Crook County journal. (Prineville, Or.) 189?-1921, February 28, 1901, Image 1

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PRINEVILLE, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1901.
VOL. V. NO. Hi.
MITCHELL MONITOR VOL. VII. NO. 22.
lOCIlTT MB1TINOS.
ODOK, 0. 76, A. F. A A. M.
atonic Temple on baturda b-
PRINKVILLE I.
Mets in Ma.1
fur full moon of tBcb month.
T. M. Baldwin, w. M
J. N. WtLLtAKSC'S, Secretary
CARNATION CHAPTER, NO. , O. K. S
Meets spon"! and fourth Thursday of aeh
BaUWIN W M.
month, ia Maaoutc Temple.
MRS.
DiTfD P. Adakson, Sec
Hotel Prineville
Has established its reputation as the MOST
COMMODIOUS, CONVENIENT anc
WELL-KEPT HOTEL in Crook County.
rvCHCK'O LOlXiK. SO. 46, 1. O. O.
F. M.eie
In Odd Fellows" hall every Saturday evea-
iag. J. H. Usav, H. G.
Chris Cohss, Secretary.
ICS A I.OCK5K. SO. 65, K. ot V. Meets in
J Odd Fellows' hull everv We.ln.-s.lnv even
in. All brotbeirs in good STsruiine invited so
attend. O. W. Elkins, C C.
11. S1CHXL, K. of R. and S.
OCHOOO LorxJE. SO. 101, A.O. P. w. Meets
In Odd Fellous' hall on the second and
fourth Mondays of each month.
.. DRArSK.lt. W.
' C. Cohrs, Recorder.
SUXBKAM i.OPO.E, NO. S6, P. of H. Meets
at odd Fellows' hall every Tuesday eveu-
inir.
Mrs. Wm. IraPkr. Chief of Honor.
. H. P. BilANAf, Kec . .
TRINKVH.I.K CAMP.
. J. of W orld.
SO. SIR. WOODMEN
M??ts at Odd Fellows' hall on
the first and third Thursday eveuints oi each
saontn. M. A. Bell,
' Consul Comntaudex.
J. I McCcixoch, Clerk.
TLMPKR f,R()Vt. SO. 10. W001MKS OIR
cle-Meets at Odd Fellows' bail every Fri
day evening. Mrs. s. I. RKi.Ksr,
V orthy Guardian.
Mrss Minnir Crook, Clerk.
Headquarters for Stockmen
Prices Reasonable l"
Terminus of All Stage Lines.
The egalatw Iiirie
FBOrKSSIIISAL CARDS
H.
P. BELKNAP
Phjsician and Surgeon
OfEcsj in the rear of Belknap 4 Moore'a
, ..n . Drugstore. --
r rlwavllla
-- ?- Otsssa. '
0. HYDE, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon.
Phone No. 2. Residence, in New-
some's Addition.
rBIltlTILtl - - - - ORSC.ON
J.
H. RCSENBERG, M. D.
- PHTSICIil IID SURGEON.
Calls uiwered promptly, day or night,
Office "tri h Ir. V. Gesner. Keei-
desKs. Red by Hotel. ' 1
OBtGOS
rRmviLiB
c palm.r :
i:iornej-al-Lai and lotarj Public .
All basinene promptly and carefully at
tended to. Goiiecuooa a
Specialty.
Prlsa-rllla
OiSf,
Ittornej and Counsellor at Law
Prtaes-ltla.
Orsfss.
W. HOPKINS
ltlorney-al-La.
MIVITII.LI
- OBtGOS
C PALMER ,
D. S. Commissioner.
Land Filings and Final Proofs .Given
- -special Attention.
ruiriTiLti'
OBEGOX.
ED. N. WHITE
Wines'.. Oquors ,. Cigars
Main Street
PRI SEVILLE
OREGON
Gary House Bar
HENDERSON 4 POLLARD
Fine Wis, Liquors and Cips
PRINEVILLE, OREGON.
HEWS OF lilt Ifll
From All Parts of the New World
and the Old.
OUR LAWMAKERS.
OF INTEREST TO OUR. MANY READERS
THE DALLES, rORTLAJD &
ASTORIA NAVIGATION CO.
Steamers "REGULATOR" and "DALLES CITY" daily between The Dalles and
Portland. Passenger and Freight Service.
PASSENGER SERVICE :
W offer wnsurr5tMi fndncennenTs to Piwtseotrer. and reoertfully solicit their r-t
ronag?. Our pH.'llr r Cwmfurt. Outck 'rim and ' I r. Our stesmen
hare been put in tboroufh repair, sad i.eiiU.a added lar comfort said iu ol
pstirousv.
PLEASURE:
s. Too winch cannot be aafd la fsTor of this line as a pies n re roote. It Is almost en oust
to say that "It 1 down the Columbia." The eooiiu br.-M. tho Brand scenery, th
freedom (root suok ud dust. comblB to mall U a ssot enjoyabls trip. Try iu
FREIGHT : " . i .
We are at all Hvm rrepafed to handle carefully freight of all kinds, with prompt
neasu M hMTtooanaodhusKTYhouw, vher ihipmntscta b Lakan caxa of un
til called for. Wool and wheat ahipmenu especially solKUted.
RATES: .
t Onr rates will alwaT be found as low as the lowest, and always as low as Is possible
to make them. Our aim t to end avor to keep In line with our former policy, and
n a;e it in tac: as well as name, "THK RivU LATXE I.1NK." Write for rates and
illustrated foUier. Purchase your uckeu and ataip your Iraight via the RKtii-LATOB
LINK. Cornespondence soitcited.
W. a ALLAWAY, General Agent, The DaUes, Or.
HE Ml HOT 00
BENT ON LYNCHING.
Chaffee Is Not to Join the Ger
man Expedition.
THE GOVERNMRNT . FACES A CRISIS
General Commission and
Forwarding Merchant
Z. F. MOODY
Still in Business at the
and Well-Known Stand
Adjoining R. R. Depot.
The Dalles, Or.
Old
H
Consignments Solicited
Prompt mXteDtioa will be psud to thoe who favor me with their patronage.
Prineville &
Warm Springs.......
...STAGE LINE
J. E. CAMPBELL, Proprietor.
J. 0. CYRUS'
Tonsorial Parlors
MOORE BLOCK
FBIXITILLB - - OREGON
DEPUTY STOCK INSPECTORS
Leaves Prineville -at 6 a. m. on Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday, connecting at Warm Springs with stage for The
Dalles and wav points.
. Leaves Warm Springs at 6 a. m. on Monday, Wednesday
and rriday, connecting at Frineville with stapes to Burns.
Lakeview, and other points.
Through to The Dalles in DAYTIME. Fare, $7. so.
Round trip, $13.50. Good accommodations at all stations, and
comfortable vehicles.
Particular attention given to freisrht and express. Rate.
from The Dalles to Prineville, 2 cents per pound.
Stage offices at Templeton & Son's, Prineville. and
Umatilla House, The Dalles.
Notice is hereby given that I have
appointed the following named persons
iJepnty Stock Inspictors:
J. P. Cartwriuht Hay Creek
Kroest Sherar Cross Keys
Harry Webb A eh wood
K. 8 parks bisters
A . Morrow Havstack
. M. Hmith . .Paulina
Rocoe Knox. ... I'ost
T. C. hwain B-ar Creek
J. 8. Botr'ie Koaland
Alex M .Intoob " ..Hardin
JOE H INKLE,
Stock Inspector of Crook County,
Too cannot sell your goods
Unless you advertise them
THE JOURNAL
Is the best medium in
Crook County...
The Prineville & Shaniko
...STA.G-E T--ITSI
GEO. M. CORNETT, Manager.
house hill 6. Pourman's new military
code; house bill 24, amending the act
for the relief of indigent soldiers;
was arrested for aiding the j honse bill 1UU, to protect union mnein;
1 house hill 63, consolidating the otlices
of clerk of the circuit court, clerk of
the county court and recorder of con
mprehciulv Review of the Important Kan
ptnings of the Past Week In a
Condensed Form.
King Edward may visit Ireland in
the spring.
Kitchener narrowly escaped capture
by the Boers.
The Yon Wal.lersee expedition may
be ahamlonel. .
Admiral Sampson is sick at Boston,
bnt not seiiously.
North-western Pennsylvania is beiug
swept hy a blizzard.
Korkefeller has contributed $250,000
to Browu university.
Oeneral Davis will take up the du
ties of provost marshal of Manila.
Lord Koherts has been offered the
lord wardeuship of the Cinque ports.
The general agent of the Tabacaleria
Com pauy
rebels. i
Belgians are implicated in a plot to !
ill an American officer in the Philip !
pines. i
The Chinese Have offered to com- ''
promise, which the foreign envoys have i
accepted.
Kumor sjvs that Minister Wu baa
approa.-hed linkers in au effort to se
cure J'JOO.000,000 loan for China.
An earthquake 100 miles north of
anconver, B. CV. caused the crest of a
mountain to sliie off into Lough
borough inlet.
The famous observatory on the Ze-
burg, at which the celebrated astxvno
mera Knckola. Sack and Linden
worked, has been burned.
Thirteen negro miners were entombed
in the coal mine of the etate insane
asylum, two miles from Tscaloosa,
Ala., hy a Hood of water from an ahan
stoned shaft.
A mob took Peter Berryman, a nergo.
from the Mesa. Ark., citv jail and
banged him to a tree. He was accused
ot assaulting a 13 vear old girl, whose
conditioj is critical.
The jury in the case of the state of
Minnesota ar iust Frauk II. Hamilton,
charged with mnideriug Leonard K.
Day, brought in a verdict of man
slaughter in the tirst degree.
John Hudson, the hust-and of the
woman shot in the saloon raid at Mill
wood. Kan., says be knows wb) fired
the shot that killed Mrs. Hudson, and
will make his name known at lbs prop
er time.
State Department May Try to Dissuade Berlin
Authorities From Undertaking This Cam
paign Chinese Are to Blame.
Doings of Importance at the State Capital
Bills Passed.
Passed the House:
House bill 47, fixing the compensa
tion of county commissioners, passed
the house Wfdnesday. Under the
hill passed the compensation of
county commissioners ia as follows:
"That each of the cominia'ioners
of the county court .in the sev
eral counties within this state shall re
ceive as compensation for each day
employed in the trausaotiou of county
business a per diem of $3, except in
the counties of Lake. Klamath, Jack-
sou, Yamhill, Gilliam, Coos, Curry and -Washington. Feb. 20. -The United
Douglas, where they shall receive $4 ! states government is facing a serious
per day, and in the counties of Union, ! crisis in China, owiug to the announce
Malheur, Grant, Umatilla, Marion ard ment of the purpose ot Field Marshal
Morrow, where they shall receive 95 Count von Waldersee to begin anoth
per day for every day employed in the ar offensive campaign. General Chaf
tranaaction of county business?" The fee baa been invited to join in the ex
hill exempts Multnomah county from ' pedition, which is to be mobilized on a
its operations. i larger scale than anything attempted
j in China since the allied army began
In the Senate. tne march to Pekin. The general se
The following bills we e passed by informed the war department today,
tut) senate Wednesday: - Honse bill smd the officials of the state depart
146, to punish destruction of boundary ment have been advised of the situa
marks on miniug claims; house bill tion.
1 1 1, to reimburse the Second Oregon j This German movement is viewed
volunteers to the amount of $13,000; with absolute dismay here, for it is
feared that it requires an immediate
decision bv the United States govern
ment of its whole line of policy toward
the Chinese question. General Chaffee
will be told that he is not to partici
pate in this campaign. He has been
keeDins the American forces in Pektn
veyances; boue bill 18. fixing the ever Doe the city was pacified, simply
time of court in the First judicial dis
trict; senate hill 189. relating to tiling
reports of state officers; bouse bill 103.
to prevent coercion and intimidation
of voters at elections by corporations,
etc; hoase bill 44. to appropriate
money for Oregon Historical Societv;
house bill 144, to protect dramatic
plays; senate bill 233, to provide for
nianuer of buildiuiE branch Hues of rail
roads: house bill 49, to fix tne saiar
ies of county judges; house bill 311.
increasing salary of county judge of
Malheur countv; house bill 313, to fix
salary of county judge of Baker county;
house bill 402. relating to levy of taxes:
215, to provide lor clerks of justice
courts in Multnomah -onnty; senate
hill ITS; to authorize a right of way
for the Siiiflaw & Eastern railroad:
honse bill 110, new game code; bouse
hill 5. to fix terms of circuit court in
the Second district; senate bill 210.
to p'obibit the sale of liquor within
cue mile of an operating mine; senate
hill 209, to prohibit saloons within 300
feet of public schools; senate bill 197,
to prevent the sale of goods in bulk to
defraud creditors.
A rebel garrison was captured on the !
Cavite coa-t.
Deorted Filipinos were lauded at
Guam, January 13.
Paul Armand Silvetrre, the French
poet and critic, is dead.
The national convention of bntter
makers is in session in St. Paul.
Conger has been instructed to protest
against the proposed expedition.
A saloon raid at Millwood, Kan., re
sulted in the killing of a woman.
London is enveloped in a dense fog
which has caused uiauv accideuta.
Employes of two Manila rompauies
have been arretted for aiding tLe rebels.
China eight
satUfuctorr
In the House.
The following were passed by the
bouse Wednesday: House hill 39, re
pealing act prohibiting driving of stock
on publio highways; bouse bill 19,
pioviding for the erection of telephone
poles on county roads; honte bill 294,
constituting Vancouver avenue a
county road; bouse bill 5, fixing the
rfr.,it 'loMips; mn-i in the Second
judicial diatriit; bouse bill 362. i
amendiug act regulating the sale of I
public lands: bouse hill 189. to repeal!
the law creating a separate hoard ol i
county commissioners for Moltnomah
county. The honse concurred in the
senate amendments to bouse bill 110,
tot the protection of game.
The Ballot for Senator.
The ballot Wednesday for TTnited
States senator was as follows: H. W.
l'rrett 34; I'.inger Hermann 87; R. D.
Inn an. 3K; George H. Williams. 2; A.
G. p.enut-trv 1.
as a legation guard, and the German
government ia fully aware that the
! United States government purposely
i deprived the American contingent in
China of its offensive military char
acter and withdrew it from the control
of General von Waldersee in order to
hasten peace negotiations and prevent,
'- so far as it com Id, the continuance of
military movements against the Chi
: nese. which were baueful in their
effect shod the rjeaci movement. So
our government, not having changed
; its policy, cannot do otherwise than lo
cause General Chaffee to refrain from
any participation in military move
ments so long as the present peaceful
conditions continue.
But another very serious point under
, consideration is. not whether Chaffee
shall join the German movement, but
j whether it is not the duty of our gov
ernment to exercUe all proper efforts
to dissuade the German government
from undertaking this campaign.
The Chinese" government ia unfortu
nately delaying the peace negotiations
in an exasperatin fashion, ami is not
responding in proper spirit to the effort
of the United States government.
Word has just come from Minister
Conger which confirms the press ad
vices relative to the Chinese declina
tion to accede to the demands of
ministers in the matter of capital pun
ishment of the leaders implicated in
the Boxer movement. Mr. Conger's
message
Officers Successfully Foiled a Mob of Rail
road Men in Topeka.
Topeka, Kan., Feb, 22. -The vigil
ance of the officers was all that saved
Slick" Slater from lynching hy an
infuriated mob tonight. He will yet
he lynched if he can be found. Slater
assaulted 17-year-old Lottie Gerbericlc
Monday evening, and was captured by
the Topeka olliuers the next day at
Carbondale. This afternoon It became
known that be was here, and immedi
ately the Santa Fe shopmen, of whom
Che assaulted girl's tether, George Ger
berick is one, decided that he should be
lynched. Tbev at once sent a commit
tee to watch the jail while they quiet
ly arranged the details of the expected
lynching.
By 6 o'clock there was an angry mob
of 1,000 around the jail, demanding
that the prisoner be delivered to them.
A brigade of sturdy boilermakers,
armed with heavy sledge hammers,
stood ready to make short work of the
jail in case the demands were not
granted. Sheriff Cook told the crowd
that the prisoner had been removed,
and offered t) let a committee search
the jail. Ten men, headed oy George
Gerherick, made a thorough search, but
Slater could not be found. Tbey re
turned and told the mob, but that did
not satisfy them, and twice they started
to break in the jail doors.
Eaily in the afternoon, the sheriff,
in anticipation of trouble, orderea a
deputy to get Slater out of town. He
was ordered not to leave him in Jack
son county nor to take him to Leaven
worth. The deputy drove to Hoyt with
Slater and entered a north bctnd Hock
Island trsin. It is thought that Slater
is now in jail in Atchison. The Santa
Fe shopmen are calmly determined to
lynch Slater when be is brought back
here tor trial. They have appointed a
large vigilance committee to be con
stantly on the outlook, and vow that
Slater will never leave Topeka alive.
The shopmen have past records in cases
ot this kind. They lynched John Oli
phaut 12 years ago for a like offense.
Aug the ra
Employes of Manila Companies
Under Arrest
THE EVIDENCE IS STRONG AGAINST THEM
Belgian Com.nl. Who was Also Suspected, Hasti
ly Left f jr Europe Rebel Garrison
Captured on Cavite Coast.
A FURIOUS BLIZZARD. -4
An Unusual Storm Raging in Northwestern
Pennsylvania.
Corry. Pa., Feb. 22. In the history
ot this region no storm ever reached
the fury of today's blizzard. . With
half a dozen feet of snow on country
roada and outlying districts, and Hatch
t eet buried under 12 feet of snow,
Corry caught about the worst part of
the Ftorm.
The Western New York and Penn
sylvania railroad accommodation
train, due here this evening, was stall
ed in a drift higher than the engine
stack, while rushing down a hage grade
sooth of this city. It was dog out
with difficulty and again started on its
precarious journey toward Buffalo. It
probably will not get through tonight.
This road is operating its traius with
three engines, and has three plows at
gave it to lie understood that ( WUrk on 90 mile of track. The worst
The foreign envoys gave
days in which to issue
edicts.
Minister Wo will speak in Cleve
land, O., on "Washington and Confucius."
Seven Indies of the 65 entombed
miners at L ulon, ts. 1. ., nave been
taken ont.
Infnenza is raging at Christhinia.
Henrik lsner, the Xoraeian poet, is'
ill of the malady. I
Steamship Almond Uran h collided j
with the Morrison street bridge, at '
Portland, Or., seriously damaging the i
structure.
Orders will be issued by General
Otis today directing the immediate en
listment of men for the new Tweuty
ninth infantry.
The opening session of the 10th con
tinental congress of the National So
ciety of the Daughters of ihe American
Revolution was held at iVashiugtou.
Sixty peach growers of Catawba
Island, Ohio, have formed a combina
tion to fight the San Jose scale. The
association will spray the trees with
crude oil.
It is believed Whitelaw Reid is to
be named envoy extisjhrdinary of the
United States at the coronation of King
Edward VII, which will probably taka
place in Juue.
All of the hiir silk thread nianu fac
toring concerns in the United States
are to be consolidated. The money is
to be furnisher! by the Coates Thread
Company. The capitalization will he
$1,000,000.
To Prevent Hoboing.
A hill to re vent persons beating
their wa on railroad trains was passed
by the house Mo- day. The bill was
introduced by Voorman. at the request
of railway employes and managers. It
is a copy of the law now in force in
Alabama, and ia designed to puts
stop to the tramp nuisance. The result
nf such laws in Alabama was shown hy
Mr. Poonnan to be far reaching in its
effect, pottiug a stop to car robbing.
The bill was passed, there being no
negative votes.
Passed by the Senate.
The senate passed the following bills
Monday: House bill 11, to authorize
clerks of school districts and county
judges to hid in property sold for taxes
and to direct the manner in which
such property may be disposed of; sen
ate bill 322. to regulate surety compan
ies; hy Seuutor Booth, fixing the salar
ies of the countv treasurers of the state;
senate bill 227, to authorize the capi
tol building commissioners to construct
a ditch in order to secure water for
the state institutions. '
exile frirc T-i- and I -au without
capital sentences; to recommend sui
cide to Prince Cowans; death for Yn
Hslen and Chao Chi Cbao; imprison
ment and degradation from office) for
Chi Haui and Hsu Cheng Yn. It is
said an edict has already been issued
to execute these sentences.
A visit from the Japanese minister
to the state department served to give
color to the story that onr covernment
is casting about to ascertain how far
the other powers party to the Chinese
question would indorse this proposed
camnaii-n. It is impossible to secure
exact information on the subject. The
whole subject, it is said, is to come he
fore the cabinet meeting tomorrow,
when the course to be pursued by the
United States government will be de
termined.
It is said unequivocally by competent
authoritv that the American military
foices under no circumstances will
participate with the Germans in tne
proposed expedition, and, attnougn n
cannot be learned that General Chaffee
has vet received instructions to that
effect, he undoubtedly will have tbrem
very shortly. The United. States gov
eminent stands steadfastly by the prin
ciples laid .down in Secretary Hay's
letter of July 3 last.
To Pay State Taxes Twice a Year.
Semite bill 223 was passed by the
senate Monday. It provides that state
taxes shall he payable hy the counties
in two semi-annual installments. This
change in the law is proposed in order
to harmonize with the new law which
makes taxes payable in the counties
semi-annually.
Teaves Shsniko at 6 P. M. every day. and arrives in Prineville at A. M
Leaves Prineville at 6 P. M. every day, and arrives in Shnniko in 12 hours.
Carries the U. 8. mail, passengers and express.
Connects at Prinrvil'e with stages for Eastern and Southern Oregon, Northern
I'alifornia and interior points. Also makes connection at Shaniko with trains
for Portland aud all Eas ern points.
'Good accommodations along the road. We have recently put on new thorough
race oaches, and now have the best equipped stage line 'in Eastern Oregon for
the accommodation of the traveling public.
All persons wishins passage must way-bill at officers l efore taking passage;
others will not be received. Express must be way-billed at the offices, or Stage
Company will not be responsible.
The Company will take no risk on money transmitted.
Particular attention given to delivering express matter at Prineville and all
Southern points in Oregon, and advance charge will be paid by the company.
STAGE OFFICE.
At Adamson &. Winnek Co., in Prinville,
The Senatorial Vote.
The vote for senator Monday stood:
II. W. Cnrbett. 82; Ringer Hermann.
28; R. D. Iniuan. 2fi; George H. Wil
liams. 1; C !'. S. Wood, 1; absent. 2.
drifts ate at Suramerdale, where tbey
reach a height of 20 feet in spots On
the Philadelphia & Erie, a snow plow
jumped the track at Jackson's, while
emleavoriug to force its way through
a big drift. Traffic was delayed sever
al hours. For the first time in many
years this road has been compelled to
use snow plow. The Eire is also
compelled to operate hastily impro
vised snow plows, something unheard
of on the main line west of Salamanca.
The Lake Shore & Nickel Plate are
running their trains, but many hours
behiud time.
LYNCHING IN ARKANSAS.
Manila, Feb. 21. Captain Jones, of
the Eighth infantry, has been arrested
at a town on -the bay province of La
gnna. Florenta Ortuna and.. Migul
Ponce de Leon, agents of the Tabaoa
leira Company, and William Webb,
Pedro Lorenz and Victoria Fceuta,
employed by the Philippine Trading
Company, on charges similar to those
broogbt against D. M. Carman, the
American contractor, namely, furnish
ing the insurgents jvith supplies. The
Tabacaleria Company, the richest cor
poration in the Philippines, is accused
of aiding the insurgent often end
actively. The men arrested are promi
nent and the evidence against them is
very strong.
M. Brixholterman, a Belgian, con
nected with the Philippine Trading
Company, has been arrested at Ma
nila, and M. Edward Andre, the Bel
gian consul here, and manager of the
Philippine Trading Company, hastily
left Manila with his family, on his
way to Europe on the steamer, Monte
vidio. Andre had previously been sus
pected. Other arrests are expected.
Colonel Schuyler, with 100 men ot
the Forty sixth regiment on the gun
boat Bosco, landed on the Cavite coast.
near Ternate, and, proceeding inland,
captured a small rebel garrison. Con
tinuing his march along a mountain
trail. Colonel Schuyler was attacked
by rebels cf Trias command. After
a sharp fight the enemy were beaten
and scattered. One American was
killed and one was wounded.
The United States transport Rose-
crans bas returned here Irom Guam,
after landing there the Filipino prison
ers who have been deported to that
place. The prisoners were landed
January 12. They occupy an excellent
prison site, four miles from Agana.
The prison is called tha Presidio. It
is situated on an ascent, and strict dis
cipline is maintained.
The officials of the branch of the
Hong Kong bank here, have announced
that Ross, the Englishman in their
employ, who wrote a letter published
in an Australian paper, criticisinz the
Philippine commission. American offi
cers and American policy in general,
has been ordered to proceed to Hong
Kong. The British community here
is well pleased that the man bas been
sent away.
General MacAt tour's reception at
Mslacan exceeds anything ir. the Span-!
isb reeime. The palace was beautiful
ly decorated and brilliantly illumi
nated. Thousands of persona attended
from army, navy, official, consular,
clerical, business and social circles.
American and foreign. The Filipino
population wai well represented.
General Barry was master of ceremon
ies. General MacArtbnr and the ladies
of the United States commission re
ceived the guests. Dancing followed
the reception. The Filipino were
especially pleased at being accorded a
privilege never before afforded them,
and General MacArthur's tact and
courtesy were greatly appreciated.
IN A VENEZUELA PRISON.
Collision at Sea.
London, Feb. 20. The Russian hark
Hoppet, Captain Lindhlom, which
sailed from Hull February 14 for Sa
pelo, bas been towed into Grimsby
with bows seriously damagel by col
lision on the night of February 15,
with the steamer Homer, from Lilian.
The Homer disappeared after the col
lision, and is believed to have found
ered, with the loss of 16 lives.
Mexican Mine Flooded,
rhosnix, Ariz., Feb. 20. Particu
lars have been received here of the
flooding of the Santa Rita mine, in tho
Bacatate mountains, 200 miles south of
Hennoeillo. Four miners were
drowned and their bodies b.ve been
recovered. The flood was caused by
the opening of a vein by a blast. The
main tunnel was flooded, and while
miners in the upper eud escaped, the
Negro Fiend Hanged by a Furious Mob Had
a Bad Reputation.
St. Louis. Feb. 22. A special from
Mena. Ark.. says: A mob of eight
determined men took Peter Berryman,
a desperate negro, out of the city jail
at 1 o'clock this morning and hanged
him to a tree. The crime of which
rKerry man was accused was an assault
on a 12-year-old girl, whose condition
is critical. The masked men met
Sight OHieei Jones and compelled bim
at the point of guns to band over the
keys and his revolver. Iwo ot them
were left to guard Jones, while the
others went to the jail and secured
the negro. About 3 o'clock tbey re
turned to where the officer was being
guarded, and gave bim bis keys and
gun. Then the men quietly disap
pea red without a word.
About two months ago this negro at
taoked.au engineer with an ax, neaily
killiuit him, and he bas been guilty of
numerous other offenses. Prompt ac
tion was taken by the authorities, but
no clew has been found as to who are
the members of the mob.
New Minister From Colombia.
Washington, Feb. 22. Dr. Carlos
Martines SilVella, the Colombian min
ister of foreign affairs, appeared at tse
state depai-tuieut today to arrange for
the presentation of bis credentials as
minister of Colombia to Washington.
1 The new minister comes here princi
' p-illy to advance the interests of Colom
i bia in connection with the Fanama
workers in the lower end were caged j canal, as opposed to the Nicaragua
roote, and the length ol his stay win
depend on the outcome of the canal
legislation.
like rats in a trap. Miners outside
made desperate efforts to rescne their
fellows, but without avail.
Oregon Notes.
The recorder and clerk of Washing
ton county collected $211.80 in fees
The Taft commission code requires
voters in the Philippines to own real
estate worth 600 pesos.
Ashea Waba, an aotress. who attend- j n,out"
ed the matinee at the Crescent the- ! The Robins saw mill, six miles
ster, in New Orleana, was fined $15 of Union has been leased by a
for refusing to remove her hat, in vio- S from the East.
east
man
lation of the high hat law. j
The choir of the Messiah Episcopal ,
church in New York went on a strike
because the minister accused them ol
flirting.
According to the latest municipal
flgnres New York city is growing in
populition at the rate of 90,000 a year.
Register Howe, of Brooklyn, will
give bis surplus fees, $50.0000 for an
equestrian statue ot Washington for
Brooklyn.
Indians occupying reservations in
New York state look with anything but
favor on the proposal to make them
full citizens of the republic
The will of Marous Daly leaves one
third of the estate valued at $20,000,
00 to his widow, the remainder to be
divided among funr children.
It is announced from Hariisburs
that David Busey has sold his farm ou
Lake Creek to Mr. Bushee, from Wash
ington. . The consideration is said to
have been $7,000.
Work will soon commence on the
new brewery at Baker City.
The Penland Land & Livestock Com
pany has completed the construction of
a private telephone line between its
ranches, eight miles southeast of Hep
puer and the city. Most 'of the dis
tance a barbed wire fence is used.
Major L. D. Forrest has received
from the Corvallis and Salem mills
contracts for 4,000.000 feet of loga to
be delivered at the mcuth of the Mo
Kenzie river the latter part of June.
Several camps will be started up by
the contractor at once.
Feb. 20.
marched
Strikers Riot in France.
Chalons Sur Soane, France.
Striking metal workers
through the town today, compelling
other factories to close, forcing open
the doors anil bringing out workmen,
nntil the strikers numbered about 800
men. The gendarmes and troops were
summoned and the rioters were dis
persed with fixed bayonets, after the
reading of the usnal proclamation.
Fifty arrests wree made. Nobody was
seriously injured.
Four Fireman Killed.
New Haven. Conn.. Feb. 20.-
Fonr
men were killed ami one larany lujuren
in a fire that destroyed an unoccupied
factory on Westchester avenue this
morning. The fire was discovered at
1:30, and, as the building is situated
over a mile from the center of the city,
had gained considerable headway be
fore the department reached the scene.
Before the men had been at work five
minutes the fiont wall fell, burying a
number of them in the ruins. The
fire loss is not known. The flames
ware confined to the one building.
Rumor of a Chinese Loan.
New York, Feb. 23. There has been
, some talk in Wall street of an attempt
of the Chinese government to float a
' loau iu this country of $300,000,000,
to meet the expenses of the Boxer up-
rising, and to pav indemnities, eto
It is said that Minister Wu has ap-
proached a number of hankers, and has
' suggested that it would be possible for
the government to guarantee the loan
by an increase of the customs above the
point upon which England has a lien.
Belter for Investors.
Willemstad, Island of Curapcoa,
Feb. 23. Advices received here from
Caracas, Venezuela, say that a conven
tion will assemble there today to form a
new constitution for Venezuela, it is
reported thst the president's term of
office will be extended from two years
to seven, aud it is believed General
Castro will remain president as long as
he can lawfully do so. European in
vestors, therefore, are planning large
operations. A German syndicate will
operate the Podernales asphalt mine,
as rivals to the iniues controlled by the
so-called trusts.
Asbury Park. N. J., Man in Jail Incommunicado I
for Term of Five Months.
New York. Feb. 21. H. C. Bullia, t
of Ashbury Park, N. J., after having
endured imprisonment for more than
five months in Maracaibo, Venezuela,
bas returned borne to press a claim for .
$30,000 damages through the United .
states government against the South
American republic.
Mr. Bullis was appointed mechani
cal and electrical engineer of the Mara- y..
cail-o Electric Light Company two
years ago. In a political uprising tie
was compelled to climb a telegraph
pole and seek protection under an
American Aug. wbich he tied to the
pole. '
The police last Anugst found a qnan- .
tity of ammunition in the electric plant
with which Mr. Bullis was connected,"'
and he was arrested, charged, as be
supposed, with being in league with the .
revolutionists. He declared his inno
cence, but repeated appeals . to the
American consul were uubeeded. . The - -authorities,
believing he had no friends,
caused bis removal to a military prisou, ,
where he was kept five months incom
municado. Mr. Bullis -smuggled a let
ter to the American minister and in 24
hours afterwards the Venezuelanu gov-
eminent complied with a peremptory
demand for his release. '.
Contract for Yukon Boat '
Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 31. James -Reese
& Sons have just taken a con
tract to build for the Canadian Devel
opment Company a $100,000 tow and
passenger craft to ply on the Ynkon
river. The purchasing company is a -Chicago
interest, of wbioh W. H. Ison .
is one of the ohief executives.
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Girl's Battle With a Negro. . . ,
Kansas, City, Feb. 21. While kneel .
ing at her father's grave at Kim wood '
cemetery today, Dora Dezell, 19 years
old, was assaulted by a negro. She
fought her assailant desperately,' the
two struggling for nearly half an hour.
The negto was finally frightened away
by the appioach of a white man.:
When the man reached Miss Dezell
she was in a dead faint. Tonight she
is in a serious condition. The negro
escaped.
Tilley Will Return.' -
Washington, Feb. 21. Tho regular:
trem of the service of Commander lien. -jaimn
F. Tilley, the commandant of
the naval station at lutuilla, Samoa,
will soon expire, and he will come .
home on leave of absence. It is proba
ble that the navy department, how
ever, will give him an additional as
signment to the command of the sta
tion, as he is willing to return there,
and his administration of affairs' has
given much satisfaction to the native
of the island under his charge.