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VOL. IV.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1900.
NO. 47.
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OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS
Oaiapreltenslvn Kovlow of the .Import
nnt llnppniiluic of tho t'nat Week
Culled From tho Tnlegrnph Columns.
Tho U. S. battleship Kearsargo hna
boon placed iu com mission.
Senator Simon, of Oregon, Intro
duced a bill appropriating $250,000 to
establish a mint at I'orthiml.
Former Judgo Win. S. Vest, a promi
nent and wealthy citizen of Minneapo
lis, is dead in Los Angeles, aged 03
years.
Buller has surrounded tho Boers at
Colonso and compelled them to rotiro
across tho Tugela river. The British
capturod 100 prisoners.
It is fald that Dr. Loyds had for his
solo purposo in going to Germany, tho
establishment of a German protectorate
over tho Doer republic.
Voluntary requests for retlromsut
from tho navy have come in so rapidly
siuco January 1, that forced retire
ments will not bo necessary.
At Oakland, Cal., tho largest earo
of lumber ever consigned to that port,
is now being discharged. It consists
of 1,200,000 feet of Oregon pine.
Dr. William Troacy, witness in tho
caso of Sonator Clark, of Montana,
thought it a lingo joko to offer a su
promo court judgo money for his honor.
A board of survey has inspected tho
United Statos hospital ship Missouri,
now at San Francisco, and found that
many repairs are needed. It will prob
ably bo two month before tho vessel
is ready for sea.
Munir Hoy, envoy of tho saltan of
Turkey at Paris, Iiiih presented Presi
dent Louhot with tho insignia and
grand cordon of tho Ordor of Nichi
miiiiaz, tho highest decoration in tho
Turkish empire.
Lenders in Polish national olrclos of
Chicago say there is a secret National
Polish League, which is extended
throughout Km ope and America, and
that it has existed for 14 years for the
purjioso of freeing Poland by force of
arms or any otlier mctliou. They aio
hoping for war between England aud
tho Czar.
Assistant Secretary Allen has been
notiliod by tho secretary of tho treasury
that tho revenue mariuo service will bo
glad to participate iu tho war collego
exorcises of tho coming summer, aud
will detail several olllcers to attend.
Secrotary Hoot .lias not yet replied to
tho navy department's invitation for
tho army to tako part in tho course, but
Assistant Secretary Allen understands
military ofllcors will be detailed.
Lord Roberts' forces havo occupied
Jacobsdxl.
Terrillc snow storms aro raging in
Northern Germany.
The houso passed tho legislative, ox
ecutlvo and judicial appropriation bill.
Geueral Kelloy-Kenny's brigade cap
tured n Boor supply train of 78 wagons
near Jacobsdal.
An armor plato trust, coniosedof 15
firms in tho world, which practically
monopolize armor plato, will bo
formed.
Will Hurts, a negro, was lyuchod
near Baskett Mills, S. (J., by a mob of
250 men. He assaulted the wifo of a
planter.
Bear-Admiral Sampson has been
offered and decliuod the presidency o(
tho MassachusottH institute of
technology. ,'
Three men worn caught in a snow
slide in Colorado, nearSilverton. Two
wero killed aud the third saved his life
by running.
Tho Abbott-Downing Carriage Com-,
pauy, of Concord, N. II., has mado at)
assignment, with liabilites of $ 200,000
aud assets of $ 000,000.
Tho strike situation at the island oi
.Martinique is now calm, several ar
rests have been mado of strikers for in
terfering with men at work.
Tho body of Miss Ksther J. Cullon,
of Olympia, Wash,, was found on the
tide Hats of that city. A complete air
of mystery surrounds her death. ,
Tho Vermont State Federation of
Women's Clubs is attempting to secure
the appointment of wjmien on the state
board of penal and charitable insti
tutions, A band of Creo Indiuas, camped
near Butte, Mont., bought a quuutlty
of alcohol, and by mistake were given
wood alcohol, three of tho bund dyitfg
in great agony. fb
The Owen brothers, two of the band
its who held up and robbed a Wells'1
Fargo express car at Fairbanks, A'rfe.?
Jiave liqen captured near Peurce, rle!',
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Pirates are causing rnneh troubled in
Chinese waters. A crew from a British
.gunboat hud a lively flgtit with ""jfbcm
near Choutou Chang, in which .several
pirates were killed aud one sailorglicV
UA7ER NEWS.
Lcander J. McCormiok, of McCor
luick harvester famo, is dead.
Tho scnato committo has ordered a
favorable report on the French treaty.
Tho Boers are falling back and con
centrating for tho defense of tho Trans
vaal. Row James Smart, president of Per
duo University, LaFayotto, Iud., is
dead.
Tho Ncz Forces Indians will soon
got nearly $200,000 from tlio govern
ment. Pacific Coast Steamship Company's
Hovedores at Vancouver, B. C, are on
a striko
All business at Mafoking Is now con
ducted iu "bomb-proof" underground
chain bors.
Operations in tho Philippines aro
drawing to a closo and police will re
placo soldiers.
Contract has been let for tho erection
Df a now oil and guano factory near As
toria, Oregon.
Tho Southern Pacific Railroad Com
pany has established a relief depart
ment for its employes.
Tho Fair estate has failod to break
down Mrs. Craven's testimony relativo
to her marriage with tho senator.
Admiral Dewey says that if tho Nic
aragua canal is to bo a neutral path
way, fortifications aro unnecessary.
r.Womon'n rights havo mado such
progress in Chile that already two
thirds of tho public school teachors are
women.
Leslie K. Keoley, inventor of tho
Keeloy oure fur the liquor habit, died
at his homo in Los Angeles, Cal., of
heart disoaso.
TI13 sultan will pay for tho lossos of
Amoricans in Turkey during tho Ar
menian troubles. The sum involved
is about if 100,000.
General Hector McDonald, com
manding tho Highland brlgifdo ami
leading in tho pursuit of Croujo's
forces, is severely wouudod.
Representative Lent., of Ohio, intro
duced in the house a bill to provide for
tho public distribution of a United
States map to all schools in tho United
States.
Upon representations of tho Spanish
government to tho effect that somo of
tfio islands south of tho Phillpplno
fljJlrJlwbgo, which had. .been takon
pos&dSBiou of by tho United States gun
boats, wero the property of Spain, thu
authorities of thu statu department
havo oxamined the charts iinjLxon
eluded to direct tho withdrawal of our
claims to the islands of Caygayen. Su-
lu aud Subutu, both of which lie with
out tho boundary lines laid down by
tho treaty of Paris.
British havo occupied Colonso.
Resolutions aimed at tho sugar trust
wero introduced iu tho house.
At Dotroit, Mich., Tom Sharkey
knocked out Jim Jeffords iu the second
round.
Trains bearing provisions, fuel and
passengers aro now to bo started for
Kimberloy.
Queon Victoria has appealed to re
tired inomborH of tho army to enlist for
Homo defense.
Large bauds of Yaquis urn murchiug
on Guaymas, Mex., aud will attempt
to capture tho town.
John Peutella, of Astoria, has sued
tho Clatsop .Mill Company for $20,000
for tho loss of an arm.
A split in the Populist National Con
vention, being hold at Lincoln, Neb.,
Two tickets will bo put in tho field.
Charles K. Macrum, lato consul at
Pretoria, iu tho Transvaal, furnishes
proof of his charges against tho British
coiisor.
Filipino guerillas who attacked a
squad of Amoricans on February 2,
killing a corjKiral, are to bo tried be
fore a military commission on tho
charge of murder.
Kx-Socrotarv of War Alger and Cap-
taiu Bliss are planing to operate their
extensive lumbering interests on Puget
Sound, aud will erect a largo saw mill
at Fairhavou, Wash,
Tho steamer Coptics brought to a local
San Francisco company 1,8 10 sacks of
oro concentrats from tho mines of
Corea, and is tho second similar con
signment within a few mouths.
The war department has issued a
statement that the receipts of public
funds in the Philippine islands, be
ginning August 1!), 1898, and ending
December Si, 1801), amount to $0,1)110,
000.
Tho Metropolitan Museum of Art
Treasures, of New York, in their annual
rejKirt, state tho value of Turner's
Grand Canal, Venice, bequeathed to tho
museum by Cornelius Yuuderbilt, us
$100,000.
In Chicago, COO men employed by
tho Gneral Klectral Railway Copmany,
fought with employes of tho Western
Indiana Ruilroad Company for the jkih
session of the DearUmi street crossing.
A dozen men wero injured.
Judge Seaman, iu tho United States
district court ut Chicago, issued an
order denying tho injunction prayed
or by tho Chicago Tribuno agalust tho
Associated Press, This grew out of
alleged infringements of copyright,
DEFENSE OF III 111
The Boers Are Concentrating
Their Forces.
THEY WILL GIVE UP LADYSMITH
ttolnxlng Their Hold nn All Sides ta
Opposn Itithurtit Cronjo Gut Awitjr
British Cntuiiltlim.
London, Fob. 22. Tho Boors aro
caving all tho positions held by them
on British territory and aro concentrat
ing for tho defense of their own.
bir uedvers miller thinks thoy aro
about to raise tho siege of Ladysmith,
and this is tho largo nows of the day.
General Clements reports that tho forco
confronting him has boon greatly di
minished. Ten thousand men aro esti
mated to havo gone from tho Colesberg
district alone. Tho Boers aro also re
tracing their steps from Zululaud.
Thus thoy aro rolaxing their hold on
all sides in order to assemble to opposo
Lord Roberts. Ho is pressing on stead
ily towards Bloom foutein. This is
shown by his inconsequential telegram
from Paardeborg, fil) or 00 miles away.
Doubtless ho is miles behind tho col
umn that is pursuing tho Boors, and
tho next important nows may bo tho
occupation of Bloomfonteln.
Nothing has been heard from tho
chaso of Cronjo for two days. Although
tho last words of tho war oillco tonight
wero that there w'as no news for publi
cation, there is a strong disposition to
believe that favorable information lias
boon received, but is being withhold
until tho operations culminate in some
thing more conclusive. There is an
equally strong disposition to think that
General Cronjo has got away.
Owning to tho lack of transports, tho
British aro not llkoly to invade Boor
torritory except whivo Lord Roberts Is
operating. General Buller will havo to
stop at tho Drakensborg mountains.
Probably a part of IiIb 40,000 men will
ultimately join tho legions of Lord
Roberts. If, as General Buller avers,
tho Boers aro retreating from him, thou
tho nows on every side is favorable to
tho British.
Nevertheless, troops contiuuo to go
up. Tho war oillco thinks that the' call
to veterans to rejoin thu colors, together
with tho bounty, will bring 46,000
men to tho homo dofeuso. Tho urgeuoy
with which homo dofeuso is pressed
excites somo wonder.
With tho casualties just retried,
tho British losses iu wounded, killed
and captured aro now 11,102.
itleht f InIiiihiiim.
Washington, Fob. 22. Again today
there wero hut three speeches iu tho
houso upon tho P.ierto Ricau tariff bill.
Five hours wero consumed iu their de
livery. Hopkins (Rep. 111.), spoke iu
Mipjiort of the bill, and Nowlands (Sil
ver Nov.), and Swauson (Dom. Va.),
in opposition to it. Thu speakers de
vote thesmolves almost exclusively to
tho constitutional question involved,
aud wero listened to with attention.
Tho Republican leaders aro becom
ing nervous over tho fate of tho bill.
They havo only a majority of 14 over
tho opposition, which is solidly opposed
to tho moasuio. Kight votes from tho
Republican side would, therefore, do
feat it, and there aro from 12 to 15 Re
publican votes in doubt. A movement
for a Ropulbicau caucus is being agi
tated, aud, although no call has been
issued up to tho time of adjournment
tonight, tho general 'understanding
was that one would bo held tomorrow
night.
Mormon 'lYIixruph I.lnna.
Chicago, Fob. 22. Colonel R. O.
dowry, vice-president and genoral
superintendent of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, today completed
tho purchase of all thu lines of tho
Deseret Telegraph Company, which
have heretofore belonged to and been
oporated by tho Mormon chinch. Those
lines extend throughout Utah aud to
all tho Mormon settlements iu tho statu
of Idaho and Nevada, and their con
struction by Ilrigham Young was in
advance of tho building of railroads,
aud for many years they wero tho prin
cipal means of immediate communica
tion for tho Mormon church aud its
business connections. Coloueel J. J.
Dickey, superintendent of thu third dis
trict of tho Western Union Telegraph
Comapuy, with headquarters at Omaha,
went to Salt Lake this afternoon to
complete thu transfer of thu property.
Kmiimti I)oH(r' Wurllku Killct.
Victoiia, R. 0., Fob. 22. A warlike
secret edict has been issued by thu em
press dowager of China, on hor own
initiative. According to thu North
China Herald, she hnn dispatched a cir
cular to tho governors aud viceroys of
maritime provinces appealing to thorn
to resist by force of arms all further ag
gressions by foreign powers on Chinese
soil. Tho edict calls upon tho govern
ors to resist all aggression and "protect
their ancestral homes aud graves from
tho invader" by forco of arms, If neces
sary, without asking instructions from
Peking. All tho Chinese papers say
that the Russiaas aud French aro back
ing tho hand of tho empress dowager iu
hor act o( dethroning the young em
iwror.
WAR NEARLY ENDED.
Operation In tlio rhlllpplims Drnwlnsr
to tk Close.
Washington, Feb. 23. According to
information received at tho war de
partment! from Manila, at tho end of
tho present expedition of Genoral Bates
into the two provinces at tho oxtrcmo
southern part of tho island of Luzon,
military operations in tho Philippines
will close. Afterward, it is stated,
thcro is nothing to do but to undortak
to maintain ordor through a polico sys
tem. Attention is now being given to
that subject, and stops are being taken
to form a thoroughly mobile, lightly
armed goudarmerio, something on tho
ordor of tho Canadian mounted polico,
to cover the islands at all points and
conserve tho euorgies of tho regular
troops.
Tho arrest of Tagals on tho chargo
of being guerrillas as reported from Ma
nila, it is said at tho department,
marked thu initiation of another policy
towards tho iusurgonts who still re
main under arms. As tho summary
punishment of guerrillas cannot ho had
until somo action 11111 been takon to do
claro the termination of tho upplica- '
tiou of tho rules of war, it is assumed
at tho war department that Genoral
Otis has already issued somo kind of
proclamation or notice to tho natives,
warning them that If thoy defy tho
rules of war aud pursuo predatory war
faro they will bo treated as guurrillHtt
when captured.
Tho prosldont Is devoting special at
tention t tho formation of tho now
Philippine commission, acting on tho
advice that the army has reached tho
end of its functions iu tho islands and
that tho time is ripe for tho establish
ment of civil government throughout
thu archipelago. It is hoped that tho
personnel can bo completed before tho
end of next week. It appears that Mr.
Deuby obliged to decline reappoint
ment as a commissioner on account of
physical Inability to stand tho hard
work that will bo involved throughout
tho visit to nil tho islands aud tho Hut
ting up of local governments.
MARKETS OF SIBERIA.
Ashitlo IIiinnIii it C'oiiHUiiirr,
Not
Competitor.
Berlin, Feb. 2!!. William Mitchell
Bunker, oi San Francis), who, siuco
.March last has been traveling in thu
interest of the San Francisco chamber
of commerce, is now iu Berlin on his
way to thu United States. In tho
course of his journey in tho Fast hn
lundo a closo study of tho trans-Siberian
railroad, as related to American tradu.
To tho correspondent of the press to
day, Mr. Bunker said:
"I found no ground for tho fear that
Siberia will become a serious competi
tor in tho matter of wheat. Tho fact
is that tho wheat in Eastern Siberia in
inferior. Kvon when grown from Cali
fornia seed it degenerates the first year.
Kverywhero along tho Amoor 1 found
at tho landings piles of American Hour.
So far as lumbor is concerned, despito
tho ahuudanco of forests from Vladivo
stok to the Ural, tho trees aro small,
and most of tho lumber comes from
Puget sound. Thus fur tho railway ban
benefited tho United States more than
all Kuropo combined, with thu excep
tion of Russia, as wu aro supplying;
rolling stock, lumber and Hour, und
tho road will contiuuo to benefit the
United States more than Huroo.
"Russia lias a largo military forco iu
Siberia, and keeps pushing her advan
tages, Tho Americans there aro woll
treatod. Many of them aro engaged in
exploring for gold, particularly thu
seashore deposits."
r.t'xlla K, Kinliy Until,
Los Angeles, Cal., Fob. 2!l. Leslie
K. Keeloy, the inventor of tho Keoley
cure for thu liquor habit, diud at bin
Homo iu this city at 7 o'clock this
morning, of heart disease. Mr. Keoley
had been ill witii 11 severe cold for two
days, but nothing serious was feared
from it. Karly this morning, while
going to his bathroom, ho had an attack
of heart failure, but recovered and later
said there was nothing serious tho mat
ter with him. Dr. Westhughes, a
specialist iu heart diseases, was called,
however, but before he reached tho
Keoley residence, Mr. Keoley had had a
second attack, and died. There wero
with him his wife and Judgo Kwiug,
the noted Chiistiau Scientist of Chi
cago, who has been staying at tho Kee
loy homo for several days. Mr. Keeloy
was 08 years of ago. Ho loft a wife,
but no children. The only heir to bin
estate, lxisldes his wife, is bis sistor,
who lives at Dwight, 111,, Keoley '&
former home. Thu estate is valued at
$1,000,000.
Til" HI I'a-o Itlot.
Washington, Feb. 21i. Tho war de
partment lias received tho following re
port from thu commanding ollicer at
Fort llliss as to his progress in discov
ering tho perpetrators of thu HI Paso
assault: "Everything quiet; havo
leader beyond doubt; believe I will
have all tho guilty parties shortly, l
havo sent Lieutenant-Colonel Roberta
to make a complete investigation and
report."
l'.IU Wild Heavy I.IhIiIIIIIks.
Chicago, Feb. 2!i. II, S. Bright, of
Superior, Wis., was named receiver for
the largo properties of James Stiuihon,
4i:i0 Drexol bouluvatd, by Judge Kohl
snat, sitting iu thu United Statos cir
cuit court,
not stated,
$800,000,
Mr. Stimsou's assests are
His liabilities are put at
T