will be over 2.000,(K0. The damage up the Mississippi is greati-r than at flrfrt reported. One township In, thl county,. Green Bay, I under alst or seven feet of water. It contain ver, 11,000 acre of crops. The levee eight mole north of Bur lington brok. Inundating three erjuare mile of land. Skunk rtVSr', lhV'm"fl destructive tributary A the Mississippi, Is rearing down with the flood, exceeded Imt twice In the history of the state. Rail roads in Iowa will be put to a great cost In maintalnence of their tracks and tup safety of their trains. The Burlington and Rock Island system are closely patrolled by their natch-men. Thousands of acre are submerged In Appanoose county, Iowa. A new element that ha sheared all over the flooded districts of . Iowa is disease among the stock from the condition of pasture overflowed slightly before and used after a temporary subsidence of the water. SOLDIERS CAUSE SERIOUS RIOT One Thousand Soldiers Surround - ; Resort, and Demolish All in Sight. NEGROES ARE IN DANGER Heek Vengeance for Murdering a Member of Company Se curing AnnaTrouble I Threatened. LAWRENCE, Ka., July 19. About 1000 soldier surrounded resort' In town, and demolished the doors and window and furniture. This was done In revenge for the fatal stabbing of Ed. Doucks, a member pi Company F, of the Sixth Infantry, thl morning by a negro In the resort. A riot call wa ecnt to- thft police headquarter and a dozen officer hur ried to the cene. Police marched down the etrset with gun -leveled on the crowd. A doien shot were fired along the front of the soldier. " A score were clubbed. , Quiet ie now re stored, but the soldier and negroes are buying guns and serious trouble 1 anticipated. " SOLDIERS CONTINUE RIOT. - ' . f LEAVENWORTH, Ka., July 20. Policeman Wagner struck a soldier In the back of the head at 1 o'clock this morning. It Is believed his neck I broken. Great excitement prevail. Down town the streets are swa.rm4ng with soldiers. Troop F, Fourth caval ry, under command of Captain Tyre Rivers, rode into Leavenworth, fully equipped, at 2 o'clock this morning to quiet the riots on tire streets and dis- MTSTERT OF CHAS: HILL SOLVED Real Name Was Salem Charles, Des cendant of a Prominent Bos ton Family. LOrf ANGELES, Cal., July 19. The mystery surrounding theentlty of a man known as " Charlea Hill." who died in the Good Samaritan 'Hospital jin this city on May 17, leaving $!42,OW CLASH BETWEEN OPPOSING BOATS GEN. BROOKE TO BE RETIRED. WASHINGTON, July 19. A general order has been prepared at the war department retiring Major General Brooke, who will reach the age limit of 84 year on Monday. With the ex ception of General Mile, General Brooke 4s the only officer on active list of the army who reached tho grade of brigadier general during the civil war. BIG OIL DEAIa VANCOUVER. B. C. July 19.-One I of the largest deal ever made in the Klondike wa completed yesterday when Ohfha.fA Hill was "vouirht bv a syndicate of Pennsylvania oil klngsl The price paid tt close upon 11,000,100. MISSIONARIES ARE: INJURED. Assaulted by Gang if Japiuwe Woik- men Fn noure to Dedicate Church. WASHINGTON, July -19. -An ac count has reached here of the details of an assault ..-ommltted on some Methodist missionaries in "rea by Japanese coolie .tboat the irth of list month. A Biahop Moore of the K. E. church wa en route to the tewn of Soowxmto to dedicate a church, his party was attacked by Japanese ccol- les who were building the railroad front Seoul to Fusan. With the bishop were bis young daughter and Messrs. Appene!lr and Swearer and all of the party suffered. The bishop' pith helmet raved his skull from a cru.hlng blow. Appen- aeller was struck down by a Uow from a club and Swearer, the other mis sionary, was struok with a piece ot cordwood, which gasher . Ms head across the forehead to the bone-and may have permanently injur one eye. The Japanese minister at Seoul Imme diately put In motion all the machin ery at hi command to secure the capture and punishment of the assail ants). It does not appear that any racial feeling caused the attack. BUILD PLANT AT M'KEESPORT. PITTSBURG. July I9.-The ITnitcd States Steel Corporation has acepted the offer of the citizens' comlittee of McKecsport and will build Ita 410,000.- 000 tube plant In that city. The site covers a total area of 15 blocks. The proposed work at Loraine, Ohio, will probably be built at a coat of about $10,000,000, and 11 of the tuue plants of the big steel corporation will be concentrated at' McKeosport and Lo raine. BRYAN STARTS LECTURE TOUR. LINCOLN. Neb., July 19.-WMlam , Brvsn left tonight for an extend ed speaking tour in the Eastern cities. HI orlnclpal political address will be at New England Democratic League meeting on the 2-tth. The trip Is un derstood to be the beginning of active camoalgn on the part of Bryan during khe summer and fall months. in cash, has been solved. His real name was Salem Charles acd his home was a Brimfleld, Mass. The sory of tho search for heir by the public administrator and his attorney, Leon Moss, is interesting. s , . After following up innumerable al leged clew?, all of which came to taught, Administrator Kellogg found among the old man' effects en old family Bible on the fly leaf of which was written sentences almost faded and rendered illegible by age. The writing was magnifld and the name "Charles" and "Brime Mass." were deciphered. Attorney Mos went to Brlmfield, Mass., and without dls-los-ing his Identity, found a family named Charles, which had been prominent In that locality for 200 years. After a thorough Investigation, Moss convinc ed himself that he had found the fam iv of the deceased. There i"re eight direct heirs to the estate, the most prominent of whom Is Salem Darius Charlos, chairman of the board of street comnis-jioners of Boston. , Old msn Salem Charles had ahvay been an eccentric character pnd no reason has been found tor his change ot name. He is said to have made his money In importing cloth while residing In Texas before and during the civil war. PATTON CONTROLS THE OATS. . CHICAGO, July 19. It was a wiJd day In oats. The cause" was largely due to that there Is a natural corner in July new options. Mayor James Paltton, of Evanston, who cornered the May oats, Is credited with a line of nearly two million bushets of new July and as receipts are very small and contract grading much smajle.' the shorts are fearing a still wrse condition. Vd to a few days " ago promises for a good oat harvest came to hand repeatedly. July opened 3 up, at CO, then jumped to 66; closed at T4 up, at 12. - PROTEST AGAINST CRUELTY. NE3W YORK. July 19. -At a largely attended meeting held at Cooper Un ion of Russian and Poles, prided over by Isaaa A. Hourwlch, of Wash ington. D. C. resolu'lons were sabpt- :ed " protesting against the atrocities perpetrated by the Russian govern ment against the champions of oli tlcal freedom and democMtlo Inftltu- tions in Russia and against the brutal jfiogglng of defenses men and wo men," . Revolutionary and Government Vessels Fight Sea Battle Off Panama. SEARCH FOR TRACY IS ABANDONED After Forty Days of Continual Pursuit Jhe Fugitive Has Disappeared. - NSURGENT BOAT DAMAGED After,the Fight the Vettsel De parted and Another En counter in Ileliered to JIc lu I'rojrrew. PRNRMA, July 19.-The Insurgents' gunboat Padilla and Darien appeared last night between Fletraonlca and Ot tlque Island. Governor S'az.r or dered the government gunboats Chu- ehuito and Clapet to Pueto sea, and meet them. Heavy cannonading la taking place. ; The cannonading between tre gov ernment and revolutionary ve.'sel con tinued until 4 o'clock this nfteroon. At 2 o'clock the Darien wa seen in tow of the Padilla and It Is believed she had been hit. ' , , .The government fleet wa handicap ped by the absence of the gunboat Bovacai, which wa being repalrd. It i thought the Insurgent general, Her- rerra, decided to attack Panama to prevent the government from helping General Bertia's troop at Agua Duko. The United Sate gunboat Ranger during part of the heavy firing was back of Flamenco Island, - " ; At 5 o'clock the Padilla has gone. The Ranger left the Bay of Padilla. and started, taking the same course. It 1 thought probable a battle la be ing foughf at Agua Dulco. ...JESSGlNBErt EVANS SHOT." Killed by Laborer Believed to Be a Crank. BUTTE. July 19. W. J. Evans, con sulting enginer of the Big Washoe smelter of the Amalgamated Copper Company at Anaconda, ana one of the best-known enginers of the North west, was shot this morning In that city by John McGeary, a .'aoorer, be Heved to be a crank, and was fatally wounded. TYPHOON CAUSES DAMAGE. HONS KONG, July 19. A typhoon of unusual severity has caused con siderable damage here and in this vi cinity. It la estimated there Is - 29 fatalities. ACCEPT CONDITIONS. PEKIN, July 19. Chinese officials have formally notified ministers of the Dowers'of their acceptance of condi tions of restoration of Tien Tsin to China. WES'S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP. CHICAGO, July 19. Louis James, of Glenviey, won the amature golf champtondhlp this afternoon from E. M. Byers. of Pittsburg, four up and two to go. i KING OSCAR VISITS WARSHIP. CHRISTIANA, July 19.-KIng Os car, of Sweden and Norway, visited the United States flagship Illinois today. THE CHASE HAS COST $10,000 Since I1U Entrance Into Wash ington llellaa Killed Three Officers and Fatally Wounded One, TACOMA, July 19. After 40 day of continual pursuit by men and blood bounds, all organized effort to capture Tracy, the escaped Oregon convict, has ended. Tracy, may now be considered as any other fugitive from Justice with a price upon hi head. To pursue Tracy through Clarke, Cowlitz, Lewis, Thurston, Pierce, Kit- top, Snohomish and King counties, has cost these counties $10,000. In this state he has slain three of ficers, desperately wounded one, who may not recover, and awassinated hi partner, Merrill. DISCOURAGED MAN 8UTCIDE3. Writes a Letter to Hid Brother Tell ing Where to Find His Wife. CHICAGO July 19. In a room on the second floor of 3s0 West Adams street, the body of a man was found last plght In an advanced state of decomposition. It had lain there two days and a rope around the neck with one end tied to the knob of a closet door, showed that the man had hang ad himself by throwing the""rope over the door. A note wa found addressed: 'My brother, J. J Wise. 240 Third street, PWladelphfa,,'; on the back of a photograph of an attractive looking woman was written: " You will find her (my wife) In Webbsrvllle Mass., with a man named Finch and she will never prosper for what she bas done." The body was sent to the county . morgue, t DENIED HABEAS CORPUS. SA NFRANCISCO, July 19. The pe tition for a writ of habeas corpus sued out by the attorney of Joseph Black, the alleged Masaclmsetts for ger, has been denied by the supreme court. Black will now Me turned over to the Massachusetts officers. . BASEBALL. . ' NORTHWEST LEAGUE. , At Seattle Helena. T; Seattle, 3. At Spokane Portland, 5; Spokane, 1 At Tacoma Butte. 5; Tacoma, 2. AMERICAN LEAGUE. At . Philadelphia Philadelphia, 9; Cleveland, 3. - tA Boston Boston, 2; Chicago, 0. At Washington St. Louis. ; Wash ington, . At Baltimore Baltimore. 2; Detroit, 1 NATIONAL LEAGUE. At St. Louis St. Louis. 2; Cincin nati, 1. ' At Pittsburg Pittsburg. 5: Chicago. 0 At New York Philadelphia. 4; New York, 3. At Brooklys Brooklyn. 6: Boston. 4. " Verbiim Sapientia Sufficit." i We have sold stoves and ranges In Astoria for seventeen years. We find Uiat second grade stoves do not pay us or our cus tomers. We have tried it. The experiment has proved a fall uro. Life Is getting too short for ua to excuse the shortcom ings of manufacturers. Hereafter we will carry nothing In our stock but goods that are first-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 find nothing In our stock but the Superior Stoves and Ranges If you are not seeking first-class goods save time and don't come to us. We find that the best Is none too good for Astoria people. It will pay you to watch the smoke ot LAWS, the Stove man. ' - ' . ' THE ECLIPSE HARDWARE COMPACT 527 BOND STREET AST0PIA. OREGON 8 1 11 n n 4;.;-i.S.4..... x..;.. - '