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CJSIO Ketab. July, 18BT. 6AEB1TG Katab. Dec, 1862. Consolidated Feb. 1899. CORVAIililS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1899. VOL. XXX VI. NO. 46. IK OF I WEEK From All Parts of the New World and the Old OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS Cetsnnreheneive Review of the Import net Happenings of the Past Weal Called Fran the Telegraph Columns The Shamrock has Bailed for home. Vice-President Hobart's days of pub lic service are said to be over. A lone highwayman held np six peo ple at one time near Pendleton, Or. It was reported in London that ont of the troopships which sailed for th Cape last week had been lost at sea. The Russian minister of finance as eerts that his country is better in con-' dition than either France or England. The disaster to the British at Lady, smith was caused by mules running away with all the reserve ammunition. The receipts for the Jeffries-Sharkey prUefight in New York were the largest for any sporting or dramatic event ir history. i The transport Hancock since' her remodeling at San Francisco can lay claim to being the finest troopship is the world. One of the greatest financial combi nations of the century is now forming. It will control all the telephones and telegraph lines. Inspector-General Breckinridge of the United States army, is in San Francisco, where he will remain some time on official business. Announcement is made at San Fran cisco that the Pacific Coast Biscuit Company is a go. It is otherwia known as the cracker trust. Germany cannot trade for England's Interests in Samoa without the ap proval and consent of Uncle " Sam. Negotiations to that end are now on. Wireless telegraphy is to be used in the Samoas. It costs much less an J will be more practicable than the cabfc system, in view of the coral growth IB the sea. Senator Allison says President Mo Kinley has no authority to .order with drawal of the army and navy from the Philippines. It 'would require a spe cial act of congress to do this. President Schurman, of the Philip pine commission, says that we did not acquire entire control of- the sultan oJ Sulu'a domain in the war with Spain and we have only an external protec torate. The international commercial con gress in their resolutions adopted at Philadelphia favor lasting peace among nations, assimilation of trade-mark ' laws, parcel post system, international bureau of statistics and inter-oceanic canal. General Funs ton, of the Twentieth Kansas, was charged in the San Fran cisco Monitor, a Catholic paper, with taking two magnificent chalices from Philippine churches. He has brought ait against that : paper and against Archbishop Ireland for criminal libel. Captain Geary, who was killed at Malabon, October 16, was a native oi Oregon. ' Boer losses . at Ladysmith are esti mated at between 900 and 1,000 killed and wounded. Oregon salmon eggs are being sent to Australian waters where they are ex pected to thrive. England has called out more reserves and within 10 days men to replace the captured forces will sail for South Africa. The state will pay the Iowans' fares home. Three special . sleeping-cai trains and subsistence will be fur nished them. The Pullman-Wagner Company has so pulled its strings that even indepen dent railway lines will turn their sleep ing cars over to the combine. Cable advices to the war department Indicate that General Young's column is pressing on toward San Jose, thougt progress is difficult on account of wet weather. " t". The Washington . regiment has been ' mustered out. About S00 men, includ ing the Seattle companies, left by steamer for home. The ' others go north by rail. Although all regiments have their full quota, recruiting will be continued for the Philippines. Men will be needed each month to fill vacancies by casualties and discharges. Colonel Wholley, of the Washingrton volunteer infantry, has been appointed major of the Forty-first volunteer in fantry and has been ordered to join that regiment for service in the Philip pines. A Lima, Peru, dispatch says Du rand's revolutionary forces are being closely pursued by the government troops, and according to official dis patches, the situation of the leader of Pern's latest revolution seems to be precarious. . William Waldorf Astor has paid 1 406,896 taxes in New York this year. A bust of ex-Speaker Reed is being executed in bronze for the Maine legis lature. George F. Edmunds has presented 2,600 volumes of standard books to the high school library in Burlington, Yt. Mrs. D. M. Hice, of Aptos, Cal., if the olest daughter of American parents born in that state. She is but 63 yean old. The Illinois Central Railroad Com- Miif aiihaorihed' S50.0AO towards ths 5,000,00 stock fund of the St. Louis world's tair. John O'Brien, the oldest member of the New York stock exchange and a member of the oldest banking house in Wall street William and John O'Brien is dead. Jimmy Logue, a notorious bank robber, died in the county almshouse tn Philadelphia, aged 62 years. He had spent 20 years in prison in (jeveial states and at one time was worth f 300.. 000, LATER NEWS. - The Indiana, with the Tennessee volunteers on board, is overdue at San Francisco. '.::Vi--:' The Tacoma News announces author itatively that the Seattle Post-Intelligencer has been sold. The purchaser's name is withheld , ; . The officers of the transport Ohio, which has arrived at San - Francisco, report that there is a scarcity of food on the island of Guam. Senator Morgan is quoted as saying that congress should define a govern ment for the Filipinos without delay. He favors a congressional commission. Trouble is anticipated on the Chero kee Indian Nation, owing to ballot-box stuffing at their election last August, the . facts of which have just leaked out. . ". President Samuel B. Donnelly i of the International Typographical Union, was accorded enthusiastic receptions by the printers of Portland and Seattle and-Spokane. - '-'.-. i. I I . An ungrateful Indian, who had been furnished with food and lodging, mur dered a Nevada white woman and her infant son. Robbery was the motive of the assassin. ':- ' The Russian steamer Dolney Yastok, which was to have entered the trans port service, arrived in San Francisco too late, a British steamer having taken her place. -. War in the Transvaal has effected the markets of the East and specula tive operations have ceased. The effect on prices, however, has not been as great as anticipated. A divorce has been granted to Count Yon Moltke, the emperor of Germany's aid-de-camp. ' The decree - places the entire guilt on the wife. The case has caused a sensation in court circles for a year past. . Having learned that White is still safe at Ladysmith, the British are giv ing attention to General Joubert's plan for the conquest of Natal. Such a movement is regarded as more daring that Sherman's march to the sea. Judge Schofield.'of Illinois, has ar rived in San Francisco from Samoa and Hawaii. ' . He ' says the natives of Samoa should be allowed to work out their own salvation. He reports the landgrabbers as doing a rushing busi ness in Hawaiian islands. Swiqdlers in Wall , .street, New York, have been selling washed-out, canceled revenue stamps, the traffic having reached enormous proportions. It is estimated that 10 per cent of. the daily sales were fraudulent and that the government has been losing $5,000 day in the deal. ; j ? The British .think they inflicted terri ble loss on the Boers in Thursday's fighting. - ' ; ' Ex-President Harrison has returned to the United States after an extended trip abroad. - v ; Puerto Cabello . has surrendered to General Castro and the officials of the de facto government. Half a million dollars' worth of property was destroyed by fire in Kan sas City. The .Washington boys are home. They were greeted everywhere with en thusiastic demonstrations. - - - ': The general belief in London is that the Boers are now waiting for more guns from Pretoria before Attacking Ladysmith. Eastern Oregon . is experiencing its first labor strike. Fifty miners of the Bonanza mine near Baker City, are out for shorter hours. : ... f Of the Coeur d'Alene rioters tried in Moscow for conspiracy against the United States, 10 were found guilty and three were acquitted. ': . The ship Charles E. Moody, long overdue at Honolulu, has at last ar rived. She was 190 days in making the passage from Norfolk: navy yard. Ttnnra urn aalA tn Vulva iasnnd letters of marque in Europe and the United States, ana .British commerce may suffer, even if the transports do not. In his annual . reoort United States treasurer suggests the impounding of re- aeemea treasury ' notes ana rains banks should increase their circulaton. England has sent 10,000 rounds 'of lyddite shells to South Africa. Ac cording to estimates, a single shell of this kind falling into a compact body will kill 800 men. . . John R. McLean. Democratic candi date for governor of Ohio, has given out an address through the press in which he predicts that "Hanna is beaten." The most important expedition of the fall campaign chasing -Aguinaldo is now on, and it is predicted that the rebel capital will soon be untenable for the insurgents. j . Marconi will not operate with the signal corps of the United States, but will return to England in connection with the use of the wireless' system of telegraphy in South Africa. Nicaragua wants some of Costa Rica's coast territory. The govern' ment has completely routed the insur gents and dealt a death blow to the re' volutionary movement in Peru. A charter has been issued by the state department of Pennsylvania to the Sharon Steel Company, of Sharon, with a capital of $3,000,000. Steps are being taken in Hartford, Conn., for the ereotion of a free library building in memory of Noah Webster, the lexicographer. 1 Dr. Marv TE. Mnahar fa t.Vin rinlv wo man doctor alowed to practice in the Yukon district and the only homeopath in the entire Northwest territory. Louisiana sugar 'cane' crop will be short. A New York genealogist traces Ad miral Dewey's ancestry back to King Alfred the Great through both lines. There are 426 colleges in America, with property estimated at $250,000, 000. Girard, with $16,000,000, and Leland Stanford, Jr., with $13,600,000, are the richest. James M. Anderson, over 60 years of age, a grand army man and formerly rich, has been arrested for annoying Miss Helen Gould. lie. insists that she is his wife. ' ""-- - Summary of Its Investiga tions in the Islands. EMPTY CLAIMS OF FILIPINOS Dewey Made No Promises to Aguinaldo A HlHtory of Events That Preceded the Spanish War. Washington, Nov. 4. In accordance with the understanding reached at the conference at the White House yester day, the Philippine commission sub mitted to the president the preliminary report which it had promised to pre pare. The report appears to be a compact summary of conditions on the islands as the commission left them; of the his torical events which preceded the Spanish war and led to the original Filipino insurrection; of the exchanges between Admiral Dewey and the other American, commanders and the insur gents, the breaking out and progress of the "present insurrection, and finally a statement of the capacity of the Fili pinos for self-government. A notable feature of the report is a memorandum by Admiral Dewey, explanatory of his relations with Aguinaldo. The commission tells briefly how it conducted . the task intrusted to it, hearing statements from all classes of people in Manila as to the capability of the Filipinos for -self-government, the habits and customs of the people, and also the establishment of municipal governments in many towns. All this matter is to be included in the final report. - -"-v ; .'-' History of the Islands. Turning to the history of the islands, the commission attaches a little impor tance to the divers rebellions which had preceded that of 1896. As to this movement, it declares it was in no sense an attempt to win independence, but solely to obtain relief from intoler able abuses. . To sustain this statement the commission quotes from an insur gent proclamat on showing that what was demanded was the expulsion of the friars and the restitution to the people of their lands, with a division of the Episcopal sees between Spanish and native , priests. It was also de manded that the Filipinos have parlia mentary representation, freedom of the press, religious toleration, economic autonomy and laws simlar to those of Spain. The abolition of the power of banishment was demanded,, with a legal equality for all persons in law and equality in pay between Spanish and native civil servants. .'; The commission declares that these demands had good ground; that on pa per the Spanish system of government was tolerable, but in practice every Spanish governor did what he saw fit, and the evil deeds of men in the gov ernment were hidden from Spain by strict press censorship,.; Allusion is made to the powerful .Katipunan so ciety, patterned on the Masonic order, and mainly made up of Tagals, as a powerful revolutionary force. - The war begun in 1896 was termin ated by the treaty of Biac-Na-Bate. The Filipinos were numerous, but pos sessed only about 800 small arms. . The Spanish felt that it would require 100, 000 men to capture their stronghold, and concluded to resort to the use of money. ' - ' , The arrangement was not acceptable to the ' people. The promises were never carried out. Spanish abuses be gan afresh, in Manila alone more than two 200 men being executed. Hence sporadio revolutions occurred, though they possessed nothing like the strength of the original movement. ; The insur gents lacked arms, ammunition and leaders. The treaty had ended the war, which, with the exception of an unimportant outbreak in Cebu, had been confined to Luzon, Spain's sov reign ty . in the islands never having been questioned and the thought of in dependence never having been enter tained. The report then tells how General Angustini came to Manila as governor general at this juncture, and war broke out between Spain and the United States.' Angustini sought to secure the support of the Filpinos to defend Spain against America, promising them autonomy, but the Filipinos did not trust him.. Then came the first of May and the destruction of the Spanish fleet by Dewey, with the resulting ; loss of prestige to Spain. Then in J une, Agui naldo came. - - - Eelatlons 'With Aguinaldo. . . ' On this point the commission says: . "The following memorandum on this subject has been furnished the com mission by Admiral Dewey: j .", 'Memorandum of relations with Aguinaldo: On April 24, 1898, the following cipher dispatch was received at Hong Kong from E. Spencer Pratt, United States consul-general at Singa pore: '; s ''' " ' "Aguinaldo, insurgent leader, here. Will come to Hong Kong, ar range with commodore for general co operation insurgents Manila if desired. Telegraph. PRATT.' " "'On the same day Commodore Dewey telegraphed Mr. Pratt: 'Tell Aguinaldo come soon as possible." The Gunboat Sank a Poacher. San"; Francisco, Nov. 4. The whal ing bark Charles A. Morgan, which ar rived ' today from Japanese waters, brings the story of . the sinking of a Japanese sealing schooner by the Rus sian gunboat Alexis. The schooner, which carried a crew of 21 men, was caughc poaching on Russian sealing preserves. Three of her men were picked up by the Russian's boats, but the rest were drowned.' - - ' Battleship Launched. . t Chatham, England, Nov. 4. The launching of the British first-class bat tleship Venerable here today, was ac companied by scenes of unusual enthus iasm. The christening was performed by Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain (formerly Miss Endicott, of Washington), who was accompanied by her husband. They received a great ovation. g Richmond, Ind., Nov. 4. One of the men interested in the project to form a threshing machine trust has made known the fact that the plans of the projectors have failed. necessity for haste'' being due to the fact that the squadron had been notified by the Hong Kong government to leave those waters by the following day. The squadron left-: Hong Kong on the morning of the 26th, and Mirs bay on the 27th. Aguinaldo did not leave Singapore until the 26th, and so did not arrive in Hong Kong in time to have a conference with the " commo dore.. , "It had been reported to the commo dore as early as March 1 by the United States consul at Manila and others, that the Filiipnos had broken out in insurrection against the Spanish author ity in the vicinity of Manila, . and on March 80 Mr. Wlliams had tele graphed: 'Five thousand rebels armed in camp near city. . Loyal to us in case of war.' . Upon the arrival of the squadron at Manila it was found there was no in surrection to speak Of, and it was ac cordingly decided to allow Aguinaldo to come to Cavite on board the MeCul loch. He arrived, with 13 of his staff, on May 19, and immediately came on board the Olympia to call on the commander-in-chief, after , which he was allowed to land at Cavite and organzie an army, i This was done with the purpose of strengthening the United States forces and weakening those of the enemy. No alliance of any kind was entered into with Aguinaldo, nor was any promise of independence made to him, then or at any other time." .". First Idea of Independence. The commission's report then rap idly sketches events no w historical. ' It tells in substance how the Filipinos at tacked the Spanish, ; and how General Anderson arrived, and Aguinaldo, at his request, removed from Cavite to Bacoor. -: ,- v .-s & The report states that Aguinaldo wished to attack , the Americans when they landed at Paranaque, but was de terred by lack of arms and ammuni tion. From that point' on there was a growing friction between the Filipinos and the American troops. -. . ' A brief chapter tells of the lack of success attending the effort made at this time by Generl Merritt, through a commission, to arrive at a mutual un derstanding with Aguinaldo as to the intention, purposes and desires of the. Filipino people. ' ' . The Outbreak. : ' :. This brings the story np to the out break on the evening of February 4, with the attack upon the American troops following the action of the Ne braska sentinel. The commission, in concluding this chapter, says: .' , "After the landing ol our troops, Aguinaldo made up his mind that it would be necessary to fight the Ameri cans, and after the making of the treaty of peace at Paris his determina tion was strengthened. : He did not only openly declare that he intended to fight the Americans, but he excited everybody, and especially the military, by claiming independence, and it is doubtful whether he had the power to check or control the army at the time hostilities broke out. Deplorable- as war is, the one in which we are now engaged was unavoidable. .. We were attcked by bold, adventurous and en thusiastic army. No alternative was left to us except ignominious, retreat. "It is not to be conceived that any American had sanctioned the surrender of Manila to the insurgents. :" Our ob ligations to other nations and to the friendly Filipinos and to ourselves and our flag demanded that force should be met with force. Whatever the future of the Philippines may be, there is no course open to us now except the prose cution of the war until the insurgents are reduced to submission. The .com mission is of the opinion that there has been no time since the destruction of the Spanish squadron by Admral Dewey when it was possible to withdraw our forces from the islands, either with honor to ourselves or with safety to the inhabitants." "Should our power, by any fatality, be withdrawn tha commission believes the government of : the Philippines would speedily lapse into anarchy, which would ; excuse, if it did not ne cessitate, ' the invtervention of other powers, and the eventual division of the islands among them. Only through American occupation, therefore, is the idea of a free government and united Philippine commonwealth at all con ceivable. : ' '- - GOVERNOR GEER PROCLAIMS Kovember SO a Day of Thanksgiving Things to Be Thankful For. Salem, Nov. 8 Governor Geer today proclaimed November 30 a day of gen eral thanksgiving. The proclamation among other things contains the fol lowing: "The year just drawing to a ' close has been one of general happiness and contentment. The earth has given forth abundance of its proudots, for which in all cases better compensation has been received than in former years. Our laboring classes are more generally employed at wages more nearly satis fctory than at any previous time for a generation. ' T "The mandates of spreading civiliza tion are calling upon us as a great na tion, to carry forward the banner of progress and - enlightenment, and the task is being performed with willing ness and enthusiasm that do credit to our recognition of duty that we could not shirk if we would and would not ii we could."- ; . .. Disease Was More Deadly. Washington, Nov. 4. A recapitula tion of the casualties in action and deaths in the regular and volunteer arimes between May 1, 1898, and June 30, 1899, contained in the annual re port of the adjutant-general of the army shows a grand total of 10,076 men. The cas-ialty list alone aggre gates 3,454, of whom 85 officers and 458 enlisted men were killed and 197 officers and 2,764 enlisted men wounded. '-''"- ; For a Ijlst of Boer Prisoners. Washington, Nov. 4. The British government has asked that the Boer government , permit Mr. MoCrum, United States consul to Pretoria, to transmit each week a list of the British prisoners in Pretoria, . with a state ment of their codition. Castro Blockades Puerto Cabello. Caracas, ov. 4. General Castro, leader of the revolution in Venezuela, has formally blockaded Puerto Cabello, the only port hot occupied by Castro's forces, with two cruisers. Commerce, with that port has been stopped.. Campaign Under in the Islands. Way HOT CHASE AFTER AGUINALDO A fleet mt Transports and cTunboafn Ball to Go-Operate WixJa Laxul Soxces) Xs4 Next Sprlnar- - Manila, Nov. 7. This evening a fleet of transports and gunboats left Manila for the most important expedition of the autumn campaign. Its destina tion is supposed to be Dagupan, or some : other northern port. General Weaton commands, with a brigade con sisting of the Thirteenth infantry, the Thirty-third infantry, two guns of the Sixth artillery and two gatlings. The transports Sheridan, Francisco de Reys and Aztec carry the troops, with the gunboat' Helena as escort. A dis patch boat was sent ahead to arrange a rendezvous ' with the United States cruiser Charleston and the warships that are patrolling the northern coast of Luzon. ; It is assumed here Tthat the purpose of the expedition is to move down the Dagu pan-Manila railroad - towards Tarlac, in order to prevent Ajguinaldo's forces making another base, farther south. Dagupan and Apparri are the strongholds of the insurgents in the north. It has been the unanimous opinion of military experts that Dagupan . should be made a base of operations, but suffi cient troops have heretofore been lack ing. With Generals Wheaton, Mao Arthur and Lawton moving upon Tarlac from three directions, and the moun tains hemming in the "other '. side, . the insurgents' capital will soon '. become untenable. Aguinaldo may attempt to shift his headquarters to the rich tobac co country at the northern end of the island. It will be difficult for the insurgents to ; escape. ' Should : the scheduled operations succeed, orgai ized insurrection on a large scale shoui be'at an end early next spring, although guerrila warfare is likely ' to continue for a long time. ' No one anticipates that the insurgents will make many hard battles. Manila, Nov. 7, 10:15 A. M. Two columns of Generals MacArthur's divi sion yesterday took Magaling, about six miles northeast of Angeles. ' - Colonel Smith, with two battalions of the Sev enteenth infantry, two guns of the First artillery, and a body of engineers, advanced from Angeles. ' Major O'Brien, with a battalion of the Sev enteenth infantry and two troops of the Fourth cavalry, moved from Calulut. Colonel Smith killed 11 insurgents, wounded 128 and captured 50, as well as taking a lot of insurgent transporta tion. Major O'Brien killed 49 insurg ents, wounded many and took 28 pris oners. The Americans had II men wounded. Retreat Cut Off. London, Nov. 7- The war office has issued the following announcement: "The colonial office has received in formation to the effect that the British troops have withdrawn from Colenso and have concentrated further ..south, but we have no news of any engage ment in that neighborhood." The evacuation of Colenso . is un doubtedly a most serious matter for the British in Natal, as it not only testifies to the complete .investment of . Lady smith by the Boers, but makes the relief, of General Sir George Stewart White an extremely difficult operation. Ten Men Convicted. Moscow, Id., Nov. 7. The jury which has been ont in the Coeur d'Alene miners', trial brought in a ver dict at 11 a. m. today. ; The jurymen filed into the courtroom and the verdict was delivered by Foreman Tucker. Ten of the defendants were found guilty and three not gulty. The convicted men are: Dennis O'Rourke.. Arthur Wallace, Henry Maroni, John Luncin netti, C. R. Burres, Francis Butler, E. Abinola, P. F. O'Donnell, Mike Mal vey, Loins Salla. 1 Those who - were acquitted are: F. W. Garrett, Fred Shaw, W. Y. Bundren. Under the statutes the penalty for conspiracy against the United States and a delay of the mails is a one of not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000, or not to exceed two years imprison ment, or both fine and imprisonment. . Boys Beach Home. Tacoma, ' Nov. 7. Companies A, C, I, E and L, of the First Washington regiment, arrived today. Company F went direct home from Portland to Dayton, and company G, of Vancouver, stopped at its home. Companies A and L, of Spokane, went to Spokane at 7 o'clock tonight, while the Walla Walla, Tacoma and Yakima companies will attend the Seattle celebration, the Tacoma company going over in the morning, and the other two leaving late tonight. The First Washington regiment band accompanied the com panies coming north by rail, and dis banded here, the members going to their homes. A banquet and reception 'were ten dered the companies here today, and a parade of military and civic societies escorted the companies to the banquet halls. Between 80,000 and 60,000 people cheered the returned volunteers at the depot and along the line of march. Uvea Iiost in a Fire. New York, Nov.. 6. Fire today gutted the seven-story building at 94, 96 and 98 Mott street, occupied prin cipally by the Manhattan Bed & Spring Company, and it is believed caused the death of three persons. Michael Con lin, an engineer, was killed, and Charles Smith, and a youth named Rogers are missing. News of Battle. London, Nov. 7. The Times pub lishes a dispatch from Pietermaritz burg, dated November 8, which says: "The dutch residents here have re ceived news of. a sanguinary battle fought yesterday, probably between Ladysmith and Colenso. A large num ber of the Boers were killed, many being relatives of Natal Dutch resid ing in this place. - The English resi dents have no knowledge of any engage ment. " '" Last year the income tax yielded Great Britain a revenue of $22,600000. Fall GALE ON THE LAKES. Many Vessel Beported in Tronble One Serious Disaster. . Chicago, Nov. 6. The : northeast gale, which has been raging for over 48 hours and brought the first snow of the season to this locality, still continues. Life saveis at various' lake points have been kept busy watching for and aid ing vessels in distress.' The following vessels were reported as being in trouble at various points: . Schooner William H. Dunham, ashore near St. Joseph, Mich.; steamer, name unknown, ashore near Bois Blano Island; schooner Kate Lyons, stranded near Cathead; schooner Elgin,', put in at Milwaukee, leaking badly, r - The fleet of sheltered vessels in Chi cago harbor last night was reported as greatly increased.- Over 240 .' boats have been reported in shelter during the last two davs, which makes an un usually large list. The schooner rigged yacht Chiquita, with a dead man supposed to be D. S. Way, the owner and captain, lashed to the rigging, went ashore in the gale three miles east of" Miller's Station, nd. It is believed that all the crew .ind passengers have perished.." Gar ments found in the cabin indicated that at least one woman was among the unfortunate party on the yacht. Where the vessel belonged was not as certained last night, but it was thought it was from some Michigan port. .-". The dead man lashed to the rigging was apparently 60 years of age. On his left temple was a deep cut, prob ably caused by a falling spar. The signature "D. S. Way" was found on a number of papers and effects in the cabin. The name "D. S. Way?5 was found also on the silverware.' "in the cabin was found a woman's complete wardrobe. ' In the cabin there was a rally equipped amateur photographer's outfit and among other things a large num ber of pictures. The supplies had all been bought in Charlevoix, , Mich. The Chiquita was first seen by Albert Sabinske, a fisherman, who lives on the shore a mile from Miller's, as he was looking for driftwood in the morn ing. At that time he saw. three o' the crew on the deck. V . A squad from the South Chicago life savers is patrolling the .beach in search of the missing bodies. INSURGENTS FIGHT HARD. Bnt Lawton Scatters Them . In All Di rections Their Cavalry Gone. . Washington, Nov. 6. The war de partment has received the following cablegram: - "Manila On November 1, . Lieuten ant Slavens and 18 men reconhoitered in McArthur's front, and struck 40 or more insurgents. They immediately attacked and dispersed them, killing three and wowding a number. No casualities. - ; ' "Yesterday, in Lawton's advance at Aliago, he struck the enemy both west and south of the city. Batson's Maca bebe scouts, . reconnoitering south, struck - the . insurgents in ambush. Lieutenant Boutelle was killed and one scout wounded. Batson routed the en emy, 'and left Beven : dead id ' the thickets. "Yesterday, Bell, of the Thirty-sixth volunteers, with regiment and troop of the Fourth cavalry, cleared the country of all armed insurgents from ' Florida Blanca to a considerable distance be yond Porao, pursuing them into the mountains, capturing nine of their cav alry forces, several guns' considerable property, killing, wounding and cap turing a number of the enemy. The insurgents' cavalry of that section is practically destroyed. Bell's casual ties were one man killed and two wounded. OTIS." A Dewey Reunion. . Tacoma, Nov. 6. A. M. Dewey, special agent of the government depart ment of labor, has announced here that all members of the Dewey family re lated to Admiral Dewey would hold a reunion at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York in January or February. Dewey, who is a cousin of the Admiral has been one of the prime ; movers,?, in the plan for reunion. He says accept ance have been received from all parts of the country, indicating that , 1,600 Deweys will gather in " New 'York to meet the admiral and his bride. : Over 100 Deweys from the 7 Pacific coast will be present. Admiral Dewey has been requested to fix the date of the reunion.. ,. .'."-.-".'.;';'.- ": f.r. -: . Will Move to Seattle. San Francisco Nov. 6. The Call says that on January 1 San Francisco will cease to be the shipping and gen eral business center of the Pacific Coast steamship Company, and all of the local interests of that concern will be moved to Seattle. Although no public announcement of the. fact has been yet made, it has become known that Goodall, Perkins & Co., which firm : for years was the company's agents and managers, have been de prived of the agency and is closing up its books as rapidly as possible in order that the formal transfer of the business may take place on or before ' the ap pointed date. The change is due to the fact that the Great Northern Railway Com pany, with headquarters in Seattle, has secured a controlling interest in the steamship company. Hobart's Withdrawal. New York, Nov. 4. A special to the Herald from Washington says: Vice-President Hobart's announce ment, through members of his family, of his retirement from, public life will make it necessary for the republican national convention to choose another running mate for Presidnet McKinley, should the president be renominated next year. It will also necessitate the choice of a president pro tern for the senate, to preside over its deliberations until a new vice-president takes office. The Advanoe Force. r Manila, Nov. 6. Chase's troop of the Third cavalry and Rivers' troop of the Fourth cavalry swam the river and surrounded the garrison at Bonga bon, entering the town. The enemy escaped. Six rifles and a- quantity of ammunition were captured. J.- ' Castner's scouts had a skirimsh with the insurgents near Aliga, kill ing five. ; - - ' - Carpenters at Nashville, Tenn. , and iron moldera of Marion, Ind., are or ganizing, and expect ' to affiliate with their respective national organizations. ING NEAR L Report of a Hot Engagement s at Besters. " THE BOERS LOST HEAVILt Eight Hundred Burghers Were Killed, Wounded and Captured Colenso ir the Hands of the Boers. Estcourt, Natal,' Nov. 8. A reliable messenger has just arrived from Lady smith, passing the Boer lines during the night, who reports that heavy fight ing occurred Thursday around . Lady smith. The hottest engagement . was on George Tatham's farm, on the Orange Free State side of Besters. The British drove the Boers back to their camp. The enemy suffered, great loss and 30 mounted Boers were captured. The fighting was resumed yesterday, the Boers firing from Nodswathshana hill, near Hepworth's - farm.: . Again they were driven back with loss on their camp. A . large Boer force, with artillery, under John Wessetts, has taken up a position on the left Of Bea con, locating on the Woodhouse, Pic cionea and Langvaracht farms, facing Besters, and a small commando is now encamped on the south side of Pieters station commanding the rail way. The Boers have torn up the cul verts of the railway near Pieters sta tion, and have burned the wooden por tions. No damage had yet been done at Colenso. The houses, stores, railway and iron bridges remain intact. . The messenger says that he heard the .Boers would be in Colenso today, and that the volunteers were leaving. ; : It is reported that the. Boers lost 800 in killed, wounded and captured in Thursday's battle on Tatham's faim, near Ladysmith. V . , ; Pietermaritzburg, Natal, Nov. ' 8. The general commanding the . line of communication with Maritzbuxg has arrived with his staff at Estcourt. Tel' egraphic communication north of Est court is entirely stopped. The natives report that the Boers re ceived a crushing . blow at Ladysmith Thursday. Evening The British forces at Lady' smith, it now appears, were engaged successfully Thursday and Friday. It is reported that tha cavalry scored heavily, and that the infantry did great execution with bayonets, the Gordon Highlanders carrying the principal Boer position at the point of the - bay onet. The Boers lost heavily -in killed and wounded, and a number surren dered. ; ' Boers in Colenso, - Estcourt, Natal, Nov. 8. Colenso is now in the hands of the Boers. " Before the evacuation was decided upon, the enemy tried to cut off our outposts. The Durban light infantry, under Lieu tenant Molineux, and a force of Dublin fusiliers were sent to the relief of. the outposts, and a brisk fight ensued. The Boers were repulsed, " leaving 12 dead. : Twenty Boer horses were killed and others stampeded. The chief mo tive for the. withdrawal, however, was that the long range of the Boer guns had made the position untenable. No orders were received -for retirement. . The Boers shelled Colenso camp at dawn today, being 'apparently unaware of the evacuation. They looted the stores, but did not harm the bridges, saying they would want the railway themselves. The women and children here are crowding the trains bound for Pietermaritzburg and Durban. VOLUNTEERS AT HOME. Seattle Honors the Returning Washing f " . ton Soldiers. ., Seattle, Wash., Nov. 8. The First Washington volunteers, who made a brilliant record in the Philippine war, arrived here this morning on the steam ship Queen, and were given a recep tion never to be forgotten by those who witnessed it. 1 - - Thirty thousand 'people poured into the city from all parts of the state to honor the returning heroes, British Co lumbia and Oregon also sending their quota. ' The principal streets were elaborately decorated with banners, streamers, flags and emblems.' Public buildings and store windows presented many unique and handsome designs. Along the streets were strings of elec tric lights. The celebration commenced : with a naval parade, which, well-informed men said, was one of the best ever seen on the coast. It included SO vessels, which left Seattle early in the morn ing, and in platoon formation met -the steamship Queen five miles down .the Sound. - ' - -"' Cannons boomed from the govern ment vessels in the harbor and the land batteries as the fleet neared the city. The sick were brought up on the Queen's deck and propped up and wit nessed the landing. It was a wonder ful sight. There was cheering of ' the wildest kind, : waving of flags, firing of crackers and over all the booming of heavy guns. . . The land parade was between walls of humanity, packed into the streets. General Nelson A. Miles and Governor Rogers were the distinguished guests. There was not an accident during - the day. ; f : v:': : t--,." ' -.,,." - '";;.: - Jumped the Track. Senatobia, Mass., Nov. ' 8. The southbound limited passenger train on the Illinois Central railroad, which left Memphis at 9 o'clock this morn ing, bound for New ' Orleans, - jumped the track at this place this afternoon, with ; fatal results. ' The dead ' are: Jack Barnet, fireman, and David Downing, engineer. Baggage-master Natt was bruised, but will recover. : . Shingle Mills to Close. . Seattle, Nov. 7. The Washington Red Cedar . Manufacturers ' Association passed a resolution at a meeting last night to close down all the mills in the state, nearly 800, for 60 days from November 11, This action was neces sary it was claimed, to preserve prices and stop cut rates from wholesalers. The annual report . of the Great Northern railroad shows a total track age in the system of 6,850 miles, an in crease of 300 miles since the last re port. A material increase in earnings is shown, HEAVY WOOL MOVEMENT. Condition in London Prompts Speeula ' tive Buying. . . , R. G. Dun "& Co.'s weekly review of trade says: - - British disasters in South Africa have brought to view something be sides the steady self-reliance of the English people, and that they hold not many American securities to be dis lodged in any time of alarm, but are uninclined to take more stocks, and money looks for safe investment. A little decline of o in wheat and lo in corn does not hinder exports, though it is some evidence that growers think they have ample supplies. Atlantic exports of wheat for five weeks have been, flour included, 16, 686,500 bushels, against 18,182,631 bushels last year, and Pacific exports 2,713,561 bushels, against 8,917,434 bushels last year. Western receipts of wheat have continued heavy, but have not rivalled last year's extraordin ary ' outpouring, amounting to only 85,958,087 bushels in five weeks, against 49,640,791 bushels last year. The enormous sales of wool at Boston, 21,657,500 pounds reported, making 25,368,700 pounds at the three chief markets for the week, are extremely important. That not all is for con sumption, as the trade is naturally tempted to believe, may be true, and yet actual purchases by the mills of half that quantity would imply extraordin ary encouragement respecting the de mand for woolen goods. The prices have been generally advanced to an average scarcely . below that of May, 1892, and for Ohio washed, light and dark unwashed and pulled wool slightly higher. Expectation of higher prices at London prompts much speculative buying, but the demand for woolen goods is also undeniably encouraging. Cotton manufacturers have also been in great demand, with prices constantly rising. PACIFIC COAST TRADE. ?T-'"'S" ! Markets. Onions, new, $1.00 1.25 per sack, ' Potatoes, new, $16 18 ' . Beets, per sack, 85c. ' . Turnips, per sack, 65o. " Carrots, per sack, 75o. , Parsnips, per sack, 90c. Cauliflower, 75o per dozen. Cabbage, native and California, $1 1.25 per 100 pounds. Peaches, 6680o. ; ' Apples, $1.251.5G per box. Pears, $1.00 1.2P per box. ; Prunes, 60o per box. . Watermelons, $1.60. Nutmegs, 6075o. . Butter Creamery, 28o per pound; dairy, 17 32c; ranch, 20o per pound. Eggs Firm, 80c. Cheese Native, 13 14c. Poultry ll123c; dressed, 13 o. Hay Puget Sound timothy, $12.00; choice 1 Jastem Washington timothy, $17.00. Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $23; feed meal, $23. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $21; whole, $22. Florc Patent," per barrel, $3.65; blended straights, $3.25; California, $3.25; buckwheat flour, $3.60; gra ham, per barrel, $2.90; whole wheat flour, $3.00; rye flour, $3.75 Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $15.00; shorts, per ton, $16.00. Feed Chopped feed, $20.50 per ton; middlings, per ton, $22; oil cake meal, per ton, $35.00. " ' Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla, 64c; Valley, ' 65c; Bluestem, 66c per bushel. Flour1 Best grades, $3.25; graham, $2.65; superfine, $2.15 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 84 86c; choice gray, 82 33o per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $15 16.00; brewing, $18.60 20.00 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid dlings, $22; shorts, $18; chop, $16 per ton. . ' Hay Timothy, $9 11; clover, $7 8; Oregon wild hay, $6 7 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 50 55c; seconds, 4246o; dairy, 87K40c; tore, 2585o. Eggs 25 27 per dozen. ' -' Cheese Oregon full cream, ISo; Young America, 14c; new cheese lOo per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00 4.00 per dozen; hens, $4.50; springs, $2.003.50; geese, $5. 60 6.00 for old; $4. 50 6. 50 for young; ducks, $4.50 per dozen; turkeys, live, 1314o per pound. - Potatoes 6065oper sack; sweets, S 2 Mo per pound. ' Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 90c; per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cauli flower, 75o per dozen; parsnips, $1; beans, 56o per pound; celery, 70 75b per dozen; cucumbers, 50o per box; peas, 84o per pound; tomatoes, 75o per box; green corn, 12 15c per dozen. Hops 7 10c; 1898 crop, 56o. .Wool Valley, 1213o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 8 14c; mohair, 27 30o per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 8c; dressed mutton, 6 To per pound; lambs, 1o per pound. .Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.00; light ; and. ' feeders, $4.50; dressed, $6.006.50 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, $3.604.00; cows,! $3 3.60; dressed beef, 7 Mo per pound. Veal Large, 61)4ci small, 8 8Ko per pound. . San Franeiseo Market. Wool Spring Nevada, 12 14c per pound; Eastern Oregon, 1215o; Val ley, 18 20c; Northern, 8 10c. Hops 1899 crop, per pound..- ." ' ; ,. Onions Yellow, 7585o per sack. Butter Fancy creamery 2729o; do seconds, 27 M28o; fancy dairy, 25 27c; do seconds, 2324o per pound. Eggs Store, 25 80c; fancy ranch, 40C. i ' ? - '" :- " . Millstuffs Middlings, $19.00 20.50; bran," $17.60 18.00. Hay Wheat $7. 60 10; wheat and oat $7.009.00; best barley $5.00 7.00;; alfalfa, $6.007.00 per ton; straw, 2540o per bale. Potatoes Early Rose, 4050o; Ore gon Burbanks, $1.25 1.50; river Bur banks, 60 75c; Salinas Burbanks, $1.001.10 per sack. , Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia, $2.753.25; Mexican limes, $4.00 6.00; California lemons 75c$1.60; do choice $1.762.00 per box. Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.60 2.60 : per bunch; pineapples, nom inal; Persian .dftes, - 66aO pel pound, ' .