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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1898)
nerlifl ro the 'k home ,fl D. n!d tot 1 Hi then rrur. ion soil for e night iad just 1,1 garb, wt car( ae Jot I M ndfore, 'J Mr Thn 11 1 int ake nt him oat here? J (or it lorninj, nvemt ; tot i dotti 1 of lift Oh, the i I am i. Ym, neglitj r dawn- t Eft- Joomeil flight olher etemil vailed real to meter to onto on the onsof nil in I imeat, I lt-COD-1 ites il hln Id es the I ilause.l I lottjl which! i rath-1 rlduall ontin-l and! itont-l tot ffhlcs his i)i ldo all 1 of S . river II u ill nil Il:inrt "jlfbcrul Slice of the Empire. . .'J'li, Dee. 8,- 11 ia ri'I,nrtei1 !t the ilinirul of tho French l','.''s hoisted the French flag on ' jsiuiid. The Chinese offered usition. if The Confirmed. ,0n, Dec- 31. A dispatcn to tlia cimiiinis tlie reporieu seiz- , Hainan isianu oy io n is off the south coast of China, larates the Gulf of Tonquin from China sea. It has nn estimated 1 12 000 square miles, and a pop 1 of 1,000,000 Chinese, exclusive tribes in the interior. sgRetel by England. don, Dec. SL-The Tageliseh .that'i on wiiih u um' " t authority in JjOikuiii, ueuiarm Russia and China have been nego- f. w ninnttlK: that. ChilOl nj ior ipi list UOlOuer lu ll lunipoi.iry nation of Port Arthur and that Ll. liearing of this, demanded a t :l..ti.la ut. llon Ivitnir. ft on oi u" ' " o( coast opposite ivow Ijouii, aim mmithof tho Kivor Canton, but, . i., Frnnnn also wanted com- iition, England suggested that alio ,'ald take Hainan island. An Unnecessary Protest. Pjri9, UeC. OI "J-OU A lentil jnvno la .inning to protest loudy against vnr-h naotion in tne lar imisi, unu alleged subserviency of the govern- wt to Kussia. Waiting t"T t,,e ! Victoria, 13. c, ueo. m. ine om- .S and t';a3ui,:?c" vi ""'"l' mria. just in from tire Orient, say at all is excitement on tho other side the Pacific. People in all Urn walks espeot that there will bo a crash mnetliO great, powers over ineBuizuru li Jifferent ports in China. The fleets li each nation have been massed in liness, either to fight or to make a ho. The liritisn nagHiup centurion il Hong Kong, has been ordured to ejin no work that would delay her in dtt longer than 24 houis. Japanese iters are anxious for England to make .me move, but they advise Japan to ukea prudent attitude and simply itch the progress of events. The Ger- nn admiral, in a proclamation to tho residents of the districts seized by Ger ciny, advises them to continue their ticeful avocations, and warns thorn at any breaches of the law will be pmished. Tnere were at Nagasaki, December 8, nine Russian warships, no American cruisers, the Olyinpia lin dock), and the Boston, and the British cruiser Lamortal. Sine of tho Chinese bandits who took art m the murder of Chinese priests it Yen Chau Fu, which gave Germany i cause for the seizure of Kaio Chou hy, have been apprehended, and much of the plunder recovered. REINDEER WILL DIE. Ir. Xansen's Vtiim i-.. . iku Itftu-f i iM- Binghamton, X. Y.. D,.e. ao -Dr Nanscii, the A ret in pt,1.,- . '. Plan ofl.,in reindeer fur taking relief to tl. Kl,.! ' dike miner,. H said if ,. n,in,w,.r i were taken ovei hmd aer,s the m : hey would piohaldy reach Alaska in ' time to accunplisl, the desired object ! an.l ,f they could reach Alaska they' would bo of u-reat assistance in the re lief work. The difficulty would be t0 get the deer transported. j Dr. Nansen said tho moss on which the deer ed was about the nlv tod hey would eat, and they would "starve I before they would eat much of anv- , thing else. They had sometimes been ! trained to cat bread, but not verv uc- 1 cesst'ully. While tl nnco of moss in Xorwav, lie thought it would be impossible to gather it in such quantities as would be necessary for tho feeding of 500 deer in transpor tation from Norway to Alaska. The deer themselves seemed to know how to gather it better than human beings. He believed that if 500 reindeer were Bliipped from Norwav it nl.l i possible to keep more than a small per centage ot them alive until Alaska should be reached. According to his opinions, Iceland horses would be better for this work, for they would subsist on the moss of tho Arctic regions ami also on hay or other provender. They were also hardy, and would do the work after they reached Alaska almost as well as the deer. It would be much easier to transport them, lie said. HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION. ACTUAL STARVATION". MKT srtalf elfc dial Mlltl Uttli iratcf if tt al. iloil Ire ,tl La.l ed; ie The Partition of China. Washington, Deo. 81. The rapid norementof events in the far fcast con tinues to be an absorbina tonic in ilomatic circles huro, particularly at ioeembass.es and legations of the now oi which are aligning for an apparent struggle for Chinese territory. Thero unoturthertalk of the United States i possible factor in the contest, as the recent understanding at a cabinet meeting is accepted as removing this foverniaent from the field of contro versy. At the Bame time nn eminent author. "yon international affairs said today l Situation mnrht flnvo nn when United States would be called upon togo much further than protect Amor Mi interests at the treaty ports in unna. This situation would come, ha nttie scramble for Chinese terri- t7 went to tho extent of the extinc of China and the onmnletH nhsio n- '; of the old empire by foreign na tions. Such was the apparent drift of present movement, he said, and If ".""ainea reality, a condition would urn similar to the termination of tho Pwrnment of Poland. Poland had "jsblished a precedent in international ", he said, and follnwino that fwaient, if China was to be absorbed, wasa question of which the United tes ln common with all the nations, take cognizance. Until this final Bwement w..,,rm,i i : ll ' . . vn, iiutvovcr, lb HUB Win that the United States had no In "t in the fencing botween the Euro F ni,tl0n3 and Japan for coaling sta- UMand ports Oil t.h Aaiutin nnimt. tnprrasp in f... i. . "shintrton. Don si Th f..-v,n "Smonthlv 'm expenditures will show a ay! , lnc,ease in tho revenue. To ys increase from customs alone was ii'rl.1 ' the h'gliest figure reached t he new tariff law went into effoct. thI . me9d,lrin8 the last few week .uni8 revenues exceeded $600, olt'h . Ccordin?to tl18 expectations illL i 8Ury offlc'n'8. those figures "tite r '7 mftintaine(1 for'n inIefl thii m "u" ne Increase from customs embeh probably excce1 No" ft montl 8 a lare snrPlus for tne dS Cyrus wen f ernor Altgeld's tutor, has bJj ;om Kansas! to Chicago, and it fcnZ he and Altgeld will form a Wt0er8a'P early next year. Recent Events in tho East Will Trob. ably Haaten the Event. Washington, Deo. 80. "Affairs in China and the East generally," said Senator Cullom, "have put an entirely different complexion upon Hawaii's prospects for annexation. Since con gress adjourned for the holidays there has been a marked change of sentiment concerning Hawaii, and it would not surprise me if tho pending treaty should be ratified by the necessary two thirds of the Benate. "It would be the height of folly to let such an opportunity slip as Hawaii presents to the United States at such a critical time. Here is a most desirable piece of property only waiting for a nod from Uncle Sam to become his own, without firing a gun or precipitat ing any troub.e. "As son as congress meets we will get at the treaty, and my impression is that a number of senators who have, hitherto been against ratilication will be found on our side. It lias always been my opinion that we ought to have Hawaii, and I ain confirmed in this be lief more than ever by the recent course of events in the Orient." FIRST COLONY READY. Progress of the Salvation Army's Work ln Callforniu. Now York, Dec. 80. Commander Booth-Tucker has started for California to complete the work of founding the first of the Salvation Army colonies in this country at Soledad near Monterey. Most of the cottages have already been built and tho work of cultivation is well installed on the farm of 600 acres, but numerous applicants are ready to start the moment Booth Tuck er reaches San Francisco. The commander said that there was no doubt that tho experiment would prove a great success. Clans Sprockles, he said, is erecting a million dollar beet-sugar factory in the immediate neighborhood, which will be able to consume all that the colonists can pro duce, and the product of as many farms as they may care to start in tho neighborhood. "I shall spend several weeks in tho West and take a look at our Colorado farm in the Arkansas valley before I return," said the oommander. "A del egation of men connected with a tin ning establishment in Chicago recently camo to me and asked that I establish a farm near that city. They were not out of work, but said they would rather go into something that promised a permanent occupation than to remain whero they wore." Dan Daly's Bad Fall. Boston, Dec. 80. Dan Daly, the popular comedian, and one of the lead ing lights in the "Belle of New York" company,-received probably a fatal in jury at the Park theater lust night. At the close of the first act Daly makes a "flying entry," sliding in on an in clined wire. In some way either the wire or handle broke, Daly falling to the stage, striking on the shoulders and back of the head. Two physicians were summoned from the audience, and worked over him half an hour, but could not bring him back to consciousness. Ho was then sent to the Massachusetts general hospital, and at an early hour he was still unconscious, the physicians believ ing he was suffering from concusBion of the brain. Ctioa, N. Y., Deo. 29.-A special from Amsterdam says that one of the engine houses of the San ford carpet mills was wrecked by an e'08'""' presumably of dynamite, at 10.30 o'clock. Only two walls standing. Few facts can ueac. FRUITGROWERS' CONVENTION. ri-oumnd, orrulmns Are In the l)i,.,.,t DiMrcta. Washington, Dec. 29. The most profound distress prevails anions manv thousands of people in Cuba. Starva tun niit only impends, but is an actual tact. The president has been informed of the facts from sources whose reliabil ity cannot bo doubted. 1 1 b the length of ids constitutional power j Lining tno state of affairs to the at tention of the American people. The state department lias used all of its authority to mitigate conditions, and the letter to the public sent out by Sec retary Sherman the day before Christ mas pointed out tho way to further alleviate the miserable condition of the concentradoes. Today tho sum of ?."),000 was received by Assistant Secre tary Day from certain charitably dis posed persons, whoso names aro not disclosed, and this sum will be remit ted by telegraph tomorrow morning to Consul-General Leo for disbursement among the more pressing cases. It is hoped by the department of state that the Americi n people will come to tho relief, and promptly, by subscrip tions of money, clothing and supplies of various kinds. The newspapers aie expected to lend a generous aid in carrying forward this movement. The machinery for distributing has been provided by the stuto department, and Consul-General Lee has undertaken, with the aid of the American consular agents in Cuba, to give personal atten tion to tho alleviation of distress by tho distribution of the gifts of the Amer ican people. One line of steamers ply ing between New Vork and Havana the Ward line it is said, has under taken to forward any contributions of goods to General Lee, at Havana, and it is believed that the American rail roads will do their part by carrying tho goods to tho seaboard. The Spanish authorities have con sented to remit all duties on relief sup plies so forwarded. The state depart ment directs that they be sent direct to Consul-General Leo, either money draft, or check, or goods. Consul General Lee tonight cabled the state department just what is wanting at this juncture, and his list is as follows: Summer clothing, second-hand or otherwise, principally for women and children; medicines for fevers, includ ing a large proportion of quinine; hard bread, corn meal, bacon, rice, lard, potatoes, beans, peas, salt fish, prin cipally codfish; any canned goods, es pecially condensed milk for the starving children. Money will also be useful to secure nurses, medicines and for many other necessities. BURNED TO DEATH. Terrible Fate of a Woman and Tier Aged mother. Pittsburg, Dec. 29. .During a fire at New Haven, a suburb of this city, in the residence of Mrs. Mary Ann Browdy, this evening, Miss Nancy Browdy, aged 46, was bunred to death, and the mother, aged 76, was so badly burned that she cannot survive the night. Miss Browdy, who came here about a month ago from Butte, Mont., to visit her mother, lost her life in try ing to Bave some personal property. She went to the upper floor after the flames had made good headway on the structure, and was suffocated. When the bouse had been gutted , tho body of Miss Browdy was seen hanging over a joist, and, in the presence of about 500 people who had gathered at tho scene, was literally burned to a crisp. The mother threw herself into tho burning building twice in an endeavor to save her daughter, but each time was dracged back, not, however, until she was so badly burned that the physicians say she cannot recover. THE CZAR ADVANCING. Klnehau, a Remarkable Point of Vant age, Now Occupied. St. Petersburg, Deo. 29. The Rus sians have occupied Kinchau, north of Port Arthur. Can Defy the World. San Franoisco, Dec. 29. E. L. Shep hard, who recently returned from China, where he had an official posi tion, commenting upon the reported occupation of Kinchau by Kussia, said today: "Kinchan is an important walled city (not an open port), at the head of the gulf of Lau Tung, and it commands the mouth of the liverYalu, whore the battle botween the Japanese and Chinese was fought, and the other im portant rivers which flow into the gulf. It is about equally distant betweon the mouth of the Ynlu river and tho ter minus of the great wall of China. It commands the railway system recently constructed from Tien-Teen to the cap ital of Manchuria, and is of pre-eminent importance as a strategic post. "The seizure of the point shows that Kussia has practically taken possession of Corea, Manchuria and the gulf of Lau Tung, and possesses a significance which will cause consternation among the diplomats in the Old World. Its situation is such that its possession practically places Russia in a position to defy the world." The gizzard of a hen recently killed at Covington, Ga., contained 21 brass tacks, 81 birdshot, two pins, a tiny brass ring, a bit of steel and some crushed brass caps. WEEKLY MARKET LETTER. A on mil Meeting to He Held in Portland January 11, 1J and 13, 1K1IS. The arrangements for the meeting of the Northwestern Fruitgrowers' Asso ciation, for the state of Oregon, Idaho, Washington and British Columbia, which will he held in Portland, January 11, 12 an.l 13,' 1SUS, are well under way. The committees upon whom the suc cess of this meeting depends are: Executive committee Bnell Lam berson, chairman; Henry K. Dosch, secretary-treasurer; H. il. Williamson, L. M. Spiegel, Alfred Tucker and Frank Lee. Transportation A. H. Devers, II. K. Lewis and T. D. Honeymau. Finance L. M. Spiegel, Edward Hughes, David M. Dunne, J. H. Hazel- tine ami Mark Lew. Exhibit F. II. Paget John A. Bell, W. F. Carroll, Mark Levy, M. L. Har vey, and ono from each county and fruit district within tho territory oov ered by the association. Arrangements C. V. Coper, H. M. Williamson, Frank Leo, E. C. Masten and Alfred Tucker. Chairman Buell Lamberson and Sec retary Henry E. Dosch of the executive committee, will act as ex-oliicio mem bers of tho Bub-committees. Tlio meetings heretofore held by this association at Walla Walla and North Yakima were very successful, being not alone profitable to those at tending the meetings, but beneficial to tho entire fruit interests. Representa tive men from far and near wero pres ent to discuss tho various phases of the growing industry. Tho foregoing committees are fully alive to tho situation and aro now ac tively at work to make it surpass any of tho prior meetings held. Already many letters havo been received by the chairman and secretary from various cities within the limits of tho associa tion, as well as fiom other states, from St. Paul, Omaha and Chicago, asking about reduced transportation rates. The transportation companies with the usual courtesy extended to this as sociation, have made tho rate on tho Northern Pacific, Great Northorn, and Union Pacific lines, ono aud one-fifth fare; and on the Southern Pacific lino one and one-third fare for tho round trip. Tho apparent difference of rates is caused by tho Southern Paciilo's low er tariff rate, it being only four cents per mile as against a fivo-cent per mile rate of the other companies. Thoy have also expressed a willingness to trans port all legitimate exhibits of fruits, both fresh and evaporated, trees, etc, free of charge. Such exhibits should be carefully laboled, packed and shipped to Buell Lamberson, 180 Front street, Porthuid, on or before January 5. The programme, which is now boing arranged and will be published later, will cover all tho qustions pertaining to tho fruit interests, notably the ship ping of fresh fruits to Eastern markets at a profit to tho grower. This will be thoroughly discussed, especially the charges by refrigerator car companies, which must be adjusted on a livo-and-let-live basis, Oray'a Harbor Lumber Shipments. That tho Gray's harbor country has enjoyed a fair degree of prosperity dur ing the year 1897 is shown by the for eign lumber shipments as compared with those of 1890, tho increase being nearly 800 per cent. In 1890, only 11 vessels with lumber sailed from that harbor for foreign ports, the aggregate amount of lumber being 3,400,000 feet, while during the present year 22 ves sels cleared from Gray's harbor, carry ing 10, 049, 000 feet of lumber, valued at $110,000. Of the 22 vessels clearing for foreign ports from Gray's harbor during tho present year, 10 of them loaded at tho mills in Aberdeen 14 at tho West & Slade mill, with cargoes amounting in the aggregate to 5 828, feet, and two at Wileon Bros. & Co. 's mill, whoso cargoes aggregated 073,000. Tho E. K.Wood mill at Hoqniam, shipped four cargoes foreign, 2,782,000 feet, and the Northwestern Lumber Company two cargoes, aggregating 1,(100,000 feet. Most of this lumber went to Mexi can ports, although Honolulu received several cargoes, while Africa, New Caledonia, Australia, and Peru each received one cargo. At tho present time the mills have orders for foreign cargoes of lumber, and the owners an ticipate that tho 1898 foreign trade will greatly exceed that of 1897. Northwest Notes. The presiding elders of the Methodist Episcopal church, comprising all the elders in tho Pacilio Northwest, will hold a convention in Spokane on the 11th, 12th and 13th of January, 1898. Bishop Cranston, of Portland, will preside. A logger at Seaside, Or., says that he proposes to put in 9,000,000 foot of logs before the end of tho freshet season next year. The timber will be taken from the Scot ban, Bracker, Eberman, Gearhart and Starr places, near Holi day Park. Hops in Yakima seem to be a drug on the market, notwithstanding high quotations elsewhere. Local buyers say that choice grades can easily find sale at 13) oents, but they maintain that only one or two choice lots remain in the valley, and that the best of the poorer qualities left are not worth more than from 9 to 10 cents. Offlc of Pen nine, Honking Si Co.. riitcaeo Board oi Trade Brokers. 711-71 ll'hnmuer oil urn Uierwe Building, fonliind, Orem.u.j The trade has fallen into- a way of thinking that tho big receipts of tho past week will clean up. the surplus wheat that is liable to eomo out at present prices. Most of this wheat is contract, when it is nil. in tho bulls think that they will control tho situa tion. In tho Northwest th claim is made that 80 per cent of tha crop has boon marketed, and that country elevator stocks aro very light compared with previous years. Every one is looking for a sharp falling off in receipts after the first of tho year; also for higher prices, while the- situation on all sides is admittedly bullish tho world over, tho prices havo not responded to what the bulls think tho position of stocks to estimate requirements justifies. They have fixed tho standard of values in their own minds, and because they are not realized the feel disappointed. -Most of them are too much inclined to lose sight of tho fact that tho price ot wheat lias reached a point whero sub stitutions of other articles outB greatly into tho consumption, aud that tho speculators aro nioro Bolicitous as to the price and tho probable supplies than the consumors. Tho outlook for supplies from Ar gentine is uncertain, the probability being that tho exportable surplus will not exceed 80,000,000 bushels. Trad ers lose sight of tho faot that Aryeu tino is a largo country, and that unfa vorable conditions will hardly exist over the entire territory. Harvesting is now in progress, and the rains might reduce, the exportable surplus. Thero will bo little wheat to ship from Australia, but India's pros pects are evidently good, judging from tho free offerings in Liverpool for Sep tember. Tho American visible supply this week showed n larger increase than expeoted, being 1,051,000 bushels mora than last week, and now totals 811,0111, 000 bushels, as compared with 54,443, 000 bushels at the same timo last year. Portlund Market. Wheat Walla Walla, 75 70c; Vol ley and Bluestem, 7778c per bushel. Four Best grades, $4.25; graham, $3.40; superfine, $2.25 per barrel. Oats Choico white, 853lic; ohoice gray, 83 34c per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $19 20; brew ing, $20 per ton. MillBtiffa Bran, $17 per ton; mid dlings, $21; shorts, $18. Hay Timothy, $13.50 13; clover,' $10 11; California wheat, $10; do oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $l)10pcr ton. Eggs 1825o per dozen. Butter Fancy creamery, 65fl0oj fair to good, 4550c; dairy, 40( 50c per roll. Cbeeso Oregon, HJijO; Young America, 12c; California, 910o per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $1.75 2.25 per dozen; broilers, $2.002.50; geese, $0.506.50; ducks, $4.005.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 89c per pound. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, 8545c per sack; sweets, $1.40 per cental. Onions Oregon, new, red, 00c; yel low, 80o per cental. Hops 5 14c per pound for now crop; 189(1 crop, 4 Co. Wool Valley, 1416o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 712o; mohair, 80 22o per pound. Mutton Gross, beBt nhoop, wethers and ewes, $3.50; dressed mutton, 0o; Bpring lambs, SJjJc per pound. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $1.00; light and feeders, $3.004.00; dressed, $4. 50 5. 00 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, $3. 75 3. 00; cows, $2.50; dressed beef, 4Jou per pound. Veal Large, 4J5o; small, Oo per pound. Seattle Market. Butter Fancy native creamery, brick, 28c; ranch, 10 18c. Cheese Native Washington, 13 o; California, O'o. Eggs Fresh ranch, 28c. Poultry Chickens, live, per pound, hens, 10c; spring chickens, $2.60 8 00; ducks, $3.603.75. Wheat Feed wheat, $23 per ton. Oats Choice, per ton, $1020. Corn Whole, $22; cracked, per ton, $22; feed meal, $22 per ton. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $22; whole, $23. Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef, steers, 6c; cows, 5c; mutton sheep, 7c; pork, 6c; veal, small, 7. Fresh Fish Halibut, 56c; salmon, 8c; salmon trout, 7 10c; flounders and sole, 84; ling cod, 45; rock cod, 5c; smelt, 24c. Fresh Fruit Apples, 60o$1.25 per box; peaches, 7680c; prunes, 35 40c; pears, 75c$l per box. Ban Franelseo Market. Wool Nevada 11 18c; Oregon, 19 14c; Northern 78o per pound. Hops 10 14c per pound. Millstnffs Middlings, $2023; Cal ifornia bran, $17.0018.00 per ton. Onions New red. 70 80c; do new silverskin, $2.002.25 percental. Eggs Store, 2428c; ranch, 80 84c; Eastern, 16 20; duck, 20 25c per dozen. . i 'i i i: i r . f.- u sill: i ;-
