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VI An Advertisement Which brlk return u prunl rbi it b in tbe rlt place. fb WEST SIDB bring n were. The Best Newspaper ! tit om that gilt fb most aud freshest news. Compare tbe WEST HIDE with any paper in I'olk ooanty. VOL. XVIII. $1.50 PER YEAR. INDEPENDENCE, l'OLK COUNTY, Oil BOON, 1UUDAY, FEBHUAllY 8, 1H0I. Five tcntg Per Copy, NO. 940. mm or i in From All Parts of th New World and the Old. OF INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS Comp-xhtnslv Review ol th Imporlini Ft pcnini of th Post Week In a Condensed Form. Fmpcror William hat returned homo. Mr. Nation wrecked another Topka ealcon. Mile it promoted to be lleutanuant general. Preparation continue at The Hague tor the royal wedding. German expedition are vtill being tent oat from Fvklu. Ih transport McPherson i ashore near Matauaas, and ill be a total loii. Clone! Atlxrt Harttuff, assistant urgeou-geueral, U. 8. A., ba been r tired. 1 he Chinese and foreign envoy met t l'ekin to discus tbe question of pu altie. Youtsey whs tentottced to life im prisoumeut tor complicity iu tb Go bel murder. An Athena, Or., electrlo company may build a plant which will (apply power to four town. The Utah legislature pasted a roln- tion favoring the eVtiou o( United State tenatoi by direct vote. Blackford, a small town in northern Kentucky, on the 1 tlinom Central rail, toad, ha been wiped ont by tire. Northern Pacific freight train in Cascade monutaiu ran away, killing one man and iujniing several other. Patents for 1,599 acre of timber land in Clatsop couutv. Or., have been filed for record.The propeity bat all been purchased by an Astoria xuupsuy. Rear-Admiral F. linger hi been detached (rum duty a president of the board of inspection and autvey. He i to take command of oue ot the two division of the Alatio eqaadrou. John Hathaway, a resident of North Yakima, Wash., mvtHrioiily disap- pea red from hi home last week. 11 left saving that he wa golox rlshim, and coining has been beard of him ince. J. Pierpont Morgan and his asso ciates hare purchased from Andrew Carnegie a controlling intere.t of the Carnegie Company. While the pur chase price is nu known, it is thought to be not lev than S5.0tH),0UU. The queen't body wa laid at rest at Frogmori, The Italian ministry wa atarked In tbe chamber of deputies. Secretary Coot replies to the aenate on the deportation of tagula. Mrs. Nation was arretted while "joint-smashing" in Topeka. The president bas sent a long list of eimy noniiuutious to tiie annate. The Astoria city council has granted 75-year ttreat railway franchise. Titled guest are hfi,-iniu.t to arrive at The Hague for Wilhelmiua' wed ding. Fire inches of snow ha fallen irr New York city during the past 24 hours. John Marshal d-y exercise were held at tbe national capital and at other cities. Mindoro natives in the Philippine rose against the insurgent and killed the rebel governor. Federalists in Bullan province, Phil ippine islands, warned the iuturgeut to cease operations, Oregon appropriations to tbe anouut of $396,380 have been agreed npin by way and menus committee. The Masonic temple at Toledo, Ohio, was destroyed by fire, entailing lots of $ 150,OU0, of which $50,000 is on th building. Senator Hausbrouuh has reported from the committee on lands a bill providing for the establishment of res rvoirs for storing water to irrigate rid land. Railway traffic ia seriously inter fered with by a land slide on the Southern l'acitic in tbe Cow creek can yon country. The track i covered for over 200 feet, langing in depth from 15 to 20 feet. Captain Rayand Snlzer, of the volun teer quartermaster' department, died on the transport 1'uk Ling, which hat arrived at Han Francipco. Cap ain Sulzer was a brother of Representative fjulzer, of New York. L. A. Wing, manager of the Tacoma theater, was assaulted by two men as he was going home and twice knocked down. He fought energetically and called for assistance, and so was not robbed. He received slight injuries on the forehead and wrist. Alfred Vanderbilt has given $3, 700,000 to his flHnce, Elsie French, a her marriage portion. A Montreal paper warns Egnland to cease insulting French-Canadians, declaring the Hiitish government hold Canada through the people of Quebec province. , Abraham Oppenheimer, a Philadel phia citizen of 80 years, astonished all observer by doing some wonderfnlly fancy skating on the pond in Fremont park. Mr. John C. Ileenan, widow of the once famous pugilist, is still acting on the stage, being known as M Ins Sarah Stevens, which was her maiden name. A syndicato controls every theater in 15 road way, New York. William Winter, the veteran dramatic critic, protects against placing art on a com mercial basis. Official Btatlstic of the foreign trade of the port of New York for the cal endar year of 1000 iho . an increase in th aggregate movement ot mer chandise to th txtent oi over $87, MONEY FOR THE ARMY. Appropriation. Bill Carries Om Hundred and Eighteen Million. Washington, Feb. a. Tha army ap propriation bill, making provision lot the army, unner tli reorganisation re cently enauted a completed by tli houL coin m It tea on military affair and reported by Chali man Hull, It cn rl approximately 1118.000,000, a against estimates of about $130,000, 000 made by war department omctala. The total of army appropriations, gen eral a u.l deficiency, for last year aggre gated $118,000,000, Chairman Hull ay the present bill will be ample, and will not autail a deficiency meas ure, later. The contingency appropria tion of $1,000,000 to "meet emergen oie constantly art-dug," wa (triukeu out by the com mil tee. The tualu Item a allowed are: Pay of oflloer, $5,000,000; pay of enlisted men, $14, 1)00,000; pay of retired ottlcer. 500,000; nurse coin, $130,000. The total for nbistenc approximate $111, 000,000, of which amount $ It, 000,000 i tor regular ration and $630,000 lor lick and convalescent ration. Tha aggregate tor tbe quartermas ter' department I the largest in the bill, reaching $57,150,000. Tht chief item are: Quartermaster' supplies, $11,000,000; tucideutal supplies, $3, 400,000 horses (or cavalry aud artil lery, $750,000; barrack and quarter, $3,000,000; transportation ot army and supplle. $34,000,000; olothiug, etc, $4,000,000. Owing to th need ot the paymaster department, th bill graut authority tor the detail of captain of tha Hue a paymasters while titer may be necessity lor such detail. BOERS CAPTURE BRITISH POST KitchtiMr Rsportt Fall of Mcddertfentela No Detail. London, Feb. 6. Tb war office ha rcealved the followiug dispatch from t Lord Kitchener, coimuandr-iu-chlef iu South Africa; t "Pretoria, Feb, 4. Our post at Meddersfoutein, to th Gatarrand, southeast of Krugsradorp, wa attack ed by 1,000 Boer. Th relief column sent out from Krugertdorp tailed to prevent the (all ot the post. No d- , tails yet at hand, but officer and men I captured at th poster arriving at Yereeuigtug." Bort In Portuguese Territory, i Loorenco Marqoe. Feb. 0. There 1 I a commando of ,000 Doer on Portu guese territory. It I supposed that J their intention is to rcu th Boer here, Th Portuguese authorities have decided to remove to Madeira such Doer refugee declln to surrender to ih British, SOUTH AFRICAN WAR. Kaffir Rifles Uit Heavily in th Engagement Near SenckaL London, Feb, 6. -The Cap Town correspondent of th Daily Telegraph, wiling Sunday, any: "It appear thtit in th action be tween Ueneral Kuox and tieueral De- wet, near Seuekal, the Kaffir rlllea sus tained about 100 casualties. More mounted troops are still needed. Three IUht invading columns, of which Her . wa (or a timatbe advance guard, are uow moving toward the Orange river. It is believed i bat i'iet both' force of 2.000 men, with (even gnu, from Sniithfletd, ba crosed into th Colony. Britiah oonoenttatloo s pro ceeding. Outlying garrison are be iug withdrawn for the purpose of secur lug the main Hues. Genera! Dewet i expected to enter Cape Colony," French Captured t Canyon. London, Feb. 6. General Kitchen er, in a dispatch from Pretoria, dated February 5, says: "French' column, in driving th Hoers east, captured a 15 pounder and picked up parti of a second gun dis abled by oor Are, The commandoes in the colony are being huNtled. The .Midland commando la being chased by ilaig in the direction of Stevtleraville. Sixteen of them hAve recently been killed by our men," Tht Moddenfonteln Affair. London, Feb. 6. Lord Kitchener, commander-in-chief in South Africa, report to toe war effic a follows: "1'retoria, Feb. 5. Our ca-oalties at Moddersfouteln were two officers killed and two woundei. It appear that the post wa rushed on a pitch dark night during a heavy rain. Th enemy numbered 1,400 with two gun. '"Campbell, south ot Mlddelburg, engaged 600 Boers, who were driven baikwith los Our oasualtl were 20 killed or wonnded. "French is near Bethel, moving east and driving the eneinr, with slight op position. Four of our ambulances, while reeking wounded, wee captuied. The doctor were released. "Dewet' force i reported south of Dewetsdorp." Boer Prlioneri Eicapcd. Fenastopol, Feb 6. Dispatches re ceived here any that four Boers who escaped from a British ship at Colom bo, Ceylon, sought refuge on tb Rus sian vessel Kherson, whose passenger received them enthusiastically. Fought Maya Rebel. City of Mexico, Feb. 6. -Merida ad vices show that Thursday last a battle was fought between Maya rebel In dian nuil government troops 25 mile from rebel headquarters. El bt hun dred Indiana, armed wl,h muskets, at tacked the Sixth battalion, which held it ground, though outnumbered, and inflicted a heavy loss on the enemy, who had 60 killed and about 100 wounded. The federal troops lost fonr men. Ruiilan Prince Shot Himself. St. Petersburg, Feb. 6. Prince Pa riatinsky, th youthful publinher of the Northern Courier, which was re cently suppressed for it radical tend encies, shot himself, Inflicting a danger ous wound. Hi parents have never forgiven the marriage he made several year ago with Mile. Yavorakaya, an actress, nor did they approve of hi newspaper enterprise, which absorbed th bulk of the estat ol th prino. Th family rank asaong tht highest Russian nobility. nil Mindoro Natives Turn Agalnsi the Insurgents. mCRC ARE NO TROOPS AT MINDORO Rebel Governor ot th bland Killed -Fdr- Hit In Luton Province W-m th Insurgents, Manila, Feb. 6, Natives hav re ported at Katanga that a week ngo th native ot th island of Mlmloro run against th iuturgeut and killed the Insurgent governor, Tucr art uo troops at Mlmloro. Th Fader 1 part ot Bat an prov luo. including th prtdht of each pueblo, held a big meeting at Urania yesterday, and rmotved to uoilfy th Insurgent ot llataao that they tnnst cease oparatioua within a week or th people will assist th American to captur them. Suireuder and minor skirmishes oontlou in Southern Lusou. A low in eur.-eut have been killed. There were uo American casualties. Publio discussion ot the provincial government hill has been completed The bill will be pasted Weduesday, aud soon afterward the coiumlmdonrrt will begin their tourot organixing provincial governments in thou prov luces oi Southern Lun which Ueuer I MaoArthor and th oomtnisaiotieri consider lutflclently paciHed, Coin mlssloner Wriuht aud id, who ai drafting criminal and civil codes, may remain in Manila temporarily, to com pint their work by February 23, when tli commissioner and practically all the employe will leave (or th south rn islauds. where they wlllxamln th con.litious ana continue th oigau iiation ot government in province which ar found to be prepared for self- government, Th commissioner ex poet to speud (our week on their south ern tour. Fewer than 400 person attended th meeting called bv Seuor Duencamino at the liisal theater, in the Tondo want ol Manila, to inaugurate) the evangelical movement. Considerable Interest wa manifested in the pro caedmgs, aud there wa some expres sions of approval of the addresses. No attempt, however, wa ma le to com in it the meeting to rrotestantism, that aspect of the case being left for mime. qnenl action at bis discretion by itav. James H. Ilogers, missionary of the Presbyterian board, who waa present. Senor Hueucamtno explained the tellg too effort h wholly outside th Federal party, which bad been ortranltwd tolely to promote political police. VICTORY FOR MEXICANS. Engaged Mvi Indians and Killed and Wounded Three Hundred. ft. Louis, Feb. 6.-A special from Oxaco, Mexico, nays: The military euthoritea hav been advised of an other engagement which took place be tween the government troops and a large force of Maya Indians. Th bat tle took place alKint nine miles from Santa Crui, th stroughold of th reb Is, and resulted in a victory for th government truip. The casualties on the rebel side were heavy, it being estimated that they lost over 300 men killed and wounded. Several linn dred reinforcements hav joined (inn erul Bravo' coinmsnd. It Is asserted that there are several white men. among tha officers of tha Maya fotce They are believed to be Englishmen from British Honduras, which country border on the Maya territory. Antl-Jtiull DemoMtratlon, Valencia, Spain, Feb. 6.--The antl Jesuit demonstration which began in Msdrid in connection with the anil Clerical play "EIolra," have spread to aleucla. Today crowds gathered in front ot the Jeeuit church of the Sacred Heart, where a confirmation of children was in progress, and shouted, "Liberty forever," and "Down wlt.1 tbe Jesuits." A Jesuit who wa leav ing th church wa hooted, and then tbe crowd marched to the Jesuit col lege and stoned the window and doors, still shouting, "Down with the Jesu its." Finally the demonstration was dispersed by gendarmes. Philadelphia Editor Commlti Suicide. John T. William, editor of the Key stone, a Philadelphia trad paper, com mitted suicide by pulsion at St. Georg hotel, New York. - Receivers for Locomotive Worki. New York, Feb. 8. William Bar boor and John U. Bennington were to day appointed receiver to wind up the businesa ot tha Roger Locomotive Company, at Patterson, N. J. It is likely the works will be disposed of at private sal. Tralm Again Running Out of Pekln. Berlin, Feb. 6. The Ge. man war office ha received a dispatch from Count von Waldersee, dated Pekln, which annonnces that railway com munication ha been restored between Pekln, Feng Tal and Pao Ting Fu. Fit Only for Fuel. Lima, Ohio, Feb. 6 V. F. Lakin, one of the Standard Oil Company' confidential men, returned today from Beaumont, Tex. He says that repeated testa show that the oil there cauuot be refined, and that it contains only a slight per cent of illuminating oil. He says that it ia tit only for fuel, but that freight rates are so high that it will never come into competition, even lor that, with Lima or Pennsylvania, Wijconiln In Commlnlon. San Francisco, Feb. 6. Tbe battle ship Wisconsin, which was constructed at the Union iron Works, was formal ly placed in commission today. Cap tain Reider taking command for the government and Irving M. Scott acting for the Union Iron Work. The usual ceremonies were observed. About 800 marlues wer placed on th Wisconsin and in the next two week the will leave (or her first cruise nnder the flair, her destination btlng th Mexican coast, whr h will engag in drill ad target praotic. CAUSE FOR ENCOURAGEMENT Irrigation Movement li t New Thing t tht Reildent ofthe Cait. Tha friends of irrigation need not fear that hecaus of th advers treat ment received by th ral Dumber ot lirlgntloti bill and amendment Intro duved iu congress, espeloally in th house of representatives, th national lirlgatlon reus baa suffered. It must b remmberJ that th irrigation movement t a new thing In th Ft. Trior to th prereut twaiim ot congress It hat hardly been considered seriously by 10 per ceut ot th Estern congress men, Aud it must b remembered tnat in what may b considered the tsrly stage ot a new movement, a great mas ol literature aud discussion and effort miut be put forth which will serve simply a a means of direct ing attention to tb subject aud indi i atlng th variety ol lute rent and pur poses favorlug and behind it, Wbeu individual effort and attempti at leg islation in the shape of bills Introduced and ameudiueot offered in oougrstt broom to numerous an) Insistent t to assiiui th nstur of a public clamor, then tha proper coramilto, vhetlur bofttl or favorably disposed to the project, must glv th matter consideration; must gather all th kin dred bill together and (ormulat from them comprehensive moiiauie, aud make a report npon it. This is th situation In th presaut short session o( congress. Old and expected legis lation I prsliig in grexat volume for nactment, and oongreismett art not willing, In th limited time at their disposal thl winter, to take op exhaus tively a new question, nor I it th puris ot tb friend ot irrigation to attempt to tore the subject. Never theless every congramsn now know that th question i a coming on and question considured to las ol great and precalng Interest to a iame number ol people, inscliidlng th commercial sections looking (or a market (or their product. The desultory agitation ot thl ses ston on the irrigation subjeol 1 rv iug it purpoi well. FRUITGROWERS' CONVENTION Mar Than 100 Delegates From Northwest States Meet In Portland. Mor than 100 fruitgrower from Oretion, Washiugtn, Idaho, Montana aud British Columbia attanded the an nual convention ol the North went Fruitgrowers' Association, which wa formally apeued in the auditorium of th A. O. U. W. 'tempi at Portland, (Jr., Tuesday mowing. President N, G. Blalock, ol Walla Walla, presided. After a prayer by Itev. A, A. Morri son, President Blalock, E. L. Smith, ol Hood River; F. L. Wheeler, of North Yakima aud L. A. I'orter, of Lewlston, Idaho, mad re porta of crop condition ia their country, which, they sd, wer favorable, Mr, Anderson, ot Victoria, a member ot th British Columbia department of agriculture, mad a slmtt address advo CMiitiii unity in th different state aud In the provlucrs. Following him was I'rolsmor Van Deman, ex-1' til ted Stales pomnloglst, who sfH'ke of th utility of a Pati Atiierican exhibit, Tha North west has uiHcliillreiit Iruit, and should, be said, demonstrate that fact to the Eat. Format Secretary Tennesson, ol Tscoma, spoke of th profitable meet ing of th association which was held iu bit cltv last year, Secretary Dosch told how be had mad preparation for the present meeting, bad sent out Invl- tatloni to growers us far east a Win nipeg, and expected many visitors, among them r.iilroad men. Pro'esfor Mllllkcn, of the Idaho Hor ticultural Aswclailon, spoke of condi tions it his state. The state wa cut In two by mountain range. The lorthern part was humid and the south ern arid. Irrigation ditches had been auccesHfullv operated in tbe southern part. In the south, the codlin moth had bann mor destructive than Iu the north. Last year the state had one of the largest ftnlt crop it ever produced, and a great deal was allowed to go to waste owing to lack of facilities for selling It. More than half the orch ards bud borne their first crop, but th problem was to net rid of the crop. Suicide of t Legation Secretary. Washington, Feb, 7. A cablegram from United Stat Minister Hunter, st Guatemala City states that Sydney li. Kvcrett, secretary and charge d'affaires of the United States legation there, committed snloide yesterday by shooting himself In the mouth. He hail sultered a long illness, and it i snld the act was oommiiiitted during a temporary aberration of mi ml. Mr. Everett was appointed from Massachu setts being a son of an ex-chief of the diplomatic- bureau of the state depart ment. He v as appointed to the con sular service as consul to Batavia in May, 1807, and was appouiutod to Guatemala City June 10 last. His parent are residents of Washington. Excelsior Arrives From Copper River, Seattle, Wash., Feb, 1. The (teamer Excelsior arrived from Copper rtvor, Alaska, today. Contrary to expecta tions, she drought neiiher Nome pas sengers nor mall, The Exceptor re ports that tha steamer Bortha wa at Port Vnldos January 10. Two Children Burned to Death. Now Westmimtet, B. ft, Feb. 7. A fire, supposed to have been started by tiamps, destroyed the residence and farm buildings ol Guy WhltCHlde, of Tyneliead, and burned to death hi two children, who were asleep hen the flumes broke out. Whiteside rescued his wife with difficulty and the two made frantic efforts to save the chil dren, but were driven back by the smoke. A posse of farmer 1 iconring the country for supposed incondarits. Msy Not Accept Carnegie's Offer. Sioux Falls, 8. D., Feb. 7. Andrew Carnegie has, through Senator Petti grew, made a proffer of a $25,000 do nation to Sioux Fall for publio libr ary, building, but th conditions sur rounding th gift ar suoh that it is doubtful if it can be accepted. Two yean ago W. II. Lyon gave to the pity a magnificent bnilding for a library itiilding, and to aocept th Carnegie gift would mean th abandonment of the Lyon building. If Mr. Carnecle will -donate $25,000 (or book for th library, it will accepted. v , ' in mi lift Sentence Was Pasesd on Henry t E. Youtsey. FOR AIDING IN THE COCBCL MURDER Prisoner Pretested His Innocence, Dtclslrng III Conviction Wat Accomplished by Subornation of Perjury. Georgetown, Ky., Fh. 7. Henry E. Youtsey wa seuteuced by Judge Can trill this afternoon, and tomorrow will ba taken to Frank lor t to enter upon hi term of hfn Imprisonment. YotiUey wa pal aud weak wbeu h stood up to i seel v th sentence of tha court. Ill wile eat near by aud heard th ssnteiii of the law consigning In i husband to lb peuitentiary for lift., Suf Ur up tiudcr th ordeal bravely, Briefly, Judg Caiitnll outlined th progrea ot th case from th time of the indictment until th returning ol the verdict, "Now," continued tb Judge, "have yon any reason to glv why tautenco should not be pronounced upon you?" Youtsey shifted hi posttiou slightly and cleared hi throat. On baud clutched the lapel ol hi coat aud th other rested ou th table. The court room waa perfectly quiet, In a low but audibl ton Youtsey spoke these word! "1 hav nothing to aay, axcept that I am Innocent, and that my ouuvtctiuu wa accomplished only by bas aud in famous uUriiatlim of perjury" Tlieu he quietly ant down. For a tnomniit no one spoke, "That wa a subject which yon shoe hi hav addressed to th jury which convicted you," answeied tbe judg. "it is th judgmeut of this court , that you 1st removed by th sheriff of Scott county to th stat pen itentiary at Fraukfort, aud there be eoiiiluthl at hard labor (or th petlod o( your natural life." The ( of Harlmur Weaver, seemed of pernry in the Power cur, was called for trial In the circuit court this morning, but, owing to the ab sence ot more than ball of the wltn- for th ilwfen., wa pss-ed utitil th ifieruoou to give attornejs an oppor tunity to pre pur a an allidsvit ot what the sbneut wttiinsse will testify to. IN BRITISH COLUMBIA Great Northern Seems to B Proceeding en Extensive Plans, Vancouver, B. C, Feb. 7. Options on $,'i0d,000 worth of pro.rty in th east end of Vancouver hav jnt been scored by th Great Northern rail way, Tha p operty l water front on Fa's cnk, a bisucb ot English bay, l'hi company Intends building a canal from drep water on th main harbor tide of the cty to the site that hat beu secured. Two weeks ago tha Great Northern acquired the charter ol the Victoria, Vauoomerdt Eastern railway, whose proje.. Vd Iu:e 1 300 miles In length, from the Kootenai mining cities to Vancouver. Tb plan Is lor th east ern end ol the line to connect with the (I real Northern system runnlug out ol Spokane, which will give a separate outlet at the vm, brsldes Seattle. To cross tha Eraser river at Westminster Is another feature ot tbe project, aud I nun there to Vancouver, 12 miles, a road will be built. TRANSPORT WRECKED. McPhtrton Ran On Reef Near Malantas - There Is No Hope ol Saving Her. Havana, Feb. 7. The United States transport Mcl'herson ran about hall her length on a reel eight mile west ol Matauxas In a tog thl morning, whll on her way Irom New York to Mautanza. All the pnatonger were transferred iu the ship boats, aud the freight waa unloaded, A heavy westerly wiud swung the Mcpherson broadside to the shore this afternoon. She aniuded a Inre hole amidships, her engines shifted iiu-l the shaft has sprnng. There is no hope of saving her, as she will sink if pulled off. She is rolling In th heavy seat and It pounding badly, and will go to pieces if the wind Increases. Meeting of Boer Sympathizers, Frankfort, Fed. 7. At a meeting of the Boer sympathizer hor todav, at tended by some 5,000 people, a resolus tlon was adopted appealing to Gieat Britain to stop the war in South Africa. Christian Do wot, a nephew ot the Boer commander, was present, and wa car ried around the hull on the shoulders ol the promoters ol the meeting. Robbed of His Purse. North Yakima, Feb. 7. A now ar rival from Canada, a young mini named Ferrowe, was robbed of his ptin-e iu his room in the Lowe block this morning. The loss was small, amounting to only aout $15, but ns this was all the young man hud with him in a strung land, it was quite serious to him. Brought Back From Cubs. New York, Feb. 7. James J. Thomp son, former correspondent at Detroit for the Standard Accident Insurance Company, who ia alleged to have ap propriated $8,000 ot the company' money and fled to Cuna, was brought hack from that island today nnder ar rest. Ho will be taken to Detroit. Thompson was at work in the United State quartermaster' department at Havana. Ubortr't Injuries Proved Fatal, Medford, Or., Feb. 7. -Owen Short, who ha beon employed at blaoksimth with th Southern 1'aetfio bridge gang In the Cow creek canyon, died at Grant's Pass yesterday from the effects of injurie reoulved by being struck by a falling boulder while engaged in helping clear away the big lansllde which ooenrred at West Fork If st Sun day; night. His remain were taken to his horn at Phoenix today, and buried in tb Pboenli cemetery. He wat 88 year ot ago, and leav a wlf. SPRING TRADE IS FAIR. Business Is Best In West end South Good Ex port Demand tor Finished Products. Bradstreet't lay! lluslnes at Whole bat !su of a larger volum this ,Wek. Cold aud stormy weather ba unquestionably stimulated retail butt- nesa ia boots, shoes, rubber goods and clothing, aud this ba aided in lighten ing th stocks carried by retailer a a , tesult of mild weather horetofor. j Mor hat been doing, too, la whole sale line on spring account, and busi ness in thl rwpsi t It classed as fair, i Report ar relatively best from th Wet aud South, from which sections advlc r that th total Jauuary buslu compare well with a year ago. Th contrary 1 reported from leading Eastern iiiarKett, however, and th aggrvgat dona her hat not by far equaled expectations. Trad col lection a a wholaar fait, the only complaint coming front sections wher mild w ethr ba luterfared with th distribution of heavy goods. ! Th wknes in foundry grade it ohargeabl to rg buyr who, hav ing tecured their early want now r holding aloof, and to reports that stock a re increasing. A sale ol 10,. 000 ton 1 eported closed at th con cession noted. Export trad In crude form I practically dead, but in fin ished Hues a good business is still do ing In railway material, example! ot which are shipmtuts ot looomtivai to Franc, steel rail to Mexico and South Africa, and steel billot to England. I Heavy call (or pipe ar reported from the new oil district In Texas. I Wheat, including flour shipments, for the week aggregate 8,775,100 bush tit, againat 4,sas,078 bushels last week. Failure In th United States (or th last weok of January number 233, ; against 281 lust week. ! Canadian lailures for the week num bs) 27, a compared with 84 last week. PACIFIC COAStTrADE. Sulile Market. . Onion, new yellow, $('. 75. Lettuce, hot house, $1.60 per cat Potatoee, new, $1H. Bceta, per sack, $1.10(11.25. Turnips, per sack, 75o. Sqnash So. Carrots, per sack, 75c Parsnips, per sack, $1.26(11.60, Celery 6U do. Cabbage, unlive and California, So per pounds. ButterCreamery, 80c; dairy, 10 Q 1 So; ranch, I flciii ISO pound. Choose 1 4o, Egg Ranch, J8e; Eastern 23c. Poultry 13o; dressed, native chick ens, 14c; turkey, IDc. Hay pnget Sound timothy, $15.00; choice Eaateru Washington timothy, $19.00, Corn Whole, $23.00; craoked, $24; feed meal, $24. Barley liol led or ground, per ton, $30. Flour Patent, per barrel, $3,40; blctidod utraliihts, $3.26; California, $3.26; buckwheat flour, $0,00; gra ham, per barrel, $3.25; whole wheat flour, $3.25; rye flour, $3.b0 4.00, MtlbttutTa Bran, per ton, $18.00; short, per urn, $18.00, Feci Chopped feed," $19.00 per ton; middlings, per ton, $23; oil cake meal, per ton, $211.00. Fresh Meat Choice dressed beef stenrs, price 8c; cow, 7)c; mutton 7?ei pork, He; trimmed, 10c; veal, lOo. Ham Large, ll'c; email, llfvi breakfast bacou, I8'c; dry salt side, d.lc, Portland Market. Wheat Wall Walla. 65.,(56j, Valley, nominal; Bluestctn, 0o per bushnl. Flour Best grades, $3.40; graham, $2.60. Oats Choice white, 42o; choice gray, 4 1 o per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $16.60 brew ing, $18.60 per tou. MillstutTs Bran, $15.60 ton; mid dlings, $21; shorts, $18; chop, $10 per ton. Hay-Ttmothy,$l2i 13.60; clover, $7 30.60; Oregon wild hay, ft) $7 per tou. Butter Fancy creamery, 45(js60o; store, 82)o. Egg 25o per dor.cn. Cheese Oregon full cream, 13o; Young America, 14o; new cheese 10c per pound. Poultry Chicken, mixed, $3.76 per doW'ii; hens, $3.76; springs, $'.'.00(3 H. 60; Kcse, $8.00(8.00 dux; ducks, $,UK)((tl.OO per doxon; turkeys, live, Uo per pound. Potatoes 45(3 60o per sack; tweeta, lyie por poumi. Vegetable Beets, $1; turnips, 75c; per tack; garllo, 7o per pound; cab bage, ISjC per pound; parsnips, 85c; onions, $2(42.25; carrots, 76o. Hops New crop, 12(jJl4o per pound. Wool Valley, 1314o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 10 ($120; mohair, 26 per pound. Mutton Gross, best ebeep, wethers and ewes, 8 uc; dreseed mutton, OJaO 7o per pound. Hogs Grods, choice heavy, $5.75; light and fceilcrs, $5.00; dressed, $5.600.60 per 100 pounds. . Beef Gross, top stoors, $3.60(94.00; cows, $3.0003,60; droased beef, 8(3 7o per pound. Veal Large, 7(37)tio;mall, 8K Oo por pound, ' . San Francisco Market, Wool Spring Nevada, ll13o per pound; EaNtern Oregon, 10(J14o; Val ley, 1617o; Northern, 010o. Hops Crop, 1900, 15 17Ko. Butter Fancy creamery 20o; do seconds, 17o; fauoy dairy, 17 do seconds, 14o per pound. Eggs Store, 22o; fancy ranoh, 20o. MiJMuff Middlings, $17.00 20.00; bran, $14.5016.00. HayWheat $913)t; wheat and oat $9.00(313.50; best barley $9.60 alfalfa, $7.00010.00 per ton; straw, 8547o per bale. . Potatoes Oregon Burbauks, 00c; Salinus Burbanks, 750 $1.05; river Burbauks, 8560o; sweets, 50 $1.05. Citrus Fruit Oranges, Vnlenoiu, $2.75$8.25; Mexican limes, $4,003 5.00; California lemons 75o$1.50; do choice $1.76(2.00 per Imjx. Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.50 2.60 per bunch; pineapples, nom inal; Persian date, 6S0Jo pel pound. ns of w tiro Interesting Events and Gossip Cities and Towns in and OREGON. Th Blua Mountain lo Company of Perry, it storing ic at th rat of 600 town a day. An old man ot tha DmO of Webster w a found dead In hit cabin on Dead wood a few days ago. Itainier school district hat levied a special tax of 18 mills, Tb total tax iu Itaiuer district it 42 mills. O. W. William ha aoldtb Vander mulen (arm, near Island City, contain ing 157 acres, to a Mr, Stein, a late arrival (rom Utah, for $9,500. J, Bonner' grocery tor at Baker City waa burned. He had an iimur anc of $400. Th stock wa s'liall. Th tnaehliiary la Clayton Broe.'s brooiii-haudl factory at Coqnltla, Is lielug moved to a plao eight miles be low Jiaudou. Malcolm McFarlan ha resigned as Justice of tha peace at Westport pre cinct, and David West wa appointed by tb couuty court to succeed him. The "breaking of th boom on the Sloslaw during the late flood caused a heavy lost of logs belonging to loggers on that stream, but the Lak creek log ger report their losses wcro total1. Tbe Astoria Box Company is niak: Ing preparations to lucreass the capac ity ol Its box factory. The old ma chinery i being replaced by the must Improved kinds, aud several new ma chines are to be tdded. A fin team of horses wat killed at a logiftng camp near Berry. A tree, In falling knocked another tree down, which, fell in an oulooked for ditto tion and (truck' the horse, killing tliem almost iunUutlv. Sam White, an old and well kown resident of Kerby, was drowned in the Illinois river. He had been at Kerby and started home In an intoxicated condition, lie succeeded in crossing th river, but after landing walked about dated and fell into tbe river. Andrew Hook, miner wa acci dentally killed near By valley, lie w.i working alona at the time and wat in tbe act of placing a set of tim bers when a cave in occurred. One of the timber (truck th ou fortunate man on tb tide of hit head, breaking bi neck. Mr. George F. Eglin died at Cor vallU of pleuro-pneumoula. She was a native of Dallas, Or., aud wa united to niarriag to George I, Eglin at AI abny, Oo tuber 20, 1884. Her maiden name wa Cyuthia Ellen Mounts. She ws aged 84 year. Th eurvlvors ar a huxbaud and four children. Jacob L. Myers, a Mexican war vet eran, died at the Soldiers' ham st lloeehorg, aged 79 year. He waa one of the oldest member of the home, having entered the Institution noon after it opening. Tbe remain were hipped to Olympia, Wash., for luter niaut. A fine Jersey cow wa tolen 'rom W. II. Lindsley, who reside ou the Sheridan farm, near Hoeeburg. A tow day latter a strauger, probably a tramp, appeared at the Chadwirk farm, near Myrtle creek, and told the cow to Mr. Chad wick for $20 and has not been beard of since. Mr. Hay E, Watte, who hat been appointed postmistress of Beuben, Or., bas filled out her bond and sub scribed to the oath of office. The Reu ben ofllce will be In operation as soon as the paper can ba returned from VVaahiiinton. The olllce was discon tinued about Ave year ago, A men. supposed to be a bobo, took two shots at NightwatcbiiiKn Nunn, ol Cottage Grove. The ollicer called the marshal and others to his assistance, and set out iu pursuit ol his would-be murderer. The man, with two other, was lo-'ated in the brush near town, but as the night was dark, it was im-post-bite to effect a capture. The niiilitwatchmiui had been keeping close watch on a suspicious character wh whs about town, aud ho is quite car tain that this man was hi assailant Lobeo & Barry, who are construct ing a water system tor Searide and tl e property adjacent to it, expect to have their plant in operation bofvre May 1. Tbe city of Seamle is amending its charter so an to give them a franchise, mid the couuty court will grant tl em the right to lay pipes across the coun ty bridge over the Nocnnioum. The source of water supply it in the hills about two miles east of Seaside, whirl) hat been secured, as well a the site for the reservoir and the right of way for the piping. The supply of pure mountain water is estimated at seven miner' inches, which it much more than necessary at present and it can be doubled at very little expense. The cost of construction of tbe plant will not be great, to the service will hi a relatively cheap one tor the consumers. An addition to the Coburg townsito has boon - platted. It commences at tbe church and runt north and east, being part of the old Vandnyue place. The machinery for a pressed brick plnut purchased at Chioago by K. E. Anytel, of Baker City, has arrived. The plant consists of a prea maohiue weighing 22,000 pounds, a 86-horse power engine and a 40-horse power boiler, in all weighing 87,000 ponnds The capacity ot the plant it 20,000 brioks per day. The dwelling and barn belonging to S. J. Cheuowetb, at Wilbur were to tally destroyed by Are. The house cost aobut $500 and wat insured to the amount of $300. Several, weeks ago oil wns noticed Coating ou top of a spring on tbe Trum bo ranch, seven or eight miles north ot Hillaboro. The oil waa carefully gathered aud taken to a Portland chemist, who pronounced it Al petro leum. 1 he ranoh hat now been leated for development purposes, and a com pany of Hillsohro mn ar making ar rangement to prospsct and dvlop the region. fill suits of the Past Week Reported From Washington, Oregon Idaho. WASHINGTON. A high school I to be established at Yakima City, J. S. Kikendale, a carpenter dropped dead while at work near that place. Deceaaed was 65 year old. . Tha citizen of Snininervllle hav organized a co-operative creamery as soviution end elected olliceis. Gorg VVeatbrwax, who rl let op the Wishkak about IS miles, while en gaged in logging suffered fracture ot both bit legt by a oajmtan. Spencer Jones, ot Wilbur, killed a lury; conger near tlut place. Th animal "measured 0 feet 9 inches fiom tip to tip and weigh sd 60 pounds. The Legal Tender, in Keller camp, ha resumed work with one hift, aud Is to eularg it fore shortly. The Bomiue, adjoining it, started work thl week. The Island Telephone Company' service ia to be extended from North Yakima to Moxee and f-uunyside, aud thence to Walla Walla to connect with the Hue to Spokane. Upward of 20 team are engAged in hauling ice to th varou ice houses of liepublio. Every available team bat been pressed into service. Tbe quality of ice could not be better. Information bat been received of an explosion in mine No. 7 at Franklin, whereby two men were killed aud sev eral person iujured. State Mine In spector Owen bas been ummoued, F. F. Thompson, of Parker, bat con tracted hit bop crop to be grown ou 24 acre to New York people tor 1 1 cents per ponud. The bop are to be deliv ered in October at Sirncoe ' station. The estimated crop is placed at 40,000. Tbe Big Bend flour mill at Daven port, which bas been running single shift for some time on account of sick nest among the men, i again running uiulit and day. Its ship nenta for Jan uary will be 7,650 barrel. Gene Johnson, 17 year old, acci dentally (hot himself with a 88 caliber revolver while out bouting near Lo rene. The ball entered the young man' leg hov the knee, passing un der tbe kuee cap and out ou tb oppo site side. J. W, Harper's ttore at Pa Ion se, wat burglarized and a lot of cigars, candy, tobacco, etc, secured. The ttore wat entered through a rear win dow which was broken. John Powers, aired i4Tw i rested antl eouftjssctf th crime. Frank and Ephriam Miller have leased tbe Dodg coal mine, which wat recently opened op on Coal creek, east of Cbebalis, and will operate tbe prop erty. Two coal mines are now being worked at Cbehnlia supplying the local demand and shipping some coal tl outside point. The Gettysburg Mining, Milling & Townsite Company filed artices ol incorporation. The company it capi talized for 1,000,000 $1 shares. Th iucoiporatort are: P. U. Shine -and C O. Peuce, ot Spokane, aud J. G. Scribner, A. Coolin aud A. E. Cooliu, of Coolin, Idaho. Natural gat and oil are reported to have been discovered iu large quanti ties on the farm ot M. F. Mitchell, -ontu ot Walla Walla Several leases have already been secured by E. K. McCoy, who U here from Spokane in the iuterest of a California syndicate, and tha sinking of oil wells, aud pros pecting for the tonrce of the gas, which it gai.1 to be iu pajing quanti ties, will begin at once. The Solah Valley Canal Company has put a force of 30 men at work im- pr iviug and enlarging tbe canal which irrigates the binds of Setah valley. About 200,000 feet of lumber (or flnm- iug purposes nave neon nan led ny team from North Yakima and will be put in place within the next few weeks. This is the only irrigating en terprise in Ceutral Washington, where the hillsides aro farmed and planted to orchards and vinyards. IDAHO, Fire at tha mammoth rnmnressnr at Wallaoe iufticted a loss of f bout $500, fully iusurod. E. R. Blaine, an emolovee in M. D. Wricht'8 ioeiiiuii oamo, waa oauebt bv a log aud severely crushed. The bridire that will siiPDort the flume for the new flour mill at Kcnd- rick is under construction. Chrie Teitssn. the Clearwater sheen- man, is haviug plans drawn for a three-story pressed brick etraoture at Lewiston. Mist Dorcas J. Harvey, of Fort Hall Ageucy, Idaho, hat been appoiuted assistant matron at the Fort Belknap, Mont., Indian school. The framework ot the Boise railway bridge at Nampa is now completed, and will soon be placed iu position. A report hat been received that Abe Harper, of Grangeville, had accident ally shot and killed himself. He wat a member ot the A. O. U. V. James Rutherford, an English min ing expert, is at Uuk, Idaho, making an inspection of several mining prop erties along the Feud d 'Oreille river. tint refusea tc disclose the names of the parties he represents. A small stampede took place from Grangeville to a reported rich strike about two and one halt miles from town. The whole oonntry on top of Ore mountain hat been staked out. Mis. M D. Thibodeau, of Clark'a Fork, enjoys the distinction of being the only womanm to serve Kootenai couuty in the capacity of Justice of the Peace. She was elected to that office two vears ago and hat filled it with credit. Mrs, Thibodeau hat been post mistress at Clark's Fork for a number of years, aud serves in that capacity at the preieut tim. She 1 alio a notary publio, . let ; .J
