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CORVAIiLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OEEGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1300.
VOL. XX XVII. NO. II.
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OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS
Comprehensive Review of tbe Import
ant Happening, of the Fast Weak
Culled From tba Telegraph Columns
An iaru! laijd conference will be held
At Salt Lake April 18.
The Puerto Rican tariff bill has passed
the house by a vote of 172 to 160.
Tbe lnnisKilling - rusiliers were
caught in a Boer trap . at Railway Hill
and unmercifully slaughtered.
Two persons were killed and several
badly injured in a collision, between
two passenger trains near Kansas City,
Mo.
. During the carnival procession at
Caracas, Venezuela, two shots were
fired at President : Castro, without
effect. , " '
All chance of saving any of tbe Span'
isH armored cruisers Bunk off Santiago
had . gone. The Cristobal : Colon has
- slid into deep water. : ' -; -a ;
The Russian piesa is clamoring foi
intervention. They contend it is time
to end tbe most infamous wax; England
har ever waged through fiust lor gold.
The greatest fire Newark, N. J.,' evei
experienced swept- through the retail
dry gooods district, destroying a score
of buildings, causing' a lose of $1,000,-
000.
--The Swedish mail ' 'steamer ' lies
stranded off Lohmergui Island, off th
coast of Germany, during a fog.' Five
stewardesses were drowned in attempt-
- ing -to leave the ship. "
-4rttnprfl.l Milan flflvfl thai Omn-in'a mr
mnrlnr in nrtt a nerinnfi iniiirv .tn tb.
Boer cause. - He expressed - admiration
lor the 4,000 patriots wbo stood off foi
10 days 50,000 of tbe British army.
Lon Curry, one of the train robberi
who ws engaged, in the "Wilcox, Wy.
oming, hold-up on the Union Pacific
last June, when something like f 30,
000 was secured, was shot and killed
by officers near Kansas City while re
sisting arrest.
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Two men who have arrived at Ana
heimCal., from tbe Santiago moun-
tains, report that there have been many
earthquake. shocks in the section since
last Christmas. No serious damage is
known to have been done, as there are
few habitations there.
At a meteing in San Francis oo, a
plan of .-organization has been agreed
upon by-the promoter a of the Pacific
Commercial Museum.' All commercial
bodies on this coast have been asked
- to request their congressmen and sena
tors to support the pending bill to ap
propriate $200,000 for a public inn
seum at Philadelphia. '-
Lord Roberts' casualties at. Paarde-
berg. were 721, in one days' fighting.
Profits of the Kimberlev Diamond
Mining Company last year were $10,
000,000.
Democratic officers for minor state
offices in Kentucky have been '-given
certificates. . .. -
Evansville", Tnd., people are heirs to
an estate in the Fiji islands, valued at
$10,000,000.
P. D. Armour, Jr., who died lecent-
ly in Pasadena, Cal., left an estate
valued at $8,000,000.
Astoria, Or., physicians urge the peo
ple tc) exterminate the rats in order tc
&ep out sue oudouio piague.
Just 19 years after the, Boer victory
at Majnba, hill, Cronje and 4,000 men
surrender to the British forces.
The transport" Hancock has airived
at San Francisco from : Manila, with
the bodies of 605 dead heroes. '
The president has nominated Henry
B. Miller, ofJosephine county. Or., to
be consul, at Chang King, Cbinal
Prince. Poniatowski, of San Fran
cisco, has' purchased the island of Basi
lan, one of the Philippines, for $500,
000. The island is valuable or iti
pearl fisheries and hemp trade. ' .
The Baldwin Locomotive Works ol
Philadelphia, ' has received an order
froom the Palis & Orleans railway ol
France, for. SO , 10-wheeI passenger
enginesr " This is the first locomotive
contract ever placed by the railway in
America. " "
The Chamber of Commerce of San
Francisco, has appointed a committee
to consider the advisability of estab
lishing a branch of the New York
American-Asiatic Association, the pur
pose of Which is to increase trado with
theOnent: "Jv;;y . ; ;-i.VlrV-.-VfV-
Tbe steamer Australia arrived at San
Francisco from Honolulu. She brings
news that after 12 days had passed
without a sign of plague, three casee
were discovered on February i9, and
all ended fatally. The " victims were
two Chinese, males, and a woman,
half Chinese and half Hawaiian. The
council bas appropriated another $100,
000 to allow the board of health to
carry on the work of - fighting the
plague.
Miss Susan B. Anthony recently cele
brated her eightieth birthday anni
versary. .
In German cities merchants are not
allowed to -put up signs unless tbe
wording is true.
Prince Henry of Russia was robbed
by bandits while on his way to visit
the king of Slam.
Col. George T. Perkins, of Akron,
O., has presented that -city with 80
acres of land Valued at $100,000 as a
playground for children.
The dowaeer emm-ess has ahnlinhnil
study of European sciences in Chinese
schools.
Miss Susan B. Anthony has willed
her extensive collection of books on
woman's suffrage to the National
library at Washington.
The centennial anniversary of the
graduation of Daniel Webster from
Dartmouth college will be observed by
that institution next year.
James Whitcomb Riley declares that
In spite of his long experience on the
lecture platform he baa never been able
to conquer stage flight complete.
LATER NEWS.
Cecil Rhodes is on his
land.
way to Eng-
Princeton college wants a million
dollars for a law library
Cronje's men are now prisoners on
board British warships
Germany will admit American meat
for fear of a tariff war,
The machinists of Philadelphia do
mand a nine-hour day
Six people were burned to death in a
New York tenement-house fire.
The increase in American imports
has been nearly doubled in three years
Steamers Victorian and Prosper col
tided in Fort Townsend, Wash., har
bor.
San Francisco highbinders murdered
two men, both leading merchants of
the city.
General Woods asserts that trouble
in Cuba is now 'absolutely out of the
question.
The transport Grant has. arrived at
San Francisco from Manila with 201
sick soldiers aboard.
The. British second-class cruiser
Hemes is reported off Cat island, in
the Bahamas, in distress
President David ' Starr' Jordan, ol
Stanford University, in - a speech at
Chicago, said that England wonld soon
topple.
Trouble has arisen between the cigar
and box manufacturers of Tampa, Fla
Advance in the price of boxes is tbe
canse. ..
Tom Sharkey and Bob Fitzsimmons
signed articles of agreement for a 25-
rpund bout before the club offering tbe
largest purse.
The Yaqni Indians are headed for
the United States. General Merriam
has troops in readiness to stop them if
they try to cross the border.
The United States government will
begin the manufacture of smokeless
powder and compete with private man
ufacturer, in point of quality
The American Clay Manufacturing
Company, the $10,000,000 .consolida
tion of sewer-pipe manufacturers, will
control 85 per cent of the industry. ,
Near Olympia, Wash., three chil
dren, aged 5, 7 and 9 years, were
burned to death while their parents
were absent from home attending a
dance.
At Hanover, Germany, some persons
not vet identified tore a British flag and
made an anti-British demonstration in
front of the residence of an English
man, who had displayed the Union
Jack in celebration, of the successes in
South Africa.
PminMwtn far the termination of the
Colombian revolution are poorer than
ever. - .
At Vienna, the Crown Princess Steph
anie, of Austria, was married to Count
Von Lonray.
The total number of Boer prisoners
captured at Paardeberg by the British
is 4,660 men.
A party of six American rubber pros
pectors have been massacred by Indians
in the wilds of Brazil.
The twelfth convention of the Nation
al Republican League has been' called
to meet in the city of St. Paul, July
17, 1900. .. V ...
Frozen meats, 'supplied to the Ameri
can army in the Philippines, is reported
by officials in Manila to be highly
satisfactory.
A passenger train on the Canadian
Pacific, near Toronto,. Canada, jumped
the track, and several members of par
liament were injured.
The Kentucky legislature has passed
a bill appropriating $100,000 to carry
on the work of hunting down the as
sassin of William Goebel.
Tn on onnn natvi Kahtaaii UfaTiming
and Maya Indians, near Santa Cruz,
600 Mexicans defeated 3,000 Indians.
Indians killed numbered 82.
Filipino insurrection has not yet
been subdued. The rebels are pve par
ing for tbe rainy season and will carry
on guerrilla warfare on a large scale.
William Henry, a half-breed Indian
of Coreto, Cal., shot and killed Nettie
Smith, a young Indian woman, and
then killed himself. Jealousy was the
cause. .
Forty-three and one-half inches of
snow in 63 hours is the new record
established at Rochester, N. Y. The
railroads are recovering from the biggest
fight against the elements they have
had in many years. , .
The Cartersville, 111., union miners,
who have been on trial for the past 40
days at Vienna, charged with - murder
ing negro miners, were acquitted by
the jury. Four other charges are pend
ing against the miners.
Belief in the efficacy of prayer, as a.
sure enre for disease was the canse of
the divorce granted to George . E.
White, ex-congressman and a wealthy
lumber dealer of Chicago, from his
wife, Minnie A. White.
The Canadian Papermakers' Asso
ciation at Montreal, adopted a scale of
prices for carload lots, five-ton lots and
20-ream lots of different grades of
paper. The increase in present prices
is from 10 to 15 per cent.
Women sailors are employed in Den
mark, Norway and Finland.
Reports from 45 colleges show dis
couraging religions conditions in but
three.
Booth-Tucker says God uses America
as a connecting link between other
nations.
Thomas Yates, of Toledo, O., is the
only living American who took part in
the charge of the Light brigade at
Balaklava.
A new railroad from Salt Lake City
to Southern California is likely to be
built by tbe Southern Pacific
Albert II. Hilton, of New York, has
filed a petition of bankruptcy. His
debts are over $2,500,000 and ha has
10,000 creditors.
The Salvation Army has again failed
to get a foqthold in Mexico. Relig
ious processions are forbidden.
The female society for the relief and
employment of the poor ia probably the
oldest woman's association in America.
It was founded in Philadelphia over
104 years ago.
P
NbT7 Facing the Boer Army
at Osfontein.
SIX THOUSAND DUTCH NEAR HIM
The Axaln Force Is Being Contra
tratel Further North Under Joubert,
TVliere Battle Will Oecur.
London, March 5. Lord Roberts, at
Osfontein, six or eight miles east ol
Paardeberg, faces the re-formed Boer
army, from 5,000 to 6,000 strong,
This may be merely a corps of observa
tion ready to retire on prepared posi
tions. Doubtless it is receiving accre
tions from the late besiegers of Lady-
smith, and from other points. What
ever the force may be. Lord Roberts
has ample troops to cope with it. At
a heavy rain is falling on the veldt and
the grass is improving, this will be a
good thing temporarily for the Boers.
British Camp at Osfontein.
Osfontein, March 6. The British
camp has been moved here. A heavy
rain is falling, the veldt is improving,
supplies are rapidly arriving, and the
men are in good health, despite the fact
that they have been on half rations fox
a fortnight. Cecil ' Rhodes has sent a
quantity 'of champagne from Kimber-
ley to be drunk to the health of Lord
Roberts.
- Lord Roberts has published an order
thanking the troops for their courage
and for the zeal and endurance they
have displayed amid the hardships of a
forced march. He says that their for
titude and general . conduct have been
worthy of the queen's soldiers. .
A slight skirmish occurred several
miles southeast, in which Colonel
Remington had a horse shot under him
The Boer forces on our front are be
lieved to be under the joint command
of Botha, De Larey and Dewet. They
are expecting reinforcements from
Natal. - ,
The guns that were captured at Paar
deberg have been brought here. The
rifles captured have, in many cases,
scriptural texts ' engraved upon them,
for example, Lord, ; strengthen this
arm."
It is said that just prior to General
Cronje's surrender there was almost a
mutiny in camp.
MONEY GOES BACK.
Puerto Rican Duties to Be Used for
Starving People.
Washington, March 5. Two honrs
after tbe receipt of a special message of
the president recommending the imme
diate passage of a bill to place in his
hands all the. moneys collected upon
Puerto Bican goods since the Spanish
evacuation of the island, to be used for
the relief of the Puerto Ricans, had
been read to the house today,, the house
had passed and sent to the senate a bill
to carry out the recommendation. '
The message came like a bolt out of
a Clear sky to the minouty. They were
at first inclined to hail it with delight
as a reproof of the majority for ' the
passage of the Puerto Rican tariff bill
The Republican leaders, however, bad
a bill ready to carry the president's
recommendations into effect. ' Cannon
asked immediate consideration of it,
and this was given. It was only when
the debate opened and it bad been
agreed that 20 minutes should be al
lowed on a side that, under the lead of
Bailey, of Texas, the Democrats began
lining up against the bill, because it
placed no limitations upon the presi
dent's discretion in the nse of the
money. . The bill was passed by a vote
of 162 to 197. 13 Democrats, 2 Popu
lists and 2 Silver Republicans voting
with the Republicans.
Billion-Dollar Trust.
New York, March 5. A special to
the Tribune from Wheeling, W. Va.,
says: A combination of iron and steel
industries, with $1,000,000,000 capital.
will be completed within six months
from April 1. It will include the
American Tin Plate Company, the Na
tional Steel Company, the American
Hoop & Wire Company, the National
Steel Company (now forming) and an
other which is already in existence and
which is as large or larger than any of
the concerns named. The name of this
latter concern is withheld. This infor
mation is given by a man who holds
interests in all save one of these com
binations, and who, with W. T. Gra
ham and Judge Moore, of Chicago,
planned the American Tin Plate Com
pany and the National Steel Company.
Germany and the Peace Conference.
Berlin, March 5. During the debate
in the Reichstag today on the foreign
office estimates, Herr Grandnaner,
Social-Democrat, requested to be in
formed as to the attitude of the govern
ment in regard to The Hague peace con
ference. The minister of foreign
affairs, Count von Bulow, replied:
"Our aims are always directed to
ward peace, and it will not be broken
by us. I can give no guarantee of the
action of others. Therelore, we must
be armed. We gladly participated in
tbe labors of the conference, but' could
not agree to obligatory arbitration, and
can only decide upon recourse to arbi
tration as cases arise. "
Lone Highwayman.
Calistoga, Cal., March 5. The Cal-
istoga and Clear Lake stage was held up
today by a lone highwayman on Mount
St. Helena, six miles from this city.
The robber secured $4.50 in cash and
Wells, Fargo & Co.'s express box,
which is said to have contained but
little of value. The stage was driven
by A. R. Palmer, and it contained four
passengers, three women and one man,
an Italian gardener, who contributed
the $4.50. The passengers were not
molested-.
Parent and Schoolteacher Fought.' .
North Vernon, Ind., March 5. At
Brewer8ville today in front of Stern's
store, Al. Fuller and Isaac Powers,' a
schoolteacher, met and began shooting.
The trouble was over the correction
of Fuller's child by the teacher. Pow
ers was shot once through the lungs
and Fuller received three balls. Both
men will probably die.
Washington, March 3. The bodies
of 96 soldiers who died in Cuba since
the end of the Spanish war were buried
with military honors at Arlington cem
etery. .
CUBANS ARE ALL RIGHT.
General Wilson Says Contrary Reports
Are Untrue.
Matanzas, Cubaj March" 7. General
James H. Wilson military governor of
the department : of ; Matanzas-Santa
Clara, in the course of an interview
today, said:
"Trouble is absolutely out of the
question. The future depends largely
upon the agriculture prosperity; and
where work is plentiful, wages are
good, and a country is 'prosperous, no
sensible man wishes to alter conditions.
"Any person who publishes reports
representing the Cubans as preparing
rising, does so with malicious intent to
misrepresent them, or because he has
been led to believe this by those who
know better. The prospects of Cuba
are very bright. If sugar goes to the
United States free or nearly so, there
will be such an influx of capital and of
immigrants as will render Cuba, ere
long, one of the richest and most pros
perous plitces in the world. ;
"The best the United States can do
for Cuba and the Cubans is,,, to give-
every, opportunity' for improving the
value of the land by putting it to the
best uses. In this way capital could do
an immense amount of good here as
well as get large returns."
General Wilson suggests supplying
cattle for working purposes on a time
basis, accepting regular rates of inter
est, which should be about 1 per cent a
month.- : V-:
' "Cattle," says he, "can be landed
here at a cost of $70 a yoke, which,
once here, would bring more than
$150. - Large numbers of working cat
tle are required by reliable and hard
working men who are anxious to . ob
tain them." :
SUPPORTER OF QUAY. ;
Carter Tells Why He . ill Vote for tbe
i Pennsylvauian. -
Washington, March 7. Carter dealt
vigorously with the Quay case in the
senate today; in the course of an ex
planatin as to why he will vote for the
ex-senator from Pennsylvania, notwith
standing that he voted against the seat
ing of Corbett in the last congress.
The near approach of the time of voting
on the conference report on the finah
cial bill brought out two speeches on
that measure, one by' Fairbanks and
the other by Butler. ; Thomas B. Bard,
recently elected senator from Cali
fornia, was presented to the senate by
bis colleague, Perkins. . Later the oath
was administered by President Pro
Tem. Frye. : - - -
Considerable miscellaneous business,
much of a minor character, was trans
acted in the house today. During tbe
consideration of a bill to incorporate
the Frederick Douglass Memorial and
Historical Association, the speaker and
Bailey, of Texas, exchanged sharp
words, and the . latter filibustered and
ultimately prevented the final passage
of tbe bill by demanding the reading of
the engrossed bill. The bill proposes
to collect at the residence of the late
Frederick Douglass, in this city, a rec
ord of the anti-slavery movement
Underwood (Dem. Ala.), was appointed
to the vacancy of the committee on
ways and means, which it was under
stood was originally reserved for Gen
eral Wheeler, had he returned to con
gress. The early part of the session
was devoted to District of Columbia
business. : .: '
THE COUPLING BROKE
Serious Collision Between Two Freight
; Tralns .-. '.
Chicago, March 7. Twenty stock
men and railroad employes were - in
jured in a freight collision today be
tween two Illinois Central freight
trains near Broadview, a few miles
out of Chicago.
The two trains had been running
about a mile apart. While climbing a
long grade a coupling pin in -the mid
die of the head train broke. The rear
section started down the back grade.
It struck the engine of tile oncoming
freight train. Both trains were on the
way to Chicago from Western Iowa,
and were made up mostly of loaded
stock cars with a caboose and passenger
coach for the stockmen. : All the pas
sengers were asleep in the day coach.
The occupants of the caboose and coach
were thrown violently from their seats
to the floor of the cars. The caboose
telescoped the coach, pinning a number
of the unfortunate passengers in the
debris. '
Fire broke out immediately, and the
injured were in great danger of -roast'
ing alive. By hard work on the part
of the uninjured passengers and the
train crew, all were removed in safety.
The cars were almost totally, con
sumed.: The wounded were loaded into
an empty box car and taken to Broad
view, where they were given medical
attention by the one physician of the
village, and the women of the neigh
borhood, and later were brought to
Chicago and placed in the Illinois Cen
tral hospital. "
- Machinists' Strike in Chicago.
Chicago, March 5. President James
O'Connell, of the Machinists' Union,
issued orders today calling out all the
machinists ia the city who were work
ing for firms who had not signed the
nnion agreement. Over 1,000 quit
work. Nearly 6,000 men, 2,000 of
whom are not members of the union,
are now out of work, and with few ex
ceptions all the large machine shops in
the city are closed.
Senator Woleott Divorced.
Denver, March 7. Before Judge
Allen, of the district court, Mrs. Fran
ces M. Woleott was today granted an
absolute divorce from Senator Edward
O. Woleott, on the ground of desertion.
The complaint was not filed until to
day. Senator Woleott was not pres
ent, and no evidence was introduced
for the defense.
The opportunity and ability to rerient
is one of the highest privileges that
God has granted to man.
Heavy Fall at Detroit. -
Detroit, March 7. For the secona
time within a week. Southern Michi
gan is in the grasp of a furious snow
storm. Trains at Detroit are from one
to 12 hours late. Tbe local snowfall
today has been 9 4 inches, making a
fall of 30 inches in tbe past six days.
Sappho" Players Held for Trial. .
New York, March 7. Police Magis
trate Mott today held Olga Nethersole,
Hamilton Revelle, Marcus Mayer and
Theodore Moss for trial on a charge of
presenting an immoral play, "Sappho."
Bail was given at $500.
SIX BURNED 10 DEI1
Fatal Fire in a New York
Lodging-House,
THE' INMATES PANIC-STRICKEN
The Fire Was in the Cheap Bnwery
fectlon, and the. Property I.oss Did
Not .Exceed S2,O0O.
New York." Mareh 6. Six Tersons
were burned to death and two were in
jured early this morning in a fire which
occurred in a seven-story lodging house
at 44 to 48 Bowery. The dead are
Charles Buttie, 40 years old: John
Clark, 50 years old; Edward Doyle, 85
years old; Henry Jackson (colored),
35 years old; , one - unidentified man
about 50 years old, Stephen Carney, 75
years old. - Martin Gallagher,; 53 years
old, was burned about the - face and
hands and also removed to the hospital.
Edward Walker, 47 years oldfc was
burned, ' but after having his wonnd
dressed; remained at the lodging house.
; -The fixe Was discovered shortly after
2 o'clock. .;. Smoke was - pouring from
the windows of the fifth floor, and tbe
flames were making rapid progress.
:P The lodging house was cut up into
132 rooms, and 90 of these small places
were occupied when the fire broke out.
Policemen sent in an alarm and burst
into the place to arouse the inmates.
They notified the night clerk, who im
mediately rang the alarms all over the
house. The hallways 7 were instantly
filled with a crowd of excited people
The policemen forced their way to the
upper floors in an effort to rescue some
of the helpless, believing one or two
were overcome with : smoke. They
carried out Thomas Harper, a one-
legged man, and Ed Waker, who had
been burned, and partially overcome by
the smoke.. Stephen Carney was found
dying on the floor in his room, where
the flames had already burned the old
man's face, hands and body, but a
policeman picked him np and carried
him out of the building.
The firemen succeeded in putting out
the flames without great ; loss to the
building. After the fire was out they
began a search. ' The bodies of all ' five
ot the victims were found on the fifth
floor, where the fire did the most dam
age. .Buttie was suffocated in his bed.
John Clark was found on tbe floor of
bis room dead, as was also Edward
Doyle. . The colored man was found
dead at a window, and the unidentified
man had been overcome just as he was
dragging himself from the window to
the fire escape. All tbe bodies were
taken to the morgue. The damage to
the building will amount to about $3,
000.- The . place was conducted by
Domino Milano, and was-a cheap Bow
ery lodging house. . - '
Carney, who died tonight, ia said to
have been a. licensed., priest of the
Catholio church.
Prevention of Forest Fires.
Washington, March 6. Investigation
of the causes, effects, and means of
prevention of forest fires in the West,
will be carried on this summer in
Washington, Oregon, California, Ari
zona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado,
Wyoming, Idaho, South Dakota. Be
sides field study, designed chiefly to
discover, means of preventing the evil,
the forestry division is making a his-
troic record of all important fires which
have occurred in the United States
since 1754. Although yet incomplete,
this indicates that the annual recorded
loss by forest burnings in the United
States is, at the very lowest, $20,000,-
000. It will probably run far above
this sum; as the Pacific coast states
have been only partially examined.
Accounts of over 5,500 disastrous fires
have been obtained in the 17 states
already examined." Michigan, Minne-
xta and Wisconsin have suffered the
most severely.
Head Was Shot oft.
London, Ky., March ' 6. Millard
Hughes was murdered and Henry Blev-
ins and others were injured last night
at a dance near .East Bornstadt, a min
ing town. Leonard Small wood, Hamp
Gregg and others attacked J Hughes.
Huhges' head was shot off, and B lev
ins and others were hit by stray shots.
Small wood later went to sleep in the
room where his victims lay. -Today he
and Gregg w ere arrested as principals,
and Edward Small wood, father of Leon
ard, and his daughter Lizzie, were ar
rested as accomplices.
Revolt of Convieta at Cairo.
Cairo, March 6. A serious revolt of
70 convicts at Tourah, the great prison
near Cairo, nearly involved 500 other
prisoners. Blank caitridges having
tailed to overawe) .the malcontents, a
volley was fired from a window oppo
site through the window of the room
occupied by them. Five were shot,
and two, it is beieved, fatally wounded.
All of them then surrendered and were
confined in their cells.
. Xarge Tannery Burned.
CorrV Pa., March 6. The Western
Union tannery, at Spartansburg, and
contents were destroyed by : fire today.
With no means of figting the fire, the
citizens 'had to stand 'helplessly by
watching the ouly industry of the town
being destroyed. The loss ia $80,000,
fully covered by insurance.
Swept Over Niagara Falls.
Buffalo, N. Y., March 6. Sarcely a
doubt remains that the man whose
cries for help were heard coming from
the Niagara river last night was Ash ton
Smith, 27 years old, son of Rev. Henry
Ashton Smith, rector of St. Paul's
Episcopal church, at Fort Erie, Ont.
Young Smith left Fort Erie in a rickety
boat at 8 o'clock last night, and at
tempted to row across the swift, cur
rent of the Niagara to Niagara Falls on
an important errand for a friend. He
has not been seen since.
Cargo Floated Ashore.
Halifax, N. S., March 6. Mr.
Sanndford, who arrived tonight from
Barrington, the scene of the supposed
wreck last week, reports that on Feb
ruary 26 a steamei 'a whistle was heard
in the fog near the famous Lurcher
shot 1. Next day carcasses of cattle.
buckets of lard and other stuff came
ashore. There) were no other evidences
of a disaster. . .. .
Trpy N. Y., March 6. Fire at mid
night visited the Willard block and
apartment -house, on Broadway and
oaufM $100,000 damage.
MINES AND MININO.
rrospectlng and Mining In Capo Nome
Country. .
Newspapers and private letters re
ceived from Cape Nome via Dawson say
that considerable prospecting was car
ried on this winter. Many miners have
in idea that at and below low water
mark the richest sands will be found,
Therefore, as soon as the ice was solid
ly frozen to the bottom of the shore
they began prospecting . to solve
much-vexed question as to the origin of
the gold in the beach sands. Prospect
ing in the tundra warrants the belief
that it ia impregnated with gold much
in the same manner as the beach.
Tundra prospeoting, the advices say,
had not been carried on extensively,
owing to the difficulty encountered in
sinking to bedrock on account of water
The ground freezes to an unknown
depth, the same as in the Klondike,
and if it should prove rich an . area of
country will be developed that will b
greater than a score of Klondikes rollei
into one. . From what has already been
done, it was . said to be reasonable to
predict that the tundra would : prove
very rich. Big prospects had new
found in dozens of places, right fro
the grass roots, but the weather has no.
yet been sufficiently cold to enable bed
rock to be reached.
. Anvil creek is the Eldorado of West
ern Alaska. Claim No. 1 below has
thus far proved to be the banner claim,
and is owned - by Japhet Linderberg
The output has been enormous, when it
is considered that it was worked but
six weeks. From this claim $117,000
was cleaned up, while Discovery yield
ed $58,000 in three weeks; No. 2
above, $30,000; No. 4, $80,000; No. 5,
$40,000; No. 6 was worked, but the
pay streak was not located. No. 7,
owned by Dr. Kittelsen, produced
about $30,000; No. 8, belonging to
Price & Lane, $192,000; No. 9, belong
ing to the Swedish Mission, $68,000;
Nos. 10 and 11, owned by C. D. Lane,
How to Write Advertisements.
The most successful pol
icy which can be adopted
; in writing any advertise
ment is to so word it as to
win the confidence and re
spect of the reader. . If you
can make such an impres
sion upon the reader's mind
that he will believe that
yon are in earnest in what
you say, that you really be
lieve it yourseif, and that
you are laying the case be
fore him in a plain, busi
ness like manner, without
any exaggerations or at-
' tempts to mislead him, yon
are nearly sure to get that
person's trade. ,
were worked on lays, and the Lapland
ers who worked them got for their
share $50,000 clear money. .
Several quartz ledges have been
located along Anvil, one opposite No.
9, on the right limit, and another oppo
site No. 7, and it is believed that a
little development work will uncover
the mother ledge, and, if found, the
output is sure to be enormous.
Other claims on tributaries of Nome
and Snake rivers have been prospected
to a limited extent. Enough has been
done, however, to warrant the belief
that the work of next summer will re
veal Eldorados and Bonanzas by the
score. '
Fire destroyed the store of the North
American Transportation & Trading
Company at Fort Yukon, January 9.
All the valuable contents of provisions,
dry goods, household goods, lurs and
everything else in the building was de
stroyed with it. , ,
A Department of Mines.
. A new cabinet officer, to be known
as the secretary of mines and mining,
is provided in a bill favorably acted on
by the house committee on mines and
minlngThfl-bill create aTiiecnUvJ
department, which shall have entire
charge of affairs relating to mines, in
cluding geological surveys. -
The proposed secretary of mines is
to have the same rank and salary as
other cabinet officers, and an assistant
secretary.
Another mining measure favorably
acted upon establishes mining experi
ment stations in each of the mining
states, similar to the agriculture ex
periment stations, and provides for the
appointment of a government geologist
at $3,500 and an assayer at $2,500, in
the Avcral mining states. These offi
cers are to furnish assays, issue public
bulletins and conduct explorations of
mining regions.'.
Mining many years ago left the realm
of speculation and now occupies a dig
nified and important position among
the legitimate industries of the world.
As the years pass gambling, as a fea
ture . of mining enterprises, is fast dis
appearing. While gambling in mining
stocks may continue indefinitely, the
mining industries, per se, is as free from
illegitimate practices as in any other
business. Hencj it should receive tbe
same interest, fostering care and pro
tection, at the hands of the general and
local governments, as do other indus
tries.
A commercial club has been organiz
ed at Vale, Malheur county, Or., to pro
mote the business interests of the com
munity. When a soldier enlists in the English
army he has given him a little volume,
containing among other things three
blank forms for a will. These are us
ually found properly' made ont on the
body of the soldiers killed on the bat
tlefield, but often wills are left in other
ways. It is related that an English
iioldier, found dead on the battlefield,
had scratched on the inside of his hel
met: "All to my wife," using the end
of a bullet to write with. The war de
partment held the will to be valid.
Six five-grain capsules of sand after
every meal are now prescribed by a
Chicago doctoi as a cure for dyspepsia,
appendicitis and all stomach troubles
by "furnishing the digestive apparatus
with the grit which man alone of all
animals has not the sense to pick up
with his food." This is as good a way
to bite the dust as any other.
Baker City will not be ready to begin
work on its new gravity water system
for about three months, and for that
period it has leased its water right to a
Chinese miner at $200 a month.
IN
Fighting in the Southern
Extremity of Luzon.
CAPTURE OF NUEVA CACERES
Brush Wltb Insurgents North of the
Town Sixty-four Rebels Killed
General Bates' Kxpedition.
Washington, March 7. General Oth
has cabled the following account of the
recent military operations in Luzon:
"Manila, March 7. Bates, with two
battalions of the Fortieth and Forty
fifth regiments, and detachments of
artillery, engineers and signal corps, a
total of 2,200 men, landed troops on
the southeast, northwest and southern
coasts of San Miguel bay, Camarines
province, to move on Nueva Caceres, in
three columns. The only strong oppo
sition was encountered by Godwin and
a battalion of his regiment at Libanan,
northwest of Nueva Caceres. Godwin's
loss was Adjutant Callehes, who died
of wounds, and three enlisted- men
severely wounded and five slightly
wounded. The enemy left 64 dead on
the field and many wounded, who were
cared for by our medical officers.
"Goodwin captured a 'number of
armed insurgents, 18 Spanish prisoners
80 rifles and considerable ammunition
and property. Particulars of minor
engagements of the other columns not
reported.
"Nueva Caceres was found practical
ly deserted, the inhabitants having taken
refuge in the mountains. The troops
are covering important points in the
provinces of Camarines and Albay
The navy rendered most valuable aid
in landing troops and supplies."
,-. General Bates' Expedition.
Manila, March 7. General Bates'
expedition to Southern Luzon, consist
ing of the Fortieth and Forty-fifth regi
ments, a total of 2,200 men, has occu
pied Nueva Caceres, province of South
Camarines; Daet, province of North
Camarines and the neighboring smaller
towns. The enemy resisted at one
point and two Americans were killed,
including Lieutenant John B. Galla
gher, of the Fortieth regiment.
February 20, the expedition arrived
at San Miguel bay, landed, and in three
columns pushed inland, - converging
upon Nueva Caceres and attempting to
prevent tbe enemy's retreat. At Lib
anan, north of Nueva Caceres, the
enemy was concealed in the rice field
arid resisted a battalion of the Fortieth
regiment, which engaged them at close
quarters with bayonets. After 40 min
utes' fighting the enemy fled and Lib
anan was occupied. The Americans
buried 64 of the enemy, whose total
loss in killed and wounded is estimated
at 140.
From Libanan the expedition pro
ceeded to Nueva Caceres, the gunboat
Paragua arriving 10 minutes ahead of
the troops. Tbe town was found prac
tically deserted. The Americans,
daily scouting in the vicinity, report
that the enemy have retreated into the
mountains. '
ARCHAEOLOGY OF MEXICO
Discoveries Near an Ancleat City Price
of Cotton too High.
City of Mexico, March 7. Professor
Marshall Saville, representing the
American museum of natural history
of New York, has left for home, taking
many unique objects discovered by bim
at the ruins near the prehistoric City
of Mitla, in the state of Oaxaca. The
principal work of the professor was
the uncovering of many . ancient
mounds overgrown with forests to
which a road had to be constructed
Duke de Lonbat, himself interested
in archaeological research, describes
the work of Professor Saville as most
jtmnortant. Half of the objects dis
covered go to the Mexican government
undfer the agreement made previously.
Same of the largest cotton mills at
Pnebla and Orizaba will suspend oper
ations for a-time, owing to the high
pried of cotton, and will sell off accu
mulated stock, which is considerable.
Refined sugar production for tbe re
public last year amounted to over 50,
000 tons and the unrefined to more
than double that amount. There will
be a large increased production this
yeai
The Chinese Revolutionists.
fictoria, B. C, March 7. Leong
Kay Ting, one of the foremost Chinese
reformers connected with the move
ment of Kang Yn Wei for the over
throw of the empress of China and the
establishment of a new Celestial em
pire, is here. He is a brother of Leong
Kang Chew, now at Honolulu looking
after the interests of the revolutionary
party, who is expected to come north
ward soon. Like his brother, the
young reformer has been a fugitive
from China since the notorious coup
d'etat of the empress dowager, when
Yang Yni fled to Japan. He says that
although a posse of 26 has been sent by
the empress to kill Kang Yn Wei, he
has no fears, for he says he is well
guarded. Kang Yn Wei went to Siam
at the invitation of the king of that
country, to visit that monarch. The
British government has furnished him
a body guard.
No More Plague in Santos.
New York, March 6. Health Officer
Doty has notified the agents and owners
of vessels arriving at this port from
Santos that on and after Monday the
former stringent regulations imposed
on vessels from that port will be re
moved. Hereafter all vessels from the
port of Santos will be permitted to pro
ceed to their wharves after the usual
inspection and disinfection.
Advices from Santos say there has
been no case of plague reported there
during the past 30 days.
Transport Grant Arrives.
San Francisco, March 7. The trans
port Grant arrived today, 27 days from
Manila. The Grant brought 201 sick
soldiers, 27 discharged men and 27
cabin passengers. Six deaths occurred
during the voyage. Short stops were
made at Nagasaki and Kobe.
! Disturbance In Savall.
Sydney, N, S W., March 7. Ac
cording to mail advices from Samoa,
the Samoa Herald predicts grave com
plications in connection with & serious
native disturbance in the island ol
Savall, February 8.
SPRING TRADE RETARDED.
Underlying Business Condition Aro
Highly Satisfactory.
Brad street's says: Stormy weather
has retarded the development of spring
trade at many markets, interrupting
telegraph and railway communication
and nearly checking the movement of
merchandise. In prices, aggressive
strength is still the feature of the cot
ton and cotton goods market, while re
tail lines remain steady. Food prod
ucts, however, have weakened, and
some raw materials, like wool and hide
are quotable lower. Bailway returns
continue to reflect large gains over a
year ago, though, as pointed out last
week, comparisons from now on will be
with better conditions in transportation "
matters than a year ago, and phenom
enal gains are less likely of attainment
That underlying business conditions
are in a high degree healthful will be.
gathered from the fact that business
failures for February are at a minimum
s regards the number for that month,
and liabilities, only slightly exceeding
those of the same month a year ago, .
have shrunk to a phenomenally low
percentage.
Wheat (including flour) shipments
for the week aggregate 8,863,887 bush
els, against 3,660,850 bushels last
week, 5,815,585 bushels in the corre
sponding week of 1899, 8, 252,008 bush
els in 1898, 2,075,435 bushels in 1897.
and 1,407,879 bushels in 1896.
Failures in the United States for the
month of February number 745, with
aggregate liabilities of $9,995,464. a
decrease of 8.5 per cent in number from
February a year ago. Liabilities are 3
per cent heavier, but assets are consid
erably smaller than in the same period
a year ago. Failures for the week
number 173, against 168 last week, 170
in the week a year ago, 232 in 1898,
262 in 1897, and 270 in 1896. "
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
' Seattle Markets.
Onions, new, $2.25 2.60 per sack.
Lettuce, hot house, 40c per doz.
Potatoes, new, $18 20.
Beets, per sack,-75 85c.
Turnips, per sack, 60c.
Carrots, per sack, 50c.
Parsnips, per sack, 75 85c.
Cauliflower, 75c $1 per dozen.
Cabbage, - native and California,
$1.00 1.25 per 100 pounds.
Apples, $1.251. 60 per box.
Prunes, 60c per box.
Butter1 Creamery, Slo per pound;
dairy, 17 22c; ranch, 20o per pound.
Eggs 20o.
Cheese Native. 16o.
Poultry- 13 14c; dressed, 14 16o.
Hay Puget Sound timothy, $12.00;
choice Eastern Washington timothy,
$18.0019.00 :
Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $23;
feed meal, $23.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$21;' whole, $22." ;
Flour Patent, 'per barrel, $3.25;
blended straights, $3.00; California,
$3.25; buckwheat flour, $6.00; gra
ham, per barrel, $3.03; whole wheat
flour, $3.00; rye flour, $5.li&ig4.Q.- '
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, 78o; cows, 7c; mutton 8c;
pork, 7c; trimmed, 9c; veal, 8)4
10c.
Hams Large, 18c; small, l&Xl
breakfast bacon, 12c; dry salt sides,
8c. '
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla. 5152o;
Valley, 62c; Blnestem, 65o per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $3.00; graham, '
$2.50; superfine, $2.10 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 8586o; choice
gray, 34o per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $14 15.00;
brewing, $17.00 18.00 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $13 per ton; mid
dlings, $19; shorts, $15; chop, $14 per
ton.
Hay Timothy, $9 10; clover, $7
7.50; Oregon wild hay, $6 7 per ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 4550o;
seconds, 42 45c; dairy, 8037o;
store, 2532c.
Eggs 11 12c per dozen.
Cheese Oregon full cream, 13c;
Young America, 14c; new cheese lOo
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.60(3
4.60 per dozen; hens, $5.00; springs, -
$2.503.50; geese, $6.607.50 f or old;
$4.50 3 6.50; ducks, $5.005.50 per '
dozen; turkeys, live, 10llo per
pound.
Potatoes 50 70c per sack; sweets.
22o per pound;
Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 90c;
per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab
bage, l)xO per pound;- parsnips, $1;
onions, $1.50 2. 60; carrots, $1.
Hops 8 8c per pound
Wool Valley, 12 13c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 8 14c; mohair, 27
SOo per pound.
Mutton Gross, best - sheep, wethers
and ewes, 4Jc; dressed mutton, 7
73o per pound; lambs, 7)eper pound.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.00;
light and feeders, $4.50; dressed,
$6. 00 6. 50 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $4. 00 4. 60;
cows, $3.60 4.00; dressed beef, 6)i
7o per pound.
Veal Large, 78o; small, 83ft
84o per pound.
Tallow 55sc; No. 2 and grease.
)4o per pound.
Baa Pranclsco Market.
Wool Spring Nevada, 1215o per
pound; Eastern Oregon, 12 16o; Val
ley, 20 22c; Northern, 10 12c
Hops 1899 crop, ll13o per
pound.
Butter Fancy creamery 92 22 Jsc: '
do seconds, 2121c; fancy dairy, 18
20o; do seconds, 1718o per pound.
Eggs Store, !2l4o; fancy ranch.
17o.
Millstuffs Middlings, $17.00
20.00; bran, $12.00 18.00.
Hay Wheat $7.00 9 .60; wheat and
oat $7.00 9.00; best barley $5.50
7.60; aifaiia, $6.00 7.50 per ton;
straw, 8045o per bale.
Potatoes Early Rose, 7685o; Ore
gon Burbanks, 66o1.00; river Bur-
banks, 50 75c; Salinas Burbanks,
1.10 per sack.
Citrus Fruit Oranges. Valencia.
$2. 75 3.25; Mexican limes, $4.00
6.00; California lemons 75o$1.50:
do choice $1.75 2.00 per box.
Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.60
2.50 per bunch; pineapples, nom
inal; Persian dates, 6,o pe
pound, .
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