m
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:rms a Syndicate to Bid for
the Union Pacific.
WAS
INVITED BY M'KINLEY
Lrtmmeilt Claims Will Be HutUfl.-tl
H Fllll-Sevenly-Five M"u Al.
nedy subscribed for It.
Kew York, Oct. 25. Russell Sago
.ted a sensation in Wall street late
hsterda? by announcing that lie had
e(n invited ny rresmeni iuuxvimey 10
,rai a syndicate to bid on the Union
pjcifio railroad on the basis of satisfy-
, the lull government ciaim in ine
Union Pacific. Mr. Sage invited sub-
finlionn to a plan to ue iiercaiter
""flbrMght out by him. The payment ot
he government claim in iuu is under
wood to be the first condition in this
Jan. Mr. Sago's representative an
lonnoed last nigh; that he had received
subscriptions lor over ?7r,uou,i)OU
nithin two hours of his announcement,
it was said tliu t lie would continue to
receive subscriptions until his plan was
rabsoribed at least three times over.
Ai to the bond transactions, Mr. Page
ibinlcB tliore is unlimited capital avail
jble for settlement of the Pacific road
Jebt without loss to the government.
Among the subscriptions reported to
Mr. Sage's Union Pacific scheme were
:be following:
Mr. Astor's subscription is said to
have been received by cable, Some of
;he names are said to represent other
interests besides the subscribers. It is
aiil a largo insurance company will
iilncribof 10,000,000.
llr. Sage goes to Washington today
10 confer with the president and the
attorney-general, at their request.
LAUNCH BOILER EXPLODED.
I Aeoldent to One of the
ISouta uf the
TexuH.
Boston, Oct. 25. The boiler of one
of the steam launches of the battleship
Teias blew up while it was alongside
the battleship, and a number of men,
including two onieorH and a Burgeon,
were injured, none fatally.
Ihe explosion occurred just as tlio
aunoh reached the side of the ship,
having towed down two ship's boats
lot men who were enimCcu in the
naval parade. On the launch at the
time were 85 men, including Lieutenant-Commander
Delhanty, Lieutenant
Bristol, Ensign Wadhams and Dr. W.
R. Dubose, the ship' ssurgoon. The
smokestack, the top of tho boiler and
partot the canopy over the boiler were
Mown into the air. and what was left
of tho launch caught fire from tho
tame that followed the bursting of the
boiler, but the fire had little tw hum.
In the pit with the boiler John Phil
lips, an oiler, and John Fisher, a coal
pwer, wero thrown violently against
the wooden partition. Fisher was
bally injured internally. Plrllins es-
aped with severo bruises. Tho cox-
ain, Thomas Sullivan, was thrown
"Sainst the side of tho launch, but
as only bruised, and the sailor with
bun was completely blackened by soot,
butnnhurt. Dr. Diibose lm,l t.w f.nnr.
teeth knocked out.
BONES WERE MOVED.
"worn Whll mini's (irave nt Whitman
M Union Opened.
Valla Wall n toi.
"Iwnoon Marcus Whitman's grave, at
"Ultnifin Tritauirtn .......... . : 1 .
W ' ovcu uiuea west, ui
H Walla, was opened, prenaratory
tho erection of a mausoleum of brick
M granite thereon by the Whitman
Memorial Association. President Pen
JWi of Whitmiui college; a few stu
leots and nowspaper men only were
I'Wnt, besides the contractors.
fir the surface of the mound in one
"". four skulls nearly intaot were
'HOOVnrurl. l., - .
, a numner or. minor
The skull of Dr. Whitman was
-yized t,y the gold filling in one of
... mm u lomanawit wound at tne
of the skull.
til, wh'tman, his wife and 11 asso-
. massacred 50 years ago. are eup-
to be buried in the gravo.
ine bones were brought to this city
'""even n fn k i...:...i i...
m. After being placed iu a glass
ill b pecllon Ior a few dav8i ll'ey
10 moir resting-place,
Ue mausoleum of brick and granite
"'"ed over them.
'ho Yerkes Tele
Willi
Chart t v T' . - Uotl ZS-
M" n (, " Yokes', splendid gift is
of ru- Possession of the university
IIIITna T).. ... .
'Crlroa 1 W,JWI l7 uuer noon, iur.
W n urma''y presented to President
vain Jm tl,e keJs to the obser-
ICdj. " ""iuib me 1 ernes teie-
L. " l.eremnnif,a niirprnn twn
. ud the greatest refraoting tele-
r1" the n-nrl.l 1.....: An
'fill la J j' ' ,,a"" tu-nniii
b, ', a?acnted and ready to be used
tlobe JrB iruui every part ot thu
rlSTr1.0'-004- "-The Sooth-
I . C1IC flonn .1.1. , .
pv ' "-m uurginrixni.
"red h k 8 piace waa en-
V,, . rlurs Sondav night, and a
Utha ?,?,Dg abot$20in cash aud
Uk ' beloniuS to the office
STARVED TO DEATH.
Out of a .'ovulation or Twenty-Five
Hun.lre.l, Oiilj i',ve Survive.
New York, 0,;t. 25.-A Herald dis
patcb from Havana savg; a locil
newspaper publishes and vouches for
the followini:: At Cli
district of San Julian, beloiiinii to tho
municipality of Melana del 'Sur theru
wore concentrated 2,5u0 persons. Theo
reconcentrados were the only inhabit
ants of the place. Now there are onlv
five survivors, tho rest having died of
hunger and fever. In Havana city it
ja no unusual sight to see 10 or 13
dead on one plaza early in the morn
ing. Tho employers employ regular
roundsmen to remove bodies from the
parks.
There is no abatement in the activity
of the rebels in tho western provinces'.
Tho special regiment of Veragua on
its way to tho liubi hills in Pinar del
Rio, stumbled aoross a dynamite bomb
find lost 10 killed nnd 41 wiiiimle.l.
Further on thev came across another,
but it failed to explode. Tho soldiers
became terrified and refused to proceed.
In Havana province 100 rehols of
Haoul Arango's command entered and
raided a town. They carried away a
quantity of clothing and provisions
without a shot, being tired by the garri
son. Near Artemisa, Havana province,
u band of insurgents under Aooa at
tacked and macheted the Spanish guer
illa force stationed on the Neptuno
estate.
In a railroad collision between Arte
misa and Mangas several soldiers were
killed.
Inhabitants of a suburb of Havana
report hearing firing just outside the
town last night. The tiring continued
for several hours, and this morning
some wounded troops were brought in.
No details of the fight have been ob
tained. Another Filihimter.
New York, Oct. 35. The Herald has
made investigation into the alleged de
parture of the filibustering expedition
from New York on the schooner Silver
Heels last Saturday. As to the suspic
ious circumstances attending tho depar
ture of the vessel, H. P. Krown, her
agent said: "There is nothing suspic
ious about the sailing of the Silver
Heels, h-ho took nothing which could
be regarded as contraband goods. She
sailed for Norfolk and Charleston in
search of a charter. As her agent, I
should certainly liavo known if she had
taken cargo from this port."
Despite the emphatic denial of
Brown, tho Herald learns from other
sources that the Silver Heels did leave
New York Saturday night loaded with
arms and ammunition, and that she
went direct to sea. At some point on
the high seas she is expected to trans
fer her cargo to another craft which
would havo armed men on hoard,
whose destination is Cuba. Tomas
Estrada Palma, tho Cuban representa
tive, said:
"I am positivo that no armed expedi
tion left this port for Cuba."
Hold-Up on SiMklyou Mountain.
Ashland, Or., Oct. 25. D. O. Pit
zer, a gardener, living four miles south
of Ashland, came to town this morning
and repoited that, while returning
from a trip to Northern California,
where ho had been with a load of pro
duce, and whilo on Siskiyou mountain,
near Steininan, where the stage road
crosses the railroad, at 7 o'clock last
evening, he was stopped by two high
waymen, who ordered him down from
his wagon withdraw!) levolvers, after
which they rifled his pockets of a sack
containing $48 in silver, but over
looked $30 in gold in a trousers pocket.
The robbers then told him to get on
hia wagon and inako himself scarce,
which he did in a hurry, reaching his
home at 8 o'clock, and not reporting to
the local authorities until this morn
ing. The authorities are now investi
gating the case. Pitzer is not able to
give a very complete description of the
highwaymen.
Cherokee Are Arming.
Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 25. A spe
cial to the Gazette from Fort Smith
eavs: It hug leaked out here that the
full-blood Cherokees have been sec-etly
arming themsolves and securing large
quantities of ammunition for several
weeks, hut it baa been especially brisk
since the return of the attorney sent to
Washington to enjoin the Dawea com
mission from proceeding to make the
citizenship rolls. Tho majority of the
Cherokees are opposed to the treaty,
but the most bitter feeling is among
the ignorant full-blooda. They are
prepared to resist any attempt to
chango their tribal government. No
immediate outbreak is anticipated, but
a great deal depends upon the Bction of
the oouncil next Monday.
Tacom Woman Kill! Henelf.
Tacoma, Wash., Oct. 25.. Mrs.
Frank Alwyn, wife of a saloon-keeper,
shot herself in the breast at an early
hour this morning, dying almost in
stantly. The act was committed in
St. Joseph's hospital, where she waa
admitted last night. She carefully
planned for her death, wrapping her
self in a rubber blanket, bo the bed
clothing would not become bloody.
She left a note saying phe was tired of
life with directions for her funeral.
In a bureau waa found a shroud, made
by herself, with a card pinned on it
upon which waa "Bury roe in this.
Mrs. Alwyn waa 26 ycara old.
FIGHT IN THE HILLS.
Brave CharBe or BrltiH Troop, on
Sumara llungu.
Simla, Oct. 22. According to ad
vices from Fort Lookhardt, tlie tribes
men having occupied Dargari ridge,
which commanded Chagru, on the Sa
mara range, General Uigsssent the sec
ond division this morning to dislodge
them. The. position was a very strong
one, on the summit of a precipitous
hill, reached by a single path along
which the attacking force, consisting of
the Unerka regulars and the Dorsetshire
regiment, was obliged to climb in In
dian file, three batteries meanwhile
shelliug the ranges.
The British suffered a temporary
check when they reached the open
space, and were exposed to an accurate
fire. After a prolonged artillery fire,
the Guerkas were reinforced bv the
Gordon Highlanders. Then followed a
magnificent rush across the open space.
in i n wo ot n mnMr"!" f'.iiU'.id".
The enemy stood their ground until the
British reached the rocks below, down
which the tribesmen could not see to
fire, and they fled pell-mell. The
losses of the Guerkas and the High
landers were severe.
According to later advices. General
Biggs advanced at daybreak, by way of
unagru Jvotal, with Brigadier-General
Kemster's brigade leading. It was
nearly 10 o'clock when the enemy be
gan a long-range fight. The three
mountain batteries massed on Chagru
Kotal replied, while the Gordon High
landers pushed through to support the
first line, firing volleys at long range.
The tribesmen reserved their tiro until
the Guerkas reached the zigzag path
under the perpendicular cliff, where
Major Jennings Bromley was killed on
Monday in the fighting between the
Biggs brigade and tho insurgent tribes
men from Chagru.
Three British companies crossed the
zone of fire at a rush, sustaining heavy
losses, whilo the remainder deployed to
the left to intercept a flank attack
threatened by some 7,000 of the enemy
from that direction. The Dorsetshire
regiment attempted to support three
companies of Guerkas, but was kept
back by the enemy, who remained cool,
and reserved their lire until the British
were well exposed.
At 1 P. M. matters looked sorious,
as the gun fire, thongh maintained by
a mountain battery from Fort Gulistan,
had failed to dislodge the enemy. Gen
eral Kemster thereupon went forward
in person, moving up the Gordon High
landers and the Third Sikh regiment
into the fighting line. A systematic
assault was then organized, and 2,000
men, with fixed bayonets, stood wait
ing for tho order to advance. -
Three minutes before the word of
command was given, General Kemster
telegraphed back instructions to the
artillery company to concentrate their
forces. Kighteen pieces of artillery re
sponded, and, under cover of this fire,
the leading company of the Highland
ers, amid perfect silence, rushed into
the fire zone. Half of tho men dropped,
hut tho remainder pushed gallantly on
until they reached the cover whero the
Guerkas lay. The rest of tho force
streamed after them and the tribesmen,
seeing that most of the troops had
passed the fire zone, fled up the hill,
and collected under cover of tho cliffs.
Tho Highlanders nnd mixed regi
ments, after pausing a moment to take
breath, again advanced to the assault
and 20 minutes luter the position was
won. Tho ridge was stormed at 3
o'clock. From noon until that hour,
the tribesmen, sheltered in the sugars,
stood the bombardment, beating their
drums, waving their standards, shout
ing defianoe, and maintaining a hot firo
on the advancing soldiers.
General Biggs will continue the ad
vance so as to hold the frontal hills and
push on to Kharappa, where ho will be
joined by Sir William Lockhardt.
Throughout yesterday the tribesmen
continued their work of building breast
works on the summit.
HUGE GAME PRESERVE.
A Mliaourl Sporting Club Will Eitalillnh
It Shortly.
St. Louis, Oct. 23. Deeds will be
signed today completing the purchase
of the last 780 acres of a tract of land
in Iron county, Mo., that is designed
to form one of the greatest gamo pre
serves in the United States. Pur
chases of land in tho vicinity of Ironton,
Mo., have been preparing for several
months until there has at last been
quietly bought enough lind to serve
the purpose indicated.
The purchaser is the Mountain and
Lake Hunting anl Fishing Club, in
cluding in its membership many well
known men in St. Louis. Charlea
Lewia, ex-member of the city council,
is vice-president, Charles Huff, secre
tary and John W. Peckington, treas
urer. The tract selected for tho pur
poses of the club is in the richest game
portion of Missouri, in a valley nur
rounded by the Ozark mountains.
The intention of the club is to pre
sent the preserve to the state at the ex
piration of 60 years, provided the plans
of the club succsesfully carry out.
Within 50 years it is believed by the
club, tho preaerve will be the most ex
tensive and richest in game in the
United States.
Aa aoon aa the papera are drawn up
work will be commenced in anticipa
tion of favorable action by the legislature.
RELEASED BY WEYLER.
Evangelina't Accomplice Freed From
the Isle of L'tnea.
Havana, Oct. 21. General Weyler
has ordered tho releaso from the lslo
of Pines, tho Spani.li penal settlement,
off the coast of Cuba, of 11 prisoners,
who were, it is alleged, concerned in
the uprising which resulted in the im
prisonment of Evangel ina Cossio y Cis
neros, who recently escaped from the
Casa Recogidas, in this city, and who
is now in New York.
Tho releaso of Abram Pohas, Juan
Espe'to Torres, Josa Bestard Godoy
and other political prisoners has been
also ordered by General Weyler.
The Spanish general, Jiminiz Castel
ianos, accompanied by his son, Lieu
tenant Castellanos, Captain Pedro
Aqnilaa, his aid do camp; 29 other
officers and 70 sick soldiers, have ar
rived bore from Puerto Principe.
Three additional survivors of the
vrncr nf tw cvistini ptpnmer Triton.
which went ashore between Dominica
and Mariel, on the coast of the prov
ince of Pinar del Rio, on Saturday last,
have arrived here. The scene among
the men, women and children, the sur
vivors state, was terrible. When the
Triton foundered there wore 230 per
sons aboard, passengers and crew, and
so far only 4i) of this number have been
heard from.
8tarvet! In Havana.
New York, Oet. 21. Aspeoeial from
Havanc via Jacksonville says: Y. II.
Hughes, correspondent of Blaok and
White, of London, was found dead on
the Prado in this city Thursday night.
He recently visited Pinar dol Rio with
a pass from the military governor. A
party of Spanish guerrillas, however,
maltreated and robbed him. Ragged
and starving he eventually managed to
reach Havana. Having lost his pass
port he could neither establish his iden
tity nor cable his friends. The British
consul was unable to assist film, and,
being practically a stranger, he existed
on the streets until he was found by
the police, starved to death.
Hughes earned considerable reputa
tion as war correspondent both in West
ern Afrioa and Egypt. He was a son of
Surgeon Hughes, a retired officer of the
British navy.
GEORGE M. PULLMAN DEAD.
The Tnlnee-Car Magnate Expires of
Heart Dltteane at Chicago.
Chicago, Oct. 21. George M. Pull
man, the palace-car magnate, died at
his residence, Kighteenth street and
Prairie avenue, this city, at 5 o'clock
this morning. Mr. Pullman, who was
in his 66th year, had not been enjoying
hia usual good health during the sum
mer. Tho extreme heat of last week
greatly aggravated his disease, known
to medical science as angina pectoris,
but no serious trouble was anticipated.
Mr. Pullamii was at his offioe in the
Pullman building yesterday, and dined
with his friends at his club. Later in
the evening he remarked having a slight
pain in the back, lie retired at his
usual early hour.
At 4 o'clock this morning his house
hold was awakened by a disturbance in
Mr. Pullman's chamber, and, upon en
tering, found him standing in the cor
ner of tho room, dazed and apparently
suffering excruciating pains in tho re
gion of the heart.
Rev. H. M. Eaton, who was visiting
Mr. Pullman, called Dr. Frank Bill
ings, the family physician. Restora
tives were applied, but to no purpose,
and at 5 o'clock the millionaire passed
away without speaking, and with
scarcely a struggle.
DYNAMITE IN HIS POCKET.
Terrible Effects of an Explosion In a
Youngster's Clothes.
Springfield, Mo., Oct. 21. Raymond,
the 12-year-old son of A. D. Allen,
stenographer in the circuit court, werft
to school this morning, carrying a por
tion of a stick of dynamite. The ex
plosive, which the boy had found in a
stone quarry, was in his pocket with a
knife, top, marbles and a quantity of
other things common to a boy'B pockets.
In getting into his seat, the boy banged
his dangerous collection of old junk
agaiust the desk, causing an explosion
which will probably cost him his life,
and which was heard for several blocks.
The child's right hand was blown off
and in his right groin a terrible wound
was inflicted, from which the surgeons
say he cannot recover. The teacher,
Miss Mack, was close by, and had lior
dresi torn into shreds, but she was not
hurt. The explosion caused a panic
among the other children, and several
were hurt in trying to gut out of tho
building.
Killed by an Unknown Man.
Bakersfield, Cal., Oct. 21. .1. C.
Mavis, a well-known barber of thiscity,
was assassinated last night by some un
known man. The weapon used was a
pistol, fired at close range, the ball en
tering the left cheekbone. The pocketa
were pulled out a little, as if rifled.
His watch waa not taken, and the pistol
he carried was atill in hia pocket.
Poisoned by Verdigris.
Genoa, Oct. 21. Four hundred eml
ganta on board the Italian steamer
Agordat, have been poisoned by verdi
gris.wlkich had become attached to ves
sels in which their food waa cooked.
It is expected many sufferers will lose
their lives aa a result of this acciden.
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
;OmceotPownlnB, ITnrWis & Clilciwo
Board ofTnuic Ilrokcrs. 711-711 Chamber of Com
merce luiilding, l'urlluml, Ori-Bou.j
The past week has been a very quiet
one in tho grain trade, with narrow
fluctuations. Europe took 6,300,000
bushels of our wheat, and from other
countries about 3,000,000 bushels.
A dispatch to the London Timoa
from Buenos Ayres says that there havo
been good rains in the south and a
slight rainfall in the north, so that the
harvest is now secure. It is estimated
that 1,000,000 tons of wheat will bo
exported.
Broomhall, a commercial authority
of Liverpool, cabled that a special
agent investigated crop conditions in
Russsia and pronounced the spring
wheat crop in tho important southoatil
district to yield not over bO per cent oi
last vear.
T.io icce its of spring at Minneapo
lis by the flouring mills havo been vory
larga, running as ingn us 1,100 uain iu
one day. The American visible supply
increased 1,136,000 bushels, and now
totals 23,030,000 bushels. A year ago
today the visiblo increased 3,411,000)
bushels and totalled 64.858,000
bushels.
Regarding the fall wheat. Muoh re
lief in the drought regions has been ex
perienced by quito extended raina,
which in many places were fairly lin
eral, and in others less important. Tha
effect has been to revive cheerfulness
and confidence where the seriousness of
drought conditions was having a dis
couraging influence. These rains have
not accomplished all that is needful,
but if they be soon followed by mora
moisture there will be much done to
overcome the drawbacks whioh have
been attending autumn seeding opera
tions. It is yet too early to offer an explicit
opinion as to tho probable relative area
of autumn sown wheat, but it now
seems practically conclusive that there
will be shown considerable gain over
last year. It is in evidence that Oc
tober sowings of wheat if followed with
ordinary favorable venditions may be
expected to result well, and in fact the
wheat sown as late as the middle of
November bus possibilities favoring a
good yield.
The rains have had the effect to
weaken tho market Bentiment to some
extent, and wheat valueB have receded.
Other influences havo also had more
or less bearing in the same direction.
The large foreign demand whioh sorved
in an important degree to stimulate the
advancing tendency of values some
weeks ago has been modified, as might ,
have been expected as a natural result
to follow that abiiorinul activity.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla, 7980c; VaU
ley and Bluestem, 8283o per bushel.
FourBest grades, if 4. CO; graham,
$3.70; superfine, $2.50 per barrel.
Oats Choico white, 3334c; choice
gray, 3l32c per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $1920; brow
ing, $20 per ton.
Millstiffs Bran, $14 per ton; mid
dlings, $21;. shorts, $15.50.
Hay Timothy, $12 012.50; clover,
$1011; California wheut, $10; do
oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $010 per
ton.
Eggs 20c per dozen.
Butter Fancy ercamnry, 45(3)fi0n;
fair to good, 3b40c; dairy, 25(g36u
per roll.
Cheese Oregon, 1 1 Jo; Young
America, lSjc; California, 0l()o
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.00(3
2.50 per doezn; broilers, $1.50 (it 2. 00;
geese, $4.005.00: ducks, $3.004.00
per dozen; turkeys, live, 80o per
pound. ,
Potatoes Oregon Burbanka, 3540o
per sack; sweets, $1.40 per cental. '
Onions Oregon, new, red, 00c; yel
low, 80c per cental.
Hops 815c per' pound for new
crop; 1890 crop, 67o.
Wool Valley, 14($10c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 712c; mohair, 80o
per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, $2. 50 2.00; rircasod mutton,
5o; spring lambs, 5o per pound.
HogB Gross, choice heavy, $4. 60t
light and feeders, $3. 004. 00; dressed,
$5.500.000 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $2.75(i3.00;
cows, $2. CO; dressed beef, 45o per
pound.
Veal Large, 45c; small,
6o per pound.
Reattle Market.
Butter Fancy native creamery,
brick. 23 25c; ranch, 1010c.
Cheese Native Washington, 10
12c; California, 0!o.
Eggs Fresh ranch, 26c.
Poultry Chickens, livo, per pound,
hens, 10c; spring chickens, $2.50(3
8.00; ducks, $3.50(94.00.
Wheat Feed wheat, $27 per ton
Oats Choice, per ton, $21 22.
Corn Whole, $22; cracked, per ton,
$22; feed meal, $22 23 per ton.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$22; whole, $23.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef,
steers, 6c; cows, 6c; mutton sheep,
0.:; pork, 6)c; veal, small, 0.
Fresh Fish Halibut, 4c: salmon, 4
5c; salmon trout, 8c; flounders its
sole, 84; ling cod, 45; rock cod,
6c; smelt, 2c
FreBh Fruit Apples, 40(3565o per
box; Salaway peaches, 6000c; clings,
3040o; prunes, 4($o per pound;
pears, 75c(g$l per box.