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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withdrawn to the north.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.
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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