THE MOBNING OKEGONIAN, SATURDAY. JULY 21", 1900.
KEYNOTE OF THE- TRADE
.IMPROVED CROP CONDITIONS ARK
THE GREAT FACTORS.
Beslnning; of Fall Trade Noticed In
, tke West Iron and Steel Lovrer
Wcelcs Banlc Clearing.
NBT YORK, July 20. Bradstreetfs to
morrow will say:
Improved crop conditions furnish the
keynote of the trade and price move
ment As a result of them nearly all
staple agricultural products are lower In
price, and at the same time a percep
tible livening up of demand for Fall de
livery is noted Jn the West. Northwest
and South. The beginning: of Fall trade
is consequently more clearly visible in
the sections mentioned, while at the
East the markets are slow to experi
ence this improvement and are conse
quently reasonably dull. Bank clearings
as yet fail to reflect Any perceptible im
provement in distribution, and railway
earnings, though of large volume, are.
owing to comparisons being made with
exceptionally good results last year,
showing "less notable increases both in
gross-and net returns.
An increased cost of repairs, better
ments, fuel and wages are unitedly re
sponsible for this latter feature, because
gross receipts for later periods reported
show continued though small gains.
Hog products have gone lower with
corn, as has also wheat, in which con
tinued liquidation has been noted, with
the result of inducing partial returns of
the export inquiry banished from the mar
ket by the recent heavy rise. On the
basis of a crop of 50,000,000 bushels, the
outlook -.is that an export of 132,000,000 to
!UiUjR bushels will be possible without
reducing the visible and farm supplies
materially from the totals estimated on
July 2.
Iron and steel prices are evidently
scraping on bottom, if reports from lead
ing centers of cost of raw material and
wages are correct. Bessemer pig at Pitts
burg is on a ?17 basis, with hillets at 521
against respectively J30 and $33 a year ago,
so that much of the "boom" prices have
been cut. Eastern and Southern iron
markets are lower than a week ago, No.
1 Northern foundry being off $1 per ton
and low-grade Southern iron is accumu
lating. A favorable feature is the In
creasing number of inquiries from Eu
rope. Soft coal is going abroad too.
& cargo leaving for London shortly. Tin
is cornered locally and higher on the
week, while copper is liner. Anthraclto
coal is steady and confidence In future
prices is notable.
The textile situation is a mixed one.
Present prices for raw cotton and finish
ed material do not harmonize. Chinese
troubles have checked export trade in
brown cottons and a Summer shut-down
of mills producing these goods and print
cloths is looked for.
An encourag.ng feature of the wool mar
ket is the rather better Inquiry for raw
wool at Boston, but manufacturing will
not apparently do much until the light
weight season opens. Advices from the
London soles are that that market has
' regained most of the loss shown early In
the season.
"Wheat, Including flour, shipments, for
the week, aggregate 3.029.SS1 bushels
against 2,829.910 bushels last week, 3,408.
073 bushels in the corresponding week of
1899, 2,303,463 bushels in 1S9S, 1,978,828 bush
els In 1S97, and 3,073,780 bushels In 1896.
From July 1 to date tills season wheat
exports are 8,S78,123 bushels against 10,
430,803 bushels last season and 7,942,938
bushels in 1S9S-99.
Business failures for the week number
2p2 against 221 last week, 174 In this week
a year ago, 188 In 1898, 230 in 1897 and 230
in 1895.
Canadian failures for the week number
28 as compared with 19 in this week a
Xear ago.
MIDSUMMER TRADE.
Luxnber and Iron Are Suffering: From
Light Demand.
NEW TORK, July 20. R. G. Dun &
Co.'s weekly review of trade tomorrow
will say:
The midsummer vacation has already
disposed of the prophets who gave it a
"week or two," but there are few signs
to indicate Its probable duration. The
compact of lake ore producers, in order
to sell standard bessemer ore below $5 50
at lower lake ports this year, with coke
held at $2 GO. much lessens the probabil
ity that the market will wait for Bes
semer pig to go far below 515, and some
Increased buying already appears by mak
ers of Implements not as yet In season
contracts, but bought to give hope. Not
much beyond waiting Is possible until
wages for the coming year can be set
tled. The same extensive building strikes
which have cut oft the use of much
structural steel have also prevented a
vast use of lumber, which was. like iron,
extraordinarily advanced in prices. The
Eastern association tried without avail
to hold prices, and the North Carolina
association caused extensive curtailment
of output, while the Lake association two
weeks ago resolved to maintain prices,
but the need of the market does not
appear. When cotton had been easily
held above 10 cents and then had dropped
sharply, a Liverpool speculator again
showed how easily Americans are induced
to accept higher prices for the quantity
they have left for sale.
The dry-goods market, quite embar
rassed at the best. Is not helped by such
vagaries, and the closing of important
mills was the more meritorious because
It gave occasion at the end of a session
with an over-supply here both of goods
and material, to rest until Europeans
have settled their affairs. Without formal
agreement the woolen industry adopted in
part the same course. Many mills have
stopped or reduced force, so that experts
believe that less than hair the capacity
is now at work, because the nature of the
next season's demand does not yet ap
pear. There has resulted more willing
ness to sell wool, especially where ware
houses are not plenty, and prices average
fully 2 cents lower than In February, but
dealers are Inquiring more earnestly just
now to find out what goods they can sell
than where they can get materials.
Further Important changes, the exact
nature of which may not be fully re
ported, are appearing in the heavy de
cline of packer hides at Chicago, ranging
from to Vt cent, with sales said to
be from 40,000 to 0,000, and also in heavy
ales of leather to manufacturers.
The sharp fall of 2 cents In wheat and
4 cents in corn appears to reflect public
conclusions, after hearing much evi
dence, official and unofficial, regarding
the extent of injury to the grains. The
shipments go on at a quiet and moder
ate pace. In three weeks from Atlantic
ports 5.661.G01 bushels of wheat, flour In
'cluded, against 6,505,393 last year; from
Pacific ports, 1.69L597 bushels, against
L27S.64S last year, and corn 9.620,563 bush
els, against 9.2S9.999 last year.
Failures for the week have been 231 in
the United States, against 145 last year,
and 27 in Canada, against 23 last year.
.' THE FINANCIAL SITUATION.
Trouble In China I the Orershnd
ovrinjc Factor.
NEW YORK, July 20. Bradstreefs re
view of the New York stock market to
morrow will say:
The stock market has been strong. In
the face of dullness and of the Chinese
situation and other adverse factors of ex
ternal origin. The renewal of gold ex
ports and the appearance of hardening
tendencies in money, caused, however,
somewhat weaker tone to prevail in the
last few days, and the market seemed
mpre disposed to pay attention to- the
grave international complications which
may result from the trouble In China.
The reactions which were occurring in
Russian and other governemtnal securi
ties, as well as In those of China,, havo
again unsettled the foreign markets and
led to London being a heavy seller of
stocks here. The advance in the Bank of
England rate from 3 to 4 per cent on
Thursday, and the shipment of $2,000,000
gold from New York to Paris points to
the fact that Europe is preparing for
financial pressure, and will use all means
to attract gold from this country. Our
market is certainly inclined to regard
the gold cxportations wltnout fear, par
ticularly in view of the large Influx of
the metal from Alaska, and the news of
heavy specie shipments in progress or in
prospect from Australia to San Fran
cisco. It is recognized that American money
Is relatively too low, and that higher In
terest will afford protection against Euro
pean demands, although with the abun
dance of capital In the country there Is
no apprehension on the part of Wall
street regarding any serious disturbance
of money rates, even if European Jor
rowings here should assume much great
er proportions. The news from Pekln on
Friday announcing the safety of tht
Americans and other Ministers, had a fa
vorable effect on the market at large, and
caused advances throughout the list, with
a strong tone at the close.
Bank Clearlnps.
NEW YORK, July 20. The following
table, compiled by Bradstreet, shows the
bank clearings at the principal cities for
the week ended July 19, with the per
centage of increase and decrease, as com
pared with the corresponding week last
year:
Inc. Dec
New York S42.786.000 .... 19.4
Boston 116.7S3.0O0 .... 24.8
Chicago 139.163.000 12.7
Philadelphia SS.424.000 .... 2.2
St. Louis 33,496.003 .... 9.9
Pittsburg 30,750.000 20.S
Baltimore 19.340.003 .... 17.9
San Francisco .... 22.653.000 .... 7.8
Cincinnati 16.706.000 49.9
Kansas City 15.117.003 38.9
New Orleans 9.O25.O00 43.9
Minneapolis 10,890,033 2.3
Detroit S.945,000 9.6
Cleveland 11.834,000 8.S
Louisville 7.9S5.000
Providence 6.22S.O00 .... 3.9
Milwaukee 5,721,000 .... 6.4
St. Paul 5.1S1.0M 17.9 ....
Buffalo 5.011.000 5.7 ....
Omaha 5.S5S.O00 .... 1.5
Indianapolis 6.489.000 2.5 ....
Columbus, O. .... 5.257.000 4.5 ....
Savannah 4,697.000 122.7
Denver 4.135,000 24.1 ....
Hartford 3.127.000 6.4 ....
Richmond 2.645,000 .... 21.2
Memphis L740 0M .... 5.1
Washington 2.338,003
Peoria 1.S20.000 .... 10.1
Rochester LEO3.CO0 .... 5.4
New Haven 1.68S.O00 .... 5.2
Worcester 1.457,000 .... 7.8
Atlanta .... : 1.609,003 9.6
Salt Lake City.... 2.4S3.000 4.7
Springfield. Mass. 1.402.000 .... 15.1
Fort Worth 1.K8.000 .... 9.6
Portland, Me. .... 1.107.000 .... 29.9
Portland, Or. 2.712.000 34.3 ....
St. Joseph 4.509.000 23.0
Los Angeles 2.371.000 41.2
Norfolk 1.37S.O0O
Syracuse .' 1.807.O30 6.0 ....
Des Moines 1,500.030 .... 1.1
Nashville 1.221.003
Wilmington, Del.. 1,030.000 16.9 ....
Fall River 647.000 .... 16,5
Scranton "... 926,000 9.6
Grand Rapids .... 1.264 000 30.1 ....
Augusta, Ga. 718.000 5.5
Lowell 572.030 .... 10.3
Dayton. 0 L28.000 23.6 ....
Seattle 3.006.0X) 61.7
Tacoma 05,000 26.5 ....
Spokane LHO.OOO 6.1 ....
Sioux City 909.030 9.1 ....
Nev Bedford 353.000 .... 60.1
Knoxville. Tenn.. 481,000 .... 12.7
Topeka 1,034.000 72.3 ....
Birmingham 6S3.000 .... 1.1
Wichita 4C6.000 6.1 ....
Blnghamton 423.0"0 1.9 ....
Lexington. Ky.... 4SS.O0O 2.9 ....
Jacksonville, Fla.. 2T.000 33.1 ....
Kalamazoo 330.003 .... 10.o
Akron 4SL000 .... 3.5
Chattanooga 387.0C0 32.3
Rockford, 111 3S2.000 .... ....
Canton. 6 315.CO0 1.2 ....
Springfield. 0 27LO0O .... S5.3
Fargo. N. D .-. 235.003 .... 9.0
Sioux Falls. S.D.. 1R3.000 .... 2.2
Hastings, Neb. .. 177.000 65.4 .,..
Fremont. Neb. ... 154.W 23.2
Davenport 826,030 6.3 ....
Toledo UfS.OOO .... 34.5
Galveston 3.S31.000 ....
Houston 4.KW.O00 2.2 ....
Evansvllle 937.000 16.8
Springfield. Ill 477.O00 14.3 ....
Little Rock S96.O00 22.6 ....
Macon 555.000. 42.3 ....
Helena 779,000 40.3 ....
Youngstown. O. .. 321.000 12.2 ....
Totals. U. 8 Jl.471.631.000 .... 12.5
Outside N. Y. 628,865.003 .... 1.3
Dominion of Canada
Montreal SftSK i'i 6'5
Toronto . M. 3.3 ....
Winnipeg JES '5 ""
Halifax -I? 8-P
Hamilton 790.000 .3 ....
St, John. N. B 0.000 .... 24.9
Vancouver -SS a's 'Z
Victoria 755,000 .... 9
Totals J S1.187.O0O 4.9 ....
DAILY CITY STATISTICS.
Real Estate Trnnferfi.
William M. Ladd and wife to Nathan
Rybert. lot at Twenty-first and Wll
mn streets. July 18. ........ ........... &
Laura A Buckmon and A H. Buck
man to Anna Van Rensselaer, east
V, of lots 5 and 6. block 235, East
Portland. July 12 .12a0
Ernt Jean Baptist to J. J. O'Con
nor, lots 5 and 6. block 5, Germania
addition. June 20, 1899 150
J. J. O'Connor and wife to Robert
L. Pollock, lots 5 and 6. block 5.
Gnrmanta addition. June 15 250
Llllle Acker to B. B. Acker, lots 4.
5. 6. 13. 14 nnd 15, block S. Mor
gan's addition to Glenhaven Park,
July 20 1
Anna R, Hansee to L. J. Edmonds,
lot 10. block 22. Sunnyrlde, July 10. 1
T. J. Lucy et ux. to John F. Lucv,
lot 1. block 1. Hawthorno Place au
dition. May 2 500
A B. Manley to Joseph John Price,
lot 6 and all that par: of lot 5 north
of tlv dividing line separating; tho
donation land claim of Jacob
Wheeler and William Irving in
block 199. Holiday's addition, July
30 5
J. O. Walrath. et ux. to Sarah E.
Hunter, northeast 4 of 4 acres be
ginning at northwest corner of
southeast of ecuthast 4 of sec
tion 14. township 1 north, range 1
east, July 10 $00
Franklin R. Anson and wife to John
F. Hawkes. block 29. Sullivan's ad
dition, subject to S1500 mortgage,
June SO i
Building: Permit.
A. Kreegan, cottage. Beech Vrtreet, be
tween East Sixth and East Seventh, $950.
Birth.
July 12, boy to the wife of James W.
McHolland. 674 East Nineteenth street.
Deaths.
July 18, Anderson Ragedale. age 48 yeans.
Count- Hos"-' al. acute mania.
Jury 20. .ertlzabeth H. Durgln. age 66
years 5 months, 214 Thirteenth street,
acute gastritis.
July 19. Charles Van Campen. age 1
year. 174 Third street cholera Infantum.
July 18, Delora. Mabel Root, age 4 years
4 months, 505 Gantenbein avenue, entero
colitis.
July 19. Violet Betz. age 8 months, 292
Sellwood street, cholera infantum.
ContnjrlouK DlaenseM.
Jennie Corletta, aged 8 years, Mill, be
tween Water and Front rstreetft diph
theria. Son of Mrs. Augustine, 308 Carruthera
street, diphtheria.
LOOKING FOR A COOL PLACE?
Then take the O. R. & N. special train
from Union depot at S:30 A. M. Sunday
and go to Bonneville. Special low rate
of 50 cents for the round trip. Refresh
ments to be had on the grounds, or take
a basket lunch with you, and escape the
heat of the city. Cool groves, magnifi
cent scenery, good music, first-class per
formance, all free. Remember the time,
9:30 A. M. Sunday, Union depot.
"Heavens bless him! He showed con
fidence in me when the clouds were dark
and" threatening.' ."In what' way7" "Ho
lent me an umbrella." Tit Bits.
THIEF AND REBEL RIFE
BESET SOLDIERS AND !
HOW TKEY
CITIZENS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Operations of Captain Willi' Com
panyThe Desperate Fight at
Cntnbijr on Island of Saninr.
I
LIBMANAN, P. I., May 17. We still
have the ladrones and Insurgents all about '
us. and are out chasing them every day
or two. It Is tho same way all over
the province. Captain Warrick, with M
Company, is at Pamplona. He ran up
against a body of Insurgents Intrenched
a few days ago, and although the com
pany gallantly carried the trench, they
were unfortunate In losing two men.
Corporal Day was killed and Private
Gray badly wounded. His arm was am
putated In the endeavor to save his life,
but he died soon afterward. Down at
Iriga, where Colonel Dorst has the head-
quarters of the Forty-fifth, the native i
local Presldcntc was discovered to be
plotting with the insurgents. He was
promptly deposed ' and placed in the
guardhouse and another Presldente ap
pointed. Captain Lee captured an In
surgent Lieutenant after following him
GALLERY OF NEW MEMBERS
C. B. 3IONTAGUE, A REPRESENTATrVE FROM LINN COUNTY.
C B. Montocue, a Representative from Linn County, was born In Scotland, In the early
'30s, and came to the United States nearly 50 years ago. and to the Paclflc Coast In 1853,
landlnc In San Francisco, February 5 of that year. He returned to Europe In 1SS4, for tho
purpose- of taking- part in the war of the allied forces acalnst Russia, known as the Crimean
war, and served with Sir Colin Campbell's Nlnoty-thlrd Regiment, Scotch Grays, taking
part in tho battles of the Alma. Inkerman, Balaklava. and In the siege of Sebo.i(opoL He
returned to Oregon In 185S, locating In Marlon County. In November, 1SG1. he enlisted In
Captain E. J. Harding's Troop B, First Oregon Cavalry, serving In that regiment for three
years. At the close of that service he received an appointment in the Quartermaster's
Department, an chief clerk, under Colonel George H. Weeks, U. S. A, lately retired, serv
ing at Vancouver and San Francisco. He was ordered to Alaska with the first expedition
sent to that newly acquired territory. In 1SC7, under command of General Jeff C. Davis,
remaining there nearly three years, when he resigned, coming from Sitka to Portland, and
thence to Linn County, In 1870, where ho has since resided. He was engaged In the mer
cantile business In Lebanon from 1872 until 1803, during which period he served five terms as
Mayor of .Lebanon. In 1S08 he ran for County Clerk of Linn County, and w&s e'lected by a
small plurality, and In June, 1900. he was elected on the Demo-Peoples ticket as a Repre
sentative from Linn County by the largest voto ever given any candidate for that office In
Linn County, leading his own ticket by over 100 votea.
for several days. The Lieutenant had
JG00 with him when captured.
All of the American ladles In Nueva
Caceres have gone away. It was not
considered a safe or desirable place for
them.
On the same day that Captain Warrick
lost his two men I started out with 20
soldiers, and five police, M of them
mounted. We carried two days' rations
and scouted the country south and west
of Libmanan. It was a general move
ment, ordered by General Bell with ex
peditions from Pamplona, Pasacao and
Libmanan. Near BIcol. a small village
on the river, we found the trails set with
traps to shoot sharp-pointed bamboo ar
rows. A small string is stretched across
the trail, which. If you strike with your
foot, springs the trap. They wore set in
thick brush and were very numerous. We
found and cut 40 or CO of them. In the
evening of the first day we were fired
upon from a "hilltop by five or six rifles.
We returned a hot fire and charged the
hill, but the insurgents vamoosed. The
next day. as we were skirting the hills
southwest of Libmanan we saw some In
surgents at a distance. They were just
vanishing into the cocoanut trees which
line the river bank.- I sent the dismount
ed men to the right and the cavalry to
the left, thinking to hem them in on the
river bank. The cavalry got there first,
and completely surprised them, while
they were raiding a native ranch. The
women and children wero screaming and
holding up pictures of the Virgin Mary
for protection. The men of the ranch had
their hands tied behind them. We killed
three of the rascals, one of them, an of
ficer. He had a revolver and a dagger,
but threw the revolver away, presumably
Into the river, as we were unable to find
't. The -o0le were grateful for their
Tescue, cooked rice and chickens for the
men and came Into Libmanan with us.
Innurgcnta Murder Prisoners.
On May 10 word came in that the in
surgents had seized, bound and carried
away 10 men, who were hauling rice to
town. It was too late to start that day.
The next morning early, however, taking
the mounted detachment and five police,
I started after them. At Cabusao we
found one of the men who had escaped
from the Insurgents. He reported that
five of the prisoners had been killed.
Using him as a guide, we followed tho
Insurgents up tho river and captured five
of their ponies, which they had concealed
in a thicket, but could not find the In
surgents. In the dark and dense under
brush of the Jungle, we discovered the
mangled bodies of the poor natives.
There were five of them. All had their
hands tied behind them and all had their
throats cut. The head of one was cut en
tirely off. Turning from the ghastly sight
we destroyed their quarters, with a large
storehouse of palay and returned.
Tho Insurgents sent in a report, the
other day that badly frightened the Pres
ldente and many other natives. It was to
the effect that 100 Insurgents from Ca
busa and an equal number from across
the river would attack Libmanan during
the night We didn't credit the report.
Nevertheless, we made preparations to
receive them, and If they had come they
would have known that they had beon
to a fight after It was over. Afterwards
it was ascertained that they were circu
lating these reports in many of the garrl.
soned towns for the purpose of alarming
the people and the troops.
We get fine fish here, besides crabs,
shrimps, etc There are miny varieties
of fish, and they are all good eating. We
get fine pompano for 20 cents Mexican,
than which there are few better fish that
swim, as far as eating is concerned.
Toothsome shrimps are only 5 cents a
dozen, Mexican. Everybody eats fish, and
they are all very healthful In this cli
mate. Many of the fishermen are afraid
to ply their trade on' account of the In
surgents. SU11 the markets are fairly
well supplied. Caleusao, at the mouth' of
the Blcal River, and on San Miguel Bay,
is only about six miles away, and there
Is fine fishing there.
A report has just come to hand of the
gallant defense made by a detachment of
the Fortv-thlrd Infantrv. At Catuhle-. on
the Island of Samar. Catublg was the
I soutnern outpost or tne .American forces
in the northern part of Samar. It was
garrisoned by 30 men. under First Lieu
tenant Joseph Sweeney, who made such
a brave stand In the mountains between
Catublg and Calbayog. In a fight that !
lasted from March 5 to March 13. The
garrison at Catublg was- attacked by
several hundred insurgents, under the
bloodthirsty leader, Ahougul. The llttla
band qf CO took refuge! . In the church,
a"d the fighting was continuous for two
1nita vnilntainA1 T 4ftA A. few nl am wttli.
. .an ' ?" " "7 JV "
out- rest or sleep. On the third day tho ;
j reDeis sei nre io uic cnurcn. ana tne
-burning roof fell In upon our men. But
from behind the mined walls of the build'
Ing they continued fighting, and defend
ing their position for three days longer.
A large number of the rebels were killed,
and the dead lay piled around the church.
There was no cessation of the fighting,
and the dead bodies lay there till the
stench became offensive,' This brave band
declined time after time to surrender.
When at last reinforcements, arrived they
were utterly exhausted, and were Just
about out of ammunition andiratlons. The
report adds that 19 of their number were
killed.
A Victory at Tayauaa.
Major Hartlgan. with a battalion of tho
Thirtieth Infantry, won a brilliant vie
OF THE OREGON LEGISLATURE
tory over the Insurgents recently in Tay
abas. After following their trail Into the
mountains for several days, he made a
night attack on their stronghold, with
complete success. Tho rebel General
Malolas was In command here, and
deemed his position unapproachable. The
Americans climbed the mountain on a
dark night, surprised the rebel camp,
killed 23 of them, wounded 71, captured
40 rifles and 120 bolos. The rebel Gen
eral, who. besides being a bloodthirsty
ruffian, was also a coward. Jumped out of
the window of his quarters and fled at
the first fire. All his personal effects, his
correspondence and official papera were
secured, containing much valuable Infor
mation. This action received official
mention and praise from Generals Schwan
and Wheaton.
General Summers' old orderly and mu
sician, Purdy. did not go with the For
tieth to Mindanao, as expected. He Is
now conducting an army canteen at
Nueva Cnpprps. nnd Is mnVlnir mnnnv
fast. There Is a scarcity of news from
Mindanao. No one seems to know what
Is going on there.
In Northern Luzon, Panay, Samar and
Cebu, as well ns here, the same system
of guerrilla warfare Is TSelng waged. A
great many insurgents "have been killed
within the past month, with slight losses
for tho Americans. But they still persist
In harassing and attacking weak posts
and convoys, and It will probably be some
time before this guerrilla warfare can be
stopped. They are fighting in Indian
style, separating Into small bands and
uniting again when occasion requires.
CAPTAIN PERCY WILLIS.
Forty-fifth Infantry, U. S. V.
Pnele Senlera Combine.
(VICTORIA. B. C. July 20. The sealers
have Just formed a Joint stock company,
and will control 47 schooners now In the
business. They have a capital of J500.000.
Their object is to regulate wages and keep
up the price of skins.
News received from Ottawa says the
Russian Government will compensate Ca
nadians as well as Americans whose
schooners were seized by that government
In 1893.
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THE JULY WHEAT FLEET
RICKMER RICICMERS CLEARS WITH
A BIG CARGO.
Strike Will Reduce the Size of This
Month's Fleet Lacuna
"Wrecked Again.
The German ship RIckmer Rlckmers
cleared yesterday with 111.630 bushels of
wheat, valued at "S64.200. She was dls-
natched bv Balfour. Guthrie & Co.. and
unless there should be a change In the
strike situation, she will probably be the
last July ship to get away. This will
spoil the excellent showing which we
promised to have for the first month of
the cereal year, but exporters do not
seem disposed to rush matters at pres
ent. According to the charters under
which all the ships In port are loaded,
lay days do not take effect so long as a
strike Is in progress. The departure of
the Rlckmers leaves but four vessels In
port to finish, but several others are very
close at hand. The Penthesilea, which I
sailed from London for Portland by way
of Port Los Angeles, arrived at the Call- J
fornia port last Friday, and will be ready
to sail north again In a few days.
The Deccan. which left Hamburg the
same day that the Penthesilea left Lon-
Hftn. hn Tint vnt r,Mr In on nnnAAfaniiA of-
Rlversdale, from Hamburg, is out 143
days, and there are two or three ballast
ships which are not more than a week
or two distant from the port. The round-the-Horn
cargo ships coming this way
have undoubtedly been bucking against
the winds which were sending the outward-bound
fleet home In such good pas
sages. "It's an III wind that blows no-
bod
good." and as more ships were
going the other way than were coming In
this direction, old Boreas die the best ho
could under the circumstances.
INDIAN EMPIRE'S FATE.
Her Coal Cargo Cnaeht Fire and She
Periithed at 'Callao.
Callao seems to be a hoodoed port for
the British ship Indian Empire. This
vessel was caught In a gale soon after
siillng from there for Portland two years
ago. and narrowly escaped destruction.
T i, u ra"c,scf lT repairs.
and finally reached Portland. A few
months ago she again put into Callao
with her coal cargo on fire, and Captain
Harrison, of the British bark Senator,
which has Just loaded lumber at Moody
ville, relates the following storv of her
fate:
"The Indian Empire came sailing in
under a cloud of canvas, and we all
admired her. She had a cargo of coal,
and we did not know then that thewhlte
fumes were already beginning to ooze up
from below In her. The coal enrgo was
heated. The master. Captain Allen, hur
ried to the agent he did not want to act
on his own responsibility and asked per
mission to run th vessel on the beach.
Tills the agent refused. It might Injure
the ship, ho thought, and anyhow It
would cost money. He demurred some
what, too, to putting water below on
the heated coal, for It might spoil the
f,IIC ?rlt0J?rn.
"When Captain Allen came back to the
vessel, about 10 o'clock at night, he found
the mate on the poop-deck waving a blue
llght-a signal of distress-and hardly
had he stepped on deck when the after
h.-tM, m.w n tvhr.n th hntnh -cm
hatch btew up. When the hatch was
driven Into the air by the spitting coal,
which was taking fire then, the sailors
took to the boats, and a few minutes
later the ship was on fire. All then left
her. An attempt was made to save her. a
French man-of-war blowing up her cables
with dynamite and endeavoring to tow
her to the beach. This effort to jjut her
ashore, though, failed. It seems that the
masts went by the board while the war
ship was working her in to tho beach,
and the broken-off masts anchored the
vessel In the bay, where she burned to
the water's edge. In front of the town.
The agent stood on the roof of one of
Callao's buildings and watched her burn.
Not a stick or spar was saved. In four
hours the vessel's Iron hull, blistered and
bent, alone remained of the Indian Em
pire a vessel which before the fire was
valued at 20.000. There was no insur
ance, and both ship and cargo were a
total loss. The hull was afterwards fitted
up as a hulk, and Is now one of the coal
hulks of Callao."
LAGUNA WRECKED AGAIN.
Unfortunate Stenm Schooner Aban
doned Off Crewcent City.
The fates seem to be against the coast
ing steamship Laguna. which went
ashore at Tillamook several weeks ago.
After the expenditure of considerable
labor and money, the craft was floated
last week, and In tow of the steamer W.
H. Kruger started for San Francisco
last Sunday for permanent repairs. Yes
terday the Merchants' Exchango received
advices stating that the Kruger lost her
tow during a stiff northwest gale Tues
day, while about 10 miles southwest-quarter-west
from Crescent City. The
Laguna was abandoned by her crew dur
ing the height of the gale, and all hands
were taken aboard the Kruger and car
ried to San Francisco, the Kruger reach
ing that port yesterday morning. The
Laguna, when she was finally hauled off
the spit where she had rested for so
long, was reported to be in fairly good
shape, and she may yet be a good prize
for the vessel which finds her drifting
round the ocean.
The -Windward Leaves.
NEW YORK, July 20. Secretary H. T.
Bridgeman, of the Peary Arctic Club, of
this city, received a message from Cap
tain Bartlett. of Sydney. C B., to the
effect that the Windward was Just leav
ing port for Etah, North Greenland,
headquarters of the Peary expedition,
and that all on ljoard are well. The
Windward left this port July 12 with pro
visions and munitions for the Peary
headquarters.
Wheat Crop Short.
STOCKTON, Cal.. July 20. Experts In
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Strongest, purest,
and. healthful of all
.: . i
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.,
thls city say that the wheat crop in Cali
fornia this season Js going to fall beljw
the estimates made six weeks or two
months ago. This shortage Is said to b'
due In some localities to several days of
hot weather that swept over the state
about the time the wheat was what is
termed "in the milk." In other sections
an Insect worked on the roots of the plant
until It reduced the sap in the stalks and
affected the grain.
Three Steamers Wlthdrarvn.
The Santa Fe liners Belgian King and
Thyra. both of which were reported under
engagement for loading In the regular
Oriental service, have been chartered for
the Government transport business. The
Strathgyle, which Is also one of the
Santa Fe liners, was taken up by the
Government at San Francisco, and their
line to the far East must be reduced to
pretty small proportions by the retire
ment of so many steamers.
Injuries "Were Serious.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 20. The collier
Tellus, which was In collision with the
transport Belgian King, is being rapldly
dlscharged of her cargo. A rough esti
mate by an export places the damage to
the Tellus at $30,000, while S10.COO will have
to be spent on the Belgian King In re-
pairs. The owners of the Belgian King
hero .filed a libel suit against the Tellus
for salvage in towing the disabled steam-
er to. this port.
Domentlc nnd Forcism Porta.
ASTORIA. Or.. July 20. Arrived United
States steamer Manzanlta. from a cruise.
Sailed Schooner Louis, for San Fran
cisco. Condition of tho bar at 5 P. M.,
moderate; wind north; weather clear.
San Francisco, July 20. Arrived
Schooner Ida McKay, from Gray's Har
bor; schooner S. Danlelson. from SIus
law; steamer Empire, from Coos Bay:
steamer W. H. Kruger. from Tillamook;
steamer Progreso, from Tacoma; steam
er Ohio, from Seattle. Sailed Schooner
Berwick, for Siuslaw.
racoma Arrivca juiy w amp i-iorence.
' f.nn TTAnnltiln tf InnA fnr Wnnnllllll
Seattle Arrived July 19 British stcam-
er Athenian, from Nome.
j Glasgow, July 20. Arrived State of
rseDrasKa, rrom sew xorK.
Southampton. July 20. Sailed Kaiser
Friederlch. for New York.
London Sailed July 19 Minneapolis, for
New York.
Port, Blakeley Sailed July 19 Barken-
j R0J!a for payta Peru
I QUcenstown. July 20.-Arrivcd-Cam-
pnnIa from New York, for Liverpool and
I L ..-
proceeded.
New York, July 20. Arrived Lucanlo,
from Liverpool and Queenstown.
Havre. July 20. Arrived La. Gascogne,
from New- York.
Cherbourg, July 20. Sailed Kaiser
Friederlch, from Hamburg and South
ampton, for New York.
Kinsale, July 20. Passed Campania,
from New York, for Queenstown and
Liverpool.
JESTER LOOKED SAD.
Damnclnff Evidence Against the Old
Prisoner.
ST. LOUIS, July 20. A special to the
Post-Dispatch from New London, Mo.,
says:
! clal examiners of the Pension Bureau.
tf. f ff"d , lJlll
trla.1 todof- JIe Identified the certificates
! V)d aPPWcatiotis for pension made by
loe"??r Jes.teJ: allas : . S,111-, Bl
I f "". ,"n5"' ".;,?..
the Second District Court, testified that
he knew the prisoner as W. A. Hill and
had assisted him In getting a pension and
also a divorce. When first arrested at
Shawnee, Okla., Jester claimed he was
not Alexander Jester, who traveled
through Kansas and Missouri with Gil
bert W. Gates.
Attorneys for the prisoner made a fight
to keep out the pension papers, as they
prove conclusively that Jester has been
known under two names. The Judsre nd-
I mltted the evidence, and the letters Jes
ter had written to the Pension Depart
ment and the application he made were
read. It was a decided victory for the
stat and made the old prisoner look very
sad. In the following letter to the Pen
sion Department, Jester explains how he
assumed the name of Hill:
"Hill was my own father's name. Jes
ter was my stepfather's name I was
about V& years old when my mother mar
ried Jester and I went by the name of
Alexander Jester until lafter the war
closed, when I took up my own namo.
Respectfully, W. A. HILL."
Taken In connection with a divorce
suit in Oklahoma, It appears from the
pension papers read that Jester was
married to Delia H. Jester probably In
the '50s. She went to Kansas and died
In 1S78. However. June 18. 1S70, Jester
swears he was married In Texas to Julia
Reynolds, who bore him three children,
j. her ho secured a divorce at Sher-
man. Okla., November 24, 1KH. May 24,
1896, he was married to Margaret E.
Brown. In a series of questions submitted
to Jester by H. Clay Evans, the Com
missioner of Pensions, Jester claimed
that he had three children, while in fact
Jie had at least eight at the time the
statement was made. In the same series
of questions he made. mention of only
one wife, while the court records show
him married three times, at least.
J. B. Roark, W. S. Copp and Charles
Bates, of Denton, Tex., testified that
they knew Jester In Texas under the
name of William Hill.
Archb!nhop Krone's Appointment.
NEW YORK, July 20. A dispatch to the
Journal and Advertiser from Rome says:
The appointment to the Archbishopric
of Duhuque of Archbishop Kenne. former
rector of the Catholic University at Wash
ington, is confirmed by the Pope. Arch
bishop Katzer, of Milwaukee, sent a
strong letter In opposition to the ap
pointment, lt was the most violent epistio
ever received at the "Vatican.
Archbishop Keane is now at Brussels
under treatment for his eyes. He will
come Immediately to Rome and as quickly
return to the United States, where he will
take possession of the See. This appoint
ment is the fastest on record, coming
only six .weeks after his name was pre
most economical
leavening agents.
There are many imitation baking powders sold at a low price. . They
are made from alum, a. corrosive acid which is poisonous in food; '
1C0 YIU1AM ST.. NEW YORK.
IS LI TREACHEROUS?
SAID
TO BE INTRIGUING
RUSSIA AND TUAN.
T7ITK
Known to Be the Bitter Opponent of
AH Forelirn Interests Should
Have Been Detained.
NEW YORK, July 20. A dispatch to th
Tribune from London says:
The wildest rumor in pgnt Is
a story that Russia has been
secretly Intriguing with Prince Tuaa
and that Li Hung Chang is behind these
negotiations. The Chinese camarilla
which has defied the civilized powers will
be anxious to create discord among them.
Rumors of this kind will be started wher
ever there Is a press writer at a Chines
seaboard credulous enough to cable them
to Europe or America. The Czar reigns
over Russia and he cannot have rushed
into the embrace of a red-handed assassin
like Prince Tuan.
The anomalous condition of de facto
warfare Which has not been legalized by
a declaration of war Is illustrated by Lt
Hung Chang's Journey northward after a
consultation with the British officials at
Hong Kong. He cannot be regarded aa
a friend of England, for he has dis
patched black-flag bandits and ruffians
to the northward to disturb the peace of'
the Yangtse region: nor is he a trust-'
worthy peacemaker, since he Is known tOj
be a bitter opponent of all foreign Inter-'
ests, yet he Is allowed to proceed on hi,
Journey to Taku, and probably will pas
from the camp of the allies at Tien Tslaj
to the capital, where he will assume th
Governorship of Pe Chi U during tho pe
riod of foreign Invasion.
Practical men are asking whether ha
would not be a more useful peacemaker"
and negotiator if he were detained on'
r.ovnc vessel of war, and whether the'
powers can afford to allow him to go in
land, whero he would be compelled to act
with the Empress Dowager and Princa'
Tuan?
It is not clear that anything is galnedl
by the shallow pretense that the civilized'
powers arc not at war with the Chinese
Government, which Is either openly di
recting the anti-foreign movement or Is
utterly unable to control It. There is
every reason to believe that the blood
stained camarilla at Pekln has ordered
LI Hung Chang to Pe Chi LI in order to
employ him in setting one foreign power'
against another, and in breaking concert
ed action. He will be a diplomatic acccs-.
sory after the fact, and will be passed'
throush the allied fleets and camps t"
the capital, where his head will be cutl
oft if he declines to serve the Government!
of assassination.
Men who have passed many years ia
China are utterly hopeless in their com
ments upon the present situation. Theyl
assert thnt the Manchu dynasty Is fight
ing for Its life and power, and that it will'
not spare any effort to set the furious'
mobs in motion against the foreign con
cessions at Shanghai. Nankin, Han Kow,
Che Foo and other places. Some of the
beat-Informed men favor united action of
the powers, by which Nnnkln shall be pro
claimed the capital so the capital can be
maintained by the Chinese themselves
against the despotic and arrogant Man
chu race, but they admit In the next
breath that this policy cannot be carried
out, since both Russia and Japan will
not consent to the degradation of Pekln
when each hopes ultimately to occupy and
to hold It permanently.
No power, except Japan, apparently
knows Its own mind, and, while battalions
and naval brigades are going out, there Is
no settled policy, but a general reluctanc
to substitute de Jure for de facto war
fare, and break off diplomatic relations
with a government which has virtually
decreed the expulsion of foreigners and
the destruction of all alien Interests.
Sheng Ik still giving out contradictory
messages rospectlng the Legations, and
there are highly Imaginative estimates of
tho strength of the Chinese armies in
the field. The real trend of events dis
closed by two facts first, that tho
Chinese Government Is forcing the for
eign powers to stand together and fight
by Its own aggressive action, and, sec
ond, that the powers, while banding to
gether, have their eyes fixed upon
spheres of Interest where each must ulti
mately assume the responsibilities of ad
ministration. This was Illustrated by Mr.
Broderick's admission that the Consul
General at Shanghai had been empowered
to give assurances of British support to
tho Viceroys In tho Yangtse region.
A Soldier's Letter.
MANILA. P. I., June 20k (To the Edi
tor.) Today I found a piece of paper thati
had been blown up against some brush,,
and to my surprise and delight it was
sheet from a February number of thoi
Weekly Oregonlan. Oregon Is my mtlvs
state. I lived most of the time in Crooks
and Wasco. I belong to the Lowe Scouts,
at present being a civilian scout.
Just now things are quiet, with occaH
sionally some fighting. The rainy sea-i
son has set In.
Thero are two more Oregon scouts la)
the Philippines, and they, like myself,
. are about worn out and want to get hacki
to good old Oregon again. We will corns'
home next year.
I might mention that James Harrington'
was an Oregon boy, from Eugene. I think
they made him chief of scouts of the Phil
ippines. He was shot and killed in Bant
Isldro last Spring. He was very brave,
and was at tho head. of,ri6e" advance all'
tho time. 1l " " '
Please end me an Oregonlan. if VtX
would not bo a trouble to you.
JAY P. HUGHES.
A IIore' Misadventure.
McMlnnville Reporter.
Sunday was the first day of the opea'
season for deer. Fred Hlbbs, Ed Tyler,
Matt Redmond and George Snyder suc-
ceeded In killing two in the vicinity of!
Bald Mountain. A funny thing happened?
as they were ferrying back across
Meadow Lake. The venison was on the',
back of one of Tyler's horses, which tookj'
a notion to jump off the ferry. George)
was holding the horse and let go his hol(L
The animal swam the full width of th
lake and brought the venison safely te
camp.
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