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.