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VOL. XXXV.
CORVALjLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1898.
NO. 21.
Happenings Both at Home
and Abroad.
A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED
Interesting Collection of Items Vjrnm
Many Places Culled From the Press
Reports of tile Current Week.
The embarkation of Toral's troops,
it ia expected, will have been accom
plished by August 15.
The government of Hayti has de
clined to permit this government to
erect a weather station on its domain.
Havoc was caused by lightning at
Red Oak, Neb. Three persons were
killed and considerable property de
stroyed. Orders have been received at the navy
yard, Cbarlestown, Mass, to expend
$10,000 in repairs upon the old frigate
Minnesota.
Nearly all the people of South Amer
ican countries are in sympathy with
8 pain and refuse lu believe stories of
American victories.
A Madrid telegram to the London
office of the New York Herald says the
government has received a telegram
announcing the surrender of Manila to
Admiral Dewey.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Scott has ruled that in the oase of
mortgage notes on real estate, where
payments are made on the installment
plan, a separate revenue stamp for each
payment will not be required.
The North sea whalers are again at
work. Operations near Point Barrow
were resumed April 15. Inland Esqui
mos are starving and coming to the
coast for food. A deer station is to be
established at Point Barrow.
The cavalry is anxious to proceed to
Porto Rico, but will be obliged to re
main here until the Spanish prisoners
of war have been transported to Spain,
which it is believed will have been ac
complished before the next month is
well advanced.
An attempt by the crew of the
steamer Wanderer to get men and arms
for the Cuban army ashore at Bahia
Honda was defeated by the Spaniards.
The Americans were forced to retreat,
with five wounded. The Spanish re
port of the affair says the American
losses were considerable.
The northeast coast of England has
been swept by a great storm. Fishing
fleets have had narrow escapes, being
obliged to relinquish all their gear and
nets and run to the harbor for shelter,
where many other vessels were com
pelled to seek refuge. North -buftind
trains have been delayed by the force
of the wind, which has caused consider
able damage inland, crops having lxn
flattened. There wero some minor
wreoks in the North sea.
A powder mill at Elmira, N. Y.,
blew up, killing the owner.
Two men were killed as the result
of an explosion in the Coney mine,
near Skykomish, AVash.
The Illinois circuit court has ruled
that the express companies must pay
the tax on express packages.
The alleged charges of bad faith
against the United States attributed to
Premier Sagasta are discredited bf
Washington authorities as inventions
designed to prejudice the successful
progress of the present peace negotia
tions. A Madrid dispatch says General Cor
rea is arranging for the reception of the
Spanish troops which surrendered at
Santiago do Cuba, and preparing sani
tary stations to prevent the introduc
tion of diseases into Spain.
Strict neutrality is to he maintained
by England, and Watson will find no
"facilities" at Gibraltar. The British
governor there has so assured the Span
ish consul. Spaniards are busy putting
the bay of Gibraltar in a more com
plete state of defense.
The Hong Kong correspondent of the
London Daily Mail says the viceroy of
Canton has announced to the foreign
office the complete suppression of the
rebellion in those districts. He has
announced also that four cfties have
been reoccupied by the imperial troops.
With the understanding that no in
demnity will be demanded and that the
Spanish sovereignty in the Philippines
will be respected, the Spanish news
papers consider tho terms of peace at
tributed to President McKinley as be
ing acceptabla The papers, however,
protest against hostilities being con
tinued by the United States after
Spain had sued for peace.
Admiral Dewey, at Manila, has dis
patched the Raleigh and Concord to
gather up 11 Snanish craft, which, ac
cording to information sent him by
Consul-Gencral Williams, are at vari
ous places in the Philippines. Among
these vessels are three gunboats at San
Miguel, Luzon island, and four at Port
Royal, Palawar island. Four mer
chantmen with cargoes of tobacco are
reported at Cayagan, Luzon. The same
dispatch reports that tho English traders
at the coal mines at Batan, Luzon
island, have been imprisoned and sub
jected to ill treatment otherwise by the
Spaniards there.
Minor News Items.
A dude fights nearly as well as a
cowboy, and a cowboy fights better
than anything else on earth.
Over 500 men aie at work on the
cruiser Yorktown at Mare Island navy
yaid, San Francisco, rushing her to
completion.
Tho United States government will
establish an extensive weather bureau
in the Caribbean sea for the use of all
nations whose interests lie in that
region.
Ex-Senator Don Cameron, of Pennsyl
vania has offered to the government for
a military hospital the free use of his
fine estate on the South Carolina coast.
Pythians who would engage in active
war serivce have been notified that 1
thoir certificate of endowment and all
claims thereunder will be considered
null and void.
Examination of the hnlks of the
Spanish cruisers Maria Teresa and Al
mirante Oquendo by men from the flag- '
ship gives abundant proof, if such were
needed, that the Maine waa not de
stroyed bv an Internal explosion. '
LATER NEWS.
General Merritt has asked to have
lis command increased from 30,000
to 50.000 troops.
The Peruvian government is sending
agents to Europe to purchase warships
for the purpose of strengthening her
navy.
The designs of the tiiree new vessels
of the Illinois type are to be changed
so as to make their minimum speed 18
knots an hour.
If the coal operators of the Pittsburg
district do not conform with the terms
of the Chicago agreement by August
10, 5,000 miners will be ordered to
strike.
President McKinley, it is said, will
call an extra session of both houses of
congress as soon as Spain accepts the
terms of peace offered by tho United
States.
The steamer Humboldt has arrived
at San Francisco from St. Michaels,
bringing down about 40 people from
the Klondike. The purser says that
about $1,000,000 from the gold fields
was brought down on the steamer.
Lieutenant R. P. Hobson, of Merri
mac fame, is with his mother at Lithia
Spiings, Ga. The meeting between
mother and son was a pathetic one.
The son kissed his mother, who threw
her arms around his neok and for sev
eral minutes rested her head on his
shoulder, shedding tears of joy.
Following is an official statement
given out by authority of the president
on Tuesday us to the terms of peace
offered by the United States: "In
order to remove any misapprehension
in regard to the negotiations as to peace
between the United States and Spain,
it is deemed proper to say that the
terms offered by the United States in
the note handed to the French ambas
sador on Saturday last are in substance
as follows: The president does not
now put forward any claim for pecuni
ary indemnity, but requires relinquish
ment of all olaim of sovereignty over
or title to the island of Cuba, as well
as evacuation by Spain of the island;
cession to the United Slates and im
mediate evacuation of Porto Rico and
other islands under Spanish sovereign
ty in the West Indies and like cession
of an island in the La 'rones. The
United States will occupy and hold the
city, bay and harbor of Manila, pend
ing the conclusion of a treaty of peace,
which shall determine the control, dis
position and government of the Philip
pines. If these forms are accepted by
Spain in their entirety, commissioners
will be named by tho United States to
meet commissioners on tho part of
Spain for the purpose of concluding a
treaty of peace on the basis above in
dicated." The United States comimssionors
who are to prepare a code of laws foi
Hawaii will sail on the Mariposa,
August 10.
Advices from Havana confirm the
report that General Garcia lias relin
quished his command and gone home
to Caruaguey.
Intrigue among the powers of Europe
to shut us out of the Philippines is
said to have been checkmated by Pres
ident McKinley's course.
A Madrid correspondent says that a
band of 300 Carlists recently appeared
near Seo de Urge, in Catalonia, and
the tioops are pursuing them.
The London Times announces that
the Royal Ulster Yacht Club has ar
ranged to challenge for the America's
cup. The .New York Yacht Club will
be notified of the decision immediately.
General Merritt has sent notice to
Washington that he was about to com
bine with Dewey in a joint demand foi
the surrender of Manila, thus forestall
ing the insurgents, and this movement
may cause a rupture.
President McKinley's proposal has
reached Madrid, and the Spanish cabi
net met Monday to consider and decide
upon the reply to be made. The terms
offered, it is quite likely, will be ac
ceded to immediately. Hostilities in
the Antilles in that case will be sus
pended at once.
The governor-general of Manila, tele
garphing to Madrid, says that aid is in
dispensable to resist the imminent at
tack of the American forces under Gen
eral Merritt. The foreign warships in
the bay, the dispatch says, answered
the salute in honor of the queen's saint
day, and the American vessels display
ed the American flag.
Some of the members of the Spanish
conservative party question the utility
of preserving the Philippines because of
the enormous expensae that a suppres
sion of the insurgents would entail. The
latest dispatches from Captain-General
Augustin are so despondent about the
resources at jus uisposai mar. it is sur
mised that the fall of Manila is immi
nent. General Greely announces that he
is now in direct communication by
cable with General Miles' headquarters
at Ponce, having sent the cable instru
ments from St. Thomas. The British
officials who control the cable are will
ing to tarnsmit messages for the United
States government over it, provided
our forces are in possession of the cable
terminals, but they will not allow
their cables to be used if the instru
ments are cut tn at any intermediate
point.
The dynamite cruiser Nictheroy pur
chased from the Brazilian government
will be turned into a collier.
Richard Votaw, of Washington
county, Ky., who shot four persons at
a tent meeting in Meicer connty, was
shot and instantly killed by Sheriff
George Coulter, of Danville.
Albert Cullom, a nephew of United
States Senator Shelby M. Cullom, of
Illinois, suddenly expired in a Chatta
nooga, Ga., drug store, whither he had
gone to purchase medicine for himself.
The auxiliary cruiser Eagle recently
destroyed the large Spanish steamer
Santo Domingo at Cape Francis.
The hero uf Manila has been honored
in Arizona by having, a station on the
extension of the Gila Valley & Globe
railroad named Dewey.
The senate committee on claims, in
Its report before adjonrment, exonerat
ed the Methodist church from all blame
relative to the payment of the claim of
the Methodist Book concern, and the
payment of Major E. B. Stahlman of
1100,000, as an agent, in getting the
claim through.
Aguinaldo Grows Ugly
Toward Americans.
COMPLICATIONS ARE AHEAD
Insurgent Chief Drunk With the Wine
of Success Warned by General An
derson Has Assumed the Bole of
Dictator.
London, Aug. 8. A dispatch to the
Times from Cavite says: It is becom
ing more apparent daily that there are
serious complications ahead. The
Americans never made a greater mis
take than in bringing Aguinaldo and
the insurgent leaders here giving them
arms and ammunition for free use from
the Cavite arsenal. Aguinldo, fearing
annexation by the Americans, openly
opposes them.
Either he has been encouraged by
some foreign power, or he has a false
notkm of the strength of the Philip
pine revolutionists, failing to rcognize
that their recent successes are due to
the concentration of the Spanish
strength at Manila, consequent upon
the presence of the Americans. Al
though he admits no foreign recogni
tion, 'ie talks of his government and
dictates to the American authorities
in absurd and inflated terms. He has
compelled the natives of the southern
approaches to Manila to register their
bullocks and ponies, and instructed the
owners not' to supply them to the Amer
icans for transportation without his
sanotion.
Brigadier-General Anderson prompt
ly adopted firm measures, warning
Aguinaldo that force would be used to
impress the means of transportation,
which were ultimately forthcoming.
Aguinaldo's attitude makes future
operations against Manila problemati
cal. In my opinion, with the aid of
the fleet, the city might have been
already American. Nothing but the
complications with the natives pre
vented an advance.
I am convinoed that the Filipplnos
will never capture Manila unaided, and
if the Americans withdraw, the fate of
the natives under Spanish rule would
be worse than before.
Insane Miner'! Deed.
Seattle, Aug. 8. A r;:ial to tho
Times from Roslyn, Wash , says An
drew Warge, an Aiutri n miner, this
morning shot his wife and two small
children and then killed himself.
Warge was insane.
Porto means Protested.
London, July 80. According to a
dispatch from Berlin, a newspaper there
professes to know that the Porto Rican
post or nips.
Map showing location of the Important
port won by the expedition undei Command
er Cowlcs.
colonial legislature has adopted a reso
lution protesting against American oc
cupation of the islands as a violation
of the principles that the United States
went to war to enforce.
Smuggled Shell Exploded.
Playa del Este, Guantanamo Bay,
Aug. 8. The body of Karl J. Ander
son, a seaman on the United -States
cruiser Brooklyn, was buried ashore
here today. Anderson was killed by
the accidental discharge of a Spanish
one-pound shell smuggled from one of
the destroyed Spanish cruisers, against
the orders of Captain Cook. The
shell exploded Tuesday while Ander
son was hammering it in an effort to
separate the cartridge and shell.
World's Record Broken.
Ottawa, OnL, Aug. 8. George R.
Gray, of Colx'water, a member of the
New York Athletic Club, at the Cale
donia Scottish games here today put the
16-pound shot 48 feet, 5 inches, break
ing the world's record of 47 feet, made
by himself. He also put the 14-pound
shot 52 feet, 10 inches, breaking the
world's record of 49 feet, 8 inches, also
made by himself.
At its present rate of con bastion it
is thought that the sun will last from
7,000,000 to 15,000,000 years before
burning itself out.
SCHLEY IS GENEROUS.
Willing to Divide the Honors With His
Brother Officers.
Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 8. Shortly
aftei the great naval victory off San
tiago, in which Ceivera's fleet was
pursued and destroyed by the American
vessels of war under Commodoro
Schley, Captain John Schley, cousin of
the commodore, wrote a letter of con
gratulation for the victory won. Today
he received a reply, which, in part,
was as follows:
"Flagship Brooklyn, Off Santiago do
Cuba, July 22, 1898. My Dear John:
The victory of July 8, so complete in
its results and so rioh in glory for our
country, was the joint product of every
one fortunate enough to be engaged,
and I ought rather to thank you in
their name than to appropriate the con
gratulations to myself.
"Surely, it was large enough to win
laurels for all, and I assume no other
GENERAL JULIAN PARREDA.
H-anish Commander at Guantanamo Who Re
fused to "Capitulate."
pride in it than the lucky place of this
ship in the line was where the first
heavy assault was made, and afterward,
by liei speed and her direction, she
was enabled to keep in the 'scrap' to
the finish.
"The sweetest thought and the great
est satisfaction comes from the fact
that our conduct t at day has won the
THE ISLAND OF PORTO RICO.
people's love and earned the nation's
admiration. It is this which encourages
us in the public defonse, no matter
with what risk to ourselves. If it
means peace to our beloved land and per
mits us to return to our loved ones, and
to our people, our efforts were well
directed.
"Thanking you again, my dear cousin
and schoolmate and friend, I am always
very Bincerely yours,
"W. S. SCHLEY."
AUGUSTI WILLING.
Will Surrender as Soon as He Can Do
So Honorably.
London, Aug. 8. A special to the
Daily Mail from Hong Kong, dated
August 1, says: Admiral Dewey lias
received word from Captain-General
Augusti that he is willing to surrendei
as soon as he can do so honorably. It
is believed he will only make a show of
resistance. Dewey expects to take the
city without losing a single man.
Should Dewey and Merritt begin the
attack, Augusti will propose to capitul
ate on these terms: The Spanish
troops to march out with the honors of
war; the soldiers and officials to be
permitted to return on parole to Spain,
and an assurance to be given that the
lives and property of Spanish residents
will be protected from naval attack.
The Spanish officer who reported in
Manila the destruction of Admiral
Cervera's squadron was treated as a
traitor and threatened with death.
While riding near Malate the other day,
Geneial Anderson narrowly escaped
being shot by the enemy.
Populace Enthusiastic.
Ponce, Porto Rico, via St. Thomas,
D. W. L, Aug. 3. Colonel Hullngs,
with 10 companies of the Sixteenth
Pennsylvania, lias occupied Juan Diaz,
about 10 miles from Ponce, on the way
to San Juan. The American flag was
raised, and great was the enthusiasm
of the populace.
The protected cruiser Columbia went
ashore while attempting to enter the
harbor of Ponce, but it is expected she
will be floated tomortow.
General Brooks arrived this evening.
During the evening tho seven compan
ies of the Nineteenth Tegular infantry
arrived on the Cherokee.
Cable communication was opened to
night, but the line will not be in lull
operation for several days.
Some people are disagreeable because
they can't attract attention any other
way.
Fatal Tralnwrecb.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 8. A freight
wreck in which two men wjre killed
and four or five injured occurred on
the Central railroad near McPherson
today. A train bearing soldiers bound
for camp at Lithia Springs was run into
by a freight train. Both engines and
trains were badl.r wrecked, the cars be
ing- piled one upon another. Bodies
were torn apart, and hands, arms and
legs were found lying about.
The flesh of yonug giraffes is ex
tremely good, somewhat like veal,
with the game-like flavor.
3tZ iminiii RoJX Roadt
MILES MARCHING ON.
Meeting Hut Little Resistance in Porto
ltlco.
Ponce, Porto Rico, via SL Thomas,
Aug. 3. General Miles hourly expects
the arrival of transports having on
board Brigadier-General Sofa wan 's di
vision of 6,000 men, and also the Mo
hawk, with the Fifth regular cavalry.
General Heniy's division, consisting
of 8,400 men, and including 86 piecee
of artillery, has been ordered to march
immediately to Yauco from Ponoe to
be ready to join the movement north
to San Juan on the 16th. The Penn
sylvania regiment was sent this morn
ing toward Juan Diaz, eight miles north
of Ponce, en route to San Juan.
Miles says he has no intention of
making a landing of troops at San Juan,
especially as the place is only a road
stead, where transports aro liable to
suffer from prevalent storms.
' Therftrrrj&Tf from Ponce to Yauco is
now in possession of our troops. Gen
eral Stone found five mines on the
track. These were destroyed and the
track is uninjured.
Our troops found 17 Spaniards in the
Yauco hospital, all of whom had been
wounded in Tuesday's fight.
A proclamation has been issued by
the authorities of Yauco as a United
States city, expressing delight at an
nexation and the administration of
General Miles and welcoming our
tioops. The mayor of Ponce has called
upon residents of that place to exercise
calmness and circumspection under the
new and desirable conditions.
Miles lias issued lengthy orders of
instruction to Oeneral Wilson, military
governor of Ponce province and city,
until General Brooke's ariival. It is
of the same tenor as the instructions
which Miles gave to Shatter at Santi
ago, both orders being based on the
administration instructions given to
General Merritt regarding the govern
ment of the Philippine islands.
CHICAGO HOLOCAUST.
Several Killed and Injured in a Hotel
Fire.
Chicago, Aug. 8. Three killed and
14 injured is the record of a fire that
broke out at 2:30 o'clock this morning
in the Ber win hotel, North State street.
Starting in a bicycle repair shop ad-
R00
joining the hotel, flames spread to the
basement of the hostelry and then, eat
ing their way to both the front and rear
stairways, cut off escape to a dozen
guests. Some in the panic that ensued
jumped to the sidewalk and sustained
broken legs and arms; Others waited
in their apartments and Were rescued,
while most of the guests made their
way out of the building by means of a
fire escape leading into an alley.
When the fire was discovered, it was
burning fiercely on a lower floor. Pe
destrians raised a cry of warning, which
aroused the guests, and they appeared
at the upper windows of the hotel in
theii night attire.
Fresh Meat for Shafter's Army.
Tampa, Fla., Aug. 3. The trans
port Michigan sailed yesterday from
Port Tampa and crossed the bar of the
bay today. She was loaded with fresh
meat for General Shafter's army, be-
GEN. JOHN J. COPPINGER.
sides a quantity of other supplies.
General Coppinger, of the Fourth army
corps, with headquarters in this cily,
received orders to go to Porto Rico.
Hawallans Still Aliens.
San Francisco, Aug. 8. Hart H.
North, commissioner of immigration at
this port, has received instrutions from
Washington, to treat all immigrants
from Hawaii as alien immigrants until
such time as laws can be perfected to
govern them. This rule will settle all
questions as to the entrance of certain
races for the time being, and will be a
warning to steamship companies.
England makes $20,000,000 a year
out of its postofflce.
The Deadly Fever.
Santiago de Cuba Aug. 8. Colonel
John H. Page, of the Third infantry,
regulars, leaves today by the transport
Iroquois for New York, dangerously
ill with malarial fever. Colonel Page
is the last colonel of the regular army
left in Cuba. All of the others who
came originally have either been killed
in battle or have died of sickness.
Colorado miners have lately been
ohanging the names of their plants to
those of famous men in the present
war. One of the best-paying copper
mines is now oalled "Sigsbee."
Miles' Easy Conquest of
Porto Rico.
VOLUNTEERS SURRENDERING
Supplies in Abundance for the Amer
ican Troops Revenue From Custom
House People Are Overjoyed at the
Arrival of the Army.
Washington, Aug. 2. General Miles,
in command of the Porto Rican expedi
tion, sent the following diepateh to-Soo-retary
Alger, which was made public
at the war departmental lOo'clook to
night: "Ponoe, Porto Rico, Aug. 2. Secre
tary of War. Washington, D. ft:
Four telegrams reoeived, and, answered
by letter. Volunteers are surrender
ing themselves with arms and ammuni
tion. Four-fifths of the people are
overjoyed at the arrival of the army.
Two thousand from one place have vol
unteered to serve with it. They are
bringing in beef, cattle and other sup
plies. The custom-house has already
yielded 114,000. As soon as all the
troops are disembarked, they will be
in readiness to move. Please send any
national colors that oan be spared, to
be given to the different municipali
ties. "I request that the question of the
tariff rate to be charged in the parts of
Porto Rico occupied by our forces be
submitted to the president for his ac
tion, the previously existing tariff re
maining meanwhile in force. As to
the government and military occupa
tion, I have already given instructions
issued by the president in the oase of
the Philippine islands and similar to
those issued at Santiago de Cuba.
"MILES.
"Major-General Commanding."
DESERTING TO AMERICAN CAMP
Spanish Volunteers Glad for the Chancer
to Lay Down Their Arms.
Ponce, Porto Rico, via St. Thomas,
D. W. L, August 2. No forward
movement of the army is expected for
several days. The transports with
General Brooke's army corps and the
remainder of the First corps are arriv
ing slowly. Our troops will probably
remain quiet until the bulk of the
army has disembarked. Only three
transports have arrived since yesterday.
They have just appeared in the offing,
and only one has been made out. It
has on. board the Fifth Ohio cavalry.
General Miles will retain his head
quarters at the custom-house at the
port of Ponce, while General Wilson
will be in immediate command of the
troops in the city.
General Wilson posted General
Ernst's brigade, consisting of the Sec
ond and Third Wisconsin and the Six
teenth Pennsylvania regiments out a
mile and a half on the military road,
after dusk last night, retaining two
companies of the Sixteenth to act as
provost guard in the city.
Captain Allison has been appointed
provost marshal, and, with the aid of
the local constabulary, has preserved
excellent oider, although most all the
entire population of the city remained
in the streets celebrating the arrival of
their American liberators until long
after midnight.
Many of them had been forced into
the service of Spain to escape perse
cution. Business in the city has enjoyed a
great boom since the arrival of th
Americans.
TROUBLE WITH GARCIA.
He Was Invited to the Flag-Raising;
at Santiago
Washington, Aug. 2. The war de
partment has reseived the following:
"Santiago de Cuba, Aug. 2. Secre
tary of War, Washington: I have the
Sun of Saturday, July 23, in which
comments are made as to my treatment
of General Garcia. I desire to say that
General Garcia was invited by me per
sonally to go into the city of Santiago
at the time I entered it, but he declined
on the ground that the Spanish civil
officers were left in power. It was
fully explained to him that those offic
ials were continued in power until it
was convenient to change them for oth
ers. General Garcia's assistance to me
has been purely voluntary on his part
and he was told at the beginning that 1
did not exercise any control over him,
except such as he chose to give. The
trouble with General Garcia was that
he expected to be placed in command
at this place; in other words, that we
would turn the city over to him. I ex
plained to him fully that we were at
war with Spain, and that the question
of Cuban independence could not be
considered by me. Another grievance
was that, finding several thousand men
entered the city without opposiiton
from General Garcia, I extended my
own lines in front of him, and closed
up that gap, as I saw that I had to de
pend on my own men for the invest
rr eut of the place. SHAFTER. ' '
Alaska Steamers at San Francisco.
San Francisco, Aug. 2. The steam
ers Charles Nelson and Samoa arrived
today from St Michaels. Both of
them brought considerable wealth
from the Klondike country, but dis
charged most of it at Seattle. The
Nelson is one of the transports engaged
to carry the First regiment of New
York volunteers to Honolulu.
Some girls admits that engagements
are failures, but they have there doubts
as to marriages.
Destructive Tornado in Missouri.
May view, Mo., Aug. 2. A tornado
passed six miles south of this place, de
stroying a dozen farm houses and other
bnildings in the vicinity. At Tabo,
the postofflce was destroyed. The dam
age to crops will amount to thousands
of dollars. Representative Joseph Gris
tle's country dwelling was blown away,
probably fatally injuring Mrs. Jennings
and Edward Reynolds, a farmer.
. Toronto, Ont, Ang. a. Rev. John
Walsh, Roman Catbolio archbishop of
Toronto, died suddenly tonight of
heart failure. He was 68 years of as.
FLEET AT WORK.
jVcu vita Bombarded by the American
Warships.
Key West, Aug. 2. Reports have
reached here that Neuvitas, on the
notthern coast of the province of Puer
to Principe, Cuba, has been bombarded
by the ships of the blockading squad
ron, evacuated by the Spanish and sub
sequently burned. No details are
known, and the only information of
the affair was that given to Captain
Maynard, of the gunboat Nashville, by
Lieutenant-Colonel Rojas, of the insur
gent focies at Gibara, last Tuesday.
Colonel Rojas himself has the news at
second hand.
The only American ships known to
have been in the vicinity of Neuvitas
lately are the Prairie and Badger. The
latter captured three Spanish ships
coming out of the Neuvitas harbor, and
took them to Dry Tortugas. All were
flying Red Cross flags, but when board
ed were found to contain a number of
Spanish soldiers, only three of whom
were sick. The Badger is expected
here shortly.
The Nasbivlle reported at Gibara on
Tuesday, when she captured the schoon
ers Gibara and Expresso. On entering
the harbor, she was met by the ex
United States consular agent and pres
ident of the railroad line to Holguin.
He told the Americans of the evacua
tion of Gibara two days before by Gen
eral Leque and his 1,800 Spanish troops,
who feaied a concerted attack by Amer
icans and Cubans. They fled to Hol
guin by raid, and afterwaid store up the
tracks. General Lequez left in the
Gibara hospital 535 sick and wounded
Spanish soldiers with a request to Ad
miral Sampson to see that they were
properly cared for.
The next day the Cuban forces, con
sisting of 500 cavalry, under Lieutenant-Colonel
Rojas, and 200 infantry,
made a triumphant entry into'' the town.
They were received with acclamations
by the Cubans, and the town held fes
tival that day and night. The insurg
ents took formal possession, establish
ing police system and sent out scouting
parties, and when the Nashivlle ar
rived, the best of order was being main
tained. The invaders had, however,
neglected the schooners in the harbor,
and the American ships took possession
of them.
When Ensign Snow left with a
prize crew to bring tho Gibara here, it
had been determined to raise the Amer
ican flag over the town.
SORROW IN GERMANY
All Interest Centers In the Death oi
Prince Bismarck.
Berlin, Aug. 2. The news of Prince
1 Bismarck's death, which became gen
1 erally known only through special edi
tions of the papers, produced profound
sorrow, as so sudden a realization of the
fears of his demise was not expected.
Several papers this morning published
special articles with mourning 1 ordeis,
expressing, in feeling terms, vhe na
tional sorrow, and dwelling on the bril
liant and immoital services of the
prince to the fatherland, his heroic
greatness and his truly German charac
ter. Sorrowful sympathy over Prince
Bismarck's death is manifested in
many ways. The news is constantly
discussed in public places, and a feel
ing of sadness prevails among all classes
of people. Particulars of the last mo
ments of the prince and other cicrn in
stances attending his death are eagerly
sought. Many private houses show
flags at half mast. Secretary of State
Von Buelow will return from Siemmer
ing, Austria, immediately.
The President's Condolences.
Washington, Aug. 2. By direction
of the president, the following dispatch
was sent tonight to Hon. Andrew
White, United States ambassador to
Germany:
"Washington, Aug. 2. White, Am
bassador, Berlin: The president
charges you to express, in the proper
official quaiter, to the bereaved Ger
man nation and to the family of the
deceased statesman, the sorrow which
the government and the people of the
United States feel at the passing away
of the great chancellor, whose memory
is ewer associated with the greatness
of the German empire. ADEE,
"Acting Secretary."
Pay Train Wrecked.
Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 2. From
officials of the Southern Pacific railroad
in this city details of the wreck of pay
train of that railroad three miles west
of Benson, Ariz., were obtained tonight.
The accident occurred at 6:20 this
morning. - The engine jumped the
track on a curve. Fireman A. J. Tay
lor was killed, Engineer Walker was
bad ley scalded and Conductor Crowder
was injured internally and will proba
bly die. The other trainmen and offi
cers of the road on the car were shaken
up, but were not seiiously hurt. The
engine was a complete wreck and the
pay car was consumed by fire, but the
records and money were saved.
Rx-Chief of Police to Hans;.
Chicago, Aug. 2. George H. Jacks,
ex-chief of police of Muskegon, Mich.,
was this afternoon found guilty of
murder in this city, and his punish
ment fixed at death. Jacks killed An
drew McGee, a collector, 60 years of age,
who was supposed to have had a laige
sum of money. By means of a letter,
Jacks and a confederate decoyed McGee
into a house and slew him.
French Steamer a Prize.
Charleston, S. ft, Aug. 2. The
French steamer Manonvia was brought
in as a prize today. She was captured
by the Dixie off the south coast of Porto
Rico on the 24th ult. She is now at
quarantine here.
Reno, Nev., August 2. The town of
Beckwlth, Cal., having a population of
about 500, on the Sierra Valley rail
road, 35 miles north of here, was almost
wiped off the map yesterday afternoon
by fire. Loss, $40,000.
Yellow Jack at Tampieo.
Austin, Tex., Aug. 2. State Health
Officer Swearingden has received pos
itive information that there is yellow
fever in epidemic form at Tampieo,
Mexico, and he has notified all quaran
tine officers to rigidly enforce quaran
tine against the infected point.
He Defies 17a.
Washington, Aug. 3. A dispatch
from Admiral Dewey announces that
Aguinaldo has assumed a bold attitude
of defiance, and that it will take a
large force from this country to subdue
he insurgents. '
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Reported by Downing, Hopkins & Co., Inc.,
Board of Trade Brokers, 711 to 714 Chamber of
Commerce building, Portland, Oregon.
The average wheat trader is bearish,
but does not stand short, an advance of
o to lc running him in. He is afraid
because farmers are not selling their
wheat as freely as they did last year,
although prices are but slightly differ
ent. Conditions a year ago were ex
tremely bullish, foreign crops being
short, and the majority of foreign trad
eis were outspokenly bullish ai.d had
millicns of bushels bought for Septem
ber and December delivery. They
kept up their buying right along and
made heavy engagements for ocean
room. Freights from Chicago to Liver
pool a year ago were 1 1 4o a bushel on
wheat, and now they are 7.8-8. The
American grain trader saw the largest
exports for the twelve months ending
Jnne 80 that he is liable to witness
in many years. Not one in the trade
ever knew their equal, and they may
not witness a repetition. Foreigners
are now selling wheat short, as they
know that their home crops are nearly
equal to theii requirements. France
will need very little, if any, the Danu
bian provinces have a larger surplus,
and the majority of the European coun
tries will not be in the maiket as buy
ers. Export houses figure that we will
not ship more than 140,000,000 bushels
of flour and wheat for the coming
twelve months.
The world's crop is estimated at 344,
000,000 bushels above last year's, which
does not warrant higher prices unless
there is an unusual wave of speculative
buying, whioh for the present is not
discernablo. There is no bull leader,
and no prospect of getting one. It is
true that the farmers have more money
and are in better position to hold their
wheat, so that it may not be forced on
the market as rapidly as in previous
years. This may have a sustaining
influence, but will make a slow and
dragging market.
Exporters at the seaboard and eleva
tor people here have been short for
July, having acoepted orders for ship
ment this month. This has created an
urgent demand for prompt shipment.
It is too late to get much wheat to the
seaboard for this month's delivery, and
the majority of the shorts have covered.
Seattle Markets.
Vegetables Potatoes Yakimas, $1
per 100 lbs; natives, 810; Califor
nia potatoes, $1.00 per 100 pounds.
Beets, per sack, $t.00 turnips, 76c;
carrots, $1.00; hothouse lettuce, c;
radishes, 12,c.
Fruits California lemons, fancy,
$4.00; choice, $3.50; seeding oranges,
$1.501.75; California navels, fancy,
$33.25; choice, $2.502.75; ban
anas, shipping, $2.252.75 per bunch;
strawberries, $1.50 per crate.
Butter Fancy native creamery,
brick, 17c; ranch, 14 eg 10c; dairy, 12'2
15j; Iowa, fancy creamery, :J0c.
Ciiee.Ba Native Washinjn, 11
1 1 Jic; Eastern .-iifi?-se, hli
Meats Choice dressed beef steer's,
prime, 7c; cows, prime, 6fco; mut
ton, 7c; pork, 77ac; veal, 58c.
Hams Large, 10 c; small, lie;
breakfast bacon, 1 1 '.j.
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound,
13c; dressed, 16c; spring chickens,
$2. 60 3. 75.
Fresh Fish Halibut, 84c; steel
heads, 78c; salmon trout, 910o;
flounders and sole, 84o; herring, 4c.
Oysters Olympia oysters, per sack,
$3.50, per gallon, solid, $1.80.
Wheat Feed wheat, $20.
Oats Choice, per ton, $26.
Corn Whole, $24; cracked, $24;
feed meal, $24.
Feed Chopped feed, $1721 per
ton; middlings, per ton, $17; oil
(fake meal, per ton, $35.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$25; whole, $24.
Flour Patent, $4.10, bbl; straights,
$3.85; California brands, $5.50; buck
wheat flour, $6.50; graham, per bbl,
$4.25; whole wheat flour, $4.50; rve
flour, $4.25.
Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $14;
shorts, per ton, $16.
Hay Puget Sound mixed, $8 10;
choice Eastern Washington timothy,
$15.
Eggs Paying 1818c, selling 20
21o.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla, 67c; Val
ley and Blues tern, 60c per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $8.60; graham,
$8.10; superfine, $2.26 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 42c; choice
gray, 40c per bnshel.
Barley Feed barley, $21; brewing,
$22 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $15 per ton; mid
dlings, $21; shorts, $16.
Hay Timothy, $1112; clover. $10
11; Oregon wild hay, $9 10 per ton.
Eggs Oregon, 15c per doaen.
Butter Fancy creamery, 85 40c;
fair to good, 88g0; dairy, 8630o
per roll.
, Cheese Oregon full cream, ll12o;
Young America, 12o.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $8.50 per
dozen; hens, $4.00; springs, $2.008;
geese, $3.0O4.50; ducks, young. $3
4.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 10
12 2e per pound. .
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, 80 35c
per sack; new potatoes 60 66c.
Onions California red, $1.25 per
sack.
Hops 512o per pound for new
orop; 1896 crop, 4 6c.
Wool Valley, 1012o per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 8 12c; mohair,
85c per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 8o; dressed mntton. 7c;
spring lambs, 9c per lb.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.75;
light and feeders. $3.004.00; dressed,
$5. 60 6. 50 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, 8.50$3.76;
cows, $2. 60 8. 00; dressed beef,
661c per pound.
Veal Large, 6 6c; small, 78c
per pound.
Ban Francisco Market.
Woof Spring Nevada, 10 14c per
dound; Oregon, Eastern, 1012o; Val
ley, 16 17c; Northern, 14 16c.
Millstuffs Middlings, $1880.00;
bran, $16.50 16.00 per ton.
Onions New. 70 80c per sack.
Butter Fancy creamery, 20o; do
seconds, 80c; fancy dairy, 18c; good
to choice, 1516c per pound.
Eggs Store, 1416o; fancy ranch,
198So.
Citrus Fruit Oranges, navels, $2.00
2.85; Mexican limes, $6.00; Cali
fornia lemons, 1.00$1.50; do choice,
fl. 60 2. 00; per box.