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ptninji of tht Put Week In
Condensed Form.
Thn British met with lever low
t Murraytburg.
Reiuforoemeut trill be muI to
Kitchener nl ouc.
Two hundred mill band at Florenoe,
Colo., have (truck.
Fred T. Dubois wtt ttweted United
State leuator (row Idaho.
The eenteaclng ol Alvord, tbe im
betxler, baa been postponed.
Colombian rebelt were defeated by
the government troopt at Panama.
Tbe preldent hai appotuted Vad
Moore postmaster at Irouaide. Oregon.
Fted Alexander, the Negro murderer,
wae bnrned at the ttake at Leaven
worth, Kant.
A aawmlll for Astoria, with a daily
capacity ol 200,000 feet, baa beeu
flnanoed in New York.
The O. R. 4s '. Co. 'a wharf at
Salem
water.
Two
bound
wae carried away by high
Lom about 11,000.
carload i of Portuguese laboreit
for the tugar plautatiooe of i
Hawaii patted thrvajh
route for San Francisco.
Chicago
Chicago detective raited a counter !
felter'a den, captured J. P. MoOarry, j
tbe tuppoeed leader of tbe band and i
aeoorett three bags of tpuriout coiu. j
Rear-Admiral George W. Melville,
engineer-in-chief of the Unit Stat
navy yartl, aava that EuglUh lua.le ;
wartbipa are not near aa ttable at '
thoee of our own build. !
Tbe Venetuelan government haa
eixed two tteainen Hying tb British j
flag. The company owning the vewtolt
baa an American provident and teveral j
of the principal ttockbolder are
Americana.
Soott Wilke, who served in the
lower house ol congress two term a,
beginning with 18X6, and who wat at
' aittant controller of currency duriug
Pietident Cleveland! last term, it
dying at bit borne near Barry, Pike
county, 111.
Coqoard, the man who defied the !
Paria police, hat com in it ted tuicide. t
He waa pursued by tbe police to bia
bo use where be barred the doors, aud,
from an opstairt wiudow, warned all
to keep away or be would shoot them.
Later an army olficer with a oetach
men! of troopt forced the door and
found Coqnard banning iu the garret
with a bullet bole through bit cbin.
Dewet it no longer a lion with tbe
British.
Another ocean to-oceau railroad it
projected.
Rnttia turned over the Tien Tain
railroad to Germany.
Admiral Dewey it confined to bit
borne by an attack of the grip.
T. M. Patterson was nominated for
senator by Colorado (unionists.
Tbe topreme court decided that
Neely must be extradicteJ to Coba.
Oregon will tend three niesaengert
to carry the presidential vote to
Waihington.
Much damage hat been done by
tnow and landslide! aud high water
In Oregon aud Washington.
There ii a famine in tbe province
of Shan Si, China, and it is said 6,000,
000 people are facing starvation.
A county superintendent at Seattle
and a county treasurer at Spokane re
fute to give np their respective ofiloet
to successors. '
Ten persons were killed and many
were injured as the result of an ex
plosion in a hat factoiy at Denton,
neat Manchester, KnglaAd.
The t tea met Tillamook, carrying
United States u.ail between Juneau
and Dutch Harbor, Alaska, was
wrecked on Wood island reel and it
a total lots.
A special from Ashcroit, 15. t tayt
that three caiet of smallpox are re
ported to have broken out among tbe
Indiana on the reservation near (juet
neue. ine place oat beeu quaran
tined.
Word jjst received from Dawson re
ports a fire on January 7. Three large
buidings wore entirely destroyed, But
little of the contents were saved. The
origin of the fire ii unknown. Ixmi
150,000.
The most serious aooident that hat
resulted from the combination of heavy
snowfall and hih winds occurred to
day, says a special from Vancouver,
H, C, when almost the entire north
ern end of the new brick drill hall of
tbe Duke of Conuaught's rifle col
lapsed. The wall was boilt to 45 feet
in height, and waa tix feet wido. The
scattered brickt represent a lost said
to approximate $4,000.
Mayor-Elect Hurley, of Salem,
Mass., will give bit salary of $2,500
to the poor.
Chairman Johnson and Secretary
Walsh will keep national Democratio
headquarter! in Chicago open till
1904.
An experiment fa m will be started
200 miles from Manila by the United
States Philippine commission for the
growth of all torts of teedt and plants
from this country.
Lieutenant Felton Parker, who ac
companied the Greeley relief expedi
tion, died at Hartford, Conn.
Wild deer are increating In all
parti of Connecticut and they are oc
casionally found feeding with domestic
nimalt.
The government of Chili, whiob re
oently invited bids for 400 freight cart,
bat accepted all of American manu
facture. Butte, Mont., bat the . bigbett ax
penditure per capita for pnblio school
education of any city in tbe oonntry,
Via.: $5.67.
FILIPINO CHIEF SURRENDERS.
Del jade and Nit Command lay Down The It
Arms In Panay.
Washington, Jau. 16. General Mae
Arthur report the lurreuuer of Del
gado, commandtr-tuohlef of llo Ho
province, 1'auay, He alio report that
other tmportaut turreudert are expect
ed during the uext few dyt. General
MacArtlmr'a telegram to the war de
partment it aa folbwt:
"Dalgado, commandant in Ho llo
provinoe, Pauay, aurrendered January
II to Brigadier-Getter! Hughe, with
four ollleer, 31 men aim 41 rillet
Hit command wa mattered. Other
! torreudert are expected during the
uext lew days. Important algua of
the eud ol "organised armed resistance
; in llo llo province, l'auay,"
Tbe dUatolt give much aatlafae
tion to the war department, although
the cjmimamt surrendered it not
large one. It alio wat notaJ by the
ollioialt that the aa.urauce were for
the end of "orgaUeed armed real at
ance," ludloatlug that tliere wat con
ttdeiable nuorgautied niaraudiug ttill
in progrete.
A Brljht.r Outlook.
Mauila, Jan. 18. Optimism
it tak
tng the piaca or conaeivatism among
tlie military men here, the cause beiug
the numeroue tnrrendert, captures an I
destruction of iusurgaut cam pa,
coupled with the iuoretslng under
ttaudiug of the Auierieaut' iuteutiont
amoug tbe natives. The propagation
of the principle of the federal party
and the knowledge that they are ap
proved bv the United Mate a Philip
pine oommiaaiou and the military an
thorities and the carry lug out of the
terms of General MacArthur't p roe la
matiou, which classes tU who com
, mil act luluiical to the tuterest of
tbe army at rebelt and traitor, are
bavlug pointed effect The cutting of
couitnutilcatioua and tupplles Jja de
ttroyed the reuinanta of tbe luaurgenti'
organisation. The inhabitant of the
towns are dialnoliued any longer to
coutrihute to a bopelest cause, ami it
it generally believed that the pad Ilea
tion of the necessary number of prov
incet to inaugurate the scheme of prov
Inoial government will be accom
plithed before many more weeks have
elapsed. The most pronounced resist
ance at present it In remote southern
Luton, northern Miudianao, Cebo and
I!ohol.
The first batch of 80 leading iuanr
gents who were ordered deported to
the Island of Guam wilt sail on tie
transport Hoaecraut tomorrow.
Oeneral beaton report! that 53
annua txiiomeu irnve turreudereil at
ilenenet.
Mxieen oi iferonimo t band were
captured Knmlay night and brought to
Mjntaibun.
SALT LAKE CONVENTION.
Everything; In Rudincit for tht Livestock
Muting.
Salt Lake. Utah, Jan. 16, Kvery
thing it in readineet for the fourth an
nual convention of the National Live
stock Association. Tlio hall bat been
gorgeously decorated and every con
veuieuce provided for the delogatxa
and member 'of the press. The indi
cation are that it will be the mo I
aocce.alnl convention in the history of
the association. The beailiinarter o
the association aud the principal hotels
are thronged with visitor tonight.
large nnmher of delegates arrived dor
iug the day It it safe to say that
nearly every prominent stockman west
of the Missouri river will be present
A large delegation it present from Chi
cago, aud a fair attendance from othr
points east of the Missouri river. The
famous Pueblo Cowboy liand arrived
this afternoon and wat met at the de
pot by the local committee and es
corted through the principal streett ot
the city. The executive committee of
the association held a meeting (hit af
ternoon and discussed, in a general
way, the tubjecta to be taken up by the
convention.
From Spokane to tht Mines,
ppokane, wasn., Jan. 18, A new
railroad line it being planned to run
from Spokane to Kepulilln, with
branches to the Met how anil Okanogan
mining .districts in Kastern Washing
ton, about 250 nnlet of road in all.
The estimated cost it about $4,000,
000. H. W. Mangold, the promoter,
claims he hat the necessary capital in
tight. He promise to cut the present
freight rntut from those district
squarely in two when the line It com
pletod. He ptoposet the building of
a big smelter in Spokane to handle the
oret of these diatrlcti to be brought in
by tbe new railway. ,
Asitulted by fllghwaymea.
Chicago, Jan. 16. -Edward Kelly,
a prominent race hone man, it at
borne In a dungerona condition aa the
result of a doapornte battle with two
highwaymen. Kelly wat on hit way
home ii ud in an effort to tave bit
money and valuables resisted when
the fnotpadt presented revolvers at hi
head and ordered him to hold up hit
haudt. In consequence he wat knocked
down and then brutally beaten aud
robbed of money and valuable! to the
amount of $500.
Work of Trilnwrecken.
Tampa, Fia., Jan. 16. Train wreck
en are. believed to have caused the
derailment of a West Coast Plant sys
tem train a few rnllot south of Dun
nell, Fla., causing the death of En
gineer Tom Honchand, the injuring of
fteveral passonger. The namea of the
passengers laid to have been hurt are
not known here. A survey of tbe track
at daylight showed that a rail had
been removed. Five men tuspooted
have already been attested.
Witching thj &:!!:!(. '
Madrid, Jan. 16. The police have
ransacked the reiddence of the Marquis
of Berralbo, a representative of Don
Carlos, failing, however, to secure the
documeutt they are seeking. $ be
authorities are closely watching the
movements of the Carllstt who are be
lieved to be hatobing an important
scheme.
Stormi ind Blizzards,
Middle West it tuSerlng from
The
ttormi and blizzards,
I IK Mm
0. M. Moore, an Old Newspaper
Man, and His Work.
MANAGES A BUREAU Of INFORMATION
A Seattle EnttrprUt That Benefits tht Entlrt
Northwest, but More Ptrtlculsrly
Waihlmjton tnd Alaska.
For two year Seattle hat sustained
a Bureau of Information iu addition to
It exullut Chamber of Commeioe.
It it called the I'ugot Souud Bureau
ot Information, aud it might reasona
bly be tupposed that it Held I limited
to the l'oget Sound country or to ttill
olo.cr limits the oity of Seattle, from
wtu bushiest nie i the bureau gt its
support. tnt the bureau it organiaed
on broader gnntudt aud hat mnda its
Held the eutlre state ot Washington
aud Almka on their merits, aud never
in odiou comparison with any of itt
inter coast states.
Tht work of the bureau i little un
derstood, even by itt home people, and
apparently much la by the other
cities ot th commonwealth. It baa
formerly and usually been the custom
of all oltie ol the Northwest to ttaud
on their own resource and probabili
ties, allowing all othert to do the tame
though generally subject to conten
tion (or tupremacy. Tbe Bureau ot In
formation wat urgauiaed on the broad
platform thut "whatever helps the
state, helps the leading city thereof,"
and itt workt have been governed ac
cordingly. Its secretary, O. M.
Moore, beiug a uewspaper man of con
siderable expericuce, aud la.t year the
president of th Washington State
Brett Association, hat practically had
the niHuagt'ttieut of the bureau iu hit
hauds. Moat of his work has been iu
the direction of furnishing Washington
and Alaska corrraoudence to Kastern
tod Sou them pteri sending from
80 to 150 letter per week. Mr. Moor
is a conservative writer, believing that
even lest than the whole truth about
the advantage ot the Pacific coast
state I much bettor than overstating
things. Among his latest contribu
tion! may be mentioned illustrated
articles ou "The Climate of Washing
ton," "The I'nget Sound Houte to the
Orient and Alaska," and another on
"Poget Souud and Sound Cities,"
The Bureau of Information hat teveral
publications descriptive of the Great
.Northwest the latest a paper called
"Hie New Northwest," 20,000 copies,
24 pages. Itt different publication
and other expenses, under the present
aecretury, have aggregated a mutter of
$300 per month far nearly 20 months
a total ot about $0,000. Ot this
sum lest than $JO0 hat come from the
general public the bulk having been
provided by lest than a half dotun eu
tcrprising Seattle firms.
Cbai. L. Denny, of the Dunny-Bhiine
l.auil Co., and ton of the old pioneer,
the late A. A. Denny, hut been the
financial head of the bureau since June,
181)0
The bureau desire the co-operation
of all the vitiea of the state for more
effective work, and it about to publish
handsunie album ot 1,000 views of
Washington and Alaska, to be placed
n pnblio libraries, hotels, railway
cart, aud lor distribution at the Pan-
American exposition at Buffalo, May
o November, 1U0I. It it expected that
very section of tbe state will be tey
resented in this album.
The newspaper! ol Washington, es
pecially, should be on good tonus with
Secretary Moore aud the bureau, and
through these every community should
ie brought within the scope of the
good work of the Bureau of luforma
tion.
It may he mentioned in tbl ennneo-
tion, for the convenience of Washing'
ton newspaper men, that the Seattle
representative of the American Typo
oiindors Company it located with the
Bnrean of Information, in room 0,
yolman block, First Avenue, between
Columbia and Marion streets, He it
the genial (). It. Ball facetiously
nown to the omft at "HI-Ball."
Wrecked in the Mediterranean.
Lachlappa, Island of 'Corsica, Jan.
10. The Italian steamer Leono 1ms
been lost. Many bodies from the
wreck have beau washed athoie.
Fighting In Gambit.
Bathurst, Gambia, West Africa, Jan.
16. The British punitive expedition
arrived at Dumbutu January 11, and
completely turprised and routed the
rebels. The troopt captured the town
fter an hour's lighting. Sixty rebels
were killed, 00 were woanded and 200
were captured. Six linportunt chiefs
will be brought to Bathurst. The Brit
ish casualties were tix West Indiana
wounded.
Utah's First Strike.
Scofleld, Utah, Jan. 16. Five hun
dred coal minors went on a strike today
for luoreasod wiigoa. There is no in
timation at to what the malingers of
the mine will do, This it the first
iultig tlrike in the history of Utah.
Etrl of Clonmel Better,
New York, Jan. 16. The Earl ot
Clonmel, who has been oiitioally ill
with pneumonia here for the past week
it reported to be slowly gaining hit
health, although he it In a leriout condition.
O. M. MOORR.
SAXONY SOLICITS A LOAN.
Aaneunctmenl
Made In Ntw York Amount
$20,000,000.
New York, Jan. 15. Announcement
wat made iu Wall street of the author
iaatlou by tli kingdom ol Saxony ot
uew S per cent loan for 80,000,000
nmrkt, equivalaut to about $:,0,UU0,
000, It it expected that mbiotiptioni
toward thla loan will be received in
thtt ally iu much the same manner as
iu th ease ( the Bavarian loau ofTeitd
last week,
It it the opinion of foreign banker
that tht Imperial German government
hat decided to withhold it own na
tional loan, suited to be (or 000,000,
000 markt, or $160,000,000, uutll th
variout states of the government bavt
made their negotiations.
In quick tmicession have fioen offml
loaut of the free oity of Hamburg, th
kingdom of Bavaria, and now the king
dom of Saxony. It it definitely known
in hanking circle that both Germany
aud Great Britain have the Issuance
ol heavy loant In rcntemplatkn.
Wblct will be the flret' announced,
however, cannot be Jearued. It it
doubtful it satisfactory arrangements
can be made to fluanot any cotisideta
bit portion of these loau here. At
leant, the arrangement that can b
made, it it reported, are not aa favora -
ble at those mad when th 4' 10.000.
000 BriMsh exchequer loau and th
80,000,000 markt imperial German (
treasury loan e organised, in
German government, it is understood,
hat touuded Ameilcan financiers
through thtlr Berlin correspondent! on
Us prospect of placing a portion of
th contemplated loan hre, but bat
found that conditions were not highly
favorable. The German loan oou Id be
placed Iu that country ou better term
than bare.
UNDER-SEA TELEPHONE.
Lint
Between Florida tnd Cuba la Bt Con
structed toe tht United Stales.
JSw York, Jan. 17. The first under
tea teluphone built, according to th
luveutlou of Dr. Michael I'upln, i to
be put down, betweeu Florid and Cuba
for th United State government, by
tbe buyer of the patent, th Bell Tele
phone Company, Last July Dr. I'upln,
having secured hi patents her aud
abroad, offered bit discovery to the
American Telephone A Telegraph Com
pany. Th company immediately
bought an optinu ou th iuventlou, ex
tending to January 1, 1601. Then,
under Dr. Pupin't direction, the com
pany equipped line (mm Bedford
tatlou, on th Harlem railroad, which
rau partly under water to New Bed
ford, Ma., thence to Albany and on
to Pittsburg. There the wire ran over
land. The coil were placed at Inter
vale of about two inllos, and were In
closed ou glat intluatort on the point.
Th test wa to satisfactory that about
two week before the option expired
th company paid tbe money and closed
the coutract with Dr. Pnpiu.
Accord iug to th- statement ot Pro
fessor I'upln, th American Bell Tele
phone & Telegraph Company bat paid
him, iustead of th $200,000 at origin
ally tted, nearly $500,000 fur hit
recent invention of a system by which
ocean telephone it mad possible.
This It in addition to the annual royal
ty of $15,000 a year during th life ot
the patentt.
Proprietary Ttx Decision.
Kansas City, Mo., J.u. 17. Judge
Howe, iu tbe United States district
court here today, rendered an import
ant decision in the case of the itochet
tr Biewing Company vt. the United
Statet, involving the taxing of a pro
prietary medicinal preparation, Tbe
court tustuined the complainant's con
tention that the article wat not sub
ject to taxation, and rendered a decis
ion against the government for $9,800,
the amount paid by the brewing com
pany under protest, The complainant
company bad told what they termed
a "tonic" put up iu bottles, on which
had already been paid' the regular $2
per barrel. The revenue department
at Washington held that it wai taxa
ble at a proprietary medicinal article,
while the company contended that it
wat a mild beer.
Woman Fatally Burned.
San Francisco, Jan. 10. Mrs. M.
A. Milllcan, wlfo of the editor of the
New York Medical Journal, wat badly
burned iu a fire which partially de
stroyed the house in (bit city in which
the resided, and no hopes ot hvr recov
ery are entertained. She wat retailed
from the flames in an unoonsoluus con
dition. Te Teit Washington Fir.
Washington, Jan. 17. The navy de
partment hat notified Senator Foster
and Representative Jonet that it will
bo pleased to receive samples of yellow
fir for examination and tost and it
found to meet requirements, will nse
this lumber iu the construction of ships
for the navy.
Senttori Elected.
Senators have been elected in the
following ttatea: M. S. Cjuny, Penn
sylvania; George I. Hour, Mnasaohu
sottt; II. K. Burnhnm, New Hamp
shire; Jamea McMillan, Miohiguu; T.
M. Patterson, Colorndo; W; P. Frye,
Maine.
Report From Kitchener..
London, Jan. 17. Reporting to the
war office under date of i'retoria, Jan.
14, Lord Kitchener says: ,,Byert'
whole force crossed the railway near
Kallfouteiu January 13, making to the
east. There are no important changes
in the positions in the colonics. Sev
eral imnll parties appear to be return
ing to the Orange River Colony. Some
Cape robols who accompanied a com
in no do into the colony have surrend
ered."
Wetselt Says It It Falic
Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 17. P.
L. Weasels, one ot the Boer auvoys to
this country, today said, regarding
General Kitchener's dispatch as to the
flogging of three peao commissioners
by General Dewet near Liudley last
week, and the thotiug of one of them,
that be contidered it at false.
Dewey It Better.
Washington, Jan. 17. The condition '
ot Admiral Dewey, who it ill with th
grip, it reported at bit home to be bet t
ter today,
111 IM
Netfro Murderer Burned at
the Stake.
HORRIBLC FATB OP FRED ALEXANDER
Siupectsd Stayir of Petri Forbes Wat Taken
From Jail by a Leavenworth Mob,
' Chained te t Rail tnd Crcmsltd.
Leavenworth, Kau,, Jan, 17. Fred
Alexander, the murderer ot Pearl
Forbes tnd the fiend who attempted to
ciliulntlly assault Mia Kva Both la
Saturday night, tu i rounded bv a yell
iug mob, bit clothe torn, hit
fan
bloody with hi own blood,
wa
dragged from bit cell iu tht court
hoot, pleading for hit life, aud, after
b vg drained around th court hoyj
yarn ior io minutes, wat loaoen into
ft waiion with hit oaptor and taken to
th place where Mis Forbes' body wat
found, to be burned to death,
"Burn him; hang him; no, burn
him, ' re-echoed
throimh the air, aud
1 nmeut the uncontrolled pasalou
ot the mob became wilder
Th negro wat takou from hit cell at
tli etat poulteittlary at 4 this after
noon and loaded Into a hack and
brought to town, SO deputy marshal
inrTotittdlng him. Deputy Sheriff
Vsiio Myer and Tom Brown tat iu
the hack ou either tld ot him. Tliere
wet 50 buggies aud wagons in th pro
eeaslou which followed the back, aud
It wat an aaful march indeed (or Fred
Aiexauoer. lua trip to town waa
nmdo quickly, and there wat no at
tempt to create a disturbance.
When Fourth and Olivt streets were
feaobtd the police, who war in the
btok following the oue iu which Alex
luder wtt concealed, jumped out and
chased several negroes, ibl created
a diversion, which attracted the at
tuiitioii of every one, aud, In the ex
clttmeut, the hack In which Alexander
wis concealed, wat frantically driven
to the county jail, and just at the mob
reached the doors, he wat locked iu
the first coll on the east tide of the
court houte.
In the meantime the crowd ha I
lushed down the tide gate of the stock-
ad and iu a moment there wat a yell
lug pack in the jail yard. The tide
door, which wa made of heavy theel
Iron, wat the next object of attack.
Several of the thought (ul ones of tbe
mob had provided themselve with
tledge hammer and oold chisels, aud
is wtt the work of only a tow momenta
hernia the biuget were cut from tbl
land, with tbe help from Inside, it wa
; nil Itt biuget iu a moment. Mar men
pulied inside, aud tbe irou bar wat
i again culled Into play, aud tbe dobra
of the celt room broken down, A man
with tbarp eye spied a thnpeleat,
, cnuglng mass crouched down iu one
corner of lb dark cell. The mob
(sued in a moment, diagglng th (lend
by th coat collar.
At a quarter past 6 o'clock Airland
er wat brought to th toene of the
murder of Pearl Forbes. The exact
spot where the murdered girl wat
louud wat located by the leaden of the
crowd. Alexander wat brought up In
a wagon wttn a doxeu men.
The first thing done wat to plant
railroad iron oprlght in the mud. This
wat made fast to cms iiont firmly
bouud to tbe upright irou with wlret
To this th man wat dragged and
chaiued to tbe oprlght railroad irou.
Chains aud irout were wrapied about
him, with bit bandt ttill thackled fast
to the post. Coal oil wat then poured
over him and the match touched to
him.
While It wat being done, Alexander
called to friends of hit in tbe crowd
aud bade them goodbye. He did not
teem to realite that he wat to be
burned at the stake. Alexauder wat
asked to make a confession, but de
clared himself innocent. At the
flamei leaped about him Alexander
turned ghastly pain, and then (or tbe
first time realized that hit death wat
near. In lest than five minutes he wat
hanging limp aud lifelut by the chains
that bouud him.
At soon at the crowd aaw that life
wat extinct, it began to slowly dit
purse. There were hundreds how
ever, ot the tnnre morbid, who stayed
to the last. Men kept piling on wood
all the time until aliont 7 o'clock,
when the flames were allowed to die
down. At toon at the flumes had died
down tuflloieiitly to allow the crowd
to approach there wat a wild tcramblo
to obtain relict.
Tht Vlgllanclt Ashore.
Havana, Jan. 17. The Ward
steamer Vlgilancia is aground off
bankt of Lot Colorado, about
line
the
100
milet westward of Havana
The Vlgllanoia sailod from Vera
Crux, Max., Jan. 10, for Progrestn,
Havana and Nev York. She had 58
pnsseiigers on board, and is command
ed by Captain Reynoldi. She ,struck
early yenturdiiy morning during a fog,
six miles from the main laud. Word
of the accident reached her agents here
last night. The dteamer is fast ou the
reeft, and is pounding in the norther
which it now blowing. She it in no
immediate danger, however.
, Ctiusltlti it Belfast,
London, Jan, 17. Tha odloinl Hit
of British casualties in the recent
fighting at HelfiiHt shows 29 killod, 68
woundod and 73 missing. This duet
not acconnt for the British lossea at
other poiuts of simultaneous attack by
the Boers, namely, Wonderfontelu,
Noaitgedncht and Wildfonteln, and
shows that affairs in that quarter were
more serlons than Lord Kitchener re
ported them to be.
Ordered to Assist In Negotiations.
Shanghai, Jan. 17. Yuan Shi Kal,
governor ot Chan Tnng, has been or
dered to proceed to Pekin to assist in
tha peaoe negotiations, but it it ex
paottd bar that he will decline to go.
, Plchtn Will Not Bt Recalled.
Parlt, Jan. 17. The minister of for
eign affairs, M. Dulcatae, denies that
b intends to replace M. Plchon, tha
Frtnoh minister at Pekin. He hope
that M. Piohon will bt enabled to pur
sue th negotiations to th and,
WIDESPREAD CONFIDENCE.
Improvement In Cereal Markets -Actlv D
mend la Iron tad Steal,
Bradstraet'i aaysi Business It ttill
of a beten-eon character In most
lines, but a livening up of Interest In
several trade hat been noted thit
ek. ltlatlvly best reports com
from tht iron and Hl, lumber, leath
er aud rug trade, but then bt bn
oui tulargtuit-nt ot wholesale distri
butive trad on tprlug account iu tha
South and West, Spring trade in dry
goods is J-itt opining up, and it 1
noted that a heavy ihlppttig movouieut
on order it now proceed iug at th
West. Horn gain in wool inlet it
noted at Easteru markets, but weather
oondltooi bavt nut bten favorabl a a
whol, Kcspt in itlmulating the retail
trad In thou and iubhr go di. A
apeoial feature It the generally good
tenor of report aa to collet tlnnt (ro-n
all Western and Southern potutt, from
which it it inferred that trad rela
tion! to retallat mutt bavt beau quit
good. Hummed np briefly, the titua
Uou'l on ot widespread confidant) In
th general butlutna outlook.
Corn It tlightly higher, in sympathy
with wheat and small receipt ot cou
tract. ,
Inquiry rather than active demand
it a leading feature In iron and tteel,
but quite au 1 nomas of aotivty I
noted in Bessemer pig iron and billet
I Pittsburg and in plate at Chicago.
Irou production it increasing, but bat
not yst overtaken cousomptiou, and
t took t are reported smallar than
mouth ago,
Wheat, including flour, shipment
for lb week aggregate 6,V6l,O05 bush
els.
Butiueot falluset iu th United
Statet tor th weak number 823,
agalust 8H8 laat week.
Canadian failure lor th wek nam- j
bar 80, against S3 last week.
PACIF1: COAsfTRADE. !
. Seattle Market,
Oulont, new yellow, SirtJU'o.
Lettuce, hot houte, $1.60 ptf
Potatoes), new, $10,
Beet, per tack, 85c(g$l.
Turnips, per tack, $1.00.
Squash 10.
Carrot, per tack, 75a
Parsnips, per tack, $1.00 1.35.
IJelery 50o doa.
Cabbage, native and California,
Sft2.i'o per ponn.lt.
Butter Creamery, 80o; dairy, 18
93o; ranch, lefc)lSo pound.
Cheeae 14o.
F.ggt Ranch, 80c; Pastern 33c.
poultry 14c; dressed, natlv chick
ens, 15r turkey, IBe.
Hay Puget Sound timothy, $15.00;
choice Fastens Washington timothy,
$19.00.
Corn Whole, $34,00; cracked, $35;
feed meat, $34.
Barley Boiled or ground, per ton,
$30.
Floor Patent, per barrel, $8.80;
blended straight. $8.35; California,
$3.85; buckwheat flour, $6.00; irra
ham, tier barrel, $3,36; whole wheat
flour, $3.35; rye flour, $3.80(34.00
MtlUtufft Bran, por ton, $15.00;
shorts, per ton, $16.00.
Feed Chopped food, $15.00 per ton;
middlings, per ton, $33; oil cake meal.
por ton, $2t.00.
rresh Meata Cbolo dreaaed beet
iteert, price 7c; cow, 7c; mutton
7?4i pork, 7,'c; trimmed ,8c; veal, II
13c.
Hamt Large, ll'c; imall,
ireakfaat bacon, 18c; dry tail tide,
8 Ho.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla. 5566o,
Vail
ley, nominal; Bluestcm, 58o per
bushel.
Flour Beat grades, $3,40; graham,
$3.60.
Oats Choice white, 42o; cbolo
gray, 410 per unmet.
Barley reed barley, $15.50 brew-
iug, $10.50 per tou.
M Ills tuffs lirau, $15.60 ton; mid
dlings, $31; thorta, $18; chop, $16 pet
ton.
!iy-Timothy,$12S 18.60; clover,$7
(j 9. 60; Oregon wild hay , $0 O 7 per ton.
Butter rancy creamery, 60j66o;
store, 83o.
Fugs 27,0 per doxeu.
Cheese Oregon full cream, 1 So,
Young America, 14c; uew choose 10c
per pound,
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3,500
3.60 tier dozen; hens, $4.60; springs,
;2.OO8.60; geoae, $0.00(i.00 dot;
lucks, $5.00(30.00 por doxeu; turkeys,
live, I3o por pound.
Potatoes 50 OOo per taok; tweets,
l)vo per pouun.
Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 76es
per tack; garlic, 70 per pound; cab
lingo, lHo per pound; parsnips, 66o;
oulous, $1.60 0 3; carrot, 76o.
Hops New crop, 13014o per
pound.
Wool valley, 18 0140 per ponnd;
.aatern Oregon, 10013c; mohair, 85
per pound.
Mutton Gross, beat shoop, wethers
and ewes, 8o; dressed mutton, 8)40
7o por pound.
Hogs Cross, choice heavy, $5.75;
light and feeders, $5.00; dressed.
$5. SO 06. 50 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top tutors, $3.6004.00;
cows, fa.outaa.ou; tiresseu tieoi, to
7o por pound.
Veal Large, 77e; small, 8.43
Oo per pound.
Sen Francisco Market.
Wool Spring Nevada, ll18oper
pound; Eastern Oregon, 1014o; Val
ley, 1501To; Northern, 90 10c.
Hops Crop, 1800, 18Kl7to.
Butter Fanoy creamery S8o;
do seconds, 20o; fanoy dairy, 19
do seconds, 18o per pound.
Fggs Store, 25o; fauoy ranch,
80o.
Millstufft Middlings, $17.00 O
20.00; bran, $14.00014.50,
Hay Wheat $9018'; wheat and
oat $9.0013.60; best barley $9.50
alfalfa, $7.00010.00 per ton; straw,
86047)0 per bale.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, GO 05o;
Saliuat Burbanks, 85oO$1.16; river
Bui banks, 40J5o; tweets, 85085a.
Cltrut Fruit Oranges, Valenoia,
$3.7603.35; Mexican limes, $4,000
00; California lemons 75oO$1.60;
do choice $1.763.00 por box.
Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.50O
60 per buuoh; pineapples, nom
inal; Persian dates, 66o per
pound, ,
11 Of 11115 !i!9 IKIfJlIllj STATES
Interesting Events and Gossip of the Past Week Reported From
Cities and Towns in Washington, Oregon and Idaho.
IDAHO.
Thurston Hotoblus, well-kown
ttookmin ot tht ttat, died at Bolt.
A movement lion foot at Caldwell,
looking to th early closing ot ttoret.
I'aul Jacot, a tesideut of St. Jo, hat
beeu committed to tht Blaakfoot in
sane atlyuin.
John Harlav. a pioneer of Idaho
City, it dead, aged 70. lit came to
thit ttate iu 1863.
Callander is tbe name of a new post-
office in Idaho county. Edward W.
Taylor is postmatter.
A branch telephone Una bat been
run from Dewey to Swan Fall. Tblt
give tha Fall dfWef iiorto Bolt.
S. Ii. Wright' two-ttory residence
at llonner't Ferry, on th north tide of
th river, wa entirely destroyed by
fir.
The aggregit valuation "of th in
strument filed for record at Wallace
with tbe county recorder in 1900 i
$2,052,416.73.
Henry Ott, a well-known pioneer
farmer of the Boise vall.y, bat sold bis
ranch of 450 acres. The purchase
price wat $6,625.
Thomat W. Bates, promoter of the
Idaho Midland railway, bat returned
to New Yoik. II aaya th road it in
th bett posaibl condition.
Th P, & 1. N. railway bat an
uoutioed itt intention of extending itt
road into the Seven Devils country
Steel railt bav already been pur
oh t ted.
Th county commistlouer of Ada
county have lelectad T. U. Catlin to
represent their iuterettt at tbe Na
tioual Live Stock Association meet, to
be held in Salt Lake City,
The preliminary steps bav bten
taken toward organising a Pioneer As
sooiation at Lewiston. All who re
tided in tbe ttate prior to the clot ot
the year 1877, ire eligible for mem
bership,
Judge Stewart ha rendered a decit
ion of considerable importance to
Boise. He boldt that the city couucil
bat no authority to act at a board of
equalisation. Therefore increase! of
valuation of property made by tha
council are illegal and void.
Fire at the Bunker Hill mine.
Wardner district, destroyed a tram
way which leads to the Stem winder
mine. In couseuuenc. the latter
mine bad to b temporarily shut down.
The (Ire originated in tb pumping
house. Lot it estimated at $2,000;
fully Insured.
Jamea Patten, a raocher living near
Bonners' Ferry, lost a valuable hone
while trlyng to cross tb river. He
attempted to drive th team across on
th ice, but wheu near tbe middle of
the itreain the ice gave way iiLler
the horses and before tbev could tie
drawn out one of them wat drowned.
WASHINGTON.
It it aid that lioqoiam will bav a
basket factory.
Tbe Aberdeen Order of Eaglet will
teot a $3,000 building.
Spokane hit accepted plant for a
crematory which will cott $4,600.
The old Hartford hotel bat been torn
down and loaded on cart, billed for
Jaokumn, Skagit county.
New Whatcom it endeavoring to
have the appropriation for the water
way project raited from $15,000 to
$50,000.
Whitman county boasts ot the
yonngost court bailiff in the United
State In the person of Willie, the 11-
year-old son of Judge McDonald, of the
tuperior court.
Dr. L. K. Markler bat beon ap
pointed quarantine oflicer for Belling
ham Bay. Heretofore vessels have had
to wire to Port Townsend for instruc
tion!.
Measures are being taken to intro
duce a bill in tbe legislature to sub
mit to a vote ot the people an amend
ment to the constitution designating
Tacoma ai the ttate .capital iustead of
Olympia.
The minera working on the Admiral
Dewey claim, near Kepublio,, have
killed lour cougan reoently. The
largest measured 8 feet 4 inchet from
tip to tip and the smallest 7 teot 10
Inches.
The board of county commitsioners
for Lewis county has let a oontraot to
the Northwest Bridge Company for the
construction ot a 140- foot span bridge
across the Chohalis river at Bluok't
Station. The contraot price la $1,494;
An important strike has been made
on the property ot the Oro Urande
Gold Mining & Milling Company, a
few miles from Marcus. Previous as
says gave from $8 to $21.65 in gold,
silver and copper and the ore from the
new vein is expected to go much
higher.
The executive board ot the Thurston
County Bioyole Path Association re
ports $1,901 received last year from
the sale of bioyole tagt and $450 from
other sources.
David Jnthley, who has returned to
Everett from Dawson, brought home
the petrified jaw of a prehistoric mat
todon. From point to point the law
measures 87 inches, and it still con
tains two teeth nine inches long. It is
thoroughly potriflod, weighing 60
pounds.
Sealand towneite has become the
property of J. A. Morehoad, who owns
a general store at Nahcctta. Senltiud
was owned by B. A. Soaborg, the can
neryraan, formerly of ll'waoo, but now
of Fairhaven. Tho consideration was
$3,000.
The grading and work with scrapers
has bad to be temporarily stopped on
the Selah and Moxee ditch. The
frozen condition of the ground made
thit necessary. The teams are at work
hauling lumber, and the men are
building tb fluui aroond the side ot
thabUl,
A 60-year franchise his been granted
for an electric railway between Seattle
and Taooma. The line it to b In
operation in 18 uiunthi.
Th machinery for the new mill at
Hartford I now on the ground. It
will out 85,000 feet of lumber per day,
aud tho thing! mill iu conjunction
will bav a capacity of 150,000
tbinglet, '
At the remit of eating canned meat
and salads at a lodg entertainniet at
Ballard, P. 8. "tlllman, a drug clerk
of that city, it lying in critical con
dition at bit heme, suffering from pto
maine poisoning.
Word haa been received tit tbe death
0 Captain William JIln, it pioneer
mining man, at Northport. II wat a
native of North Carolina and bad been
on tbe coast tince the palmy dayt of
Virginia City, Nevada,
Tbe Northern Lumber Company'
sawmill at Everett, which wa burned
few montbt ago. it to be rebuilt.
New machinery it on tbe way from
tha East, and plant for tbe building
are ready for the contractor.
It is announced that the logging
camp adjoining the Sedro-Wooley
tow ntite on th north, ttaited up again
by new concern. These campt, two
in number, are among the largest in
the Northwest, each employing about
160 men. Tbe operation of tbe new
firm are expected to be on a ical even
more extensive than beretofote.
Judge Moor at Seattle ha issued a
peremptory writ ol mandate to tbe
King county board of commissioners
requiring them to call a special elec
tion within 40 dnyt to permit tbe resi
dent of that part of tbe reservation
lying witbiu King county to vote
whether tbey desire to have the reser
vation annexed to Pierce county.
Natural, oil indications have been
discovered near Spangle. Tbe discov
ery wa made on the adjoining rancbet
of A. D. MoMichael and J. B. Butler,
and a lease hat been secured on one of
these by capitalist! who will prospect
for oil and gal. F. K. McCoy, a repre
sentative of an oil company in Cali-"
(ornia, bat been examining all the
fields of the Palouse looking for oil
lmdt for bit company, and he hat e
cured lease on Mr. MoMichael'
farm.
OREGON.
The organ factory at Dallas 1 en
larging it plant.
The Bybee bridge aero Rogue river
it being repaired and It cloeed to
travel.
The free ferry at Liverpcol. Benton .
county, it not yet in Operation, owing
to high water.
F. . Dunn, of Engene, sold 67
bale of 1899 hop to Sau Francisco
buyei for 8 cents per pound.
Fred Walters, of tbe Farmers' Cus
tom mill, hat purchased tbe Cheape
mill property at Pendleton tor $5,500.
Tbe telephone office at Sumpter hat
abolished itt telegraph office, and met
taget are now transmitted by telephone
to Baker City.
A test pit, sunk 15. feet on the Ore
gon Boy, a reoent location In the Ala
mo district, it said to have disolosed a
ledge with $13 values.
Oscar Dilley, of Oakville, is building
a dairy building which will be large
enough for 60 cows and will have all '
up-to-date improvements.
J. A. Fitzgihbon hat bought the
Cook and Miller ledge on Foot's creek,
Southern Oregon. This it a ledge in
which two feet ot $50 rock but been
developed.
A young man, aged 18 years, the
adopted ton ot Thomat Smith, was
thrown from a load of railroad ties near
Elgin, and received injuries which re
sulted in bis death.
The shaft on the Little Breeches
claim, in tbe Bald Mountain district,
is down 26 feet, and average assays ot
$5.40 are reported. No cross cutting
will be done until the 100-foot level is
readied.
Farmers living between Lebanon
and Sodavllle will make an effort to
get free rural mall delivery. The
route will be about as follows: From
Lebanon to Sodaville, thence west
about six miles, thence north about
six miles, thenc east to starting point.
George .Newsome, a fanner living
near Marquam, was held up and
robbed in bis own doorway. Mr.
Newsome answered a knock at the
front door and was surprised to find a
revolver in his face on opening the
door. He gave up a few dollars he
had in his pooket.
C. S. Warren,Jr., has purohased
from George Day a one-sixth interest
iu the Crown Point property for $500.
The property adjoins tho Diadem in
the Greeuhorn Mountain district, and
has been developed by a 40-foot shaft.
It is said that average assays from a
8)g-foot ledge are $35.80, while some
specimens assayed $104.
An important mining deal has just
been consummated in Eastern Oregon,
whereby tne Quebeo and High Ore
claims changed hands. The considera
tion is plaoed at about $40,000.
A mass meeting of citizens of Gil
ham county was held, at which it was
decided to organize a company and
build a railroad from Condon to tbe
Columbia. This would greatly benefit
the wheat men of that county, as at
present all wheat is being hauled in
wagons 40 to 60 miles.
A. J. Welch, an old resient of As
toria, is dead, aged 82 years. He
came to the coast during the gold ex
citement and has resided at Astoria
siuoe 1854. Mr. Welsh was an Indian
war veteran.
Mining men ot Southern Oiegon find
in the recent heavy snowfall good
cause to rejoice. Reports from differ
ent districts are to the effect that tliere
are five to seven feet of snow ou the
level. This insures a long season for
the placers, with plenty of water, as
the ground was thoroughly soaked be
fore the tuow came,