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About Gold Hill news. (Gold Hill, Jackson County, Or.) 1897-19?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1900)
CHINESENfiVYSHOWEDFIGHT t D E V A S T A T IO N IN TR A N S V A A L. C o n a u l-U e n e r n l S to w « '« K e p o r t S la te D « p n r t in e n t . to th e Washington, Oct. 8.—An interesting picture ol the Transvaal and Free State in August, after the wave of war bail passed over the country, la presented in a report to tiie state department from Unted States Consul-General Stowe, at Cape Town, dated August 17 last, lie bed just returned to the Cape from a trip through the two re publics. He says that for hundreds ol miles all the wire fencing la down and cannot be user! again. The posts have been burned for fuel and must be replaced with iron posts, owing to the scarcity of timber. The plowing in progress ia limited, compared with former years, and there w ill be large market for American cereals. By March, 1901, agnouitnral machinery will lie wanted. Meat and livestock w ill continue to he imported. Johannesburg bad only three days’ supply of meat when Mr. Htowe left the town. While the Boers who have returned are anxious to get to work, several months mutt elapse before thinga settle down to a normal basis. The government ie building a new line of railway from Harrlsmith to connect with the Orange Colony sys tem, so that the Netherlands railway, with its 200 per cent dividends, w ill no longer have e monopoly in the Transvaal. There will be a big de mand for bridge material and electrical inahcinery and supplies. Lord Boberts has appointed an ad visory committee to assist him in the reopening of Johannesburg, and to se cure the return of tiie mining popula tion, which the prosperity of tiie town depends upon. It is questionable whether an undesirable element com mon to all mining towns will be al lowed to return to Johannesburg. O P E R A T IO N S IN P H IL IP P IN E S , H E A L T H Y S t r e n g t h e n in g W eak U n rr ls u n a T a k a a to H a l p O u r T r a d e . • Hilda««« No* IO N E OF Y e t S e r io u s ly b y P o litie s . TRADE. A JT eeted Manila, Oct. 10. — Four troops of Bradstreet’s says: Despite some ir cavalry and two companies of infantry regularity ixrth as to demand and Tried to Engage a Russian At Least Nine Lives Lost and have recently reinforced General Young prices, dne partly to warm rainy in Northern Luzon, where the insur weather, but likewise a reflection of a Cruiser. Many Injured. gents are concentrating in the moun hesitancy to jembark largely in new tains of North and Honth Hi cos prov business, pending political events, tpe inces under the leadeiship of Aglipav, B U T T H E LA TTER G O T AWAY PROPERTY LOSS IS B I0 0 .0 0 0 tiie ex-communicated priest and rene general tone of trade is a favorable one, and confidence as to tbe outlook for gade. business in the remainder of tbe year General Tinio and General Villan- is notable, ¿ome diminntion in the A l l i e d H q u n d ro n « W i l l F u rn e th e W a r » L o e o m o tlv e « W e r e ft h l flat <1 F r o m th e nave, who had lieen quiet for some vo*-i.-as of jobbing business is noted at • k i p « to C a p it u la t e , o r W i l l D e s tr o y T r a e k s a n d F o u n d e d I n t o S c rn p lro u time, are uow showing signs of becom- Ivrge Western centers, and continued * T k e t a —B ille t« B e in g l« « u e d . — M in a s D is a b le d . ng active as the end of tbe rainy sea- rainy weather in the Northwest alike ♦ on approaches. checked the movement of wheat to mar Biwabik, Minn., Oct. 9.—The tor- London, Oet. 8.—ft 1« reported in Of late there has lieen considerable ket, injures the grade of the same, and Aado that raged in thia vicinity last fit. i’eter«burg, according to the corre- scouting and skirmishing in the prov retail and jobbing distri- avening was moat violent. The storm ince. of Abra and North llocos, though discourages spouflaut of tiie Time« nt the Russian blltion. Ten cotton if tfae * cot a pathway 150 feet in width capital, that the Chinese fleet in For without decisive results. It is obvious, the very favorable report which comes through the northwestern corner of t mosa «trait attempted to engage the however, that the maueuvers of the town, completely wrecking severs Filipinos are more sikllfui than former from the South and the character of re Russian cruiser Kurils, but the latter's buildings. The property loss is esti-j ly and that tbe field tactics of the ports from this section is more nearly speed (ruatrated the plan. The corre mated at $100,000 and the known fa-* Americans are being followed by tbem. favorable than for many years past at spondent says the allied squadroa will this time. tallties number nine, with a scoie or force the fleet to capitulate or will de Henor Mateni, tbe founder of the so The indisposition to contract heavily more injured, some severely. stroy it. called Filipino government, who was as to the future is perhaps most market* Tbe storm swept in a northwesterly Shanghai telegrams announce that captured by the Americans last Decern- direction after leaving here and struck tier and lodged in jail in Manila, has in the iron and steel trade and here, the imperial edict, dated September a little Finnish settlement near Pike been liberated. As be bad always per also, tbe most marked tendency toward SO, orderiug the court to be removed lake, where a number of buildings sistently refused to take tbe oath of al weakoees in thi cruder forms of pro to Sinan Fu, was issued owtug to the were wrecked, in one of which an en legiance to the United States govern« dnetion is noted. famine at Tai Yuan Fu, capital of the The industrial outlook baa been im tire family, consisting of husband, wife ment he had maintained his reputation proviuce of Shun Hi. They also ex proved by tbe signing of the tinplate and four children, were instantly press the opinion that the object of the among the Filipinos as a resolute pat killed, bo far their names have not riot. They now believe that he haf scale, bnt tbe anthracite coal sitnatios recent edict regarding the degradation lieen obtained. It is believed when reached a private understanding with is, on tbe surface at least, rather mon of the Chinese personages of high rank the more remote districts are heard the American authorities which has unfavorable than a week ago. mon is merely to gain time to enable China from farther casualties may be re secured his release, and consequently mines and miners being idle and pro to be in a better (rosition to dely the duction steadily diminishing. ported. power«, as the new capital will be vir he lias lost some of his popularity, al Special strength is noted in provis The house in which the Matowitz though he is still considered the leader tually inaccessible to foreigner«. The ions and hog products, in which the family lived was completely wrecked, Shanghai correHpoudent of the Moruing of the dormant revolutionary element. and the ixjdy of Mrs. Muruwitz was This week the commision w ill begin very strong statistical position is re Post, discussing tills aspect of the case, found 400 feet awsy, every bone in the work of revising the tariff, making ceiving more attention. remarks: Wheat, including flour, shipment! her ixxly lteiug broken and her clothing use of the results on the investigation “The German troops have no means for the week, aggregate 4,459,107 bush completely strip,ted oflf. The body of of the army board in this direction. of transport, and any attempt to fol her husband was found amid the debris It is the intention of the commission els, against 4,242,810 bushels Iasi low the Chiueae court would Ire, there week. ol their home horribly mutilated. fore, quite futile.’’ to give American trade a better chance Business failures in the United State« William Hilstrora was struck on tbe lie nays the Chinese firmly believe in tiian it has heretofore enjoyed owing for the week numbered 177, as against head by a falling tree and his «kali to the high duties. the exi«tence of a Busan-German agree- 189 last week. T ELEG R A PH T O S K A G W A Y. crushed. He afterward died at tbe went, under which Russia will take all The transports Sumner and Venus hospital. the territory north 01 the great wall have sailed for the Island of Mariu- PACIFIC COAST TRADE. e l. l n e 1« C o m p le te d a n d t h e F ir s t The engine house of the Duluth, Mis duqne, off the west coast of Luzon, car and Germany the province« of C h ild T h M e « « « g e H en* to S e a t tle Y e s t e r d a y . S e a ttle M a rk e t« . sissippi & Northern railway was com rying twd battalions. The former has and Shan Tung. Seattle, Get. 6.—The first telegram pletely wrecked and a number of loco already arrived there. The transport'' Onions, new, lj^c. The Times' representative at Shang from Hkagway to Seattle, marking an motives and cars were shifted from the Logan will reinforce the Twent-uinth Lettuce, hot house, $1 ,ter crate. hai «a vs: Potatoes, new. $15. “ It 1« believed here that highly in epoch in the history of business be tracks and pounded into scrapiron. United Htates infantry now in .Marin- Beets, per sack, 85c@$l. flammatory edicts are being issued tween Alaska and the outside world, The engine on which Murray ami An duqne. Turnips, per sack, 75c« secretly, and that the recent public was received here today. The time oc ders n were when tbe storm broke was G ALVESTO N NEEDS M O RE. Beans, wax, 4c. edicts are only intended to hoodwink cupied by the message in transit was blown from the track and the men seven hoars, which, however, will be were pinned beneath it and horribly Squash— 4c. the power«.'* e W a t e r io I to B u ild T h e m - reduced one-half aa soon a« the line is burned by the escaping sterm. Sev P e o p le R e q u ir Carrots, per saqk, $1.00 • • Ir e « H oane». M IL L IO N S FOR LEVEES. in working order and business reduced eral cars were blown from the Dnlutb, Parsnips, per slack, $1.3$. Galveston, Texas, Oct. 10.— Miss to a system. Cauliflower, native, 76c. Mississippi & Northern tracks and were Clara Barton, president of the Nation W h y N u t Une a P o r tio n n t T h ia M o n e y The route taken by the message was fonnd in the Dnluth mine pit, hun Cncu m tiers— 10® 20c. al Bed Cross Focietv, today issued a f o r K e « e rv w ir« f from Hkagway to Atlin, thence ovei dreds of feet away. Many of the statement to the manufacturers and Cabbage, native and California, The history of levee construction on the old Atlin-Lillooet line to the buildings destroyed were owned by tbe tc per pounds. the Mississippi river ha« Iieeu a long Eraser river, thence to Ashcroft and on mining companies, and tenanted by business men of tbe country in which Tomatoes—30 @ 50 oue. The first levee was begun in to Vancouver, from which plaoe i t was their employes. The sbafthouse and she appeals to them for aid in tbe way Butter—Creamery, 26c; dairy, 18® of material to be used in tbe building 171?, which was, when completed, oue sent to Seattle. buildings of three minas were reduced of homes for those who lost their all 19c:ranch, 16c pound. mile long, erected to protect New Or The line over which it passed to Van to kindling wood. Eggs— 26c. in the recent storm. It is addressed leans, then a mere village. This levee couver is that which the Canadian Cheese— 12c. The tornado which lasted less than “ To the manufacturers and dealers in was four feet high and 18 feet across at government has been engaged in con five minutes, was preceded by an un Poultry— 12c; dressed, 14c; spring, the top. It was not, however, until structing (or the past four months. It usually severe thunder and min storm. lumber, hardware, builder’s materials 18*3 16c. after Ixiui«ians h«d been ceded to the is not yet completed, and will not be Tbe rain has flooded many of the open and household goods and to the busi Hay—Puget Sound timothy, $13.00 United States that levee construction for airout a week. However, in order pit mines, and they cannot be operated ness men in general of the United ® 13.00; choice Eastern Washington States,” and says: was begun on a large scale. As the to get the (list message through today, for some time. “ We believe it is reliably stated that timothy, $19.00. work progressed up the river and addi a temporary line was put up connect I Cora— Whole, $23.00; cracked, $36; tional basins and bottoms were en ing the unfinished portion between E x p lo s io n o f .7.SOC P o u n d « o f D y n a m i t e . there is not one bouse in tbe area of feed meal, $26. closed. the levees necessarily increased Lillixret and Ashcroft, and io this man Dulpth, Minn., Oct. 9.—A special the storm undamaged by it. A large Barley— Rolled or ground, per ton, in height. The average height of the ner the transmission of the message from Eyeleth, Minn., tonight, reports proportion of those persons formerly $20. a disastrous explosion. Seven thous occupiyng them are strictly entirely levees in Louisiana above New Orleans, was accomplished. Flour— Patent, per barrel, $8.60; and live hundred pounds of dynamite without homes or even skelter, save blended straights, $3.25; California, is now between 12 and 13 feet, and thia According to the reports received heigh* proved insufficient in the great here today, the whole work of the Ca- in the powder magazine at the }*ruce such as persons nearly as destitute as *3.26; buckwheat flour, $6.00; gra flood of 1897f This flood indicates to nadisn government will Ire concluded mine, situated a half mile from town, themselves can offer them temporarily ham, per barrel, $3.00; whole wheat tiie official engineers that three or four by October 10, alter which the through blew up about 6:80 o’clock this after to their own great inconveience and flour, $3.26; rye flour, $3.80@4.00. cost. teet arldition.il will Ire required. line will be open for^commercial busi noon. A hole 100 feet square and 26 Millstuffs—Bran, per ton, $12.00; “ The number of this homeless class feet deep marks the spot where the ness. shorts, per ton, $14.00. F o r tu n e s A p p r o p r ia t e d . magazine stood. The force of the ex is estimated at 8,000 or more. Winter Feed—Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton; Millions and millions of dollars have is less than two months away. Al TO PUNISH REBELS. plosion was eo great that it smashed middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal, been appropriated by tiie federal gov every pane of glass within a radius of though a mild climate, still suow and ernment for the Imilding of these levees A W h o l e R e g im e n t W i l l B e B e a t ta two miles. The mine laboratory and ice are known here. If tents would per ton, $80.00. Fresh Meats—Choice dressed beef M a rin e ! u q u e . sad other constructions intended to protect, which they will not, the sand steers, price 7) yc ; cowb , 7 c ; mutton Washington, Oct. 6.—The following warehouses were totally wrecked. protect tiie surrounding country iroin would not hold them d»wn. Home At least 200 people were hurt more floods, and millions more must he ap cablegram has beeu received at the wat or less from being thrown down by the substantial shelter must be bad at. 7 ‘x; pork, 8c; trimmed, 9c; veal, 9® 11c. propriated by every congress to coipe department: shock or hit by shattered glass. The* onc* / or these people. Hams— Large, 13c; small, IS J i; “ Manila, Oct. 8.— First infantry explosion was plainly felt at Biwabik, unless other steps are taken to prevent The havoc wrought by the storm in breakfast bacon, 12c; dry salt sides, goes to Marinduque, October 0, on these floods. These measures ol the 12 miles distant. The cause of the ex Galveston at once was much larger in 8 l«c. government are merely palliative; they Hnmner. General Hare is to com plosion is unknown. loss of life and property than at Johns do not go to the root of the evil. The mand tbe island, with orders to push town, but the donations in money so P o r tla n d M a rk et. report of Captain Hiram Chittenden, of operations until insurrection is stamped far have aggregated one-third less lor B o er» S h o r t o f A m i- m n lt to n . Wheat—Walla Walla. 55® 660; the government engineer corps, how- out absolutely. He will have 12 full London, Oct. 9.—It is estimated, ac both the city and mainland than was Valley, 59c; Blues tern, 59c per bushel. aver, shows tiiat tiiere is a way to companies of infantry for the purpose. cording to the i’ietermaritzhnrg corre given at Johnstown. Flour— Best gravies, $3.10; graham, strike at the trouble itself, and largely Anderson’s first operations developed spondent of the Daily Mail, that 4,000 ” While the bountiful outpouring of $2.60. prevent the floods instead of trying to nothing. No re|sirts since October 2. to 6,000 Boers have retreated from P il the people’s generosity has enabled the Oats—Choice white, 42c; choice “ MACARTHUR ” enclose tliem between bunks after they grim’s Best, northeast of Lydenburg, general relief committee and the Bed gray, 40c per bushel. The alrove dispatch relates to rein with four.long toms and 32 other guDs. Gioss to feed the hungry, clothe the have become such. Barley— Feed barley, $16.00® 16.60; forcements sent to the Island of Marin* The correspondent understands that naked and render the streets of Galves brewing, $16.00 per ton. S to ra g e K e a e rv o lr « , duqne, where Captain Shields and *1 their long tom ammunition is almost ton partially passable, nothing has as Millstuffs—Bran, $14.60 ton; mid He shows in bis ollicial report that, men of the Twenty-ninth volunteer in yet been done toward reinstating the dlings, $20; shorts, $16; chop, $16 pei , exhausted. try the building of a series of great fantry were either killed or captured Lord Roberts, the Dail Man an impoverished survivors in houses where ton. storage reservoirs at (lie bead waters of by the insurgents. At that time Gen nounces, will leave Houth Africa (lur they can escape disease and enjoy a Hay—Timothy, $12@ 18; clover,$7® tne Missouri, floods can Ire prevented eral MacArthnr sent Colonel Anderson slight measure of the comforts of 7.50; Oregon wild hay, $6®7 per ton. ing tbe last week of October. The au through the diverting of tire excess of and two companies of the Thirty- which the storm deprived them. Butter— Fancy creamery, 46® 55c; waters into these artificial lakes. eighth volunteer infantry, with thf thorities have decided to limit the “ It la for the purpose of awakeuing store. 30c. number of colouial troops who are to Surely this is something for congress Yorktown and two gunboats, to the re the sympathies of the American people Eggs—20c per dozen. to give its attention to. Here is a lief of Shields and his command, if be the queen’s guests in London to 500. and further appealing to their bounti- Cheese—Oregon full cream, 13o; practical plan. An ounce of preven they were still alive. ful instincts to rescue these sufieivrs Young America, 14c; new cheese 10c C r im e o f an In s a n e M o t h e r . tion is worth a pound of cure. Con New Yoik. Oct. 8.—Mrs. Lillian from the hardships still confronting per pound. C o llis io n n t Snn F r a n c is c o . gress will go ahead appropriating mil Smith, of Inwood, borough of Manhat them that the foregoing statements Poultry—Chickens, mixed, $2.50® Han Francisco, Oct. 6.—The naval lions every sessiou for Hood prevention tan, while insane this afternoon shot have beeu put forth.” 3.50 per dozen; hens, $4.00; springs, without a question, but it will not Ap i reserve ship Marion and the United and killed two of her children, wound $2.00® 3.00; geese, $6.00 @8.00 doz; propriate the same amount for a plan, Htates ship Banger were in collision ed a third and committed suicida. N o T r u c e o f C a p tiv e s . ducks, $3.00(86.00 per dozen; turkeys, this morning and both were damaged, which, according to the government’s Manila, Cct. 10.—Tha report 0/ the own engineers, promises far greater re abont the lower rigging and along the The tragedy took plaoe in the old rapture of about CO men of the Twenty- live, 14c per pound. Frnilk Leslie mansion. Mrs. Smith Potatoes«—40(355c per sack; sweets, sults. Ol course, tiie storing of these rails. ninth United States infantry on Murin- 1 3j c per pounu. was the wife of Walter N. Smith, who Captain Rolles and Rulger, local in reservoirs would mean the reclamation Vegetables—Beets, $1; turnips, $1; lias been connected with a large grocery duque island is confirmed through cu m - of large tracts of laud to irrigation; spectors of steam boilers, commenced house in this city for 21 years. They m unicaiobs to MacArthur and Kempff, per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab but tliis need not worry congress, even an investigation today of the cause of Mrs. from Marinduque island, but details are bage, 2c per pound; parsnips, 85c; its Eastern members, for the Eastern the collision between the steamer had been married 18 years. Smith had been in poor health of late, lacking. The Yorktown’s relief col onions, $1; carrots, $1. merchants are already alive to the situ Columbia and the ferry boat Berkeley. Hops—New crop, 1 2 \@ 1 4 c pel and long brooding over the prospect of umn lauded at Torrijos, ou the Marin- ation, and realize that the reclamation The captains of the two vessels and riitqne coast, and marched to Santa pound. death is believed to have unsettled her members of both crews were examined of the arid West would open to them Cruz, which was the proposed route of Wool—Valley, 15® 16c per pound; as witnesses. Additional evidence is reason. the finest market in the world. the captured party, without encouu er, Eastern Oregon, 10® 13c; mohair, 26 to be taken and the case will then be A m e r ic a n C o l li e r F lo u t e d . GUY E. MITCHELL. iug the enemy or learning anything . per pound. submitted for decision. Suez, Oot. 9.—The American steam definite regarding the captives, except Mntton—Grose, best sheep, wethep C o n fe ss e d tn R o b b e r y . collier Emir, which recently sank in that they had entirely disappeared It and ewes, 3 ‘ac; dressed mutton, 65 i® A n d r u p 's G r e e n la n d R x p lo r a t ln n . Han Francisco, Oct. 8.—A man giv Copenhagen, Oct. 6.—Lieutenant the Suez canal while on her way to is possible that the rebels have convey '7o per pound. ing the name of Frank W. Travers has Andrup’s Greenland expedition has ar Manila with coal for the American ed the captives to Lnzon. Hogs—Gross, choice heavy, $6.76; surrendered himself to the police, al rived here on hoard the Antarctic. The fleet, but was successfully floated yes light and feeders, $5.00; dressed, leging that he robbed his brother, D. members of, the expedition explored terday, has atrived at Suez roads. She A ssa m T en Crop In D a n g er. $6.00@6.60 per 100 pounds. B. Travers, of 41 Park Row, New and approached a hitherto unknown is unable, however, to enter the port, Calcutta, Oct. 10.—An unprecedent Beef—Gross, top steers, $3.60®4.00; York, ol $1,000, last July. He says stretch of land extending from Cape as she draws too much water. Her ed drought is prevailing in the distriot cows, $3.00® a.60; dressed beef, 6 ® that he stole the money from the cash Town, latitude 69 degrees 28 minutes cargo ia being discharged, and divers of Ghachar and Hilhet, province of As 7 c per pound. drawer after hia brother had refused to north to Agassis land, 67 degrees 29 will examine her bottom to ascertain sam, causing tbe greatest anxiety in Veal— Large, 6}<® 7M o ; small, $ • lend it to him the extent of her iniuriea , regard to the tea and other crons. minutes north. $M o P®r pound.
