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.