Orders to Mobilize the Army
in the South.
TROOPS WILL BE MOVED AT ONCE
To Be Stationed at Chicknmauga, New
Orleans) Tampa and Mobile
Will Be Close to Cuba.
Washington, April 18. Decidedly
the most warlike step taken by the war
department in preparing for the possi
bility of an encounter with Spain was
inaugurated today, when orders, were
issued for the concentration at font
points in the South of Bix regiments of
cavalry, 22 regiments of infantry, and
the light batteries of five regiments of
artillery, ., , . ,.
At Chiokamauga there will be six
regiments of cavalry and the light bat
teries of live rogimenttt'of artillery; at
New Orleans eight regiments fif ' in
fantry; ,at Tampa seven regiment of in
fantry, and at Mobile seven" regiments
Ot infantry... -v .,;,, ,. t
Since the ivil war', no such piopor
tion of the army has been mobilized,
and the movement itself is the best
evidence of the gravity of the situation,
as looked upon by the president and
li is advisers.
The determination to rendezvous the
troops in the South where they can be
accustomed to the conditions of a more
tropical climate, has been under con
sideration by the president and his
cabinet for some time. It was not un
til today, however, that the president,
in view of the enormous expense whioh
will be entailed, felt justified in tak
ing this step.
When Secretary Agler returned from
the cabinet meeting, he at oncejcalled
into conference General Miles and Adjutant-General
Corbin and acquainted
them with the result of the cabinet's
deliberations.
There were hurried consultations,
in which the quartermaster-general,
who has charge 'of the transportation
of troops; the commissary-general, who
looks after their subsistence, and rep
resentatives in Washington of various
railroads running to the South, partici
pated. The two new regiments of artillery
recently authorized by congress have
not been recruited to their full
strength, and in addition are not well
equipped with horses and other neces
sary requisites for service, and therefore
are not included in today's orders.
The department has so 'distributed
the 22 regiments of infantry at conveni
ent places on the Gulf that they will
bo accessible for transportation to Cuba.
Proposals have been invited from
steamship companies for chartering
vessels to the government for this work.
Instructions to the commanding ofll
oers of the regiments ordered to move
were sent out late today, with direc
tions that they be put into effect as
soon as possible. It is the confident
expectation of the officials that the
movement in some plaoes will begin
tomorrow. The railroad facilities are
more than ample to meet the demands
of the occasion, and no trouble will be
occasioned in mobilizing this large body
of men at the places designated within
a reasonably short time.
PLOT TO INJURETHE MARIETTA.
Spaniards Intended to Blow the Gun
boat I'p iu the ValparaUo Harbor.
Now York, April 18. It is stated
that there was a plot here to injure the
United States gunboat Marietta while
.she was in this port, says the Valpar
aiso correspondent of the Herald.
Just prior to the. arrival of the Mari
etta, the United States consulate in
Valparaiso was informed by trustworthy
persons that an attempt against the
gunboat was contemplated by Spanish
subjects in Chile. Immediately upon
xeceipt of this information the United,
States minister, Henry L. Wilson,
Consul John F. Caples and Vice Con
sul August Muller, jr., called upon
the governor of the province and laid
the matter before him.'1 This explains
the unexpected trip of the United
States minister from Santiago to Val
paraiso. Once acquainted with the fears of the
American representatives and the facta
in the case, the governor immediately
gave assurance that the city and mari
time authorities would take precautions
to protect the Marietta, and extended,
through the minister, a cordial wel
come to the officers and seamen.
During the stay of the Marietta no
greater vigilance could have been exer
cised by the Chilean authorities had
the Bafety of oue of their own warships
depended upon it. Before the gunboat
sailed the American minister, consul
and vice-consul, accompanied by Cap
tain Symonds, of the Marietta, called
upon the governor and on behalf of the
United States government thanked the
Chilean authorities for what had been
done to protect the warship.
Powers Take Hold.
Washington, April 18. It was
learned tonight in high diplomatic
quarters that an exchange of notes had
been begun between the European
capitals with a view of making strong
reprebentations on the Spanish-American
situation.
Only War Will Wo It.
Washington, April 18.- In view of
conflicting reports as to the attitude
of Spain, a high foreign authority au
thorized the following semi-official
statement of the Spanish position as to
the surrender of Cuba:
"Once for all let it be understood
that the erroneous impressions as to
Spain's relinquishment of the island of
Cuba are false and calculated to inspire
false hopes and embarrass intelligent
aotion. The government of Spain bus
never entertained the thought,
CAMPAIGN MAPPED OUT.
Plans for a Combined Land and Naval
Attack on Havana Now Complete.
New York, April 18. A Times
Washington special says: The plans
for the joint land and naval attack upon
Havana have been practically decided
upon. They have been the subject of
deliberation at a number of meetings
of the naval strategic board, of councils
of the joint war and navy board, and of
conferences between the governmental
and military officials.
From the first it was considered ab
solutely essential that there should be
a joint movement of land and naval
forces of the United States against the
Spaniards in Cuba, and the onlyhing
left lor discussion was the best ooursa
to be pursued in carrying out this plan.
One difficulty that has continually pre
sented itself is the fact that thS'iiHyy
is ready for an advance on Havana
within an hour after the declaration of
war, while the array could not possibly
throw any considerable foroe into Cuba
in less than 48 hours. Should the fleet
of Captain Sampson wait until the
army is ready? has been askedy or
should it as soon as war was determined
upon, proceed to carry out' its instruc
tions and invest Havana from the sea?
v It is now decideid that the fleet will
at once move on Havana, invest it, and
at the same time hold open the Florida
straits for the free transportation of
troops in the island. A part of the
fleet will be employed for this purpose
as well as to keep open the gulf to the
west of Havana for a like purpose.
As soon as the army is ready, which
will be within 48 hours, a considerable
body of troops will be thrown into the
province of Pinar del Rio, in the neigh
borhood, probably, of Bahia Honda,
and an advance upon Havana will- be
begun at once. The fleet will oo-oper-ate
with the land foroes from the mo
ment they land iu Cuba, and both will
attack Havana simultaneously. Even
if the resolution finally passed by con
gress does not recognize the present
Republican govrenment in the island,
the plan of the army is to unite with
the armies of Gomez and Garcia as
allies against the Spaniards.
It is probable that troops will be sent
to join these revolutionary armies in
Puerto Principe or Santa Clara, or that
ships will be tent to transport somepf
the Cuban troops to the vicinity of the
capital. In any event an effort will be
made to co-operate at once with the
armies of the revolutionary leaders in
the work of driving the Spaniards out
of the island.
With the establishment of a stable
and independent government in free
Cuba the army will have nothing to do,
at least with the preliminary part of
the campaign. Its task is to sweep the
Spaniards out of the island. To do
this most effectively it will at once
seek the closest alliance with the revo
lutionary troops. The war department
is certain that Gomez ahd Garcia have
respectable armies in the eastern part
of the island. This conclusion is based
upon the fact that they have been able
to hold back the Spanish arms, and
even to win notable victories against
some of the best officers of Spain.
These revolutionary troops, aided by
some American regulars and supplied
with anus and ammunition, will be
able, it is thought, to do very effective
work against the soldiers under Blanco
and Pando.
THE FLYING SQUADRON.
Will Be Stationed Within Easy Striking
Distance of l'orto ltico.
New York, April 10. "Proceed to
southern drill grounds for maneuvers
and target practice, to continue for a
period of 24 hours, upon the expiration
of which return to Hampton Roads.
Direct Minneapolis and Columbia to
undergo speed trials."
In effect, says the Washington corre
spondent of the Herald, these are thet
instructions telegraphed to Commodore:
Schley, commander ol the flying squad
ron, yesterday, which caused him to
leave his anchorage off Foi tress Monroe
at 2 o'clock Wednesday and proceed to
sea. It can be authoritatively stated
that Commodore Schley had no other
instructions. Should it be deemed ad
visable while he is at sea to direct him
to a better strategic point than Hamp
ton Roads, or should war come, in
structions will be sent to. him by one
of the vessels now lying at Norfolk or
Hampton Roads.
The authorities are desirous of sta
tioning the flying Bquadron at a better
strategic point than Hampton Roads.
It is understood that the squadron will
prooeed first to Porto Rico and thence
to European "waters, and it is there
fore considered a wise plan to put the
ships as near Porto Rico as possible, in
order that no time may be lost after
hostilities have commenced.
There has been some talk of having
the ships drop down as far eouth as
Port Royal, but this would not be any
great gain in the distance saved, and
the officials have therefore considered
the advisability of having the vessels
go to the Bermudas or St. Thomas. No
action, however, as yet has been taken.
Spanish Parliament to Kenpen.
Madrid, April 16. A cabinet coun
cil, at which the queen regent presided,
was held this afternoon. It was decided
to reopen the Spanish parliament next
Wednesday instead of April 25. The
queen regent, in cabinet council, signed
a national subscription decree to in
crease the army and navy.
The Villain Located.
Chicago, April 16. The Times
Herald says: Charles A. Crandall,
alias Emanuel Escado, who, acting un
der the personal orders of Captain
General Wevler, planted the mines and
torpedos in the harbor . of Havana, lias
been run to earth in Chicago. Last
night he was in the custody of three
United States secret service agents, w ho
are taking him to Washington, where
he is expected to give information to
prove lieyond any possible doubt that
the Maine was blown up by a mine,
REPUBLICANS OF OREGON.
Convention Held in Astoria Nomina
tions and Platform.
The Republican state and congres
sional conventions were held in Astoria
last week. The congressional conven
tion, which met on Wednesday, nom
inated Malcolm A. Moody, of Wasco
county, for representative for the second
district.
Thos. II. Tongue, of Washington
county, was nominated for representa
tive for the first district at the congres
sional convention held in Eugene a few
days previously.
The state convention met on Thurs
day and oompleted a state ticket before
adjournment was taken.
The following resolution was adopted
immediately after organization was
effected:
"Resolved, That the following mes
sage be at once wired to President Mc
Kinley: 'The Republicans of Oregon,
in convention assembled, to the presi
dent of the United. States, greeting-:
With the utmost confidence in the wis
dom of your administration and pledg
ing you the support of the-'state of
Oregon, we express our earnest convic
tions that the Maine'was destroyed by
design or criminal neglect of Spanish
officers, and that this outrage is just
cause for the United States to drive the
Spanih nation from the Western hem
isphere.' " '
; r-
The State Ticket.
Governor T. T. Geer, of Marion.
Secretary of state F. I. Dunbar, of
Clatsop.
Supreme judge F. A.
Moore, of
Columbia.
State treasurer Chas. S.
Klamath.
State printer W. H.
Jackson.
Attorney general D. R.
Moore, of
Leeds, of
N. Black-
burn, of Linn.
Superintendent of public instruction
J. II. Ackerman, of Multnomah.
The Platform.
"We, the Republican voters of the
state of Oregon, in convention assem
bled, congratulate the. people of the
state as well as of the whole nation on
the unmistakable fact that the dark
cloud of adversity, which has hung like
a pall over our fair land, has been dis
sipated. We recognize that the return
of pr6sperity is due to the restoration
of the Republican paity to power.
"We are in favor of the maintenance
of the preeent gold standard; we are
unqualifiedly opposed to the free coin
age of silver and to all other schemes
looking to the debasement of the cur
rency and the repudiation of debt. We
believe that the best money in the
"World is none too good to be assured by
the government to the laborer as. the
fruit of his toil and to the farmer as the
price of his crop. We condemn the
continued agitation for free silver as
calculated to jeopardize the prosperity
of the country and to shake the confi
dence of the people in the maintenance
of a wise financial policy; we particu
larly condemn as unpatriotic the efforts
of the free-silver agitators to array class
against class and section against sec
tion; we declare that the interests of
all classes and of all sections of our
country alike demand a sound and
stable financial system.
"While we deplore the imminence of
war, we recognize that the country is
on the eve of war, undertaken for the
vindication of the national honor and
the performance of a work dictated by
every instinct of humanity; we declare
that the administration is entitled in
this conflict to the confidence and sup
port of the entire people.
" e are firmly attached to the prin
ciples of the federal constitution; we
recognize that representative govern
ment is one of these principles, and we
are opposed to any change in law or
constitution which w ill abrogate .this
time-honored principle.
"We are in favor of retrenchment.
and reform in state and countv matters.
"We demand strict economy in pub
lic affairs, and the abolition of all need
less offices and commissions.
"The salmon fishing industry, so
fruitful a source of revenue to the state,
should be fostered, and to that end we
favor state aid in the artificial propa
gation of salmon, and their distribu
tion in the waters of this state.
"We affirm our allegiance to the
principles of the Republican party of
the United States, as enunciated by the
Republican convention in St. Louis in
1896.
"We denounoe the fusion party of
Oregon as an aggregation of spoilsmen,
who are ready to subordinate principles
to offioes. Each of the parties to this
compact is willing to stultify itself and
form alliances with elements which it
has heretofore denounced as dangerous
and unfit to be intrusted with power;
we declare that good government can
not come from such an alliance."
A Western man has designed an end
less chain propeller for boats in whioh
n double chain of buckets is hung to
two shafts extending crosswise through
the boat, with power transmitted to
the shafts by piston rods attached to a
crank section in the center of each
shaft.
Moscow has a hospital large enough
to hold 7,000 persons. It was founded
in 1764, and at present takes in chil
dren at the rate of 40 a day, or about
15,000 a year. There are 26 physicians
and about BOO nurses.
Very Caloric.
The emotional literateur has just
written a piece of which he was very
proud. The editor looked it over and
then said:
"Do you candidly think such opinions
ought to go into cold type?"
"I don't know much about the prac
tical work of printing," was the reply,
"but I don't believe it makes any differ
ence. Even if the type is cold 1 guess
that article will take the chill off it."
Washington Star.
TREACHERY OF SPAIN
Lee Accuses Spanish Officers
of the Work.
DOES SOT IMPLICATE BLANCO
Two liows of Torpedoes Tlaced Across
Havana Harbor Entrance With
in the Past Two Months.
Washington, April 16. The testi
mony taken before the senate commit
tee on foreign relations in connection
with the investigation into the relations
between the United States and Cuba
was made public today. It constitutes
a book of about 650 pages, and includes
not only the testimony taken since the
disaster to the Maine, but also much
that was known before and running
back for a year or more.
The statement whioh contains great
est current interest is that made by
General Lee on the 12th i'nst. In his
statement Lee says he was informed
on very good authority that the Span
iards plaoed two rows of torpedos just
at the mouth of Havana harbor within
the past two months, or subsequent to
the'-Maine' disaster, and that switch
boards are ina room in Morro oastle.
Hadyou any reason to suppose the
harbor was mined at all before the
blowing up of the Maine?" asked Sena
tor Frye.
No, sir. I had no reason to suspect
anything of that sort up to that time."
He then went on to say that the
writer of a letter to Santos Gusman
had led him to believe mines might
have been placed there ..previous to the
Maine incident, and he said this sup
position was strengthened by a tele
gram from Weyler, of whioh he had
Cognizance. Upon the whole, he
thought the Weyler lettor (the Laine
letter) was a correct copy of the genu
ine letter. The telegram to which he
referred was addressed to Eva Canela,
a noted Spanish woman and admirer
of Weyler, and to Seuor Gusman, and
it read as follows:
"Grave circumstances cause me to
ask you to destroy the letter of Febru
ary 12."
Lee said this telegram had never
before been published, and he found in
it strong confirmatory evidence of the
genuineness of the letter.
With reference to responsibility for
the destruction of the Maine, Lee said;
"I am satisfied the explosion was
from the outside. I have always be
lieved the Maine was not blown up by
any private individual, but by some
officers who had charge of mines and
electrio wires and torpedos in the ar
senal, who thoroughly understood their
business, for it was done remarkably
well. I don't think Blanco had any
thing to do with it. I don't think he
had any knowledge of it. I was sit
ting in my room at the hotel when I
heard the explosion, and saw a great
column of fire go up in the air. After
ascertaining that it was the Maine, I
went right down to the Palace and
asked for Blanco. He came in at once.
He had just heard the news and was
orying. Tears were coming out of his
eyes. He seemed to regret it as much
as anybody I saw in Havana. I think
it came from some subordinate officers,
who had been there under Weyler, and
who w?re probably anti-Bianco any
how, and who had full knowledge of
the business."
SPAIN'S PREPARATIONS.
Scouring European Waters for Warships
Mobilizing Her Fleet.
New York, April 16. Official con
firmation has been given to the an
nouncement of the departure of the
cruisers Vizcava and Almirante
Oquondo for the Cape Verdos islands,
where the Spanish torpedo fleet is ly
ing, says the Washington correspond
ent of the Herald. They left San Juan
five days ago, and are expected at their
destination within the next two or
three days.
In accordance with the instructions
given by the Spanish minister of ma
rine, the mobilization ot the Spanish
naval force at Cadiz continues. Spain
is scouring the European markets for
desirable merchant ships whioh can be
transformed into auxiliary cruisers.
No confirmation haB been received of
the rumored purchase by Spain of the
Saale and Spree, of the North Gorman
Lloyds line. Should it prove true, and
should war break out within the next
10 days, it can be stated on excellent
authority that the Saale at least will
never fly the Spanish flag. The Saale
will arrive at New York on Saturday
next, and if the Saale has been sold to
Spain there is no doubt the govern
ment would seize her at New York and
impress her into the American navy,
The Spree is in German waters, so
that it will be impossible to reach her.
Besides the Spree, Saale, Normannia
and Columbia, Germany has other mer
chant ships especially bm It for oonver
sion into auxiliary cruisers, which it
is believed here her agents are inspect
ing.
War Klsks Advance.
New York. April 16. Marine risks
took another sharp advance today
Rates on vessels sailing lor the south
east coast of South America were quoted
at 4 per cent, or double yesterday'
quotations.
Polo's Trunks Are Packed.
Washington, April 10. The Spanish
minister. Senor Polo, has' made final
preparations for his departure from
Washington, but no actual step in that
direction will be taken until speciflo
instructions are received from Madrid
Un to the present time, there have
been no such instructions and no inti
mation that they are about to come,
but the preparations for removal have
been completed, in view of the obviou
condition of affairs. '
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Trade Conditions in the Leading Cities
of the World.
A year ago wheat traders were
theorizing as to the effects on the prico
of wheat of a war between Turkay and
Greece. Neither of those combatants
was a wheat producer, but the near fear
of the contest involving Russia kept
the price for a month swinging through
an unusually wide range, and advanced
quotations about 10c a bushel, half of
it on the Monday following the open
ing of hostilities. It is surprising that
the wheat-consuming countries abroad,
in anticipation of a war involving their
chief source of supply, have of late'
been ignoring everything except this
possibility, have been maintaing prices
in spite of a doclining tendency at
times on this side, and have been mak
ing cash purchases with unexpected
energy? '"
The United States is furnishing at
present half of .the wants of the wheat
importing countries of the world,
about 4,000,000 bushels of the 8,000,
000 bushels supplied weekly. Would,
the grain opeiators abroad, whose
office it is to anticipate the world's
situation, take phlematically a war
which threatened to embarrass even in
the smallest way this vast weekly sup
ply and which might possibly affect it
seriously? u .
That is hardly to be assumed. In
deed, it has not been the fact. The
other side for a fornight, incredulous
as everybody has been all this time of
the differences growing into an actual
conflict, has been ignoring tine crop
prospeots at home and large offerings,
and has boen making liberal purchases
from America at prices which have
been a surprise to the American trade,
It was really remarkable that Leiter
could sell 200,000 bushels abroad Easter
Saturday. These are indications that
if a declaration of war removed all the
present doubts the price of wheat
abroad would advanoe sharply.
The effect of war on home prices is
not easy to anticipate. Sentiment
would be a factor. Quick, dcoisive
suocesses exhilirate a nation as they do
individuals, enoourage business as well
as national ventures and quicken speou
lation. Any advance in the wheat
price on the other side would be pre
dicted upon some embarrassment to the
export of American wheat.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla, 8485c; Val
ley and Bluestem, 8788o per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $4.30; graham,
$3.85; superfine, $2.50 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 8940o; choice
gray, 87 88c per busheL
Barlev Feed barley, $25; brewing,
$26 per ton.
Milletuffs Bran, $18 per ton; mid
dlings, $24; Bhorts, $18.
Hay Timothy, $12.50; clover, $10
11; Oregon wild hay, $010 per ton.
Eggs Oregon, Hooper dozon.
Butter Fancy creamery, 4045o;
fair to good, 8540o; dairy, 8085o
per roll.
Cheese Oregon full cream, 13$o;
Young America, 1814o.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $4.00
per dozen; hens, $4-00(84.00;
geeee, 6.007.00; ducks, If8.00
7.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 1318o
per pound.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, 8040o
por Back; sweets, $1.752 per cental
OnionB Oregon, ifa.25ii.60 per
sack. ,
Hops 512)-gO per pound for new
orop; 1800 crip, 4o.
Wool Valley, 1416o por pound;
Eastern Oregon, 812c; mohair,
25c per "pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 4o; dressed mutton, 0)jc;
spring lambs, $2.508 each.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.25;
ight and feeders, $3.00 4.00; dressed,
$5.006.25 por 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $3.50
4.00; cows, $2.508.25; dressed beef,
6)6 7c per pound.
Seattle Market.
Potatoes Yakitnas, $12 13 por ton;
natives, $911; sweets, 2cper pound;
box of 60 pounds, $1.75.
Butter iancy uutive creamery,
brick, 25c; ranoh, 10 12c; dairy,
10c; Iowa fancy oreamery, 23c. .
Cheese Native Washington, 12
13c; Eastern cheese, lSe. ,
Eggs Fresh ranoh, 15c; California
ranch, 14o. .
Meats Choice dressed beef steers,
8c; cows, 77)tfc; mutton, 8c; pork,
7c; veal, small, 8o.
Poultry Chickens, live, por pound,
hens, 13c; dressed, 15c; turkeys,
live, 14c; dressed, 17 18c.
Fresh Fish Halibut, 67c; steel
heads, 7 8c; salmon trout, 910c;
flounders and sole, 8(4o; torn cod, 4c;
ling cod, 45o; rock cod, 6c; smelt, 8
Cc; herring, 4o.
Olympia oysters, per sack, f 3 8.25.
Corn Wholo, $23; cracked, per ton,
$24; feed meal, $24 per ton.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$20; whole, $25.
Flour Patents, per barrel, $1.25
4.50; straights, $4.25; California
brands, $5.50; Dakota brands, $5.00
$5.75; buckwheat flour, $0.60.
MillstuU's Bran, per ton, $16; shorts,
per ton, $17 18.
Feed Chopped feed, $2123 per
ton; middlings, per ton, $18 10; oil
cake meal, per ton, $35.
Hay Puget Bound, new, per ton,
$12 13; Eastern Washington timothy,
$1617; alfalfa, $11; straw, $7.
Oats Choice, per ton, $25 26.
Wheat Feed wheat, per ton, $23
$24.
San Francisco Market.
Wool Nevada, 11 13c; Oregon, 13
14o; Southern coast lambs, 78c.
Millstuffs Middlings, $2825.50;
California bran, $21.00 21.60 Tier ton.
Onions Silversklns. $2.00 2.85 per
cental.
Eggs Store, 12 Ko; ranch, 18
4 14o.
Butter Fancy creamery, 19c; do
seconds, 17c; fancy dairy, 18c; good
to choice, 1717c per pound.
OREGON PROHIBITIONISTS.
Nominate State Officers National Flafc-
form of 1800 Adopted.
The Prohibition party of Oregon.
held its state convention in Newbergf
Wednesday. The number of delegates.
present was somewhat smaller than ex
pected. Interesting sessions were held
and much enthusiasm was manifested.
The following nominations were
made:
Representatives First district, L.
H. Petorson, of Woodburn; seoond
district, O. W. Ingalls.
Governor H. M. Clinton, of Port
land.
Secretary of state H. C. Davis of
Halsey.
State treasurer Moses Botaw, of
Newberg. .
Superintendent of publio instruction.
B. E. Emerick, of Philomath.
Supreme judge iT. E. Hackerman,,
of Albany.
Attorney-general T. J. Bright, ot
Wasco.
State printer M. P. Marquam, of
Forest Grove.
The national platform, which was)
adopted, follows:
"The prohibition party, in national
convention assembled, deolares its
oonvlotlon that the manufacture, ex
portation, importation and sale of al
coholic beverages has produced sucb
social,, commercial! industrial and po
litical wrongs, and is. now so threaten
ing the perpetuity of all our sooial and
political institutions that the suppres
sion of the same by a national party,
organized therefor, Is thp greatest ob
ject to be accomplished 'by the voters
of our country, and is of .such import
ance that it of right ought to control
the political action'of all our patriotic
citizens until such suppression is ac
complished. The urgency of this oauaa
demands the union without-further de
lay of all oitizens who desire the pro
hibition of the liquor traffic; therefore,
"Resolved, That we favor the legal
prohibition, by state and national leg
islation, of the manufacture, importa
tion, exportation and interstate trans
portation and sale of alooholio bever
ages; that we deolare our purpose to
organize and unite all the friends ot
prohibition into one party, and in order
to accomplish this end, we deem it but
right to loave every prohibitionist the
freedom of his own convictions upon
all other political questions, and trust
our representatives to take such aotion
upon other political questions as tbe
change occasioned by prohibition, and
the welfare of the whole people shall
demand."
BIGGEST FIND OF ALL.
A Great Mine Near Susanville,
Grant
County.
W. P. Mount, of Susanville, arrived!
in Canyon City Wednesday, having in
his possession some of the richest and
most beautiful free gold quartz speci
mens ever seen in this country, taken
from his recent discovery, the Sky
scraper mine. The Bpeoimens exhibited
were of the pretty white quartz variety,
almost identically the same as takea
from the Vitruemine, near Baker City,
and came nearer Deingr riuggots than
quartz specimens.
"I have known for several months
past that the Skyscraper would, if suffi
ciently doveloped, become a i bullion
producer of no mean importance," said
Mr. Mount, "but the past week has)
shown it to be perhaps the richest mine
on the ooaat Evbn prior to the finding
of the extremely rich body of ore uncov
ered a few duys ago, the normal und
continuous we'th of the lodge was re
garded by pructlcal mining men as
phenomena), the returns from samples
taken indiscriminately ranging from
$80 to $350 por ton. April 1 a body ot
gold wus encountered in tho level fol
lowing the ledgo, a description of which
would sound moie like fiction than
fact. At this point the lively, clear
out, hard quartz is literally welded and
bound together by the yellow metal,
samples going as high as $160,000 per
ton. From eight ounces of this ore $25
was extraoted in coarse gold, while se
lected specimens would give greater re
turns. From the result of three days'
stripping we estimate tliat $30,000
worth of ore will be taken out. Tba
deponit of gold has boen traced along1
the ledge for a distance of 1,700 feet,
showing an ore chute of very unusual
length, and the lodge ranging iu width
from one to foui feet. Every particla
of the rock extracted from the com
mencement of operations last August
up to the present time will uveraga
$100 per ton, something unknown in
the history of gold mining the world
over.
"It is not a pocket lodge by any
means, as may be surmised from its ex
treme richness, but at times the gold
seems to bo concentrated in very rich
bunches, though without interfering a
particle with the regular precipitation
of the wealth characteristic of the ledge.
"Negotiations .aro under way for the
erection of a modern stamp mill of
largo capacity, including rockbreaker,
concentrator and self-feeder. Just as
soon as the roads are in good condition
the plant will be forwarded to the prop
erty without delay." ,
The Skyscraper is not tho only mine
in tho Susanville district, by any
means. Messrs. De Witt and McLean,
operating the Hughes group in the in
terest of a Ban Francisco company,
have completed their shipment of ore
and are now pushing development work
vigorously and as soon as the roads will
admit they will have a 10-stnmp mill.
The ore body exposed by Horace Sloan
last winter looks like a bouquet to a
miner's eye, and is already attracting
the attention of mining men. The ore
chute is between five and eight feet
wide, and in the neighborhood of 60
feet long. Milling tests show a freo
gold deposit of almost $9 per ton, while)
a concentrating test will go $30.
The Gem of the Mountains, owned
by Mr. Blake, of Canyon City, now
bonded to Mr. Mount, though base, it
one of the most promising mining prop
erties of that nature in Eastern Oregon.