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Oregon City Courier.
A. W. OHKltgT, Publisher.
MOON
CITY,
.OREGON
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Aa ItUmUif Collection of IUmi Front
Dm Tw Hemispheres FrtnuUd
! Ceadauaea Fori.
It has been definitely decided by So
perintendent Irwin toot the holiday
msion of the Oregon State Teachers
association will b held at Salem tbii
rear, beginning on Monday, December
18, and continuing for one week.
John 8. Frye, returned Alaska
diner, met an old Kboolmate from
Bermany in Taooma. Tbey roomed
together one night tad in the morning
frye miased $860 in gold, hia sole po
Marion. Bis old soboolmate bad
Rolen it and made hia eaoape.
Aa angry mob attempted to lynch
in old German named Breokman in
Dherryvllle, Kan., for bie brutal treat
nent of hia daughter. She was beaten
Into insensibility and died from her in
lories. The sheriff prevented the mob
(rota securing Breokman and he was
lurried to jail.
A three-story strnotnre at the oorner
If Front aad Davis streets, Portland,
twned by the Ainsworth estate, was
partly destroyed by fire. The building
was occupied by the Oregon Craoker
Com pour, whose plant waa ruined,
entailing a loss of about 120,000. The
iamage to the bnilding will amount to
110,000.
The Cariboo Gold Mining Company,
n 8pokane, has declared a dividend
of 3 oents a share. This makes a total
of $180,000 paid in dividends sinoe
February, 1895. This is the mine
whose manager was held up by a high'
wsyman and robbed of $11,000 in gold
bullion not long ago. The robber waa
afterwards killed by the foreman of
the mine.
The board of fire commissioners in
Spokane has decided to request the
resignation of Chief Winebrener, of
the Are department Mayor Belt, at
tar a hong oontest, baa secured oontrol
of the commissioners, and extensive
removals are probable in the various
departments. It is thought that Clair
Bant, of the water department, will be
the next one to go.
A new vegetable powder has been
discovered which will revolutionise
transportation methods. The powder
when mixed with water forms an eleo
trio battery, one oell of which is strong
enough to run half a dozen incandes
cent lights. With two cells a power
of 1 10 volts is olaimed. The discover-
ers sir a oolored man and a polioeman
f Chicago. The powder is olaimed
to be made of roots of trees.
Barglars broke Into the house of John
Mlrka, an old miser, of Cleveland, O.
He waa known to have his money hid
den somewhere about the premises and
the robbers tried to foroe him to tell
them his seoret hiding plaoe. He re
lated and they tortured him. Be waa
bemud band and foot and a lighted
lamp placed at bis feet until the flesh
was literally cooked. The old man
writhed in his agony, but protested
that he bad no money. The fiends then
applied the flame to his hands, then to
his body, until be finally sank into un
consciousness, in wbioh condition be
was found in the morning. The bur
guns got nothing.
The British steamer Btratholyde,
from Caloutta for Galveston, went
ashore in the Calcutta river.
General Weyler has taken personal
aharge of the Spanish army in Cuba,
tie reviewed the troops at Mariol, and
then took up the march to the interior.
The Cbioago Tribune prints a list of
175 mills and factories wbioh have re
lumed business within the past ten
dsys, giving employment to 155,495
men.
A Constantinople dispatch says
while counseling American mission
aries to remain at their posts in Ana
tolia, Minister Terrell has advised the
removal of the ohildren of missionaries
to place of safety.
Three men were injured by the burst
ing of a naptba retort in a straw fao
tory in Milford, Mass. Their injuries
proved fatal. The men were blown out
of the bnilding, and when pioked up
the skin peeled from their faces and
oreasta.
Fourteen buildings in the business
portion of Traverse City, Miob., were
destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of
$50,000. Ed Newberry, a hotel porter,
was burned to death. It is rumored
ther lives were lost, but no other
bodies have been recovered. Thirty 1
guests esoaped through the windows of j
the Frout-street hotel in their night
clothing.
From Greer county, Oklahoma, conies '
the news of a battle between officers ;
of Greer and Washita ooonties and a j
large body of Mexioan horsethioves, in ,
which one robber was killed outright, j
several wounded and two officers
wounded. The Mexicans bad been
stealing horses and committing numer- '
oua depredations in western oountie in
Oklahoma.
It is understood the next step in the
Veneiuela affair will be that Venesuela
will empower ber plenipotentiary to
settle and sign with the British pleni
potentiary a treaty referring the bound
ary dispute to arbitration. It is sug
gested that the treaty be signed in
Washington.
Jack Walker's saloon, in BakerCity,
Or., was visited by four masked men.
Bobbery Was the Motive.
The passenger train on the Louis
ville A Nashville railroad, bound for
New Orleans, was wrecked near Mont
gomery, Ala., in a very wild oounrry
by trainrobbers. A rail had been tern
ap and nailed down agsia tare or four
inches oat af line. The krala wm
pletely wraoksd and the trsok waa tera
up for 100 yards. Three perms wr
seriously iajired. Bobbery was tki
evident pmrpose ef the wreckers.
A boat On Mlllloa Dead.
A strange disease is said to hav de
veloped in the young salmon at th
Claokama batehery, by wbioh about
half of the 8,000,000 brought from the
Salmon river have been destroyed.
NEW MARITIME RIVAL
TO GUARD OUR SHORES.
Commissioner ot Navigation
Says Japan is Gaining.
REC0VUKKD8 A f &EE-8HIF BILL
Stroagly Oepoaes too F roaeaed Dls'
erlaalaaMag Datlea oa Cargo
Vroaght by Ferelga Veaaela,
Harbor of Our Nation Matt B riaeod
In Proper Defeuae.
, Washington, Nov. 10. The Work of
plaoing our harbors in a state of defense
is summed up in the report of the board
of ordnance and fortifications, signed
by General Miles, Colonels Frank and
Haines, and Major Phippa, and made
publio today. It reads:
Under the increased appropriations
for the present fiscal year the work of
plaoing our harbors in a proper state
of defense is making good progress,
and if only the same sums are appropri
ated annually for a few years our
principal' port! will present a formid
able front to an attacking fleot. It is
THE BILL MAI PASS
Good Prospect for Prompt
Tariff Legislation.
K0 OPPOSITION IS ANTICIPATED
fish.
Washington, Nov. 17. The report
ft bVvjb Anmmilllnn nf nivloatlAn frtf
.-nail -hit. fnn , .haM-ak. 898. after referring to the necessity hoped, however, that oven more liberal
a siaau wait spot on 101 Deny 01 Wl tL( MMjn.gi iWihis hill. iuIm : annnniriiitlniii will Via mafla 1
that our maritime rank en the Pacific ' that we may soon bo ready for any
Is now threatened by a new rival, Ja
pan, wbioh, under liberal and progres
sive laws, has just established a trans
Pacific steamship line to the United
States, and with the oo-operstion of
A Oaring Jail Delivery.
Frank Crawford, alias Harry Davis,
broke jail In Toledo, O., by saw
ing bis way through the Iron grating
at the top of the jail and letting himself
to the ground with a quilt. Davis was American oapital, is preparing to ex
tend this service, in 1830, the tonnage
of Amerioan vessels entering th United
Stat from th port of Asia and
Ooeanioa waa 988,895, and of foreign
vessels, 448,351 tons. In 1895, th
Amerioan tonnage entering was 808,-
held for trial on th obarg of murder
ing Marshal Baker, of North Balti
more, O., last August
Cm Canoelled Stamps,
D. N. Deeblaumford, a barber, of
Stsaons, Cal., was fined $100 by Judge '481, the foreign 667,908.
Morrow in th United States district Tb lartr and profitable oarrvina-
oourt for using cancelled postage
stamps. Seven indictments stood
against Deeblaumford, but he was per
mitted to plead guilty to one, and re-
oeived only a fine.
emergenoy that may arise at any time.
In view of the prosont serious aspeot of
European politics, it is only common
prudenoe for the nation to be on its
guard, for, should a conflict arise, we
are liable to be embroiled with some
power whose navy in the present de
fenseless condition of our ooasts, might
destroy or exact enormous ransoms
I from onr chief oitier.
I A war, if it conies at all, will oome
i with no warning, and no time for
i preparation. China, with undefended
porta and an inadequate navy, was de
trad onoe oonduoted between Asiatic j feated In a few months. In the last
Vail Dead While Playing "Craps."
While playing "oraps" at the Star
saloon gambling table in Colfax, Wash.,
an old man, who has been about town
for some time, and who went by the
name of Eugene Jacques, fell dead
over the table as be was throwing the
dice. The cause is attributed to heart
disease.
A Sneeeaefal Expedition.
The expedition whioh reoenlty left
New York for Cuba conveying import
ant dispatches from the New York
junta snd munitions of war is reported , ,rom thirteen, of 37,701 tons, to fifty
to nav landed safely.
and European ports by Amerioan ves
sels, whioh seldom entered Amerioan
ports, has almost entirely passed away.
W hav already seen the Amerioan
flag, the commissioner saya, almost
wholly disappear Jfrom the mid-Atlantic,
save as born by the mail steamers
of the American line, and th figures
tend to show that the carrying trade of
tb Paoifio is slipping from us. Before
it is altogether lost, Commissioner
Chamberlain suggests that congress in
quire into the conditions of trans-Pa-siflo
transportation. For th oontrol
of this trade, the United States has
obvious natural advantages.
Within th last fiv yeats, Japan'a
seagoing steel steamers have increased
three, of 108,888 tons. The number of
Amerioan steel and iron steamers on
the Paoifio ooast is forty-three, of 68,
635 tons.
The report reooommends an immedi
ate extension of the act of 1893, under
wbio th steamships New York and
Flint at Lendvllle.
A fight occurred in a saloon in Lead-
villa in wbioh five men were stabbed,
on of whom at least will die. Fifteen
or twenty men were engaged in the
affray. A party of Austrians were fol-1 Paris were admitted to Amerioan regis
lowed into the saloon by striking ter, and th steamships 8t Louis and
minsrs, who oalled tbem "soab." St Paul were built, in tb United
Th Austrian! resented this. Then State. Under, existing law, it is im
th fight began in whioh knives were ! possible to establish on th Paoifio a
th only weapons. When the nolioe '. mail servio even approximating our
war between the great military powers
of Germany and France, the surrender
at Sedan occurred only forty days after
tbe declaration ot war. The wars of
nations ocour in cycles of varying
length, but seldom does a genoration
pass without a oonfliot Already more
than thirty years have passed siuce our
last great war, and another may soon,
if the past be a guide to the future, ter
minate one of the longest intervals of
peace we have ever enjoy'nd. Our en
gineering department is ready with the
most modern plans for fortifications,
and our ordnauoe departeinnt is pre
pared with designs for guns and car- -riages.
If congress will but inorease
the appropriations to the capaoity of
those departments for useful and eco
nomical works, it will not be long be
fore our coats are secure against the at
tacks of foreign powers.
An effective preparation for war is
tbe best safeguard against war.
Tbe foregoing summary closes an ex
haustive report, giving every detail of
the progress of fortifications, tbe ex
amination of innumerable devices of
attack and defense, the testing of guns,
gun carriages, powders, arms, mortars, '
armor, etc.
arrived, all tbe fighters bad esoaped
exoept those who were too badly
wounded to flee.
The Knights of Labor.
The general assembly of the Knishts
of Labor, In session in Rochester, N.
adopted a resolution declaring for
th enactment of a graduated income
tax law. Failing to procure this at
tbe hands of th next congress it is the
declared intention of th Knights to uss
all their influeno to have a demand for
suoh a tax incorporated into tbe plat
form of one of the great political par
ties, and failing in that they will set
up a new political party.
Aa Inoraaaed appropriation.
Estimates for the entire Indian serv
io for th fiscal year ending June 80.
896, to be submitted to congress al
th opening of the session, call for an
appropriation of $7,390,000 in round
numbers. This U 1100.000 more than
the appropriation for tbe current fiscal
year. Tbe inorease is due to tbe polio?
f the government adopted at the last
session of oongress to abolish gradnallv
oontraot Indian schools, and plaoe al) i
the Indian schools absolutely under
government oontrol.
A Oraveyard Mystery.
The dismembered body of an un
known woman was found in a shallow
grave near St Joseph, Ma Two
employes at the asylum claim to have j
seen two men go into the field at nigbt, I
Dismount,
Atlantic mail servioe, as equal oondi-;
tions, whioh were necessary to tbe re-
oent creation of tb latter, do not exist :
there. Th report opposes at length th j
proposition to impose 10 per oent ad-1
ditional discriminating duties on all 1
oargoes brought into the United States
by foreign vessels. It points our that
for over eighty years, th United States ;
has followed th policy of reciprocity I
in shipping. Evsry other maritime !
nation of considerable rank has adopted J Mr.
and now pursues tb sm policy.
Our total imports for 1895 war
valued at $781,969,965, of whioh $590,
688,863 were brought in foreign vessels.
Th discriminating duty bill would
put an aditional obarg of $59,000,000
on our international exchanges, based
on th figures of 189, an amount ap
proximately equal to our entire ocean
freight bills on imports and exports.
In 1895 ooffe imports were $95,000,
000, of whioh $60,000,000 worth of
coffee imported into the - country from
Brazil, of $54,000,000, oam in foreign
vessels. For tbe extra sum, Mr. Cham
berlain says, whioh under th discrimi
nating duty project the Amerioan peo
ple would be required to pay for Bras
ilian coffee alone, ther oould be estab
lished steamship lines, inoluding twenty-fir
steamers, equal to th St Louis
or St Paul, or a muoh larger number
of tb class . required for South Ameri
oan, Asiatio and African trad.
The report quotes articles from our
treaties with the thirty-five principal
OSCAR'S KINDLY FEELING.
Marked
an American's Grave With a
Granite' Monument.
Washington, Nov. 19. King Oscar
II of Sweden and Norway has given
further evidence of his kindly feeling
toward the United States by erecting a
granite monument on the spot where
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Youmans, of New
York city, met their death July 4, last.
Youmans and his wife, while driv
ing along a road near Bergen, were
backed off a declivity and killed. Con
sul Many writes that when the king
passed the point soon afterward he
plaoed a beautiful bouquet on tbe
wooden cross marking the spot, and di
rected the chief official of tbe district
to replace tbe woden cross with a gran
ite monument. This has been com
pleted, and is an imposing shaft of
rough-hewn stoue. On the one face
the circumstances of the accident are
briefly given, and on the other are
these words:
"Oeoar II erected this memorial."
The secretary of state has made suit
able acknowledgment, and has direoted
that our minister oonvey to the Swedish
minister for foreign affairs a suitable
expression on behalf of tbe secretary of
state. .
STABBED TO DEATH.
A Feeeablllty That h Dlagley BUI
Will Ba Ro-enaeted-CleveUad
la mill a Free Trader.
! Washington, Nov. 16 Jn view of
the ront statement of some of th
silver senators that they would not op
pose th Dingley tariff bill, and the
opinion of Senator Morgan that the
Democrat would probably permit th
legislation without obstruction on their
part, th prospects for tbe bill are
deemed fair, if the Republican decide
to pass it Upon tb latter ecu Jin
genoy ther is a division of opinion
among Republicans.' Senator Sber
man, of Ohio, take tb ground that
tbe passage of the Dingley bill at the
coming session would obviat tb neces
sity for an extra session ef oongress, as
it would furnish all tbe revena need
ed for th present and would be saffl
olent lor all purpose until oongree
shall meet in regular session and pre
pare a revision of th tariff oarefully
and deliberately.
Another reason advanced in support
of the proposition for tbe passage of the
Dingley bill at this tiin is th sugges
tion that the eustom-house should be
locked as soon as possible by an in
crease of the tariff rate against tb im
pending flood of cheap foreign goods
which oome in through anticipation of
a certain inorease In the rates at some
future day. The fact is recalled in
this connection that just suoh a flood
of cheap goods poured into the oountry
prior to tb MoKinley bill going into
effect, and in anticipation of tb in
creased rates carried by that bill. In
the single month prior to tb taking
effect of that bill, the importations
jumped to $78,888,188. This was an
inorease over the preceding month of
$15,000,000 and of the same month a
year previous of nearly $35,000,000.
Aooording to the arguments advanced
the ill-effeots of such a oondition are
obvious. It is held that it discounts
the revenues of the incoming adminis
tration, because the market is surfeited
with goods and the importations would
be light for the first few months of tbe
tariff law. For tbe same reason it is
claimed harm is worked to tbe Ameri
oan manufacturers and laborers, the
people whom the new law is to benefit,
for it out off tbe market of tb Ameri
i can produot However, it is stated
that President Cleveland would veto
the Dingley bill or any other tariff
measure passed at the ooming seesion
of oongreas. His support of sound
money principles and his praotioal co
operation with the Rspublioan party
in the election just over can in no way
be oonstrued, it is said, as meaning
that tbe president la in any way in
smypatby with tbe party on other ques
tions. ! LITTLE CORINNE'S WILL.
and
grav. ride away, leaving it uncovered. I na,on' in the "of yh;ch' "
- - c nnn rmiilaH mnafc ha aiVsinsM'Asl m it 41a
Th body bas the appearanoe of having i " s.
been buried several weeks. The police ' ex?en,e of .. lnoi ?' trade
of discriminating duties is to be adopt
ed by tbe United States.
The report also favors the enaotment
of the omnibus bills relating to navi
gation and to Amerioan seamen, in tbe
form favorably reported by the senate
committee on oommeroe at the last ses
sion, rather than in th form in which
these bills passed tbe house of repre
sentatives. It renews the argument for
the repeal of compulsory pilotage on
coastwise sailing vessels, and points out
that oongress baa spent over $37,000,
000 in tbe improvement of seventeen
harbors, at whioh compulsory pilotage
is Btill exaoted from domestio sailing
vessels.
By the abolition of useless registry
bonds, Amerioan shipowners have been
saved $30,000 annually, and Amerioan
lake shipowners about $15,000 annu
ally in Canadian obarges imposed for
years, in oontravention of th policy ;
of reciprocity. i
Tbe adoption ot tbe measurement i
law, tbe report statos, bas effected a j
sxviug of thousands of dollars to
Amerioan shipping in foreign ports, ,
and in domestio licenses and obarges
are mystified by tbe find, and have no ;
due upon wbioh to work.
A Tram Ditched.
ibe union Paoino pasxenger west-'
bound, No. 8, struok a brokeu rail near j
Ogallala, Neb. A tourist car, two
obair oars and one Pullman turned j
over in a ditch. Fifteen passtnuers
were hurt, but none seriously. One
woman oomplaina of severe pains in '
her back and may be seriously injured.
One man was badly out on the head.
No others were seriously injured.
Poatoffloa In Pauley Robbed.
The postoffloe at Paisley, Or., was
robbed by two unknown men reoently. '
Deputy Postmaster Herbert Aldrioh ;
witiiossnd the robbery sud fired at the '
robbers as tbey left tbe building, !
wounding both, one so badly that he
was subsequently captured by a slier-1
ill's posse. The other startml sway to '
the south, leaving blood stains in tbe
road.
who robbed tne till or its contents, j oti,er oould Interfere. Saddler bad
10. Tbe robber cornered the men In ' juft been elected justice of tbe peao
the saloon with shotguns and pistols, ( 0B Ui Republican tiakot He is in JaiL
aund made good their Mcape. '
Deadly Nitroglycerin.
Lewis Conn, a nitroglycerin sales
man, in Moundaville, W. Va., while
attempting to dig up a gallon of the
explosive be bad buried, was blown to 1 based on net tonnage, besides bringing
atoms by the pick be was using ooming oar law on this subject abreast ot the
in oonwoi wun tne enemies i. liis re- itws oi tne progressive maritime na-
maina were scattered for 100 feet tions.
No Foreigner Keed Apply.
St Louis, Nov. 17. A special to
the KepuMio from South MoAlester, L
T-, says the Ureek oounoil has just
passed a law whiob provides a penalty '
of $100 fine and 150 lashes on the bare '
bark for any citizen of tbe nation who
shall hereafter give employment to any '
nonciticen or rent or leas lands or
property to a noncitiaen of the United
State. ,
Tb Sanskrit language is said to hav
about 100 root words
Aa Knragod Megro Lawyer.
During the progress of a petty case
in tbe county court in Guthrie, O. T.,
L E. Saddler, a negro lawyer, attacked
and severely wounded Thomas H. Jones,
a prominent attorney and ex-member
ot the Kansas legislature. Saddler be
came enraged at sometihng Jones said,
knocked him down with an iron court
seal, and jumped upon him before
Dead Body of Antlnn Verange Found
lu Clifton.
Astoria, Or., Nov. 18. Another
murder has been committed in Clifton,
the scene of so much bloodshed during
the fishermen's strike. This time the
victim is Antion Verange, a young
Greek, aged about 25 years. Saturday
the young man was missed from his
home, and an uncle, who lives in Clif
ton, telegraphed to Seattle for informa-
i tion concerning him. Nothing was
learned, and search was instituted,
j This morning, wbilo a boy was hunt-
ing back of the house of D. Falangos, a
j Ureek "boss," living just above Clif
! ton, he came upon the body of young
' Verange, lying cn the side of the road,
j Coroner Pohl was telegraphed for, j
tbe people thiuking Verange bad oom
' mitted suicide. The coroner found '
t that the man had been stabbed above
j the left nipple, the wound being the
I oause of death. The knife with which
: he was killed has not been found. 'The
body was brought to this city anl an
examination was held. No motive is
1 known to have existed for the commis
sion of the crime, but it is possibly the
: result of differences which existed be-.
tween fishermen during tbe strike.
Buffalo, Nov. 19. John R. Gentry,
the famous pacer, as well as the fastest
harness performer in the world, bas
been shipped to New York, where he
wiile sold at auction. Hia owner,.
William Simpson, bought him for
$7,600 a year ago, and refused $15,000
for bim lat summer.
Jarkvou and tValliog'a Fata.
Frankfort, Ky., Nov. 19. It is ru
mored thut the court of appeals has
agreed on a decision affirming the death
seutenre impoed on cctt Jackson and
Aloti Walling for the .murder of
Pearl Bryan, ami tbat tbe decision
will be bunded (loan not later than
Friday or iwtorilay.
A Paris shoe dealer is authority for
the Fttcui'n that M:idrM Lidir-s have
the. iroallett (e't, while the wumen of
Swedtn have Uia most shapely ones.
Will Ettnbllnh a Home for Aged
Unemployed Aotreaaea.
San Franoisco, Nov. 16. Corinne,
the aotress, now playing at the Colum
bia theater in this oity, executed her
will yesterday. By its terms her real
estate, her jewelry, every ooatume and
every bit ot her personal property will
be sold for what it will bring. The
lump sum should aggregate $750,000,
and with it a good-sized tract of land
is to be purchased just out of New
York. Upon this the "Corinne Home
for Aged and Unemployed Actresses"
will be built and future generations
of poor and discouraged women will
rise up and call the danoer with tbe
flashing teeth blessed,
j Corinne has chosen two Eastern men
: ot unimpeachable reputation to be the
trustees of the institution, and she bas
planned many details in advance. Her
idea is that the home should be open so
that aotresee oan go or oome as their
necessities diotate. All religions and
nationalities will be welcome. The
home will be sufficiently endowed, but
made, so far as possible, self-supporting
by means of gardens and sewing that
tbe women may da Corinne wants it
to ba in all senses a home, and ber idea
is to save girls who cannot find em
ployment from working into sin. She
wants to extend them a helping hand
until they oan struggle to their feet
again.
Death of an Alleged Murderess.
Medford, Wis., Nov. 16. Mrs. John
Deuts, oonfined in the oounty jail the
past three months awaiting trial on tbe
oharge of murdering John Dahlen, died
suddenly lastevening. Her husband,
John Deuts, is also awaiting trial on
the same oharge. Deuts, his wife and
Arthur Wallner, their son-in-law, were
arrested for Dablen's umrder December
33, 1895.
Poisoned by a Hlrvd Girl.
Oswego, N. Y'., Nov. 16. Fanny
Schofield, a oountiy girl, 13 years old,
has been lodged in the county jail on
tbe charge of murder in tbe first de
gree in poisoning two small children
of Albert Field, of Colose, whose hired
girl she was. An autopsy revealed
amnio in large quantities.
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Dawaang,
HoBttle Oo.'a
Trade.
Review of
Or., Nov. J8. Wheat
coutinue wide, somothing
Portland,
fluctuations
to be expected after such an advance
and with the supply and demand posi
tions so unusual. Tbe speculative in'
terest, however,' is broadening. It
continues to be tbe fact tbat thore is
practically no leadership to tbe market
for tb reason tbat none is possible.
Wbil there is more or less talk of
manipulation, there is no real belief in
any and no reason for any suoh belief.
Tbe emtio course of prioes is a proof
of th absence any control on this
sid and tb independent and occasion
ally inexplicable conduct of Liverpool
is put as good proof of tbe laok of any
oontrol over there. The market for
tbe present is leading the speculators,
and so far those who have essayed to
lead tb market have not profited by
their effort. The upward rushes
wbioh in an ordinary your might be
regarded as, in part at least, tbe handi
work of some great bull, are this year
merely tb natural effort of tbe world's
markets to adjust the price to the
situation, and tb sharp dips, whiob
might in any other year be regarded
suspioioutly aa manipulative "shake
outs," an merely tb wida swings of
market violently agitated by tb
bast in readjustment Tbe operator
who has assumed that there was some
powerful influence to tail after has
been bitterly disappointed. Tbe most
successful man has been the one who
bas pertinaoiously operated within hia
mean only on tbe one side.
Tb developments of the week were
tbe springing up ot a surprising mill
ing demand at Cbioago, the continu
ance of the drought In India, and tbe
falling off ot the movement from first
bands West and Northwest ' Primary
receipts last week were 3,000,000 bush
els less than tbe week previous and 8,
000,000 bushels less than in 1895.
Cables Saturday said the India famine
had been unbroken In all th distressed
districts. Nothing was mors remark
able during the week than the large
oash wheat business done at Chioago-
on days when . tne wnanees ana tne
fluctuations might have been expected
to cause all cash buyers to hesitate.
The sales Friday and Saturday aggre
gated over 600,000 bushels. Another
noteworthy feature was tbat tbe out
side markets advanoed faster than ChiJ
oago, shewing tbat speculators were re
tarding rather than hastening the ad
vance. The very large inorease during-
Ootober in wheat stooks i? Europe and
afloat, 30,800,000 buBhels, against an
inorease for the same month last year
of only 4,300,000 bushels, is not as
bearish aa might be imagined at first
glanoe. Of this total the increase
afloat, 5,000,000 bushels, was con
tributed largely from this side, whence
tbe imports have eonceddly been larger
tban oan b maintained. Tb increase
in Russian stocks, 16,400,000 bnshelB,
is not so very different from the in
orease last year in tbe same month, 8,-
600,000 bushels. Th extraordinary
advano in prioes, 40 per eent within
sixty days, has accomplished all these
inor eases, tbe only thing of course, for
whioh th advano was instituted.
The exports of wheat, flour included
as wheat, from both coasts of the Unit
ed States snd Montreal amount to 4,-
664,615 bushels, the heaviest week's
total since the second week of Septem
ber, 1 898. This is an inorease of about
1,000,000 bushels over last week; of
more than 1,300,000 bushels over the
corresponding week of a year ago; of
more than 1,700,000, as compared witb
the like week in 1894, a gain of about
3,100,000 bushels as oom pared witb
the corresponding week of 1898, and of
more than 700,000 bushels as contrast
ed with the lika week in 1893.
THE ALASKA BOUNDARY.
Boston, Nov. 16. A private cable
gram received in this city from Ham
burg states tbat tbe first shipment ot
apples, received there from Boston, had
just been disposed of, and nettd from
$3.50 to $24 per barrel, aooording to
quality. Thee are considered remark
ably high prioes, especially as there
haa been a determined effort in some
Poaalblllly of International Coinpli
eatlona. Ottawa, Nov. 18. There is 'a good
chanoe for serious international com
plications between the United States
and Canada over the troubles in tbe
Yukon district In plaoes such as
Forty-mile creek, where the boundary
is supposed to pass, and where some
of the oreeks are in American and ome
in Canadian territory, it is impossible
to determine those whioh belong to
Canada and those which do not
In reference to the obarges concern
ing United States trespassers on British
territory in the Yukon distriot and the
washing of gold in Canadian waters,
the secretary of state says tbat thia
state of affairs arises from the fact
that the commissioners appointed to de
fine the boundary line between the two
oountries have not yet submitted their
report to the government. The dis
trict alleged to have been invaded is a
Canadian town named Cudahy at
Forty-mil creek, and is the headquar
ters of the mounted polio of the Yukon
distriot There is a United 8tates post
offloe there, but It is not recognised by
the Canadian government.
The Canadians and the American
in the district of Yukon are anxiously
waiting for the official announcement
which will define tbe Canadian teni
tory from tbat of the United States.
JWTl.b Raldera.
Suakim, Nov. 18. Dervishes have
ravaged tbe country in the vioinity of
Tokar, killing fiv men and looting a
number of houses. Troops have been
dispatched in pursuit of the raiders.
Private Letter boxes.
Washington, Nov. 18. Tbe post
office officials are anxious to secure
legislation during the next session of
oongress to regulate tbe use of private
letter-boxes, which, it is said, afford
great facilities for persons engaged in
fraudulent enterprises. Jn Chicago,
New York, Philadelphia, Boston and
other large citie. tbe nrivata Wt.
quarters of Germany to keep out the
American product by circulating? ' boxes have become a fixer! imtinKnn
absurd stories about apple oontaining '; They are rested by anvone willing to
germs of disease. , : j pay for their convenience.