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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1900)
Movomont Takes rem by Surprise t rDEMNP DETEMMINED STAND JCml tr lint. Ilrliiff I'nllnwril 1 c 1 1 ' Cnviilrj- -The lliiluli Wur llliioiiifiiiitxliii lurch 10 Tho Boors np- I mndu ihi stand wlmtuver, while In retreat tlioy twleo oiiural French's cuvliiry with h no ropoit him been iiuiili) iro of primmer, tho enemy uwny with their entire lerul French In Mtlll follow lid IccopliiK between tlium Ollllllll. nation of tlMi northern 1 1 n inpu colony in now nearly I lit llrltlMi urn In jhixsuh- rliilrmi'l erosMiigH, ii ry critics comment on tlio news from Mnfuking. ll-l'OWull HC0IIIH to ho In iiutMdu help. Othurwlso Jfot llllllW COrtt1NKlllIlMltM to nfornmtloii respecting thu lm L'lir'iHon. T..... ..( - ..f I.I..I.... HnXlliJunnin'nt minimi, iiiu iiikiiiti iTiiiTOjlaTlH taking place, (ii'iiurul ntffliglto go to Ktorinbitrg to tako iro'mtfLCuniiiinnil of General Gntacro's IsmiiWnd tin Tenth ell vlhlon, now nrfetifof foriinitiim, which will bo ItmMiiiiiii'illiii'1 comiiuind of Gen ltllimjWi1, sirlieorgu Whllo'n chief- rilOR' Sown makes tlio following ionncoiiiciil mured In lionilon ycntor- it have no roiiMin for bo- tumor to bo correct tlmt ililti-H imiilit Informal am) jycrtnrcs of jieaeii on thn ila I ntorliinatoly, tint JtllgKi-Mtud wero of Midi to pri-rluilu thn possibility mi v tomtit. Turin tt which U-en gladly iicccpteil Ixi , in uriler to avert it, are Iter the wur, with all thu Iiiih cntaileil." HBBK Kfitnai raqf rhI-7 ottfoj am Kol I WKDIIH. TriTirnl lliilirrla' Ifrport. Mareh in Following ii ionl ItubertH' dispatch, ro- bo war olllco toihiy: Idrovf, March 10. Two savalry, with horse artillery U'lin.v h Division, marciieii lien enittwaril. Tho Hoitm by surprint yestoiday. yed-off mi liurrieilly that they alilihi-r liehlnil them. Wo Krupp gun ami several tents I'liu total ciiMialtiert ViJ , Killed. Llmitruantii Keswick -,1'riciirck, wounileil, Lieutenant loiiofiitlie Twelfth I-ant-crs, anil mplglio, of the Second Life Guards. IfrfiivSttju' and Lieutenant Smith, o 'sfirot555flreH. wlio lit believed to gwctjjmckeil tip by lloer ainbii JOSratiiien wore killed, 10 wound nnd'.on'oiiimn In mli-slng. GiitaeroIroiKirtM -lie intenilH occupy ilnrtiorgdorji today. KepalrM to the romlimiiril lioth StorinhurK and niibcrgmro being pushed. Clem l nowiooupleM Nerval's I'olnt, on south link ni thn Orange river, bridge vas Mown iiii March (I, and pnoiiiV in holding the north hank of riyorauui not, it is nouovoii, in iMnltreniith " Many IIh HmihII". dckaqiiflMlHM., .March 10. An ofll- oiwrtlmiiile to thu Hindu county iTofftUDcrvlMirn rovealri an annall- RUth)JiiiralrN in thu JonuHvillo llilJorTiooil. in thu wmtlieru turt of Muiut Thu coninmnity Ih literal loSoycomlied with wmallpox of thu itirulcut foim, and during the punt weckmuoar v 100 ileathii have oc rcd.?LpTi koiiiu ilayM thu death rate hoonuxyiar)!!! tnat it wiih imKisrti to ieenre coflltiH, and rudu cankutH O mndoTfroiii railN. Wholu fiiinllien QMlfout of exlHtenio and of huv lnrMMniilleM only onoor twochil tnrSfoft. laofliu patient who aro now iu WgntcojidItIon aro without modi afoK!i, and aro d.vi" at thu into rpTiTRlirco to llvo a day. The death joxceetla 7T por cuunt, and tlio eu iiqworlnortlon of thu county Ih du- nltzodM Tho hoard of HuperviHotn . moKoaii effort to chock furthur ad Aiiflrllrllliili Itlot In llrliiui. OfdennXt March 10. Lnto yontur oyin HtuilontH and othura IhhuIiij i AlfiS'llour nieutintf inarahed to DrltlHh conHuIuto, battered down dgorSjJSsliattored tho wlndowH with ojijnud then procuodod to tho con jpnTOto roHldonco, whoro tlioy in fcUnaVslinHurilciiionBtratlous. Tho ogjaiiornod tho moh and arrested wlJloadorH. Tho prefect oj tho indofiio Jimyor of llordonux and COmtniasary of pollco oallod on tho i'ullroday and exprusaod rogrot at ogonrronco. Itnorult.nl to Villi NtrmiRtli. taw5? March 10. MlniBterllordon tyoclItoiiiKht from tho war ofllco a gfoocgntlm; 100 men to rocrult tho tpttUttiUiin contiiiL'ent to itH full igthTB They will leavo with tho tlicona Horfio. nciBiit- tun rironit. orlc. March 10 Tho National wmikuo for tho scuHtm of 11)00 in olght-oluh circuit. This nont wan iniulo at tho Fifth atol at 11:130 o'olook tonight, (Joiiguo mooting adjouruod. ngroomont wiih roaohod to- k1 tomorrow tlio iicroomont gtinally oxooutod. Tho retiring Washington, Jlaltimoto. B,nnd Olovolnud, Kach olub Jjo n mouoy consideration for 160. SITUATION AV MAFEKINQ. Tdrrlliln rilnht orilm llolcffml, lint No Talk or Hiirrrmlnr. Mnfeklng, l'uh. a 1. What may Im typhoid fever him broken out In tho womeiiH' huiKiir, and dynenlery, due to thu aliKOlioe of vegetabhiM, In l ife anions the garrlMin. Wu am thrown uimiii our own rcHiiurciiH. Hueh luxurlon un wu had are exhausted, or h.tvo linen coiuiiiaiiileered for the hoHpltnlK, which aro filled tn tiverllowliig. Thu chit drnn'n Kravoyard, cIohu to tho woiihjii'h laager, growH weekly an the young liven are cut Nhort prematurely by hIioIIm and fever. Wo look with hopo duferrcd for relief,. Tin ohcorfulucKH which wan charnct crlMtlu of thu early day of tho ulegu iiiih almiMt ileKertiid iih, thn men preferring to remain at their )MiHtH, rather than move about and work up an appetite, which cannot Im natUlled. The native are in thu on,t plight. Thomi who are unable to obtain work are allowed a miiall handful of meat dully. Many, braving tho danger, wander about thu town with gaunt and Ininmy fat-on in Hearch of work whleh eutitlcH thorn to an extra ration of meat. If they dud work they aro generally too wuuk to perform it. From their advance 0NtH tho IloerH rake the HtrceU and thu market Mjiiare. It In imKiHnlble to dodge their bulletH. Wo hnvo taken remarkablu precaution, however, and thu caHimltioH, though heavy, are nut what they might have been with Iuhh ablu men at thu head of alTaim. Kvcn thn hfiiilipiarliTH' iiichh farcH m anllly. I, Ike milutH under thu altar, wu cry, "How long, O Lord, how long?" Two hundred and nlnoty-two per 8oni have been killed, wiiunded, or dead of ill ecu he. Thu garrlMon In hi Ninall that it would bo criminal to make itH weakneHH public, but there is never mi lunch iih a whlnpor or Miggex Hon uf the iKiiedbllity of Kurrulider, be en n mi we do nut mean to gut beaten, and wo aru cheerfully enduring thn hardnhiH of today rather than to inako a Mirrcmlor in any degree pomllilu to morrow. GUAHDED DY POLICE. Olil- NihiiiiiIimi tVtirknif ii Kiuployrit r(ii llllllillliea. Chicago, March 10. Ilndur pollcu guiird, over ilOO dominion workmen were today given work by contractor engaged in erecting various down-town building. TIiIh wax thu 11 rut HeriotiH attempt on the part of thu contractor to ruHUiiiu thu work interrupted liy thu utiiku of the union" alliliated with thu lluihliiig TriuleH Council. Nearly all thu unflutMicd linlldiugH were heavily picketed by tho uiiIoiih, but beyond onu or two attvmptH to itcrmiado the non union men not to uu to work, no at tempt wiii" made to interfere. Labor trouhlox culminated in a riot at Thirty-nixth and Wallace HtreetN thin eveiiliiLr. William .Schinillur wiih hhot and probably fatally wounded, and Mx otherH were iujureil. .losenh Wabb, foreman for thu Link licit Machinery Company, and II. K. MoLiiiu, super intendent of thu HIIIUO attacked by Htrikurn. the MriUirH havu followed Wabh and Mclain every night when tlioy left the hliopx, and havu thruatcned to kill them. Tonight i-oino onu throw a club at Walnb, fitrikitig him in tho back of the bead. Mo licenced Kchlndler, and when thu latter denied it a light fol lowed. A crowd of HtrlkerH gathered around and Walnh, believing bin life wiih in danger, Hhot Kchindler iu thu breai-t. A general fight followed tho HhiKiting of Kchindler, and HtrlkerH to tho numlicr of 10 made an attack upon Valnli and McLain, and four otherH wlio weru with them. Although badly Miuuded ui, they niiinagcd to hold their own, and lieat off their iiKcailantH until thn arrival of tho ixillco. Waluh wui) placed under arrest. company. For Mime weru time Hfimtn Tnkm It Up. WaHhlngtoii, March 10. Formal dl cuhhIou of tho Puerto Itlcan tariff and civil government bill began iu tho sen atu today, and continued tmluterruptod ly for -1 lij hourH. Tho principal ppeak era tero Forakor, in charge of tho ineniniro, and I'dtttiH, hut at varioua tiniOH during tho dobato lively col loquloH occurred, in which other sen atorH wero participantH. After Miihou had entered his motion to discharge tho coiuuiitteo on foreign rotations from further coufldcratiou of a resolution uxproHHiug Hympathy for tho Doers and it liad gone over until tomorrow under tlio rules, 1'ottiiH delivered a carofully prepared speech in opposition to tho pending bill. Forakor occupied tho floor during tho remainder of tho bos hIoii, speaking in dofenso of tho hill. iimi rim iii riiiiiuitiiiiiii. Philadelphia, March I). Firo entail ing nn cHtlmutcd loss of over $700,000 occurred early today In tho retail dry goods district. Tho conllagratlon origi nated In tlio ongluo room ot Sliouoniau lliotliors' dry goods and millinery Htoro, at Eighth and Arch streets. Tho principal losors aro: Hhonomau Uros., dry goodH storo, four-story building, to tal loss, fUOO.OOOj ."IarkH ilros., dry goods storo, n ilvu-slory building, com pletely gutted, estimated loss, .filOO,- 000; Myorhoff Ilros., mannfacturors of woiiion's and children's clothing, and tho Philadelphia Kleotrio hiiulpniont Company, eHtlmatcd loss. .fliOO.OOO. Several smaller buildings adjoining wore nioro or less sorlously damagod. GIiIcukii Cliuruli lli'trijuil. Chicago, March 10. Tho fiooond I'resbytorinn church, nt Twentieth street and Michigan avonuo, was do- Btroyod by llro tonight. Tlio building was tho homo of ono of tlio most aristo cratic coiiKrcKatlons in tho city. A ro- coptlon was hoing glvon In tho olmroh parlors by tho Young l'oopio'a utmsttan liudoavor fiooloty of tho clmroli, una tlio nssomblngo was in tho midst of tho fostivitloH whon tho blnzo was discov ered iu tho organ oil tho main floor. Town of Apfirri Assaulted by Filipinos. TROOPS NEEDED IN THE NORTH !lnliel to thn Noiitlinrn Polilnmiln Hrnt terml Into HimiiII lliiiiiUMiiaiirn nt CnluliHiiKH4(l Hiitnliiril Klltiiit. Manila, March 12. OeneralH Young tnd Hood are iiHking for rein forenmcntfl, nid u battalion of tho Forty-eighth has been sent to Aparrl. (Jthor troops will follow. Thu rebels recently porslHtently at lacked Aparrl for sowirnl hours, but wero finally driven away. Details of thu affair aru lacking. Thu rebels aru holding reunions in thn prolvncu of North Ilocos and tho red Katapunan cross, symbolic of ro Dlsteuce, is again appearing aiiiong tho natives. It is believed that thu Insurgent gen era Ih, Tin to and Florhes, have boju driven by Young Into HooiI'h territory. The fact that Young is unable, owing to lack of troopH, to maintain garrisons in all thu towns occupied has had a bad effect on tho natives. (ieueral Hates has returned hero af ter leaving garrisons in the provinces of North and South Camarines. Tho ex pedition lost seven men killed and 10 wounded. On entering Now Canires, province of 8outh Cauiarlnes, General IlatoH learned that 2, 000 insurgents had departed the same day. Thu Ameri cans immediately sunt out three pursu ing columns, encountering the enemy in three small engagements and killing a total of '10 men. Thu .Spanish prisoners rnjiortthat tho enemy was divided into small bands in thu mountains, under tho leadership of (ieneral Legaspl. Tho town of Iriga has been burned by thu enemy. lioth provinces wero thoroughly scouted. Thu inhabitants of the district of Libmauiiu, including Abella, tho pro vincial governor and other officials, urn returning to their homes. Abulia lias issued a proclamation calling iiou tho natives to submit to thu Americans, Tho liberated priests from Now Ca ceres reisirt that the iiiMirvcnts killed OH Chinamen and -10 Spaniards at tho town of Calabaugit. It is estimated that there aro 100, 000 bales of hemp in thu Camarines provinces. Twelve hundred well armed insur gents, formerly of Cavlto proivtica, with n Chinese colonel iu command, surround thu towns of Albay and Lo gaspi. They have effected three niuht attacks and continually harass tho Forty-seventh regiment, which has lost eight men killed and '20 wounded in ilufoiidiug tllChU tuwus. MINES AND MINING. , FARMING FOR ALASKA' BYSTREET'S REPORT. CONTROL OF PHILIPPINES. (IriiKriil Wlii'i'lrr KiickcI n Territorial (int rriiiiiciit. San Francisco, March 12. General Joseph Wheeler favors giving tho Phil ippines a territorial form of govern ment. Said ho: "I bolievu thu peoplo aro icady for a certain kind of solf-goverumont. They could bo given thu io-.ver to mako laws, under such a sytein of government as has been adopted for our territories. Tho municipal governments aro all iu thu hands of thu natives, and tlioy got along without trouble or friction. Under a territorial form, tho islands could be best controlled." Ho reviews his impressions of trade WHsihilities iu tho Orient as follows: "F.ngland, Hussia, Germany nud Franco have braved war and pcstilcnco iu efforts to m'ciuo a share of tho wealth which will couio to thorn by commercial relations with theso peo ple. The treaty of poaco cast upon ua thu responsibility of sovereignty over from U.000,000 to 11,000,000 peoplo, together with tho' islands which they inhabit, containing au areu three times that of our great uud prosperous Empiro state. "Very naturally, there may bo honest differences of opiniou as to whochor everything has been conducted during tho two years In accordance with tho highest wisdom and best posslblo judg ment, hut there should bo no question among tho American peoplo as to tho duty and wisdom of now uniting iu a determined effort to tixko tho situation as it stands, and f-o conduct tho affairs of our country as to add tho most to Its glory, honor, wolfaro and prosperity. It is a friendly strugglo for commercial suproniaoy iu which our rival nations aro using their host efforts, and I say, let us, in a friendly but dotormiuod spirit, use our best efforts also." Rich Claim o o,n Klondlkn Country-Ai-athnllrlam In 31 1 ll I Mir I'mopa. fiomo one said that man first works for bread, then for butler on his bread, uud will exhaust himself to got sugar on thu butter. Thero Is a great deal of truth In thu rnmurk; at least as far nt miners aru concerned. They want the best when they havu tho price. They J aro not so exacting so far as flowon ! and perfumes go. They aro not neethic iu their tastes and inclinations, hut they want good clothing, good board, I good magazines and books and good,' comfortable homes or lodgings. They can rough it when necomary, take their bacon and beans as their every! day diet, sleep whoro night overtake them and never whimper, growl 01 grumblo at their faru. They aro min ers and tako lifo as they llnd It, not as they would wish It to bo. Ol course, they enjoy their bread, but will Clrnlnn, Flnx, Clover anil Vngxtnlilri Thrive MnrprMrijcly-AIo OoU, Hlmep hiiiI C'Httle. Ono of tho Important repoits which has just been submitted to congress by tho (secretary of agrlculturoand ordered to bo printed deals with tho agricul tural investigations in Alaska. It is important because it brings out some facts in regard to tho agricultural capa bilities of our vast Northern territory, which will astonifh those who have re garded it as a useloss ice box, which at most, was valuable only for tho gold it might contain or for tho fur and fish it yields, Theso Investigations, as far as they havu gone, indicate that it has Intent capabilities which, when developed, may sustain n largo tiopulatinu and tako butter on it if they can get It, and; ' " ,ro" ",nw-, "VT will have thu sugar if it doesn't cosl " ,?, lr ..0' 1"lan?' tiuivji nun iinuuii ovvihjuij UIJU Jtumitt too much. Jlut a miner's life, and his custon: and habits do not lead him iu tlx direction of aesthcticism. Ho is u geii' tloman, but not a dude. lie may bo f little rouidi in his ways and blunt in his language, at times, well-meaning and kind-hearted and disposed to dc thu riuht thing under all circum stances. Hu may apiiear stern and un yielding, hut it should bo borno ii mind that tho miner is forced to rneel and overcome stern and apparently un yielding conditions iu his dally avoca tions. Those conditions often find ex pression in his demeanor. Not floofl for I'oor Mftn. Fred Smedeman, an old time fe'eattli man, who has spent tho past 18 montlii iu Atliu, II. C, and one of tho pioneeri who blazed thu trail into that section. returned to Seattle a couple of dayi ago, en route to St. Paul. Mr. Smedo- man will return to Seattlo in a few weeks and go from here to the new gold fluids iu tho Cape Nome district ir April. In Atliu ho has several niiniti( properties, but Htx-aks in very conserva-! tlvo terms of the district. He savs: It is not a ioor man's camp' lr any sense of the word, but will takt money to develop the country. Money iu the same latitude and is less than one-fourth tho size of Alaska, has iKjpiilation of 2.500,000 and exports both grain and livestock, as well as vast quantities of dairy products. Tho uuthor of tho report, Professor C. O. Georgeson, who has charge of tho In vestigations, brought to Washington 11 varieties of spring wheat, a dozen varieties each of barley and ontes, and i iiIki rye, buckwheat and flax, all of which had matured at tho experiment stations at Sitka and Kenai, in tho Kenai peninsula. Tho report states that red clover lived through the winter at Sitka, made a luxuriant growth and matured seed, and that vetches and other forage plants did equally as well. All of the common hardy veget ables were grown to perfection, some cauliflower nt Kenai measuring 14 inches across the head. A statement by tho superintendent of tho Alaska Commercial Company in regard to his company's experience with livestock at Kadiak Is of moro than passing interest, because it reveals possibilities iu the stock industry whicSi are bound to be of much impor tance in the future development of the conntiy. The company has for many years kept cattle, sheep and Angora will bo made, generally speaking, only' goats on some of the small islands near I I.. I I " :l ll.n l f.Kl. r...... f !.., T.ulior Dliorileri In GIiIoiiro. Chicago, March 12. Efforts of con tractors today to plnco nonunion men ut work on buildings iu various parts of tho city, work on which has boon iu torrtiptod by tho striko, resulted In sev eral ouoountoi B between union and non union men. At tho now Ogdonsburg dock, Ohio and Kingsbury streots, tho contractors succeeded in getting eight men through tho picket linos of the union workmen and put thorn to work. A fow bricks wero thrown, but no ono was hurt, and tho police quickly sup pressed tlio disorder. niR Flro nt r.cmi. Load, S. D., March 10. Flro tliU morning dostioyod -10 buildings. Thu Doadwood llro department was cauoil on for assistance and rosponded, lu addition to tho combinod ilro depart ments, it was found nocossary to blow up buildings iu tho path of tho ilro with dynainito In ordor to stop Its spread. Owing to tho high wlud blowing, tho scaroltv of wnter and tlio lutiammauio naturo of tho bulldnga, tho flrouien wore uniihlo to do anything to stuy tut ilnniua iu auy other way, ny lartro concerns who have eecurec and aru securing strings of claims to b worked ou a largo scale with hydraulic plants." Itlch Sllnra In Houthiro Orrcoii. Thu Kubli Ilros., of Jacksonville Or., who own tho Golden Standard mine, situated ou Gall's creek, neal Gold Hill, have arranged to start worl on their property tho present weel with a forco of 12 men. For the pres ent they will use tho old and thrifty two-stamp mill, which has reduced sc much rich oru for them iu tho past, but they havo decided to replaco it, and have secured a 10-stamp mill, with 500-pound t-tamps, which tliej will change to 800-ponud stamps, and havo in running order in tho ueai future. Extensive development worl has also been planned, and when 11 shall bo carried out this mine is ex pected to enter tho list of largo pro ilucers iu Southern Oregon. Itlch Klondike Clulnn. Sections of Gold Kun Gulch in tin Klondike aro yieldiug if 1,000 per lineal foot of tho claim. Ono claim in tin twenties, for wihch tho owno-s askee $1100,000 some tinio ago, but did not sell, is yielding an exceptionally fint return. ot being able to sell it, the owners set to work with soveu mer and without thnwers havo shown ui (75,000 and not over 100 feet of the 500-foot claim has been touched. A section of 45 feet of tho claim yieldec $7,000, $1,000 nud over porliucal foot, nud tho owueis claim that they will re ceive more than $!I00,000 from tin ground included iu tho claim area ltiilim Ilriif-nt Minn. Tlio lato heavy rains and the frcshoti following them iu some of tho eoctioni of Southern Oregon and Northern Cali fornia, especially along tho Klamatl rivor, have cleared away largo bodiei of tailings and rock piles and othei debris that havo accumulated iu tin past few mouths. Th's has been niosi beneficial to the minora along tin wholo length of tho rivor. The miuei along the Klamath rivor which havi produced big iu tho past aro rocoivluf special atteution now. Itlch Striko In Joiephlnn County. L. Itrowuiu, who nt ono timo ownoc tho Greenback miuo, in Josophint county, has struck a very rich ledgt near Lolaud, for which ho has beer mado a vory largo offor, but docliuos tc disposo of tlio property. The rock it rich in gold, and tho farther ho gooi iuto tho earth tho richor tho lodgo, which is two feet wido. A good preparation for the toilet mado by grating two teaspoousful whito Castllo soap, threo or four orris root, powdered, nud a handful oatmeal. Let nil soak togothor iu cupful of warm wntor for n couplo hours; thou add n fow teaspoousful o: this preparation to tho wator iu wliicr. you hatho. It is cheap, nud good foi tho skin. Silver spoons nnd forks tuny bo kopl bright when used daily by sonkiiif them lu strong borax wator for u fow hours. Tho wnter should bo nt n boil ing boat whon tho silver is put in It. A bonntlful natural park has boon ollorod Snu Autoulo, Texas. Ouo con dition nttnohed is that "no beor or in toxicating liquor of any kind shall be Bold, glvon away or drank on ox ujioi nny part of said promisos." If thli condition is violatod, thou tho property returns to tho stato uulvorsity, Tin city council hosltntos to ncoopt it oi thofio couditious, nud tho Liquor Doalui obsorvos that "it would hnvo booi moro In keoplng with proprioty to hav givou it to tho W. O. T. U. tho town of Kadiak. On oue of these islands it was not found necessary to feed or shelter tho cattle at all, winter or summer. Year iu and year out they lived lu tho open and were maintaiued solely by the native grasses, which aro abundant in all of Southwestern Alaska. The herd increased yearly about 75 per cent of the breeding cows. A flock of Angora goats increased GO Ier cent annually and gave very good results in mohair. A flock of sheep has been kept for the past 10 years ou pasture, the year around. The in crease was something over CO per cent, and tho clip averaged about five pounds of wool per head yearly. There teems to be uo doubt that animal hus bandry can bo successfully prosecuted in different parts of Alaska. Land for ngiicultural experiment sta tions has been reserved at three places in tho coast region; namely, at Sitka, Kadiak and Cook Inlet, and develop ment work was beguu the past season at Sitka aud Keuai. A headquarters building was erected and partially com pleted nt Sitka. It is to coutalu oflices, laboratory, library and quarters for tho person in charge. Most of tho scientific work will be done at Sitka. The stations are equipped with work oxeu aud all the tools uecessary for pioneer farming. Tho report enumer ates also the lines of experimentation which are of chief interest to that country. They include those which relate to tho improvement of the soil, tho seloction and improvement of small grains, experiments with vegetables, tho introduction of fruits nnd experi ments relating to the various branches of livestock industry. Xoriliweit Notei. Au opera houso to cost $12,500 and to have u seating capacity of 1,000, is to bo erected nt Albany, Or., this year. Mrs. Jnne Kees, who died near Leb anon, Or., loft an estate valued at about $120,000, mostly in mouoy. She left uo children, nnd tho mouoy goes to her brothers and sisteiB. Tho hoisting engino at the govern ment wotks nt llandon, Or., was crush ed to smithereens. A big blast was sot off, aud a rock woighing 25 tons foil on tho engine, fairly pulverizing it. Fnirhnveu, Wash., claims to have not only tho largest salmon cannery in tho world, but also tho largest shingle mill, nud tho daily capacity of tho lat ter is now being increased from 600, 000 to 700,000. A. C. Pettys. ex county assessor of Morrow county, Or., who has a fine farm nnd orchard three miles east of louo, is of tho opinion that tho Into frost iujurod tho peach crop. Ills trees wero nearly iu bloom when the frost ciuuo. He also states that tho oodlln moth was doing n great deal of injury to his orchard. Pendleton, Or., will havo n Chinoso voter at the Juno olootion by tho nnino of Eug Chung, who was born iu San Irancisco. Ho is well oducntod nud reads and writos tho English lnnguago as well as the average American, nud to hear him talk without seeing him it would bo impossible to say that ho was not an American. A 10-yonr old boy has boon arrostod in Spokauo charged with bloyclo steal ing. Ho confessed that ho- had stolon Una of tho tou wheols reported stolon in February. Tho nverngo wngos paid in tho lumber md shtugle mills of Washington is ibout $2.78 por day. Tho lowest vngos paid Is for flromou, who roeolvo ,1.75 per day. Tho highest nro ro oivod by head sawyor nnd book-.-eepers, thoir compercutlon being $4 ior day, Oenerml Trnrte Illatrlliutlnn Hal Bhow Temlenny to Kxpanal. Jlradfltreet's says: Itelioved from tho ham poring effocU nf stormy weather, genornl trado distri bution has shown a tendency to expand this week, prices of mnny stnplos r firmer nnd higher, nnd gonornlly there is n better tono than noted for soma weoks. Easily holding first rank in. tho matter of speculative nctivity, cot ton early In tho week touched tho high est level, not only for tho present ,noa son, hut for at least six years past. Wool is rather weakor, following tha drop in prices nt tho London sale, nnrj the rather slowor demand from Ameri can manufacturers. liy another of tho short swings which havo distinguished wheat prices for a long timo past, quotations hnvo boon advanced this week to tho lovol touched some timo ago. Hoot and shoo manufacturers ara actively employed, nnd leathor is firm, but hides aro weaker or lower at most markets. linilding materials aro firm, except nt cities whero labor troubles aro ap prehended. The industrial situation is rathex irregular, owing partly to tho com bined striko and lock-out of 50,000 building hands, building material workers nnd machinists at Chicago, and partly to isolated strikes of small numbers of men throughout tha country. Wheat, including flour, shipments for the week aggregnto 4,208,758 bush els, against 3,803,387 bushels last week, 4,308,821 bushels the corro sjionding week of 1899, and 4,844,701 bushels in 1898. Business failures in tho United States for tho week number 189, ngainst 173 last week, 177 in this week n year ago, 247 iu 1898, 227 in 1897 and 282 im 1890. PACIFIC COAST TRADE. Bcitttls Market!. Onions, new, $2.25 2.60 per sack. Lettuce, hot house, 40c por doz. Potatoes, new, $1820. Ileets, per sack, 7585c. Turnips, per sack, COc. Carrots, per sack, 50c. Parsnips, per sack, 75 85c. Cauliflower, 75c$l per dozen. Cabbage, native and California, $1.001.25 per 100 pounds. Apples, $1.25 1.50 per box. Prunes, COc per liox. Butter Creamery, 31c per pound dairy, 1722c; ranch, 20o per pound. Eggs 15j 1 10c. Cheese Native, 10c. Poultry 13 14c; dressed, 14 15c. Hay Puget Sound timothy, $12.00; choice Eastern "Washington timothy. $18.0010.00 Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $23 feed meal, $23. Barley Polled or ground, per ton, $20; Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.25 blended straights, $3.00; California, $3.25; buckwheat flour, $0.00; gra ham, per barrel, $3.00; wholo wheat flour, $3.00; rye flour, $3.804.00. Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $13.00 shorts, per ton, $15.00. Feed Chopped feed, $20.00 per ton; middlings, per ton, $20; oil cako meal, per ton, $30.00. Fresh Meats Choice dressed beet steers, 78c; cows, 7c; mutton 8c; pork, 7c; trimmed, 9c; veal, 8 10c. Hams Largo, 13c; small, 13K. breakfast bacon, 12c; dry salt sides, 8c. Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla. 5152oj Valley, 52c; Bluestem, 54o perbushell Flour Best grades, $3.00; graham, $2.50; superfine, $2.10 per barrel. Oats Choice whito, 3536c; choice gray, 34c per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $14 15.00; browing, $17.00 17.50 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $13 per ton; mid dlings, $19; shorts, $15; chop, $14 pes ton. Hay Timothy, $0 10; clover, $7 7.50; Oregon wild hay, $07 per ton. Buttei: Fancy creamery, 6065o; seconds, 4245c; dairy, 8037io storo, 26 H Si ho. Eggs 11c perdozen. Cheese Oregon full cream, 13cj Young America, 14c; new choeso lOo por pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50Q 4.50 per dozen; hens, $5.00; springs, $2.503.50; geese, $0.607.60 forold; $4.506.50; ducks, $5.005.60 per dozen; turkeys, live, 10llo pent pound. Potatoes 5005oper sack; sweeta, 22Mo per pound. Vegetables Boeta, $1; turnips, 00ot per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab bage, l)o per pound; parsnips, $U ouions, $1.502.25; carroU, $1. Hops 38o por pound AVool Valley, 1313o per pound; East oru Oregon, 814o; mohair, 27 30o per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheop, wethers, nnd owes, 4Mo; dressod mutton, 7 Dta per pound; lambs, 7oper pound. Hogs Gross, choico heavy, $5.00; light and feeders, $4.50; drossod, $0.000.50 per 100 pounds. Boof Gross, top steers, $4.004.60; cows, $3.604.00; drossod boof, 7?40 per pound. Veal Large, 0)7Ko; email, 8 Oo per pound. Tallow 55Ho; No. 2 and grease, 3)s4o per pound. Ban Franoiaoo Market. Wool Spring Nevada, 1316o pe pound; Eastern Orogon, 12 10o; Val ley, 2022o; Northern, 1012o. Hops 1809 crop, ll13o per. pound. Butter Fnnoy crcamory 21o; do seconds, 10 20o; fnnoy dairy, 17 18o; do seconds, 1610o por pound. Eggs Storo, 13o; fnnoy ranch, lOo. Millstuffs Middlings, $17.00 20.00; bran. $12.00013.00.