OREGON
VOL. XVI.
ST. HELENS, OKEGON, FIUDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1899.
NO. 49.
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TICUSK TICKS FROM TUB WIEE3
An Interesting Collection of Item Vm
lb Two Hemisphere Presented
la Condensed Form
A court of inquiry will fix tho
rMiiiHl1i I ity for tho accident to
Tff
the
Charleston.
Major .lulin A. Lngnn, sou of t)i
gallant "llluck Jack," whk killed by
nilxilM lu Lukou.
Ths wreck of the Charleston was the
principal topic ol discussion lit tho lust
cabinet mooting.
Tlio German ompemr's forthcoming
visit to England 1h being, looked for
ward to an of grout moment.
Tho Honrs threaten to oxornto nl
British ollioer-i, whom thoy hold Ht
prisoners, if Nuthnu Murks U not re
leased. Health conditions In the. navy nrt
said to be excellent. There ro ouly
81 of tho Asiatic squadron lu tho ho
lit:il.
Thu ntumul ri'ixirt of Mujnr-Generiil
Nelson A. Miles, has boon mado public.
It In extremely brluf nd formal la
character.
Tho navy la being NtipptliMl with
Krag-Joruonsens. Ammuuitlou will
Ito lntcri lnni(uililo between ths army
and navy.
Seven Americans wore killed while
storming tho town of Sulimla. Key
onty-itovmi dead Filipinos wore counted
lu tho trenches.
Two momlwrn of a suicide club, at
Frankfort, Inil., carried out thoir com
pact within It) days. They were both
I libra of tho l&Hth Indiana volun
teers. According to on agreement Just
reached tho lilcyclo trunt will with
draw from tho rubber tire fluid and
lTinlt tho tiro trust to control all
pltdltS.
Tho efforts of chaplains of tho army
who Imvo boon ordered to tho Philip
pines to have their orders rovokod, is
occasioning considerable ooiiimuut iu
Washington.
According to a statement just issued
the Southern Pacific shows a from) in
crease In earnings of $ 2,020, 108 and a
not increase of $1,198,675. Tho Cen
tral Pacific it prosperous, too.
Soerotary Hay him received the pro
tocol under which tho claims against
Russia are to he arbitrated. Mr. Asser,
a member of tho council of state for the
Nohterlands, Is to be the arbitrator.
The project for further naval in
creases which congress will be naked
to authorize nt tho next session for im
inodiute construction involves 18 war
ships 0 cruisers and 12 gnuboats.
Three armored cruisers twice the size
of tho Brooklyn are linked for.
Now York's iinnuul horso dhow hnc
opened.
Carncglo will compete with Rocke
feller lu lake shipping.
Colonel Webb O. Hayes has captured
Aguluuldo's private secretary.
Tho American Municipal League will
meet at Columbus, O., this wook.
The Hunk of Athons, Athens, On.,
tins gone Into tho hands of a receiver.
Speaker Hood's rules iu congress
will not be dlsturbod to any groat ex
tent. Jitines J. Corbott has challenged
Jainos J. Jeffries, and has posted a
$!5,()0 forfeit.
Tho MoGlffort case will probably
again bo referred to the iTosbyteriou
general assembly,
Europe Is in need of moro money,
anil England, it is said, may see a 0
per cent rate before long.
Young Republicans from all parts
of the United States will banquet at
St. Irfiuis iu Jauuory or February.
Tho English govornment declares it
Is not holding back tho news, but Ih
giving out all that comes from South
Africa.
Tho university of Chicago will sond
an expedition to Southern cities to
watch tho total eclipse of tho sun noxt
May.
Samuel Gompors, president of tho
American Federation of Labor, has
offered to arbitrato tho -piano-workers'
strike now on in Chicago,
Tho sn promo court of Oregon has
affirmed the decision of tho lower court
and Magors will have to bang for tho
murder of Sink, uuIobs the governor
intervenes.
The Moors suffered a severe defeat at
Ladysmith Thursday morning. The
Moor guns were silouoed after four
hours' fighting, during which their
losses wore heavy.
Governor ltoosovolt favors Wood for
tho governorship of Cuba. lie has in
duced I'residont MclCiuley to agroo
with him on all points, but the ques
tion of immediate appointment. This
the presideut desires to leave to con
gress. Tho Doer war will cost Oroat Britain,
it Is estimated, $100,000,000.
lionjamln II, Lee, who will have
charge of the Connecticut exhibits at
the l'aris exposition, hold a similar
post at tho world's fair in Chicago.
Oscar Darling, a woll-known civil
enginoor and inventor, hr.a become the
father of his twenty -third child. Tho
last arrival Is a sun. Mr. Curling is
CO years old. t y
LATER NEWS.
A special session of the Washington
legislature is being talked of,
Vtco-Fresldont lfobart is weaker.
Though he is cheerful, his friends are
losing hope,
A stool palaoo for the mikado of
Japan is to be designed and built by
Chicago men.
Oklahoma wants statehood. A lobby
of 15 persons has boon appointed to go
to Washington.
There is a movoment on foot to hold
in Chicago next November an interna
tional livestock fair.
Smallpox has broken out among the
colored soldiers of tho Forty-fifth regi
ment at Angel island.
Kentucky Itepublicans Insist on In
stalling Taylor as governor, and It it
said force may be used.
Tho American consul at Fretotla hui
boon refused permission by the state
department to handle monoy for Eng
lish soldiers.
Two hundred Spanish prisoners have
been sent to the province of Funny. A
vessel with food and clothing will lie
sent to thorn.
A brilliant display of me'eors was
witnessed at ltirmiiigham, Ala. A
numlmr of negroes in their fear, re
sorted to prayer.
As a result of a collision on the
Oinuha railroad near Humboldt, S. D.,
five persons were killed and a number
of others futally injured.
A large force of Boors are reported to
lie moving south. Kir Alfred Milnor,
governor of Capo Colony, has issued a
proclamation assuring the Dutch Unit
they will receive protection.
The now revolutionary movement is
widespread and Colombia Is said to be
in a bad way. Heavy tribute is being
lovied for tho support of tho govorn
ment and business Is practically at a
standstill.
The commissioner of Indian affairs,
W. A. Jones, in his annual report
makes recomiuendution for more Indian
schools. There is to tie no extinguish
mout of the Indian population, but ot
the tribes.
A German wheat buyer has Just
made a purchase of several hundred
thousand dollars at Kansas City. He
(Ives as a reason for coming to this
country that the Itussian wheat Is of
inferior quality this year.
Captain Leonhansor surprised the In
surgent force near Cspus, aud captured
200 of thorn, with their guns and 10,
000 rounds of ammunition sud four
tons of subsistence. One Filipino was
killed, but there was no American cas
ualties. Three moro transports have reached
Cape Town.
The town of Troy, Kansas, was wiped
out by a flre.
Queen Victoria's visit to Bristol was
made the occasion for a display of pa
triotism. (ienorul Manager Frey, of the Santa
Fo, has resigned, his resignation to
take effect after January 1.
William Durfee, who built the first
copper furnace that used gaseous fuol is
dead at Middlotown N. Y.
United States Consul Tettit died at
Dusseldorf, Germany, as a result of an
operation for acute appendicitis.
Kcprosentative Hepburn, of Iowa,
says he will introduce the Nicaragua
canal bill in congreiM the first day.
A new bank organized in New York
will fight the olearing-house by collect
ing out-of-town checks free of charge.
A roport is current in Wall street
that tho American Sugar Refining Com
pany may soon absorb all competitors.
Representatives of the American
Bible Sooioty report that in the inter
ior of China their men are subjected to
extreme cruelty.
Andrew Carnegie has offered Tucson,
Art., a building for a library, pro
vided a site and maintenance of the in
stitution are guaranteed.
Tho Nortliorn Faoiflo railroad is seek
ing borrowers for its surplus money,
Wall street brokers being the medium
chosen of reaching them.
Tho transiiortation subcommittee of
the United States industrial commis
sion will hold a 10 days' session in
Chicago to hear grievances.
A cyclone wrought havoo in India.
Thousands of native dwellings were
razed. There wore no fatalities, but
the loss of proporty was immense.
John II. Haswell Is dead at Albany,
N. Y. He was an important factor in
developing the stool industry, and was
a long time In tho government service.
Mrs. Stanford has disposod of all her
Southern Faoitlo stock to the Hunting-ton-Spoyer
syndicate. Her holdings
amounted to 285,000 shares at $40 per
share.
A London express train from Flush
ing collided with another train near
Capollo during a fog. Five persons
werekillod outright and 81) injured,
15 fatally. -
A story has reached Victoria from
the Orient of Chiuose flonds who kid
naped a boy and demanded ransom of
tho fathor. In default of payment
they sent the dead body of thoir victim
to the parent In a jar of brine.
Although 77 years of age, John A.
rotors is still performing his duties as
chief justice ol tho Maine supreme
court.
Emporor William will exhibit tho
Frederick the Great collection of cur
ios, literary- treasures and Frenoh
paintings at the Paris exposition.
Tho Kansas City & Eldorado rail
road has been sold to the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas Itailroad company for
the amount of its bonded indebtedness,
$295,000.
CAUGHT IN A TRAP
Another Disaster to a British
Armored Train.
WAS DERAILED BY THE BOERS
lltwen K.toourt and Ladyamlth Tbi
Engll.h Lou Is Our Una
Ifutidrvd Men.
Estcourt, Natal, Nov. 18. An arm
ored train having aboard half a com
pany of Durban volunteers and half a
comiany of Dublin fusiliers steamed
to Chtveloy early this morning. On
its return it was shelled by Boor artil
lery placed in four positions. Two
trucks in front of the engine loft the
rails, toppling over. While the train
was thus helpless tho Durbans and
Dublins faced tho Boors in skirmishing
order, and the Boers poured shot and
shell into tho crippled train. The de
railed trucks were with great difficulty
removed, and the Hue was cleared,
when the engine and tender steamed
buck.
During this juncture Lieutenant
Winston Churchill, of the Fourth hus
sars, son of the late Lord Iiundolpb
Churchill, displayed much courage, as
also did the driver and fireman.
Wireless Teli-graphy at 8a.
London, Nov. 18. The American
steamer St Paul, just arrived at South
ampton, had a unique experience as she
approached England. Signor Marconi,
from apparatus attached to tho main
mast, established communication with
instruments at Alum bay and Po-le,
and received dispatches front both
points regarding the progress of the war
iu South Africa, the wreck of the
United States cruiser Charleston, and
other important events.
This intelligence was published in
the Trans-Atlantlo Times, printed on
board ship, the paper selling at fl a
copy and the proceeds being devoted to
tho seamen's fund. W. W. Broadfield
was the editor.
Fight Occan-ed Lul Friday.
Estcourt, Nov. 18. A missionary, a
native, but a reliable man, who arrived
hero yesterday from Ladysmith, reports
that a big fight took place thero Fri
day, November 10. He says that vol
unteers went out in tho early morning
and drew the enemy from their posi
tions into a flat, where the regular
troops, undor Sir George White, out
mauouvered them by outflanking the
Boors, administering a crushing defeat
and indicting great loss. More than
200 Kaffirs, the missionary says, were
employed by the Boers to bury their
dead; and two trains, each drawn by
two engines, carried away the
wounded.
Spanish Prisoners.
Washington, Nov. 17. Tho presi
dent is making efforts to secure the
protection of Spanish prisoners with
the insurgents in the Phillippines.
A cable message relating to this sub
ject has been sent to General Otis, and
by him forwarded to General Mao
Arthur, with instructions to get it to
Agulnaldo if possible. The president
requests tho kindly and humane treat
ment of the Spanish priosners, and the
message also contains an intimation
that any of the Insurgents responsible
for the ill-treatment of such prisoners
will be held to strict aocount when
they are taken by the United States
forces operating in the islands.
A Rich Vein of Copper.
Bivkor City, Or., Nov. 17. Reliable
information- is received here today of
another rich strike in tho Coppor Queen
mine, situated 22 miles from this city
on Powder river, and which was re
cently purchased from Gilkinson Bros,
by Eastern people for $50,000. A
seven-foot vein of high-grade copper ore
is uncovered, the wall not yet being
reached. On the strength of the show
ing made, Superintendent Gilkinson is
pushing work with an increased force
of men. The owners of the Copper
Queen will now rush the erection of a
smelter of 50 tons daily capacity, plans
for whioh were already on foot.
Negro Question In the South.
Macon, Ga., Nov. 13. Congressman
Bartlett and Senator Bacon have re
ceived a petition signed by about 100
negroes asking them to use thoir best
efforts to secure the passage of a law
whereby the negroes might be deported
to Africa. They say that conditions
undor which they live are not satisfac
tory, thoy see no prospeots of a ohango,
aud it would bo bettor for tho two
races to separate.
Hound for Persian Gulf.
London, Nov. 18. According to the
Bombay correspondent of the Daily
Mail, a small Russian warship passed
Aden yesterday (Thursday) bound for
the Persian gulf, and the British third
olass cruiser Pomone has been ordered
to proceed thither.
The Wounded or Missing.
London, Nov. 18. Special dis
patches from Estcourt estimate the
wounded and missing of tho armored
train contingent at from 100 to 1 50.
The missing Include Captain II. Al
daue. It is hoped that some escaped
over the veldt and will return to Est
court In a few dayB.
Stragglers Keturn.
Estcourt, Nov. 18. Seven of the
Durbans have just come in, making 28
missing. Only 15 of the Dublins have
returned. The Natal seven-pounder,
whioh was in trout of the train, had
fired throe shots, when it was shattered
by the Boor artillery. The armored
engine has many bullet marks, and its
dome cover is smashed, as also is its
automatio exhaust pipe. The tender iu
also pitted with bullet marks. It if
rumored thiri Lieutenant Churchill is
prisoner.
YOUNG'S RAPID PACE.
Cavalry Column Has Nearly Reached
Man Fabian. '
Manila, Nov. 18. Reports have been
received hore from General Young,
dated Humingan, yesterday, llumin
gan is about 80 miles east of San Fab
ian. General Young is supposed to
have advanced considerably farther
toward San Fabian.
A press correspondent telegraphs an
account of the rapid pace with which
General Young covered the road with
his cavalry. The Macabebe scoutt
completely surprised and demoralized
the insurgents around the low country.
A messenger and reinforcements, who
were captured, say the insurgents from
San Jose to San Nicholas did not ex
pect or know of the arrival of the
Americans until a day or two after
they actually arrived.
Aguinaldo aud his government are
said to be making desperate efforts to
escape to Bayombong. All the infor
mation here is that he is still in the
low country.
Lieutenant Johnson, with troop M,
Third cavalry, captured yesterday at
San Nicholas 12 barrels containing the
wardrobe of Aguinaldo's wife, Bonn
personal effects, the records of the sec
retary of war, and much commissary
and medical supplies. Senora Aguin
aldo probably escaped over the divide,
but the secretary of war is thought to
be Inside tho lines.
C. W. Hayes, a civilian, and Cap
tain S. Davis, of the Sixteenth infan
try, who were held prisoners by the in
surgents, have been rescued.
Colonel Wessels captured at Tayud
several hundred thousand pounds of
rice, 6,700 pounds of salt, 1,500
pounds of flour, marked "Dayton, O.,"
2,500 pounds of sugar, 1,800 now uni
forms and hundreds of thousands ol
Mauser shells.
, The names of Lieutenant Gil more
and seven of his men were found writ
ten on the walls of the convent of San
Qnintin. .
The garrisons in all the towns sur
prised resisted feebly.
General Wheaton has not yet ap
peared. The remains of Major John A. Logan,
killed in action at San Jacinto Satur
day, were burled in Paco cemetery thit
morning. Many persons followed the
body to the grave. Chaplain Pierce
officiated, and the Twentieth infantry
furnished the escort, which was com
manded by Major Rodman. The pall
bearers were the captains of the Twen
tieth infantry.
SAMOANS WANT LEAHY.
Judge Chambers Saya They Would Like
to Rave Him Govern Tutulla.
New York, Nov. 18. A special to
the Tribune from Washington sayB:
Judge Chambers, of Alabama, chiei
justice of Samoa, diussing the 8a
moan position and the islands acquired
by the United States, said:
"The United States will have no
difficulty about the government of her
Samoan possessions. The natives are
of an amicable disposition, and educa
tion is general among them. They
have a strong love for the United
States and ask nothing better than to
be governed by Americans. A naval
governor will probably be sent to the
islands, as in the case of Guam, and
the natives should, as they doubtloss
will, be permitted to preserve as far as
possible their own methods of govern
ment and their most cherished cus
toms. "The man whom the Samoans would
most like to have appointed governor is"
Captain Leary, who is now governor of
3uam. They know him and have the
utmost affection for him."
Matte Furnace Exploded.
Butto, Mont., Nov. 1. A matte fur
nace at the Butte & Boston smelter ex
ploded at an early hour this morning,
just as a carload of wet precipitates
was dumped into it. Harry Maughlin
was so severely burned and cut by fly
ing pieces of iron that he died about
ii.lit hnnra Inter. John Kocer was
ilso seriously injured, but will prob
ably recover. Alaugmm loaves a wne
nd family in Chicago.
Dewey Is Out of It.
Washington, Nov. 18. Senator Proe
tor announces that there is absolutely
no possibility of the nomination of Ad
miral Dewey for the presidency next
year. In this connection, he makes
the cmphatio statement that he is not
trying to start a Dewoy boom for the
presidency. He says that he Is in a
position to know that since the arrival
of Dewey in this country his antagon
ism to being drawn into politics hat
been confirmed.
Bombardment of Ladysmith.
Tirenzo Marauez. Delasroa Bay, Nov.
18. A local newspaper reports that
Ladysmltn was suDjeotea to a very
hanw tmmhardment all day Tuesday.
and that at midnight all the cannons
tha Viilla anrronndinir the town
opened fire simultaneously, pouring
shells from all points ot tne compass.
Several buildings afire, the paper as
serts, could be distinctly seen from
Bulwana hill.
Fall of a Large Meteor.
Webster City, la., Nov. 17. A large
meteor fell in the woods just east of
here last night. It made a hole about
five feet square, and is still seething
and steaming, so that its full size can
not be determined.
Car Famine Closes Hulling Mills.
Lebanon, Pa., Nov. 1. The Amer
ican Iron & Steel Manufacturing Com
pany has suspended operations in all
its looal puddling ana roiling nuns.
The cause assigned is an exhausted coal
supply, resulting from the car famine
i a,.tn .a
Frankfort, Ky., Nov. 1. Congress-
. T a C,.Uln TbinnnaA S3A..A4V
mtiD iVtiXI D- OUbbiUa aiuvuiav, DVitutmi
Kentucky district, died suddenly at
tnu tuieraoou.
FOR DEEPER CHANNEL
Plans for Giving Forty Feet
at Mouth of Columbia.
IN THE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL
Improvement I Justified by the Oreat
. Increase In the Hirer's Ship
ping Trade.
Washington, Nov. 20. The project
and plans for deepening the channel at
the mouth of the Columbia river to 40
feet have been received by the chief of
engineers, but will not be made public
until sent to congress. This prelect
will probably be included in any river
and harbor bill that is prepared in the
coming session. From statistics that
have been submitted it is shown that
over 1,000,000 tons of exports and im
ports, valued at $20,000,000, have been
carried by sea-going craft using tne
river between Portland and the sea
during the past year, and it is the gen
eral belief that a waterway handling
such an immense traffic is entitled tc
the fullest recognition.
Joined Botha's Forces.
London, Nov. 20. A dispatch from
Lorenzo Marquez says: A Pretorii
newspaper announced last Wednesday
that 4,000 burghers had loft General
Joubert's forces around Ladysmith to
join Commandant Botha's forces near
Estcourt, with a view of assisting tc
intercept tho British advanco to the
relief of Ladysmith.
General Meyer, the Free State com
mander, has asserted in the course ol
an interview, that he is convince J
that the battle of Eland's Laagto wfil
be the first and last Boer defeat of tho
year.
Boers Are Near Esconrt.
Estcourt, Nov. 20. The Elnielo Boei
forces have taken np a position near
Ennersdale, a few miles north of here.
They have eight seven-pounders and
two French guns. Their strength U
3,000 men. They have looted Hen
derson's store. All is quiet and ready
for the enemy if he attacks.
Firing on Ladysmith.
Ti-tni-ia fv 9fi Tn the emraire-
ment yesterday morning south of Lady-
smitn, tne urmsn aavancea wun xo
guns, attacking 80 burghers of th
Transvaal. The big gun was fired on
the troops, who retired at 8 o'clock to
Akleg, near Ladysmith. ine lintisn
lnKK in unknown. The Boers had one
man killed and three wounded. In
addition, thoy had 18 horses killed and
even horses wounded.
-On to Bayombong.
Manila, Nov. 20. General Mac
AHhnr with t.hn Thirtv-sixth infantrv.
a battalion of the Seventeenth infantry,
a troop of tne f ourtn cavairy, several
gatlings, and a detachment of the sig
nal corps, has begun his northward ad
vance from Tarlao, which will be con
tinued to Bayombong, province of
Neuva Yizcaya.
NOT PREPARED FOR WAR.
Japan Laoks Both the Money and the
Ships.
New York, Nov. 20. A dispatch to
the Herald from Shanghai says: Your
correspondent has just returned from a
trip through Japan and China, where
he went to investigate the rumors of a
possible rupture between Russia and
Japan rumors which have been mys
teriously and persistently circulated
for some time, and whioh have finally
found their way into print through
Enelish channels. It can be stated
authoritatively that these rumors of an
approaching war find no corroboration
whatever among Japuneso olnciais.
In fact, the Japanese officials point
out the fallacy of such rumors by de
claring that Japan is in no position to
ga to war, even if she had the disposi
tion to do so, owing to the condition ol
her navy.
Experienced and well-informed for
eign residents are unanimously of the
opinion that no war is Hovering over
Japan. They declare that Japan can
not go to war for want of money.
American Capital in Tenesnela.
New York, Nov. 80. American cap
ital to the amount of $3,000,000 has
become interested in Venezuela bank'
ing, a concession having been granted
to George W. Upton, of Ohio, for the
organization of a national banking sys
tem which will practically control the
finances of the country. Mr. , Upton,
with his wife, reached New York city
of the Red D line steamer Philadel
phia. Senora Andrado, who was met
at San Juan, Puerto Rico, by hor hus
band, the deposed president of Yene'
zuela, who intends to make his home
in that island, was also on the Phila
delphia. Mr. Upton is enthusiastic
over Venezuela. Ho predicts a long
peace for the country, and declares
there is no likelihood of war with Co
lombia. '
Annihilated Ills Family.
Chicago, Nov. 20. Carrying ont a
plot he had apparently planned with
deliberation, Cornelius Corcoran today
shot four of his children, killing two
of them, and then ended his own life.
The tragedy occurred at his home, 5401
Dearborn street.
Sale of Mines and Smelter.
Seattle, Nov. 20. It was reported
yesterday that the Monte Crista mines
and the Everett smelter had been sold
to a German syndicate for $1,200,000,
and that, as a condition of the sale,
the Rockefeller syndicate agreed to re
pair and operate the Everett & Monte
Crista railroad. This agreement, it is
aid, contained a provision that the
tonnage charge on Monte Crista ore
should not exceed $3 per ton. W. J.
Rnoker was supposed to have promoted
the deal while In New York . lately,
METEORS NOT DUE.
An Krror Ha Been Made and the Leo
nids Will Be Here Next Tear.
Washington, Nov. 20. "The shower
of Leonids will not occur this season.
The brilliant spectacle has been an
nounced one year too aoon." This an
nouncement has just been made by Dr.
L. J. See, one of the most advanced as
tronomers in the government service.
"Astronomical calculations have not
erred as to the periodicity of the.
Leonids," said Dr. See, "but the gen
erally accepted conclusion as to the
time it takes the Leonids to pass the
earth's orbit has been wrong. After
the most careful observations made
with the. best instruments in the ser
vice of the government, and after the
most unerring calculations in strict
conformity to astronomical laws, I am
thoroughly convinced that the period of
passage is two years, instead of one, as
heretofore believed.
"The Leonids have been within the
earth's orbit for a year now, and will
remain with us for another 12 months.
The meteoric shower has not been as
heavy this time as there was good
Blcentific reason for believing it would
be. That is because we have not ye'
struck the thick part of the trail. By
my calculations, this collision will oc
cur in the middle of November, 1900.
Then the resultant display of burning
meteors will be as brilliant as the one
observed by Humboldt in Venezuela In
1799.
"The present visitation is a counter
part of that in 1863. At that time
there were displays in two years, that
of 1862 being about as feeble as the
present has been, and that of the suc
ceeding year bein, nearly as striking
as that recorded by Humboldt."
ADULTERATION OF FOOD.
More Evidence Is Collected by Senator
Mason.
New York, Nov. 20. The United
States senate committee, represented by
Senator Mason, of Illinois, today re
onmpH it.a invnstipation into the adul
teration of food prepared for market.
Dr. Edward 11. Jenkins, an agncui
innl rhnmist. and vice-director of the
Connecticut agricultural experiment
station, declared tnat tne general aau;
taratinn nf fond nmdnctfl had increase.
with business competition and the de
mand for cheap wares, in ms nve
years' experience, Dr. Jenkins said he
had fannrl nnlv one adulterant that was
poisonous, and that was a coloring
matter in a temperance annic. loco
Violin nrnnn stones and like, he testi
fied, sold as spices. None of these
adulterants, except the one color, was
hurtful to health, but all were frauds
nn tho (vinanmeT. More than half the
jellies examined were made of glucose
and starch paste, colored wwn artinc
ial coloring, flavored with artificial
flavoring, and preserved with salycilio
acid. The cheaper grades of coffee
were found to contain a large propor
tion of Canada peas, pea pellete, wheat
middlings and chicory.
Election Conspirator Arrested.
Philadelphia, Nov. 20. Samuel Sal
ton, deputy coroner of this city; Joseph
G. Rodgers, lieutenant of the capital
police, Washington, and Clarence Mes
ser, employed in the copying division
of the congressional library, have been
held in $1,800 bail for trial on the
charge of conspiring to make fraudu
lent election returns in this city. The
arrest of tho three men was the out
come of testimony adduced at the hear
ing last week of several residents of
Washington, who had been arrested
hnm nn a similar charge.
On that occasion, it was testified
that a party of alleged repeaters, num
bering about 14, had been brought to
this citv from Washington by Lieuten
ant Rodgers. Two of these, George
Kirkland and W. H. Cook, imperson
ated election officers in the thirteenth
division of the second ward and assisted
in the alleged falsifying of the returns
and the stuffing of the ballots, while
the others, it was testified, were em
ployed as repeaters.
Kirkland testified against his com
panions, saying that he came here at
the instigation of a newspaper to par
ticipate in and expose the fraud.
Huntington In Full Control.
San Francisco, Nov. 20. The Exam
iner says: Collis P. Huntington is to
day in full control of three-fourths of
the property of the Southern Pacific
Company and its allied corporation,
the Paoifio Improvement Company.
With the help of banking syndicate
headed by the Speyora, of New York
and London, he has bought out the
Croker and Stanford interests, each
amounting to about one-fourth of the
stock. With his own fourth, that
glveB him three-fourths of the whole.
The remaining one-fourth interest be
longs to the Hopkins-Searles estate.
The Speyers hold" in their possession
tho rmW and Stanford securities for
the present, Huntington having an iron
clad option for their final transfer to
him.
Alaska Steamer Tardy.
San Francisco, Nov. 20. The
schooner Rattler is now 88 days out
from Kodiak, Alaska, and it is feared
that she has gone down in one of the
many storms that have recently swept
the coast. The vessel left the Alaskan
port on October 10 and has not been
heard from sinoe. Four days later the
sohooner Herman sailed from the same
port and arrived here nearly three
weeks ago, after a very rough passage.
Prevented a Faule.
New York, Nov. 20. Russell Sage
1b quoted today as saying to a news
paper interviewer who asked him what
he thought of the United States treas
ury's offer to buy $28,000,000 of
bonds:
. "I believe Secretary Gage's action
h.io anvnl tha financial world from a
disastrous panic. No one who has
been in touch with business enterprises
during the past few months con fail to
have realized the stringency of the
money qumcet.
OVER TWO- BILLIONS
Foreign Commerce of 1899
Breaks All Records.
A REDUCTION IN BREADSTUFF8
Bat This Los I More Than Offset by
Our Astonishing Sale of
Merchandise.
Washington, Nov. 21. The foreign
commerce of the United States seems
likely to make its highest record of tho
century in the closing year of that pe
riod. The October exports are larger
than those of any preceding October,
the total for the 10 months ending with
October is greater than the total for the
corresponding period in any preceding
year, and it is apparent that for the
first time in our history the foreign
commerce of the year will exceed $2,
000,000,000. For the 10 months end
ing with October, 1899, the figures of
the treasury bureau of statistics show
the total exports to be $1,029,242,000,
while in the corresponding months of
last year they were $987,879,000.
This remarkable increase in exporta
tions is the more surprising because of
ths absence of the excessive demand
abroad for our breadstuffs, which char
acterized the year 1898. In that year
the short crops abroad and plentiful
supplies of breadstuffs of all kinds in
the United States resulted in an abnor
mally large exportation of breadstuffs,
so that the exportation of agricultural,
products in the present year naturally
falls about $35,000,000 below that of
the corresponding period of last year.
Yet the total exportation for the 10
months are, as already indicated, more
than $40,000,000 in excess of those of
last year.
It is easy, however, to find the cause
of this remarkable growth in our total
exporta tions, which occirs in the face
of the reduction of our exportation of
breadstuffs. An examination of the
detailed figures of the nine months of
the year already accessiblo shows that
the exports of manufactures in that
period were $50,000,000 in excess of
those of the corresponding months of
the preceding year, and $05,000,000
greater than those of the same months
of 1897, while the products of tho
mine were $4,000,000 greater than
those of the corresponding months of,
last year, and those of the forest $6,
000.000 in excess of the corresponding
months of the preceding year. Thus the
year's exportation of agricultural pro
ductions will be quite up to the nor
mal, while those of manufacture, min
ing and forestry will exceed those of
last year, and indeed, of any year in
our history.
Imports have increased more than
exporta, for they were unusually low in
1898. while exports were unusually
high in that year. The total importa
tion in the 10 months ending with Oc
tober, 1899, is $658,875,000, against
$527,784,000 in, the corresponding
months of last year.
HEAVY FIGHT IS NEAR. -
Large Force of Boers Beported to Be
Moving South..
London, Nov. - 21. This morning's
news gives little that alters the com
plexion of the situation. Since the
fight of November 9 matters, so far as
known, have been fairly quiet at Lady
smith. It is not unlikely that the
Boers, badly informed as to the nature
and extent of British preparations to
advance to the relief of the town, may
be hesitating regarding the next move
ment. The situation in Natal is very
complicated, more especially if the re
ports be true that the great Tugela
bridge has been destroyed. The suc
cess of the next move on either side
will depend more on strategy than on
superior numbers.
The Boers have three lines of action
open, iney can noio tne railway witn
the force they have at Ennersdale, fall
ing slightly back before the British ad
vance and threatening it from Weenen;
or, in the seoond place, they can ad
vance from Weenen and try to carry
Estcourt; or, in the third place, they
can advance due south from Weenen
to Weston, ont the railway and blow
up the bridge over the Mooi river. If
it be true that there are 10,000 Boers,
under Joubert and General Botha,
marching south to meet the British re
lief forces, heavy fighting is in store.
Chief Engineer's Approval.
Washington, Nov. 21. The report
of the engineers in favor of an improve
ment at the mouth of the Columbia
river to secure 40 feet of water over the
bar, will be sent to congress with ths
approval of the chief of engineers. The
opinion of the engineers is that the pro
posed improvement is one of the moit
important to be presented to ccngresa.
It is expected that favorable action by
oongress looking to the 40-foot channel
will be followed immediately with
another proposition for a channel of 80
feet from the mouth of the Columbia
to Portland. Those who are familiar
with the commerce of the river and
conditions now existing say both these
improvements should be made with ths
least possible delay.
The Burlington will build from AU
lianoe, Neb., to Ogden.
Beady to Occupy Dagupan. '
Manila, Nov. 21. The American oc
cupation of the country between Ma
nila and Dagupan is proceeding with
rush. General MacArthur is within
five miles of Dagupan, which place
General Wheaton or General Lawton
will probably oocupy.
Captain Leonhauser accomplished
one of the best ooups of the war.
Reaching O'Donnell by a night march
from Capas on November 16, he sur
prised the insnrgent foroe, numberinn
200, and captured all of them, j