. f r'-: r:...j : Clty Library OREGON COURIER OREGON CITY. CLACKAMAS COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2. 1891. NO. 26. VOL. XII. Domestic Hapolness Is to no hiiiiII extent centered in llio kilrlicn. Muku tlie suirce nf tlio looil f iil'l'' v what it oiiulit to bo, ami tlio (IdiiichIIu kles are (iir less apt to lio cloudy. In fuel yon can't bring your your kitchen up to llie htiilaril without looking over our Muck of ranges ami conking iiIciiMIh. Our stoves are tlio Kmt-kii ol the housekeepers, as tlii'jr oro iiiiiipiiilli'il (or linking ami other pur poses. Pots, keltic ami pans count! lulu the weapons of cookery, ami tlio InipIwni'iilH of cookery, llko tiiono of wnr, rlioulil lio tlio dent lliat can le obtained. Evtry articlo in our Mock la A 1 Hiiro, ii b oiir putrona well know, wlin ulfo agree thai wo urn very fair ami reiiwuiiililo in tlio prices we charge. THE EARTHQUAKE Its Di'stnictivcnesS Greater Than First lieported. WHOLE CITIES IN TOTAL RUIN lu One Province Alone Two Thou.and Are Dead anil Fully Twenty Thou sand lloineleae-Tlie Capital of the I'ro.tnee of I. a Hloja De.troyed, BuKSOsAYitKS,Octoler30. Theearth quake which was folt throughout the Argentine Republic yeHterchiy was most severe in the provinces of (fan Juan do la Frontcra and Rio Janeiro. Many churches, theaters and private houses were destroyed. Twenty poreona are known to have perluheJ. The inhabit antH are in a state of panic, fearing a repetition of the shocks. The govern ment id sending aid to those who have list their homes, and everything possible will be done to alleviate their suffering. Though the shock was felt in other parts of the country, it was less severe than In the two provinces above named. A correspondent at La Rioja, capital of tho province of the same name, tele graphs that the city has been ruined by i lust night's earthquake. The churches ami schools and public edifices are all thrown down. The people are camping out in the neighborhood. Lomparauvei; few were killed, for there was a genera rin-h into the open country. The first shock came lit 4 :30. At times the shocks lusted twenty seconds. The scene was a horrible one, women shrieking and faint ing on every hand when the walls came crushing down. Two sisters of mercy were killed and many more are now en tombed in the ruins. The Governor fears that the killed and wounded throughout the province must number at leant 2,1)00, as many of the outlaying ton us also suffered. From San Juan come reports that the shocks continued during the night, but were slight in character. Not a house in the town is without damaire. ' Couriers continue to arrive here with news of the damage wrought in the va rious departments and towns. The vil- luge of Del Abordon has been completely swallowed up in the huge gaps which opened in the ground. The national government is sending special trains with food, tents and every kind of assistance as well as laborers to clear away the wreckage. La Prenzsa has opened a public subscription list and the town of La Kioja has contributed 10,000 milreis. It is estimated that at least 20,000 people are homeless. South of Buenos Ayres only a slight shock was felt. The wave appears to liavo passed away to seaward near llie mouth of La Plata river. La Rioja, the town which has been destroyed by the great earthquake, is the capital of the province of La Kioja in the northwest of Argentina. It con tains about 4,500 inhabitants. The pro vince is rich in minerals, and manu factures wines and brandy, but its situ ation inland is an obstacle to the devel opment of its resources. liltldHT OUTLOOK. Hawaiian Sugar Crop of Next Tear Will He a Bticcc... San Francisco, October 30. The out look for the Hawaiian sugar crop of 1S95 is very flattering. For years this indus try has been in a depressed condition. This has been due in part to successive seasons of drought. The dry seasons have taught the sugar growers a lesson. Most of them no longer depend on the elements alone for their water. Im mense reservoirs for the storage of water have been built in the mountains, where the rainfall is always very heavy. From these reservoirs the water is conducted to the plantations across hills and sandy places by means of wooden or iron aque ducts, in some cases as far as forty miles. For one the Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company has expended nearly $150,000 in the development of its water supply this year and now has over seventy miles of ditches. Ihe sugar crop of 18114, which will begin to come into the market very soon, is estimated at 150,000 tons. Held for the Full Amount. New York, October 27. Fred N. Pauly, receiver of the California National Bank at San Diego, Col., secured a ver dict for $28,104 to-day before Judge Wal lace and a jury in the United States Cir cuit Court against the American Surety Company. The receiver sued for $25,000 and "interest from 1891, and the verdict was for the full amount asked for. The American Surety Company gave $25,000 bond for the President of the bank, John v. Collins, who was largely to blame for tho failure of the bank in 1891. The de fense was that the company was not liable under the bond, the limit of time mentioned in the bond having expired before the failure. A verdict of $15,000 was recently obtained against the com pany for the bond of Cashier George N. O'Brien of the tame bank. III. Property Seized and Bold. London, October 30. The Shanghai correspondent of the Central News says all the Soo Chow property belonging to fc'heng, the Taotai of Tien Tsin, has been seized and sold by the government in olK'dience to orders from Peking. Sheng is the olti' ial who horgiit German rifles for W)0,i M) taels and sold them to the government for 3,000,000. When the lraud was discovered Li Hung Chang slapped his fare. The seizure of his properly followed quickly upon the de nunciation of the Board of Censors. Fraudulent Chlneae Certificate.. Washington, October 30. Commis sioner Miller scouts the idea that there ha been a wholesale issue of fraudulent Chinese certificates on the Pacific Coast as lepresenteil by Special Agent of the Treasnry Hurley. He has forwarded Mr. Hurley's report to Internal Ke venae Collector Wellborn of San Francisco for examination and report. BELLOMY L BUSCH, Oregon City, Or. MEXICO AND GUATEMALA. Nothing More Than a Vexatious Ilouud- nry Dl.pute lleiweeii Tlieiu. Washington, Octobo'r 80. SenorLazo Arriga, the Guatemalan Minister, to-day made a statement in regard to the po litical difficulties between his -country and Mexico. He said: " With the object of ending the old and vexatious boundary question the prelim inary basis for a definite treaty was agreed upon and signed in New York city August 12, 1882, and the formal treaty was subscribed to the 27th of September of the same year. In the preliminary treaty It was agreed among other points that in the demarkation of the boundary line the actual possession should be generally considered a base, but that both governments by agree ment could change the rule by making mutual compensations, so that until the boundary line is marked each of the con tracting parties should respect the party in actual possession; and that in the event that said parties should not agree about the total or partial designation of the line the difficulties that would arise should be settled by arbitration of the President of the United States of Amer ica. "The definite treaty provides that a parallel beginning near Ixbul shall run east to the Usumacinta river, if this river were to be reached in that direction, or the Chixoy river, if the former were not in the way of said parallel. This par allel did not reach the Usumacinta, this river being north of it, and according to the treaty said parallel should have stopped at the Chixoy river, but the Mexican engineers endeavored to pro long it to the Cancuen river under the groundless assertion mat tins is me us umacinta river, thus giving to Mexico over 1,000 square miles of the Guate malan territory. The government of Guatemala made a very strong protest thereon, and the Mexican government accepted its views on this point, although under the condition that no other simi lar questions should arise. There were no other difficulties in fact, except very small differences in tho work of engi neers, and this they think can be ar ranged by themselves. In the mean time each of the governments has pre served, according to the treaty, the do minion of the respective territories that will be annexed by the other upon the final demarkation of the boundary line, and the authorities of the two countries have granted concessions to cut mahog any In said territories. " From an immemorial time Guate mala has been in possession, whenever questioned before by Mexico, of a large portion of the land located on the west sides of the Chixoy and Usumacinta rivers, and upon this territory being in vaded recently by Mexicans the Guate malan authorities were obliged to expel them and to protest against the inva sion, asking at the same time for an ex planation, out, me Mexican government now asserts that said territory belongs to Mexico, evidently being misinformed bv its engineers. The government of Guatamala had not then nor has it at present any armed force outside of its own territory." Benor flrriga oeneveo inai ao euuii m the Mexican government is informed of the real facts it will change its attitude toward Guatemala, and also believes that a war between the two nations is a very improbable contingency, not only because the present difficulties are not of great importance, but chietly because tho treaty provides mat an questions incident to the demarkation of the boundary line shall be settled, as above stated, by the civilised means of arbi tration. Should the actual difficulties, he added, reach this point, the Presi dent of the United States will be invited to act as arbitrator. HOTEL FIItK AT SEATTLE. Sixteen Dead and Several Wounded In the Weit Street Hotel Fire. Seattle, October 28. Sixteen dead, several injured and the loss of $17,725 worth of property are the results of the terrible fire in the West Street Hotel, corner of West and Columbia streets, Saturday morning. The fire was extin guished at 1 :30 o'clock, and by 9 o'clock sixteen bodies had oeen taken out oi me ruins. LIST OF THE PEAD. Mrs. Otterson of California, aged 00 ; Andy Otterson, her son, aged 16; Mrs. Uullman ol t alls uity wile oi a lar- mer; Airs. J. M. nancneioi Jtoue, iowa, daughter of Mrs. Huffman, three child ren of Mrs. Hancher, girl aged 6, boy aged 4. and girl aged 2 years; John F. Anderson, aged 28; F. Bailman, Angus McDonald, O. Wilson, M. McSorley, C. Grahantond three unknown men. The injured at the hospital are: D. B. Glass, back broken and head cut, both ankles broken, may die; Ed Have lin, head cut badly, back hurt; C. B. Johnson, hands burned. The identification of some of the bodies will not be complete for several days, and in some cases probably never. OBIOIN OF Till PIBK. How the fire started is best told by Spencer F. Butler, son of the proprietor, who is night clerk: "About 1 o'clock this morning," said he, " I went to the kitchen, which is at the head of the stairs, to get my luncheon. I lighted a coaloil lamp, and then I heard a noise downstairs and went to see what was the matter. Then I heard the explosion up stairs, and when I ran up stairs the kitchen was all ablaze. The lamp had exploded, and the table, floor and walls were on fire. I tried to put out the fire, but could not do so." STORY OF THE HOLOCAUST. Butler raised the cry of fire, which aroused the guests with whom the hotel was crowded, and the rush for life fol lowed. It was not any too soon, for the flames were fiercely rushing through the long, narrow halls. The flames broke out so suddenly and so fiercely that the occupants were taken by surprise, and there was a wild panic, men and women jumping from the windows in all man ner of attire. The iron sides of the building prevented the escape of the flames and made it a sheet-iron furnace, in which the bodies of the suffocated gnests were litterally charred to cinders, many of them beyond identification. Thl. Paid Doty. San Fbancisco, October 27. The Phi.. hirr arrii-Ml from Honir Kong via Yokohama, had in ber cargo 548 rases of opiom, the largest quantity that has arrived on one steamer. The duty on it at the reduced rata amounts to 138,096. ' THE CHANCELLOR Emperor William Accepts the Resignation of Caprivi. B. EULENBURG ALSO RESIGNS Decided Difference Hegardlng Ihe Treat ment of Soclall.ui Wrought About tho Crl.le Immediate Cue or the Chan cellor's Ite.lguatlon Mot Clear, Beblin, October 29. The report that Chancellor von Caprivi has handed his resignation to the Emperor and that it has been accepted is confirmed. Count Eulenburg, President of the Ministerial Council, has also resigned. Dr. Miquel, the Prussian Finance Minister, it is ru mored, has been appointed President of the Council, and Prince von Ilohenlohe Schillingsfurst, Governor of Alsace-Lorraine, has been offered the Chancellor ship. Before offering the Chancellor ship to Prince Ilohenlohe the Emperor consulted with the envoys from Bavaria, Wurtemburg, Saxony and Baden. It is reported that Prince Ilohenlohe declined it, ; I.!- - fPI. Hie omce, owing to me ago. a un em peror has summoned General Count Waldersee, the political soldier, who was conspicuous in the final intrigues against iJisuiarcK. iue general mierence is uiai be intends to make him Cuprivi's suc cessor. Should Waldersee become Chan cellor, the office of Prussian Premier probably would be given him shortly after, and thus the division of the two posts, which was effected at the time of the school bill crisis, would be ended. There is a rumor that Geneial liroueart von Scnellendorf ia a candidate for the Prussian Premiership and the Chancel lorship. Either of these Generals would be acceptable to the Conservatives, who have become totally estranged from the government under the Caprivi regime. The immediate cause of Chancellor von Caprivi's resignation is not entirely clear. It is known, however, that the differences between him and Count Bo- tho Eulenburg had grown too sharp to be iimored or compromised. Caprivi at first was thoroughly opposed to severe steps against the Social Democrats and the anarchists, while Eulenburg lavored extreme measures. Under pressure from the Emperor the Chancellor 18 said to li.v. vml.laH .vral nninta dnrinu tha week, but hiB master only led him into tralia.Coolgardie. Whilethesteainerwna trouble with the Federal Ministers, in in Sydney harlior over 1,000 miners ar whose Council he presided. Several rived from the New Zealand gold fields Ministers opposed hiB proposal that the en route for the eldorado. Some of the Reichstag amend tho penal code so as to finds reported are enormous, and in one deal more severely with the Socialists. The individual States, they said, should be loft to legislate within their own bor ders for the suppression of Social Democ racy and anarchy. The Chancellor was equally embarrassed when the question of financial reforms were broached. The envoys made several demands for changes in the financial relations of the States to the Empire, but the Chancellor was manifestly out of sympathy with all of them. Caprivi is believed to have been crushed between the Emperor and the Federal envoys, not going far enough to suit the former and going too iar to buii me tat ter. The difficulties of his position were increased, moreover, by the intrigues of Miquel and Eulenburg, who for more than a year have spared no ettort to dis credit his politics and diminish his in fluence with the crown. One of the Chancellor's last acts before offering his resignation was to notify the Keichs Bank that the decree prohibiting ad vances on Prussian stocks had been can celled as no longer necessary on either economic or political grounds. The Em peror had arranged to leave Potsdam to day to hunt in the neighborhood of Blankenburg, but he gave up tho trip in view of the disruption of his Cabinet. The Cologne Gazette says that the Chancellor tendered his resignation to Emperor William Tuesday, but that it was onlv accepted at an audience given by his Majesty to Caprivi to-day. The Emperor endeavored to induce Caprivi to withdraw his resignation, but the Chancellor was obdurate and refused to do so. William is credited with holding the opinion that the separation of the Cbancellorshipand the Russian Premier ship has been a failure, and that it is imperative to reunite them. Among the many reports as to the cause of the crisis is one that Caprivi displeased the Em peror by expressing disapproval of his Majesty's speech at tho recent presenta tion of colors to 132 regiments. The Emperor at that time hinted that the half battalions would soon be made full ones. The Chancellor not only disap proved of this speech, but also opposed the publication of it in the Keichs An zeiger. It is due to his opposition that the speech has not yet appeared in of ficial lorm. RETALIATION BEGUN. Importation of Fre.h American Beef and Cattle Prohibited by Germany. Washington, October 28. The Ger man Ambassador yesterday formally no tified the Secretary of State that in con sequence of the introduction of Texas fever by means of two shipments from New York the importation of fresh beef and cattle from the United States to Germany will shortly be prohibited. The Department of State officials declined to comment on the matter. It is thought, however, that this marks the commence ment of a policy of commercial retalia tion against the United States on ac count of discrimination against German beet sugar in the new tariff law, as it seemed that no cattle affected with Texas fever or any similar complaint could hav? been shipped from New York as claimed by the German officials. No re ports have been received which indicate that this disease or any other could have recently been exported from the United States. No complaints have been re ceived from other countries. The De partment of Agriculture will be called upon to investigate the complaint made by Germany, and Secretary Gresham, it is expected, will send a protest against Germany's action to that government through the American Ambassador at Berlin. Rights of a Grand Lodge. Lndianafolis, October 29. Judge Brown sustained the Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias, in its suit vs. Koer ner Lodge for property. Koerner Lodge saed because the supreme Lodge ruled out the German ritual. It surrendered its charter, but held its property. The ruling is in favor of the Grand Lodge. The case is a test, and is regarded as important in that it will be followed by other suits throughout the United States. An appeal will be taken. Soclallam in Italy. P.ome, October 27. In the last few days a number of societies ol eocialist workers" have been suppressed through- out Ualv and a qnanuty of domenti . seized. Daring tbe raids on meeting . places of Socialists in erona five mer i were rrel,ea ,or l M Caeaano, the murderer of Caroot. WHISKY TltUHT. Ho. ton la to Foa.e.e the Concern. Itlval Hei Nkw Youk, October 29. Papers were filed In the Secretary of State's office at Trenton, N. J., which indicate a forma' tion of a now Whisky Trust. The papers comprise the articles of incorporation of a spirit company with a paid-up capital of $0,000,000, the total ttul ionised capi tal being limited bv the charter to $50 000,000. The principal offices and place of business of the company outside the State of New Jersey will be in Boston, but it will carry on business in various other States and Territories ol the United States. The oblects for which the com pany is formed are stated in the articlo to be: "To make, sell, buy and deal in spirits ami uquoroi an Kinos anu norm, and to buy. sell and deal in any and all material l om which spirits of any kind may be made, and all material necessary and incidental to the business of dis tilling, and in general to curry on the business of distillers in all its branches and any business incidental thereto; to Durcbase. refine, sell, deal in and maim facture molasses and sugars of all kinds, and all products of the sugar cane, In eluding the acquisition by purchase manufacture or otherwise of all mate' rials, supplies, machinery and all other articles necessary or convenient for use in connection with and carrying on the business herein described." The $5,000,000 capital stock of the company is divided into 50,000 shares, Of that stock $500,000 is divided into 5.000 shares, and is to be first preferred stock and be known as "guaranteed Btock," and $2,000,000 is to be divided into 20,000 shares, which shall be second preferred stock and be called " preferred stock," and the balance is to be divided into 25,000 shares, to be called "general" or "common" stock. The guaranteed and the preferred stocks are to receive 8 yer cent per annum, cumulative after anuary 1, 1895. Provision is made for retiring guaranteed stock at 110. The company is to commence business to day. The organizers and incorporators are Robert H. Dillingham of bast Or ange, N. J., and David M. Kipley and Edward G. Maturin ol tills city. DAYS OF '49 AGAIN. Great Excitement Over the New Aus tralian Gold Field. San Francisco, October 29. The steamer Alameda, which arrived to-day, brought only three passengers from Aus tralia. Tliia urnfi nwino lnrffelv to the lact uiai nearly every ouuy was uu uio If . . i i i i 1 . 1. rush to the gold fields of Western Aus- I instance four cuts of rocks yielded 555 ounces of gold. The Londonderry mine, one of the first discovered, was sold to an English syndicate just before the steamer sailed for $1,250,000. One of the passengers from Sydney was James Mc Cormick, a miner. He stopped off at Honolu.u, but told the other passengers that the new gold field was every bit as rich as as it was made out to be, and that it would rival the days of '49 in Califor nia. According to him the lack of water was the great drawback. When he was at Coolgardft) a quart of the-precions- Uuid cost ou cents, a pound oi ineatuu cents and 100 pounds offlour $25. The majority of the miners were doing well, but the suffering, owing to the scarcity of water, was very great. Just before the Alameda sailed a camel-load of ore. nearly all gold, was brought into Sydney from tho Wealth of Nations mine. Its arrival caused great excitement. HOW THE CHINESE COME. Government Officials Thought to be In Collusion With Fraud. San Francisco, October 29. M. B. Hurley, Bpecial government agent at Chicago, has been on the Pacific Coast for months investigating the Chinese certificate frauds. He is now in Los An geles. Investigations in Washington, Oregon and California have revealed the fact that thousands of fraudulent regis tration certificates are afloat. It is esti mated that there are fully 4,000 of these bogus certificates in this State. They have all been used, but those not used are for sale by Chinese and white agents. Information In Hurley's possession will firobably lead to several arrests. Fraud ias not only been perpetrated by the printing of fraudulent certificates, but there have been many forgeries and sub stitutions of names and pictures. The common characteristics of the Chinese makes it easy to substitute the photo graph of one man for another. In cases where the registered Chinese have died or gone to China this deception has been frequently practiced. There is little doubt that men in the government serv ice have been in collusion with the vend ers of these fraudulent certificates, and it is intimated that there will be arreslB of several officers who have been recreant to the government's trust. She Protected Her Home Pebry, 0. T., October 29. A terrible duel was fought between Miss Agnes Jones, a young lady about 21 years of ag?, and Sam Bartell, 35 years old, on a homestead twenty miles north of here veBterday. Miss Jones obtained the homestead when the Cherokee stretch was opened in September, 1893, and had built a neat home. Two months ago she went to visit her parents in Kansas, and Sum Bartell jumped the claim and moved bis effects into Miss Jones' house. Miss Jones returned yesterday, and found her home occupied. She gave orders for it to be vacated at once, which Bartell refused to do, andhe pulled a revolver from under her apron and opened fire on liarteil. Kartell returned tne tire, but missed the woman. Three of her shots took effect in Bartell'a body, from the effects of which he will die. The Crul.er Olympla. San Francisco, October 29. The prog ress made on the 5,800-ton crniser Olyin pia during the past two weeks has been very great, and three weeks more will witness her delivery t the United States naval authorities all ready to assume a position among the crack ships of the white navy. Her armament will all be put in before she leaves the works. All of it has been received but five of the five-inch guns and two of the eight-inch guns. These are supposed to be on the way. The crew of the Olympia will prob ably be fnpplied from several of the ves sels now laid np at Mare Island, but mostly from Eastern enlistments. All told, the cruiser will require opward of 450 men. The Price of Coal Advanced. New York, October 27. The regular monthly meeting of tbe anthracite coal operators was held here to-day. Those who attended were unanimous in ex pressing satisfaction with the nature of ; after him, caught up to the bnggy and the business transacted. Said one oper-1 placed the man under arrest. Tbe rob ator: "The Wet will nd a lot of coal j ber pulled his revolver, but the police this season, and it will have to secure tbe ! man caught the barrel and, ansiatance commodity before winter closes naviga-' arriving, wrenched it from him and tioB l on ,he Bre,t lakes. Jtwas agreed . tnj, that nrio imMiui on .,. ' on all nular grades of coal and 15 cents , ; on broken coal. Production was not re- Igtrictad." STILL! VICTORIOUS I Japanese Continue to Keep the Chinese on the Itun. ARE MARCHING ON LISHI YEN Main Attack Upon the Chlneae Po.ltlon Is Expected to Take Place To-morrow The Chlneae Fled to Batterlea Cou atruoted Farther Down the ltlver. London, October 27. A dispatch from Tokio, dated to-day, states that Field Marshal Count Yamagata has tele graphed to the war office that a detach ment of 1,000 Japanese Infantry crossed the Yalu river Wednesday morning and attacked the enemy. The Chinese force consisted ot 600 cavalry and 100 infantry with two guns. The enemy fled. The Japanese captured a Chinese fort, two guns and many rifles. The Chinese loss was twenty killed and wounded. The Japanese sustained no loss. The Japan ese advance columns are marching on Lishi Yen., A dispatch, dated Wiju. October 24, 'apparently delayed In trans mission, was received, giving details of the above fight. It says that the Jap anese were forded over the Yalu river at Snachikin at daybreak. Chinese earth works had been thrown up to oppose the lauding of the Japanese forces, but the slight deviation enabled the Japanese force to cross, and it lauded without op position. The Chinese fled after the first few rounds wore fired at them. The Japanese captured the works with a rush. The Chinese fled to batteries that had been constructed farther down the river, throwing away their arms in their flight. They were found to be antiquated muskets. A detachment holds the Snachikin fort to guard the passage of the Japanese main body, the advance of which was commenced at dawn Thursday. The Japanese engi neers have pontoons thrown across the river in readiness for the army to pass over. Toe Ulnnese are still In lorce in the batteries opposite Wiju. Their strength has not materially increased during the past week. The main attack upon the uunese position will not occur before to-morrow. POBT ABTHl'B EVACUATED. Shanghai, October 27. It is reported here that the Chinese have evacuated Port Arthur. A report is also current that the Japanese have effected a land- ng at Talien Wau bay, on the uorean lide of Kwang Tung Peninsula, not far from Port Arthur. REPORT NOT CONFIRMED. London. October 27. The Japanese legation has no confirmation of the re port that the Japanese army under Field Marshal Count Ovama has landed near Port Arthur, but the report is credited nevertheless. The officials of the lega tion regard it as certain that the expexli tion of Oyftma was sent to attack Fort Arthur or vyei mi wei, or pout. AN 0rlCIAt'8EPtJBTT Shanghai, October 27. An official telegram reports that a battle took place Wednesday oetween the Chinese ana Japanese on the Chinese side of the vaiu. me ngnting was proceeding wnen the message was dispatched. FIOUTINO AT kdilenstr. Yokahama, October 27. Later ad' vices from the front show that the Jap anese army crossed the Yalu river Wednesday without further opposition and advanced to the attack of the Chi nese at Kuilenste, north of Wiju. The battle is now proceeding, the main body of the Japanese army being engaged. REPORTS CONFLICT. Each Side's Claim. Nece.aarlly Cauae Such to be the Caae. Yokohama, October 27. It is reas serted that the army corp. under Field Marshal Count Oyama, formerly Min ister of War, has effected a landing at Seikiosso near Port Arthur. It is also again asserted that the Japanese army under Field Marshal Yamagata has suc cessfully crossed the Yalu river and en tered Manchuria. It was announced September 20 that Field Marshal Count Oyama sailed from Hiroshima with the second Japanese squadron. Since then it has been repeatedly asserted that the Japanese had effected a landing near Port Arthur, and it has been stated a report was current that this important place had been captured by the Japan ese. On the other hand, the Japanese have several times been reported as hav ing crossed the Yalu river, and also as having been repulsed. For instance Oc tober U a Shanghai dispatch stated that Field Marshal Oyama had crossed the Yalu river, and the last time he was re ported repulsed was October 23, when it was asserted that both sides lost 3.000 men in an engagement, which resulted in the Japanese heingdriven southward. If the Japanese have been so uniformly successful in their operations against the Chinese, it is difficult to understand how they have so many of their soldiers wounded and already sent to the rear. A dispatch from Chemulpo, October 22, announced that 1,800 wounded Japanese had arrived there. It is asserted there was a large number of Japanese wounded at Seoul, and it is stated 2,100 wounded Japanese soldiers had already been sent back to that country, supposing a large number to mean another 2,000, this would show that the whereabouts of alxnt 6,000 wounded are already known at Chemulpo, and it is safe to assume this number does not Include those en gaged in the recent fights said to have occurred about the Yalu river. SORRY BE DIDN'T MURDER. Deaperate Crime Which Netted Sixty Cents and Arre.t. Sacramento, October 27. At noon to day, while E. L. Hawk, a real estate agent, was in his office, a young man hurriedly entered and, presenting a pis tol at his head, ordered him to open his safe. Hawk parleyed with the fellow, telling him there was not a cent in it The robber said : " Well, produce what yon have in your pockets and do it quick." Hawk produced 60 cents, and threw it on the counter. The robber picked it up, and backed ont of the office. He walked down Fourth street to J, followed by Hawk, and at the corner of Third street, seeing a policeman, he jumped into a buggy standing at the sidewalk land drove away. Ihe policeman ran i . - - handcutled him. lie was taken to the n n i,.., t,. ... ik . 1 Frank Jones. At tbe station be said be was a fool not to have killed the police- iman. ' PACIFIC CABLE. Dl.oua.lon of llrltl.h Prujeota by a Sen rranol.oo Paper. San Francisco, October 28. The Bul letin this evening says: For some time post British and Canadian contractor! have been figuring on plans for a cable from Vancouver to Australia via Hawaii. The cost of this cable Is estimated In round numbers at $10,000,000. One of the leading promoters of this cable en terprise is Stanford Fleming. He advo cates government ownership, believing better service will be secured thereby. He ia responsible for most of the esti mates that have been made. Whether the British government is to own the Pacific cable or it is to be in the hands of a chartered company, it ia certain that the government ia behind the enterprise. The news by the last steamer from Ha waii ia that the British commission, represented by Fleming, wants the lease of Nockar IhIuikI, a small island about 600 miles from Hawaii, and also wants a subsidy of $36,000 a year from the Ha waiian government for fifteen years. What the British government really wants is a cession of this island. A short time ago it waa literally "No man's land." The Hawaiian government took possession of it and claimed it by right of occupation. It did not want British occupation of an island so near to Ha waii. The present Hawaiian govern ment has had a great deal of trouble by reason of British antagonism In the isl ands. It does not want any further in terference. Next to an American cable between this port and Honolulu Hawaiian! might appreciate a cable between Van couver and Australian ports with a mid way station at Hawaii. They will never grant outright a foot of land for such a purpose. They will do nothing to dis turb the relations of the Republic to the United States. It is not probable that there would be any formidable obstacle in the way of landing a marine cable, say at Honolulu. Private individuals could make the necessary leases of land, and the Hawaiian government would prob- aoiy grant an needlul protection. 11 all that is really wanted is a safe and con venient place to land a marine cable on Hawaiian son. there would lie no need of the cession of any territory. The ca ble proposed would be a good thing lor the promoters. That good thing can be secured without concession of a toot of territory to any foreign power. WITHOUT A PARALLEL. The Bed Flight of a Young Immigrant German Girl. Chicago, October 28. For nearly a month a German girl, who left the city of her birth totome to Chicago, has been detained by the immigration officials at Kllis Island, New York, and a petition is being prepared for presentation to Secretary Carlisle, asking that the girl be permitted to land. The girl Is Louise Messing. No other case just like hers was ever brought to the attention of the immigration officials. Louise, who is 25 years old, was left an orphan in the city of Chemnitz. For several years she made a living as a domestic. A year or so ago Louise became engaged to Max Luther, a young mechanic ol Cbemnits. The bans were published In church and the wedding day set, but Luther betrayed her and ran away. The girl has bat one relative, and that is Mrs. Mina Mueller ot this city. Mrs. Mueller went to Ger many to look after her sister, and decid' ed to bring her to Chicago and give her a home. They landed In New York Sep tember 27. but Immigrant Commissioner benner refused to permit the girl to con tinue her journey and ordered her back to Germany. The Commissioner's action was based solely on the condition of the girl. Mrs. Mueller hurried to Chicago, and procured bonds to guarantee that her sister would never become a public charge. This did not satisiy the uom missioner, and the latter refuses to change this ruling. There ia no law that applies to the case except the Btatute ex cluding females of immoral character, and the girl's friends offered testimony to prove that previous to her misfortune her character was of the best. The of fered testimony was rejected, and the friends determined to appeal to Secre tary Carlisle. The petition has been signed by numerous friends of the Muel ler family, and also bears the signatures of Mayor Hopkins, Collector M. J. Rus sell, Collector Mize and Postmaster He- sing. The position of the Commissioner is that no pond can be given that will guarantee that the child, still unborn, will never become a public charge. The girl's friends have ample means, and are people of the best character. NO MORE LOG RAFTS. They Are Not Suited to the Long Paolflo Swells. San Francisco, October 27. W. E. Baines, one of the owners of the log raft which is now scattered along the coast north of Cape Blanco, is in the city. This makes the second venture of the kind which has failed," said he in an interview. " I don't think that an other raft will be constructed on this coast. Such things do very well on the Atlantic, but we have a long swell here, which severely tries a log structure and makes its transportation over long ocean distances extra hazardous. The swell was partially to blame for the loss of our raft. A northwest storm struck it and. acting upon the swell, really made two seas, ttesiucs that we only nod one tug, when we ought to have had two or three to do the towing. The cigar-shape is the only practical one I know of, but there is not any particular model that will resist the motion of the Pacific. To get a long raft here from the lumber country up north is a mere matter of hick, from that lata l am lea to Deiieve that the present system of sawing lum ber on the ground and shipping it south on schooners will be perpetuated." TENNT COMING TO TUB COAST. The Swayback's Unborn Get Matched Agalnat Saliator'a. Lexington, Ky., October 30. Tenny, the immortal little "sway back," waa shipped in a special car to California to night. The horse will be placed in the stud at Kancho del Paso, the stock farm of Millionaire J. B. Haggin. Tenny has been doing service at the ueanmontstud for some time. Several months ago David Pnlsifer, owner of Tenny, and J. B. Haggin matched Tenny and Salvator for a contest in siring speed, 15,000 be ing posted. Each horse will be bred to the three bent mares in Haggin't farm and the produce raced in their second and third year of forms against each other. If the get of Tenny defeat the 2-year-old by Salvator, Puleifer wma the money and vice versa. This ia the only wager of the kind on record. Having done battle on tbe turf, each giant will vie with the other in producing his counterpart. Sltaalloa In Madagaaenr. Paeis, October 26. La Matin, com menting on the situation In Madagascar, V. a tlnaa m ItlraW Ia rtn rt f Vi J . t.. r... Tk natives prefer that the French should achieve a diplomatic victory rather than , conquest of the island. ANT I -TRUST LAW Case of the Sugar Trust Before the Supreme Court K CONSPIRACY IS ALLEGED It Came np on the Appeal of the Gov ernment From the Decision of the Lower Court Virtual Monopoly of the Bugar-ReBnlng Bu.lne... Washington, October 26. Argument waa begun in the United States Supreme Court U-day on the appeal ot the gov ernment from the decision of the United States Circuit Court for the eastern dis trict of Pennsylvania in favor of the American Sugar Company, the E. C. Knight and the Sprockets and Franklin refineries, against which the government brought suit under the Sherman anti trust law. Ei-8ollcltor-General Phil Hps opened (or the government and John Johnson for the refiners. The present suit was brought originally with the in tention of having the sale of the prop erty and business of tbe Knight, the Spreckels, the Franklin and the Dele ware Sugar House Companies to the American Sugar Kefining Company de clared void and illegal. The attorneys (or the government in their argument Bought to show that the four Phila delphia companies prior to March, 1802, manufactured independently of the American Company 33 por cent of the total sugar manufactured in the United States, competing with the American Company, and that by obtaining con trol of the stock of these companies the American Company obtained a virtual monopoly of the augar-rellning business in the United States, and waa thus en abled to limit the production and in crease the price of refined sugar. The consolidation was claimed to have been a combination and conspiracy to effect an illegal object. BROWNING'S REPORT. What the CommN. loner of Indian Affaire Bays of Oregon Matters. Washington, October 27. In the an nual report ot the Commissioner ot In dian Affairs there is more or less about the local Indians in each State. Several matters of especial interest in Oregon are given. It ia shown that the allot ments on the Warm Springs reservation are about completed, and that at Klam ath the special agent has been instructed to rUBh the work along as fast as passi ble. An agent has been instructed to investigate the rights of the Yakima Indians to fish in the Columbia at The Dalles. This right is claimed under a treaty of 1866, The report of the com mission appointed to consider the dam age to lands taken by the Blue Mount ain Irrigation and Improvement Com pany on the Umatilla reservation has not as yet been received. The Indiana are expected to receive some benefit from the irrigation ditch. The only Indian lands In Oregon which are leased are on the Umatilla reservation, where forty' two farming and grazing leases have been made. These range in amount irotn seventy-three to aau acres. Tne prevail' ins price is tl per acre per annum. though one or two pieces are rented for less. Une ot tbe allotments is leased for (2 per acre. The leases in about equal numbers are for the periods of one. two or three years, no map oi del' Inite location of the Albany and Aatoria Railroad Company's right of way across the Grand Ronde agency has as yet been filed with the Department of the Inte rior. The Indian Commiaeioner laments over the recent decision of Judge Bel linger, and quotes Agent brentano as saying that the Indians have become very vicious since that decision, tie also regrets that the matter cannot be taken to the Supreme Court. In United States criminal cases, where the court has de cided against the government, tbe gov ernment cannot appeal. Too Horrible to be Real. Dun pee, October 27. At the begin ning of August the whalers Aurora, Ba laena and Esquimaux were In Prince Regent Inlet searching for white whales, They steamed in Elvin Bay, and a partv Hum biio XJumciin noii,uu bhuio. aucj had not gone far when they came upon a ghastly ring of corpses, the remains of Esquimaux who had evidently died of starvation. Ulean-picked bones and partly devoured bodies revealed a story of cannibalism. One corpse had been beheaded, and the head was found thirty yards away from the trunk at a place where Borne one had evidently made a meat upon ine nesn anu Drains, it is supposed the party while traveling found their progress checked by the setting in of winter. One by one they had suc cumbed to hunger, and finally the stronger in the futile efforts to save their i? ji t. .1.. own uvea were unveu wi eat vue uiuera. Indian Territory Question. Washington, October 27. Officials of the War Department are of the opinion the Interior Department has not made out a proper case for the employment of troops as a posse com i tat us in Indian Territory. Agent Wisdom's dispatch, on which the application for troops is based, states in one place they are wanted to run down a band of robbers, and in another that the treaties require the In dians should be protected. There ia no question the employment of troops under the first point would be clearly illegal, and as to the second there is no evidence the Indians themselves have suffered or appealed for protection. Acting Secre tary Doe has referred the application to the Attorney-General for an opinion. Stolen Pouch Recovered. New York, October 27. L. C. Weir, President of the Adams Express Com pany, received pooch to-day contain ing bonds and other valuable documents which had been stolen from the compa ny's safe in the train robbery at Acquis Creek, Va., October 12. The pouch was one of the express bags taken from the train by the robbers, who shoved their booty Into it. The money was afterward abstracted, and tbe pouch with contents was hidden in the woods near Calverton, Va. Searcey, the captured robber who turned State's evidence, revealed the hiding place, and the pooch was secured. These valuable papers reduce the loss of the express company by the robbery to less than $5,000. Germany end Samoa. Berlin, October 80. The Colonial Secretary nnder the Presidency of the Prince of IIohenlohe-Langenburg has petitioned the foreign office against a a double protectorate of Germany and England in Samoa. The society de mands that, it any change ba made in tbe agreement, the protectorate shall be mad exclusively German. "As old M thehills"and never excell ed. "Tried and proven" is tbe verdict o f millions. Simmons Liver Regu- 1 . T JDCMCI and Kidney and Kidney medicine to which you can pin your i'i faith for a J. 10 (IH fd 'laxa tive, and purely veg etable, act yv 7 " ing ' directly A' C on the Liver J. ft tO and Kid neys. Try it Sold by all Druggists in Liquid, or in Powder to be taken dry or made into a tea. The King of Liver Medldnea. 1 have ned yourHlmmon. Mver Rearu latorand can conx'tpiitloinily ay It la the king of all liver medicine, I consider it a medicine cheat In lUelf.-OKO. W. JACK son, Taooma, Wiublugton. AVEVEBT PACKAGE- as the Z Stamp In red on wrnpnee THaS PORTLAND MAKKKT8. Wheat Market. There is more activity In the local wheat market than noticed for some time past. Sales were as follows: Walla Walla, 6263c per cental; Valley, 7072Xc per cental. The crop news from European conn tries does not vary much from previous reports. Advices from Russia vary greatly, some reporting favorably and others quite unfavorably as to the result of the wheat harvest. No official esti mate of the crops haa yet been issued. It is being inxiously looked for. Tbe official reports of the exports of wheat from the Argentine Republic for the first six months of 1804 have been published, showing export of 37,864,000 bushels, a little less than commercial re ports bare shown. The exports of wheat from Uruguay dnrin the same aix months were 2,240,000 Dusbels, None of the European corn trade Journals appear to anticipate any im provement, unless it can be established that this grain is goiog to be more ex tensively used lor leeding purposes in place of corn than is now considered probable. , Produce Market. Flour Portland. Salem, Cascadla and Dayton, $2.30 per barrel; Walla Walla, $2.65; Golddrop, $2.66; Snow flake, $2.36; Benton county, $2.20; gra ham, $2.162.40; superfine, $2. Oats Good white oats are quoted at 2627c; milling, 2829c; gray, 26(8270, Rolled oats are quoted as follows: Jtags, $6.766.00; barrels, $6.006.2f( cases, $3.76. ; Barlet Feed barley is quoted atOZMe per cental. Brewing is worth 8089o per cental, according to quality. MiLLSTurrs Bran, $13; shorts, $13; chop feed, $1617; middlings, none in market; chicken wheat. 6066o per cental. Hat Good, $811 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery. 25(327&a per pound; fancy dairy. 20(aj22kc: fair to good, 1617Jftc; common, 12c Cheese Oregon fair. 8O1IO0 per pound j fancy, 1012)c ; young America, BOlOcj Swiss, imported, 8032c; do mestic, 14(3 16c roTATOKH 4Ubuc per sack. Pooltrt Market demoralised : mixed coops, $2.003.00 per dozen ; docks, $4.00 b.uu; geese, still better, $8.uu8.ou; turkeys, 1012)o per pound. Fresh Fruit California grapes Quoted 860 per crate; Concord, 40e per basket; Oregon apples bring 60 76c per box; quinces, Oregon, 80c$1.00; cranberries, $ll.UU(gli.ou per Parrel. Egos Oregon quoted at 25c per dosen Eastern, 22o. Vegetables Sweet potatoes are quoted at $1.60 per cental; green pep pers, 00 per pound; garlic, oc; tomatoes, 4060c per box; Oregon cabbage, ilo per pound. , Tropical Fecit California lemons, $6.606.60; Sicily, $6.006.60; bananas, $2.00(93.00 per bunch ; Honolulu, $1,763 2.60; pineapples, Honolulu, $3.003.6O; sugar loaf, $6 ; Florida oranges, $4.26 ( 4.50 ; Mexican oranges, $3.75. Wool Valley. 7 (49c. according t quality; Umpqua, 79c; Eastern Ore gon, 67c. hops yuotauie at 0130, according to quality. Provisions Eastern hams, medium, 14(ai4Wc per pound; hams, picnic, noil).. V. l.f-- IJIaiKI.i short clear sides, 12M13c; dry salt sides, HQllc; dried beef hams, 14 15c; lard, compound, in tins, vi3 10c; lard. nnra. in tins. 12((9 13c! Digs' feet, 80s, $6.60; pigs' feet, 40s, $3.28; kits, $1.25. Game Receipts fairly large and quota tions as follows: Chinese pheasants, $3 .50 per dozen; grouse, $3.00; quail, $1.602.00 Meal Market. Beef Gross, top steers, $2.252.30; fair to good steers, $2.00; cows, $1,769 2.00; dressed beef, 3)4o per pound. Veal Dressed, small, 6c; large, 84c per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep wethers, $1.75; ewes, $1.601.66; lambs, 2o per pound; dressed mutton, 3k4c; lambs, 4c. Hoos Gross, choice, heavy, $4,600 4 75; light and feeders, $4-00; dressed, 9 (gojie per pound. Merehandlee Market. Salmon. Columbia, river No. I, tails. $1.251.60; No. 2, talis, $2.252.60) fancy, No. 1, flats, $1.75(91.85; Alaska, No. 1, tails, $1.20(31.30; No. 2, talis, $1.80 (82.26. Comi-costa Kica, zzaz3Kc ; Kio, jo (322c: Salvador. 21(a21c: Mocha. 26)f 28c ; Padang Java, 81c ; Palembang Java. 2C28c; Lahat Java, 23326c; Ar buckle's Columbia and Lion, $21.80 per 100-pound case. ej.. r i..A.wx1 onru ete.iru. i. an. WTCI flWI, WW, flu , AnM,eAa.uv. 60s, $14. Special prices given on round lots. Beans Small white. No. 1. SVe per pound; No. 2, SJc; large white, 3,4c; pea. 3!lc: butter. Sllc: bavoo. 4Uci Lima, 44Kc Coal steady ; domestic, $0.00(37.00 per ton; foreign, $8.60 11.00. Cohdaqb Manilla rope. 1-lnch. is quoted at 9Hc, and Sisal, 7e par pound. Sugar D, 4e ; C, 6c; extra 0,61 dry granulated, 5'c; cube crushed ana Sowdered, 6e per pound ; 4'c per pound isconnt on all grades for prompt cash ; nan barrels, ?ac more tnan barrels; nu pie sugar. 15(gl6c per pound. Canned Meats Corned beef, 1-lb., $1.261.30; 2-lb., $2.282.30; roast be-f, 1-lb., $1.25(31.30; 2-lb., $2.26gZ$J chipped beef, 1-lb., $2.26; lunch tnnrae, 1-lb., $3.25; deviled ham, ft-lb fLU J 1.79.