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Newspaper Page TextVOIi. XX XVII. NO. 13 LATER NEWS. BOER SYMPATHIZERS. BOERS AT KROONSTAD. ADVICES ARE CHEERFUL. CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, F11IDAY, MARCH: 23, 1900. 1- 1 K OF I UK From All Parts of the New : - World and the Old. OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS Comprehensive Review of the Import ant Happenings or the Past Week Called From the Telegraph Columns. Methuen occupied Boshof, on the way to Mafeking. The Illinois river is flooded, owing, it is said to the Chicago drainage canal. ' The house adopted the - conference report on the currency bill by a vote of 166 to 120.. General Cronje and the remainder of the Paardeburg prisoners will be taken to St. Helena. ; - " . ' Bather than have it captured by the British, the Boers will raze Johannes burg to the ground. v The 56th anniversary of the birth of King H umber I, was appropriately cel ebrated throughout Italy. General Kobbe has been appointed governor of Albay province, Luzon. Hemp ports have been opened." Lord Roberts' forces have occupied Bloemfontein, and Kroonstadt will be the Free State's seat of government. James G. Smith, president of th Telegraphers' Union and an inventor of - telegraphic devices, died at his home in New York, aged 69. The Armstrong Steel Works, at Flint, Mich., burned with a loss estimated at $130,000. Goldens' brewery and cooper shop, adjacent to the steel works, were also destroyed. Patrick Egan, ex-minister to Chili, and ex -president of the Irish National Federation, has written a letter in which he says that 85 per cent of the Irish people dislike Queen Victoria. At Price, Utah, Indian Agent Myton, leased 700,000 acres of govenment land on the Uintah reservation to Eastern Utah flockmasters. The leases run five years, and the amount involved is $18, 000, which goes to the Uintah Indians. Rev. Dr. Isaac Meyer Wise celebrat ed his 81st birthday at Cincinnati. He is the oldest rabbi in active service in the United States. Dr. Wise was born in Steingrnb, Bohemia, March 11, 1819. Alter more than half a century spent in America he stands today at the head of the Reform Jews of the country. President Wheeler has announced to the regents of the University of Cali fornia that experts of acknowledged repute have been engaged to make ex- - cavations and explorations in parts of the world rich with relics of ancient learning. The entire expense of the work will be borne by Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst. In Egypt, Dr. George Reisner will have charge of the "explorations. The materials collected by these scien tists will be placed in the Archaeologi cal museum to be established at Berke- ' ley. Filipino insurgents are fighting hard to keep the Americans out of southern Luzon. Plague in Honolulu is stamped out, after a total of 62 cases, 53 of which were fatal. A brother of President Steyn, of the Orange Free State, has been captured by the British. " . General George White has arrvied at Durban and embarked upon the trans port for East London. England politely declined the proffer of the United States to . intercede in the war in South Africa. Near Baker City, Or., an O. R. & N. ' freight train ran down four Japanese section hands, two being killed. Labor troubles are rife in Martinique. Riots and incendiary fires spread terror through the island, and ignorant negroes threatened to behead the whites. V The United States government has purchased the steamer Columbia from the Northern Pacific Steamship Com pany. She will go on the regular Manila run. ; The 8 team ship Armenia, loading at New York, will carry supplies to Ma nila for the American troops in the Philippines, and 2,200 tons of rails and a large amount qf steel bridge and structural work for the Siberian rail way, to be delivered at Vladivostock. Senator Sewell has introduced a bill changing, the name of the Paris, of the American line, to the Philadelphia. Three of the ships of the International Navigation Company constituting the American Trans-Atlantic mail service, already bear names of American cities the St. Paul, the St. Louis and the New York. s f ?; J T. K; Sudborough, formerly clerk in the auditor's office of the Pacific Ex press Company, at Omaha, has sued the express company and Ernstna Young, its auditor, for $30,000 dam ages, alleging that by reason of his ar rest on May 26, 1898, on the charge of embezzlement, he has - been brought into public scandal and disgrace. At Cxippla Creeky CoY., the February output of gold was $2, 296,700. Throughout Illinois, Michigan, Indi ana, the southwest and west, the heav iest snowstorm in years prevailed. Democrats of the Kentucky legisla ture appropriated $100,000 for detec tion of Uoebel's murderer. Many college presidents and profess ors met in Chicago to form an organi sation to make uniform higher degrees and shut out cheap diplomas. The state business of Kentucky is paralyized through two sets of officers seeking to get control. In Chicago 40 horses belonging to Patrick Mul chare, a scavenger contrac tor, were burned to death in a stable In a wreck on the Missouri Pacific road neiir Independence, Mo., two wo- n wpva jIJ -ffl I VT jured. I In Indiana the 11 iron and steel mills owned by the Republic Iron & Steel Company closed down on account of an attempt to enforce the weekly pay law and over 5,000 men are idle. Julia Arthur has retired from the stage. The insurgents in Manila and Hong Kong are active. , St. Patrick's day was enthnstically celebrated throughout Cape Town. Hetty Green's daughter is said to be engaged to a poor Spanish nobleman. The Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gull railway system has been sold at auc tion. .. Andrew Bolter, one of the noted entomologists in America, is dead in Chicago. Two boys, aged 9 and 3 years,, were burned to death in their own house near Alfred, N. Y. British industries are badly in need of cash. The money maiket is head over ears in debt. Nine persons were injured in New York by the dropping of a coal chute upon an elevated train. General Hernandez, leader of the Venezuela revolution, is making pro gress against the government. Two thousand Boer women in Pre toria have been armed to aid in the de fense of the Transvaal capital. United States supreme court rendered a decision upholding the Texas courts in their war against the trusts. During a row in a saloon at Coeui d'Alene, Idaho, two negroes were shot, one fatally and the other seriously. Admiral Watson's purpose in send ing a naval vessel to Tokio, China, was for protection of American inter ests. British are persisently prosecuting the war in ; Borneo. In a recent en gagement several scores of rebels were killed. Puerto Rico's distress is growing worse. Governor General Davis cabled that 500 tons of provisions will be needed weekly.- The French line freighter Pauillac is missing. She carried a cargo valued at $3,000,000 and has not been heard from for over a month. Governor Geer received a check for $27,806.85 from the war department in settlement of the state of Oregon's claim for clothing furnished the volun teers. To prevent friction with the sultan of the Suln archipelago, measures have been taken by the American authori ties in the Philippines for the adjudi cation of any questions that may arise which cannot be disposed of by provis ions of the treaty which be and Gen eral Bates entered into several months ago. v:. r . VPueito Ricans call for a settlement of the tariff dispute. A school of forestry will be establish ed at Yale university. Governor Leary has issued a procla mation freeing the peons of the island of Guam. The transport Meade sailed for Ma nila, via Honolulu, with 25 doctors. 69 hospital corps men and 26 recruits. The Port Gibson press, Port Gibson, Miss., in which was stored 2,000 bales of cotton, was burned. Loss $100,000. AH records are being broken by the weather in the, East and South. The thermometer at Chicago registered 1 below zero. The feature of the St. Patrick's day parade in Chicago was the carrying of a big Transvaal flag at the head of the Ancient Order of Hibernans. At Marietta., Ga., a mob of 175 men battered down the door of the jail and entered the cell of a negro and fired about 100 shots at him. He will die. The Academy of Music, the leading theater of Quebec, was burned with a loss of $80,000. The St. Louis hotel, adjoining was damaged to the extent of $30,000. . Mrs. Lida Greyeroff , the largest woman in Indiana, died suddenly at her home in Kokomo, falling from a chair while playing dominoes. She weighed 550 pounds and was 32 years old. Five dead and one fatally and one seriously injured is the result of an at tempt to start a fire with gasoline at Columbus, O. George White need the fluid at James Weaver's residence, and an explosion followed. The building was set on fire, and . the inmates were covered with the burning fluid. At Chicago, George L. -Magill, form erly president of the Avenne Savings Bank, which collapsed in : August, 1896, was convicted of receiving depos its, knowing his institution to be in solvent, and sentenced to the peniten tiary for an indefinite term. He was also fined double the amount of the de posit received, the fine amonnting to $2,396. ' Maud S., the famous trotter, died at Schnltz' farm, Port Chester, N. ! Y. She was brought to the farm from New York a week ago, and it was intended to use her for breeding purposes. She was sick when she arrived here, and had been under the care of a veterinary surgeon. She gradually became worse, however, and all efforts to save the life of the "valuable mare were fruitless. Maud S. was owned by the Bonner estate, and was 26 years old. Her trotting record of 2:08 was mad in 1885. During the marriage ceremony of John S. Blair and Miss Somersett, near Perry, O. T., the bride fell dead. - In a department store in San Fran cisco, two clerks stole $7,000 from the salary envelopes of the employes. ;' Near Bluefield, W. Va., Joseph Glean, a farmer, killed his daughter and her lover and then killed himself. While resisting arrest Lonnie Logan, a notorious train robber, was killed by an officer in Kansas City, Mo. A bill to give women the right to vote at all elections was defeated in the Ohio legislature. In Chicago Edward S. Dreyer, former banker, was convicted of em bezzling $316,032. In St. Louis, Giles F. Filley, who gave np a fortune of over $1,800,000 to pay debts lor which he became respon sible by indorsement, died a poor man. At the aire of 70 years. Rev. Edward Cnshing Mitchell, D. D., president of the Leland colored university, died at New Orleans, Filipino ' War Is Almost at " an End. TROOPS DOING GOOD WORK General Wheeler, Who Arrived in Washington, Says the Insurgent Are Scattered Many Ambuscades. Washington,"" March 19. General Joseph Wheeler arrived in ths city this morning from Atlanta. He went over to the war department this afternoon. In the absence of Secretary Root he re ported formally to Adjutant-General Corbin, thus complying with the order from the department which ". brought him from Manila. The general was in the uniform of a brigadier-general of the volunteer army. He looked the picture of health; better than when he left Washington for Manila, . He gave General Corbin a brief de scription of the conditions in Luzon. He insisted that the war is over, and that nothing more is to be done except to run down a few guerrillas and irreg ulars. There is difficlnty in this work, he said, and there is danger, too, but its prosecution is not "war." Ambus cades were frequent and annoying,' and it was not easy to tell whether the hid den foe was strong or weak. Three men had been mistaken for a company in some cases. . The general said that the American troops are doing splendid work there. They are sound and healthy, and in quite as good shape as they would be at home, engaged in similar service. This is owing in a mesaure to the ex cellent care for their men exhibited by officers, and to the watchful precau tions of the staff of the army. OPEN TO THE CAPE. Bloemfontein Has Through Kail Com munication. London, March 19. Lord Roberts has sent the following dispatch to the war office: Bloemfontein, March 19. General Clements crossed the Orange river yes terday. Repairs to the railway bridge at Norval's Pont have commenced, and it will shortly be ready for traffic. Gen eral Pole-Carew telegraphs his arrival at Springfontein, so that Bloemfontein now is practically in rail communica iton with Cape Town. ,' 'My proclamation is already having" an excellent effect. Several hundred burghers have expressed their intention to surrender their arms and leturn to their occupations. The resident com missioner of Basutuland reports that 800 Boers lately arrived , from Bloem fontein, and that a further contingent from Aliwal North Was only waiting to know the terms of my proclamation to surrender. They had refused to attend a council at Kroonstad, to which Presi dent Steyn had summoned them." V EXPLOSION AT BLAST FURNACE. One Man Entirely Cremated and Four Others Injured. Pittsburg, March 19. By the fall of a "hung" at the Monongahela furnace at McKeesport today one man was cre mated, two were fatally burned and two others were badly injured. Geo. Martin ' is the cremated man. Geo. Cnrvan and Sydney Jackson were so badly burned that their recovery is im possible. Stephen Stobeowski and John Borcneck were badly burned, but will recover. ' Explosions of this character are fre quent in this section, but the absolute disappearance of Martin lends an air of mystery to the affair. Three hun dred tons of molten ore, coke and min erals used in the production of pig iron became fast in the furnace, and Martin and Curvan, as top fillers, tried to dis lodge it. .. Suddenly the entire mass fell, compressing the gas below and causing a terrific explosion.' . Not a trace of Martin's body can be found. Curvan, when discovered,-was in a horrible shape, and can hardly live until ' morning. , The other men, who were at the bottom of the furnace, fared some better, but Jackson is so badly burned that his recovery is next to im possible. Food for Puerto Ricans. Washington, March 19. -Five hun dred tons of rice, codfish "and bacon were shipped on a transport to Puerto Rico today by the war department to relieve the suffering. The shipment is made in response to an appeal some time ago from General George Daivs, military governor of Puerto Rico, to acting Secretary of State Meikeljohn, for aid for starving Puerto Ricans. General Davis' letter depicts an aw ful situation on the island. He ex plained that he intended to discontinue the distribution of food the first of the month, but owing to the distress he asked for this shipment. He also says that it is imperative that a further shipment of 500 tons of the same arti cles be made on the next transport fol lowing this shipment. Fire in a Massachusetts Town. Hodkinton, Mass., March 17. Fire destroyed five of the best business build ings in this place today. The loss is estimated at $75,000 to $100,000. Assistant Quartermaster for Otis. San Francisco, March 19. Captain Charles D. Palmer, who has been sta tioned in Chicago since June; 1898, as assistant quartermaster of the depart ment of the lakes, sails for Manila today.- : He will act as assistant quarter master on General Otis' staff, 5 Berlin, March 19. Herr von Putt kamer, ex-vice-president of the Prus sian ministry, and brother-in-law of Prince Bismarck, is dead at Varzin, aged 71 years. Relief Bill Passed. Washington. March 19. After a de bate, at times spirited, extending over parts of two days, the senate today passed the Puerto Rican relief appro priation bill. As passed, the measure carries $2,095,000, the president being authorized to use that sum "for public education, public works an other gov ernmental and public purposes" in Puerto Rico. Allen offered and amend ment to the bill declaring that the con stitution extends over Puerto Rico by its own force, but it was lost by the decisive vote of 36 to 17. New Tork Mass Meeting Addressed by Montagu White. New York, March 19. There was a meeting of Boer sympathizers at Cooper Union tonight, at which George H. van Hoesen presided. Montague White, the Boer representative; John E. Mulhol land and P. L. Weasels,1 a representa tive of the Orange Free : State, . made speeches. Mr. Van Hoesen prophesied that '.'not until all the Boers are in their graves or all the English are in flight will the war be over." Referring to his interview with ' re gard to the probable destruction of Johannesburg by the Boers, he said: "A nation making war cannot pro vide a drawing room for its enemy. The Boers would neither have lost nor gained by the destruction of Bloemfon tein; but the case of Johannesburg is different, as it would provide splendid barrack accommodation for the British, and by reason of its location , and other advantages an invaluable base for oper ations.", ' ' '- :- As to the reported state-men t of the British that President Kruger would be held personally responsible for any de struction of property he said: " "President Kruger is well able to take care of. himself, and if he in not, I call upon you to take care of him." Mr. Wessels spoke, briefly, beginning with a reference to the reverence with which the Boers regard their women, and the fact that the women have been fighting in the trenches. He declared the Boers had demonstrated and would demonstrate their right and fitness to govern themselves. He charged Eng land with supplying the natives with guns to use against the Dutch; ..with falsifying the surveys, in order to get possession of the diamond fields; with misusing the natives and Boers, and with other reprehensible things. He concluded with an appeal that America intervene to stop hostilities, and reiter ated the- statement that ' European nations would have intervened if they had but known how the United States stands. - " ' - - THE CUBAN PROBLEM. Will Be Taken Up "When Puerto Rico Is Out of the Way. New York, March 19. A special to the Times from Washington - says: Four weeks hence, , the year allowed by the treaty of peace with Spain for the Spanish inhabitants of Cuba to decide whether they will be Cuban or Spanish citizens will expire. .Immediately after that date, April 11, according to the plan laid down by the administra tion at the opening of the present ' ses sion of congress, preparations are to be made for the holding of municipal elec tions and ultimately for the election of a convention which . will decide -upon the "Cuban form of government. To that government, according to the original programme, the United States is to surrender the control of the island. Whether that programme will be car ried out in its entirety cannot certainly be said. The senate committee on Cuban affairs has the matter before it. The plan was Senator Foraker's, - and he secured the consent of the adminis tration to it at a tinrfe when powerful interests were contending for a differ ent policy, and when they had pro gressed so far that the plan had been announced to the public as the presi dent's plan. Senator Foraker is ; confi dent that it will be adopted, and it is understood that this irthe reason why be is so anxious . for the' immediate adoption of a civil, government for Puerto Rico, with or without a tariff annex. He wants Puerto Rico out of the way, it is said, in time for the big ger Cuban problem to have a free field. Senator Piatt, of Connecticut, - has started' for Cuba with Senators Aldrich and Teller. Senator Piatt is chairman of committee on relations with Cuba, and he, with Senators Aldrich and Teller, form 4 a subcommittee which has been delegated to go to Cuba and study the situation. Nothing has been said about the duration of the stay the three senators will make. It is under stood, however, that their visit relates to the plebiscite of April 11, ''.'.: : INTERVIEW WITH ITO. Rumors of War Between Russia and Japan Are Unfounded. :" New York, March 17. A dispatch to the Herald from Yokohama says: Mar quis Ito, Japanese ex-prime minister in an interview, said: "The rumors' of war between Russia and Japan are unfounded newspaper reports. An agreement exists between Russia and Japan to the effect that neither power will encroach upon Corea, and we must believe that Russia is sincere. The new Russian minister to Corea has come to Tokio and our re lations are most friendly." Speaking about the South African war. Marquis Ito said: - -. ' ""The outcome of the struggle will be to increase , England's greatness and arouse new interest in the armies which . her colonies have developed. England will have trained soldiers all over the globe. "The policy of Japan is not a colonial one. The Japanese army and navy are intended to defend Japan and her in terests, not for conquest. Japan has no money for war or aggrandizement. The new development of commerce in the East renders it necessary for each nation to protect its interests with a show of power. . "The present reform revolutionary movement," concluded Marquis Ito, "is insignificant because it has no fol lowing among the people." . . Declares Himself Dictator. New Orleans, March 19. Advices from Port Limon and Greytown by steamer, say that President Iglesias, of Costa Rica, has issued a proclamation suspending the constitution of the re public and declaring himself dictator until after the threatened invasion on the part of Morra occurs or has been abandoned. -. '- Bpanish War Veterans. Chicago, March 19. The Society of the Army of Puerto Rico has been in corporated at Springfield, Colonel Fred Bennitt, of Joliet, formerly in ra mand of the Third Illinois regiment, being one of the organizers. "The society will include soldiers who fought in the Puerto Rican cam paign," said Colonel Bennitt. ."This state furnished, over 2,000 men in the Puerto Rican campaign, and we expect nearly all of them to join the order." The society's headquarters will be in Chicago. Manufacturers and Machin ists Are at War. A GENERAL STRIKE ORDERED Will Affect 100,000 Workmen and Ex tend Throughout the United States and May Reach Other Countries. Chicago, March 20. After the con ference between representatives of the International Association of Machinists and the Administrative Council of the National Metal Trades Association, ended at 10:30 this morning, President James O'Connell, of the union, declared that strikes would be called immediate- fly In all parts of the United States and Canada. Such strikes will involve 100,000 men and cause to be shutdown for an indefinite period plants having an aggregate capacity of millions of dollars. Chicago labor troubles are re sponsible for the disagreement, which is expected to precipate. the general machinists' strike. Were it not foi the fact that leaders of the Machinists' Union refused to call off strikes that now exist in Chicago, Columbus, O., and Paterson, N. J., the manufacturers and leaders, it is believed, would have come to an amicable agreement and arbitration would have been perman ently established between the National Metal Trades Association and the Inter national Association of Machinists. The members ot the executive board of the Machinists' Union, however, re fused to call off the' Chicago strike, as they declaied that if they did, the Chicago local union wonld secede from the International Association. When the refusal of the machinists to end the strike was presented to the maufactur- ers, they issued an ultimatum to the labor leaders, and on their refusal to agree to its provisions, all negotiations were broken off. Before leaving the rooms in which the joint conference was being held, President James O'Connell, of the In ternational Union, declared that the union would begin immediately to call strikes in all parts of the country. The first of these strikes will be called in Cleveland. After all the large cities shall have been tied, up, strikes will .be called in the machine-shops of all' the railroads in the conntrv. : :'. t . After- meeting in seperate confer ences, all the afternoon, the manufact urers and the labor leaders began a joint meeting at 8 P. M., at which the manufacturers submitted to the ma chinists a proposal for arbitration. They asked that all strikes and lock onts be called off pending the arbitra tion of the difficulties by a committee consisting of the .presidents of the two organizations and two . members from each association, whose decision shall be accepted as final. On the second proposition the two associations were united. . The labor leaders refused to agree to the first proposition, and submitted a demand for immediate and separate arbitration of the Chicago difficulties. This the manufacturers refused to ratify, and the conference broke up, both sides making what amounted to a formal declaration of war. The declaration of machinists took the form of threats of an international strike made by Pres ident O'Connell and Organizer Reed. The manufacturers then presented their side of the question in a set of resolutions in which they declared that "the form of joint agreement this day unanimously adopted by the adminis trative council of the National Metal Trades Association '' and presented to the executive officers of the Interna tional Associatipn of Machinists is the best and only proposition which the National Metal Trades Association has to make, and that the committee again presents the agreement of the executive committee to the International Associa tion Ot Machinists, and requests them to accept the same by affixing their official signatures and notify them that this association is ready to sign the agreement jointly with them." The union of the International Asso ciation of Machinists met today and in dorsed the action of the officers. In view of the failure of all 'efforts for "a settlement of the machinists' strike. National President James O'Con nell announced tonight that the last detals of plans for calling a national strike this week of 70,000 union machin ists were being perfected. Mr. O'Con nell had pnt himself in communication during the day with the local unions in several of the big cities Eastland West. He declares that all is in readiness for a general walk out before April 1. Terrorised by Kegulators. Atlanta, Ga., March 19. A special to the Constitution from Columbia, S. C, says: The station agent and other citizens of Neeces, Orangeburg county, telegraphed the-governor at midnight begging for troops to protect them from white regulators, who had twice visited the town, beat the people, white and black, and promised to return tomor row and kill them. Work on the sur rounding farms has been stopped and people driven from their business. The governor telegraphed the sheriff to ride across the country with a posse and give protection until troops could be sent tomorrow if needed. " New York, March 20. The United States transport Burnside arrived today from San Jnan, Santiago and Gibara, with 40 cabin passengers and 52 dis charged and furloughed soldiers, etc. Among the latter are 12 prisoners and 15 guards. The Burnside brought nin6 soldiers' bodies. , Manila, March 20. A military com mission at Bay am bong has sentenced tc be hanged, on March 30, two' natives, who have been found guilty of murder ing their countrymen. Montana Murderer Hanged. Lewiston, Mo., March 19. William Wallaee Calder was hanged here today for the murder of F. McRae and hia sheep herder, in Fergus county, over a year ago. Calder and his brother mur dered the men, cremated' their bodies, and took McRae 's sheep, numbering 3,000, to Big Timber, where they sold them. Calder's brother then turned state's evidence. ' The crust of the earth under Japan must be comparatively thin, judging by the number of earthquake shocks in that country. They average 500 a year. Bailer With SS.OOO Men to Attempt to . Force Blggarsberg Range. London, March 21. Kroonstad, where the Boers are concentrating, is 30 miles from Bloemfontein. It is sur rounded by a country of hills and jun gles. . - General Gatacre is now resting at Springfontein, preliminary to joining Lord Roberts. General Buller's hill work before Ladysmith has given him an experience which is about to be used in forcing the Biggarsberg range.. It is believed that 25,000 of his 40,000 men are about to engage General Botha's force, and the next news of fighting will probably come from Natal. The leaders of the Afrikanderbnnd are circulating a petition in Cape Col ony asking the imperial government not to take away, the independence of the Boers. Thirty-two thousand additional troops for South Africa are now at sea. Canadians at Carnarvon. Carnarvon, Cape Colony, March 21. The Canadian mounted rifles, undei Colonel Herchiner, and the Canadian Artillery, commanded by Colonel Drury, have arrived here with a con- tingent of yeomanry. The presence ol this force here has had an ' excellent effect in the district. It is said that a large force of insurgents is in the vi cinity of Van Wyck's Vlei. Settlement of Sulu Disputes. New York, March 21. A special to the Herald from Washington says: Tc prevent friction with the sultan of the Sulu archipelago, measures have been' taken by the American authorities in the Philippines for the adjudication ol any questions that may arise which cannot be disposed of by the provisions of the treaty which he and General Bates entered into several months ago. . Colonel Fettit, who succeeded Gen eralTJates as commanding general oi the department of Mindanao and the Snlu archipelago, has issued this order, a copy of which has just reached the war department: "It is directed that all cases in dis pute between the sultan and his sub jects and the United States which come in conflict with the provisions of the treaty, be referred by the commanding officers at S'Assi and Bonago to the military commander at Sulu, who will take such action as he may deem best, making a fnll report to the district commanaer." - SV Medals to Spanish War Veterans. " I Washington, March 20. The Na tional Society, Sons of the American Revolution, on Wednesday evening will present medals to such members of the District of Columbia Society as served in the war with Spain. Senator Lodge will deliver the address. This action is taken in accordance with a resolu tion adopted at the last congress of the society at Detroit, authorizing a com mittee to procure from the govern menfan old Spanish gun or plate from one of the captured ships,, to., strike medals from the same and distribute them to members of the society, who served in the late war. Fast Mall Wrecked. Montgomery, Ala., March 21. The fast mail on the Plant system, which left here last night, was wrecked about a mile and a half from Ozark. . Wil liam Kellar, a commercial traveler from Savannah, Ga., and Conductor Reed, were fatally injured. Others injured are: R. L. Todd, division pas senger agent of the Plant system, Mont gomery; Jack Cornalzer, Southeastern passenger agent of the Mobile & Mont gomery, and C. L. . Mitchell, a mer chant of Zark. The train was slowing np for a bridge when the rear trnck ol the tender jumped the track and the entire train, except the last sleeper, left the rails. Two passenger coaches and two sleepers turned over and rolled down an embankment, v Tictory for American Shipowners. Vancouver, B. C, March 21. An important ruling was received today from the secretary of the treasury, at Washington, by the 'collector of cus toms in Vancouver. This was to the effect that in future no American goods will be allowed to go north in Cana dian vessels to Skagway for local con sumption there without payment of the regular duties. This is a victory for American shipowners. Boxing Bout Ended Fatally. Santa Cruz, Cal., March 20. Frank Cass, 18 years old. was killed at Levin lakes today in a friendly boxing bout with Bert Whidden. In the eighth round Whidden struck Cass with a six ounce glove on the left side of the neck. Death resulted in half an hour. . Cass weighed -170 pounds, being 20 pounds heavier than Whidden. Applications for the War Loan. London, March 21. In the house -ol commons today the chancellor' of the exchequer announced that the total Dumber of applications for the war loan was 39,800, and that the subscrip tions were 335,500,000. The largest application, he added, was for 10,- 000,000. Victoria Wheat Crop Short. Melbourne, March 21. The official statistics of the wheat crop in Victoria show only 15,000,000 bushels,- instead of 21,000,000 bushels, which was the estimate before the harvest. ," The ex portable surplus will be 6,650,000 bushels, instead of 12,000,000. Smallpox on the Newark. Washington, March 21. Advices to Surgeon-General Van Reypan, indicate' that the number of cases of smallpox on the cruiser Newark was limited to ' two, as originally reported, contracted by two sailors who mingled with the natives at Vigan, in Northern Luzon. I The report of Assistant Surgeon Rus- I i, . i i a ' A.i "vr i -i - ' sen, atracnea tu we newarK, indicates that these cases were successfully treat ed and the spread of the . disease pre vented. That the smallpox has been entirely stamped out on the Newark is evidenced by the fact that the vessel started from Manila for Hong Kong, to convoy the Monadnock. Schley's Ships Go to Bahla. Washington, March 20. Word was reoeived by the navy department today that the Chicago and Montgomery, of Admiral Schley's squadron, have left Montevideo for Bahia, Brazil. The Wilmington will join the other ships as soon as ehe is . out of quarantine. The ships are going to Bahia- to avoid the bubonio plague, which has spread in the Platte. The House Refused to Concur on Relief Bill. DEMOCRATS VOTED DOWN Senate Passed a Bill Providing for the Appointment of a Committee to Set tie Spanish War Claims. Washington, March 21. The house today refused to concur in the senate amendments to the Puerto Rican relief bill. The Democrats supported a mo tion to concur, on the giound that it would further delay in extending re lief to the inhabitants of the island, but the Republicans stood firmly be hind Chairman Cannon in his demand that the house should insist upon its original provision to appropriate not only the money collected on Puerto Rican goods np to January 1 , but all subsequent moneys collected or which are to be collected. ' The remainder of the day was devoted to District of Co lumbia business. Two measures of national importance and many of slightly less interest were passed by the senate today. The leg islative, executive and judicial appro priation bill, carrying more than $25, 000,000, was passed without debate. The measure providing for the appoint ment of a commission to adjudicate and settle claims of the people of the United States growing ont of the war with Spain was also passed without op position. For a brief time the Puerto Rican government and tariff measure was un der consideration. Foraker, in charge of the bill, submitted some committee amendments. A few of them were agreed to, but the important ones are still pending. A free trade amend ment to the bill was offered by Beve ridge. ' BIG ORDER FROM MANILA. Million Dollars' Worth of Clothing fox the Soldiers. Washington, March .21. Colonel Patten, of the quartermaster-general's office, today completed arrangements for the shipment of about $1,000,000 worth of clothing and equipage to Ma nila for the use of troops in the Philip pines during the next - six months. These shipments will be made by way of New York and San Francisco by the first available transports, and are in response to cabled requisitions from the depot quartermaster at Manila. Among the principal articles cabled for are 130,000 khaki coats, 122,000 pairs of khaki trousers, 100,500 pairs of russet shoes, 50.000 pairs of black calf sikn shoes, 220,000 pairs of cotton stockings, 75,000 nankeen shirts, 65, 000 cotton undershirts, 70,000 pairs leggings, 50,000 cbambray shirts, 65, 000 dark blue flannel shirts, 53,000 campaign hats, 75,000 pairs nankeen drawers, 61,000 pairs of jean drawers, 10,000 linen collars, 10,000 waist belts, 75,000 hat cords, 1,500 tents (includ ing 200 hospital tents), 2,000 blankets, 12,000 brooms, 8,000 scrubbing brushes, 6,000 barracks chairs and 10,- 000 light woolen stockings. With the exception of the light woolen stockings, all articles are in stock at the various military depots, and will be forwarded with no more delay than necessarv. Woolen stockings have not heretofore been considered as an essential part of the outfit of a soldier in the tropics, and consequently were not kept in sotck. These articles will be pur chased in the open market in San Francisco and forwarded with the rest. In addition to the articles already enumerated, 500 field ranges are called for. Even these were in stock, and will be sent forward. Under the pol icy adpoted by the quartermaster de partment arrangements will be made immediately to replenish the stock in all depots up to the maximum amount at the time of the receipt of the mam moth order from the Philippines. Empress Snubs the Powers. Peking, March 21. The ascendency of the anti-foreign party is - becoming pronounced. The dowager empress appears unable sufficiently to reward the officials who exhibit marked hos tility to everything not Chinese. Hen Tung, probably the most bitterly anti- foreign efficial of the empire, has been decorated with the three-eyed peacock feather, which has never been conferred for 80 years. The notorious Li Peng Hing, who . was dismissed from .the governorship of Shantung on Germany's demand, has been advanced to the first rank, and the ex-governor of Shantung, Yuh Sen, has been appointed governor of the Shang Si district, a snub to the powers interested, and likely to preju dice British interests in the proivnee, as the powers believe his maladminis tration is the cause of the present state of affairs in Shantung. Plague Spreading in Australia. Adelaide, South Australia, March 21. Five .deaths have recently ;oc curred here from what is suspected to be the bubonic plague. , Sydney, N. S. W., March 21. An other death from bubonio plague" has occurred here, and two fresh cases are officially reported. Reconstruction of Theater Francals. 1 i Paris, March 21. The chamber of deputies today adopted a credit ' of 2,400,000 francs for the reconstruction of the Theater Francais, recently des troyed by fire, and. for the providing of k temporary home for ; the Comedie Francais at the Odon. ; Steps have been taken by the Topeka Commercial . Club to have a big expo sition in Kansas in 1904, in celebration Of the 50th anniversary of the organiza tion of the territory of Kansas. ' - Confession of Golden. ; Lexington, Ky., March 21. A tele phone message from Winchester, 18 miles from this city, says that F. W. Golden, alleged to have made an in criminating statement with ; reference to the Goebel murder, is in Winchester at the hotel.' He refuses to see .any one. ' The Goebel men are - keeping a strict watch on his movements. He is not registered at the hotel. It is re ported that he is in conference with the Goebel men at Winchester. An unconfirmed rumor there tonight is that he has given the name of the man who he says shot Goebel. Trad Review Makes a Favorable Showing. . Bradstreet's says: Trade advices bm a wlirtlA nlioat-Fnl - an1 thn stretch of values is apparently una bated, though some soft spots still pre sent themselves. . A permanent feature' this week has been the increase in strength of values of farm products, nearly all the cereals, pork products and cotton advancing, while materials for manufacture, and the products thereof, have generally remained steady or unchanged. Manufacturers of shoes are busy and weather conditions have rather favored tne retailer Dy enaDirag mm to aispose of some carried -over stock. . - . Wool is fairly steady, but manufac turers are out of the market and con cessions can be obtained, though Lon don advices are better. Southern iron advices are of steady prices, and of rather more inqnr on export account. Except immediately in Chicago, where idleness of many t.hrtnaanfla tt man haa nanaa flnllna.. in ug maonmery ana xinarea traaes, the Western iron situation seems a strong one. Structural material is in better re quest and some very large contracts will shortly be placed. , Wheat, including flour, shipment of the week aggregate 2,277,450 busU els, against 2,280,678 bushels last week, 4,114,046 bushels in the corre sponding week of 1899. Business failures in the United States for the week number 190, as compared with 189 last week, 205 in this week a year ago, 233 in 1898, 233 in 1897, and 800 in 1896.- Business failures in Canada for the week number 28, as compared with 39 last week. 21 in this week a vear a?o. 23 in 1898, 36 in 1897 and 40 in 1899 PACIFIC COAST TRADE. Beattle Markets. Onions, new, $2.252.50 per sack. Lettuce, hot house, 45c per doz. Potatoes, new, 1 15 18. Beets, per sack, 75 85c Turnips, per sack, 60o. Carrots, per sack, 50c. Parsnips, per sack, 75 85c. ; :' Cauliflower, 75o$l per dozen.. ' Cabbage, native and California, $1.00 1.25 per 100 pounds. . Apples, $1.25 1.50 per box.' v Prunes, 60c per box. " " Butter Creamery, 28o per pound; dairy. 17 (3 22c: - ranch. 17c ner round. Eggs 1616o. Cheese Native, 15o. ; t' Poultry 13 14c; dressed. 1415c; spring, $5. Hay Pnget 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, $20; " Flour Patent, per- barrel, $3.25; n annan nr-pn i rr rTa 3sk iiii a iiAtviia $3.25; buckwheat flour, $6.00; gra- i i Ao rt.r . l . i i. nam, per uaxxvi, $,uu; wuoie waea flour, $3.00; rye flour, $3.804.00. . -W - .AUU, (l WM, VV shorts, per .ton,. $15.00. , Feed Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton; middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal, per ton, $30.00. '! Fresh Meats Choice dressed , beef steers, 78c; cows, 7c; mutton 8c; pork, 7Mc; trimmed, 9c; -veal, 8K 10c. . . L- - -: iiamH .uarge, lac; smau, ivy; breakfast bacon, 12c; dry salt sides, dc. '. " - : ;' . Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla. 6253c; Valley, 52c; Bluestem, 55c per bushel. Flour Best grades, $3.00; graham, $2.50; superfine, $2.10 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 85 36c; choice gray, 84o per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $1415.00; .orewing, $17.00 17.50 per ton. Mills tuffs Bran, $13 per ton; mid-' dlings, $19; shorts, $15; chop, $14 per . ton. . . ' - Hay Timothy, $9 10; clover, $7 7.50; Oregon wild hay,'$67 per ton. Butter Fancy, creamery, . 50 55c; seconds, 42 ) 45c; dairy, 8037jjc; store, 25) 82 c. Eggs llo per dozen. ; Cheese Oregon full cream, 18c; Young America, 14c; new cheese 10a per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50 4.50 per dozen; hens, $5.00; springs, $2. 50 3. 50; geese, $6. 50 7. 50 for old; $4.506.50; ducks, $5.00 5.50 per dozen; turkeys, live, 10 llo per pound. Potatoes 5060oper sack; sweets. 22o per pound. Vegetables Beets. SI: turnim. 90c: 'per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab- rjage, lyao per pouna; parsnips, si; onions, $1.502. 25; carrots, $1. Hops 3 8o per pound ; ; Wool Valley, 1213o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 8 14c; mohair, 27 80c per pound. . . Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 4Jic; dressed mutton, 7 7 fio per pound; lambs, 7 J40 per pound. Hogs -Gross, choice heavy: $5.00; light and feeders, $4.50; dressed, $6.00 6. 50 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, $4.004.50;-' cows, $3.504.00; dressed beef, 6 7J40 per pound. Veal Large, 647j6c; small, 8 . 9o per pound.' Tallow 5 534c; No. 2 and grease, 8)m(34o per pound. ,. ' aa Francisco Market. pound; Eastern Oregon, 12 16c; Val ley, 20 22o; Northern, 1012o. Hops 1899 crop, : 11 13o per pound. Butter Fancy creamery Slcs do seconds, 1920c; fancy dairy, 11 18o; do seconds, 15 1 60 per pound. Eggs Store, 13 c; fancy ranch. 16o. Millstnffs Middlings, $17.00 fit 80.00; bran, $12.00 18.00. Hay Wheat $7.00 9.50: wheat and oat $7.009.00; best barley $5.60 7.60; alfalfa, $6.007.50 per . ton; straw, 8045o per bale. Potatoes EarlrRose. TBOSKn: Oi-n. gon Burbanks, 65c 1.00; river Bur banks, 40 70c; Salinas Burbanks.? 80c 1.10 per sack. Citrus Fruit-i'-Oranges, Valenoia, $2. 75 8. 25; Mexican limes, $4.00 6.00; California lemons 75c$1.50l do choice $1.75 8.00 per box. - Tropical Fruits Bananas. $1.50 S.60 per bunch; pineapples. nom inal; Persian dates, 6(3 6io per pound.