VINTON Entab. July, 1897.
GAZETTE Katab. Dec, I860.
j Consolidated Feb. 1899.
COEVAIiMS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1300.
VOL. XXX VII. NO. 4.
I MS OF I IfX1
From. All Parts of the New
World and the Old.
OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happening; of the Past Week
Culled From the Telegraph Columns.
William Jackson, the scout, is dead.
' The United Verde mine was sold foi
$500,000. :,
British authorities have released tht
German steamer Herzog.
Two white men were shot and two
negroes were lynched at Ripley,. Term.
Premier McDonald takes the attor-
. i r . 1 ! i i
ney-generaisnip 01 , me new luauituua
: cabinet. ' ."
A British flag and ' portrait of the
qneen were trampled under foot in a
Victoria saloon. 4
President Hill, of the Great North
ern, regards the ship subsidy bill as a
national scandal.
Lord Balfour in a speech denied that
the Inst ior gold is the incentive to Eng
land in the Tranvaal war. -,
' Snit has been begun in the United
States supreme court to test the valid
ity of the Bland-Allison act.
Governor Brady and. the' Cape Nome
delegation have appeared .before the
house committee on public lands. '
The president has recommended the
promotion of Howison, Kautz, Remeny
and Farquhar to be rear admirals.
The United States . cruiser . Albany,
purchased : from , Brazil, ' developed a
speed of 20.87 knots during a .builders'
trial run. v ' : , -
' England will release seized Ameri
can flour. Foodstuffs are not consid
ered contraband of war unless intended
for the enemy. , .
Barnat Grinberg, formerly a well
known Jewish business man of Seattle,
has been arrested in Tarnapoli, Ga
licia, Austria, on a charge ' of buying
girls for export from Austria to the
Secretary Gage gives as his reasons
for his recent action in utilizing - na
tional banks as deDositories for national
treasury notes that thereby he prevent
ed a disturbance in the business world.
He denies that he has discriminated
in favor of any bank.
A London dispatch says the - long
pent-up storm is now bursting over the
heads of home government officials.
It says that if parliament were in ses
sion, it is doubtful if they could retain,
power, and only a remarkable change
in the situation can save them when
the next session convenes. ,
Senator Hoar has made public a let
ter he had addressed to a cumber of
Eastern papers in reply to ft speech
made by ex-representative Quigg, of
the Essex Club. In it he says that
Aguinaldo is honest, and that the war
was caused by a mistake made by Gen
eral Otis; that the Americans were the
aggressors and Aguinaldo ' wanted
peace. '- V ' .
A pro-Boer meeting was held in
Seattle. . . . '' , .-
English parliament may be convened
before the end of the month. - '
Frenchmen are opposed to the
new
treaty with America.
A Missouri lodge of Hibernians de
cided that it would not help the Boers.
The Chicago baseball club will make
its spring training quarters at Los An
geles. - : . -; .- .',
An Ontario (Or.) man has a scheme
for using the natural steam , of hot
wells.
The Pacific coast has sent forward
over 10,000 to the Lawton fund, and
more will be sent.
The Boers have refused to allow the
American consul at Pretoria to act as
British representative.
The secretary of war has asked for
$750,000 for expenses in ; sending the
Spanish prisoners home from .Manila.
California wants foreign countries
forced to reduce the duties on canned
goods through reciprocity treaties.
The shipbuilding trust has not yet
been organized. -The amount of 'capi
talization is not yet determined upon.
The Big Four railroad will resume
payment of common stook dividends
and will take over the Cheaaneaka &
Ohio.
Uncle Sam will press her claim
against Santo Domingo. France got
her money and now demands an
apology. . '
The Boers in a spirit of humor have
named three prison streets in Pretoria
"Ladysmith," "Mafeking" and "Kim
berley." .
England cannot understand why
Buller's forces did not press a passage
on the Tngela while White was engag
ing the Boers to the North.
At Battle Creek, Mich., the body of
Sherman Church, a miller, was found
wedged under a water wheel. The
hands were tied and a weight listened
to the leg.
John Boston, a negro, of Russell
county, Ala., connoted of chicken
setaling has been pardoned by Governor
Johnston on condition that "for twelve
months he shall not buy, steal or eat
another chicken, or any part thereof."
A lady in Baltimore was so attracted
to a pet monkey that when it shuffled
off this mortal coil she gave a bang-up
funeral. There were six pall-bearers,
four carriages for the mourners, and
several floral designs, one of them be
ing an "empty chair."
A new cure for rheumatism has been
discovered in New South Wales. It is
called the whale bath'. The treatment
consists in depositing the patient in the
body of a dead whale. Almost invari
ably the patient is able to climb right
out unassisted. That remarkable cures
are reported is not surprising.
Lawrence E. Brooke, who four yean
ago worked as a laborer in a vineyard
at Fresno, Cal., for $1.50 a day, went
to the Klondike in 1896, and there, by
lucky mining, has made a fortune
amounting to over $300,000. He late
ly visited his old home and birthplace)
in Savannah, N. Y, w
LATER NEWS.
The bombardment of Mafeking was
renewed Friday morning.
Many Boers are believed to be trek
king northward from Ladysmith.
The national convention of United
Mine Workers opened at Indianapolis.
When Bryan visits New York he will
be entertained exclusively by Tam
many.
For the first time in history grocery
stores and meat shops closed in Chicago
on Sunday.
General Wood has crossed Orange
river and established the first British
post in the enemy's country.
A determined woman and a huge
bread knife kept a mob at bay in Chi
cago until assistance arrived.
Sir Wilfred Laurier says that Can
ada will give England both men and
money to help her in the present strife.
Summer resorts of Rockaway beach
and Jamaica bay, New York, may have
to move on account of threatening
waves. "
Wheaton and Schwan's troops are
keeping the rebels of Southern Luzon
moving. Americans have few losses,
but the rebel losses are heavy.
The trans-Atlantic steamship lines
have increased their passenger rates be'
tween New .York- and - Europe, owing
to the heavy travel expected to the Paris
exposition. .
John P. Reese, under arrest in Fort
Scott, Kan., has been released by
Jugde Thayer's order. Reese was being
held for contempt of court for address
ing striking miners.
The Servian ministry has resigned.
owing to King Alexander insisting on
granting amnesty to all the political
prisoners convicted of high treason
against his father, King Milan.
A circular, appealing for peace and
pledging for the Boers, signed by 400
clergymen of all denominations in the
Netherlands, has jnst been' delivered to
the ministers of all Christian churches
in Great Britain. -.-,'..
The suit for the prize money for the
destruction of Cervera's fleet involves
the question of whether or ' not the
cruiser New York really .participated
in the battle. The attorney-general
avers that as all the Spanish fleet and
property were destroyed they were not
prizes. w '
The urgent deficiency appropriation
bill, the first of the important bills for
the government, reported to the house
by Chairman Cannon, carries $56,127,'
841, of which $47,603,332 is reappro
priated for the military and naval es
tablishments, and $8,825,500 for dis
trict appropriations.
The Boers have looted all the stores
and mines in Swaziland. -. . '
,' Two cases of bubonic plague are re
ported from South Australia.
Londoners are still complaining over
the rigid censorship of war news. '.
Carter Harrison has refused to accept
the candidacy for governor .of Illinois,
? The rodmill workers at Cleveland,
O., will strike, involving 4,000 work
men.
General George Sharpe, a veteran of
the civil war, is dead at Kingston,
N. Y. ; , :
. Dutch colonials taken in arms are
not treated as war prisoners, but are
being prosecuted for treason. :
The latest official report upon the
foreign commerce of China shows . a
great increase both in its imports and
exports. ; ' ?' -
The uree Indians of Canada may
take the warpath and strike a blow at
Great Britain, now that the British
are busy. ;
Frederick D. Bonfils, one of the pro
prietors of the Denver Post, was shot
and mortally wounded by a lawyer of
that city.
French warships have taken posses
sion of Kwong Chan Wan bay, where
a boundary dispute has been pending
for several months. v
The wreck in St. Mary's bay, N. F.,
is still unidentified, although it is be
lieved to be the Helgoland, which was
under charter by the Standard Oil
Company. Ten bodies have been lo
cated among the rocks. - ' . -
A lone robber held up two restau
rants in the midst of Kansas City at 6
in the morning. Both jobs were ac
complished in less than five minutes,
and the robber escaped, the gaping
people making no resistance.
Mrs. C. M. Foote, of Los Angeles,
Cal., aged 73, died suddenly . on the
north-bound Oregon express between
Gazelle and Montague, in the Siski-
yous. sne was accompanying tne re
mains of her late husband to Seattle
for burial. ,
John Barrett, ex-minister' to Siam,
in a public address in Chicago, said
that Senator Hoar's speech, which
was cabled to Hong Kong, and subse
quently put into hands of the Filipinos,
caused the open insurrection in the
Philippines.
Mrs. Christina Ilirth, of East St.
Louis, emerged from a trance to find
herself under process of being em
balmed and prepared for the grave. A
movement of the eyelid saved the
woman from death at the hands of the
undertaker or from burial alive. -
From the stomach of a woman who
died in Indiana, a short time since, the
handles of sx silver teaspoons were
taken, and now the stomach of a dead
child at Lebanon has turned out several
silver coins.
Toothache troubled a cat belonging
to James Dever, of Norristown, Pa. A
dentist extracted all her teeth and
fitted an artificial set in her jaws.
Every night, before retiring, she runs
to her master to have her teeth re
moved. William L. Decker, of Greenwich,
Conn., is certainly an unusual man.
He purchased a fine residence property
there upon which was located a $5,000
home. It was his intention to build a
$25,000 home and to move the house,
bnt he found ' that the old structure
could not be moved without cutting
down beautiful shade trees that adoin
the place. He sacrificed the value of
the house rather than the trees, and
had it torn to pieces and , removed
piecemeal. In these days of merciless
destruction of natures' beauty it is
pleasing to see that some people have a
little respect for it.
Getting' Around the Intrench
ments of the Boers.
NEARER THE BELEAGURED TOWN
Important Operations In Pro"reB la
Natal General White's Situation Be
comes Serious Scenes of Patriotism.
London, Jan. 15. General Buller's
8 words, announcing bis forward
movement Thursday, is interpreted as
meaning that he has passed, around the
western end of the Boer lines at Colen
so and is now several miles behind
them and within 14 miles of General
White's outposts at Ladysmith.
The Boer forces a few days ago had
forces with gunp at Springfield, where
General Buller dates his -dispatch.
These commandos have been obviously
dislodged, either by fighting or by ma
neuvering, the Boers retiring across the
Tmgela as General Buller advances.
From -General Buller's dispatch,
coupled with the fact that unofficial
intelligence from the seat of war has
virtually ceased since Monday, the de
duction is drawn that important opera
tions are in progress, as he cannot
move far without going . agairt the
Boer entrenchments.
The death list from enteric fever and
dysentery at Ladysmith, averaging
from 8 to 10 daily, is considered mow
serious than the 420 casualties of Satur
day's fight, as they indicate the fright
fully unsanitary condition of the be
leagured town. ' A letter from Ladysmith,-
dated December 7, says that
even then go out of 540 men in the bat
talion of which the writer is a member
were sick with ' dysentery or enteric
fever, and, according to a dispatch to
the Daily Chronicle, dated January 8,
the patients and attendants in Tombi
camp, where the hospital is, then num
bered 2,800. 1
Remarkable scenes of patriotism
were witnessed in London last evening
after a short service held for the volun
teers in St. Paul's cathedral. The vast
audience was slow to disperse. Ladies
stood up on their chairs beckoning and
calling to brothers, sons and friends in
the ranks,' the latter signalling back.
A seen of great animation ensued.
The organist introduced a , few bars of
the naional anthem in concluding the
voluntary. The effect of this
magical. First the volunteers
then the congregation ( (took up
strains, and the vast cathedral
filled with enthusiastic song,
demonstrations were renewed by
was
and
the
was
The
im-
mense crowds outside. St. Paul's
churchyard and Ludagte hill were
black with people, and it was impossi
ble for the volunteers to march. Indi
vidual members were pulled out of the
ranks by their friends and admirers,
who raised them on their shoulders,
and thus ... carried them down , Fleet
street to the Temple. Those, who es
caped hoisting proceeded slowly,, sur
rounded by clinging women. -. After
ward at the various theaters, where the
men were entertained, and yet later,
on returning to barracks, these scenes
were renewed, and the streets were
filled until midnight with' cheering
people. . -
, A MYSTERIOUS WRECK.
Name of the Steamer tost In St. Mary's
Bay Still Unknown.
St. Johns, N. F., Jan. 15. The fol
lowing comprise all the details regard
ing the wreck in St. Mary's bay that
could be obtained up to midnight:
The ship is a two-masted steamer of
nearly 3,000 tons, and probably carried
a crew of 60, with possibly some pas
sengers. She went ashore before day
break Thursday, striking a ledge at the
iooi oi we ciin, wnere escape was
hopeless. : The crew launched the
boats, but probably during the panio
some were crushed against her side,
others being swamped, all the occu
pants apparently perishing.
The ship was seen to be on fire by
residents sfe miles away. Attracted to
the scene, they found the after-half of
the wreck blazing fiercely, and the fore
part tinder water. Kerosene in the
cargo helped the blaze.
At tnat time only tnree men. were
left n board. Two were on the bridge
and one was in the rigging. Those on
the bridge were safe until about -2 P.
M., when they were washed overboard
and drowned, the bridge being carried
away. The survivor soon after left the
rigging, swam to the rocks, and twice
endeavored to get a footing. . Failing
in this, he made his way back to the
rigging, where he died of exposure dur
ing tne mgnt.
Many dead bodies are visible tossing
in the surf. Two of them, thrown up
in a cove, cannot be reached, owing to
tne Heavy sea. One is thought to be
that of a woman. Boats and other
wreckage are thrown out among the
rocks for miles.
Automobiles In New York. . "
New York. Jan. 15. A nwentlv nr.
ganized company will put into publio
service in the streets of this city next
week 200 automobile carriages and 100
automobile omnibuses. The charge
for cabs will be 25 cents a mile and
75 cents an hour.
Indiana Bank Robbed.
Princeton, Ind., Jan. 15. Robbers
blew open the safe and vault in the
banking house of McGinnis, Teel &
Co., at Owensville, this county, early
this morning and secured $15,000, the
total currency in the bank. The money
was placed on a handcar on the Evans
ville & Terre Haute road and run to
Poseyville, 12 miles southeast. Here
the handcar was left, and the monev
was removed to a vehicle. The rob
bers then crossed the Wabash river to
the Illinois side and escaped.
Will Sell Globe Bank Collateral.
Boston. Jan. 15. At a. moetino f
the Boston Clearing-House
today it was voted to sell thn nnUafnmi
held as security for the $3,500,000 in
clearing-nouse certificates issued to the
Globe National bank before its col
lapse. . The Lawton Fund.
Washington. Jan. 15. Gennra.1 On-.
bin announced todav that tha anhnrtn.
tions to the Lawton fund had reached
the handsome fisrure of 280.101. S8 wi
having been received since the last
report,
VOTES HIGH IN MONTANA
Witness Wanted S20.0O0 to Tote for
Clark and Was ottered 916,000.
Washington, Jan. 15. Dr. Ector,
dentist of Missoula, Mont., was the
first witness before the Clark investi
gating committee .today. He had par'
ticipated in the campaign in Ravalli
county in the interest of E. P. Woods,
Democratic candidate for the legislat
ture, and who was a friend of Clarks
Ector said he had acted at the instance
of Bickford, one of Clark's managers
Witness said Bickford had promised to
pay him for his services, but no spe
cifio sum had been mentioned. A
number of letters were read intending
to show that Bickford had ' been an
agent of Clark in the senatorial race.
Cross-examination of the witness was
postponed until the. defense could look
up the letters received from Ector.
Representative Sullivan, -member oi
Montana legislature ' from Granite
county, certmea to Having been . ap
proached by Bickford in Helena pre
vious to the meeting of the legislature
and asked to vote for Clark.
"I said," the witness testified, "that
I might do so if there was . enough
in it. He said how much. I said
twenty thousand. He then asked me
if half that amount would not be
enough. I replied no, and we parted.
Sullivan said he met Bickford, .who
suggested fifteen thousand.. Witness
told Bickford he would not vote for
Clark under any circumstances, and
had seen no more of him.
THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION
Report Will Probably Be Beady Be
fore February 1.. '
New York, Jan. 15. A special to
the Times frjm' Washington says:
About the last of January the Philip
pine commission will submit their full
report to the president. President
Schurman Was at the : White House
Thursday to announce that ,. progress
was being made, and that before Feb
ruary the work of. the commission will
be completed. The report made in
September was a general one, in which
all the commissioners joined. In the
full report each commissioner will deal
with a separate subject. That of Pres
ident Schurman is on government for
the Philippines. He has considered
the matter fully and has discussed his
report with the president. It , is as
sumed that such practical points" as he
may offer will be brought to the atten
tion of the appropriate committees of
the senate and the house.
As to the question of again sending
a commission to the Philippines, it has
been suggested in congress by both sen
atora and representatives that a ' joint
commission of - members might be
named for that purpose. It would be
very popular and 'also very expensive,
but it is insisted that it would be s
better way of preparing congress for
legislative action than the plan of mak
ing up a commission outside of con
gress and expecting members of both
houses to read their report after it had
been made in order that it may become
informed.; It is. said . that . a special
committee of members well-known
would be more interesting and impres'
sive. - - - - .; i
France Will Be Monarchy Again.
Chicago, Jan. ' 15. Count de la
Chasney, who was married in Colorado
Springs two days ago,' and who passed
through Chicago last night on his way
to Paris, ; believes eventually France
will have again a monarchial form of
government.
"Nothing will be done in a political
way to reorganize the present govern
ment," he said, "until after the Paris
exposition. - That is practically a mat
ter of agreement among the high states
men. But France is near a change.
The Fashoda incident and the Dreyfus
affair added much to the general dis
content among the masses. - At the
proper time the man to lead the royal
ist party will be found. It is not un
likely that Prince Louis Napoleon, now
a colonel in the Russian army, will be
the one chosen."
Plague Cases at Honolulu.
Washington. Jan. 15. The state
department has been informed by Mr,
Heywood, United States agent at Hono
lulu, under date of January 1, that
eight deaths have occurred from the
bubonic plague at Honolulu since - the
last telegraphic report, December :
last, which announced three deaths
from the cause of the plague. Dr.
Heywood also state's that the entire
city of Honolulu is quarantined.
Venezuela Finances Improve.
Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. i5. The
financial crisis is ended. The diffi
cultybetween tlie government and the
bank has been amicably settled, and
publio confidence is restored.
India Will Buy Silver. ..
London, Jan. 15. Renewed buying
of silver by the Indian government, the
Statist says, cannot be much longer de
layed in consequence of-rupee coinage
requirements, and this will lead doubt
less to a marked improvement in ' the
price of silver.
Portland Carriers Will Register Hail.
Washington, Jan. 13. The plan of
having mail registered bv carriers when
collected will be put impractical opera
tion January 15 in 60 cities. Among
the cities chosen are St. Louis, Denver
and Portland, Or. The service will be
inaugurated elsewhere when consid
ered beneficial, upon the applications
of the local officials.
Great Northern Will Go to Colorado.
Sioux City, Iowa, Jan. 15. Colonel
W. P. Clough, vice-president of the
Great Northern, has definitely admit
ted that system's intention to build
to Omaha and Denver. It is under
stood, however, that the terminals
here owned by the Sioux City Terminal
Railway & Warehouse Company will
first be required, at a price of approxi
mately $400,000, or permanently
leased before the extension movement
begins. - v
British Columbia Offer Accepted.
Victoria, B. C, Jan. 15. The Ca
nadian government has accepted Brit
ish Columbia's offer of a company of
mounted scouts for South African ser
vice.
Glllmore Assigned to Duty. .
Washington, Jan. 15. Lieutenant
Glllmore, formerly of the Yoxktown,
and for many months a prisoner in the
hands of the Tagals, has been assigned
to temporary duty on the Glacier. -
New York will require over $1,000,-
000 to perpetuate the Dewe arch.
BSE OF OUR EXPORTS
How Our Trade Has Grown
in Past Five Years.
NATIONS WHO BUY OUR GOODS
United Kingdom and Its Dependencies
by Far tho Best Customer, and Ger
many and France Come Next.
Washington, Jan. 16. Frank H
Hi ten cock, chief of the foreign mar
kets division of the agricultural depart
ment, has prepared an interesting col
lation of figures showing for the first
time the respective amounts : of our
agricultural exports which go to the
several countries of Europe and of the
other continents. The period covered
is J 894 to 1893. The statements rhows
that the agricultural products exported
from the United State in. the five years
had an average annual value of $663,
538,201. Of theso enormous exports.
about 60 per cent found a market' in
the United Kingdom and its various
dependencies. . The sum- paid by the
British people for the American farm
products purchased during the period
mentioned reached an high as $403,
953.954 a year. Great Britain alone
took more than one-half of onr-ngricul
tnral exports, tho consignments cred
ited to that ocuntry forming about 65
per cent of the total shipments and
having an annual valu of $362,407,
701. - . -k : . '
Germany, whioh ranks next trv the
United Kingdom ns a mr.rket for the
products of American agriculture, . re
ceived about 16 per cent of tho exports
for 1894-98, the average yearly 'value
amounting to $36,320,254.
: l-Tance, witn purchase that aver
aged $43,988,791 a year, or about 6.6
per cent of the total, was the third
country in importance). These three
countries the United Kingdom, Ger
many and France received together
uearly 75 per cent of tho total agricul
tural exports.
- After the three countries just men
tioned. The Netherlands, Belgium,
Canada, Italy and Spain afforded the
most important markets. The Nether
lands bought 4.3 per cent of the total;
Belgium, 8.6 per cent; Canada, 8.5 per
cent; Italy, 2.2 per cent; and Spain,
1.5 per cent. The average valuo of the
exports to these countries. 7 1
CROSSED FREE STATE BORDER.
Reports
of Froeeedlnct in tho Modder
River Country.
Modder River, Thursday. General
Babington, with two reigments oi
Lancers, the Victorian mounted rifles
and a battery of horse artillery, ' left
here on the evening of January 7 (Sun
day) and crossed the Fx 00 State border
on Tuesdav.
Simultaneously other - movements
were made. ' A column under Colonel
Pitcher went from Belmont to the
south of General Babincton's . route,
while a portion of the garrisons of
Klokfontein and Honey Nest kloof, nn-
der Major Byrne, advanoed towards
Jacobsdal. General Babington pene
trated 12 miles and his scouts 30.
They saw no signs of armed Boers. The
farmhouses were found empty, the - 00-
cupants having had news of the ad-
vanco and gone further into ' the inter
rior. The British bivouacked at Ram
don. They burned three farmhouses.
the property of Lubbe. one of the Boer
leaders. Yesterday they swept around
southward, returning here today.
Nothing was . accomplished except
reconnoisance.
Colonel Pitcher camo into touch
with General Babington and then re'
turned to Belmont.
Major Byrne reconnoitered the hills
about four miles from Jacobsdal and
saw 700 Boers.
Boers Near the Sen
Durban, Natal, Jan. 10. There is a
Boer -commando in the Zambaans
country, Zululand, within a day's
march of the sea, with wagons. It is
believed to be waiting for supplies and
ammunition secretly landed near St.
Lucia's bay.
The Boers have looted all . the stores
and mines in Swaziland territory, and
the ruined natives are completing the
destruction. ' ' - . .
Beyond the Xugela. Y
London, Jan.' 18. A special dispatch
from Cape Town, dated Friday, Jan
uary 12 (evening), announces that Gen
eral Warren : has crossed the Tugela
river. ;r :
Great Battle Imminent.
Boer , Headquarters . at Colenso,
Thursday Everything points to a great
battle within the next few days, Lady
smith for the last two nights has been
firing rockets. The object is not known
here. . '. :'
, Plghtlng In Cebn.
Manila, . Jan. . 16. Advices from'
Cebu report a sharp fight January 8
between a battalion of the - Nineteenth
infantry and a body of insurgents oc
cupying a strong position in the Soud
lon mountains. The enemyV.was
routed, the Americans capturing a
smooth-bore cannon, some rifles, and
destroying the fortifications. Four
Americans were wounded. " -
Rumor of Ladysmlth's Relief.
Durban, Friday The entire absence
of news from Cheveley or Frere camp
continues, bnt there is a persistent
rumor here that Ladysmith has been
relieved. -
Exportation of Aelds Prohibited.
London, Jan. 15. The Gazette to
day proclaims the prohibition of the
exportation from the United Kingdom
and the carrying coastwise of a variety
of acids capable of being converted
into military stores.
Senator Boar Takes No Notice of It.
Washington, Jan. 18. Senatoi Hoar
might declined to take any notice of
ie statements attributed to Mr. Bar
rett, ex-minister to Siam, in an address
on the Philippine question. The sena
tor said that General Otis' reports gave
the fullest account of the events thai
led to hostilities, and that he expeots.
as he has already given notice, to deal
with the whole matter in the senate.
Paris, Jan. 15. Spotted Tall, the
well-known Sioux chief, died of heart
disease yesterday. He was 89 yean oi
g . -' '
BOOM TIMES COMING.
Vancouver Soon to Have a New
way to Portland.
Rail
Vancouver, Wash., Jan. 17. It has
been reported in Vancouver that the
mortgage held by the Portland Loan &
lTust Company against the Portland.
Vancouver & Yakima Railway Com'
pany has been re-leased by a well-
known transcontinental line, and that
the latter road will push the construc
tion work from the present terminus of
the road to North Yakima, and from
Vancouver to Portland.
It has also been asserted, by people
who are in a position to know, that
the Portland, Vancouver & Yakima
Railroad Company has "jumped" - the
old bridge pier in the Columbia river
opposite the lower end of Vancouver,
Nobody has ' claimed ownership to the
pier for the past ten years, and
quantity of material which was on the
bank when construction work ceased
was sold for taxes. -
The old bridge' pier in the Columbia
river was built in boom times by the
Union; Pacific Railroad Company
During the years of 1889-90 that line
established a grade from Puget sound to
Vancouver via Kelso and Ridgefield
It was the intention to bridge the Co
lumbia river at Vancouver, and to enter
Portland from the north. The draw
pier was built at a cost of $250,000
When construction work ceased there
was about $50,000 worth of bridge ma
teiial on the bank.
Construction work along the entire
line ceased suddenly, and there was a
large number of labor claims unsatis
fled. For some time a watchman was
kept on the bridge pier. It was his
duty to hang a bright light on each end
of the draw rest every night. He
worked several months, but was unable
to collect his salary. No one seemed
to know who owed him money or who
hired him. He attached some of the
material, which was sold to satisfy the
claim. Since that time no one has
claimed ownership of the structure
If the report that the Portland, Van
couyver & Yakima Railway Company
has taken possession of the pier, and
that the mortgage, which has been
hanging over the road for so long, has
been released proved true, the dream
of the residents of Vancouver and Clark
county will .be realized. , A bridge
across the Columbia river, with rapid
transit between this place and Portland
and direct communication with all por
tions of the country by means of a
transcontinental line, will put Vancou
ver far ahead of the position it occupied
in the boom days between 1888. and
1892.
REPLY TO PETTIGREW.
Wolcott's Scathing Arraignment
of
South Dakota Senator. .
Washington, Jan. 17. A spirited
debate on the Philippine question occu
pied the attention of the senate for
nearly three hours today. Berry, of
Arkansas, first addressed the senate in
support of the resolution recently intro
duced by Bacon, of Georgia, regarding
the disposition of the Philippines. - He
was followed - by Pettigrew, of South
Dakota, in support of his resolution of
inquiry. Pettigrew was very bitter
in his attack upon the administration
Woloott, of Colorado, replied to Pet
tigrew, scathingly arraigning the South
Dakota senator for the attitude he had
assumed on the Philippine question
He declared his belief that if Agui
naldo himself occupied the seat in the
senate occupied by Pettigrew, repre
senting the people of South Dakota,
who had sent their sons as soldiers to
the Philippines, he would be too patri
otic, too devoted to the interests of the
country to assume the attitude assumed
by the present South Dakota senator.
Today's session of the house was de
voted to consideration of District of
Columbia business. Representative
June w. uayie, ot Kentucky, was
sworn in, and Cannon reported the
urgent deficiency bill, with a notice
tnat ne wouia asK tnat it be taken up
tomorrow.
Rebels on the Run.
Manila, Jan. 17. Part of General
John C. Bates' troops are operating
about Lake Taal. . The insurgents con
tinue to retreat south.
Colonel Hayes, with the Fourth cav
alry, is supposed to have reached Lipa,
where many Spanish prisoners are held.
Colonel Anderson, with the Thirty
eighth infantry, took Talisay, on the
north shore of the lake, with but little
opposition. Major (jneatnam, witn a
battalion of the Thirty-seventh, on his
way to San Pablo, dispersed 400 insur
gents, whom the cavalry are pursuing
toward Alaminos.
A troop of the Third cavalry lost
two men killed and three wounded in
an engagement with the insurgents
near San Fernando de la Union, Janu
ary f
Kruger's Proclamations. '
.London, Jan. 17. A dispatch to the
Daily Mail, dated January 15, from
Lorenzo Marques, say 8:
President Kruger has issued a proc
lamation ordering all burghers to th 3
front. The Volks Stem, the Transvaal
official organ, suggests that the moment
the British cross the border, the gold
industry should be irretrievably de
stroyed. "t resident Krueer issued a circular
to Boer commandants and burghers,
urging them to show more energy in
the Transvaal cause. He quotes psalm
xxii:7, as God-given instructions to the
burghers, and says that the British
have fixed their faith in psalm lxxxiii.
He also quotes psalm lxxxix:13-14, and
asserts that he has searched the Bible
without being able to find any othef
mode that can be ' followed - by the
Boers, who must fight 'in the name of
the Lord. ' ' -
'Commandeering is progressing bus
ily at Pretoria, where the town guard
is exchanging Mausers for Martinis, as
the former are badly needed at the
front.
It is said that there are nearly
8,000 British prisoners in Pretoria."
Japenese Will Train Chinese.
Peking, Jan. 17. A significant sien
of the part Japan hopes. to play in the
future of China is that the Japanese
government has definitely offered to
establish a military academy at Peking
to educate Chinese under Japan offi
cials. It is said China is favorably im
pressed toward this proposition.
A. Blanchard, aged 65, his wife.
ged 43, and a boarder named William
Money, aged 58, were burned to death
in their home near Merrimac, . N. . H.
The cause of the fire is unknown, '
TO THE RELIEF OF LADYSMITH
Two British Columns March
ing Around the Boers.
WITH COMMISSARIAT STORES
One to the East, the Other to the West
of the Main ' Dutch Position every
thing Quiet at Sterkstrom.
London, Jan. 17. General Buller
latest authentic word as to what he
and his 80,000 men are doing was
wired ' from Springfield after ' his first
forward step. Striving to think out
the unknown, London is confused by
surmise and rumor and disquieting
suspense. ' ' . f.
Spenser Wilkinson, the military ex
pert of the Morning Post, asserts that
the Boer force in Northern Natal la
larger than General Buller's and Sir
George White's together, so that the
Boers are able to leave a force around
Ladysmith larger than that within the
town, and yet to ' oppose General Bnl
ler with a force superior to bis own,
The Standard gives prominence to
the following dispatch, - dated January
18, from Durban: ' '
"A man who has just arrived here
from Springfield says that a British
column proceeding to the relief of
Ladysmith has crossed the Little
Tugela. When he left it was faoing
the Boer position on the Big Tugela,
and a howitzer was shelling the Boer
trenches. . He says also that 270 wag
ons laden with commissariat . stores for
Ladysmith had left Frere, and it -was
expected that the column would' join
hands with General White Monday
evening. : ; ; ." ' '"".'
The traction engines have been do
ing excellent work in hauling heavy
wagons out of boles and swamps. This
they accomplish with the greatest
ease. -
"British patrols have discovered .par
ties of Boers in the direction of Rpners-
dale, between Frere and Estcourt."
A dispatch from Cape Town,- dated
January 15, says: ; ; .;:
'There s good reason to believe that
the statement that Sir Charles Warren
with 11, 000 ' men, has ' gone toward
Weenan is correct, and we may expect
important-news shortly. .: -
Reports have been received here
that dysentery is very life in Lady
smith.. ' " r. - v, .. - -
"Everything is phenomenally quiet
at Sterkstrom."
Reports from the Boer camps affirm
that the circle of investment -has been
drawn closer by the occupation of some
hills nearer the town, thus liberating
reinforcements to oppose General Bui
ler. , ...
The Daily News suggests that a mul
titude of the rumors that originate, in
South Africa and London . are given
currency by the English military; au
thorities in order to mislead the; Boers.
The war pages of the great dailies
this morning are almost barren. Never
theless, the instruments on . the loops
connecting the war office with the ca
bles continue to click. ' . p s 1
PLAGUE AT HONOLULU.
Twenty-Two Cases Up to Date, One a
.European.
Honolulu, Jan. 17. Since the 1st
inst., nine cases of plague have, devel
oped, making 22 cases to date. The
board of health has adopted heroic
measures, and it is believed : tne work
now in progress will stamp out the
soourge in a short time. Thus far but
one European has been attacked. This
case was that of Ethel Johnson, a Nor
wegian girl, aged 14 years. The other
21 cases are divided as follows! Chi
nese, 10; Japanese, 2; Hawaiian, 0;
South Sea islander, 1.
The 3d inst. the board of health de
clared the entire judicial district of
Honolulu under quarantine. ' The
council of state has appropriated $273,
000 for which to fight the plague and
place the city in a proper sanitary con
dition. , ... ...
The bubonio plague appears to : be
spreading in Japan. Even mail cannot
come trom tnere while tne present
rules are enforced, and the island
steamship companies will suffer heav
ily. The Ke Au Hon arrived this
morning from the island without hav
ing been able to approach any wharf.
There were deputy sheriffs' with shot
guns at every landing place, and they
shouted the order to keep away; :: The
result was that the steamer returned to
Honolulu absolutely empty. ' '
Leung Chi Tso, the Chinese reformer,
is now in Honolulu. The Chinese con
sul has written to the government pro
testing against Leung being allowed to
remain here. . v : : u .
French Guns for the Boers.
London, Jan. 17. The Daily Mail
publishes the following from a special
correspondent at Le Creusot, France:
"After two days' inquiry, I do not
hesitate to assert that the Schneider
company is not only working night and
day in the manufacture of guns and
ammunition for the Boers, but' that it
has already paoked, ready for shipment
the Transvaal, six heavy guns of
large caliber. The workmen told me
that ere long 30 additional guns would
be dispatched to the Boers." :
" The Grip In Spain. . v
Barcelona, Jan. 17. An epidemio of
grip has seized the town and mortality
has increased. Half the population is
bedfast and . in the stores and work
shops only one-fourth of the usual num
ber of employes are working. ; ;
Perished In a Fire. .
New York, Jan. 16. Three people,
mother and -two children,: were
burned to death in a fire tonight in a
two-story dwelling on Pine street. -
Blast Hung Fire and Killed Two Men.
Butte, Mont., Jan. 16. Joe Melivich
and Joseph Maxwell, working 'in the
Colusa-Parrott mine,' were instantly
killed at an early hour this morning by
the explosion of a blast that had hung
fire. J. J. Riley and Eli Polivich,
who were working with the unfortu
nate men escaped miraculously without
sera ten. The lour men were work
ing in a drift on the 1400-foot level.
and had fired a round of holes. They
supposed all . had gone off, and' re
turned to the drift to clean up the de
bris, when a "missed hole" went off.
DEMAND IS QUIET.
lrioes, However, Contlnne Steady
la
Nearly AU Lines of Trade.
Bradstreet's says: Quietness as to
demand but marked steadiness as to
prices is still the leading feature in
trade lines, a condition it might be re
maked not uncommon at this stage of
the year, which is a sort of middle
ground between stock-taking and in
ventory time and the actual opening of
the spring season.
Aggressive strength in prices is con
fined to a few staples, such as pork
products, which are firmly held on a
rather tardy recognition of the fact that
supplies, both of live hogs and dead
meats, are far from burdensome. Tal
low, cotton-seed oil and similar pro
ducts are sympathetically strong. Raw
and refined sugars have both advanced
this week, not apparently because of
the war between the refiners being set
tled, but really because supplies of raw
are limited. .
What few lines of next season's
woolen goods have been reported are at
advances ranging from 25 to 85 per
cent. ' .
Iron and steel are extremely quiet,
but signs of weakness are not numer
ous, the shading in pig iron being con
fined to a few grades and marketa.
i The demand for lumber is - naturally
tight, but the length of supplies is no
table, as evidenced by the fact that
white pine stocks are S3 per cent
smaller than a year ago.
i Hides are dull at the East, but con
siderable buying is reported West, and
quotations are fairly firm. Wheat in
eluding flour shipments for the week
aggregate 4,248,926 bushels against
1,509,682 bushels last week.
The current week's failure returns
reflect the annual clearing out of delin
quent traders in a total for the week
of 295, as compared with 229 last
week, 304 in this week a year ago, 323
in 1898, 478 in 1897 and 412 in 1896.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Seattle Markets.
, Onions, new, $1.00 1.25 per sack.
. Potatoes, new, $16 20.
Beets, per sack, 75 85c.
, Turnips, per sack, 6O0.
Carrots, per sack, 60c.
: Parsnips, per sack, 75 85c.
Cauliflower, 75o$l per dozen,
t Cabbage, native and California, 7F
90o per 100 pounds.
Apples, $1.25 1.60 per box.
; Pears, $1. 00O1.25 per box.
Prunes, 60c per box.
; Butter Creamery, S2o per pound:
dairy, 17 22c; ranch, 84o per pound.
i Eggs 24c.
I Cheese Native, 16o. '
Poultry 9 10c; dressed. 1814o.
i Hay Puget Sound timothy, $12.00;
choice Eastern Washington timothy,
fl7.0018.00
' Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $28;
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, per ton, $17.00.
Feed Chopped feed, $20.00 per ton;
middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal,
per ton, $30.00.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef
steers, 7s8o; cows, prune, 7c; pork,
7c; trimmed, 8c; veal, 8K10c.
Hams Large, 13c; - small; 13 4;
breakfast bacon, 12c; dry salt sides, .
8c. '
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla, 60 51c;
Valley, 61c; Bluestem, 63o per bushel.
Flour Beet grades, $3.00; graham.
$2.60; superfine, $2.15 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 84 85c; choice
gray, 84o per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $15(316.00;
brewing, $18.00 18.50 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid
dlings, $22; shorts, $18; chop, $16 per
ton. : : .
Hay Timothy. .$9.60011: clover.
$7 8; Oregon wild hay, $67 per 'ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 50 55c; -
seconds, 42)45o; dairy, 8037o;
store, 22X27)o.
Eggs 18 19o per dozen.
Cheese Oregon full cream, 12 o
Young America, 14c; new cheese lOo
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.60
4.00 per dozen; hens, $4.60; springs,
$ 2.508.60; geese, $7.008.60 forojd;
$4. 50 6. 50; ducks, $6.00 9.00 per
dozen; turkeys, live, 1617o -per
pound. .
Potatoes 6585o per sack; sweets,
2 X o per pound. .
Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 90c;
per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab
bage, 1 Mo per pound; parsnips, $1;
onions, $1-00 1.10; carrots' $1.
Hops 701c; 1898 crop, 5 6c.
Wool Valley, 1213o per pound;
Eastern Orogon, 814o; mohair, 27
80c per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 8K0; dressed mutton, 6
To per pound; lambs, 7io per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.00;
light and feeders, $4.60; dressed,
5. 60 6. 00 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $3.504.00;
cows, f38.50; . dressed beet, G6
7)o per pound.
Veal Large, 6674o; small, 8
9o per pound.
. Ban Franeisoo Market.
Wool Spring Nevada, 12 15o per
pound; Eastern Oregon, 1216o; Val
ley, 20 22c; Northern, 10 12o.
Hops 1899 crop, ll12o per
pound.."?''":" ";-
Onions Yellow, 75 85o per sack.
Butter Fancy creamery 25c;
do seconds, 23 24c; fancy dairy, 21
22o; do seconds, 18 20o per pound.
Eggs Store, 20 22c; fancy ranch, .'
S728o. . . : , ,. 1
Millstuffs Middlings, $16.00
19.00; bran, $1814.00..
Hay Wheat $6. 60 9; wheat and
oat $6.60 9.00; : beat barley $5.00 .
.00; : alfalfa, $6.00 7.50 per ton;
straw, 80 45o per bale.
Potatoes Early Rose, 85 90; Ore
gon BnrbanKs, 85e 1.00; river nur
banks, 90 90c; Salinas Burbanks,
$1.00 1.26 per sack.
Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia, .
$2.T58.25; Mexican limes, $4.00
.00; California lemons 75o$1.50;
do choice $1.75 2.00 per box.
Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.60
50 . . per bunch; : pineapples, nom
inal; Persian, dates, 66o per
pound.