VOL. XXXT1I. 2STO. 7
THE NEWS flf THE WEEK
From AH Parts of the New
V World and the Old.
OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS
Comprehensive Review of the Import
" mat Happenings or the Put Week
, Called From the Telegraph Columns.
The Boers credit divine providence
with their Tugela victory.
No river and harbor bill will be pre
sented at this session of congress. ;
The British parliament has reassem
bled. No disorder was manifested. ' '
Alexander Dunsmuir, the coal king
of the Pacific coast, died in New York
city, aged 47. years. . i ..Jj'- ;';'"'
Services in commemoration of the
- martyrdom of Charles I, of England,
were held in Boston, v .
"The transport Missouri, en -route to
San Francisco from Manila, has 17 in
sane soldiers aboard.
- Fire destroyed the 4 business portion
of the town of Winfleld, Kan. Hun
dreds of people are homeless. !
"Lieutenant Winston Churchill -describes
the battle of - Spionkop as the
hardest fight of the South African war.
All is quiet in Samoa. The natives
are more settled than at any time since
the disturbance between, the v native
faction. .'. -' J" ;; f
. The sheriff of Colfax; Wash., has
ofTeied a reward of $500 for the capture
of ' Clemens, the murderer of a man
named Boland. ''-'n (r ;
A special dispatch from Cape Town
says 150 American scouts, who arrived
mere - as muieteera, nave enustea in
the British forces.
iA cold wava is prevailing-east of the
Rocky mountains. V The temperature is
eight degrees below zero at Chicago and
six below at Omaha.
The . Fergus Printing Company, of
Chicago one of the oldest ' printing
houses in the city, was thrown into the
streets for non-payment of rent.
Great Northern officials and i em
ployes' grievance committee held a
conference and .it is -.announced there
will be 'no-strike, all differences being
settled. .' ' s ' '
Governor Taylor declares that a state
of insurrection now prevails in Ken
tucky. He has ordered the legislature
adjourned, but the Democrats have re
fused to obey his edict. J: ; ;
R. V. Wilson, has been arrested in
San. Francisco on the charge of having
embezzled a package containing $600,
while v he was .agent for;' the Great
Northern Express Company at Frank
lin, King county, Wash. - :
Lee Gong, a Chinaman cjf Fargo, N.
D., who alleges St. Louis is his home,
appealed today from the United States
court to the secretary of the treasury,
and was released on bail. He was the
first of the 70 Chinamen charged with
violating the exclusion act, to be heard
by the courts.
Plague at Honolulu is under control.
Dawson evil-doers are forced to ' saw
wood. . . . . . ; ; : ,ii :-' . - y ;
. Surveyors are now at work on the
Oregon Midland railway route. ' .
A big steel mill was wrecked in
Pittsburg by a boiler explosion.
A bill was introduced in congress to
provide mining laws for Cape Nome..
Money is now ready for the purchase
of the Salem, Or., federal building site.
Census Supervisor Kelly has left for
Alaska to enter upon his duties, there.
Owing to a split In the National
League, Baltimore may lose her base
ball club. '
An attempt to rob the Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas railway train at Holden,
Mo., was frustrated. ' .
The United States transports City of
Pueblo and Senator have arrived at
San Francisco from Manila ' ' V '
.near tjorunna, bpam, a torpedo boat,
name and nationality unknown, has
been totally lost, with all, on board.
Quarantine officers in San Francisco
are' adopting stringent measures to pro
tect that port from the bubonic plague.
The Union hotel,, at " Re.velstoke, " B.
C, was totally destroyed by fire, the
blaze originating in the furnace 'room.
The German steamer Remus has been
wrecked near Aarhaus, Denmark,
where she was bound. r The captain
and 13 men perished.
Colonel Charles F. Williams, com
mander of the United States marine
corps at Mare Island, died suddenly of
hemorrhage of the stomach, 'j - -
"Nick" Haworth, suspected murder
er of Night Watchman Sandall, at
Kaysville, Utah, attempted to commit
suicide at -Salt Lake by bleeding. - ;
Robert Fitzsimmons now - claims he
was drugged when he was whipped by
James Jeffries for1 the championship
of the world at Coney Island, last June.
A runaway electric car on the Day
ton & Xenia traction road, at Dayton,
O., left the track at a sharp curve and
was demolished, killing three persons.
San Francisco has
printed in Chinese. ..
a daily paper
Joseph L. Mayers, state senator of
Ohio, from Coshocton, walked to the
capitol from his home, a distance of
100 miles, to show his independence of
railroads, f ' .
Citizens of Dickinson county, Kan.,
have organized a relief association for
the purpose of sending corn to India
for free - distribution in the famine
stricken districts.
The mass of the lava ejected from
Vesuvius since 1805 amounts to 64.000,
000 cubio meters.
The Southern Federation of - Colored
Women, which has in view the eleva
tion of the negro women of the south,
has been organized in Montgomery, Ala.
The highest ranking officer of the
United States navy who will retire
from active service during , 1900 be
cause of the age limit, is Capt. W. C.
Gibson. Usually from one to four rear
admirals are retired annually. ; During
1901 Rear Admirals McNair and Schley
will give up active service.
LATER NEWS.
, The Democrats .will ' not give ay the
silver plank. - ' "
The British are preparing to invade
the Tree State. . ..
- William Henry Gilder, the explorer,
died at his home in Morris town, N. J.
The transports Ben Mohr and Meade
have arrived at San Francisco from
Manila. '-'..' " .
Conditions in Cuba are such that the
people are not yet ready for self-government.
Major-General Otis has appointed a
civil governor in Northern Luzon and
opened the hemp ports. -
The Northern Pacific has selected
Everett, Wash., as the point from
which they will ship to the Orient.
Henry Watterson says the Louisville
& Nashville Railroad is the head and
front of the present troubles in Ken
tucky. ' ; ' .
'The Echo Mountain house," a large
hotel near Pasadena, , Cal., was de
stroyed by fire. The loss is estimated
at $100,000. !
- -The natives of Borneo are in rebel
lion. The trouble is serious enough to
demand the attention of a British gun
boat and marines. , - - 4 ;
John G. Brady; governor of Alaska,
says that there will be lawlessness' and
a reign of terror in the new gold fields
of Cape Nome next summer, v ''. i
The Hay-Pauncefote treaty, amend
ing the Clayton-Bulwer treaty,' relative
to the construction of the Nicaragua
canal, was signed at the state : depart
ment by Secretary Hay and Lord
Pauncefote. . -
The famous Cherokee hydraulio gold
mine, of Orovllie, cal., from wmcn
$13,000,000 in gold has been taken,
and ' comprising -100 miles : of : water
ditches, 30 miles of "debris" canals
and 1,500 acres of patented channels,
has been purchased by a Pittsburg syn
dicate. . . .. . " ,--'.,.',-,. . S ,
The adjutant-general has received a
telegram from Assistant Adjutant Gen-
eral.. McCain, at Vancouver barracks.
stating that Colonel Ray, at Fort Gib
bon, Alaska, reports the safe arrival".
there of Lieutenant Herron and party,
who were supposed to have .been lost
while exploring the Copper river coun
try. -- - . .f.-V-. v-,V''- .
Recruiting for the Strathcona horse,
the detachment which is being equip
ped and maintained by Lord Strath'
cona, Canadian high .' commissioner in
London, has begun at Fort Steele, B.
C. Although the number to be taken
from this section is restricted to 40,
there are over 200 applicants for enlist
ment. ..-..' : ,
The Boers at Stormberg are hard
pressed. .t . .'
The house passed the Indian appio-
priation bill.
The transport Manuense has arrived
at San Francisco i'rbm Manila.
W. J.: Bryan r.poke to an audience ' of
2,000 people at Chicopee, Mass. - --
Cardinal Gibbons commends, congress
for its action in the Roberts case.
- Nielson, of Minneapolis, lowered the
two-mile skating record of 5:1 to 6:33.
William Stanley Hazeltine, the ma
rine artist, is dead in Rome, aged - 54
years. x
A serious riot occurred in Porto Rico
during the parades of two ' political
parties. ,
- Chicago trades-unionists in the Fed
eration of Labor denounced Governor
Taylor, of Kentucky. 1 -.'' ,
The president has issued a proclama
tion fixing a tariff of duties and taxes
for the island of Guam. . -
The passengers and mail brought
from Honolulu by the steamer Austra
lia were released from quarantine.
The strike at Cramp's shipyard,
which has been in progress since - Au
gust, has been officially declared off.
Wm. Goebel, the contesting gover
nor of Kentucky, is dead from the re
sult of the bullet fired by an unknown
assassin. :.
The British government has contrast
ed with the Philadelphia & Reading
Railroad Company for 1,000.000 tons
of coal. :
Fire in St. Louis destroyed . four
blocks, causing a property loss of
$1,500,000. One man was killed and
several injured.
' A reward of $5,000 has been offered
for the arrest and conviction of the per
son or persons who made the attempt
on the life of William Goebel.. .
General Kobbe hatf oocupied the is
lands of Lamar and Leyte. ; In . the
fight at Catbalogan 10 insurgents were
killed and the Americans captured five
cannon, with their artilleryman.
Secretary Reitz, .of the Transvaal re
public, says that the Boers have never
abused the white flag, and that . the.
British murdered women, children and
American citizens at Derdepoort. " "
The value 6f property captured by Ad
miral Dewey's fleet in Manila bay has
been estimated by the board of ap
praisal at $326,141. The largest items
in the statement are: . "Ship and boat
equipment, $241,666; ordnance mate
rials, $14,294, and fuel, $20,568."
The appraisal wn called for .as evi
dence in the suit brought by Admiral
Dewey for the award of prize money.-
3
A newsboy of Philadelphia was ar
rested under the blue law of 1794 and
fined four dollars for selling news
papers on Sunday.
Admiral Schley, who was recently
made a thirty-second degree . Mason,
has been a member of the fraternity
since his twenty-first birthday.
' A law just passed in Norway makes
girls ineligible for matrimony unless
they can show certificates of skill in
cooking, knitting and spinning.
Daring the present year 25 important
conventions will be held in Cleveland.
Frank ' Steunenberg, governor of
Idaho, is seven feet tall and straight as
a -pine. -
Rev. Benaiah L. Whitman, president
of Columbian university, Washington.
D. C, has tendered his resignation to
accept the pastorate of Calvary Baptist
church, Philadelphia.
Col. A. D. Hope died at his home in
Roselle, N. J., after a lingering illness.
Col. Hope, who was 83 years old, had
charge of the first train to carry troops
during the civil war to Washington..
UII
MET BY A POINT OF ORDER
Allen, of Nebraska, Concluded HI Ar
raignment of Secretary G-Indlaw
Sckool Question la the House.
I Washington. Feb. 6. An effort by
Pettigrew, of South Dakota, to discuss
the Philippine question in the senate
today was of no avail, as he was met
by a point of order which took him
from the floor. He had gotten only so
far as to charge that the great journals
of the country would not publish the
facts concerning the Philippine war.
Subsequently he offered another reso
lution on which he will speak next
week. . Allen, of Nebraska, concluded
his speech in the arraignment of Secre
tary Gage because of his transaction
with the National City bank of New
York. He had previously introduced
a resolution providing for an investiga
tion by the senate of the treasury de
partment, but objection to its consid
eration sent it over until next week.
The house today devoted its attention
to the ;' Indian appropriation bill. . It
got no further, however, than the ap
propriations for Indians schools, where.
an effort was inaugurated by Fitzger
ald, of New York, to permit the secre-
tary f the interior to contract with
schools for the education of Indian
children where the goevrnment lacks
facilities.. No appropriation is made
for contract schools in this bill. It is
claimed that the present Indian school
facilities are inadequate.
HOBSON'S THOUSANDS.
Afore
Witnesses for Proseeutlon
Clark Case.
in the
Washington, Feb. 5. When the sen
ate committee on privileges and elec
tions met . today, Campbell, represent
ing the memorialists in the prosecution
of the charges against Senator Clark,
of Montana, in connection with his
election to the United States senate,
announced that he had three more wit
nesses to examine, thus deferring the
beginning of the presentation of the
defense.
The first witness was Frank E.
Wright, cashier of a bank at Lewiston,
Idaho. Wright was questioned concern
ing the accounts of State Representa
tive Long and State Senator Hobson,
the latter being president of . his bank.
He said that prior to - the meeting of
the legislature. Long had owed, the
bank $400, and Hobson had owed it
$22,000. Long had paid his note in
April, and Hobson paid his in May
last, both .with checks. ' The account
transcripts were placed in evidence.
The one of Hobeop's case showed that
in April last a letter was received from
the Continental National bank of Chi
cago, advising the Fergus County bank
of a credit of $25,000 in Hobson's be
half. Hobson was then in London, but
the witness did not think he had gone
to London with Senator Clark.
Hobson had never told him where he
obtained the $35,000. On cross-examination,
the witness said that Hob
son was considered a wealthy man,,
worth , about $300,000 or $400,000.
He knew that he had sold some mines
in London, but did not know whether
the $25,000 was derived from this
source. .'.!"-.- .
SOUDANESE TROOPS REBEL;
Serious '
Trouble Likely to
Occur la
Upper Eg-ypt.
Paris, Feb. 6. A dispatch to the
Havas news agenoy " from Cairo con
firms the report that a rebellion had
occurred among the Soudanese troops
in Khartoum. It says: "There is
much anxiety here." There have been
many grave incidents; notable the
growing discontent in the -Egyptian
arm, which has reached to a mutiny
in two Soudanese battalions. The gov
ernment has sent Colonel Wingate to
parle with them. .....
The army complains of bad treat
ment and the secret dispatch of Egyp
tian troops to South Africa. It appears
certain that 10 Maxims and a large
assignment of saddles have gone to Dur
ban, and a number of English officers
and civil functionaries have obtained
unlimited furlough to go to South
Africa, which is believed to be a breach
of Egypt's neutrality. The govern
ment is alarmed at the attitude of the
black troops, and has asked the khe
dive to intervene. The latter has sent
a letter urging obedience, but anxiety
nevertheless continues. Egypt is al
most denuded of European soldiers.
Hay Sends Boer Fund to Transvaal.
Washington, Feb. 5.-Secretary Hay
has received the ' Sum of $2,750 col
lected by the St. Louis Westliche Post
and transmitted to the department of
state by Mr. Pretorioua, to be used for
the benefit of the widows and orphans
of the Boer soldiers. The secretary
has forwarded the money by the mails
to Adelbert Hay, United States consul
at Pretoria, to be turned over to Presi
dent Kruger for the purposes specified.
The action of the state department,
it is explained, applies only to contri
butions for charitableobjects.
Short Mall Bout to Nome. .
Washington, Feb. 6. The postoffice
department has directed that a shorter
mail route, entirely within American
territory, shall be established to com
municate with the - Cape Nome gold
fields. This will be 'from Katmai, on
the coast, via Nushagok and St. Michael,-
and will be several hundred
miles shorter than the present one by
way of the Yukon river. The first trip
will be made next March. The serv
ice over this route will be continued
next winter.
Miners' Scale Adopted.
Indianapolis, Feb. 5. After a joint
conference lasting nearly two weeks,
the delegates from the United Mine
Workers of America and the Interstate
Operators' Association finally adopted
a scale at 11:30 o'clock tomscht which
is a compromise between the first de
mand of the former and the first offer
of the latter. The scale adopted is a
general adavnce of 21.21 per cent, and
is satisfactory to miners and operators
of Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana,
and will be accepted by the Illinois
miners and operators.
Senate ' Once More Shut
on Pettigrew.
MANY RICH -V ORE SAMPLES.
Jffri. Weatberred Colleoiinf a Mineral
Exhibit to Take to New Orleans.
: One of the best mineral exhibits ever
! Hnn at TCnw (Orleans dutintr the National
Editorial Association convention, to be
held there, beginning March 1. The
idea of a mineral exhibit to ; be taken
South and East originated with Mrs.
Edyth Weatherred, and she is looking
after the matter personally.
On a recent visit to Grant's Pass
Mrs. Weatherred met a large number
of enterprising citizens who- at once
appointed committees to collect an ex
hibit. Mrs. Weatherred was greatly
pleased with . the enthusiasm mani
fested by those interested in Southern
Oregon mines and this part of the state
will send a very rich ' lot of samples.
This town will be represented in the
souvenir book.
Mrs. Weatherred is now in Eastern.
Oregon, where she has gone to finish
the work of collecting minerals, which.,
was begun on ner recent visit to that
part of the state. She has visited most
of the large mines and reports all own
ers and managers quick to perceive the
wonderful advantages of advertising
through the National Editorial Associa
tion. Five hundred sample boxes of
ore are being arranged and superin
tended by Mrs. Weatherred. She will
have full charge of these at New
Orleans, and ' will : distribute them
wnere tney wui onng me oesi results,
' Mrs. Weatherred has made a special
study of Oregon mines and has written
many articles on this particular re-
source of the state. The souvenir book
being prepared to be given away will
have many pages devoted to the mines
of Oregon, with illustrations of mills
and new mining towns, whioh will ered entirely by insurance, is estimated
show to the Eastern people that the at $185,000. Schaper Bros.' loss is es
minerals of this state and their devel- j timated at $100,000. These two con
opment are assured facts. . j cerns occupied about half the block on
. Many of these samples of ore -col- the west side of Broadway,- south from
lected by Mrs, Weatherred will, on her ; the corner of Franklin avenue, and the
return from the East, be turned over
to the permanent mineral exhibit in
Portland. Some of the very rich sam
ples will be returned to the mine own'
ers, who have kindly placed them in
Mrs. Weatherred's keeping for the New
Orleans exhibit. , . , . .
. Mtsliif Near Ban don. '
Messrs. Dixon & Stone, lessees of the
Madden mine, have piped off consid
erable surface, and are awaiting ; the
arrival of lumber from Adolphsen's
mill for sluices. When completed they
will commence piping in pay sand.
Mr. Butler, purchaser of the Znm
wait' black sand mine, has six or seven
men employed, and has done consider
able, work, running night and day when
a good supply of water was on nana
Mr. Butler says that the pay dirt was
about 10 feet deep,' but did not learn
as to the amount of dust he was taking
out. .; - '
. Just across the . river from Newtis,
Jim Culver is mining, and - has . taken
advantage of the bountiful supply of
water to pipe off the ' surface and- he
will soon be able to test the richness of
his mine. . "V ,
-' Messrs. Page and Tom Kelly, lessees
of the Deyve mine at China - flat, : have
been busy repairing flumes and ditches
and commenced piping. They have
had considerable trouble with their
flume, falling timber having smashed
it at the same place three different
times. -
Mine Turns Out Alrh. '
Lon Gorbett, ' half owner in ' the
Koyal, one. of the best in the now well
known up-river group of ' mines, has
brought to town half a sack of ore from
his mine. ' A portion of it, selected at
random from the sack, was tested by
an assay er of La Grande, and showed
$55 to the ton $45 of silver and $10
of gold. .The owners of the mine are
enthusiastic over the results thus far,
and .are pushing the . work rapidly.
They believe the ore is valuable enough
to be shipped : with . profit. It costs,
according to previous 'estimates, for
Wagon and railroad freightage and for
smelting, $24.50 per ton. If the ore
shall hold out as good as that shown in
the assay, it can be handled to advan
tage. But it is believed that at least
two mills will be erected before another
year, and this would mean the develop
ment of all the mines in that group,
The Royal is located about five miles
from the line of the proposed new rail
road, 14 miles from Sumpter, and 15
miles ffom Granite.
Promising Ledge. -
- Polk Dews, who lives on . the Big
Applegate, below the Nick Wright
place, is opening a promising ledge on
the hill west of the creek, says the Ash
land Tidings. The first discovery of
this peculiar formation revealed only a
number of stringers, but they were
very rich in free gold and almost
wholly free from sulphurets. Further
prospecting shows these stringers to be
coming together, and Mr. Dews now
has a ledge about a foot wide, and the
ore is .of the most promising character.
Persons who have examined this dis
covery think it will develop into a per
manent vein of much value. Mr. Dews
is greatly pleased with his prospect, and
will push work as fast as possible on
the ledge.
R. H. Whitehead is up from the
mines near Lelahd, says the Med ford
Mail. He brought with him about
$1,300 in gold just an even 70 ounces,
at $18.80 per ounce. This was taken
from two. short sido races, and was the
result of eight or 10 days' run.
New Strike In Checkmate.
. The Checkmate mine at Willow creek
has another strike to its credit says the
Spokane Spokesman-Review. A new
ore chute has been found. It has been
penetrated 60 feet. - The ore is high
grade, and will be shipped without
concentration. The rich streak is
from eight to 16 inches thick. This
property has produced much high-grade
ore in the . past, but the shoot now
opened is entirely new, not having been
found above.
The Knappa Coal Company has filed
articles of incorporation and will en
gage in a general mining, milling and
prospecting business, manufacture and
deal in lumber and general merchan
dise; maintain and operate gas and
electric light and power plants; oper
ate boats, barges, steamers and sailing
vessels on the Columbia river and do
a general shipping business. The prin
cipal office will be located at Astoria.
The capital stock of the company is
$100,000, divided into shares of the
value of 10 cents each. E. P. Ken
dall, H. T. Findlay and J. D. MoFar
lane are the incorporators
GREAT FIRE IH ST. LOUIS 1
In the Heart of the Retail Sec
tion of the City.
FOUR BLOCKS WERE BURNT
Property Worth Sl.SOO.OOO Destroyed
Losses Were Distributed . Amony;
Many One Man Killed.
St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 6. Property to
the estimated value of $1,500,000 was
burned today, the greater part of four,
blocks of buildings and their contents
between Third and Sixth streets and
Franklin avenue and Morgan street, in
the heart of the retail section, . being
destroyed. One fireman : was killed.
nine other members of the fire depart-
ment were injured more or less serv
onsly, and five or six citizens were
hurt slightly. - None ot the injured
will die, as far as known tonight.
- The loss on both buildings and
stocks of goods is : approximately
$1,500,000. Definite figures are ex
ceeuingly hard to obtain. ; There were
six retail concerns which were heavy
losers. The remainder of the loss is
divided in varying proportions among a
score or more of small snopkeepers oi
! firms. Only two concerns suffered lost
' of over $100,000 Penny A Gentles and
j Schaper Bros. The buildings in which
the two concerns were housed were
owned by the Mary K. Knox estate,
and were erected at a cost of $165,000.
j Penny & Gentles' loss, which is cov
buildings were entirely destroyed
The rest of the block on the west side
of the street is taken up by the build
ings occupied by the Famous dry goods
store, whose loss was comparatively
slight.
On Franklin, just back of Penny &
Gentles, the building oocupied by the
Fuoh Millinery & Cloak Company
suffered a loss on the stock of $40,000.
The store occupied by D. Crawford &
Co., at Broadway and Franklin avenue,
was entirely burned, with a loss on
buildings and stock of $70,000. .The
People's Housefurnishing Company, at
814 North Broadway, was completely
wrecked; loss $50,000. At 812 North
Broadway, Deere Bros.' store, filled
with a stock -of 5 . and 10-cent goods.
sustained a $33,000 loss on buildings
and stock.
The fire swept through the block
from Broadway to Fourth street and
burned all the buildings from 827 to
809 North Fourth street. These .build
ings were old three and - four story
structures, some occupied as tenement!
above and stores below, 'while othert
were vacant. ' Here the St. Louis
Dressed Beef & Provisions Company,
Herboth Mercantile Company, the
Schisler-Cornelia Seed Company, and
three small stores, suffered an aggre
gate loss of $65,000, while the lossei
on buildings amounted to. fully $45,-
000. '-.' -
Among the firms and individuals
that suffered heavily from the fire arc
the following, whose places of business
were on the east side of ' Fourth and
west side of Third streets: -
A. Nasse. wholesale grocer; Plant
Seed Company; Krenning Glass Com
pany; Bassett's plumbing establish
ment; McLain & Alcorn . Commission
Company: Bueller Block ' Commission
Company; Nelson Distilling Company;
Hake & Sons Commission Company
George A. Benton, produce; Bauer
Flower Company; Shaw & Richmond,
produce. Their losses aggregate thous
ands of dollars and are partly covered
by insurance. ,,..:
Late tonight John Cummings, . pri
vate watchman of Penny & Gentles,
was arrested and is being held, pending
an investigation into the origin of the
fire. He was taken into custody as the
result of a statement by a woman room
ing opposite, to the effect that she had
seen a man answering the watchman's
description, lighting matches - in the
store previous to the fire. Cummings
denied having had anything to do with
it, and states that he was at home
when the fire broke out.
- Win. Goebel Is Dead.
Frankfort, Ky., Feb. 6. The bullet
fired by an unknown assassin last Tues
day morning ended the life of William
Goebel at 6:45 o'clock this evening,
The only persons present at the death
bed were Mr. Goebel'a' sister, Mrs,
Brawnecker, and his brother, Arthur
Goebel, of Cincinnati, who has been in
constant attendance at Mr. Goebel 's
bedside, and Dr. McCormack. Justus
Goebel, a brother, who nas been hurry'
ing from Arizona as fast as steam
would carry in a vain hope of reaching
his dying brother in time for some token
of recognition, arrived 40 minutes too
late.
Bazletlne, the MarineArtlst.-
New York, Feb. 6. William Stanley
Hazeltine, the marine artist, is dead in
Rome, aged 64 years. He was a native
of Philadelphia.
Capt. Sigsbee, the hero of the Maine,
and who will take charge of the naval
intelligence bureau on February 1, has
purchased a house in Washington.
Siege Rations at Mafekins;.
Mafeking, Feb. 5. Siege rations oi
bread and meat have only now been en
forced. Oats intended for horses are
now saved to supply the troopers, if
needed. Tinned milk and matches are
commandeered. Liquor is scarce.
Hot Weather in Buenos Ayrei.
Buenos Ayres, Feb. 6. One hun
dred and two sunstrokes were officially
reported in this city yesterday. Of
these 93 were fatal. The temperature
was 120 in the shade.
Boer Sympathy in Tienna.
Vienna, Feb. 5. Under the auspices
of the German nationalists, some 3,000
people met today to express sympathy
for the Boers. The Dutch minister,
Von Herman, and several German radi
cal members of the reiohsrath, with all
the Dutch residents of Vienna, paitici
pated. Intense enthusiasm was dis
played, war songs were sung, and a
telegram was sent to Dr. Leyds.
Twenty-two million dollars have
been invested in Missouri mines since
last January.
CLAYTON-BULWER ; TREATY.
Sot to Interfere With the Nicaragua
it. - Canal.
Washington, Feb. 7. The United
States and Great Britain, it was- defi
nitely learned tonight, have reached
an amicable agreement - respecting the
operations ' of the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty as affecting the right of con'
Btruotion and control by the United
States of the proposed Nicaragua canal.
The result marks the termination of
conferences between the officials of the
state department and Lord Pauncefote
of fully a year's duration, during
which a number of meetings were held
and the subject fully discussed . by the
representatives of the governments in'
terested.
Great Britain agrees to a modifica
tion of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty by
which she practically relinquishes any
claims respecting a legal control of the
Nicaragua canal after it shall : have
been constructed. The result, ,, there'
fore, is to eliminate that feature of the
treaty bearing on the subject of dual
control and to leave the United States
free to construct and thereafter control
this great inter-oceanic waterway.
In all the discussion which has been
had, both in congress and out of it, for
a long number of years, over the pro-,
posed canal, the question of England's
rights under the Clayton-Bulwer treaty
has formed a prominent' feature, ' and
on more than one occasion . has given
rise to the question whether or not the
United States government had ' the
moral right-to provide for the construc
tion of the canal without modification
of the treaty. :
From the same authoritative; quarter
it is ascertained that England has
made no demands for a quid pro quo
for her abandonment of whatever rights
she may have had under -the treaty,
and which she now promises to relin
quish. Just what shape the agreement
between the governments interested is
to take is not named, though it is as
sumed that some forr&al instrument
will be drafted and sent to the senate
for its confirmation.
TREATY OF CHILE AND JAPAN
Commercial Res;ulations Af-ree4 Upon
Steamer Line Contemplated.
San Francisco, Feb. 7. C. M. Vi
cuna, minister from Chile to Japan and
the United States, who has been several
weeks preparing a report to his gov
eminent on the successful negotiation
of an important commercial treaty be
tween Chile and Japan, left for Wash
ington todav. ' Minister Vicuna, in
speaking of the treaty, said that it em
braced reciprocity features in addition
to the, "most favored nation" stipula
tion. Both nations make certain reser
vations as to their relations with their
immediate neighboring nations. The
provisions of the treaty look foiward
to the establishment of a steamer line
between - Japan and Chile. On this
point the minister said:
"Chile, I think, is goings to find a
great market in Japan for nitrate of
soda.. . Japan uses 600,000'' tons of fer
tilizers annually. Steamers' from . Ja
pan .can bring to Chile the paper, lant
erns, silks and cottons, and ' they can
return with the fertilizer in question
as a principal ca'rgo. ,
"Japan now gets her nitrate and
other things from Germany The lat
ter obtains . them from Chile. My
country goes to Europe for tea, paper
and silks. Japan and Chile should and
must trade directly with each other,
Japan is becoming a great 1 manufac
turer of cheap cottons. My country
can consume large quantities of light
and cheap cottons.' .
SERIOUS RIOT IN PUERTO RICO
Parades of Two Political Parties Clash,
, and Blows Were Struck;
San Juan, Puerto Rico, Feb. 7. On
the January 27, while the federals
were celebrating their victory at Fa-
jardo they met a republican parade. A
collision ended in a riot, the result of
which was that one man was killed and
six , seriously wounded Fourteen of
the town's best citizens are in jail,
charged with murder.
The federals had secured permission
to parade in order to celebrate their
victory. The republicans had request
ed permission to parade also, but were
refused, as, according to the genera
orders ; governing elections only - one
party can parade on a given day. The
republicans decided to disobey the
orders and marched to meet the fed
erals. . . ? . .
When the victorious party saw the
republicans coming they charged their
opponents. A fierce fight ensued; re'
volvers and knvies were drawn, blades
flashed in . the sunlight and shots rang
out. The city police were not on hand.
but a squad of insular polfce charged
the mob and soon quelled the riot.
Rebellion in Borneo.
Tacoma, Feb. 7. Mat Se Selleb, the
rebel leader of North Borneo, has again
stirred the natives there into rebellion,
aocording to Oriental advices received
here. .They commenced warfare last
month, attacking Gay a bay t when the
British and Chinese shops .were looted.
The rebels then retreated into tha jun
gle. Several days later they were fol
lowed by a force of 250 bluejackets and
Sikh policemen. Five miles inland
these were attacked and driven back
by Selleh's men, who fired at them
from a dense growth of underbrush.
A nnmber of the British were killed
and wounded. .. .,.
Resolutions Condemning- Britain.
Joliet, 111., Feb. 6. About 1800 peO'
pie attended a pro-Boer meeting here
today. Resolutions eulogizing , Presi
dent; Kruger and "his stand for liber
ty," and condemning Great Britain
were approved, amid great applause.
Large Pistol Shop Burned.
Norwich, Conn., Feb. 6. Fire this
morning burned to the ground the Hop
kins & Aliens pistol shop, and partly
destroyed several other ' buildinngs.
Loss, $400,000.
Two Missionaries Released.
Berlin, Feb. 7. The German for
eign-office today informed the corre
spondent of the press of the release of
the two missionaries, whom the Brit
ish have paroled, and sent to Durban.
Germany's negotiations with England
have ceased for the present. The dam
age claims for the seizure of German
vessels by British warships will not be
presented - until the evidence bearing
on the case has been delivered.
Grease spots may be taken out with
weak ammonia and water. - Lay soft
paper over, and lion with a hot iron.
10
Kobbe's Expedition to Samar
and Leyte.
HEMP PLACED ON THE MARKET
Natives Resisted the Americans With
; Wood erf Swords and. Bows and Ar
rowsLed by Tsgal Chiefs.
Manila, Feb; 7. Brigadier-General
Kobbe's expedition in the islands ot
Luzon, Leyte and Samar has occupied
permanently and garrisoned nine towns
with the Forty-third and Forty-seventh
regiments. This has placed on the
market 180,000 bales of hemp.
A thousand insurgents armed with
rifles,; and over . 5,000 armed with
wooden swords, bows and arrows, were
encountered during the entire trip.
The troops killed 75 natives, 11 oi
whom had rifles. The others were vil
lagers. armed with wooden .swords.
lne American losses were one man
killed and nine wounded. The Ameri
cans captured $9,000 in gold, the
enemy's money, and 40 muzzle-loading
brass .cannon.. At Calbayog, Samar,
the enemy evacuated the town, the
Americans chasing, fighting and scat
tering them to the mountains.
At. Cabalogan, Lukban, the Tagal
general fired the place with kerosene
just before the Americans landed, and
then fought with cannon and rifles from
the hills encircling the town, for two
hours. - ' When the -Filipinos - were
driven out, the Americans did their
best to save the town, fighting fire for
several hours. Thirty stone and 70
other houses, half the business portion
of the place, was consumed. - The sol
diers prevented the fire from spreading.
: The next day Major Allen, with three
companies of the Forty-third regiment,
pursued Lukban to the mountain fast
n esses, and thence to the coast town,
where Lukban was heading; in hopes
of escape. ' Lukban, by taxing the na
tives, has accumulated $100,000 in
gold. His captuie is probable.
, At Tacloban, island of Leyte, the
enemv evacuated the town and the
Americans pursued them to the hills
Several . fleeing . noncombatants were
killed, including three women. At
Palo, seven miles distant, the enemy
were found entrenched, and resisted.
Lieutenant Johnson and 12 scouts from
the Forty-third regiment drove out 150
of the enemy and captured the town.
' The insurgents in these towns were
mostly Visayans, who bad. been im
pressed into the service of the Tagal
leaders from Luzon. The Visayans ap
pear indifferent or sullenly antagonist
tio to the American occupation. The
Tagal chiefs influenced them against
us, but . when they perceive . we are
much more powerful than the Tagals,
and intend to maintain garrisons in or
der to open the islands to commerce, it
is believed the rebel party will lose its
popularity. The Americans are gladly
accepted by the inhabitants, who are
daily returning to the towns. There
is a lush of commercial vessels from
Manila to these new ports.
... Two House Antis. r
Washington, Feb. 7.- The Democrats
continued their assaults upon the Phil
ippine policy of the administration dur
ing the general debate upon the diplo
matic and consular appropriation, bill
today; -' Two speeches were made by
Democratic members of the foreign
affairs committee, Dinsmore, of Arkan
s, and Champ Clark, of Missouri, op
posing the retention of the islands.
The speech of Clark, which lasted al
most two hours, was a notable effort,
replete with unique epigrams, and at
tracted much attention. No Kepubli
can spoke in defense of the administra
tion today.
Sibley, of Pennsylvania, who was
elected as a Democrat, but who made a
speech last week defending expansion
was goaded, today into the announce
ment that the Democrats could con
aider his seat constructively on the Re
publican side. Before the debate be
gan,, an effort was made to pass a bill
looking to . the appointment of an ex'
pert ' commission to examine into the
question of the pollution of the water
supply of cities, but it was defeated,
The Chicago members consider it was
aimed especially at the Chicago drain
age canal. , .".,.;-' 4-
' Reward of aU00 Offered. J
Franklin; Ky., Feb. 7. L. B. Finn,
county attorney, has offered personally
a reward of $1,000 for the arrest and
conviction of the person or persons who
made the attempt on the life of William
Goebel, or of any one who had any con
neotion with the crime.
; Change of German Ambassadors.
Berlin, Feb. 7.- -Count Wolff Met-
ternich, who is a great favorite of Em
peror William, and who will represent
Germany in' London during the absence
of the German ambassador. Count von
Hatafeldt-Weidenberg, who has re
ceived leave of absence owing to the
impaired state of his health, may event
ually: become ' the ambassador's suc
cessor. It is said that the emperor is
dissatisfied with the activity the am
bassador displayed during the crisis.
It is also said that the ambassador's
health is entirely broken.
'"".' Robert's Advance.
Cape Town, Feb. 7. A dispatch
from Naauwport says: u There is great
aotivity here and on the Rensbegr-Han
over road, due to the dispatch of an
overwhelming force of infantry to seize
Norval's Point. The cavalry, having
completed the reconnoissance, is being
retired to recoup its losses. The Boers
at Colesberg are virtually surrounded.
The republic of Venezuela contains
50,150 square miles. It is larger than
any country in Europe except Russia.
Russia's Ambition.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 7. The cam
paign in favor of taking advantage of
present complications in South Africa
to secure Russian ports on the Indian
ocean and Mediterranean is being
poshed with vigor. The newspapers
openly advocate profiting by Great
Britain's difficulty to realize the
scheme upon which depends the ulti
mate prosperity of Russia and whioh
Great Britain has alwyas frustrated.
A great building to house all the
societies composing the Scientific Alli
ance of New York is proposed.
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW.
Largo Deliveries ' Hade ' on ' Previous
Contracts.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of
trade says: '.. . -. .
This year starts with much of the
year's business already 'done, and all
comparisons will prove misleading if
that fact is not . taken into account.
Last year the certainty of great im
provement had come before the year
opened, and there was a rush to get in
orders before works became crowded
and prices advanced- This year the
works are already crowded for months
ahead in most lines, andprices had al
ready advanced so far that recoil had
already commenced in some branches,
and was thought probable in others.
. With the exception of woolen manu
factures, the chief industries have met
less new business in January than last
year, though deliveries on previous con
tracts have been larger than a year ago.
Wheat rose 1 cent, but soon reacted.
Atlantic exports were only 1,466,592
bushels, flour included, for. the week. -Pacific
exports have been 4,209,800
bushels in five weeks, against 3,670,854
bushels last year.
Speculation in cotton has raised ethe .
price to cents, without improve
ment in the demand. The receipts
from plantations still fall so far behind
last year's that low estimates ; of yield
are expected. '
Wool is rather weaker in some
grades, but stronger in others, so that
the average of quotations is steady, not
withstanding some sales at concessions. .
The iron and steel industry is so far
tied up by contracts reaching ' through
most of the year, that the effect of pro
duction exceeding consumption is felt
only in some instances.
Failures for the week have been 233
in the United States, against 224 last
year, and 84 in Canada, against 25 last
year. .
PACIFIC COAST TRADE. -
- Seattle Markets.. .. .. .
Onions, new, $2.5 2.50 per sack.
Lettuce, hot house, 40c per doz.
Potatoes, new, $18 20.
Beets, per sack, 75 85c. . -
Turnips, per sack, 60c.
Carrots, per sack, 50c.
Parsnips, per sack, 7585c.
Cauliflower, 75c $1 per dozen.- -
Cabbage, native and California,
$1.00 1.25 per 100 pounds.
Apples, $1.251.50 per box. '
Pears, $1.001. 25 per box. . ,
Prunes, 60c per box. .
Butter Creamery, Slo per pound;
dairy, 17 22c; ranch, 2 Oo per pound.
Eggs 20c' v-..
Cheese Native. 16o.
Poultry 1314c; dressed, 14 15c.
Hay Puget Sound timothy, $12.00;
choice . Eastern - Washington timothy,
$18.0019.00
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, $14.00;
shorts, per ton, $16.00. ,
Feed Chopped feed, $20.00 per ton;
middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal,
per ton, $30.00.
Fresh Meats Choice . dressed beef
steers, 45o; cows, 44c; pork,
4Kc; trimmed, 6c; veal, small, 6c;
large, 4c. . -
Hams Large, 13c; small, 1Z)4;
breakfast bacon, 12 c; dry salt sides,
8o.; ; ' v.;
' Portland Marke. :...- ...
Wheat Walla Walla, 62063c:
Valley, 62c; Bluestem, 54o per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $2.90; graham,
$2.25; superfine, $2.15 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 3536o; choice ,
gray, 84o per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $15 16.00;
brewing, $17.5018.50 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid
dlings, $22; shorts, $18; chop, $16 per
ton. .,-'
TTav Timothv. $10(311: clover..
$78; Oregon wild hay, $67 per ton.
Butter- Fanoy - creamery.- 60 55c:
seconds, 4245c; dairy, 8087c;
store, 23i!S7o. ; .- -
Eggs 16 16o per dozen.
Cheese Oreeon full cream. '- 13c;
Young America, 14c; new cheese lOo
per pound. .
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00
4.00 per dozen; hens, $4.60; springs,
$2.503.50; geese, $7.008.00 for old;
$4.50Q6.50; ducks, $6.00 7.00 per
dozen; turkeys, live, 12o per
pound.
Potatoes 55 80c per sack; sweets,
2 2 M o per pound.
Vegetables Beets. $1: turnips. GOo:
per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab
base. lJc per pound: parsnips, $1;
onions, $1. 50 2. 00; carrots,. $1.
Hops 710c;-1898 crop, ooo.
Wool Valley, 1213e per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 814o; mohair, 27
80c per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wetners
and ewes, 44c; dressed mutton, 7
7Kc per pound; lambs, 7c per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice neavy, fo.uu;
licht and feeders. $4.50; dressed,
$5. 50 6. 00 per 100 pounds. ' - '
Beef Gross, top steers,. $4.UU 4.6U;
cows, $3.504.00; dressed beef, 6
To per pound.. . ' j
Veal Large, 78o; small, 8i(9
9Kc per pound. . . . - : -
. Ban Francisco Market. .
Wool Snrine Nevada. 12 15c per
pound; Eastern Oregon, 1216o; Val
ley , 20 22c; Northern, 10 12c.
Hops 1899 ; crop, 11 loo per
pound. ; . :
Butter Fancy creamery 27gzso;
do seconds, 25 26c; fancy dairy, 23
26c; do seconds, 18 21c per pound.
Eggs Store, 15 16c; fancy ranch,
19c. " . .
Millstuffs Middlings, $18.00
21.00; bran, $14.50 15.00. '
Hay Wheat $6. 60 9.60; wheat and -
oat $6.509.00; best barley 95.00
7.00: alfalfa, $6.007.50 per ton;
straw, 80 45o per bale.
Potatoes Early Rose, 90c fi; Ore
gon Burbanks, 7ocnu; river iiur-'
banks, 50 75c; Salinas Burbanks,
80c 1.10 per sack.
Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia,
$2.753.25; Mexican limes, $4.00
5.00; California lemons 75clJ&u;
do choice $1.75 2.00 per box-
Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.60
2.50 per bunch; pineapples, nom
inal: Persian dates, 663fio pet
pound. -