VOIi. XX XVII. NO. 13
LATER NEWS.
BOER SYMPATHIZERS.
BOERS AT KROONSTAD.
ADVICES ARE CHEERFUL.
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, F11IDAY, MARCH: 23, 1900.
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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 ?;
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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.
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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.