An Advertisement Whmh bring returns U proof thai tt ia in the rglt pImm. The WEST . SIDE brogt mi r. The Best Newspaper U the' on tbt give tbt moat andl freshest mwi. , Compart) tbe WEST SIDE with any pper to Polk oounty. VOL. XVIII. (1.60 PER TEAR. INDEPENDENCE, ' POLK COUNTY, ' OUHi.ON, FltlDAY, NOVEMHEIt 30, lftOO. Five Cents Per Copy. NO. 939. jo lit us or nit m From AH Parts of the New World and the Old. ' OF INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS CoiTtprhMlvt Review of the ImporUnl hap penings of tht Put Wck In a Condciwd Form. There are now S3 case of yellow lever in Havana. Russian Midlers in China wilt be withdrawn to the north. lucky tuts tailed ,rvm Naples for Stroma. 7hn.uiui.tiu vote. the ' KI1- l'j IV ka luilkitn. tSrjaU, O.CCii MO Kiiiler, ?, ii!9. Ate; icaus tonic a T;rJ tTiTho il at t mom which the icK.s waa Impregnable. John Law son Johnson-, of Kent, Eng land, the noted dietio expert, dil in Fraooe, aged 61. The new United States tnonitcr Ne vada waa launched at Bath, Me., with appropriate ceremoulea. The Veneiuelan government hat re- . ceived from Germany 18,000 Mauser rtflea and 3,000,000 cartridgee. The population of Kansas ii 1.470, 485, aa against 1,427,000 in 1890, an increase of 43,309, or 3 per cent. The population of Virginia ia 1.854, 184, aa against 1,856,880 in 1?0. an inoreaaa of 108,204, or 11.9 per cent. The population of Maryland ia 1.550,050, agaiust 1,402,390 in 1800, au increase of 147,060, or 14.1 per cent. Ex-President Kruger waa received by President Lcubet. of France, at the Kllytee. at Pari. There were no dis turbances. Five coal niinea near Parkersbutg, W. Va., were destroyed by a landalide, entailing a lost of $300,000. No one waa injured. At Chit-ago, the foreman of a sash aud door factory wai shot and instant ly killed by one of two men, uelieved to be atrikera. The Yale football team defeated Ilarvard'a eleven by the aoore ot 28 to 0, at New Haven, Coun., before an Im mense crowd. , . A St. Lawrence river steamer .wat wrecked off Seven Islands, Quebec, "Tifidnaimbir licntd perithed, 18 of the crew and seven passenger. The population of Nevada aa official ly announced liy tha census bureau, if . 43.cr. t- :iut 45,781 in 1800, a db crease of 8,436, or 7.4 per cent. Five hundred Indiana in Western Colorado are slaughtering deer by the hundreds, and Governor Tboniai baa given ordera to have them arrested. Another snow storm ia sweeping over British Colombia. Seventy-tive lives were lost in the tornado in the South. Negotiations are under way for a re ciprocity treaty with Russia. A difference of opinion haa brought the Chinese negotiations to a standstill. Faol Kroner, ex-president of the South African republic, haa arrived at Marseilles.' The ways and means committee of the house, decides to redone the war tax 130,000,000. Mac Arthur is pushing the campaign against the Filipinos, reinforcement! being aent to the several divisions. The official count for Ohio ia as fol lows: McKinley 543,918, Bryan 474, 882; McKinley's plurality, 69,086. Lampson P. Sherman, brother of the late Senator John Sherman, of Ohio, died at Des Moines, Iowa, aged 79. The official coont for Nebraska, shows that McKinley's plurality in the state ia 7,822. The total vote of the state ia 251,098. McKinley received 121,8:5 all Bryan 114,018. The population of the state of New York as officially announced by the census bnreau, is 7,263,013, as against 5,997,853 in 1890. an increase of 1,270,159, or 21.1 per cent At Republic, Wash., Charles Kramer was found banging by his neck, in a slaughter bouse. He had been missed since November 0. His body was fonnd by George Raglan, who visited the slaughter house. He was general ly despondent, and having lost $100 on -.be election, it is supposed that induced Jiiiu to take bis own life. ' The Vossiche Zeitong, of Berlin, points ont "the dangers of permitting Boers to trek into German Southwest Africa, since they are unmanageable and incapable of accepting orderly con ditions." Giving a word of warning, it says: "The lioers would seek to hold the gronn 1, thus forming a state within a state. The German colonial authorities should remember that it would be generati'fs before the Boers forget that they once possessed an inde pendent political existence.' Dr. Leopold Kahn, the Arctic ex plorer, is certain that Lieutenant Peary is wintering at Fort Conger. The yellow book on Chinese affairs published by the French foreign office nhows close relations between France find the United States. , The will of Frank Williams, late of Johnstown, Pa., makes a bequest of ,,300,000 to the Lebigh university at South liethlehera Fa worthy students. for the benefit of ThAr am torlv in nil Pnnnw. m, 1 than 8,000.000 Italian emigrants. There are only about 180 living sol diers who are entitled to wear the Brit ish Victoria oross. Paper money is at a premium at Nome. Miners find it more convenient than gold and pay as niti as two per cent in excess of Its face value for it. Admiral Dewey's collection of gifts temporarily on exhibition in the na tional museum at Washington bat been removed to his residence in Rhode Isl and avenue, -." LATER NEWS. Conger bn not slgued the Fekin pro tocol. Secretary Root Cuba. Kroger visited meat otnoialt. has returned fiom the French govern Palace guards have rest Prince Tuao. been tent to ar- Colonel Donby may succeed Conger at miulater to Chlua. Nome it now completely shut oft from the outer world by a barrier ot ice. A conspiracy to assassinate Lord Roberta waa discovered in Johannes burg. Governor Oeer hat turned certificates ot election to Republican electors for Oregon. " Henry fags preavlled on Puget Somid, eauxing many minor aoeldeutt on both laud and water. r1' i. Ual voU for presidential ereo tr in Nmv Jersey waa: Republican, .J.l,70!; Dimoorat, 164,808. V ix pnlationot Texat it 8,048,710. ,... :.;J5,523 in 1890, an iuorease of 813,137, or 36.8 per ceut. The population of Nebraska la 1,068, 539, agaiust 1,058,910 in 1890, au in crease ot 9,630, or .9 per ceut. Official retnrnt show that the vote tor president in Iowa wai: Republi can, 807,818; Democrat, 809,466. The Portland, Or., Chamber of Com. merce nrget aa appropiration ot $4, 000,000 tor canal and locks at the dalles. The population of Utah, at officially announced, is 376,749, at against 207, 005 in 1800, an increase 68,844, or 83.1 pet cent. An irrigation bill allowlug more than $1,000,000 to Oregon. Washing ten and Idaho will be introduced at the coming session of congress. One man wat drowued and four oth ers injured in a trainwieck on the Cleveland dc Pittaburg road, near Pitts burg, in which the train wat ditched into a river. The population of Montana, at an nounced by the United States census bureau, is 243,320, at agaiust 133,150 in 1890, an increase of 111,170, or 84.1 per cent. The population in 1880 wat 89,159, thowiug an increase ot 83,000, or 237.4 per cent, from 1880 to 1890. The population o' North Carolina is 1,803,810, at tgainst 1,617,847 in 1890, an increase of 273,863, or 17 per cent. Slgnor Marconi hat practically solved the quettion of ocean transmission by wireless telegraphy, and will soou be able to use hit system aorost the At lantio. Flooda and stormt are canting great damage in the Fast. A yonng man wat fatally abot py robbers near The Dalle, Or. j Officers at Tien Tsin are in favor ot destroying the Chinese fortifications. Fire destroyed a cement plaut near Fatten, Pa., causing a loss ot $200,000. United States geological surveyors are mapping Fastern Oregon mining districts. The official vote of Indiana is at fol lows: Bryan, 808,584; McKinley, 830,063. The official vote of the tt ate ot Vir gin ia aa follows: Bryan, 146,170; McKinley, 117,151. Sarah Bernhardt and M. Coquelin played their first night to a representa tive audience in New York City. They appeared in Rostand'! "L'Alglon." Attorney-General Blackburn givet bit official opinion that reading the Bible and repeating the Lord's Prayer are permissible in Oregon pnblio schools. The president hat decided to appoint F. T. Bowles, naval constructor in charge ot the New Yotk navy-yard, cbief of the bureau of construction and repair of the navy department, upon the retirement from active service next March of Rear-Admlral Hichborn, the present incumbent. A dispatch received at Berlin from Field Manhal Count von Waldersee, dated November 24, sayt the German expedition bat hoisted the German flag over the great wall, which wat reached November 22 by way of Hey Ling Cheng, after a difflonlt mountain march. The dispatoh adds that the French had a severe fight with Boxers 80 kilometers sooth of Pao Ting Fu. Horses to the number of 50,000 are to be purchased in this country in the next six months by agents of the Brit ish government for the use of Lord Kitchener's (oroes in policing the Transvaal and Orange Free State. This news has been announced by John S. BrattoD. of St. Louis, who hat sup plied directly and indirectly to the British army In tho last two years many hortet suitable for cavalry use. Details are received of the killing ot the supposed Apache Kid, near Pa checo, Mexico, recently. There are three dead Indians one of them tup posed i6 be the notorious Apache Kid, for whom the United States govern ment has offered a reward ot $5,000. The other dead are an Indian squaw and pappoose, who fell in the fight. The shooting as done by two men whom the Indians had robbed, and who bad followed the band. Unsatisfactory rate arrangements with railroads may prevent the G. A. It. enoampment in Denver. The man who bnilt the city hall ot Denver is now selling cigars and tobac co at a stand in the corridor of the bnilding. Colonel Benjamin West Blanchard, once one of the most widely known railroad men in the country, died at bfs residence in Washington, aged 74 years. There are 141 theological schools in the United States 52 law sohoolt, 83 regular medioal schools 9, electric medical schools and 14 homoeopathic, i El bridge T. Gerry resined the presi dency of the New York Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children, which he founded 21 years ago. j C. Oliver Iselin will manage the j old defender Columbia in the trial races next summer with the new yacht now being built at the Herreeboff tbopt in Bristol K. I. to defend the Ametioa's cup against Sir Thomas Lip ton's challenge, , lAliOHHo1 Turkey Refused American Consul Exequatur. CONSIDERED A8 AN INSULT The Kiat Waa KrJ-rat4 the UrotiBd, That llrl Is Mel a CoinMi-irvlal Talus. Constantinople, Nov. iB.The porta hat iellnitely rojwtxd the request lor an exequatur tor a United Statea con sul at Harpoot. 'i tit refusal it regard ed by the In I ted Hates legation ai a direct violation ot the treaty rightt, and, coiiKeqiieutly, despite the refusal, Thomas . Norton, who waa appointed by President MoKtnlev some tint ago toenublish a cououhtte at Jlarpoot, hat been directed proceed to hit post. The expected visit ot the battle ship Keutuuky to Smyrna Is believed to relate quite as much to this matter aa to the indemuity question, THE COLOMBIAN WAR. Mar Rabel Vlrturl-('oltt and fana iii a Torrur-Sirlvkcu. Kingston, Jamaica, Nov. 86. The British steamer Barbadian, which hat jimt arrived here from Colon, reportt that severe (Ightiiu occurred Monday and Tuesday at Culebra. The govern incut forces attacked the rebels, who occupied a good ltlon, with the re sult that the losxe of the former were heavy. The fighting wat proceeding when the steamer left Tuosday night. The storci aud restaurants at Colon were closed aud I lie rubels held a por tion ot the railroad Hue. Another rebel force wat reported to be engngiug the government troops near Panama. Itusiuess it entirely stipenlod at the latter place, aud both Panama aud Co Ion are in a state of terror. The rebels are attacking in a determined manner, aud it is (eared the slaughter will be great before tieclrive results are rnat hed. The liberals, it la assnrted by the passengers of the steamer, still bold ltuena Ventura, though the Co lnnititan trnvnrnniatit is maltititf oril effort to regain possession of it. j f Inuilt III Hiiulharn California. Anaheim, Cel., Nov , 26. The Hood j situation here is alarming. A break j iu the SauU Ana river lias brought the , water to within a mile of the town, which ia 13 lo t below the bed of the ! river, and if the rUo of the latter con j tiuues the town will be swamped. The Catholic cemetery wa reached last night aud is under a foot ot water. In the peat lau.ls break in the Santa Ant river have let In a large volume of new water, and the celery men fear the en tire crop ot 1,600 cars will be lost. Over 100 families have been driven from their homes aud there is fear that people In isolated suction have been drowned. , UUrk ring, at Crtntnn. New York, Nov. 2fl, One thousand Black Flags have returned to Canton, says a Herald diputuh (torn Hong Kong. Although the rebellion hat tub sided iu the Fast llivnr district, the distorted villagers are repudiating the rule ot the Manduriu, refmiug to pay Isxes. The French nro extremely ao tive, relying ou tlio visits of the gun boats as an effective means of nettling Indemnities. Three gunlioatB remain at Shan Tak to enforce tlioir claim of 170,000 taels. Tha Mandarins offer 110 per cont, v. bich hn not been accepted, There are foam of fresh outburst ot disiitfeotlon. Ilrjran MUM a Chicago DnmiierMt. Mexico, Mo., Nov. 26. In a letter received hero to lav from V. J. Bryan, he says: 'Still believing in the principles set forth in the Chicago platform, I shall continue to defend thorn, believing the American peoplo will yet seo the necessity for the repudiation ol Repub lionuism." Hraiids' liners llefi-Hlvtl. Bloeiiifonteln, Nov. 25. The rnert nudor Brand were defeatod November 18 at l'aderspan, with heavy lossoa, the Lancers charging through the Boer line, doing deadly dumuifu, na n inira- her of riderless horses dcmoiiNtrated. was woundod. Tha Brand himnolf British casualties wore not seriout. (7nlt)li I'DWiiri' Appeal. Frankfort, Ky., Nov. 20. In the court of appeals today the case ot ex Secietary of State Caleb l'owere vs. tht commonwealth was submitted without argument, with leave to file briefs De cember 1. Powers is under lifo sen tence tor being un accessory totheGoe lid murder. Eipalleil Oeriiians Hants Dnmages. Berlin, Nov, 25. The Pan-German Association has taken up the rnnao of several hundred Gerujaux who were ex pelled from the TrantAnul by thq Brit ish. It. is announced that "it will force the government to make au enor getlo demand upon Great Britain for adequate damgaes." - Plutlera HmitHimml. Bucharest, Nov. 20. The trial of the Macedonian Bulgarians accuaed of participating in a plot to assassinate King Charles of Romnnnia, was con cluded today. All were sentenced to hard labor for life in the salt iniuos or to long terms of imprisonment. West Vlrictnlii' Vote. Wheeling, ,W. Vii,, Nov. 26. The Intelligencer has received complete re turns from nil but two conn tins of West Virginia, and, with nuofficiul figure for those counties, tho figures show Mc Kinley's majority to bo 21,039. South Carolina's Population, Washington, Nov, 26. The popula tion of South Carolina, as announoed today, is 1,840,816, as against 1,151, 149 in 1809, an Increase of 180,167 or 16.4 per ceuj Tornado In Ohio. Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 20. A torna do which swept over Delawnre and Knox counties lust night caused losses aggregating $0,000. The path of the storm was only about a quarter ot a mile wide and touched the earth only in spots. The Hartford fair buildings were badly damaged. guntenced for I.esa Majesta, Berlin, Nov. 20. F. Suhnltze, a Ber lin cabinet maker, haa been tentenoed to three months' imprisonment for critioising Emperr Williams' "no pardon" ipeeoh. Schultte is the sixth victim within a week. TERMS AGREED UPON. rh rinsl Session of tht Diplomatic tU In Chins. Pekln, Nov. 88, The diploma! In body held a final minting Ibis morn ing, aud agreed upon the term! ol the preliminary treaty. Nothing now 're mains except to secure the approval! of the respective governmut! before d,- fi nite urtiotlatioui Willi the Uhlli'""' peace coromiiutiouert are begun, precise terms ot the tultlvment I not vet lioeu made niihlia here, lu bh I'M It believed, outside the dlplotu lute corns, that the main points are in tub- slnntial agreement with those contain ed in the French note to the powers, namely punishmeut lor the guilty, In demnity to government and Individ un Is, retention ot strong legation guards and the occupation ot ooitalu placet betweeu Pekiu and Taku. v A party nf American cavalry went tudav tadlsnerse a ban I of tmndiw in a village, 16 mile from Pitkin. The TiUvga waa Innnd atooitiftteJ. bBifw the Americans attsoked ' cnptuMd it, killing teven Chinese. A secret edlot from Mnuafu to the provincial vlcoioy and guvt&uu-ijurv dert them to cease the manufacture ot modern arms aud to revert to the eld style ot weaus, bmsu4 modern arms "have proved utterly useless agaiust the foreigners." A DOUBLE TRAGEDY. 0. W. Traylor Killed J. Mirdwvbwk, Thtn Took KU Owe Uft- Jacksonvllle, Or., Nov. 28. There wat a double tragedy here last ulght. U. W. Traylor shot and killed J. liar deiibrook aud then ended hi own life. The (acta developed before the ooi on er's Jury are at follows: U. W. Traylor had lived near Drain, Dougtaa county, lor two yean past, lie arrived in this place, with his family, two week ago. His wife's sister, Miss Sarah U, Bee sou, daughter of W. N. Beewin, ot Shubel, Cl.ckiim county, came here with them. Mr. Ilardenbnmk had been paying hi aldreses to her, and it Is understood they were engaged to be man led. j marriage, ' threatened Mr. Traylor objected to the aud on several occasions Mr. Ilardenbrook'a lite. The day liefore the (limiting Traylor sold llardeubrook would not live tilt Sunday, though he gave his content tor him to come to the house to ape Mis lleeson, REQUEST DECLINED. No Men Troops tor South Africa en tht Scon of Expni, London, Nov, 28. "We under stand," says the Dally Fx pros this nomine', "that Lord Robert recnutlv requested the government-'- to teinl IHI.'TJTTI 000 regulars to South Alii" to inlieva the same number still in thn Held, liu that hi request wsa rit'!ipd on the soore of eapenee.'1 A (let 'iirti if the government e refusal "rotnous economy," the Daily Kx i--a g- on to describe Lord Kitchen r a lrHic plan of operations," "lie will endeavor to isolate the commandoes," tt snvs, "and to move suspected Boor families Into garrisoned towns. He will clear troublesome dis tricts, confining the population iu laag ers, If necessary, and will take or de stiny all 1 1 hhI supplies, punish trench try by death or transportation, raw viibige guilty of tieasoiiable sots, aud destroy all farms iu tha vicinity ol luihvay or telegraph cutting." FLOODS IN OHIO VALLEY. fht Dmg lo Property Ii Considerable No Lives Lost. Cincinnati, Nov. 28. Floods are re ptirtod all along tho Ohiotvallcy today. Iu almost the entire valley it has been Mining since last Teesmiy, and almost continuously since Friday, While no lives nro reported lost, the damage to property is considerable. The Licking ilvcr, iu Kentucky, it very high, and has caused some damage ou the Ohio side by its waters rii-bing across the Ohio channel' and sweeping Ilia Cin cinnati lauding. One of the bridges over tho Licking connecting Covington and Newport was swept awuy. The lumber yards, mills aud shipping gen erally suffered great lust. On tho Ohio side, the Great and Llt'lo Miami rivers are both hinh, and llooi.s ahug the tri butaries of the Ohio river nre reported everywhere. The Ohio rose eight feet here during the last 24 hours, and is rising more rapidly tonight. William Wants t Large Navy. Boilln, Nov. 28. Kmporor William has sent to the Reichstag charts, maps and statistics showing the prwth of the ItnsHian, British, French and United Stales navies, and alto their ntruiigth In lar Husteru waters . Til .lw of this, the members ol tJxi Ke'ihsjig fear that another bill to increase the strength of the Gorman navy is coming, lowa'i Clgsrttt Lewi- Dubnque, Ia., Nov. 20. An order came to all tobacco dealers today at once to ship out of the statu their en tire stock of cigarettes and cigarette pn port. The order came from the Ameri can Tobacco Company in conformity with the recent decision pf the United States supreme court. To Determine Andree'i Fate. Stookhoiin, Nov. 25. Professor Na thorst has offered a reward ot 000 enwns for each of the remaining ten buoys token by the Andree Arctic bal loon expedition. He is also taking steps to fit ont an expedition to search tho Iceland const for wreckage ot the balloon, and also to search the south west co.st ol Greenland for tho same purpose, ns he considers this the on'," manner in which the fate of Andree can be learnod. Fugitive From Mexico. Yuma, Ariz , Nov. 28. John Taylor, overseer of the wood-cutting camp of the 1 to per la 1 Canal Company, has ar rived hore a f fitivo from the rigors ot the Mexican law. Taylor bad gone to the wood camp, just across the Cali fornia line, iu Lower California, to measure wood cut by contract. When thus engaged he became involved in a quarrel with a Mexican, whom he shot and mortally wounded. Taylor says be acted in jel (-defense. He narrowly escaped lynching at tbe handa of the Mexiotns. - m in mt w i. , (In t b.iaj Caused by Floods .' and Rains. WtifM Of A DISASTROUS TRAIN WRECK IrhfH CatmJ by Story, Afttrward Da. M at Strluui Accldsnt la Wut Virginia. Hilton, W. Va., Nov. 28,-Tbere hseitiin various reports tonight about bridji on the Chesapeake ft Ohio be ng ymbed out aud tralut lunulug into lSt:sr,in aU-Wt-beasd lost. There t inehpu in aiiv tb'-je reiKirts. All ut tn, trelii ar n.n ed tor, either rtleeiiB (r Whu f v. pliur Springs, f ti.iret th delayed u h i i "''if mtuft-; M iitntno- W' vi tn best n'sui.er possible. V.'tiUa f the bridgt It washed auLfeV-Uit -road hat suffered much damage tr a distance of about HQ miles in embnukmeiits being washed out and In landslides, the most serluut being the landslide near one ot the Oreen llrler brlilges, not far from White Kul pbur Spring. The company will have eonxtrtioifctt crews here both from tha coast east and west tomorrow, and it is expected trains will run through to mm row night, at usual, although there will I transferring during another day. The railroad is not the only sufferer in this district. The floods have done gieat damage In this city and surround lug towitt, aud to the lumber trade everywhere as welt at to the crops. Floods In Wut Virginia. (luytndotte, W. Vs., Nov. 28. Con tluuou rsin lor tha past 48 hours has prod ii ml unprecedented floods in the Gayaudotte valley. Borne 9,000 logs have gone ont, taking with them the false works of the two new Guyandotte valley railroad bridges south ot Bar bonn illc. Hie loss is $'.,6,()00. The track ol the Guvaudott valley railroad, just completed to Salt Rock, a distance ol 18 miles, has been almost ruined. Rita In Iht Kanawha. Charleston, W. Va., Nov. 28. The continuous rainfall ot the past 48 hours has caused a rapid rise in all streams iu this section ot the state. The Kan awha hat almost reached the danger line here, and people in the lowlands are already moving out. The Kanawha at 0:30 o'clock tonight wat 27.4 feet, and rlitiug one-half toot per hour. At Kanawha Falls the river is 23.6 feet and stationary. The rainfall here (or - ''"I'ZUUltUVit ' &l. today wat Stem, la Pennsylvania. 1 - )(, H Nc. VS. Thl! lection ... . vir4r irrr - riiicHt - a mw Om i.j.inv. A I! of tli' milling plant sittirt! ! i n low yniiinl were compelled ULi'tptJ .doatn Uii morning, and many residt-ncet in the lower parts ot the tow si have lour to six feet of water on the ground floor. Hie Beaver madows are covered to a depth of three and four (uet for mile around. At Nar rows creek, three "miles east ot hore, hi the low-grade division ot the Penn sylnvnia, a bridge was washed away about noon, stopping freight traffic aud necessitating transfer of all passengers. i Murder ot an Ohio Physician, Mmavllle, Ohio. Nor 88. Dr. II. A. Hamilton, a prominent physician of this place, was shot today. Alfred Alio, 35 years of ago, who bad accused the doctor ot causing the separation ot Alio and his wife, is under airest, cluircd with firing the fatal shot. No one saw the shot fired, aud the physic Ian died without making any state ment. Dr. Hamilton left bis residence soon after breakfast to go to hit barn. He had passed within the line of some trees whea a shot disturbed the silence. A moment later he staggered back to ward the house, where he (ell dead. Fast Train Jumped tht Track. Cornwall, Cal., Nov. 28. The fast owl train jumped the trsok between Autioch and Cornwall this morning. The cause ol the accident was a patched rail. This rail was only about five feet long. It flew ont and ditched the train. Two colored oooks were the only mica seriously injured. The cars which loft the track are complete wrecks. Kuigneor NofI was running at terrific speed, trying to make up time, as the train was late, Clgtrmskers' Strike, TamprFh r Nov. 28. In pitTf the aree nciit made lant night lo liold thy g nmal strike in ahe.ys.iica un'il kite com. duts for tho Kesistiiuciiiii.ini ihe X t-jj.v,oitil v iijiir-MaKers" Vwa "COI..VI f.nt togi'ther, thn 'general, ntnke wa; vlnred today. Nino lical nnknis olic.vd the nivii.r of tho Traded'. S' etnfiiy and refused to go to work. It la estimated that 1,400 men have an awerod the first call aud are out. Fire In Beatrice, Neb. Beatrice, Neb., Nov. 82. Fire today dstroved the brick block occupied by Begole & Vanarsdale, general merchan dise and other firms. Loss $86,000. Revolt In Somallland. Zanzibar, Nov. 28. The Somalis have riseif in Jubaland, a province of British East Africa. About '4,000 well-armed men are on the warpath. Sub-CommiHsioner Jonner, who lias been on a tour inland with a small (oioe, is said to have been attacked. His position is grave. It is doubtful whethor he will be able to return safely to the soaport, Kismayn. Reinforce ments from Moombasa have been sont to Kiamavn. No Bone In tht Well. Paim, 111, Nov. 28. The reported finding ol human bones in a well on the Brnuot farm proves to be false. The story wa brought to this city by two laborers, who claimed to have been shucking corn in the vicinity. The well has been unused einoe tho finding of Jane Brnnot's body. ' Henry W; Bigler, the man who made the first record of the great California gold discovery in 1848, died at St. George, Utah, of pnenmonie, aged 75 years. PHILIPPINE FORESTS. Vast and Varied Tbnbtr Resource of Our III and Peutttlea. Washington, Nov. 29. The division ot customs and Insular affair ol the war department hat made public a summary ot the first report ot tha Phil ippine bureau of forestry organised iu its present form tinder an order of the military governor, dated April 14, 1800. Its first work was confined tn ascertaining tha conditions ol the rec ords received from tha SpauUb govern ment, under which that bureau bad not only had tha care of the (orettt, but also the survey ot the public lands. The lawt in foioe at the time of Ameri can occupation are said to be in Una with the moat advanced foreign legisla tion ot Europe, trot were not tolly en forced and licensed tha cutting ol any and everything. The result wat that valuable robber, gutta-percha and ylang-ylaug trees wtre taken, and even the most valuable used at firewood. - 4 Captain Ahtra't Staittntat. Capltln A hern itatet that from dif ferent sources of Information be is led to believe tha public lorest lands com prise from one fourtb to possibly one half the area ot tho Philippine, or (mm 20,000,000 to 40,000,000 acres. There an fully 5,000,000 tcret of vir gin forest owned by the state in tha isl ands of Mlndoro and Parada. Tha Isl and ot Mindanao, with an area ot torn 20,000,000 aoret ia -almost entirely covered with timber, and even in the province of Caygtyan, iu Luton, there are more than 3,000.000 acres of forest. In other provinces of Luzon, espe cially in the country close to Manila, much ol tba timber bat been cut, and to (HI large oontractt tha lumbermen are obliged to go quite a distance form the city In order to find a tuliablo tract. , , Mtjnlflont Timber. Captain Ahem mention! tract of virgin forests to bo teen on the south ern islands where from 10,000,000 to 20,000,000 cubic feet ot magnificent timber per acre waa ttandlng, with trees more than 160 feet In height, the trunks clear ot branches lor 60 feet and more than (our leet in diameter. He states that in these (create there are millions of oubio feet of timber, which should be cut in order to tbln this dense growth, to that the maximum aunim! growth could be obtained. There is a large variety of valuable gum, rubber and gutta-percha trees, 17 dye woods and the ylang-tlang, tho oil from the blossoms ot which latter tree It the bate ol to many perfume. There are no forest roadt or river drivewayi in the islands consloered worthy of mentioning. At present the trees are felled far from any road, and hauled out very alowly by one or more cariboo, with the result that many tracts are left uutouched. . , BIG BARK ASHORE. British Four Msster PolUlloch Grounded en tht Washington Coast Fonth Bend, Wash., Nov. 29. The British four-masted bark Poltalloch, Captain Young, in ballast from Santa Rosalia to Portland, went ashore at 2 o'clock thU morning about two miles north ot the entrance to Willapa har bor. She has lost all anchors, ard lies tru-un in a perilous position. The log Astoria stayed near her all day, but on account of tbe heavy teat waa un able to pass a line. The tug arrived here st 8 o'clock this evening to tele graph for another tug, and brought 13 of the crew ot the Poltalloch, who came off iu a boat. Cal on Ukt Erie. Cleveland. Nov. 99. Another vio lent storm prevailed on Lake Erie and thtoughout Northern Ohio today, the wiud coming from the noith and blow ing at the rate ot 60 miles an hour. The gale wat accompanied by heavy rain and sleet. The telegraph aud telephone oompaniet, who tuffered great damage from the heavy storm of last week, were again badly handi cappped by tbe prostration ot lines on ptaotlcally all routet at tho result of todsy't storm. Railway Clerk' Big Stealing. New York, Nov. 28. Word wat re ceived at police headqnarten today to the effect that a clerk of the Seaboard Air Line had been arretted at Fenian dins, Fla for the theft of $50,000 from that line. It It said that the mouey taken by thit clerk waa lost through speculation with the Arm ot O. B. Lawrence & Co., that recently failed here, and the principals ot wbioh are uow under arrest. ' Refugees From South Africa. New York, Nov. 89. Among the passengers wno arrived today on, the Stnhtendam from Rottendam wen five refugees from the Sonth African repub lie. They are H. Pearson, commissary general ot the Transvaal army; Com mandant W. Snymau, of the Orange Free State, and II. Snymau, Jr., A. Liubenberg and Hercules Viljoen, of Snyman's command. Pearson says hig paity was chased over the border Into Portuguese territory. They made their way to the ooast and thence by steamer to Europe. Peareon says be bat never been out ot South Africa before. Kruger Alleges Barbarism. New York, Nov. 28. According to a dispatch from Pari to tbe Journal and Advertiser, from Michael Davitt, Presi dent Kruger, the British press learns, is likely to follow np tbe line taken in his prouunoinmento at Marseilles by formulating specific charues ot the bronoli ol the code of civilised warfare on the part of Lord Roberts in instruct ing hi officers to resort to reconoentra do methods iu the effort to ornsh Boer resistance entirely. Buffalo and Vicinity Submerged. . Buffalo, Nov. 29. Buffalo and vlMn lty i submerged tonight by a fall of about one foot ot snow, which partially melting a it touohed the earth, haa turned into a coating of slush, which has made travel of all kinds very diffi cult. Street cars were running in the oity nearly on time and the train! were only lligtly belated. From sur rounding town! come reports ot serious damage to telegraph and telephone wires, cauaed by the think coating of snow which olnng to them and weighed them down. n id miis Bill to Provide Great Irrigation ' System. $1,000,000 FOR THE SEVERAL STATES Oregon, Wuhlnjtoa and Idaho Includcd Wlll B Introduced at tht Coming Stuloa of Congrui. V Washington. Nov. 28. A bill for Irrigation of arid landi it to be intra duced and pushed at tha approaching teuton ot congress which will affect Oregon, Washington and Idaho, among I .other ttatet. The moat earnest advo oataa of irrigation foal that with tho indorsement of the lata irrigation oon- IgrtH they IH bo abla to ; eoiio nppon oi oeiegsies irons au aria iani itatet ana nope in tint wsy to se cure tome general legislation this aet lion. The bill already prepared provide! that (our practical reservoir litet and 1 I .1 1 1 1 -1 II 1 - . I ! iirigauuu uiiuuri man no lumyti iu each ttate by tbe geolgioat aurvey, the secretary ot tbe interior then to with- fact, all classes of finished material, draw the land embraced in and tor ' not excepting rails, which are reported rounding the most suitable sites and ( being freely taken by Western rail ditcbet. He .ball then let contract! roadt at tbe much abused $36 basis, for constructing reservoir aud ditches, " Other metals, notably copper, are to oott not more than $1,000,000, in strong. each state. Nine million dollars is ap propriated by tbe bill. When tbe lands are irrigated they are to be sub Ject to homestead entry, eacbentryman to pay, $2.50 per acre, and no Individ utl to tecure more than 80 aoret. The vAaarvAfr mnA Aitnhmm .n tn ha tnmaf I Over to the settlers when most of the land irrigated is taken op. It is possible, however, that this ir rigation bill will be made a part of tbe river and harbor bill again, at it wat two yeart ago. D. II. Stearns, ot Oregon, and Dr. R. J. Gobel, ot Washington, delegate! of tbe irrigation congress, called on tbe president todsy aud solicited bis sup port to some plan of governmental aid iu an irrigation system tor reclaiming the arid West. PLOT AGAINST BOBS. Tht Scheme Wu to Blow Him Up While At tending Church. . London, Nov. 29. According to a epecial edition ot tbe Even lug Standard today, a plot lo assassinate Lord Bo berta, In which two foreigners are con cerned, hat been discovered. It ap pears that the conspirator! loaded a mine, which wat detigned to be blown up Sunday while Lord Roberta wat in church at Johannesburg, but the police aud Lord Roberts' body guard (rostrated the conspiracy. Ten men, mostly Ital ians, have been arrested. Roberts Confirms IL Loudon, Nov, 28. Tbe war office has tbe following from Lord Roberts, dated Johannesburg, November 26: "As reports of a plot against my lite probably reach you, I think you should know the facts. It is believed tbat there was a plot in existence, and five Italians, Igor Gieeks and one French man were arrested November 16, and are now awaiting trial. Their inten tions were to explode a mine nuder St. Mary'a church during the morning servico, held at 1 1 o'olook, on Novem ber 18." ' Robert Report Engagement, Loudon, Nov. 29. Lord Roberts, cabling from Johannesburg, under date ot November 26, reports a number ot encounters with the Boers at widely separated points, in which the British captured some cattle and a few prison ers, and suffered slight casualties. Tbe most serious affair was an engagement with the forces ot General De Larev, nnmberiug about 1,000 men, with three guns, who opposed General Clement'! march toward! Reitfontein. The Boers were completely dispersed. , , Dtwet in Portuguese Territory. Lourenco Marques, Nov. 29. A de tachmeut ot 80 monnted Portuguese troops, with two guns, crossed tbe river this morning at Cutembo. It is re ported General Dewet is In Poituguese territory and in that district. Honduras Pays Peart Claim. Washington, Nov. 29. Tbe state de partment received a cable today from United States Minister Hunter, at Gnu temala City, announcing that he had just received from the Honduran gov ernment a draft for $10,000 American gold as' indemnity for the , killing of Frank Pears. The killing ocourred. at San Pedro Snln, in May, 1800, and the indemnity it the full amount of the olalin set np. Census of Oregon. ' Washington, Nov. 29. The popula tion ot Oregon as officially announced today, is 413,530, as against 813,767 for 1800. This is an increase of 09, 769, or 81.7 per cent. Tbe population iu 1880 was 174,768, showing an in crease of 138,999, or 79.5 peroeut from 1880 to 1890. Killing of Frank Michaels. Redding, Cal.. Nov 29. It is now thought that the body found last Thurs day night, near tiellavista, ia that ot Frank Michaels, ot Portland, Or. Michaels left Bully Hill Thursday morning on foot for Redding. Hd never reached Ridding. When found, the head of the body had a bullet hole in it, and the authorities are divided as to whether it was a case of murder oi suicide. Luckenbill't Shortage. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 29. A special to the Journal from Portsmouth, Va ., says: Vice-President E. St. John, of the Seaboard Air Line, stated that E. D. Luokenbill, the agent ot tbe line at Fernandino, Fla was short in his ac counts $50,000.' A Big Blue In Rochester. Rochester, N. Y., Nov.,28. Fire to day deslroyeed the plant ot the Citl tens' Light & Power Company and de stroyed the Washington flour mills, ad joining. Lost, $176,000. WEATHER A FACTOR. Retail and Jobbing Trad Hat Beta) Meter. tally Affected. Bradstreet't says: Unsettled weather eoudition bavo operated to curtail re tail and jobbing distribution this week, and impart a quieter tone to several line indirectly amoclated therewith. Stock tpeoulation, too, hat been less rampant, and last week' record of bank clearing! has therefore not been equaled. There it, however, little or no apparent lots ot basio strength and. indeed, the general level ot staple prloet baa been slightly advanced. Thit later movement it most notable in the iron and steel trades, in raw cotton and to a lesser degree in the cereal! and tome borne proouots. In marine hipping circlet a distinct improve ment ii reported tinoe the Ont week in November. While the volume of bnsinos In pig Iron it Kill large, it doei not apparent ly come np to tba of lt week or the I week prevlout. No disappointment It, Jsswatv tola at tblt, aioro lwUflE'r! , a qnotatlona Have again Men tnaraM tip. Reports of prepaiatlon to resume come from many planta for tome time idle, and a tample instance ii tbe re port tbat every furnace in the Chicago Held will be at work next week. Plate! are active, ai are structural and car material, wire, ban. and, in Tin ii again tending upward. Wheat, including flour shipments t for the week, aggregate 8,827,296 bush elf, against 4,062,02 bubela last week, I Business failures in tbe United Ktatet for, tbe week number 915, against 227 last week. Canadian failures (or the week num ber 81, ai against 25 last week. PACIFIC COAST TRADE. Seattle Market Onions, new, I Ho. Lettuce, hothouse, $1 per crate. . Potatoes, new. $16. Beete, per tack, 85c$l. Turnipi, per sack, $1.00. Squash lKc Carrots, per sack, 60c Parsnips, per sack, $1.25. Cucum bers 40 50o. Cabbage, native and California, lo per pounds. . Butter Creamery, 80o; dairy, 189 93c; ranch, 18o pound. Eggs 84o, Cheese 12o. Poultry 12c; dressed, 14c; spring, 18(9150 turkey, 18o.. Hay Puget Socnd timothy, $14.00$ choice Eastern Washington timothy, $18.00. Corn Whole, $28.00; cracked, $25; feed meal, $25. . Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $30. . .. Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.60; blended straights, $3.26; California, $3.25; buck wheat flour, $6.00; gra ham, per barrel, $8.00; whole wheat flour, $3.25; rye flour, $3. 80 4. 00. Millfituffs Bran, per ton, $13.00; shorts, per ton, $14.00. FeedChopped feed, $18.00 per ton; middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal, per ton, $30.00. Fresh Meats Choioe dressed beef steers, price 7 c cows, 7c; mutton 7 Mi pork, 8c; trimmed, 8c; veal, 9(3 Hams Large, 18c; small, UKi breakfast bacon, 12c; dry salt sides, 8H'c ' Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla. 5854o; Valley, nominal; Blnestem, 66o per bushel. . Flour Best grades, $3.40; graham, $3.60. Oats Choice white, 45o; choice gray, 42o per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $15.50 brew ing, $16.60 per ton. Mills toff s Bran, $15.50 ton; mid- dlings, $21; shorts, $17; chop, $16 per i ton. " " Hay Timothy,$1218.50; clover,$7 9.50; Oregon wild hay, $6 7 per ton. Butter Fanoy creamery, 4560o; store, 80o. Eggs-35o perdoten. Cheese Oregon full cream, 12c; Young America, 18o; new cheese 100 per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2,759 8.50 per dozen; hens, $4.00; springs, $2.003.60; geese, $6.008.00 dot; ducks, $3.505.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 12o per pound. Potatoes 50 65o per sack; sweets, I l)vo per pounci. I Vegetables Beete, $1; turnips, 75o; per saok; garlio, 7o per pound; cab .iage, lH'o per pound; parsnips, 85o; , onions, $1; carrots, 75o. , J Hops New crop, 12(3 14o per pound. t Wool Valley, 1814o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 1012o; mohair, 85 per ponnd. , Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethera and ewes, 8Ko; dressed mutton, 7o per pound. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.75; light and feeders, $5.00; dressed, $6.006.60 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, $3.50 4.00; cows, $3.008.50; dressed beef, 6 7o per pound.- Veal Large, 87o; small, 89 8 Ho per pound. Stn Francisco Market Wool Spring Nevada, ll18oper pound; Eastern Oregon, 1014o; Val ley, 15 17o; Northern, 9 10c Hops Crop, 1900, 13 M17o. Butter Fanoy creamery 84 25c; do seconds, 23o; fanoy dairy, 81 22o; do seconds, 30o per pound. ' Eggs Store, 28o;. fanoy ranch, 86c. ' Millstufft ' Middlings, $16.50 9 19.00; bran, $18.00 13.50. Hay Wheat $9 18 H; wheat and oat $8.0012.50; best barley $9.50 alfalfa, $7.00 9.00 per ton; straw, 8547Ho per bale. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks,65o$l; Salinas Burbanks, 80c$1.16; river Burbanki, 4Q75o; new, 60 85c. Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valenoia, $3.758.25; Mexican limes, $4.00 6.00; California lemons 75o$1.50; do oholce $1.752.00 per box. Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.60 9.50 per bunch; pineapples, nom- -inal; Persian dates, 6(3630 pet pounds 1