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VOL. XXXIII.
COKVALLIS, IJEXTOX COUXTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1897.
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From All Parts of the New
World and the Old.
OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS
OeenprehenslTe Review of the Impott
mmt Happening of tho Put Week
Culled From tho Telegraph Columns.
The anniversary of the coronation of
the pope was celebrated in Rome.
A cable dispatch from Manilla to
Madrid says over 2,000 insurgents were
killed in recent battles fought with gov
ernment troops at Silang and Las Ma
rimas. Another report is current that the
Spanish captain-general in Cuba, Wey
ler, will step down. This time it is said
. the report is based on the very highest
authority. The reason given for his
desire to retire is the" release of San
guilly. The national senate held a Sunday
session, at which the principal business
transacted was the passage of certain
items of the sundry civil bill, among
which was the river and harbor appro
priation. The attendance at the session
was large, only thirteen being absent.
The national capital is elaborately
decorated in honor of the inauguraiton
of President McKinley. Flags float
from every housetop, buildings every
where are draped with bunting, and at
night the city is all ablaze under the
glare of countless brilliantly colored
electric lights. Visitors throng the
thoroughfares.
President Cleveland's last Sunday in
the executive mansion was a rather
busy one. There are a number of bills
on his table awaiting action, and he
spent most of his time in examining
tneir provisions. Xhere are a number
of bills, all said to be of minor import
. ance, which have become laws without
his signature, more than ten days hav
ing expired since they had been pre
. pentea.
.Mrs. iva Kodrignez, wife of Briga
dier-General Alexander Rodriguez, of
tne Cuban insurgents, has arrived
ivey West. Of her recent arrest and
treatment by Spanish officers she re
lates a pitiful story of persecution
She tells of being subjected to the in
dignities of .the Spanish soldiers and
together with sixty other women she
was driven handcuffed through the
streets of Santa Clara to a felon's uri
t son. Her release was finally obtained
tnrongn consul-General .Lee,
The United States supreme court has
rendered an opinion in the case of the
steamer Three Friends, seized Novem
ber 17 last by the collector of customs
ior the district of St. Johns, Fla., as
forfeited to the United States, under
section 6,223 or the ' revised statutes;"
Known as the neutrality act. The
opinion fully sustained the position of
tne government, reversing the decision
i tne district court for the southern
district of Florida. Chief Justice Fnl
ler delivered the opinion of the court.
ue denned neutrality to mean: Ab
stinence from participation in public,
private, or civil war, and impartiality
oi conduct toward both parties, but
manitenance of unbroken peaceful rela
tions between the two, when the do
mestic affairs of one of them is dis
turbed, is not neutrality in the sense in
winch tne word is used when the dis
turbance has acquired such head as to
have demanded the recognition of belli
gerency.
A premature explosion of dynamite
at a gravel pit in Murray, Ky., killed
nve negro laborers and wounded
many more.
A ouse of ill repute was burned near
Wheeling, W. Va., and two girls and
two men were burned to death. A
number of others are reported seriously
injured.
Eighty-two passengers, more than
half of them outfitted with dogs, sleds
and other paraphernalia necessary for
the invasion of the Yukon country,
crowded the steamer Al-Ki on her last
trip to Alaska. This is said to be only
a beginning of the vast numbers who
will leave for that country the coming
spring.
Louis Mansfield, who was confined in
the county jail in Baker City, Or.,
awaiting the action of the grand jury
on a charge of robbery, committed sui
cide. He told his fellow prisoners
some days before that he preferred to
be dead rather than go to the peniten
tiary. Mansfield leaves a wife and two
daughters. -
The East has again been visited by
floods, resulting in great loss of life
and property. Many plants at Pitta
burg are under water, and a cloudburst
at the headwaters of the Monongahe'a
has caused great damage. More thau
10,000 men have been forced to quit
worn in Jfennsylvama on account of the
rapidly rising waters.
At the annual meeting of the Lum
ber Manufacturers' Association of the
Northwest, held in Tacoma, the secre
tary was instructed to formulate an in
. vitation to Eastern lumbermen to visit
the Pacific Northwest next July. An
executive committee was aDDointed to
Drastla hoim Adopted by tho Honn
ta Salem,
The temproray house has decided to
adopt drastic measures to bring in ab
sentees. Members of the original house
present on "Monday were sworn in bv
Chief Justice Moore, and a number of
assistant sergeants-at-arms were ap
pointed by Temporary Speaker Davis
and dispatched to different parts of the
state with warrants to- serve on absent
members. It had become evident that
milder measures would not be effective.
Being certain that it had power un
der the constitution to compel the at
tendance of absentees, the Davis house,
unlike the Benson house, does not fear
the risk of having the constitutionality
of its organization being tested in the
courts. Besides, it is not altogether
sure that anv court has the rieht to
upon the method and manner of
its organization, or has anything what
ever to do with it. '
There is little doubt, however, that
the courts will be appealed to by mem
bers of the late Benson house who have
been served with warrants.
Four represenatives, Hope, Conn,
Gurdane and Jennings, have been ar
rested in Portland. They will at once
throw the matter into the courts on
habeas corpus proceedings. It is said
that Representative Smith of Marion,
is prepared to resist, and when he is
arrested will endeavor to secure his re
lease on habeas corpus, and besides,
will have the legality of the whole pro
ceeding and its collateral. issues tested.
The outlook now is that the entire
matter of legislation must be held in
abeyance until the courts determine
Whether it is or is not their business to
interfere in the legislative muddle.
The expectation is that if a test case
be brought to Salem, it would be heard
immediately in the circuit court, and
an appeal would be taken to the su
preme court. There is no doubt Chief
Justice Moore would cause it to be ad
vanced on the docket.
If all expedition be nsed bv both
Tho Benson House and Joint Conven
tion Have Given Up.
A portion of the Oregon legislature
has decided to quit. The Benson house
and joint convention adjourned sine die
Wendnesday. This leaves both the
house and senate without a quorum to do
business, but active measures to accom
plish reorganization-are well under way.
The break-up of the joint assembly
cauous was the first event of this very
important day. The assembly met at 9
o'clock and discussed in a desultory
way the question of the legality of the
proposed adjournment. The matter of
taking a ballot for senator, whatever
number was present, was not even
Full
Text of the Treaty
It's Determination.
for
SIGNED BY SECRETARY OLNEY
Provides
Made
Each
That an Early Survey Be
by s Commissioner Froin
Government Other Details.
Washington, March 2. The follow
ing is the full text of the treaty for the
brought np. The outlook seemed dis- ' determination of the Alaska boundary.
couraging and the members soon quit
attempting to agree on any policy.
The original house met at 9:30
o'clock, and, as usual, adjourned till
next day at the same hour.
The Benson house, senate and joint
assembly all convened S 10 o'clock. 1
The first held intermittent sessions un-1
til the hour fixed for adjournment with
out day. I
In the senate at noon President
Simon declared carried a simple motion
to adjourn, but the Mitchell men held
signed January 30, 1897, by Secretary
Ulney and Sir Julian-Pauncefote:
Article 1 Each government shall
appoint one commissioner, with whom
may be associated such surveyors, as
tronomers and other assistants as each
government may elect.
"The commissioners shall at as early
a period as practicable proceed to trace
and mark, under their joint direction
and by joint operations in the field, so
much of the 141st meridian of west
longitude as is necessary to be defined
that, under the resolution adopted the ' for the purpose of determining the exact
day before, it was the dose of the ses
sion, and many of them left the city.
The Benson house, after fixing the
per diem and mileage of the members
and the pay of clerks, dissolved at 1
P. M.
An afternoon session of the senate
limits of the territory ceded to the
United States by the treaty between the
United States and Russia by the act of
March 30, 1867. -
"Inasmuch as the summit of St.
Elias, though " not ascertained to lie in
iact upon said I4ist meridian, is so
was held, but fourteen members answer- nearly, coincident therewith that it mav
ing roll call.
quorum.
The attempts at reorganization will
be confined largely to the house.
When it is ready for business, it is an
ticipated that there will be very little
trouble in getting back enough senators
to make up a quorum of twenty.
Renewed Activity In the Davie House.
Senator Mitchell has apparently given
up the contest, as he returned to Port-1
i fTIV 1 I
sides to th Wlnt.rftvPFBV a final ora'rtn . II UltKl it V,
J i rpu- r : - i i . . ,
j. no j-mvib j louse naa a morning and
aiternoon
may be reached within two or three
weeks. If either side fight for delay,
a settlement- may be deferred indefi
nitely. "
Meanwhile it is scarcely to be expect
ed that there will be a quorum in the
house. soon, nor does it appear probable
that other absentees will voluntarily
come in, pending a judicial adjustment
of the wrangle if there is to be a ju
dicial adjustment.
session, and twenty-seven
members responded to roll call. Three
absentees, Kruse, Lee and Riddle, were
accounted for. Immediately after the
morning session a conference was held
and the
vassed. It was agreed that reoreaniza
tion was not only possible, but prob
able, and much enthusiasm prevailed. I
Individual members of the late Benson
house have given positive assurance '
that they would return if the opposi- j
tion went at matters in earnest find in
evident good faith. These promises '
noon, and little time was lost in plac- oaB ueen 80 numerous mat members
ing Representative Jennings, of Wallo- ' .f the house express themselves as en
wa county; Representative Hope, of tire,T confident of success. It is the
Malheur county; Representative Conn, i Purpose merely to invite absentees to
of Lake county, and Representative ' 3om ,n the endeavor to secure remedial
Gurdane, of Umatilla county, under ar- ,eglslation. The senatorial question
rest. All of these men had rietormiruvl ; being out of the way. the house has a
not to go back to Salem, and were pre- yer? falr chance ol organizing.
TiavinfiAMjit Aok Alalsr t. .Jift. 1 1 i )' TIT Tfafim ITi'll I'l Tn TlTIIT IHInl fl lanes i
Portland. Sergeant-at-Arms Hol-
man and his staff of deputies arrived in
Jfortjand from Salem Monday after-
Thia was six short of a be conveniently taken as a visible land
mark whereby the initial part of said
meridian shall be established, it is
agreed that the commissioners, should
they conclude that it is advisable so to
do, may deflect the most southerly
portion of said line so as to make the
same range with the summit of Mount
St. Elias, such deflection not to extend
more than twenty geographical -piles
northwardly from the initial point!
Article 2 The data relating to the
t determinations already" made at this
, time by either of the two governments
concerned of points on or near the 141st
( meridian, for the purpose of fixing its
, position, shall be submitted by each
' government to the commissioners, who
Shall d(MA wtl'nh nf tha l-aanlfa n tl-ia
tutuituun was xnorougniy can- determination shall be adopted by them.
in case of disagreement between the
commissioners as to the correct geo
graphical co-ordinates of one and the
same point shall be described by such
views, maps separately, a position mid
way between the two locations in ques
tion of the . 141st meridian shall be
adopted, provided the discrepancy be
tween them shall not exceed 1,000 feet.
In case of greater discrepancy, a new
joint determination shall be made by
the commissioners.
. ' 'Article 3 The location of the 14 1 st
meridian, . as determined hereunder,
shall be marked by visible objects, hat-
Government Arranging to Transport
J Troops to Florida Coast.
Chicago, March 3. A special to the
Tribune from Tallahasse, Fla., says:
- From an incautious word dropped by
a prominent state official here, it is as
certained that the government has been
making arrangements for some days
past to forward the quick transporta
tion of federal troops through ' Florida
in case of "necessity." The story is
that the railroads bave been asked to
communicate with Northern lines and
have special trains ready at a moment's
notice to transport government troops
to all points on the seacoast. It is also
stated that the Washington authorities
have been in communication with the
state officers in regard to calling out
the state troops if necessary. . and to
provide for their quick transportation
to points needed. - .
- it-is understood this has been going
on very quietly for the past week, and
that all arrangements have been com
pleted, so that at a moment's notice
troops could be thrown into Tampa,
Key West, St. Augustine and other
coast towns and Jacksonville. At St.
Augustine, it is said, the troops have
been warned to be in instant readiness
for movement. The guns at the fort
there have been put in working condi
tion and the troops have been practic
ing with them constantly for the past
week or so.
Several torpedoes have been placed in
tne outer harbor at Key West, St. Au
gustine and Tampa bay.
troops omcers nave been worfeed up
over the reports of being called upon
for duty, and several have sent their
voluntary offers to the governor. The
state troops are composed of twenty
companies of about 100 men each, and
four batteries.
Their Position in Cuba
Most Critical. "
Is
PROTECTION BADLY NEEDED
MAKING BETTER TIME.
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t)aMngW-to'thelrhomesr
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interposition of the legislative officials
changed their plans.
Ueputy Cotton left Monday nieht for
Astoria to arrest Representative Qratke.
and on his return home will 8 ton at
Clatskanie and take Representative
Norman Merrill in tow and induce him
to return to Salem. -
Others of the deputy sergeante-at-
arms will go to Washington county and
Eastern Oregon for the purpose of serv
ing notice on the members who have
gone away, and refuse to return.
The Temporary House.
The temporary house was called to
Order at 11:30 o'clock Mondav. The
roll was called, and the following twenty-one
members answered present:
iJarfcley, Bayer, Bourne, Buckman.
Davis of Umatilla, Davis of Multno
mah, Dustin, Emery, Gill, Guild,
Hill, Howser, Jones, Maxwell, Mc
Allister, Misener, Munkers, Ogle,
Povey, Svindseth, U'Ren.
Hill moved that a committee of three
be appointed to inform the chief justiee
tnat the members were ready to be
sworn in. Hill, Emery and Misener
were appointed, and conducted Chief
Justice Moore to the speaker's chair.
The roll was again called, showing the
same twenty-one members present.
Misener stated that he had been
sworn in. The other members sub
scribed to the oath and were sworn in
by Chief Justice Moore. I
A resolution offered by Hill that the
ginal house Thursday. For forty-five
days the majority of the opposition has
taken fugitive journeys to their desks
to see if there was any mail, to answer
letters, to read the papers, and to do
all other things which might safely be
done during a recess. Thursday it was
different. They showed up with
pleased smiles on their faces, and were
early in their seats.
At 9:30 Temporary Speaker Davis,
who has performed the same dutv for
lorty-six consecutive days, mounted the
rostrum and called the house to order.
Clerk Moody called the roll and the
following responded to their names:
Barkley, Bayer, Bilyeu, Buckman,
Craig, Davis of Umatilla, Emery, Gill,
Hill, Houser, Jones, Maxwell, Mc-
Alister, Misener, Munkers, Ogle,
Schmidtlein, Smith of Linn, Svendseth,
U'Ren, Whitaker 21.
These were absent: Bourne, Davis
of Multnomah, Dustin, Guild, Kruse,
Lee, Povey, Riddle, Yoakum 9.
Also these of the Benson house: Ben
son, Bridges, Brown, Chapman, Conn,
Crawford, David, Gratke, Gurdane,
Hogue, Hope, Hudson, Huntington,
Jennings, Lake, Langell, Marsh, Mer
rill, Mitchell, Nosier, Palm, Rigby,
Smith, of Marion, Somen, Stanley,
Thomas, Thompson, Vaughan, Vencss,
Wagner 30.
The nine absentees belonging to the
opposition were detained for various
reasons. Kruse has been sick for two
weeks with typhoid fever, and there is
members was adopted. A resolution
by Povey that the speaker appoint as
sistant sergeants-at-arms, if necessary,
to bring in the absentees, was adopted.
U'Ren then read an opinion bv C. E
Wood, of Portland, to the effect that
the organization has power to compel
the attendance of absentees.
The speaker named as assistant ser
geants-at-arms, J. J. Sturgill, Ik H.
McHahan, M. K. Cunningham, Frank
Williams, C. L. Parmeter, J. E. Povey,
D. H. Weyant, P. J. Cotton. John D.
Daly. The speaker announced others
would be appointed if necessary. An
adjournment was then taken.
bring in absent no prospect that he can be present dur-
j a i i i ! t-v. t" j tv .
San
Lux,
ing the session. Povey and Davis of
Multnomah were at 'home, but are ex
pected up. Lee was called to Junction
City by the illness cf his aged mother.
Bourne, Dustin, Gun and Yoakum
came in just too late. Riddle is in
Southern Oregon, but will return when
needed, it is said. The present mem
bership of the original house is thirty,
or precisely the same as the Benson or
ganization. Kruse being in the hos
pital, this number is reduced to twenty
nine. It is, therefore, necessary to get
eleven members of the rival organiza
tion to join before a constitutional quo
rum can be secured. '.""
Members of the Benson house of the
legislature have been presenting claims
for serving the state to Secretary Kin-
Hunter Accidentally Shot.
Francisco, March 3. Farnk A.
a wealthy grain merchant and
memner oi tne Jjux .Brewing Company, caid, but the secretary has refused to
while out shooting in Contra Costa issue warrants or certificates in recogni
county. accidentallv shot himif ' tinn nf
malra Dnifola a f HU:i J : l - .. . - I . . . . .....
oiiniiKcuiBin iur cuter- uik urnwuiK nis gun mroufirn a lence. nointed members sav that, if th .
eAuursionisiH, wno are to two neavy cnarges were fired into his
mills of , breast. When found by friends he
was dead.
be shown the great forests and
the Northwest.
. The corner-stone of the new school
for the revival of the lost mysteries of
antiquity was laid in San Diego, Cal.
The theosophical crusaders, who have
just returned from a trip - around the
world, were the central figures in the
ceremonv.
The monthly comparative statements
issued by the bureau of statistics at
Washington, show that the amount of
domestic merchandise exported during
tne last montn amounted to f 93, 605,-
103, as compared with $85,543,304 for
tary neglects or refuses to do his duty,
he can be compelled by mandate of the
court. '
and by such additional marks as they
snau deem necessary, and the line,
when and where thus marked, in whole
or in part, "shall be deemed to perma
nently define for all ' international pur
poses the 141st meridian mentioned in
the treaty of March 30, 1867, between
the United 'States and Russia and in
the treaty of Februarv 28. 182S. be
tween Great Britain and Russia. The
marks shall be determined by such
views, maps and other means as the
oommisioners shall decide upon, and
duplicate records of "these descriptions
shall be attached by the commissioners
jointly and deposited by them with
their respective governments, together
with their final report, hereinafter men
tioned. '-Article 4 Each government shall
bear the expenses incident to the em
ployment of its own appointees and of
the operations conducted by them, but
the cost of material used in permanent
ly marking the meridian, and of its
transportation, shall be borne - jointly
and equally by the two governments.
"Article 5 The commissioners shall
diligently prosecute the work to its
completion, and they shall submit to
their respective governments from time
to time, and at least once in every cal
endar year, a joint report of progress
and a final comprehensive report upon
the completion of the whole work.
The present convention-shall be
duly ratified by the president of the
United States of America, by and with
the advice and consent of the senate
thereof, and by her Britannic majesty,
and the ratifications shall be exchanged
at Washiugton.or in London as soon as
possible within'twelve months from the
date thereof. In faith whereof we, the
respective pienipotentiaries, .. : have
signed this convention and have here
unto fixed our seals.
"Done in duplicate in Washington
the 30th day of January, 1897.
"Richard Olney, ."
"Julian Pauncefote."
T Americana Have teft Their
Country Homes Secretary Olney
AcaJn Denies Lee's Resignation
xnew xorfc, March 1. A special to
the Herald from Havana, via Key West,
says:
Americans are flocking in from the
country. The position of our citizens is
most critical. The rumor, whether
true or false, has gone abroad that the
American government would not in
tervene so long as the trade interests of
the country are not interfered with.
Unless something firm and decided
and strongly American is done by our
government in wasnington, Americans
are in danger of their lives.
The murder of Ruiz and the demand
for the release of Scott are the sole
topics of conversation. The govern
ment and palace people here have tried
to change the subject of conversation by
giving out news of an alleged skirmish
with Gomez, but the attempt was
failure.
- The amusement and the great hilaritv
The state wnicn were observed in the palace have
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"..fev.. juiuuici uo jjuuib, always
" wo a ..v. n a gawicici, xjaa UclUlCU
the captain-general that Lee will not
be recalled and his resignation is not
accepted, and that he may be sustained
Hundreds of telegrams have poured
in on Consul-General Lee from all quar
ters of the-globe, congratulating him
on the stand he has taken, those from
the United States promising patriotic
action in congress. Even at this crit
ical moment, and with many heavy
cares and responsibilities which the
administration should share weighing
upon him," General Lee views the situ
ation from a calm, dispassionate stand-
Great
The Senate Will Dispose of the
Fiscal Measures.
Washington, March 2. The senate
pressed steadily forward on the appro
priation bills today, making such pro
gress that no further apprehension is
ielt as to- the passage of the great fiscal : point, and he expresses the hope that
measures. The District of -Columbia the situation created by the murder of
bill was passed early in the day. The J Ruiz and his own determination not to
naval bill brought out a spirited debate submit to :another similar atrocity
on tne price oi armor-plarte, and the j snouid not be exploited by partisan ad
establishment of a government armor
factory. . The bill was laid aside for an
executive session.
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Washington, March 2. The house
galleries were thronged with visitors
all day, but the crowds witnessed
nothing beyond the dullest of routine
matters until the last half-hour of the
session, when the bill to prohibit the
transmission of detailed accounts of
prizefights by mail or telegraph was
brought up. This led to a very livelv
skirmish, in which prizefighting was
denounced on all sides, and the advo
cates of the bill insisted that the
pressed, in the interest of good morals.
But the bill met strenuous opposition,
on the ground that it would tend to
establish a censorship of the press. .; At
tne end or. the debate, which was par
ticipated in bv Aldrich and Grosvenor
in favor of the bill, and Dockery and
Cummings in opposition, the ' adver
saries of the measure outvoted the
friends of the-bill on several filibuster-
Tc.ee Has Not Reaignert.
Washington, Marth 1.-2:40 P. M.
Senator Hale has just received at the
capitol a telegram from Secretary Ol
ney, which says in effect that Consul
General Lee never asked for his pass
ports, never asked for warships, and
that the whole story as to his tendering
his resignation is a fake. ,
: - The rumor has gained wide currency
that Consul-General Lee has been given
his passports, and that a serious rupture
hadoociipedweeii
States and Spain. " The report is absoV
lutely discredited here.
Downing, Hopkins & Company's Review,
of Trade.
The declining values for American
Wheat and flour during the laBt decade
and half can be traced to known causes.
The increased competition in supply
ing wants of importing countries by
Russia, India, Argentine and Australia
account for the major portion of the de
cline in values. The still further re
duction in values can be accounted for
by the decreased cost of production,
owing to improved machinery and to
some extent by the decreased cost of
transportation and smaller intervening
charges between the producer and con
sumer. The extreme low range of val
ues during the last two crop years was
due largely to widespread commercial
disaster, consequent panic and lessened
purchasing power. The present specu
lative contention is that vital changes
have taken place in the known condi
tions which have produced previous low
values. To begin with, India is no
longer a competitor of America in the
wheat export trade. Famine at home
has stopped her exports more effectually
than war or its attending blockades.
The Argentine Republic, at one time a
serious competitor, is sufferinsr from
two succeeding crop failures and her ex
portable surplus no longer exerts anv
depressing influence on values. Austra
lia, owing to crop failures, has become
an importer instead of an exporter of
wheat. Only two remaining countries
possess exportable supplies of wheat
America and Russia a condition that
cannot be changed for more than a year
to come. Russian advices, always un
reliable, still indicate that less than
the usual amount of wheat is available
for export. American supplies are
known to be far below the average of
recent years. In France the crop pros
pects are far below those of the preced
ing two years. If we grant for the
sake of argument (and it cannot be re
futed), that excessive competition dur
ing recent years has decreased wheat
values, the the present conditions war
rant a return in part, if not wholly, to
the normal range of prices before such
competition depressed values.
Beet Sugar Raising a Profit
able 'Industry.
HOW TO GROW THE BEETS
NO REPLY SENT TO LEE.
State Department Has Neither Granted
Nor Refused His Demands.
New York, March 1. A World special
from Havana says'
The fltfLta Hpnartmprif
iB u, uui an agreement ior a answer General Lee's cabled questions,
recess until 10 o'clock tomorrow put ' whether or not it will sustain Ms de
an end to the hostilities. The hill now mands that Spanish outrages upon
becomes the unfinished business when- - Americans cease and that the liberty
ever the call of committees is reached, ' and treaty rights of citizens of -the
but conference reports have the right of United States be respected by the Span
way, and it is doubtful whether the ish authorities. -
oraer oi Dusiness win. again be reached
this session. I
The senate bill to test the merits of
the patent postal card of the Economio
Postal Association was laid on the table.
Car Turned Somersaults. .
Milwaukee, March 3. An electiic
car of the' South Mil waukee line slowed
suddenly While descending a steep
grade on : Pennsylvania -'avenue this
morning and-capsized, rolling over and
over. There were eighteen passengers
8 TT1M TV NTinA WAra sf.isii.cil.r V. .
A.wuw IIVIV BMIJMB1J II Ul U, j
though some were quite severely i
bruised or burned. The stove set fire
to the car, but the flames were extin-'
guished and the imprisoned passengers
lifted from the windows.
F. H. Cook, of the circulating de
partment of the Milwaukee Sentinel, is
the worst sufferer. It is thought his
skull is fractured.
. C. J. I Lappley' had the clothing
burned from his body and was .badly
cut about the head. Cook's injuries
are not so serious as at first reported.
Ruiz was kept incommunicado thir
teen days before he was killed. To
prevent Scott being secretly murdered,
Geneial Lee demanded of General
Ahumada on Friday that Scott be
brought Out of close confinement, and
allowed to see his friends. This was
not done by Saturday, and General Lee
cabled to Secretary Olney the facts,
asking him how : many warships were
on the Florida coast, and if one would
be sent here in case it became necessary
to enforce a demand.
Not one word in reply to the Ques
tion has come from Washington up to
Wednesday,, four days after the state
department had been asked by the
consul-general in an emergency if he
could rely upon his government fully
sustaining him in protecting the, citi
zens of his country. ... " I
The Spanish authorities do- not in '
the least -respect treaty stipulations
that no American prisoner must be
kept in solitary confinement more than ;
five days, and must be acquainted with '
the charge against him within twenty
four hours. . . I
No American prisoner ever was
. ..... ... - . i
Drought out oi solitary connnement in
Market (Juotations.
Portland, Or., March 2, 1897.
Flour Portland. Salem. Cascadia
and Dayton, $4.25: Benton county and
White Lily, $4.25; graham, $3.50; su
perfine, $2.75 per barrel.
Wheat Walla Walla, 79 80c; Val
ley, 82 83c. per bushel.
Oats Choice white, 39 40c per
bushel; choice gray, 88 40c.
Hay Timothy, $13 13.50 per ton:
clover, $11.0012.00; wheat and oat,
$10.0011 per ton.
Barley Feed barley, $18.00 per ton;
brewing, $20.
Millstuffs Bran, $15.00; shorts.
$16.50; middlings, $26.
Butter Creamery, 45 50c; dairy.
3040c; store, 17 30c per roll. -
Pptatoes Oregon Burbanks.65 &. 70c:
70c per sack; sweets, $3.00 per
cental for Merced; new potatoes, 6c
per pound.
Onions $1.251.50 per sack.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.50
3.00; geese, $4 5; turkeys, live, 10
lOJc; ducks, $3. 50 4. 50 per dozen.
Eggs Oregon, 11c per dozen.
Cheese Oregon, 12J'c; Young
America, 13c per pound.
Wool Vallejs, 10c per pound; East
ern Oregon, 6 8c.
Hops 9 10c per pound.
Beef Gross, top steers, $2. 75 3. 00;
cows, $2. 25 2. 50; dressed beef, 4
K per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and .ewes, $3. 00 3. 25; dressed mut
ton, 5 hi 6c per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice, heavy, $3.25
3.50; light and feeders, $2.503.00;
dressed, $4. 50 5. 00 per cwt.
Veal -Large,.
62 per potuld. .
55c; small, 6
The postoffice at Mount Angel, Or., January last year. The imports of mer- j
was entered by burglars. The safe was chandise during January last amounted
blown open and about $100 in stamps
and $75 in money taken. The same
parties tried to gain entrance to two
other places the same night, but were
frightened off.
A meeting was held at Senator Tel
ler's house in Washington for the pur
pose of organizing the silver Republican
party. It was attended by the senators
and representatives favoring the white
metal. An address was prepared and
issued to the silver Republicans of the
United btates. A provisional national
to $51,357,081, of which $27,296,703
. was free of duty. . During January,
1896, the total imports of merchandise
aggregated $68,647,000, a loss for last
j month of over $17,300,000. The ex-
1 ports of gold coin and bullion during
last month amounted to $378,944, as
compared with $10,566,526 during
' January, 1896. The imports of gold
during January last aggregated $556,-
621. nil (Vtmruirp with 21 0 SAT QAA i.v-
ing Januai-y, 1896. Silver exports dur- j b ,waf ' i7"'
ing last January amounted to $3,997,
The senate met Thursday morning,
with thirteen present,! aa follows:
Bates, Carter, Dawson, Gesner, Hasel
tine, Holt, Mackay, McClung, Michell,
Mulkey, Patterson of Washington, Sell
, Ing, Mr. President. - Quite a number of
excuses were presented.
A Good Templar cycling cortm far
has been
Templar cycling
open air temperance work
formed in Essex, England.
Henri - Durant, the founder
Red Cross movement, is in i
hospital, sick and in poverty.
of the
- Swiss
Decent Burial.
"Benson, you know, went to Africa
and there met his death."
"Poor fellowl But his body was
brought home and given a decent
Tenesuela Commission Reports.
Washington, March 2. The Vene
zuela boundary commission today sub
mitted its report to the president, and
thus terminated the work which has
engaged the attention of its members
for many months. No direct statement
as to its nature -is, obtainable, but it is
believed that it("tloes not attempt to
state the location of the trae divisional
line between Venezuela and British
Guina. It has not vet decided whether
the report will be made public - - .
. J -7 -
Washington, March 3. The Conti
nental congress of the Daughters of the
American Revolution : adjourned sine
die tonight The close of the final ses
sion was marked by a dramatic inci
dent. Mrs. A. G. Brackett, first vice-president-general
. and the presiding
officer during the week, succumbed to
the strain which her duties have im-.
posed upon her and fainted as she
brought her gavel down and declared
the congress adjourned. She
A Riot Was Precipitated. '
- Knoxville, Tenn., March 3. The
Citizens' Street Railroad Comnanv
commenced tearing up its tracks on a dark cell within the time specified.
Dupont street this morning, 200 ne- - The American colony is bordering on
groes being pnt to work. Policemen., a panic, now that there is no hope - of
arrested the men. The sheriff pro- - protection from the government at
ceeded to arrest the policemen and Washington unless congress compels it
other officials. A riot was precipitated, to send a fleet immediately. -
Fire companies dispersed the crowd by j : 5
throwing water on them. In the ' Sanguiiiy is Free,
melee Lieutenant Hood shot a negro, I Washington, March 1. Senor de
Will Arnold, probably fatally injuring Lome, the Spanish minister, tonight
him. Attorney McAdoo. of New received a cablegram from t.bo TlnVo nf
York, for the Citizens' Company,
claims he has' orders from the United
States courts allowing him to go ahead
with the work. .
One of the Duke of Wellington's
post ooys nas recently died at the age
of 89 years.
Violated Election Law. '
Lexington, Ky., March 3. Deputy
United States Marshal Tucker is here
from Louisville with warrants for the
Tetuan stating that the queen has
signed the pardon of Julio Sanguilly.
It is stated at the legation that this
action was agreed upon at a cabinet
meeting some days ago, but the an
nouncement was, according to diplo
matic usage, withheld until the queen
had formally signed it.
Seattle, Wash., March 2, 1897.
Wheat Chicken feed, $27 per ton.
Oats Choice, $23 24 per ton.
Barley Rolled or ground, $22 per
. ton. . ,
) Corn Whole, $19 per ton; cracked,
. $20; feed meal, $20.
j Flour (Jobbing) Patent excellent,
, $5.10;- Novelty A, $4.60; California
grands, $5.20; Dakota, ' $5.50; patent,
, $6.25, - '
I Millstuffs Bran, $14.00 per ton;
. shorts, $18. . .
I Feed Chopped feed, $18.00 per ton;
middlings, $22; oilcake meal, $29.
Hay Puget sound, per ton, $9.00
10.00; Eastern Washington, $14.
Butter Fancy native creamery,
brick, 26c; select, 24c; tubs, 23c;
ranch, 21c '- ' .
- Cheese Native Washington,
Vegetables Potatoes, per ton, $18
20; parsnips, per sack, 75c; beets, per
sack, 60c; turnips, per sack, 60c; .ruta-
bagas, per sack, 40c; carrots, per sack,
3545c; cabbage, per 100-lbs, $1.50;
onions, per 400 lbs, $2.50.
Sweet potatoes Per 100 lbs, $3.25,
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, 9c; dressed, 10 11c; ducks,
$4.005.00; dressed turkeys, 15.
Eggs Fresh ranch, 16c.
Fresh Meats Choice ' pressed beef,
steers, 6c; cows, 6c; mutton, sheep,
70- per pound; lamb, oc; porfe, 5o per
pound; veal, small, Sc.
Fresh Fish Halibut, 4 6; salmon,
56; salmon trout, 7 10;. flounders
and soles, 3 4c. - - .
Provisions- Hams, large, 11c; hams,
small, llc; breakfast bacon, 10c;'
dry salt sides, 5c per pound.
San Francisco, March 2, 1897.
- Potatoes Salinas Burbanks, 90c
$1.10; Early Rose, 75 80c; River Bur-
Olney's Advice to Sanguilly.
Havana, March 1. The correspond
ent of the Associated Press is informed
arrest of thirty-nine Lexington citizens iht Secretary Olney cabled Sanguilly, ' banks, 6075c; sweets, $1.751.85 per
i - -1 i . . i . . . . i. ; 4 : . "u .i ....
i muiuieu py me ieuerai grand jury ior """"""is mm w muiumw nis appeal cental.
t violation of the law in the November nd accept the pardon, conditional upon i
election. -The men are Democrats, and his leaving Cuba and engaging to have
several policemen are among the - nothing to do hereafter with the revolu
offenders. - tion. The correspondent is further in-
formed that Olney expressed the hope
committee was named and instructed to 1 754,as compared with $4,908,296 during
" meet in the city of Chicago on Tuesday,
.the 8th of June, 1897. The address was
. Bigned by H. M. Teller, Fred T. Du
Jbois, Frank J. Cannon, R. F. Petti
'grew, Lee Mantle, John P. Jones,
Charles A. Towne, Charles S. Eartman,
J. Shafroth, C. E. Allen, Edgar Wilson.
the corresponding month of 1896.
Imports of silver amounted to $877,067
during January,' 1897, and $1,057,597
during January, 1896.
It is reported that Miss Beatrice
Harraden is again suffering from ill
health and must rest completely.
Well, they hanged the cannibal and
then brought home his body and buried
it" London Figaro.
Instruction in English has been ad
ded to the curriculum of the public
schools of Mexico. :
Okefenokee, in Georgia, boasts of a
placed in a carriage and taken home.'
Hot-Headed Spanish Editor.
madrid, March i. imparcial says:-1
"Americans are availing themselves of
European troubles over Crete and means'
to precipitate McKinley into a quarrel
with Spain."
It advises the government to prepare
Spam's defenses by sea and land, main
taining that Spain has less to loose than '
the United States In the event of war. 1
. ' An American Arrested. J
Madrid, March 2. -It is stated that
an Amerioanwa8 among those arrested
There is a project on foot for suddIv-
was ng Lyons, France, with electricity by
damming the Rhone at Jonage.
' Buffalo Millionaire Dead.
Buffalo, March 3. Sherman S. Jew
ett, a well-known successful business
man, died today. He was a prominent
figure in the railroad and steamboat , made against
world, being a director
that Sanguilly. would accept his advice
and keep wis - word. The information
is well grounded.
Senor Mesadonguez, counsel for Julio
Sanguilly, filed in the Havana court a
paper withdrawing his appeal to the
supreme court of justice of Madrid,
the sentence of the Ha-
Onions $1.501.75 per cental.'
Eggs Ranoh, 12 13c per dozen. :
Butter Fancy creamery, 1920o; do
seconds, 16 18c; fancy dairy, 16c;
seconds, 13 14c. . '.-."
Cheese Fancy mild, new, 9c;
fair to good, 78c; Young America,
10 11c; Eastern, 1414c, ' "
Wool Choice mountain, 6 7c; poor
do, 4 5c; San Joaquin plains, 35cj
dd foothill, 68c per pound. : S V- '
Hay wheat and oat," $7 10- best
York Central since 1884.
is estimated at $3,000,000.
TnnrlAV. - 7.00R.fn: . alfalfa - RB.
of the New vana criminal court, condemning San- clover. 68: comwesaed whfiat. afirts
His
thirteen-yea-old girl who tips the seal- during the recent attack upon the bar
es at 175 pounds. raoks at Manila.
uv.uuuu, wui o.ja. bjjcviui lrum that a pardon was
-rant) bhj.8 me monastery oi saint iser- cabled.
nard hits been partially destroyed by
an avalanche. " The left wing was de
molished. The monks had to tunnel
through the show in order to make as
exit. There was no loss of life.
wealth sumy to imprisonment ior me. $9.50; do oat. $6 7 ner ton.
It is claimed the withdrawal of the Tropical Fruit Bananas, ' $1.00
KPl-eai ox oauguuiy was one to tne iact 2.00 per bunch; pineapples, $24. y
Offered him. as y Citrus Fruit Oranrp. navel 17S
Dr. Howe, director of the Chamber-
(gd.uu; seedlings do, 7oci.25; com
mon lemons, 75c$1.00; good to
lain ODservatory, JJenver, CoI. has de- per box. - J
tected various indications ; ol mild ; Apples Fancy, $1.25 1.50 per box;
earthquakes in Colorado. j common, 75o$l.00 per boju
Sir. O. W. Shaw, - Chemist. Furnishes
Practical Information for the Guid
ance of Farmers in the Northwest.
The subject of cultivating sugar beets.
and the manufacture of sugar from
them, has been before the people at
different times. When : it was seen
that the industry was a success in Cali
fornia, the prospect of its introduction
seemed favorable. Persons asritated
the matter with varvinsr success, and
at times individuals made experiments
in producing the beets, some of which
were submitted to analysis. Some of
these experiments did not yield results
as satisfactorily as was hoped, and gave
many the idea that beets containing
sufficient saccharine matter would not
grow here. Other individuals also en
gaged in producing a few sample beets,
devoting more intelligent care to them,
and were rewarded with much higher
percentage of sugar. Seed have been
brought from foreign countries to be
distributed among farmers in order
that different soils might be tested. Of
such efforts as these were those of Mr.
H. C. Smith, of Portland, Or. About
the year 1883, Mr. Smith imported
some of the beet seed procurable from
Cologne, Germany, and had some sent
from Alvarado, Cal., where a factory is
in successful operation. Both these
quantities were distributed, with in
structions in planting and cultivating
accompanying. From some persons re
ceiving the seed no replies were ever
obtained, and those who did take the
pains to plant at all, stated, in their re
port, that but little attention had been
given them. Some simply sowed them,
leaving the plants to struggle with
weeds, etc., while others gave but the
slightest cultivating. Of course, the
roots yielded little sugar. Nothing else
is to be expected, as the cultivating of
sugar beets has reached a stage of scien
tific exactness that anything like best
results cannot be obtained without cer
tain care. This is a fair sample of other
'ndividual efforts, some of which have .
had the effect of conveying the belief
that the industry is not ' profitable in
the Northwest.
In 1890, the federal government
passed a bounty law, offering 2 cents a
pound for domestic sugar testing 90 de
grees, and cents for all testing be-"
tween 80 and 90 which should be pro
duced until July 1, 1905. In further .
aid, the agricultural department aided
the several states in making experi
ments. Seed was furnished farmers
who would agree to plant.- and care for
them, -and "returrf "samples for analysis,
and with reports of other conditions.
The experiment station at Corvallis,
Or., delivered seed to farms indifferent
localities of the state in 1891, in accord
ance with this plan. In regard to this
effort, Mr. G. W. Shaw, chemist, re
ports in bulletin No. 23, the following:
"Each year arrangements were made
with farmers in different portions of
the station to cultivate a small plat of
beets, the seed being furnished them
by the station. Although there was a
heavy and ready response by those who
would agree to forward samples for an
alysis, accompanied by a report blanks
for which were furnished there were
many who never responded to a single
inquiry after the seed had been fur
nished, notwithstanding that they had
expressly agreed to report results."
According to Mr. Shaw's report, care
ful instructions were given in regard to
cultivation. The kind of soil was
specified and the degree of moisture best
for the beets was also named.
The- results of these efforts were con
vincing that beets could be grown with
profit.
The succeeding year preparations
were made to repeat with greater care
the attempts of 1891-1892. Unavoid
able delay in receiving the seed so that
if could not be planted in April was the
first discouragement. The rainfall dur
ing the season was below normal, and
all reports showed "very dry," "extra
ordinary dry," and "weather unfavor
able." Mr. Shaw has made some interest
ing comparisons between the tempera
ture and precipitation of Oregon and
Germany and France. The era covered
by the figures is from May 1 to October
1, the time between - planting of seed
and harvesting the beets. In France,
the temperature May 1 was 57 degrees
Farenheit, reaching 71 in June, and
falling to 56 in September; in Ger
many, May starts with 60 ' degrees,
which rises to 67 in June and falls to
49 in September, and the Willamette
valley starts with 54 in May, reaching
66 in June and falling off to 55 in Sep
tember. In Eastern Oregon the temperature
is about five degrees higher than in the
Willamette valley in the middle of the t
summer, but is not much different at
the beginning and the end of the sea
son. It will be seen that the mean '
temperature of Oregon is much less than ;
that of either France or Germany, and' '
if mildness of climate is favorable, this
section possesses an advantage over both '
of those countries.
All well-conducted experiments have
shown good products, although many
who have made indifferent attempts
have been rewarded with very unsatis
factory returns. Some of the latter have
been circulated more or less, and leave
the impresson that the soil or climate
of the state is unsuitable to the indus
try. -By. devoting proper care, as is
shown where experienced hands have
taken hold of the matter, -this state's
sugar beets are of superior quality.
The climatic conditions of the other
Northwestern states are alike favorable.
Instruction in regard to preparing the
land, containing depth- to be plowed,
number of plowings,. manuring, width
.between rows, distance between beets
j and peculiar conditions most favorable
to germination will be furnished by
any of the stte horticultural boards.
Cultivation should be carefully noted.
The Widow's Hopes.
The Minister My dear madam, let
this though console you for your hus
band's death. Remember - that other
and better men than he have gone the
same way. '. -. . --
Bereaved Widow They haven't all
gone, .have they? Tit-Bits., ; g
rx