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AN W o rk UNW ATERED U M P IR E . e l t h e N a t io n a l I r r i g a t i o n e la llu n . Asse- The vista that the povkibillties of Ir rigation reveal, says the Los Angeles Captain Shields and Party Herald, i? alnmst stupendous, mb a few facts and llgu res prepared by the Na Taken in Marinduqne. tional Irrigation Association demon strate. The federal government today owns 100,000,000 acres of Isnri, which R E L IE F F O R C E H U R R IE D O U T 1? worthless only because it is arid. This “ unwatered empire'' can be re m e M is s in g K i p a i l l t l n n C e e s la tS e l claimed by irrigation and rendered capable of sustaining a population of F i f t y - t h r e e M a n lla a lila a O lU o e ra a a d at least 00,000,000 people. In the C r a w o f e U u tt b u a l. words of the secretary of agriculture iu his last annual report! “ More than W ashington, Oct. 1.— The war de onc-thlrd of the country depends upon partment has received the following the success of irrigation to maintain cablegram from (¡ennr.il MacArthur: the imople, the industries, and the “ Manila, Kept. UH. — Adjutant-Gen- IMilitlcal institutions of that area, anil eral, Washington: Septum tar 11, Cup future growth w ill also ta measured by tain Devereaux Shield?, with 61 men the increase of the reclaimed area. iu «if onmpuny F, Twentv-ninlh regiment a region which, in the extent of diver United State? volunteer infantry, and sity of its mineral wealth, ha? no one hoapiital corp? man, loft Santa equal on the globe, the riches of the Cruz, Mariuduque, by the gunl?iat mine? iu the h ills are already surpass Villalobos, for Torrija?, intending to ed by the productions of the irrigated return overlaud to Santa Crus. Have farms in the valleys, and the nation at heard . nothing aluce from Shields. large is at last awakening to the fact Scarcely doubt that the entire party that the development of the use of the iiaa taen captured with many killed river? and arid lands of the West w ill and yrounded, Shields among the 1st constitute one of the most important ter. Information aunt by letter from epochs in oar increase in |«i>alatiou the commanding officer ut lloan, datud and muterial wealth.** 20th. received Keptemtar 24, conwiatud W o r k f u r I h e F eM lerxl G n T e r n m e iit . of rumor? through native?. Thene stttpendnti* I'owftihiiitie« h 1 m > “ The Yorktown and two giiultcata, present a colossal problem How may George A »demon (colonel Thirty- this gigantic desert be transformed eighth volunteer infantry), with two into a land of pnuperity? Who i? to «'(iinjianie? Thirty-eighth volunteer in redeem the national domain by a oom- fantry. rent to MariuduqiiH im m ed iate prebeusive system of reservoirs? It has Iv. Anderson confirm? the tir?t report l?<en demonstrated by 20 w ars of exp e aa to cupture, but whn iiuuble, no Sep rience in iirigation development ami tember 27, to give detail? and prevent by the reporta ol government experts wh«'reuliout? of Shield? ami party, or i^nd engineer? that the great problem name? of the killed ?nd wounded. Hi? can only lie solved by the federal gov information w ill probabiv he available ernment. Captain Hiram M. Chitten aoon. Anderson ha? order? to com den. engineer corps, U. K. A., iu bis mence operation? immediately and rejsirton “ Surveys for Reservoir S ites.’’ move retentiva?ly, until Shield? and declare? em phatically that reservoir h it party are reacued. la>guu w ill he construction in the mid region? ol the aent to Mariuduque, if necessary, to West can properly be carried out only clear up the aituutiou. through public Hgencies. “ Private “ .MACA KTIIÜK.»’ enterprise can never accomplish the The Twentv-ninth infantry wa? re work sncceasully. As between state cruited at Fort McPbepmu, Ga. Cap and nation, it falls more pro|>erly tain Shielda wa? I lenten? nt-colonel ol under the latter.” the Second Mississippi dming the Span T e n Y e a r« W o u ld K e r ln lm I h e W e a l. ish war. He wa? made captaiu in the It is estimated that $143,000,000 Twenly-niuth infantry July ft. 1899. woubl reclaim the arid laud? of the He wa? a resident of Xatohez, Mi«?., West; that an. exjienditure by the fe«l- where hia wife now reside?. iral government of $ I ft,000,000 a year The arene of thia latest rev«r?e i? a for 10 year? would o|>en up lands for em ail ialaud lying due south of the the settlement of a population a? big as southern coa?t of Luzon and a lx in t 300 that of the entire country at prevent. m iles from .Maúlla. Mariuduque ia Au appropriation of $100,000 was made about 24 inilea iu diameter nod was at the last session o« congress fur pre garrisoned by two amid I detachment? liminary survey? to discover the best «if United State? trooi«. One of these location? for the immense reservoirs. waa at Bose,- on the west coast of the The Assistance of every organisation island, and the other waa at 8 «uta ami of every individual iu torwardiug Crna, the principal port on the north this all-important work shuulld tie w el side. Captain Shielda appear? to have comed and assisted in everv possible started fioin Santa Crux on a gunboat way. GUY E. MITCHELL for Torrijoa, a small coast port, and it A M IG O S A T T A C K S O L D IE R S . ia inferred that the boat n? well a? the liody of troop? under that otiicer has H e v r r a l H k t r in ia lie a D u r in g t h e W e e k -* been ruptured, for the dispatch make? l l v i l l M i t « h ls u p it r a r , no reference to her return. Manila, Oct. 8.— The Filipinoa in The officers of the gu ntast Villalo the vicinity of .Manila have been more bos were: Lieutenant Edward Sim p quiet of late, although last Wednesday son, commanding; Ensign I .F . Laudia night there were brisk attacks at Las ami Naval Cadet IL W. Vincent. Pina? ami Parauaque, south of Manila, L euteinint Sipuiaon has seen over 14 us well us out |>o?t firing at Imus Baconr years active aea aerivee. He entered and Muutin Lu pa. The American offi the navy June 17, 1888. He returned cers are satisfied that the alleged am i from hia last tout of sea service in gos, living in and around the towns in May, 1896, and waa assigned to shore questiou, participate ! iu these attacks. duty. February 1, 1808, he waa order Official reports have been received of ed to ths Brooklyn. Ensign Laudia insurgent activity in Zambales province has seen not quite three years of aea and in Katangas province. Two skirm- aerivee. He joined the navy Septem ishea occurred during the week on the ber 6 ,1 8 9 3 , and hia last cruise expired Bicol river, in the province of South iu May, 1809. He wa? ordered to the Camarines. It is estimated that the Asiatic squadron December 22, 1899. insurgents lost 90 killed in the various Cadet Vincent ha? iiad one year and districts. eeven months of sea service. February Two civilians, John McMahon and 1, 1809, he waa aakigued to the New Ralph McCord, of San Fraucisoo, who Orleans. started on a business trip for VigRU and Bangued, iu northern Lnsun, have fl« « T a n k R « p l» il? < t. not been heardTruiu for three weeks. New Y o rk , O ct. 1. — At 1:4ft thia It is feared they have been killed or morning a gas tank exploded in the captured by the iusurgents. Central (¡as Light Company's worka A R ic h M u n D e n d . a t the f«xit of East (Jue Hundred and Indianapolis, Oct. 3 .— W. V. Wol Thirty-eighth street. The explosion was heard for m iles around, ttud broke cott, of Boston, died at St. V incent’s all the window? iu the vicinity. 'Ihe hospital from a stroke of apoplexy su s burniug naptha (lowed down the atieet tained ou a Big Four train yesterday. and into the engine-room of the gas Mr. Wolcott located iu St. Louis about company, setting it «lire. Two alarms 30 years ago. He became a member were sent in Hnd the flieboat was sum of the firm of Wolcott & Hume, pub moned. The Urine? at. this time allot lishers of the Journal and Times, at 70 feet in the air. The fire i? still St. Louis, and later whs president of burning fiercely and the fliemen Mre the St. Louis Car Coupler Company. fighting deaperately to prevent the He owned large interests in Missouri dames from spreading to the ga? hold zinc mines and at the time of hia death ers, which are near the scene of the was senior partner iu the banking firm explosion. There has been Mi loss of of W olcott <$• Co., of Boston and New York. A search of his effects brought life . to light the fact that he carried with T o r e D o w n t h e Kl»<? him a large fortune, lfe had in ilia San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 1.— Unit- valise $500,000 in government lioiida «led States Consul W. W . Mills, at and about $2,000 ia cash on hi? per Chihuahua, Mexico, reported to the son. . federal authorities at Washing I on .'de H o e r i C o m in g to A i i i e r l m . tailing an insult t,o the American flag St. Paul, Oct. I.— The (¡lobe tomor over his consulate September 1«, the row will say: “ Hundreda and per anniversary of iMexico's independence, haps thousands, of Boers w ill emigrate by a mob of Mexicans, l i e had hoist- from South Africa to the United States «d the United States and Mexican flags and settle in the Northwest. Theodore in honor of the day, and the mob tore Van Grecht, of Holland, who has of down the United States colors. late years made his home in the South L u m b e r P la n t H u r iir il. African republic, is in St. Paul to ar range satisfactory railroad rates over the Western lines. M r , Van Grecht w ill bring a large contingent of Boers t o this country in the spring if condi tions are favorable. There aie thous ands of Boers, he says, who are anx iously awaiting an opportunity to leave their present environment and embark Mendocino, Cal., Oct. 1.— The plant o f the Albion Lumber Company, at Al bion, was destroyed by fire today, to gether w ith 400,000 feet of lumber and 1,000 cords of tan bark. The dry kiln, store, hotel and several dwellings be longing to the company were also eon aumed. The loss ia between $125,000 for another la n d ." and 8160,000. --- CHOMISMIC! ESCAPED DEATH. A » GLEAM H IG H C H IN E S E T O BE P U N IS H E D M a t w lt h a t s n d ln g T h e s e B ille t? P r e p a r a tio n ? to r W n r A r e S t i l l R e p o r t e d — I k an H a l C a e t u r s d i k y '» h e A III? ? . HOPE. A rn d s tre ? « R ? |m rt? a K « tt? r O u t ln o k l a lh ? I n d u s t r i a l W o r ld . Bradstreets says: Wants Czar and Mikado to Help in Restoring Peace. OF The month ol Sep THE UNUSUAL EXPERIENCE tember closes with a rather better out look in the industrial world than was GRANTED I E ROY BOWEN. (¿ Ira n I ’ p to D ie l» j f o u r D o c to r« Kcenne® o f a M e r liiu i C o m |» li« *» tlo o o f Di»®»»®» - H o w H® Maw rd H I» M « o lf From the EMcrprt»®. M apleton. M in a . To escajie death after taing given np by four doctors, snd bidden good-bve to family and Iriends is su experience not granted every man. Yet it hup- London, Oot. 2.— Bevond a number pened to Mr. 1* Boy Bowen, of De- si imperial edicts, which throw into «till worse confusion the complicated eoria township, Blue Earth county, Chinese situation, there is little iu to llin n . Mr. Bowen is a farmer, but formerly day's news to arrest attention. From Shanghai come? an unconfirmed rnport resided in Mapleton, ««here he was that the allie? bave seizt d Khan Hai clerk and city marshal for a number of years. He is a w e ll-k n o w n memlier Kwan. of the Masonic fiaternity and enjoys AU the news with n-gurd to the edicts eniinates from Shanghai. ,Vc- sn enviable leputution for bis sterling cording to the advices, in addition tp honesty and upiightu«»?? of character. He told his rtory ot miraculous re the edicts ordering «¡rand Councillor lief and cure to a reporter recently and Run Kang to offer oblation? before the coffin of Baron von Ketteler and the it is a story of the greatest inteiest. edict directing that Li Hung ( ’bang’s He said: “ i was suddenlv taken sick in the entire plan ta followed in regard to the punishment of the princes and spring of 1896. The jiain wa? ftitense. The doctor was hastily summoned, high m inisters of state resjswsifile for the uuti-fmeigu outrages, ami the de fie pronounced m y case one of gravel cree ordering that funeral honors be and said that the pain was caused by paid iu Pekin and Tokio to the remains the {lassage of a stone from the kidneys ol Sugiyaing Akira, the murdered chan to the bladder. I doctored with him cellor of tiie Japsuese legation, Emper for thtee months, but was not benefited. Frequently, once a week, 1 would or Kwaug Hsu has addressed furtuer letters to the czar and mikado renew have a bad ifiell of two or three days ing his request for their aid iu the duiation, during wMch I suffered un told agony. |teace negotiation?. “ Finally I went to Mankato and Various opinions are expressed ss to consulted a specialist. He stated that the im poitunee of the edicts. 'ihe Shanghai correspondent of the Morn I did not have gravel, but thought it was rheumatism of the stomach. I ing Pont says: “ The pevere punishment ordered by continued to visit him until the end of Emperor Kwaug Hsu will only mean a August. Then 1 berime completely money fine. There are traces of 14 bedridden and sent for another doctor. Hung Chang’s hand tinder American He called mv complaint inflammation influence in the edict*.’’ On the other of the bowels and treated me for that. I became better, but in one week my hand, the Standard's Shanghai corre legs swelled up aud 1 was worse than spondent remarks: “ The empreas now ever. realizes the true tinture of the crisis. “ The doctor laid my case before the After consulting the emperor she sum- monad the court dignitaries end ou faculty of Rush Medical College. Chi their assembling, through which she cago. an,I it was decided that I bad remained silent. Die emperor iu a loud neuralgia ol the stomach. 1 was treat voice deliver«?! a tirade lasting a oonple ed for that until December, but contin of hour? against the courtiers. Then ued to grow worse. Then the doctor iu an angry voice he dismissed them. •aid, ‘I cun’! do you any good. All After this the du<*ree* were issued. the help 1 know for vou is an opera W hile these have taen promulgated, tion .’ ‘Very well,' 1 replied, 'go on feverish war preparation? are still re and operate if that is left for me.* ported from Shanghai, anil new sp- This was on Knnday. The tim e o l the uointiueut? have taen made to the Chi- operation was set for Tuesday. My children were sent for, and I prepared uese army and navy." for the worst. “ The appointed time came; the four M IN E R S * PAY R A IS E D . doctor« present examined me for two A b A d m it « ® o f IO P e r O n t In t h e A n hours, then they retired and consulted for the same length of tim e. They thracite ( onl K eginn? Philadelphia, Oct. 2.— An offer «if concluded that they did not know what an increase of 10 per cent in miner’s ailed me. The head physician asked wages was todav inode bv the Phila permission to ‘cu t,’ as he expressed it, delphia <fc Reading Coal & Iron Com ‘and find ou t.’ 1 asked how big a pany, and this move, it is stated, w ill pla,-e he wanted to cut. He said ‘be lie followedby similar notice? at every thought four inches far enough.’ I knew enough not to allow any such eolliery in the anthracite region. It is expected by the operators that hide-and-seek game to be played with this increase in wage? w ill lie satisfac me, so the operation did not occnr. I tory to the men, and thev believe many continued under the doctor’s care, but strikers w ill lake advantage of the my case was consider««] hojeless. I offer snd return to work. Mining ma«|e my w ill, balanced my accounts operations w ill in this event be given and made every preparation for death “ I continued to grow steadily worse. an inii>etiis, and the ope raters expect there will be a gradual resumption un Day after day was passed in intense til the collieries w ill again have their agony. Aa a last resort I told my full complement of employes. The hired man to bring me, the next time Philadelphia & Reading Company he went to town, a Ixix of Dr. W il operates 89 collieries, and o f these 27 liam s’ Rink I’itls for Bale People. I have been shut «loan owing to insuffic ha<l read considerable about them and thought I woold try them. Immed ient working force. Whether the miners w ill accept the iately after beginning the use of these proffer of the company and return in pills I commenced to feel tatter. At sufficient numbers to operate the mines first, 1 took one pill three times a-day. cannot ta foretold tonight. Reports but increased the dose to three pills received from several points iu the three times a d«v. In two weeks I Schuylkill region, where the Reading was out of bed and around.. “ In five weeks 1 took a trip to Man collieries are located, rather indicate that the mineworkers w ill follow the kato, but this trip was a little beyond instructions of their organization offi my strength aud I came borne and had to go to bed. I again began the use of cials and remain away. President Mitchell, of the Mine- the pills. The effect was as before; iu workers, received no notice of the in four days I was on inv feet, aud have tention of the operators to offer the in been there ever since, thanks to Dr. crease in wages, snd the intimation is W illiam s’ Pink P ills for Pale People." I hereby certify the above statement thus given that the miners' organiza tion w ill receive no recognition from is true, to the best of my knowledge snd belief. LE ROY BOWEN. the operators. Witnesses: J. A. Biddeson, Mrs. Le Roy Bowen. S h o t D o w n In t h e S tre e t. Mr. Bowen’s postoffice address is Omaha, Oct. 2 . - -A special to the World-Herald from Iteatriie, Neb., fieauford, Minn. He w ill gladly an save: W. J. Hum was probably fatal swer any inquiries to those enclosing ly shot this afternoon by Dr. W . F. stamp for reply. It was nature’s own remedy that Lee. one of the most prominent, physic- iaus in the state. The two men room accomplished this cure caused by im in separate apartments in the Davis pure blood, for Dr. W illiam s’ Pink block. As 11 mu was passing Lee's P ills for Pale People ara composed of doors, the physician mentioned a bill vegetable remedies that exert a power agaiiiRt Ultra for services and a quarrel ful influence iu purifying and enrich ensued. Hurn struck at Dr. Lee, but ing the blood. Many diseases long missed him. Dr. Lee drew h revolver supposed by the m edical profession to and fire,I, Hum staggering back into be incurable have succumbed to the po hiu w ife’s arms shot in the right breast. tent influence of these pills. This uni The bullet entered the lungs, and Hurn versal remedy is sold by all druggists. is not expected to live through the K m o s a A b b o t t ’ s F a t h e r In s a n e . night. Dr. Lee gave him self up aud Chicago Oct. 1.— A special to the was released on bail. Chronicle from Milwuakee, says. Ap plication has been made to Judge Wall- T w o K i l l e d In a W r e c k . Guthrie, O. T., Oct. 2.— The Santa tar for the appointment of a guardian Fe through express tor Kansas City for Seth Abbott, father of the late Em was wrecked 15 miles south of here ma Abbott. Mr. Abbott was adjudged this afternoon by spreading rails, and insane in the Chicago courts last Fri the baggage and express cars derailed, day, and his commitment ordered to a the smoker thrown off and turned up sanitarium at Wauwatosa. The appli side down and the day coaches partly cation for a guardian is made by Fred derailed. Two people were killed and erick Abbott, a son, who asks that he • dozen or more injured- -a ll passenger« or some suitable person be appointed I guardian. ' Judge W allber haa fixed in the smoker. the hearing for October 22. apparent a we-ik or 10 days ago. The reports a« to the probability of a settle ment of the anthracite coal strike which have been current (or a couple of days seem to have a basis of fact ami there is more than a likelihood that the most disturbing feature in the industrial situation lor some tim e, is in process of elimination. An eucouraging feature in the iron and steel situation, is tbs number and character of foreign inquiries. The demand for striurtural material continues steady and prices are firm. The tact that the tin plate scale re mains unsettled produces but littls effect. But little of significant^ is io be extracted from the movement ol prices. Wheat has been somewhat irregular, and prices shift listlessly, being about where they were this tim e last week. A b?ence of foreign demand owing prob ably to larger Russian shipments, coupled with higher freights, tended to the onsettlement. K|?»t cotton is np on the week, but the general market had fluctuated ner- vouidy, influenced on the one hand by heavy port receipts, and on the other by apparent famine conditions. A sat isfactory activity in distributive trade checked to some extent in certain lo calities by unseasonable weather and in other? by a tendency to curtail oper a tio n s pending the outcome of the elec toral contest is disclosed by telegraphic advices. Wh«eit, including flour shipments, for the week aggregated 4,242,810 bushels against 3,536,867 last week. From July 1, to date, this season, wheat exports are 42,762,500 bushels, ■gainst 50.616,015 bushels last season. P A C IF IC COAST TRADE. S e a t t le M a r k e t? . Onions, new, l l i c . Lettuce, hot house, $1 per crate. Potatoes, new. $16. Beets, per sack, 85c@ $l. Turnips, per sack, 75c. Beans, wax, 4c. Squash— 4c. Uarrots, per sack, $1,00 1‘arsnips, per sack, $1.25. Cauliflower, native, 75c. Cucumbers— 10® 80c. Cahtage, native and Californio, Sc per pounds. Tomatoes— 30 @ 50*. Butter—Creamery, 26c; d airy, 1 6® 10c;ranch, 16c pound. Eggs— 26c. Cheese— 12c. Poultry— 12c; dressed, 14c; spriitg, 1 8 ® 15c. Hay— Puget Sound timothy, $13.00 ® 13.00; choice Eastern Washington timothy, $19.00. Corn— Whole, $23.00; cracked, $35; feed meal, $25. Barley— Rolled or ground, per ton, $20. Elour— Patent, per barrel, $8.50; blended straights, $3.25; California, $3.25; buckwheat flour, $6.00; gra ham, per liarrel, $3.00; whole wheat flour, $3.25; rye flour, $8.80® 4.00. Millstuffs— Bran, per ton, $13.00; shorts, per ton, $14.00. Feed—Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton; mid< I lings, per ton, $20; o il cake meal, per ton. $30.00. Fresh Meate—(Choice dressed treef steers, price 7 )ic7 cows, 7c; m otion 7*4; pork, 8c; trimmed, 9c; veal, 9® H e. Hams— Large, 13c; sm all, ISM; breakfast bacon, 12c; dry salt sldea. 8 *sc. ________ F e r tla n d M a r k e t. Wheat— Walla Walla. 65® 56c; Valley, 59c; Bluestem, 59c per bushel. Flour— Beet grades, $3.10; graham, $2.60. Oats—Choice w hite, 42e; choice grav, 40c per bushel. Barley— Feed barley, $16.00® 15.50; brewing, $16.00 per ton. Millstuffs— Bran, $14.50 ton; m id dlings, $20; shorts, $16; chop, $15 per ton. Hay—Timothy, $12® 13; clover,$7® 7.50; Oregon w ild hay, $6 @7 per ton. Butter— Fancy creamery, 45® 65c; store, 30c. Eggs— 20c per dozen. Cheese—Oregon full cream, 13c; Young America, 14c; new cheese l()o per pound. Poultry—Chickens, mixed, $2.60® 3.50 per dozen; hens, $4.00; springs, $2.00® 3.00; geese, $6.00@ 8.00 «los; ducks, $3.00® 5.00 per dozen; turkeys, live. 14c pet pound. Potatoes—4 0 ® 55c per sack; sweets, 1 34 c per pouno. Vegetable?— Beets, $1; turnips, $1; per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab bage, 2c per pouud; parsnips, 86c; onious, $1; carrots. $1. Hope— New crop, 12,4@ 14o per pound. Wool—V alley, 15® 16o per ponnd; Eastern Oregon, 10® 13c; mohair, 35 per pound. Mutton—Gross, best sheep, wethers snd ewes, 8 }tc; dressed mutton, 6>»® 7c per pound. Hogs— Grose, choice heavy, $5.76; light and feeders, $6.00; dressed, $6.00® 6.50 per 100 pounds. Beef—Gross, top steers, $8.50® 4.00; oows, $3.00® 3.60; dressed beef, 6® 7c per pound. ( Veal— Large, 6%@7>so; sm all, 8 ® 8 )4 c per pound. I
