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SEWS OF THE STATE
Started
REGULARS RETURN.
Phlllppnt Army to Be Reduced 25.000
ÍTEMS OF INTEREST FROM
— Orders Sent to MacArthur.
¡RIVER BOAT KINKS
Men
MISSISSIPPI RIVER STEAMER HIT
Detroit, May 14.—Fanned by a 35- '
Washington, May 15. — By diroc*
O R E , ON.
G O L D H IL L
ALL
OVER
OREGON.
A 8UNKEN 8NAG.
"T «niles-an-hour wind, fire 11.is after-
tion of the secretary of war, instruc­
no >n swept the west lumk of the!
tions were cabled to General Mac-
.vogue rivvr in Delray, u suburb to _
Lrtliur to send to San Francisco at
the south of Detroit, for three u quar­
u ar- IC*’ " * MC**' ,nd F,’unc*«* Happenings of lm- his earliest convenience, tin1 follow­ Tht City of Paducah Wracked at Brunkhorst
ters of a mile, anti destroyed over ,
portancc— A Brief Review of of the ing organizations of the regular army :
l anding, Illinois - - Two Passengers and
Comprehensive Review of the important $800,001) worth of pro,»erty.
Growth and Improvemeuti of the Many Fourteenth, Eighteenth and Twenty-
Over
Twenty Colored Deckhands Find a
The tire originated in the roof of a I
Happenings of the Past Week Presented
third ri'giuumts of infantry; Fourth
Industries Throughout Onr Thriving Com­
Watery Grave— Divers Searching lor th t
saw
mill.
The
plant
has
not
lx*cn
'
regiment of cavalry; Twenty ninth, j
in a Condensed F o rn Which is Most
running for several months, and the
Passenger List.
monwealth— Latest Market Report
Thirtieth,
Thirty second ami Thirty
Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Mary roof was as dry as tinder.
The build­
third rotn|>uiiicM of coast artillery;
Readers.
ing was soon in aahe. and the fire
will have a Fourth of July
Eighth, Tenth, lwelfth and I Grami Tower, III., May 15.—Th®
swept across a bl«x*k to where a dredge c e le Newport
b r a t io n
i * hirteenth batteries of field artillery. ,
Mrs. McKinley is mudi improved was tied up. Despite the efforts to
General MacArthur is instructed to ,t‘ “," er City of Paducah sank in 25
in heulth.
save her, this craft was burned to the ' The new school house at Mareolu transfer to other commands all men i«*«»*- °I water five minutes after strik-
Lacuna has promised to surrender j water'8 edge.
Great embers were has been completed.
in the shove organisations in their ing a snug while hacking out from
his command.
picked up by the wind ami dropped
Timber claims on the middle fork of first enlistment huving more than Brunkhorst landing
The bodies of
Shamrock II was lx*aten by Sham­ in several directions, setting fire to the* Coquille arc being rapidly taken. one year to serve, ulso men wishing two pusxc11 gem who were drowned
I buildings.
rock I in a trial race.
Operations have been resumed at to remain in the Philippines. All have been recovered, ami 22 members
Delray has a small fire department,
A watchman in a Utah refinery which responded with three engines the Eureka mine, at Belina, Josephine men of other organizations having of the crew, most of them Negroe.,
three months or less to serve, not in­
stole |15,000 in silver bullion.
and the firehoat Battle. Even the county.
tending to enlist, are to tai transferred are missing. All of the officers were
The Chinese are astonished at the greatest streams of the firehoat were
The telephone line being extended to the returning organizations.
saved.
amount of indemnity demanded.
powerless to cheek the flames which from Springfield to Waterville is com­
It is ex|M*eti*«l that this movement
The passenger list lias not lx*i?n re-
Twenty five thousand regulars will were rolling down the river bank for pleted to Thurston.
of troo|>s will begin s«x«n after July 1 covereil. A «liver is searching for it.
hundreds of feet. When darkness fell
be returned from the Philippines.
The Southern Oregon Oil Company, next, by which time the homeward Only the texas and hurricane decks
the
glare from the burning poles il- ¡operating near Ashland, bus pur- movement of the volunteers will have arc above water, which reaches to the
A Russo-German tariff alliance
the sky for miles. 1 he chase«! a boring plant,
lsM*n completed.
It is the intention skylights of the cabins,
All the
against the United States is proposed. luminuted
firemen worked on the fire almost all
The
machinery
of
the
Summerville
of
,he
<*'pHrt'»i«nt
to
replace
the
home
staterooms
are
completely
filled
with
The military governor of Bataan night to * keep it from spreading to .
creamery has Iw n received and will CO,,|,,|K regular», so far hm the mill- water. The steamboat drifted a third
has been reprimanded by Mac- other property.
be* in place within a few days.
tary conditions in the I Inlippines re­ of u mile below the landing before
Arthur.
quire it, with tnsqis recently organ- she sank. Tin« first mate says the
Eighty seven scalps of wild animals ize«l in this country under the pro-
Governor Nash anti party are visit­
Ixiat went ilown within three minute*
A TRICKY BANK TELLER.
were presented for bounty in Jackson , visions of the army reorganization after
ing the various interesting places in
striking the snag.
He was on
county in the mouth of April.
California.
act.
These movements are predi­ the cabin deek and cs«'apcd by climb­
Scheme ___
for ______
Making
e
, Hii ______
_ Money
____ _ Led to His
Contract lias been awarded to the cated on the policy of the adminis­ ing through the skylight.
Rear Admiral Schley will cut short
Arrest.
Athena
Flouring Mill Company to tration to reduce the army in the
It is suppose^ that most of th«“ mis­
his visit in London on account of
sickness in his family.
New Orleans, May 14.— Samuel pump water for the city for $800 |>er Philippines to 40,000 after the return sing deck hands who were on the
year.
of the volunteers.
lower deek were washe«l down the
Russia is standing steadfast for Flower, paying teller of the Hibernia
The war department today pub­ river The Imat lien down about 1<M>
Smith
farm
of
109
The
Henry
P.
National
bank,
lias
l>een
arrested
here
peace, according to an official state­
■ charged with u shortage of $36,000. acres, 1 miles east of Dallas, has lished the reorganization order pre­ fei't from the Illinois shore, the for«'
ment received at Washington.
The Fidelity <fc Deposit Company, of been sold to an Gkalhoma man for scribing the strength of the various part of tin* hurricane deck Ixung
branches o* the military service upon under water, She Hp|X'iirs to lx- a
One mail clerk was killed and Baltimore, is on Flower's lx>nd for $(>.400.
the basis of a total army of 77,287 total wreck, The coroner of Mur-
another injured in a wreck on an Illi­ $25.000. It is alleged that Flower,
The Ontario Warehouse Company
nois Central train in Louisiana.
expecting an examination, sent to an­ is building a warehouse on the Short m<'ii and a staff of 2,783, the enlisted physboro. Ill is now holding an in-
A steamboat on the Mississippi other bank in this city a government Line right of way. The building will strength being 74,504 men. By the qin'st while the «liver is searching for
each cavalry regiment will con­ more Ixxlies,
river was wrecked near Chester, 111. sealed package said to contain $40,000 be 50x70 feet, fire proof, and will lx? order
sist
of
12 cavalry troo|>s of 85 enlisteil
Two passengers were drowned and 22 and received in exchange for it $40,-j pushed to a speedy completion.
eompletio
men each, making the total strength
deckhands are missing.
000 gold clearing house certificates of
The Sunset mill owners start«*d of the cavalry branch 15,840 men. NUMBER OF SOLDIERS KILLED.
Unless the sultan of Turkey yields the denomination of $5,000 each. their quartz mill on Forest creek again The coast art illery w ill consist of 126
on the question of interference with His cash having been counted by the last week for a run of several months, companies of 109 enlisted men each, Due to Explosion of Mines Buried on Fron­
foreign mail, the powers w ill present National bank examiner the evening They have a large amount of rock on making 13,734, ami the field artillery
tier Chinese Provinces.
an ultimatum, backed by naval dem before and found correct, it is alleged the dump, some of which which will of 30 batteries of 160 men each, mak­
he
returned
the
clearing
house
certifi­
Victoria, B. C., May 15.—News
onstration.
ing a total artillery force, held am,
cates to the bank from which he had yield $75 to the ton.
was brought by the steamer Gleimgle
coust.
of
18,862
enlist««d
men.
The
A new Russian loan of 424,000,000 received them and received in return
A hotel will lx* built at Enterprise
infantry regiments will consist of that a severe curth<imike <x?cnrred at
francs is authorized.
his unbroken government package, if citizens will give a bonus of $ 1,2tM>. 30
Fire in suburb of Detroit, Mich., said to contain $40,000. This pack­ Strong indications of natural oil 12 companies of 104 enlist«'«, men Yokohama April 24, lasting fully two
making the infantry strength minutes. No damage was rcjxirt«!.
did $800,000 damage.
age was received by the Hibernia and ga8 have been found near Mil- each,
38,520
enlisted men. The engineer
Asiatic reports that on April
General Dewet, the Boer leader, National Bank from the sub treasury, ton.
battalions will have four companies 22. The
of
this
city,
in
March
last,
and
con­
150
French and 30 G«*rinans were
has resumed operations.
tained $4,000 in $1 bills. It is al­ The receipts of the Oregon state of 104 «'iiliste«l men each, with a hand kill«*! and wounded by the explosion
Pennsylvania beat Annapolis in the leged that Flower had preserved the land office during April were $23,- am, will, have a strength of 1,282 en­ of mines buried on the frontier of
intercollegiate boat race.
listed men.
Slum Si and Chib Li.
label from an old government package 459.36.
National organization of machinists that did contain $40,000 in denom-
The contract has l>een let for build-
The China Times reports the capt­
CO8T HIM HI8 LIFE.
has ordered a general strike.
¡nations of $10 each, which he pasted ing a school house at John Day. The
ure of a brigand headquarters, where
Yale beat Harvard 57 to 47 in the on the. package, containing only price is $3,466.
Man Who Stepped Aside to Let Anotnci Chinese were plilaging the neighhor-
luxxl umler the leadership of 10 for­
annual track and field contest.
k’1'9. t* e™by making it
Baker City wheelmen are having
Gain Safety First.
eign soldiers.
Th«' Germans killed
The Porte has ordered all foreign
package to all appearances trouble with miscreants who steathily
20
Chinese
and
captured
a junk, on
Indianapolis,
May
15—While
Wil­
postoffices removed from Turkey.
..........*«___
after bis departure
from .u
the . bank. puncture th««r tires.
liam Phelps, of Richmond, Ky., and which a cannon was mounted.
The steamer Princess Louise was
The Southern Pucific is putting in a James Staple,>ury, of this city, wert
The new 700 ton liner Kobranon
wrecked in British Columbia waters.
1,900-foot siding at Rice Hill. Other cleaning out the inside of an eight was wrecked on t ho Chinese coast
PHILIPPINE POLICE FORCE.
repairs are being made ulong the line foot upright boiler at the Cerenline near Lung Ying prior to the sailing
An attempt was made to sell con­
in that vicinity.
mills today, an employe turned on
Glenogle. The passengers and
fidential documents in the Neely case.
Already Organized, Including Over Six Thou­
Citizens of Enterprise have organ­ the steam, thinking the cock tight, ’nails were saved. 'The vessel was a
Seattle men have bonded 1,000
sand Natives.
ized an immigration board, and will It leaked, and the scalding steam total wreck.
acres near Willapa bay and will bore
A mixed battalion of English and
Washington, May 14.—An exten­ try to secure tbe co-operation of other jxuinxl in on the two men. The only
for oil.
exit
was
up
a
ladder.
Both
men
Japanese
and French had a sharp en-
towns
in
the
same
county.
Esterhazy has made an affidavit sive resume of the organization and
jumjied for the ladder. Phelps reached gagment with Hit, Boxers near Shan-
varied
conditions
of
the
Philippine
All but eight or 10 men employed
that he was the author of the Dreyfus
native police force is contained in a at the Mineral City smelter have it first, took on«' step and stopjxxl. hackwan. '1 he fight lasted all day
borderau.
He jumped aside and shouted, ‘You and a num,x>r of Chines«' were killed.
statement made public by the divis­
The British lost two men wounded,
Embezzlement charged against ex- ion of insular affairs of the war de­ I Ix'en discharged and work has been go up first Jim, you are married.”
School Land Clerk Davis, of Oregon, partment. The reports recites that, I suspended for a time.
Staplebury sprang up the ladder the French one, and the Japanese
mav be outlawed.
because of the poverty of the munici-l The stages between Canyon City and esca|xxl with slight burns. two.
There had been 110 eases of plague
the Philippine commission! Mn<i Burns are now traveling on the Thopgh Phelps followed at his heels,
Trouble between the managers of palties,
.
the Buffalo exposition and union appropiratecT the sum of $150,000) summer schedule, and the entire dis his act of heriosm cost him his life. and ,04 deaths, and 65 eases of small
workmen for a time threatened a com- to provide increased pay for the body, tance of 70 miles is covered in one Both men were being cooked when pox and 43 deaths in Hong Kong
Phelps jumped aside. By the time ironi January 1 to April 15
plete tie-up of work, but the difficulty and offered through General Mac-! lay instead of two as heretofore.
he
had followed Staplebury up the
Arthur, further incentive in" the
has been settled
ladder the flesh was dropping from his
way
of
increased
compensation
for
Portland Markets.
LOCATED BY OFFICALS.
A grip containing dynamite was in
limbs. He lived for two hours in
process of fumigation at Port Town­ cases of meritorious and faithful serv­ Wheat—Walla Walla, 59® 60c.; great agony. Both men are colored.
Craft Which Has
Been Used to S nuggle
send, Wash., when owner told con­ ice. Late reports received at the war valley, nominal; biuestem, 61@62c.
tents, causing a panic among the department indicate that an efficient per bushel.
GOT AWAY FROM MOTERMAN.
in Opium.
and loyal force of native police has
Flour—Best grades, $2.90®3.40 per
steamer passengers.
now l>een organized, with prospects ol barrel; graham, $2.60.
Seattle, May 15.—The means of
Three Passenger» on a Trolley Car Seriously
Mrs. McKinley is .11, and has been further extension and increased abili­
Gats—White,$1.30(91.35
percental;
the
transportation for the 585 pounds
taken to San Farncisco for a rest. ty. The total force now numbers 6,-
Hurt— About 100 Bruised.
seized several days ago by the local
Her illness, while not serious, may 349 officers and men, a great many of gray, $1.27^(31.30 percental.
New York, May 15.—An open trol­ customs officers and jx-rhapH of ton«
Barley—Feed, $17® 17.25; brewing,
cause curtailment of programme for whom are on the-meritorious list and
ley
car, in which were packed alout
$17®17.25
per
ton.
the remainder of president’s tour.
receive addtiional pay. The body at
Millstufts— Bran, $17 per ton ; midd­ 115 people, got away from the motor- of other smuggled opium was located
Two lives were lost in a New York present is concentrated in Northern lings, $21.50; shorts, $20.00; chop, man near Fort Lee, N. J., and dashed t«xlay l>v Customs Inspectors Delaney
fire.
Luzon principally, although the $16.
down Leona hill. Every person on and Brinker and seized. It is a name­
Visayas,
Jolo and South­ Hay-*—Timothy, $12.50® 14; clover, the car was bruised and three serious­ less naptha launch 25 feet long. The
The presidential party is now in ern Luzon Mindanao,
have police forces of con­ $7(99.50; Oregon wild hay, $6®7 ly hurt, but or.ly one of them, the craft was found secreted on the tide
California.
siderable strength. In many of the |M?r ton.
conductor, is likely to die. The flats in a resdience boat house near
Eastern wool market shows no im­ towns the men are fully uniformed.
heavily loaded car had started down Moran Bros.’ shipyards. The launch
Hops—12(314c. per lb.
provement.
Wool — Valley, 11® 13c; Eastern an incline a quarter of a mile in was equipped with several gasoline
Oregon, 7@10c; mohair, 2O@21c. length when the motorman lost con tanks, half a dozen eases of gasoline,
KLONDIKER3 IN LUCK.
Martinelli has re eived the red be-
trol. The car was going so fast that numerous rubber sacks used as recept­
per
pound.
retta at Baltimore.
no one dared to jump off. The road acles for the contraband opium, rub­
Butter
—
Fancy
creamery,
15®
The steel trust will close down the Miners Are Enjoying Greatest Harvest iu the 17*^c.; dairy, 13®14c.; store, 11® is a winding one. At the foot of the ber clothing, dark lanterns, red light,
Everett nail works,
History of the District
hill it curves sharply.
When the and many paint pots, indicating that
12*^e. per pound.
front
trucks
hit
the
curve
they
started the launch had changed her color
Eggs—
Oregon
ranch,
12^@13c.
English coal miners have decided
Port Townsend, Wash., May 14.—
around
and
made
it.
The
rear
once almost with th«? changes of the moon,
per
dozen.
not to strike at present.
Returning Dawson passengers on the |
dices«'—Full cream, twins, 13® followed part of th«? way. The wrench and a small arsenal of rifles, revolvers
Victorian,
which
arrived
from
Skag-j
Fire in Augusta, Ga., destroyed
upon the car, however, as it swunp and shotguns.
No one was found in
way report that the miners of the j 13*^c.; Young America, 13}^@14c. about,
$169,000 worth of cotton.
was
so
great
that
the
laxly
was
per
pound.
possession
of
or
a claimant for the
Klondike are enjoying the greatest,
A fire in Seattle destroyed property harvest in the history of the country, ! Poultry—Chickens, mixed, $3.50® 4; torn and lifted from the trucks and seized launch, which would indicate
over and hit the ground. The that the head men in the gigantic
to the amount of $200,000.
owing to the abundance of the surface hens, $4(94.50; dressed, ll®12e. per rolled
passengers
were «taught in and undei smuggling scheme have escajx'd, at
pound;
springs,
$3®5
per
dozen;
A naval war college is to l>e estab­ water, which is being utilized in sluic­ lucks, $5(96; geese, $6®7; turkeys, the car and were piled in a heap.
least temporarily.
ing the dirt taken out during the
lished for the naval officers.
winter months, and the yield of yel­ live, 10® 12c; dressed, 13@15c. per
More Americin Liners.
Militia Still on Hand.
The Industrial commission is in­ low metal will exceed the best expec­ pound.
Potatoes—Old,
90®$1.10per
sack;
Philadelphia.
May
15.—The
New
vestigating rate discriminations.
Jacksonville,
Fla., May 15._ The
tations of tbe mine-owners.
new, 2 ’^c. per pound.
York Shipbuilding Company, at it» relief association is doing stupendous
The
Victoria
reports
considerable
The steamer Tantillion Castle
Mutton — Lambs 4%®5c. per new yards near Gloucester, N. J., liai
wrecked near Cape Town, is a total excitement in the north, caused by pound gross; best sheep, wethers. begun work on four st«x?l passengei work, particularly in the commissary
the
smallpox
epidemic,
and
various
and labor departments.
There is
loss.
settlements are taking every preeau-
wo°'' $L 2 .*@4.50; dressed, 7JgC and freight steamships for the At­ abundant work for everybody who can
lantic Transport Company.
Twr do manual labor, but difficulty is ex
The contract plans for the cruiser tion to cheek and wipe out the dis- *" P,,U,H*•
- — Skagway a mass meeting 1 t'«>gs — Gross, heavy, $5.75@6; boats are 600 feet long and the other« perienced in getting the colored men
St. Louis have mysterioulsy disap­ ease. At
peared.
was held, the Indians were driven ight, $4.75.35; dressed, 7@7)£c. per 500 feet and they are to trade iron to work. The militia ia still in pos-
Philadelphia, New York and Haiti, s«'ssi«>n of the city, and will remain
out
of the city, and a strong guard pound.
Forest fires in Pennsylvania are
Veal—Largq,
7@8c.
per
pound;
more
to London. Th«? steamships art here as long as the committee of the
destroying immense quantities of val­ was placed around the town to prevent small, 8@8^e. per pound.
not intended to he flyers, but will rur relief association thinks best. The
their
return.
Nearly
all
sections
are
uable timber.
Beef—Gross, top steers, $5®5.25; at a moderate speed. They will havt I liquor men ha'v»! approved 'tlx BCt’,on
.
in quarantine. Every stranger arriv-
cows and heifers, $4.50®4.75; dressed a carrying capacity of 6,000 ton. o of the governor in closing the
Much disturbance continues among lng is held up and inspected;
hai
the cduacated classes in Russia, and 1
I beef, 8^@8*^c, per pound
car6°'
I rooms and have endorsed it.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
the police are kept busy.