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ptnlnjs u the Paat Week In
Condenitd Form.
Over sealoua police officer In Ma
nila may be removed.
A Fort Stevens, Or., well-digger waa
rescued after being entombed six
hours.
The first annual convention of the
cattle growers' association opened in
Denver.
The appropriation for the Improve
ntent of Manila harbor will .be
doubled.
V
John D. Rockefeller baa given
$11,000 to Vassar college for a new
dormitory.
General A, S. Daggett, recently ap
pointed brigadier general of the army,
has been retired.
Commissioner Rockhllt, at IV kin, is
trying to hold down the foreign In
demnity demands.
Nothing Is known at Madrid of the
report of alleged fighting on the Spanish-Portuguese
border.
The lumber warehouse of P. Cuntt
A Wright. In Greenville, Or., was
burned. Loss, $$5,000.
The German government has or
dered 300 barrels of California brandy
for use by its army and navy.
Samuel Moser. who murdered his
wife and three children, at Pekln, O.,
gets 21 years In the penitentiary.
Private Eugene L. Tyon, company
A, Ninth infantry, died at Tung Chow,
China, February 28, of pneumonia.
King Edward has Issued a letter
patent empowering the Duke of Corn
wall and York to confer knighthood
while he is in Australia.
Nine men charged with robberies
and murderous assault, and who were
awaiting the. action of the grand Jury,
broke out of the Cumberland, Mil., jail.
A dispatch from Irun, a Spanish
town near the French frontier, says a
quantity of dynamite, in the custom
bouse, exploded, killing seven persons
and injuring many.
The delay In the payment of the
first Installment on the cruiser ordered
by the Turkish government from the
Cramps is caused by the present pov
erty of the treasury.
The memorial to Queen Victoria Is
to be a monument, the most prominent
feature of which will be a statue of
the queen, to be erected near West
minster Abbey or Buckingham palace.
The northwest woolgrowers' con
vention opened at Pendleton.
A Cuban agitator stirred up
an antl American demonstration In
Santiago.
Carman, arrested at Manila for aid
ing the rebels, says he was not alone
in the work.
A new course of study for Oregon
high schools has been adopted by the
state board of education.
Senator Carter, of Montana, talked
the river and harbor bill to death,
speaking 13 consecutive hours.
H. G. Van Dusen, of Astoria, has
been appointed fish warden for Ore
gon, and Lewis Bean, of Roseburg,
deputy.
A robber smashed In a Grand Forks,
B. C, Jewelry store window and es
caped with $1000 worth of Jewelry.
No clue to the burglar.
Russia has withdrawn a portion of
the Russo-Chlnese agreement regard
ing Manchuria, and China has ap
pealed to the powers In the matter.
A crowd of 40,000 people witnessed
the ceremonies attending the Inaugu
ration of McKInley and Kooscvelt.
A heavy rain fell during the entire
day.
Oil Is reported as having been dis
covered near the Oregon-Idaho line
on the Snake river. A Saattle syndi
cate has secured 1800 acres of land
there.
The fifty-sixth session of congress
has closed and the fifty-seventh ses
sion opened. Vice-President Roose
velt presided at the opening of the
new sesion.
T. DIetderlck's sawmill at Manor,
Wash., about eight miles from Van
couver, was burned. The mill was
practically new, and had been in op
eration about a year. It was valued
at $2500; no Insurance.
The silk Industry of China em
ploys, it Is estimated, from 4,000,000
to 6,000,000 people.
A writer on modern waterways
says that in the near future electric
traction will be universally adopted
on canals.
The great Salt Lake is said to be In
Imminent danger of drying up, the
drain upon It being due to irrigation
requirements.
The Hartford (Conn.) Times enu
merates 55 kinds of wild birds that
can be found during February within
a radius of 15 miles of Hartford.
C. A. Wlllard, of Minneapolis, and
J. F. Cooper, ot Fort Worth, Tex.,
have accepted, positions as Judges of
the supreme court of the Philippines.
Margaret Daly wife of the late
Marcus Daly, is the chief stockholder
in two banks and trust companies
chartered at Helena to take up the
banking business of her husband In
JJutte and Anaconda.
NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED,
mid lO in wi i
Treasury, With Several Othtrs.
WASHINGTON. March 6.-The son-1
Alt.- I. . I-.--. M
ate in executive session made the fol
lowing confirmations:
Bradstreet 8. Raclden, of Maine, to
be consul of the United States at Ha
tavla, Java.
Milton K. Alios, of Ohio, to be as
blatant secretary of the treasury.
William A. Rublee, of Wisconsin, to
tm consul general at Hong Kong.
Naval Constructor Francis T.
Bowles, to be chief constructor and
chief of the bureau of construction
and repair, In the department of the
navy.
George D. Gear, to be second Judge
of the circuit court of the first cir
cuit of the territory of Hawaii.
Marshal 11. Woouworth, to be at
torney of the United States for the
northern district of California.
John H. Fesler, of Colorado, to be
consul at Amoy, China,
Edward H. Anderson, to be sm
veyor general of Utah.
Postmasters were confirmed as fol
lows: Porto Rico Robert A. Miller, at
Ponce.
Oregon Robeir II. Robinson, Ar
llngton; C. O. Coad. Dallas.
To be mineral land commissioners
In Montana George L. Wales, Mon
tana; Daniel Arms, Pbllippaburg;
John T. Ingram. J. M. Hartley, Wil
liam II. Williams. P. T. Morris, Ed
win A. Jones, lows; Edwin S. Hath
away, Charles D. Curtla, Montana:
Miles Vananagh, Montana; Watson
Boyle, District of Columbia; George
W. Garrett, Arkansas.
VAN DUSEN NAMED.
An Astoria Man Appointed Fish
Warden for Oregon.
SALEM. March 6. The state board
of fish commissioners, consisting of
the governor, secretary of state and
treasurer, today held Its nrst meet
Ing, and appointed H. G. Van Dusen.
of Astoria, master warden, and Lewis
Bean, of Roseburg, Ceputy.
The appointments were made by
the unanimous action of the members.
The name of Representative Talbert.
of Clackamas county, was mentioned,
but the board decided that he Is not
eligible under that section of the con
stitutlon prohibiting .members of the
legislature from holding a office
created by a legislature of which
they are members. F. C. Reed and
Lewis Bean were also candidates fur
the office of master warden.
There were two candidates from
Astoria for deputy wnrden D. H.
Welch and Fred Wlckman. The board
decided that since the master warden
had been chosen from Astoria, the
deputy must be selected from some
other section, and Bean was elected
LETTER FROM PAT CROWE.
Similar to the One He Sent Mr. Cud
ady Recently.
OMAHA, Neb.. March 6. Pat
Crowe, one of the alleged abductors
of Edward Cudahy, Jr.. has written
a letter to the World Herald, post
narked Denlson, la., March 2, touch
Ing the kidnaping and asserting hli
Innocence. The communication Is s
long one and In many respects Is is
duplicate of the letter written to Mr.
Cudahy three weeks ago. Chief of
Police Donahue says there Is no
doubt In his mind as to the genuine
ness of the letter, and of Its coming
from Crowe. Chief Donahue gave out
the contents of a letter he wrote Feb
ruary 9 to Steve Crowe a brother of
Pat, and which was written In an
swer to the letter received by Mr.
Cudahy at that time. The chief
lays:
"If Pat Crowe will surrender him
self to me personally, 1 will waive all
my rights to the reward offered for
his arrest; also to the reward offered
for his arrest and conviction for the
I kidnaping of Edward Cudahy, Jr., the
night of December 18, 1900. I will
'further agree to do everything In my
I power to protect him from any per
: sonal violence or mistreatment while
he is in my custody, and will aid him
; In every way to establish his Inno
cence of the crime."
Dewet Headed but Not Captured.
London, March 6. A dispatch from
General Kitchener, dated Pretoria,
March 4, says:
"Dewet was moving on PhillopollB,
but was headed by our troops, and Is
now marching on Fauresmlth. Bab
ington has dug up a Krupp, a pom
pom and some ammunition at Land
fonteln.. Sixteen men of the Victorian
Rifles have captured 33 Boers and 50
horses at Seacow river. General Dart
nell has captured a Hotchklss near
Pletertleff.
On the Retired List.
Washington, March 6. Two promi
nent naval officers were placed on the
retired list today by operation of the
law on account of age. They are
Rear Admiral Philip C. Hlchborn, who
has been chief of the bureau of con
struction and repair for the past eight
years, and Pay Inspector II. O. Colby,
one of the ranking offlcers of the pay
corps.
Approved by the President.
Washington, March 6. The gen
eral deficiency, the legislative, exec
utive and Judicial and the Indian ap
propriation bills have been approved
by the president.
Nominated by McKInley.
Washington, March 6. The presi
dent nominated W. H. Wlnterburg, of
California, acting assistant surgeon
United States army, to be assistant
surgeon of volunteers, with rank of
captain.
. .
FIIFh RY AA AFFIt
V U UU
e Number 01 trie acu oi me
as a k A 1
Oregon Legislature.
WITH AND WITHOUT HIS SIGNATURE
Bills That Were Pasted by Both Houm. But
Which Did Nat Receive Hit Approval
Until Afttr Adjournment,
Governor Geer has filed the follow
ing acts of the Oregon legislature,
While some of them were allowed to
become laws wuhout his signing
them, most of them contain his sig
nature: Senate bill No. 75, to require street
railways to provide vestibules or
weather guards on street rara.
House bill No. 128. to punish kid
napping. House bill No. 183, to provide for
recording chattel mortgages.
House bill No. 237, to fix the bound
aries of Columbia county.
House bill No. 88, to require bids
for furnishing public supplies.
, House bill No. 123, to puulsh tres
pass by cattle In certain counties.
House bill No. 177, to define loca
tlon of natural oyster beds In Netarta
bay.
House bill No. 229, to fix weight of
standard bushel of oats at 32 pounds.
House bill No. S4, to prescribe du
ties of Attorney General.
House bill No. 225. governing re
ports of administrators.
House bill No. 19. to regulate con
struction of telegraph and telephone
lines along public highways.
House bill No. 292, to authorise
construction of Sluslaw and Eastern
railroad.
House bill No. 179. to fix time for
salmon fishing In Alsea bay. river
and tributaries, and to prohibit fish
traps and wheels therein.
House bit) No. 313, to fix salary of
county Judge In Baker county.
House bill No. 172, to amend the
law relating to the appropriation
of water from lukea and running
streams.
House bill No. 97, to prohibit pub
He contracts In counties of 60000 In
habitants, except after public bidding.
House bill No. 1. to smend the law
relating to mining claims.
House bill No. 39, to fix place of as
sessment of personal property.
Senate bill No. 13, to fix place of as
sesament of personal property.
House bill No. 200, to Increase com
pensation of deputy county clerk in
Malheur county and to provide assist
ance for clerk In (iltllam county.
House bill No. 44, to aid Oregon
Historical Society.
Senate bill No. 112, to provide
bounty for scalps of seals, sea lions,
etc.
House bill No. 65, to authorise ap
pointment of clerks In state treas
urer's office.
" House bill No. 69, to punish poison
ing of domestic animals.
House bill No. 121, to authorize Is
suance of diplomas to certain grad
uates of normal schools.
House bill No. 102. to prevent eoer-
clon of voters.
8enate bill No. 137, to create office
nt -,. .,ntnr in Multnomah
count v
county I
Senute bill No. 203, to Incorporate
Milton City.
House bill No. 100, to protect union ,
Igbel, j
House bill No. 6, to fix time and
place of holding circuit court in sec
ond district.
House bill No. 144, relating to pub
lic presentation of dramatic plays.
House bill No. 20, making legal cer
tain marriages.
House bill No. 3 1 1, to fix salary of
county Judge of Malheur county.
House bill No. 249, to fix salaries '" re.uun 10 e
of county treasurers. j tsbllshment of public Highways.
House bill No. 148, making It a! Hou. bill No. 295, prohibiting mil
crime to interfere with boundary , tllatlon of hides,
marks of mining claims. Houm bill No. 54, amending Ban-
a. 1 1 1 M -
House bill No. 68, to prescribe
method of apportioning state taxes.
House bill No. 24, to provide for
relief of indigent soldiers, sailors, etc.
House bill No. 26, new military
code.
House bill No. 110, protection of
game, forests, wild flowers, etc.
Senate bill No. 201, to provide
more efficient method of assessment
and taxation.
Senate bill No. 177, to incorporate
City of Wasco.
Senate bill No. 193, to Incorporate
City of Grass Valley.
Senate bill No. 63, to rcgulute sale
of adulterated food, drinks, etc., and
define duties of dairy and food com
missioner. Senate bill No. 229, to amend As-
Urge Wine Crop.
Lyons, Frame, reports that the wine
orop of France for the year 1000 will
exceed 1,721,000,000 gallons, a yield
that has been enrpaHwed but three
times in history.
Military and Navy Maneuveri.
The war ami navy departments are
plannng (or joint military and naval
maneuvers in New York harbor next
summer.
High Rate of Speed.
One hundred and sixty miles an hour
la the speed aimed at by a new electric
railway company iu Germany.
Native Regiments RcgaVdcd With Disfavor.
Some army officers regard with dis
favor the organization of native regi
ments in the Philippines.
Lawi of War Broken.
Bombsrdment of the residence por
tions of towns, now forbidden by the
laws of war, has been repeatedly prao
tioed In spite of this prohibition.
torla charter
Senate bill No. 307, to amend Sea
side charter.
Senate bill No. 68, authorising
County Courts to declare unuavlgabt
streams highways for floating logs.
Senate bill No, 174, to authorise ex
penditure of money fur hatcheries.
Senate bill No. 189, relative to bi
ennial reports.
House bill No. 128, for distribution
of laws and journals.
House bill No. 275, to amend act
creating Southern Orvgou Agricul
tural societies.
Senate bill No. 138, making owners
of vessel liable for damage to pro
perty or land.
BenaU bill No. 190, to amend
Soldiers' Home act.
Senate bill No. 02, to fix time of
meeting of regents of State Uulver
slty. Senate bill No, 29v to authorise
Portland to dispose of block 132.
Hons bill No. 62, to consolidate of
fices ol Clerk of County Court, Clerk 4
of Circuit Court and Recorder of
Multnomah County.
House bill No, 21, to punish des
truction of records on public lands.
House bill No. 286, to change com
pensation of certain County Clerks.
House bill No. 149, to punish dese
crsllon or United States flag.
House bill No. 74, to amend act tor
election of road supervisors.
Hons bill No. 33, appropriating
$1000 for Soda Springs.
Senate bill No. 163. fixing compen
sation of prison Inspector.
Senate bill No. 79, correcting
boundary of Wheeler County.
Senate bill No. 210, prohibiting sale
of liquors within a mite of mines.
Senate bill No. 126. regulating
drawing of State warrants.
Senate bill No. 218, fixing salaries
of rertaln District Attorneys.
Senate bill No. 72. to declare the
Jurisdiction of Justices' Courts.
Senate bill No. 88. to create office
of State Bacteriologist.
Senate bill No. 221, to provide for
board to draft a Portland charter bill.
Senate bill No. 233, to regulate
building branch lines to railroads.
Senate bill No, 198, fixing salary
of Superintendent of Wheeler County.
Senate bill No. 23, amending school
Isw,
Senate bill No. 142. requiring state
warranta paid to be deposited In of
fice of Secretary of State.
Senate bill No. 234, fixing salaries
of County Treasurers.
Senate bill No. 118, authorising
State Land Board to buy land at fore
eloaure sale.
Senate bill No. 44, fixing terms
of Circuit Court in seventh district.
Senate bill No. 114, defining elig
ibility of directors of corporations. .
Senate bill No. 220, concerning sal
aries of Baker. Malheur and Clatsop
Counties.
Senate bill No. 227, for construction
of ditch to supply water at state In
stitutions. Senate bill No. 87, to amund charter
of North Yamhill.
Senate bill No. 107, to Incorporate
Yonralla.
Senate bill No. 178, amending char
ter of Cornelius.
Senate bill No. 191, for primary
elections In cities of 10,000 Inhabit
ants. Senate bill No, 180, amending Aus-
trallan ballot law.
Senate bill No. 202, accepting 1,
000,000 acres under inrey arm iana
set.
8wnHt bl" No- t0- "on,l,,8 ,aw
relating to Jury lists.
Senate bill No. 161, Incorporating
,1wm1 Rlv"r- , ,
1 Senate bin No. sua, proniuiung sa
i loons within 300 leet of school.
I House bill No. 294, making Van
couver avenue a county road.
House
bill No. 334, governln
estrays.
House bill No. 113, defining duties
of surveyors.
cro.i m.nu.nn ,,.,
House hill No. XI, relating to Incor
poration of cemeteries.
House bill No. 187, for service of
citations.
Senate bill No. 171, the Port of
Portland bill.
House bill No. 280, to annex the
panhandle of Union County to Baker
County.
Senate bill No. 139, the Orphans'
Home bill, appropriating $50 per
capita for inmates.
Senate bill No. 73, enacting tho
Torrens system of public land regis
tration. Senate bill No. 188, the primary
election bill.
House bill No, 189, to construct the
County Court of Multnomah County.
Sons of President John Tyler.
Three sons of President John Tylor
are now living. One is a member of
the Virginia senate, and another la
president of William and Mary col
lege. Present Method of Branding Cruel.
Cattle men in youth Dakota are gen
erally agreed that it is time to abandon
tho present method of branding cattle
as cruel.
The Largest Creamery In the World.
An Knxlish writer who has been in
ventilating ' the production of butter
and choene in all countries says that
the liirgeht creamery In the world is at
Lincoln, Nubranka.
Round-About Benefit.
"Are vou enjoying these prosperous
times?"
"Yes; I'm not making any more
money nyself, but there seem to be
fewer nn around borrowing money of
me. "
ffl 1
The, Inauguration of President
William McKInley
DURING A HEAVY DOWNPOUR Or RAIN
Crowd of 40,000 Persons WHiwims the Cere,
monies Oath Administered by ih
Chief Justice.
WASHINGTON, March 4,-Wllllain
McKInley a second time Is president
if the Unltld States. He was ushered
Into that office In a city ablase with
mors and finer decorations than ever
have graced the holiday loving na
tional capital, whoso streets re
tounded to the tread of mora march-
Itilr fc,,w,ers and sailors than ever
)! -ipauu in a use lunruon,
ind hK. as witnesses to the ceremon
es a vast multitude, who cheered fre
quently whenever be or his vice pres
idential colleague wss visible.
There has been better weather on
Inauguration days, and there has been
much worae than that which attended
today's ceremonies. The dsy In the
early forenoon gave promise of being
a golden spring dsy, but the weather
was In a t-affticlous mood, and by noon
a slow drlxxle had begun, which lasted
with some Intermissions and an oc
(anions I lively downpour until late In
the afternoon. The worst of the wet
weather, unfortunately, came Just at
Uie time that President McKInley was
being Inducted Into oftlce on the east
front of the capltol, In the presence
of a crowd estimated to number
40.000. But the air was .mild and
pleasant, and the day ended with dry
weather.
Roossvslt gworn In.
The brilliant and Impressive scene
In the senate, when the vice president
elect was Inducted Into office, was re
served for a few hundred. The pub
lic had no part In It
When the ceremony in the senate,
a little tedious, despite Its brilliancy,
was over the floor and galleries
emptied Into the corridors through
which the people joatled and tqueexed
Into the rotunda, and out on to the
platform erected from tho east por
tico of the capltol building.
The President Inaugurated.
It was just 1 o'clock when the of
ficial party came through the main
doorway of the capltol. A deep bush
felt upon the assemblage aa the pres
ident and tho thief Justice advanced
to the center of the pavilion. The
president removed his hat, and then
rained his right hand. In the Intense
stillness faintly could be heard tho
tolemn words of the chief Justice and
he measured response of the prest
lent taking the oath to maintain In
violate the constitution and laws ot
the United States. He spoke in a
trong voice, easily heard by those
near the front of the stand, Ills face
looked very grave as the oath was
pronounced.
"He that handleth a matter wisely
shall find good; and who so trusteth
In the Ixird, happy Is he. The wise
In heart shall lie called prudent; and
the sweetness ot the lips Incresseth
the learning."
Kissing these verses of the XVI
Proverbs with bowed head, President
McKInley, for the second time, passed
completely Into the full honors of the
presidency of the United States. The
hook had been opened at random by
Clerk McKlnney, of the supreme
court, who long has made It a point
to note aa a matter of curious knowl
edge tho verse which chances to meet
'he lips of Incoming presidents.
Veteran of Civil War Dad. "
San Diego, Cal., March 6. Major
Francis 8. Earle, a prominent Grsnd
Army man, Is dead. In 1860 he was
a member of a famous regiment of
New York militia, but the next year,
when the war broke out, he had
moved to Michigan, when he was ap
pointed adjutant of the Fourth regi
ment, by Colonel Woodbury. He was
advanced to assistant adjutant on tho
staff of General FlUJohn Porter.
Officers Mads Raid on House.
ChehallB, Wash., March 6. Doputy
Sheriff James Mat Hon and a posse
.maue a raid on a secluded house a
mile and a half cast of Centralis this
morning, and surprised and arrested
two men, who give their names as H.
B. Miller and James Mulligan. Both
men were aimed with heavy re
volvers, and in the house wera found
a number of articles which tended to
connect them with the numerous bur-
glarles that have occurred In Cheha
Us.
Buy the 8amoa.
San Francisco, March 6. Th big
British transport steamer Samoa has
been purchased by the government,
and when she arrives in port 1200,000
will be spent In fitting her up for the
transport service. The Samoa Is on
her way bore from Hongkong, and Is
expected to arrive in about ten days.
She is 445 feet long, 23 feet j inches
In depth, 63 feet In width. Her gross
tonnugft Is 6396 tons.
New Treaty With Switzerland.
Washington, March 6. The presi
dent has Issued a proclamation put
ting in force a new extradition treaty
between the United States and Swit
zerland. Up to this point the two
countries have been gottlng along In
a satisfactory manner as to extradi
tion matters under some very general
provisions contained in two or three
sections of the old treaty of amity
and commerce, and It was deemed
better to modernize the arrangements.
CABINET THI IAMI.
President McKInley Renames All His
Old Ministers.
WASHINGTON, March 7.The pres
ident has sent the follolng nomina
tions to the senate:
John Hay, of the District of Co
lumbia, to be secretary of state.
Lyman J. Gage, of Illinois, to be sec
Mary of the treasury.
ICIIhu Root, of New York, to be sec
retary of war.
John W. Griggs, ot New Jersey, to
be attorney general.
Charles Emory Smith, of Pennsyl
vania, to be postmaster general,
John I). Long, of Massachusetts, to
be secretary of the navy.
Ethan A. Hitchcock, of Missouri, to
be secretary of the Interior.
James Wilson, of Iowa, to be secre
tary of agriculture.
It is understood that Attorney Gen
eral Griggs will remain In office until
the president has been able to select
his successor.
It Is expected that the president
will send the nomination of Robert
McCormlck, formerly of Illinois, but
now a resident ot me uisinct or uo
lumbla, to be minister to Austria, vice
Minister Harris, resigned.
The president Issued a new commis
sion to Mr. George B. Cortelyou, as
secretsry to the president.
FOR MAYOR OF CHICAQO.
Carter Hsrrlson Renominated by the j
Uimwirni. f
CHICAGO. March 7. Crater H.
Harrison was placed in nomination for
mayor of Chicago for the third time
by the democratic city convention to
day. There waa no opposition to his
renomlnatlon either at the primaries j bop and hM paB,d B bill accepting
yesterday or In today's convention,;,. tr,ngf,.r ot tne Manila public
and no ballot was tsken, the nomlna-;
tlon being made by acclamation amid j
great cheering. ;
The platform, as adopted, strongly
favor, tho ultimate municipal owner- j
ship of "all public utllttlea." Includ- i
Ing street railways and lighting plants
snd Included a resolution of sympathy
for the Boers. The extension of street
railway franchises Is expected to be
the most Important question of the
campaign. Contests were expected
over some other city offices, but little
developed.
DAWSON FEARS FLOOD.
Sudden Thaw of Snow Might Result
Disastrously.
SEATTLE, March 6. Though It Is
yet early, Dawaon Is already figuring
on the spring breakup, Which is some
months ahead. With the passing of
February It seems that winter Is
nearly over, although actually not
more than half There Is considerable
worry expressed over the probable
flood In the spring which could
easily occur should there be a sudden
thawing of heavy snow on the moun
tains. Transportation men look upon
this snow as a good sign of high water
for navigation.
Three thousand letters arrived on
the stesmer Dolphin, from Nome,
today.
Attacked and Looted by Boxers.
Victoria. U. C, March 6. From
Corea news was received by the
steamer Olympla this afternoon that
3000 Boxers had crossed from Man
churia and attacked and looted In
cherg. A thousand Corean troops had
been sent against them from Seoul,
snd 600 from Ping Yang, The Rus
sians meanwhile have driven the Box
ers south from Klrln and occupied
several Corean villages. Much alarm
was felt at the northern mines, and
the American camp at Wun Sun has
been supplied with Maxims and small
arms to resist any attack. .
Three Years for Spencer.
Tacoma, Wash., March 6. Arthur
Spencer, Indicted for Impersonating a
Untied States official, pleaded guilty in
the United States court. Ho made a
plea to the court, charging Spokane
authorities with cruel treatment. He
was, sentenced to three years In the
penitentiary at McNeil's Island.
Met Accidental Death.
Denver, March 6. W. C. Clark, sec
retary of state of Colorado, In 1876,
mot accidental death in the Wade
block, In this city, this afternoon. He
tripped while coming down the stairs
and fell to tho bottom, breaking his
neck. He was 62 years of age.
Ambassador to Mexico.
New York, March 6. General
Powell Clayton, of Arkansas, United
States ambassador to Mexico, Is at
tho Fifth Avenue hotel. He will be
In the city until Monday, when he
expects to go to Chicago and then to
his home for a few weeks.
Movements of Transports.
Washington, March 7. The trans
port Logan started from Manila the
1st lust, with Generals Young and
Hare, 25 officers and 769 men of the
Thirty-third volunteer infantry, and 21
officers and 785 enlisted men of the
Thirty-fifth volunteer Infantry. Gen
eral MacArthur reports that the trans
port Lawton arrived at Manila the 1st
Inst, from San Francisco.
New Mining Corporation,
Pendleton, Or., March 7. The In
dependence Mining Company, capital
stock $2,000,000, ' has been Incorpo
rated. The company owns claims
near Mountain Home, 28 miles south
of here, which have been recently
proven to be of considerable value,
Others In the company are: Alex
Drysdale, George Peebler and Joe T.
Hlnkle. Money which has been real
ized from the sale of stock will be
devoted to the development of the
properties.
i hi n
Rumored Changes in Manila's
Police System.
LOCAL OFFICERS WERE 0VER2EAL0US
Cases of Allcjcd Treason Hereafter Will Be
Referred to the Governor Before
Arrests Are Made.
'"Manila, March 7. It Is persistently
rumored here that Colonel Wilder,
chief of the Manila police; Captain
Oalnes, In charge of the Manila secret
service, and Lieutenant Killesple will
be ordered to rejoin their regiments.
No orders to this effect have yet been
Issued. General Davis, provost mar
shal of Manila, denied having recom
mended these changes." The officers
themselves assert that the stories are
circulated by persons interestd In
trading with the lnsurgeuts. It--Is
charged In certain quarters that the
police are over tealous in making ar
rests of alleged Insurgents under Gen
eral MacArthur's proclamations. No
notification has been given concerning
the trial of Carman, Carranxa and
others who were arrested by the po
lice on charges of dealing with the in
surgents, and the police have been
nriloroil la refer all cases in which
tM iub(M)quBUy 0,)tl,n evl-
,rt (ha. nrrivnMt nmrahAl for r
port to the military governor for in-
vimlltffttlon before msklnn arrests, i
The commission has decided to
double the appropriation of $1,000,000
for the Improvement of Manila har-
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in Cavite. Three Americana were
killed and two of the Macabebe scouts
were wounded, while one man Is miss
ing. Four horses and one mule were
killed. Captain Malr. with detach
menta of infantry and cavalry from
Sllane. arrived at the scene of the
surprise too late to Intercept the
enemy's retreat.
PASSED A BOGUS CHECK.
Man Who Served a Term In Oregon
for Offense.
nATHDItUM. Idaho. March 7.
Harry C. Collins, alias H. D. and H. O
Davidson, and many other aliases, who
passod a $25 bogus check on Mrs.
O. ljsvln here Sunday, wss arrested
last night by the city marshal of Rltx
vllle on Information from the officials
of Kootenai county. Sheriff Dyer
departed last night for Ritxvllle, and
brought the prisoner here today.
Harry C. Collins Is the man who
operated ao extensively In Ine, Doug
las, Coos, Josephine and Jackson roun
ties, In Oregon, over a year ago, pass
Ing In those counties several thou
sand dollars' worth of bogus paper.
He was finally caught and sentenced
from Jackson county to serve one
year In tho Oregon penitentiary. His
time expired a couple of weeks ago,
and ue came to this section a few
days ago and began the same business
again. He was in Sand Point a few
days prior to coming to Rathdrum
where he spent money lavishly, and it
Is stated on good authority that he
passed a couple of small checks In that
town.
Papers and letters In his possession
prove beyond a shadow of doubt that
ho Is the H. C. Collins who reapeJ
such a rich harvest from the people of
Oregon. All the letters were ad
dressed to him at Ashland and Jack
sonvllle prior to his arrest by a
woman and one was addressed to him
at Jacksonville In care of the sheriff
after his arrest.
Three Were Launched.
J.ondon, March 7. Arrangements
had been made for the simultaneous
launching today of four new warships,
the Montagu, first-class battleship; the
Albermarlo, flrut-cliiss battleship; the
Drako, armored cruiser, and tho Kent,
armored cruiser, but owing to the un
favorable weather at Portsmouth, the
launching of the Kent had to be post
poned. The Montagu was launched at
Devonport, the Albermnle at Chatham
and the Drake at Pembroke.
Porter to Stay at Paris.
Paris, March 7. The reiterated ru
mors that General Horace Porter,
United States ambassador here, In
tends relinquishing his post and re
turning to America, are authoritative
ly dented at the embassy as pure In
vention and without any basis In fact.
Fell 400 Feet to Death.
Tacoma, Wash., March 7. M. M.
Laughlin, master mechanic In the
Treadweli mine, while alighting from
the cage, missed his footing and fell
400 feet, to the bottom ot the main
shaft, Thursday last. He leaves a
widow and four children. He was
formerly a locomotive engineer on the
Northern Pacific, and waa in the Ta
coma fire department.
BUILDERS' TRIAL.
Ooldsborough Made Thirty Knots as
Hour on Puget Sound Yesterday.
SEATTLE, March 7. The torpedo
boat destroyer GoldBborough made an
other successful builders' trial run
yesterday afternoon, attaining a speed
of 30 knots an hour. The course lay
from Alkl Point toward the city. The
test lasted an hour and three quarters,
the vessel's speed when doing her best
at no time falling below 25 knots.
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW.
Encouraging Reports Come From
the Western Centers.
Bradstreet's says: Trade reports
from the distributive centers at the
West continue encouraging, while
such measure of trade volume as
bank clearings and railway earnings
Indicate a considerable gain In busi
ness over a year ago. Soft spots are,
of course, to be found, uotably In
the manufacturing branches of the
cotton and he wool trade, but ad
vices from the dry goods and cloth
ing distributors are encouraging, and
It Is thought will "help business. The
strength of Iron and steel this week
recalls the boom of 1899. It Is prob
able, too, that the broad and strong
consumptive demand and not the Ope
rations of pools or cliques, Is respon
sible for the steady advances. Prac
tically all markets report Iron and
steel higher, but special activity it
noted at Pittsburg, Birmingham and
Chicago; St. Louis alone reporte
foundry Iron consumer Indifferent
The cereal are without notable
change, wheat and corn being frac
tionally lower In a dull, scalping mar
ket. Lumber is strong In price, pend
ing the resumption of general build
ing operations. Western advices are
especially bullish. Chicago has don
the heaviest business ever recorded
In yellow pine and white pine. Stock
have been broken badly by the active
demand. Hard woods are rather
slower to respond, however, and are
still unsteady, not to ay weak. Cop
per is less active for export, but
hold firm, while tin Is again lower
nn foreign advices.
Wheat, Including flower, shipment
for the week aggregate 6.233,813
bushels against 3,424.302 bushel
last week.
Business failures in the United
Stiiton for the week number 167, a
against 231 last week.
Canadian fallurea for the week
number 28, as against 24 a week ago.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Seattle Market.
Onions, oew yellow, f 3.50(34.35. ,
Lettuce, hot house, f 1.60 per case.
Potatoes, new. $18.
Beets, per sack, $1.25.
Turnips, per sack, 75o.
fiqnasb 2o.
Carrots, por sack, 75c
Parsnips, per sack, $1.25(31.50,
Celery OOo dos.
Cabbage, native and California,
2o per pound.
Butter Creamery, 25o; dairy, 16 d
18c; ranch, 15c$)18o pouud.
Cheese 14o.
Kggs Ranch, 50c; Eastern 20c.
Poultry 13o; dressed, native chick
ens, 14c; turkey, 15c.
Hay Puget Sound timothy, $15.00;
choice t-Ustern Washington timothy,
$10.00.
Corn Whole, $33.00; cracked, $24;
feed meal, $24.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$20.
Klonr Patent, per barrel, $3.40;
blended straights, $3.35; California,
$3.25; buckwheat flour, 6.U0; gra
ham, per barrel, $3.25; whole wheat
Sour, $3.25; rye flour, (3. 8004.00.
Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $15.00;
aborts, per ton, $16.00.
Feed Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton;
middlings, per ton, $23; oil cake meal,
per ton, f 2U.00.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef
ateera, price 8o; cows, 7c; mutton
7?; pork, 8c; trimmed, 10c; veal, 10c.
liains Large, ll!c; small, 11;
breakfast bacon, 13?4c; dry salt sides.
8 Mc.
Portland Mrket
Wheat Walla Walla. 50o; Valley
nominal; Bluestem, 67 ho per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $3.40; graham,
$2.00.
Oats Choice white, 5o; cbolo
gray, 43o per bushel.
Itsrley reed barley, ie.ou crow
ing, $16.60 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $16.00 ton; mid
dlings, $21.60; shorts, $18.50; chop,
$16 per too.
Hay Timothy, 1 2 13.60; clover,$7
l).6Q; Oregon wild hay, $6 7 per ton.
Butter Fanoy creamery, 22,H26o;
store, 18 c. ,
Eggs 14o perdosen.
Cheese Oregon fnll cream, 18,4'o;
Young America, 11c; new cheese lOo
per pound.
Potatoes 4060oper saok; sweets,
$1,66 per 100 pounu.
Vegetables Beets, f 1; turnips, 75o;
per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab
bage, 1?4 0 per pound; parsnips, 85o;
ouious, $2.75 8.00; carrots, 75o.
Hops New crop, 12 14o per
pound.
Wool Valley, 1814o per pound;
Easteru Oregou, ll)12o; mohair, 25
per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wether
$4.75; ewes, $4.50; dressed mutton,
8 1 7o per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.25;
light and feeders, $3.00; dressed,
6(7o per pouuds.
lioef-wGross, top steers, $4.504.75;
cows, $4.004.60; dressed beef, 60
7o per pound.
Yeal Lrge, 77'o; small, 8
Do per pound.
San Francisco Market.
Wool Spring Nevada, ll13o per
pound; Eastern Oregon, 10$14o; Val
ley, 1617c; Northern, 910o.
Hops Crop, 1000, 1520o.
Butter Fauoy creamery 18o;
do seoouds, 17o; fauoy dairy, 16;
do seconds, 1 2o per pouud.
I'guStore, 22o; fauoy ranoh,
26c.
Millstuffs Middlings, $.11.00 &
20.00; bran, $16.00 10.00.
Hay Wheat $918; wheat and
oat 9.00 13.50; best barley $9.50
alfalfa, $7.00 10.00 per ton; straw,
8647o per bale.
Potatoes Oregon Burbauks, $1;
Salinas Bnrlwnks, 75o$1.15; river
Burbanks, 8565o; sweets. 60 $1.00.
CitruB Fruit Oranges, Valencia,
$2.768.25; Mexican limes, $4,009
6.00; California lemons 75o$1.60;
do choice $1.76 3.00 per box.
Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.50
8.50 per bunch; pineapples, nom
inal; Persian, dates, 66Q pet
pound,