Union gazette., December 29, 1899, Image 1

TTVION Eatab. July, 1807.
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CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OItEG0!N, FRIDAY, DECEMBER. 2d, 1899. -
VOL. XXX VII. NO. 1.
1 118 OME WEEK
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From- All Parts of the New
World and the Old. .
OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happenings of tho Past Weak
Called From tho TeLegraph Column
Oregon pheasants are to be ' 'planted"
in Illinois.' ;, ..v-i -'.V-', '''''
Genera Chaffee may be sent to the
Philippines to succeed General Lawton.
Prayer-meetings are beinz held in
Holland for the suocess . of the Boer
army. ,
The navy is in need of more training-
vessels and two first-class ones : will
noon be asked for.
Three wagon loads of mail will leave
on the transport Grant for. the soldiers
m the Philippines.
The Santa Fe is now a competitor
against the Southern Pacific for Sonth
American business. .:
A Paris dispatch says that the bank
of Russia has advanced tho bank of
England 8,000,000. . - ;
Two big lawsuits have . been insti
tuted in Chicago courts between , Mon
tana cattle companies.
Samuel Gompers has been 1. unani
mously re-elected president of the
American Federation of Labor.
iw uurBiBTO commerce commission
will grant railways more time to equip
.1 fliv mm nitfh mf.ht annljnnniia -
WU MIVIJ IflllWBi
A marvelous quartz discovery is i
ported I ram uawson. - xne ore assays
$800 to the ton, and the ledge is a mile
wide, v t
Senator Fairbanks has introduced
bill granting a pension of $2,000 yearly
to the widow of General Lawton. A
similar bill has been introduced in
the house.
The National Association of Retail
Druggists is strengthening its focres to
fight the out-rate druggists throughout
the country.
Boers, with a sense of humor, sent
Baden-Powell, at Mafeking, a message
in a five-pound shell: "Don't drink
all the whisky; leave some for us
when we get in." - - . . .
The consul from the Orange Free
State in New York city reports that
many Americans have applied to him
for enlistment in the Boer army. The
majority of the applicants were sold'
iers who fought in the Spanish-American
war.
England's troubles are multiplyine,
Abyssinia now threatens to turn upon
the British. ; Emperor Menelik can put
200,000 men in the field and is said to
jvo- been preparing for "war over""tlie"
question of territorial rights. . . His
armament is in excellent condition.
The senate will take up the currenoy
bill on January 4.
The Negros uprising was caused by
the Filipino junta at Hong Kong.
Two Chicago electrioians are heirs to
an estate in Hungary worth $4,000,
000. ....
Fire in Florence, S. C, destroyed,
the city hall, hotel, bank and- five
stores. ; .' , y ', - L.
The controller of .the treasury finds
that Admiral Sampson was allowed too
much pay.
The remains of the late Lieutenant
Brumby were Bent to Atlanta, Ga., for
interment.
Eight lives were lost in tho burning
of two big tenement houses in New
York city.
Goebel is making preparations for hit
coming fight against Governor Taylor,
of Kentucky.
The transports" Hancock and City of
Puebla have reached Manila with two
regiments of infantry.
All aged employes of the Pennsyl
vania railroad will be retired and pen
sioned January 19, 1900.
England has at last decided to send
more cavalry to South Africa. This is
according to Bailer's wishes.
Senator McBride, of Oregon, has in
troduced a bill to increase the pay of
letter-carriers in large cities.
Senator Shoup and party will visit
Arizona and New Mexico to report on
their application for statehood.
General Lawton was killed while in
front of his troops at San Mateo, Lu
son. He was shot in the breast and
died immediately. .
The supreme court of Ohio has reft
dered its decision in the bribery case
of Attorney-General Monnett against
the Standard Oil Company. The attorney-general
furnished information to
the effect that he wad approached by
Charles Squires, of New York, with a
bribe of $400,000 if he would permit
the cases pending against the Standard
Oil Company to go by default. It .was
claimed that Mr. Squires was the repre
sentative of the Standard Oil Com
pany. The decision dismisses the cases
on the ground that this fact was not
established.
The Chicago &
added 298 miles
Northwestern road
to its lines during
1899. ,
Governor-elect Nash, of Ohio, is a
widower, and the social duties of his
administration will devolve upon his
stepdaughter, Mrs. Babcock.
Miss Mayme Jester, a niece of Buf
falo Bill, is said to be the -only female
press agent on the road. She left the
newspaper business to go into this new
field. -
Ex-President Harrison is one of the
busiest lawyers in the United States
and has probably the largest income
from a legal practice in the west. .
To mark the completion of Professor
Edward Gideon's 60th year as a teacher
in Philadelphia over 2,000 of his former
pupils " attended a reception in his
honor.
During the first nine months of
American occupation exports of mer
shandise and gold coin from Havana to
the United States reached a total gf
118,411.180 more than to all otbr
loontritjt. -
LATER NEWS.
An earthquake caused
Southern California. '
havoc in
Admiral Dewey has reached the age
limit of C2 years, but he will continue
in sen-ice.
!-. Tho Grangers - warehouse at Rose'
burg, Or., was destroyed by fire; loss,
$4,000, fully insured.
Four men were killed by a .train
wreck on the Northern Pacific near
Bearmouth, Montana,
-;. A six-story building, 90 years old,
was destroyed by lire in New York, en
tailing a loss of $80,000, .
- At San Francisco the Carlisle In
dians dofeated . the university of Cali
fornia in a football game; score, 2 to 0.
-. Julius Baldwin is ' dead at his home
at The Dalles. He was one of the old
est and most prominent pioneers of the
Northwest.
Thirty men perished in a colliery
horror caused by fire damp ; explosion
at the Braznell mine, near Browns
ville, Pa. .' . ;v ; :
Laurier's French-Canadian following
is protesting against Canada sending
any more troops to help England in
South Africa.
Mrs. Potter Palmer will be appointed
by President McKinley director of the
American woman's department at the
Paris exposition,
The state department will investigate
the action . of the British government
in sezing several cargoes of American
flour off Delagoa bay - " -. . '
The trainwreck near Pomona, Cal.,
in which one life was lost and four
were injured, was caused by the break
ing of a looomotive wheel. , " . ' ' : .
At Borne the pope solemnly, inaugu
rated the holy year by performing the
impressive ceremony of opening . the
holy door of St. Peter's cathedral. ,
: Fenians threaten : to make as much
trouble as possible for Great Britain,
and will hamper her operations in
sending troops from home ports.
;- Twenty -one sailors from the British
steamship Anosto were drowned in
Hatteras, N. C, surf. Their lifeboat
was' swamped. 1 Their companions
were subsequently rescued by the life
saving service. '
, The situation in the Philippines is
very gratifying to Washington officials
The insurgent army has pracitcally dis
appeared from - Northern Luzon, where
all ports will be open January 1. Otis
will ' then give his attention to the
South. ; : ;':' .-.,,.;:-'.", ;
. The charred " remains of ' W. J.
Thomas, a farmer, and his three chil
dren, were found in the ashes of their
home, 11 miles' southwest of Chilli
co the, Kan. It is supposed that Thomas
murdered the children and then set fire
to the house and took his 'own life.
About ia year ago Thimas' wife com
mitted suicide by taking poison.
Buller's losses at Colenso were 1,119
Chicago poolrooms were closed by the
police.
London papers fret under restraint of
censorship. .
' Sol Smith Russell will retire frorr
the stage for a year.
Lieutenant Churchill has arrived
safely at Delagoa bay.
Swift & Co. are to be paid for a . lot
of beef that spoiled.'
A receiver has been appointed for the
Globe National bank of Boston.
Near Norwood, O., a man was shot
and killed for cutting telegraph wires.
Both salt and borax have been dis
covered in Lake county lakes, Southern
Oregon.
Price of hops has already materially
advanced in consequence of the pool
formed by Oregon growers. . . '
: President Kruger has entered protest
against England's being permitted to
purchase war supplies in this country.
Port Macaibo has been officially de
clared open to commerce, and the Ven
ezuela revolution is considered at an
end. .
The Filipinos have placed a large or
der with a continental firm for artiJ
lery. They are said to have plenty
money".
The warden of a California prison is
confronted with a problem. A pris
oner whose term has expired refuses to
leave the penitentiary.
Ex-United States Senator Wash
turne, of M muscta, is suggested by In
diana politicians for the head of the
proposed Oriental commission.
' Dwight L. Moody, the famous evan
gelist, is dead at his home in East
Northfield, Mass. The cause of his
death was a general breaking down due
to overwork. .
The Venezuelan government troops
completely defeated the rebels under
General Hernandez. It is believed
that many prisoners were taken and
that a large quantity of ammunition
was seized. General Hernandez fled.
Missionaires in Thibet have a hope
less' and dangerous task before them.
After three years' work not a single
convert has been obtained. The Budd
hist priests, owing to China's internal
troubles, are in absolute control, and
will make physical war on the intro
duction of Christianity. .
Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania, ex
presses the opinion that every husband
should deed to his wife the. homestead.
Senator Depew has leased the Cor
coran mansion at Washington for his
full senatorial term of six years at an
aggregate rental of $50,000.
A monument, a granite shaft 70 feet
high, is to be erected on an eminence
at Erie, Pa., overlooking the lake, in
memory of the late Captain V. P. Grid
ley, of the Olympia.
Baroness Hirsch has given over $5,
000,000 to charity since the death o'.
her husband. )-.'.T-- ''Z.-i, ' .
The total gold production --the
Cripple Creek district in November was
$2,515,500, an increase of more than
25 per cent over the largest previous
monthly record.
The supreme court of Minnesota, in
a case where a husband sought to se
cure possession of his wife, aged 18
years, deoided that girls under age can
marry without their parents' consent,
notwithstanding the state law on age
of consent.
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Exorb i tan t Pri ee Asked for
Imperfect Invention.
WILL DUILD ONE OF OUR OWN
Navy and Army Geniuses Will Begin
. Work at Once ou an Instrument for
Wlreloss Telegraphy.
Rome, Dec. 25. A terrible disaster
took place this afternoon at Amalfl, the
popular tourist resort on the Gulf of
Salerno. About 2 o'clock an enor
mous rock, upon which stood the Cap-
puccini hotel, slid bodily into .the i
with a deafening roar and without
moment's warning, carrying "with it
the hotel, the old Capnchian monastery
below; the hotel Sante Calerina and
several villas. 1 Many people were bur
ied in the debris, .which " crushed four
vessels to the bottom of the' sea, , des
troying their crews. The mass of earth
which slipped was about 60,000 cubic
yards. - . , .
The population is in a state of terror,
fearing fresh calamities. Troops have
arrived upon the scene and have begun
rescue work. ; It is believed that the
loss of life is heavy, including a num
ber of monks and the occupants of the
hotel. - As vet is is impossible to as
certain the exact number.
Amalfl is a small, but lively town of
7,000 inhabitants; situated at the en
trance of a deep ravine, surrounded by
imposing mountains., and rocks of the
most picturesque forms. The Capnch
ian monastery was founded in 1212 by
Cardinal Pietro Capuano, for the Cis
terians, but came into possession of the
Ca pu ohians in 1583. ' The building.
which stood in the hollow of a - rock
that rose abruptly from the sea to
height of 230 feet, contained fine clois
ters. -. '
TRAGEDY AT A REHEARSAL.
Eleven School Children Horned
- Death at Quincy, 111.
Quincy, 111., Dec. 25. While t
school children of St. Francis' part
chial- school, Seventeenth and Vine
streets, were lehearsing this afternoon
for an entertainment to be given Tues
day evening, the dresses of one caught
on fire from a gas jet and 10 minutes
after four of them were burned'to death,
two died an hour later, and five others
died before midnight.. - Half a dozen
others were burned more or less : se
verely. ".
The dead are: . Irene Frieberg, May
Wavering, Mary Althouff, Bernardino
Freund, Colletta ,Middendorf, Mary
Hiokey, Wilhelmina Gottendorf, Olivia
Timpe, Addie ; Futterer, . Josephine
Bohne, Margaret Warner. '
All of these are between 9 - and 11
years old. -Helen Zebbing and several
other teachers, - Father - Nicholas and
fjofeggor.- ?lML'lt-t.1, t,ji& painfully
burned trying to rescue the children
The school hall was filled with chil
dren, and many would have been killed
in the panic which followed had it not
been for the prompt , efforts of the
teachers and Sisters who were in
charge of the entertainment and were
present. The children rushed for the
doors, but prompt efforts quieted them,
and no one was hurt in the rush.
BROOKE'S FAREWELL.
Banquet
Tendered the IZetirlng? Gov
ernor of Cuba.
Havana, Dec. 25. Sixty-five persons
were present at the farewell banquet
tendered to General Brooke today at
the Paris restaurant. General .Mario
Menocal presided, and Ernest Lee Co
riant acted as toastmaster. Major Gen
eral Wood, in response to words of wel
come, said:
' 'The United States is in Cuba in
the person of representatives, who 'in
tend to carry out a great work and to
fulfill strictly the promises of the
United States congress. As for myself,
I can only do what the president has
sent me to do, but I hope to enjoy the
esteem and confidence of the Cuban
people as General Brooke has enjoyed
them." .
General Brooke said:
"I shall always remember the lonv
hours of toil in Cuba, but I shall also
ever recall the kindness shown me by
all Cubans, especially by those who
realize that the Americans are their
best friends."
Mining Under Butte.
Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 25. A
Special to the Times from Butte, Mont.,
says: Alexander Tarbet, a Salt Lake
mining man, today closed a deal with
the owners of the mineral rights to the
Destroying Angel and Copper Bottom
Lodge claims, by which he secured
control of the interest for $300,000.
The veins run through the business
portion of the city, and the Destroying
Angel was uncovered recently by per
sons who were excavating for the foun
dation of a hotel. It has developed
into the richest copper vein in this dis
trict, and the new owners intend to
tunnel under the city. As soon as the
deal was closed this afternoon, they
started to sink a shaft,, which will be
put down 1,000 feet at the corner of
road way and Arizona streets, within
ja. half block of the two principal hotels
and the city hall.
Forty Children Drowned.
Brussels, Dec. 25. Upwards of 40
school children were drowned today in
an ice accident at Frelinghem, near the
French frontier. The children of the
district had been given a holiday, with
permission to play on the frozen river
Lysus. When the merriment was a.
full height, the ice broke suddenly and
the children disappeared. A few were
rescued half dead but the majority
were drowned. Thirty-six bodies have
been recovered, but others are still
missing. '
Shocked and Bell SO Feet to Death.
Seattle, Dec. 23. Theodore Mayers,
a lineman in the employ of the Grant-
Street Railway Company, met death
this afternoon from the combined
effects Of afirele'ct.rio shock ' and' a '20-
foot from a : pole, the fall being
caused by the shock. He was formerly
a resiident of Los Angeles.
I Calm Before the Storm.
PeBing Deo. 25. Li Hung Chang
has bfii PPinted acting viceroy of
Cantojn. It is believed this is prepar
atory Jto his degradation in compliance
with fToncn aemanos.
PROTECTED HER HOME.
Xoung Woman- Shot and
Killed an In-
.truder. " .. ..
. Natick, Mass., ' Deo. - 25.' Lewis
Perry, aged 33,. Spanish war veteran,
was shot and killed today by . Miss
Lizzie Morse, at her home in West
Natick. -Four shots were fired, two Of
them taking effect, one in the heart.
Miss Morse, who was placed under ar
rest, says that the circumstances justi
fied her in shooting Perry. : The Morse
family is one of the wealthiest and
best known in town. Misa ; Morse and
the members of her family - claim that
Perry and Arnold Slappen, on bicycles,
rode up to the Morse house, demanded
admittance without stating their . busi
ness, and, upon being refused, smashed
several windows. : Miss Morse went to
the bureau drawer and loaded a 22-cal-iber
revolver; " She ' claims - that the
men went around to the front of the
house, where Perry finished smashing
the glass in one of the . windows, and
climbed in, in . spite . of her 6 remon
strances. After gaining an ' entrance,
he grabbed Miss . Elreta Morse and
wrenched from her a croquet mallet,
with which she tried to protect hersel' '
Lizzie rusted to her sister's assig nee
and informed . Perry that she
ould shoot him if he did not leave
,he house. : He gave her a terrifio blow
with the mallet and felled her to the
floor. She managed to get up again,
and told Perry to get out of the house,
when he dared her to shoot. , She then
fired four shots at Perry, who managed
to climb through the window and then
fell dead. . - . .
WANTED HIS PICTURE IN PRINT.
New York
Han Shot His
Killed Himself.
"Wife and
Bingham pton, N. Y.t Deo. 25. John
Edgar Gardiner, in order to get his
picture into print, shot his young wife
andjthen killed himself today.'. Gardi
ner was 60 years of age, his ' wife- 29.
They had been; married" but: a short
time, and were living apart on account
of his bad habits. On several occasions
he had asked how she would ' like to
see their pictures in a local paper. His
wife took fright at this, and i forbade
him to speak to her on the subject. He
called at the house 'today and asked
her to come out, as he was going West.
She declined, and he forced his way in
to her apartments,' saying,; "See what
I have brought you," drew a revolver
and shot her twice.one bullet passing
through her arm, the - other entering
her side. . The woman was able to rush
from -..the house . to . a iy. neighbor's
When the police officers arrived Gardi
ner walked to the center of a room, in
full view of .the officers, and, , placing
the weapon to his head, killed him
self. . '
" ". Crater Lake Park.' " . v'iV' v...
.Washington, Deo. 25. Among - the
familiar bills of the last congress to re
appear this year are two that '. wewr in
troduced by Representative Tonguejr of
Oregon. One is his bill for creating
a public park, including- Crater . Lake,
and much otthe BUTTOundlug - country
and the other is his bill providing for
the examination and ' classification of
the lands in the Roseburg and Oregon
City land districts within the grant
made to the Oregon & California Rail
road Company.. .. Both bills : are ' prac
tically the same as were presented . in
the last congress. : -
The Crater lake bill proposes to set
aside a tract of 249 square miles, with
out drawing it from settlement or sale
and making it a public park or pleas
ure ground, to be known as the Crater
Lake National Park. : This park, if es
talbished, is to be under the control of
the secretary of the interior, who will
preserve the lands in their natural con
dition and prevent all residence, min
ing, lumbering or other business opera
tions within its limits.' The old pro
vision for,, restaurants and waiting-
rooms is again inserted, as are the pro
visions for governing and protecting
the park. It is proposed that the costs
and expenses of creating the park shall
be borne by the general government.
It was this last provision that aroused
Speaker Reed against the bill last con
gress, lor ne contended tnat any ex
pense attached should be borne by the
state. Now that Reed is out of con
-ress.the bill may have a better chance
becoming a law. -
Wages Advanced.
Pittsburg, Deo. 25. The Carnegie
Steel Company posted today, at its va
rious works in this city, notices reading
substantially as follows: -.- -:
"Taking effect January 1, 1900, com
mon labor at these works will be in
creased to $1 .50 per day: and all other
day turn and tonnage labor (with cer
tain exceptions), will be increased in
proportion."
The exceptions are the tonnage men
working under sliding scales, where
the rate3 of wages increase and decrease
n proportion to the proceeds of the
products. This adjustment is 7.41 per
cent advance on the wages now being
paid, making a total of 25 per cent of
increase made by the company volun
tarily since the last general scale.
Five Thousand Bills Introduced.
Washington, Deo. 25. The officials
of the house of representatives have
struck a balance on the recent deluge
of bills, showing that up to the recess
the records stood: Total bills intro
duced, 5,015; joint resolutions, 95;
simple resolutions, 65; grand total,
5,175 measures of all kinds.
Street Car Dynamited.
Springfield, 111., Dec. 25. For the
hird time since the strike was de
clared against the Springfield consoli
lated railway, November 10, a street
car was dynamited at 11:30 o'clock
last night. The car was blown off the
track and completely wrecked. No
passegners were aboard, and the motor-
man and conductor were not injured.
The explosion happened in the heart of
the city, at Eighth street and Capitol
avenue, and caused great excitement.
: First Supply Bill.
Washington, Deo. 25. The urgent
deficiency appropriation bill, the first
of the important supply bills for the
overpment expenses, ... is practically
uadd up, and the total will amount to
aboul $71,000,000. The items '.have
alreaiy been sent by the several depart
ments, and these are being put together
to thajt the appropriation committee
will be able to submit the bill to the
housej soon after it assembles. Of this
amount, $45,157,871 is asked for the
war department, and $8,143,740 for the
navyj
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MANY LIVES SWERE LOST i
"4
Horf ible Disaster in a -Small
. . Italian Village. ; :i
WERE
HURLED INTO THE SEA
An liormoM Root Ijooseued and Foil.
. Carrying With It Hotels, Villas and
Famous Monastery. ' '
Now York, Deo. 25. A special to
tho Tribune from Washington says:
Rear! Admiral Bradford has asked au
thority from the navy department to
establish a bureau at the naval training
station at Newport for . the develop
ment of a naval system of wireless tel
egraphy. ' It is proposed to detail sev
eral officers having high electrical
knowledge at this station and to fur
nish: facilities- for study. -and experi
ment, in the belief that something bet
ter tlhan Marconi's apparatus may be
devised.
. The project to secure Marconi's sys
tem, for the navy has been practically
abandoned. . In the first place its range
was: found to . be exceedingly . limited,
especially when vessels were rolling in
a seaway, and their topmasts continu
ously varied in height above the' water.
Then there was the insuperable objec
tions of interference, two stations be
ing, unable to hold intelligent commun
ication when a third station within'
thoir circle of sensitiveness undertook
to lend a message to either point. This
defect destroys the value of' the system
whipre more than two ships cruised in
squadron or where an enemy chose to
send disturbing messages. - . -'
finally, Marconi's terms of $20,000
forfthe first year and $10,000 annually
thereafter were regarded, as exorbitant
forfthe use of his half-developed inven
tion. He declined absolutely to modify
hi proposition, which 'compelled the
navy to take 20 sets of apparatus or
mote, and to pay $500 outright for each
seti and $500 . a year ' each as royalty
lor' their use. ' He refused to send two
or three sets for experimental pur
poses, and gave American naval officers
to funderstand that he did not care to
. dot business on a small scale - when Eu
ropean navies were fighting : for the ex
elusive use of his coherer and other es
seutial features, in spite of the system's
raSioal shortcomings, as discovered on
tlx) a side of v the Atlantic. : Marconi's
atUtuda toward the army was scarcely
different, and the signal corps is going
al&ad on a sytem of its own, whioh
avoids the Italian's . patents, and al
rehdy is said to be producing better re
sults
-ni-jRear-Admiral Bradford believes that
60-ne of the electrical experts of. the
nHval equipment bureau, if the oppor
tunity is given tnem, will produce ap
paratus to meet the peculiar conditions
ofi the navy without appreciable ex pen
e,;ana in all probability - the ex
periments he desires will be ' ordered,
One. station will be . located at the
training station and the other ' at the
torpedo school, on islands about a mile
apart, and as progress is made 'other
stations will be set up at various points
in. Newport harbor, ' where . torpedo-
boats are always available, with vessels
in motion or for miniature fleet evolu
tions. Several forms of apparatus from
American inventors have already been
submitted for test, and doubtless others
will be received when the work is act
ually started. " 1
Ended in a Free Fight.
Paris, Dec. 25. A pro-Boer demon
stration, convened this evening ' at the
Tivoli Vauxhall by: the executive com
mittee of the Jeuness Royaliste, ended
in a riot. The socialists entered in
force and broke up the meeting, amid
indescribable uproar and shouts of
"Vive la social revolution," and "A
bas Deroulede," with counter cries of
"Vive Deroulede" and "Vive l'armee."
Several nationalists who were present
endeavored to speak, but they were
quite inaudible. A free fight ensued,
and the proprietor of the hall turned
off the gas. : -The combatants ' then
lighted newspapers and continued th
fight,! smashing the fittings of the hal
and using them as weapons. Finally
the police cleared the room, but they
were compelled to charge several times
before order was re-established. -
The Lighthouse Is Dark. -Victoria,
B. C, Dec. 25. The light
house steamer Quadra left this alter
noon for Egg island. . Passing steamers
report no beacon showing at the light
house there. The keeper is frail, and
it is feared he may have died. He has
a little daughter, 8 years old, with
him. - -
Separate Sleeping Cars for Negroes.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 23. Governor
Candler today signed the bill prohibit
ing the sleeping-car companies operat
ing in the Btate from furnishing berths
to negro passengers, except in coaches
used especially for the accommodation
of negroes.
New Tork Aldermen Favor Boers. --
New York, Dec. 25. The board of
aldermen today adopted a ' resolution
prating "the God of battles" to make
the Boers successful in the war against
England. The resolution now will go
to the coouncil, and if that body con
curs,, will come before Mayor Van
Wyck for his approval. .-. j
'.- Instantly Killed. .
Roseburg, Due. 25. A George Noah.
engineer at the Oregon Brewery & Ice
Company's plant, in this city, while
attempting to put on a pump belt,'' was
caught by a large pulley running at
high speed, and instantly killed. The
body was 'dreadfully mangled. No one
was present. The other employes on
the premises heard a scream, rushed to
the spot, and stopped the engine. ' The
victim's brains were scattered all over
the engine-room.
Soda Tank Exploded! -
Woodburn.Or., Dec. 25. By the ex -losion
of a soda tank in the Wood bun;
ida works building today, Earnest
rmes and Lawrence Moshberger wen
eriously injured, and a portion of the
'actory building was badly wrecked.
rhe cause of the explosion is a myttery
New Paris, Ind., Dec. 25. Five bnr
glars entered the private bank of Wil
liam Sharp last night and blew the saft
open with nitro-glycerine. : The explo.
sion threw out the front door and win
tows of the building and aroused citi
.ens,
DEAD OF THE MAINE
Batfleship Texas Arrives at
News With Remains,
Newport
Newport, News, Va., Dec. 27. Tho
battleship Texas, in command of Cap
tain Sigsbee, arrived here shortly be
fore noon today, with the ' remains of
the men who lost their' lives by the de
struction of the battleship Maine in
Havana harbor. The bodies of the
Maine heroes will be transferred to a
Chesapeake & Ohio train tomorrow at
12 o'clock,' and will be taken to'Wash-
ington for interment in Arlington ceme
tery Thursday.
The Texas left Havana last Thurs
day. She encountered a gale off Hat
teras, but had good weather until she
reached that point. She anchored in
Lynnhaven bay last night, and came
up to Old Point this morning. After
the - quarantine regulations had been
complied with she came to this city.
Chaplain Chadwick, who- was chap
lain of the Maine, is in charge of the
Maine's dead heroes, and will accom
pany tnem to Washington. No more
than a score of the bodies of the Texas
were identified. The names of those
are inscribed on the coffins, which en
close their mortal remains.' ' v . -s
There were no ceremonies hero today
in honor of the arrival of the Maine's
dead, but . impressive exercises will
take place tomorrow when the bodies
are transferred fiom the ship to tho
train. .. - : ..- .,
; UNDER MARTIAL LAW. '
Blllitary Governors for Northern I.u-
on Young and Hood Appointed.
Manila, Deo. 27. General S. B. M.
Young has been appointed military gov
ernor of the provinces of Northwestern
Luzon, with headquarters at Vigan.
His command includes tho Thirty-third
infantry, under Colonel Lulter R.
Hare, and the Third cavalry. He will
establish permanent stations at San
Fernando and Laoag, with outposts
where needed.
The Sixteenth infantry will proceed
to Aparri, garrisoning such towns as
may be deemed necessary in the prov
inces of Cagayan, Isabella and Nueva
Viscaya, of which Colonel Hood has
been appointed military governor.
General Young and Colonel Hood
are establishing municipal govern
ments, and the ports in Northern Lu
ton will be opened for trade about Jan
uary 1.
EXPLOSION WAS TERRIFIC.
May Be Forty Dead In the Bramell
" i Mine. .
Brownsville, - Pa., Deo. 27. The
horror of the Braznell mine disaster
grows in intensity . with every hour.
The number of the dead is . no esti
mated at 40, and may pass that figure.
At the same time there is a strong pre
sumption that the laws regulating min
ing were carelessly and probably crim
inally , disregarded. Today "the . first
bodies of the victims were brought, out
of the mine, and never in the history
'of mine disasters were human beings so
horribly mutilated. It was nearly ...11
o'clock when the first of the bodies was
taken out, 28 hours after the explosion.
At 5:30 three more were brought to the
surface, and again at 6:30 three came
up in the cage of the main shaft, ,
Collided With a Milk Train.
i New York, Deo. 25. A wreck on
the New Jersey Central railroad at
High bridge, N. J., late last night, re
sulted in one death and the injury of
five persons. " ' ' "
Christopher V. Hutsider, a grocer,
was killed, and Peter Eick, Miss Ella
Maxwell and ' Baggageman ' ' Frank
Grant were injured. A coal train was
descending the step grade, when the
engineer noticed a signal from a milk
train which was at the station. The
engineer of the coal train applied the
brakes, and detached his engine from
the train and approached the - milk
train to find the cause of the delay and
receive orders. The coal cars were not
held by air brakes and came rushing
down the grade, striking 1 the engine,
pushing it into the combination car of
the rear of the milk : train. None . of
the injured are seriously hurt, w f . 'V
- Reforms in Havana.
' Havana, Dec. 27. All the stores in
Havana closed at 10 o'clock Christmas
lay. .. . .
General Wood says he intends. to be
gin work at once upon the highways,
which are--greatly in need of -repair. -
This will serve to give employment to
a large number of men.
The school system will also be im
mediately reorganized. The judiciary
will form the suject of early attention,.
particularly the jails and existing .sys
tem of keeping prisoners for months
without trial. An order will issue di
recting that a complete list of prison
ers held for trial be furnished monthly.
Pittsburg Printers' Strike.
Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 27. Presi
dent Donnelly and j Seoretary Bram-
wood of . the International .Typograph
ical - Union,, today returned - from a
meeting of the executive council of the
union in Pittsburg. -. .- . - - .
We found that Pittsburg pulishers
refused . to meet with us or in any way
recognize our council," said Donnelly.
We have as a result, ratted the Inter
national Association of Machinists and
will have nothing more to do with
them, either through arbitration or in
any other way. The fight in Pittsburg
will be fought to a finish." -
Thousands Peek Pensions.
New York, Dec' 27. A special to
the Press from Washington, says:
Pension attorneys are pilling up
cases against the government as a re
sult of the war with Spain. Already
25,000 applications have been filed on
behalf of the soldiers of the recent war.
As an illustration of the thoroughness
with which the regiments have been
canvassed, it is said -that from the
Seventy-first' New York regiment more
than 800 applications have been ob
tained. Of the Ninth Massachusetts
there are 600 applications.
The business of getting new pensions
ias been systematized. Tne number
jf cases filed ' in the name of ' soldiers
who have served in the Philippines has
become so numerous as to attract offi
cials attention. "
: Minnesota Town Burned. . ,
St. Paul, Minn., Dec 27. A Hast
ings, Minn., special dispatch says near
ly three blocks of buildings in the busi
ness portion of the town, princpally
fronting on Vermillion street, were
burned early . today, with a loss of
about $200,000.
Southern California Receives
Severe Shaking Up.
THE WORST IN MANY YEARS
Shock Caused Great Damage at San
Jacinto and ' Heraet Six Indian
Women Killed by Falling Walla.
Los Angeles, Cal., Deo. 27. At 4:26
o'clock this morning : a severe earth
quake shock was felt over a large por
tion of Southern California. The un
dulations lasted about 12 seconds. The
entire center of the shock appears to
have been at San Jacinto, a small town'
ih Riverside county. The business por
tion of San Jacinto consists of two
blocks of tw.o-story buildings, some of
which are built of brick. Ten or 15
buildings were damaged, chimneys be
ing toppled over and walls cracked and
shaken. The total damage at San J
cinto and Hemet, a small: town nea
by, is estimated at $50,000. The large
tourist hotel at Hemet was damaged
and the hospital at San Jacinto also
suffered. .The shock -was heavy at
Santa Ana, Anaheim, San Bernardino,
Riverside and other places, but no par
ticular damage is reported, except from
San Jacinto and Hemet.
1 Six Indian Women Killed.
, San Jacinto, Cal. J Deo. 27. It is es
timated that the damage here caused
by the earthquake will aggregate over
$50,000. ... The main shock, was pre
ceded by a loud roaring, and awakened
many just in time to escape from the
doomed buildings. :
. - The business street was such a wreck
that tons of debris had to be removed
be tore buildings could be entered.
At Saboba Indian reservation, six
squaws were killed by falling walls,
two fatally,' and many seriously in
jured; ' .
The shock caused dry artesian wells
to flow larger streams than ever before.
Considerable damage : is reported tr
nearby villages. . .- , ...
! ' Tidal Wave at San Diego. '
San Diego, Cal., 27. The most se
vere earthquake experienced in this
city in 14 years took place at 4:25 A.
M. today, and was accompanied by a
lond rumbling noise. The taller build
ings in the city were severely shaken
up, and the plaster shaken off and a
few broken articles of household furni
ture reported, but no serious damage
was done. ' A high wave struck the
beach on the ocean front soon after the
shock, but no damage was done to ship
ping; A slighter- shock followed the
first one a few seconds later. - : ' -
BOERS KEPT AT BAY.
Buller Destroys the Colenso Footbridge
No Further Advance. -London,'
Dec. 28. -Up to- this 'hour
nothing has arrived from South : Africa
that would indicate any. change in the
military situation there.
The war office is issuing lists of fur-
tner deatns and wounded, ' as-: well as
counts of sickness. The most . serious
report of the last class is that horse
eickhess has broken ' out in ' both the
British and Boer camps in Natal. Four
hundred British cavalry horses, it is
said, have already been shot owing to
the occurrence of. glanders. The di
sease is likely to spread with - much
greater rapidity among the - British
horses than among the hardy Boer
ponies, and this may mean a consider
able prolongation of the campaign.
- Situation at tadysmith.
An undated heliograph message from
Ladysmith, by way of . Pietermaritz-
burg, reprebents the garrison as in no
way daunted by General Buller's . re
verse at Colenso and is confident of be
ing able to hold out indefinitely.
The mails are just arriving . from
Ladysmith. All the correspondents
comment bitterly upon the superiority
of the Boer artillery. The Times' cor
respondent says: - -'
It is impossible to evade the opin
ion that if British gunners were in the
Boer position, the loss of life and dam
age to property in Ladysmith would be
10 times greater." ..; '
- The holidays have brought no , sur
cease of recruiting . activity. Lord
Alwyn' Frederick Compton, -unionist
member of parliament for the Biggles
wade r division of Bedfordshire, will
raise a corps of mounted men. ' Lord
Salisbury's private secretary," Schom
burg McDonnell, who is a volunteer
officer, has volunteered for service. :
The action of the United States gov
ernment causes considerable discussion
regarding the ' contraband question- as
affecting Delagoa bay- and Portugal.
Widely . divergent opinions - are. ex
pressed. . " . . .' .
Mixed Marriages.
.New ' York,'. 'Deo.'- 27. Arohishop
Corrigan has transmitted to the clergy
of the diocese a decree from the Vatican
bearing on the celebration of the jubilee
of the holy year. One effeot of the de
cree will be to make difficult . the mar
riage of a Catholic to a Protestant by a
priest in 1900. Mixed marriages, as
they are commonly termed, are custom
arily allowed only by dispensation of
the bishops, but for the holy year this
power is suspended
. ,e Oscar Wilde Challenged.
- Paris, Deo. 27. Oscar Wilde, who
has for some time been living in Paris,
may have to fight a duel. According
to the Echo de Paris he became in
volved in an altercation in a restaurant
last evening with M. Riohet, the ex
plorer, and as a result cards were ex
changed. ' ;
. Xiittle Damage Done at Lof Angeles. .
" Los' Angeles, Cal., Dec. 27. The
most severe earthquake ever felt in Los
Angeles came at 4:27 this .- morning.
No great damage is reported... There
were two shocks, the first being the
most prolonged. . The shock , lasted
about 12 seconds,. the undulations be
ing from north to sonth.
Sailors Saw Meteoric Display.
Philadelphia, Dec. 27. Captain
Filetham and the crew of the British
steamship Grossmont, which is now
lying at the Delaware breakwater, af
ter a successful run from Java, wit
nessed a splendid meteoric display on
December - 9, when the vessel was in
latitude 83.14, longitude 82.51. A
brilliant meteor was sighted in the
heavens towards the soutbwtst. .
THE WORST AND THE BEST.
Wall Street Suffered, But General Busi
ness Was Good.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly leview of
trade says: The worst day in Wall
street in many years was in part the
legitimate result of the best year in
business ever known. Because, the
country had prospered bo greatly and
so expanded its business that it could
no longer afford to have many millions
locked up in carrying stocks represent
ing imaginary values, the question
was not one of monetary supply-. When
the country found ample use for its
capital in regular trade and productive
industry, a contraction of loans became
necessary, which would have been
more painful if the volume of stocks
had been larger.
The business of the country close to
the holidays is necessarily smaller than
it has been, and yet larger than at the
same date in any other year. Ex
changes through principal clearing
houses for the week have been 83.7
larger than last year, and 50.4 per cent
larger than in 1892, inoluding 82.1 per
cent gain in payments outside New
York. There was not even a suspicion
of unsoundness in any considerable
Drancn ot industry or trade, tne ex
traordinary expansion in some being as
well warranted as the material gain
in others. "
, Cotton Buffered in speculation for a
day with stocks, but the great decrease
in receipts from farms since September
oyer 1,500,000 bales gives strong
support to prices, as does the increase
of 200,000 bales in takings by spinners.
. Wheat has fallen both in foreign de
mand and in prices,' in spite of still
larger loss in Western receipts, for the
week only 3,806,288 bushels, against
7,840,170 bushels last year.
Failures for the week have been 220
in the United States, against 258 last
year, and 26 in Canada, against 81 last
year. '
. PACIFIC COAST TRADE. i
' Seattle Markets.
Onions, new, $1.00(31.25 per sack.
.. Potatoes, new, $1620.
Beets, per sack, 75 85c,
Turnips, per saok, 60c.
Carrots, per sack, 50c.
Parsnips, per sack, 76 85c.
Cauliflower, 76o$l per dozen.
Cabbage, native and California, 75
90o per 100 pounds.
Peaches, 6580o.
'' Apples, $1.25 1.50 per box.
Pears, $1.00.01.25 per box.
. Prunes, 60o per box. : ,
Watermelons, $1.50. -
Nutmegs, 60 75o.
Butter Creamery, 82o per pound;
dairy, 17 22o; ranch, 22o per pound.
Eggs Firm, 8OO98I0. , . V
Cheese Native, 16o. " : , !
Poultry 910c; dressed, U13o;
. Hay Puget Sound timothy, $12.00;
choice Eastern Washington timothy,
$17.0018.00 -
Corn Whole, $23.00; craoked, $23;
feed meal, $23. ,
Barlej Rolled or graund, -ton,
$zi; wnoie, - . - ,-
. Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.85;
blended straights, $3.10; California,
$3.25; . buokwheat flour, $6.00; gra
ham, per barrel, $3.80; whole wheat
flour, $3.10; rye flour, $3.8004.00.
. Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $16.00;
shorts, per ton, $17.00.
Feed Chopped feed, $20.60 per ton;
middlings, per ton, $22; oil cake meal,
per ton, $32.00.
- Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla, 51 52c;
Valley, 62o; Bluestem, 64o per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $3.00; graham,
$2.50; superfine, $2.15 per barrel. -
Oats Choice white, 8435c; choice
gray, 84o per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $16 16.50;
brewing, $18.00 18.50 per ton. ;
Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid
dlings, $22; shorts, $18; chop, $16 per
ton. .- "
Hay Timothy, $9 10.50; clover,
$7 O8; Oregon wild hay, $6 7 per ton.
Butter1 Fancy creamery, 50 0 55c;
seconds, 42K45o; dairy, 37 40c;
store, 2535o. . ...
Eggs 1819o per dozen. .
' Cheese Oregon full cream, 13c;
Young America, 14c; new cheese' 10c
per pound. '
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.50
3.50 per dozen; hens, $4.00; springs,
$2.50 0 8.50; geese, $7.00 9.00 for old;
$4.5000.50 for young; ducks, $4.50
per dozen; turkeys, live, 12K13o
per pound.
Potatoes 55 70o per sack; sweets,
2 2o 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 '
75o . per dozen; cucumbers, 50o per
box; peas, 84o per pound; tomatoes, -75o
per box; green corn, 12)4
16c per dozen.
i Hops 8 lie; 1898 crop, 56o.
Wool Valley, 1213o per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 8 14o; mohair, 27
SOo per pound.
I Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 8Kc; dressed mutton, 6
7o per pound; lambs, 7o per pound. .
-' Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.00;
light and feeders, $4.60; dressed,
$5.506.00 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $3.504.00;
cows, $o9.oo; dressed beef, 6
7Je per pound.
Veal Large, 6H7Mc; small, 8
8o per pound.
' ' San Franeiseo Market.'
Wool Spring Nevada, 12 16o per
pound; Eastern Oregon, 12 16c; Val
ley, 20 22c; Northern, 1012o.
Hops 1899 crop, ll12o per
pound. . : .
Onions Yellow, 7585o per sack.
Butter Fancy creamery 2425o;
do seconds, ' 22 23c; fancy dairy. 20
21o; do seconds, 19o per pound.
Eggs Store. 2527c; fancy ranch,
84c
Millstuffs Middlings, $16.00
19.00; bran, $1814.00.
Hay Wheat $7. 00 9; wheat and
oat $7.509.00; best barley $5.00
7.50; : alfalfa, $5.00 7.50 per ton;
straw, 86 45o per bale.
Potatoes Early Rose, $1.00; Ore
gon JJurDanks, 65o1.10;, river Bur
bonks, 45 76c; Salinas Burbanks.
$1.0001.25 per saok.
Citrus Fruit Oranges. Valencia.
$2.758.25; Mexican limes, $4.00
6.00; California lemons 75c $1.60:
do choice $1.75 2.00 per box.
Tropical Fruits Bananas,- $1.50
2.50 per bunch; pineapples, nom
inal; Persian dates, 66)46 per
pound. .;-;","'