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GAZE Tnnnn n SSuiAST&a. Consolidated Feb. 1899. CORVAIXIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 16, lSOO. VOL. NO. 8. UNION fHE HEWS OF It IK LATER NEWS. TO . ORIENTAL NEWS. STRENGTH OF STAPLES. From All Parts of the ;ew ) World and the Old. " OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS CoapnhnilT. Bevlew of the Import sat Happening of the Past Week Called From the Telegraph Columns. Lord Roberts and General Kitchener Aave started for the front. '. The insurgents have been driven out of Legaspi, province of Albay. Tbonsands viewed the' remains of Senator Goebel at Covington, Ken. Affairs in Santo Domingo ar$ in a turbulent condition. Insurrection it breeding. It is said - the 'dowager empress of China-is afraid to depose the emperor at present. On account of the serious roadbed washout on its Lew is ton division, the Northern Pacific will lose $100,000. - The transports Pathan and Sherman arrived at San Francisco from Manila. On board the Sherman are 75 invalid soldiers.' ,. J v. Fire at Little Bock, Ark., destroyed property to the value of $265,000. The J. P. Quinn Dry Goods Company will lose $150,000. ! British troops crossed the Upper Tugela river at Kolendrift with the ob ject of storming the Boer positions, but were driven back. V. ,.',' Three hundred Spanish prisoners re volted at the treatment they -received at the hands of Filipinos, dispersed their captors and hold the fort. The largest office building in the world is to be erected in Sew York City, by the Alliance Bealty Company. It will be 20 stories high and will cost $4,000,000. President Havemeyer, of the Ameri can Sugar Refining Company denies that the leading refineries of the com pany were closed down as a result of tite' loss of business. Fish commissioners of Oregon and Washington have issued a statement that only citizens were granted licenses and that false claims may have been made in some instances. The mortality in the' city of Bom-, bay, India, in one day was unprece dented. There - was a total of 408 deaths. The situation is aggravated by the advent Of famine refugees. Word has been received by the de partment of Indian affairs and by the police authorities of fresh troubles among the Indians of Upper Laird,' B. C. Seven members of a Scotch family are said to have been murdered. The Sunset Telephone Company oi Oakland, Cal., has mortgaged rto the Old Colony Trust Company'.of .Boston, its entire possessions in California, Ne vada, Arizona and New' Mexico, as se curity for the payment of gold interest bearing bonds to the amount of $2,500, 000. . m - The Nicaragua canal bill will be pushed through both houses ' this month. - Mexican , liberals favor the candi dacy of President Diaz for re-election by a vote of three to one. , . The league of Republican clubs of Oregon convened at the armory in Port land, with 800 delegates present. Mrs. Lillie Devereaux Blake has announced her candidacy for the presi dency of the National Women Suffragist Association.- ''.-'..' Members of the Algonquin Club, a . i -r - i leaamg Bociai organization oi .Bridge port, Conn:, have declined to entertain W. J. Bryan, The plague in Honolnla has broken out in several isolated places outside of the orginally infected district, and its progress is regarded as serious. John D. Rockefeller is-' no longer president of the Standard Oil Company. He resigned last December, , but the facta were kept secret until now. Fifty-seven paintings, the property of Austin H. King, of Providence, R. 1., were sold at auction in New York for $77,375, an average of $1,856 per picture. Adetbert S. Hay, the new United States' consul at Pretoria, was received by the Transvaal government, and pre sented his credentials. He created an excellent impression. Astoria, Or., now has the right of immediate trans porat ion. -, A dispatch from Washington states that Senator George W. McBride's bill providing for such . has passed the senate. This means a bonded warehouse at . Astoria and the unloading of Oriental freight at that place. " : By way of preparation for the great struggle now in progress, the Boers in the year 1898 bought from France lone, guns, swords, carbines, pistols, cartridges, lead, zinc, powder caps, fuses, etc., to the invoiced value of $386,000, according to a report of the state department from United States Consul Covert at Lyons. Henry Hughes, a hero ot the old navy, has been admitted into the county almshouse at Chester, Pa., at the age of 95 years. . Cannonading does not interfere with the sending of wireless telegraph mes sages. This has been tested Hn South Africa. During the last year 25,202,901 bush els of grain and 2,198,513 gallons - of ' molasses were used for the manufacture of liquor in this country. William L. Wallace, ot Chicago, has been appointed special agent in the census bureau, in charge of the collection of lumber manufacture sta tistics. Fort Bayard, N. M., has been dis continued as a garrison post and the buildings will be turned over to the surgeon general of the army for a sani tarium. Jay B. Burrows, one of the principal organizers of the Farmers' Alliance and the Populist party in Nebraska, died suddenly at his home in Lincoln county from lumbago. A trans-Persian railway .will be built. , : Australia is alarmed over the situa tion in South Africa. Albay province is much harassed by the Filipino rebels. - A territorial form of government is recommended for Hawaii. . Dawson merchants are closing' up shop to go to Cape Nome. Congressman Snlzer, of New York, is talked of for Bryan's running mate. Fire in the Brooklyn navy yard de itroyed property to the value of $100, 300. Four men were fatally wonnsted dur ing a riot at a dance in Northern Okla homa. I The strike of the Cuban cigarmakers has been settled. The effort was unsuc cessful. ' ',. Robbers made an unsuccessful at tempt to hold up a Santa Fe train in Oklahoma. - ... Elijah Cone, one of the oldest news paper men of Wisconsin, was frozen to death in Fond du Lac. . American miners are not allowed to carry arms or ammunition into the state of Sonora, Mexico. ; '' Chaplain WellaY just returned from' the Philippines, says there is' too much whiskey sold and used there. . The transport Siam, which lost 311 mules out of 330 on her trip to Manila, is back in San Francisco harbor. The city of Skagway. protests against the appointment of a delegate to con gress without the vote of the people. Ed. Armstrong, a Medford, Or., bricklayer, was shot and fatally in jured by A. J. Hamlen, during a saloon row. - Fire at the National Biscuit Com pany's works, at Worcester, Mass., de-; stroyed property to the value of $60, 000. , . , The Kansas supreme court holds that railways cannot be compelled to fur nish free transportation to livestock shippers. f . Buller's attack is now known to have been no feint. He was really de feated, in a third attempt to reach Ladysmith. ' Thomas G. Merrill, of Salt Lake City, widely known ' throughout the West as an energetic worker in the sil ver cause, is dead. ". The Boers are becoming aggressive. General Joubert, with 6,000 men; reatens Buller's right st Cheveley. . j-i i .... 1 4. t i j creeping through Zululand to destroy British communications. ' The Gorbett-Jeffries fight will take place at Coney Island about the middle of May. - T. Daniel Frawley has made arrange ments to take a cOpmany of actois to Cape Nome. " - An alliance, offensive and defensive, has been consummated between Eng land and Portugal. The English nation has settled down to the realization that the war with' the Boers will last a long time. , : Governor Taylor, of Kentucky, has declined to sign the peace agreement and the case will go to the courts. -v - A destructive fire visited the city of San Salvador, Central America. The total loss is estimated at $1,000,000. The United States transport Colum bia arrived at San Francisco from Manila. She made the trip in 30 days. Three ballot-box stuffers of Philadel phia were sentenced to imprisonment for two years and "to pay a fine of $500 each. A resolution expressing . sympathy with thb Boers was adopted by the sen ate. It was offered by Allen, of Nebraska. Lord Roberts has addressed a letter to Presidents Kruger and Steyne, com plaining of the wanton destruction of property in Natal. . Three children of P. D'Arcy, living near South Union, Wash., were poison ed by drinking the water from an abandoned well. - Six men were injured by an explosion in the Columbia firecracker works at Fostoria, Ohio. A large part of the factory was wrecked. It has been decided by the secretary J of the navy to appoint Commander Sea ton Schroder to be the first naval governor, of the Samoan island of Tutuila. . v.:.-. The house committee on military affairs will investi. ' - into the Idaho mining riots at V ..xdner, which the federal troops, under General Merriam, suppressed. .. ' In Chicago, 7,000 workingmen who have been engaged - on buildings in course of construction, quit work. 'It is the beginning of a war between labor and the contractoi , The jury in the case of Roland B. Molineaux, convicted of poisoning Mrs. Adams, returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree It is said the trial has eost $200,000. 5 The Boers have taken Inkaridla, a Zululand magistracy. The magistrate the night previous exploded the jnaga zine, and, with his staff and ' police, evacuated the place and proceeded to Eshowe. . '. ' Bigamists in Hungary are required by law to live with both wives in the same house. V; The National Live Stock association recommends leasing government graz ing lands. r Alan Arthur, son of the late presi dent, lives in Europe. He finds that his income goes further there. -' Kansas City is to have another in terurban electric railroad, to run to Olathe, Kan., 21 miles distant. . - Hundreds of physicians from Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa are arranging to go to Paris on a special excursion. Rev. J. M. Atwater died in Cleve land, O., at the age of 62 years. He was at one time president of Hiram college. Andrew Carnegie' told a Bible class in New York poverty is blessed and a boy should not be afraid to argue with his employer. An Italian bishop has invented an aparatus to warn a railway engineer of a train approaching on the same track and indicate its distance. The Burial of Lawton with Fitting Honors. TRIBUTE TO A GALLANT HERO Funeral Wu Well Attended The Pres ident, His Adrlsers and Many Officers of Bisk Bank Were Present. , Washington, Feb. II. Major-General Henry W. Lawton was buried to day in the national cemetery, at Ar lington. It was a nation's tribute to a national hero, and the sorrow of a whole people was expressed when America added the chanlet of cypress ' to- the brow that so long had worn the laurel. . The burial service beneath the leaf less trees at Arlington was preceded by services in the church of the Covenant, on Connecticut avenue, at which every department of the army and navy with in, reach of Washington, Lawton's old comrades of the line staff, the diplo matic corps in all its brilliance of uni form and decoration, and as many citi zens of all degrees as were fortunate enough to find standing room within the walls, were present. But the crowd within was insignifi cant compared with the thousands who braved the lowering winter day for a glimpse of the flag-draped caisson, with its military escort, as it passed through the streets. Hundreds more made the toilsome pilgrimage to Ar lington to hear the last words pro nounced above the open grave, where president, cabinet and general com manding the army stood with bowed heads until the last volley had been fixed and the bugle sounded "taps." ""'For a day and night the body of the soldier lay in state in the Church of the Covenant. So it lay this morning, when the doors were opened, troopers from his old command with sabers drawn keeping vigil at the head and foot. Beneath the soft lights of the altar rose a tropical jungle of' palms, and higher than the flag-draped coffin rose banks of flowers, tributes from every quarter of the land. At his head hung in dim folds the battle flag from San Mateo, still on ' its bamboo staff, and supported by one of the men who was near him when he fell. From the ceil- king hung the red centered flag of the Eighth corps, under which he had won perpetual, fame in two island wars. About, as the shrill pipes of the organ trembled with the opening anthem, stood grouped his superiors and his brother .officers, with whom and' for whom his life work had been done. Close to the coffin sat President Mo Kinley, and on his right the secretary of state. With them were the secre tary of war, the attorney -general, the secretary of the navy, the postmaster general, the secretary of the treasury, the secretary of the interior and the secretary of agriculture. Close by were Mrs. Lawton, little Manley and the others of the family, and to the left General Miles, General Merritt, Gen eral Brooke, General Shafter and their staff officers, all in uniform and all Lawton's commrades, who at one time or another had camped and fought with him. In the body of the church was a scarcely less notable gathering, assist ant secretaries and heads of bureaus, the military committees of the house and senate, diplomats, the Orientals in .their flowing robes of somber color, and the Europeans resplendent in deco rations, among them the Spanish min ister. There were delegations from the Loyal Legion, the G. A. R. and other patriotio societies. Body Washed Ashore. San Francisco, Feb. 11. The body of Burton M. Hardiman, cousin of Mrs. J. K. Miller, of Oakland, better known in the literary world as Florence Hard iman Miller, has been washed ashore on Angel island, in the bay of San Francisco Whether death was caused by suicide or accident is unknown. Hardiman's home was in Oswego, Kan., where his mother and one of his sisters reside. Blots in Martinique. r Fort de France, Martinique', Feb. 11. A mob of about 1,200 has since last Monday been preventing the harvesting of sugar cane. The movement is ex tending and troops have been sent in all directions. An infantry post of 25 men was attacked and fired upon its assailants, killing nine men and wounding 15. In the commune of Le Francois, two incendiary fires have occurred on plantations. t San Francisco. Feb. 11. Acting Im migration Commissioner Schell, at this port, has forwarded to National Immi gration Commissioner Powderly, at Washington, a protest against the in tended colonization of a large tract of land in California with 1,500 Russian emigrants now in the Northwest terri tory. . - - San Francisco, Feb. 11. The United States transport Logan arrived today from Manila. The voyage occupied 26 days. The Logan brought . 14 passen gers. February 8, Robert Gray, late of company B, Twenty-second infantry, died at sea from dysentery. The body was embalmed and brought here. The Spokane & British Columbia Telephone & Telegraph Company has obtained a mandamus to compel the Spokane city council to grant a fran chise for this company in the streets of the city. Its application for a fran chise was rejected last June. The company claims that its right to equal protection under the constitution en titles it to the same privileges in build ing up business as is granted to the rival company. : Goebel's Assassin. Peoria, 111., Feb. 10. The volice of Peoria have unearthed what they think is a clew to the assassin of Governor Goebel, of Kentucky. A young man arrived in the city last fall whose name was George F. Ahlers, claiming that his father was a member of the firm of Hoffman & Ahlers, of Cincinnati. He claimed Kentucky as his home, and when under the influence of drink was easily excited and would work himself into a violent paSBion while discussing politics. He said repeatedly that it was his evidence that acquitted Mr. Goebel of murder. Further Advices Brought by the Em- press of China. Victoria, B. C, Feb. . 11. The steamer Empress of China, brings the following Oriental advices: ' -y A terrible accident is reported from the Wuhu river. A junk was caught in a snow squall and turned turtle, all on board, numbering 20 in all, ' being drowned. Jj . From Nago-Ya, Japan, comes news of another terrible accident. ' A tire broke out January 23, in a large spin ning mill at Koryo Mura, in the Owari prefecture. Two buildings were de stroyed and 31 factory girls burned to death.. Six 'were injured badly and a number slightly injured. - The.Fleur de Lutus, as the junk be ing sept from Hong Kong to the Paris exposition is called, has started on her adventurous-trip from the China sea to the French capital. The junk, which is one of the. common Chinese kind, is 72 feet' long and 28 feet wide. She will stop on the route at Saigon, Singa pore, Colombo and Aden. The. junk will be towed through the Suez canal. Captain Bourdonnet, who is in charge of her, is accompanied by his wife, one French sailor, nine annimatos and nine Chinese, v' ; A ' great ' conflagration - occurred at Kiuang, December 29. In all 800 rtnillinfya 4iraMi Ancmx'aA Tha nanco will exceed $1,000,000. Most of the buildings destroyed were big shops. At Saigon, an Innimite woman has given birth to twins, ' joined together after the manner of the famous Siamese twins. The infants were placed on ex hibition immediately after their birth and it is intended to send them to the Paris exhibition. The French paper at Saigon protested against this treat ment of the newly born infants on the ground of inhumanity'; An injunction was applied for, but was refused by the courts. According to a dispatch received from Nganking, the provincial capital of Anhui, and translated by the North China Daily News, it . seems . that, en couraged by the successes of the ma rauding band in Shantung, a number of rowdies of the former province have lately banded themselves into a society called the Siao Tao . Hui, or Little Swords Association, having' the same objects in, view as their predecessor, the Tai Tao Hui, or Great Swords As sociation, that of plundering converts and men of wealth. The new associa tion, it appears, commenced its work on the Yank Tee river, and raided a wealthy family of the name of Wu, a few miles .north of Wuhu, carrying away a large quantity of spoils and wounding several persons. The next step of the bandits was to plan a raid on a number of Christian families liv ing near Wuhu, . i where there is an American mission chapel in the charge of a missionary, but the inhabitants became alarmed and summoned sol diers, which scared away the maraud ers all of whom boldly declared that they belonged to the' - Little Swords, whose mission was to exterminate con verts to e-utside religions and mis sionaries.'. STORM AT ST. LOUIS. Caused One Death and Heavy Property Loss.' St. Louis, Feb. 11. Considerable damage to property in various parts of the city and vicinity was wrought be tween 2 and 4 A. M. by a wind storm that reached a velocity of 60 miles an hour and was of the nature of a torna do. The barometer fell to 29.25, the lowest point ever reached in this vicin ity, according to the i weather bureau officials "here. Previous to the wind storm a terrific thunder storm, had raged for several hours, the rain fall ing in torrents. The rainfall was 1.9 inches. : ' , 1 - Mrs. Susie Thompson became en tangled in a live wire, which had been blown down, and was killed. ' In the burned district between Franklin ave nue, Morgan street, Third and Sixth streets, $20,000 worth of property was destroyed. At 827 North Third street, the four story building occupied by the George A. Benton Cdm mission Com pany and the Sage & ' Richmond Com mission Company was blown down. 1 was next door to one of the buildings destroyed- in Sunday fire, and its walls had been weakened. At the ruins of Penny & Gentle's department store, Broadway and Franklin avenue, a cupola left standing at the west end sf.the north wall and a huge brick chimney topped by a .tall sheet iron smokestack were carried down by the force oi the wind. Policeman Ferie, who had been standing near, had a narrow escape from death. Much delay and considerable damage was suffered by nearly every railroad entering the city from the east side of the river. -' At Jefferson City, Mo., the wind and rain storm was one of the most severe ever felt there. It was followed by a fall of 63 degrees in temperature and a snow storm, which is now raging. Anton Heister, aged 65, was blown from his door onto a stone walk and killed. 'Stolen Money Be turned. London, Feb 11. The sum of 20, 000, the balance of 60,000 stolen from Parr's bank a year ago, has been mys teriously returned The notes were found this morning enclosed in a Bteamer passbook Planter's Force Defeated. Pretoria, Feb. 11. Colonel Plumer's force, on February 2, attacked the Boer position near Ramonsta and, after beavy fighting, including an endeavor to take the place by storm, the British were repulsed. Their loss is unknown. No Boers were injured, i Severe Storm at Minneapolis. Minneapolis, Feb. 10. Minneapolis jodaT experienced the severst snow storm of the winter. Business is oar- alyzed, and trains are late. Plague In Manila. Victoria, B. C, Feb. 10. According to news brought by the steamer Em press of China, the plague is reported to be gaining much headway in Manila. Telegrams to the Japan Dally Mail, under date of January 17, are to the effect that there were 13 cases on one street on ' that date. The outbreak ia said to be causing great excitement. The Manila Times of an earlier date says that some excitement was caused by the report of two cases of a disease believed to be bubonic plague. The victims were Chinese, who came from' Iteamer from Hong Kong. Albay Province Mueh Har . assed by Them. AMERICANS SUFFER LOSSES Bubonic Plague and Smallpox Among the Filipinos Operations of Bell and Beacon in Luzon. - ": Manila, Feb. 13. Of late the in surgents in Albay province, Luzon, have adopted harassing tactics against the towns which the Americans have garrisoned They camp in the hills and maintain a constant fire upon the American outposts. When the troops sally against them, they scatter, re turning when the Americans retire. They shoot burning arrows, and have thus burned a large part of the town of Albay. Indeed, most of the towns in that province are practically deserted, except by the garrison. Scarcely any of the inhabitants ' return to their homes. They are camping in the inter ior, and it is supposed armed insurgents prevent them going back. It is report ed that there is much suffering among them, owing to lack of food. As a re sult of these conditions, the hemp bus! ness in that section ' is seriously bin dered, and ships going for cargoes are compelled to take gangs of coolies to do their loading. Hemp' held in the interior is quite inaccessible. Colonel Bell will take two regiments and a battery through the provinces of North Camarines and South Camarines, going there on transports. . Many in surgents retreated to that part of the island from Cavite and Batangas prov inces. Another expedition will soon tsrat to garri son towns along the north coast of the island of Mindanao. Guenilla warfare continues south of Manila. Two attempts have been made to ambush the Americans. Col onel Schwan, while returning to Manila with his staff and an escort of 100 cav airy from Batangas, was attacked by the insurgents. The latter were dis persed, bnt the Americans had five wounded. Lieutenant-Colonel Beacon, with six companies of the Forty-second infantry, had a two hours' fight with General Pib del Pilav's command, which at tempted to ambush the Americans along the trail through Morong prov ince, near the lake. Here, also, the insugents were dispersed, but the Americans . had several wounded, among them a captain. General Bell is operating southward through Zam bales province with a small force. Another expedition is proceeding northward from Subig. It is reported that the insurgents general, Alejandro, has recovered from his wound and bag assembled a large force in that district. The plague continues. Eight cases were reported last' week among the natives and Chinese. There is no ex citement, however, and business and social life are undisturbed. Smallpox is prevalent among the natives along the railroad and in the towns on the northern coast. Two officers of " the Thirty-sixth infantry have died of the disease and another officer and several soldiers have been stricken. ASSIMILATION OF CHINA. Disaster in Too Great Speed .Chinese Pastmaster in Trade. Chicago, Feb. 13. "The greatest question of our time is whether the as similation of the commercial force of China by the world will be a quick or slow process," declared Benjamin I. Wheeler, president of the University of California, who passed through Chicago today on his way East. "If the pro cess be speedy," he continued, "there is likely to be a disastrous disturbance, but if it be natural and unforced, a peaceful adjustment will be insured. Therefore, the question, not so much of the Chinese as of China, is of para mount importance to Americana. , "The pressure of ages has made of the Chinese, pastmasters in commerce. Their lack has been iron, and as the commercial development of this coun try has been characteristically that oi metals, they have seemingly been dis tanced. But let them once acquire in struction from the Western world in the metal .arts, and they will be able, with their genius, to revolutionize the commerce of the globe."... - Blizzard in Colorado. Denver, Feb. 13. A blizzard is sweeping over Colorado. " The central and northern portions of the state are in the throes of the storm which is gradually moving southward. Snow has been falling in the mountains near ly all day, with no prospect of imme diate abatement. As yet railroad traffic has not been affected to any great extent, but a continuance of the storm will seriously interfere with it. Reports from Southern Wyoming and Western Nebraska are to the effect that a blizzard has been raging in that vicinity today and is continuing.' Methodists in this country propose to raise $20,000,000 as a "20th century thank-offering fund." This immense sum will be used for educational, char itable and church purposes. Family Was Asphyxiated. Chicago, Feb. 13. Martin Jordan, an engineer, his wife Mary and their 5-months-old boy, were accidentally asphyxiated; by gas last night in their home at Forty-third street and Stewart avenue. ; -- - Biscuit Company's Fire. Worcester, Mass., Feb. 13. Fire today in the Gilliam block, occupied by the National Biscuit Company, com pletely gutted the building, doing $60, 000 damage. - ' Newfoundland to Offer Money. St. John's N. F., Feb. 13. At the forthcoming special session of the New foundland legislature, called for Febru ary 19, the government will propose a vote of $20,000 toward the imperial patriotio fund, as the colony is unable to send any volunteers to South Africa. All political parties have signified their approval of the measure extending the modus vivendi with respect to the French treaty shore. Now "Vnrlr Fah 19 .- , . ..w. A.MHUCWAOA A. Boynton, the inventor of heating appa- tu, ueu loan uyuip, M(bu 4 4. ACQUITTED AND LYNCHED. Pat of m White Man at Port Arthur, Texas. . Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 14. A Times' special from Port Arthurf Tex., says: "James Sweeney (white) was lynched at 1 o'clock this morning. Sweeney was a cotton screwman foreman, and had killed Charles Crumbao, a fellow laborer, by jamming a bayonet through his neck. The crime was committed on the afternoon of February 1, in a room with no witnesses present, and is said to have resulted from a saloon fight that took place a few hours pre vious. Monday Sweeney -was indicted for murder in the first degree.' He was placed on trial at Beaumont, Tex., Friday, and last night the jury re turned a verdict of not guilty. As soon as be was released Sweeney, returned to Port Arthur, arriving here at 12:30 this morning. "Word had been telegraphed ahead that he was coming, and a mob met him at the depot, marched him up tows' and strung him up to a telephone pole without ceremony. In the first attempt the rope . broke.: ; The second attempt was made successful by tieing Sweeney's legs so his feet could not touch ground and drawing up the rope taunt. Their work accomplished, the mob, which was made up of Port Ar thur citizens, dispersed quietly. "Sheriff Langham, of Beaumont, was notified of the mob's work, and im mediately started for Port Arthur. ' He returned to Beaumont tonight with Jack Martin, a boss stevedore, and a fellow workman named Chumbacha in custody. Martin is believed to have been a ringleader in the lynching." CALM AT FRANKFORT Republican Legislators Besumed Their Sessions. ; Frankfort, Ky., Feb." 14 This was another day of unbroken calm in Frank fort. The Republican members of the legislature met at noon, and, after ap pointing committees to inform Govern or Taylor that, pursuant to the items of his proclamation adjourning the . legis lature at London and calling, it to Frankfort, they had come to this city and were prepared to - transact such business as must come before them. The governor acknowledge the message, and both houses adjourned until ' to morrow. There were nine members in the senate and 28 in the house. The committee which . was expected to come from the Democratic members at Louisville,- to report whether it is safe for them to come to Frankfort, did not put in an appearance during the day. " v - ' Today, Governor Taly or .declined to order away all of the soldiers now here, with the exception of a few for a per sonal body guard. He had - sent for Colonel Williams and given oiders ,for the moving of the troops, bnt several of his friends urged so strongly that the soldiers be permitted to remain that Governor Taylor changed his intention and said that, for the present, at least, he would not have any more of them returned to their homes. , Late this afternoon the detectives working upon the Goebel assassination discovered a bullet imbedded in one of the trees in the south side of the capi tol square. It struck the tree about 20 inches from the ground, and almost on a line from the executive building," and the spot where Governor Goebel fell. A block of wood containing the ' bullet was cut from the tree, and is now in the possession of the prosecuting attorney. . . '.'. " -v . The Chicago Strike. Chicago, Feb. 14. Of - the 7,000 building tradesmen who took their half holiday Saturday afternoon, in defiance of the new rules of the building con tractors' council, one-half, it was an nounced by labor leaders; resumed work as usual on big buildings. This is regarded by labor interests as indi cating weakness in the building . con tractors' agreement to stand by one another. At the headquarters . of the contractors, it was declcared the men still at work were doing so under spe cial agreements, in order .to complete certain portions of work. ' Operations on numerous smaller structures are at a standstill, and will remain so, the bosses say, until the places of locked out men are filled. To guard against others taking their places, union men have 1,000 pickets stationed about the city. - The building material trades council, with a membership of 20,000' has an nounced that it will support the build ing trades council. No material will be furnished to contractors employing nonunion labor. Pire at the Navy Yard. New 'York, Feb. 14. Building No. 7, in the Brooklyn navy yard, occupied by the electrical equipment depart ment, was destroyed . by fire today. The loss is $100,000, equally divided between the machinery and building. A large quantity of valuable records were saved, which Admiral Philip said would have involved a task of about 10 years to replace. The fire is believed to have been caused by a defective electric light wire, and started about 2 A. M. Ad miral Philip himself took charge of the forces that fought the flames and received several euts about the face from broken glass. v Admiral Philip will, it is sa'd, recom mend the establishment of a regular fire department at the navy yard. Prince Henry in Vienna. Vienna, Feb. 13. Prince Henry of Prussia arrived here today. Emperor Francis Joseph met him at the railway station and accompanied him to the Hofburg. The populace gave th prince an ovation. Mrs. Palmer's nomination Confirmed. Washington, Feb. 14. The senate today confirmed the nomination of Mrs. Bertha H. Palmer, of Illinois, to be a commissioner to the Pans exposi tion. An Unlawful Deposit. Lewiston' Idaho. Feb. 14. Hmmfv Attorney Dan ford today filed a criminal comolaint aeainst Conntv Trnunmr Hastings, alleging that the latter offi cial has unlawfully deposited funds of the county in the national bank, con traiy to law. The law, it appears, re quires that such deposits shall be "special" ones, and not be included ia the general deposits of the bank. The penalty specified is from one to 10 years in tliA TWtnitAntiair . TTa afi n era vhun arraigned today, was released on his own recogizance lor preliminary ex amination tomorrow. II) Roberts Begins Movement on Magersfontein. OBJECT TO RELIEVE KIMBERL "The Town Is in Sore Straits, and in Im minent Danger of Falling Boers Ad vancing Through Zululand. London, Feb. 14. Lord Roberts has gathered 85,000 men, with whom, ao cording to the best military opinion in London, he purposes turning the left of -the Magersfontein lines near Jacobs dal, entering the Free State, compelling General Cronje to raise the -siege of Kimberley, and thus making his first step toward Bloemfontein. Yesterday Lord - Roberts announced the appointment of General Sir Henry Coiville, hitherto commander of the guards brigade, to the command of the JSinth division, which is being formed, and will consist probably to a great ex tent of colonial troops. General Col' ville will be succeeded by General Reginald Pole-Care w. Lord Roberts tells the correspondents that when he gets down to business they shall have ample opportunities to send news.. His chief press censor yes terday issued new rules and in future all written communications are to go unchecked. Only telegrams will be censored. For the next few days little news is lkely to get through, but later there will be more freedom. Thus says the censor, and the last clause may be interpreted to ' mean that some' thing is about to happen. Kimberley, 20 miles away from the Modder river position, is in sore straits. Details of the December death rate show that in a population of 14,000 whites and 19,000 blacks, the mortality was 60 whites and 38 blacks per 1,000 The infantile death rate was 671 per 1,000 among the whites Vand 912 per 1,000 among the " blacks. Enteric fever was prevalent. This frightful state of things in December cannot have improved much, if at all, since, and the fighting power of the garrison must have been greatly diminished. Meanwhile the bombardment by the Boers has increased, and , there is im minent danger of the town falling under the very eyes of Lord Roberts. It is believed in circles close to the war office that he will move at once. Scouts have approached - within 1,000 yards of the Boer entrenchments at Magersfontein. They have found these strong and ascertained that they are used as dwelling places. Naval gunners are constantly watching the enemy's lines with strong glasses, and they de clare that there is appreciable diminu tion in the Boer forces.' '.. In Natal the Boer commandos south of the Tulgela occupy Bog's farm and several miles west of Cheveley. Two thousand Boers, with three guns, are advancing through Zululand toward Natal. The war office is making prepara tions to continue the stream ef troops for South Africa. Four large steamers have been chartered. LAST WEEK OF DEBATE. Three Speeches on the Senate Financial Bill. Washington, Feb. 14. The final week's discussion of the pending finan cial bill was begun in the senate today. The speakers were two Republicans Elkins, of West Virginia, and Wolcott, of Colorado and one Populist Butler, of North Carolina. Elkins advocated the passage of the pending senate measure in a brief, but forceful argu ment. Wolcott, chairman of the Inter national Bimetallic Commission of 1897, spoke for many Republicans who adhere to bimetalism, and his speech, earnest and eloquent, was accorded un usual attention. Butler closed the de bate for the day, advocating the adop tion of his amendment providing for an issue of paper currency by the gov ernment. An important bill was passed by the house today, which makes universally applicable the law that now permits the transit in bond of goods through the United States. Goods in bond can be shipped through any' portion of the territory of the United States to foreign ports. It is principally designed to give the transportation companies of the United States a portion of the trans-continental trade to the Orient. The bill also repeals the law of March 1, 1895, prohibiting the shipment of goods in bond to the Mexican free zone. The latter provision was tought by Stephens, of Texas. The remainder of the day was occupied in passing private pension bills lavorably acted upon at last Friday night's session, and in District of Columbia legislation. To Surrey British North America. Winnepeg, Man., Feb. 14. The Canadian government is equipping a large survey party for an examination of the immediate territory lying be tween the Great Slave lake and Hud son's bay. This stretches from the, Rockies to the Atlantic It is 2,000 miles wide, and is supposed to contain rich mineral stores.' The War in Yucatan. '. Austin, Tex., Feb. 14. A dispatch from Oaxaca, Mexico, Bays that Presi dent Daiz has ordered two more regi ments of troops to proceed immediately to Yucatan, where they will join Gen eral Bravo 'a forces in the campaign be ing waged against the Maya Indians. A seven-year-old girl, of Butte, Mont., was killed by the accidental discharge of her father's revolver, in her own hands. Disinfecting Spokane Mall. Washington, Feb. 14. The postal authorities have directed that mail passing through Sumas, Wash., be disinfected before it is sent into Van couver and Victoria. This action was taken because the officials of British Columbia feared that mail from Spo kane might enter their territory by way of Sumas. The authorities here do not believe that smallpox exists at Spo kane, but, in order to allay the fears of the officials across the border, they have decided to comply with their request. heading Feature of the Trade Situation . This Week. Bradstreet's says: The strength of staples, and particularly those of agri cultural origin, is the leading feature this week, at least. In general ' trade, weather conditions have not favored a big distribution, but, compared with a year ago, are still quite favorable. Enlarged speculation is reflected in in- ' creased bank clearings, and compari sons with last year are again encourag ing, while gains over years previous to 1899 are very marked. In strength of demand, and size of advance, cottons are still easily first. Although the crop movement has noticeably enlarged so active has been the demand for foreign spinners that fully 38 cents advance is shown. The strength of the raw sugar posi tion has been further increased this week by bullish reports from European beet markets, and the expectation that receipts of cane sugars are apt to be light in the future. Fine grades of wool are quiet, but there is still an urgent demand for me dium grades, and quarter-bloods sell better, considerable imported wools having changed hands in Eastern mar kets. A further gain in blast furnace ca pacity is noted. Current production is now little below 16,000,000 tons yearly, and some increase of stocks is shown. Wheat (including flour) shipments for the week aggregate 2,902,357 bush els, against 2,724,937 bushels last week, 5,580,500 bushels in the corre-' ponding week of 1899. Business failures in the United States for the week number 281, as compared with 171 last week, 193 in this week a year ago. 278 in 1898, 301 in 1897, and 381 in 1896. PACIFIC COAST TRADE. Seattle Markets. Onions, new, $2.5 2.50 per sack. Lettuce, hot house, 40c per doz. 'Potatoes, new, $18 20. ' Beets, per sack, 76 85c. Turnips, per saok, 60c. Carrots, per sack, 50c. Parsnips, per sack, 7585c. Cauliflower, 75c$l per dozen. Cabbage, native and . California, $1.001.B5 per 100 pounds. Apples, $1.25 1.50 per box. . Pears, $1.00 1.25 per box. ' ' Prunes, 60c per box. Butter Creamery, 31o per pound; dairy, 17 22c; ranch, 20o per pound. Eggs 20o. Cheese Native, 16c. Poultry 13 14c; dressed. 1415o. , 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, $31; 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. 80 4. 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, 4M5o; cows, 44c; pork, 4io; trimmed, 6ijc; veal, small, 6c; large, 4c. Hams Large, 13c; small, 1S; breakfast bacon, 12 c; dry salt sides, 8c. ' ' Y Portland Market. . Wheat' Walla Walla. 63 54c; Valley, 68c; Bluestem, 64o per bushel. Flour Best grades, $2.90; graham, $2.25; superfine, $2.15 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 85 36c; choics gray, 84o per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $14 15.00; brewing, $17.50 18.50 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $13 per ton; mid dlings, $19; shorts, $15; chop, $14 per ' ton. Hay Timothy, $1011; clover, , $7 8; Oregon wild hay, $6 7 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 60 65c; seconds, 42)45c; dairy, 8087Mc; store, 23X37Ko. Eggs 14 15c per dozen. . Cheese Oregon full cream, 13c; ' Young America, 14c; new cheese lOo per pound. .. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00 4.00 per dozen; hens, $4.50; springs, $3.503.50; geese, $7.008.00 forold; $4.606.60; ducks, $6.00 7.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 12o per pound. Potatoes 55 80c per sack; sweets, 9 3o per pound. Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 90c; per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab bage, lHo per pound; parsnips, $1; . onions, $1.50 2.00; carrots, $1. , Hops 710c; 1898 crop, 66o. . Wool Valley, 1213o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 8 14c; mohair, 27 30c per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 4 Jic; dressed mutton, 7 Tio per pound; lambs, 7 o per pound. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.00; light and feeders, $4.50; dressed, $5.50 6.00 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, S4.004.60; cows, $3 .50 4.00; dressed beef, 6 7?4o per pound. Veal Large, 78e; small, 8$ 9o per pound.' San Francisco Market. Wool Snrincr Nevada. 1215o oei pound; Eastern Oregon, 13 16o; Val ley, 20 22c; Northern, 1012o. Hops 1899 crop, 11 18o pex pound. " Butter Fancv creamery 27f28o: do seconds, 25 26o; fancy dairy, 22 26c; do seconds, 18 310 per pound. Eggs Store, 15 16c; fancy ranch, 19o. : ... ' ; Millstuffs Middlings, $18.00 21.00; bran, $14.6015.00. Hay Wheat $6.609.60; wheat and " oat $6.609.00; best barley $5.00 00: alfalfa. $6.0007.50 per ton; straw, 30 46q per bale. Potatoes Early Rose. 90c$l; Ore gon Burbanks, 75o1.10; river Bur banks, 50 75c; Salinas Burbanks,: 80c 1.10 per- saok. Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia, 1.7608.25: Mexican limes. $4.00 $3 00: California lemons 75c$1.50; do choice $1.75 2.00 per box. Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.60 80 per bunch; pineapples, nom- inal; Persian dates. 66o per ' pound.