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S55S?Ti5t2t-,:,5UTOa. I ConsolidatedFeb. 1899. CORVAIiLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1300. VOL. NO. 3. THE NElffS OF THE WEEK From All Parts of the New World and the Old. - OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS Comprehensive Review of the Import ant Happening! of the Put Weak Called From the Telegraph Column. Tagals are not friendly to Archbishop Chapel le, now at Manila The Stanford football team defeated the all-Seattle players by a score of 28 toO. - - . . The treasurer of Shelby county, In diana, is short $125,000. His booki are missing. The Paris high court has found M. De Roulede of gnilty conspiracy undei extenuating circumstances. Ilanna will be chairman of the next Republican national committee, be cause the president wishes it. . .Because he rode on a railway pass, suit has been filed against a xnembei of the Kentucky election board. :'. President Cole, of the Globe National bank, of Boston, which recently failed has returned and will stand trial. - Peter S. Wilkes died at Stockton, Cal. He was a confederate congress' man during the last year of the war. The president has nominated General Bates, Young and McArthur for pro motion. Bates is to succeed Lawton. A native was found with all th symptoms of bubonic plague in Manila. Two deaths occurred in the house where he was sick. . As a result of campaigning in the Philippines 14 soldiers are insane a; the Presidio in San Francisco. ' They wiube sent to Washington. The situation at Ladysmith is be- , coming horrible. Twenty deaths in one day were reported by General White. Entrio fever and dysentery are prevalent. The recent California earthquake caused inactive volcanoes in the desert to become active; made old gas weili at Yuma flow again and caused fissure! in the ground, .i - TWinlr linoo all .4 ...... rates. Merchants have filed protests . saying that the new tariff will drive business away from New York, ship pers taking advantage of shorter hauls to New Orleans and other ports. Both houses of congress are after Seo retary Gage The legislators desire to know by what "right the treasurer in creased deposits of government funds in New York banks during the recent financial flurry there and correspond ence in the matter is asked. : X On her recent trip the . steamer Aus tralia would not acoept steerage pas sengers at Honolulu on account of the plague scare. One death occurred on December 22, and two Chinese were found dead on Christmas day. These fatalities started the plague scare -to- - The gold yield for 1899 in New South Wales was 509,418 ounces, an inorease of 168,925 ounces over 1898. . The battleship Wisconsin will ha the heaviest battery in the navy. The boat will have her trial trip soon. ; v South Dakota Christian Scientists are opposed to vaccination and 1 will take the question into the courts. v Twenty-five thousand Pittsburg la. hovers were advanced from 5 to 10 pel cent and in some cases even, a greatei' percentage. In St. Louis the electric ; lights m parks, publio buildings and alleys are turned off because a contract has not been renewed. : . , A German steamship company re fused to take back contract-labor emi grants and the captain was arrested' at a Texas port. - Booker T. Washington, the promi nent colored man, -eays the Negro't only salvation is to make himself use ful and keep pace with the times. r AtColesburg General French was opposed by from 5,000 to 7,000 Boers. The British losses were slight, while Boers are said to have lost heavily. A horrible murder occurred near Rosser, Ala. A woman was cut to pieces and the remains were partially burned. An old negress is . suspected. Secretary Hay announces that- favor able replies have been received from England. Germany, ; France, Russia and Japan to an open, door policy in China. . . Secretary Root has taken, measures to break the corner in hemp. He has had many complants and has instructed Otis to open Southern Luzon ports soon. - Senator Harrell, of Kentucky, says Whallen tried to buy his vote against Goebel. Harrell wanted $5,000, but re ceived only $4,500 . and now charges bribery. " , - , Secretary Root has directed the l" es tablishment of a , government line of steamships connecting San Francisco, Honolulu and Manila, similar to that running between New York, Cuba and Porto Rico 'points. Mrs. Ezra Shoupe, near Saltillo, Pa.. had a lively fight with a big buck, which she first wounded with a rifle and then dispatched with a knife. The Russian government has ordered all the rivers of the empire surveyed with a view to connecting all the im portant streams with canals. ... The Noah Webster association, which has been formed at Hartford, Conn., will raise funds for a library building in memory of the lexicogra pher. A woman's society for the preven tion of cruelty" to animals has been formed in New Jersey. New York young women have formed classes for instruction in intelligent foreign traveling. Andrew Carnegie has given away over $9,000,000 for building and main taining libraries, the list of his differ ent beneficiaries numbering 50. Edward Bates, librarian of the treas ury department at" Washington, died at the home of his father, Dr. Julian Bates, of St. Louis. Mr. Bates was born about 25 years ago. LATER NEWS. Gold imports are helping England finances. Tod Sloan, the great jockey, is con ing West. . Money rates have taken a tumble and may go lower. Affairs of the Globe National bank, at Boston, will be wound up. As a training-ship- the Hartford will sail for South American ports with 400 boys. Christian science treatment allowed two children to die of diphtheria at Pittsburg.' Heavy losses on both sides are the chief results of recent hard - battles at ' Ladysmith. Montana politics are getting much needed airing by the testimony in the Clark case. German vessel-owners regard Eng land's recent seizures as a scheme to kill competition. The released American prisoners were barefooted and in rags when they arrived in Manila. Editor Stead has published a letter in Londpn in which he gives some inr side facts of the Jameson raid. - A miniature "battle of San Juan hill was fought 'by Chicago youngsters The police intervened, but not before the "Spanish" officers. were seriously wounded. - After a day's bombardment, the Boers captured the British garrison at Kuruman, Bechunaland, taking 120 prisoners, arms, ammunition and pro visions. The Boers whipped White's forces out of positions three different times, but each time the Britishers' gallantry returned to the fray and recovered all the lost positions. Our losses in the Spanish war were 82,296. The grand total of the volun teer force was 223,235. About 24,000 of these were discharged or deserted. The total deaths were less than 4,000. Friendship between China and the United States would be complete if the Chinese were admitted to the Philip pines. Our trade with China increased 40 per cent last year, all due to friend ship. . v The shotgun quarantine has been re vived in Honolulu. Bubonic plague has a strong hold on the city. Two more deaths had occurred By December SO and there were seven . new . cases of plague. The National Guard was called out and they burned the infected district. . ' . . .,..'. French-Canadians believe their day of redemption is at hand, . and gloat over British defeats in - South : Africa. They expect complications to arise by which their independence will come about, r They do not want to be an nexed to the United States, saying this wonld not better their condition. The United States is ahead of Great Britain as a coal producer. - The Montpeiier tin-plate . mill, em ploying 200 men, has closed. Cubans are well pleased with Wood, and say he is the one man for the task. Three persons were killed and seven injured in a tenement-house fire at New York. The staemr Gazelle was wrecked off the Flordia coast. A passing steamer saved the crew. ' California capitalists are ' going into fruit culture in the states of Vera Cruz and Oaxaca, Mexico. The United States will not prevent France's attempt to settle her claim with Santo Domingo. Michigan has a sensation and sev eral state officials have been indicted for bribery and embezzlement. Rev. Dr. Edward McGlynn is dead at Newburgh, N. Y. He succumbed to Bright's disease after seven weeks. A bill will soon be presented to con- for a plan for another national park, to be located at the headwaters of the Mississippi. There will be a conference of the governors of the arid states and terri tories at Salt Lake January 17 to con- aider the question of arid lands. In Clay county, Kentucky, two men were shot and killed and four other participants' seriously wounded in a fight that started at a murder trial. . A Pacifio Mail steamer i arrived in San Francisco with a cargo of 9,614 tons, nearly twice as much as any ship that had ever entered the Golden Gate. Congressman Hopkins of the house ways and means committee says there will be no revision of the war revenue tax law at this session of the 66th con gress. Attached to the annual report of the secietary of agriculture is a recommen dation for agricultural experiment sta tions in the government's new island possessions. A brother of one of the Boer generals, who is visiting Chicago, - says that if Britain crushes the Transvaal armies there will be no peace, as the Boers will fight to the last. General Greeley, the chief signal officer of the army and the well-known Arctic explorer, was assaulted and seriously injured by a messenger in his own home at Washington. According to the Montreal Herald, Canada never before was so prosperous. Miss A. B. Mulroney, of Philadel phia, has made $50,000 out of her shops in the Klondike. Mrs. Louisa J. Cabel, of Lowell, Me., is a justice of the peace, and personal ly manages a farm and an express bus iness. . ; 4 Lead and zino have been discovered in the vicinity of Centaur, St. Louis county, Mo., about 40 miles from St. Louis. Admiral Montojo, in his official re port, charges his defeat in Manila bay to Spanish unpreparedness. Jennie June Croly," known the world over as a clever writer and advocate of the advancement of her sex. Is 70 years old. .; The distress in the famine-stricken districts of India is becoming more acute. About 2,250,000 persons have received relief . Robert Cosman, jr., pastor of St. John's church, Boston, has been cho sen bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Maine. flili'l American Prisoners Are Now All Free. SUCCESSFUL END OF PURSUIT The Remaining Member of the York town Party Believed to Be at Tlgan Campaign in Cavtte. Washington, Jan. 8. After a silence of several days, General Otis is able to notify the war department of the com plete, suocesa of the military operations in Northwest Luzon, the main object of which was the rescue of the Ameri can prisoners which the insurgents took with them in their flight. Although General Otis does not spec ify Lieutenant Gilmore, U. S. N., . by name, the wording of his message . is taken to mean that that officer It among the list of rescued prisoners. General Otis' message is as follows: "Manila. Colonels Hare and Howse have just arrived at Vigan, Northwest Luzon, with all the American prison ers. Their successful pursuit was a re markable achievement. - "Schwan and Wheaton are now with separate columns in Cavite province. "Affairs in Luzon, north of Manila, have greatly improved. OTIS." Rebel Stronghold Captured. Manila, Jan. 8. Advices from Mag- alang, province of Pampanga, report that Captain Conhauser, with three companies of the Twenty-fifth regi ment, captured the insurgent .strong holdr&feComanche, on Mount Arayat, yesterday. Three Americans were wounded, but the enemys'. loss is not known. -. . Three members of the Ninth and two of the Twelfth regiment, whom the in surgents held as prisoners, were shot and horribly, mutilated. Three ol them are dead and the other two are recovering. Captain Conhauser set fire ; to the barracks and the town. ' TO BUILD TO GRANITE. Railroad Company Organised, Stock . Taken,. Work Begun. ' La Grande, Or., Jan. 8. Articles oi incorporation have been filed for the Hilgard, Granite & Southwestern Rail way Company, with a capital stock of $60,000 place of business, La Grande. The incorporators are: J. M. Church, cashier of the La Grande National bank, Robert Smith, manager of the Grand Ronde Lumber Company; J. M. Berry, merchant. At a meeting of the stockholders, the following officers were elected: President, Robert Smith; vice-presi dent, F. S. Stanley; treasurer, J. M. Church; secretary, E. W, Bartlett. All the stock is subscribed, and President Smith has gene to Chicago to close arrangements for the construction of the railway from Hilgard, a point on the O. R. & N., seven miles west of La Grande, to Granite, a central point of the Eastern Oregon mining district. It is announced by Secretary Bartlett that work on the preliminary survey will begin at once. The proposed route is about 60 miles in length, and fol lows the greater part of the way a water route up the Grande Ronde river. The road will connect the important mine of Eastern Oregon with-the rich agriculturl section of Grande Ronde, and it is assured that La Grande will be virtually the northern terminus. Extensive bodies of timber he contig uous to the route. The movement - is hailed with great delight by La Grande people, -who have faith in the financial ability of the incorporators to carry out the project. It is stated by offi cials of the company that one-half the capital stock was subscribed in Port land. The movement is regarded at Dne of prime importance in the rapid development of the mineral and agri cultural resources of Eastern Oregon. Another Island Taken. Washington, Jan. 8. The United Stages navy has taken possession of another island in the East. The news of the seizure was contained in the fol' lowing dispatch: "Cavite, Jan. 8. On December 21, Wentsbaugh, commanding the Albay (a little gunboat), hoisted the flag on Sibutu island and the chief dato pro vided and raised the pole. Natives and North Borneo authorities pleased. WATSON." The island lies at the southwestern angle of the boundary line of the quad' rangle enclosing the i'mllppine group. It is probably c ntside of the line, and liescvery near the coast of Borneo, com' manding the principal channel, but is not one of the islands of the Philip pines. .The sultan of Jolo, whose group is close to this island, is believed to claim jurisdiction over it, and as his authority is recognized by the native tribes on the north coast of Borneo and vicinity, it is believed his claim ; is well founded. It was probably at his instance that the naval , officer com manding the gunboat moved. Trainmen Killed by Dynamite. Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 8. Word has reached here of the killing of four men on the Tennessee Central railroad, eight - miles from . Rock wood. They were unloading dynamite when a quan tity of it exploded. Agreed on a Judge. Washington, Jan. 8. Members of the Oregon delegation today united in unanimously recommending the ap pointment of Judge W. C. Hale, of Eu gene, Or., as district judge of Alaska, to fill the vacancy caused by the resig nation of Judge Johnson. Judge Hale was once judge of the first district of Oregon, and has strong indorsements lrom all of the circuit judges of the state, as well as the judges of the su preme court, and from prominent Re publicans. Wire Trust Advance Wages. Pittsburg, Jan. 8. The American Steel & Wire Copmany today posted notices in all of its plants notifying its employes of a . general advance in wages of 7J6 per cent, to take effect from January 1. The advance effects 80,000 employes, 10,000 of whom are in the Pittsburg district, the rest being employed in the company's works in Chicago, Cleveland and Kokomo, Ind. Irving Shaw, aged 14, of Providence, N. Y., was convicted of murdering his playmate, Jesse Blanche, and sentenced to Ufe Imprisonment. MAKES ONE'S FLESH CREEP. Wholesale Cannibalism In the Congo - Free state. . j New York, Janv 8. A special to the Times from Nashville, Tenn., says;: The Southern Presbyterian board of : mis sions in this city received letters today from Rev. L. C. Vass, and Rev H. P. Hawkins, missionaries of the church stationed at Luebe, Congo Free State, Africa, giving accounts of the burning of 14 villages and the killing of 90 more natives by state troops. .They report that some of the victims were eaten by cannibals, and that the bodies of all who were slain were mutilated their heads having been cut off. Mr. Vass was formerly of Newborn N. C, and has been engaged in mis sion work at l-iuebe since February 18, 1899. Mr. Hawkins was , formerly at Vicksburg, Miss. Mr. Vass stated that tidings of raiding by the Zappo Zaps in the Bena Kamba country having reached them, and the work of the mis sionaries being threatened, the Rev Mr. Sheppard was sent to make an in' vestigation. He went to the Zappo zaps' camp and tonnd that 14 villages had been destroyed by fire and plund ered. He saw 47 bodies lying around the camp. From three bodies the flee had been carved and eaten. The Chit said that 80 or 90 had been killed and five persons eaten by his people. - Mr. Sheppard saw 81 right hands cut off and frying over a slow fire in order to be afterward taken back to the state officers. Sixty women prisoners were confined in a pen-, and 16 had already been sent away 'prisoners. It Is said the raid was ordered because the people could not pay the exorbitant tribute demanded by the state. The mission' aries say that they reported the matter to the proper officials, and demanded the withdrawal of the troops, and that the chief instituted a counter pro seen tion on account of the charges made. The missionaries further say the Zappo Zaps are a tribe kept by the state for its protection. ,,They are sent out to collect rubber, ivory, slaves and goats as tribute from the people, and can then plunder, burn and kill for their own amusement and . gain. The mis sionaries say they are collecting evi dence about the . massacre, and - will send it to Boma and to Europe. Mr, Vass says: . "The whole couptry is pillaged and not a village left standing. The people are in the bush'; Tonight in a radius of about 75 miles there are possibly 50,000 people sleeping in the bush, un sheltered and weary, in the midst of a rainy season. " The state is a terror to every one." Executors' Big fees. Chicago, Jan. 8. Robert T. Lincoln and Norman B. Ream, executors of the estate of George M. Pullman, were today . allotted - as . compensation - for their services . the sum of $425,000, The order was entered by Judge Bat' ten, in the probate court. This is said to be the largest amount in fees ever allowed executors of any estate handled by the probate court here. . Another order was made, fixing ; the widow's award at $20,000. The final accounting of the executors of the Pull man estate is expected to be made next week. It is said that the estate, which was listed at about $8,000,000 When the will was probated, will now . figure up to nearly $14,000,000. To Send More ' Soldiers to Cape Nome Washington, Jan. 8. At the cabinet meeting today, it was definitely decid ed to send additional troops to Alaska in the spring. - The points . to which they will be sent have not been deter mined upon, except Cape Nome, where it is estimated : there will be 80,000 people as soon :. as navigation opens, This place is now without government of any kind, and some sort of a force will be necessary to protect the com munity against lawbreakers in the mad rush of people in the spring. , No Substantial Gains. London, Jan. 8. No rdecisive 1 ac tion is reported from South Africa this morning, military activity being con fined to points .of subsidiary import' ance. In the central theater of opera tions the British apparently have ' re ceived no substantia' 1 gains. The only dispatch of dramatic interest is the narrative of useless gallantry at the sortie from Mafeking, where the storm - ers threw themselves hopelessly against a strongly defended Boer work. Ore Elevator Cell. . Chicago, Jan. 8. An elevator in the furnace-room of the brass foundry , of the Illinois Steel Company's ' blanch works at Thirty-first street and Ashland avenue fell today instantly killing two workmen and injuring another so badly that he died a few minutes after being removed to the hospital.' The dead are: Joseph Middle, Ignatz Giazoak, Joseph Sock. The men were using an eleva tor used for carrying ore and blocks of iron to the upper rooms.' . When near the top the elevator cable parted and the car fell to the bottom of the shaft. Against M. S. Quay. Washington, Jan. ' 8 . The senate committee oh -privileges - and : elections today decided; by a vote of 4 to to make an adverse report upon the reso lution to seat Senator Quay. i To Enforce Payment. ' Paris, Jan. 8. The French govern ment has cabled the commandant of the naval squadron on the Atlantic to proceed immediately to Santo Do mingo. Dr. W. A. Hammond Dead. Washington, Jan. 8. Dr. William A. Hammond, formerly surgeon-gen eral of the army, died at his residence in this city tonight, from an attack of heart failure. He expired before a physician could be summoned. Ar rangements for the funeral have not yet been completed. Dr. Hammond was 71 years of age. At the time of his death he was on the rolls of - th United States army as a brigadier-gen eral on the retired list. Accident at Homestead Works. Pittsburg, Jan. 8. One man is dead and three injured as the result of an iccident at the Homestead steel works ast night. The dead man is August lerger. The injured are: John Flem ing, crushed, will die; Joseph French, crushed, will die; Joseph Cohall, arm crushed. The men were changing the rolls in the 28-inch mill when the chain with which they raised the rolls into place broke, letting the heavy mass of iron down on them. Berger was instantly killed. Fl prolonged Attack Made on British at Ladysmith. WHITE REPORTS A VICTORY British Make a Heavy Attack on Colon so Chevley Camp In the Height of Activity Hard Fighting on. London, Jan. 9. The Daily Mail has the following, dated January 6, at noon, from Frere camp: - v.. At o'clock this morning very heavy Bring began at Ladysmith. It lasted fully four hours, and must have meant either a sortie bv the British ox a determined attack on the garrison by tne uoers. --uur shells could be seen falling'" on Umbutwhna hill and the en- emy were replying. '':. . .'.': : "Besides the cannon reports,' there were sounds indicating small pieces of artillery in action. The fighting must have been at closer range than has been the case up to now. - "Our naval guns at Cheveley sent their usual fire into the Boer trenches, but there has been no further move ment here." :.. The Daily Telegraph has the follow ing from Frere camp, dated Saturday: A very heavy bombardment went on at Ladysmith from daybreak until this morning. It is believed that an engagement was" in progress, for mus ketry fire was also heard. It is possi ble the garrison was making a sortie. for the Boers at Colenso hurriedly left their trenches and rode toward Lady smith. - "Our big naval gun. at " Cheveley camp fired several rounds at the enemy as they were leaving their Colenso lines. General Buller has 'ridden on to Cheveley with his staff." ' A special dispatoh from Frere camp, dated Saturday evening, says: ' General White heliographs that he defeated the Boers this morning. They crept up so close to the defending forces that the Gordon Highlanders and the Manchester actually repulsed them at the point of the bayonet." SAFE IN MANILA. Experience of Lieutenant GlUmore With - the Tagals. , '-- ' Manila. Jan. 9. Lieutenant J. C. Gillmore, of the United States gunboat Yorktown, who was captured by the insurgents last April, near Baler, ar rived today on the steamer Venus from Vigan, province of South Ilocos, with nineteen other American ' prison ers, inoluding seven of his sailors, from the Yorktown; Lieutenant Gillmore after reporting, oame ashore and hob bled along wfith the aid of a oane, to the Hotel Oriente, where American officers and ladies were waltzing through the balls to the strains of "Agoinaldo's March." - t - ; Although tanned and ruddy from ex posure, he is weak and nervous, show ing the results of long hardships. He speaks warmly of Aguinaldo, and very bitterly against General Tino, -declar ing that while in the former's jurisdic tion he was treated splendidly, bat that after he fell into Tiao'a hands. h suffered everything. r Colonel Hare and Lieutenant-Colonel Howse, the latter of the Thirty-fourth volunteer infantry, rescued GiUmorQ'a party on December 18, near the head waters of the Abalut river," after they had been abandoned by the; riliytuoa and were expecting death Quia the sav age tribes around them. when the rescuing- reroo reachea them, they were nearly starved, bus were building rafts in the hope. ,jl gt ting down the river to the. coast, - Lieutenant Gilluiore, could uutr pee& enthusiastically enough aobnt the, 14.Q picked men. who had rescued huu &ud bia party. While they weru in 6ha hn.4a ef Tino's men he issued an Qi'doi." Uwti uy person aiding an American, by food or money should be. treated as a, ci-uu inal. . One. citizen of Vigan, Seuo? Vera, was probably killed for. UeMfettd ing them. Lieutenant Gillmor tfeolmea fc speak regarding political condit&uiSt except to say that he thought, the. tSk surrection would last m long a.4 tki'tj were any Tagals leit. Describing the flight from Beaguet. when the Americans approached, Lieu tenant Gillmore said: 'The Filipinos, completely terrified, left Benguet December 7. They hur ried the prisoners from town to to wit often retracing the trail, not knowing where the Americans ' would -attack. After being almost without food foi three days, they killed sevei al horses, and we lived on horse flesh for severr.l days. I did not have a full meal from December 7 until I reached Vigan. Indeed, the rescuing party lived large ly upon rice without salt. There was one day when I was reduced tq chev?-. ing grass and bark." . v .- i Factory Building Destroyed., New York, Jan. 9. The fire early this morning that destroyed the-:, brick factory building on East Fi(tyninth street did $100,000 oamage: . 'The building was usea in part as a storage warehouse by Bloommgdale Brothers, and they are the chief losers. Three Americans Were Killed. Manila. Jan. 9. Beconnoisances out of Imns, Cavite province this morning resulted in the loss of three Americans killed and 20 wounded. The enemy's loss is estimated at GO killed and ; 80 wounded. Colonel Birkheimer, with a hr.ttalion f the Twenty -eighth volunteer in 'antry, advanced toward Novaltea. Major Taeeart. with two battalions of the same regiment, moved toward Herer das Marinas. A part of the Fourth in fantry was engaged south of Imus. British Warships Watching, Berlin, Jan. 9. A dispatch from Vul- Rome says the British warships can, Thetis ana Astral nave receive. orders to keep watoh for a steamer whioh recently sailed from the Baltio for South Africa. It is believed she is carrying contraband of war, . ,' ' . Karl of Ava Wounded . ,. London, Jan, 9,AocosalPo to a prt yate telegram received, in. London, the Earl of Ava, the sen of the Marquis of Duff erin and Ava, was dangerously wpunded in the thigh during a, recent aIt fift Ladyejaith. " A FRIEND OF CHINA. Minister Wu Satisfied With America's imerelal Policy. - . "' Con Chicago, Jan. 10. A special to the Times-Herald from Washington says: Minister Wu Ting Fang; the representa tive of China in Washington, has been following with the closest interest the various developments in the negotiations which have been in progress , between the United States and the various gov ernments relative to the preservation of American rights in the empire of his sovereign. He is satisfied that aside from the natural desire of this govern ment to protect its trade, itihas acted as a sincere friend of his country. In speaking today of the effect of the as surances given the' United States by the several powers, he said: . China's friendship for the United States is a growth of years. Nothing has ever happened to disturb the friend ly relations of the two governments, I look upon the recent cegotiationa for the preservation of American rights in China as another move by this govern' ment which, while designed 'primarily for the protection of its own inteiests, cannot but be regarded in any other light than as another manifestation of its good will for my country. : ' There is only one ripple on the placid waters of friendship of the two countries which has in it any possi bility of lessening the cordiality that now exists. This arises from the policy now being pursued by the military au thorities in the Philippines, whioh ex- eludes Chinese subjects, and in some cases even merchants and students who belong to the excepted classes under the treaty have been refused admission, I am satisfied that when thi- country considers the benefits which'fbllow the .free admission of my countrymen into the Philippines, it will issue an order revoking the military decree which pro hibitB Chinese immigration. : ' The trade of the United States with China has increased abnormally, 40 per cent over what it was the year pre ceding. . . Its development is undoubt edly due to the friendship which exists between the two countries, and to the knowledge that the United States has none but a kindly interest in the em' pire. . Our relations with all the countries of the world are of a most peaceful char' acter. ; My government is reorganizing the army, and is employing foreign in strnctor8, and we hope to obtain a no bile army which will be able to defend the country in time of need." THE LOSS OF THE HUPEH Chinese Crew of Forty-Five Perished Were on Bafts. " San Francisco, Jan. ' 10. The story of the loss of the British steamer Hu peh, on her voyage from this city to Hong Kng, via Java, has been received in this city, and the details show' that the loss of the vessel was accompanied by a far greater loss of life than the cabled reports told of. The vessel sprung a leak after leaving Java with a cargo of sugar for Hong KongV The Chinese orew refused to work.: The ship's boats, with one exception, l were destroyed during a storm, and the crew built a number of - rafts, launching them and setting them afloat, leaving the captain and one passenger on board the sinking vessel. The Europeans oc cupied one raft and the - Chinese were divided on six or seven others. The rafts were soon surrounded by hundreds of ravenous sharks, which, in their eagerness to . get at the "ship wrecked sailors, jumped far out oi the water. ' Soon several of the Chinese rafts were overturned, and it was then that the Europeans decided to return to the vessel. The only remaining boat was repaired and launched, ' the captain taking command. f The island of Lnband, in the Philip pine group, was nnaliy made, and the natives, on learning that the mariners were British subjects, made them com' fortable and later sent them to Manila, Nothing was ever heard of the Chinese crew, numbering 45, and they must have been drowned and devoured by the pursuing sharks. REBELS IN CAVITE. Schwan and Wheaton Breaking Up? the Remaining Bands. Tv Washington, Jan. 10. The war -de part orient has received the following from General Otis: Manila. Bates is pursuing the en' emy in the south with vigor. 'Schwan's column, moving along the shore of Laguna de Bay, struck 800 insurrectos under General Noriel-at inen the 6th inst.,' and drove -tan westward on Silan. He captured the place, from which the cavalry pushed through; to Indian. Schwan captured three 06 Noriel's six pieces of artillery and will take the remainder; also, his transportation, -with records, ' and - a large quantity of ammunition. Two battalions of Twenty-eighth, part of Wheaton's column, struck the enemy near Imus yesterday, killing and wounding 140. . Birkheimer, with a battalion of the Twenty-eighth, struck the enemy en trenched ' west of Bacoor 'yesterday morning. ' The enemy left on the field 65 in dead, AO wounded and 82 rifles. Our loss thus far is Lieutenant Cheefay, Fourth infantry, and four enlisted men killed, 24 "enlisted men wounded. . "It is expected that Schwan's troops will cut off the retreat of the enemy's Cavite army." Natives Crowding Manila. V Manila, : Jan, 10. The bubemio plague is yet sporadic. There have been six cases and four deaths. Prep arations are being made to establish hospitals and quarantine. Great num bers of provincial natives are coming to Manila, with whom the city is crowded, the increase in accommoda tions being ' inadequate, and the rice necessary for foodstuffs is more ex pensive than at any period during the last 12 years. . The Samoan Treaty. Washington, Jan. 10. The senate today took up the Samoan treaty in ex ecutive session, and after having . it read from the desk, Senator Davis, chairman of the committee on foreign relations, made a brief statement ex planatory of the provisions : of the treaty. While the statement was in progress, ' Senator Pettigrew asked ' how many people the United States had bought with the islands this conn try comes into possession of by the transaction," but Davis refused to ad mit the applicability of the languagt 'to the transaction. ' ED OF y Pettigrew's Charges Against the Government. ATTITUDE TOWARD THE TAGALS Borne Sensational statements Made la the Senate-Financial Debate Post ; poned Race Question in . the South. Washington, Jan. 10. During a dis cussion today of a resolution of inquiry offered by Pettigrew, of South Dakota, some sensational statements were made in the senate regarding the attitude' of the United States toward the -Filipino insurgents. Pettigrew declared that the government had attacked, its allies, and thereby had been guilty ' of , the grossest treachery. This statement was resented warmly by Lodge of Mas sachusetts, who declared that this gov eminent had done nothing of the kind. and that, not even remotely, had it recognized the so-called government of the Filipinos. - Morgan of Alabama discussed at length the race question In the South, basing his remarks upon a resolution offered by Pritchard, Bepublican, of North Carolina. He maintained that to attempt to force the black, race into a social and political equality with the white race was only to clog the prog' ress of all mankind. . Z ; " The house today ordered twojnvesti gations as a result of resolutions intro duced by Representative Lents, of Ohio. " The first is to be an ' inyestiga tion by the committee on postoffices and postroads into the charge that two federal appointees of the president John C. Graham, of Provo City, Utah and Postmaster Orson Smith, of Logan, Utah are under indictment as polyga mists, and whether affidavits to that effect were on file at the time of : their appointment. The other is a general investigation of the military commit tee into the conduct of General' Mer riam and the United States army offi cers during the Wardner, Idaho, rioti and subsequent thereto. . WHITE HOLDS OUT. His Ammunition Is Low and the Situ ation Desperate. London, Jan. 10. General White still holds out, or did so 60 hours ago, when the Boers, ousted from their foot- hold inside the works, suspended - their assault at nightfall. ' England has taken heart. 1 -r The situation, however, is ? worse, The beleagured force must have ex pended large amounts of ammunition whioh cannot be replenished, and must have lost a number of officers and men, which is counterbalanced, so far as the garrison is concerned, by the greater loss of the Boers. 0 -- . General White still needs relief; and the - difficulties confronting General Buller are as great as before. The for mer's unadorned sentences, as read and reread, suggest eloquently the peril in which the town was for 14 houis, and how barely able his 9.000 men were to keep from being overcome. - - The chief concern for General - White is in respect oi ammunition. . Sixty- eight days ago, at the beginning of the siege. I his small ammunition was vaguely described as "plenty"."' "v His artillery then had 800 rounds per gnn Some of the batteries have been in ac tion frequently since then, and all: were probably engaged last Saturday."' His stock of shells consequently, must be low, and this will make it difficult for General White to co-operate in a move' ment by General Buller. ' , t, ; Tonng America Won the Day. " ' Chicago, Jan. 10. Little Charles Hosworth tooted a tin horn on Sunday afternoon on ' the prairie at Western and Wabansia avenues and immediate' ly 100 boys sprang "to arms" at the improvised bugle call. A great battle had been arranged and the two . armies of 60 boys each advanced toward each other in military fashion. A neighbor hood feud started the matter, and un der the, truce oi a white flag the boys had agreed to fight the "battle of San Juan hill." Many of the boys had rifles and shot guns, most of them unloaded, fortu nately. Those who could not get guns had brooms or sticks. Some . of the boys had revolvers. The two armies threw themselves upon one another with a fury little short of a real en; gagement. .While the battle raged, the patrol wagon from the police sta tion came to the scene. : Big policemen charged the combined "American" and. "Spanish" forces, and when the smoke' and dust had lifted, the fleeing forms of the youthful warriors could be seen .disappearing toward all points of the compass. On the battle-fieid, wounded and -"moaning, lay several boys. ' ''- -'- The worst injured was "Lieutenant" Harry' Johnson, 11 years old, and!:a 'Spanish" officei, who was shot in the back. ' The ' Spanish" commander. "Genernal" Artie Standt, had a bullet wound, in his left leg: Others had slighter' injuries, but none of : the boys were seriously hurt. Later the police arrested .bmu Gustafson, aged 15, who, they claimed, fired the bullets which hit the two "Spanish" officers. ; Overlap X,and Case. "". Washington, Jan. 10.' In an Opinion handed down in the United States su preme court today by Justice Harlan, the title of the Oregon & California Railroad Company to - large tracts of land in the state of Oregon was con firmed. The lands were granted to the railroad company years ago; but its claims were contested by the govern ment. -,..!.,...-., Four independent dairies in Chicago have combined to fight the milk trust. Ordered to Santo Domingo. Washington, Jan. 10. The Machias has been ordered from " San Juan to Santo Domingo. She left that place a few days ago to secure coal at San Juan, and it is deemed well to have a naval vessel on hand to protect Ameri can interests in case any trouble follows the attempt of the French naval com mander at Santo Domingo to enforce the settlement of the pending French claim of $60,000. In a mine near Butte, Mont., live hundreds of cats that have never seen the light of day. u WtLfc-KLY REVILW OF TRADE. Wind-np of Old Businiss Holding Back New Transactions. - R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly - review says: Failures in 1899 were 9,893 in number, with liabilities of $123,132, 679. The last few days of the year added a few to the nam ber, and some millions to the known liabilities of firms and banks which failed close to the end, so that commercial defaults reached $90,879,889. Most people in business have been so occupied with their accounts and the settlements of the past year that little new business baa' yet been done. No new tendency in manufactures or in trading appears, and less change than was anticipated in money markets. , There is nothing " unsound in the business of the great industries, but an extensive revision of prices may dis appoint extreme expectations. Two ways of stimulating business are adopt ed. The Iron Age notices "transac tions of magnitude in foundry iron, which indicates that some sellers are willing to make concessions to secure the trade of good customers." But the steel and wire company has advanced prices of wire nails, barbed and smooth wire 25 cents. . Wool is strongly held, though prices of a month ago cannot be otbained. Cotton does not rise further because re ceipts from plantations have somewhat increased, and accounts of large stocks at many small towns have attracted attention. - r Cotton goods are at the highest quo tation of last year, with good demand, though cotton has declined a little. Wheat moved very sluggishly, with small change in prices. In six months of the crop year about 99,000,000 bush els (flour included), have been ex ported, against 123,000,000 last year. Atlantic exports have now fallen to only 2,690,926 bushels for the week, against 5,514,240 last year, and Pacifio exports were 631,225 against 614,833 last year. - - . PACIFIO COAST, TRADE. , Seattle Markets. Onions, new, $1.00 1.25 per sack, . Potatoes, new, $1620.- Beets, per sack, 75 85c. Turnips, per sack, 60c. Carrots, per sack, 60c. Parsnips, per sack, 75 85c. Cauliflower, 75c $1 per dozen. Cabbage, native and California, 78 90o per 100 pounds. , Peaches, 65 80c. Apples, $1.25 1.60 per box. Pears, $1.001.25 per boxN Prunes, 60o per box. . Watermelons, $1.60. ' Nutmegs, 60 75o. Butter1 Creamery, 32o per pound; dairy, 17 22c; ranch, 22c per pound. ' Eggs Firm, 25 26c. P.hnnnn "Mativpi Ifin , Poultry 9 10c; dressed. 13 14c. ' Hay Puget Sound timothy, $12.00; choice Eastern .Washington timothy, $17.00 18.00 ' . . Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $23; feed meal, $23. Barley Rolled " or ground, per ton, $21; whole, $22. Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.25; blended straights, $3.00; California, $3.25; buckwheat flour, $6.00; gra ham, per barrel, $3.80; whole wheat flour, $3.00; rye flour, $3.804.00. Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $15.00; ' shorts,1 .per ton, $17.00. Feed Chopped feed, $19.50 per ton; middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal, per ton, $30.00. x- , '; j . "' Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla, . 61 52c; Valley, 52c; Bluestem, 54o per bushel. ' Flour Beet grades, $3.00; graham. $2.60; "superfine, $2.15 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 84 35c; choice gray, 84o per bushel. . - ' t. - . Barley Feed barley, $15 16.00; brewing, $18.00 18.50 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid- - dlings, $22; shorts, $18; chop, $16 per ton. . HayTimothy, $9.50 11; clover, $78; Oregon wild hay, $67 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 60 65c; seconds, 42 M 45c; dairy, 3740c store, 2686o. Eggs 20c per dozen. ; - Cheese Oregon full cream, 13c; . Young America, 14c; new cheese 10c . per pound. - . " 3.50 per dozen; hens, $4.00; springs, $2.503.50; geese, $7.00 9.00 forold; $4. 50 6. 50 for young; ducks, $4.50 per dozen; turkeys, live, 1213o per pound. Potatoes 5575oper sack; sweets. 2 2Ho per pound. Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 90c; . per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cauli flower, 76o per dozen; parsnips, $1; beans, 66o per pound; celery, 70 76o per dozen; cucumbers, 60o . per , box; peas, 84oper pound; tomatoes,. 76o per box; green corn, 12i 15o per dozen. " ' - ' - , . - Hops 8llo; 1898 crop 66p- : Wool Valley, 1218o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 8 14c; mohair, 27 80o per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewea, 83c; dressed mutton, 6 7o per pound; lambs, 7o per pound. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $&.uu; light and feeders, - $4.50; dressed, $5.506.00 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, $3.50 4.00: cows, Z33.50; dressed beet, oo Wo per pound. - v Veal Large, 67jo; small, 8 8Ho per pound." - - "San Franelseo Market. - - Wool Spring Nevada, 1215oper - pound; Eastern Oregon, 12 16c; Val ley, 20 22c; Northern, 10l2o. Heps 1899 crop, . ll12o per pound. . ' . Onions Yellow, 75 86o per sack. Bntter--Fanoy " creamery 26c; do seconds, ' 24 25c; fancy dairy, 21 23c; do seconds, 19o per pound. Eggs Store, 28 31o; fancy ranch, 89o. Millstuffs Middlings, $16.00 19.00; bran, $13 14.00. Hay Wheat $6. 50 9; wheat and oat $7.50 9.00; best barley $5.00 7.00; alfalfa, $5.00 7.50 per ton; straw. 85 45c per bale. Potatoes Early Rose, $1.00; Ore gon Burbanks, tsoc(gi.iu; river uur banks, 45 75c; Salinas Burbanks, $1.00 1.25 per sack. Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia, $2.753.25; Mexican limes, $4.00 .00; California lemons 75c$1.60; do choice $1.75 2.00 per box. Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.60 60 per bunch; pineapples, nom inal; Persian dates, 66io per pound.