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OREGON CIT V, CLACKAMAS COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY li, 1903.
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EVEiNTS OF THE DAY
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happenings of the Past Week,
Presented In Condensed Form. Mos
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
Many Readers.
Editor Gonzales may recover from
the wound indicted by Tillman.
John Mitchell has delivered his final
address to the coal strike commission.
The Chicago grand jury found indict
ments against 40 men engaged in the
coal conspiracy.
The big 16-inch coast defense gun has
passed a successful trial. It is the
largest gun ever made in America.
Admiral Dewey baa returned to
Washington and praises the conduct of
the fleet in maneuvers in the Caribbean
sea..
A wealthy Oklahoma c'izen commit
ted suicide. Before (lying he declared
he was John Wilkes Booth and killed
Lincoln. '
Naval Constructor Hobson has been
assigned to duty at Bremerton, lo
which post he must go or resign from
the uavy.
Colorado and
Riven assurance
Wyoming have both
that the Lewis and
Clark fair will receive their moral and
financial support.
A charge of powder for an 8-inch gun
exploded on the battle ship Massa
chusetts, killing six men and wounding
three, two of whom may die.
The long overdue steamer 6t. Louis
has arrived in New York. Her boilers
nere leaking badly and passengers
adopted lesolutions condemning the
company for sending the vessel out in
an unsafe condition.
Citizens of Newman, a small village
in Indiana, held up a train and robbed
it of coal.
The 1904 session of the national
livestock convention will be . held in
Portland.
The French government has forbidden
the use of the Breton dialect by priests
of Brittany.
Lieutenant Governor Tillman eaye he
will be able to show that be had ample
provocation for shooting Editor Gon
zales. Two of the public schools of Philadel
phia have closed on account of lack of
fuel. More will follow unless relief
arrives soon.
The president is going over the list
of candidates to become United States
Attorney for Alaska and will announce
bis decision soon.
Germany has denounced the most
favored nation clause in the treaty be
tween the United States and Cuba, say
ing it will shut out all pother countries
from trade.
A Denver Rio Grande passenger train
was derailed in Colorado and 30 of the
60 passengers injured. Only four,
however, are seriously hurt.
t
Each member of the isthmian canal
commission is drawing a salary of f 1,
O00 a month and traveling expenses
added. The salaries were fixed in 1899.
Senator Mitchell has been assured
that the improvement of the mouth of
the Columbia will begin soon and that
the work will go forward without delay.
W. J. Lewis, the Seventh Day Ad-
ventist. who refused to work in the
postoflice department Saturdays, will
have that day off without pay.
At a party given by the students of
St. Francis' college, Brooklyn, 7,500
persons played euchre at one time at
1.875 tables, and 12 bands played in
unison.
It is reported that Lord Rosebury
will marrv Mrs. A. ice Uarr cnauncey,
formerly of Louisville, Ky., but now of
Cannes, France. Her younger sister is
the wife of Lord Newborough.
The dead body of an Italian with 17
found in Jackson Park.
Chicago. The man is supposed to have
been murdered for revenge, as nis
money was not taken.
The body of a man killed in a fight
with United States marshals at Spiro,
Oklahoma, baa been identified as that
of Samuel Morley, murderer of three
men in Texas. A reward of f 3,000
was offered for hia arrest.
The Dominion iron and steel com
pany, ofCansda, threatens to become a
serious competitor of Great Britain in
foreign markets.
Havmeyer will furnish 1 ,000,000
for a beet sugar factory at Longmont,
Colo.
Owing to a constant decline in silver,
City of Mexico merchants refuse to give
discounts on sales.
NEWS OF OREGON
ITFMS OP INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
OP THE STATE.
Bad Fire at Albany New Oovernor Com.
mences His Appointments Railroad
Ballast From the Grand Ronde River
Timber Claims Being Protested Big
New Electric Enterprise.
Governor Chamberlain bas appointed
Chief Deputy Manning to be district
attorney for Multnomah county.
A bill has been introduced in the
legislature to fix the boundary line be
tween Umatilla and Union counties.
At present persons living near the di
vide vote and pay taxes where they
please, as there is no way of determin
ing in which county they reside.
The Clatsop county commissioners'
court contemplates making the toll
road between Seaside and Elk creek a
public highway.
The committee appointed to select a
site at Portland for the Oregon volun
teers' monument has decided on the
Plaza block opposite the courthouse.
The most destructive fire that has
occurred in Albany in years occurred
when the entire plant of the Sugar Pine
Mill & Fixture company was destroyed.
The lues is estimated at over $20,000,
and represents the entire-'capital of
some of the stockholders.
The new town of Palmer is growing.
Seven new houses of modern style are
nearly completed, the greater number
containing seven room. By spring it
is contemplated there will be from 00
to 70 houses built for the accommoda
tion of the mill employes; also busi
ness bouses v. ill be erected, probably
including a mercantile establishment.
The mill is busy Bawing lumber for the
buildings, but is tilling outside orders
too. Work will probably begin in
April in the construction of the new
mill.
The Eugene electric light company is
to be merged into a larger and more
important concern. The power to run
the dynamos, instead of being generat
ed at Eugene, will come from Spring
field, where arrangements have been
made for sawdust and refuse from the
large mill there to be used as fuel,
thereby lessening the expense of power.
The plant will be greatly enlarged, and
will not only supply lights for Eugene,
but will furnisn lights for SpringSeld
and the mills, and power for all pur
poses. It is also expected that ulti
mately an electric car line from Eugene
to Springfield will be put in, with a
possibility of other enterprises.
Nearly all of the timber claims locat
ed in the Grave creek district of Jos
ephine county have been protested upon
the locators attempting to make final
proof on them. The protest is made on
the ground that the tracts located are
mineral lands, and were located mainly
for the purpose of getting possession of
the ledges and placer beds rather than
for the timber. The protest is made
through the miners of Grave creek dis
trict, who, like the gold diggers in all
other sections of the county, are indig
nant at the wholesale manner in which
timber claims, or so called timber
claims, have been taken up there dur
ing the past year. The miners allege
that many of the claims taken up did
not have timber enough on them to
fence them, the sole object ' of the lo
cator being to get possession of the
mineral land the claims contained.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 71c; blue
stem, 80c; valley, 7576c.
Barley Feed, $23.50 per ton; brew
ing, $24.
flour Best grade, $3.904.20; grah
am, f3.253.50.
Millstufts Bran, f 1819 per ton;
middlings, $23 24; shorts, $1920,
chop, $18.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.151.17 ;
guy, $1.12g1.15 per cental.
Hay Timothy, $1112; clover,
$8(39; cheat, $910 per ton.
Potatoes Best Bu Thanks, 50C0c per
sack; ordinary, 4050c per cental,
growers' prices; Merced sweets, $2
2.25 per cental.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, 10llc;
young, 10c; hens, ll12c; turkeys,
live, 1315c; dressed, 15'6c; ducks,
$7.50per dozen; geese, $78. 50.
Cheeee Full cream, twins, 16
17Kc; Young America, 17186c;
factory prices, llc less.
Butter Fancy creamery, 27J30c
per pound; extras, 30c; dairy, 20
22c; store, 1518c.
Eggs 22Z24 per dozen.
Hops Choice, 2326?c per pound.
Wool Valley, 1215c; Eastern
Oregon, 814)c; mohair, 2628c.
Heel uross, cows, 33?4c per
pound; steers, 4(34 ?4c; dressed, 7c,
Veal-7M8Jic.
Mutton Gross, 4c per pound;
dressed, 7c.
Lambs Gross, 4c per pound;
dressed, 7c.
Hogs Gross, 6 He per pound;
dressed, 776c.
SHOT BY TILLMAN.
Editor donzalcs Wounded by Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina.
Columbia, S. C, Jan. 17. In the
ery shadow oL the South Carolina
statehouse, Lieutenant Governor James
H. Tillman shot and probably mortally
wounded Narciso Gener Gonzales,
founder and editor of the Columbia
State, a newspaper which baa since its
inceptiou bitterly opposed the so-called
Tillman faction in South Carolina pol
itics: The two men have been sworn
enemies for some years, and Tillman's
animosity was accentuated by Gonzales'
pronounced editorial opposition to him
as a candidate for governor during last
fall's primary. In that campaign
Gonzales made editorial reference to
Tillman as a "liar, scoundrel and de-
baucher." A challenge to a duel
lowed, but Gonzales ignored it.
fol-
and
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The shooting occurred at Main
Gervaia streets, in full view of
state tapitol, and the most frequented
corner in Columbia. Policeman Bol
and, immediately after the shooting,
arrested Lieutenant Governor Tillman
and took him to the police headquart
ers, where he Was relieved of two
pistols, the one with which he shot
Mr. Gonzales And a second large re
volver oi 38 calibre. From the police
station he was taken to the county jail,
where he is now under protection of
the officers.
There was only one eliot fired and
that entered the right side between the
eighth and ninth ribs and passed
through the fore part of the body, com
ing out just above the free ribe. The
bullet was picked up on the pavement.
Surgeons performed an operation on
Gonzales at the City hospital late yes
terday afternoon. The operation was
regarded as successful, but in the
judgment of the physicians, the wound
ed man has only one chance in five to
live. His constitution and habits of
life, however, are stated to be generally
in his favor. The wound is an ugly
one, the liver and intestine being
punctured.
S COAL COMINQ FROM BRITAIN.
Large Shipments In Prospect Effect of
Repeal of Duty.
London, Jan. 17. Prices in the Lon
don coal market have thus far not been
affected by the action of congress in
providing a rebate of duties on all coal
for a year and placing anthracite on
the free list, though a better feeling
prevails. No further large orders
have yet been received from America.
The moBt important houses do not
expect large exports of coal to the
United States. They believe that Ca
nadian coal will chiefly benefit by the
rebate duties. It is added that nearly
all the English coal heretofore sent to
America was ordered by speculators,
the leading American merchants not
being buyers, on account of the length
of time required to arrange for large
shipments from England. ..
Later in the day it was announced
that the price of coal had advanced 13
cents per ton at the pit banks, partial
ly due to the cold weather demands,
and partly to increased contract orders,
in view of the coal situation in America.
It was ssid in Liverpool today that
since Christmas over 60 steamers have
been chartered to load coal at various
ports of the United Kingdom for the
United States.
SMITH'S POLICY WAS NEEDED.
Strong Evidence of Native Treachery and
Cruelty at Glenn Trial.
Manila, Jan. 17. Six officers who
served in tbo Island of Samar testified
today before the court martial which
is trying Major Glenn on the charge of
unlawfully killing seven prisoners of
war in Samar. The witnesses mostly
detailed the enemy's acts of babrarity,
such rh burying persons alive, mutilat
ing living and dead persons and tortur
ing and murdering prisoners and na'
tives in sympathy with the Americans.
The defense produced an order of
General Lukban directing the nee of
poison against Americans. The court
admitted as evidence the captured re
port revealing additional features of the
plot which led to the Balangiga inassa
ere. The witnesses agreed that the
policy of Brigadier General Jacob H
Smith was necessary and that it ended
the insurrection in Samar. .
Captain Smith testified that the
friendly natives who were refugees in
the mountains in his district petitioned
to be allowed to return to town, and
promised to support the Amreicans,
Captain Swayne, said the witness, told
Geneial Smith they would die of starv
ation if left in the mountains, and
General Smith, the witness added, said
"Let them die. The sooner they
are dead the sooner we shall have
peace."
Winter Holds Grasp on Britain.
New York, Jan. 17. England is in
the grip of winter, says a dispatch fiom
London to the Tribune. North, south
east and west, the conditions are the
same biting winds, brisk weather,
with a dash of frost and in some places
enough ice to make skating safe. The
movement of the barometer inidcates
there is no reason to look lor any
startling atmospheric changes, and
frost, occasional snow showers, with
interludes of fog, are likely therefore to
be prominent items for some time in
London' meteorological program.
THE LAST TRIBUTE
ENTIRE STATE ATTENDS FUNERAL OF
THOMAS H. TONGUE.
Floral Offerings Completely Covered the
Coffin Many Societies to Which He
Belonged Took Part in the Last Sad
Rites Hlllsboro Almost Too Small to
Hold AU Who Attended.
Hillsboro, Jan. 19. Thomas H.
Tongue went to his grave yesterday
with all the honor that his state could
give him. Neraly all Oregon attended
his funeial at Hillsboro, and at the last
impressive services, the preacher said
most fittingly: "It is Oregon that is
mourning today, for it is Oregon that
has lost a son " A committee from
congress, made up of men who repre
sented every part of the nation, was
present, but the funeral ceremony was
Oregon's own tribute to the dead.
Hillsboro was not big enough to hold
in comfort all who wanted to attend
Mr. tongue s obsequies. A special
train from Portland carried down a
multitude, and hundreds poured into
the town from all parts of the state.
Nearly ail the state officials were pres
ent, and so was a majoiity of the legis
lature. And from others whe could
rot attend, came a wealth of floral
offerings that were piled mountain high
over the kalter of the little Hillsboro
Methodist church. The coffin was fair
ly buried in flowers, and they, too,
came from all parts of Oregon.
Committtej representing the various
societies to which Mr. Tongue belonged,
were at the depot to meet the party,
and they acfod as an escort when the
remains were taken to the court house
at Hillbsoro.
At the couit house, which had been
draped in mourning from tower to base
ment, the coffin was placed in the main
corridor, and all yesterday morning a
line of people with uncovered heads
passed by it.
The special train from Portland
reached Hillsboro at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon. It brought the committee
of congressmen appointed by Speaker
Henderson to attend the funeral. Six
cars were needed to contain the others
who went down from Portland on the
same mission.
The guests were received by 50 mem
bers of , the Knights of Pythias in full
uniform. The Knights formed a line
with drawn swords, through which the
visitors passed from the street into the
court house, and acted as ushers during
the ceremonies there. They were in
charge of Mr. Tongue's body while it
lay in state, and they mounted a strict
military guard which contributed much
to the lmpressiveneBS of the day's ser
vices.
They surrendered the- body to the
Odd Fellows, who took it to the church,
where Mr. Tongue and hia family have
worshipped for years.
The distinguished assemblage simply
packed the church auditorium until it
was impossible for anybody in the aud
ience to listen to the ceremonies in
comfort. The escort of Knights kept
the aisles open until the Odd Fellows
carried the coffin in, but after that
every man struggled for the best place
he could get.
The services in the church were short.
The pastor introduced Dr. C. E. Kline
to make the opening prayer, and there
were many damp eyesin the audience
when Dr. Kline concluded. He was for
a creat many years the pastor of the
congre, ation to which Representative
Tongue belonged, and hia prayer took a
wider range than is usual for this rea
son. His eloquent appeal was, per
haps, the best verbal tribute paid to
Mr. Tongue during the day. Then a
passage of scripture was read by Rev.
R. H. Kennedy, of the Hillsboro Con
gregational church, and Rev. Dr. L. E,
Rockwell, presiding elder of the MethO'
dint church in Northern Oregon, then
preached the funeral sermon.
During the services the Portland
quartet sang a number of hymns, and
were beard to special advantage in the
beautiful "Lead, -Kindly Light
V hen the church ceremonies were
concluded the body was turned over to
the Hillsboro Masonic body, which es
corted it to the cemetery and interred
it with their own picturesque ritual,
Worshipful Grand .Master W. F,
Butcher conducting the services. Over
the grave Mr. Butcher paid one last
eloquent tribute to Mr. Tongue's mem
orv, and the whole ecmetery was filled
with thoeo who listened to him.
lhe congressional delegation will re
turn to Washington at once, and Mr.
Moody left last evening, to resume his
work there. For the present he will be
Oregon s sole member of the national
house of repreeetnatives.'
Castro Must Pay First.
Berlin, Jan. 19. In the negotiations
which are about to begin at Washington
Great Britain and Germany, as the re.
suit of further correspondence, are quite
determined that the irreducible cond
tion of arbitration is that President
Castro shall pay or give collateral en-
curity for the sums already specified.
The powers will not consent to raising
the blockade until Venezuela complies
with this unalterable condition. The
allies place the responsibility for fur
ther delay upon Venezuela.
REFUSED TO TELL
COAL DEALERS WILL NOT SAY WHAT
THEY PAY FOR PRODUCT.
None of the Companies, Except the Read
lmr. Produclne at Much as Before the
Strike-One Dealer States He Pays $8 '
for What was Formerly $3.25, and
Supply Is Limited.
Washington, Jan. 19. A number of
wholesale dealers in coal who do busi
ness in Philadelphia and Baltimore and
sell the coal of independent operators
testified before the senate committee
which is investigating the scarcity of
coal in this city. Two of them de
clined to answer questions, but Senator
Stewart, who preiided ovar the hear
ings, told them he had no intention of
reporting them to the senate.
A. Beaumont Whitney, of the firm
of Whitney Kejnmerer, of Philadel
phia, said that his firm is now paying
$8 per ton for anthracite at the mines,
minus 10 per cent commission, whereas
befoie the strike the price was f 3.25.
It was impossible, be said, to get all
the coal dosired even at the advanced
price. He said that instead of increas
ing, the coal supply is diminishing.
"If," he said, "the miners would do
as Mr. Mitchell says, the supply would
be increased, but none of the producers,
except the Reading company, is pro
ducing as much coal as formerly."
J. H. Read, of Baltimore, declined
to state the price at which tie supplies
bituminous coal to W. J. Zeath, a local
coal dealer, iu connection with his con
tract to furnish coal to the treasury
building and the bureau of engraving
and printing. He said, however, that
he had not been able to furnish a suffi
cient quantity to fill the contract. His
reason for not wanting to answer was
that he did not want to reveal his mar
gin lo competitors. Senator Stuart told
the witness that the question pertained
to government business and not to his
witness') private business, but still
he declined.
The senator exclaimed :
"You fellows are too' cunning for
the people and you are all getting rich."
Mr. Read denied that this was true
in his case.
BOY SET WRONO SIQNAL,
Trains Crashed Together Four Dead and
Three Injured.
Cumberland, Md., Jan. 19. Through
the alleged interference of a messenger
boy, a wreck was caused on the Balti
more & Ohio railroad east of Cumber
land early today, in which four em
ployes of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad
were killed and three injured. The
wreck was due to the displaying of a
false signal, giving a clear track for
eastbound paBsengor train No. 10, when
in the next block ahead there was
standing on the track a caboose and
two engines. The passenger train was
drawn by two engines, and there
crashed through the caboose and en
gines which obstructed the track.
Luckily the train had not attained its
full speed, and was only moving at the
rate of about 20 miles an hour when
the collision came. The postal car of
the passenger train was derailed, but
the passenger coaches did not leave the
track and the occupants escaped in
jury, it is charged that a messenger
boy named Turner, who was in the
block tower when No. 10 came along,
and hearing the engineer's whistle for
clear tracks, 'pulled a lever, giving him
a clear signal. The operator had, it is
explained, previously set the signal at
danger. While his attention was being
devoted to communicating with the
block station, the boy, it la alleged,
pulled the lever that gave the oncom
ing train the signal that it bad a clear
block ahead and the tower oporator was
not aware of what was done until the
crash came.
Fire Caused Panic In Hotel.
Chicago, Jan. 19. Fire which broke
out at an early hour today destroyed a
large manufacturing block at Canal and
Madison streets, causing a loss estimat
ed at 100,000, and caused a panic
among the guests of the Grand Central
hotel, adjoining. For a time it was
feared the hotel would be destroyed,
and many of the inmates fled in scanty
attire into the street. Among the
heaviest losers are the Simonds manu
lacturing company, P. F. Gump &Co.,
Eureka manufacturing company and
the Western Brass works. Most of the
concerns occupying the building were
engaged in the machinery business.
Qomez Is Satisfied,
Havana, Jan. 19. The manifesto
which was issued here yesterday set
ing forth that the Liberal army of Cuba
will not wait later than March for the
completion of the work for the payment
of the soldiers, and that if longer time
is asked the army will reunite and oc
cupy every town from Point Mays! to
Cape San Antonio pacifically was an
anonymous one. General Gomez and
the other generals have expressed them
selves as being perfectly satisfied with
the attitude of the Cuban government
regarding the payment of the army.
CURIOSITY OF SKY-SCkAPER.
Fire Escape Dispensed with on th
1'lfteea-btorjr Building.
One of the curiosities of the sky
scraper la the fact that the law which;
requires fire escapes on a five-story
building dispenses wjth them on a fifteen-story
building. Perhaps it realizes
that In case of fire no one would ever
! be able to climb down twenty or twen-
ty flve fllght8 of 1Ittle ,ron ,ad
ders without losing bis head. At any
irate, it depends entirely for safety la
the sky-scraper on fireproof construc
tion. There must be nothing about It
that can burn. And there Is not. Stair
ways are of marble and iron. There)
Is little, a very little wood "trim" about
the offices, but even If It caught fire
It would not feed the flames for long
and would leave the building practical
ly uninjured.
Of course, wood does go Into the con
struction of the building, but all such
wood must, lu buildings over twelve
stories high, nccordlug to law, be flre
proofed, chemically treated so that It
will not burn. The sky-scraper says
to Its tenants: "There Isn't going to bo
a Are and, If there Is, you can get out
by the elevators." Elevator shafts
are constructed absolutely unburnable.
with not a thing about them to feed
the flames. The lesson of the New
York Life Building a few. years ago
wns thoroughly learned and to-day the
fireproof sky-scraper must be really
fireproof.
When one realizes that New York Is
at preseut Investing some seven mil-.
Hons In these castles In the air, says
the Brooklyn Eagle, that are even now
building they are enlarging the city
by an acreage of one-seventh of Its
original area and' that they are dally
shooting further and further Into the
air one cannot but wonder what the?
sky-scraper of the next quarter of a
century will be. There seems to be
no chance of a return to first princi
ples. Such buildings as the Herald
building, uptown, and the new Stock
Exchange and the new Chamber of
Commerce, downtown, mny be very
flue, architecturally, ond beautiful la
themselves. But, unfortunately, they'
are not by themselves. ; To be appre
ciated they would have to he Been and
to be seen they would hnve to be set
on a plain somewhere, not crowded, as
they are, Into the shadow of the twenty-five
story air castles which New
York's millions are rearing over New
York's Infinitely precious soil.
WHEELED SKIDS FOR TRUCKING.
Our Illustration shows a new roller
skid, ' which has been designed by
Edunrd Sclmrrer, of Stuttgart, Ger
many, for the purpose of loading and
unloading heavy boxes from wagons.
With Its use all necessity for turning;
the boxes over and over ns they arc
forced up the Incline to the wagon Is
done away with, mid there Is conse
quently considerably less danger of
damaging the contents of the package.
Fewer men are required to handle
heavy freight where this skid Is used.
SKIDS WITH HOLLKUS.
as a single enrtman can push a heavy
box over the rollers with' ease, and the
new device makes the operation prac
tlcully noiseless. There Is no chance of
the box sliding down the Incline, as the
rollers have automatic locks which pre
vent them from revolving backward.
The skid can be reversed for unload
ing goods from the wagon, or may be
used as a truck for moving burdens on
level ground by using it with the roll
ers face down. With the time saved in
both loading und unloading, the neces-':
slty for fewer men and the great de
crease of danger to both the truckman
and the goods, It would seem that this
new skid has much to recommend its
use by express companies, glass, porce
lain and piano factories and all con
cerns shipping heavy freight.
A Simple Suggestion.
"Yes, he built a cannon In accord
ance with the principles of his Inven
tion and It cost a great deal of money."
"I want to know."
"It did. And when It was all done
he dldu't have money enough to fire
it."
"Money to fire It. Gee whiz, but that
seems awful extravagant! Why didn't
he touch It off with a match?" Cleve
land rialn Dealer.
Some women grow weary trying to
look young, but they do not tire them
selves half as much as they tire
others.