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, " r j : . C 1'--" . ', ,-'.'. ......... 1 An Advortisonriont Whbn bring ratarnt I proof lhai (I ia in tb rglt plae Tb WEST. I&2 bnngt a vera, The Best Newspaper It tbe oo thai give tbe moat and freshest newt. Compart tba WEST BIDE with any piper ia Polk county. Ha VOL. XVIII. $1.50 PER TEAR. INDEPENDENCE, ' l'OLII COUNTY Cl PJON FRIDAY, DKCEHJ1KU 28, HUM). Five Centi Per Copy. NO. 943. n9 L i i j.n I,. TO.,rtrTit.-J.A.-, ..,. . . . , .... - ---. - T - H . ,n ,n, , t Ii5 Of I Villi From A!l Parts of the New Work! tnd the Old. CJ WTtEiT TO OUR MANY READERS r .CwnpNMv Rtvtiw of Km Import! hap. ; JnntJbv, ftajtWetkma 3 I r Ctanawetd form. ' Conger wat instruct' lo sign tit not. ' " - , another hitch Id tht Chine - . "ftlotte. Vil's i-t,'' '' "'' ' ' "''' ' v" : K' Vx pt are being concentrated is N uhr Cape Colony. ! - ... '. ...... ... . . hwa r ntcu q war oilier . AMamufS3 4 to mu"orce Kitchener at ouoe. r . Niclnlai Darnell, a ploueer of East ern Oregon, ia dead, aged 63 year. "Senator McBride baa asked for large appropriation for custom service launch at Astoria. , . The Booth-Kelly Lomr Company will olianife its keaiqaartera from ta iunw to Kuuene, Or. Oovernor Ueeruka raciflo Northwest ttaWa to join Orvgou in celebratiou of . , .. Lewia and Clarke ceutonuial. A mob at Gulf Tort, Mis. lynched a negro. It now appears that be wa r the wrong man. ; V The anpreme court of Ohio hai dla miised five oaaea brought under the trust laws of that state. .v : It ia probahle that the president will visit Portland and the Pugat sound clues on bis trip in May. State of Washington paysll,800 ugar bounty to local sugar beet Ia0 tory lor Spokaue county crop. The striking telegraph operators on the Santa Fe bave piven up the fitiht. Their places bave been filled by n men. Orer 1,000 Cbrlntiiius are reported to hae been massacred by Turks. . The Turkish authorities show the clinost Indifference. The controller of the ourreucy has appointed a receiver for the American National Bank of Ilaltimore. It is thought that depositors will be paid in lull. , A dispatch from Ti-n Tsin says: "Prince Cbing .asserts tlmt KtiJieror Kwang Hsu, unaccompanied liv the Empress Dowager, left Siuan Fu-DevT cerober 19, bound for Ptkin." J ( ine aead body of Peter p.-'joiinson was fonnd in a water ditch ou Turk! . avenne, PnyaJIn. The ..unpttoa i tha Jol5w 'isn2rurt.r :nw was onat le lo rescue himsalf , , ' A coal mine uuiJtr the cltr of l ttts t tiaveti in, allcaiux pa -fol rim prlic.Tj ; . of the town to fail into the initio, j It is fearsd othdr section will also . sink. ' 'i. ; All tha ministers at Pekin have signed the joint note. England is alarmed over the Boer Invasion of Cape Colony. The senate committee made many changes in the army bill. Ine Morans, of Seattle, will not get tne contract (or new wanhip. Speaker Henderson i opposed to en . largement of the Portland j oitofflce. The river and harbor bill will not be madejrablic until after the holi.'ars. Martin ' Stickel, the self-confessed Ctle Kock asiassin, will be haugeil. "- ( A company has been organized in Iowa to bnild a Dab cannery in Alaska. Anna E. Smith, was appointed pose minstress at Camas valley, Or., vice II. Allison, resigned. Thomas Parker, a native of England, was frozen to death near the miutb of White river. Klondike. Samples of two dangerous countei felt ailver coins bave been obtained fiora Portland and Sopkaue. - A collision occurred on the Siimpter Baker City road in which two locomo tives were elizhtlv damaaed. " Memorial service were held at the Oregon university in honor of Honry Villard, one of the college 'e greatest benefactors. It is announced tl at the total tax able property in the city of Salem, Or., will be approximately $230,000 less than last year. A pitched battle is imminent be tween the British nnder Ceneral Cle ments, who has bceu reinforced, and wte-Boew-end?- General Delurey. The cleaiiug house banks at Tacoma, bave decided ilat aftor JanuHry 1, tbey will ac pt panadian silver at par. Hviu it ' iins been taken at t?T)er . cent discount. All 'attempta to float the British , ;aaaoir..Jim.rar-Captain Ynle, from Sa vannah via Norfolk for Bremen, ashore on the coast of Holland, near Petton, have been unsuccessful. f TL; -steamer Sarah Dixon collided with the breakwater neai Mount Coffin, on the Lower Columbia, and now. restt ln l5 feet of water. This is the steam er's second experience nnder water. The salmon output in the Northwest exceeds that of all former years. In Prussia an income tax is levied on all wbtsd income exceeds $220 a year. , An agreement has been reached set ting aside $20,833 a month for Count ess Castellaue, Jay Gould's daugter. II. M. Hanua, brother of the sena tor, gave a Cleveland hospital Northern Pacific preferred stock valued at $82, 000. , Thirteen colored women whose ages range from 8ft to 75, are attending night school in Jersey City, N. J., and taking their firtt lessons in reading. , An Alabama geologist who has been prospecting in the neighborhood of De cat ui, says he has found unmistakable traoes of gold and phosphate within IS miles of the city named. " The gross earnings of 143 representa tive railroads for the first nine months of this year amount to the sum of 4888,991.000. This is $80,000,000 more than the same roads earned for j$he corresponding time in 1893. LATER NEWS. A oeauierj- will be founded at Ka geue, Or. " Piluce Tuaa and Prince Chung have been arretted. New Zaalaud will send mora troops to South Africa. Ya Ilsieu was ordered to return to Siuan Fa to be executed. Two men were killed at the remit of a ei plosion in an Idaho miue, . . The adavure gimrvl of y Eastern shep bnyera have arrived at lleppuer. The foreign ministers believe China will accept the terms of the note. Fifty-two Polea nave been arretted in Vienna (or alleged political conspi racy. Fire i Can Claire, Wis., destroyed half tie business section. The toes la il60,CC3. The Weston, Or.. st1ioorwm'aW'Tna;aout''rmrnu' and dispatchers; fete legislature to grant normal g aduatee men ami clerks. No attempt was made diplomat nuder (oimer couditiuus. j to molest them, and, although rain fell , . .. . . a great part of the day, the two curs Ah linmtnnMiiltil attninnt was niaile I .". " . , " . . ,t, l i blow np a hotel in Okhihoma terri torv. A ouspeat bat been arrested. Two noted Chicago sckeutiats declare after loiitf experimeula, that the beat lug ot the heart la caused by oommou ait In the blood. Jamea Patterson, for the past four years city treasurer of Aberdeen, Wash., is dead at bit home iu that city, aged 87 yeara. ' A shooting affray oooorred at Burke, j country 80 miles uorth, Including the Idaho and as a result Pearley Gordon lir bin cities of 8erantou, Wilkes and Charles Keck are In the hospital , l". PUMon ami CarUindale. suffwiug from sliot wounds. The strikers met tonight and a p. ; pointed committee to man the differ. Alfred llarmsworth, editor and pro- mi tiwm stations. They are to prleVir of the London Daily Mall, pre-' w,tcb fur meu who It is rumored have diets a complete revolution in Journal- )wa r(H;,0ited in Philadelphia to take ixm duiiug the coming century. John Tutor, a full 'blooded Indian, living in Indian territory, while tnlox- i irated. shot and killed three men ano wounded a boy. lie was captured. A serious race wr is expected at Vmentville. a small ludlaua town. The trouble was caused by two negroes .-ettititr intoxlcaU-d and trying to In timidate all the whites they met. A Fr-ncb detachment Ot HHi men on .1.-1. f.... Ti.. T.ln tn llnnrf Tail. ' .7 , "1" ... I,"' ..h.r ..! ap .,rna..it Small VlllaUO. OlIO OlllCer waa killed and another wounded. The French burujul'flie village. Wabtflay, Indlrai;olit manager for tjMrrTik Mauuli ctt.rlug Company, of WiuslKMO. 111., e-xl a jromiueut IhiwI- i tr whs arrcs'o.i ou it 'muni -im..- aloti.tr-t. prulened by & B. Klnehart, prfl' ident ot the company. Mr. ttlue- hurt fUI ; ' ts that the alleged shoitage S wyj, 8,000. ' the Ku'.diug genius of the . I,. Vfa 1 tli'.Ufci.i. jowt 'jer littiitt 'Irt Ms new tn bus exterien rd her fiVl bli'z d ol tlie vi. The Japanese minister of communi cation has resinned. Spokane has decided to hold a min eral fair during: 1002. Oregon has pHid out nearly $100,000 in scalp bonuties duriuu 1899. Public attention in Germany is oo copied with crime in high circles. Kitcheuer rojKirts that Boer Invasion into Cape Colouy has beeu cbeckel Germany wants the sultan to pay its bill before Luyiug au American war ship. Rebels are scattered In the pro vinces of Panay and Cebu, Philippine islands. England will buy' 50,000' horses and mules iu the United States for army in Swth Africa. Delay iu negotiations has caused great change of sentiments as regards China in Japan. A tornado did great damage in Ala bama. News is meager, owing to all wires being down. II. I'holps Whitmarsb has been ap pointed governor of the province of lienguet, Philippine islands. Forty-five iu-nrgouts were killed and one American wounded in an encounter uear Guuobatan, Philippine islands. E. II. Southern, the well known ac tor, who ha been laid up for some time by an accident, ia entirely recovered. A large portion of the Pbilppines must be abandoned unless the relief of the army ia immediate, says Secretary Root. The police are working on the case of Lonii, the Portland burglar recently arreated. It is thought that a charge of murder will be laid at his door. Fire which started in a Pennsylvania j coal mine 42 years agois nnder control, and it is si i 1 that the next two years will see it extinguished. The fire has couiiumed about 85 acres of the finest coal land iu tlio anthracite region, Frank II. Morris auditor of the war Icpartmeut, was shot and killed by iainnel MacDouald, a postofllce depart nent clerk. ' Fancied grievances and iquor were the causes that led np to rhe shooting. MacDouald afterward nhot himself and will uot recover. King Victor of Italy had a narrow escape from drowning while viewing he flood In Koine. Since the repeal of the Colorado law irovi iiug for Capital punishment there tave been 73 murders iu Denver and vicinity. Horseshoes Weighing au ounce each nd just a triile linger than a silver ollar were turned out in a California bop for a Shetland pony six months old. ; ' A furniture dealer In Providence, R. '., offers to provide the minister mar riage feast and wed ling tiip to young ouples patronizing him for household goods. The famous old, race horse Robert J., bo went a mile iu 2:01 against time, and went a mile in a race In 2:02, was sold at a recent horse sale for $625. 7 . The New York Central railroad will pend $2,600,000 in improving its har bor property at Boston. Tha plan in cludes the largest grain elevator on the Atlnutlo coatt. 1 II II II Every E nploye of the Scranton ' Street Railway. DEMAND BETTER PAY AND FEWER HOURS Compsay Says It Is Not la eTosUlea te Gnat lttcmst-7-Nciotlslloas Undsr Way fer Spttdy Sstllement Ooranton, Pa., Dao 89. Kvery cr of the 800 car and barn employe cf the Rirautou Hallway Company otyt. the strike order, which went Into t fleet at 6 o'clock this morntns, ; and at a I consequence ci!y two eara wete ran i In all ot the Laikawana valley today, iThaaa lam wr mannail t KunarintcB. ,siium nail a passeuter. The tied-up relou extends from Pittaton to Forest City, a dit.uie of 0 miles, and iucludea BS miles of j track, on whioh are ruu (iMiuarlly BO cars. The men of the VVyomfiig Yel lleylVactiou Company, 0 irntlutr .all j the lines st ntli of Pittaton as far a , Nautlcoe, tlireatt u to go ou a strike. W ltli both compauiea tied np there would be a toUl cessation of stieet car trallic on a busy stretch of their places. They will distribute card lo Rtraiiuera, notifying them of - j public has been issued, asktug that the car lie not patronised. The men demand 20 cents an hour for old employe i and 1& to I7 for now men. They also demand a 10 liour day, Tbe onmpany, In its answer to tne grievanoe committee, says it Is not In a position to afford any increase M uw pn'ivut nine. i rtrni- dent Chirk arrived toniahl and stated the road would be operated with new men If tha old men rauuot be secured. What tht Company Offers, YVilkeabarra, Pa., Deo. SB. The em ployes of the Wilkesbarre A Wyomlnit Valley Electric Hailwav Company ami the olliciul of the company n et In conference today to talk over certain grievances which the n.in submitted to th empnnjTJl:hf employes de unit led ;0 cents an hour for every hour work-."? an I iii r;o' noors. .Pres ident i ' . -r K id In ' itd to be fair ';!.' Wuu'.'b.it tHtt, aimdJLF?j too h v;t'Jjr, nn I , e mian could ' not aiT'nd t )'iaut lh .. At a com-fi.i-omise lro' tt-ut I;:, offered thi- uiu 16 touts an nonr, but no reduction in the hours. 'The conductors and motormen rofuso I to accept this offer Indian Outbreak Feared. Seattle, D.o. 20. Advices have been received from Sitka, Alaska, ittr lug that that towu is in a condition of suppressed excitement, fearing au out break of ludiaus. The United 8:aios marines stationed there are nuder arms, and the marshal and dep uiies are tak ing every precaution to protect the whitaa iu case of trouble. The aspect of affairs is very serious at Sitka, as the Indians are hy far the strongest numeric ally. There are 50 marines command ed by Captain Pendleton at Sitka. ' Sympathetic Strike. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Deo. 26. Two hundred and fifty girls employed at the Wyoming Valley lace mills, iu this city, have notified the n a ingement that they will not report for work tomor row. They go out iu sympathy with the weavers of the mill, who have beeu out on a strike for nine mouths. 'J be failure of the girls to report for work will neceeHita,te the total suspension of the plaut. Struck and Killed by Cart. St. raul. Deo. 20. Charles M. Mil ler, assistant engineer ou the, Montana division of the Great Northern railway, was struck and killed by an electric car in this city. Miller's headquarters were at Willistcn, N. D., and he was on a visit to relatives in tuts city. a. F. Miller, for many years chief engi neer of the Great Northern system , was a brother of the deceased. Strike Declared Off. Muncie, Ind.. Dec. 20. The strike of the snappers in the Trust window. glass planta in Mnncie, which threaten ed to close all the Western plants, was called off tonight. The workmen met and decided not to retain to work na-le-s they received the sums pay as be fore. The iminagome.it then offered terma which were accepted by the uu n. Attorney -General Griggs has con cluded his argument iu the Porto Bico case. Mirdtr Can Decision Reverted. South Bend, Deo. 24. Judge Elliot has reserved his, decision on the motion made fur a new trial of Manuel Gates, convicted of murdeiing William Bee son. The counsel for the deleudant in troduced as new evidence the aflidavit of J. 8. Stout, to the effect that he heard cries of distress coming from the launch Leonora, of which Beeson was captaiu, - at a point ou the river two miles below where Gates ia cup posed to have attacked Beeuou. i Chile Accepts American Cart. Santiago de Chile, Dm. 20. The government of Chile, wh ah reoeutly invited tinders for 4uu Height cars, !isys accepted 800 from Dosche & Co., and 100 from W. li. Grace & Co., all of American manufacture. Rantom Wat Paid. Omaha, Deo. 24. Edward Cudahy Jr., who was kidnapped Tuesday even ing, and held 88 hours for a ransom of $25,000 in gold, which the. young man's father unhesitatingly pa'.d, haa been returned to bis family. l. LvMiy) rM VMmVI . Sack It tht Report KKcnsatr fma f. torU-BrHlA Sarrewidia Thsm. London, Dec. 26. The war vCm haa received the following ditpt' from LorJ Klichoner, dated Prete ' i, Dao. S4i "At far at It It possible f.r ma to form an opinion from lenor'j ot ofHoon on tba ir-. 1 think the f t movement into Cape Colony haa I ,i checked.. Of Ct two forces that en tered the oolony, tht Eastern It tl north ol tnt Kootspansberg ra: ' while tht one that entered wast i peart to bave bees turned in the tl ton of Biltitowa and Prietka. troopt art getting aroond both be. and a tpsclal column la also a wiaod which wilt be dlspatofct j ' i''us are t el svtiuUJ. " 1 llixiu U.tveT not rm?tjl4 B Atoh asfiotaurd ia Co!cny at ht at nt tnfonuHtlt.i w. v i- p. i t f ittj ikmo ol tut cownutu, w h t. . . tl U ?i . Lpui umt 1 tUlb Iiu much interratcd by the Very Ud weather, 'Dewut i hi the neUh'whood of Senekal. (ioiicrul French, 111 imii inac tion with (ienural Clcmeuta, atUckrd a force nnder lleyert nth of Magallea' Berg. Tim Boers broke away In a southwesterly direction toward Po tchetroom, anil were followed ,by Genera! Gordon with a column of French's force. Yesterday evening about S o'clock Clements' foroe wat engaged south of Ollpbaut't Nek, bat 1 do not yet know the result." t, A later dispatch from Lord Kltohtnet datqd at Pretoria, aaysi "The western column of Boers occupied Britstown and cut the railway south ot He Aar Juintton. The enemy is being fol lowed up. General French baa been In contact for two dayt with tht com maudoes of Bayers and Dularey, south of the Magalies' Burg. He is pursu ing them. The enemy have lost 'con siderably, and Commandant Kreut and and others have been cpturud, Gen eral Culvllle engaged two separata oommansdoa DeccmmW 21 near VUdkfoutnin, with slight lossoa, the enemy retiring," FILIPINOS AND AUTONOMY. Recently Organised Party Has Been formal- ly Launched. Manila, Dee. 2d. The recently or- gaulxed autonomy party vat la um bod today at a meeting attem e I by virtu ally all the loyal Flllpluo leaders In Manila. Tha de -la ration of principles waa read and after some discussion adopted by a vote of 123, lesa than halfadosen declining to vote Alt eluued au endorsement of the platform;, including Senor 1 'aim no, one ofths most influential of the former inmr-1 gent leaders, whose real atrtmJ lowaru American authority es ieii much questioned. To principal ditcnjslon '.:. redrennj to.lba ornaQixati-li of th. Coveramentof th tnyr "A ;.vui.tT 20 inembert was eluuted togeihsr wi'.ri An executive ooinmllh e, , iucl i.'iun f-'enot Arellano, chief justice of the sipromo court; Frank 11. Boorne, Honor Amrlosos Firea, a former insor gent; General Senor Florentiuo Torres, attorney-general of the Philippines, St n r Jose Near, pn aoutlug attorney, and Senor To in as Del ltosirio. The smallest number of votes received by any candidate was 80. Jspaneu Minister Resign. ' Yokohama. Deo. 26. llosht Torn. minTstcr of communication, and for-1 merly Japanese minister to the Uulted States, has resigned his portfolio in consequence of the persistent allega tion of his Implication in financial scandals, lie will be succeeded by Mr. Hara, ex-minister to Corea. It is Atsiutlilan tliu !, A hIh IM 1 1 o nl I,a ' vnniuiv vaitioj vtJU ninuilltj VI HitJ 1 V cabinet will be affected. Large Deal In Coal Lands. Falrmount, W. Va., Deo. 26. The largest coal deal ever made in Harrison county will be consummated in a few days. The territory comprises 13,000 acres, or 19 square miles, lying r rem ml Salem. The purchasers are: James E. Bron, of Unlontovn, aud Alfred J. will pay Cochran, of Dawson, who $842,000 for the entire tract. Killed In a Triinwreck. Texarkana, Ark , Deo, 26.-Tlie Texas & Paclilo passenger train ot the Laredo & Fort Worth was partially wrecked 10 miles westi, of here today, The engine struck a cow, jumped the track and turned over. One of the fire men, Ed Catterson, was killed. En gineer Cubbity waa badly scalded. No one else was seriously hurt. Roumanla Declined Runlan l.oanu.-.-iJa.to. ' London, Deo. ,26. "Russia offered "' Roumanla a loan on lO.OOO.COO," savs, . Retard From Prison, the Vienna correspondent of (he Dally Montreal, Deo. 27. James Baxter, Express, "to assist her in the b mm- "fr,"Wly of Chicago, and lately of New oial crisis! but the offer was f cliua.l, S; , who wns sentenced here some because there were condition's attach- tl e aiio to five vears in the neniten- ed undermining Roumanian indepeud nece." . Railroad Will B Extended. It has been learned from reliable sources that the Nevada-California rail way will be extended from Termo, Cal., to Lakeview, Oregon, in the near future. A Schooner Bottom Up. Empire City,- Or., Dec. 26. The sohooner Gem, which arrived bcrc from San Francisco this evening, (after a hard struggle with the wind and waves, sighted a vessel bottoiji up about 80 miles west of Cape 4 ago. The vessel was paintod white, auj a clean bottom. The schooner lv" whioh also arrivod todayreportH see ing considerable lumber afloat Decem ber 21, but did not sight the sonooucr bottom np. Robbed by Footpadt, Mitchell. S. D., Dec 20. N. J. Neilsen. treasurer of the Workmen's lodge of thie city, was held up by foot pads at midnight last night, bound and gagged, his pockets rifled of $250, end left lying in an alley to ficeze. When fonnd by a night watchmau, Neilsen't hands and feet were badly frozen and he wat unconscious. The money taken from his pockets was funda he had collected as treasurer of the lodge, and whioh he was preparing to turn over to hit suooessor. There isao clew to, tho perpetrators of tbe or-int. WIU - ACCEPT If -rr.iyt Believe She Will Con ; ; vu&t Powers' Demands. " . TV-irAtS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED i I .' Tata sad Chun j Taken Into Custody 1 iHha brtti me Hwsrwr -iu nsisn urocrce to Slnsn Pu to Bs Exscuttd. lion, Deo. 27. The Hhanghat (jspundent pf the btandard tele 'fhe goveinmenthas arretted Prince ,T h b and Prince Chang on the bordert it hbau St tud' ihen l provtnoes. v II sum has t c V oKlsred t return M i fs.t aii Fu forUi iUh, to b eiecatea, via Inferrcl .rom tl. tbditi Impei lei autUotttUs are po pa; (,' collide tlio demand f the jet' mn for the punishment of the WtJgatChi of the trouble in China." Recording to a newt agency'ldla- t'atch 'Hum Pekin dated Dec. 26, the iMgn ministers there are unanimous ly of tlia bpluiou that China will ao cw, l the ouudliious Imposed by the lotut uote of tho powers within a n iuih. The note wat started on Its iy to the dowager em prose and the en porot immediately after its presen tation, bat ceinniooication is slow, and it probably will not reach thou until ;' . 'Vl-Admlil Allexoff." tayt the ti Petersbarg corroiponilent of the Jl uee. "hat Issued orilr-r to the men tgdet bit command In China to make dif alad lists of the Chinese property twney, cattle, provisions, etc., taken bt them, and 'where such property now li" The oorrospoudt'ut also sayt that diuchmaata of Bosnian in hoiitheru ai l SontheatteTii Mauubuila continue tti work of exterminating disorganized tilueae troops and brigands. A dupalob from Pekin to a news ttC bore (1ati-(l Dec. 16. sava mis nartee ttatt that Boxer 85 mile east Pekts killed 12 Catholics and burned ekht In the temples. MAY TURN DISLOYAL T Petklea of Caps Colony It Hanging ki ' s : Balants. London, Deo. 27. Tht peltion of Oiie Colon Is bunclna In thkalance. Aeoording to the Morning I'ost't - ! I Tjwo correspondent everytnl n, &md nna nxju the qiiatt ty ol amm luliicflK te Botaoaaiou oi tne aisioyai u;. 100 of whom have joined the j ,, ,rt 4 irs in the -, Phillipstown district ti. I l eigetlo measures have boon t - n t- at' an tht Invasion, bat there I O'ltntl ' 0! j .......... ..u " i iony onably danger that parties U KOI -UitunraW UuUi mM,i4. and gradually rale the v?' le Ca In rebellion. Kelnforce tents can arriveyfione too toon, 'Stifri dlapatchet from Cape Iiwd state that the raiders are dolu Ittle harm, and are being rapidly ei ilosod by Lord Kltdiener's combine ton. Iord Kitchener ia iu the heart iff the disaffected districts. He has tie advantage of being personally ao toaiuted with local conditions. Last flarch he supervised the suppression S tbe ri"lug which occurred then, lie b bringing down thonsauds of troops fm the North. I The Standard's Cape Town corra tioudout say the loyalists demand tint mnitlal law shall bo proclaimed iroughout Cape Colony, but adds: Such a step is now impossible, owing i the lack ol auftlcieut troops to en- ftrce It." ' FOR THREE ARMORIES. tubed That Waihington So Honor Spokane, I Seattle and Tacoma. Seattle, Deo. 27. A committee of offioera of the National Guard of the auto of Washington has completed a rivislon of the state military oode, vdilch is to be presented to the legis hture next month for formal accept aloe. This oode makes tho guard con ftjnn in all respects to similar organ iiitfouH in the regular servioe. The strength of the guaid is to be cousid ejably lnrceased, aud examinations fqr commissions made much more rtjid. (Special appropriations to build three aunories, at Spokane, Tacoma and Se attle, will be asked for. It is also hoped to secure a small appropriation for installing- a battery and moderniz iag some equipments said to be out of Shry for his connection with the Bank Ville Marie frauds, has been released on "conditional pardon" from St. Vin cent de Paul penitentiary, His wife aud friends bave beeu working incet. 8nutly for his pardon on account of ill health, ever since his conviction. He ia suffering from dropsy and bis condi tion is serious, . Peru Buys a War Vessel. New York, Dec 27. A dispatch to the Ilciuld, from Lima, Peru, says: It is m ported that Senor Cervajal, kov eminent commissioner, has purchased a war vessel in France. The British cruiser Amphiou has arrived there. t ' V Large Shipment of Peach Trees. A shipment of 100,000 voung peach tr .ee from Georgia nurseries, bonnd for Cape polony and Natul, South A f- n ia, hits been made. Residence Burned. Sulem, pr., Dec 27. The residence of Elinor Keoley, in South Salem, was bt'.rued a out 8 0 clock this morning, si-, m aftu Mr, Seeley had left for Port- latad. Ti e origin of the fire is uu- irown. The house wat valued at Moo, wi $800 Insurance. The con worth about $800. Bart of I te.nts we w jiioh w s saved. It t. 0t known w 'nether there was insurant nn thn oi n tents., As the house was a hlf nii.le onti Ida the city limits, and nn witter aiiiply was near, the fire depart- Hi 'lit dii not go ont. MARINE DISASTERS. The List Is 0rewn on tht Washington Coast -Wheat Ship Carl tht Latest, Port Townsend, Wash., Deo. 27. Each tug boat arriving from Capa Flat tery brings fresh newt of marina dis asters along the coast, and when the full returns are In the damage by the recent succession of gales will be the latest In the history of shipping along the Paoiflo Coast. - 1 The Gorman ship Carl, wheat laden from Tacoma, Dec. 5, for Europe, was towed to Port Angeles this morulug by the tug Boyden in a waterlogged con dition, After passing out of the Straits of Faca, the Carl encountered aiiale which oontluued several dayt, and wat to roughly bandied by the element that the stanchions of the bulwarks were pulled out, and at the gteat waves swept her decks the water poured In so wXrVh. Z 7i " .IT. Z9 l'iKlotboCoquUt Lee. -aorolear. The oaiyo of wheat be-i . t a me aatonttsl, and so rapidly did the I Arlington wareboas it taid to .inw Mmt it Loa.oe r-t5-ry "tain goO.OOO Iwabela of wheat. : . .f xrti iTraoi'tMttr.j,;" t'uf "mkkt 'truafr rtwl krvled U Cap Flattery,' and at ptokal f ad towed to Pert An - geles, from where the will be taken to the EMioiiualt, B. C, dry dock. The three-masted tabooner Beporter, which tailed from Gray's Harbofor Hono lulu Deo. S, wat towed In here this tvenlng with her deck load gone and oaterlorrged. The first day out from Gray'a Harbor the Benortet sprung a leak, and at tbe tamo time a heavy fog set iu, preventing bar from returning to port.' Men were placed at the puinpt, and tbe gale increased, caus ing the leak to increase, which necessi tated tho deck load being thrown over board. When 20 miles north of Cape Flattery she wat flying signals of dl tress, and a steamer, thought to lie the Centennial, remained by tba ichoouer over night, but the gale increased to, tueh au extent that the steamer bad all .U. 1 .1 .! I ...1. . I... i . if r im iuuiu uu iv luut nut mi nvrstiii, ana leitner. ine captain oi tne no porter , then boaded his vessel for tne Straits of Material for construction of the Cor Fooa and succeeded in reaching here vallis-Ktng'a Valley telephone line hai with all pumps working. The captain ."rived at Corvallls. has sailed the coast since 187S, and says tbe six Itorms be experienced since leaving Gray't Harbor Deo. 6 were tbe severest tie, ever witnessed during the past 2ff years. APPEAL OF ARMENIANS. The Revolutionary Commit!- Addrtuei President McKlnlcy. Boston, Deo. 27. At the oonventlon of the repieventatlvet of tbe Armenian revolution, the following resolution "l adopted aud telegraphed to Preai iltat MoKinley: ? "The committee of the Armenian ' Revolutionary Federation of this coun try, In their annual convention assem bled In Boston, unanimously congratu late yo upon your re-election to the presidency of the United State, and tTtar-4cvlttnt t. M-h met H aa( 1 1 Wkrita ftan . wjswm4tfkivot t f . m t ' BSV TV ( eavwiw W IP tJS0 Oaw ) Wtl e 0 powerful hand doe not com to tha rescue of such a nation which hat been tbe champion of clvillation for coatur lea in Asia Miuor. "in the" present complicated tittia tiou of European diplomacy, the Unit- cd States is the only nation that has been uuselflsh and neutial 1l Oriental affairs, aud yet a friend for suffering1 races; the only nation that can ter rorize the great assassin and his blood thirsty fanatic to save the remainder ot their victims from imminent blood shed. "Our fathers and brothers gave their live (or the take of our couutry, and we are all ready to fall In their places, but in this utmost strucgle we have not the right to expect assistance from this great republic, which fouudod its existence upon revolution, aud which bas the Inheritance of liberty from Washington aud Lincoln? "Please accept onr sincere wishes and assurance of our highest regard." SURPRISED BY YAQUIS. Four Mexican Officers tnd Thirty Men Killed From Ambuth. El Paso, Tex., Deo. 27. Mexican troops lu Sonora, Mexico, were reoeut ly attacked by a band of Yaqul In dians. Fpur otlicers aud about 80 men were killed outright, and Colonel Francisco Peiuad, one of the lending o Ulcer? of the army, waa shot through the stomach and seriously wounded. C. V. Light, of Guyamaa, who was there when the report was made to General Torres, gave the news out here. He says the soldiers were cross ing the country, and were fired upon from ambush near Lamisn, about 60 miles from General Torres' headquart ers. The severe pries censorship has kept tbe news from the general public Colonel Peinado, the wounded 'officer, Is one of the moBt popular officers in the army. ' ' ,'.-.. ' " i Investigating Western Narbort, ; h ; Seattle. Deo 27. Captain M Moellor, an official of ths North Ger- man Llnvd Stcamshijp Company, is now iu Seattle on a tour of inspection , of western ports. He hits visited Port land, Tacoma and San Francisco, and ia to report the result of his iu vestlgtlou to tha company. Record of the Plague. Calcutta, Deo. 27. Lord Curzon, of Keddlnston, viceroy of India, in the oourso of a speech today said that since the appearance of the bubonic plague in 1898, 25,000 deaths from the disease have occurred iu the Mysore province. New Organization Formed. An organisation for the employment . of all idle labor is being formed in Bos ton nnder the title of the Workers' Co-operative aasooiutiou. Suicide of a Prisoner, New York, Deo. 27. Obracht Rei- bon, a pi lsouer charged with attempt ed felouioua assault, ooimnitted suicide in hi? cell In the West Twentieth street station house last night by hang lug himself with his handkerohief. Capc-to-Carlo Telegraph Line. London, Deo. 27. A dispatch rm irora Durban to a news agenoy here an nounces that the Cape to-Cairo tele graph line is now in operation to a point 50 miles north of Kasanga, and 100 miles beyond the southern end of Lake Tanganyika. OHIMM Items of Interest From All Parts of the State. COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS A Brief Review of the Growth and Improve ments of the Many Industrie Though out Our Thriving Commonwealth. . Ashland will try to secure several rural mail runted. The national bank recently organized at Ashland will open February 2. 1 . .,...!., . ....... I. I.. 1.. charter to the legit Utu re for a;a!. ' 1 A Khion lma kflkd soveral L.i-ai.1. ...'.w wswgef TV mm snfvi tWTtBU 4 0 i Tht Boseburg marshal bat received direction to purchase 100 dog licence tans, . .. ! H. L. Kyte, of Merlin, was recently granted a patent ou an improved type case. . I There wat five Inches of mow on the railroad at the summit of tbe Siakl youa. .7 v -, I Work hat begnn on construction of the Corvallls-Kiiig't Valley telepffbue Hue. ' , . v- It is probable that a matting plant will be erected at the Iron Dyke early in the spring. , A ml,mi11111,,h ..,it ,. . . o, years old which catobe rata aud mice gn(0ijf everv day Samuel Kunx bat been appointed postmaster at Bethany, Or., 'vice Ui- rich Gerbor, resigned. The safety deposit boxes and vault door of the now Canyon City bank bave arrived and are in place. ' Shiep at Long irJek are command ing top prices. As high as $150 per head ha beeu offered for lambs. J. C. Miller, of Glencoe, brought in the champion turnip of tbe season, th vegetable weighing 24 H pounds. ' K. C. Goodwin, of Wheeler' county, lias again gone into the sheep business, I aud haa bought 2,000 bead near Izee. J. P. Siinpiou has about 4.000.000 feet of logs ready to float down tbe Luckiamute as soon as there it sulli eient water for driviug. ?f JKa local telephone "1ne between Central point and Eagle foiul; bar MMMMat wwm Warn, i cjuxiVfifflr A. E. Starr, a Raker oonoty mlnina man, disappeared 'November J4.,iie left " the Malleu cabto, in the Green-! burd district, and bat not beeu beard of since. ( The public drinking fountain which1 will be erected iu the city park at En gcu iu memoiy of Company C, Second Oregon volunteers, will arrive about January 1, M. S. Barnes, proprietor of the Bakei City-Cornucopia stajie line has made au asxiyuiiiciit to P. Basi-he, of Baker City, It is thonght that the creditor will lect-lve payment iu full. The committee ou improvement ol the McKenzie road has filed its reKrt. The total expenditures have been $4,847.95. Collections from all sources fur the improvement amount to $4,819.80. Judge Burke, who has a bond on the mines at Copper Butte, east of Union, is pnshiug development work as rapid ly as possible. ..Three shifts are now employed. Tlia jdiowing is said to be excellent. ,, v' Hector McDonald"1 shipped a carload of large steers from Elgin. Out' weighed l.HOO pounds aud anothei 1,900. They were weighed just aftei being driveu over 30 miles of rougb muddy roads ami had undoubtedly lost over 100 pounds each. ; Reduction of 2'; toua of ore from the old ButtevPle Bonanza, now knowu ai the Paul Kruger property, iu the Quartzb.irg district, has just been completed, says the Trairie City Miner, , The clean-up was 11 poundi of amalgam, estimated to be wortfc over $1,000. Joe Muyos met with a painful acci dent at lionuey'a wood camp at Wyeth. He was dislodging a - jam in tht thane when a stick pf wood came along unexpectedly and crushed two of 1m flngers.7 The ludex finger on one hand bad tu be amputated at the first joint, and the middle linger was badly lucer i ted. Lincoln couuty court at its recent jessiou ordered the repairing of tlu Liridne over Depot slouch ou the New port-Tole.lo wajjou road, commonly called the "Duucon bridge." Tht approaches to the bridge are still it fairly good condition, but the spar across the stream will be pulled dowr and replaced; Link Vanderpool, of Silver creek Harney county, recently sold 130 year- Hug heifers to Gilchrist Bros., of Crook oouuty. -' ; It is tepored that a great many sheer, wil be herded this winter in the doBert lying south of Wagontire Bntte, Ilareny oouuty. Ihey are now camp lug at the nearest watering placet waiting until tbe fall of suow will per in it them to push into the desert. Among the number ia one band recent ly driven up from California. The school enrollment at Marshfield numbers 315 pupils. i Development of the proupects west ot the towu ot North Powder, in Union ' county, gives assurance that minei will be opened there of permanent , value. A nnmbei of claims are being opened there with paying results. The ore is generally rich in sold and , . , . -. . ... u . . j 1 1 1 i . - Some OI It COIltrttu.l ui is uouoniu iu be paying quantities of copper. The distriot 1b designated as Klkdale. A lot of machinery is now being placed on some of the properties in the new distriot for reducing tlia ores. WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY. Good Advice From Most Line of Trade, bat Failures Wert More Numerous. I v Bradetreets says: Seasonable condi tions inle iu trade at present, flail lay trade activity it widespread, and comparison with previous years are favorable at meet markets, with tbe possible exception of some parts of the Northwest, where the spring wheat shortage and unseasonable weather bave checked distribution. Notably cheerful reports come, too, from West ern jobbers, who bave been called on for reas(rting orders, and a bo report collection good. Ojuletness in whole sale lines is usual at this period, bat it i to i be noted that specially good advices come from the iron and steel, hardware, groceries, fancy goods, toys aud confectionery trades, while a dis tinctly cheerful tone la found In shoes, leather aud lumber, although Eastern shipment of tbe first named are still considerably amaltar "than last year. Industrial tine' are -taltly well em pfcryed, d oHtheinna taw and fat fe tween, Priori iSs, few changes, -i.o 't staples being steady, but it might ": be noted that moit farm product an slightly higher than last week, and well above 1899.' " ' Wheat, Including floor, shipment for the week aggregated 4,123,950 buafiels, against 4,785,577 bushel last week. "From Jnly 1 to date tbi season wheat export are 90,140,803 bushels. Business failure In the United States for the week number 260, as agaiust 267 last week, 211 iu this week a year ago, 212 in 1898 and 280 iu 1897. Canadian failures for tbe week num bered 28, against ft last week and 29 in this week a year ago, 84 In 1898, tnd SO in 1897. PACIFIC COAST TRADE. Seattle Market . Onions, new yellow, 22)ic. ' Lettuce, hot bousa, $1 per crate. Potatoes, new. $16. Beets, per sack, 85c$l. , Turnips, per sack, $1.00. Squash li'o. Carrots, per sack, 60c -Parsnips, per sack, $1.00(31.25. Cncnmbers 4060o. Cabbage, native and California., 2o per pounds. Butter Creamery, 80o; dairy, 189 22o; ranch, 16c18o pound. - ' Cheese 14c. Eggs-r Ranch, 40c; Eastern 25c. Poultry 1 2c; dreeaed, 14c; spring, 18816c turkey; 18c. Hay Puget Sound timothy, $11 .00; choice Eastern Washington timothy,' ' $10.00. . Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked. $25; feed meal, $25. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, f.20.': ,.,,. Flour Patent, per barrel, TJ.30; blended straight,. tJ.JoV CeliloruU, buckwheat floury 18.00, irra- ham. per narret, eo.eer moot woeiu hour. $8.25; rye flow, $8.)4.00. Millstufft Bran, per ton, $14.00?. shorts, per ton, $14.00. Food Chopped feed, $12.00 per ton;' middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal, per ton, $30.00. Fresh Meats Choice dressed beel steers, price 7jc; cows, 7c; mutton 7?4! pork, 7c; trimmed, 9c; veal, 9( 12c. Hams Large, 13c; small, 13,; breakfast bacon, 12c; dry salt aides, 8 So. . .. Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla. 6464tfo; Valley, nominal; Bluestem, 67o per bushel. Flour Best grades, $3.40, graham, $2.60. Oats Choice white, 45c; choice gray, 42o per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $18.50 brew ing, $16.50 per ton. Millstnffs Bran, $15.50 ton; mid dlings, $21; shorts, $17; chop, $16 per ton. Hay Timothy,$12 12.50; clover,$7 (g 9.50; Oregon wild hay, $67 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 5065o; store, 82,'gc. Eggs SOo per dozen. Cheese Oregon full cream, 13 ?s'c; Yonug America, l4o; new cheese 10c per pound. - ;.. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.50 8.00 per dozen; hens, $4.00; springs,) $2.003.50; geese, $0.008.60 doz; ducks, $4.00 6.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 1 lo per pound. Potatoes 50(8 OOo per sack; sweete, I)s0 per ponno. Vegetables Beets, $1;- turnips, 76o; per eaok; garllo, 7o per pound; cab bage, lH'o per pound; parsnips, 86e; onions, $1.75; carrots, 75o. Hops New crop, 12lo per pound. Wool Valley, 1814o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 1013o; mohair, 25.v per ponnd, t Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethert aud ewes, 8)a'c; dressed mutton, 6 7o per pound. Hogs Gross, ohoice heavy, $5.75; light and ' feeders, $5.00; dressed, Sf5.00d6.26 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, $-3.504.00; cows, $3.00 3. 50; dressed beef, 60 7o per pound. '" ; :. ,. Veal Large, 66'c; small, 7 1 1 per pound. San Francisco Market Wool Spring Nevada, ll 18o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 1014o; Val ley, 1617c; Northern, 910c , Hops Crop, 1900, 1315o. Butter Fancy creamery 26 26 o; do seconds, 25c; fancy dairy, 22 23o; do seconds, 21 o per pound. Eggs Store 80o; fanoy ranch, 37c. Millstuffs Middlings, $16.50 19.80; bran, $18.00(318.50. Hay Wheat $S13; wheat and at $9.00 12.50; best barley $9.50 Ifalfa, $7.00 10.00 per ton; straw, 47)so per bale. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks,60o $1; -falinas Burbauks, 85o$1.15; rivei Burbanks, 8075o; sweets, 8586cV ' Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valenoia, ' $2.753.25; Mexican limes, $4.00 5.00; California lemons 75o$1.50; do choice $1.75.2.00 per box. Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.50 2.50 per bunch; pineapples, nom inal; Persian dates, 66o pet pound, v: (- i tr