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Cunard Liner Campania Cut
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IM M E D IA T E L Y
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U r u w n t t l T h e t 'a m p o n l * W a s N o t
M u c h lla iiia g r il.
liomlun, July 24.— A rlenw*« Ion hung
over the Iriwh channel ye»ter«lay nioru-
lag, and (he Cunaid hue »tea me r Cam*
jianiu. eu route from Now York lor
l.tv«r|MMil, »truck the Liverpool hark
Emhleton, bound for Now Zealand,
amidahlp», cutting her in twain. 'I he
Emhleton aauk Immediately. bexeuof
tho crew were leacuad, hut it la lie
llevsd the other 11 meqibem of the
ship’s company, including the captain,
were drowned.
The Campania had
her I mjwm stove in, but arrived wifely at
Liverpool, five and a half hour» late.
The Caui|uinia had a narrow eacape
from aeTioue diaaatcr.
The fog had
delayed her passage »Ince Friday noon,
and a tender went out from Queeu»-
town four uiflea, as Captain Walker
would not take the liner near »bore.
At Tu»kar light, the fog was becoming
denser every moment. When the ( ‘am-
paiila waa almut 30 mile» northeast of
the light a phantom ship rose suddenly,
without warning, directly acros* her
bowl. Thirty seconds later the phau
tom had become a »olid »ailing vessel,
into which the liner crashed, her xteel
forefoot going through the Kmbleton
like the «lean cut of a «word, and
dividing her juat abaft the mainmast.
The forward half sunk instantly. The
atern swung viciously round, and the
mast and yards for a moment tore at
the Campania. A lamp of wreckage
came down on her decks.
Then the
stern of the bark also disappeared, and
the face of the sea was littered with
splintered timl»ers, boxes, barrels, the
npper works and lighter cargo, the deck
bouses and such things.
Then there
was nothing.
From the instant when the phantom
came into view from the bridge of the
Campania until the last vestige of the
vessel vanished some BO or 80 aeconda
bad elspsed.
According to the Embleton’s surviv­
ors, for nearly half an nour liefoie the
collision, the captain and first officer
weru lielnw at breakfast, and, although
the fog whistle of a large steamer could
l>e heard every minute, the bark never
shifted her course, the helmsman re­
ceiving no orner. When, at 8:25 A.
M., the second offioer, to nae his own
phrase, “ hoard the rush of a steamer’s
bows,’’ he shouted down to the captain,
who rushed on deck, bat be was too
late to give an order.
The Capiuania was nuder one-third
steam. The captain, first officer aud
pilot were on the bridge. The engines
were instantly reversed, and the helm
put hard down. No precaution was
omitted. Some of her (laanengers had
even grumbled nt what they called
superfluous caution. After »he crash
and the sudden cries, the boats wera
quickly gotten out.
There were no
signs of panic; the crew was every­
where at their stations; the bulkheads
were closed and everything possible
was done to Rave life.
Some of the Campania’s plates were
bent by the collision; her forepeak
Ailed with water; her foretopmast was
broken short off and her steel rigging
torn and twisted.’
The |<assengers held a meetiug, adopt­
ed resolutions ot thanks to the captain
and crew, and auliavribed £700 for the
relief of the survivors aud the families
of tlie lost.________________
b i g l i t l i I n f a n t r y f u r C h in a .
New York. July 24.—Two com­
panies of the Eighth United States in­
fantry moved off the transport McClel­
lan this afternoon and started for Fort
Snelling, Minn.
Other members of
the regiment are en route from Cuba,
an d , after the recruiting of the organ­
ization to its full limit, it w ill be sent
to China. The men have been in Cuba
18 mouths, but they looked to he in
fine condition. About" 2,500 persons
were nt the dock« to meet the soldiers,
and the Yonng Meh’s Christian Asso­
ciation proivded coffee and other re-
freahents. The other eight coinpu uies of
the regiment were delayed by a storm
off Capo llatteras.
C leared t h e T ra ck an il Saved L iv es.
Three Lakes, Wis., July 24.—A
laborer early to day removed a pile of
ties from the Northwestern tracks, that
had been placed there during the uight,
just in time to prevent, the passenger
train duo here at 4:30 A. M., Irom
striking them.
He also removed a
number of rocka from a bridge u short
distance away. His actions probably
saved the lives of 30 members of a
local club, who were on tho train.
K n g n lfa d In a L a v a F lo w .
Yokohmaa, Jnjly 23.—Mount Azu-
ma, near Bandaisan, which was the
scene of a volcano disaster in 1888,
broke Into eruption Tuesday, July 17.
Hundreds of persous were killed or in­
jured. Heveral villages were engulfed
by the stream of lava Irom Mount
Azuma, and great damage was done is
adjacent district«.
NAGASAKI
THE
B ASE.
/ a y a a a s a O a v a r u m a n t ( l lv a a
f u l A a a a a t.
Ita
C b a a r-
P R O M IS E
OF
MINES AND MINING.
D EW EY.
F lllp la o O a n a ra l *a y » I t W a s fu r
psndaaaa.
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Washington, Jniy 23.—Aa was an­
Sioux Falls, H. D., July 25.— A let­
ticipated, the Japaueaa government has ter has I mmu received by Senator K. F.
given its cheerful assent to the applica­ Pettigrew fiom one of the leading com­
tion of the United States government manders of the Filipino army, giving
for permission to land troops and m ili­ additional light on the claims of the
tary soppliea at Nagasaki In transit to Filipino people as to the understanding
Taka. Ching. Thia privilege was de­ that was arrived at between them and
sired in order that the Pacific trans­ tip; Americans before the opening of
ports plying between Han Francisco and hostilities in the Philippines. The let­
Manila should not deviate from the ter ssy», In part:
regular route, hut that the troops and
“ Sinukwan Encampment. Philippine
stock carried by them and intended for Islauds, April 12, 1900.— Hons. It. F.
service in China might be transferred Pettigrew and G. F. "Hoar, Senators,
at Nagasaki to other ve»sels of tlie Washington—Gentlemen: I have read
transport service aud taken direct to in some American papers that Admiral
Taku. The Japanese authorities not Dewey, compelled by you and other
auly have agreed to the proposer! use of senators, lovers of truth and justice, to
Nagasaki, but they also have assured answer whether he made to iih formal
the United States government that they pronii»e» of independence, stated that
will facilitate the movement of A m eri-1 be had ‘never promised independence
can troops and »applies as much as pos­ to the Filipinos.’ I, who, in the name
sible. The quartermaster’s department of the Filipino people, and of General
of the army has provided three large Aguinaldo, and as a representative ot
transports of tlie Philippine service lor both, have had the honor to confer sev­
use on the line between Nagasaki and eral times with the admiral, make to
Taku, aud it is expected in this way to you the following »tatements, that you
expedite the movement of troop* to iaSv u«e them a» you think convenient:
“In April, 1898, when the rupture of
China.
The state department has issued the hostilities between America and Spain
i became imminent, and in the absence
following bulletin:
“ The secretary of state received thia of toy chief. General Agniuablo, who
morning a dispatch from Consul Fowler ; was then at Singapore. I solicited,
st Che Foo, dated midnight, July 19, through the American consul at Hong
saving a Shanghai paper of the ICtb Kong, Mr. Wildman, to have some in­
»aid all foreigners were murdered. ■ terviews with Admiral Dewey, with
Fowler wired the governor demanding the object of continuing the interrupted
the truth. The governor replied that negotiations between General Aguinaldo
his courier left Pekin on the 11th, and and Admiral Dewey, thiangh Mr.
. all then were eafe, Imt Pekin, east Wool, the commander of the American
city, bad been carried by the rebels, gunlmat Petrel. My petition was fav­
orably received, and I went with Mr.
with the intent to k ill.”
AndrewGarchltorena, another Filipino,
IM P R O V E D T O U R IS T SLEEPER S on board the Olympia, in the bay of
Hong Kong.
R a ilr o a d » A r o A e o e a lln g th D o ia a a d S
“ Once on board, the following inter­
o t M i d d le C I n m o s .
view. io French, took place through the
In response to the demands of the i flag interpreter:
times the O. K. A N. ana its connec-I
“ Filipino—Admiral, it baring come
tlons are placing in operation a much 1 to onr knowledge that a war between
better grade of tonrint sleepers for P a-1 your country and Spain is imminent, we,
citlc Coast service than at any previous who have fought the latter for our in­
time. The largely increased traffic to dependence, are willing, in obedience
this section of the country has demand­ to the desires manifested by yon to
ed all the improvements of latter-day General Aguinaldo, thiough Mr. Wood,
transportation, and in consideration of to take part in the war as allies of
this the railroads are establishing a America, so long aa it lie carried on
service which is excellent in every par­ with the object of freeing from the
ticular. Not only are the w ishes of i yoke of Spain her colonies, giving them
the first-class passengers served, but their independence.
those who are traveling to and from
“Admiral Dewey—The American
the East on second-class tickets are people, champions of liberty, will
splendidly cared for. There was a time undertake this war with the humani­
when a tourist sleeper appealed to a tarian object of freeing from the Span­
limited number of people who wera ish yoke the peoples under it, and we
traveling on the “cheap” order, in will give you indejiendence and free­
every meaning of the term. Now, dom. as we have proclaimed to the
however, there has lieen a radical world at large.
change. With the better tourist sleep­
“ Filipino— We are verv grateful for
ers in operation the class of passengers this generous manifestation of the great
has been improved, aud one may now American people, and being made
travel upon them and enjoy all the through an admiral of their navy, we
privileges of a first-class sleeper at a value it more than a written contract
greatly reduced rate.
and therefore place ourselves at jpur
Daily, on the O. R. & N. east-bound entire disposal.
fast mail, is attached one of these
“ Admiral Dewey—I place at yonr
latest improved tourist sleepers, a disposal the ships of my fleet for the
model of beauty and hansome appoint­ conveyance of both the Filipino leaders
ment«. The new cars are almost an aud the arms you may get. Moreover.
exact counterpart of the first-class 1 think my government is willing to
supply you with arms and ammunition.
sleepers.
One noticeable feature of the new
“ Filipino— We are very thankful to
tonriat cars is the absence of a smoking you for this new generosity of the Amer­
ipartment. The new cars being linilt ican people, anal you may be sure that we
iy the PnllraaB Company are not pro­ are ready to fight at your side foi the
vided with smoking apartments. Thia independence of the Philippines, even
new departure has been taken because without arms, as we have done daring
of the fact that most through trains the recent revolution.
a>e provided with composite cars,
“Admiral Dewey—America is rich
which provide a smoker for the sleep­ iu every respect; she has territories
ing-car passengers.
sparsely inhabited. Besides, our con­
stitution prevents ‘territorial expan­
T w o M ill» R u n te d .
sion’ outride of America; therefore,
Spokane, Wash., July 23.—Fire this the Filipinos may be sure of their inde­
afternoon destroyed the large lumber pendence, and not a bit of their land
plant of the Holland-Horr Mill Com­ shall be taken from them.
pany and caused a loss of $50,000: in­
“ After these conclusive and formal
surance, $13,000. It also destroyed statements, the conversation turned to
the Crescent shingle mill; loss, $2,000; other details concerning the state of
insurance, $1,000.' A spaik from th* tl® affMiRjL“ ir j -~ l aa
engine of the Holland-Horr mill waa
The letter is signed “ K. Alex-
carried into a dust bin. The dust ex­ andiino.” He if ft Filipirift general
ploded and in a minute flames were who recently’ surrendered to the
sweeping through the m ill. Two work­ Amfrffean forces.
men were knocked down by the ,explo­
sion and burned about the face and — a«ji- ' M « » » » r r e in P e r s ia .
Chicago, Jnly 28.— A special to the
hands. In an incredibly brief period
Haines had extended to the lumber Record from Peoria, 111., says: George
yards and soon acres of seasoned lum­ Shimoon, a Persian student who has
ber were aflatne. It was the hottest been attending college in Illinois for
conflagration since I he great fire of several years and is passing the summer
1889. Three firemen were overcome in Peoria, today received a cablegram
by the lntenes heat aud smoke, bnt is- from his home at Oroomiah, Persia,
stating that his brother had been cap­
covered later.
tured by Mohammedans aud that there
T r o o p » to L e a r « A r iz o n a .
has been a general massacre of 8,000
Clifton, Aria., July 21.—Orders have Uhristiuns iu Oroomiah. The letter
been received to put in readiness for states that the feeling of the Moham­
leaving six troops of the Ninth cavalry medans against the native Christians is
(colored), which are garrisoned at Fort growing, aud thnt there have been sev­
Grant, Hnachnca and San Carlos, es­ eral hund-to hand battles with fatali­
tablished to' protect settlers in the sev-1 ties on both sides. Mr. Shimoon’s
eral Apache regions of Arizona. The father is a native missionary, and this
negro troops will he relieved by four fact adds to ttie wrath against him and
troops of the Fifth cavalry at Jefferson his family.
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barracks, Mo. The action will likely
L y n c h in g o f a N e g r o .
cull for a strong protest from settlers,
Huntsville, Ala., July 25.— Elijah
who claim they would he left unpro­ Clark, a negro, who yesterday assault­
tected from sanguinary Indiana if the ed Susan Priest, a 18-year-old girl, was
changes were made. According to or­ taken from jail in this city tonight and
ders received the six companies will lynched near the sjtot where his crime
go to San Francisco, probably the last was committed. His body was riddled
of the month.
with bullets. Sheriff Fulgham defend­
ed his prisoner to the last, bnt the mob
F r e n c h V ic t o r y In W « » t A tricar,
Paris, July 28.—The Matin publishea was too mach for him. Will Vining,
a dispatch from Tripoli repotting • who attempted to rush through the
French vjotory in West Africa and the crowd and up the jail steps, was shot
death of Rabat, former Sultan of by the sheriff and dangerously wound­
Bornn, in the Soudan. The eldest son ed. Atyer battering down the doors
of Rabat was wounded in the fight. and gaining an entrance to the jail, the
Omar Benigrahim has been placed on mob drove the sheriff and his prisonei
into the third story of the hnildina.
the throne of Bornn.
M a n W i t h H a w Id a a » N e e d e d t a
p«-at R a s te r n D r a g o n M i n ­
Fra»«
e r a i F ie l d » .
James Duckworth, one of the original
locators of the E. and E. mine, in
Cracker creek district, near Sumpter,
Oregon, and one of the lies* informed
men in the camp, aays that what this
eoontry need» ia a thorough prospecting
by men with new ideas. The old
timers always look for a certain kind
of float, and are particular about tbe
formation. Now hardly a week passes
without some find lieing made on hill­
sides that have been rnif over for years
by the old timers and pronounced
worth lea».
Mr. Dackworth visited a property a l
tlie foot of the mountain on the Hnmp-
tor-Granite wagon road, and fonnd Bea
Yeager and his partner, Montana min­
ing men, working on a 200-foot ledge
that he has been over many times and
considered worthies«.
Development
»hows that tlie ledge is filled with
strata of quartz of a bluish appearance,
and all of it pans gold. A number of
assays have been mane, giving $3 to
$1». The ledge can lie traced for over
two miles, from one side of tlie moun­
tain to the other, and it prospects
throughout. At present a 25-foot shaft
is being sunk, from which a cross ent
will be run to determine. if the value«
go down. If favorable result« shall
be obtained, machinery will be secured
and a shaft sunk 300 to 100 feet.
There is such a large liody of ore that,
with present values, $3 .to $4 per ton,
the property is another Treadwell.
Facilities for mining and milling are
excellent. At the bead of Boll Run
creek, running alongside of thia ledge,
in early days there was placer mining.
There was little wash gravel in the
creek lied, and the diggings frequently
dipped to the hillside, where no gravel
was found, hut rich dirt. At that
time it was wondered where the gold
came from, and no one ever thought
the big dike was guilty, but this recent
discovery is almost proof positive that
tha placer gold came from the dllra
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M O U N T A IN
R e a a a r k a b lu
OF
F o r m a t io n
QUARTZ.
I*
th a
B lu r
R iv e r D is tr ic t.
The Blue river, Oregon, district *•
rapidly forging to the front, and is
now enjoying an era of activity but
little dreamed of a year or two ago.
Extoushe develpment work is being
done, aand Imost without exception
claims are proving valuable. The sta­
bility of the district has been conclu­
sively proved, and as a result prospec­
tors iiave Hocked in here this spiing by
the hundreds.
Mining capital has
been attracted, and one m ill is in suc­
cessful operation and several more are
in course of construction. New discov­
eries are being made in almost every
direction; most notable among which
are the discoveries on the Calapooia
and McKenzie rivers, which show ex­
tremely rich ore, and tbe immense
mountain of quartz four miles up Blue
river. This mountain of quarts is a
remarkable formation, and is probably
unparalleled in mining discoveries.
The mountain is 1,270 feet high, and
appears to be nearly all quartz. At
tbe top several cliffs of solid quartz
project for a hundred feet or more
above the surface, while veins of ore
crop out in all directions. -The ore as­
says from $3.50 to $12 jier ton.
The Lucky Boy mine has been com­
pelled to shut down five stamps, owing
to shortage of water, since the dry
season set in. The remaining five
stamps are kept going day and night.
The company has the machinery for a
sawmill on the ground, and, as soon as
it can be set up, lumber w ill he sawed
and A flume constructed which will
furnish plenty of water for operating
all of the stamps.
Jones & Go. have the foundation laid
for a sawmill at the Blue river bridge,
ano already have a number of logs
ready to saw. The machinery for the
mill is expected to arrive in a short
time. The mill will lie situated at the
new Bine Hirer city townsite, and is
intended to supply the local market.
It will be operated by steam power,
and will have a capacity ol 10,000 feet
er day.
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S ta m p e d e t o ‘» ♦ e w n rt R i v e r .
The steamer Danube, which recently
arrived at Victoria, B. C., brings news
of a rich strike on the headwaters ol
Stewart rivet, 400 miles from Dawson.
A stampede is on, boats going np in a
continuous string. At White Horse a
whisky famine prevails. Saloons are
licensed, bnt cannot get permits to
bring in liquor. The police are watch­
ing the boundary for smugglers, and
have made many seizures.
N o r t h w e«» N o t« » .
cold storage warehouse is in coarse
of construction at Troy, Idaho.
—
A hay warehouse, 32x70 feet, 16
feet high ia being built ut Palouse,
Wash.
King county is said to furnish one-
fourth the inmates of the Walla Walla
penitentiary.
Walla Walla Ixiasts of «hipping BO
carloads of fruit and vegetable« the
past two weeks.
Apple scab ia reported among th«
trees in the vicinity of Moscow, Idaho,
especially in the American Ridge dk»
trict.
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KEYNO TE
OF
THE
TR A D E.
T h e la s p r o v a * C r o p C o n d itio n s aro th o
O m e t F a c to r » .
Bradstreet’s says: Improved crop
conditions furnish the keynote of tbe
trade and price movement. As a re­
sult of them nearly all staple agrioal-
tural products aie lower in price, and
at tbe same time a perceptible livening
up of demand for fall delivery is noted
in the West, Northwest and South.
The beginning of fall trade ia conse­
quently more clearly visible in the Mo­
tions mentioned, while at tbe East
the mark eta are slow to experience this
improvement and are consequently rea­
sonably dull. Bank clearings as yet
fail to reflect any perceptible improve­
ment in distribution, and railway earn*
inga, though of large volume, are, ow­
ing to comparison« being made with
exceptionally good résulta last year,
showing less notable increases both in
gross and net returns.
Hog products have gone lower with
corn, as has also wheat, in which con­
tinued liquidation has been noted, with
the result ol inducing partial returns of
the export inquiry banished from the
markets by the recent heavy rise.
Iron and steel prices are evidently
scraping the bottom, if reports from
leading centers of co « ol raw material
and wages are correct. Soft coal is
going abroad too, a cargo leaving for
London shortly.
Tin ia cornered locally and 'higher
on tlie week, w hile copper ' is Aner.
An encourgghie feature of tbe wool
market is the rather better Inquiry for
raw woo* a t Boston, hut manufacturing
w ill not apparently do much until tha
light weight season opens.
Wheat, including flour shipments,
for tbe week, aggregate 3.029,381 bush­
els against 2,829,910 bushels last week.
Business failnres for the week num­
ber 202 against 221 last week.
Canadian failure* for tbe week asm -
tier 26 as compared with 19 in tb it
week a year ago.
P A C IF IC
COAST
TRADE.
S e a t tle M a r k e t * .
Onions, new, lH®-
Lettuce, hot house, $1 per crate.
Potatoes, new. 80c.
Beets, per sack, 85c@ f 1.
Turnips, per sack, 75c.
Carrots, per sack, $1.00
Parsnips, per sack, 50@75c.
Cauliflower, native, 75c.
Cucn m bers— 40 @ 50c.
Cabbage, native and California,
$1.00@1.25 per 100 pounds.
Tomatoes—$1.50.
Butter—Creamery, 23c; Eastern 22c;
dairy, 17@22c; ranch, 15@17o pound.
Eggs—24c.
Cheese— 12c.
Poultry— 14o; dressed,
14@15e;
spring, $3.50.
Hay—Puget Sound timothy, $11.00
@12.00; choice Eastern Washington
timothy, $19.00.
Corn— Whole, $23.00; crocked, $25;
feed meal, $25.
Barley—Rolled or ground, per ton,
$20.
Flour—Patent, per barrel, $3.50;
blended straights, $3.26; California,
$3.25; buckwheat flour, $6.00; 'gra­
ham, per barrel, $3.00; whole wheat
flour, $3.00; lye flour, $3.80®4.00.
Millstuffs—Bran, per ton, $13.00;
shorts, per ton, $14.00.
Feed—Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton;
middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal,
per ton, $30.00.
Fresh Aleuts— Choice dressed beef
steers,price 7Hc". cows, 7c; mutton 8c;
j>ork, 8e; trimmed, 9c; veal, 9@
11c.
Hams—Large, 18c; small, 13
breakfast bacon, 12 %c; dry salt sides,
3c.
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P o r tia » * M a rk e t.
Wheat — Walla
Walla.
55o;
Valley, 55c; Blnestem, 59c per bushel.
Flour—Best grades, $3.20; graham.
$2.60; superfine, $2.10 per barrel.
Oats—Choice white, 85c; choice
gray, 88c per bushel.
liarley— Feed barley, $14.00® 15.00;
brewing, $16.00 per ton.
Millstnffs—Bran, $12.50 ton; m id­
dlings, $19; shorts, $13; chop, $14 per
ton.
Hay—Timothy, $ lv @ ll; clover,$7®
7.60; Oregon wild hay, $6 @7 per ton.
Butter—Fancy creamery, 40@45ct
store, 26c.
Eggs— 1 8 ^ c per dozen.
Cheese— Oregon full cream, 18o;
Yonng America, 14c; new cheese lOo
per pound.
*
Poultry—Chickens, mixed, $3.00@
3.60 per dozen; hens, $4.50; springs,
$2.00@3.60.; geese, $4.00@6.00 forold;
$4.50@ 6.50; ducks, $3.00@4.00 per
dozen;
turkeys, jive, 14@15c per
pound.
Potatoes—40@50c per sack; sweets,
.2 @2 l4C per pounn.
Vegetables—Beets, $1; turnips, 76o;
per sack; garlic, 7c per pound; cab­
bage, l ) i c per ponnd; parsnips, $1;
onions, l5^c per ponnd; carrots, $1.
Hops— 2(48c per pound.
Wool— Valley, 16@16o per ponnd;
Eastern Oregon, 10@16c; mohair, 36
per ponnd.
Mutton—Gross, beet sheep, wethers
and ewes, 8?ic; dressed mutton, 7®
7 Ho per pound; lamlis, 6Ho.
Ilogs-LGross, choice heavy, $5.00;
light and feeders, $4.60; dressed,
$6.00@6.50 per 100 pounds.
Beef—Gross, top steers, $4.00@4.60;
cows, $8.50@4.00; dressed beef, 6 H ®
7Ho per pound.
Veal—Large, 8 H <9 7 Ho; small, 8 ®
8H o pet pound.