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Simultaneous Invasion of
Five Separate Points.
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ENTER CAPE COLONY
' Burghers Have Not Yet Invaded
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jjeek-Armored Train Destroyed.
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Oct.
14. War was
10 o'clock thie
formally declared
morning. ,
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The Boers' Plans.
London, Oct. 14. When the cabinet
ieets at noon today, it is evident the
(oer advance will be in full swing,
udging from present appearances, the
(oers are preparing for a simultaneous
nvasion at five separate points
king's Nek, Kimberley, Yryburg,
afeking and Lobatsi. Therefore it is
ilmost impossible to guess the plan of
ampaign.
j A dispatch from Durban, dated Thurs
day morning at 8 o'clock, announces
jliat the Boers seized Albertina station
snd demanded the keys, which were
'Uiwred to them by the station-mas-
fet jet, who reached Ladysmith on a trol-
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Crossed Into Cape Colony,
London, Oct. 14. The Free Stat
hnnrhers. according to a private mes-
'sage just received, have crossed Orang
f river into Cape Colony and have occu
' pied Philipstown. Their object, it is
apposed, is to cut the railway at Deei
Junction, which is considered an im
portant strategic point. According tc
a dispatch from Cape Town.it is as
1 6erted there that the Boers have ar
I ranged with Chief Linchwe, a promi
nent chief of the northwestern border,
to take up arms against Great Britain.
English Moved Too Late.
London, Oct. 14. A dispatch from
Mafeking, under today's date, says Col
onel Baden Powell has just sent a
strong British force from Mafeking to
ward the border with field guns and
ambulances, presumably with a view
of occupying advantageous defensive
high ground. The movement at Mafe
king this morning is held to indicate
that he is not prepared for sharp fight
ing, but probably expects it at that
point.
ltechuanaland Invaded.
Yryburg, Oct. 14. A body of Boers
have cut the border fence, advanced to
the railway and cut the telegraph wires.
Two thousand Boers are now occupying
the railroad line.
Armored Train Destroyed.
Cape Town, Oct. 14. A dispatch
from Yryburg says that an armored
train has been destroyed. It is feared
that much loss of life resulted. The
flews has been unofficially confirmed.
Mafeking Expect an Attack.
Mafeking, Oct. 14. Half a battery
of artillery from Kimberley has just ar
rived. Police at outlying stations have
been ordered to concentrate within thf
town limits.
Natal Reserves Called Out.
Durban, Oct. 14. The Imperial re
serves in Natal have been called out.
Everybody has left Charlestown. The
Hfth dragoons arrived this morning
from India, landed immediately and
t once proceeded to the front.
Boers Mined a Bridge. -Lrenzo
Marquez, Oct. 14. Informa
tion has reached here that the Boers
have mined three piers of the bridge
at Komati port, on the Komati river.
Boers Occupy Thing's Nek.
London, Oct. 14. A epecial from
Jadysmith says: The Boers occupied
Laing'g Nek the moment the ultimatum
expired.
Streaming to the Natal Border.
Volkerust, Oct. 14. President Kru
?er s son and grandson, as well as half
the members of the Transvaal legisla
ture are now at the front. Men arriv
ing here rcjwrt that the Boers are still
"reaming from the different points tc
the Natal frontier, many who have been
refused by the enlisting officers going
on foot.
Murdered His Wife.
an Francisco, Oct. 14. Ellen Rich
ardson was Bhot in the head ..nd in
antly killed by her husband, Carles
.enry, in a saloon conducted by the
joman on Howard street late last night
2?ring a quarrel between the two.
murderer was caught with the
weapon still in his hand and taken to
prison,
Americans Burned Alive.
Marquette, Mich., Oct. 14. Willis
"agurie, formerly an attor.y at Mar
inette, imv r.i t n- n
oonora, Mexico, has written that his
- mining partners, Ramsey and Mil
, undertook to work and prospect ir
writory overrun by Yaqui Indians,
ere captured and burned at the stake.
-.caiuu, in., i4. uroom corn
"as advanced to $100 ton. This is an
advance of $30 in 10 davs, and as
"ree-fourths of this year's crop is al
pay out of the farmers' h.inda, the
to is likely to go hijrher
REBELS DRIVEN SOUTH.
Filipino Band. Are Being Scattered b,
. ..-m, oenwan. i
Manila Oct. 14.-General Schwan's '
column, having accomplished its pur-!
pose of punishing the rebels, is return
.nLfr0inSan Francisc do Malabon
servi y aua tne transportation
The naval expedition that recently
went to the mouth of the river Pasi
to raise the Spanish river gunboat Ara
yat, reports that no resistance has been
encountered from the Filipinos, and
that the work of salvage is proceeding
slowly.
During the early morning hours to
da there was some firing near Angeles,
with the result that eight Americans
were slightly wounded. Artillery was
used, and the enemy responded. Gen
eral MacArthur does not attach special
significance to the incident.
A small party of Americans was fired
upon by the Filipinos near Maragusyan,
two of our men being wounded.
Promotion for Wholley.
"Washington, Oct. 14. Adjutant
General Corbin today stated that the
charges that have been filed against
Colonel John H. YVholly, First Wash
ington volunteers, have been thorough
ly investigated, and that the colonel
has been completely exonerated. Gen
eral Corbin says that this is a repeti
tion of the Stotsenberg case, where vio
lent charges have been filed by subor
dinate officers, who are malcontents
and mischief-breeders, jealous of the
success of their superior. General Cor
bin says that Colonel Wholley's record
is untarnished; that he has shown him
self a brave and efficient officer, and,
in recognition of this service, General
Otis has recommended to the depart
ment that Colonel Wholly be promoted
to the rank of brigadier-general of vol
unteers. In view of this development,
the charges of cowardice and ineffi
ciency will count for naught with tht
department.
Oregon Farmer Found Gold.
Cottage Grove, Oct. 14. Felix Cur
ren, a farmer living near here, recent
ly located a mine in Bohemia that
shows up very rich. There is now a
50-foot tunnel, and the ledge is seven
feet wide, three feet of which is in free
milling ore, and gold can be seen in
half of the vein. The remainder of the
ledge is base, but very rich, containing
black sulphites, most of which is cop
per, lead and iron. Samples brought
in today show that the ore is heavily
mineralized, and gold can be seen all
through the quartz.
Rejoicing In Kansas,
fopeka, Kan., Oct. 14. Upon the
receipt of the bulletin announcing tht
arrival of the Twentieth Kansas at San
Francisco, bedlam broke loose in Tope
ka. The whistles of all the manufac
turing institutions began to screech,
and every church bell in the city rang
out the glad tidings. The streets soon
filled with people and there was great
rejoicing. Reports of similar demon
strations come from Lawrence, Ottawa,
Hutchinson and other cities.
Escaped From Prison.
Denver, Oct. 14. James K. Strat
ton, the noted mailbox, robber and
forger, has escaped from the peniten
tiary at Canyon City, where he was
serving a sentance of 21 years' impris
onment, in a most mysterious manner.
Warden Hoyt says no tools were uesd,
and believes the prisoner must have re
ceived help from some one on the out
side. Stratton escaped from the same
prison in September, 1891, and was
recaptured a year later in Chicago.
Oregon Captain Killed.
Washington, Oct. 14. Captain
Woodbridge Geary, Thirteenth infan
try, who was shot October 10, while
on a reconnoissance near San Francisco
de Malabon, Philippine Islands, and
died at 8 A. M. today from the effects,
was a native of Oregon. He was born
in 1857, was graduated from the West
Point military academy, and appointed
second lieutenant in 1882 and promoted
to first lieutenant in 1891. He re
ceived his commission as captain in
the Thirteenth infantry, June su, ibuo.
Earthquake at Santa Rosa.
Santa Rosa, Cal., Oct. 14. One ol
the severest shocks of earthquake evei
felt here took place tonight at 9 o'clock,
and following one oi this morning, il
created much excitement. Chimney
were thrown down, and plaster is
many parts of the city was shaken from
the laths. A few minutes after, two
otjier shocks of a similar nature, but
less severe, followed.
Grain Rates Advanced.
Chicago, Oct. 14.-Central Freight
Association lines have adopted tht
recommendation of the trunk line com
mittee to make a further advance in
grain rates on November!. Therat
on export corn from Chicago to New
York will be 18 cents per 100 pounds,
aiid on domestlo corn 20 cents.
Will Accept Canada's Offer.
Ottawa, Ont.. Oct. 14.-In respons
to intimations that the Canadian gov
ernment would furnish a military con
tingent for service in the Transvaal, a
cablegram has been received rom the
war office stating that the imperia
government will accept two units,
or about 500 men, for such service.
No officer higher than a major will bt
required, indicating that the contingent
will be attached to an imperial corps.
DOWN IN CAVITE.
General Schwan's Expedition Accom
plishes Its Object.
Manlia, Oct. 16. General Schwan's
expedition, having accomplished its ob
ject, the troops are all returning to
their former positions, abandoning the
towns taken.
General Schawn is en route from
Peres Desmarimas to Imus with the
infantry, while the artillery and cav
alry and all mule teams are retracing
their route from Malabon to Bacoor,
with the signal corps removing the
wires. Genreal Trias, with the organ
ized bodies of insurgents, retreated to
Silang and Indan, at the base of the
mountain.
In Cavite province, the scene of the
hottest fights and their great successes
over the Spaniards, the Filipinos might
have been expected to make( a resolute
stand, if anywhere, but after their
whippings at Cavite Yiejo and Nove
leta, their tactics consisted chiefly in
a continuous exhibition of their agility
and their transformation from warriors
to aniigos.
The marines, while reconnoitering
about the scene of Sunday's encounter,
find that the trenches have been already
reoccupied, although the enemy mani
fested more than their usual willing
ness to retreat before the Americana.
At Malabon, the Americans corralled
200 or 800 natives, supposed to be
fighting men. A few of them were
onnght with urms in their hands, but
large numbers were found in hiding,
dressed in khaki, like the American
uniform. A majority of them were in
the garb of amigos,- but they are sus
pected of shooting at the troops from
houses, a growing habit, which flour
ished throughout the advance whenever
small parties of Americans strayed
from the main body. The prisoners
are a white elephant on the hands of
the Americans.
SHOT HIS RECREANT WIFE.
Bullet Intended for the Man Who Wag
in the Room With Her.
Oregon City, Or., Oct. 16. A.
Brooks, of Canemah, who is employed
in the paper mills, returned home un
expectedly between 11 and 12 o'clock
last night and found Frank Freeman
and Mrs. Brooks together in the house.
He shot at Freeman with his revolver,
but missed the mark and one of the
bullets entered Mrs. Brooks' abdomen,
perforating the intestines and lodging
against the hip bone. Dr. Carl ex
tracted the bullet, but says the woman
cannot live. Freeman was arrested
this afternoon, charged with assault
upon the woman, and was bound over
to the circuit court.
Brooks says he found Mrs. Brooks'
younger sister in the front room with
Pat Freeman, and in the rear room
found his wife and Frank Freeman.
He fired four shots, two hitting the
body of Mrs. BrookB. He further says
he has been carrying a pistol for a
month, expecting to return home at
midnight and find Freeman with his
wife, but he did not muster enough
courage to return until last night.
Freeman's father and two brothers
were drowned nearly two years ago by
accidentally going over the falls in a
row boat. The Brookses have only
resided here a short time.
LED INTO AMBUSH.
German Expedition Massacred by Na
tives In Southwest Africa.
Liverpool, Oct. 16. The steamer
Niger, which arrived today from South
west Africa, brings news of the massa
cre of Lieutenant Guise, German com
missioner, at Rio del Rey, near Old Cal
abar river, on the bight of Biafra, and
also of Herr Leemeyer, a German
trader, together with 100 native sol
diers and carriers, constituting an ex
pedition formed by Lieutenant Guise
to quell disturbances near the Cross
river, which forms the boundary be
tween British and German territory.
A native chief was taken as a guide,
but ho led the expedition into ambush.
He was promptly shot when the Ger
mans received a volley. They fought
courageously, but were outnumbered
and skin. The natives then looted the
neighboring factories and murdered the
native employes, after which they
crossed into British territory. Two
British traders, who were warned, had
a narrow escape, managing to get down
the river in a canoe and to reach Rio
del Rey, where they found only a soli
tary German official and a half dozen
black soldiers.
Great excitement prevailed at Rio del
Rey when the Niger left, September 27,
as it was thought the natives might
come there. News has been sent to
the Camerons, from which point a Ger
man relief expedition could be dis
patched. Conemaugh Arrives.
San Francisco, Oct. 14. The trans
port Conemaugh arrived here today, 83
days from Manila. Fifty-seven sol
diers who deserted from the Newport
came home on the Conemaugh. Among
them were 15 men of the Fourteenth
infantry, 7 of the Third artillery, 18 of
the Fourth cavalry, 2 of the Twenty
second infantry, and 1 each of the
Thirteenth, Twentieth and Sixteenth
infantry.
Civil Rule for French Colonies.
Chicago, Oct. 16. A special to the
rhiraon Trihnne from Paris savs: The
; cabinet today voted to place all French
' colonies under civil authority and to
' abolish all military administration.
ALONG THE COAST.
Items of General Interest Gleaned
From the Thriving Pacific
States.
The Stage Robbery.
It transpired that Van C. Alexander,
the man who gave up $170 of the money
stolen from the United States mails on
the stage near West fall, Or., on Sep
tember 22, is admittedly the main per
son responsible for the hold-up. The
indications during the examination in
United States Commissioner Hailey's
court here on Saturday, pointing to
Alexander as the one planning the rob
bery, with the two boys as his accom
plices, are confirmed by the develop
ments. It is announced here that this
phase of the case will be called to the
attention of Judge Bellinger, of the
federal court at Portland, before whom
the two boys are to be tried.
Big Steam Heating Plant.
Upwards of $600,000 is to be spent
by the Boston capitalists who have pur
chased the plant of the Seattle Steam
Heat & Power Company, and six of
the street railway lines of Seattle, in
the erection of a new and modern powei
plant and in the rebuilding and the
distributing system. This part of the
plant will be almost wholly recon
structed, new mains being laid in con
formity with the latest ideas of steam
engineering. This is but the beginning
of large improvements which will be
made. Plans are now being drawn for
the new building and plant, which wTill
be finished by January 1, and for the
rebuilding of several of the street car
lines recently purchased.
Motioned Sustained.
Judge Burnett, of Salem, has sus
tained a motion for non-suit against
tne plaintiff in the case of L. H. Mc
Mahon vs. The Canadian Pacific Rail
way Company. The action was begun
to recover about $550, alleged to be due
the plaintiff on account of advertising
in the Woodburn Independent and the
Salem Independent. The defense
claimed that the agent who made a
contract for the advertising had no au
thority to do so, and that the newspa
per company was to take pay in trans
portation. Labor Scarce at Falrbaven.
Labor is so scarce in Fairhaven,
Wash., that railroad contractors and
others are delaying work on various
enterprises until more plentiful supply
of workmen are to be had a change
from three years ago, when laboring
men were sitting around on the curb
stones, waiting for something to turn
up. Fairhaven's pay roll is almost 16
times larger than it was two years ago,
with a certainty of an increase next
year.
Hillsboro Young Man Hurt.
Charles V. Doughty, a young man
and resident of Hillsboro, Or., while
riding a bicycle at a rapid rate over a
crosswalk, was thrown from his wheel
and seriously injured. He was render
ed unconscious for about two hours,
and received a deep cut across the left
eye and his upper lip was badly lacer
ated. The wheel was completely de
molished. Young Doughty was a mem
ber of company II, Second Oregon, vol
unteers, and enlisted from Hillsboro.
Landlords Smiling.
Portland hotels are generally doing
a good business these exposition times,
and would soon be filled to overflowing
were it not that guests keep going away
as well as coming in. About two days
is the average length of the out-of-town
visitor's stay in the city, and his place
is taken just about as quickly as he has
vacated. The principal hotels have
good long lists of names on the daily
registers.
A Ninety-Pound Pumpkin.
A clothing house at New Whatcom,
Wash., gave farmers pumpkin seeds
last spring, and offered five prizes for
largest results. The first prize went to
R. D. Perry, of Clearbrook, whose
pumpkin weighed 90 pounds; second,
Cal Watkinson, of Edison, 88 pounds;
third, Cyrus Bradley, of Lynden, 61
pounds. The fourth and fifth weighed
42 and 87 pounds respectively.
Gold Hill Water Ditch.
Engineer J. S. Howard, of Med ford,
Or., has completed the survey of the
Gold, Hill water ditch. He employed
a party of 12 men, who completed the
permanent survey in 98 days. Much
interest is shown in the ditch, not only
by local enterprise, but by many East
ern capitalists, who are ready to invest
money in it.
To Propagate Steelhead.
The Willapa hatchery will be com
pleted this week. As steelheads are
more numerous in Willapa river than
In any other stream in this section, a
special effort will be made to propagate
them here, and to stock other streams
form this hatchery. The propagation
of steelheada has not as yet been at
tempted in any Washington hatchery.
Catches All the Fish.
Lew and Sanford Mayhew have one
of their floating traps located near the
Point Francis portage, near Whatcom,
Wash. It has 800-foot leads and
catches all the fish that come its way.
The boys say the trap's success is as
sured, and they will have it towed
farther up the Sound, where the fall
run of fish in better.
BRADSTREET'S REVIEW.
Distributive Trade Is Still of an En
couraging Volume.
Bradstreets says: Distributive trade,
while smaller at some markets, is still
of encouraging volume, industry is ao
tive, railway earnings heavy, prices
still tend upward and bank clearings
increase, while failures lessen. Fall
festivals and other celebrations at sev
eral cities have had an appreciable
effect upon retail trade, and proved a
stimulating factor in wholesale lines.
Industrial activity is widespread, and
strikes are fewer and less costly than
in most years. Though lessened by
holidays, bank clearings, swelled partly
by heavy October disbursements and
partly by general business expanding,
tend to enlarge as the season advances.
Business failures are apparently at
a minimum, and liabilities are certain
ly less costly than for many years past.
Prices as a whole manifest aggressivs
strength. Farm products are especial
ly prominent in this direction, the
South's greatest staple, cotton, owing
to short crop, advancing, and, owing
to active speculation leading in extent
of gain with an advance of nearly
a cent for the week, of nearly 2 cents
as compared with a year ago and of
quite 2)i cents as compared with the
low water price touched in the season
of 1898-9.
Iron and steel hold all of their old
strength.
Wheat (including flour) shipments for
the week aggregate 5,1S3,3S3 Lushcla,
against 8,872,455 bushels last week,
5,497,273 bushels in the corresponding
week of 1898, 4,823,461 bushels in
1897, 4,050,772 in 1896, and 2,244,328
bushels in 1895. Since July 1, this
season, the exports of wheat aggregate
55,699,413 bushels, against 52,498,121
bushels last year, and 60,980,412 bush
els in 1897-8.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla, 58 59c; Val
ley, 5960c; Bluestem, 6162,o pet
bushel.
Flour Best grades, $3.25; graham,
$2.65; superfine, $2.15 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 85 36c; choice
gray, 3384o per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, . $15 16.60;
brewing, $18.50 19.00 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid
dlings, $22; shorts, $18; chop, $16 pet
ton.
Hay Timothy, $9 11; clover, $7
8; Oregon wild hay, $6 per ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 45 50o;
seconds, 4042c; dairy, 8035o;
store, 22276o.
Eggs 2 1 2 2 M o per dozen.
Cheese Oregon full cream, 18o;
Young America, 14c; new cheese lOo
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00
4.00 per dozen; hens, $4.00; springs,
$2.003.50; geese, $6.007 for old;
$4.506.50 for young; ducks, $4.50
6.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 12
14o per pound.
Potatoes 5060oper sack; sweets,
2 2 M o 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
75c per dozen; cucumbers, 50o per
box; peas, 84oper pound; tomatoes,
25c per box; green corn, 12
15o per dozen.
Hops 7 10c; 1897 crop, 66o.
Wool Valley, 1218o per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 8 13c; mohair, 27
80o per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers,
and ewes, Sc; dressed mutton, 6
7o per pound; lambs, 7c per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.00;
light and feeders, $4.50; dressed,
$6.00 7.00 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $3.504.00;
cows, $3.504.00; dressed beef, 67o
per pound.
Veal Large, 6)7jC; small, 8
8 Ho per pound.
Seattle Markets.
Onions, new, $1.25 1.50 per sack.
Potatoes, new, 75c$l.
Beets, per sack, $1.10.
Turnips, per sack, 75c.
Carrots, per sack, 90c.
Parsnips, per sack, 90c.
Cauliflower, 75o per dozen.
Cabbage, native and California, $
1.25 per 100 pounds.
Peaches, 6580o.
Apples, $1.25 1.50 per box.
Pears, $1.00 1.25 per box.
Prunes, 60o per box.
Watermelons, $1.50.
Cantaloupes, 50 75c.
Butter Creamery, 27o per pound;
dairy, 1722c; ranch, 1217o pel
pound.
Eggs 27 28c.
Cheese Native, 18 14c.
Poultry 14c; dressed, 15c.
Hay Puget Sound timothy, $8 11;
choice Eastern Washington timothy,
$1415.
Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $23;
feed meal, $23.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$21; whole, $22.
Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.50;
Mended straights, $3.25; California,
$3.25; buckwheat flour, $3.50; gra
ham, per barrel, $2.90; whole wheat
flour, $3.00; rye flonr, $3.75.
Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $15.00
shorts, per ton, $16.00.
Feed Chopped food, $20.60 per ton;
middlings, per ton, $22; oil cake meal,
per ton, $35.00.