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MITCHELL MONITOR VOL. VII.
NO. 16.
PRINEVILLE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1901.
VOL. V. NO. 10.
lOCIKTT MKITINGS.
PRINEVILLE l.ODOK, O. 76, A. F. A A. M.
Meets in Masonic Temple on Saturday be
lure full moon of each month.
T. M. -BU)WXX, W. M.
J. JT. Williamson, Secretary.
fl ARN ATION CHAPTER, NO. 44. O. E. S.
Meets i-oond ami fourth Thnrday of each
month, iu Maaouic Temple.
Mrs. T. M. Baldwin, W. M.
David P. Adamson, Sec,
OCHOOO LOIXiK, NO. 46, I. O. O. F. Meeti
in Odd Fellows' hall every SatniMur eveu-insr-
J. H. liRKY, N. Is.
Chris Cohr, Secretary.
It NA I.OD6G. NO. . K. of P. Meets in
i Odd Fellows hall every Yednesday even
Ins. All brothers in good standine inr-Heil to
attend. c. W, Klkins, C, C.
U. Sichsl, K. of R. and S.
OCHOOO lOPCE, NO. lOl.A.O.f. W Meetf
In Oild Fellows" hall on the second and
fourth Mondavs oi each month.
W. Prafkh, M. W.
C. Cohrs, Recorder.
SCNREAM T.01H;e, NO. p. of H. Meets
at Odd Fellows' hall everv Tnesdav eveu
inff. Mrs. Wm. Prater, Chief of Honor.
Mrs, H. P. Belknap, Kec.
rRINEVU.LE CAMP, NO. 21. WOODMEN
of World. Meets at iWd Fellows' hall on
tlie first and third Thursday evenings of each
month. " M. A. Bkll,
Consul Commander.
3. U VcCnxocH, Clerk.
r
I NTPER tiROVK, NO. 10, WOOOMES CIR
ele. Meets at 0id Keliow s" hall every Fri
day evening. 3JR& S. I. BKiJvSAf,
Worthy Guardian.
Mrss Mtnnis Croors, Clerk.
PROFKSSIONAt. CARDS
H.
P. BELKNAP
Pfcysiclan and Surgeon
Office in the rear of Belknap & Moore's
i
- Ore Ran.
J a HYDE, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon.
Phone So. 2. Residence, in New- !
some's Addition. (
FKINini.II
ORKGON ,
J H. ROSENBERG, M. D.
FETSICIAS ASD SURGEOH.
lnsvArvt Ttmmntlr tfttv or n icrVit
dence, Redby Hotel.
PKINKTILLK
OKKGON
C PALMER
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AUornej-al-Lai and Istarj Public
All business promptly and carefully at
tended to. Collections a
Specialty.
rrtwa.tlla
Oiecoa
JJ E. BRINK
Ittornej and Counsellor at Lai
Prinavlll
Ortfiis.
J.W-
HOPKINS
Attornej-ai-LaT.
PKirsiriiLi
ORIGOS I
C PALMER
0. S. Commissioner.
Land Filings and Final Proofs G
Special Attention.
PklXITILLt
ED. X. WHITE
DCALSk Tt
Wines .. Liquors .. Cig-ars
Main Street
PRIXEVILI.E
ORFGO"
Cary House Bar
HENDERSON & POLLARD
Fine Wines, Liauors Dim
15
PRINEVILLE, OREGON.
J. 0. CYRUS'
Tonsorial Parlors
MOORE BLOCK
PRINETILLE
OKCGOS
DEPUTY STOCK INSPECTORS
Notice is hereby given that I have
appointed the following named persona
Jepntv fctock Iuepictors: j
J. P. Cartwrittut Hay Creek
Ernest herar . Cross Keys
Harry Webb... ...... Ash wood
E. Sparks bisters
A. Morrow Ilavetack
V. M. Pmitb Panlina
Rocoe Knox Host
T. C. Hwain..- Bear Creek i
J. 8. Botrne Hosland 1
Alex Mcintosh Hardin
JOE HINKI.E,
Stock Inspector of Crook County.
Ton cannot sell jour goods
Unless you advertise them
THE JOURNAL j j
Is the best medium in
Crook County...
Hotel Prineville
Headquarters for Stockmen
Prices Reasonable
Terminus of
The Hegalator Iiine
THE DALLES, FORTLATvD &
ASTOlilA NAVIGATION CO.
Steamers "REGULATOR" and "DALLES CITY" daily between The Dalles and
Portland. Passenger aui Freight Service.
PASSENGER SERVICE :
; We offer nnsurrassed indneetnents to paswnirers, and repKT fully sollrlt their rat
ronae. Our specialties are Coi.ifn-t. (Milrk Tlin mil fr'l --. our u earner
t have been put iu thorough repair, and facilities added tor iiio comfort and ej ol
patrons.
i PLEASURE :
i
Too much cannot be said in favor of this line as a pi can re route. It Is almost cn-omrl
I to say that U is down the Columbia.' The coolinc; brces, ihe grand scenery, U
i freedom from sciok and dust, combine to make it a most enjoyabla trip. Try iu
! FREIGHT :
we are st all finite prepared to handle careful. freight of all kinds, with prompt
ness. e h.ve a fommiMiious reh.me. where shipments rsa b taken cat of uu
til called for. Wool and wheat ahipuienl especially solicit!.
I RATES :
Onr rat will always be found as low as the lowest, and always as low as 1 posslblt
to make them. Our aim is to endt-avor to keep in line with our iormer ,ohcy, and
tra.e it in taet as well as name, "THK RKi.CLATOR LINE." Write for rate and
i. unrated foxier. Purchase- your Ucteu and bip your .reigb.Tta tb htGLUTOH
UNL Correspondence aoliciied.
Y. C. ALLAWAY, General Agent, The Dalles, Or.
General Commission
Z. F. MOODY
Still in Business at the Old
and Well-Known Stand
Adjoining R. R. Depot
The Dalles, Or.
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED
Prompt attention wili be paid to thoe
Prineville &
Warm Springs
...STAGE LINE
Leaves Prineville at 6 a. m. on Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday, connecting at Warm Springs with stage for The
Dalles and way points.
Leaves Warm Springs at 6 a. m. on Monday, Wednesday
and Friday, connecting at Prineville with stages to Burns,
Lakeview, and other points.
Through to The Dalles in DAYTIME. Fare, $7.50.
Round trip, $13.50. Good accommodations at all stations, and
comfortable vehicles.
Particular attention given to freight and express. Rate,
from The Dalles to Prineville, 2 cents per pound.
Stage offices at Templeton & Son's, Prineville, and
Umatilla House, The Dalles.
The Prineville & Shaniko
...STAG-E3 LINE...
GEO. M. COHNETT, Manager.
I-eaves Shaniko at B P M. every dav.
f -eaves Prineville at 6 P. M. every day, and arrives in Bhaniko in 12 hours.
Carries the U. S. mail, passengers and express.
Connects at Prinevil'e with stages for Eastern and Southern Oregon, Northern
California and interior points. Also makes connection at bhaniko with trains
for Portland and all Kas'ern points.
Good accommodations along the road. We have recently pot on new thorough
hrace t oaches, and now have the best equipped stage line in Eastern Oregon for
the accommodation of the traveling public.
All persons wishing passage must way-bill at offices l efore taking passage;
otli-rn will not be re. eived. Express muut be way-billed at the offices, or Blags
Company will not be responsible.
The Company w'ill take no risk on money transmitted.
Particular attention given to delivering express matter at Prineville and all
Southern points in Oregon, and advance charges will be paid by the company.
STAGE OFFICE.
At Adamson dt Winnek Co., In Prinville.
Has established its reputation as the MOST
COMMODIOUS, CONVENIENT ano
WELL-KEPT HOTEL in Crook County.
All Staee Lines.
and
who favor me with their patronage.
J. E. CAMPBELL, Proprietor.
and arrives In Prineville at A A XI
ps or iBE m
From All Parts of the New World
and the Old.
OF INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS
Comprehensive Review of the Important Y.v
penings of the Past Week In a
Condensed Form.
Ppaln and France are having sn
storms.
MacArthur will deport capturf & Fil
ipino rehels to Guam.
Tweuty-seveu perished in an orphan
borne fire iu Rochester, X. Y.
A British detachment lost heavily
in a fight with Hours near Liudley.
Plans are on foot for anuexiug the
Idaho "pauhaudle" to Washington.
The Morans, of Seattle, have been
awarded a contract for a battleship.
The first municipal election was
held at Hunums, Philippine islands.
The Thirty-sstenth regiment was
reviewed at Manila prior to its return.
Mattial law has been porclaimed in
several more districts in Cape Colony.
The Oregon supreme coott lias de
cided that a loan of a savings and loan
society can be collected.
France is experimenting with sub
marine boats. everat recent testa
are reported as entirely satisfactory.
After satisfactorily filling the pre-
limluarr stages. Count Lamsdorf has
been definitely appointed minister of
foreign affairs for Russia.
Theodore Colwell, employed at the
Tacoma smelter, was terribly burned
about the face, hands, arms and neck.
hy falling into a pot of boilinz slag
while at work. Although badly
burned it is tbuught he will recover.
Representative Kahn, of California,
has introduced a bill continuing in
force for 20 years after May 5, 190'i. a
laws prohibiting and regulating the
coming of Chinese persons and persona
of Chinese descent into the United
States.
During the absense of William Chi-
dester, of Marietta, C, Thomas, a
9-year old son, shot and killed his
siste?, aged 14. No reason is known.
He apparently does not realise the
enormity of his crime, and fought for
the possession of the gun when a neigh
bor arrived. The parents are pros
trated, and the mother may die.
Silk manufacturers of New Jersey are
endeavoring to have a bill passed by
congress reqniring a label on "dyna
mited" or weighted silks. By the pro
cess of weighting interior goods are
made a heavv as first class goods and
a bill of this nature would protect
these manufacturers who nse pure dyes
.sI l;. jrrhsr, whu would be
able to tell what was being bought.
Philip D. Armour, the great pork
packer, is dead.
Portugal is sending rein oi cements
to Lxmrenco Marques.
Eiht men met death by suffocation
in a Minneapolis hotel fire.
David J. Schnebly, the oldest news
paper man in the Northwest, is daad.
An effort is being made to revise the
Rttjso-Chinese agreement about Man
churia. An agreement restricting operations
of allied croops has been made by Von
Waldersee.
Eight hundred colliery employes of
Pennsylvania coal and iron mines are
on a strike.
China desired envoys to delay sign
ing joiut note, but was informed by
them that this was impossible.
Famuel S. White, a pioneer of 1845,
and Oregon's first probate judge, died
at his home In Portland. He was 89
years old.
In an affray at Altgeberg, Hungary,
between striking miners and gend
armes, there were seven of the former
killed and 40woumled.
The following Washington post
offices have been discontinued: Dish
man, Spokane county; Green River,
King county, and Laurel, Whatcom
county.
Chailes W. Norton,, a switchman,
was instantly killed at Tacoma, by
being crushed between two cats. He
leaves a widow and three children at
Mount Pleasant, la.
Severe cold weather has suddenly
set in throughout Europe. The cold
wave is accompanied by a gale which
has wrecked several vessels and caused
heavy loas of life and property.
The coal miners strike at Pioton,
Nova Scotia, has been settled. Every
demand of the men was conceded.
The managers sought to bind the men
not to ask for a further increase for 1
months, but failed.
Governor Allen, of Porto Rico, has
just returned to the capital after an
extensive visit to the towns in the
western part of the island. He visited
places where no governor of Porto Rico
has visilot. before. Everywhere he
was enthusiastically receiveJ.
In Bohemia C3 nobles own the bulk
of the country. None of their estates
is less than 12,000 acres.
Lord Salisbury's favorite dog is a
great boarhound, which is named
Pharaoh, because "be will not let the
people go."
Careful inquiries made in Polynes
ian islands, in New Guinea, and West
Africa, indicate that ; typhoid fever
does not occur in those regions, but
seems to be a by-product of civilization.
In the sixteenth century it was cus
tomary in Germany to get np at 6
o'clock, dine at 1 J, sup at 6 and go to
bed at 8. j
A business man of Fort Worth,
Texas, has brought suit for $0,000
damages against the publishers of a
ity direotory for having desaribed
him as colored.
Italian macaroni is no longer made
by hand, but by machinery. Accord
ing to the British consul at Naples,
about 70,000 cases of macaroni are
annually exported to England, and
500,000 to the United States.
LATER NEWS.
A metropolitan police force will be
organised at Manila.
Von Bulow made his debut as chan
cellor in the Prussian diet.
J. J. Hill denies that he is trying to
form a railroad combination.
Canada will send recruits for Baden
Powell's African constabulary.
The Chinese emperor's brother may
be the imperial envoy to Berlin.
There is objection to commissioning
the battleship Wisconsin on Friday.
The Rome press is indignant at the
Duke of Norfolk's address to the pope
Southern Philippine ports may be
closed to prevent communication be
ta oan rebels.
Northern transcontinentals announce
a reduction in through rates to the
8-cents basis.
I Ambassadors Choate and White are
working for the removal ot negotia
tions lrv.ni Pekin.
, The Northern Pacifio has declared a
regular quarterly dividend of 1 per
cent on its preferred stock.
I Kirk B. Armour, nephew of the late
Philip D. Armour, and head of the Ar
moor interests in Kansas City, is crit
ically ill at his home with pneumonia.
By the accidental discharge of a
blast in the Malachite mine at Miudle
Pass, Arts., one man was blown to
atoms and two others seriously injured.
According to advices just received,
Sitka, Alaska, was visited by a disas
trous fire. The town was saved after
hard work. Loss $7,000, with no in
surance. I Cornelius L. Alvord, the defaulting
New York bank teller, pleaded guilty
belore the criminal branch of the
; United States court and thus saved
I the state the exoeuse ot a trial.
! A 15-year-old boy, who was stealing
i a ride on a freight train, near Salem,
Or., lost his bold and fell, tne train
passing over and severing both les
i aoove the knee. He died from his in-
juries.
! In a water front fire in New York,
'one fireman was seriously injured and
! 50 seamen natrowlv escaped with their
, lives. One steamer and a pier was
- burned to the water's edge. Loss,
j $500,000.
By a collision on a New Jersey rail
road, near Laurel Run, a car filled
I with powder exploded with such force
! that the report was heard 30 miles.
: No one was injured, hot the cars next
I the one in which the powder was were
! blown to pieces.
The transport Sherman was damaged
; in a typhoon.
! Seveial Filipino insurgent camps
' have been captured.
i The empress dowager opposes the
signing of the note.
A lenient justice almost caused a
: lynching at Hillsboro, Or.
! Th- CMoese treiry negotiations are
i to be removed from Pekin to Washing
: ton or Europe.
j A French mail steamer, with 90 peo
. pie on board, is in a dangerous posi
1 tion near Marseilles.
1 A bill is to be introduced in conpresi
raising the salary of keepers of life
I saving stations to $100 per montb.
A bill has been introduced in the
I Missouri legislature providing for the
punishment of kidnaping by hanging.
Eight men were killed and several
injured as the result of a collision on
the Monongahela division of the Balti
more fc Ohio railway in West Vir
ginia. The Northern Pacific railwav has
! sold all its lands iu North Dakota,
amounting to 1,400.000 acres, to a
I syndicate of New York ami Eastern
! capitalists. Ranches will be etab
1 lished.
I Sir Edward S pence Symes, chief eeo
I retary of the government of burmah
i since 1890, and a member of the legis
lative council of India, shot himself in
the head. He is lingering between
life and death.
Manuel Gates, who was convicted of
murdering Captain Breson at South
Bend, Wash., has been grouted a new
trial. This will make the third hear
ing in the matter. In the two pievious
trials Olsen, an employe of Gates was
also implicated, but he was discharged.
Kansas City has a smallpox scare.
Doctors are invading many lsrge of
fices, buildings ami places where peo
ple congregate and are vaccinating
people by the dozen. All employes of
the street railways have been similarly
treated.
J. M. G leaves, president of the Ohio
Society of San Francisco, called qd
Governor Nash, of Ohio, to make i
rangeinents for a reception to the gov
ernor on the occasion of the launch
ing of the battleship Ohio, on the Pa
cifio coast. The governor expects to
witness the launching.
A German expedition in the north
ern district of China, near Sze Hai
Kong, encountered a force of 8,000.
After being reinforced they attacked
the Chinese, defeating them and driv
ing them out of the valley. The Ger
mans lost one killed and four wound
ed, while the Chinese loss is estimated
at 200.
, Five hundred motor carriages per
year is the average output of a Paris
firm for the past five years.
The Esikraos of Alaska make water
proof boots and shirts of the skiu of
the salmon.
In the Boston high schools the girls
outnumber the boys by 1,000 or so, but
in the primary and grammar schools
the boys outnumber the girls v nearly
2,600.
A twentieth of Scotlands' area is
forest land, seven-tenths is mountain,
heath and lake, and ouly one-quarter
cultivated land.
Edison is very fond of children. He
delights to show them the wouders of
his workshops, and to mystify them
with his magic To them he is the
real wizard he is so often called.
A competent referee has reported
that the service of a New York lawyer
in a case for which the disciple of
Blackstone put in a bill for $17,000,
were aotually worth no mora than
$300.
m than ever
No Improvement in the Situ
ation at the Cape.
CENSORSHIP OF GENERAL KITCHENER
Boers Are Stealing Cattle Close to Pretoria's
Forts Dynamite Mines Laid to Protect
Property In the Rand.
London, Jan. 12. The situation in
South Africa grows worse rather than
better. Lord Kitchener's dispatches
are more laconic than those of Lord
Roberts, and little else ot importance
is allowed to come through.
The Times in an editorial today finds
comfort in the thought that "the pro
cess of attrition is doing its work, and
must shortly lead to the inevitaole re
sult." In other quarters, however,
there is less satisfaction with the con
dition of affairs, which have practical
ly necessitated the fortification of Cape
Town.
No steps have been taken to comply
with Lord Kitchener's demands for re
inforcements. Lord Coleridge, in a letter excusing
his non-attendance at a political meet
ing, says:
"I loathe and detest this war and
the policy which brought it about, the
4-niode n which it is conducted and the
undignified excitement over the de
feat of a handful of lieasants defending
their country at tbo hands of 10 times
their number of trained soldiers,
backed by the wealth of Enlgand."
This morning's dispatches report
that a small partv of Boers carried off
cattle close to the east fort at Pretoria.
Nine hundred Boers, under Command
ant Kritziner, are 15 miles from Rich
mond, in the direction of M array sburg.
Rumors are spreading at Porterville
that the rebels have joined the Boers in
the Calviua district. The military
commissioner of police at Johannes
burg has warned the public to beware
of dangerous dynamite mines laid in
the Rand to prote-t the mines.
Appeals for More Troops.
New Y'ork. Jan. 12. A dispatch to
the Tribune says:
Day after day the newspapers con
tinue to second the appeals of the cor
respondents in Cape Town tor more
troops for South Africa. The necessity
for fresh drafts of mounted men is
growing urgent to augment the strength
of the force now serving, and to re
place the yeomanry and other troops
that should by this time lie returning
home. Meanwhile the recruiting for
i the South African constabulary is pro-
gressing sluggishly. The actual num
j ber of recruits dispatched so far from
I the United Kingdom is but 200, but
. 300 more are to start next week, with
1 more than three times the number re
i'ouired atiplying to be enlisted. The
selection of candidates goes on at a
, rate of only 300 a montb, at which
; rate it will take nearly a year and a
, half to get the necessary 5,000 men.
I
Another Invading Column.
Loudon, Jan. 12. "Five thousand
Boers, supposed to be trekking west
, f 3m Yrybuig," says the Cape Town
; correspondent of the Daily Mail, "are
now making their way into the heart
of Cape Colony. The supposition is
that they have captured several small
garrisons on the way."
CHINESE TROOPS DRILLING
A Large Force Arc Under Arms at Siun Fu
Believe They Can Defeat Allies.
Pekin, Jan. 12. A Chinaman from
Sinan Fn, where the court is at pres
ent, savs that within the city 85,000
Chinese troops are drilling continuous
ly, and the majority of them are armed
with modern rifles. He says that the
feeling of the people there is bitterly
anti-foreign, and that they believe
that they can meet the allies in an
open fight and defeat th?m.
The ministers are considerably as
tonished over the Chinese grant to Rus
sia of a concession north of the Pei
Ho, at Tien Tsin, as compared with
the Biitish and French concessions
combined. The grant, according to
the Russians, was made voluntarily
for services in endeavoring to bring
about peace. The ministers think
that the concession constitutes good
pay, when considered in addition to
the annexation of all Manchuria.
Senor Corognn, the Spanish minis
ter, thinks that the negotiations will
commence at Pekin, possibly endiug
iu Europe. M. Dangiers thinks that
negotiations will end at The Hague.
Agoncillo Revolts.
London, Jan. 13. A serious dit
agreemeut has arisen between the Fili
pino representatives in Europe. Agon
cillo, whom Agninaldo ordered there,
has revolted and refuses to go to Hong
Kong or give up his post in Paris to
Dr. Apaciblo. The latter Agninaldo
ordered to go to Canada from Hong
Kong to watch the United States elec
tions. He was then ordered to replace
Agoncillo. The disputants have both
cabled Aguinaldo and are waiting for
his reply.
Living-ton Bsnk Dividend.
Washington, Jau. 12. The control
ler of the currency declared a dividend
of 2.7 in favor ot the creditors of the
Livingston National bank, of Living
ston, Mont.
A German Pipe Trust
Berlin, Jan. 12. All the German
pipe foundries, according to a special
dispatch from Cologue, have joined the
pipe trust which is being organized.
New Idaho Judge. .
Boise, Idaho, Jan. 12. Governor
Hunt bos appointed K. I. Perky, of
Mountain Home, as judge of the dis
trict court of the Fourth district, to
succeed C. O. Stockslager, who has
been elected to a place on the supreme
bench.
The Oldest Mason.
Chicago, Jan. 13. John B. Laing,
believed to have been the oldest Free
mason in the United States, died here
today, aged 100. Laing joined the
rder in Scotland in 1820,
INLAND EMPIRE DAIRYING.
Co-Operalive Creameries are Starting Up
Here and There.
Spokane, Jan. 11. Industrial Agent
Judson, of the O. R. & N. Co.. has
embarked on the policy of organizing
co-operative creameries in Eastern
Oregon and Eastern Washington.
Within a week one co-operative cream-
ery was organized at Tekoa, in the Pa- i
louse country and another at Summer
ville, in the Grand Ronde valley. The
Tekoa creamery starts with the milk .
of 500 cows, and at Summerville the 1
outlook is for 600. '!
"There is no conntry more favorable
for dairying, " said Mr. Judson, "than;
Eastern Washington, Oregon and i
Idaho, and the creameries can be
started nnder the most favorable atis- j
pioes. Farmers will take a great deal
of interest in the new industry and j
it is sure to be a great success." j
The O. R. & N. Co. is promoting
creameries only on the co-operative i
plan, that being the plan that has
made the dairy farmers of Minnesota :
and Wisconsin wealthy. In Oregon, '
Washington and Idaho, the conditions ;
are far more favorable for the industry 1
than in the states of the Upper Missis
sippi valley, the farmers there having
to feed their stock six month" of the j
year, while here rattle get their own
living practically all the year. ,
FORESTRY OF OREGON. !
Many Interesting Features Representing the j
Natural Woods at the Pan-American. '
Buffalo, Jan. 11 A. J. Johnson,
forestry commissioner of the state of j
Oregon to the Pan-American, is work-
ing nara to gather an exhibit that w in
properly represent the state in this ,
important industry. One hundred and
forty varieties of woods will be repre-
sented, many of which are very inter-
esting. Mr. Johnson mentions the ;
myrtle as one of the most useful and
interesting woods in the world on ac- i
count of its varied colors.
Oregon will have exhibits in the
agricultural, liberal arts, forestry and
fisheries' buildings, as the com mis
sioners in the different departments :
are alive to the advantages to be de- !
rived from a thorough representation
and they wish the state to keep abreast
of the times.
Besieged the Jail.
Phoenix. Aria., Jan. 11. All of last
night and nearly all day a frenzied
mob has been besieging the county jail
of Yuma, and only the action of the
acting governor prevented a triple
lynching. Three tramps were arrested
last Bight for killing Under-sheriff
Sam Devore. Devore went to arrest
the tramps for stealing a barrel of
liquor, and was shot and killed by
them. The murderers were soon nnder
arrest, and a threatening mob formed
around the jail. This afternoon Act
ing Governor Akers received a dispatch
saying the jail was inadequate for the
protection of the prisoners. The gov
ernor directed that the prisoners be
piacea in uie jiriiiiinni v . r.stiie-
ment still runs high, as Devore was a '
very popular man.
Germany's Position Not Defined.
Berlin. Jan. 11. Germany it not t
yet willing to define her position with '
reference to Secretary Hay 's proposal ;
to transfer the Pekin negotiations to
Washington, according to a statement ;
made by a high foreign office official
to a representative of the press today, ;
because of a difference in views on the ,
subject. The German foreign office
believes Mr. Conger's view ot the at
titude of the empress dowager is coi
rect, and that the position of the Chi
nese court at Sinan Fu is growing
mora and more untenable, rendering
it probable that the powers will soon
succeed in persuading the imperial
personages to return to Pekin.
Attempt to Counterfeit Railway Tickets.
Kansas City, Jan. 11. An apparent
attempt to counterfeit Burlington rail
way tickets has been learned by the
local officers of that road which baa
received information that a man re
cently tried to open negotiations with
a St. Joseph printer to furnish an elec
trotype of a Burlington coupon ticket,
which he produced. The printing firm
refused to do the work and notified
the railway officials of the request.
Burlington agents have been notified
to be on the outlook for spurious trans
portation. A Milking Machine.
It has been generally believed by
those engaged in dairying that cows
could not be milked by any mechanical
device. A Glasgow, Scotland, tinu
claims to nave a machine that will do
the work and wants to exhibit it at
the Pan-American exposition at Buf
falo next summer. The milking ma
chine is said to be built on the pneu
matio system, with valves, suction
rubbers, etc.
American Engineer Released.
Washington, Jan. 11. A dispatch
from Charles W. Kindick, consul of
the United States at Juarez. Mexico,
reports the release ot T. W. Lewis, an
American citizen, an engiueer on the
Mexican Central railway, who was
arrested because his train ran over and
ki'led a Mexican named Jesus Calde
ron. who bad attempted to make a
ooupliug.
Two Chinese Burned to Death.
Boise, Jan. 11. In a fire at Nampa
this morning iu a wash house two Chi
nese were burned to death. There
were seven Chinese in the place, and
the othets were rescued with dirticulty,
one being badly burned. The body of
one of the victims was recovered, bnt
the other was incinerated, nothing
being left but bits of bones. The Chi
nese had coraiderable money in the
building. One fellow had $5,000 bur
ied, which he expects to recover.
ports May Be Closed.
Manila, Jan. 11. The military gov
ernment is considering the question of
closing certain ports in the southern
islands in order to prevent more effect
ually communication between the in
surgents. The port of Ubay, on Bonol
island, has already been ordered
closed, as the garrison stationed there
has been withdrawn.
The act for the organization of met
ropolitan police has been passed by
she Philippine commission. The foroe
will consist of three companies, seleot
d from the volunteer soldiery.
OGEGOli STATE TO
Items of Invest From AH Parts
of the State.
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS
A Brief Review of the Growth and Improve
ments of the Many Industries Through
out Our Thriving Commonwealth.
Work on the lone town hall is nnder
way.
A G. A. R. post is being organized
at Corvallis.
The organ factory at Dallas is en
larging its plant.
The Southern Pacific will install a
pumping plant at Med ford.
A fund is being raised at Eugene for
building a Danish church.
The Bybee bridge across Rogue river
is being repaired and is closed to
travel.
The free ferry at Liverpool, Benton
count-, is not yet in operation, owing
to high water.
J. W. Clinton floated over 3,000 logs
down the North Fork of the Coqnille
on the recent freshet.
F. E. Dunn, of Eugene, sold 57
bales of 1899 hops to San Francisco
bnyeis for 8 cents per pound.
The steamer Modoo unloaded two
carloads of Eeastern Oregon wheat at
Corvallis for the Fischer mills.
John James is missing from
bis
cabin near Desolation lake, and has
not been heard of for three weeks.
Fred Walters, of the Farmers' Cus
tom mill, has purchased the Cbeape
, mill property at Pendleton for $5,500.
I The Central planing mills, of Cor
vallis, have received 30,000 feet of
screen wire, for manufacture of 20,000
I doors.
i Timber cruisers are said to be en
gaged on the Siuslaw and Umpqua
rivers looking for timber and a site for
! a mill.
The treasurer of Grant connty had
! about $3,000 last week for distribution
among the school districts of the
county.
i The Dayton Evaporating Company
has received an order from San Fran
cisco for 40,000 pounds of evaporated
potatoes.
I The telephone office at Sumpter has
' abolished its telegraph office, and mes
: sages are now transmitted by telephone
to Baker City.
' J. A. Fitzgibbon has bought the
! Cook and Miller ledge on Foot's creek,
! Southern Oregon. This is a ledge in
which two feet of $50 rock has been
developed.
Since- the lKtn of December the Im
bier Lumber Com pan v has received
orders for 35 cars of lumber, 25 of
which go to Salt Lake City and other
Utah points.
The steamer Blanco has been towing
rock for the Southern Oregon Lumber
Company to Empire. The rock is be
ing used to build a bulkhead to pro
tect the piling from teredoes.
Joseph H. Beeman, of Gold Hill,
has sold the Lucky Bart on Sardine
Creek, together with mill and concen
trators, for $13,000. He has also dis
posed of his interest in the Ritter
claim.
The Bhaft on the Little Breeches
claim, in the Bald Mountain district,
is down 26 feet, and average assays of
$5.40 are reported. No croBs cutting
will be done until the 100-foot level is
reached.
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
Bince 1854. Mr. Welsh was an Indian
war veteran.
Farmers living between Lebanon
and Sodaville 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, thence east to starting point.
George Newsome, a farmer living
near Marquam, was held up and
robbed in his 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 np few dollars he
had in his pocket.
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 the
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.
C. S. Warren, Jr., has purchased
from George Day a one-six th interest
in the Crown Point property for $500.
The property adjoins the Diadem in
the Greeuhorn Mountain district, and
has been developed by a 40-foot shaft.
It is said that average assays from a
3 '...-foot ledge are $25.30. while some
specimens assayed $104.
A test pit, sunk 15 feet on the Ore
gon Boy, a recent location in the Ala
mo district, is said to have disclosed a
ledge with $13 values. .
L. Oldenburg's fruit dryer and iruit
house, north of La Grande, was totally
destroyed by fire. Practically nothing
was saved. The loss includes the dryer
and frnit house, 42,000 pounds of
dried prunes, 18,000 pounds of dried
apples, 3,500 pounds of dried pears,
and 1,500 boxes of apples. Mr. Olden
burg carried $4,000 insurance.
Oscar Dilley, of Oakville, is building
a dairy bnilding which will bis large
enough for 50 cows and will have all
up-to-date improvements.
Julius Larsen, while going down
Coos Bay alone, in his gasoline launch,
leaned over the side of the vessel to
pick up a fender. He lest his balance
and fell in. The launch continued on
its way and ran into the wharf near
the tannery. Some parties in a boat
near by, taw the accident and went to
Mr. Larson's assistance. The launoh
was not damaged, neither was the
wharf.
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