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CORVAIXIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 16, lSOO.
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From All Parts of the ;ew
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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.
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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. -
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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.
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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.