'in
DERVISH
GIF
ft
,uted by British in a Bat
tie on the Nile.
HUNDRED REBELS KILLED
3RC
VE
en Hundred Were Captured -Loss
0g the UrIUSn. diub ii am ijhj.iwu
KDled oud Wounded.
London, Jan. 7. rarucuiars regarci
,),. recent battle on the Blue Nile
,vebeen received in a dispatch from
jiroto the Exchange Telegraph Com-
to
i ot
Colonel JjOWIH, ii njjpt-nio, wneii no
nted Emir Fedil, the last remaining
(r,jBh chief, killed 600 of . his fol
weis. and made many prisoners. The
pmj
nted
An official ciispatcn irom uoionei
esis says that with a Soudanese
TllJ
jiment he attacked U'edil while lie
goni
ol
ialt
uiti
iiice
laS crossing the Nile at the cataract
nth of Koseirex (KOBorea). me
ylonel 'a force stormed the island on
hich Fedil took his position, and
one severe Hunting followed. Event-
'I'M
illy, Fedil fled with 300 lollowers
:rosa tno river, where his force was
spersed by the Maxim guns.
On the British side Major Ferguson.
Wtli
Set
i Egyptian officers and 18 men were
lounded, and 27 men were killed.
Cairo. Jan. 7. Coloonl Lowis defeat
d the Emir Ahmed Fedil on the Blue
file December 20. His position was
aken by storm and 1,500 dervishe6
Jtero captured.
PHILIPPINE INSURGENTS.
in t:
RUU Kculut the landing of the Amer
ican!, by Force of Arms.
Paris, Jan. 7. An official telegram
received by the Philippine junta here
ated Manila, January 4, says Agui
aldo has gone to Ilo Ilo at the request
lithe insurgents, there to place himself
1 . ll . 1 - .1 lil. ' L - l.i! .
:ltlieir IIL'IHI Willi U VIBW W llgllllllg
the Americans.
The dispatch also gives facts as to
the antecedents of members of the new
Filipino cabinet. The following have
accepted: President of the cabinet
and minister of foreign affairs, Mubini;
interior, Teodoro Sandico, a civil en
gineer, who was educated abroai;
war, General Balomero Aguinaldo,
origin of Aguinaldo, president of the
o-called Filipino government; finance,
General Trias, a close ally of Agui
naldo;"public works, Gregorio Gonsaga,
lawyer, foimerly Spanish attorney-
.npr'll nf tln Vlaniraa
ine cabinet IB described as homo
;enous, every member being pledged,
according to these advices to resist the
military occupation of the Philippines.
Members of the Filipino junta here
explain that Aguinaldo did not run
but "left Manila for the moun
tain ifcgion behind Cavite in order to
make secret arrangements foi his voy
avge to Ilo Ilo."
The Filipino who furnnhes this in
formation also categorically and spe
icifleally asserts that the latest tele
graphic advices declare if the Auieri'
fans insist UDon the occupation of
the principal cities by the American
troops, the whole Filipino tribe will
fosiHt by force of arms.
SANTIAGO IS SATISFIED.
The Customi Receipts Will Not lie Sent
to Havana.
SailtiflffA Aa flnKo Tnn ft A Ala.
Patch was received from Havana today
raying that the customs receipts may
remain in Santiago. The effects ol
j' this information are good, and paiticu
tlarly so far as the laborers are con
cerned. Snnor Bnnnrdi. tlm mnvnr. hall
f issured the laborers that all work now
jn progress will go on, and. therefore,
Jthere is not likely to ' be any imme
' pate trouble.
I Prominent Cubans emphatically as
sert that ifa Cuban government should
"ssuuie to issue such an order concen
. trating the customs receipts at Havana
1 civil war would break out immedi
ately. It la hoped that a civil govern
went may be established in every prov
ince, distinct from the rule of the gov-nor-general,
who should be merely
:,the military chief of the island.
j For Meritorious Service.
1 New York, Jan. 7. A dispatch tc
tbo Herald from Washington says:
governor Roosevelt, of New York, ia
,o receive the brevet rank of brigadier
KOneral for gallant and meritorious
orvioe during the battle of San Juan.
(A board of officers, consisting of Gen
erals Swan and Boynton and Colonel
parter, adjutant-general, which had
pen considering the question of the
officers entitled to brevets for heroism,
f'ave recommended that Colonel Roose-
Felt be hrflvntfiil Knnrntnrv Alunr lifll
rOUttht tllA rAnnrnmanilutinn tn tliA fit
lention of thn
jie nomination of Governor Roosevelt
w the brevet grade.
Mew Spnnlnli Cabinet.
Madrid," Jan.. 7. General Poliaveja,
x-Romnor-general ef Cuba and of tli
'hilippine Islands, ami Senor Silvela,
conservative leader, have agreed
port the formation ol a now cabinet,
id have been summoned by the queen
Wat. Ttia early advent of the con-
rati'ves to cower ia recorded as cer
Via.
NO APPROPRIATION.
Antl-Clvll Service Itefor nors Vlctorloui
In the House.
Washington, Jan. 9. The anti-civil
service reformers scored a victory in
the house today. The executive leuis
lative and judicial appropriation bill
was taken up for consideration, and
then, when the appropriation for the
civil service commission was reached,
Evans made a motion to strike it out.
This motion has been made annually
for a dozen years or inmn. link inri.
ably failed. But today the opponents
of the law laid great stress on the fact
that they could not get a decisive vote
upon the proposition, and were there
fore oompelled to seek its nullification
in this manner. Even these appoals
failed to bring out the full strength of
the opposition, though the motion to
strike out carried by a narrow margin,
67 to 61. This was in committee of
the whole, where no record was made
of the vote. Moody gave notice that
he would demand a record vote in the
house, where the friends of the civil
service law expect to reverse the deci
sion. When the senate convened today the
resolution offered yesterday by Hoar,
calling on the president for information
as to the instructions to the commis
sioners who negotiated the treaty of
Paris, together with all correspondence
and reports relating to their work, was
laid before the senate. Chairman
Davis, one of the commissioners, asked
that it be referred to the foreien rela
tions committee, but Hoar insisted
that the senate had as muoh right to
such information as the members of
the foreign relations committee, and
that the president should determine
whether the senate should have it.
The resolution was adopted in secret
session. In support of the resolution
offered some time ago by Vest, in oppo
sition to expansion, Caffery delivered
an extended speech.
At the conclusion of Caffery's argu
ment, Morgan announced, on behalf
of the Nicaragua canal committee, the
acceptance in modified form of the
amendments offered by Berry before
the holidnys to the ponding canal bill.
The amendments were not passed upon
by the senate.
MISSIONARY OUTRAGE.
Catholic Frlont ItrutHlIr Treated In a
Chinese Village.
Berlin.Jan. 9. -Letters received here
from Kiao Chou, the German fortified
Batlement in the province of Shang
Tung, China, give details of an outrage
upon Father Stenz, the German Cath
olic missionary, November 9 last. The
missionary was about to leave Tie-Tau,
province of Shang Tung, owing to the
anti-Christian feeling. Finding him
self confronted by crowds of Chinese
who were clamoring for the destruction
of the Christians, he took refuge in a
hut, but he was dragged out, his cloth
ing torn from his back, and he was
struck with 6ticks and pricked with
knives and lances and his beard torn
out. The Chinese threatened to flay
him alive. The following day, his
persecutors prepared to hang him by
the wrists. Finally, a mandarin in
terfered in his behalf, but compelled
him to leave the district with a prom,
ise never to roturn.
Davis in San Francisco.
San Francisco, Jan. 9. The United
States torpedo-boat Davis arrived today
from Astoria, via Tillamook, and after
taking on coal proceeded to Mare isl
and. She proved to be a good sea boat,
but owing to the heavy weather along
the coast she did not attempt a greater
speed than six or eight knots.
The Davis crossed out of the Colum
bia about two weeks ago, but put into
Tillamook to escape a storm, remaining
there until Wednesday morning, when
she again headed south. She was in
command of Captain Thomas F. Neill,
and Arthur Zwicker and J. E. Wolff,
of the firm which built the vessel, were
in charge of the engine and boiler
looms.
Aiiibamador to Russia.
New York, Jan. 9. A dispatch to
the Herald, from Washington, says:
The president has practically selected
William Potter, of Philadelphia, for
ambassador to Russia. Mr. Potter was
formerly minister to Italy, having been
stationed at Rome during the Harrison
administration. His record during
that period has been carefully exam
ined by the president and Secretary
Hay, and both feel confident that he
will satisfactorily fill the St. Peters,
burg post.
Explosion In Shipyard.
London, Jan. 9. A big boiler being
tested in Hewitt's shipbuilding-yards
at Barking burst today, and the super
intendent, engineer and eight otnor
men were killed. About 40 persons
wnrA in in rod. some fatally. The whole
ehip-building works were wrecked. A
woman was found dead BOO yarns irom
tlm Hpfina of the disaster. A number
of men and boys are missing. Windows
half a mile away were shattered.
Life Imprisonment.
Madrid. .7n. 9. Colonel Julison
San Martin, who was in command of
the Spanish garrison at Ponce when the
rTnltd States troons under uenerai
Mllea landed on the island, and who
abandoned the place without resistance,
has been sentenced to Imprisonment
for life. He will be incarcerated at
Ceuta, the Spanish penal colony In
Morocco, opposite Gibraltar.
QUICK TIME FROM DAWSON.
rortlandt'rs Hrrak Overland j:cord
Kew l'orkers Have Hard Luck.
Seattle, Jan. 7. William Welch,
Frank Rekole and W. Devine. of Port
land, Or., who arrived here today from
the Klondike, claim to have broken"
the overland record from Dawson to
Skagway. They left Dawson, Decem
ber 12. and arrived at Skagwav, De
cember 29.
Antone Grobesits and Albert Ber
nard, two young men from New York,
met with very hard luck on the way
out. They broke through the ice on
Thirty-Mile river and were in the wa
ter some time. They finally were res
cued and cared for by the police.
Grobesits lost $2,800 hi gold, which
was tied on his sled. He arrived here
today absolutely penniless. 1 1 is part
ner is at Tagish house in the police
hospital, and will lose both feet as
well as several fingers. Grobesits will
need to have a toe amputated.
The Williams sawmill on the Klon
dike river, near Dawson, was totally
destroyed by fire December 10. A
number of horses perished. The to
tal loss is estimated at $7,000.
Sulphur creek, which was disap
pointing last year, is reported to be
showing up well this winter.
DAY IN CONGRESS
Several
Kills of Minor Importance
Tanged In the Senate.
Washington, Jan. 7. In the ab-
fcciiCu of tljG vice-pros. Jcnt, en Account
of illness, Five (Rep. Me.) was presi
dent pro tern at th opening of today's
session cf the senate. Berry (Dom.
Ark.) presented a protest Irom J. E.
Murray, camp of United Confederate
veterans of Arkansas, against the
adoption of the proposed amendment of
Butler fPop. N. C.) to the pension ap
propriation bill, providing for payment
ot pensions to Confederate soldiers.
Hoar (Rqd. MaBs) gave notice that
next Monday he would address the sen
ile on the resolution offered by Vest
;Dem Mo.), relating to the acquisition
of foreign territory by the United
States. Caffery (Dem. La.) announced
that he would address the senate to
morrow on the same resolution.
The fenate passed a resolution direct
ing the foreign relations committee to
investigate the status of claims of
United States citizens against Spain
and passed bills to ratify agreements
with the lower Brule and Rosebud
reservation Indians, to grant California
6 per cent of the net proceeds of cash
sales of public lands in the state, classi
fying clerks in first and second-class
poBtoffices.
The Nicaragua canal bill then came
ur, and Caffery made a speech on the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty.
In the House.
Washington, Jan. 7. Under a spe
cial order adopted before the holiday
recess, the house proceeded today to
consideration of bills presented by the
oommittee on judiciary. The bills
weie first considered in committee of
the whole. The first bill called up
was that to create an additional cir
cuit judge in the sixth judicial cirouit.
The bill was finally laid aside with a
favorable recommendation.
- Favorable action was also bad on a
similar bill providing an additional
judge for the third judicial district.
The bill was called up providing for
the retirement of Judge Cassius G.
Foster. United States district of Kan
sas, and occasioned some debate.
Foster, Mr. Broderick explained, had
served 24 years on the bench and had
broken down physically, but had not
reached age (70 years), when he can be
legally retired.
Open Door In the Philippines.
Washington, Jan. 7. Senator Frye,
of the American peace commission,
said in the senate committee on com
merce today that it was the under
standing of the American commission
ers that an absolute open-door policy
was to be observed by the government
of the United States with reference to
trade in the Philippines, and that
other countries were to be given the
same facilities as the United States in
that trade.
The question came up in connection
with an informal discussion of the
coast trade policy of this country and
its extension to the Philippines. Frye
also said the policy of exlouding tex
tile fabrics would not, according to his
understanding, be applied as in this
country. "
May Exclude Americans.
. Vancouver, B. C, Jan. 7. Muoh
talk is heard over the announcement in
the speech from the throne at the open
ing of the provincial legislature today,
that a bill will be introduced to ex
clude aliens from taking up or work
ing placer mining claims within the
province. The importance of this is
in no way to be gainsaid, for it will
shut Americans out of the Atlin coun
try completely, and it will preservo
Atlin's riches for British subjects
alone. At present Canadians are not
allowed to take up mining claims ia
the United States. .
I.eech Lake Indians I'ardoned.
Washington, Jan. 7. The president
has pardoned the 12 Leech lake Indians
Bcnt,nccd to various terms of imprison
ment, and fined at the late term of the
United States district court of Minne
sota for resisting the United Statce
muiEhal in making an arrest.
PACIFIC COAST NEWS
Items of General Interest Gleaned
From the Thriving laolQo
States-
The Country's Apple Crop.
In connection with demand in the
East and in Europe for our fruit, we
quote from the Orange Judd Farmer In
regard to the extent of the apple crop:
Ibis crop in the United States is smal
ler than it has been since reliable sta
tistics have been collected. Th total
Bupply from the 1898 crop of the Unit
ed States is 27,000,000 barrels, as com
pared with something over 40,000,000
barrels last year and 70,000,000 in the
record-breaking crop of 1896. The fail
ure, is widespread, reaohing from the
Pacific coast to Maine, and in none of
the states does the output of fruit ap
proach an average. (This is not true,
however, where the crop is not a fail
ure). In the great apple states of the
Central West the crop is almost a total
failure, although the situation in Mich
igan is better than elesewliere, having
about two-thirds of the bumper orops
of 1896. New York has only one-fifth
of a full crop. The failure is attributed
to the fact that during the blooming
season there was an excessive rainfall,
which washed out the pollen nnd pre
vented propor fertilization by insents,
while a cold wave added to the injury,
and subsequent moist, humid weather
was very favorable to the development
of fungus diseases. The Ontario crop
is ueuiueuiv snort. ue uioii ui iiuiupu
is reported below the normal.
Idaho's Minerul Output.
The mines of Idaho have shared the
general prosperity of the state. In
every section of the commonwealth new
strikes were made during the year just
closed, and many of them have de
veloped into promising properties.
The state's mineral production for 1898
is $1,659,570 more than it was tast
year, and $3,663,610 more than in
1896. J. W. Cunningham, superin
tendent of the United States assay offioe
at Boise, has made an estimate of the
production of the state for the past
year, uion which the foregoing com
parison is based. The following gives
the actual pioduction for 1897, and
the estimated production for 1898:
1898. 18S17.
Gold, ozs 110,000 $ 2,273,700 2,125,333
Silver, ozs 6,(KKI,(KK1 7,740,000 7,103,321
Lend, lbs 141,407,260 6,376,755 4,501,231
Totftl fla.SSSMoo 113,729,885
Increase, f 1,059,570.
Ill 1896 the gold production of the
state was $3,823,700; silver, $4,464,
765; lead, $2,953,380; total, $11,751,
845. New Milling Company.
A flour milling company, to be
known as the M. M. & B. Co., has just
been incorporated at Chelan Falls.
The incorporators are Messrs. R. T.
Murdock, James Marshall and George
D. Brown. It is their purpose to at
once inaugurate the building of a 100
barrel flour mill at the falls, although
but 50-barrel machinery will be put in'
at the start. When it is remembered
that at present there is but one flour
mill between Wilbur and the Cascade
mountains, in an area considerably
more than 100 miles square, it will be
seen that the present move means a
large and profitable business from the
start.
Olive Crop.
A Los Angeles Times man writos
to his paper that throughout a great
pait of Southern California the olive
crop is this year a complete failure.
At Fallbrook, in San Diego county,
the large acreage of olive trees on the
Red Mountain ranch represents a con
siderable production of the fruit,
though neighboring orohnrda are bar
fen. Beginning at Santa Paula, and
extending westward through Santa
Barbara county, there is a territory em
bracing several large orchards in
which the trees are laden with heavy
crops. This constitutes the production
of Southern California for the present
year.
Aiding; an Oregon Industry.
The Portland linseed oil works are
desirous of establishing a flax center at
Dallas, and offer the farmers the fol
lowing proposition: FirHt.we will fur
nish prime, clean seed to each farmer
who will sow from 20 to 80 acres or
more, this growing seed to be paid bunk
at harvest of crop. Second, we will
guarantee the farmers $1 a bushel of 6
pounds clean and f. o. h. oars Portland.
Any further information regarding the
succeHsful handing of the flax crop will
be.cheorfdully furnished by E. E. Lar
rimore, manager Portland Linseed Oil
works, Portland, Or.
Improving; Ona I'lants.
A new plant, double the size of the
present works, will soon be built at
Spokane by the Spokane Falls Gas
Light Company, which now estimates
spending $20,000 in improvements.
The consumption of gas in that city
lias doubled within tlio past two years,
necessitating an increased capacity.
Twenty thousand dollars will also be
spent at Butte, Mont., in doubling the
capacity of the iras works there, which
are controlled by the Spokane company.
Ilnnd Hale.
Tltf sale of the $2,000 worth of bonds
issued on school district No. 1, of Ma
son county, Washington, and to run six
years at 5 per cent interest, have been
sold to the directors of the school, who
consider themselves quite lucky in se
curing tho investment
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Seattle Markets.
Onions, 8590o per 100 pounds.
Potatoes, $15 17.
Beete, per sack, 75c.
Turnips, per sack, 50 60c.
Carrots, per sack, $1.
Parsnips, per sack, $1.
Cauliflower, C075o per doz.
Celery. 86 40c.
Cabbage, native nnd California
$1.00 1.50 per 100 pounds.
Apples, 85 50c per box.
Pears, 60c $1.50 per box.
Prunes, 50c per box.
Butter Creamery, 27c per pound;
dairy mid ranch, 1822c per pound.
Eggs, 27c.
Cheese Native, 1212!c.
Poultry Old hens, 12c per pound;
spring chickens, 12c; turkeys, 16c.
Fresh meats Choice dressed beef
steers, prime, 6)i7c; oows, prime,
6c; mutton, 7gc; pork, 67c; veal,
68o.
Whoat Feed wheat, $22.
Oats Choice, per ton, $24.
Hay Puget Sound mixed, $9.00
11; choice Eastern Washington tim
othy, $15.
Corn Whole. $23.50; cracked, $24;
feed meal, $28.50.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$24(325; whole, $22.
Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.60;
straiuhts, $3.25; California brrnds,
$3.25; buckwheat flour, $8.75; graham,
per barrel, $3.60; whole wheat flour,
$3.75; rye flour, $4.
!!!,..,. Mr rnr nn li.
shorts, per ton, $16.
Feed Chopped feed, $1921 per
ton; middlings, per ton, $17; oil cake
meal, per ton, $35.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla, 60j; Valley,
62c; Bluestem, 63o per bushel.
Flou- Best grades, $3.20; graham,
$2.65; superfine, $2.15 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 8940c; choice
gray, 88 89c per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $2224; brew
ing, $23.50 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $10 per ton; mid
dlings, $21; shorts, $17; chop, $16.00
per ton.
Hay Timothy, $910; clover, $7
8; Oregon wild hay, $0 per ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 65C0o;
seconds, 5053o; dairy, 4550o Btore,
80 85o.
CheeBe Oregon full croam, ll13o;
Young America, 15o; new cheese,
lOo per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.258
per dozen; hens, $3.504.00; springs,
$1.253; geese, $6.007 00 for old,
$4. 50$) 5 for young; ducks, $5.00 &
5J50 iior d.rze.n; turkeys, live, 16(3
Ific per pound. j
Potatoes C070cper sck; sweets",
2c per pound. '
Vegetables Beets, 90c; turnips, 75c
per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab
bage, $1 1.25 per 100 pounds; cauli
flower, 75o per dozen; parsnips, 75o
per sack; beans, 8o per pound; celery,
70(3 76c per dozen; cucumbers, 60c per
box; peas, 88c per pound.
Onions Oregon, 75c$l per sack.
Hops 1618o; 1897 crop, 46o.
Wool Valley, 1012o per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 8 12c; mohair,
2Go per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes. 4c; dressed mutton, 7c;
spring lambs, 7)c per lb.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.25;
light and feed or 8, $3.004.00; dressed,
$5. 00 6. 50 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, 8.50$3.76;
cows, $2. 60 3. 00; dressed beef,
60j)C per pound.
Veal Large, 06c; small, 78o
per pound.
' San Francisco Market.
Wool Spring Nevada, 10 12c per
pound; Oregon, Eastern, 1012o; Val
ley, 15 17c; Northern, 9llc.
Millstuffs Middlings, fl831.00;
bran, $15.50 16.60 per ton.
Onions .Silvorskin,60 75c per sack.
Butter Fancy creamery, 28o;
do seconds, 2526c; fancy dairy, 26o;
do seconds, 20 23c per pound.
Eggs Store, 2580o; fancy ranch,
84 37o.
Citrus Fruit Oranges. Valencia, $3
2.60; Mexican limes, f 0 0.00; Cali
fornia lemons, $2. 00. 800; do choioe,
$3. 60 4. 50; per box.
Ourselves and Our Clothes.
"Happily," said Mr. Stoggloby, "we
do not realize the change in our per
sonal apearance as ve would grow
older, the change is so slight from day
to day; and then, as a matter of fact,
we are, to ourselves at least, ever aa
young as wo feel. But it is not so
about our clothes; we cannot nmke
them even feel young, as they grow
old, to say nothing of keeping them
looking eo they will get worn and
threadbare. And we uro likely to for
get about that, and to give no thought
to the impression they may mnko upon
other people. There wo make u mis
take. We should keep an eye on our
apparel; and, as to trimness, at least,
have that in keeping not with our gray
head, but with our fresh and ever
youthful heart." N. Y. Sun.
A Claude Duval In Skirts.
A St. Petersburg correspondent of the
London Telegraph devotes much space
to the curious caso of a highway
woman, who operates in the district!
ofKutats. Barbara Danelia is her
name. She disappeared somo ten years
ago from the vl lingo of Bandza, and
since then has held a whole country
side in terror by her operations on the
road.
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