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Id All Iud ustries-Oregon.
electrio plant at Milton has been
j.n temporal ily.
L...a now about 70,000 bushels
L in storage in Albany held by
gaker City Democrat eays that
IjBty jail i9 the ouly vacaut
g in tnai . n f""
srodents of the state university
musicians nave oeoiaeu tu ur-
Thirteen nave aireaay
re
i tana.
Bolcomb, of Eigle valley,
anil Aland marketed 100,000 pounds of
annoiiJa.!U,l . tt. VlBS h1ho 8Bt ont
II more u wiuvo.
ii reported in Baker City that
Jiam White, jr., of Pittsburg, fa.,
Lcored an option on the Ibex
In the Snmpter district, lor $ by,-
n leai,:
bill, ti;
onatdii
a Wi;
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who
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ljjing honey in the John Day Val
ium to be a very lucrative busi-
Hearly every ranoner has bees
cm readily dispose of the surplus
loot at good figures.
le!te grand jury in Baker county
m to find a single indictment at tne
Lit term of court It will be the
inert term of court for the taxpayers,
HI, that has been held in the
tj for years.
is Grande Ronde Lumber Company
hai total of 5,000,000 feet of
logs along the Grande Ronde river
the next spring drive. Tbu is
tone-half the quantity that will be
lired for next season's run.
Willard purchased last week 100
of cattle in Eagle valley, Union
ij, for Portland shipment. He
there are a good many cattle in
t vicinity notwithstanding the fact
bojers have been picking up n
man; head.
e night last week when train No.
kai crossing the hill near Blalock,
trainmen were treated to a beauti
light A large and very bright
leor was seen falling from the
kcdi, and when apparently about a
from the earth seemed to stand
Ned for a moment, and then
;ed on in its northerly flight. The
leor was visible for about rive miu-
uii had the appearance of an im-
is ball of fire flying through space.
boot three weeks ago, says the Bine
twin Eagle, Mr. Ram bo left Long
in Grant oountv. with his fani-
'. lor College Place, Wash. He took
ib him a big tomcat. No sooner
ii tne cat free in College Place when
disappeared. He was afterwards
n by several freighters near Pendle-
ana arrived in Loner Creek soon
k having traveled 140 miles, over
wad that he had never been before.
fcptwhen taken out in a wagon.
Waahlneton.
Tie town of Waterville now owns Its
F "ght and water riant.
ponr deer were killed on Eartstein
i Mason county, last week.
Iftere are about 15,000 bales of 1895
tutored in Puyallup warehouses.
na salmon fisheimen are now
pig for lierrinc that will lm Tisprl ua
111 hnhe halibut fishermen.
foe next jury term of the superior
"t for Walla Walla will convene
fmary lo next. An unusually full
I- expected,
herowbont in roWV, v .,.,,.
I. . ' Sea'tle on a hunting excursion
ki , nd' Jt la now the general
pion that they were drowned.
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Downing. HIlklll, 4 Co.-. Review of
Trade.
Portland, Or., Dec. 15.-The for
eign news regarding the wheat sit
uation has been uniformly bullish
during the week past. Seeding i
France and Central Ejrope has been
stopped by cold weather, aud the acre
age planted will thow a decrease com
pared with last year. The reduction
in Freuoh acreage is estimated at ten
per cent. Advices from the Argentine
report crop prospeots worse, aud esti
mate their exportable surplus as smaller
than last year's. Australian require
ments for American wheat during 1807
are estimated at 100,000 tons, or 8 -730,000
bushels. The news from In
dia is rather more favorable, but the
real scarcity there will not be felt until
next year. The position in America is
even stronger than in Ejrope. Two
small orops in succession have followed
a large reduction in surplus yields
from previous crops. The amount ol
wheat Btill in first hands is estimated
at 65,000,000 bushels less than in De
cember last year. The quality of much
of the winter wheat remaining is too
poor for milling purposes. The de-
liiauJ liulU iiitciiol Uiilluis Juf whuut
from centers of accumulation continues
brisk, and their advices indicate that
supplies of red winter wheat for mill
ing are practically exhausted. The
speculative conditions have changed
considerably during the week. Longs
have been eager to secure profits. The
volnme of trade has fallen off materi
ally and the market has laoked specu
lative support. The result was a de
cline to 78Jo for May wheat on Thurs
day, which was followed, however, by
a rally on Saturday to 80 7-8c, making
the loss from a week ago a trifle more
than one cent. The local sentiment is
bearish, temporarily, and with the ap
proaching holidays and lack of general
trade values may sink a little lower.
We regard conditions as warranting
higher values next year, and on any
further decline in prices consider wheat
to be a safe and profitable purohase.
During the last week the corn mar
ket ruled weak in tone, prices showing
a decline of about ;0 per bushel.
Liquidation by longs, cold, dry weather
thorughout the West, aud a consequent
increase in offerings by country ship
pers all contributed to the heaviness.
In order to effect sales, holders were
obliged to make sacrifices. Sentiment
continues conservatively bearish in
view of the large supplies at points of
accumulation and lack of speculation.
The oats market showed the effect of
liquidation, sales prices deolining lo,
closing with a slight improvement.
This oereal has many friends, as the de
mand for oash is good, while supplies
are not overburdensome.
Provisions have been fairly active
during the past week on the hog esti
mates. We are of the opinion that the
consumption of the produot will be
large the coming year, and advise pur
chases of May product on breaks.
Prices are low, the trade selling pro
duct relatively cheaper than the live
hog; therefore do not believe there is
any profit to be made in selling on the
low basis of a So hog.
RUSSIA HAS CONTROL.
EX-QUt LLUJKAL
N
CANADA WANTS HER FREEDOM,
Mas Arrived
In Hau Pmiicli,,. .,
Honolulu.
San Francisoi. Djo. 14. imong the
passengers on the steamer Chiua, from
Honolulu, today, was ex O. jeeu Liliuo
kalaui, of Hawaii. Muoh speculation
was indulged iu by the passengers re
garding her destination, about wbich
she was uuoomniuuicative. It was
freely said she was en mure to Wash
ington to plead with President Cleve
land aud thecouKressmeufor American
intervention iu Hawaiian affairs look
ing to her restoration to the Hawaiian
throne.
Sentiment Favoring Independent Out.
f-riimeut Is Spreading.
Montreal, Deo. 14. The strong un
dercurrent of seutiment throughout
Canada favorable to a separation from
(Treat Britain aud the establishment of
an independent Canadian republio on
this continent has begun to take tan
gible sh..pe. The organization of in
dependence clubs has been in active
progress during the past five or six
mouths and a convention has been
called to meet in this city in March
next, with the object of federating all
MURDtRcL) mo DAUGHTER.
cronnfl lltlri r-IIlha nf thn Smi,l,tin
On the ex queen's behalf it was said Until then the chief work will be to
she was merely on a pleasure trip to i group individuals favoring the iude
the United States that ehe would ex- j pendence movement throughout Cau-
"ur io r,jrnpe ana that tilt ' ana; tbat is, to effect the co-operation
nip was raKen Willi me full knowlelue ' of all
and consent of her government at
Honolulu, which receutly grauttd her
a full pardon lor her oomplioity iu the
native uprising of one year ago.
When the passengers dis:u harked
from the steamer, the ex-queen went to
the California hotel, where no intima
tion of her coming hai been received.
She had to wait until apartments could
he prepared for her. Shu absolutely re
faced to discuss hrr pl:in avd give uny
reason for her suuddeu departure from
Honolulu. It is intimated, however,
by Colonel MiiFarlaue, the queen's
agent here, that she will represent to
the president that the Hawaiian repub
lio has been a failure, and that a ma
jority of the Hawaiian people would
welcome a return to the mouarchial
institutions. Lilioukalani has been
under the surveillance of the Hawaiian
government ever since the last native
uprising. She seems to have taken
advantage of the first opportunity given
by the pardon to leave the islands.
TRAGEDY OF THE SEA.
I Korth
river loggers got over 1,500,-
ll fa oeio w the falls during
fute flood, and there is about 1,000,-
' "uTe tne falls to come down.
il jT" bob-white quail have been
1Ted bv thn Rnrf a..A ri -iuf
0It Yakima, tw ,in k.
.W i?M ontil the wter is fully
Li, ,ne meantime they are re
Pg every attention.
27 Vu now 8ald t0 te "6 aPP11'
ior the offloe of fish commissioner
hihw Wl11 8et It seems in-
I T 'na lorty-six ministers of the
'..t, m b8 among the number,
Whatcom Reveille.
lUffloni : ' Slgned by Secretary of War
Flevel tni approved by President
til i':1a ' ha9 been received at the lo-
t'PlrpOBea for hio-h.Tmwer onus.
Prmanently establishes the point
"'"tary purposes,
'ohert Hn,.u.
"re n i. B " "ua laiiasi wiisou
e-i. ntin near Blaine last
. Wllsnn mitl, tl U f .
3"8b I 8t him- The bal1 "ruok
111 flegh thBshoDlde'i making a pain-
lar0UBh r.iWun1, 8nd' aftM Pafl9i"8
to (,,. . "uuluer, stroolt and dentea
"cam a1 hU gun' u was a luoky
. 'hould prove a lesson to
liottj. no floei not know what be is
t when he pulls the trigger.
Mantcliuria Oiled to the Czar Chlna'l
Treaty Made I'ubllu.
London. Deo. 15. The text of the
Russian-Chinese treaty, reproduced
here from the North China Daily
News, has aroused considerable discus
sion on all sides, aud it is regarded as
a matter of the greatest importance.
Some of the newspapers refuse to be
lieve it authf u;ic, as it would be such
a viotory for Russian diplomacy. The
Spectator says today, however, it be
lieves it to be exact, and arid:
"No forger woula have tried bo
elaborately to protect the pride of
China. While securing every Russian
object, nothing is ceded openly. Rus
sia is permitted to run u railway to
Kiirin, and is expressly authorized to
keep all the troops she pleases to pro
teot the Mantohurian stations, and she
is also to fortify Port Arthur for China.
"No glass is required to interpret
phrases like these, wbich completely
invest Russia with military control of
Mantchuria and the Liao Tung peuin
sula." Continuing, the Spectator says it
thinks the arrangement threatens
Japan more than Great Britain, "which
can resist when her commercial rights
are threatened."
Killed bv Woman.
Indianapolis, Deo. 15. Mrs. '"race
Dolan, a comely white woman, about
24 years old, shot and killed Henry
Jackson, a young negro porter era
ployed at the New York store, at ber
home, on Liberty street.
Her husabnd was away from home,
and Enma Ott, a young friend, was
staying with her. The negro, whom
they had never seen before, tried to
climb into the window, bat Mrs.
Dolan fought him off with a curtain
pole. He returned, tut by this time
she bad got a revolver and frightened
him off with a threat to shoot.
When they thought be had gone the
women ran out to give the alarm, but
found him rushing back towards tire
bouse with a brick. He forced bis way
into the house and Mrs. Dolan pulled
out the revolver and fired three times,
killing him. She was placed under ar
rest '
An Eminigraiit Steamer Loit With All
on Board.
Vigo, Spain, Deo. 14. The Italian
steamer Salier, formerly the property
of the North German Lloyd Company,
foundered off Corruna Celerbedo, on
the Spanish coast, in the recent heavy
gale.
There were 210 passengers on the
Salier. Her crew was oomposed of
sixty-five men. All on board perished.
The Sallier's passengers consisted of
115 Russians, 36 Galiaians, 61 Span
iards, and one German. The steamer
was bound from Bremen to Buenos
Ayres, via Corrunna aud Villagaroia.
The passengers were mostly in the
steerage.
The Salter was a brig-rigged iron
steamer, and was for many years iu the
Atlantic trade between New York and
European ports.
BACK IN PlNAR DEL RIO.
; Horrible Crime Committed by a Kanea
Faiiier.
j Oswego, Kan., Deo. 11. After
preliminary examination. Rudolph
Uruckmau, a wealthy (armor of Osage
township, has been held in the gum of
110,000 to answer for the murder of
bis 17-year-old daughter Mary. Four
weeks ago Bruckmau gave the girl a
terrible boating, beoause she did not
work to Buit him in his cornfield. He
then tied a rope around one of her an
kles, fastened the other end of the rope
to a rear axle of his wagon and drove
to his barn a quarter of a mile off,
: dragging the girl behind. Arriving
' there, he locked ber up in the barn
i without sufficient clothing and without
fnnrl Thn frirl wo fnnnd tw ho titmla
those who favor national inde- ! ,,j ,,,),. i..i,i. ,i. ,.: a i
pendence by pacific means. ; away bnt her lujurleg were g0 S(jrion
The Associated PreBS correspondent tmU 8ne diC(1 ou November 23.
is informed that the movement is gain- j 3ruokmiul hua i0UR beou HI1 ontoRBt
ing ground rapidly in the rural dig- Bnl0Ug the fl)rraer8 of Osage township,
tncts, especially in Port Neuf, Drum- lIU runoh a(ljoiu8 the uotoriong Bender
mond, Granby and the most remote farm aud he W1)g neare8t neigubor ol
distriots. Two organizers are travel- the Bender butchers,
ing in the interest of Canadian inde-j After the horrifying crimes of the
pendence clubs throughout Canadian Bonder family had become known and
centers in the United btates and in they had He(1 the oouutryi Bruckman
...Bimu luwnsmmi, wnore wb i uua i Wlla visited one niirht hv a mnh nf
seems to meet with great favor.
An important meeting was held last
night in Montreal. The meeting was
secret, but the Associated Press obtain
ed a copy of the by-laws and constitu
tion whioh were adopted. The pre
amble, which is perhaps the most im
portant part of the document, reads as
follows:
"This association shall be known as
the Independence Club of Canada, and
shall be composed of all persons desir
ous of obtaining political liberty and
the independence of Canada.
"Its objeots shall be:
"First The gtudy of the Canadian
people and of the resources of the coun
try. "Second The encouragement of a
true national spirit amongst the popu
lation. "Third To obtain the liberty and
independence of Canada by legitimate
and pacifio means."
ELEPHANT TO BE EXECUTED.
Uaoeo Again In the Ltnd of the Living.
80 the Ctiuaurt Hay.
St. Louis, Deo. 14. A spooial to the
Republio from Dallas, Tex., says:
The head of the local Cuban oommit
tee today received a dispatch from Key
West making absolute denial of the
Spanish reports from Havana of the al
leged killing of Antonio Maoeo.
The dispatch states that at 9 o'clock
last night Maoeo was again in Pinar
del Rio province, and that his army
was making successful operations
aginst Weyler's forces; that since the
turning of Weylers left flank, Decem
ber 1, Maceo had captured more than
1,200 stands of arms and immense
quantities of ammunition, medicines
and commissary supplies.
The dispatch also states that within
the next three days the Cubans are
likely to turn Weyler's flunk aud win
a decided viotory.
SIX YEARS FOR BOGG3.
Sentence of
Ex-Treatiiirer
Afllriiisd.
of laenml
Famous "Ovpaey" Mut Suffer the Death
Penalty for Her Crlmei.
Chicago, Deo. 14. Gypsey, the fa
mous old circus elephant wbich killed
four keepers, is soon to suffer for her
terrible past at the hands of the exe
cutioner. The monster, which haB for
the last several years been running the
Harris Nickel-Plate cirous to suit her
self, will be wiped off the earth with a
Btroke of lightning. Mr. Harris be
lieves that Gypsey will be of more use
to humanity when made into soap, bo
the an i imil will be electrocuted at Tat
tersail'a as soon as a date can be de
cided upon.
Gypsey is well known all over the
United States, and is considered the
most dangerous elephant in captivity.
She has tonred the country with the
Harris combinations for ten years and
is at present at the winter quarters of
the circus. Last winter the animal es
caped from its home and caused great
excitement on the West Side by run
ning through the Btreets, damaging
everything she came in contact with.
Before she was captured Frank Scott,
her keeper, wag killed, the elephant
Btepping on him and crushing out his
life. Since then she has had a dozen
keepers. The men stay a week and re
sign rather than risk their lives in oar
ing for the animal. Yesterday the last
man in charge of Gypsey threw up his
job and the big oircus man, who is
unable to And another keeper, has been
poking food into the animal with a
clothes pole. Tiring of this, he haB
masked men who demanded to know
where the Benders had gone. Bruck
man insisted that he knew nothing of
the Bendorg or their deeds, but he was
strung up to the limb of a tree and
held there until almost doad. Finally,
howevor, he wag out down and allowed
to go big way, but ever since he hai
been shunned.
Dead Under a Timber.
Portland, Or., Deo. 11. A. Zurlnh,
ft German, who was employed at In
man & Poulsen's saw mill while help
iug to clear away the debris of the late
fire was struck by a falling timber and
almost instantly killed, at 1 o'clock
yeBterday. The aooidont happened im
mediately after the force of men had
gone to their work, after the noon
hour. Zurluh was working with a
gang at the east side of the mill. They
were handliug a heavy timber. It foil
in some way and several of thn men
were in danger, bnt all exoept Znrluh
got out of the way iu time. There
was a cry of alarm, but the unfortu
nate man was too slow and was struok
down. He was hit ou the head. "d
in falling also injured hia bask. 11
was quickly lifted from under the ti:.,
bor, bnt only lived a few minutes aftor
the accident. It was an aooideut, and
no one was to blame. The remains
were removed to tho morgue.
Ar'omatlo Alrbrnke Coupler.
Sleepy Eye, Minn., Do. 11. Grant
Bramble, inventor of the rotary engine
which has created a sensation has ulod
a caveat for another patent. The latest
device is an automatio air-brake oou
plor, a simple pieco of meohauism that
does away with the bose coupling be
tween oars. The Bramble ooupler is
bo arranged that when the cara come
together to be coupled the air-brake
ooupler itself opons the valve automat
ically and there remains, accommodat
ing itself to the up-and-down swinging
motion of the train while in motion.
When it ia desired to uncouple the oar
all that has to be done is to lift the
lever for the steel coupler aud the auto
matin air-brake attachment closes ita
own valve aud moves forward without
any more attention.
The lloud Investigation.
Washington, Deo. 11. The subcom
mittee of the senate oommittee on flo
auoe, whioh waB appointed prior to
the adjonrnment of the last session of
oongress to investigate the bond issues
made by the present administration,
bad a brief session today. When the
oommittee adjourned, aftor its last
Olympia, Dei. 14. Tbo supreme
court today ariirined the judgment of
the lower cuurt in the case of the State
of Washiugtin, respondent, vs. G. W.
Boggs, appellant. Boggs was treasurer
of the City of Tacoma, and placed t"0,
000 of the funds of the city in the Ta
coma Trust & Savings bank, ou which
be made a profit for himself by appro
priating the interest. This constitutes
a penal offense, and Boggs, beiug found
guilty, was sentenced to six years' im
prisonment at hard labor. The opinion
is by Judge Dunbar, all of the judges,
except Hoyt, conourring, and holds
that it waa the intention of the law
makers that an officer should receive
bis compensation through the medium
of tbe salary provided, aud should not
be allowed in any way to speculate
with money in his care.
The Monitor Itain I'uritan.
New York, Deo. 14. One formid
able addition to the navy of the United
States was made today, when the moni
tor ram Puritan waa put into commis
sion. It is thirty-two years gince the
keel of the Puritan was laid, and four
years ainoe she was launabed. Now
that she is ready for service, she is re
garded, for defensive purposes, as su
perior to navy vessels of tbe first class,
while for offensive warfare she is a lit
tle inferior to first-class craft. She la
800 feet long and 60 feet wide, and
has a displacement of 6,200 tons. Her
deoided to turn Gypsey over to science I meeting in New York lant Bummer, the
and lightning. Manager Willis, of j question pending before it wag what
the Harris show, applied yestorday to i gbould be done, in view of thetofuaal
the collector for a permit to electrocute ! of j. Pierpoot Morgan and Perry Bui
the brute, providing the city authorities j m0nt to answer the question us to how
thought there was enough eleotrioity mooh tbey had realized upon the b ind
in tbe sky. If there is not, he declares transactions, aud that question is still
he will tap all the trolley wires in the pending. It is presumod this state of
city and send her to her fathers ou the ; .flairs will be reported to tho full oom.
rapid-transit plan.
THE SULTAN IS MAD
Protests Agalimt President Cleveland's
Language.
New York, Deo. 14. A Washington
to congress respecting the massacre of
Armenians and general condact of the
government towards the Christians iu
tbe empire. Tbe situation is said to
threaten a rupture of diplomatic rela
tions between tbe United States and
Turkey. Mustapba Bey, the Turkish
minister, it is rumored at the state de
partment, has intimated that, if some
amendments are not made by tbe presi
dent, he will be obliged to ask for his
papers and will return to Constanti
nople. Plague Spreading In Hombav.
Bombay, Deo. 11. The bubonio
nlague ia spreading everywhere. Tues
! day there were fifty-five fresh oases and
thirty-seven doaths here. There have
equipment consists of four 12-inch rifles j been, in all, 1,126 cases and 804 deaths.
in barbette, six four inob rapid fire j
rifles, six six-poundeis. two one- I M ln "lroad b'lB "ross sandy
pounders, and two revolving oannou of , th en,cb bein-ibirty-seven
millimeter. ' niD "P1 itoa
mittue, aud it is possible the report
will be aooompaniod by a recommend
ttion for prosecution.
To Cut Federal Kinployee' Salaries.
Washington, Deo. 1 1. Senator Chan
dler today introduced a bill iu fhe sen.
spcialto the World Bays: President ate for a ten per cent reduction of the
Cleveland has been oalled to acoount by salaries of all federal employes. The
the sultan of Turkey. An emphatio reduction shall begin on June 80, 1897,
protest was made yesterday by the j and continue for three years, and shall
Turkish government against the lan- 1 include all officors and employes of tho
guage used in the president's message I United States whose salaries are paid
from the treasury either annually.
quarterly, monthly or semi-monthly,
except those whose compensation on
not be diminished during their cumin
nance In oltice.
Overcome by Foul Air.
Kossland, B. C, Deo. 11 .Thmes
McBride and Charles Mead, while at
work in a tunuel of the Joaie mine,
were overcome by foul air, Molinde
dying trim the effects, and Mad bare
ly escaping, being uuconsclous for tsf
eral boms.
Fighting African Portuguese
Berlin, Dao. 11. Tbe German and
Dutch consulates at Lorenzo Marqueie.
Portuguese South Africa, have been
attacked, and t British flag was torn
to shreds. Th Dutch oousul was
wounded. Germany has, iu couse
quonoe, demanded satisfaction of Portugal.