Resume of Events in
Northwest. '
the
IlDENCE OF STEADY GROWTH
Gathered In All the
. . Bint....
Towns of
-Improve
Our eignui-i
neat to All Imluitriea Oregon.
matilla county recently bought a
lias iuui ivju
lotion nf Lostine. Wallow
JAIJO - - . '
lnty, is now estimated at 176.
.. months ago only 40 people wert
"ling there.
i farmer of Tangent has nearly
!y tor trial a steam plow tnat lie
jg invented, and which he thinks
plow 15 acres or gronna in a ciay.
!A Carry oounty man soon expects to
tin manufacturing barrels in which
pack dsn. A numuer oi sucn uarreis
i used on the Coquille, and some on
lies and Elk rivers. (
George H. Tolbert, who is in charge
the Rogue river salmon hatchery
Jtion, says that 1,679,800 eggs have
in taken. Some of the eggs now
pen are hatching.
Tie cannery at Kernville near the
Inuth of the Silotz river, in Lincoln
iinty. did a good business for the
jason just closed. It is reported that
canned about 10,000 cases of salmon.
Track laying on the Astoria & Co
imkia Rivei railway was completed
i Aldrich point Monday night. The
Li-laying machine has been side-
eked at Knappa, and the work is
lit being done by hand.
Fisli have been plentiful on' the
learns of Curry county this fall. One
'Herman caught 250 big salmon in the
lies in one night. Flora creek, Sixes
id Elk rivers, Rogue river and the
i.etco are all good salmon streams.
An Oalkand, Cul. , man ' estimates
ut the amount of apples contracted
Br in Coos county this season, includ-
; those already shipped, figures up to
1,000 boxes, and several thousand
re boxes are being held for higher
ices.
Baker City is the only citv in Eastern
won with a gas plant. There is also
i electric light plant. Three new re
us have been added to the gas plant.
Si half a mile of additional main
es have been laid since September
) last.
The cannery in Marshfield shutdown
Mt week. The pack for the season
pounts to 8,500 cases, of which about
caBes are chinook. Some of the
klteries are still running, and the fish-
!aen will probably continue opera
ns until the middle of the month.
A thoroughbred trotter ju3t 40 inches
h and weighing 900 pounds was
fought into The Dalles recent!;-.
Mammal is well built, and nerfectlv
ped in body, but his legs are con
Jerably shorter than those of a normal
. He was raisel in the Willam-
te vallev.
The horse cannery at Linnton is fur
ling a market for considerable num.
M cayuses from Eastern Oregon and
ngton, and will in time relieve
e ranges of a large number of useless
One day last week 16 calroads
d through Ihe Dalles on the way
Linnton. They were a lot of ponies
nthe Warm Springs reservation.
Washington.
Abon' t750,000 will ba naid out for
m at Tekoa this year.
4 new brewery in Colfax will beign
Nations this week.
Tl' Proprietors of the Teltna mills
r 3U.00 bushels of wheat now in
"nu are running on full time.
Tare Shinning lama minntitios nf
to China and .In nnn nml t.hpii py.
N trade is increasing rapidly. .
ue Hundred and Hnvnntv.fla Chi.
arrived at Tacoma on the steamer
n'J" 'ft week, en route from the
!lt i "Morion mr roniano,
1 1 .landing they and their baggage
- inspected by Chinese Inspector
V. and then put aboard cars and
-"lea to the metropolis.
A California i ; j-
i Pi I cn8'Jers a good lead on
onth ' river- 18 miles from the
Jl',nLallam c"ty. The ore
fs.sa in gold and 17 cents
P3T nf 0 t-, """J omening um-
r(m, n.Fra,,cisc. offered to take
;ion ,u"8 01 "e ore at the assay valu-
e reoeint. at v. v . ...i
,;A0rlast month were $16,268.21.
m all paid in silver, making a
r T lon Ior captain u.
nth h I handle duri"8 the first
See. T ,n cnar8e of th8
"n th ,1 " the lareest month's busi
in " ha8 "er been done in the
' me office.
, Position to establish, in Seat
's h f0r tl,e manufacture of
Wrnl n laid before the chamber
'Ue P? bIr,Ving AvreB' treRBnr-
m Francj olleei metal works, oi
Htnh v. " investigating
lt, ,n.able advantages of such a
' th. 1 n hls rePrt to the directors
rNewmiVK !ul w"omne is one.
fori the inuaration of the en.
TREATY WITH
Rcctprovnl Arriieeineiit Will lie En.
tertul Into.
-Washington, Nov. 15. Definite ar
rangements have been made for taking
up the subjects of a reciprocity treaty
betweun tbo United States and Canada
and to this end meetings have been ar
ranged for between John W. Kasson,
who is especially delegated by Presi
dent McKinley to conduct reciprocity
negotiations, and Sir Wilfred Lamier,
the Canadian premier, and Sir Louis
Davies, the minister of marine. This
is the result of the long and friendly
conference held yesterday between Sec
retary Sherman and Sir Wilfred. The
meeting will bo held during the present
visit of the Canadian officials, but no
exact time for it has yet been fixed, as
it win depend somewhat on the time
whicii can be spared from the Behring
sea sessions. Arrangements are also
contemplated for taking up the question
of border immigration, North Atlantio
fisheries, lake fisheries and all other
subjects affecting the two countries.
The meeting with Mr. Kasson will,
however, be confined to reciprocity, as
he is delegated bv the nresident. tn front
on that subject alone. It is not ex-
pectea tnat the reciprocity treaty itself
bun be matured during the present trip
of the Canadian officials, the desire be
ing to arrive at some common under
standing at this time and perfect details
later.
A FRIENDLESS PEOPLE.
Spain's Efforts to rurchase Waralilpt
la a Failure.
London, Nov. 15. According to the
correspondent of the Daily Mail the
Spanish naval authorities seem to re
gard the Spanish navy as superior to
the navy of the United States, which
may explain some of the bellicose
utterances of the Spanish press.
In connection with Spain's hunt for
warships, American diplomats have
learned that Spain recently endeavored
to make an arrangement with Japan
whereby, in the event of war with the
United States, the SO or so warships
now building in various shipyards for
Japan would be transferred to Spain,
and it is supposed that, upon the failure
of these negotiations, the Spanish gov
ernment entered upon a deal with
Chile for the transfer to the Spanish
flag of several vessels aboat completed
for the Chilean republic
The diplomats referred to express
the opinion that, from the standpoint
of international law, the completion of
such a deal might he regarded as an
unfriendly aot toward the United
States.
Besides the Bothschilds, other prom
inent financiers of London and Paris
have entirely cut off the monetary sup
plies which Spain has hitherto succeed
ed in obtaining.
SOVEREIGN IS OUT.
Henry A. Hlekn, of New York, Head or
Knights of Labor.
Louisville, Nov. 15 James K. Sov
ereign, who has been general master
workman of the Knights of Labor for
the past four years or more, was this
afternoon relieved of his office by the
general assembly, which lias been in
session here since Monday. Under or
dinary conditions, Mr. Sovereign's
term of office would not expire until
next meeting. This, however, it is
said makes no difference with the or
der, whose general ofiioers during a
meeting are always in the hands of the
assembly, and can be chosen and de
posed at the will of the majority.
Along with Mr. Sovereign there were
three other officers retired because of
this meeting, viz: T. B. MoQuire,
general worthy foreman, of Amster
dam, N. Y.; Daniel Brown, of Mon
tana, and H. B. Martin, of Minneapo
lis, of the executive committee.
Henry A. Hioks, of district assem
bly 263, New York city, was chosen to
fill Mr. Sovereign's place, and I. D.
Chamberlain, of Pueblo, Colo., was
selected as general worthy foreman.
Stanfield Fitzpatrick, of Montreal, and
Henry Bostock, of assembly 800, glass
workers, were chosen as the two mem
bers of the executive board, the third
member being Andrew Best
Woman In Polities.
Tekamah, Neb., Nov. 15. Miss
Alice Thomason and Professor C. S.
Laughlin were married last evening.
The affair grew out of the eleotion.
Professor Laughlin has been principal
of the local high school for some time,
and Miss Thomason had been his as
sistant. He was a Republican and his
pretty helper professed the Populist
faith.
This fall Professor Laughlin became
a candidate for superintendent of pub
lio instruction in Burt county. The
Populibts induced Miss Thomason to
accept their nomination. The cam
paign became quite animated. Miss
ThomaBon made speeches in opposition
to Laughlin and the fight was spirited.
On the eve of eleotion, when it was
too late for the Populists to select a
new candidate, Miss Thomason with
drew from the race. As Mr. Laughlin
had practically no opposition he was
elected. The next day oards an
nouncing their approaching marriage
were sent out.
Both now Hdmit that they intended
to be married all the time, but thought
all was fair in politics and took this
method of being sure of the position
they coveted.
CANADA. 1 unuii-T.n i
w MURDER AT CARSON. wrr. v .., .
thanksgiving Proclamation lsaued at
Olrmpia.
Olympia, Nov. 12. Governor Rogers
'oday issued the following proclama
tion: "The people of Washington inhabit
a region favored of God. Here has
been made a wonderful provision for
the sustenance and pleasure of man.
Nowhere can he found so wide a diver
sity of natural opportunities; forest and
shore, mountain and plain, maritime
privileges elsewhere unequaled; vast
forests, inexhaustible mines, fertile
fields, a mild and equable climate,
beautiful mountains and smiling sea
here await in all their loveliness our
wish and pleasure.
" 'Westward the course of empire
has taken its wav.'
" 'Time's noblest offspring is Us
last.'
"Added to these natural opportun
ities and vast increasing values special
and peculiar blessings have been be
stowed upon us. The seasons have
been propitious, health is unimpaired,
our crops are the wonder of the world, .
our mines most productive, and the at
tention of our countrymen has been
attracted to this state as the one, above
all others, most favored of God; and,
with all this, and more,
"Peace like a river wide and free
o'erspreads the land.'
"That we have been given these
marks of divine favor is well calculated
to inspire us with thanktulness and to
cause us to employ that aid which
alone can enable us to perform the im
portant duties devolving upon us, for
the very ends of the earth are come
down to us, and destiny has manifestly
given into our charge weighty and sol
emn matters of high emprise.
"The recent discoveries of gold in
our own state and in the extreme
Northwest will, without doubt, in the
near future very largely increase our
population and our wealth. Pray God
wo prove worthy actors in the drama of
the future.
"Now, therefore, In conformity with
time-honored and long-established
usage, I, John R. Rogers, governor of
the state of Washington, do hereby ap
point Thursday, November 25, 1897,
as a day of public thanksgiving, to be
observed with appropriate services by
.all.
"Let us in our homes and in our
places of worship render thanks to God
for his abundant mercies.
"In testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and caused to be
affixed the great official seal of the
state of Washington. .
"Done at Olympia this 12th day of
November, in the year our of Lord,
eighteen hundred and ninety-seven,
and of the independence of the United
States the one hundred and twenty
seventh. God save the republic.
JOHN R. ROGERS.
"By the governor:
"W. D. Jenkins, secretary of state."
THE SUBPORT OF DYEA.
Ian Francisco Merchants Ask That It
Ba Closed.
San Francisco, Nov. 12. At a meet
ing of merchants and manufacturers in
terested in securing the Alaskan trade
for this city, Captain Goodall, a mem
ber of the firm in whioh United States
Senator Perkins is interested, stated
that whileupplies may be purchased
just as cheaply in this country as in
Canada, the purchaser will be obliged
to pay a duty of 20 per cent to carry
them through the British possessions.
On the other hand, theojening of Dyea
and Skaguay as subports of entry will
allow him to purchase them in Victoria
and carry them on to the mines duty
free.
Tin rlerdn.red that the establishment
of Dyea as a support of entry was an
injustico to the interests of the citizens
of the United States, and had been
granted at the request of the Canadian
Pacific railroad.
Tt. was ordered that the Joint com
mittee of the chamber of commerce,
board of trade and Merchants' Associa
tion be instructed to draft resolutions
calling on the proper authorities to
close the subport of entry at Dyea and
to co-operate with all the cities of the
Pacifio coast to that end.
OUT FROM DAWSON.
C. C. Burns Says fhe Klondikers An
Still Waiting for thm Boats.
Seattle, Nov. 12. The steamer
Homer arrived here this afternoon from
Juneau. Among her passengers was
n r Rnrna. who left Dawson City,
September 23. Burns poled np the
Yukon ana came out over ins uimuui
trail. He stated that when he left
Dawson no one had started down the
Yukon for provisions. The people
were daily expecting boats from St
Michaels. They thought that the boats
were delayed by accident, and knew
nothing of their inability to ascend the
river. Burns said there would be no
starvation at Dawson this winter,
though rations would be limited with
some.
According to Burns, the only new
gold discoveries made this year were on
Sulphur creek, and that field was not
proving so rich as Eldorado or Bonanza
creeks. Burns brought down with him
about $8,000 in nuggets and dust, the
result of two years' work.
United States Attorney Jones Killed
by a Boy.
Carson, Nov., Nov. 11.. The entire
state has been startled and shocked at
the murder late this afternoon of
Charles A. Jones, United States district
attorney, by Julian Guiuan, the 16-year-old
eon of a well-known physician.
The prominence of all connected with
the affair, the peculiar attendant cir
cumstances, and the suddenness of the
tragedy make it one of the most sensa
tional happenings in the history of
Nevada.
Jones' death was caused by a bullet
wound in the head, and for a time mys
tery surrounded every, circumstance
connected with the killing. At first it
was thought that Jones had committed
SUlciuiJ, but liu Mcauun being iuund on
his person nor near the scene of the
shooting, it became evident that bis
death had been causod by another, and
an hour later young Guinan surrendered
himself at the sheriff's office and con
fessed to the killing.
The statement of the youth, who is
now in jail, is to the effect that imme
diately prior to the shooting, be had
observed his sister talking to Jones,
with whom his father had forbidden
association, when be saw Dr. Guinan
approaching. Believing trouble to be
inevitable when the two men should
meet, the boy procured a Winchester
rifle and stationed himself at a window
of the house, as he says, for the pur
pose of protecting, his father. Upon
encountering Jones, Dr. Guinan said
to him:
"This is the last time I shall ever
warn you against keeping company
with my daughter."
Jones jeered at the dootor, in com
ment upon this warning, and slipped
his hand in his right-hand pocket.
Guinan states that he had often heard
his father threaten to kill Jones and
that the district attorney always carried
a revolver, which, he believed from
Jones' action, was about to be drawn,
and be fired at Jones in anticipation of
an nttack upon bis father.
Jones fell forward dead, the bullet
having entered above biB right eye and
passing out at the neck behind. Miss
Guinan, seeing Jones fall, threw her
self upon him and embraced the dead
body. When the coroner took charge
of the remains, Jones' hand was still
in his pocket, but no weapon waB found.
Jones was about 33 years old, was
married and left a widow and a child
at his home in Reno, whence he came
this morning on official business. He
was necessarily in CarBOn much of the
time, and while here his attention to
Miss Guinan occasioned so much talk
that Dr. Guinan had been aggravated
into making threats against Jones,
which indirectly led to the latter's
murder by the doctor's son. Jones had
served as district attorney during one
of the most stormy criminal sessions
ever held in the United States court in
Nevada, rendered notable by the proso
cution and conviction of those con
cerned in the notorious robberies at
the United States mint.
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION
Thursday, November 25, Designated by
Governor Lord.
Salem, Or., Nov. 11. The annual
Thanksgiving proclamation for the
state of Oregon was issued by Governor
Lord today. Following is tho full text
of the document:
"As the year draws to a close, it is
fitting that the people of our state ren
der grateful acknowledgments to the
Giver of All Good, for the many bless
ings and mercies vouchsafed to us dur
ing the past year. Public peace
has been maintained and social order
prevails throughout the state. We
have escaped famine and pestilence,
and every form of public calamity. Our
school system is enlarging the domain
of knowledge, and our charitable insti
tutions are extending relief to the
needy and distressed. We live nnder
conditions that are favorable to educa
tional progress, social reforms and polit
ical advancement; that secure equal
political rights, and the blessings of
civil and religious liberty; that pre
serve the public order, and maintain
the national credit; that stimulate in
dustrial activity and encourage com
mercial enterprise; that foster self-de-pendenoe
and individual worth; that
offer opportunities for intellectual
achievements and material prosperity,
and that insure the advantages of a free
and enlightened government. We have
every reason to rejoice and raise our
voices in praise and thanksgiving.
"In conformity, therefore, with the
proclamation of the president of the
United States, and in compliance with
time-honored custom, I, William P.
Lord, governor of the state of Oregon,
do hereby designate and set apart
Thursday, the 25th day of November,
1897, to be observed as a day of thanks
giving and prayer. In heartfelt recog
nition of abundant mercies, I rocom
mend that the people of the state re
frain on that day, as far as may be,
from their usual vocations, and that
they assemble in their customary places
of worship, and offer devout thanks to
the Ruler of the Uuiverse, and implore
his continued care and protection.
"Done at the capitol in Salem, Or.,
this 9th day of November, 'in the year
of our Lord one thousana eigni Hun
dred and ninety-seven."
In Japan the locks are placed upon
the jamb instead of on the door.
. . r i . mnimtl L.C I i C n.
Office of Downlnif, Hopkins & To., Chicago
Bonn! of Trade Brokers, 711-7U Chamber of Com
merce Building, I'oitland, On-guu.
In describing the local conditions of
the Chicago wheat market for Decem
ber delivery it is simply a matter of
opinion whether to assert tho market
is. manipulated or not. The latter
supposition is the more reasonable.
Stocks of oontraet wheat have been ex
h muted by tho unprecedented export
and interior demand. High valueB ob
taining have induced speculative short
sales, with the resulting condition of a
constantly oversold and congested mar
ket. Granting all of which to be true,
the general conditions which ordinarily
control values are so extremely favor
able to high prices that it is a matter
of great doubt as to whether specula
tion has played any important part in
advancing and maintaining values.
Export clearances of wheat and flour
for the week have been largo. The ex
port demand oontinuos urgent and
promises to increase rathor than di
minish. Stocks at market centers
show but a small increase for the season
compared with previous years, al
though the forward movement of the
crop lias been unusually large. Reooipts
at primary points are beginning to fall
off, and it is becoming more and more
apparent that the spring crop of the
Northwest has beon over-estimated.
The continued drought assures only a
moderate acreage seeded to winter
wheat, and that under favorable condi
tions. Crop advices from Argentine
continue conflicting and contradictory.
Advices from Australia assert that
their orop will be below an average and
give no surplus for export. France
continues to buy wheat freely. From
all reports, public and private, it is a
certainty that European stocks are un
usually small and European require
ments abnormally large. The prospect
for the immediate future seems to fully
warrant present values for wheat, and
should any disaster overtake the Argen
tine orop it is probable that they will
be fully maintained if not materially
advanced during the balance of our crop
year.
Tho situation regarding corn values
shows a decided improvement during
the week, although still possessing ele
ments of radical weakness. Stocks, al
ready larger than ever before recorded,
show no immediate signs of decreasing.
On the other hand, the ciinIi demand,
both for home consumption and ex
port, shows a gratifying increase. Val
ues are now 15 cents per bushel below
an average for tbo last ton yearB, and
the new crop is certainly below an av
erage in yield. There is little to war
rant a decline in supplies.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla, 7570c; Val
ley and Bluestem, 7778c per bushel.
Four Best grades, f-OO; graham,
3.70; superfine, $3.40 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 83 84c; choice
gray, 81 82c per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $19 20; brew
ing, $20 por ton.
Millstiffs Bran, $14 per ton; mid
dlings, $21; shorts, $15.50.
Hay Timothy, $12 12.50; clover,
$10 11; California wheat, $10; do
oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $9 10 per
ton.
Eggs 22 25c per dozen.
Butter Fancy creamery, 4550o;
fair to good, 3540c; dairy, 25 35c
per roll.
Cheese Oregon, lljo; Young
America, 12c; California, 010o
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.60
8.00 per doezn; broilers, $2.002.50;
geese, $5.00: ducks, $3.004.0O
per dozen; turkeys, live, 10c per
pound.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, 85 40c
per sack; sweets, $1.40 per cental.
Onions Oregon, new, red, 90cj yel
low, 80o per cental.
Hops 8 13c per pound for new
orop; 1896 crop, 07o.
Wool Valley, 1410o per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 712o; mohair, 20
22o per pound.
Mutton Gross, best feheop, wethers
and owes, $2. 50 2. 60; dressed mutton,
5c; spring lambs, 6o per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.50;
light and feeders, $3.004.00; dressed,
$4. 50 5. 00 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $2.753.00;
cows, $2.25; dressed beef, 46c per
pound.
Veal Largo, 45o; small, 6)4
6o per pound.
Seattle Market.
Butter Fancy native creamery,
brick, 2325o; ranch, 10 16c.
Cheese Native Washington, 10
12c; California, 9o.
Eggs Fresh ranch, 29 32c
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, 10c; spring chickens, $2.60
8.00; ducks, $3.60(24.00.
Wheat Feed wheat, $20 por ton.
Oats Choice, per ton, $20.
Corn Whole, $22; cracked, per ton,
$22; feed meal, $22 per ton.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$22; wholo, $22.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef,
steers, 6c; cows, 6o; mutton sheep,
6c; pork, 6.c; veal, small, 6.
Fresh Fish Halibut, 84c; salmon,
4 5c; salmon trout, 8o; flounders
and sole, 8 4; ling cod, 45; rock cod,
6c; smelt, 3ia.
Fresh Fruit Apples, 25c$l per
box; peaches, 76 80c; prunes, 8040o
wars. $1 ter box.