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VOL.. XXXV.
CORVALL.IS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1898.
NO. 37.
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1 NEWS OF THE WEEK
From All Parts of the New
World and the Old.
OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happenings of the Past Wees!
Called From the Telegraph Columns.
Dr. Stephen B. Tyng, president of
the American Chamber of Commerce
died in Paris.
The First Illinois volunteer infantry,
which saw service in the trenches at
Santiago, has been mustered out of
service.
Advices received from Seoul say the !
Corean government has issued orders
that foreigners are to be stopped from !
trading in the interior.
The four-masted schooner Talofa, !
Captain Fletcher, from Guantanarno
lor Port Tampa, in ballast, has been
totally wrecked on Cozumel island, off
the eastern coast of Yucatan, and the 1
captain and seven of the men have ar- j
rived at Progreso, two of the men hav
ing been drowned.
The ship Atlanta, which sailed from
Tacoma, loaded with wheat for Cape
Town, ran ashore near Alsea bay. She
had a crew of 27 men, only two of
whom got ashore. The vessel was
broken in two, and is probably a total
loss. She was commanded by Captain
Charles McBride.
Two freight trains on the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific collided at Mos
cow, la. One man was killed and one
injured. A wrecking train which was
about to start to the scene from Wilton
was run into by a fast mail train.
The fireman of the mail tiain was bad.
ly hurt an 16 men of the work train
injured, some seriously.
The American and Spanish commis
sioners in agreeing upon January 1 as
the date of Spanish evacuation of
Cuba took a precedent from the treaty
of peace entered into 50 years ago be
tween Mexico and the United States
when an agreement was made as to the
date of the American occupation to
cease. Then, as now, it was known
that all the troops conld not be em
barked by the date agreed upon. The
oretically the Spanish occupation will
cease January 1, though it is believed
that 25,000 Spanish troops will still
remain in Cuba.
Wm. Fink, a farmer living near Ty
ler, Wash., was killed by a runaway
team.
A corporal and three merchants ol
Guantanamo were arrested for steal
ing government supplies.
The spruce lumber exhibit of the
Clatsop Mill Company, of Astoria, has
been awarded the first prize, a gold
medal by the Omaha exposition direct
ory. While a gang of 20 track hands was
at work on the Pennsylvania railroad
line, near Jersey City, they were run
down by a train. Eleven workmen
were killed outright and six seriously
injured.
Conductor William Hatfield and
Brakeman Harry Crogin were killed in
the wreck of a caboose attached to a
northbound train near Ardmore, I. T.
The caboose left the track and waB
overturned.
There is a leper scare in Manila.
Through neglect of Spanish officials
nearly 200 lepers escaped confinement.
Orders have been issued that all lepers
he arrested and sent to a small unin
habited island southeast of Luzon.
Advices by the steamship Empresi
-of China tell of a terrible disaster on
October 25, when the steamer Kinshui
Maru came into, collision with the
steamer Myagawa Maru, off Takami,
sinning ine latter, beventy poisons
were drowned.
The secretary of the navy has ord
ered a court of inquiry to meet at the j
navy-yard at Norfolk for the purpose '
of investigating the circumstances at
tending the abandonment of the Span- j
ish cruiser Maria Teresa, with a view!
to aeiermining tne necessity and re
sponsibility therefor.
George W. Lake, an American, re
siding at Chemulpa, ha6 been mur
dered. Lake kept a big store near the
Chinese consulate. The murderer en
tered for the purpose of robbery. With
an iron weight attached to a Chinese
steelyard he killed Lake with one blow '
as he slept.
Charles S. Cross, president of the
First National bank of Einparia, Kan., I
shot and killed himself near that city. !
An hour previous the bank had been
closed by order of the controller of the 1
currency. The failure is a bad one,
and all the county and city funds are
involved.
An electric street-car of the Tacoma
railway line was derailed five miles
from the heart of the city on the Steila
coom line, by the controller refusing to
shut off the current on a heavy down
grade. The car was smashed to splin
ters by striking the side of a cut 10
feet deep, through which it was travel
ing. Seven persons were aboard, and
all received injuries.
Minor Neirs Items.
Husbands and wives traveling to
gether in Norway, Austria and Hun
gary pay only ono fare ami a half on the.
railways.
Mrs. Fred Douglass, widow of the
colored orator, is to go on the lecture
platform to deal with the history of the
race in this country.
Lieutenant Jules Q. Ord, son of Gen
eral E. O. C. Ord, who was killed in
the battle of Santiago, was a great
grandson of King George IV.
Rudolph Neumann, general agent of
the Alaska Commercial Company,
while inspecting the Sitka mine Unga
fell 209 feet to the bottom of the .shaft
and was instantly killed.
The National Association of Manu- 1
facturers and Jobbers of Threshing Ma
chinery met in Indianapolis in annual
eession and elected as president J. E.
Brown of Mansfield, O.
The authorities found nearly $10,000,
secreted in the home of Oscar Os
borne, who was murdered near Rich
field, O., by robbers while trying to
make him tell where his money was
Bidden.
LATER NEWS.
The war departmenthas decided not
to occupy Cienfuegos before January 1.
Governor Tanner has issued a procla
mation declaring Pana, 111., under
martial law.
Captain McCalla has wiied the navy
department that he has abandoned the
cruiser Maria Teresa.
Senor Garcia, while in New York,
on his way to Washington, said that
the Cubans have naught but friendly
feelings for the Americans.
Nine millions and a quarter is the
price the Union Pacific. Denvei & Gulf
railroad brought at foreclosure sale.
The reorganization committee was the
purchaser.
Senator Quay, Pennsylvania's po
litical boss, is in serious trouble Five
indictments which are not easily ex
plained away, have been returned by
the grand jury.
A number of Filipinos have arrived
in San Francisco on their way to Wash
ington to look after their claims
against the government for damages
sustained by the American invasion of
Manila.
Star Pointer, the famous pacer with
the world's record of l:69 for a mile,
was sold in New York to W. J. White,
of Cleveland, O., lor $1 5,000, $600 less
than he was sold for in 1897 to James
A. Murphy, of Chicago.
Late advices from Japan state that
10,000 more fishermen living on Etrup
island, northern Japan, are on the
verge of starvation. Some have noth
ing to eat, while others are existing on
rats and putrefied herrings.
The' Spanish mail steamer San Au
gustin, which sailed from Nuevitas for
Spain, carried the Columbus monu
ment, formerly in the cathedial at
Havana, with 287 boxes of archives.
She took also 23 officers and 160 sol
diers. President Brown, of Norwich uni
versity, has received a personal letter
from Admiral Dewey, in which the ad
miral says: "I trust the entire archi
pelago will be retained by the United
States. Any other arrangements will
lead to no end of trouble."
The semi-official Journal de St.
Petersburg repudiates the anti-Ameri
can views with reference to the Philip-
1 pine islands recently expounded by the
i Bourse Gazette, which, it declares, in
j no way represents the views held in
i leading Russian oircles.
Nearly all the bucks of the White
river Utes. and part of the Uintah tribe
are off the reservation, and probably a
i great many of them are in Colorado.
! The Indians say if the government
won't pay for the land they bought
i from them they will hunt on it as often
I as they can get there to hunt.
I A highbinder war has again broken
I out in San Francisco.
Four companies of engineers have
been ordered by the war department to
Havana.
Lx-Queen Lilioukalani has arrived
in San Francisco on a visit to this
country.
The president has appointed John
Morgan collector of customs for the
Southern district of Oregon.
Policeman Luke Curry, of Great
j alls, Mont., was mistaken for a bur
glar, shot and instantly killed by Isaac
bhaeffer, a merchant.
Rear-Admiral Joseph N. Miller, who
hoisted the American flag over Hawai
on August 12 last, has retired after
spending 47 years in active service.
The London Chronicle criticizes the
aution of the United States in killing
Canadian shipping trade with Porto
Rico, and speculates as to the meaning
of the action.
Sixteen families of Canyon City, Or
left homeless by the recent fire, are
shelterless and in dire distress. A
Portland evening paper is collecting
contributions to relieve them.
Aotmg on the recommendation of
Captain Dickens, Secretary Long has
increased the age requirement in the
case of apprentices admitted to the
naval service from 14 to 15 years.
According to a plan of Secretary
Uage, paper money is to be made uni
form, and bills of one denomination
must alljook alike. It is thought this
will make easier the detection of coun
terfeits.
It is represented by a dispatch from
San Jose, Cal. , that the prunegrowers
of that vicinity charge that Oregon
prunes have been sold there and
shipped East as Santa Clara county
prunes.
The San Francisco Examiner says:
No less than five new sugar companies
have been incorporated in the Hawaiian
islands, and within two years from
now the output of raw sugar will be in
creased considerably.
A Philadelphia dispatch savs that
American vessels are
aDa tnat shippers are
in scanty supply
forced to resort
largely to foreign ships. Over $200,
000,000 will be paid this year to own
ers of vessels under foreign flags by
Americans.
England is rushing munitions of war
to Esquimault. The intention appar
ently is in case of war to fit out war
ships and transports at Esquimault for
service in Eastern waters, and to draw
whatever troops are needed for the
British forces in India.
Fifty-seven officers of the regular
army have' sons in the service, and two
generations of the same family are even
more frequent in the navy. The Sel
j fridge family furnishes three genera
tions from a lieutenant to an admiral.
The life insurance companies doing
business in Canada have agreed here
j after not to accept risks on the lives of
married women, unless they happen to
be the breadwinners of the family; or,
in other words, wholly independent of
their husbands.
Mark Twain is said to show the
effects of his recent efforts and to be
aging rapidly.
Joaquin Miller, the poet, who is
building his own tomb in the Cali
fornia woods, has used only flint and
his masonry will last for centuries. In
the rock he has cut the words: "To
the Unknown."
The funeral of Mrs. S. C. Harris, in
Atlanta, Ga., was made a public affair
owing to the fact that the dead woman
had earned the title of "Mother, of At
lanta" in 1842 by bearing the first
chilli born in that city.
Work Stopped on Northern
Pacific at Lapwai.
MUST FIRST HAVE AUTHORITY
The Engineers Say They Will Walt
for a Permit and Settle Kight-of-W
ll y ClaluiB In Advance.
Lewiston, Idaho, Nov. 23. The
Northern Pacific let a contract to Wren
& Greenough, of Montana, for the con
struction of a section of road on Lapwai
creek. The agents of these contractors
arrived last week, and began prepara
tions for grading a roadbed along the
narrow LapwaTvalley. This valley is
all settled by Indians, except a half
mne adjacent to the Ulearwater river,.
and the present line of the Northern
Pacific road. The Indians hold these
homes very sacred, as they were inher
ited from their fathers and then allot-
ed to them by the government. They
protested against trespass, although
the railway agents offered to purchase
the right of way through every holding
and the engineers say they had no in
tention of proceeding without legal
titles to the land appropriated. How
ever, excitement ran high when the
large force of graders appeared upon the
scene. Indian Agent Fisher also pro
tested against the trespass upon the
government land without due authority
from tLe interior department.
These conditions were reported to the
government, and it is believed an order
was asked placing the military at the
disposal of the agent, to be used to
eject tne railroad lorce if necessary
ine omcers oi tne railroad company
say the excitement was uncalled for,
that they never entertained the inten
tion of proceeding without first secur
ing an tne ngnt ot way through proper
authority. In the meantime a large
force is waiting for orders to begin
grading.
The engineers say they will wait for
the permit from the government, and
they will satisfy individual claims for
right of 'way before they begin. The
Indians, whose inteiests are involved,
are intelligent, and they will be guided
in the matter entirely by the agent, in
whom they have implicit confidetnce
and to whom they have appealed for
protection in their legal rights. There
could be no demand for troops other
than to protect the rights of the govern
ment and the Indian wards. The call,
li mane zor tnis purpose, was irom a
misapprehension of the purpose of the
railroad company.
Lapwai creek is a stream flowing from
the southward and joining the Clear
water river about 10 mile's east of
Lww:?'xn. The line mentioned in the
foregoing dispatch is not the main
projected line of the Nothern Pacific up
the Clearwater and across into Mon
tana, but a branch to tap the heavy
timber of the Craig mountains, and the
rich farming lands of the reservation
and Camas prairie. The promptness
with which grading crews get at work
shows how keen is the competition of
the present railroad rivalry.
FRANCE AND ITALY.
Long Standing Friction Removed
by a
Commercial Treaty.
fans, jnov. 2d. it was quite unex
pectedly announced this afternoon that
a commercial tieaty has been concluded
between D ranee and Italy, granting
mutually favored treatment except for
silk goods, which will remain subject
to the maximum tax. A bill embody
ing the agreement will be submitted
immediately to .the chamber of depu
ties. The government also introduced
a bill in the chamber today modifying
the wine duties favorably to Italy.
The negotiations that have culminated
in inese arrangements nave been on
foot for two years, but nobody believed
that a definite agreement was pending.
It is believed that the Fashoda affair
was instrumental in inducing France to
grant the necessary concessions, though
it is noteworthy that the silk duties,
which caused the breaking of the treaty
in 1887, remain almost unchanged.
The negotiations have been conducted
with the utmost secrecy. The effect of
the concessions involved is not yet
known, but it is expected that they will
have an important political influence
for the removal of a long-standing fric
tion between the two countries. The
treacy, it is noticed, was concluded dur
ing the absence of Emperor William
from Germany, and there is much
speculation regarding its probable re
sults upon European alliances.
SERIOUS PLAGUE RIOTS.
Thonsands of Natives Making Trouble
In India.
London, Nov. 23. A dispatch to the
Times from Allahabad, capital of the
northwest provinces of India, says:
Serious plague irots took place at
Seringapatam, on the island of Cavery,
Mysore, on November 18. Ten thou
sand natives from the villages round
about concentrated at Seringaj atara,
and made a desperate effort to enter
the forts and rescue the prisoners there.
Another mob from the Mysore side
tried to rush the bridge. Irr each case
the police fired volleys and succeeded
in frustrating the attempt. Many per
sons were killed or injured. For 36
hours the police were kept under
arms. Ultimatel3' troops were dis
patched to the scene of the disturbance
to be in readiness for any renewal."
Freight Locomotive Exploded.
Lima, O., Nov. 22. A freight loco
motive on the Chicago & Erie exploded
near here this morning, killing David
Little, the fireman, and piobably fa
tally injuring Walter Shirtleff, engi
neer; Edward Quiok, conductor, and
Frank Smith, brakeman. About 25
cars were wrecked, and the track was
blocked.
The Hollo Rebellion.
London, Nov. 23. The Madrid cor
respondent of the Daily Mail says:
General Rlos, the Spanish governor of
the Viscayas islands, cabled from Iloilo
that the rebellion of the native forces
in the Spanish military force has been
subdued. Ninety-seven rebels were
court-martialed, of whom 25 were shot
and 69 sentenced to imprisonment for
life with haid labpt. The insurrection
at Davas, in Minaoua, has been sup-
pressed.-according to General Rios, and
trani
SPAIN IN DOUBT.
Is Considering the American Ultimatum
Farther Delay Is Impossible.
Paris, Nov. 23. The United States
peace commissioners have undoubtedly
made their final proposition here.
When the conference opened this after
noon, Judge Day, addressing Senor
Montero Rios and his colleagues of the
Spanish commission recurred to the
protracted negotiations, and reaffirmed
the desire of the American commis
sioners to reach an amicable conclusion.
Then, handling the American presen
tation to the interpreter, Judge Day
concluded his remarks by saving that
the Americans, preferring not to break
the armistice or to resume hostilities,
had determined to present another and
final proposition, which he hoped would
lead to a speedy and amicable adjust
ment. That portion of the .presentation set
ting forth the new proposal, the pro
posal that tha United States must have
possession of the entire Philippine
archipelago, with a tender of $20,000,
000 for a treaty cession of the islands,
was then read. Without betraying
their mental attitude, the Spanish com
missioners suggested an adjournment
until next day.
The new proposition, with its col
laterals, was embodied toward the end
of the American memoranda, which
filled 30 typewritten sheets. Only this
part was read in the joint session, the
memorandum then being delivered to
the Spaniards for translation by their '
own staff.
Spain's proposition to invoke the
offices of a third power to construe the
words "control, disposition and gov-'
ernment of the Philippines" was re- J
jected by the American commissioners
on the ground that the diction of the
third article of the protocol, dealing
with the Philippines, is so broad $nd
clear as to afford no justification for ar-1
bitration as between the parties to the I
agreement.
An analysis of the American memo-'
randum shows that all other sugges-!
tions and other considerations hinge I
upon treaty cession at the amount
named by the United States, and
within two weeks. In the event ol!
cession. Spam may enjoy for a term ol :
12 years rights of commerce in the
Philippines equal to those of the
United States. If the United States
acquires the islands by conquest, Spain
may not enjoy such rights.
Should Spain refuse cession, she
would remain liable for indemnity
claims, national and individual, since
the outbreak of the last Cuban insur-1
rection. Should she refuse, she would
also lose, probably, as further indem-1
nity for the expense of conquest, one
of the Carolines, which she may now !
sell; and other cable privileges with;
Spanish jurisdiction might be taken by i
the United States without any return
for them. This evening the Spaniards 1
doubtless do not know whether they
will accept or reject the American
tei ui6. They are telegraphing the sub
stance of the American memorandum
to Madrid, and they expect a reply at
the next meeting.
Possibly they may conclude that be
cause one money offer is made, another
and larger offer may follow pressure
upon the American commissioners.
But if this be their expectations, it
will not be realized. The Americ;
terms, submitted almost at the close of
the eighth week of patient hearing and
painstaking argument, are a practical
ultimatum.
Surprising Act of Generosity.
London, Nov. 23. The morning
papers concede the generosity of the
offers'of the United States peace com
missioners and express the opinion that
Spain would be foolish to reject them.
They express universal gratification at
the announcement of an "open door"
policy in the Philippines.
The Daily Mail calls the offer oi
5u,uuu,uw as indemnity, a surpris
ing act of generosity.
HY STONE'S STORY.
Explorer Tells a Racy Tale of Fire and
Firewater.
Vancouver, B. C, Nov. 23. Hy
stone, iormeriy united States govern
ment explorer in Alaska, met 600
would-be Elondikers returning from
the Edmunton route, at the juncture of
the Mackenzie and Laird rivers. Those
wno returned oy way of .Laird river
have reached Vancouver in safety after
passing through great peril.-" Stone ac
companied them, and it is alleged that
on the second night they camped at the
toot of a cliff rising 500 feet sheer from
me river, .natural gas was escaping
from the sides of the cliff. About
midnight, so it is stated, the sides of
the cliff broke forth in flames, the fire
being started by hostile Indians of the
Siwash tribes. The natives appeared
in war paint, and demanded wnisky,
which the prospectors did not have.
For three days the demand was repeat
ed, when the Indians fired a volley at
the whites, which was returned, and
the Siwashes fled. Stone says he noti
hed the government, but nothing was
done. He did not know any of the
white men.
Monument Unveiled.
Shanghai, Nov. 23. Prince
Henry
monu-
of Prussia today unveiled the
ment to the officeis and sailors
of the
German third-class cruiser litis, which
was lost in a typhoon on Julv 23. 1896.
north of the Shan Tunc promontory.
The ceremony was. very impressive.
A large force of German sailors and
marines were present, with American,
British and Austrian sailors. The
Shanghai volunteers were also
repre-
sen ted.
Surgeon-General George M. Stern
berg has made his report to the secre
tary of war. It relates mainly to the
work of the medical corps during the
war. The surgeon-general says sup
plies were short when war began, and
that much of the sickness among the
troops was caused by dissipation.
Fatal Result of a Joke.
Marinette, Wis., Nov. 23. As a re
sult of 'a practical jeke, William Men
rose, a cedar worker," shot his wife and
fatally wounded himself. Fellow
workmen, for a joke, made him believe
that his wife, from whom he had sep
arated, was about to wed another man.
He secured a revolver, broke into her
home and fired twice at her as she
was seated sewing. Only one bullet
took effect, inflicting a flesh wound.
Thinking he had killed her, he turned
the revolver on himself, fired, and
died a few hours after waiU.
FATE OF 1 PHILIPPINES
Spain Will Be Notified
Plain Language.
in
THE ULTIMATUM PREPARED
Amount Offered for the Islands Will
Probably Be Twenty Millions,. Not
More The Cuban Question.
Paris, Nov. 22. The Spanish peace
commissioners have been notified that
the United States commissioners will
be ready to treat with them in joint
session tomorrow afternoon. Unless
the Spaniards have an adequate reason
fey further delay the two commissions
will join in the most important meet
ing thus far held.
The American commissioners, in a
written communication, will declare
that the third article of the protocol re
garding the Philippines is capable of
only one fair construction, that no arbi
tration is needed to elucidate its terms,
and that the United States cannot ad
mit any ether power to figure here
purely as a lexicologist. They will
maintain that the two commissions are
charged to determine whether Spain or
the United States shall in the future
own the Philippines.
This will be accompanied by the
clear declaration that the United
States will possess the Philippines.
Following this declaration, the Amer
ican commissioners will lay before the
Spaniards two alternatives:
First To accept a sum of money from
the United States and to cede and evac
uate the Philippines.
Second To lose the Philippines to
I the United StateB by conquest, with
I the possibility of other territorial losses,
I or indemnify the United.States for the
I added expense of conquest.
I This communication may not be for
mally designated as an ultimatum, but
it will lack naught of the conclusive
i ness indicated by that word. This
I will be so plain that the Spanish oom-
missioners will scarcely haggle for
. money, on the first alternative, nor
cherish any doubt of American action
under the second, should the first be
I declined.
i No one here, except the American
commissioners, know how much will be
i tendered Spain as the cheapest and
most humane way of settling the d'ffl
! oulty. She is exceedingly anxious to
escape the Philippine debt, and possi
I bly the.snm to be offered maf be deter
j mined bv an analysis of the debt, which
consists or ?4u,ouu,uou in Donds, on
which she realized $36,000,000. Of
, the latter amount she is believed to
i have expended some $10,000,000 or
I $11,000,000 in fighting the United
, States and a part in attempting to quell
I the Philippine insurgents. A reasona
, ble guess at the sum lor the tender
would be $20,000,000, although it may
fall below that.
The Cuban question may come again
tomorrow. The American commission
had thought the discussion on that
point finished but the Spanish commis
sioners are reported to have declared
last week that the mortagages imposed
by Spain on the Cuban as well as on
the Philippine revenues must not be
impaired or questioned. This would
compel the American commissioners
soon and probably tomorrow to de
mand whether Spain means to repudiate
the plain compact of the protocol to
relinquish sovereignty over and title to
Cuba.
Three weeks ago the Spanish commis
sioners acoepted the tJuban article in
the protocol without conditions save
that its embodiment in the treaty
should depend on an agreement here on
all the articles of . the protocol. Re
cently, however, Spain's representa
tives have said that the Cuban matter
had only been temporarily passed and
was still in abeyance.
DOING THEIR BEST.
Spaniards Will Be Out of Cuba by New
Year's Day.
Havana, Nov. 22. Captain-General
Blanco received from Paris today a
oable authorizing him to draw on Paris
for $2,000,000 gold, to be applied in
the payment of the Spanish troops in
Cuba. This amount is in addition to
the proceeds of the draft for 425,000
by the Madrid government on London,
which was sold here last week.
The Spanish authorities are making
strenuous efforts to complete the evacu
ation by the end of the year.
Martinique, has been selected as the
place of rendezvous of the Spanish
navy for evacuation purposes. The
Spanish auxiliary cruisers Patriot;! and
Meteoro, purchased in Geimany before
the outbreak of hostilities, are expected
here on December 15, and will convoy
the Spanish boats from Cuban ports to
Martinique, where the Rapidio, Ponce
de Leon and Concha, from For to Rico,
have already assembled, and from
which point all will sail for Spain.
Tictim of Elevator Fire.
Toledo, O., Nov. 22. After two
months' of search, and the recovery of
18 dead, Jhe grain handlers at the
Union elevator found the body of an
unknown man today. His appearance
indicated him to be a well-to-do man,
and it ia supposed he was visiting the
elevator at the time of the explosion.
Anti-Cigarette lav.
Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 22. The
anti-cigarette law pasted by the last
Tennessee legislature is declared con
stitutional in an opinion given to the
press today by Judge Caldwell, of the
supreme court of the state. The opin
ion declares that, cigarettes are not le
gitimate articles of commerce, because
tbey are wholly noxious and deleteri
ous to health, and therefore are not
within the provision of the federal con
stitution protecting legitimate com
merce.
A Quarry man's Mistake.
Portsmouth, O., Nov. 22. By an
accidental explosion today, George
Ferguson, a quarryman, is dying, two
of his children are dead, and his wife
and another child are disfigured for
life. Ferguson poured the contents of
a can of blasting powder into the cook
stove, supposing it to be coal.
A Tie Contract.
The Northern Pacific Railway Com
pany has contracted with W. D.Wright,
of Rathdinm, Idaho, for 40,000 ties,
which are) to be delivered at the mouth
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla, 59 60c; Val
ley and Bluestem, 63o per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $3.45; graham,
$3; superfine, $2.25 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 3940c; choice
gray, 8738c per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $21 22; brew
ing, $23 per ton.
Millstuffs-Bran, $15.50 per ton; mid
dlings, $21; shorts, $16; chop, $15.50
per ton.
Hay Timothy, $910; clover. $7
8. Oregon wild hay, 6$ per ton.
Br.ttep Fancy creamery, 5055o;
seconds, 4550c; dairy, 3540o store,
30 35c.
Cheese Oregon full cream, ll12o;
Young America, 12o; new cheese,
10c per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $23.50
per dozen; hens, $3.50 4. 50; springs,
$1.253; geese, $5.006.00 for old.
$4. 50 5 for young; ducks, $4.00
5.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 12)4
12Jfc'c per pound.
Potatoes 50 60c per sack; sweets,
2c per pound.
Vegetables Beets, 90c; turnips, 75c
per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab
bage, $11.25 per 100 pounds; cauli
flower, 75c per dozen; parsnips, 75c
per sack; beans, 3c per pound; celery,
70 75c per dozen; cucumbers, 50c per
box; peas,. 33)c per pound.
Onions Oregon, 75c$l per sack
Hops 1517o; 1897 crop, 46c.
Wool Valley, I012c per. pound;
Eastern Oregon, 8 12c; mohair,
25c per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 8c; dressed mutton, 7c;
spring lambs, 7c per lb.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.75;
light and feeders, $3.004.00; dressed,
$5.506.50 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, 3.50$3.75;
cows, $2. 50 3. 00; dressed
56c per pound.
Veal Large, 56c; small,
74c per pound.
beef,
Seattle Markets.
Tomatoes, 50 85c per box.
Cucumbers, 10 15c pei doz.
Onions, 8590c per 100 pounds.
Potatoes, $10 12.
Beets, per saok, $1.
Turnips, per sack, 60 65c.
Carrots, per sack, 65c.
Parsnips, per sack, $1.
Beans, green, 23o.
Green coin, $1.25 1.50 per sack.
Cauliflower, 75c per doz.
Celery, 40 50c.
Cabbage, native and California
$1.00 1.50 per 100 pounds.
Apples, 50c6oc per box.
Pears, 75c$l per box.
Prunes, 50c per box.
Peaches, 75c
Plums, 50c.
Butter Creamery, 27c per pound;
dairy and ranch, 1820c per pound.
Eggs, 32c.
Cheese Native, 1212c.
Poultry Old hens, 13c per pound;
spring chickens, 15c; turkeys, 16c.
Fresh meats Choice dressed beef
steers, prime, 67c; cows, prime,
6c; mutton, 7c; pork, 78o; veal,
78o.
Wheat Feed wheat, $21.
Oats Choice, per tou, $23.
Hay Puget Sound mixed, $9.50
10; choice Eastern Washington tim
othy, $12.
Corn Whole, $23.60; cracked, $24;
feed meal, $23.50.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton.
$2425; whole, $22.
Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.60;
straights, $3.25: California brrnds,
$3.25; buckwheat flour, $3.75; graham,
per barrel, $3.70; whole wheat flour.
$3.75; rye flour, $4.
Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $14;
shorts, per ton, $16.
xeea unopped teed, $1721 per
ton; middlings, per ton, $17; oil cake
meal, per ton, $35.
Ban Francisco Market.
Wool Spring Nevada, 10 14c per
pound; Oregon, Eastern, 10 12c; Val
ley, 1517c; Northern, 9llc.
Millstuffs Middlings, $1921.00;
bran, $15.50 16.50 per ton.
Onions Yellow. 3045c per sack.
Butter Fancy creamery, 24c;
do seconds, 22c23; fancy dairy, 21
22c; do seconds, 20 24c per pound.
Eggs Store, 1822c; fancy ranch,
40 42c.
Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia, $2
2.50; Mexican limes, $66.50; Cali,
fornia lemons, $2. 00. 800; do choice
$3. 50 4. 50; per box.
THE OLD-TIMERS.
Elder Abram Perkins of the Shaker
settlement, is 91 years old, yet fre
quently walks all the way to Concord,1
N. H., a distance of over 20 miles.
James A. Davis, who died in Dor
chester county, Maryland, last week,
steered the first steamer that crossed
Lake Erie. Chicago was then, he said,
but three brick houses?
Mrs. Nancy Carine is dead at Dills
boro, Ind., aged 67. For 47 years she
had lived less than a mile from a rail
road and-within easy sound of the loco
motive whistle, but never saw either
road, car or engine.
Mme. Ristori, otherwise tbe Mar
quise Capranica del Grillo, is in her
77tb year, and is lying critically ill
at Rome, being thus unable to accept
the invitation of the queen of Italy to
pass a few days with her at Gressony.
Frederick P. Sanguinet, father of 11
children with 26 grandchildren, has
just died at his home, 4353 Evans ave
nue, St. Louis. His death is the first
that has occurred in the family, in
cluding three generations, for over'half
a century. Tbe Sanguinets have lived
in St. Louis all the time. During
Mr. Sanguineus 73 years he has not
been ill a day, and until three weeks
ago, when taken ill with liver trouble,
was engaged in active business as a
civil engineer.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Spring Haskell
have been celebrating the 70th anni
versary of their wedding at 31 Lefferts
place, Brooklyn. Mr. Haskell is 90
years old, his wife 86. They are both
tar from being infirm. Tbe husband
uses no glasses; the wjte reads com
fortably with them. They talk spirit
edly of the old days when Brooklyn
was a wilderness, and they are tbe idol
of their children, their grandchildren
and their great-grand children.
Chinese laundrymen of New York
have formed a trust, and prices hav?
NEWSOFTHE
Gold Bearing Rock Crushed on Douglas Island, Alaska, Equal to
That of Any Mining District in the World Oregon and Wash
ington Lead in the Production of Wool.
The Greatest Mines in the World. Cutting Timber on Public Lands.
More gold-bearing rock is being The attention of those engaged in
crushed on Douglas island, Alaska, mining ia caued t0 the following pro
than in an equal area in any other visions of the law pertaining to the cut
M?tTy ' he 7 rld; , A I ng of timber on public lands: "No
The Treadwell and allied companies persons shall be permitted to fell or re-
. oou DlaujlJ8 up ou on
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100 on the Union and 120 on the Ready
Bullino and the engineers will soon
turnover the mills to the companies
as completed
crush 2,500
. These mills will easily
tons of ore a day. I do
not believe there is any place in the
world, South Africa, Australia, or any
where else, where so much rock is be
ing crushed on so small a space of
ground. The - Treadwell now has 8,-
000,000 tons ol ore in Bight The!
Ready Bullion promises to equal the
Treadwell in the amount ot its produc
tion. All the dirt has been sluiced off I
it and it has been traced for 300 feet
along the beach and 600 to 700 feet
along the hill. It is from 30 to 100
feet wide on the surface, and is in the
contact between greenstone and slate,
as are all the Douglass island ledges,
the ore being of the same character as
the Treadwell. The shaft is down 650
feet under Gastineau channel and the
ledge has there widened out to over
200 feet and carries from $12 to $14 in
gold throughout.
The Ebner is erecting a new 20
stamp mill in the gulch leading up to
Silver Bow basin, and is about to start
a tunnel from that level which will
tap its ledge at great depth. Further
up the same gulch the Alaska-Juneau
Company has 30 stamps at work on the
ore ffom a great open quarry of slate
full of veins of quartz carying free
gold. They simply quarry out. the
whole mass, sort out the quartz and
send it to the mill and throw the slate
over the dump.
Berners bay is keeping up its repu
tation, the Ophir, Northern Belle,
Bald Eagle and Seward all having
their mills in operation. Judge Mel
len, who represents an Indiana Com
pany, and who successfully opened up
the Jualin, is now developing the
Ivanlioe, over the ridge between the
Jualin and the Comet, and has about
completed a 20-stamp mill. The Jualin
has turned out $10,000 or $12,000 a
month since it started. Milo Kelly
has some very good claims in the Bern
ers bay district, showing free-milling
ore, and is working them. Montana
creek, which runs into Linn canal be
tween Berners bay and Juneau, is com
ing to the front. The placers were
worked in the early days, and now the
Early is working in very rich ore and
running a five-stamp mill. The first
clean-up was very satisfactory. The
Boston & Alaska Company is sinking
a shaft on the Funters bay mine.
Wool Clip of the Country.
The annual estimate of the wool clip
of the United States for 1898 made by
Secretary North of the National Asso
ciation ot Wool Manufacturers, and
which is to be published in its No
ember bulletin, shows the amount to
have been 266,720,684 pounds, against
259,158,251 pounds in 1897.
Oregon shows, according to the sta
tistics, the largest yield, 21,291,387
pounds of washed and unwashed wool,
and, next to Washington, shows the
largest per cent in shrinkage in scour
ing, or 71 per cent.
Montana follows, with 20,935,105
pounds and 62 percent shrinkage; Cal
norma, 16, 932, U9B pounds and 66 per
oent thrinkage; Texas, 16,880,442
pounds and 70 per cent; Wyoming,
18,626,704 pounds; New Mexico, 12,
838,420; Ohio,. 12,114,958 pounds;
Colorado, 9,958,869; and Michigan,
8,856,122 pounds. The amount of
pulled wool is estimated at 22,116,371
pounds, making a total of 266,720,684
pounds washed or unwashed, or 111,
661,681 pounds of scoured wool. The
aggregrate clip of the six New England
states is about 1,745,025 pounds of
scoured wool of which Massachusetts
furnishes 128,860 pounds.
Poor, Old Horses.
Running about the street of Skagway
are a number of poor, old, stray horses,
that have been worked until their
backs and shoulders were sore, then
turned loose to starve. The more hu
mane of the citizens, however, have
taken up the matter with a view to
raising subscriptions to secure feed and
care for the horses. A petition has al
ready been started, and it is likely the
friend of man will no longer suffer.
Threshing Ts Over.
Threshing may now be considered
over for this year, in all parts of the
Inland Empire, the last of the machines
having hung up' for the season in
the vioinity of Oakesdaleand Farming
ton, Wash. The crop was good every
where.
Pushing: Work of the Yamhill Locks.
The contractors have finished the in
shore wall of the Yamhill locks, and
work has begun on the outer wall.
Work is being pushed as rapidly as
possible, in order to have it completed
before severe winter weather sets in.
Successful Clam Cannery.
About a year ago the Lomand clam
cannery was started at Anacortes,
Wash., and the product is now finding
a ready market among the jobbing
houses. Seventy cases was the output
for the last week in October.
Waterworks Extension.
Bids have been opened by the city
council of New Whatcom, Wash., for
extending the city water mains a dis
tance of 8,600 feet. The extension will
be of 24-inch wooden stave pipe.
New Mining Town Growing.
The town of Keller is growing fa-'
and now boasts of a restaurant,
lodging-houses, three general st
feed stable, butcher and blacksmu..
shop. Forty cabins are in process of
construction. sWie mines in the vicin
ity produce copper, silver and lead.
Bank Dividend.
The comptroller of the ourrency has
declared a second dividend of 10 per
oent in favor of the creditors of the Ta
ooma National bank, making in all 20
yer cent on claims proved amounting to
W,6
PACIFIC CGAST
move any growing tree of
I - o
anv kind
whatsoever less than eight inches in
diameter. This will not be regarded
as annlicHhle tn hlnnlr nr 'Imlno nina
Trnwin In 0t0 hnhM .i :
6ral lands. Persons felling or removing
timhnr fmm r,v,i; ij
the United States must utilize all of
each tree cut that can profitably be
used, and must cut and remove the top
and brush and dispose of the same in
such manner as to prevent the spread of
forest fires." The penalty for such vio
lation is in a sum not exceeding $500,
or imprisonment not exceeding 60 days,
or both.
November Shipping.
R. P. Rithet & Co. have the follow
ing to say regarding shippinsg business
in their monthly circular for November.
"The past three weeks have brought
about a very decided chance for the
better in grain freights, although there
has been comparatively nothing doing
from San Francisco. The bulk of the
season's shipments will undoubtedly
be made from Oregon, and it appears
likely th,at Washington will come next,
the yield of California grain being
small in consequence of the drought.
Tha increased activity has tended to
harden freights, but on the whole
changes during the month have been
unimportant and the demand scarcely
as great as previously.
New California Industry.
Bakersfield is not distinguished'as
being the only place in America where
Fuller's earth is reduced from the law
material to a merchantable article.
An unlimited deposit was found on
Poso creek and a mill for grinding and
bolting the earth has been erected and
is now running. The process of reduc
tion consists of running the lumps of
clay, the size of hickory nuts, through
the hopper and bolter, whioh turn it
out in the form of fine flour. The man
ufacture of this earth on the coast will
result in a great saving to the cloth
mills.
New Steamer I, ine on the Pacific.
Direct communication between South
American markets and San Francisco
will soon be established by one of the
largest French steamship companies.
Ihe Chargeurs Reunis will start a
monthly service .nextJfjiruJjJjBtween.
San Francisco and Liverpool, which
will make stoppages at Mazatlan, Aca
pulco, Guayaquil, Callao, Peru; Val
paraiso, Chile, Monteviedo, Uruguay;
Santos, Brazil; Liverpool, Havre and
possibly a Belgian port. The company
has been organized and operated since
1872, and is now having constructed
three 6,000-tons additional steamers
for the aPcifio trade.
Millers' War on the Sound.
The grocers in Seattle and Taooma
are making a run on flour, tsrfcing ad
vantage of the rivalry between Tacoma
and Seattle mill men. The conditions
are peculiar. The Washington wheat
grower wants 50-cent wheat, while the
miller is only getting $8.40 for his
ground product. To grind wheat that
costs 50 cents, add the freight, and
then sell it at $3.40 means something
of a loss.
Another Beet-Sngar Project.
A party owning 12,000 acres of suit
able land for sugar-beet raising neai
Idaho Falls, Idaho, has returned to
that place from a visit to the beet sugar
factories in the United States and Ger
many. Ihe soil and climate being
suited to the cultivation of beets, Chi
cago oapital thinks favorably of estab
lishing a sugar factory at Idaho Falls.
Good Market for Potatoes.
The yield of potatoes in the Spokane
country this year was less than half
the amount of last fall, owing to the
hot weather experienced last summer.
The price there is from 85 to 90 cents,
while on the coast potatoes are sell
ing at 65 cents. The Oregon crop is
said to be good this year and the price
is expected to to reach $1.50 by next
spring.
Woolen Mills Improvement.
It is stated that a large manufactur
ing establishment for making wearing
apparel will be added to The Dalles.
Or., Woolen Mill Company's plant. A
new iron and brick picking-room is be
ing built, and a scheme for electric
lighting is being planned.
New Broom Factory Started.
Another factory has been added to
the smokestack town of Everett, Wash.
The first lot of brooms were turned out
last week from the Everett broom fac
tory, owped by Fiederiek Hallin. The
brooms are meeting with great favor
with the retailers.
The market for horses and mules is
again on the rise. A California buyer
was in Morrow county recently looking
for draught animals, and offering good
prices for such as suited him.
Blue grouse are reported as becoming
very scarce in the mountains, one
theorist explaining the fact as the out
come of the introduction of the thous
ands of sheep into the breeding grounds
of tbe birds. The sheep are said to
trample upon the eggs and young birds.
k ' Congressman Thomas H. Tongue will
have the appointment of a cadet to the
West Point military academy next
spring, and announces that examina
tions will be had at Vanoouver barracks
the first Monday of March.
The new aD-American route into
the Klondike by. Cook's inlet and Cop-
ner river is attracting considerable at
ention. It is believed it will be the
popular route into the Yukon next
spring. More will be learned about it
when the government survey parties
make their report.
Without reference to tbe date of
location, application for United States
patent to a mining claim may be mads
whenever the applicant can file with
the register of the land office the certificate-of
United States surveyor that
labor or improvement to the amount of