UNION Estab. July. 188T.
GAZETTE Eatab. Dee, 1862.
(Cossoli.ateiIFeli.1899.
CORVAIiLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAECH 2, 1300.
VOL. XXX VII. NO. 10.
M NEWS OF THE IYEEK
From All Parts of the Nev
World and the Old.
OF INTEREST TO OUR READErtS
Comprehensive Review of the Impot-
' ant Happening; of the Past Week
Called From the Telegraph Columns
Leander J. McCormick. of McCor-
mick harvester fame, is dead.
Eev. James Smart, president of Por-
due University, LaFayette, Ind., w
dead. ,
- -The Nez Perces Indians will Boon
Ret nearly $200,000 from the govern
ment. ' " - ' : -
Pacific Coast Steamship Company's
stevedores at Vancouver, B. C, are on
a strike. -
All business at Mafeking is now con
ducted in "bomb-propf" underground
chambers.
"Operations in. the Philippines are
drawing to a close and police will re
place soldiers. '
Contract has been let for the erection
of a new oil and guano factory near As
toria, Oregon. ; '.
The Southern Paciflo Railroad Com
pany has established a relief depart
ment for its employes.
The Fair estate has failed to break
down Mrs. Craven's testimony relative
to her marriage with the senator.
Admiral Dewey says that if the Nic
aragua canal is to be a neutral path
way, fortifications are unnecessary.
-Women's rights have made such
progress in Chile that ' already two
thirds of the public school teachers are
women. -
Leslie E. Keeley, inventor of tho
Keeley cure for the liquor habit, died
at his borne in Los Angeles, Cal., of
heart disease.
The sultan will pay for the losses of
Americans in Turkey during the Ar
menian troubles. Tho sum involved
is about 100,000.
" General Hector McDonald, com
manding the Highland brigade and
leading in the pursuit of Cronje's
-forces, is severely wounded.
Representative Lentz, of Ohio, intro
duced in the house a bill to provide for
the public distribution ' of a United
States map to all schools in tho United
States. t- .
Upon representations of the Spanish
government to the effect that some of
the islands south of the Philippine
archipelago, which had been token
possession of by the United States gun
boats, were the 'property of Spain, the
authorities of the state department
have examined the charts and con
cluded to direct the withdrawal of our
claims to the islands of Caygayen. Sn
lu and Subutu, both of which lio with
out the boundary lines laid down by
the treaty of Paris.
British have occupied Colenso.
At Detroit, Mich., Tom Sharkey
knocked out Jim Jeffords in the second
round.
Trains bearing provisions, fuel and
passengers are now to be started for
Kimberley. .
Queen Victoria has appealed to re
tired members of the army to enlist for
Dome defense.
John Pentella, of Astoria, has sued
the Clatsop Mill Company for $20,000
for the loss of an arm.
A split in the Populist National Con
vention, being held at Lincoln, Neb.,
Two tickets will be put in the field.
Charles E. Macrutn, lato consul at
Pretoria, in the Transvaal, furnishes
proof of his charges against tho British
censor.
Filipino guerillas who attacked a
squad of Americans on February 2,
killing a corporal, are to be tried be
fore a military commission on the
charge of murder.
The steamer Coptic brought to a local
San Francisco company 1,840 sacks of
ore concentrats from the mines of
Corea, and is the second similar con
signment within a few months.
The war department has issued a
statement that the receipts of publio
funds in the Philippino islands, be
ginning August 13, 1898, and ending
December 31, 1899, amount to $6,G96,
090. ,
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Treasures, of New York, in their annual
report, state the value of Turner's
Grand Canal, Venice, bequeathed to the
museum by Cornelius Vanderbilt, as
$100,000.
In Chicago, 500 men employed by
the Gneral Electral Railway Copmany,
fought with employes of the Western
Indiana Railroad Company for the pos
session of the Dearlwrn street crossing.
A dozen men were injured.
Judge Seaman, in the United States
district court at Chicago, issued an
order denying the injunction prayed
for by the Chicago Tribune against the
Associated Press. This grew out of
alleged infringements of copyright.
Rear Admiral Bradford estimates the
cost of the Pacific cable at $10,000,000.
Dreyfus is still in Southern France,
where his health shows continued im
provement. Eli Jimerson. full-blooded Indian
treasurer of the Seneca nation, is $1,000
short in his accounts.
During last year 44,000 imigrants
settled in Canada. The number from
the United States is 11,000, or about
2,000 more than last year.
Imperial German regulations pre
venting practice of medicine by women
have been recinded.
You can take out spots from wash
goods by rubbing them with the yolk
of eggs before washing. -
William Kerr, of Providence, R. I.,
is still pursuing his trade of watchmaker
after 86 years' work nt that business.
He is 83 years old.
In the paper mill owned by Gov.
Crane, at Dalton, Massachusetts, work
men who become to old to labor are
retired on their regular salary as long
as they live.
LATER NEWS.
Cronje has surrendered.
Puget Sound salmon packers have
combined.
A big pro-Boer meeting was held in
Detroit, Mich.
National Bimetallists will meet in
Kansas City in July.
- The Trans-Mississippi congress will
meet in Houston, Texas, on April 17.
In a battle with tho Yaquis, Mexican
troops lost over 200 in killed and
wounded.
Hamilton H. Greysou, former post
master at Manila, died in Philadel
phia, of hiccoughs.
Two Pittsburg tin plato works have
resumed operations, giving employ
ment to 1,000 workingmen.
Dr. A. Wright, of Buffalo, president
of the American Institute of Homeo
paths, is dead, aged 74 years.
Fire in Montreal destroyed the
Theater Francais and nearly an entire
block, causing a loss of $100,000.
Catholics in New York are seeking
the privilege of teaching their religion
in the public schools at certain hours.
The United States government will
build roads and wharves and 2,400
miles of telegraph line this year in
Alaska. '
Pugilist Tom Sharkey threatens to
retire from the ring unless he can ar
range a -match with Fitzsimmons or
Jeffries.
The United States supreme court
has denied the application of Captain
Oberlin Carter to bring his case into
that court.
The Interstate .Commerce Commis
sion's session at Norfolk, Neb., is inves
tigating alleged discrimination in
freight rates. ,
In London, tho Grand theater, where
Henry Irving and other actors have
been in the habit of beginning provin
cial tours, was gutted by fire.
Admiral Dewey lost his prizo money
case, the court of claims deciding that
the Spanish fleet in Manila bay was
not superior to the American. He was
awarded $9,750. . ..
Ten ot the leading chain works in
the United States will be combined
and operation continued under the
management of the Standard Chain
Works Company.
Full powers havo been granted to
Henry L. Wilson, United States min
ister to Chili, to sign a treaty of extra
dition he has negotiated with the
Chilean government.
An Old Maids' convention was held
at Cynwyd, Pa. Prizes were awarded
or the oldest, the handsomest, the
smallest and the tallest maidens that
attended the convention.
A boiler in the Pullman Lumber
Company's sawmill, at Pullman, Ark.,
exploded, killing six men.
Colonel W. S. King, ex-congressman
nd a national character for the past
10 years, died at Minneapolis. -
Northern Ohio is in the throes of a
fierce blizzard. .. Trains on the trunk
lines, .especially west-bound, were de
layed. Desperate engagement between the
British and Boers north of the Tugela
resulted :n the English being twice re
pulsed. The Gsrman steamer Admiral has
Arrived at Lourenco Marques with 110
passengers, mostly Germans, who will
join the Boer forces.
The Japanese minister to the United
States, Jutaro Komura, has been noti
fied by cable from Japan of his appoint
ment as minister to Russia.
A young dentist of New York city
shot the wife of the man who befriend
ed him and then committed suicide.
Jealousy was the cause of the crime.
The Platteville Powder mills, Plat-
toville, Wis., were wrecked by an ex
plosion, killing three men and badly
injuring one. several buildings were
destroyed.
A steamer believed to be the Cali-
tornian, of the Allan line, is ashore off
Fort Williams, Portland, (Me. ) harbor.
She . was heavily laden with grain,
bound for Liverpool.
In Chicago, 600 machinists employed
by Frazer & Chalmers and Croley &
Co., are on a strike, on account of the
alleged refusal of their employes to
recognize the union.
Four of the five members of the new
Philippine commission have been
selected. They are: Judge Taft, .of
Ohio; Luke T. Wright, of Tennessee;
H. C. Ide, of Vermont, and ' Dean
Worcester, of Michigan.
The plague in India continues viru
lent. There were 583 victims in Bom
bay city during the week ending Febru
ary 16. With 61,000.000 people affect
ed by the famine and only about 4,000,-
)00 in receipt of relief, the country is
in a bad plight.
A preacher of New Britain, Conn.,
whose love for preaching has entirely
overcome his desire for ordinary labor,
was given the alternative of obtaining
a position by which he could support
his family or go to jail to continue his
religions studies. He had spent his
time expounding his doctrines on street
corners, and since October had pro
vided nothing for his family.
The total wealth of American colleges
and universities is $250,000,000.
A geological survey expert has found
much coal in the Philippines, but no
precious metals.
In St. Joseph, Mo., there is offered a
bounty of $600 for every highwayman
that is killed.
' The German foreign office says the
change in Chinese emperors is of no
importance to Europe and the powers
will not act.
Mrs. William Ewart Gladstone at
tained her eighty-eighth birthday re
jcently, and the bells of Harwarden
I church were rung in honor of the
'occasion.
I President Loubet of France declares
that when his term of office ends he
' will not seek the office again, but will
retire to his old home farm, as he is
tired of politics.
' Robert Fitzsimmons now proclaims
that he was drugged when he was
' whipped by James Jeffries for the
championship of the world at Coney
Island last June.
Y CASE IN THE 8Ut
Voted 34 to 28 to Consider
the Resolution.
DANIEL OPENED THE DEBATE
Resumption of Discussion of tbe Hi
irallan BUI Pettlgrew's Boer Rese-
lotion Foraker Replies to Tea.
Washington, Feb. 26. Today's ses
6ion of the senate was unusually inter
esting from the verv beginning. In
spite of vigorous and influential oppo
sition, Penrose, of Pennsylvania, sue'
ceeded in getting he Quay case before
the senate, and during the afternoon
three notable speeches were delivered
After a sharp parliamentary squabble,
Penrose moved that the resolution in
volving the seating of Quay be taken up
for consideration. On an aye and no
vote the motion prevailed, 34 to 28
The majority was so decisive as to
cause some surprise. It is known that
some senators who will vote, if the op
portunity be offerd, to seat Quay, today
voted against the consideration of the
case, while on the contrary others who
voted for consideration probably will
vote against seating him. The vote
cannot, therefore, be regarded as a test
of Quay's absolute strength in the sen
ate. Following: the taking up of the
resolution, Daniel, of Virginia, deliver
ed a speech in which he vigorously sup
ported Quay's right to a seat. , Vest, of
Missouri, and Foraker, of Ohio, deliv
ered notable speeches anent the Ha
wanan government bill. Both were
constitutional arguments, Foraker's
being a reply to that of Vest.
CRONJE IS UNBEATEN.
Praise for tbe Boer General for His
Gallantry.
London, Feb. 26. General Cronje is
still unbeaten. No other construction
is placed upon the three days' silence
of Lord Roberts. Yet no one sees how
it is humanly possible, ' judging from
the descriptions of his situation Wed
nesday, for him to resist so long. Great
Britain does not withhold admiration
for the valor of a losing fight against
such odds.
The British cavalry patrols sent by
Lord Methuen north of Kimberley dis
covered the ' Boers concentrating,
whether for defense or offense is simply
conjecture.
The Boers seem to be retiring from
General Gatacre's front at Sterkstrom
in order to reinforce the Free Staters.
Ladysmith had not been relieved
when the latest news left Natal, two
days ago. The Boers had then retired
half way between Ladysmith and Col-
M ethuen In Charge of Kimberley.
Kimberley, Feb. 26. Lord Methuen
arrived here Tuesday. He will act as
administrator of Kimberley district,
extending southward to Orange river.
Colonel Kekewich will remain in com
mand of the local forces. The issue of
siege soup ceases today. There are 64
Boer prisoners here.
Casualties at PaardebergV
London, Feb. 26. An official report
gives 146 men Kiueu at raardenerg
Drift, February 18, including 63 High
landers and 18 Canadians.
BAD PHILADELPHIA FIRE.
One Woman Killed and Several. Others
Seriously Injured.
Philadelphia, Feb. 26. One woman
was killed, several others were severely
injured' and propeity valued at $500,
000 was destroyed by fire which broke
out tonight in the heart of the whole
sale millinery district. The burned
area covers nearly two. acres. The wo
man killed was Clara Cohen, 26 years
of age, a seamstress in the employ of
Harris and Bernard Cohen. She met
her death by jupming from the fifth
floor of the building in which the fire
started. Among the most seriously
hurt was Clara Udor, who fell from the
third floor of the same building. '
The fire started in the third floor of
721 Arch street, occupied by Simon
May, manufacturer of straw goods, and
spread to the big six-story builing ad
joining on the east occupied by Bowe,
Dingan & Company, dealers in whole
sale millinery goods. This structure
was also soon entirely consumed. By
this time the builing on the west of
the May building, occupied by head
offices of the Northern Life Assurance
Company, Park & Purdeu, barristers;
Roath Bros., and C. F. Turner, brokers;
F. H. Butler, broker; Keene Furniture
Company, the Grand Opera house, R.
G. Dun & Co., and the Dominion Loan
& Savings Company's place were in
i blase. All these buildings are in
Bonner's Stock Farm.
New York, Feb. 24. The Bonner
stock farm at Tarrytown, N. Y., is not
to pass out of existence, despite the
sale of all the trotters and pacers
which belonged to the late Robert Bon
ner, except Maud S. David Bonner
will manage the farm, where blooded
horses will be bred. The stallions
Highland Baron and Baron Review
have been bought from the stud with a
number of Electioneer horses.
The Plague at Aden.
Aden, Feb. 26. Six cases of plague
and one death have occurred here.
Drastic measures have been taken to
prevent the spread of the disease. In
fected areas have been isolated.
Condemned Chinaman's Snlelde.
Salt Lake, Feb. 26.--Low Sing, a
Chinaman, recently convicted of mur
der at Bingham City, and sentenced to
be shot, committed suicide by hanging
himself in his cell this morning.
Yaqui Prisoners.
Chisago, Feb. 26. A special to the
Record from Guadalajara, Mex., says:
The 600 Yaqui prisoners, recently
taken from the Yaqui country to Man
zanillo, have left Colirmt for Guadala
jara. They are guarded by three com
panies of government troops. The trip
will be long and fatiguing, as the
Sierra Madre mountains have to be
crossed. - 7
A strike of the machinists of Brook-
ton, Mass., began to enforce a petition
for a nine-hour day, instead of Iff
hours, with the same pay.
LETTERS FROM BADEN-POWELL
Commander at Mafeking Describes
Town's Long Siege.
tbe
London, - Feb. 26. Extracts from
Colonel Baden-Powell's letters to his
relatives are published in an illustrated
weekly. He writes:
"Here I sit in my bomb-proof bu
reau, writing these letters. Around
me is a telephonic communication
with each one of my outposts. At
each of these outposts a telescope keeps
constant watch on the Boer outposts
and guns. As soon as it is seen which
way their fire is about to be directed.
the wiie communications are set to
work and a bell, with which each de
fensive quarter is provided, clangs in
that part of town where the shell is
about to fall; and all in the open go to
the ground like rabbits. Generally
speaking, most of us, unless duty takes
us out, keep pretty close during the
day; but we come out and take the air
at night. The Boers usually finish
pounding us toward evening, or just
send us a few sheila before the sun
goes down."
One thing Colonel Baden-Powell has
not neglected. He has effectually
swept Mafeking clear of all suspected
traitors. Those who are not outside
are shut up in particularly strong
quarters. He says:
"I have 47 prisoners, including the
late station master at Mafeking, all ol
whom were rather more than suspected
of treasonable correspondence with the
enemy."
The paper goes on to say: "One
dark night, a few weeks ago, a Kaffir
stole away from the outpsts of the lit
tie beleagured township. With the
subtile instinct of those children of the
veldt, which has been lost to civilized
man, he made his way through the net
work of encircling trenches and laagers
and set his face to the north and Bulu-
wayo. He carried a couple of assegais,
a few mealies and a pipe. The latter
may have seemed of little importance,
but in the stem of that pipe lay the
message from the cheerful, confident
chief, which, after a journey to Dela
goa Bay, gives to us at home those in
teresting details of the resistance, offer
ed by the town to the Boer siege."
He telis how, even at Mafeking, be
fore war came to them, people were
ready to underestimate the charactei
of the hostilities likely to ensue, and
pooh-poohed the necessity of making
any special provision against Boer artil
lery. But Golonel Baden-Powell was
not the man to be swayed by such
ostrich-like conduct. . ;
"I have come here to hold this
town," he said. Straightway, before
any enemy appeared on the horizon, he
set about marking out the line of his
exterior defense works, and, with that
common sense which is the best test oi
the true soldier, at once directed the
construction of ample shell-proof cover
against the guns which at that time
seemed so chimerical to the people of
Mafeking.
"Each one of the outworks," he
writes, "all around the town was at
once provided with underground shell-
proof accommodation for the whole of its
garrison. The town it sell was oiviaea
into three or four sections, each of
which had its own arrangements for
defense. ' In each, big mounds of earth
have been thrown up, with good inter'
ior anartments. all constructed of the
handiest material, such as wall sup
ports and roof cross beams of railway
metals, with panelings and roofings of
corrugated iron."
He then tells us how he converted
the cellars of several houses into safe
retreats of a similar kind, and, by
means of banking huge mounds of earth
immediately overhead, they rendered
good service to the garrison and the
inhabitants on the day when the Boer
artillery began to rain shot and shell
on the devoted little town.
But the perfect, machine like system
which holds sway at Mafeking is per
haps the most interesting fact about
the siege. Go into any well known
ODtician's store and you will find the
men hard at work turning out as many
glasses as they can make in the short
est possible time, chiefly telescopes of
great range, now urgently needed by
our troops in South Africa. The in
adequacy of our supply at the front has
put us to serious disadvantage through
out the theater of war. Not so at
Mafeking. Her wily chief, from the
earliest moment, saw to that, and he
tells us how he has them in constant
use. in the center 01 tne Deieagurea
town is a big traverse or mound of
earth. - Inside this mound is the brain
of Mafeking, Baden-Powell
In Northern Cape Colony.
Arundel, Feb. 26. Colonel Hender
son's squadron of the Inmskillings,
with two guns, re'eonnoitered westward
to Mooifontein Farm, on the direct
road to Colesbnrg and Hanover. They
got close to the Boers in the hills, and
were fired on. They quickly got their
guns in position and shelled the hills.
Evidently the Boers were driven out,
retiring northward, when they came
under the fire of two other guns, sup
ported by a company of Australians,
near the British western post on Dra
goon Hill. Colonel Henderson pro
ceeded to Mooifontein Farm, which he
now occupies. The British patrols
from Hanover also came out that far.
The Boers are not in great force.
They have been persistently followed
all day and have withdrawn a consid
erable distance northward.
Fire in London, Ont.
London, Ont., Feb. 26. The Ma
sonic temple, the finest structure m
the city, was destroyed by fiie today.
The loss is estimated at $200,000. The
Great Northwestern telegraph office
and Grand Opera house, which occu
pied part of the building, are among
the places ruined.
A mote may be removed from the
eye, or the pain at least alleviated, by
putting a grain of flaxseed under tne
lid.
Caused by Gasoline Explosion.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 26.- The
ex
Dlosion of a casoline stove in the
basement of the Metropolitan hotel this
afternoon was followed by a fire which
burned that building and the Hewlett
block, adjoining, causing a loss of
about $160,000. A number of guests
in the Metropolitan hotel were lowered
from their rooms by means of ropes.
The Oregon Editors. I
New Orleans, Feb. 26. Tae Oregon
delegation of editors, numbering 30,
arrived here safely. They will go to
Vicksburg tomorrow, returning Monday.
Wreck of the Californian Ofl
the Maine Coast.
PASSENGERS ARE ALL SAFE
Tbe Vessel Went on a Reef in the Har
bor of Portland, Maine, During i
Heavy Storm.
Portland, Me., Feb 27 The big Allan
fine steamship Californian, which left
her dock at midnight, went ashore on
Rant Island ledge, just outside the
harbor, a few minutes after the pilot left
her this morning All the passengers
are safe, though still aboard. Most of
the local seafaring men are of the
opinion that the rocks have penetrated
the bottom of the vessel in several
places, and they doubt very much if she
can be saved. The vessel is -valued at
$3,000,000; .the cargo at $300,000.
There are six cabin, five intermediate
and 10 steerage passengers, beside
crew of 75 men.
The Californian was in charge of
Pilot Edward L. Parsons, and at the
time he left her the wind was blowing
haid from the southeast, and a heavy
rain was falling. : Pilot Parsons left
tbe ship on reaching the bell buoy of
Cushing's Island Point, after he gave
the officers of tbe ship the course. Ten
minutes later the Californian was hard
and fast aground on Ram Island ledge
This is a reef that runs out from Ram
island and the ship had gone several
points off her course when she struck,
The ship is lying under the lee of Ram
island, on the ledge, and although the
waves are breaking with great force,
the long ledge acts as a breakwater and
protects the ship. The local officials
feel confident that the ship can be
floated. ' The conditions are now fav
orable.
The Californian was bound to Glas
gow by way of Halifax. Captain Bare?
lay says that the hold is full of water,
the fires are extinguished, - there is i
heavy sea, but the passengers are per
fectly safe. The cargo- of 3,000 tons
consists mainly of meats, lard, apples.
cheese and grain. The greater part of
the cargo was probably insured by the
consignees. It is not known whether
the ship was insured.
ine Eteamship . California, now
named the Californian, was built on
the Clyde and launched in 1891. She
is built of milled steel, is classed Al
in Lloyd's special survey, and with ad
ditional strengthening over Lloyd's
requirements to comply, with the de
mands of the admiralty for transport
service. Her length is 400 feet, beam
46 feet and depth of hold.' 32 feet 8
inches. Her tonnage capacity is 5,000
tons. She is divided into eight com'
partments, tne bulkheads of which are
all carried to the upper deck. These,
with the cellu.ar double bottom, insure
the greatest an ount of safety in case of
accident.
Postoffloe Bobbed.
Independence, Feb. 27. The post'
omce was broken into this morning
after 3 o'clock and over $600 was se
cured; the amount of cash was $212.95,
and stamps $400. An entrance was
made by taken but a window pane in a
rear room, and then a panel of the door,
thus giving admission to the office.
The tools were stolen from a black
smith shop in town. A hole was
drilled in the outside door of the office
safe, just above the handle, and the
hole in the inner door was made just
above the combination lock, and powder
was used to blow the safe open.
The robbery was not discovered until
about 10 o'clock today, when several
dollars' worth of stamps were found be
hind the adjoining harness shop by W
H. Craven, which led to an investiga
tion. It is thought that the thieves
have been in town for the past two days,
and could be easily identified. The
money lost belonged to Postmaster J.
A. Wheeler. v
Cremation of Plague Victims.
Chicago, Feb. 26. A special to the
Record from Honolulu, February 18,
via San Francisco, says: As there are
no facilities for cremation at Kahului,
where the latest advices show that the
black plague has broken out, the seven
bodies of those who have died from the
dread disease were cremated in the
open air on the beach at night by pil
ing up an immense amount of fire wood
for a fire. The harbor was full of
ships at the time and ' the sight from
the decks of the vessels of the burning
of the plague victims is described as a
weird one.
Fight on Burmah-Chlnese Boundary.
Rangoon, British Burmah, Feb. 24.
A British official attached to the
boundary commission, named Hertz,
while touiing in the Burmah-Chinese
frontier with an escort, has engaged
and routed two considerable forces of
hostile Chinese from Mirkawgpa, kill
ing the leader of the Chinese and 70
Chinese. . "
Mill, Elevator and Grain Burned.
Halifaxx, Feb. 27. The works of
the Maritime Milling Company at New
Glasgow, were destroyed by 'fire today,
with a grain elevator and thousands of
bushels of grain. The loss was
$150,000.
Fireman Killed, Others Injured.
Detroit, Feb. 27. Fire tonight, in
the plant of the Detroit Steel & Spring
Company's works, destroyed both the
company's rolling mills, causing a loss
of $100,000, fully insured.' Fireman
Timothy Keohane was crushed by a
falling stack and killed. A hospita?
ambulance, running to the scene, col
lided with a swiftly runnning electric
car. . The ambulance was smashed to
pieces, and its occupants, Driver Frank
Dertheaur and Dr. J. T. McKittrick,
were badly bruised and shocked.
Dan Rice, the Circus Clown.
New York, Feb. 24. Dan Rice, the
veteran circus clown, died at Long
Branch, N. J., tonight, after a linger
ing illness, aged 77 years. Mr. Rice
had been in ill health for several
months. He suffered from Blight's
disease, but was able to go out driving
until a week ago, when he took to his
bed. His real name was Daniel Mc
Laren.
Svdner. N. S.W.. Feb. 27. Annthar
case of bubonic Dlairae has devnlnnAd
here '.and several persons have been
quarantined.
BIG FIRE NEAR PARIS.
Aeries of Alcohol Explosions Injure
ISO People.
Paris, Feb. 28. As a result of a fire
that broke out this morning at St.
Quen, a suburb of Paris, in a collection
of alcohol and oil stores, a series of ex
plosions occurred, spreading the flames
until a block of six immense ware
houses was involved in a huge con
flagration. A great concourse of spectators had
assembled, and had approached too
near, wlien suddenly the explosions
occurred. A large number of people,
including some firemen, were more 01
less injured. . The last explosion oc
curred at 6 o'clock this afternoon, when
it was thought that much danger had
been averted. Thirty persons were in
jured by flying debris. The official
compilation shows that 150 were hurt,
and quite a number seriously.
The fire broke out at 8 o'clock, from
some cause as yet unknown, and had
obtained firm hold before it was dis
covered. It progressed without excit
ing incidents during tho morning, -and
at 1 o'clock had been gotten under con
trol. At 4 o'clock, however, tho fall
ing walls permitted the flames to reach
a number of alcohol vats, and then the
explosions began to take place. The
block of warehouses was - almost sur
rounded by nnocenpied ground, over
which the burning alcohol spread when
the buildings collapsed, resembling a
sea of flames, and causing consternation
throughout the district. People in the
dwellings near by began hastily remov
ing their furniture. The suffocating
heat and fumes seriously hampered the
work of the fire brigade. A number of
engines were sent from Paris to assist.
The firemen worked fearlessly, and
more than once were precipitated to the
ground by falling .roofs and walls.
A detachment of soldiers aided the
firemen in emptying the adjacent
houses of furniture. Ambulances were
busy in carrying victims to the neigh
boring hospitals.
Fortunately the flames did not reach
the immense reservoirs of petroleum.
The loss is estmated at 2,000,000
francs.
YAQUIS HARD FIGHTERS.
Mexicans Lose More Than 80O in Cue
Battle. '
Chicago, Feb. 28. A special to the
Chronicle from Potam, Sonora, Mexico,
says: The Mexican Federal troops,
under General Torres, have saved Guay
mas from the Yaquis, but by dint of
the fiercest fighting of the war, and a
sacrifice of 200 soldiers. The town
here is filled with wounded, and all
public buildings are utilized. Torres
anticipated the surprise the Yaquis in
tended. The Indians were accompanied
by 10 adventurers, miners and cow
boys, who acted as commanders of sep
arate companies of 40 men each. . The
Yaquis had also a Maxim gun, which
had been smuggled through at Bisbee,
A. T.t in a load of machinery. The
gun was manipulated, the Mexicans
say, by two ex -rough riders.
Torres reached here Thursday after
noon and decided to divide his army of
700 men into two divisions. Tbe first
and strongest, flanked by the gunboat
Democrata, left here at daybreak Fri
day morning. No scouts preceded the
force and the first intimation of the
presence of the Yaquis was a wither
ing fire from the Maxim and a rifle
volley from concealed fortifications in
a dense thicket. The first division re
treated in confusion, and was sheltered
in the timber growth along the river.
More than 100 men fell at the first fire.
The Democrata then steamed up and
swept the thicket with her machine
gun, but evidently ineffectively. Her
forward decks were swept, and the pro
tected upper decks peppered with bul
lets from the Maxim. Ten sailors and
First Lieutenant Rambolo, of the army
were killed. The Democrata drifted
for more than half a mile until a bend
in the river sheltered her.
Late in the afternoon hill signals
showed the waiting commanders of the
first division that the second detach
ment had reached the neighboring
heights to the southeast in its flank
movements. A simultaneous attack
was then made from the front and
flank, and the Indians retreated. The
Maxim gun, disabled and useless, was
brought to Potam and 73 Indians, the
official report states, were found dead
During the first fire of the Yaquis 23
Mexican Federals were driven into the
river in a panic, and drowned; The
total Mexican loss was 227. The Dem
ocrata has been taken to Guaymas for
repairs.
This is the first time the Yaquis have
made use of fortifications.
Building Burned in Chicago.
Chicago, Feb. 27. Fire today de
stroyed a four-story brick building at
51-55 Jefferson street, causing a loss of
$65,000, divided among the following
firms: Lammert & Mann, machinery;
William W. Vernon, gas machinery;
James Barry & Co., pattern makers;
Hartley Electric Company; George H.
Nye, pump manufacturer; Charles H.
Bendham, pattern maker.
Two Frozen Bodies Found.
Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 27. The storm
which has raged since yesterday after
noon, with a maximum wind velocity
of 65 miles, abated tonight. The body
of a farmer was found frozen stiff in a
snow drift about a mile from the city.
Near Warsaw, the body of John Car
mody was found frozen.
Soldiers' Clothing Deficiency.
San Francisco, Feb. 28. Upon the
request of Major Oscar F. Long, quar
termaster, United States volunteers,
depot quartermaster in this city, a
board of survey met in his office today,
to examine into, report upon and fix the
responsibility for an alleged deficiency
of clothing and equipage shipped by
Major Long to the quartermaster at
Manila, P. I., and for deficiency and
damage to quartermaster's stores re
ceived at the depot in this city from
various posts.
Chinese will Resist.
New York, Feb.. 28. A dispatch to
the Herald from Peking says: John
Fowler, United States . consul at Che
Foo, announces that 4,000 native
troops have gathered at the border loute
of the new German railway to await
the arrival of the German troops. ' The
natives are determined to resist the con
struction oi the railroad.
Albany, N. Y., Feb. 27. Fir de
stroyed three buildings of the Troy
Malleable Iron Works today; loss
$150,000. One thousand employes
will be thrown out of work,
He Surrendered His Army
Unconditionally.
BOER FORCES CONCENTRATING
Large Force to Defend Bloemfonteln
Stubborn Resistance at Paardeberg
Was for Gaining Time.
London, Feb. 28. The war office has
received the following dispatch from
Lord Roberts:
Paardeberg, Feb. ' 28. General
Cronje and all of his force capitulated
unconditionally, at daylight and is now
a prisoner in my camp. The strength
of his force will be communicated later:
1 hope that her majesty's government
will consider this event satisfactory,
occurring as it does on the anniversary
01 MajuDa."
MASSING AN ARMY.
Boers Are
Concentrating at Bloemfon
tein.
lxmaon, eD. 28. The Boers are
assembling an army near Bloemfon tein.
with which to dispute the invasion of
Lord Roberts.
This intelligence comes from Pre
toria by way of Lurenco Marques. The
commandos are described as "hastening
from all quarters of the two repub
lies." No estimate is made of their
numbers, but the withdrawal of the
Boers from most of. the places where
they have been in contact with the
British, except tbe district near Lady'
smith, may raise the resisting force to
30.000 men. This figure assumes that
the Boers have between 60,000 and 70,
000 men in the field.
ine gathering of this army across
the path of Lord Roberts gives signifi
cance to General Cronje's steadfast de
fense. He has engaged the corps oi
Lord Roberts for 10 days, and has given
time for the dispersed Boer factions to
get together and to prepare positions to
receive the advance of the British when
Lord Roberts moves forward.
SPOKE AGAINST QUAY.
Turley Began the Formal Debate In the
' Senate. 1
Washington, Feb. 28. Formal die
cussion of the right of Senator Quay to
a seat in the senate as a member from
Pennsylvania was begun today by
Turley, of Tennessee. He presented
constitutional argument against the
seating of Quay, which was given close
attention by his colleagues.- He will
conclude his speech tomorrow. Con
sideration of the Hawaiian' government
bill brought out a lively discussion be
tween Tillman and Spooner, in which
the former admitted that ballot boxes
had been stuffed and negroes had been
shot down in the South . to maintain
white domination. An amendment
was made to the bill striikng out the
property qualification of voters for mem
bers of the legislature, but little other
progress was made.
' The general debate upon the Puerto
Rican tariff bill was today extended
until tomoirow night. . Interest - cen
tered in tne conferences which were
going on among the Republican leaders
and the dissenting Republicans in their
efforts to compromise their differences
on the bill.
Pennsylvania Town on Fire.
Pittsburg, Feb. 28. At 1 o'clock
this morning fire was discovered in
Wilson's billiard hall, Main street,
Clarion, ra.r ana in a snort time an
entire block of business buildings was
destroyed. The loss is estimated at
$150,000. Judge W. W. Barr, the
oldest inhabitant and a prominent poli
tician, dropped dead from excitement
The water pipes are frozen. 'At i
o'clock this morning the fire was still
raging and not under control. Snow
was being piled up in huge piles, and
teams were used to cart it to the scene
of the fire. Huge bonfires were lit at
all fire plugs, but at late reports the
water had not thawed out. The near
est town is Edenburg, 10 miles away,
and there is no possibility of getting
help there.
Fell Down a Shaft.
fccranton, .ra., r eo. 28 our men
were killed this morning in the Mount
Pleasant mine by the breaking of 1
mine carriage. The killed are: Wil
ham Gilbert, Thomas Williams, John
Rogan and Frank Woodward"1 The men
were descending on the mine carriage
to the sixth vein. When it reached
ine nitn vein tne carriage, which was
going down at a rapid rate, struck an
adjustable shelf, which was left pro
jecting, breaking the bottom of the
carriage and dropping the men . to tbe
pit 75 feet below. Gilbert and Rogan
were killed instantly, while Williams
and Woodward lived only a short time
Chicago Summer Resort Burned.
Chicago, Feb. 28. Franz . Thiel
mann's summer garden, with its palm
House, stage and other buildings, and
the broad sweep of water pavillion
threading the edge of the lake, the
breathing spot for thousands of merry-
maKing 101 k tnrougnout the summer
evenings, burned early today. The
loss was $50,000; insurance $6,000.
Tin Plate Works Resume.
Pittsburg, Feb. 28. The Mononga
hela Tin Plate Works and the Star Tin
Plate Works, both owned by the
American Tin Plate Company, which
have been closed two months, resumed
operations today. The two employ
1,000 workmen.
Richard Hovey Is Dead.
New York, Feb. 28. Richard
Hovey, the poet, professor of English
literature in Barnard College, is aead
in this city of apoplexy, aged 85 years.
Cleveland, Feb. 27. The storm
which began on Friday night reached
its height today. The temperature
here was near the zero mark, and a
fierce gale from the northwest blew
all day. During the most of the day
snow fell also. Street cars were oper
ated with difficulty. The storm was
general throughout Northern Ohio. At
Youngstown, it was 14 degrees below
zero.
Savannah, Ga., Feb. 28. President
H. W. Comer, of the Central railroad
of Georgia, died here today, - Be had
been ill fur some tune,
SPRING TRADE ENLARGING.
General Distribution Is of Fairly Good
Volume.
Brad street's reivew of trade says:
General distribution of trade is of
fairly good volume, although affected
by weather conditions and holidays.
Spring business is enlarging at many
markets East and West, the presence
of buyers being encouraged by special
passenger rates. A softening of prices
of speculatively dealing staples is to be
noted, but the reactions are of narrow
extent.
Foreign demand for wheat remains
small, American stocks are large, and
farmers are reported holding supplies
back, and crop-damage scares are dis
counted by mild weather. The
strength of corn has been a feature, for
eign demand being of good proportions,
and this has furnished a supporting
element in the wheat market.
There is a larger volume of business
in pig iron at some markets, but less
at others, and prices of that product
are quite steady.
Structural iron continues active, in
dicating heavy building operations the
coming spring and summer. ' Foreign
iron markets retain all their old
strength, and lower ocean freight
would, it is argued, bring about a
great enlargement of our export trade.
Copper it quieter, but steady in price
and tin notes a further advance in sym
pathy with foreign speculation.' Hard
ware is improving in distribution at
the West.
Business failures for the week num
ber 163, as compared with 199' a week
ago, and 220 in 1899.
The strength of staple values is a
feature of Canadian trade. Retailers
will carry over some stocks of winter
clothing. Industrial activity is very
marked, Canadian factories running to
their fullest capacity; Bussiness fail
ares for the week number 28. against
85 last week, and 89 in this week 4
year ago. - -.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Seattle Markets.
Onions, new, $2.25 2.50 per sack.
-Lettuce, hot house, 40c per doz.
Potatoes, new, $1820.
Beets, per sack, 76 85c. .
Turnips, per sack, 60c.
Carrots, per sack, 6O0.
Parsnips, per sack, 76 85c.
Cauliflower, 75c $1 per dozen.
Cabbage, native and California,
$1.00 1.25 per 100 pounds.
Apples, $1.25 1.60 per box.
Prunes, 6O0 per box.
Butter Creamery, 81o per pound;
dairy, 17 22c; ranch, 20o per pound.
Egg 20c.
Cheese Native. 16c.
Poultry 13 14c; dressed, 1415o.
Hay Puget Sound timothy, $12.00; '
choice Eastern Washington timothy,
$18.00 19.00
Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $23;
feed meal, $23.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$21; whole, $22.
Floor Patent, per barrel, $3.25;
blended straights, $3.00; California,
$3.25; buckwheat flour, $6.00; gra
ham, per barrel, $3.00; 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, 78c; cows, 7c; mutto!. 8c;
pork, 7c; trimmed, 9c; veal, 84
10c.
Hams Large, 13c; .small, lSHl
breakfast bacon, 12)c; dry salt sides,
8c.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla. 63 54c;
Valley, 53c; Bluestem, 56c per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $3.00; graham,
$2.60; superfine, $2.10 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 35 36c; choice
gray, 84o per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $14 16.00;
brewing, $17.00318.00 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $13 per ton; mid
dlings, $19; shorts, $15; chop, $14 per
ton.
Hay Timothy, $1011; clover, $7
7.50; Oregon wild, hay, $8 7 per ton.
Butter1 Fancy creamery, 60 55c;
seconds, 42 i 45c; dairy, 8037gO;
store, 25M32o.
Eggs 12 4 13o per dozen.
Cheese --Oregon full cream, . 13o;
Young America, 14c; new 'cheese lOo
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.60
4.50 per dozen; hens, $5.00; springs.
$2.503.60; geese, $6.607.50 for old;
$4.606.50; ducks, $5.005.60 per
dozen; turkeys, live, 10llo pet
pound.
Potatoes 6080oper sack; sweets,
22Jic per pound.
Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 90c;
per sack; garlic, 70 per pound; oaD
bage, l)o per pound; parsnips, $1;
onions, f 1.50 2. 50; carrots, $1.
Hops 3 8c per pound
Wool Valley, 1213o per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 814o; mohair, 27
80o per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 4Mc; dressed mutton, 7
7 Ho 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, $4.004.50;
cows, $3. 50 4. 00; dressed beef, 6jt
7&o per pound.
Veal Large, 7 8c; small, 86
bKo per pound.
San Francisco Market.
Wool Spring Nevada, 1215oper
pound; Eastern Oregon, 1216o; Val
ley, 20 22o; Northern, 10 12c,
Hops 1899 crop, ll18o per
pound.
Butter Fancy creamery 22 22 Me:
do seconds, 2121c; fancy dairy, 19
do seconds, 1718o per pound.
Eggs Store, 12 14c; fancy ranch,
17o. '
Millstuffs Middlings, $17.50
S0.00; bran, $12.00 13.00.
Hay Wheat $6.609.60; wheat and
eat $6.50 9.00; best barley $5.00
7.00; alfalfa, $6.007.50 per ton;
straw, 80 45o per bale. '
Potatoes Early Rose, 80 85c; Ore
gon Burbanks, 75c1.10; river Bur
banks, 60 75c; Salinas Burbanks,
80c 1.10 per sack.
Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia.
$2.70(83.25; Mexican limes, $4.00
00; California lemons 75c $1.60:
do ehoioe $1.75 2.00 per box.
Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.60
3.60 - per bunch; pineapples, ' nom
inal; Persian dates. 664o per
pound.