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(EortJallis atjr Clerk VOL. XXXV. CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OEEGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1898. NO. 38. r THE 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 Happenlngfi of the Past Week Culled From the Telegraph Columns. A powder mill at La Motte, Mo., Iblew up ami six workmen were killed .arid several injured. Officers of the American Maize Prop aganda are planning for an extensive exhibit of Indian corn at the Paiis ex position. j The official gazette of Madrid has (published a decree accepting th9 resig nation of General Blanco as governor jgeneral of Cuba. An anti-anarchist oonfernece in which all the European nations are represent ed, has opened in Rome. The sessions will be prolonged until Christmas. A territorial form of government will be reoommended for Hawaii. The commission has completod the bill and its report will be ready when congress assembles. Revolutionary bands In Brazil have crossed the frontier and are threaten ing to unite and march toward tbo cap ital of Uruguay. Troops have been sent to pursue them. While rounding a curve near Burling ton, la. .a passenger train was derailed. One woman was killed, a 2-year-old child fatally Injured, and 19 others seriously injured. The Italian government bas sont an ultimatum to the sultan of Morocco on the subject of the detention and ill treatment of Italians. A week has been given the sultan in which to make a reply. An experiment in surgery is to be tried in New York. A man who blew away the side of his face and his nose with a shotgun will have both replaced with new ones of rubber, covered with grafted skin. There has been street fighting among the political parties at Seoul, Corea. On one side 28 persons were killed, and further bloodshed is feared. The Jap anese government has been asked to send troops to preserve order at Seoul. A prominent Cuban says the first ob ject of the Cuban commissioners now in the United States is to raise funds with which to pay the Cuban troops. He also says that Cuba would desire to remain fiee for awhile, but ultimately annexation to the United States is both expected and desired. The official count on the late election for the head of the ticket (governor) in Nebraska has been completed and shows a . fusion majority of 2.721. The commissary department has dis patched the steamer Bratten from Sa vanah with 700 tons of provisions for the starving people of Cuba. The Baldwin hotel on Market street, San Francisco, was destroyed by fire and five lives are known to have been lost, with a possibility of more. Prospects are good for an early settle ment of the Behring sea sealing ques tion by the Anglo-American commis sion now in session at Washington. The price of whisky has been ad vanced one cent. The causes of the advance were a strong demand for corn, the stiffness of the market and a crop shortage. A three-story building in San Fran cisco, occupied by Chinese, was de stroyed by fire and two of the inmates, Wong CJuay and Wong Gow, were burned to death. Stockholders of the Keeley Motor Company have not abandoned the hop that the secret of the life work of John W. Keeley will not be Juried with the inventor. His papers will be secured and the work carried on. Late advices from Salvador via Nica ragua indicate that the revolt is more serious tiian at first thought. It may involve all the five states in a general conflagration. According to advices, the real object of the movement is the overthrow of the federal republio, winch wai organized November 1 at Amapala. The treasury department has recom mended to the secretarv of war that quinine be admitted into the countries of Cuba and Porto Rico free of duty. Under the Spanish laws the duty on quinine was about $ 18 a pound. The war department undoubtedly will con cur in the treasury department's recom mendation. Complete returns have been received of the casualties of the Santiago cam paign. The adjutant-general's office has divided the campaign into different dates and periods. The statement shows: La Quasina, June 24 Killed, one officer and 15 men; wounded, six officer0, 44 men. San Juan, July 1 Killed, four officers and 184 men; wounded, 69 officers and 938 men. El Caney, July 1 Killed, four officers, 84 men; wounded, 24 officers, 334 men. Aguadores, July 1 and 2 Wounded, two officers, 10 men. Around Santiago, July 10 to 12 Killed, one officer, one man; wounded, one officer, 23 men. Minor News Items. The Oxford University Press has ap pliances for printing 150 different languages. The 9t. Louis, Peoria & Northern Railway Company has been reorganized as the St. Louis & Northern Short Line. The widow the late Cuban general, Jose Maceo, was one of the applicants for rations at the American free dis tribution depots at Santiago. She had been on the verge of starvation for many weeks. Ethel Marlowe, a sister of Julia Marlowe, died at the Knickerbocker theater, New York, during a perform ance of "The Christian," in which she pla3-ed the part of Polly Love. She was 24 years old. It is learned that Mrs. Russell Sage will contribute $300,000 for the build ing of a military sanitarium in Citron elle, a few miles from Mobile, Ala., on the Mobile & Ohio railroad. General Joseph Wheeler, under instructions from the war department, has inspected the site, and it is understood, will re port favorably upon it. LATER NEWS. An Appalling Disaster on the Atlantic Coast t Hnndred Lives Lost. The steamer Portland, which was re ported missing after the big Atlantic coast storm, has been lost off Highland light with every passenger and the entire crew. The number drowned is about 100. Thirty four bodies have been recovered from tbo surf and the rescue work still proceeds. The Port land was valued at f 250, 000, and was insured. Chas. W. Couldock, the well-known actor, died in New York. Natural gas has been discovered on Suminerland beach, near Santa Barbara, Cal. The steamer Wildwood sank at her dock at Port Townsend during a heavy storm. Many of the Manila soldiers want to come home. They have been attacked by a serious case of home-sickness. A deputy sheriff near Birmingham, Ala., was killed by a negro when he was trying to arrest an escaped convict. Three negroes were lynched near Meridian, Miss. The crime alleged was the thumping of a white man. The government has been officially advised of the successful termination f the Paris negotiations with Spain. The steamer Detroit was lost on Shelter island, near Juneau. She had 27 passengers, all of whom were saved. The battle-ship Wisconsin, recently launched at San Francisco, is fast in the mud, and all efforts to dislodge her have proved futile. Incompetent engineers are blamed for the breakdown of the cruiser Buf fao. while on her war from New York to join Admiral Dewey's fleet. Horse-stealing on a large scale is said to be going on in Eastern Oregon, and thousands of horses have disappeared from that section during the past year. A writer in the London Contemporary Review, in an article characterizing William of Germany as the arch enemy of England, declares that country and the United States must stand shoulder to shoulder in the East. General Blanco's retirement and the resignation of the autonomist cabinet increases the confusion in Cuba, which preceded American control. Fear is felt that the United States may not assume immediate jurisdiction, and that confusion will result. News is at hand from Tien-Tsin that a large number of Japanese spies have been captured by the Russians at Port Arthur and shot. Seven Japanese, all officers of the imperial Japanese army, were taken, and on their persons were found drawings of the principal forti fications. But a day elapsed after their capture before they were marched out before a firing party of Russians and summarily shot. Topgallant, a famous stallion, was sold in Chicago for $20,000. New bankruptcy rules, the supreme court announces, will take effect Janu ary 2, 1899. Forty people were killed by the ex plosion of a box of dynamite near the Reina battery, Havana. The United States navy has landed marines in China to act as guard for the United States legation. Japan will resist the great czar, and preparations are already under way for driving the Russian troops from Corea. The Franklin stamp mill at Hancock, Mich., has been destoryed by fire, the loss being $150,000. Six hunderd men will be thrown out of employment for six months. A special to the New York World from Washington says: A cable be tween the United States and the Ha waiian islands will undoubtedly be pro vided at the forthcoming session of concress. At a banquet given in his honor at New York, Admiral Schley etated that he had a presentiment that Cervera would attempt to escape from Santiago harbor, and that he had made prepara tions to give him a warm reception. According to a dispatch from Shang hai to a London, England, news agency, the British admiral has hoisted the union jack over Ting Hai. capital of the island of Chn San, and over several other islands in the Chu San archi pelago. An English Carlist positively asserts that Don Carlo's army will take the field in Spain soon after the treaty is signed. He declares that a loan has been fully financed, and that it is di vided equally between France and England. Damage'by the feFribleTlizzard off the New Enlgand coast has been much greater than was indicated by early dispatches. In or near the harbors of Massachusetts alone not less than 100 vessels have been lost, and in most cases the fate of the crews is unknown. At least 170 lives have been lost. Official statistics show that German cattle everywhere are suffering from tuberculosis and other diseases. In the district of Aix-la-Chappelle, for in stance, 83 communes show that 749 farms are so infected. At least 40 percent of all the German cattle have tuberculosis, and in some districts the percentage is as high as 79 per cent. Mrs. William F. Havemeyer died at her home In New Yoik of pleurisy. Secretary Alger has ordered the entire army armed with Krag-JorgenseriB. It is understood that negotiations to revive the steei rail pool are under way at Pittsburg. Rev. Samuel Colierd Bartlett, former ly president of Dartmouth college, died at his home at Hanover, N. PL, of acute indigestion, after a little over a week's duration. Past Assistant Paymaster P. H. Conant, United States navy, died at the naval academy at Annapolis, Md. The engagement is announced at Fort Worth, Tex., of Miss Pannie Halbert Mills, danghter of United States Sena tor Roger Q. Mills, to First Lieutenant George Richards, United States ma rine corps. New Zealand's honae of representa tives has passed the old age pension . bilL Every person of tbe age of 68 years and of good moral character, who haa lived for 25 years in tbe colony, whose income does not exceed $180 a year is entitled to a pension of $90. I PI She Finally Accepts the American Terms. HUMBLED, BUT YET HAUGHTY Porto Klco, Guam and the Philippines Are Now Ameriean Colonies Span ish Resources Exhausted No Condi tions Are Attached to Her Cousent. Paris, Nov. 30. Spain has accepted the United States' offer of $20,000, 000, and at a joint session of the peace commissions this afternoon consented without condition to the relinquish ment of Cuba, and to cede Porto Rico, Guam and tbe Philippine islands. The document presenting this accept ance contained only 300 words. It opened with a reference to the unequal terms of the United States, and said that the Spanish commissioners, after having taken cognizance of the terms proposed by tbe Americans, replied that their government had tried to give as equitable an answer as possible, but that they were not prepared to commit their government to the acceptance of the principle embodied in the argu- UNCLE SAM'S NEW TERRITORY, SPAIN B The above map shows the territory that has been, or will undoubtedly be, added to the United States as a result of the war with Spain Cuba, Porto Rico, the island of Guam, or Guahan, In the Lndrones, and a coaling station and port In the Philippines. The above map and statement was published Immediately following the signing of the peace protocol, As a result of the Pans conference the United has gained every point therein predicted, together with the cession of the entire Philippine archipelago. ment. Spain rejects these principles, the note oontinues, "as she always has rejected them." Basing her attitude upon the justice of her cause, the note then says she still adheres to these principles, "which she has heretofore invariably formu lated." However, the note adds, in her desire for peaoe, she has gone so far as to pro pose certain compromises, which the Americans have always rejected. She lias also attempted to arbitrate some of the material particulars upon which the two governments differed. These pro posals for arbitration, it is added, the Americans had equally rejected. These allegations in Spain's reply, as to at tempted arbitration, refer to her pro posal to arbitrate the construction of the third ruticle of the protoool, and also to submit the Spanish colonial debt of Cuba and the Philippines to arbitra tion. The last proposition had been made in a written communication. Sinca its presentation, and in return for such arbitration, Spain offered to cede the territory in dispnte. The Ameri cans refused both propositions for arbi tration. Spain's reply today in substance con tinued by declaring that the United States has offered as a kind of compen sation to Spain something very inade quate to the sacrifices the latter coun try makes at this moment, and she feels that the United States' proposals could not be considered as equitable. Spain has, however, exhausted all the resources of diplomacy and an attempt to justify her attitude. Seeing that an acceptance of the proposal made to Spain is a necessary condition to a con tinuance of negotiations, and seeing that the resources of Spain are not such as to enable her to re-enter upon war, she is prepared, in her desire to avoid bloodshed, and from considerations of humanity and patriotism, to submit to the conditions of the conquering na tion, however harsh they may be. She is therefore to accept the proposals of the American commission, as presented at the last sitting. The reading and the translation of the dooument occupied less than five minutes. At the conclusion of the translation the commissioners empow ered Senor Ojeda, secretary of the Spanish commission, and Secretary Moore, of the American commission, to draw up articles which are to embody the relinquishment of Cuba by Spain and the cession of Porto Rico and the Philippines. These articles, which may be considered as constituting the conditions of peace, will be ready for submission on Thursday. The commissioners left the foreign office immediately after the secretaries had been directed to prepare the arti cles of the peace treaty. There was scarcely any conversation between the American and Spanish commissioners after the adjournment. Among the Ameiicans only the most grave consideration for .their Spanish colleagues was apparent. Preparation of his biennial report to tbe legislature has been completed by the state land commissioner of Wash ington. Shot In the Back. Denver, Colo., Nov. 80. A special to the News from El Paao, Tex., says: A. J. De Males, better known as tbe 'Tnrquoise King of the Jarillas," was murdered at the celebrated Turquoise mine, 50 miles north of 1 Paso, in New Mexico, at an early hour this morning by a Mexican, with whom he had quarreled about a trivial matter. De Mnles was shot in the back with a six-shooter while eating breakfast and instantly killed. After the killing the murderer attempted to escape, but was pursued and captured by several Amer ican employes. SEVENTY LIVES LOST. Fatalities From tbe Atlantic Coast Gale Hourly Increasing. Boston, Mass.. Nov. 30. It Is known definitely tonight that more than 70 lives have been lost in the wrecks of tugs, schooners and ooal barges during the storm of Saturday night and Sun day morning, and if the steamer Port land has gone down, as now seems pos sible, the list of casualties will rise to 170, with over 100 vessels of all de scriptions ashore, two score ot them to be total wrecks and an unknown num ber probably beneath the waves of Massachusetts bay. There is scarcely a bay, harbor or in let from the Penobscot to New London which has not on its shores the bones of ome stanch craft, while all along Massachusetts bay, and especially Bos ton iiarbor, the beaches are piled high with the wreckage of schooners and coal barges. The record, although hourly lengthening, is still incomplete, for that ocean grave-yard of Cape Cod is still to be heard from. The annoyance and inconvenience of the railroad and street-car embargo, covering the whole of southern New England, sank into insignificance be fore the story of destruction wrought by wind and wave, yet it will be many a day before the full import of the disas ter is known or even realized. The islands of Boston harbor are without exception strewn with wrecks and wreckage; no less than 29 vessels are ashore at Gloucester, ovei 20 in the supposed safe harbor of Vineyard Haven parted their anchor-chaine yes terday. and are high and dry on the beach. Nantasket beach saw two schooners and a coal barge dash to pieces on its sands, the rocks of Cohas set claimed a stanch fisherman; Scitu- AS A RESULT OF THE WAR. ate, a well-known pilot-boat; Manches ter, a Down East lumberman, while one tug and three barges known to have been between Cape Cod and Boston are unaccounted for and probably lost. The upper harbors of Boston, Ply mouth, Salem, Portsmouth, Portland and other places where vessels were supposed to be comparatively safe, were the scenes of numerous collisions be tween the ships and the wharves. Every life-saving crew performed deeds of heroism in rescuing crews from stranded vessels, and tug-boat captains risked life and property in their en deavor to save life. Deaths at Manila. Washington, Nov. SO. The follow ing report of deaths among the Ameri can force at Manila was received from General Otis by the war department to day: "Manila, Nov. 29. Adjutant-Gen-eial, Washington: Following deaths since last report: "Nov. 21 Frank M. Harden, pri vate, company K, First North Dakota, typhoid fever. "Nov. 22 Clyde Perkins, private, company K, Second Oregon, smallpox; Walter Downing, private, company L, First Colorado, dysentery. "Nov. 23 Charles McKinnon, pri vate, company F, Second Oregon, smallpox. "Nov. 25 Robert Davidson, pri vate, company G, Fourteenth United States infantry, malaria; James M. Clark, company K, First South Dakota, dysentery. OTIS." Found Dead In the Road. Union, Or., Nov. 80. A miner.Wil liam Lamb, was found dead near Sanger, a few days ago. He became lost in a snow storm and was found frozen to death. It was reported that there was a gunshot wound on his body, and the coroner went out to hold an in quest, but this proved to be untrue. The body was brought here for burial, which took place today. Spanish Leave Finar Del Rio. Havana, Nov. 80. At noon today General Hernandez Velasco, with 2,000 Spanish troops, evacuated the city and province of Pinar del Rio. They left the city with bands playing and ban ners flying. General Velasco made a formal delivery to the mayor. Half an hour afterward a Cuban lieutenant colonel entered with 250 men. New York, Nov. 80. The members of the Cuban committee in this city have received no word of the death of General Gomez. They discredit the rumor. Many Will Master Out. Washington, Nov. 30. The war de partment, in view of the assurance that the Paris treaty will be signed, is ar ranging to muster out more troops. It is probable that from 30,000 to 40,000 volunteers will be mustered out as soon as selections of regiments can be made. The forces at Manila will not be re duced at present. Grant C. Gillett, a well-known Kan sas cattle baron, has failed for a large amount and fled the country. Steamer Wildwood Sunk. Port Townsend, Wash., Nov. 29. During a heavy storm that prevailed in the harbor last night, the steamer Wildwood sank while laying at her dock. A large hole was made in her hull by a drifting log. A man who was asleep on board was saved from drowning by the ship's cat which awakened him by scratching bis face jnst as tbe steamer was going down. Tbe project for colonization of the Goodnoe hills, in Kliokitat county, Wash., has been revived, and will probably be poshed to completion. II Six Persons Killed on a Stockton Steamboat. MANY DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED n.n. ,.r thA Accident Were Sc aid. to Death The Heartrending; Among the Sufferers. Seen Stockton, Cal.. Nov. 29. The most disastrous river accident in the history of Stockton occurred this morning at 4:20 o'clock, near Fourteen-Mile slough, when a part of one of the boilers of the river steamer T. C. Walker, which left San Francisco at 6 o'clock last night, was blown out, killing six and danger ously wounding 11 persons, while prob ably 15 or 2(f others were more or less badly hurt. The T. C. Walker is owned by the California Navigation & Im provement Company, and ran between San Francisoo and Stockton. The dead are: John Tulan, captain of the T. C. Walker; Ferdinand Law, of Seattle; W. A. Blunt, the agent in charge of shipping of sugar beets from the Moss tract to the Crockett factory; Watson H. Henry, of Stockton, engineer of the T. C. Walker; Mrs. Henry Watson, wife of the chief engineer; Jerry Dailey, fireman. Ten were wounded. The majority of the passengers wore in bed when the explosion occurred, and were awakened by the report, which was as loud as a cannon's roar. People rushed from their rooms in their night clothes and found the whole forward portion of the steamer's upper works blown away. The electric lights had been put out, and the escaping steam enveloped the front portion of the boat, till it was impossible to see how much of the boat had been dam aged. The screams of the men who were locked in their rooms near the pilot-house were heartrending. Captain John Tulan had been blown from his bed against the door of the stateroom, and so seiiously injured that he could not move. The door could not be forced open, as he was jammed up against it. One of the employes of the boat seoured an axe and out the up per part of the room away, and finally removed him, but not until he was vir tually roasted alive. When pulled out, the flesh dropped from his bones in large pieces, and although he was suf fering excrutiatingly he bore it bravely, and not a groan escaped him as he was taken out of the steam. Watson H. Henry, the chief engineer, and his wife, were in their room near the pilot-house when the explosion oc curred. Mrs. Henry was blown through the roof. The flooring was blown up wards, and she was hurled with great violence a distance of fully 20 feet, towards the bow of the boat. She was horribly crushed by the force of the ex plosion, and also badly scalded by es caping steam. Her injuries proved fatal at 12:30 this afternoon. She re tained consciousness until a few mo ments before her death. Her suffer ings were so intense that she begged the physicians in attendance to end her life, but all that could be done was to deaden the pain by the use of narcotics. Mr. Henry was terribly scalded. He was blown some distance away, but not as far as was his wife. He died shortly after being brought to this city. W. A. Blunt was instantly killed. He was standing on the lower deck, as he intended making a landing a short distance above the place where the ex plosion occurred. Jerry Dailey, the fireman, was in the firehold of the boat when the accident occurred. The escaping steam com pletely enveloped him, scarcely a- por tion of his body escaping the scalding vapor. He died at the receiving hos pital at 12:15 this afternoon. He had been in the employ of the California Navigation & Improvement Company for about 14 years. Underneath the lower decks, where the deck hands slept, the groans and screams were heartrending. The un fortunate imprisoned men were receiv ing the full effect of the steam as it came from the boilers. Eight of them were almost roasted alive. Those who were able made their way to the deck as best they could, while the more seri ously injured were unable to get out. The exposed portions of their bodies suffered the most. The arms and faces of those near the main entranoe were frightfully scalded. Coratti Dominici. who was on the lower deck, was blown into the water, and had to swim ashore after his back was terribly scalded. Louis Brlzzolana, in company with Charles Maggini and wife, was standing near the pilot-house on the texas deck. The force threw him to one side, but not until he was badly burned about the body. , Fortunate lv, Mr. Maggini and his wife esoaped without so much as a scratch, though both were thrown down by the concussion. Drowned In the Street. Boston, Mass., Nov. 29. Two men lost their lives in tbe storm today at Revere. One was Michael Lee and the other an unknown negro. Both were drowned on Ocean avenue while trying to cross that thoroughfare, through which tbe tide was flowing. Three Negroes Lynched, Meridian, Miss., Nov. 29. Reports have reached here that three negroes were lynched last night four miles west of Meridian. Newton county farmers are said to be on the trail of others implicated in an assault on a white man, who came to Meridian Fri day from Newton county and was pur sued and fired upon by the negroes. A mob of armed farmers left for the scene, and while no definite news had been received, it is believed that they have summarily dealt with the blacks. Went Through a Bridge. Roanoke, Va., Nov. 29. A north bound fast freight on the Norfolk & Western railway.went through a bridge near Riverside today. Fireman Joseph Stevens was killed, Brakeman David Winger was fatally injured, and En g.neer Stephen Mayo sreiously scalded. The bridge was under construction at tbe time of the accident, and it is re ported that several of tbe bridge work ers were injuied more or less seriously. It 3s customary in China to con gratulate a fat man, beoause it is taken for granted that he must be riob. JUDGE DAY'S CABLEGRAM. Informs the President That the Span iards Will Sign the Treaty. Washington, Nov. 29. Throughout the peace negotiations, which are still pending in Paris, the president has ex pressed confidence that a treaty, satis factory to the United States, should be drafted and 6igned. From time to time assurances of substantial progress toward that end have been received Erom the American commissioners. Today advices were received by the president from Mr. Day, president of the American commission, reiterating the assurances he had previously given the president of the early and success ful conclusion of tbe work ot the com mission. Judge Day, it is understoood, states positively that the Spanish commis sioners iormally will accept, perhaps tomorrow, the terms of the United States, and that a treaty drawn along the lines of the agreement reached will be drawn and signed in a few days. The dispatch from Judge Day was the first absolutely definite statement as to the conclusion of the labors of the com mission that had been received, and, quite naturally, it afforded the presi dent and his advisers considerable sat isfaction. It is probable that the president will discuss in his message to congress, which will be delivered one week from tomorrow, the successful efforts of the administration in the negotiation of a peace tieaty, although there is a possi bility that the treaty itself may not have been signed at the time. IN A STORM'S CLUTCHES. A Blizzard Raged In the North Atlantic and New England States. New York, Nov. 29. When the peo ple of New York awoke this morning, they found the blizzard that raged when they retired was still in progress. The storm, which began with a soft, sleety snow Saturday at noon, increased greatly as tha day wore on, with heav ier snow fall and the wind blowing a gale at midnight. There was a slight abatement of the wind this morning, but the snow still fell and drifted bad ly and the temperature dropped rap idly. It looked this morning as though the blizzard would continue all day, but at 10 o'clock there was a breaking away in the west, and finally the storm ceased altogether, and the severest blizzard since the memorable blizzard of March, 1888, came to an end. The wind blew at the rate of 69 to 60 miles an hour during the height of the storm. A number of people are reported fiozen to death, and the property dam age is heavy. At Boston. Boston, Nov. 29. A record-breaking November blizzard swept over tbe greater portion of New England last night and today completely demoral izing traffic of every description and well night paralyzing telegraphic and telephonic communication, while the northeast gale, coming on at high course of tides, drove the sea far beyond its usual limits and made a maik along shore exceeded only by the memorable hurricane of 1851. A dozen or more coasting vessels were driven ashore in Boston harbor during the blizzard, and the great ocean steamer Ohio, of the Wilson line, was torn from her moor ings and driven high and dry on Spec tacle island. Philadelphia Storm-Swept. Philadelphia, Nov. 29. The bliz zard which came out of the West reached this city at 11 o'clock yester day morning, and raged furiously until 1 o'clock this morning. As unepxected as it was violent, it wrought great havoc not only here, but throughout the entire state. NO EXTRA SESSION. President McKinley and Many Promi nent Men Oppose It. Washington, Nov. 29. President McKinley will try to avoid an extra session, if that is possible. In this effort, he is likely to be seconded by a large number of public men both branches of congress and of both par ties. Public policy will dictate the desires of some and selfishness that ol others. President McKinley will make every effort to have the peace treaty laid before congress immediately after the holidays. He hopes to have it rat ified before the adjournment in March. Meanwhile, it is expected that a bill will pass for the reorganization of the army, so that garrisons for the new possessions will be provided for. Prob ably will be passed providing foT the temporary government of the Philip pines and Porto Rico, and possibly Cuba, by the army officers command ing in eaoh, until congress can provide otherwise. Then congress will provide for commissions to visit the different islands and make recommendations for their government to the next con gress. That is tbe scheme which will be followed it there is no extra session, and if everything goes through as planned. Added to the Navy. San Francisco, Nov. 29. At 9:22 o'clock this morning, in the presence of a vast multitude, the battle-ship Wisconsin was successfully launched at the Union iron works. The Wisconsin is the largest of the vessels built for tbe United States government at this ship yard. Bullfighting Not In Favor. Denver. Nov. 29. Tbe committee in charge of arrangements for the coming convention of the National Livestock Association has rejected a proposition to make bullfighting a feature of the outdoor sports on that occasion. How ever, a typical Western cowboy tourna ment will be given. Broncho-riding, rongh riding and ioping and lassoing of untamed horses and steers, and all the exciting operations usually associ ated with cowboy life on the plains will be on the programme. Edhem Ordered the Massacre. Canea, Nov. 29. During the trial today of the murderers of the Tsangaki family, the deposition of Mussulmans wsa read. It said at the time of tbe massacres Edhem Pasha, the Turkish commander, assembled influential Mussulmans and invited them to mas sacre all Christians found in Candla 24 hours after the meeting. Pasha's re marks were uttered in the presence of Major Churchill, commander of gend armes, who protested strongly and was ordered by Edhem Pasha to leave tbo room. ALONG THE COAST. Items of General Interest Gleaned From the Thrivihg Paclfio States. The Salmon Paelc. The fall Sound pack, as given last week, is 135,000 cases, and the Fraser river 34,500. The Coinmiba river pack is given as 115,000, the iargest in'the history of the river. The Trade Regis ter estimate on August 27 was 600,000 for red Alaska, but later reports in creased it to 810,000 cases. No definite figures for the total Alaska pack are at band. ' The Sound sockeye pack was 256,500 oases: FraBer river alone, 193,000; British Columbia (including the Fraser), 414,900; Columbia river, 383,530 cases. Total pack last year, all points, was given at 3,121,117 cases. The fall pack of Puget sound last year was 120,200 case, with 87,500 for Willapa and Gray's harbor; 63,650 for Columbia river and a total of 295,628 cases of falls for the coast (not includ ing Alaska), against 284,590 this year. Tbe run in the Gray's harbor district has been good this year, and will prob ably be 50,000 cases. I.os Angeles Oil Output. The oil producers' trustees have pub lished the regular monthly report for October. The statement shows that 15,936 barrels of oil were received dur ing the month. During the same period the sales amounted to 22,732 barrels. The amount in storage on Oc tober 1 was 82,236 barrels. The amount on November 1 had fallen to 78,440 barrels. Virtually all of this amount belongs to the Oil Transporta tion & Storage Company. A circular just issued by this company shows that it intends to go into the oil buying and selling business. Orange Estimate. The orange crop will be late this year, and few will be fit to ship to the Northwest for the holiday trade. The Los Angeles Express in writing up the outlook says that the total shipments from Southern California for the year foot up, of all kinds of citrous fruits, 15,148 carloads, which is a large per cent greater than for any previous 12 months. The coming crop is expected to equal last year's. There is a good demand for lemons, but this fruit is scarce. New Fish Canning Concern. A new incorporation has been formed at Astoria, Or., to be known as the Alasak Fisherman's Packing Com pany, with a capital stock of $70,000, divided into 140 shares of $500 each. The company wil' engage in the can ning, salting and freezing of salmon in Alaska and elsewhere. The incorpora tors are Theodore Siverson, Christ Christensen, John Nordstrum, Ole B. Oleson, A. L. Clark and John L. Clarkson. Columbia River Shipping. The following ships left Portland last week, touching at Astoria: The British ship Mooltan oleared for Queensrown or Falmouth for orders, with 95,886 bushels of wheat, valued at $57,500, shipped by the Portland Flouring Mills Company. The British ship Niveile, loaded by Balfour, Guth rie & Co., finished alsb, and went into the stream, and tha Mozambique, with a cargo of wheat and barley, cleared. New Coal Deposit. The capitalists have recently sent an expert to investigate the deposit of lignite coal that exists on' Mallory ridge, near Asotin, AVash. A test was made of the coal, and it was pro nounced all right, and from what can be learned it is thought the extent of tho mineral body will be more fully inquired into in the course of a few weeks. The vein is now opened up for a distance of 16 feet. Pooling Hops for Better Prices. The hopgrowers in the vicinity of Independence, Or., in order to take advantage of the raising market are pooling their crops together and hope to obtain 17 cents. A recent shipment from there consisted of five carloads, containing 301 bales of first-olass hops. There still remains in that city some 700 bales of hops unsold. For San Francisco Market. Owing to the extreme dry season in California during the past year large sales of cattle for shipment to Califor nia have been made in Oregon. Two wholesale butchers of San Francisco purchased 900 head of fine beef cattle near Lakeview. The sale approxi mates $30,000. Bouds Sold. The municipal bonds of Great Falls, Mont., have been sold to good advan tage in Chicago. The issue amounts to $375,000, on which a premium of $10,105 was obtained, which added to the accrued interest made a total of $381,526.21 received by the city. Waier Main Contract Let. The city counoil of New Whatcom, Wash , has let a contract for extending the city water system 8,600 feet to J. H. Thomas for $19,808. The pipe will be wooden-stavo, and the bond re quired in the sum of $30,000. Clearing-Il uuie lteturns. Victoria, B. C, has had a clearing bouse for two weeks now, and the vol ume of business shows a good increase. The returns for last week were $785, 185, while for the week previous the figures were $700,553. New Industry. The first shipment was made last week from Port Moody to Vancouver, B. C, of oil of cedar. A company has been organized to carry on the indus try, and though now in its infancy, a possible great future is ahead of tho enterprise. New City Hall Contract JLet. The council of La Grande, Or., last week awarded a contract for tbe erection of a new oity hall, to cost $2,650. The largest log drive for several years will be brought down this season by the Colfax, Wash., saw mill. It will consist of 4,000,000 feet of logs. Undonbtedly there will be a great rash into tbe Atlin district, Alaska, in the spring. The country has proved very rich. A consignment of 280,000 feet of fir and cedar lumber, the product of the Simpson Mill Co... of Ballard, will be shipped from Seattle December 1 to Honolulu, to be used by the United States government in the erection of barrack, PACIFIC COAST TRADE. Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla, 5980o; Val ley and Bluestem, G3o per bushel. Flour Best grades, $3.45; graham, $3; superfine, $2.25 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 4041c; choice gray, 38 39c per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $2122; brew ing, $23 per ton. Millstuffs-Bran, $16 per ton; mid dlings, $21; shorts, (16; chop, $15.50 per ton. Hay Timothy, $10; clover. $7 8; Oregon wild hay, 6$ per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 50 55c; seconds, 45 50c; dairy, 35 45c store, 2732c. Cheese Oregon full cream, ll12o; Young America, 12c; new cheese, 10c per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2032.75 per dozen; hens, $3.504.50; 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 12Jc per pound. Potatoes 5060c per sack; sweets, 2c per pound. Vegetables Beets, 90c; turnips, 75c per sack; garlic, 7c per pound; cab bage, $11.25 per 100 pounds; cauli flower, 75c per dozen; parsnips, 75c per sack; beans, 3c per pound; celery, 7075c per dozen; cucumbers, 50c per box; peas, 33o'c per pound. Onions Oregon, 76c$i per sack. Hops 1517c; 1897 crop, 46c. Wool Valley, 10 12c per pound; Eastern Oregon, 812c; mohair, 25c per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 8o; dressed mutton. 7c; spring lambs, 7jc per lb. Hogs Gross, ohoice heavy, $4.75; light and feeders. $3.004.00; dressed, $5. 50 6. 50 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, 3.50$3.75; cows, $2. 50 3. 00; dressed beef, 56e per pound. Veal Large, 66c; small, 6 l)c per pound. Seattle Markets. Tomatoes, 50 85c per box. Cucumbers, 10 15c pei doz. Onions, 85 90c per 100 pounds. Potatoes, $10 12. Beets, per sack, $1. Turnips, per sack, 6065c. Carrots, per sack, 65c. Parsnips, per sack, $1. Beans, green, 28o. Green corn, $1.251.50 per sack. Cauliflower, 50 7 5c per doz. Celery, 4050o. Cabbage, native and California $1.00 1.50 per 100 pounds. Apples, 50c 65c per box. Pears, 75c $1 per box. Prunes, 50c per box. Peaches, 75c Plums, 50c. Butter Creamery, 27c per poundv dairy and ranch, 1820c per pound. Eggs, 80 82c. Cheese Native, 1212c. Poultry Old hens, 18c per pound; spring chickens, 15c; turkeys, 16c. Fresh meats Choice dressed bee:' steers, prime; C 6 Tceerfc '.-, iiiinie, 6c; mutton. 7gc; pork, 6( 7c; veal, 68o. Wheat Feed wheat. $21. Oats Choice, per ton, $23. Hay Puget Sound mixed, $9.50. 10; choice Eastern Washington tim othy, $12. Corn Whole, $23.50; cracked, $24; feed meal, $28.50. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $24 25; whole, $22. Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.60; straights, $3.25; California brrnds, $8.25; buckwheat flour, $3.75; graham, per barrel, $3.70; whole wheat flour, $8.75; rye flour, $4. Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $14; shorts, per ton, $16. Feed Chopped feed, $1721 per ton; middlings, per ton, $17; oil cake meal, per ton, $35. San Francisco Market. Wool Spring Nevada, 10 14c per pound; Oregon, Eastern, 10 12c; Val ley, 1517c; Northern, 9llc. Millstuffs Middlings, $1921.00; bran, $14.50 15.50 per ton. Onions Yellow. 3045c per sack. Butter Fancy creamery, 24c; do seconds, 21c23; fancy dairy, 21 22c; do seconds, 20 24c per pound. Eggs Store, 1822c; fancy ranch, 4042c. 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. Lord Salisbury's Pharaoh. In these days, when the hand of the anarchist assassin is lifted against sov ereigns and statesmen, savs The Shef field (England) Telegraph, it is grati fying to know that Lord Salisbury has a powerful life guard ever at his side. There is at Hatfield a cherished breed of faithful hounds of immense strength and bulldog tenacity. One of these is the premier's olose friend and accom panies him in his walks about Hatfield. So faithful a guardian is he that Lord Salisbury, with a touoh of his charac teristic playful irony, has called him "Pharaoh" because he will not let the people go. A mean rogue in Eentland, Ind., is warned by a farmer, who has inserted this advertisement in the looal paper: "I am watching for the man that milks my cow. If I catch him. I in tend to shot my eyes and shoot at the cow. " The Saltan's Pistol Practice. Anarchist assassins will do well to give the Sultan of Turkey a wide berth. From a person of importance newly re turned from Constantinople I learn that tbe Sultan, in fear for his personal safety, has taken to revolver practice. He shoots at a target daily, and has become so proficient that he can fiie with equally fatal facility with either his right or his left hand, A single oyster in season produces about 1,000,000 young. High Mortality in Chile. An aTMcle on the sanitation of San tiago in The Revista Cbilena, states that the death rate in Chile from 1885 to 1889 was 80.8 per thousand, and from 1892 to 1896, 81.2. Tho number Of illegitimate births is also high; in England the pioportion is 1 to 18, while in Chile it is 1 to 8, and during the first quarter of the present year, 1 to L8. The natality is larger than in other countries 45 per thousand; in Germany it is 40; in England, 86, and in France, 26. Tbe infant mortality is coirespondingly high 37.74 per cent in Santiago.