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tKvto An .Advertisement; Which bring returns ia proof thai (t to in tb rlgl t place. The WEST SIDE bring mi vera. The Best Newspaper la tba one that gitee tba Boat and fraabaat new. Compare tba WEST SIDE with any paper in Polk oonoty. 4 VOL. XVIII. $1.50 PER TEAR. INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY", OBEUON, FRIDAY, NOVEMDEIt 10, 1000. Flvt Cents Per Copy. NO. P37. J o From All Tarts of the New World and the Old. OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS Oomprh.lv lUvlow jf tha I mH ri ant llannenlt-, of tha Past Week Culled Kroir tie Telegraph, Colwiuna. Forty Uvea wore loit in the Ray ot Fuudy. The steel trust ha bought a fleet ol lake steamers. A typhoon tuuk a British gunboat at Hong Kong. Amaricau hoot ami shoe are lu de- R,TiiTin KugUuil. 1'iefloh, Republican, ia elected trim? lf rthi-iiNlfa. To monitor Arakutaa waa laum ncbaUw at Newport New, Va. It i.t rumored that Controller Dawes tt UlAucceed Seoreatrv Gage. Steamship Uuiversa will load at Portland ior Yladivoatoolc. Governor Gear designate Novaiuher 29 a Oiegou'a Thauksgiviug day. Sixto Lopea says the Filipinos will continue to fight lor independence. Stanford University defeated the Oregon eleven by a score of 31 to 0. The Colombia rebel were completely defeated by the government troop at tiuena Ventura. The city of Chicago has officially tendered its $34,000,000 drainage canal to the United States government. A monument to commemorate the victory of Admiral Dewey at Manila will be erected in Sau Francisco. The population of New Jersey, aa officially aunouueed, is 1.8S,6ti0, aa against 1,444,903 in 1890, an Ulcerosa ol 30.3 per cent. Charles II. riukham, well known as a manufacturer of proprietary medi cine, died at bit home in Lyuu, Mats., aged 66 year. The presideut has appointed Freder ick S. Stratum, of California, collector of customs at Shu Francisco, vice John P. Jackson, deceased. The populaton of Idaho, as officially announced by the United States census bureau, is 161,773, as against 84,885 in 1890, and increase of 77,387, or 91.7 per cent. The population of Colorado in 1900 is 639,700 compared with a population in 1890 of 412,198, representing sn lu- mhu .lnrfm- tha (1a.-,i(1,i lit 12? or 80.9 per cent. Lryan carried Missouri by 28,000. Bryan's majority in Texas is 17u, 000. Wyoming gives McKinley 4,000 ma jority. Bryan carried Ronton hv 12,1.100 plur ality. McKinley carriou Baltimore by 6,995. ' ' Bryan carried Nevada by a small majority. i Connecticut gave .VcKiuley a pural ity of 23,000. McKinley a' plurality in Peunsyl- avma is 200,000. McKinley's plarallty in the city of Pittsburg is 15,000. Cincinnati anil Cleveland gave plur alities for McKiuley. McKinley carried his own state by an increased majority. Bryan carried Greater New York by a majority of 27,331. McKinley received a plurality of 2,000 in Buffalo, N. Y. At an election riot in Denver, Colo,, two men were killed and four wounded. The vote in the city of Chicago was close, McKinley receiving 180,970, and Bryan 172,524. Lincolu, Neli., the home of Bryan gave McKiuley a majority of 1602, a gain of 555 over 1890. In Adlai E. Stevenson's home pre cinct iu Bloom ington, 111., the vote was: McKinley 308, Bryan 112. At Phoenix, Ariz., a woman with a shotgun killed a Mexican robber who was trying to steal a calf. , Fire broke out in a candy factory at Albany, N. Y., and communicated to an adjoining building, causing a loss of $500,000. Before nearly 85,000 people, the Co lumbia football eleven today defeated I'riucton by a score of 6 to 6, on Co lumbia field. A very light vote was polled in South Carolina. The full state ticket and fnll coogiesHional ticket was elect ed by the Democrats. One of the incidents of election day was the suicide of Fred J a necks, of Chicago. Upon reaching the polls he remarked that be was about to cast his first ballot. This he did, then pur chased a bottle of carbolic acid, upon his return home committed cide by drinking the contents of bottle. and Japan has passed a law to pro hibit lads under 20 years of age from smoking. The home of the late Bayard Taylor at Westchester, Pa., kown as Cedar croft, was sold at sheriff's Bale to sat isfy a claim. J, M. McKuight, formerly president of the German National bank of Louis ville, has been sentenced to live years' imprisonment at hard labor for embez zlement. New and frightful massacres of Ar menians h tve occurred in tho district of Diarbekir. Rudyard Kipling has decided to sell his Vermont house and abandon the idea of residing in America. Tt ia Itkalv thiit Halt mlnlim- maw In the early future be added to the indus tries of British Columbia. The latest fis'iing craft to return from northern Labrador report at Bt. John's that nothing has been seen of the Peary reliof steamer Windward. The winter season has already begaa to set in near Hudson bay, 4 LATER NEWS. Ambassador Choate lectured on Lincoln at Kdluburgh. Trry McUovern d ifeated Kid Broad at Tatterealla, Chicago, The treaty ot Paris was denounced t tit Spaulak-Amerioau congress. Industrial commission hear testi mony on tabor strikes aud sweatshop. Indemnity claim by Philippine cor poratlona will be inbiuitted to congress. A bill to ditfranohlse negroes was Introduced iu the Georgia legislature. Prvaldeut McKinley asks" the mem bars of the cabinet to remain with biiu. Braall and Aigeutlua may force Chile to srant Roliva' demands iu tegard U coast lino. Uuiou labor makes a demand for stale position iu Washington uudar new regiinek -- - --' ' ' " .- An Idaho dsno hall tragody result td iu the death of two tuen at the fmnot 'i..x..:r, . Thirteen jrou were kllW and 1 1 others iujtmd uriuusly iu a tire dump explosion lu tba Pinto coal mine, at Wiosa, near Brux,' Tiermauy, ; " In an explosion iu a gelatine mixing homo ot a powder compauy at Lo brante, Cal., 15 in ilea from 8au Fran cisco, cue white man and two Chlueta were killed. A special dispatch from Tien Tsin, taya a lores ot Kusslaua has captured the arsenal northeast ot Yeng T.uu, with trilling loss, killing 200 Chinese and capturing a quantity o arm and treasure. Max J. Lasar, the diamond muggier, pleaded guilty in the United btatea court at Buffalo, N. Y. He was liued f 500 and sent to the F.rle couuty jail lor six mouths. He smuggled dia mond which were sold tor fa 1,000. The bodies of S3 person who were killed by the collapse of house Inshore by the typhoon which struck Hong Kong recently, have been recovered. More than 50 bodies have been taken Iruui the harbor, and the retnalua ot many victims are atill to be fouud. The damage to property aud crops is euoruious. A forest Ore haa destroyed Brook ling's mill, iu Fredalba park Cel., aud buiued over 10,000,000 feet of lumber. The tire raged for many hoors aud the flames could be plainly seen 60 miles away. Brookling' mill is the largest in Southern California aud Lve em ployment to 350 men. The damage done by the fire la estimated at $400, 000. The mill waa owned by Miubi gan men. The Paris exposition is cloaed. Hnssian troops arc being withdrawn from Pekin. The military (orcein Porto Klco la tu be retluocd. Admiral Crowicshield navy Is cnppltd by .auk of men. , .. JR.w.,. rU- k .. , i rtp on a lasl- of mV'uHatiou Chinew) arc wenied I t .! recent exei utious ut fso fin I Iki.ry Villurd died at . i,. ta-oeer Dublsi Ferry, N. Y., ageii Ofi. ' Marcus Daly, the Montana copper king, is dead, aged 60 years. Morocco declines to pay tha United States' demands for indemrity. Congress will be atked to provide for larger and more elastio army. The British reoccupied Philoppolis.in South Africa, after four bonis' lighting. 1 m porta timf of American steel bars throateus extinction ot F.nglnud's iu iluntry. The election of Beckham, Democrat, as governor of Kentucky, will not be contested. Spanish paper print a letter from Don Carlos condemning the recent up risings. The reform in the British army will reqoire in future 10 mouths of scientific drill for the soldier. A fatal hotel fire occurred, at Popu lar Bluff, Mo., in wnicb four persona ,wero burned to death. The mineworkers of America wish to have operators meet theui to anrauge annual scale of wages. Ex-Senator John L. y Wilson an nounces his retirement Wtom political leuderithip in Washington. - Li Hung Chung says demands for punishment of l'rinco Tuan and tho dowager empress are too humiliating. There is still some friction among miners and operators in the anthracite teution, but it may be peacefully ad justed. The annual report ot the United States Indian commissioner says Indian population has not decreased since set tleraent of the ooontry by the whites. Spanish government troops have captured a band of 60 Carlittt near Villa Franca del Panades, 20 miles west of Barcelona. They seized a quantity ot arrat and ammunition. Two passenger trains collided on a ;nrve on the Missouri, Kansas & Texaa railway, between Sherman and Denni son, Texas. D. II. Weaver, fireman, was killed. A. C. Andrews, vice-president of the Grayson county bank, of Sherman, was probably fatally injured. More than 150 have been built in new school bousea Kansas within the last year. ' Apricots stand second to orange aa a money making crop in California. Roughly estimated, the present aprioot yield is worth $2,500,000 to that state. It has been discovered that Monon gahela river is ruinoua to boilers, hav ing 16 grains of stilphnrio acid to one gallon a disastrous ratio, according to experts. In Englanj a lamppost has been In troduced which combines a fire hy drant, tap aud fire alarm box. The same laws of New Hampshire do not allow any person to kill more than 15 partridges in one day. The general oouneil of Kaw Indiana in Texas has voted almost unanimously in favor ot the allotment of their lands. By order of the London school board tha teaoher in all the schools of that city have tested the sight ot the chil dren under their care. Over 28 per cant were found to have defeotiv vision. NHIS TO BE BED Tag&l Rebellion on Its Last Legs. CONSIDERED BY THE CABINET !nret MArthr Has Mspirad Out m rarv'ul I'lftit of funtpalf a, ta Ol rcla WUh Kuvrgy. Washington, Nov. It. All tha mem bers ot the cabinet except Secretaries Long aud Wilton attended tha meeting today. They remained in tesilou un til nearly 9 o'clock, aud dlscunad tha Chinese situation, as welLfsjiatter perululna to Cutm tue l')iiiippiU(m and Port Two . et ui la. , ..i oi nrl by 1'titd to iu his w ?; lhtc hoiira (IinI h . a atcua'i MowfciaM la Unn muj 'tt vsLausUtely 1 1 Hviixua --hn.Miaa, to cou- gretsii Weference was made to the ex prvssious in portions of the F.uroean press that the United Mates policy re garding ('blua would undergo a marked change after the election. It is author iMtively announced that, after an ex hua.tive review of every step of the Chinese difficulty, from it inenptior up to the presuut moment, by Secre tary Hay, the cabinet ratified every de tail, and, moreover, unanimously ex pressed its judgment that the policy so tar pursued should be continued with out oltniigo tit it logical conclusion. Accordingly, the present legatiou guard at Pakiu will be inaintlaned.'and such tioops at yet remain to be withdrawn, according to the original programme, will be shipped to Manila. With this . I.IUI.... ... 1.1. I...... r:..,..u Ma... ! ?" " "7 S i ' " 'T' ll """ur ""H V 7. i I Ti.T. - I pago agaiust the rebellious rllipinc with the greatont energy, Aduiluistra ; tlon officials here think thst as su as the result of tha election becomes known throughout the Philippines, the realstence to the authority of the Unit ed States will be overcome. GALE S pTrS lTsF ORCE. Hay Wind, on lha Great Lahat Ara Abailaf. Chicago, Nov. 13. Professor Cox, forecatt oltlciitl of the weather bureau, says the gale which broke on the lake Wednesday night aud proved to be the heaviest storm of the year, ts abating. On Lake Superior four consorts were torn from their steamers and three ot them are still adrift or have gone ahore. The schoouer Stafford waa wrecked at Good Harbor, Mich., and may be a total loss. The schooner Maumee Yalley was driven ashore near U-'nrt Cnllamia 4-evcral large steamert , . to tn, ,,5, for a few hrinn Jnrf Urk.B loi(t wer, y t4. g shelter jo fakea Ourparimr, j Michigan and It oion. t TJ wind, which at many place at Uiuud a veloottv of over 4(1 mile an j hopfi ,aa.-tmuui).inied by flue snow, and, wttn the titter com, matte it nam work for the mariners. Gala Wrought llanoo on Laka Erla, Cleveland, O.. Nov. 13. The territlo storm on Lake Frie continued today with unabated fury. The captain ot tha passeugnr steamer City ot Erie, which arrived early today from IS u Ha lo, reiiorts thst he sighted ths msst ol a sunken vessel sticking out of the water alamt 20 miles off this port. Ths tugs tent out to locate tho supposed wreck returned to this harbor tonight. They reported finding the steamer Ka ligula riding at anchor 80 miles out. They could find no truce ot a wreck. Flra In a Kmldlng Mill. Bedding, Cal., Nor. 13. A fire, tho origin ot which is attributed to chemi cal aotioo, is burning iu the Peck tun nel ot the great iron mine. The drift bus been closed and the 100 men ens ployed there have been laid off. It it thought the fire can be confined to tha place where it started. The ore is be lieved to be on fire, but an explosion la not anticipated. The duinund of tha meu in this tunnel for an eight-hour shift recently precipitated a strike, which was ended by the miner ac knowledging their defeat. Bullar In KnilmiH. London, Nov. 12. General Sir Red vers Buller, on the Duuvegnn Castle, from Cape Towu, readied the quav at Southampton last evening at 8:80.' He was greeted by Lord Woleeley and hi staff, as well as by an immense assem bly of townspeople. At 9 o'olock ha sat down to the mayoral banquet, tba first of a series of (unctions in his bonor. After the banquet, he wa compelled to append am ackniralftlpe-f ircun tha baloony of the hotel a great demoDHtiHtiurt, and grout crowd h prom enade! in front of tba hotel, wiiuiind ing hiiii .and t.iiing piiUUjtlo tougs un til a law hour. Motnt WorH'1-t' Kinks Klirtsd. PittBlmrg, Nov. 12. Officials of tha Amalgamated Association ot Irou aud Steelworkers announce the settlement today of the strike at the Riverside Iron Works of the National Tube Com pany aud the Bessemer, Ala., plant ot the Tennessee Iron, Steel & Railroad Company. The resumption of the two plants will give employment to 8,004 men. 1 Infected Traes Burned. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 12. The depart ment of entomology Inst night burned 80,000 trees from a Nashville nurseiy, which, it la alleged were Infected with the San Jose scale. State Entomolo gist Scott left this morning for Wood bury to destroy 20,000 more trees which he has collected there. The trees, it is said, have been shipped into the state without the proper certificate. Mahonoy City, Pa Nov. 12. One man was killed, five others probably fatally injured, and 20 others more or less seriously Injured in an explosion of gas at the Buck Mountain colliery today, about two miles from here. As far as can be learned, the explosion was apparently due. to a man going into an abandoned working with a naked lamp. New Orleans, La., Nov. 12 Tha Meeker Sugar Refinery, at Meeker, 18 miles from Alexandria, wa destroyed by fire today. Tha Ion is 200,000 (be iniuranc f 140,000. PATAU HOTEL FIRI. Oaett af a MUiuurl Mailalry arna4 lo LhMlh. Poplar llluff, Mo., Nov. 14. 1 1 em m td in by flame in tha oppor torleiot the Gilford Houte, an old tram it rue tu re that burned like tin der, a nam bar ot ptrsou wer burned jor aoffooated to death; other leaped from windows aud suffered tha lost ot limb and other injuries from which soma died. Duly oue or two ot the 43 sleep ing guest got out without injury autt uoue saved anything but the night clothes that were worn at 12:80, when the alarm was given. Four are known to be dead, one ia missing, three are fatally injuured, and more than 30 are burned or otherwise hurt. lu tha balla ot the hotel a doaen or mot psrsoua were overcome by heat and iiuoke aud this lend to tha ballet that tht ilost of Jlfe will bo much great- vt t lull lK MOW kiMwn. I'lH't wore a lior b-r l nuiegtsreml g,it-n t-t the pi e , (JiilvVp m wmai, 4t .waWhwaii.. . ' f to WHsu tlat Art itit;d andb' was imablu ti vraro thn iushIs f,.r T,iie . i flaiiei had spread i.c sapidly that ii was drlv- y iivui tha bUtKliug, I'.SMtpb fur everyone on the atvoud and third stories was cut off aud tha lira depart men! whs unable to give tham any aa tlstauca. Here the deaths occurred aud lu Jumping from the wludow the others were hurt. There were many acta of hortilem in the rescue ol women aud a number ot guests had very uairow escapes, several having their hair tinged. It will he several days before the uuniber ot dead is knowu, Oue mau asserts that ha saw 10 or 13 rsous In the hallway overcome by smoke. II this ia tha case, a dusen or more bodies may be found in tha ruins. Thetiifford House was one ot the oldest lu ftmtbeiut Missouri, and it haa heitu couriered a death-trap lor a number ot years. W. P. Norrls waa the pniprletor, lie aud hi wife es caped, but lout everything. Maraat Ualjr !!. New York, Nov. 14. Marcus Daly, one ot the leading miuoowueri ot the world, died iu his apartmnuta in the Hotel Netherlands, at II o'clock this morning, aged flO year. Dilation of the heart aud Bright' ulteane of the kidneys, with restiltaut complication, were the Immediate cause of death, .i .i. i. r.i-- in.. though Mr. Dily'a illneas dated back severs yea . , a n.a surrere.. severe - end was paluless. While he was sur-1 --.. ... t rounded by members of his family, hi me went out so (M-aneiuiiy mat only the physicians In attendance kuew that be bad found rest. Claims AgalH.t tuan. Washlngtou, Nov. 14. A number el persons, claiming to be Aumrlcau exi gent, have submitted to th stats tie-" pertinent claim against tip 'oris fur tha destruction of their t r y and injuries to their busine n the 'outh Afrlcau republic and rnge ,vt State. No decltdon ha te. t amvnti s aa lo what disposition s-im' be wad-i . these cases. ' Miliars' Nirlka la I ml Una Terra Haute, Iud., No. 14. iiwo thau 300 hoisting engineer and " 000 miner In the state will be Idle tomor row as a result of the failure of the In diana block and bituminous coal opera-' tors to sigu the scale presented to them j today by the engineers. The scale sub-; tnttted Is the one now paid iu Illinois, 1 aud its adoption would advance Indiana wage 20 per cent. Train Wrera.nl In I'arls, Paris, Nov. 18. Eight persons were killed slid 15 wounded In a collision between a suburban train and an ex press train yesterday morning at Choi sey le Hoi. The suburban train was entering the station to allow the ex press to pass, aud the accldeut oc curred then, the suburban tialu being telescoped, The wreck wa complete, and the Hues were blocked for hours. Hlll.il br tha Oregon Kipmtt, Oklniid, Cal. Nov. 14. Tha Oregon express struck aud killed Keklel Lewis, a section hand on the Southern J Paclllc, today, Lewis noticed that a; tie had been left on tha track. He rushed to get it off and just as he' grasped the tie, the pilot of the engine atruck him, killing him lmtuiitly, Lewi lived at Butte, Mont. I'arls Kspii.lllnii Kmlert, Paris, Nov. 14. The exposition closed today with the evening illumi nation Very few visitors were on the grounds today. The cloning days ot the exposition have been marked by wholesale bailiff seizures of the prop el ties of a number ot concession hold ers who have failed to meet their obligations. fifty Casus of liubnnla I'lngaa. , Port Louis, Island of Mauritius, Knu li Vlfttf ff-Auh nu.n. nl hnhrinln ' plaBUft, pjjya ooourrod.on the inland with! Ui--"tlffit wonk, and ti-l deaths have ic -1'i-d from the dltenaa. f.ln Wm-k lu Oaruianr. , AJeiTi.i, .- .iv. J4V A train rarrytju ti litimhnt rif vorkuion as passengers was derailed tn sy near I'reugan. Six men woie k.I-tnl and several woreJnjMrejj, Xltascnok Ormiphiiy Kll. Kansas City, Nov. 13. The Elmore Coopor Livestock Company has filed a petition in bankruptcy. The liabili ties, placed at $000,000, are mostly the result of the Gillette failure a year ago. The assets are placed at $200,000. ' Anarchists Heroins Moderate. Chicago, Nov. 18. Herr Most with his voice subdued to gentleness was the orator here tonight ou the 13th anniversary of the execution ot the an archistH Parsons, Spies, Fischer and Engle. The meeting was held in Cen tral Munlo hall. The place was free of uniformed polloemen, but two city dotectives stood on the edge ot tht crowd in the lobby. A few years ago police interference with the speakers was of frequent occurrence at the an nual celebration. Fire In Cotton Hatting, New York, Nov. 18. Four alarmt were tent in at 2 o'clock this niornin for a fire in the building at 48 and & Walker street, the ground floor ol which it occupied by D. & E. L. Mayor, importers and dealers in cotton hatting. The fire waa in the three up per tories. It waa soon under control. Loss, $75,000. R. Alexander, of Pendleton, will represent Oregon at the Buffalo expo sition; D. H. Stearns, ot Portland, at the irrigation congress in Chicago. OF M0NT1GELLO L0S1 fate of Thirty-two In the ' Nova Sootla Wreck. LOSS OF LIFE NOT KNOWN Twvntjr.flT liodlat itovril -Shnr fas Tea Mil Hltawa Wild Wraok. , a al Mall aud Cargo, Yarmouth, N. 8., Nov. 14. Tha shore of this country for 10 mile tail aud went it utrewu with tha wreckage of tba hull aud cargo ot the steamer City ot Montioello, which foundered Satistday . lunruUiuvaud -? bodies of finiliiit of tha diwtster have ta. a recov r'''t ftOui tb- wa, which i rtll rai ig e'jt.' tt-irlilu fry. Many jypl bie M frat tn.dv oatu ashoie, and no . . . . a a . onn t jyltei r! timiiiMi of tho craw, a 0,fitriv ail liulonctl if) (Hiir.lt on .bis cwat, have arrived to Identify the dead. The bod lei wore arranged In room la the public hall, and tha coroner who hold tha iutiuett gave an opinion ot accidental drowutng. All tha bodies are terribly battered. The first body wa found at day light, when 'the atuu lltoboat, which wat supposed by the turvivon of tha first boat to have been swamped, was ditcoveted on the shore. A 'cw yarda distant wore the bod lei of Mr. F.I drldge, a passnugnr; Second Fnglueer Poole; Mr. Fripp, a traveler, of St. John, N. B., and the body ot a seaman. All four bad Ufa belts around them. At short lutoival along the beach II more undies were found, making 15 ills covered up to uoou today, Thoy bad all evidently coma ahor iu the life boat, and were killed on atelklng tha beach, not oue escaping, Tha watches lu the jxickets of two ot tha men stopped at 13:40 aud 13:20 o'clock, repeotively, The body ot Captain Harding, of the Mon i loci lo, waa fouud at Ploulo Point, encircled with a life belt aud fully dretasd. It is coincidence that the ship p,, staa,.,t later war was wrecked off this shore a few year ago lu the mouth of ; Ju, , ,OMI, o( mm C(Un9 ,n ,i,.. , . Mn,i- W,.t irua f, in li (I. Half of the men were dead before the boat touched the land aud many be lieve the tame ia true ot those in the Mouticalloa boat. The (ory of the turf ia appalling in this region. Tha body of O. N. Coleman, a com merclal traveler, who wa not pre viously known to have been on board the Montlealln, has len washed ashore and Idciitd:-' !. lie tenreseuled a Ham ilton, Out., jewelry dun, aud carried saint I uinh $ :o,t')0. Oue trunk hut h'i nuid. all Muds litter tha nieces, of ahlu' t .a n ink, it.. '" ,4;,,' . ; t,. i-s .! a superstructure t of i' m flm.i. J ure Ball, a mer- cbititf)1 Van .o'ilb, who wa tupiosed to bars beau on oonid, la safe, having , tiiisstd the steamer iu St, John. Rup ert Olive wa crossing the bay from j St. Jidm to Yarmouth to rejoin bia own steamer, Soma difficulty ha been encountered iu flftirlng out the total lots of life, a a number of passenger joined the Mon tlcello at St. John without first regis tering at the booking office. They bought their tickets on board. A re vised list ol tha member of the crew, prepared at the head office of tha Yar mouth Steamship Company here, show that the officers and crew numbered 38. The total nuitrtier of people ou hoard is now plucud at 80. The four survivor are: Captain Smith, a passenger; Third Oflloer Fleming, Quartermaster Wilson Cook and Stewardess Smith. The throe men saved agree that the causa ot the disaster was, briefly: The tteainer wa pounded for honrt by tea and gale, sprung a leak and filled; she became unmanageable, brokt apart and foundered. The tea it uot remembered to have been to heavy ou tlds coast for many year. Ins Injured on tha Missouri Paclfte Pocblo, Colo., Nov. 14. The Mis sourl 1'aoifiu passenger train which left here last evening ran into an open switch at Sugar City, 65 miles east ol I Pueblo, and plunged into a freight ca I boose in which were four men. The 1 passenger engine and caboose telescoped and fell in a heap which at once took fire and all woodwork was burned. Engiueer Huckot jumped, but Fireman Nelson remained on the locomotive and was pulled out of the wreck unoou clous. The passengers were uninjurod and their curs weut Eastilutr The wounded men wero brought to tji 1 eblo hospital. " The writ H -M freight tva'U was auuaV-beat trr.il living bo- tw tii Su,'ar City, and Oil) Ftra In t'oiiiar Mi JV.-,M., '..! , Srv ...li Vu-.Vtbo 200-foot level ini'id, an Amalgamated Pi i Com- pa'C paperty, l:ut night, unCIs still htrrning. It it under jeoutrol, but grave apprehensions are entunuinud that it cannot be extinguished. The ore in this mine is free milling, con taining a large porcontnge ot sulphur, and fire once started is hard to handle. The loss will certainly be large. The sou res ot the fire is unknown. Fatal Kallwnjr Accident, Omaha, Neb., Nov. 14. By the col lision of the overlaud limited train of the Chioogo & Northwestern ruilway with a freight train at Missouri Valley, Ia., lust night, Peter C. Petorson, of Omaha, a carpenter, who was stealing his way, was fatally injured. Before he died Peterson said that two men were standing on the platform with him whon the collision occurred. They have not since boon seen and their bod ies may be bnried beneath the debris, Their names are unknown. , Yerkei' Schemes In London. London, Nov. 14. "Charles T. Yerkea," says the Daily Express, "haa a scheme to radiate electric lines for long distances north of London and to build low-rent dwellings tor workmen in order to remedy overcrowding. He i also interested in the mooted scheme of a ship canal between Southampton aud London."- Prominent liners Killed. Cape Town, Nov. 14. Among the Boers who wero killed in the recent ftyutitig Ufrti Belfast were General Fans and Comuundunt Friuxloo, 1 AGREED ON A PROTOCOL. Tha Kntajs at fafela Have Daaldad faaaa Tarmt. London, Nov. IS. Dr. Morrison, wiring to tba Time from Ptkln, Sun dav, lay: "Pressed by tha common desire for a speedy determination ot present con ditions, the foreign envoy have finally sgieed to the following term to be preseuied in a joint note, which, sub ject to tha approval of the government, will be pretasd upon China aa the basltot a preliminary treaty) "Chlua shall erect monument to llaron von Ketteler on tha site where he wa murdered and tend an iraperal prince to Germany to convey an apol ogy. "She shall Inflict tha death penalty upon 11 princes and official already named and inspend provincial exami nation! tor five years where tha out rai;ea occurred. "In future, all official t tailing to prevent antl foreign outrages within their Jurisdiction shall bedtstnesed and punished. (Tbl is wodloflallou of Mr. Cougcr'i proposal.) ''Indemnity shall be paid to the states, corporations and individuals. "Tha Tsuug Li Yamun shall be abol ished and its function vetted in a for eign minister. "Rational intercourse shall be per mitted with tha emperor, a in civil iaed countries. "The fort at Takn aud other fort on the cos it of China Li shall be raxed, aud tha Importation of arm aud war materal prohibited. "Permanent lfaUon guard thai) be maintained and also guards ot commu nication between Pekln and tha aea. "Imperial proclamations shall be pmted for two years throughout tha empire, suppressing the Boxers. "The Indemnity i to include com peuHsllou for Chinese who (offered through la-lug employed by foreigners, but not compensation fur native Chris tians. The words 'missionary' and Christians' do not occur in the note. GENERAL CORBIN'S REPORT. lUeumin.ndallnaa by tha Adjutaat-Oaa-aral of tha Ann jr. New York, Nov. 15. Adjutant-General (Jorbiu, according to a Tribune special from Washington, has started a movement to induce congress to remove "from the statute books a law that makes an unjust discrimination agaiust West Pointer in tl.e army. It ia al most inexplicable sav tha adjutant thst such legislation should ever have been enacted or have remained in force 12 years, a that which favors the pro motion of eutisted meu to commission above the young men specially edu cated at government expense to fill command, lo hi current annual report. General Cor bl ti devote considerable apace to the act of June 18, 187". ;v.rTv.J. vlded for the promotion tfo "d of commanding officer ol n)-riiodi ns turn commissioned officers vito.shi.H ba found morally, inrt-ectnall- uuo t-bv. Ically qualified loaVtrottiottpu an ! t'te act of July 80, 189J, which rti. tr.lr t all unmarried soldier coder 30 year, aud possessing tha requisite .jiwlitba tions, tha privilege ot oumr tu, at prescribed examinations, for commit tions. That the law operated well in at tracting to the ranks a superior class of intelligent jooug men wa demon strated by the yearly increasing num ber who obtained admission into the command brtooh ot the army. There were six in 1603 aud 68 iu 1900. These meu were compelled to serve in (he ranks only two years under the law-, ami calling attention to this fact, General Cor bin suys: "Kxpurieuce has shown lu which thst two year is too brief a period iu which enlisted men oau fit themselves ;tor the important duties of command olllotrs. It is little less than travesty to say that a man cau qualify as an officer by serving as nu eulitted mau In one-halt I ho time required for a ca dot to complete his course at West Point. It Is recommended that the law be amended to read four years Instead of two, This will put appointments from the ranks aud military academy ou the same footing." Ini-r-B.rd Worth of Vineyards. Iterlin, Nov. 15. Private advice from Trevos say that the Moselle vine yards have increased enormously in value, owing to the growing popularity ot Mopelle wines. At Bern Castle, the celebrated Dock tor viueyurd has just been told for at 100 marks a sqnare meter, It was purchased in 1898 at 60 marks n square meter. The price was 1,000,000 marks, which ia said to be the highest price evor paid for an equal area iu Gdimuny. A few years siro the usual price iu the Moselle die trie was two or three maiks a square mUtr. A strip of uuplauted vineyard lundf, about 24 aoies in area, reoently brought $a0,050. The Tope and tha Election. New York, Nov. 15. A dispatch to the World from Rome says: "The pope, in receiving Bishop James Tro ben, of St. Cloud, Minn,, took occasion to express the most cordial sentiments regarding Archbishop Ireland. Refer ring to the resent eleotiona in the United States, the pontiff said: 'I pray God to so illumine President Mc Kin ley's mind that he may avoid the dangors of imperialism. " John Gates' nice Trust, Chicago, Nov. 15. The Tribune to morrow will say: 'The incorporation of the American Rlcegrowers' Distri buting Company waa announced today. The capital stock is $15,000,000, of which $7,500,000 is repored paid in. Local groceries circle credit John W. Gates with being the prime mover in the new corporation principally to oontrol the shipment of the Southern rice crop over lines of railroad in which ha is interested.", Large CM tie Trust. Cleveland, Nov. 15. Gerge B. Lov ing, of Fort Worth, Texas, passed through Cleveland today on his way to New York, where, according to an af ternoon paper, he will conlude nego tiations for a $50,000,000 cattle Jrust, which will absorb 60 Texas ranohes. Officers ot the leather trust, it i laid, will furnish the capital. - Fire destroyed the Wichita Falls, Texas, mills and eleavtor. Over 800, 000 bushel of wheat were burned with the building. Lota, $140,000, oovered by insurance. Hiiin As Factor In Settling Strikes In Indiana. COMMISSIONER'S TE8TIMONY Tke Moat Deplorable Condition Kiltt la tha aareatshops ot Na'w tor and htm eeraajr. Washington, Nov. 15. Tho indus trial com mission today heard the testi mony of L. P. McCormack, labor com missioner of the state of Indiana, and ol Profoasor John U. Brooks, of Cain bridge, Mass., president ot tho Na tional Consumers' League, Mr. McCurmack's testimony waa de voted largely to the subject ol arbltra tlon II said that mode of settling labor dispute wa rapidly gaining favor in hi state. In tome trades ar bitration, he said, had almost sup planted strikes, and in many branches of iudustry coutracta between employ er and employe prescribed thai in case ot difficulty arbitration shall be resorted to without cessation of work. The remit ts constantly lure-easing good feeling between employer and employe. He urged the necessity and wisdom of enforced arbitration in extreme esses where the interest of tha public are concerned aud where a long atrika will bring disaster to the people at large. This method, he thought, would often avert bloodshed, aud he considered the method more eonomfcal, a well a more humane, than calling ou the mill ry. Mr. McCormack said that most If the labor troubles were with unor ganised labor or new organizations, the older organisations being the most conservative. Mr. McCormack said that while the labor organization might not be friendly to enforced arbi tration, the interests of the publio at large always should lie consulted rather than the wishes ot the few directly en gaged iu a strike. Protestor Brooks' testimony was de- voted to the question of work in the sweatshops, in the iuvsstigatipu of which he hat been engaged for many years. He said the Massachusetts law works fairly well, but that in New York and New Jersey the conditions were almost deplorable. In (hose atatea it was impossible to secure ade quate inspection, because ot the fact that work is done in private apart ments. The wage were the lowest possible, aud often were pieced out with charity, making the competition with high paid labor very tense. Peo ple thu employed work from 14 to 16 hour per day, to the injury of their own health and the damage of the com-Mi- ty, ' "in' New Vi fk." .1J rrofrtssor Br-'- Vs. i-oiiws ; -. ii iii the subject, i re!irtH'!i i vu. s ..,. u maka ins1.! tiin I w w. -rwf ' r-Jtj lu-ocjlt 15 befir itr i.; C3 ,'t ' i , u t t at ti c p .,t,t i f ornet of thei j eop!, ins tragad iitteiy,"' be nm,;. that the itnuu ueeu not, witn tne use of proper machinery, be an increase of the prices ot the goods manufactured. The change also would result in higher wages and an improvement of the gar ments. He dwelt on the danger of spreading disease through the shops, saying it ia always' immiu ot. Prices were getting to be so low, Mr. Brookt said, that Americans very seldom en gage lu the work. Most ol the sweat shop work is done by immigrants from Eastern Europe. struck a lllvh Mtrrak. Cripple Creek, Colo., Nov. 15. One of the greatest strikes ever made in the famous Cripple Creek gold mining dis trict has just been uncovered iu the property of the Gold Bond Consoli dated Mliiet Company on Gold Hill, of which Charles N. Miller, of this city, is the principal owner. The assay ou a narrow streak of the ore body runs as high as $102,000 per ton, while the elu from which this assay was taken, exclusive of the rich streak, has widen ed to a width of four. feet and haa given an average assay of $200 to $300 per too. The great strike has created the most Intense exolteuient in mining cir oles. - Cava-In In an Arltona Mine. Phoenix Arix., Nov. 13. While workmen wore engaged in repairing the timbering in a tunnel at the Tur quoise Copper Company's mine near Tombstone yesterday, tho beams in the ceiling fell, letting down tons of rook and debris. Antonia Laya was crushed to death aud three other men were severely injured. They eecaped instant death by the protection afforded by the timbers fulling partly aoross their bod ies, uuder which they were imprisoned for many hours, while their fellow workmen labored- desperately to break through the great mast ot debris. Late tonight the resouing party reached the imprisoned men, who were nearly dead from their injuries and hunger. They will recover. General MaoArthur, in his report on the conditions and piospecta in the Philippine islands, say the future of the people is bright, and that educa tion will eradicate the natives' distrust of America. Beheaded by the Empress' Orders. Berlin, Nov. 15. The Lokal An aeiget publishes the tollowiug from its Shanghai correspondent: "Natives from Hankow say that the empress be headed a number of telegraph officials, who accepted a secret message from Epmeror Kwang Hsu to Count von Waldersee, informing him that he (the emperor) was being kept a prisoner and was unable to return to Pekin. They also say that other executions oc curred iu connection with the matter.' Electric Car Workt Burned. Norfolk, Va., Nov. 18. The oar sheds and eleotrio plant of the Norfolk Railway & Lighting Company in Hun teisville, a suburb ot Norfolk, were totally destroyed by fire today. Fifty two cars and the electrical machinery were destroyed. Loss $150,000. Killed His Two Partner. Bonita, Ia Nov. 15. Jnbe Wil lianiB, F. F, Wilbourn and P. S. Bat cheller, partners in a store lit quar reled over a settlement of attain and in a fight that followed Batoheller killed both of his pattners. TONE IN TRAOt. and Iroa are All Itedag Mattar. Bradstreet says: There i a strong tone in cotton and wool, tho termer largely because of reports, or fears, of crop damage, while the latter is Area it former quotations on a volumo of botlnes equal tu lately enlarged totals. Cereal are, a a whole, dull and lack speculative interest. Wheat ia practl oally unchanged, early report of Ar gent ins crop damage falling to bring out much buying, and Vie latter ia turn inducing realizing. Corn la only fractionally higher, while bog product are rather alow and weak. It ia from that long-time barometer of trade, tho iron trade, that relatively the best re ports a to the demand and tho price come. While a considerable volumo ol business wa displayed just previous to election, the quantity ot aalea report ed alnce baa been very satisfactory. Hopefulness a to improvement la (all demand, now that the election it over and cold weather ha arrived, ia retried In all sections, but nowhere ia tba feeling ot confidence so marked aa in the South. Despite the recent dot-line in cotton, the feeling in that ac tion is notably chest ful. In the West, dry goods, clothing, ihoe and hardware are moving better. In the East, leather, shoes, wool, to bacco, and coal are firm and outlook for buaiuet i regarded at favorable. On the Pacific coast, export trade with our new possessions and with Asia bat been good. California re porta the large area planted in grain helped by recent rain. Wheat (including flour) shipment lor the week aggregate 8,505,507 bush tit against 8,612,421 bushels last week. Failure for the week in the United States number 161 against 165 last week. Canadian failure tor the week nam ber 17, against 16 last week. PACIFIC COAST TRADE. Seattle Market. Onions, new, I Ho. Lettuce, hothouse, $1 per era to. Potatoes, new. $16. Beets, per sack, 85c $1. Turnips, per sack, $1.00. Beans, wax, 4c. Squash lic Carrots, per sack, 00c Parsnjpa, per sack, $1.25. Cauliflower, native, 75o. Cncnmbers 40(g50o. Cabbage, native and California, lo per pounds. Tomatoes 30 50?. Butter Creamery, 26c; dairy, 189 12c; ranoh, 18o pound. ' Eggs 82o. Cheese 12o. Poultry 12c; dressed, 14o; spring, 1815c. Hay Puget Sound timothy, $14.00; choice Eastern Washington timothy, $10.00. Corn Wliole, $23.00; cracked, $25; 'u;.V J .Wt OT .g - - r - . 1 ' " i ir rar-jut, per hural, $i 50; bU-tikl t e.ifcht "o 'Ju, u.u.uia, STRONG Cettoa, Wool will go cd indeti- -l.i'5; buck "Yhtwt flour, lo.Od; sm ile advocated thai bam, pr. barrel, $3.00; wkolo wheat flour, f:1- 26; rvt! Hoar, , 0'4.O' Wilstuffs " Bran, per "ion, $18.00; ihorte, per ton, $14.00. Feed Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton; middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal, per ton, $30.00. Fresh Meats Choice dreaaed beet iteers, price 1)c; cow, 7c; mutton 7s; pork, 8c; trimmed, 9c; veal, 9 11c. Hams Large,' 18c; small, 13; breakfast bacon, 13c; dry aalt aides, awe Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla. 64 54tc; Valley, nominal; Bluestem, 57o per bushel. Flour Best grades, $3.40; graham, $3.00. Oats Choice white, 42o; choioa gray, 41o per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $15.50 brew ing, $16.60 per ton. M ills tuffa Bran, $15.50 ton; mid dlings,.$21; shorts, $17; chop, $16 per ton. IIay-Timothy, $1218; clover.f 79 0.50; Oregon wild hay, $6 7 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 45 60c; (tore, 80c. Eggs 30o per doaen. Cheese Oregon full cream, lKo; Young America, 18o; new cheese lOo per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.60 8.00 per dozen; hens, $4.00; springs, $2.00(43.60; geese, $6.00 7.00 doc; ducks, $3.00 5.00 per doaen; turkeys, live, llo per pound. , Potatoes 6060oper sack; sweets, IKo per pouna. VegeUbles Beets, $1; turnips, 75c; per sack; garlio, 7o per pound; cab bage, lo per pound; parsnips, 86o; onions, $1; carrots, 75o. Hops New crop, 1214o ; per pound. Wool Valley, 1314o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 9 13c; mohair, St per pound. ,. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wether and ewes, 8 so; dressed mutton, 6 7o per pound. Hogs Gross, choioe heavy, $5.76; light and feeders, $5.00; dreaaed. $6.006.60 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, $3.604.0O; cows, $3.00(38.60; dressed beef, 6 7o per pound. Veal Large, 6'7)to; small, 8 8)bo per pound. San Franelseo Market. . Wool Spring Nevada, ll18opei pound; Eastern Oregon, 10 14c; Val ley, 1517o; Northern, 910o. Hops Crop, 1900, 1316o. v ' ; Butter Fancy creamery 94o; do seconds, 23o; fancy dairy',' 81 22c; do seconds, 20o per pound. Eggs Store, 28o; fanoy ranoh, 43c Millstuffs Middlings, $18.00 9 83.00; bran, $15.60 16.50. Hay Wheat $918M; wheat and oat $9.0013.50; best barley $9.60 alfalfa, $l.008.50 per ton; straw, 8547tfo per bale. Potatoes Early Rose, 80 75c; Sa linas Burbanks, 90c$1.15; river Bur banks, 8500o; new, 5085c. Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia, $3.758.35; Mexican limes, $4.00 6.00; California lemons 75o$1.60; do choice; $1.752.00 per box. Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.60 8.50 per bunch; pineapples, nom inal; Persian dates, 66H!c P( pound,