CONSPIRACY
FAILED
an to Burn Publio Build
ings at Manila.
ARCHBISHOP WARNED OTIS
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,rtieolars of the Expedition to Ora
i Tnaurarents Ordered by Aculnaldo
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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.
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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.
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"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.
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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.