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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.
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Druggists in Liquid, or in Powder
to be taken dry or made into a tea.
The King of Liver Medldnea.
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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.