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J T : ' ' " " - I ! r CZ ifa-j-x-i- Tho Bes An AdvertiseiTiefit Which brings returns U proof Ibes U it in tbe ritflt iW Tho WEST SIDE bring! n wen. V-A '"'"-' best Newspaper U tb OM thai gr?M b BMMtuA freaboat oowt. Compare tbo WEST WD5 with toy ppr k polk eounty. VOL. XVII I. $1.50 PER TEAR. lNDKlMCNDICNOJC, l'OLK COUNTY, OUKtsON, IfUIDAY, JANUA11V 4,-11101. Five Centi Per Copy. NO. 944. QynriiLx Oil -rC y " S - x i - 1: rati m From All Parts of the New World and the Old. OF INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS CompixfKiulv Review ol the Important Yl penlngs of the Past Week, In Condensed Term. ' The Serantoa atrevt car strike has beeu called oil. The kaiser is contemplating a visit to the United States. Seattle has started a movement to oppress vice iu tlmt city. Soldier may have to be called out to quell a fned ia Kentucky. Co mi i) n Oregou Legislature will be asked to found normal school at Burns. Edwin Bedforle, a noted Kentucky oattle breeder, in dead, aged 68 years. According to advice from Dawson another rich strike bus been made near there. Many Luton insurgeuts have been raptured at a result of scouting by Americans. Kitoheuer reports that no progress li being made against Boer iuavdera in Cape Colony. The Boers captured trie British out post at Helvetia, takiug 200 priaouer and killiug 60. In an altercation over a eanae ot card a, a Sooth Carolina sheriff and two other men met death. The report that Germany ia negotiat ing to purchase the Daulh Antillea is denied iu official Denmark circle. The entpresf dowager will not be al lowed to have anything to do with i!ie naming of the new emperor of China. Fire in Kanraa City, Mo., (or a time threatened several business blocks hot was got under coutrol with email lose. The United States government haa made an offer of $11,1)00.000 for th; Danish Antillea. This price ia as high as the officials will go. A bill will be introduced at the coming session of the Oregon legists tore to reduce the railroad fare from 4 to S cents per mile. The Philippine commission haa added to the pending school bill a pro vision for the employment of 600 American teachers, at salaries ranging lroni $75 to $100 a month. A ' train on the Henderson road was wrecked two m ilea east of Henderson, Ky., and live persona swionsly Injured. A coupling pin placed ia the switch : apparently by weckers canaed the Three ehlT.tixoTt CTWrr mated alive. There are aaid to be 30,000 lepers in the archipelago. Massacresa of native Chriatiaus in China continue. Clements caunot force the Doers from Magalies ilerg. The lumber industry in Eastern Ore gon ia rapidly growing. A squadron of Yeomanry ia said to have been captured by Doers. Wbitmarsb, the new governor of Benguet, ia a I'.riiin subject. Stocks of wool in the United States exceed 350,000,000 pouuri. A receiver was Appointed for the Old Town bank, at Baltimore. The . trial of Alvoid, the defaulting note teller, has been postponed. The grandson of ex-Attoruev-Oeneral Miller was abducted by his mother. Kitchener is making little progress in driving the Boers from Cape Colony. " Robert Taylor, a well known resi dent of Ashland, committed suicide. . The bolliday rush at tho New York postoffice waa the greatest ever known. Three hundred students have been arrested in bt. Petersburg for propagat ing Socialist doctrinea Fontela, a Filipino refugee, aaya the United States will netei succeed in subduing the l'hilippiue inlands. Congress will be asked to recognize Ilobson's gallantry iu sinking the Mer rimao in the harbor of tantiajjo. Fire partially destroyed the Method , 1st Episcopal church (colored) of Prov idence, Mo. The paator was fatally bnrned. In the event of England rejecting the Hay-Panncefote treaty a new one may be negotiated at the next seuaion of congress. Inquiries into quarters moat likely to be correctly informed show that nothing is known in Paris to justify the report circulated in the United States that Paderewski, the pianist, ' was killed in a duel in France. A baud of probably 60 men forced an entrance to the Green couuty, 111., jail, with the intention of lynching a prisoner, but were foiled. The prison er had been .seen tly removed lo an other jail. The way of the trnnsgrespor is hard in modern times. The ptrsoua who commit crimes are daily coining to grief. Escape is lot frjquent than in former years. In New Zealand there. exista a brass band whose members are wholly mounted on bicycles. This bund, I which is located at Christchurch, con lists of 10 players, avl these not mere ly ride their bicyclea to practice but fulfill engagements on the wheel. Manila has about 105,000 inhabit ants. There is a smaller number ot saloon i there in proportion to the pop ulation than in any city of similar size in the United States. Twenty one persons died in Massa chusetts last year aged 100 yeart or more. Sixteen of the 21 were women, three of the 10 n;ver having been mar ried. Eight of the 21 were born in Ireland, three in Canada and three in Other foreign countries, leaving seven native born, six of whom were of Man taohusetts nativity. Tbe oldest wat two months over 108 years. LATER NEWS.' The assaaMu ot Rarou voa Ketteler aat beheaded iu Pekin. Costa Kioa is pleased by recognition iu the canal negotiation. The ilr'.tish are unable to check the lloer invasion of UapeC olnuy. - The foreign troops ia China art well prepared fur the winter teaaon. The liepublicau caucus iu Pennsyl vania selected Quay for aenator. The United .States traiuing ship To peka baa arrived at Tangier, Morroeco. The Karl of Ilopetoun was swotu iu at first goveruoi of Federated Aus tralia. Oregon, Washington and Alaska have been formed iuto a lifa-mlug district. Fire iu Seattle destroyed the city li brary, oontatuiug 3.1,000 volumes aud vaulevl at $30,000. The revenue cutter Perry will aall from Attoaria iu search of overdue Columbia river ships. . . Pat Crowe, charged with the abode- tiou of young Cudahy, of Omah i, has been captured iu bouth Dakota. Edward ltice, an laaho man, sen tence! to death tor murder, made a d up rate, but uuauccettfiil attempt to commit suicide by cutting hit throat. An insane man, being conveyed from Multnomah couuty to the Oregon state asylum at halein, jumped from a mov ing traiu, bruising hluieelf about the head. It it thought ha will recover. Famine in some of the provinces of China ia becoming worse. The rice crop, owing to the war, were alnioM total failures, aud cauibalism has broken oot. The authorities are uu- able to do anything, Tho dual payment bat been made on the Bald mountain group of mines iu Eastern Oregon, near Maker City. The purchase price was $"O.UO0. The new owners are men of means, aud work on a large scale will commence at once. Ignatius Douuelly, politician aud author, died very suddenly at his home in Minneapolis, aged 70 rear. Mr. Donnelly waa a candidate for vice presideut on the Middle-ot-tha-ltoad Poponlist ticket at the recent geueral election. Notices of a reduction in wages that will affect about 4,000 men have been posted at all ol the blat furnaces Iu the Mahoning and Shenango valleys, Ohio. The bast price ia $1.90 per day to bottom fillers and helper, and the notices state that after February 1 the base pike will be $1.65. The re duction will place tho wagea of the furnace men on the same basis at in March, 1890. The employut refune to say now whether they will accept the reduction. An armistice bat been proclaimed at Pekin. , . . 4 Boera. captured a train near Kotmead with 60 tolaiers. ., t . AnotbefTnTTny Mr ycTr-rao has been started in Boston. , J Conger reports Chlna'a acceptance ol the powers' demands. j The Washington Poet advocates the Lewis and Clark centennial in I U05. j A severe cold wave it reported throughout the middle Wettern states. More thap 46 tons of gold were re- ( reived at tho Seattle assay office iu 1900. j The navy department haa ordered the ' gunboat Scorpion ti La Ouayra, Yen-1 eziu'lrt. ! The Oregon supreme court decides'' that the wife alone can convey entate in entirety, , Robbers got $450 from passengers . aud mail and express in a British Co lumbia stage. Tbe Taft commission bat completed the municipal government bill for the Philippines. Fire in Williamson, W. Ya., de stroyed almost the entire town. The loss is estimated at $75,000. One person was burned to death and another fatally injured by the explo sion of a kerosene lamp at Alleghauv, Pa. The new battleship Wisconsin has been formally turned over to the gov ernment at the Uubn Iron Works, San Francisco. " Amando Morales, a Mexican, ran amuck at Morenci, Aria., A constable attempted to arrest him and iu tbe nght killed Morales. A man and woman who went to Courtney's hotel, Brooklyn, were found dead in bed Two nnlighted gas burn - ers were turned on full Henry S. Eastbam .the only surviv ing member of Commodore Perry's squadron, which opened the Japanese ports many years ago, died at his home in Uerkeley, Cal A heavy explosion of gat ooenrred In the ilollenheak mine, at Wilkec barre. Pa. Five hundred men were at work and all got out safely, eicept two, who were badly burned. The British foreign office expects a renewal of the modus vivendi in New foundland, but believes it will be im mediately followed by negotiations with the view of finally settling the dispute. Health anthoritiea estimate that 10 per cent of the men who go to Cape Nome never come back alive. Over 800 of the leading Oerninn goldsmiths met in iierlln recently to take part in the celebration of the fourth centenary of Bemenuto Cellini's birthday. Electric fountains have become very popular, especially ai attractions for amusement parks. In England, espe cially, they have lately been installed in large numbers. The revenne of New South Wales lor Ociob r amounted to 910,108, an in crease of 117,916 over that of October 1899. The proposition of a floating machine shop for the nse of the squadron in various parti of the world ia receiving earnest attention. What is said to be the largest cargo of coffee that has ever been received at tbe port of New York wat landed there reoently. One hundred and one thou sand two hundred and sixty-seven tacki arrived ou the Holt lino steamer Oavour from Santos, . STOlf II Ml Michigan Robbers Secured Over $100,000. . REMARKABLE CASE Of CARELESSNESS Station Ajtivf Ltfl th Stcki Unjurdtd Ovtr Night la the Public Walling Rwxni ' m Ltttsrs Strswa Along tht Trait, .Detroit, Dec, 81. A mail pouch coutaiuing $100,000 in negotiable pa per and an uukuowu rmoimt of money waa stolen from the Michigan Central passenger station at Wyandotte, Mich., tome time last ulght. The last mail tor Wyandotte arrives at 10:28 on Ilia Michigan Central, and oalngtotho lateueat ot the hour it ia left at tht sta tion until morning. Whan tht two mail sacks ware thrown from tho train last Hght. Nluht Ooeratur Riuh- ert threw the pouches under a teat in ! tht corner ot the watting room. lit' then went to hit home in Detroit. To day when Mail Carrier John MeCleary came to tho ttatiou for the mall tacks ha missed one. About the aamt time lleorgo llesay, a driver ot au oil wagon, reported at the station that a pouch. ripped open aud empty, was behind au Oil tank a abort distance from the sta- tiou. At about the nam a time two employee ol the J. 11. Ford Alkali workt found number of checks aud opened eurelopet strewu along the rail Mad track. Postmaster Johnson, ol Wyandotte, was untitled ami weut at once to the aceue. The trail of the thief was marked along the railroad track by strewn letter, checks and drattt. Moat of the mail was inteiided lor the J. U. Ford Company, and a force of clerks was sent out to collect the letter strewn along the track. J. 11. Ford, Jr., said he ox pec tod a draft today from New York foi $10,000. The draft did not come, aud it ia be-' lieved that the robber or robbwrs took It, with other valuable papers, from tho pouch. GALE SWEpTcOAST. nsvoc wrougM by itorm in Enjluh Clunatl 0j ,m,Bg 0 Marqoette In Mono-Many Wrecks Reported. I tie!, which indicates that tho statu London, Doc. 81. There hat been a u ,Hr ,rom Mu u courate repre recurreuoo of storms aud vloleut gnlea wntatlon ol the turnout priest tt day lo the channel, and considerable dam- l 'ro,n n,", The painting ia Moo ago haa beeu wrought ashore. Tele- tre1' u l tM u oudoubtodly authen graph liuea are dowu in many places,! Utl M m covnA with dust that Veeaela are seeking shelter iu tnehar.!110 outline of tho portrait could be bore, aud a number ol wrecks havt ,b,, u"tl1 " had nudergone a careltil been auuouuced. The gale is so furl- j cnit. I behoved that this ous in tho channel that tho Continental : Voiiut is the only likeness of Mar service were suspended this eveulug. h'etto in existence, and the lace in Wales It aaid to have suffered the ! 011 ,rtte t tue WinM. worat effect ot tho gale, Uh ou laud and tea, but everywhere the telegraph wires are lunch disorgaulsed, aud re ports are therefore incomplete. Con- sirierable damage to property Inland la uerUln lo be rept.i te l. Hum 30 barges aud selling craft broke (mm ! their moorings iu the Thames alone. 1 At Oawestry a theater was destroyed. I The hurricane is increasing nt Queenatown, where the observers say j it is the fiercest storm in )ars. Tbe Maria, laden wiih coal, sank at her anchorage. The malls nre delated. I In repone to rockets from Eddy- stone light, Plymouth seut a dockyard tug with a lifeboat to asxl-t wb it was reported to bo a large steamer ia dis tress in the channel. Incessaut reports of innumerable shipping casualties show that ti e nle was one of tbe worst known iu iminy years. Probably several days will elapse beiore the full damage becomes known. In addition to soma vessels not yet identfled, several have been wrecked oi placed in great danger, the fate of somt of the croas-cliaiinel steamers beinx in doubt. For instance, the tireat West ern Railway Company'a steamer, ply ing between Mil ford and Waterforil, is 12 boon oveidue, and no tidings ol her nave been received. It woald be impossible to enumerate all the minor casualties. BLOWN TO ATOMS. Dynamite Explosion Killed Six Men st s Rail road Camp. Keyser, W. Va., Doc. 81. By a dy namite explosion at Halter Camp, near Durban, Pocahontas county, ou the lino ot the Coal & Iron railway, now building out from Eikiim, six men were killed and several others fatally injured. The accident happened yes- ! terday while the meu were at dinner. nomu ayiuimiie nan neen puicea auoul tbe stove to thaw, and shortly after a terrific explosion wrecked the camp, killed three meu outright and injured eight others, three of whom have since died. The three men were ulown to atoms, legs, arms aud hands and even parti of their bodies being found in different directions from the building in which they lived. The names art not obtainable tonight, Minister Buck Coming home. Atlanta, Oa., Deo. 81. A- private telegram received here from Colonel A. E. iiuok, Unit 'd Htutos .minister to Japan, says he has sailed for Sun Fran ciuco en route home, Stage Fell Over s Cliff. Ouray, Colo., Deo, 81. In a ruua way accident ubont three miles ahove the city the Red Mountain stage was overturned and six passengers precipi tated over a cliff about 70 Icet in height. Mrs. It. S. Ifiokey, a passen ger ou tho coach, received serious aud perhaps fatul injuries. The driver, John jtatea, sustained a compound frac ture of the right leg and many body bruises. Other passengers were more or lest injured. Tobacco Stemmers Struck. Louisville, Ky., Deo. 81. About 1,500 people employed in the stemmary if the Continental Tobaoco Company went on a strike this afternoon, They demanded an advance of 25 cents a hundred for stemming. Sold by Order of Court. Tacoma, Deo. 81. Stuart Rice, re ceiver of the Tacoma & Columbia River railroad, today transferred tht property to the Stetson Trust company, by order of the United States court. The price paid was $77,000, BLIZZARD IN THE EAST. 1 . tftavy Snowfall tt Sivtrsl Places Inttrltrtt With Railroad fttJNc. Denver, Jau. i'k Lllaaard visited Colorado last night, and hat oontluued With varied ttreugth throughout tht ttato today. Tho temperature It fal ling toulglii Iu must sections, tod at several places tht fall of snow hat beeu quite heavy, Railroad tralllo, though not seriously affectud, hat beeu Inter rupted, aud tialna are all arriving late, No great damage to llvwtook it repoitod. i Ssvsrt Snow Storm In Miuouri, JUnaaa City, Jan. 9'k wort tnow storm set iu toulght, and tht temperature It falling. . Iteportt from Ndthcru MlKtourl, K annas aud Iowa show tht fall to .bo heavy. Winter wheat Iu many sections ot these states, at wall at throughout tho West gener ally,, bat beeu grealy in" ttead ol a heavy blanket ol mow, which will afford ampla nioUture at well at pro tectum to the grain from tevtro tree- l0- :: Furlooi Blluard In Ntbrsiks. Omaha, Jan. S. A furlout blistard beisau iu the eaatern art of Nebraska at 8 o'clock this morulng, continuing throughout tht day, and tonight ex tends over the stall. In this city tht street car tralllo it badly hampered. Tho wind It piling tho mow badly. THE MARQUETTE STATUE. It It Now Dutovtrtd Not to Bo a Ukcntu ol tin Famous Plonttr Exptortr. New Ycrk, Jan. According tu the Waidilngb n corrvapondeut ol the lleiald, the statue of Pero Marquette, in the statuary hall in the capltul, alout which there aaa almost a tellg lout war a few yeart ago, turns out not to be the statue of I'ero Marquette at all. The statuo wat presented to the nation by the state ot Wisconsin. Objections were raised to itt lustalla tiou iu the oapltol by peraont ol other than Catholic denomination, and tor many months the authorities hesitated at to what they should do. They flu ally gave Per Marquette a place olt'i other prominent men. A f1iitni'trtf h nnm ItMAft marin nf I ,u lol A CON0RESSL OF IDEAS. Thai Is KM Ih a.Anvricn Expqiia What a veritable mine of valuable Information the Pau-Americiin Exposi tion will be for business and profession al people, mechanics, ogilcolturists, and iu fact all ho aro ougagod iu tin various vocations In life, besides afford lug them tho rarest entertainment lin- a'.'lmthle. From this wonderful exposi tion ol the achievements of the West ern hemisphere during tho nineteenth I century, they will return to their' homes and pursuits better equipped ' for their work. Those who would not avail tlieimelvei ot the benefits to be ' derived from this unprecedented con- j greaa of ideas would find themselves ' outstripped by others who had wbely ' accepted the golden opportunity to fa miliarize themselves with what has made so much fur progress. No one with a progressive turn ot mind can afford to remain away from an exposi tion which will be so rich in its educa tional aspects and lasting in its pleas ant impressions as the Pan-American. Caught In t Pralrit Fire, Wichita, Kan. Jan. 2. Got Hob Stacker and his entire family, moving lroni Stillwater, O. T., to Rogers, Mills county, were caught while asleep iu their wagou iu a prairie fire Inst night. A 17-months-old baby was roasted to death and a boy will die, A youug lady will lose both limbs aud no hopes are entertained of saving the mother t life. In their roasted condi tion, and with the eyes and hair ol their horses burned out, they reaohd a dugout owned by Duiiuia Carr, a tow miles south. The prairie fire wss faulted by a wind traveling 60 miles an hour. Shoshone National Park. Washington, Jan. 2. The Idaho delegation and Governor entire Steu- nonherg have united in protesting against the establishment ot Shoshone National park, on Snake river, which they unitedly recommended during the summer. They contend that the land proposed to emhraoe in the park is sus ceptible to irrigation, and would be worth many millions it irrigated ac cording to a plan proposed by a com pany recently organized for that pur pose. The matter is held in abeyance pending a report of a special ageutof the department. For an Immense Storage Reservoir. Phoenix, Ariz , Jan 2. Arthur P. Davis, one of the most noted members of the government hydrographio bu reau, has arrived from Washington to conduct soundings on the Gila river with a view to the const ruction on that stream by the government ot one of tne biggest storage reaeivoirs in the world. The main purpose in view is the relief ot 8,000 Indians whose water for irrigation hat been diverted by whito settlers. Two Yt'iri In the Penitentiary. Vancouver, Wash., Jan. 2. Judge Miller today sontenced Frits Wolf, who was convicted two weeks ago of mtrglary, to two years in the. peniten tiary. J Maggie Hoel Eloped. I Pueblo, Colo., Jan. 8. Discovery has been made that Maggie Hoel, who mysteriously disappeared 10 days ago, aud waa supposed to have been mur dered or kidnapped, bad eloped with a man named John Wataon and gon. East. iiffi or on She Is Willing Now to Keep the Peace. ASSERTION Or EARL U HUNG CHANG Emperor It Willing to Banish All That tht Pewtn Mty Nsme-Eirl U'l Health - It Strlously Affected. , Pekin, jau, B.A meeting ot tho foreign minister will bo held at toon ts Sir Krntst Maaoo Hatow, tin llritiah minister, who it tailoring from chill and (over, shall hive reooveied iuIII nieutly to be present, ami a tlato and place lor meeting tho Chines commis sioners ahull havo been agreed opou, A raprweutatlvo ot tho press today had a personal interlvew with U Hung Chai'yyio tbowi plainly physical sfiiluuce-u! hit recent lllue.i, but whoso mind hat not been affected by hit ilokuen, and It at vlgorout as over. In tho course of bit conversation with tho corretiondeut, Karl Li said be should prefer to meet tht ministers ud commissioner! at hit bouse, it such an arrangement wore possible, on account ol tho condition ot hi health, but would not, In the circum stances, make suggestions, lit lay also that tht emperor Is desirous of complying In all particular! with the demand of tht powers. On tho other band bo think the powers should order a cessation ol the frequent Irritating expedlt'"11-. which bo look upon a uuaecessarv, and at doing a dent ot harm. It will be quite possible now, ho said, to maintain com plete or er in tho provluce, with tho assistance ol a small number ot Chi nese troops; and be hopes the powers will agree to keep at at presort Ihe troop now stationed at Pekin tud Tien Tain, and along the railway. Tho emperor, U Hung Chang assert ed, ia willing to punish til those named by the powers by banishment to tho farthest part ot bis dominions, on the northwest frontier in I their return, ho declared, will be prohibited uuder penalty ot death. Hit majesty It anxiou also to havo tht number of legation guards limited, and that other boundaries ba specified; and be hopes tho foreign armies will be recalled at early ai possible in the spring. China will eudeavor, sata Earl LI, by every meant in ner power, to prove that tho Intend! compliance with tho deiiand contained In the note, and to show ber desire to make the country safe and habitable lor foreigners. lie believei tho power will uot Insist upon tho total destruction ol tho forts. ABSCONDING TAX RECEIVER His Bondsmen Have Agreed ioiTurn vOvtr , tH niUIW.a CknrS Mum TI... TL.i' (eased dedication of between $:IO,000 aud ft O.OOO, the county commlstloneft havo agreed to accept $:'5,000 from Tat Receiver James 11. MuCullongh'i bondsmen and call his account square, lie owei $25.0 on hit 1HU8 dupll cate and $5,000 on hit 1899 dupli cate. The compromise wat effectet' yesterday aftr several conferences bad beeu held by the bondsman, com mis sinners aud attorneys. The bondsmen are to pay $13,500 for 1808 aud the same amount for 1899, the com ml a siouert claiming MnCullough's dupli oatet are square up to aud including IH97. Althouiih McCiillongh it still missing, he is not likely lo escape pun lahment. as one of his bondsmen pro poses to offer a reward lor bit appre hension. Stage was Robbed. Vancouver, II. O., Jan. 8. A special from Agaaaia, 11. C, toulght says that the mail stne runulng betweon Agassis aud Harrison Hot Springs, was held nn by throe masked men, armed ' with ritlus. The driver was forced to relin quish the mall bag, which was rifled, A number ot papers weie taken from the express box, but their value is at present unknown. There were nine passeuKeri on the stage, aud these were forced to hand over their purees, watches and jewelry. About $150 in cash waa secured by the bandits. The robbers then disappeared in the woods beside the road. The authorities have no otew. Big Firs at Burlington. Ilurlington, Ia., Jan. 8. A fire which broke out after midnight burned out the Connor Meromtile Company's establishment, entalliug a loss of $00,000, and then spread to Scram & Sthmlegs' wholesale dry goods store, where $75,000 damage was done. The Connor Company waa fully insured. Scram & Suhmiega carried $15,000 inaurauce. Eleven Men Killed. Vioksbnrg, Miss., Jan, 8. A tele phone message to the Herald from Fay ette says that two heavy (i eight trains on the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley railroad, both double-headers, collided near Hays Station, 70 miles south ol here, at 7 o'clock tonight, aud 11 men were killed. Lost on Mount Washington, Berlin, N. II., Jan. 8, A search ing pnrty has left here for Mount Washington, in au endeavor to find William H. Rodwell, correspondent ot the New York Herald, who was lost on the mountain while attemptiug to make the ascent with two other meu. Bodwell, with Chester Stiles, of Cam bridge, and Ray Evans, of Gorham, went op the mountain on foot for the purpose of taking views. Strike In Colorado. Louisville, Colo,, Jan. 8. At a meeting of representatives from every ooat ,crop in Northern Colorado here today, it wai decided to demand an Increase of 10 oenti per ton for loaden. The mines were idle today, and tho men say they will stay out until the advanco la granted. ' Coal Dock Burned. Sheboygan, Wis., Jan. 2. Pire thto afternoon destroyed the Rein Coal Company'! dock. Loss, $75,000. Msw . - A PROPOSED TRADE. Jt England May Clvt Vt Jamaica for Shin In Iht Philippines. New York, Jan. 8.- A ipeclal to the Journal and Advertiser, from Washing ton, layst The llritiah colony of Jamaica will bo given Iu exchange for a fair share of tht United Statet colony of tho Philippine!. This ii au international Irad which will N, probably, tht re sult ot soipilsltlon by tho United btatet ot tho Danish Antillea. In ollloial cir cles it is thought that Great llritaln will not want tho Island ot Jamaica it tht United Statet shail tcqulrt the Danish potiessloua, and the prestige ol Great Uritain a commanding tht high way lo tht Nicaragua canal will have disappeared. The United States will nut only bo able to command tho approach from tho oast, but It will, from its point ot vantage, coutrol tho ocean east of the Danish Antilles, from tho magnificent base which will un doubtedly I established there. it will lit Interesting to recall that when the Uiiltod Statei amendtd tht I i ay -Paon ofote treaty, tbe Drltlsh preet Ida 'was that if Great Illrtaiu was foiced to yield there should bo some compensation to Great Uritain, What Great Itritain'a demands will be are not clearly known. It is under stood, however, that alio will endeavor to have the modus vlvondi Alaska bouudary made permanent, NEW YORK'S REFORM WAVE. Mayor Van Wyck Taking Activt Slips lo Sup press Gambling -"No Fooling." New York, Jan. 8. The Evening Telegram today aayt: With tht tud ol the century, Mayor Van Wyck took stops toward putting an end to gam bling, and practically eveiy gaming resort iu this city i closed today. Tho mayor oidered that this be done, aud Chief o( Police Devery promptly obeyed tht mandate. 11 issued In structions to hu captains last night aud the keepers of tho various estab lishments were given tbe tip that tbli time there wai to bo "no fooling," The term ot office of Police Commit- siouer lies ex plied at noon today. Mayor Van Wyck, however, has given assurance to the friend ol .Mr. ilea that he will continue a member ol the preseut Iward at least (or the tlmt being. This retention of Commission er Jlest is understood to ue equivalent to au announcement from Mayor Van Wyck -that he will uot Interfere to bring about tho retirement ol Chief ol Police Devery. NEW LIFE.SAVINO DISTRICT. Oregon,' Washington and Alaska Embraced , A SUuoa at Nome. ' ' i V, i . -v- is ti "- Seattle, ; Jaa, 8. News of tht oroa- tioa of anew life-tavlng district, to tttowfl too tea water ot Aiaua, Washington and Oregon, it ooottined ia a letter received 'by xfcptatn Fraud TpttKoowjnpndor ol cnt-l SaO Frsnc'tco, , baa keen appointed aaperintendaot of 1 the district, with headquarter at Tacoma. ' ' The formation of a uew district will greatly enhance tho scope of the ser vice, and will result in the establish ment ol a station at Cape Flattery. There ia at present no station north oi (i ray's Harbor, It ia said that there will also pmhably be a station estab lished at Nome before many mouths. HAZED THEIR TEACHER. Pupils Drove Him Into a Pond, From Which t Farmer Rescued Him. Indianapolis, lnd., Jan. 8 (Special dispatch to the Chicago Imer-Ocean.) Wesley Dugan, a public school teacher near Petersburg, waa the vic tim of a hating at tho haudi ot hit pupils today, which came near costing him his life.. He was sot upon by the larger pupils in his school and carried to Ihe edge of a pond in which it was proposed to duck him. ltreaklng away, ho ran into the water and waded to a atump some dis tance from the bank. Here ht was pelted with stones and nluht nutil forced to take to the water again and tried to reach tho optxisito bank. He was already numbed with cold, and before reaching the opposite bank lost consciousness and would have drowned bad not a passing farmer rescued him. PAT CROWE CAUGHT. Notorious Kidnaper was Taken In South Dakota After Lively Chase by Detectives. Chadron, Neb., Jan. 3. Pat Crowe, carged with complicity in tbe abduc tion of Eddie Cuoahy, of Omaha, haa been captured. Three dotoctivea following Crowe'l trail came upon him today on the Pine KTTtge reservation, near Oelriohs, S. D., and captured him after a wild chase. Crowe was driving a team and buck board. He whipped the horses and tried to outrun the horsemen, who soon brought him to a halt with their shooters. John Dolfelder, a cattleman, has just reached town with the news, and says the posse stopped at a ranch about 80 miles out for luuoh, and to feed their hoisoa. Shut Off the Gas. Toledo, O., Jan. 8. Tht Kerlin Bros. Company, which supplies heat ing gaa to about 700 families in this city, 'reoently entered a bill to the city council for several thousand dollars in connection with a gas plant deal. Tbe bill was turned down. Tonight, the coldest of the year, they went beyond the city limits, took up a joint ot pipe, plugged the ends and cut off the entire supply, leaving many families abso lutely without fuel. Uprising in West Africa. London, Jan. 8. The colonial office is in receipt of news of a native rising n tbe Gambia river region in West frloa. The news conveying this in formation adds that a punitive expedi tion it being organized. Oldest Railway Man Dud. Kansas City, Jan. 8. A. W. Mills, paugh, the oldest railway man in the United Statei in point of active service, died at his home here today. Mills pangh was born in Middletown, N, Y., in 1814. Items of Interest From All Parti of the State. COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS A Brief Review of tht Growth ind Improve mcnts of the Many Industries Through out Our Thriving Commonwealth. Condon li digging another city well. Tho Salem tai levy for 1901 will be 10 milli. Tho Oregon Agricultural College bai 106 ttudeuti. Dallas will refund Hi debt ot $2,500 it a 'ower rate of intereit. Pendleton water consumers will have to bo meters after April 1. ( - Thooboflff oMf oonntf haa . dU locted over $26,000 ilnoo July. Several farmer of Gooae Lake valley are boring for artesian water. There aro now about 80 logging oampa on Lak creek and Siuslaw. Tbe treasurer ol Lake couuty has re ceived a large safe for bit office. Maik Wolt, of Perrydalo, killed a silver fox uetr that plaoe a lew day go. Emmet Klmberland wat fined $25 at Prairie City for having itolon a quan tity of barley. Tbe Garibaldi beach roadway is re ported washed out in placet, and filled with driftwood. A petition in being signed asking for tne contructtoQ of a new tteet bridge it Cottage Grove. McKinley Mitchell, of Gervais, is shipping large quantities of potatoes to the Arizona market. A carload ot till hat been received it Creewell from Salem for tht purpose ot draining the town. in tbe recent storm the turf wished tway Mr. McMilleo'a ho us it the mouth of the Nehalem. Peter Peterson, of Surprise valley, has purchased 2,800 head of young theep from George Ehrhardt. Persons who hive been hunting geeio in Sherman county, aay they find birdi scarcer than ever known. noilneaf. men of Pendleton aro can vassing for a $5,000 fund with which to erect a Y. M. C. A. building Thomas Martin and tont art figuring on building a creamery at Morrill next spring. Tbe institution will begin busiuest with milk ot 250 oow. Two oolU, bilonglnj to Charles Hab orahoB and Frank Kargl, " of Condon, got into a granary moral day ago and died from th effects of overfeeding. . A new " I -lit 4 i !' '! -a - - . i ' " "","" land Was IIIUIW HI. UI1V. ' 4119,1 day. wire war 300 feet long There ii no clew to tho thief. J - Professor Merrill loft Central Point several dayt tgo without giving his id dress. Ho also left some board bills unpaid, and forgot to leave the church aud organ keyi of the Baptist church. Granite has refused to allow a liqnor license to a dealer who persists in keep ing his saloon in the street. He claims the right to remain because be was there before the town was iucoipo rated. A freighter who passed through An telope last week said the road dowu Antelope canyon was getting to be in good condition and that hereafter teams which have been going by Cow canyon will go that way. Active work is progressing in the Liberty mine at IUverton, under the supervision of Superintendent Camp bell. Ten men are at work, and it is expected that the output will reach 5 tons a day iu the course of a few wcexs. It is proposed to establish one or two rural free delivery routes from Pendle ton. The one most talked about is that leadiug up Wild Horse creek, northeasterly from Pendleton, tlience across the oountry to Fulton, thence back to Pendleton, II. T. Anderson, whose ranch it sit uated four miles northwest ot Merrill, it building a reservoir a quarter of a mile in area. It will not only irrigate 400 acres for himself, but will be of lufnoient capacity to contribute water to other land iu the neighborhood. A fatal accident occurred at Glen dale. A young colored mm, fairly well dressed, who had been in Hose burg a day or two, had managed to beat his wav that far on Cie overland. Being put off titers he attempted to get upon the brukes of the local. In the darkness he missed his hold and foil between the wheels of the moving train. His right leg was out off at the thigh aud the left was terrlilily crushed and mangled. He was picked up and oared for by the people there, but lived only an hour or two. He said that his name was Lane Hopkins, and that bis parents were wealthy and lived upon one of the finest avenues in Los Ange les. The new terry nt the Liverpool cross ing of the Long Tom will be in opera tion this week. The ferryman is Mr. Brown, who resides near the crossing. For running the ferry he is to. receive $2 per month. The boat used i.i that ot J. M. Ilerron. It was in use last winter at the Bundy crossing of the Long Tom, but is no longer needed there by reason of the completion of the drawbridge. For the use ot the boat a monthly rental ot $5 is to be paid. The cable tor the ferry was hired from Mr. Riokard for a monthly fee of $1. The majority of the people in the vicinity of Lewisville are said not to approve of the proposed free rural de livery between that place and Mon mouth, beoause according to tbe pro posed time table mail would be a -day later than by the present system. Owners ot orchards along the Des ohutes and creeks near The Dalles say that since the coyotes have been killed off, rabbits have beoome so numerous that they make raids on young trees and eat off the bark, Iu many places doing serious injury. These orchard lata are not advocates of the sculp bounty law. " Hilt-A lluir k. oa. ii..y city. Kuolose nolf-aan -tk.. BRADSTREETS REVIEW. Fitting Clot t lo I Year of Exceptional asaj Unprecedented Activity. Bradttnat'i says: A fitting oloto to a yearjjf exceptional and in some re pec t unprecedented activity li fur nished by (ho very general report of largo holiday business iu tbo past week. Tho boat report a to this sort of trado comet from tht Southwestern section, bnt, except in torn part of tho spring wheat and lumber belt of tho North west, aatisiactory advice! aro qulto general. Heavyweight clothing, too, ba been meamrably helped for tho tamo reason, but, despite a good bosi nett in tho list two weeks, tl a tra bat apparently lagtol sa.ma hat, ow ing to mild wsatber. In wholrtslo trade, business ha been of reasonably mail proportions, but report from leading lines, such ai iron and steel, t hoes and leather, lumber, glasi, and tprlug dry goods, htv been encourag ing, chiefly, of course, regard tho viowi euvrttlned at to the outlook rat ber than as to new busiuest actually accomplished. , - Bpecolation in- emtio be - bom light, and increase in sopplbo aud large surplus reports from the Argen tine Itepubllo have dill further do pre-oed the long Inteieit in wbett. Tho world'! wheat supplies are about on a par with those of a year ago, ami American mpplie are ictualiy amalb r. Prlcea aro steady and change few. Wheat (including four) shipments for the week aggreiiate 4,011,100 bush els, against 4,128.850 last week. From July 1 to date this season wheat exportu are 94,151,465 bushels, against 108,- 994.193 last season. . Business falluiet in tbe - United Statei for tbo week number only 218, against 387 last week. PACIFIC COAST TRADE. Seattle Market Onions, uew yellow, 8 2)0. Lettuce, hot bouse, $1 per crate, potatoes, new,' $18. Recta, per sack, 86c $1. Turnips, per sack, $1.00. Squash lic Carrots, per sack, 60c Parsnips, per sack, $1.0031.25, Celery 50o dot. Cabbage, native aaj California, 2c per pounds. Butter Creamery, 80c; dairy, 18(3 22c; ranch, 16c $180 pound. . Cheese 14c. Kgga Ranch, 29c; Eastern 26c. Poultry 12c; dressed, 14c; spring, 180 15c turkey, 18c. Hay Puget Sound timothy, $14.00; choice Eastern Washington timothy, $10.00. Corn Whole, $24.00; cracked, $25; feed meal, $25. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $20. 5 FlourPatent, per barrel, $3.30; blended straights, $3.35;; California, $3.2& buckwheat Uotir, , $6.00; gre,- r - ham, per i barrel, ft.a&t whole wheat flour, $3.25; rye fioOf. $3.80(34.00. IVtAO-oitran. ner torw 114.00: t fctZpeTiiift ' --' Feed Chopped leed, $l.0O per toe? . middlings, per ton, $30; oil oako meal, per ton, $30.00..-: ;'t .. ' Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef steers, price 7c;cows, 7c; mutton 7?; pork, 7?4c; trimmed, 9c; veal, 11 J -12c. Hams Large, 18c; small, 18; breakfast bacon, 12o; dry salt ildei, 8.4c. ' Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla. 6464a'c; Valley, nominal; Blnestom, 68o per bushel. Flour Best grades, $8.40; graham, $2.60. ' Oats Choice whito, 42 Mo: choice gray, 41o per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $15.50 brew ing, $16.50 per ton, Millstnffs Bran, $15.60 ton; mid dlings, $31; shorts, $17; chop, $16 per ton. Hay Timothy,$12 18.60; clover.$7 9.50; Oregon wild hay, $67 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 60 66c; tore. 82c. Eggs 27 Ho perdoten. Cheese Oregon lull cream, lSVtc; Young America, 14o; new cheese 10c per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3,500 8.00 per doten; hens, $4.60; springs, $2.003.50; geese, $6.00fl.O0 doz; ducks, $4.00 6.00 per dozen; tnrkeys, live, 11c per pound. Potatoes 60 60o per sack; sweets, 1 o'o per pouna. Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, per sack; garlio, 7o per pound; 75c; cab- bage, lHo per pound; parsnips, onions, $1.75; carrots, 76o. Hops New crop, 12 14c Sec; . per pound. . Wool Valley, 1814o per-pound; Eastern Oregon, 1012o; mohair, 25 per pound. '- Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 8 Mo; dressed mutton, 6 MO 7o per pound. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.75; light and feeders, $5.00; dressed, $5.00 6.35 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, $3.50 4.00; cows, $3.00 8.50; dressed beef, 6 7o per pound. Veal Large, 6M7o; small, 8 8M per pound. San Francisco Market Wool Spring Nevada, ll13oper pound; Eastern Oregon, 1014o; Val ley, 1517o; Northern, 910o. , Hops Crop, 1900, 13M17Mo. 1 Butter Fancy creamery 86o; do seconds, 28o; fanoy dairy, 23 23c; do seconds, 18o per pound. Eggs Store, 80o; fanoy ranoh, 87c. Millstuffs Middlings, $16.50 19.50; bran, $14.00 14.60. ' Hay Wheat $913M; wheat and oat $9.0013.50; best barley $9.60 alfalfa, $7.00 10.00 per ton; straw, 86 47 Mo per bale. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks,60c $1; Salinas Burbanks, 85o$1.15; river Bnrbanks, ?066o; sweets, 8585c. Citrus Fruit Oianges, Valencia, $2. 75 8. 25; Mexican limes, $4.00 6.00; California lemons 76c$1.50; do choice $1.753.00 per box. Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.6u 3.50 per bunch; pineapples, rom inal; Persian dates, 6 ($6 Mo Tw pound. (OO.l , a. i, of 'o
