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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1899)
If iii TAKES W i - fcsurgents Fled After Half I ,1 -.... VtV?ii-. kMERlCAN LOSS WAS SLIGHT lereral Miles ot Country Cleared of In- uirgrntu The Movement a strate gical Success Rebel Logs Unknown. Manila, Sept. 80. General MacAr- bnr Bntciou x uio-w uuuuux b feu'hting. The American loss was slight; the insurgents loss is not known. Ihe enemy fled nortward and when the Americans entered the town they found it practically deserted, j Tbe attacking party moved on Porao In two columns. The Ninth infantry Vith two guns from Santa Itita was 'commanded by General Wheeler, and the Thirty-sixth infantry under Colonel Bell, with one gun, accompanied Gen eral' JIacArthur from San Antonio. Both columns struck the town at 9 o'clock and opened a brisk fire, which was replied to by the enemy for half an hour. Then the insurgents fled, and the Americans marched over their ueii"-il " i ' place. Just before the fight Smith's com mand at Angeles made a demonstratiof by firing artillery up the railroad track. Liscura reported one casualty, and Bell reported four men of his regiment (wounded. The artillery did not lose a man, killed or injured, j Today's movement was a strategical success, and resulted in the possession 'of Porac, and the clearing of several miles of country thereabout. The two columns, one from Santa Rita and the other from San Antonio, united before Porac, according to the programme, one stretching around the place for some miles. The insurgents are' estimated to have numbered 600 men, Ten dead Filipinos were found, and the captain and commissary of General Mascarno's command were taken prisoners. The American loss was five, but there were many prostrations from the heat. Englishmen from the insurgent lines report that the rebels at Bamban have 7,000 new Japanese rifles. INVESTED BY REVOLUTIONISTS. General Castro Han Cut His Army Into Three Divisions. . New York, Sept. 80. A dispatch to the Herald from Port of Spain, Trini dad, says: Caracas is practically in vested by revolutionists. General Cip Tiano Castro's forces, moving from Va lencia and Victoria, separated into three divisions. The right wing has already captured San Casmir and Ocu mare, and is now occupying the valley of the Tuy river and commanding the road to Caracas, 30 miles distant. The left wing is occupying Caralucia and the entire seacoast to Puerto Cabello, and is moving forward toward La Gua jra with the special object of cutting off the escape of Preisdent Andrade. The ceuter and main division of the Kbel army, under the personal com mand of General Castro, is moving on LosLeques, and purposes to combine with the forces from the Tuy valley to make an assault on Caracas. Castro surprised the government froops on the plains of Valencia, caus ing a loss to Andrade's forces of 1,500 men in killed and wounded. General Adiran, of the government army, was among the slain. The loss of the revo lutionists was slight. The province of Cero is now held by the insurgents. The city of Carupano ,as en up arms in favor of the revo lution. MONTANA TRAIN WRECK. Pour Men Killed and Three Injured In an Accident. Butte, Mont., Sept. 80. A special from Glasgow, Mont., to the Butte Miner says: The most disastrous wreck that has ever been reported in this sec tion of Montana occurred two miles t of Paisley, a small station just est of here, on the Great Northern, at 5 'oolock Tuesday morning. The Jeck was caused by a head -end coi tion between the second section of 8 coming east and a light engine Peking up westbound, and as a result employes of the railroad are dead. . 6 dead are: Harry Mashengale, en Pneer on No. 8; Al Neitzke, his fire man; Charles Strahan, head brakeman; ' Pelon, fireman on light engine. A MOTHER'S CRIME. Attempted to Murder Her Children and Commit Suicide. Detroit, Sept. 80. Mrs. Clara w aurder her three cihldren and com " suicide. She gave the children morphine, cut her wrists and then ned on the gas in the room they rvu ' When discovered, two of the miQrea were dead. By hard work eldest child and Mrs. Rheiner were cnfUitated' Mrs- Rheiner failed to J?1 the arteries in her wrists and the PAysicians at St. Mary's hospital say J"6 will recover. Mrs. Rheiner made s atement to the officers admitting ''"ins the children and said sh l a Bhe was with the,n- she con S8e(1 to having had domestio trouble. NEW YORK'S WELCOME. the Committee From Washington State Hoards the 01y,pa. J.6 W ?ept SO New York was decked brilliantly today in honor of the gallant sailor who is wait- IT gatue JIad an ocean of col swept through the city, its ebbing tide could not have stained the streets more brilliantly Hundreds of miles of red, white and blue bunting cover the noble facades of Broadway and Fifth avenue, and a million flags flutter over the town. Not even the churches have escaped the universal decorations. The doors and gothic windows of old Trin ity, on lower Broadway, are gracefully draped with the national colors, and in ancient Trinity graveyard, the tomb of that gallant sailor, who, dying, issued the command not to give up the ship, lies shrouded in the silken folds of the flag for which he died. When the committee from Washing ton reached the Olympia, each mem ber of the committee was cordially greeted by Admiral Dewey, but the warmest hand clasp and heartiest greet ing was for the admiral's lifelong friend, Senator Proctor, of Vermont. The captain presented each of the vis itors to Captain Lamberton, and then all went to the admiral's cabin, where the committee completed the pro gramme of the Washington ceremony, and the admiral expressed his entire mHf",ti'vi with the celebration. Se retary Pruden presented an invitation to a dinner with the president, and the admiral accepted it. Admiral George W. Baird, who sailed with Farragut and Dewey in the Gulf in 1861, "unrolled a package which he had carefully guarded all the way to the Olympia, and displaying a faded blue admiral's ensign, upon which were stitched four white stars, said to Admiral Dewey: "Admiral, I wish to present to you the first admiral's flag ever 'broken out' in the navy of this country. The admiral whose name and memory we all so revere first hoisted this ensign upon the good 6hip Hartford, before New Orleans, and afterwards upon the Franklin, and since it came down from that masthead it has never been whipped by the wind or worn by the elements. You, the worthy successor of that great admiral whose tactics you so successfully followed a short while ago, I deem the proper . person for Far ragut's mantle to fall upon." This flag was made by Quartermaster Knowles out of a blue "number" flag, when Farragut was first made a rear admiral. Two white stars were sewed on it. When Farragut was made an admiral, two more white stars were sewed on it. Farragut flew this flag on the Hartford at New Orleans, and afterwards in the Mediterranean. The admiral was deeply affected, and tears where in his eyes as he gazed at the souvenir. It was several moments be fore he recovered his voice. Finally he said: "I'll fly it. I'll fly it at masthead. I'll fly it in the parade, l'l fly it always. And and when I strike my admiral's flag this shall be the flag I shall strike." This was the most impressive scene that has occurred on the Olypmia since her arriavl in this port, and for some time no one spoke. The silence was not broken until he called his Chinese steward and ordered a case of cham pagne. The Washingtonians remained on board chatting with the admiral for an hour. A portion of the committee left for Washington at 2:30 o'clock. HUNDREDS WERE DROWNED. Effect of the Recent Storms and Flood In India. Calcutta, Sept. 80. Lieutenant-Governor Sir John Woodburn announces that 500 lives were loBt in Darjeling, capital of the district of that name, in addition to those drowned on the plains. Great havoc has been caused at Kur seong. The Margaret! Ehope estate lost 100 acres and the Mealand factory was destroyed. Some coolies were buried in the ruins of the manager's house, which was partially destroyed. The Avongrove estate lost 80 acres and 4,000 tea bushes. The collie lines were swept away and hundreds were killed. A factory was also destroyed at that place. A huge landslide below St, Mary's seminary destroyed the rail road bridge and completely blocked the road. A breach 800 yards wide has been made and the rails are hanging in the air. It is thought the break can not be repaired within 30 days. Boilermaker Strike. San Francisco, Sept. 29. The boiler makers who quit work on the govern ment transports last week on account - it- tiii-oHnn from their employ- I era that they would be required to work nine hours per day, instead of 1 v,mir. as thev had previously been doing, and all the men employed at boilermaking in the Risdon and Fulton shops, who walked out this week in sympathy with the strikers, are still out. The men are determined to hold out for the eight hour working day and double pay for overtime, these being the terms granted them by the federal law on all government work. Contributions to Dewer Fund. Washington, Sept. 80.-Among to day's contributions to the Dewey home P. Huntington, aa,uu'.', 1 and the Chicago Tribune, $500. WRECK OF THE SCOTSMAN. Fifteen Women Passengers Drowned Ship Looted by Crew. Montreal, Oct. 2. Two hundred and fifty scantily clad, baggage-bereft men, women and children were on board of an inter-colonial special which steamed into Bonaventura depot tonight. They composed the greater number of those who sailed from Liverpool September 14 on the steamship Scotsman, bound for Montreal, which was wrecked on the shores of the Straits of Belle Isle at 2:30 o'clock the morning of the 21st. It was not only a tale of shipwreck that they had to tell, but one of death, of suffering and pillage, for fifteen, at least, of the Scotsman's passengers perished, all suffered cruelty from cold and privation and almost the worst horror of all, the men who were sup posed to succor and assist those com mitted to their care in the hour of need, turned on the helDless passengers and with loaded guns and revolvers compelled them to part with the few valuables they had saved. Captain Skrimshire and his officers were excep tions. For the honor of the British merchant marine, the crime mar no'- be ascribed to the men engaged in ii dui io a gang of wnarf rats and hangers-on, picked up on the docks at Liver pool to replace the usual crew of the Scotsman, which ioined the seamen's strike on the other side. TV t follows: First-class passenuers Miss Street, Montreal; Mrs. Childs, wife of the stage manager of the "Sign of the Cross' company; Mrs. Robertson and lmani; Mrs. Scott; Mrs. Robinson, wife of the manager of the Sunlight Soap Company, of Toronto: Mrs. Rob inson; Mrs. Dickinson, wife of a former editor of the Toronto Globe. Second- class passengers Mrs. M. M. Scott, Mrs. Watson. Mrs. Talbot. Mrs. Tnt- hill, Mrs. Skelton Mrs. Eliza Watkins, Miss V. Weavers. It will be noticed that all who per ished were women. This is accounted for by the fact that thev were oop.n- pants of the first boat which left the steamer after she struck and which was swamped before it could get clear of the ship. 'GIGANTIC SWINDLING Cause of the New Orleans Cotton Ex change's Suspension of Business. New Orleans, Oct. 2. Intense excite ment prevails on the cotton exchange here, and the directors of the exchange have met and suspended business. The New York market is closed today, and the only quotations this morning to guide local investors were from Liv erpool. The market had scarcely opened when the operators had become paralyzed by advices clicked from over the ocean. It showed futures jumping in leaps and bounds. In half an hour reports showed that the Liverpool mar ket had jumped nearly a cent. The whole exchange went wild, and the ex citement spreading to the streets, mul titudes crowded around the doors of the building. At 10 o'clock a meeting of the di rectors was called and prompt action was taken, suspending all business. Operators were unable to explain the tremendous jump, and it was the com mon belief on the floor that the wires had been tapped and that a gigantic swindling game was on foot some' where. Private cables were going to Liver pool by the dozens, seeking informa' tion. While the telegraphic wires were bringing news of the advances at Liver pool, private cables to prominent local cotton firms were bearing the news that there had been little or no change from yesterday in the Liverpool mar ket. This at once aroused the bus picions of the operators, and caused a hasty meeting of the directors. The action of the directors in order ing a suspension of business checked the panic, but only temporarily allayed the excitement, and there is suppressed anxiety to know the solution of the puzzle. The directors officially announced later that today's suspension is due to fraud. Operators estimate that the loss suffered her on account of the swindle will amount to more than $100,000. , Gold North of Cape Nome. Tacoma, Oct. 2. Another story of gold discoveries in the North has been brought down by Colonel Frank Haight, a well-known Salt Lake mining man, who has mining interests in Alaska. Colonel Haight was one of the few pas sengers who came down on the Alli ance who had come directly out from Anvil City. He says that a short while before he left there some pros pectors came in with a report of a great strike at Caye Prince of Wales, which is about 100 miles north of Cape Nome. Colonel Haight says there was an immediate stampede for the new grounds. Chilean Finances. New York, Oct. 2.A dispatch to the Herald from Valparaiso says: It is said the government intends to issue 80,000,000 pesos in silver coin for the redemption of government bonds This echeme, it is believed, will give the coins their face value; the price of the bonds will rise and the bank rate of interest will fall. Estimates for the war and marine departments for the present year, which amount to 22,298,894 pesos, have been reduced for 1900 by 4,723,554 pesos. THE HOP YIELD, Washington, SO, OOO Bales; California, 00,000 Bales, and Oregon, TO, O0O Bales. ' Speaking of the hop situation, Cap tain George Pope, of Portland, says: "Tho situation of Oregon's hop crop this year is a peculiar one. Four weeks ago the most conservative grower or dealer had made up his mind, that nearly 100,000 bales would be pro duced in this .state. The hops were on tho vines, and no doubt the quality would have been excellent but for the heavy rains in August, which imparted new life to vines, and fresh strobiles began to set on laterals that could not have come to maturity at so late a date. In addition to this, tho core of the burr grew continuously under con ditions produced by the August rains and the warm weather of this month, so that growers were confronted by a problem that puzzled them. Kilns which in former years could bo dried in 18 hours could not this year be taken off in less than 24 to 26 hours, and in some cases even 80 hours were required to take off a flooring of moder ate size. This threw the drying ma chinery out of shape. The hops, owing to the cool weather of August were backward. Picking of them did not become general until about September 10, so liitti till laiyo Vuius liuYe Buf fered considerably. Entire yards have been abandoned on account of the rapid spread of mold, with the result that the crop has been cut down to about 70, 000 bales . Tho quality of theso 70, -000 bales will range about 10,000 bales choice, 30,000 to 40,000 medium, and the remainder indifferent. "From what is known of other states, California has the best quality, and 60,000 bales is said to be the yield in that state. Washington's quality is said to be the same as ours, but as that state is seven or eight days later in maturing the crop west of the Cas cades, it is doubtful if it will harvest the quota accredited to her 50,000 bales. New York has one-third less this year than last, and the crop is said to have come down in very poor shape. English advices are conflicting. The yield in England is said to be the heaviest in many years. One writer who is an authority, while very con servative, gives the yield as 1,100 pounds per acre. England this year has 50,000 acres of hops. Such a yield, therefore, if it is all gathered, will be nearly equal to British con sumption. Germany's crop is also above the average, but it is doubtful if she has many hops to throw on the ex port market. The market value of English hops today ranges from 2 15s to 4 10s per 112 pounds, but it is said that even these prices will not be maintained after the surplus of the United States seeks an outlet. As to this, however, there is no assurance. "The points in favor of the grower are these: First, the old stocks have all been worked off, and the crop of the world goes to a practically bare market; second, times all the world over are letter, confidence has been restored, labor is everywhere fully employed, and hence the consumption of beer is on the increase." Seattle Starch Factory. At the meeting of the Seattle cham ber of commerce at Seattle last week that committee reported in favor of aid ing in raising $25,000 for the establish ment of a starch factory there. The proposed factory is to be built undei the supervision of Mr. Hundhausen, of Westfalen, Germany whose family ow ns a secret process ot making starch that has been in use for 80 years. The process saves all the gluten from the flour, while the process now in use on the coast, saves little or none of the gluten. The estimated cost of build ing and running the factory is $27,924. It is estimated that a factory at that point could sell in round numbers one eighth of all the starch used on the coast, or per annum 600,000 pounds This is an average of one ton per day and would require 1.83 tons of flour per day. To Have a Regular Steamship line. The Alaska Packers Association is making preparations to establish a regu lar steamship line running between San Francisco and Bristol bay next summer. The company has several canneries located on Bristol bay which are operated during the summer, but there has been no mail or passenger service from that place. Tho men en gaged in fishing there are shutout from the world while the season lasts. The association has recently let a contract with a Portland firm for the building of a steamer when will cost $200,000. A til n Needs Mora Courts. A petition is being circulated in At lin asking for the appointment of a county court judge for that district. The need of such a court is Imperative. Already there are 28 cases on tho cal endar. This, in most instances, will work great hardship. In one case an old gentleman sued for 60 days' wages at $4 per day, in all $240. The amount being over $100 the matter could not be settled in the small debts courts, and so the case pends. Six- carloads of fancy liquors, weigh ing 60 tons, going to Dawson under special permits issued by Canadian government officials, went through Skagway recently in care of a convoy of the United States customs inspoctor. GENERAL TRADE IS GOOD. tteaction In the Stock Market Has Bit Little Effect. R. G. Dun & Co.'a weekly review of trade says: The reaction in the stock market is not a sign of anything outside that market, but has caused many to look for signs of a reaction elsewhere. , Such signs have been hard to find. It has been for months a wonder that the demand for products was sustained at rat es exceeding past consumption in any year, notwithstanding the general rises in prices. But the demand does not appear to abate, and the rise in prices continues. Wheat exports fall a little below. last year's, but in three weeks, flour included, have been 8,865,877 bushela for Atlantic ports, against 9,293,831 bushels last year, and 1,021,998 bush els from Pacific ports, against 907,961 bushels last year. But Western re ceipts have been 21,759,853 bushels, against 23,099,897 bushels last year, and even more impressive are the re ceipts of 18,515,932 bushels of corn, against 11,177,483 bushels last year, and the exports of 9,201,427 bushels, against 5,943,966 last year. Further government reports have been so credited !iroad that cotton has risen to 6.62 cents, but it comes for ward more freely than in years of max imum crops. When men pay $3 to $5 per ton more thuU tiio lutvot quoted price for iron products in order to get early deliver ies, it is because delay is threatened on works or railroads or bridges, vessels or machinery, promising a profit many times the cost of a small fraction of the material. In such circumstances aa in much of the reconstruction and ex pansion now going on, present cost counts for little compared with the earning power of the finished product in a time like this. PACIFIC COAST TRADE. Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla. 58 59c: Val ley, 6061o; Bluestem, 6061o per. bushel. Flour Best grades, $8.25: eraham. $3.65; superfine, $2.15 per barrel.. Oats Choice white, 858(5c; choice gray, 83 34c per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $15 16; brew ing, $17.50 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid-" dlings, $22; shorts, $18; chop, $16 per ton. Hay Timothy, $8 9; clover, $6 8; Oregon wild hay, $6 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 4550o; seconds, 8540c; dairy, 8085c; store, 2227c. Eggs 20c per dozen. Cheese Oregon full cream, 12c: Young America, 13c; new cheese lOo per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $4.00 5.00 per dozen; hens, $5.50; springs, $2. 50 4.00; geese, $6. 50 8 for old; $4.506.50 for young; ducks, $4.50 5.50 per dozen; turkeys, live, 12 13o per pound. Potatoes 6575oper sack; sweets, 22o per pound. Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 90o; per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cauli flower, 75o per dozen; parsnips, $1; beans, 56o per pound; celery, 70 75o per dozen; cucumbers, 50o per box; peas, 84c per pound; tomatoes, 2530oper box; green corn, 12 & 15c per dozen. Hops 11 13c; 1897 crop, 46o. Wool Valley, 1218o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 813o; mohair, 27 80o per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethera and ewes, 8Kc; dressed mutton, 6 7o per pound; lambs, 7c per pound. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.00; light and feeders, $4.50; dressed, $6.007.00 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top Bteers, $3.504.00; cows, $3.003.50; dressed beef, 67o per pound. Veal Large, 67Kc; small, 8 B)io per pound. Seattle Markets. Onions, new, $1.25 1.50 per sack. Potatoes, new, 75c$l. Beets, per sack, $1.10. Turnips, per sack, 50c. Carrots, per sack, 85 OOo. Parsnips, per sack, $1 1.75. Cauliflower, 75o per dozen. Cabbage, native and California, $1 1.25 per 100 pounds. Peaches, 6580o. Apples, $1.251.50 per box. Pears, $1.00 1.25 per box. Prunes, 60o per box. Watermelons, $1 1.75. Cantaloupes, 50 75c. Butter Creamery, 27o per pound; dairy, 17 22c; ranch, 12a17o per pound. Eggs 27o. Cheese Native, 1314o. Poultry 1416o; dressed, 160. Hay Puget Sound timothy, $7 9; choice Eastern Washington timothy, $14.00 Corn Whole, $23.50; cracked, $23; feed meal, $23. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $21; whole, $22. Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.50; blended straights, $3.25; California, $3.25; buckwheat flour, $3.50; gra ham, per barrel, $3.00; whole wheat flour, $3.00; rye flour, $3.75. Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $15.00; shorts, per ton, $16.00. Feed Chopped feed, $20.60 per ton; middlings, per ton, $22; oil cake meal, per ton, $35.00.