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REIN OF THE VOLUNTEERS
The First Will Leave Manila
About May 5.
TO BE REPLACED BY REGULARS
Adminitrntlon Decides Not to Call Out
the Provisional Army-35,000 Troopt
Kerded to GarrUon the Island.
Washington, April 21. The Second
Oregon volunteers will be the second
regiment to leave the Philippines when
the mustering out begins. The first
regiment t? leave will he the First
California; then the Oregon regiment,
and tnen others in this order, according
to the presont plans of the war depart
ment: Utah artillery, Tenth Penn
sylvania, First Colorado, First Ne
braska, Fiist North Dakota, Thirteenth
Minnesota, First Idaho, First Wyo
ming, First Montana, First South Da
kota, First Washington, and Twentieth
Kansas. The volunteers will come
home in the order in which they went
to Manila.
Fourteen thousand regulars will be
sent to reinforce .General Otis as soon
ns the neoessary marine trBnsrmrtnHnr!
can be provided. The first regiment
will be the Seventh artillery. It will
be sent at once to San Francisco, to
await an available trana-Paciflo steam
er. Thirteen heavy batteries of the
regimeut will be equipped as infantry,
according to the present plans, although
one may be used as light artillery. It
is not expected the bulk of reinforce
ments will reach Manila until the end
of the iainy season, just begun, but
will closely follow the departure from
the Philippines of the volunteers.
The latter number barely 12,000
greatly debilitated soldiers, and the de
termination to send 14,000 able-bodied
regulars to take their places is calculat
ed to show the rebels that the United
States is terribly in earnest.
' The army in the Philippines may be
increased to 85,000 men, whether the
rebels abandon the field or not. If
Agninaklo gives up his -hopeless fight
as a result of the negotiations now in
progress, 85,000 men is deemed enough
to giirrison the forta in the outlying
islands and establish lawful govern
ment. If the insurrection continues in
Luzon, 85,000 American troops will be
required there for the campaign, and
the remaining 5,000 will garrison the
chief places that have been opened for
foreign trade.
Movement Begins May 5.
Washington, April 21. General Otis
has cabled the war department as fol
lows: "Manila, April 21.' The embarka
tion of the volunteers on their return
to the United States will begin about
May 5. They will render willing serv
ice until return transports are avail
able. The embarkation will continue
thiough June and July. OTIS."
A conference held at the White
House today between the president,
Secretary Alger, Secretary Long and
Adjutant-General Corbin, resulted in
confirmation of the original decision of
tlw administration to refrain at present
horn availing itself of the authoriza
tion conferred by congress to organize a
volunteer array of 85,000 soldiers in
addition to the present regular aimy.
General Otis' latest dispatch, de
scriptive of the conditions in the Phil
ippines, was carefully considered and
was concluded to accept his estimate
of the military needs of the ense, so,
as he has already indicated that, his
Present army is sufficient f r fie pur
Poses he has in view, the decision is
tantamount to a resolve to avoid re
ursetothe additional volunteers.
SHOT AS A SPY.
Karron
Escape of an American From
Nlcttrnfrnn U ..1 .1 1 ...
New Oflpuno An.il Ol T- A t
"apman, of Courtland, Miss., twice
"Ported dead, has arrived on the steam
"'P Franklin from Bluefields, Nica
'agua. Chapman. "Who wan a anrrrarin In (ha
'jsurgent army, tells a thrilling story
2 n' escape from President Zelava's
" ,', 118 was captured February 24
"ear Knninrn mi.:i i.. n..
.., ,, , ulo cum puny ui
Phen Powers, an English subject
nu also a member of the revolutionary
cam A court-'nartiat followed the
Pture, the men being tried as spies.
7 were condemned to.be shot.
a strange feature of the affair is that
sentence was actually carried out.
fire hi e'8 fel1 dead at tl,e first
in ii i ,C1,aPman was merely wounded
' ine left arm. He fell to the ground,
owever, am, thinking Uiey ,iaJ kileJ
manfi ,.80ldiers walked off. Chap-
Jack! ade his way tBIefield8
the s Wart'n, American gunner of
2eln?" Jacint0- wl)o was captured by
co 8 soldiers, has been tried and
final! Sentence had not been
Jlarti prononnced when Chapman left,
""will undoubtedly be shot.
T Street Hallway Trust.
carjitai ; company, wun a
''ere tod t25'00o.00. was incorporated
erfd to J,y'i 'ie 00,DPftny Is' empow
elect.i Dll(3 construct and operate
Po atS 0the' "ilways. The in-
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EFFECT ON THE REBELS.
Sendl,, of reinforcements Ma, Cause
Them to Quit.
Washington, April 23.-The deter
rnmation to send regulars to take the
plaoes of volunteers in the Philip
Pines is believed to have a dampening
effect upon those who are encouraging
the Fihp.nos by their utterances in
this country. The Filipinos are no
fools, and if their leaders see that the
United States means business, they
will seek terms. If the order for call
lngout the 85,000 provisional army
was issued, it would have a good effect,
not only upon the Filipino leaders, but
the Cubans who may be inclined to
make trouble.
The volunteers are coming home,
and, aocording to previous orders, the
Oregon men will be among the first to
return. Under the law, all volunteers
Bhould have been released from service
as soon as the peace treaty was signed.
Congress provided for this by authoriz
ing the enlistment of 85.000 men to
take the place of the volunteers. The
war department's plans first contem
plated keeping the state volunteers in
service and avoiding the necessity of a
provisional army. The advice of mili
tary men is to the effect that this
plan is absurd, and the authority
granted by congress will have to be
used.
Itegulan fur the Philippine!.
Washington, Amil 22. Nine thous
and of the 14,000 regular troops who
are to take the places of volunteers in
Manila have been selected by the war
department, and will begin sailing from
San Franoisco early in June.
HE MADE THE PLATES.
Engraver Taylor Telli of the Counter
felting Plot.
Philadelphia, April 22. Arthur
Taylor and Baldwin S. Bredell, engrav
ers, who were arrested in this city in
connection with the counterfeiting con
spiracy unearthed by the secret service
department, were arraigned before
United States Commissioner Edmunds,
waived a hearing, and were held in
120,000 bail.
John E. Wilkie, ohief of the Beoret
service, testified as to the facts of the
arrest. He testified further that both
Taylor and Bredell showed an inclina
tion to assist the secret service men in
arresting the others implicated in the
conspiracy. Taylor informed him that
William M. Jacobs, the Lancaster
cigar manufacturer, who was arrested
yesterday, approached him nearly five
years ago with a proposition, which he
aocepted, to engrave cigar-stamp plates.
For this work Jacobs rid him several
thousand dollars. When the first
set wore out, Taylor made another.
Taylor and Bredell admitted cutting
the plate from which the famous $100
"Monroe head" certificate was made.
The plate was seized at Kendig's cigar
factory in Lancaster yesterday. Tay
lor told Wilkie that not over $10,000
of the $100 certificates had been issued
to himself and Bredell. They could
not say how many revenue stamps were
printed.
Evidence Ii Overwhelming-.
Washington, April 22. The officers
of the internal revenue office are un
able to even approximate the amount
of the counterfeit revenue stamps
made use of by the cigar manufacturers
of Lancaster, Pa., who1 were arrested
yesterday. .
A special revenue agent from Phila
delphia is now in charge of the factor
ies, and as soon as possible will locate
the supply of blue paper from which
the stamps were printed.
The evidence against all the men
under arrest, it is said, is overwhelm
ing. The maximum terra of imprison
ment in such cases is 15 years under
each indictment, and in most of the
cases, the secret service agent thinks,
at least four indictments will be sus
tained by the court.
FATE OF GILMORE.
f orktown Party May Have Veen Killed
by Spaniard!.
Manila, April 23. It may be that
Lieutenant Gilmore and the 14 men
from the Yorktown lost at Baler were
killed by the Spaniards. General
Rios today said the Baler garrison did
not know the war was over between
Spabp and the United States, although
an officer was sent in January to notify
them. Thev disbelieved the officer
and feared an attack of insurgents.
Rios does not believe the Spaniards
killed the party, as the fort is too far
from the river, and is beeeiged by na
tives. ' Admiral Dewey says Gilmore and the
men were sent from the Yorktown to
sound the mouth of the liver and in
stead went further up above a bend,
and weie out of sight of the cruiser.
He reluses to discuss his plans for a
rescue expedition, but one is being
planned. '
Torpedo Steered by Light Waves.
New York, April 21. A dispatoh to
the World from London says: Alex
Orling gave a private demonstration in
London today of his marvelous inven
tion for steering a torpedo from a dis
tance. The principal of the invention
consists in the transmission ol motor
force by waves of light similar to the
Roentgen rays.
In one room Mr. Orling fixed up a
model of a torpedo with a rudder like
n fish tail, controlling it by means of
an apparatus in an adjoining chamber
through two partition walla between
the two objects.
BUSINESS REVIVAL.
General Panenger Agent Hefford. on
the Prosperity of the Pa
cific Coast.
A Chicago dispatch says: George
II. HefToid, general passenger agent of
the Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad.
has just returned from an extensive
lour or tne facitic coast. He reports
that North Pacific coast points ara -inst
now experiencing a wonderful revival.
All industries are prospering to an un
precedented extent. The niininc in-
dustry is having a boom. Mineral de
posits in Washington, Oregon and
Idaho, which were scratched over as
long ago as 1860, are now being sys
tematically worked, and the richness
of their development is proving a genu
ine surprise. British Columbia's min
eral resources are also proving to be
practically inexhaustib'e. While min
ing industries are prospering agricul
tural interests are also flourishing, and
all classes are rejoicing in phenomen
ally good times. The low second-class
colonist rates put in effect by th
Great Notrthern railroad, has resulted
in over 8,000 people going to that ter
ritory so far this year, and the depart
ures fropi North Pacific towns for
Alaska number 500 per week. North
ern California has had more abundant
iii!B Hi issuing titan for a number o
years past, and these insure abundant
crops, so that the entire Pacific coast is
enjoying a period of more than usual
prosperity.
Too Much Adulteration.
The state board of horticulture de
sires to call the attention of the fruit
growers of Oregon to the fact that a
large per cetnt of Paris green and other
arsenical preparations used in spraying
are so extensively adulterated as to
make them almost worthless. The
proportions recommended by the board
for the use of Paris green are based
upon at least a purity of 75 per cent,
hence any that falls below this Bhould
be increased in quantity. We desire
also to call attention to the new law,
which provides that all dealers selling
spraying materials must provide a cer
tificate with all quantities sold over
one pound, specifying the pet cent of
purity of material sold. It is against
the law to sell these spiaying mater
ials, without this certificate and it is a
violation of the law to sell material
that does not conform to the certificate.
If the fruit grower will insist on the
execution of this law, and notify the
board of any violations, they will save
great loss to themselves. State Board
of Horticulture, by Henry E. Dosch,
secretary.
Ooldendale Railroad.
The Ooldendale railroad committee
held a conference Saturday in Golden
dale. Before that body of Klickitat's
best citizens appeared President Lytle,
of the Columbia Southern, and his
chief engineer, A. E. Hammond. The
former submitted to the committee a
well-defined proposition to build a rail
road to Ooldendale. The conditions
are not made public. Hon. Joseph
Nesbitt, acting chai rman of the com
mittee, says the conditions are better
than expected, and he has no doubt
that Ooldendale will have a railroad in
the near future. The railway survey
now in progress lias not been complet
ed, and the committee is powerless to
act in the matter of acquiring the right
of way, which is one of the condition?
of the proposition.
An Arbitrary Itullng.
A recent ruling of the gold commis
sioner at Atlin is the source of consid
erable comment. The ruling provides
that all miners in the Cassiar mining
district who have free miners' certifi
cates and who have located claims
must appear and file with the gold
commissioner before April 21 an affi
davit that they are the original loca
tors of their claims. Many of these
original locators are absent, and cannot
return in time to make the required
affidavit.
Fish Hatchery on the Clilluk wekuk.
Private enterprise will establish a
fish hatohery on the Chilukwekuk
river, in American territory, the fish
stream that Fish Commissioner A. C.
Little sought to have selected by the
state and federal governments as a
hatohery site. Prominent fishing in
terests have been impressed with the
practicability of the Bite, and will
build a hatchery and then turn it over
the state for operation. The river is
a tributary of the Fraser.
For Gray's Harbor.
Within the next month, according
to the positive statement of G. W.
Antrim, of the firm of Conkling & An
trim, shipping merchants, of San Fran
cisco, another line of steamers will be
plying between that city and Portland,
and which will letum via Gray's har
bor, making a new and direct line of
water transportation between this
metropolis and the piincipal bay and
port of Western Washington, south of
Puget sound.
New Paint Factory.
W. .T. Pendray, owner of the vine
gar, soap and box faotory at Viotoria,
B. C, has in connection with W. T.
Andrews, late manager of the Canada
Paint Company, organized the British
America Paint Company, and will
manufacture paints and varnishes to
supply the Pacific Northwest trade.
W. II. Evans is the new manager at
Viotoria of the Cunada Paint Company,
A Tin-Plate Factory.
A tin-plate manufacturer from Cali
fornia was on Bellingham bay recently
for the purpose of arranging to estab
lish a large tin plate factory at Fair
haven. His plans are for an extensive
plant sufficient to furnish all the tin
required on the Northwest coast. He
has been going oyer the ground system
atically, ascertaining the probable cost
snd character of coal for fuel, sites,
building material, labor, etc., and ii
is evident ti at all these and the mar
ket prospects for tin plate have been
found satisfactory.
Corbin lteet-Sugar Factory.
The Corbin Beet-Sugar Factory Com
pany, of Spokane, has received" suffi
cient seed to plant 5,000 acres in sugar
beets. The seed is of the best quality,
and was imported from Germany and
France. Woik on the factory build
ings at Waverly is proceeding rapidly.
A large amount of land is being made
ready for planting.
Experiment! In Buttermaklng.
In experiments cariied on at the Or
egon experiment station, butter was
produced from common grade cows at a
cost of from 9 to 1? cents. An exact
account was kept of feed and labor,
and interest on the investment was
calculated.
New Patent Device.
A patent has been issued from Wash
ington to County Auditor Waldrip, of
Asotin, Wash., for a desk copy-holder,
which will be manufactured and sold
to the trade by a Portland firm, who
are now negotiating with the patentee.
Wool at The Dalles.
There is at present 1,000.000 pounds
of wool stored in the warehouses at
The Dalles, and in a short time the
new crop, which will probably amount
to 7.500,000 pounds, will begin arriv-'ng.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Seattle Markets.
Onions, 80o$1.10 per 100 pounds.
Potatoes, $35 40.
Beets, per saok, $ll 25.
Turnips, per sack. 50Q75c.
Carrots, per sack, 40 60c.
Parsnips, per sack, 75 85c.
Cauliflower, 90cf 1.00 per doz.
Celery, 3540o.
Cabbage, native and California
$2.60 per 100 pounds.
Apples, 60c$l per box.
Pears, 60c$1.50 per box.
Prunes, 50c per box.
Butter Creamery, 23c per pound;
dairy and ranch, 12 18c per pound.
Eggs. 1920c.
Cheese Native, 13c.
Poultry Old hens, 16c per pound;
spring chickens, 14c, turkeys, 16c.
Fresh meats Choice dressed beef
steers, prime, 8,'c; cows, prime,
8c; mutton, 9c; pork, 7c; veal, 810o.
Wheat Feed wheat. $20."
Oats Choice, per ton, $26.50.
Hay Puget Sound mixed, $7.00
8; choice Eastern Washington tim
othy, $12.00.
Corn Whole, $23.50; cracked, $24;
feed meal, $24.00.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$252(S; whole, $24.
Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.85;
straights, $3.10; California brands,
$3.25; buckwheat flour, $3.50; graham,
per barrel, $3.60; whole wheat Hour,
$3.75; rye flour, $4.50.
Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $15;
shorts, per ton, $16.
Feed Chopped feed,' $2122 per
ton; middlings, per ton, $22; oil cake
meat, pet ton, $35.
Portland Market. ' ,
Wheat Walla Walla, 58c; Valley,
69c; Bluestem, 60o per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $3.20; graham,
$2.65; superfine. $2.15 ner barrel.
Oats Choice white. 4445c; choice
gray, 42 43c per bushel. '
Barley Feed barley, $22.00; brew
ing, $23.00 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid
dlings, $22; shorts, $18; chop, $16.00
per ton.
Hay Timothy, $80; clover, $7
8;. Oregon wild hay, $B per ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 60 65c;
seconds, 45 (g 50c; dairy, 4045o store,
2530o.
Cheese Oregon full orcam, 18o;
Young America, 16o; now oheese,
10c per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $34
per dozen; hens, $4. 00 5. 00; springs,
$1.253; geose, $6.007.00 for old,
$4.505 for young; ducks, $5.00
6.50 per dozen; turkeys, live, 160
16c per pound.
Potatoes $1110. per sack; sweets,
2c per pound.
Vegetables Beets, 90c; turnips, 75o
per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab
huge, $1 1.25 per 100 pounds; cauli
flower, 75o per dozen; parsnipa, 75o
per sack; beans, 8c ner pound: celerv.
7075o per dozen;, cucumbers, 60c pef
box; peas, 38aC per pound.
' Onions Oregon, 76o$l per sack.
Hops 1517o; 1897 cron. 4ra6o.
Wool Valley, 1012o per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 812c; mohair,
20c per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 4o; dressed mutton, 7Jc;
spring lambs, 7 c per lb.
Hogs GroHS, choice heavy, $4.60;
light and feeders, $2.503.00; dressed,
$5.00(36.00 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, 4.00$4.60;
cows, $2. 60 8. 00; dressed beef,
66Uo per pound.
Veal Large, 67c; small, 78o
per pound.
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Occupied Quingua After a
Sharp Engagement.
REBELS DRIVEN FROM A TRENCH
Col. J. M. Stotsenburg, of the Nebraski
lteglment. Killed While Leading a
Charge Lieut. Sisson Also Killed.
Manila, April 25. Four men of the
Nebraska regiment, including Colonel
Stotsenburg, Lieutonant Sisson, and
three men of the Fourth cavalry, were
killed, and 44 wounded in an engage
ment at Quingua. The Filipinos re
treated with small loss.
The engagement developed into a dis
astrous, though successful, fight. The
insurgents had a horseshoe trench.
about a mile long, enoircling a rice field
on the edge of a wood.
Major Bell, with 40 cavalrymen, en
countered a strong outpost. One ot his
men was killed and five were wounded
by a volley. The Americans retired,
carrying their wounded under fire and
with great difficulty, being closely pur
sued, tog enabling the enemy to creep
up to them. Two men who were carry
ing a comrade were shot in the arms,
but they continued with their burden.
Major Bell sent for reinforcements
to rescije the body of the killed cavalry
man, and a battalion of the Nebraska
regimentl under Major Mufford, ar
rived and advanced until ohecked by
volleys from the enemy's trenches.
The Americans lay about 800 yards
from the trenches behind rice furrows
under fire, for two hours. Several
men were sunetruck, one dying from
the effects of the heat as they lay there
waiting for the artillery to come up. '
Finally the second battalion arrived,
and then Colonel Stotsenburg, who had
spent the night with his father at Ma
nila, came upon the field. The men
immediately recognized him and
raised a cheer. Colonel Stotsenburg,
deciding to charge as the cheapest way
out of the difficulty, led the attack at
the head of his regiment. He fell
with a bullet in the breast, dying in
stautly, about 200 yards from the
breastwork.
Lieutenant Sisson fell with a bullet
in his heart, the bullet striking him
near the picture of a girl, suspended
by a ribbon from h is neck.
In the meantime the artillery had
arrived and shelled the trenches. The
Filipinos stood until the Nebraska
troops were right on the trenches, and
then they bolted to the second lino of
the trenches, a mile baok. (
The Nebraska regiment lost two pri
vates and had many wounded, includ
ing two lieutenants. The Iowa regi
ment had several wounded. The Utah
regiment had one officer and three men
wounded. Thirteen dead' Filipinos
were found in the trenches. Their loss
was comparatively small on aocount of
their safe shelter.
The Americans carried the second
trench with small loss, and are holding
the town tonight. '
Colonel Stotsenburg had won a repu
tation "as one of the bravest fighters in
the army. He always led his regiment
and had achieved remarkable popular
ity with his men since tlVe war began,
although, during his first colonelcy,
the volunteers who were not used to
the rigid discipline of the regular
troops thought him a hard offioer. The
loss of the Nebraska regiment in the
campaign is the greatest sustained by
any regiment, and today's disaster has
greatly saddened officers and men, who
promise to take fierce vengeance in the
next fight.
BURNED AT A STAKE.
Oeorgla Negro Cut With' Knives and
Then Set on Fire.
Newnan, Ga., April 25. In the pres
ence of nearly 2,000 people, who sent
aloft yells of defiance and shouts of joy,
Sam Hose, a negro who committed two
of the basest sots known in the history
of oiime, was burned at the stake in it
public road one and a halt miles from
here, this afternoon.
Before the toicli was applied to the
pyre, the negro was deprived of his
ears, fingers and other portions of his
anatomy. The negro plead pitifully
for his life while the mutilliitien wits
going on, but stood the ordeal of fire
with surprising fortitude. Before tho
body was cool it was cut to pieces, tlio
hones were crushed into small bits, ,
and even the tree upon .which tho
wretch met his fate was torn up and J
disposed of as souvenirs. The negro ,
was cut in several pieces, as was also
his liver. Those unable to obtain the
ghastly relics direct paid the more for
tunate possessors extravagant sums or
them. Small pieces of bone went at
25 cents, and a bit of the liver, crisply
cooked, sold or 10 cents.
Sam Hose killed Alfred Cranford, a
white farmer, near Palmetto, and out
raged his wife, 10 days ago. '
Demands Coghlao's Ileinoval.
Chicago, April 25. The Illinois
Stnats Zeitung, in a furious editorial
on Captain Coghlan's utterances at
New York, demands his removal con
cluding: "The American government
should get rid of officers of the kind ot
Coghlan."
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