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Newspaper Page TextCONSPIRACY FAILED an to Burn Publio Build ings at Manila. ARCHBISHOP WARNED OTIS i . ,rtieolars of the Expedition to Ora i Tnaurarents Ordered by Aculnaldo u . - to Betume Farming. rani1a. Oct 7. The archbishop of Lni!a notified General Otis that a . t ii (-v Kitnn V ll 1 moijlaniina pilot WH8 Oil IWv lUIU n.w icaiuoum S( the governor-general and the arch Lop, together with several govern ment buildings and banks, but the plot kiled to materialize, possibly because f display of force. The first reports regarding the affair t Paranaque last night appear to have wn much exaggerated. The facts are hat a small band of insurgents, follow ug the bay road, poured a volley into he village, and later another into Los inos, with the result that two or three houses were burned. The crack jing of the bamboo caused it to be re ported in Manila that there had been jnuch shooting. - - i i i .! nThe unueu &uuea uouipuiii nuircii, roni can i rswisw, vmu i,4uu re cruits, has arrived. j The United States gunboat Wheel ing, from Vancouver, March 8, via Honolulu, while passing St. Vincent, in Northern Luzon, shot down a Fili pino flag. The Filipinos fired a volley at the Wheeling's men, who were sleeping on deck, and the Wheeling bombarded the settlement. The expedition sent to the Orani ? river, under the command of Captain Cornwell, to recover the sunken gun boat Urdaneta, returned to Cavite yes " terday with the hull of the boat, after 'bombarding Orani and landing a force, j Captain Cornwell brought one prisoner. 1 There were no casualties. Agunialdo, according to a report brought to Manila today by a Domin ! ican friar from the north, has issued or 1 ders to the Filipino soldiers in the northern provinces to return to their towns and to resume farming. This story lacks confirmation, but the rumor may be in accordance with Aguinaldo's policy of keeping the country as pro ductive as possible by using his men in alternate shifts on the farms or under arms. Dagupan and San Fernando and Deli ciucet, which are under the guns of the United States warships, are supposed to be evacuated. It is alleged that the evacuation order calls upon the maie inhabitants to be orderly in case of the arrival of the American troops, and ex press the hope that the Americans will protect the towns. SECOND RACE FAILED. It Wan a Drifting Match From Start to Finish. New York, Oct. 7. Again today the ea refused the Shamrock and the Co lumbia a field of conflict; again today the multitude which went over to watch the contestants for the yachting championship of the world returned disappointed and not a little disgusted, The question of supremacy of the two great yachts is still as much an oper question as before they first met, as the contest today was in some respects more of a fluke than that of Tuesday. It was a drifting match almost from tart to finish. The yachts crossed the line with a breeze of five knots, and the wind never blew more than six knots, most of the time less than three, and part of the time not a breath of air Ms stirring. After sailing four hours !!!j42 minutes, the yachts having cov ered only 12 miles of the course to the outer mark, the regatta committee de clared the race off, as it was manifestly impossible, with the breeze then blow- for the boats to round the stake before the time limit expired, much was to get back home again. Kaiser's Racing; Skipper. &8W YorW. Hot 7 TV,.. Wr.rl1 aava' captain Ben Parker, the German em- Poor's racintr skimwr vahn has ?okenof in the capacity of an addi- captain on the Shamrock, was Peatlv in aviA a xr THa n A ili-Ck it Uptain Wringe, who held the tiller of j yacht nearly all day Tuesday assist ed materially 1 ,i uln wel up with the Columbia. To Welcome Washington. Con TV . - "ancisco, Oct. 7. Governoi -ra, oi Washington, arrived here waay to welcome the Washington vol- on Tv. en roilthome from Manila n the transport Pennsylvania. Gov raor Gage held a reception at the 'ie Hotel today in honor of the "asnington delegation, and has turned ' 8 Btttte tugboat Governor Mark ham er to the visitors for their use in go- 17 w meet the Pennsylvania outside tas when she has been sighted, governor is accopmanied by a party "-uag ot Senator George Turner !?a ife, Senator A. G. Foster, Mayor JtA. J" 1Iumefl, of Seattle; A. E. -I ui laconia; Levi and Mrs. An of Walla Walla; Fred W. Piper, eorge TJ. Piper and Mrs. F. W. Dan- of Seattle, and M. Mathison, of OFT OF THE NATION. wey Presented With the Sword Toted "j vongresg. Washington ,i. . ,. v"" iue culmina tion Of Admiral r 1 . . ay Ke 7rZ 7 tt aoraeof the national n2 5. he reeeived nm the hands of the nri,i.o ... : jeweled sword voted by congress in wu.uicmu.auonoi the victory of Manila bay. This was the official reason for the ceremony. But mAm flsji tion could never have thrown into the demonstration the fervor of enthusiasm that was meted out to the admiral as he appeared before the vast audience composed not only of all of the highest officials in the land, but of spectators drawn from evePv onnrtnr nt v, tt.,,- , , . v uu.- ted States. The battle of Manila v.Q . forgotten, but it might be said to have been relegated almost in the desire to do honor to the man wnonaa proved himself as great after victory as before it. and n'hnh ..v. in the long and trying months that fol- wwea nis triumph the qualities of a statesman and a wise administrator as well as those of the fiehtin a victorious fleet. Secretary Long made a lengthy pre sentation SDeech. reviAwinir tVia Koft-l and the action Of concrass. At it xnn. elusion he passed the sword to Presi- aent McKinley. The latter rose and faced the admiral. Dewev was visihlv affected and brushed his gloved hand across his eyes before standing at at tention. The president said: "Admiral Dewey: From your en trance into the harbor of New York with your gallant crew and valiant ship the demonstrations which have every where greeted you reveal the nublic esteem of your heroic actions and the fullness of love in which you are held by your country. The voice of the na tion is lifted in praise and gratitude for the distinguished and memorable services you have rendered the country, and all the peonle eive vou affectionate welcome home, in which I join with au my heart. Your victory exalted American valor and extended Ameri can authority. There is no flaw in your victory; there will be no faltering in maintaining it. (Great applause.) It gives me extreme pleasure and great honor in behalf of all the people to hand you this sword, the gift of the nation, voted by the congress of the United States." The president handed the admiral the sword with a deep bow and there was a roar of applause as Dewey re ceived it. The crowd was hushed as he turned to reply. He said: "I thank you, Mr. President, for this great honor you have conferred upon me. I thank the congress for what it has done. I thank the secre tary of the navy for his gracious words. I thank my countrymen for this beautiful gilt, which shall be an heir loom n my family forever, as an evi dence that republics are not ungrateful, and I thank you, Mr. Chairman, and gentlemen of the committee, for the gracious, cordial and kindly welcome which you have given me to my home." The band played "The Star Spangled Banner," and then Cardinal Gibbons pronounced the benediction. TRAGEDY AT SALT LAKE. Chief Engineer O'Melveny, of Oregon Short Line, Killed. Salt Lake, Oct. 5. John C. O'Mel veny is dead and Captain J. F. Mills, formerly lieutenant-governor of Idaho, and recently connected with the Sec ond United States volunteer engineer regiment, is in the hands of the state authorities, as the result of a tragedy which occurred here late this afternoon. O'Melveny was the chief engineer of the Oregon Short Line railroad. He was in his office about 4 o'clock. It appears he was alone when Mills en tered. The latter had made applica tion recently for work in O'Melveny's department, but had not been accepted. It is claimed that he blamed O'Mel veny. He fired three bullets into his victim, then dropped the revolver, and quietly walked to General Traffio Man- office, and in the most nonchalant manner informed him of what he had done. He said: "Mr. Eccles, I have shot Mr. O'Mel veny. I told him this morning that I would do so, and I have kept my word." Police Officer Lincoln appeared on the scene about this time, and said: "Are you the man who did the shoot- Mills said that he was, and he was at once put under arrest. O'Melveny was shot while writing at his desk, and the ink had scarcely dried on the paper before he was dead. Balling of the Thirty-Ninth. Washington, Oct. 5. Some objec tion has been raised to sending the nn ft from Portland. X hail v'liaJ-" - ' on the ground that if this regiment should go from Portland, the people there would insist that others could also be sent from that city. Some army officers are opposed to Portland being chosen, but several members of the administration imnn mm, iuo uUD- v, TTnitArt Ktats should be uvea vi n" distributed at the various ports upon the coast, and that the Columbia river should not be ignored. It is probable that President McKinley and Secretary Root will determine wuere ui 8 ment shall embark. CONDEMNED TO DEATH. Insurgent Officer of Nicaragua Court Martlaled. Managua, Nicaragua, Oct. 7. The court-martial which was in session here for several months trying, in the ab sence of most of them, the chiefs of the revolutionary movement which began in February at Bluefields, has pro 61aimed its decision. General Pablo Reyes and two or three other insurgent officers who escaped from Nicaragua, are condemned to suffer the extreme penalty of the law, which is death. Only one of the prominent leaders was captured. He is now in the peniten tiary. No publio accusation was made in these cases nor is any reason offered for the arrests. The sensation is all the greater because there have been no indications of an uprising against Presi dent Zelaya since last February. Such lawless acts as the government Is committing in this regard, acts usually at the expense of members of the party not in power, tend to check the reviving activity and again to im pair credit. Except for such arrests, however, and the impressment into her army, matters are fairly quiet. Dangers of Whalehuntlng. San Francisco, Oct. 7. The officers ofthe whaler Belau tell of the terrible fate of Oscar Huschenbett, a sailoi, in the Arctic. On August 26, 1898, the boats were lowered for an enormous whale. Just after a harpoon had been fixed in the whale's side and he had started off at tremendous speed, Hus chenbett stepped carelessly into the rope's bight. A loop caught his leg and he was drawn into the water. In passing out of the boat the body of the man hurled itself against Third Mate Nikito and one of the crew, knocking both overboard. The mate scrambled up and slashed the rope into with his knife. Then began a chase for the whale and the body of the man. For three hours the monster raced and sank to the bottom before he could be lanced and the sailors' body recovered. Will Sail From Portland. Washington, Oct. 7. The Thirty- ninth sure, and possibly the Forty-fifth volunteers, will sail; from Portland. Orders were issued today to Colonel Bullard, commanding the two battal ions of the Thirty-ninth, at Fort Cook, Neb., to go to Vancouver barracks for the purpose of sailing to the Philip pine islands by way of Portland. No orders have been yet issued for the lorty-nfth, but there are good indica tions that this regiment will also ren dezvous at Vancouver and sail from Portland. The determination of Sec retary Root to give Portland a fair show of the business to which it is en titled by its location seems to have per meated the San Francisco authorities, and even General Shafter has now re commended that the Thirty-ninth sail from Porltand, and so strongly that it is believed he will include the Forty- fifth as well. Venezuela Not Satisfied. Paris, Oct. 7. Senor Rojas, the Venezuelan agent here, in the course of an interview, said: The award was not what I hoped, but we must make the best of it. What can yeu expect in a contest be tween an elephant and an ant?. One thing will result from it America will accept no more arbitrations with Europe. You will see America laid down a fresh international code, which she will apply to the Old World whether the latter likes it or not. The South American states, including Brazil, will rally around the United States for the purpose of effecting an economic union. We shall try : to establish monetary union on the basis of the gold standard. These projects need not im ply a hostile attitude toward Europe, but it must be borne in mind that Europe stands in much greater need of us than we of her." To Represent Pacific States. San Francisco, Oct. 7. The San Francisco board of trade sent the fol- loing telegram to President McKinley tonight: "The board of trade of San Francisco earnestly asks your consideration for the large and important interests west of the Rocky mountains by appointing a representative from California for the Pacific coast, to fill the vacancy ex isting in the interstate commerce com mission." ' Gift of the Crocker Estate. San Francisco, Oct. 7. The Crocker Estate Company, which is composed of the heirs of the late Charles Crocker. one of the builders of the Central Pa cific railroad, has made a gift to the employes of the Southern Pacific rail road of the Crocker homestead at Sao ramento to be used as a hospital for Southern Paciflo employes. Very soon 1a general schedule for the enumeration of live stock will be put forth, In a tentative form, by Statis tician Powers of the census office, for discussion, and, if necessary, correo tion. The count will be made June 1 1900, in order to permit harmonious comparisons with the count of live stock in 1890, which is recorded as oi June 1. nnrnml at Her Dock. York. Oct. 7. The Mallorr steamer Leona was burned and sunk at her wharf in East river tonight. The cargo, consisting of tobacco and 8,000 bales of cotton, and valued at $250,000 to $300,000 is a total loss, and the boat is little better than a wreck. PRUNE DRYING. Why the California Product Brings m Higher Price in the Markets of the Kast. II. B. Miller, president of the Ore gon State Board pf Horticulture, in a recent paper, makes many valuable suggestions to the fruit growers of the Northwest. Mr. Miller says: The prune growers of Oregon often wonder why their French prunes do not command as good a price as the Cali fornia product. An examination of the ordinary methods of curing of the average Oregon prune grower explains much of the cause of this difference in value. I have just returned from a careful investigation of a number of prune dryers, and found much carelessness and slovenliness. In the first place. they pick everything from the ground that they find there at the first pick ing. Some are half rotten, some half dried, some sunburnt, and almost all immature or defective. Those are dried and go into the bins with the general crop. Then again a strong man goes over the orchard, shaking the trees as hard as he can, bringing off the prunes in every stage of ripeness, many of them altogether too green to make a good product. A dish of these prunes will have about as many different tastes or flavors as there are prunes, and none of them will be truly first class. Many of these dryers are operated in the most careless manner, withoul thermometor to indicate the tempera ture, and as a result, no two lots are cured equally;J and so in the drying, as well as in the methods of gathering, many varieties of flavor are developed. After being cured they are often dumped into coal oil cases, dirty pick ing boxes, and finally bring up in a dirty barn for storage. The dirt and filth about some of these dryers is in tensely disgusting. Good fruit, clean and pleasant to the taste, and uniform in flavor and qual ity, cannot be produced by such methods and will not command a good price in the market, and until better, cleaner and more systematic work is done in the gathering, drying and packing of our prunes, we will be far behind the California price. In the first place, the sunburnt, im mature and partially decayed fruit should not be dried. The trees should not be shaken, but the fruit should ripen on the tree and be allowed to drop, and in this way you will secure uniformity of ripeness. A careful uniformity of temperature for drying should be maintained, and the fruit re moved when it reaches a fixed stand ard. Prune buyers should examine the quality of fruit much more carefully than they do, and by variation in prices reward the careful and conscientious producer for his good work. So far the buyers have offered so much for dried prunes, regardless of their real quail ties. Associations for elevation of the standard of the quality will do much good. I realize that many of the fruitgrowers are doing good, conscien tious work, and are turning out a first class product; but I have been sur prised at the extent of careless methods in gathering, drying and caring for the prune, and desire to urge upon all the utmost care in every detail of produc tion of the prune. Big Wool Sale. The sale by Robert Noble, the Idaho sheep king,' of 1,000,000 pounds of wool from Mountain Home, Idaho, rep resents the largest amount of wool ever sold at one time by an individual grower. It represents the clips of 1897, 1898 and 1899. The wool was sold to. A. Schott & Co., of St. Louis The price to be paid for the wool is stated to be $150,000. The money will be paid in a few days and the wool will be started to St. Louis as soon as possible. It will require 60 cars to move it. Mr. Noble's clip next year will amount to 500,000 pounds. Plant to Be Sold. The Western Machinery Company's plant at Tacoma, Wash., will be sold by Receiver Bryan. J. II. Hardy, of Chester, Conn., is the highest bidder, he having offered $7,000 for the plant, and unless a higher bidder steps in in a few days, the court will accept the offer of Mr. Hardy. Mr. Hardy is a practical man and should he buy the plant he will enlarge it and bring it up to a high standard, so that he can do any marine work necessary. He contemplates putting in a large amount of new machinery, which will greatly enlarge the capacity of the plant. Bonds for Sale. The county treasurer of Malheur county will sell up to Septemler 80 coupon bonds of school district No. 86, amounting to $1,200. These bonds are 8 per cent semi-annuals, issued in de nominations of $300 and redeemable in 20 years. A Mammoth Enterprise. The Astoria Company, a New Jersey corporation with a capital of $20,000, 000, will erect a mammoth saw mill costing $2,500,000, at Flavel, on Young's bay. A pulp mill will be es tablished at Lewis and Clark falls, where one of the largest paper mills in the country will be erected. C. P. Huntington and II. J. Pierpont Morgan are back of the enterprise. TREMENDOUS EXPANSION. The Volume of Business Is Still Grow ing in All Lines. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review says: September is the 12th consecu tive month in which the volume of business, both at New York and out side of New York, has been greater than the same month of any previous year. In the 12 months, payments through clearing houses have been $89,600,000,000, against $61,200,000, 000, in 12 months, ending with Sepr tember, 1892, an increase of $28,400, 000,000, over 46 per cent. When the tremendous expansion be gan, men called it replenishment o! long-depleted stocks, then for a time it was called a crazy outburst of specula tion, and when demands still expand ed, some permanent increase of busi ness was recognized as a result of in creased population, earning better wages. 15ut the demand still grows, now ranging about 60 per cent greater than in 1892, while population, ac cording to treasury estimates, is 16 per cent greater, and wages equal, if not over 10 per cent greater. A recon struction of business and industries, of producing and transporting forces, is in progress throughout the land, with results which none can now measure. The wool market is active, with a general advance, aggregating about cent on washed fleece combing, the en lire licit quoted by Cuutos Liuo. piuuU bly averages about M cent higher. Cotton opened the crop year at 6.23 cents and has risen to 6.87, although about a quarter more has come into sight than last year from the greatest crop on record, and stocks here and abroad commercial and bill, are 658, 000 bales greater than a year ago. Corn is unchanged in price, and still in large foreign demand, exports hav ing been in four weeks 12,155,904 bushels, against 8,133,641 last year. PACIFIC COAST TRADE. Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla, 69 60c; Val ley, 59 00c; Bluestem, 6162o pel bushel. ' Flour Best grades, $3.25; graham, $2.65; superfine, $2.15 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 3435o; choice gray, 33 34o per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $1516; brewing, $17.50 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid dlings, $22; shorts, $18; chop, $16 pet ton. Hay Timothy, $89.25; clover, $3 8; Oregon wild hay, $6 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 4547Kc; seconds, 85 40c; dairy, 30 35c; store, 22 M 27 Ho. Eggs 20c perdozen. Cheese Oregon full cream, 13o; Young America, 14c; new cheese lOo per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50(3 4.00 per dozen; hens, $4.00; springs, $2.003.60; geese, $6.508 for old; $4.506.50 for young; ducks, $4.50 6.50 per dozen; turkeys, live, lbK 14o per pound. Potatoes 6065oper sack; sweets, 22o per pound. Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 90o; per Back; garlic, 7c per pound; cauli flower, 75o per dozen; parsnips, $1; beans, 66o per pound; celery, 70 75o per dozen; cucumbers, 50o per box; peas, 34oper pound; tomatoes, 25o per box; green corn, 12)4 15o per dozen. Hops 11 13c; 1897 crop, 46o. Wool Valley, 1213o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 813o; mohair, 27 80o per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 3c; 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 steers, $3. 50 4.00; cows, $3.003.50; dressed beef, 67o per pound. Veal Large, 67c; small, 8Q 8Ko per pound Seattle Markets. Onions, new, $1.25 1.50 per sack Potatoes, new, 75c $1. Beets, per sack, $1.10. Turnips, per sack, 75o. Carrots, per sack, 90c. Parsnips, per sack, 90c. Cauliflower, 75o per dozen. Cabbage, native and California, $1 1.25 per 100 pounds. Peaches, 6580o. Apples, $1.25 1.60 per box. Pears, $1.00 1.25 per box. Prunes, 60c per box. Watermelons, $1.50. Cantaloupes, 50 75c. Butter Creamery, 27o per pound; dairy, 17 22c; ranch, 1217o per pound. Eggs 27c. CheeRe Native, 1314o. Poultry 15c; dressed, 16 Mo. Hay I'uget 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, $3.60; blended straights, $3.25; California, $3.25; buckwheat flour, $3.50; gra ham, per barrel, $3.60; whole wheat flour, $3.00; rye flour, $3.75. Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $16.00; shorts, per ton, $16.00. Feed Chopped feed, $20.60 per ton; . middlings, per ton, $22; oil cake meal, per ton, $35.00.