Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, July 28, 1899, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextENGAGEMENT WITH REBELS Attack Upon the American Troops in Panay. NATIVES PLANNED A SURPRISE One Hundred and Fifteen of the En emy Killed Regulars Lost One Killed and One Wounded. Manila, July 22. Newo lias been re jeived here from General Smith, at Ho lo, island of Panay, of a severe fight Wednesday at Bobong, between Cap tain Byrne, of the Sixteenth infantry, with 70 men, anil a foroe of 450 Babay lones, who surprise! the American troops. One hundred and fifteen of the enemy were killed, as is shown by actual count; many were wounded and one was taken prisoner. The American loss was one man killed and cue wounded. The fighting was mostly at clopt quartets with bayonets and clubbed guns. A considerable stock of supplies and arms has been captmed by Captain Rvrnfi. who is in command of tho lint. talion oporating at La Car lota, in the district of Ncgros. An order has been issued regulating practice before the courts and substi tuting the American for the Spanish system in important respects, it abol ishes procurators who correspond some what to solicitors in the English courts, all the duties heretofore performed by procurators devolving upon attorneys. Memeliers of the bar must be residents of the inland. Citizens of foreign gov ernments are ineligible -to practice at the bar. Members of the American bar are eligible. The order gives the courts sole power t,o determine the qualifications of attorneys, which here tofore has been a function of the bar association, and the church Bchools Lave controlled admission to the bar. The changes outlined have been made in accordance with the wishes of the Filipinos, and disappoint the Span iards, who petitioned to be admitted tS the bar without renouncing allegiance to Spain. Lieutenant J. Moore, of the Iowa regiment, shot himself today, while tempoiarily insane. The steamship Snturnus lias returned from Aparri and reports that Aguinal do, hearing that the inhabitants were prepared to welcome the Americans if they came, concentiated 2,000 troops there and fortified the town and coast approaches stongly. NEW RAILROAD FOR IDAHO. To He Built by tile Governor of Wis cousin, Moscow, Idaho, July 22. C. O. Brown, the chief local promoter of the Moscow & Eastern railroad, has just received a telegram from Governor Sclioueld, of Wisconsin, in which the govenor say 8 that ho will arrive in Spo kane tomorrow evening over the North ern Pacific, and requests Mr. Brown to meet him there to confer in regard to the pioposed Moscow & Eastern rail way, for the construction of which Governor Scbofield is to furnish the capital. The governor is accompanied y his son George, a wealthy Wiscon sin lumberman. They intend to make "rip to the coast, nnd, returning, ar "e here July 26. The'son will then remain here in connection with the construction of the road. Tlie survey of the Moscow & Eastern "now complete, and though the pro moters have kept scrupulously quiet nd will com in. u nictate praotically noth n, indications are that active work on He toad will begin in the veiy near To KEEP SOLDIERS WARM. R,d Cro Loan Overcoat for the Sec oud Oregon. San Francisco, July 22. The Red woa i Society has taken the question of fining for the returning volunteers "ito its own hands, and the first in 'ailment of overcoats purhcased by the wiety was loaned to the Oregon regi it today. The coats weie issued imin reoeiPt of the men, and be- they leave camp they will be ex lieii to turn thoiu back to be used by 'Morning volunteers. ' wetittnnnt E. II. Plummer has ar inin , f,oni Vancouver barrucks to tb n flpl,licant8 for commissions from Oregon regiment who wish to re tttitl l 8ervice- T" regiment is luck t0 tll,ee commissions-, and the tenant di' M1 be determined by Lieu tion i , , Ule' upon,their exatnina (mm m 18 recom'men'dation they get Um. nerul Summers. artilT U,enHnt'Joloi,el liflnolph, Third trin ,VT' lllia l)een ordered awav on a . ViDrough Oregon and Washington bnMA ' cava,'y horses. He will y 800 orQObefore he returns. UnnS ?' Jul 22. There Is a Cl . V,01" 01lil''e88, Tex., that the lta; ''Ue 200 miles north of Dallas, reji ' n , ""Jburst occurred in that ku0w' ltn disastrous results. It is 't I.. tlie,l,rPerty loss is very heavy, fi"of u "a beeu 'earned of the tioa wi .e,roop:e of inundated aec- ' . "'ch em hi U in ho Bect'on is thinly Bot ' l0n are small and far apart. 1 ANOTHER COMBINATION. A. IS. with I m,,,, l-at,flo. ays. A deal is under way involving he combination of at least four p,o nent railroads, and perhaps two or ree more making a compete trunk The cT Atlantic to the Pacific! The scheme mvolves a merging of sev- Lo, h l r P,'perties in vi.icl. Kuhn, SmrorA J' ilair""an and bpeyer & Cmp.lny are interested, and, Xn'r frle"dS'e-' controlling Among these properties are the Un- the Chicago & Alton, the Chicago Ter nunal Transfer Comapny, the Oregon Short Line.the O.egon Railway & Nav Ration Company and the Baltimore Unio. It is asserted in some quar ters that the Great Northern will come in. but this is considered doubtful, al though James J. Hill is olosely asso dated with several of the irentlemen who are prominent in the railroads mentioned. This combination will give a com pact system, and will bring about a revolution in traffic alliance. The Un ion Pacifio is the keystone. Its closest connection at present is the Chicago & Northwestern, and for a long time it has been the prevailing opinion in Wall street that, th ViinWWHq 1 attach both the Northwestern and the Union Pacific, and were not aware un til a few weeks ago of what was going on. The Northwestern directors have hurriedly considered the advisability of extending their Fremont branch tc Ogdon to a connection with the Central Pacific, which is contiolled by the Southern Pacific. Cut off from the Union Pacilio, the Northwestern will find no load to turn to for Pacific coast business that does not parallel it for a considerable distance. Thus, with the Northwestern ex tending its Fremont, Elk Horn & Mis Eouri River railway from Casper tc Ogden, in order to tight the Union Pa cific, and the Northern Pacific forced to protect itself against the Oregon lines, which have recently been acquired by the Union Pacific, there is likely to be a great time among the great trans continental roads in the near future. DEWEY IN AUSTRIA. Greeted at Trieste by a Sulute From Mttny Guns. Tiieste, Austria, July 23. Tlx cruiser Olympia with Admiral Dewey on board, arrived here yesterday. The principal newspaper, II Pioolo, has a flattering article welcoming the ad miral to Austria. The Olympia will remain here about two weeks. Dewey's health id perfect. lie has not decided whether he will go to Carlsbad, as had been announced, but it is not probable he will do so." The admiral intends to visit Vienna. Upon her ariival here the Olympia fired a salute of 21 guns, which was returned from the foit and one Greek and four Austrian war ships. Subsequently Dewey received visits from the poit authorities. United Statei Minister to Austria Addison Harris, and the staff of legation and consuls ol United States in Austria. The for eign consuls were received by Dew'ey on board the Olympia during the fore noon. The Olvmpia had a bad run tc Aden against a monsoon, but from that point on the weather was fine. Dewey expects to remain onboard his flagship, with the exception of occasional tiipe on shore. Americans here find weath ei cool and refreshing. Most of the chief government officials ate absent on leave. British Consul Churchill was the first caller on Dewey, and was sa luted in a most cordial manner. A HORRIBLE DEATH. Laborer In a North port Smelter Roasted Alive. Nnrthnort. Wash.. July 22. Martin Smith, a laborer employed at the North port Mining & Smelting Company's plant, met with a horrible death last night about midnight. Smith was em ployed in wheeling ore from the out side roast heaps to the furnaces. The ore was red hot at the time, and there was danger of it caving. Both the general foreman and the yard foreman had warned the man of the danger, and advised him to work elsewhere. Smith replied to these admonitions that as soon as he removed a portion ol the heap that hiterferred with the tracks he would. A few moments af tei wards fellow workmen heard agoniz ing shrieks from where Smith was last seen, and upon arriving on the scene the unfortunate man was found pinned down by a maes of burning ore that renched to his hips. The men worked like demons to extricate him,' but in 'vain, the poor fellow absolutely roast ing alive before their eyes. Ten min utes of hard work resulted in the re coveiy of the charred remains. Murdered In a I'ark. Portland, July 22. The body ol Clara Fitch, the 19-year-old daughter ot George A. Fitch, a Southern Paoific engineer, was found in Cycle Park about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and four hours later the police Jailed Frank McDanlel, a truckman, on sus picion of having murdered the girl. McDanlel admitted that he was with Miss Fitch about 10 o'clock Wednesday night, when (he is supposed to have been killed. Strangulation was the ap parent cause of death. ALONG THE COAST. Items of General Interest Gleaned l'rom the Thriving ViiclUn States. Washington Stale Fair. The Washington state fair commis sion at North Yakima, has completed the premium list, and the book is in the hands of the nrinter. It Ima hBn revised and enlarged to cover, as far as possible, all the industries of this great state, and induce exhibits of products from the Pucifio Northwest. The list has been increased by adding many ar ticles of home production, and the prizes more than doubled, to insuie greater displays of native resources. The commission recognizes the neces sity of honest competition in farming and dairying, fruit and vegetable growing, ranch and range productions and all lines of progress in the field and factory. While the state fair has not yet reached perfection, the earnest co-operation of all interested will make ofthefouith annual exhibition, the best of its kind ever held in the state. Many excellent exhibits are promised from the leading sections of the state, and Oregon and British Columbia, will be well represented. 'The race course is in line condition and several horses are now training for the snood contests, for which huge purses will be offered. The commission offers $10, 000 in premiums for the various exhib its and races. Special rates have been obtained from the railroads, and excur sions will be run from the cities of Se attle, Spokane, Taooma and intermedi ate points. The merchants and manu facturers have contributed liberally in special premiums and with the pros pect of ernornious crops there is no reason why the fair should not be a complete success. Taloilse Grain Uninjured. Owing to reports of the damage to cereals by heat, the Spokesman-Review has obtained a statement concerning wheat in the Palouse and Potlatch sec tions. In the Palouse wheat and other ceieals never looked hotter. There are no fields damagod by heat, squirrels or bjigbt of other Kinds. In the Potlatch not to exceed 10 per cent of resown fields are affected by heat, some .farm ers complaining that the kernels have shriveled. The total of grain damaged by heat will be quite - small, and more than made up for by the excellent con dition of other grains. Northwest News Notes. Oregon has 05,000 Angora goats. Salem will tender the volunteers a reception anyway. The government locks at Lafayette will be oompleted yet this summer. Several mysterious murders have oc curred in Nez Peroea county, Idaho. The Dalles has a balance of over 13.000 in her treasury from last year. Some districts in Southern Oregon are sadly in need of rain for the crops. Canyon City Masons' and Odd Fel lows' temple comer stone has been laid. A large quantity of oleomargarine was seized in a Wala Walla hos pital. Spokane is proud of the fact that her postofilce receipts are gaining on those of Portland. , Spokane will have a swell new club, with membeiship from both Washing ton and Idaho. The hop crop of Oregon will proba bly reach 85,000 bales this year. No shortage is anticipated. The O. R. & N. took 60 laborers to Eastern Oregon, and the farmers hired them all away from the road. The faculty of Willamette univers ity has been completed by the election of science and Latin and Greek profes sors. Several brick business buildings are being erected in Oakland to take the place of the frame structures recently burned. Garfield men have an option on a township of Adams county lailroad land at 80 cents an acre, which they will purchase. E. D. Halloway has been telegraph operator at Pasco for 10 years with out a vacation, and has sent an average of 100 telegrams a day during that time. Tom Daniels established a new reoord for Washington at the Whatcom Falls Mill Company's mill, when ho packed' 68,000 shingles in 11 hours of consecu tive labor. Ed. White, who escaped from the sheriff of Coos county, a few days ago, by jumping from a boat, was recap tured n oar ltiveiton and landed in jail. He is wanted to answer to the charge of burglary. A good many gardeners have made money out of eaily potatoes, says the Asotin Sentinel. The very first sold at $3. CO a bushel. The present pi ice is $2 for 100 pounds, when sold direot ly to the consumers, and $1.75 when sold to dealers. The Coos county court has let a con tract for building a bridge on the mid dle fork of Coqoille. It will be combi nation bridge of. wood and iron; price, 1(3.842. The bridges on the Coquille Marshfield road will be rebuilt as quickly as possible- Northwest News Notes. Reports of Cape Nomes' merit are jreatly at variance. i Boston capitalists will visit Spokane during the coming fruit fair. One of the visiting editors gave Ore gon a new name "Hospitality." Total gold brought down from Klon dike thus far this year is $3, 570,000. Juneau will have a now $40,000 courthouse, built by the government. ' Southern Oregon man found the dead body of a missing nephew through the disclosures of a vision. Spokane's bank clearings in last fis cal year have increased more than any city west of the Mississippi. Heroes of 'Frisco's latest poisoned candy sensation were formerly resi dents of Vancouver, B. C. Outstanding Sherman county war rants have all been called in. The county does not owe one cent. Sheepmen of Missoula, Mont., are at war over attempt to keep them from shearing within the city limits. Golden spike was driven in White Pass & Yukon railway July 6, in cele bration of the road's completion. Mrs. Hampson, a Sacramento wo man, has started over the Edmonton trail to seek her husband, gone a year. Spokane internal revenue collections for six months have been over $3,000 in excess of last year's total collec tions. Reno, Nev., Gazette says automo biles will soon be used to transport bo rax from Harney county to Winne mucca. Apples and pears will bo plentiful in California, but in Oregon the crops will be failures. Peaches from Cali fornia will also be plentiful, and South ern Oiegon will be likely to send some also. PACIFIC , COAST TRADE. Seattle Markets. Onions, 90o per 100 pounda. Potatoes, new, 2cper lb. Beets, per sack, $11 25. Turnips, per sack, 60 05c. Carrots, per sack, $1. Parsnips, per sack, $1. Cauliflower, 40 60c per doz. Cabbage, native and California $1.50 per 100 pounds. Apples. $2.503.50 per box. Pears, 50c $1.50 per box. Prunes, 50c per box. Butter Creamery, 18c per pound; dairy and ranch, 12 18c per pound. Eggs, 22c. Cheese Native, 12c. Poultry Old hens, 16c per pound) spring chickens, 14c; turkeys, 16c. Fresh meats Choice dressed beef steers, prime, 9c; cows, prime, 9c; mutton, 9c; pork, 7o; veal, 810c Wheat Feed wheat. $20. Oats Choice, per ton, $2728. Hay Puget Sound mixed, $6,000 8; choice Eastern Washington tim othy, $12.00. Corn Whole. $23.50; cracked, $24 feed meal, $24.00.' Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $2526; whole, $23. Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.50; straights, $2.90; California brands, $3.25; buckwheat flour, $3.50; graham, per barrel, $3.60; whole wheat flour, $3.75; rye flour, $4.60. Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $16; shorts, per ton, $16. Feed Chopped feed, $2123 pei ton; middlings, per ton, $22; oil cake meal, per ton, $33. Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla. 68c; Valley, 59c; Blucstem, tiOo per bushel. Flour Best grades, $3.20; graham, $2.65; superfine, $2.15 per barrel. Outs Choice white, 42c; choice gray, 4041c per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $1920; brew ing, $21.00 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid dlings, $22; shorts, $18; chop, $16.00 per ton. Hay Timothy, $89; clover, $7 8; Oregon wild hay, $6 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 8540o; seconds, 27 30o; dairy, 2527o store, 1823o. Cheese Oregon full cream, 12o; Young America, 16o; new cheeBe, 10c per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3 4 per dozen; hens, $4.005.00; springs, $1.258; geese, $0.00 7.00 for old, $4.605 for young; ducks, $5.00 6.50 per dozen; turkeys, live, 15 16c per pound. Potatoes $1 1.10 per Back; aweeta, 2c per pound. Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 90c per aack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab bage, $1 1.25 per 100 pounds; cauli flower, 76o per dozen; parsnips, $1 per sack; beans,8o per pound; celery, 70(3 7 6o per dozen; cucumbera, 60c pee box; peas, 8 8c per pound. Onions Oregon, 6075o per aack. Hops ll18c; 1897 crop, 46o. Wool Valley, 12 13o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 610c; mohair, 27c per pound. Mutton Gross, best eheep, wethen and ewes, 4o; dressed mutton, 7c; apring lambs, 7)B'c per lb. Hogs GroHS, choice heavy, $4.60; light and feeders, $2.603.00; dressed, $5. 00 6.00 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, 4.00$4.26; cows, $2. 60 3. 00; dressed beef, 66c per pound. Veal Large, .6 7o; small, 78c per pound. SECRETARY ALGER REINS At Last Crowded Out of the War Department. WILL STEPDOWN IN TWO WEEKS Much Speculation ns to Who His Suc cessor Will lie Many Names Meu. tioned Corbin's Chances. Washington, July 21. Alaei has fieen crowded out at last. The sys tematic manner of ignoiing him as u cabinet officer and secietary of war re sulted in his finally handing to the president his resignation. The uni versal demand of the members of the cabinet that Alger get out has had its influence, and the cold shoulder he has received in the cabinet, together with the fact that Coibin baa taken every thing odt of his hands in the war de partment, made the position untenable. It is believed that Vice-President Hobart, acting as a mutual friend of McKinley and Alger, helped to bring about the resignation. Alger intends to make the president somewhat responsible for his retire ment by making his resignation to take effect upon the pie; aire of tho presi dent. Speculation is life as to who will be seoretary of war, and a great many names are mentioned. Tlie belief is general that no matter who comes in he will be overshadowed by Corbin.wha has had a tasto of power and will not relinquish it. By August 1, Seoretary Alger will bs at liberty to lay down Jiis tank. He is much wearied by the weight of respon sibility he has home for nearly to years and a half; he has aged many years in the opinion of his personal friends, and is in need of rest, lie proposes to depart for the Northwest and spend sometime in the lumber camps belong ing to him, and then pay visits to his children. These will occupy his time until vell along into next fall. . About political matters,' tho seoretary does not speak now, but it may be fairly sur mised that he then will be ready, in view of his already announced decision, to take such part in the Michigan sena torial contest as conditions at the time will warrant. . . DIAMOND MINE WAS MYTHICAL. Uut Hardships Were Ileal, nnd Most of the Men Died. Seattle, July 21. Out of a party of five which left New York five years ago in search of a mythical diamond mine on the western coast of Alaska, but one has returned. He is H. C. Hoffman, a machinist, formerly in the employ of the Baldwin locomotive works. Three of the party Walter Dodds, of Paterson, N. J.; James La belle, of Canada., and a man named French died of disease. The fate of the fourth member, Henry Martin, of New York, is unknown. According to Hoffman's remarkable story, the party left San Francisco in June, 1894, in a small trading schoon er, bound for a district lying between the Kuaboo nnd Ikpik Pung rivers, known as the Black Hole, where the richest diamond mine in the world was said to exist. They had two years' provisions. At Kaakak, Labelle died from a. disease lesembling smallpox. Dodds and French were stiicken with the same disease. Rather suffer as La belle did. Frenoh shot himself through the heart, and Dodds, with an amplu supply of provisions, was left to care for himself, with the understanding that he was to overtake Martin and Hoffman should he recover. Nothing was heard from him again. Martin and Hoffman pushed, on to Kevolikog, a ' Russian Indian vilage near the Black Hole country. The village was made up of Russian refu gees from the prisons of Siberia. They robbed Martin and Hoffman of every thing of value and kept them prison ers. Hoffman was separated fiom Mar tin and taken to another village, where he waa compelled to do menial work. At the end of a month he escaped and reached the small town of Sisinan. on tho Koyukuk river, where he was ill for several months. He never received any further tidings of Martin. Ores and Minerals May Come Free. ' Washington, July 21. In response to an Inquiry from the management of the Spokane, Wash., industrial ex position, which - will open about Octo ber 8, Assistant Secretary Spaulding has decided that, in the absonce of leg islation on the subject, he cannot au thorize collectors of customs ort i the Canadian lrontier to admit to free en try exhibta to be imported from Can ada. Mr. Spaulding, however, will Instruct the collectors to admit free such importations of ores and minerals as have no commercial value. Hineller at Heat tie. Seattle, July 21. Negotiations, which practically guarantee the estab lishment of a smelter of 400 tons per duy, were consummated in this city yes terday by tho aale, to tho Occidental Smelting Company, of Portland, of 1,600 acres of land on the eastern shore of Luke Washington, owned by the Kirkland Land Company. The prop erly is said to have been sold for a cou aid'eration of about $100,000.